In Our Opinion ...
Orange Lie Repainted White,
Or: Hit Dog Always Barks
Letters To The Editor
Students Stand Up For Jesus
The answer came.
v One week after the DTH ran an
editorial entitled "White Lie Paint
ed Orange", challenging The News
oj Orange County's claim to be the
"Oldest Newspaper in the County,"
.we got an answer.
We considered answering their,
answer, then decided our best de
fense was their offense. Here it is.
- The News of Orange County
0 The era of fierce circulation wars
and battles between newspapers in
their editorials and news colums
has long passed. Probably the bulk
jof the nation's population is too
I young to remember them and has
to relive them vicariously, as : we
I do, through the pages of history
j books.
. We think with fondness of the
jdog fights between the princes of
print of those bygone days. It is,
j therefore, with a good deal of re
J lish (the tartest variety) that we
find The News assaulted by some
I wayward youth with access to prin
i ter's ink.
I . Yes, an editorial writer for The
Daily Tar Heel, student publication
of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, thinks he has hum-
bled The News.
According to him, The News has
no right to the motto: "Oldest
j newspaper in the county, estab
; lished 1893." In fact he claims the
oldest newspaper title for his
sheet. It's a matter of about seven
months, he says, claiming that he
can show proof of a publication
on Feb. 25, 1893. He buttresses his
argument with the fruits of a quick
trip through Wilson Library on
campus.
We could have saved him that
small effort. The News refuses to
recognize The Daily Tar Heel claim
to the title for an obvious and sim
ple reason: We claim to be the oldest
est NEWSPAPER in the county,
not the oldest campus drivel that
happened to get fixed in print.
Surely, the campus editor is not
claiming that 1893 publication as a
general - interest newspaper in the
accepted usage.
And while we are at it, we are
reminded of the adage about glass
houses and rock throwing. The
Daily Tar Heel, as it calls itself, is
not truly daily in the strictest news
paper sense for it fails to print one
day a week. Worse yet, it fails to
print at all during the summer
months, when the gap is filled by
a weekly publication usually opera
ted by different personnel.
We'll leave it to the reader to
make up his own mind about the
claims to antiquity, and meanwhile
we'll continue printing under our
riameplate the words: "Oldest
newspaper in the county, estab
lished 1893."
Officers, Show Your Wares
Since the campaign for class of-.
fices began a few weeks ago, we've
called a spade a spade, a gimmick
F
Briefly Editorial
California voters who got tired of
listening to the late night election
returns Tuesday were fortunate in
that they could switch channels and
Spick up Ronald Regan in a late mo
: vie for a change of pace.
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; UNC's Tarheels have a way of
losing football games this year.
And opposing coaches have a way
: of making statements to this effect:
J "Talbott is the best quarterback
: we've faced this year."
I We'd like to flip back through the
newspaper files of yesteryear. We
bet we'd find a quotation something
'like this: "Sitting Bull says, 'Cus
l ter is the best general we've faced
this year'."
If you doubt there really is a
goose that lays golden eggs, check
the price of breakfast m Lenoir
aiall.
:From Back Issues
a gimmick, an independent an inde
pendent. Now it seems only fitting
that we call a winner a winner and
offer our congratulations.
" -TThree Student Party presidents
have taken their seats. They'll be
looking to two University Party
vice presidents and one SP to help
them carry out a successful year.
These six men, teamed with ano
ther SP - UP duo from the senior
I class elected last spring, have the
job of proving to a lot of people on
campus that class officers can do
something worthwhile.
Right now, the only function we
see performed by class officers is
that they hold the two parties to
gether in the fall, offer an excuse
for big membership drives, get a
lot of new people involved.
Frankly, we're interested in see
ing if there isn't some means of
holding the party system intact
without bothering with class offi
cers. We're looking to the officers to
prove us wrong.
t (Issues that made the news in The
t ily Tar Heel on this date five, 10,
iti 15 years ago.)
Nov. 11, 1981
vThe Chapel Hill Citizens Committee
(or Open Movies voted last night to
Resume picketing at the Varsity Theater
bh Sunday. The Carolina Theater will
'not be affected.
v Meeting in St. Joseph Church, about
J75 people" voted without dissent for the
cew move. The picketing will last from
$ -until 9:30 nightly, with pickets walking
th halMiour shifts.
; The picketing was approved-after the
Committee was told by its negotiating
leam that the Varsity had -shown no
inclination to co-operate in "working to
ward integration.
Nov. 11 1956
A dormitory manager has recently
Raised the point that the "stapling of
flection campaign posters onto the wood
en moulding of bulletin boards is a
Violation of the housing office rules,
fll'.posters stapled onto the moulding
Vould have to be removed,
v Nov. Hi 1S51
3 'Best dressed prof has become 'best
dressed burglar on the Santa Barbara
College campus.
Yesterday, Dr. Gwynne Nettler, hand
Some athletic bachelor of 38, was lodged
n the Santa Barbara county jail on the
charge of burglarizing homes here and
in Montecito.
t. He was arrested by Sheriff John
ftoss on a tip given by a woman who
claimed Nettler had once mistreated
her.'. '
Stye Satlg Sar t?M
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
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
North Carolina and is published by
students daily except Mondays, ex
amination periods and vacations.
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Post Office in Chapel H21, N. C.
Subscription rates: $4.50 per semes
ter; $3 per year. Printed by the
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W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C.
On Knowing Christ
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
As religious affairs go, I
suppose I am an agnostic.
I'm so uncertain of -matters
in this area that I will leave
even that question open.
I am not a member of any
church, and I do not attend
services. Yet even I am a
bit dismayed at Mr. Roush's
letter to the DTH on Novem
ber 6.
What is it that he intends
to reject, Christ, "whoever
that may be?" . The concep
of an omnipotent being?
The "shallowness" of Mr.
Graham's own "prechings?"
Or is he against religious or
ganizations and chaplains in
general?
There are a great many
men who do not hold the views
of brashness and, I suspect,
bigotry which Mr. Roush es
pouses. Most probably a large
number of the fighting men
in Vietnam are examples.
These are the men who at
tend field services even in the
fighting zones, if I can judge
correctly by what I see pre
sented on news reports over
the tube. I doubt that these
men are quite so fearful of
the omnipotent concept as Mr.
Roush appears to be.
Must we conceive of reli
gion as detrimental to all who
listen? Can it not do some
thing for those men in Viet
nam who are not inclined to
ward Mr. Roush's views? If
these men need courage and
if religion does not ' present
itself as totally impotent in
the propogation of courage,
then can not Mr. Graham or
the church in general supply
these men something which,
at least to them, will appear
as an entity other than "hot
air?"
I did not want to direct this
letter simply as an attack on
Mr. Roush, as some of my
words have appeared aimed,
yet he seemed to settle on an
attack on Mr. Graham to sup
port an atheistic tendency in
general.
Perhaps then, I have been
unduly shallow here. But if
so, Mr. Roush's probably ath
eistic presentation has been
even more so.
Carl F. Thompson
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Graham Good
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
I don't know your reason
for publishing the letter on
Nov. 6 from Lawrence C.
Roush of Wilson, N. C. criti
cizing Billy Graham, but
since you did I would like to
say I agree with most of
his points but am puzzled by
some.
I think Billy Graham might
Peter Harris
feel this way, too, though I
speak now only for myself.
I would also say I respect
Mr. Roush's criticisms and his
doubts I have shared most
of them at one time or ano
ther. Mr. Roush refers to the
"shallowness of his (Billy Gra
ham's) preachments' Mr.
Graham has made no claim
of being a preacher of
"depth.' He presents the sim
ple gospel message of scrip
ture and trusts the Holy Spirit
to take care of the "depth."
There may be objections to
my use of "Holy Spirit" due
to lack of common understand
ing of the term, but that's the
best I can do, and the sim
plest way I know-how to state
it.
As to the "powerlessness or
calculated indifference of his
(Billy Graham's) 'god' "
God has exercised His power
by withholding His interven
ton that we might exercise
the power He has given us.
We may follow the way de
clared by Jesus Christ or we
may reject it."
Turn away from Jesus
Christ and you won't get what
He offers. You will naturally
get "something else." If that
"something else" turns sour
to your taste, don't blame
Christ or His ministers (and I
speak of all who bear the
name Christian) until what He
offers has been tried.
And what He offers is not so
much "pie-in-the-sky" as some
have tried to make it appear
to be or claim to be. And
those who have done the best
job of promoting this have
largely been non - Christians,
though some bearing the
name Christian have misrep
resented Christianity in this
respect. -
Also, should God intervene
and stop the fighting and suf
fering as Mr. Roush thinks
He should if He exists then
everyone would be on God's
side. There would be no deci
sions then.
Billy Graham is convinced
of the existence of God and
of the power He has given us
and thus his "nonsense," as
Mr. Roush states it, about
"making decisions for Christ."
And Christ declared Himself
to be God making Him either
i correct or a lunatic.
Mr. Roush's fourth para
graph reads,:
"They (the fighting men in
Viet-Nam) only know that
they are in a real world of
terror and suffering and death
from which no amount of
praying or preaching by Gra
ham will rescue them."
I agree.
Aren't we all in the same
situation? This entire world is
American Population
Gropes For Maturity
It was once told to me that
Americans love the underdog.
I was also told that the rea
son for this was that they
identify with the success of
the underdog they feel the
victory as their own.
After sitting through many
New York Met baseball
games, I understood this phi
losophy. Since most of the people in
our beloved land have immi
grant backgrounds, the strug
gle from the bottom towards
the top has been a real story.
The drive towards acceptance
and assimilation into Ameri
can society has been a major
motivating factor for new
Americans during the past
century.
It can be seen quite easily
that the underdog became
something of a national sym
bol. However, this symbol has
become tarnished lately. The
drive towards greater materi
alistic attainment, in spite of
individualism, has created a
false sense of values for
American society.
America has exposed itself
as a nation of frustrated down
trods. The Lee Harvey Os
walds, Richard Specks and
Charles Whitmans are more
than unique individuals in a
society structured by middle
class values.
Since most Americans strive
towards acceptance into a
higher socio - economic group,
it is logically concluded that
most Americans are dissatis
fied with their present status.
America is a tense nation,
an immature nation. It strug
gles its way through series of
national and inter - national
blunders, failing to realize its
potential as a leading nation
in the world.
As a result of its immatur
ity, America wastes not only
money, but people as well.
People live to succeed and the
"sense of failure" rate in the
United States is exceedingly
high.
The mad rush created by
this tension is characterized
by the uneasiness , of Ameri
cans to settle in one place
their high rate of mobility.
American society is in a fingernail-biting
frenzy.
Our nation directs us in an
aimless pattern and the people
seem to respond accordingly.
Americans no longer iden
tify with the underdog in the
same manner they did in the
past. People today want to be
in the position of looking
down, not looking up. Sure,
this has always , been true,
but never to the same degree
it is today.
The result of this status -seeking
grope is that people
become fascinated by uncon
structivism. Unenergetic due
to mental anxiety, these peo
ple look towards the easy way
out, the apathetic refresher.
This poses a real threat to
American progressivism.
Ronald Reagan, symbolic of
this anti - intellectual trend,
appeals to the frustrated,
headless, panic-stricken chick
ens who waddle ''and peck
their way from one house of
mirrors to the next.
The anti-civil rights demon
strations conducted by George
Lincoln Rockwell in Chicago
this summer, and attended by
second-generation Lithuanian
Americans, are another ex
ample of this frightening
threat to Democracy.
If this trend continues, the
candidates whom the people
elect as their leaders will be
come more conservative with
each election.
Then, the freedom Ameri
cans seem so desperately to
be searching for, will slowly
fade - away and become a
mere, distant memory.
enemy territory for the Chris
tian. He is a subversive agent
sent out to undermine the
world's plans, and to repre
sent His master who is an
enemy agent who came to
this alien territory in the guise
of a man.
Billy Graham takes his or
ders from this leader.
But the non-Christian finds
himself in the same type o f
world as does the Christian.
If the non-Christian reduces
"God to "god," as does Mr.
Roush (which is more than a
matter of capitals or lower
case type face), he has man
and ideas to blame for- the
world's condition.
Since ideas, to him, would
be man-made, he has only
man to blame. The Christian
has the choice of man, God,
or Satan ("Power of evil" or
what-you-will) to blame but
blames man, too, and is try
ing to change this situation by
declaring Christ.
It will be easy to quibble
over meanings of words and
terms used in this letter, but
I trust I have been clearer
than Mr. Roush was in h i s
reference to the fighting men's
need to "believe in the great
cause for which they are do
ing so much."
I fail to understand what he
means by "great cause." I
see no "great cause" without
Christ Billy Graham declares.
"Exactly what his (Billy
Graham's) presence there
(Viet-Nam) will accomplish is
beyond me," states Mr.
Roush. I say the same thing,
with other implications than
those of Mr. Roush, of course.
Donald R. Richardson
Shallow Atheism
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
I would like to comment on
the letter of Mr. Lawrence C.
Roush which appeared in Sun
day's DTH. Mr. Roush spoke
of a powerless god, and said
that he was not aware of what
Dr. Graham's presence in Viet
Nam will accomplish.
Apparently Mr. Roush does
not know the Christ, for he
asked who Christ might be. I
would like to tell him some
time. Mr. Roush feels that no
amount of praying on the part -of
Dr. Grahma . could 'rescue
our fighting men: Mr Roush
apparently does not believe in '
the efficacy of prayer; more
things are accomplished by
prayer than he imagines.
Praying doesn't mean one
lives in a fantasy world, but
rather one in having faced
reality is seeking the only
sure help he knows.
I am sure that a visit by
Dr. Graham can have, a very
exact and positive effect upon
our men in Asia. There will
be no "meaningless malarky"
from Billy Graham, and I
doubt that he will attempt to
get the soldiers to make "de
cisions for Christ."
However, Dr. Graham may
be able to boost the faith and
morale of our soldiers. He
may be able to lift their
spirits, therefore keeping them
from despondency and fear.
These important things he
may be able to do he must
try.
If Mr. Roush had laith in
the God Billy Graham pro
fesses, he would believe that
good can come from Dr. Gra
' ham's visit. So maybe now
Mr. Roush knows why Dr.
Graham must go and what
his presense there might ac
complish. It is a good thing for Dr.
Graham to make the visit.
But, Mr. Roush, don't take
my word ask our boys hi
Viet Nam whether they mind
Billy Graham coming into
their world of "suffering and
death."
Steve Prye
University And Bigots
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The other day I wrote a let
ter questioning the reactions
to and implications for the uni
versity community of men like
Maddox, Reagan, and Wal
lace (by proxy) being elect
ed candidates of the highest
offices in their states. I did
it as a foreign observer and
in order to make my point
clearer I would like to elabo
rate a little further.
If voters easily fall victims
to political demagogues cam
paigning on platforms of pre
judice, hatred, and bigotry,
then democracy seems to be
in jeopardy. This, in my view,
is an indication that the na
tion needs its educators not
only for the non - voting
youths on campuses but also,
and more imperatively, for the
electorate outside the campus
es. I interpret what has hap
pened in the recent past as a
challenge to the whole intel
lectual community to feel call
ed upon to leave their "ivory
towers" to inject knowledge
in society at large among the
voters in the constituencies.
I believe there is complete
agreement that enlightenment
is an indispensible pre - re
quisit of a viable democracy,
and where else should enlight
enment flow but from the uni
versities? How the insights so necess
ary for a sound democratic
process can be instilled in the
electorate -T do hot "know ex
actly, but certainly the mass
media will have to play a ma
jor role in a massive edu
cational drive. I believe too
many of the much - honored
democratic values are at stake
to justify a deference cf mass
education of the electorate.
The reader may ask: "Spe
cifically, what kind of educa
tion do you have in mind? Pol
itics are to a great extent a
question of differences in in
terests upon which enlighten
ment can have little bearing."
True, but that seems not to
be a conclusive answer. Poli
tics also contain issues and
goals, the selection and at
tainment of which are primar
ily predicated on the basis of -individual,
and cultural, val
ues and knowledge. Right
here, as I see it, is the cross
road between politics and in
stitutions of higher learning.
For how can knowledge and
its concomitant changing ef
fects on values and attitudes
be instilled and fostered
throughout the society if not
the universities and more spe
cifically their faculties will
assume the appropriate maj
or role in this vital growth
and development process?
This points up the basic
question: can a free universi
ty be an adjunct to the state
and its political power wield
crs? By definition, this seems
impossible; what does free
then actually mean?
To go back to the original
issue: what specific insights
do I suggest be given the elec
torate to ensure the continu
ance of sound democratic gov
ernment on all levels? I con
cede that is 'a difficult if not
almost impossible task to in
duce change in highly preju
diced individuals.
However, according to re
search only a small though
very articulate minority will
fall in this category. Most
people are susceptible to know
ledge and changing values if
they can see merits in chang
ing. But never being exposed to,
for instance, the psychology
of prejudice and self - defen
ses, of important knowledge
about vicious circles operat
ing behind poverty and racial
discrimination, of the positive
repercussions of anti - poverty
programs throughout the eco
nomy, of the less than devas
. tating effects of some creep
ing inflation and its connec
tion with unemployment, on
the effects of the U. S. image
abroad of different programs
and policies, these are just a
few examples of knowledge
that I feel should have wide
dissemination.
A common misconception
among many voters and one
of probably great significance
for their value system is the
belief that most societal ills
are solely attributable to those
who suffer from them. That
misconception offers a conven
ient escape from guilt feelings
and responsibility.
; If poverty, unemployment,
criminality, alcoholism, drug
addiction, etc., all can be ac
counted for by character defi
ciencies for which, moreover,
the individuals have only them
selves to blame, then, why
should I bother? , 4 v
That, I believe, is another
example of an issue to be
dealt with by a vast army of
educators invading the news
media to foster enlightened de
mocracy. Probably bigots
would not, then, be elected
candidates for neither high
nor not so high governmental
offices.
If there is not a high cor
relation between military pow
er and general ' and political
enlightenment and maturity,
then it may well be said that
the foundation of security in
the world is placed in jeo
pardy. .
What I have in mind is en
lightenment and maturity not
primarily as reflected by the
ratio between the total popu
lation and people going to
colleges and universities but
rather by the enlightenment as
manifested at the polls.
Sven Lundstedt
'Yes, We're Organized Around Here.'
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