1 frjV is 1 I 1 I II II kMl 'f jrs of Editorial Fra-Jom Tuesday, November 16. 1971 Vol. 80, No. 66 . d February 23. 1893 6-TT- me mace O O T cuiJilLJSo was 4 by Norman Black They were told as they entered the cells that it was a "real good jail." -a here they took "real good tare" of the prisoners. It was a good jail. "The mace wa, he!!," said one of those arrested. "It was two hours before you could open your eyes." Nine UNC students were maced at the I armviile Jail after being arrested 1 riday along with 16 other UNC students during a demonstration at Ayden. according to the students. "About 1 a.m. a pleasant, happy, smiling patrolman walked in and opened a window," one of them said. "I knew something was up. ! ifteen minutes later, a white hand came through the window and started squirting us." The 25 UNC students were charged with violating an Ayden town ordinance for parading without a permit. The students had joined Pitt County . . - , I; r l i i i - I -I rv? A. . v. , I V 1 7 J Students were up bright and early Monday morning to stand in line during the semiannual ritual known as Ah o o o More than 4,100 students went through the Office of Records and Registration at Hanes Hall Monday to turn in their spring preregistration forms. Ben Perry, assistant director, said there were few problems. 'The day went smoothly." he said. "The lines were long, but they moved quickly," he said. "We opened the doors at 7:15 a.m. in order to process the forms more quickly." Perry said the rumor was that students had been waiting outside in their sleeping bags since 1 1 p.m. Sunday. "The lines at Hanes were not as loim as those of J : V It is rumored that a number of students were in line for preregistration at 11 p.m. Sunday night. This student apparently was one of those who felt perhaps he ought to get y h.ks to protest alleged police brutality. The Pitt County protests stemmed from the Aug. (j slaving of a black farm laborer y Highway Patrolman Billy Day. Day was acquitted of criminal charges by a coroner's inquest and investigation by The Stte bureau of Investigation (SBI). Bon J tor the students v. as set at SI. 000 each, and they were scattered to jails in Ayden, Farmville and Tarboro. Bond for Pitt County residents arrested ranged from S200 to $600. The maximum penalty for violation of the Ayden ordinance is a $50 fine. "They took us in, frisked us completely, took all of our possessions, including cigarettes, and took our picture," said one student. "They took the girls to Tarboro and the guys to Ayden and Farmville. "They never told us our constitutional rights, and it was six hours before many of us could make our phone call." According to the students, the . . - v'- iu,7 .-:-'v f, :. . .... . - y . - -Hmi!.' -.v. . ' v -.. : s. t' ; . . - . , .V.- n i ' v -'ilV. v.' It f ' i K rVv .preregistration V -Ac " '-' t treatment given students varied at the different ja:k. The girls were allied to keep their personal possessions and were given new sheets, cigarettes and v. ffee. they said. The L'NC coeds also said they received better treatment than any of the black girls. "The blacks wouldn't believe it when we got new sheets and pillows." one white coed said. "They had been there before and said it was never like that." The men taken to Ayden reported no physical abuse but charged numerous incidents of verbal abuse. "They threatened to shave our heads in the morning," one said, "and when we asked for our one phone call, they told us the phone was out of order." Most of the students who went to Ayden were recruited during a rally and speech held here last Wednesday by civil liberties attorney Jerry Paul and Golden Frinks. field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) . v . v. . ". - .. ' " ' ' ' - " .. ..a -. I h.4 preregistration. More than 4,000 students registered for next semester's courses. (Staff photo by Leslie Todd) the advisors for General College and Arts and Sciences," Perry said. Perry said the number of students preregistering Monday was larger than usual. He expects about 2,500 students to preregister today and a slowly dwindling number to preregister the rest of the week. The total number of students to preregister, according to Perry, will be about 12,000. This figure excludes the professional schools, which are automatically preregistered. The preregistration advising period will continue today through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 5 in line early just to make sure he got the courses he wanted. (Staff photo by Leslie Todd) and director of the Pitt County United tffcrt Coalition. La;h student had his own reason for gome, however. "It was a challenge," one said. "Pa-1 told us that free speech didn't really exist, lit said if we wanted to see for ourselves, we should come down, so 1 The students arrived in Aden at 6 p.m. Friday and went to St. Pauls Church, which has been used as the meeting place for the civil rights protestors. "When they saw us nde into tow n -w hites and blacks in the same car-the people reaUy flipped out." a student said. "You can feel the oppression as soon as you get there." They stayed at the church until 7:30, eating supper and talking with Frinks. The movement director stressed the need for non-violence and the necessity cf blacks and whites working together. He told the Carolina students it would be Eiseley: look to e can Dr. Loren Eiseley, well-known anthropoligist and author, said Monday night "we may forget the spiritual way forward if we linger too long over the past without discernment or vision." "If we try to describe man in terms of present knowledge, we run the danger of inhibiting our own human potential," he said in the annual McNair Lecture. Eiseley is the Benjamin Franklin professor of anthropology and science history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of "The Unexpected 1.W w G officials back voter conference by Jessica Hanchar Staff Writer A nationwide Emergency Conference for New Voters has been called by the National Association of Student Governments for Dec. 3-5. The conference, open to all students, will be held at Loyola University in Chicago. "The purpose of the conference is for student leaders to learn the mechanics of how to become delegates to the national conventions and have a part in choosing the two nominees and their party's platforms," said Joe Stallings, student body president. Lacy Presnell, chairman of the UNC State Affairs Committee, added, "The emphasis is on selecting delegates to the national conventions from the precinct through the state levels." Stallings is serving as a member of the steering committee for the convention. Other student body presidents serving on the committee are from Harvard University, Indiana University, the University of Florida and the University of California at Berkeley. He is also a member of a sponsoring committee of 100 student body presidents who have endorsed the conference and will attend. UNC is serving as the coordinating school for North Carolina. Presnell is coordinator for the conference within the Yg international basaa to feature rare articles by Pam Phillips Staff Writer Among the articles available at this year's International Bazaar Dec. 3-5 are authentic porcupine quill hairstrings lovingly handcrafted by North American Indians. The Y M-Y WCA-sponsored bazaar features handcrafted items from all over the world. The bazaar has expanded this year to include three buildings-the Y building. Gerrard Hall and Memorial Hall. The bazaar will be held Dec. 3 Srom 7 to 11 p.m.. Dec. A from 1 to 1 1 p.m. and Dec. 5 from 1 to 10 p.m. The bazaar wili have crafts Irom necessary to get a : n to the r. tuition, was real l-.- kind "I short-haired nd. "But 12- ear-old kid walks up and asks ou if it's our first time, you kind of relax. The people there are great -I don": know how they take it." At :30. the protestors hr.ed up at the whurch. white rr.Je with Mack female, black male with white female, grabbed hands and started down the street toward the post office. Most were carrir.g personal letters to C.ov. Bob Scott asking him to investigate the Aden situation and fire Billy Da. They went about "5 yards before meeting city, counts and state police who ordered them to disperse. They refused and then marched into the waiting police bus. One student said, "They never really told us we were being arrested. After they frisked all the males and bhek females, we just marched on to the bus." future it iin Universe." "The Invisible Pyramid." "The Immense Journey" and other books. In his Monday night speech, "The Search for Man," he said, "Man must go beyond fear to find humanity. There are two aspects of man's search. "One is for the fossil road through the past along which man has struggled, and second is the far more difficult task of determining what man is or what he has become." He said anthropology is often spoken of as the science of man. "It would be state. He will be traveling through the state, contacting student leaders and encouraging the students to attend the conference. "We want to stimulate people through this conference to become active in the party structure of the party of their choice," Presnell said. "It is a nonpartisan conference." "The conference is for all students who are committed to working through the electoral process but who feel students' inputs should be substantive rather than symbolic," Stallings said, adding: "The important thing is for students to have input not only in electing one of the two choices through their votes but also to have a part in choosing the two final choices and platforms." Any students interested in attending should contact Presnell or Stallings in Suite C, Student Union, at 933-5201 or 933-5202. A meeting for students wishing to help with the State Af fairs Committee will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Stallings' office. "We need the names of students who will attend soon so we can make arrangements with Loyola University," Stallings said. Car pools will be arranged by Presnell and Stallings. There is no registration fee for the conference and housing will be provided free of charge. Appalachia and Europe. There will also be a children's room and a Greek room. A new feature this ear is an Indian Pavilion, which will have authentic Indians talking to the students and selling their wares. A pamphlet explaining the Indian handcrafts may be available for students at a nominal cost. Bland Brne and Nancy Haigler are in charge of the bazaar. Byrne urged students to come to the bazaar to meet some of the native craftsmen. "There are many gcxxl buvs on rare articles." Bvrne vj.nl. "Some uf the Indian cratts are very difficult to obtain." Bvrne and Miss Haider vjid one of the pTobl.-ins in tinding ohjci ts for the hjzjar ger G reer.vil.e where thev ?-c -cned before a rr.icstrate Thev were then scattered to the three ;ai!. "One magistrate asked me hv ! 3 ;udert said "So I a V.5." . didn't sa . v. . 1. . vhen iked thev w acain. :not of the student vr.J W hat did the protest accompk-h ' "It er.s:ts:ed the people who w e n t to the realitv of the situation. Jo-, there.'" cr.e of them said "W c waked attention to what is tom.g on The pok.c. the townspeople they didn't know w h : to do w ith us." The students now plan to maintain a table tn front of the Student Union where thev will sell Si Tickets for Freedom The money will he used for bail and to provide food and clothes to thoe Ik: Countv residents who Km their kkn while supporting the demonstration on Bast more accurate to designate it as the science of men rather than to combine such variable creatures into one abstraction." he said. "No man represents all men." 1 ielev said, "anymore than one civilization can represent the full scope of possible human activity." Eiseley said man is a "crisis animal" because he has found his way through barriers such as the Ice Age. On the other hand, man is also a "crisis-creating animal" in his ability to destroy, alter o: manipulate both his natural anJ social environment impossible for animals, he said. "We have come to fear our verv ability to sustain civilization," he s.nd. "Archaeology has given us the power to examine lost civilizations." Eiseley said man should examine the past to learn from it. "To know the pa-t is to be wounded by it," he said "Nothing is more brutal than the man who does not know he is a shadow, who does not realize how small a poini he occupies in time. "There should be a kind of tolerarue that comes with the informed mind." he said, "a humanity that emerges from a know ledge of human wav faring fhrout-h the ages." Eiseley said all great religions have one thing in common --"a search for spiritual improvement, a heightening of our humanity." He described this as man's final and true search for himself. "Man must learn to go bevond fear and find the way to his own humanity Only so can he be said to have discovered man," he said. Eiseley, a native of Nebraska, received the Lecomte du Nouy Award and the 16 2 award in literature at the Philadelphia Arts Festival. In VH1 , he won the Philadelphia Art Alliance Award for distinguished achievement in literature. TODAY: partly cloudy and warm; highs in the upper 60s. lows in the mid 30s; chance of precipitation about 10 percent. was the scarcity of craftsmen Pottery, peace pipes, books, basketry, ivory and wood carvmg.s, jewelry and sweaters are among the artule-s to be soid. One of the Indian crafts will he silver and turquoise jewelry from the Hopi Indians. The bazaar is held annually to help sponsor the Y's various projects, suwh as Murdoch (enter, tutoring programs, committees and educational services. The bazaar also helps the Y with its operational expenses. Students who war.! to work as salesmen may sign up in the lower floor of the Y building. The salesmen get discounts on articles and get to meet the craf tsnien. o

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