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Tuesday, February 21, a 'is iwo, ; 1 ; 1 - - ge Batlp peel I ij sixtyeitblb year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions fraw fitkfr t&e admi'mttftion otJhe.jtydfnt body, J . The Daily, Tax. Hel: is the official student publication of the Publica- fions Board of the University of Hottb Carolina, KicbardOyerstreet, Chairman, j I All editorials appearing in Tuft Daily Tar Heel are the personal expires- S tlnr tUo vrliinr imlper rkfhpriDttP frpti tpdf tlw arP tint tlPrPStaril'V rpbrptpn- 'H p fou'e of feeling on the staff, and all reprints or quotations must specify thus. 1 I February 21, 1961 Volume LXIX, Number 103 11 II Saturday's Basketball Game: A Ghmce Efiseipliile Saturday afternoon ihe' 1961 At lantic Coast Conference basketball season reaches its culmination with the playing of the Duke-North Carolina game here in Chapel Hill.; It is probable that the outcome of Ihe contest will determine the regular season champion ; of ' the conference; it certainly will deter mine the winner of the three-game encounter between these two arch rivals. ' There is much more at stake in this game, however, than the win ning of a title or a series. The con duct of the participants and, par ticularly, the spectators will have great bearing upon the atfrletic and academic relations between the two universities, upon the future of North Carolina basketball and upon the reputation of the Univer sity of North Carolina. Its ramifi cations could extend to affect the reputations of a number of indi viduals as well. The comments of the North Caro lina press and many citizens of the state have placed a considerable responsibility upon the students of this University: a responsibility to conduct themselves - in a manner which will bring credit upon the University ' and themselves while watching Saturday's basketball game; r ' 1 '"" , This responsibility should not be construed to mean: "Duke didn't behave very well so if we are good boys and girls we will show them up." Whether or not the crowd at Duke 'was orderly and contained is immaterial. It is our responsibility to show that we ourselves, apart from comparison with any other student body, are capable of behav ing in a relatively mature manner. If Coach McGuire is forced, as he has often been ih the past, to urge the spectators to put a damper on their enthusiasm for the sake of good sportsmanship, the student body will not have reflected credit upon itself. We should not have to rely on the basketball coach for inspiration in matters of conduct. His job is on the court; we should not expect or ask him to feel re sponsible in other areas. The student body of this Univer sity should not have to be asked to behave itself at an athletic corn test or a lecture. We are old enough and sensible enough to refrain from the childish mannerisms that have become, accurately or not, asso ciated with college students. We do not have to be urged to grow up; at least technically, we are grown up. If we do not conduct ourselves with the kind of enthusiasm that is tempered by reason, our reputation will be greatly harmed. The people of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia will be watching this game, looking for a repetition of the last game's fiasco. We have the chance to meet the challenge placed before us. And there is no reason why we should not meet it. Neglected But Valuable Groups The, coming of spring elections brings student government into a kind of focus that it rarely, if ever, achieves during the year. We sud denly realize the extent to which student government dominates all extracurricular activities, some times to the . detriment of other valuable opportunities. There are a great many organ izations on this campus which suf fer from a lack of membership and an insufficient ability to make the campus aware of the vital work being done in their activities. Among these are such groups as the various student religious .clubs, the foreign .student associations, organizations of academic intent and professional fraternities. One of the greatest faults of stu dent government in the past has been its hesitance to bring these groups into the overall framework of student life; yet the work they 0 JONATHAN YARD LEY . 4 , Editor. . ...... "Watn King, Mart Stewart Baxsi 5 Associate Editors : " Margaret Ank Rhymes -Managing 'Editor Edward Neal Rtnth Assistant To The Editor Henbt Mayer, ' Jim CLOTmre 4 -. - N$tp$ Editors Lloyd Little : , Executive New? Editor Epsaw Lrwrs . LFeaty.fe. Editor Frank Slpsseh. , , . ,prty Editor Harry W. LLoyd1A4SC. Sport$ Editor Jomn Justice, Davis Young-- - f Contributing Editors Tim Burnett -I . . Business- Manager JRj:ciab Wnxp-Z-Advtrtlsing Manager JOHif Jester- Circulation Manager Charles WHEDBEBTubsprijption Manager " Th2 Daii. Tar Hew, is published dally except -2 lor day,' examination periods and vacations. It is entered as second class -matter In -the post Mice in Chap? 1 Hill. N. C. pursuant with -the act of March 8,- 1870. - Subscription rates: $4 per semester, $1 per year. - '' "The Daily Tab Hssl is a subscriber to the United Press International ' and utilizes- the services of the News. Bu reau of the University of North Caro-. ' tina. "- --"'; ...,...- '-Published by--the .Colopial Prepi. 1 Chapel Ifill. N. C:' --. ; T', are doing and the vitality with which they do it could be of tre mendous value to all students. Among the religious groups is found some of the most enlighten ing thought on the campus; the Cosmopolitan Club sponsors a friendly association with students from other lands that is of great benefit to its members; the YMCA committees on religious, interna tional and social affairs are stimu lating and provocative; the profes sional fraternities urge a kind of excellence in their members that is a credit to the professions them selves. The good records of these organ izations, however, do not seem to be sufficient to faring them before the student consciousness in the manner that they merit. They are largely ignored, and primarily be cause many students do not seem to be aware of the benefits that can be gained from them. To be sure, the prestige of being a member of one Of these organ izations is not as great as that of being a prime force in student gov ernment or the honor system, but the personal gains to be found in the give and take these organiza tions demand may be of . much greater value. Among the jobs that will face the next president of the student body will be. encouraging these groups to make a greater contribu tion to the campus as a whole, and encouraging the campus to take a closer, more, concerned look at the work that they are doing. .All of us have much to gain from the kind of free play and discus sion that these small organizations sponsor. Ve should learn to profit not only from glory but also from intellectual, social endeavor. All of us surely would benefit. 66Let?s Move It, Buster' ' ' X S ' i ? --J - ' I Ff?M?zg. noH! H'F-'Mc "r m - jl ' s m i-i I - .... With Davis B. Young . Several weeks ago, Sports Edi tor Jack Horner of the Durham Morning Herald expressed con cern over the possible crucifixion of Duke basketballer Art Hey man. At this writing we are also concerned with a crucifixion, the crucifixion of Frank McGuire, head basketball coach at the Uni versity of North Carolina. And leading the "get Frank" movement you guessed it Jack Horner and his sportswriting pals like Whitey Kelly and Smith Barrier to name but a few. Somehow these gentlemen seem to forget that they have made their living throughout the years because of the Frank McGuire's, Everett Case's, Bill Murray's, Paul Amen's, Bud Milliken's, Dale Ranson's, Jim Hickey's and the many other fine coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference. These coaches are responsible for the outstanding teams in the ACC which have made for big time sports reporting. And of these coaches, which one has been more successful than Frank McGuire? Which one, other than Frank McGuire, has brought the glory of a national championship to this conference? These are the successful rec ords of a successful coach who year in and year out fields a team high up in the national ratings. Seldom have McGuire-coached teams lost more than five or six games in a tough twenty-five Students, Chapel Hillians Speak Out Picketing Controversy Brings Letters From Both Sides DOES APATHY SHOW STUPIDITY? To The Editor: I have just finished reading the slanted journalism of one Mr. Bill Hobbs regarding the integration issue in Thursday's issue of your paper. I say ybur paper because the stands that are taken in The Daily. Tar Heel appear to repre sent only a very small percent age of the student body of this university. This small percentage is in evidence by the fact that so many of the students have neither said nor done anything in regards to the picketing of the two local theatres. :. This "apathetic stupor" that Mr. Hobbs refers to is merely a sign that the majority of the stu dents cares nothing at all about the integration of private busi ness establishments. Mr. Hobbs insinuates .that a person must want to integrate the races before he can be capable of making de cisions of a mature nature. Ap parently, , segregation and stu pidity go hand-in-hand if we are to believe the "Gospel according to Hobbs." If we believe that in tegration is wrong we are to be pitied for our "supine stupidity." The appeal of your paper to the white citizens of this com munity to boycott the two local theatres has fallen on a great ma jority of deaf ears. You should not be amazed at this because in spite of the theory that we south erners are "backward,-' "illi terate," "narrow-minded," and "bigoted" we still like to see a good" movie and the presence of a few clowns - with signs won't make a bit of difference. The fact that people continue to enjoy themselves in segregated estab lishments is not a sign that they believe in "nothing" as Mr. Hobbs would have us think. It is in stead a sign that they believe in the segregation policy of the peo ple who run these establish ments. So if we who still hang on to the belief that integration is wrong are to be "pitied for our supine stupidity" I guess you en lightened geniuses will have to put up with us a while longer. Leigh' Skinner Mr, Skinner: It is not the function of an editorial page lo present "representative" view points. Mr. Hobb's column represents his opinion and is, of course, "slanted"-just as your letter is "slanted." A newspaper attempts to be ob jective and non-partisan only on the news pages, while edi - lorial page comment is open to every viewpoint, "slanted" or not. Your ' criticism of Mn Hobbs on this basis is simply not- valid. The Editor COWARDICE AND ANONYMITY To The Editor: Will you please hire a psy chologist to explain to your pub lic just why a letter writer asks you to withhold his name? I note that segregationists are apparently afraid to stand up and be counted, but you should reas sure them that we integrationists do not have in our ranks anyone who burns crosses or wears sheets and masks. Mr. (or Miss?) Name With held, you say in Saturday's Tar Heel "Let the people of Chapel Hill run Chapel Hill." Many of. us townspeople are taking an ac tive part in trying to break down barriers between Negroes and whites. But, we are glad to know that 340 fine, upstanding faculty members of the University are lending their influence to this im portant cause. We are sure there are many and more students who will lend theirs. Maybe even the "Name Withheld" tribe will come put in the open too. ' . Mary B. Gilson SUPPORT FOR SEGREGATION To The Editor: Recently, editorials and adver tisements have appeared in your paper suggesting, or perhaps de manding, that the managements of the Carolina and Varsity thea tres open their doors to every one. Perhaps you do not . realize that the owner of any piece of property has the authority to allow whom he wishes onto his property, tell them when , to leave, charge any amount of ad mission he wishes, and deny to anyone the right of admittance. This means that the owner of any business could require you to stand on your head with a banana in your right ear before he would serve you, and the law would support him. Anyone who builds or buys a business is investing his money; it is his money that he is risk ing, and no one, not even The Daily Tar Heel, has the right to tell him how to conduct his busi ness. . How many times have you told a person to stop minding your business and go mind his own? Did you not feel that you were right in doing this? But suppose this person proceeded to walk around with a sign stating that you . were unfair because you wouldn't let him mind YOUR business, wouldn't you think this person was a bit odd? To rant and scream about peo ple being deprived of their freer dom may seem noble, but anyone who has the time to camp out in front of a place of business arid try to tell the manager how to run it has a damn sight more freedom than I or any other stu dent at this university attempting to get an education. - Herman R. Parker. Jr. "INCONSISTENCY, BIGOTRY. ANONYMITY" To The Editor: This is a reply to the anony mous segregationist whose let ter appeared in Saturday's Tar Heel. Does he seriously believe that the New Orleans housewives are being criticized for their cour ageous support of a cause? Cri ticism is going to be directed at anyone who feels the interests of his community are best served by banding together to screech hysterical insults at bewildered children. There is probably more than one reason for the nearly unani mous absence of white children from the afflicted New Orleans schools. How many of their par ents are less motivated by segre gated purity than they are by fear of physical harm to their children at the hands of the civic minded and courageous "ladies"? There is no comparison between the Chapel Hill picketers and the New Orleans demonstrators. The local picketers apparently don't need a mob to support their courage or a child at whom to direct their bugeyed civic virtue. As a reason for segregation's righteousness, Mr. X raises the traditional bogey of interracial marriage. Integration of schools will evidently touch off a nation wide orgy of mixed weddings and a palgue of yellow children. "Well, my friends," he informs us, "it has happened and will happen again." Which statement entirely con tradicts his whole point. There have been and will be people who marry people of other races. But if this is their intention, do they really wait for the Supreme Court to order integration so they will have an excuse? Of course not! They will marry whether there is integration, segregation or caste. As for the comments concern ing student participation in the "open movies" campaign, the Anonymous One's reasoning be comes entirely unglued. Chapel Hill is as much UNC's community as it is that of native Chapel Hillians. While students probably won't be here more than four years, we will be here for that long. Therefore, why shouldn't we participate in civic affairs' which certainly will affect us? Is is not true that students at tend the uptown theaters? Is it not true that there are Negro students who would like to at tend them too? Mr. X condones civic partici pation in certain situations but condemns it in others, it seems. Inconsistency, bigotry, anony mity ... John Medlin SUPPORT FOR PICKETS To The Editor: I take this occasion to register my support of the position taken by the Daily Tar Heel, the U.N.C. Student Legislature, and those picketing the Carolina and Var sity Theaters in regard to the se gregation policy of those theaters and to segregation in general. . . Mr. Martin L. Wilson and Mr. L. Lee Gardner, Jr. seem to think they are privileged characters, that they should have every right to use the entertainment facilities in this town and that the Negro citizens should not have these rights. Gentlemen, who are you, or the theater managements, to say who is "qualified to do what? What if I said that you are igno rant, disgusting bigots and that you should not be allowed in cer tain places because I don't like your looks? Would you feel that I was right? Of course not. You probably would choose to ignore me or to protest my ac tions if they interferred with your pleasure and freedom. Well, that is what the Negroes are doing. We generally delegate to them the jobs of doing our heavy labor and cleaning up our filth. (How would you feel in their place?) We then wonder why they have trouble preserving their pride and teach ing their children dignity, clean liness, and honesty. Why should they cherish these qualities when they have been treated from birth like inferior creatures by the white people, to whose lives they gear themselves? By the. way, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Gardner, who are "you ,,, to go around putting words in. God's mouth? What is "God's Law of Nature" and when did He tell you about it? I hope you're not forgetting that your religion tells you to love your neighbor as yourself. Why are you not willing to give the Negroes equal rights? Why do you have to hate them? Are you afraid of seeing all your values and beliefs shattered? Do you want to segregate so that you won't have to look the Negro squarely in the face? Are your guilts getting the better of you, or aren't you capable of having guilts? You may flout Communism's threat to destroy our country from within, but did you ever stop to think that you, and others like you, are bent toward the very same thing? Disunity breeds destruction. You shout out in de fense of our democratic system but you deny the Negroes an equal place in that system. Look ing at it from your point of view, Mr. Wilson, you are playing right into the hands of the Com munists by inspiring hatred in a section of our population. The Negro people haven't given up our system yet, but they may if people continue to ignore their plight. Ronald Byrnes game schedule against the host opposition in the country. McGuire-coached teams have played and beaten the best in the coun try in the past few years clubs like Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Notre Dame and Villanova. Sometimes they have lost as in the case of West Virginia last year, and Kentucky the past two years. But always they have met the best, beaten some without bragging, lost to others without alibi. And always, sportswriters, they have been good copy. They've made for good reading. And you've made your living off of Frank McGuire and his ball play ers. And what about the Frank Mc Guire who worries about other things than rolling up a big score? What about the Frank Mc Guire who has more than once grabbed a microphone in Wool len Gym to quiet a disorderly crowd so that the other team might have a fair chance at the foul line? You forgot that, didn't you? Well nobody at Duke grabbed a microphone until they held a press conference. And what about the Frank Mc Guire who respects the high aca demic standards of this Univer sity? Did Frank McGuire ever gripe with a decision declaring Doug Moe ineligible last fall, or Ken McComb this year? And in the case of Moe who had been declared eligible by the ACC and NCAA, but ineligible by the Uni versity, maybe there was room for a gripe. But not one peep, sportswriters, not one peep from Frank McGuire. And what about Frank Mc Guire's boys? What do you know about them, sportswriters. As Milton Gross so correctly pointed out in the New York Post, every member of the 1957 champion ship team is in a position of vo ' cational responsibility. Ask the Carolina student body how it feels towards Frank McGuire's boys. They like them. Why? Not because they're basketball play ers, but because they're nice guys who mingle with the student body like any other students. And part of this is Frank McGuire's doing?, a' coach who's interested in his boys off the court too. And you forgot that too, didn't you? You forgot all of this when you picked up your pen and fired your distortions across the sports pages of this state. Contrary to what Smith Bar rier has insinuated, Frank Mc Guire has brought great credit on the University, both as a suc cessful coach, and as a gentle man. At a school which values the characteristics of a Carolina gentleman, Frank McGuire has epitomized this image. But keep it up sportswriters. You're winning, you're going to drive Frank McGuire right back to New York, cause no man is obligated to subject himself to character assassination. When he's gone, and we'll be the last to blame him, you can scour the area for a new toy to break. And break it you will, for nobody can equal your power with the print ed words. Be vitriolic, gime 'em hell, Tar Heel sportswriters. Go right on writing "about McGuire's goon squad and you'll get him, I prom ise. - Frank McGuire is without honor in the country to which he brought honor. Silence is a vir tue, but fighting back is a greater virtue. FACULTY JOINED IN SUPPORT OF PICKETS To The Editor: We the undersigned, National Defense Fellows in history and economics, do hereby approve and endorse the faculty's petition for racial integration. We believe that racial inequality and second class citizenship are clearly in compatible with our national in terests and the ideals of our so ciety. Segregation has prevented the U.S. from taking full advantage of the talents of all her citizens and has lowered her status in the eyes of the rest of the world. We therefore believe at this time, when all Americans must make a concerted effort in order to pre serve our national existence, that every artificial barrier to con tinued progress should be abol ished. Michael Alexander Jay W. Jarrett David N. Jones Jerry Michael Pinkney C. Smith Mary E. Wheeler h A
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