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En Our Opinion . . . Interfraternity Council eminars Merit Applause The Interfraternity Council's re cently - initiated project of semi nars for the discussion of common fraternity problems is the best thing to come out of the IFC in a long time. And it could go a long way in halting at UNC what many people believe to be a general de clining of fraternities throughout the country. In an interview with the DTH last fall, Dean of Men William G. Long, who works closely with the fraternity system here, expressed the opinion that one of the frater nities' greatest problems is a lack of continuity that is, a total turn over in membership every four years, leaving the fraternities con stantly without the advice of exper ienced problem solvers. Dean Long held to the idea that fraternity alumni are the logical people to fill this gap and provide advice and assistance, not only in time of crisis, but throughout the year. Fittingly, when IFC Chairman Lindsey Freeman announced the seminars program, alumni rela tions was listed as the topic of the first seminar. We have spoken to several fra ternity representatives who attend ed this seminar Tuesday night, and they have spoken in glowing terms about the keynote address and, especially, about the small discussion groups where men from several fraternities fielded ques tions and offered advice from ex perience of their houses. Another challenge staring fra ternities in the eye is the manage ment of finances, with the bulk of the financial transactions center ing around the purchase and pre paration of food. Fittingly,, again, two separate seminars are plan ned in this area one solely to discuss kitchen management and one treasurer's discussion. Pledge training has been a bone of contention among fraterni ties and between the fraternity system and the public for a long time. A Seminar is planned to iron out this problem. And, of course, one of the most trying experiences in the fraternity year is rush, both for the frat men and the rushees. Differences in rushing procedure in the various houses can be quite confusing to rushees and can cast a bad re flection on the fraternity system. To help clear up this area a semi nar has been planned to discuss rushing procedures before formal rush in February. From time to time this year the DTH has criticized specific frater nities and the whole fraternity sys tem. We criticize because we be lieve there are things jthat could easily be changed for the better. We mean our criticism to be con structive in the long run. We applaud the IFC for this worthwhile project and only wish we had had the forsight to suggest it. Why A Merry Christmas? Christmas. A-time of giving. A., time of selflessness A time of clear. Christmas. A time of euphem isms. A time to sing about joy to the world a joy that is to a minority of the world's citizens. A . time to talk of peace that has yet t' come. One of the noisiest times r the year to sing about a silent r-ght. Christmas. A time to wonder what someone will give you. A time to see if you can impress someone special with an extra - expensive present. A time to drink champ agne and spiked egg nog until ev erything is forgotten. They say it's a religious holiday of some sort. Kind of like George Washington's birthday; except the birthday is that of the Son of the only God. This is the God, they tell you, who loves everybody in the whole world. And his Son, they say, gave his own life for others. They worship these two the Father and Son. And they worship a third person called the Holy Spir it. AH three members of the God Head are present at Christmas in a very real and meaningful way, they say. That's why they all go to church and sing religious songs and send Christmas cards with Bi ble verses on them. You see they're Christians. And this is the most important time of t h e year for them. They sacrifice. One of them drops a whole dollar bill in the Sal vation Army collection pot for some needy family. A dollar should be enough to make some family happy. He certainly can't afford to give more. After all, it's taking nearly $2,000 to buy all his family's Christmas gifts. And he has three cars to keep up, not to mention the expense of operating a 10 - room split - level house with a staff of eight. . .. They love. They love their mommies and daddies, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. And they love their God. They do not love the Negro across town, but that's all right. He has his own people: Heand his kind enjoy-their Christmas much more staying in their place. They believe in peace on earth. And they are willing to kill any one who doesn't. Christmas. A confusing time if you stop to think about it. Pink aluminium trees and reusable plas tic mistletoe are tangible remind ers of the artificiality of the sea son's going on. Those who claim to cherish the season most often seem to honor it least. But that's life. That's humans. Where are they, going? Where did they come from? Why? Who cares? Maybe those who d o n ' t claim to know really know better than anyone else. Merry Christmas! 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 Amiong ..... ... 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 mond Bell, Owen Davis, Joey Leigh, Dennis Sanders. CARTOONISTS Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly 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 Hill, N. C. -ink For know noV wVt-y y 3 o nor 'kere 9N 1 f jm. iwmt .zssm. v ja. Kerry Sipe .Barbers Are ScaMm One of my greatest dreads over the years has been the semi-monthly trip that socie ty forces me to make to a barber shop. There's nothing about the ritual of cutting hair that I like. As a child I thought it was actually pain ful and as an adult I find it a nuisance and a borer , ' When I had .put at off as long as ruldnastweek, finally made the effort to stop ; in at the Graham Memorial shop for a trim. The best barber in the shop (so called because he talks the least) offered me his chair. I took it and surren dered a begrudged salutation. "Cold enough for you?" I said. "Yeah," he said. "The us ual?" "Yeah," I said. That's usually the whole dialogue from start to finish. Virginia Warren He is supposed to quietly con centrate on making my cow lick lie down and getting my sideburns even. I usually try to find a not-too-long western story in one of the torn, coverless Satur day Evening Posts he keeps about the place. Even though it is a strain, to read without Liay glasses (which t are al ways' removed so ashot -f.tcc; diock tne pain 01 me cuppers; I find it helps to keep, my mind off the mowing opera tion above me. This day, however, I had read every magazine in the shop. I believe he must stock his reading library from the discount shelf of the PTA rummage sale. Some of those magazines are so old they show Lucky Strike advertised in a green pack. This day I was forced to stare blankly ahead as the N ew Plots Formed For 'La Resistance' In a mysterious three-way phone call last night, the se cret agents of "La Resis tance" revealed themselves and discussed their plans for the "embetterment of the area." Their plans include convert ing the bell tower into a blimp port, using the thou sands of dogs on campus to provide the raw power for a shuttle service to South Cam pus, and keeping the Haw river from becoming part of the Inland Waterway. - Agent B and Agent F re vealed that "La Resistance" is an organization composed of three members. They said, "We derive our strength from this three-point arrangement" which they pictured as being "similar to the three points of a napkin that's folded over." They declined, however, to identify themselves further. "La Resistance" f i r s t re ceived attention because of posters which had been placed throughout the campus this semester. One of them read "Guy Fawkes is Alive in Ar gentina" and the other "The Davie Poplar is an Oak." The most recent sign, which presently adorns the campus, reads "Van Gogh's Ear is Be ing Held for Ransom." "La Resistance" is asking 50 million lire for the ear, they said (approximately 400 000 francs). The organization revealed that the three members "meet and hold forth" on various pressing issues about once a month. They have come up with a three-point program which they hope will lead to local improvements for the students at Chapel Hill. . Heading their program is a matter which they feel is especially "pressing" that of converting the bell tower to a blimp port. They are aware of plans for such a blimp port in the Research Triangle area and f e e 1 it . would be most beneficial if located in Chapel Hill. It would, of course, bring a great tourist trade to the town and thereby be a great financial asset to Chapel Hill. When asked how they pro posed to land blimps on top of the bell tower, they replied, "We'll leave that up to the bUmp experts." , Their second plan is a cam paign to keep the Haw river from becoming part of the In land Waterway. This will benefit students by conserving the famous site presently used for p 1 a y i n g "Pooh sticks," they said. (A suitable definition of Pooh sticks may be found in Winnie the Pooh or Winnie Me Pu.) Their final crusade is a plan to employ dogs on campus in a shuttle service to South Campus. The dogs will be paid for draw dog carts which will transport residents of South Campus to and from their d3SS6S The dogs will be paid ofr their services by room and board in the Pine Room. The advantages of this method of transportation are obvious: it will cost less than any other mode of transporta tion, and in winter, when most vehicles are snow bound, the dogs can be used to draw dog sleds. For those who wish to keep up with the activities of "La Resistance", they said, signs may be seen on the Davie Poplar, at Y-Court, at the Book-X, outside the Carolina Inn, and at many o t h er places, including, of course, at the ginkgo tree, "which is sacred to us." clipping began, my eyes glancing gee and haw, focus ing first on one thing and then another. It was during this ocular rambling ; that I no ticed a hand-printed notice , taped to the mirror on the other side of the room. It read: "Because of .rising costs we haye founds - it j, necessary to raise the price of haircuts to $2 effective Jan. 1. Flattops will rise in cost to $2.25." My mental anguish at read ing this news must have been translated into movement by my head, because I felt the edge of the clippers scratch my ear and I heard the bar ber impatiently clear his throat. i "Rising costs?" I said out loud. "Say, Mr. Cotton, what the hell kind of rising costs does a barber have? Are you trying to raise the capital out lay for a new pair of scis sors? Has the price of winter green suddenly rocketed sky ward?" "It'll cost you $3 most places in New York," the barber answered, snapping his silver scissors together many times in succession. "This is North Carolina for Pete's sake. Besides you just went up a quarter a few months ago." "It was a year," he said. "O.K. a year. I'm not too old and I can remember when I paid a buck for the very same kind of haircut you're giving me right now." I was careful not to raise my voice loud enough for the other barbers in the shop to hear. It's really bad when they gang up on you. "Look, Mr. Sipe, I got a wife and kids like everybody else." "I don't see how you can justify a thing like this," I persisted. "Barbers buy then tools and pay rent on their shop. That's it. No big over head. No staff salaries. No automation. No college educa tion to compensate for. "How can you suddenly de cide you want an extra quar ter of my hard earned dough twice a month?" I tried to cry a little for effect. I could tell I was getting no where. Barbers have Vitalis flowing where the blood ought to be. I stewed in silence while he soaped and shaved the back of my burning neck. I stub bornly locked the muscles of my neck to make it difficult for him to shave around the cords. When he finished, I was out of the chair and into my wal let before he had a chance to swat my shoulders more than twice with his whiskbroom. "Here's two bucks," I said in the cockiest voice I could muster. "Keep the quarter tip. You won't get one next time." I must say he was a perfect gentleman. "Thank you, Sir," he said and rang the figure on the cash register. "I'm glad I don't have to come to this clip joint any more often than I do," I said. Krichbaum Uses '., Logic OfHUAC In his letter of Dec. 8, 1966, George Krichbaum treats a number of subjects, and a few of his re marks are especially discouraging and infuriating. , First hp states: "I would contend that the war in Viet Nam is of no more direct consequence to the edu cational process than is taxation, the rising cost of liv ing, or if I may be so bold, birth control." (Be bold Georgie, that's O.K.). Without discussing the probable importance of tax ation and birth control. I quote another statement in thejetter: "Of course, the draft is an entirely different matter. A large percentage of our students come into ' immediate contact with the dratt irom ineir lotn Dirtft dav until lone after their stay at UNC is over." Here then, Mr. Krichbaum says that the war has no direct importance for the student's life and should not be discussed by Student Legislature, while the draft is relevant to the educational process. But let us look at some trends and a bit of logic. As the war has escalated, more men have been drafted. As more men have been drafted, more have been committed to action. As more men have been committed to action, more students have been re classified, drafted, and sent to Viet Nam. Thus, it seems to me that the draft varies directly with the war. There is a causal relationship between the two which directly determines the amount of stu dents risking their lives. If the draft is important, the war is more impor tant. There would be no draft without wars. Mr. Krichbaum's contention that the war has no place in student legislature debate is illogical, thought less, inhumane, and serves only to perpetuate a grow ing tendency to neglect the questionning of basic is sues. Too many Americans have never asked them selves why they are drafted. I believe that the following quotation from Paul Goodman's "Growing Up Absurd" is applicable to the letter written by Krichbaum, a letter which is just a symptom of worse things so common today: "The narrow chauvinism and energetic hostility to subversive ideas that are now the test of our politi cians are precisely disastrous to patriotism, for that must be spacious, disinterested and broad based, other wise it is intolerable foolishness." Gregory Peeler Coed Writes Lines To DafeleM Dear Carolina Gentlemen, We, the typical Carolina Coeds, would like to ex tend our sincere apologies for being snobish, unenter taining, unthoughtful and especially for being typical. It is such a pity that there are so few of us girls to go around, but we are going to work overtime and take two dates a day in order to give more boys a chance for dates and less reason to complain. We only hope our sacrificial efforts will be appreciated and not misunderstood when we try to explain why we have to go in at 9 p.m. to meet our next dates at 9:30. You boys are a little particular though. When we try to get you blind dates you must know all their vital qualifications looks, personality, sorority. But we will try to measure up to your important desires. If you are willing to share, we are able to double our duties. We would also like to apologize profusely for the way we dress. It is horrifying to see girls walking around campus in diverse colored skirts, sweaters and blouses. There must be a solution to getting rid of such a boring sight. Of course, you must realize that we cannot buy things that are not offered in the clothing stores. We either have to conform to the short skirts and boots or to McMullens and pearls there is just no way to satis fy everyone's tastes. We could start making our own clothes in seeking originality but you know what you boys say about girls who make their own clothes. However, we do not want you boys to change since you are all such individuals in your checked pants, Alpaca sweaters, three-piece suits and wingtips. You are definitely unstereotyped. You won't hear us complaining because we ladies appreciate neatness, good taste and good grooming in men, no matter how many pants we see alike. You-fellows are going to have to give us a little more time to adjust to our new environment. It is quite a change coming from all girls' schools to a campus of nothing but handsome men. If the odds were reversed, you would be rather wary yourselves. If we do not smile every second of the day, it is only because we are in such awe and admiration of you men that we are afraid to step out of line and be called flirts. Never fear, we will get to work on our deficiencies and inadequacies. We have nothing else to think about but parties, dates, clothes and men. Education, jobs, sororities, Student Government, nursing, service proj ects and quizzes are unimportant. .We are going to try, try, try to be just what each and every one of you impeccable, idealized men want us to be. After all, we girls are only here to find husbands. Please give us your forgiveness and another chance to improve our stereotyped typicalness. We fear your journeying to greener pastures and leaving us behind. But do keep in mind that if four out of six of you abandoned us, there would still be two apiece for us. With love and kisses,
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