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Letters To The Editor

Calvert's Candidacy Reappraised

Since Mr. Calvert's candidacy
and personal constancy have been
questioned, I feel that, as one who
knows him well, I must speak
on his behalf. Gordon's decision
to run for President of the College
was neither easily nor quickly
made; while I, too, am sad to
see him make a move to leave
Student Council, to accuse him of
"forsaking his prior promises and
commitments" is to speak in obvious
and almost criminal ignorance
of the facts. Gordon has
done an amazing amount of work
this semester on Council, and
he established a system of legislative
assistants for the University
Party members on Council to enable
them to get sufficient work
done on ideas and bring them before
Council for action much more
quickly. There is no plank of the
platform which Gordon ran on
which is not either already enacted
or being currently worked upon;
a rough draft of the new constitution
and a major study of
funding of student organizations
will both come before Council next
week, and Gordon also played a
very major role in the curriculum
evaluation, which is not even on
the platform.

So you see, one cannot accuse
Mr. Calvert of hypocrisy or of
forsaking his promises. Furthermore,
it is his understanding that
a replacement will be appointed
to Council to pick up where he left
off, someone of similar views who
will work as hard for the same
goals. He does, of course, realize
that he was elected for a one-year
term, and that the students
who elected him would want him
to serve his full term. He feels
however, and he thinks that those
students who voted for him will
agree, that the Honor System is
more important than any individual
member of Student Council.
He did not plan to run for
President of the College, but as
events developed he felt called
upon to offer his services and hard
work on behalf of the Honor
System to the student body. As
a close friend of his, I can assure
you that it is only his own
personal high regard for the Honor
System that is causing him to run.

Finally, I feel I must mention
that according to the Registrar's
Office, Douglas S. Williams, 2nd
Year College, who signed yesterday's
letter, doesn't exist.

Randy Ross

College 3

Although we do not feel that it is
our responsibility, in an community
such as this, to check on the validity
of signatures which follow our letters,
we must apologize to Mr. Calvert for
publication of yesterday's letter. We
are saddened and disgusted that there
is a person in the University community
so base and cowardly that he
would make an attack such as that
letter made and then his name.
-Ed.

Co-ed Surprise

I write to let you know how
much I enjoyed your headline
and lead article in the Tuesday
April 1, 1968 issue of the Cavalier
Daily. My only regret is that the
article was not true.

The East Speaks

I feel I must write you a letter.
I am only in this country two
months and I don't write American
too well. I hope it does not
violate the honor pledge but I
had help writing this letter. A nice
man named Edgar helped me write
it this night, Tuesday April first,
in Newcomb Hall Grill. Although
he was full of help I do not think
he was well because he kept muttering
about going to Saint
Anthony.

The reason I feel I must write
you. This night, Tuesday April
first, I had nothing to study since
that I just got back from spring
vacationing in Farmville. I picked
up a copy of your Cavalier Weakly
to learn what action was on campus.
Since I live in Humphrey
house I thought it only polite to
go to the Humphrey lecture in
Newcomb Hall cloak room. After
too much waiting a Mister Buckley
and Mister Tullock decided
Mister Hubert would not be coming
and went home. Good fortune
for me a Miss Penelope Charisma
was there with a sleeping bag for
there are no chairs in the cloak
room. I am sorry my dormitory
owner did not come but Miss
Charisma showed me how to have
fun without intellectual activity.

On the way to Miss Charisma's
home in carrel 720 of Alderman
Library, we lighted up some marijuana
cigar only to be set upon
by Agent Bromwell of Unipol.
As he waved his gun in the air I
said shoot us not. Put down your
gun! He said I can not put it
down-the candy will fall out of
the barrel. I said make love not
violence. It was then Miss
Charisma spoke out, quoting from
King Arthur by saying once a
knight is enough. I went off to
jail some hours later when my
Sears Auto Club would not cover
bail for me.

I was thrown out of school
this night. I do so like Charlottesville
but since ex-students can not
stay in Charlottesville I will be
transferred to the Federal Penitentiary
in Lewisburg, Penn. Until
my visa runs out. My complaint
is since that I am new to
America I did not know what
April first was, although I think
today should be April second since
Monday was also April first. Any
way next year please print one of
your ordinarily drab issues for
all foreign students and a fool's
version for Americans.

Editorial Praised

Mr. Calhoun's editorial, "Ave
Atque Vale," was as much an example
and reflection of the widening
horizons and deepening insights
of The Cavalier Daily (and the
University community) as it was a
commentary and critique of this
progress. His quest for quality
should serve as a standard for those
who follow.