VEDN$$DAY3 FEBRUARY- 20, 1952
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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Sports Editor
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News Staff Clyde Baker, Vardy Buckalew, Robert Colbert, Walter Dear, Barty
Dunlop. Grady Elmore, Donna Hauck. Betty Ann liirby, Sandra Klostermyer,
ZS$Y fey Thomas McDonald,: Mitchell Novit, Jim Oglesby, Wanda Lou
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Sports StaffKen Barton. Alva Stewart, Buddy Northartj Tom Peacock.
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By Henry Bowers
Prsidnf ia I AAeitio
Since Dick Murphy's letter
to the editor appeared last
Thursday in the Daily Tar Heel
there has been much comment
about the state of academic free
dom on this camous by both fac
ulty and students. - The despict-
able activities . of the Clark
brothers were known to mariy,
and many refused to take them
seriously because tl.ey were so
outrageous their insinuations so
far removed from truth- These
men have, been working, for
quite some time and have caused
much undue bother for members
of this University, It would
seem that the time . has come
for the officials of the Univer
sity to take a public stand
against - such tactics and those
who employ such tactics.
- It is very strange that such
men as the Clark brothers were
elected to the Boar 1 of Trustees,
an honoivof which they have
certainly shown themselves un
deserving. Their actions since
becoming members of the Board
shjould prove to those who might
have felt that this 'was a good
way to make them more respon
sible that such ."-a move is rarely
wise. '
We must not, however, let the
aeivities of the Clark brothers
obscure from our view the other
antt more important failures of
the University to protect free
dom of thought and expression.
One such failure is the poli
tical questionnaire used' in em
ployment of faculty, which is a
insidious thing and will con
tinue to hurt the University as
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long as it is used. , s ,
Chancellor House has said ' in
a statement released to the state
press that no person has been
fired from this University for
political reasons since the Civil
War, It would seem logical to
suppose then that political be
liefs are not the basis for firing
personnel and that- if this is so
then political beliefs: ought not
be a factor in the hiring of per
sonnel: Why then the political
questionnaire? It is a strange
waste of ink. I believe that it
is unrealistic to assume that a
person who is a member of a
communist dominated organiza
tion is de facto an agent of . a
foreign pover. It has become
a truism to say that a communist
would gladly " perjure himself
on such a question. He would
have two motives for doing so:
li He wished to spread propa- .
ganda to pervert the minds of flve years ago, 16 cerebral
his students and 2, He wished lsy V11 scattered
to teach. If he does perjure Kim- rShout the United States,
self and is accepted as a teacher Toda there -are 376 treatment
and his membership or former se?es for cerebral palsy child-
. . ; ren, in all' sections of-the country
membership in a communist ppo partially : by-N: a
dominated group is discovered Crippled Children's League, an
he supposedly will be fired be- agent of the Campus Chest.
cause he has lied, not because
of his lack of ability as a
teacher, or, . strictly speaking,
because of his political beliefs.
The great disadvantage, however,-is
the atmosphere of non
deviance which the question
naire and the attitude that goes"
with it create. This amosphere
"urges the acceptance of the
status quo, lets sleeping dogs
lie and encourages complacency.
A student must, of necessity,
approach questions of nation or
statewide import in an academic
. manner. If the student sees his
fellow student questioned in a
rather peculiar manner - by
counter-intelligence men, ttack
ed:by members: of the Board of
Trustees and hears stories of job
opportunities lost because of
membership in certain organi
zations, then he is likely not to
concern himself with problems
-which are presently or poteni
ally controversial; thereby losing
' a valuable part , of his education.
In a forward to a forthcoming
book about Dr. Horace Williams,
Dr. Frank Graham says of his
former teacher, -'It is good to
hear the overtones of the self
reliant mind of him who would
still inspire individuals to think
for themselves; to stand, if
necessary, alone for the right,
as God gives to each individual
in his consciousness of the uni
versal to see the right It -vas
his teaching to generations, of
youth to place reason above pre
judice, conscience above posi
tion and power,, leadership above
-pWce, idealism above mecha
nisms, and religion and the most
precious things -of the human
spirit teyond . science and the
things of the world."
Horace Williams is dead.- Can
it be that-in Chapel" Hill his
spirit is dying too?
effers to roi
rror.
Madam Editor: ;
Your editorial on academic
freedom at Carolina was long
overdue, but Its obvious truth
is due compensation;
It will be interesting to ob
serve the faculty response (if
any) to such a challenge. Sure
ly they cannot deny that he
blight of McCarthyism - has
touched our campus. They must
recognize the. atmosphere of
fear andsdoubt that is evident,
but will they openly consider
any solutions to this threat?
Within the last year we have
seen faculty members shy away
from any position on the Negro
admissions to Carolina. We have
also noticed a marked -decline
of speakers on ; this campus in
any sense controversial,' Senator--but
he dees work for the govern
ment and is a Republican, so"
he is cleared of doubt. Since
, the John Gates incident of 1948,
we have been recruited by mili
tarists sixch as Generals . Mark
Clark and Bradley. This year,
only the ,MCA has. stepped out
and brought - a : . controversial
figure here and that was Oscar
Ewig. He did not speak at the
med school, though, did he?
Perhaps -the -legislature and
American Medical Association
would brand UNC as Socialist
if he did.
. What would , our ivy-covered
'OigeraF administration have to
say for instance, ifwe invited
Owen LattimOre, Ralph -Bunche,
Herman Thomas, or even Frank
Graharn: now, to speak- here . .
I-wonder?- r . : . ...
Maybe we had better stick-to
Billy Graham and Senator- Taft.
They afd white, Anglo-Saxon
Protestants . . . .or are they?
Robert Johnson
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apparent " physical handicaps.
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