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Xintts Carol Sing
The third annual Communi
ty Christmas Concert and Ca
rol Sing will be held this after
noon at 3 in Hill Hall. Featur
ed will be a boys' choir, in
ternational folk dancers, the
Young People's Orchestra and
an old-fashioned carol sing.
Admission is free.
Student Body President Bob
Powell and three other stu
dents will discuss the propos
ed amendment at tonight's
meeting of the Student Party.
The meeting is at 7 in Ger
rard Hall. Others on the panel
are Frank Hodges, George
Krichbaum aad Arthur Hays.
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6To Write Well Is Better Than To Rule'
Volume 74, Number 72
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1966
Founded February 23. 1893
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It's A New War
In Mekong Delta
BEN LUC, Vietnam (AP)
Three sniper bullets whined
through the rice that was rip
ening in the sun. Men of the
U. S. infantry squad fell to
their knees, the platoon com
mander cursing quietly.
The snipers obviously were
holed up in a village hidden in
coconut groves and banana
trees 800 yards across the
shimmering paddy fields. Any
where else in Vietnam the
Americans could call in artil
lery, and maybe an air strike,
to chase the snipers away.
But this was the Mekong
River delta, a new kind of war
for the U. S. troops in Viet
nam. They had to take the
village the hard way.
The infantrymen, from the
4th Battalion, 9th Infantry,
25th Division, were operating
out of Ben Luc, a district town
20 miles south of Saigon on
the northern edge of the Me
kong delta.
The U. S. troops at Ben
Luc are evaluating conditions
in the delta before large num
bers of American forces move
ing.
The village and the snipers
up ahead were, a typical obsta
cle for the U. S. troops.
They had reached the area
after a morning that began in
pouring rain at their base
camp in Ben Luc. They moved
down to the Vaico Oriental
River that bisects the north
delta, then climbed into Viet
namese navy craft that took
them five miles upstream.
From there, the . unit plung
ed into the coconut groves and
the paddy fields, wading
Frosh Meet,
Swap Ideas
On Problems
By MIKE McGOWAN
DTH Staff Writer
Representatives from the
freshman classes of six North
Carolina colleges and univer
sities met with UNC freshmen
here Saturday to discuss com
mon problems in the schools.
The meeting, the first of its
kind, was attended by the
freshman officers from North
Carolina A&T, North Carolina
College Duke Univ., UNC-G,
N. C. State and Guilford
College. . .
The officers hope to gam in
sights in alleviating the prob
lems at their schools through
the discussion sessions, UNC
freshman president Bland
Simpson said.
In his opening statement,
SimDSon added, "As freshmen
we find existing problems with
which no other class is con
fronted: orientation, standard
ized curriculum, restrictions
on social privileges.
"As the youngest and most
excited groups of our respect
ive campuses, we posses the
enthusiasm and vital interest
to at least try to do something
to better our own situation and
that of those who will follow
us."
Later, Simpson praised his
presidential assistant Ted Gef
fen for his "excellent" job in
planning the meeting.
After Simpson's statement,
the meeting separated into two
committees.
The smaller, composed of
class presidents, was moder
ated by Simpson.
The other discussion was
led by Jean Roberts, social
chairman of UNC's freshman
class.
The presidents centered their
discussion on structural prob
lems of class government
while the other group discussed
more specific problems per
taining to freshmen.
Problems receiving most at
tention in the larger commit
tee were transportation diffi
culties for freshmen, social an
finance functions, and wom
en's rules. Class organization
and UNC's residence college
system were also discussed.
In the presidents' meeting,
the representation of freshmen
in campus affairs was one to
pic of primary interest.
Freshmen should make "a
concerted effort" to gain more
equitable representation at all
schools, Phil Pleasant of Guil
ford said.
After the committee meet
ings, the group met again to
compile information for each
of the delegations. In this, final
session, the officers agreed to
a spring conference to be held
at Duke University.
waist deep through canals,
searching for Viet Cong sup
plies cached in sampans hid
den in reeds and poking at
stacks of rice straw.
The mud caked on their
trousers and their forearms.
At times, the heavy-weapons
men got bogged in swamps
and had to be pulled out by
their buddies.
Moving through the paddy
fields was slow work. The hard
dike's were good footpaths, but
too dangerous. Snipers 1,000
yards across the flat rice
fields could pick them off.
The three whirring bullets
indicated that the snipers were
trying.
Elsewhere in Vietnam,
standard operating procedure
is to pour in artillery and air
strikes on snipers. In the del
ta, however, the test units have
been ordered not to do this.
Too many innocent people live
in the villages. To bring heavy
fire down upon them might
kill scores.
So the 25th Division troops
deployed along the paddy field
edges, firing bursts from their
M16 automatic rifles as they
moved forward.
A few more staccato sniper
shots rang cut. The forward.
American elements ran into
the village, dodging around the
large, earthenware water pots,
running through the thatch
roof houses looking for the
snipers, lifting off well lids.
No men could be found in
the village of 50 or so houses.
But there were plenty of wom
en and children. None had
been hurt in the small - arms
assault.
One mother with a baby in
her arms and three young
daughters at her feet looked
impassively at an American
soldier guarding her. Other
soldiers searched he humble
home.
A few houses along, a girl
giggled at the soldiers.
The U. S. soldiers shook
their heads in quiet amaz
ment at the scene shot at
one minute, then laughed at.
What kind of war was this?
Some of the soldiers dunked
their heads in the water pots
to wash off the mud.
Then they began the trek
home across the rice fields
to the river. They had no
casualties, but they were
still happy to leave.
According to the South Viet
namese premier, Nguyen Cae
Ky, American troops will de-
ploy into the delta in force la-
ter in December, and gradu-
ally build up their strength
next year.
The prospect for them is
mud, frustration, and surpris
es, like those encountered by
the guinea pigs from the 25th
Division.
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Books Still There
By LAURA SHACKLEFORD
Special to the DTH
The Bull's Head Bookshop
was originally supposed to be
a place where students could
"throw the Bull".
But that was over thirty
years ago today much of the
bull is gone, but the books are
still there, and some readers
never will stop trying to cor
ral a good literary argument.
. And tomorrow, meaning two
years from now, there will be
a large bookstore near Lenoir,
with the booketeria on the first
floor:
What brings students to this
tiny bookshop cornered in the
basement of Wilson Library?
Mrs. Curtis Hogan, former
manager of the Bull's Head,
says Tolkien's hobbits and Dr.
Forrest Reed's Poetry Forum
provide the latest temptations
for students to leave their
studies, and haunt the rows of
books.
Students thumb through vol
umes of Chaucer, ruffle pages
of modern poetry, and browse
through deluxe editions of pho
tography but rarely do they
"shoot the bull". No, the Bull's
Head as an exclusive haven
for literary bull throwers was
abandoned years ago.
It's a casual shop, not a pres
sure - ridden one; and that's
one tradition that has not
changed since Howard Mum
ford Jones, professor of Eng
lish, conceived the idea of
Bull's Head in the 1930's.
At that time there was no
place to house and shelve
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SILENT SAM GLOWS with nothing other than gold paint. Rumor
has it that a troop of coeds from UNC-G (colors green and
GOLD) painted him up for Christmas. But if the WC girls had
done it, Sam would surely have warned us with a blast.
Hmmmm. . . DTH Photo by Ernest Robl
UNC's Pollsters Tell
What Students Want
By LYTT STAMPS
DTH Staff Writer
Student Government here
has its own version of the
"Gallop Poll."
The poll is called the Com
munications Committee and
it was created to give Student
Government an idea of what
students feel they need.
Three polls have been con
ducted so far by the commit
tee and chairman Bill Bow
man expects between five and
10 more to be conducted be
fore next spring.
For each poll, a random
sample of 150 undergraduates
are questioned by members of
the committee.
The interviewers record
their findings on an inteview
form. When the survey is com
pleted, the answers are trans
ferred to IBM cards which are
sorted using the equipment in
Lrone,
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Jones's idea, except in his of
fice, so the Bull's Head start
ed small, and has remained
small but only in square
feet, certainly not in scope!
Soon the Bull's Head found
its way to the Y Building,
where it became the campus
and community literary cen
ter. When it was moved to the
present cranny in the Univer
sity Library, the Bull's Head
became a trade book store,
which means it complements
the booketeria by selling books
other than texts.
Mrs. Hogan, sitting in front
of book stacks and behind a
pile of orders for new books,
said, "Our largest volume of
sales is in collateral reading
those books which are sug
gested by professors, but not
required for various courses.
"The people who use Bull's
Head are the more academic
ally inclined students, the ones
who are beginning to realize
the value of reading as an ed
ucation and for recreation."
A part of the Bull's Head
tradition for eight years, Mrs.
Hogan reached retirement age
last June, and now works only
part time. Aubrey Ellis has
taken over the managerial du
ties, and can be seen wander
ing with students among the
rows of books during coffee
breaks.
It's a quiet corner and an
unobtrusive one. but step in,
meet Saul Bellow, Tolkien,
Len Deighton and John Up
dike, and see how long you re
main quiet and calm.
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Science Depart-
Bowman said about three
weeks are required to prepare
questions for a survey, have
the committee members ask
the questions and compile the
information.
Two surveys have been com
pleted one conducted to
give the committee members
a feeling of what they have to
do; the second on campus pol
itics. A third survey has begun,
but the returns have not been
compiled.
Most of the questions call
ed for either a yes, no or don't
know answer.
Typical questions and an
swers include:
ARE YOU a member of ei
ther campus political party?
24 yes; 52 no; 24 refused
to answer.
Those who answered yes
then asked which party they
were members of 30 SP;
74 UP (the extra percentage
comes from some people who
are members of both parties).
Those who were not a mem
ber of a party were asked to
which party they leaned
25 SP; 28 UP; 47 no an
swer. DO YOU FEEL that stu
dents should be concerned
with national and internation
al political affairs, or should
they concentrate primarily on
their education? 89 be con
cerned; 9 education; 2
don't know.
Would involvement in a
campus group in some politi
cal area help in concern for
national and international af
fairs ? 71 yes, helps; 21 no,
8 don't know.
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1 Juniors Sell Art I
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The Junior Class is spon
i& soring a service project g:
Snext Tuesday, for the pur
gpose of selling giant-size, :j$
full color, fine quality art:;
8 reproductions, for only S
8$1.X. g
g The sale will be held g
ji-jfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
Y-Court Tuesday (inside if$
Sit rains).
Proceeds from the pro-Sj;
gject will be given to chari-iS
:-:ty in time for use during :j:
:g Christmas, according toS
$: Junior Class Vice. Pres. g
SBffly Travis.
S Travis said that full co-g
S operation of the Junior :g
i Class is needed to make &
ijijthis project a , success.
the Political
ment.
InNarcotics Probe:
ictge Orders Melease
Of Medical
By DON CAMPBELL
DTH Staff Writer
Superior Court Judge James
F. Latham yesterday ordered
that medical records which a
court official says are needed
in a probe of narcotics on the
University campus be surrend
ered to District Solicitor T.D.
Cooper Jr.
Cooper had said that the
medical records of John Wil
liam Baluss were needed in
the probe. Latham made the
order at a hearing in Ala
mance Superior Court.
The records had been seiz
ed by Orange County Sheriff
C. D. Knight, by order of Coo
per, and sealed and retained
by the Clerk of Orange Coun
ty. JUDGE ORDER NEEDED
Because University policy
requires that without a pa
tient's consent, the attending
physician cannot release such
confidential information until
he is ordered to do so by a
Superior Court Judge, the rec
ords could not be opened.
Cooper said that statements
made to the student's physi
cian by two other students are
needed. in an investigation of
narcotics on the campus.
Cooper told the hearing that
the student, who was treated
by Dr. Joseph De Walt, ap
parently is paralyzed on one
side as a result of narcotics in
jections, and that the records
are necessary for the admin
istration of justice.
.. Chapel Hill attorney Barry
Winston, who represents ail
three students, objected to the
disclosure of Dr. De Walt's
records, saying there was no
legal basis for the order forc
ing disclosure of the records.
Winston told the judge, "The
solicitor cannot say he needs
these records for the adminis
tration of justice, when he does
Theologian
To Lecture
nere i omeni
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The question of "What Is An
Act of God?" will be explored
in a public lecture here to
night, by a Harvard Divinity
School professor.
Dr. Gordon D. Kaufman,
professor of theology at Har
vard, will discuss the topic at
8 p.m. in Howell Hall. His vis
it is being sponsored by the
Religion Department, under di
rection of Prof. Samuel S. Hill
Jr.
A native of Kansas, Kauf
man received the A. B. degree
summa cum laude from Beth
el College in Kansas, the A.M.
degree in sociology from
Northwestern, the B.D. degree
magna cum laude and the
Ph.D. degree from Yale, where
he was a Hooker Fellow and
a Kent Fellow. He was ordain
ed by the Mennonite Church in
1953.
Kaufman joined the Harvard
faculty in 1963. Prior to that
time, he taught philosophy at
Yale, religion at Pomona
College in California, and the
ology at Vanderbilt.
He is a member of the Com
mittee on Peace and Social
Concerns of the Mennonite
General Conference and serves
on the board of directors of
Bethel College.
He is the author of two
books: RELATIVISM, KNOW
LEDGE and FAITH and THE
CONTEXT OF DECISION. He
has written numerous articles,
including "The Significance of
Art," and "Two Models of
Transcendence: An Inquiry
Into The Problem of Theologi
cal Meaning."
Kaufman is a member of
the Society for Religion in
Higher Education, the Ameri
can Philosophical Association,
the American Association of
University Professors, and the
Metaphysical Society of America,
not know what the records con
tain." Cooper replied that "in this
case, the state had reasonable
grounds to believe a serious
misdemeanor had occurred."
"The state also had reason
to believe that certain rec
ords pertinent to the investiga
tion might be missing," he
added.
"The University of N o r t h
Carolina has balked us at ev
ery turn," Cooper said, and
quoted Dr. De Walt as telling
Sheriff Knight that he woulfl
burn the medical records be
fore he would give them to
the solicitor.
Cooper said Dr. De Walt
"is being made a fall - guy by
higher up pressure."
REPLIES MADE
Replies to both those charg
es were made yesterday after
noon. Professor C. O. Cathey,
Dean of Student Affairs, made
the following statement:
"The University has cooper
ated in the investigation of
this matter from the very
beginning. In fact, the Univer
sity initiated the investigation.
"The law requires a physi
cian not to disclose informa
tion given to him in confi
dence by a patient. The pa
tient in this case refused to
consent to the release of med
ical records bearing on his
illness.
"Without a patient's consent,
University policy requires that
the attending physician with
hold such confidential infor
mation until ordered to re
lease it by a Superior Court
Judge.
"In a discussion of a hypo
thetical case bearing on this
problem, the attending physi
cian did say that rather than
release this information with
out the patients consent, and
in the absence of a court or
der, he would rather see the
records destroyed.
"Any insinuation that the
University has refused to co
operate in the investigation of
this matter, or has placed ob-
stacks path of the in.
iract iftotinn that aro Tinr rp-
vestisation that are not re
quired by expressed provisions
of the law, is completely with
out foundation in fact."
Replying to the latter
charge, Dr. De Walt said,
"There has been no pressure
on me I'm not being made
a fall - guy for anyone."
ADMINISTRATION
CONTACTED
A University spokesman
said yesterday that Baluss had
been brought to the hospital
early the morning of Nov. 15
by two other students, and
that the infirmary had con
tacted an Administration of
ficial the next day, telling of
their findings in the case.
THE DAYS ARE GETTING shorter and those
exams and term papers are getting nearer
and nearer. But then with Christmas just
around the corner, who wants to study. DTH
Record.
The spokesman said the of
ficial then contacted the Cam
pus Police, Chapel Hill Po
lice, and the State Bureau of
Investigation.
Baluss was discharged from
the infirmary Nov. 30 .
Subsequently, Solicitor Coop
er issued a subpoena for the
medical records.
'Yes' Vote Urged
On Court Change
By LYTT STAMPS
DTH Staff Writer
Student Body President Bob
Powell Saturday urged all stu
dents to "join me in voting
for the proposed amendment"
on student court structure
Tuesday.
"The amendment that re
constructs the Constitutional
Council represents a signifi-
cant move forward in our stu
dent judiciary," he said.
Powell listed two reasons
why he thought students should
vote for the amnedment.
"First, the amendment sets
up a student appellate court
which will hear alleged viola
tions of student rights as out
lined in the student consituu
tion," he said.
The change, Powell said,
would demand a closer ad
herence to the rights guaran
teed to students when they are
. brought before student courts,
"The amendment provides
adequate recourse for any stu
dent who thinks he received
an unfair hearing," Powell
added.
Student Body President Bob
Powell and three other stu
dents will discuss the propos
ed amendment at tonight's
meeting of the Student Party.
The meeting is at 7 in Ger
rard Hall. Others on the panel
are Frank Hodges, George
Krichbaum and Arthur Hays.
The proposed procedure con
tinues allowing students to ap-
...
or the harshness of the penal
ty to the Faculty Review
Board.
"The proposed procedure is
intended simply to guarantee
to students that the procedure
used in the Honor Councils are
fair ones and that if these
procedures are not fair, he be
allowed to receive a new trial,"
Powell said.
"The second reason the pro
posed amendment should be
passed," Powell siad, "is
that it will significantly im
prove the composition of the
present Constitutional Coun
cil." Under the present constitu
tional provisions, the Constitu
tional Court members come di
evening.
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In signing the order yester
day, Judge Latham said he
saw the entire process as "pre
dicated on the right of the
state to administer justice and
maintain order."
Judge Latham refused a re
quest by Winston to stay exe
cution of the order. Winston
made notice of appeal to the
Supreme Court.
rectly from the Men's and
Women's Council.
The members "naturally
aren't familiar with all prob
lems of student election laws
or constitutional conflicts,"
Powell said.
The supreme court would
change this by having a group
of justices who will sit as long
as they are enrolled in the uni-
versity.
"Passage of the amendment
in Tuesday's referendum is
essentia lfor the continuing ef
forts of Student Government
in the area of judicial reform,"
Powell said. .
Quarterly
On Sale :
Monday
"1 want students to realize
that writing isn't something
that happened 30 years ago,"
said Michael Paull, editor of
the Carolina Quarterly.
"It's happening today."
And the Quarterly, which
goes on sale Monday for 25
cents a copy, is a monument
to today's writing.
"We lowered the price of
the Quarterly to make today's
writing available to today's
students," Paull said.
"One of the faults of small
magazines is that they exist
for the benefit of libraries
and a small reading public.
We don't want to do that."
Paull said the Quarterly
draws its material completely
from natives, students here
now and alumni.
"I feel that the best materi
al the magazine can get can
be obtained from this state,"
he said. "Some of the best
creative writing schools are
centered here."
"Some of the best writers
come out of this culture."
The first issue of the Quar
terly this year sold out of all
2,000 copies, Paull said, "so
.1 guess we're reaching a lot
of people."
The issue going on sale Mon
day will contain 64 pages of
short stories and poetry.
staffer Ernest Robl found this one solitary
fellow putting in the extra hours all by him
self in the Howell Hall auditorium late one