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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11. 1960
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Hon Shumate
I-arry Smith. Loyd Little
l)ct Daniels. Henry Mayor
. Tim Burnett
Barry Zaslav
Ken Friedman
Frank Crowther. Davis Young.
Normr.ii E. Smith. John Justice
Tommy While
letter to the Editor
The Lonesome Road
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M.iii in I. mint Kin nlntl
tin- (-motions ol the niiI-naiikih
tntiuv Nc;io with tlcv Icilin.
miU 1 st.in!iii4 "(! ( o(iicn. c. lie
sjkc ,i .i m in who h is i.iiscd liim
m II to tin- st. .kI.ikIs he hopes his
cntiic people w ill .11 hieve.
lie sNke .No .is ,i 111. in who is
not .mil uill neei he MtMiul with
lite si.mis ol the Nevo iml.iv.
Ut. Kin.; spe.iks with '4K.it lei-
01 .mil 41e.1t emotion il .ijki1. it
i-t.is to luiome surpt .iw.i hv his
slu ( i i .Hi -i i( .il .iliiliiv. IWi.uw ol
tliis. the until and me.iniu'4 ol his
speet lies .ne often ohsined lv 1 he-it
( motion. il imp.id.
Attn the hi tine we tem.nked
to .1 liimd th.it Kin4 "sineK makes
his m tint " 1 he answet we icceiwd
u.i: "Yt . . . and so does Dr. I.
I'.eeih Lake."
I he H)int is that siipciior 01a
toiv (. 1 oltm diwil the tinth: wc
'eliec that li. Kin; spoke litt'e
lint truth, while Dr. Like speaks
' little hnt distortion.
I he .uidiciHe. cn onrainK in
1141 atcd and seemingly ontcnted
l so. u.sjonded to Dr. Kind's talk
with a rc.K t i o 11 approaching
' awe. I he Nc.410 members of the
andieiuc. many of them from
' nci4hbo)in4 Ncro colleges, secm
ed in a lassroom. learning from
man ol yrcat wisdom the man
in 1 in whith they must conduct
themselves il thc ate to .Hhicvc
' a lutuic ol iinialitv.
And the white andieiuc Re
sponded with deep admi-ation and
respect: it was reconicd by all that
this m;m is a leader of men's
bodies and minds, and that he is
a limine of ureal power.
It w; s also ic( (i'4iiied that he is
a linure of ieat intelli;ncn e.
l length and knowledge, fie was
te.nlilv aepted. Irom the first
words he spoke, to the lat. as a
man to be reckoned with: a jx-immi
of extraoi ditiai v ability and insight
1 childless of the color of his skin.
Martin Luther Ivin is not a
heak: a colored man with a brain
is not ;i lieak. I lie white com
iiuuiity must throw out this idiotic.
Nandcrthalic notion that the Ne
':in is born with less intelligence
than the white.
There is no psychological, scien
tific or an heolo4!i al validation of
white supremacy in anv way. We
are equals not onlv under (iod but
.ilso under the micros! ope.
The Nero does have a I0114.
loti'4 way to '40. lint thc white man
has a lon4. I0114 way to 140 as well
... in terms of uudei stanfiinor,
sell-ellai ement and w illinnc s to
accept a fellow human bein;4 for
his total, leal worth rather than
his p.ntial, ima4ined value.
Martin Luther Kiii'4 may well ;4o
down in history, when they write
the books a hundred yeais front
now , as one of the i;rcat men ol
our lime. If he does, it will be be
cause he has the courage and the
Inoiht to realize the prejudices
of mankind and to battle them,
and the patience and understand
ing of a love which obscures and
(oixjucrs hate.
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Sorry, Sir, That Number Is Out of Order7
0ci the past weekend some en
' lei pi isiii4 person w ith a veil lot
the destriK live had a bi illiant idea:
whv not see how mr.ny telephones
lie oil Id destroy with his own
hands in the spa c of a few bonis?
Iein:4 urv jxiwetlul. he succeed
ed in taking (.ue ol quite a lew
telephones. As a mattet of lad. he
111.u1.v4ed to put si telephones in
Tailcr and Avery dotmitoiies out
ol i otnmission.
This situation is not uncommon:
thete are alwavs phones out ol 01
dci around the campiM. the testilts
ol sotne di unk's desire to demolish
something ol importance or ol
some jnt son's anger at an operator
w ho w ill not answet.
I'nlil those six telephones ate
b.u k in ordei a number of students
Anti-EdifOi
. . Don't Call Us We'll Call You . . . I:'
will be inaccessible by telephone.
Theic is no need to jjo into what
miht happen as a result of this.
Let's just hope it doesn't hapjKii
until the telephones are restored.
The telephone company does stu
dents quite a favor by letting us
have free local calls. Telephone
servic e is. for Mhe most part, re
ntal kahlv efficient and courteous.
To express our acknowledge
ment ol this set vice by smashing
telephones is sinulat ly childish
and foolish. Nothing is accom
plished by such actions.
We ate sure that students with
a yen for the destructive could find
better things to wreck around
Chapel Hill.
We never did like the sundial..
Ring Around A Ridiculous Rosebush
Nikiia. Matold. Chat lie and
Dwiht ate ringed aiound a lidi-
uloiis losebush made moie of
tliotns than roses, and the ate
plain;4 a ame in which the pri
mal y objective is to throw one 01
the othc i into the thorns.
Once umiii a time it made a
"reat deal of diflerence who threw
whom into the bush, but things
have chained. In the old days Har
old and Charlie and Dwilit would
ttv to toss Nikita amongst the
thorns but now it doesn't seem to
make vciy much dilfetence if they
toss eac h other in.
It all comes down to the fact
that there is a singular lack of em
pathy and mutuality amonjj; the
,v-( ailed allies. Thev aie stran
gled in a web of strange circiitn
siances - the most outstandins; of
which is the llier incident - that
serve to separate them and the
puroses they purport to strive lor.
In a few short days we will gather
with crut allies and the Russians
in Paris for the purjxrse of making
an effort to brinj; the nations of
the world together in concord.
Things do not look very good
for the summit now. but they will
look even worse if the allies them
selves cannot pull together into
some semblance of unity and show
the entire world, not to mention
the Russians, that we will work to
ward a united peace, not a separate
wai .
To the Editor:
Since the present Editor assumed his office a
number of weeks ago. there has been a steadily in
creasing concern among us towards thc irresponsi
ble attitude of The- Daily Tar Heel. We have not
voiced our indignation thus far, in the hope that
the Editor would, if left alone, correct thc abuses
in his newspaper. It is evident that our hopes were
merely wishful thinking. "We, therefore, arc com
pelled to write this letter, requesting that thc fal
lowing policy of the Editor be immediately cor
rected. We would first point out to the Editor that The
Daily Tar Heel Is not a privately owned newspaper,
to be operated entirely as the Editor's personal
wishes might dictate. It is owned by thc students
at thc University of North Carolina. Wc. the stu
dents, pay more than S20.000 a year for The Tar
Heel's publication. And right now many of us feci
that we're being cheated out of that $20,000.
The first commandment in the newspaper busi
ness is that the news be published accurately and
impartially. Accuracy and impartiality imply that
every news story will be given coverage propor
tionate to its importance. However, the Editor's
policy has been and continues to be one of filling
The Tar Heel with tripe which is of concern to
virtually no one, while deliberately deleting every
mention of issues and of meetings which are of
vital concern to various segments of thc student
body.
As but one example of the Editor's policy of
deletion, wc point to his refusal to run anr tunee
ments of meetings of the Dialectic and Philan
tropic Society, the only student forum on the cam
pus that is open to everyone. Last Tuesday the Di
Phi debated no less important an issue than "Who
should be the next governor of North Carolina?"
Although a brief typewritten story was handed to
thc News Editor, with the request that it be pub
lished in Tuesday's paper, not one word about the
forthcoming debate was to be seen Tuesday. It is
our considered opinion that the issue of who the
next governor of North Carolina should be is an
important one to the vast majority of students and
is worthy of at least a few lines mention in the
student-owned newspaper.
If thc above example were but an isolated oc
currence, we would dismiss it as having been caused
by the press of other news items. When such has
been more often the case than not. in regard to a
number of student organizations of which we, the
undersigned, are members, we are at last com
pelled to publicly announce our outrage at thc sup
pression of virtually all mention of their meetings
in The Tar Heel.
There are many of us who were here three years
ago when an editor of The Daily Tar Heel was im
peached and removed from office because of news
paper policies which were obnoxious to the student
body. In our opinion thc present Editor's policies
are no less grievous than were his. The Daily Tar
Hel is obligated to represent the campus fairly in
its selection and presentation of news items. Inso
far as it deliberately suppresses items of impor
tance to the campus or to parts of the campus. The
Tar Heel is engaging in inaccurate and unfair re
porting. Wc arc not threatening the Editor with im
preachment or anything of that sort. Wc are sim
ply indicating our strong desire to see the abusive
policy under which The Daily Tar Heel has been
. operating lately corrected. The outstanding repu
tation that The Daily Tar Heel has taken years to
build as a fearless and impartial reporter of the
facts should not be destroyed in a few months time
by anyone.
It is with the confident expectation that no fur
ther important deletions will occur in The Tar Heel
that we write you, Mr. Editor. All that we ask is
fair reporting.
Respectfully,
David Matthews
Ronnie Pruett
Mary Jeanne Reid
Walter Von Brown
Frederick F. Wolfer Jr.
Roger B. Foushee
Jerry R. Wood
Robert B. Law
Frank H. Lance, III
Ronald W. Rutherford
Anthony Rogers
George A. Weaver
Norman B. Smith
Robert' G. Sherer
David Maready
Stan Black
Tony W. Salinger
James T. Stack
Josep A. DeBlasio
Samuel S. Jones Jr.
John Spencer
Don Gottschalk
Wallace Williams
Bob Jessen
W. Y. Jobe
Bob Morris
Dave Van Pelt
Frank Smith
W. T. Jackson, III
Joseph Hinds
Robert W. Easley, III
A. Dennis Buck
Tom Cornell
C. Lehmann
Allen P. Garner
Norman B. Brooks
Donald L. Dotson
William H. Miller
John C. Randall
William L. Clark
Clyde R. Ingle
Susan Ross
J. C. Byrd
Pete Range
Joe Dickinson
F. P. Parker, III
Sheldon Peck
. Robert G. Murphy
Gary R. Greer
M'Lou Redden
D. H. Jacobs
1 Jerry Groftni; Phil Edwards
Inge Kaden, Bit McCuiiston
Bob Nobles, Keith Smith
Larry Ingram, Larry Barnes
Gary A. Soucie
Something Less Than A Success
The Spring Germans concert held last Friday
night was something less than a success. There were
quite a few truly low spots during thc evening and
almost no highs to compensate for them. Usually
a Ray Charles performance is characterized by a
great deal of excitement and vcryc, and his forte
is generally considered to be the direct appeal of
his earthy blues style and the electric rapport he
establishes with an audience. Musical excitement
was almost totally lacking in the performance last
weekend.
The first half of the concert the instrumental
set, sans Ray Charles was particularly unexciting.
There was nothing dramatic in the manner in which
the band was presented on the stage without bene
fit of spotlights, and the music could not make up
for this loss of what I will call, for want of a bet
ter word, presence. With the exception of the bal
lads, every tune thc band played was in that not
fast not slow groove that is most typical of big
band arrangements.
The voicing of the, arrangements was also big
band oriented in that there seemed to be a con
scious effort to use the saxophones and trumpets
as sections. The result of trying to make seven
men sound like fourteen was music that lacked the
free-wheeling freedom of small groups and had
none of the drive and punch that replaces this free
dom in large bands.
Were it not for excellent solos by John Hunt
on flcugclhorn and trumpet, also saxophonist Ben
ny Crawford, and particularly those by alto and
tenor man David "Fathead" Newman, the first set
might just as well have been replaced by a gentle
yawn, in a big band groove, of course. None of the
arrangements were very striking and the ensemble
performances were pretty lack-luster. Even a tune
so completely exciting almost within itself like thc
late Cuban drum genius Chano Pozo's "Tintindeo,"
came off sounding a little shy at the hands of the
Charles men, although Fathead's choruses were
notable.
Trumpeter Martin Banks blew a lot of inaccurate
notes during the first set, but he hasn't been with
the band long enough to be familiar with the book.
Drummer Milt Turner must have been hired by
Charles on the basis of his rock and roll shuffle
rhythm, because he is a very nonswinging jazz
drummer. As an ensemble technician he is very
competent, but his ride rhythm behind the soloists
is far short of inspiring.
Much to the chagrin of the non-musically orient
ed Carolina audience, the- second set began with
two really good tunes: Horace Silver's "Doodlin' "
and Neal Hefti's "Li'l Darling." The former tune's
performance was a far cry from the excellence with
which it was recorded on Atlantic Records, and the
latter suffered by this listener's memory of thc
February performance of the tunc by the Count
Basie band. The earthiness was there when Ray
launched into his more popular blues vocals, but
the rhythmic subtlety which keeps Ray from being
classified as a Rock 'n Roller and has earned him
the nickname "The Great Ray Charles," was lacking.
The songs that sold so well on records, like "I
Got a Woman," "Hallelujah, I Love Her So." etc.,
got a bij rumble from the crowd, but I think even
Ray Charls is getting tired of them. "Just For A
Thrill," the new ballad he introduced, is certainly
not a good vehicle for Ray Charles' vocal talents,
and I found John Hunt's fleugelhorn obbligato
much more interesting than his boss' vocalizing.
Ray Charles is a first rate blues singer, in spite
of what one might assume from his pedestrian per
formance at the Germans concert, but epithets like
"great" and "genius" are a little strong when you
consider that among his contemporaries are such
superior blues shouters as Big Joe Turner, Joe
Williams, Jimmy Rushing, Big Bill Broonzy, Josh
White, Studs Terkel, and so on.
As usual the Carolina crowd was fickle and in
considerate and as an audience left much to be de
sired. The whole burden of blame for the evident
disinterest of the audience cannot be placed on the
audience, since the music was not very commanding.
But then, a band can hardly be inspired by a chat
tering and seat-shifting crowd. During most of the
evening I was forced to listen to the profound talk
of two Carolina Gentlemen seated behind me: one
was, with the aid of beer and Psychology 26, an
alizing his date's problems, and the other was air
ing his racism via "humorous" comments on the
musicians and singers.
The German Club planners obviously schedule
these concerts with a great deal of musical and
entertainment consideration, but I'm afraid that
the campus populace considers them so completely
social that the concerts might be much more popu
lar and appreciated if the German Club would
merely set a date for each bash, play mood music
records in a darkened Woollen Gym (or better yet,
Coker Arboretum), and use the money to buy beer.
Nuf said.
Fraser Smith
New
Atmosphere
(In reaction to an attitude to
ward new faculty regulations: M-7i)-M)
rule and two scmo.rr
pledge rule.)
LsnV it surprising that thc a.!
minibiration and laculty should be
decerned about the academic at
mosphere of this institution? Ho a
prcoumptious to propose a contio!
led transition to a greater level of
academic excellence. How u.ifair to
celcure t.en:y-four separate. so
cie',.i, and alien unit areas M
scholastic di:-asLer. Can we be c
pecieJ to jeopardize our rating i 1
the Playboy poll to satisfy the whim
tf those 01 earners who see an edu
cational major league? The victims
of the new regulations have num
bly asked these questions.
Comments upon the self-impcsetl
oblivion of this campus are certain
ly not infrequent. Usually the dis
cussion revolves around the hazy
intellectual atmosphere. We labor
in hopes of blending with the "even"
atmosphere.
How magnificent the spectre 0!
the "'C" average how distant! Me
diocrity cannot be eliminated: com
placency probably cannot be eli
minated. The whole system must be
gripped firmly, wrenched free,
struggled with briefly, and then de
posited a little higher, possibly.
South Building, that great admin
istration! ogre, has decided to at
tempt such an elevation. They a.-k
for a new atmoshpere, different and
uplifted, but much like the old or.c.
Actually, they ask for three semes
ters of acceleration. Relaxed seems
out of the question from this point,
but is it really?
The degree of audacity illustrated
by last year's decree is truly com
mendable. Consider the number of
trustees that were fraternity men.
Will they allow their Greek Letter
Homes of old to suffer such obvious
discrimination? Surely they -will
bring pressure to bear'.
Regardless of the discrimination,
there has been no sign of admyiis
trational repentance. The victims"
mean distressingly; their plight is
pitiable. They will not admit that
they have begun to adjust in spite
of themselves. A positive attitude
will never evolve as long as the
IFC maintains its position of "de
fiance." The wishes of an academically
non-essential segment should not-be
allowed to change the identity ; ot
the whole institution. With time the
tempest of transition will subside:
the student body will again relax:
and the administration will begin
to be conscientious anew. It wcjn't
take as long as some think.
Another !
Letter
To the Editor: '
Please congratulate Dennis King
for me on his spirited letter on So
cial action. I. have been annoyed,
also, by your fence-sitting and hae
been Concerned lest you get callouses
on your derriere. Come down off the
fence and see how much more ef
fective you will be, as well as com
fortable. Mary B. Gilson
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