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SATURDAY, APRIL 19,
Columnists
Ii h.is been .1 philosophy of tlits editor that
the word "'oh( me" is Milijc c t to many de
finitions, .nid th.it no one definition would
s.itisfy .mvone.
Moreoxer, it his lccn the policy of this
c j I i tor to let those who are writing regular
tolumm lor The Daily Tar Heel have any
leeuav in subject matter and presentation,
pioxided it did not h .ingress the law of lib
el. A column which appealed in xesterclay's
newspaper has caused at least a little re
ex. dilation mi the pan ol the editor. It is ap
parent that i) the siudent body has a del inite
sciisibilitx in ceitaiu areas, and .) that some
columnists haxe not as xct had the ability to
uconie their lespniisihility to the sensibil
ities of othels.
On the basis the ic iction drawn by the f
column in question, the beuelit derixed by t
the indix idu.il's learning a sense of resjHUisi- I
minx pist does not ccpiate with tlie injured 1
sensibilities ol manx cither people.
1 he le-exaluatiou will produce ceitaiu re
sults. From this time lorth the editor will ev
en ie a certain debtee ol censorship (hoxv
exc i odious that wid may sound) on 'the ma
teiial submitted bx the tegular columnists.
A lesson has been learned bx more than
one.
Council: Take Note
Thursday nijit the Student Legislature
passed a tesolution saving in ellect that it
does 1 1 c ippioxe of the new coed i ejulat ions
pioposed bx the Women's Residence Coun
cil. I luis. the entirety of the student body,
x ia its icpieseiitatixe leadership, has east its
sax against the u sti ic tixeness and disc riinina
toix natuie of the new coed regulations.
I he Women's Uesitlcne e Council should
lake these into e.itclul consideration. They
piobablx should st.nt with the most restric-
Variations
Gail Godwin
Somewhere or other on this
very campus are some very im
portant people. They may be im
portant already. They may still
be anonymous to everybody but
their closest friends. They buy
Disc Jockeys, News Flash, Coed Rules
AndlheOtganizSlonMan'
Whit Whitfield
Short on laughs?
Then -why not tune in to one of the Durham
text books every semester, eat racj0 stations some afternoon. All of the deejays
three time a day. and xveaken in fashion themselves comedians, and since the rec-
purposc like the rest of us when 0rds are all alike, the humor, even when poorly at-
spring conws. tempted, is a refreshing relief.
In fact they are very similar 0ne DJ closed out his show recently with, "Stay
to ordinary human beings. Their tuned for the news at 55 and the Ken Carpenter
only difference is that they are show whjch follows on-most of this same station,"
going somewhere. They are going and "portions of this show were on film."
to do something. The are artists. 0ne local station with 'no network affiliation in-
What makes terrupts its records with spot "news flashes" about
auto wrecks in Los An
geles or some other re
mote spot. The humor
here lies in the fact that
no one listening to a
thousand watt station
scarcely heard beyond
the county line is inter
ested in auto accidents in
California. But this does
i an artist? (By
. artist, it is
i meant here any-
one xvho contri
butes something
of his own
to the rest
of us. It may
be a play, ,a
story, an ideal; It may be some
thiag else xve haven't even be
come aware of yet. Different
1 "V
add a touch of profes
sionalism to the program
Reaction To Yardley Column
lights out and closed study
the liist step in rec onsiclera-
tixe rules the
1 emulations, as
lion.
'Flu x should look pat ticulat lx at these
idles, because these mote than anything else
aie conttaiv to the spit it ol the I'nixersitx,
the lac ts; .md the will ol the majority of the
I'nixersitx.
I hex should .1 Nc take brief stoc k of the
othet lulcs which could alloicl to be clone
awav with, in the hope that modifications
ran be made to the other j emulations.
'I lux should take counsel not onlx with
the Dean ol Women's ollice and the School
ol Nuisinm. but with the entile campus.
I he Women's Residence Council has with
in its powei the chance of building a nexv
load ol licedom lor the fieshinan nurses
without inhibiting the other freshman coeds.
I hex haxe an oppotluuity lor courage
hich has not been .u ,ii l.ihlc to other coun
cils in. the- past. Flux haxe the chance- to re
sist .; tiend towaids the e oiisei x at ix e, the
usti ie tixe. and the discriminatory.
I he I'nixeisitx his been proud ol its' heri
tage ol student 1 espoiisibilitx . heedom. and
initiatixe. The Council should look to these
la toi s. to 1 he l ie is. and to the c oiinscl of the
iii.i'jontx ol the campus be lore making an mi
le m t unate dee isi u.
The Speech
Doll I Hindu's State of the Campus address
was one ol the- better speeches ol the xear. It
pinpointed sexeral aieas ol inquiry and re
lusecl to dode isues.
I'romjhe- new .pi eside-nt's start, it looks as
il the Caiolina student body is in lor a pro
fitable year.
A Good Change
Fhe Women's Residence Council rcxersed
an cailier decision and decided to allow an
open clise ussioii of the new coed regulations.
I his is a c hane to be hailed, lot the Coun
cil has liu; !lx ;;mir on record as beiiej; for
open discussion latjici than prohibiting the
inteiplax ol ideas.
"I he session, to be held Tuesday ni:;ht,
ouht to be prolitable lor both the partici
pants and the Council and ouc;ht to help the
Council make a wise decision.
people have voiced their opinions the wire service machines are even heard in the
of the artist, his purpose, why background.
he is an artist. During our perusal of THE ORGANIZATION
1 came across two rather pre- MAN by William II. Whyte, Jr., we came across
cise observances in the course of a very quotable quote for which we thought we
one evening. One by Albert Cam- might find a utilitarian purpose (maybe build a
us. the other by the Cinema sec- column around it), but not beig able to do so, in
tion of Time magazine. Camus, desperation we throw it out for your acceptance
when asked what he thought tlie for what purpose you will.
place of the artist in society It goes as follows (and in answer to a question,
should be, replied that the artist it Is not directed at the School of Business Admin-
of today was not necessarily a istration): "Once the uneducated could have the
champion of social movements, humility of ignorance. Now they are given degrees
rather he was someone who felt and put in charge, and this delusion of .learning
and recorded the thoughts and the will produce consequences more critical than the
hopes of the man who xvould oth- absence of it."
erwi be without hope since he
had no voice.
Time magazine, on the other
hand, xvas doing a sketch of Aca
demy Award winner Alec (face
less) Guinness whose screen pres
ence has been described as sort
of a "relentless search for an
identity, a serious and gifted pur
suit of the whole." Says Time,
"the essence of such an art as
its humanity . . . he Guinness l
can interpret a specifically mod
ern sort of hvro - the man, who
is not meant o conquer the world
but to battle within himself."
Camus winds up his views on
artists (found in Exile and the
Kingdom' by ' saying that, al
though the artist at one time or
another enjoys being thought of
as "apart frorruexerybody else,"
he Is really in the middle of hu
manity. He has become their
voice and he must speak.
So it xvould seem that all artists
have one 'thins in common. Tlvey
are seeking the answers whether
to life, to people, to "the mas
ses", or maybe to themselves.
And. if they don't give up but
keep looking behind every smiling
face and behind every half-heard,
half-uttered hope of the man with
out a voice, they will find what
they are looking for. The essence
of humanity. And then they will
be caught in the center and will
have to spend the rest of their
lives and most of their waking
hours being the "voice" that hu
manity must have. They will be
trapped, in a sense; tlu-y will be
"being used"; but they will b?
artists. And when they are old,
tliye can say like Tennyson's Uly
sees that thvy have accomplished
the feat "to strive, to seek, to
find, and not to yield."
It is interesting to feel the pre
sence of some of these seekers
and to fancy that they have walk
ed the same sidewalks and waked
to the same bell that wc all
have, will keep walking and wak
ing and looking and then they
will plunge into us - into humani
ty - and we will hear their names
praised. Our maybe we won't. At
any rate, they will be artists - if
thty don't give up the search be
fore they get there.
Replies from Carroll Hall will be acknowledged.
This column would like to offer a salute (of the
well-deserved xariety).to the guardians of our
safety, the Chapel Hill Police Department, who are
by far the best ticket-taggers in the world, and it
is for this reason that 'we should be justly proud.
Time and again they have shown their remark
able dexterity with pencil and paper. For instance,
just this past Thursday we received a ticket for
parking at the dental clinic scarce a dozen feet
from a big black and white sign which read,
"PARKING FOR PATIENTS AND VISITORS." And
we are a patient (grammar?), and have been for a
year and a half. Not only this, but we haxre been
parking in this space for months and have never
seen a ticket of any kind.'
' Determined to find a policeman in hopes that he
might enlighten ais concerning the why's and where
fore's, we immediately went to the combination
City Hall, Police Headquarters, Fire Department,
and what-have-you building in order to find one.
Unfortunately they were all out, and we assumed
that they were chasing robbers and tagging cars
(the latter is an excellent hobby for policemen).
The secretary or ticket-taker provided us with the
information we needed however, and was very po
life about it all. ,
It seems that the police are afraid that students
will use these spaces designated for patients and
visitors as private 'parking lots (which isn't a bad
idea), and that as a stop-gap all student cars are
awarded tickets for using these spaces, UNLESS
a note is placed on the windshield explaining why
you are there and with whom you have an appoint
ment. This much needed information is not con-
taincd on the sign which unequivocally states,
"PARKING FOR PATIENTS AND VISITORS." Our
hats are off and our wallets out to the Boys in Blue.
God Bless 'em!
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Editor:
This letter is written to you in
regard to the article on the edi
torial page of Afril 16 about the
absence of comic strips. The main
reason that people read the cooriic
strips is because they are full
of humor. This article was about
the unfunniest that I have ever
read. If there was something else,
in the editorial pagtx besides
trash, people would be interested
in reading it.
Another article that was also
"very humorous' was on the
front page of this mornings news
paper. I believe that the swim
ming team can get along very
well without the help of a mus
erat. I believe that some of the Tar
heel staff has been watching Kap
tain Kangroo too often. He has
affected .some of the students'
minds. ,
Iasac Iiern(rla
Editor:
The Daily Tar Heel and the
Carolina campus are indeed lucky
to have such an authority as
Jonathan Yardley to explain the
miracle of birth to them.
We xvere gratified to pick up
the paper this morning at break
fast time and to find a veternar
ian's eye view and blow by blow
account of the birth of the xvri
ter's eight puppies, "three of
them . . brown, three . . black,
and three spotted". I could
have sworn that three times three
equaled nine.)
As Mr. Yardley finally sagely
Iear Mr. Yardley:
I have just a short message
for you. I wouldn't want to waste
your time, as I realize you must
spend a great deal of it writing
valuable articles for The Daily
Tar Heel. It just appears to me
that your last rticLe 011 the
birth of xour dogs was a bit ex
cvssive. Was it necessary to
write such a crude, rude and un
attractive account of the birth
of cloys. Is it really justifiable to
compare such an account xvith a
woman's childbirth? Also can
not women be placed on a slight
ly higher level?
-Mr. Yardley, I suggest that be
fore you make any more pro
tound comments, like the last
one in your article. . you learn a
bit more about what you write,
before you describe it so vulgarly.
Name withheld by request
Dear Mr. Yardley:
We have read your column
these two weeks with increasing
amazement at your naivete. You
have "discovered" Winne- the-
Pooh Aie you merely unaware
of the fact that a sizeable seg-
ment of the adult poplation have
been reading A. A. Alilne for
years without feeling even the
mildest embarrassment?), ana
lysed the Beat Generation (How
many hours of concentrated study
prompted your use of the adjec
tives "confused and insecure?'),
solved the world's problems,
(what flight of inspired genius
produced the slogan "Why not
think before you vote?" and ex
plained an important facet of
human behavior 'People are gulli
ble, both singly and in groups,
Mr. Yardley, as is evidenced by
the fact that your column con
tinues to appear in the Daily
Tar Heel).
Until this morning, we have
ben content to endure your use
of the , editorial page as a verbal
teething ring. At first glance
this article would appear to be
more of the same thing - "J.
Yardley witnesses -the Miracle of
Birth" but it passes the limits
of "adult" discussion, becoming
objectionable in its extreme poor
taste. It is our opinion that bet
ter use could, be made of the
space, occupied rby your column -perlfaps
by - someone who is
more, mature.
Jcanette Hornsby
Deborah Sink
Mary Lggett Browning.
announces. "As I watched Nicky
ive birth to her litter. . . .' I
can only xvonder why womankind
needs so much help," we see that
it is obvious that he has a first
hand knowledge of the perils of
having both babies and puppies.
No doubt he has interviewed
scores of dogs and - has gone
through at least three years, of
med school and completely under
stands the workings of both canine
and human body and emotions.
After reading 15 of the 21
column inches dedicated to such
intimate details of the little dog's
birth pangs that I wondered whe
ther I was reading a true con
fession magazine for dogs who
had gone astray or the latest is
sue of the veternarian's manual,
1 xvaited with bated breath for tlie
ultimate truth .that our own pun
dit. Mr. Yardley, would reveal to
us. However, I found that he
orly fcels that women should
produce babies with all the ap
lomb and ease xvith which dogs
produce puppies. Just think Mr.
Editor, what would happen to the
Maltsusian theory if all women
were as polifie as Mr. Yardley's
little Nicky.
I also wonder if our worthy
columnist realizes what a high
mortality rate there usexl to be
for .both women and their babies
before expectant molhers were
as he sneeringly says, "oxyidizetl.
ara-
hvdrofienated, sterilified
moniated, and pampered."
And as for Yardley's final state
ment, whether he meant it literal
ly or figuratively, I thing that it
is in completely vile taste, parti
cularly for a newspaper that is
supposedj to povoke student
thought and not just to povoke
students.
Mr. Yardley may feel that I
write this letter as an outraged
female who Iresenfs aspersions
on one 1 of the most prized func
tions of the female sex. But no,
this is not the purpose of this let
ter. Good editorials may xvell be
witten citieizing the moden wo
men for being somewhat pamper
ed along other lines, but I feel
that someone who attempts to
inflict his opinions on others
should first of all write about
something he knows, and I doubt
that Mr. Yardley is qualified to
write about how women should re
produce after merely watching
his dog. Secondly, I feel that the
way someone writes something is
very important, and Mr. Yardley
has been completely out of taste
to the point of being vile. And
thirdly, the student newspaper
should have better material to
fill its 21 valuable inches of edi
torial page than the immature ob
servations of an aspiring Dr.
Kinsey.
Mary Moore Mason
An
A good many people have been expressing opinions of shock
about my last column under the beading of "Postscript." I don't
blame them, and feel I owe an apology to the student body for
it. What I wanted to say and what I said are two entirely dif
ferent things. It was tasteless, arid I will admit it. I hope that I
may have at least a particle cf forgiveness from those who were
offended. ! '
I believe that the matter of the birth of eight puppies is one
which is both interesting and exciting. I believe that in its es
sence there is a good deaPof value to people. I do not believe
that I expressed it very adequately.
I am not accustomed to having to eat my words, but for once
in my life I am more than glad to do so. It is often hard to re
member that, as a columnist, I have a duty towards the readers
cf this paper. Leave it be said that I shall not forget again.
Jonathan Yardley
A Letter To Miller
Editor:
I have heard of and read -editorials
of no meaning before, but
Mr. Miller's column on military
reorganization is undoubtedly the
worst to date.
He states that the Navy does
not want its fleets run by the
Joint Chiefs, as the new plan pro
poses. I suggest that here clieck
the plan. It provides for reducing
the Joint Chiefs to office boys
of the Secretary of Defense.
He also states, without giving
reasons, that the Navy promises
to be hurt most if the reshuffle
takes place.
There are very good reasons
for the Navy's (taking leading
position in any interplanetary
military evolution. Navigation has
long been a function of the Navy,
and its experience with naviga
tion will be of obvious impor
tance when extra-territorial travel
is opened.
The Navy has handled the per
sonnel and leadership require
ments of maintaining organiza
tion on an isolated and often
cramped piece of machinery call
ed a ship, and surely Mr. Miller
can see the worth of this experi
ence and its application to any
future military "space force".
Because each service is speciali
zed in problems and leadership
requirements. - it would be most
wise for persons xvho do not real
ize this or even have the, facts
about the problem they are deal
ing xvith to refrain from com
ment. Cill Franklin
It is with a great deal of grati
fication that I see that the D.T.H.
is polling the student body for
their reaction to the nexv rules for
Freshman Women proposed by
the W'.R.C. and the Dean of Wo
men's office. As a student at the
University and an interested
party, (since all male students
are vitally interested v in xvhat is
happening to their female coun
terparts) I have, since my arrival
here in the fall, been totally un
able to understand the reason for
the extra rules applying to the
female portion of our student :
body.
In the last three-quarters of a
century, practically every nation
in the world has recognized the
equality of men and women. How
adays it is ridiculous . to think
that a women can not compete
successfully on any leel xvith. a
man. The presence of women in
this university is proof enough of
this fact without reference to the
outstanding women m all fields
of endeavor. Why is it, then, that
even though they are allowed only
as a minority at Carolina, they
must also be subject to an unfair
set of rules xvtihout their consent?
think it is a prevalent opinion, '
if not a recognized fact, that wo
men mature faster than men. If
this is so then we men need the
strict rules and not the women n
It is my contention that if a girl
(or for that matter, a boy) does -not
know the difference between
right and wrong by the time she
reaches college, then there is not
too much the college can do
t j teach her. In that case, her
parents have failed, and not the
University. This is :he argument
that we as students here have
used in favor of our high degree
of student freedom. As far as
prevention goes, the University
can not force a girl to study by
closed study hours or segregation
to a special dormitory, nor can
it prevent 'ier from doing any
thing criminal jot immoral by re
quiring her to be in the dormitory
at a certain hour at night and
only permitting her to go home
on certain weekends,
U.N.C. is supposed to be the
leader in the realm of student
freedom and responsibility. Why,
then, do we restrict this freedom
to only the male portion of the
student body? Is it because we
are Victorian enough to believe
that the xvomen can not assume
the responsibility that the men
have? I think nto. If such were
the case, women xvould not be
allowed to vote or participate in
any other campus functions.
What, then, is the reason? If any
one knows, I wish that they xvould
enlighten me.
As for the approval of the new
rules by the majority of the
nursing students, I am sure that
they xvould viewthe situation dif
ferently if they had been allowed
to live under an equal set of
regulations with the men. I am
sure that they would much rather
not be the sheltered, protected
group of girls that the University
regulations require them to be.
All this may sound a little funny
coming from a student that is
not directly " affected by these
rules, howexer, I have found that
this opinion prevails in most of
the male portion of the Univer
sity with which I have talked.
Therefore I see no reason for tlie
rules now in effect, much less
the new rules proposed by the
W.R.C. or the Dean of Women.
Malcolm D. Kemp, Jr.
Column
Editor:
So you propose to provoke
thought. Well, there is just one
thing ;xve would like to know
Do you consider such trash as
that bit by Yodeling Yardley on
puppy birth s thought provok
ing? Do you call that journalism?
We have seen filth. We have
seen trash. We have seen vulgari
ty, but we'd probably have to
go to a sewage disposal or worse
to get a more nauseating feeling
than we did after reading that
garbage.
You may call it thought pro
voking, but we believe the word
revolting might be more, ap
propriate. Excuse us xvhile xve flash.
Mary Alys Voorhees
Joy Pattison
Sue Voigt
P. S. If the Tar Heel is that
hard up for material, why don't
you collect some of the Chapel
Hill dogs & put them to work?
State Of The Campus
Don Furtado
I -
This is the first part of Student Body Presi
dent Don Furtado's address to the Student Legis
lature Thursday night.)
It is with the greatest humility and sense of rt
sponsibility that i accept the great honor and
tremendous challenge which has just been official
ly bestowed upon me. -
I realize that I will never be able to fully ex
press my sincere thanks to my fellow students for
selecting me to serve as President of Our student
body. I can only promise that I shall attempt to
show myself worthy of your confidence.
No matter how sincerely I devote myself to my
duties as President of the Student Body, no matter
how diligently I work to find the solutions to our
problems, without the assitsance of you, the mem
bers of the Student Legislature and every mem
ber of the Carolina student community, the cause
of student government cannot advance. With that
cooperation, however almost nothing is impossible.
FREEDOM
Here at theUiversity of North Carolina, we pos
sess a long tradition of student freedom and re
sponsibility tat is envied by counties universities
throughout the nation and the world. Too often we
forget the tradition, in truth, the obligation, that
we have to those who came and fought before us
to strive to maintain through bur devoted efforts
the unique Carolina concept of student freedom
and responsibility in order that we may all be more
cognizant of the problems which we are going to
encounter next year in our continued battle for
those concepts. I would like to briefly discuss a
few areas in which we must be prepared to take
positive action.
I believe that all of us realize the rapidity with
which our University is expanding. Thirty years
ago, we had 2000 students here. Now, we have 7,
000 students. By 1963, we are expecting to have 10,
000. This expansion brings with it many problems,
for as our size increases, quite logically the nun
ber and scope of the problems of student govern
ment increases.
(To Be Continued) 1'
View 8t Preview
Anthony Wolff.
PLAYMAKERS
The second and last performance of three student-written
one-act plays will begin at 7:30 this
evening in the Playmakers Theatre. Admission is
free, and the audience is invited to comment during
"the. intermissions.
FREE FLICK
Tonight's free flick, presented in Carroll Hall at
7:30 and 10 p.m., is the movie adaptation of a group
of Eugene O'Neill's early
one-act plays; all of them
deal with the sea, and
they . have.' been converted
into a full-length film.
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Columnists
There is an opening in the Edi
torial Department for several coN'
umnists and an editorial carteen-
ist.
A phenomenon known
as the "Beat Generation"
made its debut on this
page last week. The col
umnist who introduced it
i stated that the "Beat Gen
eration" did not exist
that it ' was just a designation hit upon by today's:
youth to excuse their confusion.
Would that this were true that the designation
"Beat Generation" applied only to a fexv young peo
ple who would soon out-grow their problems. Un
fortunately, the phenomenon of being "beat" is a
real and basic characteristic of human existence.
The columnist who so lightly dismissed the con
cern of the self-styled "Beat Generation" for its ow.i
predicament would have done well to refer to that
generation's manifesto. To be sure, the intellectual
voices of the "Beat Generation" have not yet pub
lished their credo as such (although their near re
lations, England's "Angry Young Men" have recent
ly done so; and their French counterparts, as xvell
as the existentialist philosophers from whom they
draw their themes, have been given to much public
speech).
If Jack Kerouac is the current poet laureate of
the "Beat Generation," then John C. Holmes is its.
intellectual apologist. In an article in Esquire early
this year, Holmes discussed at great length the gen
eration's origin, composition, and philosophy.
Holmes' most important declaration was that t.e
"Beat Generation" is a profoundly religious, genera
tion; and so it is, although its religious character; is
evident only to its intellectual spokesmen. "WJien
the hero of On The Road, Kerouac's most succe.sful
novel, is asked why he runs from one part tY; the
country to the other when he is asked to explain
himself he says, "I want God to show me his face."
This is probably the simplest statement of tb e moti
vation behind the seemingly pointless arl some
times negative activities of the most dedicated mem
bers of the "Beat Generation."
This is a religious movement because "rt is dedi
cated to the search for the relationship ii Man to
God, and this search is the business of aH religion.
The active members of the "Beat Generation,"
xvhether they are delinquents, artists, or critics, are
all engaged in some attempt to reconcile the spir
itual with the material.
Every human being is. potentially a member of
the "Beat Generation." Human life itself js, in an
anthropomorphical figure of speech an experiment
in the combination of materiality vyith meaning.
As soon as "the world is too much with us," we
are "beat": at the moment when a human being be
comes conscious of the disparity between the real
and the ideal, he is "beat"; and when this con
sciousness becomes as heightened and universal as
it is rapidly becoming, to modernize Gertrude Stein's
famous baptizing of the. Lost Generation, "we are
all a Beat Generation."
And it should be noted in postscript that bein
"beat" is not merely a stage. What happens is that "
the human organism makes compromises utilizing
psychological mechanisms in the betrayal of its owni
ideals; thus, a person "adjusts" to the pragmatic'
user of this world, sometimes with little difficulty.
This "adjustment" seems to become more and mcre
uneasy. t ajr c
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