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SUNDAY, OCT
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
APu.ForTie.
New , Restricted
Elective System
Today's elective system puts "undenrrad
uates on apron" strings," argues Howard
Mum ford Jones in the October Atlantic
Monthly.
iMr.. Jones would make the point that
drifts toward general education, toward "
broader study, are too tied up yilh concern
for "adjustment" of the student and are
ministering to the average and mediocre.
Mr. Jones, head of the English Depart
ment at Harvard, proposes a return to the
s"old, free-elective system . . the imtrammeled
riglit of the undergraduate' to make his own
mistakes." Under such a plan, which he finds
to have flourished between 1895 and 1015,
"I can murmur," he sa-ys "that American
literature, American art, American music,
American science, and American.-technology"
came of age."
What Mr. Jones proposes may be at least
partially warranted for the. undergraduate' of
todny, considering the t oft-made charge that
he learns very . little .about anything in par
ticular; but..' we think Mr. Jones has mis
diagnosed the tendencies in American edu
cational philosophy when he argues against
diffusion in the curriculum. Everywhere we
look; general education is slipping 'shame-,
faced I y into the corner to make room for
specialization. '
We find several other pretty wea'k legs
beneath Mr. Jones's brief for the "old, free
elective system." He comes perilously close
to equating those who still believe in general
education with a sort of intellectual peasan
try; in other words, -he equates those "on fire
with fanatical enthusiasm for the first cru
sade, aerodynamics, quaternions, the Federal
Reserve system, or the surperiority of William-
liutler Yeats to all other recent poets"
(to the exclusion, we assume, of more gen
eral study) with the intellectual aristocracy.
No one would argue1 with him that John
Sloan,' Frank -Lloyd Wright or Einstein of
Princeton, with their immensely specialized
learning, do (and did) not occupy a higher
pinnacle on Parnassus than most of us-
lut our educational system cannot be gear
ed exclusively, to the most promising spec
ialists. What Ave would have, we fear, under
a return to the "old, free elective system,"
would be a disastrous division in the level of
educations. "We would have, on the one hand,
an intellectual clique; on the other, a vast
body of oiaduates who had completely last
ed their time.
On this catTipvrs, we Would develop, on one
side, a small baui of those who were nlT'on
the t.'nrnis ol modern literature, of cyber
netics. . ! nuclear physics; on the other, an
army, who' spent every class hour in archeolo
gy atid physical education. .
Under the present elective system, which
is not by aiiy' means free from flaws, the Ein
steins, if they choose wisely, can still gain
highly specialized learning; but the way is
closed to those who would like to attend
class two or three hours a day and then re
tire to the beer halls.
With due respect to Mr. Jones's thinking,
we will, thank-you, keep the present elective
system.
Gracious Living II
(S&coiiil S&ries)
We bowled into Lenoir Hall with a coed
friend of ours the other morning at 1 1 o'clock
(which we had always thought the great cof
fee hour for mid-campus), marched -up to a
trimly-uniformed waitress who stood polish
ing the orange-juice dispenser behind the
con liter. .
"One with clouble cream and one with
out," we said.
"Sorry, we don't serve after 1 1 in the morn
ing," was the answer. "You'll have to go to
the Pine Room."
Now, Gracious, Living in Chapel Hill has
many wellsprings, but not least among these
is the. vat of coffee which Lenoir Haifa! ways
has brewing at mid-morning. It is parching,
withering downright absurd that tlie
magic spigots are being corked at 11 a.m.
Gracious Living in Lenoir, Hall is drying to
a-drip.' '
Wit
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News Editor JACKIE GOODMAN
Wight Editor For This Issue
1
.Rueben Leonard
Carolina Front
Crashing The
Gates With A
Shining Pen?
" J.A.C. Dunn
NO SOONER do we say that -things
are very quiet on the Car
olina Front
J . than things be-
' ' , gin t0 pick up
. I and develop in-
) : - - . - to a storm.
I ' , " i This, we feel,
fV s inevitable.
V It's like expect-
, ing rain after
you wash your
- car. As a mat
ter of fact, if the truth were
known (and we can't think of any
reason why it shouldn't be), we
fully expected some public dust
storm to blow up as soon as we
made any expression of com
- placency.
SO HERE it is. The editors of
of this newspaper, twice within
one week, have flung their
weight around with a flaunting
cry of "Freedom of the press!
We must have freedom of the
press!"
This is all very well. Certain
ly we must have freedom of the
press. But let's not get ourselves
arrested for breaking and en
tering in order to have it. At a
meeting of the IFC last Monday
night, Co-Editor Louis Kraar,
denied entrance to the meeting
on grounds that it was private
and that proceedings were not
for publication, replied that if
the IFC would not permit the
Daily Tar Heel t0 report the
meetings, then the IFC would re
ceive no coverage of any kind in
the xDaily Tar Heel.
"The Daily Tar Heel has a
right to go into that meeting,"
Mr. Kraar told us when we ques
tioned the propriety of his ac
tion. "The IFC is a representa
tive student organization on
campus. It affects' students. What
it does must be reported."
THE DAILY Tar Heel sent re- t
porter Bill Corpening to cover
the Pan-Hel meeting. Mr. Cor
pening was refused admittance.
Ccntcsling this refusal, Mr. Cor
pening forced the Pan-Hel to
vote whether or not it would let
a reporter in; the vote was un
animously against permitting the
press to sit in on Pan-Hel meet
ings. OK, the Pan-Hel won't get
any coverage at all of any kind
in The Daily Tar Heel, said Edi
tors Kraar and Ed Yoder. "As
far as we are concerned, the
Pan-Hel doesn't exist."
NOW LOOK, boys. Shall we be
children, or shall we be news
paper editors? Shall we be sen
sible or shall we lose our heads
and jump up and down on quick
sand? ,
In our opinion no man, re
gardless of who he is, has a
right to g0 where he is unau
thorized Or specifically uninvited
to go. A newspaper certainly has
an obligation to its readers to
print news that affects them.
However, a newspaper also has
ah obligation to the public at
large, regardless of how many
readers it has, to be' ethical in its
news-gathering methods.
"What if the student Legisla
ture suddenly said, 'Our meet
ings are private and you can't
come in. unless you're a mem
ber,'?" Mr. Kraar queried us.
, Well, obviously, this would be
wrong. This would be just as
wrong as the IFC and the Pan
Hel saying the same thing. How
ever, it appears to us that action
in correcting a wrong of this
kind should originate with the
students. If enough people get,
mad and say so, the people at
whoin they are mad usually backt
down and acquiesce, particularly
if they are representative people.
The people who are being hurt
are" the people who should help
themselves. If the people either
don't know they are being hurt
or don't care, a newspaper's re
sponsibility is to tell them so, not
to turn into righteous gate
crashers.
THE PEN, they say, is might
ier than the sword. This is true,
but only when the pen is used as
a p-m. The pen and the sword are
stilt, no matter what Mr. Kraar
says, two different implements.
Using a pen fo a sword blunts
the point, it seems to us. Entry to
a "peacable assembly" is a privi
lege;, not a right. Let's stick to
'the peh and let the ROTC handle
the sword department, Messrs.
Kraar and Yoder.
-Mountains And Mountains "Of. Ticlcets-
Parking Situation Gets Tougher
As Automotive Iron Piles Up
Bill Ragsdale
Two thousand-plus automobiles
makes a lot of iron to stow
around a little' town like Chapel
Hill, and the problem of park
ing is getting progressively hardi
er to deal with. There is, how
ever," some action being taken
now by the students, the admin
istration, and the officials of the
town of Chapel Hill. Everyone is
mad because h is convinced that
he is the only person that can't
find a parking space. It ain't so.
I can't either.
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NEW LADY
There's a young lady down at
the City Hall that wasn't there
last year. The job she holds was
n't there last year either. It con
sists of burrowing into a moun
tain of old parking tickets, get
ting out the separate piles be
longing to the different offend
ers, and sending out bright red
bills with total fines in them.
That can make for a mighty sad
mail delivery. ANOTHER THING:
THOSE GUYS OVER THERE
CAN GIVE YOU A REAL HARD
TIME IF YOU LET THEM HOLD
THREE TICKETS OF YOURS AT
ONCE. A total fine that would be
three dollars goes up to about
fifteen when combined with costs
of court and the charge of serv
ing a warrant. And that's what
they'll do, Pal.
'Registration has been going on
for seven years, now, and if it's
accomplished anything concrete
I don't knowjwhat it is. This year
things are a bit stiffer; registra
tion is compulsory, with suspect
.., cars checked with Raleigh and
the owners notified that they
have forty-eight hours to regis
ter or explain why they didn't to
the Honor Council. Actually, any
thing that the gentlemen up in
South Building can do for us
will come after, and only after, a
.complete registration of student
cars. Registration itself isn't go
ing to solve anything but the
demonstration of student con-
. cern and willingness to cooper
ate must necessarily preceed any
action for our benefit.
TRUSTEES' ATTITUDE
The Trustees don't give much
of a dern whether we have cars
or not. They made the recom
mendation last spring that UNC
. . attempt to improve the reg
ulation of the use of cars and
... consider seriously the ques
tion of possession of automobiles
- by undergraduates." Most schools
have this problem and most of
them have much stronger rules
concerning ownership "than we
, approach having. Locally we have
'State, which forbids student cars
on the campus, and Duke, which
withholds the right of ownership
from freshmen. We would have
a comparable situation here if ,it
wasn't for. a, particularly sym-,
pathetic Administration and lhe
little cooperation we've given in
the last few years. (To say com
parable is not to imply the same
thing; freshmen account f or a
very small proportion of the to
tal number of automobiles here,
and our campus has several
places for student cars. Not
enough places, maybe, but some.)
Layton McCurty heads a com
mittee appointed by Don Fowler
t0 look into the situation and
come up with suggestions. Noth
ing has been done yet that the
Administration wouldn't have
done anyway, but there are some
proposed moves that a commit
tee's insistence upon would prob
ably expedite, such as the con
version of Emerson Held into a
big parking lot, a movement that
is impeded by the slow con
struction of a new baseball dia
mond on Navy Field, and the ex
pansion of parking facilities
around Venable and the Bell
Tower. Another suggestion for
these fellows to think about
would be a place for commuters
to park , that would be centrally '
f located and restricted to them. A
good move for all of us would be
to drive only when necessary;
ours is a pleasant campus to
walk across and besides, gas costs
too darn much.
'Oh, Stop If
' -sf .
p3rr ce - ,
Readers Retort
Conversation,
Dunn & Gray
Alas, Poor Dunn
Editors: -
Mr. Dunn's ridiculously pitiful
imitation of Mr. Shulman's style
in Thursday's Tar Heel would
seem to indicate that he is giv
ing his anemic imagination a
grossly underserved rest cure.
I suggest that while the cure is
' being effected Mr. Dunn accede
tQ the long-established preced
ent among Carolina journalists in
similiar straits of giving vent to
an ever-lasting, all-consuming
hatred for the University of Vir
ginia. This old crutch has served
faithfully in. the past, having al
ready been used once this sem
ester by the Messrs. Kraar and
Yoder. It has sure-fire appeal to
the malignant jealousy lurking
in the hearts of all true sons of
the Old North State for every
thing the University of Virginia
represents to them culture, a
refined social environment, an
easy-going - self-confidence that
results from being heir to the
heritage of colonial governors,
men who framed our government,
the foremost statesmen of the
young nation, and Civil War -gen-
rals.-
Otherwise I'm afraid that if
Mr. Dunn continues in his pres-
ent nauseating vein he may incur
censure in face of the discrimin
ating acuity of the great student
body of the University of North
Carolina.
Shelton' Whitehead Henderson
A Second For Leonard
Editors:
Rueben Leonard's article re
garding the deterioration of the
art . of conversation was timely
and badly needed. It is some
thing which should have been
sharply brought into focus long
before now. I too have noticed
the lack of worthwhile conversa
tions. We need an awareness of
.the true values of life instead of
this heavy concentration on par
ties, drinking and good times.
Perhaps The Daily Tar Heel
could guide the Carolina stu-
dent toward a higher level'' of
- culture . and, ultimately conver-
satioh. Each week an article, per
haps entitled "Literary Corner"
could be included in the editor
ial section, featuring reviews
and commentaries on outstand
. ing books, art pieces and musical
compisitions, thus broadening the
student's outlook. I know that the
majority of Carolina students
would welcome and benefit by
such an opportunity.
Patty Randall
Who Is Responsible?
Editors:
But Mr. Gray did state his ex
act position.
He resigned.
They didn't accept it.
Who, then, is responsible for
heedlessness?
Not, I respectfully suggest, Mr.
Gray.
Raoul Pierczinski
PRAYER BEFORE F60TBALL
I haven't been in attendance
at pany college football games
in recent years, so it may be
that I'm out of touch' with Cus
son. Until the other night at the
Wake . Forest - South Carolina
football game, I don't believe
that I had ever heard an invoca
tion pronounced before the eve
ning's festivities got under way
Dr. Harold Tribble, Wake Forest
president, did it and a mighty
fine thing it was. Al Rcsch in
Chatham News.
ehiric)
DO
l iTS CI
bri the pseudo-educated
These are the people who ap
preciate paintings from the bot
tom up that is, after seeing the
painter's name they then have a
proper reaction ready to hand
and can tell you whether the
painting is good or bad. These
are the people who dogmatically
take up the latest fads, whether
they be painless childbirth or
Kalka. And -these people out
rage the common sense of the
layman by assuming a patroniz
ing air toward the honest farmer
or businessman, . for instance,
who probably has twice his native
wit but who,-unfortunately has
not read Proust. They know' that
culture is the money of the mind
and like to rattle a little of the
small change in their pockets
And culture is the one currency
we ought not to detiase ....
Now the educator, for his part,
points out that wisdom and. vir-ture-are
identical, Qie wise man
is the goo man; ind it is the
educated plan therefore who
makes the. best citizen. Educators
very properly insist that "respect
for the truth is an acquired
taste," and that acquiring it may
take a long- time and a lot, of
work and intellectual discipline,
and may cost a lot of money. It
is not necessarily acquired by
practical training and experience,
since this training puts its em
phasis on how to get things done
and not on, values. And the edu
cators further, answer that edu
cation is something more than
knowing the fashionable literary
name; for education, as former
President Conant of Harvard
said, fs what is left after all that
has been learned has been for
gotten ....
On the result of this open warfare:
This division between the aca
demic community , on the one
hand and the rest of society on
the other has reached the alarm
ing stage. "Academaniac" and
egghead are some of the kind
lier epithets hurled by the busi
ness community, and business
men resent being patronized as
Babbitts and hollow men for
their part. This is a great pity as
it strikes at the root of what
made North Carolina a great
state- Governor Aycock's idea
that if you educate the people the
economic improvement ' of the
state will follow automatically.
Yet society today takes the atti
tude and, expressed this attitude
EiT3 ri hi a ssi i c
wj wj 1 1 m a
in concrete form in the last Leg
islature that we will raise the
material standard of living, then
we will see to education. And
yet education is not blameless.
Both the educator and the busi
nessman seem to feel that they
can get along without each other.
How many professors are asked
to serve on corporate boards; and
how many businessmen are con
sulted by a classics department,
for example, as to how to put
their case properly to founda
tions or the community? . . . .
Higher education is in danger
of losing-its place in North' Car
olina if this' drift continues; and
North Carolina is in danger of
losing its place in the national
economy if this happens . . .
Judge L. Richardson Preyer at
VC Founder's Day
oerhnqen r;
'tab- I 1
Murtcfy Doy
Geneva Sphli
Dave ftlundy
(The latest trans-Atlivtic post ,-t
brought The Daily Tar Heel a
Mundy, exchange student at Goer:
this year. Mundy saya fie n fl hav?
observations of student life in Ger
as the term expires on November 0
he is typically gloomy about "TI
era." Mundy is a former Daily x0(."
nist. Editors.)
BERLIN While ostensibly n c ;
Germany to observe German life, 1 r
to make a reportorial digression ir I
purpose of the UNC-Goettingen s:
program. The political situation, t;
Geneva," which looks quite difforcr;
supposed to look, as far as one Amor
is concerned.
GAMUT OF OPINION .
Since seeing my last of the u. S -have
had many occasions to discus ;
tional situation with people from a:
nation. .Naturally, their views have v
the whole possible gamut, reactionary t
ist. Even with this allowance, I feci q.
in raying that the U. S. is currently .
greatest series of mistakes since the -war
days when Communism was in c:
teed custody of Eastern Europe and r
series of mistakes, the "Spirit of re
phrase goes, is insuring permanent Coir.r
ination of areas now under their cont.i
ting the stage for further advances ir,
Asia, the Middle East especially, France
The "Spirit of Geneva" actually K;,
long before the smiling faces of the P;;
shall Bulganin and Comrade KruUhevr.
eva.
SOFTENING
Since the last U. S. Congrcssion;
11 c:
has been a great "softening" of the U
towards Communist China. The fact thy
ening" has been concealed fiom the f--home
makes it all the more obvious f. :
tance.
The first evidence that the 'spirit n
be a disastrous one occurred in Sinp,
tant from the diplomatic receptions and
of Europe and America. The instance
nation of Lin Yutang as head of the F
TT: ft.. --.! u u .1 1 ..
uiiivcx buy , vviiim iidu uftii set u;j w
Chinese university education for Ch:r,
in Malaya. Already by late 1954 it uv
Southeast Asia that the U. S. was evcn'.s
to recognize Red China, ditch Chiang c
piddling around and grant a few bilh
military aid for the sake of the Amcric-
all ii-hila it ii'i-itrc Qmithp-Jtt Aiin riff.,;?
too complex to bother with.
The result has been to establish F: :
"THE" power in Asia. The Chinese a
people of Chinese extraction in Asia ha
all hope of a free China, and have it,
selves to eventual Communist don::::
sitting on the fence have gone over!.
tempting to change their colors.
SIGN OF FAILURE
The latest sign of failure is the ret;;:':
of Hugon Ifanke, who was premier 0.
government-in-exile, a government sh
recognized by four countries. The ti
the satellite countries are bein? q.iite
uiuiiiiii'-; cjii men jjuji i.uauLiu.i
posed Beria. This, with the friendly c
the west, has broken the spit it of t
Hcsi, na." ui UM.11 tiic spun ui i.
nt!11 1 . f .1 . .. rx r-. rT r-r' M ' -
still iitipniy iur ah eiiu iu luiuihv
on their homelands.
The "Spirit of Geneva" is in if;
the sorest thorn in the flesh of the S
sibility of losing their satellites. Men:
Middle East, Italy, and France, the '
are getting a new lease on life as t.
of peace." Last year, due to U.S. sup?-:
ic prosperity, the communist parties
France were on the electoral detent "
are again increasing in significance.
DISTRACTION
The new "Spirit", which certainly
exist without U. S. support, is drivir.-j
anti-communist Europeans almost to
talked recently to a professor who but
ago stuffed a few clothes into a tniv
fled to West Germany. In the r(';';
own country he put the problem l'Ke '
years, even with peaceful Ea-t-V1
Communist indoctrination, in Ea4
have been so successful that Ger'1'1''
forever divided." The statement w
the hope that the Communists w;1 r
West Germany to their already wd -
JO OUDSilTUIU
. Sound Classic
Education
May Iscuo Correction
IN OUR May issue report on J"
tion lecture series, read EnripiJc 1
Thomas More, instead of Moore; ;";
than propylae.
Also, in her lecture on fam-)- 1
logical sites. Dr. Cobbs of Swart! "
color slide ot the road which (" - ,
traveled to the Temple of ApoM :d 1
From the Barnard (College) Al
July 1955.