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Chuck Wrye "Now, Do You Want To Go For Double?" ' Let's Twist Again. Yeah. Twist Again V 7n 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. November 11, 19G2 Tel. 942-235G Vol. LXX, No. 45 Smoking And Cancer; Fingernails Safer CD A casual relationship between smoking and the incidence of lung cancer may never be proven, indeed, it may not even exist, but those who indulge in that nervous habit would do well to give serious considera tion to the possibilities of their switching to chewing gum or gnaw ing fingernails. For the evidence, or at least hy potheses, continue to grow in a manner which would suggest that if smoking does not alone cause can cer, it is none-the-less very closely related to the occurrence of cancer. And there are those who will staunchly maintain that on the basis of information now available, limited though it may be, we can say outright that smoking causes cancer. So now the smoker must suffer even more. He no longer merely smells like a week-old ash tray, or has to hide yellow nicotine-stained fingers ; he no longer merely clouds up the room with foul odors, or scars up floors with burns ; he now must bear the agony of potential cancer. And a recent court decision draws further attention to the evils of such a shallow vice. A man in Pitts burgh had attempted to obtain $213,000 from Liggett & Myers by contending they were, as manu facturers of the brand which he smoked, responsible for his lung cancer, which had necessitated the removal of his right lung. The federal court jury, after two day deliberations, declared that al though smoking was the "cause or one of the causes of cancer in his right lung," Liggett & Myers was not responsible for payment of any damages. The jury ruled more specificallj" that Liggett & Myers had done nothing to "induce the defendant to purchase the cigarettes." Well, con sidering the millions of dollars spent annually to "induce" consum ers to purchase particular brands, we fail to see how the jury could make the statement they did. How ever, we do agree with the spirit of their ruling, which would seem to be that the responsibility for any incidence of cancer can not be cast upon any manufacturer. For, as they stated, the defendant "as sumed the risk of injury by his smoking of Chesterfield cigarettes." It is significant and heartening that the papers which carried the news of the Pritchard vs. Liggett & Myers case also carried the an nouncement of the first meeting of the Surgeon General's advisory committee on smoking and health. The decisions as to the relationship of smoking and cancer will not be left entirely to non-scientific juries or to prejudiced non - smokers. (CW) UNO. Bigger Or Better? The University is big and getting "We disagree with the philosophy bigger. With 9,500 students UNC that the University should continue has one of the South's largest en rollments and 1970 projected en rollment will be many thousands more. Statewide discussion has been hot in recent months concerning the possibility of a fourth branch of the University of North Caro lina at Charlotte and further talk about the establishment of a maze of .strong junior colleges across the state. State political leaders and the people have several choices before them. They can allow the junior colleges to limp along in their pres to expand physically to accommo date all qualified state students as the population increases." The state should spend its money, he said, on increasing faculty salar ies and recognizing research excel lence, and on subsidizing accredited junior colleges. This, we feel, is a legitimate stu dent concern. The University can not expand indefinitely, and should not do so, even under the pressure of increasing applications for ad mission. Carolina's administration has ent state, and continue to pack stu- done a remarkable job, particularly dents into the major state institu- in recent years, in retaining quality tions such as Carolina or they can with quantity. But in a relatively improve the junior colleges, estab- poor state like North Carolina, in lish more four-year schools such as a state university, quality cannot Charlotte wants, and keep down en- always be coexistant with quantity rollment to reasonable levels Carolina and State College. at The visiting committee of the Board of Trustees heard a student opin ion on this topic Friday afternoon. Larry McDevitt told the trustees, JIM CLOTFELTER CHUCK WRYE Editors Bill Hobbs Associate Editor Wayne King Harry Lloyd Managing Editors Art Pearce Dow Sheppari News Editors Ed Dnpree Sports Editor Curry Kirkpatrick - Asst. Spts. Ed. Matt Weisman Feature Editor Harry DeLnng Night Editor Jim Wallace Photography Editor Mike Robinson Gary Blanchard Contributing Editors DAVE MORGAN Business Manager Gary Dalton Advertising Mgr. John Evans Circulation Mgr. Dave Wysong Subscription Mgr. Tn Daily Ta Ezk. la published dally except Monday, examination period! and vacations. It Is entered aa second class matter In the post office In Chapel Hill. N. C, pursuant with the act of March 8. 1370. Subscription rates i $4J0 per semester. 13 per year. . Tbm Daily Tax Hzsl la a subscriber to the United Press International and utilizes the services of the News Bu reau oi the University of North Caro lina. Published by the Publications Board f the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. N. C one must be chosen to the de emphasis of the other. The University can grow and yet improve, but it will be difficult. And the growth in enrollment must be gradual and must be subordi nated to the growth in quality edu cation. (JC) Ole Miss" Girls One fact which the Tar Heel did not over-emphasize about the situa tion at "Ole Miss" is its unique col lection of beautiful girls. It really seems that the state has a monopo ly on the most delectable fairer sex. When DTH reporters returned with amazing tales of glamorous gals all over the campus, we thought perhaps it was merely a case of a change of scenery .which made for welcome relief. However, when some of our staff went to UVA to talk on the riots, among those present for the dis cussion was one beautiful coed. The initial reaction was that campuses all over the country put our girls to shame. But upon further investi gation, it was revealed that the one beautiful coed was indeed from Mis sissippi. How they grow 'em down there, we don't know, but they sure do got 'em. (CW) w Letters To The Editors "Less twissit agin lahk we did lahns summer, ooooo, lass twisst agin lahk we did lass yeer." Yeah, yeah, Baby! The other night, me and my girl went out to this really really swell place a kind of a hut, and man, the place was jumpin. Now, I've been around, I mean, I was elected superlative of my high school, and rve been up to New York, and I've been to a lot of swell parties; but let me tell you, I ain't never been to a party like this one was. Let me tell you about it: There were lot of pretty nice guys there, escorting a lot of really swell girls. And man could they dance. They didn't do that old fashioned stuff, I mean like the jitterbug and slow stuff. These couples could really swirl. It seems that it was kinda like a game that you played with one another. I mean that they didn't dance together, but kinda drifted apart shuffling their feet, rolling their heads, and twitchin their rear ends all round smooth, man, real ly smooth, and kinda jumpy too. The guy would start out racing the girl but not touching her, and then, while jumfwig from heel to toe (like somebody was pinching him over and over, real fast), he would turn sideways and start shrugging his shoulders. Then spontaneously, fan tastically, he'd lift one foot off the floor and shake it about, kinda like he was slapin his knee wun one hand, while poking at the girl with the other. And all in time with the beat of the music. And the girl, well, she was not to be outdone. She commenced with this heel-toe stuff, only a little fast er, and bent real low. She too turn ed sideways, and then all-the-wuy-around, so that she wasn't facia her partner, but rather, kinda look ing off into the distance. She v;h concertratin. I could tell that. She looked so serious, you'd a thought she was in a contest. And she must of been tninkin real hard, cause before you knew it, she had drifted off from her date. I mean there were a couple of peo ple in between them, shakin and wigglin real hard. Then, all of a sudden, they wiggled back together he looked at her, she looked at him, and they smiled. Just a slight grin at first, but then a big happy giggle. They were lookin sharp, and they knew it. Man, it was kinda transcendental, I mean it was real ly something to see them communi cate. A real dance of the soul. So, I tried it. Least-wise, me and my date tried it. She looked at me, I looked at her, and we smiled. Then the fun began. I started that heel toe stuff, and .-a did she. Then I started swinging un arms. I lost my balance, started to fall, and caught some other guy's date in the mouth with my elbow. I started to apoligize, but heard my girl scream, and lurched over 'three people to get there just in time to see her bounce three times on her fanny, right in time with the music. Man, was I ever proud of her. "Less twisst agin labk we did lass summer, less . . . . " Why Are Students Responsible For Fellows? j t Aiding Citizenry Honor Code Like Policeman Was Gestapo Slate? Thursday night WUNC-FM had a panel discussion about the Honor System on "Carolina Roundtable." Questions were requested from lis teners, and I, being a listener, ask ed this question: "Would the panel please answer why a student is re sponsible for the Gestapo-like spy ing on and reporting of another stu dent's actions as required in the Honor Code?" This question is more clearly stat ed as "Would the panel please ans wer why one is responsible for an other person's actions?" The first version of the question caused the members of the panel to start when the painful word "Gestapo-like" pierced their minds. My having used this word may have di verted their attention from the ques tion the sense of which is expressed by my revised question above. Or was it that none of the panel could think of a reason why one is re sponsible for another's actions? A Gestapo system of policing ac quires much of its information through reports received from citi zens which are classed as danger ous to the state such as children in forming on their parents. How do the Honor Councils get most of their information about vio lations? A member of the radio panel said that some reports come from professors but most come from students. I never heard anyone of the panel definitely state: "A person is re sponsible for another's actions be cause . . ." In the guilt instilling ritual which freshmen are forced to go through before officially becoming a stu dent, no one ever said to me, "You are responsible for other students' actions because ..." I did hear, "You are obligated to report on the cheating of other students." But I never heard why. I was told to scrib ble my name on a piece of paper, entitled "Honor Code," or I would not be officially registered; so, I scribbled. Today my math profes sor gave me the choice of scribbl ing some words at the end of a rmiz or having fhp Pradp lff nn. A. CT V- w U14 recorded; reluctantly, I scribbled. To the person who relies on cheat ing, I say, "Cheating will cost you, you fool." The heaviest cost is not paid in guilt pangs by Honor Code bromides, or in being rapped on the knuckles by an Honor Council for being naughty. The fool who cheats pays out of his very self for his stupidity. On my paper the words "Pledge" or "I have neither given nor re ceived aid on this paper" are un necessary; I need only place my signature on this paper to designate it as mine. Do you? Kenneth Counts To the Editors: I have a few things to say to the author of "Out of the Frying Pan," published in the November 3 edition of your newspaper. The first thing I wish to say to this individual who was apparently sired by man, born of woman, but who is one of the monstrosities of the human race is this: Horns are Blown by fools like thee; but only God can make a tree. Secondly, the author states that his host (or was it hostess?) had in vited him to a "Scotch luau or folk song fest with flasks." Is he aware that folk songs of simple, artless character, handed down among the common people? There could be no people so common as those encount ered by the officers of the Orange County Sheriff's Department about 2 00 am. on Sunday, October 27, when they answered a call from a "citizen" that the peace and quiet of their neighborhood had flagrant ly been put in a state of utter cnoas by an obstreperous group of "hu mans" with horns. The author of this article states "We deserved, at the vary least, to be treated as free citizens of a free society ..." Before he expects to be treated as a "citizen" perhaps he should ask himself if he is a "citizen" is he an inhabitant of this town, entitled to its privileges and franchises, by virture of hav ing contributed something "worth while" to the welfare of the com munity. Certainly the uncouth, boist erous, barbarous, intoxicated speci man of humanity found sitting on a stool in the middle of a dark room, in the early hours of the morning, blasting away on a horn could not possibly be considered con tributing anything "worthwhile" to a community nor to himself. A law enforcement officer is sworn to uphold and enforce the laws of society. Unfortunately, in our society there are those "humans" who have no respect for the law, society, nor themselves. It is sometimes neces ary for law enforcement officers to adopt a Spartacus attitude to pro tect the law abiding citizens from the possibility of becoming enslav ed bv the misfits the mere "hu mans" of a society, and to prevent their encroachment on the peace and quiet of the "citizens of the com munity. So, deputy sheriffs, just as "poets and philosophers," are gen erally capable of adapting to the work at hand, and applying their skill, knowledge, and inspirations to the tide and time of man. I might remind the esteemed author here, that man is born with "basic rights." Our laws are designed so as to de prive him of some of these rights when he so flagrantly disregards the rights of others. It is the duty of every law enforcement officer to in sure the preservation of law and order for all, by whatever manner deemed necessary for the protection and well-being of the citizenry. He might bear this in mind before he expects to be "warned" or r'inform ed" that he is jeopardizing the safe ty and welfare of others. As a final word, it is suggested that this individual forget about the monstrocities caused by thahdo-mide-laws have been enacted to prevent them-and concentrate on the monstrocities created by "human behavior of "humans" wTlo have not yet learned that "Man cannot live by bread alone," but must temper the bread with the milk o human kindness and consideration of his fellow man. E. L. Smith Nixon Comments 'Low Fod Play' To the Editors: Mr. Clotfelter's remarks concern ing Richard M. Nixon constitute the worse abuse of editorial freedom in my four years at the University. Your remarks rival those of Hitler when he defiled the Jews. Certainly you have condescended to the lowest form of asininify and foul play possible. If you haven't the maturity to run a newspaper, why not step down and let someone take over. You have disgraced the University and the entire academic community. For shame, Mr. Clot felter. Samuel S. Junes, Jr. Faulkner Saw The Intensity Of Oxford In the Manchester (Eng.) Guardian Weekly Reporters flying in from Wash ington, San Francisco, Britain, Swe den, Japan and all the rest of those faraway sophisticated places came down in the feudal world of Ox ford, Mississippi, like city slickers suddenly awakening in a cijl war museum. Blinking in hardboiled be wilderment before the local violence, the unsleeping segregation, and the incredible reactions of even the uni versity authorities to the enrolment of one able-minded young Negro at Ole Miss, the world's press sought enlightenment the usual way of visitors in strange places-from local guides. Luckily for them there was al ready a full shelf of guidebooks to the present crisis Provided with knowing anticipation by Oorus most famous son, the late Wilham Faulkner. Not that Oxford herse realized it or she would not stdl be stumbling about in search of her identity. Some of the locals m fact rather resent Faulkner's accurate plotting of their town. An assistant in the nearest Oxford has to a book shop was typical of them when , she showed an icy disapproval at the mention of his name. "I have bet ter things to do with my tune than read that man's looks?' she said, like someone fearing to open a vol ume in case she found herself in it. Perhaps she would do Certainly the Faulkner fan on ar rival in Oxford finds that mythical town of Jefferson on the county seat of Yoknapatawpha County is not so mythical after all, but is there be fore his eyes. The town square, the courthouse, and the ole men telling stories in front of it-the scene so long familiar from "Intruder in the Dust" "The Sound and the Fury," and the rest of the Yoknapatawpha saga-is all there, except for the ole "get" Meredith just as they boasted jail which is being rebuilt. So far so good for Faulkner the guidebook writer. But what the recent crisis has really done for him is to pro vide a justification of his life here the kind of justification few writers ever enjoy. It is similar to that fam ous moment when Einstein received practical support for his theory of relativity. What has followed James Meredith's attempt to take a college education at Ole Miss has .equally well proved Faulkner's theory of what goes on inside the heart of Oxford. How many Gowries have we seen in action boasting that they would of lynching Lucas Beauchamp in "Intruder in the Dust." Phil Stone, the local lawyer who was the model for Gavin Stevens, talked just like an ageing Stevens in claiming the South' would never accept a deci sion imposed on it by the North. And, like Stevens, he seemed con tent to sit and philosophise unless driven to action. And Flem Snopes, Faulkner's arch-villian manipulat ing people and prejudices for his own advancement we saw many lesser versions of him the other week, particularly among the politicians. The sense of the Civil War pervad ed the town more than ever as troops came through tear-gas like North ern troops through the mist in "The Unvanquished," but this time 10 pie vent a possible lynching as bad as the one in "Dry September." A thousand and one recent inci dents were straight out of Faulkner, but as reporters, as well as troops, began to bend under the strain after only a few days the question asked itself as to how Faulkner had man aged to live a lifetime here. The lo cal answer would be that normal Ox ford life is as peaceful as anywhere else and that Faulkner falsified it for dramatic effect. But a great writer, with his X-ray insight, sees through to a people's potential at all times and understands what they are fully capable of. Faulkner knew that Oxford could erupt, as it did recently, because he saw it always at this intensive level. How then could he live with it for so long? The obvious answer lay in his ex cessive drinking and in his hunting two forms of escapism. But also for the first time it was possible to un derstand why he softened in later life. At the peak of his power there had been no compromise. The curse of slavery merely left the whites declining and the Negroes endur ing. But in his later years he tried to bring the two sides together, like a man broken at last by the strain who must find hope and even more or he will go mad. Thus he had, for example a white boy, a Negro boy, and an old maid standing up for justice in Oxford sorry, Jefferson when the mob wished to lynch Lu cas. Not even the mellowing Faulkner suggested a large number of sav iours. Jefferson's honour was sav ed bv the few. Perhaps with Faulk ner lor guide we can see Oxlord being saved the same way. At least, a group of local minis ters, shocked by tine violence, an nounced a day of penitence and, be-t tribute of all, received some threat ening telephone calls in reply. Few students desert Meredith's classes and one student who bizarrely asked him for his autograph mumbled, "He's not a nigger; he's a coloured man." If that were not Fau-kr.f-r-ian enough a third of the professors at Ole Miss have Issued a statement in rolling Faulknerian rhetoric back ing the law, which is more courage ous than it may seem in faraway Europe. Perhaps then even the me'.lo'.v Faulkner will eventually be ju-Aifie I by events in Oxford. But ju-t ii-.v it is easier to marvel at the imagi native power that enabled him to see the Jefferson of today under th placid surface of a little town that looks like so many others in t.. Deep South. It has taken a mob, tw deaths, and countless injuries iw; us to understand fully his aehie e ment. The crisis is a triumph for literature. No wonder Oxford h h not given him his due, this ei:e psychiatrist. The Negro woman who used to sew leather elbow patchrs on his jackets directed me to hi unmarked grave, and he lies then unsung, so unlike such local symbols as the man who was the first "v. I ' settler in the county. Submitted by George li. Tindull Professor Ilistury
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