Sunday, April 20, 1969
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Miss Frump And The Unforgettable Hand-In-The-Radiator Incident
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
77 Years of Editorial
Kermit
Student Needs
The Committee for
Afro-American and African Studies
Curricula released its report
Thursday night recommending a
program of Afro-American and
African Studies at the departmental
level.
The report will now go before
the Administrative Board of the
College , of Arts and Sciences for
approval, and, if approved, before
the Faculty Council for final
approval. The Administrative
Board, which has already seen the
report, is holding a special meeting
Thursday to consider it. The
Faculty Council will meet May 9,
and consideration of the report is
already on the agenda for that
meeting.
If approved by both bodies,
Bachelor of Arts degrees for both
majors will in all likelihood be
offered next fall. Both programs
will remain part of the College of
Arts and Sciences until funds from
legislative actions enable the
programs to attain departmental
status.
Professor Gordon Cleveland,
chairman of the committee, and the
other faculty and student members
of the committee, have done a
commendable job compiling a
curriculum for black studies.'
The -programs,' if approved, wjll
be only another step in providing
an education for students which is
relevant to their needs and their
desires. Black students deserve the
right to become more aware of
their own culture.
By the same token, any student
deserves the right to become aware
of any culture or body of
knowledge.
But the curriculum of this
University is not set up at this time
to fulfill the needs of all those
students with very valid, very
human, desires.
What the curriculum of the
University is now set up for, is to
' "teach" students.
Mr. Louis Nizer, the renowned
lawyer and writer, spoke here
Wednesday evening and very
presumptiously defined the
principle of the University:
"Students come here to learn," he
said, "and those most competent to
know how students should learn are
the faculty."
Students may well attend a
University to learn, but the matter
of who is competent to set up a
curriculum remains an open
question, at least in relation to the
thoughts of Mr. Nizer.
The members of the faculty may
indeed have the technical
competence to devise a scientific,
time-tested curriculum. But it is the
students who are attending the
University, who have the needs and
desires which make them attend in
the first place. Consequently it is
the students for whom the
University primarily exists. Without
the students there would be no
University.
And thus we suggest that the
curriculum of the University might
be opened enough to answer the
needs of the students. Such needs
can only be satisfied when
committees such as that of Mr.
Cleveland are set up, comprising
students as well as faculty, to revise
the curriculum, taking into
consideration the presence of all
tne students.
We again commend Mr.
. Cleveland and his committee for a
job well Hr - relevant to the
studentry of this University. We
urge the Administrative Board of
the College of Arts and Sciences and
the Faculty Council to approve the
committee's report. At the same
Freedom.
Todd Cchen
Chairman
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time, we suggest the faculty of this
University consider the significance
of the committee's report in view
of its relevance to the students for
which it was written.
Czech Illusions
We Americans live here in the
Land of the Free and thus take for
granted our right to be free.
Freedom is our birthright.
Consequently we tend to ignore
the illusory nature of the freedom.
We somehow come to believe
freedom actually exists, that it is
more than an intellectual concept.
But the fact is, freedom exists only
in the mind.
Some, . however, have made
partial successes in their intellectual
efforts to conceptualize freedom
and to actualize that concept.
Perhaps the United States, despite
all its prejudice, and bigotry, and
repression, has developed a system
of law which provides its citizenry
with more freedom than some
other systems of law which exist.
It is because men strive to be
free, in the intellectual and legal
sense, that freedom does have some
kind of meaning despite its illusory
nature.
1 And it ' is because freedom does
have some kind ' of meaning that we
can look with sadness, but with
hope to a nation such as
Czechoslovakia winch has in the
last year and a half made a valiant
effort to shake the repressive nature
of its Soviet master.
We are sad because the human
beings of that nation have made the
effort, but that effort has been, for
the time being, thwarted.
Since the forced resignation
Thursday of the liberal First
Secretary of the Czech Communist
Party Alexander Dubcek such
freedoms as those of assembly and
a free press have been brutally
withdrawn.
We are at the same time
encouraged because we see some
little hope in the intellectual and
political effort to achieve freedom.
Having had a taste of such freedom,
and having partially understood the
plight of those who have not even
that much freedom, we say, "Yes,
the effort may be worth the
trouble."
We realize that all the
constitutional insurances in the
world will not make us totally free,
because freedom does not exist,
other than in the mind. But we are
aware that it is better to have the
freedom conceived by the law, than
none at all.
The Czech people, by no virtue
other than the concepts which man
has created, deserve to be free as
any other being deserves to be free.
To Whomever
"This barbarous domination
stinks in the nostrils of every one.
May your illustrious house
therefore assume this task with that
courage and those hopes winch are
inspired by a just cause, so that
under its banner our fatherland
may be raised up, and under its
auspices be verified that saying of
Petrarch:
Valour against tell wrath
Will take up arms; and be the
combat quickly sped!
For, sure, the ancient worth,
That in (us) stirs the heart, is not
yet dead."
... Machiavelli
(Editor's note: Jan Davidson, a junior .
from Murphy, N.C., is one of the more
promising figures on the UNC literary
scene. One of his short stories was
recently included in an anthology
containing the works of winners in a
national student-writing contest.)
By JAN DAVIDSON
The recent actions of the University
Administration concerning the double
jeopardy amendment remind me of a
certain lady I used to know many years
ago, whom I will call Miss Frump because
I am afraid to use her real name. She was
the Bible School teacher.
For two weeks every summer we used
to have to go to Bible School and listen
to the same kind of things we had to hear
in Sunday School, except that it was
every day of the week. Miss Frump
treated us like the scholars we were: we
Soul Food: The
By KEN RIPLEY
The other night, a boy and I were
talking about religion; and he was telling
me how he felt that God, if He existed,
was only an impersonal force in the
universe, completely disinterested and
uncaring about the affairs of people. He
called himself an "agnostic, bordering on
atheism."
A few minutes later, I asked him what
he would wish for if he were given one
wish. He joked around for a while, then
seriously told me, "I'd wish for someone
to love me."
The big news of Christianity, for this
boy and for all of us, is that someone
does love him. Christians speak of the
love of God in a very real sense, and it is
because of this love that Christianity
came about.
Christianity today is a religion of the
empty cross, but many people see what
they know of the church as the religion
of the empty promises. As a result of
their disillusionment with church
Christianity, they turn to other sources to
fulfill their overwhelming need for love.
People look for love in many ways,
through such things as drugs, sex,
involvement in social causes, and through
meditative religions. They need love, the
feeling of being accepted and wanted no
matter how bad we are. People
need something which with raise them
higher and better than themselves.
Christian love, God's love for us and
our resultant love for each other, is what
people need today. It was a great feeling
: for me when I realized that the "whole
; .shebang,',', everything , that, .we ;are or can
i be, everything that we were created for,
that God has done for us, is based on the
act that God loves us.
Letter-Writer
To the editor:
Everyone today has an opinion on n
Vietnam. Even me. I'm far from an
expert, and therefore, don't usually foist
my opinions upon others unless they ask.
But I feel duty-bound to take issue with
the egregious mistatements in Mr.
Wilkinson's article "Why the People Who
Gave Us Vietnam Gave Us Vietnam."
Let me begin by saying that I don't
laelieve that the U.S. should be in
Vietnam, thereby agreeing with Mr.
Wilkinson on the one major point. But
my reasons are diametrically different. I
disagree completely with his three main
tenets: that the industrial complex fosters
the war for their own profit; that the
military establishment is pursuing a
psychotic, sadistic desire for war; and
that communism is of such little danger.
I believe that Mr. Wilkinson is afflicted
with the common young liberal American
disease called guilt: belief that America is
guilty of horrendous crimes and
wrong-doings that we must purge
ourselves for (the most obvious and
recent case being Vietnam). It is very true
that America makes mistakes; all
countries do, because they are governed
by men. But I believe and know that
history bears me out that America is so
far the "best" country (as in trying to do
the Right Thing) that has ever been
effected. This doesn't mean to say we
should desist from trying to improve our
faults, but please, give us. credit for our
virtues. For if Mr. Wilkinson truly
believes that LB J was influenced to send
"thousands of our boys over there to die"
by business magnates, then his cynicism is
beyond help. Even I, as a staunch
Republican give Mr. Johnson credit for
his humanity: he tried to do what he
thought was right. Furthermore, I take
issue at the assumption that the business
coummunity as a whole is "evil" and
concerned with making money AT ANY
COST. This is one of the most prevalent
prejuaices or today. Obviously, there are
evil men in business; but consider, too,
things like the little heralded community
project the Hershey
Company has built as a charitable act
in Pennsylvania. And there are other such
instances.
Additionally, America "exploits" little
countries no more than any other
economic giant. Nor is it easy to see how
giving millions of dollars of aid to these
countries can be called exploitation
Sometimes, WE are exploited, viz. Peru
where the government has just seized
Standard Oil Refineries and refuses to
reimburse them. Our government is
bending over backward to try and keeb
from enforcing the Hickenlooper
amendment and cutting off their much
needed aid.
Secondly. I don't know what field Mr
Wilkinson is majoring in, therefore, he
could do anything we wanted
to anything at all, she said . . . she would
trust us to act like the big seven-year-olds
we were. Well, this kind of opportunity
excited our young minds and agitated our
little bodies. This was just what we had
been waiting and wishing for all our lives:
a grown-up that would let us do what we
wanted to.
We entered upon this new freedom
very cautiously, like the big
) seven-year-olds we were, choosing to
color or follow-the-dots or fingerpaint . . .
; all nice, quiet pastimes. Miss Frump sat
like a benevolent frog, reading the Bible
and smiling down on our innocent
joys . . . until some kid named Tiger got
his goddamn hand caught in the goddamn
radiator and started to bellow like a
pregnant cow. '
"Julius'
(Julius was
Miss Frump said to him
his name that s why
we
Love Which Christianity Offers
But when I speak of Christian love, I
do not mean mushy, sentimental protests
of affection, nor do I mean conditional
love, depending on our ability to earn
God's love.
True Christian love is based on action,
not words. Love hinges around the word
"giving," and involves the sacrifice of
one's ego and selfishness for someone
elses' good. Love is a concern and caring
for something or someone beyond
ourselves.
The implications of love as a giving
relationship are many, affecting not only
our relationship with God but also with
other people. In the context of a giving
relationship, love is accepting, forgiving,
and redemptive.
Love accepts people for what they are.
The Bible says, "Love does not demand
its own way." The "Good News" which
Christianity reveals, the Gospel missage,
is that God loves us and wants to have a
relationship with us no matter how
corrupt and sinful we are. The Bible says,
"But God shows his love for us, in that
while we were yet sinners Christ died for
us." Likewise in our everyday Christian
living, love demands that we accept other
people as they are, that we care for them,
open up to them despite whatever
imperfections they might have. A
Christian isn't a snob; he recognizes that
he is a brother to all men.
Love is forgiving. The Bible says, "If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and
just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse
us from all unrighteousness." A typical
feeling many have is that we somehow
k have to earn our way into a relationship
r with God, that because we sin; we have to
,do more good works. But because good
, works can't really erase the fact that we
have sinned, God provides through Christ
Refutes Columnist's
may be the qualified psychologist he
pretends to be when he tells us that "a
real soldier can satisfy neither his desire
for personal gratification nor his
perverted sense of adventure during
peace-time," and goes on to collectively
condemn an entire group of people
(prejudice!). Well, I am not a
psychologist, and I don't think a defense
against such thoughtless slander is
necessary to the thinking reader.
However, a quote from last week's
"Newsweek" (business section) should
reinforce my point. "Many corporate
personel men say that junior officers,
most of them college graduates, come
back from Vietnam with a degree of
maturity unmatched on the campus." As
a result, "so and so and officers like
him are increasingly the targets of
corporations who are turning away from
the strife-torn college campuses."
Finally, there is the unhappy assertion
that communism isn't really an enemy. I
would make a bet that Mr. Wilkinson is
not a history major: or if he is, he doesn't
study enough. I am very familiar with
the open-minded position of viewing
communism as simply another form of
government which simply exists in some
countries. I held this position for a long
while. But, as the saying goes, one should
be open-minded but not to the point
where everything falls out. The analogy
of Russian missies in Cuba and our
missies in Europe is not valid because of
the BASIC DIFFERENCE IN OUR
PHILOSOPHIES.
(Editor's note: At no time in the column
was an analogy drawn between Russian
misssiles in Cuba and American missiles in
Europe. The analogy drawn was between
Russian missiles in Cuba, which were
ri
pmoved, and halt a million armea
American soldiers in Vietnam, who have
not been removed.)
We don't intend to use them. The
Communists have told us again and again
that they intend to take over the world;
and every time we forget, they grab
another little country. Whether or not
they can succeed depends on our
determination to prevent them. (Not, in
my opinion, however, by war). Our
nurpose has been "to make the world safe
for democracy"-NOT (please note the
difference) to make the whole world
democratic. The facts speak for
themselves. In the course of recent wars,
both we and the Russians have invaded
countries. Of the countries invaded,
Russia still occupies over 80, most of
whom would prefer not to be occupied
ask Czechoslovakia). On the other hand,
we have withdrawn from all but about
i rrr of the countries we occupied, many
0f whom asked us to stay. Now if one
called him Tiger), "Julius, what in the
world is the matter?"
"I've got my goddamn hand caught in
the goddamn radiator."
"Why Julius!" Miss Frump gasped.
"Such talk as that I've never heard!"
"You oughta go to our house
sometime," I said, "my Dad knows some
words . . ."
This belligerent kid named Jack came
up nose to nose with me 2ind growled,
"My dad can out-cuss you'rri any o!e day
of the week!"
"Oh yeah?" I said.
"Yeah!" said Jack.
"Boys!" Miss Frump yelled, "you will
all sit down and be quiet!"
Jack stuck out his lower lip and stared
at Miss Frump, "But you said we could
do whatever we wanted to!"
"Sit down, Jack."
WTe all shuffled over to the chairs and
sat quietly, all. that is. except Tiger, who
a way in which we are forgiven. God's
forgiveness is a gift to us. Here again, the
Christian forgives, or tires to forgive,
those who hurt him, who sin against him.
The Lord's Prayer, familiar to all of us
from our early childhood on, says,
"forgive us our debts (sins), as we also
have forgiven our debtors (those who sin
against us)."
Love is redemptive. The Bible says, "it
does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in
the right" Christian love does not say, "I
told you so." Because God was more
anxious that we should have a
relationship with Him than we should be
punished for our sins, He gave us Jesus
Christ. Christian love does not dwell on
how bad man is, but how good he can be.
Just as Christ toward the adultress,
"Neither do I condemn you; go, and do
not sin again," so does God's love
demands of Christians that they be
redemptive towards those who do wrong.
"Rejoice in the right" the Bible says the
Christian rejoices, gives thanks and works
for the time when people are involved in
good, honest relationships with God and
each other.
It isn't easy for we weak mortals to be
always loving, but it is possible for all of
us to begin and have as much as possible a
loving relationship with God and other
people.
Christian love, the giving relationship
which accepts other people as they are,
which forgives them when they fail, and
which desires only that they grow
towards what! is' right, good, and loving, is
not only a relevant force in today's
world, it is crucially needed in this age
where love is a precious commodity.
War Views
cannot determine which of the above
disignations delineates an imperialistic
country, let me be more explicit: Russia.
And the assertion that Russia has no
interest in the war in Vietnam is just plain
silly. Russia says exactly what will benefit
her today regardless of the truth history
PROVES this. We are involved in the war
in Vietnam today because of an
agreement that we signed long ago and
are now honoring, wrong as it may have
been in the first place. It is an effort to
prevent the communists from fulfilling
their promise of conquering the world.
Unfortunately, we botched the job.
Industry and the military may be
responsible in some small part of the
continuation of the war one could also
blame the peace marchers for lengthening
the war by giving the Viet Cong a
stronger bargaining position but please,
let's keep things in their " proper
perspective.
Trent Oliver
Graduate Student in English
Kangaroo Court?
To the editor:
We here at the Record & Landmark
are investigating the charge that a
kangaroo court was operated by Iredell
county law enforcement officers Grove
Fiddlers convention April 4 and 5.
We understand that a number of
students and faculty members from
Chapel Hill were among those arrested on
one charge and tried on another; or
advised to plead guilty to lesser charges in
order to bring the case within the
jurisdiction of the presiding magistrate.
If this occurred, then it would appear
that we did, indeed, have a kangaroo
court. We invite all who will to send us
signed statements of what happened to
them, not for publication, but to support
our inquiry into the matter.
Sincerely,
J.P. Huskins
Statesville Record & Landmark
Statesville, N.C.
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still had his hand caught in the radiator
and was sobbing on the floor in the
comer.
"Now," Miss Frump began, "1 will
explain about what I said to you before.
You can do anything you want to
do ... " We looked at eeach other and
smiled all around. "... anything ..."
the smiles broadened "... as long as it
pleases me." Jack and I and the others 1
looked about, nodding our heads The old
bombshell had been dropped. Never trust
anybody over ten, I was thinking.
"For those of you who have been
bad come over here." She got out her
foot-ruler and spanked us on the palms of
our hands. "You can go," she said. She
turned to the corner. Tiger's tears had
made a puddle under the radiator.
"... And you," she said pointing to him,
"you will "stay after all the others have
gone." Tiger bellowed again and pulled
harder, but his hand was still inside the
radiator. When we left, he was still sitting
there, crying, with Miss Frump getting
ready to spank the palm of his other
hand.
That was all long ago. I never knew
exactly what happened to Miss Frump,
except that I heard she ran away with a
pot salesman, a guy with a thin, black
moustache who came through town
selling decorative concrete flower pots for
the garden. Yes, she ran off with this guy
that worked for the Ornamental Oriental
Urn Company and she was never heard of
again.
But sometimes the palms of my hands
still bum when I think about Bible
School and sometimes I wonder if
Miss Frump and that pot salesman didn't
settle down in Chapel HilL
Students Back NSA
To the editor:
We support Carolina's continued
affiliation with the National Student
Association, realizing that the ideas and
methods gained from other schools and
the national staff of NSA have been the
primary source of progress on his campus
toward a better college experience. The
Pass-Fail option, the Experimental
College, and a new freshman orientation
are results of work with NSA in the field
of academic . reform. In addition, the
research which ultimately brought this
campus a visitation policy was begun at
the NSA Congress last summer. Women's
rules and student legal rights are other
fields in which NSA has been a great help
to Carolina.
We feel that continued affiliation with
the National Student Association is in the
best interest of the students on this
campus and urge everyone to vote NO on
Tuesday's referendum.
Alan Albright
Roger Thompson
Virginia Carson
Charles Jeffress
John McDowrall
Richie Leonard
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