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Voices From the Night
We hear them—sometimes—when the nights are long
and dark and we cannot sleep. On nights like that, when there
js no rest, we hear America speaking. So faint we almost
cannot realize what they say. The words slip off us—so— and
charity begins at home.” Relief for the weary is second-place
now, for there are things that we want, things that we intend
to have, for ourselves.
And there are other voices too, voices coming from lands
of despair, saying, “Women would come up and shake your
hand and thank you for helping to save their children’s lives
when they found you had been connected with the WSSF.”
But that, of course, is pap. We roll over in slight uneasiness
when we hear those voices. But we don’t believe them.
Because, you see, “At the present time, the student body
has a project on its hands.” The voices rise; the voices are
strong. The voices can say “Although there is great value
in furthering education and international relations—Charity
Begins At Home!”
Yes, this is charity, when we provide for our own neces
sities and our comforts and enjoyments, and live. Live, while
the world dies. Live, while "food is very scarce, and when
the fresh vegetables disappear from the market in the fall, the
usual dish is very coarse noodles or macaroni." Live, in our
inadequate housing while we hear words saying "We passed
town after town which had been totally destroyed. Piles of
bricks and white mortar were all that was left of the build
ings.” -
Yes, live. Ignore the World Student Service Fund. Forget
the voices from the lands of despair. Remember that "We
have a project on our hands”—a project for ourselves that
we label “eharitv,"—while the world dies.
—HERB PENNY
Election Aftermath
It may have come as a surprise to members of the ASUO
executive council when no petition contesting the recent
freshman class election was included on the agenda Tuesday
afternoon.
The narrow margin which won the top position for the
Independent candidate caused much conjecture about the
validity of the count, especially since it was known that the
poll books of eligible voters were somewhat inaccurate.
It was also generally known that a group of Greek poli
ticians were beating the drum for another election. These back
ers of Jim liocchi believed that a second vote would place the
ASA candidate in the top spot.
The credit for squelching the proposed contesting of the
first election goes to ASUO President Tom Kay and ASA
President li. G. Cox. These men realized that any grounds
for the challenge were slim and the chance that the Indepen
dents’ popular Art Johnson would win again was too good.
The Kmerald commends Kay and Cox for their cool-headed
decision in this case—clearly a case where both men thought
beyond their party and considered the ridiculous aspect of
a second election on the campus.
The most enthusiastic member of the rally squad we have
seen this voar is jet-propelled Mill O'Hearn. W e almost ex
pect to see him blow a mushrooming cloud from his ears—in
shades of lemon yellow and green.
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W’e hear Dr. Xewburn let his hair down before members
of the local Duck club recently and really let the boys know
lie's one of ’em. Another few months on the campus and
lie'll find webs between his toes just to prove it.
AS WE
SEE IT
By DALE HARLAN
The present governorship dilem
ma in the “cracker state’’ has been
the butt of a great many cracks by
our radio comedians and dime store
politicians.
Nevertheless, what has been hap
pening in Georgia, where two men
are claiming to be governor, could
easily happen with the presidency
of the United States.
The 20th Amendment says: “If at
any time fixed for the beginning of
the term of the president, the pres
ident-elect shall have died, the vice
president-elect shall become presi
dent.”
But a president is not legally
elected until the electoral college
meets in the middle of December,
following the general election in No
vember. What if Candidate Roose
velt had died on Dec. 1,1947 ? Would
the Democratic electors have cast
their votes for the vice-presidential
candidates? Or for a man hastily
recommended by the Democratic
National committee? Or for the
dead candidate himself ?
Horace Greeley
All three things happened in 1872
when Horace Greeley, the Demo
cratic nominee, died a few weeks af
ter the general election. Of the 66
Democratic electors, 18 voted for
B. G. Brown, the candidate for vice
president, 42 for Thomas A. Hen
dricks, the national committee
choice, three for the dead presiden
tial candidate, Greeley, and the re
maining three for two other men.
Luckily it made no real differ
ence, for Greeley had lost to Gen
eral Grant anyway. But what if it
had happened in 1944 ?
In New York state, that year, the
people voted for unnamed but spe
cifically labeled “Roosevelt and
Truman” electors. Could the se elec
tors, so chosen and specifically la
beled, have voted for anyone but the
dead man for president ? And would
such votes have been valid?
Elmer Davis
Another uncertainty, about the
office of the president of the United
States, is discussed by Elmer Davis
in last month’s issue of Harper’s
Magazine. Davis raises the question
of just what happens when a presi
dent is incapacitated during his
term of office. He wonders also just
who would determine if a president
is suffering from great enough in
capacity to render him unfit to ful
fill the duties of his office. These
were very moot questions as recent
ly as the last term of President Wil
son when he was suffering from a
very serious paralysis.
It would seem that we should heed
the lesson of Georgia and take steps
now to resolve these questions be
fore we are confronted by a consti
tutional crisis.
Kailes
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ABOUT PROVINCIAL
STUDENTS
In 1912 I heard a few luke-warm
discussions on this campus, spurred
on no doubt by the war, concerning
what was happening in the world
and what America was going to do
about the situation. Came the peace
and I was really looking forward to
getting back to school. I said to my
self “American colleges are going
to have plenty of veterans back who
will know what the score is; nobody
will be able to put anything over on
them; watch the fur fly, they've
been around.
Since fall term began I have not
heard one serious discussion on
world affairs or our own domestic
scene. The students do not even crit
icize or comment on their own na
tional administration. If I were to
state that the recent anti-Ameri
can demonstrations in North China
and Shanghai were communist in
spired attempts to discredit Mar
shall’s truce attempts or the pres
ent situation in China is a threat to
world peace, or the four-party con
trol of occupied Europe is not go
ing so well I would be met with
blank stares. The recent trouble in
Georgia and the democratic exam
ples some “Americans” are setting
in Mississippi not only gripes my
guts as an American, but also as a
student veteran who is supposed to
be aware of the new concept of lib
erty and peace which was supposed
to be transfused into our anemic
world.
I am not asking American stu
dents to imitate foreign students
with demonstrations, strikes and
riots, but only to wake up to what is
going on around them in the world
May their own conscience decide
whether or not we as a nation are
showing the world how to unite in
a world of peace or blunder on to
ward another struggle. I firmly be
lieve that we, as American stu
dents, have an obligation and a des
tiriy to point out the way forward.
R. A. Bombarde
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