North Carolina Newspapers

HOS 1 TKI OilLT TAft flifL TUF'DAY, WAV 1 $u Noel Stypmann On The official Mudent publication of the Publication Eoard of the Univcvsitx of Ninth Carolina, whin- it is published daily except Monday, examination pe riod and summer terms Lutired as M-cond class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill. N C . under the act of Murch . 1870 Subscription rates: $4 00 per emesf er. $7 00 per year The Daily Tar Heel is printed by the New. Inc . Carrboro. N C. KDITOK Jonathan Yardky ASSOCIATK KDITOK Anttmnv Wolll ASSISTANT KDITOIt MANAGING KDITOItS NKWS EDITORS Ul'SlNKSS MANAGKK ADVKKllMNG M ANAGKK spoins r.nrroK t'i)n;ir.i'Tir, kditoks mc ut i'.dhoi: lion Shumate Larrx Smith. I.oyd Little . Dee Daniels. Henry Mayer Tim Burnett Harry Zaslav Ken Friedman Frank Croxvther. Davis Young. Norim.n Smith. John Justice Bill Porter Norman B. Scores A Success Wi liitpf ili.it in the spiiiiu d i(' the students nl i!iin I "nix ci v i t uii! sit lit to li.ixc .iiiotlui Mink I t.iii iiti'in. In- it RcpiiMii.iu i i I i u' i .it . t i this ucdciiil's .ill. in u.is .i n 'tl step in tin- ii 'Jit (I u i t i ii. 'I )!o Ill' s -t p;T It t .ii 1 1 it i lu- s.iiil tli. : tlie entile student i i ml i United niiK Ii cl- I . ; t tu I lu' ( !l Tilt Ii II .Is .1 !n !l llilce id llii' liMll c siotis c c i.n!i i op.iisi U attended: tin- lour Ii si'sMi'll. lloWCXCl. .Itnllid I'M till' t lit i . 1 1 v .is tpi itc .i sin i i 'ss . Manx .iif to lie i i i u 1 1 let It 1 cd t 'I tlie tiliit.ilinii.il .Hid ciijov.iltle cx- h i ii in t- i d t lu- v. t'ckcinl; t lux Wtilkcd til ilix lio'lls. sill 1 1". id. s.id- In s.i . c t Ulitlri . ')';' I ill.tlh i.ll c inli. in .issiiunt. lost .i kcx spe.ikti. II. lll 1 1 1 It 11 pl U l It' .till! Speaker tioti- hlrs. i .in into .i ludliiiriit st.r.es' lights I k t ion uliitli slowed cx.ix lliitU tltiwij, .iinl still i.unc out on top. Miuli ot tin- itcdit must 4,1 to tll.lt Ilicwlx le'istclcd I KlUlH 1 it Noini.m l. Smith, win w ratlin 1 tl 1 In- iuIkt diildisli ut. .11 . 1 1 1-1 1 1 J t ot tin- Youn.: Diinoi iats outlit to he still in ollit e w lull tin- last icc pi csidciiti.il otr was 1 ast. Political si irtitists (.onion (Mcxc l.md .ind I .u It- Wall. in wi n- d 4 nilii tl .iinl lu 1 1 dill l.i; uli adx isoi -: ihc I. un. .is luMioi.uN .1 W.iixm. .1. (oiidmtiil tin- nominations .ind voting w itli .is tutu Ii aplomb as (oultl hi- possill lApettrd amidst mhIi otditfhni. And tlicii willing ih'vn to paiiiiipatf on thf students' lexel ol cjjjmniciu liiadf it clear to in im tin 1 1 if 1 skeptics that I c u ! 1 niiiiilifu tan le just as I111 111. 111 as 1 1 ic-niNfhcs. it not move so. I In- students who had thf cran io iew the entile pun ridings with toiuue-in-i heck lomid it tun oiiU amiiiir hut also rdui at ion il. And the ft It ii In ol sih h groups as the ( ohh delegation adtled .1 '4if.1t denl lo ftioiu s Inn with tlieii spooling id well-known tneinheis d the i 111 11 ut politit al s ei;e . . . "Vole loi Di si n.ili: !'" A nil t hei e w 11 e sei ions aspei ts ol the pt'otltu lion .is well. It was a lit tle liv!u-.u u-tiiii'4 to realize the amount ot 1.11 ial. 01 ethnic, pteju dite that still exists in Chapel Hill. 11tl it was inteu'stiiv tt note 'hat the t hanes made in the platfoim tame 1 loser to lepTestntin Re iul!itan polities th.ti those ot the pa:t W'e w eie siipposedK rep: e sfiitin4 in the ("o;ientit 11. Ami tin.- lesidts ol tin- tabulation ol otcs were inteiestin. We h :tl ex pet led Stiwcnsou to win. hut not h six h a v;veat 111.1'p i i 1 at sui h an eail point. And we were surprised h the poor showing 111 ulc 1 Ken nedy. The results ot our little con vention will hae no real etleet upon the doings in Los Angeles this summer, hut they ma o lo lomiiue some td the dubious thai At 1 la i Steensou still has a liienil 01 two down heie in the South. Two ptotessioiK.ls who helped us make the pit need ini;s a little moie realistic added mmh to the eilut at ituial aspeits id the Conven tion. Rcpcisentatixc l.dinuntlson iinpiesscd all with his understand ing d Amerit an political problems, anil Senatoi Core amused and en lightened the sronlv partisan au dieiue .dout some of the more in teresting fallacies in Mr. Nixon's make-up. All in all. it was a iii.hlv worth while clloit. It can be expei ted that this w ill 01 1 in in the lutnre. a id that the student boil will take somewhat moie enthusiastic part as a whole. It would be wise, however, to sihedule the comention on a weekend t I1.1t does not conllict s s;ioii';l with bcaih Aspiration. One t iii.il point theie aie runnns 1 in ulatiit'4 the campus to the elicit that the Diil Tot Hrcl was biased, as .1 lestilt ol the editoi s peisnual preferences, toward Mr. Meunson dining the weekend this is not ti lie. s The Ones Who Didn't Sign the Cards It is cl 4001I that the people who hae Iteen passitii; out these 1.. ial piiiic;c 1 aids at the local theaties weie not outside the Caio lina I heatie I t ida niht for the sewn 111 Im k show, lot thcN would have dotif ei badlv. iuditi t a little incident which imi until dur 1114 the c ( ui se ol l he mot i oil pit t in e. I he exenin's leatuie was an in- iidibls tine little loinnlv the noun max be a little loo llattet-itiU-eniiticd " I all Sitiy." and lea lined the atldetit talents ol the 1 e iiiatkablv slim Mister Anthonx reikins. a ineinbei ot the basket ball a'if.nion I m ni a unit rail ed Custer, piesuinablv becaiisL- it was on iis last acadetiiii les. Dining a displav of txpical io' Ice Irixiditx and love lor the old aim. 1 mater the students toie hc!l-loi-lealher acioss the caiiius car ixin the meiiibeis of this .im.iin tpiintet of lnMjisteis, as a salute to the nicat xictoiy thev anticipated against a team from Russia known .is the Sputniks , good Commu nist name. While the members of this idxl lic little academic community dashed ac toss the atnpiis with their heioes on their shouMets the exet cxniial Chapel Hill autliente 11 maiiicd silent. I hen. suddenlx, the theatie was tilled with boos, hisses and similai tonus ol xerbal dis patagement: the students of the I'nixersitx of North Carolina' who weie in attendance had discoxeicd that this team also featured a Ne ;io basketball plaxer. It was all line with them, appar ently, lor the team to display the talents ol the singuhaly inept Mr. I'ei kins, but a Negro, regardless ol abiliiv. was taboo. And so. in the most juxenile manner at their com 111 ind. thex leaded vocally. Their couinients were lost amidst the 1 heel s of the throngs on the .screen, but the intent was only too plain. Prejudice, which so many of us like to think does not exist here, was 1 mining rampant. Otelia Connor Governor Swain When David Lovvry Swain, Governor of North Caro lina, and 'third President of the University of North Carolina, was a .snu'Il bey living in a mountain cove of western North Carolina, he saw a horse and wagon approaching hi a washed-out channel of the creek near hi.s home, cr.d was so frightened that he ran and hid. What manner o'! man was t'.iii. who with owly four months of college education at the University of North Carolina, got hi.s law licen.se when he was 22 years old. when he was twenty-three years old was elected to the Gtneral Asem'ily for Five terms. When he was twenty eiyht jeais old he was chosei .sc'ici'.or lor the Kdenton Civcui", an extreme eastern district 0! North Can lina. WhtM he was tweny nine years old lie was trans! erred to the Superior Couri bench. When he was thirty two years out he was e'ecte 1 Governor of North Carolina, the ycanest man ever elected to that high office in N. rth Carolna. Daring Governor Swain's last year as Governor, u::r. Joseph CakKvill, President ci the University of North Carolina, died and Gove.vu.r S vain was elect ed Prt.siJent t the Universi y to succeed Caldwell. He was then thirty four years old. In apparanee He had a homely face and a larg un-jalv.ly li-'u:-e. lie was so knock k:e.d that the stu dents said thai the pigs on li s farm must ha e g t en a.vay easily, as thev iv.dd ruti right between hi.s feet. It is a fair question: Wh.t his man have .hat ether men dkiv.'t h;.ve. that hi always landed on tip if every pile'.' As an educator it was held against him th.it fr-r twenty years he e cr bought a book for the library. , Kxcept lor the I hi and Di libraries, the University library was ncn ex.stent. Yet many prominent men gave him crej.it R.r much if iheir success in later life: Ho was accused by some of being a toady, and boot ing up the rich. If so, it seems to have paid off in hi.s cose, as the University gresv u d'.r hU admr.iis t rat ion. and was rated the best college in the South ern States. Three Presi 'eats of the United States were commit cement guests iA the lniver.sity dur ing his administration. Nc other administration can make such a claim. Ho was criticized by some for being too le.ncnt in discipline. He often over-ruled the faculty and refustd to expel a student. He held that the chief concern of the University was to make character and not to break people. He was criticized for granting diplomas to students after four years at the University, regardless of their scholastic standing Dr. Battle defends S-.vain's position 0:1 easy diplomas, and lists the following ad vantages to the possessor of a diploma from the Uni versity: "He had learned human nature and how to handle men. He had learned to considerable extent polished manners. He could think and speak on his feet. In county lreelr.igs he knew the rules of order and how to conduct business this he had learned in his Liter ary Society. He had eonlidence in himself. He sa-w that his neighbors expected much of him and his self-respect forced him not to disappoint them. 00 the principle "noblesse oblige.' " Governor Swain aroused resentment in the village when his beautiful daughter. Elinor, married Gen- erai Atkins, a Union General who was stationed at Chapel Hill at the close of the war. It was due to Governor S.vain's conciliatory attitude that the 4.003 .soldiers and their horses, quartered in the buildings 0.1 th campus, committed no acts of vandalism or loo iiig in the town during that period of occupation. Governor Swain was also on intimate terms with Itepublicu.i General Sherman, who furnished him a team and gave him a horse. Governor Swain's death inadvertently caused by this horse which bolted, t'.in ving him out of the buggy on the ground. He died rem shock about two weeks later. Most people in the South were as poor as Job's turkey hen alter the war, but Swain, who died three years after the close of the war was a wealthy man, worth SiWO.Ora. n. t withstanding the losses of the war. P.ccause c! his gtv,:t faith in the University he kept the Univer.v y op.n auri.-g the War Between the States, even when there were only thirteen fresh men admitted. A!:cr the w.:r the Reconstruction Gov ernment dismissed PieMdi 't Swain, the Board of Trustees, and the faculty, and the ca: pet.xiggers took over. Because of lack of mpney and patronage the University closed its doors in 1871, and remained closed until 1875. President Swain died August 1CC8. Thus he was spared the pain i f witnessing the de. ccration of the institution he loved and for which he had labored so lo-g. By his contemporaries Governor Swain was not considered a great man in many senses of the term, but he developed to the utmost all the talents and abilities he possessed, and in so doing "rai.-ed him self aixv e and beycad the great mass of his fellows." Furthermore, he knew when he was licked c.nd saw no point in continuing to fight for a lest cause. If politics is the art of the possible, Governor Swain was a consummate politician. His political acu men, together with a very bright mind, was reason enough for his ra'Md rise in the world. This disgusting.hu ident is one ol ;i series which have led us to be licxe that there is more to the race situation here than meets the eve. Prejudice does exist heie, and ra ther than ignoring it in a morals ol platitudes about the desire tor equality in our community wc feel it would be of infinitely more -value to attempt to hit the problem at the roots: to seek out these narrow minded, bigoted "citiens" and make them realie that they are not ti mile better than the young man thex booed. Verv. tew cards would haxe been signed that night. The students, it appeals, aie not leadx yet. u . . . Nice Wealher We're Haviug . . -Pv. - 1 Gary A. Soucie The World's Greatest Guitarist Parent's Day This past Sunday was no ordinary day. It was "Disillusion Parent's Day." a day when many student pretended to be what they were not. Since parents were permitted to visit those sacred asylums of eter nal blessedness and morality, 'com monly referred to as mens' dorms 1 such decorative items as pictures of sensual young ladies, pornograph ic literature, and poker chips were carefully tucked away. It took great fortitude by we Carolina gentlemen to deny ourselves of these better things of life, even for a day. A complete transformation took place. Beds were made for the first time since commencement of school: the "Ole Bible" was given a quick dusting off with a dirty sock; and beer cans, left over from Saturday's club meeting of Neurotics Anony mous, were kicked into closets. And after a course in Human Courtesy 21 the usual dorm jargon was re placed with such antiquated words as "yes, sir, thank you. and please." These few choice words assured our unsuspecting parents that all their . efforts were not in vain, and Mom was proud to say "my son." - Sunday would have been a sad day indeed if things had gone any other way. Parents would have had heart attacks, resulting in a short-; age of morticians, wage and price inflation, and bankruptcy of life in-'; surance companies. Strikes would have occurred, and a national emer gency declared. But due to the keen foresight of we Carolina men. Par ent's Day was a success. Or was it? John Justice Bland Apathy Oe cf the things that most im presses me when reading the lives of great men. such as Lincoln or Roosevelt, is the tremendous drive they all possessed. This inner vitality seems to be common in all men who have ac complished things of lasting value. For example, the weight resting on How I wish the jazz world could claim Segovia! But since xve can't, I shall have to go outside 'my idiom to write this review. Andres Segovia is without a doubt the world's greatest guitarist. What he has done for the guitar is incredible. Form an instrument once suited only lor folk dances Segovia has fashioned one of the world's most beautiful musical voices. As you might expect, I dig Tal Farlow and Jimmy Raney, but Segoxna is several light years beyond their orbits. In addition, he might well be the consummate artist within music. He is certainly the most poetic one. His technique is beyond reproach and his in terpretations are. to these ears, more than com petent. Segovia's artistry has very little of the flam boyance of a Sabicas or the bravura of a Carlo.; Montoya. His is much cleaner and infinitely more subtle. I feel that Andres Segovia's playing can be evaluated only in comparison with his previous per formances since he clearly lacks "a peer. By this arbitrary standard, Mr. Segovia's performance Wed nesday night was average; the average of a su perior range. Segovia's concert was very well programmed, in that each of the three sections proved to be more interesting and moving that the preceding one, and the selections within each section more or less followed suit. The first and least of the sections, the one devoted to the translation to the guitar of works by little-known and presumdbly minor composers, was almost completely a warming-up exercise. In the three selections by F. Sor, however, the greatness that is Segovia came to life. "Study" was extremely, interesting for the employ ment of xery subtle dynamics that came more from Segovia than from Sor. The "Allegro" drew the first section to an exciting close due to the guitar ' ist's xvonderful sense of time. After an embarrassing delay caused by an un forgivably crude audience, the section devoted to the works of the masters began with the master of masters, J. S. Bach. Segox-ia's translation of the music was highly successful, but the "Prelude and Gavotte" was so basically musical that I think Bach took the higher honors. Haydn's "Andante" sound ed a trifle academic, but the "Menuet" section was very sprightly and moving, thanks to the extreme artistry Vith which it was delivered. Felix Men delssohn's "Romanza and Canzonetta" seemed to lend itself best to the guitar. The latter section's Lincoln was tremendous; the future of an entire nation rested squarely in his hands. He not only had the responsibility ot" waging a war, but also the task of keeping in check the radical elements of his own Franklin D. Roosevelt's strength, b&vh mental and physical, was even more impressive. From an ilines that would have been fatal to the wonderful harmonics and chord relationships and its alternately broad and delicate lines sounded so good under Segavia's lingers that it seemed the piece had been intended for guitar. After the intermission (this time scheduled), Mr. Segovia performed a set of guitar music, beginning with an articulate reading of Talisman's "Mazurka." The interplay of the weaving lines in Castelnuova Tedesco's "Tarantella" was so cleanly executed that this listener tended to overlook the eomnlex intervals involved. The inherent power of the unamplified career of nearly any other person. Spanish guitar was brought to bear masterfully on ne rose t0 be tdected President for Tarrega's "Preludio and Study." Unlike a certain four terms. The top secrets that he pair of other concert guitarists. Segovia does not had to bear as President during the bury the beautiful melodies that accompany the war years were an inhuman burden complex rhythmtc structures of guitar music. for one man to bear. Yet Roosevelt The haunting lyricism of the scheduled encore, took it upon himself to have a hand "Sevilla" by I. Albeniz, was so beautifully and dy- in virtually every activity of the namically interpreted that there seemed to be more government and through it all re- excitement in this piece than in the more rhythmic "Preludio and Study." The second encore was a short and highly intricate rhythmic exercise that I am unable to identify. The only sour note of the great length, but the t wo above are concert was introduced by the incredibly fickle sufficient to illustrate the point: audience. The guitarist was able to impose his tjiat that I believe that there famous silemce upon the audience during the per- hi. .m nn.wrful straggle in - ' iiiltoe uc .-vi 1 f --' " 1 true greatness tained hL; shrewd judgment, hi. vigor, and his legendary charm. The list could be expanded to formances, but several times he was forced to de lay the next selection to stare down audience com motion. The awkward situation caused by a good portion of the audience's leaving the auditorium between the first two sections of the program was com pletely unforgivable. The printed program clearly indicated xvhere an intermission xvas to be taken, and the impromptu leave-taking displayed a gross lack of understanding of what was going on. When Mr. Segovia was gracious enough to grant a second encore, he was again forced to sit on the stage and wait out the disturbance ranspH thic cimn h,- ha earlv departures Whv the door r be done to rouse the somnambuhs without his asking for them to be closed is beyond tic students who frequent the class my comprehension. rooms. Whether the situation r;ses The scheduling of such a important figure as from a stifling environment or an Andres Segovia does credit to the planners of the emphasis on false values, or some Graham Memorial Series, but it is a shame that the thing entirelv different. I do not rest of the student body so eager to be seen at cultural gatherings did not measure up to the expectations of the planners. The concert suc ceeded as the significant musical and cultural event it was intended to be in spite of our campus. order fur a person, to be shown. If the cui verse of my point is stated, it can be seen that without a struggle true achievement is im possible, or at least highly unlikely. There is too much indifference and bland apathy here on campus. This complaint obviously is not a new one: it has been made before and undoubtedly will be made again. Apparently nothing is ever going to know. I rather think that much ot it is an inability to distinguish be tween sophistication and stagnation and between education and memori zation. Letter to the Editor To the Editor Possibly we are the ones who have been most anxious about the recent NSA question, feeling like a wife whose husband is on trial. For both of us .are in this wonderful institution, thanks to UNC's association with NSA. If UNC draps out of the NSA framework, we, too. shall have to leave this charming community. One is a NSA Special Algerian Scholarship grantee and the other is a participant in the NSA Foreign Student Leader ship Project (FSLF). Now we are extremely glad to learn that the April 28 session of the Student Legislature recon sidered the question and decided not to carry out for the time -being the campus referendum on whether or not UNC should remain in NSA. We are heaving a sign of relief. We sincerely wish that the student body would appreciate NSA and continue ,to contribute to it. Raehid Benouameur Nasa Nishihara w . fcasy 1 ff&MO'JSi'T'G !VXC?T 5TgA? Ce SAW IT. O o o a. AN9 WAWU. ON TOrViBS MANS?, wANiCAfS e If What 5TAST5 A5 Kxnfi 1 I WAxVL. l" ' fW 5 "" I VOL! 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