Monday, November 28, 1960
THE CAMPUS ECHO
Page Three
Opinions of Campus Eclio Readers
SG Blasted
Dear Miss Jarman:
As an interested student, I
am greatly concerned about the
student body and the operationsi
of their student government. I
think that the students have
dangerously goofed in the selec
tion of a student government!
president. A preview of what
was in store for them was shownj
last May when Mr. Lacy Street
er gave his inauguration ad
dress. On this occasion the presi
dent-elect re-defined inaugural)
address by reading newspaper
clipping on developments in the
sit-in movement in New York,
Mass., and other far-off places.
This is Ai^hat he gave us instead
of stating his aims and aspira
tions for the student body.
Please be advised he has none.
At the present the SG has done
nothing. Thanks for this goes
undivided to Mr. Streeter.
When the SG was to send re
presentatives to the Interim
Council meeting at Duke Sun
day (Nov. 13, 1960), it did not.|
Mr. Streeter did not find time to
appoint anyone, nor will he let
Mr. Charles McNeil, who wa»
elected Vice President last year,
conduct it for him. At this time
he has not appointed anyone (he
is thinking about it), nor has he
Poet's Nook
Death is Eternal
Death is eternal;
From the fate of Abel,
To the end of time.
In life as in death are we linked.
Death knows no bounds of age;
From Methuselah,
To the suckling babe.
Death is incessant;
'iinowle*!^ inferior •
H aagnanimous,
Unaer tne mein of disease and
accident
Irrevocable death vigilantly;
comes.
From the caprices of nature
To the ceaseless meditation of
murder.
Death is infinite;
From the gates of hell.
To the portals of paradise
Is death’s domain.
Death is a necessity of life.
From death comes immortal
life.
Therefore in perpetual life is
death.
Yes,
Death is eternal.
Joseph Goodwater
arranged for a general campus
election, as should be done.
Now that a certain dance has
been forbidden on campus,
against the will of the student
body, the SG has again assumed
the seat of solitude and inde
cision. In this leadership? No, it
is gross incompetence.
When talent shows were sud
denly cancelled, what did the
SG president do? Is not the SG
to represent the students on
matters such as this. There will
be no more talent shows nor any
thing else .as long as Dean
Latham exercises dictatorial
powers and no one protests. Si
lence then is the theme of the
Streeter administration.
Even in the field of race re
lations, his main and whole in
terest, he has done nothing. On
occasions students from Duke
have invited students from NCCI
to come and discuss racial prob
lems and perhaps through dis
cussion solve some of them. No
similar invitation has been ex
tended to the Duke University
student body. On this, too, he
said simply that he has not had
time.
When students from Duke did
come as part of the Fiftietli An
niversary Celebration, they
were not invited to discuss race
relations. But our SG president
seemingly did not know this.
Here he attacked the students on
civil rights, etc. This, however,
was not the topic of discussion.
Was this a display of leadership?
I call it ignorance.
Mr. Streeter, who never
worked with the SG before and
who rode into office on the tail
of the sit-in movement, is now{
in utter confusion. From his in^
auguration address, it was ob
vious that he had no plans tot
a student program, and in less
than, two months, he has erased;
any and all doubts.
Mr. Streeter has no office
hours, and seemingly cannot de
vote any of his time to the stu
dents.'If this is the case, as indi-i
cations are, he should, in all due
respect to the student body and
as an honorable deed, resign,
make his non-duties and re
sponsibilities official. Surely
things could not be worse.
Very truly yours,
Thomas Lee Cameron
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