Volume 72, Number 142
Sunday, April 19, 1964
71 Years of Editorial Freedom
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A Mock Convention Takes Itself Seriously
Back in October, when Kriss Water
man and David Sheps first told us of
the Mock Convention, we were impres
sed. They started planning the Big
Show in September, and last week were
quite confident as to its success.
And now it is in total chaos.
We didn't attend Friday night's ses
sion, so we have had to rely on others
to fill us in on the details. And as far
as we can see, we know just about as
much now as we did a week ago.
The freedom of thought that reigns
at Carolina (Speaker Ban notwithstand
ing) gives rise to many factions, and all
seem to have met in Woollen Gym dur
ing the past few days. The Steering
Committee of the Convention, headed by
Miss Waterman and Sheps, has bent
over backward's to make this affair
completely bi-partisan, and many took
advantage of them.
The GOP walkout is by no means the
only bit of fishiness involved. The se
lection of Chairman Buddy Schiff is al
so a bit suspect, although we are sure
Schiff has had only good intentions
throughout the procedure.
1 The handling of the delegation from
Carr Hall, a Democrat stronghold, was
very suspicious.
And the statements of just about
everybody involved were so opposite
that we have no idea, who is right.
A partisan convention such as this
breeds partisan thoughts. In the heat
of the moment, there are only two sides
Democrat or Republican no matter
whether your Democrat is Sam Ervin or
Bobby Kennedy, or your Republican is
Jacob Javits or Barry Goldwater. The
great part of the convention, we sus
pect, was of conservative bent, yet af
ter the GOP walkout had weakened that
. voting power a Civil Rights Bill includ
ing Public Accommodations and FEPC
sections was passed. It certainly would
have failed otherwise.
The turnabout made by Charles
Hooks last night in attempting to ne
gotiate with the Democrats in an effort
to save the convention may have suc
ceeded. We earnestly hope so, for the
sake of the campus as well as those
who put in many long hours in order to
hold the event.
But the die is cast, and there is no
telling what may happen in similar sit
uations in the future.
We have heard the expression, "The
only thing wrong with that man is that
he takes himself seriously." This may
be the case here. Instead of making the
Mock Convention an experience which
all can enjoy and from which all can
benefit, it has been turned into a pow
er struggle for the sole purpose of vani
ty. It does not matter if the delegates to
the convention nominate Johnson, or
Lodge or Goldwater or even Ross Bar
nett. It will make no difference two days
from now, and certainly will make no
difference a year from now.
But it does make a difference to the
450 students not in the power elite who
sat through the thing and have little
to show for it, other than having seen
petty people do petty things in a petty
manner.
Perhaps we can all learn a lesson from
the events of the past few days.
Actors Needed For A Really
is: Show
The stage is set, the spotlights have
been turned on, and in the Graham
Memorial wings four new directors
wait anxiously for the old crew to clear
the stage so that the new production of
Student Government 1964 may begin.
As always, the production is scheduled
to run for one year, to create some fan
fare and some dissent, but mostly to
turn campaign promises and ideas into
action. The new directors, we are sad
to admit, may be faced with disappoint-
. A. rro a i j.
meiii. nit uciurs seem 10 ue on stride.
' The situation is not new For years,
a big audience (including an unusually
' large number of critics) has been on
' hand to view SG's production. Most of
' them have been more than content to
' settle comfortably in their , seats and
' watch the show, doing little more than
occasionally hurling a verbal tomato or
1 two. The problem is that the same per
sons who compose the audience are
often asked to leave their seats and
join in the show, and they are terribly
reluctant.
We will be among" the first to admit
the show has sometimes left a lot to be
desired, but the many occasions when
it has received rave reviews have chief
ly resulted from the willingness of
former spectators to leave their seats
and turn in Oscar-winning performances
even in bit parts. Next week, all of
us will have an opportunity to sign up
for next year's cast. We can't all be
directors, but we can try out for a role.
If you have frequently found yourself
to be a critical member of the audience
in the past, give serious thought to
joining the troupe. You are likely to
find that there IS something to Stu
dent Government, that there ARE peo
ple on this campus other than those
next door, and that you CAN help. Be
sides, the show will be better, too.
Nagging Headaches Of Discrimination
By HARRY GOLDEN
In The Carolina Israelite
The biggest headache the news room,
the publisher's office, and the copy desk
suffers on a Southern newspaper is
when, through some misadvertance or
negligence an obituary notice refers to
Fred Seely, Hugh Stevens
Co-Editors
Managing Editor John Montague
Associate Editor Mickey Blackwell
Editorial Page Editor Pete Wales
News Editor Dennis Sanders
Copy Editor Nancy McCracken
Sports Editor Larry Tarleton
Photo Editor Jim Wallace
Editorial Assistant Shirley Travis
Staff Artist Chip Barnard
Reviews . Henry Mclnnis
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Art Pearce
Adv. Manager - Fred McConnell
Asst. Adv. Manager Woody Sobol
Asst. Bus. Manager Sally Rawlings
Sales Bob Vanderberry
Frank Potter
Dick Baddour
a white man as a Negro.
Some of the papers used to hire a
special copy reader, usually an elderly
gent who had done his bit on the other
beats, and before he retired spent a few
years going through the bull dog edi
tion deleting the word "Mister" if it
appeared before the name of a Negro,
making sure that no names of a Negro
and a white appeared on the same line
unless both were involved in the com
mission of a crime, and checking the
color and ancestry of everyone who died
yesterday.
They still exercise this great care up
in Newport News," one of the birthplaces
of our country. They have lots of trouble
these days with the teenage page.
Recently, the first Negro admitted
to the previously all-white school was
elected Treasurer of his class. The re
porter was duly concerned about the
story. Following the rules, she would
have to write "Jimmy Brown, Negro,
was elected Treasurer of the 8th grade."
So this reporter took the easy way out.
She reported, "Jimmy Brown, brown,
was elected Treasurer of the 8th grade."
In the first hour, there were 99 pro
testing phone calls. '
"This has been one helluva mock election!"
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Letters To The Editors
Honor, Nurse, A Friend
Statute Of Limits
For Honor Code
Editors, The Tar Heel:
I would like to propose that a
statute of limitations be enacted
into our Honor and Campus
Codes.
Imagine yourself five years
from now. You are a junior
executive and walk. into your of
fice one merning, and a letter is
on your desk requesting that you
appear before the Men's Honor
Council at Carolina. Or suppose
you are a senior and one of your
classmates decides to present
evidence that you cheated on a
particular test your freshman
year, b eilow students, consider
yourself in this situation. Under
our present Honor System, we
don't have a statute of limita
tions and a student at Carolina
is liable to be tried by a council
at any time for any offense.
Such a system of government
is contrary to our society, rela
tive to state and Federal laws,
and it seems to me that it is
not in harmony with the rights
of the accused as guaranteed in
the Constitution. What validity
is there in trying a person on
charges which are several years
old? Should we not consider the
rights of the accused, who are
frequently found innocent, or are
we determined to punish the
guilty at all costs?
It seems only fair to me that
if a student is going to accuse
a fellow student of cheating,
stealing, lying, etc., that he
should present his evidence to
the proper authorities within a
specified period of time. Under
our present system, a student
can withhold evidence as black
mail, or for any other purpose,
for weeks, months, or years.
You may ask whether there
have been cases where a statute
of limitations would have been
in effect. The answer is "yes."
I refer to two cases in which
the investigation was not even
begun until at least four months
atter tne alleged offense. Whn
nothing from the sentimental
value of this memorial. The
caisson is very carefully con
structed of wood and brass. The
obvious hand-craftsmanship
lends an even greater sense of
poignancy to an already very
moving physical trbiute.
The model is made by hand by
hand by a native workman in
Willow Springs and may be or
dered from a Raleigh variety
store for a price of approxi
mately $25.
Richard Bynum-Parsons III
505 Ehringhaus
'Neivs9 Answers
On Nathaniel
Editors, The Daily Tar Heel:
The Daily Tar Heel's solicitude
for Mr. Nathaniel's dignity and
for the truth about the . Easter
Sunday incident at Cone Hospital
are commendable. I share both.
But as one who bears consider
able responsibility for the Daily
News having printed the duty
nurse's version of the incident,
in a letter to the editor, I must
offer a few comments on your
; editorial of April 12, "Making A
Tragic Situation Worse."
First of all, to resolve a rather
; technical question, it is the
policy of the Greensboro Daily
News to afford space to all
authentic letters that offend
neither the libel laws nor a con
ception of decency which is
necessarily a matter of editorial
judgment. That policy applies not
only to the expression of ideas,
but to accounts of "facts" which
may or may not accord with the
observations of others and cer
tainly do not always accord with
our own. If, let us say, the edi
tos of the Daily Tar Heel wrote
a letter alleging that the Old Well
had run dry or that Chancellor
Aycock wears too many bow
ties, we would feel no editorial
obligation to journey to Chapel
Hill to test its veracity. Our as
sumptionwhich is usually borne
Martian's view of the conflicting
testimony regarding the Cone
Hospital incident that is to say,
one from which all human emo
tions were expunged he could
quite reasonably credit the
nurse's testimony over Mr. Na
thaniel's. For if Mr. Nathaniel
were seriously injured by the er
rant cricket ball perhaps even
suffering from mild shock he
would be less likely to recall the
exact train of events than a
trained nurse presumably ac
customed to the sight of gore and
injury. And if he were not ser
iously injured, that in itself
would tend to sustain the nurse's
decision to adhere to a hospital
policy which we all abhor.
Of course I am far from say
ing whose account is correct, or
indeed from saying that either
account is capable of being strict
ly correct. My own observation
of the power of human observa
tion in the most placid of times,
not to speak of times of duress,
suggests that there may be no
ascertainable "truth" about the
incident. And it is all rather be
side the point, anyway, since we
all agree that it is an aberration
of both human and medical ethics
that parcels out first aid on the
basis of race or color or creed.
The Daily News receives thou
sands of letters every year. If
its editors set out to verify each
one we would have little time to
do aught else. And I must ob
serve that I doubt, having once
sat upon the august editorial
throne in Graham Memorial
while pursuing a full-time aca
demic load, that the Daily Tar
Heel is quite so scrupulous about
conflicting testimony as it would
like the Daily News to be.
knows, you may be the next case. ; out is that errors of "fact" will
i am tnoroughly convinced that shortly oe coumerea ay uier
this matter needs serious consid- i letter-writers. Such "truth" as is
to be found is rareiy pui 10 iugni
hv letting the winds of doctrine
blow from all directions.
The Daily Tar Heel is of the
opinion, I gather, that the Daily
News "erred" in printing the
nurse's account, 'Jinasmuch as
the reader is entitled to know if
he was deliberately misled by
previous accounts of the inci
dent." The Daily Tar Heel's as
sumptions, in bringing . this in
dictment against us, argue both a
gross underestimation of the
frequently subjective nature of
"fact" and a gross overestima
tion of the capacity of the Daily
News to discover truth.-
If the editors of the Daily Tar
Heel have devised an infallible
method of arbitrating between
conflicting views of a disputed in
Sent in which the "truth" is
limited by fallible human ob
- sSvation. "then I am certam that
"the world's historians and law
yers not to speak of its report
ers 'and editors, would like to
know of it
Lacking that infallible method,
t -would "make one observation
rnerely or sake of lo&-SoppinS-
K one were taMnS a
Edwin 3VI. Yoder, Jr.
Editorial Writer
The Greensboro Dily News
(Editor's Note: Ed Yoder was
co-editor of the Daily Tar Heel
in 1955-56. The incident referred
to occurred three weeks ago in
Greensboro when Dennis Nathan
iel, a UNC graduate student from
India, was refused treatment for
a broken nose at the Moses H.
Cone Hospital in Greensboro. He
was sent to a Negro hospital.)
Strangelove' Drops Bomhs
ut A'ot Among antics
"Dr Strangelove," or "How I
Learned to Stop Worrying and
Love the Bomb," is a movie that
has one big thing working for
it. That is it doesn't ever try
to con you. It is based on an as
sumption that seems more and
more likely: that at this peace
ful point in time, all of us, gov
ernments, governors, and gov
ernees we have all flipped out.
At Burpelson Air Force Base,
General Jack D. Ripper (Stirling
Hayden) sends out the 34 bomb
ers in his command on a war
mission. He is persuaded that
the Russians have been poison
ing us that they have been put
ting fluorides in our drinking
water. RAF Group Captain Lio
nel Mandrake (Peter Sellers)
tries to get Hayden to use his
secret code and recall the
planes. And in Washington, in
the War Room, the assembled
National Security Council, chair
ed by President Merkin Muffley
(Sellers, again) must deal with
the crisis; although General Buck
Turgidson (George C. Scott), air
chief of staff approves a first
strike. In the background, at the
council table, sits the hypnotic
German scientist (Sellers, once
again).
The bombers are recalled in
time; all except one, and it com
pletes its mission. But now, it
would seem that the Russians
have also relied on a secret auto
matic doomsday counter-weapon;
and this secret, and therefore
futile, deterrent is released. And
to the tune of, "We'll Meet
Again, Don't Know Where, Don't
Know When," the screen is then
filled with billowy, cushiony,
mushroomy clouds. And the
earth has been destroyed.
Kubrick is obviously serious.
"Strangelove" may be seen as
political satire, but I would ask
you to see it differently. Like the
man says, it's about a strange
love: that wildly, welcoming,
happy thing we feel as we wing
our way toward extinction; our
exultation as we expire; in other
words, deathwish. Therefore, the
argument that "Strangelove" is
misleading (that the people in
charge of the bomb are really
not like that; or that the film
makes you worry when you really
don't have to; or that if you
must worry, you really shouldn't
worry about what "Strangelove"
makes you worry about) is not
to the point. And as for the peo
ple who say that the bomb isn't
anything to be funny about, and
that blowing ourselves up is no
laughing matter, maybe so, but
did you ever see that very ser
ious film called "On the Beach;"
and what did you think cf that?
There are three parts to the
film, each of which Ls kept sepa
rate from the other. On the ba?e
with Hayden, Sellers, and Keo
nan Wynn; in the bomber with
Major King Kong (Slim Pick,
ens) and his crew; and in the
War Room. The cross-cutting be
tween the parts generates the
momentum of the film. The ac
tion within each part is generally
the same, in that the source of
the action resides in a contrast of
characters.
On the base: Sellers dry Eng
lishman is foil to Hayden who de
livers his lines with crazy, quiet,
low-pitched intensity. Wynn. as
Colonal Bat Guano, blinking in
the daylight, is foil to Sellers. The
action is tight, and this part
works the best.
In the bomber: the interior of
the plane is a jewel box of bat
teries, wires, and knobs. The
crew, underplaying, executes the
destruction of a Siberian Missile
Base calmly and economical!-.
The unheroic manner of the crew
contrasts with the mock heroum
of the major, who, once com
mitted to the mission, pursues it
with sentimental madness. This
part of the film is the least ef
fective because the dynamic be
tween the major and crew does
not really come off. Anyway, the
bomber has the bomb; and it is
all actually the least bit uncom
fortable. In the WTar Room: this part is
the strangest of all. Sellers' Muf
fley is a mildly ineffective
President. His foil would seem
to be Scott who is at the heart
of things. Scott is erratic. He is
a virile burlesque of a woolly
general and I think something
more should have been there at
the center: something propulsive,
not merely obfuscatory. It wasn't
there. Finally there is Strange
love. Sellers is hypnotic, glitter
ing, dynamic, and (despite a tic
which becomes a Nazi salute)
desperately controlled. There is
apparently no foil for Strange
love, nor is he foil to anyone
else. He sits alone; in a way,
untouchable, unthinkable. He
gathers speed slowly and then
fires rocket after rocket, turn
ing, twitching, twisting, out of
reach and touch. The idea of
Sellers confronting Sellers: mad
Sellers, mild Sellers, mellow Sel
lersof Sellers all over the
place, is a very good one. It
gives the absolutely proper
ubiquitous touch to the whole
business of blowing ourselves up.
I think you should see
"Strangelove."
Longer Hair And Wigs
Are Now 'In9 For Men
By HENRY McINNIS
eration by our Student Govern
ment, Study Body and the Facul
ty. Surely Carolina students will
admit that justice delayed is
justice denied.
Ken Bryant
430 Avery
Patriotism Stirs
Bynum-Parsons
Editors, The Tar Heel:
I feel it my patriotic duty to
make it known that in Raleigh
may be purchased a hand-crafted
model of the presidential caisson
and bier used in the funeral of
our late president. The model is
composed of seven horses the
caisson, and a flag-draper' cof
fin. There are six white horses
drawing the bier and a solitary
black gelding (assuming that the
horse is as accurately done as
the rest of the replica with re
versed black boots.
Although the horses are plastic
and obviously not made by "the
modeller himself this detracts
; We Are Unable
Te Believe It
Editors, Daily Tar Heel:
I've been taking the DTH since
February and want you to know
what a good paper I think it is
and how much I'm enjoying it!
Keep up the good work.
Eleanor T. Gustafson
Hampton, Va.
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taste will be printed. i
The power of human hair to
influence thinking is really as
tonishing! There are the Beatles,
that quartet of thatched limeys;
the "old" Elvis sideburns and
ducktail; John L. Lewis bushy
brows knit into a frown; Mari
lyn Monroe, whose kind of blond
beauty sent untold millions of
females to their peroxide bottle;
and John F. Kennedy, whose
boyish dishevelment brought
glamor to politics. Yes, we live
in an age when a person's looks
can either lock or unlock the
doors to glory.
The wig has come into fashion
this season and we arc told that
no one need feel embarrassed to
wear one. Even men now have
the opportunity to improve their
appearance with an acceptable
and convincing hairpiece, and
why shouldn't they?
Men have two strikes against
them when it comes to the
glories of hair. Nature gets them
by passing down the poisonous
genes of baldness while our so
ciety prevents the socially cor
rect man from wearing his hair
as he pleases as madame cer
tainly wears hers as she well
pleases. African lions can slouch
around the jungle with flowing
mane while their mates look de
prived. A plumed peacock can
strut around arrogantly enjoying
a veritable orgy of color while
his mate looks cn sheepishly
from the wings. And speaking of
sheep, it is not difficult to see
where their value lies.
We are a hair-conscious nation
from the word bleach. Is it real
ly true, as Clairoil says, that
blondes have more fun? It hard
ly looks like fun when you see
the ordeal women go through in
their quest for beauty. They tor
ture and tease their hair until
you can almost hear it scream
ing back for mercy. A good case
could be made for the utter in
consequentiality of the whole
business. Nothing is more an
noying than to watch a young
girl constantly preening in pub
lic, softly stroking her hair as if
at any moment Disaster might
befall her should the pompadour
take a back seat to what is in
side madame's head.
Let no one disparage women's
shining glory. It is truly marvel
ous to see a beautiful head of
hair, but we have blown the sig
nificance of hair out of propor
tion. We judge a person's char
acter far too much by his hair.
A man feels that he has to re
press an adventurous hairstyle
because it is too individual. Hair
creams almost always whack the
strands down to the scalp in the
name of neatness while madame
would have a fit if the same ar
bitrary attitudes were leveled at
her. Yes, we men are a timid
lot when it comes to how we
wear our hair. Thank heaven for
the Kennedys, who made the
tousled look fashionable in the
drab and dreary world of men's
fashion.
Let's have more fun with our
hair instead of wearing it like
a badge or a uniform and let's
also stop reading too many
things into a person's hairstyle.
It takes a lot more intelligence
to judge a person by what's
underneath that dome than
what's on top of it. Get the hint,
ladies and gentlemen?
Leadership Should
Always Be Seen
Editors, The Tar neel,
You students always talk about
the great amount of responsibili
ty you have. Well, I'll tell you
one thingsome of your leaders
are revolting in public. Just the
other night I saw one of them
P? 'm frat of the bus station
with his girl. I mean to tell you
it was disgusting.
He had some chewing gum
(youngsters shouldn't chew that
stuff anyway) and every time he
would kiss his girl he would
transfer the gum to her mouth
and vice versa. Finally thev
strung it between their mouths'.
It was awful. And to top it ail off
there was another boy in the
back seat.
Student responsibilty, humph.
Myrtle Montgomery
Route 1
COLUMN'S WELCOME
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