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Books: LETTERS j TO THE EDITORS Brin TED raise- Blasts Hickev Praised Editors, The Tar Heel, In November of 1960 I wrote a letter to the Editor of this ' newspaper criticizing UNC Head Football Coach Jim Hic key. Hickey, in his second year as Tar Heel mentor then was not even jnildy succeeding in his post, I felt. As we all know, he had taken over the reins from "Sunny" Jim Tatum in 1959 and was having little, if any, scucess with the team that Jim Tatum was quoted as saying would be the finest he would ever coach (including his national champion ship team at Maryland in the early 50's). Carolina was losing consistently but perhaps even more discouraging was the type 'of p 1 a y dull, unimaginative, lackluster football (with the exception of the 1959 50-0 rout of Duke, which can never be for ' gotten). A field goal in 1959-60 was reversed to be something that only the NFL pros could accomplish. When touchdowns did come they were rarely fol lowed by the single point conver sion. The quarterback, although an able passer and runner, certainly did not have the varried offense which permitted him to run on the option play, pass short over cen ter, throw out to the flanker or hand off on a draw play, for ' example. Instead, what yardage was gained was most frequent ly over the center of the line. Consequently, the play was bor ing and disappointing in most cases. Most of us then, I think, want ed a team that would command respect. We did not necessarily want a champion, but -we did especially not want to be a patsy. It seemed, however, that the brand of football UNC was playing exemplified the admin istration's point of view toward athletics as Chancellor Aycock, at the termination of the 1960 season (a 3-7 effort, I believe) voiced complete confidence in Coach Hickey. Although there were apparent rumblings in student and alumni halls, the administration seemed to be say ing, "This is what we want here at UNC. Successful athletic teams are not compatible with advanced academic programs." Feeling drastically opposed to Volume 72, Number 80 Tuesday, January 14, 1964 t r ret of '6&ve & its tX?T5, atfp? Satlg Star Ifrcl 70 Years of Editorial Freedom iff :X1 1 Offices on the second floor of Graham Memorial. Telephone number: Editorial, sports, news 933-1012. Business, cir culation, advertising 933-1163. Address: Box 1080, Chapel Hill, N. C Entered as 2nd class matter at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C, pursuant to Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semester; $8 per year. Published daily except Mondays, examination periods and vacations, throughout the aca demic year by the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Company, Inc., 501 West Franklin Street. Chapel Hill. N. C THE DAILY TAB HEEL Is a subscriber to United Press International and utilizes the services of the University News Bureau. NO to Amendment I, YES to Amendment II The 1963 General Assembly produced two legislative abortions that we know of, the Gag- Law and the 'Little Federal' plan for redisricting' the legislature. As voters, we can't do much about the Gag Law, except agitate and educate for its repeal in 1965. But there is some thing we can do about the 'Little Fed eral' plan. We can vote IVlrito oblivion, from whence it came to where it should be returned with haste. We can do this in the special refer endum being held today, by voting NO to Amendment 1. Doing this voting NO to amend ment 1 is right, proper and necessary. Doing so will prevent the small, rural counties from acquiring a stranglehold over all legislation. Doing so will as sure equal representation to all North Carolina citizens. But . . . there is another amendment to be voted on. Amendment Number 2 is so wholesome it's not even controver sial. As a result, many voters don't even know about it. This amendment is an attempt to give equal property rights to women. It should pass. One Jarring Incident Mars March The civil rights pilgrimage from Dur ham to Chapel Hill Sunday afternoon was notable for many reasons, and one of the most notable was the relative ab sence of abusive language hurled at the marchers. They walked past such cita dels of segregation as Brady's, Carlton's Rock Pile and the Frozen Kustard with out incident, then up Stroud Hill through the residential section border ing Franklin Street and on into the heart of Chapel Hill. And where did the first jarring note occur? As they entered the University community and walked past the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. For the first time epithets rang out and scatter ed obscenities welcomed the marchers to the University. And who were these few over-zealous ATO's cursing at? Ministers and ministers' wives, some faculty members' wives, students of both sexes and both races and many others interested in seeing that Negroes achieve equal rights. Let us hasten to add that those doing the shouting were very, very few, and we're sure the ATO leaders will let them know, in no uncertain terms, that this is not the manner in which the house likes to be represented. But still it seems a shame that the only reported incident of the afternoon should happen here on campus. As Terry Talked, CI arence Bit His Foot (The Hertford County Herald) While Governor Sanford was in Southern Pines recently he wrote out a statement praising state Senate Presi dent Clarence Stone. The same state ment makes tne probably justified al legation that Stone "has been treated unfairly by news media." The irony of timing placed Stone in Winston-Salem, again sticking his foot in his mouth, this same day. With his blunt and obtuse manner Stone is an easy person to dislike for those so inclined. This lack of restraint in Stone's pub lic utterances has finally however ser ved some useful purpose. Coming on the same day as the Governor's praise, his talk in Winston-Salem was noted more closely than might otherwise have been the case. Talking about the speaker's ban bill, Stone is reported to have said, "I have not noticed any professor lead ing any (antisegregation) demonstra tions in Raleigh since we passed House Bill 1395. If they would do more screen ing about who does the teaching there would have been no use for HB 1395." As was reported at the time, some what unconvincingly, the speaker's ban bill was a direct outgrowth of civil rights demonstrations in Raleigh earlier this year. It was a way of expressing legislative disapproval of students and teachers from state scpported schools, particularly UNC at Chapel Hill, taking part in race demonstrations. Stone's Winston-Salem remarks make this clear, if ever there was doubt. This was a poor ground on which to base a law which makes North Carolina state institutions of higher learning un wholesome examples for the rest of the country of political control of academic freedom. Especially so when it is re membered that a law has been on the books since 1941 which bars Commu nists from preaching their doctrine in state buildings. It would seem the three major candidates for Governor are on firmer footing in all calling for amend ment to the speaker's ban bill than were Mr. Stone and his cohorts who devised this vindictive way of "getting at" the University iri the first place. such an attitude (our closest iieighbor Duke is regrettably a prime example of compatible athletic and academic programs and has been for years), of. harboring ineffective coaching and unnecessary losses, I wrote my letter. Today I would like to offer my sincerest congratulations to Coach Jim Hickey. I say this not soley in view of a 9-2 re cord, a conference championship and a most glorious post season victory. But, I say it with the realization that this coach, who recruited the Edges, Blacks, Willard's, Lacey's, Sigmon's, etc., has developed these very same men into a real football team. They pass, run, block and kick with precision and autho rity. They depend on each other and work together like a suc cessful team must. What's more, Coach Hickey has given his quarterbacks a series of effec tive, varied plays that deceived opponents all year long. Jim Hickey, in facing the TV cameras after UNC games, no longer need bow his headin de jection and diffidence. He is an established coach himself, now, and win or lose, he can now stand in his own sun. Jim Noyes (61) Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia The Fascist Gun in the West." It was a very clever pun, but it was in very bad taste. I do not criticize your opposition to Sena tor Gold water; you are free to be against him. However, the sug gestioneven one lightly made that his conservative ideas in any way liken him to a facist is something very close to irrespon--sible name-calling. The far-right elements in this country, especial ly the John Birchers, have sound lyand rightly been criticized for their foolish tendency to brand anything to their left as "com munist." Now yju seem to be adopting these same Welchian tactics and launching them in the other direction. Practice what you preach, O Fuzzy-minded Liberals. Charles Hall 107 Everett Mailer Praises Self In 'Pap Criticism, Analysis No Tea Party Editors, The Tar Heel: Our Founding Fathers violated English law to gain freedom, be cause it was the only means to that end. They founded a sys tem of government known as democracy which provided the people with a means by which they might be heard. They pro vided a system of representation which gave to each citizen a voice in the laws that were made. We realize the form of govern ment . we have inherited is not perfect. Change comes slowly, but when change comes, it comes because all the people want and accept it. There are ways to force and speed-up change. One method is through the use of violence. But violence, as a means to an end, often violates the laws of our system, the laws made by the people. If we condone violence, we are, condemning the laws which violence seeks to destroy,. ,. and in doing so, we are condemn ing the system that created these laws. I am sure that no citizen of this country wants to lose our system of democracy, but we shall destroy democracy if we try to by-pass its tune-honored meth ods by advocating violence. The means to an end in democracy are often slow and frustrating, but they are justifiable. Richard G. Elliott Jr. 109 Aycock Editors, The Tar Heel: I was shocked by the news content of the Tuesday, Jan. 7, issue of The Daily Tar Heel. That edition certainly does not display the journalistic integrity and taste required of a responsible student press.. A brief survey of that paper reveals that one topic local dem onstrations for civil rights was treated in over half of the news space and nearly three-quarters of the editorial space. These statis tics gained added significance when I realized that a story which received statewide attention was allocated only one-tenth as much news space and one-third as much editorial mention as the demon strations. My approximate figures (see below) show that 59.8 of the news space (excluding sports) was occupied with sit-in news, while 73.4 of the edit space (55 of 75 column inches) was used in treating the same subject. Only 5.7 of news space was used for a story about the murder of Mrs. Frank Rinaldi. The same story was the subject of a reprinted editorial which occupied 20.0 of the edit space. The one-sidedness of these figures is more than obvious, but when news values are interjected the handling of news in that, the first issue of The Tar Heel after the holidays, is indeed shocking. News papers throughout the state consistently gave the Rinaldi case more "play" that the demonstrations; in effect, the state press rated the Rinaldi case as much more significant than the latter story. Furthermore, a murder story like the Rinaldi case merits more clarifying reporting than do the almost automatically recurring racial demonstrations. I shall not comment on the use of the editorial page, since this space should be used to express the editors views. It is alarming, however, to note that 60 of the news space was used for the same topic which occupied 73 of the editorial hole. Even the copy in the news columns reflected bad taste on the part of you, the editors. One incident involving a waitress' urinating on a demonstrator was mentioned twice in your paper. The same incidetn was reported by student correspondents to the state press, but professional journalists on the wire services tastefully edited it before it could reach their readers. In addition, you played full-page a story which contained several blatant inaccuracies. . I quote from "A New Kind of Christmas in Chapel Hill" by David McReynolds: Chapel Hill is ". . hiding . '. . somewhere between Durham and Raleigh. . . . not even listed on most maps. .. . . The only way of get ting into the town is by Trailways bus. . . . The town is about half desegregated. . . . The Pines (is) Chapel Hill's only elegant eatery . . . As far as the town is concerned he (Pat Cusick) is simply red. ..." The Daily Tar Heel has responsibilities as a student publication just as we have responsibilities as students. Speaking, then, as a member of the subsidizing organ of your newspaper the student body I would hope the materials present here can aid you in ful filling these responsibilities. Eddie Booker 202 Avery Dorm (Mr. Booker's content analysis follows.) The DaUy Tar Heel, Jan. 7, 1964 By CHARLES THOMPSON 'Norman Mailer, The Presi dential Papers, G. P. Putman's Sons (New York: 1963), 310 pp. ; It is after the cataclysm, after all, and the book was written be fore. When Norman Mailer publish ed 'The Presidential Papers," when he claimed that his Esquire 'article, The Existential Hero" decisively influenced the 1960 election by breathing glamor in to Kennedy's clay, that clay was still breathing. i Now it isn't, and whatever seemed presumptuous in the : book seems twice so now. Mailer ' didn't stop at claiming such pow er for the bright jewel of his praise; he knew a thing or two ' that would fill the President's 'intellectual void." So we have "The Presidential Papers," a magnificent presumption. Although we may wish Mailer had kept his egotism to himself, , may question the motives for his ' audacity, we can't dismiss the book at that. He may be right that "The" natural work of the modern Presidency destroys a man's ability for abstract thought. , He becomes able to ; think not of the mystery in the atom bomb but Of its engineer ing." Nor Is he completely unfair to ! Kennedy. The book's major 'theme is ."that the disease of ' the state is intensified when large historic ideas come to power without men to personify them or dramatize their quali 1 ties." Along with personal cou rage, a mind for facts, and a gift for strategy, Kennedy had the sort of commanding person ality capable of dramatizing ideas and ideals. But, according to Mailer, he lacked creative imagination. Mailer himself may lack good taste, but not imagination. If the book's title left any doubt, the first of the twelve Papers, "Existential Legislation," re moves it. In it Mailer suggests that we lend the Russians count less committees of Madison Ave nue executives in order to flag their vigor, that the sale of drugs be made legal, that all forms of . censorship be .abolish ed, that cancer researchers be- ; sentenced to mortal combat with a professional executioner if they fail to make progress within two years, and that capital punishment as it is now practic ed be abolished. Unless we understand "existential" as a 1 literary synonym for "cool' it is difficult to say precisely how Bad Taste Editors, The Tar Heel: In the DTH of January 10, I noted with some perturbation a brief editorial expression entitled Total news space (excluding sports) Total editorial space Space devoted to demonstrations (news) Space devoted to Rinaldi (news) Editorial space demonstrations Editorial space Rinaldi Percentage of news space demonstrations . Percentage of hews space Rinaldi Percentage of editorial space demonstrations Percentage of editorial space Rinaldi Column Inches 423 75 253 24 , 55 15 59.8 5.7 20.0 'Til Huff And I'll Puff And I'll Blow Myself Down" Let's Arise And Act Editors, The Tar neel: Praise Allah and the DTH! Your assaults against the "minori ty rule," "naked power grab," "tryanny of the minority" pro posal for the little-federal amend ment has finally gotten through to my inner-most core. I guess I finally saw the light when I read that under the pr posed amendment, 51" counties with 19 per cent of the popula tion could rule the House. It really burned me up to think that anyone could be so "power hun gry." Then I began to think. What about the U. S. Senate? So I got out the trusty almanac and fig ured up that 26 states represent ing less than 31 million Ameri cans rule that body. And that's only 15 of the U. S.! What an outrage! Why, that's 4 more tyranny than is proposed for N. C. Furthermore, N. C. is among the larger 24 states of the union. Why that means that Senators from Rhode Island and New Hamp shire and Nevada have just as much say-so about what goes on in this country as our Sena tors or New York's Senators. And those states have less than a mil lion in population ! ! What a dis grace to a "democratic" nation! That's a. power grab if I ever heard of one! I implore the crusading DTH to do something about this de plorable state of affairs immedi atelybefore the tyrannous mi nority of Nevada and Rhode Is land's power faction is allowed to hamper our progress and grow th by their selfish indifference to our welfare. Arise, ye people, and protest! It took us 180 years to wake up to what the framers of the Constitu tion put over on us, but we'll never sleep again! Taxation with out representation! Tyranny of the minority! Down with the Stamp Tax and all thai kind of thing! Democracy and equal rep resentation for all! ... Franklin Adlrfsson, Jr. 3S3Craise some of these fuggestiocs serve the term. Of the ones that do, th tion of capital punishment It the most important. There k also a fascinating sidelight: ;f f state insisted ca retaining t!hj death penalty, they , would f "allowed to kill criminals pro vided that the killing is not in. personal but personal and a pu', lie spectacle: ta tilt that fhe executioner be more cr Jess the same size and weight as tht criminal , . . and that they i to death using no weapons . capable of killing at a distance." Thus moral responsibility and ? sense of tragedy would be re stored. The authority would no longer be vague, but embodied in a person whose face would be the face of the outrage. Mailer's opposition to capi tal punishment is only one example of a more '. general theme that runs throughout the book: totalitarianism. No longer he says in the introduction to ' the ninth Paper, can totalitar ianism be understood as a simple form of ideology or of govern ment and the oppressed people but a plague whose general ten dency is toward dehumanization; toward abstract power. Tt is manifested in modern architec ture, birth control, advertising, industry, in nearly every aspect of the nations life. Mass society is divorcing us from cur respon sibility, from our past, and from our guilt by depersonalizing our lives. What Mailer wants is a ' return to human relations and human needs. The "Existential Hero" essay, the story of the 1960 Demacratie Convention, contains some of the book's best writing. To the mil lions of us who were puzzled by Adlai Stevenson's frigid response to the Convention's tumultuous welcome, Mailer offers the best explanation yet. Stevenson was beginning to bo disenchanted with both the Democratic party and the American people. Al though a year's hard campaign ing might have won him the nomination for a third time, that year might have left him a worn-out man. "There is the pos sibility that he sensed his situa tion exactly this way, and he knew that if he were to run for president, win and make a good ohe, he would first have to be restored, as one can indeed be restored, . by an exceptional demonstration of love love, in this case, meaning that the Party had a profound desire to keep him as their leader." Mailer's unpredictability keeps reclaiming our interest, and if we sometimes find ourselves laughing at, rather than with, him at least we're laughing. (It's hard to keep a straight face reading an essay on Jackie Kennedy entitled "The Existen tial Heroine.") Most often we don't laugh, but not because we're bored. What Makes School Ideal? By LORRAINE MARTIN WTiat is an ideal university campus? A University of Minnesota pro fessor believes it should have "one or two Communist profes sors, a student Communist club, a chapter of the American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Atheism, a society for the pro motion of free love, a League for Overthrow of Government by Jet" fersonian Violence, an anti-automation league, and perhaps 2 nudist club." Dr. Mullford Q. Sibley, a politi cal science professor, was once voted the college's outstanding teacher of the year (by the alum ni of the College of Science Litera ture, and the Arts.) "American culture is far too monolithic for its own good," Mullford wrote in the Minnesota Daily. "We need students who challenge the orthodoxies." Sibley says if teachers do nor. bother to implant doubt and sub versive thoughts in college, whet? and where will they be implant ed. If seeds of doubt are never sown, moral and intellectual prog ress may not be the result of 9 college education. Sibley calls himself a pacifist and a Socialist, not a . Commu nist. He is faculty advisor to the Student Peace Union, investigat ed last summer to determine whether it and the university's WTorld Affairs Center were Com munist front groups. Even if the organization were controlled by Communists, Sib ley believes neither the adminis tration nor the state should exert pressure on them or deny their moral right to exist.
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