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The False Excuse Fraud Wl5E AND qtherw.se:
'I In- Men's Honor ("ouiull lus
shown oiuc .r.i in the mighty arm
ol mikIciii ;ori niiunt in uphold
ing ihc ideals ol l he honor ssslein
at ihe I'nixeisiiy ol North (laro
lin.i. This time, it his initiated and
is (intently londiutint; a htoad in-
estimation into alleged use of liau
dulent and lorded et uses jur
c ha set I hv ('aiolina students Iroin
an e sttideut here.
The umlv part ol the entile in
c sl i.uioii is that it points to a
iolatioii ol the honor system at
the rniersitv. not only by a -single
person who no louder is a stu
dent, hut also hv numerous incli
iduals who paid to be Iratjdu
hntlv exriised I'rom class.
Ohsiously. ellects of the "rub
ber stamp" ease will not immedi
atelv be seen in olieies at the
I'lmersity. but it's safe to think
the false e uses will ultimately
h.ne some beating ti decisions
foithvominm by the administra
tion Specifically, we refer to euircnt
eJloits of student government to
put class excuses ' in all areas of
the college ro-.;r;mi on an lionor
ssstein basis. We wonder, in the
wake of the disoer of the false
excuse scandal, if students would
uphold an honor exc use system.
Pei haps they would: pel haps
tlrfv would not. Amain we say they
should be m'tcn h une 10 do so.
een if the fail in the attempt.
Disclosure of violations of the ex
cuse sstem bv the N'en's llotior
Council, we feel, points out the
fact that student movernmeiit
would do its part to uphold and
sticnmihcii tlx proposed system.
A second elicit of the council's
imcstimalion is the fact that it will
uncover, cbninm the next several
weeks, wholesale oveicuttinm
classes bv students in upper and
lower colleme alike. Indeed, it al
1 1 ulv h is done so.
Conceivably, students who have
oMiiut some of theiv courses by
viitue ol usinm the falsified e
insis will be sub'uet to failure ot
l10'r tomse. If '1.''"' iiro tor's
n'm'l l 1 1 j a siocTc-ui Immh Ios
c I.isn when oseicuttinm has occur
ircl. I h it riIu picvails under cm
lent c iic uiiisfanc es.
Whatewr is the jxdicy of the
I'nivcisitv in that respect, we
Icel. should be exptcsseel similar
ly in all s hools and lases ol the
colUme. II a heshman or sopho
more is chopped I10111 a course
because he 'overt ui. then so should
be the junior or senior who has
cut under the same 1 iicumstances.
It would not be lair, we feel,
to ivc one student an "F" in a
course because he was party to the
fraud, and to let another remain
in c lass bee atise -he happened ,to
be a junior of a senior. Cheatinm
is cheatinm. and punishment for it
idiould be equal and the same for.
all the guilty parties.
Alter all, that is what Men's.
Ilonor Council action will ImmI
down to. It will be the punish
ment of a student for participation
in the false, excuse ,sNstem, ,witli
judgment of the t onne il not to be
influenced by whether the false
excuse constituted an overcut.
Would it be rimht for a fresh
man or sophomore to be dropped
from a course because his use of
a false excuse constituted an over
cut, while a junior or senior w ho
did likewise should be allowed to
remain in class and met credit lor
1 I weeks' work?
We don't tliink so. The crime
committed here is cheatinm, usinm
a fraudulent excuse to met out of
class. That it mimht have consti
tuted an overcut is incidental. And
consequently, the punishment of
all should be the same and equal.
That punishment, amain, could
conceivably be the dropping of
participants from a course.
Thus far we have assumed that
the Men's Honor Council will
look with leniency upon first of
fenders of the Honor Code who
turn themselves in for violation
of that code. However, the Coun
cil does have the authority to sus
pend or expel from the Univers
ity any student who has partici
pated in the false excuse fraud.
Honor Council Chairman
Ceorme Rasdalc already has call
ed on offenders to turn themselves
over to the Honor Counc il, noting
that "the jxilicy towards students
who rejxirt themselves has always
been to meant leniency."
There is much in what Ramsdale
says. It is noteworthy to point out.
here that clurinm Ragsclale's period
on the Council, only one student
has been permanently suspended
fioiu the University. Obviously.
The ' I.Tc th.Tf "soint jKTsom have ,
turned themselves in to the coun
cil has had some Influence on the
eounc il's judgment.
Conseqtienly. we would call on
those involved to turn themselves
over to the council. In the final
analysis, all offenders will be cited
to court anyway, alter a thorough
investigation into I lanes Hall rec ords
by the council. That investi
gation will continue until all guil
ty parties have been revealed.
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First In U. S.
We don't intend to dwell on the
subject (prolonged tendency is
dangerous) not to draw a deep eon
elusion (it's intoxicating), but we
are struck, somehow by a classic
irony:
In its bid for industrial prim
acy. North Carolina has placed
proper emphasis on cUversilication
on the type of enterprise that
won't fold its tents if depression
threatens or collapse entirely if
depressional pockets occur. Yet,
North Carolina has one industry
that meets the optimum specifi
cations. The, Internal Revenue Service
announced the other day that Tar
heelia still leads the nation in the
manufacture of illicit whiskey.
Hie Ixioe is made and a lot
of it is sold in the so-called "dry"
counties, lint the state realies
practically nothing, beyond pos
sible notoriety, from the whole en
deavor. It makes us wonder a little.
Number One in the Nation is
almost always a prideful title. In
the current instance, it is North
Carolina's shame.
The Charlotte Observer
Business Staff WALKER BLANTON,
JOHN M INTER, 'LEWIS RUSH.
,Vire Editor
PAUL RULE
SPORTS STAFF: Rusty Hammond, Elli
ott Cooper, Mac Mahaffy, Carl Keller.
Jim Purks. , '
Proofreader
PEDLEY BARROW
Egg Laying
. The Census Hureau rcjorled
that .American chickens last year
laid (it ,000,000,000 eggs. We won
der if they would make ati'egg
Jf'tlfey couhj be gathered into one
As large as theolie the tJnitcd
States laid at Cape Canaveral last
Russian Press
Twisting News
"Ab?urAm6Vicd
Eiy WHIT WHITFIELD
According to. the Associated
Press, the Soviet Literary Gazet
te recently printed -a Washington
expose in which the characters of
many important figures in Con-
.gress.jsere defamed. One such
gentleman was Senator Caner
Glass of Virginia. The Gazette said
that hs had not been to a Senate "
session in over two years, and ,
that liis administrative assist mt
had been acting "in vhis capacity
for that length of ,tbe, The in- .
teresting thing is that Sen. Glass
died in 1946.
Far be it . from us to call the
Russians liars, bitt it's a cincii
that tdey never tell the truth.
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This, is a 'good, example of .the
reportorial and journalistic work
being done in the Soviet Union.
They somehow never print any
thing which does not further the
aims of the Party. We wouldn't be
surprised if the average person in
Russia does not . know whether
World War II is over.
"Think They'll Stand Still While We Catch Up?
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4 A New Hampshire couple came
back, from their honeymoon to find
that they had not been married
at all. at least according to their
marriage certificate. Instead of
their nantcs on the ! certificate
were, those' of the attendants at
the wedding. It was all quite offici
al, even signed by witnesses. Now
they have a problem.
Speaking of marriages, or lack
of them a young girl in Lima.
Peru had a baby recently. ' This
was not too unusual, but the fact
that the mother was just eight
years old is..The father, aged 21,
was put in jail upon requesting to
marry the girl. It seems that she
is too young to get' married.
VIEW FROM THE HILL:
Education V: New System Heeded
IX!5 carried a rather unusual
story recently.
A 70 year old woman was seri
ously injured in Los Angeles. She
was walking along the sidewalk,
minding her own business, when
a three year old'boy rode up be
hind her on a tricycle and shout
td, "Get out of the way or I'll
run over you!"
The old lidy replied, "Now you
wouldn't do anything like that."
He did.
Police are hu. lan too, or so it
is snid. Proof? A Washington cop
was arrested while on duty at a
ballgame. It seems that he was
driving a car that did not belong
to him. His reason was that he
needed transportation while his
car was being repaired.
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According to a recent article in
the U. S. News and World Report,
Admiral Rickover intimated that
the educational system of the Unit,
ed States was as many as four
years behind schools in Europe.
Unless the U. S. claims or is
willing to admit that its youth is
intellectually retarded in ability,
the U. S. can correct the educa
tional dilemma that has set the
U. S. so far behind Russia and the
countries of Europe. 5
There needs to be a wholesale
revamping of certain current con
cepts in education , circles, and
there especially need be a raising
of standards so that the youth of
the U. S. fs challenged, stimulated,
and able to compete in the all too
real race against annihilation.
Perhaps the. fundamental con
cept to be ck'stroyefcl is the con
ception of thet great importance of
social compatibility in . schools.
Hence, at the present time chil
dren, five years of age who 'are
capable , of doing second grade
work'are not allow ed to go to
school, and children of seven who
cannot keep up to first grade work,
are in school , holding down the
aspirations of the other children.
Moreover, the old practice of
skipping grades has been, all but
abandoned due to the feeling cur
rent among educators that a stu
dent irt an environment of his so
cial and chronological peers will
feel most comfortable to pursue
his studies. However, what is
neglected is the (act that these
social and chronological equals
are intellectually inferior causing
more discomfort and a great deal
of enforced retardation. f
Under such a system, students
qualified to start school could do
so, at that age that they were
qualified. They would be grouped
according to intellectual ability,
with means provided for advance
ment to a higher group if they
find work too slow, or dropping
to a lower group in order that
they might not be befuddled by
the speed that the class is going.
The students would be so di
vided also when time for special
ization in f the various subjects,
and graduation would be condi
tional on meeting requirements
rather than passing through so .
many years of school.
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Second in the steps of revamping
the educational set-up would be
to raise the requirements for grad
uation." Students in France, for in
stance, have mathematics as a
high school graduation require
ment that isn't taught in the U. S.
until the third year of college.
This must be changed, and the
U. S." should have as high or high
er standards as any other country
in the world.
, Thirdly, the primary emphasis
of schools should be shifted from
the knowing-how-to-do to the know.
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ing that and why. Hence, many
courses will be dropped from the
current grammar school and hign
school curriculum, to make way
for a more comprehensive study
of the essentials of education.
The fourth change must be in
the realm of individual attention
which must be increased, and ev
ery avenue which might lead to
the stimulation of individual
thought must be opened and pur
sued. - - ., .,
There is as a fifth need, a ne
cessity to bring to the child the
feeling that he is indeed a part
of a society, and that he must get
along in the wprld ' in which he
lives.. This can be effected in two
ways." The first way is the obvious
means of activities within the
class, which as it is made up of
his peers, intellectually, will be
indeed more stimulating than oth
er group make-up. The other way
.is through the avenue of physical
education, which both strengthens
or should strengthen the child's
physical processes and should teach
him the group co-operation that is
so necessary. Again here the di
vision should be made according
to ability in order that all can
get equal benefit from the activity-
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If these changes are made, per-,
haps ' tlien the U. S. can start the
slow ascent toward a strong solid
democracy. The emphasis must be
switched ' from the social to the
intellectual.
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TV: A Blessing?
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Barry Winston
Nowaday, everybody's knocking television. It's
the thing to 0o. According to "a recent poll, the
number of people who hate TV is exactly equal to
the number of people who , own TV sets. I just :
carr't understand it. What's wrong with these peo
ple? What do they have against this noble medium -of
entertainment and communication? ' .r
Certainly they don't think it's a time, waster. i:
Sure, folks spend a little more time in front of
Hhe old 21 inches than, they did before TV. i But .
th;re weren't any sets then. And the little woman
really doesn't waste very much time, during the
day, with her eye balls glued to. Bride and, Groom, )y
Matinee Theater, Queen . for a Day, Modern "Ro-
manc?s, Strike It Rich, Peggy Mann, American
Bandstand, Do You Trust Your Wife, What's Cook
ir. Garry Moore, A. Godfrey, Love of Life, Search
for Hanoiness. Guiding " Light, Ay . Matinee, The
World Turns, Beat the Clock, Houseparty,. Susie,
, Brighter Day, The Secret Storm, The Edge of
Night, 'or Mary Backstage, Noble Wife. Sure, she
watches all of them, but she's not wasting time.
She's doing the ironing , and getting an education
at the same time. You don't think so? Just stay
home some day and watch. Of course,Tthere may
be a burned shirt or two, and dcublev creas'es, in '
the slacks, but what's that compared to watching
Jack Bailey chuck little old ladies underthe. chin
while he cries out the story of their sad, miserable
lives?
And it has been said that college ' students
waste too much time watching TV programs at
night in the dorm social rooms or fraternity houses,
when they should be studying. It's just not so.
Go into a dorm social room or fraternity house
any night of the week. The place will be ' empty,
I guarantee you. They're not sitting around,' watch:
ing Gunsmoke at Drygulch Pass and wasting time.
Where are they? Down at the Rat, watching Gun
smoke at Drygulch Pass ' and drinking beer, of
course. Why waste time just watching TV? '
Some people object to TV on the grounds that
it "stifles conversation, and that talking is becoming
a. lost art. Nothing could be sillier. TV actually
stimulates conversation. Just holler across the room
' at "a friend while everybody is absorbed in watch
ing Clark iSable make love toTheda BaraSeee
warm response you get from evejryone in the room.
Or the next time you'r? watching TV at your date's
house, just as Matt Dillon is about to go for bis
six-shooter, ask her old man what he thinks of this
cold snap we're having. Well, maybe he won't ac
tually say anything, but then, one look is worth
ten thousand words, or something like that.
If you have access to a TV set in a home, you
can dispelljfor yourself the ugly jumpr that watch
ing television has disrupted the eating habits of
the viewing public. Their eating, habits couldn't be
mbfe regular. Just watch. Every Jt fifteen minutes:
when that suave locking man pops onto the screen
and begins, "And now, a. word from,. . " observe
closely the actions of your hostess. With befitting
grace, she bolts for the. kitchen to stir the TV
dinner, and is back in plenty of time for, ". . . and
noy, back to our program."' And supper is served
promptly at six (or) seven, when John Cameron
Cameron comes on with , the West Texas weather
forecast, which doesn't particularly interest the
lady of the house. As for the actual eating of the
meal, everything goes like clock-work. The supper
hours programs are thoughtfully timed so that you
may chew and swallow exactly a mouthful between
each stabbing. What could be better for the di
gestion? ' " '- ' : .
If you can stay on, into the later hours of the
evening, you will have the opportunity to see an
other gross falsehood vanish in a puff of Arid.
TV has been unjustly accused of breaking ' down
family unity and strength, by setting the members
one against the other over whether they will watch
Groucho, Richard Diamond, or Zorro. See for your
self the absurdity of such claims. Observe the fin
esse and . democracy with which the head of the
house settles the problem. "ZORRO!" in a stern,
respect-commanding voice is all. that is required,
and peace reigns supreme once again.'And if some
one shculd be fool enough to try to tell you that
TV breaks down the warmth and closeness , of a
family, you will be able to scoff . and tell them
how you saw, first-hand, a typical family spend a
typical evening in" front of their-set, never once
moving from their seats. Through Uie night, they
sat there, side by side, drawn together by a com
mon band strong beyond imagination. Side by side'
they sat, a close-knit group, unified by a singular,,
burning goal: the late-late show!
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Finally, there, are the never-ending insidious'
innuendos against the quality of the programs
themselves, and their brethren art-form, the com
mercial. These are almost more than my soul can
bear! My heart is literally torn from its moorings
when I hear these scoundrels casting aspersions
against some of our finest original American folk
ways. Who could possibly question the educational
values of such shows as $64,000 Question, 21, Tic
Tac Dough, or Strike It Rich? Where else but on
one of these shows could you- learn the 1903 por
ulation of Pago-Pago, or the annual timber exports
of the Archipelagoes? Where else could you learn
the M.O. of a 3792 carrying a 45 "but on Badge 741?
Where else but on the Oral Roberts show could .
( you learn j do-it-yourself appendectomy? ' 'And 1 the
: commercials! How could anyone t possibly 'fair to
.see the.-inWinsic. vinherenesthetic beauty-of a
giant size, living-color, box of Tide? With' "stereo
phonic sound! Or is that movies? Oh, well I'll
. defend them next time.
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