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Volume 72, Number 133
Thursday, April 9, 1964
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71 Years of Editorial Freedom
Published dally except Mondays, examinations periods and vacations, throughout the aca
demic year by the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Printed by the
Chapel Hill Publishing Company, Inc., 501 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, N. C.
A Misunderstanding With
In an editorial in Tuesday's DTH, we
stated that we felt Presidential candi
date Paul Dickson had been somewhat
contradictory and inconsistent in his
statements concerning a public accom
modations law. We stated that Dickson
had earlier said he felt an accommoda
tions law was necessary, but was now
saying that he wa3 not in favor of it.
We took Dickson's avowal of the neces
sity of the law to mean that he favored
its passage.
Apparently we have done candidate
Dickson a disservice. He, and others,
now tell us that what he originally said
was that a public accommodations law
might be necessary barring productive
community action in the situation. He
There really is no point in finding out
what the various candidates think about
public accommodations in the first
place. And not all of them have any
thing to do with the boycott either.
There is no question but that stu
dents should find out what candidates
for president, vice-president, DTH edi
tor and legislative seats think on the
boycott. All of these officers may have
some influence on this issue as it per
tains to students during the coming
year.
However, asking candidates for sec
retary, treasurer and Honor Council
seats this question is irrelevant to the
campaign. The offices of secretary and
treasurer are set up so that they have
little or no say in administration policy
other than in their specif ic areas of concern-
It is already a, policy for Student
Government funds not to go to segre
gated establishments, so that the boy
cott can not affect the treasurer. And
heaven knows what students think the
Pete Ivey, Manatees And Drift Theories
Greensboro Daily News
U-N.C. news bureau chief Pete Ivey,
who fortunately enjoys a good prank,
was victimized the other day by a hoax
that tells us more about science than
about gullibility.
It seems that as Mr. Ivey and his
crew were preparing releases on a con
ference on evolution at the Chapel Hill
botany department they received what
purported to be a jazzed-up populariza
tion of a paper which Prof. Thomas
Barr, Jr., of the University of Kentucky,
was to read to the conference. It was
entitled "Alpine Speciation of Trucheus
(Coleoptera Trichechidae) in the South
ern Appalachians." The gist was as fol
lows :
. . The Coleoptera, popularly known
as the manatee or sea cow, spend most
, of their lives under rocks, since cos
; mic radiation is fatal to those large
beasts. During the mating season,
however, it is necessary for these pri
v mitive coleoptera to emerge from
their retreats.
This proves the correctness of the
continental drift theory. The Alps and
Gary Blanchard, Dave Eth
Co-Editors
Managing Editor
News Editor
Copy Editor
Photo Editor
Associate Editor ,
Sports Editor
Asst. Sports Editor ;.,
Reporters;
Kerry Sipe, Administration
Jeff Dick, Municipal
John Greenbacker, Student Government
Editorial Assistant Shirley Travis
Staff Artist Chip Bernard
Science Editor Mat Friedman
Reviews ', Henry Melnnis
Business Manager 1 Art Pearce
Advertising Manager .
Asst. Business Mgr.
Asst. Advertising Mgr.
Sates ' ' .
Over A False Issue
secretary can do about it.
Even more irrelevant are the ques
tions on public accommodations. Not one
of the candidates running can possibly
do anything about a public accommoda
tions law either in Chapel Hill or in
Washington. They're not running for
the Board of Aldermen and they don't
plan a Washington lobby as a Student
Government function. Their opinions on
this bill are of no importance to their
campaigns.
The only candidates who will have a
chance to express their views on this
issue other than DTH editor, are the
candidates for NSA delegate. The civil
rights bill before Congress came up last
summer at NSA without the FEPC pro
vision and was passed. It is likely to
come up again in one form or another.
Students should try to get to the
issues that will affect the campus while,
they still have a chance to query the'
candidates.
the Appalachians must once have
been parts of a single mountain chain,
perhaps continuous with Mount Ara
rat. The story of Noah's flood is a dis
torted version of the disruption of
this mountain chain.
The "release" went on to compare the
behavior of the "sea-cow" to the now
mythic behavior of the lemmings and
to the behavior of college students flock
ing each spring to Daytona and St. Au
gustine. Pete Ivey and his staff obligingly
(and innocently) sent out a news release
which wras widely printed around the
country, only to discover too late that
the sea-cow story was a hoax perpe
trated at Professor Barr's expense.
Well, as a mattter of fact we remem
ber reading about the sea-cow and its
peregrinations and about the possible
continuity between Mount Mitchell and
Ararat, and the telling thing is that
with eyebrows arched in only slight sur
prise we thought: "Possibly true for the
moment, but sure to be overthrown in
five years." For the truth is, as Jacques
Barzun tells us in his stimulating new
book on science, that scientific hypothe
sis has been in rapid flight from the
world of ordinary common sense for
half a century.
Two things, in our world bombarded
by accelerated scientific discovery, have
become nearly commonplace: The way
the scientist sees the universe has little
or nothing to do with the universe as
reflected in the everyday eye ; and for
every new theory there is an equal (and
equally surprising) counter-theory.
It is nothing new to read, as we did
the other day, of the sighting from
Mount Palomar of a retreating galaxy
whose speed breaks every yardstick of
age and distance h? the universe- We
read, we shrug, we move on to Little
Orphan Annie.
If the sea-cow hoax duped the public,
it is difficult to say whom the laugh is
on if there really is a laugh involved-
ridge
- Fred Seely
Pete Wales
Nancy McCracken
- Jim Wallace
Hugh Stevens
. John Montague
Larry Tar let on
Fred MeConnel
Sally Rawlings
; W&ody Sotol
Frank Potter
Dick Baddour
Bob Vanderberry
Entered as 2nd class matter at the Pott
Office in Chapel Hill, N. C, pursuant tm
Act of March 8, 187T.
Subscription rates: $4.50 per semester;
$8 per year.
Paul Dickson
says that he does not favor the law, and
never has favored it, but that commu
nities which refuse to act to solve their
own racial problems leave little or no
choice.
He says-that it is now, and always
has been, his opinion that local commu
nity action is much the best way to
eliminate discriminatory practices.
Dickson also makes quite clear that he
is firmly committed to the elimination
cf those practices and strongly backs the
student boycott as a means to that end.
We apologize to Mr. Dickson for the
misunderstanding, and we now believe
that his position has been consistent.
However . .
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Bob Spearman
- President -
The year 1964-65 is one of bcth
unprecedented challenge and" un
precedented opportunity for s lu
cent government at Carcina.
in September, the University
will have a new chancellor and
a new administration. Many . of
the old stereotypes of student
government-administration rela
tions will no longer be applic
able. The working relationship
which SG set3 up with this new
administratKu next year will in
a larje part determine our ef
fectiveness .and strength in the
years ahead. The broad lines of
policy which I feel we need to
follow in this area include; ef
fort to work in close coopera
tion with the faeuCty and ad
ministration on matters of mu
tual concern, insistence on the
integrity of the student judiciary,
and pressure for studcat posi
tions on faculty committees.
Such a program will not only
maximize cur own authority,
but it will also enable us to best
serve the interests cf the student
body. But such policies can only
be successful with a studcat gov
ernment which is clear in its
goals, and experienced bcth in
dealing with the faculty and ad
ministration and in the running
of student government itself.
The most important challenge
which we face is to remodel and
redirect student government so
that it better serves the aca
demic, social and cultural needs
cf the student bedy in mens
and womens residence halls, in
fraternities, and in sorcrities.
In the past student government
has centered too much upon its
internal mechanics and perfec
tion. A consistent and coherent
set cf laws and better internal
organization are important only f
as a means and not as aa end ;
themselves. The end or purpose
of student government, as of ;
any government, must be to
promote the welfare of those
whom it governs.
In the area of residence hall
life, the work of the Residence;
Hall Improvements Committee,
initiated by Don Carson, will be
of prime importance. This com
Paul Dickson
- President -
With the arrival of a new
Chancellor, next year will be
vitally important for Student
Government.
It is mandatory that Student
Government show strength, and
at the same time, a willingness
to work with the new adminis
tration. Therefore,- we propose a 3-day
conference with the Chancellor
and members of his new admin
istration and with Student lead
ers, past and present. We feel
this gesture will establish a
good working relationship upon
which we can build this year and
in the future.
As President of Everett this
yearr I am more than aware of
pressing problems facing the
residence halls and will offer a
program to alleviate these needs,
establish a speaker bureau to
bring outstanding campus speak
ers into the residence halls.
We advocate strengthening the
Editor's Rcundtable so that
each residence hall might have
a newspaper, with advertising,
which would establish a closer
relationship between students
and their government. We have
found the Daily Tar Heel lack
ing in this area.
In the past, the Student Party
has worked for physical im
provement of residence hall faci
lities. It was the Student Party
that established social rooms and
the television sets in those
rooms. This year, we shall con
tinue efforts in this area..
We would like to see students
on faculty and administrative
committees such as the Faculty
Committee on Curriculum.
This year, we began work on
a free course evaluation booklet
for which the Academic Affairs
Committee has been compiling
information for publication in
the near future.
We are seeking to re-establish
University reading day s) be
fore examination periods. We
now have faculty support and
we feel this program will be a
success.
Through my work 'on the
Men's Honor Council, and the
Attorney General's . staff this
summer, I definitely see a need
for redefiniticu of the campus
code so that it applies to the
students in conduct directly re
latable to the University and not
at all times, as it is now.
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StatemeiiLte Of BP CaHdfSates
menus.
mittee will receive strong stu
dent government " support as it
works jointly with the University
Administration to improve tne
living conditions and social faci
lities of resdence balls..
The further investigation of
the Residence College System
wilt also- be at top priority pr
gram.. Such as program- wou!d
promote residence hall lire not
only within each hall, but also
within groups of residence halls
such as the upper and lower
quads. It might entail the divi
sion of the MRC into smaller
governmental units. These local
units would be in close touch
with the needs of their constir
tuents to provide suitable social
and academic programming.
roPT hase ef the reirtM5
tion, involves an' increased con
cern wkn bie student's academic
'life. Essential' here are the crea
tion of a Fine Arts Festival,. Ihe
publication, cf a course booklet
describing elective courses from
a student viewpoint,, and work
with the administration- and
faculty to secure more sea:inar
sections and' decrease the use of
mass lecture classes.
In the area cf fraternity and
sorority life, there is need for
student goveix:ment support for
stronger self government
through the IFC and Pan Hel
lenic Councils. In addition, ex
tensive efforts will be needed to
help fraternities meet the de
mands of deferred rush.
: Finally, Student government
must take greater cognizance of
the increasing problem of rela
tions between the state and the
University exemplified by the
: gag law enacted by the last N. C.
Onerl Assembly. It is- essen
tial to the long run best in
terests of both our school and
the state that student govern
ment play a large role ki com
municating the nature -and goals
of .this institution to the state at
large. This can be done through
press releases, student personal
appearances, and the use of TV
and radio. -
If student government is to
continue to play the large role
which it has traditionally held
in this university,, it must em
ancipate itself from trivia and
attend to these real and import
ant concerns of the student com
munity. We will work in cooperation
with the Consolidated University
Student Council to bring more
girls to the campus from Raleigh
and Woman's College on CU
Day and the Jubilee weekend.
This program was started this
year, but more girls and better
organization are needed.
We will' work with the Wo
men's Residence Council to
grant Senior women open hours
and the right to live in apart
ments with parental permission.
T want to establish an inter
national students' director and
an internaticnai students' house.
I have seen a similar program
in action in Viet-Nam, and I
know it can be successful. , It is
important that we be concerned
with the image of our University
in countries abroad.
As the executive of Student
Government, I would feel obli
gated to seek free and equal
service for all students, I would
not pretend to represent the en
tire student community, how
ever I would ask you on a per
sonal basis not to patronize
those businesses that do not
serve all of our students.
Jeff Davis
- Vice-President -
Student Government must bene
fit the Student Body. There are
two categories of action by which
it can achieve this. One category
is improvement in its own in
ternal machinery rewriting, if
necessary, its bylaws, electiin
laws, and statutes to insure that
it represents the students more
fairly and more effectively.
There are (other) areas with
in or related to Student Govern
ment which warrant thorough
investigation and reevaluation in
the coming years, such as the
Resident Advisor Program and
the Campus Code.
The other field of action in
which Student Government can
benefit the Student Body is the
field of direct action on specific
problems facing students at our
growing university. Such direct
confrontation of problems has
produced in the past the Coed
Visiting agreement, the Televi
sion Loan Fund, and other bene
ficial programs. But this field is
practically inexhaustible in pri
viding opportunities for strong ac
tion. Tfce increase in enrollment
and the changes precipitated in.
the academic and social context
Olt Ulr
Dorr Carson
Vice-President -
Each; year, as spring elections
get into high gear,, we naturally
begin, to think about the real
meaning and purpose of Student
Government. At the present time
it costs in excess of $180,000 per
year to operate Student Govern
ment. This sum, of course,
comes from our own pockets
through student fees. I firmly
believe that Student Government
must put greater emphasis on
those things which are of real
and direct benefit to the stu
dents. Needless to say, the philoso
phical aspects of Student Govern
ment have their place, and cer
tainly the judiciary is the back
bone of Student Government.
These areas, however, rarely if
ever directly affect a large part
of the student body. There is a
very real danger that Student
Government could reach a point
where it would just manufacture
committee reports and revise its
own by-laws.
Most of our residence halls are
almost devoid of social facilities
and social programs. Over the
years, the University Adminis
tration has failed to face this
problem. Last fall, through the
work of the Residence Hall Im
provements Committee, Student
Government initiated a social
room "pilot project" which is
now under construction in Joy
ner Residence Hall. More im
portant, however, is the fact that
the University Administration
has agreed that it will finance
other such improvements in other
residence halls throughout the
campus if the "pilot project" is
successful. In the future the .
work of the Residence Hall Im
provements Committee should be
greatly expanded. This could be
done by assigning a committee
vice-chairman to be in charge of
the various geographical areas
of campus.
The Vice President of the Stu
dent Body is, of course, the
speaker of the Legislature and
is directly responsible for the
conduct of that body. In the past,
the Legislature has not had opti
mum effectiveness because of a
of the student by tjiat increase
alone have created manifold prob
lemsand opportunities in this
area, especially in the fields of
1) communication between the
students and their student gov
ernment, 2) social opportunities
for all students, and 3) academic
programming and student repre
sentation. In the first of these fields, the
Editors Rcundtable is the best
potential solution. A bill present
ly before Student Legislature
would make the Roundtable a
permanent committee of all dormi
tory newspaper editors. Reor
ganization of the Roundtable could
provide a News Service to all
dorm papers and also stablize
and expand the role of dorm
papers in university life.
To improve available social
outlets Student Government must
support more projects like Con
solidated University Day. Not
only are physical facilities for
dating unfortunately inadequate,
due to past oversight of the ad
ministration and the state, but
the ratio of men to women stu
dents makes dating difficult.
Pending long range solution of
this situation, Student Govern
ment can alleviate the problem
by bringing women students from
area colleges to our campus for
selected social functions, such as
Jubilee, throughout the year.
In the area of academics, Stu
dent Government must this year
take a more active role in seek
ing representation on faculty
committees on Curriculum and
Planning. We might investigate
the feasibility of establishing a
Student Advisory Committee to
the Chancellor on Academics,
such as exists at UCLA, the Uni
versity of Minnesota, Sarah Law
rence, and other colleges and
universities.
The office of Vice-President is
centrally important in the com
plex operations of Student Gov
ernment; experience in adminis
tration and leadership is essen
tial. Insights gained through di
rect experience in Student Gov
ernment will be of vital import
ance this coming year. For this
reason I ask your support for
VicePresident on April 4.
Madeline Gray
- Secretary -
The duties of the Secretary of
the Student Body are often mis
understood. The Secretary does
not take minutes in the Student
Legislature nor does she occupy
merely a figurehead position. Ra
(L&Miaaf e
mere lack of communication.
This problem could certainly be
alleviated by , publishing copies
of the legislation which could be
posted in the residence halls and
in the fraternity and sorority
houses, and through more ade
quate coverage of legislative ses
sions and committee hearings in.
the Daily Tar Heel.
There are many other areas
to which Student . Government
must direct its attention in the
coming months. One of these is
certainly deferred rush, which is
going to effect the residence halls
as well as the fraternities. This
system is going to cause over
crowding in the residence halls
and financial problems in many
fraternity houses. It will be an
important function of Student
Government to study and make
suggestions for the alteration of
the system.
The University Party has pre
sented a consise platform of spe
cific suggestions for a more ef
fective Student Government. I
believe that we . must commit
ourselves to programs of direct
action rather than mere idealism
and high - sounding philosophy;
and ever more important, Stu
dent Government must represent
as it leads.
Priscilla
Patterson
- Secretary -
The backbone of any office is
fiie secretary. This is true not
only in industry but also here oh
our campus in Student Govern
ment. But during the past year, the
secretary and the secretariat
have been unusually inefficient.
As a result of this inefficiency,
Student Government has been
hampered in its progress.
My platform would revamp
the secretariat and make Student
Government an efficient, worth
while organization. I would com
bat Student Government's inef
ficiency by the introduction of
three procedural changes. The
first of these changes would be
ther, the Secretary of the Student
Body is in charge of establishing
and coordinating a secretariat
which is responsible for the typ
ing and filing of Student Govern
ment correspondence and rec
ords. .
A well organized and efficient
secretariat would contribute di
rectly to o more efficient execu
tive and would be indespensible
for more effective student govern
ment. This would be my overall
objective as Secretary of the Stu
dent Body.
Having worked directly in the
Student Government office and
with the secretariat this semester,
I am completely familiar with the
problems still confronting the of
fice and the procedures which
should be changed. However, be
cause we are students administ
ering a student government, we
are limited by several factors such
as the length of the daily office
hours, the budget, and the sec
retarial experience of members
of the secretariat. Therefore, I
would advocate simple and direct
office procedures. I would estab
lish a secretariat with more abili
ty resulting from selection based
on office work experience and
knowledge of Student Government.
There must be a well organized
and proficient secretariat which
I would effect by means of an
initial orientation of general of
fice procedures and a delega
tion of secretarial duties so that
through familiarity with their
job the girls would increase their
skills and remain interested in
their positions.
The position of Student Body
Secretary '' is directly involved
with the executive branch of Stu
dent Government. However, all
branches depend on the Secretary
to help with lengthy and complex
projects. Therefore the Secretary
must have a practical knowledge
of all aspects of Student Govern
ment, a knowledge which can
only come from working directly in
the Student Government office. It
will also be essential to have a
Secretary who has had specific
experience in the Secretariat and
can help orient the new Execu
tive Secretary who will be hired
on a permanent basis next year.
Since I know the technical re
sponsibilities of the position of
Secretary of the Student Body, I
would be able to extend the posi
tion into the field of creative con
tributions to Student Government
contributions of permanent and
practical value.
It is true that I have served as
Student Executive Secretary this
semester. But in order to reor
ganize the office procedures and
a new filing system.
At present "there is no system
atic method for finding letters,
bills, or other relevant matter as
everyone who has access to the
files uses a different method of
filing. I would establish a new
system where correspondence,
research material, and Student
Government material would have
separate files, each of which
would have a standard topic in
dex and thus alleviate many of
the present method's shortcom
ings. Another area of concern has
been the lack of interest among
the secretariat members. Here,
too, I believe my platform would
solve this problem by assicnln
each member of the secretariat
to a specific department or .ex
ecutive member of Student Gov
ernment. In this way there
would be more interest built up
as each person would only have
one area of responsibility and
concern. I would also ask Stu
dent Legislature for funds so that
the secretariat's members could
be paid without resorting to the
sub rosa methods used by the
present administration.
I would also change the pres
ent mailing system. Here I feel
a new routing procedure could
cure many of the present ills.
At present mail is redirected to
the appropriate persons but this
may take several weeks. I pro
pose a regular schedule with the
committee heads or secretaries
so that they might get their cor
respondence at regular intervals
and not have to wait for it. In
this way, the various branches
of Student Government could re
act to important issues without
waiting for a long time before
hearing about them.
My last area of concern is
shouldering some of the Presi
dent's work. Instead of direct
ing all correspondence to him, I
would answer all letters that did
not require his attention and
time.
Thus, I believe I have a very
sensible and workable platform
to revamp the inefficiency of
Student Government. I will de
vote the necessary time to this
program and am willing to take
full responsibility for it. I hope
that you will consider my plat
form and vote, for me as Stu
dent Government Secretary.
establish a secretariat which
would be a more valuable asset
to Student Government, I must
have the authority that will come
through Hie campus-wide elec
tion on April 14.
Notice
The statements appearing" to
day are those of the University
Party and Student Party candid
ates for President, Vice-President,
and Secretary of the Stu
dent Body. Space limitations
prohibited the statements of the
candidates for Treasurer from
appearing today. They will ap
pear in the DTH tomorrow.
All candidates for Big Four of
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are reminded that endorsement
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following restrictions:
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signatures on both letters not to
exceed 30 names.
2. One letter may be submitted
for each candidate for the re
maining offices listed above.
Candidates for Big Four offices
shall be allowed 15 signatures,
NSA candidates 10 signatures,
and Daily Tar Heel editor(s) 20
signatures.
There are no specific restric
tions on length for endorsement
letters, but conciseness will aid
handling and speed publication.
No letters will be accepted for
publication after today.
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