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Page 2 Friday, May 7, 1965 t.-.xoe li II f Opinions of the Daily Tar Heel are expressed In its editor- ials. Letters and columns, covering a wide range of views, reflect the personal opinions of their authors. '". If ' T M -w-k -m.T A m W ords, Hut iN o Action Apparently The Daily Tar Heel spoke too soon in say ing the prospects of passage of Campus Radio legislation look good. - Student Body President Paul Dickson changed his mind a few days ago and decided to back immediate ac tion on the plans, but results are hard to see. He had pre viously supported a referendum for next fall to "sample student opinion" on the issue. There should be no uncertainty about The Daily Tar Heel's stand on this matter. But there are always those who need to have things spelled out, so we state plainly that we favor Campus Radio and we see.no legitimate excuse to delay it a year or two, possibly killing it in the process. A petition is reportedly being passed which states, "I don't know anything about Campus Radio. I want a refer endum." Why vote if you don't know anything about the issue? Most students already know as much as they ever will about the radio plans, no matter what kind of propa ganda campaign might be launched next year. A referendum is unnecessary; Fees will not be raised. An adequate Student Government budget surplus can be maintained, even with the expense of radio. Those who say "maybe the students want something else with this money" offer nothing but vague ideas in its place. Here is a concrete plan, well-made and with every assurance of offering the students a real service. It can be serving them within six months if action is taken now. It may never serve them if it is held back now. The University will not drop its support of the plans if they are delayed. But it is in a position now to offer im mense helb in setting ud the facilities. It mav not be able to maintain this position while student politicians bicker about petty details. f There is the real possibility that Federal Communica tion Commission rules will be changed during the months of bickering, and the license needed may not be obtainable, as it is now. Hearings could be held for years and a more sound plan for Campus Radio would probably not be found. Dick son says he is for it, but nothing has happened which in dicates he is doing anything about it: Perhaps he is play ing the role of Pontius Pilate now. The plan, whenever it is passed, is an almost sure success. How could it hurt Dick son if the project is dropped now, then "re-worked" next year by his pure "All Student Party" administration? Let's Play GTU There's a game being played in the General Assembly these days. It's called "Get the University." Anybody can play GTU, and usually aoes. It's a legislative game, and it is not a new one. How ever, it seems particularly popular now. Apparently there are no rules, except the players must be sure the University won't like what they do. Passing a speaker ban in the last General Assembly was a good way to play the game. Opposing amendment or repeal of the ban now is just as acceptable. The University wanted to keep a single identity, both in name and concept. The legislator who really knows how to play .GTU went along with the crowd and gave Consoli dated University officials a slap by voting for the name N. C. State University a while back. The GTU .game can be played with a great deal of enthusiasm and satisfaction by bouncing trustee selections around. In fact, many legislators are content to confine their participation in the activity to this area. But others, such as Sen. Frank Forsyth of Cherokee and Rep. Lacy Thornburg of Jackson, need more action. They have introduced legislation which would abolish the State Board of Higher Education. It seems the board might have been working against the speaker ban, so a little reprimand is certainly in order. Abolish the board, by all means. There are other ways to play GTU. Try to set up med ical schools at East Carolina College and Charlotte when the present facilities at the only state-supported medical school, in Chapel Hill, are in urgent need of expansion. Try to set up extended graduate schools at four col leges outside the University. Let East Carolina, Appalach ian State Teachers College, Western Carolina and North Carolina College have six-year certification programs. Get rid of the 1963 Higher Education Act which says the Uni versity is the only state-supported school which can offer the doctor's degree. Put it all together and GTU means Deconsolidation. Fortunately, not every legislator plays the game. If only the people of North Carolina would elect more of them. 1 1 1 1 m i r.? I i i 72 Years of Editorial Freedom The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, examination periods and vacations. Ernie McCrary, editor; Alike Yopp, associate editor; ? Kerry Sipe, managing editor; John Greenbacker, news . editor; Fred Thomas, copy editor; Mike Wiggin, night editor; Fred Seely, sports editor; Richard Smith, asst. sports editor; Andy Myers, John Jennrich, Mary Ellison Strother, Ernest RobI, Bob Wright, David Rothman, staff writers; Bill Lee Pete Cross, sports writers; Jock Lanterer, photographer; Chip Barnard, art editor; Becky Timberlake, 'secretary. Jack Harrington, business mgr.; Woody Sobol, advertising mgr.; Tom Clark, subscription mgr.; John Evans, circulation mgr 1 l i 1 I I t is II Second Class postage paid at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C Subscription rates: $4.50 per semester; $8 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all j local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news if dispatches. 1 "C 1 1 View From The Hill Sinister Plot Of S.O.&.T.E. By ARMISTEAD MAUPIN JR. DTH Columnist The most sinister archfiend: of; the cenr tury cleared his throat twice and raised a walkie-talkie to his bloated face. His cohorts called him Dr. No and the name was menacingly precise. He had been an Advisor in S.O.U.T.H. (Special Organiza tion for the Utilization of Terror and. Hatred) building for over 18 years. Advising,, however, was not his concern on this somber spring, afternoon in 1967. He was waiting for a call a very crucial call from a flunkie who possessed the other half of the walkie-talkie. When the machine hummed significantly, he turned the dial up several notches and: spoke with an unmistakable air of annoyance. "Radley, you toad, why haven't you called?" "Sorry, Doc. I had a little trouble find in' the joint." v. "You idiot! How could anyone overlook a hamburger stand. It's less than a mile from this very building . . . Where are you ' now, R3dley?" "Right across the street from the bur ger joint. It's just like you described it. Big glass windows and big hunks of con crete. Buncha kids runnin' around, and lotsa ..." "All right! All right! Keep quiet a min ute. I'm trying to think . . . Have you got the bomb?" "She's already planted, Doc. Weren't no trouble at all. I just walked right around back and nobody even . . ." "When is it set to go off?" "Coupla minutes. I'm in a safe place. That ugly ole shack'U go blooie in no time. And it's a good thing too, if you wanna know what I think. I think . . ." "Oh, keep quiet, Radley! How could you possibly comprehend the incalculable serv--ice I am rendering for S.O.U.T.H.. Build ing? Can you possibly understand what a blight that hamburger stand is what a sacrilege.it is to the traditional flavor of the University?" "You're right there, Doc. It sure ain't very traditional. All that glass and con crete and junk. You know what it looks like, Doc? It looks like a crummy ole or- ange crate!" "It's a public obscenity! Someday the administration will decorate me for this! What human being could conceivably con struct such a monstrosity next door to a . house of worship?" "Whatcha mean, Doc?'- "J.,. "The church, you toad! The Baptist Church!" , ' . ' . "There ain't no church, Doc." "What do you mean, there ain't no. church. Doc!!" "There just ain't no church next door; Now, there's that big ole Library with -the gray posts and the dome on top and . . ." "Oh, merciful heavens .. ." ". . . on the other side there's that dinin' hall where the kids go to eat called Leenore or somethin' ... "Please, no! Oh, please, please, no . . V" Dr. No already knew what had hap pened when the deafening explosion split the tranquil afternoon. He wasn't looking, though, . when a smoke cloud of Williamsburg pink hovered over the crater that seconds before had been called the Frank Porter Graham Stu dent Union. Dixie Politics! Time Of Change? In The New York Times Sen. Olin Johnston of South Carolina, who died recently, could have reasonably been described as an old-fashioned figure or as a forerunner of the coming trend in Southern politics, for he was both. In one guise he was a throwback to the Populist politics of the 1890's. He was a champion of the working man and the small farmer, of the poor folks against the rich. But as the Negro vote has grown in South Carolina in the past 15 years, he also mastered the double-talk and the under ground lines of communication which en able some Southern Democrats to mouth the phrases of white supremacy while cov ertly appealing to the Negroes. The national Democratic Party, under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, has in fact placed its bet for the future on the calculation that out of the present politi cal flux in the South a new majority co alition of whites and Negroes based on economic interests will emerge. Sen. John ston sensed this trend. The chief opponent of this approach whithin the Democratic Party has been Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, who has been ill for some months -and whose retirement next year is now widely expect ed. For 20 years Russell has- been the brains of the Southern bloc in the Senate. Under his leadership the members of this bloc have fought a stubborn but losing rear-guard action against civil rights legis lation. The probable future course of the Dem ocrats in the South seems clear. la most states they are likely to follow the path of Sen. Johnston we hope with decreasing demagoguery and increasing candor and not the path of Sen. Russell. The big ques tion concerns Republican strategy. Will the party of Lincoln resume competition for Negro voters or cling, to the. Goldwater strategy of alliance with the lily-white conservatives?. "A Great Teacher; Too Bad He Didn't Publish." rT-nii uinmlii.t.iw. . wj'uiuinny.juiii n r ... j ' - iSj:;5p';f,S:fx 'i-'&:;:'':&t'i&.?;. '''Ai-'-9'.'.-: :-'v--:-..y-v-'""Svv-" "'v;,;..;i. " n ir- " r,.$'Z - .-O-.; (h) ! lltMU4KLj$Stflvf' - 4 v Ji In The Mailbox here Are All The Stars? Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: I read your editorial on the great suc cess of Jubilee. As far as anyone I know is ;concerned, the only success was that of the good crowd behavior. The show was a typical Graham Memorial production, noth ing very exciting. Perusing through the old. GM calendars, which by the way always feature not very exciting girls, I noted the GM lineup for the past : year. We have had undoubtedly the worst array of "stars" of any large university. As a friend said to me, "Entertainers?- like these appear at Campbell College.'' - V " :'-;.'V- ' : : '." If -you don't recall the great talent we've had this : year, let me. refresh your mem ory. Folksinger Odetta led off the GM pro gram; that was nice. From there we went to see Max Morath and his rag band; oh, goodyl Jaz2man Paul Winter came too, but only ardent jazz fans knew who he was. Jose Molinas brought his Spanish tap dance team; this was a great place for them. Peter Nero played nice ' nightclub mus ic, but having to sit in an auditorium with 1,400 people seemed to take some of the polish off his act. Oh, yes. Eugene Istomin came, I think, whoever he was. Beyond the Fringe was good, but still nothing to write home about. Leon Bibb was squelched by an early Easter vacation. And then the boys from Talent, Inc., pulled a favorite trick of theirs and had the Serendipity Singers, Again. GM.has a bad habit of having, the same group year after year. They did it with the Chad Mitch ell Trio and again with the Four Preps. What's the matter, aren't there enough oth er good acts around? Hasn't anyone at GM ever heard ; of some famous entertainers, you know, the kind they have at those second rate schools east of here. The Smothers Brothers, Bob Hope, Stan Getz these are entertainers, not the amateurs this place has. I hereby make an all out plea for some one to get busy at GM and line up some decent entertainment for the coming year. With ' Carmichael. Auditorium, GM could charge 50 cents or $1 and still get someone worth seeing, not the Ted Mack shows they have put on in the past. The people at GM will probably say that their concerts are usually sold out or close to it. This may be true, but that's only because the students are starved for any type of entertainment. GM seems to be con tent wallowing in its mediocre successes, rather than really giving the students some thing for their money. . Before I sign off, let me make one last observation. As far as I can remember, the Jammers combo is the only one that has played at the Entertainment Capital all year I realize that those sly business men at GM are getting a real deal by sign ng a combo for 20 straight appearances, but again I believe there are other decent groups to be had (no plug intended). It's about time we started getting our money's worth; we certainly didn't this year. -BobPayton 212 Teague. Love And Hate Editors.The Daily Tar Heel: In your past few issues people from Humohrey on down are making "radical" Sem'onymous with "hate" Dictn aryefStions say radical means root and thus a radical seeks to get to the very root of or problems, reexamining the prm drie? upon which our society is based, reag its fundamental truths, shuck. ane, fairing. Jane Stembridge, one of the founders, of SNCC said it first: "Love alone is radical." , Carol Schmidt 326 Kenan Faith Restored Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: One night earlier this week I discovered that my billfold was missing. After search ing for an hour with no results, I returned to my residence hall and found a note on my door. A boy who did not leave his name had found the billfold and had left instructions as to where I could pick it up the next day. I had cashed a check the previous day, and I was very glad to find my ID, other important papers and the money exactly as I had left them. I thank this boy both for returning my billfold and for reaffirm ing my faith in the Carolina Gentleman. Bill Bowman 509 Ehringhaus Adds Protest Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: My congratulations and my gratitude to R. Lee Woodward for his comments on the ' implications of the new U. S. intervention in the Dominican Republic. Not being a new experience for them, we can only hope that this time it will take them less than the 30 years it took them before to overcome the negative re sults of the last Marine intervention. I would like to -add my protest and to encourage other students to express their solidarity to our brothers in the unfortu nate island. Alvaro Saborio 401 Connor Goodykoontz f - r n -f - . Support Given Faculty Position By JOHN II. JENNRICH DTH Staff Writer There are a number of reasons why a university could legitimately refuse to re new the contract of one of its members. A university must consider these rea sons, and how they may worsen over a period of years, before offering tenure to a faculty member. Once given tenure, a fac ulty member cannot be dismissed at any time in the future except. for moral turpi tude. 6 Just like pregnancy, there is no such thing as a little bit of tenure. A professor either has it, or he hasn't. Under normal circumstances, a freshman faculty mem ber can expect to be granted tenure, if he is to be granted it at all, within three to five ye3rs after he begins teaching. But the length of this testing period varies greatly. The point at which tenure is granted is crucial, both to the man involved and to the university. For the man, it means em ployment in his chosen profession for as long as he wants to work. He has passed his testing period and is welcomed as a full member of the academic community. For the university, it means that it has chosen a professor who will teach its stu dents and represent its faculty for many years to come. It means the university, on the basis of only a few years association, has put its faith in ths future of that fac ulty member. This decision by the university is a dif ficult one. But because professors want tenure, the situation exists. And professors want a fairly short testing period, even though it makes more difficult any deci sion which must remain unchanged for many years. Two8 years ago Dr. William F. Goody koontz came to UNC. He had taught at Davidson University; and before that he taught at the University of Kentucky. He was hired on a one-year contract as a lecturer in the Department of English. During the past two years, Goodykoontz has attracted the almost fanatical admira tion of a few students. But many other students have a considerably different opin ion of him. However, the reason Goodykoontz is not being rehired is because he has not made a favorable impression on his colleagues in the Department of English. This unfa vorable atmosphere may have foundation in a great variety of reasons, including his failure to publish. The emphasis on faculty approval is as it should be. Students are ephemeral crea tures. Few, if any, care about What will happen to the University after they leave. But the faculty, with its tenure, will be here for many years. They are concerned about the University 10 years from now be cause it will affect them personally. They are concerned with faculty growth and bet terment because it will affect them pro fessionally and personally. Goodykoontz won't be here next year. But "publish or perish" is not the only reason. There are too many other profes sors still on campus who have either not published at all or not published anything of significance in their field. In the eyes of the faculty, Goodykoontz would not have mads a contribution sig nificant enough to warrant rehiring him and eventually giving him tenure. His faults simply outweighed his merits. It was their decision. They are the peo ple best able to judge their colleagues. Robert Field A Sample Of His Vf or Is Lamont Poetry Prizewinner Edward Field will speak at 7:30 tonight in Gerrard HalL This poem is reprinted from Field's book "Stand Up, Friend, With Me" (Grove Press, Inc. 1961). It was, selected by members of the Department of English as representative of Field's Work. UNWANTED The poster with my picture on it Is hanging on the bulletin board in the Post Office. I stand by it hoping to be recognized Posing first full face and then profile But everybody passes by and I have to admit The photograph was taken some years ago. I was unwanted then and I'm unwanted now Ah guess ah'll go up echo mountain and crah. I wish someone would find my fingerprints somewhere Maybe on a corpse and say, You're it. Description: Male, or reasonably so White, but not lily-white and usually deep-red Thirty-fivish, and looks it lately Five-feet-nine and one-hundred-thirty pounds: no physique Black b3ir going gray, hairline receding fast What used to be curly, now fuzzy. Brown eyes starey under beetling brow Mole on chin, probably will become a wen It is perfectly obvious that he was not popular at school No good at baseball, and wet his' bed. His aliases tell his history: DumbeH, Good-for-nothing, Jewboy, Fieldinsky, Skinny, Fierce Face, Greaseball, Sissy. Warning: This man is not dangerous, answers to any name Responds to love, don't call.bim or he will come.
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