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Segregation 1 Ie Desil Questif The question of segregation now before the Supreme Court of the Urited States has been so exploited in discussion that even some of the most avid supporters and op ponents of segregation have worn themselves out with it. They know that, despite all they may say or do, the final decision of the Supreme Court will not be affected. In 4ll the hullaballoo over segregation, hovever, it seems that one of the most im portant aspects of the segregation case has gone unnoticed by many concerned primarily with the racial question. The legal or Con stitutional aspect seems to matter little to some. This has been left to the lawyers who, naturally, are closer to those legal problems. Although there may be a moral question involved, the Constitutional question may, in :he long run, prove to be much more Im portant. That question is, roughly, does the federal government have the Constitutional authority to regulate, even by the Four teenth Amendment, the state school systems. If they do, will the regulation stop there or will it penetrate even deeper into the state into heretofore strictly state or local institu tions. It seems futile to argue these questions since they have been brought up many times in States' Rights cases. But this is something to think about. Part of the Fourteenth Amendment states that no person shall be deprived of life, lib Cafeteria Grip After Loni Last year when the university cafeteria changed managements and the Slater Sys tem, one of the country's largest food service management firms, took over, there was con siderable rejoicing by the students. There was reason to rejoice. For years the food at Steward's Hall had been the ob ject of criticism and gripes. The new Slater System promised the students a chance to get good food at Steward's Hall. At first the change was slow, but grad ually the preparation of food began to im prove. Many students complained about the higher prices and the change in the use of meal tickets, but the meal ticket seems to be favorable to everyone and the increase in price is worth it. C.11.iae TWO SURPOENAES, have his name NO COOPERATION . .. losing my job Two graduate students at the Micig ~an DaiIj University of Michigan have ."an unfriendly been subpoenaed to appear be- refuse to coope fore the House Un-American other persons." committee of the st.ate legisla- In a cautio ture. Both students have indi- Michigan Daiy cated they will not cooperate to date, six fac with the committee, two students h: Rep. Kit Clardy, chairman of m~onlses. The the committee, had stated earlier against "the h; that no students would be sum- c'haracterized moned. When reminded of his sort at other I promise, he said he meant only FO(R AME~RIC undergraduates. MORE SU'NLII Mike Sharpe, chairman of the A\fter~ a seri local Labor Youth League and terviews wvith one of the subpoenaed students, across the declared, "I will not cooperate maazn has with the committee in any way. both our stud<4 To cooperate with the commit- have been "ini tee would be to contribute to the r'esponsible in destruction of our constitutional ter'ical leaders rights." appointed "tho The other student asked to Here are a CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAR( Member of Associated Collegiate Pi FomadedQJaay 508 , wt obert ElotConsa UIofst eB outh Carolina weekly, on Pria, durl ew he.e 'I. ao k. Publisin doe no .mmmm.The right to edit i. reserved. EDITOR....................... J MANAGING EDITOR ... .....1 BUSINESS MANAGER ....... DA ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR. NEWS EDITOR ............. SPORTS EDITOR.... .. SOCIETY EDITOR ....... ......Ca FEATURE EDITOR....... CAMPUS EDITOR .... CIRCULATION MANAGER ... .........W ASSISTANT BUSINESS MA NAGER ..... STAFF REPORTERS Fart. Giles, Bobby Alford, J. R. Roseberry, Don Parrish, Mike Lovejoy, Bob Young, Bertha Gai COLUMNISTS John Duffy, Paris Giles, J1. Allen Tlison, Ralph Brown.~ WeeSades,Al BUSINESS STAFF WasBaners AlPerry, Gibby Dean, D. J. Bal CARTOONISTS Bob Camenof. Stanley PapaJohn isue May Not in Before Court erty, or property without the due process of law. The plaintiff in the segregation case, the NAACP, contends that the state of South Cirolina and other states are, by requiring separate schools, violating this amendment. Thirty years ago the Supreme Court would have disposed of such a case promptly. Today, with more and more federal control being extended over the states, there is prob ability that the Supreme Court will deter mine the segregatiorycase in the light of the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus, by attempt ing to protect the rights of the "minority," the court could well infringe upon what little is left of states' rights. A weak central government may lead to a national catas trophe. In the same light, a central govern ment too powerful may infringe upon in dividual liberty. The Supreme Court is composed of nine men-men who have their own ideas on the moral aspect of segregation. But their duty is to enforce the constitutional law, not to abide by their moral convictions. If the present segregation laws in ,this state are morally wrong, they should be changed. This would no doubt take an act of Congress outlawing segregation; but if they are to be changed, it should be done by Coh gress. For if the Supreme Court continues to legislate by Constitutional interpretation, the states may have a dark-road ahead.-JWR es Here Again I Absence Gripes are begiining to pop up again about the food at Steward's Hall. Some of the stu dents contend that the food now is not any better than it was before the Slater System was installed. If memory serves us correctly, however, the food this year is considerably better than before the system was introduced at Caro lina. Most of the students seem to share this view. There was a time when to eat supper at Steward's Hall was to assure oneself of a nauseating evening. Now all the meals are tastier and much better prepared. Perhaps they are not what most of us desire, or get at home; but as for their being as bad as before-just think back a few years. We've never had it so good.-JWR cippinpj vithheld "to avoid viwsml. ." He told the oa(1we,pstrei he plans to be (eto h nvriyo ih witness. 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We will not attempt to defend ourselves on any of these counts; our only comment is that we are tired! For an entire year we have (lone our best to point out situa tions on campus that have needed correcting. Some of the people, administration, faculty and stu dents, have read our editorials and become alarmed. They have run around with their arms in the air and lustily shouted that action must be taken before the ship hits the rocks. But beyond the vocal pyrotechnics, what have they done ? If the Yellow Jacket Weekly has been "wishy-washy," it has been in the majority. Almost everyone at Randolph-Macon seems to have an unbridled fear of stepping on someone's toes or of having someone step on their toes. And as long as such fears are predominant, progress will not be made. Talking a situation over . .. Is all very well as far as it goes, but concrete action must be taken. Nothing worth while was ever accomplished without a lit tle back-breaking labor and sweat. The failure to produce such labor lies at the feet of all. Our job was to recognize the issues at hand, call them to the attention of all connected with the college and suggest steps that might be taken. We've tried to do that and we've seen very little results. We're frustrated and we're tired!I INTERLUDE .. . At the University of California three male students wearing black hats and sporting mus taches and cigars, burst into a class lecture on "imperialism," shouted "Viva Puer-to Rico," Letters to Dear Mr. Ray, As a shy and modest coed, I hesitate to write this letter, but it seems that something needs to be said. The boys in the Lambda Chi often wander around their rooms in their underwear. There can h)eat the radicals-in the sunlight." ASK A FOOLISH QUESTION . .. At UCLA a sociology major with "nothing better to do" stood at the door of a college bookstore and asked customers, "Are you a Communist?" Eighty-nine out of 328 ques tioned answered "Yes." Later, t 10 students returned to say they were just kidding. VICIOUS CIRCLE .. . A professor at Indiana has devised a solution to the cheat ing problem. On test days hie places classroom desks In a ihorseshoe arrangement around the room. Then he leaves telling the students they are on their honor. t But anyone who looks at an other student's paper will be seenn by the entre cla. d at nath . . \lewspaper nd Tired d cap pis3d a sput tering fuse-bomb in the air and departed. Commented the professor, "Boys will be boys." INDOLENCE AND LETHARGY . . . The University of Minnesota has had an Apathy party of some years, but until now no body in the party could muster sufficient energy to write a plaf form. This year party President Art Skantz turned the trick. Hi% platform, he says, was "con ceived in indolence and born in lethargy." Among -other things, the party platform promises not to: * See all sides of an argument. * Lend our support to athletic enterprises and such enterprises that might possibly be con strued as active. * Worry about aims, ideals, goals, objectives . . . group Iden tification, social adjustment, points to consider, howevers, moreovers, buts, ifs and ands. GET THE PICTURE? . . . Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity at Tufte College, Mass., has been placed on social probation, all be cause a girl from Wellesley has sharp eyes. It seems that last month there was a scavenger hunt during which pledges removed a picture from the housemother's room in a Wellesley club house. Only trouble was that the picture was not on the scavenger list. Weeks later a Wellesley girl attending a Phi Ep party recog nized the stolen picture now hanging in the Phi Ep house. She called the house mother who got in touch with Tufts authorities. Social probation ' means the fraternity cannot participate In any campus event nor Is it allowed to hold any organized house functions. HEART OF TEXAS .. . Delegates from 33 Texas col leges last week approved a reso lution calling for non-segregation in colleges at the convention of the Texas Intercollegiate Student Association. The resolution was passed unanimously and with little debate. the Editor is nothing wrong with this, but the more modest maidens are sometimes shocked when they walk by the frat house and all the blinds are wide open. Some horrible old boy will probably write in and say that just because the blinds are open, a girl doesn't have to look. Maybe that's true, but it's mighty hard not to at least notice! I'm not saying the boys shouldn't walk around in their undies If they want too, but couldn't you please ask them to keep their blinds closed. Maybe I shouldn't complain, though. One of my friends was walking across the campus one night when a boy stark naked ran past her. It seems that some of his fraternity brothers (not Lambda Clhi's) had taken up a collection and promised to give it to him' if he would run across the horseshoe in his birthday suit! Thank you, A Blushing Coed Nanme withheld by rmequ T. E. BROWN Answer t( Concerning In answer to a Mr. Hinds' let ter of last week attacking my position, as stated the week previously, on the recognition of Red China and her admission to the United Nations, may I first correct his answer to the editor's question-heading, "What are the reasons for not recognizing Red China in U.N.?" This was not my question, but neither is it, as Mr. Hinds states, a. theoretical one. It seems very real when one considers that it is being brought up almost every day by the communist side, and that they have refused peace until they are admitted to the United Nations. Mr. Hinds' only answer to the question is in the form of an other question, "Should we ad mit them to an organization that was just recently at war with them?" Perhaps if he would read the Charter of the United Nations, he would answer the question for himself. The V.N. was recently at war with the Chinese, but essentially it is not a war-making organization, but was formed rather, as stated in Article 1, "to bring about by peaceful means, and in conform ity with the principles of justice and international law, adjust ment or settlement of interna tional disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace." If, then, there were a possibility that by admission to the U.N. we -would cause peace to come about, it would seem that we would be more in conformance with the Charter than we would be by continuing international dissension by leav ing her out. Now, I have no more faith in communist promises than does Mr. Hinds. Action is what mat ters, not words. As I stated !. my earlier column, Red China would have to make some con cessions in order to gain either admission to the U.N. or the recognition of the United States. These concessions would have to be a peaceful solution in Korea and Indochina, as the Charter requires that only peace-loving nations can be admitted, so Red China would at least have to pretend to be peace-loving by withdrawing from Korea and Indochina. This would not guar antee that she will remain peace loving, but neither does it guar antee that she will remain in the United Nations, as Article 6 provides that those who violate the peace may be expelled by vote of the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Se curity Council. (This last clause would seem to indicate that her expulsion would thus be subject to the ever-controversial veto, but the precedent set by the Gen FARIS GILES Honor Ne Constantlyl Piety and honor are two qual ities of humanity which cannot be emphasized one week in the year and lain away the other fift,y-one to gather dust and waste away. A person is essen tially religious, or he is not at all religious. Piety may be evi denced through the actions and deeds of an individual. The same can be said about honor. Yet we hold Religious Emphasis Week and Honor Emphasis Week. These celebrations are not to be condemned for they cer tainly serve a good purpose. However, those of us who would like to see these qualities more apparent on the campus will all agree that there must ever so often be a reminder that they exist, are real, and live only when the students at Carolina practice the inherent character istics of these' qualities, and in corporate them as part of their everyday living. Examinations are very near, and we will probably see many et'idences of cribbing and similar acts of dishonesty. The Honor Board will in all Probability have many cases to deal with as is too often the case. The Honor Board has been ridiculed and criticized as being ineffectual and useless. Perhaps many of us have engaged in denunciation because we did not completely understand the fune tioning of this group. It is here to punish those students who are prone to steal knowledge from others, but it is also here to a Letter Red China eral Assprnbly in over-ruling the Security Council at the time of the Korean emergency has made the General Assembly actually the final authority. One m read the document providing this by referring to the "Uniting for Peace, Resolution of the General Assembly," November 3,' 1950, United Nations Documents A/1481). It would seem then that by admitting her to the U.l1. we would not only get a promise from Red China to be "good," as well as give ourselves an op portunity to debate with her with words, which in my opinion are better any day than war, but would also place upon her a deep obligation to remain peaceful at the threat of expulsion. This, I think,- is one of the things that kept Russia from giving more actual support to the commu nists in Korea than it did. As to our recognition of Id China, a study of International law wnuld show that recognition does not express approval, and can be given in return, as stated in the previous column, for valued concessions. We got such concessions when we recognized Russia, and it is my opinion that the White House is holding off recognition only so long as nec essary to get what it wants out of Red China, not because of any misconception of recognition (except that of the people, per haps). When all is said and done, we have already given her de facto recognition by partici pating with her in the Korean truce. All that remains is de Jure recognition which would give her trading rights, diploma tic rights, etc., and she will get these in the end unless we des troy her and place Chiang back in power. My first column, as well as this one, was given as a possible s,+!tion without war to the in ternational crises that face 4. Mr. Hinds apparently is re solved, since his statement leaves no other alternative, to war as the one and only solution. Such a war as will be the next one is one I do not want, and so long as there is a peaceful solution possible, why not try it? We certainly will not be any wbrse off; and, after all, we might be better. There is no failure ex cept in no longer trying.' Once we give up attempting peaceful solutions in an objective way, then war is certain. There are indications that Rel China may turn out to be another Yugos lavia, another bulwark between us and Russia, and our fight seems in a large degree to be not so much against communism as it is Russia's use of it for her imperialistic achievements. eds to Be :mphasized innocent of iniractions of the honor code. It might be beneficial for us to look at some of the sentengs from the Honor Board Constitu tion. In this way wve may acquire an up-to-date knowledge as to the purposes and functionings of the Honor Board and Council. Honor is defined in the Constitu tion as "complete honesty on the part of the student in respect to p)arallel reports, laboratory ex periment reports, themes, and term papers, I.e., the student is expected to do these things with out plagiarism of copyrighted or uncopyrighted works of other persons.. It states: "Any studentg,b serving an infraction of the ifon or Principle within the classroom or outsidie, is responsible for re porting the infraction to the chairman or a member of the Honor Council. Upon investiga tion, if the Chairman finds the reportedi infraction to be a valid case a trial shall be called. The accusedi is given the privilege of choosing anyone of the Honor Board members, other than the Chairman, as his counsel during the trial. T'he accused is not required to have a counsel." These are a few of the points to be remembered by everyone. We must watch and observe that no one as well as ourselves vio lates those points. For the only way in which the Honor Systemn can 'ie a success here is for the entire Student Body to observe and obey the unchanging axioms