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Insight Into Sorbonne
Reaction
By STEVE CARRIG
Special to The Daily Tar Heel
Carrig. a former Carolina
student, is now enrolled in the
Conn de Civilisation Francaise
at the Sorbonne in Paris. He
finds his classmates "a rather
lively bunch," and here reports
the reaction of French (and
Americans in France) students
on recent occurences in the
American poitical scene.....
At first; of course, it was
quite a shock to hear that
Johnson had publically an
nounced that he would not seek
re-election.
We received word this morn
ing at about 7 a.m. via Radio
America. After about fifteen
minutes, during which all his
major points were covered, the
taped speech ended with a
noticeable lack of comment by
the VOA. 3
It took the students here
only until the noon break to
establish their set opinions
about Johnson's an
nouncement. Views seemed to
fall along two lines: sigh of
relief by most Americans and
a rather cynical leer by the
Choice 68 Will Show
College Political Views
If anyone makes a killing
through CHOICE 68, the Na
tional Collegiate Presidential
Primary, it could be the cam
pus conservatives.
. Although caricatured
endlessly as dedicated young
fascists obsessed with the
mirage of exterminating in
sidious communism and
related socialist end products,
the fact remains that as a
semi-professional political
machine in 'the narrow, con
ventional sense of the word,
the student right is une
qualed. This professionalism has
developed, paradoxically
enough, as a result of the
incredible publicity that, stu-,
dent leftists have received
from the national press. Their
large and usually garish
demonstrations have rudely
thrust the less flamboyant con
servatives ar into the
background where, in the
leftist scenario, they vegetate
in deserved obscurity.
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European students. We
Americans are considered over
here a rather naive people.
This view when given a bit
of close scrutiny, is shown to
have some truth to it.
Student reaction is rather
rapid in Paris. By noon, a
"forum" was announced to be
held after classes to discuss
the Johnson broadcast. The
meeting was held in the Place
de la Sorbonne just off Blvd.
St. Michelle. As do most
French student meetings, this
one sparked considerable
debate. In the current fashion,
it began in a completely un
biased (for the French) man
ner. After twenty minutes of
Viet Cong flag waving and
general merriment over
napalm, the horrors thereof,
and the standard verbal abuse
of United States policy the
world over they got down
to "business".
Curious about how such noise
could begin any logical
discussion, we asked a French
fellow standing next to us what
all the fanfare was about. He
was hefting, intermittantly, a
Actually this guise of cos
ervative anonymity is deceiv
ing, for the vitality of the
student right rests ' in its
dedication to the democratic
process. Student power for con
servatives does not entail the
leftist course of direct and
militant social intervention
regardless of law and order.
It involves instead power gain
ed and administered through
accepted formulas and
established structures stu
dent government, for instance,
and national student organiza
tions such as the Young
Americans for Freedom.
So while the leftists picket,
agitate, and alienate, the stu
dent, conservatives try to pack
the polls and churn out ttr
vote. It's a simple, direct pro
cess, almost mechanical in
fact. But that, after all, is
how elections are won and
campus conservatives are out
to win CHOICE 68.
Their chances of doing so
are not as minimal as some
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balloon filled with calves' blood
(for the fountain) and a liter
of vin rouge. As we understood
him, the French are a lively
people and need a bit of ex
ercise before "discussion".
Besides, he said, with a laugh,
"What difference does it make
what we say anyway?" (If
there is one thing that the
French are not, it is
moderate.)
The general tone of the
meeting was that it was about
time that Johnson publically
admitted his failures and
"resigned". The French
students (living under
DeGaulle) are somehow blithe
ly unaware of the democratic
processes that we have in the
States. Just as a great number
are not satisfied with a total
and immediate United States
withdrawal from Vietnam (let
alone an honorable peace st
ttlement) and demand a Viet
Cong victory, so are they
unaware that LBJ has yet
another nine months in office.
For tiie most part the mood
was one of general con
demnation of Johnson and the
liberals would like to believe.
For the politics of the right
today are more the politics
of charisma than any other
political wing on the American
scene. In '64 it was Barry
Goldwater who hypnotically
swayed campus conservatives,
and this year the prophet's
mantle rests on the shoulders
of Ronald Reagan. Any
sizeable student mobiliza
tion behind Reagan mobiliza
liberal cause severe damage,
and most campus con
servatives know it.
A glance at the CHOICE
68 ballot would tend to justify
optimism. Those liberals
dissatisfied with Lyndon,
Johnson's i performance as
' Chief Executive have several
extremely attractive can
didates from which to choose.
Predictably enough, .the liberal
vote for president will pro
bably be extensively
fragmented with no overridng
numerical superiority being
enjoyed by any single in
dividual. Consrvatives, however, can
really in convincingly heavy
numbers around Reagan. True,
some extremists will back
Wallace, and more moderate
conservatives will support Nix
on. But the bulk will vote
for Reagan. The result could
be a surprisingly authoritative
conservative victory, one that
would rock the leftists more
than any thing else.
If the liberals and moderates
go their usual stumbling ways
and fail to mobilize, than the
conservatives will do
handsomely in CHOICE 68
for the conservatives, at least,
care enough to vote. Do the
liberals?
Creative Writing Contest Opens
Attention: Student writers,
poets, playwrights, film
writers, cartoon ists,
journalists.
The College Creative Awards
Contest for 1968-69 is un
derway. Over $5,500 in prizes will
be awarded to the entrants,
including a first, second and
third prize in each writing
category.
Each entry must be certified
on campus by some faculty
member stating the entrant
is a registered student.
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for assorted
"agressions".
The Americans
here seem
to
hoiipvp that somehow tne
worst is over and that oft-lauded
end "is in sight". They
jokingly refer to the ' Old
Days" the days of the
"Light at the end of the tun
nel." Nine months yet of
Johnson Pax Americana seem
to slip away just as easily
for them as it did for the
French.
We just can't seem to believe
that Johnson's Presidential
ambitions are complete. It
couldn't help but be noticed
that while Johnson called for
the end of bombing over North
Vietnam and a wholesale peace
effort by the combatants (with
Russian and British aid) that
he also called for a partial
mobilization and plans to send
some 13,500 additional
"support' troops to Viet Nam.
In effect, what Johnson has
succeeded in doing is:
allaying the fears of the
hawks of a U.S. withdrawal
by giving a series of "get
tough in Vietnam" speeches
as well as sending more
troops;
taking the wind out of the
sails of McCarthy and Ken
nedy. (If you'll remember a
major part of the opposition's
campaign was based on the
Vietnam war.)
Recently President Johnson
announced the reassignment of
General William C.
Westmoreland, author of the
unpopular search-and-destroy
missions. Now, he has "done
all that's possible" to end the
war, by asking for negotiations
and the cessation of bombing.
Surely within a few short
weeks we will see a new
ghetto-relief program proposed
by the President.
With the touchy Vietnam
war effectively sidestepped (by
United States
It's Farewell Now
To Victory Village
By GEORGE THOMPSON
Special to The Daily Tar Heel
"We regret to inform you
that the building which you
now occupy will be removed
as of June 10, 1968."
This is a sentence from a
form letter giving eviction
notice to Victory Village
residents. The t empor ary
structures, which were in
tended to last only a few years,
have been homes for more
than 26 years.
They were built in 1946 by
the Federal Government on
state property. For 10 years
the Federal Government main
taned the units and collected
rent, which was only $13 a
month.
Now Victory Village belongs
to the Health Affairs division
of UNC. Expansion of this
department necessitates the
removal of the old Village
apartments. Construction on
the "Swing Building" is to
begin in June.
"A lot of people believe that
these apartments are being
torn down for parking," said
John Hinson, Manager of the
Village complex. "That's not
true. The Division of Health
Affairs owns the property, and
the expansion of laboratory
space is desperately needed.
They've held off as long as
Material should be original
copy, typed, and no more than
two entries should be sub
mitted, with the exception of
poems and cartoons.
Each entry should specify
exactly what category in which
its author desire it be judged,
the authors name should ap
pear only at the upper left
hand top of the first page.
All interested students
should send a post card for
an entry blank to: Director,
Story Awards, 53 West 43rd St.,
New York, N. Y.
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rivals), Johnson can
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who knew all along that such
foolishness would not work.
in either case. LBJ, with
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Americanism has won the
jearts of God's people. He
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oi America doing his best to
"elP out two nations in
We believe that by the time
the democratic
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strong possibility of a draft
Johnson move. He. would be
drafted to carrp the war
through to conclusion in his
own inimitable manner (if
talks and bombing pauses fail
or elected on a war-winner
ticket.
Here in Paris we see
Johnson as no longer a loser.
a draft for Johnson's
Presidency should be proposed
and not accepted (seen as a
wise choice here), LBJ will
leave office the hero of the
American people as the man
who "done his damnedest.'
Let us not be misunderstood
we believe Johnson is a
serious-minded dedicated in
dividual. The Vietnam war and
the American urban crises we
don't believe to be taken
lightly. Johnson is a man in
a difficult position, but past
experience has shown him not
capable of satisfying the
American public or world opi
nion. He did not attempt any
drastic peace measures until
they were proposed by the
opposition and the Kennedy
charm threatened his office.
As we see it, it is extremely
unfortunate that about all that
Messers Kennedy and
McCarthy have
for am-
munition at the
moment
is
"why didn't
sooner?"
he do this
they could."
He said he had mixed emo
tions about losing the
apartments. "In one sense I'm
glad they're tearing them
down the apartments are
old and they have to be replac
ed sometime.
"One the other hand, there
have been a number of student
families who might never have ,
been able to come to Carolina
if it hadn't been for the
Village. You see, rent is now
only $30 a month. A family
can squeeze by with this low
rent."
He was asked if his office
will be able to provide any
low-cost housing for married
students when the Village is
gone. "Yes, if you mean in
the $65 to 75 range. These
structufes are new,
aesthetically desirable and
within walking distance of
Campos leadleirs
like .Peter Powell
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NoFtfla Carolina
Just as "Creighton's Innovations are Tomorrow's Traditions," today's leader on the
Campus is tomorrow's leader in business, politics, the arts. Maybe that's why they
go so naturally together. College men like Creighton's seemingly careless, yet care
fully rolled button-down styling. They like the canny blending of the proper with
the casual. They like the patterns and colors. Say "Creighton." You've said it all.
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ssssfiKsasaftfc A DTH Record Review
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Welcome Novelty
By JOHN MARTIN
Special to The Daily Tar Heel
BOOKENDS, Simon
Garfunkel. Columbia.
So much of recent electronics-oriented
music has
been disappointing in two
ways:
It is too often used for
the same reason bad singers
use reverberation chambers
to cover up inadequacies in
either talent or skill;
It too often is used without
restraint, losing in a sea or
satiety the individual effect of
a single melody or note.
In the midst of an overflow
ing market of such amateurish
stuff, the music of Simon &
Garfunkel is a welcome near
novelty, equalled only by some
o the work ofthe Beatles.
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Creighton
Rainy-afternoon Carolina is qraeter. woeorr
than sunny Carolina. The sunny-day benches
sit alone and no one passes for minutes on end.
In chance formation, the benches stand in si
lent conversation with themselves.
S & G manage to blend
both traditional folk and
something that can only be
called "psychological blues"
with both orchestral
(Remember the violins in
"dangling conversation?") and
electronic sound.
They can achieve, with elec
tronics, the same effect as
that of a preacher saying
"damn" maximum impact
through minimum and well
timed use.
Their new album, Bookends,
is their first since Parsley,
Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, and
has been long awaited by S
& G fanatics.
Side one belongs to Paul
Simon. It is composed of good
poetry that gains little by
being set to music. In the
last half of the side, Simon
concentrates on the misery of
old age.
In one band Art Garfunkel
has simply recorded, without
music, the pathetic, senile
voices of old people as they
expound or cry with anguish
and frustration. This sets the
scene for probably the best
song-poem ot tne aiDum uia
Friends": "Can you imagine
us Years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange To be
seventy."
On Side Two,
for the first
"Fakin' It"
time really
ploughs into the subject of
f o r e s h adowed mediocrity,
touched on slightly in earlier
p-1
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PETER POWELL, U.N.C. Pres. Sophomore
Class, V.P. Freshman Class, Dir. of Pub. Rela
, tions for Student Govt, State Affairs Comm., NSA
Comm., Students Legis. Pledge IFC Rep., More
head Scholar.
Shirtmakers
it's more traditional in'Tfeidsville
works like "Homeward Bound"
and "Dangling Conversation."
The thoroughly delightful
sarcasm of "Mrs. Robinson"
(from the equally delightful
movie, The Graduate )continues
Paul Simon's Golden Crusade
against the wickedness and
evil of Hypocrisy, the Curse
of the Middle Class.
"Hazy Shade of Winter" is
of man's failure, real or pro
jected, to overcome the
disorientation faced at the
start of adulthood, when he
must choose the direction of
his life.
In the song one feels the
tone of the emotion of the col
lege senior who realizes on
commencement day that he
has chosen the wrong major:
"Time, see what's become of
me While I looked around
for my possibilities. I was
so hard to please."
And: "Hang on to your
hopes, my friend. That's
an easy thing to say, But if
your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend you can
build them again."
Perhaps the only real
snoncoming ot tne aioum is
that Paul Simon occasionally
fails to find the kind of catchy
melody for his lyrics that was
largely responsible for the suc
cess of "Sounds of Silence"
But this is only a small
failing, more than made up
for by Art Garfunkel's crystal
voice and Mr. Simon's won
derful pen.
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