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Opinions
Dangerous attendance
The recent snow and sleet which encased
most ol northern Georgia in a vault ot lee
nude no dent in the University’s determi
nation to have classes and march on with
the academic improvement of its charges
The state ol the roads, the safety of walk
ways and students notwithstanding, things
went on as always
The Red and Black can only question the
attitude and logic of the administration in
its policy ot holding classes in a storm
which had closed down the northern part of
Georgia
Another side ol the question concerns the
tact that a healthy majority ol the Univers
ity s students live off-campus and not with
in walking distance of the campus Students
also go home lor the weekend in large
numbers and those who attempted to come
back risked accidents and injury to come
back to Athens over the icy roads
Academic atmosphere is one thing, how
ever. asking one to risk breaking one's neck
was not included in the acceptance con
tract.
I } ut 4 pep’ in band
The noise from the weather-reduced stu
dent section at Saturday’s Georgia-Tennes-
see clash was an indication that school spir
it is not dead Also for the first time this
season the pep band showed some accom
paniment with the cheerleaders by playing
Charge and contributing a staccato
drumbeat to the cheers
While the Georgia pep band provides
excellent entertainment for the fans and
accompaniment for the "go-girls" it is
sometimes lax in its cooperation with the
cheerleaders Often more than a pleading
cheerleader is necessary to stimulate stu
dent participation and rhythmic drumbeats
along with the cheers can provide the sti
mulus and response Just was the case in
Atlanta with the Georgia Tech pep band
The Georgia pep band sticks closely to
pep tunes with little deviation into the
popular field, unlike Auburn s band for in
stance which specializes in Gentle on My
Mind and others The popular sounds inav
be more entertaining to the ear but the
traditional fight songs fit into the true pur
pose of the band
Once the band and the cheerleaders be
gin to work together perhaps the spirit will
improve It is worth a try as the spirit cer
tainly can't get worse
Trial stirs memories
The opening of the Clay
Shaw trial in New Orleans
last week brought back vivid
memories of that ill-fated day
in November, six years ago
At that time I was a sopho
more attending a high school,
located in central Georgia
The day was coming to an
end. and I was in my last peri
od class, which was study
hall The usual horseplay and
laughing had died down and
the class was settling down to
a contented boredom, when
the metallic sound of the I’ A
system cut through the silent
room The exact words that
were spoken escape my
memory right now. but it was
something to the effect that
the I Resident had been shot,
while on a trip in Dallas and
that his condition was not
known
As I looked around the
room I could see the disbelief
written on the faces of those
close to me. and then to my
amazement and disbelief, a
rollicking type of laughter and
clapping started to issue forth
from various persons in the
room, and cries of the King
has been shot' started being
ffowit;
(ofnmnixt
shouted I sat there trying to
rationalize what I had heard
over the I* A system, and
what I heard going on around
me As soon as decorum could
be brought back to the nxim.
the class was dismissed
Kunmng outside I was able
to bum a ride off a friend of
mine, and just a few minutes
later was on my way home
rhe car radio was turned on.
but nothing pertinent was
said, and for just a second I
felt that perhaps some gigan
tic hoax was being perpetrat
ed. by a group of local misfits.
I was suddenly brought back
to reality as the car jerked to
a stop After a quick search
my friend concluded that the
car wasn't going any further,
so I ran the remaining few
blocks home
As I entered the door of my
house. I vividly remember
hearing the word dead , and
with the next sentence of the
news I'ommentalor mv worst
fears were confirmed, when
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CAMPUS POLITICS
U6A STUDENTS
CREDIBILITY GAP
Although dissatisfaction
abounds concerning the prog
ress or lack of it by the United
Party, its creation last spring
did arouse the initiative of the
political apathetics on cam
pus The coalition of the top
Greeks and Independents was
a surprising move that caught
the then existing political
machine off guard and
knocked it off the summit of
student government
The decision to bolt their
respective parties was a bold
move on the part of the incum
bents. a move that caused
turmoil among the dominant
social bodies on campus and
pitted brother against broth
er, so to speak
That the United Party won
the top three campus posi
tions its first year at the polls
is fact, and the beliefs of the
embittered, defeated political
aspirants that the UP has
failed to reach its goals is also
fact
he said I t has just been an
nounced that the President.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is
dead
The rest is history The te
levising of the capture of the
assasin. the killing ofhim by
Ruby, the funeral and the lit
erally thousands of eulogies,
were seen and heard by mil
lions of people all over the
world
My exact thoughts and
(•motions weren't very clear I
had known that Kennedy, and
what he stoood for was looked
on with great displeasure by a
number of persons in my
community Yet when I heard
the clapping and shouts of
the King has been shot", I
could feel nothing but disgust
and pity for those misguided
individuals who could say
such a thing
Perhaps the day will come,
when I can imagine Kennedy
returning, and being able to
peer around this country of
ours with a pleased look of
contentment upon his face, a
look that will be sustained by
the actions and deeds of the
Americans living then
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
SDS finds new lease in SSOC
Does UGA still have a SDS
chapter on campus'* To an
swer in the affirmative. I
sure, would be wrong It ap
pears now that SDS has folded
and a new group. Southern
Student Organizing Commit
tee. i SSOC > has emerged If
this is true. I am more than
happy to see this SDS chapter
go where all good land bad!
SDS chapters go< 9 1.
Several events in the histo
ry of SDS leave much to be
desired is the underlying rea
son I ain glad to see the old
SDS members go to SSOC
The League for Industrial
Democracy (LID-a moderate
socialist organization» creat
ed SDS as their student affil
iate around 1960
LID. founded by such dis
tinguish honorable socialist
liberators as Lpton Sinclair
and Jack London, opposed
In agreement
Cite IVb anb JSHacfe
In response to Mr Antony
Weaver's letter of Feb II,
19®. I agree with many of his
points
The soldier is certainly not
restricted from thinking
about what he s doing How
ridiculous' He’s merely re
stricted from acting on the
basis ol these thoughts He’s
told to obey orders leading to
the success of the military
.«peration he doesn't have to
think that they are correct,
effective or moral (if you
will > Certainly the soldier
should think about the atroci
ties that the enemy are com
mitting. he should act accord
ingly He may even find it
necessary to adopt that ter
rorism that the enemy is us
ing After all. the goal is the
success of the mission Dies
this soldier forget the South
Vietnamese children killed in
their school by the terrorist s
grenade’’ Certainly not. he
proceeds to ambush the ter
rorist s village b> helicopter
It's all the same, so who
cares’
I agree with Mr Weaver
that the enemy infiltrating
from the North bring their
way of life, along with their
guerrilla war machine, to
South Vietnam That s whv
we re there — to repulse that
alien, atheistic philosophy and
give them the opportunity to
learn about Judaeo-Christian-
ity and Democracy
One problem that worries
me is when do they start to
learn about self-determina
tion. individualism, and Ju-
daeo-Chnstian principles "? If
•inly a slate of candidates fa
vored by the government is
allowed to remain out of jail,
when will the South Viet
namese practice self-deter
mination. if villages are
burned and masses are driven
away from their homes to re
location camps, how do we
show them our regard for the
individual, if we kill off the
enemy (Mr Weaver, make
them inoperatives ’ 1. how can
the South Vietnamese prac
tice Jesus' call to love one's
enemies'*
What means do we use in
this war to end all wars
• Everyone say after me This
is the last wai. this "l?
To whom will the victory
• with HONOR • belong** Tis a
puzzlement 1. for one. agree
with Mr Weaver I hope that
Democracy — and Judaeo-
Christiamty - win
ROBERT R CROLT
totalitarianism of the left
among other things and.
therefore, excluded commun
ists from its ranks. SDS natu
rally followed the mother
group at its birth by including
the same rules concerning
communism. However, at the
196a National Convention of
SDS. these young radicals
removed such restrictions
from their constitution and
allowed enemies of the parent
group to join.
SDS. now independent of
the league (needless to say),
has increased its ties with
various communist groups as
more and more join the SDS
regime Since I just know
none of UGA's SDS-ers would
knowingly and willingly join
such a questionable organiza
tion. much less be enemies of
LID themselves. I think they
made a wise move in chang
ing to SSOC This way no one
has anything on them even
though it's the same gnnip
with a different name
Now these innocent kids
have a clean slate through a
new name. These young radi
cals will not be embarrassed
by the old name and its asso
ciated inconviences sit-ins at
administration buildings,
violent peace inarches, not to
mention the questionable
members of National SDS
With this new lease on life
these martyred dissenters are
no* harrassed by pressure
groups like SNCC calling for
black racism, by use of
words in newsletters, by
connections with prowar
groups (the WAR CORPORA
TION), by connections with
violent sit-ins demonstra
tions. etc.
Maybe this old SDS group
with its new name. SSOC, can
do something constructive
like lead a revolution to liber
ate us from the cold, cruel,
heartless administration that
does nothing but sit in its
ivory towered offices and
dream up new ways to sur-
press. oppress, restrict, en
slave and exploit students
But it SSOC really a new
group or just chocolate
covered SDS** A very interest
ing observation.
ANTHONY WEAVER
Nobody’s business
In a recent letter by Mr
Lefco t Everyone's Business.
Feb 111 he accused Mr
Adams (Very Classic Indeed)
of a blanket condemnation of
Virginia students and Nor
folk. Va students in particu
lar
Mr Lefco just asked why a
student from Virginia would
come to the University and
pass judgement on the fine
people of the state of Georgia
We here in Georgia, always
heard that the guilty dog
barks loudest
Mr Lefco says that a Ne
gro feels inferior by having to
sit in a separate waiting room
at a doctor's office If 1 were a
Negro. 1 wouldn't think about
being inferior if 1 were sick
Mr Lefco has discriminat
ed against the fine Universi
ties of Virginia by attending
the University of (Georgia
It is mine of Mr Lefco's
business whether doctors
have separate waiting rooms
or not In anyone's own estab
lishment. he should have the
right to differentiate between
patients customers and oth
ers to whom he renders a ser
vice.
In measuring failure, many
overlook accomplishments
like the newlv approved
voluntary ROTC. the revital
ized rules evaluation, the stu
dent judiciary, planned stu
dent-faculty lounges and
several other far-reaching
programs that art sUU daml*
fied to the public This does
not mean that the UP has
been the University saviour
either
The United Party has done
one thing for this campus
however even if it fails to ever
achieve domination It has
aroused enough interest in
campus politics to cause the
formation of at least two op
posing factions in the past
month The UP's victory last
spring also knocked the
Greeks out of politics and re
turned them to the positions
of social organizations which
they should be and which now
they supposedly are
The infant parties are
building their platforms
around student involvement
— putting the student back
into government, equal repre
sentation. democratic elec
tions. etc — and each has its
own way of going about this
campus political reform
Caucuses and primaries
are in the master plans along
with reapportioning the repre
sentation to be by housing in
stead of schools. One plan cir
culating around is the idea to
have a bicameral government
with representatives chosen
to one house by school enroll
ment and solons chosen to the
other by housing < on-campus,
off-campus, married and
Greek!
The ideas are all good on
paper, but how will they work
out in practice 9 Are off-cam
pus students really that inter
ested in what happens on
campus or do they prefer to
just commute to class and
then return back to the apart
ment to do whatever they pre
fer to do off-campus instead
of on 9
Pushing its way into the
spotlight is reorganization.''
which is what the newly
formed parties are trying to
do in two aspects First, they
are trying to piece together
the shambles of their groups
that splintered last year Sec
ond. they are trying to reorg
anize the entire student
government system.
In this age of progress,
reorganization of the system
often is the remedy an ailing
organization needs to resume
its full health Progress can
not be denied
While all these idealistic
plans are being tossed
around for approval, one as
pect must not be overlooked
— the people in office and
those seeking office Without
high-calibre personnel there
can be no high-calibre govern
ment The people make the
office and no amount or re
organization can change the
abilities of the people influ
encing power and decisions.
An involvement to turn tide against Communism
Kor obvious reams, vour nrws|upt-r has demonstrated lor
Iho past lour years a continuing interest in the war in Viol
Nam an.1 has ventilate.! a sanely ol viewpoints .m the subjeet
1 am wriiins; you with the hope that you may lind it possible lo
publish the ihvument which follows as a .vsttribution to the de
bate .si the war whose early cessation, unfortunately, is ms
immediately in sight
The document is a cups ot a letter sent b> a ruik-t.vn \ ear old
American soldier to Reader's Ihgiipt on (let. I ItsB. alter a
year -S trvnt line militate dun in Viet Nam it has ms been
puhhshw) prevKJUslv Its euntents luve a special potgllame
since the writer id the letter was lulled in action in the Mei.si*
IVIla early on the mornm* ol 0.1 » The letter may have a
special interest to University students since just pens' to his
death the soldier had received notice .s his .uveplamv as a
student hei e ami planmsi lo cane lo Athens in the tall ot l%U
The Msinp soldier who wrote the letter spent most ol his
brie! Idc in Decatur his lather w„s on the tacults ,s Kmory
I mverst, until l» movinp therejlter lo the laculU o*
Tulanc l mversilv Seme the lalhcr is a dm Iricml ol mine
I hope that I inav have had somethin*! lo d& with the desire ol
hts son lo come lo Georpu As i.si will note in the letter the
son voluntanl. enlisted in the Arm. as susi A he tmshed hiah
school in New Orleans in l!«T
As a result ol my prulesstonal and perxsul interest in military
am! diplomatic histurv and ol in. own service id the Nav. dur
in*! World War II and the Korean War I ain wed aw are >4 all
the ambiguities which bchcluud air c uuntr. s invol.cmcnt in
Viet Nam I leel cm!stent that when the war is over and its
true htsi.ey has txvn written the record will reveal an apfv.ll
inn quantity ol stupidilv. miscalculation, mismarucement sor
did motivations intellectual contusion and moral squalor and
.lepr,Illation both on Ilk- part ol the American government
which waged the war and on the part ol its most stndcnt do
mestic opposition
However the same can be said now about World War II and
the Korean War. and yet. alter nearly a quarter ol a .eniury I
look back with great satisfaction on the modest part I pla.ed in
those conflicts As a historian 1 am convinced that the. wen-
wars well worth lighting and as lar as I ran tell, so do all ol my
contemporaries Judging by the letter whuh lullows many il
not most ot those who are actualiv suffering the worst Irom the
Vk-t Nam W ar leel the same way about the present conflict
Perhaps the answer lies in a simple uncluttered tjilh which
ruts through the ambiguities - a faith in the esential rationale
tv ol ihe world in which we live and in man s capaeitv and obli
gation to saenltre himsell to solve its problems m a rational
way I Hank that vou wall ague that the letter which follow-
oilers smite evidence that your generation no less than mine, is
capable of such a laith
This is the teller
(tear Sirs
I am a soldier stationed in Vietnam
I don I see wh. the American press is misleading the public
over the \ tetnam issue It is just like Prance and Kngland at
Munich But in our case there is only one dillerenev there is no
New World lo help the old' We are the last line ol defense
against Ihe Communists True I want peace in Vietnam but
tkd d in the king ran it means Communism in American’
A man cannot run Iran his problems forever Neither
can a nation 1 We are running now Running hard and last
Somewhere, someone must put on the brakes'
Bight now I am serving my cuuntr. because ol a choice I
wasn't dratted as iny serial number indicates I m in Vietnam
because I asked to come Just Iasi week mv request for six
months extension came back approved
Tie men m uniform here are trying and winning' Bui the
papers point out the cost ol things How man. Americans have
died for our Ireedotn since the American Revolution’’ Over 1.'
an DUO men in uniform have laid down their lives There have
been 10 major wars this country has (ought in Something like
10.000 men haw died in Vietnam Ten thousand is less than
one per cent of those people who have died Each generals n
has to bear its share ol delending freedom
Before both of the World Wars our country was in an isola
tionist period Even now as we go about our daily lives people
don t want to get involved
Well, damn it. we ate involved and we should do everything
short of nuclear war to end this in Vietnam The Russians have
always backed down before at Uus thought the. will again To
get anything like a peace we must all Americans must work
together lor it If our economy cannot support guns and butter
both, then let us make guns to end the war so we may make
butter
This will not be the last war As axm as Vietnam is finished
it will begin again In Thailand Korea again or the Middle
East, it will cane
I love the freedom of our cuuntr. I love to get in a car and
travel, to go Iran one cilv to another Here in Vietnam ever,
vehicle ts stopped and searched Everyone over fifteen carries
an I D card Issued by the government
I'm proud to serve my country I am proud to wear on the
right sleeve ol my untlorm the patch ol an American unit I m
proud to say that I've helped to delend the freedom dial our
lathers and forefathers (ought and died lor I'm proud to say
that I was there Maybe not where the heaviest lighting took
place but I was there
Many Americans have been killed here Many, many more
have been wounded Many more will die and many more will be
wounded before we see Ihe end But the end wtU be bcautilul' I
leel that soon we will apply Ihe brakes on our hard, fast run We
as a nation will turn and late our problems in rate reations
economic matters and in Ihe Vietnam issue We will triumph
in the Vietnam war our economy will cane info place and li-
nally Die Negro will be recogiured as an individual not as a
group
The next lew years will decide the luture lor us Either we
will turn the tide* against the Communist! on their own ground
or the Communists will win on Iheir own ground and then in
America
1 dread the thought'
Sincerely >our*.
Sp 'Jeffrey U llounshell
RAI'Wwa
Co Bi2 -WStgnal Battalion
APO San Franrnro 'HOSS
C JAY SMITH
Prof of History