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Volume 72, Nnmber 113
Tuesday, March 10, 1964
Letters To The Editors
71 Years of Editorial Freedom
Published daily except Mondays, examinations 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.
Intrepid Strom In Foul
-It has been almost two weeks since
we had heard from or heard of Senator
Strom (Forget Hell!) Thurmond and
we were getting worried about his
whereabouts and health and other sun
dry misfortunes which might have be
set him. Actually we didn't worry too
much since we figured he was just off
in seclusion rehearsing for the debut of
the impending filibuster, but it has sort
of kept us on edge.
But now the silence is broken and
Old Reliable Strom is back in the news
and all is right with the Tar Heel office.
The first little dribble came in a few
days ago as it was disclosed that the
Senator had recently issued an appeal
for funds for the Young Americans for
Freedom (YAF, the other group on
campus that pickets).
YAF is a loudly self-proclaimed pat
riotic, anti-communist, conservative
youth group of the more irrational gar
den variety. Thurmond, in a letter on
Senate stationery, asked for contribu
tions for the organization so that it
might establish chapters on 1,000 col
lege campuses. He said, "A YAF chap
ter will prepare a young man or woman
for the struggle ahead with liberalism,
socialism, and communism. In making
addresses on various campuses across
the country I have been impressed with
the decided difference in the atmos
phere where YAF chapters are in exis
tence." There's a chapter here and we're
impressed too.
. To a man like Senator Thurmond the
YAF gambit is just small potatoes in
his news-making bag of tricks, but
late last week he hit his stride and yes
terday morning he was back in the
headlines in his old championship form.
The story is pretty complicated, but
worth retelling since it does seem to
comment rather well on the shoddy
morality which currently - guides some
of our senators.
It all started when an Army medic,
Major Erich Ryll, tried to buy a house
in Frederick, Md., from Dr. Robert
Crouch. The deal fell through, but Dr.
To those of our readers who labored
in the dust and heat Saturday attempt
ing to fly their kites in our first an
nual Kite Contest, and to those who
simply came to sympathize, we say
'Thank You."
When w7e began the contest sponsor
ship we wondered whether the thing
would ever get off the ground at all- It
Gary Blanchard, Dave Ethridge
Co-Editors
Managing Editor
. Associate Editor
News Editors
Copy Editor
Sports Editor
Asst. Sports Editor
Photo Editor
Reporters'.
Kerry Sipe, Administration
Jeff Dick, Municipal
John Greenbackert Student Government
Editorial Assistants:
Shirley Travis ' Nancy McCracken
No Sleeping Down Front
. By SIDNEY J. HARRIS
"Why don't people take seats
in the front rows?" a school su
perintendent recently asked me
just before a lecture. "The teach
ers are just like the kids
they'd rather crowd in back
than fill the first rows."
I had noticed this many times
myself when giving a talk. Most
people prefer to sit up front
while watching a movie or play
or other such entertainment but
for a lecture, they want to be as
far back as possible.
This old tendency, I think, can
be explained as a form of re
verse modesty, as a way . of
avoiding embarrassing the speak
er if he is dull or verbose or
tries to be funny and falls flat.
Watching a show, we are not
looking at characters being them
selves but someone else. A lec
turer, however, is nobody but
himself in his naked essence.
There is no writer, no editor,
Crouch would not return a $900 pay
ment Ryll had made and so the Major
sued.
Unfortunately for Major Ryll, Dr.
Crouch is Senator Thurmond's brother-in-law.
Now the Senator is not only the
Army's biggest gun in the Senate, but
he also happens to be a major general
in the reserves during his spare time;
and using his Senate position, he has
had few, if any, qualms about making
the Army jump through hoops at his
slightest whim.
Shortly thereafter, Major Ryll was
up before his Army superiors answer
ing sharp questions about the lawsuit.
His wife said the Army might transfer
her husband just to placate Strom. Col.
Dan Crozier, Ryll's immediate superior,
confirmed that the Senator had called,
but said it was just to find out whether
Ryll was on permanent or temporary
duty. Ryll's base commander, Col. Carl
Casio, verified that he had been asked
to submit a full report on Ryll by Lt.
Col. James McNab at the Pentagon.
McNab would only say that he was
doing what he was told, but would not
say who told him-
Later, an Army spokesman assured
the press that Senator Thurmond had
not instigated the inquiry but that the
Army had acted on a written complaint
from a completely different source. The
spokesman also said that Major Ryll
was in no danger of being transferred.
The next day Ryll was quietly told he
could expect a transfer in June.
It turned out that the Senator had
called the Pentagon and complained
about Ryll, but it was also true that the
Army had received a written complaint
from David H. Kennedy of Williston,
S.C
David H. Kennedy is Strom Thur
mond's other brother-in-law.
If the good South Carolina Senator,,
is interested in keeping the Senate
sacrosanct, virtuous and strong, " he
better wash out some of his dirty laun
dry. Right now the Senate is just
strong; so strong you can smell it in
Altoona.
Our Readers Go Fly
did, thanks to the marvelous spirit
shown by contestants, judges, and the
merchants who so graciously donated
prizes. We 'predate it.
The most important thing, of course,
was that everyone seemed to be hav
ing a good time. It was somewhat signi
ficant to note that neither the Di nor
the Phi managed to fly very high, an
ill omen for the planned disunion
and that neither of the campus parties
were exactly soaring, either.
But it was just as interesting to note
the fierce but good-natured competition
between dorm men and fraternity men,
liberals and conservatives, and even
perfect strangers. There may be some
thing worth nothing in the fact that
people will naturally string along with
each other when the issue is nothing
more than how to enjoy a beautiful
spring day. It could be that campus
leaders should hold their meetings out
of doors on warm, gorgeous days.
Might just solve a lot of problems.
Fred Seely
Hugh Stevens
Mickey Blackwell
Peter Wales
Linda Riggs
John Montague
Larry Tarlton
Jim Wallace
no producer, no cosumer to
blame for his failure.
If he turns out to be a dreary
speaker, the people sitting in the
front rows (usually the only ones
he can see) reflect his failure in
their expressions and postures.
They yawn or whisper or squirm
or simply sit glassy-eyed with
ennui. And he can feel this like
a slap in the face.
The refusal to sit in front is
a display of the tribal sense of .
delicacy; we do not unneces
sarily want to shame anyone who
is performing badly in his own
person. This is why an audience
in a darkened hall is muh more
comfortable than one in a lighted
auditorium. We can evince dis
pleasure without discourtesy.
Actually, to a trained porform
er, even darkness cannot conceal
the mood and responsivness of
the audience. An actor can
"smell" the reatcion of any audi
ience a few minutes after his
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appearance on the stage. He
knows when they are neutral,
when they are irretrievably lost.
An audience gives off a collec
tive psychic "odor" which an
atcor can sense the way a dog
can tell fear in a stranger.
Along with guilt, shame is one
of the most powerful of human
emotions. We are so apprehen
sive of being shamed that it even
embarrasses us to make others
feel ashamed. In order to avoid
this possibility, we remove our
selves as far as we decently can
from .the orbit of an unknown
speaker who might make a spec
tacle of himself. (If he is known
to be good, of course, everyone
wants as close a seat as pos
sible.) I have perhaps left the most
important factor for the last:
you can't sleep if you're sitting
in the front row, and it's not
considered cricket to request the
speaker to talk more softly.
Letters JLaamuemlt ME
MRC's Vision
Editors, The Tar Heel:
There has been much talk con
cerning the concept of a "resi
dence college". In a broad sense
there are two colleges on every
campus. One college is made up
of classroom courses for credit
which lead to graduation. The
other college is made up of
student activities carried on
outside of class and removed
from college requirements. In
cluded in these activities ijP
everything the student does out
s i d e the classroom including
eating, sleeping, studying, and
engaged in s tu d e n t projects
whatever the nature. Too often,
student life in this other college
is overlooked. The residence
halls can provide a means of
individualizing the university.
The problem in the residence
hall is indifference and apathy. -
Interest and participation in
the MRC and residence hall are
only being enjoyed by a few.
There is no concrete tie or -awareness
between the residents
and the MRC to bind them to
gether. The typical resident
doesn't identify with the MRC
an identification which he is
badly in need of. Lack of com
munication and homogenity is
another problem in the resident
area.
It takes something more than
a residence college to cure these
present ills in the residence.,
halls. The MRC, high up in its
tree, looked up into the sky
and saw a great vision of a
"residence hall college". Indeed,
this must have some merits.
But I wonder whether this bright
vision has in some way blinded
them. The , abundance of floral
growth in the tree has in some
way prevented them from seeing
the ground. Looking down I
see listen fruit and decaying
roots at ' the base. Won't '' this
render the tree ineffective in
time? Hew can the tree grow or
expand if it is not fully aware
and ignores the ills at its found
ations? ;
Unless we can look upon and
evaluate the faults and failures
in the residence halls as they
are here and now in an objective
manner and solve them, then
the future will only produce
other problems, if anything.
Spirit and interest miis( be
developed within each residence
hall. Here lies the essence. I
wonder whether we rest our v
hopes too much upon structure
or new social rooms, rethink
these are false hopes. Spirit' for
an organization lies in H our
hearts, and when it dies here
no social room can do much to
help it; no residence college can
save it.
And what is spirit? I cannot
define it. I can only tell you in
my own words. It is spirit when
residents get together. It is
spirit when cooperation is
shown; it is spirit when resi
dents cheer for their team on
the intramural field. It is spirit ;
when college students can say 1
M
"I am proud of my university."
It is this spirit, a spirit which
can never be obtained except by
the love of the members which
help to create it.
The future of the residence
hall program , exists already in
ideas, in hopes, in the minds of
many people on this campus.
The MRC has an open door to
opportunity. It has the greatest
potential of any organization on
this campus. All it has to do is
to awaken to what lies within its
grasp. All it has to do is keep
Its feet on the ground, do some
spade work at its base and then
I reach for that vision in the sky.
Larry Kurland
2 Vance
Music, Music
Editors, The Tar Heel:
- This university, for all its
fine facilities, is definitely lack
in in one area, the School of
Music. Only two instruments
taught at this university are not
at least semi-portable, VTOELI
CET organ and piano. While the
University has seen fit to pro
vide numerous pianos of varying
quality, they have failed to pro
vide the music school with a
single organ of any musical
value. The two practice organs
are laughable. Their complete
unification and electro-pneumatic
action make them valueless for
instruction or sincere music. The
only justification (and a ques
tionable one at that) for a uni
fied organ is the use of such a
instrument in perfecting the stu
dent's pedaling and fingering
techniques. This is obviously im
possible on an electro-pneumatic
instrument.
The large "concert" organ in
the auditorium is a complete
disgrace to our music depart
ment. Its unification makes it a
musical mockery. Its loud,
harsh, thick-tongued voicing robs .
it of any tonal beauty it could
conceivably possess. Its location,
buried in chambers and seques
tered in the attic, denies t.he
pipes an opportunity to make a
musical sound. Their voicing
must be so loud for them to be
heard that they lack any har
monic definement; they have as
sumed . the nature of truck horns.
The stops which are available
are worthless without the har
monic corroborative stops that
are nonexistent on this farcial
construction. - t
The console and action are.;
electro-pneumatic; this . is suf
ficient to nullify any claims this
organ might have to being a
musical instrument. Ninety per
cent of the music played on this
instrument cannot be PROPER
LY, performed on it.
The disgraceful state of the
organ department casts asper
sions on all the music faculty for
their, apathy about the Hill Hall
organs. It would seem to me that
this condition calls for an in
vestigation of the entire music
department. Organists cannot be
taught . properly at UNC; it is
inexcusable to graduate anyone
DUMP TRUCK
from UNC as a qualified organ
ist. Numerous organ builders, both
in the U.S. and in Europe, offer
tracker-action organs with clas
sic, polyphonic voicing; it is up
to the University Music Depart
ment to see that such an instru
ment is installed on this campus.
Richard Bynum-Parsons III
505 Ehringhaus Dormitory
Convictions
,Editors, The Tar neel:
TO FELLOW STUDENTS OF
THE BAPTIST STUDENT
UNION:
Our resolution regarding dis
crimination in public business
establishments, which was pass
ed during assembly the night of
Feb. 21 and which appeared in
the DAILY TAR HEEL on Mar.
3, stated that we object to dis
crimination because we . hold that
it is incompatible with our be
liefs in the brotherhood of man
under the fatherhood of God (a
paraphasing). But where is our
Christian witness? If the clause
about the fatherhood, of God
were struck from the resolution,
Bertrand Russell or Julian Hux
ley could eaily have said the
same thing we said. No bone to
pick with Messrs. Russell and
Huxley, but don't we have some
thing to say that is unique?
How many religions of the
world believe in the brotherhool
of man under the fatherhood of
God? Doesn't our Christian faith
have more specific things to
say about God-to-rnan, iMan-to-God,
man-to-man relationships?
If it doesn't, then we Christians
are the most mixed-up people
of all, because .we claim that
there is much more to be said,
often of a radically unique na
ture. One of the students told me
that the resolution was so word
ed to avoid offending others. If
a non-Christian were offended
when I speak my. Christian be
liefs on an issue, it would mean
that he was either insecure in
his own beliefs or that he
thought I was slinging mud at
him . because he disagreed with
my ideas. If he were insecure,
that wouldn't be my fault. And
to speak my beliefs doesn't have
to involve, religious bigotry.
Phillip S. Bernstein, the author
of What .the Jews Believe, gave
a wonderful and moving pic
ture of the Jewish faith, but he
took no shots at the Gentiles.
Perhaps a fellow. Christian
would disagree with the con
tention that Christianity speaks
against discrimination. If so, I
feel that our resolution would of
fend him as strongly as a more
decisive statement could offend
him.
Dare we say that we didn't
need to state our feelings in a
more explicitly Christian way?
I distrust this position, for too
many people already think
that "those Christians" only
have answers to social problems.
We are the BSU at UNC at
And
Chapel Hill. If we don't speak
as Christians, why speak as the
BSU? We are not an organiza
tion primarily dedicated to
social betterment; we are dedi
cated to proclaiming in word
and deed that Christ is the Lord
of our lives. We're not a faction
of desegregation sentiment; we
are a part of the body of Christ.
Have we become victims of
amnesia?
The leaders of Christianity
shaped history by acting on their
convictions, but they kept them
selves aware of the source of
their convictions. They strove
not only to bring life to the
hearts of their fellow men but
to tell them always of the
source of this life. I am sure
that we have neither lost our
convictions nor the initiative to
act on them, but have we for
gotten why we are motivated to
act? Following Christ today
does not call for street-corner
revivals with wheezing field or
gans and Grandfather's favorite
gospel songs, but it does de
mand that we stand up to be
counted as Christians. God
doesn't ask , us to freeze our
selves in the theology of a hun
dred years 'ago, but He does
command us to speak for Him
with that quality of conviction
which has carried a vibrant
message from Pentecost to the
Atomic age.
Bill Manning
118 Mallette St.
Boycott
Editors, The Tar Heel:
Though all of the methods
currently employed by those
who actively seek equal rights
for all citizens may not be com
pletely desirable or productive,
the undersigned are convinced
of the Tightness of this cause.
We feel that the best and most
effective expression of our
strong belief in the cause of civ
il rights is through patronage of
only those business which we
know to have demonstrated their
belief in the basis equality of all
men by accomodating all equal
ly, regardless of race, creed, or
national origin.
John S. Cogswell
Priscilla Roetzel
Jethro M. Hurt, III
John M. Schnorrenberg
Carol Fryar
Neal Thomas
Joseph C. Sloane :
Janet Sloane
Robin Jones
Diana Harmon
Paul Richelson
Jean Wein
Charles Davis
Michael Livesay
Michael B. Harper
Sally Schilling
Beware!
Editors, The Tar Heel:
Having read Mr. Pratt's
(Mar. 7 ) comment on the move
by student government (be it
Mr. Akers or the student legis
lature; I am vague as to where
the responsibility lies), to cut
off subsidization of the Carolina
Quarterly, I felt that at least
one student should come for
ward in protest against such ac
tion. I don't want to repeat what has
already been pointed out as to
the status and stature of the
Carolina Quarterly. I simply
want to voice my indignation and
despair at the kind of thinking
which, first, takes profit as
value. We should be willing to
subsidize the Quarterly even if
it never made a cent. We aren't
dependent on it for sustenance,
though I suspect that the mo
tives for refusing the Quarterly
subsidization are not altogether
independent of an appetite for
pleasure (more parties, dances,
etc.).
Second, the kind of thinking
which conceives of the Univer
sity as some indulgent, protec
tive mother with a tit for every
student, even for every faculty
member. Such a mother-image
not only breeds contempt for
anything that transcends the
student's interest (as the Quar
H
eelprints
Definition: Efficiency Expert:
a girl who finds what she is
looking for on the first dive into
her handbag.
Billy not only plays like an
Ail-American he LOOKS like
one, too.
Now the question seems to be,
who helped Bobby Baker cook
up all those Washington stews?
As far as today's New Hamp
shire primary is concerned,
' Mnsic
terly is reported to do), but also
breeds such stifling measures
as the speaker ban.
I am saying, then, that the
kind of people who would refuse
to subsidize such an intrinsically
valuable effort as the Quarterly
are the kind of people who will
someday be voting for speaker
bans. Voters beware.
Dennis Carney
213 Joyner
Pre-School
Editors, The Tar Heel:
I would like to correct a cou
ple of misinterpretations in your
report of the presentation made
by Mrs. Virginia Toiliver, Direc
tor of the Chapel Hill Coopera
tive Pre-School, to the Studenl
Legislature. The Pre-School is a
private, cooperative membership
organization. It is not free in
the financial sense; it is support
ed by fees which are adjusted to
the parents' means and needs
to the extent that this is possible,
by parents' serving as teachers'
aids and in other "do-it-yourself
activities, and by contributions
of money and time by other in
dividuals and organizations,
eluding some within the Univer
sity community.
The reason for the existence of
the Pre-School is recognition of
the fact that a century of segre
gation, educational backward
ness, and economic deprivation
is our heritage. The effect of
this heritage is not limited to c
single group defined by "race",,
although these disadvantages do
fall most heavily on Negroes,
in general. We do three things
at the Pre-School. First, we pro
vide a good education for four
and five-year-old children of all
kinds of backgrounds, preparing
them for the all-important busi
ness of learning the fundamen
tals of reading, writing, and
arithmetic. Any Firsit-Grade
teacher in Chapel Hill will tell
you how important this kinder
garten training is for success in
later years, especially for child
ren whose parents are not and
never will be college graduates.
Secondly, we demonstrate to the
community the benefits of a
kindergarten education. The
teachers know this lesson; but
we will not have public kinder
gartens, as some 40 other states
do, until the community, as a
whole can see these benefits. We
provide the -community with 15
to tzb' living examples each year.
Thirdly, we, a group which works
together and which leads to
many friendships among its
members are unconscious of
racial distinctions among us ex
cept when outside factors force
recognition of these distinctions
upon us. We demonstrate to the
community the fact that real
integration is not only possible
but enjoyable, for both adults
and children.
Our teachers are not volun
teers. They are among the best
in the area, and their salaries
reflect their specialized train
ing, experience, and unusual
ability in their very demanding
profession.
Henry C. Hightower
Chairman, The Cha
pel Hill Cooperative
Pre-School
LETTERS
The Daily Tar Heel encour
ages its readers to express their
views on any subject of inter
est, bet reminds them that space
requirements place certain re
strictions on length.
Letters should be typed,
double-space, and not longer than
two pages in length. As the edi
torial page is made up one or
two days in advance, and the
volume of correspondence is
often quite large, letters may
not appear until several days
after they are submitted. We
will mpke every effort, how
ever, to print ALL letters that
do not violate standards of good
taste, and which bear the name
and address of the sender.
Names can be withheld only
under most unusual circum
stances. Goldwater is hoping for a right
in, not a write-in.
Then there's the Vic Bubas
doll you wind it up and it
wins.
Concerning the race for the
student body presidency, many
people are looking for an ex-
SPEARienced MAN.
What we'd like to know is this
who fixes Jack Horner?
Simile: as shallow as Lake.