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Pe g Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL CTS yrfj3y November 13, 1CCD mi a m n u -i m M H n I i fje patlp tar ff eel r J i7 sixty-eighth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions .' row either the administration or the student body. - The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the Ptiblica- ; , Hons Hoard of the University of North Carolina, Richard Overstreet, Chairman. 1 All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expres- v sions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily represen tative of feeling on the staff, and all reprints or quotations must specify thus. November 18, 1960 Volume LXIX, Numbfr 56 Wl-.fvAv-lAL'-l-.LAl.., Martyrdom Is Not The Answer The three Carolina students who were charged this week with ma licious injury to property in paint ing "50-0" on the door and three windows of the Duke student union building will face trial Tuesday in Durham. It has been the policy of this paper to condemn actions on the part of Carolina students which might reflect unfavorably on the University, in concurrence with the wishes of the administration. . No one at Carolina has advocated destruction of property as a legiti mate outlet for school spirit, and to do so would not be wise, as it could be construed as giving a pat on the back to anyone who feels moved to paint the Gothic rockpile at . Durham a pleasing shade of Carolina blue. , However, the three students who placed the score of last year's en counter on the building, should not "be made examples of" as pould well be the case when they are tried Tuesday at Durham, or later by the Student or Honor Council here. The way to discourage such ac tivity is not to glorify violators as martyrs, and that is exactly what a stiff penalty by the courts or the School will do. . Incidentally, has anyone ever figured out who took the Victory Bell down and put it in the woods? We haven't been' able to solve the problem. Wayne King Academic Chaos No Thank You Dr. J. Harris Purks, Jr., staff di rector of the State Board of Higher Education, is wrong in saying "cer tainly" the recommendations of his group are adequate to maintain a progressive higher educational system for the next two years. And the State Board of Higher Educatoin is also wrong, dead wrong, in its basic recommenda tions. The programs they endorse will never lead to a progressive higher educational system but a regressive one. When they slash faculty salary requests by 45 they invite whole sale raiding by other comparable institutions. Is a professor wrong to accept another job at another school at another salary, say $4,000 more than he makes here? You have to love Chapel Hill an .awful lot to stare down' economic ad vancement. This is an era of competition be tween colleges and universities. There is a great shortage of pro fessors on a national level, and the school that pays the most gets the most. It would seem the Higher Board of Education would want the name without paying the price of the game. You simply can't get something for nothing. You can't attract top flight academicians without com pensation. You can't maintain a great University, or create a greater one, without meeting the economic competition. The State Board of Higher Edu cation has looked to yesterday, not tomorrow. It has put its stamp of disapproval on a large portion of the University's budget. In so doing, it has rendered a disservice to the State. It is indeed fortunate that their recommendations are not final, that the Advisory Budget Commis sion and the General Assembly have the power to hike the propo sals. Academic chaos would result if the Higher Board's ideas become law "for the next two years. , Davis B. Young Oil And Water Just Won't Mix A question on 'the lips of many recently was, "Where will Nixon go from here?" Following closely on the heels of the question is the desire endorsed by many, Democrats and Republi cans alike, that Nixon would be asked by President-elect Kennedy to serve in a high governmental capacity in his administration. Kennedy has denied any desire to make such an r unprecedented move, and we feel that he has de cided wisely. It seems to us that such a move m m if m 5:3 lie JSailg ar JHeel JONATHAN YARDLEY Editor Wayne King, Mary Stewart Bakzb Associate Editors Margaret Ann Rhymes Managing Editor Edward Nkaz. Riner . Assistant To The Editor Henry Mayer, Lloyd Little News Editors Susan Lewis Feature Editor Frank Slusseb Sports Editor Ken Friedman.. .Asst. Sports Editor If I John Justice. Davis Young Contributing Editors Tim Burnett Business Manager Richard Weiner Advertising Manager John Jester ..... Circulation Manager Charles WHZDBzz.J5ubscription Manager The Daily Tab Heel Is published dally 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 Una . Published by th Colonial Press, Chapel Hill, N. C. J:, A W.viv.V.AV.-V. would be in gross error, unless Mr. Nixon's obvious talents could be utilized in a capacity that would not be influenced by party lines. He, as the defeated Republican candidate, has become the titular head of the party. Kennedy, of course, occupies the same position in the Democratic party. General consensus on the part of the pub lic at large is that the platforms of the two opposing parties have late ly become so convergent that little conflict would arise, should Nixon assume a position of relative power in the government. This is a view point based on over-optimism. The party lines have definitely not converged, and although all seems sweetness and brotherhood between the two men who waged such a fierce battle only a few weeks ago, this situation could easily be blown into a thousand pieces at the drop of a hat. Mr. Nixon is a capable, aggres sive and experienced official, and his vote count testifies that he came out of the campaign much stronger than he went into it. It is a sad circumstance that his position as head of his party should deprive the nation of his abilities, but we feel that placing the man in a position where intense conflict could easily arise would surely be detrimental to the interests of the nation. Wayne King Liberalism Endangered Does North Carolina resent her position as the South's most liberal state? Does she wish to join the rest of the Old Confederacy in the Southern Cess Pool of Ignorance and Intolerance? The Consolidated University's requests for 19G1-63 funds to raise faculty salaries and gener ally increase educational stand ards were ripped apart by the State Board of Higher Education on November 10. ' Thus, in one step the highest, educational -board of the South's most "progressive" state obliter ated almost all hope for a raise in the teaching quality for two years and probably opened a per iod of unparalleled faculty exo dus from the University. This is a period in which the eternal cry is, "The U.S. is fall ing behind in education. . . ." Yet the Board, on its own initiative, and as a result of its mystic omni potent intellect, has decided that North Carolinians get as good an education as they need. Possibly the Board has a collec tive guilty conscience about North Carolina's state schools having such a fine standing in the South. (But, as President William Fri day points out, that position is precarious and even disputed.) Whatever the motive, these re putable North Carolina officials appear eager to league this state with others in the South in the glorious battle against Evil Edu cation. Let us all fall in for the Muster of Anti-Educationites. "Arkansas?" "Here." "Mississippi?" "Here." "North Carolina?" "Here?" , PRO AND CON "HelpP -M-tiW- o Do Carolina Students Want Coach Hickey To Stay NO First of all, permit me to ad mit that I am not an expert on football. Yet, on the other hand, I have done some sports writing and the game is not totally strange to me. "Since the fall of 1958 I have observed Carolina football and I find it to be at an all-time peak the peak being somewhere below the surface of the ground. That is, for the most part the perform ance of our team has, in my opinion, has been very, very poor. And when I stop to con sider that this school makes use of major recruiting practices and football scholarships and has such players on its roster as Rip Hawkins, John Schroeder, Frank Riggs, and the like, I stop and say "what's wrong?" "What seems to be the trouble?" Somehow, somewhere, some thing is failing in this system in this organization. So, the next step I took was to talk to some of the ball players and see what they have to say. And, the con sensus here seems to be that Jim Hickey is a well-respected man, a nice guy and a good friend. But, is Jim Hickey a good coach? Frankly, I think not. This is NOT Jim Hickey's first year. This is NOT a team in its embry onic stages, expected to be good next year. We have NOT lost two or three or four games. We have NOT gotten all of the bad breaks or even more than our share. Except for last Saturday against Maryland I have not seen a major college team whose offense was so unimaginative, so dry, and so unconvincing as ours. And, even more important than this, I have been watching a team who, when fired-up could beat just about anybody in or outside of our league. But, how often are they fired-up, how often do they dis play the spirit that Schroeder was speaking of? To my recollec tion three, possibly four times against Duke last year, Notre Dame and Maryland this year. It is my contention and always will be that the coach is pri marily responsible for getting his team in the right psychological mood (and this is, as is evident, vitally important). It is here, I think, that Hickey is mainly lack ing. Even one of his most re spected players told me that for some reason he was not getting them psychologically prepared that he is too straight-laced, too unimaginative, and too kind. In short, although I know he is try ing hard, I honestly don't think he is getting the job done. In regard to Chancellor Ay cock's so-called endorsement of Hickey I see one very possible reason. That is, perhaps Aycock, being very much of an academic leader and certainly justly so, does not want Coach Hickey's firing to reflect on himself as the leader of an academic and not an athletic institution, for it might appear as if our goals and ideals are not what they should be if our Chancellor endorsed the fir ing of a losing athletic coach. In short, Aycock may be thinking "let the Trustees do it but not me." If this is true, I think Ay cock is at least partially justified. But why did he have to make such an issue of it? (This, of course, may be the DTH's fault, not his, however.) Finally, if we want to de-emphasize athletics at this school like some of the Eastern schools have done, let's start at the bot tom first. Let's cut down on our athletic scholarships and our re cruiting and let's play W&L and the male chorus of Fred Waring's organization (as the Charlotte News recommended) rather than keep a coach who has proved, in the main, that he can't get the job done. JIM NOYES KEN COOPER R. L. SPACH JOHNCRAMMOND PHIL NASH KEN PONS CHRIS GUTHRIE JOHN OUDERKIRK GIL LORENZ SAM RICHARDSON YES Last night the Student Athletic Council unanimously went on record as supporting Coach Jim Hickey, and affirmed Chancellor William B. Aycock's vote of con fidence. This was a move on the part of the Council to emphasize that 1) the presidents and representa tives of student athletic organi zations are firmly behind the de cisions of Carolina's head football coach, 2) the members endorse the Chancellor's intentions of recommending his continued stay at this institution in that capaci ty, and 3) the appreciation shown by the team for Coach Hickey's efforts in the past two years should noi escape recognition by students, administration, and alumni. The consensus of opinion among council members was that a lack of student support has caused un justifiable criticism to fall on the head coach, and such burdens of responsibility borne by him have not created alibis or excuses on his part. A definite apathy has develop ed among many students and alumni in regard to this year's record of losses, completely inco herent with the feelings of the players themselves and a large number of students who believe iri supporting Carolina athletic teams regardless of whether they win or lose. We should strive to support athletic teams at Carolina as much., if not more so, when de feat comes as when consistent victory results. I hope that the enthusiasm of all in the future will reflect the confidence which the Chancellor and the Athletic Council have placed in Coach Hickey and his football team. I would like to appeal to each and every Carolina student to participate in this weekend's ac tivities, including the Pika "Beat Dook" Parade, the Friday night pep rally, and especially the game Saturday afternoon. ANGUS DUFF Chairman of the Student Athletic Council REFLECTIONS The slaving young father be came so exasperated while try ing to change his infant's diapers that he finally yelled at the child: "You're the only thing in this house that's paid for and you leak!" Art Exhibit Censored Ackland's current exhibition, "Contemporary Italian Drawing . and College," presents a rather insignificant group of Italian paste-paintings so recent that they're still warm. The sign explaining this month long show has a different feeling about its significance, however: "Strong artistic personalities . . . have produced original works completely Italian in form and content. This selection . . . sur veys the most lively currents de veloped in drawing and collage in the last three years." Although these painters at e Ab stract Expressionists, and quite abstract at that, their expressive ness is the debatable point. Rather than presenting genuine feelings of sorrow or rage, hilar ity or pleasure, the artists seem frequently to be shaming pre tending to feel and the result is dilettantism, cuteness. Of course many of these works are really just studies from which the painters seek directions for more important work. Still, they are presented to us as works of art, no apologies made, which tends to exaggerate their importance. For superficiality Scialojo, Nu volo, and Baj take the prize. The "under-glass" constructions of Scialojo bear a vulgar predilec tion for dark, dull colors and powdery sprinklings. His triteness in repeating vertical spots ar ranged on a horizontal field is to this reviewer quite boring. A particularly unpleasant work, composed of four spots entangled in brown-smeared tissue paper, seems to cower under glass from fear of mutilation. Nuvolo, a young man with old fashioned ideas, combines Cubist squares in a watered-down Mon drian effect. And Baj, in "Testa Montagne," is another youngster discovering anew the old Cubist collage technique; but he adds no new wrinkles, just an old bed spread. The flower motif of this cloth sky recalls the scrolly deco rations of Art Nouveau and Ma tisse. The more successful works pos sess real activity. They convey a believable experience in which their creators were emotionally inspired, and this evokes a simi lar inspiration in the viewer. Three painters fall into this category: Rotella, Vedova, and Corpora. Corpora conveys the fin de siecle mood of an encrusted jewel-like hyper - romanticism. "Studio Per Immagine Del Tem po," a small-scale collage by Vedova, manages to catch the explosiveness typical of this painter and even conveys the modern Italian temperament. Here is Italy's love of fad, of anarchism, and Fascism, its pres ent dilemma of reconstruction, all under one little frame. Rotella's improvisation on a weather beaten public signboard, with a fragment of an ancient Roman temple peeking through the rubble, is like the ghost of a van ished society. One last work must be consid ered for its obnoxious cuteness: "Concetto Spaziale," the brain child of Fontana. A sophisticated green velvet strip rests demurely on stiffened white burlap which bears three neat incisions, like those of a prim lobotomist. Noth ing is wrong with cuts in a paint ing if they achieve importance in which case they would prob ably be, not cuts, but rather rips or tears. J. Gordon O'Neill 'Mattress) A Smngin Show, Slightly Suggestive "Once Upon a Mattress" there lived an outspoken little prin cess called Fred. She tossed and turned on a pile of twenty elegant mattresses all night and didn't get a wink of sleep because the wicked queen had placed one tiny pea under the bottom mattress to test whether or not Fred was a genuine prin cess. (Real princesses are quite sensitive and could never sleep with such discomfort.) The wicked queen was certain that no one could pass such a ridiculous test; with this scheme she hoped to keep her mother pecked son, Prince Dauntless the Drab from getting married. The catch -was, however, that no one else in the kingdom could get married until Dauntless' "had shared his bed." The plot thick ened; Fred (Princess Wirinifred), receiving aid from the ladies and gentlemen of the court; tossed restlessly upon her mattresses, passed the queen's test for sensi tivity, married pauntless and the whole kingdom lived happiiy ever after (except for the wicked queen of course). Imogene Coca, the rather home ly, but bouncy Princess "Fred," was as energetic and silly as ever. She successfully kept the audience astir with laughter through the first act, but the sameness of her humor and per haps the ineffectiveness of her lines in the second act brought less and less laughter. She vigorously exaggerated her lines in a manner necessary to the musical comedy, and squawk ed out her songs with the typical Coca voice. (Plenty of volume and humor.) Singing straight from the heart of the princess she por trayed, she entertained with the song "Swamps of Home" in which she explained her swampy back ground; "I come from a land of the foggy dew," she bellowed. More than Imogene, this re viewer liked the huggable King Sextamus as played by Edward Everett Horton. Keeping with the implication of his name, he was forever chasing ladies of the court, but never catching them. Due to a curse placed on him by the wizard, he was unable .to speak at all; this was no prob Jem for Hortoh, jhoweyer, for he communicated his humor throughout the play with a con stant game of charades; the ges tures were suggestive, all right, but they .were a different and ex tremely effective type of hilarity. In contrast to the silent and subtle king was the garrulous queen, portrayed by Anne Mitch ell. Equipped with a sixty-mile-per-hour rate of speech and her cold, dark beauty, Miss Mitchell, carried out the part of the schem ing, dominating queen up to the last moment when she was finally told to "shut up" by her son, the once shy "Dauntless the Drab." This act of the "mouse eating the hawk" at last released King Sex tamus from his silent doom, and sealed the lips of the queen who finally gave up her son in mar riage to the "sensitive" Imogene. An entertaining sub-plot was the courtly romance of Lady Larken (Pat Foley) and Sir Harry (Paul Cambeilh) . A true "lady-in-waiting," Lady Larken was in dire need of a wedding band from Sir Harry, who was unable to marry her until Prince Dauntless took a bride. At the be ginning of the play Sir Harry set out iri search for a true princess, bringing back Imogene from the swamps. After a lovers' quarrel," Lady Larken and Harry tradi tionally ended up living "happily ever after." True to her name, Lady Larken had an excellent voice, displayed beautifully., in Jthe. most memor- able song of the musical "In a Little While." We mustn't forget to praise the naive humor of awkward Prince Dauntless portrayed by King Donovan, who had us root ing for his betrothal to Princess Winnifred all the way. His sub jectivity to the queen and inno cence of the facts of life (which were finally explained to him through the hilarious gestures by King Sextamus) kept us chuck ling with affection. The elegant satin and velvet costumes combined with the so phisticated, but simple set design also added to the successfulness of the play; both were done by Willian and Jean Eckart. The songs in "Once Upon a Mattress" were not particularly memorable, but the accompany ing orchestration was refresh ingly unique; we won't forget the heavy use of percussion and birds, especially the bells from South Building which chimed in perfectly at 11 o'clock. The Chapel Hill audience w. not overly warm in its Wednes day night reception, but most of us were aware of the fine Broad way entertainment before us. In the words of the "wicked" queen "Yea Verily!" 1. vj. AJt
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