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Atrocities In Vietnam
War atrocities, at best an ugly
manifestion of war, are becoming a
trademark of the United States
effort in Vietnam.
Recently, there was much ado
about the murder of a South
Vietnamese working with the Green
Berets, believed to have been a
double agent. The responsibility for
that act has not yet been
determined, and the case has been
dropped for lack of evidence, but
the burden of guilt is believed to lie
somewhere between the Army and
the CIA.
Another example of the
American potential for committing
the atrocious was made Thursday
when the Viet Cong delegation to
the Paris Peace Talks charged that
United States troops had massacred
by drowning about 1,200 South
Vietnamese men and women early
this year at the coastal villaee of
Balangan.
The Provisionary Revolutionary
Government, the political arm of
the Vietcong, also circulated what
was purported, to be an eyewitness
account of the alleged massacre at
Sonmy on March 16, 1968. The
letter, signed by a woman identified
Ethics And MIG
MIG Vice-President Phil Edgerton shawl*
be commended for his attempt on Home
coming Weekend to protect the coeducational
occupants of the fabled C-31 suite parlor
from the Impending approach of a posse
composed of one zealous R.A. and several
unenthusiastic faculty members.
However it is not surprising that as a
result of his courageous deed Edgerton now
finds himself charged with unethical conduct
and under threat of expulsion from MIG.
Under Guilford College judicial ethics,
members of MIG and WSC are not supposed
to consider the wishes of their electorate
or the general well being of the college stu
dent body in the discharge of their duties.
Instead they are charged with unquestion
ing allegiance to the enforcement of outdated
rules formulated without the consultation of
either themselves or their electorate.
Until quite recently this system of student
against student worked well.
MIG and WSC meekly capitulated to all
edicts from the Board of Trustees and sent
their fellow students home or to the Army on
such charges as the possession of cans of beei
or carrying on a conversation with a member
of the opposite sex in a dormitory room.
With similar respect for the indifferent
wishes of the Board of Trustees, WSC and
THE GUILFORDIAN
simply as "can", described the rape
of village women, the burning alive
of children ana the bayonetting of
pregnant mothers.
c .ven without the atrocities there
is little justification for the
American involvement in Vietnam
On July 16, 1955 Dictator Diem,
unlawfully installed as President ol
South Vietnam by the French,
repudiated that part of the 1954
Geneva Accords which guaranteed
an election in 1956 in which
citizens of both Vietnams would
elect a government for all of
Vietnam.
And as if all this in not enough,
the Americans who are over there
fighting that stupid war manage to
play the game of war atrocities.
Atrocities? The murder of a
human being because he is believed
to be a double agent. The massacre
by drowning of 1200 South
Vietnamese men and women. The
rape of village woihen. The burning
alive of children. The bayonetting
of pregnant women. America,
America, God shed his grace on
the ® Keprinted From
Damn it TH E DAILY TAR HEEL
MIG members generally permitted bullies
and sadistic students to engage in all sorts oi
atrocious acts against individual students and
unpopular campus groups.
MIG traditionally conducted the annual
May Day men's diaper run.
This is the opener for that joyous week
otvi when many freshmen find it necessary
to either leave school or pnysically def en d
themselves against "shaving*' and other types
of hazing.
However, in recent months some MIG
and WSC members have become unsatis
fied with their roles as trustee policemen
In fact it is reported that some MIC
members expressed disgust after hearing
one influential trustee humorously offer his
"Put um out on the football field and let
um fight it out" solution to the campus haz
ing problem.
Unfortunately, however, most MIG anc
WSC members are still afraid to be their
own men and women.
Instead they are content to play police
man, judge, and jury in the continuing case
of Trustee vs. Student.
And that is why Phil Edgerton is on trial.
ODE TO SOCIETY
Twas the hour before New Men's
Was plunged into dark —
The noises were normal;
Then jumped a great spark.
The lights had gone dim
And the people filed out;
They threw trash and bottles
And. started to shout.
The roar rose and rose
Till the dorm it did clatter;
And after the blast
Lay much broken matter.
Unkempt as it was,
The Quad was a sight,
•Cause for critics of Mankind
It proved them all right:
When technology breaks down,
The civilized man
Goes back into savagery
As fast as he can.
DEMPSTER.
Letter to Editor
Mediocrity.. The
Crippler Of Colleges?
Dear Editor,
More than once, faculty mem
bers and administration have
projected ideas of Guilford as a
creative institution of learning
where students, faculty and ad
ministration have a common
commitment to education. Many
times they have alluded to the
college as a dynamic force in
society, dedicated to a humane
life. These words have floated
in th e air with importance yet
thudded to the ground with in
action.
For Guilford to achieve the
status of a creative educational
Institution it must throw away
the bonds of crass mediocrity
which presently cripple it.
FOUR-COURSE LOAD
As a beginning the curriculum
should be restructured to allowa
four-course load. The usual five
courses fragment the student's
time entirely too much, so that
he learns only bits and snatches.
The anachronistic requirements
in the curriculum (i.e., all of
them) should be eliminated. Rath
er than exposing students tc
a wide range of intellectual pur
suits the requirements are mere
ly educational force feeding. Stu
dents develop real aversions tt
the required disciplines, instead
of learning new ways of viewing
the world, and shut themselves
from any further exposure to
these fields. Anyway, if the re
quired courses are so interest
ing and valuable why does the
faculty have to force the stu
dents to enroll in them?
INTERNSHIPS NEEDED
The curriculum also needs t
be broadened to include intern
ship opportunities ■ and work
study possibilities on a much
more significant level. Action
ought to be taken on the intern
ship proposal and adequate funds
provided for its successful
operations. Wage subsidies for
students in work-study oppor
Monday, December 15, 1969
tunities would enable those stu
dents who are Interested to earn
an adequate Income. The regults
of these actions would be broad
ening of educational experiences
to include more of the "real
world."
Absurd restrictions placed on
the lives of students must be
eliminated if responsible de
velopment of students is to take
place. The practice of locking
women in their dormitories
gives the college the appearance
of a penal colony. The picayune
and expensive restrictions on
social hours only force students
off-campus to meet informally,
thus destroying any sense of com
fortable community students
might want. The forcing of ab
stention on a student body
which is less than one-fith Quaker
appears unfair. These social
bonds serve only to force stu
dents off-campus for enjoyment,
creating a sterile social atmos
phere on campus.
PASSIVITY IS WATCHWORD
however none of these inani
ties could be foisted on a re
sponsible, intelligent student
body. Passivity in all forms is
the watchword on the campus.
If a student isn't in class a
sleep, he's in his room asleep,
leaving the ground a virtual des
ert where the number of squir
rels seen within a given hour
far outnumbers the students. A
student concerned only with fak
ing through a diploma and get
ting drunk on weekends doesn't
care if he's receiving an educa
tion or not. Due to previous
actions (or inactions)thepassive,
apathetic, intellectually sterile
individual is undoubtedly in the
majority at Guilford. If Guilford
Is to be a community devoted to
learning these people don't need
to be here. People who don't
like college should not feel con
strained to attend.
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