FACE TWO
THE OAILY TAR HEEL
About
Nematodes
Norman Cousins
uMMlM Is on s!.,v;c ;,,,(! )!,,. );..(, js ,u u.,,,
A uiiifil ;iiil.i. nil.- the l.ir-ri ;u.(l inn,! valuable
i I its kind. h;..s hern barred from the United States
because it comes from Communist China. Zoos in
this counlrv lne of'io.v.l up t $2."x()0() lor the
low n of i!ic Mu'nu" family. I-m! vHvi.'.ns restrictions
havim: to do with c.riniuiilst China prevent the
panda li'Min ciitcrin.: (he United States Meanwhile,
the animal is appearing in .his hrciihout Europe
with. .ut anv i:;.tuT.,!,o threat t. the internal se-
;ir:t of tho n.,!.oi, involve,!.
In the S:i"l IT m. i ,: .!' t()(- world's grent
writers coniM .nr.! ,.:i ';.): I v siiinn'-ivr act by
I'l-iir,' awarded t'-c (,;-M . i,.,, important literary
pri ';,' Soviet 1; :, :i ol WnVrs was willing to
put up wP'i i'.oris p., arrnak '.M',e t!'e indepea
h'nt i! dure ol his ... !):,t i;.. uncut he re-
teied tie Vie! IV,:' ( v..,, epe!!ed from the
uM'"i .in I deiimiMi I ,i. .i traear The implication
i clear the writer, in the Snvirl can write ab a!
anvthni.; they i-h s(, ;iN ;il,.v (,, ( wjth
;:eii;.j(. ii ; c, 1 1 1 ici I '
Meanwhile, t'-e hi.-.i:-;. 1 1 :i 1 1( in the
twentieth r if ;: h-,,., , o...,t.ini!y ennchcil.
Now. in .idoitien p, 'A,,.-d ),!,,. clean" 'o describe
a -.'ipposePIv i.id;., a.'tue tree nue'e:;. explosive.
"Min,h;i,e iivits- to ,:,-,;i',e the amount of
''"hat !oi rpt -lie lor hru,'. hen'us, we have the
tenn tu;" to .lex-Vie ;, ie! developcil H Bomb.
A commarder ot the A i ; Korce in liie I'. S. broke
the v I m tint a " ! n'' hrdro 'tn bomb had
been perfMte'l th.t ici , hy a fi-hter
lane The ln.-nb will ,.f i,!r,. contain the cqtiiva
letit of mm r.d h.llh ii pom-,!. ,,f dynamite, enough
to pnlerie a n'. lad i! now comes in the con
vnunt an I co !.!,?, r p'.me people who
are ned to think it:;: ,,! the word "tiny" to describe
1. Mm ii w.ll h:.e to m.ike a minor adjust-
inellt.
at-
II is curious t, (( the way r.ou.seno is
trailed to power, as though this were its natural
habitat In the r K;il. t!ie Chinese Communists
pursued a combined policy of murder and mercy
for one month towards ;,r occupants of Quern, y
and M.itsu. r,omh:n: and brotherhood were lied
to-other a ;i un;fn d pro-ram. On Monday the
people on the island would be shelled. But on
Tuesday the shi llm- would cease and the people
would be encoura-o i entrench themselves and
receive supplies. Indeed, if the food ran short,
they h.itl o::!y to ask the mainland and it would
be supplied. II this policy of umv we will kill you.
now we won't made snw to the islanders, they
made no rr.e.'.t: m ol it.
h way of e; t i'.!;mi;:w ..,-:,n consistency
ot the Chinese Communist Partv ;m
Almo.
the head
notinced that his country could not be intimidated
by the threat of nuclear war. lie was willing f
admit 4hat mm milium ('hirese might be killed
in such a war Even m. he said, there would be
:00 million left. Smt thing else would be left.
The people would have their memories. They
would have memories uf the mivsing from am."n:
their families and inends. They would also have
memories of a world that had tamed against itself.
na-
Iliit Communist China isn't even the onlv
lion that fe.'ls e'-li-ed to pronounce such imnsenv
to tle world. In the I'nded States, officers of th
State Department t.ave op nlv (Iceland that
our
mam security is lo be found in our wiliiimnes's to
risk all oft nuclear war. Fortunately, there are still
a lew people left m uov crnmcnt who believe that
for our safety we mu-t look to world c mtrol of
nuclear weapons rather than to nuclear stockpiles.
What these people ay make, sense, bvd the sur
rounding sound, of nonsense arc rapidly becom
ing louder.
Commisiouer Willard F. I.ibby uf the t'nited
Slates Atomic- I'rior-y Commission, for example,
spoke dan-irou, iioiiMn.se the other day to Mayor
Norns FO'j'.son of Los Angeles. Mayor Poulson was
deeply aljjmed a'oout the .-hock radioactive fallout
that took plat o over hi city as the result of the
recent l at the deadline Nevada nuclear tests,
telephoned Com m i ;. ner Llhbv who told him
t ll.it. to or:.e , p.o! Mayor Poulson wouldn't for-
;'et it. The tallout had soan d far beyond the dan
ger limits set by the Atomic Knery Commission
itself. There was a real threat to the health of his
people. Mayor Poulson regarded what Dr. Libby
aid as casual and callous handling of an important
problem In any event. Dr. Libby has made it clear
that hi, job is to n, ike and test the bombs, and n-t
theorie about ways in which people can counteract
the cllccts of the resultant radiation in their
ter. milk and bones.
He
n
wa-
All these incidents are net something out of th
fiendish tab s o'a by -one era of yhouls but a
( haractenstic feature of an a-e, our a-e, in which
absolute force ami absolute nonsense attract on?
another and are beint; made dominant in human
affairs. The unholy alliance seems to assert itself
wherever vast force appears, almost as though the
vrry nature of the force divides the human com
munity into the sane and the insane and confers
upon the latter the privileges of rule. Indeed, there
is a bli-hiing quality to the power, for once-reasonable
men who come in contact with it seemingly be
come transfixed by it and take easily and freely
to the language of nonsense that belongs to
power.
the
By way (if lending grim point to the conse
quences of invested nonsense, we read a report
from the V. S. Dcpartnrent of Agriculture which
says that the nematode, a species of plantworm or
parasite, carries within itself a mysterious ability
to resist hann from radiation. Man. puny creature,
Kets into trouble when he is exposed to doses of
300 roentgens or moie. ;,,t the nematode can take
up to CO'UHX) units f radiation. Man need not
therefore fear that his nonsense will empty life
from this earth. If man iIkmi'I want the world the
nematode is perfectly willing to 'take it.
Saturday Review
Gy Special Permission
On Norman
Thomas
The controversy at Lehigh Uni.
verity over the banning of So
cialist Norman Thomas as a
speaker on the campus exploded
this week as a series of develop
ments provoked comment from
the U. S. National Student As
sociation, Thomas himself, and
the school's President, faculty
and student council.
NS.Vs National Fxecutive Com
mittee, which met at the Uni
versity of Minnesota last month,
voted unanimously on a rcsohi
tino condemning the thwarting
of Thomas at Lehigh as a breach
of academic freedom.
University President Martin
D. YVhitaker broke a two month
administration silence when he
told a faculty meeting that the
Thomas denial was made on pro
cedural grounds. He did not.
however, offer any comment on
the academic freedom question
involved, and left a number of
oilier questions unanswered.
Prior to the muting, eight
professors, all memU rs of the
executive committee of t h e
school's American Association of
University Professors chapter re
leased a statement questioning
the university's current regula
tion on the approval of guest
speakers. Although not specifi
cally mentioning the Thomas af
fair, they asked that the power
of approval be transferred from
the I resident to the students and
faculty.
Issuance of the faculty state
ment forced the resignation of
the President of the A ALT chap
ter who accused the eight pro
fessors of "acting injudiciously
and failing to meet the complexi
ties of the problem."
The Lehigh Student Council
voted late in the week to sup
port the faculty .statement. At
the same time, reliable sources
disclosed that the President of
the student organization which
had originally invited Thomas to
the campus plans to appeal the
Administration's decision to Le
high's Board of Trustees at it.s
meeting next month.
A Fable -
By AESOP
Ilenny-Penny's pronouncement
was shocking.
"Everything looks fine to me,"
said the Eagle squinting into the
sun.
"Peace, peace." said one Dove.
His mate cried out. "Peace and
friendship."
Two little pigs were in a manic
mood alter disposing of the h.g,
bad wolf.
"We are not afraid." Their
brother was less sure: he only
grunted.
The fox said in quasi-disbelief,
"let's solve the problem." be
cause he had been around mid
knew how hysterical fowls could
be.
"I agree in principle. Let's
exert a greater effort," said a
lion.
"But what is c danger ac
tually?" asked an elephant, who
feared nothing.
"Haven't you heard? The wa
ter table is dropping." comment
ed a camel. The essence of the
problem was a loss of faith, the
Mantus asserted, and then he
passionately proclaimed the need
for a return to religion before
it was too late.
Mrs. Playtapus understood the
reasons for the present dilemni.
(At least she thought she had)
All the other animals were evo
lutionary mistakes and were
doomed to extinction.
"We need a disarmament con
ference." contributed a tiger try
ing not to flash his teeth too
much.
An owl hooted, "More Educa
tion." "Work", neighed a dray horse.
"Conservation or resources."
declared a bear.
"We are in each other's hair,"
squeaked the bats. But they tend
to see the whole affair topsy
turvy. A muted swan deplored the
semantical subtlities of the dis
cussion. A rabbit shouted, "Birth con
trol." "How immoral," interrupted
the Mantus.
"Peace. Peace," cooed ie
'doves, this time in unison,
"Peace and love."
"We are losing badly."
The turn of events was too
much for the glazy -eyed ostrich
who dug a hole in the sand and
buried his head, blurring reality
with the blackness.
"The sky is falling" reechoed.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, Hid
4.
Yon Mean You'll Take The Whole Works?'
lor
Editorial
Commentary
Thursday, t lie- Stmlnit 1 .t-is.l.u m r u i
Ihmi ddutc on a hill tn sit the L.ic I,
SMiliy, 1 lection, ,, h L"J. To he sm,
Iim ussion w ill ,c H scnu( , om )(.,, Nj(jt.s
J Ik- Doilv Tut supports ,,js
a number of rcasony. I lu re has hecn a dis
tinct and le;n L, k ol continuity between
otitoinn and incoming adininist'rat ions in
Student ( iov et mm nt . We have seen over and
out d-aui evunples ol liitU- ,M no coopera
tion .'tno'n'g the parties involved. A -ie.it deal
l litis has hem the l.n t that t he "elec t ions
have been held laic- in the veav. le.iviu'g little
time lor a smooth1 iiaiisition.
1 his uould also help due- to ihe lad
that
ii lakes a minimum ol three wee
lor
ill' llVl'VII.Mlt ..I !.,. .....1 ... I 1
...v ,..v,...vi.i .,i on siiiuciii i)o(!v to appoint
the members ol the various student 'govern
ment committees. The process lor selectin
members ol these committees is om- which
involves person.! intctvuws with the stu
dent's chiel exculive. These lake time, more
than is c ttirentlv allowed.
One member ol the presuit -ioup ol stu
dent .uovemmcut olliceis must leave in late
Match to practice- teach. P,v iiioviiiM ,K. (.c.(
lions up. this person would be allowed to
miisn net term Indole leavupg. Another
ihe lom student -ovenimeni olliceis has iust
Mini piaceci on academic probation, me
in- he will not be flowed to continue
present postiion as tieasuiei. It is vitallv im
l;"!;"it that he be icplaced In an elec ted ol
I 1 1 'J 1 IV WW.I .1.1 I
' ", I'o.ssmie. auiiougii steps arc
I km no; taken to Ml ihe -ap with a presiden
ii!,......;... 1
I 11 I I j II M I I l 11.
1 here will be some; who will vote against
this measure even though all ol the student
-oveinmeni olliee-ts and ihe editor support
it. 1 his is. ol eor.tse. their right. we
liope it doesn't boil down to a political lmht
We ourheard talk in the Student I.e-ish-
tme to the ellec t that the bill would work
iKVid.sliip on ihe nominating procicluies
one of the two patties. This shouldn't si
them Irom j)assim it.
Be My Vdentine
. The nation is at wr.
2. The nation is losing th war. badly.
3. The nation must exert a vptlv orester effort.
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Managing Editors
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Art Review
Ted Crane Jr.
The Chapel Hill Art Gallery
recently featured the work of
Mercer Kessler, of Winston-Salem,
through February the sev
enth. Miss Kessler received her
Master of Fine Arts from the
Woman's College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, and has
exhibited previously at the Norin
Carolina Museum of Art, the
First Provineetown Arts Festival
and the Columbia Biennial in
1959. She has studied at the
Hans Hoffman School in Prov
ineetown. Massachusetts, and in
1958 was the recipient of the
Museum Award and Woman's
(lub Scholarship. At present she
is teaching at Salem College, in
V.'inston-Salem, North Carolina.
In general. Miss Kessler's work
is flat static and harmless, but
very neat. She has confined her
work to the representation of
landscape, and has blended ex
tremely well, in her present
stage of development, simplicity
of color orientation with an ov
erall naturalism forced into lin
ear balance. Her pattern of de
sign either centers around a
.void, or a block of color (usually
greeni. carefully fenced off with
horizontal and perpendicular lin
ear structure defined by variant
colors balanced by their position
in relation to this void, or cen
tral color of the canvass. All of
her works in oil are geometrical
ly equivalent, very colorful and
pleasing, especially when she
uses color to achieve motion and
most successful work entitled
perspective, which occurs in her
-REACTOR." Here, at least. Miss
Kessler seems to be unhampered
by her chosen style, which how
ever, is suitable in proportion
to some of her better works,- in
cluding "ARENA", "NEW FOL
IAGE", "DOGWOOD and
FRESHLY PLOUGHED EARTH",
and "WINTER CORNFIELD IN
THE FOG."
Miss Kessler s structure is ex
tremely successful and most ef
fective in her charcole, ink, and
watercolor sketches, all of which
are beautifully done in exact se
quence Of proportion and color.
In these smaller works her linear
balance approaces much nearer
a style of interpretation than do
her oil paintings, many of which
are much too large to define pre
cisely her intended geometric ef
fects. Each of her sketches is a
unified pattern of exact contrast
and naturally balanced color re
taining within a stiff structure
the motion and harmony which
seems forced and static in the
void areas of her larger works.
Miss Kessler's show is certainly
very worthwhile, and her sketch
es particularly brilliant in style
and composition. Although she
is still in an experimental stage
concerning her use of color, she
is a very consciencious artist,
and her work is worth seeing.
Emanon I
Let us wander through the town
before the sun goes down,
before the sun advances to
another, more deadly, rende
vous. Swiftly we shall make our way
across the dying of the day,
reaching somewhere soon
an ending stained in afternoon.
Our fading steps retreat
beyond Uie empty streets.
The shops are closed, no longer
hold
our eyes that do a.s they are
told.
Each man's sky
has lost integrity
as night moves imperceptibly:
Hurry, we must love and die.
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From
(Greensboro
Addison Hewlett's off-again. on-again behavior
reminds us of the reply of the late Governor R.
Gregg Cherry when reporters pressed him about
a juicy appointive plum. "Now don't you worry a
bout that," he would say, "I'll find me a patriot
somewhere willing to make the sacrifice.''
Addison Hewlett could become a sort of sacri
ficial lamb in a curious political imbroglie not en
tirely of his own making. Billed first as a sure-fire
bet for Governor, (on whose encouragement?) he
marched up and down the state seeking support.
Dismayed to discover that much of his expected
backing had siphoned off either to Sanford or Lar
kins, Hewlett withdrew from that battle. Most po
litical observers took his candid statement about
lack of money at face value.
Then in the ensuing hurrah, with rumors wide
ly abroad of a Hodges-Jordan-Larkins faction, and
that would include Sanford supporters at least un
officially regardless of public denials, Hewlett got
a new round of encouragement. With his fellow
New Hanoverian political hopeful, Rep. Alton Len
non miffed because Hewlett had blocked the senn
torial entrance too long while dallying with the
gubernatorial race, the House speaker then decided
to seek Jordan's seat.
Hewlett's indecision definitely weakened his po
sition1. Instead of making a strong race as the "poor
man's candidate" against intrenched textile wealth,
he rather becomes a sort of down-home Richard
Nixon eager and willing to hop any political train
in sight. That labels him as a man anxious to run
either as the rich man's or the poor man's candi
date, wherever political expediency might lead.
In such a contest Senator Jordan's position is
far mote consistent and impressive. What does
Hewlett stand for? In the words of the Smithfield
Herald, " Doubtless there are some voters who are
not a little disturbed about a candidate who finds
no difficulty in shifting from anti-Hodges to pro
Iloclges and h.nk to anti-Hodges, all within a single
year."
But the Hewlett candidacy does make itself felt
immediately in the Governor's race. The Larkins
people no longer expect much help, as they ob
viously did at one time, from the Jordan camp.
They must now run largely on their own.
For Senator Jordan's backers will certainly urge
the Saxapahaw industrialist to run scared. After
all. he is a gubernatorial appointee, and the people
have not looked kindly on such candidates in three
similar races over the last 14 years: William Um
Kead. Frank Graham, and Alton Lennon were turn
ed out of that office. Can Everett Jordan beat the
jinx?
In the Sanford camp there is quiet jubilation.
Hewlett has been transformed almost overnignt
from a worrisome liability into a 21-carat asset.
Sanford's men are glad to see him return. But the
inclination is to keep the two races separate, lest
any across-the-lines commitment automatically carry
a.s many liabilities as assets.
North Carolina must now begin to urge the can
didates, one and all. to get out of the political
maneuvering stage and into the realm of projecting
tangible platforms. The state will be served from
now on by more emphasis on programs than per
sonalities. No Room For Good Teachers
Good for Dr. Edward Teller. He practices what
he preaches. The "father of the H-bomb" plans to
teach a course in freshman physics next semester
at the University of California in Berkeley.
Explaining his decision, the distinguished scien
tist said: "I have talked a lot about what we should
be doing, and finally I made up my mind to take
my own advice that is. interest more of your peo
ple in a thorough look at science."'
In so doing Dr. Teller has set a good example
to be followed by more men who are tops in their
field. The trend in education has long emphasized
research and writing by well-known professors,
while the teaching of freshmen was left to graduate
assistants and young instructors.
"Publish or perish." current motto in the groves
of academe, overlooks the original goal of educa
tionthe teaching of the young. This goal, in fact,
has been overshadowed and even actively hindered!
Most famous example of actual interference is
the case of James R. Worley, teacher in a West
chester, N.Y., high school, to shift the emphasis
for a moment. Mr. Worley wanted to teach and
tried to teach, but what his administrators wanted
was reports and more reports. He was finally fired
by the school board, which admitted he was a su
perior teacher. He had even been chairman of his
department for four years. But he had sinned griev
ously against the administration, and he had to go
Mr. Worley objected to the requirement that
teachers submit written plans for classroom studies
two weeks in advance, class by class and period
by period.
His old-fashioned notion apparently ran counter
to the latest theories. Or are they new? In anv
case, the requirement for detailed, advance plans
of instruction is standard operating procedure for
the military, as we recall basic and technical train
ing from our army days. But then what the armv
teaches is a certain minimum of stock information
that must be imparted to all troops.
But is this military rigidity necessary for liberal
education? Is there no room for intellectual give-and-take,
for sudden inspiration, for flights of imag
ination, for apt examples suggested bv the matter
of the moment?
Since Dr. Edward Teller ranks high as a nuclear
scientist, the university most likely will allow him
a wide berth. But Mr. Worley and manv others like
him are not so fortunate; they have 'to submit a
plan.
Not everything wrong with our schools comes
from the outside, as the Baltimore Sun remarked
about the Worley case when it made headlines. Pay
and teaching conditions are not . even-thing. Mr.
Uorley's former school offered the best in pav.
buildings and general standards. He taught studer.u
from prosperous, literate families with a high per
centage of children headed for college.
Yet there seemed no room for a dedicated teach
er who scorned administrative nonsense. Something
is wrong when the education system cannot use
good teachers.