Page Four
Letter to Editor
To the Editor
I am pretty well dog trained.!
That is. one trained me His teach
ing hours were day and night for
nine years When Ronnie Tommie
left this world he was undoubtedly
assured that he had prepared me
for all canine emergencies His
sorrow would have been great at
my recent dog dilemma
It is all very well to let sleeping
dogs lie But. you can not let
dead dogs lie that is rot for
long Can you -1
Tne dogs in my new neighbor
hood seem to belong to a cub
pack, without benefit of a den
mother They pla> hard and *ne>
play for keeps 1 nfortunaiely they
lack a sub-committee on under-
To Conduct Course
Mi
I)K CECIL H BLISS
Dr Cecil H Bliss of Sioux City
lowa, will conduct a two-day post
graduate course on "I>enta! Brat
tice and Management and Its An
alysis - on Friday and Saturday
of this week at the 1 Diversity s
School of Dentistry The program
wiil consist of a series ot lectures
on a phiiosopny of practice analy
sis motivation factors involved
in presenting dentistry, and msur
ante, investments and retirement
plan.-
The speakers and their -'Sub
jects will be Cass Johnson Chapel
Hill, "Getting the Most (rut of
Your Insurance Frank Bozartn.
Durham. "Astonishing Tax .su
ing.' Through Proper Estate Plan
mng Dr Ernes! ( raige. 1 V
School of Medicine, "Living With
Your Heart." Dr Frederick <
Wellman Chapel Hill "Should a
Dentist Retire Completely' and
Carl Smith Chapel Hill How
About Your Investment'. Doctor;^
Lpps lo Speak Wednesday
Preston H Epps Kenan Pro
fessor of Greek at the l Diversity
w.ll speak on tin Old lestament
a Bpm this Wednesday in Get
rard Hall The publn i- .nvr.eh
His talk will he the final one of a
series he has been giving on Some
Important Men and Developments
in the Old Testament" under the
auspices of Uie Ohn T Binkley
Memorial Baptist Church
Baptist ( in tc Meetings
Bap'.st < ir<ie- will meet th;-
evening Monday as follows Ann
Judson ('ire.i and Everett* White
< .rcli at 7 :i<i if! 'in chuich lib
rary Fannie Meek < ir< !i and 1»’
tie Moon ('irelt at 7 p n with
Mrs R 1. Hardisoi m 811 Old
Mill Road Maddry c.rcle a' it
P rri with Mrs Muiray Holland
at 3 Purefoy Road
< lyde KeuUer Appointed
(•'lyric H Keut/.er former mem
her of the fatuity of the I N C
Department of Music, lias been
named director of admissions and
professoi of education in Yes
luva University's Graduate School
of Education in New York His
appointment will be< orm effective
on Juy 1, when tie will resign from
his present position a' president
of the Hartford Conn School of
Music
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takers The game is to kill them
and leave them Ar.d this is thCj
point at which ! came in They left j
their prey, two of them or, mytl
(property far down the ravine. I
!by the creek
1 like problem' particularly j
when the solution.' are simple I
Where Ronnie Tommie s training I
left of? in this matter a Phila- I
delphia suburb had taken over 1
Obviously, one called the SP (
A regarding dead animals They .
, unfailingly obliged promptly with
j a comforting lethal chamber for
- the injured Bu' the S - in the
Chape. Hill tc epbom directory]
revealed none Remorsefully, ij
Itc 00l tin H s ]
Humane Society ‘S - and
"M s having bee:, uncooperative.
1 thought I should nave considered
Police in the firs' place That,
-office disclaimed any responsibi
lity for rkig' in the aunty "Crim
inals" in that area were their field
Uudoubtedly. my dogs had been
criminal' but coi.m not qualify,
police-wise "Whon -noulri l call''
The- Sheriff s Of.c - •' Hillsboro
I consulted tha' office "No
Ma'am It seems :na' dogs were
not their field either "Whom
should I call* 1 ’" Well, we will
notify the Dog Warden At last.
1 fel' I fiat: probed the- problem
but dog matters were becoming
urgent, so I did no* care to let
the- mail'" re_-s' as a de'sk memo.
! obtained his offi" and home- tel
jwphone numbers and 1 felt a sigh
iof success But 1 did no' reckon
• with how little time a Dog W arden
spends at his telepheme Finally,
( by family arrangement he called
Ime at 700 am after several
I fries
| Meanwhile a new pnasi o! acti-
I vity had developed above my prop
",erty My tree-tops arid the sky had
become host to enormous black
birds soaring majestically over
"the remains " Linking up "B"
for buzzard: " the bird book refer
red me tti "V" for "Vulture See
ing them sweep tnrough the sky
like miniature piper-tubs I did no!:
doubt Mr Peterson's paragraph
"Wing spread (• ft Turkey Vul
tures they wert But they seemed
to be lured away fron. turkeys’’
"Yes .said the Dog Warden 1
He was responsible for dogs in
tiie County But with some shock
he heard my story and protested,
he field v a- limited to the living
Alive not dead' lii felt sure
the local police took care of dead
dogs within a two mile area That
was my radius But the City Man
ager's Office verified our police -
• statement tha’ dogs in the county
! are riot in their domain
A’ this ,poin' nwa obvious tha!
my dog problem was complicated
I no pack undertaker, no den mother
in charge oi ranging dogs, no
county nor city code to cover the
impasse The situation clearly de
manded a less clear-cut approach
I did not feel I should let the Dog
Warder, off the telephone without
further consideration. Having pin
ned my hopes on him 1 was loa
the to let him out o! the picture
Tlie chivalry o! North < arolina
gentlemen has happily come to iny
attention many tiroes in building
a new home here Obviously there
was nothing to do but to explain
rny utterly helpless plight That
brought the I>og Waren's truck
beyond the c all of duty -God bless
tin gentlemen
Bu! when I pointed clown my
1 steep slope to the ravine where
rny two canine victims of the
crime lay unrated for the Ix>g
Warden admitted a heart diffuul
j ty 1* was 1 then, who became sin
‘ cerely concerned over having even
considered him in the role of
grave-digger However be buried
they must' 1 mentioned the small
children in the neighborhood who
explored my woods The Dog
Warden s heart enlarged With de
termination he grasped rny spade
1 and fork and vigorously performed;
* those postponed rites
My two dogs an well under the
[ sod But in their memory i ra.se
some quc.-'.ons. 'Who can prevent
’ dog pack' How can we obtain
i protection from them, alive
1 or dead "
I Marion H Crossen
Sourwood Drive
Miss Williams Named President of Daughters of Colonial Wars
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MISS LENA MAE WILLIAMS
Miss Lena Mac- Williams of
Chapel Hill was elected state presi
dent of thC North Carolina Soc
iety oi tiie Daughters of Colonial
Wars todav at its annual business
meeting at tin Washington Duke
Hotel in Durham She succeeds
Mrs A W Hoffman o! Durham
Well qualified for this high
honor Miss Williams has served
as state regent of the Daughters of
the American Colonists and is cor
responding sec retary of the Daugh
ters of ( olonial Wars historian
Impact of Henderson Booh Is Still Felt
A little over a year ago a book
entitled George Bernard Shaw
Man of the Century won for
Archibald Henderson of Chapel Hill
the 2bth annual Mayflower So
iety Award for North Carolina's
best non-fiction volume in 1957 It
was the highest literary honor
which can be bestowed by North
Carolina. Mr Henderson's native
state, but critical approval was
only beginning at Dial time
The occasion marked the third
time North Carolina literary
awards have been received by Mr
Henderson for his work on Sriaw
in 1911 he won the Patterson Mem
onal Cup for his book. "George
Bernard Shaw His Life and
Works," and in 1932 he was award
ed the Mayflower Cup for Ber
nard Shaw Playboy and Prophet
Mr Henderson’s works .n ad
dition to the celebrated Shaw and
Mark Twain biographies include
histories of North Carol.na the
I Diversity of. North < arolina at
Chajrel Hill and the old South
west.
Not only is Mr Henderson a pro
Jif it- writer he- is a man who
associated with Einstein and who
is an authority on mathematics
and literature As scientist his
torian. biographer scholar teach
t-r and critic he has won acclaim
He joined the University ot North
< arolina faculty in 1899 and re
t rod in 1947 as Kenan Prolc-ior
of Mathematics. Emeritus
1 ... I . ... I L . A.
i Mr. Henderson began h - study
ot Shaw m 1903. arid Mine )9H
has written five biographical and
literary studies ot Shaw and Ins
works He has also contributed
hundreds of articles and reviews;
about- Shaw in the leading journ
als of the United States and Europe
and in the leading newspapers of
tins country.
These works by Henderson nut
urally have produced much com
inent from top American and Eng
lish critics, but no one book has
prompted as much favorable crit
aisin as bis latest, "B B S Man
of the Century.”
William D. Chase, secretary of
tiie Shaw Society of Amenta,
wrote, "There is one biographer
'of Shaw) who for many reasons
stands head and shoulders above
j the rest . . George Bernard,
Shaw; Man of the Century' is
destined to be regarded as one of
the foremost literary biographies
of the English language.”
In a New York Times book re
view, Brooks Atkinson wrote that
no one can write another Shaw
book without using Henderson s
work as a source book. "Not only
informative and many-sided but
consistently entertaining, he not
ed.
Allan M. Laing, an authority on
Shaw from Liverpool, England,
j commented. "The book is the
Icrowning achievement of a life-
THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
of the North Carolina Society of
U S Daughters of 1812. and vice
president of the I>eonidas Polk
Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy She has served
as corresponding secretary of the
North Carolina Society of County
and fxnal Historians the North
Carolina Literary and Historical
Society and the Magna Carta
Darnes
A graduate ol the University
here with an A B an MA . and
t./ne of research and devotion To
read it is to know Shaw intima'i ly
and to appreciate to the fuh the
justice of Dr Henderson s des
cription of Shaw as the Man of
the Century
"Exhaustive detail, careiully
doc umented far t> ample arid apt
quotation, shrewd arid balanced
criticism informed comment and
fascinating new material rnakt
the new biography the most um
fui and thorough going work on
Shaw ever published or ever L>
ely to be published
John Barkham of the Saturday
Review Syndicate described the
boon as a brilliant panorama
British .nteHeetual life tor tne
jiast three generations prob
ably the most detailed exposition
ot anyone who has lived in our
time It deserves a place along
side the writings of GB S him
self
A review in the Richmond News
Leader by Dayton Kohler stated,
"Probably the most complete dot
umented biography of the century
A remark by C Sylvester Green
which appeared in the Durham
Morning Herald summarizes the
general feeling es readers of G
B S Man of the < entury
He wrote, "Dr Henderson is
more than the official biographer
of GBS. tie is at otic e the most
authoritative and sympathetic in
terpreter This magnificent
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is B S. degree in library science,
Miss Williams is curator of maps
at the University's Wilson Library
She is a member of Beta Phi Mu
and Alpha Kappa Della
Miss WiiHamms is also a musi
cian having graduated in piano
from Meredith College, where she
w-.n the Theodore Presser Scholar
ship as a distinguished student in
this field As a soprano soloist
she was a winner of an Atwater
Kent radio contest.
arid complete biography . is. a
monument to Dr Henderson asi
well as to his subject
School Meeting
Continued from Page 1)
mg Doan Brand,.- s talk said. I
see that the sc h<>ol board is sym-;
pathetic Most parents are satis
tied with thi schools their child
ren are in. The Negroes would also
be satisfied it they felt they need
not be atra.d they would lose their
jobs it t/iey made a request for a
transfer
Miss Vivian Eoushee. a social
worker arid the only Negro Fel
lowship member of the panel,
questioned Dean Biandis as to why
he implied that having white peo
ple attend Negro schools was un
desirable
Dean Brandis answered that
some parents felt that the
quality of education in the Negro
schools was not up to that irr the
white schools Although he did no'
mention it last year t.gures were
made jiubl.e that indicated that the
vast majority of pupils iri the
Chapel Hill whin schools ranked
in ability ar.d accomplishment with
A new pla.-t.i paste filler mends
sinks, pjns auto bodies refrigera
tors, furniture and many other
things It is claimed lo join metals
concrete, plastic.- wood porcelain
and even stone
the top 25 per cent of school
children in the nation. The courses
n the Chapel Hill white schools
are geared to this accelerated
sroup
Dean Brandis in his opening
speech said. As a member of t:ic
ouard. 1 am quite prepared to
vote favorably upor; the application
of a Negro parent to transfer a
[child trom one school tc another
| when I think the application is
meritorious without n .-rd 'o u
! juestion of race
He said that to deny the Negro
application "for any reason groun
ded upon the applicant s ra i
I would be a clear viola’.on of the
[law of the land
He further said. Wc have had
no application from white parents
either members or non-mem
bers of your organization to
transfer their children to Negro
schools: In your questions . . •
you ask why Negro parents have
not made application Presumably
[you are not in doubt as to why
[there have been none from the
white parents. From this 1 would
assume you would not favor board
action resulting in the selection
(of a few white schildren whetner
j yours or not to be assigned to
Negro schools "
Dean Brandis Risked the Integra
jlionists where they would propose
to draw geographical line' for a
signment 'Would you favor send
ing half the students o! each race
to each high school''" he asked
The following questions were
; submitted to the board members ,
before they came to the meeting ,
j Is the Supreme Court decision
(of 1954 to be reversed by the Court
i itself or by Constitutional Amend
menf' Snould the Supreme ( ourt
decision have the force of law''
Does the S C Decision affect
[school distric ts where there ras
| been no court decree’'
j What is the basis for school as
signments to Chapel Hill, partic-,
i ularly with regard to entering
[pupils'' Has this been affected by
the N C pupil assignment act''
What is the procedure in Chapel
(Hill for handling application for
[transfer from one school to an
i other'' Are any different proce
dures used in N C communities''
Is there anything in the law
which prohibits school assignment
on a solely geographic basis' 1 If
Chapel Hill took the lead in as
’signing on a geographic basis,
would this help sustain the N C
pupil assignment Act'' It Chapel
Hill did take this lead, is it likely
(to affect the University ' How''
Assuming the Supreme Court
[decision stands will elimination
(of compulsory segregation in the
public school eventually take place
i n Chapel Hill'.' Would people in
ijChapel Hill even vote to close the
public schools, as provided under
the Pearsall Plan'' How important
(is it to retain our system of public
i schools' 1
If compulsory segregation is eli
minated in Chapel Hill, is it pre
( ferable that it be done by court
1 order or by decision if the School
Board?
What is, the attitude towards
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“John! Look at This. ..”
"These darling new spring dresses. Ohhh . .”
‘•Ves, Maude, I see. Hut somehow you just called my attention
to that ad next to the fashions. J1 it s a question of insurance,
see us.’ Collier Cobb & Associates, Scott Building, 106 Henderson
St. Phone H4t2. Over .10 years ot high-fidelity performance with
the general insurance companies of America. And by the way
Maude, you’ve smeared me.”
“Never mind, John, it’ll wash. John, it says insurance is a
promise on good faith to perform for the insured at a later date.”
“Yes, Maude, 1 know . . . we’re insured with Collier Cobb &.
Associates. And Maude, I just hope you’re as good on your prom
ise to out-perform ttosj paint.
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desegregation ? j;
a of Chapel Hill school child-J
ren i
b of Chapel Hill school teach
ers i
c of parents and PTA officers ;
d of community in general 0 ,
Why did no Negro children in t
Chapel Hill apply lor transfer?
Is there merit in beginning to :
prepare the var ious elements of ;
the community for desegregation.’
What sort of preparation might ,
iie worthwhile?
What can private citizens and
organizations in Chapel Hill do to
help the School Board in this area'.'
Aside from legal and other is
sues. can compulsory segregation
be morally justified' 1
Dean Brandis s talk at the meet
ing follows:
At the risk of be.ng presump--,
tious. I would like at the outset to
state my view oi the purpose this
meeting should be made to serve.
The legal questions you have
raised are answered, in so far as
they can be answered, by Mr
Daniel H Pollitt's memorandum.
I think it is clear that, whatever
'.he future may hold, momentarily
the Chapel Hill Board of Education
is under no legal compulsion to
do anything more than it has al
ready done As a member of the
Board. 1 am quite prepared to
vote favorably upon the application
of a Negro parent to transfer a
child from one school to another
when 1 think the application is
meritorious without regard to tne
question of race To vote against
a Negro application lor any reason
grounded upon the applicant's race
would be a clear violation of the
law of the land.
For the school year 1957-58 we
had one application for transfer
of a Negro student to a white
school In our unanimous opinion
it was an application which would
have been denied had the child
been white We denied it. For the
current school y ear we had no ap
plications from Negro parents
Implicit m your request for this
meeting is your belief that the
Board should take the initative in
doing something further There
is also, 1 believe, an implicit limi
tation on the manner in which you
believe our imitative should be
exercised We have had no appli
cation from white parents either;
members or non members of your
organization to transfer their.
children to Negro schools. 'ln your
questions, submitted prior to this
meeting, you ask why Negro par
ents have not made application
Rresumably you are not in doubt
as to why there has been none
from white parents ) From this 1
assume that you would not favor
Board action resulting in selec
tion ot a few white children
whether yours or not to be as
signed to Negro schools.
What else would you have the
Board do? This meeting will be of
little value if you indicate you are
troubled, we indicate 'as is certain
■ ly the case) that we are troubled,
and we therefore agree that we are
both troubled You can be of ser
vice to us and the community if
Monday, March 2, 1959
you will make concrete proposals
for consideration by the Board and
discussion by the community.
We have here a map which was
prepared for the current school
year It shows the residence sites
of white school children assigned
to the white elementary schools
It shows, in general, the residence
sites of Negro children. 'lt was not
necessary to show their situations
in the same detail, because they
attended the same school.) The
situation will, of course, be differ
ent next year with Carrboro in
the system: but the map can still
serve a useful purpose If you
suggest that our elementary
ischoois should be integrated and
that assignment should be along
geographical lines, roughly where
would you draw those lines'* Whose
-children would be affected 0 Would
we have a situation with white
children in a minority in some
schools and few or no Negroes
in others? Would you favor such
a result? Would you anticipate
that this would lead to a large
number of applications by white
parents not inconceivably in
cluding some of you to have
their children transferred 0 *ln
such event, what should be the at
titude ot the Board?
If you advocate integration at
the high school level, would you
favor sending half the students of
each race to each high school
How would you make the division"'
Geographically or by IQ s or by
; some other principle?
Do you favor merely token inte
gration, with the Board selecting
a few Negroes to be assigned to
each white school? If so, what
method of selection do you believe J|
the Board should use? If the Board «
selected some children whose par
ents preferred not to have them
transfer, should the Board then
iind substitutes?
Or do you favor some procedure
involving assignment of more than
a token number of Negroes to
white schools, but something short
of complete integration o If so, what
method of selection do you favor' 1
And. in view of our current space
problems, can you devise away of
assigning a substantial number oi
Negro students to white schools
without assigning an equal number
[of white children to Negro schools' 1
Os course, the ultimate respon
sibility in this matter is on the ,
[Board and this statement is iri no
(sense an attempt to shift that
responsibility to you 1 think that,
as a member ot the Board, I must
plead guilty to the charge that, up
to this moment, I have not devoted
enough thought to these quesions
I confe.ss further that I do not
(presently know the answers to
these and similar questions
I believe, however, that member
ship in your organization implies a
[somewhat greater concentration oi
' attention on these questions thaiMfc
lis implied by. my membership on”
1 the Board of Education I am
most anxious to have the benefit
of such of your thoughts as tend
to supply concrete answers to
problems which are intensely pra<
.tieal in character