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The Left Wing Is Revolting
By Rudy Redneck
Left wing students are rioting
college campuses all over
imerica. The causes are diverse,
ome of the most corrunon issues
e: abolition of R.O.T.C.;
ompanies participating in defense
■ejects sending recruiters to
impus; and the lack of a Black
ludies program.
agreeable to spend a tour of duty
as an officer than as an enlisted
man. The military obligation
won’t be abolished for students
any time in the near future.
As to companies working on
defense projects having recruiters
on campus, would the vocal
“would-be antagonists” suggest
that all companies reject defense
contracts, or that they refrain
from the recruitment of college
grads? What about the rights of
the majority of the students who
would like to be able to interview
these nationally known
companies? Do they not have the
right of equal access to the
By depriving a student of the
ght of access to an R.O.T.C.
ogram, the University closes the
wr to the finest officer training
ogram available. Examining the
lilitary obligation from a sensible
[andpoint, it is much more
ditorial
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articular task. We did not realize that our criticisms of the
ilent booked for Jam Up would be met with the gut
jactions that occurred. We apologize, specifically, for
psetting Miss Betty Kepley. Now let us restate our
itentions in a syllogism that is both clear and distinct: We
id NOT intend to sabatoge Jam Up by using the paper’s
ifluence to discourage students from attending, nor do we
elieve that this would even be possible, because there are
lany students who love the type of music that was booked
nd many others who would attend regardless of who was
erforming. We merely wished to make the point that the
lusical tastes of the students at UNC-C are more varied than
ist weekend’s entertainment indicated. In light of this fact.
: is obvious that there was nothing offered during the entire
leekend for a large segment of the student population. Many
if these students may have attended anyway, either because
jey wished to socialize with their friends or because Jam Up
as “the only game intown,”so to speak. This is not the same
ling as claiming that the Union’s programs throughout the
ear were without merit, as many have erroneously inferred
lom our criticism of Jam Up. Still, other types of music than
lis soul-soft-rock bag have never been publicized nor
mphasized as this week end was. Nor have we seen any of
e BIG names in jazz, folk, or hard rock on our campus.
)me say that these names would not draw the crowds like
e Tams or Major Lance did. Has anyone here dared to try?
St year we only passed up Simon & Garfunkel, and Georgia
[ech took them. This year we passed up Ian & Sylvia, and
ke got them. Who will be passed up next year in deference
a closed policy concerning big weekend entertainment
:re? Frank Sinatra couldn’t get a booking here for a BWOC-
^len if he wanted to do a benefit.
A Logical Fallacy
I The actions of one member of a group or organization do not always
tflect the nature or opinons of the rest of the members of the group,
ihis is a logical fallacy commonly known as the fallacy of composition.
To argue with this easily recognized mistake would be to imply that a
^otball team that contained one good player would necessarily be a
f od football team. We all note the everyday refutations of this
pothesis.
I When we take an improper sample of a group, we get the same
tsults. Categorizing the groups on the basis of the actions of one
fcmber is definitely an improper sampling. This fallacy is frequently
ilsguised by the honeyed words of propagandists and agitators; we even
)jb it ourselves every day. One must guard against illegitimate
imposition generalizations at all times.
I Several students on campus have said in the past two weeks, “Well,
ihat did I tell you about those security guards? Better listen next
ne.” This is, of course, in reference to the faetthatone of the campus
icurity guards has been charged with stealing money from the
diversity over the Easter weekend.
I So far, he has only been charged. His trial comes up soon. But let’s
J ink about the security force apart from this situation for a few
rments. The men of the force all came here on the highest
^commendations. These impersonal statistics were the only
kformationthat could be used for criteria in hiring. For the most part,
ley have been a good guide to prediction to the way that the men
•red have fit into the University community. The guards have all been
liendly and easy to get along with. The guns that they carry are hardly
joticeable any more. They have reduced the traffic problem in the
(crnings and the thefts from automobiles parked in the school lots.
I Now let’s suppose that one of the members of the security force is a
Intastic chess player. We would not infer from this that the rest of the
fcmbers were good chess players, or even that they played chess at all.
fiis would be to commit the fallacy of composition. If one had a
^dency to go to church or to cheat on his income taxes, we would
wt assume that the others would do the same. Because men wear the
t ne uniform, they wear the same uniform. That’s all that can be
ferred from this one similarity. An attempt to distribute a
t racteristic from one man to another because they both wear the
le uniform would be sheer folly.
I We realize that we’ve said the same thing over and over in this
t torial, but it is a manner of emphasis. Repetition is one of the
dinal principles of learning, and we’re so tired of hearing the security
(tee badmouthed, that we request that you read it again.
I One aspect of the reaction to this situation is that the guards should
jot have guns. If there is even the possibility of one of them using his
rtol for purposes other than law enforcement, then the guns should
(removed. These people who are saying this are the same people (or
we of the same people) who originally objected to the guns on moral
imnds. Morality does not rest on empirical evidence. A morality that
(based on results would be utilitarian in nature, and not many of us
it willing to accept utilitarianism as the guide to our ethical nature.
recruitment facilities? Would the
dissidents suggest that we suspend
industrial support to our fighting
men in Vietnam? We're there, and
until we can either win or
withdraw, it is up to us to do
everything within our power to
assist our fighting men.
The demands for a Black
Studies program are usually
accompanied by the words
“immediate." and subject to
"black approval." Immediate
implementation is demanded, and
the staff ananstructors must meet
black student approval.
Somebody had better crank up
the machine that makes Black
Studies professors, cause mother
nature sure can use some strategic
support in her efforts. Ivy League
colleges with unlimited budgets
are encountering difficulties in
hiring black faculty members for
as much as 15-20 thousand
dollars. The average salary for an
instructor in a Southern
University is just over S7500.00
Come on now, let’s face the facts.
It will take time to develop any
type of black staffed program of
quality. We cannot afford to
accept second rate instructors in
any department of any University.
To do so would be an affront to
the other professors, A disservice
to the students, and would place
the school in danger of losing its
accreditation.
The vocal minority is screaming
loudly and punctuating its
verbosity with damage and
hooliganism. If demonstrators
choose to act like children and
lock themselves in administration
buildings, they should be treated
like children, spanked, given a
bath, and sent home. The people
spanking them should be l|ie great
majority who have remained silent
for so long, those who are not
ready to tear everything down,
but are on campus to learn. When
forty students take over a
building, and ten thousand
students stand idly by, the police
usually come in and a big fuss is
made with national TV coverage.
It seems hardly believable that
much attention would be paid if
the silent masses would react, and
clean out the building before the
administration or police had to
step in. Surely out of 10,000
people there are 100 with guts
enough to stand up for what they
believe in.
During disturbances at
U.N.C.-C., there were very few
who objected even casually when
the American flag came down, or
when all whites were referred to
as “pigs.” Do we really not care
enough to do anything? There
have been rumors of a strong
backlash in answer to any future
campus disturbances. Hopefully,
if there is a confrontation, it will
be peaceful, and people will again
resort to normal means of
communication to resolve their
difficulties, and act as responsible
human beings.
Privatte Wins
the Morrow
Scholarship
Page 5, The Carolina Journal, 1969
Van Landingham Glen
Presentation Made
The Van Landingham Glen at
the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte was dedicated at 3
p.m.. Sunday, April 27.
The Glen is a wooded garden of
hybrid and native rhododendron
planted amid rocky slopes with
two small steams converging at
the bottom.
The garden is the gift of
Charlotte stock broker Ralph
Van Landingham. whose own
home at 2010 The Plaza in
Charlotte is surrounded by a well
known rhododendron garden.
LIsing funds provided by Mr.
VanLandingham. Dr. Herbert
Heckenbleikner, director of
gardens and grounds and professor
of biology at UNC-(', has
developed the Glen.
The presentation of the garden
was by Miss Susie Cordon,
formerly of Charlotte and now of
New York City. She is Mr.
VanLandingltam's niece. Dr. D. W.
Colvard. UNC-C Chancellor,
accepted the garden for the
University.
TIte garden, on the east side
of the campus, contains at present
about 250 hybrid rhododendrom
of blooming age together with
700 small plants which are
expected to begin blooming
within two to five years. In
addition, there are several dozen
specimens of native azaleas,
rhododendrons and various
woody and herbaceous plants
native to the western North
Carolina mountains. Tall native
trees provide the required shade
for the entire three-acre garden.
Dr. Colvard said Ihat the garden
is being "dedicated as a place of
beauty and as a source of
inspiration to visitors to the
University."
Dawn E. Privatte of 230
Privatte Road, Matthews has
received a Mary Morrow
Scholarship award for 1969-70.
Miss Privatte is a junior English
major at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. The grant is
one of eight awarded in North
Carolina annually by the
Classroom Teachers Association.
The scholarship is given in
memory of the first president of
the N. C. Classroom Teachers
Association. Recipients are
juniors in college who will teach
at least two years in North
Carolina.
Entertainment
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piccolos for relief. "Buona Sera, Mrs. CampboH" also uses the
trombone, along with guitars, for a lively clTcct. "Herb's Herbs" is a
real freak-out from the word go, and the ending is a real siiiprisc.
Side two opens with Bernstein's contribiition to the musical elegies
written in memory of the great Wes Montgomery. Like its sisici songs.
“Ode to Wes" utilizes an electric guitar that attempts to cnuilale the
style that Wes played in. With tuba and tronihoiie puncUialiiig llic
selection, it is hard to identify the primary nieolody, and this reduces
the effectiveness of the composition. "In Love; Opus No. I" features an
electric bass clarinet and some inleresling percussion. Il is the best song
on the album and is kept from greatness by the ever-pieseiil liiha.
which is not conducive to the dieamy state that the lesl of the song
attains. "Ltind of a Thousand Dances" is fast and fiirions in Ihc hands
of Herb's drummers and guitarists. “L Nada Mas" loses its original
llavor under the direction of Bernstein, and I don't really think Ihat
that was a good idea. Sonny Bono's "Bang-Bang'' and Biel and
McKuren’s “If You Go Away" aie aiiaiiged inlo a
two-mimite-aiid-fifty-two-secoiid niedly by Beriislein in which Ihc
tubas take on gunlike sounds with Toni White's vocal pimcliialioii
sounding like dear Cher. "If Yon Go Away" snlTeis m ihe tiaiislalion
and begins to sound like “I'ho.se Were the Days." 'Hie allniin is an
experiment in sound that may lead Bernstein to a creation of gennis
some day, but he's not quite there yet.
Retract
laist week’s CAROLINA JOURNAL presented a review of a
performance given by I'lie .Sandlewood ('andle at the Hornet’s Nest
lounge in the Barringer Inn, Hie name of the group is spelled
“Sandalwood Candle” with “al” instead of “le". I'lie JOURNAL also
misspelled the name of the prodiiclion company arranging llien tour
this summer. That company is (’liar Mark Productions. Our apologies to
(Jerry Dionne and Dick Ixwis of The Sandalwood ('andle, and to Char
Mack Productions.
Nashville Brass
A short time ago there appeared a song on the radio and in the music
boxes entitled, “I Saw the Light,” and it was played by The Nashville
Brass. Well, that same Nashville Brass now has out an album containing
that some along with many more. “'Hie Nashville Brass Play Ihe
Nashville .Sound”, (RCA LSP-4059), also contains such favorites as
“Mule Skinner Blues,” “The Middle of Ihe Road,” “Maiden’s Prayer,"
“Here Comes My Baby Back Again,” “Jambalaya,” Ixt It Be Me," “On
The Rebound,” and “I’ve Got a New Heartache.” But three ol the
songs deserve special mention. “I Saw the Light” is, of course,
well-known to all by now. "I Fall to Pieces” brings back the memory of
Miss Patsy Cline who made this song one of the most beaiilifiil ol
country classics. The third song of special menlionis one dear to the
hearts of us all, “Mountain Dew.” Makes you want to stomp your fool
and clap your hands. As a matter ol lact. the entire album fills the
listener with joy and happiness. Country music with a brassy
sound-“Thc Nashville Brass Play I'lie Nashville Sound,” (W.f„)
Monkees
The latest amum by The Monkees on Ihe Colgems label is "Inslanl
Replay.” (Jn this album is their two lop singles, “Tear Drop City” and
“A Man Without A Dream.” The album, with all its songs done in the
traditional Monkee style, including these two, contains one song that is
a bit of a departure from The Monkees music manner. That song is
“Don’t Wait Lor Me” and it is superb. I he reason fur this is the use of a
steel guitar. So many singers and groups have adopted the use ol this
instrument. Judy Collins uses it in her recording of “Sotneday Soon,”
and you must hear how its used there. Ihe Monkees, in their employ of
the instrument, makes the song complete and much more a song. The
steel guitar is used mostly by country and western artists. But the
“new” use of it makes the sound more enjoyable, more close-lo-home,
and, overall, it makes the music “of songs Ironi the heart” cveti tnore
real and relevant in our time. 'Hie Monkees and their “Instant Replay
is more than likely their best album to date.
If you read the Entertainment column and enjoy the reviews of
records, shows, and places of enjoyment around Charlotte, drop a line
to THE CAROLINA JOURNAL telling us so. II there is a question Ihat
you may liave about some particular artist or recording, or if you’re
interested in discovering and learning more about activities of fun
around Charlotte, ask us and we’ll try to answer and aid you in any way
we can.