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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Wednesday, January 11, 1967
In Our Opinion ...
igh Hopes For Pass-Fail
System Here Next Semester
H
Early last fall after the Reids
ville Conference, where students
leaders administrators, and faculty
members gathered to discuss the
students' role in University poli
cy making especially in refer
ence to educational reform we
expressed our doubts as to the val
ue of the conference.
Several students and faculty
members were quick to accuse us
of judging to hastily on a matter
of long - term significance. In light
of recent accomplishments on the
road to educataional reform we
have to admit that our critics were
100 per cent correct, and it is with
a great deal of enthusiasm for the
new projects that we eat our hum
ble pie.
Shortly before the Christmas
holiday the detailed plan for an ex
perimental college was announced
which drew praise from newspap
ers across this state and from oth
er University campuses.
The latest proposal riding on
the momentum of the Reidsville
Conference is the pass - fail grad
ing system for the College of Arts
and Sciences explained on page
one of today's DTH.
Such a system has proved high
ly successful in many colleges and
universities across the nation and,
in fact, will be employed on a
trial basis at Duke next semester.
The system proposed for use
here at UNC was conceived in one
of the weekly Student Government
sponsored educational seminars in
November. The plan was polished
up and prsented to Dean of the
Colleye of Arts and Sciences J. C.
Morrow Monday for consideration
by him and the Administrative
Board of the College of Arts and
; ; Sciences. "-' -
The board will hold its monthly
meeting next Tuesday at which
Dean Morrow will present the pro
posal. Whether the board will be
able to consider it at that meet
ing is uncertain. Dean Morrow ex
plained yesterday that the board
has a quite full agenda of press
ing business. It is easy to under
stand that the final meeting of the
semester would be one with a
premium on time.
However, if the board could
study and approve the plan at its
meeting, it would mean that the
program could be enacted next se
mester. The enthusiasm of many
faculty Members during and after
the Reidsville Conference was
great. Their encouragement has
meant a great deal to the students
who have since been working on
educational reform. ,
If the board can squeeze this
last - minute bit of business onto
its slate, or if the members' sche
dules are such that a special ses
sion could, be called to consider
the plan, it would be a tremen
dous shot in the arm for the pass
fail system. ,
The success of the program
will depend to a large extent on
the enthusiasm of the students.
. Enthusiasm at the moment is high
and, we believe, will spread like
wild fire throughout the student
body if the opportunity is offered
to try the plan next semester.
We have our fingers crossed
with a great deal more faith than
we had last fall that educational
reform will become a meaningful,
tangible reality to UNC students
through the pass - fail system next
semester. . ; ; :t.:.
-V' '
Take A Lool
(From The Greensboro Daily
News)
All that North Carolina has to
do to see the kind of action which
ought to be taken against cross
burners and other breeders of vio
lence who act under Ku Klux Klan
guise or cover is to look across the
Virginia border and note the re
sults which Governor Godwin's de
clared war on the Kluxers has al
ready achieved
The Old Dominion has a law
making cross burning, without writ
ten permission of the owner of the
property where the cross is burn
ed, a felony carrying punishment
up to five years imprisonment.
Governor Godwin has called for
strict enforcement of the law, be
lieving that elimination of cross
burning would do much to combat
the Klan, lessen its outward ap
peal to hatred and prejudice and
rid the state of . recognized scare
and terror tactics. As part of his
campaign the Governor offered a
reward of $1,000 for information
leading to conviction of persons
for illegally burning crosses.
The Governor's challenge was
promptly accepted by unknown
persons who burned a cross at the
rear of the Executive Mansion. In
due course four men and a woman
were arrested for cross-burnings
in Richmond and Henico county.
After these arrests more crosses
were burned in North Richmond.
According to the Danville Regis
- ter, there is now "a hard - nosed
. showdown between the Common
wealth and "certain individuals pre
sumed to be Klansmen, since
Klan literature was found in both
automobiles used by persons ar
rested." The cross - burning cases are
, on the verge of trial; and the out
' come and its influence could be
tremendous.
Our Danville contemporary,
viewing the unfolding develop
: ments, notes that "Virginia is a
state where law and order prevail.
Virginia
If it takes some bitter instruc
tion for Kluckers to learn that,
then others may be spared t h e
harsh and costly lessons by prompt
determination of the validity and
applicability of the laws against
those who light crosses to throw
fear into the hearts of families
who look to the courts for protec
tion against those who act outside
the law."
Bravo, Virginia. And we trust
Tar Heel officialdom is looking
straight in your direction.
QIIjp Satttj QIar tfrl
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Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor
Bill Hass-Asst. Sports Ed.
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In Letters
BTM
Sports Nausea
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
As a regular reader and fre
quent admirer of the Daily Tar
Heel, I must say that I was
sickened by, the garbage that
took ; up. - the whole of page
three in Sunday's DTH.
The title was "UNC Vs.
Duke; A Classic Battle Lives
Again On Hardwood." The
only thing classic about this
article was ;its example of
poor sportsmanship, sarcastic
egotism, and nauseating bias.
' Any real Carolina fan and
team member knows that the
Duke-Carolina contest is al
ways an exception to every
rating and prediction both
teams play their hearts out.
Saturday's game was no dif
ferent; it was rough and close
even to the last second, but
the one-page smear in the
DTH opens with "Duke was
all bark and no bite." It pro
ceeds to tear down a thing
called Duke school spirit, the
same type of loud-cheering
Peter Harris
Catches It
of
at
every week to church steeples
and campus canines.
1 wonaer if the editorial
staff has any idea how much
sweat and work our athletes
put into a wrestling match,
swimming meet and a lacross
game, or how much credit they
deserve and never seem to
get.
Page three could have in
cluded a decent article and
photograph of another facet of
UNC's athletic : achievement.
Instead, what was printed was
tactless,- uninformative gar
bage. Brad Ellisfard
Doctor's Testimonial
Having enjoyed John Green
backer's previous contribu
tions to the Daily Tar Heel, I
was disappointed at the unfair,
defamatory, and nauseating at
tack, and the accompanying
cartoon, on the fifteen cent
hamburger.
I am sure that in our af
fluent and pseudo-sophisticated
society he has never been in
the position where he would
appreciate one of the few
wholesome food bargains re
maining. An item which is prepared
and served in sanitary sur
roundings far superior to that
of many of the more popular
university food establishments.
An item also far more nutri
tious than the purchase for
fio ctnrfpnt nnnarentlv
w i iiLi 1 liiv ivmmvuw f r- w
manager Johnny Keane sat sonea oy tne mougnt oi a beu- SDends a m0re substantial por-
- T i 1 1 1 1 1 1? . l " 1 f aJ ntiKn rrr w nrmil J
annual nic uuuuiuig vncmi- uu, mwv "'"""j o r
spirit that we are proud
when Carolina plays Duke
home. i
The so-called cheering bout
wasn't the real issue of the
Duke game. The fight was on
the floor and this article hams
it up with all the old soap-opera
drama that ever oozed out of
morning TV.
Duke may have thrown an
apple core, but this writer
waited until he got home to
throw trash. .
,:-: An article 1 of this type de
served at the most, an eighth
of a page, but instead, it filled
up an entire page with sev
. eral oversized, mediocre pho
tographs. This space could
have been used to tell . about
the sixth victory of Carolina's
swimming team, which got all
of a one- by two-inch rectangle
between the advertisements.
And where was the write-up
about the Carolina Wrestling
Team's win over State Satur
day afternoon? The DTH con
sistently crowds out other
sports, while they give space
Johnny Keane Dies
Without Any Crowd
It was a crisDV October dav to understand the courage of
in 1964, and St. Louis Cardinal honest effort and you are poi-
pagne and green steel lockers lating dedicated human beings
with the turn oi tne iock on
his bank vault.
The sight of a Walter O'Mal
ley or Augie Busch changing
baseball into a Hollywood
spectacle is sickening. Per
haps, the youthful baseball
dream still lingers inside this
writer, for the surge of the su
per society frightens him.
The super, mass society
thrives on super sports gran
diose, super stadiums and
their super bowls; super teams
and their super stars.. It all
adds up to one big super emo
tional outlet. Mass therapy.
Johnny Keane was a man of
the old days of baseball, when
the hook slide equaled the
home run. But Keane, like the
pondering the future.
He looked beyond the pop
ping flashbulbs and the mus
cular young men in,their mo
ment of glory. He remembered
his past, his
many frustrat
ing years as
a minor league
manager. He
thought of the
past season and
his surprise
pennant winning
ball' club. He
remem b e r e d
the firing of for
mer general manager Bing De
vine by beer baron Augie
Busch.
Keane knew that by winning
the World Series he was in a past, could not last
great bargaining poisition for
the next season. But had all
the years of dedication been
worth merely money?
No.
To Johnny Keane baseball
was clean; it was his life and
he was a pure man.
To many American kids,
baseball is more than a game.
To this writer it was once the
most glorified dream
He once won the golden
nrize of sports. He once flaunt- servatism 0f chapel Hill stu
ed the moneybags only to nave dents residents. Not only
another greedy, jowlmg man faas there been a beginning of
ruthlessly stomp him out. protest vigils against Ameri-
In America, you must win to can mvoiVement in Viet Nam,
stay on top; not once, but con- feut we have also ha(j a written
cfantlv So it is witn DaseDau.
Yet, too many people know
that there is something wrong
about super sports being con
trolled by super money
tion of his funds.
Mr. Greenbacker's choice of
vocabulary, undoubtedly
meant to impress us with his
erudition and worldliness, suc
ceeded just to the extent that
I'm impressed by such equal
ly revolting sights as the thirteen-year-old
junior, high
school boys clustering near the
school obviously displaying to
classmates their superior ac
complishments in the use of
cigarettes and four letter
words.
George W. Prothro, BJS., M.D.
Graduate student
School of Public Health
What About Ho?
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The SDS now has no rea
sons to complain about the con-
From the time of' my first The force of Wr so
sto en base in the Little League , SbS
scut junu"j r
the dirty new xuik
disillusioned and lost.
until the demands of an edu
cated society redirected my de
sires, I dreamed of playing for
the Cardinals. I lived with
them in spirit. I knew each of
them cold, from Peanuts Low
ry tc Stan Musial.
If you ever played the game
your hardest and if doing well
and winning a game was once
the supreme goal in your life,
then it hurts when you remem
ber the sad, wrinkled eyes of
Johnny Keane. You are able
into
streets
The stadium walls once again disappr0val of Uncle Ho
took on the gruff cry of Leo Ch- Minhs most active par-
Durocher that "Nice guy im- fitfnitixm't.Or do they condone
ish last." .
Johnny Keane is now dead
of a heart attack. A few words
are murmured over his body
and then the tenderness of our
memories is drowned out by
the cries of a million Sunday
fanatics.
two
hand.
says,
raft Problems Hit
Top U. S. Officials
From The Cavalier Daily
I read the other day about a certain draft board
in Southern California (where else?) that is trying to
draft three Peace Corpsmen who are already work
ing in their assigned countries.
That an apparently rightwing group could use
the draft against "liberals" is a shame and is also a
little frightening. In fact, the use of the draft as a
political weapon could be carried to such an extreme
that the following situation could result.
Imagine the President of the United States, in
the summer of 1968, sitting at his desk. There is a
knock at the door and in walks a pale, obviously
nervous Vice-President.
"Lyndon," he says, "You'll never guess what I
got in the mail today."
"What's that, Hubert?" inquires the Pres., know
ing full well.
"My draft notice. I'm being inducted in
Beaming, the President takes the V-P.'s
Ma fella Murrican, I am pleased."
"But. . .1 can't join the Army," he protests.
The President glowers menacingly and
Anv other red blooded Murrican boy'd be proud to
fight for his country."
"But I'm the Vice-President. I've got to run with
you on the ticket this November. Who else could. . ."
"Now, don't you worry about that, Hubert, I'll
think of something."
At this point, the door bursts open and in rushes
a Well Known Rising Young Politician with a Name.
"Bobby," stammers the V-P, "What are you do
ing up here?"
"Just, ah, casing the joint," comes the reply. All
stand still in embarrassment until . the President
speaks.
"Uh, say, Bobby, what are you doin' around
September."
"You'd be surprised," replies the Rising Young
Etc.
The ex-Vice President hangs his head sadly and
trudges slowly from the room. The Rising Young
turns to the President and asks, "Will he go to Viet
Nam?"
"That's where the action is," answers the Presi
dent. Suddenly the Young Politician seems to remem
ber something that he has been holding since he came
in.
"By the way, Lyndon, your secretary asked me
to give you this letter that just came."
Lyndon opens it, reads, for a few seconds and sits
down. heavily, "I've been . drafted, -too," he moans.
"I'm supposed to report to . my local draft .board in
Texas in two weeks. They can't draft me. . .I'm the
President."
The Rising Young Politician says, "Ask not what
your. . ."
"Now cut that out!" rages the ex-President as he
storms out of his office.
The scene fades as the Young Man pulls a tape
measure from his coat pocket and tries the Executive
Swivel Seat on for size.
Dennis Ladd
protest to President Johnson
from the NSA, co-signed by
our own student body presi
dent. But the strange thing about
these vigils and letters is the
fact that they are directed
only against one party in that
unfortunate conflict. Are the
protesters afraid to express
it?
It would be refreshing to see
on next Wednesday's vigil
posters words protesting the
North Vietnamese infiltration
as well.
Larry H. McReed
American's Prayer
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Gentle Jesus, bless each bomb
We drop today on Viet Nam
And keep our helicopters safe
From natives they fly low to strafe.
Lord of Life, increase our skill
To build up added overkill
And let no pacifist decry
The strontium-90 in our sky.
Heavenly Father, we entreat
Let no one sell the Cubans wheat
And grant us power to chastise
All insubordinate allies. , .
Holy Spirit, give us grace
To win the guided missile race,
And help our scientists amass
Vast arsenals of germs and gas.
From further dwindling, Lord preserve
Our ever-shrinking gold reserve,
And we beseech Thee, come wiiat may,
Let overseas investments pay.
The world's most upright Christian land
We ask these blessings at Thy hand
Be Thine the glory, Lord on high
When women weep, and children cry.
Amen.
IanBoyden
A Child's Prayer
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
Please, God, will you my Daddy keep?
Keep him warm, and safe from harm
Way off there in Viet Nam.
I don't know what he's fighting for
I only know that it's a war.
And I know the children there
Are asking what I ask in prayer
And please, God, could I ask of You
That you save their Daddys, too?
Amen.
M. TOWNEND