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Cfje mil? ar 3$el Iw 7s sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body, J The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, t All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they arc not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff. j . October 17, 1961 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. LXIX, No. 24 1 Fraternity Government On October 19, another round of discussion on the problem of estab lishing some new fraternity regu lations will be held. Most of the discussion will center around regu lations on coed visiting, drinking with women present, chaperones and other questions of fraternity supervision and control. At present, fraternities are bound by a temporary agreement set up by the Inter-Fraternity Council and sanctioned, for the present, by the administration. One of the major changes under the present agreement is the elim ination of the section forbidding consumption of alcoholic beverages while women are present. The administration is at last able, due to some changes in trus tee policy, to officially recognize the old ruling as impractical and un enforceable. - The temporary agreement, which we hope will become a permanent one, is the first really concrete step toward a realistic policy concerning drinking. " . ; In a broader perspective, the IFC-administrative talks could serve1 to eliminate fraternities from the list of problem .areas .and give the job of governing fraternities to the IFC, exactly where it belongs. We don't think it is necessary or fitting to congratulate the IFC, as was suggested by Mike McClister in a letter not too long ago, for starting the job that it should have finished a long time ago. But it is gratifying to acknow ledge that this is what seems to be happening. The IFC is beginning to work on some of the real prob lems of fraternity government. The outmoded supposition that each house has the ability to run its own affairs, with the IFC act ing, in most cases, only as a figure head is giving way to the image of a strong, centralized policy-making body. "Whether the steps already made by the IFC are the heralding of a new era remains to be seen. But one thing seems relatively certain. That is that the IFC is being put to a severe test, one that will de determine whether it can take hold and eliminate the need for outside interference, or so bungle the job that the administration will step in with more rulings of the "80 per cent" variety. Most of the administrative con trol over fraternities stems from a fear until this time a well-grounded one that, given a completely free hand, the fraternity system would take no steps toward govern ing its own affairs. Even now, it would be a mistake to assume that the IFC is suddenly going to have the final word on all fraternity questions. The admini stration seems to have no intention of giving the IFC more responsibili ty than, is necessary for a" test. A final agreement on the new reg ulations is slated to be reached by November 1. The actual date will probably be later. After this decision is made, per haps further decisions will be hand led by the IFC. Complete and effective fraternity self-government has been a long time coming, and still has a long way to go. But it is now at least a possibility. Tickets For Toronto A bill to be thrashed out on the floor of student legislature Thurs day requests $112.50 to buy 25 tic kets to the UNC-LSU game for the Toronto Exchange group which will be here the weekend of Nov. 11. tillje pmlg mr tti WAYNE KING Editor Marcaret Ann Rhymu Associate Editor Lloyd Little Executive News Editor Bill Hobbs Managing Editor Garry Blancharo Assistant Editor Jim Clotfelteh Assistant to the Editor Steve Vaughn News Editor Nancy Barr, Linda Cravotta Feature Editors Hafhy W. Lloyd. Sports Editor David Wysong Subscription Manager Jim Eskr,dce. Circulation Manager Ed Dupbee. Asst. Sports Editor TIM BURNETT Business Manager Muck Mathers Advertising Manager The Daily Tar Keel is published daily except 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: $4.50 per semester, $8 per year. . The Daily Tar Heel is a subscriber to the United Press International and 1 . . . , 1,7- the Maws Bu- Utilizes vrie aci v ictj . V ir.-rt. .i reau of the University of North Caro lina. i I 1 1 1 If I 1 1 a I I If it II n m Published by the Publications Board -t . m -rr -wr arn ina of the university iu. m i Chapel Hill. N. . : For the past two years, the Ath letic Association has donated the tickets. This year, however, the As sociation will be "unable to do so," on the grounds that a limited num ber of complimentary tickets are available, under agreement with LSU. We've heard flimsy excuses, but this one from the Athletic Associa tion is about as strong as wet tis sue paper. If the stumbling block to giving away 25 tickets is an agreement with LSU, why not give that school their share of the profit on the tic kets, with this sum appropriated by student legislature, if necessary. The sum would be considerably less than $112.50. We are sorry to hear that the Athletic Association is so short on funds that the cost of 25 tickets is prohibitive. Perhaps the Association" is found ering on the rocks of bankruptcy. There are only 44,000 seats in Kenan Stadium.. If the Association gave away 25 of them,, it might mean that an alumni might be de prived of plunking down $4.50. And, after all, the - only reason we have a football team is to make money,, isn't it? Carolina Theatre Integrated? "Entou Bont liie THi Sttnaloii, Tori Can Cast jtwjf ttttii Ql A Vdie Against It To the Editor: I am the mother of two small children, ages eight and three years, and the wife, of a full-iirhe student at the University of North Carolina. The Carolina Cinema here in Cha pel Hill adopted a policy in August that applies only to Negro students in the University; that is, these stu dents will be admitted to the theater upon presenting identification cards at the ticket window. On Thursday, September 21, I took my son and daughter to the Carolina Theater to see "The Trapp Family," a story they had followed and talked of extensively at home. They didn't get to 5ee the film for we were informed at the ticket win dow the children of Negro students were not welcomed. MY CHILDREN are being orient ed to the United States for the first time in their young life and it is unbearable for me to see them re fused entrance to one of the only two cinemas in this University town simply because of the color of our skin. The children were disappointed, and I was furious, at being refused entry to this movie. On Friday evening, Sept. 22, I went back to the Carolina with friends and was sold a ticket with out showing any identification. With the exisiting policy the Caro lina Cinema is still more segregat than integrated. Mrs. Evangeline It. Darity 610-B Hibbard St. Chapel Hill ( Editor ;TNotej A Though Mr. and Mrs. Darity are both natives of gp r if . V. ft North Carolina, the Darity family has lived in Beirut, Lebanon, and more recently Alexandria, Egypt, during the past eight years while Mr. Darity has been with the World Health Service. He plans to return to Egypt in 18 months upon comple tion of graduate degree work in the UNC School of Public Health. Both of their children were born overseas. Their eight-year-old son is in the third grade at Glenwood school this year.) " ' ' . . From the News of Orange County DTH Forum Slow Reader May i Mean Deep Thinker By LESLIE J. NASON, Ed.D. Professor of Education University of Southern California If you're a slow reader, there must be a reason. Perhaps you are a deep thinker. More likely yoi're a deep sleeper who does not really concentrate on what you're reading. Conservative Thinks HUAC Serves Legitimate Purpose October 5, 1961 Editor: Lest anyone be misled, cases be fore the Supreme Court are decided by majority, not by dissent. Strong dissenting opinions have been re corded in many cases involving all branches of the law. The members of the Supreme Court, just as you and I, have different opinions on HUAC. Fortunately for me and my Conservative colleagues, the majority of the Supreme Court believes that HUAC is serving a legitimate purpose. I POINTED out in an earlier let ter that it is the responsibility of HUAC to seek and receive public information upon which to base legislative recommendations. Your editorial implies that HUAC is a sinister group, seeking only to ex pose and ruin innocent individuals. The Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress conduct ed a research study which disclosed the following legislative recommen dations by HUAC: 1. Legislation to bring about the immediate mandatory deportation of alien spies and saboteurs. 2. Legislation to outlaw every political organization which is shown to be under the control of a foreign government. 3. Legislation to stop all immigra tion from foreign countries that re fuse to accept the return of their nationals found under American law to be deportable from this country. 4. Added legislation to place re strictions on the distribution of totali tarian propaganda, when that distri bution involves any cost to the American taxpayers, and when such propaganda emanates and is ship ped from foreign sources. 5. Legislation to restrict the bene fit of certain tax-exemption privil eges now extended to a number of Communist fronts posing as educa- . tional, charitable and reiief groups." for the ' enactment of the internal Security Act of 1950, the Communist Control Act of 1954 and various provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. "Is the Committee fair to those who . come before it? Any witness may consult his lawyer whenever he so desires during the course of a hearing, and submit any state ment he wishes. Before a scheduled hearing, the witness may confer with the Committee in confidence. If any citizen feels he has been in any manner wronged, he can demand and get a public hearing in which to state his case." DOES HUAC have "reason to be lieve" a person is a Communist when such person apears before the Com mittee? Your editorial implied that HUAC snatched iip anyone it chose to investigate, brought him to "trial" and "exposed" him. The fact is that the FBI gives HUAC names of Communists and persons who have had extensive as sociations with Communists. It is believed that the FBI has evidence on these persons but that it is evidence which was obtained by wire tapping and illegal Search and sei zure. Such evidence cannot be used in a court of law. Thus, the FBI will have tape-recordings of conversations which prove conclusively that these per sons are Communists. Since such evidence is inadmissable in a feder al court, the FBI gives it to HUAC. HUAC, knowing a person to be "a Communist, conducts an investiga tion, hoping td g a i n information which will enable the Committee to recommend appropriate legislation to Congress. MOST dF THOSE who are cailed before the Committee are Commu nists and know that HUAC knows of their activities. The result is a clamoring fdr freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of this and feedom of thai the very freedoms which they as Communists would destroy. They go to the extremes of refus ing to tell their names, their ad dresses, the names of their parents, whether or not they are married and their ages, claiming the privil ege granted by the 5th Amendment. They claim that to tell their names would be Self-incrimination. Their purpose is td abolish HUAC. It is unfortunate tnat s6 many Americans, led by a few ultra-Liberals, put down their beers and wipe their eyes and rush off to help therri. Bob Somers Reflections About Letters The Dally Tar Heel invites readers to use it for expres sions of opinion oh current H topics regardless of viewpoint. i Letters mnst be signed, con- tain a verifiable address, and be free of libelous niaterial. Brevity and legibility in- ff crease the chance of publica- j I edited, or omitted. Absolutely i p none will, be returned. HUAC WAS primarily responsible I 1 i i m pi m m One thousand Nigerian univer sity students have demanded that American Peace Corpsmen be de ported, and its difficult to argue with them. "Everyone but 4is' lives in squa lor, the female Peace Corps postcard-write who began the trouble by writing 6ffensive statements in a postcard to an American friend) proclaims, yet she, is complaining. The United States government went to fereat pains to warn all Peace Corps volunteers that they would be greeted by squalor in the iiriderveloped nations to which they were sent. It would be a terrible blow 16 the new stage of American fdreiiti policy if one luxury-fed girl should bring disgrace to the whole Corps program. You doze between the lines when you should be devouring pages. . It takes about one-third of your thinking power to read the words of a bdok or an article. What do you to with the other two-thirds of that power? HERE ARE some typical answers from slow readers who were asked: "What do you think about when you read?" "I always have music on the FM when I read." "I look for mistakes in grammar or spelling." "I argue with the author and wish I could tell him what I think about his subject." "If it's a story I sometimes think about something that happened to me. Before long I'm not even read ing." Now let's consider how you should use your spare thinking power when you read. You should be using that spare power to read with a purpose. Read to find out something. . WHEN YOU PICK up a whodunit, you don't often concern yourself with the author's style or necessarily with the number of murders. What you want to know is: "Who was the murdered the but ler, the chauffeur, the upstairs maid or the disinherited son-in-law?" You probably read such a story very rapidly, noting the clues as you see them and hoping that you'll find out who is the Bad Guy before the author tells you. This does not constitute an en dorsement of whodunits. But this is ah example of purposeful reading reading to find out something. STUDY-READING for school sub jects demands a plan which will help you read for understanding. Here are the steps of such a plan: 1. Before you start to read, check through the book's table of contents; look at the chapter headings; scan the chapter summaries. You can tell from these some of the things the author will be discussing. 2. With these ideas in mind, read each chapter rapidly, searching for key expressions and a general un derstanding of what has been said in the chapter. 3. At the conclusion of each sec tion, ask yourself: "What did the author say?" "How does this fit into the general pattern of the book?" 4. You can't answer these ques tions? Then your trobule is in the way you are reading. You are prob ably reading too slowly. Too Slowly? That's right. You're reading with such slowness that your mind has a lot of time to wander. Read fast er, faster. Increase your reading speed until you're reading so fast you're thinking of nothing but what youVe reading. 5. Now re-read. This time look for precise meanings. Each example We Afraid Of Losing ace ivow: Why do we have to insist on free dom and be afraid of losing our gaces at the time we are at the brink of annihilation of the whole civilization of the entire world? Aren't the matters of freedom or losing face luxurious concerns o people who are pretty sure that their civilization is securely protected? Isn't the preservation of exisiting civilizations of the world the first and the most crucial problem to be discussed? 'Freedom or death' must be re garded as the jargon of fana(ics when whole world faces the danger of eternal distructtion. THE STRIFE between so-called free countries and so-called com munistic countries threatens the dis solution of man's coping with nature, man's control over nature. Selfish desire for .preservation of this free dom and for extension of a certain doctrine brought out this dangerous situation. The civilizations of the world be long to all human beings who have ever exisited on this earth and to the people who will exisit in the fu ture. But the desires to preserve or extend our freedom or our own doc trine are our own interests in the limited lengths of the generations. My question is whether it is worth endangering the property that be longs to the eternal past and to the eternal future only because of our petty selfish desires. THE WORST KIND of blame that we may get in the future will be that we were the generation which de stroyed the civilization which had been achieved by our ancestors' priceless efforts and energy, which had been handed down to us to pre serve, to improve and to bestow to posterity. Comparing with this blame, isn't this the best adminration we can possibly receive that we arc the people who were courageous enough to risk even our freedom which we deemed more precious than anything else to preserve the legacy of human wisdom to the future for its better use? ". . . The risks inherent in dis armament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race. . . " said President Ken nedy when he addressed the sixteen th session of the United Nations Gen eral Assembly. CERTAINLY THIS is not the time to worry about the matters of losing or gaining face. One would lose his face by merely being known that he is worrying about such a trivial thing at a time of the greatest dan ger. Which is more important either our freedom or preservation of civili zation? We must realize that the con temporary idea of freedom was mainly moulded by people who did not know the possibility of a clanger like we are facing today. We must develop the idea of freedom to cope with the unprecedented situations. Shall we destroy this civilization by sticking to a outmoded selfish desire to be free or shall we preserve civilization even at the risk of our freedom? If we really believe in the right eousness and in the final victory of Freedom, and if Freedom occupies such an essential part of human nature that one generation is about to trade it with annihilated civiliza tions of the entire world, we ought to be able to sacrifice our own sel fish desires to preserve the civiliza tion from which real unselfish Free dom will arise with a greater strength in the future by its nature. Therefore, in every respect we must wholly support and push for ward the disarmament policy of President Kennedy, remembering that our Father will help us only when we are courageous enough to cast away our pride, our weapons and our vain desires, and to give ourselves humbly under Him through sincere prayers for His mercy upon us. Haruo Konishi ought to be connected in your mind with some key idea about which you're reading. This will help impress the key ideas in your memory. THESE KEY IDEAS will become storage bins in your memory for groups of facts and illustrations. In your review for tests, return again and again to these key ideas and their collection of related facts. In so doing you will be building up a storehouse of information. This storehouse will become your rounded-out understanding of what you have read. You will have built up a bank of knowledge and will draw freely when the time comes to write a final ex
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