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WEDNESDAY, MARCH Id, 15? PAOt TWO THt DAILY TAR HEEL The Political Campaigns: Few Surprises, As Usual The campus xlitiial parties have announced their spring platforms, and as usual they say very little. s The Student Party's platform gets. slightly specific, hut still doesn't tac kle the hasic problems of the University. The University Party's three ' plank platform is so general that it could have, heen shared hy Hitler or (ieorge -Washington. To review, here are the main points of the two platforms: North Among I he rotina: est R Vv3V M Of .At Bo'i m m m m i ne o ftorri vates The lTntersity Party want to huild student go eminent "to a position of greater respect? dignity, importance and honor." ionally in the best jntere.st of all the students." The Student Part v. on the oth ei hand, has turned out a to-point platform which includes: Separation of investigation aril prosecution powers from judgment powers in the judiciary branch of student government: equal treat ment of student parking violators: "'support of stiulent government suggestions for ohtaining funds lor planned parking lots:" belief that i:cultv and administrative people should pav fees for the proposed parking hits. t. Television coverage for all home sellout haskethall games: lowering date prices lor home footlull games: later working hours in the Monogram Cluh and Scuttlehutt: desire for cash payment on unused meal tickets for Lenoir Hall work ers, and realization of the "import ance of realizing estahlishinent of a new student union here and the continued el forts toward the suc cessful completion of a huilding program." The University Partv. while ad vocating some very worthwhile and h.kv ideals, does nbt'explain what it means and what it intends to do about them. It'is quite easy to sav you want to hitiUl student gov -c 1 1 1 1 1 j v 1 1 r "to xsff uu O tCji i'a v resje r. flign;ty, importance and honor," hut it is another matter to prove that you are doing it. You must oiler specifics. One of the reasons student gov ernment is presently suffering from lack of respect, dignity, important e and honor is that the student tax payers don't know or tare what goes on in their stiulent govern ment. They tan hardly he excited hy such a general tannpaign plank from one of the student parties. Again, the University Party should prove it is ahle to ''govern The Daily Tar Heel The official jtudt-ni publication of tbe Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, where it published daily except Monday and examination and vacation periods and summer terms Entered as second class matter in th Dst office in Chapel Hill. N. C. undei the c oi March 8, 1870 Subscription rate, mailed. $4 per year. $2 50 a semen ter: delivered. $6 a year. $3 50 a seine ter. Editor FRED POWLEDGI Managing Editor CLARKE JONES News Editor NANCY HILL Sport? Editor LARRY CHEEK Business Manager BILL BOB PLEL Advertising jlanager ... FRED KATZIN EDITORIAL STAFF Woody Sean, Joey Payne, Stan Shaw. - - NEWS STAFF Graham Snyder, Edith MacKinnon, Walter Schruntek, Pringle Pipkin, Bob High, Jim Purks, Ben Tay lor, II. Joost Polak, Patsy Miller, Wal ly Kuralt, Bill King, Curtis Crotty. BUSINESS STAFF John Minter, Marian Ilobeck, Jane Patten, Johnny Whif aker. SPORTS STAFF: Dave Wible, Stewart Bird. Ron Milligan.," I Subscription Manager v. Circulation Manager Assistant Sports Editor. . Dale Staley Charlie Holt Bill King Staff Photographers Woody Sears, Norman Kantor Librarians - Sue Gichner, Marilyn Strum . " ' - - NighT Editor Ashmead P. Pipkin Night News Editor Bob High maturely and rationally in. the hest interest of all the students." What, alter, all, is the hest interest of all the students?. A pantyra-id? If the University Party is going to "capably meet all campus proh lems as they arise and now exist," perhaps it should define those prohlems right away at least the ones that no exist and it should telj the voters exactly what it in tends to do ahout them. Of the Student Party, we ask. Why should the judiciary he split up in its functions? Surely there is a good reason, or the party .wouldn't have decided it worth placing in the platform. The vot ers should he told how. why. when, where. Likewise the Student Partv should explain what it means by equal treatment of student park ing violators, supjxnt of sugges tions for getting parking lots and its helief that non-students should coutrihute toward those lots. Tele vision coverage for hallgames is hardly a decent plank for a politi cal party's platform, hut .we have seen worse. It was ahout a year ago. we believe, that one of the parties was advocating bicycle racks in front of each dormitory, benches in front of eac h c lass huilding and pencil sharpeners in each room. In every jxilitical campagin there is a certain amount of pure hull that can and should he laughed at. hut not taken seriouslv. We like the idea ahout keeping the Monogram Cluh and Scuttle hutt open longer, hut wonder why the Student Party hasn't pushed u legislature hill this year asking the "a di i u iTI s 77 at Jo n T "c fo j u s t 1 1 l'a t7 The Lenoir Hall idea is good: we hope hipartisan action in the legis lature will affect a better pay sit uation for the cafeteria's mistreated workers. The student union plank is hy far the most significant one to arise so far in this campaign. Of all the, material things we need for the University of North Caro lina, the lir.st. alter adequate hous ing, is a new student Union huild ing. x We hope the .Student Patty now. and the University Party al ter the election, jump on the stu dent union h: -nd wagon and make it one of the accomplishments of the academic year in",7-.r)S. x lut neither party says anything ahout racial integration (even the students at Duke have heat 'us on that), and neither one says any thing ahout the crisis of crises the trickle of professors that is starting to go elsewhere, that is slowly hut surely turning into an avalanche. Neither party has come up with an idea on how to get more money for the Wilson Lihrary (as stu dents, we are primarily concerned with the lihrary), and neither one has come up with any decent pro pro sals on how to make the honor system hetter. The spring campaign, clicking along right now, is pretty ordinary. Gracious Living: Number "16 What Chapel Hill needs, what with the spring season pretty well here, is an outdoor restaurant. Round tables with umbrellas and sunlight iced tea in the spring air what could he graciouser for this time of the year? ' Dave Bratten Reader Bratten, who feels the following information will be interesting to most students here, got most of his statistics from "Sleeping Tar Tteels," a booklet published by the Duke' University Political Science Dept. The person who boasts about the "great state" of North Caro lina being a leader among the states and "firs-t" in the South should stop his boasting long enough to examine the situation mere closely and ask himself and his fellow North Carolinians one simple question.' Is a state a leader when its ratings among the 48 states- place it at the bottom or near the bot tom in so many vital indices of economic, industrial, education, . political and - governmental well being? , What are some of the vital indices in which North Carolina ranks so low among the 48? In 1954, North Carolna went to the bottom of all. the states in earnings for its manufacturing employees. Not only was North Carolina 43th here but the rate of increase in average weekly earnings during the last five years has been lower in North Carolina than in any other -state. During the year 1954 North Carolina was 43rd among the states in per capita income. In bank deposits which many people consider an important in dicator of economic well-being, North Carolina ranks 44th! During the year 1954 North Carolina ranked next to the bottom among states ;in. the percentage of "its college-age. population which act ually attended-college. The average Tar Heel has less than eight years of. school ing, making North ' Carolina 44th "among the states in this area. In the area of public school services to its citizens, North Carolina is 46th among the states in the large number of pupils per teacher in. the classroom, 45th in the percentage of its school age children actually in school. During the first year of the Korean War, 34.6 percent of North Carolina's young men who were given the armed forces qualification tests failed them. The average of rejectees for the 'Now, In This Case, We Recognize The Government But We Don't See The Machine Gun' FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE: Praises For Chancellor Ay cock Virginia Law Quarterly The Law School has indeed been fortunate to have Prof. William B. Aycock as a visiting professor for this session. Stu dents in his classes have been much impressed by the clarity and dynamic quality of his de livery. His enthusiasm , for, his subject is infectious and breathes life even into the dullest legal theories. The breadth and depth of his knowledge are as impressive as his ability to present it. His dis courses on the law are punct- L'il Abner uated by a ready wit which foe-.. uses interest on his problem. Prof. Aycock came to the Law School with a broad background in the field of legal education. For three years he taught senior high school in North Carolina. Just prior to the war Jie served with the Federal Security Agen- ' cy. He joined the United States, Army when war broke out and -rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war Mr. Aycock re ceived his J. D. degree from the? " University of North Carolina Law , School and thereafter joined its . faculty. In addition he has served " as a special assistant to a United Nations Mission and has co authored a book on military law. Prof. Aycock was appointed -chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last month. The position of chan cellor is equivalent to that of president of most universities. A man of broad background, knowl edge and experience has been chosen for that high office. We extend our contra tulatioas to Chancellor Aycock for his new appointment, and we are happy that he will complete the semes ter here at the Law School. nation as a whole was 16.4 per cent. ':' . " ' ' " Latest available statistics show that although one-fourth of North Carolina's gainfully employed cit izens are engaged in farming, the farm, income is less than one half of what it is for the aver age farmer acrdss the nation. - We rank 47th among the , states in average weekly unem- ployment payments to the un employed. North Carolina ranks last in lie welfare expenditures.' the mount of state and local funds spent for services to crip pled, children. In the area of crime, North Carolina is highest of air the 48 states in aggravated assault crime its crime rate in , this classification being 431 percent greater than the average for the nation as a whole. Also, North Carolina crimes of murder and non-negligent, manslaughter are 229 percent higher than for the nation as a whole. How can one truthfully say that North Carolina is a leader among the 48 states? " The state's motto, "Esse Quam Videri," which means, "to be, rather than to seem," was adopt ed in 1893, and apparently Tar Heels do not yet understand it. Too many of the state's so-called leaders have "talked" the state" into a position' of leadership ' which does not really exist. In this false assumption of leader ship. North Carolina is seeming to be what she is not, and we are now officially beginning "to point with pride to shame." The major problem is not that North Carolina lacks the knowl edge or "know-how" but that the state lack sufficiently courageous-leadership to bring the people out of their indifference into the task of making North Carolina a leader among the states. Certainly North Carolina's size, geography, climate, topog raphy,, and rich, natural and hu man resources make her position as a laggard among the 48 states ,a somewhat disgraceful one re flecting directly upon every Tar Heel citizen. Too many Tar Heels in po sitions of leadership have adopted the policy that if on doesn't recognize the current problems of North Carolina, then they don't exist or they will go away. However, the problems will not go away until a stable, ef ficient governmental structure is set up. This will have to be done if North Carolina is to fully de velop its natural, resources, its industry and commerce, and the potential abilities of its people. A competent and business state governmental structure which concerns itself with the best in terests of the people and gives the maximum in return for the tax dollrs spent is the state's number one need. The greatest possible efficien cy "and leadership in government is a Jmust" in North Carolina. A state as rich as, North Carolina should not continue to be a lag gard among the 48 states. By A! Capp "Wft' WHLR.E. HAVE VOU GOT THAT WATCH CONCEALED., VOU CUNMING LITTLE. RASCAL, ff r n 4 TS SOMEWHERE OM VOU.' 1 CAN HEAR IT TICKING. I 1 icrMWvj:. I i'm sick of this.T-sick wav down deep inslde.7 PRODUCE THAT WATCH. OR I'LL SERGEANT THAT LITTLE. II CaENTLtMAsN IS INNOCENT T. U. t Pat C A riaht rsr4 Coot lS7 K)f'f4 ff We1 ct. c ARE VOU GOING TO PERMIT THAT RUFFIAN TO TORTURE. HIM ? But; hits GOT ( IT'- i CANt r-?b IT.' 'I I I j -7-i iTr . ' CSS. c Poao TX N Y "WAT'H. LgTCCgAM ll fi R p ou 2 canal )( pght VsiSwmffim V vA A PCJPTAGE OUT. New Lgr '& err Vl5 W'g 1 CWvVS-R By Walt Kelly -eiTTlM' V KO -VI AKO PLAN TO &0.& M05S WAIT fOtZ t ANP SOT A MQVei CH HiM. C i amp owe Are Woody Sours B 3 f I I f m iff Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid of their respective parties. It s spring, and he elections are coming up in a couple of weeks. It should be an interesting session to watch. Looks as though there will be some hot races. How much hot ir will there be? As much as usual? We'll have to wait and see. But from past experience, the prognosis is r poor. It would b nice to have tome real issues come up, things which cart be accomplished. So often the campaign issues are of the type that breed hot air . . . just plain bull. There are som things which students cannot possibly accomplish. For instance, it's nice for a candidate to be in favor of higher salaries for professors. This is fine, but what can any candidate, hope to accomp lish? That is something that the State Legislature must handle, and from the news releases, we know that the University is solidly behind this measure. So what is any student candidate going to do about it? Another good platform point is this business of student "morale." What's going to be done? Noth ing concrete has come out in any of the platforms so far, for it is too early in the campaign to blow all the ammunition. But will anything concrete ever come out? Will there eVer be a workable, feasible plan presented? And even more important, if such plan should present itself, will it ever be carried out? Sometimes we get suckered into voting for a candidate because he says a lot of fancy things and makes a lote cf high -faluting promises. Some times we look back over the year at election time and have occasion to wonder just what the student officers of the year have done. Sometimes we can't think of a thing. A moment of recollection brings to mind some chatter about the honor system in Last year's cam paign. Seems as though some sort of commission was going to be set up to work with the honor coun cils in. an endeavor to strengthen their position on the campus. There was talk that the honor system was not respected by the students as it should have been. Hew about it? Anybody krvow of such a com mission? No, I don't think so. I know of one, of a sort, but it was not conceived by any af last year's candidates, nor of this year's ettVier. W a sly sort of thing, for the present, but there is hope that it will ev&ttually be possible to bring it out into the open and give the students a say-so. Of course, this was just one issue, but I don't know of anything that's been done to give the hon orvsystem a boost this year! Seems like it has taken a turn for the worst instead. But at the time, it sounded nice. Let's look some more. Last spring one of the parties had an interest ing item on its platform, the members of this party were campaigning on the idea of getting the swim ming pool open before exams. Ain't that wonder ful? Of course, his was just one issue in a plank containing more than 10 issues, but really And another . . . rebates at the Book Ex. liar! And another . . . parking lots? - And yet another . free student directories? And many more. fois is net to say that a lor of good is accom plished by ill this, but what of the "none-such"' platform statements; I.e., statements propciine things which can't be fulfilled. Naturally, it's hard to look at a person and hear him tell you about all the wonderful things he's going to do and be able to decide if he'll really be able to carry them out. This is a very important thing, though, for if we can't know that the people involved are going to act positively, or at all. on the issues in their platforms, it invalidates our campus election procedure. To be brutally frank, we have nothing but popu larity jcontests. Let's have a good, clean race this time, without all the senseless and meaningless accusations and retractions, name-calling and mud-slinging. Let's have practical issues, and let elect people who are 1 going to give us what they promise. And we've all got pretty good ideas about what can be done and what can't. -4 - Perhaps school officials want to regulate park ing so thftir shabby cars won't be outshone by pupils' resplendent ones. The Raleigh News and Observer. i
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