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EAGC TWELVE - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1951 Jfiiii xai.y" tar iged - Student Counci Open Courts BL Chairman -Attacks? : h Sums Up Decisions - Larry Botto,' chairman of the Student Council or "chief justice cf the University student courts, yesterday ; expressed his opposi tion to the. open courts bill which may be submitted to a vote of the student body; after Christmas hol idays. . 1 . 7-: ' .: "I think the open court system, as proposed would, serve to de stroy the council system as we have it now," he stated. . By throwing open the courts "we are throwing out the window the educational value of the Hon or System," Botto said.: The pub lic opinion, publicity and trial at tached to , open courts, he com mented, Would prohibit the edu cational and corrective value of the system." When a student violates the Honor or Campus Code, the pres ent court system impresses him with what he has done and usual ly the individual redeems him self, Botto claims. Introduction of the open courts bill to the Legislature arose from discontentment with the secrecy of the judicial system here' and the manner in which, several of their cases have been conducted, campus observers believe. The bill points out that "secre cy is fundamentally opposed to the principles of democratic thought and the notion of public participation in - government." The present "closed court" system was held responsible for "wide spread distrust and disrespect" of students, for the courts. The bill also asserted that potential of fenders would ; respect the law more and increase in their aware ness of the courts if preceedings were open to the public. The bill has been tabled indef initely by the Legislature by the request of Sheldon Plager who r introduced it originally. Plager stated that it was a matter for the" student body itself to decide upon and not the Legislature, and indi cated that he was planning to submit it to the students in a ref erendum next year. Looking back over the council's fall quarter activity, Botto noted that the council has received sur prisingly few Appeals but has met more times in a two month period than probably any other council in history. ' The council had to act illegally in absence of legislation on elec- Library Hours The Library will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. during exam, week and will close at 5 p.m. on the last day of exams. During the holidays, the Library will remain open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m but will be closed on Sundays. tions dates. After reprimanding the legislature, the UP, and the j elections board, the -court was forced to set an unconstitutional date. Last November the council had to do the same thing because legislature be given the power "to of the mixup on dates. In a Daily Tar Hed editorial last year it was suggested that the set the date of fall elections" without any qualifying clauses. In effect, the council has had Ho as sume legislative authority- twice in a row for the same offense. , "Elections are one of the big gest activities of student govern ment, and as usual, areas that needed clarification came up", Botto pointed out. Unless some thing is done about, it, confusing dates will continue to plague the fall elections, he said. u Also making iip part of the. council's fall work were two re quests by students concerning the Publications board. The council was Tasked to clarify the board's and The 'Daily Tar Heel editor's authorities 5 concerning which were both financial and admini strative. It ruled the board has supreme powers in this case. Clou M a Predicts' at w u 1 A m FIT Traffic Victim On Holidays RALEIGH -The 'Department of Motor Vehicles appealed to every North Carolinian today to keep the Nation's millionth traffic fatality from occurring m this state. .'-."V; . At the present rate of traffic deaths, the National Safety Coun cil estimates, the millionth victim of the automobile is expected to die in the third week of December almost at the height of the Christmas season. ; : Commissioner of Motor Vehicles L. C. Rosser, in speaking of the approaching tragedy, said, , "It is bitterly ironic, that the Nation's millionth traffic death will coin cide with the festivities and gaity "' ; . & - of the Christmas season. I want to appeal to every citizen of this State motorist and citizen alike to walk and drive with ex treme caution in the few remain ing weeks before the tragic date." In North Carolina, the Com missioner, pointed . out, traffic deaths .are nearing 1,000. The millionth death could occur here, he said, and while auto accidents have become ironically common place everywhere the millionth traffic fatality would, "give the state a significance we don't want." f To Assure Yourself Of A VELL-GRO OM E D CH fl-ISTMAS ' . . . 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