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Wednesday, December 2, 1964 i mi ' mi w Volume 72, Number 57 5 72 Years of Editorial Frcedoa irtcfc first la JdMurr 9 w Offices on the second floor cf Graham Memorial. Telephone number: Editorial, sports, news 933-1012. Business, cir culation, adTcrtlshig Address r Box 1080, Chapel Hill, N. C. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Chapel Hill, N. C, Ss&scrlngbn rates? ftSJ per Becaesfei; $8.0C: fer 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 We Chapel Hill Publishing Company, toe., 501 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill N. C. And The Band Goes Marching On The UNC marching band has more than its share of problems outmoded uniforms, lack of new equipment, inade quate funds high travel costs, and so on. But the difficulty which seems, to over-shadow all others is, recruiting. Some of the reasons for the band's lack of numbers are easily understood. Many busy students lack the time or the enthusiasm to volunteer five or six hours per week for hard practice ses sions, especially since the band's pres tige has been eroded by several years of neglect, and weekend travel also puts a drain on time and energy. Thus', those of us with a soft spot for Sousa; and cymbals were gratified to learn in September that Physical Educa tion exemptions would be granted for freshmen and sophomore band mem bers. It looked like an opportunity for the band to grow by offering its mem bers a genuine benefit in return for their services; Furthermore it worked. Major John Yesulaitus, UNC's vibrant and enthus iastic new band director, reported an increased turnout for the band this fall, and football fans were pleased to find that the group had improved in both size and quantity. "Major Y" was also pleased, and gave notice that there would be even more improvements in the future. Unfortunately, however, his hopes ground to a stop when notification came that the P. E. exemptions were to end with the final football game. Our inquiries have failed to turn up the source- of this decision, but we con sider it an unfortunate one. Major Yesulaitus could well have used the practice sessions scheduled for the re mainder of the- semester to spruce- np the musical quality of the band, since much of the earlier practices concen trated on marching. In addition, a por-. tion of the band would have been an excellent addition to the Woollen Gym scene for basketball games. But both of these ideas have either been abandoned or sharply curtailed by the exemption's end. We hope that steps will be taken im mediately to correct this situation and extend the exemption through the re mainder of the semester. There seems to be no justification for a longer period of special treatment than that, but there also seems to be no real justifica tion for thrusting the band members back into Physical Education classes with two-thirds of the semester gone. Six hours of marching is a pretty good weekly diet of exercise, for one thing, and we doubt that the band members would be noticeably impaired by playing instruments, rather than playing bas ketball or volleyball, for another five weeks. Besides, the band has done an excellent job in the face of many handi caps, and a little extra practice time would be valuable in polishing some of the present rough edges- The band has taken on a new luster under Major Ys capable direction, and we know that he is not the type of fel low to complain now. In truth, we're not -complaining, either but a few day'ofr" P. E. hardly seems too much to ask in exchange for an improved band. We know the band will make the effort, and we hope the powers in charge of such things will do likewise. Will It Be The Same Show? Hard on the heels of the national election, the Bobby Baker show re opened in Washington yesterday with testimony from Don B. Reynolds, an insurance man who has emerged as the principal accuser in hearings on the big-money dealings of Lyndon Johnson's former protege. Reynolds got his chance before the Senate Rules Committee to attempt to link Baker and politician Matthew H. MeCIoskejr .with a $25,000 payoff from funds intended for construction of D. C. Stadium. Reynolds is only the first of 21 wit nesses who will take the stand to testify ahout . the mysterious- $25,000, but chances appear slim that anything significant will come of the parade. We remember only too well the pre vious hearings involving Mr. Baker, the young man who emerged from Pickins, S.C., in the 1950s and quickly became a rich young maru The hearings, chaired by North Carolina's junior senator, B. Everett Jordan, were quickly squash ed on what appeared to be orders from the White House. Sen. Jordan, who is concerned about re-election in 1966, needs every bit of help he can get, and the thought of hav ing Lyndon Johnson mad at him would be enough to make the hearings close faster than a AAUP meeting. The Bobby Baker case should be thoroughly investigated,, and no check book should be left unopened. If people are to be embarrassed by what might turn up, then the fault belongs to no one but themselves. And if the American public is to re tain confidence in their elected leaders, than let the Senate committee tell the voters just what has or has not been going on. The Losers Try To Regroup The power struggle within the Re publican Party seems destined to get hotter this weekend when the GOP's governors meet in Denver. First item on the agenda for all , liberal and "moderate" Republicans is to dump Dean Burch, the young man who was appointed by Sen. Barry Gold water as the party's national chairman. And the tempest may start in Denver. Most of the governors present will be liberal. The Big Boys, namely George Romney of Michigan, Nelson Rockefeller of New York and William Scranton of Pennsylvania, are known to be unhappy with the present situation, and the slightest spark could set off the storm. Adding to the rumors of an attempt ed purge is the fact that Burch is not even invited to the confab. The Goldwater wing of the party party seems determined not to compro mise with the Old Guard and sooner or later the whole outfit must fall into a civil war which can only further damage their already slim chances in 1966 and 1968. It is probable that the anti-Burch people will succeed in their efforts, but they should be warned that a complete purge, even if they have the power, can be just as bad as the situation is today. The GOP has a chance in 1966 to gain back some of the Congressional seats which they lost in the recent land slide, as well as hold their own in 1968. But if the two sides of the party set a takeover of the GOP as their sole pur pose, then all the victor will have is a corpse, and corpses don't win elections. IN KARATE "Son, this is the worst case of frost-bitten ankles I've seen in a long time. Black Belt Is For Safely By AST EL CUMAU) The New York Herald Tribune- WASHINGTON Every ones ia & while we- hear a true story that is so sad we can hardly write ift The other day we hearcfe one about a friend of ours who lives in California. We shall call I him Jake Kilduff to protect his identity. Jake;, wha works ia motion, pic tures, took: up the sport of "ka rate" about ten years ago. Ka rate is a Japanese- defense sys tem in which, the use of the F hands plays the major role. Cal louses- are built up. on the hand in such, a way that an experien ced; karate expert can break a briefc or a two-by-four by just I bringing the-- edge of his hand down, on it. Let it be said that Jake was ia the class with, the experts. He was a "black belt, which is pretty higti ia' Karate Mei archvr andl while other husbands watched television or read Play boy, Jake used to spend his time in the- cellar breaking blocks of wood with his hand. Jake's wife thought it was a lot of foolishness and a waste of money, (he had invested $3,000 in karate lessons) and every once in a while she'd yell down in the cellar "Will you stop breaking those bricks with your hand and come to bed?' "Someday, Mother he said, "You're going to be happy I know karate. It is the greatest self-defense ever devised by man." After ten years went by even Jake started to doubt he would have a chance to use his skills. But then the big day came. He was driving along a Los An geles freeway on a Sunday after noon with his wife when a sports car cut in front of him. Jake got mad and cut in front of the sports car. The man in the sports car got mad and cut in front of Jake. Pretty soon they were shout ing at each other and the man in the sports car yelled, "Pull off the freeway and I'll punch you in the nose." Jake was elated. All the years of practice and expense were finally going to pay off. His wife begged him to ignore trie other man, but Jake just rubbed his callouses against his chin, and said, "Is he going to be in for a surprise!" Jake pulled off the freeway and parked on a stretch of grass. The sports car driver pulled up in front of him and parked. The driver jumped of his, car and started walking towards Jake. Jake studied him calmly- He was of medium build,, not par ticularly heavy. It would proa ably take only one slash across the throat with- his hand. The driver moved forward his right fist held back. "The guy is leaving himself wide open," Jake thought to himself. "WelL he asked for it" Jake reached down to unfasten his car safety belt. It was stuck. He tried to unfasten it again. It was still stuck. The man reach ed Jake's car. Jake fought the belt desperately,, but fa no avaiL The driver of the other ear reached into the window and hit Jake in the mouth, knocking out two teeth. As Jake continued trying to get his belt free, the man returned to his car, got back in, and drove off. : - : I p ; - - . - , - 1 - - ..,,.!- 1 U it . "Z I ' - " I s ' I I V - - v f &' r ' ' - , "V . .r-.-t - ' ... ' - .1 I:'';:: ' -, Ir-- .. ,JW h :. I'-. . , ' ' Sf -:-:-:Kl.:-:v.:o: 5;.:.: -: -:-;v: ::::;:. . . ..-, Letters To The Editors Greeks Support Bad Image Germans Crowd Hurts Fraternities Editors, The Tar Heel, . The auaience at the Fall "Ger mans Friday night was the most disgusting I have ever seen. ..A large 1 number of this audience's participants were drunk andor drinking;, they ' were discourteous and disorder ly; they demonstrated the lack of any conception of the UNC Campus Code. It is with no pleasure that I as a member of the student body view the thought of being identified with this obnoxious group. Let me make myself clear: I was a fraternity member for four years as an undergraduate and for three of those four years an officer in my fraternity. Therefore, I know and under stand the Greek system, and I know of no national fraternity or sorority which would condone the events of Friday night. The Greek organizations have come under much unfair criti cism in recent years. But Fri day night demonstrates where this unfair criticism originates. Fortunately, there exists such or ganizations as the IFC and Pan Hellenic which can act to end such juvenile excesses. And let these organizations be under no delusion bad manners and lack of social grace cannot be justi fied by any Greek organization. I suggest letters of apology to the performers ' from all the member Greek fraternities, the German Club, and the IFC. , Also I suggest to the IFC that measures be initiated in order to prevent another such display. There is one fact we always knew in the IFC of which I was formerly a member: if we could not handle our problems, some one else would handle them for us. Merrill Grant Cole 322 W. Rosemary St. Canadian Thanks Tar Heel Hosts Editors, The Tar Heel: We would like to use your newspaper to communicate to all Tar Heels our deep-felt appre ' ciation and warmest thanks for the spirit of friendliness and kindness with which you receiv ed us into your midst. .Hospitality traditionally has been the great emblem of the South, just as snow has been that of Canada. We would like you to know that our Canadian snow was melted by the warmth of your hospitality, and upon re turning home to refreeze, we found that a bit of Tar Heel had found its way into our veins. No matter how cold we will ever become, there will always be an internal flame for our friends at UNC. Larry Campbell University of Toronto . Toronto-UNC Exchange Slavs Subjected To DTH Kapoosta Editors, The Tar neel: The Slavic Club wishes to ex: press its thanks to the editors of the Tar Heel for the publicity accorded us in the Nov. 22 issue. ' It is understandable that The Slavic Club is an organization . which you "had not heard - of before" since you systematically, ignored our three attempts to have an article printed, giving our purpose and all particulars, prior to our first meeting this fall. We are not without a sense of humor, however, and realize that The Slavic Club is bound to be subjected to such kapoosta as your gag-law routine from time to time. Meanwhile anyone wish ing genuine information about The Slavic Club can contact the undersigned, members of the Steering Committee.. Charanne Kurylo James Meade Jack Tate James W. Wasson GIRL CRAVED Another day, another night, and still the overburdened associate editor is in dire need of ilevoted, selfless secretarial help. Are there no beautiful girls on campus who can type and paste just a teensy? Apply now and beat the rush. IN- EDtAnON Project LIA' A New View By DAVID ROTHMAN' The Learning Institute of North Carolina, at first glance, seem.'? to be a noble way to- bnn quali ty instruction, to Tarheel youth. Already, LLNC is operates a school for "under - achievi.-T eighth - graders, students "with whom local school systems have not been successful." Or .- says Harold Howe, LINC'a director- In addition LINC plan to co ordinate efforts in this state on behalf of experimental education-It will also develop bettor methods of instruction- in local schools which receive its grants. To be. brief, the private or ganization, chartered by the State, wants to "ferment excit ing change in the field of educa tion." Yet there is another side to the LINC story. LlNC's Advancement School, for instance, will be held in 12 week sessions.' That pedagogues there can correct a boy's educa tional problems in that short a time is beyond most people's belief. In answer to, this question, Howe says the school's main function wiU be to inculate "the correct attitude toward learn ing to show "that teachers can be friends." He does not say which teach ers. In effect, he is letting the school's charges enjoy their kind uncles for three months, after which they will return home to face their stem fathers, their hometown instructors. And Advancement studenti re turn home. This is a board 1 schooL According to Howe, it is necessary for his students t3 be removed from their towns End farms. In fact during the- 12 weeks, students are not allowed to visit home; But 14-year-olds are not il l only people Howe would like to separate from their parents to experiment with his high-octane learning. Howe says that in the future he expects to work with children even younger. Indeed, these laboratory speci mens might eventually be under the age of 12 months. "I know this will scare some people," he says, but "a proper environ ment" is essential. Teaching machines? Howe be lieves they are like books. "A child is expected to be left alone with a book. Why can't h? be alone with a teaching machine?" This analogy, like all the LINC programs, looks quite reasonable until closer examination. On second thought,, one remem bers, the definite distinction be tween Howe's strange gadgetry and the prose to which most stu dents are accustomed. College boards have been criti cized as impersonal,, as leaving out the human element. But if Howe and others like him have their way, they are merely an indication of things to come. According to Howe, twenty years hence, approximately one fifth of all money spent on edu cation in the United States will finance the instruction of young sters under six. No longer need they learn at their mother's knee? the- teaching machines will take care of that. LINC potentially is of great benefit to the people of North Carolina. But until its director offers a more cogent argument on behalf of his cause, he is not likely to enjoy the solid sup port he should be receiving. To What Extent Student Freedoi By PETE WALES Associate Editor Canadian members of the Toronto Exchange were placidly taking in their third discussion propagandizing academic free dom at UNC last week when one lept up and said: "Why is it that- when any of you Americans ever starts to say anthing about your aca demic freedom, you always be gin on the defensive?" Why indeed? The question touched off for a mere minute the most provo cative exchange of the entire weekend, and for the Ameri cans, the most , embarrassing. Up to that point, all the seminar speakers assembled to discuss academic freedom at UNC and in the South had taken the posture of defensively at tempting to persuade the Cana dians that Chapel Hill was some kind of academic heaven. Speakers, listed the facts: how civil rights demonstrators were not. disciplined by the Uni versity, how students were free to criticize, how the. Daily Tar Heel was uncensored, and so. on ad infinitum The Canadians listened polite ly and showed the proper amount of awe until one finally gagged slightly on the sweetness of it all and the question was out. The Tar Heels discovered all of a sudden that they had been missing the point. Sure in com parison to Mississippi, discussed in an earlier seminar, UNC is academic heaven. But taken apart from the context of South ern society, to what degree does academic freedom truly exist. Dean of Men William G. Long came closest to revealing the real issue when he began a speech by defining freedom as having restrictions, of degrees of responsibility. Freedom to him did not mean mean license. It was something granted by someone, the amount granted being dependent upon the responsibility shown by the recipient. This is the focus about which the whole argument revolves. Many academicians, including a -number of the somewhat startled Canadians, believed that academic freedom is indeed a form of license. It is license to study and say and do as you please according to the dictates of the individual's desire for truth and knowledge. This license is granted only to those who have shown the in tellectual skills to cope with it in terms of being admitted to a college or university. In some Latin American coun tries this freedom is absolute. The university is a political and social asylum for the student who makes brief forays into the world around him. Police at tempting to apprehend the flee ing political rioter must give up the chase when the student crosses the border of the campus where he is safe. Some would put the restric tions of certain academic stan dards upon these intellectual endeavors. An example would be Harvard's firing of the two para-psychologists, Alpert and Leary, who carried on their re search of LSD and other hallu cinatogenic drugs in an "un scientific" fashion, almost mak ing a religion of it. The other reason most fre quently offered for Harvard's action is that they were afraid of what the two men were doing to the mental and physical health of their students. This is a non-academic restriction which more accurately fits Dean Long's view of freedom. By the same token, one might Tiew the enforcement of the cheating section of the Honor Code as an academic standard restricting academic freedom. The Campus Code, especially its extension to activities off the campus is again a non-academic standard, but something the University feels is necessary to preserve its good name and to fulfull some sort of assumed obligation to the parents. At the far end of the spectrum of thinking on academic free dom are the people who believe studenta are children who go to school to. be taught (as opposite ta going to learn). This is. the type of mentality that creates a speaker ban. It says you. are free but free only to study what is good for you. It is the type of mentality exhibited by Ross Barnett last spring when : he told his audience that stu dents should learn what is right and not be allowed" to be subject ed to liberals and atheists. To some extent this is the logical extension of Dean Long's view although he would certainly not go so. far. To say that stu dents will be granted freedom only to the point that they be come irresponsible is to say that the person granting, the freedom knows what i3 responsible.. It's the philosophy of the benevolent dictator who makes all the important; decisions be cause he knows what is best. And k has traditionally been the philosophy of most ol the na tion's . college administrators, UNC included Dean Long's final point in his speech to the Canadians was that the UNC admmistration gave the student the right to consulta tion. Tbii ia the point with which studenta 'who remember last year's Student-Faculty Review Board controversy cannot agree, Dean Long's protests notwith standing. lit this case,, the Faculty Com mittee on Student Discipline, wiih. adrninistration approval, abolished the Board that existed as a part of the student consti tution without telling the stu dents anything about it until it was done. The reason was plain. The Committee felt that they would not be able to deal with certain student officials. They felt that these students would not react responsibly if they tried to ta!:-: with them. And then the normally liberal AAUP chapter held a close d door meeting Monday night re fusing admission to any stu dent (including the President cf the Student Body and of Phi Beta Kappa, Bob Spearman, who made a special petition t3 attend). Th& subject of discussion: you guessed it, student freedom. Thus in five minutes cf con fused discussion with the Cana dians over a single question, the whole problem of academic free dom on this campus has been raised again. What is it? Do we have it? Do we want it? Who's - responsible for letting those blasted foreigners into the country anyway?
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