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4 im A UP1 REPORT I; its' sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, ttnbdnifrered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff. 9 ducatioiial Aid Lennieay H TT 7 .. February 8, 19G2 Tel. 942-2356 Val. LXIX, No. 8G Secrecy Protects? onor Council Present judicial procedure here requires that all Honor Council hear ings will be held in secret except those in which the defendant re quests that the Council room be opened to two reporters from the Daily Tar Heel. The reason given for this pro cedure is "protection of the de fendant" meaning that an open hearing might damage the defend ant's reputation even if he is found to be innocent of any wrong. The' result of this is that most hearings probably 80 per cent are conducted in secret. A student who is hailed before the Council is naturally hesitant to let this fact be known, even if he is innocent. Most, understandably, would pre fer to keep the proceedings quiet. The upshot of this is that much of the campus has little conception of what goes on in hearings. This places an aura of suspicion around the judiciary. Most students are naturally wary of any tribunal which operates, for the most part, in secret. This feeling is heightened by the fact that Council decisions are often arrived at purely on the basis of each Council's particular interpreta tion of Honor. As we see it, there is no really good reason why all hearings should not be open. If the Council or the defendant feels that publicity wITi damage his reputation, then it is a simple matter to request that no names be used. This would allow the campus to know what goes on behind the Council room doors and protect the defendant as well. Honor Council members are elect ed by popular vote. For this reason, if for no other, the student bdy has a right to be informed of Council proceedings. No individual should be deprived of his right to scrutin ize the actions of his elected student government officials, particularly when those officials wield the power of suspension and are bound by no codified laws. If a defendant requests that his name not be used in the report of a Council hearing that request should be honored. But no hearing should be held in secret for any reason. Too Much Socializing Toronto At right on today's page is an unofficial report of the recent Tor onto Exchange program sponsored cooperatively between UNC and the University of Toronto. Take time to read this report. , While reading it, bear in mind that this program is supported par tially by funds taken from student activities fees. UNC spends approxi mately $300 on the exchange; To ronto about two and one-half times that amount. Consider this and take note of the activities: A 27-hour bus ride. v V t i A EDITORIAL STAFF Wayne King Editor Margaret Ann Rhymes Associate Editor Lloyd Little Executive News Editor Jim Clotfelter, Bill Wuamett News Editors Jim Wallace Photography Editor Chuck Mooney. Feature Editor Harry Lloyd Sports Editor Ed Dupree Asst. Sports Editor Garry Blanchard Contributing Editor BUSINESS STAFF Tim Burnett. Business Manager Mike Mathers Advertising Manager Jim EvANS.-Subscription Manager Jim Eskridge Circulation Manager Tbm Daily Tas Hzsl 1 published dally 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: I4L50 per semester, $8 per year. Thb Daily Tab Heex Is a subscriber to the United Press International and utilizes the services of the New Bu reau of the University of North Caro lina. Published by the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. N. C. 'i 4 :': An eight-hour party. Class visits. Discussion led by a Harvard professor. An ice show. One "frolic." Hockey. Sight-seeing in New York. Another bus ride. While we have been assured that this resume does not give the total picture of the exchange, we think it gives some indication of the program's worth. If the exchange is to be contin uedand there is good reason for continuing it, if it is improved .then some provision should be made for cutting down the pure social activity and adding some more basis for the time, money and energy put into it. We can see no reason why either school should continue to sponsor international social life, lightly sprinkled with idea exchange. The program should be re-evaluated or discontinued. No First (From Detroit Free) Press) Tass, the Soviet news agency, reports that Russian scientists have found a way to make brandy in five days, six at the most. Here again the Reds are ridicu lous with their claims of a "first." Back -when prohibition's blessings lay upon our land there were plenty of bootleggers who would have re garded five-day brandy as practi cally hand crafted and the processes too long drawn out to be economic cally feasible. In his message on aid to educa tion President Kennedy reiterated his view that the constitution bars across-the-board aid to all but pub lic schools. The hierarchy of Ken nedy's own Roman Catholic Church disputes this opinion. Rejecting charges that his pro posals would le a big step toward federal control of education. Ken nedy declared, "Let us put to rest the unfounded fears that federal money means federal control." He said that while the operation of schools must remain Uie respon sibility of state and local govern ments and private organizations, fed eral help is urgently needed to meet the nation's education problems. He ticked off federal school legislation dating back to 1787 which he said has operated without federal con trol. Less controversial and more like ly to win congressional approval in some form, is Kennedy's proposal to spend $2.1 billion over five years to help both private and public col leges build classrooms and provide more than 200,000 scholarships worth up to $1,000 ( a year to "needy and talented students," Since scholarships granted in t h e last year of the program would not run out until four years later, t-ie eventual cost would be even higher. The House this year approved a $1.5 billion bill providing only the college construction funds. The Sen ate has passed a $2.6 billion version including the ; scholarships. Both measures bar funds for chapels and classrooms to teach religion. Kennedy's other major proposals: A 10-year program of matching grants to help build medical and dental schools. This would cost $600 million for the first five years. Also, four-year scholarships and grants for one-fourth of all new medical and dental students. An administra tion official said the scholarship plan was envisioned as permanent and would cost $9.3 million the first year, congressional approval of scholarships questionable but con struction funds likely. $747 t million in scholarships, grants and other help over live years to enable elementary and secondary school teachers to im prove their skills and broaden their knowledge. Some 2,500 scholarships would be awarded annually to per mit outstanding teachers to take off for a year of full-time study. Both public and private school teach ers would be eligible. Passage this year unsure. Expansion of the National Sci ence Foundation's efforts to increase the quality and quantity of science and engineering students. This would boost the Science Founda tion's budget by $96 million, to $358 million, the first year. No estimates were made for later years. $50 million grants to states and colleges over five years to develop programs "which will offer every adult who is willing and able ttie opportunity to become literate." Outlook good. A five-year, $22 million program to help states and school districts improve education opportunities for migrant workers and their chil dren. $26 million in matching grants to states to aid in the constructions of stale and otlier non-profit educa tional television stations. A five-year, $47 million pro gram to help provide special train ing for physically and mentally handicapped children. $500,000 spread over five years to establish a federal advisory coun cil on the arts which would study possible federal aid to cultural ac tivities. Gradual reduction of federal aid to "impacted" schools crowded with children of government workers and servicemen as general school aid gets rolling. Bills embodying all but the adi.lt literacy and teacher quality propo sals have been introduced previous ly. Outlook for Congressional Ap proval: Public school aid. not good; some form of college construction and student aid. good; adult il literacy, good; dental and medical school construction, likely; dental and medical scholarships, question able; educational TV, may have a good chance; others, not clear. "Now, Now Let's Not Have Any Muzzling ?7 i t-? Arses5 m i Toronto Report . . , Northern Europe At That Weary, winded, but warm again, we're back from the Far North. For the 25 Tarheels returning from their weekend at the University of To ronto, the pace can be described as frantic, the experience, fabulous. We feel we are only beginning to realize the profits from our invest ment of time and efforts. In our reciprocal trade of ideas and opin ions on everything from the world situation to the ingredients of a good party, we have made new friends. In summarizing such a trip we must consider the time element: 6 short days including travel and the short side trip to New York. Weary from exams but raring to go, we got underway Wednesday morn ing reasonably close to schedule on a loud, boisterous and sleepless 27 hour bus ride. We arrived in Torontoo Tuesday afternoon and spent the evening at a short eight-hour party which in troduced to many of us for the first time Canadian beer. Friday morn ing visitations to classes began the day. Friday featured two of the week end's highlights for us. The first was a discussion entitled "Canada Looks at the U.S." And the second, an excellent student ice show. The discussion was introduced by J. M. S. Careless, professor of history, a Harvard Ph.D., but obviously a Canadian Nationalist. In a concise historical resume, he noted various attitudes which shape Canadian opinions of the United States. He cited our close proximity in culture, economy and general outlook on life as part of the forces which tend to Southern f Hospitality In E urope Editor's Note: Pete Range is a UNC junior currently attending school in Germany under the Goet tingen Exchange program. 'GOETTINGEN, GERMANY I wonder if it would have happened in the States? I doubt it, said the other American. Southern Hospitality is a real fact in the United States, but we don't think it quite compares to the kind of hospitality I have met in Northern Europe. It was ten days before Christmas and I was standing on a highway in Jutland, that part of Denmark from which the Jutes and Angles migrated to England about 1500 years ago, thus forming one of the most im portant parts of our Anglo-American ancestry. It was darkening into ev ening there in Aarhus and I thought I might have to walk back into the town and try to find lodging for the night. But then I was picked up by a Dane who had been driving from Copenhagen since that morning. He spoke German and we entered into a congenial conversation as we cov ered the 100 kilometers to Aaloborg, Denmark, his destination on his bus iness trip. As we drove into the town we went directly to the hostel, where I had hoped to spend the night as is my practice on such trips. The hostel was, however, clos ed for the winter months and we were forced into other deliberations. iA try at the Y.M.C.A. was likewise unsuccessful. Because our hunger was mounting with time, my bus--Inessman friend (his family was back in Copenhagen) suggested that we eat dinner before pursuing the problem further. I was looking , over the menu in his hotel restaurant when he said, "What about this?' and pointed to the highest-priced item available, a special Danish .Christmas dinner the hotel was offering. When I dub iously pointed at the "10 Kroner" price tag on the meaL.be waved me off and replied, "Forget it! I want to do it!" So my host ordered the Christmas Special. And then it broke loose! Just to write ioit everything which vas contained inthemeai had taken an entire pag of the. menu in the first place! Wet' were' served Danish beer at our tatjle About fifteen min utes later we j were ushered into a small, cozy foom with just one table the watts'! covered with rum kegs, Christmiis.decorations every where. We were poured Danish Schnapps and a second beer was of fered. On the table were the stand ard Scandanavian basics, namely three kinds, of bread and the butter. The first course was, of course, the fish. At least ten. different types of cold fish were distributed around the large platter brought to our table they were laid out on a series x)f terraces built up on the platter. Two people could . actually never have eaten all that fish but - we made distinct progress. I did " not realize how much more was tor corner and ate perhaps a bit too much from this first course. Next-followed the warm course, hot . sausage f arid vegetables. Schnapps arid beer still there. Then" "came No. 3, the . cold meats, just as numerous and nicely laid out as the fish had been. I thought r could eat" absolutely noth ing more after we worked on this quarter of the meal, but the wait ress brought still another behind this one, the all-important cheeses five different kinds. Finally, hardly able to move, we finished an hour-and-a-half of the finest in Danish eating with a Christmas pastry and coffee! In the meantime my Danish friend had been talking with the waitress about my need of a very inexpensive room. It seemed that nothing was to be had. The next thing I knew, iHerr Hasmussen (my host) was pushing a ten-crown bill into my hand, after having already paid for our meal, and telling me to take a room in the hotel for the night. Pro testing was useless and would have insulted the sincerity of Danish hos pitality. 'And so it was that I met with a wonderful example of some of the finest hospitality in the world, getting to know a Dane personally land experiencing wonderful Danish eating besides. As I continued my journey through snowy Norway I encountered an outstanding example of their hos pitality too, besides the visits in two families which I had known earlier. A truck was taking me the 600 kilo meters from Aslo to Aalesund, up on the west coast. We stopped for mid day dinner in a cozy roadside cafe. TJ .was looking, over the menu again " when he ordered me to follow him in to another room. A long table was in this room, beautifully decorated for Christmas. Serving the guests sitting around the one table (mostly truck drivers like my friend) was a typical blonde Norwegian lass, dress ed completely in the old and color ful costume of that part of Norway. Here, again the Christmas beer was the first thing to be served. Then followed soup, three meats, several vegetables, and the usual Norwegian line-up of cheeses and breads. Com pletely filled and satisfied after a truly delicious meal, we were serv ed coffee and a selection of tradi tional Norwegian Christmas pastries as the finale. As we were leaving, I asked about the price for my meal. "That's already taken care of," said my host, "between me and the cafe." It seems that all the regular cus tomers, mostly truck drivers of course, are treated by the cafe to a free Christmas dinner each year during the holiday season! And thus I was taken in as his guest! The third example of Scandanavian hospitality presented itself on my return trip to Germany. It was snow ing as Kerr Bache, a Dane who now lives and manages a factory in Swed en, picked me up from my roadside position in southern Norway. We spent the entire day together, rid ing 350 kilometers over treacherous snow-covered roads, getting to know each other again through the com mon language of German, pulling the car out of a ditch together finally reaching his town of Kungs backa, twenty-five kilometers south of Goeteborg, Sweden, at 8 p.m. Herr Bache invited me to roll my sleep ing bag out on a studio couch- in his home and spend the night there. I gratefully accepted the invitation as we sat ourselves down to a cold evening meal in his kitchen, tired of our lon,g journey. His family was still vacationing in Norway so there was no space problem but also no wife to fix a nice Warm meal. Aft drive Canada toward continental ab sorption which they must avoid if they are to maintain a national in tegrity vis-a-vis the U.S. The dis cussion served to dispel many mis conceptions on both sides. Friday night we saw a superb all student ice show as part of the U. of T. Winter Carnival weekend. The show featured the best of Canada's skating stars, most of them U. of T. students and many of them champions in international compe tition. We really appreciated the exhibition of skating skill after we ventured onto the ice the following day in our "frolic" in the snow at a farm outside Toronto where a to bogganing accident netted the sec ond broken leg in as many years. The Saturday morning discussion on "Comparative Systems of Edu cation" helped us to realize how different and involved the problems of comparison are. That afternoon after the "snow frolic" we attended a reception. At 8 p.m. we were treated to N! H! L! hockey action between New York and Toronto. Atferwards, as With every evening of course, came the party featuring the "twist" and Canada's answer to sub-zero thirst problems. Returning, we arrived at no re spectable hour in New York. Mon day was spent seeing the "sights" museums, galleries, rush hours, the Great White Way the Metropole, a Broadway play or musical in the evening for those Who had tickets or could still put one foot in front of the other. We return to our own academic community with a feeling, of en thusiasm which We hope to share with our fellow Tarheels. It has been an exhausting but extremely re warding experience which we wouldn't trade for anything even a solid week of sleep. R. P. FOXWORTII I About Letters I The Dally Tar Heel Invites p readers to use it lor expres- slons of opinion on current If topics regardless of viewpoint. Letters must be signed, con- tain a verifiable address, and be free of libelous material. I Brevity and legibility In- crease the chance of publica- tion. Lengthy letters may be I edited or omitted. Absolutely uone will be returned. 9 interesting man with a wide variety of books, experiences and ideas, Herr Bache and I stayed talking in his living room until rather late in the night. Finally, after giving me breakfast the next morning and some bread and cheese to take with me. my genial Swedish-Danish host de livered me to a good position on the highway for continuing my journey. Since our departure I have heard from Herr Bache again, as he sent me copies of an English-written magazine reviewing many interesting features of Swedish government, life, history, customs, so that I mi?,!;t learn even more about that interest ing and hospitable land. Hitchhiking in the United State can be good as far as reaching des tinations is concerned. And "South ern Hospitality" is a fine thin?. But I doubt if any of this would have happened in America. PETE RANGE f
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