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Thursday, March 9, 1967
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the personal views of their contributors.
SCOTT GOODFELLOW, EDITOR
Responsibility In Teaching
Easier Attendance Would
Improve Teaching Methods
It is the primary responsibility
of faculty members who teach to
teach.
Such a statement would seem to
go unsaid, but teaching is an art
properly perfected. Since good
teaching varies in direct ratio
with good learning by the stu
dents, the problem is one which
should be met by the University
with constructive steps, not cas
ual urgings. '
' The situation boils down to the
necessity for greater incentives
for faculty members to develop
good, effective teaching techni
niques. Presently there are a
number of awards for excellence
in teacihng, but these do not af
fect every professor, as would a
good universal incentive.
Perhaps the best incentive for
fetter teaching involves the uni
versity attendance policy. The
present policy is to allow faculty
members to select their own re
quirements for student atten
dance. Some professors allow lib
? 'cutting," while other have
"compulsory attendance. It is the
latter group which we criticize,
since they have availed themsel
ves of the opportunity to secure a
secure a captive audience, no mat
ter how poor their teaching abil
ity may be.
A change in administration pol
icy requiring more liberal atten
dance rules would place teaching
faculty members in the position
of having to teach better, so that
students would be more interested
in their courses. They still would
have the check whereby they
could ask questions on exams con
cerning lectures, but a dull lec
ture would be dramatically unat
tended. Furthermore, there are many
students who could use some of
the present dull classes to far bet
ter advantage. The present sys
tem will continue to gyp them un
til an effort is made to improve
teaching standards.
Carolina is well known for a
fine variety of excellent profess
ors. An improvement in the over
all teaching standard, however,
would be a source of even greater
pride. v
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D
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umping All Deferments
ould Be A Bad Move
Although weMare not wholly -un
biased about the matter, we are
glad to see that President John
son has recommended that Con-
egress not fiddle with student de
terments now. y .
Self-intarest, 'however, is not
the only reason why we feel that
student deferments are important.
I There are several more poignant
'ones.
Basically, higher education is
I; the institution, which maintains
?the level of American society
: above that of most countries.
JWhen students are selected to go
to a college or university, they
are postponing the time when they
will become working members of
.the society. When students finish
.college, they are just as prime
draft material as they were after
high school.
The argument is that students
;without sufficient finances to go to
college are discriminated against.
;In fact it is due to the reason
Jof inquity that the Presdent is
asking for a national lottery sys
tem rather than continuing the old
method of individual review.
: But we find that there is a
rnore damaging inequity which
exists when students are drafted
iut of college on a random basis.
jHow well would a college student
'do if he were totally insecure in
his position all the time? If this in
security were allowed to roam col
lege campuses, how effective
.-would higher education become?
We can see how it could easily
if ail, and with its failing 'would go
Credit Is Due
l Tis a sad tale, but true, that
the so-called minor sports at most
universities receive little, if any,
'publicity.
ff Such is the case of the UNC
swimming team, very successful
ly coached by Pat Earey.
I Only recently has the univer
sity chosen to give the swimming
team its own brochure, much like
;those printed for bigger brothers
;-football and basketball,
i But the groundwork for a team
that has produced its share of All--
Americans has been laid, and it
i- is a step in the right direction. "
:: Dennis Sanders
' "many of thelvgood attributes" " of -
: our high standard of living.
Perhaps this is a slight exag
geration, but it is certainly an ex
aggeration for a very vital point.
We are all for eliminating inequi
ties in the draft system, and we
c e r t a i n 1 y understand that the
draft is an object of great concern
to many young men.
But we must be aware of in
equality in consequences when
we brashly start chopping away
at what are apparently systems
of inequity. We can easily see that
much unfairness and discrimina
tion would be eliminated by a lot
tery. Some unfairness would also
be eliminated by doing away with
deferments.
But if deferments are junked,
the results hardly seem worth the
saving.
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'SIXTH IN A SERIES OF
ARTICLES ABOUT THE NSA
CIA RELATIONSHIP,
What did a group of World
War II Army Intelligence of
ficers, a group of liberal
statesmen and politicans, and
a group of NSA student lead
ers have in common in the
early 1950's?-
Nothing.
Was there anything that
could have forced these groups
with such widely divergent ob
jectives into a secret coali
tion? Yes. Senator Joseph
McCarthy, and his staff of
. red-hunters.
After asking these questions
and having them discussed,
the NSB finally arrived at an
answer to one of the biggest
puzzles of the NSA-CIA story.
We found out why the CIA, a
part of the government, sup
ported a student group , that
was often critical of govern
ment policy.
, The CIA grew out of the
old Office of Strategic Services
(OSS), the group that did most
of the army intelligence work
during the second world war.
Although the OSS had been a
part of the United States Ar
my, after the war it became
a semi - autonomous bureau
supposedly subordinate to the
President. Its name was chan
ged to the Central Intelligence
Agency. Apparently the big-
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wigs in the CIA at that time
were simply the army intelli
gence officers who changed
their desk signs from OSS to
CIA.
COLD WAR FIGHT
The main objective of these
old intelligence officers work
ing in-the new CIA was gath
ering information for fighting
the cold war. During World
War II they had Jbuilt-up a
net work for intelligence gath
ering in the fight against Ger
many, Japan and Italy, and
they discovered that the net
work with a few modfica- .
tions could be used to keep tabs
on the newest threat, the world
communist movement. They
quickly found that in order to
gather information about the
communist and left - wing
groups abroad, they had to
have contacts with liberal do
mestic groups, the only roups
with whom left-wing move
ments in foreign countries
would communicate.
A secondary objective of the
old army group was in estab
lishing relationships with the
"emerging" countries of Cen
tral and Latin America, North
Africa, and Middle East and
in influencing those countries
to come into the Western bloc.
Again, they discovered that
the best way of doing this was
to support liberal fronts in or
der to gain an "in" with the
Ghost Maoiiiih
USA
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foreign developing countries,
where the regular diplomatic
channels of the United States
government had failed to ain
an "in" because of its strong
cold war orientation. They also
discovered that the attempts
of the FBI to accomplish these
same ends usually results in
covert support of dictators ra
ther than democrats. Appar
ently, this was one of the many
causes of the CIA-FBI rival
ry that continues today.
At the close of the war there
were a large number of liber
al statesmen, politicians, and
academicians who were oppos
ed to the strong cold, war ori
entation of our government
and who tried to do something
about it. Many of these people
had been Roosevelt supporters
and advisors and were convin
ced that international under
standing was the only
workable alternative to the
armed camp philosophy of the
cold war proponents. They
found their efforts to change
policy, however, thwarted by
strong public opinion in favor
of the cold war and, perhaps
more effectively, by harass
ment rom the FBI and other
red hunting agencies.
NSA FORMED
In 1946, the National Student
Association was formed by a
group of student leaders who
"As soon as I sign the roll, I'm going to sleep."
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3ome Bred Congratalatioms
For UNC-SSL Delegates
By CHARLIE MERCER
It is common knowledge
that if a person, or a group
of persons, is to be success
ful, they must overcome many
obstacles. This year's delega
tion to the State Student Le
gislature overcame numerous
obstacles and became success
ful enough to win four of the
top honors during the four-day
convention.
Carson McKnight (since Car
son McKnight Freeman) was
doing an excellent job as
chairman of the UNC. del
ation when unavoidable com
mittments forced her to relin
quish her position. Champ
Mitchell, a delegate for "the
second year, was given the
position as chairman.
Although he had little time,
he pulled the delegation to
. gether, and they began to work
diligently. A bill had to be
written and debate needed to
be prepared on bills that were
to be introduced by other
schools participating in State
Student Legislature.
Some members of the dele
gation helped prepare the bill
proposing the establishment
of a Board of Regents in North
Carolina. They wrote a com
plete bill with extensive thought
on a constructive idea. Other
delegates from our-school de
voted time to researching the
other proposals that were to
come up at the week-end con
vention. A couple of weeks before
SSL was to convene a number
of delegated informed Champ
Mitchell that they could not
attend. Some gave adequate
reasons; others had insuffic
ient excuses. People were ap
pointed to the vacant positions
and the delegation continued
to prepare for the SSL con
vention. The obstacles were
overcome and the delegation
went to the meeting.
During the "mock legisla
ture" at Raleigh the UNC de
legation was not necessarily
the most gifted delegation nor
were they amazingly superior
to the other delegations pre
sent. But they did their indi
vidual parts and worked as a
team. They worked harmoni
ously with each other and with
the other participants, gain
ing the respect of other
schools. Our delegates parti
cipated alo in the debate,
but did not attempt, to domi
nate the convention.
The results of hard work
were evident during the few
days at Raleigh, but the
actual fruits of success were
not formerly recognized until
Saturday, with the presenta
tion of awards. UNC was
presented with a plaque for
the best bill by a large de
legation. After accepting the
award for the delegation,
Chairman Champ Mitchell had
hardly taken his seat when he
was called up to accept an
other award. UNC tied with
East Carolina for the best
delegation from a large school
Dick Levy, a soph member of
the Student Legislaturt, was
praised as the "Most Out
standing Debater in the
House (tied with Bill Deal of
ECC).
The final honor came during
the elections when a member
of the UNC delegation was
elected President of SSL for
the coming year.
The UNC delegation to the
1967 State Student Legislature
Convention will rate with the
most outstanding ever, - not
only from Chapel Hill, but
from any school. Champ Mit
chell, the delegation chairman,
deserves praise for bis organi- -zation
of the group; but equal
praise should be given to the
members of the delegation
for their efficient preparation
and tireless efforts.
A group of persons, not
noticeably superior to any
other group, was the greatest
delegation because they work
together as a team to over
come the obstacles prevent
ing their success.
icians went "underground" in
to the CIA in order to escape
the McCarthy accusations. The
old intelligence men in the
CIA took them in because they
were about the only people
around who could, be called
experts on international liber
al and communist movements,
and because this gave them
considerable leverage in using
those people as intelligence ag
ents abroad. (At that time the
CIA, as well as the FBI, could
rant security clearances.)
POST-PURGE CIA
Once in the CIA, the large
group of liberals then began
to actively pursue the aims
they had attempted before
they were purged, i.e., devel
oping relationships with the
emerging nations and present
ing a liberal view abroad. For
the opportunity to do this,
they furnished the CIA with
intelligence. One of the opera
tions of this group was to set
up a means of providing funds
to national and international
groups that wished to work
abroad for international un
derstanding in a none-cold-war
manner.
That led to the formation of
Covert Activities Division
Number 5 of the CIA, the di
vision set - up expressly to pro
vide funds and guidance to
youth movements within the
country who wished to work
internationally. This division
apparently set - up the various
front foundations that served
for fifteen years as conduits
for CIA money to independent
Around 1952, Covert- Activi
ties Division Number 5 and
the National Student Associa
tion began their relationship.
NSA received money from
the foundation fronts and solv
ed its financial problems in
one swoop. Then NSA, work
ing with the agency, develop
ed an intensive international
program of its 'own, and ac
complished the formation of
the International Students Con
ference, the international stu
dent group polar to the Com
munist IUS.
Let there be no mistake
about it. The old army man
in the CIA got intelligence in
return for their money and
etforts.
had attended the Prague Con
ference of the International
Union of Students, where they
had been pretty effectively
shouted down by communist
student unions, many of whom
were organized and financed
from Moscow. These American
students were liberal and gen
erally tended to reject the cold
war philosophy, but were de
termined that there should be
strong representation by Amer
ican students abroad in order
to develop relations with for
eign student groups and to pre
sent the American stud
ent point of view.
Between 1945 and the early
1950's NSA struggled along
and managed to stay in exist
ence, but was continually in
financial difficulty. Its nation
al congresses each year pass
ed fairly liberal resolutions
with regard to international af
fairs, but very little nation
al programming was develop
ed. However, the NSA leaders,
like the liberal statesmen and
politicians, exposed themsel
ves to treamendous opposition
from the cold war proponents.
McCarthy purges
In the early lS50's the Mc
Carthy purges provide the
catalyst that brought about
-the strange coalition of the
CIA, the liberal intellectuals,
and NSA.
McCarthy, working with
the FBI, began to publicly at
tack anyone in sight who had
worked with liberal groups
abroad or who were general
ly known to oppose a strong
cold war fine. After several
sensational treaspn trials, it
became apparent to the lib
eral, intellectual statesmen
and politicians that an accus
ation by McCarthy was as
deadly as a treason convic
tion in light of the tremendous
publicity the purge was
getting. In addition, they found
that if publicity didn't get
them, the FBI would, by re
fusing to grant them security
clearances to work abroad or
to work in any really import
ant positions.
Thus, in the wake of the Mc
Carthy purge, droves of diplo
mats, academicians, and pdlifc-
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By BRUCE STRAUCH
"An international language would make commun
ication possible on a factual level, but all that is rich
about language would be lost."
So believes Dr. Alfred Engstrom, UNC professor of
Romance Languages. He thinks it would "kill life
to have one's vocabulary arranged by a computer."
Dr. Engstrom who first came to UNC as a fresh
man in 1928, earned a Ph.D. in Romance Languages
and was the first UNC student to read for honors in
that field.
UNC has grown from a student body of 2,700 to
the present 13,000 during his years here. He is particu
larly, pleased with the increase in number of lan
guage courses, facilities for research, and department
honors.
"I am always impressed with the quality of stu
dents who come to UNC. The establishment of the
experimental college is evidence of their desire to ob
tain a good education."
"Our department has become distinguished because
UNC is one of the few universities that offers a de
gree in Romance Languages. Our graduates are as
tonishingly well prepared in linguistics."
Graduates receiving a Ph.D. in Romance Languages
have a reading knowledge of all Romance Languages
plus experience with as many as five antiquated lan
guages like Provincial.
"In my courses, I am not interested in teach
ing students to speak and write a foreign language,"
said Dr. Engstrom.. "I am trying to teach literature."
Dr. Engstrom believes that lecturing to undergradu
ates in a foreign language presents a barrier to un
derstanding the literature.
"Few undergraduates are capable enough with a
second language to be able to grasp essential facts
from a lecture in French.
"I only claim to command one language, and that
is English." 5 .
Dr. Engstrom said that the one thing that wor
ried him was what seems to be a constant pressure
to "cut us off from the past. "We tend to judge edu
cation by its immediate practical value. Thus, many
see no reason to study the humanities. The study of
humanities gives an individual an opportunity to move
within all traditions and to see that his own is not
perfect.
"It is in 'the humanities that we study man as a
living, conscious being and deal with his inner world.
"We. live in the inner .world far more than in the
technical world."