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October 25, 1968 No Go ESSAY Page 2 EJZiPRlALS m ELBUDN ANALYSIS TIT George Corley Wallace, American Independent Party candidate for Pre sident, who after nearly a year of biasedj scornful comments from the news media has consistently risen on the national opinion pollsj and proved himself a major political force to be reckoned with. This "backwoods illiterate'* from Alabama hap corraled a good deal of oppular support from the South East, as well as a major block of votes resulting from white backlash to the Negro and Hippie revolts. Late electoral re turns shows Nixon 329 votes* Wallace 89 votes, HHH 154 votes. This fast-talking Huey Long was born in Clio,Alabama in 1919 as the son of a country doctor. Most of his pre-political life is the rags- to-riches, Horatio Algen. He re ceived a law degree and was elected to the Alabama State Legislature at the age of 27, George's first plunge into politics. In 1958, he ran for governor of Alabama as a liberal (yes, a liberal) and was disastrous ly defeated by the local segrega tionist. Obviously, Wallace turned out in the 1962 gubenatorial race as a segregationist and won, Wallace remained in the Democratic Party un til 1964, when he couldn’t get his way. Then, he formed his own Ameri can Independent Party. Wallace's party has flourished and has troubl ed times up to this day where George Wallace's bluecollar supporters pose the only major political threat to Nixon's campaign. Good or bad, Wallace, to this day has left an in delible mark on Aro.erica because he has successfully united the ultra conservative wing. Wallace is above a].l, ambitious. His great strive for fame and for tune has cost him his reputation as a human of the utmost ethical stan dards, but in return has received great respect as a clever, driving opportunist politician. The Fox ( a good term describing Wallace) has been accused of completely abandon ing his cancerous, dying wife to re sume his rigorous campaign schedule. The Fox also, in a fit of rage, allegedly ordered an ABC Network camera destroyed when, during a din ner, an ABC Network cameraman photo graphed Robert Shelton, Imperial Wizard of the KKK, shaking hands with Wallace. The following day, at a press conference, Wallace denied ordering the camera smashed and claimed that ABC had been taking il legal photographs of the dinner. UALENDf Octo 25 - (Friday) 8;15 P.Me - Bergerac ”', Arts Center. Oct. 26 - IsOO P.M. (Saturday) Riding. *'Cyrano De Salem Fine ■- Horseback 1;30 P.M. -- Performance of "The Bald Soprano" - Drama Department, All students and faculty are invited. 3s00 till 9s00 PcM. - Hot Dog and Marshmallow Roast ( Tennis , Basketball , Horseshoe, Touch Football facilities provided--also Juke Box) = Miller Park. Oct, 27 - (Sunday) ls30 P.M. . 4j00 P.M„ Girls' Dorm ■ - Bowling Open House Oct, 30 - 11:00 A.M. -- Student (Wednesday)Government Meeting - Room 321 (officers only) 11:30 A.M. .— Student Activities Committee Meeting - Third Floor Main Building. 11:30 A.M. -- Student Recital featuring Mr. Adelstein's Quintet and a Trio of Mr. Simone 1. 2:00 P.M. — Three Young Poets from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro reading and discussing their poetry- Main Auditorium Reception afterwards in the lounge of the Girls' Dorm. 6:30 P.M. - Irwin Freund- lich master class in piano in Main Auditorium. Students are invited to attend and bring scores- of works to be performed: Mozart - Fantasia and Sonata in C Minor; Bach- Prelude and Fugue in D Major; Brahms -Concerto No. 2, 8:00 P.M. - Piedmont Players Concert, Winston- Salem State College ; Fries Auditorium. Nov, 1 - Jose Limon Dance Company, (Friday) Free ticket available from the Student Activi ties Office. Nov. 2 - 8:00 P.M. -- Dance for (Saturday) all NCSA students featu ring Captain Speed and the Electric Fungi Moth ers. LETTER TO EDITOR I read with Interest two recent items in the N. C. Essay concerning the recent visit to Winston-Salem of Drs, Leary and Cohen, one a news article and the other a letter to the editor. The direct opposition of positions we saw expressed seems unfortunate; blessed with the presence of two such distinguished men, we would do well to weigh both arguments and extract the best from each. A good rule to go by might be to seek truth somewhere between the two poles of any debate. Certainly both men had great contributions to make. Dr. Leary impressed me as the most sincerely interested man 1 have ever heard speak on some of the subjects he touched. The twenty-one yogas he outlined certainly were not thrown together at random; but this is only one aspect of his lecture which might have seemed confusing to any one not acquainted with some of the most beautiful concepts in oriental philosophy. Each of these disci plines, which we assume he is also applying to his own life, has been practiced for centuries, and each is a demonstration of the intensity of one's search for God, Dr. Leary's passion for this search, as well as his sensitivity to and love of this earthly life, could serve to inspire us all. But the specific issue here was the use of drugs today, not in the future, and Dr, Cohen's contribution to this question carried a great deal of force. What seemed to me to be the central point of his argument was not mentioned in the Essay stor> All of what Dr. Cohen had to say might be summarized in the adage, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." He asked us to consider the actual results of drug usage: Haight-Ashbury is not quite setting the world on fire; the numerous communes have flopped because few people's "thing" includes cleaning up the mess; and instead of coming closer to God in purity, whole someness, loving service, and strength of character, thousands of young people have been reduced to shadows of their former selves, their ideals shattered and their creative drive drained. I'll go all the way with Dr. Leary in his love of nature and his desire to cleanse his body and mind. Beyond that well, the facts are there. Dr. Cohen's way for me. Glen Wilson (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
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