The Carolinian [October 28, 1966]

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Volume XXXXVI University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N. C.— Friday, October 28, 1966 Number 8
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THREE PICKET Chancellor J. Carlyle SKterson's
office, protesting his actions in the controversy
over English instructor Michael Paull. The signs
read: "Sitterson has no spine-'1 "Can Helms hire
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and fire at UNC?" and "Helms for chancellor;
eliminate the middle man."—DTH Photo By
Ernest H. Robl
UNC-CH "Seduction" Theme Causes Furor
Michael Paull, a graduate in-structor
in English was reas-signed
to duties other than
teaching because of the furor
created by a "misinterpreted"
theme dealing with Andrew
Marvell's poem "To His Coy
Mistress".
The furor arose when WRAL-TV
reported that Paull assigned
his freshman English class a
theme on seduction. The follow-ing
day, October 18, Paull was
reassigned duties other than
teaching.
Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitter-son
announced that "the nor-mal
teacher-student learning re-lationship
has been seriously
disturbed by these events."
Sitterson stated that "Our in-vestigation
shows that. . .appar-ently
the class misinterpreted
Mr. PaulPs assignment." He
goes on the state that "To His
Coy Mistress" is a 17th century
love poem and "was very wide-ly
anthologized and almost uni-versally
praised."
The rational behind Paull's
assignment, according to Sitter-son
is that it is in the best in-terest
of the "educational func-tion
of the University. In mak-ing
this reassignment, no puni-tive
measures are being taken
against Mr. Paull nor are there
any charges being made
against him."
The following Wednes-day
night, a meeting to discuss
Paull was lead by Stu Matthews
in Gerrard Hall.
Thursday, Sitterson received
two letters: one signed by
Paull's entire English class
stating that the normal teacher-student
relationship had not
been disturbed; the latter stated
the facts of the case—the as-signment
was to paraphrase the
poem "To His Coy Mistress."
The other letter was drafted by
about 80 graduate students.
Saturday, Oct. 22, Sitterson
reaffirmed his decision that
Michael Paull should be reas-signed
and that the matter of
Paull's responsibilities "a r e
fully in the hands of the English
Department."
President of the Student Body,
Bob Powell said that "The clari-fying
statement made today by
the Chancellor indicates to me
that the case is still wide open
. . .Now that the matter has
been turned over to the Depart-ment
of English and now that
the department has the full and
final authority to review the de-cision
to reassess Mr. Paull and
to make any recommendations
deemed necessary subsequent to
such a review, it is my feeling
that a new hearing is now pos-facts
to be presented and that
will allow a number of Mr.
Mr. Paull's colleagues to ex-press
their own opinions about
such a matter."
After meeting in Charlotte
Oct. 24, the University Board
of Trustees Visiting Committee
released its 1966 Annual Report
stating that the committee
"wishes to reiterate the conclu-sion
of Dr. Otis Singletary that
'the University at Greensboro
will have to be given preferen-tial
treatment' in order to 'be
competitive and achieve its in-tended
excellence'."
The report further stated that
75 years "of proud tradition as
an 'academically oriented'
school qualify this institution to
make superior use of the re-sources
at its command to move
rapidly forward on its quest of
becoming a full - fledged uni-versity.
Resources in hand have
been adequate to begin the task,
but they must be vastly rein-forced
if this campus is to ful-fill
its promise."
Campus land needs, develop-ment,
the library, graduate
study and research, and the stu-dents
are topics in which the re-port
delves.
In summation of its inquiry
into campus land needs, the
committee report declares that
"the institution of an orderly
and adequate land acquisition
program for the Greensboro
campus is a prerequisite to its
growth and the fulfillment of
its mission as a component part
of the university."
Among the conclusions of the
committee is that "there has
been an academic broadening
of course offerings and a resur-gence
of enthusiasm in the sci-ences."
"Again this year", states the
committee, "it is our conviction
that further improvements need
to be effected in the faculty re-tirement
system since this mat-ter
weighs nearly as heavily as
salary in the recruitment and
retention of a superior fac-ulty."
The first recommendation of
the committee is that efforts be
made to acquire additional land
for the campus and that the
citizens of Greensboro and Guil-ford
County be encouraged to
help in any 'practicable' way.
Receiving second priority is
the recommendation that a gen-eral
or unrestricted foundation
be established in order to ob-tain
the goals of the university.
Third on the list is the hope for
realization of a small, non-de-nominational
chapel on this
campus.
The committee suggested that
greater efforts be made to meet
the needs of the library and
graduate school and called for
a periodic re-examination of the
faculty retirement system and
teaching loads. The strenghen-ing
of the campus news bureau
so that it may project a clearer
understanding was also recom-mended.
AAUP, Student Judiciary
Consider Honor Policy
Members of the campus or-ganization
of the American As-sociation
of University Profes-sors
and the judicial system
met Monday night to discuss
the honor policy on campus.
The most pressing question
voiced by faculty members
dealt with plagarism — and the
faculty relationship with the
honor court.
Faculty members were con-cerned
with such questions as
what constitutes a violation of
the honor policy, what weight
is given to a faculty member's
Hinton, Boorman Rate Chinas Progress
By CACKIE BARDIN
"Nationalist China and t h e
Communist Takeover" was the
subject of the first of a series
of three Harriet Elliott Lec-tures
held Oct. 5-27. The
speaker was Dr. Harold Hin-ton,
professor of international
studies at Georgetown Universi-ty-
Chancellor Otis A. Singletary
introduced the series and then
turned the program over to Miss
Judith Herrick, student chair-man
of the Social Science For-um
Committee. Miss Herrick
then introduced Dr. Hinton.
Dr. Hinton stressed the ele-ments
of luck and expert use of
opportunity as key factors in the
Communist takeover of Nation-alist
China. The luck came in,
according to Dr. Hinton, when
the Japanese invaded Manchur-ia
and than China proper. He
was also quick to point out that
it was possible and even pro-bable
tin., s Chinese Com-munist
Pai j provoked the Jap-anese
into attacking in 1937. Dr.
Hinton stated: "nothing else
could tear down the National-ist
Government and allow them
(the Communist) to come to
control."
Another factor in the downfall
of the Nationalist Government
was the rise of nationalistic
feeling in China, following the
Japanese invasion. Dr. Hinton
points out that the Chinese Com-munist
Party was quick to seize
the opportunity to embrace the
new nationalistic feeling and to
use it to their advantage.
With the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's
government to the in-terior
of China, it was clear that
the Nationalist Government
could not handle the Japanese
invasion. "The Japanese inva-sion
had disastrous effects on
the Nationalist Government.
(Continued on Page 2)
Dr. Harold Hinton answers students' questions at one of the
coffee hours in the Harriet Elliott Lecture Series.
Golden Chain nominations
may be made Nov. 1-10. Stu-dents
from the Junior or Sen-ior
Class who have shown
qualities of leadership, schol-arship,
and service should
be nominated. Please send
nominations to Lyn Smith in
Strong Dorm.
opinion, whether or not the fac-ulty
member is notified of the
court's decision and what can
be done to maintain a healthy
atmosphere for the honor policy
to function in.
The members of the courts,
led by Jeanne Young, said that
the honor court feels the stu-dents
are entitled to the time
professors must spend check-ing
sources for an accusation
of cheating or plagarism. One
member stated she felt that if a
faculty member went to the
trouble to check on plagarism
then he definitely felt there was
plagarism involved and she
would consider this.
Faculty members were told
they could remind students of
the honor policy but were not
required to. Also, faculty mem-bers
were assured that they
would receive the results of
court decisions involving their
students. One of the problems
facing the court, so faculty
members were told, is the dis-parity
between faculty mem-bers
concerning turning stu-dents
in to the court. Some pro-fessors
support the courts and
others do not. This double stand-ard
contributes to the problems
surrounding the honor system.
The penalties for violations o
the honor system were also dis-cussed.
Faculty members were
told the penalty for obvious pla-garism,
ie, verbatim quotinf
without giving sources, shoulc
be suspension.
The courts do consider th>
circumstances involved in ead
case and this sometimes alten
the penalty.