1 r f ' -y - - - ' !' i 1 1 . fstwirftnit Aft Partly cloudy and continued warmer. See Edits, Page Two Seventy Years Of Editorial Freedom Offices in Graham Memorial SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1962 Complete UPI Wire Service O Per Ceiil rob&Me mule ion 11 Suspens ID) Randall Challenges Board Selection Of Yearbook Editor Former SL Parliamentarian-' Says Correct Procedure Not Followed By BILL IIOBBS Former Student Legislature par liamentarian John Randall yester day formally challenged the ap pointment of Louis Legum as edi tor of next year's "Yackety Yaek" yearbook on the grounds that the Publications Board "did not follow correct procedure" in appointing Legum Thursday afternoon. Randall's challenge will be heard by the Constitutional Council next Wednesday afternoon. The challenge is based on Ran dall's contention that "The pro visions of Article 2. section 2 of the law governing the Publications Board were not followed." He said specifically that the Board did not give enough publicity to the fact that it was selecting an edi tor for the Yack. 'Publicity Lack' Randall charges that this "lack of publicity" may have kept some students from applying for the job because they did not know it was open. The law states - that the Board must "publicly announce" vacancies. on the Yack and other publications. The second point of his challenge, also rising from the law concern ing the Publications Board, is that the Board "followed improper vot ing procedures" in the actual sel ection of the new editor. The law establishing the proce dure of the Pub Board, Student Legislature bill No. B. W. 31-31, says th3t "The Selections Board (which appoints the Yack editor) shall be composed- of - all - voting members of the Publications Board excluding the editors and business managers." Randall .claims this Infirmary Students in the Infirmary yester day included the following: Eliza beth Metts, George LaMonte, Cy rus Thompson, Lloyd Coley, Wil liam Davis, Leon Harris, William Harrison, Joe Routh, Elizabeth Baity, Katherine Frix, Rufus Knott, Martin Kruming. rr , " 4"'' I. , . . . : .- : - t r See!! I told you as gross as the Yack! ! provision was violated. Members of the Publications Board present at the selections meeting said Thursday that the Board had suspended its By-Laws for the voting on Legum's appoint ment. Randall charged that the by-laws, since they were establish ed by the student legislature, could not be suspended or changed except by the legislature. "I have nothing against Legum, and do not mean this to be any reflection on him," Randall said. "To the best of my knowledge, he is qualified, anc will be appointed again when the Board follows the proper procedure if the Constitu tional Council rules in my favor." Randall explained that his inter est in the case stemmed from the fact that he had been the author of the legislation which changed the position of Yack editor from a campus-wide elective post to one appointed by the Publications Board. That legislation, passed this year, is now in effect, and Legum's appointment is the first of its kind. Editors Appointed The Pub Board has for many years appointed the editors of the Carolina Quarterly and the Caro lina Handbook. Randall, who was a representa tive from Dorm Men's II (lower Quad) at the time he introduced the bill concerning Publications Board selection of the Yack editor, has figured in challenging Student Government actions before. Last fall he discovered the error in the General Elections Law which eventually led to the Constitutional Council's invalidating the entire elections law and forcing the fall class officer election to be postpon ed a week. Legum and members of the Pub lications Board were not available for comment on Randall's chal lenge. w' 'X" K ' i .1 "si '3 - I the DTH could get just Photo by Jim Wallace ? X'V A 1 ' j 1". i l. A I 5 '.'Im' ' 11 4 - I - ;J irr i -'--- - rt- " V"- i'- 6 A BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the sidewalk art show currently be- ing held by the University Art League. The show contains over 200 paintings, sketches and sculptures by . area . residents, Duke : TO CUT DOWN A TREE AROUND HERE: 6It Almost By CimiS BELL "It just about takes an Act of Congress to take a tree down around here." Joe Hedgepath looked over at his two companions working on a brok en down saw, took a drag on his cigarette, and talked about the problems of cutting down trees on the campus. Joe and his co-workers. Jim Simpson and Howard Haule, have been working for the last two days cutting down the big ash tree in back of the Old Well. All three are employed by the Armstrong Tree Service of Chapel Hill. "They're taking down more trees than ever before," Joe said. "I guess they're getting scared of them. "Our boss, Mr. Armstrong, comes over and examines the trees on the campus. He then tells the Uni versity which ones should be cut down. The University then de cides. Legislature To Consider SG Appointments Dwirht Wheeles. defeated can didate for Student Bodv President. was one of nine students appointed to head student Government com mittees by newly elected president Inman Allen. Wheeles was nam ed chairman of the State Affairs Committee. His appointment, like that of the eight other proposed committee heads, must be approved by the student legislature. The appoint ments were submitted to the legis lature Thursday night in a message from Allen. Scott Summers, chairman of the legislature's Ways and Means Com mittee, said his committee would investigate the proposed appoint ments this week. The legislature is expected to act on the appoint ments next Thursday. No 'Rubber Stamp Rummers said. "In the past, ap proval of appointments has been too much of a rubber stamp ai fair. We hope this year to set a precedent of more careful scrut iny of presidential appointments. The Ways and Means committee hopes to take an active part in in vestigating these appointments." Summers' statement was similar u1. A Sidewalk Takes An Act Of Twice As Tall "I'd guess this ash tree we've been working on was twice as tall as that building over there (Old West). I could look clear over the building when I was at the top of the tree." Howard Haule, the foreman, kept working silently on the chain saw while personable Joe Hedgepath talked. "I've been working on trees for the last five years. Howard here has been on them quite a bit long er than that, while Jim has only been with us several months. "When I started I got dizzy," Joe said. "Dizzy?," I asked Jim Simpson. "Man, I was scared," exclaimed Joe, "but once you get used to it you're all right." Shrubs and closeness gave the three men more trouble than the actual cutting down of the tree. to those voiced by several legisla tors Thursday night when the leg islature considered the appointment of Walter Dellinger to the Men's Council. The Ways and Means Folk Music Program At Memorial Tonite Domestic and imported folk mu sic will be heard tonight as the 14th annual Carolina Folk Festival opens in Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. The festival is sponsored by the UNC Folklore Council. Chancellor Emeritus Robert B. House will present words and mu sic following a welcome dance by the Glenn School Dancers of Dur h a m . Arthur Palmer Hudson, chairman of the folklore council, will extend a welcome. The festival features folk music, dances and ballads from the South, the mountains, the West, and other countries. Admission for students is 50 cents. 5 ' . Art Show and UNC students. Most of the art Sunday. . . . - - Six Trips It took a truck six trips to haul all the limbs away and Joe predict ed that another two or three truck loads would be required to haul away the sawed-up trunk. Asked if he had any funny ex periences in the tree business, Joe said, "There was a lady down in Camden, S. C, who wanted us to prune her tree only she didn't Debators Tie For First Place UNC's affirmative debate team tied for first place with two other teams in a cross examination de bate tournament at the University of Georgia last week end. Haywood Claton and Mack Arm strong, the Carolina team, defeated W. Ga., Maryland, Georgia and Birmingham-Southern. They met defeat from Florida State University and Louisville- committee had considered Delling er's appointment and reported on it favorably to the legislature. The body passed that appointment with few dissenting votes. "The Chicken Farmers" will be a special feature. The group was formed here by Cherrill P. Heaton, graduate in English, . and is de scribed as "a flexible group of fiddlers, banjo masters, guitarists, autoharpists, gut bucket strum mers and mandolin players." This will be the third public appearance of the group. No Practice Most of the time, according to Heaton, the players gather at the home of Woody Wolfe for their mu sical sessions. "We don't need any practicing," he said. "That's the (Continued on Page 3) rf is for sale. The show last through Pht by Jim Wallace Congress' want the limbs to hit the ground." The Armstrong Tree Service works on the campus three months out of the year. All their men are insured against accidents. The saw was almost fixed as Joe pointed down in the direction of Graham Memorial and said, "See that oak tree down there? That's coming down next. "The Davie Poplar? That one will never come down." Bellarmine. The topic for the last tournament of the season was "Resolved that labor organizations should be un der the jurisdiction of anti-trust legislation." Any student interested in work ing for next year's debate team may see advisor David Springen at his office in Caldwell basement. Other Appointments Other appointments submitted by Allen were: Bob Spearman, chair man of the Communications Com mittee; Trawick Stubbs, Attorney General; Bob Clawson, chairman of the Campus Affairs Committee; Harry DcLung, UNC Co-Ordinator for the National Student Associa tion Committee; Tony Miller, chairman of the Honor System Commission; Chuck Oberdorfer, Associate Director to the Merchants' Association; Archie Davis, Assistant to the Attorney General for the Men's Council; and Robin Farr, Assistant to the At torney General for the Women's Council. Allen has not yet announced his appointments for the Academic Af fairs Committee, the Elections Board, the Library Committee, the International Students Board, the Student Audit Board, the Consoli dated University Student Council, and the Carolina Forum. (The Daily Tar Heel will pub lish biographical sketches of the proposed committee heads and other appointees, along with a description of their posts, next week.) Faculty Council Gives Authority To Subcommittee By GARRY BLANCIIARD The Faculty Council yesterday delegated authority to suspend the "80 per cent" rule, together with the right to reimpose it, to the Faculty Committee on Fraternities and Sororities. The action was tantamount to suspending the rul as of the end of this semester in favor of Intra Fraternity Council regulation 0f fraternity academic standards. As Dr. Clifton H. Kreps, Jr., chairman of the Committee on fra ternities and sororities, put it, "the probability is overwhelming that we'll vote to suspend the rule on Tuesday. "The specific purpose of our meeting is to discuss and act on the question. We would never have gone to the Faculty Council if we hadn't proposed to act on it once we had the opportunity." But should the rule not be sus pended Tuesday, Kreps said, "it probably won't be done at all." IFC President Jim Dillashaw, meanwhile, pledged his group will do its utmost "to justify the con fidence which the faculty has placed in us," but said, "we feel it would be better if we could have the matter placed entirely in our hands in sort of a trial period, rath er than having it hanging over our heads." The Faculty Council, meeting as usual in executive session, took nearly an hour to pass the meas ure. "It was very thoroughly discuss ed," said council secretary Dr. A. C. Howell. "Many people spoke to request information." Although the motion passed by a clear majority, he said, "there was a scattering of no.'s." Assessing the action, Dr. Kreps said: "What it amounts to is this: The Faculty Council has told us, 'you ; can suspend the 80 per cent rule. If it doesn't work out, you can put k back into effect.' "Now, our feeling is that we're r '5 f jfcWHni ilil'l GEORGE SOKOL, UNC Soph, tennis star, following his defeat to Miami yesterday after noon. See story page 4. Photo by Jim Wallace perfectly willing to give the IFC the opportunity to demonstrate they can enforce the regulations they've set up. They've committed them selves to impose standards of acad emic performance on fraternity members that in my judgment are more strenuous than the 80 per cent rule. "In a sense, what we've got here is a trial marriage. We'll be work ing with the IFC very closely to see that they carry out their regu lations. "Basically, we're hoping that the Carolina student government tra dition will be effective in this area, as it's been in others. It's much better for students to regulate themselves than have the faculty do it." The "80 per cent" rule provides that a fraternity lose its rushing privileges should 80 per cent of its members not make a C average two semesters in succession. The IFC regulations designed to replace the rule, basically require that individual fraternity members must be deactivated unless they maintain a C average ever a two semester period. The Faculty Council motion pass ed yesterday read: "By action of the Faculty Council at its May 4th meeting, authority was granted to the Committee on Fraternities and Sororities to suspend the univer sity's present fraternity - sorority scholarship regulation the so-called 80 per cent rule as of the end of this spring, 1962, together with the right to reimpose it should such action subsequently seem wise." Oeltinger Elected Elmer Oettineer. associate direc tor of the Institute of Government here, has been elected Secretary of the nationwide Society of Cine- matologists. The election of Mr. Oettingcr was made durincr an April meet ing of the Cinematologists in New York City. The Society, founded five years ago, is an organization of motion picture critics, scholars, and historians. Its purpose is to promote better film scholarship in the United States. J

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