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, -. pace TWO Honor Councils Revision: Pig In Legislative Poke The hill to levin' the Miulcnt jinlici.nv lias now hicn kicked .uoiiikI it) Midi haste and with v little (liic(tioi) th.it nothing but contusion has Ikcii jnoctuceU ill student minds. I ven .11110114 the legislature are jeisns who h.itdlv utidei sl.irul. iioin one week to the next, what lhe voted on the last session and Avh.it new amendments will he ot ic led next. Ihev. too. ate contus ed. II notion.; else, the whole liaso sliould teach out polilieal leaders that the haste with which they ail ed has lesulted in only ill oiu civ -(d pioposals that should have been honed out Ion.; before the I i 1 -si bill was piesented to the leisl.i tuie. Due to this haste, the i i-4t11.1l bill his been amended and ic .imended with sin h lii(ueti( that onl those who .11c resonsdle lor its chawing sliould be expected to keep pace with the numerous re visions. I'nder these- ii utiistatii es. it is not I, lit to the student hod to im pose upon them an election to cle teimine the (otnse ol .1 proposal whi(h the .ie at loss to nuclei sr. iimI. I lu- student bod should haicllv be expected to pass judg ment on siu h vaijiie legislation. II. in I .ii r . the leuislatuie wants to (hi list the judic ial lev isions 11 1 x n the students lot acceptance 01 dtleat. then those revisions should be defeated for the sole lea soii that to . uept them would be buv in a pi-.; in a poke. However, we believe that those who undeist.ind the measure sin ceielv desiie its passage, (lolise cpieutlv. it would be in thcii own juiciest to del. iv action on it nil- THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER til every thinking student at lTNC has convinced himself of its merits or shoi tec linings. There should at this time he no election date set lor the constitu tional amendments requisite to ac ceptance of the new male-female council. It should be set only after students and politicians alike know what thev will be voting on when thev ; to the oll.s cm the an nounced day. It seems to us rather ridiculous to sav now that an election will be held two weeks hence, and its outcome will determine the course of a revised judiciary for which we don't vet have a plan. Yet that is precisely what the current calen dar calls lot. An example of the indecision and lack of direction which has c har.u tei ied the whole proposal is the cancellation of a scheduled forum Wednesday niht. That cancellation was due to a legisla tive argument over another amend ment to the original bill. Now. theie's nothing vvioni; with differences of opinion on what a given bill should or should not include. lint these should come before and not after a date is announced lor a public forum at which the pros and cons of the con sidered bill are to be discussed. One week after the judicial y re vision bill was presented to the legislature the very dav it was passed we noted that our stu dent solons had acted with too much haste and we advised them to .slow down in the future. Obviouslv. they failed to listen. I 01 that leason thev m.iv defeat single-handedly a basically good provision which manv students will certainly kill unless thev un derstand more about it. How Long Can He Say No? l.o'4H and 1 easem are on the side ol Se-eictaiv o State Dulles in ir j 1 1 11114 Russia's latest proposal lor a pie Summit meeting ol loicign tuiiiistei s. I he kicmlin wants the minis t(ts to meet next mouth, and the heads ol state in june. It aks .1 stii(t guarantee that the Summit cotileteiice will be held, wli.itevei happens at he- pre ses sion pulev. The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication ,f th Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, where It it published d.u!y except Monday and exam ination and vacation period! and aum oirr terms. Entered as second class mat ter in the post office in Chapel Jlill. N. C. under the Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: mailed. $4 per year. $2.5u a semester; delivered, $8 a year. 3 50 a semester. Kbrr STAFF Whit Whitfield. Curtis Clans. Jonathan Yardley, Barry Win-jtc-n, Gail Godwin. N l-:VS STAFF Davis Young, Fringe Ii pk in. Sarah Adams. Dave Jones Farker Maddrey, Charlie Sloan, Ed Rowland. Kddie Goodman, Wcstbrook Fowler. Stan Black. Virginia Sand-rid-e. Kuth Whitley, Bon Taylor. SPORTS STAFF Uu.ty Hammond. Elli ott Cooper, Mac Mahaffy, Jim Purks, Jim Harper. BUSLN'ESS STAFF' Walker Blanton, John Mintcr, Lewis Rush. PHOTOGRAPHERS Norman Rantor, Buddy Spoon. Editor DOUG EISELK Associate Editor FRANK CROWTIIKR Managing Editor ALYS VOOItHEES News Editor PAUL RULE Asst. News Editor ANN FRYE Ccd Editor JOAN BROCK Feature Editor MARY M. MASON Sports Editor BILL KING Asst. Sports Editor DAVE WTJJLE City Editor BILL K INC A ID Business Manager JOHN WTUTAKER Advertising Manager FRED KATZLN Subscription Mgr. AVERY THOMAS IJbrarian GLENDA FOWLER Niiht Editor PLBLLY BAimOW The Russian le.idcis make it clear they will only discuss issues cmbiaccd by their recent propa ganda line disarmament, nuclear weapons, tiade and cultural lela tions. Thev even nilc out the veuuili (aiion ol (icimanv. ot the plight ol the sate llite c ountries. Thev want the- Summit meeting expanded to include lepresenta tives Iioin commies other than the li;4 I'our, such as Poland, C'ee -hoslovakia. Romania. Dulles is a realist. lie is convinced tli.u a makeshift meeting ol the foiein ministers, with iiisiillie ient time and no au ihoiity to cletetmine possible- are;is loi agreement, would achieve no uselul , in jhisc. He loisees that a Summit con ic leiiee. under conditions laid down by the Russians, would serve meiely as a loi inn lor Sov iet propa ganda. Me is. ol course, liijht. The fact doesn't make his osition, or that ol the I'nited States, anv moie convincing in the eves of a woild leal I ul ol war. huniy lor peace, dazzled in put by the Russian show ol milit.iiv-sc ientilic niiht and clever use ol oppoi tunistic tee huhpic s. Ilv constantly assuming the in itiative, the Kremlin has forced the I'nited , States into :i corner that mav become indefensible, loiic and truth notwithstanding. Masn't the time come to accent the positive, even if it hints? Whqt Hoppen To Explorer? Twinkle, twinkle little star. Outside out orbit there vou arc. 1'ioni your vantage can you sight The Army's second satellite? Shine on, shine on, little earth. Take our message at its worth: The only thing we saw today Was water splashing down your way. Our Apologies In an editorial Thursday wc er red in identifying the owner of jack's Drive-In as John Buck. Owner of the Drive-In is Jack Hop kins. Out apologies to Mr. Buck. THE DAILY TAR HEEL NO DEAL WITH RUSSIANS To the editor: I hope space will permit you to print an opposite view of which Mr. Gans has taken toward Mr. Dulles and our foreign policy. I have just read Mr. Cans' arti cle concerning Mr. Dulles' reply to the Soviet proposal for a sum mit conference. My first thought is how naive of you, but you are not alone. Mr. Gans is to be com plemented on. his noble thoughts. It is just too bad that the world, isn't run by noble thoughts and logic. The Soviet is run by men who have publicly vowed to rule the world through communism. The world would be in much bet ter shape today if our government leaders had taken a more realis tic, rather than idealistic, view toward the Soviets. What else but a hoax can any thinking man call the soviet proposals for a summit talk. The Soviet actions after past summit talks have been nothing but a hoax and a farce by the very definition of the words. At last count the Soviets had broken over sixty-five major treaty and com pact agreements. It is almost safe to say that the Soviets have failed in deed or in faith to live up to every single agreement they have made with the West within the last fifteen years. It has taken a long time fifteen years for our headers to face the cold, harsh light of reality and stand up to the Soviets aud demand concrete proof of a change in their past attitude. We are not endangering the world to hydrogen bomb warfare by calling the Soviet proposals a hoax. Indeed Mr. Dulles' actiou may have a sobering effect on the leaders of the Soviet Union. When these leaders realize that we are not idealist, but strong realist, they may get the idea that the time has really come for them to change their ways. The future of democracy is at stake and I think the best way to insure its continuance is to keep the present realistic view toward the Soviets. It is a common maxim that we do business only with peo ple whom we trust and until the Soviets show us in some salient way that we can trust them we should refrain from entering into any agreements with them. Jim Merrell MURRAY RIGHT? Perhaps Mr. Murray was right about Coach McGulre creating a monster. Coach McGuire has prov en that his uncalled for 'I thinks remarks to the spectators can't produce sportsmanlike couduct. The DTfl attendts tht the situation has deteriorated since McGuire be gan his campaign. He speaks from 110 position of power and thus ag gravates people. Higher university officials could, perhaps, speak from a position of power. But imagine the outcries of "mealing" you'ld get from the student body the moment they did. McGuire is not per se a university official. The fans like him and don't think he's mettling; they're just aggravated. Desirable as it might be the fans are not likely to listen to his advice on behavior. Maybe Coach McGuire should do uhat many Tar Hcehfans have ad vised Mr. Murray to do: worry about his team. Marty Panncll "Cair t Be Spending Money Foolishly, You Know" 1:1 J f ;,lSffe;ftri,: TO TEAR POWM ffT HV 9 the historic ., 1 Lyrgr B. EAST FRONT 9 jj fgjf' ' YJsX X s& QJ yt .T) POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE Defeat Of Council Revision Urged By PRINGLE PIPKIN (The following article was writ ten before Thursday evening: however I believe its arguments are not less true.) It sliould now be evident that the only issue which tire Student Body will determine when it votes on the amendments to t lie Student Constitution that will change the jurisdiction of the councils is whe ther there will be a single or dual ' Honor Councils. These amendments, tf 1 passed, will only create a single council which will have jurisidiction over men and women who violate the Honor Code and who are not in the Dental, Medical or Law Schools. Everything else connected with the Honor Council Revision bill is determined by the Student Legisla ture without the vote of the Stu cfcent Body. Therefore, in light of the fact that you will be voting only on the number of Honor Councils. I will discuss the issue. Why does one make a change? A change is made in order to cor rect some deficiency in an ex isting situation. A change is usual ly intended to eradicate some 'evil which is inherent in the status quo. The value system used to deter mine "evil" is, indeed, open to gjeat discussion, but all I am at tempting to set forth is the ration ale of change.) The logical person would not change what he regards to be the best possible he can attain (that which satisfies the goals he wishes to reach . We change to gain something which we believe to be lacking. Now, take the present Honor Councils, one for women and one for men. and view them with re gard to my statements concern s ing change. Wherein have they failed? I have never heard a single specific reference during the recent dis cussions to a time when an Honor Council failed to give justice be cause its composition was all of one sex. I do not recall hearing anyone saying that "when this poor stu dent was tried, he (or she could have received justice if there had just been a council made up of both men and women." I do not believe that the present dual councils have been accused of incompetency. No one has pre sented a list giviug the number of times that the present councils have failed to be just. Then, if the present dual coun cils have not failed in practice, where have they failed? They have failed because they do not fit into any nice theory about how a government should be ideally run. Their critics have ably demon strated this fact, but to me this is all they have demonstrated, d will be glad to change my opinions if the proponents of this bill can show me specific cases where the dual system has failed.) So now the' argument becomes simply my speculations against those who are against dual Honor Councils. Theory will confute theory. My only advantage in this argument is that the dual system has not been shown to have failed in the past. The proponents of the revision say that the single council would provide a unified idea of justice at least more unified than the pres ent dual system. . But how great has the difference been between the idea of justice held by the Men's Honor Council and that of the Women's Honor Council? I do not believe that I have heard any charge that a dangerous disparity exists. What then can be said for the dual system? It is generally be lieved that a person will talk more freely before members of his (her) own sex about matters related to personal life. I believe both sides in this con troversy accept the fact that this information concerning the per sonal life of an individual is im portant in most cases when it comes time to determine a just sentence for the offender. It seems to me that members of my own sex would be able to understand the problems which I might face. I believe that the coeds feel the same way. IS) 3 Z z 33 1 "nfouA 1 1 Xffi2y,f!S f) 1 1 PLY. YOU STUPID) I Tn S J ffirf KITE FLY r- fe ( D-DOt-4'T V AM KhJOWS TT) f HE'S CjOME.,r-NOTHIN'TO E.AT BUT MUD MUSHROOMS!-fJOW. ) J AM'LL-SB.7-EAT P I GO WAV VO'KICKLD I MAH PROBlJjM IS -SHALL AH EAT NEM. AN' uPpk"- I VEM - AN' TAKE TU AN LLAVE ) ME IN TH'FACL, ) TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES OR SHALL AH DIE O' L o&h.'-COMSEQUENCES.V I ML, GARY. AM' PUSHED ML ( STARVAVSMUN, LIKE THEE SENSl&LE. CHAPS vf.: jWT , r-" OLL DOWN HERE N . -JSSl oprrcDPFrrryi-? t jr V fir VH. U Q. 2 SP0TNiK APTg? I "Vp POO WVO WA5 'A.M&C O o o 0. ill? A i i k f m 15 that? ' wme OP Te iAyg TwS M23C7FL Llg VuU VVA& to IAVM A eifrHUY. AOIiflClLL ' ARTFfCAL.Tvou Tugy CiDN'T u0S AJ?AA pes? Tvgv u$gc?A m tmh SCSI? WE CAN T TAKg THIS IMH' POYfHf JSAiAN U TO J9 -;,r.dV;mh'-t.i. Exchange Student Tells Of First Days In Europe (Dan Smtherlmi, Coettingcr, exclumge slu- . Jt Tor 1956-57, travel Students Association. Tins is ine of several articles on Poland. Although arrangements had been made a month before, I spent two days at the Polish Military Miss xon in Berlin getting my. visa. Several Poles living in West Germany had been waiting much longer than I, as long as seven months 'to a year for a chance to visit, close relatives in Poland The regular night train to Warsaw left the Ost bahnhof in East Berlin at 9:30 p.m. Almost all the passengers were students on their way to the so called "World Youth Festival" in Moscow. I was in a car overcrowded with delegates to the f estiva from France and Luxembourg. Several high school age girls and boys from the Luxembourg delega tion made a place for me in their compartment. (Not unlike most Americans, fearing Communists as much as bacteria, I was reassured to find that my "fellow travelers" were not Communists, but were taking the trip, because of the Soviet offer to pay delegates all expenses in Moscow as well as most of the travel expense. One student feared, however, that he would never be allowed to enter the" USA if our government knew that he had taken such a trip. We talked and they shared with me wurst, eggs, and cake,, which had been provided in overabundance to festival delegates. During a short stop at Frankfurt an Oder just before crossing fr,om East Germany into Poland, women of the East German Red Cross handed cups of hot tea into the train windows for festiyal dele gates. After sleeping several hours in the luggage rack of our compartment, I awoke to." view the flat farmland between Posen and Warsaw. Soon the Palance of Culture of Warsaw stood out on the horizon. I said goodby to the friendly Moscow-bound Luxembourg delegation. ; At the station, I was met by a Polish .student, dressed in a frayed suit, who took me to the In ternational Student Hotel on the Madalinskiefio. From the first, his frankness revealed the startling freedom of speech which the Poles have enjoyed since the October, 1956 Revolution. Due to my delay in Berlin, the group I was sup posed to tour with had already left Warsaw when I arrived. So I decided to , plan my own tour and travel alone. I was given complete freedom to travel w hen and where I wanted to ,Stanislawr, an electrical engineering student at the Warsaw Polytechnic School, offered to show me around Warsaw. (Stu dents from this school took part in Warsaw up risings in the fall of 1957). For the most part Warsaw is rebuilt in Russian style architecture. The "Constitution Place" re minded me very much of the strong Russian in fluence seen in the showcase street of East Berlin, the "Stalinallee." The Palace of Science and Culture built in the same style as Moscow University, towers over all other buildings in Warsaw. This gift of the Soviet Union is despised by the people. According to the Poles, the best place to live in Warsaw would be in the Culture Palace, because there would be the only place in the city where you can't see the "monstrosity." Most of the jokes about the Palace are malicious enough not to be printed. Not only is this Soviet "gift" built in bad taste, but the Poles feel that they have more than paid for it in Polish coal, through exploitation by the Russians in trade. The Culture Palace contains movie theatres, a fine swimming pool, a night club, and a huge con ference hall, all available to the public. What I saw of the cold cheerless interior were marble-faced walls and chandeliers, with no paintings, carpets, or other decoration. The Russian attempt to build something monu mental had been overdone. The result was what Germans call Zueckerbaecker (Confectionary) arch itecture: bombastic and superficial. In Warsaw, along with statues of Copernicus and the author, Adam Michiewicz, one sees modern statuary dedicated to the glorification of the work ing class. Huge statues of mechanics and laborers stand before the Culture Palace and at Constitu tion Square. I saw no monuments to Stalin, however; in fact, not in all of Poland. The Stalin era brings back unpleasant-memories to most Poles. However, an old street marker, evidently overlooked during the de Stalinfication, bore witness that one of Warsaw's main streets had been the "ulica Stalin" before being renamed. In contrast to the Russian influence, the "Old City" in Warsaw has been painstakingly rebuilt just as it was in the 15th cenjtury, with narrow streets and colorfully frescoed houses. Transportation in Warsaw, as in other Polish cities, is inadequate. Every hour of the day seems to be rush hour on the busses and street cars. At first, I was embarrassed by accidentia , bumping someone in an overcrowded streetcar. But elder ly women among others just smiled understanding ly as though they were used to being punched about every day. . The people have developed some peculiar tal ents due to this problem. They think nothing of sprinting after a streetcar for half a block, leaping on, and riding with one foot on the step and one hand on a rail. A bus driver explained, "If I don't drive off before everyone is on, they would just keep piling in the doors." Warsaw traffic consists of a peculiar hodge podge of. busses and streetcars, many taxis, and a number of cars as well as a few other foreign makes horse drawn wagons. Very few Poles have automobiles. Therefore, much of Warsaw's traffic are taxis, mostly of tiie ( standard "Warszawa" make; some are state-owned and some privately owned. I saw several American cars, probably brought in legally or illegally from the tax-free port of Antwerp. Ironically enough, I saw a number of American cars in the parking lot of the Communist Party Building m Warsaw. An evident sign of backwardness, numerous horse drawn wagons travel the streets of Warsaw and other Polish cities. I was awakened usually at JtJS" thC Cl?Uer 01 h00fs on e cobble stone street by ray window, as produce came into the city from the outlying farms.
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