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TBI DAILY TA1 RttX.
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1960
E)t 2Mlp Ear iccl
Thr .official student publication of the Publication Uonrcl of tin- University
of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday, examination p
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The Daily Tar Heel is printed by the News. Inc . Carrboro. N ('.
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ASSOCIATE KDIlOli Antlvmv WoMl
ASSISTANT EDITOR . Hon Shumate
MWAC.IXC EDITORS Larry Smith. Loyd Litih-
NKUS EDITORS Hob Haskell. Henry Mayer
SPORTS EDITOR Ken Friedman
tU A'IFU H)l TOR Mary Stewart Baker
I K.Vn RE KDITORS Susan Lewis. Adelaide Croniartie
BIGNESS MA.N'AC.KR ....... Tim Burnett
ADVKRTMNtl MANAGER Barry Zaslav
CONTRIBlTINt; EDITORS Frank ("rowther. Davis Vomit;
Norman E Smith. John Justice
NK.IIT EDM OR Tommv White
Thai Elliott
A Carolina Student
Writes From Russia
"It's Not Quite The Way We Visualized It, But "
(Thai Elliott is spending this year in
Kocttingen as one of the University's Goet
tinen Scholars. This letter was received
by a friend of his upon his return to Goct
tingen from a vacation visit to Russia. The
L'ditor).
During the two month vacation which
exists between the winter and summer sem
esters at the German Universities, sixteen
other American students, a German stu
dent, and I took a priva'e tour by way of
Scandanavia to Leningrad and Moskow. All
avrangmer.ts for the trip were made
through ;i travel bureau in Stockholm and
"Intourist." th? Russian National Travel
Bureau. The taur began on Ma-ch 1. im
mediately
semester.
the end of a long vvinte
A Few Good Reasons For Voting
I'm
1,1 1 1
verv aware oi me com ;:ri
consu
VtlloUgll theie .I1C still elcXCU
ilaxs i itn.iiiiiti'4 hcloic North Car
o'ini.uis -o to the polls in this all
iiuj M t.n; :iimii iontet loiuh
cui.itoii.il .m:l H'ti.itoi i.i positions.
ii noiiM Ik- well to take a hicl
bn.l. .ii .i hw h.inoiis nhx eluihlc
I A .'.. sttiiU'iitN should take it np-
u iIuiiimIvcs to p. ii i it ip.itc in the
t
t!u
I lie in. i i ii i ,i ( f. a, . ii . , 1 1 ii'
niuiMtv is i oiKci lu-tl. is that lot
o t i not ship; toi this is tin-
position s 1 1 u 1 1 will h.if meal cl
ln I on i!h I i i i ci it s 1 i it ! 4,t-t tc
(jni:s t ' i ui tin- (i'ik'i.iI AsNinihK
iiuituis in tlu- I. ill. While the new
U"iiiioi will not Ik- in ollite .it
ili.it ponit. his oitc will le o ton-
iinpo! t.uit e. .mil il he
lis we will st. ind
ol cltin sonie ol
we Iccl lo
odi 1 ahlc
I IlOONl s to III 1 1
a m k ( ! i.i in e
the impi o t ini nts tli.it
Ik most
lirpoi t.uit.
Mm new ovetnoi. ;ilso. up
tcsctits the st. attitude toward
the I ni ei sit . Hcii'iv, onlx 1 1 1 1 1 1 x
miles hotn ( h.ip. I I lill. In- is in .i
position to he ol constant .ml to
the I'nixciMtx .is it sti ii'es to
icadjust itseli to the pussin pio!
letn ol ox ei -cm olhncin t lint is jiM
around the- corner.
Tlu- new Senator is ol less im
mediate import. hhc to us .is .in i d
iK.uioii.il institution, lint he will
he in the position toadxaiuc led
cral .lid. lo.nis ; :d siippoi t. Ai d
lcdcr.il snppoit (onld he ol 41e.1t
help 10 this I'nixei sit .
No lar we havt- onl mentioned
lin.inci.il .ispeits ol the situation,
hnl theie is another that is eipial
l impoitant. II the new 'm ei nor
and Senaioi (hoove to lome e (d
this state as one whiih is leading
the South in hitcl!c( tit. ! j t n suits
and in liheial. 1 1 1 ( 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 pioics.
the I'nixcisitx will led the elkit
el theii positions. And the I'ni
erit and. 1 oiise( jiu nt lv . all ol
it students will stand to ; .1 i 11 .
So don't loiuet to ote. II ou
at e ahead reistet ed, the pio. ess
will take onlv a mouieut or two.
And the lewaids ou leap ma hi-endless.
era!ly warmer war or wars which have
existed and continue to eist b-iween tne
fret' world and li:sia. A.iany books, arti
cles, and panmhlets ba-e Va-i-n written
:ibout our neighbor and I've read many of
these. Wh.ii. however. I left lor Ua sia. 1
didn't feel th.::t I was uin to soy on the
enemv. le.it. on the contr.iry. to tour a
louple o
cit:es in a land tlv:t va to mo
virtually unknown sv.d to eni y the vaca
tion I didn't eider Uus: i with lots of piv
occunat ions a'loi.t wi-al I would hear ami
see. and since my return I don't claim that
I knew Hti-sia. My aifaal cyn'art with Rus
sia and her ceor was b:1.-, ie l lo a two day
stay in Leningrad jvl s;x days in Moskow.
We lost one ar on-ludl' days of the
stay in Lenin-ad beeaa-e the thick ice be
tween Stockholm and bo. Finland, delay
ed our : -T 1 1 r. o to HelMnki in time to catch
the V us-ian train which leaves lbdsinki
once eery day. Finally -n March, n, we
boarded the Kussian train which was a
very aureea.'de shade of reen with ham
mers and cvcles decorating the cars. The
inside w;is verv nice, al'.hou.h there was
a slightly elossd-in l'ei-l'ii.4. Perhaps this
was due to the tact that no windows t nild
tures and displays, nevertheless, their "His
tory of Religion Museum" has most of the
space dedicated to the role of the church
during the time of the Tsars. Most of the?
pictures depict the corruption and cruelty
of the church and its collaboration with
th Tsars. Near the entrance of the cathe
dral was a model of Sputnik.
One of the students, quite sarcastically,
but quite justifiably. I think, asked if this
represented the new religion. Our cute
little guide told us that there is some re
ligicus group in Germany which thinks that
the heavens and stars are for the gods and
not meant for th f man.
i his exhibit was supposedly placed t'
to remove ttus ia.. .. ... Juji loo bad
that we couldn't read for ourselves.
The Palace of Young Pioneers is an or
ganization to which all of the school child
ren belong. Within this indoctrination in
stitution are clubs of many sorts radio.
sewing, dancing, chess, astronomy, etc.
some of which would interest all children.
Here, the children are taught not to be
lieve in God and their innocent credulous
little minds arc gradually filled with party
line propaganda and lies about the world
outside of the Iron Curtain. We sang and
danced with the kids, who were, as all kids,
just delightful. Inside the palace was a
lar-e pictu-e of Lenin with children all
around. It had a very striking resemblance
to the picture of Christ with the children.
"Suffer Little Children To Come Unto Me"
could perhaps also be applied to the form
er picture as well as the latter, but I won't
attempt to compare the rewards of the
followers of Christ with those of Lenin.
If I were asked to describe in one word
what I saw in Russia, I'd consider the ques
tion ridiculous, of course, but I'd undoubt
edly answer, "Lenin." Lenin has been deifi
ed by the people. Many, among the masses.
wear pins and medals with pictures of him. "
Big statues of him are in all of the train still get special permission to view the
stations that I saw, and in many public ists,"' or modern art.
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"Lxpression-
Leiisrs To The Editor
tie ope
a kev.
1 ainl tlie d
ours
were locked with buildings.
How 4 Men Wasted Travel Expenses
I 01 thicc horns and lie minutes
the loin men sat in the I 1 sce'l'al
.it e. while aiound them tay.cd one
l the me. ;cst diploinatii storms
in H i ent hi-doi .
Mahe it uexei (onld have siu
(iided in the liist pl.ue. Kluiish
hc i .is not in a w r amiahlc
ham,- ol mind when they atheied
to (ontit. and the allies weie sin
,;iil.iil mivoiis.
Now the Soviet I'leniiet. haviii",
dei ided that thiee and a little moie
Iumus aie enough time to talk at
one s'u tih. has sucstcd th: t the
iispetie nations wait lot si 01
1 idit months heloie thev teioii-
u in I'.u is.
I his is a .ei surest ion. lor it
nij pl.ue the t'nited States in a
ci inn 0111I01 tahle Msition. At t -ci
NomihIkv. l isenhowei will he
a lame diuk Piesidenl. and will
not ht. ahle to sjicak loi the iiKom
11 14 .1 1 in t i 1 1 i st 1 at ion. Ik- it Repuhl
ii.m in 1 )em h 1 ;.t .
And il the w.dt until net
lihiiinx. immediately altet the
new I'lcsident lias assumed olliie.
the I'nited Sl.ites will liae to hai
f4.iiii horn a xsition of inexperi
t iKc. I 01. no matter how ualilicd
oui nevt I'usideut may turn out to
In. he will not liae had the e
puiitKcol intct nati(nal hikeiii
a few weeks altei he steps into the
jol fi-i the first time.
So the oiilcicii(c was I.iihne.
And it xx.is .1 lailute lu-caiise in
tci 11.1t ional illations have tinned
into .1 li ket in jjkk ess 1 at lief than
a united effort to aniw at some
sou of pi aie whit 1 1 at least will
piesene men's lies.
litis summit lonlciciue. and its
total I. ilute. mas tuin out to he a
tinning xint in the diplomatii
histoiy ol the twentieth (cntuiy. It
111. iv hae pioxed what so many ol
us had hoped would not he true
that the leudcis ol the world tan
not sit aiound a hi '4 tahle in .1
handsome, historic palace and soke
thcit mutual dilleienies thiouh
talk.
It 111 1 hive pioved that the
leadeis aie not the men who are
oin 'H(e pe.ue at all. I'ei
hap theotik wav jh.hc will he at
tained is thfoiih loopetative stu
dy on the pan ol tht. lesser men
011 the toti 111 m1cs. .utin liudef
higher oideis men who aie will
ing to sit out the hours ol petty
emot tonal ist'i .no
exetitualk sei
jei lively and show
the
nationalism to
situations oh-
it-
a w lllmuncss to
ri;.;h them.
National leadeis .ue not in the
propei poition to do thi. With
the exes ol the woihl loi used 11
them piiinaiA loiniiii is the wav
that thev w ill look to ohsei x ei t
I lieii is too nituli )ropa.mda po
tential in a summit meeting . it
is now ( oik cix id.
An ohsefxer leientlx noted that
perhaps the hest solution would Ik
open (own. nils U!ioenl aiiixid
at. II Mr. Kin uslu hex and Mi .
I isenhow er 1 ca! ie t hat theii woids
will not ht- icpoited to the puhlic.
onlv the results id their words, they
w ill he miu h 11101 e oiu erned w idi
ariixino at pcaiclul solutions to
daneious prohlinis than with
making the woild leel that one is
the ,(od hov and one the had.
I lute is still a little hope tin t
tin- onlci cik es w ill he icnewcd.
1'iesideut de (.aulle has appointed
himsell the 1110 l 1 iri.i I doxe ol
peace, and has said that he will
trv to persuade the two olleiidino
panics KI11 uslu hex and I isenhow
er that alter a dax 01 two ol
tooling oil they will he ready to
sit h.u k down and h. !) things out
in a moie mature manner.
Theie is some question, how
1x11. as to whither a icnewcd 1011
leuiue at this time xvould piodiue
. 1 1 1 1 1 1 i n l; more than luithei vitu
peration. I he two .1 1 11 entlenicn
haxe their minds madt. up. Per
haps no one in their lespcitixe
1 outlines leally thinks thev did
the 1 i t4 1 H ihin to Ik oil the han
dle the wax they did. hut as lar i s
thex aie (oiuerned thex haxe had
theii saxs and ne oim; to stick to
them.
After rolling past a few towers, many
strands of barbed wire, guards, and a
couple of boarder stations, we arrived in
Leningrad. My lirt impressions were the
nneses of people that were always on the
streets and the streets themselvs. which
were so broad. Their massiver.css was only
exceeded by the gigantic squares, which
haxe the birthplace of revolutions and the
dtathplacc of many Russians. In Leningrad,
more so than in Moscow, I noticed hun
dreds of soldiers everywhere.
Noon signs or any type of advertising
are on a veiy small scale, thus the streets,
especially at night, have a dull an'd empty
appearance. I'mpty doesn't apply when one
considers the number of people in the
streets, tint dull dees apply. We. of course
made a general tour of the city, and on
the first night, after the ballet, we went
looking for a place to have refreshments
and dance. We found about two in Moscow.
These were always very crowded and they
closed biUveen 12 and 1 at night.
On Sunday, which is a big shopping day
in Moscow lor most people, most of us
vent to the Catholic. Raptist. or Russian
Orthodox Churciu.:. Two friends and I
look a taxi to the Catholic ( hurch. Upon
informing the driver of our intended des
tination, he and the two drivers nearby
responded as if we had just told a hilarious
joke. They imitated, "The Praying Hands."
made the "Sign Of The Cross." and laugh
ed among th. n-- lv- but the joke soon
wore off and we were taken to the church.
In spite of a beautiful service. 1 was as
tounded by the p:ople tlx re. The worship
ers were almost all very old women and
only a handful of men. I'd guess that the
average age was Ho or more. From the
approximately- 31)0 people in the small
church, I saw only one lady, whom I
thought was as young as 40. A friend, who
attended the Baptist Church, reported th it
the situation there was the same, with the
exception that small children had been
brought by their grandmothers.
Our Russian guide attempted to per
suade us that we would be wasting our
time to visit the Kazan Cathedral, since it
only contained, "The Museum of the His
tory of Religion," which is known to us as
'The ntirciigious Museum." Unfortunate
ly, none of us knew Russian well enough
to read what was written under the pic-
These are supplemented by huge print
ings of him. Smaller paintings of him are
everywhere, including every floor of our
hotel in Russia. In factories, there are pi :
tures of Lenin with the workers; in schools.
Lenin with children, etc. In the Tretvakcv
Art Gallery in Moscow, there were three
grooms with only pictures and statues of
Lenin. "Lenin is with you us" slogans ac
companied many of his pictures in the
city.
Moscow University is one of the sever
al architectural show pieces in Moscow
It's one immense building which includes
classrooms, laboritoi ies, gym, auditorium,
and living quarters for a part cf the more
than 23.000 enrolled students. All the stu
dents get aid from the state, if their pa
rents earn less than one hundred dollars
(Russian official exchange rate) a month.
There exists also a large scholarship which
is obtained only on the basis of excellence
at the university. We were taken on a tour
of th building and we ended the visit in a
discussion xvith the students.
The chairman of The Young Communist
League was the speaker for their group.
His party-line answers to our questions
were interesting and his technique in avoid-
ing giving answers was effective, since he
only filibustered further in the event .that
dissatisfaction with an answer was express
ed. They were not all as shortsighted as
The Moscow subway is incomparable to any
other subway that I've seen. (New York, Paris, Stock
holm, Athens). Every station is like an art rnuseuro
with mosaics, hammers and sickles, beautiful light
fixtures, etc.
The Bolshoi theater is very plain looking from the
cut-side, but L splendid - really do.ie up in grand
n;.-L Hammers and sickles along with CCCP'USSR'
we:e the design for the curtain Hammers and sick
les are the desiyn for lr.Ojl things in Russia, since
the -state is the sole possessor of all'. Nevertheless,
the curtain was stili gorgeous. The ballet, opera, and
folk dancers that we saw at the Bolshoi and the oth
er theaters were -superb.
After seeing "Swan Lake," I felt like I was up
in the clouds and had just seen the most artistic pro
duction ever. The resplendent beauty and graceful
ness of the woman who danced the kuJ role kept
mc afloat until 1 kit the i.otel the next morning. 1
came down with a hang upon seeing Russian women
shoveling snow on the stieeis. Later in the day. I
saw women working on the railroad and carrying
iron rails. To see these two extremes so close to
gether made a lasting impression, and it supports
the Russian claim of equal rights for all. regardless
of sex, religion, .or race, since ail people in Russia
are slaves of the it ate.
Houses are going up everywhere in Moscow, but
the housing situation is still crowded, with as many
as 15 people living in a two-room apartment. This,
however, probably accounts for the fact that so many
people are always in the streets.
State stores, winch includes ail stores, are usually
overflowing with shoppers who wished to purchase
the limited choice of goods. To buy one loaf of bread
could take an hour.
There were a few private and official cars, many
taxis, and many buses which always had people
hanging out of the doors.
They claim also to have only one class in Russia.
This point: I won't debate, but this one class definite
ly has sections A. B. C. etc. The biggest salaries go
to the people in the highest positions and to those with
special talents and of special value to the 'state. Sec
tion A can also acquire western clothes and other
goods. The folks that are lower down on the totem
pole dress very plainly and get along with the sim
ple things of life.
I wish that every one of my fellow countrymen
and the other members of the free world could travel
to Russia and get a whiff - although it stinks - of
the one gentleman that told us that their
system was better because they have no
unemployment.
To speak of employment, we were told
that a graduate of the university can apply
for work at any place he desires, but jobs
are assigned. "In The Best Interest Of The
State." Foreign students can enter the uni
versity only through their respective gov
ernments and there are some Americans
enrolled there. We, however, couldn't talk
with them, because there supposedly was
no way to contact them at the university,
although they live in the dormitories. We
met one American student at the ballet
and he gave us his phone number and told
us when to call him, but xve were never
able to reach him by telephone.
The Hermitage in Leningrad, and the Communism in action. Being no advocate of war, I
various other museums and art galleries in hope that our government, of the people, by the peo-
Moscow, are really teriffic. The works of P'e and for the people, can continue to exist peaee-
manv Western artists are there and the ably and resist, the aggression of a counirv whose
Love Notes
T the Editor: - '
What do you mean. "The Mess la South Building?"
here Is no mess in South Building. '.
Your own editorial states it loud and clear that
S ..th Building is where the schedules are straightened
(.:;.. There are some disappointments there, to be
-;;:c. but they are not the fault of South Building.
First, it is ecrh student's own responsibility to
figure out what he needs. With the information ho
the catalogue plus his course evaluation sheet, if
CAN BE DONE.
But hopeless hundreds of really intelligent people
won't be. her to do tlrs, so we have the Departmental
Advisor system. Here is where things go wrong.
Ihise are the people who mess up.
Departmental advisers have taken on this job to
s ipplement their incomes. Hcr.ce. they are prcbably
too short on time anyway, so they don't take the
time or trouble to find cut for themselves the basic
facts.
The Administration makes little efiort to tell them
what they need 10 know. So they will mess up a stu
dent's credits as easily as not.
Thank goodness for South Building! The people up
there know what a nondiv isiomal course Is. and how
to- fit 22 courses into two years. They have spent
some time with the basic facts.
If the Administration requires Departmental Ad
visors to earn their pay. if they are told and made
to learn their basic tacts, students won't be bruising
to South Building their eternal messes to be straight
ened out.
MARGARET GWATILMEY
"Impressionists" have been exhibited only
since approximately 1953 or 1954. One must
system exercises the government of the people, by
the state, and for the state.
Meanwhile, the lU'ilin ciisis is
still unsolved and the cold war.
winch had shown Icinporarv si;gns
ol wanning up. has developed a
new and father unpleasant Ircce.
Nothing wll he solxed hx open
hukciinti. Int neither will xve he
11101 e at peace il our leadeis sulk
in their lespcitixe houses. Some
manlier ol el Tort must he made.
I he onlv remaining question is
xvho is oinv; to make it. And neith
er Picmier N ikita Kin uslu hex nor
I'lcsident Dwihl I-isenhowei has
shown anv inclination to start
things oxer a'gain.
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To The Editor:
We. "The Daily Crossword Puzzle Workers." have
worked the same puzzle lor the past four days, ex
cluding one: the one on ihe pa.st Thursday. May 12.
We did not work one at all on thai day. because
there was not one. We are inclined to agree with
"The Letter To the Editor" on May 11. where it vva-s
brought out by some 60 students, that the new Edi
tor of THE DAILY TAR HEEL is not doing his job.
THE DAILY TAR HEEL is for the purpose of pre
senting the news and for the pleasure of the students.
It is the ji-b cf the Editor to print what is expected
of him by the students.
Therefore: it is our sincere wish that there be a
change in the attitude and approach of the Editor to
wards his job. It is hoped that the change will come
about very soon.
Respectfully.
The Daily Crossword Puzzle Workers
Freshman Prayer
' Twenty-third Qualm
Dr. Brauc-r is my math teacher,
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down amongest derivatives:
he leadcth me into cubic curves.
He doubtc-th my proficiency: he
leadeth me into the paths of semester
exams.
Yea. though I walk in the shadow of
fa:l;ng. I will fear no evil for my
Fisher and Ziebur is with me.
Thru" decideth on a grade in the
presence cf my classmates and
sendeth it home to my old man,
who av.ointeth my head with a
stick: the house runneth over
with profanity.
Surely graphs and guadratics will
follow me all the days 01 my li;e,
and 1 will remain in Math 6
toi ever.
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