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PACE TV0 fHl DAILY TAR HEEL FRIDAY, APRIL 17, W) Dulles Harassment In Final Hours lcliiui nrwsiecls last Sunday showed St i(i. iin il Sua- John rosier Dulles arriving .it V.isliiii;iMi Nation. 1 Airport on his sud il u iihnuuh not unexpected) letuin to Wal trl Reed Hospital. An Mi. hulks tottered down t lit ramp of his pl.iue. .i dr pciaiely ill man, he was greet ed lv ,i ballet ol microphones and perhaps a m.'.nv as ioo swilling, shouting, gesticulat ing Hpoitcis and photogiaphcrs. Again and avaiu. the lrnoitcrs shouted: "How are you lc-elin. Mr. Seuetan? How are vou feeling?" It would have been tiuly magnificent had Mi. Dulles tinned on his tormentors and with 4l.1t i. 1 di'jnit teplicd. 'Tin ding of cancer, stupid idiots. How do vou think 1 feel?" Km Dulles is a puhlic man which means. I American standards, that vou plav the- u.mie anoiding to the rules right down to the end. This is what he actually said to the j itk. !s til the mass media: '"I was just tt llinv Mis. Dulles that I wished the plane mold tmn aiound and 'jo back to Florida. It's a lot wanner there.' The old man laugh mIIh.I'owU thiou'h clenched teeth and Niutnhhtl oil to his limousine. I t 11 Kit li nd Nixon, lib and articulate in t!,( I. e ol Communist Venezuelan mobs, was .11 .1 los I01 words. I eti Nixon, when sur muuded b the tat kals. was almost incoher (iit in the lace ol this pathetic, baiharic tableau. 1 his uenspapei has necr been listed anion.; the admiuis of Mi. Dulles' stew; vclship as SeciciaiN tl Mate. 1 01 several yens now this n, wvpij.ei his c oiisistentlv criticized Mr. Dul't N a S-iietan ol Mate, but John Foster Dulles is also a man. a human being. And 1 m 1 1 I- i .1 Pi. 1 1' it M 1. he is entitled t all the elemental decencies. v In huiass this MAN in the hour of his in. 11 1.1! illness is obst t tie. To harass this M AN oi a tidal wae of penny profits is wicked. No oilier t ilized nation in the woi Id puts iis publit nun ihiough such an ordeal. In the name ol cli uitx. in the n;,ne ol decern . in the name of justice, the American "lice" puss must evaluate again the bouncUiy lines ol m -sp.tMsibli' journalism. As tcibod knows. John Foster Dulles has icsUiml his high olhce. For all practical pin poses he thus blinds to a close an extr.v oidinaiN enter dedicated to the pursuit ol pe.nc and intci national oitlei. In whatever tune the Almighty has It 1 1 to him. we hope ' that Mi. Dulles will be able to find the peace loi hiinsi il which he was unable to find for the woi Id. Oui pi. u-is ate with him and his sue c essi i . The Squire Of Haw River' Today the State of North Carolina honois the binhd.iN ol one ol its linest sons. V. Kerr St oil -the "Squire of Haw River." As Commissioner of Agi ic ultui e, Coventor, ami .Senator this gieat man with a tommon touch tetideted services to this state which had seldom been seen in the past and have not been matched since his death. Stoti is chielly remembered for his work with the- Noith Caiolina C rane and his road building piojects. Few of us have taken into Mtiisidetation that he was also a gieat con ttibutor to the education of young minds. Stott was a big man. We know that the stale and Miss Maiy are proud today, to t l.iiiu him. Lights - Action IVih ips one leason that students shy away ' bom the libiaiv is simply the fad th: t they aic si. td that they will fall and bteak their lie ( k. question comes to mind: "Is it really sale not m have anv lights in front of the li biaiv at night?" I hose hi;.; tonctete steps are .1 v 1 1 1 1 1 V solid. ' Ol ionise the p.'pcr tealizes that this doesn't mum em most of us. But. for the lew I students iuteteted in academic pursuit, mav- be the I): piitmctit of building and Ciounds tan siijilv the needed illumination. thf .ffirt;il tu(trt publlritlon of the I'ublicatlon RoBrrt if the University of North Carolina. -There H Is putiIis!nMl daily enrpt Monday nJ examination periods md emme termi Entrnd second rlais metier in the pent utflt e in i'hipcl Mill, N C. unlei the art of March 8 1870 Suiwripuon rates': $4 50 per e ouster. $ S P' The Daily Tni lleel ?J Si printed hy the News Inc.. Carrboro, N. C r.difor As'uiate I!.litors 1 r Site of the yuvrrsiy N irlh (u retina vthi: n firvl in f4nerr ; 9 V 1 r.n ' ,t William t Kerr Scott A year lias passej since the death of North Carolina's ionm-r Governor and United States Sen ator W. Kerr Scott. To these vlu knew him he stills lives on. It Ls to this man that North Car olina owes a great debt of grati tude, for it is because ol the-woi k that was accomplished during his tenure of office tha". North Caro lina is referred to as the most prog ressive state in the South today. Governor Scott's "Go Forward" administration was Mij most dyn amic, progressive administintion that North Carolina had seen since the days of Charles Brantley Ay cock. It was an administration in which, lor the first time in the his tt ry of North Carolina, the state funds were put to work drawing in terest from the banks that tuid used them for so many years with out paying interest thereon. Scott, unlike many of his p'(,d. cessors. did not neglect the farm ers who were piimarily lor his election. He was responsible lor the introduction a?:.l p.i.s.ane of ihe bond i -sue. which saw many i North Carolina's farmers march on the capitol to speak lor i;s adoption by the legislature. He is best remembered by many for "taking the rural people out of the mud." The road sy.-dem started uiMer his adniinisli ation and the increased school program were the t.vo most signi icant .steps that North Carolina ha. I taken siiue the turn of the cenlury. Scott was ."S years old when he went to Washington as North Car olina's Junior Senator. His age did not hinder him from maintaining his tine physcu iorm. His staff could set their watches by the time of his morning arrival, for he walked the six and can- ha f rnilts from his apartment to his office. This was a somewhat slow er pace than the one lie set while on the track team at S ate Col lege some thirty years helorehatid. His work in the Se.iate w.s i:i vjhuble to his state and to his country. Many Li. Is on ci n.e. va tion and agriculture bear his rarr.e a.s a sponsor. IL traveled many miles to find the problems of his people and set about trying his very best to solve these problems. Kerr Scott was a warm, person able man. who was friendly and courteous to all; a true gentleman in the finest sense oi the word. Thus is our tribute to William Kerr Scott, one of North Carolina's greatest sons and a true states man. I). It. S. "Hey Look, Fellows A Parking Platform" A ,.t. 5.. " - v ..... . . . . .J.;-.'vi'.;''.-t.-.'--:.i-K . -- "..v: ; 1 f ,,, fA " g HIT--'"lll " ' ' ",' W. ".. ' "'TtlllM1,il C--vi-..- . -.' . - '" j.l e The Sword And Plowshare The times in which we live show the m -A start ling contrast between the blackest darkness an:! the brightest light in ail sicular history. These are the days in which seven youni; volunteers are ehost n for the supreme adventure of space travel and an other young man, renu-inbei ing his ordered j-ha.e in the Hiroshima btauliing, ;;(irs ii.lo ;.n emotional darkness all his own. These are also the days in which the Western democracies prepare soberly to defend themselves against the disappearance of all light and all hope. The United States, as we read yesterday, is going ahead with "plans for a vast nuclear arms buildup cf its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion this year"; West Germany's Minister of Defense will be talking this week in Washington with Penta gon officials, who fear that his projects for rearming Germany on German soil with German hardware arc too ambitious; the three-power conferences on a!o:n- t'isarraanienl will hold their seventy-third meet ; UcLiy in Geneva, with no immediate hope of progress; a technical group will meet in London to prepare working papers for the western foreign ministers to agree upon and lug to Geneva when Ley meet their l!us.-ian opposite number on May 11. This year's conferences will not finally decide whether I he atom is to be a sword or a plowshare. Our allies ami ourselves must be and are sadly ready for the worst of these choices, however much we hope for the better. But this is what the talking will be about in Washington, in London, in Geneva and elsewhere. Leace, healing, abundance, knowledge these gifts the atom can provide. When this generation's his tory is written, as we trust it will be, there may be some wonderment as to why there had to be any debate at all. New York Times Harper's Bizarre All barber shops shnuM display signs reading "Fnter At Your Own Kisk." Actually, one does just that, bat such a sign woulJ at least b. a hint of the possible atrocities with in. Going into a barber shop for the first time is comparable to play ing Russian Itoulette with a single-barrel shotgun. The newcomer invariably is palmej off on the youngster who graduated from bar bers' school just last week. Or he : seated by the palsied veteran whose clippers and haircuts are cirry-overs from the 20's. One rule holds: fresh meat's it! Last summer we wiincs-.cd an amazing act of bravery in the face of the barber. It was Saturday morning, ami the shop was packed with townsmen. Two of the three chairs were doing record business, but the third stood as ominously empty as the hose at Central Prison lis barber, resigned to his fate, stood by reading a newspaper. A man, obviously a tourist, ap peared in the doorway. The bar ber's paper slipped to the fioi r. and he called out "Next!" No one moved. The si ranger surveyed I he filled waiting chairs, then looked again at the cmdy seat. As in nocently as before, the barber called out "Next?" The poor man could see the hand writing on the wall. lie stood frozen nvt he doorway. The bar ber picked up the necl: cloth and dusted off the seat. The sunnier cast a glance at his watch, th literally bolted into the chair. These waiting, to a man. dropped their eyes in respectful mourning. 'I he human saciiiice sat with his eyes dosed a.s the barber buzzed merrily ab.iut his temples and neck. When it was over, the man stood, paid his fee, and. avoiding all mirrors, retirej from the field. The waiters remained whh heads bowed until he disappeared. As the barber stared through the doorway at his departing handiwork, a look of deep respect came to lvs face. Then he picked up his paper and sat down in the chair. For all we know, he's still sit ting there. 'All i his. ulul apologies to Mack.) J. Harper Cliches 1. If you don't win in the short run, there ISN'T any long run. 2. The one thing worse than an arms race is LOSING an arms race. 3. The Russians are not ten feet tin ihnt suppose the Russians are a strapping six feet tall, while we sKimp along at a comparatively anemic five Teet six inches?). Questions 1. What is the difference between "Let The New York Times do it," and "Let Ike do it." 2. What is the difference between "The people are not interested," and "The people must not be al lowed to RE:C0ME interested." 3. What is the difference between "My newspaper is like the parish priest," and "My parish, fortunate ly, does not have to concern itself with national and international problems of the utmost gravity." 3 X u ILL! 1 fiiANT you TOKNWTHATM BEHIND W ALL THE WAY THIS SEASON, MANAbtR! 1 1 ' THE 9JCCESS OF A TEAM DEPENDS UR3NTHE RAVERS DOING JUST WHAT THE MANAGER Skfc, AND I INTEND TO DO WHAT-, EVER Wfl6 ME, CHARLIE vnjUJHI THAT'S FiMP WHY DON'T YOU START BY CHASING A FEW ILItS IN THE OUTFIELD, AND. OUTFIELD? 5 c DAVIS II. YOUNO KUAN K CHOWniKIl HAROLD OTUEL CQ P.JKS3 -fcS'C 5Z22rs ... a PALL u- viory wu-ut; FALL UPON A w r;s;WLY TUT05S IVg 3WL5ess That PULLARPS ABOUND IN 07 Pin A ) m -i -"r-17 SSWOLCf HIS CA& PZQClkm B03iiyjllH0Il IIOMTOXI TWgCg IS MAGIC IN TwgCRVPflC SCRfPT'" WHAT UNKNOWN gNCHANTMSNT LIS5 HIPPN? WHAT CURI0U5 15 ri it 7 0Uf f Hg MIST5 OP ALLU'?S C8UA0ug INTO JACK5TRAW5 aOTH THfgg CA2P5 5AY hlf "ABA4AL ' A SHOPPY ?6vLATl0N'"ANP TH AkIKg. MO OP A KINP WILL ggATA PAIf?, tOO POS. VOU, JACK. HgyTH'gg'5 14,922.59 1 vuz on THgM poncxzce. VOU CAN5gM9vOU? fye-owe-AN'-you AKOUNJO IN TM6 A.A. o o O Bill Styron At Dulce U. I he university Lives At Night Frank Crowther On Thursday, April 8th, several members of our creative writing class had the pleasure of being in an audience at Duke of about 100 Joe Bfsplk The University lives at night. -In the daytime, it opens its doors to the commerce the commerce of speaking voices. that heard William Styron, author professors droning on to uninterested classes, of Lie Down In Darkness and The and people making conversation in Y-Comt Long March, read from his forth- for the sake of making conversation. coming novel. His new work is titled Set This House On Fire and is due for publication in the fall. It will approach 800 pages in length. Styron said later, however, that in all likelihood it would not appear before the first of next year. This writer attended two sessions in which Styron participated. In the afternoon, the author read from his own work. That evening, Styron, Burke Davis and Mrs. At night, the life of the University reveals itself. It reveals itself in the din of pages ami patter in a crowded hut unused library. It takes form in the bridge players' room of smoke as they quietly, almost stealthily pui sne the ephemeral master point to its ulti mate conclusion the two inch story in next week's Daily Tar Heel. It is a biography told in the quietly moving pages of books in the basement of Alumni Frances Gray Patton criticized Hall, in the sparse gathering at a post-elec live short .stories which appear in tion political party meeting, or in the ratir Archive, Duke's version of The oils noise of talk and rock 'n roll music in Harry's. Carolina Quarterly. This was an anniversary issue of the campus magazine, thus the appearance of llie aforementioned authors along with Randall Jarrell during their two-day celebration. The portion Styron read was a flashback which, he said, appears approximately 100 pages into the novel. It is presented through a narrator, as is the first half of the novel, who has accompanied the "villain" to the latter's sprawl inly magnificent estate, Merri oaks 'my spelling), for an inop portune visit. The villain has been expelled from an exclusive Epis It lives in the string quartet industriously sawing at their wooden boxes in Hill Hall in the vain hope that the result Tuesday night will be .something of what the composer intended. The ( lickety-c lack, the driving incessant clickely-clack of the teletypes in the Tar Heel office hasten the pace of the night, and the scene shifts to Memorial Hall where gunr chewing girls are making efforts at character portrayal, groaning all the while about the cold of the building. A chorus comes in and out and gi umblts about being moved around copal prep school for having been like chess pieces on a chess board. And the caught in flagrante delicto with a director keeps up a steady stream of activity local young nymphet (if I may use in the dream that his activity will eventually Nabokov's term). He Ls already make order out of chaos and a nlav out of a script. Back in Graham Memorial, the usual handful that frequents the building are there. A few are studiedly over a chess board, while others are reading magazines and studying to the tune of Brahms, Beethoven. Bach, and June Christy. There are some scattered in television lounges throughout the campus seeking wisdom and diversion from the square box with the gray moving image that tells one that so and so has won $10,000 for answering coiectly that white is the opposite of black. " A few are playing pool in the pool room. a scounurei at lb and, as lie ad mits, preoccupied with sex. As an example, he whispers to his friend, the narrator, during prayer in chapel that, no matter how hard he concentrates, "all I can think about it getting laid." Styron's de scription of the manor and its oc cupants is a brilliant reflection of the southern aristocrat's de cayed state. His graphic charac terizations are indeed exceptional. I, personally, felt quite envious of his facility with the language. Another interesting segment was the arrival of the seduced lass's oysterman father who wanted "to get thet boy. He took thet young thing and he KNOWED her!" The angered man forced his way past and occasionally a life-like groan emanates the scoundrel's mother, an alchol- fronl the HpS Qf one as he sees his opponent ic, and went for the boy. Paradoxi- i f r. , n ' , , drop the hlteen ball, costing him the price ot "'J . "v.. i "iv """'6 ""J1 the narrator. Reading over the above, I find it a miserably poor account of the writing itself, so will desist. If you cannot wait until next January, Es quire magazine will publish two ex cerpts from the book, one in June, the other in September. The lat ter will be the section Styron read to us. I carried to this reading a high estimate of the author's talent, and went away hopefully assured that Styron will "become the mast ma ture (as well as talented) mem ber of the entire group of new writers in the 1950's." HLs writing is reminiscent of Fitzgerald, Mitch a large candy bar. In a dorm the radio tells of a third world war which started last night. Frantic believers go chasing around making frantic phone calls until one finds out that a tape recorder can be hooked up to a radio, and its taped message, when broadcast, sounds much like a 'radio broadcast. In the men's dorms a frendly game of cards breaks out, followed along by an equally friendly group of kibitzers, and the resultant noise distracts the lonely few who concehe of the University as a place to study. They make an abortive effort to silence the gath ering down the hall, and eventually they too ell and Faulkner in what we heard join in. And only a few resist the temptation of the new novel. Lie Down In an(j l)Ury themselves beneath their dim lamps Darkness has been said to show f()r s of doin assioed reading, the influences of Joyce, Crane and 11 Melville. Through all of these in- , , , , , - , , , , 0. The women have already kicked then iluences, however, comes Styron 7 himself, unmistakably, uniquely, shoes off and are sitting on their legs on the and with a force and style of his top of the bed with a book squarely in the own- (enter of their laps. Their attention wandeis After the two session at Duke, from the book to space back to the books and 1 had the chance to talk for a few tf, K,iAro and ihcv ferventlv Diav foi - i ' . something else to do the next night. minutes with Styron. I mentioned that John Frankenheimer, the "Playhouse 90" director,' another young man of exceptional tale.it, would be here at UNC. in May to The night goes on and in Pl.iv maker's theater one can hear a student opera beiii; speak for the Carolina Forum and rehearsed at the top of a soprano's and an had expressed interest in meeting nWc vn.o. Thev tvv hard to both sin2 well and articulate well, but the resultant sound is neither, and the director gets up to make sure a male character makes his singing en Styron. Since the latter left im mediately after his appearance at Duke, I gave him Frankenheimer's number in New York, hoping they might get together. A '"Playhouse trance gracefully. In the wings a girl stands in studied attention, focusing catlike eyes on the spectre before her and occasionally dait ino: a jdance to a chance visitor in the air dience. 90 show written by Stvron and directed by Frankenheimer would be quite a combination. When asked about his immediate plans, Styron said that he had been in touch with James Jones, who is now in Europe. They are making plans to meet, probably this sum mer, in Jones's villa off the coast of Spain. "Jones tells me," said Styron, "that his doctor told him to stop An(l t!,en one-by-one, Avhile law students drinking or he'd injure his health, study in Manning Hall, lights "T out throuMr I told him that ali French doctors out the campus, and the "darkness remains. tell their patients to lay off the A . i. i - .... tt1 ..t. . ... And the darkness and the rain are all that is bottle. "I'm very pleased with UIC aM "ai this chance to get together with lelt except " a few lonely travellers on the him ... and I imagine we'll tilt wet brick pavement of the campus walks, a few." Such a traveller am I. And then there is the late coffee at The Chuckwagon and the interminable wait lor service before the hike-warm cup is delivered.
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