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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.