.Volume 72, Number 145
Thursday, April 23, 1964
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One For Three Is
Class officers fall into many cate
gories. A few, and an extraordinary few
at that, are' good; still more fall into
j that grey area of inactivity in which
) they do nothing constructive but do not
manage to make the situation worse by
l their presence; the remainder (and
probably the largest group) . are simply
I terrible.
' To hold a class office should be more
than an honor. It is a high responsibility
as well, and the past has shown that
' more often than not nothing is done.
Fall campaign promises have been long
forgotten before the leaves have van
ished from the trees, and what was
bally hooed as a good year soon turns
out to be indistinguishable from the
undistinguished years that have gone
before.
We were looking through some old
issues of the DTH the other day and
ran across a special feature we ran in
the fall "Meet The Candidates." We
had gotten the candidates for class of
fice to turn in their platforms and bio
graphies, and devoted some 130 column
inches to this. We hoped to give the
campus .some aid in selecting their of
ficers, as- well as spur interest in the
election. ,
In looking over the promises, we find
that very few of them have been turn
ed into reality.. Granted, some of them
were unfeasible to begin :jwith',;Lbut many
more were simply cast aside. With one
notable exception, which we shall point
out momentarily, everyone running for
office either said things he didn't mean,
or forgot what he said once the votes
were in. It is fitting that we resurrect
some of these schemes for your scru
tiny: For instance, a candidate .for presi
dent of his- class said, "We will retain
the Teacher of the Month' and 'Junior
of the Month' programs." This would
take all of 20 minutes a month.
The gentleman was elected, and that
' was the end of that.
I The candidate for Vice-President pro-
' posed a "Junior Day, much like the
Senior Class has now. It would take a
lot of planning, but if it was done right
everyone would have a good time."
It must have taken too much plan
ning. The secretary sang the praises of a
class scrapbook.
"I would like to see one compiled,"
quoth .she, "in order that the records
and achievements of our class could be
saved." We lose again.
The Treasurer had several ideas, one
of which was brought to fruition a
Bake Sale. Unfortunately, she also de
cided to propose a Merchant's Day and
something called a Junior Classics Bas
ketball game. They didn't quite make
The Social Chairman was smart she
didn't make any promises.
But the class produced a few things
there was a combo party, as the presi-
A Bad Percentage
dent promised. However, he managed to
' schedule it at the .same time as'a fresh
. man basketball game and nobody showed
up except the president and the combo.
He also promised a Dormitory Com
, munications Committee, which did a
great deal of good in the women's
dorms. It fizzled among the men, but
, this is none of the fault of the class'
; leadership.
I Well, they batted about .250, which
first-string for the Kansas City Ath
letics. - -.
I Going down to the next class,' the
; president promised five things, none of
which materialized; Jnter-class - athletic
competition, a sophomorg'-junior . dance,
an academic scholarship, a dahce with
WC and a co-rec carnival. , vj
. We hope you weren't looking forward ,
, to these wondrous events, because they
never happened.
He did, however, accomplish one of
the best things a class officer has at
tempted. He has arranged for a com
pendium of the ; majors available .at .
Carolina as seen through the eyes- of
students.
It will be completed before long, and
should prove valuable to entering fresh
; men and juniors for years to-come. -
The rest of the officers managed to
do little. 1
j And now, faint hearts, to the single
bright beacon of success in this' tale of"
bleak despair ' the Freshmap Class. '
Usually the most disorganized and hap
hazard of all the classes, the Freshmen
this year have somehow managed to
avoid the pitfalls of laziness and have ...
accomplished at least as much, if not
more, than all their counterparts com
bined. This success has been due in large
part to an outstanding slate of officers,
headed by an energetic president in the
form of Jim Brame. Brame cannot be
given all the applause for the achieve
ments of his class, but he is responsible
for much of it. Such things as the Talent
Show, which packed Memorial. Hall at
75 cents a head; a bake .sale; and the
Merchant's Day held yesterday at The
Hub were highly successful, and the
Freshmen should indeed be proud of
themselves.
, We sincerely hope the Freshman
beacon will shed some light on the out
look of our recently elected and future
class officers. Some people have been
doing their part (and in some cases a
good deal more), but apathy and failure
are two adjectives which apply in far
too many instances. If our "leaders" are
not aroused, there seems to be no real
reason to bother with class officers, and
we might spare ourselves a lot of dis
appointment and do away with them
altogether (think of the saving in cam
paign posters alone).
Let's hope that we will never reach
this stage but rather that the fresh
men have started something some
thing big.
Henry Mclnnis
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The Negro
Leadership
On The Arrival Of Ross Barnett
I The Carolina Forum, for all those who
I never have heard of it or are have for
gotten about it, is an organization de
; signed to bring speakers to the cam-
Fred Seely, Hugh Stevens
Co-Editors
Managing Editor John Montague
Associate Editor Mickey Blackwell
Editorial Page Editor Pete Wales
News Editor Dennis Sanders
Copy Editor Nancy McCracken
Sports Editor Larry Tarleton
Photo Editor Jim Wallace
Editorial Assistant Shirley Travis
Staff Artist Chip Barnard
Reviews . . Henry Mclnnis
pus for the benefit of the students.
It has a budget of over $2,000, and in
the past has sponsored such famed peo
ple as Malsolm X, William F. Buckley
and Norman Thomas.
The first program of the Forum this
year comes Monday night, when Ross
Barnett, former governor of Mississippi,
will visit these hallowed halls for an
address in Memorial Hall.
Barnett, you may recall, was leader
of that state when James Meredith en
rolled at Ole Miss. We are sure that you
will find it an interesting evening, and
perhaps even an enlightening one.
And while you're there, think about
the Forum. When John Ulf elder intro
duces Barnett, give him a nice hand.
He's finally in the spotlight.
"The Negro Vanguard" by
Richard Bardolph. Rinehart
and Co., New York, 1959. 342
pages.
By HENRY-McINMS
This book is a testament of
hope, reaffirmation of the writ
er's belief in the essential health
of the democratic American tra-
dition. It is a study of leader-'
ship . . . the leaders of the Ne-:
gro race from 1770 to the presi:
ent who fought their way against
prejudice, poverty and ignorance -to
take their places among the i
country's notable men and wom:
en. ' ;
In an attempt to answer the :
question: "What raised theser
particular individuals , a b 0 v e
their fellows?," Mr. Bardolph
has examined family back
grounds, economic and commum
4ty environments, educational ini
fluences, the role of accident anoV
the importance. of sympathetic
white people.'1
As a backdrop for each succes
sive generation of leading Ne
groes, the main currents of the
nation's social development are
sketched and the progress of the
Negro race summarized, Sound
ambitions? It most certainly is,
but the book covers a great deal
of Negro history, particularly
as it points to distinguished Ne-V
groes and their achievements and
why they, as individuals, were
able to stand out above the or
dinary., .
North Carolina readers wiQ be
interested to, know that author
,Bardolph is a professor at Wom
en's College at Greensboro. The
book was made possible by a
Guggenheim fellowship and t h. e
Research Council of UNCI at
Greensboro.' v ' i A t
"The time: as come to Iqdge
the Negro, movers and shakers;
of American social history more
firmly in the record," writes the
author, "and to assemble, while
they may still be discovered, the
scattered and elusive facts about
their social origins." With this
purpose, the book proceeds to its
mission, often with authority, al
ways with 1 resolve, f 'J- j . ,
Bardolph suggests with consid
erable persuasion that the data
he has accumulated from his ex
tensive face-to-face interviews
with, 131 of the , "most famous ,
xegro Americans and ms 'in-1 -tensive
searching in the nation's
largest libraries have unearthed
evidence "that will not only en
able us to spell-out some of the,-
-facts; about theorise of the Ne- '
,gro :?vanguard; it vis sufficient -
also to show that., the. record as ,
sharply at variance with the "
stereotypes "and facile generali
zations from which the image of
the tenth Amercan has been
compounded by the other nine."
-' The author discusses the mom
entous changes in the status of
the Negro from 1770 to. 1831 and
describes the' conditions of slave
life which - varied enormously
from time to time, state to state,
and plantation to plantation.
"Slave codes differed marked
ly," writes Bardolph, "both on
paper and in practice, and mas
ters varied from brutal tyrants
to kindly heads of closely knit
households." The effects of
emancipation on the Negro race
and individual freed slaves
makes fascinating reading. While
this book offers a sophisticated
telling of the Civil War and its '
aftermath, its power derives"
from concentration on the Negro
and what happened to his race."
One of the most enjoyable and
readable sections, at least for
this reviewer, contains the con
tributions and origins of Negro
entertainers, musicians and writ
ers whose fame formed the corn
erstone by which the white com
munity could tolerate increasing
examples of equality and excel
lence. Such names as Louis
Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, Count
Basie, Harry Belafonte, Nat King
Cole, Dorothy Dandridge, Sam
my Davis Jr. and Lena Home
appear in the chapter, "Behold
the Promised Land," and the
author explains the significance
of each one's " success story in
terms of background, education,
personality, opportunities and ev
en skin color!
The ordeals suffered by Mari
on Anderson and Paul Robeson
are examined and contrasted.
Anderson encountered segregat
ed audiences on her national
tours but in most cases she did
not protest until pressure groups
forced her to withdraw from
Southern concerts. Robeson's
fierce refusal to perform under
Jim Crow conditions and his sur
sequent attraction to Commun
ism and socialism in the 1930's
is analyzed with fair play and
perception not often accorded
Robeson by most writers in this
country.
The rising influence and func
tion of the Negro press with
such examples as Ebony Maga
zine, the "Negro Life Magazine,",
and the Negro press in general,1
is discussed in detail. Booker T.
Washington and his conservative
leadership is compared with
more recent leaders who reject
ed his perpetuation of the status
quo in racial advancement.
Among the more superficial
biographies offered in the book
include the NAACP's Roy Wil
kins. James Farmer of CORE,
Harlem Congressman Adam
Clayton Powell, Ralphe Bunche
and the Rev. Martin Luther King
j v. ' - csv, if ss ss - - M' - -- - "
E$scr Makes Statement
NortH Carolina FmIicL
Selects
te 'Fronecte
George S. ' Essery .executive . ..Mountains, in the, Piedmont, . ancL... Now, it is obvious that when
. director of the North- Carolina . in Eastern North Carolina. There
.iFund, announced ,( the selection .. .had to be project exploring solu
. of the community projects for , tions to rural poverty problems
the .Fund Monday 'This is Mr.; in sparsely-populated areas. And,
Esser's statement at the time of ;therevhad to bet projects work-
50 communities ask for help, and
seven are picked for ; assistance,
the other 43 are wondering
"where do we go from here."
Since - early February, " when
Jav C. iiaV'tu
A roaswia
GOP Ticket
By JAY G. HAYDEN
WASHINGTON LoJ.-e an. I
Nixon no the reverse.
If ever there was, in term
of the horse racer, a long wiu
. ter bock bet." this is it, but it
may be a good bet, makily be
cause there no better ticket
for the 'Republican convention to
choose.
Most important there is a give
and take, tit for tat, relation
ship between Lodge and former
President Eisenhower, and
Nixon was Eisenhower's riht
hand for eight years. Nixon lias
said he would accept the vice
S1 VOIUUUUI IllJiliiiicJlIll.
IN 1952 THE THEN Sen.
Lodge of Massachusetts took the
lead in propelling Gen. Eisen
hower into the presidency; r.r,d
as a result Lodge sacrificed his
otherwise almost certain Sen
ate seat.
Ike clearlv owes Lodse some
thing for this. There are re
ports that Eisenhower, approaeh-
. ea on mat oasis, said, -Weil.
let's see - what happens in New
Hampshire."
'miu iii uiai siaie s .uarcn 11
primary Lodge spreadeagled the
Running as a mere write-in can
didate against the formally en-
ing Goldwater and Rockefeller,
i.ocge not only won nanas down
in popular votes but grabbed.
aJl of the state's convent iar
delegates.
- ROBERT R. MULLEN, na-:
tional coordinator of the Draft
Lodge Committee, says the
whole project began with one.
man, business executive Irving'
Salomon.
"President , Eisenhower," says
Mullen, "appointed Mr. Salomon
' a delegate to the United Na
tions." And after the assassina
tion of President Kennedy, Mul
len and Salomon conferred with;
Eisenhower and Lodge and then
joined up as leaders of a Lodge.
b6cm"for "presidential nomination.
: The Lodge drive has been go-,
in cf Oycl a f cfiine ror c-inro tnrv
latest being a prophecy by the
respected Harris poll last 'Mon- '
the announcement. Eg 'Note :.:-.nS:. with the huge:j jiuapbers of these proposals poured into the ttay' as to we ureon presiaen-
- Today, as you know,' is a most .the ' poverty-stricken! living in Fund office, we have .recognized, . tial primary on May 15, giving
important milestone Jn.. -the. life, large cities, many of whomjiaye ( and, discussed the need for help- Lodge 46 per cent, as against!,
of the North Carolina Fund. It migrated from the state's rural ing each of these communities , 17 . per cent for Nixon, 14 for
marks a time at which we move areas. build on the momentum already ' 1 Goldwater, 13 for Rockefeller, ;'
out of a six-month phase involv- .fiv exoloring a cross-section of started by the committees sub- 4 for Scranton and one for Mrs.
ing preparation and planning, and ... North Carolina's poverty pro- mitting. -those proposals,
selection and into a four-year blems, the Fund hopes to learn As a first step, the FundJaoard.
phase of actual work ki com- and. show solutions of benefit to . 'already has set aside a small
munities -to find and show new all of ' the state's communities, sum for making minor grants to
ways to break the poverty cycle. For - all of our communities a few counties. This money also'
But the Fund's work in the share this problem, even if the, .would provide training for people
past six months hasn't been sim- people, the economy and the en- already working in those coun-
Margaret Chase Smith.
-ply a' matter of organization and viroiiment differ.:
paperwork. In fact, the past six when the Fund's board of
months has seen a period of directors sat down a "lew weeks
activity in North Carolina that ag0 to start deciding which com-
in many ways is totally unprece- munities should receive grants,
dented in this, or any other state, they drew on their own ex-
ties, and technical assistance
from the Fund's staff and its
consultants.
Since the beginning of the
Fund, North Carolina's state
agencies have been giving at-
SAYS "THIS - POLLSTER: r
"Lodge is wiaiing almost three .
; times, the number of votes of his :
nearest rival, Nixon, and is '
within striking range of passing
the 50 per cent mark against the
entire field."
After Oregon there is really .
only one important presidential
primary to eo . California
where Rockefeller and Goldwa-
North Carolina's communities periences from the 50 commun- tention to ways in which they ter presently seem likely to kill
have surprised people all over ,-fv visits mltis rarpfnl evalna- might work with these com- off each other.
the-nation by reacting, as they
have to the Fund's call to ac
tion. Acting only on the prospect
of getting a few foundation dol
lars for their communities, lead
ers in 66 out of the state's 100
counties have met- and talked
and planned ways to give a bet
ter chance to those of our citi
zens caught in the cycle of
poverty. .
With a minimum of help and
advice from the Fund's profes
sional staff, 50 North Carolina
areas have produced documents
laying out their hopes and plans
for solving their problems of
poverty. We . are confident that
these action proposals are the
foundations of a great, general
movement , against poverty . that
will be joined eventually by the
leaders of the other 34 counties
of bur state.
After these 50 communities
submitted their proposals to the
Fund, the Fund in turn sent a
team to visit each community
and talk about the proposal, . the
community, and its problems.
The fact that all 50 visits were
completed in five weeks is in
itself a tribute to the dedication
of these communities, and the
Fund's board of directors, who
participated in these all-important,
face-to-face, meetings.
From the Fund's earliest days,
its board of directors realized
the importance of selecting a
tions and summaries of the pro
posals compiled by the Fund's
" professional staff.
Their decisions the seven
communities announced today to
receive major grants represent,
in my opinion, the kind of cross
section of communities that is
essential if we are to find and
demonstrate ways to open up
opportunity, and help people
throw off frustration and des
pair. At the same time, the mem
bers of the board, and I, are
hopeful that, at a later date, we
can find it possible to finance a
few more demonstration projects
in some medium-sized urban, and
some completely-rural areas.
As" for the projects announced
today, you are asking, "how do
we get them started?" The
Fund's task is to help each of
these seven communities com
plete the organization of its ac
tion committee, select a full
time, professional project direct
or, and re-examine its proposed
action program with the help of
the project director and special
consultants furnished by the
Fund.
Announcement letters today
are in the mail to these seven
community - action committees.
This week we wrill begin a ser-
munities on their poverty pror
blems. We expect that aid from
those sources will be announced
from time to time, as these
agencies plans are completed.
Finally, at the risk -' of count
ing chickens before they're
hatched, we must consider wha.t
. In the. 1952 Republican race, at
the opening of which Sen. Taft
of Ohio seemed easily ahead; it
was Lodge who then journeyed
to Paris and brought home the
word, revealed in a pre.ss con
ference on Jan: 7, 1952, that Gen.
Eisenhower would run for Presi-
will happen to our program if dent if he received a "clear-cut
the Economic Opportunity Act call to political duty."
of 1964 President 'Johnson's LODGE SAID EISENHOWER
anti-poverty bill is passed, as had. assured him and others
there is every indication it will that "his voting record was that
be- i of a Republican ... his political
The heart of this bill is' title ' convictions coinciding with en-
II, which would set aside over
$300 million for grants to ..com
munities submitting comprehen
sive, community-action proposals
lightened Republican doctrine
. . . the famly tradition was
Republican."
Lodge told the reporters that
dealing with the problems of, he was entering Eisenhower in
poverty, and lack of opportunity, the New Hampshire primary,
mis' language, "comprehen- - despite full knowledge that
sive, community-action propos-,. Eisenhower would not leave his
als," sounds familiar, of course, job as head of NATO (by desa
lt has been used from the start
by The North Carolina Fund,
with the result that leaders of 66
counties already, have been
through the process of thinking
and planning for comprehensive
poverty-fighting programs. These
50 proposals represent 50 giant
steps by communities of our
state steps giving them a head
start toward participation in the
sweeping program now being
considered by the United States
Congress.
I can promise these commu-
ies of conferences with the com
munity representatives, to make "nities that the Fund will provide
group of communities that would specific plans for helping them every possible assistance in help
represent a true cross-section of get their program underway. ing them, and the 34 North
the state's poverty problems. " The Fund will make a small Carolina counties not originally
There had to be projects in the initial grant, for organizational participating in the proposal pro-
arid administrative costs, to cess, to. sharpen their program
each selected community. This and their processes, for partici-
will finance a project director pating in forthcoming federal
and his office, plus the consnl- programs.
tants who will provide special When the Fund was born last
advice on specific chases of the year, "the original grants made
communitv's program. to it were called "seed money."
Once the community s specif- This has proved to be an apt much the same position as
ic program plans have been de- term. The Fund's money will be Eisenhower in 1952, including a
cided, and a firm budget has used to help our. communities diplomatic job abroad provided
been agreed upon, the initial take advantage of all cf the' re- by a Democratic President and
taries which lends a forced note grant will be followed by a sources available, inside and out thus protective against the slincs
to an otherwise beautifully as- four-year grant for organization- of the state, to help our people and arrows of opponents, Repub
sembled and conceived work. al expenses only. help themselves. , licans or Democrats.
Jr. The author could have dug
deeper into his subjects if he had
not catelogued them too rigidly
and pigeon-holed them artificial
ly according to their reputations
and professions. Differences be
tween individuals are well appre
ciated and brought out but there
is yet a curious atmosphere of
the old March of Tune documen-
nation of Democratic President
Truman) to campaign in New
Hampshire or any other state.
Further inviting a draft, how
ever, the general issued, anoth
er statement declaring that, "of
course there is no question of
the right of American citizens to
organize in pursuit of their
common convictions .... Sen.
Lodge and his associates are
exercising their right in any at
tempt to place before me next
July a duty that would tran
scend my present responsibil
ities." LN THE NEW Hampshire vot
ing on March 11, 1952, Eisen
hower led in popular votes with
46,497 and bagged all the state's
convention delegates. Of two op
ponents for Republican prefer
ence who trudged the state's
snowy hills and talked them
selves hoarse, Sen. Taft received
35,820 and Harold Stassen 6,594.
T I 1 1
Luge loaay iooks to be in