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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1952 PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL I.o I: lie Gov An s Operi Letter To Governor Scott: Honorable Kerr Scoii, Governor Executive Offices Raleigh, N. C. y TBeir Deeds yielding to tradition, this col umn takes cognizance today of a lew of the major accomplish- Dear Sir, ments of Carolina students dur- In 1913, the state of North Carolina passed a law forbid- the past year. . ding the hazing of students by organizations, other students, . -X, or unorganized groups. This law provided for the dissemina- A ago The DajIy Tar Heel tion of information on the law by the university and college wag a f0urday-a-week affair, administrations of the state. It also provided for enforce- deiicated to the personal jour ment of the law by classifying such offenses as criminal acts, nalism of its editor and a small and accessory, offenses as misdemeanors. circle of his friends. With most of The law has been on the botfks for 39 years, and we know the staff academicaiiy ineligible of not a single court action brought to bear on the subject to run fCr the editorship, the in that time. ' time seemed ripe for a new re- efchasislg has 'continued, without cessation or apparent gime moderation on :the campuses of this state. A student at the From the five-candidate race University of North Carolina was killed as a direct result of ensued, a coed with a pro hazing once. A death has never since been recorded, but sev- gram emerged like a fresh breath eral lives have been effectively shortened by such action. ci spring, while the Old Guard And organized groups come dangerously close to fatalities shouted that her plan for a six year after year in hazing. Not too many months ago, a boy day daily was financially im on this campus forced to drink a noxious mixture nearly died, possibie, she went calmly ahead and was saved only by the miracles of modern medicine. In to produce it. our college generation, students have been beaten bloodily, Since her election, we have not forced to drink nauseating and harmful mixtures, exposed to oniy had a six-day daily, but for the dangers of weather in deserted places, humiliated and the first time in memory The embarrassed and harrassed in the most ingenious ways. Daily Tar Heel has made rather At the same time, the universities and colleges consistent- than lost money. Such is . the . ly fail in their prescribed duty to. make the legal dangers of phenomenal record of achieve- such action clear. ment of. Glenn Herden this past ine administrations oi tne various institutions fail also m year. - anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Old East Building, should have been selected as the date for the biggest news story of the, year. On that day the struggle for equal rights for all students in ICenan Stadium seating .passed a critical point with the - aurninis traion yielding to the protests of fourteen major student orgairbsa lions and virtually every respon sible student leader. it what would seem a moral responsibility to protect the health oi students. : . On this campus, that responsibility is specifically reserved to the administration under a nearly autonomous student gov- No single year in University history has accomplished more iiiijitiii, j.u4 gwyciiuuwii, wjiuvu ah jiihixxhucl,kji y cttuuii reach fruition as 4B" Dormi has charged itself with enforcement of anti-hazing regulations, itSrv v, 4c ?fr hie TYiicrnVilxr -ffliM tory held its grand opening, lias miserably Jailed. . . , Within the year, social rooms, During the past year only one case of hazing has been equate though they are have brought before a student court, and that a relatively harm- been achieved for nearly all less although vile and crude case, in a year which witnessed dormitories and the groundwork cases of actuai physical torture. ; laid for the completion of such me accused organization, a fraternity (as is usually true), accommodations in. other dormi was acquitted of the charge, on the grounds that the offense tories and better equipment for did not technically fall under the definition of hazing on which the court operates. It is significant to note, however, This program, supplemented that the offense clearly was a case of hazing under the defini- by the successful competion of a tion supplied by the 1913 statute. long standing attempt to obtain bubsequently to this case, a bill written for the student better telephone service, has legislature which would have placed jurisdiction over haz- made the past year a most'signi ing offenses in a less biased student court never even reached f icant one in the lives of dormi the floor of the legislature. tory residents. Bouquets accord- Self -enforcement seems impossible.. Sir, the problem is ingly to the IDC and the Student out of hand. . Party. Therefore, it occurs to us that you, as chief executor of . a the laws of North Carolina, would take an especial interest in a law which has been consistently violated and consistent- A bm to recognize the judiei ly ignored by all agencies of many responsible educational ary (supplemented by separate institutions. bills reorganizing the Dental and Could not law enforcement agencies of the state be called Medical School Councils) was upon to enforce this law? submitted to referendum after We respectfully, request your careful consideration of the lon? nd c,feful study: s is problem. ' Pro1tably. the most : significant 1 ; ' ' constitutional amendment since 1 . ' - , the "present Constitution was adopted. It would be interesting to know how many students read it before they voted! I : - - - It seems eminently appropriate thatOctober 12, anniversary of (Mje ii Mm: lleel The official student newspaper o the Publications of the University, of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -where U Is published daily at the Colonial Press, Inc., except Monday, examination and vacation periods and during the -offi cial summer terms. Entered as seeond class matter at the Post Office of Chapel Hill, N; C, under; the act of March 3, lmf). Subscription rates: mailed $4 00 per year, $1.50 per quarter; delivered .6.00 per year and $2.25 per quarter. Clran narden Editor-in-chief David Buckner-.-Managing Editor Rolfe Nfi" , Editor Bill Peacock- j Mary Nell Eoddie Jody Levey Sports Editor , Society Editor Feature Editor " OLD MAN ..." Beverly Baylor Sue Burress Ed Staraes . Associate Editor Associate Editor Assoc. Sports Editor Nancv BureeKS Assopi Soriptv Mltor O. T. 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