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PAGI TWO TUB DAILY TAR HffSL SATURDAY, MAY It, 1557 Student Autonomy And A Legislative Judas-Kiss The Student Legislature demonstrated a distinct lack of fortitude, at Thursday night's session. Student lawmakers were called upon to vindicate the University from all responsibility for an odious and prejudicial incident, and they turned their backs. The incident was the denial f state park facilities to a University student Leroy Frasier purely because of his race. The Long Resolution, which hit the crux of the whole dispicable problem by censuring application of state parks' policy, was conven iently pigeon-holed by Ways and Means Chairman Jim Alford so that legislators might be spared the seeming hardship of speaking their con victions. The argument that disagreeing with the State General Assembly in this area would be "biting the hand that feeds us" is particularly supported the resolution, through his party's membership in the legislature. absurd and qrutless. The General Assembly does not feed our minds though the Stu dent Legislature's lily-livered ac-' lion would appear to indicate the contrary. Nor are state lawmakers entitled to dictate convictions merely because they control the purse strings. If student representatives concur with the prejudicial policy which denied a University student equal usuage of the Umstead State Park, then they should stand firmly on their feet and speak their minds. They should not pat members ol the Cosmopolitan Club on the head and say: "We're so awfully sorry that our state subjected an organization with international representation to a dispicable display of southern bigotrv. We ajxlog!e. But we can't disagree with an unjust regu lation. Our .minds are tied to state legislative purse strings. We'll sell our souls for a dollar appropria tion." The Daily Tar Heel was' partic ularly and conspicuously support ing passage of the Long Resolu tion. But if legislators agreed with the. state parks' prejudicial policv and subsequently disagreed with the resolution, thev might have at lcat had guts enough to stand up and sav so. It is a blatant mockery of stu dent responsibility that they pigeon-holed, tlie .measure to prevent . having to speak their convictions. Student body President Sonny K arts remarked earlier upon hear ing that the censuring resolution was slated for introduction: "The legislature's growing up earlv this year." I-ater he questioned whether the resolution was hitting the "crux" of the problem and suggested a "tempering" of the measure. We wonder whv President Evans didn't assert his leadership, if he The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of the Publications Board of the 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 the post ofice in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the Act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per year, $2.50 a semes delivered $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. Editor NEIL BASS Managing Editor BOB HIGH Associate Editor .. NANCY HILL Sports Editor BILL KLTG Newv Editor WALT SdlRUNTEK Business Manager JOHN C. WHITAKEIt Advertising Manager .. FRED KAT2IN NEWS STAFF Graham Snyder, Edith MacKinnon, Ben Taylor, Patsy Miller, Sue Atchison. EDIT STAFF Whit Whitfield, Anthony Wolff, Stan Shaw. BUSINESS STAFF John Minter, Mari an Hobeck, Jane Patten, Bucky Shu ford. ' SPORTS STAFF: Dave Wible, Stu Bird, Ed Rowland, Jim Crownover, Ron Milligsn. - Subscription "Manager . Dale Staley Circulation manager . Charlie Holt Staff Photographers Woody Sears, Norman Kantor, Bill King. LiDrariansSue Gichner, Marilyn Strum Or, on the other hand, we won der if Evans didn't concur with the legislature in its soul-getting action. Rep. Charlie Wilson of the Uni versity Party conspicuously fails to meet the requisites of leadership if he dislikes voting upon an issue merely because it might, as lie so inaptly piK it, "raise a big" stink." Conversely, Wilson (iocs make an extremely good follower when he asserts that a University student isn't entitled' to disagree with biased state policies merely because of his student status, but must blindly adhere. Such blind ad herence is the food upon which i dictatorship feeds and nourishes. Rep. Rudy Edwards of the Stu dent Party has tagged the current legislative assembly most aptly. Edwards said: "I hate to think the legislature is going to become a gutless or ganization, refusing to face respon sibilities .coming before it." A gutless organization seems a highly appropriate tag. It is hoped that the legislature will demonstrate more responsible action as it is called upon to make decisions for the student body throughout the current assembly. Studenrautonomy"Vas given a Judas kiss Thursday night. An other similar denial and shirking of resxnsibility might prove to be a kiss of death. We shall hope along with all thinking University students that the legislature will redeem itself as the current assembly is, recon vened next fall. The past legislative assembly considrably added prestige to the legKlature by passing a record breaking number of measures. But the current assembly, if Thursday night is indicative, will be a bird of an entirely different feather. For the sake of student autono my in which newly-inaugurated Consolidated University President Fridav reaffirmed his faith in his inaugural address Wednesday we shall attempt to remain optimistic. We shall sincerely hope that future actions will obliterate an ignominious, though already at tached tag: Gutless organization. Night News Editer Nizht. 'Editor . Bob High Manley Springs Postmaster's At It Again Post - Mangier Sumrnerfield is apparently delighted with himself and, his initial coercive, browbeat ing attack on Cqrtgress. Sumrnerfield was successful in his recent sitdown strike which brought a $41 million appropria tion into his postal coffers. Thus he has become power-drunk and pro poses to repeat li is Peronistic tac tics unless Congress adds mill ion dollars to the Post Office ap propriation bill. This will temporarily suffice, says Summer-field, but at least 70 to 90 millions must be dumped into postal coffers shortly to get him through the current fiscal year. If Browbeating Sumrnerfield could see beyond his nose, he would have proposed a budget commensurate with his needs in the beginning. New he should devote his ener gy toward promoting postal ef ficiencynot coercing Congress. WISE AND OTHERWISE: Good President Rests Plenty; Ike Is Great 'It's Easier If You Keep Your Eyes Closed" GUEST EDITORIALS: J Sfc By Whit Whitfield A recent editorial verbally chastized President Eisenhower for his lengthy and all too num erous vacations. More than im plied were the many serious ramifications of this problem as far as the editor is concerned. The President's holidays are not to be taken lightly however, for they are important signs of executive foresight. The only real problem is the hardship that the Postoffice Department en dures. They never know where to deliver the executive mail. A good president needs a va cation often. It follows that, Eis enhower is a great president, or so it would seem from the num ber of vacations he takes. Last week former President Harry S. Truman was in Wash ington, and remarked to - news men as they passed the Whits House. "I wonder who lives there now?'' (who does?) Speak ing further. Truman said, "If I had taken that many vacations you (the newsmen) would have boiled me in oil." This is prob ably true, for he WAS a Demo crat you know. . Actually, having the president away on vacation so often is one way of insuring his safety; the enemy has only one chance in four of finding him, as a rule. An enemy plane would certain ly be embarrassed in Washing ton if the President were in Denver, Augusta, or on his Gettys burg farm, now wouldn't it? If' the Ground Observer Corps was doing its duty, the plane would be annihilated before It -could make the rounds. By the same token an assas sination plot would be foiled. Besides this definite advant age, Vice-President Rickie Nixon is getting the feel of the Pres ident's . office during Eisenhow er's absences. He, is expected to fill this position as soon as he can, is he not? Nixon has frankly admitted that the rigors of the president's office are so great that Eisen hower should take as many vaca tions as possible in order to maintain his health and well-being. ' This seems diametrically op posed to Eisenhower's pre - elec tion speeches in which he stated that he' would not run if he did not feel that he could devote the full amount of time and energy that the job required'. Then we are to assume that the job does not take so much time and energy after all. My 1 Sivy w ,.'... tm . .yr . . I -J From The Miami Student: Current Educational Trend: Neglects Uncommon Man?' In America, much emphasis has been placed on the doctrine of sanctity of the common man, but in our administration of this democratic principle we must guard against the danger of for getting the uncommon or excep tional man. . ' ' This danger is especially ram pant in the field of education. One of the new trends in ele mentary and secondary educa tion is to provide special classes for slow learners. This trend is certainly a step in the right direction, but in their 2eal to equip the average and below average student to cope with life, educators often overlook the exceptionally bright child. . , guess is that those who have hold , the position before were only pretending to be busy. Maybe it is only a part time job, like the. Student Aid Office, offers. We, the people of America, should be glad that the President is taking frequent vacations to insure his health and long life. A sad state we would be in if he were to die, and leave the cares of the world on the shoulders ol Richard M. Nixon. There is a tendency in our schools to try to force all stu dents to conform to the average. This is partly due to the fact that it is very difficult for the teacher to deal individually with children of all intelligence levels, so she must teach for the aver age child, hoping that the dull one will catch on and the bright one will not be too bored. This results in the fact that the United States fails to utilize to the fullest, extent one of its most valuable resources, the ex ceptional mind. Other countries with less democratic school sys terns have a much better record along this line. It has usually been assumed that the bright child, while he may have been overlooked to a certain extent during his earlier schooling, comes into full bloom during his college years, when under the stimulating atmosphere of the university he is at last able to utilize his capabilities to the fullest. , This assumption is probably true, at least to a large extent. Even state universities, such as Miami, which are designed to give everyone a chance for a higher education, also offer a chance for the superior student to show what he can do. However, as more and more people go on to college, there is a danger that our universities will become more like advanced high schools and less like insti tutions Where the nation's really good minds have, a chance to de velop. During the next decade, American universities will hare to adapt themselves to their new role of educating the grow ing masses of young men and women who are suddenly will ing and able to come to college; and at the same time ctntinue their old role of giving tht Su perior intellects a chance of utilize their abilities. If America is to maintain her role as the leader in social, lit erary and scientific advance ment, she must utilize the best brainpower available without abandoning the democratic prin ciple of an education for all. In order to tlo this she must revise her policy of caring for the exceptional child to include not only the exceptionally dull but the exceptionally bright. The public schools must lay the groundwork for this accept ance of the "uncommon man," but the ultimate responsibility must fall upon America's col leges and universities. x : By Ai Cspp I'il Abnnr I I I Z' A eUT-IT'S MAH MANLV ) ! - x ItaS? K n Doory tgo back - 1 I MAH BRAIN riuOOK AT J aV 1 T? V9 PROVE f V ' Pogo By Walr Kelly ySU TvVO WILL WAPTA BS. B'JTT2FU& !MMC!$ OF THIS IMPCOHATICK AND fAA nkik.iA. asrssniri t-r!sa tv-j a owts S RUT 1 TEAM OF Ti'iZZs $ M Vita ocfivw 1 &5LFA- WHAT I rV J THAT urn mu 11 imiw.uw OK OSS. OF TH5M IT kZK SOU (ZrTTTA All ASOinAHJANU A0 WHICH 15 TVS THiTS A ; - NOW V li r 1 OfCG tr&A, A fSATM 5 IT I OF WKIT6 THS MS,VCC- OF CJX BXP2&iZl VWEN W AIN'T HA& TIMS TO 11 6TA2T3. 1 CTi A erspecvus fhe Publications N. C. State Technicisn: For the past several 'j-ears there has been much controversy, each, fall about: tickets to football games. Each, year a hasty plan is drawn. up and an nounced to the students about mid-season. It sccrai that this is a very, fine example ot very poor plan ning. There .is. one month left in the present school year. The problem, of date tickets and tickets in . general should be ironed out now, rather than next year The students have a right to know be fore next year at registration whether they are-going to have tickets, ticket books, or Identification cards to get into the St&te-Carolina game which is the very next day after registration. The Student- Government in the past several weeks has recommended both that students have identification cards (instead of ticket books) next year-antf- that date tickets be-available for $1.00. The Athletic Council must now make a decision on these recommendations. It seems that it is the duty of the Athletic Council to meet immediately and make some decision on both of these matters. Of course, the, Council could wait and hold its next meeting after school is out and leave the stu dents uninformed on any decisions until next year. We hope, however, that they will net follow such d -course. Many students now have the opinion that $1.00 date tickets are definite and that they are a "sure thing" for next year. This is not the ca.se, however. One dollar date tickets are not definite . . in fact, we have heard that the Chancellor has said that there is very little chance, if any at all, that we will have them. (And if the William L Mary game is sold to the Shriners, how much chance !s there of getting a ticket for one dollar to that game?) These who are opposed to the $1.00 date tickets say it is financially impossible. They point to the fact that nearly one-half the Stadium would be filled with people who were paying less than a third of what the tickets could be' sold for to others, and say that just last year the football team went $18,000 in debt As for the identification cards, there is the problem of getting them ready with photographs while the student is registering ... or at least by the football game the next day. Admittedly, the Athletic Council has two prob lems here. Not in spite of these problems, but be cause of them do we request that the Council meet as soon as possible. The problems should be re solved and the student body should be informed before school is out of any decisions made. The Miami Hurricane: That college students have a monopoly on foolishness is a world-renowned fact. Any mature adult will readily tell you about the idiocy of goldfish-eating, pa.nty raids and the like. Is this such a monopoly, however? A local pap er recently featured an article about a fellow who wanted to set a world record for staying under water. We realize, of course, the importance of stay ing underwater as far as fish are concerned, but aside from the possible theory of colonizing the bottom of the ocean, why humans? Another favorite pastime of non-college stu dents used to he flagpole-sitting. The logic behind this inane endeavor also escapes us. Possibly a more accurate study of the solar system may be obtained if one is fifty feet closer to stars several billion light years away. Add to this the adult carousel riders, people who push peanuts with their nose, ad infinitum, and what have we got? Merely the knowledge that no particular group can say that they are less fool ish than another. Or more. The Cavalier Daily: Another hill to repeal the poll tax will be intro duced to the General Assembly this year. Support ers of the repeal movement predict that this year's try will fail as have others before it. It is unfort unate that Virginia, which is hailed as the cradle of democracy, should tolerate so undemocratic an instrument as the poll tax. Two theories are advanced explaining the pur pose of Virginia's poll tax. One states that it is to keep Xegroes and poor whites away from the ballot box. The other says that it is to keep the vote small so that carefully organized groups, which have paid their taxes, can wield greater power in gen eral elections. Both are repugnant to the most basic principles of democracy. fTobabiy the single argument in favor of the tax which could approach validity is that its pay ment is within the means of all the annual rate is only $1.50. It is not the amount which holds dow n Virginia's vote, it is the trbuble of paying it. Citizens who live in one place and pay state property taxes can pay the poll tax at the same time, but per sons who move around and have no holdings upo which to pay a property tax must show what amounts to great initiative to get their poll tax paid. It usually requires a special trip to city hall for . registration. With complications like this in the path of our voting privilege, it is easy to understand how Virginia stands fifth from the bottom of all states in percentages of eligible voters casting bal lots. It is a disgrace to our state. Text books f this University teach us that e democratic principle just as important to us as Ma jority Rule is Regard for Minority Interests. This second principle seems to have flown to the four winds in recent years, not only in the case of the poll tax but also as it concerns the great issue cf racial segregation facing us today. Perhaps fact3 such as these should be made plainer to the mem bers of the Ceneral Assembly whose continued support of the . poll tax seems to perpetuate its . existence in Virginia law.
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