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Page 2 j . r , 76 Years 0 Editorial Freedom Bill Amlong, Editor Don Walton, Business Manager ' "Lord, ihe cops are after us," said one sex pervert to another. "Where can we hide?" "Let's try one of the girl's dorms' answered Sex Pervert No. 2. "They're easy to get into and they don't have any watchmen." Speaker Ban's Gone, Sanity Is Retiirninj How X can you run a decent, morally-upstanding university without southern a S p e a k er Ban? Sanely, for a change that's how. And that's exactly the way the . Board of Trustees decided to do it Monday morning when it adopted a six point policy suggested by Consolidated University President William C.Friday. - The policies are fair to both the University and the State, alike. They insure academic freedom, on the one hand, and protect North Carolinian from having Chapel Hill turned into a Yellow peril com mand post, on the other. The new policy assures vthat anybody can speak on campus, as long as he comes at the Invitation of a legitimate campus group. This guarantees students and faculty members the freedom to bring in any speaker they please, while safeguarding both the University' and the State from some rag-tag radical's corning here in search of a podium and setting up shop in Memorial Hall, without anyone's invitation. And, really, that's the only feasible way to handle the situa tion. The alternatives to it are ludicrous. President Friday pointed both of them out as such to the Trustees: "First, now as always," he said, "we could bar all speakers. The consequences of such an alternative are obviously so drastic that we should not give it serious consideration. "Second, some interpret the.' language of the Court opinion as suggesting that it is possible to establish regulations which would bar the appearance of unpopular or controversial speakers. . . It is ,my considered judgement that this cannot be done consistent with the Constitution." So, academic freedom seems to be the . only plausible alternative. And indeed it is. But does guaranteeing academic freedom to the Universith of North Carolina mean that Chapel Hill is going to be over run by communists? Hardly. Pamela Hawkins, Associate Editor Wayne Hurder, Managing Editor Rebel Good, News Editor Kermit Buckner, Advertising Manager Despite- wjiatv X9ir WSMc ar. from the gaslstation farmers back home, things like that jus ,t don't happen here. Any fears of that happening should have been allayed by Presi dent Friday's quoting from the Britt Cornmission's report on the Speaker Ban hearings. He said: V. "Referring to the testimony that had been presented to the members on the subject of Communism, and about speakers who were alleged to be members of the Communist Party, and the presence of students who individually and by group ac tivity were active ultra-liberals, the commission had this to say: " 'A careful review of the testimony indicates that these statements and allegations were directed at the University of North Carolina t Chapel Hill, covering the period from 1937 to 1965. " 'The testimony discloses that in more than quarter of a century, fewer than a dozen speakers from among the thousands who have ap peared during these years were specifically mentioned a s ex tremists and not all of them were alleged to be Communists. " 'Among the students, not more than five were singled out as Communists from among the more than 40,000 who have graduated from Chapel Hill over this space of time." And a bit father down, the report contained a sentence that will shake the Ku Klux Klan & Co. to the very roots of their lynching trees. It read: "The evidence before us fails to justify charges of irresponsible radicalism at Chapel Hill." Undoubtably, they'll write it off as Communist propaganda. The Daily Tar Heel is pub lished by the University of' North Carolina Student Publi cations Board, daily except Mondays, examinations periods and vacations. Offices are on the second floor of Graham Memorial. Telephone . numbers: editorial", sports, news 933-1011; bus iness, circulation, advertising 933-1163. Address: Box 1080, Chapel Hill, N. C, 27514. Second class postage paid at U.S. Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. , Subscription rates: $9 per year; $5 per semester. The IimporMmee By TODD COHEN 0 The Daily Tar Heel Staff Society, the University-they both miss the point. The University is not Erectly at fault, for it is merely a partnf Society. But somewhere m the works, something is lost. "AS Neill "the creator of Summerhill School in England believes that the most, important thing for an indivial is to be happy He disputes the accepted values of happiness. His 40 year collection of case histories backs up his belief . Money, or success, is not true hap piness, Neill says. Knowing who you are land what you want and doing it is being happy. But the" establishment rests on a dif Letters To The Editor Graduate9 MisiMeFiijreted. To The Editor: ' . s. vv' conditioned him in - such a -way t that Mr. Brogden has, unfortunately, based! should he be frank about his lack of pro his review of "The:GrahYate'A on a' quesl!r wessiat post-adolescence -rhe 1 would': be tion that is of little relevance. This film is 1 one of the most important American films in recent years. It has been , recognized as a successful effort because of its freshness. By rejecting the - con- ventions of movie making, Mike Nichols brilliantly recognizes the confusion of e middle class youth. One should not ask how this film should be classified , unless he is reviewing for Parents ... Magazine or the Catholic Board of 1 Decency. Rather it is a question of how -legitimate is this novel treatment of a subject rarely treated frankly and with such taste. ; Certainly this is a commercial film. As a modern craftsman, Nichols has not forgotten the box office in his production. Being a very adept satirist as well, , he has subtly woven humorous detail into his direction and, no doubt, into the screenplay itself. Many of the Hoffman- -Bancroft dialogues are reminiscent, in : fact, of the Mike Nichols-Elaine May ' performances of several years ago. Yet this is not to say that the artistic quality j nor the Seriousness of the dilemna presented are sacrificed for audience ap peal. Mr.' Brogden can rest assured that any slightly thoughtful college student or parent viewing the film realizes all too well this problem of alienation. Of course, one leaves the theatre after a lot of laughs. Maybe the majority of armchair criticism does emphasize the humor. Isn't this what makes the film remarkable? The representation of the inhibitions and insecurities of modern; youth of which Mr. Brogden writes have been hopelessly adulterated in melodramatic soap operas and ludicrous Hell's Angels or Psychedelic Tenny Bop - per movies which take themselves seriously to the amusement of the most unsophisticated patron. Finally Brogden's comments on the performance of Dustin Hoffman warrant appraisal. Granted, the accomplishments of Ben at an eastern college are ex traordinary if not overstated in the film Originally the role was to be given to a typically good-looking, well-built Joe College type. Nichols was dissatisfied with all prospects until he pulled the only . uu tuaracieristicauy winning in- novation by casting the unlikely Hoff- man. How can One avoid SPPincr tv. fortunate nature of this find? First the hypocrisy of the proverbial savoir-faire, be it in bed or on a trat t . c a track team, of th college student j labelled "successful young man" is honpstlv Secondly, the total lack of glamouTin the character demonstrates Hollywood's ong-awaited readiness to accept the fact wfrrn P111 US With Warren Beatty. The brilliance of the film moreover, Ues in this personal idenl tification. The third point is the skillful underplaying of Ben's pathetic naivete DusUn 5Sf SUPPPKSed achievents that Dustm Hoffman brings off so well. Ben does not overplay the fact that he is in experienced in sex. Yet his society has ferent principle. "You must fit in " savs The Experimental College, and James Residence College are closer to the mark. ' The object of basic importance to them is the individual. Without him, what is. the group, the residence college, the University? Society? According to Neill, the individual can and will become truly happy when he is free. Freedom means the right to do whatever one will, with the understanding that he will not harm another due to the mutual , respect which comes from not wanting another to harm him. "Freedom without license" Neill calls it. The freedom to learn who you are, what the world is, what its all about. ? shamed. "The Graduate" is a film that State's F ushionu Mes CI ing To Suspenders By ROBIN BREWER there is an increased emphasis on good grooming about the college campus these days, a trend ranking in im portance second only to political ascen dancy. To keep abreast of the latest vogue in fashion, our detf staff, spent last week scouring the Big Four Campi in search of current styles. Herewith we present our observations. STATE: Farmer's Haven is relinquishing its age-old grip on the traditional. This winter found the decline of red underwear following the recent discovery of lands west of the Mississippi. We are happy to note however that white socks have held their own for the 11th consecutive year. Wing-tip shoes are finally mak ing their advent but we noticed the balance of them were pre-tied. The big thing with the upper-classmen is to drive up their girls' dorm in their tractors (two on the floor) and snap their suspenders. -( WAKE FOREST: The Deacon's have been slow to adjust, to the changing times, although boys have been seen 1 in black satin raincoats with white collars. For the most part, it is the coed element which exhibits the new wear. Frocks now come in psychedelic colors. Although progress has been made in the field of women's rules, it is not without its drawbacks. , nUKE: Our Best Dressed Campus award s again to the males at the Durham Rock Quarry, second year running. For the erudite young man whTis Rialto-bound, the nouveau She relish an ensemble of bowler StWsuit and cane, capped by an .purpose selection of seven-shades nf PF Flyers Ever-present are a queerly charming assortment of gilt r ThP greatest inroads m garbing h,ad Selves Snable accoutrements. - nSed o nail down any common Hard"Pwo7 behind the current trends, de0S3 tSeVpoll of one hundred we, fc in and around Main Campus. In students m "Whom do you con- reSPrhe the best dressed person in the worldr we received widely divergent ems If Neill's goal is to be achieved, then Society's perspective must change. First steps are made when someone sticks out his neck and starts an ex perimental college letting the individual do what he feels like doing. Let him have a "Let It All Hang Out" course because then he will be Interested in what he is doing. The educational nobility pretends to know whatis right for others. No. They know, or believe they know, what is right for themselves. But they have not the grasp of the. world to know how another may properly learn what the world is. And according to Neill, that is the purpose, and the only purpose of educa tion. anybody who gives a damn about anything more, , current than whether or ' not a film bevclassified as grave br light , should see this year. Fred Jaf fee replies, and rather than analyze them ourselves we leave that for the statistically inclined. Forty-seven voted for the playmate of the Month, 23 for Leroy, Hanes Hall janitor, and 12 were against the war. Other persons receiving votes were: Mr. Ed, Mr. .Clean, Pam Brewer, and the White Knight. In all fairness, we must admit that the asnwers do not represent a cross-section of the Carolina Campus. L W-,iB8 Ifee. What Doesn't Get Done At Legislative Sessions If Student Legislature would grow up a little bit and find out what it is, that they were instituted to do, things would be much better for student government at Carolina. Thursday's meeting of the legislature accomplished approximately one-seventh of the business on the agenda. There were seven bills before the body, and on ly one of these bills was discussed. Of course, this one bill was the drug policy, but if the legislators would operate a mite more professionally, this policy would not have been the subject for the entire twoiour session, or at least what was scheduled to be a two hour session. The meeting . was supposed to begin at 7:30 p.m. It was eight o'clock before the body came to order for the opening prayer -by Representative Tom Benton, and the clock read 8:30 before the drug bill was brought before the body. After Benton made a quite articulate presentation of the bill and his arguments in favor of it, another member of the body took the floor to offer what he call ed affirmative debate from another point of view. Actually, instead of clarifying certain points of the question, this "affirmative debate from different point, of view" only succeeded in confusing the issue to such a point that there ensued a full fif teen minutes of questions which had no relevancy to the consideration of the drug policy whatsoever. The questions ranged from "Does this amount to double jeporady?" to "Will of Happy "Education should be a preparation for life," he says. Give the individual free reign m choosing w hat he will learn. And "learn" means learning about the world. The schools can merely provide a place in which to learn about particulars. That is all. The real learning comes in ex periencing the world. What a clinche but maybe true. It may be true if the establishment can be open enough to perceive that perhaps its ideals are only subordinate to the real ideaL , It's difficult to buck the establishment Dean of Men James O. Cansler said last fall in a private interview "we have in stitutional values." Well what about individual values? What if Neill is right and the individual is the key to the future? What if? Courage is the prerequisite for finding out, for only by the courage of ex periment can we discover if Society is wong or right. To The Editor: Several hundred teachers at the various colleges and universities in North Carolina have signed a statement en dorsing the action of the young men in resisting the draft. This is commendable of them; but there are certain facts of the situation which, apparently, nobody has perceived. Are these young men motivated by a humanitarianism which forbids them to kill or are they prompted by a wish not to be killed? Would they be willing to go if the supposed enemy could be killed without endangering them? If the "enemy" were handcuffed, leg-ironed and tied to a tree in which condition he could be shot and napalmed in safety? If he were fastened down, nailed to an operating table as were (and are) the animals that these boys vivisected? For, these draft resisters did vivisect animals in their biology classes in school. The animals were helpless. They couldn't - fight back. Did these boys resist this? Did they ever utter a word or protest against committing this vile crime against these living creatures? No, they did not. They were perfectly willing, many were eager, to torture animals to death in their psuedo science studies. Their conscience didn't bother them when they had the advantage. When it " ' was they who inflicted the suffering. It is . -v now -when they are faced with suf- ; , fenng that it has started to hurt. And the teachers. . .did they ever once refuse to vivisect animals? No. "They made love to this employment" (Hamlet) How, then, do they justify their wish to protect these boys from the possibility of getting hurt when they, the teachers, have hurt the minds and souls of these boys with the teaching of vivisec tion & have taught these young men to cause hurts in animals that are, indeed, comparable to the wounds of war. How can these teachers reconcile their sudden compassion -for these boys with the total lack of pity for the animals? Animals feel pain the same as they, the teachers and young men, do. These teachers, who are now concerned, in struct their students in perpetrating upon the captive animals atrocities that they deemed alright as long as it was only animals that were tortured, but which they now abhor if humans may become victims of similar outrages. DeDe Smith Blue Eye, Mo. fenses of this policy be covered by the Honor or Campus Code?" The answers do not matter. What does matter is that the legislature had six bills before it in addition to the drug policy bill, and they never got around to any of . the others, because they were uninformed on the first subject. If the members of legislature had cared one iota about their jobs, they would have attended the open meeting of legislators on the drug policy that was held Wednesday.. The meeting was ad dressed by Dean of Men James O. Cansler and Dr. Clifford Reifler, who ex plained the drug policy as the ad ministration and medical experts see it Wednesday was the time to ask ques tions on the measure, but no more than a a handful of legislators showed up for the meeting. If more had shown up Wednesday night, things would have been different Thursday night, and Student Legislature would have been, able to do a more ef ficient job. Sure, no legislative body can be ex pected to do all of the work facing it in one night, or even one year. But it can be expected to consider more in one meeting than one bill that has been in the works for more than six months and has been a campus-wide issue for many weeks. If the legislators really care as much as they claim they do about independent student government at Carolina, they would come to the legislative meetings on time and prepared to intelligently discuss the items on the agenda. Vile Crimes
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