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Yoii Ob W o o o J 7$ sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, unhampered 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 An The Xaily Tar Heel are the personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff. i ) March 25, 1962 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. XLIX, No. 124 If Growth And Education President Meredith Wilson of the University of Minnesota - told an audience at Woman's College this week that the size of a university has nothing to do with its excellen ce. President Wilson pointed out that the University of Minnesota has an enrollment, of, over 30,000 and compares in excellence with other state universities. It is good to hear this reassuran ce from the president of a large state university. Carolina is . apr parently heading in the direction of huge enrollment and 'a 'ma'ssive campus.'And with each hike in en rollment, there is a - corresponding rise in the feeling that a university cannot be both great in size and in quality. This kind of sentiment has little to recommend it. If faculty excel lence, library facilities, classroom arid dormitory space and equipment keep abreast with enrollment, there is no reason that size should hamp er quality. It should not, at least, if empha sis is correctly placed and growth goes on in the arts as well as the professions and education is aimed at turning out intellectuals rather than doctors, economists, account ants, doctors or some other profes sional man. In the face of a rising number of students who seek an education for the sole purpose of acquiring professional training, there is a great danger that a university will grpvy .into a training center rather than an educational one. Numbers, as President Wilson pointed out, do not necessarily re flect a particular - attitude toward education. What is more important is whether the major portion of the enrollment is being educated, or merely: trained. Here at Carolina, an attitude of careerism blankets the atmosphere like a fog. The fact that more students will enter here means only that a great er number will come under it. Literacy Tests The administration's literacy test bill, whict Attorney : General Rob ert ; Kennedy described vtheHiti&v stitute of an objective standard for the present subjective color bax to Federal voting," would do a great deal toward curbing misapplication Of ' current literacy, ; understanding, interpretation, o reducation -tests now', being used to deprive Negroes of suffrage' in some Southern states. Jim Crow voter's qualification tests are necessarily vague so; that they can be used easily to disquali fy. Negroes. ' Making it Federal law that a sixth-grade education can be used as t a substitute . for any such state qualification test would make the use of the literacy test as a weapon against the Negro a difficult propo sition. . This bill, as a companion to the proposed constitutional amendment which would eliminate the poll tax, should ,'. help , the .Negro cause throughout the South. AH phony , voter qualification provisions such as the literacy tests and poll taxes must be abolished before the right to vote can be ade quately, guaranteed to the Negro. These two bills will go a long way toward doing just that. NSA Eiidtifsemeni Because delegates to the NSA convention ' are being '. elected at large this year ;f or the first time, and the candidates have been limit ed in their campaigns because of the intensity of the presidential ; cam paigns, we would like to point to the four men who are most qualifi ed to represent Carolina at NSA. ; Of the eight men running, four EDITORIAL STAFF -Editor . w.. , , , mttOT Mike B.OBmsoN...Associate Editor XXAKKY -L.LOYD, 11ARVE HARRIS ' - Managing Editors Lloyd Little ...... Executive News Editor Jim Clotfelter, Bill Wuamett , News Editors Jim Wallace Photography Editor Chitcs Mooney Feature Editor E Dotrek Sport Editor Cotry Kirkpatrick 1 ' Asst. Sports Editor Garry Blanchard . Contributing Editor BUSINESS STAFF Tim Burnett. Business Manager Mike Mathers - ; r 4. Advertising Manager Jim EVANS-Sttbscription Manager Jim Eskridge , . , , , r ; Circulation Manager r Tn DAttT Tab Hen. 1 published Cafl-w except .Monday, examination periods and vacation, it la entered as second class fcatter In the post office In Chapel W31 C3 pursuant with the act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates i frLSO per semester, $8 per year. - " TmpAiut Tab Hxala a iubscriber to tb United Press International and utilizes the services e the News Bu reau of .to University at North Caro lina. - - . - :1 : PubUsfced by the Publications Board of" the University oi North Carolina, have the necessary ability and ex perience to give Carolna a strong voice in shaping national student policy. Hank Patterson, because of his close association with NSA and his experience in student government, is easily the the most : qualified candidate. His voice in NSA is al ready respected and he has been active in forming policy. Joe Masi is an energetic and out spoken defender of political and so cial justice. He has a good grasp of national student problems and promises to be an effective force in representing Carolna at NSA. He is not blind to the deficiencies of the NSA and will take an active role in correcting them. Bill Harriss, through his experie nce as president of the student body an office that necessitates close contact with NSA will represent Carolina ably. He has demonstrat ed his capabilities as a leader and a formulator of policy. Bill Imes is highly capable, and has a grasp of international and na tional issues equal to or exceeding that of any of the other candidates. He is a forceful and effective speak er and will not equivocate. : I t - These four will provide Carolina with the most experienced and dy namic leadership available. Of the eight candidates, these four prom ise to be the most effective slate of delegates Editor's Note: Today the eight NSA candidates answer .the ques tion: How would you vote on in tegration, federal. aid. to education and "In Loco Parentis." Integration: I recognize the right or all citizens to have an equal op portunity to receive the benefits of tax supported facilities. The best way to achieve this is to create an in formed public opinion through ap peals based on reason, not emotion. In regard to private organization, the right of individuals in a free so ciety to choose their own associates without external interference must be preserved. . . ,.-'-r Federal aid to education: I oppose a program whereby the federal gov ernment would appropriate funds for school construction and teachers' salary increases. Instead, I prefer to let each state keep a certain per centage of its citizens' . total federal income tax payments and spend that money on education, because im provement in education, to be effec tive, must be generated on the state and local levels. , IN LOCO PARENTIS: It is un realistic to say that the university can duplicate the ; role of the pa rent. However, since a university's standing is largely determined by the actions of its students, the uni versity should be. able to exercise some discipline over those actions. Such authority can be given with out depriving students of all op portunities for self-regulation. - . Mack Armstrong (UP) Integration: It has become the con sensus of public sentiment and court rulings that when facilities are sup ported hy. public . funds, they. must, be open to all regardless : of race or color. To this, movement I have acceded, realizing that this is only just under our form, of government. But now W are being faced by those who would have "total integra tion" in all levels of our sociey and existence. To these crusaders I must say that I could never support any measure which infringed upon the vate activities as he sees fit within the framework of our laws as they exist today. I staunchly support the rigtht of private discrimination, for this is as much a part of our heri tage as that of public equality. Federal Aid to Education: I be lieve that this country owes it to itself to maintain and improve the quality of education offered in its colleges.. It appears that many of the individual states though abounding with good intentions, have proven to be too slow in providing the high level of education needed for these times. When this becomes the case it is the, responsibility , of the Fed eral . Government ; to take up the slack. This is not a question of creep ing socialism; rather, this is a ques tion of our national existence itself for it is only with truly educated men and women that we can main tain our position of prominence and security in the world today. "In Loco Parentis": The role of the University should be that of pro viding the opportunity to its stu dents for obtaining a well-rounded, liberal education. Part of my con ception of a liberal education is that a college student be regarded as an adult and treated as such. This treatment does not include . respon sibiliety for the student's activities after ..hours .off. campus. These ac tivities, should they violate society's standards, are matters for the Civil authorities and not the University. The University need not be a man's teacher and mother combined. ' DICK AKERS (U.P.) Integration: As a believer in the doctrine which ascribes human dig nity to all individuals, I see dis crimination on the basis of race, color, or religion as a crime against social justice. I look forward to the day when no American is unwel come in his own country. Federal Aid to Education: I am not of the group which views fed eral aid to education as a step to wards federal control of thought or action. Although I am opposed to aid for private or religious institu tions, I believe that federal funds for public school construction and maintenance is wholly in keeping with the principles of academic freedom. In Loco Parentis: Where it has prevailed, In Loco Parentis has re sulted in the diminishing of student awareness and participation in the administration of the government of his campus. In Loco Parentis has weakened the structure and vitality of a free student press and eliminat ed autonomous student governments. I am committed to battle against any limitations on academic freedom, and, thus, will fight In Loco Paren tis. JOE MASI (U.P.) D t - issatisf ied With Independents To the Editor: After reading the statements made by the indenpendent candidates for president and vice-president of the Student Body, I have real reason to wonder if the two independent candidates are really as informed with the workings .of Student Gov ernment as they would like to have people believe. . I wonder if they have even stop ped to look at the platforms of ; the political " parties on campus. Have they taken' 'the time to go back to the STUDENT; PARTY platform of last spring?. , I, fear not, since they give no credit whatever to the work carried out by the present Student Party administration. I would like to point out that the Student Party platform that the present Student Government administration was elected on did concern itself wiftY issues on the international, national, and campus level. But even more important, these issues were stress ed and work as been done in carry ing the planks of the platform to an actuality. ; Ialso would like to point out, to the idependent candidates, that the present Student Government has done extensive work in carrying out the platform on which they were elected. And of just as much im portance,' I have the utmost confi dence the Student Party candidates . !for election this spring will do an even, more commendable job. a Borrowing a quote from the state- ment made by the independent can didates in Wednesday's TAR HEEL: . ' The whjle' purpose of Student Gov , ernment should be ! to create on J campus climate of student aware ness of national issues . . ; Student i Government can only lead by taking stands." I would like to present' a question to the independent candi dates whether or not the present Student Government has taken any stands on issues of international, na tional, and campus 4 issues. I main tain that the present Student Gov ernment has done precisely this.. Student Government has . taken stands in the, above-mentioned areas and has done extensive work to promote the betterment of the cam pus in all of these areas. For ex ample, the stands taken by the Stu- I Robinson's Ramblings Our recent balmy weather is a welcome sight to the campus. But certainly no more so than the can didacy of Mike Mathers for the DTH editorship. The extremes that Clotfelter and Stepp presented .to student body are now remedied with a tried and proven moderate like Mathers. He has organizational experience, stability and stamina which are necessary to stand up under the gjreat pressure that goes with the DTI I editorship. Clotfelter, I be lieve, has some of these qualities, while Stepp has evidenced them to an even lesser degree. Mathers is a write-in candidate, but it is not too much trouble to place his name on the ballot, if it will mean a better DTH next year. And I believe it will. The new Carolina Quarterly came out yesterday and it promises to be even better than the last issue. This sounds like a lot of tommy rot, but pick up a copy to see for yourself. The Quarterly is a gathering place for some of the most talented writ ers and poets in, Chapel HilL Many a writer who has. gone on to bigger triumphs enjoyed his first: recogni tion in the pages of the Quarterly. On a lighter note I present Asoa Imanaka, 28, of Tokyo. When he was arrested on the third drunken driving charge the judge gave him a choice of giving up ; drinking or driving. He promptly turned in his driver's license, t : Staffers Endorse Matliers We, the undersigned, do hereby announce our endorsement and wholehearted support for Mike Mathers for editor of the Daily Tar Heel. Some of us are those who pre viously supported Jim Clotfelter and Chuck Wrye. At that time those persons sincerely felt that these two were the best qualified. However, since Mike Mathers entered the race we feel that he is more quali fied to serve as editor of the Daily Tar Heel. Harve Harris, DTH managing editor Lloyd Little, DTH executive editor ' Harry Lloyd, DTH managing - editor : iTi ;.: Tim Burnett, DTH business manager. , , ,;. Mark Greenberg, DTH asst. ad- . vertising manager . . . Ed Dupree, DTH sports editor. Bill King, DTH advertising salesman. : -: ' : -. : Gary Dalton. DTH advertising , salesman. Dow Sheppard, DTH news editor, i.:,-: .u 1 :. Chuck Oberdorfer, DTH ad vertising salesman. Mike Robinson, DTH associate -editor. X, dent Legislature on segregation, Federal Aid to Education, and dis armament. If these stands have not served to promote student aware ness and interest. I'm sure that the two independents cannot do any sort of a decent pob for the better ment of our campus. And not only wit these issues has Student Gov ernment been concerned with, , but also areas such as the recent bond election which would have provided immeasurable capital improvements for our campus. And even though the bond issue failed, work there has not stopped. The present adminis tration is now working on helping present a similar set of issues at the next opportunity. This is just a very brief summary of the diversi fied work of our Student Govern ment. And if the independent candi dates feel that party-endorsed can-' didates are dodging the responsibili ty of taking stands on pertinent top ics, I am sure that they would be perfectly free to take a good, close .look at the platform of the Student Party. George Rosental U.P. Is Alive And Kicking To the Editor: During the past week the Parlia mentarian of the Student Legislature, John Randall, has stated that the UP has rolled over and played dead by not introducing the most bills in recent legislative assemb lies. While his acquasions are very debatable,- and space will not per mit to debate this issue, let us turn to various other organizations which are an important part in Student Government and see how UP .members have been serving this past year;; , Pete Thompson, Student Body Treasurer; Al Cronenberg, Attorney General; George Campbell Chair man Men's Council; Al Pollard and Sara Jo Allen, Chairmen Orientation Committee; Tony Harrington, Chair man,. Campus Affairs Board; Lar ry McDevitt, Tom White, Chairmen State Affairs Committee; Consolida ted University Student Council, Bill Shipp, Pres., Wade Hargroves, chairman. Bill Sullivan President IFC; Tarn Lefler, President, YMCA; Inman Allen, President, GMAB; Pat Mor gan, Chairman Toronto Exchange. Program; Jey Deifell, Chairman Honor System Commission; Mack Armstrong, Chairman Debate Team; Tim Burnett, Chairman Student Au dit Board; Janice Haley, President Pan-Hell. Council; and Bib Bilbro, Chairman Student Athletic Associa tion. You can see by this list the posi tions that University Party mem bers have held this year and the work which they have contributed to Student Government has been I maintain that University Party has not . played dead this year in contributions to student government. Whitney Durand (Note: Candidate Akers' above answer Lwas - inadvertently left out of the previous replies.) The most important point on which you will be choosing your NSA delegates, is how they stand on the issues which will be considered. How do I stand on the issues? Integration: I strongly feel that the institution of segregation is evil, un-Christian, and a deteriment to American democracy. I will be doing everything in my power to remove this blight from the Ameri can way of life. Federal aid to educaion: In gen eral, I support federal aid to educa tion. I feel that the states have failed to supply the quality of education needed today. They need federal aid but not federal control. However, I do not feel that federal aid should go to provide for segregated instutions. "In Loco Parentis: "I believe that the student is responsible and cap able of governing himself. At the 14th NSC, I voted for the resolution condemning the doctrine of in loco parentis, and I will be working for programs to limplement the ideas in this resolution. I want to see NSA facing te issues confronting the students of today in a mature tnd responsible mtnner. It is important that NSA face these issues. For if it does not,-who will? BILL STRAUGIIN (S.P.) I will support resolutions and ac tions of students working for the fulfillment of equal opportunity for all peoples regardless of race, creed, ' or color. I. feet that student action must be sensible and must be car ried out in a non-violent, legal fash ion. . . ' I . support federal aid to public education, both for construction and general expenses with. the provision that these funds must be adminis tered through state governments. A student is a citizen and I be lieve that he should be accorded the rights and responsibilities due a full member .of the educational com munity. The student needs to be en couraged to act maturely, respon sibly, - and effectively, any times in stitutions using the doctrine of in loco parentis hamper student re sponsibility and cause apathy and ob struct creativity. For these reasons I oppose the doctrine of in loco paren- ; BILL- HARRIS CS.Pi) From the earlier reported inci dent in which I was involved (re ferred to by the DTH as "unfore seen circumstances') I feel it has al ready been established that I favor integration. I would vote affirma tively on any such proposal as long as it pertained to the pubile con cern. I do not favor federal aid to edu cation except in rare circumstances where no other means are possible. The federal government will not hand out subsidies generously with out demanding a generous control over the concerned institutions. Such control-is-. undesirable, I feel. When an individual departs for college, he . should be capable and willing'to assume adult responsibili ties If he is mothered by the institu tion to which he goes, he cannot achieve this ' responsibility, and his immaturity will be prolonged. The student srould be allowed to make his own decisions and then he must stand responsible for them. The sooner he learns to play the game of life the better it will be for him and all concerned. For this reason. I would cast a vote against a proposal "in loco perentis." CHARLES HEATHER LY U.P.) Integration: I believe that all pos sible legal steps should be taken to further integration in public offices and facilities, but that the total inte gration of society can only be ac complished through other means than by law. The attitudes and con cepts of society must be subjected to a thorough questioning by churches and schools at the same time as society adjusts to an ever increasing association between races. Federal Aid to Education: I be lieve that education is so important and so large a problem that it justi fies the expenditure of federal as well as state funds. The mpacted Areas program seems reasonable proof that federal spending would neither, affect .curriculum nor "tell the teacher what to teach." In loco parentis: It is, of course, impossible for a large impersonal in stitution to play the role of parent. Rules are needed for the efficient functioning of the college society, but college students are supposed to be young : adults instead of older children. To treat them as children is to thwart the ideal of the educa tional experience as a factor in a person's maturing. BILL IMES (U.P.) The National Student Congress vill be concerned this summer with the efforts of Negro students to gain entrance to facilities offered to them as part of the general public. I support the non-violent legal pro tests of students seeking admittance .to these facilities. I am in favor of federal aid to public education, both for construc tion and general expenses, to be ad ministered through starte govern- ' ments. In Loco Parentis. I am strongly opposed to the doctrine of in loco parentis which denies a student of his rights and responsibilities as a full member of the educational com munity. The student should have a meaningful voice in his community and should be allowed maximum latitude in which to think and act. Practices associated with in loco parentis merely take from the stu dent the responsibility of making de cisions and reinforces "immaturity, conformity, and disinterest HANK PATTERSON (S.P.) Clotfelter Scored, Defended By cMor To the Student Body: There are certain aspects of Jim Clotfelter and Chuck Wrye's cam paign for co-editors of the Daily Tar; Heel that should be consider ed before voting for or against these candidates. Clotfelter says he is a DTH News Editor. He is not. He was asked to resign by Wayne King a month ago because , he, Jim Clotfelter, was writing biased news stories. Clotfel ter is, it is interesting to note, refer red to in the previous articles about his campaign as a FORMER DTH News Editor. His" name is still on the masthead because the print shop has no type of its own in that size and must go elsewhere to make changes, which are, naturally, as few as possible. Wrye says says he is a former DTH Asst. Sports Editor. Granted, he used to write a few sports stories. He was sent out one day to cover an event and was not heard from again until he announced his candi dacy. It is possible, in my opinion, that he may also go out to get in formation for an editorial one day and never come back. If this hap pens, then Clotfelter will be the only editor. What then? . It's not unreasonable to assume Clotfelter will follow a pattern simi lar to the method he used while editor of last summer's UNC News. In the UNC News there was very little news. It's true there were ads, editorials pictures, and complete NAACP coverage, but most campus events went unnoticed. Clotfelter, after putting in a "hard summer,' went home a week early leaving Irving Long to put out the paper. The only trouble ; was . that Irving had never done it.Jbefore.and knew very little about it. Irving, a journalism major, struggled and sweated with it. for a week and all by himself managed to publish the last issue. Will there be anybody to do that for the DTH if Clotfelter walks out again? That possibility seems unlikely, since Clotfelter and Wrye circulat ed a petition among the staff mem bers which they said was to be used when they went before the Publica tions Board. I don't know if the Pub lications Board saw the petition, but everybody else has. Clotfelter and Wrye didn't say it was to be used as campaign material, when people were signing it Several of the staff members have since told me that they,, did not mean it to be used in the campaign when they signed it. Some of them also say that the petition has been changed since they signed it. , , After considering the above, I per sonally will, vote for either Ernest Stepp or Mike AMathers, who is a write-in candidate. Chuck Mooney DTH Feature Editor Mr. Mooney: Jim Clotfelter is a former News Editor. . Chuck Wrye is a former Asst. Sports Editor. The publishers of the summer school newspaper .were informed well ahead-of-time that Irving Long would edit the final edition. Mr. Clotfelter had been named as a National Student Congress delegate four months before. No part of the petition has been changed since signatures were gain ed, to my knowledge. Wayne King
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