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April 4, 19G2
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Vol. LXIX, No. 132
Whether Here Or In Russia
We Aim At Ourselves
Stephen D. James, an advertising
copywriter in New York, has come
up with refreshingly original ap
proach to the knotty problem of
how to prevent nuclear war.
James and his wife believe that
the attitude of suspicion and dis
trust that can trigger a nuclear
the first step toward overcoming
war is to establish a common de
nominator between the Russian and
American people. Acting on this
idea, the Bronx couple has drawn
up what has come to be known as
the Hostages for Peace plan.
The idea is that hundreds of A
mericans, including relatives of
members of the Administration and
Congress, should take up tempor
ary residence in the Soviet Union,
and the Soviets, in return should
send a corresponding number of
Russian citizens to spend an equal
period of time in the United States.
Such an arrangement, James con
tends, would deter war since these
people would be in target areas.
The idea, he says, is as old as Alex
ander's hope that his conquering
soldiers would marry the enemy's
women and settle down in Persia.
According to the New York Tim
es, the plan has received considera
tion from the State Department.
Although it was reported about
two weeks ago that some 150 per
sons have already volunteered to
participate in such a project, we
personally do not foresee any great
flurry of applications forthcoming.
James himself says he does not ex
pect any "massive" migration this
year or next.
It was reported after James'
suggestion, however, that White
llGuse Press Secretary Pierre Sa
linger has thought of sending his
children to Moscow for a time, but
there appears to be no connection
with the hostage plan. Aleksei
Adzhubei, Premier Khrushchev's
son-in-law, was said to be consider
ing sending his children to the
States this summer.
Regretfully, we see no great fu
ture for James' plan. To begin
with, we can foresee no great de
sire on the part of State Depart
ment official's relatives to stand in
front of American missiles and try
to wave them away from Russian
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soil, nor any corresponding upsurge
of feeling on the part of relatives
of Russian higher-ups.
James proposal is similar to a
chess move which puts one's own
queen in danger to stave off a
check-mate. War is hell any way
you look at it, and nuclear war par
ticularly so. Relatives of high state
officials or no, 150, or 200, or even
1,000 Russians on American soil
aren't going to stop any buttons
from being pushed for any appre
ciable amount of time. The game
goes on whether the pieces lost are
pawns, knights, castles or kings.
As Alistair Cooke pointed out re
cently in an article commenting on
Jame's plan, "the chief snag seems
to lie in the contradiction between
goodwill and the mechanism for
procuring it. 'Diplomacy,' said
Machaivelli, 'is a method for secuf
ing goodwill. However, if goodwill
exists, there is no need for diplom
acy.' The same may be said about
the base on which the United Na
tions was built: that 'unanimity of
the permanent powers' which, if
had existed at all, would have vit
iated the need for a United Na
tions." Still, even , ifive -jaccept Cooke's
pessimism, and give just heed to
all contradictions and shortcomings
in the Peace Hostage plan as out
lined by James and his wife, we
still should be heartened by it.
The very fact that James thought
of it at all demonstrates that not
all of the American people are do
voting their energies to devising a
way to build a better bomb shelter.
Some, like James, are putting in
some time trying to find some way
to cut through tne pall of imminent
destruction with ideas designed to
help prevent it.
Too, the idea points up some of
the ridiculousness of war. Would
high state officials here, or in Rus
sia, be willing to loose a rain of de
struction at the "enemy" if thaT
enemy stood alongside members of
their own family?
Perhaps not.
But the truth is that whether
these same men give the signal
which will plunge the world into
war, they have done so at the ex
pense of their own families, whether
those families are killed in Russia
by our own weapons or killed here
by theirs.
Either way, we aim our weapons
at ourselves.
Injustice
One of the sadder observations
facing students at this time of year
is that warm weather brings not
only green leaves and an almost
overpowering desire to lie on your
back and look at nothing, but also
a corresponding desire on the part
of professors to 'cover the mate
rial before the semester is over."
There seems to be some kind of
inverse proportion between student
ambition and professorial sense of
duty at this particular time of year.
It's one of fate's great, in justices
that the days get warmer as the
spring semester gets shorter.
Newspapers
Play Down
Racial News
The same night that Dr. Crane
Erinton opened the Carolina Sym
posium with a talk on the "Con
cepts of Revolution," a small group
of people, hear.d Fred Reed, a vet
eran reporter, describe the effects
of the greatest social revolution
facing the South today integration
in Augusta, Georgia.
None of us knew the story because
it had not been carried in any North
Carolina newspaper. It is fitting, in
a week devoted to the study of rev
olutions, that we ask why.
As a rule, Southern newspapers
are owned by local capitalists. There
is no town with competing news
papers south of Louisville, Ken
tucky, so they are generally mono
polies as well. The newspaper own
ers are likely to have very strong
voices in the local chambers of
commerce, and are almost always
interested in attracting new indus
tries to their cities.
The lesson they drew from Little
Rock shows plainly that industries
are unwilling to establish them
selves in cities where the local
chamber of commerce cannot assure
them "our Negroes are happy." The
newspaper owners also know that as
Dr. Brinton pointed out, "revolution
is contagious." Integration news,
which is largely played down, usual
ly receives its rightful prominence
only when it is possible to project
the image of a strife-torn city. An
example of what happens if the local
gendarmes permit Yankee agitators
and uppity niggers to combine forces,
no doubt.
Since the pattern of integration in
Augusta has not followed these lines,
it has not received newspaper cover
age in the South.
Norwood Pratt
A Toast To The New Algeria
Durning Proposes
'Fair' Plan To Replace 80
Pet.
R
ule
The desire, if not the ability, to
present a realistic plan for admin
istering fraternity grade averages,
to offer some reasons for the plan,
and to challenge some previously
printed ideas about fraternities and
fraternity-University relations im
pels us to submit this essay.
By answering, some of the ques
tions and challenging some of the
ideas expressed recently by Mr.
Ken Toppell and Mr. Bill Waumett,
thereby arriving at different con
clusions, we shall lay the basis for
a plan more satisfactory than any
yet advanced. We wish that Mr.
Toppell's analysis were as reason
able as his rhetoric is rousing. If he
were less resentful of what he
chooses to call "discrimination," he
could perhaps be more objective.
The Eighty Per Cent Rule requires
only that four fifths of the member
ship of a given house make a "C"
average or better, not that, as Mr.
Toppell asserts, the fraternity aver
age must be higher than the cam
pus average. Indeed, the over-all
average of the chapter is of no con
cern, though it would be better to
employ such an average. To pro
claim the absurdity .of the Eighty
Per Cent Rule by devising a compar
able, even more absurd requirement
for the faculty is merely to dodge
any real issues and to indulge in
petty bickering.
There are differences between a
fraternity and any other organiza
tion on campus, and if Mr. Toppell
were able to see more precisely
what they are and why they exist,
he could perhaps accept more read
ily both the benefits and obligations
which attend these differences: These
real differences do not result, to use
MrJ Waumett's words, from think
ing oneself or his' fraternity superior
to "niggers, jews; un-sharp guys, or
poor 'people." On those criteria we
would1 'be"the last' to claim any such
superiority for ourselves, but on
grounds f bur r,own choosing we
would be I the first to practice the
privilege: of associating with whom
we please. We r would extend the
same right to a group of individuals
freely associated; of their own voli
tion, in friendship.
Fraternity Demands
Time and Energy
The differences between a frater
nity and any other organization lie
in the natures of the respective
groups. A fraternity tries to become
a larger and more lasting part of a
member's whole life than does any
other group. Involvement and com
mitment to a fraternity can become
more significant and can last longer
than any ties with a group having
a less permanent and more local
structure. Not only does the frater
nity demand a great deal of time,
money, energy, and ability from a
pledge or member, usually greater
demands than those of other organi
zations, but also the fraternity at
tempts by its dormitory section, din
ing room, social calendar, and
athletic program to serve its mem
bers over a wider range of activities.
The most important difference is the
initiation ceremony, a ritual which
marks differences between pledge
Profs Give Quizes
During Symposium
To the Editor:
For several months numerous stu
dents on this campus have labored to
organize the present symposium.
The visiting speakers are probably
the most learned and informed in
their various fields, yet a great
many students are unable to attend
the lectures because instructors are
giving quizes.
(How can we hope to have a suc
cessful symposium when we have
instructors who pretend to think
their quizes are as important as any
one of the symposium lecturers.
A quiz can be given any time.
These speakers will probably never
be here again.
It seems that the faculty could be
a little more cooperative in this
matter, not only for the remainder
of this symposium, but in years to
come.
Pet West
You people who write to the Tar
Heel and complain about the dis
crimination on our campus. You
people who write to the DTH and
attack the fraternity system be
cause it's unfair. You people who
write to our campus newspaper
and criticize the faculty, South Build
ing, the Carolina co-ed, Poli. Sci. 41,
your neighbors, Lenoir Hall, your
political opponents, and the Ken
nedy administration, put down your
sarcastic pencils, get off your smug,
complacent rear-ends, and step wag
gin your tongues long enough to
listen to:
Good music, somebody else, or,
better still, your Carolina Sym
posium. You might pick up some
facts to reinforce those flimsy argu
ments; you might be inspired or in
terested by intelligent people; or you
might even learn something. And
it's free!
J. N. Irvine
and member and between a frater
nity and all other groups, and which
gives meaning and permanence to a
fraternal association which other
groups lack. Either the inability to
see these differences or the unwil
lingness to admit them can cause
a person not to realize that stand
ards applied to a fraternity must be
different from those applied to any
other organization.
If a fratenity is demanding in its
requirements, it can also be gener
ous in bestowing its benefits; but
both should be undertaken by only
the young man who can meet extra
requirements and enjoy extra bene
fits because he has extra time, extra
money, extra energy, yes, Mr. Top
pell, even extra ability over and
above what are required by the
academic departments and the ad
ministration of the University. Un
fortunately these ideal conditions do
not always exist, and there is all too
often ample justification for Mr.
Waumett's assertion that fraternities
are "so hedonistic in nature that
they must be curtailed and harras
sed (sic)," though we would ques
tion harassment as an effective
solution to any problem. Too many
times fraternities become mutual
admiration societies devoted to per
petuating a group of the same kind
of person, prejudices, narrow-minded
attitudes, unnecessary restric
tions, and most of the other per
versities known to mankind.
"Raison d'Etre"
Bearing in mind the nature of a
fraternity as it can and should be,
the differences between it and other
organizations, the extra demands and
benefits conferred by a fraternity,
and the requisites which the frat
ernity member should possess, we
gladly acknowledge that the Univer
sity does have a right to exercise
control over a fraternity on the basis
of its grade "average. And the frat
ernity member should neither resent
such control nor think himself dis
criminated against. If he must, he
may consider it part of the price he
pays for membership. Better, he
should realize that the scholarship
average is an excellent index to
the health and strength of the frat
ernity chapter at all levels of op
eration, and should work to improve
the fraternity average for his own
sake primarily, but also for the
chapter's sake. The differences be
tween a fraternity and any other or
ganization justify, even require, that
the University enforce scholarship
standards and administer penalties
for violations. It is only right that
the fraternity prove itself worthy
of respect, indeed prove its "raison
d'etre," by remaining in good stand
ing academically.
Having shown some reasons for a
neccessary control over scholarship,
we are now faced with the problem
of formulating an effective plan. The
Eighty Per Cent Rule seems to be
both unfair and ineffective, though
we shall not enter another in the
long list of diatribes against it.
Since an entire chapter is penalized,
each member feeling the punishment
to the same degree, it seems only
fair that an arithmetic average of
the whole chapter's grades should
be use as the criterion for judgment,
each man's grades contributing"
equally to that final average. The
average could be determined by
taking the grand total of each man's
grade points weighted with the num
ber of semester hours and dividing
the sum by the total number of the
semester hours represented. This
average would reflect more ac
curately than any other measure the
level of scholarship of the chapter
as a whole. The administration might
then require that each chapter's av
erage be in numerical value the
equivalent of a "C." If a chapter
should fail to meet the required
standard, some members would still
suffer for the failure of others, but
there is a chance that the high
grades of some members would
counterbalance the low grades of
others. Of course the grades of
every member wouid have to be tal
lied. To work properly, this method
of control requires accuracy, pat
ience to smooth out difficulties, and
mutual trust between the Univer
sity and individual chapters, but the
system is feasible and fair.
In answer to . Mr. Toppell, Mr.
Wuamett, and all other interested
persons, there is ample justification
for University control over a frater
nity chapter based upon its grade
average, and the arithmetic average
of everyone's grades is the best
measure of the real level of scholar
ship. Russell Durning
Ted Kennedy
Learns From
His Mistakes
"Well that should finish him!"
remarked one person on reading in
the newspaper that "Ted" Kennedy
had been asked to leave Harvard,
during his freshman year, for asking
a friend to take his examination
for him.'
I said not necessarily so, every
body should be given at least one
chance to learn from mistakes No
body is perfect, and most of us have
to learn by trial and error The
Greeks said centuries ago.-'Man
learns wisdom only through suffer
in" " For most people, one lesson is
sufficient; for some it takes several
lessons; a few incorrigibles never
learn and they wind up permanent
residents of our penitentiaries. It is
up to parents and to society to see
that the lessons are learned, for
it is no kindness to anyone to let
them go through life thinking that
because they have not been caught
that lying, cheating, and stealing
was all right.
Recently it would certainly seem
that many of our men in the highest
executive positions in the financial
world, never learned that lesson.
How they must regret that the rod
wasn't applied when the suffering
would have been much less and
the disgrace not so humiliating.
The purpose of discipline is to
form character, not to destroy
people. I am sure "Ted" Kennedy
profited by his mistake committed
in his youth. He is, undoubtedly
stronger for having suffered for his
error. "He that is without sin among
you, let him cast the first stone."
Oetlia Connor
Women Are
Tightwads,
Study Shows
CHICAGO (UPI) One study
shows it's the wife who's the tight
wad in most families.
The average man would happily
give his wife more money to spend
if she would only let him, says a
counseling firm.
A pilot study by the Public Re
lations Board shows it's the little
woman who looks upon going to
the hairdresser, new hats and sirloin
steak for dinner as extravagances.
This is not to say most husbands
have acquired the wisdom to un
derstand that mink is no luxury.
But if husbands aren't quite that
easy-going, the study still indicates
they would rather buy something for
the wife and children than for
themselves.
Not so the ladies! Most are ready
the study indicates, to cut out their
husbands' beer and cigar money
when the budget runs low. Husbands'
bowling and spending for home work
shops also come under the heading
of extravagances in most wives'
books.
More evidence that men are more
generous: most of the husbands
studied wanted more labor-saving
household appliances for their wives,
but the women saw little need for
such husband-savers as power lawn
mowers.
FAMILY WITH PULL
ST. LOUIS (UPI) - Two broth
ers are dental school deans.
Dr. Edward J. Forrest is dean
of the University of Pittsburgh
School of Dentistry. His brother.
Dr. Stephen P. Forrest, is dean of
the St. Louis University School of
Dentistry.
1
Robinson's Rambling
11
s
That the American girl is a good
healthy one I will not argue, but the
unmarried one, according to my ob
servations seems to be prone to cer
tain slight maladies. These I have
enumerated as follows, along with
my surmise as to their causes:
Headache: This generally comes
on when she has a date with you
and is going out with someone else.
Deafness: A temporary affliction
usually brought on by such remarks
as, "Let's walk instead of drive."
Itching palms: Caused by the sight
of a handsome bachelor with a little
money, or any bachelor with a lot
of money.
Hallucinations: She thinks you
want to marry her. Say, what in
the world was it you said to her last
night?
Cold feet: A condition which de
velops all of a sudden a little while
after she answers yes to a marriage
proposal.
Music Logic
Maurice Abravael, maestro of the
iJtah Symphony Orchestra can think
as fasf as he can whip his baton.
Not long ago, a young music lover
tackled Maurice in a friendly debate.
The young man bragged he never
attended concerts. "Why should V"
he asked. "I got all the great music
on records at home. When I want to
hear it, I just turn on the phono
graph." Maestro Abravael pondered a min
ute. "You remind me," he said, "of
a boy who spent all of his time in
his room admiring his collection of
Pin-up girls, never realizing that the
chic chick next door had something
which the pin-ups didn't have.
Mike Robinson
Woman is a charming creature
who changes her heart as easily as
she changes her gloves. -Balzac
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