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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Thursday, October 13, 1086
In Our Opinion . . .
The Fight Goes On...
'And this is Old East, the oldest state university
building in the United States.'
The University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill is not the only
campus in the country that has
met with bars on complete freedom
of speech. And, fittingly, it is not
the only campus that is presently
challenging these bars.
Students and faculty at the Uni
versity of Illinois have taken their
free speech controversy to court.
Two students and 21 faculty
members await final action this
month on a suit filed after a mem
ber of the Communist Party was
prohibited from speaking on the
Chicago campus last March.
The plaintiffs brought charges
against the University Board of
Trustees, two University vice pre
sidents and the state's 1947 Cla
baugh Act which prohibits "sub
versive, seditious or un - Ameri
can" speakers from advocating
their causes on the University of
Illinois campus.
Closer to home, the University
of Kentucky is in the midst of a
free speech controversy after that
school's administration refused to
allow a member of the campus
Students for a Democratic Socie
ty to deliver a socialist talk there.
A UK official said the student
would have been allowed to speak
had he intended to talk about
non - controversial subjects.
The Kentucky campus newspa
per reacted strongly to the ad
ministration's decision and chal
lenged faculty and students
through student government or the
picket line to show the adminis
tration they would "tolerate no .
less than complete freedom of ex
pression." These and similar actions oc
curing across the nation indicate
that students, not only in Chapel
Hill, but everywhere, realize the
intrinsic value of complete free
dom of speech in the university
community.
With the law suit moving into
its final stages, the fight has near
ly ended here. From what we
have seen of the evidence present
ed by both sides in the case, we
are optimistic about the suit's
outcome. But the fight is just
starting on other campuses.
It is a battle that must be
fought and won.
Take It All Off, Prof
Gypsy Rose Lee may be rele
gated to second place in burlesque
history, now that a George Wash
ington University instructor has
taken to stripping.
Having warned students in his
sociology class that he was about
to do something slightly unortho
dox, Joseph Tropea put on sun
glasses and divested himself of
suit coat, tie, shirt and trousers.
Standing before the class in his
undershirt, bermudas and garters,
Tropea concluded his lecture on
the roles individuals play. By de
parting from the normal garb and
behavior of an instructor, Tropea
said later, he was trying to illus
trate the process of role changing.
Somewhat uncertain of the ef
fect his performance would have
on the class, Tropea also express
ed a more personal uncertainty,
pants, I had to think, 'Did I put on
"As I started to take down my
my bermudas?'"
After disrobing, Tropea asked
class members if he was in a dif
ferent role now that they had seen
him in a different light. The class,
which at first had laughed, said he
was not in a different role because
he still stood behind a podium
which was surrounded by chairs,
desks and blackboards.
It just goes to show that clothes
or the absence of them do not
make the man.
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In Letters
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On Living In A Landmark
The men of Old East were all
excited that their home had been
designated a National Historic
Landmark.
They sat together in the left
front section of Memorial Hall and
proudly watched their president
accept the plaque from Chancellor
Sitterson.
But we wonder if they realized
the burden that became theirs with
this honor.
Men of Old East, you are now
Issues From Back Issues
(hsues that made the news in The
Daily Tar Heel five, 10, and 15
years ago.)
Oct. 13, 1961
"le came, he saw, he conquered.
He President Kennedy also
walked off with the University
President's pen, played landing
strip to a 10-foot cobweb strand
that floated past midway through
his speech, and forgot to take his
degree with him when, he left.
But they loved him. Thirty
eight thousand of them children,
students, housewives, working
men with the morning off loved
him.
Oct. 13, 1956
Georgia's scarlet shirted Bull
dogs spotted North Carolina an
early first period touchdown, then
came roaring from behind to spoil
the Tar Heel's homecoming cele
bration, 26-12, here this afternoon
at Kenan Stadium in a game play
ed under ideal conditions before
an estimated crowd of 19,000 fans
Oct. 13, 1951
Bets have been wagered to the
effect that only one out of every
ten Carolinians know the origin of
their label, "Tar Heels." This
writer is willing to wager that the
percentage is even lower.
After plodding through myriads
of different theories about the
"Tar Heels," only one thing is ap
parent: your guess is as good as
mine.
living in a shrine. No more loung
ing in U-trou, tossing banana peel
ings on the floor, hanging pin-ups
on the walls, playing Hot Nuts al
bums, etc. Remember, your home
is now one of the highlights of the
eighth-graders' trip to UNC.
And while we're reminding,
here's a word to the men of Old
West. Have respect for your neigh
bors across the lawn. Please, no
more banners such as the one you
displayed yesterday which chal
lenged in yard-high letters: "Na
tional Landmark My Arse!"
Mrs. Schwartz Wrong
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Despite the admonition of
John Greenbacker to refrain
from "vituperative childish
ness" (and is this true only of
those who "attacked" the Tar
Har Heel or submitted "va
f ue!l explanations ..of the un
fortunate situation iinUheDe
ipartment of Romance Langu
ages?), I should like to in
dulge in some more "emotion
m print."
Mrs. Schwartz's letter in
Saturday's Tar Heel, which
Greenbacker labeled "para
noid " can indeed be under
stood only "in the entire con
text of the situation." What
Mrs. Schwartz calls "general
dislike" seems to say more
abou herself than about Cha-
Her complaints about the
cost of necessities, ; school and
housing are doubtless shared
by most of us, but this does not
cause us to express a "gener
al dislike" for the community.
I suggest that Mrs. Sch
wartz's complaints are the
product, not of fact, but of pre
judices formed before her ar
rival here in July. They re
veal an animus of frustration
and hositility which, as Dr.
Vogler earlier suggested, was
present well before the
"naive" signing of a contract
by her husband.
, Perhaps Mrs. Schwartz is
satisfied that her existence is
acknowledged,'; now . that h e r
letter has been printed in a
campus publication. May she
be further reassured that most
of us are all in favor of moth
erhood and that even "pale"
Irishmen are welcome to
Chapel Hill, providing they
come with an open mind.
Peter Gerdine
Dept. of Romance
. Languages
Old East Insulted
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Your editorial wherein you
attempted to put the campus
in the mood for the dedication
of Old East was not interest
ing, more especially when you
quoted our head resident ad
viser as thinking of the old
edifice in terms of Bucking-
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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 0rr 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
Jeff MacNelly ..Sports Cartoonist
Bruce Strauch .... Ed. Cartoonist
John Askew Ad. Mgr.
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Kerry Sipe
Christmas Exams
Best For Students
It's such a good idea, we're
surprised someone hasn't
thought of it before.
This was our reaction this
week when Student Govern
ment's Academic Affairs Com
mittee announced that it would
investigate the possibility of
holding fall semester examin
ations before the Christmas hol
idays. Elder Witt, who will head up
the study, has said her work
will include a survey of opin
ion on each of the University's
four campuses. We predict that
student opinion will be highly
favorable to the idea.
In every student's life there
has been at least one prom
ise of "I'm going to study
while I'm at home this Christ
mas." Invariably the promise
is broken when the festivities
of the season become more en
ticing than the dreary reality
that exams are close at hand.
We see several advantages
to rearranging the academic
year to provide for pre-Christ-mas
finals.
: . 1 There is nothing that can
destroy the unity and coher
ence of a semester's study
like cutting a big slice out of
the middle of it.
The fall semester now sche
dules five days of vacation at
Thanksgiving, two weeks of
school in the interim, two
more weeks of school for
Christmas vacation and two
more final weeks of schdol be
fore exams. It is amazing the
amount of material the aver
age student can forget or con
fuse in a two - week period.
2 The awkward five - day
"semester break" would be
eliminated in the revised sche
dule and this time could be
added to Christmas or Easter
holidays. For most students, a
five - day break barely gives
enough time to rush to Lau
derdale for a swim, but the
advantages of an extra week
of free time at Christmas or
Easter are limited only by the
imagination.
3 Adjusting the academic cal
endar for the whole year would
mean that classes would be
gin earlier, say in late August,
and the spring semester would
end earlier, around the mddle
of May.
This would give students the
very choicest part of the sum
mer to themselves. With the
verdant spring beckoning, it
is difficult to concentrate on
studies early in the warm sea
son, and the "dog days" of
August are good for nothing
else, one might as well study
then.
4 The greatest advantage of
the idea is the extra enjoy
ment it will be to the students
to know that their work for
the semester is over and done
when they go home for Christ
mas. There is no book report
to write. No textbooks to car
ry. No worrying about grades.
The people who would lobby
and pass a schedule change of
this type would be playing
Santa Claus to their fellow stu
dents the whole year through.
ham palace, but when he said
it made us feel like Queen Eli
zabeth the residents somehow
felt the need to come up in
defense of our masculinity.
We do feel that to the old
palace, and with that feeling,
there are many here who feel
, , that we could possibly dillude
ourselves into thinking we
might be knights,, squires,; and,,.,
. perhaps even now and then a
king,' and even some might "
consider themselves as jesters,
to put it more bluntly, fools,
but do let us hope that Mar
tin Lancaster and Martin Lan
caster alone entertains the
hope that someday he might
be a queen.
However, let us also go on
record that if the Universi
ty can ever get the housing
straightened out according to
everyone's liking, the residents
would never object to ladies in
waiting.
Another insult in this editor
ial was the inhumane treat
ment to which our janitor was
subjected. First of all his name
is Council and not Thomas,
but this was could have stood,
but when he was quoted di
rectly and the writer made
his language in keeping with
some low fellow who has achie
ved a university degree in
some field or other, then we
feel that it has only served to
give some more organizations
named by the alphabet cause
to investigate to see whether
or not his civil rights have
been infringed upon.
At best the editorial which
appeared Sunday was shallow
and did absolutely nothing to
set the mood for the enshroud
ing of the Shrine in the ritual
of the dedication.
Alonzo G. Squires
UNC The Greatest
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Today I received my first
issue of The Daily Tar Heel.
I am subscribing to it, because
I wished to reestablish contact
with the most aware and sti
mulating campus I have
known. I might add that I
have known several.
Rather than bore readers
with details of a personal na
ture, I shall merely say that
I am rather well acquainted
with Princeton University,
Bryn Mawr College, the Uni
versity of Paris, New York
University, and Duke Univer
sity. Although each has, in vary
ing degrees, qualities to re
commend it, none has the syn
thesis of academic excellence
and variety, campus vitality
and challenge, creativity, com
munity charm, friendliness
and lack of pretentiousness
which, for me, are Chapel
Hill. . '. '
I might add that at none of
these other schools have I
found as much student par
ticipation and responsibility;
or as much faculty far sight
edness. Elaine H. Johnson
Mike McGee
New Filing System
May Eliminate Bias
There have been many suggestions circulating
about how to improve the operations of the housing
office with regard to racial discrimination among pri
vate landlords in Chapel Hill.
Chancellor Sitterson has stated the policy that
only those landlords would be listed in the housing
office who subscribe "to the same non-discriminatory
policy which is in effect for assignment of University
housing."
How does the university decide who is discriminat
ing? The way it stands now, we just take the indi
vidual's word that he will not discriminate. This, in
context, is not a very meaningful assurance.
To tell the truth, the present method of listing pri
vate landlords is not very meaningful. In most cases
the man simply calls the housing office and asks them
to put a card for him in the file listing off-campus
housing.
It has been suggested recently that the housing
office should send a card or letter to each person
that calls in, asking him to sign a pledge that he will
not discriminate. A loyalty oath, so to speak.
But we cannot expect the community at large to
abide by a signed statement like our Honor Code.
Once a person sends in the pledge on the postcard he
is free to forget about it, now that he is listed. The
committee set up to enforce the measure has very
thin grounds for depriving Chapel Hill landlords of
part of their income.
The "non-discriminatory" oath, per se, is the
wrong way to approach the problem. It is a conven
ient way to pigeon-hole the uproar.
What we need is a basic reworking of the housing
office's method of listing private landlords. The office :
should have a formal application blank for listing in
the Housing Office. Each rentor would be required to :
obtain a form and "submit" it to the housing office.
The form might contain spaces for such informa
tion as type of house, number of rooms, for male or
female, type of heating and air conditioning, kitchen
facilities or not, private entrance or not, indoor or out
door toilet, distance from campus, etc.
Toward the end of the form would be a para- i
graph to the effect: "All housing listed in the Univer- :
sity Housing Office is on a non-discriminatory basis
Any reported discriminatory practices will be referred
to a committee for review, and establishment of the
fact will be grounds for removal of your listing from
the office."
The next paragraph might say: "I have read this
statement and agree to abide by the University pol
icy, with a space for the landlord's signature below ,
; this. i
' Sucn a statement would ! not be comparable with
signing an "oath". It is a business agreement to abide
by the stated policy.
The new form could be a sinl nrintpri
maybe five by seven inches. It would not complicate
the filing system very much.
- A standard informational application form would
have a dual effect. Besides clarifying policy it would
give the student who is looking for a room a better
source of information about the various kinds of hous
ing, enabling him to choose the kind of place he wants
right there in the housing office, or at least eliminate
some without visiting each one.
The information on the present three by five typed
cards is often spotty and incomplete.
University Parking
Tickets Are Void?
(CPS) Millions of university-issued parking tick
ets across the country may now be worthless. In a
precident-setting case, the prosecution of a Mississippi
State University student for refusing to pay his cam
pus tickets has been dismissed.
Leslie C. Cohen, a Canadian political science stu
dent at MSU, balked when the academic institution
imposed $20 in parking fines without a hearing.
When the university threatened him with dismiss
al and state court action unless fines were paid, Co-"
hen went to the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Com
mittee of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The LCDC secured a restraining order to prevent
MSU officials from impeding Cohen's efforts to gain
admission to a Canadian law school. Cohen feared that
the university would delay sending his records, would
note the parking violations on his record or would not
allow him to take a necessary summer session course
at Mississippi State.
The LCDC subsequently challenged the constitu
tionality of the Misissippi statute under which the uni
versity justified its regulations. The statute granted
to the State Board of Institutions of Higher Learning
the power to create regulations which are municipal
in effect, the LCDC charged.
While the case was before the U. S. District Court",
the State Attorney General, representing the univer
sity, conceded that the regulations which were pro
mulgated by MSU and their manner of enforcement
were null and void.
The university dropped its charges against Cohen
and the Mississippi statute came under the considera
tion of a three-judge federal court.
Although the law was eventually ruled constitu
tional, LCDC chief counsel Alvin Bronstein said that
this does not affect the due process precident that
had been raised over the tickets themselves.
Bronstein said he has already received requests
for particulars on the case from legal departments of
several universities.
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