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Editorials un GElje Eeli anb Jllacfe an Opinions
Big Lift Needed
JS N ever present problem and danger is the
hitch-hiking of University women students.
Because there is no transportation system
provided by the University for coeds to come
from Ag Hill to main campus, students who
need to cover the distance in a hurry, resort to
hitch-hiking.
Lumpkin street, where most of the hitching
is done, is part of a transcontinental highway.
Many travelers who don’t know the Univer
sity's hitching policy are likely to stop and
pick up a girl who is standing on the curb with
her thumb out.
An unsuspecting coed will more than likely
get in the car and immediately place herself in
jeopardy. Fortunately, there has been no seri
ous trouble as yet. But that is not by any means
any indication that serious kidnappings or oth
er crimes could not happen.
The University is aware of this problem, and
has looked into the possibility of providing a
bus system, but here comes in the same old lack
of funds song. Efforts also have been made to
get the Athens bus company to run a line that
would more or less circle the campus. But the
bus company is not of the opinion that they
can do this economically, and it has been sug
gested that the IJinversity give them some kind
of monetary guarantee to start the line. Again
—no money. There is a possibility that the Uni
versity could add a small amount to the tuition
to absorb such a guarantee, but as yet, no of
ficial action has been taken on this.
Until the University can work out this prob
lem, which we hope will be in the near future,
it might be well for the women hitchhikers to
take a few precautions, which could keep un
desirable situations from arising.
First coeds should never hitch-hike alone un
less they know the persons with whom they
are riding. They should avoid cars without Uni
versity stickers or Athens city tags. The women
students should use common logic and reason
ing in any situation, and lustly, hitch-hike only
when necessary.
To Open Our Eyes
r J~ , HK Atlanta Constitution currently is run
ning a series of articles lnbeled “Univer
sity System at the Crossroads.” These articles,,
written by .lack Spalding about the crisis fac
ing the University System today, should be
quite enlightening and, we hope, beneficial to
the University.
This series is particularly timely, ns the state
legislature is considering a request from the
Hegents for an allocation of approximately
twice ns much ns the University System now
receives.
We would like to see many students follow
the Constitution series, and we certainly hope
the legislators will read the articles and see the
pressing needs on this and other campuses
throughout the state.
The Kindergarten
§°METIME during exams last quarter, ob
scene and mystifying words were painted in
large black letters on various walls and col
umns on campus.
Many people enter the University as children
and leave the same way.
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AVIKI
PHYSICS
YOUR
FUTURE
“Today’s Discussion: The Mutual Attraction of Bodies”
Bill Morris
Attitudes
The other day, some friends of mine brought their son to Athens to
get a first hand look at the University. (Jeorgia was among the col
lege*; he was considering for admission next fall.
it up, and for several minutes talked
about fishing. After that, the boy’s
father asked a few more questions,
to which he got the same type of non
chalant answer.
This type of behavior on the part
of the Assistant Registrar continued
throughout the entire interview. He
made to attempt to sell the Univer
sity of Georgia to this prospective
student. He did not enthusiastically
offer to help the boy with any of the
problems which confront young men
entering college, nor did he ask if
he could be of any assistance to the
family while they were in Athens. He
didn’t even offer to arrange for them
to be taken on a campus tour. Possi
bly he assumed that I would do this,
but he could have at least extended
the gesture. He was never discour
teous, hut on the other hand, he was
never very hospitable. And In this, I
think his judgment was very poor.
I have talked to the Registrar about
the matter, and he said that a letter
had been written to the parties con
cerned, apologizing for any under
sight the part of the office. This
of course speaks well for the office.
To me, this points up more than
a deficiency in one department. I*
believe that this attitude exists in
many areas of our administration.
We must look for and remove our
square pegs which are in round holes
and replace them with the best we
can find. We need fewer ’’Yes Men”
and more progressive deep thinkers
who show a steadfast interest in a
good program of public relations and
the welfare of the student body.
If attitudes of this type are allow
ed to continue, the state of Georgia
will be a long time having the out
standing University that it needs and
should have.
I took the boy, his mother and
father to the Registrar's Office for
an interview with the Registrar.
There were a good many questions in
the boy's mind, and we were all sure
they would be answered there with
an intelligent and gracious air.
Unfortunately, the Registrar was
not in, and the secretary said that
the As s i s t a n t
Registrar would
see us.
Now, the As
sistant Registrar
is supposed to be
qualified to han
dle such situa
tions when the
Registrar is out.
He is also sup
posed to know
something about public relations. He
should have the graciousness and the
warmth which is expected by pros
pective students.
If he can’t win the prospective stu
dent and his parents to the Univer
sity, he is at least expected to leave
a good Impression of the school in
the uppermost of the family's minds.
These are some of the things which
I understand comprise someone In
the admissions department of a uni
versity. But in that Interview, none
of these characteristics were strongly
noticeable.
We sat down in the Registrar's of
fice, and the Assistant Registrar, the
man who is supposed to carry the
ball, began twiddling his thumbs. The
boy’s father, seeing that the Univer
sity offlcinl was not going to take the
offensive, started asking questions,
and to each one, the Assistant Regis
trar would give a complete, but very
indifferent answer.
It wasn’t long before the phone
rang, the University official picked
William S. Morris III
Editor
Eddie C. Lewis
Business Manager
Remer Tyson
Managing Editor
Bill Mabrey
Netct Editor
Carrol Dai.isman .4**ociafc Editor
Rooer Branch Associate Editor
Jeanette Jackson Sports Editor
India Dean ji a Womss't Editor
Mionon Franklin __ Society Editor
Ray Mitchell Photographer
Alex McDonald Circulation Manager
Reporters: Gene Carroll, Billy Dilworth. Bill Dunaway. Marvin Hill. Elizabeth
Marshall. Burt McBurney, Marvine MizeU. Murrow Morris, J. J. New
berry. Gene Owens, Joey Sawatzke, Earl Simpkins, Ann Sullivan
Editorial Consultants: Lloyd Bryant, Randolph Jones.
Remer Tyson
Consideration Needed
Most departmentalized final examinations given
to University students in the past have been unfair.
Several departments on campus make up one
final test for different classes of the same course
number and each of the classes are given the same
test.
When these test are made up, often all instruc
tors teaching the course do not participate in com
posing the test. Nearly always departmentalized
tests consist of several question that have not been
covered in class or advocated for outside work by
the instructors.
The primary purpose of final exams for most in
structors is to determine how much students have
learned from his quarter of in
struction. Final exams should
not be given to find how much !
students know about elements i
not taught in the course or to
improve students guessing abil
ity.
However, the only alternative
for a student is to guess when j
he is presented questions of
which he knows nothing on finals.
It is a rare exception when an instructor strikes
a question from an exam which had not been dis
cussed in the course even though a majority of the
students answered the question incorrectly.
It all boils down to the fact that departmental
ized test are used because some instructors don’t
spend the necessary time making up tests. They
make up tests without giving thorough consideration
to students.
Instructors are busy at the end of each quarter,
but few have more to do than students. Not only
do students have to study for final exams, but many
have to spend more time on extra-curricular activi
ties during the latter part of the quarter, make ar
rangements and schedules for the coming quarter
and numerous other time consuming affairs.
I think instructors should either make up final
examinations for their individual classes, or every
instructor should participate in the test make-up
conference. Each instructor should make sure no
unfair questions are asked on his exams.
This will take a great deal more work and time
on the part of the instructors but it will help stu
dents to better evaluate their quarter’s work.
Pall Bumabust
Pall Wants an Answer
With the advent of winter exams, Pall was forti
fying against the rlgork of a 17th go at the Human
Bug I final in his favorite suds emporium. This
noble pursuit was Interrupted as Paul found him
self in the gutter outside, after a mild argument
with a hairy-eared bouncer over whether or not
he'd paid for that 15th cool one.
Overcome with nostalgia and a faint sense of
nausea, Clarke County’s only 19th quarter fresh
man took a shortcut across Ye
Oldest Chartered’s campus on
returning to his cell in the mon
astery.
In the process of navigating
the unpaved pig-paths between
the crumbling brick moseleums
and balancing three open quarts
of Dreary’s Ail, Pall stumbled
over the sleeping form of the
campus sleuth but escaped into
the darkness despite three well-
aimed shots from Fearless Fosdick’s crossbow.
When he stopped running and resumed his leis
urely hands-and-knees stroll, Pall realized that he
was in front of the C-J Building, which he hadn’t
entered since his third failure in Radio Listening
891. There his keen perception told him something
was amiss—his brass plated church key.
In the ensuing search, he became entangled with
one of the columns of the edifice. Backing away
profanely he saw—IT.
Rinsing his face with cold beer and lurching
closer to convince himself that his bloody orbs were
in focus, Pall decided that the art work was some
thing more than an extension of the mo-durn mu
rals that replaced wall paper in C-J. This was the
work of a genius. Such depth, such style, such color
(black),—Pall was moved to tears.
Examination of surrounding surfaces revealed
that the vandalistlc Van Gough had not restricted
his gift. With well-directed brush stroke, the bel
ligerent Water-stall Wadsworth had conveyed his
simple, emotional messages across the rear columns
and the back of the Co-Slop.
The Immor . . er, immortal works have been
scrubbed, scraped and shorn from the columns of
Grady, but there remains a burning question that
the frustrated Dali has fanned to flame in Pali’s
breast. 0