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Page 2 Sunday, November 21, 1965 Walking Papers David Rotliman Sip iailg war Opinion of the Daily Tar Heel are expressed in its editorials. Letters and columns, covering a wide range of views, reflect the personal opinions of their authors. ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR Here We Go Again What next? The University has hardly got out from under a crisis which threatened its integrity and already an other timebomb is being set which could seriously damage its competence. Dr. Leo Jenkins, president of East Carolina Col lege, has demanded that ECC be made an autonomous university, despite a state law which says, "The Uni versity of North Carolina shall consist of one univer sity and the only university primarily dependent for its support on the state of North Carolina." At a speech in Raleigh Friday Jenkins said, "Since the eastern university should be a whole uni versity equipped to offer a whole university program, it should continue to operate as a separate unit rath er than as a branch" of UNC. "There would be no advantage in bringing the eastern university under the administrative umbrella of the Consolidated University," he said. Gov. Dan K. Moore has said that Jenkins' propos al "deserves careful consideration," but he stood by his remarks to the General Assembly last February when he said, "I am convinced of the value of the one-university concept and I will vigorously oppose any effort to deprive this state of the positive bene fits of consolidation." Ignoring this, and failing to consult his own board of trustees or the state Board of Higher Education, Jenkins has blithely called for the destruction of our single university system. He told reporters after his speech that he would keep ECC as a college rather than let it be taken in as a fifth branch of the University. His avowed intent is to provide the eastern part of the state with a strong university which will help overcome the "neglect" which the east has suffered. "The real handicap confronting the development of eastern North Carolina is that no centrally directed effort to develop the region has been made which is comparable to that effort made by the universities for the Piedmont area," Jenkins said. Regardless of the nobility of his purpose, the es tablishment of another university would have at least one debilitating effect competition for funds. In a state striving for first place in education with a per capita income near last place, there is no room for financial waste. The amount of money avail able for education is limited, with all schools sharing fromthepool. 'J. Jenkins admitted, "Those who support this change to a university would be less than candid if they did not state at the outset that there would be some ad ditional expense." This is at least an accurate understatement. "Let us not be frightened with the words duplica tion and competition," he said. We think he ought to be. The Chapel Hill branch of the University would be the one most involved in this duplication and com petition because the kind of school Jenkins envisions resembles ours more than any other branch. ECC has already tried to establish a two-year medical school and Jenkins says he would like to grant doctoral degrees in American history and bi ology now. The question appears to be a choice between quan tity or quality. If UNC is forced to compete with an Eastern Carolina University for funds to carry on the same type of programs now in existence here, neither will ever be able to achieve its fullest potential. There is merit to Jenkins' contention that the east needs more educational opportunity but he seems to be talking off the top of his head now. George Watts Hill Jr., chairman of the Board of Higher Education has promised to fully investigate the need for another university if Jenkins submits a request for a change in ECC's status. A better case for both sides can be presented after such a study is made. Name change, trustee representation, Board of Higher Education abolishment, another medical school, speaker ban . . . The University's troubles seem to never end Does somebody plan it that way? Stye laxly ar 72 Years of Editorial Freedom The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication ! : :jj the University of North Carolina and is published by :: & sUidents daily except Mondays, examination periods and x ijij vacations. :: Ernie McCrary, editor; John Jennrich, associate editor; Barry Jacobs, managing editor; Fred Thomas, news editor, Pat Stith, sports editor; Gene Rector, asst. sports g editor; Kerry Sipe, night editor; Ernest Robl, photograph- : er; Chip Barnard, editorial cartoonist; John Greenbacker, ; political writer; Ed Freakley, Andy Myers, Lynne Harvel, j:j X; Lynne Sizemore, David Rothman, Ray Linville, staff j:j :: writers; Jack Harrington, bus. mgr.; Tom Clark, asst. bos. $: ji; mgr.; Woody Sobol, ad. mgr. :5 Second class postage paid at the post office in Chapel :j: & Hill, N. C. 27514. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semester; g S $8 per year. Send change of address to The Daily Tar x ;: Heel. Box 1080, Chapel HOI, N. C 27514. Printed by the g :5 Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc. The Associated Press is g entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all g local news printed in this newspaper as well as ail ap g : news dispatches. : Ramnapping Is Now 'In' After Hameses Swiped JERKELEY, Calif. Ram stealing is now quite "In" at the University of Jerke ley, but the thieves aren't going to get very far if they try it again. Here's what Jerkeley did to solve the problem after pranksters from Duke For est College stole Hameses, Jerkeley's prize mascot: Immediately, students, faculty and ad ministration called for the construction of a fortified "D" zone ringing the animal's farm. B-52 bombers from Guam blasted the Duke Forest campus day and night, draw ing anti-aircraft fire from Bowwoman-Or-ange Stadium. Then, a Special Forces detachment par achuted to the scene and began laying out sandbags. Infra-red equipment scanned the area looking for hot rod exhausts. Anti-personnel traps were strung up at strategic points to catch motorcyclists try ing to enter a parking lot near Jerkeley's stadium on football weekends. The traps were at chest level. The soldiers had considered installing sound detection gear to listen for the cycles, but after their first encounter with the foe, this precaution was regarded as unneces sary. Losses were heavy, but many of the enemy were later seen with twin holes in their stomachs spaced about as far apart as the distance between two horns on a ram. It has been hoped that the more en thusiastic fighters could be restrained with barbed wire. Meanwhile, a special propaganda war fare team was hard at work convincing the Duke Forest Heathens that Hameses was indeed a devil. Jerkeley's dean of men expressed shock that student activists were eating their . draft cards. One of the protestors, asked to comment on his arrest, said: "I am very disturbed by this denial of my basic human rights. Dissent is an en tirely American tradition. Besides, draft cards, are what I normally eat for desert." Other protestors wondered whether butt ing was contrary to the provisions of the Geneva Convention. "At any rate," a student commented, "we must be careful not to do too much butting north of the stadium lest Red China enter the war." In Washigton, the Selective Service wondered how to distinguish between friend and foe on the Jerkeley campus. Both wore beards. At Jerkeley itself, members to the ROTC, together with pretty coeds, were collecting supplies for the fighters, who missed the luxuries of home, including Kentucky blue grass. Three Duke Forest students, meantime, felt pretty embarrassed after stealing Hameses VII instead of Hameses VIII, the present mascot. Asked to comment on the situation, Hameses VIII's only comment was: "Bah!" Letters To The Editor Residence Halls Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: On Monday, Nov. 22, 1965, a referendum will be held in which residence hall men will decide whether or not to okay a $3.20 increase per semester in their room rents. The $3.20 would be used as follows: a. $2 for Residence College Fund b. $1 for Residence Hall Fund , c. $.2a : for IntramuraVr Manager's Fund" We now ' ha ve'a "chance to go on a self supporting basis in which we can spend our own money as we ourselves (you and I) so desire. Morehead College, through a spe cial bill, received $1,100 for this semester's operations from the Student Legislature. Student Legislature has passed a resolution to the effect that such an appropriation cannot be made again because of limited finances. Thus a vote not cast for the ref erendum is a vote against residence col leges. Simply, we cannot maintain resi dence colleges, much less expand them, unless the referendum passes. Fraternities pay from $15 to $20 per month just as a social fee. The referen dum's $3.20 increase plus the present $1.80 residence hall fee is $5 for the whole se mester. This covers not only socials but academic programs, intramurals, newspa pers, publicity, administration and special projects and programs. The passing of this referendum would set the stage for a new era in residence hall living. The concept of the dorm only as a four-walled place to sleep would be dead, and activity, "things-a-going-on," a place where you would like to live be comes a reality. But it also means respon sibility and increased participation. The $2 per man for residence college would give Morehead College about a $1,200 budget per semester. This necessitates capable and dedicated leadership, and also a respons ive and enthusiastic student body. We urge you to respond, participate, offer sugges tions and constructive criticisms, and to send the best qualified men to college and house offices. Talk to your house president and floor senator they will be glad to explain the details of the referendum. Presidents, sena tors and officers of Morehead College have signed a resolution wholeheartedly support ing the referendum. The referendum must pass in all men's residence halls and not just ours. Thus we need as near a unanimous vote as possible in favor of the referendum to help sway the rest of campus. For these and other reasons I urge you all to vote yes on the Nov. 22 referendum. Tim Haithcock Governor, MoPfead College Music Award Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: May I make the following nomination for a DTH Award for Music Scorer of the Week: The UNC Glee Men, who added much to the beauty of the service at the new Wesley Foundation building last Sun day with their two excellent numbers and this from an all-Freshman group with only six weeks of practice. Mrs. Donald Hayman 1038 Highland Woods The Daily Tar Heel welcomes letters to the editor on any subject, particularly on matters of local or University interest. Letters must be typed (preferably double or triple spaced) and must include the name and address of the author or authors. Names will not be omitted in publi cation. Letters should be kept as brief as possible. The DTH reserves the right to edit for length or libel. Wrong Room Editor. The Daily Tar Heel: Nature called on a friend of mine (who prefers to remain anonymous) and he , , quickly responded and went into one of Lenoir Hall's rest rooms. As he sat there "meditating," he noticed two dainty little feet stop in front of the booth. Those dainty little feet quickly turned around and ran out. A scream was not heard. My friend left the rest room in a big hustle; a burst of laughter greeted my red-faced friend as he came out of the door which was not so clearly marked "WOMEN." He later stated that he was "kinda embarrassed." How 'bout some new signs? They would help the person who is always in a hurry. P. S. If those were your dainty little feet, please get the word out that this is not a joke. Johnny Martin 306 Manly U.S. Commitment Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Former President Eisenhower, in a speech to the governors' conference, Seat tle, Wash., Aug. 4, 1953, said: "Let us as sume we lose Indo-China ... the peninsula, the last bit of land hanging on down there, would be scarcely defensible . . . the tin and tungston we so greatly value from that area would cease coming." (N. Y. Times, Aug. 5, 1953). We all know, however, that the U. S. is fighting in Viet Nam now because our gov ernment must honor its long-standing com mitments to Saigon in defense of the free dom of the Vietnamese people from Com munist aggression. We of course assumed that president Johnson would have "rea soned together" with Eisenhower and made sure he understood that, while such state ments as the one 'above might have been permissible twelve years ago, today our government's stand demands everyone's unconditional support, and therefore any remarks which would cast any doubt what soever upon our officially stated position on Viet Nam would be aiding the Communists. But just a few months ago Eisenhower denied that while President he had made any military commitment to Saigon what soever! (N. y. Times, Aug. 18, 1965). Has President Johnson failed to discuss these vital matters with former president Eisenhower, and therefore not acted in the national interest? Or was Robert Welsh, acute conservative alumnus of U.N.C., more than just politically right when he accused Eisenhower of being a communist due? WTho is covering up? Do not, by any means, have David Rothman follow up this lead". The impres sive capacity of his adept, agile, unbiased brain for penetrating examination of facts from all sides of an issue, critical analysis of all basic assumptions, and keen percep tion of the significant factors involved, com bined with deep sensitivity for the individu al and profound compassion for humanity would result in the unearthing of too many other involved issues, and therefore would cause the government great concern since matters of national security are at stake. For, once onto a story, could even Presi dent Johnson hope to persuade him that his undying quest for Truth might be Un American? Pete Campbell 413 Patterson Place Legislative Study Editor, The. Daily Tar Heel: v In response to various distortions of truth that have reached me in the last few days, I would like to clarify the purpose for which the investigative committee was formed in Student Legislature. When Student Legislature appropriated funds to Scott, Morehead and Morrison Residence Colleges, it was assumed that the governments of these areas were re sponsible and that the leaders were capa ble of handling the funds to the benefit of all of the residents of their college. Student Legislature saw a definite need for emer gency funds in these areas and felt that it should help the residence college system through these appropriations. However, recently an incident in one of these residence colleges has caused serious doubt as to the discretion and responsibil ity of its leadership. One would question the ability of a governmental system hav ing such leaders to distribute wisely funds given by Student Legislature. It is the purpose of this committee to assure itself and Student Legislature that Morrison Residence College has a mature and responsible governmental system to ad minister the funds appropriated by Student Legislature. This is the sole purpose for which the committee was appointed: that it should make certain that if the leadership in Morrison Residence College has been ir responsible in its alleged acts of indescre tion that action by the duly constituted stu dent authorities should be encouraged by the committee to correct the situation. As soon as the matter has been correct ed, following action by the Men's Honor Council, we will report our recommenda tions to the Student Legislature. Henry Skinner, Chairman Legislative Committee Studying Morrison College guilty of misrepresentation and are putting themselves up for libel. Why do I say this? A distinction can, without much difficul ty, be made between the means and the ends or DurDoses to which these means are directed. One end can be accomplished by many different means, with each means having its own logic and philosophy. When placing different means before judgment, different conclusions can be reached. An exaggerated example can be posited in the pursuit of world peace. In achieving this end, various means can be used. One could destroy all agitators and dissentors, or one could convince all to cease disputing. Ob viously different judgments can be placed on these two means, even with one being ' called tgoqd'and the other" 'evil.! 'Both of these judgments can be made without even taking into consideration a judgment on the end to which these various means are posited. To judge on the end is another task. Thus one can be presented with a means and an end and come up with two differ ing judgments concerning them. Using our example, say the proposition was made that in order to preserve peace (the end), all dissentors would have to be killed (the means). One could very easily pass a posi tive judgement on one and a negative judg ment on the other. This sort of analysis can be applied to the Vietgram. If one would read the tele gram, he would see that what the signers are expressing their gratitude to are the American servicemen's "sacrifice and serv ice." Gratitude is not expressed to the Army as a whole, but only to certain mem bers of the Army; not to the position (po litical position) of the Army or country, but the means, the American servicemen's sac rifice and service, to uphold the end. No where is. it stated that gratitude is expressed to the end, to the purpose, to the reason for these servicemen's sacrivice and service. In The Daily Tar Heel, the ends are mentioned as that to which the grati tude is expressed. I ask from where do they derive this understanding? By saying that the signers of the tele v!fmvre ',;SUpportinS u- s- involvement in S ?u 016 DTH &ossly misrePre- sentmg those who signed the telegram in expression to the serviceman's service and saennce, and at the same time who also Sm2e-antd DOt SUPPrt the u- S. in volvement in Viet Nam. Howard L. Gebeaux Apt. 2, Pine Bluff Trail UNCs Vietgram Quantity Of Sin Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Upon reading the DTH of Nov. 19, I found the following: "The special Thanks giving petition supporting U. S. involve ment in Viet Nam now has 3,831 student signatures on it, according to petition or ganizer Phil Kirstein." I immediately went to where the petitions were being signed and read the message. It said: "This Thanksgiving Day of 1965 we the students of the University of North Carolina at Chap el Hill express our gratitude to the Ameri can servicemen in South Viet Nam for the sacrifice and service to our country." Upon questioning, I found that this was the only telegram being circulated on campus for Viet Nam. My question then is where is the telegram "supporting U. S. involvement in Viet Nam" which The Daily Tar Heel says has all these signatures? If, as I'm sure is the case, that which I took for two telegrams is really only one, then I believe the DTH is guilty of grossly misrepresent ing what the telegram says. If the DTH is only stating the organizer's purpose in send ing the telegram, then the organizers are Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: It is hard to pinpoint the exact quantity n im .grated by the Morrison skin flicks. This is a task for the attorney gen eral or a legislative committee. VVe do mZ lm ?lD ,Lng' however. tt the raX" w bS1Utely haTdore Pg tw' ? CM concIuJe, therefor that there was too much sin to sneeze at and Sme woVht admissin" donated to otSfon Tr 3USe 50 M t0 interact that portion of the sm which accrued to the those dimes and quarters from working in Kg.maChineS- M a resint ot MoVrT- Uve ST SharC burden of cSE TjJf SUgg6St that money be do- T' ,TgaUizatioa with a Jong record of fighting for the freedom we are trying NaS fhf ? fr the SouthViel Nam. the American Civil Liberties Union. BUI Michaux 1018 Morrison v v w
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