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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Saturday, December 10, 1966
In Our Opinion ...
DTH Awards Of The Week
The Dark Horse Of The Apocalypse
Lizard of the Week: To the
UNC ticket office for putting up the
best seats. in Carmichael Auditor
ium for public sale, leaving the
students parked in the rafters.
By - Line of the Week: To DTH
News Editor Bill Amlong who
phoned a story to the Charlotte
Obsever this week concerning the
establishment of an experimental
college at UNC. The Observer
used the story verbatum, but
with a surprising credit line at the
top "Observer Gastonia Bur
eau." ; Foot - In - Mouth Question of
the Week: To Johnny Carson who,
when talking io guest Barry Gold
water Monday night, made a re
mark that turned out quite em
barrassingly awkward. After a
brief blush he asked his guest,
"Have you ever done that, Sen.
Goldwater? You know, said some
thing that came out just opposite
of what you meant to say?" Gold
water replied, "Yes, I did that for
three - and- a - half months."
Tell - Tale Reply of the Week:
To the secretary at State Bureau
of Investigation headquarters who
had to inform a caller that SBI
Director Walter Anderson was not
in his office. "When will he re
turn?" the caller asked. Her reply
was short, but very much to the
point: "He won't."
Dove of the Week: To Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson who told
the press this week, "We want
peace in Viet Nam that's why
we're fighting."
Receptionist of the Week: To
the UNC coed who decided to
brighten up her otherwise dull
chore of phone duty the other night.
She greeted an anxious male call
er with these words: "By the
grace of God and the genius of Ale
xander Graham Bell ou have reach
ed the second floor of Spencer
Hall. For whom does the bell toll?"
PR Move of the Week: To who
ever decided to place Chancellor
Sitterson's picture on the cover of
the new Student Directory.
Shhh! Don't Say That Word
It wasn't "To His Coy Mis -tres,"
and no instructor has been
removed from his classroom, but
two Ohio Wesleyan students will
wrap up the fall quater with in
dr completes because they dared
stray into matters concerning sex.
The students, a coeducational so
phomore - junior duo, had planned
to do an in - depth survey on sex
ual behavior and attitudes of OWU
students for a journalism course
they were taking. The school's ad
ministration learned of the subject
matter of the research project and
sguelched";yie' study." . SinceTt h e i
tfro students will not have time 'to
prepare another survey question
naire before the quarter ends, they
will have to accept incompletes in
the course.
: One of the "offenders" told the
school newspaper, "The question
naire was intended to explore the
sexual experiences and attitudes
of Wesleyan students, compared to
surveys conducted by national
publications.
. The questionnaire contained
such questions as "Have you ever
had sexual intercourse?" "Do you
think there is a 'sexual revolu
tion' on American campuses?"
"Do you have any regrets about
past sexual experiences?", and
"Do you want to marry a virgin?"
OWU Vice - President for Aca
demic Affairs Emerson C. Shuck
said that "because the subject
matter and results would reflect
on the study body and the Univer
sity, we could not run it."
; This brings to mind the pain
ful memory of the disposition of
the Michael Paull controversy. The
defendant was reinstated to his
teaching position only after a report
had systematically proved that he
had not intentionally assigned a
theme on "sex" or "seduction."
We have a question what if
he had assigned such a theme?
What if any professor or graduate
teaching assistant discussed or
asked his class to write about sex?
It is a shame that even in an
academic community a com
munity that is supposed to teach
Briefly Editorial
; There's a lot of excitement on
campus about the prospects of
UNC sweeping the G. E. College
Bowl. But has anyone stopped to
consider the fact that there is no
NBC - affiliated television station
that can be picked up in the resi
dence halls here? Where are you
going to watch the College Bowl?
us about our society and prepare
us to live in it we have to snick
er like high school sophomores ev
ery time the wind catches hold of
a mini skirt, and hang our heads
in shame - if someone dares to
purposefully mention the fact that
there is a physiological differ
ence between the students living in
Cobb and those in Ehringhaus.
Now we doubt that any student
at UNC would be stopped from cir
culating a questionnaire similar to
r 'the one that opened Pandora's box
r'at Ohio Wesleyan. But we are by
no means exempt from the ridicu
lous, Puritanical stigma con
cerning the intelligent discussion of
sex that exists elsewhere in our
society.
With a little bit of luck, every
student on this campus will eventu
ally participate in sexual activity
of some sort. And it is recommen
ded by prominent authorities
everywhere that he choose a
member of the opposite sex as hi
partner. Wouldn't it make sense to
drop the taboos on coeducational
discussion of something so import
ant? Or would we rather keep tell
ing the "Birds and Bees" story
and leave everyone to find out for
hims elf after marriage ?
he Sathj ar Qeel
74 Years of Editorial Freedom
Fred Thomas, Editor
Tom Clark, Business Manager
Scott Goodfellow, Managing Ed.
John Askew .. Ad. Mgr.
John Greenbacker Assoc. Ed.
Bill Amlong News Ed.
Kerry Sipe ...... Feature Ed.
Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor
Bill Hass- Asst. Sports Ed.
Jock Lauterer Photo Editor
Chuck Benner Night Editor
STAFF WRITERS
Don Campbell Lytt Stamps, Er
nest Robl, Steve Bennett, Steve
Knowlton, Judy Sipe, Carol Won
savage Diane Warman, Karen
Freeman, Cindy Borden, Julie
Parker, Peter Harris, Drum
mondl Bell, Owen Davis, Joey
Leigh, Dennis Sanders.
CARTOONISTS
Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly
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To New York
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The Atlantic Coast Confer
ence has a rule forbidding any
conference teams from com
peting in the National Invita
tional Tournament in New
York. The winner of the Con
ference Tournament goes to
the NCAA, but no other bas
ketball team is permitted to
compete in any other post
season tournament.
Therefore, the ACC puts all
its eggs in one basket, so to
speak, in that only one team
represents the conference. New
Yorkers do .not get to see any
ACC team compete in any
tournament. And it is N e w
York which can build a na
ional reputation, as it has
done for the Yankees and
Mets, for example.
Therfore, our conference
suffers in its national image.
This year (as usual) the
ACC has Several outstanding
teams. Both Carolina and) Duke
are ranked in the top ten na
tionally. However, at least one
of these teams and it cer
tainly appears to be Duke
will have no reward for a
good season.
The students will not have
the opportunity to support their
alma mater in post - season
play. The season will end on
a dismal note. But this need
not be the case.
I am sure that all the stu
dents would favor an NIT bid;
I am equally certain that the
NIT would be delighted to see
our conference represented in
New York. This would give
the ACC needed exporsure, too.
This'year, and in the next
few years, it appears that
Carolina will be the class of
the ACC But the existence of
conference tournament makes
certain that the best team
does not always represent the
conference.
However, a change in the
archaic regulation forbidding
ACC schools to compete in the
NIT would set a needed pre
cedent for the years to come
and let's face it, some time
Carolina may again be only
second best. Then too, it would
enhance conference prestige
The practice of letting the
runners - up in the confer
ence play in the NIT is prac
ticed . among many of the
strongest leagues in the coun
try. The MVC (including Cin
cinatti, Wichita, and Louis
ville) does it; so does the
Middle Atlantic Conference,
which includes St. Joe's, Tem
ple, and LaSalle.
The excuse that the season
is too long is invalid, because
the tourney lasts only about
two weeks after the season
closes The existence of the
Conference's own tourney in
dicates that the ACC is willing
to extend the season if it
means increased revenue for
the conference.
If the student bodies of the
member schools supported an
amendment in the rules which
would permit ACC teams to
compete in the NIT, the re
gulation would be changed. I
am certain that the students
and players wholeheartedly
support this amendment: let's
let the ACC know how we feel.
Frank Kowalski
No Coeds
Editor, Tihe Daily Tar Heel:
There is no such thing as
the "Typical Carolina Coed".
For four and a half years I
have listened to the many com
plaints about the fairer
sex here on campus and have
come to the conclusion that
most of the gripes are sim
ply excuses for not being able
to get dates due to individual
inadequacies.
Anyone who has really con
sidered a cross - section of
the female population at UNC
would not be able to classify
65 per cent of them into one
stereotyped group. That myth
is almost as far from being
true as the one concerning the
average "virile" Carolina
man.
While criticizing the coed
who "passes with her nose in
the air", the average male
fails to consider that this si
tuation might be the result of
his own general attitude.
The derogatory remarks
made as she passes and the
knowledge that few "Caroli
na Gentlemen" will speak to
her as she walks across cam
pus alone are not likely to
make her more inclined to
smile warmly.
The sharp coed is not going
to ask the guy for a date but
will be available at the right
time and place with that sly
smile that should be a give
away invitation; therefore the
initiative for the first word is
the responsibility of the male
with enough guts to go after
a better - than - average date.
The fellow who is interested
in a challenge and man enough
to accept the possibility 1 of a
refusal will often find a cam
pus date more stimulating and
mature than the weekend im
ports from home or W.C. The
"speciman of Carolina man
hood" has to take the first
step by treating the coed as
an individual. 1
. Otherwise it seems that, as
an article on the fron page
of the DTH December 1 issue
declared, "American males
are growing indifferent to
sex."
Donald Boal
Big Plot
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The time has come for all
of us to stand together to
combat evil, for the seeds of
subversion are growing in the
fertile soil of Chapel Hill.
Two signs have appeared on
a tree outside the Carolina
Inn within the past mont. One
of them read "Guy Fawkes is
alive in Argentina," and the
other "The Davie Poplar is an
Oak." Both were signed "La
Resistance." Who is "La Resistance'?
No one seems to know; But
time - honored traditions are
being challenged by this group
of revolutionaries.
Everyone knows Guy Fawk
es is dead. And even if he
were alive he would be about
300 years old. Does Argenti
na have a climate that, can
support life for this long? Or
has "La Resistance" discover
ed the fountain of youth?
And does this mean that
Hitler, too, is alive?
And everyone knows the Da
vie Poplar is a poplar. . Other
wise, how did it get its name
Could it be because "The Da
vie Oak" just doesn't sound
poetic enough?
No! We are not facing a re
volution in scientific thinking
we are facing a group of
heretics who are trying to de
stroy the truths and traditions
of our society.
The backbone of our civili
zation - reason and progress
is being corrupted from
within. Unless we unite to ex
pel this mysterious force, our
homes, our factories, our
schoolhouses and our suspen
sion bridges will crumble
around us.
Who is "La Resistance?"
Could it be the guy who sits
next to you in History class?
Or the girl who drives the
green Mustang with Wyoming
plates? Or Chief Beaumont?
We must all search diligent
ly until the heretics are dis
covered and truth again re
turns to Chapel Hill.
Virginia Warren
Big Question
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Does the TCC
Come from UNC
Or from USC
Or just ECC?
Is the TCC
In the ACC
Or the FCC
Or the ICC
Or the FTC?
Does the TCC
Date SOB's
Take LSD
Or have DT's?
See the TCC
Shop at A&P
Watch NBC
At SAE.
Will the TCC
Join the UDC
Drive an XKE
Or wed a PhD?
O, O, O,
TCC
Won't you please
RIP?
Charles D. Cunningham
David R. Collins
Michael E. Byrd
Our Mistake
Editor The Daily Tar Heel:
We are most appreciative
of the interest you have shown
in The Country Store by prin
ting the story by Donna Reif-'
snider. . .
I would like, however, to
correct one misconception. The
organization that sponsors The
Country -Store is the Junior
Service League of Chapel Hill
and not the Junior League, as
was stated in your article. We
hope you will clarify this for
your readers.
Gloria Nicholson
U. Of Minnesota
Experimental College
From the Minnesota Daily
By JIM EBERT
A free university within the
University is being organized
for winter quarter by the Stu
dents for a Democratic Socie
ty (SDS).
The free university will be
open to all students, faculty
members and interested
community people who "want
to participate in an indepen
dent forum for honest, intel
lectual dialogue founded on
personal encounter and ex
change," its organizers say.
No specific courses have
been set up and students will
be encouraged to initiate their
own courses Brian Coyle,
SDS organizer of the free uni
versity, said yesterday no gra
des or attendance records will
be kept.
Coyle said a free university
will "encourage personal en
counter and honest dialogue
between teacher and student."
Coyle believes Minnesota edu
cation is stifled by the "mul
tiversity" structure of the Un
iversity. Coyle's "A Modest Proposal
for a Free University" is the
manifesto for the proposed or
ganization. The manifesto,
which will go on sale winter
quarter, proclaims, in gener
al, that a Minnesota multiver
sity miseducates its students,
warps its facukty, and pro
motes widespread alienation
in society.
Pointing toward a "renew
ed community of scholars,"
the manifesto admits it does
"not have a panecea for
America's educational dielm
ma." But the emergence of
more than 30 free universities
in the past year, according to
the manifesto, is a spontane
ous movement to restore vi
tality and flexibility to Amer
i c a n education.
Coyle now is seeking fa
culty support for the free uni
versity. According to Coyle, a gen
eral meeting of faculty and stu
dents will be held during win
ter quarter to schedule class
es At that time, a coordinating
staff will be established to
"give advice and help," and
publish a newsletter.
There will be no bureaucra
cy, according to Coyle. The
entire Free University will
hold a short monthly meeting
and the project will be financ
ed by faculty contributions
and a $2 "voluntary contri
bution" from each student.
Coyle said the project is ra
dical but not left - wing.
Space for the free universi
ty's classes will be obtained in
the Union under SDS sponsor
ship, and a class may move
off - campus if it wishes, Coyle
said.
"Excerpts from the mani
festo: "Today the 'Administrative
mentality' is entrenched in
the Community of Scholars,
and this mentality has paraly
ized initiative and generated
insance conformity.
"The routine which shapes
the undergraduate's conscious
ness is comprsied of a system
atic . . . brutality inflicted by
a faculty of Veil - meaning
and nice' men who feel that
the student's situation is hope
less when it comes to ser
ious learning.
"The university destroys
many sincere students' desires
to perceive reality with opti
mism, at a time when they
most desperately need to learn
that painful art.
"The Free University is a
positive, creative response to
the impersonality, giantism,
and lack of community in the
present academic world.
Dissent In Colleges
Defined By Gardner
By JOHN W. GARDNER
Every great modern univer
sity must balance its respon
sibilities to the worlds of re
flection and action. There is a
whole range of social roles
between the ivory tower and
the executive desk.
At one end of the spectrum
sits the active citizen in his
committee meeting, the lead
er surrounded by his follow
ers Every individual must de
cide where to place himself
along that range. Each has to
decide how much he wants to
become personally involved in
the action and effort of his
society.
A society that aspires to cre
ativity has urgent need of its
detached scholars and critics,
as well as of those who will
become deeply involved in
the world of action. Our so
ciety must have the wisdom
to reflect and the fortitude
to act.
It must provide the creative
soil for new ideas and the skill
and patience and hardihood to
put hose ideas into action.
The creative society will be
one in which there is contin
uous and fruitful interaction
between the two worlds of ac
tion and reflection And no in
stitution in our society can do
more to keep that interaction
vital and productive than the
university.
It must preserve within its
walls an environment in which
the relatively disengaged scho
lar, artist, critic, scientists, or
writer can live and flourish.
But it must also relate itself to
the organized world of action,
population, even in the alum
There are the in the
ni population; even on the
boards of trustees of some
universities, who resent the
fact that the university is a
haven for dissent, for criti
cism, and for the free exami
nation of assumptions and
practices. -
They often strive to dimin
ish this fundamental role of a
university. They seem to ima
gine that the chief role of the
university is to endorse the
status quo.
On the other side, there are
some within the university
want to cut all ties with the
rest of the society and to per
suade every last student to
choose the life of detachment
and dissent.
They do not like the way the
society is run, but they are
not inclined to prepare young
people to run it better And
they communicate to their
students a moral snobbism to
ward those who live with the
ethical dilemmas of responsi
ble action.
The life of reflection is not
superior to the life of action,
or vice versa. Both are essen
tial to a vital society. Surely
our universities should strive
to be as effective in prepar
ing young people for one
role as for the other.
I hope that in preparing
young men and women for
lives as scholars and critics
our universities will make
them, aware of the dangers of
irresponsibility and moral
snobbism. I hope that in pre
paring them for the world of
business and government the
universities will make them ap
preciative of the social function
of the scholar, the dissenter,
and the critic.
Finally, I hope that the uni
versities will persuade a rea
sonable proportion of their
graduates to move back and
forth between the two worlds.
A Message To GM
Graham Memorial has had its Christmas decor
ation party.
On the bitterly cold nights you can see the build
ing from afar, lit in the unreality of colored lights.
It seduces the tired and troubled from the bitter win
ter air to enter its soft interior.
You can see them sitting in the great common
room, all curled up and thinking personal things. Their
eyes caress the paneled wall and the massive Christ
mas trees, with the foil streamers of each raining
red and yellow tears of light. There in the soft music
of carols, it's almost home. Even the father - figures:
humanity's gilt -farmed benefactors, gazes protective
ly from the mantles.
Thank you, Graham Memorial. You have given
them the chance, just for an instant, to forget the
Christmas of alienation, the Christmas of confusion,
the Christmas of frustration, pain and hatred. They
are weary, and you have blessed them with kind un
derstanding that will not soon be forgotten.
John Greenbacker