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FAOf 1 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1760 THt DAILT TAt HfH. The official stud-nt publication of the Publication Board of the University if North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday, examination pe r.ods -ml slimmer terms Entered as second clas malter in the post office in Chapel Hill. N.C.. tinder the act of March P. 1C70 Subscription rates: S4.00 per rmetcr. ST 00 per year The Daily lar Heel is printed by the No?. Inc.. Carrboro. N'.C. KIUTOi; Jonathan Yardv ASS)( IATK KPITOK ASSISTANT KMIOK MANAGING KDITUllS NKWS KD irons BIMNKSS MANAGKIl APVKH'IIMNG MANAGKlt SI'UKTS KDirou coNTi;nu'iiN; kditoks NIGHT KDITOlt Anthony Wollf Hon ShumaU' Larry Smith, l.oyd Little Dee Daniels. Henry Mayer ... . Tim Burnett . . Barry Zaslav Ken Friedman Frank Crowther. Davis Young. Norman K. Smith. John Justice Bill Porter Bob Stokes Death Be Not Proud II Mll Will' t l.lkl" .1 MH ol !)HIn .Mid lilt .1 It ! I II Mil .1 tuc. iii lnu liim- .i lu w Ul wmiM K'- it: t!u- n! ;iv to kill llu' tin- to t.iU- 1 s.llc' .111(1 .Ml .ic .iihI i in ; .it tin- 1 1 t its mi' il the vHIUf o lill' ttscll is (k'stlOM' I lu- .iih ill ii i s would no li mmv Ik iiiM iii to I tin" IiU- uiir w il(i .Hid mirci . s. ,ind the ti 1 1 would Il ton .re ill the nir.islrs oii ! not jink .it o:u' spot, hoping to ti.idi4.t;r .tH: vou u to . dm to) who is noii ,i n i id i i l u- .nid u--i hii:iu ixls a tir.itiiKllt th it. slow 1 Inn miu !. will l 111 l. Mill ol the disi.isf l iul ill i it iti4 I he mtiic I..nI. inl il oii liw in .in .iH-.i wluif t!ioid hi i is i.iiii),iut. mii d not suludr oinsfll in viuir hoiir ind hoK' tli.it tin I1114 will j).ISS I noui dn'i: ou u-i 1 iw .111 ID04 ul.i-tio-i .m.iiiut thr liMi .nid lontinur lo li v r out m n:i d.ii l 1 out iiu'. In inriii.in Mtiit. it would si 1111 most lou'u.d ih.it il one in. in 01 one 'lonp ol mrn .iij)r.iiid .is . ciiii their Irllow iiiic:'s would i.i kr ;i upon tli c 1 1 isi' 1 i s to 1 in e thr disi.isi within that i.U'sin the out w.imI m mill st.it ions. I'.ut pioph- do not think this ".in. I!u piiln to he'ieve that U.niii4 oil .1 le.d will kill the tier. th.it ioei in 4 one spot w ill 1 me the rm. isles, that hiding from the fifsh .111 will priM-nt tvphoid. They do not know- th.it hy dotn these ihiii-o tht h,e not stunk at the he; .t ol tlie matter, that thev have allowed the infeelion to eoutinuc its oll;itioii. Tiicv believe that il a man has laped a woman, robbed a hank. 01 killed a fellow the most prai tieab'e solution is to erase him as thev do the spot ol measles, knowing that lu- will not rape, steal or murder . iain. What they do not admit to tliem silves is that thev have not so'ed a tiling: because one man will no longer eomniit dimes dies not mean that eiiines 110 longer will be i oininittol. Capital punishment is a lorm ol iiiliil murder, 1 loaked in the 4.11b ol respei tablity. Human Ik iii's. sheltered from violence in this aue of stei iliation. must free their hidden impulses lor hurt: thev derive vicarious delight Ironi the inuie of a man wiithiiv. ''in the death thair. Instead ol ieconiin emhon mental causes as the root of crim inal ats. we tell ourselves that those who commit crimes do so be ijiisc ol an evilness rooted deep within from birth. We cl:nj; to the superstitions of medieval davs. hop nu, lo skiit the realities v the twen ticth centutv. Man no longer is a backward beast: he h: conquered almost even barrier remaining. Yet he has not conquered ignorance, and that is the jjrreatcst barrier of all. ("arI Chessman is dead. But men will still rape, steal, and murder. The wheel has vet to come full cir i lc. Words From The Death House il ihn nn!r I he fi'llmi i ng statement hy ( an I Chewman originally ra mode in 1 when his t C( ut ion iff ii'iil mi miihnt. It ra. nc-I'-nttl ilmmg a who of ; rcii at Sun (hifnlin fnison. flirtf thr ( nnx'n t-iiullioi was fi nally i rt utni tmlay. Last Janu ay. (Ji-4nian ami Managing I diltn (,cmgr l louos of the I nng Heath I mle (temlent levi.snl the .statement slightly, to ton Im m u ith the existing situation. I he I mlelemletit ftnbliheil the 1 oji uhttil sloiy M(inihe. I 0114 lica.h. Calif. These words are not intended to be pub lished unless the State ol Califor nia has fiiiaTlv taken its xeneanie uixoi me. I hat. vou sic. is pist whit lpi tal piinishmnit is. Now thai the state has had its w ncaiue. I should like to ask the woild to ((insider wh.t has been ';.iimil. I know that theie aie 111 iu who s.i that tin- present c oi Ca.vl ( :iessuiau 11 h ti this e n th is a men .11 e to soiietv. 1'iilt soiiety has ha I niiiiN othei oppoi tunities to kie; Carl Chessman horn its midst. I 1 lait. lor ne.u Iv uais. it w;-s able to keep this poor human. Cuvl Chessman, horn inti tiding upon .uivone's jiiojK'ity 01 piivacy. Cajiital punishment, it is said, is applicable to those who cannot b. li habilitated. Yet the Caryl Che s inau who lanie to ile.ith low so lot 14 .10. and thi' Cuyl (ihessmau who was xisoncd by j;as lumes. weie ijuite dilfeient persons. 1 feel that I had a useful life ahead of me. had the state Ikcii inteit sted in justiie. instead of ven- "You Jusl Don t Seem To Fil In Here' Bop In A Beret The SAinginsest oil offerings since Whisiler's Macher hii the ca.ivas are turreatly under glass at the Acklar.d Art Mucum in Chapel IIIH lor all ycu 'way out whaLnots. On the scene for a 32-day gig, seven .British bohemians have s.rcwn- this cool cottage with the wdruost abstract an jince .some one venalatcd a tin can wuh a .-h.t-gun c..d won thiid prize at a na tional art how. Sandra Blow, a cray kilten Irom London, sounded her, horn wuh some siick canvas threads, drench ed in orav.ge and brown oils, which rcr.ioleJ a map of a potato mar ked. Meanwhile, the rist of her estaic c.sen.ales were the lea.4 to say the most, except lor one chat-tic carciacard which shnulalid a body with no arms probably a wailing warning to those luwhtre ..ail biters. Tho next .selections on this agile agenda were those ol Robyn Denny, a Scot with an eager easel, who learned the art of expressLa from Sam Fraacis. another mean man -ivi!h a brush. Denny's "way out' wanderings appear U. be the mak ings 0! a caustic cat with a tough toothbrush. Using the patriotic colors of red. white and blue, Den ny's ctchiags sometimes caught the fervor of a political rally, while a splash of orange painted a hectic Halloween hep. Don Hamilton Frazer. a former British fly boy from London, adds some limpid landscapes to this list of lindering lines. Although only having three pieces up for glances, he captured real life at its living best: a pad, hot coals, and a brew. One of the most prolific of this profuse group, is Peter Lanyon. an outsville' Coniishman, who has an cndsville style. Lanyon. who began raising cane with a frame in '38, has put seme food in a mood, with out being lewd. He took it from the top with Columbus craft in green, and sunk to the bottom with an ex pression of "spring Rain." The lat ter appeared as though its title got through to the canvas. czn 5 I . t.' I lrWUWl51V --rV( f Zj I I iyf vs isak Mi " Letter to the Editor The Debate Goes On To the Editor: There are several matters in connection v:la my charges against Bob Baynes which should be cleared up, particularly those precipitated in your The next charred chap on this editorial attack upon me and the general way the cherished list is Louis Le Brocquy, who calls Dublin his domicile. Le Brocquy has a flair for the air since most of his art is bare. He throws curveball colors together with a screwball twist, so much in fact, that they're like a disfigured fist. Probably, his most expressed is also the most surpressed. His portrait of "Women" is like, "man." nit human. His colors lack luster. Tar Heel handled the case. neat ice. I'eihaps my books wete not masterpieces of literature, but thev were readable and printable, and possibly offeied some contiibution to human thought. There milit haw been more and better books. You have asked me if I am son v. and I tell you I am. I am scrry tar a childhood that was wasted. It seems irony thr.t most of my child hood was spent in institutions that were designed to correct my ways and mend mv manners. They fail ed to do that, and I am sorry. I lailed to resjMind to that treatment. Yet it seems to me that someone could have penetrated to me. some one could hac 1 cached me when 1 was only a perplexed and befud dled bov. I hat is the time to stop crime, to rehabilitate. Hoys can be reached and changed, and that is a job so ciety must accomplish. s Now I am soi if. Whatever use I tmuht hae been to society is c an celed by an act of vengeance. Capital punishment is not a pen alty. Many times, in these last few scars. I have vealied it might be a blessug to end this toimcnud snuggle and this inhuman huass ment. I have seen the poor, the fiiend Uss. the mentally ill. led to the : lumber of execution. 1 have felt that society lias, each time, shirked its responsibility. These we;e the mistakes of civilization. Instead of correcting mistakes, society erases them. Oijt of sight, out of mind. You a .k me il I have a confession to make. I have not. lu my lifetime I was guilty of many crime!, but not these for which my life was taken. You ask me about a futuie life. I believe there is none. Caryl Chessman has gone to oblivion, so that society can forget one sorry lifetime. The Tar Heel made this case seem to be 3 '"tempest in a tea-kettle"' which was not the case at all. This effect was accomplished on Wednesday morning by omitting some of the most pertinent facts as well as all except one of the actual quota tions which I attribute to Baynes. On Thursday morning it was accomplished by omitting four let ters in support of my position while printing only material favorable to Baynes such as Grigg's state ment and vour editorial. Four letters submitted like his "Nude in Movement" needs Wednesday in support of my position were not a duster. His last bit of talent printed in Thursday. Although I understand that the called "Presence" has, like, man, lcttcr part of the editorial page is made up thirty no essence. six hours in advance, your editorial should not William Scott of Greenock, Scot- have been run without the letters. At any rate, it bnd. is an all right guy. but. with Was quite a coincidence that all of the news was women, has no eye. If he thinks of slanted in favor of Baynes on the day his appoint them the way he paints them, his ment was to be reviewed by the legislature, wife has less than once chance in At this writing, two of those letters have still ten. His use of black and white not been printed, and one of them was a statement paints a moving impression Of the by a witness corroborating one of the statements lunch counter caper, but is jazz- on I attribute to Baynes. In this letter dorm manager 'Still Lile" should have remained Pollock verifies that when asked later on the night of the 22nd of March if he still intended to use the power of the Attorney General's staff against me, Baynes replied. "To get anything on you would be too much trouble for the small amount of satis faction it would give me." Mr. Yardley, you have said that I was unfair in my charges against Mr. Baynes. At one point in our conversation Mr. Baynes stated cooly, calmly and without anger that he intended to use the At torney General's staff to investigate the entire election in my dorm and that "as long as we're cleaning up, we might as well sweep on corner clean as the other." This statement was not made during an angry debate. It was after this point tb:i1 anfnr tonk nlare. Mr. Ravnes does not deny "Dry. Spring" his next contribu- thi statement oxcept to say that he used the word ion to this 'right' evolution, would ..Hk.. in ,a.p of -intended." I interoreted this probably do better hi an Apache statement to mean that I was one corner and Mr. revolution. The orange and yellow Baynes' roommate and fraternity brother was the were so smoothly mingled that they other. and that if one of us was going to be in would make a more fluid combo on some amount of trouble, so was the other, a Good Humor single. His last se- Have I interpreted that statement unfairly? How lection, called "Waste Plot." is would you interpret' it Mr. Yardley? thou ufully placed with the rest After the above discussed statement was made, of this losing lot. 1 became angry but not before. I then told Bay- ofi the paper. The last of this groove group is Bryan Wyntcr, a London native, who split to Zeanor. England in 1945. This mas of crass paints like he is hana-ssed. His first piece called "ambush" was appropriate ly named, since it appears the art ist bit the dust while ..1 the process. His "Yellow Painting" is hitsville boiiYid except for the fact that he forgot his original oil. Instead, he turned 'red' and came up wih a bar.acr of the Soviet Union. "L tion res I wasn't going to listen to any more such state ments, but when I started to leave his room he said, "You'd better sit back down here and talk to me or you may be talking about it to the Stu dent Council, not just as a witness but as a de i'er.dant." Bob Baynes says that this statement is in correct, but that he cannot remember what he did say. He does say what he thinks he was trying to say, and it comes off considerably milder than my version. But it still mentions the Student Coun cil. The difference of the versions .is unimportant when you consider that at this point we were talk ing about my involvement with the Student Coun cil and my possible guilt. Again, Mr. Yardley. how would you have interpreted a statement such as this? I would like to say that I accept the decision of the Student Legislature as to whether Baynes shall continue in office. But I da resent the smoth ering of communication which has taken place. I went to the legislature meeting Thursday night prepared to present my side of the argu ment and prepared to answer any -questions that might have be'en asked. It was an open meeting, and Bob Baynes was absent by his own choice. Yet I was denied the right to address the legisla ture. My illegible, hand-written remarks had their sense destroyed when they were read to the body by Rep. Turner who had understandable difficulty with my handwriting. Two female Legislators thought the whole thing was so unimportant that they did their homework. Also Mr. Yardley, you seem to think that there is some personal reason for these charges. But I say to you that I did not raise this issue because I had any personal bitterness. To me the issue was deep and fundamental. I have never, in my des cription of the case, used such phrases as "bitter, resentful, petty follery and vituperation" and the "antagonisms of personal animosity" which you used against me. With the exception of this letter and the sub mitted Wednesday, which was not printed, 1 have given Bob Baynes copies of every statement I have made and have kept him informed about what 1 was doing. He and I have discussed this matter often and in a dignified manner. Is this the be havior of people who are personally bitter towards each other? The question of whether Bob Baynes shall be Attorney General has been settled. But the issue itself is not settled. This issue cannot be a dead issue until the fundamentals of good government out of which the conflict grew are dead virtues. John C. Randall HtteHCY, WOWPV. V WHAT '5 OC Pu6:A ; WITH THAT? W6 a ?u nt y wows "'AN' VOJ CAM o o o a. pw.vount- HPienpy, b&&m v HtteHov, cau$ we -gAN ovtz I yf two. 01 fZlWJSlA W!5 I A6A1N. . A . -tig i v ' v '5 USS&AN ) 15 1 aSSNf 1 USf'f MOUNT AIN'T GOT ayf two. 5 V ow" 1 1 rp 7 peww"ivww t.vwoe 1 rww .iv n ' ( WAWUN'. HOW WA5 K. '. V ( PKlMARlfsf J vf 0 fe Wilt: pip 1 1 cr to Z THEY'RE AW5TALWN51 ABOUT (OUAT AN EASY LIFE A 006 HAS' fTUPV AV li)E DONT HAVE to do Anything except EAT AND SLEEPi THEY 6AY WE'VE REALLY 60T IT EASY... V amd N X u m J3 Angus Maclean Duff Intellecfualism There is definitely an important place for aca demics in our "Carolina way of life." However, we here at the University of North Carolina haw not exerted the proper stress on the importance of good academic work. We should strive diligently to increase and promote an academic atmosphere at U.N.C., and attempt to develop the intellect of the student; through a program which caters to the individual rather than the whole. According to the Chancellor, the number onr problem of the University at present is getting and keeping good faculty members. The only way to accomplish this is to offer very substantial salaries to prospective instructors, and once we obtain their services, continue to pay them well. The core this University,' or any other, is the faculty. Bu if we cannot measure up to the increasing demands of competition, this problem will never be solved We should develop an endowment fund which would supplement the publishing fees of those pro fessors who are either submitting or have manu scripts to submit for publication, but are unabb to obtain sufficient financial backing. The students, alumni, administration, and facul ty should combine efforts in the coming year, and push the University Budget for Capital Con struction. It is our responsibility to acquaint th" state legislators with the need for more and better classrooms and buildings at Carolina, and particu larly our need for additional ilbrary resources th" student union-undergraduate library conbinatiou would be an excellent start). The Dean of Awards, or perhaps Student Gov ernment, could create a Chancellor's Award (sim ilar to the Freshman Merit Certificate), which would be given to those graduating seniors who have obtained an overall B or better average dur ing their four years of undergraduate schooling. This would stimulate academic interest a great deal, particularly within those who would never make Phi Beta Kappa. But by having some other goal to aim f ( r, these persons would not be content with being 'just another C student." The present class cut system should be increas ed from the minimum of three (now still employed by some departments) to the maximum amount of twelve in every department. You will often find it true that one will accomplish an end much faster and more efficiently when left to his own devices. This would also create better student-faculty rela tions, and would serve to loosen the tension bind ings which now are so prevalent between the stu dents and faculty. Whether or not the initiation of the quarter system of class attendance, instead of our present semester system, would alleviate some of our pro- Irms is only a matter of speculation for anyone. However, the graduate schools have been function ing quite effectively for some time within the realm of the quarter system, and perhaps we in the un dergraduate schools should follow their example. There should be more student representation on Faculty Committees. Being in an cx-officio status (non-voting, and therefore having no legislative power), this would allow students to do research on and evaluation of projects which are undertaken by their respective faculty committees. The stu dents would also be in a position to offer construc tive criticism and give beneficial suggestions for the improvement and betterment of the faculty system in general. An overall improvement and stablization of the Freshman-Sophomore (General College) Counseling System should ensue in order for the student to gain a more personal relationship with his academic advisor. The advisor should play an increasingly im portant role in the Carolina system of education. and a student should feel free to see his advisox several times during the course of a semester. Each: advisor should send letters to his student counselees encouraging a visit after the first quizes are given There should also be a mid-semester counseling period before pre-registration begins. S. The limitations of undergraduate counselors in clude: (1) There are too many counselees per couri selor to give adequate attention to each one. 2 The selection processes of counselors are inadcl quate (not enough publicity is given to them, nor is the screening as exacting as it could be). 3 There is a lack of training via manuals, clinics, and speakers. (4) There is a lack of control by way o reports, conferences, etc. throughout the year. (5v The presence of the responsibility for discipline which tends to undermine the development of per sonal integrity causes prospective counselors to withdraw from consideration. And, (6) a general lack of training in particular academic fields in which students request help is evident. Possible ways to alleviate these problems could include: (1) Select more undergraduate counselors by encouraging applications from superior students. (2) Push good and adequate counseling through the Orientation program. Ajnd (3) provide more con trol throughout the year via required reports and conferences. Improvements on the many shortcomings of the Residence Advisor System could be: (1) more ad vcrtising of the system, with the purpose of get ting more applications, (2) better screening pro cesses of applicants, (3) more orientation and con tinued instruction, and, (4) more reporting about and control of students. Also, (5) the residence ad visors should act as "Orientation Counselors" for new freshmen moving-' into their dorms. (6) Tlx advisory load may be reduced for these residence advisors in order to give them more time for in dividual attention. The use of. the volunteer reading course now being offered should be encouraged. A free student tutor srvicc could be created, whereby students pro ficient in a certain subject would volunteer to spend a certain amount of time with other students who are experiencing difficulties in that same subject area. We should create more and better advanced or incentive courses, which would be open to su perior students. South Building could easily pub lish material informing students of the academic assistance which is, even at present, available here Many students are ignorant of the fact that at least a little help is offered how. The Academic Affairs Committee has sent let ters to faculty members urging them to spend a much time as possible counseling their student, making themselves available at convenient hours, holding review sessions, etc. Wc can abo use th course evaluation results of the Committee to de termine weaknesses" in teaching, texts, testing, and responsibility. These problem can be corrected but first the specific difficulties must be discovered
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