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tl w 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 13, 19G2 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. LXX, No. 4G Athletic Committees And The Dixie Classic Yesterday, in Raleigh, the Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University refused to be duped into setting up a special committee to handle athletic programs at the state-supported schools in North Carolina. The proposed athletic committee smacked of vested interests, and was apparently, though not openly, a manifestation of some inner rumblings among the Board of Trustees which find their focal point in the abolition of the Dixie Classic. The rejection of the proposed committee for handling athletics was certainly not the main order of business, and was in fact but one segment of a proposal to divide the present 2i-member visiting com mittee into three separate commit tees concerning themselves with athletics, student affairs, and facul ty affairs. The Consolidated Board of Trus tees met to consider some proposals which, hopefully, will pave the way for future expansion of higher education throughout the state. However, at this time we would address ourselves to the proposed establishment of the athletic com mittee and a bit of conjecture as to why the proposal was made and why its defeat was a good thing. Although not openly presented as such, we feel certain that the move ment to bring about the establish ment of the committee on athletics centered directly around hopes for a re-establishment of the popular Dixie Classic that basketball tour nament which once brought thou sands of dollars to participating teams and Raleigh merchants. It is no secret that basketball fans throughout the state and vest ed interests throughout the capitol city continue to mourn the loss of such a lucrative sporting event. And it is inevitable that the moaning will take a more active form, such as the establishment of committees and .some behind-the-scenes hus tling which might attempt to sway the powers that be. But the decision to abolish the Classic was a proper and just deci sion. It came as the direct result of deplorable situations. It came as an attempt to eliminate lucrative stomping grounds for big-time gambling and the bribes, the threats, and the thugs that go with it. The decision was made by indi viduals who, no doubt, enjoyed the Classic as much as any Tar Heel fan, but who recognized the need for the preservation of properly oriented and honorably conducted amateur athletic events. The Dixie Classic, with bribed players, "thrown" games, and nation-wide betting, had certainly begun to leave the concept of "amateur ath letics" far behind. No, we do not need a committee, to handle the athletic programs at the state-supported -schools, just as we do not need the Dixie Classic. (CW) How Much Freedom i-1 The term "academic freedom" is almost infamous in its overuse. It is used by one political group as the ultimate justification for all edu cational deviationists, and by an other group as an all-encompassing evil plot of the Communists. Tonight's debate on "How Much Freedom In Academic Freedom?" with Dr. Russell Kirk and Carey McWilliams Jr., will attempt to brush away some of the surface prejudices surrounding academic freedom. The afternoon discussion on "Radicalism on the College Cam pus" will deal with more concrete problems concerning academic free dom an civil liberties. One of the calmest and most in telligent writers and speakers in the "conservative" political world, Dr. JIM CLOTFELTER CHUCK WRYE Editors Bill Hobbs Associate Editor Harry Lloyd Wayne King 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 Tax Em la published Aally Mtcept Monday, examination periods nd vacation. It Is entered as seconds class matter In the post office In Chapel Elilr N C, pursuant with the act of March t, 1870. Subscription rates i MM per semester, $8 per year. Tks Daily Tab Hxbl la a subscriber to the t United Presar Intern Atlrmul , and reaa ox the University ox North Caro line. T , . --. . ... . I , - Published by the Publications Board x the University ox North Carolina, Chapel Hill. N. C. Kirk will present the view that aca demic freedom is not an absolute, His view is that professors cannot be allowed to inculcate radical doc trines into their audiences that such a view of academic freedom violates the .search of education for the truth. Propaganda, in his view, has no place in an academic com munity. McWilliams, son of the editor of Nation magazine, sees the discus sion in different terms. His view will be that no teacher can be judg ed a bad teacher on the basis of his political affiliations; that the best avenue toward truth is to per mit all opinions to flourish, and the true ones will prosper; that to Stamp out "radical" views would do more harm in its crippling of con troversy and hence, debate, than to let the views and their spokes men alone. These are guesses as to what some of the points of debate will be. In any case the talks should be live ly and interesting, and should hit close to home. (JC) Unleash? Headline in U. S. News and World Report : "With Mao Attacking India Time to Unleash Chiang?" (In smaller type:) "Troubles in side Red China are beckoning to Chiang Kai-Shek. He thinks the mo ment has come to strike the main land." ... Sounds like Chiang has got just about the biggest army in the world, just raring to gobble up poor little Communist China. It's also reassuring that the great National ist Chinese leader has decided after much deliberation, that the "mo ment" has come for an invasion although it sesms we've heard that somewhere before . . . (JC) PIBiy'' v.r - VJT LAUNCH PADS Reconnaissance Photo ;V, v ' ; 'Mi -nubile - erectd r. ter i IT S MISSILE SHELTER. mmM -, r Letters More On Clotfelter & Nixon Clotfelter Edits Arc 'Brainwash9 To the Editors: First let us take this opportunity to commend Mr. Pittman and Mr. Litsinger on their well spoken, open minded article of Nov. 9. It is, indeed, a pleasant surprise to know that someone on this cam pus has not been brainwashed by the editorial opinions of late. How ever, Mr. Pittman and Mr. Litsing- er, let's not place ourselves in such a precarious position. For, you see, if Mr. Clotfelter finds that our dis sentions are jeopardizing his ability to swing all opinions "to the left," he may embark on a slander cam paign against us, also. That is how his political sect operates. Make everyone dissatisfied not on ly with his fellows and his environ ment, but also with himself. Once this has been achieved, they move in and further their policy of ex tremism. In this manner they pol lute the minds of future leaders with warped political filth. They render useless and obsolete the very motive of our Founding Fathers. We may also find good reason to support the idea "no silver spoon no good leader." You see, in their perverted ideologies, they believe that only the elite party secretariat is capable of governing. They pro fess to adhere to proletariat rule, however, it too easily seen that is not their belief. If Mr. Clotfelter wants to receive total acceptance of his ideas (if you would call them such) why doesn't he become a "pseudo-Marxist," i.e., a present-day Communist? Then dis sention would materialize only with fear of death. Is it any wonder that the American Legion felt compelled to speak? Charlie Langdon Wally Dixon Sandy Thompson Billy Pope Nixon Editorials Demand Apology To The Editors: Although we reconize the right of an editor to express his political opinions, we must object to the man ner in which you . chose to show your preference in the California gubernatorial race. We refer to your editorial of November 6, entitled "Pray for Brown." The dictionary defines libel as "any written or printed statement ... not made in the public interest, tending to expose a person to public ridicule or contempt or to injure his reputation in any way." Your opening phrase,"One of the lowest characters who ever crawled up (sic) out of the gutter to run for public office . . .," in our opinion, clearly constitutes libel according to the above definition. As co-editor of "The Daily Tar Heel," Mister Clotfelter should be aware of the responsibilities of his position and therefore should re frain from such irresponsible state ments. We believe that the reader of "The Daily Tar Heel" deserves an apology for the statement or at least a retraction of it. We sincerely hope that Mister Clotfelter will substitute constructive criticism for name-calling and libel ous exaggerations in his future edit orials. Curt Twiddy Jimmy Rogerson Death Of A Devil With so many graver military cri-j sises at hand, it might be overlook- ed in the rush that the the Stennis subcommittee on "muzzling of thej military" has filed its rerort ll Chairman Stennis and five other senators Symington, Jackson, Sal tonstall, Smith of Maine lett of Alaska conclude after mil. lions of words of testimony that' mere s no evidence military men were "muzzled" by appeasers or! furtive advocates of "no win." They' did find "ineptness, inconsistency, daprice, arbitrary judgment,, and even irresponsibility" in Pentagon censorship of military speeches in short, just the sort of venial faults that plague any big bureaucracy and could have been predicted. There was one dissenter Sen. Strom Thurmond, whose speeches tor Thurmond still believes there arey Tiofat-Jmio "ryn irin" lnflllPnfPS abroad iUUJ 11U VT 111 in the Pentagon with "paralytic ef fect on cold war alertness and awareness." He said no in 157 brief pages. ArtuaUv the. nublic lost its en thusiasm for the "muzzling" inyesti eatinn whpn fnrmer Gen. Edwin A. Walker was hauled to Washington in his ten-trallon hat and put on an unprecedented display of confusion and ineptness. And the impression gained at that time has been in no way alleviated by his performance in the late unpleasantness : at Ox ford, Miss. So, along with the "merchants of death," "the money power," the protocols of the Elders of Zion, and other famed devil-theories, the "muzzling of the military" has gone its way into oblivion. The Greensboro Daily News Jaypees Not Out Under Ct. Reform To The Editors: In an article appearing in Satur day's Tar Heel concerning the pend ing bill to constitute passing of bad checks an honor code offense it is stated "Roman ". . . explained that the recent state court reforms eli minates (sic) the Justice of the Peace, who prosecuted 'bad check' offenders. 'Without this " safeguard . . . merchants will hesitate to cash student checks . . . ' " ' The court reform amendment does "not abolish the office of Justice of the Peace; it empowers the General Assembly to do so by establishing District Courts and providing for the appoint ment of Magistrates who will super cede the present Justices of the Peace. Until the General' Assembly does in fact implement the power thus given them the present court system, including Justices of the Peace, remains in full force and effect. I feel sure the General As sembly, when it does implement the amendment, will have the foresight to transfer the jurisdiction of the present Justices of the Peace to the Magistrates provided for in the a mendment. J. S. Ferrell, Associate Editor The North Carolina Law Review Carrier Current Must Be Revived To The Editors: So WUNC is concerned about building student public relations. Benedict Burr was quite right when he 1 remarked : that no one (on cam pus) ever listened to it. However, beautiful (?) sweethearts aren't go ing to help them much when the simple fact is that WUNC broadcasts on EM, and how many students here probably have FM radios? Last year an attempt was made to ' bring the station to the dorms through 'carrier current' which could be picked up on an AM re ceiver, but the few transmitters that were placed in dorm basements soon gave out. WUNC must revive carrier current, go on the AM band, or be content with reaching primari ly residents of the State who have FM receivers. Thurman L. Smith REFLECTIONS Students Must- Find Ends For Educatiot "I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing." Thomas Jefferson, i737" By RUSSELL KIRK In The Student Government Bulletin Of N. S. A. (Eds' Note:"" Mr. Kirk, a widely known conservative thinker, will speak" here tonight at" 8 p.m.' in Carroll Hall in a debate on "Radi calism and the College Campus." He is' a "regular writer for the NA TIONAL' REVIEW and the author of several books.) In the definition of the late C. E. M. Joad, "decadence" is the loss of an object. When a man succumbs to decadence, he loses himself for want of an end or aim in paltry pleasures; when an institution sinks into decadence, forgetting its pur poses, it occupies its time with meaningless growth and busy-ness. So it is nowadays with what, fondly, we call the higher learning in Am erica. .The grimmest symptom of our edu cational decadence is the embarass ing Tact that our "higher" educa tion, on the average campus, is not high at all. In a time that cries out for elevated leadership, the men re sponsible for most of our universities and colleges continue to mumble the slogans of what Brooks Adams call ed "the ' degradation ' of the demo cratic dogma." Since neither the ad ministrators nor the general public including students parents show any tendency to ' mend their ways, just conceivably the better students may begin to do something toward the restoration of learning. Need we to Enumerate the dreary catalogue of our afflictions in "high er" learning? Perhaps a few speci mens may suffice. iAn instructor in English, able and energetic, writes to me that he has just abandoned college teaching for journalism, thoroughly disheartened (by the American campus. "I had to face thirty bored faces who didn't know qUitd what to make of college," he tells me, "except that they were there. ... I find fewer and fewer students who know what the purpose of education is, much less desire it; the faculty is equally confused as to their own rationale; and the admin istration regards the whole educa tive function as an impertinance." Or consider some of the remarks of Dr. Jacques Barzun, Provost of Co lumbia University, who mentions that out of a class of 170 first-year graduate students in history at Co lumbia, a good many did not know the difference between B.C. and A.D. or much else.' Though some times talkative enough, these stu dents Professor Barzun writes have "no knowledge that is precise and firm, nd ability to do intellectual work with thoroughness and dispatch. Though' here are college graduates, rriaiiy of them cannot read accurate ly or write clearly, cannot do frac tions or percentages without travail and doubt, cannot utter their thoughts with fluency and force, can rarely show' a handwriting that would pass for adults let alone legible, can not trust themselves to use the for eign language they have studied over eight years,' and can no more range conversationally oVer a modest gam ut of intellectual topics than hey can address their peers consecutive ly on one of the subjects they have studied." And Mr. Christopher Jenks, associ ate editor of the New Republic, though' trying to allow some cheer fulness to break in, notes in last Oc tober's number of Harper's that of the undergraduates on American campuses, one per cent desire ser iously scholarly or scientific train ing; two per cent want a more gen eral intellectual education; five per cent desire ' an introduction to upper-middlebrow bulture and upper-middle-class conviviality" ; twenty per' cent want some technical train ing; twenty per tent seek' merely certification as ' ambitious ' and re spectable potential employees; while more' than ' half of the students haven't the foggiest notion of what they're after in college. Writti Democritus, one might as well laugh as cry. When more than half the sWdents already in college don't know why they're enrolled and never take degrees, what real reason have we for pouring billions of dol lars from the federal treasury as is proposed in Congress just now into bricks and rriortar for new classrooms? When four out of eve ry five Californian high-school grad uates already go on to some form of "higher" schooling, what purpose is there in mere quantitative growth? Real learning in America asks not for more students, but for fewer and better. We 'ought to pay some attention to the words of Dr. Douglas Knight, president of Lawrence Col lege: - ' "We can insist, as a matter of na tional policy, that the privilege of education at any level is an earned right' in our society and hot an auto matic one. We "can recognize that the education must fit the man, and that we debase both if we allow the indifferent and uncaring " student to meddle with a demanding education." Well, what are the caa;es of edu cational decadence? I suggest three: First, the attitude of the average student, who enters college for the fun and games, or as if he were ap plying to a matrimonial bureau, or from a vague feeling that somehow a degree will enable him to earn more money and cares nothing f .r mind or conscience; Second, the attitude of the average parent of the average student, who himself only a high-school r:ulu ato, if that desires the college de gree for his children as a status symbol: one of the nastier sorts ut snobbery; Third, the attitude of a great many college presidents, cleans, and trus tees, not to mention alurnni-associn-tion officers, who confound numbers with success and look upon a col lege as if it were an industrial production-line, its profit dependent up on turning out an increasing num ber of units annually. Power and magnitude are everything to such gentlemen; and they feel only con tempt for Mark Hopkins and his log. From these sham-concepts of high er education, we can emancipate ourselves only by resorting the an cient ends of the higher learning: and in that work of recovery, the better students can have a large part. Like all other sorts of liberal learning, higher education is an in tellectual means to an ethical end: its object is the Socratic goal of tin good man, who has fortified his vir tue through right reason. At college and university levels, the intellectual means rightly is more easily dis cerned than the ethical end; yet the goal of the truly human person should remain. In this time of troubles, when most of the nations have fallen into what Burke called "the antagonist world of madness and despair," the gen uinely ethical end and the genuinely intellectual means are more urgent ly needed than they have been for centuries; but in this American Re public we waste our great resources in educational fripperies and foibles and snobberies and silly unvocation al vocationalisms. Far more than additional bricks and mortar for the Ivy Tower, far more than an ab stract and impossible ideal of ''equal ity of opportunity" through getting everybody into college, we need wha the late Gordon Chalmers called "the education of governors. Hign er education, Dr. Chalmers wrote has two aspects: the repubhc, and the person. I happen to agree with him that these two are inseparable, and that they are real aims of edu cation, and that we Americaas have forgotten about them. We have forgotten about the per son. For a primary aim cf the high er learning is the cultivation of the private reason, for the person's own sake: the development of wisdom. Instead, we offer curricula in traii-er-camp management. We have forgotten about the re public, the commonwealth. For ord er and justice and freedom can en dure in such a civilization as ours only if the better minds of the ris ing generation are acquainted with the moral and political and artistic springs of culture. Instead, we offer Social Stu. 101. Now this recovery of educational norms would be positively impeded by an undiscriminating financial largess to every empire-building ed ucational administrator, to gratify every college-sweater-hungry parent. Rather than expanding our "educa tional plant" regardless of intellect ual consequences, we need to main tain a campus life of reflection. Gor don Chalmers was a pupil, at Har vard, of Irving Babbitt, whose little book "Literature and the American College," published more than half a century ago, remains the best crit icism of our educational confusion. As Babbitt wrote: "Our college and universities could render no greater service than to oppose to the worship of energy and the frantic eagerness for action an atmosphere of leisure and reflection. It would seem that they might recognize the claims of the contemplative life without encourag ing a cloistered seclusion or falling into the monastic abuses of the past. The tendency of an industrial democracy that took joy in work alone would be to live in a perpetual devil's sabbath of whirling machin ery, and call it progress. Progre-?. thus understood, will prove only a way of retrograding toward barbar ism. . . . The present situation espec ially is not one that will be saved if it is to be saved at all by v. hat we have called humanitarian hust ling. ... If we ourselves ventured onan exhortation to the American people, it would rather be that of Demosthenes to the Athenians: 'In God's name, I beg of you to thank.' Of action we shall have plenty in any case; but it is only by a more humane reflection that we can es cape the penalties sure to be exact ed from any country that tries to dispense in its national life wi'.h the principle of leisure." (TO BE CONTINUED)
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