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1 ;3J.1I.C Library " Serials Sept. Box S70 SkapeL Hill, N,c, EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS See Edits. CLOUDY Somewhat cooler. Volume LXIX, No. 123 Complete (UPI) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1961 Offices in Graham Memorial Six Pages This Issue 1b) - liM Candidates Speak Patterson Wants More Liberal Drinking Rules Hank Patterson, SP candi date for Vice-President of tfye Student Body, yesterday discussed the merits of a liberalization in University drinking regulations. Patterson suggested "rea sonable" restrictions on drinking and pledged to work with t he- administration J to smooth out any problems which could rise out of the initial im plementation of new regulations "The Student Party," Patter son began, "has always worked to keep administration-student relations on an amiable plane. Whenever jan - opportunity has presented itself whereby those relations - could be improved, the -Party has been willing to work . for that improvement. , .Trustee Role . . buch an opportunity now presents itself: there is a Trus tee regulation which prohibits the consumption : of intoxicating beverages : by. any Carolina stu dent. "'As it applies to students out side the dormitory: the rule is impossible to enforce. It is dif ficult to enforce consistently ftven within the dormitory. I'An SP administration would work for reasonable revision in the present regulations-. . . both in order to make the rules more feasible and to make them more rational." - Talks With Officials The - Vice-Presidential candi date said, that he had "talked v?ith administration officials about the possibility of liberal ization of the present drinking regulations. The administration lias been most cooperative gndj nas shown, itself" willing to listen, to plans for change. - "An SP administration would direct a- Student Government committee to study this prob lem in conjunction with ad ministration officials. I person ally pledge to work closely with this committee in seeking the best possible solution." Harrington Galls For Improvement In Honor System Tony Harrington, Univer sity Party candidate for vice president of the student body, stressed yesterday the importance of several major projects and of the. need for the need for improvement oi the honor system. "One vital project which must be continued with much interest is the student effort for support of a badlv needed combination undergraduate library-student union and for increases in facul ty salaries," Harrington stated "Our efforts with the legis lature in Raleigh and in each of our 100 counties with editors legislators, and parents have been described as extremely ef fective. We have conveyed stu dent concern for these needs to supplement the administration's requests. Student Work "Continued arid expanded work for financial support of the University is a proper area of student government activity. The contributions made by stu dents in this project can be of immeasurable and lasting oene- gt to our school." Concerning the All-Campus Entertainment Committee, dis cussed by Bob Sevier in yes terday's DTH, Harrington values it as a project to fulfill "a major need for social opportunity for all students, especially dormi tory residents! "This group will bring to our campus entertainers of highest appeal at a very modest price when the gymnasium is made accoustically suitable for large audiences." , , " Ionbr System "... He sees the necessity of im proving the honor system, espe cially in the area of effective ness and' student respect. These new constitutional amendments which were accepted so favor ably by the students will be im plemented and will lend consid erable improvement. eunbirds Peck 27 The Order of the Old Bean birds pecked 27 new fledglings in pre-dawn ceremonies this morning. - The initiates included: . Tom Cabe, Judy Buxton, In man Allen, Walter Dellinger, Bettie Ann Whitehurst, Bruce Raynor, Ginger Swain, Margie Ann Wilson, David Grigg. Betsy Swain. Leonard Capo tanis, Henry Mayer, Suzanne Staffer, Paul Burroughs, Carol Taylor, Dede Zanetti, Mary Lester, Dede Devere. Linda Phaelzer, Johnny Mc- C6nnel, Laini La vis, Jane Cope- land, Jim McGregor, Ann Houser, Lew Llewelyn, Marietta Northrop and Inman Allen. Infirmary Students in the infirmary yes terday were the following: Stephanie Stephenson, Linda Lowden; Mary Carroll, Lizabeth Rich, Gerald Strickland, Craig Moore, Albert Walter, John Wood, Michael Boggan, Michael Dore, Joseph Walden, Charles Clarke. Esther White, Carol Wiggs and Julian Bradley lllllliilllillfil ! ! ' " :; A ": " - - 1 X' V X: i V V"- , - : "f r - - r -' :-' - - ' - - ' - . ' - - " SOUND & FURY: 2 Jun iors In Show Two pert UNC juniors Lyla-Gaye Van Valkenburgh and Stark Sutton will star as ill-fated lovers in this year's Sound and Fury production of "Celestina." Lyla-Gaye, a dramatics major from Rye, N. Y., will play Melibea, the daughter of an aristocratic Spanish family. Stark, an English major from Atlanta, will play Calisto, Melibea's "true love." " 'Celestina' is a musical play based on a 15th Century Span ish story," Lyla-Gaye said, "and it is very much like 'Romeo and Juliet.' "Melibea's been .brought up very properly. Her family chooses her. suitor and arranges her social life and marriage. But one day she meets Calisto and secretly sees him against all tradition," Lyla-Gaye said. "Calisto ' falls in love imme diately," - Stark added, "and even sings 'If love is a sickness, then 1 am fatally ill!" King Outlines Better Photo Coverage Plan Wayne King, independent can didate for editor of the DTH, yesterday outlined plans for more graphic coverage of cam pus .events, particularly sports, through the utilization of inno vations in photographic repro duction. "The DTH has been hampered by early deadlines in the cover age of campus sports events. A night basketball game, for. in stance, poses a real problem, especially if pictures are "de sired," King said. ' -' , . "It often takes a ohotoeraoher an hour to an hour-arid-a-half to develop, print and dry- a game shot this makes it impos sible to get. an action -shot of a night game in the next morn ing's paper. "The obvious answer to this problem is the use of the rela tively new Polaroid-equipped press camera. I hope-to acquire one , for use on the DTH next year, if elected. This will mean that we can at last get live ac tion shots, not , to mention eli minating the. cost of paying a photographer for developing. "It will , cut photography costs almost in "half, even with the added ' expense of Polaroid film," King added. The aspiring editor went on to point out that the DTH would next year have the advantage of being able to blow up photo engravings to a larger size, a process previously impossible.- omth Africa To Withdraw rom British Commonwealth Over Racial Discrimination On The Campus There will be a Junior Class Cabinet meeting at - p.m. to day in Graham Memorial, Ro land Parker II. All members are asked to attend. Buyers of items at the Cam pus Chest Auction are asked to pay their pledges this week be tween 1 and 5 p.m. on the sec ond floor of the Y building. The Peace; Corps, discussion group will meet today at noon in Lenoir Hall. At this meeting a possible change of time will be discussed. Interested persons are, urged to attend. interviews for chairman of the Woman's Residence Council will be held in Roland Parker I tcday and Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. The third ! meeting of the Freshman Forum Current Events Series will meet tonight at 6:00 in the upstairs room of Lenoir Hall. LONDON (UPI ) South Af rica, under fire for its racial dis crimination policies, Wednesday night quit the British Common wealth, effective May 31. In a communique disclosing the surprise move, South Afri can Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoered predicted his coun try's withdrawal "under pres sure" was the beginning of the end of the sprawling 12-nation commonwealth. Charges Commonwealth Verwoerd charged the com monwealth had become a "pres sure group," and told fellow commonwealth prime ministers here his country decided to pull out because of attacks by other member nations on its "apar theid" segregation policy. "I realize ' we are not wel come," .Verwoered declared. South Africa previously had filed an application to continue as a member in the common wealth after it formally becomes a, republic May 31. It withdrew the application Wednesday night in the midst of the London meeting of the prime ministers of the com monwealth nation. Indicates The withdrawal announce ment indicated Voerwoered balked at joining the other prime ministers in signing a statement pledging a common wealth policy of racial non-discrimination. British Prime Minister Har old Macmillan was reported to have hoped to use this state ment as a facesaving compro mise that would enable South Africa to remain in the com monwealth. South Africa's withdrawal meant it is prepared to sur render trade benefits enjoyed by commonwealth . nations in ex change for freedom to pursue its much-criticized policy of strict segregation of the races. Peace Corps To Fignre Prominently In O verhanlin g E'OJE A "1 TO urogram .:::-:v::.:;f:-v:-:v:-:v::v::'X a KM My i Is the Peace Corps a haven for draft dodgers? This is one of the many ques tions that have arisen on the UNC campus and throughout the nation concerning the Youth Peace Corps. The answer is No. It will merely mean draft deferment for boys serving a tour of duty in the Corps. What is the Peace Corps The following is taken from an article by Rep. Henry S. Reuss in the February issue of the Progressive: Overall Job "This spring, the Kennedy Administration and the 87th Congress will be overhauling the foreign-aid program. In this overhaul, there will figure prominently the idea of using a corps o f young Americans overseas to try . to rekindle the flickering flame of idealism. "During the campaign last fall, Kennedy asked that some appropriate way be found to take advantage of the skills, talents, devotions and the ideal- ism wnicn are innerem m America's young people, and to utilize the services of those properly trained, on the new frontiers of humanity to aid in building dams, teaching schools, it t6t operating hospitals, establishing irrigation projects, and general ly to help other people to help themselves. First Idea "The idea of a Point 4 Youth it it 3 Picked For Meet Three students will attend the National Conference on Youth Service Abroad during the spring vacation. Sponsored by the NSA, the conference will meet on the campus of American University in Washington, D. C. All U. S. colleges have been invited to attend the confer ence, and Carolina has been per mitted to send two delegates and one alternate. Delegates Peter Von Chris tienson and Ed Riner will rep resent Carolina a the confer- ence. Tom Jrr is tne uim ai ternate to the conference. Program Problems The three-day conference will study the problems associated with the program. During the conference the stu dents will be addressed by the two chief legislators who first proposed a Youth Peace Corps, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey and Rep. Henry S. Reuss. Among the many topics to be considered by the group are the purpose and objectives of the Peace Corps and their selection training and orientation Corps first came' to me on a congressional mission to boum- east Asia in the fall of There I . saw something that in a flash could cancel out, in its potential, many of the mistakes we had made. "In the jungles of Cambodia, I saw a team of four young American school teachers who were going from village to vil lage setting up the elementary schools that the French had neglected to provide in a hun dred years of colonialism. "The villagers and the young Americans loved each other, and I could only regret that there were 4, rather than 40, or 400 Americans working on the project. , Selective Service "I suggested the idea of a Point 4 Selective Service for young "Americans ... I made-it my business to discuss and re fine the proposal . . . By the end of 1959, the legislation call ing for an official congressional study was ready. Pablo Picasso World News In Brief By United Press International j Nikita Khruihchty I NEGOTIATIONS NEARING IN ALGERIA PARIS France and Algerian Moslem rebels, have reached virtual agreement on arrangements for opening formal peace negotiations to end the six-year-old Algerian war, it was re ported Wednesday. . - , Reliable sources predicted, the negotiations would begin. - before, next weekend. - J,''" --. ; ic '' " ' ' ' . CASTRO FOES SET FIRE TO STORES HAVANA Foes of. Premier Fidel Castro set fire .to two government-seized Woolworth 10-cent stores Tuesday night and bombed two other nationalized retail centers in the biggest outbreak of anti-Castro sabotage in downtown Havana since New Year's. . The fires, apparently set by. delayed-action phosphorus charges in top-floor warehouses at the two stores, started about 7 p.m. and burned until after midnight. Thick black srnoke blanketed downtown Havana. ALTERNATE TO SANFORD'S PLAN PROPOSED RALEIGH Rep. Ed Kemp of Guilford Wednesday pro posed an alternate plan for raising the additional revenue needed for Gov. Terry Sanford's "New Day" education pro gram. . Kemp's plan included a tobacco tax, a soft drink tax and an increase in the liquor tax. He also proposed that certain sales tax exemptions be dropped but not food. KENNEDY SUGGESTS DISARMAMENT TALKS WASHINGTON President Kennedy said Wednesday he has suggested to Russia that new East-West disarmament negotiations begin by "August at the latest." The President told his news conference that the United States first proposed September but later shifted to August. CAROLINA PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK w Minsical Professor Harper Thinks Students btnd ying Harder BY JONATHAN YARDLEY 117 Bingham Hall is a drab, depressing room. Its dark green walls reflect practically no light; the fluorescent bulb on the ceiling emits only a minimal amount of illumination. A collection of mouldy old University catalogues is the only . break in the monotony of empty bookshelves. The occupant of this morbid office, George M. Harper, is one of the most cheerful men on the campus. That he can sur vive such surroundings is no small tribute to his sense of humor. Dr. Harper is a professor of English, who specializes in poetry and the novel. He has a predeliction for William Blake, and will soon see his critical discussion of that poet appear on the bookr.tands as a U.N.C. publication. Even though he is about to make his entrance into the world of publications, Dn Harper is still basically a teacher. When he talks of the strange circumstances that brought him into that profession, a whimsical gleam comes into his eyes. .v l"It was really kind of an accident. You. see, I left high school in the depression because my father went completely broke. I just worked around for . a while, and then got this idea that I'd like to go back to college if I could get a scholar- T-ship. I found a little church scholarship and a basketball scholarship and went to Culver-Stockton in Missouri. ' "I .had myself quite a time there. I was captain of the basketball team, president of the student body, wrote a column . in the paper and even sang tenor in the a cappella choir all of which left me very little time for my studies! I got into too many things, that's all there is to it. I used to do all sorts of ,vwork in the summerTexas oil fields, Kansas wheat fields, -even drove a bus one summer in Glacier National Park. I majored in History and English we had to have a double major and graduated in 1940. "Then, one lucky day, I was in my fraternity house and got two letters at once one saying I had a scholarship for graduate work at the University of Florida and another giving me the job in Glacier Park. For a country boy like me, that was quite a day." Dr. Harper readjusted himself in the wooden swivel chair that comes with the bleak office. He slung his legs over its arm and continued. "I did a year in Florida and then came up to Chapel Hill. One day I was sitting in the library when a friend of mine rushed in and said war had started that was December 7, 1941. I went into the Navy and this was really funny was made an ensign the minute I got in. The second time I saw the sea it was when I was in charge of a shrimp boat that was used for anti-submarine patrol. Now that I look back on it, the whole thing was pretty darn ridiculous. "When I got out of the Navy in '46 I came back here for a couple of months, couldn't find a place to live and went back down to Gainesville. Then I went to California for a while and ended up back here. Oh, I just sort of meandered into teaching. Here I was in 1950 and I was teaching and I like it so there you are!" "My book and other work has kept me a little farther away from the students than I'd like to be, but I used to do a lot with advising in the College of Arts and Sciences. Now I advise graduate students. I think I just get too intrigued by change! By the same token I like to teach different courses. Right now I've got American literature and modern poetry and a sophomore course in modern literature. That one's just great, because those boys aren't too sophisticated about litera ture and it's real challenge to see whether you can explain it to them." As Dr. Harper talked the sun slipped behind a cloud. What t 3 i J ' ' ' Dr, George Harper Than LJ V Oil- little outside light had brightened the office vanished, leaving a dreary cast in the midst of the conversation. The professor changed the subject to some modern trends in poetry and literature. "Now from the 'beats' I know about, I've got to say that I haven't seen much real talent. I read a volume of Rexrcth's poetry that Jack Raper gave me. He's not a very good poet and I don't like Ferlinghetti much either. These beats talk a great deal about 'communication' and after a while you begin to get the feeling that that is their primary object. "Communication should be important, but it seems to mc that if you lay too much emphasis on it you always end up overemphasizing it. Any bright person could pick up a pen and worry out stuff like they're writing. Why even Rexroth was ready to admit that Ginsberg has been spoiled by all this commercialization. I don't think Kerouac can write poetry worth a lick in the road. "What I look on as modern poetry made a radical break from the past. At the end of the nineteenth century there was a tremendous move towards a re-espousal of symbolism. Wil liam Butler Yeats 'lost religion' so he couldn't use the Christian frame. He found the symbols and mythology of Ireland and used them as a frame. This can be applied to Pound and Eiiot and many others. ( "You see, the new poetry insists on applying to art the concrete and particular. A poet like Cummings may not be very symbolic, but you'll always find that he emphasizes the particular. Wallace Stevens who is one of my real favorites was one of the great modern poets who used both symbols and concretions. "I think all art is man's concrete attempt to find his place in the universe. That's one reason why I believe that students are studying harder than ever before. They want to figure this problem out and it's a tough-one."- - - it i
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