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Several Htiiilent groups have made mikfch-
1 ions recently as to how the administration
tnifrlil solve the parking prohlpm at the Univer-
Ntiv. Most, however, have involved the expen
diture of sizeable amounts of money; money
which the administration savs they have little
of.
Some day, in the not, too distant future, we
hope that the University can afford to have
parking decks, underground parkin^ areas,
through ways between north and south campus,
and even a rapid transit system, perhaps. This
would he in keeping with the modern-day at
mosphere which is rapidly becoming a part of
the 1 niversity. As desirable as these mav lie,
one can readily see that these plans are beyond
the means of the University at this time, especi
ally when are we in the middle of as extensive
a building program as we now are.
Such bein gthe case, we would modestly pro
pose the following plan which requires no im
mediate expenditure of funds;
1) Parking areas adjacent to main classroom
and office buildings should be alloted to
University personnel and faculty members.
All faculty members, or those receiving
faculty parking permits, be assigned one
parking space convenient to the Building
in which their classes are held, or in-whieh
they maintain an office. This would in
clude all those now receiving faculty park
ing permits.
2) The remainder of the spaces in these areas
should be designated for student use.
•I) These reserved spaces should be either
marked with the person's name, or with
a number which corresponds with the num
ber on the parking permit displayed on the
vehicle.
•I) When the vehicle bearing a faculty permit
is out of tin* designated space, a ticket
should he issued and a fine imposed. The
fine should lie enforced.
•>) Only one permit should be issued to each
person requiring a reserved space. This
plan would assure all faculty members a
parking place at any time of day without
ssating an entire parking area being
reserved for faculty only, and the loss of
unmcriotis parking spaces potentially us
able by students.
Me feel that this plan, if ridgedly inforeed,
would disclose many spaces which could be
used by students and at the same time insure
adequate parking facilities for faculty members
■and University personnel.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Truthful allegations and Implications deserve the
honor of comment. Understandably, those made
SRaliist me by Mr. Lowell Canute Kirby do not.
Chuck Knight
To: All Students and Townspeople who helped In
our Time of Need.
Last Wednesday evening, our son Rruce Sheuring
wns hadly Injured In « cur and motor-scooter col
lision near Myers llsll. Due to a type of blood
lhat was relatively scarce, radio stations Inter
rupted their programs to ask for donors. The over
whelming response from the students of the Uni
versity of (ieoigiu and the townspeople of Athens
resulted in enough blood being available to get
Ilrucw through the emergency. It Is wonderful to
know, that In time of need, so many students and
friends arise to the occasion In u manner that
w*‘ II never forget. Words can't express our grati
tude and thanks. It is enough that we are most
humble and grateful to be working and living
with such a wonderful group of students and
friends Again, thanks so much!
Dairy Department.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Sheuring
Dear Kdltor:
Something needs to be said in defense of Mr.
Higgs and the workers in the Co-Op. In regard
to your editorial reproaching them, I
wish to say that I feel you have overstepped
yourselves as "rumpus complalnera" and delivered
a cruel stroke to Mr. Riggs and his crew. Let us
not bite the hand that feeds us and feeds us so
quickly, cheaply and substantially. Do you know
of another place anywhere where one can get a
twenty-cent humburgor as well prepared and as
promptly served?
If anyone needs to be chastised, it Is the students
who eat there, staying too long and making messes,
making themselves at home as they wouldn't dare
to do In any other eating place and expecting A-t
service. 1 for one hope that there will be no change
In the present eperation of the Co-Op.
A student
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I’VE FIGURED IT OUT . EVERY PROF DRIVES THREE CARS!
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Terry Hazelwood
Political Plum
• PART I
It has (rotten to the point in recent years that n sent on the Hoard
ot Regents amounts to nothing more than a political plum. This
1 o lv was established to remove politics from the governing agencies
ol the various institutions of the state at large, but it has gradually
drifted back to the original status
Prior to the establishment of the
Hoard of Regents there were 26
separate institutions of higher learn
ing with their own hoard of trustees,
acting ns they saw fit as the occa
sion demanded, with little or no re-
gnrd to the overall plan of the Uni
versity system. These institutions
were established to gratify local
whims and to sat
isfy the ambitions
of local com
munities with no
reference whatever
to the needs of the
youth of the state
and to the money
needed to maintain
such a system.
In 1921, the
Legislature ap
pointed a Joint
committee to make a thorough
examination of the existing systems
of education in the state and to pre
sent at a future date their findings
and recommendations. Dr. Henry
Suzznllo, former president of the
University of Washington, was called
Into the investigation by the com
mittee nnd made the observations
that Georgia, perhaps more than any
other state, had drifted along with
out a well conceived plan of develop
ment and ns a result had a planless
educational system from which num
erous institutions had been created
and multiplied.
As a result of these numerous In
stitutions. politicians were constant
ly hounding the legislature for ap
propriations for the institutions with
in their district, making an undue
strain on the state funds for educa-
quo.
tion and prompting political ma
neuvers to obtain their end.
Under the administration of Rich
ard H. Russell, Junior, feelings had
reached such a peak, that the legis
lature abolished the Independent
hoards of trustees and established
the Hoard of Regents to maintain an
overall control of the development
of the University system.
The first Board of Regents was
composed of 11 members appointed
by the governor and confirmed by
the Sennte. There was one member
appointed from the state-at-large, and
one from each of the congressional
districts. The Board was changed in
1937 to 15 members and again in
194 3 with only minor changes each
time.
As early as 1938 there was grumbl
ing and political strife on the Board
us recorded in the Georgia case of
Moore v. Bell. Moore was appointed
In 1935 for a six-year term, but the
legislature passed an act In 1938
which was intended to remove him
from office. The governor appointed
a new member who was confirmed
by the Senate and inducted into of
fice. Moore sued and won his case
and his seat.
About this same time, Governor
Eugene Talmadge removed Marion
Smith from the chairmanship of the
Board, because of a difference of
opinion over a private matter. The
next year. Governor Rivers reap
pointed him to the Board and
Colonel Sandy Beaver, a Talmadge-
nppointed member of the Board,
stepped down from the chairmanship
and It was restored to Smith.
(To be continued next week)
QTfje lAcb anb IBlacfe
Terry Hazelwood
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‘Omar’s Tent’
When the Universtiy of Georgia gets out for
spring vacation the middle of next month it won’t
he getting out for the good time down south 700
miles away—Ft. Lauderdale's annual spring party.
This paradise of the east coast
will not have its annual seige
until one week later Yvhen all
schools on the semester system
take their recesses.
Commonly known as a peace-
loving city during the other 3 60
days of each year, Ft. Lauderdale
boasts a winter season popula
tion of 125,000 but becomes a
wild city each year about this
time of the calender.
The only thing the police will fine you for is
driving when you're drunk—and that fine is stag
gering. Other than that, though, the gendarmes
keep to themselves.
Hotel owners, however, are another matter. They
have frequently been known to frown on such acts
as putting swordfishes in their pools—an act that
has been done!
Best bars in town for those who require pauses
during the day are said to be “The Elbo Room,”
“Omar’s Tent’,, and "The Student Prince." The
second one on that list is supposedly where they
filmed the bar scene in “Where The Boys Are.”
In case some pupils of the modern day colleges
desire higher class entertainment, Miami lies 25
miles to the south. Nothing more needs to be
said about entertainmeut since 20,000 “war babies"
will probably provide the companionship.
Temperature figures for “The Venice of America”
range from 85 -90° with soft ocean breezes being
received from the Atlantic.
What does the southern part of Florida offer for
the University of Georgia this spring? Well, it
doesn’t offer too much. The University of Florida,
among others, will leave for their holidays around
March 28.
Looks like we’uns is left out of Ft. "Liquordale”
hut someon" mentioned Daytona—and whoever
heard of the “Safari?”
Tom Blalock
Three Thoughts
Three things have stirred me deeply the last
few weeks: the parking situation, the Religion in
Life program, and the NAAWT.
The parking situation is not
that caused by amorous students
who frequent the lesser-traveled
ways.. It is not the parking situa
tion involving students who
foolishly try to move from one
place to another by means other
than walking. The parking that
is quite striking is that exhi
bited at the Georgia Center for
Continuing Education.
Last December a legislative group attended a
conference at the Center. As 1b common on the
campus, there was a shortage of parking spaces.
The legislators were not baffled; they parked In
the street.
Surely they have no license to park on any street
they choose. But the damning point: An Athens
policeman, called to the scene to relieve congestion
and possible danger, nobly responded by directing
traffic around the parked cars. No tickets were
given.
Religion in Life was a welcome change in the
class routine. Some students were fortunate
enough to hear three or four lectures, sometimes
all by the same speakers.
The Speakers, as a group, made students more
appreciative—of their instructors.
A real, sincere faith is certainly a necessary part
of any life, but most often this faith comes from
training in childhood. Surely no superficial
“Search for Self" will greatly alter the lives of any
number of University students.
The entire program emphasizes that religion is
a personal matter, a state of mind reached only
by applied thought and close personnal scrutiny.
Such is not inspired by lectures on“Publlc Rela
tions in the Church” and 'The Meaning of Author
ity."
The third stirring incident was the establish-
emnt of a local chapter of the NAAWT. Long an
underground organization all over the United
States and much of the world, the organization had
been almost unheard of in the South. The recent
charter of a local group establishes without any
doubt that such a group exists to a greater or less
extent all over the South.
The local group is a result of confusion in
Athens recently, for in times of emotional tension
the true caliber of individuals becomes clear. They
dare to try to change the Southern way of life.
I cannot honestly sanctuion the group.