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Waiting For T3i Oilier Shoe tains rarran Heel i3 i- 'i-i. i0. In its sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the administration or the student body. The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the Personal expressions of the editor, unless othenvise credited; they ire not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff P J ; October 13, 19G2 Tel. S42-235G Vol. XLX, No. 21 II "Red" Talk Subsided; UNC Riding Smoothly A week of reflection apparently has calmed some people's fears as to the spread of Marxist doctrine on the University campus. The last several days have seen ii decrease in let's-go-get-those-dirty-Reds editorials and public declarations, and a corresponding rise in snickers directed at the American Legicn. Rut one aspect of the Legion de mand for an investigation for Com munists still seems to be bathed in confusion. Into what kind of activities does the Legion want investigation? Propaganda? Rallies? Professional indoctrination? Subversion? In those areas which are peculiar ly its domain first, as pertains to the employment of professors and what goes on in the classroom; and second, concerning the general . ac tivity of Communists on the cam pus the University has always in sisted that it should do any "inves tigating" that is done. (Rut the Legion wants the inves tigating to be done by the state legislature. . .) The third possible area of action concerning Communists would be the handling of physical acts of sub version which only the Durham Sun (not even the Legion. . .) has suggested may be occurring in Chapel Hill. The chancellor has said the Uni versity never "knowingly" hires a Communist for the faculty. Simul taneously, there is no disclaimer affidavit on UNC employment forms and no absolute hiring policy leav ing the University free to make individual decisions concerning in dividual professors. The other major area of Univer sity concern is with campus groups which are labelled Communist by the Red-hunters. At present the New Left Club is seeking University "recognition", whatever that means apparently the right to hold meetings on Uni versity property and have the same privileges generally accorded to stu dent groups. The University correctly sees nothing wrong with any student group meeting and holding discus sions about anything, including "Marxism-Leninism." And, as some groups which origi nally jumped on the Red Hunt ban wagon are now realizing, what goes on at UNC is preeminently the busi ness of the faculty, administration and students. Time after time they have spoken for a free exchange of ideas, regardless of the nature of these ideas and have spoken p. gainst repressive measures being directed at any unpopular groups or individuals. (JC) Peace Corps: Why? With some last-minute hustling, the YMCA and the Student Party have arranged a panel discussion on the Peace Corps for this coming Sunday night. The almost im promptu arrangement of this pro gram is quite a feather in their col tive cap. The discussion would seem to be a potentially fair opportunity for prospective Peace Corpsmen to ask some pertinent questions of those in a supposedly crood position to nro- vide answers. Although the Corps draws from all age groups, largest source appears to be college campus. US the The Corpsmen will no doubt quite often be faced with questioning students groups of people wanting to know why they joined, what they think they can do, and why should any other individual join. Is the Corps purely an altruistic enterprise, or are they going abroad to reap harvest for Uncle Sam? Are JIM CLOTFELTER CHUCK WRYE Editors BUI Hobbs Associate Editor Wayne King Harry Lloyd Managing Editors Bill Waumett News Editor Ed Dupree Sports Editor Curry Kirkpatrick . Asst. Spts. Ed. Chris Farran Matt Weisman Feature Editors ITarry DeLung Night Editor Jim Wallace Photography Editor Mike Robinson Gary Blanchard i m Contributing Editors DAVE MORGAN Business Manager Gary Dal ton Advertising Mgr. John Evans Circulation Mgr. Dave Wysong Subscription Mgr. Tin Dailt Tab Exxl it published daBy xcept Monday, examination periods and vacations. It Is entered as aecond clasa matter In the post office In Chapel Hill. N. C pursuant with the eel of March 5, 1870. Subscription rates I per semester, $8 per year. Ths Dailt Tax Hxxt. is a subscriber to the United Press International and utilizes the services ot the News Bu reau oi the University ot North Caro lina. Published by the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. N. C. 1 I they going to Latin America to aid in the development of backward areas, or are they going south to jcombat Communism? Does their training provide them with the background for spouting endless cliches about the freedom of North America, or does it train them to deal with a questioning and appre hensive people? We feel that it is probably a healthy mixture of each. That is to say, we feel confident that interest ing and informed citizens of the United States are being sent abroad to help others help themselves, that the Corps will provide an initial spark to Latin American bootstrap ping which will free borderline coun tries from any need of turning to Communist aid. (CW) Fence - Straddling A story in Thursday's Tar Heel listed student reactions to the American Legion's demand for an investigation of Communism at the proposed investigation "uncalled UNC. The president of the YMCA called the proposed investigation "uncalled for" and an "absurdity." The Pan Hellenic president said "highly superfluous." "A futile effort," said the GMAB president. The comment of the YWCA president was "rather ridiculous." ... A picture of unanimous op position to an investigation, and a general feeling that the Legion naires looked a little bit foolish. . . . Except for the comment of the president of the student body, In man Allen, who took the fine old art of fence-stradding to a new high. "I have no strong feeling on it," the president said, "If they want to conduct an investigation, it's their prerogative to make the request." Come on now, Mr. Allen if the YWCA can take a stand, you can too. It's really not so difficult. (JC) . - gVr- V-rr -i-i-'' ;.-3-?v---r-.-rr-: st w m t m sw t m "2 t . ... -z. ft . - M ----v-v- Editorial Comment American Legion Wlieee! For getting on towards half a cen tury now, the American Legion has occupied a very special place in our National life. As everybody should know, the Legion is as American as Mom's apple pie, the old Brooklyn Dodgers (before the team was integrated, of course), as soda pop at the drugstore on Saturday night, bank night at the movies, Halloween, strikebreak ing, and Joe McCarthy. The mere mention of the name is enough to bring forth tolerant and friendly chuckles. Who can ever forget the appeal- Authorities Should Cheek Hidden Reds "We have no evidence that there is a Communist cell on the campus. We have no evidence that any stu dent in the University is a Commun ist." They are the firm declarations of Chancellor William B. Aycock of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The University policy requires that regular student extracurricular activity organizations be recognized by the University "before they can use University facilities and build ings or otherwise be associated as University affiliated agencies." Chancellor Aycock 's conclusion: "Our inquiries indicate that there are no groups to warrant an in vestigation." (The American Legion has suggested an investigation by the State Legislature of the possibili ty that "Marxism has premeated" the University in Chapel Hill.) The assurance from Chancellor Aycock is gratifying and there may be no need for a legislative investi gation; yet there may be need for more intensive inquiries by the University administration. The University has "no evidence" of the presence of Communist or Communist organizations; but they could be there. They easily can, as they have in the past, operate off campus or secretly, as would be natural to them, on campus. The University in Chapel Hill, however, is in no different a situa tion than many universities in the country. Universities are finding it difficult enough to administer univer sities and to regulate recognized or ganizations of young men and women in their open behavior. It is an even more complicated matter to at tempt to ferret out clandestine con spiracies and sulking traitors. Durham Sun ing boyishness of a legion conven tion: the bags of water dropped from hotel windows, hand buzzers, exploding cigars, walking canes that go bang each time they tap the pavement, jet streams that blow young ladies' dresses over their heads, firecrackers thrown from an old 40 & 8 train, the T-model that rears up on its hind wheels and backfires like a howitzer, the charge of the loaded brigade, and twenty three skiddoo. Who can help but smile at the re collection of the mass rabbit club bings in Iredell County? This is good, clean, red-blooded, loyal American fun. A trifle im mature, perhaps. But like the fel low said, in every man there is a grinning mischievous little boy. The boys at Chapel Hill American Legion Post No. 6 got in a mischiev ous lick a couple of weeks ago with a resolution and recommendation calling for an investigation of com munist activity at the University here. Dredging up the theoretical bones of Hans Freistadt and Junius Scales, Post 6 charged that the University has never purged itself to the ex tent that it was no longer a "Red Nest." The immediate cause for the Progressive Labor Club, whose members are mischievous in a somewhat different way than the Legionnaires. j(As a matter of fact, the Progressive Labor Club boys will have no truck with the com munists, whom they consider to be too conservative. In another im portant respect, the Progressives go right dowTi the line with the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, who are still keeping a watchful eye Chuck Wrve on the British buildup in Bermuda.) Whatever the Progressive Labor Club has in mind, Chapel Hill Post 6 wants an investigation. The investi gating committee would not include any of the University trustees, facul ty members or administrators. (The Legion Post did not rule out stu dents, former students, or perhaps of present, former or prospective stu dents, which seems to have been an oversight.) The purpose of the investigation would be to determine to what ex tent Marxism has taken hold of the University, and to recommend remedial legislation necessary that "freedom loving North Carolinains may be saved from a possible academic Frankenstein of their own creation." The idea of the resolution and recommendation seems to have been promoted by Col. Henry Royall, chairman of Post 6's Americanism Committee and a man whose loyal red blood boils at the thought of a "knee-jerk liberal" or at the sight of a U. N. tree. Presumably with the blessings of a majority of the rest of the boys at the Post, the resolution has been passed along to the Legion's State Department GHQ in Raleigh for appropriate action. As it happens, most of North Carolina's top Legion officials are now in Las Vegas for the National Convention. With luck, maybe the resolution will get lost at one of the roulette tables; or barring that, somebody will fill it with water and drop it from the top of The Last Frontier Club. It is altogether too much to hope that it would land on Col. Royall's head. The Chapel Hill Weekly Bloodshed, Beauty Characterise Bib n A EOOK REVIEW The beginning of this vast and fascinating book would almost seem to be grounded in science-fiction. It tells of the creation in six days of the earth, stars, and universe. This is a bit much, but it serves admirably to introduce the power and the glory of the hero of the plot, God. "And God said, let there be light: and there was light." This is no mean feat, and throughout the chronicle, God's powers (pillars of fire, floods, parting of waves, etc.) rival those of our boyhood hero, Captain Marvel. The great differ ence is that Billy Batson had to yell "Shazaam" or something be fore his hocus-pocus, while God's powers are often quieter, and us ually more creative and lasting. After this spurt of creativity He made the stars also God "rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made." This of course set the precedent for our current practice of working hard for six days of the week and sleeping late Sun days. Incidentally, much of the book's great charm and power comes from the simplicity and beauty of the prose: "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food." Of course God also made man (in his own image, if that is any consolation) and woman, Eve, whom he created from Adam's rib. Now, woman was from the be ginning an untrustworthy type. Here she had an entire unspoiled and beautiful world around her, and of course she ate from the only tree in the Garden God had asked her not to touch. Women are like that. Often they seem to be more trouble than they are worth. Because of the forbidden fruit transgression, "the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." In other words, if Eve had minded her own damn business, you would not be buving $50 suits and $20 dresses at Milton's; things would be as in expensive and as pleasing to the eye as they were in the besinning: ". . . and they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." Again incidentally, there is much sound and fury today over the amount of sex and violence in books and magazines, in motion pictures and on television. Certainly the Bi ble, generally agreed to be "the most beautiful story ever told," contains more sex-violence than you could ev er find in a library of Vladimir Na bakov and James Jones: Samson slaying thousands with the jawbone of an ass. King Herod ordering the infants in Egypt killed, the sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Jo seph sold into slavery by his broth ers. Of course Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden and here besins a long narrative of the troubles of many people. Noah, who escaped from the flood, was 900 years old at the time and lived for 350 years afterward. That is another part of the book we must take on faith alone, because Life didn't have a photographer there. Also there were Abraham, Sarah, Isaac. Rachael, Jacob, Joseph, Saul, and David, to 1iame just a few. The cast of this book surelv out distances that of War and Peace, and. like the Tolstoy novel, various producers have attempted to put all or parts of the story on film, though never with the passion and conviction achieved by the original cast. This may be partly because it- -, motion Dicture audience- to won't believe in people liv r years (Sarah or bein- tur sah (Lot's wife. From the v. make the special et foots in- n v.i: their pay: rods turning to k- M -, rivers turning to blood. : i ! 1 . ; -tioned pillars of fire, parting - . like that. The idea of the book is magnifi cent enough, and the leading charac ter has great appeal. This is per haps because God, along with so:r.-slight-of-hand, is a fickle figure much like us all (look around yon; we were created in his image, re member; emotionally and mentnl'y as well as physically, perhaps. God is at once generous 'He lei Ishmael and the infant Abraham to water in the middle of the desert and gentle ('Blessed are the meek . . . "); yet he is also capable of almost "inhuman" anger (plague of boils) and violence (". . . my wrath shall wax hot, and I will ki'.l you with the sword: your wire shall be widows, and your children fatherless.") This is. certainly, thn impressive aspect of God. Many of the good things God could do, man can do also (save lives, compose music, write books, build churches and hospitals and libraries) but no man is capable of such imGodly jealousy and fury. It is indeed a shame that so many obey Cod nul out of awe for the good things. 1 1 1 can do, but out of fear for nil the hell He can raise. After Genesis (the Creation) and Exodus (the flight from Egypt) th.? next book is Leviticus, a repetition of God's laws to Moses, few of which we take seriously today: "And if a man entice a maid that is not be throthed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife." Much of the rest of (he book is n chronicle of the many wars fought for or against the glory of God. It was as true then as it is now hat few, religions on earth teach that war is just, but probably without ex ception every war since time began has "been fought over some point of some religion, however primitive, or at least over the principles and ideals thought by some religion. Perhaps the most interesting part of the book is the story of Job; of his many afflictions, his initial belief, his later doubts, his final return. It is, after all, a very interesting theological discussion; the several stages of belief and disbelief we probably all go through. At one point Job voices the same lack of hope you have probably felt have having to go to an eight o'clock class after a Friday-night drunk: "Man that is born of a woman is few days, and full of trouble." Job returned to belief eventually, .'jnd lived to be 140, and ". . . also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before . . ." which seems a promising way out for you disbe lievers. The Bible undeniably makes fasci nating reading. You can look at the beauty of the prose and think, "Geo, I wish I'd said that." Whether or not you believe it is your own busi ness. Like idealism, religion is dif ficult to defend but must certainly be emotionally satisfying. There is great security in belief. And thou 'Jh few of us take the Bible literally, men have fought for many years on many continents to uphold the idea's it teaches. Whether or not you believe the Bible, or in any God at all, the beau ty of the book cannot be denied, and certainly no book written has caus ed more bitter bloodshed or such high aspirations. Manly Madras Squeelers, Please Leave ( . "Doo Yuh Loove Me, Bay- bee? Uunh Hun, ugga ugga, Wow . . ." to the sound of distant jungle t drums pulsating sensual in the background: "thorn, thorn, thorn, thump thud." A Popular Folksong, circa. 1960) The other night I had the gross, misfortune of occupying a table in a local restaurant next to a few of our truly priceless Carolina Gentle men. They had obviously consumed a few beers and were feeling more chipper than usual. And not being square souls they were swilling the booze to the soothing sounds of an ancient nickelodeon. Blaring forth were the strains of "Do You Love Me?" "Sherry Baby" and a special one called "Green Onions." This was no passive enterprise, listening to rock and roll, that is. These gents were compelled, by some mysterious all powerful god, no doubt, to actively "participate" in each musical' endeavor. As each number came on, they would strain to be the first to recognize what this one was. Then, the lucky or clever chap that recognized it first, which he seemed to do only when it was the one he had played, would look around slyly grin broadly and announce for all, all in the estab lishment, to hear that this was . . . Usually following up the pronounce ment with "Boy, I really played a great one this time. Just listen to this one, gang, it's really cool." As the "thump, thump, thump" of the bass beat out, they would drum their frail fingers on the table, look at each other cleverly, roll their heads down in a slight Krupa lull and say, "Great, man, great. Just listen to this song I played, it's really great." As the contours grunted and boo pad and screeched their way onto the juke box, the madras-clad sock less neaties would tuck their chins to their chests, roll back their eyes, and screech and grunt with them. Man, they were really great. They had a sailor buddy with them, I think he may have been an ex plorer scout who occasionally asked them all how old they were. They told him: 13, 19, 18, and furled their brows to look old for their age. But just then, their really great favor ite came on "Twist and Shout" so, heads rolling, vocal chords strain ing and fingers thumping, they for got age, clothes, sex, cars and gave themselves up completely to the pure, great ecstacy of mimicking the Isley Brothers' squeal. Then some female acquaintances happened by, unfortunately but nec essarily on their way to the powder room. Not one to let a girlie pass ungreeted, the neat fellow on the end shouts (deeply), masculinly) "Hay there Emma Lou." She turn ed, smiled and was proud to be greeted; but then, carried away with himself, full of two big beers, Manly Madras felt cut, sly, and shou v t neatly, "Hey, I hope every hi: :u comes out alright." Great, ready great! As his buddies rolled thoir heads in insane squealing laughter. But then Dr. Feelgood began to bellow out his rendition of "F01 i Good" and all was forgotten. V..- y tore their troubled minds away from clever words, stinging comnier;'..s. world problems and gave themselves up completely to the wild pure ec stacy of screeching girl-like sound. of sensual rythmic absurdities. Smil ing, grinning, giggling, squealing their way through life. She-man, girl-voiced, song-scroc-ch-er, sockless Carolina Gentlemen, I fear you are all too numerous. I fe 1 you are all too typical. Why do you take Mommy and Daddy's mor-'V to come here and play these noi.-r-. why do you attend universities? Please take your madras, your drawls and strained vocal chorus and go home. Please
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