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Opinions
Endorsement
Reagan Discussed
The Red and Black endorses
the candidacy of Robbie Wil
liams for student body presi
dent Randall Seabolt for vice-
president and Carol Spring for
secretary
These candidates, both in
their speeches and in the Unit
ed Party platform have en
dorsed proposals that are vital
to both student government awl
the t’niversity community
Among these proposals are
immediate approval of proposed
rules changes the* implementa
tion of a student judiciary the
establishment of an annual
rules study and revision and
the* formation of an academic
appeal board to which grades
may be appealed There are
many other ideas that have re
reived endorsements by the*
candidates Ideas not as earth-
shaking but ideas that need im
plementation
The election of the I nited Par
ty candidates will also bring
back to this campus something
that is vital to a good student
government and something that
has been missing for several
years a strong two-party sys
tem
It is evident that such a sys
tem cannot be hased upon so
cial affiliation and this the
Uruted party has avoided
The Greek Party has done
much for student government
and for the University But
competition is needed if student
government is to progress fur
ther
For A Few Rights More
Among the several monumental decisions
open to the student voters on Wednesday is
the referendum on rules revisions
The SGA has worked long and hard in com
piling the revisions which are hopefully the* to
tal changes desired by students
The* Rad and Black endorses his planned
revision of University rules, and encourages
all students to study the suggested change's
and vote c»n them in th<* Wednesday referen
dum
The planned Student Judiciary should be of
partic ular concern to students If approved. it
will allow for student self-government in ccm-
necuon with all disciplinary measures
The* Judinarv will be set up with a series
of courts made* up of students that will handle*
all infractions, from traffic violations to con
duct problems
It is essential for students to express how
they feel about the revision as it is now drawn
up
A large* positive response* will impress Uni
versity officials with a concrete statement of
student opinion
Even a negative vote for the* referendum
will serve a purpose* as it will be* some indi
cation of student thought There will be ample*
space in the ballot to specify opinions and rea
sons for rejection of any section
It has been said that a segment of the* stu
dent body intends to boycott the* referendum
This action will prove nothing and will in no
way help to formulate* stude*nt thought
To abstain from voting on the revisions
solely because one* does not approve the* con
tents will only deter a revision of the rules as
they are now laid down
The ballot is located in today's edition of
the* Red and Blac k Take the* time to study the
provisions, then tear it out. and deposit it in
the ballot box Wednesday
By JAMES RACSTER
Ronald Reagan created a stir
of action and rene*wed enthu
siasm among his mans support
ers here at the University of
Georgia campus when he* an
nounced last week that he* was
reassessing his non candidacy
The California governor who
will be the favorite son candi
date Irom his own state at the
National Re»publican Convention
in Miami is expected to give
the* most serious exposition to
former Vice-President Richard
Nixon He has alre*ady set up
headquarters in Miami and
hired some of the most able*
public relations men in politics
Reagan enjoys the* support of
both Democratic and Republi
can conservatives as he* is the*
only true* conservative running
Irom anv of the* three major
political partie*s He has al-
ready named his program in
California the* Creative Society
"Government's role is to le»ad
in mobilizing the* full and vol
untary re»sourc*es of the peo-
pie"
DAVID C.IININ
Reagan continues Of all the lull resources of the nation to
myths none is greater fic winning the victory I think
tior than the wholly false we should go in and get it over
premise that increasing popula- with When you consider the
tion speed of travel and corn- size of our country, and of
munications and urban sprawl Vietnam how can we talk with
have spawned a complex world a straight face about spending
that must fall back on a strong 10 years on this war°
central government as the only
answer to all problems Reagan speaking on the draft
The* reverse is true, as big slales I have questioned the
business has already learned w h°le business of the draft
Decentralization is the only log- 1 have wondered why we
ical answer to top heavy busi- < ou ldn t. with the brain power
ness and complexity We intend dn[1 know-how we have in this
to lcx>k outside of government <-,JUntr > evolve a progra n of
to the people, to industry and inducement to enlistment, in-
business. to labor and the (, entives to enlist, to see if we
professions for help in solving not switch to the volun-
the people's proMemi except in ,drv svs tem i am fearful
a leadership capacity A study long-time compulsory mili-
of the application of this philo- ***> service becoming what it
sophv on the government of was ,n .veers past in Europe
California shows the success it where the uniform becomes a
brings matter of servitude, not of pa-
On Vietnam Reagan says. Itiotism.
"Once the killing starts, once
you ask young men to tight Reagan won in California
and die for their country, there against seemingly impossible
is a moral obligation imposed odds and his supporters here
on the rest of us to turn the think hi* can do it again in 68
EDITOR'S
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RICHARD
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If you re planning on going to summer
school, the first thing vnu might (heck into is
a green and white pamphlet called SUMMER
SESSIONS 1968. a bulletin of the-1 mvrrsin
lasted therein are some wonderful courses
But since most lack a technical definition of
their nature. I again offer hints on several of
this great number with hopes that theis may
aid some worried individual in, signing up for
the exact course he desires.
Alpha beticallv
ADVANCED DRAFTING - a
course taken in lieu of ad
vanced ROTC
AGE OF JOHNSON «05
Lyndon's getting older, the last
time this course was taught, he
was just 105
ANTE BELLUM SOUTH
study of the South before we
had bells (more difficult than it
sounds i
EXPERIMENTAL FOODS - what you get
to eat in Athens restaurants
FIELD INSTRUCTION 11 the Coliseum
lurking lot
GERMAN DRAMA - a study of World
War I and II
GOETHE - a course involving the study of
the German long-haired amphibious mountain
goat, pronounced "gothe
IDENTIFICATION OF THEES AND
SHHCBS 206 necessary couree for all dogs
INDEPENDENT STUDY - no Greeks al
lowed
INSEtT NATURAL HISTORY study of
the Birds and Bees, part B
INSURANCE .185 course lor seniors only.
taught by telepho;ie when you'd rather be
doing something else
MUSIC PROBLEM — same as Music
Appreciation
THE NEW DEAL - what Dean McBee
found on her return to UGA
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUACTION - study
when you're awake, when you’re eating, when
you’re going, coming, sleeping, and during
free time
PUBLIC OPINION - a course in which
you learn that there's no such thing as "public
opinion"
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY FOR TEACH
ERS — a study of how to find faculty parking
spaces on the UGA campus
THE SHORT STORY what PraMont
Johnson stretches into an hour of prime televi
sion time
SOCIAL INSURANCE 506 study of lead
ing American deodorants
SPECIAL PROBLEMS what you have in
U8 per cent of all the courses you take at the
University.
SWINE PRODUCTION LAB 361 - a daily
pig v life
TRADE JOURNALS — what you do in the
barber shop when you finish the comic b<x>k
you’re reading
WATER COLOR 341 342 - a study of the
garbage in the Oconee River
That's about it. But there is one more
thing, and you can check the book to see
Again, as usual. Mr Staff is teaching at
least 50 per cent of the courses being offered I
hope the University is paying him well
The hardest thing in the
world to find these days is a
summer job. And particularly
hard to find is a summer job
that you really would enjoy and
that is in vour field of studv
So you want to work in the
newspaper field and you line up
an interview with the Atlanta
Journal for a summer intern
ship
The interview is at 11 a m
Saturday morning and if you
start tor home after your date
you can still get 6 hours of
sleep before starting tor Atlan
ta
Eight miles out of Monroe you
have a flat and the girl s car.
which you have borrowed, has
laughable tire-changing equip
ment. You sweat, you strain for
two hours and finally get back
on the road.
In the morning you over
sleep, and start for Atlanta 30
minutes behind schedule In At
lanta you run right into the
Shrine circus parade and that
delays you some more
All you know about the city
editor, who is conducting the in
terview. is that he is a retired
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Saddled with Regulations
Answers to Questions
To The Editor
I should like to respond to
opinions set forth in a letter re
cently appearing in the Red
and Black These opinions to
which 1 refer assert that tor
some vague reason. University
- made rules are necessary
anl in some cast's implicitly
denounce opposiuun to these
ndes as infantile, harm-seek
mg lacking gratitude, etc
There are the usual argu
inents that the rules are not
unreasonable In addition, there
is the assertion that they were
nude for the wellarv of those
whom they restrict There is
alai the argument quoting
Irom the letter submitted b\
Mrs Harriet Matthews. "There
must be rules in an organized
society
Organized" This is the key
word For I do not believe that
a person who may wish only to
buy an education from the Uni
versity should be autonutically
herded into an organized enti
tv He should not be saddled
with regulations completely ir
relevant to his education The
University is an educational in
stitution anil academic nutters
a tv its ONLY LEGITIMATE
CONCERN
The student body should
not be treated or thought ot as
a teal entity It is onlv the sum
of a large number id individual
students It is an entity onlv in
Roor liming
To the Editor er s because she didn't ride
Here I sit wondering why my down a bumps read one week
parents decided to wait an ex earlier or (lx- I Van ot Women
tra wee* before 1 was lo be lor being so unrealistic
*born Now because of the de Mavbe my parents would
lav. I will be lorced to live on have thought about this 21
campus fall quarter nn last stars ago
quarter at this I niversits
You see my 2U1 birthday
will be September 28 but ac
cording to University rule I
must be 21 poor at the begin
nn* of tail quarter
I am not atone in this ptvdic
ament All cowls bom in the
Latter part of H**7 are laced
with a similar situaUon It
sec'ns to me the University
would realize this is an oppor
twits for girls to learn to man
their own affairs before
taking their first plunge into
the socalled ADULT WORLD
Plus the increased vacancies
would allow more housing an
campus for women students not
affected by this rule
Vhusr fault is it anv mode
Born Too late
abstract definition as is the
clientele of an insuraixv com
pans
Wait' It's imperative that the
clients ot Prudential Insurance
t'Kiipany be governed by rules,
or there will be chaos, a client
who fails to keep lus room neat
stuuld lose his policy
The questions of whether the
ruk's are reasonable or lor the
welfare of students cannot fogi
tally be discussed before the
question of whether the Univer
sity should impose extraneous
ruk's is settled
I believe that the University
ot Georgia by imposing rules
governing social and other non
academic affairs of its stu
dents makes an unwarranted
intrusion into their personal a!
lairs The University, being a
type ot Business should deal
with its student clients in a
businesslike manner rather than
treaung them like subjects id
its kingdom or children in its
nursery school
As you nught assume. I am
stiunglv in lavor ot equalilv lor
women
Rob I la lev
Thank You, Gentlemen
To thr Editor:
We the residents of Brumby
Hall, would like to express our
sincere appreciation to all the
people who aided us during our
recent emergency
In particular wv are indeed
grateful for the gentlemanly
cinduct of the men who came
to our rescue, especially our
neighbors in Russell Hali The
cigarettes money lor food
transportation and the shelter
of your durmilory all helped lo
alleviate much of the tension of
thr situation
We should also like to thaide
ihe housemothers and thru-
girls in both Ihe other dormito
ries and in the sororities for
busing us for the two nights
Many of the residents of Ath
ens also accommodated us by
making temporary arrange
ments in their homes
And lastly Mr Armstrong
you and vour conscientious en
g mowing staff are to be con
gratulated in conjunction with
the Athens Police and Fire De
partments and thr assistance
of our own campus wcuntv
lotre
THE GIRLS
HALL
OK BHl MBY
To the Editor:
I would like to answer
some of the questions
raised by Mr Clark Hort-
inan in last Thursday's Red
it Hoick He says, first of
all. that the majority of stu
dents are here at Georgia
primarily for an education
He then asks why those
who protest the rules are
here The obvious answer is
that they. too. are here pri
marily for an education
Most of the demonstrators I
know spend more time on
education than on protest
ing
Mr Hortnian then states
that the typical student is
not a demonstrator But
what separates the typical
student from a demonstra
tor'* The demonstrator
breaks a rule concerning
curfew But hasn t everyone
broken at least one rule at
one time or another ’ Does
the rule against coed drink
ing stop coeds front drink
ing" Does the curfew keep
girls from losing their vir
guilty" Or does it just force
them to return from that
apartment that supposedly
has three la number with
religious significance i per
sons present to the protec
tive confines of her dormi
tory’
If this is in fact the case,
then die only difference be
tween a typical student and
a demonstrator is the time
and place of the infraction
Mr Hortman says that the
demonstrating coed should
face reality when ut tact it
ts he that should realize
what actually goes on.
Mr Hortman next states
that attending college is a
privilege, and that one
should be willing to make
certain sacrifices. Everyone
will agree that sacrifices
are necessary, but why
should they be completely
irrelevant to a college edu
cation?
He contends that attend
ing college has nothing to
do with rights when, in
(act. it has everything to do
with them We are taught
very early that certain
rights are ours inherently,
and cannot be granted or
taken away It is in college
that the future leaders of
our state and nation receive
final preparation for their
careers
To say that one should
not practice these rights
until he learns how to best
use them makes as much
Marine colonel Looks bad City
editors are rather touchy about
tardiness. Marine colonels, even
retired — well it wasn't a
pleasant thought
Up the elevator to the 4th
floor of the Journal building
you nearly run down Jack
Spalding in a hall, and then you
spot him . portly, musta
chioed. regal looking for all
the world like a retired Marine
colonel.
So without lying how can you
explain missing your appoint
ment.
Well in a way you tell the
truth You had a flat tire on the
way from Athens that morning
and that caused you to be late
You don't mention that you
went home and to bed. He
thinks you just got in from Ath
ens
This is perhaps not the most
honest thing to do. but it is a
lot easier than explaining that
with bursting steam pipes, pan-
ty raids, sit-ins. and other as
sorted problems that you ha
ven't had any sleep to mention
in five days.
No. flat tires are a lot easier
to believe
sense as saying that one
should remain completely
speechelss until he has
completely mastered a lan
guage If great men have
come from the University
of Georgia, it is in spite of,
not because of. these rules.
Mr Hortman ends his
letter by describing his con
cept of the ideal lady that
is the present universal
product of the "Georgia
Belle." So of course the
rules should be retained so
that his standard of morali
ty will be strictly enforced
upon all coeds, regardless
of their personal prefer
ences.
If Mr Hortman really de
tests those who attempt to
destroy the university's
purpose of developing re
sponsible citizens, then his
efforts should be directed
against those who prevent
the student from exercising
his or her citizenship
John Ed Smith
mmmmhommmmkmJOA !N IN CROW LE
(Protestor’s View
The recent protest demonstrations on campus have caused
quite a stir Participants have been bombarded with criticism
from all sides, some of which they probably deserve and much
of which they might have allayed had they been more articu
late in expressing their goals.
For example, if. when they were told they should have at
tended a more "liberal" college rather than "wasting" the time
of the UGA administration, they had explained why they re
fused to do just that; fewer people would have been inclined to
agree with their critics and label them mere troublemakers
Why do they refuse to just quit? Most of them feel that this
quit-before-you-get-started attitude is a throw back to the seven
teenth century idea that "what is. is right " They think that
what is. as regards discriminatory rules on this campus, is
wrong, and that they should try to change it before they throw-
up their hands in defeat and take the easy way out by scur
rying off to more progressive institutions.
The list of criticisms goes on and on. Most of them, like the
one above, can be met with reasonable counter-argument
Some, such as the assertion that the protestors have done little
in Ihe way of offering reasonable solutions to any problems
toreseen in the changing of the rules, are more valid
But of all the critical statements leveled against the protes
tors (including they are only a minority group of trouble-mak
ers; their sit-in was in poor taste and untimely; they should
have worked through channels and waited for the results of the
referendum i. the one really undeniable assertion is that the pro
testors have failed to communicate their purpose lo the admin
istration and the student body.
That failure is not surprising when you consider that this is
a group of about three hundred completely different individuals
with three hundred different ideas about how they should go
about accomplishing their purpose It is not at ail surprising
that this group has blundered when you consider the fact that
these people are amateurs, new. for the most part, to both pro
tests and public relations projects It is not surprising that they
have (ailed to convey their goals when you consider what those
goals are
After all, how do you explain that you just reached a point
where you had to stop remaining anonymus and breaking the
rules whenever it was convenient, where you couldn't stand
being a hypocrite any more, where you had to stand up and say
you were tired of being treated like a child'*
How do you explain that you didn't choose the medium of
demonstration or the time that it was there when you felt like
you had to he heard"
How do vou explain a terrible sense of urgency you feel on
a point of personal integrity" How do you explain that you are
being idealistic, but that you ve given the whole matter hours of
responsible consideration" How do you explain that you're cer
tain that you ve done the right thing and that you're proud to
have finally taken a stand
in Insult to Coeds
To Regain Justice
To The Editor regain the spirit of justice that
The coed demonstrators are this country was founded upon
fighting for more than the right They are attempting to show
to set their own curfews They the people of this state and this
are lighting for more than the country that the public regu-
right to drink at the same age lates a public institution the
as the men. institution doesn't regulate the
These girls are struggling to pit)lie
To thr Editor
It you don't like it here get
out
This maxim often cited to
those interested in improving
the university experience is
reiterated by Mr Hortman
•Letters to the editor Thurs
day April 18'
This young man has the right
to his linage of womanhood
However neither he nor the
university has the right to tone
these moral judgments on oth
ers
It is an insult to every voung
ladv on this campus to assume
regular Tee '!!„
prevent her Irom becoming a
drunken slut
Why is it that women are
necessarily immature il thev
see* a college education" Those
nidus that Mr Hortman would
dem our coeds are exercised
by voung ladies pursuing ca
reers directly Irom high schuol
Are we to assume them to be
unfit wives and mothers" Come
now!
Being a student at the mover-
sitv is the right of everv quail
fled voung man and woman in
Georgia not a privilege to be
had al the cost of one's civil
rights That these nghls cannot
be bartered is as much a part
of the Constitution as the ille-
gabtv of denying one his or her
rijdits There is no clause ex
cluding the administration
To the mental sheep at this
university law and order must
prevail even at the expense of
justice To sanction the admin
istration s defiance of the Con
stitution lor the sake of tran-
quilitv or non-involvement is to
further a gross injustice For
this reason 1 fully support the
actions of the Movement for
Cord Equalilv
David A. Thompson
School of Arts and Sciracn
A public institution such as
this one cannot act as a set ot
parents By definition, the fam
ily is a private institution If a
girl isn't fully indoctrinated in
the moral" climate of eight
een years in the home the uni
versity isn t going to moralize
her in four years
Besides it isn't supposed to'
This institution is supposed to
evkicate. not indoctrinate This
institution is supposed to pro
vide freedom to think It is not
supposed to provide forced
morality
Bob Brussack
Rav TiUev