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Vol. XLIX, No. 159
Study?
The University Housing Office
has released notices to residents of
men's dorms that they must he
out ci their rooms by June 1. Which
means that they must leave on
the ;U of May, that is, the last day
of exams.
Certainly there are reasons for
this evacuation date. There must
he rooms prepared for parents at
tending Graduation exercises, and
there must be rooms available for
alumni returning for their class
reunions. And the rooms must he
prepared prior to their planned ar
rivals. However, the highly unde
sirable prospect of a boy's having to
spend needed study time, franti
cally packing his belonings, ought
to under all circumstances be avoid
ed. The temptation to let the books
slide and procrastinate whole-heartedly
is strong enough now, without
having some authoritatively approv
ed reason for doing something other
than studying.
However, there are other indica
tions that the "powers that be" are
not overly concerned with opportu
nities for student study. We are
thinking specifically, in this in
stance, of the elimination of he
reading day. Granted, there must
be some reason, known to those
who make the decisions about stu
dent life, but we've yet to encount
er a sudent who knew what it was.
Also worthy of consideration is
the "ruling," that comes out in
the form of a statement attached to
the exam schedule, that "Quizzes
are not to be given in this semes
ter on or after Wednesday, May
1G, 19G2."
We have often wondered just
what this actually means.
Does it mean, perchance, that if
you happen to be in one of those
classes that has a quiz scheduled
on or after May 16, then you do
not have to take the quiz?
Or does it mean that if you are
a professor, you aren't supposed to
give quizzes on or after May 16?
Or does it in actuality mean abso
lutely nothing? (cw)
Eh?WIiat Say?"
ALAN GOLDSMITH
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Growing Pa ins
A number of leading British uni
versities recently approved a plan
"revolutionizing the procedure for
entry to most universities in the
United Kingdom." It is designed to
meet the impact of the high post
World War II birthrate, due to hit
colleges in 1964-5 and following
years.
Under this system a candidate for
admission to any of these colleges
for the following fall, will apply on
a common form not later than Dec.
31. lie irury list up to four univer
sities, stating his order of preferen
ce. His application is then multi
faxed and sent along with his school
reports to the university of his
choice. It is up to the individual
schools to interview the student
and make their decisions.
Cambridge and Oxford, under
this plan, have been required to
complete their selection by the end
of January. All other universities)
if they have been named as the
candidate's first or second choice,
will notify him by March 25 wheth
er he is accepted. Third- or fourth
ranked colleges have to notify stu
dents by May 25.
Students getting an unconditional
offer from a first-choice institution
will be required to accept or reject
it at once. If he accepts, his other
applications will be withdarwn immediately.
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This system, to be used on a
trial-basis this year in Britain,
might be valuable in the United
States.
It would eliminate uncertainty
on the parts of students applying
to major universities and would give
universities a more accurate idea
of how many students would be en
rolled for the next year. Adminis
trative time and money could be
saved if a central office were set
up to handle all applications.
This plan is one of many which
American colleges should consider,
to ease the growing pains of the
next decade, (jc)
Whiskey
Only in Mississippi.
State legislators have refused
to repeal Prohibition, but neverthe
less continues to levy taxes on
whiskey.
The State sales tax on wine and
whiskey was raised from 8 to 9 per
cent during the current legislative
sessions. There is also a ten per
cent black-market tax, on "the sale
of any tangible property of which
is prohibited by law."
A third tax proposal, now before
the Legislature, provides for an
assessment of $1 a case on whiskey
and 50 cents on wine and, to make
the ridiculous more sublimely ridi
culous, all revenue from this new
tax will be used to establish treat
men centers for alcoholics. ( jc)
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Death Of UNC
S. Government
A Student Government died the
other day. Don't ask me why it
died. It just died.
It had plenty of good, capable
leaders, and they were concerned
about the fate of the world, too.
Oh, how they were concerned about
the fate of the world- They weren't
apathetic about Berlin, Laos, Viet
Nam, Algeria, The Congo, nuclear
fallout, or inflation like most of
the student body was. They were
really concerned, and they decided
to do something about these world
problems.
Various committees were set up
to study each trouble spot in the
world and every social problem in
the U.S.A. And there were some
really excellent ideas brought out
by these committees that led to
some really astounding conclusions
such as nuclear fallout is bad, the
O.A.S. is evil, the Berlin wall is
a sign of tyranny, the Congo needs
peace, integration is good and Jack
ie Kennedy is a good looking wo
man. Naturally this .vas too far' above
tiie ignorant, apathetic herd, of the
student body. There were occasion
al crys from the herd, but no one
paid much attention. The herd seem
to want a better social life and
better conditions to study under.
But most of all they wanted to
feel like they were an integral part
of campus life, and that Student
Government was concerned about
Plague On Both
Qng: On Gans And Baker Articles
To the Editors:
A recent edition of the DTH con
tained articles by a liberal, Curtis
Gans, and a conservative, Earl Bak
er, setting forth their respective
ideologies. Although this debate was
a refreshing relief from the YAF
letters-to-the-editor which usually
dominate the editorial page, it was
a disappointment in that neither
writer seemed to have any sort of
realistic orientation to the world
around him, neither writer seemed
able to step off his treadmill of con
servative platitudes or liberal pipe
dreams to offer us a tenable guide
to action.
MR. BAKER, YRC President, op
poses governmental intervention in
the economy and the use of the
machinery of the state to overcome
social problems on the grounds that
such reforms tend to undermine in
dividual liberty: "Liberals SAY they
favor liberty, yet turn to controls
to meet problems . . . The essence
of true conservatism is expressed
in . . . opposition to statism," Baker
SAYS conservatives are opposed to
statism: but let's just for once look
at the irrefragible facts of the case,
the voting record of conservatives
in Congress. The facts are that con
servatives never oppose statism in
areas of policy where it would pro
tect and increase the profits of Big
Business. Conservatives support our
military budget of fifty billion dol
lars a year, the greatest single
source of profits to the corporations.
Conservatives support government
subsidies to industry, subsidies
which come from the worker's pocket
by way of taxes (A clear case of
robbing the poor to pay the rich!);
and it's obvious that these subsidies,
although they violate the conserva
tive principle of "free enterprise,"
don't exactly harm profits. Perhaps
the most obvious example of con
servative statism is our federal high
way system. Without this "social
istic" road network the distribution
of goods so vital to profit making
would be greatly hindered. While
supporting these above measures,
conservatives OPPOSE social se
curity, federal aid to education, civil
rights, urban housing projects, etc.
forms of "statism" which would
not directly contribute to corporate
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profits, forms of "statism" which
would merely increase the welfare
of the common man. Thus we see
that to the conservative politician,
the political tool of the corporations,
any form of federal action which in
creases corporate profits is non
statist and hence good; but any form
of federal action which aids the
people without aiding the corpora
tions, especially any which in aiding
the people endangers corporate pro
fits, is statist, or even Stalinist, and
hence bad. The corporations are
perfectly willing to rob the taxes
of the people in order to increase
profits, but they will only inciden
tally allow their own taxes to be
used for the benefit of the people.
This contradiction in Mr. Baker's
thinking can be traced back to his
semantically deceitful definition of
liberty. The conservative's "liberty"
is not the noble ideal that its "pat
riotic" use implies. In the name of
"liberty" conservatives are blocking
all efforts to halt the rapacious
profiteering of the drug industry. At
the same time, and also in the name
of "liberty," conservatives are at
tempting to destroy the Bill of
Rights! They have instituted the
though-control McCarran Act, an
anti-constitutional attempt to de
stroy those political groups in Am
erica who wish to put an end to
profiteering;, to the domination and
exploitation of the American people
by finance capital. Thus it is clear
that what the conservative really
means by "liberty" (based not on
what he says he means but on the
objective referents of the term) is
freedom of the corporations to
MAKE BIGGER AND BIGGER
PROFITS this and nothing more.
Anything which abets this aim is
good; anything wtiich threatens this
aim must be destroyed. PROFIT is
the Almighty God of the conservative.
From the sociological point of
view, Mr. Baker's ritualistic rant
in about statism and liberty are a
shrewd reflection of his class inter
ests. From the rationalist point of
view, they are sheer infantilism.
The "liberty" of the conservatives,
the "liberty" of the corporations,
the "liberty" of the capitalists, is
not the liberty of the people: we
must look elsewhere for an expres
sion of a truly democratic political
philosophy. Does Mr. Gans offer it?
GANS' ARGUMENT seems to in
dicate that there is a Will to Pro
gress inherent in liberalism: "They
envision a world in which all men
can live together in peace, freedom,
possessing human dignity ... in
w4uch greed and ambition have been
replaced by love and creation." But
a Will to Progress is no good with
out a Way, and the closest thing to
a Way that Gans offers is ". . .
someday through education better
than we have now, through interac
tion, and through understanding
there will come an end to the hate
and bigotry that infest all parts of
the world." If "education," "interac
tion" (whatever that means), and
"understanding" were enough to
make dreams come true, then the
Christians would long since have
ushered in their City of God! No,
the liberal solution to the social dil
emma is inadequate. At best, it is
Utopianism, a fantasy of wish-fulfillment;
at worst, it is naked hy
pocrisy. Considering the fact that
twentieth century liberal parties
have tended to ally themselves
with fascists more often than with
the broad mass of the people; con
sidering the fact that Mr. Gans
himself is more concerned with
witchhunting campus Marxists than
with sincerely proselytizing his lib
eralism; it is safe to say that the
blessings of liberalism are not
meant for the people, that they are
the proverbial carrot on the stick
so far as the people are concerned.
Even if an individual liberal hap
pens to be sincere in his ideals;
still, because of his class prejudices,
he does not and cannot, point to
those social forces which are alone
capable of putting the highest ideals
of humanity into practice. I repeat:
A Will to Progress is no good with
out a Way. And where the Way is
no more practical than Mr. Gans'
Way, there is strong reason to sus
pect that there is no SINCERE
Will. "The obstacles (to jrogress),"
says Mr. Gans, "are real, and the
people willing to meet them are
all too few." Few indeed! And the
liberals don't exactly swell the
ranks.
Even, however, if we take what
'Mr. Gans and Mr. Baker say at
face value, it is clear that neither
liberalism nor conservatism offers
any hope whatsoever for the solving
of our nation's domestic and foreign
problems. Mr. Baker says that we
should NOT attempt to solve our
problems, because any practical
solution would necessitate the loss
of cherished freedoms. Mr. Gans
says that we SHOULD solve
our problems and paints a glowing
picture of a problemless world, but
cannot offer any plan of action. Such
are the contradictions one runs in
to when one reuses to base political
theory squarely on reality, when
one repudiates the scientific ap
proach to society and atempts to
think solely in terms of manmade
ideals, "existential absolutes." Po
litical theory must arise from
FACTS rather than from ideals.
Ideals are the product of facts, the
product of the material conditions
of society at a given time. As so
ciety changes, its ideals will change.
Anyone who attempts to hold ab
solute ideals (such as Mr. Baker's
ideal of unrestricted freedom for
capitalists to exploit workers) will
soon find that history has left him
far behind, that his ideals have be
come estranged from material reali
ty. When ideals become estranged
from reality, they also become
estranged from Man. As Man is the
only thing in this universe worth
bothering about, then ideals estrang
ed from Man are no ideals at all.
DENNIS KING
their welfare above everything
else.
But this Student Government found
that it was not concerned about the
welfare of the Student Body. Ho.v
could it afford to be when it ha J
the welfare of the entire world
to consider? So when a student hum:
himself, Student Government cm I.!
not even find time to ask why.
(Thousands were being killed in
Algeria. What's the life of one
student compared to this.) When
over 300 hundred students flunked
out after the first semester and I'oa
more dropped out, Student Govern
ment did not even notice. Why
should it? All it meant was that the
University was rid of 500 apathetic
students, and besides the Berlin
situation was beginning to get hot
again. There had to be a committee
meeting at once to adopt a resolu
tion warning the president to be
careful about what he did in Ber
lin. And so the heavy problems of the
world fell upon the shoulders of this
Student Government, and it struggl
ed with them with all the insight and
experience that college students are
blessed with when dealing with
world problems. But then someone
noticed that it was almost time for
Spring elections, and that Student
Government would be forced to take
a look at the student body for a
while.
But when the leaders of Student
Government took a look at the stu
dent body, they were immediately
informed by both the Students and
the administration that Student Gov
ernment had died. It had died some
time between the Berlin crisis and
the Algerian peace.
Don't ask me why it died. It ju-t
died.
OTELIA
Speaks Out
To the Editors,
We all agreed as we drove up be
hind Hill Hall to hear the UNC
Symphony orchestra that we would
n't live anywhere else in the world,
especially this time of year, except
Chapel Hill. And I will have to take
back what I said about local con
certs often not being as worthwhile
as the FM concerts over radio.
The Band concert on the lawn and
the WC and UNC Glee Club recital
on Parent's Day I enjoyed very
much. It was a perfect day for a
lawn concert.
I thought the University Symphony
was equally as good as the North
Carolina Symphony orchestra of last
week. Hats off to Mr. Slocum and
his musicians. Both the N. C. and
the UNC orchestra happened to play
my favorite Enesco's Roumanian
Rhapsody, No. 1 op 11, which brought
down the house. Enid Katahan was
deserving of special mention. She
was gracious, lovely to look at, and
her playing was superb.
The next event to look forward to
with more than ordinary zest is the
Alumni Luncheon on June fourth at
Lenoir Hall. Mr. Prillaman is tak
ing off for the National Convention
of College Restaurant Managers in
Chicago, where he will get some
fancy ideas for the luncheon, and
incidentally, will address the Vs
sociation of School Accountants. You
better get your tickets for the lunc h
eon early, because they miht run
out.
OTELIA CONNOR
GOP Chances In States
By RAYMOND LAIIK
WASHINGTON (UPI) The GOP
dream of winning control of the
national House of Representatives
next November, but it is almost
equally concerned about retiring a
bevy of Democratic governors.
Republican hopes are riding on
men like former Vice President
Richard M. Nixon in California, Rep.
William W. Scranton in Pennsyl
vania, state auditor, James A.
Rhodes in Ohio, former Secretary
of Interior Fred Seaton in Nebras
ka and George Romney, the com
pact carbuilder, in Michigan.
In their realistic moments, Re
publicans admit they have only faint
hopes of gaining the 44 seats needed
to take over control of the House
next year. But they are convinced
that there are many vulnerable
Democrats in the new preponderant
ly Democratic lineup of governors.
Although governors have faded
somewhat as contenders for the
White House, their offices are still
the seats of great political power,
particularly in the big states.
GOP Has 16 Governors
The GOP now holds only 16 of 50
governorships. In the pivotal states,
those which will cast more than
15 electorial votes in the 19G4 presi
dential election, they now hold only
the Now York base of Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller.
Rockefeller himself must win re
election and win big next Nov. 6
to stay in contention for the 1964
presidential nomination. In their
flounderirg search for a candidate,
New York Democrats offer their na
tional party little hope that Rocke
feller will be eliminated this year.
In the other big states New Jer
sey, Pennyslvania, Ohio, Michigan,
Illinois, Texas and California Demo
crats now hold the governorship.
The GOP lost its chance in New
jersey last year when Gov. Richard
J. Hughes stopped former Secre
tary of Labor James P. Mitchell.
The Illinois governorship is not at
stake this year, and Texas is still
not a major Republican target com
parable to Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan and California.
Budgets Bother Democrats
The Democratic administrations
in California, Ohio and Michigan
are all beset by budget problems
along with liabilities which accrue
whenever blocs of voters are oi fend
ed by decisions on issues like tax
or highway improvements. In Penn
' sylvania, the big issue is unemploy
ment. Nixon, who lost to President Ken
nedy in 1960, must win in California
to stay alive in national polities, al
though he already insists he will
not contest for the 1964 president L 1
nomination.
Romney is expected to be matched
against Gov. John B. Swainsoti in
Michigan and Scranton again.-:
Richardson Dilworth, former mayor
of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania
when the primaries are over.
Scranton and Romney victorit -in
November would thrust two new
figures into the GOP national lead
ership for clinical examination he
fore the 1964 political conventions.