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- TW1 OAILT TAX fiBIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, I960 jc iDailp tEar Sited Tin1 official student publication of the Pril l ication Hoard of the University of North Carolina., win -re it 't published daily except Mcnday, examination pe riod;, and summer terms. Kntered a second class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill. N.C. under the ait d March fl. 1870. Subscription rates: S4.00 per semester. ST .00 per car. The Daily Tar Heel is printed by the News. Inc.. Carrboro. N.C. John Justice Jack Hargett KIUTOIl ASSfK 1 AT K UDlTOi: ASSISTANT KIUTOli Managing Fditors NEWS EDITOItS business man.(;i:i: advertising mann ag i '.k spouts editoi! CONTniHUTINC IDITOIIS Jonathan Yardiey Anthony Wolff Hon Shumate 1 any Smith.' llarve Harris Dec Daniels. Henry Mayer Tim Burnett Harry Za.-lav Ken Friedman Frank Crowthcr. Davis Young Nonr.:.n E. Smith. John Justk'e The Hounds Of Spring Sjniit i like .i pnh.ips h.md w hie !i onu s .ucliilk out ol Now lu t'r , , 1.11141114 .1 window, into which r. ;,!. ,L (while Kij'c st.tlC .1:1 : 1 1 1 mmu iiid ( li. 11141114 j!.u iii'4 1 ,iul ul l t lu 1 1' .1 st 1 .life 1I11114 .tiul . known i!iii!4 I ut i-1 iiul 1 1.11:41 1)'4 ieilli'li;4 ciivliillv 1114 i like- a c h.ij I I. ind in .1 window u.iululU to .mil tin nio 1114 New .tnd Old things, while 'ti!e st.iu c.iu'lul! nio iu4 .1 ei lupN li.u lion o! Ilowrv heir pl.u in .111 in h ol nil tin rr .no! w ithoiil liu Mkiii4 ui thin'4 !'.. r. CFMMINCS Wc .iwokr SiiikI.ix inoiniii 10 ic, with lol.il delight, ihe ' prih.ips hand" of s)iiii4 gently sweeping ihe wintei chill oil the 4i.is ;iih1 into thr past. W'r h.id w. ited . I0114 titnr lor sprint, .ind seeing it .11 iir with such le.itit .ind .11 in: h w.i and still is a thrilling rprii iiK e. lri student who t onus l C liapel Hill is immediatels in loitncd 1 his Icllow students, pio IrwMv and the townspeople that he won't see'lhe campus in its lull splendoi until spi in'4 h. anied. 1 hc aie 1 ilu. WV alwavs ;4et a little poetic on the litst 1e.1l da ol spiiii4. al though the Keti that we tuiu out is not o a ua!it ( 01np.11 aide een to that ol an cmhanted liist 41. 1 ef. aiol to mention ( auimiii4s Jjwinhtnnc. whose lamed line " I he founds H s)iiii'4 an- on winter's li.ues" wr lound ;ippi opi i.itr as a rjtlr for -this. 0111 meagre hut heait nU -saliitc to the happiet ol sea- Mi V I lie' . dveiit ol spihi4 lonjinrs up isions of "(laiolina Way ol i.ilr" idealism. pic tin in.; I n 1 it 11 v; tenlij in the ai ioi et 11111. cotch in midtas and miles in hn innd.i. While we lind this ision a tiille lordish. there's no ;et 1 111-4 away lrom the l.iet that spring is Ch. pel Hill at its hesl. although many in hahitanls ol the r.iinpns and suv ioutidiii'4 aieas would proh.ihk like to stess their reiiest that hcloir, au student dons a p. ii ol Ik-miukI.i shoils he liist look losely at his Irtnuis and make a deeply hitros jxftixe dei ision as to whether he wishes to esjwse them to genual obsci at ion. Spiiii4 also Initios to mind lus hall. Ix ih tiiajoi ,ind minoi and litiht on down to the colleges the s.uidlots. I hose ol lis who weie r.lid in the saudlot tiadition I.Mtk lo the liisl w-.iim da as a te'eise 1 1 0111 indoor sm) Is and a h int e to sit sleepily in the Meaheis wahh ihe h It lielder stand sleeil in his . pjHtinid jxtsitiou w . i t i 1 1 4 ap pieheiisiel lot a 1 1 i 4 1 1 ll that he will pioliahls lose in the sun. AiiNoue who has eei attended a inajoi league haseh.dl aiiie knows that hasehall is. in lii'4 time uiie. the sin spring and the sin that ets most attention. We hoie stiiiUnts luie will ;ie it moie attention than thev hac in the past. putiruhiU with the team v e 1 1.1 e i esent l . S J n 1114 is also the season lor heei. an institution which we (oiimiend lot its .nsidei at ion ol' man's 411.11 est spline sells: :ion iotlK'1 thin. .K(ordin4 to lolk-m ths. loei thiist. Madison Aenue has eoti iiued us that beer is neiess.uN lo the total satisfaction of one of man's hash needs ("Satisfy our heel thirst better with New York's laxoiite beer"), and consequent ! we look lorward to spring eeniii4 1'iuioi t.tblv spent in a hair on someone's lawn sipphi4 slow' on a ran" or two of uood ( heap beer, for those with more expensive tastes and more means to satisly tluin. it (.111 as easih be said thai spring is the season lor bourbon, l'oidc;ui and lieeleaters. Sales berotne more liepient in the spi in.' pri haps be ause the men 1 1.1 1 1 1 1 has decided that the season induces a certain lainess ol the poc ketbook .is well as the mind, the bod and "man's nnc oticpiei ;v ble soul." We heartily praise sales, and wish to 140 on lrcord as be in 14" hi'4hl in laor ol local establish ments which hold them. Ihe 1 i 4 -411 the discount the better, inci dentally. And. ol course, spi in;; is that nit laj)lisiral hour when youth aban don their wintry reserve and set thcii leet lirmiy on the path to loe. It can be- editorially stated that a Li 1 "4 1 majority ol them hope their's will be 1 ec ipi oc ated. This is the houi ol untitled lootlalls in 4iassy meadows, the time ol uni eisal Sadie Hawkins Day. and ol in: c-. ' c'd mail olume at lonelv heatts desks thi'Mi4hout the nation. W'e har not )l.inned to institute such a leatuie in the Daily Far Heel, but would welcome some undc J standing, sympathetic and ei hose c oed who niiuht rat c to nu clei take such a task. W'e feel sure that 0111 happy little community miht do well to ieceie the min isterins ol a loyin heart. In conclusion, bein your lor '4iyeness lor our o er-indul'4en; e in Metic opulrncr. we would like to lcluiii lor a moment to Swin bui tie's expression ol spring's de-liiilits: The Missile Race You don't have-to go to the flicks or a play to see a good comedy. Just consider for a moment the production be in '4 staged by the United States and Russia. The scene is the gliAe. and the plot is simple. The two protagonists are engaged in a struggle for the peoples of the world all of the peoples. Both sides, however, claim to be concerned only with fashioning peace from the "cold war." Thi idea of peace is a, lovely, soothing one, with all sorts of pleasant connotations. On the surface there does seem to be quite a hit of effort being made in an attempt to make the world a safe place in which to live. The routes of various good will trips criss-cross the earth'-; surface from east to west: newspapers are filled with accounts of speeches full of rhetorical pleas for peace: summit conferences are planned, held, and dismissed. This is all well and good; but behind this veneer of sincere, humane concern tor humanity, what are Hus.-ia and the U. S D )INI to secuvf peace? Firm A! sue.v to Y!a !i nstovk. the imple ments of war roll off tne Russian factory belts in an omiloss stream: of the entire Russian budge, ene-foiwth is being spent for defence and military goods: all of the satellites of the USSR arc so in doctrinated with the Mo-cow lino that they no long er want to revolt against i; When we look at tf,e US po economy is al most farcial. Our leader- in Wa-'Mnoton saw -n ! honestlv. that America desires total and perpetual peace. How do we go r.hout wineirg this peace? Wr discuss. of all things, the possibility of cutting for eign aid at a time when we tved every friend in any corner of the world. W'e bahmce our budget at the possible expense of losing our position of authority which is nece -s:iry in order bargain with the Russians. Our President. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces 15 years ago. refuses 4o admit that there may be experts who know more than he about preseift day defense matters. Hut the real humor, tragic as it is. lies in the premise on which we base our hones for peace. Rv building missies, bombs, submarines, and planes and by technically improving our existing weapons of destruction, we will be able to "deter" a wai with the Soviets. The reasoning in this premise seems to bo a bit fallacious. If we step back and view the activity from a distance, the picture is frightening. The stockpile of war materials reaches to mountainous propor tions, and the destructive quality of weapons is ever more potent. Nations are forced to commit themselves to one of the two opposing camps, until all are entangled in the web. As the weapons near perfection, the time allowed for making decisions is reduced until momentous, fafal decisions mu.-t be made in seconds. At any race, including the missle race, there -must be a winner and a loser; there Is no such thing as a tie. When Russia thinks she is far enough ahead of us to risk a war can we doubt that she will precipitate a clash? Hardly it would take an infinitely idealistic person to believe that Khrush ehev would hesitate for a moment if he thought that Russia was capable of exterminating the U.S. However, whether Russia or America has an edge in the grim race, the results of a war will ob viously be catastrophic. Whether World War III is started by the cold, deliberate act of a would-be global dictator, or accidentally by some obscure soldier who pushes a button in panic, it is sooner or later inevitable that a war WILL come if the present policies are continued. Supposing that one side does "win." wdiat will be the spoils of victory? The winner will have do minion over a shattered husk of a ball which is slowly, but inevitably, being smothered by a dead lv invisible dew falling from the skies. This will be the end of the play, the last cur tain. The events that will lead to the conclusion will be laughable because everyone who though about the matter at all knew exactly what would happen. As a matter of fact, we will probably liter ally die laughing. Letters To The Editor iT S Jot winici's i.iiiis and mills air ort. And all the- season ol snows and sins; 'I hr d. ys cliicliii'4 loct and lorr, - I hr liht that loses, the 1 1 i '4 1 1 1 that wins; And time rrmrnibrt ecl is licl lot gotten, And hosts air slain and llowris bruottc u, Ami in jjrrrn underwood and corr lilosvum by blossom the spring begins. 1 s? O Tou Might Sav That Thcv See I-To-F P. W. Carlton Education And Segregation To the Editor, Borrowing a lear from Shakespeare I would say that nothing in Davis Young's editorial career be came him like the leaving of it. Davis' "Bowing Out" editorial is a good example of the way students come to UNC from other sec tions of the country and spend their time yelling about what is wrong with the South in general and the University in particular, only to wind up in the end captivated by the very things they decried. Curtis Cans and Anthony Wolff come to mind as 1 write this. Yesterday I said to Anthony, "Wolff, I believe you have toned down some since last year. I hipe so." fc laughed, and I added. ".You yvere certain ly wild and wooly last year." This hands off policy giving the students enough rope to hang themselves is mute testi mony to the wisdom that has always characterised the administration at Chapel Hill. The administra tion lets the students know that the best is ex pected of them, then they are allowed freedom to work out their own destiny. However, the admin istration is standing in the wings, ready to step in, should things get out of hand, which, believe it or not. rarely happens in Chapel Hill. Congratulations, Davis. Welconre to "Down South," We are glad you are going tr stay. Good luck, and God bless you. Otelia C. Connor To the Editor: It is a pity that Carolina was trounced so thoroughly by NYU in the recent "College Bowi" program. I do not think that the results of the quiz necessarily reflect the academic ability of ,he majority of the students at either school. However, I do believe that we yvould have fared somewhat better if the choice of some of the UNC panelists, i.e. Mr. Wolff and Mr. Yardiey, had been based on academic rather than political considera tions. Yoors truly, Robert Eisenthal The issue of segregation in North Carolina is a vital and consuming one, embodying as it does the hopes, fears, animosities of the majority of the population. It may be true that nothing except war has ever affected the state as a whole as much as the segregation issue. When people talk on this topic, they deal yvith the emotions, and it is here that man is weakest, for emotionalism is not based on reason or sound judgment. Rather, it is the product of superstition, hearsay, deep-rooted envy,' hatred, and a thousand other eompartmentalizations of a big word, strife. Emotions are constantly fluctuating, vacillating be tween good and evil attitudes. Since they do not base themselves in reason, it is often nigh impossi ble to deal with them in a thinking manner. Man's concept of self is couched in emotional ism. The Caucasian has been indoctrinated with a "white supremacy" myth which leaves little room for the Negro on an equal basis. Where the white supremacy ideology came into being is uncertain, but it may be the defense mechanism of a pale minority in a world of dark skins. (The greater part of the world has different pigmentation than ours.) Possibly admission that the Negro is an equal constitutes such a blow to the Caucasian's psyche that he experiences difficulty in coping with the situation. It is possible that the equaliza tion renders the white man's position in society insecure and that he feels panic at the prospect. It is not within the scope of this report to resolve these questions, however. The maintenance of "separate but equal" fa cilities for Negroes and whites in Chapel Hill and North Carolina is morally and constitutionally wrong. The reasons involved are legion. Chief Jus tice Vinson placed emphasis on the sociological and psychological damage done to Negro children by he fact of segregation itself. This is an over whelmingly insidious damage. To be reared in a land of "milk and honey," to see the wonderful culture of the Caucasian and yet to be denied the benefits thereof is frustrating, devitalizing and deadening. To be an American Negro with the stigma at tached to that name is a terrible thing. The Negro has little future, few goals to strive for. since he is so limited by the white man. Is it any wonder that these people, downtrodden and listless, do not measure up to white standards of living? The in justices mentioned above do not involve an infin itesimal group of people. In 1955 it was reported that the population of N.C. was 21' Negro. These huge numbers, almost one-third of N.C.'s citizenry, are denied the rights accorded the Caucasian seg ment of the population. Most people are unaware or ignore the fact that a caste system flourishes be neath their noses. The U.S., democratic to the Nth degree, maintains an ancient custom of India, a so-called backward nation. At last there is available an opportunity to break the power of this discrimination. The courts have ruled and legal wheels are turning, slowdy, inevitably. And what is the vehicle to be used in destroying racial discrimination? Education, of course. The school, with its rosy-faced, innocent Caucasians who, up to this time, have been indoc trinated with the thought that they are better than the Negroes. In 1833. Dr. H. W. Zorbaugh. director of the Clinic for Gifted Children of NYU School of Education, proved experimentally that education can reduce social prejudice and create in children a more appreciative and tolerant attitude toward Negroes. In an academic atmosphere, engaged in activities of common interest, students tend to lose their preconceptions and prejudices. Many oppose this integration of the schools, and are vociferous in voicing their feelings. They cry that introduction of Negro pupils will lower the school standards, that mongrelization of the race will occur, etc. There are many other "reasons" that will be omitted due to lack of space. Dr. John B. Chase Jr.. of UNC indicated on February 23. 1960. that the chief problem in edu cating Negroes and whites on an equal basis is the difference in their experience levels. Studies in Louisville, Ky., show that the average Negro sixth grader is "one year, two months to one year, five months behind the average yvhite sixth grader in educational achievement. The difference appears to result from socio-economic rather than inherant ability factors." Louisville proposes to maintain standards, not lower them. When desegregation comes, teacher work loads will be heavier and the percentage of non-promotions among Negroes will increase." There are other plans for bringing the Negroes into the schools without detriment to scholastic level. Chapel Hill has, at present, a policy which will institute desegregation at the first grade level, thus assuring' that learning experience will be roughly comparable for white and Negro youth. This obstacle is not insurmountable by any means. (To Be Continued) 'The Magician' I'm inclined to think entirely too much has been said and will be said about Ingmar Bergman the philosopher. Heretical as this may sound, I have my reasons First of all. I am convinced that Bergman the artist is a good deal more significant figure than Berg man the philosopher. Secondly, no matter how elevating and mean ingful, no matter he relevant to the exigent situation of contem porary man the metaphysics 01 Ingmar Bergman nevertheless re mains essentially what you. the viewer, will have it. Undeniably, the philosophy of this brilliant art ist is ultimately ambiguous. Surely, to neglect the meanhgs inherent in any Bergman film would deny the artistic experience altogether. But over-analysis wi;h Bergman can only lead to disap pointing confusion. A Bergman tilm is an experience in which art and philosophy are inextricably molded into one: to even tempor arily overlook one for the sake of' the other would be to escape why.t is essentially there. 'file Magician" can be for the viewer., like "Wild Strawberries." as perplexing and as discencert ng as it is fascinating. The secret might lie in becoming altogether absorbed (though for most this would take no effort), in refusing to dwell on the more vague sym bolism, in ignoring incongruous action and dialogue. For. Berg man often adheres too closely to the incongruities and paradoxes of human events. And sometimes he merely indulges in a little nonsense at the frustration or pleasure of the viewer. At any rate, he has afforded his "Magi cian" plenty of tricks. The fraud in Bergman can be attributed as well to his central character. This mid-nineteenth century mesmerist, when the film cpens, is travelling through Swe den with the other members of his hunted little band his grand mother, a two-hundred-year-old witch, his youthful assistant, a materialistic middle-aged "man ager", and an innocent yofTpg coachman. Upon arriving in the capital city, the group are taken to the home of a wealthy local citizen, whereupon an inquisition of sorts awaits them. There in the living room of the home, the magician is "tried" by the host, the local po lice commissioner, and a brilliant scientist. The show is culminated by the magician's death, where upon the scientist decides he would like to anatomize the de ceased. The body is carried to the attic "only it's not the magician's, and, when the scientist, all alone, has concluded the post-mortem, the magician takes his revenge. Mir rors are smashed by no seen hand, eyeballs appear in ink wells, decks stop ticking and pretty soon our "fraud" has got the un believer in a state of near shock. At the end. the troup is sum moned to perform before his ma jesty, and everyone rides away' to the strains of an almost ridicul ously boisterous march. As I said before, what all this means is not for any one to say. But the art of Ingmar Bergman is another matter. His camera makes every scene far more sen suous than anything color photo graphy could achieve. There has been rumors that Bergman's first love is the stage, and that he hopes eventually to occupy himself solely in the thea tre. Well, in the words of Grand ma the Witch, I see what I see and I know what I know, and we'll all be a lot better off it Mr. Berg man forgets the stake. He's very much needed where he is. 0SATNIK5 vC3'As.y g;0fiy TW-'ST SSgANS ( vg, aC? rill! 3'uSS J i &. tzzze P- uvw. SACKS 1 eve. f TAT X THAT SO? f J CM, WgwU, PCZ V 00 AT ALL. J r- I a Jwr- i rM fri - J UJ J3 1A I D z UJ CL COMPANY I WAUT 70 TSLLWU rlW 15. 1 EAT IT Ev'SRV : -zsnmiAi. jg Nl X VJ CO
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