Volume 72, Number 64
Sunday, December 8, 1963
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70 Years of Editorial Freedom
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This One Should Be Good-Donh Miss It
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Philip Foisie, foreign news editor of
the Washington Post,' will speak on cam
pus Monday night in what could be one
of the most rewarding programs so far
this year. Foisie, who will speak on "Un
explored Frontiers in Journalism" at
eight o'clock in the basement of Pea
body Hall, brings to his subject a rich
background of experience as a journalist
in this country and abroad.
He was employed by the United Na
tions Relief and Rehabilitation Admin
istration in. Shanghai for a year, and
then served as city editor of the China
, Press in that city. In this country he has
, worked on the San Francisco Chronicle,
the Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, Cal.,
the Louisville Courier-Journal, and in
1955 joined the Washington Post.
: Foisie has traveled extensively in
China, Japan and all of Southeast Asia
as well as Europe and North Africa,
and should provide some insights into
the reactions of the new President, and
other vital matters.
After Mr. Foisie's talk there will be
a seminar type discussion for all those
interested. We heartily recommend your
participation.
John Carsivell Meets The Press
The famous neuroses of the owner of
1 The Colonial Drugstore in Chapel Hill
t were demonstrated again yesterday
when he told a Daily Tar Heel reporter
j to leave the store.
Was the reporter being obnoxious in
; any way?
No.
j Was the reporter there for a valid
purpose?
Yes.
The reporter had gone in to see if the
owner, John Carswell, or anyone else in
the store cared to make any comments
on the civil rights demonstration par
tially aimed at Cars well's segregationist
policies.
It might interest Mr. Carswell to
, know that the policy of this paper in
covering news is to be sure that all
parties to any controversy have an equal
opportunity to be represented in our
coverage of that controversy.
But then, such phrases as "equal op
portunity" apparently don't make much
sense to Mr. Carswell, anyway, so per
haps the ejection, if rude and ridicu
lous, is at least understandable.
The Age Of The Psuedo-Event
By ROBERT EBERT
I Editor, The Daily Illini
4 We live in the age of the pseudo
i event.
It no longer matters whether anyone
I heard the tree fall in the forest. What
C matters is whether or not the fall of the
tree was documented on television.
The vast majority of Americans are
I no longer capable of believing something
thing on their own authority. Indoctri
i nated since childhood by boxtop offers
j of a "guaranteed genuine official" world,
j they seek desperately for Authority
and find it everywhere but in them
selves. ' A commonplace example. Find me, if
you will, a can of baked beans that does
not carry the instruction, "Heat and
; Serve." Why do the American consum
i ers require this instruction? Because a
good many of them do not have the
. nerve to heat and serve those baked
j beans without official approval. Com-
mon sense is no longer a guide.
Thus it is that things no longer hap-
pen of themselves. They happen only
i after a sufficient portion of the public
i has been told they happened. And then
only if the public senses that it was
: "officially" all right that they hap-
pened.
j I would suggest, for example, that the
I Goldwater "boom" of today is not a par
i tide stronger than the same boom a
! year ago. What is significant is that
j people have now been told that it exists,
i Likewise, the civil rights revolution did
not exist for middle class white Ameri
' cans until they had been told about it.
Never mind that they could see it all
about them, everywhere, every day. They
had to be told. And I believe that, in the
minds of these same people, the same
revolution could again cease to exist if
the establishment were to tell them so.
The facts seen by the self are nothing
compared to the facts reported in Time
Gary Blanchard, David Ethridgs
Co-Editors
Business Manager
Managing Editors
Advertising Manager
Associate Editor
Photo Editor
Sports Editor
Art Pearce
Wayne King
Fred Seely
Fred MeConnel
Peter HarJcness
Jim, Wallace
Asst. Sports Editor
Night Editor
News Editor
Curry Kirkpatrick
John Montague
Jim Wallace
. Bob Samsot
Reporters:
Mickey Blackwell, Administration
Peter Wales, Campus Affairs
Hugh Stevens, Student Government
Kerry Sipe, John Greenbacker,
Editorial Assistants:
Dale Keyser Sue Simonds
Linda McPherson Linda Riggs
Science Editor
Circulation Manager
Asst. Advertising Mgr.
Asst. Business Mgr.
Sales -
Mat Friedman
John Evans
Woody Sobol
Sally Rawlings
Frank Potter
Dick Baddour
Bob Vanderberry
magazine, a notable spokesman for of
ficialdom. Another example. The use of news
photographs, long a means to document
a fact, has been discontinued on the
Huntley-Brinkley program. An artist
has been employed, instead, to do
sketches of events. By almost the same
token, the news itself on this program
has been replaced by the employment of
Huntley and Brinkley, who appear to
bring the news into being, full-blown
from their brows, simply by deigning to
acknowledge it.
Despite the public's willingness to be
lieve what is "officially" stated, it still
has some hesitation on the really im
portant things. Millions of Americans
are not willing to wake up in the morn
ing and be told who is the new Presi
dent. They must sit up all night in front
of their television watching the electric
lights flash behind Walter Cronkite.
Apparently they do not realize that the
electric lights, and Cronkite, are present
only to make the event "official." Nei
ther has anything to do with reporting
the news.
You don't believe me? Look around
you at the next Illinois home game "and
see how many people who are sitting in
Memorial Stadium are, nevertheless,
holding transistor radios to their ears
so that Larry Stewart can TELL them
what is going on before their .very eyes.
Or remember, if you will, how many
Americans watched the solar eclipse on
television when the real thing was going
on in the heavens right outside their
doors.
Or take another example. Is it moral
ly correct to sell wheat to Russia? Three
months ago, public opinion said no. To
day, public opinion says yes. And yet I
would bet you that no one has changed
his mind on this question if, indeed,
anyone could really say on his own
, authority whether the sale was right or
j wrong. We "go along." As a nation, we're
great at that. Every four years we
choose who to go along with.
Now, then. What about this business
. of classroom television?
i A spokesman on this campus said that
within 25 years EVERY freshman and
, sophomore level course at the Nniver
sity would be taught on television.
That's right. Every one.
I And would this be such a bad thing?
There are some, you know, who argue
that an instructor is more "believable"
; on television than - in person. Raises
fewer doubts in the student mind.
Seems to have more authority behind
him.
f But still, a question remains.
! Does a classroom lecture really hap
pen if it is on television? Do an in
structor and his students actually share
an experience that has been made
"real" by kinescope?
Does the tree in the forest really fall,
if nobody hears it? But what if it were
an imaginary tree, and yet everyone
heard it? Did it, then, fall?
"It's The Christmas Season
The Legislation
Time To Hang Up
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Lapses In Logic
The New Campus
Team
By DON CURTIS
About this time of the year it
seems to be in high fashion for
all writers of any note at all to
list their selections for various
all-star teams. Certainly not
wanting to be left out of that
all-knowing group of individuals
who deem themselves so capable
to make all star choices, we too
have selected our own all star
team. It is after very careful
consideration that we proudly
announce our 1963 All-Campus
team.
Left End: Pat Cusick De
spite the fact that Pat , has
fumbled a few passes here and
there, we feel Pat throws a lot
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Review
By STEVE DENNIS
New Horizons in Education;
The Benefits of Study Abroad,
Pan American Airway, 1961,
$2.
The approach of another win
ter in Chapel Hill marks a good
time for students interested in
studying abroad to begin mak
ing plans and checking into the
many institutions which exist
for this purpose.
Pan American Airways, in
terested in a possible marriage
between themselves (specifical
ly seats on their planes) and
Jsuch students, has recently
published a very helpful little
book on the subject. New Hori
zons in Education can be valu
able in many ways as a basic
reference tool in a shrinking
world.
Over one hundred seventy-five
institutions are described. These
universities are in almost every
country in the free world. The
only serious omissions are for
Great Britian, but the text ex
plains these schools were left
out because of their unusually
long waiting lists of American
students. A few British schools
are included, however they are
the lesser known ones.
Under the description of each
university, such basic matters
as the size of its enrollment,
whether it is co-educational,
the dates of its academic term,
courses of study which it of
fers, summer sessions, fees,
entrance requirements, the
language of instruction, room
and board (usually private),
average living expenses, stu
dent life, and the transfer of
credits back to an American
school are considered.
There are short introductory
essays on the values of study
and travel abroad by Senator
Fulbright, Dr. James B. Con
ant, the president of Smith Col
lege, the president of the In
stitute of International Educa
tion, and the president of Pan
American Airways. These stress
; individual considerations and
possible drawbacks resulting
from faulty preparation for
study abroad as well as bene
fits from such an experience.
The book may be ordered
from Pan American Airways,
Box PAA, Idlewild, New York,
for $2.
of weight around over on that
left side of the line.
Left Tackle: John Dunne
Last year John made the All-
American Civil Rights Team
for some outstanding play in the
Birmingham Bowl, and al
though this year's performance
is somewhat .below last year's
standard, John still deserves a
first team selection.
Left Guard: Gary Blanchard
and David Ethridge These two
hard-hitting stars have been
guarding the left all year. Oc
casionally they go downfield to
intercept a pass or cover a punt,
and very often they've been
known to put the hard rush on
some of the running backs
even throwing a few for some
long losses. Once in a while,
when nobody else will carry the
ball, Dave or Gary will. Dave
is the, team's kicking specialist
despite the fact that he's failed
to convert on several occasions
this year.
Center: Kellis Parker This is
a unanimous choice since Kel
lis has been in the center of a
lot 4 of controversy for over
three years now.
Right Guard: Arthur Hays
Don't let his size fool you, pound
for pound this guy is tough. Ar
thur has put a stop to a num
ber of well-planned plays in the
past couple of years. He's a
senior, and experience counts in
this game.
Right Tackle: Sam Himes
Sam has thrown some hard
blocks on certain left-wing
legislation, and, despite the fact
that he has given up several
scores, Sam deserves a starting
position. Like any tackle, Sam
has received his share of lumps
and bruises from being knocked
around on certain plays.
Split Right End: Hubert Haw
kinsVery strong on that right
flank is another unanimous
choice. As captain of the Di
Phi team, hustling Hub has re
ceived good support from his
entire team.
Quarterback: Mike Lawler
Yes, Mike's calling the shots
this year, and although occa
sionally he's had a few mix-ups
in the backfield resulting in a
fumble or two, he's run the
show fairly well. Once or twice
he's had to punt out of trouble,
and a couple of times he's had
plays sent in to him from the
coaches.
Running Back: Bob Spear
manThe fans keep yelling for
Bob to switch to quarterback
next year, but if Bob decides to
tie the knot with Barbara be
fore the election, the game
could well be over, and Bob
might choose to retire and turn
to other sports. For right now,
however, Bob is definitely a
hard running back.
Way Back: Joel Fleishmann
Yes, way back in the picture
is our own ambassador from
Raleigh, Joel Fleishmann. Joel
earns this all-star spot for help
ing to call the signals and run
the show.
Similar to . NCAA football
rules, many students choose to
sit out a year and take five
years to get in their four years
of playing time. It should be
pointed out that Jim Clotfelder,
last year's unanimous Assback,
is sitting out a year. This year
of practice just might make Jim
an even stronger contender next
year.
Every team also has a few
red-shirts. We have selected
two of the best in the busi
nessLarry Phelps and John
Salter. When Salter returns to
action, he'll more than likely re
turn to his former position of
lonesome left end.
Our Cherleader selections for
this year are Hank Patterson,
John Randle, and Roger Fou
shee. Although they'd like to
get back into the action, being
grad students about all they
have time to do is cheer from
the sidelines.
Looking back over the teem,
it's noticed that there are only
ten selections on our first
team. Oh well, you pick the
eleventh.
A thought is often original,
though you have uttered it a
hundred times. Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
Editors, The Tar Heel,
I trust that the elementary
lapses in logic appearing in Sam
Himes' December 5 letter de
fending fraternity discrimina
tion escaped no alert reader.
Himes woefully tries to justify
racial discrimination in frater
nities by claiming that College
Entrance Examinations discri
minate also. It is incomprehen
sible to me that the distinction
between the fair, elaborate se
lection process of the College
Boards aod the flagrant discri
mination on the basis of race
practiced by some fraternities
can be so subtle as to have es
caped Mr. Himes.
Himes suggests, further, that
the very meaning of the word
"fraternity" might be destroyed
if some of the boys in some of
the houses had to practice ra
cial tolerance. He fails to ex
plain whxy only SOME of the
brotherhoods are so fragile in
this respect, while others have
been able to eliminate discri
minatory clauses with little ap
parent effect.
As a member of the same na
tional fraternity as Mr. Himes,
I urge him to stop lauding the
decadent aspects of the cher
ished ritual, and begin working
for the changes necessary to
make the fraternity system a
progressive, not divisive, influ
ence on college campuses.
Ken A. Bode
305 Caldwell Hall
. Graduate Student
Interested?
Editors, The Tar Heel,
Many students have been ap
palled at the noisy clamor from
self-styled liberals protesting the
"Speaker Ban" law. Not only
have the newspapers been filled
with unbecoming and repeti
tious rantings and ravings
against the law from our sup
posed educational leaders, but
many outstanding patriotic civic
leaders have been reviled and
persecuted from many quarters.
In order to correct, in a
small way, the harm done by
these childish insults to our fine
leading citizens, many right
thinking students have formed
the Student Committee to Help
Eliminate Insidious Subversive
Speakers. The Committee's head
is a much-decorated veteran,
ex-Private F. C. Wintergreen.
Each week, the Committee will
publish an official List of those
who deserve to be cited and
honored for having best put to
use the virtues of Morality,
Education, Reason, Diligence,
and Energy in the uphill fight
against godless, atheistic Com
munism, who see the many de
vious forms it takes in its mas
terfully deceitful efforts to de
stroy our American Way of Life.
This list will be selected by a
democratic vote of the Com
mittee members. (The organ
izers reserve the right to estab
lish qualifications for menu.
ship.) More news of our active,
will follow.
If you ae interested in o
ideals, write to:
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Student Committee to II. !P
Eliminate Insidious Sulivcr
sive Speakers,
Box 321,
Chapel Hill.
uoies
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By United Press Internationa
GENEVA G u n n a r Lar.
Sweden's minister of comnK-:v.-and
chairman of the Eun ( t..;i
Free Trade Association, or..: : -.
ing the tariff-reducing plan i m
posed by the late Vrcsl-jx-:.:
Kennedy:
"How appropriate that t:,;,
great plan was named alter Di
late President, when he v,;,,
still with us. And what an uU,
gation it is to us today to make
it a success worthy of his great
name."
CARACAS, Venezuela U.S.
Army Col. James K. Chena at
after his release unharmed by
pro-Castro terrorists who kid
napped him:
"I was urged to read bm ,ks
on communism, some of t a
printed in Czechoslavkia, but I
rejected these. At one point try
captors hammered away at me
continuously on the virtues of
communism."
AUSTIN, Tex. Texa.s Gov.
John B. Connally leaving Park
land Hospital where lie was
treated for wounds received
when the same gunman k;;ieJ
President Kennedy:
"I owe my lite to you at
Parkland. I'm sorry to nave
met you under these circum
stances." WASHINGTON Speaker of tho
House John W. McCoranau-;
praising Mrs. John F. Ktv.niV.y
during a memorial tribute to
the late President:
"She is a patrician capable s
grace under pressure unequalled
in our times."
Progress is the activity of to
day and the assurance of to
morrow. Emerson.
Progress is the real cure for
an over-estimate of ourselves.
G. Macdonald.
Social progress makes the well
being of all more and more the
business of each. Henry George.
A thought is often original,
though you have uttered it a
hundred times. Oliver Wed ell
Hplmes.
Great trials seem
necessary preparation
duties. Edward Thomson.
It is difficulties which
what men are. Epictetus.
to be a
for great
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Impact Of President Kennedy's Death
On The 1964 Gubernatorial Campaign
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(From The Chapel Hill Weekly)
The full impact of President Ken
nedy's death on North Carolina's 1964
Gubernatorial campaign cannot yet be
weighed with anything other than spec
ulation. It might remain largely impond
erable after the campaign has run its
course, since reading the trial balance
on what finally tips a vote one way or
another is still not an exact science.
But it is not exactly wild speculation
to say that the candidate whose Guber
natorial chances have suffered most
from the President's death is I. Beverly
Lake.
The Kennedy administration would
have been a major target for the Lake
attack. Now that target no longer
exists.
Another major Lake target would
have been Governor Terry Sanford, and
the Governor will still collect some ran
dom shots. But the thing that made
Sanford such an inviting target for
Lake was his close ties with the Ken
nedy administration. The Sanford bulls
eye has become considerably smaller.
If those shots in Dallas had never
been fired, Dr. Lake would have rant
ed long and loud about Big Government
and invasion of States' Rights. It is con
ceivable that he will still take this line
of attack. If he does, his attack will
certainly be softer and more cautious
in other words, blunted from the out
set. With the new President still settling
into office, the mood of the country
next spring can be expected to be one
of patience, tolerance and sympathetic
, understanding. There will be continued
pressure for civil rights legislation,
but the chance of another racial uphea
val such as last summer's will be remote.
The only climate in which Dr. Lake's
candidacy can thrive is one of racial
turmoil.
These radical changes brought about
by the President's death are bound to
have shaken Dr. Lake's projected plat
form badly, if they didn't leave it in
splinters. But the heaviest damage t
his candidacy is much more profound
and one that can't be repaired.
Dr. Lake's campaign in I960 was or e
that fed on bitterness and hate and
fear. His appeal was largely to those
who had become embittered because ci
integration, who had come to hate the
Supreme Court for ruling integratr-ii
and the Federal Government for enforc
ing it, and who feared progress and
change. They feared progress and
change not only in racial matters but
in all things.
There are reliable indications that we
have now recognized these fears and
hatreds in whatever area of the politi
cal spectrum they fester; we know them
for what they are and the terrible ends
" V, UItT can lead, and
finally done with them.
Dr. Lake can try to present
as a Cliiferenf Mmii,.
we are
himself
1964. and
" : t l vw,UIuae in 1964, and
that would seem to be the better part
of wisdom But this would require a
",,,tw,K" aime Primarily at convincing
what he is. It isn't worth the effort.
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