November 25, 1968
N.C. ESSAY
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by Anthony Fragola
It 'lay come as a shock to jour
nalism purists, but the N. Essay
does not profess to be objective,
nor does it seek objectivity as one
of its primary goals. The NC Essay
has no editorial policies it is
anxious to print any view which a
student, faculty member, trustee, or
parent takes the time and effort to
write.
Off the cuff remarks have been
filtering back. From Dr. Schwartz
comes the complaint that the NC Ess
ay is a very unfair paper which
makes no attempt to be objective.
Right you are Dr. Schwarts. It is
the belief of the staff that every
individual has an opinion. Ameri-
can newspapers, under the guise of
objectivity, are subjective by elim
inating articles which do not suit
their particular temperament. A tot
ally objective newspaer is one that
gets nothing done. It presents the
facts and sighs with relief when it
has avoided another issue. Pulitzer
Prize winning papers are those which
make a stand after they are sure
they are not being unjust. Of
course, the NC Essay should be carc-
ful not to print slanderous or fal
sified material, but if legitimate
criticism can be made, I can see no
reason not to print an article. If
an individual wishes to malio a rebu
ttal, the staff urges, no cries out,
for a cross current of opinions.
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by Terry Tickle
Governments are generally a re
flection of the people of that coun
try. In this nation, for example,
the actions of the Justice Depart
ment represents the general attitude
of the nation toward "law"and order"
or organized crime. Likewise, our
departments of Labor, Uibaa Develop
ment and HEW reflect the economic
concerns of the people. If there
are problesm, these agencies can be
aided by a large number of private
experts which have the published
governmental documents on which to
make sound decisions. Thus a major
inflationary spiral can be stopped
by getting the expert advise of Paul
Samuelson at MIT or Walter Heller at
the University of Minnesota. First
one to answer the phone is problem
solver of the day.
All of this roundabout explana
tion is made in order to direct us
to that one branch of government
which reflects no one but its own
self-interest—the State Department,
Diplomacy has from Titne ' Itenemdrlal
been a rather clandestine affair.
The population has bean told to pay
the taxes, provide the soldiers and
mind its own business. The diplo
mats will protect them from the
great peril of the day.
The State Department today
(oon't ooliam III)
The NC Essay hopes to foster a dia
logue between the various depart
ments and people affliated with this
school. It does not want to be only
a bulletin board or a scholarly com-
piliation of factual material.
From Mr. Shropshire I am told
that the NC Essay, though lively, is
full of pseudo liberal ideologies,
and that he is preparing a flaming
letter protesting. To Mr. Shrop
shire, I reply: we are still wait
ing anxiously and welcome your
ideas.
Ani finally from Mr. Burton
comes the snide remark that the NC
Essay is Fragola's and Tickla'?; new
spaper. To Terry this will come as
a revelation. A weekly article that
both staff and readers can expect
must be too much for Mr. Burton. I
am flattered that Mr. Burton at
least sees my articles, but he must
be a poor reader to miss articles
written by a large number of other
people, including Jim Bobbitt, Den
nis Williamson, Harvey Jacobson,
Lynn Bernhardt, Tony Senter, David
Wood, our own News Service, and re
writes of Nationally known and re
spected wire services. To Mr. Bur
ton I say, if you have a complaint,
then voice it openly. In the words
of one Super Sheep Award quotation,
I say: "Better to live one day as a
lion than a hundred days as a sheep.
To everyone who wishes to pra
ise or criticize the NC Essay's or
the school's policies, we are wait
ing to hear your voice. Oh please,
do not let this plea be a futile cry
into the wilderness of night.
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Winston-Salem, N. C. i
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FOR ftlSICAL IMSTRimiTS i
m ni RBLISHEn rnsiC
(oon't from col. I)
tells us that we have three major
enemies. The first of these is
North Viet Nam. With a population
one-tenth that of the U. S. and with
no major industry except bicycle re
pair, North Viet Nam is such a major
threat to the safety of Americans
that the U. S. military has been re
gularly bombing the North for nearly
three years.
Another of our enemies is Russ
ia, population 260 million, but from
recent events it appears that they
•should be America's closest friend.
Both countries have become the pro
tectors of obsolete institutions and
both countries have found it neces
sary to invade other smaller coun
tries on the grounds that they were
making the world safe for democracy
and/or communism. Neither is parti
cularly happy with the attitude of
its students. It would seem that
these two great powers should be
crying on each others shoulder. But
alas, they cannot; they are enemies.
The third and greatest enemy is
that mysterious evil that lurks in
the shadow—the People's Republic of
China, population 800 million.
American know that Red China is
their enemy because they denounced
the Soviet invasion of socilaisL
Czechoslovakia, but then so did the
U. S. Red China said that it would
tolerate a Russion invasion of Ro-
mainia, Yugoslavia or Austria, but
then so did Dean Rusk, our Secretary
of State. Se*how clear it all is.
The diplomat, it can be assur
ed, understands all of these contra
dictions quite thoroughly. This
country must put its faith in the
wisdom of the elderly gentlemen of
the State Department, safe in the
knowledge that senility makes the
best foreign policy. With this wise
leadership America will always be
able to keep our faithful Allies—
Spain, Bosnia, Panama and Austria-
Hungary .
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of the Arts from Forhush Piah School i
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^Editor's Note:
j This letter was sent to the School
' as an apology for the editoral -printed in Yadkin Ripple. Tl^e Editorial ’was - \
printed in last week's N.C. Essay. 1
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North Carolina School of the Arts |
Winston-Salem
North Carolina !
1 D.ar Sirs: |
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We, the faculty of Forbush High School, wish to thank you for coming to \
our campus with your classical music program. Your efforts were sincerely ;
I appreciated by the faculty and administration. We feel assured that the i
j student body shares this sentiment.
We want you to know that we feel badly about the unfavorable editorial •
jwhich appeared in one of our county newspapers, the Yadkin Enterprise, on :
November 7. Some of our students and teachers have written the editor to
protest his statements.
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- We regret the-derogatorjr statements tnade^about ybul: performers and as- i
sure you that neither we nor our administration are in any way responsible
for them ,
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i Sincerely,
Billy J, Nix, Principal
Forbush High School
East Bend, North Carolina