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The editors faUe a look at fhs
state of leadership in The Campus
Crisis. See editorial on this' pi:.
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NO. 43
Complete UF) Wire Service
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 195S
Offices In Graham Memorial
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Chairman Butler Talks Tonight
ratic National Chairman Paul Butler will speak tonight to
oung Democrats. Students who have not bought tickets -mitted
to the talk, to be given in Lenoir Hall's Blue Room;
m., according to the local organization. Congressman -Carl''
rom Chapel Hill will share the program with Butler.
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tier, chairman of the
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stimated 250 people to
ic Blue Roam of Lenoir
banquet begins at 7 p.m.
ned for the chief of the. demo
cratic party. He will be met by a
caravan at the Raleigh Durham
Airport at 1:37 p.m. and" escorted
to Durham where he will be met
Of Leadership
Aill be guest of honor . by city officials and hold a press
XC Young Democratic
will share the program
rcssman Carl Durham,
the of the Sixth Con
I District, and John W.
X.C. House of Repre-
tured address will be
lie public and will be
over campus
f at 8 p.m.
chedule has been plan-
conference. At 4 o'clock Butler
will make a guest appearance oh
television. ,
Herbert L. Toms, Concord law
student and chairman of the
Arangcments Committee, announc
ed that W.E. Graham Jr., president
of the UNC club, will be toastmas
ter. The Rev. Charles Hubbard,
station ! pastor of the University Method
ist Church, will offer the invoca
(See BUTLER, page 4)
21 AND DANCE:
nton Plays Today
' Germans Dancers
Benton and his celebrat-S-iecd
orchestra arrive
tonight's fall formal
bsored by the UNC Ger
b. 1 WU hold a concert in
! Hall between 3 to 6
well as highlighting to
:ace in Woollen Gym
.tween 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
er Kenton will feature
1 Ann Richards, who
"sic history with her
ton recording, "A-Ting-
J. who has been hailed
crn America's Man of
ts a recording artist for
Records. For the past
;secutive years, he has
? winner of Down Beat
e's popularity poll as
jf - nation's number
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?f They'll
Rearing
he Dance
pEG HUMPHREY
nce is emphasized in the
t PJrty clothes with tho
Jas, satins and velvets
;;s in popularity.
of c!iampaSne colors
! oriental look with the
7 b0lh sophistication and
' y drifts from the por-
asmon pace setters.
-ons in the formal de
.l include knitted two
'jnals, printed gowns in
f ASU10XS, page 4)
The German Club, which in
cludes representatives of 13 so
cial fraternities and which spon- .
sors three dances - yearly, is
headed this year by Tom Morre
of Winston-Salem, of Sigma Al
pha Epsilon. His sponsor for to
night's dance will be Miss Mary
Lee LaFar of Gastonia. . . . . .
Other officers and their -spon-,
sors will be Pat .Patterson, Wil
son, vice-president, with Miss
Margaret Edmundson, Wilson;
Noel' Sullivan, Chapel Hill, sec
retary, with Miss Ann Gobbel,
Chapel Hill; and Bob Mason,
Charlotte, treasurer, w ith Miss
Esten Bohannon, Charlotte.
To Talk To
.Students
Officials
Visitors from the Board of Trus
tees will be here today to consult
with University officials and stu
dents. One member of the group, Vic
tor Bryant Sr. of Durham, said
yesterday he knew the question
of student automobiles will come
up. .
The group will meet from 10
a.m. until 5 p.m., with two hours
off for lunch. ; '
The group is the subcommittee
of the Visiting Committee of the
Board of". Trustees. It is headed
by Hill . Yarborough, Louisburg,
and members are Mrs. Mebane
Burgwyn, Jackson; . H. L. Riddle
Jr., Moreanton, and Victor S. Bry
ant of Durham.
William' P. Saunders of Aber
deen, chairman of the full Visiting!
Committee, also, will be with the
group.
STARTS AT 10
The meeting will begin today at
10 a.m. in the Morehead Building's
University, Room, at .which tim
Acting President J. j Harris Purki
and Chancellor Robert House will
speak, briefly to the group.
From, 10:45 to noon, the com
mittee will discuss student affairs.
A representative group of stu
dents, -under the chairmanship of.
President Don : Fowler,, will meet
with the committee from 11:15, to
noon.
Members of the student commit
tee, according to Fowler, are Jack
Stevens, student body vice presi
dent; Lewis Brumfield, Men's Th
terdormitory Council president;
Ed Borden, Interfraternity Coun
cil president; Pat Patterson, stu
dent council chairman; Ogburn
Yates, Men's Council chairman;
Miss Joan Purser, chairman of
the Women's Council; Miss Mary
Gillespie, Panhellenic Council
president; Miss Sue Fink, Wom
en's Residence Council chairman;
Louis Kraar and Ed Yoder, Daily
Tar Heel co-editors;
Ed McCurry, Grail delegate;
Graham Rights, YMCA president;
Miss Sally Folger, YWCA presi
dent; Jim Monteith of the Student
Traffic Committee; Dave Reid, at
torney general;
Miss Martha Stogner, Indepen
dent Women's Council president;
Bob Young, Graham Memorial Ac
tivities Board president, and Jerry
Martin, National Stude'nt Assn.
chairman.
After the student affairs dis
cussion, the committee, along with
the student group, will hold a
luncheon inXenoir Hall from noon
to 2 p.m. .
A discussion on academic af
fairs, led by Dean C. P, Spruill and
associates, will be held from 2 to
2:45 p.m. after which Dr. H. T.
Clark Jr. of the Division of Health
Affairs and associates will lead the
(See TRUSTEE, page 4)
The Visiting Committee of the Board of Trustees comes to
campus today amid the greatest student crisis in a college gen.
eration.
Student leadership is crippled, and student self-government
has slipped and broken its backbone.
Perhaps some of the visiting trustees will feel that we exag
gerate, for few students are aware ok this crisis. .But in that
very fact-lies the problem. Students lack leadership in their
affairs-and they don't even realize it.
The University student body enjoys unique rights of self
government, making their own laws in the area of student af
fairs and appropriating a Sioo.ooo budget each year with no
faculty or administrative control. As a system, the Carolina
way is ideal and affords the best training in citizenship and
government imaginable.
But, in the short span of a few years, the elected leaders of
tlits campus have forgotten their mission to lead.
A referendum notion of popular sovereignty has made the
student President ineffective. Lack of interest has turned the
student Legislature into a debating society thickly populated
with inexperienced freshmen and sophomores and well out
of contact with the mass of students. And the campus judi
ciary groups the last stronghold of leadership now have al
lowed themselves to get hopelessly aloof from their constitu
ents. :"''..
We drift, a- college generation without purpose. The think
ing element ol the campus is evidently either repulsed by the
coercive tactics of the present "leaders" or embittered by vain
efforts at reform.
Campus demagogues flourish by the handful, each dispens
ing his own brand of ' democracy, homespun and kept clean
for election use only. These students talk of "representing the
students" when they are reall talking about furthering their
own causes. The demagogues are full of gripes, but they have
no solution to campus problems.
As evidence of this disgusting situation, .we cite:'
i. The latest platlorms of both campus political parties and
their' mosts recent meetings. :
(The platlorms are artworks of 'meaningless generalities;
party meetings make a shame of the-democratic 'process.)
'(See THE CAMPUS CRISIS, page 2,)
Mens
Trials
Council Lists
For
Semester
A "periodical report" from the
Men's Honor Council was issued
to The Daily Tar Heel yesterday.
"Thus far this fall," said the
report, "the Men's Council has
tried a total of 13 cases. Seven of
these occurred around the time
final exams were given last spring
and were held over until this fall.
In addition," the report said, "10
cases tried late last spring are in
cluded in this report.
"The council tried 40 students
in connection with these 23 cases,
33 for alleged Honor Code viola
tions, and two for alleged Campus
Code violations," said the report.
"Of the 38 tried on Honor Code
charged, 14 were found guilty,
and 24 not guilty," reported the
council. "Of these 14,- 11 were
suspended, and three placed on
probation for one or more semes
ters." '
The report said, "Of the two
tried on Campus Code charges both
were found guilty. One was placed
on probation and the other given
an official reprimand."
PROBATION "
"During this time," continued
the report, "four out of five re
quests for removal from probation
were granted, and all three re
quests for reinstatement into the
University , were granted."
The council reported, "The Sum
mer Council tried 11 students, in
seven cases. There were five Honor
Code cases involving seven stu
dents, six of whom were found
guilty, and one not guilty. Two
of the six were suspended and the
other four placed on probation for
one or more semesters. Of the four
students involved in two Campus
Code cases tried by the Summer
Council, two were found guilty
and given official reprimands. In
addition," said the report, "two
students were reinstated into the
University, and two students were
removed from probation.
"As evidence of the increasing
awarenes in the Honor System at
Carolina," said the report "four of
the 13 cases tried so far this fall
were reported by students.
VARIETY
'"The kinds of cases the Men's
Council has handled have involv
ed," said the report, "are:
"Students who cheated and re
fused to admit their guilt, but who
were convicted anyway by strong
evidence;
"Students who cheated and ad
mitted their guilt once brought be
fore the council, facing their mis
take squarely at last;
"Students who cheated and readi
( See' REPORT, page 4) '
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In Campus
Address To
Legislature
By NEIL BASS
The student Legislature closed
out its 19th Assembly last night by
passing a bill to leave the selection
of editor candidates for The Daily
Tar Heel up to a Selections Board,
and by listening to President Don
Fowler's State of the Campus Ad
dress. .
The legislators also approved the
creation of : .a Constitutional Re
visional Commission for the pur
pose of suggesting "revisions" to
the present Student Constitution.
President Fowler, who touched
on- six major areas involving stu
dent government and the student
body, 'devoted the larger portion
of his speech to chastising The
Daily Tar Heel for reporting "in
accuracy" and editorial "irrespon
sibility." 1
"This year, we have all been ap
palled not only by the inaccuracy
in the comparatively simple job of
reporting; a news story, but more
by the juvenile :anticsL of the edi
tors," Fowler asserted. He lam
basted the editors further by say
ing, "The members oft our.Legis-
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Candidates Preparing For Tuesday's Elections
Candidates are plastering the campus buildings with posters in
anticipation of the elections to be held Tuesday. Class officerships
and seats in the student Legislature will be filled by the elections.
Above, left to right, are two candidates, Bob Fcrrell and Jim Arm
strong, are shown putting up their posters. (Henley Photo.)
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On
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lib
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mit an account may result in a
fine of $1. If the fine is not paid
'A copy of all campaign litera
ture, an itemized description of
lature should continuously guard an' oiner expenses-and a com-, wiinm uveniy-iour nours 01 us oc-
against such" blatant irresponsibfir-1 'r''uuj-aiw,6iivu,,Bw- vUiw .u..uua. "... v
ty which "can only reflect discrediVi mentvpf r expenditures must . be qualified, said McLean.
to our school." ' " " '
IUI11CU 111 IU lilJ UCtUUll UUdlU
at the student government office
;i"Wc must not .allow ourselves in Graham Memorial, before 6 p.m.,
to .be intimidated by i critical or
even libelous editorials . . . If the
editors continue, to fail in their re
sponsibilities, then they should be
removed from office just as the
president of the student body or
any other student government of
ficer should be removed when he
is guilty of mal-performance of
his duty," he said.
Other major areas touched on by
Fowler included:
(1) The student car problem.
Fowler urged the establishment of
a storage 'parking lot where Gen
eral College students living in
dormitories and fraternities would
be required to leave their cars dur
ing the week.
(2) Student government finances.
Fowler urged that the Legislature
enact a law restricting student gov
ernment organizations to make it
impossible for them to over-spend
their budgets.
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The Legislature also passed a bill
enabling the polls to be opened
at 8 a.m. on coming fall election
day, and approved the naming of
Bill Formyduvall to the Student
Audit Board, and John Black, Ken
Anderson and Miss Laura Ervin to
the Elections Board.
Monday. -
According to the announcement
from Bill McLean, Elections Board
chairman, bills should accompany
these statements. If a candidate
has had no expenses he should
submit a signed statement to that
effect, said the announcement.
This is a requirement under the
election laws and failure to sub-
Another announcement from the
Elections Board said anyone wish
ing an absentee ballot must con
tact McLean before 5 o'clock this
evening. This is the deadline for
absentee ballots unless the student
desiring to vote must unexpected
ly leave the campus, said the bul
letin. The ballots must be re
turne, with the signature of the
voter, in a scaled envelope to the
Elections Board before the polls
close next Tuesday.
(See ELECTIONS, parje 4)
IT'S NOT FROST:
Why Do Lea vs F s
Botanist Gives Ans
By W. A. VAN TREUREN
Contrary to what some be
lieve, frost does not start the
process that sends the leaves of
campus trees tumbling to the
groend. Frost only kills the
leaves.
The real answer as to how
soon students can expect to see
the trees, base is as follows, ac
cording to Dr. C. R. Bell of the
UNC Department of Botany.
In the fall of the year, a num
ber of cells at the base of the
petiole (leafstalk) become mark
edly different in their makeup
and form a layer of thin-wralled
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Julia AcCunougn
with Don McMillan
Shelia Cronan
with Harold Mitchtjl
Carol Cooke
with Gordon Brown
Melissa Peden
Jane Little
with George Rapdale with Mark CKsrry
Mary Jo Wolcott
with Jack Spooner
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with Hosea Wilson
Martha Wilkinson
with Rivers Upchurch
Carolyn Dickson
with Ray Newsome
cells called the abscission layer
across the leaf stalk's base.
In a lot of trees such as those
on the campus, the formation of
this leaf abscission layer starts
when the days of fall become
shorter. If a dry spell lasts very
long the leaf abscission is speed
ed up.
The abiscission layer .begins
to break up soon after it has
formed because of the separation
of the cell walls. This breaking
up goes on until the leaf hangs
on to the stem only by strands
of conducting and strengthen
ing tissues called vascular bund
les of the leaf's stalk.
The frost and winds now step
in -to break up the abscission
layers and vascular bundles.
When this happens the leaf
falLs to the ground.
If yoc examine the spot where
the leaf was hopefully hanging
on, you will see that a iayer of
bark-like cells has formed a pro
tective covering over the leaf
scar. The shape of this scar "de
notes what kind of tree it is,
just as did the leaf.
If you go to the tropics, you
will find the same process go
ing on in absence of the frot.
When you see leaves hanging
jng on in defiance of the winds
and rains you can conclude that
the abscission layer failed t
form or that the vascular bund
les of the petiole didn't break.
The leaves you see on the
ground fell because it was thy
end of their growing season,
just as humans die because ul
old age. i