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CVO xc2 n -Friday, 1 April "a, r:ft 63 Pl9 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Q Itelg far !m lIlP 76 Years of Editorial Freedom Bill Amlong, Editor Don Walton, Business Manager Pamela Hawkins, Associate Editor Terry Gingras, Managing Editor Rebel Good, News Editor Kermit Buckner, Advertising Manager Lyndon In MepeaS Performance! Part III This University Residence Colleges Of the two institutionalized life styles at this University, the Residence College System has made more news in recent years than has the fraternity system. Previously, there have been classes taught in the residence halls, but it has been on such a limited and experimental basis that it has failed to significantly The reason is simple: it's been dent the big, impersonal university doing more. syndrome which the RCS is sup But the question looms: has the posed to combat. Residence College System been Administration-linked problems doing enough? aren't the only thing plaguing the The answer, to date, is either RCS, though: the residence college a qualified "no," or a whimpering have a lot of flaws that are purely "yes." student problems. For the Residence College Chief among these is, of course, System, for all the. publicity it has apathy, the traditional apathy that gotten, for all the attention its pervades colleges and universities (Editor's Note: In the March 20 edi tion of The Daily Tar Heel, Mike Cozza outlined the similarities of the Truman and Johnson pre-election predicaments. Cozza voiced the hunch that "Perhaps President Johnson will choose not to seek re-election." The headline on that column was 'Lyndon In Repeat Performance?') President Johnson's announcement Sunday night that he would not accept the Democratic nomination for re-election capped-off a series of -events which are remarkably similar to those sur rounding President Harry S. Truman's decision not to seek re-election in 1952. To begin with, Truman and Johnson both came to the presidency upon the death of a president, and both were later re-elected in their own right. And both chose not to run for a second elected term, making public their decisions on almost exactly the same date. Truman announced that he would not run again on March 29, 1952. Johnson ' made his announcement on March 31. The similarities do not end there. They cover a wide range of events in foreign affairs and demestic politics. In 1952, as today, the United States was involved in a gruelling Asian war which seemed to be stalemated. Although Truman's critics weren't labelled "hawks" or "doves" as - Johnson's are now, the critics were cer- cerned about in 1952 just as they are today. Both felt the United States was bearing too much of the struggle with too little heip from our allies. Some of our allies, such as Great Britain, supported American policy verbally and wanted to help. But the ''Geo ' . 1 A ,f I Johnson British couldn't do very much for the war effort. In 1952, as today, their coun try was racked by economic crisis which forced cuts in defense expenditures. Meanwhile, in Washington in mid- March of 1952, the Senate Foreign Rela- tainly present. Some wanted, increased -, tions CJommittee was engaged in a bitter military action and some wanted con- struggle with the Truman administration cessions that would aid negotiations. But there was one thing that the hawks and the doves were both con- over foreign aid proposals. And throughout the country Americans were worried about taxes that were threaten ing to go up. Then, in the March 11 New Hampshire primary, President Truman suffered a demoralizing defeat at the hands of Ten nessee Senator Estes Kefauver. Truman hadn't. campaigned in New Hampshire, but he had allowed himself to be a candidate and he had received the sup port of the regular party organization. After the primary defeat there was some talk that perhaps Truman would be unable to capture re-nomination. But the Washington insiders discounted the possibility. The President himself labell ed the primary as "eyewash", indicating that as an incumbant he could get the nomination if he wanted it regardless of primaries. Yet administration supporters knew that there would be trouble unless Truman decided to come out fighting. And they predicted that he would do just that in a speech at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Washington on March 29. In the two week interval between the New Hampshire defeat and Jefferson Jackson Day, Truman remained silent on his intentions and conferred with his political advisors. Then, a week before the speech he called his closest advisor to the White House to help in preparing his remarks. The advisor was one of the president's closest personal friends. He was the mand who had mapped Truman's "give 'em Hell" against-the-odds campaign in 1948. His name was Clark Clifford. The political analysts must have winked at each other when word got out the Clifford was at the White House. And then they settled back and waited for March 29, predicting that Truman's speech would be an exciting spectacle. And they were right. Truman began the speech slowly, talk ing about a variety of things that ap- - LZ every step forward has been giyen, has not made nearly the progress that its most devoted supporters would have you believe. One reason perhaps the most important reason is that this baby giant's growth has been somewhat stunted by its receiving only insipid aid so far from the Administration. Perhaps the University's at titude was best . expressed by former Dean of Men William G. Long, who commented Nov. 9, 1966, that "We will get farther throughout ,the nation. ' APATHY IN THE context of the residence colleges, however, is a more serious thing than it might be if one was speaking about student failure to support a football team or a student union sponsored concert. For apathy, in the RCS context, means that the colleges not only find it hard to staff themselves, to find leaders, but also to find anyone to lead. It means that no livmg-learning atmosphere can be created when the- residence r hall 'And Bless The National Committeemen From New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California . . . 5 i ..., ... t ' ii a "-o -a w h j dwellers . concentrate on. learning Long told Residence College : . , tt - one at the library, and living in one of the Franklin St. taverns or their fraternity houses. Governors, who had just returned from a tour of the well-developed Residence College. System at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, that they could not ex- . pect to move ahead locomotive - fashion with all the ideas they had There have been different ways picked up on the trip. ' of combating this apathy, and it 1 is hard to say whether or not one AND SO HAS gone the story has been more successful than of the burgeoning RCS: students another. ; would have bright sometimes One of the first was the even brilliant ideas, but would be charismatic leader approach, told they would have to slow through such persons as Roger down. y' Davis of Maverick House, the first Despite constant protestations real residence college, or John that what the Residence College Ellis, the dynamic leader of Mor- : System really ' needs is coeduca- rison College last year. V tional dorms, for example, the . The main thing wrong with this ; Administration has been loathe to approach is that there is a vacuum make this step. The biggest break- created after these people ' through in this area is the graduated, and the continuation of : designating of Parker Residence support for the college depends en l; Hall as a coed dorm in the Scott tirely on whether or not one of College complex for next year. the leader's ' lieutenants can rise The Administration, however, is to fill this vacuum. hesitant to house both men and : ; women in the same structure. All the while, though, there hav : been some members of the faculty mmm&mr Mil v L twm Mll r fepS Truman peared in his prepared text. Then, after speaking for 29 minutes, he announced, "I shall not be a candidate for re-election. I have served my country long and I think efficiently and honestly. I will not accept re-nomination." The audience was flabbergasted. No one had even the slightest inkling that Truman would make such an an nouncement. Throughout the country Americans reacted, with amazement and disbelief, just as they did when President Johnson voiced bis decision Sunday night. But there was one man who reacted with neither of these emotions for it was a spectacle that he had witnessed once before. The man was the only one of President Johnson's close advisors who .was present when Johnson went before the television cameras. He is the new Secretary of Defense. H5s name is Clark Clifford. The Daily Tar Heel accepts all hS --- - -ttf arei ':jtyped, double-spaced. and .signed Jitters should -be no longer than 300 words in lengthv We reservp the right, to edit for libelous 'statements. From The Charlotte Observer The Dally Tar Heel is pub lished by the University of North Carolina Student Publi cations Board, daily except Mondays, examinations periods and vacations. Offices are on the second .floor of Graham Tentorial. Telephone numbers: editorial, sports, .news 923-1011; bus iness, circulation, advertising 933-1163. Address: Box 1CS0, Chapel Hill, N.- C, 27514. - Second class postage paid at -iU.S. Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. . Subscription rates: $9 year; $5 per semester. per ANOTHER MEANS IS that which is being tried in Hinton James now: putting the running and administration who have been 1 ?e fU!ge !?.a re? Srass" of great help to the Residence V u , College System. Among these is Dr. Sam Hill, professor of religion and chairman of the Residence College Committee. Hill and members have been tireless in ReBiitation Of Chape .V.V.V.V.V.V.V.'.V.V.V.V.VV.ViJl 1 Hill on the hall take a larger responsibility for what happens. This method has both strong points and flaws. a few other faculty u iaCC mai lvg hepn firpiAc r v"i Staler esprit ae corps their efforts to improve the RCS " " nen"mere 1S more -but have been hampered by thek vment by the lower echelons role's being only a parttime one. f thcollege' tead of having One of the biggest strides that Ahi a, chief has been made so far has been d handed down the appointment of the Rev. Hto618 u Smith as a special assistant JfjT 13 tt has toe the ChanceUor in the area of Presening enough residence college. This will provide IfwP to the college, in its a more dired T link between the T1 Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson and is "J0eTL Just wnat the student leaders of the RCS Lor effective way of eliminating much of the red-tape L0Tt for and channels through which they 3C flil.- T8 have previously had to go. Zl underg and several J 6 other crises before it reaches ANOTHER MAJOR STRIDE in maturity. " the RCS has been the initiation Bu if it is to ever reach that of a Faculty Fellows program for maturity, it is going to take a next year, whereby certain faculty continued effort by the students members will actually have their involved, and a continuation of the offices in the residence halls and kind 01 effort the Adrninistration will maintain closer contact with has beSun to put forth through their students. such men as Sam Hill and Rev. Smith. J. By DONALD CHAMBERS Special to the DTH Chapel Hill policemen who have acted with indiscretion and poor judgement threaten the olherwise good reputation of the entire department. More important is the fact that these incidents, isolated and few in number as they may be, pose a very real threat to the civil rights of students. Saturday night, Sept. 9, 1967, about ten UNC students were drinking beer outside The Shack. Some of the students stood in the duty driveway, while others sat on an adjacent wall. At approximately 9 p.m., a Chapel Hill police car stopped at the driveway. Four officers jumped from the car and herded the students standing in the driveway against the wall. Charged with drinking beer off the premises of the establishment, the students were taken up the street to the Chapel Hill Police Department. One policeman suggested posting $50 bail for each of the students. But the officier in charge at the station simply warned the students to be careful in the future and then released them presumably because they were newly-arrived freshman who were un familiar with the local laws. Unfortunately, the arresting officers did not demonstrate such tact and pa tience. The students were not advised of their rights at the time of their arrest. One JL student was nearly knocked off his feet by an overzealous policeman. In short, the arresting officers treated the students as if they were potentially dangerous jhoodlums who had committed a serious offense.' - ,In an incident which occurred on Feb. 4 1968, according to two "UNC students, a Chapel Hill police officer entered and searched their : apartment in their presence without their permission and without a search warrant. ; The officer later testified in Chapel Hill Recorder's Court that he had receiv ed the boys' permission to enter the apartment at 322 W. Rosemary St. The point is one of due process. Had the officer received permission to enter thP apartment, he would not have needed a search warrant. If such permission was not granted, then his entry con stituted a violation of due process. The officer's testimony suggests that we sincerely believed that permission to enter the apartment-tacit or otherwise-4iad been granted. The students maintain that they did not know ing give such permission. 2 the police officer was certain that nermission to enter the apartment had Cen given by the residents, then he should have made this clear to them at that time. , . Had proper search procedure been ' followed, there would be no disagreement between the students and the policeman. AnothrJggident occurred at SBme house a month earlier. According to Police Threatened two other UNC students, several Chapel department was as concerned about the Hill policemen entered their apartment welfare of the demonstrators as it was about the interests of the other townspeo ple. One officer repeatedly warned a heckler who happened to be an old friend to " stop ' harrassing the demonstrators. According to Captain Coy Durham, when the man returned to the crowd and struck a sign being carried at approximately 3 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1968. Because they were asleep at the time, neither of the residents remembers hear ing a knock at the door. They literally awoke with flashlights shining in their faces. The students were questioned about a runaway high school girl. When they by one of the demonstrators, the officer denied any knowledge of the girl's arreted him. whereabouts, the policemen left the apartment. The policemen returned three hours later and, according to the students, repeated their questions about the runaway high shool girL The policemen left when the students continued to deny that they knew who or where the girl in question was. Again, the point is one of procedure. The police officers made it clear to the students why they were in their apartment. They did not, however, ex plain their actual act of entry. There should have been no doubt in the minds of the students as to the legality of the officers' entry. Had their rights been clearly defined, they would not have complained personally to the Chief of Police some time later. Officers of the Chapel Hill Police Department have, in the past, exercised considerable patience and integrity in dealing with the public. During the early civil rights demonstrations in Chapel Hill, the Much of the praise given the depart ment is directed at Chief William Blake. Barry Winston, a Chapel Hill attorney, commented that "Chief Blake is single handedly responsible for the fact that Chapel Hill has a far better than average police department.7 Chief Blake has, in fact, instituted a program of continuous and com prehensive training for all members of the force including himself and his assistant, Captain Durham. But although the Chapel Hill Police Department benefits from conscientious leadership and an enlightened training program, its reputation lies ultimately in the conduct of its officers. Chief Blake emphasizes to his men the importance of being policemen first. When individuals demonstrate through acts of impatience and in discretion that they are not able to maintain this standard, the community suffers with the department itself
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