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It ''' f ( fl V - WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY S, 15 THE DAILY TAR HEEL PACE TWO . . . , General College Adviser System Needs Revamping It onlv t.ikcs .1 little arithmetic tn uphold a statement !y (eiural College Dean Cecil Johnson Mon day niht that advisers in (ieneral (!ollc;e aie handicapped hy the lare nnmhet ol students with whom they ileal. Speaking at a Student Patty meeting, the Dean pointed out that ii advisers and the Dean of the 1 (iciieral Collide now tvevtk with some no students during time out ol the latt tonm. For that set ice ea h ad iser tttcives an .SSoo stipend. What this adU up to is an aver age ol atmmd iS;; students jut ad- ii i . oi mote than nine times the in i ml k i pel ad iser which was tested here social ears ;no. The icsiills ol l lie test lor lo .students "per ad iser were, however, "quite di out a'in.-' Dean Johnson said. J'eihips .'o students per adviser is an uudcsii eahle numhet lor a s.it isla toi v adviser ssuni .it the I'ttivcisiiv. Nevei theless. it a)K-ais evident thai to tlnust over iNo student upon cat h adviser is also undt'sii e.ihle not onlv lor the ad visci hut ptimaiily loi the student's ake. I' a h adv isct spends from two houis a tlav to id hours a week, on the avciaue. in peilotmanec ol his exti.i joh. 1 hat adds up to about i(io hours a semester, or little less than one hour per student per semester under the current system. Ohviously, that's not much time for counselling when figured on an individual basis. It seems doubt ful that any close relation one which would be an incentive to the student through a t lose asso ciation with his adviser could de velop under these circumstances. These tM ei burdening; conditions could o a lonj' way toward sup poit ol a dormitory counselling system conceived by Student Body President Sonny l'vans as a boost to the education process at the I 'niversity. Thus, not only would demands of (ieneral College advisers be re laxed. but the plan also would contiibute to the concept of resi dence halls' playing a significant role out of the class room, other than a pl.ua to sleep ami dress, by becoming the tenters of study which they should be. Whatever is done at the I'ni vetsity. it is obvious that some steps must soon be taken to assure that the potential of every student is more fully realied. That this is not bein;4 done today is one of the major problems of the education SVstClU. Laws Should Be Rewritten If Doerfer Testimony True II I ( ( : Chairman John C. Doer ler has the tiht. as he savs. to col let! bout m 1 1 mucin and private cuteipiises lor the same expenses, then it's h i 4 1 1 time the laws be te wiittcn to ie.nl ot bet wise. I'estilvinv; beloie a House sub touimitlee. the lUcnhowct Kepub 1 'u .111 at know letletl pitv.ite ;ioups in tlie radio and television bioatl t.tstiii indiistiv pit ketl up the tttttU tot . Wrvlt ill 11 ip in 1 if, lor wiitli I )m 1 tei .ilsi fi.o yt ilie er mucin. "Put." the stoiy lead, "he Ijiiii ed he had a li'Iit under law to do St ." Pel haps, under law. Doeiler does have the li'lit to toilet t f 10111 piiv.itc souites and the lederal i;ov- 1 niuiiii at the s.une time lor the s.iiue t pt uses, lint the Aniciican .piiblit tantiot be blinded into cn di m siii'4 sin !i pi at I i es. N01 do v c 40 .iloii'4 w ith Doel -lei's toiiiimiils when Subtommit tee louiisel liein.iid Sthw.ul ask ed the ICC ih 111 man whethei the l.iw allowed him ( Doci lei ) to make n piofit on a spcet h made at ov eminent expense. I ll.lt's .1 t IN ll.lstX w.in ol put- it." Doeiler said, i laiinin; tli.it V;oo p.iid to him b the Na tional Assot i.ition ol IVioadt astris v.is .111 "lionoiai iuin" 01 lee lor m.ikiii the speei h. Well, we believe that SulNomit tee healings have uiuovered a 'vtiv nastv way" ol behaving on the pail ol the top man 011 the I t'dti.d Communications Commis .sion. Put it like you want to. it's riot t omplemeniai y in the end. Appaientlv. Doeifer himself is taking slot k of his behavior on the ICC since his appointment by Piesident I iseiihower. It hardly seems t oint idental that he leini- The Daily Tar Heel The official student publicar.on hi th Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, where if it published daily except Sunday, Monday and exam ination and vacation period and sum mer terms. Entered as second class mat ter in the post office In Chapel Hill, N. C, under the Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: mailed. $4 per year, $2 50 a semester; delivered, $6 a year. $3 50 a semester. Editor ' DOUG EISELE Associate Editor FRANK CTiOWTHER Managing Editor ALYS VOORHEES News Editor PAUL RULE Asst. News Editor ANN FRYE Sports Editor BILL KING Asst. Sports Editor DAVE WIBLE Coed Editor JOAN BROCK Proof Reader GRAHAM SNYDER Niiit EdUo7 GRAHAM SNYDER bursetl two weeks aj;o an Oklaho ma television station lor plane lare lor which the lederal .novern meiit was also 1 harmed. Hut. then, peiliaps he just now 1 emeinberetl to reimburse the Oklahoma linn tlavs beloie House SuIh onnnittcc healings were sthetluled to open in Wash ington. West's Challenge Is Foolish Again Mel. in West, the Ja ksonv ille, N. C. (list jxkcy who i;ot lost at sea last (all on a motor bo.it trip to Ptfimuda. is bat k at it aaiii. This time, the papers say. West has been ;;onc live days in the 'Pinpiess ol North Carolina" with out woid 1 1 tin his id-loot boat, lie had estimated the duo mile sea nip would like him 1 das to t oiuplelc. Atttntliu to news ;u 1 omits. West uutleitook the tiip to prove that iiiotorboatin had "tome ol a-e.'' Well, vou'il think that a man who tost die taxpayers 1 1 101is.11 k Is ol doll. ns by his liist lutile at tempt, besides lime and ellort by the Coast (in. nd spent at sea, would hiiiisell have '"come ol aje" to itli.iiu 1 1 mi siith litlitulous t hallenes ol the ocean. Football, loo, has come t aue as a modem spoil, but it has certain places and seasons to limit its play. Ami so with it e skating; but 110 fool would attempt to skate across Lake Michigan in the summer time. Residences Need New Telephones Xow that the I Tniv ersity-ownetl Chapel Hill Telephone Company is expanding its physical facilities on Rosemary Street, maylx funds also could be supplied to replace seemingly ancient telephones in local residence halls, fraternity and sorority houses. Most of the telephones work all the time. Hut we have known cas es where money dropped in a phone cash box was not heart! by ihe opeiator, producing over-the-telephone arguments before a long distance conversation can begin. Not only are mechanical disord ers a Inither to the subscriber, but ihey also bring about mbarass ment lor the Carolina gentleman who calls out I tow 11 for a date when the ojnrator keeps asking where his money is! Such conditions should be cor rected forthwith. Talking Liquor Stores Would Tell Sad Story Editor: Thirty years ago, in 1927, I grad uated from the University of North Carolina. I have my letter as cheer leader, my letter as basketball manager, and I have a Glee Club key. They called me Boo Loo. I don't know whether you have such a club then now. 1 am a Methodist minister and recently I sent the enclosed tract to a few of the liquor stores and the enclosed came back unsigned. Knowing the Tar Heel is a fair and objective newspaper. I am sending this tract on to you and ask you to put it before the stu dent body in print. After you have experienced 30 years of dealing with your own classmates and people y.w will find that many go down under the pull of self indulgence. Many of my classmates have fallen by the wayside because of drink. I take my stand with what I said in the enclosed folder and we will let time decide who is the Boo Loo. me a total abstainer and a fighter of liquor, or the alcoholic who be comes his own victim and becomes one of the four million to be pitied in the United States. I send this at the request of an unsigned request. Robert M. Hardee, Pastor First Methodist Church Troutman. N. C. The tract': "If a liquor store could speak. 1 wonder what it would say. If the store spoke the truth, it would say I am a Xorih Carolina liquor store. I was brought into existence because people became mightily concerned over the revenue I would produce. They forgot that 1 ( produce alcoholics. An alcoholic is my finished product. He has the highest degre that my state in stitution can give him. I am a part of a legislative program of the state; therefore, every citien in North Carolina has a part in nvy purposes and functions. " '1 am considered popular. 1 am visited by all classes of peo ple, especially those win, should be spending their money on milk. ftMid, and clothing for their chil dren. I am the enemy for soft drinks for claim is that I have more kick. '" When people drink my pro ducts, they get foolish. They get mad. They get silly. They want to fight. They get careless and I am responsible for more crime than anything else. " 1 appeal to gentlemen of dis tinction by my false advertising. 1 wreck homes. I am the cause of divo'ces. Preachers fight me but I expect that. ' I make all types of promises that are misleading. I was Christ mas decoration timing the Christ " mas season. 1 have never been able to see my connection between real Christmas cheer and the headaches that I produce. 'Most of my customers, the ones who have patronized me the longest, have ended up in hospi tals, in automobile wrecks, in the jail, or on the road. I will ruin i'Tll Let Y011 Know What You Ought To Look Into" . . . - . - 1 1 rite Is Mandatory Aftendance Good? (Follouing is a copy of a letter addressed to the Presi dent. University of North Car Una at Chapel Hill.) Dear Sir: With some surprise I read re cent newspaper articles about a scandal involving .class attendance permits for absence at the univer sity. I am less surprised about the abuse of permits than about man datory attendance in which a stu dent is "automatically dropped when he has . three unexcused absences. " Is mandatory class attendance good? ' Some universities and colleges of my acquaintances have found that the PASSING student .himself is an excellent Judge of whether he can make more valuable use of his time in LKAHN1NG the re quired information by 1 studying in an informal seminar with fel low students 2 library research ing t3 obtaining tutoring from ad vance student or instructor, or a practitioner of Ihe Jrac'.e or science being taught (example: : now in a college physics course. I have ob tained tutoring from a master's graduate in engineering from N. your character and reputation if you patronize me long enough. " 'P.S. I am sending this tp "tiiy, church paper because I hope some layman will send a copy of this to every liquor store in North Car- 0,ina-' " l&h By Robert M. Hardeer. 1957 C. State College (so he says who is a practicing mechanical en gineer. (4) working assigned problems and preparing required reports 5 or in case the student understands the topic of the day's lesson thoroughly, he goes ahead or does additional work. You will notice none of these procedures covers the student who has to be MADE TO ATTEND CLASS. 1 am not too much wor ried about him. and I am wonder ing why anyone else should be? If we must wipe his nose for him. then make class attendance man datory In any course for which the student has a C average or less during that term. I am surprised, to hear of - and UNt - mandatory class attendance and irresponsibility to students to attend to business on their own in itiative. If you must change by degrees rather than .outright; then give to honor students the option of us-yng their own judgment, with regard to class attendance. You may be sure they will be in class if that is the most profitable course in each in stance. Thanks for your consideration of these points. . A second point: I am appalled by the lack of CLASSROOM SU PERVISION over instructors at the college level (certainly was not true in grade school and high school I attended, where classes were occasionally monitored by supervisors), and the LACK FOR CO Z EVERY A0SNIN6 I EAT A BOWL- OF SNICKEK" snacks::. ii v 1 tiZfX. r: II II. ' 1 ' " I DON'T BLAM6 Y0U.THEY SURE HAVE SOME NICE LPggMiMS, DON'T TWEY? 0H,V5...0NIY I DON'T REGARD THEM A5 PREMIUMS.. I LOOK UPON THEM AS PERSONAL SIFTS R?0M AY' FRIENDS AT THE "SNICKED SNACK" PLANT.' j ' 1 j 1 . , ex z a f ??-DlDVO'SAV.KlOW , THET MAH MUSBIM GOT v. ki lt YO 'got rA f SUPPORT ME FO'TH' REST O' MAH NATCHERAL LIFE? n, 1 JITRUE.V J 3 VHUT A WHQT STOOP1D WAS DEAL SO J STOOPIO MADE If rf mjT IT? EF AH iC - J . 1 KILT T m & ii J f HER HUSBlfsl VADULDOF V HAD TO SUPPORT YO f O'cJEST DlDtstxT ( GIT TH' BREAKS, N THASS ALL, m LETTERS TO EDITOR FORMAL TEACHING EXPERI ENCE and education courses in cluding practice teaching, hi many of our college instructors. THEY WOULD NOT BE QUALIFIED TO TEACH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Why should this be so? Having all kinds of degrees cannot make- a teacher of a non-teacher. If an in structor at the university has not had teaching background and for mal education sufficient to deserve a public school teacher's certifi cate, let's make it part of his training at the university to get a teacher's certificate. I have had s ome extremely bad instructors In college, the like "of which I never recognized in public schools. I feel that the hiring of scholars who are NOT teachers at all. is a national disgrace and a tremendous waste and imposition upon the students. And then, not to have supervi sion over these instructors in their classroom presentation for their supervisors not to enter .the class room once over a period of j'eafs. is another disgrace. How can you call that A basic- principle of manage ment being that the supervisor knows the performance of the sub ordinate, and that he be active in improving performance, condi tions, and so on: don't we have a wonderful opportunity for real progress? Ronald Ennis Ware Durham, N. C. J3 o o o a. WHAT GOTTA ftUO OUT 4 AT if. - if 11 Urt'WTtt fsocvek.rt fuft ft An vg fCAfOrrS HOW TO PVENT i SG6 WE PON T K -rut flAni if'fc' u'UAr rrits&c fx wn nJ. ClgKTJST. it IN AWKCtfTH' IS.THAT A OZeOOPJ? 'Smpf PAP WKXGWDfJ fovHZnl n Ott f , - U'HAT 6AVf 1 r f YOtPf BAD tUCKf it 0 p mm. m mtl Is UNLsLeadersni Ih Education Waning? a. Q. n U To the editor: Editorials in three North Carolina Dailies raise a timely question: Is the university fflaintainifcg the leadership in education now that it exerted in the 30s and 40s? , '7 ''- . i Well, there has certainly been plenty of money spent at the university since I first came here 4r. 1911 or 1912. The transformation at Smith Dormi tory is typical of what has taken place on the whole campus. Smith dormitory then, save for crude beds, dressers and chairs, was bare as a stable. The same went for Old East, where I also stayed. Now, UJ new dormitories, with their beautiful lrvW rooms, attractively furnished bedrooms, tile bathrooms and showers, make one rejoice at the transformation that has taken place. It is all to the good that our girls can come to UNC and live in esthetically pleas ing surroundings. The seemingly unending paint ing and remodeling that goes on in all the build ingsdormitories, class rooms, administration build ings is very impressive. Is there any real reason why we should have to live or work in dirty, unat tractive surroundings? There is always a crew of men in evidence whenever you walk through the campus, raking, scraping, planting and fertilizing, to keep the campus something you love and are proud to return to What about food? When I first came to Chapel Hill we ate at Swain Hall, more aptly termed Swine Hall by those unfortunate enough to have to eat "there. It is a far cry from Swain Hall to Lenoir Hall today where I eat my lunch. Suffice it to say that the food at Lenoir Hall compares very favor ably with the food at the commercial cafeterias and restaurants in North Carolina. And the price is most reasonable. Teaching: How does the university, compare academically with the 1910 to 1930 period? Of course I can speak from my own very lim ited experience. At one time I sat in on Dr. How ard W. Odum's class; at another, on Dr. Horace Williams class, both outstanding men in their field. I remember Dr. Odum asked me in class one day if I were prejudiced. I answered almost indignantly that I was not. Then by a few adroit questions I realized that I was full of prejudices where the Ne gro was concerned. I may still cherish some of my prejudices, but thanks to Dr. Odum I am not very proud of them. I didn't sit under Dr. Williams long enough to become, like his distinguished pupil. Judge Winston, an accomplished writer after the age of sixty. My art education had been neglected, so lasl June I enrolled in Dr. Sommer's class, 'The History of Art and Painting in the Western World,' followed by the 'Renaissance History in Italy,' a wonderful background for the art course. These two courses broadened my horizons and opened vp new worlds to me. , Last Fall 1 decided, since I knew almost nothing about the history of my own state, to try to remedy that situation. Through the courtesy of Dr. Lefier 1 had the privilege of sitting in on his class in North Carolina history. I am perfectly astonished that the university of 7,000 students offers only one course in North Carolina history. This one professor was simply beaten down by an enormous class of 115 students. When I went back to the second semester and found a class of 125 students I gave up and quit. A class of this size is simply overpowering. There is no personal contact or communication be tween teacher and student, no time for questions, no time for discussion. It is an intolerable situation for the professor, and it is unfair to the students who have no where else to go. This state of affairs leads one to ponder alon? with the Charlotte Observer, The News and Observ er, and the Greensboro Daily News the question: Who makes the decisions and forms the policy ii the university? No university is greater than its faculty. No faculty is strong that is worked to death by overloaded classes. The university occupies a peculiar place in my affections. My grandfather graduated here in 1840. He was for many years a trustee of the University and a State Senator. In the latter capacity he voted for the reopening of the university after the Civil War. He was among those Senators who voted to give $5,000 to the university when some of the Sen ators thought the State was too poor to give $5,000 to the University. He also contributed to a S20.000 fund for the University in days when money was scarce in North Carolina. My father attended the University. He was for many years a trustee, and a devoted and loyal son of Carolina. My brother graduated here in 1920, and my son in June, 19n7. This year of grace, 1958, North Carolina can af ford a first class university. We cannot afford tj require one teacher to do the work of three. Let us get on with the business of maintaining an ade quate teaching staff to teach our boys and girls. We must not be satisfied with anything less than the best. Mrs. Qtelia C. Connor Chapel Hill if RELAXATION By R. P. LISTER In The Atlantic The moment that a man relaxes, Smoothing the furrows round his eyes, A hungry host Of rates and taxes Lights on his shoulders with hoarse cries. The grisly specter of inflation Beats at his head with loathsome wings; The voices of A Certain Nation Bellow uncomplimentary things. Systems and creeds and dread diseases Wrinkle his nose with fresh disgust, And from reverberating breezes Trickles the radioactive dust. Better grip what we lay a hand on. Stuff a stiff ramrod up our backs. Someone will steal the ground we stand on, If for a moment w relax.
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