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Friday, October 7, Yj Page Two THE DAILY TARHEEL Hup. ' ppl . The official student publication of the Publications Board of the Univer sity of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday, examination periods and summer termsEntered as second-class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: $4.00 per semester, $7.00 per year. The Daily Tar Heel is printed by Colonial Press, Chapel Hill, N. C. Editor ' Associate Editor Assistant Editor -Managing Editors News Editors . Jonathan Yardley Wayne King, Mary Stewart Baker . . . Ron Shumate Feature Editors ..... Photography Editor Sports Editor . .. Asst. Sports Editor Contributing Editors . Business Manager Advertising Manager ; Subscription Manager Circulation Manager ..Bob Haskell, Margaret Ann Rhymes Henry Mayer, Lloyd Little Susan Lewis, Adelaide Cromartie . Bill Brinkhous Ken Friedman . .... Frank W. Slusser - John Justice, Davis B. Young Tim Burnett . Richard Weiner Charles Whedbee .... John Jester '..VkW..W.V,. John F. Kennedy Leadership For The 60 s When the nation's political parties gathered this summer for their nomi nating conventions, both avoided nominating their best, most capable men. To many Americans, the ulti mate choices seem poor substitutes. Countless articles have been writ ten citing the similarities between the two candidates. Taking youth, brains, ability and personality into consideration, pundits have found much to make the point seem valid. There are differences, however, that are as valid as the likenesses, and it is on these differences that we base our choice of Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy for the presi dency. In the past we have written many harsh words about Kennedy, attack ing what seems to be opportunism and a willingness to take advantage of the expedient. These accusations may still have more than a grain of truth to them. If, however, Kennedy seems op portunistic, he is a mild offender when compared with Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon. The latter's history will bear this out. We are hot concerned with such inanities as opportunism when choos ing a President. We are concerned with capability and with 'ideals; arid it is here that the edge goes to Ken Tiecly. Throughout the campaign the Sena tor has concentrated riot on' character assassination but on forceful sugges tion, not on innuendo but tan direct statement, not on the past but on the future. Kennedy follows in the . "mam stream "of the Xemocratic Party, arid this is a far more commendable path than that Established by the Repub lican Party; as Kennedy himself has pointed out, it is a path of progress, of( refusal to rest on the past. Kennedy would not say "You never had it so good." He is aware of the present strength of the na tion but will not be led into believ ing that this is enough. His "New Frontier," hackneyed though the name may be, is a symbol of the hope of progress. This is an admirable hope. The nominee has displayed a sin cerity during the campaign which 4 can only be construed as genuine. He has not strayed from his original statements, but has elaborated and built on them. He has won the grudging admiration of this writer. The Kennedy program is one of progress, and it also seems to be one of honesty, of realization of the prob lems of America. And these are not merely problems incurred by the Republican administration; they are the problems of a people growing faster than they know how and grow ing in a world that is growing just as fast as they are. Kennedy seems to be realizing that these 'problems tnust be met with strength. He does not take his oppo nent's position that, really, Eisen hower has been a great and good leader arid who has done no wrong. He looks to the future. He realizes that whatever has been done in the past cannot solve the problems that lie ahead. We support John Kennedy, then, with great enthusiasm. He is the best of these two men, and the man who may, with the help of the American people, lead us out of some of the holes we have fallen into these past twenty years. Moving From Positive To 'Negative We have become quite disturbed recently at learning of the Univer sity's plans to Build two new dormi tories and a new fraternity xurt in locations which are so far beyond the campus as to be totally out of reach. The new dormitories will be built in the -wooded area beyond Kenan Stadium, at a distance approximately eqiial to that from the middle of Vic tory Village to the main campus. The fraternity court will be built near The Pines Restaurant. Our concept of a university in cludes, among other things, the idea that it is a basically central unit, easily reached from all corners of living ana! playing activity. With the classroom buildings in the center, nothing is more than a ten-minute walk from the focal point. At present the campus of this Uni versity fulfills this ideal. Although the Health Affairs Center and the three hew dormitories are a good tret away, they are riot unreachable. They are "still very much a part of the campus. The administration, in presenting this request to the Budget Commit tee for the new dorms, -argued and SfppaTdntly "effectively that the stu dents living in these monstrous structures will be oriented to believe that when they leave their dens of isolation they will be coming to work. After leaving the dorm, this well oriented student will prance off to class, lunch at a 'downtown restau rant, study in the attractive, pleasant library, play in the student union, take part in campus affairs, eat din ner, and go home happily exhausted by the day's business. This sounds about as appealing as a regiment of robots. Well controlled by South Building, these students will become thoroughly ordered and regi mented. 4 They also will lose all sense of be longing, since they will have no place that means "home" in Chapel Hill. Their dormitory will become a stop-ping-off place. We do not approve at all of the idea of this University spreading far ther fand farther from its center, los ing as a result its small "college feel ing. The University of North Carolina is "moving rapidly toward becoming a mid-western- university, huge and impersonal. We do not want this. Bob Sillirncm Willie Stark Way back in 1946, just about the time both Jack Kennedy and Richard Nixon were getting their start in national politics, author Robert Penn Warren wrote a novel about a back woods politician named Willie Stark. The book, All the King's Men, was a lightly veiled ac count of Louisiana's bayou king pin Huey Long and how he con trolled a state. Willie -Stark really didn't start out as a demogogue, he was just a poor redneck farmer who happened to tangle himself up in state politics, and hit upon an issue that the poor people of Louisiana were excited about. And after awhile, Willie got the idea in his head that he wanted to be governor. He had a CAUSE. So Willie chubby, round faced, rather ridiculous in his shiny ill-fitting suit took it upon himself to stump the state and tell all of the common folk of Louisiana about his CAUSE. And so, on Saturday afternoons, Willie would roll up his sleeves and mingle with the farmers, and the grocers, and all of the previously ignored voters in the state. lie would stand there and tell them that he was a man of the people. He was just like they were. He was poor. But, by God, if they elected him, he'd go to the Capitol and get rid of all the graft and corruption and do things. Oh yes, Willie Stark was a man of the people. And so the voters elected Wil lie. They elected him because Willie was just like they were, and because Willie had a CAUSE, and because Willie's opponent represented all of the evil, and graft, and corruption that all of the voters thought existed up there in the Capitol. Willie Stark did his job very well. Yes, when the smoke cleared away, there was poor, uneducated, grinning Willie Stark, Governor of the State, Champion of the Cause, Repre sentative of the Masses. Hur rah! And after Governor Stark had been in one term, you couldn't very well get rid of him. Be cause Willie did some good the kind of good that all of the red neck voters saw, like fancy roads, and school houses, and lower taxes. And conscientiously every few months, the Gover nor would have his picture taken in front of the two-room cabin where, he was born, and show all of the voters his fine family and his common home. And he'd have it published in the paper, and all of the hicks would say to themselves "Thet Governor is jest fine, and he's doin' things. He ain't aio poli tician." It didn't really matter that after the picture had been taken, Willie would drive off in his Cadillac, and leave his wife in the poor home, and go straight to the arms of his cur rent mistress, and booze it up a bit. But oh no, the voters never saw all of that. What they did see was an Image. Willie gave them the image they wanted to see: the fine, upright citizen, with a CAUSE. And no one in the state dared tell the voters just what was going on in the capitolt because Willie had something on everyone in the state. For Willie knew an un comfortable fact about humans: once, no matter how perfect a man, he yields to temptation and makes that one mistake that can ruin him, if anyone knew. In many cases of successful Louisianans, no one knew. No one but Willie. Great Debate Jirn Brown,. Jr. ; .x r& J n coeos Davis B. Young Gavin, Ike & Jack Two weeks ago we wrote that Terry San ford would be indeed fortunate to poll any more than 55 of the total vote in his guber natorial clash with Republican Bob Gavin. At that time, we stated this was to be the first of many predictions between now and November 8 Election Day. t Our latest revision of this race would give Sanford a wider margin than 55-45.? It is not at all "improbable that the Fayetteville gift to big time politics will hit the 60 mark, which to say the least, would be a comfortable margin of victory. Republican Gavin has suddenly in the past few weeks come forth with a barage of low blows. His campaign reeks of certain Cali fornia campaigns of 1946-48 and 52. The charge about "grifters, grafters and bosses" was unfounded, -unfair and as Governor Hodges put it "un-North Carolinian". One of the things which has distinguished this state's government in the past half . a century is the lack of any major scandal. We join the editorialists around the state who have asked Gavin to substantiate these charges or retract what are obviously questionable statements. Largely due to President Eisenhower's un willingness to meet with Soviet Premier Khrushchev while the latter is in New York, we are losing badly in our f ight - at the United Nations. In one of his better columns, Drew Pearson has pointed to this as another blow to our prestige among the uncommitted nations. What is apparently Eisenhower's reluctance is easily -interpreted to mean our failure to meet the Russians half way. Is it not natural for the Afro-Asian bloc, or any block, to look upon Khrushchev's presence in this country as a wonderful op portunity for serious talks. In a time of great international peril, when the future of the United Nations hangs in the balance, the President of the United States owes it to his own people and to all nations to do every thing within his power to alleviate the tense situation. He may do what he did in Little Rock; i.e. let the situation get out of control needlessly, then resort to desparate measures. The latest issue of Time Magazine has an interesting survey of 1960 voter trends among the 50 states. The Luce publication does a state by state rundown. It is apparent if one is to believe what .the -reads, and there is no reason hot to, that ' Nixon is ahead as of 'this date. However, the most important feature of the story shows Kennedy gaining in each of the key states. In California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts (exempted for obvious reasons) and Ohio, Kennedy is surging to a peak. In New York, Massachusetts arid possible Ohio, he should be favored. In the other three, the contest will be a toss-up by Election Day if the Kennedy forces are able to approach their usual crescendo. , Even though the smart money is still on Nixon, don't count out Kennedy. Although "his campaign is having sortie difficulty, particu larly in the South and Farm Belt, a continued domination of the television debates will re verse this. We still predict a Nixon victory. Which ever way it goes though, you are apt to see the closest race in modern history. One of the results of the first Kennedy Nixon debate is the sudden willingness of southern leaders to be associated with the Massachusetts Senator. Unlike Terry Sanford, a number of Dixie politicoes have riot shown a great affinity to Kennedy. Suddenly, the Southern Governor's Con ference dispatched a telegram of support, and a number of lesser lights are falling into line. Everybody likes a winner, and Kennedy is closing the gap every day, drawing record crowds, continuing to lash out at the Adminis tration's record. Hurrah for our side! One last political note: Currently, The Daily Tar Heel office closely resembles the Democratic National Committee Headquarters. Drop by for your Kennedy pep talk. POGO r rse TN NOT'" aopora Ha V tvwuwc AW LITTL& tZlHO AAHSf&A&fA? CP Cm mOK&P&l J HOW COWS' YOwK Nj by Walt Kelly Gs-r " si -now you CAN ft II "U PEANUTS 9 ooHMmjm w 'Jiimms ezm$ f " 1 ' ' Last Saturday, the Tar Heel printed a story on "Coed Hypocrisy" which I read with interest and amazement. The writer referred to the Carolina Coed with such phrases as: "repugnant 'hypo crite", "sickening gooey sweet-talk, and "counterfeit presentment". If nothing else, this guy has guts. Good luck on him dating on this campus anymore. This attitude will especially shock the new, unaware coed. After all, there is a four to one ratio at Carolina. TV re should be plenty of dates for the cowls at the snap of a finger. But this ratio 5 is deceptive. Of the 6,000 boys attending Carolina, ; a small percentage go "out-on-the- make" when the sun goes down on the i weekend. Around twenty percent of the males can be seen hitch-hiking home. Another forty percent are non-dators who are either out drinking beer with the boys or are in their rooms with the door locked. Then there are the twenty percent who either date in Greensboro or bring in an import. Sorry gals, but this knocks the hell out of this large ratio. The available males are few and far between. Lets face it it takes a smooth girl to grab anything at all. The attitude a coed takes and the things she says play an important part in her role. She won't get far, for in stance, if she thinks a Pika is a type writer. To solve this problem, Max Shulman and I combined our wits to obtain some workable ways to be smooooth. Any young lass can have a line as big as any male. There are cer tain things any young male likes to hear. For instance: "No Jonathan, it doesn't make any difference when we get home tonight." "My, but I'm cold, Rip." "Let's do something different and dar ing tonight." "No Melvin, I've never seen the golf course at night." "Why bother? There's no one home." "Housemother, what housemother?" "Oh, I just love apartments." 'get high as hell on one beer!" Throw a few of these out this week end. You will be amazed at the results! Of course you might step out of line if you're not careful. He might have a good comeback. Georgia: "I nearly fainted when the fellow I went out with last night asked me for a kiss." Frank: "Baby, you're gonna die when you hear what I have to say." Or this might happen: And if I refuse Frank McSwain, will you commit suicide? "That's been my usual custom." Then there is always the chance you might talk too much. "Frank." "Yes, Georgia." "I'm having such a wonderful time. I'm so glad you asked me to the dance. And the orchid, it's so lovely. I feel as if I'm in another world. Don't you feel different too Frank?" "Yes Georgia." "Look at the moon Frank, Isn't it ro mantic out here on the balcony. And the: beautiful music coming from the ball-: room. It's so beautiful. And listen Frank it sounds like a waterfall out there. Isn't it lovely. The music and the water fall. They mix together almost like a cocktail. Why it's the grandest cocktail in the whole world." "Georgia, you're standing in front of, the men's room." The attitude of a young lady will' definitely change as she matures. As a freshman she will be convinced that "Mother knows best." By her sophomore year: "Death before dishonor." When a. junior: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." As a senior: "Boys will be boys." Even with the right attitude and knowing what to say, your date is no dope. He knows that the difference be tween a Northern gal and a Southern gal is that a Yankee will say "you may" and a Southern belle will say "you all may." He also knows well enough to have something hard for you to drink. Beer is cheap, but he knows you will proba bly get sick before you get drunk. Un less he'd rather clean up than make out, he'll avoid it. lf after throwing out your line, things tar!eJst nt going your way, try some thing different. Why doesn't someone try; to advertise? Advertising is the backbone of American commercialism. Why not apply it to obtain a date? It would be especially effective with a group such as a sorority. . . 9 " iSOStLLLdf-M DEPRESSED ; I'M CCWPLETaV 7 IffiidVifiitiiii 7 Tt " i " r tun u mmC" . 'by-SchuIsv , ( KAPPA DELTAS Rounder, Firmer, More Fully Packed Out-Performs Even The CHIo's 1960 Models Just Out Liberal Trade-in Allowance Packaged Deals Can Be Arranged Several Models and Colors To Choose From Now Showing at 219 East Franklin As for the fellow who cut the coed to pieces, I have only this to say: T hope that I shall never see A 'girl who's filled with hypocrisy For as it stands, I've no complaint; I much prefer the ones who ain't. Girls are loved' by jerks like me 'Cause who the hell wants to make out with a tree."
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