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BOARD OF EDITORS
Hfckn Heusner
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Neal Ashcraft
Ann Neville
Mai-y Lou Boone
Ronnie Logan
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Bea Johansson
Jock Lauterer
Jerri Eller, Norva McKnight
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Vital Amendments Okayed
(AUhotigh the Student Council Association may
have killed some of these changes tvhen it voted Tuesday,
the PROCONIAN wishes to voice its opinion about the
amendments as originally proposed, -editor)
A student body is an ever growing and changing
organization; its needs of the present are seldom its
needs of the past or of the future. For this reason, a
yearly going-over of the Student Council Constitution —
with an eye to making any necessary changes (see arti
cle on page one) — is a virtual nesessity, and we com
mend the SCA for its industriousness.
The most encouraging thing about the proposed
amendments is the thought which seems to have gone
into most of the six that we have seen on petitions. Sev
eral in particular seem to us to be worthwhile. By mak
ing the chairman of the Elections Committee the SCA
president rather than the vice-president, you relieve the
vice-president (who — as he is this year—may be a
junior as the president may not) from the responsibility
over an election in which he could be a candidate.
We also feel that the chief justice should be given
a vote on the Student Council. True, this would lessen
the distinction betv/een the legislative and judicial bran
ches of our government, but doe.sn’t it seem a bit ridi
culous for the associate justices to vote when the Chief
Justice cannot?
Many Credited
For Area Drive
Day in the Life of Working Wife
On behalf of the UCYM, we
wish to express our sincere grati
tude to Chapel Hill Senior and
Junior High students alike for
their participation and coopera
tion on the UNICEF drive held
last Tuesday night.
We wish to give special
thanks to the following persons
who helped to make the drive
such a success:
1) Mary Lou Boone, Mary
Beth Coker, and Betty Hardi
son for serving on the re
freshment committee.
2) Carol Sue Pendegraft and
Ronnie Logan for working
with the publicity.
3) The Colonial Press and Al
bert Graham for helping us
with the handbills.
4) Judy Andrews, Jane Gra
ham, Brenda Bethel, Kathy
Jenner, and Deane Mullis for
helping to prepare the car
tons.
5) Long Meadow Dairy for
donating the ice cream car
tons.
6) Aaron Conn and Pel eg
Midgette, UCYM advisors.
7) Sarah Umstead for count
ing the money.
Ellen Mullis
Job, Marriage: Busy Life
(Barbara Hackney Lloyd is a
1961 graduate of Chapel Hill
High School who is presently em
ployed as a seretary to a Chapel
Hill attorney.)
SuiTounded by filing cabinets,
bookcases, telephone, piles of
correspondence, stapler, paper
clips, and a calendar, secretary
Barbara Hackney Lloyd tells
about her typical day.
“It’s awfully hard to combine
married life and a career,” she
began. “I have to get up early
every morning to clean house
and cook breakfast before I
leave for work.
“I work every weekday from
THE BUSY secretary is typiiiad by Barbara Hackney Lloyd.
The Proconian Goes to a Pep Rally
9:30 ’til 5:00, with an hour off
for lunch, of course. Most of
my job as a legal secretary con
sists of typing documents and
acting as a receptionist. Because
I do work for a lawyer, most of
the transactions have to be kept
confidential.
“You might be interested in
my dog, Benny. He’s a five-year
old boxer, and he goes every
where with me. He stays in the
office all day long, and some
times he sleeps on his back with
nis hind legs propped up against
the wall.
“After work, I usually go to
the grocery store. I finish house
leaning, mostly washing and
ironing, after supper.
“My life is completely differ
ent now', with household duties
and expenses to worry about.
What I miss most about high
school is sports, especially bas
ketball. I also enjoy sewing, but
without home ec. classes I don’t
have much time for it.
“Our house has hardly any
furniture in it-that’s something
we’re saving for. We have pil
lows scattered all over the living
room, so we live Oriental style.
Right now we’re also busy re
Bonfire Pep Rally An Unusual Affair
decorating and re-painting.
“It’s hard work being a secre
tary, but I really like my job. I
At first we were delighted at the prospect of having
the editors of the Proconian and Hilllife and the Head
Cheerleader made non-voting members of the Student
Council. On second thought, however, it appears that trie
situation would not vsignificantlly changed by such a
move. Since mor of the SCA meetings are open, there
is no differenrr between a non-voting member of the
SCA and any other student who wished to attend the
meetings. Please don’t misunderstand us; we are NOT
suggesting that the editors and the Head Cheerleader be
given the vote; we are merely saying that making them
non-voting members is a nicety which has very little real
meaning.
by APRIL WHITE
All the time, the field was
wide and dark around them. A
soft wind was blowing, and some
fraternity was playing sad,
drifting music very loudly. The
school buildings seemed strange
obediently to watch, though some
continued to murmur among
themselves.
The girls seemed delighted
with the perfection of their mo
tion, moving their arms, bending,
with great concentration.
There comes a time, when it is possible to go too far
in the making of changes. Such, we feel, is the case in
the proposed amendment to make the clerk of the Honor
Council a senior. The clerk has generally been a senior,
and it is not this fact to which we object. We object,
rather, to the making of a rule to govern tradition. The
clerk will doubtless remain a member of the senior class
even without this change — so why make it? And since
there seems to be no reason except tradition for the clerk
to be a senior, we question the need for the amendment.
It seems to us that it is better to make a few really
meaningful rules which may be effectively enforced and
which have a real reason behind them, than to make a
lot of little regulations which are neither necessary nor
desirable.
A HIGHLIGHT of a bonfire pep rally: the cheer led by the football
team and the cheerleaders.
at night; they cast long, solid
shadows into the field.
Arms Race a Way of Death
“A way of death —■ not a way of life/' is how Mrs.
Arthur Larson pictured the present arms race in which
Russia and the United States ars engaged.
When Mrs. Larson, wife of the director of the World
Law Institute at Duke University, described the Uniteu
Nations to CHHSers at the UN Day assembly program,
she frankly admitted that there were only two ways in
which students could help the UN — by studying hard
so that they may understand the complex world in which
they live, and by doing research so that they will not be
easily gulled or moved to impulsive action.
With the world situation looming more and more
importantly in the eyes of young people throughout the
world, it is necessary for youth to move in a positive
direction. Seek not to oppose a way of life with which
you disagree; work to build the kind of life in which
you believe.
A lack of direction causes the waste and misuse of
many talents here at CHHS. We can do no more than
echo something which last year’s student body president
Bill Graham once said — set yourself a goal and do your
best to reach that goal, BUT make it a goal worthy of
your efforts.
The yellow lights of houses
blinked as trees moved with the
wind, and, above, three red lights
turned silently on top a water
tower.
-Go, go, go, Wildcats-
A majorette stood between
two boys near the fire. She was
self-conscious of her uniform
and was smiling, her face glow
ing in the firelight. Towards the
edge of the group, girls stood in
two’s and three’s, carefully cas
ual in toreador pants and swea
ters.
-Go down and see the girls’
coach . . .
In the half-quiet a boy’s voice
dr'"i.e'^ fr.'m th? cirolp of
light:
-good team this year . . . game
iiomorrovv night . . .
Then, once ag’ain, the girl’s
strained voice:
-see all y’all at the game to
morrow!
One of several boys muttered
lomething, and there was a burst
of loud, abrupt laughter.
The people began to leave, all
in groups of two or more.
-need a ride home . . . going
to the game?
-don’t mess up my hair . . .
-Come on.
-I can’t. I got my car.
Finally, only two or three peo
ple were left in the field. Their
voices sounded strange and
quiet.
-1 got to put out the fire.
The wind blew very softly.
used to think that a secretary’s
life would be dull and monoto
nous, but it’s not. Every day
something exciting and different
happens, and I’m always meet
ing interesting people.” -BJ
Seniors Grateful
Dear Editor,
We, the members of the senior
class, wish to express our appre
ciation for the restoration to the
seniors of the privilege of sitting
in the front of the auditorium
during assemblies.
We feel that it is a fitting
custom and are grateful that its
discontinuation lasted only one
year. May we add that we hope
it will not be abandoned in the
coming years.
Sincerely,
Julie Falconer,
Senior Class Secretary
I Kappy Birthday |
November 2: John Allcott, Jerri El
ler. Paula Sturdevant, Margot White ■
3: Ashley Seawell, Cynthia Seawell; 4;
Neal Ashcraft, Gail Boren, Henrietta
Hilliard, Susan Kip ; 7 ; Helen Hilliard ;
10; Ned Foster; 12: Nancy Ray; 14;
Anne Dye; 15: Penny Holloway, Phil
ip Thomas. Tommy Williams; 16: Jim
Marlow; 17: Skip Hudson; 18: Carley
Looney; 20: Karen Hill. Betty Jean
Markell; 22: Becky Bethel: 23: Gail
Braun, Tom Broadfoot; 25: Harold
Penderpass; 26: Dale Sloan; 29:
Cathy Burns.
Ellen Mullis Cited for UNICEF Prive
They stood, watching the fire,
with darkness at their backs and
looked at each other’s faces in
the firelight. When a line of girls
began to move, like parts of one
machine, in front of the rising,
fluid mass of flame, all turned
Praised for her outstanding
work on the UNICEF drive,
Ellen Mullis has been elected
bhe November Student of "^he
Month.
Ellen, who serves as outreach
chairman of the United Chris
tian Youth Movement, was in
charge of the United Nations
International Children’s Emer
gency Fund drive, which was
held on Halloween night for the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro area.
It was Ellen’s responsibility
The staff of the Proconian would like to extend its
sympathy to Orin Harding for the recent death of his
father.
The Fallen Dove
A TRIBUTE TO DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
by TONY MASON
Into a pile of splinters rent.
The broken structure could but say:
“When they came here their ire to vent,’
I had no hand to guide my way!”
And now the peaceful blue is furled.
The hand had failed a moment past —
With it died hope for half the world,
A hand of mercy ’til the last.
“Now look what we the world must tact.
My fall is from the lack of thee!
What future for the human race?
My son! My son! Come back to me!”
ELLEN MULLIS
to set up the 17 UNICEF
areas, and on the Saturday be
fore Halloween she had to see
that handbills announcing the
3anvass were distributed to each
house in each area.
Ellen and her co-workers
spent many hours preparing
the UNICEF donation boxes.
Finding a place to meet after
the drive and preparing re
freshments were also part of
Ellen’s job.
When everyone else had gone
home to bed, Ellen was still at
work counting the money and
cleaning up the Planetarium
parking lot. All told, the drive
netted $1104.65, a little short of
the $1200 goal, but still indica
tive of enthusiastic participa
tion by the student body.
Last year Ellen served as
president of the Girl’s Athletic
Association and as treasurer cf
the Y-Teens. This year Ellen is
girls’ sports editor of the Hil~
life. -TS