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0 Pago Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Thursday, March 10, I h "We'll See How Tough The New Cop Is" The Graduate Student: Is He mttl ij sixty-eighth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the Publica tions Board of the University of North Carolina. Richard Overstreet, Chairman. All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expres sions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily represen tative of feeling on the staff, and all reprints or quotations must specify thus. Sinner Or Saint In Library? 5 "4 5:5 March 16, 1961 f.-,-rt5.,w.i.v.-A.jv,v-...'A.-, Volume LXIX, Number 123 ,rWi.-.'.L-.W.Vtbl Editorial Endorsements: A Look At The Candidates Following are our comments and endorsements for the elective posi tions open in spring elections. It should be made absolutely clear that these are only the feelings of the editor; many members of The Daily Tar Heel staff will vote dif ' f erently. It is to be hoped that no one will construe the comments contained herein as the policy statements of this newspaper. For President: There is not a great deal of disparity between the two candidates. Bob Sevier is a competent, able ' legoislator who could have com piled a much more distinguished record as vice president of the stu dent body. He impresses us as hav ing a lack of initiative; he is, how ever, a most amiable, conscientious person who would undoubtedly perform adequately as president. Bill Harriss is not qualified by experience to fill the job, but the vitality of his program and the skill with which he has handled the Stu dent Party make him a fairly good choice. His lack of administrative experience hurts him. Endorsement: None. Neither can didate fully satisfies the criteria needed for a really.excellent presi dent. We will vote for Harriss, but the choice is a very, very close one. Vice President: Tony Harrington is a competent, active person with a good understanding of the legis lature. He is anxious to start some action in student, government, but his solutions to outstanding prob lems seem rather standard. Hank Patterson is one of the most outstanding individuals in student government. His work with countless committees recommends him for any position on the cam pus. His convictions are the most impressive aspect of his program; his solutions are often inspired and invariably original. Endorsement: Hank Patterson, with unqualified enthusiasm. Har-& rington would perform well; Pat terson might be exceptional. Secretary: Both girls Lynda Richert and Mary Townsend seem to be competent typists and could fulfill the functions of the position admirably. Endorsement: None. We do not believe that the position of secre tary of the student body should be elective. It is essentially a me chanical job, and the girl holding it does not represent any of the feelings of the student body. She has been elected, presumably, be cause she can type and administer. For what it is worth, we shall vote for Mary Townsend. Treasurer: Pete -Thompson is un opposed. Inasmuch as he is one of the most qualified people ever to seek this position, we endorse him fully and enthusiastically. We would do so no matter who his op ponent was. He will do a fine job. Editor of The Daily Tar Heel: Wayne King is unopposed. This is unfortunate not because he is not qualified but because Daily Tar Heel matters should be discussed before the student body. Nevertheless, Wayne King - -is easily the most qualified person available for the position, and our endorsement goes to him with ab solute enthusiasm. We have been continually impressed with his work since he first came into the office, and feel that he may well be one of the really outstanding Daily Tar Heel editors. We urge all students in his case and in Thompson's as well to cast votes in his favor to express their con fidence and support for him. These endorsements are one per son's arbitrary feelings. Whatever you may believe, we insist that you exercise your rights and vote next Tuesday. Only through your inter est in student government can it become truly representative and effective. A Tar Heel For Raleigh Today's issue of The Daily Tar Heel is being distributed to all members of the General Assembly and Senate, prior to the action they will take soon on the Consolidated University budget. The special two-page insert has been included to introduce legislators not only to JONATHAN YARDLEY Editor Wayni Kmc, Mary Stewart Bakeb Associate Editors Iahgaret Ann Rhymes Managing Editor Edward Cxal Rinek Assistant To The Editor Henbt Mayer, Jim Clotfelter News Editors Lloyd Little Executive News Editor Susan Lewis Feature Editor Frank Slusser Sports Editor Harst W. Lloyd Asst. Sports Editor John Justice, Davis Young Contributing Editors Tim Burnett Business Manager Richard Weineh Advertising Manager John Jester Circulation Manager Chari.es Whzdbeje. .Subscription. Manager The Daily Tar Heel Is published daily except Monday, examination periods end vacations. It is entered as second - class matter in the post office in Chapel Kill, N. C. pursuant with the act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: $4 per semester. $7 per year. The Daily Tar Heel is a subscriber to the United Press International and utilizes the services of the News Bu reau of the University of North Caro lina. Published by the Colonial Press, Chapel Hill. N. C. i ' y.y. vs. i the financial needs of the Univer sity at Chapel Hill but also as a means by which they can come to know the student body in a closer, more personal fashion. There is no need to remind any representative of the great need for an increase in U.N.C. funds; that has been done many, many times during the past few months. There is, however, a need to re mind the Assembly that the Uni versity and its students place their trust in the good will and discre tion of the Assembly and feel fully satisfied that such trust has been placed with people who will honor it. We salute the General Assembly of North Carolina for an admirable past, a public-spirited present and a great future. We shall in the future, as now, feel that the Uni versity of North Carolina stands only to gain from its relationship with the state government, not to suffer as other state universities do. This special issue of The Daily Tar Heel is devoted, in large part, to the General Assembly; it is dedi cated to the proposition that repre sentative government is the best means through which society can achieve the most beneficial goals. wMML fM i aft "t -rte faAw!wtoSr ;., United Press International Well, it has finally happened. Wade Wellman's "letter to the Editor" of March 14 was the straw that broke the camel's back. Whether or not Wade realizes it, his letter makes the 3rd or 4th one accusing the "undergradu ates" of the atrocities in the li brary and the "stacks" in par ticular. As an undergraduate I realize that we are not or " even come near to being perfect, but who is this saint called the "gradu ate?" I make a habit of studying in the stacks because it is gen erally quieter than the outside. In doing so, I have had a chance to observe and hear offenders. It is true that undergraduate coeds do not know how to whis ' per, and undergraduate men sometimes walk heavily, but what about the graduate students who insist on carrying on conversa tions with no regard to his where abouts and the graduate women who persist in the use of hob nails on their high-heels. Now, you may ask at this point how I differentiate between graduates and undergraduates. It is true that my system is not foolproof, but on the whole these offenders I am referring to as graduates are much older than the observed undergraduate men and women. In fact, it would be safe to say that many of the hobnailed wom en could easily pass as mothers for our freshmen. By now, as you may have observed, I have Where Do All The Initials Come From? There has been some talk this, year of creating a new govern ment department to do for the city dweller what the Agricul ture Department does for the farmer. As a city dweller myself, I view this proposal with some misgivings. I am not certain that I want to have done for me what has been done for the farmer. Most of. the problems in a city spring from surplus population. If the government tried to handle that the way it has handled sur plus farm production, it could lead to some rather involved situations. For instance, I wouldn't mind being paid for not producing any more children, the. way farmers are, paid for not producing crops. But on the other hand , T wouldn't be especially keen about plowing under the ones I've al ready got. Some of those who proposed setting up the new agency sug gested that it be called the "De partment of Urban and Municipal Problems." Then they abruptly withdrew their suggestion. , . They did so after someone ob served that the abbreviation for ' Department of Urban and Muni- cipai. Problems" would be "DUMP." As you can see, the sponsors of the proposal were not in step with this age of the organization man Had they been in step, they Vcould have known that they 'were doing things backward. Nowadays, it is considered bad , form to give first consideration to a name. What you do now is start out with an abbreviation. Then you think up -a name that will fit it. . The "initials first" trend start ed, as best I can tell, about 15 years ago with the formation of a post-war relief program. Some one apparently decided that "CARE" would be a fine abbre viation for the organization. So, after a great deal of brain straining, they managed to come up with a name to match the abbreviation, "Cooperative for American ; Remittances to Eu rope'1 was the result. Later the name was changed to "Cooperative for American Re lief Everywhre," which broad ened the scope of the program while preserving th original ini tials. Since the advent of CARE, all sorts of initialized groups have come into being. None. I suspect, was named until after it had been abbreviated, a- We have a medical relief ship project called "HOPE" Health Opportunity for People Every where, which is not to be con fused with "COPE" Committee on Political Education. Good Samaritan physicians go overseas for "MEDICO" Medical International Cooperation Organ ization and the National Council of Churchs sponsors "CROP," Christian Rural Overseas Pro gram. The custom of initial naming was confind to national organ izations until last October when it reached the regional level. That was when some people in Atlanta formed an anti-integration group named "GUTS" Geor gians Unwilling to Surrender. Di-PhiPrexy Defends Debate f ' Trim . r ft In The Stacks . . i-WhopMe? To the Editor: On behalf of the Di-Phi I would like to answer your edi torial on the Harriss-Sevier de bate. The major mis-statement of fact is that "the two parties are being given an opportunity to screen the questions before they are even asked." What was ac tually done, as suggested by Bob Silliman in an article on the same page as the editorial, was to no tify the candidates in advance of the general areas of discussion. The specific questions were not revealed in advance in any way, as the candidates can testify. Since some of the questions had nothing to do with the party platforms, it was only realistic to give an indication of the gen eral topic if any answer at all was expected. Secondly, it was not the inten tion of the Di-Phi to hold the de bate in Di Hall. This was only done because every other audi torium on the campus was re served far in advance. In fact, We're A Iready Moving Past America's astronauts may set some speed records, but they'll have to go some to beat the 720, 00 miles an hour at which man kind already is plunging through space. That's the speed of our local star group as it turns with the galaxy, which makes the 18,000-mile-an-hour orbital speed of the Project Mercury capsule look like a drop in the cosmic bucket. Still, the astronauts' speed will be respectable when compared with the moon, . which crawls around the earth at 3,287 miles an hour only a bit faster than the 2 905 miles per hour world record set last week by the X15 rocketship. While the sun plunges madly through the galaxy, the earth ambles around the sun at a com fortable 66,600 miles per hour. we tried to get other groups to move without success. After a lengthy discussion with Mr. Young of WUNC-TV we were finally informed that it was strictly against station policy to carry events of interest to only one locality, as the station has area-wide coverage and is sup ported by state funds. Finally, we would like to say that our intention in the debate always has been to give the stu dent body at large the oppor tunity to see and hear both can didates discussing extempora neously the ' important issues carefully phrased. Stan Black, Pres. Di-Phi ignored Wade's major point: The lack of responsibility taken by both undergraduates, graduates, and even professors toward the books of the stacks and other li braries such as the BASS and the undergraduate. My only comment is that if the above cannot, and I mean as Jim Clotfelter very aptly put it "He, we, you, and . . . I," observe the general rules of honesty, then the stacks must be closed, not to just undergraduates, but to ALL. I wonder in closing how many men and women of this campus can face their fellow students with an honest face. Can you ? C. H. McAulay In A Qnandry On Laundry If at any time during your edu cational sojourn you begin to tire of stiffy starched shirts with col lars that feel like Nicholson files, or sharply creased trousers that cling to your legs like oversexed leaches, you should consider tak ing advantage of the latest uni versity laundry service. Simply toss your decaying duds along with all their cling ing microbes into a convenient pillowcase, hold this contaminat e d conglomeration a t arm's length, and run it over to the basement laundry service of Joy ner Dormitory. Within 24 hours your clothes will be returned clean, dry soft, a beautiful blend of colors. Your red socks become an alluring shade of pink; your white shirt reveals pastel shades of the same color. You realize that shirts are supposed to be worn with bent collar stays and broken buttons. You have an odd number of socks, but you are aware that you will lose the odd sock in the next wash, and all will be well again even if the remaining pairsr don't match exactly. You discover that your sweater is a little smaller than it was before; nevertheless, it will make a warm undershirt. Besides, you told your mother not to get Virgin wool. And you can always iron that cuff back into your pants. Yes, you too have become one of the many courageous students who eagerly anticipate the weekly return of that bundle of surprises under'' the auspicious title of: wash-dry-fold. Fess Green The Daily Tar Heel solicits and is happy lo print any let ter to the editor written, by a member of lha Universily community, as long as it is within the accepted bounds of good taste. NO LETTERS WILL BE PRINTED IF THEY ARE OVER SCO VOHD3 LONG OR IF THEY ARE NOT TYPEWRITTEN O R DOUBLE SPACED. We make this requirement purely for ike sake of tpace and time. Chapel Hill A fter With Davis B. Young Dark The race for President of the Student Body stands as a contest between two able and competent gentlemen of the highest order. They are both highly motivated, sincere and capable. The choice between them is difficult; but nevertheless, here it is. We support University Party standard bearer Bob Sevier. We have known both nominees for a lengthy period of time, worked with both, found both to be ex tremely astute. However, Bob Sevier has an edge in experience over Bill Harriss. He has immersed him self in the student governing pro cess over a greater period of time. We find little difference be tween their philosophies and their goals. Neither is a conservative, neither a liberal. Both are sen sibly moderate. There may be those wondering how it is possible for us to have endorsed Student Party candi dates Mary Townsend and Hank Patterson, and then turn around and put a stamp of approval on a University Party hopeful. It's very simple. Unlike other years when the campus was mo tivated to concern itself with is sues confronting students, the election this year has been a sil ent contrast. We do not believe at this time in supporting a party as opposed to supporting individual candi dates. On this level, it is better to support the single candidate. We are highly confident that Bob Sevier will direct the student whip with great care and with the highest ideals. The team of Sevier-Patterson-Townsend will make Student Government move, will instill vigor throughout instead of from the top alone. These are three unique personalities, all having their own ideas, yet each posses sing the ability to be a member of a team instead of a loner. We think Bob Sevier as head of this team will lend a great stabil ity and wisdom gathered through the years of watching and listen ing. He rates your most careful con sideration as do Mr. Patterson and Miss Townsend. -r A,. A A, ,
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