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Pago Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Wednesday April " 12, 1231 Peter W. von Christierson "We've Been Killing 'Em In Washington" In its sixty-eighth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. (Conference Seis Peace Corps Ideas 1:1 II m m i I 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. April 12, 1961 Volume LXIX, Number 136 Deferred Rush: It Must Come From The IF C Deferred rush, Carolina's omni present issue, is once again pre paring to rear its controversial head. The much belabored ques tion is currently being reviewed in connection with studies con cerned witH the impact of the University upon the entering freshman. No action has been taken as yet, but we understand that deferred rush in some form is "a possibility." As a step toward eliminating some of the ills associated with first semester pledging, deferred rush is about the only answer. The financial barrier can be broken down if houses are given sufficient time to cope with the problem of change. The thin whines that de ferred rush will produce bank ruptcy are not really valid. As for the benefits to the rushee, they are evident. Although we cannot concur with the opinion that boys who rush first semester are bound to get into the wrong house, we do feel that second se mester rush would give boys a chance to get firmly grounded aca demically, to sound out extracur riculars, and to take a long hard "look at more houses. The fraternities themselves could take advantage of the extra semester to discover the real po tential of boys they want to rush, particularly if the rules governing silence are less stringent. The administration, of course, has considered all this and chances are good that deferred rush will become a reality. If it is left to the administra-. -tion, however, to take this step, it would be an unnecessary blow to the ideal of self-government that Carolina students supposedly en joy. Resentment and ill-feeling toward a program of deefrred rush levied by the administration is a certainty. On the other hand, if the IFC shouldered some of the responsi bility that its position in student government implies, much of the problem could be solved in the manner it should be by students themselves, without outside inter vention. More self-government of a re sponsible nature would lessen ad ministrative intervention. Another situation such as the overly harsh 80 ruling could be avoided. When the administration is forced to intervene, rulings are apt to be overly harsh. The fra ternities might well have a year's deferred rush to contend with in stead of only a semester if their representative body, the IFC, does not take the matter in hand and cope with it. We are aware that the IFC feels that each house should be given the right to govern itself without dictates. But if the duty of the IFC is not to lead, then what is it? We hope that the IFC. leaders are not laboring under the misapprehen sion that each fraternity is sud denly going to decide to adopt a system of deefrred rush on its own. It would be a far better thing for fraternities and for the campus as a whole as well if the IFC stopped playing hands-off. No faculty committee, no matter how well-informed with statistics, investigative reports and other bureaucratic tools can be as knowl edgeable about fraternities and their shortcomings as the frater nity men themselves. The knowledge is going to waste, unfortunately, so long as the IFC continues to sit on its fraternal fanny and look brotherly instead of assuming its rightful role in student government. Teachers Should Be Scholars Too One criticism that has been just ly leveled at the teaching profes sion and justifiably, in many cases is that its members come out of college with insufficient training in the arts and sciences. They know how to teach; their college courses have been rich in methodology and teaching tech niques. The trouble is, often enough, they know too little of the subject to which they are as signed or are insufficiently equip ped with the general over-all i u n M if 3 5 f WAYNE KING Editor Lloyd Lrrcu: Executive Editor Marcaret Ann Rhymes Associate Editor Jim Clctfelter, Bill Hobbs News Editors Susajt Lewis Feature Editor Habfy W. Lloyd Sports Editor Chuck Whye . Asst. Sports Editor Josk J usrccz, Davis Young Conutributing Editors Tim Burnett Business Manager Rich ard Weiner- Advertising Manager J ohk Jester.' Circulation Manager Chaisles ELEDBEZ..Subscription Manager Tie Dahy Tar Heel is published daily exctpt Monday, examination periods and vacations. It is entered as second class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C. pursuant with the act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: $4 per semester. $7 per year. Tits 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 I I If I 1 II 1 I knowledge that good teachers ought to have. The North Carolina Board of Education has now moved to remedy that deficiency. It has informed the state's teacher training colleges that they may set up their own teacher edu cation programs, subject to the board's approval, without the necessity for specific subject credit hours that have hitherto been re quired. By doing this the Board seeks to stimulate a higher level of scholas tic attainment by future teachers. And it is essential to raise the quality of teacher scholarship if North Carolina is to get improved education in the classroom. Teacher training should also be improved by the Board's an nounced intention to point out and help strengthen weak academic departments in the teachers' col leges, as evidenced in the work done by their graduates. As North Carolina stands on the threshold of another great educa tional advance, the Board's adop tion of the new training require ments is both timely and neces sary. The change puts the empha sis on real scholarship and genuine learning, and not on mere tech nique. From the Asheville Citizen-Times. I - s ' 1 'II i t- fl X . 2 ii lay Once each semester the Caro lina Playmakers present three one-act plays, student - written and student - produced; the cur rent semester's offering, which closed Sunday, was an engross ing display of student talent in diverse theatre arts, from play writing to set designing. The plays were Susan Meyer's "Flatbush Sonata," William Cor pening's "Eric," and Manly Wade Wellman's "Wishing for the War to Cease." "FLATBUSH SONATA" Susan Meyer, introduced as a novice playwright, shows herself capable of both pathos and com edy in her intimate study of the lives of two lonely persons in Brooklyn: a bartender battling al coholism and a semi-prostitute battling loneliness. After a rather bad beginning, in which there is some confusing dialogue about the bartender's relatives, the play snaps alive with the entrance of "Rosalie," the lonely woman who affects a veneer of nonchalance. Indeed, the play depends upon this role, played by Vi Galvin, for its success; when Miss Galvin is offstage the audience nervously wishes her back again. SI ken Frank Murphy Ome-Acti ALTHOUGH ROSALIE is beautifully developed by both playwright and actress, there seems a flaw in Miss Meyer's presentation of male characters a tendency of far more experi enced female playwrights. Miss Meyer, who jokingly ad mitted that she doesn't frequent men's bars, often reverts to ste reotype in presenting men. Even the bartender (Paul Gold) seemed to lack a dimension; but whether the fault lay more in the script or in Gold's lifeless per formance is debatable. Certainly Gold and William Mc Kennan together didn't perform with the verve and sensitivity of Miss Galvin. THE PLAY EXHIBITS a fine ear for extremely clever dialect; and the mixture of the pathetic and the comic is very well co ordinated, especially for a begin ner. Director Jack Hargett, while capturing the Brooklynese flavor, may be culpable for not spark ing more vitality into the male players. Yet Hargett imparted a rare comic flavor into this re viewer's favorite scene, the con versation during which Rosalie forces her company upon an un interested man in a bar. Chapel Hill A fter Dark With Davis B. Young The annual Grail picnic is forthcoming shortly, and will feature the usual softball game between the new and old mem bers. Already, the new initiates are heard whispering around campus to the tune of a victory song. Overconfidence has lost lots of ball games, boys. The other day, somebody ac tually accused this columnist of being a Republican. He thought the middle initial "B" stood for big business. Today is the 22nd birthday of yours truly. Small gifts and tokens of remembrance, under $10 please, are in order. Nothing big now, just let us know you cared enough to send the very best. ' DBY: I am writing to you in regard to the article in your column about "the attractive, well con structed coed who seeks that atypical boyfriend." When I first read the article, my curiosity and interest were greatly aroused by such an un usual plea by a girl. Maybe I fit her description of what she would like, maybe I don't; but, I would sure like to meet this girl. Brian Klinker Mr. Klinker: You are one of many who have responded to our first notice. We will be happy to submit your letter to the young lady in ques tion and have every confidence she will be happy to meet you. C.H. After Dark It's been several weeks since we've said anything nice about the sororities. Knowing how they crave attention, (it's nice in rush scrapbooks, you know), we would just like to take this op portunity to pat them on the back for all of their worthy ac tivities including their note worthy contribution in spread ing the gospel of intellectual growth. But never fear, rumor has it that a well known pub lishing house is soon coming out with a Madras textbook. "ERIC" William Corpening's "Eric" is one of the freshest bits of the atre seen on the one-act bills in quite some time; his subtle fan tasy is full of activity and to this reviewer quite delightful. The plot concerns the dilemma of the god Eros, personified as "Eric," who is perpetually be trayed by womankind, the idea being that one never realizes the ideal love of one's youthful dreams. CORPENING'S PLAYS (this is his third to appear on the Play makers stage) are typified by a certain subtlety of phrasing, a formality of dialogue, that actors often mistake for stiltedness and hurry past. Must of the delicacy of the play is consequently lost in this production, in that the actors "play it heavy" when understate ment would seem more in order. Director Mary. Anne Clegg has managed to achieve a mood of unreality, but she hasn't enabled her actors to co-ordinate them selves, so that they often seem not to fit together, and the play becomes jerky and overly bold. JEFFREY CHANDLER'S role as Eric was extremely well handled; his acting was at all times suggestive of the personi fied Eros: insolent, implacable, but sympathetic. And Louenna K. Avery as the young girl who is every girl was also excellent; but through no fault of her own she appeared too mature for the early adolescent. Consequently her younger sis ter, evidently played by an ac tress of greater experience, sur passed her in self-confidence and poise. The director failed utterly in handling a brief dance scene; the actors dragged each other clum sily about the stage, their faces revealing their embarrassment. Suzanne Whitney's setting, a sum mer garden by a greenhouse, was beautifully executed. "WISHING FOR THE WAR WAR TO CEASE" The three plays represent three levels of playwriting: beginner, somewhat more experienced ama teur, and professional. Wellman is the professional. Through their eyes the audi ence senses what the war must have been like to the men 'who fought it, men who traded coffee and tobacco with the enemy when there was a lull between battles. THE RECRUIT venomously blames a Yankee visitor for his brother's death in a previous battle; and through interesting, if sentimental, teaching from the Yankee, he comes to realize that "Training of the Peace Corps Volunteer," was the subject of the workshop which this UNC delegate attended at the National Peace Corps Conference in Wash ington, D. C. The workshop, continuing through March 29-30 was an ex citing session to sit through. With delegates, foreign students and resource personal represent ing the United States government and other countries, all possible opinions were represented. The body of the discussion centered around two issues. THE FIRST ISSUE debated was, should volunteers have a position in the corps guaranteed after they have been initially se lected? The workshop resolved, after study, that selection of the person would be a continuing process, meaning that during the training period, the volunteer would be under constant observa tion and subject to dismissal. The second major issue which took a great deal of workshop time was, how much awareness of political ideologies and knowl e d g e of communistic tactics would be needed by the person in order to work effectively? A group similar to the Birch Society was represented, feeling that the volunteer should spend the majority of his training learning to combat communism. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY of the workshop and of the en tire conference felt that although the volunteer should be made aware of communist strategy and should have a sound knowledge of the American political thought, the emphasis in .training should be on learning human relation and. communication skills, and learning the language of the host country. This emphasis follows the con sensus of the conference that the Peace Corps is not to be an in strument of the United States foreign policy per se. The workshop also resolved that training should take place in a situation similar to the area to which the volunteer will be sent and that the final prepara tion period should be spent in the host country if possible. NATIONALS OF THE host countries, especially those who are students in the United States were recognized as persons well qualified to assist in the Peace Corps txainng. This would aid the Peace Corps through personal contact with nationals and would help the nationals financially. After careful consideration, some heated debate and much parliamentary maneuvering, the workshop resolutions were adopt ed by the entire conference in a session extended three hours be yond scheduled adjournment. W FtlflL the enemy, too, is human and that impersonality is, or must be, inherent in warfare. It seemed to this review that the recruit's reversal front liate to affection was unnecessarily ex treme: too sudden and too violent to be believable. Not only does he come to accept the Yankee, but he even ventures to warn the enemy to get out of the line of fire when he aims a cannon at their camp. Although such politeness may be historically valid, this review er was not sufficiently convinced of its explanation in the play. OTHERWISE, THE play is an interesting picture of war life, FTPt tinged with bitterness, irony, ev en humor, as in the Preacher's role, who fanatically attributed all good fortune to the Lord. ' For a professional work, the play seemed at times slick and verged on the cliche. Allen Josephs as the recruit seemed to thrive under the com petent hand of director Byron Avery; yet, while giving his best performance so far, Josephs still seems to lack "control;" he over acted at every opportunity, there by appearing fake, and thereby losing his audience. Still, Josephs is developing in to a capable actor; if only he would slow down, simmer down. DTH Forum Jones Defends U.S. S. African Policy In the April 8th issue, a let ter from David Cheek appeared which purported that the U.S. is following a mistaken foreign policy by "denouncing the South African apartheid policy.' It was further stated that such a policy "is Blind Stupidity for economic and military reasons." This reader takes exception. Our nation was founded on the principle of the "inalienable rights of man life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Our nation is a revolutionary nation and its credo has been firmly and resolutely spelled out in the Declaration of Indepen dence, the Bill of Rights, and the Four Freedoms of the At lantic Charter. OUR NATION has a mission to perpetuate and support these liberties wherever such support is genuinely desired by the peo ple. The -material well-being of the Negroes in South Africa relative to those in other African nations is not the point in dispute. Some of these newly-emerging states are proclaiming again the doc trines for which our country supposedly threw off the shackles of foreign domination. In many cases their peoples seem to be stirred by a quicken ing ardor by an attempt to realize the dreams envisioned in our own Atlantic Charter. The South African government is completely controlled by a minority group that does not respect these principles. "A" TT WE ARE ENGAGED in a struggle against a ruthless and effective tyranny that has per sisted for decades in viewing men as counters that may be swept this way or that in the game of life in accordance with certain inexorable "laws" of history. Too often we have looked at this as a struggle between two economic systems; too often we have confused morals with the terminology of economics. In a few more years, because of ever-increasing automation, our country too will probably find it necessary to nationalize certain basic industries. But this will be done without the destruction of those human liberties which have always com posed our nation's life-blood. As nationalization continues, it will be ever harder to view our struggle as one of capitalism vs. communism. INSTEAD IT IS a struggle of liberty against tyranny, and either liberty or tyranny may be founded upon any economic base. The 18G5 millions of the Afro Asian world will constitute an ever greater power center in fu ture decades and generations. Whether this country or the U.S.S.R. will retain their power advantage remains to be seen. In all likelihood they will not. The peoples of the Afro-Asian world have shown on many oc casions the desire to maintain and strengthen civil liberties in the face of despotism. It is not to our advantage to alienate them in their struggle. Neither is it to our advantage to dishonor our basic revolutionary principles. DAVID N. JONES "t wt .evK A-fr.
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