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What Do You Think?
II it seems that the l mversity is indifferent
to your feelings if it seems that the I mversi*
ty won t listen if it seems that tlx* University
doesn t rare about vour safety then y<»u may
be right You may be dead right
Fire alarms save lives It is a mirac le that
the girls of Brumby Hall escaped disaster
April 15 without an alarm system
And it would be a miracle if all the* men
now living in Ml Hedge or Joe Brown could es
cape* disaster in their dormitories without fire
alarms
These are be ing repaired so we under
stand
But would they have been repaired, would
something have been done* were it not for the
Brumby incidents to snap the* University out
of its lethargy
Can this be an example of the* horrid small
town attitude* that it can't happen here 0
And the* matter of planning for dormitory
evac uations We are assum'd that regular fire
drills are conduc ted Is this enough 0
The Brumby incidents show that this type
of planning is not enough With a fire the idea
is to get out of the* building But with a possi
blc* explosion the* idea is to get out of the
building and get far enough away to avoid
be ing showered by debris
There was no thought given to this possible
ty With several thousand people gathered at
the* building s base* how many lives would have
been lost if it had ruptured'' Who would have
planned for that 0
It is an unpleasant thought Are we alone*
in thinking it 0
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Rainy Day Lesson
The feeling was disheartening as I sat in
class yesterday and heard tlx* instructor tell
about a car tx*ing towed Irom lus (larking
space
I mined i.it el v I remembered when* my ear
had tieen since late Tuesday night a faculty
space bchiix! the Journalism building
Shortlived was the hope that .mother car
had be«*n taken away aixl that I still had a
chance to avoid penalty
CM course the car could belong to one of
yew reflected tlx* instructor His disruption
of the* vehicle followed
Sad. sorry, or apologetic I was undoobted
ly the violator
Alter class I walked in tlx* ram i umbrella
in c ar i to the Traffic' and Security Office
I would like to pick up my car It was im
pounded this nximing
You'll have to get the ticket off your
ear."
Soaked by ruin, the ticket was barely legi
Ms
Your violations are number seven and
number 14 That'll be ten dollars'"
The* right of appeal is reserved lor any
traffic fine*, so I asked for an appeal form
You can appeal the line but you have to
pay the tow fee* of five dollars
Regardless of any extenuating cirrum
stum vs. the* car had to be towed It's under
stoixlabk* that the* University must charge for
this service
ltO> I \1 I OK
Saving Souls
Satisfied, therefore. I fully employed my
rigid to appeal the extra fine
Though willing to cover the tow fee. I had
no money at all The obvious question was.
' !>«» 1 hove to pay tlx* tow fee before getting
the car?"
"Yes "
Well. I don't have any money or a check
book What can I do?"
The fac ial expression from the other side of
the desk seemed to indicate that the problem
was mini* alone
Ik) you have any c'ounter checks 0 "
No. the University quit earning counter
c hin ks "
Can t 1 take the car and come right back
with tlx* money?"
A negative answer was expected, however,
tlx* traffic office had a solution to the problem
after all We can give you a temporary de
ferment of payment slip"
That sounds good All I need is a few
minutes
Instead of a matter of minutes or hours.
hcMever the deferment was valid until the
end of the week One minute I had to make
payment right then to get tlx* car. and tlx*
next minute I was ofl with tlx* car and three
days to boot
What do you nuke of it** Well, vou have a
very cooperative traffic departnk*nt. one itxirc
pending verdict for tlx* appeals board, and a
student who has above average respect for
faculty lurking zones
When one lives in a small town one is reli
guus for religion is where it s at for the*
socially and economically unblessed l»od
watches over the* crops, feeds the* families
takc*s care of tlx* government and |>unishes the
troublemakers in the* rural areas ot the* South
urxl only Satan tries to nuke* it otherwise
Some of my fondest memories of life before
I turned to the wicked ways of that Southern
Sodom and Gomorrah Atlanta cvnter around
the church and the* pious old ladies and gentk*-
men who wacklled to lied > house twice a
week to let the community know the\ were
still aim* and saving souls
Fur those* who are indoctrinated from the
very beginning of the learning process that
church must become an habitual experience*
muc*b of their vcxith is spent plantung wavs to
gel away with all the things the preacher tells
you you II go to hell lor I and a selec t group
of fnends became quite expert at this We
figured what God didn't tell the preacher
wuukln t hurt anytxdv
(lurch became* a virtual hang-out We
were- then* (or Sundae School at 10 preaching
service at 11. training imon at 6 and night
pleac hing service at ? But the best time ol
all was prayer meeting on Wednesday night
Thit was when things really rex*ked out
The Sunda) dose was enough to overcome
our evil intentions but tlx* Wc*dne*sday night
shut lasted no longer than the lime it took us
to get from our pews to our cars That s
where we picked partners and plotted the
nij$it s sin activities
From the sparkling toomba of the i-omrnu
I-D0-8EUEVE-I Ue-NEARD-ALL THIS BEFORb-DEPARTWFNT
WElL , HE.AH. I SUPPOSE IT D0£$ SOUND
KlNDA RISKM- BUT WHAT THE HELL, THIS
ISN’T BRUMBW - AND WHEN HOU CONSIDER
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EDITOR’S
CORNER
The
Everyone (aces decisions all
(he time and editors (ace more
than most In lecent weeks with
the sit-ins and the elections, edi
torial decisions o( an important
nature have presented them
selves at numerous intervals.
The one that distrubed me the
most concerned the student elec
tions and the question o( who. i(
anyone, to endorse
You study the platforms, at
tend the debates, and listen to
the candidates Then you think.
RICHARD
MOORE
IK TC II SCO I I
W hat We Must Try To Do
Bill Crowe, Kditor
Crimson-White
University of Alabama
Dear Bill:
For the past several weeks we. for the most part, have
been concerned with some of the University’s Shall Mots' and
how these " nets’' can be abolished. I for one have been in
trigued not by Georgia’s "Shall Nots" but by your Why Not."
specifically your institutional "Why Not Accounting '
You raised some good points, particularly the ones about
the insanity and unstableness of newspapering I agree that at
times il is insane and it certainlv seems unreal.
True, it's not like building a house, this business ot putting
words on paper I d like to think I could write something, stand
back like the house builder and say, "Look at this house I've
built" I can't.
You are right It's not like that with newspapering We
build the words into sentences that end up printed in the news
paper And if any one does read them they soon forget the
words, if not the information they communicate So I have to
agree that there is something about writing words that nobody
remembers that makes for an unstable feeling
We could as you suggest go into accounting or English or
something else that makes sense, something that we could put
on graphs something permanent and something lasting
You know, one of my roommates once asked me why I was
crazy enough to risk being sued everytime I sit down at the
typewriter 1 never thought about it until then but we are in the
precarious position of being open lo libel suits with every writ
ing of every quote or descriptive passage This danger limits us
to the facts, just the hard, cold facts
Sure I've been accused of getting the facts wrong or writing
inaccurate quotes But I still stand as I did when I wrote the
stories. 1 was objective anil right and the accusers are blaming
me because they said and did things they later regretted.
I thought I was through with the dangers of writing when I
became managing editor since most of my time is now spent
editing copy and making up the front page But now I am un
der fire because my news judgement is bad I play up stories
too much or don’t play them up enough My judgement may
fail at times but still I think I know what interests the majority
of our 16.000 readers and I give it to them
Also there is a lot of talk about responsible journalism. I
like to think of myself as a responsible journalist, but my defi
nition of that term falls under the sub-division of responsible
newspapering
You see, here at the University, our Journalism School is so
diversified that one has to distinguish between responsible news
papering and responsible public relations, responsible advertis
ing or responsible broadcasting
What is considered responsible journalism to the P R ori-
tented person may well conflict with the newspaperman's defini
tion Advertising dilfers in the same way. In news we have to
be concerned with what is timely, interesting and truthful and
we have to report it accurately and objectively That's what we
try to do.
In light of all this I sometimes wonder, as I know you do.
why we just don't drop back and punt Instead we sit back and
take our best shots
And why. why do we go on this way? Why do we stay in
volved in this craziness?
You answered it the best possible way when you said it is
because of what we work with — we work with people, and that
is what makes this job crazy People are more or less crazy
So. I have to go along with you 100 per cent that what we
work with can't be plotted on a graph but, as you said, they
shouldn't be They should be observed and the more crazy peo
ple we see. the better able we are to distinguish their degrees
of craziness.
Yes. it is absorbing and it is much better than adding up
figures in a ledger
Your cohort
ponder, put it off. and then you
think some more, and put it off
again.
You start out leaning towards
the United Party candidate Rob
bie Williams but then you start
talking to Payne. The objectivity
begins to crumble and before you
know it you start liking the guy
Honest, straightforward, and sin
cere is the way Billy Payne is
and the only way he knows to be
A great guy but politically you
still prefer the other candidate.
John Lough is working closely
with Payne and he is a long time
friend, one time associate and
even your insurance agent. This
does not make it any easier
Finally, you make the decision
and endorse the United Party.
Now it is one thing to write
blistering editorials about Lyndon
Johnson or Richard Nixon or on
subjects like rioting or Viet Nam
and still another thing to go
against friends you have to face
later that day.
The night after the editorial
came out a couple of friends and
myself stopped work about 2
am. and went to the Waffle
House. The first person I see
through the window is Billy
Payne sitting at the counter,
drinking coffee, looking tired as
hell.
It wasn't easy to walk in there
and explain to someone who lias
worked his heart out for a posi
tion that you decided to endorse
his opponent
At this writing the election re
sults have not been announced so
I do not know who won and who
lost, but I do know that I never
want to have to make another
decision like that one. But I will
have to again someday and 1 will
still make what I consider the
best choice regardless of person
alities.
But it will never be easy the
next dav.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Question Is Unman Dignity
nity's three cemeteries to the shady trails of
forests black we lollnl in search of that which
the red-faced preacher told us not lo seek
Aid the compromising would begin She would
say. Out here in Iron! ol God and every
body And he would say. But why do you
think God nude us different''" Sometimes it
own got to the point of scripture quoting She
wiuld quote from the Book of Corinthians and
he from the Song of Solomon
Some might call our actions a mockery of
religion First, let me say that if this is true
it is a generally accepted mockery, for a lot
ol illegiUnute children belong to a lot of reli
gnus women But I don't think it can be
called a mockery It gave us a chance to
laiyth at religion Even time we went down
the aisle for forgiveness (rum the red faced
preacher and that was manv many limes we
were laughing at our pretended sincerity But
it also gave us a chance to cry about religion
fur we were able to see a world that had for
gotten youth and tuppiness and had turned to
an excuse lor having no purpose in life except
obedience to an unseen master
Wo were able to see a society ruled by no
otter reason than it's God s will We saw
prejudice and hate hidden behind a cloak of
godness and love We saw sanity shattered
by too much devotion to an ideal We saw
emotions rattled by not enough devotion
But we had lo respect religion, (or basical
ly we were religious And frequentlv 1 find
myself kulung up toward the sky and saving
Thanks God for the ability to reason and
untrrsland
To the Editor;
From some of the letters in
the Red and Black I get the
impression that if the rules are
eliminated coeds will stay out
ami throw drunks every night
and be promiscuous It is they
who degrade women inot those
who fight for equality) if they
think we will do this, given the
opportunity
Quite the contrary I am not
fighting for the right to get
drunk or to stay out all night
but the right to tell my dates 1
want to be in at a reasonable
hewr. not that I must be in I
agree that 12 30 is reasonable
so is 12 31 12 32 And the’
right to obey the Georgia law-
on drinking
Why am I at the University'’
I am here to become educated
to learn more than facts which
I can regurgitate to question
my beliefs so that I can find
and eliminate the many flaws
ami strengthen the basis for
my standards to improve my
self through testing In short,
to develope into a more toler
ant. responsible person
As it is now. I live in a com
fortable world of rule's 1 make
few decisions because they
have already been made for
me Every girl will admit that
it is easier to tel! an obnoxious
date. I have to be in my 12 3U
lor U" ihan to say. "I want to
be in by 12 30 because you are
a terrible date A life filled
with an enure gamut of stand
ard rules is sunpie. there is no
anguish of decision
Is the University s purpose to
turn out students who can re
cite data without having been
able to apply it or is it to turn
out students who are hraud-
minded and responsible'' The
responsibility for decisions is
great, but it can not be teamed
vicariously by reading and
hearing about it Responsibility
must be experienced Perhaps
some coeds will run wild but
wouldn't they do this after col
lege or during "at home"
weekends’
The rules are fairly reason
able With the slightest amount
of effort, one ran evade them
But wouldn't it be better to
Equality Not Morality
have rules with which one
could be honest’
I am tired of being a china
doll to be locked up every
night so I won't break, an infe
rior who can not make tin- de
cisions Drinking rights and
curfew regulations are not the
principle questions — human
dignity is.
Mary Lynn McCorkle
Freshman
ill For Rusk
To the Editor:
In his Gulliver's Travels. Jo
nathan Swift wrote in 1726 It
is a Maxim among these Law
yers. that whatever hath been
done before, may legally be
done again And therefore they
take especial Care to record ail
the Decisions formerly nude
against common Justice and
the general Reason of Man-
kirnl
If the celebrated author could
come back to our University in
these days. I believe he would
have reason to repeat it. in
view ot the devision expressed
by Mr Lowell Fine. President
of the Student Bar Association,
in order to keep almost private
a speech by the Secretary of
Sute Mr Dean Rusk
If the Student Bar Assooia-
tion dues not care about the
Georgians I would remind
them that there are almost
300 foreign students in the Uni
versity and that we do not have
many opportunities to view and
listen to the top political fig
ures of this nation Moreover
I imagine that foreign policv
will be touched that day
The Law students are dis
tinguished bv an esprit de
«Tps I do not object to this
but 1 am sure that there are
none fortunate wavs of ex
pressing it Common citizen
ship is more important Ihan
tradition and membership
Antoni Pares
Graduate Student Morris Hall
Rosters
The advent of spring is al
ways an egarly awaited and
welcomed event at the Univer
sity each year However in re
cent years the springtime beau
ty of our campus has been de
stroyed by the annual flood of
campaign posters, seemingly
plastered on every available
tree bush and building within
the confines of the University
VStule we admit the necessity
of candidates putting their
qualifications before the stu
dent body, we do not feel that
the present system of literally
submerging the campus in a
barrage of posters is either ne
cessary or desirable There
fore we urge that the Student
Government Lake immediate
steps to effectively control this
deplorable situation in the fu
ture
Chuck Ftnm
Wallv Hallowev
To the Editor:
1 was glad to find in Clark
Hartman's Letter to the Editor.
April 18. that the majority of
the students now have a voice
I agree with your assertion.
Mr Hartman, that the majori
ty of the students are here for
an education as I myself am.
But I must confess — I am one
of those "so called students"
discontent with the University
regulations governing women.
I also agree with you that
perhaps I should not have en
rolled here if I am discontent
Maybe a liberal school like
Emory is better suited for my
kind After all. you said I was
"basically insecure, seemingly
unhibited and truly disgusting
to the other students of the
University.”
I do not believe "attending
the University has nothing to
do with rights It is the right
of every individual lo have the
opportunity to further his edu
cation anywhere he chooses if
he meets the academic crite
ria Furthermore, the polemics
of "our" demonstrations were
avoided in your editorial letter
Your issue seems to be one of
morality, ours is of equality
To clear the issue. Clark, of
the morality of our Coed Col
leagues I wish to ask:
First, is the responsibility of
a woman's behavior and repu
tation her own or that of her
date or companion’ Are the
rules governing dormitory
hours to protect irresponsible
women or inhibit lascivious
boys’
Second, does the controversy
of a woman drinking depend on
her judgment or someone elses.
and who is the better judge’
Third, in reference to vour
statement concerning "party
girts etc Does human
parthenogenesis really exist’
And Fourth are the most
outstanding aspects of an issue
those that reflect ones individu
al thinking?
There is a term used in your
department — “plowpan” You
should be familiar with it. It is
the hard layer of soil left when
yai only plow the surface,
yielding a poor crop.
We ask only that the "double
standard" be eliminated. I for
one would give up my unlimit
ed curfew, lax drinking regula
tions. and general impunity for
the principles involved, and 1
do not empathize alone.
Bob Dobes
Department of Psychology
Tear It Down
To The Editor:
A democratic election de
pends upon people being able
to determine the most qualified
person from the field of candi
dates In order to do this, it is
necessary that the people be
aware of the candidates, their
qualifications, and their position
on the issues
Indeed, each candidate
should welcome the opportunity
for his views to be compared
with his oppoenent's. if he feels
that he is the better candidate
and that his platform and qual
dilutions will bear comparison
One method of presenting each
candidate and his views to the
public is by- the use of posters
Last W ednesday night almost
all of the United Party posters
were removed while Greek pos
ters sprang up in their places
Shouldn t those people who be
lieve that college students
have the ability and convicuor
to govern themselves" also be
heve that the students shoulc
be exposed to all candidates
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