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U.TI.C. Library Serials Dept. Box 870 WEATHER Cloudy and cooler today wi h chance of liffht showers. belter University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers. whoe motto states, "freedom of expression is the backbone of an academic community." VOLUME LXVIII 80 irustees' Executive o'mm. By HENRY MAYER The Executive Committ'c of flu University Hoard of Trustors Monday afternoon approvrd the list of cupital improvements needs for the 19G1-G3 biennium. Included in tht list, as an nounced by J. Arthur Branch, University Business Manager, art a combination student union and undergraduate library build in?, a multi-purpose building, a cafeteria and service build ing for the dormitory area be hind Kenan Stadium, and the renovation of Phillips, Murphey, and Bynum Hallv The list, not necessarily in or der of priority, of approved capi tal improvements will be sent to the Department of Administration in Raleigh on March 1. This body will estimate costs for the pro posed improvements, after whi'h the Advisroy Budget Committee must survey the needs before the list which is subject to change at any time, is sent before the Gen eral Assembly. Mr. Branch emphasiied that the final selection of capital im provements will not be deter mined until costs have been es- I timated and the Legislature has j indicated how much money will j be available. I The proposed multi - purpose building would be designed to pro- vide an auditorium of sufficient j sue to seat the entir" .in' i and faculty. In addition to facili ties for indoor athletic events, tne proposed building will be equip- ped with an automatic roll-out Mage, suitable for major dramatic productions, commencement exer cises, and other University func tions. LADY D'ARCY OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE Lady Margaret D'Arcy prophetic! an optimistic luiure In the W)'s for Anglo-American relationships wi.h the convertibility of the pound stea ling with tne American dollar nuk ing travel more desireabl'.. Speaking last night in Ken in dormitory, tho British journalist snd thai relationships between Bri'ain and America are better now th n they have ever been before. "And at home wc are all happy." said Lidy Margaret, "for soon in the secret M's. the royal family wi i lue an additional memljcr." Enlistment in national service, the Brit.sh draft, will end this year. "By the end of 12." aid -ai.y Margaret. "The last national .serv ice man will end his tour." She also said that England may look forward to increases in home induNtiy. Kven in the clothes indus try Iidy Margaret noted. England is coining up in the world. French women may now be seen in Eng land brying new wardrobe. Sandburg Comments In 'Small Segment Don't By BLAKF, GREEN "You are the American consci ence." said the birthday telegram. The white haired Carl Sandburg put down the sheaf of congratulatory messages and smiled. "There's a small segment of the American population who don't hate mc." In his birthday interview the sti'l active 83-year-old poet voiced posi tive views on questioned subject and remarked that he was present ly working on poems and stories and the second volume of his auto biography. He also has done a series for the touring "The World of Carl Sandburg," and he will appear on the University campus tonight, 8:30. in Hill Hall to five a free public performance in place of the canceled performance, which tarred Bette Davis. Sandburg's act will include sing iiU and playing the guitar, reading S it it it it it Faculty Council Enacts New Academic Eligibility Rules New academic eligibility require ments for students were enacted by the Faculty Council at its mceu..g Friday. James L. Godfrey, dean of the faculty, said lhe.se new regulations will not apply to students who are prosen'ly enrolled in the university or who tn.iy enter prior to June 1. I!n(). but will be mandatory for ;1 students entering the division of Aca;lemie Affairs after this date. The new requirements will raise the quality point averages de manded lor continuing eligibil ty a n J will provide definite times at which tho necessary minimum average must have been achieved. They are an addition to the four point sea e which went into new quality point scale which will come uhere an A equals 4; B, 3; C. 2; I). 1 and F. 0. The new regulations are as fol lows: '! In order to remain in resi dence at the University undergrad uate students in the Division of Academic Affairs are required to meet the following cumulative point hour ratio requrements at the be ginning of the indcated semesters of college work: in the third semester the minimum requirement will hi 1.25: in the fifth semester, 1.50; in the seventh semester, 1.75, and in SP Denounces "Propaganda Approves New By-Laws By HARVE HARRIS Two posters distributed by op ponents of the constitutional reter endum voted on today were de nounced by Student Party leaders at last night's meeting. The party also accepted a new set of by-laws for the organization. The posters under discussion read: "Would you want your future entrusted to jurors who are forcvd to serve: vote no lor Amendment No. I." and ' Do you want your Honor Council under the control of the politics of the Student Lcgisla tute; vote No to Amendment No. 1." Gary Greer proposed the ques- INFIRMARY Students in the infirmary Mon day were the following: Llewellyn Wells, Josephine Mills. Lila Tickel, Elizabeth Hin ton. Jeanne Crcwes, Carolyn IIol loway, Frances Coleman, Thjmas Ehrlich. Jody Avncr, 'Jerry Fisher, Wilborn Herring, Dewey Sheffield, Robert Hunt. John Alt, Louis Brown, Thomas Harrelson, Edwin Bass, Robert Foxworth, Howard Vann, Jane Sharp, Herman Atwatcr, Leslie Sutorius. Peter Jessner, Thomas White. Jerry Helms and Joseph Perkins. his poems, telling jokes, informal talking and discussing "The State of the World." The poet and Lincoln biographer jf gentie manner and gentle speech became extremely emphatic when asked to comment on the recent outbreak of anti-Semitism in Eu rope. Referring to the swastika in cidents, he said: "The swastika stands not for the murder of an individual or a few individuals, but for the death of a race. It is the symbol of race murder. "If ! were a policeman," he con inued," i wouid shoot a swastika painter on sight. AnU I wouid au norize anybody catching a man painting a swastika on a synagogue .o shoot him on the spot." Pointing to the contributions of the Jewish people, Sandburg said the Jewish surgeons and research- Complete UP) Wire Service N eeds the ninth semester. l.!K). (2) These cumulative point-hour ratio requirements will replace all existing requirements for aca demic eligibility to continue in re sidency. Under the present eligibility re quirements, freshmen in residence must pass six semester hours in the lirst semester and twenty semes ter hour in the first academic year. By the new regulations the mini mum grade average will be in creased from .56 to 1.25. Following .semesters requirements will rise in ' proportion to this scale. (3) Any ,ta.'ent academically eligible to continue in residence under these cumulative point-hour requirements is also eligible for transfer to an upper college when he has completed the course re quirements and semester-hour re quirements for transfer from the General College. A professional school, through its administrative board, may specify required marks for General College courses that are to be counted toward the stu dent's major or as prerequisite to his major field of study. 4 In order to graduate a stu dent is required to achieve the present cumulative point-hour ratio of 2.00 in a total number of houis (SEE Council Enacts, page 3) tion as to just who bad the sheets printed and were passing them out. University Party Chairman Hank Patterson, sitting in on the meeting, disclosed that carl or last evening he had seen Chair man of the Men's Honor Council Hugh Patterson exchanging bun dies of the posters with two mem bers of the Council. The UP leader further stated thai, he was pd vised earlier that the posters would be distributed by members ol the Attorney GeneralV staU and the Men's Honor Counc.l. George Grayson, member of l Ik 'Honor Council, stated in response to a question by Greer that he woulu help distribute the poster concern ing Amendment 4. Grayson de clined to .stale whether or not he knew of anyone else helping in ihe distribution. New by-laws of the party re ceived unanimous approval after several sections were amended. Greer proposed that any paity member failing to attend 5 con secutive meetings abdicate his membership and have I.Js name taken from the party role. His proposal passed the party vote as did the one calling for election of party officers at the next meet ing, probably to be the first week in February following exams. Interview Hate Me ecs have made more important discoveries than those of any oth er race. Asked about his religion, Sand burg replied with a grin: "I'm a Moslem. I'm a Buddhist, Mormon. Jew, Catholic and Swedish Luth eran." Turning to the modern Ameri can novelists, he observed: "In the main, they seem to be indif ferent to certain themes. Not yet has there been a great novel around the press the newspaper and magazine world. Not yet h. s there been a great Madison Ave nue novel. And out of this parti cular era, no important political novel." As for .sex in novels . . . "When it comes to sex, I will take the doc tors and the lawyers as against the novelist. They know more about the sex first hand and have a wider range of facts." CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY JANUARY 12, 1960 Di-Phi To Argue Issue OfU. S.-Cuba Relations A resolution that the Government of Fidel Castro in Cuba should be overthrown will be debated tonight by the Di-Phi Society, 8 p.m., xNew West. Supporters of the resolution feel that relations between the Uni.ed States and Cuba have reached a new low since Premier Castro came to power. They point to the many de nunciations of the United States by Castro in the face of the U. S. gov ernment's efforts to promote friend ly relations with Cuba. Once Castro said that Cuba would be neutral in any future war between the United States and the Soviet Union. At another time he accused the United Mates of permitting enemies of his reg ime to use U. S. bases to bomb Cuba charges which the United States has emphatically denied. Many of Castro's former support ers are ci.ed as having resigned from his government because of their objection to its infiltration by Communists. Among them are for mer President Urrutia, former chief of the Air Force Major Diaz and former commander of Camaguey Province Major Matos. The resolution's supporters fed that Castro is simply another dic tator of the Batista model, but one having less ability and more of a Hair for dramatics. There are no indications that elections will be held in Cuba within the next five years. Castro at first said they would be held in a year, then he said 18 months, then two years, then four. Finally, he announced they would not be held until all poverty is w iped out and everyone has a hos pital bed. He ha.s appointed his brother, Raul, commander in chief of the Armed Forces and hereditary suc cessor to his 20Lh of July revolu tionary movement. It is felt that the radical nature of Castro's Agrarian Reform Law clearly demonstrates his inability in economic matters. Unemployment is considerably higher than it was AGD-Sorority Holds Annual Pledge Weekend Alpha Gamma Delta sorority cn tcrtained their pledges Friday and Saturday with their annual plcJge weekend. The Hope Valley Country Club, Durham, was the .scene of the Pre sentation Rail Friday night. Ray Jeffries, assistant to the dean or student affairs, presented the pledges and their dates. Music w?s furnished by Buddy Klein of Ra leigh. A steak dinner party at the Hope Valley Country Club and a cabin party at Maultsby's, with music furnished by the Doug Clark com bo, was the order of events Sa.ur day concluding the weekend. Editorial Comments (Today's editorial starts on the front page and is continued in the far right hand column of page two. Editor.) Today's referendum is easily one of the most important elec tions in recent years. The Daily Tar Heel hereby goes on record in agreement with the chairman of the Student Party and the chairman of the University Party in endorsing all four proposals. At the present tinnc, we cannot profess any great love or respect for the Honor System. As an ideal it is wonderful and must be preserved. As a practical system, it needs changes and re-structuring. An overwhelming majority of the cases submitted for judge ment are turned in by members of the faculty. A great many stu dents do not have a high regard for the sacred Honor System. Trials, with the exception of the Men's Honor Council, easily the best run of the judicial bodies, arc often handled in a slip shod manner with the chairmen and members of those groups in the dark as to correct judicial procedure. Brilliant students arc convicted by the lowest possible margin, 6-3, and suspended by a vote of the Council's members, 4-3. At the same time, a student is found guilty of a serious violation and placed on mere probation until the first day of practice for one of the University's teams. Nothing is actually the matter with these decisions except a lack of continuity as to the severity of the punishment. What type of Honor System is it which breeds disrespect? What type of Honor System is it when the students are in the dark and ignorant of policy and procedure? What type of Honor System is it that finds itself ridiculed and laughed at by a large portion of the students. What is so sacred about something that doesn't work? What is so traditional and wonderful about a system which fails to guarantee the basic rights of justice? What kind of a system is it that has more than one time seen the Women's Honor Council virtually the private domain of one sorority? What kind of an Honor System do we have when some members of the Women's Honor Council will readily admit they think the jury system is a waste of time? And, we hasten to re mind them, the jury system is the most basic right of all. Yet, these same students with the power to suspend you and I aren't in favor of this right. (Set page 2, col. 6) I - i I FIDEL CASTRO under the Batista regime. Foreign investments in Cuba have virtually ceased. The Cuban peso has lost 30?4 of its value since Castro came to power. While the supporters of the re solution would not advocate any thing so drastic as a return of Ba tista to power, they do feel that someone who Ls less of a demagog than Castro and who has more abil ty, in the stature of former Presi dent Urrutia who was deposed for his anti-Communist views, would be better able to lead Cuba from its present chaotic situation. U.S. Protests Cuban Seizure Of Property HAVANNA (AF) The United States protested to Cuba Monday against numerous seizures of prop erty" of U.S. citizens in this coun try. The protest was delivered by U.S. Ambassador Philip W. Bon sal to acting Foreign Minister Marcelo Fernandez. It involved a question of seizure and occupation of land and build ings of U.S. citizens without court orders and frequently without any written authorization at all. An embassy press statement said Bonsai delivered a protest "which was prepared in the State Department during the period of the ambassador's consultation in Washington, pro testing to the government of Cuba numerous actions taken by officials of that government which are considered by the U.S. Government to be a denial of the basic rights of ownership of U.S. citizens in Cuba . . ." The protest appeared certain to be a confirmation of a U.S. de cision, reported earlier, to adopt a firmer policy in dealing with Fidel Castro's Cuba. Offices in Graham Only 2,000 Expected To Ballot By HENRY MAYER Carolina students will go to the polls today to vote upon four Con stitutional amendments to the judiciary system. Only about 2000 ballots are ex pected to be cast in the referen dum, which provides for the fol lowing additions to the Constitu tion: (1) The student will have the right to a trial by a jury of his peers, selected at random from the student body. The defendent will have the privilege of dismiss ing for any reason a reasonable number of prospective jurors, prior to the trial. (2) The right to an active de fense counsel of his own choosing. (3) The right to summons wit nesses and obtain evidence for his defense. (4) The right to be judged by a council of students elected under some form of geographical ap portionment to be specified by the student legislature. The first and fourth proposed amendments involve only those councils - empowered to suspend convicted students, i.e. Men's Honor Council, Student Council, Women's Honor Councl, Women's Council, Law Sehol Court, Medi cal School Court and Dental School Court. The polls will be open 9 a.m. 6 p.m.. although poll tenders have not been secured for all the bal loting areas, according to Elections Board Co-Chairman Don Black. "Because exams arc so close, some people in the Men's Dorm districts have been reluctant to serve as poll tenders." he stated. Black urged all students willing to serve for an hour at the ballot boxes to contact their dorm presidents im mediately. Tabulations of the election re turns will be posted in the Ren dezvous Room of Graham Me morial and final returns arc ex pected about 10 p.m. If any or all of the provisions are passed, they will be added to Article II, Section 5, sub-section C of the Student Constitution. Polling places for the referen dum will be as follows: All dormi tory residents will vote in their respective dorms, with the excep tion of Smith residents, who will vote in Gerrard Hall; Kenan resi dents in Mclver; and Connor resi dents in Alexander. The Carolina Inn and the Naval Armory will be the polling places for Town Men's I; the Scuttlebutt, Town Men's II; Gerrard Hall, town Men's HI and IV and Town Women. In case of rain, the Ger rard Hall ballot boxes will be shifted to the lobby of the Y Building. English Professor's Article Published Associate Professor of English R. . Kaske has an article, "The Sigc mund Heremod and Hama-HygcLc Passages in 'Beowulf'." in the latest number of Publications of the Mod ern Language Association of Ameri ca. Kaske comments that "the fou.-hundred-odd lines of 'Beowulf be tween the defeat of Grendel and the attack by Grendel's mother con tain two brief digressive passages, set with some appearance of sym metry on either side of the longeL Finn Episode . . . The four basic references which make up these two passages seem disigned as piecemeal allusions to stories more or less lost to us a fact that must necessarily deprive us of much that the lines were meant to convey." Stotas Way Jio o n n Memorial Th e Here are the items which will be voted on by the student body on Tuesday, January 12. If passed, these amendments will be added un der a section enumerating rights of defendants before campus courts un der the judiciary article of the Stu dent Constitution (Article II, Section 5, Sub-section c): (5) The right, if he so desires, to a trial by a jury of his peers, se lected randomly. The defendant shall be granted the privilege of dismissing for any reason a reason able number of prospective ju.or. prior to the convening of the trial. This right is required only in those courts which are invested with the power to suspend convicted defend ants. Effective January 31, 19G0. (6) The right to an active coun sel for his defense, subject to his own choice from among the mem bers of the student body, and that counsel shall be allowed to ask rea sonable questions as adjudged by the chairman of the council unatr Campus Leaders On Referendum By MARGARET GWATIIMEY Charlie Gray, President of the Student Body Today you vote on a referendum that could have a wide effect upon our Honor System. The referendum includes four provisions. The two concerning the active detense coun cil and the right to summon witnes ses are fundamental to our syst m The provision concerning the geo graphical apportionment threatens to place our Honor System into a political system. I feci a system, which must be impartial, should no be endangered by the overpartia and many times distasteful poJ i cal setup that exists on our cam pus. A better solution to nie won d be to encourage students from ah segments of the campus to run !o the council. Conscientious sludin .i should not be rcstrictcl from i mi ning for the Hjnor Council becau e of geographical apportionment. I this provision passes, I will work for a large apportionment in an" at tempt to keep our system out of po litics. The provision for random selec tion of jurors deals with an existing trend on the campus - that is to pat tern our system after our natona" system. This trend had tended fc make our trial procedures cumber some because of the vast amoun of technicalities that must be fol lowed. Now the accused has to si for weeks before the preliminaries of his trial can be completed. The philosophy, however, is good and If this provision passes, the students must accept the wait ing period before trials and ac cept the serious responsibility of serving as jurors. My one concern is that all this de bate over our trial procedures wil. not lessen the students' faith in th. philosophy of our honor system. at Carolina are lucky to have such a mature, responsible system of dis ciplne. Let's not ruin it by making it too complicated to be effective. Sandy Trotman, Chairman of Women's Honor Council: Probably the most controversla issue is that of randomly selec e. juries in all courts which have tlu power to suspend. Quite often. Wom en's Council trials involving majji violations mclude testimony by the defendent of a very personal na ture, and which the defendent would be hesitant to disclose to a jury o, nine women selected randomly from the campus at large. The jury could very easily become confused and thereby be tempted to consider the FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE Ballot whose jurisdiction the case is being iried Effective on passage. 7) The right to summon witnes ses or obtain evidence for bis de fense. Effective on passage. 3 The right to be judged by a council of students elected under some form of geographical appor tionment to be specitied by the Leg islature. This right is required or.ly in those courts which are invested with the power to suspend conv.ct ed defendants. Effective immediate ly after the annual spring elec ion of 10. The items will be voted on se parately. An explanatory note is being added to the ballot which will intorm the voters that the counci s included in paragraphs 5 and 8) are the Man's Honor Council, .he Student Council, the Women's Hon or Council, the Women's Council, the Law School Court, the Medical School Court, and the Dental School Court. State Views Set For Today question of intent, which should not be considered in deciding guilt or innocence. Although it is true that the de tahs oi spec.iic cases have not oee:i made public, this is for he protection of the defendent. Th se iiy cay uiai the random jury sys tem should be installed in order .io co.iiot secrecy and to educate the campus as to the workings oi the System have iailed to consider the . .eiil purpose oi Honor Council trials -that of insuring a just, fair, and non-public tria; ior the defendent. Trials should not be used as eJuca Jonal "tools," but should be con ducted wi h the best interests of the Jclendent in niind. This amendment will alio mem ha yon iihis accept tiic responsi- ity of being a jtir.,r, uheilur y. u aave iiie ineiesl ai.d time or n t. As it no'W s.an:is, anyone who i.s in terested can serve as a juror, but .hose whu a.c not in:eics.cd are not obligated. Bill .Norton, (Representative who introduced the bill The judicial reform lus ben close o nie personally ever iince I have come to the University. This is per haps the climax to the study and vork that has been done in the past in regard to the judicial system by many of our student leaders I regret to say that there !us been a strenuous effort on the oart of some campus leaders to di;tj;t and misconstiue the facts in the ef ort to defeat the reierendum for what I fe-jl to be personal reasons. As important to me as the pas sage or failure of the reierendum viL be the number of studen's vot ing, for I belitve that the. failure of the students to vote their sincere pinions will hhow ei'iier a-miscn-ceplion of the facts or general com placency on the part of the strdint body. At the same time, however. I feel that a large turnout and the success of the referendum will indi cate what I have for some time be lieved in - the desire on the part of he students for sSicere and progres sive student government. The four main points offer to tha students the complete justice which Jiey deserve as members of our University community. 1 challenge each student to cn- aider all the issues involved and to support the referendum in an effort to bring to themselves complete jus tice under a democratic honor system.
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