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Hitching Is Out
Tin- new Athens ordinance prohibiting “hitch-hik
ing” has left many coeds literally out mi the cold.
For years University coeds have depended upon
catching rides to travel between farflting classes and
dormitories ami to sorority houses located several
blocks from campus. Suddenly they have found them
selves walking or else risking disciplinary action for
hitching.
There is nothing wrong with the city ordinance; it
eliminates a troublesome and dangerous traffic situa
tion.
The Red and Black feels, however, that the Univer
sity should take steps to aid these stranded coeds. A
campus bus service or some other free transportation
facilities should be provided.
The ‘New’ Co-op
Tentative plans for a replacement for the decensed
Co-op (We say replacement, because there can never
lie a ‘new Co-op’) have been announced. It is to be
located in the Memorial Hall Student Center.
The concensus among students, however, is that a
hotter location can be found more convenient to class
rooms. The Red and Black agrees that it is a long walk
to and from Memorial Hall to the majority of North
Campus classrooms.
We suggest that other locations be considered be
fore final plans are made.
Senseless
Two University students have admitted last week’s
vandalism of the Oconee Hill Cemetery. The Red and
Black had refrained from printing any news of the
malicious destruction of tombstones and other grave
yard markers Tuesday in hopes that it was not Uni
versity students who were involved.
Other vandalism, including the burning of scvernl
lawn displays following Homecoming Saturday night,
has been credited to University students this fall. Hut
these can be at least partially discounted ns the pranks
of over/ealous and overspirited undergraduates.
The senseless and malicious destruction of grave
markers in Oconee Hill cemetery, however, could have
only been conceived and executed by irrational minds.
Never before have so few students succeeded in mak
ing the entire student body look so bad in the public
eye.
It is incidents such as this which damage the repu
table image that the responsible majority of the stu
dent body hns worked so bard to nttain,
Lady Godivas?
We were surprised recently to find the Virginia Tech
student newspaper is publishing pictures of semi-nude
women in one of its nevertisements.
As newspaper people, we question the ethics of us
ing such bare-breasted beauties as eye-catchers in ad
vertising As people interested in keeping the law, we
question the legality of such a move.
We are told by the Post Office Department that it
is illegal to mail “obscene” material via second class
mail.
Some might question the obscenity of such pictures.
Hut we contend that such pictures, when used in a
newspaper read by thousands, are downright vulgar.
Newspapers should not compete with Playboy.
(East Tennessee Slate Collegian)
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CNVA and Foreign Policy |
To the Editor:
When the Committee for
Nonviolent Action peace
marchers stopped in Athens a
few weeks ago, they spurred
me into doing the thinking
that has resulted in some
thoughts I'd like to try to ex
press in this letter. (I’m a
slow thinker!)
At one of the meetings at
Westminster House, the pas
sage from the Bible about
“resisting not evil” was
quoted by one of the march
ers. From personal experi
ence, I have learned that a
nonviolent response Is the best
method of overcoming evil;
but this response, of course,
is a reaction.
I think that the marchers
would have made a greater
impact upon our thinking if
they had put more stress on
action—the prevention of
evil. I believe that this is a
goal shared by persons of all
religions and by any other
lovers of mankind, yet all of
the measures taken by our
Government against all other
nations are not preventive.
Some, in fact, are antagonis
tic.
Rather than trying to ig
nore the CNVA marchers al
together because the fulfill
ment of some of their pro
posals would tempt and feed
evil instead of preventing it,
I believe that we—and our
country—might profit by
making efforts, .as CNVA is,
to see more clearly and speak
out against those actions by
our Government which will
not lead to peace but only to
prolongation of yesentment,
distrust, and fear.
America becomes a target
for scorn and ridicule when
she preaches peace and then
does not always practice it.
Catherine Del Papa
CLIFF CHENEY
The Female Block in
I was walking on
campus yesterday with
a freshman coed and
we stopped a while to
ponder the political
posters on one of the
bulletin hoards provided for freshman
class officer candidates.
“He’s cute,” she said, pointing to a Ted
Kennedy-1FC Forum poster, “What’s he
running for?”
“He’s not,” I replied, “he’s speaking
Monday night in Stegemnn Hall.”
“What about?”
That was a good question. Nobody
seems to know the topic that Teddy will
expound upon.
Whatever it will be, there are sure to
be a few plugs thrown in for Brother
Jack and more New Frontier in 1064.
Which reminds me, I hear talk of a
new movement on campus called “Repub
licans for Kennedy.” Their campaign, I
understand,, is faltering because of all the
radicals on campus who are bound and
determined to elect a -Tew instead of a
Catholic.
Tt seems that the entire 1964 election is
tied up in minority groups.
Even a woman, Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith, is eyeing the presidential nomina
tion. Women, I have decided, could easily
capture the presidency in 1964 if they
stick together and vote for their sex ra
ther than for their respective minority
groups.
To unite the female block vote, it will
be necessary to woo them with the proper
candidate for vice-president. Say, another
“cute” Kennedy.
I’m sure there’s another one around
somewhere.
MARGARET SMITH
Finals: An Old Story
Abolish final exams!
What a delirious
thought.
.1 ust think what
that would mean. No
more nerve wracking
nights of learning a whole quarter’s work
in a few short hours. No more bleary eyes,
coffee, dex, or hysterical screams when
von discover von have an exam in an hour
anil you’ve only covered half the text or
notes.
All (or almost all) college students
would love to see finals abolished, and so
would some educators. For example, C. W.
Valentine, education professor at the Uni
versity of Birmingham, wrote that “exam-
nations can only deal with the dry
bones of some subjects” and “indepeu-
Here’s Is Some Humor:
Most children nre descendants ot a long
line their mother once heard.
Frank: Funny thing, my wife had been
reading "The Three Musketeers" Just before
we had triplets.
Ed; Good heavens! Mine has been reading
"The Birth ot n Nation.”
• • •
A married student once said; “It I come
home early, she figures I’m after something;
it I come home late she figures I’ve had it."
• • •
"No, no,” said the centipede, crossing her
legs—"a hundred times no!”
dence of thought” is not stimulated by
examinations.
Actually University students today have
little room to complain.
Examinations—physical, mental, oral,
and written—have almost always been
around.
The Old Testament tells of an examina
tion in which the Gileadites, at the passage
of the Jordan River, tested the Eplirai-
mites’ ability to pronounce the word
“Shibboleth.” Forty-two thousand failed
the tost . . . and were executed.
Around 500 B.C. Spartans tested their
youths’ ability to endure pain by publicly
whipping them.
Exams gradually assumed a more mod
ern day attire. As early ns 1219 exams
were given at the University of Bologna.
Written university exams (finals?) pro
bably originated at Cambridge, England,
in 1702.
The first written exam given in the
United States was administered in Bos
ton in 1845. This—an hour test—consisted
of 154 questions. And University students
today think 100 questions are too many to
answer in a three hour final!
It would, of course, be wonderful if
the administration would realise that fin
als are useless, unfair, and mean nothing.
But since that's too much to hope
for. my anguish at 3 a.m. before an 8
a.m. exam will be relieved by the know
ledge that a few wrong answers mean
only had grades—not death or a public
wnipping.
To the Editor:
In previous years when a
student was ill he was treated
for the malady at the Gilbert
Memorial Infirmary. It seems
now that this haven for ill
students has turned into the
Gilbert Memorial Excuse Fac
tory.
Whether this be true or
not, this is the attitude that
the infirmary staff has taken.
In contemplating a visit to
the infirmary now, a student
must consider whether his ill
ness is worth the sarcasm,
nastiness, and complete aloof
attitude of the infirmary
staff.
I do not consider the doc
tors as part of this problem
because once a student sees
the doctor the situation is
attended to in short order.
However, the crux of the
problem is surviving the In
terrogation, insults and com
plete “I don’t give a darn”
attitude of the receptionists
and nurses.
It would seem that an ami
cable solution to this problem
should be reached. I submit
that one must be reached
soon dr the student health of
the University of Georgia will
suffer.
Name Withheld
Apologies:
There is an inherent weak
ness in writing. If you are
not extremely careful, read
ers can overlook what you
really mean to say and inter
pret your prose in a way en
tirely different from what you
intended.
Such an incidence occurred
recently. In a column where
I was giving a tongue-in-cheek
condemnation of Athens po
licewomen, there was also a
reference to a local house of
ill repute.
Some how, in the reading,
several townspeople concluded
that I implied some connection
between these city employees
and that certain house.
To the policewomen, their
husbands and friends, I
would like to apologize for
my inability to clearly com
municate what I Intended,
and for any resulting enbar-
rassment to these ladies.
—The Edttor
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