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Sunday, April 16, 1967 Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL As We See It Travis Needs Students Help In Getting SG's Job Done To AVvc SuWesY Bob Travis bit off a big chunk in his presidential inaugural ad dress to Student Legislature, prom ising to work for educational re form, better relations with the ad ministration and state and the re moval of students from the ranks of second-class citizens. We just hope he doesn't choke on it. We don't think he will. Travis is a get-things-done type of guy, and we feel that with the proper cooperation from Student Legislature and from the faculty and administration, many things can be accomplished by his ad ministration to improve undergrad uate life on this campus. That the issues discussed Thurs-. day night are salient to each and every student here is obvious, but it becomes even more so when they are translated from a politi cal address down to every-day cam pus gripes. The educational reform move ment, for example, is aimed right at that boring-but-required class you're taking right now or maybe facing next semester because you've kept putting.it off. And improved state relations can be translated into the getting of enough money from the state leg islature to build additional class room facilities and laboratories. And the advancement of basic American rights for students means things like revamping the honor system to give the accused student the same rights he'd have in a reg ular court of law. That is briefly and simply what Bob Travis was talking about to Student Legislature Thursday good, concrete programs to make life better around here. But if these goals are going to be reached, they won't be reached by just Bob Travis and Student Legis lature alone. They'll be reached only with the enthusiastic support and participation of the thousands of students on this campus. So, if you want these things done, help do them. ) yrrn pa DTH Awards Of The Week Townspeople of the Week Jointly to the two lady voting reg istrars who Saturday commented thus about students attempting to register to vote in the Chapel Hill mayoralty race: "Students are not encouraged to vote just this one time," and "If you're from Tim buctoo, and you want to vote, then you should go home to Timbuctoo and vote." ; Quote of the Week To the Ne- 'gro. leader. in Nashville, Term., who "... i .1 xi a; . ai . explained mat tne noting mere was no different from the disturb ances at Ft. Lauderdale: "I just want to make it clear that warm weather after, a long winter af fects college students alike whe ther they're white or Negro." Vital Governmental Functions of the Week To Gov. Dan K. Moore's Monday proclamations of April 16 22 as North Carolina Library Week and May as Anti-Litter Clean-Up, Paint-Up Month. International Relations Better ment of the Week To Brooklyn based fashion model Dorothy Mc Gowan who has been named Miss Japanese Umbrella 1967 and who posed draped in Bangasa umbrel las. Cocktail Glasses of the Week To those new ones for which we received a brochure and which bear the warning: "Caution: Liquor Drinking May Be Hazardous To Your Health." Bitter Student o fihe Week To the guy who stood in Y Court as maintenance men washed away the remains of Wednesday's Chalk-In and remarked, "What a pity. That's the closest South Building has ever come to creativity." Unjustly. Bad-Mouthed, . Admin- istrator of the Week To Batdean, er, Dean of Men William G. Long, who was unjustly accused of being opposed to the Chalk-In when he actually scribbled some on the Y Court pavement himself. Disillusioned Person o fihe Week To the editorial associate of Es quire Magazine who has called The Daily Tar Heel several times . during the past week and has been repeatedly upset upon being re peatedly informed that former Stu dent Body President Bob Powell 1) isn't a radical, and 2) doesn't have a beard. ' Avaht Garde Fashion of the Week To the latest British Fash ion gimmick, a disposable bikini made of aluminum foil which can be used to wrap sandwiches after you're through with it. H II . 4y and UUV absorbs ?&Zrr- ,f. S THE DAILY TAR HEEL 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Bill Amlong, Editor Tom Clark, Bus. Manager Lytt Stamps, Managing Ed. John Askew .... Adv. Mgr. Peter Harris Assoc. Ed. Don Campbell News Ed. Carol Wonsavage, Feat. Ed. Jim Fields Sports Editor Owen Davis Asst. Spts. Ed. Wayne Hurder Copy Ed. Jock Lauterer Photo Ed. Bruce Strauch Cartoonist Mike McGowan, Steve Adams, Photo'phers Steve Knowiton, Hunter George, Karen Freeman, Donna . Reifsnider, Sandy Lord, Joe Ritok, Joe Colt- rane, Penny Raynor, Joe Sanders, Dennis Sanders. The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of North Ca rolina and is published by students daily except Mon days, examination periods and vacations. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semester; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc., 501 W. Franklin St., Chapel'Hill, N. C. In The Mail Profile Of A Professor More Faculty Availability UNC Urged For Growing By CHARLES A. DUTCH "A man of paradoxes," said one student when asked to sum up William Geer. He is a colonel 'in the army, but anti-war, a southern liberal democrat who is against the South. Geer is the head of the De partment of Student Aid and -teaches freshmen modern civ ilization. "A colonel has the best reason to be against war," said Geer. "The man in uni form understands best the hor rors and uselessness of war which is a breakdown of the civilized process." "Since civilization has not yet worked out a solution," continued Geer, "I can not withdraw from a social sys tem which I have benefited from." Geer said that he meets his obligations on two levels: he teaches the idealism of peace and international order during the day and on Monday nights puts on a uniform. When asked if he is against the South, Geer nodded affirm atively. "I am against a South which looks backwards and not for wards," said Geer who is a southerner born and bred. "I want the South to fit into the mainstream of thought and look to the nation and world of today." Geer said that he teaches "modern" civilization, and not. past. He added that one can not live in the dead ashes of i j J f i If I U ! f i A l1 "J cannot withdratc from a social system which I have benefited from" the South and lament about the "woe." "I don't believe in dead courses," continued Geer. "I believe in living history and try to link today's happenings with the past!" Geer, who has taught here for 20 years, was later asked what change he saw in today's student. He said that today's collegians are the best that he has ever seen. Geer said that students ought to be taken more seriously and allowed to express their opinions. x "The student organizations have a great vitality of expres sion," emphasized Geer. "Look at tiie Art Festival, it was started by students it has en riched the University." Geer said that the Festival showed creativity and allowed the stu dents to test their ideas. What is Geer's prediction for the future? It is growth and enrichment of the Univer sity. Since the University is a public institution, it is oblig ated to grow and meet de mands according to Geer. "However," warned Geer, "as a university grows there is a loss of personal touch be tween teacher and student. Teachers must be creative enough to find a way to main tain this relationship. They must maintain availability." College Radicals Open Bid Students For Free Speech at the University of Illinois rallied Tuesday demanding that the W.E.B. DuBois Club be allowed on campus. They want a Com munist or a controversial speaker to appear before April 19th, when the Trustees meet. At Duke, the East Campus Judicial Board proposed elimi nation of hours for sophomore, junior and senior women and a change in the drinking regu lation to prohibit alcoholic beverages only in public build ings or on the grounds of the University. Also, the first Ne-, gro professor was appointed at Duke. Barry Goldwater spoke to Colorado State University stu dents last.Thursday night. Stokely Carmichael, describ ed as a "hip Malcolm X," spoke to University of Texas students at an event sponsored by SDS. A Vietnam Resolution was presented to the Student Sen ate at, the University of , Iowa. Over 4000 students signed a petition at the University of Alabama supporting UA presi dent Frank R. Rose, who was blasted recently by a state legislator for supporting the University's magazine of dis sent, "Revolutions." Troy State College of Ala bama administration censored an editorial which appeared in the college paper, The Tropo litan because "the editor of a paper should not criticize its owner." Peter Harris Another America Exists There is another America which passes on from year to year without much notice, be cause it thrives underneath the super society. This is the yawning America, the group which settles for what it has which isn't much and does not worry too much about the slick, middle class values which drive oth ers to ulcers. This is generally an urban phenomenon, and not every one can be a member; it helps if you are middle-class, be cause it is easier to slump into the easy chair from those heights, but it is not a require ment. I have seen Park Ave nue plushies engaged in these activities and I suppose I should note hree that 1 am not really knocking this life, only observing it. Perhaps the most frequent place you find them is at pro fessional wrestling matches. For those of you who do not follow the sport (not that I do . . .), pro , wrestling is not ac tually competitive. It is, to use a euphemism, fixed. But there they are, the slumpers of America, cheer ing, booing and cursing, com pletely involved in a contest which has been rehearsed like a play with an end before it has begun. Another place I see them is at the Metropole, a supposed jazz hall in New York City. These are usually the younger degenerates, with slicked-back hair and pearly, white teeth. They dig the too heavy go-go dancers and identify with the rattling booms off the drums of Gene Krupa. It is not peculiar to find them at the Metropole when one considers that this hall is only a few blocks from Times Square, a none-too-pleasant, yet grossly interesting inter section. Their Beatles are almost any sounds uttered forth from, the tube; their idols are the kings of the mat. Their cham pagne is bock beer, and their tux is a comfy .undershirt. Their past long forgotten their future not foreseen, they live a feasting present, a life filled with way too many op portunities for their tired fulfillment. Pfo1LJNC Mayer Backed! T FigMt Merclianl To the Editor: We are writing this letter in behalf of Raymond Williams who is a candidate for the office of Mayor of Chapel Hill. As UNC students we are concerned about the local gov ernment in Chapel Hill. It has been our observation during our four years here that the student has been either ignored or exploited by Chapel Hill merchants and politicians. We must remember that this is a University town, and the eco nomic stability of this town is largely dependent upon stu dent patronage. Therefore we believe that it is important to have a mayor who is cognizant of and sympathetic with the student's problems. Mr. Williams understands the students and their prob-f lems and will represent our' v views in our local government. The students -should have some voice in our local gov ernment. Dick White Christopher Keefe Christopher Randolph Dears Sirs: When I read the letter from Paulette Todd and the chival ric actions of the Great Book Returner I became fired with an enthusiasm which I haven't felt in years, and my whole body tingled down to my fing ernails, which I have not cut since. What a wonderful idea! I promptly rushed out, thread ed my way through the Arb until I found a neglected pile of books and was rewarded to find one, Fundamental Hand ball, containing an address and a girl's name, a Miss Esmerel da Higgenbotham. , So I twinkle-toes it over to her dorm where I left her books in charge of the desk girl, with explicit instructions of what to do on the arrival of the loosee. But observe my cunning) I do not make the error my Predecessor made. Why put the girl to the trouble of writing, sealing, and posting a letter to the DTH to thank me when I can save her the trouble by just waiting. Truly an inspiration! Sure enough, she storms in, (she had a peculiar gait), about eleven that night numbling things-under her breath, probably gra tuities, which were arrested by a hail from the desk. "A nice boy left these . . ." (my phrasing). Timing my appear ance for its maximum dra matic effect, I at this juncture presented myself to explain to the expectant (misleading) girl my role in the delightful drama. This was an unfortu nate move. Throughout the en suing conversation I remained inwardly serene, attributing her uneven disposition to an impending final she mentioned she had the next day. Abashed and undaunted I left the good tempered uproar, my mind clouded with a myriad of pos sibilities, and visions of stacks of unaccompanied books, mo mentarily left by their mis tresses. Since that eventful day, I have not remained inactive. My shelves are even now over flowing with sentimental sou venirs of my more memorable achievements. Ah, the tales I could tell of my exploits and what lengths I sometimes went to aid the girls. The Poli Sci book from the girls room at GM, the biology manual in the Girls Gym, the notebook from Lenoir, which unfortunately had no identification in it. But enough of such ramblings. Anon. There still remains a dis turbing lack of reciprocity of my good-will on the part of the girls, and I surmise that my fault lies in my attempts (well-intentioned though they are) to assume such a large task single-handedly. Conse quently, I have enlisted the aid of my floor in my endeavors, and we are undertaking to make our service university wide, available to all girls. We have managed . to cut down processing time from one week to three days, and plans to extended our theatre of op erations to such vast untouch ed realms as the library, car- rolls, the parking ' lots, and even canvass the Leave Your Books Here counter at the Book X. In keeping with the progressive aura of the whole program, we have reserved a room at South Biulding to be converted to something along self-service lines, which will obviate the necessity of hav ing to wander off from one's books in the middle of studying to avail oneself of our services, manpower, and so I enjoin But all this will require more the Carolina male to join our cause. Rally to the welfare of the weaker sex (female). Strut proudly. NO BOOKS UN TOUCHED! NO GIRL DE PRIVED! Robin Brewer 734 Morrison To the Editor: The 1966-67 Tar Heel basket ball season is over and in look ing back, I have only one ma jor complaint. Too few, way too few, of the Carolina stu dents got a chance to see their NO. 4 in the nation basketball team play in person. If they were lucky enough to somehow get a ticket, the students usually found them selves high in the. rafters. A story in the DaUy Tar Heel pre ceeding the final home game with Dook particularly dis turbed mc. It seems that a number of student basketball enthusiasts felt it necessary to spend the night - out on the steps of Carmichael Auditor ium in order to assure that they would get tickets to the game. By 5 a.m. the morn ing the tickets went on sale, they were joined by a hundred or more sleepy-eyed students, all found themselves shivering in below freezing temperatures. This action proves beyond any doubt that the students are most enthusiastic, but it is a little hard to root for a team when you rarely if ever see them play. Now I come to the point of my letter. I propose a radical change in ticket distribution for next season. My proposal is that for every home basket ball game next year the Caro lina student body be allowed to have all the tickets they want, and if on occasion there are some seats remaining (you know, the ones behind beams or in the rafters) that these then be offered for sale to the general public. How radical can you get? We have to pay for the athletic program you know. In actual fact, the football season can and does pay most of this bill, and the Athletic Department even lets all the students see their grid team in action. In all realism. I am quite positive that my suggestion will not be taken seriously. O.K. I'll modify i!- Of the nine home basketball games next year let's have one, just one game, which could be called "Student Night." For this game all seats would be re served for students only. To me this seems reasonable and if it happened say for the Dook, State, or Wake Forest game (a bit unlikely) the en thusiastic spirit and exuber ance of that student gathering watching their fellow students highlight of. the sports year. devouring teams would be the Remember the snowy night of the Wake Forest game on Feb urary 9th when v the public could not make it to Carmich ael and the students were let in free, remember that great enthusiasm! Sincerely yours, Hugh D. Bryan Class of '66 Where Is John? To the Editor: Sad is the day when works of Art, placed on public dis play for the benefit of all stu dents, are stolen away. I refer, of course, to the Great Toilet Theft of 12 April- There is no plausable reason why these un known persons should have seen fit to remove this true work of genius from its rest ing place behind South Building. estimable loss to those stu dents who have thus been un justly deprived of the inspira tion provided by this monu ment to meditation. Consider the even more tragic and ir reparable loss to the Artist, who, beyond doubt, toiled with furrowed brow long into the night, week , upon week, over this masterpiece, only to have it purloined and lost forever. To some it was only a paint ed toilet: to others it was a profound comment on life. "O lost, and by the wind grieved, john, come back again." Daniel Lindley 217 Aycock To the Editor, I am writing to inquire an ent the whereabouts of that beauti-ful acrylic painted toil et. I would like to purchase it. Of course I am referring to the Polk Place toilet, which I happened upon quite by chance you understand, while returning home from 1st period economics. I was struck dumb by the classic curvature of the bowl. I must have it. Of course thegaudy paint shell must be scraped off. We can have no ornimentation on those classic lines. If you can locate it, I will donate three pence to your institution. Sincerely Yours, : ; .-n. :--.k
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