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be SaUu; Oiar tSeel Opinions of llir l)uil Tar lltil air -pn"Ml in its editorials. All unsigned i-ditorials arr written by the editor. Letters and columns reflect only the personal views of their contributors. FHEIi THOMAS. EDITOR Confusion Abounds The Durham Morning Herald The National Student Association sent its own fact finding delegation to South Viet Nam to back up its criticisms (moderate to bitter) of American policies there. The report on what the NSA delegates learned from student leaders in Viet Nam exposes nothing so much as the confusion that clouds virtually all con clusions about Viet Nam. Predictably enough, the dele gates discovered ample evidence that official Ameri can policy makers have helped foul up the situation in Viet Nam through blunders and misconceptions. But unpredictably, the delegates discovered at least one serious misconception shared by their or ganization and some of the more self-assured oracles on how to straighten out Vietnamese affairs. Contrary to the advice of the NSA and an assorted group of U. S. senators, it turned out that Vietnamese stu dents weren't interested in a coalition government w'ith the Viet Cong or National Liberation Front. The Vietnamese student leaders specifically re jected the idea (advocated by Sen. Robert F. Ken nedy) of inviting the National Liberation Front into a coalition government that would presumably work out South Viet Nam's political future. Other objections and : aspirations passed along to the NSA delegates do not, unfortunately, point a clear way out of the imbrogilio in Viet Nam. If they clarified any misconceptions about their view of the Viet Cong as an expression of legitimate political expression by and for South Viet Nam, they indulged in a few of their own. Judging from the pre liminary report of the NSA delegates, the South Viet namese students want the kind of active help they are getting to establish an independent South Viet Nam, but they want none of the unfortunate side effects that massive military, economic or even technical aid pro duces almost as a matter of course. For their part, the Vietnamese students put their faith for the future in a strong, unified, nationalistic government. But since the absence of just such a re gime is one clear source of continuing chaos in Viet Nam, one must wonder if the South Vietnamese stu dents don't labor under serious misconceptions of their own about what are ends and what are . means in South Viet Nam. That Special Day ; , .1 ' u' i ; ;Sunday is Mother's Day. . f i 1.1 . . When this was first brought to our attention we had some hesitation about it. Our first reaction was that this is nothing but a capitalistic concoction, suit able for promotion of the sale of fancy cards and cor sages. However, we noted that Christmas might also be attacked on these same grounds, and rather than jeopardize .our interests in this time of giving we aban doned this argument lest it result in the abolishment ' of Santa Claus as well as Mother. Next we considered the possibility of Mother's Day as a communist front. After all, it heralds the word of love and mutual concession, and pink and red designs flourish on cards for the occasion. Then we discov ered that members of the same legislative body that enacted the Speaker Ban Law are married to moth ers and do, themselves, observe this day. We were also informed that various mothers have spoken on this campus in the past several years. We doubted that a subversive movement could pass this test. We listened to charges that the whole affar is nothing but a front for the integration movement. This was based on the fact that white and black chil dren stand side by side, hailing the founders of their families. This, supposedly, creates the impression in their minds that all families are the same, and, therefore, they should have no hesitations about inter racial marriage. This argument, however, was counter-balaneced by protests that Mother's Day is, in fact, a segrega tionist's delight since it imbeds the idea that "My mother is the greatest in the whole world. My chil dren must have a mother just like her." Followers of this belief say this means, above all, a mother of the same race. Therefore, after lengthy deliberation and consul tation with some of the world's most renowned so ciologists, economists, psychologists, political scient ists, legislators and marriage counselors we have reached our decision. The Daily Tar Heel firmly endorses Mother's Day. We hope our findings will be helpful to all our readers in making their decision on this matter. And if any decide to join us in our observance, we remind them that the day is not long off. Mother's Day cards must be in the Post Office to day if they are to get home before the deadline. Tin- Student Speak "Oh inv jiosh! Mother's Dav is Sunday." 1 tf. I' (El?? Satly War jjjj Fred Thomas, editor; Scott Goodfellow, managing editor; jjjj John Greenbacker, associate editor; Ron Shinn, news ed :jjj itor; Barry Jacobs, sports editor; Ernest Robl, assistant jjj news editor; Bill Hass, assistant sports editor; John Jenn Ijjj rich, wire editor; Mike Uiggin, night editor; Jock Lauter jjj er, Jerry Lambert, photographers; Chip Barnard, art ed jjj itor; Andy Myers, Steve Bennett, Steve Lackey, Peytie jjj Fearrington, Carol Gallant, Lytt Stamps, Alan Banov, Bill jjj Amlong, staff writers; Bill Rollins. Sandy Treadwell, Drummond Bell. Jim Fields, sports writers; Jeff Mac j:j Nelly, Bruce Strauch, cartoonists. Wilson Claims Hays Was Wrong About SL Session (Editor's note This article was writ ten by the floor leader of the University party in response to charges made recent ly in an article by Elections Board Chair man Arthur Hays.) By ED WILSON Like many others who were present for last Thursday night's session of the Legis lature, I was confused and bemused as the self - 'righteous, holier - than - thou blast which former Rep. William A. ."Art" Hays leveled at myself and the University Par ty Caucus in Monday's DTH (intimate as sociates are allowed to address Hays, the Franklin Flash, as "Art"). Lo, I was ac cused of distortions and misrepresentation of facts. Actually Artie Hays' column proved on ly one thing that he is indeed the mas ter of distortion and misrepresentation of facts. Therefore, inadequate as I feel at tempting to match my feeble capabilities against the prowess of a second year law student (Artie is a second year law stu dent you know) permit me to offer a few facts about Artie's barrage of distortions. 1. In the Ehringhaus re - election suit Hays appeared in behalf of the Elections Board as he has in every other case, not in behalf of the University Party. Hays is a very impartial chairman and has not ap peared in behalf of partisan groups while holding that position. 2. The U. P.'s opposition to Doug Mc Keown was not ambiguous in the slight est. McKeown is an Student Party hack, and we felt that it would not be in ti. best in terest of the student body to have an S.P. hack as chairman of the Elections Board. 3. Hays neglected to point out that a substantial part of the Student Party cau cus, led by Rep. Ben White of Ehring haus who lives one floor below McKeown, also opposed the appointment. Obviously they also felt that they were acting in the best interest of the student body. 4. Hays stated that no one was per mitted to speak in McKeown's defense. He neglected to point out that the Student Par ty Floorleader, who sat with Hays during the debate, had full access to the floor at all times. He also failed to point out that an SP legislator, Jan Wuerhmann, d i d speak in favor of the appointment, and that the speaker continually called for debate in the affirmative. When the motion to close debate was made it was necessary for the SP to vote with the UP in order to ob tain the necessary two - thirds majority. The SP says that President Powell is now in a dilemma about whom to nominate as chairman of the Elections Board. I sug gest that he nominate Arthur Hays who has been one of the fairest and certainly the most proficient Elections Board chair men in many years. We would vote to con firm him without hesitation. If Hays does not want the job again (and I certainly could not blame him for that), perhaps he might try his hand at go ing to law school. He certainly has the po tential to become a fine attorney. ' I Mill I . ' ' l l i i. bb2S1 VAILV fAe HfrtU Letter To The Editor Dale Strikes Back At Band, Critics Editor, The Daily Tarheel: Who the hell is James Dale? James Dale is an average (which many may question) student, and he is majoring in physics and journalism. His attempts to express himself may not always be very clear, or in some cases not very agree able to the elite of this university. He is not a professed music critic, nor is he of any special talent as a musician. "But he does like music and he has heard fine sounds come from the students in the University Music Department. He is ' rrrrjm im" 21, definitely not completely (nor does he consider himself less mature than others in this class) and enjoys listening to good music of all types, even military type music (not meaning that the music in the last concert was of a mili tary type). He believes Major Yesulaitis to be a very competent conductor and instructor for the band, if he desires to be so. He did not quit the band because he disliked the di rector, but because he worked during the hours of rehearsal. However, he did find k0 FoopriirVs " 0, 'SI l J?' U Paul Dickson U It is hoped that this column will be informative and on occasion entertaining. Its scope will be anything from campns items to the war in Vietnam. The opinions expressedand there may be more opin ion than fact, will be my own or in some' cases the opinions of those whom I hold in high regard. This past week was Honor System Week. Many students in the judiciary put long hours into preparing a program for com munication and emphasis on the judicial system. One of the articles appearing in the DTH this past week as a part of the hon or system presentation discussed student autonomy and the right of students to set and maintain their own standards of con duct. The article was written by Jim Ap lin, former assistant attorney general. Two of his comments merit considerable discus sion. "First," he said, "there is no such thing as "student autonomy.' " "Our stu dent government," he later continued, "is a 'gift' from the Trustees and the admin istration, not an inalienable right." Both of these arguments are in many ways incor rect in light of the past 160 years of stu dent government history. They brought full force to me a serious failing on the part of students in and out of student government, i.e., a serious lack of knowledge and understanding of the his tory and traditions of the University and Student Government. The administrative code written by for mer Dean of Students Fred Weaver does state that the responsibility for student dis cipline was delegated by the trustees to the faculty and from the faculty to the students. However, the force of history and com mon law developed over the past 160 years puts this matter of autonomy in an entire ly different perspective which Dean Wea ver also expressed in a booklet he wrote in 1953 describing the development of student history and traditions. Albert Coates, law professor and founder of the Institute of Government, in a speech to the Di - Phi Senate in 1951 also explains the meaning of student autonomy. This speech, "Out of a Classroom in Chapel Hill," has become a well known and much used historical do cument for student leaders. The Board of Trustees in the Medford Committee Report on a serious Honor Code case several years ago made some very strong statements in support of the "established student institutions at Chapel Hill" and students' rights with regard to minding their own affairs in the area of student discipline. This matter of student rights and respon sibilities is an important one. It is much discussed and debated especially during times of conflict between the administra tion and students. Students should under stand their rights as well as their re sponsibilities in maintaining conduct. For the next several days there will be reprinted in this space parts of "Tradition in Chapel Hill" by Fred Weaver and "Out of a Classroom in Chapel Hill" by Albert Coats. These should be useful to students, faculty, and administration in understanding the concepts of student government devel oped since the University opened it doors in 1795. that the rehearsals held earlier this year were in general very lax and often he was very irritated (along with many others in the band) by the attitude of the rest of the band members, their lack of attention to the conductor and the conductor's seem ingly permissive attitude toward those con stantly cracking jokes at every interval when they were not playing, even when the conductor had stopped to explain the correct interpretation of the music. The conductor did not do anything to alter the situation and the rehearsals became more and more a waste of time (in compar ison to what the band had been able to ac complish in a similar period of time). He also noticed that none of the mem bers (or really relatively few besides those ' few that practice every day whether the band is there or not) attempted to improve their parts between rehearsals and each rehearsal was spent going over the same parts for the same people. A band doesn't improve that way! A band must be inspired by someone, and that important responsisbility falls on the shoulders of the conductor, in this case Major Yesulaitis. The Major may have tried and been defeated by the apathy created after Dr. Fred left. This cannot be held against him if he really tried, and is try ing to challenge now the band in a way that will produce a quality organization. Letters The Daily Tar Heel welcomes let- jjj: ters to the editor on any subject, particularly on matters of local or jx University interest. Letters must be jjjj typed, double-spaced and must In- jjjj elude the name and address of the jjjj author or authors. Names will not be :j:: omitted In publication. Letters should ijij be limited to about 250-300 words. The jjjj DTH reserves the riffht to edit for jjjj length or libel. Longer letters will be jjjj considered for "The Student Speaks" jjj: if they are of sufficient interest. How- jjj: ever, the DTH reserves the riffht to jjj: use contributed materials as it sees jx fit. S Many past members of the band and wind ensemble were very disappointed that the wind ensemble was discontinued (al legedly through lack of support by the ad ministration of the Music Department) last year, but they were led to believe that it would be eventually organized. But noth ing has happened and the band has de veloped into a rather obscure outfit unable to attract the quality musicians and Ihe required public demanded by an accom plished group. The marching band made a valiant ef fort under the leadership of Major "Y" to become something the students and public would want to see and hear, and new uni forms were even obtained, helping to pro duce a sense of drive and pride in the band, regardless of the attacks made on it. But when the concert band began to practice no sense of price was felt through out the band. The administration did not seem to recognize that the concert ban was there. The planned tour of the concert band devolved from a very ambitions pro gram at first, into a mediocre trip, the rea son being either mismanagement of t h e tour preparations or lack of support of the Music Department administration. The concert last Tuesday could be con sidered only as an example of what the band has become. The Tar Heel missed the scene by giving the date of the concert as the previous Sunday instead of Tuesday. The students missed the scene by not com ing (about 150 people were there and of that probably 70 per cent were directly asso the band missed the scene by not produc ing a concert of the quality it would have been with a little more effort. Most of the members of the ban would probably admit that they did not practice as they should have and that if they had, the quality of the performance would have been improved considerably. Dale was very pleased to find that many persons seemed to be interested in the wel fare of the band, many more than he had anticipated. He sincerely hopes the band will improve (though he does not see how under the present system) and he hopes to play again in the band when his schedule will allow it and his ability enough to war rant it. James Dale 346 Criage tit LOOKS cs AurAr too rr I ( TCH PEOPLE WILL THINK K THAT'S JUST WHATljl I 5tZ" A VYER'VE NEVEESEEN A PAIR ( WAS THINKIN r BSPPgE MEELF J '
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