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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, September 19, 1958
Anyone who runs a kindergarten
learns to expect the unexpected
from children.
Those of you who remember Mrs.
Ernest Bender, and her kindergar
ten group, may also remember
what happened on a certain memor
able occasion when the youngsters
in her care gave an operetta at
the Masonic theater.
E\erything went off nicely. As
nicely, that is, as a show featuring
small fry ever does go off. Nobody
forgot their lines, stumped their
toe or got in a fight.
The grade finale, with everybody
on stage, had a Japanese garden
for the setting. When the curtain
opened, each kid had on a cute
little kimono, and was seated on
the floor.
At that precise moment, one very
small boy jumped to his feet. “I’ve
got to go to the bathroom,” he an
nounced in a shrill voice that
could be heard on the last row of
the balcony.
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Having proclaimed that fact, he
raced down the stage steps, and
ran up the aisle as fast as his two
legs could carry him. The kimono
didn’t slow him up, not even a
little bit.
In less than a minute, he charg
ed back down the aisle, ascended
the steps, and sat down in his ap
pointed place. He displayed no em
barrassment whatsoever, and the
rest of the kids took it strictly in
stride.
Needless to say, the audience
got a big bang out of it. From that
point on the grand finale was pre
sented without incident, and it was
a mighty pretty one.
However, what everybody re
membered most wasn’t the finale
itself, or the acts that were staged
earlier. A little boy in distress had
stolen the show, but definitely.
High School Seniors
Return from Capita
Thirtj'-two New Bern High school
seniors who left Tuesday to at
tend the National Conference on
Citizenship in Washington, D. C.
are expected back in the city late
today.
As in the past, the local dele
gation was considerably larger
than most, and is said to have
created a favorable impression
while participating in the various
activities.
Adversity is the most thorough
teacher in the school of experience
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The Supreme Court has been the
focds of hot controversy on many
an occasion since its creation. But
today, John Osborne writes in a
long and revealing article in Life,
“the grave truth is that the Court
is involved in a crisis of doubt,
possibly the most serious crisis
which has confronted it since its
power and duty to ‘say what the
law is’ were established in the ear
ly 1800’s.”
This crisis stems from a series
of decisions in which, in the view
of critics, the Court has exceeded
its powers; has permitted its per
sonal predilections to deny Con
gress and the state courts authori
ty which they should have and
which is Constitutionally proper;
has- been too ready to upset long-
established legal precedents; and
has shown insufficient respect for
the written law.
As Mr. Osborne points out, criti
cisms are not, by any means, con
fined to crackpots or disgruntled
litigants. They have been voiced by
Judge Learned Hand, whom many
consider the nation’s greatest liv
ing jurist, in the tradition of Oliver
Wendell Holmes; by former Su
preme Court Justice Reed; by a
national conference of state chief
justices, and by the Senate Judici
ary committee. This committee, in
deed, approved, 10 to 5, a proposed
law which would reduce the juris
diction and authority of the Court
in certain important fields—includ
ing that over the conduct of Con
gressional committees.
Yet this is an extremely complex
and difficult matter. For instance.
Judge Hand, even while criticizing
attitudes of the present Court, op
posed laws which would diminish
its power. He and others, it seems,
fear that because of dissatisfaction
with decisions, we might “kill the
umpire.” There is certainly no gen
eral agreement on the language
of a law which would be accepta
ble to all the students of the prob
lem.
Mr. Osborne mentions, “. . . the
surprise and consternation which
attend the perennial discovery that
our highest judges 1) are human
and 2) make a lot of law in the
course of interpreting the law.”
During tfte Court controversy of
the 30’s, as Mr. Osborne shows, the
great question was economic—it
had to do with the Constitutional
power of government over enter
prise. Today, on the other hand,
the issue is one of human rights.
Mr. Osborne phrases the questions
this way; “To what extent can the
U.S. Constitution be stretched to
protect human rights—the rights of
the individual citizen—against var
ious manifestations of public and
private power? Is there a point at
which the protection of individual
rights may impose upon law and
government a greater burden than
either one can safely bear?” Much
of the criticism of this Court comes
from those who believe the answer
to that second question is an em
phatic “yes.”
Mr. Osborne goes into detail con
cerning the procedures and person
alities of the Court. He describes
opinions which have left able law
yers up in the air as to just what
the law is in particular instances.
And an incident out of history
serves to illumine the general prob
lem. Once a lawyer, arguing before
the Court, said. “This is a court of
justice.” He was at once corrected
by Justice Holmes, who told him
“This is a court of law.” Justice
Holmes was saying, in effect, that
the Court was concerned with the
meaning and constitutionality of
law, aside from what hight happen
to individuals coming to grips with
it. But, to quote Mr. Osborne again,
“Justice Holmes .... could not say
today with the old finality, ‘This
is a court of law.’ For better or for
worse, the U. S. Supreme Court has
become a tribunal of law and in
dividual justice, with law in the
traditional sense running a poor
second.”
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POLICEMEN WANTED
The Police Civil Service Board of the City of New Bern
is accepting applications for positions as Police Officers.
Applicants must be of good character, must have at least a
high school diploma or an equivalent diploma granted by the
N. C. Department of Education, must be at least 21 but not more
than _30 years of age, most be at least 5'8" but not more than
6 6" in height. Weight most be in reasonable ratio to height.
Application blanks and additional information may be ob
tained from the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall, New
Bern, N. C. A medical history form will also be furnished, to be
executed by the applicant.
Completed application blanks and medical forms will be
accepted at the City Hall no later than 4:30 P. M. on WEDNES
DAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1958. Written and oral examinations and a
thorough physical will be given later to those eligible.
No other police examinations will be given fer a period
officers hired during this two-year period
will be selected from_ those who pass this examii ation. The
Board hopes that all interested persons will secure application
blanks iitiniediately. However, those who do not meef the mini
mum requirements listed above need not apply.
THE POLICE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
H. E. Russell, Secretary
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