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DAILY TAR HEEL
Friday, September 15, 1957
Ho listen Vtereyov I
Otelia Connor
75 Years of Editorial Freedom
Bill Amlong, Editor
Don Walton, Business Manager
Today's Coeds Should Decide
Their Own Women's Rules
: "I CERTAINLY FEEL the Uni-c-
versity women should be a
voice in University policy -making,
but not the only
; voice. I need the advice of
; alumnae and . other sources
) before I can make any deci
; sion on changes in women's
rules."
; Dean of Women Katherine
Carmichael
Times change. So do student
bodies. So do ideas.
; That is why a poll of former
Women's Honor Council members
by the Dean of Women's office
should have little to do with a re
form in women's rules.
; A referendum in the spring
showed that a majority of coeds
here favor extension of closing
hours, elimination of closing
hours for seniors, liberalization of
the overnight sign-out system for
girls who - have blanket parental
permissibn, and the option to live
in off -campus housing for coeds
who are either seniors or 21 years
bid.
V' The poll concerned 1,469 wom
en students who were then enroll
ed at the University. They were
Voting about how they felt they
should be governed.
' But now the Dean of Women's
bffic4s.eetogT.a.broader,,?ampl-.,r
ing of opinion, in the form of a
poll of alumnae.
. So far, although the results are
not complete yet, it seems that
the alums are a tad more conser
vative than the coeds are. This is
to be expected, since the present
crop of college students are prob
ably one of the most liberal ever
to come along.
But regardless of whether the
opinions of the alumnae support
or undermine the results of last
Spring's referendum, it is the stu
dent poll which should be more
heavily considered in the question
of women's rules, since the girls
who voted are the ones who must
;live under'those rules.
It is a wise and prudent thing,
"however, that Dean Carmichael is
doing in searching for a broader
Village Election Is Crucial
One group of people connected
With this University are neglected
more than any other group the
residents of Victory Village.
Those residents have always
had it tough, having to live in
those ticky-tacky little fire traps
they live in. And having to be
periodically moved around a n d
put out because the University
saw fit to demolish a few more of
the cardboard boxes ,for various
reasons.
; Concern about their living con-
Honors 36,
We Miss You
Good-bye, Honors 36.
It was nice, for a while, to
have the free-wheeling honors pro
gram seminar in which it was
said that the professors learned
as much as the students.
It was the kind of thing that ed
ucation and universities are sup
posed to be all about the free
exchange of ideas, the experience
of learning by thinking.
But now, an administrative
snafu nicely named a "break
idown in communications" has
Eliminated Honors 36 for the Fall
Semester.
Like they say. the good always
do die young.
Don Campbell, Associate Editor
Lytt Stamps, Managing Editor
Hunter George, News Editor
Brant Wansley, Advertising Manager
base upon which to build a new
system of women's rules.
It's just that she is looking in
the wrong place.
Instead of polling former Worn
en's Honor Council members on
the subject, Dean Carmichael
should look to other comparable
universities to see how they are
handling the problem of fitting to
day's women's rules to today's
women.
In fact, she need not go very
far: just 13 miles to Duke Univer
sity, where coeds have 2 a.m.
hours every night, would do- - '
a
a
I Rule No. 1: 1
Maintain
Thy Cool
.V .V
How is Bill Dooley like the g
goalposts at Carter Stadium
in Raleigh?
8 Both are new, both have to :
do with the Carolina - State S
football game Saturday, and
jij: neither wants to be torn
S down afterwards. 8
.V
Also, both are supposed to
be permanent fixtures, which S
. jiji means that if anyone does j-j:
jij try to tear them down, it will S
jg. probably be embarras
: sing since neither will bulge.
: Now, the football coach :
and team at State will prob-
ably try to tear down Dooley
: and his Tar Heels. We hope
this will make them look S
silly.
On ,the other hand, we'd
really hate to see anyone
from Carolina be made to
look ridiculous and also
j: maybe get arrested w h i 1 e &
: trying to tackle the goalposts,
: which are embedded in con-
crete.
: So, let Carter keep its
goalposts which the cOn- :
: crete would insure anyway ijij
jij and let Carolina keep its cool, g
ditions is now growing among the
Village residents, and their con
cern is completely justified.
Strangely enough ,the residents
aren't asking for new quarters,
though, they are asking for very
simple, but very necessary im-"
provements in facilities and ser
vices. ,
This concern is being channel
ed, by a few, into preparations
for next "month's Village Board of
Alderman elections, which will af
fect every Village resident.
The elections necessarily in
volve "getting out the vote" and
as on the rest of the campus
apathy runs rampant in Victory
Village.
The time was, back a few years
ago, when the Aldermen were
considered an important govern
ing board. But then, until last'
spring, self-government became
an unimportant commodity in the
Village. ;
Any adult in the Village is'
eligible to run for membership on
the Board. 12 will be chosen bv the
voters for office.
We would like to see the Village
residents form political parties, if
necessary, to insure an elec
tion that will arouse interest. " .
If those elected to office have
to fight to win. there's a decent
chance they will want to repre
sent those who elected them.
cirop-pcd Slip 1
Hugh Stetiens
Gardner .rUses Tobacco Issue
' As Excuse To Attack Kennedy
Sen. Robert Kennedy's introduction
of a legislative package to control the
marketing of cigarettes has evoked a
predictably . agitated reaction from
Fourth District congressman Jim Gard
ner. But if Gardner is to be cocnmended
for defending his constituency and I'll
leave it to you to ; argue whether the
tobacco industry should be defended hT
this healtbfnoral dilemtma the man
ner and tone of his rebuttal were high
ly objectionable.
Rep. Gardner's response contained
all the usual cliches about "lack of
any proven causal link between smok
ing and disease," etc. But then the
Congressman's larnyx raced ahead of
his brain, and he bitterly attacked Sen.
Kennedy for "ignoring" the Scotch
whiskey industry. For those who miss
ed the point, Gardner alluded to the
evils of alcohol ,and reminded every
one ' out' there in television land that
old JoeiKennedy was primarily respon
sible for the large-scale importation of
Scotch fire water into the United States.
To the unitiated, th parallel seems
obvious and brilliant. However, it just
seems that way.
Let's assume, for the sake of argu
ment, that Scotch (Whiskey is as great a
health hazard as cigarette smoking.
Even so, Gardner is grabbing at straws
by comparing the two in an attempt to
downgrade Sen. Kennedy.
For example, one of Kennedy's pro
posals is to control television advertis
ing of cigarettes toy limiting it to speci
fic times of day and to certain types of
shows. Gardner calls this an infronge
ment on the free enterprise system.
True, but vwhen was the last time you
saw a Calvert's ad on the Beverly Hill
billies? Although the prohibitions against
Ty liquor ads are only quasi-official
(originating primarily in broadcast in
dustry codes) they are -observed reli
giously in most sections of the country.
A few broadcast outlets in large metro
politan areas mostly radio stations)
have aired messages for potent pot
ables, but the public response has been
largely unfavorable. The steadily ris
ing national consumption of alcohol, ,
despite the iack of broadcast advertis
ing, seems to indicate, that Gardner
has nothing to fear short of a sudden
burst of sensibility on the part of the
American public.
Another of Senator Kennedy's sug
gestions is that cigarettes be subject to
a federal tax, with the rates based on
their yield of tar and nicotine. The
idea is fanciful at best, because the
vagaries of scientific research would
make a sliding tax scale unfair and
virtually unenforceable. Nevertheless,
the idea of some type of federal tax is
a vital and realistic conern for the New
York senator. Even as Kennedy broach
ed his proposals, Gov. Nelson Rocke
feller was hosting a conference aimed
at stemming the flood of bootleg ciga
rettes which is -draining the Empire
State of millions of dollars in tax rev
enues. Gardner and the entire state of
North Carolina are - becoming more
and more vulnerable on the issue of
cigarette taxes, for a number of rea
sons. The cnost obvious is that, by main-
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taining our obstinate stance against
any. tobacco taxes, we are doing se
vere damage to New York's right to
tax its citizens as it deems best.
Second, we are providing a fertile
breeding ground for lawbreaking wit
ness Gov. Rockefeller's "revelation"
that the. Mafia and other big - time
racketeers are now bootlegging cigar
ettes on a large scale. And large scale
means LARGE scale the New York
Times reported this week that sales in '
the city are down by 800,000 packs per
day since the latest tax hike. :
Finally, it is becoming increasingly
apparent that North Carolina is adher
ing to tradition at considerable expense
to itself. Studies made in England
where cigarette prices are in the
neighborhood of fifty cents per pack)
showed that demand did not become
elastic even in the face of greatly in
creased taxes. New York's . recent ex-,
perience" :beari this out ' The fact sis'i
that smokers will buy cigarettes at
ever-increasing rate's until the price
per pack soars past half a dollar; even
then the consumption drops off slowly.
Again, we may turn to Rep. Gardner's
own example to attack his own claims
Don Campbell
Am Observer's Guide
On The Mini -Shirt -
We gave the campus a quick once
over the other day, to see what's big
in fall fashions for coeds. Not to our
surprise, the mini-skirt is still with us.
The mini-skirt, in about 65 per cent
of the cases, is a very pleasing piece
of dress. It's the other 35 per cent that
tends to. ruin the esthetic quality of the
mini-skirt as a whole.
Therefore, as a public service to the
Carolina coed, we have compiled a few
rules which we choose to call the Daily
Tar Heel Guide for Mini-Skirt Wearers:
1. Measure the circumference of the
(a) calf midway. Then measure the
circumference of the (b) thigh midway.
' li (a) is greater than (b), try to avoid
the mini-skirt and wear skirts that fall
below the knee, instead.
2. Measure the circumference of the
(a) knee at the largest point of the
kneecap. "Then measure the (b) mid
calf," and (c), the midthigh. If a) is
larger than (b) and (c), or larger than
(c), -'but not (b), then try to avoid the
mini-skirt.
3. If the circumference of the leg
falls under 6 inches at any point above
mid-calf, try not to wear the mini
skirt at any time, except at night.
Martha Rainey
It's : Time
Last Sunday afternoon in Hill Hall
freshman and transfer women stopped
getting the rah-rah rules pitch they've ,
gotten in the past and heard instead
some honest answers as to why they
would have to memorize a 20-page rule
book. And they welcomed it. Because all
it iook was for someone to stop trying
to present the best possible image of
JSC during Orientation and tell it like
it is. : . r
For too long on this campus, the
coed has accepted her social regula
tions without question has done nothing
more than dutifully learn them for the
rules quiz and accept punishment when .
she violates them. She has rarely
Slip?
whiskey sells well in North Carolina,
despite the fact that we tax it and tax
it and tax it some more.
And so return to the starting point.
Cigarettes make people sick, and
Bobby Kennedy doesn't like them. Li
quor makes people sick and Jim Gard
ner doesn't like it. But Bobby likes
booze because he got rich off it, and
Uim likes cigarettes because his friends
make them and grow tobacco for them.
And yet, I haven't heard Bobby
screaming because North Carolina
puts stickers on Scotch bottles. Nor
have I heard him innocently deny that
there is any link between alcohol and
alcoholism. No doubt some of these
things displease him, but at least he
doesn't resort to personal attacks on
tobacco farmers to vent his displeasure.
Even as Jim Gardner defends the
status quo, the-tobacco industry is
showing signs of adjusting to the
changes:, which must surely come. The
industry is diversifying, at both th -e.'
farm and the manufacturing levels. It
is improving and revamping its prod
ucts. Its sales continue to rise.
I think the industry ' can take it.
Congressman Gardner apparently can't.
4. If the circumference of the leg is
more than 22 inches anywhere at all,
try not to wear me mini-skirt at any
time, day or night. ,
5. If you are right-handed and wear
mini-skirts, cross the left leg over the
right' knee, and vice-versa, when sit
ting. 6. Be sneaky about the whole (thing.
Buy some of those panty-girdle type
panties that cnatch the mini-skirt you
are wearing. Then the Carolina Gentle
man will spend his time trying to figure
out where the skirt ends and you begin.
7. Last, but most important, if the
area behind your knees looks like a
cross between a bowl of spaghetti and
an -interstate road map, avoid mini
skirts at all cost. As a' matter of fact,
avoid all dresses and wear slacks in
stead. We don't mean to sound presump
tuous, girls, but rally, not every girl
is pleasing to the eye, much less sexy,
in a mini-skirt. Most of these sugges
tuous, girls, but really, not every girl
you don't have the legs for mini-skirts,
no one knows it better than you. At
least that's what we'd like to think.
To Question Rules
bothered to ask herself or her fellow
women students why so much is de
cided for her instead of by her. Chan
cellor Sitterson said Saturday night
that at Chapel Hill, students have "free
dom to learn?' Is learning at Carolina
supposed to stop once the student leaves
the classroom? If not, then it's time
we took a long look at our social regu
lations to see if they allow us that
freedom.
It is up to the coed to decide what
and how she is going to study if at
all. That personal responsibility and
freedom is given to all students. But
how nuxh individual choice is left to
the coed io is told everything from
how to dress to .when she can receive
On Manners...
When I was at Nags Head in July
with my children and grandchildren
we went to supper at one of the plush
eating places where we had to stand
in line before we could be seated.
Our waiter had such beautiful man
ners that I said to him, "You certain
ly have good 'manners. Where are you
from?" He said he was from Raleigh.
I told him I was from Chapel Hill. He
said he went to Carolina. I told him
he was one of my boys and asked him
his name. When he answered I knew
he was descended from the Bishop who
baptised and confirmed all of us in the
little Episcopal Chapel on our farm.
I asked him if he knew Otelia Con
nor? "Are you Otelia Connor?" he ask
ed. He said he knew Otelia, had read
what I wrote, but had not seen me.
He went to Groton prep school, and
was working in the summer to send
himself to school in England.
I remarked to my family later,
"That boy is going places. He has
beautiful (manners. He knows what he
wants, and he is willing to work for it."
They agreed.
The next night we ate at the same
place. We had another waiter. When
he came to the table he said, "How'
are you Mrs. Connor?" I asked him
how he knew who I was? He was one
of my boys. He went to Carolina too.
He had beautiful manners also. I was
very proud of my boys!
Friday night a Duke student called
me. He is a graduate in medicine at ..
Harvard and Interning at Duke. He is
from Little Rock, Ark. He said the
man in New York, whom I have never
met but who sends me my Japanese
umbrellas, told him to be sure to look
up Otelia Connor when he arrived in
N. C. He came for me Sunday night
and took me to the buffet supper at
the Carolina Inn. He also had lovely
fenanners. He even seated me when I
got in the car, and opened the door
to help me out. Something you need in
these low slung cars, and more than
some others have done recently.
Don't tell me that good manners
are not important. They are worth
everything to you when you get out into
the world. First impressions are usual
ly lasting. If you wish to get a favor
able reception, make a . good first im
pression. Make a habit of being a gen
tleman. And Mules
Some one remarked "It wasnt so
much what Otelia Connor said as it was
the way she said it.'
I ate lunch with a student frocn the
Midwest yesterday. He didn't approve
of my manner crusade he didn't think
manners were anybody's business. I re
plied it was. my business if they were
my children. He countered witli "To
hit people with an umbrella -is assult
and battery." I told him I had never
hit anybody with an umbrella. It was
my trade mark which the Tar Heel
and students had stuck me with.
I feel very much in the position of
the farmer when a visitor told him he
heard that he, the farmer, was an ex
pert at handling mules, and asked for
a demonstration. Whereupon the farm
er picked up a stick and gave the mule
a sound whaling.
The visitor was amazed at this treat
ment of the mule and said so. The
farmer replied that he could handle
the mule all right, but he first had to
get his attention.
Likewise, if I am going to get my
message across to the students, I first
have to get their attention, so I whack
, chairs, etc. There may be other ways
but with the large turnover of thou
sands of students every year, and since
"time and opportunity wait on no man,"
this is the quickest way.
Which bears out the old adage "You
pays your money, and you takes your
choice!"
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phone cails as a freshman?
We must ask ourselves if we want
to be told what to do by the Dean of
Women's Office, or if we want to ac
cept individual responsibility for our
conduct on this campus. If we choose
the burden of personal decision, then
every regulation we adhere to now
must be looked at in terms of the limi
tation it places on that freedom.
The choice is ours some of us have
already made it. Freshmen and trans
fer women began to make theirs with
their response to the speech on wo
men's rules.
Now is the time to question. First
ourselves, and then the rules we live
under. Now.