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Mary Stt v; :t Hake
Susan Lewis. Adelaide- Cnuu.irti"
Tim Harnett
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Frank t rowther. li Young
Ni'rni,.n I'. S:ni!li ' '
('rail Moore
Davis B. Young
A Last Look At State Politics
Fditcr Jonathan Yard ley of this publica
tion has asked for one final wrap-up on lh'.
current North Carolina political .situation in
today's paper, the last edition for this aca
demic your.
Uy the time you return to the hollows!
halls of a'mn mater in the middle of Sep: em
I).;-. Nort;i Carolina wii! have select e ! ' fi
a Democratic Pa-ty nominee for tV position
ol Governor, and one fo' the 1 ivied Siale
Son at r Since ik- c'anve sn.pr-t voting trends
is cxp-clod in November's General' E'.ectioi.
il may sa'ely he a-sumed that the- nun e' osen
by the pa'iy of the pcc'plc w !1 be ihcsc v'to
w'll sweep
opposition.
Pli.'h i
A?
in. a office over their token GOP
into the bulk of thi
final
A Few Who Deserve Recognition . . .
I ill We vimi'd lnv nil t' i-
li. ',- M)n D im I . 1 I led
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w.mb tn the wic iicui the
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it xiu1d in ike inmh m'Unc. wr
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. lisluvl ' .liunui.n its ate autuiuaiit
r tncnilv-is. .nul In llittn we add
't!uc oiUf's. with avaopTaite ;n-
. liom, Hjitlen in tlui c dithes
. hit h rit uintis d inand:
Jim
lui iluini
nmie. reiiiipN. than au ntnti lu-
(- tit lit fn nutiiu'e utulei't Hiding and
t-ltiicii in Muditit (rnverninciit.
He inxt lost intetot ni cntlnts-
-- i tn. mil x!uii hi-, n'.vn pnliti-al
.'( Iijo wotk with the
'M(i. has resulted in hi'li .uhi
eMtnetit lm that inaniaiinn and
endless henelit In the entire eam
ptis. His M'lmlastie tetoid dnes not
need tn he eited. as it stands on its
own . merits.
l it- Sluillrr he has been one
nl the lines! hasiselaii plaxets in
. tend this I 'niei sit v, and has rej-u-sented
lis in a entkin intlv man
ner nliea-Mi i:e Ii.is ';one. lie. ton.
his sei I i i 4 1 i scho'asti' marks.
ll 1 1; C.lnfjfify who was a miid
inu Inree in the lutin N'aekety m k
.ind wlin xvas i 1 1 i 1 1 to come into
the .SvntnHiun when th it job was
owe and (nntinue t work diliu.-nt-1.
OOne nl the most ple.'.s.tnt-na-tuveil
people we know.
If 'I'hoiii jni aitixe in Stu
dent I.euisl.i'.ute and Student (in
e tuiteut, he ha scted th.- dnini
!oi i it 1 1 if-1 s mi rilish'v and h s
rnntiibuled In the elirient. bene
liial wnik-n; o .Student (.oe.ti
iir. ni as a xvhnle.
)( O'Turl ifttainlv a
thisin lone in I'.N.C. publiiti
liuns. anil one ol the most cnoper
athe. lu'lplul and kind memi;eis
lias
Before di-i'ini
column, it would he .app-opria'.e to deal brief
ly in ."oi.e-aliuos. T:n'.it.lly, it should be note;:'
that the ca-'ip;:: :n l'er Gove-nor features ?".
.tv iitter.i.eiii and jibie adnvnistrators. w-iii
fia! for the S-n-;te i,-e enis two experience-'
and qualiried (aodi.Lues to th el-Jetorai"
'lnis ;)b.se: e;- ol the political honons ha
been privileged to witness campai:,:n for stat.--wide
office both in California and New Jer.-cy
before finally arresting on the soil of T:r
lleelia. Never before have we seen a cam
paign waged on a higher level, one almo-t
totally devoid of mass muilslingir.g.
Never before have wc seen four very able
gentlemen present themselves for the state's
highest office, using as the basis for their
campaign an academic appnaeh. To be sure
thc;c will be some who will disagree .vhh
this .T-sct'K n. But to that we sav. you haven"'
seen a really dirty political campaign until
ycu've watched them in other par!-; of thn
country. Again, as it has had rca r- to do
on so mtny occasions, the Slate of North
'arilini may be justifiably proud of lh
numne- in wh 'eh something, has becu accorr:
within its boundaries.
. "
far as t'lo guhernalorial pieturc?" is
c n?erncd.' wc will hasten-to jo'n virtualh
every political forecaster around by conced
ing the front running pesition in. tht fifsl
Primary to 'Tcry Sanford. From all newspa
per ri-odrts and nersona.1 .n'weryatjon yre ha;e
i1 1 ard ' no, II bryond, coniprrrnsion
hnw lu" Fayetje-. 'lie aOpney '"will hq mrved
cut of the no-n' ?f one spot iii FafuHay',
v te On !he second ?o around.; the June rnn
off. we hive our serious doubts that he can
win. V!;v ever. . itiil -s he fails to pile up a
commadi'-g nercen'agc in this week's Pri
ni.irv will be tough to stop from going all
the way.
The other party on the June runoff could
be row of the other three aspirants. Ya-olm
B. Seaweil John D. Larkins or Dr. I Beverly
Lake. Each ha his strong areas. Seaweil 'is
runniog with full backing from the incum
bent Governor, Luther Hodges. Larkins, the
present Democratic National Committeeman
and a veteran ol 13 years in the State Seaate.
Anthony Wolff
Parting
Shot
regular party
Lake, former
has strong support from the
workers throughout the state.
N C. Assistant Attorney General, is the can
didate of segregation forces in the .state.
Lock for a silent, but large turnout for him.
Again, we repeat. Sanford will have his
hands full with
any of them
in a runoff.
Iu the senatorial sweepstakes, incemhen'
IV Fverclt Jordan is also being backed hv
t,iJ'"s administration Indeed. Jrrdan is h's
l"si. :s partner. Jordan has on his side the
f H that hq was a stalwart in southern effor's
to block r ;sage of Civil Bights legislation in
Ms term of Congress. lie is favored to retain
his scat.
The rhallenge-r. Wilmington attorney Ad
dition Hewlett, is a former Speaker of the may define both his life and his .death.
Nrrth Ca-.lina General Assembly, and a well
"kmwn figure throughout North Carolina po
liticabicirclc c It should be noted that he ha
very streng support in "this area Orang.
County lie may wll shock the speculators
by givingi Jo'-dan a round l ea'ng. but thi
L: doubtful. Never bet against the champion.
(The fa!lcwrg colymn, a parting shct from
Anthony Wolf.', was written at th request of th
editor. I is the tact effort cf Mr. Wolff's Caro
lina career, and as such deserves the attention
net only of those who have been faithful readers
of his but of those who have not as well. For four
years he has been one of the nost 1 liable
coijirnists on t!-e steff, and ore of the most
stir-.ulstir-g -The paer wiil miss birr ner year.
The Ediror)
It seems that condemned men and retiring A
umr.ists have this much. in common: both are a
signcd a time for l ast Words. If the death-bound
has it in him to be great, then h; final utteran-?.
informed bv a confrontation with imminent deaih.
I'niorlunatcly, the retiring columnist has r,i
such stimulus to prompt h'm to grca. ness. His "fii -rl"
confronlat i ni is no more and. h;pcfu'ly. nn
lcss special than those attempt to discrver h
world which have marked his career as columnist
from the start. So these are last words, no Lat
Words.
In conclusion, allow me. from a personal
standpoint, to fay that it has been a real The most discouraging thing a.;out wntine. a
pleasure to write a series of columns on' column like this one is not the search for a few
North Carolina politics. It is ar interesting remarks wnicn win crjsiaina.- w:l- iaihhu
subject, of vital concern to all of our citizen
and the men who participate are
fellas.
Angus MacLean Duff
ol the student (oiimiunitv
p at l
neii k.
P
showed ingiatilude Tor his
V'i ivfiium uhn led the
ihe Women's Honor Count il
thioiih a eat of trial and liihu'a
lion. iniii-g alw.ns to do -what she
thought would best henelit the
gilU Kim aie undct the jinidit
tion ol that ImhJ..
(,onlvn Sln rl He walked into
-'4iln' "h ' ruasuier ol the Stu-
ilt lit lnd in the middle of the
; )UI when il was aaied. doinv,
''the kind ol 'pjh ih.-t he has made
'' Upiiril of hinisell. He always is
nneuted with the hesl inteiels
. ".'ofithe I'uiMisitv and ol the stu
dents w ho oulje it.
Ih'h Hinlam he had tox.uate
his job and lei (.nnlou Mutt lakf
nCT Lm him. heiatise lie had tried
mi hud tn d many things Ini
ilit I'nivers'm th.n j i i s studies
piaitially toll. psed. He has in.ni
a4il tn hehiend almost the en
tit e anipus and tn erc all of it.
l)tr Doiiitls mie ol the linesl
Mallets tlu Ihiilx I in fieri has net
he'd the bet inie.e is a!! !;e has
wm ked ith at heai t.
I'Uihf; ( ', tr.ct lie i ;'n ;is o:i-
pincisial. alwavs intei isi iug mem
hei ol thc l ay lit el stall who lias
made the (iaio'.ina l'nium one f
the most impoitant org an! it ions
on the (ainptis tlnoipgh his dedi
cated tltoils tn hiiip4 stitnulatinn
men and women in (ihanel Hill.
' l)tt'is a innd personal
liicnd who has been ol infinite
he'p tn ihis editor and who has
been willing and anxious to sere
the I'lrviisitv in am capaeiu in
whi h he might be able.
Mairfi Hind.eell she spent a
mi'i iity ol her free time during
the pist year u'txiug as sccictaiy
to the ii)(io Carolina Sunpovium
and ding, a job that would make
any person ptond. One of the ma
jor u aMius lor that cs cut's succt'-s.
Jim Ihnfte) the last nl the
1'iit lie' I wits. n. id one nl the lun
nicst. I lis 'good humor and willing
ness to help the paper in a pin h
hae been a (iodstnd to three edi-sion
'I'l..'
are
j ;
mativ mnre
th
nlin
.tie puijiie lecogniiion out wc,
bke the X'alkvries and the (inkier
l lcccc. aic oren to eiror and omi-
nlS.
In conjunctioii with an effective honor sys
tem is an efficient student judiciary. Any such
judicial branch which is incorporated within
tiic workings of an rutom mous honor system
should, of necessity, be constructive rather
than, or instead of. an adherence to the de
struction of individual personality. As a human-being
subject to error and fault, and pos
sessing a lack of understanding and tempora
ry loss of faculties. Ihe individaul student
wishes of the administration or the politick
should be giyn the prime consideration. Tlu
desires of stlf-conccrned student legislatures
should be subdued.
Certainly, we do not want to develop a
legalistic judiciary if it can possibly be avoid
ed. Here at the University, the chance of stiff
sentence is proportionally much greater than
that of a District or Ceun'y Court. Suspension
or expubi:n from school menus an ultimate
loss of respect and reputath n. often the op
portunity to finish coliege is denied, and cer
tainly a lessening of success in later life en
sues in the majority of the cases. This is a
much stricter penalty to endure than a twenty
five dollar fine or a suspended read sentence.
Therefore, we should not employ legalism;
but. the system has to be administered en
tirely by students, regardless of the methodo
logy we u-e.
At prestnt. the defuu'ent is not allowed
to face his accuser before the trial. Perhaps
tin'-outh words would pas between the two
parties in some instances, but some of the
details and possible misunderstandings could
be "ironed out" previous to the actual trial.
.Much time could be saved if the accuser and
the defendent had a chance to talk thincs
over previous to the session of the Council.
Kven if no settlement was reached, at least
understanding would develop, and the trial it
self would progress swiftly and much smooth
er. We should not have an active defense
council, hut unless the attorney general term
inates the p-"nt "lawyer of prosecution" at
titude, it wi'.l be necessary to continue the
incorprrat : n or a i active defense council in
our judi;-iav. Unlimited character witnesses
are allowed the defendert now, but due to
the nature of the 'cm "vi iidion", only one
or. at most, t wo per -on- a;t as witnesses to
the act. This i;v;an. that the prosecution must
present numerous instances of proof in order
to properly try the case. The convicted de
fendent can appeal his ca- to a higher body,
but the attorney general cm not a;k tor a
secend trial. No matter what situation de
velops, it is imperative that both the attorney
general and the defense council have eejual
powers, in every snse of the word "fair".
Some students feel that full-time profes
sionals run the judiciary now professionals
as far as their own judicial limits and inter
ests are concerned. From the average stu
dent's viewpoint, the whole problem of the
Our Student Judiciary
judicial process lies intrinsic within the at
t rney general's staff itself, because of its
practices and procedures. The attorney gen-c-al's
Malf should, and could, be more rf
tV.tive and efficient perhaps, presenting the
ease well-enough so that an intelligent de
cisirn could be made by the jury. But this
is where we deceive ourselves, for the whole
solution to the judicial problem remains
where it has always been with the jury.
It is a false assumption tha' the determin
ation oT auilt or innocence takes practice. In
retrospect, it is definitely true that to de
termine the sentence of an individual requires
practical experencc, for a just sentence de
pnds upon the extent or degree of guilt, and
nly those experienced with such are capable
ni nanciing-oown penalty. All si"'i-ms
qualified to sit on the jury and deliver a
diet, not just Class Officers as has been ro
posed. The unanimous vote required fc- us
pension from summer schcol. which wa re
cently passed by the legislature, will years
from now be recognizee! as a big step toward
the fair consideration of the individual. Ntf.v,
all that remains as an obstacle is for the regular-term
Honor Council to follow suit.
ire
f
cr-
four years; it is the realization that there is notn-
. . . A. 1 ,
'real swell" new to say. Alter icur years ine same ouensv
are committed against democracy and often n
the very name of democracy against the bet
ideal of the University.
For example, the other night a group of Student
Leaders, blindly appointed by their fellows to lead
them by the nose down the primrose path of self
rightec isn s, gave formal notice to the free citi
zens of ties community to toe the line.
-Iir effect, the Student Council has taken for
it elf the right to review any student action and
n ike ex pest facto judgment of it. The Constitution
of the Unite' States, to which we all claim to a I
here and wh! h is included in the Student Consti
tuti n, speeiiK ally forbids such judiciary legcrdc
nr.'ri in Article I. Section 3. The effect of the Su
dtr.t Council action must be to stifle free expres
icr..,for from now on any student before he act
rr st consider whether the Council may not at will
ft. ike him down.
. It should also be noted that the Council rarely
onccrns itself overmuch with the violations of
t le rights cf others which are its rightful functi n,
f it has any at all. The reference is to such stu
dent activities as the purposeful interference with
Playmakcr rehearsals in the Forest Theatre. Every
year students commit violence of one sort or an
other, there are pretests such as the most recent
one from Kr.i Jurgenscn. and the Student Council
does nothing.
The separation of the power of decision
is an excellent advancement of the "checks
and balances" system which we. as students
under our autonomous governmental system,
have found to be the most feasible solution
to democracy, in our terminology. ThereMre.
the jury is proper and definitely necessary,
but it has to be re-evaluated and ultimately
re-formulated. A higher body acting as judge
(not just one person, but a multiplicity) is
the basis for an adequately democratic 'stu
dent judiciary. However, this higher body
should not be a law-making, or even a policy
forming council, existing to function only as
a disciplinary board. I
Our present judiciary system would fun
ction completely if the sentence was sure,
rather than overly severe. The first convic
tion, by a three-fourths vote of the jury,
should accompany an automatic sentence of
probation, and only if the degree of guilt in
a rare case merits such, should suspension
for one semester ensue. This is rehabilitation
huj i ft contains an escape from the ocfur
rencejof ' an, increased number of violations,
which an instigation of the rehabilitation
process often brings. There would be no of
ficial or unofficial reprimands. The second
conviction would require a mandatory one
semester suspension, and perhaps more if the
Council honestly thought that such would
benefit the individual student personally.
The above is suggested in view of the fact
that too many students are being expelled
from school; there are those innocents who
are being convicted, perhaps due to the three
fourths jury vote rather than the legal jury
system which requires a unanimous guilty
verdict. However, too many persons who are
obviously guilty are being freed. This is be
cause of the poor and apathetic student par
ticipation as jurors (some student jurors will
vote not guilty because of apathy alone, re
gardless of the degree of guilt in one case
a boy pleaded guilty as charged and, ridicu
lously, was found not guilty by the jury). Th.
jury system must have adequate, sincerely in
terested student participation. However, the
attorney general's staff should selectively
screen prospective jurors before each trial.
The staff presently asks them if they know
the defendent personally, and if they have ;-.
like or dislike for him.
The random selection method of jurors h
a grossly unfair and tremendously poor ex
cuse for forming a group of students to try
the integrity and personality of a defendent
(many of the defendents are much better in
dividuals than the jurors themselves). As ha
been previously mentioned, the jurors do no'
have to be Class Officers. This also is a poo
substitute for justice. The representative dis
tricts which have been developed is a good
legislative move. However, only sincerely in
terested students, those who have applied for "
jury duty and have not been "drafted", should Nor will the Council construe as a Campus Cix!c
be allowed to serve, and even these should violation the fraternity practice of broadcasting, oi-
be screened carefully and selectively. A list ten in chaotic competition with each other, their
of approximately twenty to thirty realistically chosen musical fare.
sincere students should be compiled within
each district, and they would be requested io Other examples are easily available, but it seems
serve on the jury, not demanded to do so. more important in this limited space to note that
Furthci-more, other students within these re- South Building, particularly the office of the Dean
spective districts should support the selection 0f Student Affairs, is in cahoots. Likewise Miss Car
of jurors within their districts. michael's salon across the hall. Here the decisions
As far as the Council itself is concerned, 0f the student vigilantes go not for review by more
mature judges, but for irresponsible rubber stamp-
election by geographical proportionment
might be easier, facilitate elections, and alio v
each portion of the campus to have represen
tatives on the Council, but it also is a gross
miscarriage of the theory of honor and in
tegrity. Honor and individual capability, such
which each Honor Council member must pos
sess, is not proportioned geographically. If
all twelve of the most suitably-prospective jent CXprcssjon
mcmoers oi ine council come irom one uorm
itory. then they should all be elected. One
day wc are going to realize that, at one time
or another, a district might not have a single
man capable of serving on the Council yet
under our present system, an unable and in
capable student would be elected if this situ
ation arose. The members should be elected
by and from the campus at large, not from geo
graphically proportioned areas.
In conclusion, four out of every five case";
are turned in by the faculty, the other one
bv students. Now, even professors are hesi-
This is not to say that the Administration is lav
or ineffectual. No less a personage than Chancellor
Aycock. whose involvement with the vital life of
this University is usually manifest in the negative
mode, has joined in the offensive against free stu
In a letter to the merchants of
Chapel Hill the Chancellor has disowned Spectrum
in the name of the University of North Carohr....
It is not, in his word, an "official" organ of I'a
University. In other words, there is an "official" univer.tv.
defined by those in power. No student express i r
is to be connected with the university, though .'.
emanate from students at the university, unless P
bears the "official" imprimatur.
This attitude exists alongside the Unive'.s:l
Jim Harper
Hundred Dollars Well Spent
Those fl lis whu had the ;nod
lontnie to p.utuip.ite in the "(ien
Five
f l t j
Wo7e Me When It's Over
tant about turning in people because of tho willing sponsorship of professional athletic teair.v
embassassment involved when an adult has to social organizations with discriminatory clause,
testify in front of a group of students halt (written or umvritten), and other such moral ha?
his age. Wake up Carolina; let's live life re ards which are "official."
alistically, democratically, and fairly with re
gard for the welfare of every individual. Let's .
revamp our student judicial svstem from top 11 15 no secrel thal off'cials arc concerned about
to bottom next year. a ccrtain ore-or-less definite group of Carolina
students who offend simply by their unwillingness
to play the game by the "official" rules. They don't
dress as the rest of us do sometimes they don''
dress much at all: they live in strange dens arousrl
tow n; they pursue odd vocations such as writ in 4
and painting or doing nothing at all, just waitir...
and seme of them produce Spectrum.
eial hit ch it ('olli-ee Howl" tele
isiuii show last Mauh .7 wcic
pleaded to see that the Sjoo we
dn loin was awarded .coid
iirg to the suotioiis we made.
l ui one year Fdwiu (. Mentltu
hall. sophomore from Sanloid. will
beat the distinction of holding a
grant made pnoib'c tluouh the
cf foils ol Inur male students, one
alutiiatc and one m.wli '.vim went
to New Yoik. had a ;hhI time of
ii. and t pasted by tour ninth
ouiikci Inlks fmin New York. I'ni
ciii. n
ship lies up to the requisites that
we set in 0111 somewhat pretenti
ous, but, at least, sincere request.
sec
Il w.- abn im nuia''iiv to
tht the recipient ol the stholat-
Mcndcnhall has demonstrated,
iu his two eais heie, a capacity
lor work and intellectual endeavor
whith miyjit well be followed by
inanv students here including
the author oT this editorial in
its diligence and success.
II the st hoi; ship has been
awarded with stub a sense ol re
sM)irsibility, then those of us who
went down in defeat have been
handed snme small balm for our
wounds, itcehed at the hands of
lhoe who wen- . . . well, just a
wee bit sharper.
"Wake Me When-It's Over" is not the "fun
niest picture since fun was born." It docs pro
vide an hour or so of good fun, but it runs a
little over two hours, total.
The production, by Mcrvyn Leroy, is tak
en from Howard Singer's" novel of the same
name (The reviewer was confused, thinking
that it came . from Abncr Dean's bedroom
commentary, also of the same name. Perhapj
it should have.), and is reminiscent of a sec
ond rate "Teahouse of the August Moon." The
setting is the same: the charming Orient. The
characters are the same: goofy, gay service
personnel. But the time is wrong: "Teahouse"
and "Sayonara" came booming out of the'
east, but "Wake Me" comes more as an illegal
entrant through the back door.
The picture starts slowly, has its hour
(mentioned above), then assumes a soporific
character.
In the end, the true meaning the till.'
is revealed to the. hapless, nay helpless, view
er. Oils Erewbaker (Pick Shawn) -is- a nice
guy restaurant 'owner in the- Uronx;; happily
p arried, father. Air Force vet. schnook. (A
"schnook" is someone who "pays - a kid 50 e
to mow a lawn that doesn't need it and i
arrested that night for violating the - child
labor law.") Some-how. Brubaker - schnooks
him-elf back' into the Air Force, and is as
signed to a tiny radar post on Shima.- an is
land so small that ..even the sergeants don't
know v. here it is. On arrival, he finds his
old. mad-dog Captain (Ernie Kovacs) in com
mand of an outfit resembling a hobo, jungle .
in appearance, and San Quentin in morale. .
The logical next step ("this project isn't
logical enough to fail") is to construct a va
cation hotel by the steaming waters of the
local spa. Friendly relations with the local
citienry. then at a low ebb. are cemented
bv one of the local misses (Nohu McCarthy)
and things (misappropriation and misuse of
government property) snowball ahead. A WAF
Heater. mt (Margo Moore) is flown in to af
ford Caucasian contrast of .ex. :
Prcwbakcr "buys" a dozen of the local
maidens to serve as waitresses, maids, etcf:
is made head 'of Hie hotel' CorporatHm; is hi
word.
complete charge of construction. In a
the rap is pinned on him.
And the rap must be taken. An offended
feature writer from the States pegs the resort
as a "sin spot of the Orient," and the neces
sary investigation, complete with Southern'
("we'll clean 'em up lak wc docs boll wee
vils") 'senator ensues. Then the necessary-
Court Martial ensues. Then pandemonium (No-
This'is not to imply that the Chancellor is- de
liberately moving to cut off Spectrum's adverting
revenues, as the magazne's editors contend is "the
case. This may or may not be true.flt is certainlv
true that the Chancellor's "official" letter will tend
to have this effect. But in the letter this purpose
is specifically disclaimed, so if we are to take the
rhxninlli.. 1 .....
vacs parachutes in to testify) ensues. Then 1,lJl m ora we can assume taat his mcJ-
nothing ensues for awhile. Then Drewbaker (Uln" ,s not a!I lhat malicious. . ::
savs a fond. Tlatonic farewell !o his little
geisha, sails off cheerfully to the Bronx as
the viewer sinks slowly in his seat.
His message is more subtle, and potentially mor?
H e.strnet i vr than c.mrl i- -..-- - .
There were srme good performances in h" " ''. 7; , " , . - "-ius.i.,
.. .. . tnese students the risht to doolaro thn 1- offn ti,
ho mnv'e. mostly bv supporting actors ne-t
billed. Richard Strauss was at his beastly best,
but Don Knotts should have, when asked to
take a part, replied "Noo-0-0!"
Jack Warden played well as the friendly
doctor and defense counsel. Margo Moore
wore a good uniform. Miss McCarthy is one
of hundreds of charming geishas, no more,
Ernie Kovacs . is by definition funny, and
wa.s so in' the movie, - -- -
with the University in their magazine, he has creat
ed the strong impression that a student's expression
is subject to the approval of the powers that be
around here, and that if you say the wrong thing
you are refused your identity as part of the com
munity. . i
My space is at an end. But. dear friend:-.-the
bill oes on itiU-lUv uUM. Pa&a'',,."