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1 Wfyz Battp wc Heel I I fj sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. If The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the "Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, if All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff. Letters To The Editor May 20, 1962 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. XLIX, No. 164 lV.w.V!l:.v.VOK-- It's Up To You Yes, this is just about the end pi formal education for quite a few 'students. You are approaching the last of riotous good times, the end of academic worries, and the ces sation of scholastic exercise. , : There are those of you, with edu cation incomplete, who will wander off into the travel of summer months, intending to return next fall, but failing to get back for in dividual reasons. c Rut most important, there are Uhose among you who will leave Chapel Hill forever graduated into the enlightened procedure of mas tering the world, into the assump tion of familial responsibilities, and .into the pursuit of the almighty "dollar. As you leave, as you plunge into 5the great American money fields, we would submit to vou a few m - JJhonghts; hopefully occasioning a 3jit of reflection on your approach Sng endeavors. m ? If you are leaving Chapel Hill Svith that door-opening sheepskin, Sor just with the hope that you are ready to produce, do not fail to real ize your personal potential ; do not fail to recognize your individual re sponsibility. Z But recognize, as in the words of Jean-Paul Sartre ; (purposely out of context) that "Man is nothing else sjbut what he purposes, he exists on Sly in so far .a? he; realizes himself, 3ie is therefore Tiothih'g elselbut the Ssum of his actions, nothing; else , ; ? but what his life is ... . In life, a yuan commits himself, draws his jjown portrait and there is nothing' 3but that portrait." v. Senior, student, what you do with jthat sheepskin how you will use - your education what you will make of your life is up to you. Yet, always remember that you do not function alone you do not rejoice alone, and you do not suf fer alone. .What you will do will influence others, perhaps beneficial ly, perhaps adversely . . . but in the struggle for success, either tem poral or eternal, you are not alone. In the words of Bertrand Rus sell: "United with his fellowmen by the strongest of all ties, the tie of a common doom, the free man finds that a new vision is with him al ways, shedding over every daily task the light of love." We are not alone. We are bound to involvement with others; then let the inescapable involvement be beneficient. Again Russell: "Very brief is the time in which we can help them, in which their happiness or misery is decided. Be it ours to shed sunshine on their path, to lighten their sorrows by the balm of sympathy, to give them the joy of a never-tiring ; affection, to strengthen failing courage, to in stil faith in hours of despair." . What you are, what you will be;: the self that you will present in the external relationships of a pro gressing:, world is the. sum total of your individual actions. The decisions; arid the results, will bei youis.' Moldithemfby make them s thoughtfully, and ac cept them confidently. , - The : University will look for a return. It will suffer from your negligence, and profit from your, endeavor.. , .-. . ! . ; Good luck! (cw) Won 9t Happen In the next year many important things will happen. But equally im portant are those things which won't happen. . . . Following are the highlights of thin?, i-not-to-look-for on campus in the coming year. Chapel Hill merchants cut their prices to fair levels. The University Party holds week ly, open meetings. Anybody pay attention to the regulations of the Campus Code. The Men's and Women's Honor Council let the students find out what they're doing. ......,...-.-,w....vv;.v-.-..-..v-.- , , , ,x , ,,J -Bails ar PI ; y.y. EDITORIAL STAFF ?- JIM CLOTFELTER , CHUCK WRYE ,? Co-Editors a Wayne King Managing Editor M Bill Wuamett, Dow Sheppard 4I News Editors ; Ed Dupree Sports Editor l Curry Kirkpatrick .. Asst. Spts Ed. ' Bill nobbs Night Editor - Matt Weisman Feature Editor Harry DeLung, John Medlin f; As ts. to the Editor l Jim Wallace .. Photography Editor Mike Robinson, Garry Blanchard J Joe Masi " Contributing Editors ') TIM BURNETT f Business Manager r Mike Mathers Advertising Mgr. L Tbm Daily Ta Em, la published dally b xceut Monday, examination periods f uid vacations. It is entered as aecond- class matter In the post otfica in die pel Bill, N. C pursuant- wita th ct of . March 8, 1870. Subscription rates i M-M , per semester, $3 per year. . t Tbm Daily Tab Um la a subserUSar to the United Press International and ; utilizes the services of tne News Bu- reau of tha University of Nortn Caro- 11publl3hed by tha Publication Board ; or thm University of North Carolina, i Cbapel BUI. N. C. Anybody really care who wins the Fall class elections. Chapel Hill merchants cut their prices to fair levels. The food in Lenoir Hall improve. The extremist conservatives in the Student Party find out they're in tne wrong party. Social conditions in men's dormi tories improve. Chapel Hill merchants cut their prices to fair levels. More than a few students be al lowed to vote in Orange County. UNC get a new student union. Fraternity - dormitory hostility subside. Chapel Hill merchants cut their prices to fair levels. Or Daily Tar Heel editors con sistently write intelligent editori als . . . (jc) Again -1 , li i They've done it again. Student Legislature Thursday night rescinded its vote on a Cam pus Travel Committee bill because President Inman Allen didn't like a couple of phrases. Bill Bowerman, author of the bill, said he reintroduced his bill to "satisfy his (Inman's) desires." Al len, said Bowerman, "seriously con sidered vetoeing" the bill. So? Why didn't Legislature let Presi dent Allen use his veto power, and then either pass the bill over his veto or let it remain dead ? Or did the legislators really know what they weie voting on the first time, since, they so agreeably altered the : bill and passed it a second time, (jc) m rr iviore Oif enow W hiteneFc Wad Fingernails In Lenoir Hall To The Editors: ' Although it's late in the year, I would like to offer some advice to the manager of Lenoir Hall in the (perhaps vain) hopes that come September he will' raise the stand: aids of his establishment. That is . . . food. I had the worst shock of my post pubescent life some time ago when I discovered a fingernail (Lord help me if it was a toenail) in a salad. This trauma spirited a discussion over treasures found: 2) buttons (one with calico); (1) wire rem a brush (resulting in severe oral lac erations); (1) roach (medium-rare) in addition to those listed by J. Clark in Thursday's DTH. How in hell are unknowing diners (term used loosely) supposed to eat this food? Those who have sharp eyes are a step ahead. Thus, Advice No. 1: Either inspect all the food or strain it. The menus in the B1ack Pit are too repetitious and monotonous, showing no taste whatever. The hamburgers (Mon.-Tues. left-overs until they're gone) lie pathetically in the plate, begging for an easy death, while the stew (served all week) usually takes the form of an amoeba grown fat on Wilson Hall rejects. Spaghetti a specialty and treat is overly sweet and celeried, resembling a multilated floor mop with" vengeance in its heart and paint on its surface. Therefore, Ad vice No. 2: Take more care in food preparation and vary the menu. Someone plays music which is cal culated to help the nauseated patron forget the mess in front of him. Since vinegar is at a premium how about serving non-bitter greens? And about the "gravy" which tastes like rice" over rice, potatoes over potatoes, water , over wrater. I am quite . serious, . and if I had the strength (you see, I eat at Le oir) I would picket; the place, but I have to conserve . energy. - TOM DlNERO 'Freedom Still Issue' Wliitener To, The' Editors, ' ' ' The Daily Tar Heel - " Campaign advertising and its costs are a' national disgrace. The high cost of running for, office puts such beyond; the reach of, -the average man. In a democracy, public . of fice is not only an obligation but it is a duty. Thus, when it costs $100,000 or more for a senator or governor to run for office in South Carolina and proportionately more in North Carolina, we have created a pos sibility for graft and corruption. Any intelligent reader of the news papers knows that the sums spent for ' public office are far greater than those published. CMany know of donations given by special in terests, sadly enough some of them by business, for which they expect some reward in the way of con tracts or appointments or favors. As long as this condition exists, corruption will continue to flourish. The law limits a candidate for the Congress to a very modest amount. It is privately reported, however,, that this has been exceeded many times in North Carolina, and pos sibly in this very district. It does not matter that a candidate does not expend it himself, but :.t does matter tremendously as to who makes donations and for what pur pose. ' We firmly believe that if we can win on May 2G that it will be a blow for freedom, for lower taxes, and for economy in government. In the last analysis, however, it is up to the voters who must turn out in large numbers. The "promising "Now Are You Ready To Repair The Henhouse?" politicians" have all but given away the last of our liberties. The hand on the Clock for Freedom is near ing the hour of no return. , It is our hope that we can. do something to preserve our liberties before that clock strikes twelve. A. G. WHITENER SG Coordinating Body Suggested To The Editors: Once again the University of North Carolina has witnessed that amaz ing ineptitude or blind fate- which continually schedules noted speak ers, debators, concerts and beauty contests . on the same " night and in direct conflict with each, other. Last Tuesday night saw William Kiplinger, distinguished journalist, speaking to a hal-full Howell Hall audience- while George Shearing played1 in -Memorial Hall, sponsored by GMAB. Both of these events were well worth seeing and he -ing. What unkind gods scheduled them to appear at the same time? Last fall, Michael Harrington and Fulton Lewis III debated HUAC and the famous (or infamous as some would have it) movie, "Op eration Abolition.' Carroll Hall was . filled to absolute capacity with spec tators jamming . the aisles and win dows. Literally hundreds of students . were turned away because of lack of space. This space could' have been provided by Memorial Hall. Unfortunately the Yack 'Beauty Con test was being held, at the same time in that building. What agency if there is one schedules these events to be atthe same time? The two examples cited above are few compared to the many other similar instances. Grant ed, different organizations sponsor these, different events, and granted under the present : situation, this makes- comprehensive planning im possible. But this condition need n't continue.;. : . ; . .I. Student Government has already - - 'set ; tip many tonTmitteesvwhich have . accomplished no visible good. Why : v not i set . up ' one more that could co- ord mate-' all appearances by speakers . and entertainers? By careful sched- ' Tiling ;. and by having the organiza- , '. .ions sponsoring the . speakers find out from the committee what days and: times were open, Carolina would be able to avoid the spectacle of , seeing one of America's foremost journalists insulted by an undersiz ed audience and the equally poor s"ght of hundreds of disgruntled would be debate listeners turned away because of lack of space. If the committee turned out to be impractical, it could: be scrapped and go the way o so, many, other S. G. committees. iBut one is. inclined to doubt that the commiltee would prove ihef fee-' tual. With widespread campus con sideration and help, theste needless . conflicts of guest speakers and en tertainers could become things of the past. CHARLES NEELY Article, Irresponsible, Unfdunde d The May-June issue of "Campus Illustrated" has some really tremen dous features that are bound to captivate its collegiate audience. There is an informative outline of "22 Sure-Fire Ways To Catch a Man," a photo section on a beach-suit-clad Florida State University coed who "loves" to do the twist and, in an attempt at a more aca demic vein, an expose of the "Red Reival on Campus: Communists Push Drive To Win Student Sup port." Unfortunately, however, the mag azine's appeal to the loins is more convincing than its appeal to the political mind. The "CI Staff Report" on cam pus Communism traces the party movement from the 1920 Red scare through the depression and McCar thyism, whose "excesses and revul sion" gave the Communists a "gold en opportunity" to infiltrate Ameri can campuses and "victimize and exploit" college students. "It has been reported that Com-, been proven Communist-inspired, munist cells in recent years have The FBI has never pressed charges been actively operating on such cam-f against the so-called Communists puses as Columbia University . '. . the '' cheerleaders who egged on the pic University, Chicago University, keters. If these activists really were Northwestern ': University and the ' Communists, why weren't they ever Universities of Minnesota and Calif- arrested, for subversive activities? ornia' the magazine asserts. ' This statement-reveals .the glar ing fault in Campus. Illustrated's "analysis" of the "Communist situa tion: there is: no substantive evi dence presented to back up the sen sational charges. "It has heen reported that" is hardly any proof that Red . cells at the University or any other school really exisit, or even if such sub versive groups;" doj;really exist, that they wield any sort of influence or power. The magazine's two other efforts at supplying , evidence aren't very powerful either.-, Brandishing: HUAC chairman Francis Walter's -warning that "the strength of the Communist move ment is in direct ratio to . the inten sity of the "efforts of a . few who are trained and discrplined agents," it cites the. now.. famous. 1960 San Quoting an FBI official, the maga zine outlines the methods by which the Reds foist off their evil designs on unsuspecting youth: an intensive speech campaign national publica-, Francisco demonstrations against tions, special youth committees and the committera-r"Ttn example of promotion of student uprisings and r how the Reds -liave duped well discontent by means of mob vio-J;( meaning students- ' lence and subversion through peaceijt But, as has- beenpoinfed oui many movements. til times, the denronstratibns have not '. The magazine also explains that the Communists "can dupe students sincerely dedicated to peace into signing petitions urging the weaken ing of United States military de fenses." Yet although this charge serves as a handy smear tactic, the peace movement has not . been proved Communist-directed either. It is in deed strange that the red-blooded Americans who are usually the first to level these criticisms forget so thoroughly the traitional Ameri can concept of innocense below be ing proven guilty. Even more untenable is the mag azine's second main line of sub stantiation citing the statements of the few remaining Red leaders as to the- virulence of the party's ef fectiveness. National "Secretary- Ben jamin' Davjs, for . .instance, .crows that" after his speeches ihe students -"were impressed with me . .; ." They were people whose activities must be directed in the right," direc tion ... ' '"..'.I, " But-using theCcmcmuiaits''ro-tn statements as support for their po tency and danger contradicts com pletely what the alarmists- are prone to mouth in another context: that the Russians can never be trusted, that they will tell lies when ever it suits them. If Russian proposals or evalua tions of world issues are usually de nounced as lies, why are the Reds' statements on their success in dup ing students always taken at face value? Fallacious arguments aside, it is conceivable that in the future Com munists could form, an effective pro gram among students,, or success fully dupe students activists. Weilman Told To Do Research To the Editors: ..(The below Ls an article in answer to Wellman'.s retort of 13 May. To, Mr .Wade Wellman: I would like to know if. you are a member' of the Air Force high command. You must 'be if you -have access to information of the tyjv you have been giving cut. The in formation you gave on the SkyboSt missile is not available to the pub lic in either civilian or military pub lications. According to Department of De fense Fact Sheet 344-60, the Skybolt is an air-to-surface missile of hy personic speed and having an in ertia! guidance system. I doubt that they filled you in on this sys tem in the English department. For your information an inertial guid ance system is designed to hold a missile on a predetermined course (ballistic trajectory) to its target. The Skybolt has no intercept system or a way to detonate itself if it should intercept an aircraft. The only way a Skybolt could -kill" an aircraft would be for the plane to fly into the missile-. The odds against this are spectacular. In short, if you are gping to write any more articles of this nature I suggest that you go back and take English r where they teach you how to do RESEARCH or someone may accuse you of irresponsible journal ism. GERALD L. GOOD Jaywalkers Given Rebuff To the. Editors: . While, walking across campus dur ing the last several- weeks, we have become increasingly aware of a trend that has developed to take the shortest route regardless of the walks that have been provided. Nu merous scars have appeared across heretofore ( well-grassed and weil-cared-for lawns. It ha3- necessitated the erection- of more chain fences which add little to the appearance of ( the- campus. Although some short cuts have beeit consK ily used ov er the years in some of " the more remote areas of the campus, these have been few due to the generally well-planned walk system that ex ists. "We-feeL that 11 would be worth while t& remind; those .who, , through either neglect or disrespect ignore reasonable : courtesy and mar the campus. DAVID C. BRYAN ' 'LARRY M. STACEY Reflections "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and. if we thirk them not enlightened enough to exercise their control wirh a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but tj inform their discretion." THOMAS JEFFERSON. It is rather difficult for any cas. ual reader of Communist-controlled "New Horizon for Youth to per ceive its direction and it is often difficult to distinguish Communists from leftists. But ft is gross irresponsibility to create hysteria without proof, and assert the danger of a non-existent threat. The best antidote to the pos sibility of student subversion, is an alert and well-informed student body, one which hardly needs to be -fawned over by HUAC the- FBI . or even "Campus Illustrated." GERALD STORCH (Of the Editorial Board- of the Michigan Daily.) . 'The, basis .of our government being the opinion of the people, tha very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to rr.e to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a governmt'-.t, I should not hesitate a moment tJ prefer the latter." THOMAS JEFFERSON. "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the govern ment of himself. Can he. then, be trusted with the government o: others? Or have we found angels i" the forms of kings to govern him'' Let history answer this question:" THOMAS JEFFERSON. I P 'H I i . n About Lciiero 1 readers Tie HzZj Tar Mttl lixV. z to a It far csrrt topics nsszC&s- l Ttwp4sl tetters wzi.l 1 3. l!. J. cca tala a rtruI-Us j..ires til fee free. J Li-k.ua xraicrfiL Enemy tu.Z ULZZf In crease tee -chance l pul tS. LeestSy tetters Ei2y fc It4 er silir5. - AZzilzlclf tees sill t& ttfcsrzii ... . . t. ,
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