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Tuesday, October 26. 1965 Mike Jennings (51) Daily (Tar ISjittl Another Chapter In The Life Of Alberta, The UNC Patriot Opinions or the Daily Tar Heel are expressed in its Si editorials. Letters and columns, covering a wide range S of views, reflect the personal opinions of their authors. S: ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR JACK HARRINGTON. BUSINESS MANAGFR - Page 2 Take Care Of Yourself 'Tis a sad tale, but true, dear readers. In the hope that it will serve as a warning to any of you who might tend to be careless about your health, I relate this Saga of the Infirmary. It was two weeks ago today. For a couple days I had been fighting the Battle of the Strange Ailment Which Gives You That Rundown Feeling more or less successfully with a generous supply of aspirin. Sud denly, I didn't feel bad I felt terrible. A midnight trip to the infirmary "for some pills to tide me over" brought about this scene: "I don't care what you've got to do tomorrow. If I let you walk out of here with a 103-degree tempera ture, I wouldn't have a job any longer," the nurse said. "By the way, you havp a very good paper this year." "That won't work," I said, still unconvinced that my place in life should be a bed on the third floor of the infirmary. Finally a doctor came around to check. He probed, thumped, listened and looked. "Hmmm. I think you're taking pneumonia." "I'll stay." Two days later, another doctor told me what I really had was mononucleosis, glandular fever and ctrpn throat. "But I wouldn't worry. The mortality rate is very low." Another doctor modified this somewhat when he later said, "I never heard of anybody who died from it, anyway." Be that as it may, the patient's reaction is that he is first afraid he'll die, then afraid he won't. On the fifth day a meal finally stayed down, and the road to recovery which they say is a pretty long one was finally in sight. Mono is a strange critter among diseases. Doc tors say they aren't exactly sure where it comes from or where it goes. There is no real medical treatment for it. Some irreverent scalawags call it "the kissing disease," but more scientific research must be done to substantiate their claims that the disease is trans mitted only by kissing. I've been told that overwork can cause the mal ady, too, so I'll assume that was my downfall. But now that I think about it, she did say she thought she had mono. But I didn't believe her. Be vigilant, my friends. Stay healthy. And send your requests for sanitary surgical masks to me, at the infirmary. Please enclose $1 The Dragon And The Ban They were warned that something awful might happen to them, but surely they didn't expect any thing like this. When leading non-spokesmen for the Ku Klux Klan including our own Grand Dragon James Rob ert Jones of Granite Quarry refused to answer questions last week before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Chairman Edwin E. Willis warned them of possible grave consequences. "I think you may be in worse trouble than a mere citation for contempt," he said. Already his prophecy is coming true. Jones just might have slipped his red neck into the speak er ban noose. The law bans speakers from campuses if they have pleaded the Fifth Amendment in loyalty cases. Jones has been invited to speak to a YMCA group at N. C. State on Nov. 22 and President William C. Fri day has dsked Attorney General Wade Bruton if Jones, because of his actions in Washington, is cov ered by the ban. Bruton said yesterday he had got a copy of the law and would render his decision as soon as he can research the case. We're glad to hear that he is getting around to studying the speaker ban law, and we trust that he will rule that Jones is eligible to speak. The speaker ban is troublesome enough without extending it and stretching it to ridiculous lengths. If Jones is man enough, by all means let him speak to the group. They might not have any burn ing crosses, but we'll guarantee those folks at State will give him a hot time. 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. Second class postage paid at the post office in Chapel Hill. N. C 27514. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semester; $8 per year. Send change of address to The DaUy Tar Heel, Box 1080. Chapel Hfll. N. C. 27514. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all local news printed in this newspaper as well as all ap news dispatches. WWfCCiU 1 William Otis Conservative. Defends Maupin And Claims Campus Consensus Although some persons seem unable to understand even the most lucid exposition, let me borrow a pattern seen frequently on the editorial page in recent days, add a little new substance and see if somehow this might allow a bit of enlightenment to penetrate what seems to be thoroughly en crusted righteousness: Most Carolina students think the Depart ment of Political Science is an odious organ ization. We disagree. Odorous is a better word. This august assemblage has made many intellecutal and artistic contributions to the campus of the University. With increasing frequency it has graced the campus with its disposition to villify persons and con victions with which it disagrees. Its enthusiasm has not stopped there. In past months it has shown its construc tive dedication by the bald indoctrination of unsuspecting students, and by abuse of the advantaged position its faculty enjovs. But we've got to admit it. Up unti Thursday, it was a pretty funny crew. At that time, Alden E. Lind, of "People Like You Come Only From The Political Science Department" announced the man ner in which he hopes the student body will view Armistead Maupin, who as of late has lent his considerable literary tal ent to the pages of The Daily Tar Heel. On Oct. 21 Lind urged all readers of the DTH to forego rational thought and swal low his snapping soup instead. This effort is in conjunction with a campus-wide cam paign to "sell" students on the idea that American military opposition to the Viet Cong is in reality a plot hatched by the capitalist war machine. On this occasion uncivil slander and forensic "demonstra tions" were to be seen in the pages of the DTH. Political science scholar Lind pointed out quite clearly why he had chosen this technique to defame Maupin. "People would search for a rational ar gument in our letter, and, finding none, they would doubt the sagacity of our words. And even if they found one, they wouldn't understand it." He's quite right. They wouldn't under stand it. They wouldn't understand why some American students seek to revile those men who daily sacrifice their lives in a for eign land to preserve for others the very freedoms they so haphazardly abuse. They wouldn't understand how even the most stultifying element of the campus could find the stomach to direct its fatuous fa naticism against students who support those seeking to prevent the imposition of serfdom on the peoples of South Viet Nam. They wouldn't understand why you cloak your disdain for the American servicemen in a sham of concern for human life. They wouldn't understand how you have pervert ed the exercise of responsible citizenship into a cabal against those more concerned with the preservation of liberty than the oxidation of draft cards. No, they wouldn't understand at all. So, it seems, Lind settled on his defam atory letter idea. He decided to ask people to erode their convictions as responsible citizens, to deny their dedication and unity in the face of the enemy, and surrender to him the obligations of concerned citizen ship, j The political science department . niusti have realized that no one objects to f 'con cerned citizenship." No one could tolerate the sight of that which the political science department might be able to successfully portray as apathetic. Some of us, however, grow a little ner vous when such persons as Alden Lind be come the judge of what constitutes con cerned citizenship and what does not. It is a well known fact that there exists organizations through which campus radi cals can pledge aid both personal and financial to the forces of those who revile persons whose right -of- center political con victions differ from their own. The possibil ity that members of the political science department might directly be furnishing similar aid has ramifications both repulsive and frightening. Lind is aware that the consensus on this campus is substantially different from his own views. We think it would be a healthy idea for him to avail himself of some con trary opinion so that he might dissolve, if only momentarily, the encrustation of his mind. Just don't get too close to an opposing belief, Mr. Lind, lest the next time you get apoplexy. LETTERS The Daily Tar Heel welcomes letters to the editor on any subject, particularly on matters of local or University inter est. Letters must be typed, double spaced and must include the name and address of the author or authors. Names will not be omitted in publication. Let ters should be kept as brief as possible. The DTH reserves the right to edit for length or libel. I was strolling past the Planetarium, eat ing a Snickers, when Alberta the St. Ber nard came loping past me from behind. She had a rolled sheet of paper between her teeth. "Whoa, Alberta," I said. She came to a halt and turned around. When she recognized me she dropped the roll of paper, which was tied with a pink ribbon, between her paws. "Hello," she said. She was panting heavily. "Where are you going with that?" "I'm taking it to the Student Govern ment office. It's a petition." "For what?" With as much gravity as she could muster, Alberta said, "For the preserva tion of respect for the worth of every liv ing being." "Oh," I said. "I guess I'm for that. Want me to sign?" "It's your patriotic duty to sign." I carefully put my Snickers in my coat pocket. Then I picked up and untied the petition. I began unrolling it from the top. The resolution read: The undersigned agree that Mortimer Grinkley, human student, should be hung Dy the thumbs for three hours as punish ment for kicking Butch, collie, in the ribs on August 10. I unrolled the petition to its full length. Below the resolution were hundreds of paw prints and four signatures. Each signature had "esq, ASPCA" after the name. "Albert"," I said, "what does this have to do with the preservation of respect for David Rothman the worth of " -Everything," Alberta burst in. "Just everything." Alberta came up next to myV feet, sat down, and looked earnestly at me. : "Don't you see the damage this incident-" could cause? Such a mockery of decency ; could damage the reputation of the Univer- . sity. It reflects on our moral values, our laws, our great institutions. How could any of us retain our faith in ourselves and in our leaders if this injustice were not right ed? What will our children say of us when they learn of our shame? How can our sys tem survive such ignominy?" With one paw raised and her tail twitch ing furiously, Alberta bellowed, "Why, this outrage strikes at the very roots of our -civilization!" Before making a reply I allowed Alberta to calm down. Finally I said, "Alberta, I have no doubt of your sincerity. But one thing strikes me as odd." "What's that?" "How do you explain the fact that there are hundreds of paw prints on this petition and only four human signatures?" "Dogs have more moral consciousness in matters like this." "It has nothing at all to do, then, with the fact that it was a dog that happened to be kicked?" "Nothing at all." "I see." I rolled up the petition without signing it, tied it with the pink ribbon, and handed it back to Alberta. She left in a huff. I plunged my hands into my coat pockets as I turned away. My right hand squashed the Snickers all over my pocket. Jerkeley ROTC Criticized For Upholding The Draft Koob Egdelwonk, the nonconformist at the University of Jerkeley, finally decided to go through with his "soupfast" on behalf of Radio Free Europe. But he made up his mind not to join the Marines; after being ; blasted in the Daily Cowliforhian, Berkeley's student 1 pa per. During this period, a major student gov ernment party apologized to the Free Speech Movement for the behavior of 18 Jerkeley students who had motored 150 miles to an Army post to enlist. Sponsored by the campus ROTC, the trip drew this reaction from the political party: "We view with concern the abhorent and disruptive practices which the ROTC has used in protesting the policies of the Viet Nam Day Committee and the Free Speech Movement. "We are especially alarmed by the full effectiveness of the ROTC's efforts to up hold the Selective Service system. "We likewsie criticize the ROfC for its attempt to link our University with God, Mother and the Flag. "We believe the overwhelming majority of the Jerkeley student body holds in con tempt the seemingly patriotic and anti-communist policies ot this organization. Copies of the statement were sent to the Student Peace Union, Students for a Demo cratic Society and the W. E. B. Dubois Club of America. Speaking on the Jerkeley campus, Oleo Daddio blasted a special youth leadership school established by the Young Republi cans. "Already this fall," Daddio said, "there are signs that this training has begun to bear fruit in the form ot defiant protest against anarchy and pacifism." Daddio described the Young Republican clubs as "an illegitimate spawn conceived by Young Americans tor Freedom and nur tured by a trusted ban of youth! ui advo cates to the cause of patriotism and the U. S. Constitution. "The Young Republicans," Daddio con tinued, "stand in the toretront ot the cam paign to confuse the mind, distort the thinKing and make our college youth loyal Americans." Commenting on the ROTC, a prominent national columnist wrote: "Students who honestly want to get drafted are being confused with those wish ing to serve . their country. - "In my opinion, we should face up to . the fact that not every college-age youth wants to do the right thing and become a draft dodger. "Let's be realistic let's realize that not everybody's interested in filling out a conscientious objector's form. "As for those demostrations by ROTC groups across the nation I am worried they will convince the communists the United States actually wants to stay in . Viet Nam. "Not surprisingly, this is creating an ugly atmosphere in Washington. Indeed, I think it is time for Sen. Wayne Morse to dig up the ROTC movement and grind it to bits." Draft Card Death Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Under present Federal Law the penal ties that can be imposed on a person who ills another to prevent him from exercis ing his civil rights are a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 10 years, or both. In the case of a person who burns his draft card (if we may assume that such act may proceed from a conscientious objection to killing) the penalties are a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both. Granted that no valid conclusions can be reached by mere juxtaposition, the fact that it can be made in regard to the above strikes me as an odd commentary on our society and times. Richard French 105 Johnson St. tr: iu must 6t discouraged IfJ 5fVTA TMAtf M fy). NJELL, LET'S FACE IT. SWTA CLMS MAS map IM06E WtUClTY. Bor feme number tm?, fa JAVA UL. STr SJ '7
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