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Vol. XLX, No. 17
Open Trial Opposition:
Charging At Windmills
"Open" usually denotes honesty.
It means you have nothing to hide.
It means you are not afraid of the
public, or of public opinion.
Open honor council trials, as pro
posed by men's Chairman Walter
Bellinger, mean the councils would
no longer appear to conceal their
decisions behind a mask of "protec
tion of the defendant."
Trials which are open only to
two Tar Heel reporters, using no
names of defendants or witnesses,
would make possible a wider under
standing of the honor system, with
out exposing any students to un
fair public ridicule.
In Sunday's Tar Heel, however,
the Women's Council expressed its
disagreement with Dellinger. The
women apparently see no value in
letting the students now how they
perform their duties. They see no
value in publicizing the methods
and procedures of the honor coun
cils; the nature of the cases they
tried ; or the nature of and reasons
for the penalties.
The women's council brought out
several objections which on the sur
face, no one could object to they
say no student .should be put on
public display for the entire cam
pus to criticize (very true, but no
names will be used in the Tar Heel
stories remember?)
"Avoidance of a penalty would
become a student's primary reason
for not violating the conduct codes,"
the Women's Council said. "His
conception of right and wrong and
his respect for the trust placed in
him should be the guides for his
actions."
These sentiments are very ad
mirable, but the charge has noth
ing to do with open trials. Avoid
ance of a penalty unfortunately, has
always been the primary reason
that students do not violate the
honor and campus codes. The in
novation of open trials would have
no effect on this situation.
The Women's Council suggested
that bare statements of sentences
meted out by the councils be sub
mitted to the Tar Heel for publica
tion.
What good would this do? The
campus would read that Student A
was convicted of writing a false
name on a library card and given
official reprimand; the next week
the Tar Heel would carry the no
tice that Student B was convicted
of writing a false name on a library
card and was suspended from school.
Under the Women's Council pro
posal, there would be no explana
tion, no reason why the .sentences
were different. If the trials were
open, all extenuating evidence could
be presented to explain the councils'
decisions.
One of the worst of the council's
misconceptions was in its statement
that if trials were opened, the Daily
Tar Heel would control the honor
system.
At present the Tar Heel reports
fully the actions of the student gov
ernment's executive and legislative
branches. The Tar Heel reports the
activities of the YM-YWCA, the
IDC, the IFC and Pan-Hellenic
Council, etc. Does this mean the
newspaper "controls" student gov
ernment or the IFC o rthe 4Y'?
If the honor council trials were
opened, the Tar Heel would observe
the restrictions as put down by the
proposed constitutional amendment
using no names and objectively
reporting the court proceedings.
Certainly there would be no ulterior
motive of seeking "control" of the
honor system.
The Women's Council undoubted
ly acted in perfect sincerity when
it voted on, passed and submitted
its statement. There is no doubt
of their desire to improve the hon
or system.
But the council is charging at
windmills when it accuses the Daily
Tar Heel of trying to control the
honor system. The council is charg
ing at windmills when it says open
trials tend to destroy the spirit of
the honor system and substitute
fear in its place.
In the best interests of the stu
dents and the honor system, the
Women's Council should reconsider
its .opposition to open trials. (JC)
Carr And Cobb
It has been brought 'to the at
tention of the Daily Tar Heel that
an occasional coed has found her
way into the halls of a now-male
Carr dormitory.
The ensuing embarrassment has
yielded many a scream and hasty
retreat, but little else of conse
quence. It .seems that, to the dis
may of Carr residents, once their
JIM CLOTFELTER
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lapse of memory is filled with vis
ual fact, the coeds take their busi
ness elsewhere.
The boys in Carr say that they
are glad to have the coeds visit
their dorm, but prefer that the
visit take place in the social room.
And they say they understand how
the girls may easily forget that
Carr was changed from a girls' res
idence to an all-male graduate dorm
over the summer. But they are not
so sure how a girl can come in and
wander around for several minutes
without readily discovering her mis
take. It may be that the girls know
what they are doing, and just find
the urge to visit their old rooms too
strong to resist regardless of cir
cumstances. Wasn't Cobb a boys' dorm last
year? (CW)
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Beer
Carolina students wTho think their
gang throws big drunks should take
a look at Munich, Germany, which
recently ended its 16-day October
fest beer festival.
During that period the police
made 115 arrests. There were 113
reported fights and 4,500 persons
were treated at the Red Cross first
aid station many of them victims
of beer-mug fights in the huge,
specially erected drinking tents.
Total attendance this year at the
festival was around four million.
KHow'd You like Your Daughter Man-in'
One Of Them'
Letters To The Editors
Open Trials And Barnett
To the Editors: jgr making a decision. The defendant's
The Women's Council is deeply right to control all information re
concerned about Mr. Dellinger's pro- leased about his case must be gua
posal which would force an open ranteed.
trial upon a student who faces a The Women's Council believes that
trial by a judicial body. a general statement which would in-
We emphatically oppose the adop- elude the violation and the decision
tion of this mandatory open trial rendered in each case could be sub
system. mitted to the newspaper, however,
By placing emphasis on the there would be no reporters at the
cision of the Councils, especially trial. This statement would serve
upon the penalty, our system would the purpose of allowing the student
become a system based on fear and body to know the type and the
threats: Avoidance of a penalty amount of work which their councils
would become a student's primary
reason for not violating the codes
of conduct. His own conception of
right and wrong and his respect for
the trust placed in him should be
the guides determining his actions.
A defendant should be the pri
mary consideration of a judicial
body. Even though a student violates
the Honor Code or the Campus Code,
there is no reason to publish his
breach of conduct and to place him
on display for the entire campus to
criticize and condemn his error.
The councils are charged with the
responsibility of deciding the in- W,
nocence or guilt of a defendant and M
of rendering a penalty when neces- jj
sary. We have progressed beyond
the point where we have to place 3
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were doing, and it would not en
croach upon the right of the defend
ant to have his identity and reputa
tion potected. Of course, all stu
dents who desire to have an open
trial would definitely be granted this
right, as they have been in the past.
The councils are not courts of
law, and they do not treat defend
ants as criminals. "Every individual
possess basic rights and liberties
simply because he is a human being
entitled to decent respect from his
fellow."1 We intend to uphold these
rights.
Women's Council
Bamett's Action
people in the stocks as a means of jS -p ii Pntliftir'
nnni'shmpnt. Are we now gome to
regress so that we must publicly
brand a student for a misdemeanor?
The student body elects councils
to act as leaders in the enforcement
of the Honor System. By making an
open trial mandatory, the' Daily Tar
Heel would be able to control the
Honor System. The Council could do
no more than call attention to any
misrepresentation of the facts in a
case. They could not offer any ex
planation of their reasoning used in
DTH Should Not
Neglect Campus
The DAILY TAR HEEL has seen
fit to offer extensive news and edi
torial news coverage to the situa
tion in Mississippi. I wonder if there
are not issues and events here at
Carolina that merit more attention
than they receive from you. I have
in mind action by the local police
in which they threw a student over
a fence in Kenan Stadium after the
Carolina-tSate game, and thereby in
jured him. Granted, this incident
need not be covered by all nine
journalistic zealots now in Oxford;
but I expect a good college news
paper, even with its staff so di
minished, could find time and space
to editorilly condemn the police for
this unecessary and harmful treat
ment of a student.
I suggest that in the future you
Heed not travel so far as Oxford to
find misuse of authority, and that
whatever editorial boldness you may
possess might be better directed at
issues more relevant to this cam
pus. Arch T. Allen
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To the Editors:
The grave crisis in Mississippi is
probably the greatest exemplifica
tion of ignorance, bad judgment, in
justice and unconstitutional actions
on the part of any Americans. To
deny a person the right of an edu
cation because of his color is the
most unjustifiable reason possible.
Governor Barnett and his "civil
war army" certainly must accept
full and total responsibility for the
violence that occurred, and the
deaths that resulted. While Barnett
used the reason that Meredith's
admittance would cause an immen
ent breach of peace, no one is going
to believe that it wasn't his attitude
of complete racial prejudice that
brought his decision. The entire af
fair is being criticized the world
over, and those foreign viewpoints
are being critical of Gov. Barnett.
President Kennedy reacted to the
situation in the only manner left
available to him by the Barnett
army. Because the constitution and
the federal government guarantee
the right of Meredith to be enrolled
at the University of Mississippi,
Kennedy was completely justified in
defending him in such a way.
It is really pathetic to see the
actions of these supposedly respon
sible leaders both defy the constitu
tion and federal writs. It should
make North Carolinians feel proud
that this unreasonable discrimination
is not greatly exemplified in our
higher education.
James Rector
Pieter Voorliees
vmt&rnities - iciei
Don H Meet Reality
(Eds Note: This is the first in a
series of three articles on fraterni
ties. The second and third articles
will appear here tomorrow and
Thursday.)
Today is the third day of fraternity
rush. By now the rushees have visit
ed all the houses they are interested
in and are beginning to make up
their minds. They have formed at
least a vague idea of the character
of the various houses, and the fra
ternities have formed at least a
vague idea of the character of the
individual "rushees.
That sounds very nice, doesn't it?
It sounds as if fraternity rush was an
intelligent, mature process by which
incoming students could find groups
of their contemporaries with inter
ests similar to their own. It sounds
as if these groups were interested
in finding new members to join
their group, it sounds as if they
were going" about it in a natural,
mature manner. It sounds as if
fraternities were worthwhile.
Well, there is some truth to that.
Fraternities can and should be
worthwhile.
But you would never know it on
this campus, perhaps not on any
campus in the country today.
(Now before you fellows out there
in those nice big houses with all
the columns start screaming, let
me explain that' I am a brother in
one of UNC's 24 social fraternities;
that I have seen rush from both
sides; that I have been through pled
ge training, initiation, brotherhood,
any number of Germans wreekends,
happy carnivals, big fraternity par
ties, little fraternity parties, the
works. So please don't start writing
all those nasty little letters to the
editors just yet.' And please, when
you do, don't say, "No one who has
not actually been in a fraternity
can realize the sublime joys, the
spiritual and moral, delights a fra
ternity offers." And please don't
say, "He's just bitter 'cause he
didn't get in one." Save that stuff
for your pledges; they may need
it.)
(Also: a note to all of the loud
mouth professional fraternity-haters
on campus: please don't go slop
ping off at the mouth because "One
of their own members said they
were bad." And please don't come
talking to me. I don't like you,
because I have never seen anything
constructive in your continual at
tacks on fraternities.)
Freshmen and new students may
well wonder about those two notes.
You have probably been suffering
under the naive impression that
people could talk about fraternities
in a rational way, could make real
istic criticisms and legitimate de
fenses of them in a rational man
ner. But that is not the case at UNC.
You see, whenever anyone criticizes
fraternities, . he is immediately
branded by innumerable thick-headed
fraternity boys as a grub who
couldn't get in a fraternity, some
one who has no real knowledge of
fraternities, or someone who is at
least a radical, maybe a pinko. And
on the other hand, whenever some
one praises or defends fraternities,
all the loudmouth fraternity-haters
explain that he is either a bigot, a
snob,
four.
a rich kid, a playboy or ail
Very rarely is there any con
cerned, dispassionate examination of
both the strangths and failures of
fraternities. But there is a grt-at
need for such an examination. These
articles will certainly be concern
ed. Whether or not they are dis
passionate is another matter.
The idea of a fraternity is a fine
one. It is the idea that a group of
individuals with similar interests can
live and work together for the mu
tual benefit. It is the idea that
running their own living quarters,
keeping their house, improving it,
maintaining their own financial af
fairs, all largely free from the in
fluence and control of their elders,
can develop a valuable persona!
responsibility. This is a more speci
fic incidence of the idea behind stu
dent government here.
The idea of a fraternity is al.-o
that the constant contact between
different individuals, the working to
gether on joint projects, eating to
gether, living in the same house,
talking together, having parties to
gether can also be a valuable part
of a person's personal development.
It is the idea that if this is under
taken in a spirit of brotherhood 'a
spirit which is, unfortunately, rare
ly realized, if at all) the indhidual
can grow by the intimate contact
with other personalities and ideas
on a friendly basis.
The idea of a fraternity is also to
have a good time. It is the idea that
with a big house, lots of people to
share the expense, live music, keg
beer and a good crowd, you can
have a tremendous party. It is also
the idea that people enjoy bringing
their dates to an attractive place
with their friends for a good party.
Finally it is the idea that the re
lationships and enjoyment of a fra
ternity in college can be continued
throughout one's life in the group's
alumni organization.
Very briefly, then, that is the idea
behind fraternities. It is the idea that
they can be a rewarding part of in
dividual development, that they can
be an enjoyable experience, and
that the friendships they can build
may last for years.
The difficulty, the criticisms and
the disappointments come in the
realization of this idea. They come
when you realize that rush week,
when fraternities choose their mem
bers, is largely a petty sham cloaked
in an empty smile, when you real
ize that pledgeship, when the frater
nities prepare their members for
full participation in the group, a
degrading farce, and when, finally
as a brother you realize that tin
idea is only faintly connected with
the reality of a fratersity.
But in spite of all this, the con
nection is still there. It is indeed
faint, but it does exist. In some areas
it is stronger than the critics think.
And the fact that it still does exist,
in spite of innumerable weaknesses,
may be the saving grace of frater
nities. (Tomorro w: Discrimination
clauses, 80, and deferred rush,)
'Lolita' An Excellent Love Story
MOVIE REVIEW
Most of today's foremost scientists,
journalists, would - be philosophers
and politicians emeriti (if there's a
difference) are fond of referring to
the present as the Age of the Atom.
Not being foremost anythings ex
cept perhaps antagonists, we would
venture to christen our time as the
Age of Psychoanalysis. Are you
well-adjusted? Does the beach make
you think of Mother?
The point of all this groping is
that in this era, it is practically im
possible to see or hear anything
abnormal without falling back on
the much misunderstood and ill-used
cliches of a science whose theories
are one by one being disproved or
altered by those supposedly expert
in the field. To try to apply these
cliches to Lolita is to do it injustice,
for in spite of the fact that by our
standards Humbert Humbert's love
for Lolita is abnormal, Lolita is no
more or no less of a psychoanalytic
exercise than any other love story.
Therefore, it can only be taken to
be the story of an extremely jealous
man who destroys the affection, or
more aptly, the co-operation of the
woman he loves by the suffocating
and overly-demanding quality cf his
love for her, and then destroys the
man who took her from him.
This is the book, this is the movie.
Nabokov has done a masterful job
of changing his novel to a screen
play. Without the background of
Humbert's frustrated childhood af
fair with Annabel that is in the book,
the movie is tighter, and has a much
stronger impact. Because of this,
Lolita is one of the few stories to
have been improved by the transi
tion from paper to celluloid, for the
viewer is unable to say that Hum
bert's just a little nutty because he
was disappointed at a terribly im
pressionable age, and this is good,
for as has been said before, it is not
important to the story Nabokov is
trying to tell. The only other signifi
cant change is that Clare Quilty of
necessity plays a more significant
part in the movie than he did in
the book. However, it is difficult to
say whether the change is an im
provement on a strictly dramatic
basis or because of Peter Seller's
briljjfant interpretation. Sellers is
even more impossibly funny as an
American than he has ever been as
an Englishman or Frenchman. Quil
ty is probably his most serious and
at the same time most amusing
roles.
James Mason, who has lately been
cast in roles that require more slick
ness than genuine ability, is an even
bigger and more refreshing sur
prise as Humbert Humbert. Instead
of just going through the motions,
Mason brings real feeling to his
role, and to such an extent that one
is led to sympathize with him in
spite of the outrageous nature of his
affair, and this is no mean feat.
Shelley Winters, in her role as the
psuedo-intellectual mother of Lolita,
has taken still another step towards
being the grande dame of legitimate
American drama. Her childlike sobs
in the scene in which Lolita has just
interrupted her attempted seduction
of Humbert are one of the masterful
touches in the film, and exemplify
her entire performance.
But the biggest surprise of the
entire production is Sue Lyon. Due
to the nature of the advance publi
city on the movie we were led to
believe that she would be yet anoth
er hackneyed product of Hollywood.
That she is a product of Hollywood,
Hollywood can for once be proud,
for she is far from hackneyed. Her
interpretation of the half - woman,
half -child that is Lolita and any in
telligent and spirited female adoles
cent and that is so completely be
wildering to anyone who has ever
gone through the stage of half-mrn,
half -child, is near perfection. Though
much of this is doubtless due to the
brilliant directing of Stanley Ku
brick and pure chance in casting
Miss Lyon in this particular role,
she must be the one to receive the
plaudits. She may never again at
tain the excellence she attained as
Lolita, but this may also be said of
far more mature talents who hap
pened to be particularly suited to
certain roles, in either Shakespeare
or Williams. In her scenes with her
mother she is the typical rebellious
child, and in her scenes with Hum
bert, she is so much more of a
woman than her mother as to defy
comparison. If it is true that Miss
Lyon will never again be as good as
she is as Lolita, this alone makes the
movie one not to be missed, for it
is one of the most remarkable por
trayals we have ever seen or hope
to see again.
This praise, of course, must also
be due Vladimir Nabokov, who only
created the characters. As a love
story and as a commentary on cer
tain aspects of the American scene
the erratic and nervous genius of
Quilty, the psuedo-intellectualism of
Mrs. Haze, and the general mora!
hypicrosy of the great Puritan na
tion). Lolita is an inimitable and ir
replacable contribution to American
literature and dramatic art.
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