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Paga ' Ttro THE DAILY TAR HEEL Friday May-5 1S31 DAVIS B. YOUNG 7j its sixty-eighth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. oe Cases Soul .Mishandled It M Building The Daily Tar Heel, the official student publication )f the Publica- f tions Board of the University of North Carolina. Richard Overstreet, Chairman, j 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. May 5, 1961 Volume LXIX, Number 156 The Suspension Of Doug Moe: A Blow To The Honor System The campus was greeted Wed nesday and Thursday morning by some disappointing news for stu dent government at Carolina. Afternoon and morning papers throughout the state and much of the nation carried the news that the Carolina Men's Honor Council had reached a decision favorable to star basketballer Doug Moe, only to have Moe suspended by Chan cellor William B. Aycock on evi dence not supplied to the Council. The Chancellor's earlier decision to allow Moe to be tried by stu dents was interpreted as a vote of confidence in the student judiciary and student government as a whole. It has become readily evident, however, that student government is trusted only to the extent that the administration deems sufficient. Turning a case over to the Honor Council and then withholding vital evidence serves only to make a grinning mockery of student jus tice. How can students be expected to place their cases in the hands of their judicial body with complete trust that valid and just decisions will be reached when the fear that the administration will intervene with "new" evidence clouds their confidence? It is clear that Moe did an injus tice in misstating the facts to Chancellor Aycock, but why was this information not turned over to the Council? There can hardly be any ex planation for this other than the obvious one that the Honor Coun cil was expected to find Moe guilty and dismiss him. If Moe was to be suspended for misstatement, why was the Coun cil ever allowed to pass judgment at all? The act of lying to Chancellor Aycock should certainly be inter preted as an Honor offense. Why, then, was this issue not given to the Council as a separate case for the -body to judge? Why was it necessary for the Chancellor to take that matter into his own hands? It should be pointed out that Moe, if he lied to the Chancellor, definitely should have been sus pended. We do not question the validity of the decisipn. If a student has lied, he has vio lated the Honor Code and action should be taken. But we do not think that Chancellor Aycock should take the action himself. As to the effect that the Chan cellor's decision might have on Doug Moe's chances to play pro ball, we can only say that Moe proved himself able to withstand the temptation of taking a bribe. He should not be prohibited from participating professionally, for that reason, if for no other. Wo do hope that Doug Moe will not be made a martyr because of the Chancellor's action. But more importantly, we hope that students will be given a real student government, not one which is overruled any time that the ad ministration does not feel that the right decision has been reached. What is the purpose of having a student government at all if it is only to be a cat's paw for the ad ministration? Time and again recently, student government has received a kick by the administrative boot to prod it in the "right" direction. At the same time we are told we are too mature and dependable to ever do anything wrong. It seems that South Building should decide which side of its face is going to do the talking. It's getting to be pretty damn confusing. The Tide Of History With or without a cease-fire the threat of Communist takeover in Laos remains through military means if there is not a cease-fire, through poli tical action if there is. In the curcumstances Washington officials are rightly looking at Laos as part of the bigger problem of stopping the Communist advance all across the Southeast Asian peninsula. The pre carious situation in Laos underlines the need for redoubled efforts in Vietnam and Thailand, together with what ever constructive handling is possible of Cambodia and its sensitive neutral ist postur. President Kennedy aptly defined the attitude that must be brought to prob lems such as the one now facing us in Southeast Asia at Chicago last Fri day when he said the tide of history WAYNE KING Editor I Lloyd Little -i Executive Editor I Margaret Ann Rhymes f l Associate Editor il Jim CuxrnxiEH, Bill Hobbs ? 5 News Editors 1 i Susait Lewis Feature Editor i I aery w. Lloyd , Sports Editor Chuck Wryil. Asst. Sports Editor John Justice. Davis Younc II Conutributing Editors ) Tim Burnett Business Manager li Richard Wetner Advertising Manager :. :. John Jester Circulation Manager Charles VEZBBEZ.JSubscription Manager i tee Daily Tar Heel Is published daily : i except Monday, examination periods : i and vacations. It is entered as second Is class matter in the post office in Chapel l: Hill N C.. pursuant with the act of H March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: $4 . per semester. $7 per year. The Daily Tar Heel is a subscriber to i : the United Press International and M utilizes the services of the News Bu- j reau of the University of North Caro- . lina. Published by the Colonial Press. H Chapel Hili, N. C. 3 is neither on the side of the Commun ists nor our own but "will move in the direction that strong and determined and courageous men compel it." In deed, as he stated, our greatest adver sary is not the Russians but "our own unwillingness to do what must be done." , Despite the increased menace to Thailand and South Vietnam result ing from Communist gains in Laos there should be no dfeatism about com bating communism in these two coun tries to whose protection we are com mitted by moral and treaty obliga tions. If "what must be done" is done by their own Governments as well as ourselves they should be able to with stand Communist aggression. We are already prepared to give Thailand and South Vietnam increased military and, if necessary, economic assistance; but more than just material masures is required. Indeed, mor is re quored than can be done by American or any other outside assistance. The leaders of these countries must act to make their Governments more honest and effective and to gratify the aspira tions of their people for a better life, for more satisfying social and political conditions. The divisions and discon tents in society upon which Commun ist influence feeds must be alleviated. American aid can be enormously helpful in bolstering other nations against communism; but the advance of communism will be finally stopped when the governments of the under developed countries acting, in Mr. Ken nedy's words, with strength, determina tion and courage, rally their own peo ple and awaken within them the rea son and the desire to resist commun ism's false but tmpting appeal. New York Times This is the third or fourth time this year our hallowed institution has been dragged through the smut and gutters of athletic woes. Former Carolina round baller Lou Brown is up to his ears in the basketball scandals. The name of one of Carolina's alltime great athletes Doug Moe has also, and for the most part unjustly, been linked with those of bigtime gamblers and players who sold out their teams to the money god. On Tuesday night, the Men's Honor Council met in a tense session in the basement of Gard ner Hall. Doug Moe was there to tell his story. His trial ran for more than four hours. His coach was there too. Moe was charged with a violation of the Honor Code, more specifically failure to report another violation of the Honor Code when he (Moe) had knowledge of it. The other vio lation to which the council re-r ferred was that of Lou BrQwn in his attempt to bribe (unsuccess fully) Carplina players. Brown had been permitted by Chancel lor William B, Aycock to with draw from school. The Honor Council on Tuesday night was not under the opinion that Brown would have to clear through the Chancellor before returning to school. This came to light only on Wednesday. Furthermore, Brown's case had not been turned over to the Honor Council. It had been dealt with by the University Administration. Nobody had ever determined if Brown's ac tivities constituted lying, cheat ing or stealing, the three areas over which the Honor Council has jurisdiction. The Honor Council followed a precedent, ruling that if Brown's case had not been heard, Moe therefore could not be guilty of knowledge of a vio lation. Moe was found innocent as charged, and correctly so. Less than 24 hours later, Chan cellor Aycock bounced Moe from school with a ruling that he might not return until the spring of 1962. The Chancellor used as his reason that Moe had denied to him any connection with the basketball scandal. The Chancel lor had talked with Moe on three occasions, and each time, Moe exhibited an unwillingness to discuss the matter openly. At a fourth conference, Moe admitted to the Chancellor that he had received $75 when a question to that effect was put to him. In very simple terms, it is quite possible the whole truth and nothing but the truth wasn't al ways told. This in itself would be grounds for an Honor Council action. But at the time of the hearing Tues day night, the Honor Council did not have before it the evidence that Moe had met four times with the Chancellor, and the results of those meetings. If the evidence of Moe's statements to the Chan lellor was not presented to the Council, this is not the fault of the Council, but the error of those who were in possession of such evidence. If there was to be a charge, these statements should have formed the basis. The case never should have been turned over to the Honor Council in the first place. No charges have been brought by the New York Grand Jury. Dis trict Attorney Frank Hogan has shown no inclination to involve Moe beyond the question of the $75, and obvious error in judg ment, but certainly no crime. No evidence whatsoever has been brought forth to indicate that Moe or any other Carolina player has ever been involved in point shaving of Carolina games. Ex cept for his error in judgment, young Doug Moe is as clean as a hound's tooth. It is apparent that the Uni versity Administration was bent on suspending Moe from school. This same University Adminis tration could easily have handled the matter from the start, just as it did in the case of Brown. However, by turning the case over to the Honor Council, the Chancellor indicated complete "Hold On, Now. Don't Interfere With Free Enterprise! 5 S L-'-'Jf I ' -' ' v ?- X A m -wit i NO COERCION USED confidence in the Council's ability to deal fairly with Moe. This they did. Nobody can doubt the complete integrity of the Coun cil's decision in the Moe case. That the Council acted in the best of student judicial traditions in exonerating Moe, we have no doubt, nor reason to doubt. The two big mistakes were in turning it over to the Council in the first place, and secondly in not giving them all the evidence they needed. Whether we wish to admit it or not, Doug Moe was on his way out of school. Although the Chan cellor's decision cannot be in terpreted as overruling the Coun cil's, it nevertheless does just this in some respects. The Honor Council apparently found an un satisfactory solution to the prob lem. Therefore, it was removed from student hands and taken over by the University Adminis tration, thus defeating the entire purpose of student self-government. If the University Adminis tration had confidence in the Honor Council, and they claim they do, that same University Administration should have turned the entire case over to the Council instead of holding part back in reserve. This entire episode has hurt the Carolina Honor System. Students are grumbling all over the campus. It has held the sys tem up to public ridicule and scorn, dealing a devastating blow to the sanctity, power and future of Council rulings. Nobody denies the University Administration's power to sus pend Doung Moe. But the stu dents resent being handed the ball, told to run down the field, and then be tackled from behind by their own teammates. Once the matter was placed in the hands of the students, it should have been left there. Moe was wrong, we admit. However, his small involvement in the basketball scandal is in no way comparable to that of others. Doug Moe's case has been pa raded across the pages and screens. It has made good copy, good reading, good viewing. Yet, it has been blown out of all pro portion simply because Doug Moe? is a super ballplayer. He has re ceived more than enough punish ment by being held up to public scorn, unjustly. The students who have known Doug Moe on and off the court for these past four years, are not pleased by what has happened. His error in judg ment need not be compounded by further vindication. We sincerely hope the Na tional Basketball Association will clear him to play. NEWT SMITH You g Artists: Tak Lest Ye JB&hbie There was once a time when .men were artists and builders. They believed fully in their skills and techniques. These men de cided to build a city with a tower whose top was in the heavens so that they would be known throughout the earth. But these men never finished their work, for their tongues were confused, and they could not understand one another. The name of this tower was Babel. . When these men left this tower, others soon took their places others always equally ambitious. So it is with young artists. The 1961 Arts Festival, spon sored by the Presbyterian Stu dent Center, officially closed re cently. Presented were exhibits of painting, sculpture, sketching, and photography. Although it was intriguing to see these var ious attempts by students, it was also appalling to observe the lack of directional goals in the major ity of the exhibitions. There were some very fine works, but these were lost in the gulf of sickness of the others. The first place prize went to Pat James for her "Blue Com position." This predominantly blue oil surpasses the other en tries simply because it is the most integrated. The borders are light pastel shades with a care ful balance of color. From this the painting moves through slashes consistently toward its Dr. Braner Clarifies Statement To the Editor: Last Friday's editorial and the article that appeared on the front page of the Daily Tar Heel make it desirable that your readers get a complete report of the hap penings in the Mathematics-Physics-Statistics Library. Dur ing the nearly 20 years that I have been responsible for the Mathematics section, very few books were lost, but this situa tion has changed during the last months. Last semester there was great concern when it was discovered that a number of very important books on statistics, including 6 volumes on reserve had disap peared. It was decided by the Statistics Department that all of their graduate students must turn in their Library keys, in the hope that this would bring action from the students themselves. Slowly the missing reserve books came back, but yery few of the others have been recovered. During the last years the Fed eral Government, through the National Science Foundation, has awarded UNC hundreds of thou sands of dollars for Teacher In stitutes in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, to give high school teachers in these fields ad ditional training, which is of great importance in the national interest. ' Several weeks ago students from this class began complain ing to Mrs. Hopkins? pur Li brarian, that books on reserve for Math. 119 had disappeared. Since they were supposed to study certain parts of these books, they were afraid they would have difficulties in the final examina tion, and that this could ruin their career completely. One of the missing volumes was a pri vate copy of Prof. Shanks. He spoke to his class, and urged the students to returp the missing books, but they did not come back. Now our Librarian report ed it to me, and we discussed what could be done to stop the illegal removing of books. At the same time Mrs. Hopkins told me that the 'Wilson Library had the same problem, and that the Honor Council had authorized the dor mitory 'managers to inspect rooms in some dormitories, where they had found a great many of the missing ' japoks. The Attorney General pj the Woman's Honor Council carne to talk over the problem with Mrs. Hopkins and myself, and we asked if other dormitories could be inspected in the same way for the missing mathematics books. With the permission of Dr. Shanks I spoke to his class, ex plaining to the students the ser iousness of the situation. I said that it could easily happen that a book was taken out by mistake, and that someone could forget to sign the card, or believe he had returned a book without having done so. I asked the students to report on a sheet of paper any thing they know about the 4 missing books, and to say whether there was any possibility that one of the books was still in their possession. On another sheet, for the Administration, I asked the students to give permission to inspect their rooms. I stressed the fact that nobody would be forced to give this permission. But I asked the students to cooperate, and added that I might have later difficulties in ' recommending a student if the case could not be cleared. Without mentioning it, I had in mind that some of our stu dents apply later for secret work, and give my name as reference. Then, an officer of the F.B.I, or the Intelligence Services of the Armed Forces comes to see me, and I have to report on this for mer student, under oath. The last question is then always, "Do you know of any incident which could show that the student is not ab solutely loyal to the U.S. and completely honest and reliable." If the disappearing of the books could not be cleared, I would have to mention it. I am convinced that no student who knows me complained about my action. To the other students my words could not have repre sented threat or stress, since no student who had not had classes under me would conceivably give my name as reference for any position of any kind. Neither Mrs. Hopkins nor myself knows who of the students gave the permit. And, in closing, I should like to point out that the stu dents who complained, as well as the other innocent members of the class, now have two advan tages as a direct result of our action. They have been cleared of the suspicion that hovered over the entire class, and the books that are required for their course in Math. 119 are once more on reserve in the Library. Alfred T. Brauer focal point, a square with a white orb. As the painting flows toward its center the action increases from a subtle stirring at the edges to a violence preceding the center. The artist achieves a pleasant effect with her use of texture which is just subdued enough to spit the mood carried by the composition. Most impor tant in this painting is the skill ful use of balance, texture and value, giving justification for the first 'prize. Tim Murray won the second place prize which was awarded to the artist rather than a single work. Murray's best entry was "Invasion of Memory." The lower portion is a plain on which the figures of memory parade across. It is a green-golden mass fading into the fleeting area of the plain. Above is a forbidding blue which establishes the limit of the range of memory. The figures which appear upon the plain are fleet ing and helter-skelter, rendering the transitory mood of memory. "Deleted," however, lacks the qualities Murray used in "Inva sion of Memory." It is dull, creates no space, is without bal ance and displays little texture. The prime error in this grey monotony is the use of only three values, allowing very little con trast. Third place went to Lanay Nau Who had two entries. "Untitled," a collage, was pleasing primarily because of the choice of colors and the vigorous enetrgy dis played through, the bold strokes. One of the most interesting paintings was Robert Poe's "Ani mal Summer." This painting shows a striking and compelling compelling. The strange orange yellow upper half repels and yet burns into one's memory. The pasted canvas applied at he lower portion combined with the yellow give the image of a burn ing sun parching a barren hori zon. There is immense freedom in this picture, which allows the texture to come to the fore ground. It is garish, yet still in teresting. In the sculpture division "Poet's Prison" by Robert Pee won the only award. "Prison" is a stark, ominous metal sculture which gains its effect through the unity of the piece. There is balance throughout, and from all angles the cold, forbidding dank ness of the prison exudes. The piece flows smoothly; the color is just as barren as the shape. "Waiting" won the Photog raphy division. This entry by Buddy Spoon catches a dog on the steps of Alumni Building. The vertical columns with the horizontal steps lit by the diago nal light provide strong interest. May these young artists keep entering contests, keep working, and still continue to aim at the sun, but may they also remem ber that they also may descend babbling.
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