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Buildings Welcome, dick dqnovan
But Others Needed Also Red an<l Black Columnist
Another nine-story dormitory is about ready for the
huililitig to add to the University’s physical plant, and
the donrnnlisiii I’svehnlntry building and (irmluale He-
seareh Center are heinir approved by the various staffs.
These are welcome additions to the University, and
necessary ones if it is to continue to >rrow as it has in
the past few years. Also necessary are the buildintrs
denied us by the failure of the (ieneral Assembly to allot
funds for eonatniet ion at the University.
With th e present overassifnitnents in men’s dorms,
the housing space is obviously needed and we are per
sonally happy to see our long-awaited .1 I’ building ma
terializing. And the tiradiiatc Research Center will give
the University an opportunity to make itself known in
varied fields.
It«it here the bright future and big plana end. Tlmre is
no more money for building, not only at the University,
but in the entire University System.
“We can’t afford to lose the momentum we have now,”
says William Hudson, director of planning and develop
ment. Hut it looks as if we’ll lose it.
The setback caused by this break in the chain of funds
from the stale looks severe. lad's hope it’s not nearly ns
severe as it. looks, and that the legislature will rush to
make amends ai its next session. We might even hope
they'll make up for lost time by an extra-large appropri
ation next year. Itut that’s being a little ton optomistie,
isn't it *
Pride and Prejudice
The “(Ireat Debate” between (leorgin and Harvard
wasn’t judged, hut they tell us “audience opinion”
favored (leorgin.
How strange.
You’ll excuse us if we wonder, hut might not said
audience he just a little hit prejudi I f No really enough
to count, you understand . . .
UK. We’re sorry we even mentioned it. After all.
University students can be just as objective, we're sure,
in judging a debate as they can in judging a referee’s
/•all in a tight football game.
Still , , .
llabla listed Espanol?..
Htienas dias, aenoraa y aenora.
Como esta Usted?
With these words my entire Span
ish vocabulary, I set gaily out for the
University's modern foreign language
lab the other morning. The instruc
tions from my instructor had been
bo simple, 1 actually looked forward
to this, my first experience with
Kspaflol.
I walked In, signed my name to the
list, and proceeded to the booth, book
in hnnd, to bid the machines buenas
dins!
Lessee, now, first I dial the right
number, okay, now I put the ear
phones on, and I should hear sounds
like unto Mexico!
“Bon Jour, monsieur. Como se va?
Tres blen, inercl ”
Walt a minute . . . that ain’t right!
Lessee, now, first. . . .
"Outen morgen, herr lehrer, wie
ghehts?
Well, If at first . , .
From somewhere came the strains
of Mozart’s piano concerto in D minor,
performed by Leonard Bern . . . Aw,
hell
I STEPPED out of the booth, and
approached Mr. (Senor) Hernandez,
the instructor on duty. “Uh, sir, that
machine doesn’t seem to work,
nnd ....**
“Cnramba!” Followed by a whole
string of words that they don’t
tench you in nny Spanish courses I
know of.
Now, Just to be serious for a
minute. The University of Georgia has
one of the finest modern foreign lan
guage departments In this part of the
• <*•’
TH* * Air "pMLttjt**
hails iMctes?
country, instructor and currlcula-
wise, the only possible exception be
ing the laboratory facilities.
WHEN I WENT in that morning,
all the equipment was supposedly
brand new. I’d be willing to bet It was
surplus from Podunk Gulch College of
Opinions
Arts and Farming, where they teach
such foreign tongues as “Cow” and
“Pig” and "Cornish Rock Game Hen
dialect of ‘Chicken’.”
As my Spanish Instructor put It,
“It’s been this way for years, and
it won’t get any better until you
students ‘rise up in arms’ against the
University.”
I have been led to believe that the
person in charge has refused to do
anything more constructive than call
a repairman. Old machinery doesn’t
n e e d a repairman, it needs to be
Junked, post haste. It is continually
reported that we have a fine modern
language lab, but nobody mentions
the damn thing doesn’t work.
My instructor’s only answer was
“appeal to Dr. O. C. Aderhold. And
to your parents, the taxpayers. Uni
versity language students are Just not
getting their money’s worth from this
department."
IN THIS DAY and age, when the
University’s grants for technical ad
vancement are rising almost daily,
and studies in general are using more
and more technical equipment, is it
too much to ask that we, students
studying a foreign language, be af
forded opportunity to hear the lan
guage spoken in a "lab” exercise?
I walked sadly back to the machine
in the booth, dialed what I thought
was the right number, and listened
to some Cossack ramble happily on
in Russian, as I muttered an occa
sional, “Da . . . . da . .
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6 Edi I or ia I Typica l
Of Southern Naivete'
To the Editor;
Your "We Bollove” edi
torial retterntos the naive
attitude which is all too pre
valent throughout the South.
In asking for patience nnd
undoratnndlnR on both sides,
you ignore the simple heart
of the matter; one side Is
right and the other wrong.
This Is not a matter of two
oountrlea attempting to ne
gotiate a compromise. Ne
groes demand rights guar
anteed them by the Consti
tution: George Wallace and
friends are doing all in their
power to deny these rights.
You speak of the courts.
Where Justice has been
tested in courts of many
southern states, the purvey
ors of Justice have twisted
laws to suit their own de
sires. You speak of patience.
How long can people be
asked to wait for 'hat which
la rightfully theirs? They
aay they have waited long
enough. How long would you
wait? A hundred years?
You speak of murder. So
far, those against freedom
have been the murderers, not
the murdered. (Have any of
the murderers been appre
hended. and tried and sent
enced under due process of
law? Where la Justice here?)
The rtatus quo would
have remained had not pres
sure been applied. Bo thank
ful that Dr. King and his
followers attempt to apply
this pressure In ns non
violent a mnnner ns possible.
It could be otherwise. Had
there been realization of the
rights of others, no civil
rights law would have been
needed nnd no new voting
law necessary. I am proud
the United States has citi
zens like Dr. King who are
willing to work actively for
the freedom which most of
us either take for granted,
talk about, or Ignore.
This country will be a step
closer to what It professes
to be when a Negro can
think of himself first as an
American and second as a
Negro and when a Souther
ner will also consider him
self an American and a
Southerner only after that.
David Kweetklnd
Munir Brpl.
Heller Teachers
To the Editor:
I was impressed to read In
the Red and Black that the
admissions office Is raising
the University’s admissions
standards. What I would
really like to know, however,
is when someone Is going
to tnke action like that sug
gested In the letter "Subjec
tivity in Grading" and start
correcting the problem of
"uninterested nnd self-indul
gent” excuses for teachers.
Since I was fortunate
enough, due to registration
selectivity, to get the Idiot
of them nil for two quarters.
I can fully understand Mr.
Pickett’s point of view.
Just to cite a few charac
teristics of this professor:
1. Alwnys 10 to 20
minutes late to class.
2. Has been known to
send word to class that he
couldn’t attend because of
Illness (when you leave the
class nnd walk by his office
you see him laughing It up
with some of the other loaf
ers).
S. Accuses students of
being bull-shooting artists
(during the last quarter he
assigned only three chapters
In a 600-page text, none of
which he lectured on. Pre
ferred to talk about person
al Interests—Just bull).
4. Claims there Is not
enough time for questions
in class (tells students to
“shut up” when they at
tempt to ask questions).
FRANK WHITE
Red and lllnrk News Editor
Rumble
Goldfarbs anyone?
There is a rumble going
on down in suburbia, folks.
For a change we Ameri
cans are kicking up a little
art, and sweeping it into the light for all
the world to see.
Some of the recent movies—Dr. Strange-
love, John Goldfarb, Lolita—seem to in
dicate a rather radical new trend. At long
last, the American film industry has de
cided to take a few pokes at some of our
"sacred cows.” Europe has been pulling
the illustrious satirical punch since the
late forties. But of course, we Americans
have traditionally been a shade behind
Europe in some things.
Some argue that it is not in the best
in Suburbia
"national interest” to poke too much fun
at our Institutions and our “American
Way.” I strongly disagree with this.
If our institutions cannot survive the
stinging satire of the genius of a man
like Stanley Kubrick and his monsterraan,
Strangelove, then something is wrong.
Have we become so afraid of that nasty
word "nuclear” that we can no longer
appreciate the kick of laughing at our
selves?
America’s film industrv has made per
haps the first really big breakthrough in
the world of cinema art since the Italian
film revolution of the late fifties and
early sixties.
Here’s hoping they don’t stop now.
5. Has severe penalties
for anyone cutting classes.
6. Feels all grades should
be given subjectively (gave
only one test: an excuse for
a final. Grades for the essay
test were posted shortly af
ter the final ended).
7. Makes a feeble excuse
at the end of each quarter
for not accomplishing what
he hoped to (yet does the
same thing the next quar
ter).
If admission requirements
are continually raised with
out raising the instructional
standards, the University
will someday have to pay
incoming freshmen to teach
the classes of 20 per cent
of our professors. If not, we
will have morons teaching
geniuses.
Name Withheld
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