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Thursday, December 9, 1965
A Sick Government
It is sad to observe that the process of student
government at Atlantic Christian College has al
most deteriorated to a state of complete and utter
uselessness, and that the student body is faced
with a most serious problem. Responsibility for
this miserable situation must be placed in the
hands of the most vital organ of student govern
ment, the Executive Board.
In a nutshell, the problem with this years'
Board is that the members do not know or under
stand what a student government is suppose to
do. Nothing more clearly demonstrates this than
the obvious lack of the members to conduct them
selves as representatives of the student body,
and thereby, form the basis of a representative
government.
Instead, we must observe week after week
numerous members never saying a word or con
tributing an idea or participating in any type of
debate. Rather, we have witnessed all ideas and
purposals coming from one source, all initiative
from this one source, and almost all the Boarcf
members acting as a rubber stamp for the presi
dent's ideas and desires. It is obvious that the
Board members have not given of their time and
energies to the students' interest and affairs, and
that most are simply spending the one hour a
week on Monday nights as the total extent of
their envolvement, and even that is pitiful.
If the members of the Board continue to func
tion in this manner, then the student body should
realized that it has been whitewashed. In truth,
whether the members realized it or not, and they
should have, when they ran for office they were
pledging themselves to apply their upmost ability
to be good representatives of the student body.
They should also have realized that by making
this pledge they were also obligated to have a
good understanding of the process of representa
tive government and their responsibilities in this
type of government. Unfortunatley, this has not
been the case.
There is a clear necessity for the Board mem
bers to individually revaluate their roles in the
student government, and to make a sincere ef
fort to vastly improve the existing situation.
Futhermore, the president should recognize his
responsibilities in promoting a representative gov
ernment, and should act upon them as this situa
tion now requires. A few weeks ago Mr. Webb
expressed his dissatisfaction over these circum
stances and said that he would make efforts to
try and correct the situation. If efforts we'e made
they have been negative in their effect, and
stronger medicine is needed.
A ISep^ative Attitude
With the pre-registration activities being con
ducted this week there is, naturally, a marked in
crease in the discussion of various teachers and
courses. While these discussions may range over
many topics there is often a consistent line in
them, and that is, "What is the easiest course, and
who are the easiest teachers?"
We recognize that this is a universal trait
among students, but that does not mean that we
have to like it. This type of approach is certainly
a negative one, and it indicates a negative atti
tude. What's wrong with a positive attitude, one
that attempts to find the best courses and teach
ers evailable? It is hard to understand why some
people deliberatly cheat themselves, but perhaps
this is human nature. If so, we wish to buck this
majority thinking, and let positive attitudes be
the basis of our ideals.
Soldiers Pay
Not Adqeuate
By ROGER RAPOPORT
(CPS) War is not hell, it’s a
business.
And perhaps the management
of the U. S. military machine
should take an interest in the
financiaJ welfare of its employ
ees.
A soldier starting out in the
army today makes $87,90 a
month, which on a forty-hour
week averages out to about 55
cents an hour.
Fifty-five cents an hour! Is it
any w:;nder there is a Selective
Service system?
The fact is that through a very
simple measure United
States government could avert
the nece.'tity of drafting more
than 100,000 mei. annually.
Tho government could also end
the draft card burnings, elimi
nate the necessity foi the consci
entious to object, and close down
Selective Service offices.
If the government paid the
military forces salaries on a lev
el comparable to civOian jobs,
enough voluntary manpower
could be attracted to eliminate
the draft.
Prof. Ross Wilhelm of the grad
uate business school of the Uni
versity of Michigan, has been
a major proponent of this plan.
In an article in the Nation he
outlines his proposal, pointing
out that in hearings this year
Secretary of Defense McNamara
conceded that the “draft was un
necessary.”
Wilhelm’s proposal is the most
sensible way of ending the draft
problem. As he comments, “pa
triotism is no excuse for slave
labor.”
And there is another significant
consideration along the same
line. In recent weeks the gover-
ment, the pre?ss, and the lay-
public have vehemently criti
cized student protest demonstra
tions against the war in Viet
nam. Students insisting on a
chage in Viet-nam policy have
beten accused of being unpatriot
ic, uninformed, unaware and un
washed. Students who used civil
disobedience in Ann Arbor are
now threatened with being draft
ed. Time, the weekly noose ma-
azine, was so upset it devoted
two pages to proving the pro
testors are no good in their heart
and soul.
Now there is a wave of pro-
U.S.-in-Vietnam demonstrations.
The government is rushing to
assure anyone who will listen
that we are in VieStnam for the
right reasons.
But talk is cheap and 55 cents
an hour for stalking the jungles
of Vietnam is even cheaper.
If the government wants to
thank its soldiers it could be
gin by paying them a wage at
least commensurate with that of
a bus boy. The average Con
gressman probably spends more
for public relations every year
than a private earns defending
his country. And isn’t $1.25 an
hour a minimum wage?
About this time some per
ceptive soul is probably saying
to himself, “Hmm, maybe it’s
only 55 cents an hour, but they
do get room and board.” Sleep
ing on cots with rats crawling
around underneath and eating K
rations in sweltering jungles is
a pretty inexpensive form of
room and board.
BooKS Tot °
SNCC Club
Deny Charges
The Student Non-Violent Coor
dinating Committee has been ac
cused of bemg Communist in
filtrated. Jimmy Garrett of
SNCC answers charges this way:
“Man, the Communists, they
are empty man, empty. They’ve
got the same stale ideas, the
same bureaucracy. . .When he
gets mixed up with us, a Com
mie dies and a person develops.
They’re not subverting us, we
were subverting them.”
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Mom
In Your Eye
By BRENT HILL and RICHARD SURLES
By BRENT HILL
AND RICHARD SURLES
Wilson, N. C., expecially At
lantic Christian College, is con
sidered by many to be the cul
tural center of Eastern North
Carolina, inclusive of the area
dominated by East Carolina
Teachers College. Reasons for
this popular opinion can be
traced to the perennial Bohunk
Dances, Claxton Cake Sales, Fe
rocious Bridge Games, Bitching
Tournaments, Rock n’ Roll
Concei-ts, Float Burnings, Pink
Slips, etc., ect.
But, of course, there are cer
tain occurrences which tend to
tear down our cultural atmos
phere. Many of these we wit
ness every day. They are sub
versive to our very existence.
Some have called them blood
sucking leeches. Others have lab
eled them simply more evidence
of the Communist Conspiracy.
Such occurrences can be readi
ly witnessed in classroom lec
tures, flouridation of water,
any treacherous questioning of
the parting of the Red Sea or
other unque'stionable phenome
non, and the introduction of mat
ter foreign to the college com
munity.
The infusion of foreign matter
into the realm of Claxton Cakes
and Bohunk Dances is feared
by some to be the iielsult of an
attempt by a few depraced
minds to alter our steadfast in
tellectual atmosphere. This fore
ign matter is evidenced in the
form of a “mejlting pot” entitled
“Crucible.” There appears to be,
as repulsive as it may seem, a
certain laxity on the part of the
proper officials, in allowing such
a subversive publication to exist
in our silent, serene sdace.
Stand up, be counted, be
heard, fellow students! Read
Crucible! And let your wrath
be known! Save our Republic!
By DWIGHT WAGNER
In the “News and Views” col
umn of January 31, 1964 this
reporter wrote the following as
the finishing sentence of that
particular column: “Perhaps it
would be wise for President De
Gaulle to examine some past
history, and to take notice of
where the illusions of other men
have fallen to the realities of
the times.”
This particular statement two
years later has a particular rele
vance to the current situation in
France. With the French election
for president held last Sunday
it seems that De Gaulle’s own
people have forced him to fin
ally face reality on many issues.
Perhaps they were the only ones
who could have done it in the
first place. On Sunday De Gaulle
failed to gain a majority of votes
with only 44 per cent, and will
now have to face a humiliating
run-off on December 19.
The French people obviously
do not go along with many of
De Gaulle’s policies. He has stir
red up the French by desiring
to sever most relations with the
United States, by treatening to
pull France completely out of
the Common Market, and by in
sisting on developing and inde
pendent nuclear force at a great
exf^nse while ignoring many
social needs such as schools and
hospitals that could well use the
money.
In dealing with relations with
other countries it is clear that
many Frenchmen do not have
the sour memory that De Gaulle
possess. De Gaulle is noted for
remembering some unfortunate
incidents that occurred to him
during the war at the hands of
the allies, but then somehow for
getting the many things the al
lied nations, and especially the
United States, have done for him
and France. In this respect the
French people have told
Gaulle that they do not want to
sever to a strong degree the
close relations France has with
the United States and Britian.
De Gaulle will now be forced
to pursue a policy of close as
sociation with the Common Mar
ket as is the desires of the
French people. There is a dS'
sire throughout much of Europ«
for the creation of a United
State of Europe, and the bes‘
vehicle for doing this is through
the Common Market. De Gaulle
has been very reluctant to dfial
in a political Common MarM
because it would mean sharino
some of France’s political
with other countries.
Finally De Gaulle will have to
reconsider the French policy o
developing its own nuclear force^
The cost of developing such
force is tremendous and
money is being
through very stiff taxes. Tn
is reason to believe that ma y
of the French believe that su
a force is unnecessary, and
the money could better be us
for social necessities. _
All of these things Charles
Gaulle is going to have to^«,
on with after he is again eiw
President. It is obvious that »
can no longer avoid the des
and wishes of his own peop