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Page Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, November 15, 1SC0 I its sixty-eighth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the PubMca I tions Board of the University of North Carolina, Richard Overstreet, Chairman. - All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expres- " . sions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily represen - I a five of feeling on the staff, and all reprints or quotations must specify thus. November IS, 1960 Volume LXIX, Number 5 3 Lion-Hearted Luther On Capitol Hill Unofficial press releases inform us that Governor Luther Hodges will be named Secretary of Com merce in the Kennedy Cabinet. This is news that brings a meas ure of pride to us here, as well as a strong sense of confidence in the economic future of the nation, and the South in particular. Lion-Hearted Luther is not a stranger to the field of federal gov ernment work and economy. He has worked diligently in the state in bringing new industries to the South, industries which are a vital part of the economic growth of the area. His foresight in plan ning and negotiating these changes in the Dixie industrial scene should be put to good use on a . national plane. His contact with industry has not been merely on a state level. He has served on several federal commissions, among them the heading of the federal govern ment's Industry Division of the Economic Cooperation Administra tion. We here think that president elect Kennedy has made a wise choice in choosing the 62-year-vet-eran of the economic world as his chief economic advisor. However, the note of joy that is sounded at the news of the state's mentor, is tempered somewhat by one of sadness that the state will lose one of its most capable admin istrators. We hope that the home that Governor Hodges has purchased in Chapel Hill will still be considered just that his home. We don't mind sharing one of our favorite sons, but we don't want to give him up completely. Wayne King 'You Are My Sunshine5 01' Jimmie Despite the twanging lyrics of "You Are My Sunshine," guitar playing hillbilly Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana found little sun shine over his parish kingdom yes terday. The threat was dark, and bother ed the unperceptive chief execu tive whose 20-20 straight and nar row vision was unaccustomed to anything other than the clear rays of the sun god. The American Negro was on the move again and ol' Jimmie Davis and a band of Bayou bigots were out working hard "to keep dem people in their place." In perhaps the most important and potentially explosive racial situation since the renowned antics of Ozark Orval in 1957, ol' Jimmie is defying a series of federal court orders, the law of the land and the power of the national government. The end result is clear. A few more delays, and then all hell will break loose in New Orleans. The fed's will dispatch enough force to enable five Negro children to get to and from school safely. But the damage will be the end of whatever semblance of decent relations remain between Negro and white in Louisiana. Rock throwing, bomb scares and riots will be the natural aftermath. It's a cotton pickin' shame that in America 1960 men like ol Jim mie get into positions of power. And what's worse, it's downright criminal that a modern and sup posedly civilized nation pretending to be the spokesman for an impor tant segment of the world denies basic educational equality to a por tion of its citizenry. Someday, ol' Jimmie, men like you are going to awaken to the fact that the sunshine you sing about isn't the exclusive property of the white people. And someday enough of us are going to awaken to our responsibility and put peo ple like you, ol' Jimmie, in your place. You ain't nothin but a hound dog, ol Jimmie; and a hound dog ain't got no place bein' govinooor suh, not even in Louisiana. Davis Young Hell On Heels This past weekend's activities has proved that the high-heeled coed is in serious danger. One of the spike clad creatures met the slick marble steps in Me morial Hall face to face at the German's Club Concert Friday night, and we are certain she was n't suffering from the same malady as singer Joni James. The Greeks and Romans found a good thing when they stumbled i i 9 atlg tSar eel JONATHAN YARDLEY Editor Wayne King, Mary Stewart Baker Associate Editors Margaret Ann Rhymes Managing Editor Edward Neal Riner Assistant To The Editor Henry Mayer, Lloyd Little News Editors Susan Lewis. Frank Slusseb.. -Feature Editor .u.-S ports Editor Ken Friedman Asst. Sports Editor John Justice, Davis Young Contributing Editors ' Ttm Burnett Business Manager ; Richard Weeneb Advertising Manager John Jester Circulation Manager Charles VIhebbee. Subscription Manager The Daily Tab Heel Is published daily except Monday, examination periods and vacations. It is entered as second class matter in the post office in Chapel . HilL N. C pursuant with the act of ' March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: $4 per semester, $7 per year. - The Daily Tar Heel is a subscriber to ; the United Press International and utilizes the services of the News Bu reau of the University of North Caro lina. " Published by the Colonial Press, ; Chapel Hill, N..C. upon the usefulness of marble for their buildings, but we also re member that the same slab of stone was used for sacrificial altars; if something isn't done about the dan gerous Memorial Hall steps, marble will serve the same pagan purpose in the twentieth century. It doesn't seem too ridiculous to ask that the two flights of stairs be covered with some form of rub ber matting of metal stripping, it might unenhance their beauty, but will certainly save a few female necks. Another high-heeled adventure is that of climbing and descending the minature mountain on the east side of Kenan Stadium. Ascending isn't too bad if the coed is accom panied by a strong elbow-clutching date, but the descent down the pine needle-covered slope might be safer in Lenoir Hall trays. Repav ing with a less dangerous covering might not be a bad idea, but we urge that steps be chiseled out of the incline and railings be added. The coed's plight is a sad one. Because the fashion world is mak ing foot-ware more dangerous ev ery year, we feel that a lew im provements in the climbing facili ties on campus would prove more advantageous than asking her to go barefoot. Mary Stewart Baker No Knees, Please! Big fashion news broke last summer, just before all potential coeds were ready to set out in search of that all-important col lege wardrobe. Skirts, said the fashion dictators, will be shorter this year. And so they arc, even at the University of North Carolina, where demure Southern belles abound. Sometimes the hemline even flirts an inch or two above the knee, much to the delight of professional legmen, not to men tion beachcombers who shed co pious tears with the onset of cool weather and no prospects of fe male flesh in sight. How in heaven's name the poor coed will stand the cruel blows of winter in these short skirts, no body knows. She has two alternatives. She can scream "Fashion be damned!" and slip into something warmer, or she can wear long socks. Since it is extremely doubtful that many coeds are going to scream "Fashion be damned!", it's a pretty safe bet that skirts will remain short. But stop and think, male student, before you shout for joy, and just remember what will be in view between the top of those socks and the bottom of that short, short sk-t. Knees. Your leg has to bend, and for this purpose there is the knee, probably the ugliest part of the human anatomy. Summer is kind to knees, especially the female variety; after all, who's going to look at knees when a girl has on a bathing suit? But the outlook for winter knees is dismal indeed. Laurie Holder WAYNE KING And Now The Reports From Latin America, Africa, Asia, The Middle East " ' A Blast At Budget Cuts And Comments On Mattresses The hopes of Carolina students for the next two years were rudely shaken Thursday by the State Board of Higher Educa tion's , desire 1 to slash "UNC's' ' budget request. '. f The Board's5 recommendation to cut back the proposed budget by approximately three-quarters is an error worthy only of the strongest censure that this paper, as an organ of campus expression, can muster. The decision, in light of the position that higher education holds in the development of our state, could only be based in ut ter disregard for the principles that have come to be dear to the sanctity of our nation as a world leader and the sanctity of our state as an intellectual strong hold in the South. It is a decision that grates on the beliefs of all who oppose the deification of the dollar to the detriment of our need for a strong force of well-educated young men and women. This lack of regard for the necessity of expansion in our University is appalling. Np University, if it is to ful fill the dreams and expectations of the people who depend on it, can operate without the needed physical facilities that, unfortu nately only money can buy. Certainly if the trust and re spect that this University enjoys could pay instructors and expand the University, no problem would be encountered. v This, unfortunately, is not the case. Only money can do the job, and the purse strings are influ enced by men who show a vast disregard for the aspirations of the many here who will suffer if the tightened strings are al lowed to choke the intellectual life of this state. Carolina is not a state-supported project that can, like a highway project, be terminated halfway from its destination until sufficient funds can be gleaned from taxes to continue its con struction. Carolina is an institution that MUST keep pace: keep pace or perish. The salary increases that were largely sliced from the proposed budget are one of the things that this campus direly needs as im petus to keep the quality of the faculty at a high level. Competent college level teach ers are already among the most overworked, underpaid, and fi nancially mistreated members of our nourishing but often mis guided scoiety. Must the Board of Higher Edu cation continue to heap the bur den of financial worry onto the heads of our faculty? Has North Carolina come to the point that its Board of Higher Education can recommend that the state university be allowed to become sucked into the muck and mire of overcrowding, understaf fing and insufficient attempts to edutet,' ........ - . ,. :...-..., The people of North Carolina, do not want a University that is" a jungle of classrooms staffed with incompetent instructors; they want what they have been investing in for years, a first-rate university that can hold its head high in the company of the in-, tellectual giants of the nation. Educators in recent years have cited UNC as a university on the move, as a progressive and liber al leader in the South. However, it will not continue to move, to progress to ultimate greatness, if its mentors allow, even recommend, that her budget be blasted to pieces. We can only pray that the state legislature is more aware of the place of this university in the development of the state, and will override the suggestion of the Board. United Press International has informed us that a midwestern mattress manufacturer has come up with a mattress that can be contorted electronically into 100 different positions. This miracle of science will aid the insomnia-ridden craver of sleep to drop into the arms of Morpheus without the time-honored system of counting sheep. It seems to us here that this is a helluva waste of good elec tricity. Even the youngest schoolboy knows that the ideal place for dozing is a hard oak desk. No matter how many wires and electric motors you connect, it can't compete, for sheer com fort, with the soothing combina tion of a droning lecture and a nice, comfortable desk, prefer ably somewhere near the back of the classroom. It beats nembutol, even. What is perhaps the most in triguing thing . about classroom snoozing is the 'wonderful con fidence that you experience just before dropping off confidence that someone will wake you up at the end of the class by belt ing you in the mouth and telling you to get out of his desk. No unnecessary expense for alarm clocks. Maybe the company should give up feathers, foam rubber and electronics in favor a desk with a built-in transcription of a history lecture. "At any rate, UPI and the manufacturer of the new bed outlined some interesting laws concerning the art and practice of catching forty. -rln Massachusetts, the law forbids going to bed without taking a bath. A Buffalo, N. Y. law provides for the revoking of a barber's li cense should anyone fall asleep in his chair. It's illegal in AJhambra, Cali fornia :ta, ,sleep in the kitchen. Sleeping in a cheese factory is a misdemeanor in South Da kato. To assist sleepers in Mem phis, Tennessee, the law forbids the croaking of frogs after mid night. In Corpus Christi, Texas, serenading after . the witching hour of midnight is forbidden, lest it disturb the insomniac. Cats can't yowl after nine p.m. in Columbus, Ga. Maybe UNC could pass a few rules: Beer cans should be drapped in towels before being hurled down the hall in Cobb. Gags should be worn when taking showers after midnight to discourage singing. Roommates should not be flung against the wall when someone is sleeping next door. Telephone booths should not be burned down in the middle of the night, the crackle of flames may be too loud. Fireworks, exceeding ten inches in size should not be ex ploded, the falling walls might strike some sleeper. Crackers should not be eaten while sitting on someone's bed, the crumbs scratch and the chomping is too loud. Murders should be limited to poisoning, suffocation and stab bing, unless guns with silencers are used. Poison darts should be used with discretion, since the sudden prick of a sharp instru ment might wrench a cry from the throat of the" victim. Bludgeoning with clubs is THAL ELLIOTT out. The crunch of a cracking skull has been Known to distract some, researchers have an nounced. South Building is asked to give consideration to these suggestions. Noise after hours is not con ducive to good sleeping; real danger lies . in. the loss of valu able sleep. - REFLECTIONS Our Leader is not well. With Our Leader confined to the Infirmary with a severe case of tireditis, The Daily Tar Heel will be in the hands of those well in body, but sick at heart about his plight. All of which is to say, GET OUT OF THE INFIRMARY, JON. This job's not as much fun as it looks. You can have it back. Contrary to rumors, Our Lead er's sickness is not connected with the mysterious malaise which gave Elizabeth Taylor screaming frenzies in London on Sunday; nor is Our Leader's sick ness a direct result of viewing the seemingly endless Joni James re cital at the Germans Concert Fri day night. According to close observers, the songstress was "a tad under the weather," and failed to click with the local audience. In fact, she had to sing "Dixie-' in order to gain a half-hearted ovation. After begging for a souvenir, Miss James received a scarf from a visiting Toronto student, but in her "lethargic" state the sultry singer left it behind. No, Joni didn't make him sick, but he is nonetheless. Bring us back Our Leader! Tt Started In Naples' "It Started in Naples" shouH have ended at the scene of the crime, for it obviously lost , great deal in transit. Despite tl. double-barreled box office attri tion of Clark Gable and Soph Lorcn, who turn in creditah: tongue - in - cheek performances, the film does not even descry. the epitaph "so bod it v,;. funny." The film is an attempt at comedy, but its situations are un funny, and the dialogue has only a few sparkling moments. Tin offscreen narration, which at tempts to poke fun at tourists and promotes the general levity, i delivered in a monotone by Gab:, and is singularly amusing. Most of the blame can be at tributed to the writers, who shall remain anonymous. The sugaiy concoction of improbability was designed to take advantage of the lovely Neaopolitan countryside, including the Isle of Capri. (In cidentally, the seascapes of Capri should receive the acting acco lades; no water can be that 1-1 without trying.) Gable is a Philadelphia lawyer returning to Italy to settle the estate of his no-good brother. Much to his surprise he finds that a child is included amo!! the goodies. The child, a big eyed, mature talking, eight-year-old moppet (Marietto) is under the care of his aunt (Miss Loren) since his mother has also passed on to her reward. Auntie is seen in a variety of roles all of which Miss Loren plays with a smirk from her tassle-twisting in a local nightery to her self-conscious Italian-style bickering with neighbors, law yers, etc. The litigation ensues when Auntie refuses to allow Marietto to go with Uncle Clark to Amer ica, "the land of opportunity." The native lawyer (played to the hilt by Vittoria Di Sica") lias a eye for women and attempts to arrange a match between the principals, both of whom are agreeable. Thrown in between scenes of merry courtship are fatherly chats between Gable and his nephew, the most obnoxious of which takes place on a pictur esque balcony as Gable draws an analogy between eating a hamburger and facing life. "If you don't approach it right, you'll get mustard on your face,7' was the pithy thought, and the youngster was suitably impressed. The chats were deemed neces sary because Marietto showed an affinity for cigarettes, Chianti and other more adult pastimes, such as derriere-ogling. Gable's missionary work goes for naught when he decides not to marry Miss Loren a heartbreaking and difficult decision. Auntie Sophia places her nephew above herself and tricks him into going to America with Gable. The film comes to a belated climax when the hungover Mari etto, tears welling in his blood shot eyes, is whisked back to sunny Capri by a repentant, but determined Gable. Gable even drinks some Italian water to prove his good faith. Earlier in the film, in response to reforming measures by his aunt (like going to school) little Marietto announces that he r "going to get the hell out of here." The viewer should respond with similar action. Henry Mayer Students Urged To Apply To Goettingen The lovely city of Munich, the American inhabited city of Hei delberg, and the port city of Hamburg are well known Ger man cities; however, none of them possess the antiquity, beauty, and charm of Goettingen. A university city of approxi mately 80,000, she lies in a valley surrounded by green gently slop ing hills. Although a city with many modern structures, 1000-year-old Goettingen was not de stroyed during World War II. With a mixture of ancient and modern architecture; with a cosmopolitan atmosphere and thousands of wonderful people; with her numerous concerts, art displays and one of Germany's best theaters; and with the com bined traditions of a 1000-year-old city and a 225-year-old uni versity, Goettingen waits .to be explored and enjoyed by the casual visitor or by students. For the past six years, a num ber of Carolina students, includ ing myself, have had an oppor tunity to spend a year in en chanting Goettingen. Goettingen University is one of the best in Germany and is endowed with many excellent and renowned professors. We immensely, en joyed her academic atmosphere, her academic freedom for stu dents and professors, and her student life. At the beginning of the spring semester, two Carolina under graduates will be selected, as ex change students to Goettingen University for the year 1961 1962. This is a one-year scholar ship which includes travel to and from Europe, tuition, fees, room and board, and a monthly allowance extending from No vember 1961-July 19G2, which is the extent of the academic year. All applicants must be under graduate students who (1) will return to this university for at least one year as an active par ticipant in student life, (2) will have completed as of June 1, 1 Co 1 at least one semester of German and 60 semester hours, and (3 will be able to attend a language school in Germany during the summer for two months at his or her own expense (approxi mately $250). Applications will be available after the Christmas vacation a.-. I this will b announced in the Daily Tar Heel. mf fxit
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