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Thursday, February 3, 196C
Guest Editorial
By CLAYTON W. BROWN
Have you ever knov^n a heroin addict?
They're called junkies. I have a friend who is a
junkie. I call him a friend because of w/hat used
to be. Three years ago my friend and I were
stationed together. He was young and strong and
full of life but now he's starting to fade and
weaken and become over run with junk sickness.
And now everyone that used to know him and
happens to see him wonders what has happened.
He got started on Morphine but he didn't take
it for kicks or to escape it was given to him by a
doctor in a base hospital. He had been in a bad
wreck and needed a pain killer. After a while
they tapered him off but he was hooked. Since
his job in the service was a hospital corpsman
he had access to most of the drugs if he played
it cool. Not long after the wreck he got discharg
ed because he had lost the use of his arm and no
one knew he was hooked except himself. He got
on a bus couldn't go home so he went where his
sickness told him to go and wound up in New
York. The City, place of a million dreams and the
place where he got his first taste of junk. God
only knows what he has done to feed that junk
sickness. At times he got to the point of such
saturation that he couldn't afford to feed his
habit any longer so he voluntrily took the cure
at a special clinic. He had tried that twice. Both
times he had returned to his new neighborhood
and was back to mainlining within two days. But
for the first time he really wanted to quit. By this
time his family knew about his habit so he picked
up on enough to get him home for a visit that I
saw and talked to him for the first time since he
had been discharged.
I had never seen or talked to a junkie before
so I didn't actually know what was wrong with
him except that he looked terrible. His eyes were
red rimmed and black circled, his teeth had be
gun to rot and his general appearance was tragic.
We made small talk for a while then he finally
broke down and told me he was addicted to nar
cotics. He told me the whole story and I wish
everyone of you had been there to hear it. Be
fore we finished talking I asked him for permis
sion to write about what I had just heard. Of
course I've left out all the ugly and repulsive parts
because who wants to hear about the real dregs
of life when they can have the fresh sweet easy
to swallow wine from the top of the barrel.
But, he did make me promise that I would tell
it like it is, so I'll go him one better and let him
plead his own case then let you form your own
opinions.
In essence this is what he said, "I started out
by getting hooked on Morphine. At first it was
a pain killer then it became a real kick but the
more I took the more it made me crave something
else. The next step was Heroin. I soon found
that it wasn't a kick at all but a food that feed
my junk sickness. Unlike other opiates H gives
no kick it's more like a way of life. I got no feel
ing of elation or power from it only a feeling of
being normal once more. I wish I could make you
understand what junk sickness is. It's inside the
body it's the force that drives the addict to com
mit crimes in order to feed his junk sickness. An
addict that needs a fix is not a normal person but
he can become a normal person when cured. And
now that society has accepted alcoholism as a
sickness isn't it about time for the laws concerning
junkies should not be tried for crimes he has com
mitted only that the overall picture of narcotics
addiction be brought up to date. Should it be
that junkies are treated like criminals even if
they have a clean criminal record?”
Controversy
Over “Dixie”
(CPS) - RALEIGH, N, C. -
“I may have bitten off more
than I can chew,” Bob Holmes,
the editor of the North Carolina
State Technician, says several
days and several demonstrations
after he wrote an editorial con
demning the song “Dixie.”
“I never expected it to esca
late to the scale it has,” he
said. “We w^ere just trying to
provoke some discussion among
the students here, but it’s gotten
out of hand.”
The editorial had no argument
with the song, only to the reac
tion to the music. The editorial
added “it appears that all a
group has to do is strike up a
few notes of that tune and . . .
people automatically shout fran
tically, and stand up and sing.
‘Dixie’ represents all of those
things the South should be at
tempting to lay aside. ‘Dixie’
gives unreconstructed Southern
ers something of the past to
cheer and there certainly is little
in the past of the South about
which anyone should wish to
cheer.”
The morning after the editorial
appeared, a big banner reading
“Dixie Forever” appeared on a
smokestack on the campus. Stu
dents rose at breakfast in the
cafeteria to sing “Dixie.”
That night some 600 students
gathered between two dormitor
ies and began singing the song.
Half of them moved on to the
newspaper office after a student
counselor confiscated a bull horn
and told the demonstrators to
move on.
The crowd grew and then
marched to the state capitol,
only blocks away, singing “Dix
ie” all the while. Marches on
the capitol are a traditional
form of protest on the Raleigh
campus.
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These Boots Were Made
For ‘^Walking!”
Readers^
Forum
Dear Editor,
“The recommendation on a
possible change on .the drinking
rule adopted by the Exec. Board
this week is a welcomed and
needed new look at this look at
this old and controversial rule,”
The Collegiate, Jan. 13, 1966.
Welcome to the members of
the Disciples of Christ Churches
of North Carolina who own and
operate this college — I hardly
think so. I will not say whether
or not the recommendation is
practical as far as the life of
the college is concerned, but as
far as the life of the students is
concerned, the recommendation
virtually repeals the present rul
ing.
The present drinking rule is
not for the defense of the college
as was stated in an editorial in
last week’s paper. The Disciples
of Christ Churches allow the
present law to exist for the de
fense of the students.
The theology behind the rul
ing is simple, to provide an in
stitution of higher learning for
today’s youth in a sober Chris
tian atmosphere. The recom
mendation certainly wouldn’t
weaken the college’s interest in
the high moral character of its
students but it could weaken
the “high” moral character of
the students.
It is realistic to realize that
the use of alcohol is common
use to many people and these
people will want to dispense with
a law that prohibits this com
mon use. However, why would
an alcoholic choose to come to
a church owned and church in
fluenced college which prohibits
the drinking of alcohol? Why not
be fair with the financial and
spiritual supporters of this in
stitution.
No doubt, these opinions are in
the minority and will be the basis
for much criticism. The editor
of the paper has more than
once described the freshmen as
absorbing stones who never ques
tion. I am one freshman who is
at least wondering.
Ben Casey
I
By LARRY IJNK
(CPS) — The dispute between
the faculty and the administra
tion at St. John’s University in
New York has been closely
watched at DePaul University in
Chicago. Both schools are run
by the Vincentiah Order of the
Roman Catholic Church.
The dispute at St. John’s has
its roots in a 10-month old con
flict that developed when the
school’s faculty began seeking a
stronger voice in policy making,
l^e St. John’s administration
dismissed 31 teachers in Decem
ber, and the United Federation
of Teachers has been on strike
against the nation’s largest Rom
an Catholic university since Jan
4.
The DePaul chapter of the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors met early this
week and prepared a statement
supporting the striking faculty
members at St. John’s. The
AAUP statement also noted that
the relationship between the De-
Paul administration and the
school’s faculty was good.
The statement said that the
faculty had participated in uni
versity government, decisions on
tenure, academic freedom, and
salaries and that, in general, it
was satisfied with things as they
are.
The four items mentioned in
the DePaul statement are some
of the points of dispute in the
St. John’s controversy. The St.
John’s administration has said
the very nature of a Catholic
university is at the heart of the
dispute and that the school’s
leaders will not yield on what
they consider to be a matter of
principle.
Even though DePaul is operat
ed by the same religious order,
apparently it does not have the
same philosophy of the nature of
a Catholic university. The De-
Paul AAUP statement called this
“the age of the educated lay
men” and suggested that ‘‘cleri
cal paternalism is out of date
today.”
By; DWIGHT WAGNER
President Johnson’s decision to
renew the bombing of North
Vietnam this week was obvious
ly a disappointing and reluctant
decision. But it was also a
realistic decision, and it is in
tois realistic sense that the Pres
ident has chosen to operate.
The 37 day peace offensive
conducted by the United States
was both intensely persued and
earnestly sought over a suffi
cient period of time to dem
onstrate the sincere intentions of
this country to wage peace. That
our efforts were scorned and
spat upon by North Vietnam
and other Communist nations is
unquestionably clear and their
determination to wage war al
so remains absolutely clear.
Critics of the resumed bomb
ing policy seem to have based
then- arguments on rather false
grounds. One leading critic is
Sen. J. William Fullbright of
Arkansas who says our bomb
ing has done little or no good
to win the war and that any
peace moves would have much
more success vdthout the bomb
ing.
But Fullbright is wrong when
he says the bombing has been
of little effect. It has not, as
some had hoped, brought the
enemy to its knees in surren
der, but it has complicated the
enemy’s war effort to a vast
degree. The bombing has made
the enemy’s war effort very ex
pensive in lost equipment. It
ruuied transportation systems,
and in many cases it has brok
en the morale of its fighting
men. The bombing will not win
the war by itself but it has
been of unparalled assistance
in shaping the success we have
gained so far. In this sense the
critics are very wrong when they
criticized such measures.
There is the fear among many
people that further escalation
of this war will result in a gen
eral land war in Asia with the
Red Chinese. This would be a
very serious situation that might
easily lead to World War III, but
the decision as to how far this
war is to be escalated depends
entirely upon the Communists.
In a fatalistic sense a general
land war in Asia would be to
our advantage at this time since
China is now at her weakest
military strength for any time
in the future. It is felt by many
that some type of show down
vidth China will come sooner or
later.
The clearest problem in this
whole situation is to convince
the Communists that we will
not back down from our com-
mitment. As of now they ®
not believe this but time will on'
ly demonstrate our determina
tion to let South Vietnam choose
its own system of govemmen
and our insistance that we m®'
tain the balance of power tna
we now hold in Asia. ,
It is significant that ,
Johnson has asked the U-
become involved in
The U. N. will not be able ^
take any effective action bu
should help this country S
further support from the neu
nations. World opinion j
strong hand in diplomacy,
the President has made it cie“
that he will continue to s®
diplomatic solution to this o
dangerous war.