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i Ford Bffltutl Explains NS 'A I its sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. TLD w The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of 1 the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff. February 24, 1962 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. LXIX, No. 100 For Far Right Super-Salesman Dr. Fred Swartz, possibly the best known salesman for super-patriotism offers a refreshing change from the steady diet of frothy-mouthed rantings currently being spewed from the fever swamps of the far right. Swartz, who heads the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade, eschews such phrases as "impeach Earl War ren," "Lynch Eleanor Roosevelt," "Investigate the Boy Scouts," and so forth. The pitch Swartz uses in setting up and conducting his pro gram of "anti-Communist educa tion" is strictly cerebral with only a touch of the journey-man preach er thrown in. "In order to fight communism," the peripatetic Aus- i 1 tralian begins his argument, "you Ml i t ii i j must oe miormea aoour it Good. After making this hardly disput able point, the ersatz defender goes on to point out that by grasping four or five basic points about the "insidious threat," you, too, can be a crusader againsA the triple threat of communism, atheism and ignor ance. Also good. Then, after this oversimplified, but unassuming build-up, Friendly Fred outlines his "facts" about com munism they infiltrate, under mine, win over, and finally, enslave. Here again, the analysis is grossly oversimplified and overdrawn, but not unduly offensive. Swartz usual ly wraps up his act, like a true Chaucerian Pardoner by hawking his wares in this case, books on communism. A one - time fundamentalist preacher, Swartz has a dynamic, if somewhat ludicrous appeal. Large, owlish-looking glasses straddle his slightly hooked nose and are held to his head by distractingly large ears. His delivery is. rapid, high pitched and spiced with a heavy cockney accent. Usually dapper in an appropriately conservative suit, he is articulate and entertaining, underscoring his points with violent gestures and hell-fire-and-brimstone intonation. Taken alone, out of the feverish atmosphere of the extreme right, Swartz is no more disturbing than any other True Believer who ascends a podium to win friends and con people. What puts Swartz in an other category altogether removed from the humorous, is his actual role as a salesman for the radical Right. After Swartz softens up his listeners, they are primed for ac tion action which usually takes the now-standard ultra-Rightist pat tern for "fighting Communism": smears, witch-hunting, slander and so forth. And in his own entertaining, dy namic and ingratiating way, Swartz is probably more to be reckoned with than a thousand men cast from the mold of Robert Welch. This is possibly the most fright ening thing about the super-patriotic attitude. Swartz, and other dema gogic super-salesmen can put it across to the frightened, the gull ible and the uninformed. Probable Candidates Although the University Party Big Four slate for spring elections is virtually already chosen, just who will come up with the Student Party nominations remains a clouded ques tion. There is little doubt that present GMAB Chairman Inman Allen will fill the top spot on the UP slate and has already started prelimi nary campaigning. Who will be the vice-presidential candidate is doubt ful, but UP Chairman Bill Criswell arid State Affairs committee Co Chairman Larry McDevitt appear the iriost likely contenders. Bob Reardon, now treasurer of the jun- ........... ............................... i iij 5 EDITORIAL STAFF Wayne King Editor TT'tn T.TWT TT HTrC TT A TJT?TC Managing Editors f T t nvn T.TTTT.tn M 11 Executive News Editor l If Jim Clotfelter, Bill Wuamett II News Editors g 1 Jim Wallace f , Photography Editor l Chuck Mooney. Feature Editor I Ed Dupree. Sports Editor l l Curry Kirkpatrick l Asst. Sports Editor f Garry Blanchard Contributing Editor BUSINESS STAFF Ttm BuRNETT...J3iisiness Manager Mike Mathers Advertising Manager Jim "EVANS-Subscription Manager Jim Eskridge Circulation Manager Tern Dailt Ta Hdk. Is published daily except Mofaday. examination periodj nH vacations. " owuu- Matter the post office in Chapel class matter " Ji the-act of 1 '0 H n m i I m P fuS N C purauat th the Tctcf Chapel If i 1 y ior class, is the most likely UP candidate for treasurer. The UP nomination for secretary will prob ably go to Judy Clark, who now serves as Clerk of Student Legisla ture. The SP slate is still very much in doubt. Presidential Assistant Dwight Wheless, a shoo-in for the nomination a few weeks ago, is now not so assured. Former legis lator Buddy Broome will possibly fight for the nomination and it ap pears that he will run as an in dependent if he fails. The SP at present probably will not bet on him. The party probably will also not be receptive to another possible contender, Honor Council member Mike Lawler. Wheless ,it appear, will receive the party blessings, but not without a fight within the party. Legislator Scott Summers might receive the SP nod for the vice presidential candidacy, but also has possibilities as a candidate for treasurer. Who will be the SP secretarial candidate is anyone's guess. Most of the SP's headaches will come from the fight for the presi dential nomination. If both Broome and Lawler are defeated in their bid, either or both might announce as indendendents, tearing away posible dorm votes which would otherwise go to the SP. The UP's Allen al ready has most of the farternity support lined up. This means that the SP, which is betting heavily on the dorm vote, is faced with a decision of whether to cater to Broome's influence there or try to shut him out completely and run the risk of his independent candidacy. If Lawler also chooses to run independently, the chances for a SP win will be cuV drastlcallyr-"- By FORD ROWAN This third article in our seriet explaining the National Student As sociation is designed to present a t a picture of how the main organ of N.S.A., the Congress, operates. The purpose of the Congress is to provide an opportunity for student leaders from all over the country to meet and discuss mutual problems and programs in the workshops and subworkshops and to allow for the establishment of the policies and programs of the U.S.N.S.A., through democratic processes on the plen ary floor. The National Student Congress is held each year during the summer at a convenient member school. Each member school sends a dele gation ranging , from one to eight persons depending on the size of the school. These delegates are eith er appointed by the respective stu dent legislature or by popular elec tion at each member school. At the present time Carolina's student leg islature is considering revising its present method of legislative ap pointment to include direct election of four of our six delegates. The oth t,er two will be the president and vice president of the student body. The dozen days of the Congress are divided into three fairly equal parts. The first of these parts is the pre-congress, the orientation ses sions, workshops, and subworkshops. The pre-congress consists of confer ences of student residents, editors, and N.SjV. coordinators. The forty eight stimulating and informative workshop groups discuss the more important questions concerning the student's role in the modern world and provide concrete programs which can be implemented on cam pus. Each delegate selects two work shops and two subworkshops to at tend. The second one-third of the Con gress's time is devoted to legisla tive committees and subcommittees. These twenty-five-man subcommit tees represent the first step in the legislative process; from subcom mittee to committee to the floor of the Congress; proposals discussed by these subcommittees meet furth er discussion and revision in the committee meetings before they might finally be brought before the plenary session. There are five legis lative committees (every delegate is on one), each committee having numerous subcommittees (every delegate is on one). These commit tees last fall were (1) The Student and the Educational Process, (2) Human Rights and Academic Free dom, (3) Student Self-Government, (4) The Campus and the Greater Community, (5) International Af fairs. The third major part of the Con gress is the actual sessions of the whole Congress. The resolutions, policy declarations, and mandates passed by this plenary become the official U.S.N.S.A. policy and are "Trade-in's Worth About 15 Bucks . . . As Junk . V) ATTITUDES by Clotfelter Pledges Buy Into Slavery UNC's 24 social fraternities will pledge another group of men next week men who will have to live un der the University's Administration and faculty-imposed restrictions. Restrictions on social activity, re lationships within the fraternity, and the academic status of individual members are some of the aspects of fraternity life which the adminis tration and faculty feel called upon to regulate. Fraternities, on the whole, have accepted these regulations without open opposition,' probably fearing Administration action in additional fields, such as deferred rush. (It was an encouraging sign that the In terfraternity Council, not the Admin istration or the faculty, adopted the deferred rush plan.) 80 PER CENT The "80 per cent" rule is prob ably the most controversial restric tion on fraternity freedom. It requires that 80 per cent of all active members of each fraternity make a "C" average during each semester. If the fraternity fails to meet the requirement for one semes ter, it is placed on probation. If it fails for two semesters, it is depriv ed of its pledging privileges. The Faculty Committee on Frater nities and Sororities instituted the scholarship regulations in 1960. It also required that all pledges had to have a "C" average and have passed 12 academic hours per se mester to be initiated into a f rater. ' nity. Failure to make a "C'v aver age for two semesters means a pledge must go inactive until he makes his average. (The Interfraternity Council also requires that any active member who drops below a "C" average for two consecutive semesters, must be deactivated from the house until he makes his average again.) The faculty-ordered "80 per cent" rule cannot be modified or eliminat- J ed by either the Administration or the fraternities. It rules supreme and untouchable. The rule is capable of financially ruining a fraternity by taking away its source or revenue new pledges or even driving a fraternity off campus, bankrupt. The four frater nities which were deprived of rush ing privileges this fall apparently made it through somehow, but all suffered financially. COED VISITING The dean of women, the dean of student affairs, and representatives of the IFC meet every year to ne gotiate a visiting agreement cover ing UNC coeds and "imports." This year's agreement sets hours in which women can be in fraternity houses; instructs the IFC and in dividual fraternities to force com pliance with the Campus Code and the University drinking rule; calls for a chaperone to be present at all social functions; and forbids coeds to go in houses which have less than ten resident members. , Before coeds are allowed officially fo enter ai fraternity house the IFC must agree to these restrictions. AUTHORITY FOR IFC The coed visiting and "80 per cent" rules constitute restrictions which should be made if they are to be made at all by the Interfra ternity Council. If the IFC fails to impose the restrictions, then its de cision should stand and there should be no academic rules or coed visit ing regulations. Fraternity men are not special cases who require more attention than the average student. Just be cause they are participants in a social group they do not need in creased protection from the evils of not-studying, women, and li quor . . . ; No other group is required to meet a certain academic average. No other off-campus residents are subject to the whims of the dean of women's office, concerning women's hours, visiting hours, chaperones, drinking, etc. Other students living in apartments and private houses are allowed complete freedom in these areas. Individual members of fraterni ties deserve the same freedom al lowed to other male off-campus resi dents: the right to be left alone to regulate their own lives outside the classroom. Future pledges will have to live under these restrictions, along with the older fraternity members, as tong as the Administration and fa culty insist upon forcing its own standards on the Greeks. JIM CLOTFELTER the core of N.S.A. programs for the coming year. Because of the great amount o f legislation considered during the congress (over 100 piec es), the plenary is usually only able to act on about fifteen. The remaind er of these may be referred to the National Executive Committee (N.E.C.) for final action after the Congress. The legislation acted on by the plenary is priorized by the N.E.C. so that the most important issues are considered and debated by the main body of the Congress. Thus most of the legislation con sidered by the N.E.C. is of a less important and perfunctory nature. The National Executive Commit- tee acts as a steering committee and draws up a tentative agenda for the next congress. Its actions on tlie "leftover" resolutions referred to it are in force only for one year until the next Congress can take them up again. The National Student Congress is the only nationwide meeting of stu dent leaders of a non-partisan poli tical nature which endeavors to rep resent student opinion. Through the valuable leadership workshops and through the legislative plenary ses sions, the N.S.A. and its Congress offers a great potential for the A merican student. Part II Crowded Classes Hamper Student Editors Note: Carolina student Henry Mayer is currently spending his junior year of study at the Uni versity of California, at Berkeley, under an Inter-State .Scholarship. The following article, the second of two-parts, outlines life at that thriving coastal university, ancl of fers interesting points of compari son and contrast with Carolina. Not only does the crowded class room prevent active student partici pation, but it also reduces the op portunity to demonstrate proficien cy and understanding. Most courses have only one or two quizzes and a final, with term papers being the exception rather than the rule. Written work is examined by a grader, and the professor only sees the papers of his graduate students, unless the class is small enough for him to peruse the work of his undergraduates as well. A "small" class, however, means one with less than 40 people. This system is at best unsatisfactory, and no matter how conscientious the grader might be, he is confined to a narrow band of answers and . has little room for evaluation. What is even more restrictive is the caliber of questions asked. With few exceptions professors are con tent to ask expository and descn'p tive questions with little room for demonstrated critical thinking on the part of the student, and few opportunities for creative expres sion of ideas. Such standardized an swers are probably easier to grade, but results in widespread medio crity. In general, the undergradu ate sitting high in the lecture hall, is made to feel insignificant and unworthy in the presence of knowl edge, and many professors do not appear to be at all concerned with what their students think of the material; they only want to be sure that they amass the informa tion he dispenses, in order to satis fy the grader. It is a savage and unrewarding system, made even more frustrating by the difficulty of procuring the books, both requir ed and recommended, necessary for the completion of this task. Thus, Cal's system indeed presents a strong challenge to the industrious student one which forces him to strike out for himself, do the read ing he wants to do, draw heavily upon the resources of the community, and in the face of this repressive classroom situation, nevertheless be stimulated and enriched. (Being a large university Cal can afford an extensive series of concerts and name lecturers. (Incidentally, tic kets and programming are all hand led through one agency, a system which Carolina would do well to adopt.) Even more important, Berkeley abounds in art movies, gal leries, lecture halls and other de lights, and to cap it all off, San Francisco is only thirty-five min utes away. "The City" has three legitimate theaters, the nationally known Actors Workshop, a profes sional opera company and resident symphony, a continuous procession cf artists of the first rank and all the other advantages of cosmopolitan city life. WTith these goodies at the student's command, it is not suiprising to find a virbrant intel lectual attitude dominating the campus. All activities are sell-outs; if one arrives five minutes early for a lecture he is twenty minutes too late. A large portion of the student body commutes from the neighboring areas, and most students in resi dence also spend their entire day on campus since housing is spread throughout the city. Thus there are noon lectures, concerts and political rallies left and right, and it is common practice for students to bring bag and box lunches to these gatherings, mus satisfying in tellectual and physical hunger pangs at the same time. Size also indicates diversity, the student body is by and large a tolerant one. Beards and motor cycle boots are seen mixed among the madras and weejuns, and no one seems to care very much one way or the other. Fraternities and sororities comprise only a small portion of the student body, but are in general control of the campus political machinery. This state of : affairs isn't particularly bothersome to the non-affiliated majority, since the adminisration takes a dim view of student government and the term "sandbox government" is reason ably appropriate. The student union (a palatial, four-story, six million dollar job) offers a wide variety of games and goodies, but is not the center of activity, since Cal (as outlined above) is a city campus and does not need a central dis pensary of culture, as GM tries to be at Carolina. Athletics, too, have their place at "Cal," and although de-cmphasis has resulted in winless seasons, at tendance is spirited. Here again, athletics are n6t central; if you are interested, you go, otherwise you don't. There is a strong "rah rah" spirited group, but the cam. pus is just too large and too diffi cult to respond. These considerations aside, Cal isn't entirely different from UNC. People here worry about the budget from the legislature, are trying to decide the merits of the honor system (no, there isn't one now, and there probably won't be, al though after having lived under both, I think the Carolina system is preferrable), go to the flicks, worry about grades, an$ goof off but here they don't do it in the library. Reflections Five signs seen along a Chinese roadside: Forsake this race For outer space Try conversion To Introversion Dharma saves About Letters The Daily Tar Ileel Invites readers to use it for expres sions of opinion on current topics regardless of viewpoint. Letters must be signed, con tain a verifiable address, and be free of libelous material. Brevity and legibility In crease the chance of publica tion. Lengthy letters may be edited or omitted. Absolutely non mil be returned. il
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