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I March 10, 1962
Tel. 942-235G
Vol. LXIX, No. Ill 1
Long's Suggestions
It is interesting to note some of
the criticisms of the new judicial
procedures bill lodged by Assistant
Dean of Student Affairs at the
Honor Council Commission meeting
this week.
Chief among these criticisms was
his feeling that the bill would tend
to make "disclinary procedures too
complicated and cumbersome."
While there is little question that
some of the proposals will make the
judicial procedure more complex,
they need not be either complicat
ed or cumbersome. The new pro
cedures, in fact, should render hear
ings more efficient and just. Many
of the snarls that have occurred in
the past could have been eliminated
if a clear codification of judicial
procedure had been available. '
Dean Long also said he felt that
the Councils should be responsible
for verdicts and sentences, but leave
the definition of the sentences to
the administration. Besides the fact
that this is supposed to be a stu
dent system at least nominally
there are other reasons that this
should not be the case. First of
all, there are already good reasons
for changing the definition of sen
tences. Many cases have been made
unnecessaily complex because of the
restrictions imposed on the Coun
cils through a limited choice of sen
tences. Being placed on probation, for
instance, is a much more heavy
penalty to some students than to
others. A. studer engaged in a
number of extra-curricular activi
ties stands to be hit harder by a
sentence of probation than one who
does nothing more than attend class.
The question of guilt or innocence
thus often becomes less important
than the sentence which will be
used.
If these sentences are defined by
the administration, they are apt
to be less flexible and difficult to
apply to infractions than if they
are defined by the students who
sit on the cases and thus become
more fully acquainted with the dif
ficulties of deciding on a just sen
tence. It seems to us that the students
who judge the cases have more
first-hand knowledge of what sen
tences are needed in order to have
one which will fit the circumstan
ces of any particular case.
We believe the Councils are in
a better position to evaluate their
own procedure than is Dean Long,
and equally able in judging cases..
Better, in fact.
Last Of The Wine
An odd problem has arisen in the
twilight of colonialism. Few dispute
the Tightness of self-government for
those who want it in the major col
onia areas of the world. But wha
about the tiny bits and specks of
empire scattered around the globe?
At what point does self-determination
become absurd?
The United States is presently
pondering this very question in re
lation to the 32,000 persons of the
Virgin Islands and the 40,000 souls
who inhabit the island of Guam.
There are close to 50 colonial entities
that fall into the same category -each
a miniscular outpost too small
to be viable yet large enough to
constitute a political problem.
fA number of the flyspect colon
ies are administered as United Na
tions trust territories, including the
Marshall and Mariannas islands
governed by the United States.
Sooner or later, some decision will
have to be made on what to do with
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the remnants of empire, and it
might be wise to begin thinking
about the problem now.
One avenue of approach is that
taken by Western Samoa, a trust
territory administered by New Zea
land until this year. The 100,000
or so inhabitants of these South
Pacific islands form a sovereign
state, but they have agreed to let
New Zealand help out on fiscal and
foreign affairs. Similar arrange
ments can surely be worked out
for other scattered islands; indeed,
the pattern evolved in Puerto Rico,
a self - governing commonwealth
linked to the United States, may
be suitable for other territories.
Another possibility is to continue
to maintain a trustee relationship
with the tiny areas, but to provide
a greater measure of local participa
tion in government. This would seem
to make sense, for example, with
the islands of Nam off Australia,
where some 5000 persons are gov
erned under a U.N. trusteeship.
Concerning the Virgin Islands and
Guam, perhaps a way can be found
to extend some kind of representa
tion in Congress, or to affiliate with
other units such as Hawaii and
Puerto Rico.
An especially difficult problem is
posed by the British West Indies,
where hope for a federation includ
ing Jamaica proved vain when that
island voted to go it alone. Trinidad
and Tobago then declined to join
in an eastern Caribbean federation
with Barbados and the Leeward and
Windward islands. It is difficult to
know what can be done with these
small territories that seem fated to
grapple wth the perplexities of self
determination.
Indeed, the essential problem is
that the doctrinal inheritance of
the past is a poor guide to evolving
a future for the tiny colonial frag
ments. We have leaned, as State
Department officials concede, on the
lofty gospel of Woodrow Wilson who
preached that self-determination is
all. In some cases continuing de
pendency may be the best for all
concerned.
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Your editorial reply to my critic
ism of the teaching of Poli. Sci. 41
not only misses half the point, but
also puts up some pretty weird ra
tionalizations for academic propa
gandizing. Conceding that the seminar case
book is loaded in favor of the Lib
eral viewpoint, you say that it is a
clever design to make the student
think, to provide the other side of
the argument himself. Do you mean
the professors load the course with
Liberal arguments just so the stu
dents will think up conservative ar
guments? Come on now.
'You even claim that my criticism
is a result of the clever stimulation
of the-coursel As a matter of fact,
had I not been stimulated to think
and been provided with a good fund
of political information before the
course, I might easily have been
directed into the particular chan
nels of thought implicit in its pres
entation. To understand the effect of the
casebook we must examine, not what
the authors say its purpose is, but
how it is actually used. Some semi-
nar leaders do allow dissent; a few
may encourage it. Many seem to
find it time to go on to another sub
ject when some student raises a
contrary interpretation.
Most students do not have the in-
"I Don't Want To Hurry You Fellows, But
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formation to challenge the inter
pretation they are presented with
even if they have the inclination. If
there is such Concern about getting
the student to think why isn't a case
presented objectively so he can
make his own interpretation?
I personally took the course four
semesters ago. I based the criticism
not only on my own observations but
on numerous other comments I have
heard since then. The bias in the
presentation of the course is ob
vious to ANYONE with any prior
knowledge.
I picked on the casebook because
it was the more blatant example.
The approach cannot be called ob
jective in text and lectures when a
discussion of the reasons for the ra
tification of the Constitution is turn
ed into a glorification of centraliza
tion of power, when a discussion on
the workings of Congress becomes a
sermon against the Rules Commit
tee, or when a discussion of the
function of the judiciary is turned
into an exhortation to abide by the
Black Monday decision. Many de
batable points are presented as
facts, pages are devoted to convinc
ing the student that there is really
no such thing as a completely free
enterprise system, and lectures ad
mittedly boost one party and con
demn the other. The student is even
obligated to give "right" answers to
test questions in which there is room
for disagreement.
I not only said the course was
biased; I said it was inadequate. It
dwells on many inessentials and neg
lpcts many important things. It does
not give an overall realistic picture
of American government.
For instance, it gives little idea
how Congress really works or how
Federal-state relations really func
tion, or of the place of the powerful
regulatory commissions.
Your statement that the course is
"concerned" to help the student
"think straight and develop a set of
right values" gives your real posi
tion away. Who decides what
straight thinking" and "right var.
ues" are?
CLYDE WILSON
Freshmen Dorm Idea
No 'Go 9 In Ruff in
To the Editor:
Upon reading that Ruffin Dormi
tory will be designated solely for
freshman students next fall, I was
greatly perturbed. Most students in
Ruffin have chosen to reside in tfiis
dorm because of its convenient lo
cation and the general congeniality
of the students living here. For this
reason many of the men here have
never desired to move to other
dorms and have thus established
close friendships. We have learned
to respect others study habits, as
well as their likes and dislikes.
This does not imply we have a so
cial clique excluding freshmen or
new students to the dorm; on the
contrary, we directly or indirectly
help the freshman establish desir
able study habits. To obtain correct '
study habits, most new students
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.Dissected
This is the fifth in a series of ex
planatory articles about the Nation
al Student Association. The first ar
ticle dealt with N.S.A. in general;
the second dealt with N.S.A. activity
on campus, in the nation, and in the
world; the third dealt with the Na
tional Student Congress; the fourth
article dealt with the International
Program. In continuing our explana
tion we felt we should examine a
typical regional conference.
From February 23rd. through the
25th. the 32 N.S.A. member schools
in this region (the Carolinas-Virginia
region) were invited to participate in
a seminar on "Student Involvement
in Extra-Campus Affairs." The con
ference was held under the direction
of Neal Johnson on the Academic
Freedom Project of the N.S.A. The
participants were given worksheets
in advance of the conference held at
the Duke Campus.
The university's delegation attend
ed the five sessions. Here is a report
of how they were conducted and
what was said. The first session had
Professor Glen Negley deliver the
key-note speech, "The Student in the
1960's." The conference was con
cerned with student off-campus ac
tivities, especially in the field of stu
dent protests, and the consequences
of such on campus. The first session
dealt with the legitimacy of student
activity in other than academic and
campus affairs.
The second session discussed the
relationship between the university
and the protest group. In a short
speech, a panel, and a consequent
discussion, the group investigated
the exact amount of control, air, or
discouragement an administration or
student government should give to
the protesting group.
The third session was directed to
wards the topic :IN LOOC PAREN
TIS. This doctrine, condemned by
the N.S.A., establishes the university
as the "paternal guardian" over the
students. From the theory derive
such practices as not involving the
student in formulation of university
policy and controlling the student's
interests, activities, speech, and
thought. N.S.A. believes that stu
dents should be treated by the uni
versity as responsible associates in
scholarship, not as "children" un
der parential guardianship and con
trol. The four session of the confer
ence, held as all the others with
much discussion, described the
Southern Protest Movement. Miss
Connie Curry talked first on non-violent
demonstrations and the univer
sity's attitude toward them. The
question of the moral validity of civ
il disobedience was discussed.
The fifth session was concerned
with the responsibility of the uni
versity to society. Discussed was
the proper relationship between the
school and its legal owners and don
ors, the implications of the univer
sity's research for eternal truths, the
best form of student commitment to
attaining social justice, and the
practical problems of runing a uni
versity. All in all, this regional conference
was helpful in orienting the partici
pants about the issues so they could
bring back these ideas to their cam
puses. After much discussion and
debate the general attitude of the
participants was a reaffirmation of
the student's ability to think for him.
self, to be free to participate in a
university atmosphere of academic
freedom, and to be free to demon
strate off campus for the principles
he believes in.
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"Esthetically speaking, their
minds must be a howling wider
ness." This was a recent comment on the
designers of the new addition of bas
tard architecture to the campus
the red brick Hill Hall Annex now
being tacked onto the yellow brick
Hill Hall.
The union of these two buildings"
one red, the other yellow is sym
ptomatic of the mental astigmatism
that afflicts the administration in
the realm of architecture. I just do
n't understand it.
The administration says be calm
Take it easy. But how can one be
calm when there is a large red and
yellow structure on the campus of
the University of North Carolina
that is an execrable and revolting as
a combination of a pink suit, char
treuse shirt and purple suede shoes.
But, mercifully for those who look
at them, the pink suit etc. wear out
in time, but for generations to come
North Carolinians will see the Hill
Hall monstrosity and recognize it as
it as an example of administration
perfidy.
Ordeal Buy Clothes
And now to something a bit light
er. Chapel Hill clothing emporiums
have their good and bad aspects.
One good aspect is the way in which
they entertain the casual browser.
The other day I over heard:
"Good afternoon, sir, may I help
you?"
"He'd like a new suit."
"Of course, madame, right this
way."
"Now is there any particular col
or you had in mind, sir?"
"Something dark. He needs some
thing dignified."
"Certainly, madame. Now where's
a dark suit in a 42? That's about
your size, isn't it, sir?'
"He takes a 44."
"Yes, yes, I see madame. Well
here's a medium blue that's popular
right now. It's . . . ."
"Too light."
"Of course, madame. What about
this gray, sir? You'll really look
sharp in this. It'll make you look
like a real Casonova."
"It's too young for him."
"Oh, I don't . . . yes, yes, ma
dame. You're right. Absolutely right.
Maybe this charcoal. It's very re
served, sir. Just the thing for a man
who doesn't like to stand out."
"Fine, he'll take it."
"You're making a wise choice,
Now, let's see that'll be $88.40, ma
dame." "Don't talk to me. Talk to him.
He's buying the suit."
MIKE ROBINSON
need some guidelines to judge their
own success or failure. We feel an
exclusive freshman dorm would take
away these guidelines, that upper
classmen have found satisfactory for
their success at the University.
For these reasons, the residents
of Ruffin Dorm ask that the plan of
allocating this dorm exclusively for
freshmen students next fall be re
considered. CILVRLES R. COBLE
201 Ruffin
Nuisances
Blasted By
O. Connor
I could wring that old mocking
bird's neck. He perches outside my
window, drops a nickle in his juke
box and grinds away, hour after
hour, day after day. He doesn't
know when enough is enough, even
of a good thing. But that is nothing
to the satisfaction I would get out
of wringing a few ether necks, sim
ply because they are a nuisance.
How in the world can President
Friday, Chancellor Aycock, and oth
er Chancellors of t h e consolidated
University run the University if
every Tom, Dick, and Harry that
comes down the beat has to tell
them how to run the University.
Basketball was a recent incident.
Now comes along a lawsuit propos
ing to take the discipline out of the
hands of the Student Government
and the administration and put it
in the hands of the Board of Trus
tees. Could anything be more ab
surd than that! Can you imagine
having to run to the Board of Trus
tees every time a matter of discip
line comes up at the University. The
Trustees are business men, they
have neither the time nor the tem
perament to devote to academic af
fairs. Their job is to pick men who
are able and competent to do the
job, and let them do it. Otherwise,
they won't be able to get any able
men to accept the job.
The Honor System is not perfect,
but neither are the civil courts,
where important reforms are badly
needed. But no one advocates doing
away with courts because they are
not perfect.
If the Trustees have near Hie
brains and common sense that we
have a right to expect of them, they
will decide to keep hands off the
discipline and administration of the
campus. They have every right to
have complete confidence in the
men they have chosen to direct the
University. They should show the
world that they intend to, back these
men up.
OTELL CONNER
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