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Snow Is Pretty
But Accidents Aren I
Snow is pretty, especially if its draped over rolling
lulls and hanging branches. But one must consider the
dented fenders and swollen ankles which sometimes
goes with it.
We think it’s okay if the University must “officially’
hold classes in order to avoid another day of Saturday
classes, but this does not mean professors must have
their class, especially when they are two-thirds empty
as was the ease Wednesday. If a professor just has to
meet his class on days like that, he shouldn’t hold stu
dents responsible for the material covered if they can’t
be there because of hazardous driving conditions.
Many students live off campus, and driving to classes
over ice coated roads is too risky, (•specially considering
the number of ears registered at the University. And
when and if they finally get to the campus, it is equally
as dangerous to walk between classes.
We all know snow fights are fun, at. least to those
participating in them. But for those who aren’t, such
as drivers on Bumpkin Street whose ears were pelted by
snow balls as they pass dormitories, it could mean an
accident. It's hard enough to drive on slippery roads
without being startled by a ball of ice splattering ngainst
the windshield and blocking one’s vision. On a day like
Wednesday and Thursday, consideration should be
shown to those unfortunate enough to have a ear which
they must maneuver from one place to another.
Radio-TV Institute
Does Credit to UGA
The Red and Black commends Dean John K. Drewry
and the School of Journalism for their efforts in pro
viding such fine and outstanding men for all the campus
to hear as John Chancellor and Martin Agronsky.
Chancellor, director of the Voice of America, and
Agronsky, CBS television correspondent, addressed the
Radio Television Institute of Georgia broadcasters and
students of the School of Journalism, Wednesday.
Through this association with top men of their field,
“budding young journalists” were given an opportunity
to make professional contacts and learn pointers to help
them in their future careers. The Institute is sponsored
annually by the llenry W. Grady School of Journalism.
MICKEY MILLS
IM Black EdlU>r-ln-4 lilcf
A New Day Has Come to Ga.
Although Some Politicians Are Old
A NEW DAY has come to Geor
gia: an oldtime politician is Tun
ing for governor as a modern day
GRIPES WE HAVE
One hag to be glek in the infirmary for 72 hours
before one can obtain an excuse from clans. Hasn’t
anyone ever heard of being just as sick 24 hours in
the comfort of one's own bed.
• * •
The Army ROTC insists on drilling in weather the
Viet (tong would never dream of fighting in, so why
should we train philosophy and history majors to
fight—uh, we wean—march in it.
» • *
Some professors try to do as much in three hour
courses ns they do in five hour courses. Isn’t that
ridiculous?
• • •
Pedestrians and cars fighting with each other every
day on Baldwin Street. Couldn’t a pedestrian cross
walk be constructed over the heavily traveled road.
• * *
People who gripe all the time without offering
constructive alternatives. (Alternatives will be offer
ed later on this page—Kdltor).
progressive against a young
moderate, and a young mod
erate may run for senator
against a veteraD who, in
his day, was a fiery progres
sive hut now-a-days is con
sidered in the slightly left
of Maddox league.
Ellis, Ernie, Carl and
Dick; names to look for in
’66. What names we should
forget after '66 is open to
speculation, but in a way I
sure hope it’s not the ones
everyone thinks will he
down the political creek.
The state has been building
a dam against backwaters
of out-dated traditionalism
which have been all but
drowning moves toward
ideas and concepts for a new
era.
THE STATE is cashing in
on federal programs which
are becoming readily sup
ported by those who are
often the first to yell ‘‘Be
ware of Big Government,”
and should also know that
the reason we need Big Gov
ernment is because state
governments are too small
to do the job.
THERE ARE MORE Ne
groes in the Georgia Legis
lature than there first were
in the state’s white schools
when they finally decided to
obey the law only a few
years ago.
HERMAN TALMADGE is
even reading the papers (see
paragraph directly above).
BIT LET’S ADMIT IT,
we all got surprised in ’64.
The national election set
Georgia back about six
years—all the way back to
the night Sanders defeated
weak traditionalism in 1962.
I think the election of
1966 will indicate whether
we are on the right road
again.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bateman Pushes for Improved Rush
RUSH AS IT CAME OUT this quarter was more than simply a displeasing situation
for rushees and some philosophical onlookers—it was a tremendous headache for the
whole fraternity system, and the IFC in particular.
DAPHNE WILLIAMS
Itcd and Black Asst. News Editor
Georgia, or How I Earned
My Second High School Di
ploma” by Arthur Getfen.
Front the title alone, one
can imagine what this
"great literary masterpiece"
is about. It seems that Mr.
Geffen doesn’t like our great
University. We're all sad.
Anyway, he takes liberty
to criticize every facet of the
University starting out with
everything from the Sopho
more Comprehensive Exam
ination to the Coliseum. In
Emory Magazine
fried Anyway
I WAS RECENTLY looking through (he l’hoenix, a magazine
put out by Kmory University students, when I ran across a some
what amusing article. It was entitled, “Life at the University of
fact, there Is nothing right
at UGA, In his opinion.
ABOUT TWO I’AltA-
GR \1MIS are donated to our
IBM complex, in which the
computers are located in
"this old, antiquated shack
that is currently blighting
the landscape of the new
12 million dollnr science
center.” Well, Mr. Geffen
should remember that Its
what Is on the inside that
counts. We aren’t complain
ing.
<T!ir lAcb anb HUacU
Mickey C. Mills
Edttor-ts-CMcf
Carlos Zollncr
Hustnrss Manager
•lone Edgens
.lfiinopini; Editor
Associate Editor
A»st. News Editors
Womens Editor
S|Hirts Editor
David Hart
Stws Editor
Frank <\ White
Ron Taylor, Daphne W illiams
Muriel Pritchett
Cnse> Horne
Don Rhodes. Meg Gross, Jean Rerg. Sharon
Itickcy , Jesse Jenkins. Hii|ien Kike. George
Elliott. Peniinn Potts, Jack Kalkner. Sharon
MeKell/ie, IManne Martin), Sam Dickson,
Nelson \ustJn. Jerry Huff News Staff
t’la) .1 enuings Asst. Business Mgr.
Lucius P. Arnold Office Mgr.
Robert Boyd Cartoonist
II1II llrooks Ctri illation Mgr.
Number 30
Volume I.XMII
Entered at the Post Office in Athens, Georgia as Mall Matter
of the Second Class. Subscription rates: $3.50 first year, $8
renewal.
By the way, registration
has changed. We have now
systemlzed it a great deal.
The average person can get
registered within about 30
minutes. No longer do we
bring hag lunches and K
rations. Neither do ”13,000
students show up at one
time", any longer. It seems
Mr. Geffen obviously hasn’t
caught up with the times.
He should try our 1966
catalog.
IT AUM> SEEMS that hor
rible rumors have been go
ing nround that no one ever
studies at UGA, we Just all
the time party. It seems that
the only way you can tell a
weekday apart from a week
end are ‘‘the hours that the
girls' dorms close." The an
swer to this Is that UGA
students are versatile
enough to hnve fun as well
ns study. Mr. Geffen must
remember that we have had
some very important people
grndunte from our fair
University. In fact, you
might just say that we are
very well rounded indi
viduals!.
The article goes on and
on with exaggeration after
exaggeration actually too
trivial to even mention. All
in all. the article is Just
about as bad as the maga
zine itself. It was a nice
try.
There was nothing new
about the set-up of rush this
time. Last year and the year
before rush was carried out
over two week-ends with a
week of silence in between.
Admittedly there was some
“dirty rushing" during this
week-long interval hut noth
ing compared to what we
experienced during this past
rush.
THIS SYSTEM of splitting
the parties into two groups
was based on two premises.
First of all, the fraternities
would need a break from
rush to regain their spirits
and get back to their studies
(which would he affected
even more if rush ran for
five straight days). Second
ly, the parties were split to
give the rushees time to
weigh some of the
things they had seen and
heard during the first three
days. Up until several weeks
ago both of these thoughts
seemed to be sound ones.
However, this rush was a
first in that previously we
had never waited an entire
quarter to rush the fresh
man men. The fraternity
men and their anxiety
"snowballed” Into the
toughest competition for
pledging that I have ever
seen. “Dirty rushing” was
rampart along with rumors
of things being even worse
than they were.
THE EFFORTS OF THE
“Reflections On
The Guillotine 1
a
1. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT lias no exemplary value
simply because if it were supposed to:
(a) executions would be
be made public, but
they are held In se
crecy.
(b) publicity concerning
executions is fantas-
t t c a 1 1 y inade
quate (Joe Smith
paid his debt to so
ciety etc.)
(c) statistics prove that
when capital punish
ment Is installed or
removed, the crime
rate falls or rises not
one iota!
12. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
is only a bad form of retalia
tion—a revenge. If murder
is in the nature of man. the
law is not intended to imi
tate that nature, but to cor
rect it—the law can’t obey
the same laws as nature!
3. No one should be punish
ed absolutely. The death
penalty punishes an always
relative culpability by a def
initive and irreparable
judgement.
4. ABOUT JURIES being
able to make decisions of
this type: The Jury cannot
sanely say. "If I kill you by
mistake, you will forgive me
when you consider the weak
ness of our common nature.
But I am condemning you
without considering those
weaknesses or that nature.”
It seems pointless to con
tinue, Mr. Brookner*, I
think the reasons are clear;
besides. Meursoult didn’t
know when to stop and look
what happened to him.
A. Camus
O. O’Leary
I). Tnnonmaum
• HI
•<Jack Brookner, a junior,
trrolc a letter recently sup
porting capital punishment—
Ettrroa.)
IFC to control violations
were more or less futile due
to the size of the University
and the number of students
involved. These efforts were
also stymied by rumors of
IFC Patrols Involved In
“dirty rushing”, the validity
of which I question since I
was personally implicated in
some surprisingly ridiculous
rumors.
An IFC Committee is now
studying the past rush and
will make recommendations
for changes if we have a
similar situation of deferred
rush next year.
Bruce Bateman,
Sincerely,
President
Interfraternity
Council
Inspection
INot Proper
To the Editor:
I RELIEVE your enthusi
astic endorsement of the off-
campus housing office’s de
cision to inspect and approve
student housing deserves
reappraisal. A closer look at
the consequences of this de
cision will show such action
to be neither necessary nor
proper.
Direct control over the
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