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Page 2 Thursday, May G, 1965 Publish Or Perish Opinions of the Daily Tar Heel lire expressed in its editor ials, letters and coltmms, covering a wide range of views, ft reflect the perianal opinions trf their authors. i 1 Publish Or Perish? represents the greatest cross-section student life any group on campus. , JBeatniks and Joe Colleges and everyone in between seem to nave "at last found a common cause for Which to work." ' " " " The protest centers around one man and one situa tion. The man is William Goody kooritz and the situation is "publish or fcerish:" 'Goodykoontz is a lecturer m the English department. -His one-year contract for next year has not been renewed, and the excuse given to him is that he has not published.' Some of Goodykoontz's friends and concerned students have jumped to his defense, accusing the administration of unjust practices. But something just doesn't ring true here. If the Uni versity really practiced a policy of "publish or perish," a large part of the faculty would be gone tomorrow. Many professors who have never published any more than Goo dykoontz haven't been released, and they won't be. Therefore, it must be apparent that the issue is Hot as simple and clear-cut as some are trying to make it seem. This is a specific case and personality must play some role in it. The administration is in an awkward position. If there are. underlying factors in the decision not to rehire Goody koontz, as indeed, it seems there must be, public "mention of them is not necessarily the best way to handle the problem. But why should the administration not be completely honest with the man? To spare his feelings? To save its ownneck for some reason? An official explanation would help clear the air, but there are no grounds for forcing it. Perhaps the dealings with Goodykoontz have been completely frank. If so, the Students for Teachers group is On sound ground in this protest. For the time being, at least, it must proceed on this basis. But this failure to rehire a teacher is a rather iso lated incident. The group should not restrict its vision, be cause the real issue is perhaps "publish or stagnate" rath er than "publish or perish." At the University of North Carolina, the chances -are that a non-publishing faculty member is more likely to lose promotions rather than his job. Horse Trading For Trustees a " a a ' a 1 " A n ' lm us aoout time someone m tne uenerai Assemoiy n- naWsaidif U-.; . ;': ; - :":-vv- ' Rep Jim Green of Bladen County said, '"We've just got to put the method of selecting trustees (for the Univer sity of -North Carolina) on a higher plane ' than it . has been." -f . . . - ; ; . ... ' . :y He called the old method "mass horse trading of votes a you-vote-for-my-man arid 1'11-vote-for-yours sort of thing." , - . . , - And he did something about it. ,He named a secret six man subcommittee of the House University Trustees Com mittee, v of which he is chairman. The subcommittee will screen a list of 64 names and recommend 27 to be named University trustees. " . . . . The names of the people serving on the Subcommittee have not been released, and may not even be made Iknown to the full Trustees Committee. : V The committee may feel as if it's buying a pig in the poke if it accepts the subcommittee's T ecommendations, but the benefits of pressure-free selection are worth the price. ; ' If legislators don't know exactly" who is making the trustee selections, they don't know who to try to influence to get "their boy" on the board. The compromise of the inevitable "deals" and "re ciprocal backscratching",do not put the greatest emphasis where it should be at all times - on selecting board mem bers solely on their qualifications. If the full committee approves the subcommittee's se lections, the list will become the House slate for the board. The Senate will submit a slate and the "names will be com--pared.The. names which do not appear on both lists will be decided on in a joint committee. In the past the entire selection was carried out in a rather tedious balloting process by a joint .House Senate committee. Green is apparently trying to help wipe some of the stain of political wheeling and dealing off trustee appoint ments and the board and the University itself will profit from it. I I I If y I I is i $ 1 1 72 Years of Editorial Freedom The Daily Tar Tleel is the official news pnilic&ttoa f tie University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, examination periods and vac&tisss. 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Publish or perish, the con troversy that -is sweeping the nation's campuses, has slipped into Chapel Hill. . An organizational meeting was tela yesterday by inter ested ; students from every area of the campus to dis tnss tlie recent release of 1r. William Goodykoontz from the Department of English. jl-The 'central issue of the meeting was that of faculty publication. - v .- Tjie issue arose when Goo dykoontz, a controversial lec turer; did not have his con tract renewed after two years in the Department of English here. The reasons , according to Dr: George Harper, de partment; chairman, . were principally lack of publication and Goodykoontz age (51). -Harper said that he did not consider putting Goodykoontz' name in ; for a ; three - year appointment as an assistant professor principally because he had not published enough and was too old to be start ing off in the department. Goodykoontz had received his r' M. A.. and PhD here in the-early 50s and came back in .1963 : from Davidson. He came on a one - year appoint ment as a lecturer and was reappointed for this year. In the spring of 1964, his tinst year, joodykoontz had "an opportunity to try for a "position -at Florida Presby terian, a new college. Harper encouraged hihi at . that -time not v to leave because he was a good teacher. : When Goodykoontz talked to Harper about a week later, Harper, said he had not meant that he was going to get an assistant professorship, but that , he wanted him to stay on as a lecturer for a 'few more years. This is accord ing to Goodykoontz. 'Then, this spring, Goody koontz was reading a bulletin about who was teaching which . courses for next fall and no ticed his name was missing. He went to see Harper who told him 'he was not being re hired, primarily because he had not published enough. - Goodykoontz at that time was in the process of writing two different books. He had been held back, because the department was switching him around in different courses, so that he was spending most of his time working up new notes and programming courses. According to Goodykoontz, who has -talked to Harper three times since his release, the main reason cited was his publishing. . , In "a com'ers-atioh with this writer, Harper said that pub lication and age were the -principal reasons for release, - but that there might be others to help prevent a three-year appointment. 'Goodykoontz has been known as a controversial teacher for his sometimes bi zarre class presentations. No one denies that he spends enormous effort on his class room work. Even Harper ad mits this. ' The central issue "now both ering the students who tnet yesterday is not whether -Goodykoontz can be rehired. Goo dykoontz himself has stated that although he originally wanted very "much to stay, he no longer wishes to pursue it because of his falling out with department authorities. The issue now is whether or not the University, like Harper, should put publishing potential ahead of teaching ability in hiring professors. Harper has stated firmly that publishing is more important. 'Who Told You It Buckled In The Front?" V- " "V i-'V I nm 7i ' Ai'i'i'i'1"" m f . ' s n V v, x-- III" , J? A' ' " " - 1 " - - - - ' ' """ - - ' : ' V":-: r w;s;: v -.--I . x:- x:- . ::.v: :-: 5 3 H - , y rf "" 'it : .:v -Ufct s "4- 1 rr m ri The Vocal Group g Back jki beralisro ; iByBAVTOtlOTHMAN - y - . DTH Columnist Liberalism at UNC is being set back by -a '"-small but vocal group of students atnd faculty members. ' Viewing protest as an end in itself , they are doing a great disservice to the cause of progress within North Carolina and the Test of the South. They consider themselves enemies of the "'powers that be"; yet within their group exists an "establishment" as real as any in South Building or the Governor's mansion. By unspoken word they have created their own set of dogmas. Almost any left ist cause, however unjust, seems to enjoy the sympathy of at least some -members of this self-appointed -establishment. ; : Cine example of their "progressive' dogmatism would be the attack on the administration's Vietnamese policy. "End the war!" the stalwarts yell. Then, once they catch your ear, they admit they don't have a definite solution in mind. That, they say, should be left to the diplomats! Another, example might be the so-called free speech controversy. The University community has regularly registered its ob jections to the infamous Speaker Ban Law. Students and faculty alike have worked to strike it from the books. But are the pro gressive" dogmatists satisfied? : Certainly iiot. Restricted by their opin ions regarding the labor movement, the "progressive" dogmatists view as inevita ble a clash between the faculty and the dmmistretion or one between students and the administration. The AAUP, for in stance, is dubbed a "company union," and . the same term probably is applied to the Student Government. Class ' warfare, it seems, supposedly is Unavoidable, and the - - "progressive" dogmatists cannot appreci ate the administration's stand against the Speaker Ban Law. , " v Ironically, the Casual but ironclad ?disci ' pline within the ranks of the "progressive" dogmatists often fails to extend itself in a useful direction. UNC, -for instance, has only 84 Negro students," but how concerned are the "progressive" dogmatists? Obvi ously, they are somewhat concerned, but they are too busy worrying about Viet Nam and similar matters to attack this situa tion with the same vigor they use in de nouncing U. S. foreign policy In the news paper trade, their attitude would be tagged "Afghanistanism." - " ' - At UNC there are thousands of aro hna Gentlemen" who still carry the prej udices of their hometowns, even though they have lived three or more years in this "liberal" community. But what do the "activists" do? , They picket Vice President Hubert Humphrey; they slander President Johnson- they call - American fighting men 'murderers"; they denounce the "military industrial complex.- Then they wonder why their most important cause the South's progress in race relations is not given the careful attention it deserves. The answer, of course, is. that UNC stu dents have associated, the protestors radi cal stands on other issues with their su p port of integration. Thus, the "Damn it aiiT dogmatists lose one of then- few le gitimate battles: the fight for racial equality. He wants people who can "produce." Goodykoontz. has asked Har per if he might make a pres entation before the senior members of the department on this issue.-Harper has re fused on the grounds that whether or not he is hired should not be debated. I would agree. But the is sue is not whether he is hired. It is whether the Department of English, and to varying de grees other departments at UNC, should continue to put publication ahead of teaching. This is more than a Uni versity problem. It is national in scope. Departments give teachers who publish the ear ly raises and promotions be cause they know that these are the first to oe stolen by other ttniversities osut hunting talent. 'What's more, they don't evea base this on the quality of publications, "but on the "quantity. One high - ranking English professor published 19 articles in one year. We won der about the consistency of their quality and the amount of time spent that year' in the classroom. The racket is more pro nounced at other better-known In The Mailbox universities. But UNC, ? .. J especially its Department cf English, is fast joining the rat race. Rather than showing the individualism and leader ship it possessed ia the Gra ham era, it is jning tfe pack. All that is needed in lh country is one or two gaed universities who will proclaira their withdrawal from the senseless scramble. UNC with its prominent "position ia the educational "world could play a 'decisive part if it his the courage. And it will take substantial courage. Meanwhile students, who are here for education and stimulation, not 1o watch dust gather on insignificant and petty publishings, mast make their preferences known. They and their parents are paying for their education. Let them demand a good one. Let them make quite clear to the faculty and the admin istration, many of whom have a violent dislike for the pub lication racket, that they think teaching is more inaportart than publishing. They will have support if they would merely open their mouths. Perhaps yesterday's meet ing will give birth to such a voice. Mmdio Bill Pa Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: An open letter to the Student Legislature: Tonight the question of campus radio will come before you again. This topic has been discussed for more than a year. We of the 1965-66 Graham Memorial Ac tivities Board now support the immediate establishment of a campus radio board and the requisition of funds necessary to start and operate the station. Publicity alone would make the station worthwhile. GM's budget of $32,000 next year will be wasted unless the students on this campus are informed about, and par ticipate in, the sponsored activities. Cam pus radio on an AM-FM basis will provide a new means of comunication invaluable in publicizing these activities. ' Too, AM coverage of speakers, semi nars and performances could make avail able these activities to personsi who could, for some, reason, not attend the event. 'These reasons spill over into all other clubs and organizations on campus. Cov erage of campus news, broadcasting of election speeches, and legislative reports are all additional possibilities if the bill passes. The bill as it stands eliminates political control by parties. We urge you not to amend this bill pass it as it stands. A politically - oriented station would defeat its purpose. . Tonight, please keep in mind the above when you vote on this bill which could revolutionize eampus communication. On behalf of GMAB, may we urge you to vote "Yes." David Knesel GMAB publicity chairman Camilla Walters GMAB current affairs chairman or WMtewashin Viet Mistakes Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Michael Wiggin, in the May 1 DTH, said he would be overjoyed to see the people of Viet Nam left alone to decide how they would live. But he points out that there is evil, greed, and communism in the world, and so we have to stay and belp. However, if evil, greed and com munism exist in South Viet Nam, we " helped put them there. - Diem outlawed -all opposing political parties and forced them to go underground. The communists were then only one group among several in the opposition, the Na tional Liberation Front. Only after Ameri ca sent military aid to Diem did North Vietnamese enter South Viet Nam in any significant number. Thus we forced the popular South Vietnamese leaders into the hands of Hanoi's nationalistic Communism, not to be equated with Chinese or Soviet communism. The St. Louis Post Dispatch of April 7 contained these statements by Richard Dudman: "A recent official report from Saigon to Washington on the economic aid program was carefully edited before being sent off, to make the situation sound bet ter than it was. One of the deletions was a reference to corruption among Vietnamese officials and their frequent failure to win the good will of the people. Province chiefs sometimes have acted as agents for land lords in areas newly cleared of Viet Cong. The officials have moved in with the army and begun immediately to collect back rents that had been unpaid while the area was under guerrilla control." This leads one to wonder how many othar stories of "corruption among Viet namese officials" are deleted from Vict Nam reports and how many people in Vit Nam have joined or sided with the NLF because of the corruption? From a num ber of news items that have gotten through, terror and torture seem to be the main weapons of the South Vietnamese arm; while American "advisors" turn their heads. So, while evil, greed, and communism exist in South Viet Nam, we are doing our share to aid these, and negotiations with the NLF might help stay the tide by allowing a coalition to come into being, and taking away the "need" for evil, be fore the NLF accepts a sufficient amount of Chinese or Soviet aid to change the present character of the NLF. Wiggin continues: "The communists have made ft clear that they intend to do all they.canjto destroy our way of life and unite the world under communist rule." He concludes: "I like to dream too . . . but not at the expense of half a world of free people." If I thought for one minute that "he Vietnamese communists and ethers in the NLF were destroying "our way of life" and "half a world of free people," I thii-k 1 might agree with him, but there isn't anything like "our way of life" in South Viet Nam. The economy, superficially cap italistic, is like something out of the mid dle ages, with feudal-like landlords who demand high rent, medieval-like merchants (not necessarily the small ones) exacting high profits from our economic aid pro gram. . Neither group is checked by the kind of laws that characterize "our way of life." The NLF isn't interested in conquer ing "half a world of free people," but merely in gaining freedom from a military dictatorship for South Viet Nam. The "government" in Saigon is not in keeping with "our way 1 of life" or "freedom." It's controlled by the military, Le. it needs military approval to exist. There Tiave never been anything resem bling elections in that country and now that the NLF controls "more than half of South Viet Nam" (N.Y. Times, April 11), free elections may be impossible. Only by coming to terms with the NLF, and as suring them a voice in elections can that country ever approach anything like "our way of life." "It is a rare student of the South Vietnamese scene," a Wall Street Journal staff writer observed (April 7), "who doesn't believe that ultimately there will have to be some sort of reconcilia tion between the communist revolutionaries, deeply entrenched in the countryside, and the established political hierarchy in Sai gon as part of a broad program of politi cal reform." Wiggin asks: ShouId we be n moral and fair in a game that has no rules?" Why not? Thas the only time that mo rality and fairness count. That's the only time they show the true character of a person or a nation. Anyone can be moral or fair under social pressures. A person or nation of a character worth defending is moral and fair under any conditions. Peaceniks are in basic agreement with Wiggin's main values our way of life and freedom. Every day Students for a . Democratic Society is working hard to further these values to work for equal rights in citizenship, jobs, housing; to help landlords do their duty by their impover ished tenants; to curb unethical practices of businessmen; to preserve and strength en our Bill of Rights freedom of sp eech, freedom of the press, freedom of assem bly, etc. Let's work together for "cur way cf life" and "freedom." Constance Ray 202 E. Rosemary St.