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, v " y y y y vy y y 1 10 w TWO rHE DAILY TAR HEEL SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1959 i 9 w i-r i Diplomacy S. .tin tinu Aim i i .tu (li)(tm.u y s fioni lh Mililiinc to liic i iIi 1 1 1 m is Niili i i. ( is illmti.iird ly the I cl.ili.iloi v .! (Mini l ilir Nun I) .iihm nt to ( lose c i inn i.l ti.iw I in KiiNshu liluin.Us so ill 1 1 tin ii iii s 'me in i lie I T 1 1 i nit Stalls is i r mm till in W .in! 1 1 1 1 'ion .mil 'iv Yuk. I i i lollo'.M il i t isc nil the licrls ol a simi ! i 1 1 n, , it i ,K i i mi m in i est i i i ti a cl nl A hum -i. lis in the Noiu I n i i i to Miimiiw and I Mllll ; I . I . I !it InMHN illol( .in- too stiions for tlic I n to !.i i li.ili .iKoiii ihc liolc tiling. I ! I iiiuil Ni.iiin iN nii))onkI in he the !n.iii nl IiimIoiii, licrc iioihiii'4 lint the :n iiciiltil iIcIi-iim- Mints an' hidden lioni i'n uliiit. KcnIi i iiii'4 ti.iwl. lhn. is i on -i: n to nhit the t'. N. n hkIn loi. .mil is set nii4 up a nt w Kid. While and I'.luc tiniain 1 I 1 1 n 1 u ; I .ill.. In. 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Honor Council 1 1 e 1 1 Ion- simple and a surprising out 1011K . tin l'i Phi sonniix linally got a li.iii -in 11 of the Women's Honor Coinuil. Willi all kidding ahont soroiily polities aside. Sand Tioimaii is to he migiatul.ited. Hid the l'i 1'his ate hit k tti haxe si it h a 1 ap il!c gil I. The official itudr 11 publication of the Publication R.mrd of the Univrrnty of North Carolina. -7here It Is published daily ritrjt Monday anj riamination prriml iih! n'mmrr u-rm Ki.tmd ai mctnd r!as rnattir In ihe r-.tt nl fur in Chapel Mill. N C. under the art of March 8 I870 Subscription r!M: J4 50 prr ie n'.esfrr. $fl 5() pf Thf Daily Tai Heel I printed hy the Newt Inc., Carrlxtro. N. C I II Kditnr . Man.it'in I'ditnr Jtmness Manager Advertising Manager Nfv Kditnr .. ... CURTIS CANS CHUCK FMNNF.H STAN FISHF.R WALK Fit BLANTON .. . FRFD KATZIN ANNE FRYE Sport Editor AsMteiate Editor RUSTY HAMMOND ANTHONY WOIJF A ist Adv Mnnairrr Asst. News Editor Assistant Sports Editor LEE ARUOr.AST ... ED 15 IN EK ELLIOTT COOPER Circulation Manager DOB WALKER Subscription Manager Chief Photographers . AVERY THOMAS Night Editor - RILL BRINKHOUS PETER NESS NANCY C0MCE5 Student Government ReDorfv y r, :fr' 4 ' . -O rl r, ' - , ' ' tap- i Don Furtado A.s the l!).ri8-19.r)9 Student Govern ment term comes to an end. I feel that it is proper to submit to the students of the University of North Carolina a brief report of the ac complishments of Student Govern ment during the past year. It is my hope that this report will pro vide valuable information to the students and will serve to point up various problem areas which must be confronted in the coming year. 1 Dormitory Visiting Agree ment An agreement was readied with the Dean of Women's Oilier to allow visiting in dormitory so cial rooms by women guests. ThU agreement has been needed for a number of years, and, though it is presently not as exteasive as we hope it will be due to a lack of proper dormitory facilities, it should .serve as a long stride to ward the creation of a mature i!ormitory social atmosphere. 2 Parking Meters In the spring of last year, the town an nounced its intention to place park ing meters along lralernity and mrority areas on Columbia and Franklin Streets. A protest was made, and subsequent appear ances were made before the Mer chants Association and P.oard of Aldermen. The results were only partially satisfactory, for. though it was decided not to plate meters in front of fraternity or sorority residences, some parking places were lost to the students. The re sponse of individuals residing in these areas to Student Go em inent s request for numerical sup port at appropriate meetings was generally disappointing. I3 Student Associate Director on Merchants Association Hoard Out of the parking meter con troversy came an agreement be tween Student Government and th Merchants Association to place one student on the Hoard of Directors ol that group. Gordon Street, who was a great aid in previous work with the merchants in the park ing meter debate, was appointed to this position. Subsequently, a Student Bad Check Committee has been established by Student Gov ernment with Gordon as head. This committee is not judicial in any form but is merely a notification service for the merchants by Stu dent Government. Presently sev eral extensive plaas are being dis cussed by the merchants, and stu dent representation has been sured. In the coming year, it lelt that the Associate Director will be able to build extensively on the foundations of cooperation begun this year. 4 Wall Telephone Booths Num erous dormitory phones have been damaged both intentionally and ac cidentally during the past year. Much of this was due to the lack of privacy, the inefficiency, and the construction of most dormitory wall phones. In an effort to correct Criticism Bill. Bailey IT 4 f 1 T 41 jr-r'r. it . Aft t y r . XT', - i J if, i' : - i 4 5 ? 4 :is-is these conJitioas, Student Govern ment approached Mr. .1. S. Ben i.ett. tf the Operations Dej)artment, concerning the installation of wall phone booths of the nature of those in Graham Memorial and the Y.M.C.A. As a result a number of these have been installed, and their success assures expansion as fi nances allow. (.")' Codiiication of the Student Government Statutes In order to provide a source of reference to all la a s prev iously passed by the Student Legislature, the staff of the Attorney General has codified 1.11 statutes passed in the twenty live sessions since the Student Legislature's organization. Mi' Class Attendance In an ef fort to get University professors tti abide by the intent of the un limited cut provision instituted last year, a letter from Student Government was sent to each mem ber of the University faculty. Cer tainly, the results of this communi cation were far from being entire ly satisfactory, for though the over whelming majority of professors have illustrated a sincere desire tt; establish a mature absence po licy, there are a few who still in sist upon wholly irrational attend ance requirements. 7 Publications In an effort to set down publications policy and to remedy various unsatisfactory publications practices as extensive revision ol bylaws of the Publica- Lons Of False-Face tions Board, the body responsible tor supervision of the eighty thou sand dollars expended by various publications, was adopted. This do cument, which clarifies such areas a.s composition, financial proce dures, awarding of contracts, se lection of editors and business man agers, etc., should be of great serv ice in the future. Credit should be given to Harold O'Tuel, Chairman of the Publications Board, for his efforts in this field. 8 Conduct at Football Games Conduct by some students at our first two or three football games was ungentiemanly, to say the least, and was discreditable to the student body as a whole and the University. In an effort to remedy this. Student Government initiated a campaign for more appropriate conduct. Student Council action was taken in several cases. At the lequest of the student delegation, the Athletic Council has decided to enforce conduct regulations at fu ture football games. Though there is nothing wrong with drinking per sc. when it infringes upon the rights of others to enjoy athletic contests, appropriate" action must be taken. In the future, all per sons, students and otherwise, who cannot conduct themselves proper ly will be required to leave the stadium. 9 International Student Board . In past years, students at the Uni versity have not illustrated proper i9rd t Htiii Post- - attention to our students from oth er lands. These students have all shown outstanding ability in order to come here to the University, and, by not realizing the full po tential for mutual understanding and knowledge which they offer, our student community has missed a great deal. As a result, an In ternational Student Committee has been established by Student Gov ernment along with an advisory board of representatives of the Cosmopolitan Club, Y.M.C.A., N.S. A., Graduate Club, Campus Chris tian Council, etc. This board will concern itself with assisting the University's foreign student ad visor, foreign student, orientation, publicizing available exchange scholarship, administration ot the Goettingen Scholarships as well a.s establishing programs to allow more contact with all elements of the campus with those foreign stu dents who may wish to participate. 10 Foreign Student Leadership Project For the second straight year, the University of North Car olina has been one of the fifteen campuses selected to participate in NSA's Foreign Student Leader ship Project under which student leaders from other countries are brought to American campuses to observe and take part in Student Government and campus activities. This year's participant is Jose Lo pez from Bolivia. 11) Open Stacks In an effort to alleviate congestion at the cir culation desk, the Student Library Committee recommended that an open stack policy be used by the library on an experimental basis. This is now being done, and results have thus far proven satisfactory. (12) Attorney General's Staff In order to guarantee better se paration of powers for complete investigation of all cases and less demand on Student Council and Women's Honor Council members, the Attorney General's Staff now investigates all Campus Code cases in addition to Honor Council cases which was its sole responsibility earlier this year. 13 Scuttlebutt in New Dorms The Student Campus Stores Com mittee, under Jim Crownover, was successful in convincing the ad ministration of the need for a Scut tlebutt in the new dormitory area. This has already been installed and is functioning, and plans are under way tor the construction of a larg er separate facility of the nature of the Scuttlebutt across from Pea bwiy Hall. (14) Date Tickets In past years arrangement for reduced price dale tickets for football games were not made until the fall which sometimes resulted in unsatisfac tory planning or no date tickets. A meeting has been held with Mr. Chuck Erickson, Athletic Director, and the following tentative dales have been set on which one-half price date tickets will be available: South Carolina, October 10 (This is Band Day and Dad's Day.); Tennessee, October 31 (This is Homecoming.) One-half price tick ets will also be available to UNC students for the Duke game in Dur ham on November 21. It will be impossible to arrange date tickets or the Clemson game on Septem ber 19, because it is only two days There are many puzzling facets to our modern social order, of which, the most oblique is the crit icism of the critic. Our culture is a nice flat-bed boat in the middle of a serene lake of complacency; anyone who splashes or makes waves is immediately pinioned by the state, the church, and the indignant populace. There are three basic complaints that the social plaintiffs hurl: (1) that the attitude' is flip pant; (2) that the content is merely repeating the obvious; (3) that they are not "constructive." As to (1), I shall refer lo a rather famous quota tion for an answer: says Russell, "This serious pur pose inspires them even if, at times, they seem flip pant, for those who are solemn and pontifical are not to be successfully founght by being even more solemn and even more pontifical." In relation to (2), certainly the obvious must be pointed out be fore the intricate is even attempted; and also what is obvious in hindsight is hardly so : in foresight. But it is (3) that most of the spittle is flung upon, and it is (3) that I will most concern myself ivith. The common retort that the destructive critic receives is that well-known and insipid, "If-you-are-to-tear-something-down - why-don't-you - build - some-thing-better-in-its-place?" statement. This is today, It seems, the fashionable reply to the critic; it is now in vogue; it is Ivy. They apparently stand by the argument that everything worthy of being torn down is worthy of having something built in its place. I think that this is due more to our poverty of imagination, than anything really rational. Could you actually think of anything really "constructive" to say of the poetry in the belated SPECTRUM? I think not; it would be sheer stupidity to try to evaluate it as anything more than palpable rub bish. Why, its not even a poor imitation of Pound or Cummings . . . One may as well praise the aesthetic merits of a dictionary. Can the idea of patriotism really be of any value to the mind of man? Again, I think most certainly not. Goosestepper, drum beaters, rabble-rousers, all. Patriotism is nothing more or nothing less than a direct appeal to the after school opens. The game with mob instinct, which is to say, one of the most ignoble N. C. State, on October 3, is Con- instincts extant in Christendom. If there is anything solidated University Day, and State here more than brazen hypocrisy, then the glitter College and VVC will be here in of it all has certainly blinded me ... It is extreme force presenting a seating prob- ly well hidden. However, people will continue to lem. There is a possibility that load their critical guns with the ammunition taken date tickets could be made avail- from the "constructive" stockpile; it doesn't bother able for the Virginia game on Nov- them if someone points out that these bullets are ember 14. All these arrangements blank ... its enough just to fire them for the noise are tentative to the action of the tnat they produce. It must be then, that these per Athletic Council in early April. sons are deluding themselves with that cronic Hope (15) Self-Liquidating Dormitories tnat is imbedded deep inside; the same Hope that A committee was established to clngs to the idea of Happiness for mankind through study dormitory construction po- democracy and religion. There seems to be no way hcies in other colleges, and Nor- to cnvince these hopers that they are doing no man Smith was appointed Chair- more than Pumping water out of a ship wrecked on man. A lengthy report was com- the reef of insolubility ... and they want to go piled, presented to the administra- down with the Shost shiP- tion. and later to the Trustees. The Now, let my claim not be misunderstood. I feel Trustee report is devoted largely that there certainly are praiseworthy institutions to this area. In the recent recom- both intellectually and ideally, and the critie should mendation of the Advisory Budget come to their aid as aid is needed. But the worthy Commission of this State, partial causes have a tendacy to be crowded out as the self-liquidation (which would cause useless ones grow and linger. Instead of heaping no room rent increase) is recom- plant-grower on the worthy causes, I think that mended. The efforts of Dean Fred the garden should first be weeded of the many un- Weaver and Smith are to be high- desirables. Human nature is a queer bird that at- ly commended. taches itself to almost any convenient and irration- (16) Study Areas A committee al chicanery, and to dislodge it is the job for a task v.as established to study the ade- force in itself. There is something uncanny about quacy of various study facilities the tenacity of the human claw to this ghost-cause on campus. Subsequently three . . and when there is rubbing about the sensitive classrooms w ere opened as all night areas, howling occurs. And to control the resulting study rooms, and a list of needs noise, the fashionable set needles the critic with of study rooms in women's dormi- the "constructive" argument . . what they want is tories was prepared. These needs free-wheeling, easy-going, and soothing criticism, were presented to the Director of one that neither makes waves, nor bites deeply 1 Operations and have been partial ly alleviated with the assurance that further efforts will be made as finances permit. (17) Student Government Person nelSeveral years ago, the em ployees of Graham Memorial, who are paid with Student Activities Fee Funds, were declared to be State employees by the Attorney General. This decision has re sulted in much confusion over the relationship of these employees to the University, over their salaries, over whether or not they fall under the State Personnel Act, etcetera. The complications would require pages to explain, but it may be sufficient to point out that it is the feeling of many that the decision could possibly pose a threat to the traditional autonomy of Student Government. In an effort to gain a clarification of the decision, var ious documents have been pre sented to the administration, and the Attorney General of the State is now in the process of re-considering the previous decision, this time including other student employees who work in the Student Activities Fund Office and in the Student Government Office. A de cision is expected withn the next few weeks. (18) Audit Board The Audit Board is the student group which is responsible for the management and supervision of the $1,900,000 passing through the Student Activi ties Fund Office. In past years, it has often not functioned as it should. This year, it has succeeded in clarifying various financial po licies, in formalizing employee benefits and policies, and in ex ercising more adequate supervi sion of student monies. (19) Committee on State Affairs Realizing that this year is an important budgetary year for the University, a Student Committee on Slate Affairs was organized. (TO BE CONTINUED) enough to ruffle the feathers Howsomeever, there is very little chance any kind of criticism will really provide much philan thropic aid to society; the machinery is kept too well oiled. The Pontiffs who hold the controlling strings of mankind always manage to give the gears and pinions a regular grease job to grind over opposition with little more than a bump or a slight let-up in speed. The complacent are safe . . . they are flies in a lanckwhere there is no flypaper. Letter THE FADED IMAGE By Wade Wellman The first time we saw him, He seemed like a god; And his voice struck mir minds Like a powerful rod. Square-shouldered and mighty. And strong in his pride, We felt that the campus Bowed under his stride. The next time we saia him, And heard his strong voice, It r&used our excitement, It made us rejoice; But something vras missing Now something was dead. And something was lacking In all that he said. The third time we saw him, Wc only couJA think That his image had faded From scarlet to pink. Hi? stature seemed smaller, His strength had declined; And the voice which once gripped us Had fallen behind. At times yet ice see him He ivalks on his way; And he's just like the others We meet every day. In him there is nothing Save that vihich we spurn; And the image of power Will never return! gy- ii rfi 11 1n,'ILi 1 J rinuiiti 1H.1t .ni .jinVjin 1iffi1.1rt.Lfif 1 " " JNI BUSH
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