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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Chapel HilL North Carolina U* R. Rose**!' Telephone *-1271 or '**s - ~=r PRbtttM E'rj, Tufi4i! Bj The Lhfcpel Hill Pubit«hir.t (>»irp«w<. lot Lonj Okaves CofiVr.' uimc Editor Joe Jones Xanagtag Edito* E—\ AxTBVt Jittona* La •to' Orrau CA-Mrer:.- Grti<~oi 0 T Watkins j4dre*runnp D'.'encr CtiME-TON Campkeu .Vcc-ncnirc. 5 up: Finti i 1 rotv -:.MI ■ '■ r* ?f. 2? *j the por.oflirt i •*;■< i- - ■' -*r«to» ur.Oer ITw *f ctf Kjt-o? ' ItTS St BS*CKIPT J"N RATE? v It Oraar* Coustj ) es* l* '• i{ ir.ir.'.h* n '' r - K 1 ■ & Ouifio* of Or»f.p« t)J I£*t • tar Slate of N C\fc ant ?• " 4IK Other State* fc-r.c Die'. - utcoi* '•’■ Canada. Ktxjco. s. -~t An. t-:. a j - r - Europe ’’ Brestige—and ( onsOhdated Jobe Ofif of tr.e mer.v.r:- f *.n< faculty wb< meeting -rm •: tbi street or a: some gather.:.g. have expressed agreement with xr> p- r ■.-a. for c.e con&o.jaatio:. of the l :..wn:'.y, saiG • “] liked thi .. • »ai oer 4 r. f, a'* 4 * * our mstitutior. f can t imag.r.e the Uni verify *f Vtrg.r .a settling C r tr.*- r.an.e.' *t * i . ■r- ’ ■ at f :.a' *■■ ■ v.!> ‘Tve heard th*t me Trustees may fear that be.*i;M-.idat»''r wou.d throw them out of their prestige jobs. Os course, the Bro\o?t or tr.e Chancellor iapj or botl migl iak< - it. Pro b«ib;y Bili }■ ndhy **■ ’ ■ at.a you: g• i ugl not t ntu t much if at ah- It is i v.e.. iw-w.-f 4 act tr.at rr.ar... persons do 'enjoy oeing on the trover-., sity Board of Trustees because of the prestige associated with membership but I v can’t See that any Trustee s; or poUntial Trusted prt t ./■ interfered with by de-consolidation. On the contrary the return to separat* Boards of Trustees for the three insti '"'totioru: in the Consolidated University would provide more places for members, which means that there would be more prestige to go around. Monody ua* pro posed that the number of members of the University Board be reduced from ](jO, arid if the number of Trustees of each of the other two institutions, State (College and the Womans College, were set at, say, 12, in conformity with trie State iioard of Ih'gr.* r ivduc at ion's preference for iioards with small mem ben;hips, then then would b> place for 121 Trustees instead of the pf-ent 100. 1 remember what the iat* Edwin A. Alderman said when In was talking to me about the problems of a university president one dav about forty year- ago at his home in Char ■ • I! • had be* i Pr< lent. ofb th« wersity of North < arolina, had gem fn>m here to New Orleat to if President of 1 bane, and had gone from there to be Pres; dent of the Uriivei-ity of Virginia. In Chajjel If ill he had worked with a fJoard of 100 Trustees..' Jn Charldttes .. 11< h< was wo* r ing with 4 a B<>ard ol as J rernen.t>er it, 12 (J am not sure ol the exact number ; it may have been 0 or 10 or 11: somewhere around there.) “On the !;;#< of it,”, he said, “you would think that the smaller board would Ihi more effn-ient. In practice it doesn’t .work out that way at all. “The North Carolina board hud an executive committee which had the same members, some 10 or 12, year after year.” (I remember he mentioned Dr. Ji. JU Lewis, frank Winston, Jo sephus Daniels, and -Clem Wright.) “They were thoroughly familiar with the affairs of the University, financial needs and all the rest. When 1 told them about this or that problem they already knew the background. 1 had to do very little if any explaining. All I had to do was to tell them the facts. “The members of the Board other than those on the executive committee took practically no active part in the Board’s business. Os course they were free to ask questions and offer sugges tions if they wanted to, but few of them ever wanted to. They came to board meetings about twice a year, enjoyed them as social occasions, and approved the recommendations of the executive committee as a matter of routine. Thiß plan of Trustee operation turned out to be an excellent one. “Here in Virginia membership on •« w * » * •••• *- 1 • - . honor. Every incoming Governor make? appointment to it for ’■eason? having nothing at all to do with the appointee?' kr. wledge of or interest in the Ur.i / ven-ity. The appointments are usually recognition of prominence of one • ?ther Nat ira c a good ma of their, go to the Governor’s persona; and political friend?. "S at a nee*n g • t a new ap pointed 1. arc 1 f ..my st.f fating a gr f me: :n >4? f wr.rnt. .-omet.mes a. of whom • ut "one or two who are ha i ,■ ■ ■ - ' '' • pr< eding Board,- are *• *.<• .• .gt> ran* t’f what 1 am taP;- • • tr.e ma . T y.t means 1 : a\e the ;o: of oducat-ng tr.e trustee* a':.<out tr.e Ur.ivers an . by the t.rne they have really earned mething they am - uC' eeded i ■ a n * arc a:,u 1 have ; t ! ijegir, tne > a. over again. O. course s err.e are r* a. y interested ir, the University, learn , .ickly, and become efficient Truste*- -t the majority are .r.terestec '.'1.1. r* '■ honor < f o*-o.g members and give j serious attention t . Umvers’ty La-.n* --. A? to thu m*-: who hold Consoli dated University exec^t.ve jobs, there's no rea-on why • ,h> y should look .■ • av< r on ” • ; r :• -a for o*-v I soH*s da'<or. There w o* plenty of work for' them to do .? n*-.; ing to ojserate the ’ restore? real ' r ..‘'r-.'_.' and they ».A envo;. tn> :: v. n more than ”.« y do now when t/.*-;. hav< to split it among thre» im»trt utio.ns. 1 don’t know h w President > riday about it, but I should th.nr n* would-be > r ia/J of a change of jitat u* l The presidency of the Consolidated University carr.es; with it somehow th< flavor conveyed'by the word'-. "<xh / ..* officer” or “chief, exectuive ’ It suggests management rather than education—a suggestion that correspond.-, indeed, t /j the fact. The presidency of th< : niversity, mean ing tifnp.y o.v ..or .’utiqii, is a position that must ix fai n r< - ... 1 o a r*-ai educator and that confers on its holder, in the opinion of the discerning element of the public, the • ierrient not impressed by the tinsel and the trum pets, far more dignity and prestige. - -1.. G. Mr. Scheldt's Five-Point Plan (from th*- < Icvt-laud firut-R^ The State lx-g.slature will lace some important decisions when it convenes next month. Not the least among them will la what to do about the growing traffic problem on the states highways. Wt hope the legislature will heed e requi t of Mot< i V( hi< ies 1 omm sioner J,<J Scheldt lor approval of a five poll ' ’ t.f highway pi o]x als. The proposals include: (J) a com mon sense motor velucle.- insjx:ction law , (2) authority to use chemical tests in drunken driving cases to determine the alcoholic content in the defendant s blood, (2) an increase of 100 men in the strength of the highway patrol; (d) a law making racing on the highways a felony, and (5) authority to use some unmarked patrol cars. : '*Ail of these are, we believe, impor tant common sense needs. But two of them art so painfully needed that they stand out above the others. They are: A (l) the need for an inspection law and /tf>) the need of a stringent law to curb racing on public highways. There are vehicles using our high ways today that are almost a quarter century old. Needless to say, they con stitute a hazard—-wheezing, flapping, thumping along in a whizzing stream of super-charged traffic. . ()ld cars and cars in bud condition, while not the main cause of traffic fatalities, do contribute to the stagger ing number of deaths recorded in man’s travel from here to there. 'l’hen*fore, they should be climated. At the same-time, those who would use the public'built highways as race tracks should likewise be eliminated. Ixift alone of course, they would even tually eliminate themselves. But, un fortunately, they would at the same time take with thens the lives of many innocent motorists. This is an age of irresponsible peo ple—yo.uth and adult alike. This is, as we have said before, an age when too many unfit persons are driving cars. Something needs to be done about drag racing. Therefore, we hope the 1957 legis lature will endorse Mr. Scheidt’H pro posals. We feel they are basic, they are •••••■ J ''**4 *l> xtr f Kn/tltr THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY News of Boohs By Robert Bartholomew THE COKEP.S Oh CARO LINA By Georg*.- Lee Simp ?. r. Jr. The Crsiverslty of N rh <ir lina Pres? Chape K. !. 227 j-; IS.OO. E- r - ver f .*- generations the C ker fair.! y of South Caro • :r.fc has c. ’.mg-ishea itse.f tfer _ph a- * .T.glitjKments in n-.any f., .o« It »a* and is •~r.iin •• enduring personal ir the range of’ its ccr.trt-utic r.f t Southern iife, hi ■ *r, • :a a nee of things •i - ntural uv. intel - -i Seeking’ a:way e to improve -i !<• ter ; aUr.g agriculture, the Co K e . the • ■ • ever.: of in-;-cry, beginning J: ear.y with tex tile* in the .••-.* they turned ■ , ; ;n* TG- kers were the f .-.-1 to pulp it and turn it .r. ; aper J:. tr.e ear y 1 &00'g the fam , c-ct :on of pedigreed .seed, f r-t f r: long staple cotton and then for a.I of the South's Bow Editor Morris Wins Brize v-V ■* J (from the Elkin Tribune) .Jr'or years now this comer ha? con -1 tamed - many editorials"'pointing with alarm at the tragic, but needless traffic deaths which have plagued our nation ever since the automobile ha.- come into general use. But we have always won dered, if such editorials ever did any good and we doubt that this one will do ai y gfxxl either, especia y after If - over the headlines in the morning paper .telling of the hundreds whose-lives were snuffed out in auto accident-* during the < hristrnas holidays. 1: it we are not the i / edl ■■■ int er who feels the futility of his efforts. There art- many others, and one in particular, whose efforts along this line have been recognized by The American Bress, a newspaper magazine of national circulation. This particular editor is Carlton ‘ Morris, of the Gates County Index, of Gatesville, S. C., and here, in part,, is an editorial he wrote about North 1 aro lina’s bloody highways: “This space is wasted in this; news paper because this editorial is about traffic accidents, and no one but no oni- will listen to this 4 subject. "Motorist.-: will not stop, bw>k, listen • or read or believe one single tiling that is said upon this subject. ’This is writ ten in what is commonly called ten point type Last .Saturday we saw signs up to four feet square placed on a dan gerous road.’ The signs .-fated that the road was dangerous when wet and it was raining. Hares were even there in the daytime. .Signs and flares lined the road to the right, and to the left. And motorists didn’t read these signs which were right in front of their eyes so we have no hope they will read this, but. we love ’em and would like to keep them alive. • “But last Saturday they completely disregarded those signs and flares. They came, they saw, the skidded into ditch es, they wrecked their autos, nol one, but a dozen of them. Often two or three would he in the ditch at the same time. .Still they came heedlessly on until the inevitable happened A man was killed and even then officers were hard put to keep them in lira "Motorists -ears will kill you JVr haps you haven’t helped drag dead men and women from wrecked autos or seen smashed bloody faces, or teeth scattered over an auto seat like seed corn, or broken legs, or weeping relatives. Well, we have, and it is not a pretty sight to see. “Just go your heedless way and you will see this, maybe. You may be more fortunate. You may so* your Maker instead.” Editor Morris doesn’t stop with edi torials. Here is an excerpt from the kind of story he writes about an acci dent : “A group of men loaded the badly hurt middle-aged man into the ambu ■ lance. His clothing is bloodstained and he is holding a blood-soaked haiikerchief over his smashed mouth. A second man is lying in the ditch beside the car with the New York license. There is an ex pensive overcoat over his face and he is dead.” Unfortunately, too many motorists think that an automobile wreck always happens to the other fellow. The “other fellow” was no doubt thinking the same thing when he came to grief. When is this mayhem upon our highways to cease? Not until every man and woman who drives an auto mobile recognizes the purring, two-ton vehicle of steel which he drives is a potential killer unless given wise guid f«.„A on A until Q|ir rnnr}g M m(jw crops. To meet a local nped they established a boarding high school, later converted into Coker College. From the Coker family have come a ;arge num ber ■ distinguished scholars. THE WALLS CAME TUMBL ING LOWS. By Henriette Looser,burg. The Viking Press. New V rk. 24b pp $3.50. "This is a story,” writes the author, "about the liberation -: f ir -Butch p . al prison er- at the end of W r.d War II and about their trek home to H- .land after Ru-sian sol ; had free.; therii from a ;,ri- r. in Wa.dhe.rtf, a small v..,ag* in southeastern Ger many." " " —* *-», R*- . ;*-- the author there was o ’• r y -r.g w mar., a girl /„-t out of high school and a _• year-old merchant sea man They hao a I worked as member* of the Hutch under ground, had been captured, anu by the t.rne they were liberated had be.-n :n numerous German pri.-on.s. Tr.e adventures dangers, de recognize the seriousne-s of the crime?? of speeding, reckless driving, drunken driving— and levy punishment to ade quately fit .such crimes. ? Traffic law breakers have been pat ted on the wrist tho often. In view' of the daily accident rate it is time that sterner measures are taken! What Marks the Arrival of Sixteen (By Al Kfsch in the < hatham News) A new era began at our, house last cunday. Our female India)! turned six teen-arid we caii now look forward to . the day when she will do her own chauffeurmg, adding gray to what is left of het-pappy’s hair. The transition from fifteen to sixteen was no sudden thing. It has been in the making, visi bly that is, for some months. Not with great plans or newly discovered ambi tions. How then does one know that age sixteen is approaching 7 By the presence in the house of a driver s manual, of course. The time is marked off like no other milestone- Attainment of age sixteen means b"c thing' to this generation -the acquisition of a driver's permit that makes it possible for its holder to badger the devil out of parents until there is no peace at home. “Teach me to drive and* all of your problems will be at an end,” says the rising teenager. What she fails to see or refuse to recognize is that prob lems are just beginning. And the old man around the house suddenly realizes that he’ll spend more of his time afoot than he has in several years. Heal Community Service (I roni the Mooresville Tribune) if anybody in this community, or any community, works harder and long er than the country editor, it is the druggist. His week, like ours, is_seven, days long. His store is open early and late, aqd h< is on tap for > ne igo-iu aG around the clock. Actually, it is more of a community center, first-aid station, and bureau of information, advice,, and sympathy which also provides pills and pacifiers, tonics for the interior, the hair, or the mind, alarm clocks, malts, and zinc ointment. And, in addition, there is the baff ling category of pharmaceuticals that, grows larger each day. And last not least, your druggist must be able to decipher the physician’s handwriting, on the prescription. In our time we have known experts in deci phering ancient hieroglyphics who wouldn’t.even attempt a doctor’s hand writing. Thus, it is pleasing' to note that this .year the druggist has received some public and nationwide recognition for his devotion to duty and his profes siorial usefulness to his community. This year he has participated, through his state association, in award ing a four year scholarship in pharmacy to the high school senior considered most deserving. As we think of the importance of our druggist friends to the health and comfort of any community, and specu late on what we would do without them, these scholarships assume the propor tions of a tremendous service to the state and the nation. As they are car ried on year after year, they serve not just one deserving young man or wom an in a state, but stimulate a wider in terest in pharmacy. In fact, if these awards continue long enough, perhaps the weary and shopworn druggist can achieve retire menf—while the used-up, beaten-down, „ goes on and on. feats and triumphs of this journey as told by the author make a g'ood story in the record of the war and its after math. * • * AES*<"HYLU-S 11. Translated by S G Benardete and David Grene The University of Chi cago Press. Chicago. 179 pp. $ .7- ■ This volume contains "The 'Suppliant Maidens," the ear liest of Aeschylus' works am) the earliest Greek piay we possess; "The Persians," the or. y extant tragedy on a con , temporane* us political theme, the defeat of the Persians at Saiarnis; “Seven against Thebes." a strange archiac •piece on the concluding phase of trie. Oedipus story, the mu tual murder of his two sons aV the gates of Thebes; and “Prometheus Bound,” perhaps Ai cfaylus’ greatest, dramatic w rk after the “Oresteia” and certainly hi- greatest in imag inative range and depth. A;! f .ir play- an- provided with introdu'tions by the transla tors. i Like Chapvl Hiit Bill Prouty was having a bit of difficulty deciding what to call a local merchant, whether he should be identified as owrter, manager, or what. “I'd call him proprietor,” advised Joe Jones, the Weekly’s managing editor. "Joe,” declared Bill, “you’re certainly a life saver— if I just knew how to spell proprietor!” H** ' * * I don't really know how I ever managed to get along without television. Os course, I was a radio ad dict and attuned my ears to the imageless speakers. Bi|T"on the past two Christmas and New Year days, 1 have had great enjoyment from TV’. J feel as if I'm peculiarly constructed mentally. That is, to be as tough hearted as I feel 1 am some times and then to respond warmly to the surroundings about me at other times. For instance, as long as I can remember I always stayed up till ,past midnight Christmas Eve listening to the church services being broadcast; and I’ve also -pent the oki-year-out-and-New- Year-in before the radio or TV.. Then-'- some inexplicable something that first drew me to the and Dow attracts me to the television. At no other season do the spoken word and the scenes ( i worshipped or revelers mean as much to me. And 1 v lesAat heart I’m -till.a child, because 1 love a parade Therefore, the past two New Year’s Days I’ve pent the early part of the afternoons watching the entire Tournament of Hoses spectacle. And thrill, to the apparent beauty of the floats and marvel al the extreme care and concern which have gone into each mobile exhibit. 1 don’t intend or pretend to explain why I'm bent that way, because there are other people, who are either not interested or are too busy to concern themselves with the programs. That’s what makes living and observing as interest ing as it is. '■ * * * Jt pays to ask questions, and it pays also to have friends who will give you Wie word. - For instance, a friend of mine last week decided he needed a new suit; so he went to his favorite cloth iers and found exactly what he wanted. The material was right, the color was appropriate, the fit was perfect, and tin- price as near proper as he could expect. He was about ready to say he’d take it when a question popped in his mind, and he spoke in an undertone to the clerk: "When does the sale begin? When are you going to mark these down?” “Day after tomorrow,” the clerk replied. That’s when the suit was acquired. Now, all you local merchants need not get upset. I hat was not your clerk, and the incident was not here; it was 1 in Raleigh. Feel better now? * ♦ * * Beople who have time to think of their troubles have too much spare time. Chapel Hill Chaff (Continued from page ]) by some children who were passing through the lobby with their parents. The performance was a great suc cess. Mr. Eaton, who has taught drama here and at Yale and Harvard and used to be a leading New York drama critic, u.-ked the puppeteer how hi.v-performances were usually received by children. Mr. Ixtfshaw said lie be lie\>d their reactions often showed the effects of a steady died of movies arid television shows. “Many of them aren’t used to sitting quietly in a group to watch a performance,” he said. “You never know what they’re going to do. Sometimes a child in the audience will say something in reply to what the puppets are saying or even jump up and try to take part m the show. 1 think this is because so many chil dren are used to eating, talking, or doing whatever else they want to while watching television, and even at the . movies many children have a bigger time racing up and dov.li the aisles than they do watching the screen.” * * * * “Some day we shall think of these things and laugh,” is an old quotation, but»who said it first 1 don’t know. Maybe Homer or some other ancient Greek writer or philosopher. Anyway, it applies to ati ex perience Miss Belie Hampton had at iKcircus when she was a young school teacher in Wilson. As Miss Hampton remembers it, she ha\i entered the big tent with friends and was walking along in limit of tht' stands absorbed in the acrobats perform ing overhead. All at once it dawned on her that her triends had strolled on ahead and she was walking be side a down. She slowed down. The clown slowed down. File hurried to get. away from him. He hurried to keep up with her. She stopped, and the clown stopped too. lie stood there nutting on hy saddest look. He h;i<l _ found a girl but she didn’t want him. 1 By this time the clown and the embarrassed young woman had. attracted the attention of the stands. Till then silent, the spectators now sensed the moment had arrived when the clown’s little act had reached its climax. They applauded. Miss Hampton’s face turned scarlet and she ran wildly to get away from the clown and catch up with her friends. "1 was never so mortified in my life,” she said in recounting the experience. “1 thought I’d never get over it. And I didn’t for a long time.” Hut now, looking back across the years, as fortu nately is so often true with many of us, Miss Hampton can laugh when she thinks of what was once a soul searing tragedy. ... n ’ when i’in drunk, Bm an ad lemporary Promotion miral.” (From Track* Magazine) —. A friend was berating an State College upeci.li.U old sailor for his love of the suggest avoiding heavy dosag bottle. "But tor drink," he es of insecticides and fungi ‘« d ’ ‘r U “ i * ht . be a Becond cide » on «Mbl# ‘Tops. Follow officer. The ’old salt said: directions carefully, and nev- A second officer, hey? Well, e r apply more than ia recom --- mm Tuesday, January 8, 19&7
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