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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
.Wednesday October 12, 1966
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Ik Our Opinion . .
Happy Birthday UNC
Richard Donor
Today's observance of the 171st
anniversary of the founding of the
nation's oldest state university is
more than just a half - day vaca
tion from classes.
Since William R. Davie laid the
cornerstone of Old East on Oct. 12,
1795, the University of North Caro
jian has assumed a leading role in
the nationwide process of higher ed
ucation. : It is only fitting that, once each
ear, time be set aside to honor
those who built this school and
those who continue to give life to
it.
University Day this year takes
on added significance because of
two special ceremonies: the official
installation of UNC Chancellor J.
Carlyle Sitterson and the designa
tion of Old East as a National His
toric Landmark.
We appreciatively acknowledge
those who have participated in the
planning and organization of this
University Day.
And we hope you, the students,
will join us in Memorial Hall today
at 11 a.m. to wish our University
a very happy birthday.
r We Believe In Columbus
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To Tell The Truth. ... who real
ty discovered America?
Today is October 12. In Chapel
Hill it's University Day. In most
of America it's 19 days until Hal
loween. To Linus it's 19 days until
the arrival of the Great Pumpkin.
But let us not forget it is also Co
lumbus Day.
This is the anniversary so
pur history books have taught us
j of the day that an intrepid Ital
ian, with his three Spanish ships,
discovered the New World, America.
' It is bad enough that the signi
ficance of this day has become all
but forgotten ia our work - a - day
society. But now the situation is
worsened by the claims of a pro
fessor from Christopher Colum
bus' own native town of Genoa,
Italy, no less this hemisphere
?vas actually discovered by the Et
ruscans some seven centuries be
fore our renowned navigator ever
set sail.
The third-graders, in their first
history course, have problems
enough trying to understand w h y
the place discovered by Columbus
is called America. They have to
adjust to the fact that the land of
Spanish claim has English as its
native tongue.
They are beset by legendary
claims that Leif Ericson and his
band of hearty Vikings were the
first white men to set foot on this
continent.
But what will happen to their
impressionable minds now that
some Italian scholar says he has
indisputable proof that non - indian
types trod the rolling plains of
America centuries before the birth
of Christ?
In reply, we have but this to
say: Yes, Virginia, there was a
Christopher Columbus. And he did,
indeed, discover America. And to
our challenged hero, may your
bones rest in peace we believe
in you.
Conspirators In Bathrooi
: The greedy American capital
ists are everywhere apparently
?ven in your own bathroom.
Charges were filed in Pitts
burgh's federal district court last by
the U. S. Justice Department char
ging 15 of the nation's leading man
ufacturers of plumbing fixtures
with major price - fixing conspir
acy. Charging collusion in criminal
yiolation of the Sherman Antitrust
Act, the complaint said the corpor
ations have hiked the tag on the
more expensive models of sinks,
toilets, tubs and other bathroom,
equipment, while dropping the low-
priced lines a move involving
about $1 billion in sales.
The legal verdict, which could
bring a $50,000 fine for each of the
manufacturing companies and a
similar fine phis' a year in prison
for the indicted executives, has yet
to be decided. If it turns out that
the charges are valid, this could
be the greatest infringment on one
of man's most natural habits since
the invention of the pay toilet.
What is this leading to? Imagine
Delsey Tissue Coming out with a
new product lined, not with pastel
flowers, but with dollar bills.
Issues From Back Issues Sty laiig ar Qeel
(Issues that made the news in The
Daily Tar Heel on this date five,
10, and 15 years ago.)
Oct. 12, 1961
Carolina's 18-48 victory over
Clemson's cross - country team
Saturday was no surprise to any
one. Dale Hanson the jovial UNC
coach has long been noted for his
excellent teams and his present
crew could develop into the best
UNC has ever had.
Oct. 12,1956
The founding of the University
by General William Richardson
Davie will be depicted in pagean
try and pantomine today at 11 a.m.
lihder supervision of Carolina
Playmakers.
: Numerous actors and musicians
will be called upon to pantomine
the cornerstone laying of Old East
Building oldest state university
structure in the nation.
Oct. 12, 1951
, Blue Devil alumnus Johnny
Long will have his musicians on
hand to make with the music for
the Fall Germans scheduled for
November 2, the Tennessee week
end, according to Jake Froelich,
Germans Club president.
Instead of the usual two dan
ces, one each on Friday and Sat
urday nights, there will be only one
on Friday night this fall, the Ger
mans Club reports.
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
Sports Writers
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Bruce Strauch .... Ed. Cartoonist
John Askew Ad. Mgr.
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Lyon Qffeirs Permmmi Edu&cm&wm
(Editor's note The follow
ing prticls is another in an in
formal series describing edu
cation at other universities
both here and abroad. The
DTH hopes that these descrip
tions might serve as a valu
able means of comparison be
tween education elsewhere
and education at Carolina.
Richard Donor is a member
of the Education Reform Sem
inar established earlier this
month bv Student Body Pres
ident Bob Powell.)
The thirty - three students
who spent last year in Lyon,
France were exposed to a com
pletely new variety of people,
ideas, and structures. There
were so many unique experi
ences during these ten months
that to attempt to describe all
of them and to expect others
to understand would be futile.
However, one aspect of our
French is life is especially re
levant and valuable for UNC,
its students, administration,
and professors at the present
time: the education process,
as we knew it, in France.
The year for us was divided
roughly into two parts. The
first half was mainly devoted
to an intensive French langu
age and civilization course, giv
en in French, in a special di
vision of the University of
Lyon.
During this first half we be
gan looking for and auditing
classes which would corre
spond to our UNC course re
quirements. These courses
were taken in the regular part
of the University with French
students, and constituted -1 h e
most novel part of a truly
educational experience.
As American students in re
gular French classes, we were
expected to read roughly the
same material as the ordinary
French student. This scared
many of us at first, since aca
demically, the French Univer
sity is about two years in ad
vance of its American counter
part. That is to say that when
a French student , graduates
from the "lycee" or high
school, he is at the scholastic
level of a rising junior in the
U.S.
Thus, the degree a French
student receives at the end of
four years of college is rated
on just about the same level
as an American master's de
gree. Because of this differ
ence, the work was sometimes
a bit difficult for us but with
the new type of classes and
teaching methods we encount
ered, the subject matter was
always challenging and inter
esting. The first reason for this was
the position of the professor in
the French University. A pro
fessor in France has the dis
tinct pleasure of being com
pletely free from any adminis
trative pressure concerning
his publishing or ideas.
He only writes a book when
he wants and is ready to, and
he can never be discharged
for any , outspoken opinions
which may differ from the ad
ministration's. (In fact, he can-
never. be fired for any rea
son.) .;' The UNC observor sees t h e v
value here in realizing that the
administration of any French
university is the Ministry of
Education, a branch of thef;
very centralized national gov- ''
eminent. . .y.-
'Now, Will The Real Discoverer Of America Please Stand Up?'
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Because of this complete
freedom of time and thought,
the great majority of profes
sors we had were extremely
interested in and knowledge
able about their subject mat
ter. They almost always had
the time and the will to talk
with a student who had a ques
tion or a criticism.
These men and women had,
as their first concern, their
classroom presence and its af
fect on their students.
But if the professors were
good, one must also appreci
ate the. French students. See
ing that they were at the gra
duate level and already spe-
v cializing (although they had
spent the same amount of time
in school as we had), these
students were usually immer
sed in their subject and read
, as much as possible on it.
A third reason why we liked
the systems to much was con
nected with the courses them
selves, most of which met
only once a week for two
hours. When a class did meet
'.. twice a week, the second time
, was for special seminars in
' which a student gave a speech
to the class and professor on
some relevant question. (One
;. of us had to give a speech
on the American position in
'.' Viet Nam).
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This shortness of actual class
- time meantthat the student
spent the majority of his time
doing relevant reading for him
'self and developing his own
Mdeas on the basis of the
professor's lectures.
The important thing here is
that the vast majority of our
time was our own. We, as
members of a regular French
student .body, were consider
ed reponsible enough to use
this time constructively, which,
because of the excellent pro
fessors and class content, most
of us did.
Another excellent feature
was the small amount of re
quired reading. (I am speak
ing now of courses in the Hu
manities and Social science
Divisions.) Of course, in a" lit -erature
course covering a per
iod of history, certain books
had to be read, but even then,
there was a great amount of
freedom.
The professors would suggest
valuable material, but we were
expected to read anything we
thought relevant. We were, in
fact, able to do this because
we were not tested on details
or very specific information.
We were tested on our own
ideas which were to have
been inspired by the lectures
and the few required readings.
The fact that there was only
one test, at the end of the
year, was also novel since it
took off any pressure to cram,
and gave us time to see the
material from an overall view
and develop our ideas accord
ly. There were some "disser
tations" to do, but we were
told that they were to be as
original and different as pos
sible. This attitude was car
ried through to the exam al
so, since the professors made
it well known that if the stu
dent simple "regurgitated" his
class notes on the final, he
would fail.
The teacher only considered
himself a means to the stu
dent's individual development,
and the exams were graded
accordingly. .
A final aspect of this process
was absence of grades for the
regular French courses taken
in the second half of the year.
(We did receive grades for the
intensive French courses in the
first half.) It was decided
that we would receive either
pass or fail since there were
usually only two or three
and since the French grading
system is so totally different
from ours. (One must remem
ber that "pass" was based on
the French professor's evalua
tion of the student, and repre
sented work of at least a B
minus quality.
Some will say that it was an
excellent chance to goof off,
but this did not happen in the
majority of the cases. We real
ized that for the first time
grades meant almost nothing
and that we could take a deep
er, more real look at our sub
ject matter.
I can honestly say, and I'm
sure that most of the group
agrees with me, that last year
was a drastically new and wel
come type of education. Its de
scription here will hopefully
make people realize the value
of a junior year abroad, as
well as the opportunities and
need for improvement at
UNC.
The objectives of this ex
perience, which we hope and
believe were achieved, can
be described very generally
as the following:
1. To show the important use
and impact of arts, history,
philosophy, and science in to
day's world.
2. To show students that in
tellectual activity must be a
never ending process contin
ued throughout life.
3. To destroy a tendency to
over - conformity stemming
from a specialized society
which promotes almost entire
ly from an organizational ba
sis. In other words, we look
ed at different aspect of so
ciety keeping in mind the fact
that we ourselves were members.
LETTERS
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cepts all letters to the ed
itor for publication provid
ed they are typed and double-spaced.
We reserve the
right to edit for libelous
statements.
.lew DiiBoi CMIbs le Hot Water
(CPS)-The W. E. B. Du
bois Clubs of America, under
investigation as a Communist
front group by the Depart
ment of Justice, have touched
off heated controversies at
several colleges across the
country.
Attempts by local chapters
of the Marxist oriented group
to secure recognition as stu
dent organizations have come
under attack from school ad
ministrators at Indiana Uni
versity (Bloomington), Uni
versity of Illinois (Champaign
Urbana), and Temple Univer
sity (Philadelphia) and have
raised charges that the
schools are violating student
rights to freedom of associa
tion. At Indiana, school officials
arrested two DuBois Club
members on Sept. 15 for tres
passing, after students at
tempted to distribute litera
ture to participants at a
school acivities fair The IU
Dean of Students had prev
iously told them to leave the
premises.
The arrests touched off pro
tests on the IU campus, in
cluding a free speech rally
where both right-wing and
left - wing students defended
the DuBois Club's right to
distribute literature.
Campus Students for a
Democratic Society staged a
demonstration, and the local
chapter of the American Civ
il Liberties Union issued a
protest to the school.
The President;. of Young
Conservatives said he thought
the- DuBois Club was a com
munist front but was opposed
to :"shutting them up."
A key speaker during the
free speech rally, philosophy
professor Micheal Scriven
said since communism is not
illegal in this country, "we
should be able to hear their
spokesman. It is not enough
to tolerate its (communism)
presence," he said, "we must
fight to get it."
He said students were being
cut off from "differing opin
ions which is "one of the
foundations of democracy."
The IU Board of Trustees
had ruled last summer that
the DuBois Club could not
operate on campus as a regis
tered organization while un
der investigation by the Jus
tice Department as an alleged
"communist front."
Dean of Students Robert
Shaffer said he followed Trust
ees' policy in asking the stu
dents to stop distributing lit
erature. .
Klein, a graduate student in
philosophy, was suspended.
The other man was identified
as a model for the art depart
ment. Klein said he will at
tend classes even though he
is no longer a student.
Both were released from
Monroe County ' jail on Sep
tember 19, after posting $500
bond each.
A Bloomington Superior
Court Judge who is also a
member of the Indiana Board
of Trustees will begin hear
ings this week.
At the same time, the Amer
ican Association of University
Professors and the American
Civil Liberties Union are re
portedly taking the University
to court.
The controversy drew indi
rect mention from Vice Pres
ident Hubert Humphrey who
appeared on campus during
the height of protest.
Humphrey did not mention
the DuBois Club by name,
but said that a communist
organization has a right to
exist on any university cam
pus, if it does not violate
school rules.
He added that such organi
zations are of "little value"
to students.
In another - case, Republi
can state representative
Charles Clabaugh denounced a
proposed University of Illinois
DuBois Club. Basing his opin
ion on Justice Department re
ports, Clabaugh said the club
was a "first - rate Commu
nist organization they're no
damn good."
Clabaugh plans to fight
the club's establishment on
campus.
Meanwhile, the Liberty
Council, an off-shoot of the
John Birch Society, announc
ed an "all-out campaign' a
gainst the club, according to
Rubicon Review, a right wing
publication. ,
Robert Bennett, local club
organizer, said several paople
have told him the University
will not recognize the DuBoise
club. If so, he will seek sup
port of the American Civil
Liberties Union.
In Philadelphia, a DuBois
Club chapter, refused recog
nition from Temple University
last year, has applied again.
Last year, the club's consti
tutional clause requiring mem
bers to follow national policy
was contrary to University
regulations that chapters of
national groups be autonom
ous. The national . organization
has since amended the con
stitution and recommends ch
apters to follow national poli
cy, but allows them to deter
mine their own.
The appeal for recognition,
to be brought before commit
tee in October, may be reject
ed if the club's policy is inter
preted as contrary to another
Temple University policy on
controversial affairs.
This policy, as stated in the
Student Activities Handbook,
encourages "maximum free
dom of discussion and at the
same time protects the Univ
ersity's position as a non-partisan
institution concerned with
education as distinct from pro
paganda." The policy, also prohibits
groups from issuing material
which is inaccurate, libelous
or in poor taste, according to
the handbook.
Acting club chairman Tom
Kennedy said the DuBois
Clubs, if recognized, could br
ing "an undistorted view of
socialism" to the student body.
The club plans to petition the
student store to sell more boo
on socialism written by social
ists;sponsor speakers, oppose
the draft, and participate in
anti-war demonstrations.
On March 4, the U.S. Attor-
ney General's office filed a :
petition with the Subversive
Activities Control Board and
charged that the W.E.B. Du
Bois Clubs were substantially
dominated by the Communist
Party and operated to give
aid and support to the Party.
The board, a five man panel
appointed by the president
following procedures outlined
m the Internal Security Act of
1950, will hold public hearings.
If the Board decides DuBois
h. i tre coinmunist fronts,
the dubs must register with
the Attorney General's Office.
The organization, however,
filed suit with the U.S. District
Anri? Tahington D.C on
April 27 challenging the con
stitutionality of thf Internal
Security Act and requesting
an mjunction to stop proceed-
' Action by the Subversive
Activities Board has been de
ferred until dispostion of court
action and any resulting ap-
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