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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.
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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
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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
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tee would be to contribute to the r'esponsible in
destruction of our constitutional ter'ical leaders
rights." appointed "tho
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STAFF REPORTERS
Fart. Giles, Bobby Alford, J. R. Roseberry, Don
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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
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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
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Frustrated
(From the Yellow Jacket
Weekly, Randolph-Mac'on Col
lege, Va.)
The Yellow Jacket Weekly has
been accused this year of being
"wishy-washy"; it has been pro
administration; it has failed to
take a firm enough stand on the
issues at hand; it just hasn't
raised enough hell.
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
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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