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' --- T . V , 'v-V t PACE TWO TRB DAILY TAR HEEL SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 195? , : j 1 1. i,io Yes, I'm A Radical (Despite the wise counsel of Peter Young ami John Minter, the editor lct if let! not to me the wmk ol the vnne name ly Peter M.mtin in .in sne of 1 he Ouholie Worker last e.n. Instead, he decided to try his h ind . ? the suhjet t.) I he (iy v.is nut early. It bcg.in in the (tlitoti.il (aniui;;u last ve.ir. and continued uitliotit ii'pite tluou;;liout the entnety ot . i . . ti .. - . i : i i lie ( i t, ins is a iauii.il. tins rai was ts e he. d ( aunuis wide. Well, the answer to that ny is in too. I am a iadu.il. I !).n that ta with ptidc, if it means that I would like to see the woild clunked in Midi a way that the individual is lice to develop to the lust ol his ;!ility. I am Ii.idov Id lie :i i idif.il if this meat i i ill it I ( iiiiiDi tolerate flit i oiiimI.k riu v. th auti inu Ih t tuaiisin. the staidness. and the piutUiy oi .xmeiie.in society intake in;,). I .in mi ashamed to led that the campus iu dls ninn speedy (hinges in order to keep up mill the demands of a woild which is h 1 1 i 4 1 1 1 4 mine tapidly than man is making his .il ipt.it ioti toward it. 1 am satislied with the term ladical if it humus tint sue h a prison has a icat t.iith in m in s ahilits to mold his own destiny, to 1 1 e. ; his woild. to di.ut his ionise, and to lctt( l his ( ouditiou. Radii al. I'll ladlv he. il it means that I am willing to I. e the mid hard laets of the cold hud woild without shin nwav fiom them into diu imoiis and pleasures lor. the sake ol diversions. Indeed, il iadi(. l is what I am. then r.idi' (a! I want to he. Im I want to he me a prison who believes in man. who believes tint m tn i in (.live his heaven or his hell in t!ii woild. who believes that man has the potential lor leatiiess ;nd who is both the soiikc and the instrument ol inspiration. I linnlv lulieve in punching holes into the bubble ol illusion, in hying to show so, ieiv. n the niiciiNostn that is the camp us, whit la Is- picccpts exist and what must be done to a hieve le.ility. Mouovei. no small item should escape the ran;.;e ol my tone cm for those who would believe that 1 tv tale that Rood and light a vav win. ait likely to be shocked into the naiitv tint ii fakes considciable work, and that theii privacy can be .shattered by the deteimined lones of what they lelievc to be wiong. If then being a radical is believing in m i. being awaie ol ihange, wanting ihangc to meet tint ( h .mgr. lighting passionately lot the liccdom ol the individual, and seek ing to .urpiiint (he people of this campus whh some ol the hauler realities of this woild. then thank heaven I'm a radical. A (h r.;r Ins been leveled at me that I am partisan, and I am pitthati. I am pa.tisan to am pci son. gionp or oiganuation which ivcs piomise ol biiuging some of the ideas that I (heiidi into icalitv. I, will, continue to be pntis i towani these people, Ideas, and "loin's, and il one would think aliout it again they would not think it so objection able". Yes. I am a i xlical and I am partisan, but peihaps with moir l lie absin and more pai tisimhip. inui may some day be truly free. ijc nil? ZEnr fytd The nffirml ti toi puMiratl fi of th N hi . a.M,r.l of ! t'niv,Tu of North Carolina. hr H i published daily Mt 'J I Slo'i'1,1) Mi) riimiiMii'"i fTi(t ind i'niiin'r irrnn fTtitr r as nent clati matter in ihe fx t l f in Chii" !litt. N uiilci thr art Mrh 1870. Subscription ratrv. $l 50 per e B:irr $h fo i Thi Daily Tar li1 printed by th Nw Inc.. Carr1oro. N. C. Editor ti CURTIS CANS Business Manager WALKER BLANTON A.lvrrtUmg 1r..ir FRF.O KATZIN Newi Kditor "TT "... Z 7.TT""... ANNE FRYE Sports Editor ..." " . .. RUSTY HAMMOND Associate Editor . . . ANTHONY WOLFF Asst. Adv. Manager LEE A R BOO AST Asst. News Editor ED RINER Assistant Sports Editor ELLIOTT COOPER Circulation Manager BOB WALKER Subscription Manager AVERY THOMAS Chief I-hotographers BILL BRINKHOUS PETER NESS frfeir Student Body The student body currently dwells in a fog. To be sure, it is not necessarily of its own making totally, but the fog is there, it is dense, and penetration is quite difficult. The fog is one of unawareness. The basic unawareness is of the world outside the dormitory room, the fraternity bar, or the home town, but there are others. There is the ignorance of ideas, the firm belief that the economic necessities in life are the most singularly important entity, the preservation of icons of the past, and the pursuit of pleasure. And the sun will not penetrate the fog, unless something is done. In yesterday's paper, some sugges tions were made as to how the University could meet some of its responsibilities in this area. The student, however, can meet iome of the responsibilities also, end it is high time that he did. The first important step is the creation of an atmosphere con ducive to learning. The second is leaving open the possibility of wider perceptual horizons before they are shut finally. The first involves the individual student learning to have a healthy respect for the rights of other stu dents. This means simply creating the type of quiet necessary in the residence halls for contemplation o! academic material. If the stu dents cannot be responsible for this then it is the prerogative of the administration to take over government in this vital area. The second involves such things as deferred rush. A system must be devised so that the student is able to adjust to his environment, to realize the scope of the world in which he lives, to be able to make a wise choice before his thinking is channelled down one MnaU direction. But there are many other things that can be done. Student govern ment can actively program events that will bring home issues and happenings of major importance to students, they can stage symposi ums and foiums that will bring to light some of the time immemor ial problems that humanity has faced through the ages, they can hoki discussion groups so that stu dents are encouraged to speak out in their feelings and learn through interaction with others, and they can use the legislature as a body whereby the student's will or vie as are projected into action not only en the washing machine level, but on the state and national level. In al! other countries of the world, the student community is a domin ant force in bringing about change and in supplying leadership. Only in America do tne students lack the initiative, drive, and sense of lesponsibility necessary to supply leadership, and now more than ever before this leadership is vital. The DTH Every summary should have its proper end, and the end of the year ought to include a summary of The Daily Tar Heel of the past year. The purpose of this year's Tar Heel has been in N.S.A. jargon "to improve the campus climate toward learning." It has set out tlatly to stimulate thought, to bring to the fore ideas of afferent peo ple who have different view points. Io another sense, it was an at tempt to build a paper out of the shambles of the year before. It was an attempt to get expanded coverage, improve the financial side, and utilize some of the re sources of the University. To a ceitain extent all these goals were reached, but there are many goals still to be reached. LtiMi VS)I? Representative For all of you who felt that your opinion was not represented in any form in The Daily Tar Heel during the past year, the following space is reserved for your opinions: Swan Song Approximately two days after I took ovsr the reigns of office last year, I went into the Chuckwagon for a late coffee after putting my second "baby" to bed. I was seated at the counter when I heard a raucous, drunken voice yell, "Recall!" looked toward the direction from which the sound came, and a finger was pointed my way, and a voice said, "Yes, you're gonna be recalled." Well, I wasn't recalled. This does not seem much to say since 64 other editors were not recalled, but in the context of last year's recall, in the climate of opinion on this campus which is opposed to outspokeness, and with the granted outspokeness of myself, the fact that I was not recalled represents a singular achieve ment. There were probably other achievements, some of them listed elsewhere on this page, but this is not written to discuss achieve ments. It is simpley written to describe a job, a jcb which goes on, but which I will no longer execuie by virtue of the rules of the game. No one who has not been editor of The Daily Tar Heel knows what being editor of The Daily Tar Heel is like. No one knows its joys nor its heartaches. No one knows the deep personal at tachment one can develop for somethirg as impersonal as a news paper, and yet that feeling is somewhat like that of a mother to a child. Only there is a birth once a day for over 180 days, and sometimes the pains of childbirth are extreme. In a speech to the Student Party three or four weeks ago, I described some of the things that an editor must put up with, and since it was well expressed then, I think it would be wise to relate it to the student body now with certain corrections and additions. "You must put up with everybody in the world wanting space on the front page, with candidates and party chairmen worrying about whether their announcement was placed a half inch higher or lower than the announcement of the opposition, of teaching each new staff member that you set your typewriter at 66 spaces and that you write a lead a certain way, only to find that half of them are gone by first semester final exams, with getting com plaints about yesterday's editorial before you have had a chance to see what a proofreading mess was made out of today's and before you have had time to think about the one for tomorrow. "You have to worry about complaints about the comics rot being in the paper or being a day behind or being a day ahead or being in the paper at all. You are forced to look at a page which says all too clearly that soccer Coach Marv Allen's name has been chang ed to Mary Allen or that Al Goldsmith, University Party politician was named athlete of the week, or that the blond comet John Schroeder has been changed to the blind comet, or a discussion question on the campus code has been changed to "The Campus Coed: Does It Work?" or that the Baptist Church is no longer caring for children during the service, it is now carving them or that the political science professor's talk has suddenly degenerated into something that looks like and is a society column in the Chapel Hill News Leader." There are many more things one can remember. One can -remember the late nights of vigil while one lovingly watched the paper go to press. One can count the innumerable shirts that are beyond cleaning due to printers ink deposits that somehow were put there while the editor tried playing compositor. One cannot count the classes missed, nor the frequent trips to instructors with the hope that maybe they would have mercy in their heart and let you remain in school long enough so that you could cram for your final examination and pass it. There are the times when you are not proud of your work, when the baby has a defect, when your editorial is the epitome of medio crity or when your news staff has made an egregious error. There are times when you go to sleep tired, wake up tired, and spend the day tired and there is no respite in the tomorrow. And there are many times you wonder whether the job is worth it, whether to lose the thread of academic, endeavours is worth your placing so much time and effort into something else. But there are other -times. There are times when there is a certain static electricity between your brain and your hand, and ycur hand and the typewriter woich says that what you are writing is good and that you have managed to corner one end of the whole truth which you are so vainly seeking. And this electricity permeates your body driving you onward through lack of sleep, through the hundred and one little decisions that have to be made daily, through the sordid detail that you come to have respect for, through th technicality that you begin to realize is important, and sometimes, only sometimes, the end product is worthwhile. You meet people in the editorship. You meet some who say one thing to your face and another behind your back. You meet some who aro reflecting an interest and are solely concerned for that interest. You meet some who show you the .potential of good ness or even greatness, and then disappoint you at every turn. And for all these you meet some whom you will remember for the rest of your life some who will be the type of firm friend that distance and time cannot change. You meet some who will show the goodness and greatness, and you can predict it accurately. And for all the unhappy experiences with people you know that It was worth meeting them, and that you profited immeasurably more from these interactions than you would have, had you been closeted in some cubby hole. You are forced to face calumny and slander, are forced to see your ideas trampled by the multitude, and in spite of this you go on in the hope that some will accept them and that others at a later date will give a glimmer of recognition that the popular then was the unpopular now. And fervently you hope you have done a good job that you have brought respect to the office you hold, that you have done seme of the many things that need to be done, with the full realization that there are many, many, that are still left undone and need doing. Ana mis is fne story, or at least a small part ot it. it is a story filled with humor, with grief, with comedy, with tragedy, with respect, with degradation, with success and with failure. It is a story of a beginning that may reach culmination on the campus in several years and in my life in many more. And now the job is over and with it the headaches, the heart aches, the humor, and the tears. I shall be sorry to see it go. It would be best to begin by dissecting the paper into its essen tial entrails. The first job was to recruit a staff and to improve the financial aspect from deficit to profit. In the fall, perhaps the largest staff in The Daily Tar Heel's his ttry turned up for work, and by December the paper slid possessed enough of these to make it the largest staff in the recent period. Yet, by February many had drop- -pci out and by March even fewer were remaining. This is the most necessary aspect ol the paper. Without a staff one cannot hope to cover the campus adequately and although one can et considerable mileage in the fall, it will not make up for the dearth during the next several months. In other word some meth od must be obtained for retaining staff members, and perhaps the best way would be a small mone tary compensation on a quantity of published material basis. The Daily Tar Heel did a fairly good job in covering the campus this year, but there is so much more to do. The newspaper tried to estab lish a stringer system to imple ment getting the entire campus coverej. The stringer system uould have meant that there was a person in each dormitory, fra ternity, sorority, organization, and department whom the Tar Heel could call weekly to find out what was going on, and the person would be in a position to call the newspaper if anything occurred of note. The fact that this was not completed this year should be no bar to the speetly completion of the stringer system which will prove in the long run to be a vital asset to the psper. One idea la.st year was to have o news tip system where the Tar Heel would pay so much for the best news tip phoned in a given period of time. This did not work, and the attempt along this line should be abandoned. There is a definite need for more feature material in the Tar Heel. The features that were written this jear were by and large good, but if a staff turns up next fall, as they usually do in the fall, more work should be obtained from them in the way of features. There are several interesting personalities on the campus and many things of historical interest. They went largely untouched this year due to the size of the staff at the time when touching would have been possible. Last year, the Tar Heel pledged itself to undertake several stu lies and investigations into various fa cets of campus and university life. Some were dor.e, and on the whole they were interesting and infor mative, but more can and ought to be done. Again the maximum amount of staff numbers is essen tial to the efficient operation of the paper. Finally, as far as news coverage is concerned, too little has been dene in the way ot interpretive re poi ling. Again a certain amount of ne.rf ground was broken when fac ulty members were asked to give what they viewed as the signifi cance of seme of the major eveiits that ceurred, but more ought to be done in this area. The re sources of information in the Uni versity are great. They ought to be vtilized. The second most important fa-1 cet of any newpaper operation is the business aspect. Here again, a great deal was done, and a great ieal is still recessary. The Daily Tar Heel set up a new system of advertising this year in v hich commissioned salesmen v. ere put on routes and would get a certain proportion of what ad vertising they brought in this year. Teedless to say there was more advertising this year, and The Daily Tar Heel is curently show ing a healthy profit. This means, of course, that the paper will cost less to the student at the present time, and more money can be put into other areas. However, with more advertising several things are possible. The first is a larger pa per, the secend is purchase of the newspaper's own printing facilities, and the third is improving, the present office facilities. This can only be accomplished if all areas of the potential advertising market are thoroughly staffed daily, which has not always been the case this year but can be the case in years to come. A brief passing mention .should be made to the need for a deadline system on advertising so that the customer can get proofs u advance and the Tar Heel can in no way be liable for errors. It will enable the paper to plan i.iiead tn hs layout, so that items . of news are not excluded. The Daily Tar Heel realized more Credits At this, the end of one year, the editor feels that it' is im portant that those who made contributions to putting out The Daily Tar Heel during the past year get the credit they deserve. Some have appeared in the mast head on the bottom of page two but most have gone unrecognized through this year, except for the oc casional by-line. , The editor at this time would like to thank Managing Editors Charlie Sloan, Stan Fisher, Chuck Flinner, and Clarke Jones for their competent work, News Editor Ann Frye for her devoted en deavours, Sports Editor Rusty Hammond for his fine sports work, Advertising Manager Fred Katzin for both his work and for being the type of person he is, Business Manager Walker Blanton for his competent discharging of the fiscal responsibilities, Associate Editors Ed Rowland and Anthony Wolff for their work and particular ly Wolff for his .ability to stir up a little interest on the campus, Avery Thomas for his work in the subscription department, and Bob Walker for delivering the papers regularly and well during most of the year. , ! The editor would also like to thank Ron Shumate. Mary Alice Rowlette, Dee Danisls, Ed Kiner, Ken Wheeltr, Frances Walton, Stan Black, Pnngle Hp-kin, iJosie Morris, Barbara Deans, Elaine Hoover, Neil Murphy, Nancy Conwes, "Tex" Lopez, Rosemary Rob erts, Eddie Gcodman, Elliott Cooper, Birg Scmers, Dave Jones, Jim Merrcll, Frank Crowther, Jix John, Ben Taylor, Gail Godwin, Whit Whitfield, Barry Wins;on, Russell . Eisenman, Peter Young, Joel Chadabe, Ed Levy, Arthur Lessing, John Miiiter, Morris Godfrey, Ler Arbogast, Hobart Steele, and many others who helped put maleriai info the paper all year long. The editor would like to make mention of Jack, Shank, Wentz, Howard, Obie, and Clarence out at the shop who helped so much in seeing to it that the paper was published every day during the past year. . The editor would like to make special mention of Dean of Stu dent Affairs Fred Weaver whose aid and counsel was so helpful in gaining insight into some of the more important things in this Uni versity. , ",.-'xX.-i Jhe editor could not Save done without these people, and the real credit for the day to day work, must go to them. revenue from subscriptions this year than it did last, but more can be done in this area. The alumni as a source of revenue ought to be tapped, and a median rate for sub scriptions between last year's low and this year's high should be in stituted so that maximum return can be expected from a selling campaign. One of the aims of The Daily Tar Heel should be for a larger paper, and this is most noticeable in respect to sports coverage. One cannot do enough in this area in respect to coverage in the form of features for minor sports, in-tra-murals, and women's sports un til space is provided. Again, here rdvertising is the key. The editorial page has been,, to say the least, the subject of some commentary this year. It is certaifi that the page stimulated many ideas and made some people, who had not heretofore, think. It also created certain resentment, so that its efficiency rating might be low er than might be expected with the type of free editorial page run ths year. Yet, opinions from all sides ought to be solicited and no subject ought to be sacrosanct from the scrutiny of the pen. Significant strides were , made this year in the field of reviewing. Book reviews, play reviews, and music reviews on a emi-regular basis were started in earnest and should be continued. There should also be added, movie reviews and television items of note. The faculty was used to a cer tain extent on the editorial page to give significance to recent and ageless issues, but more should be done to get faculty contribu tions, and perhaps a thorough fac ulty series on areas of knowledge or on methodology would be one This is for the more narrow minded among ws. ating itself. This responsibility was discharged this year to a great ex tent, but again more can be done. The campus now possesses six peo ple who could serve as managing editors of the Tar Heel, four poten tial sports editors, and even more news and associate editors. More over, several Tar Heel staff mem bers have a fairly thorough knowl edge of the campus. More can be done next year to teach staff mem- way of getting some insight into bers what Ls necessary technical the breadth of education. ly and about the campus. There was a lack of humor this If there was one most important year, regretfully. Whit Whitfield supplied some last spring, but he gra-uated, leaving for the rest cf the year a void which has not been replaced and ought to be. Finally, real strides were made i t bringing present day issues into focus. The news of the week in review and other editorial com mentary did a great deal to pre sent the important present day happenings and issues to the stu dents. Whether they sunk in or not will remain a question. Staff training is another impor tant aspect, for the paper is faced with the respinsibility of perpetu- weakness this year on The Daily Tar Heel, it was organization. This is a flaw that the editor must admit with a certain regret. The editor conceived of himself as a one man gang and he delegated much less authority than perhaps was wise. It is to be hoped that the new editor and subsequent edi tors do not fall into this delusion. This then is the essence of this year's Tar Heel. It has been an interesting year, as even the most violent opponents of the present editor will attest to. It was a build ing year, and perhaps in the near future the mansion will be built.
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