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The Bi Is Cast
The Dialectic Senate has passed a bill calling for the Legis
lature to strip the Interfraternity Court of its authority to
try hazing cases and transfer jurisdiction to the Men's Honor
Council.
This proclamation came on the heels of an incident be
tween brothers and pledges of a fraternity which resulted in
prompt litigation before the Interfraternity Court. The case
was dismissed on a technicality, igniting inflammatory rever
berations largely among non-fraternity groups.
The glandular reactions have mushroomed this affair out
of all proportion to its true news value. Thanks to the echoes
of the state press and radio, the casual onlooker probably
pictures the typical fraternity house as a barbed wired cabaret
with a built-in torture chamber inhabited by orge-ed broth
ers ready-to bite off . a pledge's head, put it on a stick, and
wash windows at the slightest provocation.
Now let's simmer down. Everybody is against' harmful
hazing. Everybody is also against cancer, communist aggres
sion, and soil erosion. ; And very few people will deny that
the IFC parried when it should have jabbed. But will the
"out of hand" situation solve itself merely by relieving the
Interfraternity Court of its authority and responsibility?
We think not. We might just as logically abolish the
Damon Runy on Fund for failure to stamp out cancer. And
while we're at it, let's cancel the visas of foreign delegates to
the United Nations. It's "obvious they can't handle marxist
misbehavior in the Far East. ,
The answer lies in making the Court more aware of its
.obligation to itself, the campus, and the community. If the
Greeks will accept this blaze of haze as an orange light of
caution, results will be infinitely more satisfactory than the
categorical overthrow of the judicial body that can best
maintain the confidence of the fraternities.
We see no .reason why a council, freely elected by the
various fraternities should be inherently incapable of enforc
ing the campus and state laws and supressing improprieties
resulting from pledge hazing. The recent rhubarb by no
means permanently disqualifies the Interfraternity Court as
a competent agency of enforcement.
A smart coach doesn't can a fullback after "one fumble.
Just because one section springs a leak is no reason to tear
down the dam.
by AI
MONOLOGUE
Nobody, absolutely nobody,"
has asked me,my; opinion of the .
recently deceased elections. And
nobody has ' askedVmeto draft
any kind of a brilliant, analysis.
That is why this column is be-
ing written. Pardon the-intrusion.
In shirtsleeve English, for one
thing, the Student Party has had
iti , ;Up the renowned creekj so ,
to jspeak, without a paddle. Pre
vailing student opinion (and by
this I s mean, as most - columnists,
are prone to mean the opinions
of ,two or three of 'my clos6 per
sonal friends) has it that Stu
dent Party will never again gain
a majority in the legislature or
. ever pull a few judiciary, andrbr i
executive posts.
Bui to add 'to all' the -'woe,'
misery, and sour. , grapes hang
ing around Student Party heads
(please do not confuse, defini
tions) Thursday a.m. I read in
this paper a blast to end all
blasts. Seems that one of the
most high and exalted grand im
perial Student Party members,
who signs 'himself only "an SP
'Clique MemberY writes , to teil
the student body why ' the Stu
flent Party got th raw side of
fko deal. He tells us that the
Pt'bUt: intelligent dormi
lory inen will awake and find
BARRY FARBER
ROLFE NEILL
...DAVID BUCKNER
JIM SCHENCK
BIFF ROBERTS
,JODY LEVEY
MARY NSLL BODDIE
Perry
themselves "upon a fratermty
joade garbage heap named "un
ity" . . . Shades of a Streetcar
'Named Desire!"
4 , r My completely reliable sources
of information (all columnists
1 'have these) inform me that
other Student Party wheels are
highly disguisted with their co
worker's efforts. .
: Student: Party cuts it's own
throat.
' ' And the University Party
aha another matter , entirely.
Seems this is the first incident
' I've heard of in a long time
where a party rose to power on
a foundation of mud slung at it.
So fraternities, or so we are
i told, 'rule the campus. Dorm
men better Join up or cut their
throats along with the virtually
; t defunct SP.
Now, this is a crummy column,
'cause I am neither pro-SP or
pro-UP. To be frank ,student
politics stink and ought to be
replaced by debating contests
and Sigma Chi Derbys 20 times
a year.
Predictions (Hell, just
guesses): .
1. Student Party will change
its name, go underground, and
start assassinating fraternity
'jfceni under; the guise of hazing.
(See MOVOLOGUE, page 3)
by T. Mac Long
Characters
I've Known
This place is full of charac
ters. Here at Carolina are to
be found any number of indi
viduals who have beyond any
doubt earned the title of "char
acters." During their stay at
this institution, whether for a
long or short time, they have
shown themselves to be folks
about whom many rich stories,
some almost true, have been
told.
It will be the aim of this
column during the next few
weeks 1 to share with you who
have read this
far down the
page some of
these stories as
they have come
to this observer.
These will be
about the char
acters who have paraded in front
of these bleary eyes, who have
made the kind of impressions
that this writer thinks you will
enjoy. You will have heard of
or met some of -them; some of
them haven't come in contact
with you, nor would some of
them care to. They will all be
people whom this slave to the
typewriter knows, either person
ally or indirectly through many
other mutual acquaintances. The
characters won't usually know
that they have been compliment
(See CHARACTERS, page 3)
So They
Say
"I feel that the issue (hazing)
has been magnfiied out of all
proportion. Rather than villify
the fraternities because they are
not perfect, we should commend
them and . the IFC in particular
for the splendid strides made in
one year toward eliminating haz
ing through . their own initia
tive." Ham Horton, President
elect, student body.
"There is no question that haz
Ing has and does exist on this'
campus, although in a lesser de
gree than is found on other cam
puses". The time has come to
end it for once and for all
through a proper enforcement
mechanism which will enforce
the law and through an accent
uated program of education. It
is unfortunate that the issue has
become so confused." - Henry
Bowers, President, student body.
"Despite the fact that the IFC
says that there is no hazing on
this campus, I believe that haz
ing still exists. The IFC should
be allowed to take care of their
own wash but I feel that it" is
time to do just that and stop de
fending their position and acting
persecuted." -Ken Barton, S. P.
nominee for president.
"College students are sup
posedly "mature adults," " but
their conduct- often belies it;
fraternity men, no longer living
in a sheltered childhood, must
face reality as any adult should,
and realize that the seriousness
of what they do cannot continue
without a check and without re
sponsibility." Bob Evans, At
torney General.
' "Hazing here at Carolina has,
been widely rnisconstrtieo! in the '?
minds of the people "who hayf
not real insight into th frater
nity problem.' Archie Xfyat V
President, senior class.
From Other Dailies
Barbarism Is
Barbarism
.There may be some question
as to whether humiliations and
tortures of fraternity initiation
constitute hazing but the clear
fact is that any kind of bru
tality by boys big enough to be
in college degrades the institu
tions which they attend.
Maybe a boy, by accepting an
invitation to join a fraternity
and submitting himself to cus
tomary indignities, loses any
right to protest. Certainly, how
ever, a civilized college com
munity cannot permit barbarism
in any form and preserve its
civilized status.
Even those who would defend
fraternity initiations on the bas
is of both ancient custom and .
the willingness of the initiates
to take the tough treatment will
not defend the inclusion in such
a business of acts which result
in sending a boy to a hospital.
Unfortunately, however, any
tradition of "good, clean fun"
must be guarded against the
crudeness and cruelties of a few
who can use tradition as well
as anything else as a cloak for
sadistic activity. If the acts in
dulged in in fraternity initia
tions at Chapel Hill (in even
the slightest sense) justify the
protests made by The Daily Tar
Heel at Chapel Hill, University
authorities should make it clear
that not even private fraternity
initiations at Chapel Hill are
above and beyond the rules of
civilized conduct.
.Fraternity initiations may be
initiations and not hazing. But
brutality is brutality. A decent
institution dedicated to civiliza
tion cannot countenance for spe
cial groups conduct which is re
garded as shameful in the stu
dent body as a whole.
The Raleigh News
. and- Observer
by Joe
Riff . . ,.
A few weeks before the elec
tions I urged Carolina students
(as did many other DTH colum
nists and campus politicos) to
make a good showing at v the
polls. Little did I know that the
results of such a request would
be quite so manifest. As most -of
you readers of the DTH al
ready know, the statistics were
very illuminating and came near
the all-time high for voting on
the Carolina campus. Statistics
are usually taken to be an in
dication of public feelings, but
they can not tell the whole
story.
A day or two before the last
elections you ' may remember
that among the other public
statements being made was one
which concerned' compulsory
voting by some of the 'fraternities.-
.: ...
. Time and the ntrual forget
fulness of the public have let
us become lax, and negligent of
. the future, - If the action which
took place in the last election is
condoned by the student body
we may find the coming generic
tions d Carolina ctoclenti en
joying si blissful tat dE poor -
enjoying? li te fcecauso tho
'atUiada- ta2m''tova& "voting
7511 eventually dscc ard those
A Task For The
Administrators
From The Daily Tar Heel in
Chapel Hill to the Governor of
North Carolina has gone a pro
test on hazing in the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and a suggestion that ' the Gov
ernor order enforcement of anti
hazng law. Allowing even for
the possible impulsiveness of a
college publication, the Tar Heel
appears to have corroborative
evidence that stem action is in
order.
At any rale, official notice of
(See DAILIES, page 3)
Express
Yourself .
Editor:
A note to the Athletic Depart
ment: Why is it that "with all
the money spent on athletics
here at Carolina, that there
aren't enough tennis courts to
meet the demand? The situa
tion as it stands now is that you
either have to play oh the var
sity or J. V. tennis team, or be
in a physical education class in
order to play. The - courts are
reserved for these grotips from
two o'clock to six o'cloek -in the
afternoon, so consequently the
"rest of the guys" don't get a
chance. Some of the excluded
group have even resorted to go
ing to Dobk to play. " Do .you
know what's happened? A real
crisis has arisen! That's what's
happened! Are there any plans
being made to remedy it?
Ted Tennis asad Charley. Couri
Raff
by ...Raft
who find voting compulsory will
seek to avoid it while those .who
are not compelled to vote will
not bother to go to the polls.'
The sloth-like behavior can
not help infiltrating into -the
general student opinion and
though there is no legal rein to
be placed upon this horse which
might become a runaway any
moment, an ethical halter must
be donned.
Jt is much easier to . unify fra
ternities and compel members to
do as select few desim It -is
almost impossible on the other
hand to, make a voting unii out
individuals livintf vn1virlo4W
of any club sentiments. ; For this
reason, it is necessary to abolish
this block voting and particular
ly compulsory votings . -
: The very act of voting is a
pure sign of freedom and an
Ideal which "we have striven for
centuries to acquire. To, force
anything upon us1 (even if. an
act of freeclom is forced) we have
automatically lost an aspect of
that freedom.
2Tew blood has come into the
Sent body. Let's hope they keep
ssdnistraUye veins of the stu
fcfc 2aind 'tiie, people they repre-ent-not
one or Wo people, but
.'sl of us the student body aj?
"a vhola, -.