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THE CAMPUS ECHO
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1960
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ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
The CAMPUS ECHO, official student publication at North
Carolina College at Durham, is published monthly during the regular
school year. Subscription rate, $1.50 per school year.
Second class mail privilege authorized at Durham, N. C.
THOMAS LEE CAMERON Editor^in-CMef
RICHARD FIKES Kanaging Editor
SALLYE STREETER Business Manager
CYNTHIA McDONAIJQ, JOSEE SIMONS Literary Editors
tENWOOD DAVIS Advertising Manager
WILLIE HALL Feature Editor
B. C. PETERSON Cartoonist
lilARION LYNCH Exchange Manager
LOUISE HOWARD Cireutation Manager
CHESTER MALLORY Sports Editor
JOHN HENDERSON. HAYWOOD L. BRADLEY Sports Writers
CHARLES McNEIL. HAROLD HAUSER ColumnUts
Reporters
Elsie Arrington. Gerald Simmons. Bruce Speight, Finley Hargett. Cynthia
Jarman, Marva Roberts, Dorothy Taylor, Elizabeth Jones. Shirley Foust, Edward
Gray, Pumelle Richardson.
Geraldine Williamson, Blanche Caldwell. Florence Handy, Flossie Jones,
Lucinda Ross.
JEAN NORRIS
Adviser
A Student Publication
The editor takes this late date to clear a point of argument
which should have been cited at the first of the year. Although the
editor is an elected official and asserts responsible authority in the
Campus Echo, the newspaper is still a student publication. It is not
within the power of an editor to censor letters to the editor or
articles or columns, unless they are guilty of untrue statements or
seek to demoralize. Such was the policy this year.
Significantly the column “The Critic” is written by Mr. Charles
McNeil. Opinions propagated in it are not necessarily those of the
editor or staff. The views of the editor are expressed in the edi
torials, and they are also not necessarily the position of any other
than the editor. Any editor should be perspicacious enough to advise
columnist as to what is acceptable and what is not. A prudent editor
stops here. It is common knowledge that Mr. McNeil’s column has
caused some criticism, and it is known that criticism have been
caused some criticism, and itis known that his criticism have beeni
what he writes is his opinion, and opinions are not without dis
crimination. We certainly think that to control or govern thq
thoughts of writers would be bad for the newspaper and a thorn in,
the side of freedom of the press.
We believe that the Campus Echo should be “spicy” and not
read as a literary magazine over tea on a Sunday afternoon. As a
college newspaper, the Campus Echo should be at once radical andj
rational. We advise coliunnists in this light, and Mr. McNeil was ad
vised.
Tlie Shrinking South
Considerable note has been taken of the shrinking South, but
the West has been given only a cursory glance. With classes of
graduates leaving the South for the North, everyone marvels at
what the South once was.
Surveys show that only one state in the North (a New England
state) lost in population whereas two Southern states lost. Signifi
cantly the percentage increase in the South is well below the na
tional average. This is due in part to the fact that many college
graduates migrate to the North or West and make their home there.
Here at NCC it is common knowledge that almost everyone
goes to New York or Atlantic City or some of the other Northern
cities or summer resorts. And when they have seen the other world,
few want to come back to the South to stay. The 1960 Class is ex
pected to follow the road of opportunity, and it certainly does not
lead to the South.
What causes the en masse trip to the North by college gradu
ates? Reports are and statistics validate the opinion that job oppor-
timities are better in the North. Too, the South drives away many
Negtoes, and they comprise the largest single ethnic group, percen
tage-wise, that takes up roots and transplants them elsewhere. Cer
tainly the whole of the nation’s business has some of its operations
in the North, and this cannot be said for any other section.
Dynamic efforts of the part of Southern governors to get indus
try in the South is helping to slow down the rate of increase in
the disparity of population. With such projects as the research tri
angle in the Durham-Raleigh-Chapel Hill area, the South is holdnig
on.
Education is one of the prominent causes for the shrinking
South together wjth the cultural life of the populace. Here, too, the
South is not what it was in days of old. The cultural centers are in
the North, and the best universities, too, have followed the flow of
money.
We see that an illusion is in the making, for the place is not
the North but the West. If it was ever good advice to “Go west,
young man, go west,” it is now. By 1970 Los Angeles will be the
largest city in the country and California the first state in popula-'
tion and some other yet undetermined areas. The unexplored re
sources of the West and the land itself are promising, just the thing!
for the ambitious, unsettled graduate.
Try the West, and let the South shrink!
L
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“ . . . Jirst think, four years ago I was an
‘illiterate nobody.’ ”
EDITOWS CHOICE
STUDENTS' SEX LIFE STUDIED
Drs. Phyllis and Eberhard
Kronhausen have, through de
tailed research, written a most
usual, but desperately neede(^
book on the sex life on the col
lege male. In their book the
couple has explained some of
the problems, conflicts, and
emotions of students living in
the great “American dating
pattern.”
Much of the book is a collec
tion, of stories from the autobi
ography of 200 college students.
The disparity of thinking, ideas,
and desires, to a great extent,
gives a reflection of the lives of
the representative segments of
our society.
The authors, in ending their
book, write a chapter on sex
education. Indeed it seems that
they were not only hoping to
reveal the trends in our environ
ment, but to educate the 'read
ers.
The reader may find little
that he does not already know
in the book, but it certainly will
make him realize some of his
obvious knowledge. That most
male students quickly classify
girls as “nice” or otherwise is
related in this superb summary*
of stratifing thinking. The so
cially accepted trends are view
ed in the light of how students
react to them.
Here is the inside story on
what college males experience,
for it was written in part by
them. The authors merely in
terpreted the stories for the
readers. To cite examples would
destroy'the nature of the book.
However, the Kronhausens indi
cate that the college lover is
more liberal, that he will do
things that those in the “lower
educational level” would frowi>
upon, and that he often substi
tutes heavy petting for inter
course.
The book is due off the press
on June 6. It is published by
Ballantine Books, Inc. of New
York City. The paperback is
75c, and the hard-bound edition
is priced at $5.00.
The authors are well-known
psychologists, with marriage as
their field of concentration. The
two previously wrote Porno
graphy and the Law, which ex
plored the confusion surround-i
ing “obscenity” in books.
Thespians Give
'Gayden/ May 12
By T.L.C. Rotlde
The Thespians, in their third
play of the season, rendered an
excellent presentation of Mig-
non and Robert McLaughlin’S
psychological “Gayden,” in the
B. N. Duke Auditorium, May 12.
The play started with Cynthia^
McDonald as Emily Archer, the
young, and silly, visitor to thei
home of the wealthy Sibleys in
New York. Upon her arrival she
is heartily greeted by Grace
Sibley (Miriam Towe). The play
takes on significance with the
appearance of Gayden Sibley
(Charles Lockhart), who the
audience was soon to find to be
a somewhat unusual character.
In his lunatic state, Gayden
tries to change the mind of
Emily, and thus to destroy her.
Gayden is a scholar of un-»
limited imagination and un
stable mind. Dr. Ned Whitaker
(Cleveland Strickland), after
long contemplation, labels him,
as a phychopath. At any rate
Gayden sets in on Emily; he em
barrasses her; makes her buy
clothes to suit his taste, “edu
cates” her, and teaches her the
fine points of a lady. He takes
her mind so completely that she
thinks that he loves her just as
she loves him.
Emily is saved by Gayden’s
mother, Grace, after she is
thoroughly convinced of her
son’s condition by Dr. Whitaker.
The audience is left to assume
that Gayden shall continue in
his special pleasure, hurting
people. He is already accused of
attempted murder.
Certainly Miss McDonald was
at her best in portraying the
contrasting parts in the chang
ing atmosphere of the play.
Geraldine Ormond, seldom seen
on the NCC stage, played the
part of one of Gayden’s defeated
lovers, Polly Dalton. Carolyn
Blue, a junior drama major,
(Continued on Page 8)
LETTERS
Apology Due
Dear Editor:
I was dumbfounded to learn
that the editor of the Campus
Echo allowed Mr. Charles Mc
Neil to write such abusivel
literature in his column “The
Critic” about one of the candi
dates fpf “Miss North Carolina
College.”
Mr. McNeil, second to tha
well-known antagonist, “ouf
dear” Mr. Lenwood Davis,
stated: “Of the ‘Miss NCC’
candidates, with the exception
of maybe one, all would have
made a representative “Miss
North Carolina College”; that is„
they all have a supposedly good
combination of beauty, grace
and brains.” Now it i‘s obvigug
that Mr. McNeil showed pre
judice toward one of the candi
dates. However, there are rea
sons for his exploitation: (1) In
the very next paragraph of hia
column, he blasted Miss Edith
Sutton for being appointed
editor of the yearbook for 1960-i
61. Apparently, she has exemplin
fied her capabilities to the offi-
cers-elect for next year. The
Student Government President
did his duty in appointing some
one competent to the office. On
the other hand, Mr. McNeil
wanted the post again next year.
(2) Mr. McNeil also had the
audacity to fire Miss Sutton aa
an official of the yearbook staff.
Note that this was done after
materials had been completed
and sent to the press. In other
words. Miss Sutton had com
pleted the major portion of her
job.
I have an enormous amount
of respect for Mr. McNeil as a
writer, but when, he begins to
display jealousy and prejudicel.
overtly, I unmistakingly lose re
spect. I feel that “The Critic,”
Mr. Charles McNeil, owes Misa
Edith Sutton, an outstanding
campus personality, an oral and
written apology.
Mr. McNeil also blasted fra-f
ternity members who won and
lost in the elections. Maybe if
Mr. McNeil would stop critici-i
zing so maliciously and take
this time studying his text
books, he could, with my
prayers, eventually attain the
average it takes to be a frater
nity member.
Respectively yours,
Aaron Knight
239 Chidley Hall
The Critic
By Charles McNeil
North Carolina College at
Durham is an exceptionally fine
school; it has many new phy
sical facilities and a faculty
possessing high academic quali
fications. It should therefore be
the ideal small college, but I
don’t have to teU you how close
it is to being an ideal college.
The trouble with NCC then
must lie in its student body and
its administration. I need not
say anything about the adminis
tration and its policy of “stu
dent self-direction” (heaven
knows what it means), because
I don’t know too much about it.
However, I do know about the
NCC student body. Unlike the
faculty members who do re
search work, the student body
does not have an outlet with the
single purpose of providing a
channel for creative endeavors.
Were it not for an occasional art
exhibit or a Thespian produc
tion there would be no stress on
original thought and style on
anything on this campus. In
other words I think NCC is in
dire need of a literary magazine.