The Carolinian [November 5, 1968]

              The Carolinian Volume XXXXVIII University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N. C. — Tuesday, November 5, 1968 Number 18
Freshmen Favor City Reacts Well to Time-Out
Nixon and Scott
News Bureau
A survey of the political
opinions of more than 600
freshmen at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
has turned up strong support for
GOP presidential candidate
Richard Nixon and for
Democrat Robert Scott in the
governor's race.
Nixon was favored by 52
percent of those in the survey, as
compared with 26 percent for
Democrat Hubert Humphrey,
and 12 percent for third party
candidate George Wallace. Ten
percent of the students
expressed no preference.
In the gubernatorial contest,
Scott had a decisive lead. He was
favored by 42 percent of those
surveyed, compared to 24
percent for James Gardner, the
Republican candidate. In this
race, 84 percent of the students
failed to express a preference.
The percentages were among
the "first findings" of a survey
conducted during the week of
Oct. 7 11 by Gayle Avant, a
lecturer in the UNC-G
Department of History and
Political Science. He said
participants were selected in
such a way that the findings of
the study are representative of
the freshman class.
The survey was lengthy,
containing 38 different
questions. Avant said the project
was undertaken in order to: (1)
Obtain a clearer understanding
of UNC-G students' presidential
Bowles Talks
To GOP
Larry Howies, campaign
manager for Republican
Congressional candidate Bill
Osteen, spoke to the Young
Republicans Club Monday night.
The next four years will be a
critical time for America, Bowles
told the young Republicans.
According to him, only one man
running for president is able to
govern. "Only Nixon," said
Bowles, "can unite the country,
end the war, and keep order
with justice."
Bowles stated that he
expected Nixon to receive close
to a majority of the popular
vote. Speaking of Osteen's
chances of being elected, he said
that he expected Osteen to
receive 54% of the vote,
defeating Democrat Richardson
Preyer.
Bowles referred to the
development of the Wallace
movement as a result of
Democratic weakness in
governing. When asked if the
Wallace movement would lessen
if Nixon were elected, Bowles
said that "Nixon would have
more appeal to the majority of
the Wallace voters."
Humphrey, Bowles admitted,
is gaining in the popular vote,
but the Democratic candidate
has not taken one state's
electoral votes from Nixon.
In answering a question
concerning Life Magazine's
recent endorsement of
Richard Nixon, Bowles said, "I
don't think editorial
endorsements mean that much.
Editors don't provide many
votes."
and gubernatorial preferences;
(2) understand more about the
student who supports Wallace;
(3) find out the strength and
current preferences of UNC-G
students for Sen. Eugene
McCarthy.
The bulk of the survey is still
being analyzed by computers at
the Consolidated University
Testing Center. Avant described
the material released today as
merely the "first findings."
Among UNC-G freshmen, the
poll showed, Nixon has been
much more successful than
Humphrey in luring members of
the opposite party to his side.
Fourteen of those who favored
Nixon listed their party
preference as Democrat, while
only three percent of those who
supported Humphrey listed their
party choice as Republican.
Of those favoring Wallace for
president, 26 percent listed their
party preference as Republican
and 24 per cent us Democrat.
Fifty percent of Wallace's
supporters listed no party
preference, compared to 41
percent among Nixon's
supporters, and 21 percent of
those favoring Humphrey.
"Nixon has been saying that a
vote for Wallace is a vote for
Humphrey," noted Avant. "And
in an earlier period. Humphrey
was saying a vote for Wallace is a
vote for Nixon. Well, at this
point we just don't know
whether Wallace's support is
coming from conservatives who
would otherwise support
Nixon—or from blue collar
workers who would otherwise
vote for Humphrey."
Avant's initial findings also
covered the U.S. Senate race in
North Carolina. Incumbent
Democrat Sam Ervin was
favored by 39 percent of the
students, and his opponent,
Robert Somers, by eight
percent A total of 53 percent
expressed no preference.
When his entire survey is
completely processed, its
findings will be valid for the
entire student body and not just
the freshman class, stated Avant.
Editors Want
Bomb Halt
A majority of the nation's
college newspaper editors favor
stopping all bombing in Vietnam
in order to further peace
negotiations.
TTie poll was conducted by
Associated Collegiate Press
during the second week of
October before rumors became
persistent that the United States
had made such a proposal and
was based on a computerized
sample and a mail ballot to 10
percent of all college editors.
Editors were asked:
Regarding the conflict in
Vietnam and peace negotiations,
I favor—(a) stopping all
bombing, (b) increased military
effort to deal from strength and
(c) a middle course of military
action.
Results indicated 52 percent
favored stopping all bombing, 24
percent increased military
action, 22 percent a middle
course and 2 percent called for
stopping all bombing and
immediate withdrawal.
Students from UNC-G, Greensboro College. AIT, (iuilfi.nl College,
and Bennett College hear speakers in front of courthouse during
Time Out Day.
NSA Seminars Show
Student Concern, Apathy
Editor's Note: Despite a
sparse crowd, the NSA
sponsored seminar showed
genuine student concern in
many areas. The following
article was compiled from staff
members reports on several
discussions.
From the many
NSA sponsored seminars on
Tuesday, October 29, there
issued one of great significance
to the strictly academic aspect
of university life. Mr. Robert
Lacklen, former NASA
personnel worker, has searched
for and found a correlation
between occupational success
and what is needed from a
college education. This
success-determining element is,
in one word, creativity.
Universities as they are today,
he stated, deadens creativity
instead of enchancing it. which
is disastrous. Quality point
averages in college have proved
to have no correlation with
occupational success.
Mr. Lacklen backs his
conclusions on over twenty
years of research and a great
number of large companies, such
as Standard Oil, as examples. He
reached these conclusions as to
what causes success by finding
elements which the most
successful men have in common.
All of these elements pointed to
one thing creativity in thinking.
These men were more
productive and did much more
for their company and field than
the less-creative.
From these studies, Mr.
Lacklen has developed a test for
this vital element. By his
definition. Creativity is the
ability to develop a creative
product, a creative product
being one which is useful, basic,
and has the "breath of
applicability." The creative
process is subconscious, though
based on known facts. A
university is now being planned,
based on the
creativity-enhancing concept.
Racism
Approximately forty
interested people met in Mclver
I.«.iim:<- to discuss one of the
prevailing issues apparent in our
day Racism. Terry Ashe l.il the
discussion hy first presenting his
views on how racism begun in
America and how it invades
every aspect of our lives social,
economic, and moral One of the
remarks which seemed to be
most unsettling in thediscussion
was made by Mr. Ashe,
"... Racism is a while
institution, and all of us (while)
in here are racists." From this
point there stemmed a need for
distinction between prejudice
and racism
Student Power
Included in the NSA Time
Out Day" activities was an
informal seminar on "Student
Power" Heading the very small
group in discussion was Joanne
Kares. a student at U.N.C. G.
A major point emphasized by
the group was the great amount
of apathy for student
participation on the U.N.C.-G.
campus. HI.urn for this apathetic
attitude was placed on the
stereotype student "the while,
m id d le class, Protestant
girl." who is said to hold the
majority on this campus
Special emphasis was also put
on the uninvolved two years led
by the freshmen and
sophomores, the section of
students that is afraid to "get its
nose out of a book." Experience
in student government,
involvement in campus affairs,
and the drive for student power
were said to be very important
aspects of education.
The meaning of the phrase
"Student Power," began at a
National Student Association
Congress was modified by one
participant in Tuesday night's
group when she defined student
power as "Students having a
purpose or goal, and taking an
active part to get it."
Freshman Class Elections
will be on November 11, not
on November 4 as announced
in the Campus Calendar in
last Friday's issue.
By MARY KNIGHT
Statements from various and
pertinent individuals show that
Time-Out Day has been received
aa a success in the Greensboro
Area.
From the student viewpoint,
the program seems to have
reached its original goal that of
establishing a beginning point
for the acquisition of belter
community relations.
Terry Ashe, Regional
Chairman of the National
Student Association and director
of Time Out Day in Greensboro,
said of the program. "It was a
major success in that it ran
smoothly and displayed to the
community that students in the
(■reensboro area are responsibly
concerned Thai was our only
purpose of the Time Out
program in itself. Greensboro
.11 ii I the Students are now
beginning to get together for
concrete programs," Ashe
pointed out.
Student Hwly President
I (.mi 11 Mi % .i ill agreed with Ashe
that the program "could be the
beginning lor real forceful
action " She pointed out that
suggestions from the Mayor's
Office have already been put
into planning stages including a
"Merchants Day'' to allow
Greensboro merchants to visit
the campus and student
appointment* to various city
commissions
III speaking in In-half of the
University administration. Dean
of Students Thomas Smyth
applauded the program.
"TimeOut Day was an orderly
program assuring the people of
Greensboro that the University
Community is interested in this
city and is anxious to be a
contributing purl of Ihe city's
life," he said.
"New relationships have been
established with the mayor, the
Chamber of Commerce, the
news media and the citizens of
Grernsbi.ro Already groups
have called and asked for
student and faculty to be
involved in the human relations
commission, day care centers
and political campaigns
The program, which was
directed toward the community,
has also received a I'uvoruhlc
response from the city of
(ireensboro. In a statement
released to NSA by Allen
Wannamaker. President of the
(ireensboro Chamber of
Commerce, he said, . . the
three R's of such citizen
involvement are reason,
responsibility, and restraint Not
just students, but also citizens
should take time out from lime
to time to examine the extent
and relevance of their
commitment to make a better
community. More important
than taking time out is putting
time in . . . into the
community's search for the
community, the individual's
search for dignity and
realization.
"Students and uther adults
should take counsel with each
other. The involuntarily poor
and the affluent, black and
white, businessman, teacher,
student, each has a responsibility
to each to make sure that the
tradition of human excellence is
encouraged and made durable,
and that intelligent, resourceful
application of community
energy is made to the
improvement of the full
community."