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Thursday, March 2, 1967 Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expressed in its editorials. All un signed editorials are written by the editor. Letters and columns reflect only the personal views of their contributors. SCOTT GOODFELLOW, EDITOR 5322352 w e're Only Number 42 . Being the 42nd lowest state in teacher's pay scales is not exactly something to write home about. It's something to leave home about. And many people do. For example, a few months ago, four distinguished professors of Spanish literature resigned from the UNC Department of Romance Languages. They left because the University of Kentucky offered them posts with salaries from two to eight thousand dollars higher than what they are paid here. And so, one fell swoop (of a foun tain pen on a check), the Univer sity of North Carolina lost a Span ish faculty of great renown. And in the same fell swoop, the University of Kentucky bought a Spanish Department second to none in the nation. If you are having difficulty in appreciating the value of Ph.Ds in Spanish to this state, consider for a moment what would happen in another university enticed away the faculty of the School of Medi cine. The same thing goes on in our public school system. In Chapel Hill, for instance, there is a de mand for many more qualified teachers. But they can't be found. . You can pick up the Daily Tar Heel any day and see advertise ments from out-of-state school sys tems trying to hire graduates of the University. The same, no doubt, is true for all institutions which give degrees in education. Why don't they stay in this state, especially our native sons? The al ternatives are these, iln North ; Carolina, the tt basic teachers' pay is $4,083 per year. This sum is supplemented by local governments in many cases. Take our own Chapel Hill. It is the high est per capita income city in the state; its supplement $150. The other alternatives. He can go r rth to Virginia and start almost i iiousand dollars higher at $5,200, or go south to Georgia and do the same thing. Or he can go a little further north to Maryland where the starting salary is $5,400. And then there is the matter of the future. In North Carolina, the ceiling is $5,875. In Virginia the ceiling for a Bachelor's Degree is $11,000, a mere $5,123 more per year. Dissatisfied with his opportuni ties, he can go back to school for a couple more years and get a Mas ters Degree in Education. In Chap el Hill, this means he can start now just $455 less than he would with a Bachelor's degree in Virginia. His ceiling is $6,819, just $5,371 less than, say, Long Beach, Calif. . There are a few other alterna tives. He can take up an appren ticeship on one of the Weekly's linotype machines and eventually earn from $10-$13,000 per year. He can start in a Baltimore Steel Mill as an unskilled laborer and make $6,240 a year. Or he can be just a typical-college graduate who will be making over $6,700 in his first year according to -national statis- , tics. If so, his life time earning power, the money he has to spend on himself and his family, will be only twice as much as if he stays in education as a career. We have learned that another Chapel Hill teacher, a veteran of . several years with the Chapel Hill at the end of this term to go to a private school. We are losing and will continue to lose these valu able teachers and professors if we don't take action to meet the eco- vnomic law of supply and demand. We must furnish these people with a decent living wage The , future ' -J ii t ? ' oi our yuum uepeiius on n. - So if we don't move to do some thing to attract and retain better teachers, don't blame Johnny when he can't get into college, or when he can't pass a draft board intelli gence test, or doesn't have the knowledge to get a good job. Blame us. We asked for it. Torn. Clark, Dusty Lawbook Rides Again . Every montn or so, someone in the United States is prosecuted un der a law which had sat stale on ' the books for years without any one realizing it was there. Gener ally these laws were ill-conceived and are promptly changed after the judge passes verdict on both the offense and the law. We found one of these rules while perusing the Student Government Code recently. It is "illegal" to have co-editors of the Daily Tar Heel. That's right. The Constitution ex plicitly states, "The Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper shall be elected by the student body at large." ' . Of course, the Constitution doesn't take particular care of its singular and plural references, since the next sentence reads in part, ". . . the Editor-in-Chief of the students publications . . . in the performance of their duties," but any good lawyer could probably . get out of that. The interesting thing about the illegality of co-editorships is that since 1940 there have been eight of them. In both 1943 and 1944 there were three editors, and in 1952 there were five. Before this term, three of the last four editorships were co-editorships. How did they get away with it? Nobody bothered to object. We do not want anyone to be put in the awkward position of receiv ing the first objection and being denied the right to run for editor. Whether or not co-editorships are good is a matter which would be decided at whatever time an amendment to the Constitution could be voted upon by the student body. Such an amendment is necessary, however, and should be voted upon later this .spring, perhaps in con junction with the Vietnam referen dum. Ambiguity is bad for everyone. h? SaiUj ar 74 Years of Editorial Freedom ' Scott Goodfellow, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Sandy Treadwell, Manag. Ed. John Askew .,' Ad. Mgr. Peter Harris "Associate Ed. Don Campbell ... .. . News!:dito Donna Reifsnider .... Feature Ed. Jeff MacNelly .. . ... Sports Editor Owen Davis .. . Asst. Spts. Ed. , Jock Lauterer Photo Editor David Garvin . .. Night Editor Mike McGowan .... Photographer Wayne Hurder Copy Editor Ernest Robl, Steve Knowlton, Carol Wonsavage, Diane Ellis, Karen Freeman, Hunter George, Drummond Bell, Owen Davis, Joey Leigh, Dennis Sanders, Joe Saunders, Penny Raynor, Jim Fields, Donna Reifsnider Joe Coltrane, Julie Parker CARTOONISTS Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly. The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, ex amination periods and vacations. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semes ter; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co.. Inc., 501 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C. .Dip, LP Profile Of A Professor eckf ordls Fire UBdlF By JOHN W. BECTOX Every Wednesday after noon at 4:30, the Reckfords have tea. Dr. Kenneth J. Reckford of the Classics Department frequently reminds all his students that they are al ways welcome to attend. At this tea, Dr. Reckford and guests informally discuss anything that comes to mind that is, anything ex cept academic matters. "This is the most civil ized part of my life," says Dr. Reckford, who strongly believes that we all need to escape the university world every now and then. Dr. Reckford would like to see more of a "comic spirit" at this university. "If human beings could see themselves as they really are, they would do away with much of the sham and : pretense." Then he adds that Caro lina does possess a certain humor and humility, more so than at many other uni versities. "It makes the at mosphere livable." Perhaps Carolina is this way, Dr. Reckford says, because it is more rooted in history than "universities to the north and west." This school has also suffered more, and it is possible that we have learned from this suffering to have an air of "humor and humil ity." There are three particu lar changes Dr. Reckford would like to see within this university: First, he would like to see more of a bridge be tween the classroom and the rest of the student's life. He feels the residence colleges are a source of hope in this director. Second, Dr. Reckford fa vors a more flexible cur riculum with more interdis ciplinary courses. Students should have a larger choice in selecting subjects so they can use more imagi nation in shaping their cur ricula. "I really believe that students should have more say in academic pol icy making," he adds. Third. Dr. Reckford de sires that the "spirit of leisure" be kept. "I am ap palled that students, and teachers as well, do not have time to think things out. What I miss most here is a joy in learning and thinking. . "If we can't have people on fire with phflosophia (Greek for love of wis dom'), peoDle who enjoy thinking and talking intelli gently with others, we might just as well shut up shop." But any change, Dr. Reckford says, must be built on something real. "We do have a tradition on which to build, -or else I wouldn't stay here." Dr. Reckford was edu cated at Harvard, where he taught for three years be fore coming to Chanel HOI. He is married and has four children: Rachel. 10; Jo seph. 8; Samuel, 6; and Jonathan, 4. (At least he is pretty sure of their ages. "They have a habit of grow ing rapidly.") Mrs. Reckford carries on the social and Dolitica! work her husband would do "if I had the stamina. If you pretend that hus band and wife are one. I am doing a lot of things." Dr. Reckford admits his memory i? poor, and indeed he may at times appear to epitomize . the "absent minded professor," trying even to remember his own name. Yet he seldom brings an attendance book to his smaller classes. Rather, he takes the roll mentally as well as accurately. About two minutes after the bell. Dr. Reckford typ ically enters the classroom with all the grace of a freshman on his first day of classes. Often, tha first few com ments Dr. Reckford makes pertain not to the subject A Cold Capsule . . . Wny? Mm) i vMir Mm - ' If m jm 1 1 1 ii I m ar. w - - 3 turn New Republic Art Critic To Judge ': Graphic Artists matter, but to some aspect of life in general. You don t takP notes on these re marks, nor are von owned on them. You just remem ber them and profit from them. . , n If it is possible for a pro fessor to make a ibiect "live" Dr. Reckford has this ability. He displays an inspiring enthusiasrn. In his Roman. Comedy class last semester. Dr. Reckford remarked that he wished it were possibly to judge the extent, to which each student enjoved the course and to assign final grades accordingly. This same class freauent ly tried staging certain scenes from the plays they read. This was found to be helpful in understanding the Roman theater. Moreover, it was fun- A person who stands up for what he believes de serves a certain amount of respect whether you agree with him or not. Dr. Reckford is such a person. He occasionally car ried a picket sign in the civil rights struggle a few years ago, and many will remember his poem, "To His Coy Administration," which appeared in the DTH during the Michael Paull episode last fall. The most recent example By ELIZABETH TRAPNELL The first National Student" printmaker Exhibition will be sponsored here from April 6 through 30 by the Ackland Art Center, in conjunction with UNCs 1967 Fine Arts Festival, to recognize and pro mote excellence among collegi ate graphic artists. Students currently enrolled in a school of art were eligible to enter one example of their work. Some 200 prints were submitted for exhibition. Five of these wil be selected by Exhibition Juror Robert Rich man for $50 purchase prizes to be awarded by the Festival Committee. Richmond, a noted author and lecturer, is president and founder of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Wash ington, DC A member of the President's Fine Arts Commit tee since 195S, he has been Literary and Art Editor of . New Republic and a trustee of the National Cultural Center. Also during the festival which wll run from April 9 through 13 Mauricio Las ansky, head of the print de partment of the University of Iowa, will participate in an in formal panel discussion with professors Richard Kinnaird and Victor Huggins of the UNC Art Department. Lasansky is an internation ally known printmaker whose works have been exhibited all over the world and have won himover 100 awards. Born in . Buenos Aires, Argentina, he first came to the U. S. on a Gugenheim Fellowship. Kinnaird, who is organizing the art exhibit, won degrees from Carleton College in Min nesota and received his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois. Huggins received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from UNC. Printmaking in the Western world is an art over 500 years old, and one which lends it self well to innovation. There has been more change in the medium in the last 25 years than in all the preceding cen turies. Gabor Peterdi, currently a leading graphic artist, says this of Ins craft: "In contemporary graphic art there is a living and ex citing movement. Out of this feverish production of images and inventiveness of express ion something has emerged al ready, that represents the cre ative spirit of this century." Because of the great varie ty of its materials and tech niques, and the consequent freedom for the artist, Pro fessor Kinnaird explains that three large categories of print ing may be outlined as an aid: All printmaking involves the transfer of an image from an inked surface, and allows the artist tti reproduce original prints from a single plate. Planagraphic printing, the first of the three categories, includes lithography, or the transfer of an image from a stone masterplate. UNC is Dr. Reckford's participa tion in the Weekly Peace Vigil. "Everyone in the Vig il has a slightly different aim or belief. Some are strictly pacifists. Others are not dogmatic pacifists, but are horrified by the es calation of this particular war and the turn it is tak ing." he explains. "It is not" just a protest as some people think. The government is not in bad faith. We're just 'watching and praying' for peace as the term 'vigil' denotes." Dr. Reckford participates to add to the visable pub lic sentiment against fur ther escalation and destruc tion of lives. "The govern ment really seems to want a settlement. They just need a push in that direc tion." On his less controversial, but more unusual side, Dr. Reckford boasts of being a member of the Internation al Wizard of Oz Club." There are only three mem bers in North Carolina. This organization is com posed of people who take great pleasure in reading the "Oz books," the first of which was The Wizard of Oz. There is a news bul letin,- and members change letters. y'. ex- Josh Carlisle ' Is New Freedom Just .An Image? It is generally recognized that the younger genera tion is the apostle of change. We are the social, politi cal, economic, and moral activists. Sociologists, writ ers, reporters, and parents tell us so. Wonderful. ; However, somehow it seems the younger genera tion, is going a bit qyerboard, in its pursuit ofc. modern shibboleths new catchwords,- new slogans. The call to seek truth, to bottle against hypicrisy, establish egali trianism, and destroy discrimination is becoming so much a part of our image in the eyes of others that we are beginning to believe in the image itself. We view ourselves as in-the-know, the "au courant camp. We are glorious revolutionizers. One of the current dragons the younger generation is trying to slay is a combination of two main, past isms Puritanism and Victorianism, in the sexual sense. By ridding our society of the nature of these sup pressve notions, we seem to feel the resultant freedom of sexual expression will be beneficial. That is, for merly clandestine," guilt-associated sex shall be blessed with wholesome, psychically healthy qualities. In part, this latter assumption is warranted. Not many of us agree with given laws which stipulate that one position in the sexual act is legal, while all others are excluded and termed "unnatural," therefore illegal. Such matters should be kept private, we think. But, apparently the same logic can be cast off when we approach the problem of the birth-control pill. In cases of married couples the pill appears a legi timate, private, morally acceptable means of control. In cases where the pill can be the way to combat ex ploding population, it appears to be "right." In cases of possible birth defects, it appears to be a feasible solution. . But, give the pill to coeds? Fine. Then let's go take a front row seat to watch the consequences Oh sure, anxiety feelings would be relieved. Only the lazy could get pregnant. An aspirin for no head ache. A pill for no baby. Scratch Puritanism. Students could work on their books, and then' on their dates. Of course, it would be lovely for lovers, too. No muss, no fuss, no bother. Scratch Victorianism. It is to be wondered what would be gained? Rollick ing romance? Such naivete is sickening. The elimination of the threat of pregnancy by wholesale dispensation of birth control pills to coeds would just be another ism, re placing a past one. - We clamor for responsibility in every phase of life: -family, government, business management, politics; XlnTrf dn,t have enough to bear thi responsibility for pregnancy. Odd? Hypocritical? ; tnJ7n?C0UrS,Tt! We re deying the old, ar.d XZ N more hured trip! to the drug. 6 .umuu mens- room. Nasty business. .': r2Z&1ZiS yrer generation. Gotta fit the imae" Its ours no
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