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Tiim mm nnM"ir OTitoy9 A 11 O 1 1 In its 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 in The Daily Tar Heel art the; personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff. March 27, 1962 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. LXIX, No. 125 The Editorship The race for the editorship of this newspaper has this year been a violently, often viciously, contest ed race. From this vantage, point, it looks as if the race has narrowed to a choice of two possibilities, a Wrye-. Clotf elter ticket opposed by write in candidate Mike Mathers. It appears that, these two are both running ahead of the third candidate, Ernest Stepp. Although elections Jhave a peculiar quality of unpredictability on this campus, pdds are. far better than even that either" Wrye-Clbtfelter . or Mathers will be elected, possibly only alter a run-off election. We have worked closely with Wrxe, Clotf elter. and Mathers. Per haps1 it 'would be appropriate to point out now ' that the Wrye Clotf elter ticket was not conceived as a political maneuver designed to pffset sortie of the wrath .incurred by Clotf elter with the popularity enjoyed by Wrye.. The ticket is a dual one in every sense of the word. Wrye should temper some of Clqt felter's irrepressibility and contri bute strongly both as an organizer and an editorialist. He wil nqt, we believe, be the. lesser influence of the co-editorship. Clotfelter has written more , news, features and editorial page material than anyone now on the staff. He would con tinue, we think, to put in long hours in the paper's production. With Wrye as a steadying influence, thp combination could easily be the most effective since the days of Ed Ypder and Louis Ivraar. Mathers has been easily the best advertising manager to work fpr the DTH in many years. His organizational ability is un questioned, his own work near-perfect. Politically, he could probably he .best characterized as moderate, with the balance tipped toward con servatism. Most . of his work has been with the business staff, but he has made contributions to the editorial page. He woud, we feel, be an effective and efficient organ izer, fair in his treatment of edi torial material and a steady and dependable editor. Wrye and Clotfelter, would put out the more stimulating paper, we are confident. We are equally con fident that Mathers would put out a solid one. The choice is yours. Hans T . , he Riil One of the more difficult : feats for a campus - politician to pull off is to. ride into office on a. write-in vote.- Not' orjy niust he .make his name so well-known that a major ity of students will remember it, but he must also make his position so sttong- that, voters will 'buck the printed ballot and write in his name. 1 i . . The. psychological disadvantages of this are almost ; overwhelming. Never, ' to . our , knowledge, has a major office been won by a write in candidate. However,', there is perljaps- no right more basic to representative democratic govern ment than that of the voter to cast an effective ballot for the candidate he feels is most qualified. : Recently, the chairman of the Elections Board ruled that since EDITORIAL STAFF Wayne Kdtg -Editor Mike RoBiNsoN'...-Assdciate Editor OASRY LLOYD, HARVE HARRIS - " Managing Editors Lloyd Little -; - Executive News Editor Jim Clotfelter, Bill Wxjamett " News Editors Jim Wallace Photography Editor Chtjcic Mooney feature Editor Ed DupREESport Editor CtTRRY KlKKPATRICX Asst sports Editor Garry Blan chard Contributing Editor BUSINESS STAFF Tim "BvrBNETSBusiness Manager Mike Mathers Advertising Manager JrAt EvAws-JSubscription Manager Jim Eskridge Circulation Manager Ttaf Daily Tam Hjeh. Is publlslxsd dsily txcept licnaay, examination perloca snd vacations. It is entered as swnl class matter la the post office In Caepel dill, Nk C pursuant wtth the act f March 8, 1870. Subscription rates i t43 per semester, 3 per year. Tm DAXtr tab Hisa,ia a subscriber t (he United Press Xntemaitamsi- - end UUUzeS' tba services of the News Bu reau ct Uim fcaivexsity e Norta Caw fcwu ' t '- ' published by tne Publications Board Pt tba ITnlTersitr ' ci Norsa CczaSia;. Chapel 2il N. C. 11 n- m"-- - " es the Student Constitution tloes not provide for write-in balloting", and the Elections Laws make it manda tory for a candidate to attend a compulsory meeting, turn- in a pe tition, etc.; before he can officially be considered in the running,' write in vQtes wquld not be counted. Here, as in another recent case involving the Elections Laws, the decision was reached through point ing to the letter of the- law, with? out real consideration of the in tent. The purpose of the regula tions concerning candidacy is to in sure proper filing and guarantee that campaigns will be rim on an equitable and honest basis. The in tent is clearly not to deprive a can didate of the right to enter a race late in the campaign, nor to shut out a candidate whom the electorate chooses. Electioneering on this campus can, and often does, reach a fever pitch. The regulations covering candidacy and campaigning, in gen eral, serve effectively in keeping candidates from translating political zeal into fraudulence. In this, they are both proper and desirable. But, when interpreted so rigidly that they block open elections, they be come antithetical to their own purpose. , According to five sections of the Elections Law, the Student Consti tution and the by-laws of the Pub lications Board, write-in candidates for Editor of the DTH will not be considered official candidates. But none of these regulations are WQrth the paper they're" printed on f they deny the campus the basic right of choice. Vote as you like, and the rules be' hanged; : ' - An Open Letter to Clifton Kreps, Chairman of the-Faculty. on Frat ernities and Sororities Sic. there . exists, on this .campus an inequity so vile, a blemish so repugnant, that it defies true descri ption. I am speaking-of this squalled "80-Rule." iFhas existed beyojid any realm of logic, and it. must be. disposed of before any sensibility returns. Fraternities have been put into a separate category, and the nierri- bers are now designated differently than- other students. - This author -realizes Ulat this" is1: not the express ed intention, of. the Rule, but it is implicit in ts existence. ; For: the privilege of living to . gether a fraternity" rniist sustain" a certain average; one which is higher than, the campus average; one which is higher than ; mat 'which ' any ath lete must pbtain to participate in athletics. As a, matter "of fact, the nuipber of student' organizations for which a member must sustain a minimum average- is - extremely small. Why is this discrimination allow ed to e?ist? Is. thes, as has been whispered, a conscious effort on thg part of the" faculty to rid the" camr pus of fraternities? The writer is forced to ask "why". There is no logical reason behind this banality. , All reason rebels against - the shackles so arbitrarily fastened. isT" " I icrt ' vr - (Li r T r)'; S.P. RqcaUs U. P. Record To the Editor: Several people have questioned the statistics presented in my - first letter to the editor, in which I stat ed that over the last four years, the Student Party had introduced 77.7 of all legislation passed. Bills introduced by legislators who were double-endorsed are in cluded within the statistics, of both parties. The party assignment was made according to the true party sympathies of ttie legislators as de monstrated by party membership and attendance at party meetings and caucuses. For instance, bills in troduced by double-endorsed legisla tors Joe Oppenheimer and Pete Thompson were included within the statistics given for" the University Party, those introduced by Bill' Whichard, Bruce Welch, and Bill Miller are included within statistics for the Student Party. During the debate' in Cobb, In man Allen raised this question" and stated that all candidates endorsed' by the UP had to be members the party. Fortunately, pill Which ard was present to contradict this statement. And speaking further of legisla tive records, it is interesting to note that the UP big four candidates as legislators, voted against several items during the past year which appear in this year's platform. When the Carrier Current bill was intro duced toy the SP during the 30th As sembly, Representatives Inman Al len and Judy Clark voted to keep the bill in committee and not allow it to ever be discussed on tfie floor. In the 31st Assembly, Inman Allen, Judy Clark, and Bill Crisswell (Larry McDevitt was absent) voted against the program of paid intra mural managers which was propos ed by the Student Party. There are two reasons why some one could vote NO on a proposal. It could be because the proposed pro gram was not bjoad enough, or it could be a reflection of a negative attitude toward the whole proposal. However, it is interesting to note that in the above cases, UP, never tried to amend either bill, or to in troduce any counter proposal. They simply voted NCT ! ; .' 1 John Randall, Parliamentarian of the Student Legislature Ed last. P-9 Li P, d To the Editor: , , 5 As I begin," let me state my. pur pose as criticizing 1 editorial .policies of the DTH; ' otherwise' J fear this point might be - obscured through the very policies I am ; attacking 7 Surey you y agree that J have every riht 'to expect that ' t might be. 'n March 49 f delivered tp 'you a letter to 'the'eitpr .which, wheji it. finally appeareii on. March, 22,. was not printed - in its: entirety; Yon shorfenprf it at your discretion, Jbut mad& no mention of these injis sions to 'the reader. 1 3 r ' . The letter concerned your, poorly-written editorial; H RIarch 1J en titled' VA Candidate f vV . : My primary, purpose was to point out the injustice1 you did a certain candidate. ' Where- your argument should have been directed' at what ypu consUlered a faulty election? Jaw, ypu turned ' rather fp assail an individual, fhen ' after saying you believed one thing about his 'inten tion, you implied another," f namely that he was unethical. If anyone appeared to display a lack of ethics, I" thuiic" it" wasjearjy :'yo' fa ypur editorial, " This purpose f stated in thf ob vious place for it,:, "second only to a torief.. mtrtKiuction ptesigiipd tp catch the" reader's eje.fip cpuld any one with your editorial wisdom pmit my purpose statement? As I write tl-is.f only four issues of the DTH remaii before the cam pus elections, and you apparently have not yet: encouraged or'aUowed a policy statement py any party-endorsed Big Four candidate." No stu dent can say that he has been as sisted in making a wise voting. decision by anything that has ap peared in the DTH. I? this what we spend $25,381:74 and pay you . per sonally $650.00 for? Since the above, incident is proof enough, to me that everything I read in the pH ; may well be- altered and slanted by the. editors, I feel compelled tp- warn my fellow read ers that especially in the season qf politics, we can not be too careful about placing faith irt what We read iri the'DTIf. What a tragedy. ' Trstii''Vt)iat:.'his:. iftter" wS bp printed' in its entirety I remain a reader. Rpberf E. Sevier 114 . f ouj S3 m m 61 1 i I- I About Letters The Daily Tar Heel faviSfs readers tf fese ii fr eprea slona el Cftalea cn cnrrejit : topics-' regaripess 1 Tiewpsfct. tetters vfaqjt. hs "figfied,"- cea tsisi --'ir Tenuis hd free- el; libelous marial. ' :Erevijy mud tegfhffltr fa crase th4 chance" cf poESc Gpa. " Lengthy letters may be fe''r'miUed. Absointely U. P. Rehashed S. P.-Platfprnr To the Editor: A copy of ; the vUniyersity Party platfprnTwas slipped under ray door the other night, and jt seems tpmisj that the "UP is merely advocating things that have already been done and is increasing jhe duplication and bureaucracy in Student (Ggyernnient. For instance, the UP advocates dqnnitory "libraries. The Student Legislature passed an SP-sponsored bill' just this past "Thursday" tp 'begin, such a program. The UP advocates establishing a Commerce Committee. The func tions of this proposed committee a'rf already being handled by the Cam pus Affairs Board "and the ad Check Committee. Also pie UP advocates establish ing a Committee for Physical. De velopment. The proposed functions of this committee are presently handled by either the Campus Af fairs Board and the University Traf fic and Safety Committee or are to be handled' ;'tteporator"In provements Committee establisned by me .tigislahirg'Thunday In addition, two other points in the UP platform are things th'at the UP. yated against last, year ia the Legislature: a paid intramural man ager program and carrier current. Bill Collier Faculty members questioned on this say that this Rule will only be replaced when the Interfraternity Council comes up witlr a better plan. But the writer is impelled to ask VHy any plan is. necessary. Are fraternities so jiedpnistic in nature that they must be curtailed and har rassed? Are there no other sources of trouble on campus that the onus of guilt must be borne by fraterni ties?' ; ' :' Let us assume that the IFC does arrive at a plan accepted by all the principals. Does this solve the scho lastic problems of the campus? Of course not. It merely puts a check on a group which constantly has an average higher than that of the cam pus average. The writer doesn't dispute the right of the administration to set up a minimum scholastic average for participation in extracurriculars if this included ALL extracurriculars. Through some twisted variation of logic, it appears that a decision was reached whereby fraternity member ship is the only activity so burden ed. Tp placate the conscience of a system op lax in its scholastic reg ulations this "stranglehold" was apr plied to fraternities. This is akin to cutting off one's nose to spite one's 1- face; Further, one must ask why the entire house js penalized for a small minority who fail to make their grades. If sixty young men consti tute the membership of a fraternity, the failure pf only twelve will suf fice to. veritably ''clap them all in irons." Regardless of the house aver age, which a majority is above 2.0, a house is put iq scholastic disgrace due to the actions of a few. Regard 1 th mimhpr of men on less ui i" "Dean's List," or in scholastic hon orary societies, they are all con demned to an academic "Devil's Island."- Why "Devil's Island?" For like that infamous prison isle, rush pro bation makes it quite hard to re cover, let alone eyer return. Those that do" ret urn are extremely hard pressed for existence. This hard ship is one that no other student group must undergo, no matter how low their mean average is. Is this fair? Pveasonable? Even logical? If the basis for this Rule is that the house should be responsible for its members, scho'lastically, this writer would like to propose a par allel plan to this. Is it reasonable that 809c of the faculty must pro duce research work or novels in a limited time, or the entire faculty is held irresponsible and inefficient? As ridiculous as this idea is, so is the plan pf the administration to handicap fraternities. Sir, this writer would like an an swer to the above questions; an ex planation to this outrage. The mind cries' out at such a perverted system of 'thoughf that squelches individual ity and encourages a schism in the student body. Ken Toppell Reflections Campaign promise made by a Cobb legislative ' candidate: "Two Girls in Every Cobb Room .. . Next Year." Wrye And Clotfelter Endorse m a a - M- B any p aeeer Dear Fellow Student, flaying considered the eligibility of all the candidates running for edi tor of the Daily Tar Heel, we want to cair your "attention to rCh'uck"" YtjfiB and Jim CLQTFELTEB.-" As officers representing, all phases of campus life, we are- very inter ested in seeing the most capable leadership- given to this important position. Wp j-ecognize the primary quali fications for the editorship as being experience, strong ability in every aspect of putting put the paper, and Ihe recognition of the Tar Heels' rple as an independent entity, free from; control by special interests. Wryp and Clotfelter are the only official candidates who have held staff positions on the; Tar Heel, and in these offices they have worked actively and effectively. While- Chuck was broadening the scope of the sports department by his work there, lie ralso received valuable experience in every step of the paper's '. production from the print shop to writing for the edi torial page. Since his freshman year, Jirrj has served as news edi tor, assistant to the editor, and has been a regular editorial columnist. Tleir work in student government, the athletic department, and diver gent phases of student activity will "give them the broad base of knowl edge necessary for responsible news coverage. We have talked to the candidates and find that their experience, com bined with their proposed programs and ideas, warrant our endorsement of them as the most qualified lead ership for the Daily Tar Heel. Signed: Earl Baker, President, Young Re publicans Club. Harry Bloom, varsity swimming. Larry Brown, Vice-President, Jun ior ?lass; varsity basketball. Thompson Mann, varsity swim ming. Harrison (Merrill, Treasurer, Freshman Class. Hank Patterson, Vice-President, Student Body. Mike Putzel, President, Young Americans for Freedom. Fran Roth, President, Pan-Hellenic Council. Dpnnie Walsh, varsity basketball. rs m n m r 11 1 rppsji j 1 y, 11 jr 1 - ' " I 1 Robinson's Rambiio oro Last week I thought Jim Clotfelter and Chuck Wrye had some news paper sense. After reading their statement in Sunday's DTH on iow. they want the paper to have its own printing plant, I know positively that either of these fellows are fit to be dog catchers, let alone editors of a" newspaper. They' said a down payment on a press "would be $7,000.' True. But ft takes a heck pf a lot more tp run a newspaper than a press. Things like three dozen sets pf different type at $500 a sqt; linotype machines at $23,000 each; an "engraving ma fhjng; a headline making! 'achine; a casting " furnace and a suitable building to put all these machines. Tpt'$15p;o."An( at that jt uld be a shoddy printing plant! Then there is the small n?atter pf getting printers to run these" mach ines,. A mlnimuni of three men are needed, sp this wbuld cost about 45Q every week ! of the year. Ves, they'p have to be paid even when the DTli wasn't printed, because it's fmposr sible- to employ printers pnly' when school is in 'session. " "Thff jriSfflas . wpuld get a fetter paper at less cost," they said. This is absurC Ta spend $100,0QO and nrore on a hpe-brained idea like Jhis, is to foster a putrid farce pn toe student body.. ! Ndrtitat tfiey would dor it delib erately, but whether a farcical goal is sought for good or bad motives the result is still the same: a farce. If these so-called responsible can didates could come up with such an ill-founded impractical scheme on short notice, then what kind of ideas could their astigatised minds pro duce in a year of running the DTH? Another reason that makes their idea so ludicrous, is that write-in candidate Mike (Mathers, as a Pub lications Board member, has been chairman of a committee to look in to the feasibility of the DTH having its own printing plant. Wouldn't he have used this issue if there had been some substance to it? Certain ly, he has the facts which Clotfelter and Wyre are desperately in need of. Mathers is cool headed, efficient, fair minded and most important he has the facts at his command before he acts. This brings us to the challenge by Dave (Buxton, chairman of the elec tions board, that Mathers' candi dacy is not legal. This is pure bunk. Since when does an appointive stu dent government official set himself up as God Almighty in order to thwart democratic processes? If Mathers gets the votes, he will be the next editor. This is a fact. And Mathers should get the votes because he is clearly the best man for the job. Mike Robinson
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