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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 195? roi two THt DAILY TAR HEEL To Say The Least' Frank Crowther 'lo .iy the lcat I w;;s di .ippaintrd with the ;u t t ut of nhtur V .inm n Monday evening when he decided no! to run the controversial story which brought about the dunis4 of "'l.u' Duke Chronicle." First of all, I think the potion '' ('l,r ;h1 in;nitr.tioit was. for the in: st part. understandable. I cm un;:;i!hiA' with il. tut not thoroughly agree with it. There are valid arguments for hf.th s: 'v's. My n lin position was that the reading of this iiitule Km It would not pervert any rnind. I had been f.m I st,!l am) approa . hed by many students who w re extremely inierotcd in the article and '.u j.it'.oii taken ;ij a result of its p-.ibiication at Puke. 'I hey wte ;r-guir.g am 114 themselves about alt vi'cs i i the prcc" anient an 1 most of ihrm had to argue from a ic it '..mi of ivr rame in that thc HAD Not M-'KN OK 1U:.D HIE AKTKTE. Ami. inv'alentnl!y, the majority ul the students wilh whom I talked st.r.ed thai Ihey allied the article hotiU' he published so (hit they might decide for themselves. A'a ii. 111 l el them went further - ah ng with t liter Young and my. Hf - in saying t!ia! tin- a lion cf the Pake administration in sus pend ng the paper was a'.oUitel uncalled for. Certain im m! crs of our commiud'y have also admitted that the m er might have heen har. lied more talfu'.h In Dak ' lbdis V.l n- ceuld have dirtvte I Dr. II mug. cha rman of the publications board which appoints the en:!.).- and. in essence. t ntr Is tV pain-r (ex otiu .o). to call in editor An drews and columnist C!:ni and take appropriate a d ion I ha! way Andrew -, repi ima:i ind adocate). am Cohen could have heen removed. d-'d (or icm.xe'. wh'ch we d; I t c situation w mid not hav? been blown out of pi opoi tir 11 it might even have been restrict rl ti the Duke campus. But the arbi trary suspension 1 f the paper destroying the issues at the sam" time. i. unr rd 111 ihle. There is old principle which stales that the actions of few sluuld net be used to punish the many. To be fair. I think ; liljr Young was not cor rect when he said that the pressure brought to bear on him "was broeght from students alone." I was with him when three members of the ad ministration "brought pressure" against publica tion of the article. It is true, however, that none ever mentioned the word "censorship" and went "out of their way to assure us that we had every right to print it if we so decided. To those critics who think of our age as either apath.Iic or wicked. I would refer you to Kicrke gaard words of a entury past: "Lot others com plain tint the a 1:0 is wicked; my complaint is that it i.s paltry: for it lacks passion. Men's thoughts are thin and flimsy like lace, they arc themselves pitiable like the lacemakers. 'I he thoughts of their hearts ar? t-j paltry to be sinful. Kor a worm it might, be regarded as a sin t; harbor such thoughts, but not for a being made in the image of God. Their hits are dull and sluggish, their passions slccpf. They do th?ir duty, these shopkeoping souls, but they clip the coin a trifle . . .: they think that even if the Lord keeps over so careful a set of Uioks. they may still cheat Him a little. Out upon them! This is the reason my soul always turns back to the Old Testament and to Shakespeare. I feci that thoo who speak there are at least human be ings: they hate, they love, they murder their ene mies, and curse their descendants throughout all generations, they sin." We invite all interested students to the open meeting this afternoon in Gerard Hall (sec story page one) wherein they mav hear the sto-v .mil lor themselves. discuss the ca e Merry Christmas I. The nation is f war. 5. The nation it losing the war, badiy. 3. The nation mult exett vastly prtaftr effort Cijc Daily Ear )td The orr.tial student publication of the Publication So-d of the University of North Carolina wheic it u published diily except Monda an-4 examination periods and summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C. under the ac of Marwh 3, i870. Subscription rales: $4 00 per se mester, $700 per fear. Tht Daily Tar Heel is printed v the News Inc.', Carrboro, N. C. Ii - , " ill If 1 1 2 Editor Associate Kditor Editorial Asst. . Managing Editors Business Manager Assistant Editor News Uditors Sports Editor DAVIS B. YOUNG FHANK CROWTHEU M LOU REDDEN VIRGINIA ALDIGE CHUCK ROSS LARHY SMITH ... WALKER BLAMTON RON SHUMATE DEE DANIELS EDWARD NEAL IUNEU Feature Editor ELLIOTT COOPER AIAHY ALICE nOWLETTF Cotd Editor Thoto Editors JOSIE MORRir BILL BRINKHOUS PETER NESS Advertising Manaser BARRY ZASLAV Subscription Manager ED SCHENCK CirvuTaTiou Maaajcr JOHN JESTEIi Not Black Nor White Norman B. Smith No, far from home there lie the remnants cf two civilizations that have been born, have lluirished. and have boon destroyed. Wheth er what now lies in the.r stead can yet be called a civilization or .still r: mains an unidentifiable conglomeration I don"t know. The first one is ve:y ancient, and on'y speculation, not written records vouch for its existence. Put more permanent and tru.r than wri ten words are bits of pot tery that can be picked up on a rainy day when they have been rinsed of the dirt that clings to them and while they still glUen in the murky, yet glowing, mist that slithers in and out between the hills, in the early spring when a new crop ol them has been con jured forth from deeper hiding places by the winter frosts and ero.-ions and then is turned u, by the plow. What unknow;.bles are locked within these IragnunLs. bearers of thoughts and acts committed centuries and niil'enia ago? When was pottery lirst glazed, when the handle first used? Was this one broken by a careless chi'd or by hurried packing in a sudden mi gration? Did this crack come from setting down the loaded urn too heavily in a year of plenty or was it made when it, the last con tainer of grain, now empty, was hurled aside in despair some win ter alter a lean harvest? Did these stains come from the secret herbs used by a sorcerer? Of a .sudden a strange and cruel people descended on the land. Gohtseekers they were known as in the Southern Appalachians Other things they are called in other localities at other times. A syndrome that they all lit into though: hungry lor land, madly desirous of power, thirsty for the letting of blood (under jus'Jncd, i.e. any, conditions'. The pottery makers were thus overwhelmed, ovorwhelmedthcy were with the aid cf small pox, rifles, di-shonest treaties, and a President of the United States who usurped the Constitution. In a generation the invaders calmed, gave up the search for gold that was never there in worthwhile quanity, became se dentary. They learned how to live honestly from the land by working it during all the daylight for many days and. like the Indians before them, found a different sort of gold in the fruit of their work the gold of corn and pumpkins, the gold in stands of wheat and fields of new mown hay, the gold of honey in a bee gum. the gold of cattle grazing in the sun. The remnants of this second civilization are the oh! cabin and its outbuildings, built of hand hewn logs, split shingles, chim ney stones, and chinking clay. Of this civilization we know much more, at least in the purely de scriptive, material .sense. We know that the now rat-gnawed or gan with a kerosene lamp on one side of the keyboard and a jug of corn liquor on the other played the music for many a square dance on many a dusk -til-dawn night. But do we know any more about this civilization, the real essence of it, than we know about the first one? Can we ever know, now that it is gone? The feeling of a self-sufficient man who grows or kills or gathers by himself vir tually everything his family needs; of the simple people who live by, literally, unquestioningly, a now almost forgotten God and Bible; cf the woman who accepts the help of a neighbor wife when she gives birth to a child, but otherwise looks after her own health and the health of her husband and children; of the boy who learns how to work a ten hour day be fore he has lived a decade these states of mind, can they be known by us? , This thing I wouldn't call a civilization, this yes, this inva sion period which still hasn't jel led nto anything recognizable, was as strange and cruel to the second civilization as the gold seekers were t) the first. Young, virile men have been lured away by the army and by the industry cf the Midwest. Roads and rail roads and airstrips constitute ever-enlarging gateways into the mountains, gateways that cannot be barred. Revenuers. tourists, retired trailer-pulling Yankees hav settled on the lands. "For Heaven's Sake, Doirt Hit the Elephant' ... w:OTP i ? it nr. 4 ifj'i I tt ' V u Reader's Repository What's In A Greeting? Dear Mr. Boodleheim: The residents of the second floor of Everett Dorm were rWnlv moved bv vour stirring ,i ,1 snnearrd in tc any further iambastm VdJl IU utinjii, rf TUM.rJn,-'.. ninor Vf hVO SL 1TI P31' inuic.. o - .., -1-1 T n-Kh mv realization of the universal nature of the malady P'OSSiblv 1 snouiu m:iM' an Fraser Smith (I hesitate to begin a discussion that will lead of the lemaie sex uiu. u mutimes infamously designated lUCUliU, intr to make clear damn good cause, but we are r,t nuito euro r.f th- best method t om shnnt to drsenbe. ior raising tne neu necest.ii 1 , niankind We have been invaded by the tjmc ) : ' ft ml? i I ' r - t r Apt block is au ay due to illne&s Perspectives Jonathan Yardley foulest monsters known to man the darm inspector and his henchmen, the painters. ies, earlier this week, two jolly brush wicldcrs crept into our dorm and repa:r,ted many of the rooms at the occupants expense. Why was this misdeed perpetra' d? It jcoirn that the dorm inspector had discovered fingerprints (hor rend) and scuff marks (wool) on the walls. We t' ir no malice toward the painters: they were cheerful r-Hil.s. although they did veto our reouests for Carolina blue, and white color schemes. Our wrath is directed against the Universty Secret Police, who spend their time searching for fingerprints (-specially by light switches) and delipht in finding dirty streaks on the walls. To be fair, though, we must point cut that our ceilings were replartered free of charge, as a sort of student special. This was done because several students hnd been reported to some coun cil for failing to paste fallen plaster back onto the ceilings before room inspection. Oh yes. it is a violation of the rules to have palster anywhere in your room except on the ceiling. or fraternity house imqine vourself in Imagine yourself on the way from your dorm to your eigni o ciock tid;j. Y-Court or walking down Franklin street. Do you comport yourself with con- fi'cnce Do vou find yourself scanning the scene, for people wh-e faces ycu know? (I say faces be cause without them the number of those students included in your circle of acquaintences might diminish considerably had I used another designa tion.) Suddenly y; u spot "that guy in my geolegy lab". Your eyes are suddenly attracted to oil sUnn on tho sidewalk. You can't remember his name, so you take the cowards way out. You don't "sec" him. At the instant hi, perambulations bring you into closer proximity you have a terrible struggle with ycursclf. I wonder if he knows me? Sa you peek. Anrther memory failure of this type is mani fested in the form of a social blunder. Y'ou and your date have been running around trying to find out why her rrommate has rai'kod her ear in the drive-way. taken out the keys and gone home for thc weekend with a friend. Y'ou aren't really in terested in d ng this bit of civic service, but she's the biased gii.'s roemmafe. You're exasperated at the ineoiivcriencc it has caused, but you can't be mad, so : u' ? a little dis-arranged. You go to the house ami Ii;ht your way down into the bar. All Then y Yardley two antagonistic ideologies can lay clown 'Aiiici ic a s real message to the peace and Ii ic Midship, in Ii ccdoin." world is their aims tencc. " and live in "1 eace id co-ex is- With 1 lower outlined peace these 1 1 -k 1111 nesi words Dwiht David idem of the Tinted lis basic i)ioJiaui lor the 1 1 - - inssion he embarked upon on 1 Kisen-States, historic Dec em ber j. I'isenliowei s historical reputation mav rest upon the success ol this trip, as Ave II as the peace and security of our troubled little planet. Never before has the c hiel exec utive of the I'nited States undertaken such :v daring mission: the scope and purpose ol this trip are greater than ever before. The I'nited States is taking its case n the Avoild in the person of its leader. l.ise lihow cm December 22, Aill return to Washington on alter isitiim all our maioi r.uropean and Ne; 1 l.astein allies, as Avell as the most important neutral nations. some ol He has been entrusted with the job of solidi fying our friendship Avitli allies and stien;.th cniny, our relationship with neutrals. Into the latter category falls India, led by Prime Minister Nehru: situated on the Red -Chinese border, India m. y be the kev to con tinued allied Mienth in the Far Last. The most will stress is I me nt. He Avill "try earnestness in striAin to reduce the tensions an ellort first re(iuiiin- 1 o impoitani )oim Kisenhower lis desLjc lor mutual disaima- lo coin ev to everyone our cm lclinL- mankind . the I H-;i lining ol mutual disai niaiuenl." International disai liia'iue nt is one of the most controversial and important concepts j)iealent in current diplomacy. Its basic pre mise is that man is an essentially honest creature, Avhich seems a trille idealistic ; Iter Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin have played their little games before a hoiiilicd world Aide audience. It is strange that, alter fifty years of concentrated and promoted honor, the people ol the world can still Ik licvc ih:u HoAvever. Ave are determined to gain this goal and so must serreh lor some eon ceiveable method of fulfilling our President's purpose. Mutual disarmament cannot possi bly be attained without extremely stringent neutral control. The proposal, made humor ously in a little book by Leonard Wibberly called The Mouse That Roavded, that the little nations be the controllers, is not Avith out virtue. The Sa iterlands and Lichten steins, with less at stake than the world pow ers, might be the most unbiased and eflec tive agents for this purpose. Partial disarmament is an impossibility. If world peace is to be kept by taking aAvay the military might of nations, it must be tak en away from all and in cntiretly. No mili tary forces may be allowed beyond those ne cessary for internal security. Conscription must be abolished. All military plants must be destroyed or converted to peaceful uses. Stockpiles must' be discarded or exploded. Lvery nation with a military force must be compelled to comply with this. There must a be a severe penalty for violations, to be le A ied by an organization similar to the United Nations but with powers of jurisdiction Avhich that body does not possess! In order for disarmament to be effec tive it must be enthusiastiav'ly supported by every nation. It cannot be a halfwav matter. We must join Avith the rest of the world in proclaiming a genuine desire to promote Avoild peace; America, as well as the Soviet, must persuade herself that she does not want, to conquer or control. Lvery nation must be content with developing her internal re sources and expanding a free world trade. This, then, is the immense problem which our Prsident carries to the avoiTcI. We wish him well, and pray most fervently that his ()) years Avill be able to bear the burden of this, the most strenuous trip a President has every taken. Good luck, and Godspeed. Now, this is our problem. How can we avenge this dastardly act? Mr. Boodleheim, Ave are ap pealing to you for guidance. As the author of "The Key to Chaos," we feel that you must have valuable advice for us. Here are some suggested methods. Please adArise us as to which one you consider to be the most effective. vnn wvt :n .in is sit c'.owm and rest. Then you unw.Ltir.gly ar 1 irrevocably mark yourself as a nim-w:L and idi' t in front of your date and frater nity brothers. Cae of those charmers' iias taken his girl by the ha: 1 and brought her over Jor yvu to meet. You dca't even know he's there until it becomes time fcr you to reciprocate. Brother you've had it. Yrou can't remember his name. So you start you're aet. You pretend that you're pretending. You can't remember his name so you make him think you're ribbing him. But there is a point past v.hi h this ruse will not take you. At that tiine ycu look off into space as if you had forgotten what you were about to do. Then everyone either Ic ks at you quizically or he laughingly inserts his name, smiles at your date and glides away. You mu.5t decide whether to tell her how you had been' 1 "fected or to pass it off as jolly good fun. No matter what the final word, vou cannot describe 1. March in a body to the In- fre way you feel, even to yourself. A silly gfggJe firmary and plead illness due is about all you can muster. to paint odors. This idea isn't There are a myriad of frustrated gesticulations too bad when you consider the lhat can be observed at the conslusion of such a havoc that would be created by painful meeting. One of the most unexcusable dorm after dorm crawling up may seen by the astute" observer and is bitterly "Pill Hill" because the painters reCalled by the harried memory-misfit. This ex have invaded our domiciles. Of ample derives its pathes in manner opposite to that course, the University will fo4t 0f the first. You know someones name and you're the complete bill. almost positive he or she doesn't knoAv yours. 2. Invade the hallowed halls You long to pass him or her on the street, and of South Building in two waves. when finally you have your victim cornered, you The "A" team will enter first stride by saluting him with the greatest aplomb, and notate on impressive look- you watch him squirm, ycu delight in the spasm ing clipboards, any fingermarks, thiat constricts his throat and stomach. You are smudges, thumbaek holes, etc. engaging. in the height of sadism; you know how found on the walls. he feels, man, because you've been there. Your The "B" team clothed as pain- qUaims are only momentary, however, because you ters, will follow the "A" team are redeemed. There is at least one more sufferer, and slap paint onto any finger- Now to the crucial segment of this article. The marks duly recorded on the work next example has none of the power to provoke sheets. Naturally the occupants trauma that impregnates the first two. You must will be assessed for the privi- be at least a second semester freshman to go, com- lege of having their walls paint- pietely unaffected, however. The class bell rings a lovely shade of black. men an(j women pour out of Bingham, Saunders; and Murphey. Some stop at the foot of the steps creating at least three pedestrian traffic jams. The fully resisted the painters' ef- majority hit the bottom step and strike out for forts to get into his room. Yoai there next class, lo the Y-Court, or back to the will recognize him by the green rack. You're coming from Bingham wary as ever cross mark on his face. when you note that the immediate mass of humani- o 'I-1 . 1. .1 ..1 il I ' o. iiiumu imougii uie campus lv 1S male when its female vou don't worry. A bouncy, bright-eyed blond (she could be a dormi tory girl or a sorrority member), approaches from the opposite direction. "Hey, Hi (due to the speed with which this word is articulated. I cannot say for certain how it is spelled) you?" she says. Eyes brighten almost imperceptibly and pearly white almost blinds you. But not cjuite. You continue up the brick sidewalk. 'How ya dooooin?" . . . "Iliiii Bill" (She finallv manner which is best left to the remembered) You'd answer but they flit on by, imagination. thrir minds orrimifvl wilh rnnsirlornt irmc f trnnl - f s. au-.. UWU-1U V A 1 V- l V. cr moment. You could be lying flat on your back in the Infirmary and the greeting would be the same. If you should be so bold or so lucky to greet one of these lovelies under the right circumstances ed The charge will be led by the one dorm resident who success- Councii Catalogue and find a council sympathetic to our cause. (Never underestimate the power of a Carolina Council!) If we cannot find a suitable council, Ave can form the Second Floor EAerett Unfair Painting Assess ment Council, which wil capab ly dispose of the niatter in a The war is here! Thank you for your message of inspiration. Sincerely, The Residents 2nd Floor, Everett Dorm P.S. The rest of you better not laugh; your dorm is next! t ANVA5, AVZ 25AYZ'S XICIEPOGO. YOUR WfCKEP ) YOU! MAP X'PCZC V " WASfAyON'flUT I ME S GtflW NAM9 A S SA2 HIM AV Y ' MEfiONM. ill I'M JJ5f A UV -- - ' , 4 . , f in . . .iji . 1 i. i z UJ a. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT (M VON YOUR SIDE'. m SOQE I CAN rlfLP YOU PUBLICITY0OI58 01 TM (jAlly Bis THINS.. l 60E MU5T DO iOHATcV'ER G BEST BEETHOVEN JUI5E! in n x c (On the way to an eight o'clock class early), you might venture to add to you greeting a casual "How are you?" In Chapel Hill you may ask that question under any number of meterological cir cumstances. It makes little difference however, be cause she's "Just fine" every time. Everybody al ways is. I know that we can see how democratic this system is. No matter who you arc you get the same consideration when it comes to being greet ed. Of course the system evolves to a laissez-faire situation and if you successfully adapt, you may be able to join one of the groups that block traffic, a privilege devoutly to-bc-Aished. In conclusion it must be granted that a few have attempted originality of salutation and that Un fair sex is not singularly guilty of such tedium. I offer this not as a complaint for I know well the exigencies of the situation. The problems that con front us here are all-encompassing. To divert ones' t.ioughts even for an instant requires great person al I'jcrificc. Thus, avc have, most of us, adopted a pat greeting, enc that will require a minimum cf abfence from our cogitations. We all realize the situation and ve tolerate it because avc realize that under other circumstances we would be at liberty to devote ourselves to being friemilv. Per- i . naps we woiuci agree that a greeting there everything and nothing. is
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