FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 19S9
Time For
Contemplation
1 Ik- .ijij)Mi.iiu c ol a special tii ol Pea
nuts on the other suU- of tin- page heraMs
tlu Infjiiiiin;.; ol National New .spa per Week.
K.nhei than expound tlu- iitues ot your
.Mihleut p.ipei. or ol tlu- commercial daily
puis, uc uoiild r.uhcr exploie some of the
hoi ti i Minnas .uul weaknesses ol the rontein
p. 1 .11 Amciic.m newspapei. To hi- even
ir.oie i.-iiti. let's look at editoiial policy.
It a competent intelleit were to compile
a laii s. niplinn ol editorial pages front
aiound the counttv. he would probably tail
to be impressed with the calibre of material
ntesente d theiein.
He would see a plentilul supply of senti
mental (lap Hap. I here would le a copious
amount ol woithless articles dealing with
u h impost. nit issues as the corning of Au
tumn and the bloom in4 of red berries. The
lone ol the entiie editorial page would be
one ol eMKtne conservatism. Nothing of
.s.nili( .nit e would be allowed to appear lor
Itav of alienating the gentle teixler.
The most overused, and at the .same time
undented (li(he ol our time states that
"tins s a tinu ol crisis." The duty of every
. ii .
in the land, tie it a weekiv or a met-
Many
Letters
p.. pel
ioio nan nam. is to eu"i wuu uus ensis.
OiieMious ol of ultimate concern must ap
peal heclv. di'cusscd intelligently by com
petent authoiities. Instead oi going down to
the h w I ol its readers, the papers should
bring their readers up to their level.
It is a sad commentaiy on the entire news
paper piolession that editorial comment is
usually limited to piobleins of little con
tent. The issues of the world must be per
mitted to How freely anoss the columns ol
our papeis. An informed populace can be
created in this manner, and another step to
a brighter tomonow will have been taken.
Dining National Newspaper Week, the
papeis at toss the land should take time to
relit it on their duties and obligations rather
than to pat themselves on the back for what
is in reality a irighteningly poor job.
An
Insult
"Iheic stein to be some conflicting opin
ions around campus concerning the honesty
of students. lor example, a student who
went down to the gym to buy his wife a sea
son's ticket lor football was told that he
must pioe he is married. -
This tpc of incident occurs too often
here. 1 it her we are going to be assumed
honest, oi we aunt. II we are to live under
an Honor Sstcm, and if we are to be ex
pected to abide by it, then we ask that every- gation this definition places upon
. . A . A
Dfar Editor:
1 The nation is at war.
2 The nation is losing the war,
badly.
3i The nation must exert a
vastly greater effort.
If you're so concerned, why
den't you enlist and give 'em
1057c ?
Stan Fisher
311 S;acy
Dear Chandler Bridges,
Thank you so much for ycur
brilliant condemnation oi cur
north. You certainly have contri
buted, in your little way, toward
a greater understanding between
the two sections cf our country.
To accomplish this momentous
task, you have made several
moves worthy of praise. First, I
would say, your generalizations
are by far the most sweeping, all
inclusive, erroneous I have ever .
read. As in the south, where the
majoriiy cf citizens are not rabid
segregationists; so in the ncrih is
the majority of citizens not view
ing the south as a glass menage
rie. You a '.so have managed, with
unusual clarity and jiilliance, to
shew that the south is not ignor
rnt in one brea.h, and then to
she a' that we cannot see an in
justice so fiery and disgusting
and discrimination in the next.
This would make the south look
almost as mendacious and hypo
critical as you have pictured the
north. You seem to have an un
usually clear insight into justice
as you state first, '"You can not
undei stand the Sok'hern integra
tionist's way of thinking," and
then, just a few moving para
graphs later, ". . . you know what
is right and wrong." It is little
opinions like this which make me
proud to live in the south. Thank
you Chandler Bridges.
Victor K. Burg
309 Ruffin
Editor:
One of the most frequent and
most important questions that we
as students hear is: "What is the
purpose and meaning of being a
student?" An easy and often-given
answer consists in the reply
that the purpose is to become edu
cated. But this leads us to ask
what education is, and there are
many definitions of education
from a broad inclusive definition
to a very narrow exclusive de
finition. My letter today is concerned
with one of these definitions and
my opinion of the immediate obli-
one pla dv me ruies.
Su h 'incidents as asking a student to prove
that he is mairied. ate insults to the integri
ty of mature students.
MOO
The I elitoi of the Carolinian, the student
paper of the Woman's College in Greens
boro, has said. "We students who attended
the game . . . undoubtedly heard the organ
ized, c heer led booing from the Car olina
cheering section whenever State had the
Kilt " .
Madame, before jumping off of the deep Chapel Hill North Carolina, and
.i... ' ,), it,mr. even these United States. We must
CtHl, We SUggeSl IUU yon iiiarn. vnaw.v,
tion between boo and a moo. For your
information, thete wasn't a single boo that
was heard that afternoon from our side of
the lield.
MOO, MOO, MOO. MOO . . . put that
in your pipe and smoke it.
us as students on this campus.
"Education is the process
whereby one finds his relation
ship to society in that he under
stands the role he plays, his re
sponsibilities and 'Efivileges, and
by comprehending the meaning of
society, determines that society."
In light of this one definition, we
students here have really missed
the boat. Our society today is an
international society. The period
of independence has long vanished.
Therefore to understand and com
prehend the society, the world of
today, we must go far beyond
mttl
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seek to break through the bar
riers of political and cultural in
difference. ' We must so-tosay
have international encounter.
It's quite evident that not all of
us will be able to study abroad or
not all of us will have time or op
portunity to study each country
individually or on our own, but
there is one opportunity each of
us has here, an area that we have
neglected and have failed to take
advantage of the opportunity for
mutual understanding in this in
ternational world the foreign
students.
Yes, on this campus, there are
many foreign students, students,
who are represent "ives of their
countries and their cultures, and
who offer opportunities to under
stand their viewpoints, their econ
omical and political problems, and
many aspects of their culture. But
the sad things is that we fail to
see these opportunities. Many for
eign stuednts have as their
friends, other foreign students. We
meet a student from Germany
and 'because of our complete lack
of understanding of the interna
tional world we are not .able to
discuss reunification or the Ber
lin situation and end up by asking
if Hitler is really dead.
This year, ar. International Stu
dents' Board has been established
as a committee oi student govern
ment. Its purpose is to coordinate
and promote activities and areas
of student life where the foreign
student is concerned. It is our
opinion that we have a responst1
bility to the foreign student as a
visitor in our community and
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country, to he'p him in any need
ed way, and to integrate him into
our way of life, whereby he is
able to form a truer picture cf
our country based on less superfi
cial levels. At the same time we
have the responsibility and oppor
tunity to gain understanding ol
his country and his way of life.
There are unlimited opportuni
ties lor the various groups: .sor
orities, fraternities, church
groups, Y groups, political groups,
etc., to have various speakers
from these foreign students, to
have informal discussion groups,
to invite foreign students to your
meetings in order that they may
have contact with Americans.
There are just as many unlim
ited opportunities for individuals.
' The best step toward world
peace is world understanding and
that is advanced best of all
through personal encounter of the
peoples of the world and their var
ious problems.
Franees Reynolds
International Student's Board
DearSir:
It seems a pity that nearly all,
if not all, of the letters written to
the Daily Tar Heel are protests or
complaints concerning some phase
oi the life of the University.
Would it not be refreshing to see
a letter in praise of some note
worthy achievement, some serv
ice consistently well-rendered, an
instance of adherence to good con
duct, or of some admirable deci
sion made on our campus. But,
alas, no institution is perfect, and
a constant stream oi praise for
all aspects of the University should
not be expected; indeed it should
be avoided, because only , by de-
crial of bad situations and by sub
sequent suggestions of changes in
these situations can one hepe lor
improvement in any phase of hu
man activity. Therefore, may I do
as other readers have done, and
decry some existing situations in
hope that doing so will serve as
an impetus for bringing about
changes ior the belter.
One of the most disturbing
things to confront me since my
enrollment here this fall concerns
the quality of writing found on the
campus newspaper. Where but in
an institution of higher learning
should one expect to find publica
tions most characterized by de
votion to enriching the minds of
their readers and by correct
grammar and composition? I find
it revolting to be confronted with
pages replete with profane lan
guage and colloquialisms in al
most every issue. Although it may
come as a surprise to writers who
make a practice of "spicing up"
their columns with choice four
letter words and informal idioma
tic expressions, most cultivated
people consider this to be in bad
taste. If cultivated people are not
to be found on a university cam
pus I begin to wonder indeed if
they may be found anywhere at
all? If in condoning such prac
tices the staff thinks it is advanc
ing the causes of liberal journal
ism and free thought, I suggest
humbly to the staff that not every
thing done in the name of thee
two things is commendable by
mere virtue of the fact that is
done. Free thought and liberal
journalism are undoubtedly to be
encouraged, but only as means to
an end, not as ends in themselves.
After making an effort in the
past few days to question several
of my fellow students on their
feelings about the service they
get at Lenoir Hall, I am convinced
that I am not the only one who is
dissatisfied. I feel that we have
a right to expect a modicum of
courtesy from the employees. No
cne enjoys the condescending
manner of . thes personnel who
serve the food. Most of them act
as if they are doing a sacrificial
favor to disclose the exact name
of any dish with which a student
may be unfamiliar. They seem to
act annoyed at having to place
focd on the dishes in the first
place. More than one student has
commented to me on the discour
tesy shown him by one particular
cashier. The management of Len
cir Hall might care to remind
these people that without the pa
tronage of the students the em
ployees could conceivably be with
out their jobs! Perhaps it is a
threadbare reactionary concept,
but I always naively thought the
customer had some right to cour
tesy and appreciation for Ins pa
tronage. A great number of Carolina
"ladies" and "gentlemen" de
serve reproof for their rudeness
during the University Day exer
cises. Like elementary school
children do they need to be con
stantly reminded that in a public
assembly it is accepted practice
to remain silent while someone on
the platform is speaking? The
thoughtless chattering of so many
students virtually drowned out the
invocation by Chancellor House
and continued unabated through--out
Chancellor Aycock's remarks.
We were also admirably rep
resented on television during the
University Day exercises by the
stray dog that kept wandering
back and forth in front' of the
South Building steps. The many
other strays that frequent the din
ing hall, the library, and the
classroom buildings need to be re-"
moved, also.
Since each student is charged
for receiving the Daily Tar Hi
when he pays registration fees,
wouldn't it be wonderful if those
in the numerous, dormitories with
three men to a room could wake
up to find three newspapers out
side the door instead cf two? Sup
pose some luckless student has
two roommates who get up in the
iriirning earlier- than he because
of earlier classes ) and take both
copies away to read over he
breakfast table. Suppose, this stu
dent net infrequently can find the
paper nowhere on this floor of the
tuilding or nowhere at all in the
building.
Scott D. Ward
Bear Sir:
Arter reading Jack Hargett's
review of Look Back in Anger i
had the distinct feeling Mr. Har
gett may have missed the main
points in the film y paying over
zcaiCus attention to minor points
ci he plot.
Before any workable prcpo?,
tor social ilis can be proposed it
is the job of the social analyst o
make society aware of the real
piebkms it is facing. It seems to be
to exactly this point that John
Osborne has so ably turned his at
tention, arid rather than being
"misdirected areas" 1 feel that
the play and film has a great deal
cf meaningfulness and is a pene
trating reflection of the type of
society we live in. Perhaps Os
borne's attempt to make the cause
of Jimriiy Porter's anger consci
ous will focus attention on the
problem and through appropriate
social action relieve a lot of real
istic, as well as misplaced, anger.
The film, at least to me, chal
lenges the myth of the easily at
tained upward mobility that is
dangled in front of the working
classes in order to goad them into
"working hard and getting
ahead." One such supposed path
cpen for youth is education, where
if bright enough one can attain
"middle class" respectability and
righteously feel the class structure
is fluid and so deny the problems
of the working class. Jimmy Por
ter has perceived and renounced
this artificial distinction and is
frustrated and angry because
other people who should hare in
terest in this struggle have turned
to societal opiates rather than
face the problem as it is.
Some irresponsible people (eg.
Nixon) even try to deny the exis
tence of a class structure in the
western world. If education does
nothing else it should alert peo
ple to the social problems around
them and one only need open his
eyes in North Carolina, as well as
England, to see a rigidly defined
social system -with built in pre
judices to keep wage earners in
their place and receiving only a
fraction 'of the value they are pro
ducing. Unfortunately, today, edu
cational institutions are often part
ol the pseudo upward class climb
and are thus reluctant to analyze
the society they represent or their
real function . in that society. I
think that it is unfortunate Mr.
Hargett views John Osborne's at
tempt to do this as .". . . little
more than ill wind."
Ralph Forsyth
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Attention
Southerners
Editor:
I would appreciate it very much if my article
could be permitted equal space in The Daily Tar
Heel to that of the article by Chandler Bridges that
appeared in the October 11th issue. Thank you,
, Kirby Jones
For you Southerners that ought not to be damn
ed .. . and Chandler Bridges.
We Northerners do understand the Southern
segregationalist point of view. First, may I quote
Mr. Bridges' article which appeared in The Daily
Tar Heel of October 11, 1959. Mr. Bridges writes,
"He does not believe (Mr. Bridges please be explicit.
Who exactly is he' Northern or Southern. For
your future assistance may 1 refer you to pages
28a and 303-304 in the Harbrace College Handbook,
the section on ambiguous reference.) 'all men are
equal' as the Constitution tastes or that 'all men
are brothers' as the Bible says."
First, I do not think that a person who believes
in this is an ignorant beast only an uncultured,
misinformed slob. Secondly, I do not think that
a person believing in this should not only not be a
citizen but shouldn't be allowed to live in this
country. Frankly, I do not see why Mr. Bridges
does live in America - as his idea's coincide very
neatly with those of our dear friend, Uncle Nicky,
from the land of the Hammer and Sickle.
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Just taking this statement at face value, it shows"
a complete mistrust in the idealistic principles upon
which this country is built. Without those brave
men to fight for such principles in 1776, we would
probably still be under mercantilist domination.
Now to discuss the main idea of Mr. Bridges'
essay. May I first say this. I agree that much hous-
ing in the North is segregated and this is certainly
a fault of the North as you state. But if it is i
fault of the North then it certainly is an equal
fault of the South eh Mr. Bridges? But as you
say Chandler, old buddy, the schools are integrated.
And if you think it is such a small token of integra
tion, why doesn't the South adopt such a simple,
small token? I will tell you why.
The Southerners are full of tradition some
good and some bad. The Southern way of thinking
toward the Negro is not the fault of this genera
tion or of the generation fcefore that. It dates back
to the days of colonization when African slaves
were first brought to the ''states." The Southerners,
needing labor to work on their plantations, used
these slaves and prisoners. Because these first Ne
gro immigrants started off as slaves, they have re
mained in a low class and have never really been
given a fair chance to rise out since.
As for the fact that racial problems in the North
are never pulicized . . .hogwash. Let me call your
dear, humble attention Mr. Bridges to the numerous
newspaper accounts on the race riots and streef
fights in New York City. Almost all the gangs
there are divided racially Negroes, whites, Puer
to Ricans, etc. Certainly there is coverage of these
fights. Perhaps not all of them receive headlines
in The New York Times but they did get front
page coverage last summer. The Mayor of New York
and even the Governor of the state are trying ta
map out means to curb such riots.
This is more than I can say for the South. The
Southern papers do publish the physical aspects
of the integration troubles but take only the point
of view of the whites or no point of view at all.
There is no objectivity in such articles only sub
jectivity. The state legislature, i.e. Governor Faubus
(no offence Govnah) tries io figure ways to weasel
out of complying with the Supreme Court. They
do not even try to settle their problems.
The first sentence of the last paragraph Mr.
Bridges' great epitaph states, "The southern seg
regationalist may be wrong in his discrimination
against the Negro, but he does not believe he is
wrong." I firmly believe that the Southerner, deep
down in his little sweet heart, does believe he is
wrong, but doesn't want to face it or fight it. Only
the fortunate Negro the Jackie Robinsons and
the George Washington Carvers the ones with
guts crawl out of their holes in the ground. For
example, look at some of the personalities in sports
and music. Hank Aaron, Rafer Johnson, Count
Basie, and Louis Armstrong have all proven that
they are worthwhile in society. It is parodoxical the
Southerners let such people entertain them and
fight for them and for the country in times of war
but don't allow them to attend the school of their
choice. If the Southerners would sacrifice some of
their lofty stature in society and give some to the
Negro, I am sure that the Negroes would benefit
the South and the Country.
This retort is not a condemnation of all South
erners as Mr. Bridges' article was of the North
erners. But it is directed to those individuals who
are not perceptive enough or who do not want to be
perceptive to see into the background of this pro
blem. I am not trying to say that the North is
completely innocent, but I am trying to say that,
I think, the North is trying to do more to settla
their troubles than is the South. The North is not
carrying forth the prejudices and traditions of its
great-great grandfathers to the extent that the South
is. Ones forefathers should not govern, ones own
life.
Kirby Jones
316 Joyner
What About This?
1. Th nation is at war.
2. Th nation is losing tha war. badly.
3. Tht nation must exert a vastly greater effort.