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Lead To Ruin Of Schools
The report this week of the
stale's Advisory Committee on Vd
uraticn on segrejatiVm-integration
will undoubtedly lead to a jio
jKsed change in the constitution
of this state.
The strte's voters, if asked to
vote on the-proposals - of the com
mitter, will have the fate of North
Carolina public schools in their
hands. '
The reMrt, prepared after many
months' work by the committee,
was not law. It contained piojxisals
for the state in dealing with the
Supreme Court's-, ruling outlawing
racial segregation in the country's
public schools. A special session of
the Ceneral Assembly, probably
meeting this summer, is expected
to consider heavily the report and
to draft specific legislation. That
legislation w ill be presented to the
people in the form of constitutional
amendments.
What many observers missed in
leading the report, we feel, was
the main jxint: Voluntary segrega
tion. When the wild controversy about
scgTeat n Mi-int egr. . ion dies down,
said the report, "then we can ac
hieve the voluntary separation
vhi h our governor and other state
leaders have so widely advocated."
The second big point the re
port made was that of grants-in-aid.
The report called for:
Authority for the General Assem
bly to provide from public funds
financial grants to be paid toward
the education of any child assigned
against the wishes of his parents to
a school in which the races are mixed
such grants to be available for edu
cation only in , nonsectarian schools
and only when such child cannot be
conventiently assigned to a non-mixed
public school.
This means, we believe, that
school districts which' wanMo have
integrated schools can do sobut
parents who object may apply for
and get grants from the state to
send their children to other, seg
regated schools.
Finally, the rejort included a
provision for abolishing the public
school system. The provision asked
for:
Authority for any local unit created
pursuant'to law and under conditions
to be prescribed by the General As
sembly, to suspend by majority vote
the operation of the public schools
in that unit, notwithstanding present
constitutional provisions for public
schools.
This means a majority of the
parents in an integrated school
district, if they disagree with mix
ed education, could abolish the iifi
teg-rated school turn it into a pri
vate corporation and this could
only lead to ruination of the edn.
t at ion system.
The voters of the state will prob
ably be asked to vote on a plan of
this type- If they fail to under
stand the awful threat such a sys
tem poses, they will be signing
away their rights to the free pub
lic schools which the state's con
stitution presently guarantees.
Not All Accomplishments
The list of the accomplishments
of student body President Don
Fov ler's administration, when stud
ied thoroughly; boils down to very
lew actual accomplishments after
all. !
F vl er listel "Ay s ' ' admin istra
tiuu's j accomplishments in a state
ment published yesterday- . And
they amounted to very little.
Fine, student government has.
under Fo'-Vr's leadership, revised
the student Constitution. A $200
m hoi.iYfhip-. fund has been - estab
lished for a self-help freshman with
the highest academic average, i t
Fowler and student government
have done all they can to free the
students from the intolerable al.
sence rule. Butihe other accom
plishments listed by the president
either haven't been carried out,
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or they were merely coincidental
with his term of office.
Nothing concrete has been told
the students about the lowering of
prices for dates' tickets at athletic
functions. "It is possible,'' said
Fowler, "that lower - priced' date
tickets will be a feature of all home
games next year." It always has
been, "possible'; that , reductions
would be made. What the students
want to know is. Will dates get in
Kenan Stadium for less money?
The president's Traffic Com
mittee, which recently got its
wings, is not what the trustees
asked for when they said:
" (The problem of student auto
mobiles here should) be laid in the
laps of the students themselves with
a demand for action, with the
view that those most affected will
soonest discover a feasible plan."
Another "accomplishment" of
Fowler's administration was made
even before lie was elected presi
dent. It concerned the establish
ment of a student government ex
ecutive secretary. Student legisla
tors passed measures providing for
the executive secretary's office sev
eral weeks before the spring elec
tion. While the lady was hired last
fall, during Fowler's term, her job
was made long before.
Two more points that Fowler
cited Graham Memorial and ,the
Student Entertainment' Commit
teewere merely coincidental with
his administration. .
Granted, Fowler is chairman of
the Graham Memorial Hoard of
Directors, which recently approved
several policy changes and the pro
vision of a new director of the stu
dent union. Hut the changes and
provision were no more a part of
his administration as president of
the student body than was the out
come of the Dixie Classic.
The Student Entertainment
Committee, the president reported,
is doing advance work on next
year's schedule. That, too, is mere
ly coincidental.
If the president is going to claim
for his administration the credit
lor these two improvements, may-"
be he should take the blame for the
Wake Forest basketball fight and
yesterday's rain, too.
ESP, Anyone?
We were very happy to have
Dukes Dr. J, H. Rhine, the extra
sensory perception man, over from
Durham the other night.
But, you know, somehow we just
knew he was coming, long before
the announcement of his talk was
made.
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A letter signed "Juan Niedetmeyet," a name not listed in the
University's Office of Central Records, has drawn varied comment
and criticism following its printing in the March 24 Daily Tar Heel.
Niedetmeyet, who says he is a . student' from the University , of,
Chicago visiting "the so-called 'liberal University of North Caro
lina," said he is "shocked and disgusted by the way you so-called
Southin genrmin' are acting in your campus elections." ' -
The letter criticized campus politicians 'for using segregation
integration as an election issue when they have ho power over the
Supi me Court's decision. . , ..
In the March 27 issue of The Daily Tar Heel, two letters were
published under the headline, "Segregation Issue: Pro & Con." Now,
a new flock of letters about Niedetmeyet have arrived. One of them
is printed below. V
'If We Lose this One . ; . I'm Going Back To Maryland'
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Caroleidoscop,
For all our Carolina gmlk
have a hidden hankering k eB
cators, we would like to ll ? u
a day of "ostracism" that t
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of their governmental proceri,;
credited with its conr.L Gdur
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CHANCELLOR HOUSE ANSWERS;
What Are University's Tasks?
Robert House
(Here are excerpts from an
address by Chancellor Robert
House to the recent State of
the University conference.)
We have one of the truly dis
tinguished faculties in the uni
versity world. But, I don't say
this as a compliment. I say it to
introduce this point, namely,
that it is the most distinguished
faculty we are likely to have in
the next few years because, of
(1)" the absolute national short
age of trained faculty personnel
and 2) the relatively declining
resources in money ... ,
Our work is inevitably expand
ing. A hundred years ago a uni
versity was two-fold:' faculty and
students in rcsdience. Fifty years
ago a unversity- was three-fold;
faculty, resident students, re
search, enterprsie. Today a uni
versity is manifold; teaching, re
search, many forms of direct ser
vice, extension classes in the
field, intensive short courses,
press, and radio, television,
teaching the whole state and con
, nected with the, whole world in
an educational way. . .
I believe our task is to:
(1) Preserve. t h e Graduate
School, not only 'because it is the
apple of the faculty eye and the
seed bedof the additional'tech
ers we need, but because, it is an
. inspiration to even the freshmen
to be in a place where wonder
ful things are" going on.
(2) Perserve the field of free
elective courses and leave it to
each professor to operate with
fre.edom, because he will then
be doing what he can best do and
can then convey most surely his
own enthusiasm to his students.
(3) In the education of fresh
men and sophomores, move to
large classes, emphasize a good
lecture hour, use aids (even us
ing advanced undergraduates to
give the quizzes, grade papers,
and check on reading). I saw
Bliss Perry do this with a class
of several hundred at Harvard
forty years ago. I can testify that
results were distinguished. We
have great lecturers - here. We
can use them to greater advant
age ...
Mr. Niedetmeyet:
, You have come down with the
attitude which, we of the South
have come to believe, is typic
ally northern.
You look around yoU with . a
feeling of God-like superiority
and pass judgment on' people
that you do not know on a prob
lem that does not concern you.
And then you enflame the feel
ings of a proud people by refer
ring to the last time we started
rebelling.
You do not understand the
problem of the South. We are
faced with 337 years of history,
sociology, economics and human
relations. The paternal benevo
lence of our far-removed fore
fathers was turned into fear for
their economic and social sys
tems and a human distrust and
prejudice against those that
challenged them.
I want you to understand that
that means not only the Negro
but also you and those like you.
This fear and distrust and preju
dice has been worn . into the
hearts of our fathers and mo
thers and has found its way 'into
many of ours.
The feelings of the southerner
toward the Negro have become
a part of his personality. It is
a pitiable condition, but not?
one deserving the contempt with
which you damn it.
The feelings of the South
cannot be torn down overnight.
The Supreme Court has settled
the issue, but it will take years
for the ideal that they seek to .
be completed. -
Integration must be integrated
with the personalities of the
southern people. .
This is a real problem to U3.
To you it is no problemi'so you ;
can sit back as the pioui juge
and tell us where we arei wrong. .
I, personally, am proud jthat 'the '
campus politicians have the
"guts" -to face, this" issue. -
I feel 'sure that the majority
of the people in the South be
lieve as I do that integration is
.eventually inevitable, but the
major difference of opinion is:
When shall it happen?
Students on this or any other
campus have the right to line
up behind the office-seeker who
expresses their views. There is
nothing extraordinary about
this; this is the reason that one
man is a Republican and another
is a Democrat.
Integration is a problem 0?
this University; the campus
politicians must, . unless they
want to avoid the issue, tell
how they stand.
You are not trying to under
stand the South. You are look
ing at the South with half closed
eyes, a narrow mind and a
judging attitude. If we are to
be judged, we insist that we be
judged by our peers.
Jim Preston
year .
of. any person, be ho an e bf Pten
peddler, and drop it iZto TZ?
be totaled at the end 0f the h
ner would be . ostracized in !u 8nd t:'
where one candidate was over??
execution was the sentence rRir--
Now why couldn't we or-ani
at Carolina? And, if we did6 So,.
to go? ' who omdbe;
..Representative Melvin Price m.r,
line with the many administrators I'"
ed by the grave shortage nf
fields. .. . f mea'n!hf,
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Said Rep. Price, Ve are sear
Soviet Union as regards numben 1
have only a slight lead in umh
From here on, the Russians show?0''
ening the difference-.ad to
According to Price, the only
hrs situation will he by appropria n
for a ''crash program" to increase pA?
ily the number of adequately trained v
engineers. . m 5f;?-
KIeanor.:S. Loman, specialist in Sovx
International Education, U. s. 0 fi '& rfl
explained, "The emphasis on
schools contrasts sharply with the s
United States. Whereas each 0 f ih 1
000,(XK) Soviet students graduating
schools last June had taken fivers" !
one year, of astronomy, four years of CV .'.
Of biology 10 of mathematics incl-t .
geometry .and trigonometry, less than jV
total of approximately the sam(,
can high school graduates had taken as r
year of chemistry." ;
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About SilentSz
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Woody Sears
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The balmy weather of spring always bri:?;
busloads of high school kids from all over i
" ! hare' noticed- the buses as tbey roll fc
campus,Uvith male passengers whistling at 'i
i and the.. female contingency yelling and ;
the men oi the campus.
Being curious as to what, if anything i-
children think of our campus, I approached!
-of-them -near, their bus in the Planetaria ,".
lot.
There were several girls on the edge of & :
so I began with a ruse of discreet inquis.':"
"Pardon me," I began apologetically, ?
girls coeds?" They looked at each other a;i;
Finally, one of the replied, "Oh no, sir. f:
visiting." j
That" no sir" routine unnerved me s!:
pulled off my dark glasses and remembers
should have shaved more recently.
I explained to them that I wanted to do a-'
in the school paper on what the visiting?'
high-schoolers thought of the campus. Ti?: .:
at each other again, so I realized that 1 cc
Jeft the glasses on. "Surely," I pleaded, "i
be something here that you like." More
Finally, in desperation, I turned to a r
a wedding ring on her finger, so I assu.T.?
wasn't a high-schooler and might possibly be -into
saying something. It turned out that
one of the mothers who had come along ai ' .
erone.
,1 asked her if there was anything in
. about the campus that had caught her fetf
was indeed something she liked. It
and quiet of the campus, and the casual
way of the people she had seen. Anil cjj
thought the campus grounds were bean!": j
looks so restful," she said. "I think I
the rest of my life here."
By (his'time more of the group had
the fringe areas. Again I faced the Br--;:
of faces and asked if there weren't some:. ,
the campus they liked. More giggle ,.
"I like the girls," said one freckle-f
titter of laughter ensued, during which 0-
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At last, one Trave little girl said s!e
Planetarium show, and another ad' -the
air conditioning." f
This must have broken the ice, r.
started talking about how pretty the tre .
that they had got a drink from th V,
how they would like to come here to
T fpit f ht th fim hid come to CIO-" "
when one boy asked me who the S'
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for t-1
soldier with thp pun. I mumt
wished them a good trip home and i;J;.
I returned to the comparative
The Daily Tar Heel office and had jc,:.
tried to remember what I thS
when I first fame here as a h&h s '
on a bus with a similar group. t'.:
I guess I must have been like "e :V
by the Planetarium. I'm real'' 150 I,,
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mat 1 didn't nouce ic .tlil!rr
le time when I came here a -
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I'm glad I saved something
kid with an eye for statues. 4
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