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Thursday, February 18, 1965 THE DAILY TAR HEETJ Pace LETTERS TO -Msmilit9 ;.Con1j;r(D)very THE EDITORS 8 f' t 9' Discrimination OK For Greeks Editors, The Tar Heel: Frankly, I am getting tired hearing about the "so-called racial discrimination policy of the fraternities here on cam pus.; . It is ridiculous for a system whose basis for selection is dis crimination "in the raw," so to speak, to be criticized because some of its qualifications run along racial lines. A fraternity house is not a public accommo dation, is not subsidized by the government, and does not in any way fall within the bounds of the broadest interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Therefore, to question the right of a fraternity to select discriminantly its members, ba sed on any quirk, whim, or pre s judice of any member, would, Mn essence destroy the entire fraternity system. . When a student goes through rush and pledges a certain fra ternity, there has been a selec tion process by both the pledge and the members of the houses that he visited. Perhaps, at a certain number of houses, he was politely "gotten rid of" so to speak; at others, he was pat ted on the back, given too much punch, and invited back again and again. In each of these examples de cisions based on discriminations of the highest order have been made by both the rushee and the house rushed. If the rushee has green hair and the ABC fraternity doesn't particularly , care for green heads, chances are good that our odd friend will not get a bid to that house. On the other hand, the XYZ's may think this guy is really sharp and pledge him up imme diately. . Everybody we meet we judge according to our political, eco nomicaIr social, physical, geo graphical, and racial orienta tions. This is human nature!. v A man who has grown up with a dislike for all wealthy people, is not going to invite , such a person to live with him. -A man orientated to very con servative political beliefs is not going to agree with a person from the liberal end of the spec trum. Do not think that I am a .staunch Southern, come-heU-or- high-water segregationist I am not. I am merely stating my beliefs in a small area of this question of racial discrimi nation. I do not think that the school administration nor any other or ganization of power can make this student body or any other group of people socially color blind. David Owen Relevant Matters Said Overlooked Editors, The Tar Heel: I am completely appalled by your vituperative outburst against Mr. James Gardner in your Tuesday issue. But it is not jny purpose to defend the per- sonality of Mr. Garnder in any . way. '" Such a subject should not be the basis for a meaningful dis cussion of issues in the first place. I would like to ask you to please think on a higher plane in future editorials. Personal abuse against Mr. Gardner will accomplish noth ing towards .fulfilling the pur pose of an editorial, which is ;to state informed and relevant . opinion on issues and events. What you did say aoout re levant matters, such as the FSM demonstrations in Berke ley and the idea of open com munity agitation itself, was ridi culously ignorant and imma ture. Apparently, even the thinking members of this Uni versity are almost completely isolated from the true meaning L L Kemp Jewelry; DOLLAR EJfiV SPEGDfllL NUMBER OF NAME BRAND WATCHES (We Cannot Publish Name) i3 of what happened in Berkeley and of what is happening even now all over the United States. I would ask you to become in formed of the true results of the Berkeley demonstrations. I would also ask you to then take a hard, mature and loving look at the meaning of the Univer sity, at what its place in so ciety ought to be. Then see how Chapel Hill measures up. See then if just a little anger, a little spark of life, does not come. Did it never occur to you gentlemen that; somewhere there may exist human beings with deeper motivations than grudges and desire for publici- ty? Are you so blind that you do not know that public demonstra tions are often acts of love 'and not of hate? And do you not realize that they are not acts of love against hate, but most of ten against indifference, insen sitivity and stupidity that can no longer be tolerated? If you ever become sensitive and loving enough to realize what I am saying, you too might someday be man enough, be human enough, to find it ne cessary to protest in the way Martin Luther King protests, in the way Mario Savio protests. I am afraid that when it comes to issues as deep, emo tional and complicated as civil rights and academic freedom, little has ever been accomplish ed through vested channels of power until there was open and sometimes violent community agitation. Not an inch was ever gain ed towards full civil rights for Negroes in North Carolina ex cept as a result of public de monstrations in the streets.. And if you will look at the history of civil rights in Chapel Hill you will see that it has been true here also. ; . . ' George Andrew Glahn 183 Daniels Rd. No Legal Wrong Said Committed Editors, The Tar Heel: The, absurdities of complaints surrounding the "alleged inci dent near big fraternity court over the weekend are made ap parent by the catch-all demon strations which; the offended student announced in the Daily Tar Heel Tuesday. For on the one hand, we are Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival! DOTAL riUWS INTERNATIONAL A ROMULUS JACKCLAYTOM FBOOUCnOM Bancroft-Finch , Anne n rMASON CedrTc KarowickeIsSJIS .JUKSWOOLF-MffitpJACKCLiYTQa - NOW PLAYING SALES POSITION OPEN 1. part time: evening hours 2. full summer employ ment also available. CAR NECESSARY for interview: call University Motel Feb. 19, 11:00-4:30, 968-4446 ask for Mr. Garska OFF iff) Ks vJ - -v. .-.w: i, qju mammal n against restrictions preventing a Red man from speaking on against restrictions prevekhedj the UNC campus, while on the other the complaint is that a white man was permitted to speak his peace as he saw it. Of course, no one belives that college students, or others, should refer to anyone as "nig ger lovers." But to foment a crisis out of such an occur rence is all out of proportion to any harm that is done, and it brings more into question the motives of the one purportedly offended than the propriety of the comment itself. The fact is that no 'legal' wrong has been done. The books are full of cases involving per sonal insult, humiliation and embarassment. None has gone so far as to permit redress where the facts are similar even more upsetting than these. Moreover, the complaints of the student involved logically fall victim to the very consti tutional provision upon which his Free Speech Movement is founded , for if in fact the First Amendment permits any one to speak at any time any where, then its protection is extended to the fraternity boy on a Saturday afternoon just as it is extended to a man of black skin or a Communist who champions a cause. There is yet another consid eration which must be made along with our condemnation of public epithets heaped upon our fellow. And that is the serious ness of steps which would pre vent a man from saying, or punish him for having said, what he personally thinks about ' another-within, of course, the bound of legal sanction. In so dramatically displaying the incident, the Daily Tar Heel has of course given to the stu dent the sounding board which he, by the paper's account, sought over the weekend. It is doubtful that your excellent ed itorial comment will pull many props from under his effort. The fact is that, once repor ted, the incident should never have been investigated and having been investigated it should not have become a pub lic issue. . , For humiliation is really sort of. personal at least to most 1 'W&i&J&&Si&rtWwv if your're looking for Bargains . . . This is your sale! Sharyn Lynn's EXCITING -4 1 I Large Selection SWEATERS $3 to $5 i II i i CARDIGANS and SLIP-OVERS Values to $12.98 Smart cardigans, slip-overs in wools and Helenacs. Many are ideal to mix and match. 34.40. Entire Stock WINTER SLACKS $4 to $6 Values to 14.93 m II : 1 Good selection of fabrics wools and stretch fabrics. I uiiu aueiiui laorxcs. 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