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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1958 FAGS TWO THt DAILY TA Hfftl i. , - - Back To The Cradle Friday, the Dean of Women's office re-le.i-.rd .1 set of inks for freshman women, whieli would take effect in the fa!!. Yester day, it was learned tli.it these rules had not been linalied. which means 'perhaps there is ;p diaiue of picvcntin.; their taking elleet. The Women's Residence Council will pro bably consider these changes in their meet ing Tuesday cening. They might reconsider and negate these ridings. When t hey consider these rides, which they humiliated, they might start by asking the question of uhy are rules made. They 'might find that the answer to this is either to conect something that is wrong at present or punent something wrong in the future. To the first possibility, one must ask the question what is wtong at present. Are t he current Ireshman women not living up to their academic responsibilities? Are they conducting themselv.es socially in a manner that would put the school in a bid light in the state and nation? Do they have at the present time moie problems than other coeds? Do manv of them lease school be cause of the lack of restrictions or lack of adequate guidance? Are manv unable to ac cept the responsibility for self government that is placed iqxui them? The answer to all these questions is "NO". 1'ieslimau dining the past three years hae bad as gMd grades as their sophomoie and junior c ountei parts. Some of them had bel ter grades as freshmen than they had as juniors. 1 he net upshot it that freshman "ills seem to be ;,ble to carrv out their aca demic tcsponsihilities despite the supposed eil imitations accompanied by fieedom. Sociallv lieshman gills hae not demon strated that they are unable to handle their ficcdom. Not all have been perfect models ol ladies shue the time that Ireshmen wo men lurve been admitted to the rniersity, but pe l haps as gie.it a percentage of trans leis hae neglected the lespomibility of their new lound lieedom because they hae not been schooled in the ways of Iteedoin. The; Ireshman gills as juniors hae almost to the person conducted themseUes commcndablv ; t all times. The picscnt coed has really no moie pio blenis than oilier cckcIs. and it has happen ed in at least one c . e that this editor knows that counselling by a person who is not cap able has led to tumble lot a Ireshman wo- Rules but only received $1250. She said that she had, however, high hopes that a workable counseling system could be arranged under this bud get. She pointed out that although the admissions standards would remain for women at the same high level thev are now, the greater influx of Coed No argument such as that of the neigh- (Continued From Page Jj boring schools bearing the same type oE s tiu lights out hours at 11:30 p.m. rules for a long period 'of time will hold apply to both first semester fresh weight. Since Carolina has in itself an equ man coeds and second semester allv long tradition of freedom and equality. Freshman coeds, who have not at good if there is some greater and more far tained a C average, good if there is some greater an dmore far Miss- Carmichael also added that reaibing ournose to be served, but the ad- there wiU h a certain amount of ministration of rules which would return SCIlior in the new of freshmen women necessitated the student res.xmsibilitv to spoon feeding and Spenc Dormitory with the fresh-- change' in rules, excessive paternalism are no such purpose. , Putting aH Lillian shannonhouse, were neces- ' .ti l , , a fshman girls into one dormitory sary t0 provide the means of ad- As it stands now the Ireshman women stand made the probIem of administrating jt ,or first year students. She to benelit greatly from the companionship the new ies" easier.' as-wen as said the program would be that they may have with other girls. It gives providing a means for effecUve both healthful and scholastically them the opportunity that not many girls counseling of tiie new students. beneficial to students, and perhaps in the area have to mature easily and natur- She explained that she had asked would start them on the road to good al without burdensome restriction being for $2200 for counseling services, study habits while in college. . i i .i. i l .. pi.iccu on men imcnv C 1 1 f ouence women in wppqsmon ever, tney vvui unaouotecuy ' De Preview They AAacJe -The Mews man. '1 he idea of counselors is good, if the Dean ol Women can get the type that can do a lespousible job. With an inadequate budget, this may be dillic ult. Had counsel ing is b lar worse- than no counseling. It has been pointed out befote by lione other than the Dean of Wonjcn that the chop out rate ho Itcshman coeds is negligi ble, hence coeds leave school for neither in adequate guidance nor inadequate resttie tioiis and supei y ision. (teueralK. Ireshmen women haye accept ed the i cspousibilits of self government to ' suc h an e xtent that it is probable that they could do with considerably fewer rules lathei than more. I his is pel haps a tiibute to the adminis tration of admissions for Ireshman yvomen. Dean ol Wome n ' Katherine Cartnic havl has said that these same higo standards will be u-tained eyen il the epiota goes up. It is com mendable thai these standards will be kept up, and this keeping of .standards yvill obviate- the necessity ol iiuieasingly strict so cial tides. 1'iiK outside of the admission standauls, one can tell that these mles are unnecessary. I low doc, a scientist test an hypothesis? He expei iments under controlled conditions with A limited number of subjects. Over the past several years, the freshmen women haye been or should haye been sub jects tot the experiment of lieedom for en te iing coeds. I hese coeds weie lew in num bci and their reaction to haying lieedom could be caielully measincd. As can be seen by what has been said heie in the first lew paiagraphs. the expeiiment woikcd and the subjects piolitcd. As a scientist would icaet. the Dean ol Women's olliec should hae leaded and should in 1 1 1 1 u have advised the Women's Residence Council that the test was a suc cess, and lh.it lieshman women can cope with fieedom. Instead both gioups, seemingly blind to the facts, st ilted out on a course which could wreck the progiess low.ud student tespou sibilitv that lias already been made. Carolina coeds should be proud of the freedom which they possess. They should not want to destroy it because Of fears that the students in the future will not be able to handle it. They should realie that if year after vear of fresh men have been able to handle their responsibility the next year's can do the same. If they don't then there is always the opportunity to change the rules. There is some merit in one of the Dean of Women's proposals. This was in the striv ing to eepialie freshman nurses rules with other coed rules. The drie just was made in the wrong direction, for freshman nurses on the example of other freshman coeds might be able to handle the same type of lieedom just as easily. College should be a place where students can prepare for life as well as for a job. The greater amount of responsibility one can gic to the student, the better the institution is pie pa ring him or her to meet the resjxui sibilities he will haye as a free individual. The greater amount of responsibilities one can give to a fieshman coed, the more able she will be to meet the responsibilities of the more dillic ult work in the upper classes. The coeds have demonstrated their capa bilities by haying a grade average that is equal to their work on the junior and sen ior years. This cannot be eyen matched by the men. There is an overt iding reason also. The university should have sway over academic lite of the student, but to have control over the social life of a student is to impress a set of social mores on the student that he might be unwilling to bear. Social stancbvids are relative. Social stand ards should not be legislated, but if the uni veisitv wanted to decrease the social life of the student, be it freshman coed or other, it could with a good deril. more imagination than the Women's Residnicc. Council or the Dean of Women has shown. This could simply be clone by raising acacleinie stand aids and requiring more of the student. T homas jellersoii once said. " That govenv ment which' governs least, governs best." The Dean ol Women's office and the Wo men s KcsKlciK e (..ouncil might hear that in mind Tuesday night. Former Freshmen Knock Coed Rules Tin: official Mudent publication of the.Publka linn P.na rd of the Uni- ,rrsity of North Caro- , f lina. where it is pub- Iihcd daily except Monday and c-xamina tion and vacation pe- i. ChapTlOU nods and s ej in me r terms. Kntcmt as .sec ond class matter in the office in Chapel Hill. N. C under the Act of March 8. 1870. .Subscription rates; mailed, $4 per year, $2.50 a semester; cK- Vt'e t.f llw yivrrvily Norlh Carolina . v.l.i(h firvC oiwm-I rt loor . irt . Jan, wiry livcred, $0 a year, $3.50 a semester. Of some fifteen women, vviio cither are or were freshmen at the university, all responded negative ly to the proposed rules changes for freshmen wo men. Only two of the fifteen polled reported having any lower grades as freshmen than they currently carry as sophemoes juniors, and seniors. The comments ranged from some that were clear ly unprintable to logical accounts of what thcae students felt was wrong with these new regulations. Frances Reynolds, former president of the Wo men's Athletic Association commented: "I don't like it. By having the samerules as upperelassmcn, a girl can become more mature. Some girls who have to abide under stricter rules have been affected the wrong way. High schools have had rules, and have n't developed any larger sense of responsibiliy. Some junior transfers have more of a tendencj' to abuse privileges than tho.se who have been under fewer restrictions at the beginning. I learned mare being in a dorm with upperelassmcn than I feel I could have learned otherwise." Marcia McCord said about these rules thai she had never been in closed study hours but that she didn't "think they would work." "Any disciplinj should be self discipline. Women should learn how t study and be able to study their own hours, ill is hard to be in dorms and have to stay in when others can go out. There arc advantages in being together with other classmen in gaining maturity. Another point a gainst the new regulations is that sororities demand the attendance of vvemen at cer tain functions. If the new mles took effect women would be unable to attend these functions." Becky Manos commented: I think the new rules are terrible. The girl who enters as a freshman are hand picked and interested in studying. College freshmen should be mature enough to handle their responsibilities, segregation is not a good idea, in that it makes freshmen seem different from upper elassmcn. I entered as a pharmacy student and al though I know it's good to know girls in other fields. This helps to increase friendships and interests." J ey tayne had this to pay about the proposed rule change: "The whole thing is ridiculous. Fresh man girls don't need aid in studying. They are oM enough to form their own study habits, and I feel sure they would do better without study hours an I lights out. I am inclined to think they would study less under the new system. These rules would set them apart and will make it hard for them to be come a part of Carolina." Editor: We the undersigned coeds,-majoring in chemistry, bacteriology and zoology; enrolled in graduate school in one of the sciences; en rolled in medical technology, wish to give our reactions to the news item "New Freshman Girls to Get Stiffer Rules" which appeared in today's Daily Tar Heel. We feel that the "stiffer" rules for new freshman women are un just and totally uncalled for. That the rules are totally uncalled for is implied in the news item itself: "Dean of Women Katherine K. Carmichael, when questioned about the present rate of dropping out or transferring to other courses among women students already enrolled at .the University, said the rate is presently negligible, but that no forecast can be made for the future." We say that there is no reason to assume that an in crease in numbers of freshman women on this campus next year will carry with it a lessening of personal and social responsibility witliin this group. Some of us came to the Univer sity as freshman; others of us transferred to the University from other institutions, but in the past we have all beeu justly proud of the degree of freedom and re sponsibility which the University of North Carolina lias granted stu dents of both sexes. We have ap preciated the fact that , the Uni versity, has in the past attributed all of its students with having a degree of K-ensfbility and maturity which enables tlvem. to deal with such personal situations as 'form. ' ing effective5 study, habits, ; using their total time efficiently, decid ing where they should live on cam pus and at what hour .they should go to bed each night. J; We who have transferred to this campus from other institutions fully realize that as Dean Car michael has stated: "these rules are nearly standard for freshman women in this area." However, we know that there are areas in which these rules are not by any means standard; for example, they are not standard in many out standing colleges for women in the North, and they are not stand ard in non-college affiliated and in many cases college affiliated medical training centers through out the country. We feel that the University of North Carolina is taking a backward step in adopt ing the out-moded rules of nearby institutions. Many of us attended Woman's College, which was cited in the news item, and have for sometime felt the rules of that institution to be badly in need of revision. We wish to point out, however, that the situation at Woman's --f- College is not comparable to the situation here. Even under the new entrance examination system stu dents entering Womans College as freshman are a much less select group than women students enter ing the University. The students rntring here must not only pass examinations but are also subject to careful interviews during which they are examined on such im portant points as motivation, in terests, plans for the future. For very practical reasons the rules proposed by our representa tives on Women's IU'sidcn,'e Coun cil are unjust to many of the wom en students who will be here as freshman next year. For example, we. wonder whether or not mem bers of the Women's Residence Council have ever tried to walk from Wilson Hair or the Medical School over to Spencer for lunch ' on either rainy or a sunny day and then dash back over to Wil son or the Medical School for a lab the next hour. We who eat lunch in Lenoir Hall cal barely perform this feat in an hour. We realize that the plan will be rea sonablely convenient for plmrmacy students and that the students in medical technology, dental hygi ene, and physical therapy will not have as many courses in science during their first year here as they will have other years; -how- pursuing courses in general chem istry and introductory, zoology, and this will require their presence in Venable and Wilson several times a week for lecture and lab. More over, those in dental hygiene w ill have eoursesat the Dental School. ' We contend that it would be much more convenient and time saving for these students to live in Carr, Whitehead ,or even Smith; and we see no reason for their isola tion as a group. The news item did not clearly state that the students would be confined exclusively to the dormitory during their evening study period; but if this is the case, we should like to inquire as to when they will be permitted to use the libraries since they will have labs in the afternoons? Even at Woman's College one is granted the privilege of studying in the library. We also feel that by forcing these students to live in Spencer and ht-nce pay for meals in Spencer dining hall the Wom en's. Residence Council has in ef fect taken away the right of these students to eat with their friends of both sexes whenever and wherc ever they choose and hence has taken away a right which aids in their making better social adjust- ments on campus. In closing we wish to ask how these rules for a very small and select group of women students ; can be proposed and ; ehejerfuUy endorsed by several official sources as being in effect ' Quite Helpful" 'when in appears ,that no one has considered the need , for . a similar set of rules to restrict ;'and govern the activities: of -Kxsh-;:Wan men. For; as isithe ease. 'with 'jthe girls at Woman's College, these ' boys - do , not . undergo such careful selection procedures as a personal interview , and speciil testing, designed to measure moti vation as weU '. as ability, before "being admitted. Moreover, statis tics . presented in the Daily Tar Heel earlier in the year show that the present rate of drop out is ex ceedingly high for these students especially as compared with' the "presently negligible rate" for women entering as freshman con cerning which "no forecast can be made for the future." Jo Ann Atkins Nancy Collins Mary Ben Harris Margaret Ann Smith Victoria Gause Flo Davenport Dot Llneberry Mary' Frances Collins Anne WhiUock Anthony Wolff PETITES DRAMATIQUES The second and final perform ance of "Antigone" will be given tonight in Gerrard Hall at 8 p.m. Admission is free, and open to all. AFTERNOON TELEVISION 1:30-Channel -"Romeo and Juliet" This is the 1954 English film version, starring Lawrence Har vey and Susan Shentall. Shakes peare seems to translate badly in to the film medium; but the at tempt is usually interesting, and the poetry regains the effect which it loses to silent reading and class room pedantry. 3:0O-Channel 2-See It Now Edward R. Alurrovv narrates a 90-minute examination of the threat sed to human survival by radioactive fallout produced in tests of nuclear weapons. It becomes increasingly obvious with each new development in the arms race and in the devising of new and more powerful weapons, that the most important legal, moral, and scientific question of our time is bound up in the com plex business of nuclear weapons. This program may well give the American people the information which will lead to the intelligent decision possible under the cir cumstances. 4:30-Channel 2-Twentieth Century "F. D. R.: Third Term to Pearl Harbor" covers the year and a half in American history from June, 19W to December iWl. EVENING TELEVISION 7:30-Channel 4-Heritage ;'' Tonight's program is devoted to "The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls,". These ancient Hebrew writings, predating the Bible, con stitute one of the great archaeologi cal finds of all time. ' 8:00-Channel 2-Ed Sullivan The usual three-ring circus again, with Nat King Cole and British Comedienne Joyce Gren fell as the main attractions. 8:00-Channel 5-Steve Allen Jayne and Audrey Meadows, jazz singer Carmen McRae, and pro fessional idiot Dody Goodman join the regular crew, 9:00-Channel 5-Dinah Shore The Mary Kaye Trio is the most notable attraction in a shovv which also features comedian Eddie Bracken and Eve Arden. Miss Shore will probably ' continue to impersonate a precocious sixteen-' year-old until she dies of old age. y:0J-Cliannel 11-Sid Caesar Mr. Caesar's considerable genius runs hot and cold, but even, when he is not brilliant, he manages to be more amusing than any other comedian on television. Complaint Dept. Mr. Gans: Until you have something sensi ble to say (and we doubt that you ever will), how about putting the comics back on your so-called edi torial page. II. Harrison Braxton, Jim Single ton, James B. Malcolm, Louise Robertson, J. L. Fernell, B. B. Parce, M. G. Smith, M. W.Smith. K. T. Hull, Robert Mason Wilkins and Frank E. Martin. Davis Young The following students were admitted to the Order of the Grail on Thursday morning for' possessing truth, courage, friendship and service. NEIL BENDER of PollocksvUle is a former secretary of the Interdormitory Counci,, a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-med fraternity, a self-help student and an outstanding scholar. WAYNE BISHOP of Greenville is one of the most outstanding athletes enrolled at the University, currently starting his second year as president of the Carolina Athletic Association and a member of the Honor Council. RALPH CUMMINGS is from Raleigh and is the vice president elect of the student body. He has also been chairman of the Elections Board, chairman of the Student Traffic Committee, a member of the Student Legislature, a member of the President's Committee and a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. . RUDY EDWARDS of Rutherfordton is the president elect of the IDC, former president of his dormitory, a member of the Student Party, a member of the Student Legislature and a member of the University Dance Committee. DOUG EISELE is from Statesville. He was employed by the Uni versity News Bureau last year' and came to work in the fall of '57 as managing editor of The Daily Tar Heel. He became editor after the fall recall election-. He is a member of the IJcta Psi fraternity. AL GOLDSMITH is from Lincolnton and a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. He is currently running for Student Body President and has served as treasurer of the Carolina Symposium, floor leader of the Student Legislature and a member of the University Party. LEON HOLT from Julian is president of his dormitory, a former member of the Elections Board, a member of the Student Legisla ture, Alpha Phi Omega, a Morehead Scholar and has served as a counselor for Freshmen Camp and Orientation. CHARLIE HUNTINGTON is a member of Chi Psi fraternity and chairman of the Honor System Commission. He has "been a counselor for Freshmen Camp and Orientation. He served as chairman of the Publicity Committee of the Carolina Symposium and is formerly a member cf the Attorney General's Staff and. the Student Legislature. LARKIN KIRKMAN from High Point is president of the Wesley Foundation and a former chairman of the Foreign Exchange Student Committee. He has also been in the Student Legislature and chair man of the YMCA Program Committee. He is a Morehead Scholar. DENTON LOTZ is from Northport, N. Y, He has been very active in the Baptist Student Union, the Student Party, Student Legislature and is a member of Phi Eta Sigma. He is a brother of basketballer Danny Lotz, who is also in the Grail. DICK ROBINSON from Greensboro, is a member of the Fi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He is a former president of Phi Eta Sigma and served as, assistant chairman of the Carolina Symposium's Publicity Committee. He has been in the Student Legislature and on the Ori entation Committee. He is on a Morehead Scholarship and is current-, ly Assistant Attorney General of the Student Bcdy. JOHNNY WHITAKER is a member of the Deta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and treasurer elect of the Senior Class. He is curreml; serving his, second term as Business Manager of The Daily Tar Heci. . PAUL WOODARD is president of hist dormitory, a member of the IDC, Intra-Murals chairman of the: IDC, a member of the Student Party and a member ef the Student Legislature. As the week drew to a close there-was still cne very important election to be settled two days hence. Don Furtado (SP) and Al Gold smith (UP) were up for president of the Student Body in a special runoff election. ., , Furtado is Speaker of the Student Legislature, "vice presided, of the Student Body, former president of the Sophomore Class and a former member of the Graham Memorial Activities Board. He is a member cf the Order of the Grail." rf Goldsmith's past record and qualifications were listed as part of the Grail section of this column. The Week also saw the start of a new administration for The Daily Tar Heel under the leadership of editor Curtis Gans. Current ly serving on the staff are Managing Editor Charlie Sloan, News Editor Paul Rule, Assistant News Editor Bill Kincaid and Featun; Editor Davis Young. . Also: Business Manager John Whitaker, Advertising Manager Fred Katzin, Sports Editor Dave Wible, Assistant Sports Edit-T Rusty Hammond and Editorial Assistant Whit Whitfield, Barry Win ston and Ed Rowland. ' This week another event came to UNC campus. The first fine arts festival brought to the UNC, campus speakers from the arc;;, as well as the sidewalk are show and Beaux Arts Ball. Responsible for this unique event was Eleanor Brawley, assistant director of Graham Memorial, Mary Moore Mason, chairman of the Recreation Committee of Graham Memorial Activities Board, and the newly formed University Art League. The big social feature of the weekend was the 'street dance ar ranged by the Merchant's Association. Ty Boyd of WCHL and Milton Julian of Milton's Clothing Cupboard. YoUKNOwUWatI OUR TEAM LACKED LAST YEAR? 3 Z j It, lTLACkS)CSSAN!ZAT10N.' UJELL.m'5 YEAS IT'S 60IN6 TO BE DIFFERENT! rnrc If. T 11 - H I VE W2ITTEN DOWN THE NAME OF EACH PLAYER AND WHAT POSITION HE PLAYS. AND I VE ATTACHED THE PAPERS TO J tTA CUP-BOAKD. IF THAT ISN'T ORGANIZATION, 1 DON I fCNOU WHATISi uu Z O O O a. - f HM!f-A JOB LIKE THAT THEM NEW PEOPLE" WONT A I TAKES WILLINGNESS TO Rl ( QjO BACK T "ReVRADISE. PARK? 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