EDITORIALS, FEATURES . . .
(Continued from fbge One)
. el Hill public schools. Funds tnrfrewtly availapb’e have
} made it possible for the local schools to hire four teaoh
j ers of driver education this summer. They will be able
f to teach a total of f8o pupils in the startda d three ses
> sessions of tfitfee weeks each. AH Of these cbs es are fi.l
} ed With pupils currently enrolled m the public ttr.TOols.’
officials explain. ; i
Afl>ay sthocl taxes . . .
The. parents of private school pupils correctly point
out that their taxes support the public schoos ju.t as
much as do the t 'tes of parents 61 pupils $egto’arly.‘eii
rolted in the public schools heref Some even note that
I because they are paying to settd theiT ehildtSwi to f>A
vale iKfeobls the pressure and the expend erf operating:
the Ideal-public schools is relieved propordtSaately.^Vl’ihy
tWiri; they ask, should the private - school pupils be
I poshed" to the end of the 'driver dfifeat’on- class wait
ing list?
(While this argument has some substance by itself,
the situation is further complicated by the fact that he
State of North Carolina provides att of the fends for
the teaching of. driver education classes. And The Staler
provides- titese funds, logically, on the basis of the pu
pil enrollment in each lOtk public school system. Thus
: tht school “administrators point out wijh^ixupe justifica
tion that the parents of p ivdte school pupi-s have cte
;; prived tlje public schools of their individual children’s
t, share of 'driver education instructional funis.
Ttoerte — so far as we can tr’ce it — is the Ohlogue
to date in frill on this particular isolated di'emma cf
educational mechanics in this space age. While the e
appear to be no easy solutions to it, it-does seem that
the search for a solution should beg n with the source
of the funds — the State of N6r h Caro'ina, which has
set the prerequisites for a’lotrfiertt of the money.
Sun to be partially hidden here two hours
'Millions of Moons' program at Planetarium
to include solar eclipse scheduled July 20
By Bradley Cafes *
The Moon will part&lly c
clipse ttte Sim over North Caro
lina la'e In the afternoon of
Saturday, July 20. The whole
process of the etflipse will last
a lit le WPertWO hours, but on
ly SO par cent of -the sihi’s sur
face will be hidden from North
Carolina at fhib eclipse’s maxi
nttiih point.
At about 3:45 p. m. "EST, Ju
ly 20 the Moon win begin to
pass between the Sun and Earth.
Mttkimum point of eclipse will
cdde at bbout 4:55 and the Sun
will completely emerge again at
about “5:55.
Fcr ten days, starting tomor
row, July 12, the Morehead
l ipne arium in Chapel Hill will
include in its regular summer
program, “Millions of Moons,” a
10 - minute detailed explana
tion of solar eclipses. The -add
ed section will occur at the be
ginning of the program, and
will include a special view oi:
the eclipse as seen from Maine,
where the eclipse will be total.
“Millions of Moons,” an ex
ploration of the millions of
heavenly bodies that are actual
ly moons, though hardly any
body besides astronomers think
of them as such, is presented
daily at the Planeta- ium |
through August. The solar e-|
clipse section will be presented
for the last time at 8:30 p. m.
July
An eclipse of the Sun occurs
only when fhe moon passes be
tween the Earth and the Sun.
Several variables are present in
an eclipse, each of which must
be exactly right before an e
cHpse can oceii*.
• Straight
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Whiskey
Contfnhdd from Page 1
crisply and ■directly: Secretary
Hedges minced no words. The
law is not just un-necessaty he
declared, hut injurious.
rthermore, he did
if held 'dcOdpt an
invttattanto apeak at % place.
where he'd be subjected to
the political Interrogation re
quired by this law. —Ha -may
indeed hovo a chance for such
>1, and bn hfc home
i, too! On the mjjht beU '
ho baaed his statement
Sec. Wod&es rpdke at r ban
quet in the CaPeKMr hMr.. And
he Wtti ho doubt bo Invited
back her# mot* in the future.
NEW CLASS IN DRIVING...
Will the N. C. Department of
Motor Vehicles have to set up
a special class in driver train
ing for the Chapel Hill area?
The newly - enacted safety leg
islation making completion of a
driver training course a pre
requisite for driver license is
suance up to the age of 18 hi s
a snag in Chapel Hill because
of inadequate class facilities
(See editorial, this issue.). . .
This same legislation also pro
vides that ill the event it is not
possible for pre-18 license appli
cants tp enroll in public school
■ driyep traiping courses, the De
partment of Motor Vehicles it
self, shall be obligated to offer
such a course hi the cemmtu^
ity . affected.
Corvair 700 Club Coupe
That may be a sligh't overstatement, but such jaunti* the rear. Why the rear? It gives Corvair extra traction
ness comes easily when: you're a Corvair owner. <4 -On any road surface. It provides a nearly flat floor for
An<l you can usually back It tip—as easily as yq® mors useable intertor space. Best of all, it producer^'r
cam buck up auorvair. xou u nna your*
seK doing that occasionally, if only to
adjust the brakes—they’re self-adjusting.
That’s all there is to it, and that’s a good
example of hoV delightfully easy Corv^Sf
is to ownj drjvosuid maintain.
&it fcutce w<s began by talking about
driving, let’s stick with that awhile, A
large factor in the |un of driving a.
CorvaTr Ts (he location of its engine in
jroeermg so ngnc, so responsive, you •
wonder why no other Atnefican-rtxade
car thought of it.
Coryak’s engine is also air cooled, we ■
might add, which means there’s no anti
freeze or water for you to add. Ever.
All that pleasure from something so
practical almost makes you think Corvair r
is unique among American oars. Which
isn’t surprising, because it is! k ■
Hillsboro, N. C
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