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- t -V '..:a Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Wednesday, October 5, 1966 In Our Opinion . . . Plaintiff sVStand Made Stronger By Resolution The recent action of three stu dent organizations Student Leg islature, the Carolina Political Un ion and the Student Party con cerning the now-pending law suit t to rid the University of speaker re striction by the 1963 Speaker Ban Law is to be commended. We reiterate our position that the court case an effort to solve a long-touchy problem of the University in a peaceful; civil man ner is the best and only logi cal fashion by which the issue can be settled once and for all. During the course of legal pro ceedings this summer, the State attempted to discredit the plain tiffs' case by arguing that the stu dents who had signed the com plaint, identifying themselves as student leaders, did not, indeed, represent the sentiments nor have the support of the members of the organizations they headed. Student Body President Bob Powell, the State argued, claimed to be the students' representative, yet he had no official endorsement of the students to speak for them in favor of the suit. CPU President Eric Van Loon likewise had iden tified himself as the voice of a body whose recorded support did not ex ist. The three resolutions in support of the case stand not only as public announcements of these students dislike for the court case in gen eral, but they significantly strengthen the position of these two plaintiffs , as student represen tatives as we firmly believe them to be. The legal brief asking for relief from the Speaker Ban Law was in troduced March 1 of this year so long ago that many students might hardly remember it. But the issue is not dead. It cannot die until this law is abolished in all forms, and we hope that when the books are closed on, this law suit, such aboli tion will have been carried out. We urge other student organiza tions to follow the example set by Student Legislature, the CPU and the SP by adopting similar resolu tions stating publicly their support of this legal effort to gag the Gag Law. H ats Off To School Spirit Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Or, to paraphrase, which came first, the school spirit or the vic tory? It's really difficult to tell. But one thing is apparent, we've had a great deal of both around the Hill for the past two weeks. And it's great. , . After a disappointing season opening loss to the University of Kentucky, the Tar Heels bounced back in a thrilling match to defeat the N. C. State Wolfpack here two Saturdays ago. We'll leave it to the profession al sportsmen to analyze the tacti cal reasons for the UNC victory. Whatever their conclusions, how ever, we will tack on one of our own theories student enthusiasm helped. :f When the Tar Heels ran onto the field that afternoon, they were greeted by a packed house of UNC students who had already yelled themselves hoarse. Perhaps part I of the hoarseness had been picked jup the night before when no less -;than 2,500 students marched through town and assembled in ; front of the Carolina Theater to cheer the team there. The tri-captains Danny Tal : bott, Hank Sadler and Bob Hume spoke the feelings of the whole Issues From Back Issues (Issues that made the news in The Daily Tar Heel on this date five, 10, 15 and 20 years ago.) Oct. 5, 1SS1 University athletic officials announc , ed yesterday that the rule against tak- - ing beverages or ice coolers inside Ken- an Stadium will be strictly enforced at the football game with Clemson and at all the remaining home games. Oct. 5, 19& There is eminent danger that all non pay phones may be removed from men's dormitories, according to student government officials. The reason for this threatened re moval is that dorni men are placing long distance calls from non - pay phones, tying up lines and causing gen eral confusion at the Durham switch board. Oct. 5, 1951 - It seems as though there is method in spontaneous passing of resolutions condemning the University's alleged Ne gro segregation policy by various and sundry student organizations. All organizations that have passed resolutions will have representatives on hand at 4 p.m. today to meet with Chan cellor R. B. House and present the res olutions in one body, according to Hen ry Bowers, president of the student body. Oct. 5, 1945 When the Student Legislature con-' venes Thursday night it will have be fore it a bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing for the ejection, rather than the present meth od of self-perpetuation, of members of the Men's Honor Council. team when they told the eager stu dents, "This is great. We've never seen anything like it before in Chapel Hill." No doubt the team was bearing in mind the high level of school spirit in Michigan last Saturday when it turned in a performance that left everybody in Chapel Hill saying, "I've never seen anything like this before!" And what : do you think ran through -the Team's rrrihd,, when it found 1,000 excited fans waiting to shout their congratulations when the players returned to Kenan fieldhouse Saturday night. There are a great many people around the Tarheel state who are convinced that UNC is full of com munistsor at least far left politi cos who have nothing in common with their image of a college stu dent. We hope they'll take note of the old-fashioned brand of school spir it that is running loose on our cam pus, and then decide whether or not we are normal college kids. When came first, the spirit or the victory? Well, it's not our in tention to make a public guess. It's sufficient to note that both are here now. We all want them to stay around. To the cheerleaders, the CAA ana tne whole student body goes ctypxeciauon lor creating pleasant atmosphere. this 5 Sailg (Uar jfctf- 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Fred Thomas, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Scott Goodfellow, Managing Ed John Greenbacker .... Assoc. Ed Kerry Sipe Feature Editor Bill Amlong News Editor Ernest Robl .. Asst. News Editor Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor Bob Orr Asst. Sports Editor Jock Lauterer Photo Editor Chuck Benner ... .... Night Editor Steve Bennett, Lytt Stamps, Lynn Harvel, Judy Sipe, Don Campbell, Cindy Borden...... .. .. - Staff Writers Drummond Bell, Owen Davis, Bill Hass, Joey Leigh T - Sports Writers Jeff MacNelly ..Sports Cartoonist Bruce Strauch .... Ed. Cartoonist John Askew .......... Ad. Mgr. The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of Nora Carolma nd is published by students daily except Mondays, ex amination periods and vacations. PnfteCn?LClSS Stage Paid t the Post Office m Chapel Hill v C Subscription rates: $4.50 pe'r semes! ter; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel Ml Publishing Co., Inc Si ... xianMU! ol, cnapel Hill, N. C. BTHI Becomes & Letters To The Editor Tl Wh ippie .Boy Founts Goofs Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Just a few comments about The Great Fauntleroy's prog nostication of Muhlenourg over "Ursinius." He said, "A n y team with a name like Ur sinius deserves to lose." Well, the underdog's nom enclature is "Ursinus", not "Ursinius." How do I know? I just happen to be a grad uate of Ursinus. It's difficult enough trying to tell, some of the Tar Heels that a college named Ursinus actually exists, let alone ex plain the proper spelling. I was just wondering, though, if there is another Muhlinburg team besides the mules and if there is really a team by the name of "Ur sinius." Then, you're correct. Any team with a name like "Ur sinius deserves to lose. But a team with a name like "Ursinus?" Never! It probably will, though, be cause it takes more than v a name to win a game. Arthur G. Hunsberger Subtle Sarcasm Editor. The Daily Tar Heel: We wish to commend most heartily Bill Michaux and John Greenbrcker for th intrepid position of their writing. In keeping with the illustri ous journalistic tradition found ed by David Rothman, Messrs Michaux and Greenbacks are intimidated neither bv bias of knowledge nor prejudice of in tellect. Untainted by coherency, their comments on atheism in the schools, on Lester Maddox, and on tynograDhprs' editing have Drovided comic relief for the advertisements. W. H. Bingham G. C. Caldwell Michaux Rates Editor. The Daily Tar Heel: Bill Michaux is to be con gratulated for his satiric ren dition of the illogical tears of orthodox Christians concerning the lack of religious propagan da in public schools. His story of his second-grad encounter with a freethinker who "shooed through onto our (the grade school) faculty" and undermined his religious faith by the way she ran dodgeball games is an ultimate in tongue - in - cheek editor ializing. Most of all, his testimony of having lost "animal' com mitment" and gaining the "un usual and frightening indivi dualism" of those who dare to think demonstrates the impor tance of having one's comfor table but illogical beliefs chal lenged. Johnny Daughtry Fang's Friends Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: To clear up some of the un certainty surrounding UNC's "Wonder Dog," called "Fang" by some, the owners are writ ing this letter. During the cold and depres sive month of November last year, we decided that our apartment needed a dog. Our search for a cute mutt failed to produce a desired com panion; so we went to Dur ham Kennels to look over their selection. 'Yuh See Caleb ! Thet's Why Ah Done Tole You Toh Be Keerf ul Whar Yuh Set JV There we first met "Fang," who was about the size as his head is now. He is a regis tered German Shepherd, so we had to supply, a formal name to the American Kennel Club. Since we could not choose any name already used by a registered shepherd, and not wanting to send in any vulgar name to the AKC, we decided to choose the German name, "Gunther." His last name was "von Kirch-berg," which in a round about translation, means "from Chapel Hill." His curiosity and body have grown a great deal. Before the State game, we told him that tickets were sold out, but the desire to see his first "home game" got him into Kenan Stadium. After being returned to our apartment, he decided to par ty with us on Saturday night, but on Sunday morning he chose to return to campus. From Jock Lauterer's fine pictorial, we now know where he spent the next two days. He returned to us on a rainy Tuesday morning, without his tag or collar. Since then, we have been careful not to let him wander. Lauterer's photographs were excellent, and very . pleasing to us, because one can easily see "Gunther's" numorous abilities. Knowing his great desire and ingenuity, we rea lize that he might get away again, and return to his "honies up town." Can him "Fang" if you want, but please feed him, treat him kindly, and get in touch with us to let us know he's safe. Jeff Barker Tom Chewning Jim Wells 11 Cent Gripe Editor, Tin Daily Tar Heel: Mv German class was re cently obliged to Durchase a Damphlet from the campus bookstore entitled "How to Stu dy a Foreign Language." I say that we were "obliged" to pur chase the pamphlet, because we were told that we would be quizzed on its contents on Sat-' urday. f - . v r ... Upon closer' examination", it was found that this phenom ena occurred in many other branches of the languages de partment, and that the quiz was administered not by indi vidual teachers, but by the languages department: Though the pamphlet costs only 11 cents, I regarded the entire affair as another mon ey - grabbing scheme, and the following oration was deliver ed to my German class on Tuesday morning: "Well well! The eminent Dr. William G. Mountoln of Cor nell University has published a learned tome on How to Stu dy a Foreign Language. "Books and books have been written on the grammar of for eign languages, the syntax of foriegn languages, the vocabu lary of foreign languages, and even the pronounciation of for eign languages. But Dr. Moul ton, secure in his haughty pride and immeasurable knowledge of French, German, Spanish (and, undoubtedly, Arabic and Chinese!) presumes now to instruct us the poor dumb sheep on how to study these languages: "But how absurd, how pre posterous nay! Outrage ous! Who on this great globe shall dare set himself up as final arbiter on how to study? Study, an intensely personal and individual affair, is now made a commercial farce by Moulton and his minions the "experts" who, unwilling to rest in their ivory towers, have now invaded this area of our private lives to teach us what we should learn oursel ves! . ."Does not each student re tain the right to study as he sees fit indeed, does not each student retain the right to study or not to study? 'But no! Moulton has de cided to pronounce the final word the gospel, so to speak, on how to study: all in one slim pamphlet of four Mdgei,, costing only n cents. Even the Bible took more words than that, and it was concerned only with morality! "One may as well try to write a life of Gandhi, or a his tory of "The Rise of the West" as to start out in an attempt to expostulate on "how to stu dy." But Moulton radiates his scholarly rubbish, confidently expecting that we can absorb his own (for such they are) study habits! One may as well try to absorb another's philosophy or morality intact! "But the greatest fools are not Moulton and all the wit less members of his villanious entourage. The real villains ' of the peace are those in the languages department those administrators who plunder and pillage the poorer students of their much needed moneys to purchase this absurd trash. "Not content to leave the mad Moulton alone to babble his nonsensical garbage into a void, the administrators in Dey Hall have taken up the cru sade of folly and forced us to buy this pamphlet! So, we are no longer allowed to study as we wish we must follow de partment rules. , ys.(;udents, of. foreign langua ges, arise from the muck of your servitude and cast off this abomination. Raise your voices in anger against the monstrous injustice which has been perpetrated on you. Storm the department with a flood of petitions and protests. "If necessary, carry it to the highest councils of the Univer sity to President Friday himself. You have nothing to lose but your grades." Subsequent to this call to arms, a petition was circulat ed around the German class, and the students, in one mind, affixed their signatures to this Grand Remonstrance." .Wt arf ready to Sive to the heads of the German de partment, and we hope for the overwhelming support of our t Txud?nts m this hell ion With luck, we may ef fect revolutionary changes. Thus ever to tyrants. Michael Hollis San Francisco Has Bootblack's Life In Saigon Newer Curricu a (Editor's note This is the II La series of articles that will attempt to inform the student body about exper imental education at various colleges across the country.) le many undergraduate institutions m the nation that are formulating programs for student-directed, student - or iented education, there is per haps none that has done this l?fT as San Francisco State College. 0k?? w?ole Prgram came 3r?Lwen stu(Jent leaders decided the quality of their education and its actual rela tion to the lives of the students was waning. In an attempt to. J5e CUITiculum of their school, the students approach- i pI0iessors individually and asked them to define for them- fho J tyPe of course they would like to teach. n3e- afuity. members who ESS?1?1? m the Program SSSd.sem,nap' Asses' composed of students who took basisCUrSeS n a voInteer The results of the program were so , successful that cred lTas sn. extended to stu S participating and the 11 rvSyst?m of ecation at an Francisco State is now being remolded. nS.glVf- an idea of the kmds of things the students are learning about, here are a few listings from the spring, 1966, course listings: Black Nationalism The course will study the origin, development and influence of black nationalism as a force in American society. Readings will be selected from works which indirectly set forth basic ideas underlying nation alist ideology, as well as works which deal directly with black nationalist movements and id eology. Perspectives of Revolution The purpose of the course will be to describe the com ponents of revolution: analy sis of the political, economic and social structures of socie ty; modes of protest against these structures; tactics of de stroying outworn power struc tures and visions of a new so ciety. Organizing The course will be a workshop for people in volved in some aspect of com munity organizing. Discussion will focus on methods of bring ing together various groups in the community and moving them toward effective social action. The above courses, and many more like them, have generated a new enthusiasm on the part of students in the concept of education as a whole. The students on this campus might consider the establishment of a similar pro gram. John Greenbacker BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Business has never been bet ter for the seemingly endless waves of barefoot urchins who pour out of the back alleys of Saigon's rickety slums each morning to shine the shoes of a nation at war. The big American troop buildup has filled the stately old colonial city with the con stant tramp of out - sized com bat boots waiting to be shined. The Vietnamese used to call the French "Long Noses." They call the American b i g feet." In his faded camouflage cap a remnant of the French For eign Legion and his even more faded bathing trunks, 9 year - old Tran Van Thien is engagingly typical of the thou sands of puny, plucky kids who roam the streets trying to scrounge a piaster from the fabulously affluent American big feet. "You Number One!" he exults when he gets 20 piasters (about 17 U. S. cents) or more from the liberal tipping GIs, most of them combat troops fresh from the jungles for a few days of rest and recrea tion. But if the price is wrong Thien lets them have it in side walk English more scorching than the noonday pavements. "You cheap Charlie," he scorns, "You Number 10" the ultimate in Vietnamese in vective forgetting that most of his countrymen would nev er dream of paying more than five piasters for a shine. v The day for Thien begins with a torrid delta sun streaming down through the tall palm trees along Chieu Street in the slum district of Khanh Hoi. Like thousands of other waifs, he makes his way to the heart of the city, two - and a - half miles away, with its air - conditioned hotels and fine French restaurants, and begins his daily rounds. By evening, the big shoes on the big feet have brought him" 200 piasters, maybe more. A big, fiery ball of tropical sun is slipping into the Saigon River, and Thien is tired. He tucks his homemade shoeshine box under his arm, wraps his other arm around a friend, and heads for home. In this respect, life for Thien is something less than typical. Home for him, lucki ly, isn't an abandoned sewer pipe along the waterfront, or the doorway of a rundown warehouse. He lives in a reg ular house, with bamboo mat ted walls and a thatched roof, which is more than thousands of Saigon's barefooted little businessmen can say. LETTERS The Shrink When there is nothing left of a man He must hate. - Love and laughter come from the heart Of whole humans. Hate is a poison; A poison which once injested May only be removed by the tones Of one who knows At a nominal fee of course. Mark Steinberg i nT' I 1
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