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Page 2 EDITORIAL Wednesday, February 14, 1962
BOOK REVIEW
To Kill a
By WILLIAM KEMPER
It is presumed by this corner that Uni
versity students, since their intellects are
supposed to be somewhat more highly de-,
veloped than that of the average pea pick
er, occasionally read for pleasure.
Therefore, this corner further presumes
that University students might like to read
something a bit more sophisticated than
the usual paperback, newstand offering
something off the current best seller list
perhaps.
And that brings this corner around to
its initial offering To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee, which has been on the best
seller lists for a good long while now.
It is refreshing to read something by a
contemporary author which is not full of
the deep, dark, dreadfully hard to under
stand symbolism of a Faulkner or the
blood and sand, coarse and crude of a
Hemingway.
Miss Lee tells the story of a little girl
growing up in a small southern town. She
tells it from the viewpoint of the little girl.
She tells it straight out and you can under
stand every word of it.
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Writer Commends IFC Action
It was interesting
Wednesday night to hear (
at the IFC meeting the
justification of the famous
dollar fine of Greeks for
failure to vote in the Stu
dent Council elections.
The standards, "We just
want students to vote.
We aren't telling them
whom to vote for."
"Our primary purpose
Is to promote the Greek
System." and "This rule
insures a heavy vote
which general interest
would not achieve." were
used. This is exemplary
of the general attitude of
the Greek system which
was prevalent not long
ago. This same attitude
is now a very small mi
nority opinion and it
was defeated when the
IFC voted overwhelming
ly in favor of abolishing
the fine. This action rep
resents a significant turn
and the IFC is to be
commended for it.
The IFC, as the co-ordinating
body of the
twenty four fraternities
certainly does have the
"right to encourage its
most competent indivi
duals to seek and accept
responsibility in student
government. It is proper
for the IFC to offer group
support to those indi
viduals worthy of elec
tion to the Student Coun
cil as long as that sup
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Mocking Bird
It is not a Pollyanna story because
Scout, the little girl, is a real person,
which Pollyanna never was. As a matter
of fact, all the people in the book are real
people whom anyone familiar with small
town life will easily recognize.
Miss Lee is deceptively simple. Her plot
is uncomplicated; her prose direct andt un
cluttered. She so completely captures the
peaceful, unconcerned flow of provincial
life that the reader hardly realizes that
the theme of her book is the violent, con
sternating subject of race and that she
has produced a wholly Subjective conclu
sion from completely objective material.
. This, of course, is the author's purpose.
She intends to show that there is no way
to mix. a set of facts about race and come
off with any conclusion but the one she
draws. She uses a totally objective re
porter, a little girl who doesn't really un
derstand what's happening, and makes
her point so unobtrusively that the reader
never feels the knife.
Rad this one. It is one of the rare real-.
ly good ones.
port does not infringe up
on the political rights of
others, just as it is proper
for every other sizable
group to support well
qualified candidates. The
trouble in the past has
been that the IFC used
a few methods most
notably the fine to insure
a vote from its probable
supporters which were
felt by many . to be un
ethical. THIS IS NO
LONGER THE CASE.
The IFC is truly taking
a gamble: it is risking
its past position of dom
inance. But this is the
gamble all political
groups in a democratic
society must take. The
IFC is reflecting a sin
cere confidence in its own
prospective candidates
and platforms in taking
this risk. It is reflecting
its confidence in the In
dependent leaders to ac
cept this step as proof of
a desired healing of the
former Greek-Independent
division. It is reflecting
its confidence in the en
tire student body to judge ,
candidates on their mer
its, not their social af
filiations or lack thereof.
I believe these confi
dences are well founded.
The IFC, in abolishing
the dollar fine, is prov
ing to the student body
its willingness to work
hard for elections. IT IS
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DIDATES, BUT A FAIR,
DILIGENT EFFORT TO
MAKE ITS IDEALS AND
PERSONALITIES KNOWN
TO THE VOTERS. In this
it is to be congratulated.
The challenge now is
transmitted to Independ
ent leaders to continue
this same attitude in the
spring campaign. Prog
ress cannot be made by
tone side alone. We have
seen from both parties in
the fcast year many in
dications of a sincere de
sire to conduct Student
Council elections fairly,
and to base competition
on objective, non-social
grounds. If both sides will
"sustain this purpose, and
act accordingly, everyone
concerned will benefit.
We are learning that
when we compete to serve
the University, our own
interests are served, also.
The IFC can now say with
much greater force that
it is trying to serve the
entire academic commu
nity. It has shown, by
defeating the "our pur
pose is to protect our
selves" reasoning, that it
is maturing and leveling
its interests on goals
greater than itself. It is
miking tremendous prog
ress, and recognition is
certainly due.
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Dear People:
I came. I saw. I wrote.
Now, I have chickened
out.
Alas, readers, I am
just as apathetic as the
rest of you. Last week, at
4 on Wednesday, the ten
or so of you who came to
the Student Council meet
ing heard violent and
stimulating debates on
the following subjects:
first, the dissolution of
five nonexistent organiza
tions which the activities ,
commitee had attempted ,
to contact for more than
three months, and second,
the question of one-way
traffic around the Love
Library mall. (Incident
ally, Carl Donaldson, uni
versity business manager,
the Chancellor, and Mr.
James Pittenger, who are
in favor of the proposal,
have asked for your opin
ion on the change.)
Finally, Council mem
bers chatted briefly on '
whether or not the band
should sit in the stands
with the student body.
The whole meeting was
a challenge, a fascinating
battle of intellects and a
vivacious display of inter
est. After the meeting,
alas for this is the core
of my depression , I.
was asked by an out
standing student lead
er how 1 could criticize
the Council when, last
semester, I myself had
not introduced one reso
lution or made one signi
ficant contribution to
Council "progress."
Well, this was a worthy
query. We decided that I
had just "become aware
of my presence on Coun
icl," that now my first
column had established a
basis for doing something
really constructive. The
problem now arises:
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What can one do that is
constructive?
This whole unorganized
collection of sour nothings
boils down to a warning: '
Elections are coming this
spring for Student Coun
cil, f
DO NOT VOTE FOR
PEOPLE WHOM YOU
SUSPECT OF BEING
MOPS!! Mopism is a ser
ious disease shared by
about twenty members of
the present Council.
Its symptoms are:
' reticence, perfect attend
ance at Council meetings,
little or no knowledge of
what Is really going on,
little interest in what is
really going on, lack of
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lotion that cools rather than burns. It helps heal
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than the purely emotional, effect Skin Bracer bias on
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THE DEAN AS A HELPER. Supposing that after you'vt paid ail your few, you
discover you haven't enough money left for Luckies. What do you do' You go to
the Dean. The Dean will help you. That's what the Dean is there for.'The smart
Dean knows that college students smoke more Luckies than any other regular.
The Dean will tell you to get a part-time Job. Then you'll be able to enjoy the rich,
full taste of Luckies. Deans certainly art knowledgeable.
LUCKIES and
initiative, and a typically
stoic expression during '
meetings.
The minds of mops are
easily manuevered, in
fact, mop-minds can be
pushed into voting for just
about anything. The stage
represented in this epistle
is commonly called the
"blind lashing out" stage.
' Sometimes mops feel guil
ty. They want to shake
themselves. Therefore, all
of you are being warned:
BEWARE OF MOPS!!
BE ALERT!!
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choking me,
P.S. This is an after-
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