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(Non-raiil, Non-Political Open loiter from the Editor)
An Open Letter
Dear Mr. Huimicutt:
1 was rather taken aback by your ad
vert foment (April 12, R & R), since
not only did 1 not refuse to publish the
letter printed therein, I had never seen
it until 1 turned to Page Eight Tuesday
night.
I would like to say that the terms
"Poverty-stricken” and “Money” in
the cartoon which raised your ire refer
JUNE EDGENS
lied and Hlark Editor
to the two party organizations. I, too,
am an independent, Mr. II., and I, like
you, would hardly like that fact to
publicly brand me as destitute.
May 1 note, with reference to the
obvious failure in communications be
tween us, that a complete set of direc
tions for submitting letters to the edi
tor appears elsewhere on this page.
June Fdgena
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Time Now for Action
Well, it’s all over now, except for the shouting. The
students have cast their ballots and the winners have
been named. Tims, it is a time, not for looking hack, hut
for looking forward.
It is no secret that the Greek party won an impressive
victory in this election; not so much in votes, hut rather
in Senate nnd administrative voting power.
Along with the victory, the Greek party hns won a
tremendous responsibility. The party lias gained the con
fidence of the majority of the students voting in the
election, and therefore must answer to them.
Several good proposals were set forth in the Greek
platform, it is now necessary to work and see that these
proposals are implemented.
Active work in the student administration and on the
Senate must he foremost in the minds of all students.
Partisan polities must he set aside and work for the
growth and advancement of the University begun. The
candidates must he qualified, else they would not have
been elected; there is, therefore, no excuse for lack of
action from any of the student government departments.
The Greek victory was hard fought for, hut the work
ers cannot and must not stop now. The interest of stu
dents in campus affairs must be ignited and kept burn
ing. The Greeks proposed action; now action it must he.
We must all act, not ns Greeks nnd Independents, hut ns
students of what is potentially a great center of learning.
An Irresistible Force
Writ's ovjer again.,.
EN GARDE* SERA | ^
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Examine the Cause,
Not the Symptoms
SURFACE PROBLEMS come and go on campus; some objec
tionable rules are changed, others we get used to. But the underly
ing problem persists.
THE AGE-OLD doctrine
of in loco parentis is at
fault.
To my knowledge, parent
hood has never been edi
torially condemned by The
Red and Black, and I don’t
intend to do so now, but
parents are more respon
sible for University control
over students than anyone
else.
This underlying obstacle
to good relations between
students and administration
is hinted at in every clash,
but seldom brought out Into
the light as a problem unto
itself.
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PARENTS DON’T send
their children to the Uni
versity; they entrust them
to its care. They expect the
University to take over
where they left off In the
care of and responsibility
for their sons and daugh
ters.
The fact is that too many
parents are afraid to put
their young out into the
world. So they arrange for
a four-year transition period
between childhood and inde
pendence.
IT GOES without saying
that parents do this out of
genuine love and concern,
but their interest is too
often manifested in stifling
over-protectiveness.
You can be sure that the
University never asked to
be made guardian of 13,000
wards, but pressure from
tax-paying parents has made
it responsible for our moral
development and general
well-being.
IF THE transition period
could come earlier; if par
ents would concentrate on
teaching their children, at
early ages, how to make de
cisions, how to budget time
and money and how to deal
with other phases of adult ex
istence—the University could
relax its guard and concen
trate on educating instead
of regulating.
But because the students
are children, they are to be
protected against the mean
side of life—not meaning
the sordid side, but the day-
to-day business of being an
adult.
SO, MANY of us come to
college with a distorted
view of life, lacking the
background to manage our
own affairs. We learn, of
course, but It takes time,
and it necessarily pushes the
University into this paterna
listic role.
But changing the whole
concept of parenthood is im
possible, so the Student-
Administration W T ar of 1785-
1966 rages on amid cries of
“We’re adults, we’re respon
sible for ourselves!” and “As
long as we’re responsible
for you, we’ll call the sig
nals.”
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Seniors won’t linvc to take an exam if they have a
“C” average in a course. That was the announcement.
Rut apparently not everyone heard about it.
Funny, all those who missed i| seem to he faculty
members
At least that’s the way the reports are stacking up,
as many students complain that their professors have
decided that they will take final exams. In a lot of
courses, especially small upper division ones, the final
constitutes the grade; in these cases it is understand
able that the professors would want to require that ex
am of everyone.
Rut. according to the Registrar, this can't be, because
the whole reasoning behind the change was to allow
graduating seniors' grades to be submitted for gradua
tion check early. Before exams.
Something’s got to give.
And Leave the Driving...
One plank of both political platforms is already a real
ity, but it comes from another agency entirely. While the
candidates were promising to do something about intra-
campus transportation. Riant Operations was finalizing
plans for an experimental bus system.
Such a program was inevitable because of the build
ing projects which are about to devour many of the
present parking areas. With some other means of trans
portation available, the way is open to further limit the
number of ears on campus.
Rut at lenst, if the system works in its trial period, it
will simplify the campus driving situation. Maybe we
won’t have to leave for class 4;> minutes early to wait at
the entrance to the Woodruff Hall Lot for a parking
space.
Try a Change
President Aderhold nnd the University Council will
bear a committee report on suggested changes in ROTO
on April 26. All revisions suggested may not be ac
cepted. but any change to be made in the program in the
near future probably will be in the report.
Abolition and modification of compulsory ROTC have
been tried at other land-grant universities. Results have
ranged from “no reduction in number of officers pro
duced’’ to “complete loss of student interest.”
Whatever the committee has to say. the only way to
determine student reaction to a change is to try it. If
University officials feel that an obligation to turn out
officers is not being met, the full program always can
be restored.
Senator Defended
To the Editor:
The comments of Rennie Pallnts in the March 29 issue
make me sick. They arc indicative, to me, of what ails
the United States.
Si'll, Richard B. Russell
has more guts than a whole
University-full of the likes
of you (Pallats). ThouKh
this is written after his ap
parent opposition hns an
nounced his support of the
long-time senator, my re
marks would have been the
same earlier.
SENATOR RUSSELL is a
powerful man because he
hns some backbone. Too few
of today's University stu
dents have even the rudl-
chnraeter. To imply that his
ments of his strength nnd
appropriations was tnflu-
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June Edgcns
Editor
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Business Manager
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Managing Editor
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support of the Viet Nam war
enced by the political situa
tion in Georgia is without
basis. Richard Russell would
vote for the good of Ameri
ca as a nation and not for
Georgia alone or Richard
Russell alone.
YOU’D DO better to pre
pare yourself for service
rather than imply that you
have all the political an
swers. I’m sure you’ll get an
opportunity to serve your
country and mine—in the
Armed Forces much sooner
than you’ll get a ‘‘call” to
politics, unless you can run
from a University precinct
filled with spineless cowards
such as you. You might find
a chance there.
IF SENATOR Russell does
Georgia no service by pro
moting false, temporary
prosperity, then you do neith
er Georgia or the University
a service by spouting your
“negotiation at nny price”
theories when so many of
t h e University’s students
who preceded you were pa
triotic enough to interrupt
their studies for service in
the Armed Forces. They had
principles. Apparently you
have principles, too, chief
among them that of coward
ly self-preservation.
Apparently all the brain
washing hy the Reds today
isn’t taking place in Viet
Nam or Korea. It’s nearer
home than that.
Elmo Hester
Letters Policy
The Red and Hlack welcomes letters on any subject pertinent
to and involving University students. The editor reserves the
right to edit letters to conform to atyle, good taste, space limi
tations and libel laws.
Letter should be typewritten and should not exceed 300 words.
No unsigned letters will be printed, but names may be withheld
upon request.
To the Editor.
Recently you published a letter by a student. Dean
Brooking, who sarcastically criticised the University
of Georgia’s administrators
THE OPINIONS expressed
by Mr. Brooking are a threat
to the peace and security of
every individual at this uni
versity. A true conservative
leader possessed with a sin
cere nnd positive attitude
should challenge the silly
charges of the A.S.S. group.
Mr. Brooking tails to take
note of the administrators'
many positive and regular
efforts to create free and
responsible members of a
moving society.
HE FORGETS the tender,
fatherly attitude of the ad
ministrators toward the stu
dents. Their concern for stu
dents’ affairs makes it like
having parents away from
home.
He entirely neglects the
three complete bookstores
where a student can always
find exactly what he needs.
HE CRITICISES the pro
posed Saturday classes and
the administrators' refusal
to cancel classes during a re
cent snow storm, but fails
to understand the simple
reasoning behind these poli
cies.
Saturday classes would
allow for greater student
contact with faculty mem-
and students.
hers and would more fully
utilize the University's phy
sical facilities. Thus, stu
dents would receive more for
their tuition dollar.
HE EVEN criticises ROTC.
No part of a Georgia male
student's education is more
meaningful than his proud
participation in the tradi
tions of America’s glorious
military past. What man can
forget the chill he felt in his
heart as the bugle sounded
in crisp, cold morning air
during ROTC drills?
He meanly attempts to
sever the warm bonds that
hold the maids and Janitors
to the University.
Why does he attempt to
create dissention at every
point with his negative at
titude? In times like these,
our world needs positive
men who have sane, progres
sive attitudes toward the
many difficult problems that
confront our society.
IF MR. Brooking is real
ly sincere about A.S.S., the
very least he can do is call
it the Progressive Apathetic
Society of Students or in his
terms. P.A.S.S.
Ted Michael Morgan
Religion