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DITORIAL
Things you can do alone
Story of Johnny X is true
EDIlOB^IVr
Peace talks and victor/
America’s high hopes for peace have all but fallen
since the Paris Peace talks have been dragging out
since May 13 and seemingly to no avail. The Com
munists asked us to all but surrerlder South Vietnam
to the North, before negotiating seriously. Why drag
out these useless talks anymore? Top generals know
that it will only take our applied strength and mili
tary power to make Hanoi talk. However, these gen
erals have been denied the right to speak out pub
licly of our possibilities for winning the war for
fear of hurting the “progress” of the Paris talks.
Yet, these commanders know that we can beat the
Reds in South Vietnam.
Thus far in 1968 nearly 10,000 Americans have
been killed, 53,000 wounded, and almost 4,000 fixed
wing aircraft and helicopters have been lost. How
ever, Hanoi and the Viet Cong have not won in
Vietnam. They have been doing poorly in the field
the past six months. Hanoi has won a victory though;
in the home territory of the United States. Many
in the U. S, have lost their resolution and endurance
to carry on the struggle. It is Hanoi’s stated object
to conquer the Thien government and establish a
Communist government in the South. America’s lack
of resolve could all be changed if the Johnson Ad
ministration gave a clear-cut objective. Our goal
should be victory, and to drive the Reds out of the
South.
President Johnson has lost his ner\ e in dealing
with the enemies of our country. While Americans
die, he still believes that our unilateral de-escalation
will appease the Reds into talking peace. He is also
wrong in believing that a bombing halt is synonomous
with the term truce. The fact is that with an in
tensive bombing of military targets in North Viet
nam, increased naval action in the North, and if
needed, the employment employment of hot pursuit
of the Reds into the sanctuaries of Laos and Cambodia
we could win the war in no longer than 18 months.
With this increased military action two possibilities
arrive: (1) Hanoi will want to negotiate seriously for
a truce, or peace; and, .(2) The U. S. could then
start the gradual withdrawal of combat troops from
South Vietnam. General William Westmoreland, after
ending four years as commander of U. S. troops in
Vietnam, implied that the Johnson administration has
been prolonging the war by denying U. S. forces
the chance to win.
But the Johnson Administration does not want to
be harsh to the Reds, again because of the Paris
charade. He pouts about the burdens of his office,
and he says that the war costs of $10,000 a second
are too high. Yet, in shunning victory, he has accept
ed the inevitability of defeat. What a time for the
Commander-in-Chief to be timid, while thousands of
Americans die.
^ (Written Jan. 1, 1969) —Kenneth Wright
The sap is rising
Faculty Advisor
Nancy Mohr
Tom Gamer
Francine Sawyer
George Skinner
Pauline Robinson
Larry Matthews
Frank Granger and Gary Whitley
Malcolm Jones
Ho/ Boyle writes
By DR. CALVIN DICKINSON
As the weather turns to warm each -spring and the
leaves start budding with the rising sap, I begin to
look for student reaction to the season. Each spring
brings antics and pranks that are associated with the
rising sap. This year, however, the reaction has be
gun before spring and is more serious than the
customary capers. At San Francisco State, Brandeis
University, and Harvard, student disturbances have
been so serious as to threaten the closing of the
schools. These instances are part of a student revolt.
Student uprisings are not unusual in history; pro
bably the most important was the young peoples’
campaign in nineteenth century Russia that developed
into the revolution of 1917 This movement had some
characteristics similar to those evident in student un
rest in the United States today.
American citizens cannot afford to condemn all
revolts, for the foundation of our country was the
result of insurrection. And American citizens in the
South have less room to condemn rebellions, for this
part of the country was involved in another insur-
gence—an unsuccessful one.
It would be inconsistent to uphold national or sec
tional revolts and condemn student revolts outright.
Yet, I maintain that education is too valuable to be
sacrificed to purposeless rebels. Students so many
times revolt just for the sake of revolt; they come
to the stage in their lives when they realize that
adult society does not reflect the ideals of that cul
ture. So they revolt against this hypocrisy by at
tempting to destroy the society itself. And they have
not social structure to replace it—they are reminiscent
of the young Russian anarchists of the nineteenth
century.
If youth criticizes or attacks the status quo—he should
have some remedy for the 'problem-he should be
able to replace the poor system with a better one.
So my word to the rebels would be: Before you re
volt, determine what is better than the ideas you are
rebelling against. Assume the responsibility of setting
up and defending a system of your own; don’t just
make an anarchist attack on someone else’s ideas.
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Women feel men dislike them
By HAL BOYLE through this world first class. If them so more often? The an-
NEW YORK (AP) — Do men a thing isn’t right, she tries to swer lies in simple male psy-
dislike women? put it right. chology.
Many women feel they do. Finally, man admires woman If a man too often told a wom-
“I know my husband loves because, hke Mt. Everest, she is, an of his respect for her femi-
me, because he voluntarily told there—ever inviting, ever chal- nine strengths, it would seem to
me so himself once—^20 years lenging him to prove himself. him like he'd be confessing his
ago,” said one wife. “But I have Why then, if men do admire own masculine weaknesses. And
always wondered if he reall'
liked me, too. I don’t feel th^ •
most men actually are"fond
women or enjoy their compa^ * '■* * * ••••••••
“There must be somethf iV
about us they resent. Pg*^ •»••••••••« • • •
it’s a biological resentmtf .... . 'li’■ j
fact that we are able tij , . 7 , • ,
children and they can’t. ^ , , , , , , , , ‘ '
Oh, dear no, lady. How
can the feminine intuitioi
Men have enough trouble^
ting up with children after "Vtj * • • • • • • • • • • # )^ »
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are born; they have no mcden i u i.- j . . ;— —J
desire to bear them. This race- whatever is in tirst place. We saw
perpetuating chore they are now-popular story on the screen recently 3nd
happy enough to leave to wom- the urge to comment in this column is strong indeed,
ankind. After all, Marie Wood gave the reading world
WhUe men have no desire to (“Scribbled on a Reporter’s Pad,” The Ahoskie
be women and often distrust Herald, November 22) her two-cents’ worth—so we
them in general, there are may as well do the same.
many things they secretly re- "The Fox” .is. . based on an extended short story
spect and admire about women written by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930). Etorn , in a
—or even envy. They just rtrely mining village Of "’'Eastwood, NottinghamsHiY-e, this
express them aloud. — English author centered his literary interests around
Man admires woman tecause ^ relationships,
she is generally less fickle and rru r i.- 1 j
more steadfast in loyalty than ^he theme of his novels concerned the problems
ig and possibilities of love in contemporary life, and
Man admires woman because, his was the distinction of having one book banned
while she is more vocal about England for a time. (“The Rainbow, 1915)
petty annoyances, she usually Today the reading public is more familiar with
can bear the great disasters and Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” than with his
continuing ordeals of life with a Other important works. This novel has been banned
silent unflinching courage that except in expurgated form until recently, for here
puts to shame his own yowls of the reader was introduced to an extremely frank
self-pitty about fate. description of the physical side of sexual love.
Man admires woman because “The Fox” is a richly Symbolic story of the tri-
she can find more happiness angular love affair involving two women and a mdn.
and excitemen m sma mgs not-too-usual story, lesbian love is treated in a
than he can—a bit of chatty gos- t-« • i.
sip, trading menus over the tele- sympathetic manner. Fewer movies have we seen with
phone, buying a new hat, the symbohc impact as this one. Lawrence often
presence of fresh flowers in a involved himself with animalistic attitudes parallel-
living room vase, the soft glow i^g and influencing human behavior.
of candlelight at dinner, even Even though our background has not afforded a
though the meal be warmed- “long and rigorous newspaper career” and although
over hash. What he grunts at, we have not had the same “unpleasant experience
she exclaims over, for she has of meeting lesbians in real life” as has this Ahoskie
the great gift of brightening her Ida Tarbell, we feel that the reading and viewing pub-
world with tidbits of pleasure. lie should be allowed to see all types of human re-
Man admires woman because lationships just as Lawrence pictured them,
of her endless quest for perfec- Further, we do not have the insight, as do ob-
tion. If there IS to be a better or yiously some of our contemporaries, which allows
more gracious world, it will be ■ * 1 ■ 1
her doing, not his. He is often judgement on a novel or movie we have
willing to compromise and ac- neTOr seen.
cept the second rate. She never recommend The Fox highly to those who are
is not afraid of scorching their Puritanical coverning.
A woman, rich or poor, al’
ways has the desire to go Several years ago we had our high school freshmen
purchase a paperback of representative short stories.
While the collection contained many excellent stories,
we had observed one in particular that should not
be included in our study.
■7^^^.:--/injf Freshmen in high school are- generally enthusiastic
about their parrallel reading especially when paper-
backs are used to supplement their standard texts.
The time came for making the assignment. “We
" are going to read most of the stories in this collec-
For freedom Chri«t has set ‘i®”—with One exception. Don’t read ‘Big Blond’!”
us f%6—(GaTw) suggestion was sufficient motivation, and in
_ . ■ ^ class the next day the only story that everyone had
God created us free. With .gig Blond.” In fact, during the course
ictivTe'Lfth AnT thTs fluh this particular story formed the frame-
quickens a light which is more discussion and appreciation of the other
powerful than that which dark- stones cons^ered. .....
ens our life and causes us to human for an individual to want to taste
fear. The freedom which is forbidden fruit? While to “nip” at the pealings
generated by faith has no lim- niay not be as bad as eating the meat, to tamper
itation. God fashioned us in the with the merchandise may be one step toward de
image and after the likeness of gradation. (Poor Eve lost her hold on Paradise this
freedom. way.)
But aren’t we all really hood-winked just a little
when it comes to our choice of entertainment, both
books and movies?
//7c- Um, l(//TLi/u Another movie mentioned in Miss Wood’s column
—-'QQQ I -y was “Therese and Isabelle,” a love story of today.
^ Now this one we certainly must see.
Aside from the fact that Miss Wood obviously
\f i doesn’t like it, my concern is additionally stirred
by the newspaper’s statement: “No one under 18 will
be admitted even if accompanied by an adult. Proof
'^■11 of age may be required for your admission.”
“Parking meters should re- With these two forces going for it, “Therese and
mind us that we lose money Isabelle” should run a good second to “The Fox’"
standing still.” for interesting viewing.
By ASHLEY FUTRELL
Washington Daily News
Written For The AP
WASHINGTON, N. C. (AP)—
The story of Johnny X is true.
The name has been changed to
protect a soldier.
The story starts seven years
ago when Johnny X was a 16-
year-old high school boy. His
home life had not been too com
fortable nor very conducive to
higher ideals.
Johnny, then an llth-grade
student, did fairly well scholas
tically, but somehow trouble
seemed to follow him like a
shadow.
And trouble made a great
change in his life. He was con
victed on two counts of auto lar
ceny and received a road sen
tence of six months. But before
his trial for larceny he became
involved with the court in an
other county on charges of for
cible trespass and auto b' ceny.
Altogether he received a total
of 21 months on the roads. He
served eight months of his sen
tence.
He was parolled, he returned
to high school and graduated.
His parole was to run for five
years, and Johnny knew that as
a young parolee of only 18, life
'did not offer many immediate
advantages.
He enlisted in the armed serv
ices. This was fine, but he did
not tell the enlisting officer
about his record. Later, know
ing it would catch up with him
one day, he went to his com
manding officer and got it “off
his chest.’
Now he was faced with the
distinct possibility of discharge
because he was still a parolee.
But he showed every promise of
being a fine soldier, and upon
recommendation of his parole
officer, his high school principal
and several others, his parole
was terminated and he was al
lowed to remain in the army.
He was sent to Vietnam
where he made an excellent
record. He served more than a
year there and attained the
rank of sergeant. He came back
home, then was assigned to
Germany. But he begged to be
allowed to go back to combat
in Vietnam, and his wish was
granted. He returned to the
war, serving another tour of
duty which altogether gave him
28 months in Vietnam.
While there he received five
battle campaign stars, a unit
citation for meritorious service,
and a bronze star for bravery.
In between he enlisted for an
other hitch in the Army. And in
a few days he will be going to
his new assignment.
One thing really bothers his
mind now. That ugly criminal
record, that eight months served
in prison, and the thought that
throughout his life this record
will be with him.
He talked with friends and
they have convinced him that
all is not hopeless. He is now
asking the governor of North
Carolina to grant him a full
pardon for those offenses he
committed seven years ago—
when he was only 16 years of
age.
A letter has gone to Gov. Bob
Scott asking for the pardon. A
clean record might not be a
clean conscience, but Johnny X
feels it will help.
Apollo 8 mission
is movie theme
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Sup
posing something on the Apollo
8 mission had gone awry and
moonmen Anders, Borman and
Lovell hadn’t been able to re
turn to earth.
That chilling possibility is the
subject of a new movie called
“Marooned, ” produced by M.J.
Frankovich and directed by
John Sturges, an expert in ad
venture (“The Great Escape, ”
“Ice Station Zebra "). The scope
of the Columbia film is so im
mense that it is being shot on
MOM stages, the biggest in Hol
lywood.
Sturges describes the situa
tion
“Three astronauts have been
working in a manned space lab
Kaleidoscope of War
By JAMIE GRIFFIN
Why did this fool of a cruel of a war
Seize our nation with its bloddy fingers,
^ Killing our men?
It changed white to black;
nightmare to reality.
And why was that brave of a grave of a boy
Sent to fight in that reeky jungle.
Shattering his plans?
It changed madras to khaki;
r.pr boy to maifi_ p [-
And why did this fool of a cruel of a war
Seize that boy with its bloody fingers.
Spilling his blood?
It changed blue to red;
life to death.
Don’t fall in love
Wish I’d Said
That
By FRESHMAN COED ,
Don’t ever fall in love my friend,
You’ll see it doesn’t pay,
Although it causes broken hearts,
It happens every day.
You’ll wonder where he is at night
You’ll wonder if he’s true
One minute you’ll be happy
The next you will be blue.
And so it starts you don’t know why,
But you worry day and night.
You see my friend you’ve lost him.
It never turns out right.
Love may be fine but it hurts too much.
And the price you pay is high.
If I were to choose between love and death
I think I’d choose to die.
So again I say don’t fall in love.
You’ll be hurt before you’re through.
You see my friend I ought to know,
I fefl in love with you.
Kindness is the language
which the deaf can hear and
the blind can see.— Madge
Sheline, Hessville-Woodmar
(Ind.) Lite.
“The Lord helps those who
help themselves. All others
should contact the govern-*
ment.”—A. J. Hudson, The
Olustee (Okla.) Chieftain.
“No American is so heart
less that he won’t help a peri
son in need.”—Bill Trimble,'
"Politicians are like old
trousers; they only come
clean in hot water.” >
Inside the administration
WHAT THEY SAY—
The Administration is constantly stri
ving to know more about students
and their problems.
WHAT THEY MEAN— '
We’ve got spies in all the campus or- t
ganizations and we’re watching. ^
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Students should make their feelings
heard.
1
Your roomy should be the only one I
who hears you, we can’t be bothered. ^
Younger faculty members will be add
ed in several departments to challenge
the students with fresh ideas.
Younger faculty are those with less |
than 30 years experience and more i
than 10. T
Chowan accepts students regardless
of race, creed, color, or nationality.
As long as you have $1,600. •
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Like many other small schools Cho
wan has an official policy concerning
drugs.
W’re keeping close tabs on all of ?
those who are acting peculiar aiid i
seem to be enjoying life at Chowan. ♦
The use of drugs on this campus is
not a serious problem.
J
If we ever find out where you kids i
get all that stuff ... :
We’re sorry that the Christmas vaca
tion was shortened.
We're adding a few Jewish holidays ]
to the calendar. •
for about six months. Their phy
siological and psychological sys
tems begin to deteriorate, so it
seems prudent to return them to
earth. But the routine firing to
send them back fails, and they
are marooned in space.
■“The picture describes what
happens in the 72 hours that are
left for the astronauts. A rescue
craft is sent to save them.
Sturges was directing a scene
that seemed terrifyingly real.
Actors Jim Franciscus and
Gene Hackman were floating
uncontrollably in their derelict
space capsule, the weightless il
lusion provided by camera
booms which they straddled out
of camera range.
The third member of the
space team, Richard Crenna,
was missing. Sturges explained
that Crenna had been zapped by
the Hong Kong flu, and added
darkly: “We lose him on the
trip.”
The trio never meet their cos
tar, Gregory Peck, who directs
the rescue operation from the
ground. Nor do they have any
direct contact with David JanS-
sen, who pilots the rescue craft.
During the lunch break direc
tor Sturges escorted a visitor to
another stage which was filled
with things to delight the heart
pf any space nut. The place had
everything from a three-foot
(Russian space c^sule—yes, thp
Russians gft i»wWA act, too^
to a full-size replica of the Apol
lo 8.
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