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December G, 19G2
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Vol. LXX, No. 60
NCAA Vs. AAU
Who Is Anti-American?
"Well, Invite Somebody! Send For That Albanian"
Athough we would stand readily
corrected on several matters per
taining to the Amateur Athletic
Union, we would just as readily
question some of the excited state
ments which have recently been
made by the president of that or
ganization. We wonder just what prompts
the AAU, through . the statments
of their president, to label the ac
tions of the NCAA as "un-Amer-ican."
Certainly the AAU must be will
ing to admit that more than just
a "few" individuals are apparent
ly dissatisfied with AAU control
over track and field in this coun
try. Regardless of what the AAU
would have the country believe,
they are not the grand saviour of
amateur athletics throughout the
United States.
Certainly, we would never want
to deny the AAU has done a great
deal to promote and sustain ama
teur competition in practically all
areas of athletic endeavor. But we
do not feel that the AAU has been
the only pious organization to ever
sponsor a sporting event. And we
do not feel that the AAU is justi
fied in apparently demanding to
have the final say on all open com
petition. sfc s Ms
But alas, we, as the greater ma
jority of individuals interested in
sports in this country, feel totally
in the dark as to the actual charges
and counter-charges being tossed
about by the NCAA and AAU. The
whole sordid mess seems to be con
fined to the smoke-filled rooms of
crowded convention hotels. The
general public is informed of the
actions and decisions of the "pow
ers that be" only through press
statements which carry little but
rantings from excited participants
in the great war.
We read of coalitions, agree
ments, .sham coalitions, and phony
agreements, but only those lords
who preside over the apparently
inconsequential athletes seem to
know what its all about. The pub
lic at large will have to be satis
fied with some .shallow knowledge
of the fact that Johnny can't par
ticipate in the next Olympics.
The "why" of Johnny's ineligibil
ity will lie somewhere in the great
debate between the NCAA and the
AAU, somewhere back in one of
those smoke-filled rooms, some
where behind the excited voices
that made statements like the fol
lowing: "I believe it is the duty of the
U. S. Congress to investigate the
NCAA and its puppet federations
from top to bottom."
The next charge may be that the
NCAA is actually a Communist
front organization, which has been
established to make our American
athletes ineligible for Olympic com
petition, and thereby insure a vic
tory for the Soviet Union.
After all, anyone liberal enough
to fight the AAU must surely be
more than merely "un-American,"
they must be anti-American. (CW)
The Woollen Gym Problem
We are. glad to see that the State
Affairs Committee has undertak
en a program to present student
needs to the 1963 N. C. General As
sembly. More specifically, we are
glad to see that the Committee has
chosen the proposed addition to
Woollen Gym as one of the items
for which to plead.
The fact that the first two bas- '
ketball games of the 62-63 season
have been sold out prior to the day
of the event in each instance is
surely indicative of the inadequacy
of the present facilities for the de
mands of an expanding student
body, to say nothing of the fans
who would like to attend from
throughout the state.
But the tragedy of insufficient
seating . for home games is but
one aspect of the Woollen Gym
problem, and in a very real sense
it might be considered the least im
portant aspect.
The real headache stemming from
JIM CLOTFELTER
CHUCK WRYE
Editors
Bill Ilobbs 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 DeLung 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.
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accommodating home games in
Woollen centers around the neces
sity of moving temporary bleach
ers in and out as the schedule de
mands. The placement of the
bleachers throws a huge wrench
into the functionings of the re
quired program in Physical Edu
cation. Classes of 45 students are forced
to learn volleyball on one court.
Basketball classes, equally large,
must also confine their activities
to the one main court and the Tin
Can.
The situation also cramps the In
tramural Departments activities.
Games must be postponed and re
scheduled; and space on the floor
of Woollen must be fought for as
if 3,000 erstwhile athletes desired
to play soccer in Y-Court.
So we would suggest that al
though the lack of sufficient seat
ing for home basketball games is
more often publicized, we would
rather see the plea to the General
Assembly based on the need for
more space for the required and
intramural programs. These aspects
of the problem effect practically
everyone. (CW)
Confusion
On the campuses of most colleges
and universities throughout the
world, the student newspaper has
the uncontested position as most
disorganized and confused organi
zation in existence.
The DTH has undertaken to car
ry on the tradition here at UNC.
That is why we view with alarm
the functioning of the Elections
Board.
Any student organization is able
to create and sustain great amounts
of confusion, but we all have our
limits. And in light of the superb
nonsense perpetrated by the Elec
tions Board, the DTH must step
down, and let the title of "Most
Confused" rest elegantly upon the
shoulders of an organization so ov
erwhelmingly deserving. (CW)
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Reflections:
Gloomy, Witty;
Change Needed
Letters To The Editors
'Book' & Student Gvmt,
By T. Y. GREET
A careful scrutiny of the cover
of Chapel Hill's only true "little
magizine" reveals the new scope of
its ambitions: no longer imply
"Reflections from Chapel Hill" but
"from Chapel Hill North Carolina."
In terms of this aspiration and of
their efforts toward its fulfillment
Robert Brown and his associate
editor, Katherine Strong, are to be
highly commended. Few magazines,
after nearly twelve months of dorm
ancy, could have come back at all,
much less confidently as this one
has, confident by virture of its ac
hievement of national distribution,
at "select outlets," its offering of
subscriptions for twelve future issues,
its enlarged format and masthead.
Eut for all these symptoms of
growth, the survival of the maga
zine must depend on its contents.
Regrettably, a sounding of the cur
rent issue does not lead to a wholly
favorable prognosis The will,, the
energy are there; but a change of
air and diet may be essential. The
contents of this issue, unlike the
last, are Yather varied Genetral
Hugh Hester on Berlin, Ralph
Dennis again with his Sad Fat Man,
poetry ranging from the lyric clarity
of Michael O'Higgins to the caustic
obscurity of John West. The excell
ent photographs of the sculpture
of Edward Higgins and Miss Strong's
decorations (even her advertising
layouts) are, however, the only ele
ments which provide a real change
of pace and tone.
For one thing, it's rather gloomy.
Pro
And
Con
Primitive Arts
Require Grossity
To the Editors,
I have read about the "Beat Dook"
parade in your paper, and have en
joyed the interesting pictures you
printed of the floats. Being new
here, and unfamiliar with local cus
toms, I failed to catch the event,
but will make every effort to attend
next year.
From what has been. printed in
your paper, it appears that there is
is some disagreement as to the man
ner in which this celebration should
be conducted. My feelings on pa
gan rites for this seems to me
the issue here) are that the cere
monial rules were developed long
ago, and that it may be extremely
difficult to improve them overnight,
so to speak, by censorship. I do not
imply that censorship of future pa
rades would be a breach of religious
freedom. (I believe that the courts
no longer recognize this particular
religion as such....
I cite the success of the parade
last November 20 to illustrate how
the universal curiousity and interest
people have for their reproductive
and eliminatory processes can make
a powerful basis for common wor
ship, and I submit that this is not
necessarily a bad thing. Sex and
well functioning bodies certainly are
one of God's gifts (or one of the
Gifts of the gods, depending on
how you look at it) and I feel these
are worthy subjects for Thanksgiv
ing, public celebration, praise, wor
ship, artistic expressions, etc.
Granting that deep down there is
an animalistic "joy of living" basis
for such efforts, there is" still the
problem created by the exhibition
of the private social norm in pub
lic. I can only say as 40 million
Frenchmen and others have said
the truth, I blush for it; but I can
not apologize or words to that ef
fect. Seriously, now the success of a
public art can be judged in the
light of the truth it reflects. If the
"Beat Dook" parade was a success,
(as I gathered from your editorials)
we might well profit, each to his
own, by the truth so revealed. This
could be adapted by some, say a
dean, to interpret the state of stu
dent morals. With some harsher
types of censorship invoked, more
devious and less informative means
might have to be employed.
To sum up; my feeling is that
if you are going to have a pagan
type exercise, it has got to be crude
to be true to form. Any heavy-handed
or unskilled censorship will show
to great disadvantage, as everybody
(or nearly everybody these days)
knows the "goods" parade's norrxi.
Girls and floral decorations on floats
have their place, but a rampaging,
stamping, unsublimated primitive
blast beats it when you want to
say you're glad you're living.
P.S. Keep those parade and float
pictures coming!
Tom Atwood
Make" 'Dook9
Innocuous? No
To the Editors,
May one small voice be raised
in defense of the students and their
shameful Beat Dook floats?
Granted the humor (this year
was heavy-handed and unsubtle.
Agreed the boys (and girls) deserv
ed a slap on the wrist. But by me
it 'tweren't all THAT bad.
The way everyone is carrying on
they'll end up by making the Beat
Dook parade' as innocuous as the
Santa Claus affair. The which Heav
en forbid!
Mrs. Paul Smith
Student Gov't;
Has Failed
To the Editors,
Finally, the time has come in
which student government' must
squarely face the issue of 'campus
grossness,' and state distinctiy jtist
how far is too far! No longer can
this growing trend' of recent years
be tolerated or ignored for if stu
dent government does' so,' then it for
feits any claim to ever seriously
exercising judicious" restraint, and
self -discipline upon itself and upon
the student body. For those who
have seen' recent Carolina' parades,
the past Beat Dook one was no sur
prise, but it was the most tragic
abdication of the exercise of re
sponsible student leadership even
seen on this campus!
Herein lies the tragedy of this
event, not the fact that a bad re
flection was cast upon the Univer
sity, but the fact that student gov
ernment had numerous chances to ex
ercise judicious control to prevent
this display of 'grossness), and re
fused to do so, even in the" k'now
ldege of what last year's was like!
For it is not enough to passively
send out letter requesting 'do gross
ness': someone must have the guts,
to enforce this! Surely among the
Pika' officers, the IFC sponsors, and
the Panhellenic Council there must
have been some 'leader' present or
in charge. It's impossible to believe
that none there recognized the need
to draw the line and say this has
gone too far!
YET THIS case is not an isolated
incident; rather, it is symptomatic
of a greater problem involving the
whole campus and student govern
ment at large. For the above fail
ure to exercise responsible self-dis
cipline and leadership may be seen
in numerous other instances quite
clearly this year:
. . . failure manifest in the lack
adaisical attitude of' student legis
lature in which one rarely gets more
than a quorum for meetings,
. . . failure shown in the consistently-held
SP and UP caucuses to
beg someone to occupy a vacant
legislative seat which, if occupied,
will probably be vacant again before
the next election,
. . . failure snown in the fact
that after the Beat Dook debacle,
students felt that they needed a fac
ulty member to help them handle
their problem,
... a complete failure to under
stand how poorly and falsely this
parade would reflect upon the Uni
versity and many fellow students,
... a failure shown in The fact
that the IDC began to correct overt
ly gross dorm newspapers only after'
these publications had been con
demned by the administration,
... a failure unfortunately shown
in some Honor Council decisions in
which overt violations such as ly
ing, cheating, and stealing, either
alone or in combination have been
inadequately dealt with in light sen
tences. In cases such as these, student
government has failed to meet its re
sponsibilities. This is not to con
demn' student government in total;
but it is to point out some glaring
failures which can not be" tolerated.
Thus has the present crisis arisen
a crisis in which the essential issues
are whether or not the student body
will regulate itself without admin
istration promptings; whether or
not the student body will realize
that student autonomy means self
discipline, not license; a crisis in
which student government must say
what it means what it says and do
what it means and mean what it
says and do it whether this be con
demning grossness within' the con
text of the' Campus Code or the re
storation of respect' among the elect
ed that they must respond better to
those tasks to which they have been
assigned.
The administration in this recent
episode has acted in the only way
possible in face of this mass abond
by those in charge. Hopefully, the
executive branch of student gov
ernment will begin to act to have
two student representatives, which
the administration has said it would
welcome, on this board and to work
toward the removal of all faculty
administrative members as soon as
possible in face of this mass aband
onment of student responsibility
remains as presently envisioned,
student government can never fully
rectify for past failings in this area
of its responsibility. Students must
be willing to name the limits be
yond which they should not go.
At present, the administration's
.policy is to review plans for floats,
displays, etc., in advance. This
process of prior cencorship is re-
pugant to the very idea of student
autonomy and must be destroyed
and replaced by responsible stu
dent leadership. But this will not
be the case until student leaders
overcome their present lethargy and
indifferentness.
PROGRESS can and has been
made in some areas of campus life
where the problem of overt gross
ness and wavering leadership have
existed. Dorm newspapers have
come under attack and rightfully
so, for though these publications are
not intended to be culture sheets,
there is still no excuse for them to
consist almost entirely of vividly
off -color remarks and 'Confucius'
sayings that would make Playboy
seem like a child's comic book. In
this case, dorm presidents and
editors have been notified that "they
are personally responsible under
the Campus Code for their publi
cations and that they will be judged
accordingly. Much work remains to
be done here, but at least dormitory
government has begun to move in
the right direction, though it had to
be prompted by an administration
uproar first! Perhaps other branches
of student government will learn a
lesson from this.
Surely student government must
begin acting to deal with this greater
issue of officials failing to take re
sponsibility seriously. For until this
is done and until student leaders
begin to tackle unreservedly other
glaring issues and quit being a mut
ual admiration society, then it will,
never be respected and never should
be!
Perhaps in the final analysis, the
student body does not wish to assume
the responsibility necessary for
sound self-government. Perhaps the
campus feels the only way to have
fun is to be publicly gross, vulgar,
potted, andor throw an occasional
'gotcha' in for good measure. Per
haps it wants the University to be
a mother and baby-sitter and noth
ing more. If so, then let's at least
admit these things and quit being
so hypocrital and self-righeous about
our "tradition of self-government
and hallowed perogatives of self
ahtbnomy". Student government
means one thing: sef-discipline.
Let's decide once and for all whether
we want it or not; and if not, then
bring on the proctors and baby
sittersif so, then let's do things
right!
John Mitchener
Herbert Matthews of the "New York
Times" provides a studiously re
strained analysis of our plight in
Latin America but only increases
our frustration when he admits that
"there is no simple or quick solu
tion." General Hester with consid
erable hindsight accounts for our
dilemma in Berlin and heightens its
implications by his comments on
Nazi influences in Adenauer's gov
ernment. But when he concludes
that we can in Europe fight neither
a limited nor a total war, we are
left wondering what, then, we can
do. Oddly enough, even Professor
Howard's flip coolness is depressing:
"No, I can't explain the sculpture
of Ed Higgins. But I know that all
experience is a miracle and to ex
perience the work this young genius
is to hear it speaking with a loud
silence ... see what I metm?"
Frankly, I don't. I would appreci
ate Professor Howard's help in
getting at Higgin's esthetic. Just as
I would appreciate from Matthew
and Hester some speculations about
policy. Already a multitude of voices
from the Left remind us that we
are in a bind in Latin America, that
to defend Berlin's honor at the cost
of Berlin's life is absurd. It "Re
flections" is to be more than an
surer sense of direction, opening
echo, its comments must provide a
up a dialog with the reader.
I press the point because when
"Reflection" treats current affairs
it has tended to do with a certain
stridency of tone which precludes
such dialog. "To reflect" isjo cast
back light and heat, but here the
latter element is dominant. The
editorials of Mr. Brown and Leon
Rooke are right-thinking but some
what wrong-headed. No reader of
the magazine is apt to disagree with
it's Editor's attack on those who
would defend Governor Barnett as
a man, at least, "of conviction."
Why not, then, a more controlled,
penetrating comment? And the
question is for Rooke as well. I am
still uncertain whether he is con
demning "Profs" (his word) Matt
hew and Frothro for being behind
hand in their racial concerns or
praising them for being thorough.
"To reflect" is also to meditate,
and if the magazine is to grow m
stature and substance, its editors
must speak with more firm assu
rance. Perhaps in this issue confidence
is best justified by the short stories
of Rooke and Ralph Dennis. In l is
"Return" Dennis" "Sad Fat Organ
ization Man" is even sadder, Dos
toievsky's "underground man
to pot. Putting aside Bs unfiled
manuscript, "A Child's JJ
Autoroticism," he emerges
his cellar for a perhaps fatal intti
view with an ad ency. 1
least leaves us his journal, a wittily
. . , ,f mthetic parody of
ironic and yet Patnuf. F p t
all literary introspect .on,-I i oust,
Faulkner, Sartre, Joyce.
In his "The Beggar in the Bul
rush" Leon Rooke takes Joyce more
seriously, almost as a model . . .
As a result he reveals more concern
with technique than with his gro
tesque cast of characters. Three
school teachers out for a night on
the town are caught in a nightmare.
Pursued from terror to terror by a
blind epilentic beggar, one of them
makes a discovery about herself,
an insight which seems to be the
whole point, even where imitative,
is excellent, but the cruelty of the
story is gratuitous: the protagonist
is a caricature, and it is unfair to
put her and the reader through so
much for so unsatisfying an outcome.
Thus even the stories are gloomy,
though in a commendable way. Nor
is this review an altogether cheer
ful or cheering one. Perhaps I have
sctemed to attack the magazine
not for what it is but for what it is
not, but my primary concern is
that "Reflections" justify in its ac
complishment the excellece of its
. speak with more freshness and ori
intentions. As the magazine learns to
ginality, with real daring, the pro
gnosis will become a very favorable
one.
Gil Expresses
Corps Thanks
To the Editors,
Now that the Chapel Hill phase
of the Peace Corps Venezeula Pro
ject in University Education has
come to a close, we would like to
take this opportunity to thank you
and the University of North Carolina
student body for the warm reception
which the trainees received while
on our campus. They were indeed
enthusiastic in their praise for both
their stay. It is our opinion that the
the academic and social aspects of
good impression carried forth by
these Volunteers will be of great
benefit to the University's nation
al and international prestige.
Federico G. Gil,
Director,
Institute of Latin
American Studit-s