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ll April IS, 1961
Volume LXIX, Number 141 h
Carolina Student Government
Outstanding Or Just Adequate?
Administrative policy at Caro
lina is influenced to a remarkable
degree by student opinion. This
circumstance a relatively rare
one in the collegiate world has
served, in most instances, to help
make this university one of the
most progressive in the South. At
times it has resulted in policy that
seems overly liberal, or that is in
terpreted as license rather than
liberty. The power of student opin
ion, in short, has sometimes been
ill applied.
These occasions, fortunately,
have been rare and students have
managed to exercise an influence
that has been respected and af
forded consideration by the facul
ty and administrative heads. Stu
dent government has flourished
and grown, due in the main to a
generally level-headed and re
sponsible approach by its leaders.
One of the unfortunate aspects
of this type of government is that
most of the governing is done by
some 50 to 100 interested students
who do pretty much as they please
with very little control from their
constituents most of whom just
don't care enough to find out where
the yare being led, or why.
This means that most of the 50
to 100 leaders are spending much
of their time leading each other
because they're the only ones in
terested or informed enough to
have opinions.
Many beneficial and original
ideas never get out of the dormi
tory or fraternity room where they
are born, simply because too many
students lack the necessary inter
est to shape an idea into some
thing concrete, or even to get it
into the open where it can be
picked up by someone who will.
Every living unit has a repre
sentative in student legislature
who can be approached although
most students don't have any idea
who their representative is or even
how to find out.
Without the kind of participa
tion that involves eevry . student,
Carolina can never have truly out
standing student government. It
can only have adequate student
government. Carolina should never
be satisfied with mere adequacy.
TKe State's Greatest Resource
A state's greatest resource is its
young people. And the loss of them
is its greatest loss. In an editorial
titled "North Carolina's Greatest
Loss," 'The Greensboro Daily News
has this comment:
. Losse s which could represent
North Carolina's heaviest economic
drain are reflected in figures show
ing failure or inability of the state
to capitalize upon its richest re
source of all the boys and girls
who enter its public school "system
and the departure of a disturbing
ly large segment of its college
graduates for greener pastures.
Let's take a look first of all at
what is happening in the public
school system. Figures prepared
by the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction reveal that first
grade registration in 1948 totaled
113,141 in North Carolina. But in
sharp contrast to this ttoal there
were only 45,271 high school grad
uates in 1960. Among white enrol
lees 48.9 per cent graduated and
among Negroes only 25.5 per cent.
Based on 1960 figures most of the
drop-outs occur during the ninth
and tenth grades, or when stu
dents reach the age where compul
sory attendance laws no longer ap
ply. This is also the time when
marriage and jobs begin to take
their toll.
A sizable number of drop-outs
can be traced to the elementary
grades. Thus there is cumulative
evidence that the state's compul-
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WAYNE KING
Editor
Lloyd Little
Executive Editor
Margaret Ann Rhymes
Associate Editor
Jim Clotfelteh, Bill IIobbs
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Hafry W. Lloyd...., Sports Editor
Chtck Wrye. Asst. Sports Editor
JoH3f Justice, Davis Young
Conutributing Editors
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Johx Jester. Circulation Manager
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sory attendance law is not being
effectively enforced. Proper coun
seling, guidance and inadequate
courses to hold potential drop-outs
must also be considered as factors
which . contribute to this human
loss. When the differences in earn
ing power of non-high school grad
uates, high school graduates and
college graduates are taken into
account, the results upon North
Carolina's per capita income, liv
ing standards and tax-paying abil
ity are obvious.
This problem is not confined to
North Carolina. A survey made by
the U. S. Office of Education
showed that of 1,000 students who
enter the nation's ninth grades
only 675 are graduated. The na
tional graduate average, however,
is much better than North Caro
lina's. A more intensified study in
New York state found that one in
every three students who start the
ninth grade drops out before grad
uation and "some of these drop
outs" and here the shock and
cost are greatest "are among the
brightest in their class." In the
Empire State the major reason for
bright girls' dropping out is to get
married; bright boys drop out
mostly "because they simply dis
like school." Those reasons offer
their own challenge to educators,
school planners and supporters.
Figures on North Carolina's
other great loss are general but
they carry implications which
must be recognized. A break-down
of 1960 census reports shows that
during the past decade North Caro
lina suffered net loss, through out
migration, of 80,000 young men
and women in the 20-34 age group.
Any way you look at it, North
Carolina is losing heavily. Any
program to enrich the state, to en
joy the full benefits of "quality
education" and to strengthen the
state's economy will not be effec
tive unless it tackles, along the
whole broad front, the problem
of school drop-outs and retention
of the earning power of thousands
of our young men and women
who are lost to other states. Our
human "resources constitute . North
Carolina's greatest hope, but the
hope remains far from materialization.
JLi
The indictment of American
conservatism in Bill Hobbs' . ar
ticle, in which he attempts to
link the Birch Society with all
conservatives, is rather tenuous
in its construction and logic.
His syllogism goes something
like this: 1) Birch Society is con
servative; 2) Birch Society is
ridiculous; 3) Therefore, all con
servatives are ridiculous.1( I be
lieve its invalidity is obyidus,
known in formal logic, as the fal
lacy of the illicit minor.
SIMPLY TAKING , SIMILAR
statements of Welch and Gold
water, unless the statements are
lifted entirely from the context
in which they were made, does
not prove anything.
Responsible individuals and
organizations whose views are
distorted into extremist attitude
always find their worst enemies
ostensibly on their side.
Thus liberals following the
War had to fight to retain their
integrity from communists..
So today, responsible conserva
tives, among whom I number my
self, are faced with guarding con
structive conservatism from
people like Welch.
"THE STATE MUST take
upon itself the welfare of all its
citizens, and encourage economic
growth by guidance and inter
vention in the economic life of
the state."
Both liberals and communists
could ascribe to this statement
with equal solemnity, but we do
not atempt to make liberals
synonymous with communists, for
there is a great difference in the
methods of achieving enunciated
goals between liberals and com
munists. Thus the police-state methods
advocated by Birch Society lead
ers do not find credence among
most American conservatives.
I hope I have made clear, the
distinction between reactionary
extremists and conservatives .in
general, an d demonstrated the
illogicality of Mr. Hobbs reason
ing. ...
EARL BAKER
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When G. Mennen Williams of
polko-dot bow , tie. , , famewas
Governor of Michigan, he. tossed
out many a ftirringj political
phrase in behalf of all sorts of
liberal causes. ...j -.;.f
Now as Assistant Secretary; of
State for African (. Affairs; Wil
liams has been.;tQuring.jfricai
speaking a good many ambiguous
phrases which have puzzled not
only the . Africans but also the
French, Belgians and the British.
FOR INSTANCE, . Williams
made a seemingly innocent re
mark, that he was in favor of
"Africa for the Africans " But. it
so happens that this is also the
slogan of the most rabid advo
cates of black supremacy in
Africa, who favor driving all
whites into the sea. Was Williams
siding with this group against
all the white people in Africa
Of course not, , Williams ex
plained. What he meant was that
Africa should, be for everyone
who lived in Africa. But then at
this point the black nationalists,
.who had been about to embrace
him, snorted their anger.
THEN A LITTLE later Wil
liams was reported to have said
that the U.S. wants "a strong in
dependent Africa." When this
raised a furor in European, capi
tals, he calmly explained that he
meant he didn't want Africa to
fall under "another kind of tyran
ny." However, this only brought
further repercussions, for the
British, French, Belgians and
others thought he was calling
them .tyrants.
Perhaps Williams was misquot
ed. We can only hope that he was
because, it is quite obvious that,
a man in his positfqn who cannot
speak proper diplomatic jargon
can do a great deal more harm
than good.
It might be better for him to
stay at home where people are
used to his way of speaking.
MIKE ROBINSON
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student Government reports:
FeBraary Brings Big Changes
During the month of Febru
ary a great deal of time and at
tention was given by Student
Government leaders to the ef
fecting of certain important
changes in the honor system.
The executive, legislative, and
judicial branches of Student Gov
ernment worked hand-in-hand to
bring abput these needed altera
tions. A . , proposed constitutional
amendment was passed unani
mously by the Student Legisla
ture on February 23, submitted
to the student body on March 7,
and approved by a vote of 1239
220. , THE MAJOR CHANGES ef
fected, by the amendment are:
(1) , The. judicial rights of the
indiyidual have been explicitly
defined and are combined into
one article, a copy of which must
be, k made, available to the indi
.viquaUoh trial by the Attorney
General's Office 72 hours prior
to,his or her hearing.
;j2X;trhe time for notifying each
students. of charges against him
faas;been. changed from 48 hours
to, 7,2 hpurs. , . , .
(3 Defense counsel will be
chosen, from within the enroll
ment of those, students who fall
under the jurisdiction of the
Men's and Women's Councils.
This will eliminate councils from
such. schools as law and medicine
which have their own judicial
set-up., ,' ,
.. (4) . The time limit for appeal
ing verdicts of the councils has
been extended from 48 hours to
72 hours.
(5) "Each student appearing
before a judicial body as a de
fendant shall have his case heard
by the appropriate juddicial
body, .whiph shall determine guilt
or . innocence and which in the
case , of a verdict of guilty shall
set an appropriate penalty."
THIS SECTION ABOLISHES
the jury system and is perhaps
the major change in the entire
amendment.
. It was felt by most Student
Government .personnel in all
three branches that the jury sys
tem had not accomplished what
it was set uji to do viz., acquaint
the student body with the honor
system and that it had, further
more, been the source of incor
rect and unjust verdicts that a
more .mature and experienced
council would not have handed
down.
(6) The last major change is
the provision that men charged
with violating the Honor Code or
the Campus Code will be tried
by the Men's Council. In the past,
a . student could conceivably - be
tried by two courts on a charge
growing out of . the same inci
dent. .This section also requires a
two-thirds majority vote of the
Council to convict and a two
thirds majority vote to suspend
students. . In the past, a simple
majority was required.
THE HONOR SYSTEM re
ceived further .attention during
the month of February by the
passing of a $1,000 appropriation
by the Student Legislature for
the filming of an honor system
movie.
, The movie is currently being
filmed by the Radio, Television,
and Motion Pictures Department
and is expected to be available
for use shortly before the end of
the school year.
The script for the movie has
been written by professional
writers and is designed to give an
interesting portrayal of the honor
system at its most fundamental
points.
The film will be shown to in
coming students during Orienta
tion Week and will be used in
high schools throughout the state
during the year.
Al Pollard, Chairman of the
Honor System Commission, has
served as liaison between Student
Government and the Radio, Tele
vision, and Motion Pictures De
partment throughout the period
of planning for and filming the
movie.
FEBRUARY MARKED the
period of greatest effort for the
Budget Committee, chaired by
Student Body Treasurer Jim
Smalley.
Meeting every afternoon for
more than a week, the commit-'
tee listened to the pleas of var
ious campus organizations and
then proceeded to draw up the
1961-62 Student Government
Budget for submission to the
Student Legislature.
After further consideration and
addition of several items, the
Legislature passed the budget,
estimated at $146,000, at its last
regular session in March.
A major innovation of the'
Grigg administration this 'year'
has been the establishment of the
University Entertainment Com
mittee. The committee grew out
of President Grigg's concern
about the lack of big-time enter
tainment provided for the non
fraternity element on campus.
Early in ths year an unofficial
committee was established under
the chairmanship of Bill Sayers
to work toward the alleviation
of this problem.
This group has worked long
and hard throughout the year,
and it now appears that its ef
forts will not have been in vain,
for it is expected that some big
name entertainer or entertain
ment group will come to the
campus early in the fall to give
a performance that will be open
to the entire student body.
The Committee has recently
been given official sanction by
the Student Legislature under
the name of University Enter
tainment Committee, and a set
of bylaws for the Committee has
been approved.
The Committee will thus
henceforth be a regular, perma
nent Student Government organ-,
ization, with a chairman ap
pointed by the President of .the
Student Body.
CONTINUED
REFLECTIONS
A great problem facing Peace
Corps officials is the selection of
candidates who will be resistant
to the malady that many Ameri
cans succumb to overseas "cul
tural shock." The Government
doesn't want to send abroad a
youth who will take one whiff of
the inside of an African hut, and
then vomit.
But, we doubt the corps will
have much trouble finding young
Americans able to take new ex
periences in their stride. How
ever, there remains the problem
of cultural shock to primitive
peoples when they are confronted
by a semi-sophisticated group of
American collegians not to men
tion the mental shock when these
peoples try to figure out what
the Corpsmen are up to. M.J.R.
A strongly conservative trend
is sweeping the nation's colle
gians, in spite of all the hoop-la
about the New Frontier
A Carolina radical is more
likely to be radically conserva
tive than oriented toward the
left wing, as was his father. The
Carolina "progressive liberal"
talks, but he is in a distinct
minority; the radical conservative
is tight-lipped, but in the ma
jority. - -
Well, the pendulum swings.
And we wonder what will be the
fate of father's souped-up social
welfare programs when junior
gets out in the world. Future
costs for all those insurance,
death,: and sickness and health
benefits will spiral to unprece
dented heights, and, naturally,
taxes must also zoom. Junior may
find it necessary, even a moral
obligation, to pass a law that
"desolves" all of his father's
"solutions."
At present, there is more
spending for defense, social wel
fare, education, highways, and
foreign aid. The national debt
is approaching the $300 billion
mark. No tax increases. Tax reve
nues are not what, was expected
due to the recession.
Can you answer the question:
Where is the money coming
from? M.J.R.
With the announcement of the
Russian man-in-space, the West
ern world is now bracing itself
for an onslaught of "weight
throwing" from the Soviet Union.
Although Major Yuri Gagarin's
flight is a brilliant achieve
ment and well respected in scien
tific circles, as it should be, it
has come at a poor time poli
tically. President Kennedy issued a
call for a truce in Laos weeks
ago. Since that time, word from
the Reds has been conspicuously
absent.
However, they have tripled
their build-up of supplies for
rebel forces. The Russians have
hedged in their answer while
continuing and increasing their
aggressive actions.
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WITH THE ADDED prestige
of being first into space and with
additional holdings in Laos, the
Communists can be expected to
wield a mighty hand in maneu
vering peace talks.
Therefore, it is now clear why
they hesitated on answering.
They are in control of much of
Laos and will be expetced to
bellow loud and long for its per
manent occupation.
We can not, however, yield to
Russian demands in Laos. It is
now. more important than ever
before that we stand firm. To
appease the Reds and subjugate
the millions of Laotians would
only be another step towards our
own subjugation.
COMMUNIST INSPIRED rebel
activity is rising in South Viet
Nam also. If we "give in" in
Laos, we will be expected to do
the same in its neighbor.
We can no longer compromise.
Therefore, we can only either
give up in Laos or stand firm all
the way.
BisH6p Had
Courage To State
His Beliefs
And how did you feel when
the eggs rained down on the
stage where Bishop Tomlinson
was speaking? Did you laugh
when a student hollered bull . . .?
Did your circle pin and London
Fog cavort wildly when "Poo
chie," the black dog was pushed
on stage and catcalls rung out?
I didn't. I was disgusted. For
once I was ashamed to be called
a student of the University of
North Carolina.
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HERE WAS A MAN who be
lieves in what he says no matter
how opposed we may be to his
beliefs. And he has the guts to
get up in front of college stu
dents, of all people, and proclaim
his faith in himself and his re
ligion. .
AH right, so he should have,
and probably did, expect some
sort of frivolity and humor, but
when the crowd turned into an
ugly, sickening sideshow of com
plete irreverence, hoots and
cursing, what did you do?
I met Bishop Tomlinson be
fore the "crowning" and I knew
that he was a wonderful, sin
cere, kind-hearted man with a
good sense of humor. But he did
have one quality that is lacking,
so lacking, in so many people,
especially youth, today . . . the
quality of sincere belief in him
self. Although his value judge
ments and conclusions are in di
rect opposition to mine, I can
not help but admire his fortitude
in saying, "I believe."
HOW COULD YOU SIT there
and see a man's belief, his soul,
if you want to call it that, his
very being, held up on a sun
glassed placard and crucified?
Would you have the courage to
state your beliefs? I pity, I
loathe, but even more I am hor
rified at the mock-unity, the
madras frat man or scoady dorm
rat that can yell "We want a
miracle" in a crowd but cannot
say to you, "I believe."
You are the future leaders of
America. Don't you think it's
about time you sat down and
began to take life, in particular,
your life seriously?
. Bless, you, Mr. Tomlinson, you
have something I dared not be
lieve was completely missing in
the individual.
LLOYD LITTLE
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