THI OAlLt TA Hi tl SATURDAY. WAY 14. David Grigg The official student publication of North Carolina, whore it is puhl nods ami summer trims. Entered fhaprl Hill, ('., under the act of semester. $? 00 per e-ur Th? Daily Tar Heel in printed FDITOP, ASSOCIATE EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOll MANAGING KDITOKS NEWS KLITOKS sronrs kditou III VIEW IDlloH H'VTl lih EDITORS I'.t'SLNEKS M WAG Flit ADVERTISING MANAGER CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ic.iir editor of the Publication Board of the University ;shed daily except Monday, examination pe ls second cl.iss matter in the pot office in Mulch 55. KiTO Subscript ion rates: $4 00 per by the Newv Inc.. Carrboro. N C. Jonathan Yardiey Anthony Wolf I Hon Slwmau 1 any Smith. Loyd Little Hub Haskell. Henry Mayer Ken Friedman Mary Stewart Baker Susan Lewis. Adelaide Cromartie Tim Burnett Barry Zaslav Fiank Crowther. Davis Young. Norir.Mi K. Smith. John Justice Tommv White A Blow To Freedom Of The Press W e Ii.ive1 iiewi Ikcii i ii l u it!. u -1 kind tit tlic .ultiiiiiiNti :u ion id 1 1 1 1 I 'ni c nun . j i t i i ui ti Ik - tli'W- til. II .III .ItlClll'jl .It CtHlstlWC- t i' uitiiiotu i-. ln-tiii tli.ni l.illin 1 1 1 1 t i i n ! it c 1 1 1 .u 1 1 1 1! .i lit c ul u h.it i unn.;. ( ) c .isimi.illv. Iiiturwt. e- .lie .iivcti Hit- tp ni uiniiN to .i)nii .itc MMiifihiuv; lint li.ijrpons in south litiiltlinu: mu Ii a 1 1 i i .- I .11. W In 1 1 VlMC 1I.IV . I In- I ' t'l st d (iniiiT lii IT . Iim- ilu- I 'uiv c : itv id :tli ('.no lini. il!.s .mil i iK oin i t - in dents in the nl.li .it i n id .i tl.it v slihU'til lUMvsp.ijH i . Tin- C.onnrtti nit lml ( tiiifu i . piotty . 1 college m s si'.itift : it is I. ii in its t.ivc-i.ic .mil Ins a rather ini.i- n t i n . t imul.it in-.; cditoii.il .i;r. I vcrv o.u the C.ttinlms puts mil a Imnioioiis edition, in i u h .is m . on Ap.il loops D.i: ihev i. ill 11 the S iidi jw. .til l t.ikf-o'l the .iduiinistr.it ion . nd the whole ol-le-e e ominunilN I his vc.n ihe pr.in I.k ktiie-el. I he .id;ninin at ioti did not like uh;it the editor had to say about the college, ami it did not like the somruh.it impious tone ot his ecli toi i.iU. No tlie epellid him l oin S( I I . M ) I . Ihev didn't just take his job .iw.iv. and the didn't meielv een-suh- hint: they kiiked him out ol sc hool. He was not i i n an op-, n tii. l. and the l.uts a id n-.i-ovs behind his epnlion weie ciiclullv loak ed. He was inloiined ol the eom plainis alter most ol the deeisions had been m ule. Xecd'exs to sa. tlu- students at the I'nive-isitv ol (jinnrc ticul are pivttv tipMi. Thev hive stormed the adminbtiation building with i!k- .i(!minivii;.tive .u tion. T'he I a; ultv is dis'iiis'ed too. A lew metliheis stem to have olleied their usin a: ions in piotest. and almost to a man thev are out spoken in their unhappiness. 1 1 1 : it has happened, and no ad liiinisti ative ;i policy uill har.e that inevitable I'act. And we ;.re olten thanklul deep lv and sincerely, that the admin istration ol the I'niveisitv ol North Carolina has eared to deline a Iree student press and then to live bv that definition. Never have we le't ihe weight ol administrative heat, and never do we expert to. It makes this job a yieat deal c..iev. and iiiueh moie oleasant. Fidel Adds Fuel To The Fire ( astio's at it aain. Ihe jioo! Cuban I'lime litiis tei is never s.uislied with be'ur a p.iin in the lift k : he wants to l e a Miti all ovei . ( his time he elctiilcil that he didn't like the activities ol a eh.tr .Ktii named Matt Duke who liked to 1 1 x a pi. ii:- aiound Cuba, basing his ojiri at ions in l b n ida. No one was le.dlv sine what Duke did with his little Pi ei Apadie. but the 1'. S. IWndei P.i tiol had him on its blacklist ap puenilv he i n- ied in operations ol a dubious n. nine. ( astio. uleiiin to be anest in; offictt. jude and jui r.ll in one. made up his mind that Duke was living enemies ol the Casiio iciiiie out ol Cuba. Si ( '.astio heatd the ev idem e and passed a veidwt - the quicker the better, he said. I'heie was a littY liioup ot Cast mites louped atom id a c otiv tnient location neai a hih a. and when Duke came oom- dead. mm Ii ula- iti ' alou ban1', vour'c Castro doesn't reallv pav attention to iiitein.ilion.il tions: his prim. irv cotueni is with expedition and speed. He doesn't reallv woriv about Amerir; either, because he knows he has us over a battel. I he slightest indication ol phv s'nal violence between the I'nited .States and Cuba, with lht foimei showing an tendency fo use its stien-th. would set thi little Hot tentot oil ami v.reamin. He could si ream bi' bov iickin on the lit tle bov until his eais and eves pop ped off his ImhIv, and the whole woild would listen. Well. Mister Castio. von can't continue to operate on this plane cd semi-intel!i,neiu e. You see. soon er or later the bi4 boy is just o-iri-4 to loijft alnmt all the other hi-.; bovs and is just jonVA ,u stmp on ou. Did Mitt eve r hear the stoiv about the tlv and the elephant . . . r Welcome Home . . .? We cannot expiess the ap u -hetision that flipped oui bit. 1st as we sat expectantly betore the tele vision set 1 hursdav nilit . Karelv are we moved to view the llickeiiii tube; the plethora ot Westerns has become too ninth tor us (wr love them, but the same plot repeated six times a uilit be comes rather exasperating). lint Thursday niht was the ni'ht ol fear ami trembling, and we lelt ealled to the set: it was the ni-ht ol the teat meeting, the c lash ol opposite, eternal and awe some. When the show bewail. tht- lit lie. small limine touc heil olt an elec -tiic spr.-ik that ignited the entiie screen. Kveiv move, every note he vine; seemed tilled with maic . When the niembeis ot The Clan apjH-.u ed ' on ihe screen to join theii leader thev too magnified and electrified the tiny screen out ol pioiiioii to its dimensions. I he moment was bound lo .u live. and alter a ohn Camcion Swave c oiiime-i ital, it did. Ihe sieeii uveibeiated with the ani- malisiic ' C weasel, if vou'd like the sj e ies) shrieks ol wlu t must hive been a veiitable boatload of ;m 1-. As he strode onstage, the shrieks readied ' panic, dimensions.' Kina'ly thev epiieted down lone; enough lor him to break into a sensually rock ing sonj;: 'he first shake of his loi ks brought screams ol what must hive been deep physical anguish. On thf second number he lim bertcl up. counted out a 'uh old rockabilly beat, stomped into the melodv (it it could be called such) and broke into an exhibition which sent hair flying about the theatre like confetti. When the old pro joined him our woiries seemed to be con tinued, as the lithe little man start ed to sine; ne ol the rocker's bi' Sest hits. Then it became cleaier and cleat ei: the old j;uv was laus'h ins at the vounj; mocking him with every musical breath. vith eveiv smile and compliment. As The J'elvis rocked into the nisht, The Voice only grinned, slnussed his sTioulders. and re joined The Clan. Letters to the Editor Harsh Words To the Editor: Despite the fact that I am a professor in this university and therefore. I suppose, ought to hold my temper. I am writing this letter to you and The Daily Tar Heel because I have no other channel through which to air my revulsion. For the past nineteen days it has been my pri vilege to work together with a dedicated group of students and townspeople who; under incredible difficulties, have been preparing a production of the two Oedipus plays for our university community's enjoyment. The job of accomplishing this feat in the sh.ut time allotted to us has been constantly impeded by antics of a group of juvenile delin quents who appear to live in Cobb Dormitory, across the road from The Forrest Theater. Mostly this gutter gang has ctnfined its activi ties to childish shouting and the shooting-off of firecrackers (illegal in North Carolina) in the road in front of the theater. This The Playmakcrs 'have learned to ignore, anu rehearsals go on as though it were not happening. The hoodlums seem to have caught on to this, since last night they made a real effort to gain our attention. Two things happened, either of which might have had serious consequences. It has been very cold, working out there these nights, and last night , was no exception. Playing an important role in the production is one of the kindest and most highly thought-of ladies in Chapel 11:11. While this lady was lying helplessly on the stage in a light costume, surrounded by young coeds in equally light dresses, one of these ingenious gangsters sneaked up be hind the scenery and threw a paper bag full of icy water on the lady and the girls. They had no choice but to slay in their places, wet and shivering in the freezing wea.'ter. and finish the scene, with out moving a muscle. Dies this funny hoy. who ever ho is. th:nk that pneumonia is hilarious? Almost simultaneously another one of the- e hoodlums threw a firecracker into the audit "iriimi of the theater, where it exploded. It so happened that last night The Carolina Playmakcrs. and there fore The University of North Carolina, had as its guests at the rehearsal a group of interested neon from Durham. The firecracker exploded right be side where they were sitting. Had it fallen a little to the left it would have exploded in their midst :.nd someone whould have been maimed or blinded. It was useless to try to catch the fool who threw it sinc by the time it exploded, he was already running away a hundred yards off . . . something which is typical of that kind of yellow scum. Had someone been maimed he would have gone free, no doubt, but his university would not have been so lucky. Does he care? I doubt it. With his type of mentality, he probably does not have the brains to care. I do not know what kind of homes these boys come from, of course, since they are sneakers and hiders and no one ever sees them; but it seems incredible to me that the respected theatre of an important cultural institution has to call out the police to protect its workers and guests in order to carry out its work. This is what we had to do last night. Yours very sincerely, Kai Jurgensen To the Editor: An open letter to the President of the Student Body Dear David: There may not be much point in arguing against your personal position. But regardless of which side of the issue a person may be on. I think one would have to be something of a blind fooj to really believe there is nothing more involved in sitdown strikes than a hamburger for a Negro. You say that all they are doing is stirring up racial hatred. Hatred from whom? Certainly not from the Negroes. 'Iheir theme has been the Chirst ian one of love for the person who hates you. Examine the haters. Examine the people who have spit on the Negroes, cursed them and abused them. Examine the Wimpy Joneses, the KKK's. and the White Citizens Councils. You have allied your self with their cause. Maybe you didn't mean to, but that's the way it 1-ooks. You said you fell obliged to present the South ern point of view. Which Southerners? A few weeks ago I heard a man who used to be President of this University commend the strik es and their causes. I see the faculty of the Uni versity which has been given the. trust to be our educators taking stands for this movement. I see the views of students becoming more and more liberal. You must be concerned with the reputation of cmr University. In whose tyes have you enhanced her reputation and standing with your stand and your statement? What are you trying to do make us popular in the backwoods of Arkansas or re spected by the Nation? I know that most Carolina students have a "go . slow" attitude toward integration and that there are extreme views in the minority at each end. Do you consider this a mandate to make yourself the le'der of the minority at a conference to which you have been sent as a representative of the school? You have misrepresented this school to the rest of the country. Whether you meant it or not, you have created an image of this Uni versity as the leader of segregation in the South I think that the staunchest among us would admit that this simply is net true. Just how do you conceive of your position as President, as a representative, as a spokesman? Although I knew that we personally disagreed on this issue, I did not expect such a careless and damaging action and such a thoughtless statement from you. If I had I would not have voted for the appropriation to send you to the meeting. What good cause have you served? It is not conceivable to you that greater and greater number of our graduates will not want to carry into the world the stamp of a University with areputation like the one you are helping to create? Do you rea::y believe that "more people will look back on this happily or will there be more who will find it a handicap and a regret? When you speak for the University, if you can't find it in yourself to recognize the wind of change which is blowing around the world don't you think there is a possibility that the best thing to do might be to be quiet and watch - for a vvhT1 before you commit us to a doubtful cause? We will live our lives more in the world of to morrow than in the world of today. Good luck. . Don Dotion "What's So Funny?" m I- -'- - Otelia Connor President Harry Woodburn Chase The University has been fortunate in that it has always found the right man to head the Uni versity in its chronic state of crisis. The only period in its history in which it seems not to have been confronted with a life and death situa tion was in the relatively quiet period between 1835-1861, during Governor Swain's administration. (The present one might be an exception.) Iresident Chase was the man of the hour in the decade of the twenties after World War I. when the greatly increased attendance at the high schools made it imperative for the colleges to take care of the ever swelling numbers who wished to enter college. President Chase was born in Groveland. Mass., 1883, graduated at Dartmouth 1904; M. A. at Dart mouth, 1907-08: Ph D. Clark University. 1910: train ed in the fields of theoretical and social psychology, he came to the University as a professor of Psy chology in the Department of Education. 1910. When President Venable resigned the Presidency in 1914, Dr. Chase became one of President Edward Kidder Graham's chief assistants until Graham's death, October, 1918. Upon the death of Dean Stacy, January, 1919, Chase became Dean of the Faculty. In April, 1920. in the presence of a "notable gathering, Harry Woodburn Chase, tested as ver satile scholar, teacher, and administrator, assumed the duties of the presidency of the University to lead it through what proved to be one of the most distinctive and thrilling decades of its life." We have already reviewed the physical expan sion of the campus under Chase in the twenties the development of the South Campus and the off campus expansion to the east and south east. Let us now consider what he accomplished in the academic field. Among the academic accomplishments under Chase were: the development of a scientific Depart ment of Sociology, around which could be built a School of Public Welfare, an agency which would train County officers, enabling the University to render distinctive contributions to the develop ment of the human wealth of North Carolina; the training in the Graduate School of the experts in all fields essential to the upbuilding of North Car olina and the South; the establishment of an in stitute for research in the field of the social scienc es to study the social aspects of the life of the State and region; the building up of a great library and the training of librarians to supply expert service to schools, colleges and public libraries of the South. He developed courses in psychology, an intro duced in the curriculum the clinical viewpoint and applied psychology. To train experts for the South's rebuilding. Psychology, Sociology, and Journalism, the schools of Commerce and Public "Welfare, Engineering, and Library Science, redirection of the Graduate School, the establishing of the Institute for Research in Social Science and the Institute of Government, the development of the Library and the Southern Historical Collection, and the organization of the University of North Carolina PVess, all of which were essential in effecting the transition of the University from the status of a college to that of a well-rounded university which was admitted to the Association of American Universities in 1922, an organization of Universities in the United States and Canada that had obtained notable distinction in the fields of graduate study and research, be coming the 25th University to be admitted. President Chase transformed the law school, which was a coaching school for bar examinations when he took office, into a real professional law school in the modern sense." President Chase was not satisfied to have a good local or provincial 'school. His insistance upon the attainment and maintenance of national standards differentiated and maintenance of national stand ards differentiated him sharply from the adminis trators of other southern institutions. The position of the University in the education al development of the state, the south, and the na tion were greatly enhanced- under President Chase's administration, and under his leadership it became "one of the notable universities of the nation." The crowning glory of Chase's administration was his loyalty to principles of academic freedom and the right to teach and investigate, as demon strated in his fight against the Pool Bill, and any outside interference in the effective adherence to these principles. Thus the University came to full grown status and maturity under his superb lead ership. In 1930. President Chase was called to the Presidency of the University of Illinois. From there he went to the Presidency of the University of New-York. Open Statement I would like to take this ojpor- t unity to rpake a fe- remarks to the Student Legislature and the stu dent body concerning my recem trips to Washington, D. C. and Mis sissippi Southern College. I would first like to thank you for making i: pcssible that I attend these two ccv..'ercnc6s. I think both of them were worthwhile and have given me a better insight into what other stu dents are thinking and dorag in the rest of the nation. The first conference rn Washing ten on April 22-23 was the National Student Conference on the Sit-In Movement sponsored by the Nation al Student Association. Every stu dent body president in the United States was invited, and approxi mately 135 official delegates at tended, with about 200 observers The meeting was most informative in helping me to better understand 3 the Sit-in Movement, what is and has taken place, and the philosophy behind it. However, there are two criticisms which I have, and that I have made known in a constructive way to NSA officials. First, I think the educational objectives of the con feienee were somewhat hidden, and too much of the time was devoted to the consideration of resolutions concerning the movement as it af fects the nation. Secondly, it way my opinion that bcth sides of the question were not adequately rea reented. The conservative South ern view was not present at the conference at all. In all fairness. I add that this later situation was the fault ot the Southern school; lor not accepting the invitation uuher than the fault of NSA. I have u.ged NSA to take active steps to secure proper representation at fu ture conferences. With this lack of representation hi mud. I felt that it would perhaps be beneficial to some of the stu dents from other parts of the na tion if I would explain some of the reasons whv I do not agree alto gether with the movement and wculd try to correct what I be lieved to be misrepresentations ot the situation which some of the speakers had left. I tried to point out what I believe to be the favor able aspects of the movement, but since that side of the picture bad already been thoroughly explored I spent most of my time trying to point out its cons. The second conference was a meeting of the Southern Student Government Association in Hatties burg, Mississippi. UNC is not a member of this association, but 1 believe we should have contact with them and know as much about them as possible since they share many of the problems we ourselves face. Ihey had discussions oi several important facets of student 'govern ment, and the groups I sat in on were very good. Their quality was at least as good, in my opinion, as that of NSA even though their quan tity i variety of subjects) was much more limited. SUSGA is tairly young and ap parently is in a great stage ot growth. Their membership increased 75'7o 124 to 42) in the past 'year. They are now concentrating their expansion in the states from which they have member schools, and I do not believe they ore yet ready to expand into North Carolina. The organization is concerntsj with the problems of student govern ment and does not consider resolu tions of policy in other affairs. While 1 do not think we shouM at present consider petitioning tor membership in SUSGA. This report is somewhat brie: However, if any legislator or any student would like to talk with me further abcut these conferences, or my views on them. I would te hap py to do so. te&fjy want s eg 5a?&? L as- excess cz cnns y U Jot?-" ??CS2sfVAgO j fih k x v s.'ALl V HOST SOV . 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