Point Blank by Larry Keith
The Battle
Of The
Ballot
The president of the class of
1968 is being elected this week,
but the real story is the conflict
which proceeded it, herewith to
be referred to as “The Battle of
the Ballot.’’
At first, it was simple enough.
John Hostetter nominated himself.
Ellison Clary nominated himself.
The nominating period closed and
Clary appeared a hands down
choice to win over the bearded
minstrel.
Enter now Tim Britton and Bud
Stokely, president and vice presi
dent, respectively, of the student
government.
The two sent a note to elec
tions committee chairman Dwayne
Spitzer, who got the message.
Before you could say “Hey, what’s
going on here?’’ -- which several
did— the date for filing was ex
tended and those candidates who
already had filed were told to
squash any campaigning plans they
might have until Monday, the 17th,
two days before voting was to be
gin and five days after the date
already agreed upon.
Agreed upon by whom?
By the student legislature.
And who had suggested the dates
in the first place?
Tim Britton. ,
Whether it was the intention of
Britton and Stokely or not, the door
was now paved for Sam Scott to
enter the picture. Sam is a good
boy and an honest boy. He told
me two weeks ago he wasn’t plan
ning to run for anything. Then all
of a sudden he was asking to be
made a candidate for president.
Why?
“To tell the truth,’’ he said,
“I really hadn’t intended to run
for anything. But then I saw that
only two candidates had filed for
president and I decided thatl could
do as well or better than any of
them. So I decided to run.”
-A Suggestion That...
The Britton - Stokely com
munique suggested that perhaps
Mr. Scott should be placed on the
ballot (along with that of another
candidate for another office who
shall go unnamed) in order to
prevent a deluge of cumbersome
write-ins.
“Look,” explained Stokely, “if
we hadn’t have done all that they
could have complained that they
were being prejudiced against. In
order to eliminate any possible
trouble or confusion we asked that
the filing period be extended and
the first day of campaigning be
moved up.”
Stokely’s point is easily enough
understood, especially since there
never was much publicity as to
exactly what the dates were to be.
Still, many thought, the legisla
ture had already approved a set
of dates and, by golly, who were
Britton and Stokelyto change them?
“There is no rule that says the
legislature mustapprove the dates,
it’s only tradition,” said Stokely.
“Tim 'was doing what he thought
best.”
%)itzer was thinking somewhere
along these lines, also.
“Tim is the president so I was
willing to go along with him,”
said Spitzer, who, hi this case,
is a victem of circumstances about
which he knew little.
The confusion as to the matter
of who sets the dates, who ap
proves them and the legality of
write-ins was supposed to be
cleared in a legislature meeting
last Monday. The possibility of a
delaying floor fight was more than
just a possibility so the issue may
still be undertermined.
-Candidate Clary Quits
What was the result of all this?
Candidate Clary threw in his
political towel when people began
to whisper Scott, leaving only Hos
tetter’s name on the balloL
ers for a write-in campaign. By
Friday afternoon the plans were
made and on Friday night Garner
found out about them.
Scott was willing to take on Hos-
tettler either as a certified can
didate or a write-in candidate. No
matter what the legislature’s de
cision he had sign painter busily
at work in the wings.
“We wanted Larry to run but
we knew it was too late for him
to be put on the ballot,” said
Sue. “In order that he wouldn’t
say no, we made it easy for him
to say yes.”
There’s more.
Don’t look now but Larry Gar
ner is back into the picture. It
wasn’t his idea to run either. Sue
Garret is heading up a write-in
campaign for him.
And there you have it. No mat
ter how mamy names you see on
the ballot, chances are that there
are a dozen or so other candi
dates.
After hearing on Wednesday that
Clary had withdrawn. Sue began to
think in serious terms of Garner’s
candidacy. Without letting Garner
know, she began rounding up work-
Of course, what will take place
today, tomorrow and Friday de
pends largely on the action taken by
CAROLINA JOURNAL APRIL 19, 1967 PAGE 5
Letters To The Editor
Caton Has Provincial Attitude
Toward Manhatten Island
Mr. Editor;
There is no doubt that Mr.
Frank Caton’s recent article in
the Journal on New York is typ
ical of the provincial attitude Man
hattan has to bear with annualy.
The usual biased view is present
ed. All Mr. Caton saw was smog,
traffic, people and large buildings,
yet one has only to open his eyes
to see the beautifull, paradoxical,
ironic, vibrant, pulsating rhythm
that is New York.
Nothing was mentioned of Times
Square, the U. N., that grand dame
of museums - the Metropolitan or
the dynamic new Whitney or
Wright’s tomb (the Gugenheim) or
even Grant’s Tomb (oops, excuse
me y’aU). What about fabulous
Fifth Ave. with St. Patrick’s, Lord
& Taylor, Sach’s or Rockefeller
Hayden Planetarium, lunch at the
Automat or the best bargain in
America - a ride on the Staten
Island ferry (stiU 5(!- “on a clear
day ou can see...)”
Did you have a nutted cheese
sandwich and coffee at Chock Full
O’Nuts, walk 56th Street with it’s
continental cafes, Macy’s Lincoln
Center — Shubert Alley -- the
slumbs - the wealth— the mys
tery — the dynamism. I pity those
that travel with their eyes closed.
What about the galleries on
Madison, an ice cream soda at
Schraffts, a walk on Third Ave.
with it’s junk and antique shops,
or further down-town the Bowery
and it’s bums and just 5 minutes
away Wall Street and it’s
wealth... sidewalk pizzerias.. Mr.
Caton were you REALLY there?
Were there no dirty, sooly,
grimy tennements or glistening,
gleaming steel and alloy skyscrap
ers? How about stately Park Ave
nue, or racks full of ladies gar-
nue, or racks full of ladies gar
ments being frantically pushed
along 38th and Seventh. Relax at
the Cafe de la Paix (SL Regis
Hote) enjoying an ice cold extra
dry martini? Hear the squeals of
delight bursting from the Child
ren’s Zoo in Central Park. . . I
could go on and on and on . ..
The next time you take a trip
— open your heart and mind as
well as your eyes.
Gene B. Herman
Center ( a 2 minute trip to the
top would allow one to sip a
cocktail (no bb permitted) with a
birds-eye view of N. Y. from the
New York Capitol
bar at the Rainbow RoomJ
Did Mr. Caton see anything on
the subway besides the ads . .
what of the scurrying, sweltering
conglomeration of faces, sounds
Of ^Happenings’
and smells? No trip to Chinatown
or seconds away Little Italy —
No voyage to Washington Square —
Greenwich Village, copuchino at
Rienzi’s, a scotch mist at the bar
of the Embers (the jazz is free),
crepes outside of Goldfinger’s, a
stroll thru the Plaza or along
River side Drive. What about the
Mr. Editor:
Why do eight million people
live there? Why where else can one
live so cheaply? A N. Y. City
resident does not have to buy
“Keep off the grass signs”, -
for there is no grass; he can
easily avoid the expense of a car -
for there is no room on the streets
Apathy Is Campus Problem,
Clubs Face Difficulties
Mr. Editor:
As all of us are aware, the
apathy at this school is tremen
dous. As a member of the S. C. L.,
I can say that our club has been
trying to solve this problem
through a series of stimulating
lectures. However, it is not my
desire to seU you the merits of
the club, but to point out a larger
problem which developed from the
club itself.
Now, I’m sure you’re asking,
“What’s wrong with this girl,
what’s she griping about, anyway?”
Well, it’s the simple problem of
publicising our meetings. At this
campus, it is virtually impossible
to contact a group of people un
less you have extensive publicity.
But, it seemed as if the S. C. L.
had solved this problem by putting
signs on washroom doors.
However, this violates one of the
“few’’ rules we have on this cam
pus, namely, that signs a., pro
hibited on doors and windows. I’m
sure you see the problem that
faces US: to have a club, you must
have publicity. Now, I’m not so
the legislature Monday night. It
must have been interesting.
Davidson Ranks
concerned about this rule; I’m
concerned about what it entails,
namely a contradiction to the first
amendment to the Constitution, that
which guarantees free speech.
Further, I think you can easily
see what a rebuttal this is to the
“liberal” tradition which has in
herently been Carolina’s. Or are
we really part of Carolina? Of
course. I’m not asking for you to
go out and picket, aU I want is
a little empathy, to help solve the
problems which face this campus,
heaven knows a campus should be
the last place where you have to
go around all of the time onder-
ing if you’re violating a rule of
some sort.
It is my intent to stimulate re
laxation of this rule, and one
basic premise would help, namely
that signs may be put on wash
room doors not earlier than two
days before the event, and must
be taken down one day after the
event, or face a fine.
I hope you readers can now
conceive some of the problems
that a club faces on this campus,
will realize that free speech is a
farce, andthat the race is not in
deed, “to the strong.”
Saundra L. Hoover
to manuver one; he does not need
equipment as suntan oil, “shades”,
etc..., — for while the rays of
Mr. Sun shine brilliantly on the
tops of the sky eating buildings,
just a slight glitter of solar light
creaches the asphalt jungle down
below. Any if you are really the
thrifty type, there is no need to
waste money on dry cleaning —
for all commuters look the same
“soot gray” color by the time they
reach their job in tte city - re
gardless of how they started out.
Most important however, is that
N. Y. is the city of equality .Both
smokers and non-smokers have an
equal change of survival as air
pollution is ever present, equally
distributed, and guaranteed to be
more hazardous to your heatlh
than any southern cured tobacci!
Yes, New Yorkers give up the
superficial pleasures of good clean
living for the necessary things of
life. It is the capital of “Happen
ings”. It is a place where one
can ride a ferry boat to the Jer
sey shore, return via helicopter,
dine in a fashionable city
restaurant, attend a Broadway
play, and then top the evening off
at your favorite night spot (without
having to worry about the Brown
Bagging Law!)
The streets penetrate with ex
citement and the nonchalent natives
take it for granted. The tourist
with mouth open gapes and won
ders why?, how come??? But in this
day and age everyone should know
why N. Y. is so loved. Whether it’s
a “Be In”, a “Love In”, or an
“Urge”, many members of our
generation have realized that
“Beauty is only skin deep,” and
as the Hippies put it: “To love
something ugly is beautiful.” This
y’all is perhaps why eigjit mil
lion people live in and love New
York!
Sue Kennelly
Third In Nation
Haus Has Liberal Attitude,
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
Published weekly on Wednesday except during holidays.
PAUL BOSWELL Editor, this issue
ELLISON CLARY Assistant Editor
Frank Crooks Business Manager
Libby Holshouser Feature E^tor
Donna Hughes Editor
Geraldine Ledford Cartoonist
Fred Jordan Photo Editor
Nancy Kohler, Frank Coley Photogr^hers
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Jan Ballard, Patrick McNeely, Bobbe Berry, Carol Haywood, .John
Lafferty, Gayle Watts, Kay Watson, Carol Durham, Louise Napolitan,
Larry Keith, and Darlene Helms.
DAVIDSON — Davidson College
ranks third in the nation in the
percentage of its undergraduate
enrollment awarded Danforth
fellowships, the group most highly
selected for interest and ability
for college teaching.
Complemented By Students
The first 10 institutions named
in this study are private liberal
arts colleges with enrollments un
der, 500, followed by one of the
great private universities of the
nation. The university of Kansas,
in 26th place, is the first pub
licly - supported institution in the
listing.
Mr. Editor:
Last Christmas, a shocking and
tragic event occurred. Mr. O’Con
ner, the respected sargeant of the
cafeteria departed suddenly. The
food management area was placed
in a definite crisis. Thus Mr.
Haus was lent to us by Chapel
Hill, only to immediately assume
a permanent roll as Food Coor
dinator and member of our cam
pus. Armed with his (1) seasoned
experience, (2) broad grin, (3)
dark green Lincoln Continental,
and (4) Pennsylavnia accent. His
liberal attitude, delightful humor
and desire for efficiency plus nu
trition have shaped the cafeteria
and the inhabitants therein, ac
cordingly. Since the cafeteria is
a place in which good food and a
tranquil spirit should coincide, Mr.
Haus has already done much to
approach this ideal.
Tommy Thomas
Dwayne Spitzer
Bill Billups