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C&e Bail? Wax Seel In 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 18, 19G Tel. 9 12-235G Vol. LXX, No. 51 Misery Likes Company Well, it is heartening to see that the DTH is not the only paper in the immediate area that apparent ly suffers from hurried amateur journalism. The Raleigh Times, obviously en deavoring to fulfill its obligation to readers in that fair city, felt that many of its readers would be in terested in various aspects of the Honor system here at UNC. The Ann Carter case has been brought to the attention of the entire state; the future expansion of the Con solidated University has drawn at tention to existing educational un its ; an the Honor System in Chapel Hill is usually interesting material. So the Times sent a reporter ov er to interview some of the admin istration and to question a few stu dents on their views of the Honor System. He came by the DTH offices and spoke briefly with the editors. He was told why they felt the system did not work, and why they felt that open trials would benefit the student body. Then he went home to write the story. A fewT days later the Times car ried his interview, as part of a se ries on the Carolina Honor System. The headline, in an obvious at tempt to attract readers' atten tion, read: "UNC Editors Call Hon or System Absurd." The fact of the matter is that the editors did not call the Honor System absurd. They told why they felt it did not work, and they ex pressed some views on how it might be made to work; they did not "call it absurd." But the headline certainly drew attention to the article, and it must have been written in a hurry. So we can sympathize with the Times ; we make quite a few blunders our selves. And as previously stated, it is nice to have company. (CW) We Are Thankful . . . As we approach the day of Thanksgiving we feel it appropriate to list a few of our blessings: We are thankful for the Stu ent Legislature for introducing a source of humor into an otherwise dull existence. We are thankful for the Yack being" an even more confused pub lication than is the Tar Heel. We are thankful for the admin istration for being so shrewd and cagey and "You'll never know until it hits you". We are thankful for Chapel Hill's weather, so that we can better ap preciate the weather everywhere else. We are thankful for such pro grams as the Toronto Exchange, to prove that student government doesn't always take itself so dead ly serious. We are thankful for REPORT ER, NEW REPUBLIC, and NA TIONAL REVIEW magazines for adding some zest to political writ ings, and for Norman Cousins for telling us about peace. We are thankful for California. We are thankful for professors who don't enforce the "No mok ing" rules in .some buildings. (JC) More On Nixon And Now A Few More Late Returns In Those Disputed Races With apparent good taste and a bit of experiential w isdom, Mr. Nix on has chosen to remain out of the raging controversy about the ap pearance of Alger Hiss on Ameri can Broadcasting Company's polit ical blunder. However, we should not immed iately attribute Mr. Nixon's silence to lack of concern over the show, "The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon," but perhaps to a momen tary .state of shock. What could anyone say after is suing a statement praising TV for keeping the press honest? About the only significant fact to come out of the whole Nixon af fair appears to be: the excitement and thrill felt by those expedient souls who jump on bandwagons is surpassed only by the insane glee felt by those warped souls who jump on dead men's graves. (CW) Dorms In The Yack The Yack has agreed to include a dormitory section in this year's JIM CLOTFELTER CHUCK WRYE Editors Bill Ilobbs Associate Editor Wayne King Harry Lloyd Managing Editors Art Pearce Dow Shepparl News Editors Ed Dnpree Sports Editor Curry Klrkpatrick - 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 Hxu. Is published dally astcopt Monday, examination period end vacations. It is entered mm second class matter In the post office In Chapel Hill. N. C pursuant with the act of March t. 1870. Subscription r a teat M.M per eemester, S3 per year. Turn Daxlt Ta lint, la a subscriber to the United Press International anal utilizes the services of the News Bu- 1 reau of the University of North Caro lina. Published by the Publications Board H th University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. N. C. annual. It will be similar to the fraternity and sorority sections which have long been an integral part of the Yack. This is an encouraging .sign that more people are recognizing the in herent humanity of dormitory res idents and maybe even letting them into the mainstream of cam pus life. Dormitory officers who think they can raise the required $70 for a full page (or $35 for half-page) should contact George Rosental, 120 Craige, 942-6227, before the end of the month. (JC) Democracy News item : "Greensboro Bob Considine, columnist and radio commentator, told high school pupils Thursday the U. S. 'may have to ram democracy' down the throats of Cubans." . . . Yeah, and then we can force all men to be free. (JC) wtMLk w-t fan vy t " - - A t- -A J 1 Letters Grad Condemns Seeger Sponsors To the Editors: An issue of the DTH, announcing the forthcoming appearance of Pete Seeger on December 5, has recently come to my attention. Without disputing the relative merits of Pete Seeger as "a folk singer of some renown," I would like to admonish the student body to con sider the far-reaching implications of the appearance of Mr. Seeger and his sponsorship by the New Left Club. The New Left has openly avowed that a primary purpose for their sponsorship is to gain financial back ing for the Student Non-Violent Co ordinating Committee a student group for non-violent liberal activi ties. I hope that students, who might be tempted to view ifce appearance of Pete Seeger as a harmless affair, worth the price of admission, will consider the left-wing, un-American causes to which the admission pro ceeds will be applied With this in mind, I am sure that on December 5 the entertainment will be better and the air a good bit fresher anywhere but in the com pany of Mr. Seeger and the New Left. Spencer Everett UNC '60 Charlottesville, Va. Peace Corpsman Thanks Campus To the Editors: Tomorrow (Saturday) marks the end of a ten week period of inten sive training I've experienced as a Peace Corps Trainee here. I would like to take this opportunity to ex press my appreciation to th? Uni versity of North Carolina f.r t: : hospitality and the important r.' they play in the program. It U w.:; mixed emotioas that I will be U-av ing UNC sadness caused by ti.' . of the wondeful experiences I had and the newly formed t r 1 - -' . ! ships that will be left behind, h . happiness with the prospects vf r.--. &d entures, further growth. :.r..l .. the service which I w :.i be able give to the country as an llr. -teacher in Venezuela. It wouid he impossible to h-: ; of the people who have wwrkod tirelessly and sincerely during V training period, so I would !;k. simply say thank you one end a for the interest and selfless I. you've spent working with us, U-.u ing us, counseling us, socials.ir. with us and in general preparing ; for the job ahead. A special note of thanks to program head, Dr. Frederic.) (h Without his effective organize . constant leadership and warmth . would have been impossible. Now things can return to v. :-r:.v. cy around Dey Hall, room v. await new occupants and every can rest for a change! Muchas gracias, amigos, p,T ,,,.' Anita M. n-ithhu Where Are The Men On Cainpu.-? To the Editors: After your most rnK hs--torial on the wherer.huuv ..- tion's "most delectable , . written for the be::-.;.;, i. .- of the boys on cu:x-.y.-. :. . :., ,: : article on "Where the .Men A: " for the co-eds who have b; t n lik ing. Barbara GraVintn NSA Presidents Communist World Youth Festival Doesn't Have Free Exchange Of P Ti FT oliticai ideas (Eds note: this report, from Current Magazine's Campus sup plement, was written by D. Den nis Shaul, President of the U. S. National Student Association. He was in Helsinki during the World Festival as Director of the In dependent Research Service, a group which attempts to present Western non-Communist views at the various Communist festivals.) Perhaps the most striking thing for anyone attending the World Youth Festival was the universally poor press coverage it received. It was not that the event lacked coverage; rather the coverage given was eith er inaccurates or irrelevant. In the United States almost all the newspaper stories centered on the riots. From these riots, it was con cluded that the festival itself was a failure. Yet anyone who attended realized that the riots were com paratively insignificant and that the Soviet Union gained much from the festival. In advance of the festival, its spon sors, through the International Pre paratory Committee, a front for the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the International Union of Students, claimed that it was to be a truly open, nonpartisan meet ing. They even constructed new in struments such as the "Free Trib une" and the "Colloquim on Peace" to indicate a break with the past and a determination to provide a mech anism for the free flow of ideas. They attracted an observer from UNESCO, thus underscoring their contantion that the festival was a meeting in which any group, what ever its political view, could partici pate. Continually they stressed the many cultural features of the event. Mechanical Response Once the festival started, it be came apparent that the structural part of the meeting was not only controlled and one-sided, but also emotional and fruitless. The free forum never really became free un til after the Soviets had exploded their first nuclear device in the new series on August 5. Up to that point the forum had closely paralleled their other meetings in political content. A series of boring speakers used the festival as a convenient vehicle to voice their oft-repeated cliches about the West, and the United States in particular. The speeches were striking only in that each exceeded the prescribed time limit, and each failed, and seldom even attempted, to voice original political thought. To dwell on the insignificance of the political meetings of the festi val is useful only indirectly, but perhaps very importantly. They had an unreal and mechanical quality about them. They seldom elicited an emotional response even from the faithful. It sometimes seemed as if the Soviets themselves realized that this procedure no longer reaped great results. This may indicate a Soviet willingness to get away from the festival format. It may also indicate the growing sophistication of the student and youth leaders from the developing areas. Significant Absentees It may be that the significant ab sences from this and previous fes tivals have also convinced the spon sors that many will not buy the "games" and cultural approach to world political questions. For in stance, Ghana and Nigeria could not find room on their calendars to at tend this or past festivals. The In dian Congress Party sent only a handful of observers as did the United Arab Republic. Neutrals themselves, during the course of the meeting, indicated their displeasure with its political content. Some did so in the same way the Ceylonese did by walk ing out. Others, numerically far greater, did so by staying away to tally from any political meetings. Africans especially were critical of the dull and repetitious character of the meetings and avoided them. By the second day, several political discussion groups were nearly emp ty. Viewed from the perspective of the political meetings, the festival would in any event seem to be a complete failure. Even had the meetings been characterized by orig inal, thoughtful and convincing speeches from the Soviet position, few if any converts would have been made. There is no need to convert the faithful. The Westerners who were in attendance were not about to be convinced. The true neutrals few in number at any event were dedicated to neutralism itself; no other creed would supplant it. Assuming that the Soviets want something for their money, it is obvious that they expect to get it from sources other than the political meetings. To some extent, they ex pect to get it from the contact it self from the ego bolstering and reaffirmation of faith which occurs when individuals dedicated to a common cause get together a process not dissimilar from what happens at a United States political convention. This process not only bolsters the already dedicated, it spreads an enthusiasm which is in fectious, and which the Soviets un doubtedly hope will plant itself in the uncommitted. If there is a single goal which the sponsors seek at an event like this, it is to present a convincing portrait of a society on the move. Emotion al fervor on the part of the dedi cated is a necessary prerequisite. The emphasis on culture, and pre sentations by highly able cultural groups from Soviet bloc countries, is an important complement to this. The Soviets tried hard to give the impression that because their so ciety is not capitalistic, it is also not materialistic. They presented a picture of a thriving artistic com munity, and often by word or with implication juxtaposed that to a United States which they painted as materialistic and uncouth. The type of delegate sent from the bloc coun tries, often an expert in his profes sion, further strengthened the im age they wished to project. The Soviets hoped to use, and did use successfully, informal contact to score their points and get their mes sage across. Are the Soviets Satisfied? How can one evaluate the festival by looking only at the ten days themselves? Probably better than half of the delegates from develop ing areas were given pre and post festival tours. Many were offered scholarships to study in East Euro pean universities. Some were taken to special seminars run by the So viets before and after the festival. Some were probably recruited for active party work, or put into front groups. Many were offered free trips often their first experience abroad. All of this was not with out its impact. Dull political semi nars and riots aside, in these areas there were gains for the Soviets. There were indications, however, that even the Soviets were not al together happy with the event. For one thing, the costs of past festivals have been estimated at from $30 to $100 million. With results so hard to define and so intangible, the Soviets must wonder whether they are get ting all they might out of their mon ey. Some Soviet remarks, given often as replies to criticism, indicate that the Soviets may want to do away with the festival altogether and re place it with meetings such as the Moscow Youth Forum. Such meet ings offer the opportunity for more control and straight politics. They may be more attractive to political types from developing areas who recognize that there is a conflict in the world and who want to talk about it. Thus, the emotional fervor of the festival may very well repel as many as it attracts. The festival must have been most disappointing to those who came hoping to discuss the conflicts divid ing East and West and the develop ing and developed worlds. The most obvious lesson is that no genuinely worthwhile discussion can occur where one partisan and one partis an alone calls the meeting, selects its agenda, appoints its chairman and controls the speakers. But there are other conditions which have to be met. One of them is that if political divisions are to be alleviated, they must be recog nized, and meetings themselves must start out with political objectives. It is not possible to reach significant new ground when politics hides be hind a camouflage of culture. This is not to say that cultural meetings, exchanges, etc. do not have their place; it is rather to state the ob vious needs for defining and clarify ing goals before meetings are held. One of the more obvious faults of the festival and similar events is that they purport to be a panacea for the ills of world society. Indirectly this analysis does under cut the thesis that contact in and of itself is beneficial for promoting concord among individuals and therefore alleviates tension. Con tact is useful however only if both sides come in a spirit of good will and are willing to look at issues afresh. Even then there is a real danger that the whole exercise will be superficial, that it will become an end in itself, a substitute for the harder-to-obtain meaningful discus sion necessary to reach new conclu sions. Surely any such contact is conditioned by the atmosphere in which it occurs. The climate cannot be emotional, the time together must be sufficient to allow the parties to probe into issues and arrive at some understanding of one another. Per haps most important, the objectives must be limited. The biggest story about the festival was not the slight success or fail ure that the Soviets experienced; rather it is the fact that this meet ing, and others like it, are barriers and obstacles to real understanding among nations. And this is so not because certain democratic values are violated, or because the Soviets have control of it; but rather it is true because this meeting pre tends to be a whole series of things which constitutionally it cannot be. It is not a free forum; it is not a place where a dialogue begins which creates new understanding among men. It substitutes superficiality for honest differences, and emotion for intellectual rigor. The result can only be what the result of the World Youth Fes tival was: a short interlude of dis appointing, boring and, sometimes, irritating speeches punctuated by sometimes pleasant social exrh The youth of the world ; something better; the prui.U-:: the world demand it. Conservatives Get New Grant To the Editors: Of course we are all famih. the football chant: Lean to the LEFT; I. : right. Stand up; SIT Dov, fight, fight. Today's conservative w Lean to the right; L.,.:; : right. Stand up; stand : : ; fight, fight. Speaking of politics in c : with football, that ;nrt r some extent on the failure : tics 'i.e., war. Can you im. game in which the (;;..: :. : ! . not BLITZED? Or a game hi the quartevback dues not U BOMB? Of course we'll be ja-t a- ; without the source for .-u- a ful terms. Then we'd Lae : our terms from eiew:u.-re. But can you imagine a llr;. er checkmating a quart erbaik Kill Sin- By Alton Carpenter Director, Service Bureau Popular Mechanics Magazine ou of SANTA CLAUS CL IOt Each year this simr size pattern, which y ply trace on a piece wood, seems to be c popular seller. To o;xi ta send 50c for pattc io inis new-snaper, c vice Bureau, 740 N Chicago 11, 111. Otk cuts and Christma.5 tions are shown in 202, 25?. o . r doc b
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