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Saturday, December 4, 1965
Opinion of the Daily Tar Heel are expressed in Us
editorial. Utters and columns, covering a. wide range
of views, reflect the personal opinions of their authors.
ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR
Trying To Stay Healthy
The scene in Richmond was probably somewhat
like a doctor's office. The examination was performed
there by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools and the patient was North Carolina's higher
education system.
In 1963 the public colleges and university came
down with a unique virus, unknown in any other
state, which caused considerable discomfort to the
schools. The suffering centered around the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill because the germ
apparently entered the state's educational system at
that point.
The bug hit so fast in just a few minutes
that nobody had a chance to prepare for it. Few dis
eases are legislated, but this one was. Many of the
men who caused it did not expect it to have any
bad side effects, but they just failed to take time to
consider the possibilities.
They were concerned about a big ugly germ
called communism and they thought their action
would serve as a sort of vaccination for young people.
But the immunization backfired, and those who
disliked the attempt called it the "gag."
The gag was not fatal, although some said it
might kill "academic freedom." That bothered only
the few who could define academic freedom. But then
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools made
it a little plainer by saying the gag could create the
necessity of an amputation. Accreditation might be
cut off, and with it money, prestige, recognition and
professors.
Friends of the ailing system rallied 'round and
stirred such a ruckus that the gag became just too
irritating for those legislators to scratch.
The governor appointed a commission to find an
antidote and then instructed the lawmakers to use it.
That antidote amendment is at least showing
signs of working because the Southern Association
has just finished its checkup of our school system
and found it passable.
Let this be a lesson to those fellow in the Gen
eral Assembly.
Quit practicing medicine without a license.
"Slump. Hell, Depression!"
A Little Fire Never Hurt
Lighting The Way
At
People scoff at those pacifists who make such a
to-do over burning their draft cards because they are
opposed to war, or at least personal involvement in
it. Hold that laugh, though, because this may yet
prove to be the most useful and versatile form of pro
test ever devised.
The possibilities are unlimited. The man who
hates to pay his taxes can burn his Form 1040. When
a cop gives you a ticket you obviously did not de
serve, burn it, along with your automobile registra
tion. To protest poor athletic performances, burn your
student ID pass. And the only sensible thing to do
with those low-grade quizzes is to put them to the
torch.
The fellow who draws a dud for a blind date can
best express dissatisfaction by destroying his tele
phone book. If you cannot register for the courses you
want, burn the class cards you are stuck with. To rid
the campus of immorality, we suggest the burning of
every smutty paperback sex thriller in town.
Obviously almost any problem can be solved by
burning whatever object symbolizes it. There must
be a limit to the game, however, and those who have
taken to self-emolation have gone far beyond the ex
tremity. If you feel you really must withdraw from the
human race, please just burn your birth certificate.
If you have no complaints, join us in investing
money in some match company stock.
hj iattg Olar
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Letters To The Editor
Legislature Slows Down
Efforts To Get Counsel
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
In the first session of summer school
for 1965 I introduced in legislature three
bills regarding a lawyer for Student Gov
ernment. The first of these was to estaT
blish th$ position of such a lawyer the. sec-j r
blish the position of such a lawyer, he sec
ond to establish the amount of his retainer,
and the third to establish an amount for
further legal services.
These three bills have as yet not been
passed out of legislature, having gone
through its first session. This dilatory ac
tion has slowed the progress promised by
Student Government in the last election
namely the lowering of prices within the
University and in the Chapel Hill Communi
ty. There are two Student Government or
ganizations vitally affected by the passage
of these three bills, Student Discount Com
mission and the Student Co-op Committee.
The Discount Commission is working in the
Chapel Hill area to gain lower prices in the
several areas for the students, while the
Co-op Commission is working within the
University to gain lower prices in the Book
Exchange. Bob Travis, Chairman of the
Discount Commission, has stated that his
work has come to an impasse unless he can
obtain the legal advice necessary to go on
with the project.
There are other areas also in which this
lawyer would be of necessity especially re
garding the judicial system and whether
1 certain parts of it may be unconstitutional.
Publications would also be aided by bis
advice as to libelous statements.
The fact that the University itself has
a lawyer is of no avail to Student Govern
ment, since Student Government would of
ten come into conflict with the University
in certain areas-as the Book Exchange.
Thus, an unbiased counsel would be of
necessity for certain areas of Student Gov
ernment to continue efficient operation.
Paul Dickson, IH
President of the Student Body
Foreign Exchange
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The last week before Christmas vaca
tion selections will be made for the 1966
exchange program with the Universidad do
Antioquia, in Medellin, Colombia. Because
I was one of the original exchange stu
dents in this program and because I am
the only US student currently on campus
who has been part of this program, the
International Students Board has asked me
to write this letter telling of the advanta
ges for which two UNC students will be
eligible for the coming year.
It is amazing and disappoing that each
of the last two years only about a dozen
students have applied for this exchange.
I feel that this is an invaluable educational
experience, which one can obtain at less
than the cost of one semester here (at
the very most.)
The primary advantage is an educational
one. It is true that very few credits are
transferable, but the educational experience
far outweighs the loss of one year. Any
one majoring in foreign languages, political
science, or history will benefit greatly from
the year. More indirectly but equally im
. portantly.lany student will benefit from the
j experience of Iivmg; in a. different culture.
If you like nice weather, Medellin is the
place. Average temperatures are in the
70's, and in "cold" weather only a sweater
is necessary.
An important part of Colombian life is
the fiesta. And so, anyone who enjoys a
good time! whether dancing, drinking beer
' at a dime a bottle or going to bull fights
will enjoy himself. This is not to say, how
ever, that such pastimes are necessary for
being a successful or happy exchange stu
dent. Financial difficulties should not hinder a
person's foing on this exchange. The uni
versity life is less hectic than here, and
there is a large demand for English teach
ers (no previous experience necessary) in
private schools and church-supported and,
to a lesser degree, ; state-supported high
schools. The university scholarship covers
all living expenses and includes a liberal a
mount for other expenses. With the scholar
ship one can live well and do travelling
in Colombia. With a relatively small sup
plement to this, whether from home or from
well-paid teaching, one can live extremely
well, have a good time, and do a good
bit of travelling.
In case the preceeding paragraphs make
it sound only like a year of fun, let me
stress again that this is not completely
true. It is very enjoybale, but most of all
I recommend the year in Colombia be
cause it is a challenging and rewarding
experience.
There will be a question session in GM
on Wednesday, December 8. At that time
I will try to answer any questions a
bout the university, the life, the advantages
of going, etc. Watch in the DTH for an
nouncements about this session about the
procedure for applying and having an in
terview Harvey F. Kline
Homestead Rod
By RUSSELL BAKER
The New York Times
WASHINGTON Governmental hyster
ia is not the answer to the nation's young
draft-card burners. By ostentatiously clap
ing these men into prison, the Government
can only martyr them and thereby create
more draft-card burners.
There is a sensible way to deal with the
matter. Let Selective Service assemble a
large group of discontented young men, call
in the press and television to assure na
tional publicity, give each man a draft
card and a box of matches and tell him
to burn away.
What these young men will discover is
that a draft card is one of the most un
satisfying things in the world to burn. It
creates a contemptibly small flame and
goes out in less than sixty seconds. From
thirty feet, away it is scarecely noticeable.
It provides no spectacle and affords vir
tually no emotional release. The game sim
ply isn't worth the match.
People i have always burned things, of
course. When man is in high dudgeon, a
good fire seems to soothe him. Normally,
however, ,he reaches out for something
that will burn more satisfying than a draft
card. In 99 of a hundred cases the man
who tries i to satisfy his emotions by burn
ing a draft card will have to go on and
burn fifty pounds of old newspapers before
he can experience any release at all.
People; who really know how to burn
right these days burn big. When such peo
ple are upset about race relations, for ex
ample, they burn churches, crosses or su
permarkets. If the burning is done on the
grand scale, as in Los Angeles this summer,
the authorities will quit talking about pris
on and start listening to the burners' com
plaints. 1
There jwas a time when people could
burn people, but that isn't tolerated any
longer. Nowadays governments can burn
people, but people without government -burning
authority, are confined to burning
effigies. ,: : :
People! have always burned cities, of
course. The Germans burned Conventry, the
Americans burned Dresden,' the Russians
burned Moscow and the Yankees burned
Atlanta. .That , was burning on the grand
scale.
A few years back people burned books
that d&agreed with them. Unfortunately,
the custom became stigmatized as Hitlerian
and nowadays nobody can do it without
feeling like a Nazi. As a result, people sit
around becoming increasingly depressed as
Congressional Records and books by and
about Hubert Humphrey spread inexorably
through their houses.
Burning libraries is something else. In
the highly developed nations, people don't
.seem interested in library burning, but in
less fortunate countries in recent months
firing up a good library has become a per
fectly acceptable expression of student
idealism.
There is another class of burning that
goes on around the home. This is a form
of petty burning in which the fire is used
not in support of great public prmuples but
to vent the burner's personal hostilities.
A wife angry at her huWid may, for
example, make a dramatic show of burning
the love letters he wrote her when they
were courting. In more subtle refinements
ihe ra y mj-ly burn the pottoej.
Husbands who resent being saddled with
such feminine chores as cooking will light
the charcoal grill and burn up $15 worth
of prime beef. If husband and wife have
acquired an enviable new rug, an envious
neighbor will drop by long enough to drop
a cigarette coal and burn a hole in it.
From all this it should be obvious that
the draft-card burners are no menace to
the established order. In the best human
tradition they are following the principle
that human affairs can be settled with fire.
There are undoubtedly many young men
prepared to believe this, and if the Govern
ment will only let them see for themselves
what an unsatisfying blaze a draft card
makes, they will surely be willing to go
on to Oigger fires in a more orthodox cause.
ihe Honorable course for the dedicated
pci:st in to go quietly to jail without any
flames. When he touches a match to his
draft card, he acknowledges his own agree
ment in the very principle he professes to
despise. When he lights tne match, he says,
witn 5,000 years of governments and his own
generation of church burners, "There are
some issues important enough to burn for."
David Rothman
UNC And Knowledge Pills
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What happened after the "instant know
ledge" pill mentioned recently in The
Daily Tar Heel finally reached UNC?
Well, the situation wasn't as rosy as it
first seemed. True, the pills indeed im
parted on-the-spot learning, but first they
had to be digested.
After swallowing Modern European
Civilization and English Compostion, in
fact, many freshmen left school because
of upset stomachs.
Among the upper classmen, pills like
Political Science and Business Administra
tion induced vomiting.
Even the seniors at times said they
had indigestion.
Beset by low grades, many students
scurried about to find sugar-coated courses.
Problems especially arose immediately
prior to exams. Busy with extracurricular
activities, students disregarded profession
al advice and failed to take the pills reg
ularly before attending classes.
"Stay awake" tablets, of course, were
not very helpful, but Bromo Selzer proved
to be salvation of students preparing for
big tests.
Competition for Phi Beta Kappa keys
was keen; however, not everybody felt they
were worth bloated stomachs.
Nevertheless, all agreed that the best
jobs after graduation went to the people
with the most over-stuffed abdominal cavi
ties. And everybody knew that if they
flunked out of school, they'd have to enter
the outside world, where knowledge was
obtained the painful way-by needles.
As always, professors insisted the stu
dents did their worst work around mid
semester, when they couldn't swallow pills
after filling their stomachs with Thanks
giving turkey.
Leaders of the Free Speech Movement
charged that the country's universities
didn't prepare students for life's realities.
"Not everything's covered with choco
late," they warned. (The FSM also de
nounced the way the pills were distributed
by computer.)
But the head of campus clinic thought
the rigors of academic life were perfectly
sufficient. "Already, the pills are giving the
students ulcers," he said.
Meanwhile, fraternities came under at
tack for helping their members cheat on
exams by studying the contents of previ
ous tests carefully stashed away in medi
cine cabinets.
Viet Nam demonstrators believed that
ROTC pills were bad for people's health.
ROTC cadets said radical peace groups
were filling students' stomachs with pills of
their own to encourage the students to duck
the draft.
Right-wing Republicans commented that
the campus ferment was a direct result
of the Democrats' federal scholarship pro
gram, which, they felt, intarferred with pri
vate enterprise. "The whole matter should
be left to the pharmacists," the Goldwater
ites declared.
Legislators in Raleigh, eager to check
Communist subversion, reintroduced the
Speaker Ban after parents camplained
their children were getting food poisoning.
Ultimately, however, - a special com
mission appointed by the Governor discov
ered the trouble came form the inferior
offerings of Lenoir Hall.
Controversy also developed when the
Catholic church objected to the pills' being
used by students taking Marriage and the
Family.
In both cases, the state legislators ruled
in favor of academic freedom after state
supported colleges and universities were
threatened with loss of accreditation by
toe Food and Drug Administration
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