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Vote YES For 'Open' Trials Amendment TEfje 5Batl? Ear gecl n its seventieth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the University administration or the stu dent body. All editorials appearing in the DAILY TAR HEEL are the indivdual opinions of the Editors, unless otherwise credited; they do not necessarily represent the opinions of the staff. The edi tors are responsible for all material printed in the DAILY TAR HEEL. i.O & "What Was All The Excitement Ahout One More Nuclear Weapons Base?" November 6, 1962 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. LXX, No.40 Open Trials Mean Honor Although it does not seem neces sary for students found guilty of honor code offenses to wear a scar let letter, a little bit of that dubious distinction which they earn by be ing violators of the code would seem to go a long way toward heightening their understanding of just what their actions mean and just what this ambiguous concept "student honor" means to the cam pus at large. As the situation now stands, one who commits an honor council of fense becomes automatically entitl ed to all manner of anonymity, that is, to the extent that no other stu dent has the right to know that said individual is a violator of the code. The only people who are cog nizant of a student's dishonesty are those who tried and found him guilty. Certainly, we would not advocate the "scarlet letter," but we fail to see why the campus seems to ob ject to "having the truth known by and -about every individual. Indeed, in this matter of truth, whether or not a person violates a particular code should be but a part of the total, the whole knowledge of one's person, and as such, if the whole truth were the concern, would not receive the inordinate amount of attention which . we seem to place on it when it is isolated. There are two, among other, pertinent reasons for a more "op en" honor system on this campus, and these two, which we would like to present as paramount, find, un derstandably enough, their focal points in the concept of "purpose." That is,what is the purpose of an honor system ? Is the honor system only con cerned with the cessation of stu dent cheating, and failing that, with the punishment of student cheaters? No. But by the same tok en, the honor system should and does address itself to this problem. An honor system would have, ideal ly, no cheating; and an honor sys tem would attempt, realistically, to curb cheating. Well then, it would seem that if an individual were to suffer the self-acquired notoriety of being a cheater or more to the point of "preventive honor" if he were to labor under the threat of being known on the campus as "one who cheated," he would be less apt to cheat. But as the system now works, if a man is found guilty, no one knows outside of the Honor Council. Well, this is a pretty big campus, and you go around quite a lot without ever running into a member of the Coun- JIM CLOTFELTER CHUCK WRYE Editors BUI Hobbs Associate Editor Harry Lloyd Wayne King Managing Editors Art Pearce Dow Sheppard News Editors Ed Dupree Sports Editor Curry Klrkpatrick Asst. Spts. Ed. Matt Weisman Feature Editor Harry DeLung Night Editor Jim Wallace Photography Editor Mike Robinson Gary Blanchard Contributing Editors DAVE MORGAN Business Manager Gary Dal ton Advertising Mgr. John Evans Circulation Mgr. Dave Wysong Subscription Mgr. Tn Daily Tab Ezk. la published dally axcept Monday, examination periods and vacations. It Is entered as stcond claa matter in the post office In Chapel Bill. N. C pursuant with the act cf March t. 1870. Subscription rates i $4M per semester, S8 per year. Tact Daily Tab Hxsl Is a subscriber to Use United Press International and stUlzes the services of the News Bu reau of the University of North Caro lina. Published by the Publications Board ft the University of North Carolina, Chapel H1U. N. C. cil, and most of your business on campus does not concern the Coun cil. 1 So, in effect, "nobody" knows that you cheat (or just once cheat ed), and apparently nobody cares. But they should. For two reasons at least. First, every student should be concerned with eliminating cheating on this campus. And if this can only be accomplished by embarrassing publicly those who do cheat, well then, in search of honesty, cheaters should be em barrassed. The second reason brings us to consideration of that same old top ic, "purpose." If the honor .system does not think primarily in terms of eliminating cheating through pun ihment of cheaters, then consider as a possible purpose for the exist ence of an honor system "the teach ing of Honor." Well, if we are to learn that Hon or is a worthwhile ideal, and that Honor is worthy of respect, we might be most effectively taught this by seeing that dishonor will not go unnoticed, by learning that the campus as a whole is concerned with acts of cheating. If we were to be forced, by mere truth, to realize our transgressions to encounter more regularly, in dividuals who knew that we had broken the code would we not be more sensitive to what Honor means? Would we not at least feel more strongly what it means to break an honor code? After all, it does mean something1. Doesn't it? We think so. And we believe that the student body thinks so also. That is why an "open" honor sys tem will work on this campus. That is why we advocate open trials. (CW) Prav For Brown One of the lowest characters who ever crawled up out of the gutter to run for public office will put his political future on the line in Cali fornia today. Without further prep aration, we introduce Richard Mil hous Nixon, the Almost-President, husband of mink-coatless Pat, and friend of Murray Chotiner, Joe Mc Carthy and Checkers. Until recently we assumed Nix on had exhausted his store of sneaky political tricks in his many previous smear-smeared campaigns. Particularly, it was difficult to im agine how the former vice-president could use his familiar Red-baiting tactics against a governor who has no part in national policy and there fore cannot be accused of appeas ing the Communists. But we understand Nixon's re sourcefulness. His supporters have faked the ultimate fake they got hold of a picture of Gov. Pat Brown bowing to a young Laotian visitor, and merged it with a pic ture of Premier Khrushchev. The picture then showed Nixon's op ponent bowing to the Russian boss. Brilliant. Simply fantastic so shrewd and so dirty . . . Last night Nixon was slated to go on statewide television for a last minute appeal to the voters. He probably sat there before the tele vision cameras, and cried a little, and told about his poor wife's cloth coat and his little dog and his daughters and ended with a plea to "Help find employment for this needy man. Sole qualifications unscrupulous." Those who wish to take a step back to honest and ethical politics in the United States, those who wish to be rid of the Almost-President, should pray tonight for stodgy little Pat Brown, a man who makes the rare mistake of saying what he believes and standing by it. (JC) A ? ' : VJy ZrKe ISSM M7 Use Press As Weapon In War: Letters In his rash statement that "news flowing from actions taken by the government is part of weaponry" during cold war crises, Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester has raised a crucial issue in the cold war itself. Indeed, this is exactly the theory of public information hence of political responsibility entertained in Red Square, Moscow. Dictatorial oligarchies, whose she nanigans could scarely survive the searching light of a free press, al ways chuckle over the deference democratic officials pay to "free dom of the press." "Why not," they argue in so many words, "do as we do regard the press as an instrument of govern ment policy and tune.it to tell the people what we think they should know, when we think they should know it?" In short, why not use the press as a WEAPON? And so we find the assistant secretary of de fense suggesting that the U. S., in effect, fight fire with fire. Of course, American newspapers sympathize with high officials plagu ed by "leaks" that often debilitate carefully-planned maneuvers. For in stance, if American headlines had trumpeted to the world beforehand that President Kennedy would soon quarantine Cuba, the bite .would have been dulled, its surprise an nulled. So the American press has traditionally recognized the occasion al need for secrecy, particularly in shooting wars when the Bill of Rights would be worthless without survival. Beginning with this latently dan gerous premise, however, it is possi- Dorm Raise Backed, Rightists Hit Social Programs Must Be Larger To the Editors: Every resident of every men's dor mitory on campus pays a social fee of 75 cents when he pays his room rent. This fee automatically goes in to a dormitory social fund which is used to finance the activities of each dormitory. It is reasonable that such a fee should exist; this is the only way to insure total participation in dorm activities so far as expense goes. It is reasonable also that this fee should be collected with the room rent; this guarantees collection of the fees. We wonder, though, whether this fee is now fulfilling the purpose for which it was created. A few facts will help us decide. This fee was set at $.75 per resi dent per semester in 1949. It was probably quite edequate then, but since then costs have risen steadily. So, right now the fee, is far from adequate. At present any dormitory except Ehringhaus and Craige which has one big party with a combo and all that goes with it would afterwards be bankrupt or nearly so. And one such party per semester will not suffice as a dorm's total activities program. A dorm must have funds to par ticipate in the Homecoming Queen Contest, the Yack Queen Contest, the UiMOC Contest, the Homecoming Display Contest and the Beat Dook Parade Float Contest. A dorm must also have funds to improve the physical conditions un der which the residents live. They need table tennis equipment and oth er such supplies for intra-dorm com petitions and individual recreation. They need a TV set which works reasonably well and which they can get repaired at their own expense if that's necessary to insure good work manship. The present arrangement with Dollar TV leaves much to be desired.) Finally, a dorm must have funds to provide a responsibly edited news paper which will serve as a means for communicating with residents on dormitory activities and campus is sues. And any active, spirited dormitory wants to compete in all the contests, wants the recreational facilities and wants a dorm newspaper. But, at present costs, the social funds can support no more than a portion of these needs. Some figures from dormitory fi nancial accounts will add further support to our conclusion. Last spring Joyner dorm was nam ed winner of the Best Dorm on Campus and was presented a cash award of $100 for its showing. So, they had this money in addition to their usual social fund. By the end of May they had less than $80. At the end of the Spring Semester of 1962 six dorms had less than $20 remaining in their social funds. Four of these dorms had less than $10 and one had a deficit of almost $10. Likewise, at the end of the Spring Semester of 1961, eleven dorms had less than $20 remaining in their so cial funds. Nine of these dorms had less than $5 and two of them had deficits. It seems, then, that present social funds are being well drained and, yet, the dorms don't have near the program they'd like to have. Also to be considered here is the fact that the figure above included many dormitories which had 3-men rooms. This means, of course, that these dormitories had more residents and, therefore, larger social funds than is the case now that most of these 3-men rooms have been elimi nated. We pose our question: Is the pres ent social fee fulfilling its purpose? Evidently not. Since this is the case, it seems that these fees should be increased. Ehringhaus has already taken a step in that direction. The entire dorm voted to have each resident contribute an extra dollar to the fund in order to have an expanded activities program. Last spring the IDC urged in creasing the fees to $1.50 per resi dent per semester. This fall, they will submit the idea to the residents of the dorms in a referendum on Nov. 6. If approved in the referendum, the increases will become effective next semester, according to William Long, dean of men. In other words, a posi tive vote will bring some tangible results on this issue this year. To sum up, then, the dorm social fees should be increased and they will be if the referendum passes. So, vote YES in the dorm refer endum today. Owen Bishop Mitchener Backs Appell To the Editors, The Class of '64 would do well to elect Gordon Appell Class President Tuesday! Throughout this years at Carolina, Gordon has proven himself to be not only one who is 'academic ally concerned with the problems of the student community, but, more importantly, he has also shown him self to be one who quickly grasps he essential 'issues of a situation and begins promptly and willingly to work for sound and effective solu tions to student problems. Nowhere has his ability and wil lingness to work been more effec tively shown than in his work as IDC Representative from Joyner on the Men's .' Interdormitory Council, particularly as a member of the IDC Court and now as Court Clerk. Of the many problems facing Stu dent Governmnet, I dare say few require more time or greater effort than do those concerned with hand ling dormitory affairs. The compe tence Gordon has shown in accept ing his responsibilities in the IDC as sures me that he will do a fine job for the Junior Class as its Presi dent! John Mitchener IDC Pres. Asst. Council's Scribe Urges Open Trials To the Editors: The so-called "open trials" bill is now before the student body in the form of a constitutional amendment. It is essentially a moderate bill which prescribes the rules under which an open trial may be conducted. The presence of TAR HEEL re porters is permitted only if the de fendant so desires, and a trial is in no sense "open to the public" for casual inspection. The identity of the defendant is protected by law whe ther the trial is covered by TAR HEEL reporters or not. I strongly urge the passage of this amendment; it has the endorsement of the legislature, the Men's Council, and the Women's Council. Whitney Durand Scribe, Men's Council Name-Taking Not By Super-Patriot To the Editors: (When I was a small child in ele mentary school, my classmates and I had a childish fear of having our names sent to the principal. This is a fear which exists among the few remaining primitive tribes in the world today. To a person who be lieves in black magic it is a terrible thing to allow an enemy to gain possession of one's name, locks of hair, or fingernails. I had thought that this supersition had disappeared from the adult mind with the march of civilization, but I have just read a letter in the DTH stating that name taking can be harmful. As I was present when the name taking in question occurred, I think a few more facts should be brought to light. The two students whose names were taken happened to be standing outside of Hill Hall on the night that Mr. Levchenko of the Russian Embassy spoke on disarma ment. Those of us who heard him speak realize his honestly and sin cerity in stating his desire for peace. The two students, however, did not go in to hear what Mr. Levchenko had to say, but rather waited outside with signs bearing statements such as "Russian go home!" The student who took their names was not a super patriot. He and I do have a certain sense of pride in our nation and a feeling that peace can better be brought about through courteous exchanges of opinion. The names are not to be turned over to the F.B.I., the principal, or a witch doc tor; we merely wanted to know who it was that believed we could bring ble for government officials to reach insupportable conclusions. The Ken nedy Administration's recent high handedness with the press proves it. and one insupportable conclusion is that of Mr. Sylvester, who main tains that the flow of news in mo ments of crisis should be regulate!, like the jet of water from a hose, .-o that the American press "speaks wi n one voice to our adversasry." Heaven forbid, in the first place, that the press should "speak in one voice" on any topic, at any time, to anyone even an adversary. From such frightening uniformity, Mr. Sylvester, deliver us. The truth is that the assistant defense secretary, with amiably pa triotic intentions, has quite over looked the distinction between secre cy and manipulation. The practice of the Eisenhower Administration was excessive and sometimes foolish sec recy. The more dangerous practice now urged upon us by the Kennedy Administration is manipulation. There is a difference. Secrecy, dis creetly used, is defensible thouuh never desirable if government Ls to be by consent of the governed. Ma nipulation use of the press as "weaponry" is never defensible, in any conceivable circumstances. The fundamental right of the peo ple to know what their elected od'ic ials are doing is not a ball of was to be sculpted by some arrogant bu reaucrat, however efficient or pa triotic. This is an approach to dis semination of news, moreover, that is bound to boomerang. For the ad ministration will find that every at tempt to dupe the press, to use it as an instrument of policy, will he re paid with interest. And who know?, but that such repayment will take the form of a disastrous leak in mo ments of crisis i r 1 1 ... ' : opny oi uie press us wcayviuy i.- not only contrary to tne iracuuon 1I a litre il 13 uiou iuv-i nu'ji short-sighted. Greensboro Daily News nbout Deace bv insulting our guests Robert Iiullartl DTH Misquoted Student On Cuba To the Editors: I would like to call yours and t! -e attention of the campus to a very regrettable bit of behavior by ore JL JUUl SLUH. i ICICTI HI U1C til I "-''- which covered the meeting of th' Di-Phi on October 23, 1962, and which appeared in the DAILY TAR Heel on Oct. 26, 1962. The point which I would like t ) make is that while the quotation d 1 in fact say what I implied in try talk, there were words employed which I did not use, there were st'-" ments which I did not make, and there was a very important point which I did not even to imply. I am sure that you can understand my extreme frustration on this mas ter. I think that is such things as th ? which tend to cause hostility toward -the press, because it happens t often. For tunately it does not ha; -pen often in our paper. I rem an confused on exactly how it hap pens, but I am sure the mistak -: were innocent ones. For obvious personal reasons, I would greatly appreciate it if y "u would print this letter in the DAIhY TAR HEEL as soon as possible. Joe McDonald Dick's Guttersnipe Tactics From Greensboro Daily News As Richard Nixon, now back home in the briar patch, faces his seventh (and maybe his last ) crisis, strange things are happening strange, even for a Nixon campaign in California. California courts have now granted at least three restraining orders against dirty campaign literature against the incumbent Gov. Pat Brown, the "amiable -Babbitt" who is Nixon's opponent. -Murray Chotiner, Nixon's old spec ialist at the sly innuendo, is hard at work again. This week Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kenneth Chan try restrained from distribution a four-page anti-Brown pamphlet de vised by Karl Prussion, one of Nix on's campaigners. Chotiner was nam ed in the suit. The pamphlet seeks to link the California Democrat Clubs to "soft ness on Communism" (where have we heard that before?) then to show Brown as an enthusiast over the clubs. One pamphlet photo pur ports to show Governor Brown ap plauding the C. D. C.'s. Actually, the photo was taken of Brown as he ap plauded a little girl stricken with polio. For Nixon campaign purposes, the little girl was lopped off. Another photo, as Drew Pearson reports, pretends to show Brown sa luting Khrushchev in the obsequious Oriental manner. Originally, that photo was taken of Brown saluting a Laotian. The Laotian was sliced off, Khruschev substituted. People in more subdued parts the country have long since come to realize that California politics eels all others of the no-holds-barre : school. But there are limits. Nixon's California underground has pas ' those limits, and it simply def':-.--" common sense to suppose that Nlv -knows nothing of the gutter litera ture being sent out against his op ponent. Indeed whenever Mr. Nixon has en tered a campaign with the po.s-aP exception of 1960, which he Irt-t the guttersnipe tactics have not beer, behind-hand in appearing. They are almost predictable. This, then, is the man who sough' the highest office in the land ar. ! missed it by a few-score thou-ar. ! ballots. Will he never grow up? Vote YES For Dorm Social Fee Raise
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