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Page 2 Saturday, November 20, 1965 "I Didn't Really Want To See The Game Any wav" Ruark Was One Of Few Rugged, Colorful Writers Ulln Batty ar tttfl Opinion of the Daily Tar Heel are expressed la its editorials. Letters and columns, covering a wide range of views, reflect the personal opinions of their authors. ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR to realize that I had a real fine time as mk ic hardlv an Keeping It In The Family lllTIrTD)'1 Everybody says he can't be serious, but you never can tell about ol' George Wallace. He's pretty set about wanting to stay in the Alabama governor's mansion, even though he cannot run for another term. He tried to get the state constitution amended so he could succeed himself, but that didn't work.

Not one to be overcome, Wallace is trying to skirt the obstacles by running his wife Lurleen for the office. Apparently the reasoning is that the next best thing to a Wallace in office is a Mrs. Wallace. There is also an inherent assumption that Wallace would still be in charge of the state government as sort of an ex officio executive just keeping it in the family, so to SDeak. The only trouble is that nobody knows for sure just what a woman would do once she got all that power and it legally belonged just to her.

But the most crucial problem, should she run and be elected, is this: What would you call her Governor Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Governor Wallace, Gov-ernoress Wallace or Lurleen? Letters To The Editor oft a i -i 1 1 11 i Send Us Your Gripes And Sex On The Campus What more does a boy need than a single; i and a Docketful of shells, good dog and an understanding teacher to; guide him through the pitfalls and cheer; him from the Robert Ruark never even pretended to be a great writer, but it's more than coincidental that his books have consistently appeared in the best seller columns. As Playboy magazine stated in a review of The Honey Badger. "The caretakers of American 'letters' were scarcely broken up when Robert Ruark died last June at the age of 49." Playboy, however, termed-Ruark "one of the most glittering, go-get-em storytellers of recent years." He raced through life burning both ends, of the candle, and I have a sneaking suspie-; ion he figured out a way to fire still third.

The sage lessons of The Old Man lingered on, despite the meteoric circumstances of Ruark's own life. Whether his subject was hunitng Mau-Maus in Kenya's N.F.D. or bluefishing off Cape Fear's razor-edge shoals, he blazed a bright and memorable path. Many years before, when the Old Man knew his days were numbered, he made a solemn promise to the Boy, who worshipped him with pure adulation. They were just coming back from a trip to Baltimore, more business than pleasure, for this was when the Old Man found out for sure that the end was near.

As the two approached their old hunting grounds on the southward journey, the Old Man systematically halted the Model before each creek, which revoked many a happy memory. The old Man knew these glances were to be his last. When they reached Southport, he escorted the Boy through the town square, finally seating him for the ominous words. The tears were already welling up in the Boy's eyes, as he had easily predicted what was to come. The Old Man surprised him, though, with these words; "I promise you, on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening day of the bird season." The Old Man kept his promise.

Robert Ruark couldn't. With regard to the legislative investigation, it is interesting to note that eight members of Don Wilson's SP caucus voted for the investigation; after had used all his parliamentary and critical 'skills to block the action. There are many who believe that these eight people represent the responsible half of the SP caucus. Student Party leaders in Morrison have ruthlessly manipulated the residents of this dorm for their own partisan purpose, with no regard whatever for our well being. That they permitted or encouraged use of these films to detract attention from candidates of another party and enhance their own chances in the election is proof positive of that fact.

Not only have those responsible for this incident committed a crime punishable by up to two years imprisonment, they have seriously damaged the image and reputation of Morrison and the entire University and have probably jeopardized our chances for an amendment to the speaker ban. But let's put the blame where it belongs, and the blame rests squarely on the heads of the Student Party. The Student Party machine has become a cancer on the body politic of Morrison College, and it is unlikely that we can be politically healthy and self-respecting again until that cancer is removed. William Anderson 720 Morrison LETTERS The DaHy Tar Heel welcomes letters to the editor on any subject, particularly on matters of local or University inter est. Letters most be typed, doable spaced and most include the name and address of the author or authors.

Names will not be omitted in publication. Let-ters should be kept as brief as possible. The DTH reserves the right to edit for lenjrth or libel. By WILSON CLARK. Jr.

Thirty years ago this past June marked the passage of another commencement program at the University of North Carolina. For two young voyageurs, the transition from the groves of Academe to the outside world was further heightened by the successful completion of a rather ingenious plot, designed to relieve much of the tedium of the ceremony in Kenan Stadium. These two gentlemen endured the graduation message of Eleanor Roosevelt with the help of periodic samplings from a crock of redeye neatly concealed under their tier of seats, facilitated by two rubber hoses (compliments of the chemistry department) leading from the source up under their gowns, for casual, but nonetheless frequent draughts of that delightful beverage. Although the identity of his compatriot is left to conjecture, the devious mind behind this maneuver was none other than that of Robert Ruark. One of the few really colorful, and unabashedly rugged American writers of this century, Ruark will long be remembered by those fortunate individuals who not only read The Old Man and The Boy, but grew up experiencing the Boy's kind of life.

Ruark's characters evolved from the rough-hewn simplicity of the Boy (alias Craig Price, in Poor No More), to the African hunters, Brian Dermott and Peter McKenzie, and finally, the mere shell of a man, Alec Barr, in RR's posthumous The Honey Badger. His books are somehow indicative of Ruark's own life, which began quite humbly in Southport, N. C. As he states in the introduction to The Old Man and The Boy, "Anybody who reads this book is bound but it would seem that the dorm could arrange a lecturer on the subject who could, after all, after a more college-oriented treatment. And if they wanted to see a film on the subject, it would seem that the elected officers of Morrison could arrange somewhat more private showings at a more auspicious time and place.

So, on this particular account, three cheers for the boys up in South Building. This is one time that the administrative nose needed to be stuck into student affairs. James W. Sturges President, Graham House Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: The most disgusting aspect of the Morrison "skin flick" scandal is the manner in which Don Wilson and other Student Party bosses in the dorm have reacted to their own exposure. Wilson has contracted a severe case of hoof and mouth disease and has used his position in the Morrison Senate to run a slander campaign against Dean Long, Craige, the University Party and anyone else who seemed expedient.

Wilson has desperately tried to convince the Morrison Senate that Craige and the University Party are "just out to get us," and that they are responsible for investigation of the affair, honor council trials and the wide spread publicity. The latest and most vicious rumor is that Dean Long is merely a U.P. and that Long wanted to forget the entire matter but the U.P. FORCED HIM TO BRING CHARGES. Let's set the record straight.

It was the Student Party which showed the films, not Dean Long, Craige or the University Party. Student Party chairman Frank Hodges was present for the showing as were Don Wilson and Bob Wilson, administrative assistant to student body president Paul Dickson. There were signs which announced that the Student Party was sponsoring "skin flicks" in the eighth floor lounge. Members of the Student Party collected the admission fee and showed the films. This scandal was broken to the state's news media by a reporter for the Raleigh Times who lives in Chapel Hill.

This whole affair has been common knowledge from one end of the campus to the other since Tuesday morning when the investigation began, and the Times reporter would have had to be deaf, dumb and blind not to uncover the story. A perennial and justified gripe among off-campus students is that they have a hard time finding copies of The Daily Tar Heel. There are always some who will call such a situation a real blessing to those who are DTH-less, but nevertheless our pose is to make the papers as accessible as possible. Each morning the Bell Tower parking lot is filled with cars of commuting students, so the DTH has placed a large mailbox near the lot entrance. Circulation Manager John Evans will leave 200 papers there each morning for students who have no other place to pick them up.

The number of copies may be increased if necessary. To the best of our knowledge the DTH has satisfied every circulation complaint received this semester, but sometimes things go wrong. So, for the sake oi service and efficiency, we request that you report gripes preferably in writing so they can be remedied. Those Designing Designers to some creeping menace, be it over-zealous Americanism or communism. I would not fight for you, Michaux.

"With I would, for I cannot help but see the acute stupidity of standing for democratic principles, and then desecrating one of the most essential of them the freedom to say what you believe in, provided it is not slanderous or libelous. I might even be persuaded to envisage you in Peking, Michaux. The conformity there is quite nice too. Josh Carlisle 305 Mangum Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Bill Michaux, in his invitation to Jesus to "entertain the troops" overlooks one difficulty: Patriots would boo the bearded performer off the stage Pete Campbell 413 Patterson Place Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: It's beginning to look like Carolina is even more sex-conscious than it appears to people like Jesse Helms. One of our fellow students, writing as Mario Savio II, encourages us.

Of course I am speaking of the widely distributed, wdely read, and widely laughed at two-page diatribe which several days ago decorated Lenoir Hall, among other places. I think that Gebeaux doesn't quite realize what he's doing with his protest letter; moreover, I think he is not doing it of himself, but more to draw attention away from the fact that what indeed happened was the most petty case of campus politics we've seen at UNC. While the University Party candidates, were speaking downstairs at "Big Mo," these movies strangely appeared, and I am told that Student Party literature was distributed at the showings. To be sure, whether or not they are "hard-core pornography" remains a judicial matter, and Dean William Long may have been incorrect in that point nevertheless, if they weren't, they were surely what must have been a long way from Sunday School material to have received such an administrative blast. Naturally, the residents of Morrison may want to see this type of entertainment, from some basic need, real or imagined, H-IO 1 -7D A You have to give those fashion designers credit.

First they make those thigh-high skirts that are so popular in England. The thigh-highest of them end six to eight inches above the knee. Obviously it gets cold in England during the winter and obviously the girls are going to feel the effects of low temperature on all that bare skin. So now they are selling fur knee warmers to keep 1 those exposed areas free of frostbite. It is all clear now.

The whole thing has been a plot right from the start. They make dresses out of half the material they used before and charge more than ever for them. At the same time they create an extra expense by making the knee-covering accessory a ne-; cessity. Economists worry about Britain's financial security, but we have no fear. So long as it has the Beatles and shrewd dress designers, England will not go on the rocks.

Viet Nam Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: If this letter by chance gets printed your first impression of me being that of a college student will be, "Does this jarhead with only a high school education think that he can make me approve of the war in Viet Nam?" Well, that's just what I plan to do and if I can get a few persons to change their minds about the war then I have accomplished my mission. When I first came to Viet Nam I was against this war also but it didn't take me long to change my mind. One day, when I first got here, a few of the men in our squadron and myself went swimming at Da Nang beach. While there a Vietnamese soldier came up and sat down next to me. After a few minutes he said to me, "Why do the American soldiers come to South Viet Nam and fight for my countrymen?" I had to stop and think to myself why am I in South Viet Nam? It was as plain as day why I was over here but I was too thick-headed to see it.

I answered him by saying, "You and your countrymen are human beings like me and you have the right to be free. You have the right to go where you want to go, you have the right to do what you want to do, and, most important, you have the right to believe what you want to believe. And we are here to help you fight for these rights." Then he stood up, shook my hand and said, "Thank you very much, this is number one (meaning that this is good)." F-R-E-E-D-O-M, It's a small word with only seven letters but it has a very big meaning to the people in the Republic of South Viet Nam. I would like to end this letter by saying that the next time you feel like demonstrating against the war in Viet Nam, remember one thing: you are free to voice your opinion. If the American troops get out of South Viet Nam now these people will never be free.

And don't forget that they are human beings like you and me. Thomas A. Miller Cpl. USMC FPO San Francisco Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Michaux's masterpiece of pro-American, we-can-do-nothing-wrong "gung hoism" will be first on my list of best-selling toilet paper. Don't get me wrong, buddy.

I'm no bearded "SPU-nik" who parades around in a self-righteous air of body odor. But, I shall always defend their right to make their views known, despite the fact that it only represents a minority opinion. Perhaps you would deny the South's right as a minority during the pre-Civil War days to express their vital concern with the economic ramifications of abolishing slavery. Perhaps, you would deny the right of the minority-opinion speakers in the state as well e.g. speaker ban law.

Your ultra-conservative approach shows the same lack of guts that you attribute to those who do not believe in giving their lives for some damn distant, rice-padded country. Haven't you guts enought to acknowledge the fact that we might just be wrong in our policy in Viet Nam? Or, do you hold to the revered concept of Washington, Jefferson and Roosevelt as political demi-gods? I wouldn't fight in Viet Nam for the same reasons as Michaux. I wouldn't fight to preserve the new wave of American imperialism and over-concern with the economic-political who-loves-us? rampant in this great world of ours. I would fight to keep from being killed. I would fight to preserve the individual's right to say "no" Gtye latty Star US, 72 Yean of Editorial Freedom The Dally Tar Heel, Is the official news publication of ther University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, examination periods and vacations.

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