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I Jw ;7s sixty-eighth year of editorial freedom, yphampffed by restrictions
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Volume LXIX, Number 86
The Morbid Hour Now Is Near;
We Meet It In Strange Ways
This is the morbid hour. This is
the moment of total despair. This
is the time of sorrow and hope
lessness. This is the Apocalypse of
the academic. This is the trial.
This, in short, is examination week.
It is an interesting week. Ani
mals that we have never seen be
fore, furry little beasts, emerge
from the lower catacombs of the
library, scurry to the appointed
place of examination, do their in
tellectual duty and hasten back to
the dank, dark corners from which
they emanated.
Late at night the dripping sound
of a forlorn beer keg echoes
through the halls of the fraternity
house. In secretive places far
above, the brothers, utilizing to the
fullest possible degree their mas
sive intellects, visit with their
minds new and exciting places
places they should have visited
months before.
Coeds drown themselves in tor
rents of dexadrine, hoping through
some medicinal miracle to avoid
the inevitable they are not pre
pared. With remarkable martyr
dom they close the doors of their
dwellings and plunge into the
hypocrisy that is the last minute
grind.
The faculty assumes the mien
of a tiger about to close its yawn
ing jaws on a lamb a lamb who
deserves to be eaten alive because
of his sheer stupidity and igno
rance. The last hours of class are
marked by a cackling sound com
ing from the front of the room and
a general moan elsewhere.
All over Chapel Hill students
who never gave a second thought
to books suddenly become self
righteous, self-centered scholars.
When invited to a game of cards
or a movie they gaze from their
heights of brilliance and say no,
they have more important things
to do.
Everywhere the mood is one of
bad tempers and intellectualism.
This seems a little ridiculous,
doesn't it, in light of all that has
gone before?
A Theme For The '60's Discretion
Immaturity and incompetence in
world affairs are tainting Amer
ica's image abroad. Why? One
reason is poor timing.
We need look back no further
than a week, a summer, a year for
substantiation, although other
examples certainly exist. Cuba,
U-2, Captive Nations Week point
out the poor judgment and timing
of someone in a responsible gov
ernment position.
We have already let ourselves
be backed into a position in Cuba
where we can only lose. By stay
ing we appear as "warmongering
imperialists" to the world. By
leaving, we show we are afraid of
Cuba's "armed might." In the past
history of battle, a country con
ducted military maneuvers along
another's border only when it was
ready to fight. That's exactly how
we are reacting in Cuba now. Our
entire Atlantic fleet, with twice as
many men as on last year's mis-'
sion, has been sent to Guanta
namo on an "annual training
cruise." We don't have to prove to
Castro we can crush him. He knows
that. But we have shown the rest
of the world that Castro's cries of
imminent invasion from the north
may have some foundation.
"Khrushchev Torpedoes Summit
Meeting," was a headline last
spring. Before a United States U-2
plane was downed far inside Rus-
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sia on May 2, the world had hopes
of establishing order out of chaos.
But the plane crashed where it
should never have been discovered,
and the Cold War grew hotter
after a stillborn summit confer
ence. Look back to the summer of
1959. Vice President Richard M.
Nixon was preparing to make a
historic visit to Russia the first
such visit by any high American
official outside the State Depart
ment. The atmosphere was already
tense with anxiety. Anc) an Ameri
can spark exploded the tension.
President Eisenhower, after a
Congressional resolution was
passed, declared Captive Nations
Week a direct affront to Russia
and its satellites on the eve of
Nixon's departure. Understand
ably, Nixon's mission was made
more difficult.
Few will argue against the
necessity and even the right of the
U.S. to conduct reconnaissance
flights, military maneuvers, or to
demonstrate our sympathy for op
pressed nations. But in the Cold
War it is vital to realize the im
portance of seemingly insignifi
cant incidents. In widely separat
ed areas these incidents can turn
against us and destroy our image
abroad if they occur at inopportune
times.
Captive Nations Week is an ad
mirable gesture by the U.S., but it
might have been even more ef
fective at another time. Was the
U-2 flight over Russia justified
when even the slightest possibility
existed that its discovery might
wreck thqj Summit Conference?
Couldn't the U.S. fleet train if
that is its mission, as the Navy an
nounced just as effectively off the
Bahamas or the eastern U.S. coast?
What can we do? you ask. We
can insist that government leaders
in positions of authority recognize
the dangers of apparently harm
less incidents being exploited far
out of proportion in the Cold War
struggle. Moreover, we must in
sist that they act decisively to
avoid actions that might, by any
stretch of the imagination, become
grist for Communism's propaganda
mill.
Let's act but discreetly.
Larry Smith
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tte cwsnrMC-n3v4 poire.
Trite but true is the old adage
(slightly revised): Where there is
smoke there is probably fire. For
this reason, it seems proper for
a confirmed barbarian to tell the
Greeks how they look from
where he stands, as long as the
barbarian and the Greeks realize
that what the barbarian says is
merely a description of a very
distorted image.
The barbarian sees the social
fraternity and describes it in this
way: "Just a gang of snooty
sots!" To the barbarian, the mem
bers of a social fraternity are,
collectively and individually, rich
kids who came to college to
spend daddy's money on wine,
women, and song, and are usual
ly years ahead on the wine and
women, and a little behind on
the song. The fraternity house
is the center of wild bacchanali
an revels on the weekend, and a
hospital for hungover heirs from
Monday till Friday afternoon.
The roistering rich naturally
wish no contact with the prole
tariat who can contribute noth
ing to the festivities, so the poor
and ordinary are politely ignor
ed. This picture of the snooty sots
illustrates two aspects of the fra
ternity's public image. The fra
ternity is exclusive, and admits
its exclusiveness, much as a
housing development for whites
only advertises that fact. The
Greeks, of course, claim the right
Nadonal Magazine Attacked
Student Condemns War and Glory in Letter To Life3
(The following is an excerpt
from a letter written by a UNC
student to the editors of Life
Magazine.The Editor)
Sirs:
I am a veteran studying on the
Korean G.I. Bill. I volunteered
into the Marine Corps too late to
see any action but I did see
enough else around the world to
make history come alive for me
here in college. I cannot read ar
ticles: Gallant Men In Deeds of
Qlory, A. L'ife gravely Lost For A
Flag's Sake, Youngsters' Hour of
Qlory, Galant Men in Dees of
Valor, etc., without experienc
ing a certain feeling of revulsion.
We have recently completed
two world wars arid a "police
action" costing the United States
alone upwards of 378,588 killed
in battle. This number does not
even approach the countless mil
lions of civilians who died in con
centration camps, in 'gas cham
bers, and under bombing attack.
Six million' Jews in Axis domi
nated countries were simply ex
terminated during this period. So
much death is' staggering to the
Editorials Refuted
imagination. There is no glory in
it.
And yet, today I pick up your
magazine, look at the cover and
see the picture of a Confederate
cavalryman swinging down his
saber upon the head of a Union
soldier. The stroke is not com
pleted yet, and the soldier does
not even see the sword coming.
He is too busy firing his pistol,
too busy trying to kill another
man to notice that his own head
may soon be rolling in the grass.
At the top of the page there is
the first title in a series reading:
"J. Deeds of Glory, text by Bruce
Catton." I wonder how glorious
that Union soldier felt in the
final fatal instant when the steel
of that down-swinging saber
came crashing into his brain?
How do you think you would
feel?
I cannot help feeling that there
are better words to use today in
description of this war. Cur
iously enough, I find them re
corded on page one of Mr. Cat
ton's own Pulitzer Prize winning
book, I Stillness at A Stillness at
Appomattox. The name of the
leading chapter is written here,
and the name of this chapter is:
"Glory Is Out of Date."
The year 1961 is no year for
preaching pacifism any more than
the year 1861 was. There are cer
tain human principles that simp
ly cannot be compromised, and
appeasement is like a red flag
before the eyes of a charging
bull. But, let us not wave an
other flag, a bloody flag before
the eyes of American youth. As
a member of the Ready Reserve
and a part of the generation that
may have to fight the next world
war I am afraid of the effect
these articles might have on
American thinking. Military pre
paredness is one thing, but mili
tary mindedness is quite an
other. The Civil War was not a glor
ious thing, Mr. Editor, and one
hundred years of perspective
should not make it so. It was a
dirty, filthy, four years filled with
savage butchery, stupidity and
senseless killing.
Honor Council Lnitiates Defense of System
The members of the Men's
Honor Council have read with in
terest Mr. Yardley's recent "at
tacks" on the Honor System. We
have waited until the series was
complete to answer the charges
in the hope that he would offer
some valid criticisms and work
able suggestions; for we, as
others, are always working to
improve our means of self-government.
Yet, we have been ex
tremely disappointed in that he
has shown in his analysis that
he is partially acquainted with
only a few of the cases this coun
cil has handled and seems to be
quite unaware of the real prob
lems involved in this very im
portant area of our student gov
ernment. He has stated in a multiplicity
of ways in his seven articles
that students at this university
are unable to govern themselves
in this one area of student gov
ernment. He seems to think that
students here have no conception
of honor and all that honor en
tails. The question is, however,
whether the acts of being honest
with one's fellow students are so
difficult arid complex that we
must be led by the hand in judg
ing those who prefer not to be
straightforward and honest in
their daily lives.
Why would it not be as equally
as valid an argument to let the
Dean of the Journalism Depart
ment or some other faculty mem
ber of this department serve as
Co-Editor of the Daily Tar Heel?
To insure also that our student
newspaper have an air of ma
turity it might be advisable to
have a committee of faculty
members serve as a group to rule
on the advisability of the editor
ials that are published.
It is an invalid comparison to
equate our Honor System with
the criminal codes and courts of
justice in our communities, states,
and nation. It is not necessary
that one have an extensive
knowledge of criminal and civil
laws in order to be able to judge
whether he himself and his fel
low students have been honest.
The penalties given the council
to impose on students are cer
tainly not to be taken lightly and
yet are not of such a complex
nature that a trained legal mind
is needed to determine their ap
plicability to the particular situa
tion. Those who have had a
chance to be a part of the Honor
System as members of the Coun
cil have repeatedly been im
pressed with the fact that the
real issues and pertinent facts
of the cases are more readily
brought forward in our simple,
direct system than would ever
be possible if our courts had to
be clouded in an aura of petty
legalism.
Under our system a student is
tried by a court of his peers. This
should not be scorned but wel
comed since one student is able
to realize the problems of an
other much better than would a
faculty member, since a student
is in the position to identify him
self with the situation in which
a fellow student might find him
self. However, the faculty does
have a part in our system since
th'ey have representatives on the
Student-Faculty Judiciary Coun
cil which hears appeals from the
student courts.
He has stated that our system
does not work. He has said "we
have refused to recognize the
very restrictions and demands we
have placed upon ourselves." He
seems to lead us to believe here
that the entire student body does
not live up to the Honor System.
It must be recognized, however,
that this is not true. He is as
suming something that he is un
able to substantiate. The point is
that any system will have a cer
tain element of people who re
fuse to support it. This can be
seen in the daily workings of any
society. Yet, because every single
person will not support a system,
we cannot go on to reach the
conclusion that the system is un
workable or ineffective.
This letter is only a very brief
summary of our feelings that we
wish to place before the student
body and it is our intention to
publish further articles in order
that we might clear up the many
misconceptions that Mr. Yardley
has shown in his editorials.
If war, any war, here or abroad,
comes again to this 'nation in spite
of all we can do to prevent it
and I am one of those to die you
may record for your editor one
hundred years in the future that
I felt no "Glory" in dying. Or, if
I am lucky enough to survive it,
you may also record that I felt
no glory in having been a killer.
Ask the pilot of the Enola Gay
if he felt any glory within him
that day in August, 1945.
If you intend by some form of
reverse psychology to revolt
your readers against this word
then you may be sure that you
have revolted me; but there are
many younger readers, no doubt,
who took these articles in an en
tirely different light. I wonder
what the effect will be? Please do
not preach glory to this genera
tion, Mr. Editor. Courage, human
ity, freedom, tolerance, yes; but
not glory . . . The world has had
a bellyful of glory.
We are presently enjoying here
in Chapel Hill the photographic
exhibition, "Face of War" as seen
and photographed by the late
Life photographer, Robert Capa.
It is easy to see that Capa's view
of war was considerably closer
to reality than the view Life now
seems to be encouraging.
It may seem important to men
tion this, but Harry Golden in
his latest book, Only In America,
has entitled one little essay,
"Why other planets have not con
tacted us." In it he says, "I think
the Martians and other visitors
from Outer Space are afraid
they'll get killed the minute they
set foot on this nervous, inhibit
. ed, frustrated, and trigger-happy
little Earth."
With all due respect to Mr.
Golden I feel there is one unflat
tering adjective he missed: glory
happy. We are a little too glory
happy here and your magazine
is not doing very much to help
the situation by running a series
such as you have now begun. Un
less the present emphasis is
shifted you would be doing a
great public service if you just
dropped the whole damned thing.
Like all college students, Mr.
Editor, I have a tendency to be
come over-excited at times. This
letter hardly meets journalistic
requirements. It is too long, too
personal. You are under no obli
gation to print it either in its
entirety or in part. However, I
felt it necessary to explain my
self in order that my objections
could be understood.
If you want to use only parts
of the above you have my per- -mission.
If you do not wish to
use it at all, that is your privilege.
to be exclusive, and emphasize
that much of the campus leader
ship comes from their ranks. The
barbarian realizes this, but sus
pects cynically that much of the
campus participation of Greeks
is "for the honor of the chap
ter." He sees propaganda for
fraternities distributed to fresh
men and alumni bragging that
"1960 Seniors were Outstanding
Group on Campus", "provided the
two most important figures in the
U. N. C. student government",
"had in their ranks six Morchead
Scholars, seven members of the
Order of the Old Well, three
members of the Order of the
Golden Fleece, and three mem
bers of the Order of the Grail."
To the barbarian this display of
"leadership" is simply a well-set
trap for naive young freshmen
and doddering old alumni who
have allowed their conscience to
control their purse strings.
A sober Greek is non-existent,
according to the barbarian. A
fraternity man remains in a con
stant state of inebriation, fluctu
ating from "rotten drunk," to
"dead drunk."
A big weekend for a Greek
consists of taking a girl to a
dance, or a football gabe, and ex
tracting from the girl for this
privilege his reward of sexual
gratification. The Greek's sole
dream is of someday finding a
"live one." A live one is a mem
ber of the female sex who will
respond satisfactorily after a few
drinks to the fraternity man's ad
vances. All women who are not
live ones demand from the Greek
either a promise of his fraternity
pin, or an actual ceremonial pin
ning, before permitting to the
brother the liberties he demands.
A fraternity man's social prow
ess may be measured by wheth
er or not he has pinned any girls,
and the number of girls pinned.
That the picture here present
ed is distorted has been stated.
The distortion can best be re
moved by fraternity men. There
must be a change in the picture
if fraternities are to remain in
the positions of leadership they
now hold. Students must bo
shown that fraternities are selec
tive of the finest sort of men, not
exclusively for any particular
group, but for the best of all
groups. It would seem to be on
ly proper for fraternities to open
their doors to the scholarship stu
dents now barred from fraterni
ty membership by offering free
use of fraternity facilities to these
gifted men. As for the apparent
immorality of fraternities, fra
ternities must enforce within
their ranks the code of gentle
manly behaviour. Public petting,
bragging about sexual conquests,
and public drunkenness are not
within the campus code. As a
final warning, from barbarian to
Greek, "Remember, you may bo
better than we are, but there are
more of us around."
David W. Wiiherspoon
Africa Again
With regard to the alleged
failure of U.N.C. to provide a
course on Africa, let me point out
to Miss Cabbage and Mr. Turnip
that there are more things in the
catalog than they have dreamed
of.
For the past twelve years I
have taught a course on The
Peoples of Africa. It deals with
Africa south of the Sahara
ethnology of the native peoples,
colonial policies, multiracial so
cieties, and problems ot current
social change. During the pres
ent semester twenty students
are enrolled.
Guy E. Johnson
Professor of Sociology
and Anthropology
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