October 25, 1968
No Go ESSAY
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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)