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Saturday, September 26, 1964 Volume 73, Number 9 INDIAN GIVER? epeat Performer ft? &atlg ar 72 Years of Editorial Freedom In Memorial Hall R I f r r r - i - i Offices on the second floor of GrsJutss Memorial. Telephone number: Editorial, sports, news 933-1012. Easiness, cir. eolation, advertising 933-1163. Address; . Box 1030. Chapel Hill, N. C Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Chapel Hill, N. C, pursuant to Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: $40 per semester; $8 pec year. Published daKy except Mondays, examination periods and vacations, throughout the aca demla year by the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Printed by the Chapel HQ1 Publishing Company. Inc. 501 West Franklin Street. Chapel HiU. N. C. I Another State College Hits Town Today our Tar Heels tackle a formid able adversary in the form of the Michi-... gan State Spartans. The visitors are an unknown quantity, yet to be tested on the playing field this season, but Coach Duffy Daugherty never turns out any thing short of a first-class outfit. For. proof, witness last year's lopsided MSU victory (31-0). ' Our Heels, on the other hand, have visited the" Kenan turf once this year, though they did not like what they, found there. The 14-13 loss to State (that's N. C, not Michigan) last week was disappointing to team and fans alike. But Carolina did salvage some re spect and find some promising factors in last week's game. An untried sopho more quarterback (Danny Talbott) showed everyone that he wears pres- sure like other 19 year-olds wear neck- ties, and a savage linebacker (Chris Hanburger). and a devastating halfback Being A Bee We stopped by the Circus Room the other day for a quick watery coke, and grabbed a chair among the trees to en joy the beautiful Chapel Hill day. We noticed a large swarm of bees huddled on a table nearby, and one of them strolled over and sat down. We had known him since our freshman year, when we lived in Cobb Dormitory. We shook hands (all six of them) and fell ih to conversation., . ' "Howve you been?" ws asked. 'Busy as a . . . uh . . .man," he re- (Ken Willard) tend to discredit the no tion that the season will be a long, cold one.. We can't resist harking back to last year at this time. The Tar Heels had looked flat, if not dismal in beating Virginia 11-7 in their opening game, and had been shellacked by the Spartans at East Lansing. But breathes there a loyal Tar Heel who will admit to you . now that he had abandoned all hope? Certainly not. For some reason, confi dence persisted in the team and in the fans and Carolina went on to one of its greatest seasons. And we have certainly not given up this time, either. We are sure that our Heels will yet be able to present us with several golden victories this fall, for they are dedicated and intent. Our wish for them today, we are cer tain, is that of every true Tar Heel : GO GET THOSE SPARTANS! Beats Work plied. We commented on his longevity, ex pressing surprise that he wa3 still around after four years. "Oh, Carolina is a honey of a place to live," hei said. "I've been here since 1946, and nobody has tried to get rid of me yet." We noticed that he looked a little sad, though, and inquired, as to the reason for his mournful look. "Well." he ronfidPd. "T Tiavo a em blem. The bee colony on campus has been hit by a real population explosion, ' and being a bee isn't what it used to be. I'm a little old to get in there with all these younger fellows and sting for my supper. There just aren't enough- cola drinks and old ice cream cones to go around." "I don't know exactly," he said, "but we've got to have help. Some of the group has been forced to move to Kenan Stadium and work the ladies' bonnet business during football crowds. And I hear things are really tough up at Y court and the Scuttlebutt." We assured him that the bee business was pretty darn competitive in those areas. "Yeah," he agreed. "I had a good friend the other day who died because he couldn't swarm fast enough any more. The people all tried to share their food with him, but the other bees beat him to it." We sympathized and said we would do what we could to help. "Well," he said, "I think we've come up with a solution in the meeting we've been having over at the next table." "Really ". we asked. "What's the answer?" "Oh, we're going to send a delegation to the Buildings and Grounds depart ment and get them to build us a hive and a cafeteria. They've been so nice to us in the past, I'm sure they'll help." A Long Haul That Is Too Long From The Greensboro Daily News Another word of comment is in order on Governor Sanford's assertion at his recent press breakfast that the second primary is and should be on its way out. Terry Sanford, although very much of an idea man and imaginative in his approach to solution. of North Carolina's problems, is a realist when it comes to politics. He conditioned his support of elimination of . run-off primaries on a growing Republican Party in North Carojina, evolution of a two-party sys tem "within the next few years," which will make them unnecessary. Run-offs heretofore have been required to. assure a majority nomination when nomination was equivalent to election. ; THE DAILY TAR HEEL Fred Seeiy, Hugh Stevens Co-Editors Associate Editor : Pete Wales Managing Editor Mike Yopp Photo Editor . Jock Lauterer Sports Editor Larry Tarleton .Reporters . John Greenbacker Kerry Sipe Business Manager Jack Harrington Secretary Mary Ellison Strother Advertising Manager Woody Sobol Sales ' Dick Baddour Jim Ogbum, Stuart Flicklen, Jim Potter But aside from these primarily polit ical considerations, there are other fac tors, humane and pragmatic. On the humane side there must be realization of what a runoff does to candidates who., have just come through a hard-fought first primary season on through ad ditional weeks, sap the principals' strength and energy and occupy their time with politicking when they should be preparing for the general election and giving more thought and study to re sponsibilities and problems which will face the winners. " And then there is the matter of costs. Campaign chests have generally been depleted in the first primary.. Either the individual candidate has to dig deep-... ly into his own financial resources or ac cept additional outside contributions which will put him under further obli gations to the contributors. This is hardly a situation which works for gov ernment of, by and for the people as contrasted with special interests who expect favorable reaction because of the campaign funds which they have chip ped in, not once but twice. Significantly, the runoff primary is confined almost solely to the Southern states. And the changing political pat tern, with party realignments, may make it just as needless throughout Dixie as Governor Sanford envisions it will soon be in North Carolina. Letters To The Editors Fraternities Upset A Reader 'Strict Silence' Curbs Freedom Editors, The Tar Heel: "Fraternity men may not con verse with freshmen at any time during the semester except for perfunctory greetings," (DTH, Sept. 23). In a great rush of enthusiastic desire to 'clean' up 'dirty' rush, Ned Martin, TFC president says of the freshman: - "He simply ; -cannot talk to a fraternity man at any time;" and he tells the fraternity man: "You cannot speak to freshmen except to say hello." The DTH Editors call it a "wise and calculated step, a good idea." They say that "a heavy burden has been lift ed ..." The DTH article further indi cated that this decision for sil ence was supported by all of the .fraternities. There was one cited objection to the rule but this ; ' objection was not towards the silence question but only to ward the length of silence. It seems they all agreed on silence by law. Regardless of what problem existed by a lack of silence,; regardless of the amount of' worry a freshman had "about whether he is allowing himself to be dirty rushed," regardless of how "the new system will -make things easier for both sides," the action of silence by law itself is a violation of the; freedom of speech of an in dividual, allows (or should I say ; forces) discrimination, and im plies an attitude which down grades a class, of persons. No possible pre-condition or end can justify to me this legal vio lation of an individual freedom ; of speech. Last year I was a freshman lation of an individual's freedom here. My brother was a fratern ity man. After 20 years of in timate connections, our relation ship would have been reduced (if this had been in effect) to "perfunctory greeting" which, ac cording to WeDster is: a greet ing "done without care or inter est, superficial; without con cern." All by law! An individual's freedom to speak should be protected as much as possible. But now, not only is it wrong to yell fire in a movie theater, but it is wrong to talk to a freshman. The regu lation of the content of speaking was handed down to us last year in the form of a "Gag Law" and was. met with great cries of hos tility. But what then do WE do this year? Content is bypassed and the act of speech itself is regulated. It seems an argument could be raised against me saying that only fraternity men are involved, judged by fraternity law. The argument could say that fratern ities are similar to private clubs where the rules can be decided among the members and those that don't agree can not join or leave. But evn in private clubs, does anything go? I'm sure that there would be some question involved if the ruling of the club violated a law of the land, say, members could duel to death. Couldn't this be contrary to the over-all laws and be decided illegal? If there would not be any ques tion involved, then charge on fraternities and' my question would be moral only. But if there is a question, then all rul ings of a private club are under question. This recent ruling . seems - in direct violation of a . principle cf our land. I question it Earlier, I called . the rule an insult to a class of people. Cer tainly freshmen are not the only prospective rushees. But the rule implies that it is the Fresh men who are unable to cope with the conversation of a fraternity man, unable to judge for himself, unable to see the trees for the woods. The implication is that other classes ARE capable. I am not arguing about the truth or falsity of this implica tion. It may be true. But since when is it the place of a campus organization to take a stand on this issue, to state by law an opinion concerning a group's ma turity? It would seem, to be fair, that if the ruling is to be in existence, then it would apply to ALL prospective rushees re gardless of class. Now that would then disqualify the fraternity man from speak ing to anyone other than fellow fraternity men. Of course this seemingly fair step is absurd! Then doesn't this absurdity point to the absurdity of the" initial rul ing also? Earlier T mentioned the ruling as an act of discrimination. Dur ing recent times there has been much talk about the wrongness of discriminating against a per son not for his individual char acteristics but for his member ship in. a certain race. Isn't the principle of this similar to dis criminating according to mem bership in a certain class? Not only must a fraternity man not speak to the immature student, but he can not speak to the ma ture person, the capable enc if and only because he is a mem ber of a certain class. The fact that this ruling (as re ported by the DTH) was passed "overwhelmingly" and is consid ered "a good idea" by our news paper editors disturbs me. Have all principles of freedom, person al integrity, equality, etc, been tossed out of the arena of con sideration by the matadors of Ends, Efficiency, the lifting of heavy burdens? - ' Howard L. Geheaux By TIMOTHY T. BREXDLE During the many years that Memorial Hall has served as the main assembly hall for the Uni versity, many outstanding and influential speakers and enter tainers have appeared there be fore hundreds of students. These educators, politicians, actors and outstanding represent atives of the student body have cften been well received, even to the point of standing ovations, after their address or perform ance. It seems, however that there is one performance at Memorial Hall at almost every assembly. There is no act presented, no spell-binding address is given, and no spectacular accomplish ment is demonstrated. . A rather short gray-haired man simply walks across the stage. Quite often he pays absolutely no attention to the audience, and yet, almost without failure, peals of applause spring forth from the audience. Who is this man who can bring such a response simply with his appearance on stage? What is his "magical power" and what is he doing at Memorial Hall? The "star" of Memorial Hall is George Fearrington. He has been employed here at the Uni versity for almost forty -two years. He first came to work here in 1923 straight off a farm in Chat ham County when the Upper Quad was being built. For the past thirty years, he has been head of maintenance and completely in charge of the audio controls for all of the as sembly programs here at UNC. . Fearrington says that he re members when most of the build ings which now stand on this campus were either built or re modeled. . He also reminded me that Memorial Hall has not al ways been the well - furnished building which. we know today. At one time there were no nice, padded seats, but hard cold benches. He remembers that the audio system, has not always been so efficient as it is now. Once, when Adlai Stevenson was to speak at Memorial Hall and the program was to be tele vised, a huge system of lights was set up. During the middle cf Stevenson's speech, the m;:n fuse blew and everything went black. No cne could see or near him. Finally, Fearrington was able to replace the 100-amp fu.se and the program continued. It was very shortly thereafter that Memorial Hall was rewired ro that the public address system was on a separate circuit. Now Fearrington has alternate sys tems which eliminate the pos sibility of the Public Address system going off in the middle of a program. Approximately four years o?o Fearrington was helping set up for a commencement program in Woollen Gym. Suddenly his heart was unable to keep up with the pace. He collapsed on stage and had to be taken to the hospital immediately. ,"I had planned to retire as soon as I had recovered, but they told me that they still needed me and so I stayed on, doing much less work," Fearrington said. Upon consulting members of the faculty about George Fear rington, they think of him as having grown to be a part of the University. He is a friend to anyone he meets, whether a member of the Board of Trus tees, faculty member or just a student. Yes, George Fearrington is def initely a part of the University, a part which would be hard, if not impossible, to replace. And as to the "manical power" with which he brings forth the applause, maybe it is all a big .joke, and maybe not. Maybe deep down inside we all find re spect for a man who has dedicat ed his life to the maintenance of a worthwhile cause. I prefer to believe that this is the reason for the applause, and if it is not, then it should be. ' So the next time you're in Memorial Hall and George Fear rington walks across the stare, I suggest that you applaud loud er than ever before, this time in respect for forty-two years cf service to the University. Private Initiative Goes Automatic By SIDNEY J. HARRIS (From The Raleigh Times "You eggheads have lost the spirit that made America so great," said my friend, Blague, as he swung open the of his new automobile to let me in. "I mean the pioneer spirit that took hardship in its stride." He stepped on the starter, with its automatic choke, and set the automatic transmission into "Drive." "Those early settlers knew what it was to struggle," he con tinued, as he switched on the radio and heater, while the car settled into "Over-Drive." "The were indomitable," he ' pointed out, as he flipped the button on the electrically-controlled windows, and adjusted a lever for air conditioning. "Life was a constant challenge and mat's the way it has to be," he scowled at me, as his little finger spun the power- ' steered wheel into a sharp turn. "You eggheads just don't real ize the bracing value of initia tive," he accused, gliding to a stop with his power brakes at a red light. "When will you wake up to the fact that we have to learn to do things for ourselves, as our forefathers did?" he asked, lighting his cigar from the gad get on the dashboard. "They knew what it was to suffer cold and discomfort," he nodded reflectively, as his rht hand moved to switch on tho "Defrosting" mechanism. . "And what's more," he added, as he flicked the left-turn-rear-light-arrow, "They weren't afraid to use their bodies for hard work. They weren't always ask ing other people to make life easier for them." He pushed three or four but tons on the radio panel to bring in the station he wanted, and Said, "The men who made this country great were resourceful and " self-sufficient." By this time, a sooty snow rain was coming down, and Bla gue pressed a button releasing a stream 'of water on the wind shield, and then switched on the automatic wipers, adjusting his lights from "Bright" to "Fog." "I don't know about this car," he murmured, making an absent-minded adjustment to the electric controlled 'front seat. "It doesn't seem to be riding so well. Think I'll take it bacK for a checkup. Those ads pro mised me 'effortless driving,' and that's what I aim to get!" THe Vice-Presideiiitial Candidate By FRED SEELY DTH Co-Editor J. B. Stoner is a candidate for vice-president of the United States. He is also suspected by the FBI of killing Negroes in Mississippi and Georgia. ' He stood in a dingy little store in Cincinnati, Ohio, one night this- summer and addressed a gathering of the National States' Rights Party, under whose banner he is campaigning for office. . His rumpled, baggy suit would not be found on Hubert Humphrey or William Miller, and neither would his oratory. "This area is under seige from the FBI the Federal Bureau of Integration," he shouted. "The head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, is a scoundrel, a Communist, a nigger-lover, and a master of deceit." The nineteen people at the meeting nudged each other and chuckled. Murm of assent filled the room. "The FBI dug up a whole state just to find the bodies of three lousy scoundrels," he added. "They're now out chasing good white Christian Americans while the country is being overrun by the Communist Jew , conspiracy." Mr. Stoner ' added, "This organization only wants good white Christian Americans." THE EXTREMISTS Fourth of a Series He is a lawyer from Mableton, Ga., a sleepy suburb of Atlanta. Most of the. 7,127 residents of Mableton are too busy with other things to worry about the communist conspiracy, but. J. B. Stoner wants 'To make up for all the bums." "My party platform says we should abolish . the FBI, and when we get elected -we're going " to kick everyone off the Supreme Court and do it our "way. We'll stack it the way the. niggers have it stacked now." The nineteen people liked what Mr. Stoner said. They chuckled, rather than applauded, and not until the end of his fifty-minute oration did they stand and clap and rush to pound his back. Across the street from the dingy little store a black car with two men sat silently. They listened to every word Mr. Stoner said, because he talked very loud and you could hear him half a block down the street. And every now and then they winced at the invective, but they never stopped their shorthand scribbling, recording every word. "It was not hard to guess where they came from. The Presidential candidate for. the National States' Rights Party is John Kayser, but Mr. . Stoner said he would rather not say where Mr. Kayser came from "We don't want to reveal that." The party is on the ballot in several states, Mr. Stoner said, but he would rather not say where because "the Communists would start a campaign against us and we're having enough trouble with the nigger Democrats and Jew Re- publicans." He pointed with pride at the party banner, a crude, imitation of the Confederate flag with a white circle and lightning bolt cutting through the center. "The men that stand behind that fl?g are the only hope to save America," he confided. "You saw what happened on that March on Washington, didn't you? "The thing was led by a man who admitted he was a Communist, and those who went were just black niggers, white riggers, and Rabbis. "And that spoiled brat Kennedy let them get away with it." And then J. B. Stoner and his nineteen fol lowers went to the corner bar and had a beer and discussed ways to rid the nation of the Com munists and Jews. And the men in the black car watched, and wrote, and every now and then they winced.
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