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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEE. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1957 Modern College Athletics: Clarification About Tatum A great deal ol student .sentiment. 'Jlie Daily Tar 1 1 eel lound out 'yesterday; is with head Tooth: !1 Coach hn Tatum. A large nuniler ol jeople complained that this column had mis represented Tatum and his relation to athletics here. The Daily Tar Heel did not mean to say a lot ol things people thought it said. Through a combination ol had writing and readers' misinterpretation ol what thev read, we suppose, this newspaper's stand on the coach was mis understood. .... - We do not believe that; Tatum is an ogre who will recruit foot hall talent here at am cost. On the contrary, lie has staed lv lTnivers h. conl'erertce and NCAA rules like rosin on ;. tree-trunk. He has striven to accept players who lit in to the I'niversity's conception - ol a student, and when they have shown unw ilhngncs to stay in line, he has disciplined them. All this time Coach Tatum has been under the pressure that modern-day athletics 'demands ol a coach. As a coach under these con ditions, he has done an admirable job. He has instituted study halls for members o ft he football team: he has been especially watchful oyer his players when they have been open to the temptations that con front all students. He has, by all available rejxirts, kept his record and the I'niversity's retold clean. Some readers thought The Daily Tar Heel was accusing- Tatum of indulging in corrupt practices. We did not mean this. We offered the examples of parties, bribes and similar practices as examples of the tactics other coaches in the I'nittfd States have used in the past to secure talented, much-sought-after plavers for their football and basketball teams. There is no indication, and we did not mean to imply, that Tatum was one of these coaches. Some readers thought we' were saving Tatum is disliked. Nothing could be 'more misleading. He is liked a great deal, both on this campus and throughout the sjxrt- iivj world. He is respected as a coach and as a human by most of the people who llaTe ever met him. Tatum, as head football coach, is the paid agent of thellitivers- y whose job is to produce a football team, and, at the same time, to stay wjtmn the bounds of what the University and its conference feel are goxl ethics. Jle does his 'job well. But The Daily :Tar Heel feels "the University not Tatum. but the University should attempt to raise its standards even higher than they are now. In that .way, none of the horror - of situations like those near home and on the West Coast would come to Caro lina. ' , We feel the University, using sheer vvillx)wer, shoujd create an The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of tbe Publications Board of tbe University of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday and examination and vacation periods and summer terms Entered as second class matter in th( post office in Chapel Hill, N. C. undei the Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rater, mailed, $4 per year, $2.50 a semes ter; delivered, $6 a year,-$3.50 a temei ter. it goo I Editor FRED POWLEDGE Managing Editor CHARLIE SLOAN News Editor NANCY HILL Business Manager BILL BOB PEEL Sprts Editor LARRY CHEEK EDITORIAL STAFF Woody Sear. Frank Crowther, David Mundy, Cort land Edwards. NEWS STAFF Clarke Jones, Pringle Pipkin. Edith MacKinnon, Wally Ku ralt, Mary Alys Voorhees, Graham Snyder, Neil Bass, Page Bernstein, Peg Humphrey, Phyllis Maultsby, Ben Taylor, Walter Schruntek, H-Joost Po lak. Patsy Miller. " BUSINESS STAFF Rosa Moore, Johnny Whitaker, Dick Leavitt. SPORTS STAFF: Dave Bird, Ron Milliagn. Wible, Stewart Subscription Manager Dale Staley Advertising Manager Fred Katzin Circulation Manager Charlie Holt Assistant Sports Editor. ... Bill King Staff photographer Librarian Norman Kantor . .1. Sue Gishner Proof Reader ManJey Springs Night Editor Graham Snyd-.r Night News Editor JLL Charlie Sloan athletic policy that tocs even high er at present and at present it is higher than conference regulations state. Then we would never need to worry about infractions. Then, T: - urn. instead of spending a ircat deal of his time worrying alxuit his player's academic standings, their oil-the-lield behavior and j.revailiiii; student feeling about them, could get down to the job he was hired to do to turn out a good football team. The other problems would be already solved. We find the fault with the ad ministration, not with Tatum. The coach has done everything he could do to keep the I'niversity's name high on the list of still-honorable institutions. With the administra tion's help, he could take it to the top of the list permanently. If vesterdav's editorial implied or said anything else, we apologize. Dr. Horn s Words Will Be Missed It is almost unnatural to hear a I'niver.sity official stand up like a man and say what he believes. Yet that is what retiring University Li brarian Andrew Horn did this week. He condemned the States Ad visory Budget Commission for not having the good sense to give the University what it needs for li brary books and journals. He sounded like a man who had just about given up all hope for North Carolina's ability to pn gress. " ' We agree with Dr. Horn. And his statement makes us remember that, when he is gone, there will be one less man on this campus who exercises the freedom to say what he Relieves. That makes the total less than a doen. 'Merit' Won't Help Solve Pay Raises The state budget for the next bieunium which went to the legis lature Monday night calls for a pay raise of .i per cent for teachers and S per cent for other state em ployees. , The contrast between those pro jxised raises and the substantial one of 20 per cent accorded the Coun cil of State members cannot help but be striking. Hut probably subject to even more question will be the recom mendation as to "base rates of pay" which would grant increases only "on merit". Ts" there to be no question of "merit" about the members of the Council of State who have , just got their so per cent? Who is to determine the ques tion of merit for teachers and other state employees and the amount of it? And will the merit be meas ured by immediate superiors or by some committee versed in the lore of merit? And how is merit in one field to be weighed. against merit in a different one? The across-the-board method which the Advisory Budget Com mission now wants to abandon may be subject to criticism, but it is not likeiy to raise any such hornet's nest as that suggested under the head of.; "merit". The n.' iional average in teach ers' pay is $ ,22o. The present aver age North Carolina salary is 300. There be made up by ni is still up. but it can't be made ''frl iii'' much ground to methods. THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED Long Lines, Advisers And South Building: A Dean Writes, And A Columnist Wonders Woody Sears It is not often that a member of the administration will take his time to write a letter t) the editor in an attempt to explain a situation to the students. As' students, we often feel that South Building is a fortress of super-secrecy, manned with un caring administrators whoe time is devoted largely to giving the students a' hard time. Due to the very nature of many of the sa nations whieh arise.' it vis almost impossible not to formulate that opinion at least once during oui stay here at the University. However, at least one of these "part-time ogres" has answered" the call of the students, honest ly and impartially. In a chat with Dean Cecil John son of the General College, I had an opportunity to reaffirm a fact which has. on occasion, eluded me. The fact is that the folks in South Building really are in terested in the students, in a wholesome, non-academic fash ion. On the question of the long lines of people who wait to see their advisors. Dean Johnson said that the student who needs a course he couldn't get has a right to gripe about having to wait in line. But as he points out, the majority of those who clutter the halls with long lines are those who have flunked a course and couldn't use the previously arranged schedule. And this is one of those situa tions which is pretty 1 much un avoidable, a necessary evil, so to speak. This explanation for the lines is a valid one. and shouldn't be taken as an offense by anyone, since the best of us slip occasionally. As Dean Johnson points out in his letter, 11 advisors are hardly enough to handle the General College students. The problem behind th'fe problem here is the lack" of funds to provide addi tional advisors. He mentioned that four years ago a plan was adopted to set up a group of faculty counselors who would work with 20 or so students apiece, on a non-pay, non-official status. Fiftj' faculty men volun teered, and the plan was a mis erable failure in spite of the faculty cooperation. Many of these faculty men took the program very serious ly, and at the end of the year were very disappointed. Dean Johnson said that one profess or oven invited his whole group of advisees out to his home for supper, but none of them show ed up. These men were not acting as official advisors, and it was not exactly supposed to be a "big brother' relationship either. The idea was to give the students an opportunity to iron out their problems with someone before they had to go to their official advisor to make out their sched ules, v The dean said that while a lot of good was accomplished by the. faculty, men who participated, the plan on" the whole was a miser able failure. And needless to say, it was very disappointing to everyone concerned. Every now and then the ad ministration comes up with ' an idea to help tho students help themselves which is what it all boils down to. And as in the case mentioned, the students re fuse to. take the iniative. And this is not . only true administration-planned functions or programs. There is a very poor pr; gnosis concerning the long lines at drop-add time. Dean Johnson said that another prcblem be Jvntl the obvious one is the lack Of available class tickets. And he says that the situation will grow steadily worse as the stu dent enrollment grows . . . until such time as money" is made available to get more instruct ors and more classroom space. The folks up in South Build ing are vitally interested in every student, and they are very sympathetic with the students problems . . . even the ones which the individual student brings upon himself. If things are going to get worse, as Dean Johnson says, it is inevitable that one of two thing? must happen. Either there will have to be a mass reorienta tion of student opinion to the r: rC r- e. -s i 1 in nut:. ji v.uure, every wme in ! a uk This-' end that they will be more tol-j erent of the unfortunate situa tion which exists or they will go along in the present frame of mind, despising the administra tive "inefficiency," and grow in creasingly bitter as the various problems grow more pressing. We are too quick to condemn oftentimes. We must look be yond the cbvious and see the whole story. It looks as though our. greatest need at the present is for the Legislature to give the University about a zillion dollars.1 . ' Looks"- as though patience and " understanding are going to have to be the bywords for the next few years. A While ' I 1 -IVVHJi , 1 ON HONOR SYSTEM CONTROVERSY: Men's Council Member Speaks Paul Carr - Because of the attack on the honor system, I feel compelled to express my views as an honor council member. It is the opinion of this coun cil member that the students themselves have not endorsed the system. Students get the. feeling that it is not their sys tem, because they don't feel a part of it. When students come before the council, they have no guilt feeling the feeling that they have broken their own system. Students cften turn other stu dents in because 'they were, messing up a curve on a quiz," not because they see their fellow student violating the system 'and feel that they are helping the student by turning him in. The biggest trouble with the system is that students just won't turn other students in. They feel that they may '"get themselves into trouble." But let me assure you, that you will be doing your fellow student a ser vice, and certainly you will not get ypurself into trouble. . - Some students feel that Jhe student that they turn in will be very mad and consequently a friendship will be lost. This isn't the case, cither. Again, some stu dents feel that if they see a fellow student cheating, there won't be .enough evidence to have a trial. Contrary to popular belief, this is not always true. UsuallyT enough evidence can be gotten by comparing the papers and one person's testimony. Let me say now that if any one sees anything suspicious, they should tell Jim Exum, Ray Jefferies. or any member, of the council. That's all there is to it. It is my opinion that many stu dents on this campus don't know what the honor code is. Most stu dents can't state it, and those who can don't realize its far reaching effects. This, my friends, is bad.. Every student on this campus should know , how the honor council operates, how to state the honor code, and should be aware of every possible viola tion of the honor code. How can one be expected to abide' by a system which he doesn't know about? Education is the big an swer to our problems. Following are a list of ways in which we could educate the students on this campus: 1. Set up a schedule by which the council members would go around to the dorms, frats and sororities and talk to the stu dents about the importance of the honor system.' 2. Continued articles in The Daily Tar Heel so that students will know what is happening on the council. 3. Let the student leaders on campus express, through The Daily Tar Heel, their own per sonal convictions about the hon or system. These educational ideas should not instill fear, but it would be to make more students aware of the importance of personal honor and integrity. If we don't develop our honor here in college, where will it be developed? Students should grow in their honor just as they grow in their knowledge of other sub jects. It is my opinion that by educa tion of the system "the system it self will become more efficient. L'il Abner By A Capp AH'LL COME RIGHT TO TH' POINT.' AH ISA WIDDER, . WJFOUT NO HUSBIN, AM Hfc liz A BABV WJFOUT NO PAPPV- 1 11 POirilCr" BUT-ANSWER ) ( V VO'. HAIN'T FAT V HOW yPOtrECT. T5V ME ONE J RIP, f AS NO HAWG, ' 5; ( ABOUT J f iT QUESTION-) f WHV-, Pcgo Rv Walt Kelly ' -m-fmpi9 9mnfHISSimmm''m' MB,p-'''nMMMMaHj MMMHfeWMetfaBaBaMM - - - - - - - - --- - "N. AM T Jn'T THAT A UP ? f VCH'T tgf US ' S ' 1 j t 'Supplementary Comments' Editor: I have read with interest and appreciation the article of Mr. Woody Sears in the February 5, 1057, issue of The Daily Tar Heel. Mr. Sears writes with understanding and there is much point to what he has to say. I would like to offer the following supplementary comments by way of completing the picture. " The ratio of advisees to General College acf . visers is of course far too great for maximum effectiveness in student guidance. It goes without saying that 11 advisers all of whom also have im portant duties other than those in the General Col lege are too few for 2,500 students. It is also true that an attempt to counsel 50 stu- dents a day in a drop-add or registration period when class tickets are not available in many courses is sometimes little short of a nightmare. , It should be pointed out, however, that though advisers are thronged during bottle-neck periods, they also have periods of comparative leisure when they aer available for unhurried consultation. In they are available for unhurried consultation. In these periods their offices are frequently guiltless There are no doubt too many cases of adviser ineptitude (if there is one, that is too many) which result in a student's not getting courses he needs. It sometimes happens, however, that the con ditions are beyond the control of the adviser. A class ticket is simply not available or is available only at a time when the student has another key course. It not infrequently happens that a student changes his objective and such changes sometimes cause considerable confusion. I once made a check of 124 General College students who had begun as premeds. After the passing of a year or more 43 had changed ob jectives once and nine had changed twice. The long lines in front of advisers' offices are a pain to all concerned. Yet these lines are com posed largely of students who are there because they have not met academic obligations:- Those who have failed courses; those who having failed to meet eligibility requirements need to get back into school; those who are in difficulties beacu.?e of a quality point deficiency. If these groups were not in the lines, the lns would not be so formidable. These students, of course, deserve aid and consideration in making necessary adjustments. But it is regrettable Jhat they cause a student who has to see his acviser because he has been frozen out of an essential course at registration or for some other reason be yond his control to be subjected to such an or deal. no break between semesters to allcw for the grad ing of papers and the. assembling of grades, ing of papers ad the assembling of grades. So jnuch of a student's activity in the spring semester is dependent upon his grades of the fall semester. Professors with classes which sometimes number 100 or more do not have time to get in grades. The Office of Central RecordLs does not have time to assemble and process 30.000 grades belonging to 6,000 students. In the General College (more than 10 days af ter the opening of the semester) we are still chang ing schedules of those who failed courses and are still finding students who did not pass enough work for eligibility. These observations will serve, I hope, to help us understand some of the 1 hardships and incon veniences which we have experienced in getting a new semester under way. Perhaps these conditions may be alleviated to some extent by an increase in the number of advis ers and of class tickets, or classroom spaces. These remedies are dependent upon an increase in funds and the availability of suitable advisers and in structors should funds be forthcoming. Suggestions and comments from faculty and students are cordially invited. Cecil Johnson Dean, General College THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Times Reminds: Spring Is Coming A thaw in February has a different feel from that of the January thaw. The bite of February . cold and the drift of February snow are not so dif ferent, but a few warm February days and it's a rare February without them persuade one that April and May as well as March lie just ahead. Ponds are still iced. Ice still lies on river and chokes the brooks. It may go out and come back again. There's st?ll skiing for those who look for it. A few days ago Jhere was snow back in the hills, and even a warm spell will not soon melt it from all the hemlock groves. But on warm afternoons the trickle of flowing water, which was all but silenced from end to end of January, can be heard. Hill-country farmers still getting out saw logs know that they haven't much more time. Maplesyrup makers .take a look at their pails and pans and spouts, thinking that it won't be very long now. Each day is another day toward spring. We still have weeks of impatient disappointment, for we always want April before March has arrived. But even that yearning has its reassurance. T;? important thing, as we creep toward mid February, is that now the time is measured in longer days and shorter nights. Now the sun is noticeably swinging north. Nuw sunrise comes earl ier and sunset later. Now we can count the time ahead in weeks, not months. It's less than six weeks till the vernal equinox. t: th h ajn-ii-O-tiwO
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