PAG I TWO
THi DAILY TAR HIIL
WEDNESDAY. MAY $, 1957
The Progressive Era:
JVlo Time For Myopia
"NV. he I'niversily, have the delegated duty to carry forward the
wotk of these institutions and to insure the greatest level of excellence
ntlainthfe. Together, we luwe a duty to all the people of Xorth Carolina
to meet these responsibilities squarely and -without hesitation " Con
soldated Inix-ersiy President William Clyde Friday accepting his ap
pointment last L'O.
'Hie Consolidated University enters a new 'Progressive Era.
Proident William C Friday assumes the presidential reins today in
ci K-monies beginning at io:;jo in Reynolds Coliseum. '
Witli his inauguration. President Friday climaxes a meteoric rise with-'
in the Consolidated University administrative scheme:
n (Graduated from the University Law School in iQj8 after a tour
of dutv dining World War II. ' ,"r ;
() Immediately named assist
ant to the dean ol students.
(-;) Chen 1 President Cor
don Cray as his personal assistant
in to", 1.
(j) Named Consolidated Uni
versity secretary in 1953.
-y) Appointed acting CU presi
dent in Mar. io.",fi.
(() Officially approved presi
dent by the Hoard of Trustees in
Oct. 1 ;,". .
Sm h rapid and astronomical rise
roiiltl only indicate., a progressive
and dedicated individual.
The Unheisitv. North Carolina
State and Woman's College were
coiiMilidatetl in if);; 1 to:
"Avoid unneceai v duplication
and coordinate state hiher edu-
slipped into a lethargy a lethargy
of complacency from which the
"Intellectual Migration" of intel
lectual talent from these hallowed
halls is watched with little misap
prehension. Thus the time is overripe for a
forceful assertion of leadership.
Policies must be formulated with
long-range vision vision which
encompasses and takes into con
sideration increasing and inundat
ing enrollment; vision which en
compasses the ever increasing in
adequacy of present . educational
facilities both physical and from
the personnel standpoint.'
Such vision must not be myop
ic. .
Dining the past .decade, the
Consolidated University has been
cation more effectively.
The Consolidated, University in a period of transition, perturb
was a headless, tri-armed monster ed by the forces of desegregation;
ever-growing economic opportun
ities and resultant educational ad
vantages without adequately ac
commodating physical facilities; a
release of vouthful manpower from
stringent military obligations after.
World War II; an administrative
personnel turn-over.
This Period of Transition must
be converted into a Progressive
Kra.
We en ision -President Friday as
the forceful bead who will unify
alter the resignation of President
Cra in June. it)",",. Acting presi
dents were only a transient parade
a parade which was fleeting and
had little time to coordinate and
consolidate the Universitv's aims
4
and purposes.
Now the University has, at last,
a permanent head a head who is
oung onlv and may grow
anil . progress witlwthe Consolidat
ed Universitv a head who can
pi mule a dynamic guiding force.
Sut h f is the-uW jea'tlershiii ;we
the ' irirai med' 1 monster into
siiioth-flowing,' rapidly f unction-
look lor 'from Vresidetui Friday,
The new pirtftt pit; ; ' 1 1 tjiiijy j ! tf& ty'31"'.1' P-ant-problems
..c)tftbnt jhg , 'infill Jf e j ,,. , "Mler; statesmen ' of the cur
must c m u-'diWale 3ff ietiei:ttiV activ- ient'l University administration,
itvat three non-honiojeneous jlZ.
stitutitMi, frtiiyf the. woman's
iewpoini at jlWorjiAiV&Colieget. the
engineer's and 't agriculturalist's
viewpoint at North. Carolina State,
the libeiai arts man s viewpoint at
the University. S-V.f
The University has, through the
fanh of no particular individual,
gifted, poetic Chancellor Robert
liin Yon Jftuse" aniT 'conscientious
business Manager .Claude
Teagrue
are,
removing
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Associate Editor ... NANCY HILL
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Business Manager JOHN C. WHITAKER
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Patsy Miller, Bill King. Sue Atchison,
Marv Alys Vorhees.
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Wolff, Stan Shaw.
BUSINESS STAFF John Minter, Mari
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Wight News Editor
.Night Editor - -
Bob High
Mauley Springs
their sure hands
front the helm. They have func
tioned su perioral ly.
Hut the new tri-armed educa
tional plant must progress. Youth
ful leaders must institute a policy
of adaptability adaptability to a
whirling, rapidly progressing age.
President Friday must begin his
administration with studies of the
enrollment - facilities problem,
with remedial action to halt the
Intellectual Migration of profes
sors, with all-ent ompassing and
long-range planning, with dynam
ic and efficient leadership which
never .overlooks the human ele
ment and the problems of the cur
rent student, generation and those
of the morrows' generations.
'-."President Friday must reaffirm
his faith in the right of ; student
self-government; student govern
ment must take its place' in the
new Progressive Kra and justify
the administration's reaffirmed
faith.
The dynamic hand of William
Clyde Friday is at the helm.
The University revolves from
transition to progress.
It must.
Subsidy For
Bastardy?
Hclmont Abbey College's Sen
ate asserted admirably in its pro
testation to mandatory steriliza
tion of women who produce two
or ' more illegitimate children.
The sterilization bill, currently
being considered bv the Ccneral
Assembly, is an attempt to curb
aii age-old problem. Hut it is as
suredly a high-handed and dicta
torial solution.
Legislators may be partially
right in their contention that the
state, through welfare payments to
unwed mothers, is subsidizing bas
tardy. Hut like Helmont Abbey, we ag
ree that the General -Assembly is
stomping on hallowed ground
where only God should tread.
Compulsory death for the aged
and mentally unbalanced which
would definitely trim the state's
budget might be next in line.
WISE AND OTHERWISE:
Russian 'Open
Sides:7 That
Tundra's Great
Whit Whitfield
The Russians have finally
come through with a decent
proposal in a Disarmament Com
mission session.
The proposal is something like
this: in return for the right
to photographs-parts of western
Russia (the vodka distilleries, no
doubt), parts of frozen Siberia,
Kamatehka and Sakhalin, they
ask for the right to photograph
all of the western United States
and Alaska. Now this is a fair
deal if we ever heard one. Where
else could be found people more
willing to cooperate and people
more willing to sacrifice than in
the Soviet Union?
Let's look at the advantages
from our point-of-vievv.
'
The distilleries of America
could at last get a bird's eye view
of their competitors in the So
viet. Quite possibly some Ameri
can producer could make, a sale
able vodka to cut down .on im
ports. Maybe we could see the
grainfields and the collective
farms in operation too if we are
lucky.
In the frozen wastes of the
Arctic our anthropologists could '
see the native populace of Si
beria and get further insight in
to their culture; our zoologists
could find immeasurable data
on the fauna of the region, if
there is any. American botanist.-;
would be in seventh heaven
studying the flora- via Kodak.
National Geographic sales would
soar. Likewise Field and Stream
Seeing for the first time the
unparalleled beauty of the Russ
ian steppes, the Arctic tundra
and the beautiful island of Sak
halin, thousands, yea. millions
of American tourists will flock
to the Soviet Union for vacations.
enterprising as the Russ
ians are, someone will surely
find a use for all that' ice and
snow. Maybe some ingenious
Russian will invent skis or bob
sleds. Not the least amazing are the
maritime ports on the eastern
coast and the fishing villages.
The fishing spots on Sakhalin
are a source of wonder to all
who have been fortunate enough
to see them.
All this we may take advant
age of should we care to, by on
ly allowing the Russians to pho
tograph Las Vegas and Seward's
Folly. Besides, seeing the gamb
ling cults of Vegas will expose
a facet of our culture that will
only befuddle the Russian so
ciologists. Up to this time the Russians
have dealt squarely with the rest
of the nations of the world. Why
shouldn't we trust them now?
They say the tundra is beauti
ful this time of year.
L'il Abner
Hot Rod
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The Students' Forum:
Reader Retorts On Ailing Ike
Mary Baldwin Discusses Drinking
Dear Sir:
i '
Yes, the world was made in six
days, but you forgot to mention
the important distinction that
this was the work of God when
you so" ignorantly used it as a
Memo To Ike. To compare the
work of God and Man's measly
efforts is" pure nonsense and' ex
poses ' clear misinterpretation
from the beginning.
Now that you're straight on
that, let's get straight. .on, a few
more things. You seem, to be con
vinced that the President is rap
idly becoming a useless invalid
who is only able to fly to Augus
ta and play a few rounds of golf,
and make groans which can on
ly be heard as slight whimpers
in the Capitol building. I'm sor
ry thai you're so misinformed.
Merely look around you and then
reconsider what you thipk "Ail
ing Ike" (toquote you) is doing.
After this quick observation,
you'll try to forget that you men
tioned or even thought that Pres
ident Eisenhower's "second term
is doomed to ignominious failure
unless he asserts himself now."
You'll know he's been asserting
himself all along in a sensible
and intelligent way, and instead1
of taking your advice, he's long
known that "Rome wasn't built
in a day."
t To attack the President on
the grounds of his physical con
dition is about the best you can
do, and here you have no justi-
fication whatsoever. Besides, the
President's health is. and should
be, purely non-political, and if
it is failing is simply unfortunate
for us all!
A " Republican
(Self-explanatory., The Edi
tor) -
It is time to talk about the
controversy.
While we have held off a week
or two since the subject . was
first broached publicly in Stu
dent Board, the fortnight of pon
dering has done us good.
The real trouble "is not wheth
er or not the drinking rule-hon
or system is fair and reasonable;
the real trouble is we don't know
why we're at Mary Baldwin. And
the easiest way to see if this
isn't true is simply to sound out
campus opinion on this being a
church school. For at least three"
years now, we feel the consensus
of the thought of any group on '
campus has been that "the Pres
byterian church is more a hin
drance to our social life than a
boost to our education."
Whether or not that is true.
- the important thing seems to be
that there is certainly our atti
tude. At that classic town meet
ing we had last week what was
the conversation stopper. What
always halts any optimistic
threats against the drinking rule?
The gentle reminder that "this:
is after all a church school . . .'.';
When a fair estimate of, say, 80
percent of the student body
thinks whole-heartedly that the
social rules should be changed
somehow (though there may be
80 different ideas how), then
how can such a reminder help
but needle their morale and,;
more important, regard for
church affiliation?
Every girl in this student body
must ,have known first before
she came here that it was a
Church School. If she is sur
prised now at the effects of the
same fact, and if she resents
that much influence, then we
say she has gone to the wrong
school and her not realizing the
fact is all the moe proof why
she shouldn't be here.
Why did we come to College
anyway? If for social prestige,
then Sweet Briar or Holiins
either one could give more. II
for an education, other schools
could give a better one and are
certainly cheaper. Are our
neighbors thinking of us as an
institution of higher learning for
women, or do we seem merely as
a boarding house for blind &t?
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THE SYRACUSE DAILY PRANGS:
Myriad Views On
Student Apathy
At Oklahoma, Virginia, Michigan, and Kansas;
at North Carolina, Pittsburgh, -Albany State, and
Cornell, one of the loudest complaints heard from
colleger is apathy, apathy and more apathy.
,Few want to run for office; seventy-five per
cent don't want, or don't bother, to vote. Universi
ties wth enrollments of several thousand put out
a literary magazine and a meager few hundred
copies are sold.
An editorial headline in the University of
North Carolina Daily Tar Heel reads, "UNC's List
less Students Don't Even Try To Learn."
Utica College's Tangerine pathetically aks,
'Does Anybody Care??" And Michigan State's State
News attempts to shed light on the situation with
an editoral entitled, "Major Crisis."
North Carolina is one of the few colleges which
blasts apathy from the standpoint of lack of interest
in study. The most common cry irf an attempt to
tear-soak at least one handkerchief per paragraph
in a "what's the use" article or attempt to make the
reader go right out and join every organization on
campus with a ''let's-get-on-the-stick" editorial.
STANDING BY
Up here , where the vale of Onondaga meets the
Eastern Sky and we all get lumps in our throats
at the thought the problem is evident in several
fields. The afore-mentioned literary magazine's
struggle for existence is a major one. It seems our
intellectuals are too busy trimming their beards
to read.
Of course, the 1956 football season could hard
ly be called an apathetic effort, but how about the
atendance at the other sports? Cross country a
nationally-ratfed basketball team a solid gymnastic
team, and a better-than-average wrestling squad:
all performed before more empty seats or opposing
fans than before their own supporters.
Then there's the old standby, campus politics.
So what's the use? This is the old stand by to the
standby. We won't go into the rah rati for patrio
tism bit for that's old stuff. But just because it's
old, doesn't necessarily mean it Is ineffective or
outmoded.
Let's face it: the majority of students just don't
give a damn about anything other than having j
blast. They'd rather sit back and crab about clique's
and big shots running the campus than do any
thing about' it themselves'. The obvious trouble is
i that -many of our intellectual individualists haven't
the guts -to be what they claim.
FOR ACTION
-It appears reasonable to say, after careful ob
servation, that the majority of our individualists
are content to talk about it and do "nothing. So
someone doesn't like the way things are beinjj rc&'.
Does he go to a party convention and tr.v r
the nomination? At least his views would be beard.
Or if thi isn't the path chosen, a word or two with
a governmental officer. can do .wonders. Most earr.p
us officers are wondering what their constituents
think.
"If this hadn't happened at least a dozen times
before, we could say it ,was spring fever, traditional
spring term slump, or the call of the beaches that,
caused it. We can blame it on almost anything we
want but it all boils down to student apathy," .said
the Michigan State .publication in reference .to the
status of politics on .the Spartan campus. The situ
ation there was so .bad that at the time the editorial
was written there were more governmental posi
tions open than petitions filed for them!
AND JOINT STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Fortunately, the Syracuse case isn't this bad.
In fact, people who could be called liberaLs have
been moving student government forward by acting
for and getting more power. And of course, the
move to Joint Student Government is definitely pro
gress. Although not talked up as much as campus
politics, the struggles of student literary magazines
is constant throughout most of the nation. At Stock
ton College in California the student literary maga
zine waj forced to fold because of revenue diffi
culties. On the other side of the fence, the Universiy
of Massachusetts Quarterly is fortunate enough to
have cmopetition for publication in its pages. The
New York University Perstare is subsidized by the
university and their biggest gripe is the material
which appears in print. There .again, the complain
ers complain, but do little.
The editors of the Syracuse Review have beg
ged for copy. Articles, fiction, poems all have been
asked for by the Review staff. Yet they have been
far from flooded with copy. Where are our intellec
tuals with their teeming brains? Or are their chins
teeming more than their craniums?
AND ARISTOTLE
When surveying a .situation such as- exists on
the American campus today, it is easy .to become
cynical and pessimistic; however, when one $tops to
consider that a university is nothing more than a
cross section of American life, it does not appear
to he so bad.
We will always have a few intellectuals and we
will always have a lot more phonies. Each genera
tion somehow seems to produce someone outstand
ing. An Aristotle, a St. Augustine, a Spinoza, a Kant
and a Mill always show up, usually to b;. appreci
ated by later generations and not their own.
Apathy will continue and the Syracuse Citizen
ship Department will strive to overcome it. Cut each
new crop of students at Piety Hill will include the
rich and the poor, the ambitious and the lazy, the
bright and the none-to-bright, the "winners," the
"losers," and the lucky. The unfortunate at times
seems to be everywhere.
More people will read The Daily Mirror than
The New York Times, and more people jvill read
the -Syracusan than the Syracuse Review. Pretty or
not, -the facts of -life on dear old terra firma are
what they are.
And one of them is certain: .more people will
complain than attempt to do something about in
undesirable situation.