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The weathered relic to the right is
not some ruin Dr. Harland found on his
last trip to the Near East it is located
in Orange, Counyt a mere baseball throw
from Chapel Hill.
The building goes by the name of
Robertson Street Cornmunty Center,
and it serves as the only place for rec
reation for the impoverished area sur
rounding it. To say that it is a poor fa
cility would be treating it far better than
it deserves it is foul and it is time
something was d,one about it.
And, even with all its squalor, it does
not stand alone in the Chapel Hill-Carr-borq
area. There are other places where
poverty and indifference have taHen
their tgll. Nor is this disease confined to
buildings many citizens of this area are
illiterate, more are hampered by just a
basic education.
Hopefully, something is being done,
fcut in order for it to be a success it will
require the participation of many mem
bers of the Student Body and the Uni
versity Community.
It is a project called VIG AH Volun
teers In Giving A Hand. Sponsored by
Student Government, it will use avail
able Federal funds to work in areas such
as improving the Community Center
and literacy projects.
A total of eight projects have been
listed tentatively for VIG AH. In addi
tion to the community center. an4 literacy
projects, they include counseling of im
poverished residents to aid in overcom
ing their problems, assisting the Chapel
Hill Recreation Dept.; business surveys,
in. order to determine which local busi
nesses can get assistance under the terms
, of the Economic Opportunity Act f
1964; training for high school dropouts,
aid in day care centers, and working
"with the local branch of the Dept. of PuS
lie Health. . .
.Needs Vigpr
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In addition to the projects, ,yolvin
teers are needed for .secretarial work,
office staff and coordinators. ;
It is projects such as VIGAH which
will ultimately do the most to. rid the
nation of poverty. Federal and, state aid,
of course;- will I play a major role, but
only concerned and dedicated people
can make the dream of equal ; oppor
tunity a reality.
These, projects embrace the citizens
of America liberal or conservative,
black or white. They are part of the
"American Way," that folkway which
spurs citizens to aid one another.
VIG AH is well worth the time, and .
volunteers are needed. Student Govern
ment is hard at .work to. rnake jthe proj
ects worthwhile, far all participants.. .
A philosopher once said.: "Few, save
the poor, feel for te poor." We doubt
there are only a "few" who - are cpnu
cerned. in this community. Won't you. .
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True Representation Should Be Insured
For a number.' of ' years, the TJNC
j. cheerleading squad has been a self-contained,
self -perpetuating organization
which has functioned successfully in
spite of, rather than because of, its
standard operating procedures. A bill
; currently in the Student Legislature
J hopper will correct this situation, and we
urge its passage.
Currently, the cheerleaders choose
their own successors, a practice which
.virtually guarantees two things:
- (1 any cheerleader, once selected,,
will keep his position unchallenged as
long as he continues in residence;
(2) the squad will be dominated by
the same fraternities and sororities year
after year.
The proposed . statute would put an
end to both situations by establishing a
board to oversee the selection of cheer
leaders and by requiring all aspirants,
including past members pf the squad, to
participate in public tryouts.
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The cheerleaders would be represent-,
ed on the selections board by a senior
boy ' and a senior girl . elected from the
squad, while other members would in
clude the president of the Student Ath
letic Council, president pf the omen's
Athletic Association, a representative of
the. Monogram Club, and a representa
tive of the athletic director
Several advantages of the proposed
system are obvious;
-It gives the cheerleaders a voice on
the board, for example, but takes away
some of the "self -perpetuation" oppor
tunities of the. current system.
The presence of the "WAA and SAQ
heads, both of whom are elected by the
' student body, provides a more democra
tic and representative ppportunity for
student opinion to be expressed.
Voting power for a Monogram Club
representative would give the athletes a
voice in the selection of their cheerlead-
ers. '
'-r-The presence of a representative of
the Athletic Director would allow the
Athletic Department, which finances the
cheerleaders, to help decide just who
would be spending its money. s
Public tryputs for all interested
persons would be guaranteed, and a per-:
manent selection and operating code fr
the cheerleaders would be established.
The Carolina cheerleaders have pro
vided some excellent leadership for
school spirit in recent years despite the
absence of any such standardized, regu
lar procedures. But many of the com
plaints about their domination by two
or three Greek houses have been justi
fied, and in a few isolated incidents the
squad has simply fallen down on the
job. """" "
We hope that Student Legislature
will pass the bill now before it, and thus
guarantee to the student body that which
it rightfully expects a s,ound,f efficient
foundation for the cheerleading squad
which represents it.
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Letters To The Editor
Latiii Americaii
Students Active
Editors, The Tar Heel:
It has heen said . many times
that students of universities in
Latin America haye privileges
that would be envied by stud
ents m the .United States. This
is only partially true.
Of course, everybody knows
about the hundreds of strikes
there X 90 per cent for reasons
fen-which-ra Hegelian -would be
unable; tQ" find the catisato n
neetibri) ; ' byt on the "other- -and
more important side, there are
two points (at least) on which
Latin American students , are at
a disadvantage in comparison
with those, of te Unied States.
p'irst, we -vbnder about the
flexibility and ' freedom the stu
dents here have' to choose sub
jects m which; they are most in
terested, permitting them to
have 'a" precise specialization to
place in the market, and a fair
cultural background that lets
them know their place in socie
ty. Besides it is , helpful in the
pursuit of happiness. It; allows
for a study of all points of view,
leading to a creative skepticism
ha sic for democratic gaols.
Things there are quite differ
ent The student following any
career sees himself obliged, to
take 30 hours weekly pf courses
in all branches o the subject,
without specializing in any of
them Cultural courses are not
like modern physics or logic,
but subjects ranging from the
mechanics of Aristotle or Thom
istic philosophy to the sociology
of Saint-Simon.
The socio - political situation
and historical reality are so stri
king that they have a dual re
sult: 1) students cannot receive
it from authority, but " from
Marxists, so they establish to
wards them a dysfunctional loy
alty; 2) anomic trends are very
visible.
Other disadvantages are
structural and are not so easily
Correctable: lack of vocational
guidance, lack of I. Q. tests to
exploit and give opportunities to
talent, lack of specialized full -time
professors, etc- The possi
bility of an advanced non-technological
career is practically
nil.
Fprtunately, the situation is
changing within certain lim
its. There are new dynamic ele
ments. But, having so much or
ganizational work" to do, they
don't have time to learn the lat
est educational techniques.
Also there is the . help 0f de
veloped countries , principally
the United States! I mention
here as a typical case the 40
scholarships now being offered
to beginning Colombian students
for coming to the best univer
sities here (Harvard, Prince
ton, UNC, etc.). There are mea
sures of long - term, wide-scope
effects in the shaping of a more
open society and the fulfillment
of developing needs.
But there are also many re
actionary elements of the right
and left, as one pberver, Har
vey Kline, points out. There i
a strong, nationalism among th$
students that inalfes them say,
"Methods; which are good in
Chicago, are. not good here.'
Such an attitude is not only
sso in the students. There are
many professors and directors
iwho maintain: "those who don't
:now Greek will not be able to
learn zoology." Surprisingly, the
texts sometimes bear them out.')
There is a third point: Amer
ican students know from the be
ginning the jobs and salar
ies that are offered and are able
to make an evaluation of ends
and means. The Latin American
student goes into the market
without a definite skill-and the
skill he has is shared by all his
mates.
Not accidentally, in terms of
supply and demand, is it uncom
fortable, and the students have
an idea that they, are going to
earn much more than they real
ly will (as a study of William
son shows). But I am not sure it
is a disadvantage,' because this
fiction lets them study happily
and "profitably".
Ivan Rodriguez
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Gardner Letter
On Cathey Hit
Editors, The Tar Heel:
' First, to avoid ' confusion, I
want to say that I was in favor
of the passage of the Civil
Rights Bill because it was mor
al and just and because it gave
positive hope tp the fulfillment
pf an American ideal of fair
play and opportunity. In June,
1963, the late President Kennedy
said that Civil Rights was a mo
ral question facing the nation.
One ' year and one 'month lat
er, candidate Goldwater claim
ed that "moderation in the pur
suit of justice is no virtue." I
hardly believe that he was en
couraging SNCC and CORE de
monstrators outside the Cow
Palace or even urging them to
more extreme froms of protest.
The fact is that the whole idea
of non-violence in achieving eq
ual rights and opportunity for
Negro citizens is one. of mod
eration. The word moderation
essentially means, reason and
restraint (For a complete, trea
tise on moderation, I yree the
reading of Dr. Bond's Phi Be
ta Kappa address entitled "The
Middle Course").
However, non-violent forms of
protest can be carried beyond
reason and restraint such as ly
ing in' front of "aMayors office
door or in the streets. Neither
action commands dignity, and
the reason that Dr. King retain
ed his dignity and eloquence is
that he practices neither. Al
though Dr- King believes his
cause is just, he does not be
lieve that he necessarily has the
moral right to slap someone, in
spirit, who may appear to get
in his way.
Therefore, even though I favor
civil rights as being just, I feel
that I cannot tolerate the abuse
directed towards Dean Cathey,
even if he did accidentally mix
up Nigeria with Liberia. This
is an excess because it attempts
to undermine Dean Cathey's
character and his concern over
the insult. He merely placed the
insult in its correct perspective-
he was intellectually hon
est ' and I believe almost the
entire faculty- (and ; it is rea
sonable to assume its intellec
tual honesty) would back his
jUsiDean Cahtey did not
dismiss the insult incident -by
saying or implying that Hage
was overly sensitive. He said it
was regrettable, but understan
dable in the sense that such an
occurance was possible. Howev
er, we have not yet reached the
stage of Qrwellian thought con
trol. The Administration also
sought to find out the alleged
guilty parties, and because it
failed to find a guilty party, it
is not guilty of injustice.
' Whereas many on this cam
pus swallowed Gardner and his
supporters bait, hook and sink-,
er, I did not. The insult affair
was blown .way out if propor
tion, as they were well aware.
It " was a shrewd move. They
"love" but they, also value their
publicity 1,500 students worth.
But it is a " tragedy when a
high official's character is un
justly trampled in the process,
and especially now that the ral
lly's organizers have success
fully achieved their immediate
end a popularly attended ga
thering. In retrospect, one can only
conclude that for Dean Cahtey
to suffer theslights, the disdain,
and the abuse from certam lo
cal civil rights directors is to
leave an ugly wound on the
who affair. . This distastful
blot could at least be partially
erased by an appropriate apol
ogy. '
Raymond Henry Schweiger
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Maverick Heart
Efrive Praised
Editors, The Tar Heel:
"Hats off" to the Maverick
Maids and Men. Know . their
Heart Drive is in "High Gear."
I am an employee at the Uni
versity .and follow your paper
daily. I am concerned at times
with some of things I see and
read. After reading of the meth
od to be used in raising money
for the Heart Fund, I was im
pressed. Going home to Durham Fri
day, the full impact really hit
my heart. About seven miles
from Durham there they were,
boys and girls pulling the Wish
ing Well to Durham. I stopped,
was greeted with cheers and
sent merrily on my way.
I gave thanks for my healthy
heart and a thought that those
who love a sick one will be bet
ter off because of this group of
young men and women. I think
our country and University are
in good hands. I know your
Drive will be a success. Thank
you for letting me be a small
part of Your Heart Beat.
Lorin Haus
Ehringhaus Cafeteria
By BRANTLEY CLARIS.
Reading Sunday's article "an
atomy of a Romantic" was one
of the most unpleasant experi
ences I've had in a long time
(say, since exams), and I must
say, dearest editors, that your
taste in literature is degenerat
ing. The other side of the sto
ry the ONLY side, if I may
be so bold must be present
ed in defense of all the wonder
ful romantics in this otherwise
dreary world. I would ' be de
lighted to throttle the misinfor
med Mr. Jeff Greenfield.
Romantics have to be. Who
else could balance the misery
of . the Others? What kind of
world would we live in if there
weren't people to look at t h e
stars, to take long walks hold
ing hands in the springtime (and
the summertime and the fall
and the wintertime, to be glad
that the trees are getting green
again and the flowers aren't
dead anymore and the sun is
warm and glares like a mirror
and blinds. them and is. wonder
ful anyway because there IS a
sun shining? Nobody can tell me
that the person who gripes be
cause the sun is too hot and the
grass" is too long is wiser and
better off than the person who's
glad that there IS sunlight and
there. IS green grass.
A girl who's a romantic is
just glad to BE, wherever she
is. She can find something mys
terious and delightful about
anything around her, no mat
ter how bleak the situation is.
She is innocent and naive like
a child, perhaps, because she
can find joy in seemingly lit
tle things but is this type of
girl unappealing to the average
male? Would he rather date a
girl who wants to stay inside
and discuss economic systems
than a girl who wants to take a
walk in the warm night air with
his arm around her?
Not that romantics can't dis
cuss intellectual topics when
called upon. They just have the
advantage of being able to think
of other things besides solving
all the problems of the world
in one fell swoop with a pro
found master plan. Is it wrong
to want to walk barefoot in the
grass rather than sit in a smoke
filled room re-designing the gov
ernments of the world.
One of Mr. Greenfield's maj
or misconceptions is that ro
mantics have "Experiences"
(dates) and "Relationships'1
(some vast category covering
everything from acquaintance
ships to love affairs, as far as
I can gather), most of which
are primarily concerned with
sex. Romantics have FRIENDS,
lots of them, and they are al
ways trying to have more, be
cause they like people and want
everybody to like them. And ro
mantics DO have dates but
mostly they fall in love. After
all, who wants to look at the
stars by himself? And it's nut
much fun to take long walks
holding hands with yourself!
For instance last weekend
was a very good weekend for
being in love. There'll be a lot
more weekends like it this
spring. Should we ignore this vi
tal information and forget that
love exists? As for the sex
aspect well, romantics are
like everybody else: every man
for himself.
OF COURSE domantics arc
"People-Watchers." It's fun to
lean on the w indow sill and let
the breeze blow in, to d a y -dream
about the future and
what - might - have - been and
what - ought - to be and what
I - sure-wish - would - be, and
to watch all those people walk
ing by. After all, people are the
world, and romantics live in the
world and believe in it and love
it. They are a part of the
world, while some of the Others
sit in their dark little rooms try
ing to make a NEW world when
they should be outside appreci
ating all the wonderful things in
the world that already is.
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FSM Undergoes
A Name Change
By DAVID ROTHMAN
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letters to "the editors at any
time and en anjy subject. p
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DOUBLE SPACED and must
be free of HbeL. The editors f
reserve the right to edit lor
length. Letters should be ff
submitted at least two days
prior to date of publication. M
Twenty-five persons attended
the funeral pf the UNC-FSM last
weei-
It was buried beneath Davie
Poplar when the tiny group
minus the 1,475 curiosity-seekers
of the Feb. 19 rally de
cided on" the name Free Speech
Forum.
What's in a name? Why did
Gardner and his followers aban
don the FSM banner, under
which they had threatened an
other lierktley?
The quertion is self-explanatory;
the name change was Gar
dner's subtle way of disown
ing his would-be imitation of
Mario Sayio's anarchy.
When UNC students had heard
Gardner's plan for possible de
monstrations, their reaction had
been hostile whereupon
Gardner then denied ever hav
ing suggested civil disobedience.
But the students remembered
his original statements, and
there was little he could do to
erase FSM's "unfavorable" im
age. It was too permanent.
FSM those three letters had
become a titanic burden to
Gardner, so the logical step
was the disbanding of the move
ment per se.
In its place, Gardner has su
stituted the FGF the Free
Speech Forum.
But FSF is not another FSM.
It is not directly based on the
principles of civil disobedience,
which in the minds of most UNC
students are an inherent part
of any Free" Speech Movement.
Thus, what lies beneath Davie
Poplar is really a corpse; FSM
at UNC no longer exists.
Why?
Gardner's most obvious error
was his narrowing of FSM sup
port. Gardner organized the UNC
Free Speech Movement shortly
after the well-publicized racial
incident of Feb. 12. He may not
have men at it thjis way, but by
his timing he forever excluded
the segregationist element from
his organization's rank.
Why, thought the segregation
ists (a major segment of the stu
dent body), should we support
Gardner's movement if its ori
gins have been so closely con
nected with civil rights?
Gardner further complicated
matters by openly emphasizing
his contacts with CORE and the
UNC-NAACP. He even went so
far as to irvite National CORE
chairman Floyd McKissick to
address the Y-Court rally.
The segregationists responded
with their firecrackers and their
Confederate' flags. And given a
chance to speak, they uttered
the traditional platitudes.
"I'm a Southerner, and I'm
damn proud of it!" thundered
one fiery orator. Another mali
ciously suggested that the Tar
Heel State was no place for
Northern civil righters.
Gardner wanted the issue to
be free speech, but in the minds
of the students, it became some
thing less exotic: integration
versus segregation.
Inadvertently, Gardner had
established his movement as a
tools of the active civil righters,
and UNC students, far more
moderate than he, turned h i m
down.
Of course this is not to say
Gardner enjoyed the backing of
most liberals. In fact, many ve
teran's of last year's civil rights
demonstratins were opposed to
FSM for other resaons, among
these that he was "making
something out of nothing."
Conversely, the successful Ber
keley FSM enjoyed a wide base
of support. Everybody backed
Mario Savio: Youth for Goldwa
ter as well as the W. E. B.
DuBois Club and the
Young People's Socialist Lea
gue. Gardner, unlike Savio, w a s
hard - pressed for issues. He
hoped that the University Ad
ministration would prevent his
group from meeting, and was
quite disappointed when this
did not happen.
Finding no official hostility
within the University, he turn
ed his attention to the State Le
gislature's Speaker Ban.
But this was like speaking out
on behalf of Motherhood, t h e
Flag or Billy Cunningham. UXC
students, needless to say, were
already too aware of the infa
mous law. They did not need
Gardner to remind them of it.
Another issue Gardner tried
to bring to Chapel Hill was the
difficulties of other universities.
With impassioned eloquence,
the crowds at the Feb. 19 rally
were told that throughout the
nation, administrators tend to
view universities as "property,"
teachers as "hired help," stu
dents as "consumers."
But UNC students "didn't
give a damn." They were too
busy leading their own lives to
care about strangers iu Califor
nia or Massachusetts.
Gardner and his followers are
NOT Communists, but their
FSM philosophy seemed an
amusing parody of Marxisui.
The thesis was the Unversity
Administration (L e. the bour
geoisie of the academic world);
the antithesis, the supposedly
downtrodden students (i. e. the
exploited masses); the synthe
sis, the Free Speech Movement
(i. e. the classless society in
which students, faculty and ad
ministration exist as equals).
Like the workers of 19th cen
tury Europe, the students at
UNC were supposed to revolt.
Only they didn't.
That is why Chapel Hill, ar
from having an awesome FSM,
has nothing but a public debat
ing society, a Di-Phi of the proletariat.