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Does the University
administration favor the
establishment of a mass transit
system in Chapel Hill?
That question was asked several
times Wednesday night on a WCHL
panel discussion of the referendum
on the bus system facing Chapel
Hill voters next Tuesday.
The sole member of the panel
opposing the referendum, Jim
Crisp, based his, refusal to support
the plans on the basis that the
University had not agreed to
participate to the tune of $250,000
a year, the amount the Joint
Transportation Commission
expects. These funds would be
raised by the University through
the sale of passes to students,
faculty and staff or through a
combination of that approach and a
mandatory student fee.
That is, if the University decides
to go along with the system.
Both Chancellor N. Ferebee
Taylor and his assistant Dr.
Calibprne Jones refused to
participate in the WCHL panel.
Reportedly, they did not want to
advocate a political position and
seem to speak for the University in
so doing which is all well and
good, but what is the University's
position?
Does the University accept its
share of the responsibility for the
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Jews remaiiii sensitive to
Key '73 is an eighteen-month,
nationwide evangelistic campaign,
involving about 130 groups. Its purpose is
"to share with every person in North
America. '. .the claims and message of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, to confront
people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ by
proclamation and demonstration, by
witness and ministry, by word and deed."
The campaign is to be carried out through
all aspects of the mass media. It is aimed
at everyone, certainly not specifically at
Jews, but there are reactions to it which
concern-Jews.
Evangelism is hardly new to the Jews.
Almost every Jew who has grown up in a
non-Jewish area has been approached by
Christians who want to share Christ with
him. If the motivation of the Christians is
generous, as it very often is, the situation
can, at -best, be frsutrating to both
Letters to the
"New Yorker endoyed Clarence
To the Editor: y
Tonight, I had the honour of visiting
Clarence's, hypothetically a haven of
eighteen year old beer drinkers (what else
is served in this state). While sitting in one
of the many clean, wooden booths, I
happened upon a copy of your illustrious
tribune, "Variation," dated 5 Feb., 1973.
Having just" recently graduated from the
Univ. of Pennsylvania, I still enjoy
reading other campus dailies. However, I
was a bit taken aback by your article
written by a Mr. Howie Carr concerning
the , - local campus bistros. Your
description of Clarence's was hardly
congruous to the bar in which I was
sitting, also named Clarence's and, oddly
enough, run by two very affable,
convivial, and loquacious proprietors
named ' no less but Sally and Clarence
Gray. The latter struck me as the
archetypical elderly hippie-type, long
locks over his ears, etc.
According to your article on the bars
of Chapel Hill, I, being a New Yorker and
working on Wall Street, should have felt
out of place in Clarence's. Yet, ironically,
I found Clarence's to be a pleasant
combination between a typical campus
bar and an East Side New York bistro. I
seriously question whether the author of
Opinion
Evans Witt, Editor
Friday, February 16, 1973
traffic and parking problem in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro?
Does the administration
appreciate the power it holds to
help the planned system toward
financial self-sufficiency or to shove
it down into "quick financial
disaster", to use Mr. Crisp's words?
This fall we believed that the
University had at last come to see
that massive parking decks and
more asphalt poured on the ground
would not make the parking and
traffic problem any better. In fact,
we still believe such construction
would only make the situation
more untenable.
This fall, the University indicated
a willingness to commit itself
financially to the system, although
the mechanism for that
commitment and the certainty of
the commitment were not
established.
Passage of the bus referendum by
the Chapel Hill Voters Tuesday is
essential to the solution of our
problems with automobiles.
Without such approval, mass transit
is probably dead in Chapel Hill for
many years.
We hope that the University still
appreciates its role in the solution
of these problems and that recent
actions do not indicate any
weakening of the administration's
resolve to aid in that solution.
parties. If the proselytizing seems to be
an attack, if there is no tolerance on the
part of either person, then the result can
be a great amount of bitterness. A
movement such as Key '73, if not
handled well, could bring about strong
feelings of resentment, which would only
degrade the religions involved.
To enthusiastic Christians, introducing
a non-believer to Christ may be the
greatest service that he can perform. He
must realize, though, that Judaism also
has a deep integrity. Most committed
Jews have a sense of unity with Jews all
over the world and throughout history,
and many feel that the acceptance of
Christ is betrayal of a 4000-year-old
civilization, as well as a complete
renunciation of religious faith. To be told
by a Christian friend that he prays that
the Jews will be saved, or that it is only
Editor
the article took the time to sit in
Clarence's and enjoy the atmosphere as
well as the liquor served. I challenge any
open-minded individual to visit Clarence's
and, perhaps, see another side of the
tavern, one hardly protrayed by Mr. Carr.
H. Elliott Rogers, Jr.
New York, N.Y.
Another victory
for John Santa
To the Editor:
King's Bishop to Queen's Knight four.
Checkmate.
Nyah nyah.
John Santa
213 Alexander
Did reviewer
attend concert?
To the Editor:
Adrian Scott's recent review of the
performance of the N.C. Symphony was
.Dfo Johim Wood's hardlnck life
A skinny, balding man, shirt
unbuttoned, middle-aged stomach
hanging out, stood in the doorway to the
office. He was sweating, profusely, and he
wiped his glasses on his shirttail.
"Goddamn hot day," he said, then
walked in and plopped down into his
padded, rollered swivel chair and propped
his feet on the desk.
The office was the living room to the
abandoned, unfinished apartment. It was
one of many abandoned apartments, a
complex of some nineteen buildings, each
designed to house eight units. They were
in various states of repair, ranging from
merely unfinished decaying, as was the
office building, to collapsed as were
several . of the back-end-of-the-lot
buildings. Except for broken windows,
holes in the walls, no floortop, and three
years of exposure, the office was in only
fairly bad repair, especially when
compared to the buildings that had no
walls or ceilings at all.
A younger man, long-haired and
t-shirted, sat slumped in the hard wooden
chair beside the desk. "Why do you
bother, he asked the older man.
"Got to do something to keep from
going crazy."
because of his love that he wishes to share
the joy of Christ, strikes a Jew as very
concerned, but slightly insulting. To be
told that one's faith is wrong, that one's
people have been following doctrines that
lead nowhere, is offensive to a dedicated
Jew. Even if he realizes the intent is not
to offend but to give something that the
giver feels is very precious, it is difficult
to explain the Jewish position.
A Jew cannot accept Christ and remain
Jewish. The idea of the Messiah in
Judaism is not one of someone who died
for the sins of the individual; rather, it is :
a conception of one who will usher in a
time of world harmony. The sins that the'
Messiah will redeem, according to Jewish
traditional belief, are social instead of
individual, and men must work together
to advance the coming of the Messiah. A '
group such as "Jews for Jesus" may seem
quite amusing. His apparent background
of maybe one course in music
appreciation hardly qualifies him to
venture into this area. The fact that he
knows a textbook definition of
'accelerando and 'intonation gives him
no right to use these terms as if he really
knows what they mean. His criticism
sounds remarkable like that of a fifth-rate
hack piano teacher who can only
promote his own name by publicly
knocking others.
Mr. Scott you take yourself entirely
too seriously. -
Thel G. Boyette, Jr.
Route 4, Box 124
Readers blast
distaff coaches v
To the Editor:
After having attended the first two
home games of the UNC women's
basketball team, we would like to express
our disappointment with one of the
policies employed by the coaching staff.
In the first game, with a winning
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The apartment complex had been the
plan of a real estate tycoon. It was to be a
poverty-level, rent subsidy program, with
help from the FHA. The tycoon, a
builder by trade, had bankrupted, gotten
out without a scratch, so that the
subcontractors took the loss, which in
turn was absorbed by the FHA.
For three years the buildings sat in the
weather, local kids taking aim at their
windows, the rocks busting holes in the
walls when they went through the
windows, or smashing the aluminum
siding when the aim was bad. They
deteriorated to the point that, instead of
all being finishable, only a dozen could be
saved, and then after one more year, only
one. Several dozen electric stoves and
refrigerators sat locked in one of the
buildings, never used, never to be used.
They, too, were decaying.
The two men were employed as
yardmen. Their job was to periodically
cut down the weeds to impress the FHA
executive who came by once a month to
look at the apartments and say that new
construction would be starting soon. The
work output by the two men was in
excess of ten hours a week, although they
were each paid ninety dollars a week for
evangelical Ckrisftiaiiilty
quite logical to Christians-Jews accept
Christ to become "complete"-but the
points of reference of the two religions
are different. In becoming a Christian, a
. Jew must redefine the goal of his faith,
and as he redefines it he ceases to be
Jewish.
"Jews for Jesus' is one group in Key
'73 which is directed at Jews in particular
and the Jewish community feels the
pressure and is responding to it. Beth Sar
Sahlom, a congregation of Jews turned
Christian, ran an ad in a Jewish weekly,
The Jewish Post and Opinion, on
December 8. The ad showed many Jews
wearing "that smile" the smile of one
who has accepted Jesus and the
controversy on the editorial page is still
raging bitterly. The reactions range from
complete shock and horror to a good deal
of support for the paper; but the shock
margin of at least 20 points, the second
string was allowed to play for only three
minutes before being replaced by those
who had already played most of the
game. Even worse, five of our thirteen
players were not allowed on the court
despite a similar lead in the second home
game.
This policy seems unfair to those girls
who devote many hours weekly to our
basketball team. Naturally, some girls are
more talented than others and these girls
should start so as to insure a lead. Once a
strong winning margin is established,
however, what reason is there to deny the
other girls an opportunity to play?
This policy also seems to exhibit an
unsportsmanlike attitude toward the
opposing team, for after having attained
such a lead, additional points only serve
to humiliate the opposition.
In view of these 2 factors, we strongly
urge the coaching staff of the UNC
women's basketball team to revise their
coaching policies so as to exhibit more
justice both to our team and those
against whom we play.
Carolyn Brewer
Carolyn Parker
Alderman
forty hours.
The younger man did a
disproportionate amount of the work.
Disproportionately small, like about one
tenth. He did not need the therapy,
inasmuch as he had already gone crazy.
He was merely a college graduate, waiting
for a decent job.
The largest waste of resources,
however, was the country-sounding old
man, a buzzard, fifty-years-old, who sat
in the padded chair perspiring. John
Wood, Ph.D.
Jack Wood had a million stories to tell,
about his youth as the son of an
Episcopal minister in a Southern Baptist
town; as a dumb student at Auburn
working his way through college; as a
lieutenant in the Navy during World War
II; as an "ecologist" and wildlife expert
for over twenty years.
Jack Wood knew his business. He knew
the names of all the weeds on the
grounds, like the various legumes, which
he said would have made good cattle
feed, to lespidisas ceresiac (that one ain't
spelled right). But his specialty was
quails.
"You want to see a quail's nest," he
asked. The kid assented, and they treked
does not come from opposition to the
idea of Christian evangelism. The main
objection is simply that the advertisement
appeared in a Jewish publication. Those
who support the running of the ad do so
because they feel two things: first, that
the people who would read a Jewish
publication are deeply enough involved
with their faith not to be influenced; and
second, that movements such as Key '73
are constantly present, and that a
missionary program of the magnitude of
this one affords Jews an opportunity to
engage in healthy introspection.
Some Jewish .sources have expressed
concern over the plans for Key '73,
arguing that those movements which do
profess to convert Jews in particular will
gain impetus. These people, under the
leadership of Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath,
state that the pressure put on the Jewish
youth is unwarranted, and fear that the
relations between Christians and Jews
may be endangered. These voices have
been answered by spokesmen from both
the Christian and the Jewish community.
The general concensus is that Key 73
does not deeply threaten the Jewish
. community. The people who have been
attending rallies and watching television
shows such as "Ben Israel," which
features Arthur Katz', seem to be more
often Christians than Jews. There will
probably be a few Jews who are
converted because of Key 73; but if so, it
will be caused not by the failure of
Judaism as a religion, but by a failure of
the Jewish community to respond to the
needs of its young people. Judaism need
not feel defensive, however, in the face of
a new Gospel-spreading movement; forty
centuries have proven it strong enough to
withstand pressure from the communities
around it. While some Jews may be won
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back into one of the overgrown yards.
"See it." he said, pointing to an inward
corner of one of the bastard architectural
types.
No.
He led him closer, until, right at their
feet, a fat mother quail suddenly flushed,
began running and flapping her wings
away from her nest. "She's just trying to
distract us."
"I'm pretty distracted." He looked at
the place from where she had flown, to
see a well-hidden nest with fifteen small
white eggs.
Two weeks later, the mother was gone,
with her chicks. Nothing remained-but a
dozen broken eggshells. Sometimes, they
saw the line of birds running along the
dirt road beside their building. One day,
too, they caught a rabbit.
In the late fifties and sixties, until
1 97 1, Jack Wood had been busy applying
for his doctorate, officially listed as in
zoology. He had founded two wildlife
departments, the first at New Mexico
State, which had grown into a very
prestigious organization. He grew restless
and moved to nevada, where he
established another new wildlife
department.
In 1971 he got an unrefusable offer:
Head a tri-state federal wildlife agency,
for Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
He packed his bags, resigned his post, and
got set to move. Simultaneously, the
wageprice freeze hit. With it came a
cutback of ten percent of all federal
employment. His job was first to go.
Jack Wood smoked a lot. His hands
shook, and his voice shook when he
talked about getting a job. When he
talked to the kid, however, the
long-haired kid with radically different
ideas about social structure and
nationalism, he got along fine. No
problems. At the universities, he was the
friend of all his students; they called him
Jack, cussed at him and with him.
For a year and a half, Jack Wood had
been applying for positions with
universities. Nobody wanted him he
was overqualified. He was too old. He had
a history of a heart condition, although
he stood out in the ninety-four degree
sun swinging a swingblade for two hours
at a time.
The kid got a job making picture
frames; it paid the same, but it was less
taxing on the mind that is, there were
more people to talk to. He comes back
sometimes, to see Jack swinging his blade.
"Any job prospects?"
"Well, I thought I was going to get a
spot at North Clina State, but that fell
through,' he said. It was typical of his
luck.
Which is a shame, because he is
probably the best goddamned wildlife
expert in the country.
over by the movement, many will be
challenged to discover the meanings
behind Judaism.
There is a further concern, however.
This does not reflect Key 73 as a
movement, but rather the atmosphere
which may be created around it. If new
presentations of the life of Jesus are
brought up, it is possible that negative
portrayals of the crucifixion will result.
The resurgence of fundamentalism and
Christian dogmatism may lead once again
to the charge of Jewish guilt for the death
of Jesus. Many tracts aimed specifically at
the Jews, which are intended to prove the
need of the Jews for Jesus, carry an
anti-Semitic overtone when
misinterpreted by Christians: the aspects
of Judaism elaborated in the brochures
point out its weaknesses without the
context of its strengths.
Because the impact of Key 73 is
impossible to escape, it has been
suggested that a move toward
fundamental Christianity might even take
place on a governmental IeveL This nation
is undergoing great stress, and perhaps,
improbable as it may seem, the fact that
the facets of Key "73 are so varied may
bring the effects of the movement into
the government. This is highly unlikely,
but it is something to which Jews are
sensitive. Most Jews, with history as
justification, fear the idea of a
government involved with the Church.
Key 73 has every legal right to exist, and
because of Christian doctrine, it has the
religious duty to spread its Gospels; but
we must not forget that religious freedom
is one of the basic tenets of this country.
To even lean away from this freedom is
to endanger the . integrity of several
million people, and that must be
prevented.
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David Woodali, Managing Editor
Mary Newsom, News Editor
Howie Carr, Associate Editor
Lynn Lloyd, Associate Editor
Winston Cavin, Sports Editor
Bruce Mann, Feature Editor
Scott Stewart, Head Photographer
Dean Cerdes, Nignt tditor
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