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t L n s' F ti a: n S 1 E f( I I. 1 t! Il I I ii ii i) e t' I I I I I: k v Is I 8 I I I 1 II tc it it V f" Jl ii - i Page 2 Saturday. December 3. In Our Opinion . . ousing Changes Old Issue eak Start For Campaign THE DAILY TAR HEEL Letter Writer Of The Week H W Spring elections for Sludcnt Govern ment officers are still some four months away, but the campaign wheels are be ginning to turn. The recent UP move and SP coun ter move concerning housing changes offer a good opportunity to look at some of each party's hopefuls for the spring. The man that started it all was Tom Manley, a former SP candidate for class treasurer who converted to the UP and has served as a legislator from that party. When he keynoted the University Party nominating convention in October, is was apparent that some thing was in the wind. It is widely ru mored that Bill Purdy, a shoo-in for the UP presidential endorsement, has hand-picked Manley as his running mate. This is not to say that there are not other hopefuls and strong con tenders for that number-two nomina tion. But, at any rate, Manley made his move. And he didn't pick the best pos sible situation to create an image of himself as the protector of student in terests. It has long been a known and regretted fact that the University can no longer build adequate housing for women students and now not even for men under the state's $3,000 per occupant limitation. In order to ac cept more women students, it has been necessary to convert already - existing men's residence halb into women's fa cilities and build new ones for the men. (Point of information, men's re sidence halls can be constructed much more cheaply than women's.) The separation of men and women to the north and south ends of cam pus was a campaign issue last year. Student Government has consulted the administration, and the two are trying to find- a solution to the problem. Pre sident Friday, Chancellor. Sitterson and other administrators have spent months in organizing a plea to the state legis lature to raise the $3,000 psr occupant ceiling on residence hall construction. It was announced a month ago that members of the State Affairs Commit tee plan to visit every state legislator in his home over semester break .to, explain the . students' interest in ' this matter. h But for some reason, Manley deci ded these efforts were insufficisnt, and he set out to show everybody that the men of Wolfe College are upset and want something done. He and Purdy have set up an appointment with Rep. David Britt to solve all the problems. As we see it, this move can be nothing more than one designed for pre-campaign publicity to arouse a fol lowing. Purdy's part in the show since he is not a resident of the afflict ed college and has not been authorized to speak in behalf of the student body can be only the part of a candidate. On the Student Party half of the field, this was the first public move on the part of Bob Travis to take over the position to which he is zn assistant this year. His recent election as chair man of the SP won't hurt his chances of getting the party nod for president in March. That he, in the absence of Student. Body President Bob Powell and Presi dential A siatant Eric Van Loon, should formulate a statement explaining and defending the Powell administration's stand in the housing change squabble was no more than routine. But, after he explained what had happened, he went on to say, "I would like to take this opportunity, however, to express both Bob Powell's and my personal regret that a variety of rash statements and irrational conclusions about the motivations of the (universi ty) administration have been voiced by students representatives to the press." To the bast of our recollection, this is the first official "personal" state ment Travis has made. We are not condemning the indivi duals in this disagreement for speaking out. Certainly a more valid public is sue one in which statements to the press might have been effective would have been preferable for use as a campaign springboard. And we hope no student has gotten th3 idea that he might be kicked out of his room at a moment's notice, or that no one one knows or cares about the housing situation. But it's good to see the campaign wheels begin to turn. The first move was made by Manley. It was not a very good move. Travis counter moved' and came out looking a bit better than his foe, and would have been even more dazzling had ; Purdy not smoothed over !'some; of his partner's statements. Elec . jtionday issome four rioiiths away:3; , There will be' many more, moves, ma-;, ny more small victories and finally one big victory. In the mean time, it will be inter esting to watch for new faces in the potential candidates gallery. f mi hffi XV In Letters D TH Awards Of The Weel Lizard of the Week: Any advis or who won't allow his pre - reg istering students to take five crip courses. Enthusiastic Coach of the Week: To the Clemson freshman basketball coach who, at Thurs day night's game, sat completely unmoving, - staring into space through 40 minutes of basketball. And who, when the game was ov er, stalked off toward the dress ing room, trying, almost success fully, to dodge a handshake by Larry Brown. Mother Superior of the Week: To Associate Justice Suzie Sharp, who wrote the ruling that "brown bagging" is, indeed, illegal. So what else is new? Most Quotable Quote of the Week: To Laurel Shackelford and Karen Burroughs who, writ ing in a DTH series on the Caro lina Battle of the Sexes, said, "And girls must be willing to give a little if you expect to get dates." Letter to the Editor Writer of the Week: Someone in Chapel Hill who believes in the old adage that "One picture is worth a thousand words." We received a sheet of 8 1-2 x 11 white paper with the typ ed words, "To: DTH Re: TCC." Below was drawn the back side of a left hand on which all fingers except that one between the index and ring fingers were tucked tight ly into the palm of the hand. This middle finger was extend ed rigidly into the air. Because we did not understanding the mean ing of this picture, we are not publishing it. If anyone in the reading audience can explain such a sign, please contact us. Liquor Law Violator of the Week: George Shultz, owner of a Detroit bar, who was locked in the rest - room of his establishment for several hours yesterday while thugs cleaned the pocketbooks of incoming patrons. The bandits had the kindness of heart to pass liquor and potato chips under the door from time to time for Shultz and the cutomers who were lock ed in with him. One of those con fined told police, "The kept put ting whisky and beer under the door. We all drank because it was all we had to do in there." Police are seeking the men who took some $1,200 from the customers. They are also questioning Shultz because he violated regulations in drinking in his own bar. Prosaic Protestor of the Week: Tom Manley who, in complaining about the transfer of men students from Wolfe Residence College to South Campus, referred to the students being "summarily eject ed", said the "herding around" of students was "unfathomable" and called the administration's actions "pre - Victorian, ill - advised, wrong, greatly insulting and sadly characteristic of the anti quated type of decisions to which we have become accustomed." Spread of the Week: To the UNC basketball team which dom inated a full - page article on the ACC in this week's Sports Illustrated. Leave Us Alone Editor, the Dairly Tar Heel: Lately it seems that the on ly things people on this cam pus can write about is the K.A.'s float in the Beat Dook parade, the Sigma Chi's poor spirit, "runny grits," and the campus enigma of the frater nities. This is a constant criticism which seems to flow freely from the pens of our fellow stu- . dents, and usually they deal with the shame for all of the , ... . Southern attitude .which, is dis-, , , 'played by so many of the ig- , l7hdrant Southern students i on;3 " . this, campus ' So far as Herman Mixion, and his runny grits, Phillip Clay and his clear insult, John Watts and his poor spirit story about the Sigma Chi's sign and the rest of the hogwash stor ies I so happily get to gaze over in the pages of the DTH each dav. is getting real old to a lot of people on this cam pus. It seems to me that if they resent so much of what goes on down here that they could find themselves another nice place and get the hell out of here, and maybe they could find more sympathy f ojr their constant bitches, and leave the poor, ignorant South erners alone to shrink into the depths of human scorn all by themselves. I doubt that I would fit into their ideal society at all, but I also doubt that they would fit to damned well into mine either. The Jim Hickey is dead sign displayed a truth that was known to everybody, the sweet little black boys used in the parade added a little flavor (and not so much one of dis crimination), and the so - call ed black mark of the frater nities on this University seem to exist only in the minds cf those poor fellows that didn't quite make it and still can't believe that there could be some decent people living in those old colonial houses which harbor so much discrimination and hatred towards their fel low man. ' Although this feeling seems to virtually disappear on a Sat urday night when, by groves, they migrate to the fraternity parties to often completely ov-. errun the house enjoying them selves only to later return to the sanctity of their dorms and write about the terrible way that we act, the shame of our parties, and the black mark that we make on this campus. Anyway, as long as Harry's, the Balan Lounge, the library bath room, and the good old DTH are still around, I guess they will find time to occupy1 themselves until their activa .tion papers from CORE,-or the S.D.S., or -the Student Peace Union are returned to again return them to a normal and worthwhile life in this great society that we all live in to gether in complete and un blemished brotherhood. Sam West Dirty Men Blessed Editor, the Daily Tar Heel: Ah, but I agree with those , Dirty Old Men and I .like them, even if I am a wom aii. . . perhaps because I'm over 30. But may I add a post cript to their tirae? Back in my day (on a North ern campus, granted, but sit uations are essentially the same), the real problem was a lack of dirty old men. There was a surprising number of girls who not only laughed at jokes on rarified wave lengths but dared to make a few them selves. They never laughed at an ac cent, simply because it's not polite. They couldn't care less how much money a man might make, as long as he had a sense of humor and the milk of human kindness in his soul. But do you know what? These wretched women were inevitably pushed out of the running by the fish - eyed gig glers until, at last, they seized their diplomas and rush ed out into the working world where, happily, there seem to be ample numbers of appre ciative dirty old men. Cop 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Fred Thomas, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Scott Goodfellow, Managing Ed. 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. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semes ter; $8 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc., 501 W. Franklin St., Chapel H01, N. C. Slap me down ring-a-round. Pointless order, a threat, A pin through cloth. Take the slum dissent out 'on him, her or me. Beat that head with your billie stick, Prick. Clobber, clobber, clobber! Ah, you balloon man, without a mustache To show you, too, are of a different kind. Carried away with rationalized importance; Why, Mr. Mayor, do you think there lurks, In the streets, A man who can beat defeat By nudging the elite, And taking his pay from a man who wouldn't say Boo! Who? You? No? Take a look around. ... ' Peter Harris More power to you, D.O.M.'s of the student body. If you per sist in your splendid and sin cere avant - garde attitudes," you may manage to convert some of the vast number of Clean Young Men on campus to your mature point of view. And if enough of them con vert; I guarantee you a startl ing and rapid change in the attitudes of campus woman hood ... at least, I hope so. Mrs. Larry H. McReed Banker Banks On Ex-Con (Editor's note This inter esting little tale appeared in the November edition of The Mentor, a newspaper publish ed and written by prisoners of the Massachusetts Correc tional Institution in Walpole, Mass. The first edition was the subject of a recent edi torial column in the DTH by the Associate Editor.) Willie Sutton, formerly a bank robber and currently an inmate (serving a 30 - year life sentence) at the Attica, New York, prison, was recent ly offered a job as a bank guardby the president of a New York bank. In his letter, the bank pres ident remarked that his insti tution has been robbed four times in the past twenty years and $175,000 in depositors' money has been stolen. (Sut ton pleads not guilty on all counts.) "It has occured to us," the president wrote, "that your long experience in the field of bank robbery qualifies you to try the other side of the coin guarding a bank. "We don't know what your future plans may be, but should you be in need of a secure position once you are released from prison, please contact us. We have a good, well-paying job guarding our bank, and the job ris waiting for you." According to Willie who bases his feeling on informa tion supplied by the New York correctional system the job will have to wait quite a while. Sutton, who was con victed of a 1950 jewel rob bery, wUl not be eligible for parole until 1982. "You are most kind," Sut ton replied, "to make me this offer the first time in my life anyone ever suggested I really belonged in a bank. "However, I feel it is only fair to tell you I will be 81 years of age at the earliest tme I might he paroled and six other states want me on various other charges. So, you will understand why . I must decline at this time. "Should my situation im prove somehow (and should your bank still be in business and in need of a retired bank robber as a guard) I'll con tact you sometime about twenty years from now. "Cordially, "Willie Sutton." Mike McGee Socialization Solution To Education Apathy run on thP university learn from the fraternitv system? Not much, to be sure, but one point stands thr, new pledge goes through a dpt. t ;nci,7 training and socialization, where ho lOU Ul lmcjui'v o iT either learns to perform according to the standards of the group, or is not aummcu ao iw mcmuer. under great pressure to conform j. lie p-"& - . - and the goal of becoming a brother provides strong motivation to do so. The university is a place where people come to prepare themselves for jobs in a complex society. You get your diploma and go to work for a high sal- But equally important is the function of socializing the student into a society where man is expected to be more and more responsible for his own destiny. If the average citizen is not willing and able to take this responsibility, those who have the talent and the de sire will be glad to dictate to the rest who don't care or don't know how to become involved. UNC is failing in her responsibility to create an ar ticulate citizenry. In fact, it seems that the frater nitv svstem. which is run more or less by students themselves, is doing a better job of creating a social animal than this school, run by some of the best aca demic talent in the south, is doing to create a ra tional and political animal. A college degree is easy to come by. It just means four years of sitting on your tail and paying attention to what the leader says (but don't talk back). Thus the student is socialized into a bureaucrat who goes to work and sits on his tail and listens to what the boss says changing from "yes, professor" to "yes, Sir." ' The men who become bosses or even movers seem to be the ones who have taken it entirely on their own to develop initiative and articulation, no thanks to their alma mater. , To be sure, it is important to have concensus in a democracy, but when 90 per cent of the college graduates, the people who have to direct the future of this country, are reduced to a simple "yes, sir," there is something wrong. College should create makers and doers, not ci phers. A college degree should represent a student's demonstrated ability to control his own intellectual en vironment as well as being a prize in the mass chair sitting marathon. , This implies an element of pressure and coercion with graduation as the motivation. ; ' These purposes are of course achieved by some students on their own initiative; here I am talking mostly about the average student. I have reached the half - way point in my under graduate career. What have I really gotten from the experience? A few facts. Not much else. I certainly didn't learn to write in college. I haven't learned very much about applying the few learned facts to the out side world. Sometimes. I think of college as just a waiting period, waiting until they give me that paper so I period, waiting until they give me that paper so I can go do something. It's enough to turn a guy radical. But, being an optimist, I'll go on, hoping that to morrow things will get better. Maybe they will. I did have one professor who defined some parts of the real world, in an academic context. The course, would you believe it, was Modern Civ 2. , This old man vividly (to use a mild word) show ed us how the 18th and 19th centuries affect what we think today and what is happening in the world to day. I came out of that one with a new understand ing of myself and the world of 1966 as well as an un derstanding of some historical facts. Some other professors too are doing in a less em phatic manner some of the same things. The point is, these people are bucking the "system" to do the things they do, shocking some students and some administrators. And there is still the lack of dia logue caused by large classes. We've got to start stimulating the student at the freshman level. A bored freshman becomes an indif ferent sophomore, and by the time he gets to the up per classes he will be convinced that school is a drag and not respond to the slightly more stimulating at mosphere of advanced courses. What to do? A lot of ideas have been tossed about, so I'll throw a couple in the wind too. 1. To take some of the lecture load off the faculty, mass lecture classes could be enlarged. In a class of 250 persons it is only possible to listen and take notes. Would the student be able to do any less in a class of 1000? The atomosphere would be exactly the same. 2. Such an arrangement would leave more quali fied professors and instructors available to conduct small club - like discussions in certain subjects. In these classes each student might be expected to ela borate verbally on textbook and other assignments. The function of the professor might be to organize and stimulate the discussion, critique the student's pre sentation of the material, and provide his own back ground for the topic. Like a pledge in a fraternity, the student would be required to become actively in voled in the learning process. One or two courses like this per semester in the freshman and sophomore year could work wonders with a sleepy Joe College. I think every freshman would be capable of pass ing this type of course. It would be a very difficult transition for some but it would make the initia tion into the "brotherhood" of college graduates seem ma little more of an accomplishment.
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