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Torn Gooding. Editor -Thursday,
December 17, 1970
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Christmas is only a week away,
and students have been packing up
and leaving school all week. With
the last issue of The Daily Tar Heel
before next year, we would like to
offer a Christmas shopping list for
some of our friends and enemies on
campus.
For Dr. John Martz, chairman of
the political science department, a
quiet spring semester. After a
semester of Poli Sci 95A and Nyle
Frank, something like a massive
student strike probably would be
nice.
Provost J.C. Morrow has already
gotten his present for this year-an
end to the controversy over Dean
C. Wilson Anderson of the School
of. Social Work, and, for New
Year's, a comment since he has had
none all year.
For Dean Anderson his new job
in Cleveland will probably suffice,
provided he doesn't have to be
re-appointed any time soon.
For Chancellor J. Carlyle
Sitterson, a replacement would best
fit his needs since Sept. 1, 1971 is
nearly nine months away.
For Consolidated University
President William C. Friday, a little
bit of advance notice the next time
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A 1941 loyalty oath
keeps
commies away
The University of North
Carolina has a loyalty oath.
Anyone who wants to work for
UNC has to swear, or affirm if they
don't swear, to uphold the
Constitution of the United States
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7S' Years of Fditttrial Freedom
Tom Gooding, Editor
Rod Waldorf Managing Ed.
Mike Pamell . . , News Editor
Rick Gray Associate Ed.
Harry Bryan . . . Associate Ed.
Chris Cobbs Sports Editor
Frank Parrish Feature Editor
Ken Ripley . National News Ed.
John Gellman Photo Editor
Terry Cheek Night Editor
Doug Jewell Business Mgr.
Frank Stewart .... Adv. Mgr.
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Ken Ripley
Yes, Virginia, and you, too, North
Carolina, there is a Santa Claus. And he's
got a good thing going.
Santa Claus is probably the world's
most popular toy sales man -ask any toy
store. His fan mail is beyond belief.
Children and adults all over the world
seem to idolize him. Deny that he exists
and you're marked for life as
anti-Christmas and unAmerican.
And if you think Santa's unsuccessful,
lock at all his imitators ho-ho-hoing all
over the place. In fact, he's done pretty
good for someone who probably sets the
world's worst example for children.
After, all, Santa Claus may be
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Gov. Robert Scott decides to
announce plans to re-structure the
CU.
For Student Body President
Tommy Bello, a new pair of
Converse All-Stars. Tommy has
been doing a lot of running lately
and his old pair of shoes (the ones
he wore last spring) are about worn
out.
For the liberals in Student
Legislature, a slide rule, a copy of
Roberts Rules and a mathematical
formula to help them understand
cumulative voting. Or, if slide rules
and formulas cost too much, a Joe
Beard who .has the system down
pat.
For the guy who walked into the
office Wednesday and gave us, a
whole chocolate cake, our thanks
and a discreet belch. .
For the University, a massive
power failure which might finally
convince the administration tjat
operating the. local utilities isn't
what they want to do. 0
For The Daily Tar Heel staff,
two weeks off.
And to campus security chief
Arthur J. Beaumont and Mrs.
Frances Sparrow, a Merry
Christmas.
and the North Carolina
Constitution.
When the Board of Trustees first
began requiring the oath it caused a
big stink. ....
Supporters said it was the best
method the University could use to
keep radicals off the faculty.
However, the Raleigh News and
Observer said the oath was "so
half-hearted as to be silly."
That was in 1941, and the oath!
is as silly now as it was then. , ,'.,
And as silly as another oath; the
University required between 1949
and 1959 which required,
employees to swear, or affirm, that
they were not and had not been
communists or members of
communist front groups:(;or
"fellow-travelers." j v
The University dropped that
later oath, but somehow the, oath
passed by the Trustees in 1941 has
remained with us. ( .,
The chairman of the faculty, Dr.
Dan Okun, compared the present
loyality oath to the honor pledge
each student is required to sign at
the end of a quiz.
It would be nice, he said, if both
of them worked, but they don't.
Of course, we wish to assure the
members of the Board of Trustees
that if we find any commies on this
campus we will report it
immediately.
Christmas's most prominent
representative. So what does this public
figure do? He smokes, and he is grossly
overweight, and he gets away with it.
Santa Claus has yet to get lung cancer or
suffer a heart attack. A dangerous
precedent for impressionable children.
If his publicity is reliable, his own toy
industry must far exceed the common
bounds of big business. Yet he uses
non-union help. He flaunts ir.tcr-state
commerce laws. He has yet to pay in
penny in taxes. And if reindeers are like
horses, he must be among the world's
chief air poll u torsi The government has
not even bothered to prosecute.
Also, Santa Claus has been held up as
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GakJiey
To The Editor:
Dec. 15 we were treated to the
spectacle of Bernie Oakley martyring
himself after The Establishment failed so
miserably to do it for him this fall. Bernie
seems to believe that if you want to be
crucified right, you've got to do the job
yourself.
Solemnly assuming we care, Bernie
informs us his "noble ambitions" have
been crashed. Karen Jurgenson in
led. Karen jurgenson in a
the same page tells us Bemie?
ost sight of his integrityif F
column on
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fear, however, his ego is plaL-g
hide-and-seek.
Poor Bernie's mind is so swollen by
images of "perverted rat races," people
who "lick our wounds," and "limping
athletes that, fairly quivering with guilty
excitement, he's picked up the match
dropped by The Establishment and has
burned his own jock strap.
Next step: Bernie, boy Medic for the
Viet Cong? Is this the Bernie who would
have us "Kill! Kill!" this fall? Was" he
drafted into cheerleading, did he stumble
into the onerous profession while
bedazzled by his "noble ambitions" .or
did he place himself there to orchestrate
his own martyrdom?
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Ed put down the newspaper that KeT
had been reading, switched on the""
television, and adjusted the color to
balance the red and the green. He settled!
himself in one of the room's overstuffed
armchairs, and changed channels with the
remote control switch to pick up the.
Thursday night movie.
"Hey, Julie! Hurry up and pack the
kids off to bed. The movie's starting, and,
you promised to fix us a drin54.f"
Remember?"
"OK, honey, I'm almost there. By the
way, you might turn off the outside
Christmas lights. It's so late now that
nobody would drop by anyway."
Julie switched off the light in the
boy's room, closed the door, and walked
back toward the den. On the way, shfe
stopped in the parlor to unplug the lights'
on the Christmas tree. l
Ed looked up from the television as his
wife entered the room and pointed
toward the well-stocked liquor cabinet
that, with its accompanying bar, took up
part of one side of the room. :T
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the champion of virtue and good. He is,
however, an alleged fairy, and is a sizable
factor in the crime rate. But the law still
doesn't touch him.
For instance, Santa has never been
charged with breaking and entering,
despite the fact he illegally enters millions
of homes every Christmas. Likewise, he
has never been sued for an invasion of
privacy, although, according to expert
testimony by Clement Moore, he
typically enters homes without warning
and prior permission. "
And does Santa have a passport for his
international travels? Don't bet your
holly on it. Worst of all, Santa has .
pretensions of being" God. Somewhere
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Do yea. gentle .reader, fee! you're
being had. not by binocuiar-eyea siussa.
but by St. Bernie? I can see tomorrows
headlines: "Bernie throws self into BJi
Cunie's mouth to protest tight gym
shoes."
We can orjy await Senile's next move,
fans. What will it b Only his hairdresser
knows for sure.
Dave Fox
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To The Editor:
Regarding Mr. Farmer's letter in the
Daily Tar Heel of December 8, 1970,
there are a few points which should be
made.
Mr. Farmer says: "Stop using religion
as a crutch and face up to yourself and be
your own redeemer." He is saying, I
assume, that religion is a crutch. So w!ao
isn't limping?
That, may seem like a point not even
worth quibbling about, but it is indicative
of a fundamental difference in
philosophies. Mr. Ripley says there is a
God; Mr. Farmer says there isn't.
Since neither assumption can be
proven philosophically or scientifically
it
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HIM f
HIS ID.
"Let's break out some of that
expensive brandy we picked up in France
last spring. I think I put a bottle
somewhere near the back on the third
shelf. It's Christmas; we might as well
celebrate."
Julie searched on the shelf for a
moment, found the bottle, and opened it.
She filled tumblers for Ed and herself,
then replaced the bottle on the shelf.
Having walked over to her husband, she
handed him one tumbler and sank to the
deep-pile carpet beside his chair.
"Ed, do you think Chris wuT like the
pony? You know how he is about big
animals."
"He'd better like it. I spent almost five
hundred on that animal, with the cart and
all the harness. Besides, I don't think
they'd take it back. Why, we'd probably
have to give it away to get rid of it. He'd
better like it."
Oh,' Ed! Stop worrying about the
money; we can afford it. What about
Karen? Do you think shell get jealous
because we're only giving her clothes and
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along the line, chfldren are influenced to
believe that Santa is not only eternal, he's
omniscient, omnipotent, and
omnipresent. Among other things, he
claims the power to know when children
are "bad and good," the authority to
reward or punish them, and the ability to
be in every home on Christmas eve. And
the kids, bless their innocent little hearts,
fall for it.
Yes, my friends, there is a Santa Claus.
He's as real as you and I, and the example
that he sets is one that will endure forever
in our hearts and minds. And in him we
see the wonder that is Christ mas-that
cherished, timeless wonder-how that
little con man does it.
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is a God. it cr. makes or.e aware
that the question is there and should be
answered.
Deciding whether what Christ said is
true or not is a - matter for serious,
mature, personal consideration.
Christiar iry should not be tossed off
lightly as "useful in controlling a httle
kidT or "ia comfort ir.g sn eld nun wha is
about to turn into duit, but should be
accepted or rejected with a full
knowledge of what it is and who Christ
claimed to be.
Daniel C. Vinson
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Democracy fails
on UNC campus
To The Editor:
After some reflection on the
coronation of Nyle Frank as Supreme
Ruler of the Universe, I have tried to
decide whether he is fundamentally ill or
was trying to say something symbolically
(IUNC) to us at UNC.
Thinking back on my years here which
ere s no room
v-'.Chris is getting something bigger?
Children worry about the size of their
presents, you know."
"Me stop worrying! Look, honey. We
gave the kids presents that cost almost
the same amount. Besides, they're getting
, other presents besides. And it's the
thought that counts."
"Yes, I know. We were fair, weren't
' ,we? They .both had about the same
amount spent on them. They can't
complain. Oh, Ed, we are good to bur
children, aren't we?"
"Yen, we treat our kids better than
anybody else in the valley. Now stop
worrying and let's watch the movie."
' They turned their attention to the
televsion, where the movie had already
begun. It was the traditional White
Christmas," with Bing Crosby and Danny
Kaye. The couple watched as the blond
crooner ran through, number after
number with the pretty female lead, and
Kaye and another girl plotted to marry
Crosby off to her.
The doorbell rang. Julie and Ed looked
at each other in surprise and annoyance.
They had invited no guests this Christmas
Eve, and did not want to be disturbed.
After the second ring, Ed rose from his
chair and headed for the front door. The
warm, pleasant feeling he had got from
the brandy was largely dispersed by the
time he reached the front entry-way.
"Damn," he thought, Somebody would
show up on the maid's night off."
The opened door revealed a young
man dressed in seedy-looking clothes,
with the long hair and beard that marked
him as a hippy. Behind him, pressed
against his back for warmth, stood a girl,
likewise dressed in hippy garb.
"Excuse me, man. We were just
passing out there on the highway, and the
motor conked out on our van. We
thought we were like a thousand miles
from noplace, you know, but then we
saw your Iknts up here on the hill and
thousht we'd come up
and ask to use
car hospital or
your phone to call a
something. You mind?"
"What's the matter. Ed? Who's out
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have $eea the Stuient Goerr.r.-.er.t srcnJ
a million $1.&.CC0.C0 dollars cf mire
artd r?iy co'Jeajraes fees. I won Jet if we
bare gotten a m.i:;on do'.Lxrs worth.
! realize that I have voted occa;oraIty
in democratic elections for people I
d;dnt know and on i.-uc I did.Vt th;nk
importar.l: but. that in erer- ekwtion
tcted in more than a majority d.dVt otn
ivfe! I r.o realise that 1 wa voir jr ajy
the majority of the Fees portion of each
semester's Tu;!son and Fees to Student
Government, then a nonentity in my
Only today after four yean do I
realize that they have srer.t over a m-Uon
dollars while I have been here! There
aren't many mho won't agree that for
Aha! e have spent, we got fjppeJ (ar.J
not the fust time in Chap-! II.lll.
Maybe N)Ie Frank was calli?
attention to the fact that a King ir.stcaJ
of a democracy here on the UNC campus
might be better than what we have, (it
couldn't be any orsc). Indeed, why
don't ue dissolve Student Government
and ail the other ficdes so apparent
around here and try to cut off some of
the fat in the spending of student fee
and maybe we could all get a refund ut
the end of the year (lite a trip somewhere
each could decide for himself).
Does it take a 10 petition to have a
referendum on a refund of student fees
(other than the Yack, Tar Heel.
Athletics,)
Arlan P. Garvey
N. Greensboro St.
Dorm ignored
wishes of blacks
To The Editor:
During the early part of this year,
Charlie Miller, Governor of Ilinton James
Residence College promised that our
Christmas Party would be enlightened by
a soul band for the Hinton James
Christmas Party. Recent information
reveals that there will not be a soul band
but a psychedelic band-obviously
non-soul. Pondering over this news, the
only conclusion that can be drawn is that
the promise of the soul band was nothing
more than a token effort.
Hinton James houses more black
students than any other dorm on campus.
It seems this should give the Blacks a
voice in some of the activities that are
carried on within the dorm. But, in
reality, the Blacks are only promised
certain things and then are offered
impromptu lies when they discover their
wishes will not be granted.
When asked the reason for finally
deciding on the psychedelic band, Miller
responded that the soul bands w;re ell
booked up; yet, he had checked with
only one soul band. Representatives of
the Committee for Afro-American Affairs
even suggested a band which was not
booked for the specified date, but Miller
said he had already contacted the
non-soul band.
So, once again, our wishes go unheard
and not considered. When will our black
dreams become black realities?
Eli Brown, Chairman
Committee for Afro-American Affairs
there?" Julie had followed her husband
into the front part of the house.
"It's just some young people who
want to use the phone, honey, Go back in
where it's warm so you don't catch cold."
To the young man, Ed answered,
"Well, you could use the phone, but I'm
afraid all the gas stations around here
close about seven o'clock. I'm sorry."
"Well look, man. You see, my wife's
like eight months pregnant at least, and
she's been feeling bad tonight. I hate to
ask you, but could you, like, put us up
for the night. IH wash your car or rake
things in the yard or whatever to make
things even. You see, I'm fresh out of
green stuff."
"Uh, well, you see, son, we're having a
house party tonight, and we've got guests
in every room in the house. I'd like to
help you young folks out, but I don't see
how I can."
"Yeh, man. We understand. Don't
sweat it; well make out all right. See
you." (
"Wait! Let me give you some money
for a room. After all, it'i Christmas.
Here's ten bucks. Hey, don't you want
the money?"
Ed watched as the young couple, the
girl obviously pregnant, walked across the
lawn and started down the driveway.
Then he put the money back in his
pocket, shut the door, locked it and
walked back to the den.
Julie looked up as he walked in. "Who
were they, dear?"
"Just a couple of freaks looking for a
place to flop. Wanted to spend the night
here. I told them we were full up with
guests."
"I'm glad you told them no. You
never know, they might have been out to
get us, like that Charles Manson or
something."
"Yeh, and besides, who wants to be
bothered on Christmas Eve?"
They looked at each other, breathed a
sigh of relief, and settled back to watch
the end of "White Christmas."
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