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VOL. 3
Wednesday, April 24, 1968
No. 26
Gold water Opposed To Draft System
He Wants End Of Draft
Of Gradnate Students
BY RODNEY SMITH
Senator Barry Goldwater spoke
to about five hundred interested
individuals in the University Union
Parquet Room last Wednesday
evening.
them to the probiems of the present
he explained. Then he presented
his theory that there are no real
liberals in America — “I wish
Goldwater speaks in Parquet Room (Journal Photo by Art Gentile.)
His topic was “Conservatism
Today” but veered from his ori
ginal plan as the evening pro
gressed. He began his address
with “I’ll not talk rapidly, for
I’ve learned from the vice-presi
dent that its not practical. Listen
ing to Mr. Humphrey talk is like
trying to read Playboy with your
wife turning the pages.”
Mr. Goldwater went on to de
fine his brand of conservatism and
to differentiate between conserva
tism and reactionary politics. Con
servatism draws ideas from the
experience of the past and applied
that we had a real liberal move
ment in this country. Men like Tom
Jefferson. . .men who would be
willing to rish an experiment which
may turn out to be a real success
or a real failure. . .men who are
willing to take a chance.”
place in the Democratic Party in
the last few years, the relation
ship of the academic world to the
realm of politics, and the dif
ferences and similarities between
modern-day America and ancient
Greece. The senator closed his
address with, “Pm having a little
Mr. Goldwater also stated that
the young people of this country
are leading a movement towards
independence. They’re not “rush
ing out to register Republican or
Democrat.” These young men and
women are “worrit rather than
rebellious” he commented. He said
that they want proof, not doctrine.
Senator Goldwater discussed the
gold shortage in the country, the
internal changes that have taken
Phillips^ Donahue^ Rayborn Are Elected-
Trexler^ Smith To Serve As New Editors
By SONIA MIZELL
The final elections of the year
ended Friday afternoon as the last
of the voters dragged to the polls
before the 4:30 deadline.
Taking the two top positions in
the senior class were Danny
Phillips, President, (71 votes) and
Jerry Anthony, vice-president
(44). John Lafferty (38) also ran
for this position. The new senior
representatives are Perry Bliss
(70) , Mary Bets Moran (57), and
Jerold Burks (53). Bob Lemmonds
(71) was elected senior judge.
Pete Donahue (46) became the
new junior class president, and
Louise Napolitano (33) is the new
vice-president. Mike Combs (24)
was her opponent. Junior repre
sentatives are Homer Gaddis (40)
Sherry Drake (33), and Vic Gates
(24). Carol Haywood (43) and Mike
Combs (6) (write in) are the new
junior judges. There vriil be a
runoff between Sara Stone and
Neil Carriker who each received
one write-in vote for the remain
ing position of junior judge.
In the sophomore elections,
Steve Raybom (59) became the
new president. Kit Ward ran
against him and received 54 votes.
In the election of sophomore vice-
president, Alan Hickok (72) won
against Gary Sanford (37). The
new sophomore representatives
are Vicki Caldwell )96), Sonia
Mizell (82), and John Celmmer
(64). Also running was Thurman
Willis (62).
Cindy Trexler became the new
annual editor with 244 votes, and
Rodney Smith took the honor of
Carolina Journal editor with 225
votes.
In many cases, the voting for
each position was very close.There
will be a recount of the votes for
all positions.
trouble seeing with all these lights,
but leave them on. Pve got a
brother-in-law who makes these
things.”
For the final forty-five
minutes, the senator answered
questions from the audience. When
asked what could be done about
the laws of the land becoming
the will of nine men, the Senator
replied, “Well, there’s only one
man who appoints justices to the
Supreme Court.”
Goldwater predicted a quiet
summer in the cities and stated
the belief that the Vietnam war
may be over by November. He
added, “I drai’t care how the war
ends, as long as we get out having
achieved that which we set out to
do.”
The 1964 Republican candidate
for the Presidency stated opposi
tion to the draft system as it is.
He would like to see a volun
tary military kept up in time of
peace and would like to see the
end of drafting graduate students,
a suggestion weU received by the
crowd.
Goldwater closed with a state
ment of belief that Nixon would
capture the Republican nomina
tion for the Presidency. He also
added that “if God came down on
this stage right now and told me
that a Democrat would be the next
president, but that I could choose
him, I’d pick McArthy.”
Background On New Editors
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Danny Phillips
J. C. Anthony
Cindy Trexler was elected
editor of the 1969 Rogues ‘n Ras
cals by tally^ 244 votes in the
recent election. Miss Trexler’s
qualifications include the follow
ing offices: ’66-’67 art editor of
the annual, associate editor of the
’67-’68 edition, and treasurer of
the student body in ’67-’68.
Rod Smith garnered the office
of editor of the “Carolina Journal”
for next year. Mr. Smith served
as feature editor for the ’67-’68
“Carolina Journal”, John Gaith
er’s presidential assistant, and as
a student court judge. While at
Georgia Tech, Mr. Smith served
as the freshman editor of “The
Technique”. By capturing 222
votes in the last election. Rod
is taking over the newspaper this
week and will put out his first
edition.
Candidates for the election
were screened by the publications
board two weeks prior to the
elections. Write-in votes were not
valid because of the necessary
screening qualification.
n
Afternoon
With
Goldwater
See Page 6
Green Garter To Return,
Meladrama To Be Presented
Honors And Awards To Be Given
The drama department on
campus will present a melodrama
‘He Done Her No Wrong’
or ‘Wedded But No Wife’ as the
highlight of the fourth and final
Green Garter Coffee House of the
season.
Student talent will also spark
Uie popular coffee house during
its May 1-4 run on campus in
the gym adjoining the cafeteria.
The format is somewhat dif
ference from the past coffee
houses. The cafe will open at
7:00 p.m. and waitresses will
serve during the following hour.
At 8:00 the melodrama will begin.
Foilowing the performance, ser
ving will continue.
Food will consist of a dinner
of steak, potatoes, and a choice
of garlic, french, or plain bread.
Soft drinks, potato chips, peanuts,
and root beer wiil also be avail
able.
Students interested in taking pert
in the student talent segments
should leave their names and phone
numbers at the Union Information
Desk.
Today In Annual Ceremony
The annual Honors and Awards
Convocation will recognize out
standing students in service and
academics today at 11:30 a.m.
in the Parquet Room of the Union.
Two new awards are among
those to be presented this year.
One of these is the Publications
Board Award which will go to the
person on any of the three publi
cations staffs who has given the
most creatively or technically to
publications on campus. The other
is an award presented by Alpha
Kappa Psi to the senior business
major who has the highest quality
point average. Both are monetary
awards. The publications board
award also entitled the recipient
to have his name engraved on a
permanent plaque in the Univer
sity Union.
The speaker will be Judge
Francis 0. Clarkson, Sr., 26th
District of Superior Court of North
Carolina. His remarks will con
cern the idea that only a lawful
society can build a better society.
The Chorus will sing several num
bers.
Among the awards to be
presented are the Bonnie E. Cone
Award, the Bill MHchell Award,
The Charlotte Panhellic AwartI,
and the Service Award.
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