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1 ..- jj SATURDAY,. APRIL 16. i9SJ PAGE tWO j THI OAILT TAR HCVL Closed Study Rule Of all the regulations under consideration cur rently by tlie Women's Residence Council, the one regarding closed study is perhaps the most odious and the most unwise. This rule, designating the hours of 8 10:30 on weekdays to he study hours for all freshman coeds, whereby they must remain in their rooms, is the most patent example of distrust in the idea of stu dent responsibility that has come to the University in a long time. A rule .such as this is made because there is a general feeling that at the present time the group, currently not subjected to such rules, is not living up to its responsibility or that the group coming r will not live up to its respi nihility. s In the past the group of freshman women have consistently responded well to the measure of free dom that they possessed. Some have had better averages as first semester freshmen than they have had as juniors and seniors, and their general aver age has been mure often than not higher than the all women average. Moreover, the freshmen have not been noted for wild carousings or out of the ordinary behavior, unless it was out of the ordinary toward the good. There is a question then of whether the rules apply to the future when coeds may not be chosen as carefully. However. the Dean of Women has slated that the standards of admission will be kept up at a high level. This will insure the University of the same high caliber girl that they have had in the past. Designed to create "good study habits."' the rule is of necessity one person's or one group's defini tion of what good study habits are. Good study habits are those study habits most effective for stu-t dents trying to achieve academic success at the Uni versity The hours between 8-10:30 do not of nece sity constitute good study habits, but rather would tend to abridge the student's ability to determine what constituted effective study habits. There is one student on this campus who came here as i fieshnwi from a Woman's College which had as stnngtt rules as those proposed. Once at Carolina she developed effective study habits which consist ed of studying from midnight on in the evening and which resulted in her being on Dean's List for four out of the five senu'jUirs that she had been in resi dence. It i this type .-performance that the Univer sity should try .tyiiwite and which these rules will hamper. It i.s a biologica fcypAihA-sis that is generally ad hered to that people have different hours in which they are most HflcW-Int!' and different hours i.i which sleep benMlts'them most. Hence, the ques tion of health does nlX' figure into the question of late studying or atternoon studying, but rather there is twenty four hours latitude for a student to pick from which to adjust his time for studying, classes, recreation." and sleep. The individual girl has to make this decision according to her constitution. A fixed set of hours serves absolutely no purpose. The Dean of Women, when the editor first "talked to her about the new rules, related the story of her trip to the far we'sf. "she" pointed out that one co educational college had' rules and another didn't She said that she' would not mind sending 'her daughter to the first college, but that she would have reservation aboMt tTie second school. Then she refTtcte'it' a 'moment and said, 'it de pends on the girl." The type of gu, . lljathc University wants tf cultivate is the type, of, girl who can make the best use of freedom, an individual who can stand on he; own two feet. This type girl will be driven away from the school by the new regulations. Moreover there is the consideration of just what goes into' a college education. It is not book work alone that comprises one's education. It is a com bination of extra-curricular activities, social activi ties, and scholarship that make education worthy while. What this rule would do would be to pro hibit incoming freshmen from getting their start in activities. Moreover, dating is an intrinsic part of social education, and & long as an individual meets his academic responsibilities, he has the right to the luxury of social activity. The new rules would in hibit both extra-curricular and social participation so necessary for a well rounded education, and so available on the UN'C campus. There is indeed a question of practicality in all this. These rules are an invitation to the breakup of the UNC Honor Code. They invite violation, for the type of girl that UN'C wants to cultivate, is not the machine that will grind at someone else's re quest during a required two and one-half hour period every night. The time that one does not ppend doing this is in violation of both the spirit and letter of the rules. Moreover, this would occur with a frequency that would keep the House Coun cils and Honor Council busy all year long, and gen erate a ncgatne spirit of violation rather than a positive one t f trust. Rules must be made in a way that they can be lived up to. There is a further consideration as to how tho rules tit into the overall philosophy of the Univer sity. The answer to this is that they don't at all. For years now. the University has been taking great strides toward the accomplishment of a great meas ure of student freedom and responsibility. A rule providing for supervision in academic affairs cut3 the ground away from the progress that has been made, and leaves the University bereft of its in creasing heritage of student freedom. Hence, there is a question as to what the rulei will do. In simple terms closed study will only keep a girl within her dormitory during the evening hours of the weekdays. This simply does not equate with the evil that the rules will bring on or the lack of necessity for these rules. Indeed, this very restriction in area is an invasion of individual frce: dom. The facts are more than apparent. The answer is almoit self-evident. . AD LIBS Magazine Offers, Rights, And Scholastic Averages Postscript Jonathan Yardiey Whit Whitfield For what it may be worth, we understand that Charles Schulz may be a presidential candidate on the Republican ticket in 1960, which should bring joy to the hearts of you comic fans. . .. Congratu lations to women's dorms are in order. All five of them ranked well ahead of the 17 men's dorms in the quality point figures released last week. This means one of two things. Either, women are consid erably smarter and more industrious than men, cr they can cheat better (Or is this heresy to men tion?). I : ... ,,.', We may be in the wrong, but it is our opinion that women are now generally -considered, equal Id men in almost every i t , - :; respect. We would submit. ' however, that if women wish to be equal in the strictest sense, they must s give up some of their rights to men. They are ' already .up on us. In case you're wonder ing what these rights are, consider; The right to walk on the inside, away from the when it's raining.- This, is another Victorian in equality. The right to leave the check for the man. This must be given up to retain their equality. The right to let the male be the aggressor in the dating cycle. Women should rjo the calling for' a few years, as well as provide the transportation. The right to drive like an idiot should be given up, if for no other reason than to assure'the safety of others, mainly the hapless males. ' ' . The most important right which women- must give up in order to be truly equal to men is the right to be' draft exempt. Some woman can, 'with my good' wishes, have our place in line. (Call it cowardice if you will.) r! L We would like to put in a plug for several leading magazines who are having Subscription troubles. We're speaking specifically of TIME, LIFE, NEWSWEEK, and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (Look at the Luces). ' If you're having the same trouble we're having, namely getting offers every week of a "half-price sale," a "graduation" special, or a "less than 6 cents a week" sale, then why don't some of you subscribe so that the remainder of us won't have to fill our circular files. The latest sucker-bait is a "less than half the original graduation special April 1st once in a lifetime for old subscribers only" sale. And if the price gets any lower, ,they can pay us and in, it f I View Ik Preview Anthony Wolff In fact, what appears to be taking place is th? establishment of a unilateral authoritarian rela. tionship which is irrationally motivated. It is irra. tionally motivated because such relationship,, which 'can exist only outside the sphere of de mocracy, are only superficially in the best inter ests of the passive party in this case, the incom ing freshman women. An analogy can be drawn between this type of "authoritarian relationship and the political phe nomenon of imperialism. On- the local scene there is - maternalism, ; in which one group of girls aj. point themselves as guardians for another group: on the international scene, imperialism involves the Mippvacu aatcguuuing Of the best interests of one nation by another. Only the most chau vinistic person in. this so phisticated age still con tends that imperialism is motivated by anything but self-interest. This has bt come axiomati; to the ex tent that even the govern- ( - - - street. This is one of the many Victorian custom ; that the woman must relinquish in order to bo equal. ' The right to have the door opened for them. Men like to get in first s6metimcs,' 'particularly' 'w6"lUtaltc several' subscriptions VARIATIONS Lifeblood Of The University By Gail Godwin The weather has become bear iible again and as a result the many classroom windows have been flung open. As I walk from one place to another I am con scious of a new noise. It is an .alive noise, a varied noise. Some times a steady drone; sometimes not unlike a radio-TV announcer; and sometimes an excited, stac cato beat. The noise is emanat ing from the classroom windows and suddenly I am conscious that it is the noise that is the very lifeblood of the university . . The professors are speaking. As I beat a path to Y-Court. the prospect of seeing familiar faces and join: ing in the bally hoo which hov ers over t h e concession stand quite eradicates any contempla tion on the thing I have just heard and felt. It is not until late afternoon when classes are done and the buildings are silent and empty that I am aware of the absence of that certain sound coming from the windows, tossing words and phrases to passers-by under the windows, and aiming directly at the students which fill the class rooms where the professor lec tures. Yes, it is the end of another school day, and the students have dispersed to their varios , diver- . , sions. And .the professors have also gone home, perhaps with a question on their minds: did they : hear? ( , Do we .hear?. That, is,, do we hear anything but the voices, the . .--' j sound, the monotone, or the stac cato? . Have we heard the idea " w hich is neatly or obscurely wrapped in the package of the words? Do watchh the "map in front" a n d think: "Ha. He wore the same shirt on Tuesday." or "Wonder if he'll let us out early." Do we ever look at him and lis ten and say inwardly: Here is another person, just like I am a person, and he has an idea and now he is standing up there in the middle of the room trying to communietae. And sometimes he communi cates quite successfully and some times his words bounce off our armour with the force of steel against steel. ; And then we go home at night and perhaps never think of him i , again until the next class. And he goes home, and maybe eats with his family or eats alone down town, and maybe does many oth er things besides think of (Is. Or perhaps he does. And he de cides that Thursday or whenever the next class meets he has some thing that we win" fall love hear ing. And he may even look up in formation on this thing we will love to hear. . " srae An K. R. Gabriel (This is the second part of an appraisal of Israel's progress on Iter 10th unnivcrary.) The return to the biblical home land and the feeling qf being at home in Israel is expressed in a great love of the land and its his tory. Cross country hikes are most popular, and archaeology enjoys a vogue unequalled in any coun try of course there is much scope for it. Young Israel identi fies itself with the continuation of Israel and Judea of biblical days. Modern Israeli literature and drama often takes its basic material from the Old Testament, drawing parallels to the present experience. , Settlement in Israel meant the development of a country that had been neglected for centuries and ravaged by war, erosion and no madic incursions. The country of Palestine was mostly rocky or sandy and presented a forbidding aspect until one discovered the re mains of hillside terracing, river dams and aqueducts fallen into disuse since th? Roman Empire. Israel is undertaking the task of' ' restoring its country to its former prosperity. Forests and groves , have been planted on many moun-r tains, terraces painstakingly built in the hills to allow the cultiva tion of vines and fruit trees. Land has been reclaimed by draining swamps .and 'by arresting the spread of dunes. River waters are being diverted, to irrigate areas that were previously desert. To do this Israelis have turned farmers. Settlement of a barren tract by new immigrants who had left careers in medicine, law, and commerce has been a common ex .perience. And the land vielded so that todav some 750 settle ments exist, manv of which are prosnprous and lush, and Israel alreadv produces 70 percent of it food consumption. Israel i.s not, however, prihei-' W?V ci r-v'A ir i r v .. v .. . . . - ..(-V "WIMP'S i .y Ri.-. CatltmP.' I.-te V.JT' - :' ' , , . yti a f::y. if--- Vi - 'ww "-w .1 I am still worried about the "Beat Generation," especially since I am now told that this phenomenon is "profoundly religious."-1 had not particularly noticed this aspect of the Twentieth Century Man, so I guess I'd better be clued in. I think, however, that it will be extremely hard to convince me that the Beat Generation is one founded upon the Rock of Ages. Religion, and most of all the Christian religion, is something that cannot be experienced in a superficial way. It is, first and foremost, an emotional and intellectual experience which enables the human to find a rational basis for his being, his actions, and his designated pur pose. ... The Beat Generation Man says: "I want God to show me his face." I assume this njeans that he wishes, to see the presence of God evinced in the many wonders and beauties of. the earth, not the literal meaning of a kindly face peering from above a tree. ,: The man who wants to be shown the face of God is not religious; he is a hopeful doubter. One cannot be re ligious until he believes. If the Beat Generation is still in search of God, how can it possibly be religious? It would be better to say, then, that the Beat Generation and we have not yet agreed that it exists-is potentially religious. It is still searching, in a somewhat child.sh way, for the proof oi jroa. ment make& only perfunctory attempts to coni What it does not seem to realize is that God cannot be proved; he jts self -interest in such practices. can only be believed, professed, worshipped, and followed. The last, In tfte current situation, the motivations of self- is the crux. interest are not quite so conscious as they have be- I have been told that the most important thing a good Christian come in the world of international politics. The can do it try to "live the life of Christ." Talking will do no good Women's Residence Council is not conscious of the unless it is substantiated by the evidence of a life lived in humble- re'al reason behind their actions, ness, piety, mercy, kindness, supreme faith, and the countless other This assertion might seem unwarranted were it things which go to make up the good Christian. not for several remarks made in the course of open Before the Beat Generation professes itself "profoundly religious" hearings on the new regulations remarks which it had better look at the condition of its own house. I may be wrong were made by those who formulated and support on this score, so correct me if I am, but the overall impression I the new rules, and which are quite inconsistent with have of the typical Beat Generation character is a man who has not" the supposed spirit and content of the rules, succeeded in anything except being unsuccessful. The present President of the Council, in her re- I see the Beat Generation Man as disillusioned with his own abil- marks preferatory to the recent open hearing, re-ities-abilities which he had probably overrated from the start un- peatedly asserted that "the new rules are not in happy, dissatisfied, confused I am going to use that word again and tended to restrict the incoming freshmen women as far as I am concerned those of you who consider it unoriginal and m any way, but rather to help them to adjust." naive can forget the rest of this column and, most of all, dissap- This is palpably untrue. "Adjustment," in it pointed In the professed search for the answer they can find a ra- proper and most constructive sense, implies a bi tionalization for their purpose on earth. P55 in which the individual is creatively There certainly have been people who must have been born just taught through his own experience to adopt the be- for the purpose of speculating upon the relationship of God to Man. pa"ernff b!8t.,mf needfs; . , , i i . -N! c a umictiriA Kit tion," on the other hand, denotes the sort of un at- They were great men. too men like Aristotle, St. Augustine, Met- ' ' . . 1 un,, . , rl forced conformity which is being instituted by sche and Thomas Aqu.nas. the Residence Council Thfi fact that guch These men, however, approached the problem in the proper way. conformity is usually superficial and tension-pro- In the first place, they were humble about their attempts-they duciRg whilfi reaJ adjustment is internalized and realized that they were but men, inadequate before a matter beyond emoti(naliy satisfying, bears repeated emphasis their comprehension. And they realized that they were facing a on in the open hearing the former p,. problem that man cannot lick. And they never underestimated the dent of tfte Councilthe head of the group which capabilities of God-and of Man. . formulated the rules under consideration-present- I am not sure whether these vociferous members ; of -the Beat ed her justification for the new restrictions. In th Generation are plagued by superiority complexes or -inferiority corn-: !(.ourse of her remarks, she disclosed with admirable plexes. Whichever it is, one fact stands out-they are desperately hoTOsty the 'fact that she was jealous of any oppor- trying to convince all of us that what they are doing is worthwhile, tuniUes for Fresllman women at Carolina. Her atti- that they are the ones whose duty it is to investigate this problem, tude was that lhose freedoms which she had inherit- and they are going to find the answer. Perhaps they are, but they ed as an upperclassman should the exclusiva must change their attitude first. . property of upperclassmen;. she further stated that It is of great emotional concern to each of bs that af times during $h h,t.d th, idei of frhman womn being our lives we speculate upon ourt-elationship with God, or whatever aowed Mrtleip,t7o'--the Carolina community, power, we place our beliefs, in.;. But we approach the. problem, with fa suppori of the new regulations; she compared more realism than these -people, who supposedly are so BEAT that the freshman women to puppies that should be kept nothing is beyond their comprehensionall the sordid secrets of the on a short Jfeash by their superiors until they are universe have been opened before their bloodshot eyes, and now tjrained. , . . they search for the truth. The truth, they will find, is in themselves. ,u the ligM of these remarks' the whole svstem They must know themselves before they may know it. o n?w rules becomes transparently diagnostic. .nd the obvious diagnosis is rather frightening: it is very possible that a sadistic and or destructive impulse on the part of the women on the Council has mani fested itself in a superficially unselfish piece of legislation. In other words, the members of the Women's Residence Council, themselves suffering from the tension and uncertainty of being thrust from a re stricted pre-Carolina life into the atmosphere of freedom here, are unconsciously attempting to re solve their discomfort by 1) projecting their diffi culties on another group, thus re-identifying them selves by comparison as mature and well-adjusted; and by. 2) creating a sort of "second class citizenry." thus implying their own superiority. The situation in which the Council members find themselves, and which may have motivated them to set. up the new rules, is one of freedom from re straint which has resulted in anxiety. They hav? been freed from a strict tradition which has ham- cva uan on cial services are among the most developed in the world (the aver age length of life is as high as in the US). The prevailing political outlook is a form of moderate so cialism similar to that of the British Labour Party, and the trade unions are probably the single most powerful non-government organization in the country. The mode of government and po litics in democratic with a parlia mentary system. Apart from a i .,-. .hip uu in-xe.y mm- pered their growth) but they have alsQ been free(t tary matters, freedom of speech from the specious but real seCurity which such a and press is taken for granted. tradition provides. it is the inability to cope ef Toleration of unpopular views has fectively with this lack of security, and the result gone to the extent of allowing the ing Reed to escape from the frcedom which has re communists .who are supported moved it? which seems lQ be at the bottom of the by about 2 per cent of the elector. npw PI1iP: Even if it were possible to ignore the strong implications of the psychological analysis of the situation, the simple fact that the new rules for freshman women are unnecessary, unenforceable, and unfair should prevent their adoption. The added possibility, however slight it may be, of the validity pally an agricultural country only some 18 percent of its la bor force are engagel in farm ing. Industry has, been - de veloped on a considerable scale, including cement factories, chem-:. ical and oil -processing plants, textile' mills,- and various plants engaged in processing foods, ckthes, tires, pipes, and tubes, diamond polishing, assembly of automobiles, etc. A merchant marine of some 40 ships is an other important economic branch. Scientific progress has been made at Israeli universities and research institutions, and Israel is among the few countries which produce Salk vaccine and heavy water. Economic development has drawn very heavily on outside in vestment and help, as has the srt tling of the new immigrants for whom housing and jobs had to be provided. The balance of trade is heavily - weighed - againsj . Israel, and part of Israeli industry is still in its early stages and , not yet paying its way. There is much to be done in improving productivity so as to make Israel viable econ omically.. In the long run this is imperative, but in the short run Israel considers its primary,-duty to be the immediate provision of a haven for every .Jew who? is in- secure, and relics on' oitde. help to enable her to do this ! Israel has been generously help ed from abroad, principally by world Jewry (mainly in the USA) and by the goverifjFpent "Nk the United States. The link of Israel to Jews all vcr the world is not solely as a haven for their per secuted brothers, but also as a spiritual and national home. The achievements of Israel reflect on the pride and courage of Jews everywhere and seem to enhance their standing wherever they live. It is the common experience , of Israelis to be received,.' widi won- derM' ; aff ec tion and Tdniir afioii by Jews in the free world, and be hind the Iron Curtain every Israeli youth and sports delegation has been mobbed by enthusiastic Rus sian Jews in spite of all police actions. With Israel's destiny as the Jewish homeland, the Jewish reli gion plays a special role in the new state. The Israeli's ties with the Old Testament are particular ly close as it is the history of his land and people and is written in the Hebrew language he speaks. The ultimate role of religion in the state has not been resolved yet orthodox citizens desire con siderable incorporation of religious law into state institutions (giving Moslem and Christian minorities parallel institutions), whereas lib eral citizens favour the separation of religion from the state. The general social outlook in Israel is that of a welfare slate. General health and old age in surance were instituted as a mat ter " of Course and health ' and ' so- ate to preach open sedition dur ing the Sinai fighting. A multipli city of parties makes for lively internal politics, but has not hith erto produced too much instability in government. Educating immi- gants from the despotic Arab 0f the deeper analysis of the Residence Council's countries to live in a free demo cratic framework is not always easy, an old people are often in credulous of their rights as free men. action should make it impossible for the Council to reaffirm its decision with a clear conscience. As a democratic country, Israel looks to the West. It is not a mem ber of any political or military alliances but its closest ties are with the USA and France. In the awakening East Israel has forged especially close links with Burma, Ghana and Turkey (e. g. Israeli doctors and farm experts are working in the backwoods of Bur ma, the Ghana merchant marine is being trained by Israeli seamen and partly financed from Israel, tSCitSkOp tar Heel The official student publication of the Publica tion Board of the Uni- - xfu. :;t f v t fersity of North Caro lina, where it is pub lished daily except Monday and examina tion and vacation pe-. riods and summer terms. Entered as sec ond class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the mauea, $4 per year, $2.50 a semester: de livered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. Art nf Maroh O IOTA hisrhwavs nnrt hrwnifals in Tnrlcou . . .. u " r ; . " .. subscription rates: nave ueen consirueiea Dy israeu engineers). In the Middle East Israel stands alone among hostile turbulent nations, and will con tinue to stand until the hoped for day when its neighbors will join with it in co-operating for peace and the development of the Mid- die "East.---- -' t i u -Nrt Curd V ft SHQvf far ynivirw I Editor : CURTIS B. CANS Managing Editor -T CHARLIE SLOAN Business Manager JOHN WTHTAKER Night Editor STAN FISHER
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