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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1970
Freedom and well-being
If youth can realize two of its main
ambitions, thereby resolving one of the
modem world's worst dilemmas, there is
no one, of whatever age, who will not
be everlastingly thankful.
If we understand youth's yearnings
aright, young reformers hope to see a
world in which there is greater freedom
and less directly or indirectly enforced
standardization. At the same time, they
long to see greater justice and greater
well - being for all.
There is nothing in any of this which
separates youth and the majority of
older people. If there is any difference,
it lies mainly in the fact that the older
generation, having lived with human
imperfection and problems longer, is
less hopeful of the world's ability to
change.
In fact, it would appear that youth's
strong wish for greater freedom and less
standardization runs headlong into
youth's equal desire to see greater
economic well - being. For there are few
stiffer challenges than to find the means
of bringing about greater prospecity
while at the same time reducing
standardization and increasing personal
freedom. And this dilemma confronts
all economic and ideological systems
(whether capitalist, Communist,
socialist, or a mixture) in varying
^degree.
To put it concretely, here are several
questions for youth to help answer.
How can you feed, house, clothe, and
employ tens of millions of needy
Americans without vast government
intervention, widespread
standardization, and the consequent
lessening of some measure of men's old -
time freedoms? How can industry,
which has served America's economic
growth so richly, be prevented from
contributing to standardization? How
can pollution be licked without undue
constrictions on individual rights? How
can the immense tax - sums needed be
gathered without a still further
impinging upon men's ability to act
upon individual whim?
Indeed, almost without exception,
the nations which are most consciously
striving to end economic poverty and
inequity, are the lands which have
found themselves forced into an
increasing regulation of the individual
citizen's life. This may be good or bad,
depending upon one's outlook, but it
does not encourage one to believe that,
at this stage of mankind's development,
greater freedom and greater ecoriomic
well - being can be simultaneously
achieved with any ease.
Of course, these goals can be won,
must be won and will be won. Each -
greater freedom and greater well ? being
- is part of mankind's higher destiny.
Thus youth is not only right, but in a
sense inspired to demand them. But the
achieving will require immense wisdom
and inspiration. If today's youth can
move us all in this direction, it will have
served humanity well.
A volcanic decade
Today ends what might well be called
"the earthquake decade." Seldom, in all
recorded human history, has any 10 -
year span produced as many violent
tremors and shocks over so wide a field.
Particularly in the more advanced lands,
and above all in the United States, this
past decade has shaken men,
institutions, beliefs, traditions,
prejudices, and complacencies as they
have almost never been shaken before.
?Like the effect of an earthquake
while it is going on, the effect of the
1960's remains for the most part as yet
unfathomable. The perspective of time
and distance will alone allow men to
judge how deep were the changes in
human affairs and thinking wrought by
these past 10 volcanic years. Only then
can mankind stand back and weigh the
full import of the incredible good and
evil elements which have been coming
to the surface.
This has been, perhaps foremost of
all, a decade of loosening. We have seen
men, women, and youths - sometimes
wittingly, sometimes unbeknownst to
themselves - cutting themselves loose
from many of mankind's oldest
moorings. In many instances, where this
has come from a heightened conscience,
from a greater awareness of man's
potential for good, from a revulsion
against age - old insensitivities, this is
legitimate cause for the deepest
rejoicing and the highest hope. But
where, in many other instances, this
change has weakened men's respect for
and adherence to the great spiritual and
moral foundations of human progress,
where it has thrown aside the firmly
founded wisdom and experience of the
ages, where it has given in to a kind of
cosmic despair, where it has sought to
put violence in the place of reason, this
change has broughtt with it a grave and
frightening challenge.
Upon men's ability to build upon the
good which has emerged, while
overcoming the baneful and destructive,
will depend whether the 1960's were
the start of an era of unprecedented
progress or of one in which men
unloosened harmful forces they could
not control. Although it is odr
conviction that men are being lifted and
propelled forward by a gradually
broadening view of man's ultimate,
higher destiny, it is also true that
progress does not come automatically,
but must be striven for, wisely and
prayerfully.
The past decade was one in which
some of the earth's mightiest
institutions found themselves in many
kinds of trouble. In the United States
there came a tidal wave of many - sided
discontent, of questioning, of rebellion,
of violence. In Russia and its empire
there arose increased demands for
freedom which, as foretokened by
events in Czechoslovakia, threaten that
empire's very existence. In the Roman
Catholic Church there have been
unleashed forces which challenge the
centuries - old power and stability of
that venerable institution.
And such tremors on the larger planes
are but the more easily recognizable of
the countless challenges which are
arising in almost every walk of life.
On the one hand, the forces for
betterment received an almost
unmatched impulsion during the '60's.
If we confine ourselves for the moment
to the United States, we find a
revolution in civil rights, a growing
determination to wipe out poverty and
hunger, a sudden and sharp realization
of how man has befouled the earth and
the elements with which he lives, a
rising demand by youth for greater love
and consideration between human
beings, a powerful revulsion against war,
fed by Vietnam. To top it all, there
came man's stupendous achievement of
twice walking upon the moon. And,
finally, the decade closed with the two
superpowers sitting down in an
apparently earnest effort to limit
weapons of warfare.
On the other hand, there were
developments which can only bring
shame to the face of any thoughtful
individual. There is the growth of crime
arid violence, peaking in the
unspeakable assassination of three
American leaders. There is the heedless
breakdown of moral standards and a
childish indulgence in pornography.
There is a raucous, c'osed ? minded
refusal of differing viewpoints to give an
opponent a fair hearing. These all
threaten the goal of a happier, better,
more worthwhile life. Editorials from
The Christlan Science Monitor)
Nothing will ever look the same
J* Ufa
By William Friday, President
University of North Carolina
! YOU
$ AND THE
! UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA
I : m
Did you know that 78 of the
248 North Carolina archi
tectural firms are located in
the Charlotte area?
Neither did I, frankly, until
proposed new degTee programs
crossed my desk.
The statistic illustrates the
careful research which pre
cedes the adoption of a new
degree program on any Une of
the six campuses of the Uni
versity.
Such programs are not
adopted on the whim of a cam
pus administrator. First, th^
need is clearly established.
Then the programs are care
tally evaluated at varioas
levels within the University
structure.
Next, they are submitted to
the University trustees. The
final step is approval by the
State Board of Higher Edu
cation.
In this case, the Charlotte
campus did not ask for au
thority to offer a degree in
architecture. It asked only that
i program be adopted so pro
cedures could be established,
faculty recruitment could be
gin, and a start made on adopt
ing curricula.
FOLLOWED STUDY
This preliminary action,
which ultimately will lead to
a degree program, was au
thorized bv the General Assem
bly. If followed three years of
study by the University ad
ministration of the need for a
second program in architecture
in North Carolina.
The first program, offered by
the excellent School of Design
at N.C. State University?
Raleigh, has an enrollment
near capacity, with no sub
stantial expansion planned. All
the while, the demand for
architects in the state grows
apace with industrialization
and urbanization.
It has been estimated that
in 1969 alone, private firms in
North Carolina needed 250
architectural graduates. The
Raleigh campus graduates up
to 50 persons annually. Schools
in other states also graduate
an inadequate number.
Since 78 architectural firms
are located in the Charlotte
area, students from that cam
pus will be assured of places in
essential apprentice programs.
Auxiliary programs are al
ready in existence there, and
the campus has the space for
the proposed leading to a de
gree in architecture.
The executive committee of
the Board of Trustees has ap
proved the Charlotte project
and also has given approval to
, a degree fn Master of Urban
Design at the Raleigh campus.
Other nejr degree programs
approved by the executive com
mittee call for maater'a and
doctor's degrees In Operations
and Systems Analysis at UNC
Chapel Hill, and master's and
doctor's degrees in Operations
Research at NCSU-Raleigh.
Though the titles of these
degree programs have a tech
nical ring, this graduate field
goes to the heart of practical
questions, such as, "What
factors should we take into
account to build the most use
ful network of roads?" and
"How would you set up the
most efficient inventory con
trol for perishable goods?"
READY TO GO
Once again, and present
faculty and facilities of the
departments involved on both
campuses' are now equipped to
put these programs into oper
ation.
We arc keenly aware that
the large appropriations made
to the University by the people,
acting thrpugh the members
of the General Assembly, im
poses on us equally large re
sponsibilities.
We realize that we must be
good stewards of public funds,
snd cultivators of the , human
resources represented by the
students. Above all, we are
conscious of our duty to render
the best possible service to the
state.
Those are among the reasons
we believe that any step taken
by the University?whether
new degree programs or some
thing else?-must be taken only
after careful and calm deliber
ation, and objective thought.
STORIES
BEHIND
by
William S. Penfield
WORDS I
Garble
"Garble" used to mean the opposite of what it does today.
The word traces back to the Late Latin "cribellum," the
diminutive form of "cribum" (sieve). From "cribellum" was
formed the Arabic "gharbala," which became "garbellare" (to
sift) in Italian.
The Italian word took the form "garble" in English, where for
a long time it retained the meaning of to sift or sort out.
But in selecting (or "garblin") and editing some writers' texts,
the passages sometimes were changed drastically. "Garble,"
therefore, acquired its present meaning -- to mix up or mutilate.
Creek Philosopher
Dear editar
Although 1 fought against it,
at the turn of the year I had to
make a trip into Fayetteville,
and the man I was riding with
got caught in a traffic jam. cars
in four lanes backed up for
fifteen or twenty blocks in
both directions with all motors
running, and 1 have concluded
the articles I've been reading in
the newspapers lately about air
pollution are right. It's terrible.
Then last night, after reading
another article, I got to
thinking and have figured out
,what we ought to do about it.
According to it, the Russian
people are clamoring for more
cars, the waiting list for the
few cars now being produced is
so long children as they grow
older replace their parents in
Bite.
In fact, in the whole of
Russia there are now only a
million passenger cars, which
means one car for every 200
people. In the United States,
there's a car for every 3 people,
which means if the notion
struck them everybody in the
entire country could ride
around at the same time, if
they could get by the trucks
which afen't included in these
figures. This literally means
everybody and his dogs and in ?
laws too.
It's this Russian demand for
more cars that interests me.
I don't care what it citts, if
the United States is sma.t it'll
start shipping cars to Russia by
the hundreds of thousands. It
doesn't make any difference
what the terms are, even if we
have to take two cant of
cabbage soup and a loaf of
black bread as the
downpayment, just so we get
the cars over there and
running
It's not the balance of power
it's the balance of pollution
tliat's going to make one
country equal to another and if
we don't get Russia and the
rest of the world up on our
level we're in trouble.
To get the program started,
I've got a 19S1 model car out
here on this Bermuda grass
farm I'll be glad to export to
Russia for a very reasonable
figure provided it goes to
somebody living in the heart of
the metropolitan area of
Moscow. It bums a quart of oil
every 25 miles.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
Just One Thing
After Another
By Carl Coerch
On a number of occasion!
I've listened to business and
professional men dictating
letters to their stenographers,
and in almost every case I've
been impressed with the fact
that most business letters are
much longer than there's any
need for them to be.
Wonder why it is that the
average man, when lie starts
dictating, always becomes so
long ? winded.
Some men seem to have an
idea that letters must always
contain at least ten or twelve
lines. The longer letters require
more time for dictating, more
time for transcribing and also
take longer to read. Tilings
would be speeded up
considerably if the regular run
of business letters could be
held down to just a line or two.
There's very little excuse for
most of them being any longer
than that.
Some advice from Henry
Ward Beecher that might be
well taken in the New Year:
"Don't make yourself the
prophet of doom. The man
who keeps saying it can't be
done often finds himself
interrupted by someone doing
it.
"The man who lives for
himself is a failure. No measure
of wealth or power can make
him otherwise. Only those who
live for others achieve success.
" 'One man with courage
makes a majority,' once said
Andrew Jackson."
John Bragaw once related
the following incident to me:
The other day 1 went into a
place of business with a chip
on my shoulder; Gross
carelessness on the part of an
employee of the establishment
had caused me a great deal of
inconvenience with the strong
possibility of financial loss. I
went into the place to try to
straighten the thing out and
also to do a little fussing.
When I went in, the person I
wanted to interview was not in
and I sat down to wait for him.
At the desk where 1 took my
scat there was a printed card
placed under the plate glass
that covered the top of the
desk. 1 began to read it and
found it interesting. This is
what it said:
THE CUSTOMER -
The most important person
ever in this office.
The customer is ;iot
dependent upon you - you are
dependent upon him.
The customer is not an
interruption of your work - he
is the purpose of it.
You are not doing liim a
favor by serving him - he is
doing you a favor by giving
you the opportunity to ao so.
The customer is not a rank
outsider to your business - he
is a part of it.
The customer is not a cold
statistic ~ he is a flesh and
blood human being with
feelings and emotions like your
own, with biases and prejudices
even though he* may have a
deficiency of certain
"vitamins" which you think
important.
The customer is not some
one to argue with or match
wits against - nobody ever won
an argument with a customer,
even though they may have
thought they did.
The customer is a person
who brings us liis wants. If we
have sufficient imagination we
will endeavor to handle it
profitably to him and to
ourselves.
When I had finished reading
this, said John, I got up ana
left the place. The man to
whom i wanted to complain
had not come in and 1 did not
have the courage to face the
smiling, pleasant ? faced young
lady who was looking oyer my
way and saying, "What can I
do for you, please sir?" Maybe
she has read this thing and
learned it by heart, I thought
to myself. If she has, and
places me, the customer, on
that high level, 1 can't afford to
disillusion her. All that ran
through my mind in a moment
and I said, "Nothing. 1 wanted
to see Mr. So ? and ? So. I will
come in again." But when 1 did
see him the next day, my
complaint had somehow
shriveled away to nothing.
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CLIFF BLUE...
People & Issues
OFF YEAR ... This is what
many call an "off year"
election in that we will not be
electing a governor or president
in 1970.
However, we will be electing
congressmen and judges of all
description from the district
courts up to the State Supreme
Court. Also, shefiffs, clerks of
court, registers of deeds,
coroners, county
commissioners, members of
boards of education as well as a
complete slate for both the
House and Senate in the
General Assembly.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES
... In North Carolina the
congressional races will
probably hold the spotlight
when the candidates take to
the hustings following the
primaries.
In the First District, Rep.
Walter B. Jones (D), won over
Reece B. Gardner (R) in 1968
by a vote of 75,796 to 38,660.
Jones may have opposition in
1970 but he will be a hard man
to defeat.
In the Second district Rep.
L. H. Fountain (D) was
opposed in the primary by Mrs.
Eva .M. Clayton, Negro.
Fountain had no opposition in
the fall in 1968 and will be a
tiard man to defeat in 1970. In
the primary he received 53,959
votes to 23.419 for Mrs.
Clayton. ?
In the Third District Rep.
David N. Henderson (D) had
both primary and general
election opposition in 1968. In
the primary he won easily over
Don Howell who received
7,810 votes and S. A. Chalk,
Jr., who received 3,603 to
Henderson's 36,987. However,
in the fall Herbert R. Howell,
(R), received 48,815 votes to
Henderson's 57,244. We
understand that Howell is
planning to challenge
Henderson again in 1970.
In the Fourth District Rep.
Nick Galifianakis (D) won
easily over his two opponents
in the primary, receiving
45,308 votes to 16,#34 for
David W. Stith and 10,932 for
Charles R. Holloman. In the
fall his race was much closer
with Fred R. Steele (R)
receiving 73,471 to Nick's
77,871. Steele who is now
Federal Co - chairman of the
Coastal Plains Regional
Commission will hardly be
running again but someone will
no doubt be carrying the GOP
banner in the Fourth District
tliis fall.
In the Fifth District both
Wilmer Mizell (R) and Smith
Bagley (D) came out of
primary campaigns to face each
other in the 1968 general
election with Mizell winning
over Bagley 84,905 to 77,112.
Who the Democrats will put up
to challenge Mizell this year
remains to be seen.
Since Richardson Preyer
won by a much larger lead than
expected over Republican
William L. Osteen in the Sixth
District, chances are that
Preyer will not have any
primary opposition and that he
will not be pushed too close in
the fall election campaign.
In the > Seventh District
young Cha'rlie Rose III is
getting geared up for a try at
unseating Rep. Alton Lennon
in the May primary. This will
be Lennort's first opposition
since 1962l~~
In the Eighth District
Republican Earl Ruth won
over Democrat Voit Gilmore in
1968 by a vote of 70>,480 to
Gilmore's 67,282. Ruth is not
expected to have GOPtprimary
opposition but the Democrats
are not expected to let the
filing deadline pass without a
challenger. /
In the Ninth , District
Republican Charles R. Jonas is
off and running again. After so
many drubbings the Democrats
did not enter. ' a candidate
against Jonas / in 1968 but
likely will in 4970. Several
Democrats were imentioned as
possible candidates before
Jonas announced that he
would be running Again. Now,
some do not appef^to be so'
anxious to make^the race.
Don't be too surpAcd jf the
Democratic nomine&s William
E. Jackson, Jr., Apolitical
professor at DivtdsfA.ColleM.
Rumors are tj[^^ he is
interested!