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4 Volume 42, Number 3 Wednesday, January 8, 1964 : It ttM vt doors- 0 Satlij Star tf ircl 70 Tears of Editorial Freedom Offices on the second floor of Graham Memorial. Telephone number: Editorial, sports, news 933-1012. Business, cir culation, advertising 933-1163. Address: Box 1080, Chapel Hill N. C. Entered as 2nd class matter at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C, pursuant to Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: $450 per semester; $8 per year. Published dally except Mondays, examination periods and vacations, throughout the aca demic year by the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Printed by the Chapel EQ11 Publishing Company, Inc., S01 West Franklin Street. Chapel Hill. N. C THE DAILY TAR HEEL Is a subscriber to United Press International and utilizes the services of the University News Bureau. 14 1 At Long Ago And Far A ivay And Never Was ' We. have watched with some interest as CORE and the Philadelphia Mum mers jousted over whether the Mum mers could paint their faces black for their annual Philadelphia parade. CORE apparently decided that black-faced Mummers would be poking fun at Neg roes and should be stopped by court in junction or a sit-in in the parade's path. Fortunately an injunction came first and sitting-in was not necessary, but the whole flap seems a little ludicrous to us. CORE has reacted like the state of Alabama when it violently objected to a children's book which depicted black and white bunny rabbits frolicking to gether. We are not too sure that black and white bunny rabbits actually do play to gether, but we are sure that Negro minstrels and their music and jokes rep resent a very real part of the heritage of this country. We agree that this was during a period when the Negro had few if any rights, and that particular 1 part may be best forgotten, but we will deny that the whole period should be obliterated as if it never existed. It , did exist, and its minstrel shows and 1 music, its river boats and levee con certs, comprise a part of the Negro history which any race could accept without embarrassment. The age is dead, and best dead, but let us not now say that it never existed. We might find ourselves with such new titles as "Old Mauve Joe", "The Negroid of the Narcissus" and "UncJe O'Malley's Cabin." We could then start bowdlerizing books which contain the word "nigger", but we would run the risk of arousing an angry white crowd objecting to white men being called S.O.B.'s and worse in books. Add that to SCHEISS' proposal to eliminate subversive books and you've pretty well cleaned out the library. CORE has enough worthwhile work to do without going off into foolish tangents. Your Hands May Be On The Switch A petition is being circulated on cam pus requesting Gov. Sanford to com mute the death sentence of a Winston- Gory Blanchard, David Ethridgt Co-Editor$ Business Manager Managing Editors Advertising Manager News Editor .... Associate Editor Photo Editor Sports Editor Art Pearce Wayne King Fred Seely Fred MeConnel Bob Samsot Peter Harkness . Jim Wallace Curry Kirkpatrick John Montague Jim Wallace Asst. Sport8 Editor Night Editor Reporters: Mickey Blackwell, Administration Peter Wales, Caw pus Affairs . Hugh S.tevens, Student Government Jim Neal, Special Assignments, Suzy Sterling, SG Committees ' John Greenbacker, Kerry Sipe Editorial Assistants: - Dale Keyse Shirley Travis Linda McPherson Linda Riggs Science Editor Women's Editor Circulation Manager . Asst. Advertising Mgr. Asst. Business Mgr. Sales , Mat Friedman Diane Hile John Evans Woody Sobol Sally Rawlings Frank Potter Dick Baddour Bob Vander berry Salem Negro man convicted of raping' and killing an eight-year-old Negro girl. The petition is being circulated solely on the grounds of opposition to capital punishment. On those grounds it de serves our unanimous support. Murder is never justified, not even when it is a murderer who is murdered by the state . . . meaning all of us who live in North Carolina. Capital punishment has been shown in several lengthy, well-documented stu dies, to be no deterrent to criminals. It cannot be upheld on any grounds. It should also be pointed out that the man has not yet had the full recourse of the courts .since he lacks funds to appeal to the federal courts. His at torney believes an appeal is justified on the basis the prosecution introduced in flammatory evidence. Unless you sign the petition, and un less it results in the prisoner's sentence to life imprisonment, your hand will be on the switch that seals this man's doom in the state's gas chamber. One of the petitions is on the bulletin board on the second floor of Graham Memorial. Others are being circulated around the campus. We invite you to join us in signing one of them. Kennedy's Foreign Policy Called Success By STU EIZEXSTAT As the terrible shock of Presi dent Kennedy's assassination be gins slowly to wear off, an an alysis of his nearly three years in office is in order. Foreign policy under JFK kept its dominant position in U.S. policy-making. Cuba re mained a sore thumb in the hemisphere. The Bay of Pigs in vasion was ill-managed and icy turned into a fiasco. Kennedy ' not long after Kennedy assumed bounced back by blockading Cuba and forcing the withdraw al of Russian technicians, mis siles, and troops when recon naissance flights showed their presence. Essentially, Kennedy, who inherited the Cuban pro blem, could do little but at tempt to prevent the spread of Communist propaganda from the island. Russia tested American wills : the reins of government, by throwing up the Berlin Wall ca threatening the possible block ade of access routes. Kennedy's firm stand and brilliant strategy turned the wall into the ignomi nious symbol of Communism's ' failure in Europe. After taking Mr. K's measure at Vienna he was well prepared to back him down in the Cuban blockade. This seemed to mark a turning point in Soviet-American re lations, a turn for the better. In his American University speech, Kennedy took the initia tive in offering peaceful solution to some of the Cold War's pro blems; he thus threw the deci sion into Moscow's lap, with the world awaiting its reply. In this case and in the historic test ban treaty, Russia had to choose, in essence, between a peaceful course (thus aliena- Goettingen Is Sim ilar To Chapel Hill By JOHN SHELBURNE "Extra Goettingam non est vita" (roughly, "Outside Goet tingen there is no life"), an old Latinated motto on the ancient Ratskeiier wan, weu expresses the duality of Goet tingen, a university with as many worm-eaten traditions as Carolina, but with a counter balancing central tradition of tradition-smashing, of revolu tion, of research on the deepest levels. The University was founded before Carolina, in 1736, by the Elector of Hanover as the first "modern" university in Ger many. Goettingen was born with a spirit of enlightenment and has remained dedicated to Henry James Reviewed reason. The library, the first to be systematically catalogued, has become the most compre hensive in West Germany. The "key word" cataloging, seem ingly out dated, tends to sub jects as recent as nuclear para magnetic resonance and Gunter Grass. Goettingen's history is one of protest. In the l?te eighteenth tion from China) or a course of increasing tension (which wou'j have cast her in a bad li'sht in the eyes of the world). The wheat deal with Russia will reduce our farm surplusc, provide the farmer with noe.J.jJ income, and, like the test-b :-.r. treaty, widen the split Let .'. . .. , Russia and China. In Latin America, KenneV.: ambitious Alliance for Prox ? is in rough waters and the i. ber of military coups is vcrv discouraging. Yet, Kenne-lv's Alianza has begun a slow, im perceptible change in Latin Americans' image of the U." s' More than before, we are broth ers, not Yankee imperialists. Our situation in Africa is heartening; the Communists are faring poorly there in genera! and our image is good. Despite increasingly good re lations with West Germany an I many of our other Atlantic .V- litis isuu uune 13 m- By JANE ANDERSON The Complete Tales of Henry James, edited by Leon Edel. New York, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. vols 5 and 6, $5.95 Fifty years after his death in 1916 admiration for Henry James continues to gain momentum. Ne glected and unappreciated at that time, Henry James is a master of style and character develop ment. He especially excens in the short story and the nouvelle or short novel. This year J. B. Lippincott Com pany is publishing "The Complete Tales of Henry James" in twelve volumes, edited by Leon Edel. With the issuing of these volumes Mr. Edel has brought together for the first time all 112 of James' stories, some published in book form for the first time in this edition. As editor of these volumes Mr. Edel more firmly establishes his reputation as the foremost James expert in the country. This repu tation is founded on almost twen ty years of writing and editing James material. In 1953 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for the second and third volumes of his complete life of Henry James. Mr. Edel is a professor at New York University. Volumes five and six of "The Complete Tales" have just been issued. In volume five Edel has assembled the five tales written in 1883 and 84. Two of these tales, "Lady Barberina" and "The Siege of London," as the last short tales of James' famous international theme: the experiences of an American in European culture. '.'The Siege" deals with an Ameri can divorcee who penetrates into fashionable London drawing rooms. Finding that the English laugh at her American character istics she thinks herself a suc cess and despairs because "if she had only come to London five years sooner, she might have married a duke." For each of the volumes Mr. Edel has written an introduction worthy of his reputation. He marks the importance of each story in James' development of style and theme. Volume six includes seven stories, four of which were writ ten in James' Italian phase. At The Half Among these "The Aspern Pap ers" is a masterpiece of story telling which is set in Venice. Edel says of it in the introduc tion, " 'The Aspern Papers' lives in the vividness of its detail and the measured tread of its nar rative. There is not false foot step in it. A superb sense of time prevails in each of its nine leisurely sections. We feel the unhurried passage of the Vene tian spring; the narrator culti vates his roses and gazes at the shuttered rooms of the old ladies which guard their old mysteries; he waits and hopes for the mo ment when he will search for the Aspern papers. And we experien ce to the full the drama of his rising and declining hopes." In the other six volumes we can continue to watch the de velopment of James. This is a major publishing effort and in deed the most important editing of James since 1909 when James himself edited the "New York" edition of his works. Henry James has finally come to command an important and deserved place with other 20th Century great American writers. centum the "storm and stress" ?reas? NATO unity. The Frenc KvvvnU U i. 1 'ca.u iias nut Deen repaired and JFK felt the increasing de sire in Western Europe for a ' greater say-so in NATO policy. Though Asia remains a troublesome area, and SEATO is still devoid of any real unitv, things have been look in? up lately. In South Viet Nam the ambitious strategic hamlet pro gram has paid handsome divid ends; the war against the Com munist Viet Cong is not go in 2 badly and may be expected to eo better if the rift which the Diem regime made in the na tion can be repaired. The new state of Malaysia, which Kennedy fully backed, is likely to provide a stable, pro Western bae in Asia. In troub led LcV)s, Kennedy seemed to have made the best he could of an intolerable situation. India stands out as a bright spot in the late President's Asian policy. The huge nation appears closer to the West than ever before, primarily due to our help in its fierce border skirmish with China. In the Middle East, our policy seems to have no firm guide lines, which perhaps reflects the flux of the nations in the region. Kennedy was as popular throughout the world as any President in our history. They knew him as the vigorous leader sincerely interested in world peace and in helping the world'? less privileged. Our stature throughout hc world is higher because of him. literary movement swept over the town with a force not seen since 1517. The movement at tempted to free German litera ture and to oppose the prevail ing political system. This tradi tion was continued against Napoleon, the suspension of the constitution in 1837 and up to the present: in 1957, eighteen professors protested against equipping the army with atomic weapons. Political advertise ments are everywhere, even on the roadside. One in Goettingen reads, 'A Thrice-Divided Ger many? NEVER!" But Goettingen's most im portant and most revolutionary contribution to the world is, for good or for evil, its scientific and mathematical endeavors, particularly in the area of atom ic research. Goettingen develop ed into a sort of bomb hatchery. On a summer walk in the sur rounding woods, a concept lead ing to thermonuclear fusion oc cured to the Austrian physicist Fritz Houterrnan. His subse quent work, in cooperation with Atkinson, led ultimately to the hydrogen bomb. Nevertheless, '. swordfighting continues in the growing frater nities and horsecarts clatter through narrow streets. The ' same songs are sung, and former student Bismarck con tinues to be praised in Thomas Wolfe-like fashion. But the old traditions are mostly on the surface and somewhat deceiving beneath them the ideas which will shake the next century are being prepared. To The Editors: , Who's Mclnnis? Editors, The Tar Heel: four years, instead of reading Fowler and E. B. White. Frank Crowther Washington, I), i Grammercy! Methinks Fuzzy Wuzzy Mclnnis hath been munch ing leeks by yon Carolina moon. I sat through no philosophy of religion course of Maurice Natan son's with Fuzzy Wuzzy (though I audited a graduate course of which FW was not a participant). Possibly FW was haunted by my ghost, which might have been lurking in the back of the room, "alienating less sophisticated types." Nor did I think of my self as . sophisticated ; the word evokes in my mind the thought of sophistry. There is consider able distinction between a 'par ticular' man and a 'pedicular' man, old sop. Now, you are on the right Yel low Brick Road, FW, in roaring back at Citizen Robinson. But, gads, man, wrhen arguing that he should improve his vocabulary and consider a remedial English course, you should not pontificate in language so fractured, with phrases dangling helplessly, pro nouns that weep for lost antece dents, and a stumble-and-fumble logic that would send an 8th grade schoolmarm into apoplexy. (Before you pick splinters, a fork-ed log CAN be crippled by a stroke). That's what you get for hang ing around with YMCA-types for Integrated? Editors, The Tar Heel: Regarding the letter from 'jie Misses Egenes and Wilson listing the still segregated establish ments in Chapel Hill I am grate ful for the information supplied but I suggest that they make a more thorough investigation w fore they include N. C. Memorial Hospital on that list. As an em ployee of the hospital, I tmnk i know whereof I speak. While n may be true that one floor is nominally set aside for Ncgrc patients, a walk down any cor ridor will reveal that there are Negro patients assigned to sev eral other wards. A visit to the eating facilities and restrooms foi patients, staff, and visitors wi; show that these are not segregat ed either. And neither are the waiting rooms or admitting of fice. Most important, I think, is that all patients are served equal ly by the same doctors, nurse.-?, and technicians and isn't it for these services that one goes o a hospital? Mary Ann Long Tar Heel Traile! Experimenter Visits Indian Holy Places And Shrines (Ed's Note: This is the last in a series by a UNC participant in the Experiment in International Liv ing. Miss Rhymes has been in the Orient since June.) By MARGARET A. RHYMES BAN ARES Even the most un enthusiastic visitor of tombs and temples cannot fail to be moved by the religious treasures that abound in India. Bhubaneswar alone the cath edral city in India harbors over 100 medieval temples from the era 700-1200 A.D. when Bhuddism began its decline. - In some of these shrines, wor ship has been going on uninter rupted since the eighth or ninth century. - These temples capture in stone every human form and expres sion, from the most earthy to the most refined. Hinting at a re ligious revival of Hinduism, this magnificent architecture shows numerous figures of lions (Hin duism) stamping out the ele phants (Buddhism). One of the most exciting re ligious shrines in all of India is the Sun Temple at Konarak. It stands in lonely splendor among the sand dunes of the sea shore and the grandeur of this temple, now in ruins, still takes the visitor by surprise. Built in the 13th century, the colossal structure is in the image of the mythical chariot of the sun rushing through the blue heavens. It was once in the midst of a flourishing port city on the Bay of Bengal, but the sea has since receded. The chariot is driven by seven horses and seven rays of sun, representing the days of the week. Intensely lovely are the flow ing forms and shapes the ulti mate in exotic art which gradu ally become more spiritual as the temple rises. The Hindu idea is to circle round the chariot seven times to ob serve the more erotic sculpture at the base, to experience the physical pleasures and then, by the seventh lap, one has exhaust ed one's earthly desires and can climb higher into the spiritual realm. Not far from these temples are 150 small caves dug into twin hills, once the habitat of Jain monks (those who will not harm any living thing, including in sects). ' Bats flit about inside these first century dwellings and huge ants travel over the exquisite sculptures and reliefs an as similation of Jain, Hindu and Buddhist cultures. Just oustide the caves, a scene greeted us surely from a Bibli cal motion picture. A huge wall several hundred feet high was be ing built stone by stone, basket of dirt by basket. Men were break ing up the stones with primitive tools, while the women walked gracefully up the incline balanc ing baskets of earth on their heads. In Hyderabad, once a Moslem stronghold, there is "besides the countless mosques and minarets a massive, stone fort that would far surpass any Hollywood produc tion. It stretches more than six miles across, and once housed up to 15,000 civilians, including the king's 1000-member harem. There's an efficient warning and acoustics system, perfumed air conditioning, spikes on all doors to prevent elephant attacks, and small holes over entrance ways through which hot lead or oil was once poured on the enemy. Originally built as a Hindu fort, it was taken over by the Mus lims from Turkey in the 14th cen tury. It's a magnificent structure, where one can visualize the sen tries and nobility pacing the stone vestibules, looking out over the walls, climbing the winding stair ways. On the subject of forts, the Red Fort in Delhi a city where kingdoms rose and waned, that has been sacked and resacked is not to be overlooked. It conveys both the splendid strength and the delicacy of the Moghul architecture. Built by Shah Jahan, who also is credited with the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort was the scene of massacre for 50 British soldiers during the 1857 mutiny, the first step toward an independent India. In Agra, the Taj Mahal itself shimmers like a queen against the background of hazy plains and a winding river. Twenty-two years in buHding, the Taj was designed to enshrine the mortal remains of Shah Jahan's wife, who died in giving birth to her fourteenth child. 4. . . Also in Agra are the nuns of Fatehpur Sikri, a new Muslim capital built by Shah Jahan's grandfather. Within a circle of seven miles, this city in stone with is palaces and mosques was abandoned after only 14 years for lack of adequate water sup ply. It still stands today much in the condition that Akbar left it. In Benares, the holy city of India and perhaps the oldest city of the world, one finds inspira tion for Hindu and Buddhist alike on the banks of the sacred Ganges. A microscom of India's vast humanity moves through the twist ing narrow passageways, wide enough only for rickshaws, hu mans, cows and camels, and reminiscent of the Middle East. Sadhus religious beggars) and merchants, artists and pil grims, scholars and priests all weave through the crowded ba zaars to make their yearly pil grimage. The pilgrim's way winds 36 miles around the city through temples and shrines, each with its own ritual and ceremony. Devotees swarm over the Ben ares ghats to pay homage by bathing in the Ganga before visit ing the temples, and minarets. Lining the river banks are the steep steps and numerous rest homes. The latter are partially financed by the government and free for the first three nights for the Hindu who must make his pilgrimages to Benares once in his lifetime. Many also come to die here. There are widow's homes, dot ted with the widows' white sar ees hung out to dry in the blaz ing sun, and the chants of wom en praying drift out to passing boats. The small boats slide swiftly past the burning ghats, the city's main cremation grounds. Bodies are burned in the open, the ashes are collected, sifted Tor gold and silver and then dumped Taking a boat down the wide, turbulent river in the dawn hou': one sees the city of Benares a its morning bath against a str ing backdrop of spires, dor?ies into the river. Small children under five ancJ smallpox victims are merely tit'i.1 to stones and submerged giving basis to the tale of floating cor pses in the Ganges. The owner of the river-side ere matorium is considerably well-ofi financially. Socially, he is h harijan, an outcast, although the system has long been illegal. Since the fires handle up to 60 bodies a day, the rupees are many. From the scores of temples and shrines that we have visited, the description of only these few must sound dry and dull to the reader. Just as one cannot convey the Taj Mahal in words alone, the architectural and sculptural monu ments must truly be seen if one is to capture the "feel" of India.
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