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Interface communicates
The Georgia General Assembly has not
always been noted for its open-handed gener
osity to the educational establishment in the
State However, in recent years they have
seen the needs and the demands of establish
ing a first rale system of education
Even in this day of cooperation between
education and government the need for com
munication between these two entities is nec
essary The Genera! Assembly must have the
information at hand which will enable it to
logically and effectively proceed to a pro
gram of excellence for the state
The Interface '69 program sponsored by the
Student Government Association is a laudable
attempt at a facilitation of this communica
tion Through a program of tours, meetings
and a general orientation to the University as
it is today the Interface program seeks to 4
show the legislators participating what their 4
support has thus far accomplished and to help 4
them see how much father there is to go to |
create the university of excellence which %
f‘resident Davison and his administration is 3
seeking.
Under the directorship of Joe Wilkinson, 3
minister to publications of the SGA. legisla- 3
tors have been contacted and several have |
already visited the campus as part of the pro- 3
gram
The Red and Black endorses the aims and
goals of Interface 69. Without the good will
and the informed legislators it is forming,
much that is presently planned for the Un
iversity may not come about. With it. the
excellence we are all seeking will have a
much better chance of becoming a reality.
The show must go on
In Cine '69 the University Union has one
of the best college film programs in the
nation. The titles of the films already
shown this year vertifies that statement
and if fu. ther proof is needed the titles of
"A Man and A Woman" and "Who's Afraid
of Virginia Woolfe" should add supporting
evidence Those will be presented spring
quarter
Also in Cine '69 the Union presents an
excellent example of operating under hor
rendous conditions. To say that the Union
serves the University despite inadequate
conditions would be an understatement, but
true Their program however is not depend
ent on the facilities and despite the short
comings of Memorial Hall, the show goes
on
The Union film committee has accom
plished much in giving University students
the best in movies for a moderate price.
Their accomplishments have been fulfilled
although the Memorial Hall ballroom is not
a theatre, the ballroom is not air condi
tioned, the ballroom has no sound booth for
the projectors, the Union has no self-
threading projectors, the acoustics in the
ballroom leave something to be desired,
the ballroom holds only a small number of
students, etc
A more extensive film program could be
initiated if the Union had a theatre, but un
til it does, it will have to make the best of
things.
Permission has been granted for the
Union's use of the Journalism Building s
auditorium for showing movies; however,
the ordered screenes have not arrived The
auditorium's acquisition will boost an al
ready successful program
Until a building is provided for the Uni
versity Union it must operate under handi
caps and make the most ot the situation.
But while the University waits on a new
building ‘ the show must go on."
INTERFACE '69-EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION
DICK 00X01 AH, Columnist
‘Up the long ladder
The house was cool, and somewhere there was the faint tune
an air condiUoner plays in mid-summer I climbed the stairs, to
the made-over attic, and through the door to his room. It had
been closed all these days. and. instead of the cool of the rest of
the house, it was hot arid thick, and the air clung to your skin I
raised a shade and opened a window, letting in the strong yel
low. dusty sunlight.
I SAT IN in the big chair, the over-stuffed fabric print chair
with the springs so weak from years of holding his huge frame
There were his high school letters, one for football and one
for wrestling His diploma hung next to them I remembered
how proud his father had been when he hung that diploma
There was a pair of tennis shoes in front of the closet, rag
ged worn, over sized I looked in the closet and fingered the
big. garish sport coat he was so proud of. the one I always kid
ded him about being too big for him — rare for someone his
size And I remembered the way he would always say. No. no.
Dicky-doo — not loo big — just roomy!"
THERE WAS THE miscroscope he saved one whole summer
to buy. and his books, one for butterflies, one for bugs, and one
with scrapbook photos of his brothers, both his idols.
And there, his collection of records — all kinds — but mostly
old Kingston Trio, and some Clancy Brothers. I even thought I
could hear his voice, wailing, with the Clancys. " Up the long
ladder and down the short rope ..!”
And I remember how six pints of PBR would only make him
thirsty
And I remember how he looked, fat and baked, in his uni
form. and how proud he was. and how he called it the Nam."
AND I HAVE TO grit my teeth, and. watching the sunlight on
the floor, remember that I'm 23. and supposed to be a grown
man. and brothers don t cry over brothers and grown men don't
cry anyway.
And I remember what someone else once said of a good
friend: They'll have to stay up late in heaven now "
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Letters Policy IT challenged to tell
ed and Black welcomes ane pnrouraees letters from ' *
ROXXn: FEIXBKRO, Columnist
If you can’t act yourself
Hurrah! I mean like wow'
Isn't it just great Like it's
just so beautiful Everytime
my old man starts with.
back in the good ole days", I
just sort of plug up my ears,
and think of how great it is
now
lake everybody is so free to
do and think and be like they
want to. and nobody can make
you do anything Freedom is
bursting out all over, just like
in that song "June is Busting
Out All Over."
Just the other night I was
at this party, and it was just
so fantastic the way people
can art now Everything is so
natural, so animalistic I
mean if you can't act your
self. who are you supposed to
act like.
Anyway, it was so groovy
the way this girl over in the
(timer kept throwing up her
breakfast, lunch, and dinner
She just stood there with ever
ybody sort of ignoring her
heaving everything right onto
the ole dance floor
But what I really liked es
pecially was the new ideas all
these people had about dress
ing Everything was so pretty
1 really had a hard time decid
ing whether I liked tlie girls"
clothes better or the boys. I
guess the major problem was
that they all looked the same
All these guys were wearing
sailor pants, so 1 figured it
was some type of a going
away party, as a matter of
fact it seemed like half the
people there had already
gone
Well anyway 1 saw this girl
standing all by herself, so I
An open letter
Open letter to Student Body:
Recognizing its responsibility to Georgia and its legal sys
tem. the Student Bar Association of the University of Georgia
School of Law feels compelled not to remain mute to the loss of
a nun who was perhaps this generation s and indeed the mod
ern South's faremosi proponent of real and workable equal jus
tice under the law
Journalist Ralph McGill was too often the only conspicuous
voice in our region publicly calling lor one equalitanan stand
ard for all ciuzens before the bar of justice and for the highest
human ethic in the entire community.
Accordingly, the Student Bar Association has elected to
speak for the law school s entire student body in memorializing
the efforts of Mr McGill, not by mere words alone, but by con
tinuing his works with contributions of money to the Ralph
McGill Memorial Fund in Atlanta This fund had its beginning
from spontaneous contributions from throughout the nation
largely in the form of modest personal donations However, the
fund has been swelled by Ten Thousand Dollar contributions
from both the Southern Education Foundation and Atlanta
Newspapers Inc
The fund will be employed for educatorive. social and commun
ity development projects within oui region
As dozens of Georgia and rising members of the system of
law that Mr McGill strove to improve during his life time, you
are encouraged to contribute generously to this fund and to
ward the true fulfillment of our state's potentiall
Donations may be placed to depositories in the Library and
various ships in Athens, or donations may be sent to the Ralph
McGill Fund, c o PAD. University of Georgia law School
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION
sort of counted to ten. and
then after rehearsing what I
was going to say, I nonchal
antly walked over to her whis
tling Dixie as I went. I started
in righl away with the greet
ings and salutations bit. but
just as I was reaching the
climax I realized that the
young lady I was talking to
wasn't a young lady at all. As
a matter of fact she wasn't
even a lady He was a guy. but
like his hair was longer than
my Aunt Marthas and up until
I saw this guy she had had the
longest hair I had ever seen
It's really hard to explain
the overall view of every
thing The floor just seemed
to be plumb full of a whole
bunch of people And they sort
of shuffled along, pushing into
one another, which gave the
whole room a type of rhythm
ic flow. And this here rock-
and-roll band were up on this
platform just a wailing away
They had these big loud
speakers behind them that
sort of messed up the music,
cause everything sounded
alike, just a type of continu
ous sound with an occassional
rest period every now and
then so as the (oiks on the
floor could unlwine themse
lves
I had noticed every once
and awhile lhat a tew people
would look over in my direc
tion, but I didn't give that any
thought, until around about 9:
30 this here person. I say per
son ccause I’m still not sure
what gender it was. came
over to where I was standing
and sort of said how I didn't
fit in and how my life was to
danger if I didn't mosey on
along Those weren't its
words exactly, but that was
the general essence of what it
had to say
So I figured I might as well
leave, and it was sort of
warming to my heart that as I
walked out the door, that
same girl was standing in toe
same corner stinking up that
stinking place.
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ics ol general and campus interest.
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To one who has returned to
academic pursuits after al
most a quarter century, the
most impressive thing about
this campus is the awareness
of and interest in their world
demonstrated by my fellow
students They are not only
aware of the world, its aims,
and its problems, but they are
seriously questioning the val
idity of its "truths" And
there remain few cows so
sacred as to avoid this critical
scrutiny.
Now, it hurts to have our
most treasured concepts (and
prejudicesi exposed to toe
fire of penetrating question.
And it hurts even more to
learn that platitudes afford
toem an inadequate defense
But toe real source of our pain
is toe doubt about some of
toem that intelligent ques
tioning brings to our minds.
In the face of such ques
tioning we must decide if all
are really applicable and have
a meaningful place in this
complex and changing world
The agony comes not from the
question, but the decision we
must make
To any reasonably objec
tive viewer will appear ser-
rious flaws in our society
They are there and intelligent
questioning by these young
people makes it increasingly
difficult to ignore them These
concerned students are expos
ing them to the tight of rea
son
But toe really important
thing is that they are not con
tent to merely point out toe
flaws (as my generation all
too often did': they are show
ing toe mural courage to try
and correct them. A few have
destruction as their only aim.
but by far toe greatest num
ber are working for those
things we seldom practice but
always pay bp service to.
Things like real equabty of
opportunity real honesty to
government and business,
achievement of real enlight
enment. and real concern (or
our fellow man are what it is
all about
Yet. the most heartening
thing of all is (hat they refuse
to bbndly follow those who
would bbndly lead
They aren't trying to de
stroy all toe concepts we pro
fess to hold dear, they are
working toward the buoafide
acceptance and implementa
tion of them They are making
us see i sometimes for the
first time; the gross hypocrisy
that pervades so much of our
way of life.
Of course we get angry
with them. But we would be
fools to try and destroy what
they are trying to do. Why?
Because those who sincerely
questionaire the most valuable
members of this or any socie
ty. It is through toem that our
concepts and institutions can
be changed and molded to
meet the needs ol enlightened
peoples in a changing world
Just as in other genera
tions. there are among my fel
low students those who are
fools, those who are stupid
and lazy, toose who love re
bellion for its own sake and
thoxe who neither understand
nor question any thing at all.
But is it honest to judge the
whole by any of these parts?
Or should I condemn my fel
low stud' its for doing toe
very things we should have
done but for lack of courage' 1
No. I think not un both counts.
Instead, here is one hat that is
off to probably toe best getter
ation our country has known
and certainly the best I have
RON SAWYER
In the case of Mr David
Willard iR & B. Feb 25). we
again have an IT partisan
making accusation without
substantiation. This was my
original and only gripe
against toe sentiments of the
writer who signed himself
“Average Student."
In my own defense, my re
ply to Mr Willard is two-fold.
(II I did not intend — nor
would any objective, non-par
tisan observer believe — that
I malign Mell Traylor. I sim
ply intended to question
whether the "democractic
reforms" that "An Average
Student" spoke of were the
same ideals that Mr. Tal-
madge would advance, and
perhaps this connection was
not made clear. Mr. Tarylor
supported Sen. Talmadge
This is his right
I assumed, perhaps incor
rectly. that Mr. Traylor is an
exemplar of the IT Party.
Period. If I need clarification,
perhaps Mr Traylor can
make it. in print I thought
him to be a prime organizer of
IT. Mr. Willard has made a
non sequitur in saying that I
do not like Mell Traylor''
Traylor is doing a fine job
as sophomore class president,
but tie is obviously a rising
star in campus pobtics. I can
only wonder if his prestige
with Herman Talmadge
means a rise ot Talmadgism
to come on this campus. (We
were la iking about "motiva
tion" originally, remember’ I
(2) I still do not know what
IT stands tor. 1 will admit,
other than the prime objec
tive of a political party: Get
Elected Neither toe “Aver
age Student" nor Mr. Willard
gives us any enlightenment.
The one makes fatuous state
ments about the "motives" of
toe Student Government offi
cers and toe other just makes
fatuous statements
IT party, tell "the people"
why we should vote for IT
Don't manufacture issues.
(Are your members beyond
reproach, by toe way? Robby
Williams does not seem to be
out of range of IT partisans'
shafts.) And SIGN YOUR
NAME.
Play the Game of Politics
fair, and I might vote for IT in
toe two-party spirit. A two-
party system is a great thing,
but don't steep the IT Party in
toe Ceorgia Democratic tra
dition of "Republicans are
troglodytes "
What is IT sincere ABOUT:
Ousting the Greeks from off
ice? (I am not a Greek, but
Mr Bandy in toe same R 6 B
sounds like a frustrated rush-
ee I am still not convinced
that UP is a closed shop.
We who are interested to
improving toe University"
should consider endorsing
parties and programs that
make sense, not rhetoric.
RAY E. TILLEY
Who is SSOC?
I am appalled at Mr
Weaver's letter regarding
SDS's changing to SSOC.
First toe name was
SSOC SDS meaning it was
directed by the many SSOC
staffers throughout the south
That SSOC was so deceitful
and intolerant as to take our
name away is not to their
credit.
The policy is the same.
These same people took part
knowingly in sit-ins. marches
and disruptive actions and the
name matters not at all.
Pass by toe SSOC literature
table on Wednesday in Memo
rial Hall. Constructive? Yes.
however much of it is by our
writers SSOC also often
shows toe "Columbia Riot"
film starring toe SDS Of
course SDS is not alone in
advocating revolution, but we
have our reasons and say
them outright
SSOC consistantly has fol
lowed our policies, used our
many resources and people
and preferred to let any
blame go to the better known
SDS.
Our being in toe minority.
SSOC took our name away —
not because of a drastic policy
disagreement but because of
our name might not conceal
all theirs could
I invite Mr Weaver and
everyone to hear my National
Secretary Wed . March 29
He, like the great majority is
a constructive person. We
both are national members.
Let him answer your question
if I cannot at toe literature
table.
I refuse to conceal my
name. I am proud of it as all
toe members are Yes.listen
to Mike by all means listen.
JANE HOPPER
Statements rebut ROTC
By the time this is pub
lished l assume that ROTC
will no longer be mandatory,
but I feel some of the state
ments made by Cols. Short
and Crowe in support of com
pulsory ROTC are so ridicu
lous as to require rebuttal
anyway They are:
(1) ROTC increases
chances of survival if one
should be sent to war I cannot
speak for the army program,
since it was toe air force pro
gram that 1 endured, but I
cannot possibly see how
memorizing initials of air
force organizations, airplane
numbers and peak aluitudes
could possibly help anyone
survive on toe battlefield The
bombing films show how to
drop bombs, but they don't
show how to dodge them No
defensive training whatsoever
was mentioned
(21 The ROTC student is
simple receiving a part of his
education. Is he saying that
toe person who does not lake
ROTC cannot become educat
ed: Does he mean that the
person who knows what
"A F.L.C.” (or whatever!
means is more educated than
the person who does not’ Is he
saying that women should not
be given a complete educa
tion?
(31 The University should
educate for all professions.
This is reasonable enough in
ttscX but if not everyone has
to take six quarters of phar
macy or veterinary medicine,
then why should he have to do
toe same with ROTC’
(4) Those students who
would not elect to lake ROTC
are toe ones who need it toe
most. This is probably the
most idiotic statement in the
whole article Obviously toe
people who are planning on a
military career are toe ones
who both would elect to take it
and need it the most "
(Si "The military science
department desires to provide
every student with toe educa
tion that the University
deems he needs Obviously
the University does not diem
that students need ROTC or
the President and the Un
iversity Council would not be
in lavor of an elective system.
(6) "Each male student is
given an opportunity to see if
he has toe potential to become
a reserve office. The Air
Force decides this on toe ba
sis of six hours of testing, not
six quarters of work Those
who do not pass the AFOOT
are not permitted to enter the
advanced program, neither
are they allowed to drop
ROTC at that time Anyway,
am I required to spend six
quarters seeing if I have the
potential to become a forest
ranger or a phone repairman?
(71 A person being trained for
leadership should know about
the Department of Defense,
and since women are seldom
leaders, this would not be of
much value to them This
argument is so ludicrous as to
hardly require rebuttal The
assumption that everyone in
college is being trained for
leadership is. of coirse. non
sense; especially hen con
trasted with the statement that
women seldom take leader
ship rides The argument that
everyone should know about
the Defense Department
might have been a good one
had he not made I and bun
gled i his attmpt to exclude
women
(8) The elective program
might have less questioning
It might have less apathy, but
1 fail to see how less question
ing could result I certainly
never cared enough about
ROTC to ask a question, and I
still maintained a “B" aver
age Since my/grade was
above average then most of
the people must have been
even more apathetic than I
was
I speak from experience in
saving that ROTC as it is now
taught is tob much character
ized by memorization of in
consequential drivel such as
initials gnd airplane specifi
cations ,to be worth the time
of anvyne who does not intend
to pursue a military career If
Cols. Crow or Short, or any of
the other ROTC instructors,
wish to discuss this with me. I
would appreciate hearing
from them
TOM PITTMAN