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By J.D.WILKINSON
DTI I Staff Writer
Sponsors of a petition
calling for the procurement of
night watchmen for women's
dormitories released an open
letter to the administration
Wednesday in which they
outlined their reasons for
circulating the petition.
The letter was signed by the
president of the Women's
Residence Council, the
Secretary of the Student Body,
and the presidents of various
women's dormitories on
campus.
The petition, which is being
circulated in women's
dormitories this week, will be
presented to Dean of Student
Affairs CO. Cathey next
Monday.
It is directed to the
administration and reads as
follows.
"We, the undersigned
women students of the
University of North Carolinaat
Chapel Hill, maintain that
dorm security is not adequate
and, therefore, request the
procurement of a night
watchman for each of our
dorms. We believe this measure
to be of utmost importance
and priority for our
protection."
The open letter to the
administration cites the
"overwhelming response with
which those girls circulating
the petition are being
received ..." as "more than
ample indication that dorm
security is considered vital by
women on this campus."
The letter goes on to say
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Increases Representation
By TOM SNOOK
DTH Staff Writer
A meeting between students
and athletic department
officials Wednesday afternoon
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The solicitation of members
for the Student Consumer
Commission is going well,
according to Rob Hunter,
rhairman of the group.
ctuHpnts who wish to sign
up
to worK
with the
commission may do so today.
Boxes with the commissions
slogan, "There's no such thing
as free love in Chapel Hill-like
everything else it costs twice
as much", will be at Chase
Lenoir and Y Court for
students to ndicat hthth"
interest in working with the
commission.
The group was
commissioned last week by
Student Body President Ken
Day S investigate "all areas
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"with the full cooperation of
the Chapel Hill community" it
will not be necessary to
suspend University classes in
the wake of the worst drought
here since 1932.
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that "alarm about insufficient
safety measures is justifiable"
and cites the fact that in one
dorm alone three prowler
break-ins have been reported
since January 1.
The letter also cites the case
of a coed who had to undergo
psychiatric treatment last
semester after an attempted
attack against her by an
intruder in her dormitory.
"In discussing prowler
incidents," states the letter,
"no one need think he is
talking about mere Halloween
pranks."
The letter asserts that the
proposed alarm system is not
the answer to the security
problem because it "can do
nothing to keep our individuals
breaking into the buildings
through unwired windows or
individuals possessing master
keys."
"If the door is unlocked,"
the letter further asserted, "the
alarm bell remains silent. And
countless people who work for
the University or in the town
of Chapel Hill have master keys
to each building."
Granville Towers is the only
residence hall on campus which
presently has a security guard.
The letter quotes Nancy Still,
president of Granville East, as
saying, "I think it would be
very advisable for all dorms to
have night watchmen. It is a
very worthwhile expenditure. I
give 100 endorsement to it."
In the concluding portion of
the letter its signers assert their
faith in the University's
administration and their belief
that their plea will not go
resulted in a decision to open
the intramural program to
more students.
Richard Jamerson, director
of the Physical Education
department and Ronald Hyatt,
director of the Intramural
Athletics Program met with
several students to discuss the
reasons behind -the recent
curtailment of the program and
to hear possible solutions.
Jamerson noted that the
main problem behind the
curtailment was a lack of
space. "At the present, we only
have the facilities for 88 teams
to play per week" Jamerson
said. "With an increase in the
number of teams, we will have
a situation where a team would
play only once every other
week."
Hyatt, speaking for the
program, said that with more
teams, it was also probable that
there would be an overlapping
of the intramural seasons
which might lead to a conflict
for members of the team
playing in each sport.
Duke Stone, who wrote a
letter at the beginning of the
controversy pointed out that
the new ruling was unfair to
the dorms in the Upper and
Lower quad which have always
had a higher rate of
participation in the intramural
program than the big residence
colleges.
It was decided at the
Wednesday meeting that the
upper and lower quad dorms
Sitterson met with
university and town officials to
determine appropriate actions
which could be taken by
townspeople . to more
effectively conserve water.
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unheard.
"We are certain," it reads,
"that the administration will
recognize our sincere concern
for safety. The University has
always been concerned about
its women's protection and we,
thus, believe it will not fail to
provide the funds necessary for
night watchmen."
The letter is signed by Libby
Idol, president of the WRC,
Sallie Spurlock, Secretary of
the Student body, and dorm
presidents Kaite Lucas, Diane
Woods, Dabby Bishop, Johnna
Everett, Patty McKinney,
Kathy McLurd, Sue Taylor,
Nancy Still, Barbara Gaddy,
Phyllis Gendel, Barbara Nagy,
and Becky Floyd.
By TOM SNOOK
DTH Staff Writer
A committee to study the
possibility of a mutual
visitation policy was
announced today by Dean of
Student Affairs CO. Cathey.
In his statement, Dean
Cathey noted that the purpose
of the committee is "to
explore the problems and make
recommendations for the
Chancellor's information and
guidance concerning visitation
by women in men's bedrooms
and men in women's
would be allowed three teams
per 100 residents.
Hyatt said that he would call
a meeting of the intramural
managers to submit this idea.
This meeting is tentatively
planned for Monday.
Several ideas were discussed
in relation to the space
problem which cuts down the
number of games that can be
played. One idea is to have
more fields constructed off
campus. Presumably, these
would be used by the
fraternity leagues which are
better equipped with the
transportation that would be
necessary.
Another idea presented was
the possibility of holding later
games. This would make it
feasible for up to twenty more
teams per week to play. This
proposal was suggested in a
questionnaire distributed by
the physical education
department and the majority
of those who answered it out
indicated that they would
favor later games.
The decision to reopen the
program to more students in
the upper and lower quad
where participation had been a
tradition met with the full
approval of those present.
Hyatt stated that he would
meet with the intramural
managers at the earliest
opportunity.
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Chancellor said the
water consumption
3.6 million gallons
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current
rate of
day must be reduced to unufi
three million gallons."
"IDEALLY, IF we could cut
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bedrooms."
The committee will consist
of twelve members, six
representatives from the
administration and faculty and
six from the student body.
The members of the
committee representing the
Administration are Dean James
O. Cansler, Dean of Men and
co-chairman of the committee;
Heather Ness, assistant to the
Dean of Women; Dr. Mary
Turner Lane, faculty; Dr. John
Schnorrenberg, faculty; Dr.
Maynard Adams, faculty; and
Dr. David Basile, faculty.
Students selected to the
committee represent the
different organizations on
campus concerned with
visitation rights.
Bill Darrah, representative
from the Executive Office is
the student co-chairman of the
committee.
Other student members are
Charles Jeffress, representing
the Student Legislature; Libby
Idol, chairman of the WTomen's
Residence Council; Nancy
McCharen, vice chairman of
the Women's Residence
Council; Rick Page, governor
of Morehead Residence
College; and Bob Forbes,
governor of James Residence
College.
The question of visitation
has received increased
WASHINGTON (UPI) -President
Johnson, at Abe
Fortas' request, withdrew his
nomination for chief justice
Wednesday and termed the
Senate's refusal to confirm
Fortas "historically and
constitutionally tragic."
Fortas' request, delivered to
the White House at 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday, was written
Tuesday afternoon shortly
after the Senate had refused to
end a filibuster engineered by
Republican and Southern
Democratic opponents of the
nomination.
Johnson complied at 12:30
p.m. "with deep regret," saying
he still believed the associate
justice, an old friend and
confident, was "the best
qualified man for this high
position."
Fortas told Johnson that
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our consumption to between 2
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would be in a much better
situation to outlast the
drought," he said.
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attention over the past several
months. During the latter part
of this summer, conversations
were held between
administrators and residence
college leaders available to
discuss the complexities of the
visitation problem.
It soon became clear that
some mechanism would have
to be set up to cope with the
question which would be
accessible for all concerned.
A decision was reached by
Dean Cathey from the
Session Set Today
The
session
visitation
afternoon
information-petition
concerning coed
will be held this
from one to 4
in
Polk Place.
The gathering was publicized
Wednesday in a Daily Tar Heel
article which incoorectly stated
that it would be held
Wednesday.
Today's session, sponsored
by the campus chapter of
Southern Students Organizing
Committee, will be an open
discussion of social rules at the
University, with a specific
focus on the issue of coed
visitation.
Several card tables will be
ithdraws Fortas Nomination
further efforts in his behalf,
even if ultimately successful,
"would result in a continuation
of the attacks upon the court
which have characterized the
filibuster attacks which have
been sometimes extreme and
entirely unrelated to
responsible criticism"
In a two-paragraph
statement, Johnson replied:
"With deep regret I have
accepted and concur in the
request of Mr. Justice Fortas
and an withdrawing his
nomination as chief justice of
the United States. I believed
when I made this nomination,
and I believe now, that he is
the best qualified man for this
Wgh position. The action of the
Senate, a body I revere and to
which I devoted "a dozen years
of my life, is historically and
constitutionally tragic."
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hate to see the community
come to a stop when it is
within our power to prevent
this. The measures we are
calling for certainly ask
sacrifice, but not imposition.
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discussions to set up a
committee consisting of
members from the faculty and
student body. This committee
would then study the problems
of visitation and make
recommendations to the
Chancellor.
The committee co-chairmen
will set the time and place for
the first meeting. The
committee will then decide
upon the agenda and set its
own procedures.
set up with copies of the
petition for students to sign.
The petition asks that each
dormitory be allowed to
determine its own visitation
policy.
Copies of the petition will
be taken back to the men's
dormitories for others to sign.
The information session this
afternoon will be the first
attempt by SSOC to organize
campus opinion.
The first organizational
meeting of SSOC was held last
week, on September 26. The
next mass meeting will be
Tuesday, October 8, at 7:30
p.m. in 111 Murphey Hall.
"I urge all involved with and
concerned about our
constitution and its form of
government to pledge now that
this shall be no precedent and
that the Senate hereafter will
act by majority will and never
fail to address itself to the
issues which it has the
constitutional duty to answer."
It was the first time in
history the Senate had blocked
confirmation of a Supreme
Court nominee by filibuster.
And not since 1795, when it
rejected George Washington's
choice of John Rutledge of
South Carolina, had the Senate
refused to confirm a
President's chief justice
nominee.
Fortas' page and a-half
letter said that more senatorial
attacks on the court "would be
especially inappropriate and
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of each person.
"I think we can all do
better. Everyone does not
understand the gravity of the
situation. The students have
done very well so far, but
according to the present
conditions, even this effort is
not good enough."
THE UNIVERSITY has
asked the Chapel Hill Board of
Aldermen to pass ordinances
prohibiting such usages of
water as lawn-sprinkling,
car-washing, and operation of
air conditioning equipment
requiring water. The measures
are to be voted on in a called
meeting this morning.
It is also expected that the
aldermen will declare fire
ordinances outlawing trash
fires and the like.
CONSTRUCTION WORK
on a pipeline connecting
Chapel Hill with Durham's
water supply began Tuesday
morning with three crews
working in an effort to get the
job completed within the
estimated 25 day timetable.
The latest estimate of water
supply from University Lake is
now 27 days.
Sitterson said there is a
possibility that sections of the
eight-inch pipeline may be laid
with 12-inch pipe for increased
flow. The total cost of the
operation, which is footed by
the University. will
run
and
between $100,000
Purity Of Water
Is Not Affected
By JAY LACKLER
Special To The DTH
The rumor that harmful
microbes have infiltrated
Chapel Hill's water system was
declared untrue Wednesday by
several University and town
officials who said that the
drought had not affected the
. purity of the water.
"It is strictly - a rumor and -nothing
more," reported H.
Dobson, Chapel Hill Sanitardan
Supervisor. "Our water supply
is just as sanitary now as it
always has been. The water
shortage has not affected its
purity in the least."
A story had circulated
around campus that the low
level of University lake had
caused alegal to infest the
water making it unsanitary to
drink The usual number of fall
illnesses were falsely attributed
to imagined impurities in the
water. The student infirmiry
squelched this rumor also.
"There has been no increase
in the number of patients
admitted," said Dr. E.
Hedgepeth, "neither has there
been any illnesses which might
indicate harmful organisms in
the water."
Max D. Saunders,
superintendent of the Chapel
Hill Water Works, said that
tests are being run once a week
instead of the usual once a
month to insure the purity of
the water supply. No rise in the
bacteria count has been
reported.
"The water may taste a little
different and may have a slight
taint of color," he said, "but
this is due to increased
vegitation and sediment from
the lake bottom. These are in
no way harmful."
"Sewage is the most
prevalent cause of water
harmful to the court and the
nation if they should continue
while the court is in session,
engaged in the adjudication of
issues of great importance to
the nation as well as to the
litigants."
The letter was delivered to
the White House by Fortas'
personal secretary, Mrs. Gloria
Dalton. When it arrived
Johnson was welcoming the
visiting president of Chad.
Sen. Robert P. Griffin,
R-Mich., who led the fight
against Fortas, said, "a chief
justice should have widespread
support among the people and
within the Senate. In view of
the obvious deep division and
-,'ontroversy, it is a wise
decision."
Another anti-Fortas leader,
Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C,
said, "This is the wisest
lion
SIT 5.000, he pointed out
"Underlying all our actions
is the realization that we won't
go forever without rain."
Sitterson added.
"The Chapel Hill situation is
not as bad as the one in Rocky
Mount or Troy, where water is
being trucked in. I don't think
we will ever reach that point."
The Chancellor said he
believed the community
"would not die" if it had to
rely solely upon the million
gallons of water per day which
will be received from Durham.
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further that "if we get to the
point where trucking in water
would be necessary I don't
think we could get enough."
Attending the meeting were
local Civil Defense director J.
Boyd Spiller, Chairman of the
Orange County Board of
Commissioners Harvey
Bennett, Chapel Hill town
Manager Robert Peck and
Mayor Sandy McClamroch.
McClamroch acknowledged
that the administration was
determined to keep the
University open by "any
feasible resorts," and that he
was sure the city fathers were
ready to do their part in t lie
conservation undertaking.
McClamroch said that
"sending the students home
would not solve the problems"
of water shortage because the
students use only 10 per cent
of the daily total normally
required.
impurity," he added, "and the
feeder streams are too dry to
carry it into the lake even if it
were present."
Peace Corps
Committee
To Meet
By J. D. WILKINSON
DTH Staff Writer
The YMCA-YWCA Peace
Corps Committee will hold its
first meeting tonight at 8:30 in
the Presbyterian Student
Center.
The committee will make
plans for activities during the
coming school year and will
view a film about the Peace
Corps entitled Give Me A
Riddle.
The Peace Corps Committee
is headed by Jan Davidson and
Jim Bell.
Davidson said Monday the
committee is open to anyone
interested in the Peace Corps,
especially those people who are
considering future Peace Corps
work. All interested persons
are invited to attend the
meeting tonight.
Davidson outlined two
principal purposes which the
committee intends to pursue.
The first goal of the
committee is to help its
members learn what they want
to know about the Peace
Corps.
The committee's second
purpose is to help Peace Corps
recruiters on the UNC campus
"as much as possible and in
whatever ways we can"
according to Davidson.
In addition, the Peace Corps
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decision Fortas has made since
he has been on the Supreme
Court. I think he might go a
step further now and resign
from the Supreme Court for
the sake of good government"
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