SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 15t
In Praise
li mm ohm iti.it ihc editor cis , chance
h Mii;lf out .m individual fur piaisc. ;inl it
K mlullv hs, 1 1 c ijiic lit that he docs this,
hu it ii m tlin dose to the end ol the year,
and ccn the most haul hitten ol editors, as
no douht iiioni nl the campus thinks this one
is. may u,i soincuh.it sentimental.
! he individual to he singled out is named
im oid. :i. a name that has appeared only
a m lew times in I he Daily 1 ar Heel and
piohahh will j-iw to the piestion,
"VIn' he?"
W II. In iMU picsidcnt. he isn't editor, and
he int a I i u heel, student politician, al
though he would he a tapahlc poison in anv
position lic'iniht wain to Till.
I his c.n he undertook a l.'iily thankless
jol). a jol thai would hrin little notoriety
hut mix mixh woik. And he has made the
joh somctlnii'4. an I the oraniation he heads
uot thwhilc.
I he licshiiian loium was little mote than
a -;ood idea if. past yci'.s. hut under Jordan's
leadt iship. it h is hecu pi oiammin worth
while intrllcclii.il outlets lor heshiucn dur
iir; the cntiie year. He has had .setbacks. A
lew weeks altei rush this tail, hill the origi
nal uioup (cased to ;':tend inclines, hut his
wotk (otitinued so that piesently a tieat nmn
her ol students either panic ipate or lake part
in the woik and piorams ol the lorinn. In
deed, ol all the YMClA's trial balloons it the
Held ol mini to stimulate intellectual in
leicst. the I lediinan 1'oruin has been the
most sue c Cssllll.
So ii the acidity of the editor's tongue is
in bed lot at h ast one editorial, it is lot Mood
ic isoii and a cleseixiii; ci son Jim Joidan.
Letters
Reasons
When one stalls scare hi ir. lor the ic.'ons
loi intellectual apathv on this c ampus, one
need hok no laither than teac her deploy ment
lot one aiisw ci .
Ol all the entiling fieshmcn. only iIionc
xvho have di nionstialed ability and who
show a hili : )titude and ac hies enu nt on eir
lianie (aiiiin.itions are ollctrcl the oppor
tunity to studx under full lime lac nils pet
sound dining thcii lirst two ctiv Indeed,
onh those- in special advanced sections aie
juaianic eel this nee cssitx .
Ilowexei. the other 1100 fieshmen. who
loi the most put need the guidance, stimula
tion. . id eNKiience of .1 peison who has
been ii.nhin lor sexcial years are lotced to
take eeuiscs under graduate instructors.
Admittedly maduatc instructors need piac
tic teaching, il they .ne i;oiny; to be capable
insti ue I'M idler lju v linish paadu. ''.e ..work
but the1 saeiilical lambs ol their strulini; at
tempts to find themsches should not Ik- those
who need the most capable guidance.
Pet haps one could keep moie'lrcshmen in
s hool th in the- vlivjlilh oxer jo percent that
do uinaiii bv laduation. if proper instruc
tion id guidance was available lor the enter
licshinan.
Ibis, the I'uixeisity ol North Caiolina, is
iKt x t an education il far ten v dexoted to the
po.diMt:o" ol teicheis. It still is an institu
tion ol hi dier karuin: in which the attempt
is made to take the brightest talents in the
state and dexclou their minds so th ' they
aie thinking indix iduals. At least, this is xvhat
one xvonld like to believe alter leading the
I nix e l sitx 1 alalomie.
It would not take too much ellort to
1 halite the teacher deployment so that fresh
men can luxe the instruction- they vit.-llv
ncecl. It miht just lured a more solid Uni-xcisitx.
Legislature
I he .Student Legislature followed the path
ol a similar body at W. (.. in passing a lesolu
lion picsiii4 for bucetarv iucteases lor the
rnixtisitx ol Noith Carolina. It was not a
loutioxeisi. 1 measnie. but nexeitheless it was
a 'ood one
lit, I t . . i
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WALKER BLANTON
6Tcace! Separate 'Peace! Piece tBy Piece!
Editor:
The rifiht of voluntary associa
tion is an inherent right under our
system of government. Labor un
ions arc a-ssociations of free men
and women who arc banded to
gether to promote their common
interests. In North Carolina and
throughout the South in general
there is strong and often violent
opposition to the idea of organized
labor. A recent incident as Frank
lin and the present situation in
Henderson are examples of this.
I would assume from my con
tacts with Carolina studests that
the Unions arc the offenders in
their minds. I believe that this as
sumption of theirs is in error.
Therefore, briefly, I shall try to
give our side of the picture.
First, let mc state that I write
as the editor of a labor newspaper
and from the viewpoint of the
AFL-CIO. However, facts are
facts regardless of one's personal
viewpoint.
The ugly picture of violence en
tered North Carolina several days
ago when Robert Deame. a rep
resentative of the American Fed
eration of Hosiery Workers was
attacked in his motel room at
Franklin by four men and brutal
ly beaten. Files which he had were
.stolen and he was in effect kid
napped by a mob of about twenty
five men and '"escorted" out of
'North Carolina. He was denied the
' protection of the law by the mayor,
police, and sherrif's office in
Franklin. He was refused the right
to use a telephone and to contact
the state patrol. Instead, with the
assistance of the local officials, he
was run out of the state. Union
efiicials have requested a Senate
investigation of the incident and
the situation leading up to it.
Further violence entered the
picture when the Harriet-Henderson
Mills decided to re-open by
hiring strikebreakers. A supervisor
was apparently thrown from a
window of the plant iind was hos-;,
pitalizcd. The frets o( the incident
. , e-n . -&gcmm "mmf- -r ymt 'y-'i-
Democracy
Sidney Dakar
The Infirmary
: Ron Shuitiaf ' '
Robert M. Hutchins has been one
of our most ardent idealists in the
field of political thought. Mr. Hut
chins has always taken every op-
On
The
P. V. Carlton
Carolina Gentlernen
What is a Carolina Gentleman?
This question has been asked many
times. Consider one aspect of the
CG; Date habits.
The . Carolina
gentleman is un
doubtedly the most intrepid hunter
6fii''hes femmes" on the face of
are still obscure. It L a fact, how- . H(? spcLhytiJttmrtinWMllfn to
ever, that he was assisted by tHc" , limo DurJin2 thcm and j u?l0- Aftcr several u
;j le 'cth'etcn either thinking about
them or telling hM friends about
strikers: in getting into
luilanee and to a hospital.
an
Sov,ra. minor inci cU. ,or ,x- WWH; W f.fh I. CSftl ' M Z 'Z C
crackers, wero p ayck up by he-j vnicn is almost scientific-,' so per-' x... .
Press in general Trien Gbrno 1' ) his medu operadi. - ,t., haden, tires toward that b ack
Hodges got into the aet by send- 'Ih'itt,. the CGjchecks all the .rtS the dormitory
. . V i .ii- t i'".,f; ,ha of the YMCA. This place is
ing extra state Datrormeti' fo MH:nt lokina . lemales-. iPinpumts. .. ..,.,. n 5. , . . .. . . .
. .. .. . tu enougr toeterf ..me stauncnest
unfortunate CG. (This experience
has been verified by historians
vho visited the field and walked
over the entire course of action.)
The CG arrives in Greensboro in
the afternoon, spends a pleasant
evening chasing his non-student
date around her apartment, then
rbout midnight borrows her car
his own
unsuccess
ful attempts to secure a, late date
j! on the Main streets, of town and
i' being chased- away 'from the WC
1 1
Advertising Manager
FRED KATZIM
News Editor
ANTiE FRYE
Sports Editor
RUSTY IIA&LMOND
scene. This action was resented by-
union members who disliked see
ing strikebreakers escor'tcd
through their picket lines by state
patrolmen.
The next development was the
brutal beating of Roy-J I'ayton.
Southern Vice President of the
Textile Workers Union of Amer
ica and chief negotiator for the
Union in the dispute, by unknown
thugs who lured him from his
motel room by pretending to be
an official or one of the Local Un
ions. This came even as Payton
was making radio appeals for non
violence in broadcasts: paid for by '
the Union. The resulUof, 'thjs ctN.
of willful violence created such an
explosive atmosphere that pros
cntly some one hundred and thir
ty state patrolmen are in Hender
son. It would appear that the man
agement of the Harriet-Henderson
Mills has determined to "bust"
the Union in their Mills. The Un
ion is determined to tight for its
existence and protect the rights of
the workers. It is hoped that a
fair and just agreement can be
reached to end the strike. The Un
ion is pledged to this end.
As for the violence, we have
publicly called for a full investiga
tion by both state and federal au
thorities. The Senate Rackets
Committee should hold a complete
investigation into the incidents of
both Franklin and Henderson.
Those responsible should be pro
secuted. We of the labor movement
have asked for the same. We have
nothing to fear from the McClel
lan Committee. Can management
say the same? To the present they
have not. I only ask that labor
be given a fair hearing. For in
the same we rest our case.
1 maintain the right of workers
to organize and to remain organ
ised - even in North Carolina.
ROBERT IJACE, editor
Durham Labor Journal
their names from the seating chart.
After this its only 3' matter tot.
time until he's.. op the .most, inti
mate terms with the unfortunate
mademoiselles, who arc often be
xxiliered at being greet ed by to
tal strangers with pepsodent leers.
The CG is incorrigible. He can
smell girls over distance of sev
eral miles. He can detect them in
the dark. He is often used by less
sensitive "Dookies" and State
farmers to procure dates in dif
ficult situations. Given a few min
utes to sniff and peer, the CG un
erringly' points covey -of ravish,
. irig beauties. '
" v '; I- f :.
CG's are often guiITy of the dirti
est forms of snaking. They steal
dates with embarassing candor, '
never becoming ruffled by the dis
comfiture of the offended parties
or by the stomped on toes and
smashed fingers involved . . At
WCUNC, the CG's descend like
eagles 'or is it the plague) upon
the frightened campus, gobbling up
the unfortunate students and spirit
ing them off to dens of iniquity
like the Bore and Castle, etc. It
is said that the dean of women
at WC once attempted to inter
cede for a grief-stricken State
senior who had just lost his date
to an intcrprising Carolina Frosh,
( who'd had limited snaking exper
ience). She appealed to the sensi
bilities of the frosh's companions,
who were properly appreciative of
the situation. In the end, one of
them gave the disgruntled state
man a dollar to go sec a , movie, .
and spent the evening trying to get
the dean of women to dale him. . "
(There is the possibility of some
minor exaggeration hofc. . Maybe
the boy was from ; Duke rather
than State).
Yes, the Carolina Gentleman can
be found in almost any environ
ment fashionable or otherwise, in
his ceaseless search for woman
hood. One cannot help but admire
his perserverance, his loyalty, his
nerve. He accepts the most ad
verse conditions with staunch
courage. Consider.- for instance,
trcupel in his search for com
panions. Anyone who . has ever
spent a night in this foul dungeon
knows the lack of exaggeration in
this description . . It is a concrete
room with 20-25 iron frame, sag
ging, double decker bunks, each
holding a mattress apparently
stuffed with golf balls, so lumpy
is its surface. Each inmate is
equipped with the blessings of the
desk clerk and a blanket which ex
udes a distinctly equestrian odor.
Draping his clothing over the bed
post, the weary CG rolls up in the
wooly rag and attempts to sleep.
The chorus of snores emitted by
his heterogeneous grouping of com
panions is at least nauseating. It
is hinted that a former CG com-
posed his famous , Cantata, "The
Damnation (of John Barleycorn,"
. as the , result of listening to this
. serenade for one night. This litUe
interlude is '& graphic representa
tion of the trials . that stouthearted
CG's undergo cacb weekend just
to be with their girls, to whom
they are supremely faithful-as a
group, you understand, not as in
dividuals. The CG is delightfully haughty,
lying like a hound dog as the oc
casion demands. You'd be amazed
at his capacity for sugar-coated
untruth. (Ask any coed.) But still
we must admire him. He repre
sents the spirit of tne nunt, the
fire of yctuth, and all that is sport
ing and adventuresome. His stoic
reply to execriation or praise re
mains: -"Vive le difference."
The following is a "diary, in prose form, of a
few days spent in a daze in a place called The In
firmary. First of all let's decide just xvhat the Infirmary
is.
It is a hospital of sorts. Webster says an infirm
ary is a "Hospital, or place where the infirm or
portunity to tell us how democracy sick are lodged and nursed, or where patients, who
is better than any , other form of are not resident are treated."
government. Today Mr. Hutchins We entered said infirmary or an otherwise
still believes that democracy is xvheery-beery-boh Tuesday morn. We had good rca
the best form of government, but son to be admitted to this place as we were one of
he is seriously questioning the be- Webster's infirmeel persons. But we won't, go into
lief that democracy will continue the doctor's diagnoses just now.
to be popular or, for that matter, First of all we were given a bed in a 5-bed ward,
whether democracy will continue This place was in reality only a room why it is call
to exist at all. . Every thoughtful ed a "ward" will be most apparent later.
American should read Mr. Hutch- Next we were given a quaint little cuplet of
ins' article In the Saturday Re- pills two white pills and one very pretty pink cap
view. When such idealists as Mr. sule. Next a nurse crammed a thermometer in our
Hutchins start to doubt the effec- mouth this was the mere beginning of a long series
tivencss of democracy, it is time of temp-taking. At the same time, the nursie grabbed,
we all did a little soul searching, our wrist to take pulse. Luckily, we still had-pulse.
It seems to me that democracy Son camc a vampire. She was. one of the, prot
ean only function effectively in the ticst vampires we've seen in some time-quite unlike
lands of plenty. Every week or so most vampires. She very ardently and skillfully ex
we hear that another country has tractod a vial full of our own bloodied blood;
given up the experiment in demo- then she dumped it into a tube which .was m a
cracy and has taken on some "Frosty Trcat" ixie C"P- , , , :
fnrm nf rfirttnri1 ruin Rnnnpr nr Prting She Said "Blood always leaves me
, . . . . , f , . speechless." We never did figure that one out
later we are going to be forced to v . .
ask ourselves whether most peo-
Harpers Bizarre
r U . i :
We walked into Lenoir Hall the other day, and the first person
we encountered was a student worker, whistling listlessly as he
pushed his broom about.
We greeted him, but received no answer. Again we spoke, and
again there was no answer. Puzzled, we walked to the tobacco coun
ter. "A pack of cigarettes, please." ' . . ' ,i
.No answer. ' . -. ' '-
'Tall Mall, please."
The cashier handed us a pack.
"Twenty-three?""
A nod confirmed the price. "
More confused, we walked to the line and filled our tray. At.
the cashier's stand the spell was finally broken. . Smiling, we asked,
"How are you today?" ' ,. - -
"Seventy-three," the cashier said.
Dumfoundcd, we : moved toward a clean table. As we ate, we
noticed the prcvading silence about us. Another friend of ours, a
floor
we spoke: "Hey. Wnat s eoing
r man, was working that shift.; As hp pushed his cart by the table,
spoke: "Hey. What's going on here? Why the silent treatment?"
1 His gaze told nothing, but his trembling lips showed the pent-up
emotion, . - .. ;
t:-
pie really want democracy. It
would be an understatement to say
that the vast majority of the
earth's multitudes have much
stronger desires than a love for
democracy, hunger is only one. It
seems obvious that the 600 mil
lion in China prefer to eat rather
than to have democracy.
When we consider other situa-
say that the majority of German
people did not want Hitler in con
trol, but ; this point is debatable.
It is rather hard to see how such
a mjiss movement of such fanati
cal and devoted nature could be
effected without at least the pas
sive acquiescence of the populace
Actually, there are plenty of ex
amples right here in the U. S
which show, that people prefer se
curity to freedom. Most of the
pressure groups in Washington are
not crying for freedom but to be
relieved from it. Certainly the
the documented experience of an
J'Why won'l anyone talk?" . . v
,r- Jlcifrouldnt stand it any longer. We saw a tear glint in his eye
"as, lie pushed the jart hurriedly away. .v
iv r "'.''.?'; '-;' :
- Perhaps filtcen minutes later this same : floor man, usually a
brilliant conversationist, passed our table, again. A note fluttered
down from his hand. ,, :
Catching the spirit of the thing, we hid it in Our notebook and
walked back to the dorm. ' ' ; , .. . ,
Locking the door, we opened the folded message and read: "Very
sorry. Word came down from the" boss.. No. more talking with custom
ers or otber workers. Cashiers, ;floor men, , servers--all under strict
surveilance. Don't know what: penalty is-7-hear itV horrible. Very, very
sorry. . ' ' . r'-- -
The note was unsigned bat; we burned it anyway, and scattered
the ashes in secret places- - -J HArpic,-.
Later on came lunch. Strange as it may seem, the
meal (and those to follow) wasn't the worst we've
ever choked down but certainly didn't measure up
to Howard Johnson's.
Wednesday was a realitively uneventful day
if that's at all possible in the place.
Thursday we got out for a few hours to attend
classes. We were quite weak, both mentally and
physically, from being bd-ridden for two days.' ;
We wandered back around one of the clock. By
this time we felt great. As the infirmary is supposed
to be a Dlace for the infirmed fas was noted above)
tions, no such simple answer will the administration (meaning doctors, nurses and orv
suffice. ..The most recent example derlies) were appalled to learn that we felt well,
of major importance is the French Immediately the wheels began to turn to change
who voted overwhelmingly in fav this shocking turn of events. We were given, two!
or of giving up some freedom and ounces of castor oil. (They HAD to give it to us, be
putting a single man in control of cause we'd have certainly never bought the stuff
their fate. We might next ask our- on our own!!).
selves if people prefer security to Therefore and thereafter, until the dawning of
democracy. Certainly the French the following day, we had no rest. All through the
were not starving when they vofk'd night (and this was no song either) we tossed, turned
to give up some freedom. They and made frequent mad dashes for another sector
certainly were not ignorant of the building,
masses, which is the way many Friday was worse.
people answer the China question. We had a breakfast which consisted of two
ihc French are, in fact, some of pieces of toast, jelly, knife, spoon, fork, napkin
the best educated and culturally a"d chicory er, coffee. Get the point?),
proud people in the world. The reason for the budgeary breakfast (meaning
Take Germany as another ex- "small") was that we were scheduled for x-rays! at
ample. During the thirties much 1:15 P-m- We were tol(i that there would be' no
intellectual activity was centered lunch for us until aftcr the x-rays. But we had i
in Germany. It was; in this very lunch of fisn- salad, beans, more chicory pic and
atmosphere that Hitler rose to an otner real foods- w? nevcr did figure., that one out,
all-powerful position. Manv DeoDle eithcr-
to, at one p.m. we were taken in a wneeicnair
down to X-ray.. We had becn up walking , around
for some time and were capable of walking still
more. After that castor oil. if one couldn't walk . : ' ."
we shudder to think nf it Rut we went t.n X-rar in
a wheelchair, nevertheless.
But on the way to X-ray we stopped off at the
office to answer questions for some form of form.
Strangely enough, we did not have to sign a non
Communist oath.
Following the question and answer period we
were presented with a bill. Guess they wanted to be
sure we got the bill before we went to X-ray, in
case something drastic happened.
So we sat in the waiting room which is very
annrnnriatrlv named For wait we did. For threp
A : r , . . r r r J
'""ua,,u urmers go not want s0Iid hours we waited. But we don't have too many
freedom. Certainly the business- complaints about the waiting. We had plenty of time'
men in this country do not want t0 read. We read such magazines as "Time," "Life,"
freedom. All we can hear is their U. S. News and World Report," "Reader's Digest,"
cry to be relieved from the harsh and a clever little thing on cancera nice cheery
world of competition. I believe sort of thing. (Note: All of the above mentioned
their phrase is "protection from magazines were at least six months old). Finally we
'inferior
After considering some of these hall (Well, at least it was Some progress!). ,
factors, it is difficult to see how But here things were different. A female kept
democracy is going to survive dashing through looking efficient in more ways
without harder work on our part, than one. We never did figure out whether she was
We have not only' been unable to wearing a sweater or just had fuzzy blue skin. From
spread democracy over the world the looks of things, the latter seems more likely! As
but we have not even convinced someone once said, she had curves" in places where
most people that it is the best most girls don't even have places: She was a real
form of government. What does deck of cards. Stacked! . . - .
freedom of the press mean to a Then there was the receptionist from the other
peasant who cannot read? What waiting room who scurried in every so often with
docs freedom of speech mean to Iittle Sreen forms and I'd almost swear she piled
all of them on top of our little green form.
The gentleman (we know he was, because he of
fered us a cigarette when we were on the verge of a
nicotine fit) who was running things in X-ray wag
a very congenial type of fellow. And how he man
aged to be congenial with all the hustle, bustle and
the blue-skinned, buxon blonde we nevcr did figure
out. .
Finally (and we nearly mean that literally) we
got into the X-ray room. A raven-haired little thing
plopped us down on a steel table and commenced
to take X-rays.
And for another hour she took X-rays.
Finally she finished and we paraded back to
our room. Walking. After the ride down we sure
could've used a ride back. Guess the wheelchair
was out of gas. Or else the orderly was off in a
- - back room somewhere taking a snooze.
AFFECTION That night was rather routine also. "Turn off
To be the recipient of affection that TV. Out with he lights." This was the cry of
is a potent cause of twppiness, the nurse at precisely 10 p.m. However, after much
but the man who demands affec- persuasion, bribery and so forth, she allowed us to
tion is not the man upon whom stay up until every bit of 10:30 (Shcll probaMy lose
tt is bestowed. Bertrand Russell her puise.tafcing iicense for this).
Our sweetest experiences of a. Came the dawn we ,vere again rudeiy awakencd
fection are meant to point us to and another thermometer was crammed down our
that realm which is the real and gullet And at 7 a m we rolled out of the s!lck
endless home of the heart. Hen- n;toraiK-v w nr
And finally, at 9 a.m., following a hard-boiled
egg and prune breakfast, we were given our walking
papers. .
. But we broke another rule by running out of
the place..
Moral: Don't call us, we'll call you!
the man who has no radio and who
lives in the jungles or deserts?
The vast majority of people over
the world are not interested in
these intellectual concepts. We in
America preach "freedom to," but
the majority of the masses over
the world would be very happy if
they could only achieve "freedom
from."
GEMS OF THOUGHT
ry Ward Beecher
Happy is he the palace of
whose afection is founded on vir
tue, wdlled with riches, glazed
with beauty, and roofed vnth
honour. Francis Quarles