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"Doesn't Someone Have Ah Ami-Petition Petition?"
In The Mailbox
What Did He Say?'
The Daily Tar Heel .-has inadvertantly. joined those who
, have accused Chancellor Paul F. Sharp of calling leaders
of the Students for Teachers organization "professional, agi
tators." The headline over the news story of the Chancellor's
Parents' Day speech in yesterday's DTH said, "Sharp
Says SFT 'Professional Agitators.' " It was unintentional'
and unfortunate that such a misleading head was written,
because Sharp said no such thing.
He was attacked in the Y Court- rally Monday by Pete
Wales, SFT co-chairmen, for accusing, that group of being
"professional agitators.' Wales said "Look at me for
mer president of the Men's Honor Council, Phi Beta Kap
pa." He named several other well-known; students, then
asked if they should be considered agitators.
At least one of three things is apparent from Wales'
remarks: (1) he was not present at the Chancellor's Sun
day speech (2) if he was, he did not listen to it, or (3) he
has a rather guilty conscience.
This' is the statement Sharp made:
"The nature of student protests in recent years has un-
dergone a marked change. Those of us who recall the
changes following World War IL, I think, will remember
that following World War II, we began to develop the phe
nomenon of what I call the professional student. He stays
on with us for years as a student while many of his col
leagues go on to appointments in the university and move
on up the academic ladder. . He ' remains the professional"
student. Lacking the recognition that his movement up th$
academic ladder prefers upon him, he becomes a profes
sional agitator not concerned with the welfare of the uni
versity, but to a surprising degree with that of his own'
group, the professional students."
Certainly no one would accuse Wales, or any of the
students he named at the meeting of falling into the cate
gory the Chancellor described. It is paradoxical that no
one has said they were included in the "professional"
group except they themselves.
Wales said, "By golly, I'm not trying to pervert the
truth . . . I'm trying to get at it now, and . we're not get
ting much of it." But how much truth is there to his
charge that Sharp has accused the SFT itself of anything?
This is not a defense of the Chancellor out of deference
to his position. We would do the same for any man whom
we think is not being treated fairly: We took this stand?
for Dr. William Goodykoontz. We think he has not been
dealt with honestly, and-therefore his treatment has been
unfair.
But many of those who are protesting on behalf of?
Goodykoontz are treating the administration just- as un
fairly as they claim Goodykoontz has been dealt with.
The SFT, has the potential of accomplishing something,
really worthwhile. It can help clear the air on the "publish
"or perish" situation, but as yet the-group has done nothing
to allay our original fears about its objectivity, in approach
ing the problem.
If a man sets out to prove the world is flat, he can
make a pretty good case for it. But that does not make
the world' any less round: If this group is setting out to
prove what a terrible plight non-publishing professors are
in, they can convince quite a few people.
But The Daily Tar Heel views the problem as a defi
nitely two-sided one. Our feelings on the situation have
been stated in a previous editorial, and there is no need
for repetition now.
We defend, against all' criticism, the right to take any
stand as long as we are sureof our ground; We expect and
welcome the criticism, which is a good deal more than
some hyper-sensitive organizations can '- say. A- valid de
fense can withstand criticism.
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'New Wine9
No
Poverty
Of
Ideas
Iki Selections On Poor
By HENRY McINNIS
DTH Reviewer
"New Wine," Spring 1965, Vol. Ill, No.
3. Issue on Poverty. A Christian Journal,
of - Opinion, Published by the Westmin
ster Fellowship.
Although this issue of "New Wine" is
on the subject of poverty, it is a happy
thing to find no poverty of ideas in the out
standing articles. The danger, of , course, is
to bq glib about the poor. This compila
tion averts that danger on the whole but
is not entirely successful. : -
Hitting, the mark best is Alan Keith
Lucas, who writes the careful piece "Does
Public -Welfare Encourage Immorality?"
Although his article is the studied, sociol
ogical answer to this most frequent ques
tion, it - shatters myths about welfare as
sistance in general while : it neatly urges
sympathy for mothers with dependent chil
dren. -
Keith - Lucas wisely points out: "It is in
fact a curious reflection on our conven
tional" concept of sin, and perhaps on what
occupies our mind, that we reserve the
name 'immorality' largely for our sin, that
of lustj and that it has become so closely
tied to legality so that any extra-marital
intercourse for whatever reason is ascribed'
to this sin when in fact it may have much
more to do with entirely different reasons."
Lust, is the one sin which Jesus explicit
ly forgave twice on earth, the writer adds ,
and it is "as the ancient church knew well,
only one of the seven deadly sins." '
- "Our Concern About Poverty"
The issue's prestigious piece is "Our
, Concern About Poverty" by Terry. Sanford.
If you want to know how sincere and ' deep
education is as a vital concern to Sanford
the man, and not merely Sanford, the gov
ernor, you will find out here.
'. He clearly sees the cycle of poverty as
self-perpetuating because it is set in mo
tion each generation by poor education.
He justifies the tremendous expenditures
that he envisions must be raised and spent
to make a ripple in the murky, waters of
poverty. ,
Eliminating Poverty
"Can We Eliminate Poverty," by James
L. White, coordinator of the state Economic
Opportunity Program, explores the propo
sition that "the poor are with us always."
Readers may hardly find fault with his
auspicious beginning: "There can be only
two answers to the question: 'Can we
eliminate poverty? ! Those answers are
'No' and Yes.' "
He writes that "the success of com
munity action programs will be in direct
ratio to community involvement-and-participation."
This is a fact that communi
ties are now facing. There . are cynics in
every Tar Heel town and city who regard
the whole Economic Opportunity Program
as another welfare matter. They cripple
any movement to get local enthusiasm and
action going because they equate the pro
gram with big government encroaching on
local autonomy. White supports President
Johnson's Great Society with admirable
eloquence but with simplicity.
The Oppressed Minority
The article on "The Poor: America's
Oppressed Minority," states the generali
ties most people are acquainted with. The
author, Barbara Brandt, has a degree in
philosophy, has done graduate work in so
ciology. The article is a touch and go affair, not
saying anything that can't be heard" by
some wandering student flitting from-one
classroom to the other. It is a sociological"
stew, lacking insak and too heavy on the
fat. A little more meat, next time, please!
Provoking Article
The most -provoking - article is "Marx,
Liberals and Poverty," by Joan Drake, a
graduate of Fordham University and grad
uate student atl the state universities in
California and- New Mexico. What she
manages to write on Marx could have been
copied off a course summarizer at the
Book Exchange and . even that little was
poorly related to poverty. Her understand
ing of liberalism is a poverty pocket itself.
An example of the typically confused
view of liberalism is : '-'Liberalism has
never had a coherent view of society or
its institutions nor seen them as a posi
tive force." Come, now! Back to your
American history,
:'." Punctures Balloons
"Fallacies- About American Poverty,"
by Robb Burlage, states the obvious fal
lacy which too "many Americans hold that
"the problem is only a matter of individ
ual disability and not a problem of the
economy and society as a whole."
Burlage offers the "suggestion that pov-r
erty and unemployment are basically mat-',
ters of low economic growth and econom
ic distribution and allocation. No fool's ob
servation, this!
Other fallacies he punctures like fatuous
balloons are:- education and skill upgrade
ing must come before any increases in per
sonal income; the majority of the poor are
Negro; poverty is found only in pockets of
distress, not permeating the society; and
the European immigrant groups mad& it
up by their own bootstraps the Negroes
and Appalachians can too.
Thi$ was an article that enhances the
value of "New Wine" and. it should be
widely read and discussed, for it is a clev
er and accurate diagnosis of . the super
ficial American attitude.
Poverty And Population
William Darity, a" Negro and currently
director of program development of the
North Carolina Fund, penned ' the unsatis
fying but timely piece,: "Poverty and Pop
ulation Control."
It is based on a study in the state's
richest county, Mecklenburg, among low
income women associated with an oral
contraceptive program. The implications
for poverty are hardly startling and will
certainly not be food for cocktail chatter
this season, at any rate. For dull read
ing, however thorough and scholarly it is,
the article rates an A.
Fit For Digestion
The title "Sin, Morality and Poverty"
is part of that new wave theology-socioeconomic-politico-cultural
hash we must
bear with these days. Mercifully, what fol
lows, by William StringfeUow, is less pre
tentious. Read it and 'digest it. It's a fine
piece of observation.
Several reviews are worth glancing at
but for recommended reading, see- CaroL
Schmidt's review of "The Church and Pov
erty " by Byron Johnson, and Michael Har
rington's superb "The- Other America,"" re
viewed by Scott McNurray:
Letters
The Daily Tar Heel welcomes let
ters to the editor on any subject, par
ticularly on matters of local or Uni
versity interest. Letters should- be
typed; double spaced and include the
name and address of sender. Names
will, not be omitted in publication.
Letters should be kept as brief as
possible. The DTH reserves the right
to edit for length-
Preserving Iknotou
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
With all due respect to Miss Sterling's
observation concerning job tenure for Jesus
and Socrates in positions in this University,
she fails to miss the very point in fact.
Were it not for their students, Plato, Mat
thew, Mark, Luke, John, et al, who did;
"publish,vT their teachings would bear no
meaning at all
Aside from all this, these two "teach
ers" were so well liked- that one was
caused to commit suicide and - the other
was crucified by the very people he was
teaching. The iact that they were teach--ers,
good or bad is not the point. The f act
that both had something worthwhile to say
is important, however, and it is of no use to
us unless we can have some semblance of
accuracy and scholarship concerning their
teachings.
In defense of the faculty viewpoint I
would like only to point out that it is the
first obligation of an academic society to
put emphasis on scholarship, and primari
ly, its own scholarship. It is one's first
duty to learn in order to teach, and learn
ing, obviously, must come through diligent
scholarship on the partof the teacher. It is
also the teacher's duty not to stagnate
what he has learned; he must continue
his studies as long as he teaches. It is
his duty to organize and communicate his
knowledge in a scholarly fashion.
A teacher, therefore, must by aca
demic standards, pablish in order to pre
serve his knowledge.
In reference to the current "publish or
perish" trauma now going on here I might
mention that I have great respect for
William Goodykoontz as a teacher, and as
a "publisher,'-' to use Miss Sterling's
terms. In fact, I do not see where Goody
koontz' situation enters into an isolated
discussion of "publish or perish." His sit
uation is too personal.
Tom Myers
Davie Circle
Now About Geodyhooizt'Z...
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
As a graduating senior I have tried to
ignore the obtuse arguments recently pre
sented on the editorial page. However,
Sunday's comments on the subject of pub
lish or perish are appalling to me and
require some sort of answer.
First, the editorial shows a gross un
familiarity with UNC and the facts of the
Goodykoontz case. Dr. George Harper,
chairman of the Department of English
has repeatedly told inquirers that the
main reason for firing Goodykoontz was
his lack of publications and potential pub
lications. Thus, publish or perish is an ad
mitted policy in the department.
Harper did mention that there were
personality conflicts in the department, but
this seems to me to be an even less ra
tional reason for firing a teacher.
Secondly, Students for Teachers does
not resent the efforts by teachers to do
research. Constant work is necessary to
expand any field of knowledge.
However, the desire for expanding the
limits of our knowledge should not be for
ced upon a teacher while he is trying to
meet the demands of his students.
Also, it is quite possible (and highly
probable) that expansion of knowledge can
occur through transmission of words spoken-to
students instead, of words written to
other professers.
I hope that the editor of this once - en
lightened newspaper will in the future at
least get the facts of an issue before he
. presents his opinion.
Neal Jackson
204 Manly
An -Apology T?b. ThmTiMOFzi
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Sunday we had the privilege of hearing
a speech by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina, sponsored by the Carolina Forum.
Introductory remarks made by one of the
co - chairmen of the forum urged that
those members of the audience who did
not agree with the Senator's views should
conduct themselves as they would if they
supported his views wholeheartedly. This
statement seemed to serve as a guide for
the audience, but not for co - chairmen
Bill Schwartz and George Nicholson them
selves. .
Being seated on the stage, any move
ment that they made was distracting to
the audience. If these two could not re
frain from talking and fidgeting out of re
spect for the speaker, they could have at
least done so for the benefit of the audi
ence. Yet they insisted on making their
presence, known by constant shifting, whis
pering, and even hovering around the po
dium during the question and answer per
iod. Only when the senator himself shamed
them did they have the courtesy to sit
quietly, and they didn't stay that way very
long.
As Carolina students we object to this
conduct on the part of any other stud
ents toward an invited guest on this cam
pus, and do 'most violently condemn it
when the offending parties themselves are
the ones who extended the invitation to the
speaker. We would like to offer our apolo
gies to the senator, and do sincerely hope
that no further incidents of this nature oc
cur.
hi:
Nelson B. Watts
321 Ehringhaus
James Scott Edwards
449 Ehringhaus
Frank H. Shields
450 Ehringhaus
G. W. Flynt
147 Ehringhaus
Eight To Vote Unfulfilled
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
I hope I am not misrepresenting Sen.
Strom Thurmond's position on Sunday
night by the following summary. Although
the substance of the civil rights demonstra
tors' grievances is legitimate, the methods
used are in effect -a revolution against the
rule of law; and in any case, lawful
means are presently available to redress
abridgements of the right to vote. There
fore, the demonstrations are to be deplor
ed, and the voting rights bill of 1965 (which
is on several points unconstitutional) is an
example of the administration's - mistaken
policy of acceding to illegally expressed re
quests. The question I' was unable to communi
cate through my own inarticulateness to
Thurmond during the question period is this:
If the preservation of the constitutional
form of government we presently enjoy is
indeed a laudable aim, and if the civil
rights demonstrators are indeed asking for
nothing more than their constitutional
rights, would not those most anxious to
preserve the Constitution, such as Thur
mond (and indeed most of us), be the first
to support measures to assure that all de
mands of the discontented be expressed
through constitutional channels?
The response of Thurmond might go as
follows: constitutional channels already ex-
ist for Negores to gain the previously den
ied right to vote. Why then are Negroes
still demonstrating? Because they are led
by subversive elements which are intent
upon the overthrow of our legal form of
government. Now this is a question of fact,
and although the Senator made some strong
allegations, he did not prove to my satis
faction that the only reason civil rights
demonstrators are acting the way they are
is that they are being misled by Commun
ists or others desiring overthrow of the sys
tem. The problem lies in Thurmond's refus
al to recognize that the legal means open
to most citizens of the United States are
unavailable to Negroes in the South by vir
tue of the entire legal system presently
existing in that region of the country. For
this reason the right to vote remains un
fulfilled, with no legal means of redress.
And for this reason, too, those anxious to
keep the expressions of Negro sentiment
within the law are intent on passing leg
islation like the voting rights bill. Other
wise, the disenfranchised will turn to new,
more violent means to attain their ends,
means which will truly disrupt our con
stitutional system.
Terry Fowler
413 Patterson Place
Radio Referendum Needed
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
I- was- both amused and dismayed by
John Stupak's statement in the Saturday
Daily Tar Heel. His statement was either
illogical' or ani attempt at deceiving the
student body and possibly both.
Stupak maintains two points: (1) The
campus overwhelmingly wants campus ra
dio, and (2) Certain Student Party leaders
are blocking campus radio for their own
political gain.
These two statements directly contra
dict each other. If the campus overwhelm
ingly wants campus radio and these cer
tain Student Party legislators keep it from
passing, then they will be committing po
repudiation at the polls next-time they run
litical suicide. They can gain nothing but
for office. On the other hand, if they can
gain politically by blocking campus radio
as Stupak asserts, then that must mean
their constituents do not want the campus
radio that Stupak says they want.
Stupak and Carson have misrepresented
the facts, both to the student body and to
proposal submitted -to Student Legislature,
not pass the legislation now. This is not
construction while we are applying for an
FM license, which takes a minimum of
five months to receive. Out of the other
side of his mouth, he says that legislature
must pass the bill on campus radio now
so that construction can be carried out this
summer.
Why doesn't Stupak admit he is push
ing this project for one reason, his own
personal gain. He wants to be appointed
the station manager.
Smith Freeman
311 Lewis