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THURSDAY, MAY I. 1%9
Editorials
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Opinions
SGA position valid
Whether freshman and sophomore physi
cal education (trades should be figured into
academic averages will be considered by
the University Council s executive commit
tee today The Student Government Asso
ciation says the grades should be taken out.
and the executive committee will be asked
to recommend that the University Council
endorse the SGA's stand
The SGA s position is valid, and the Red
and Black recommends favorable action by
the executive committee, the Council and
others who must consent for the change to
take effect
The issue is this should non-intellectual
scores be allowed to distort what is primar
ily a statement of the student s intellectual
achievement? They should not
Admittedly, the distortion is usually
slight A physical education grade counts
for only one credit hour of the usual 16- or
17-hour total of a freshman or sophomore
Usually an academically good student does
well in physical education, too. But physi
cal education grades are usually based
largely on physical performance, and some
students are not able to perform as well
physically as they can intellectually Their
averages suffer
In other cases, physical education grades
help to raise students averages This, re
gardless of how much the students like it,
also is distortion
The same principal, however, applies to
both situations a student deserves all the
recognition he earns for intellectual
achievement, and he should not receive
academic recognition for nonacademic
work
Some will argue that the University
seeks to develop the total individual-phys-
ically as well as intellectually-and that
physical ecudation grades therefore are a
necessary part of the measure of achieve
ment They have a point But developing
minds is the University's first goal. Aca
demic averages already are heavily
weighted to emphasize the nund. and physi
cal education grades are out of place in
these averages Records of physical
achievement can still be kept — but they
should be kept separately.
Also at its meeting today, student body
Vice President Randall Seabolt will ask the
executive committee to include a student in
its voting membership In doing so, the
committee would be following the example
of four other University Council commit
tees.
The executive committee deals with
many matters that affect students directly
Including students on it not only would give
the students more influence in these mat
ters; it also would give the faculty mem
bers more insight into the students' prob
lems and ideas We suggest a "yes" vote
Growth a certainty
The University Union has spent the past
year developing its philosophy, defimng its
concepts and searching for its relation to
the University community In its quest, it
has found the meanings of unification and
of total student involvement
As out-going President Bill Swan pointed
out in his retirement speech last week, the
Union has established a foundation on
Evading Gators
Not long ago, we passed on the informa
tion that the way to survive in a falling
elevator is to jump up and down as fast as
you can. That will reduce your chance of
being on the floor at impact.
That information comes from a book
called "Book of Survival" and it is by an
Englishman named Anthony Greenbank
We bring up the book again because we
have discovered another safety Up that
ought to interest many Georgians It is
how to escape being eaten by a hungry alli
gator.
Mr Greenbank suggests that if you are
attacked by alligators, stand bolt upright in
the water, with your arms Ught to your
sides The alligators will have nothing to
bile at unless they turn sideways.
We are glad Mr Greenbank knows that
and we hope any alligators you encounter
don't.
THE: AT1.ANTA JOURNAL
which other officers can build a sound pro
gram
In selecting its new officers, the Univers
ity Union has appointed a group of well-
qualified students with the desire to build
upon the exisUng foundaUon. It has named
a group with the energy to construct pro
grams that will unify the campus communi
ty and give all students the opportunity to
become involved
The officers' own concepts outline the
future of the University Union. President
Cader Cox calles it a "laboratory for leam-
ging, ' while Program Vice-President Don
Gilmore says the Union is "The whole Un
iversity community working for the better
ment. education and enjoyment of others as
well as themselves.
Concepts like those of Lee Wolfe of the
entertainment committee and Carol O'
Connell of the recreation division point to
the Union's purpose of involvement. Wolfe
says the Union should "affect everv student
at the University . make the student feel
that he is part of it. The Union is activity,
it's excitement and it's reaction. "
Miss O'Connell best puts it when she
says, "The Union is you — it is me — it is
all of us here together '
With attitudes such as these and the con
centrated spirit contained in the Union
leadership, there is no reason for the Un
iversity Union not to continue to thrive and
flourish and continue to become a place the
student can call his own
A wise choice
University President Fred Davison has
named Warren Agee as the second dean of
the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism
to replace retiring journalism Dean John E.
Drewry Agee, dean of the William Allen
White School of Journalism at the Universi
ty of Kansas will assume duties at the Un
iversity in July All that is needed to make
the appointment final is approval by the
Board of Regents
The new dean faces a big task in accept
ing the dean's post as he will be replacing
an educator who has devoted <7 years of
service to the institution and has been the
school's only dean Agee's record at Kan
sas, where he developed one of the nation's
leading schools of journalism, assures the
University that the Gradv School will be in
good hands
In choosing a successor, President Davi
son has selected a dean with a solid journal
ism background, both within the field and
within Journalism education Agee's ad
ministrative background qualifies” him to
control the operation of the journalism
school, his education experience enables
him to realize the academic demands on
today s journalism students and his practi
cal experience in the field gives him a
knowledge of journalism as a vast commu
mentions field
The selection of Dean Warren K. Agee is
a good one and one which will benefit the
continued advancement of the Henrv Grady
School of Journalism
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An ugly year
1968 was an ugly year for Americans Tragedy of spec
tacular magnitude became a frequent front page occurr
ence But a quiter national calamity took its dreadful toll'
on all the days before, during and after the Tet offensive
in Vietnam, the riots, the assassinations.
It was "quiet" only because it was not concentrated in
a single place at a single time. There was no focus to put
this misery on the front pages. To the families and
friends of 55,300 men. women and children killed in auto
accidents, however, it was the ultimate calamity. To the
4,400,000 victims of injury, it was hard core agony. The
economic loss, about 13.5 billion dollars, was an appall
ing waste.
The 1968 highway toll followed a year that saw a level
ing off in the number of highway deaths and injuries. In
1967 approximately 53,000 lives were lost in motor vehi
cle mishaps — 4,200,000 persons were injured.
Why the increase? Was it because Americans were
lulled by the "improvement" of the proceeding year?
There are, perhaps, as many reasons as there are peo
ple to voice opinions
Whatever the reasons, the tragedy remains. More than
55,300 persons were killed and 4,400.000 injured.
BI TCH SCOTT, Editor
Perfect integration
men! includes campus partic
ipation on this point the typi
cal upperclassmen is lacking-
because he has done little
more during his college days
than attend class spasmodi
cally and gone to concerts
and ball games occasionally.
Most upperclassmen be
long to the stereotyped cliche
"apathetic" with no record of
organizational membership,
group participation or group
involvement To reiterate, it
is too late for seniors to fully
participate Some juniors
consider involvement at this
stage of the education a
"lost cause "
of
Seniors, you may tune out
now and possibly some juniors
should follow suit for it is too
late to change anything now
You've had your chance with
the University and muffed
it. Its up to the under
classmen now and unfor
tunately the majority
them will do little more than
you have
Before it's too late, stop
and look at the University.
Take a good look at what it is
and what it has to offer After
that consider what you, as a
student and citizen of the
University community, have
to offer to the University.
First of all. just what is the
University? The usual answer
is "it’s a place to go get an
education Allright then,
what is educaUon 1 The an
swer here is probablv. "what
you learn out of a book ." You
fail.
Die two answers work to
gether with the University
providing a true educaUon
that includes an intellectual,
social and psychological inte-
graUon of the person One
quoted definiUon of educaUon
tells it as being, "that high
way of social progress that
leades to the perfecUy inte
grated individual in a well-
ordered society." However,
to acieve this perfect integra-
Uon students must play an
acUve rather than a passive
role In this role playing, the
student is a failure
The true educaUon de
mands total involvement—an
involvement that encompas
ses more than concentrated
devoUon to text books and
term papers This involve-
Therefore the brunt of inv
olvement falls on the fresh
men and sophomores who
have several years in which to
shape the University to their
liking
With this involvement
comes the opportunity to
work with other students and
exchange varied ideas and
attitudes This opportunity
serves as an educaUona! ex
perience since it teaches stu
dents to work together and
introduces them to the other
people in this world besides
the "self " CooperaUon with
others can bring about change
—if enough individuals share
the same thoughts and atU
tudes and if they care enough
to push (or that change
How one becomes involved
is unimportant One can join
either debaung society and
talk about change, one can
join the campus newspaper
and magazines and write
about change or one can join
groups like the University
Union and initiate change
Reed Hall, the dorm that
brought to UGA "The Pieces
of Eight. Hie Swingin'
Medallions, countless open
houses and open hospitality,
especially during the Fall
football games is a men's
dorm that is proud of its
achievements
The residents and Dorm
CounciImen of Reed Hall feel
that they have entered into
the mainstream of activity
this year as the most progres
sive dorm on campus
Therefore in keeping with
their quest for involvement
the residents of Reed hereby
publicly challenge any other
dorm, fraternity, sorority,
club, klan or clandestine
community in per cent partic
ipation in the blood dnve May
7 and 8
We are determined to draw
first blood'
PAT SWIM)ALL,
lb evident
JOEL WOOTEN,
Vice-Presideat
TOM LANDRUM,
Secretary
TOM DICKS,
Not here, no, not here
It was quiet The soft,
warmness of my bed was the
only sensation that my body
was receiving Somewhere in
the darkness of my mind, a
faint strain uf thought was
making itself grow into a real
istic idea that was forwaming
me that at any minute my
alarm clock was going to start
ringing So as usual I turned
over and cut the alarm off,
and once again entered that
area of semi-consciousness
that lies somewhere on the
border of sleep
AT FIRST I just lay there,
my mind not interpreting any
thing I heard. But ever so
slowly the words of the an
nouncer shouting out his news
of fate, began making itself
beard as my consciousness
took over from its nightime
counterpart
"Victory Hall has been
taken over my a group of mili
tant students " His voice was
strained as he continued
"Sometime during the night
approximately 100 students
forcibly entered Victory Hall
This morning they stated they
will remain in the Hall until
the demands they have been
calling for are met. Also they
are calling for the immediate
resignation of the President
and all the members of the
RegenLs Board The militants
liave given the administration
until noon to act If nothing
has occured by then they stale
that some type of drastic ac
tion will be taken "
THE ONLY though I had
was not here, not here I had
read so much about other
places, but the ideal of some
thing of this nature happening
on my campus just didn't
seem to fit into the scheme of
things
I quickly got dressed.
There 9eemed to be an urgen
cy in the air as more of the
people in my dorm were being
awakened to what seemed an
unreality The day was born
early and an excitement not
unlike an autumn Saturday
hung over the campus.
THE MORNING hours
passed quickly as the news
began filtering in. Victory
Hall had been taken over by a
group of militant students
The administration was dis
cussing what steps should be
taken. The governor had been
in contact with the president
of the university but as of yet
he had taken no action
The noon deadline made by
the militants was quickly ap
proaching No decision had
been reached by the adminis
tration and a showdown
seemed to be in the making
MY FRATERNITY broth
ers, curiosity and destiny
pulled me over to Victory
Hall A picket line made up of
a group of sympathetic sup
porters of the militants, en
circled the Hall Thousands of
students milled around the
area, yet above all else could
be seen the frustrated faces of
those inside the building
The minutes were
slowly by The excitement
was mounting as the antiepa-
tion of what was going to oc
cur grew and grew within
everyone s imagination
A car drove up. A represen
tative of the administration
stepped out and proceeded
toward the occupied Hall He
lifted a megaphone to his
mouth and everyone strained
forward to hear his words
"THE ADMINISTRATION
has decided." he shouted, "
that we will not tolerate such
action as this We will discuss
any complaints you may have
in a civilized manner If you
have not vacated the Hall
within a half an-hour the state
patrol will be called in to dis
perse you If you leave now no
type of legai action will be
taken."
The minute of distiny and
fate combined and through
the windows what appeared to
be rifles When I saw the ri
fles my heart dropped to my
toes "We said wed take
drastic action." someone
shouted from the hall, "and
we mean to do just that "
OUT OF the silence of just
a minute ago, a great noise
issued forth. Everyone began
shouting and running for
cover. Confusion was ever
present Yet I just stood
there, saying no, no, no
Somewhere within the
darkness of my mind a realis
tic idea was diminishing into
a faint strain of thought. I
entered that area of semi
consciousness that lies some
where on the border of sleep
It was quiet
Newsweek Magazine re
ports in its May 5th issue, "At
4:13 p m on a chill spring
Sunday on the Cornell Un
iversity campus in Ithaca. N.
Y. the main doors of Willard
Straight Hall swung open. A
band of 100 black men and
women students, some draped
with bandoliers and carrying
an arsenal of 17 rifles, shot
guns and homemade spears,
marched out into the sunlight
and into a stunned silence.
When they stepped out and I
saw the ammunition on the
belts and the rifles, recalls
Lawrence Terkel, a white
Cornell senior from Shaker
Heights, Ohio. My heart
dropped to my toes. "
going
WIKE HOWELL, managing Editor
New environment
faces government
At this writing the newly elected student Senate is meeting to
organize itself and elect its officers ior the coming year Die
results are not yet known of course and this opportunity will be
taken to say what this writer feels needs to be said about stu
dent government and its place.
Die recent election, in many instances, centered on getting
the student back into student government Die channels of the
SGA are too clogged with junior-grade bureaucracy, charged
the opposition. Maybe they were right
THE INCUMBENTS STOOD on their record and won on it. If
they had created a bureaucracy, they had made it work. Die
record of achievement was enough to return executive power to
them.
Both sides fought the good fight. Only one won the battle Die
winner has made a meritous move in nominating highly capa
ble members of the opposition to positions in the Cabinet and
Judiciary. These moves speak well of what is to come in the
way of non-partisian student government.
To this amalgamation of the best from both sides falls the
task or privilege, as the case may be of formulating and direct
ing a new phase of student govemement.
THIS NEW PHASE will necessitate a great deal more work
and research than the past efforts of the SGA. In the past, the
major emphasis has been on the reform of regulations within
the realm of student affairs and life outside the classroom
With the rules changes of last year, further efforts in this area
are wasted and a new’ area is opening.
The move of the University towards academic excellence
has charted a new course for the work of the student govern
ment The place of the student in determining his school's aca
demic standards is still in the stage of the nebulous Curricu
lum changes and revamping of the complete program demands
student involvement if it is to meet student needs
The day of the rule of the administration with an iron hand
has ended and the component parts of the University must func
tion together or their lack of cooperation will cost the Universi
ty what is the current stock-in-trade of higher education- a good
name.
EVERYTHING CONSIDERED.student government is like
the adolescent who finds himself at the brink of adulthood
The things of immediate gratification, which had seemed im-
porant, pale beside the implications of larger things for his en
tire life.
Thus with student govemement, it has achieved the immedi
ate of releasing the student from trivial regulations on social
life Now it is laced with the more expansive problem of taking
a part in the academic shaping of the institution How those
entrusted with the responsibility handle their duties will
mean everything to a continuation of the new cooperative
climate of students, faculty and administration
The students deserve no less. SGA must serve, it must not
rule.
Reed Hall challenges
REED HALL RESIDENTS
I POE T EVEN KNOW WHAT AFATNY MEANS,
AN0 WHAT'S MORE, I DON'T CARE