TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1945
PAGE FOUB
THE TAB HEEL
Cherry Speaks
On Opening
RadioProgram
'Governor R. Gregg Cherry, honor
ary chairman; and R. L. McMillan,
state chairman, of the North Carolina
Symphony Fund, and Dr. Benjamin
Swalin, director of the North Caro
lina Symphony, and Mrs. Swalin will
participate in a half -hour State-wide
radio program on Thursday night,
August 2, from 10:30 to 11 o'clock.
Most of the half-hour program,
which will originate in Raleigh from
the studios of Station WPTF, and be
carried by most North Carolina sta
tions over a State-wide hookup, will
be devoted to popular musical selec
tions by Dr. Swalin, with violin, and
Mrs. Swalin at the piano. Governor
Cherry and Mr. McMillan will make
brief talks.
The occasion will mark the opening
of the intensive phase of the $100,000
fund raising campaign for the Sym
phony's expansion program, which at
present is shaping up nicely, most of
the Districts having been organized,
according to Dr. J. O. Bailey, who re
turned yesterday from a week's tour
of the western part of the state.
ManyHonored
By Dr. Knight
In TalkFriday
PUBLISHER
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ly sincere in all she says and insists
on taking the kind view of everyone,
but there is the strength of high
resolve behind all she does," Houston
stated. He and Betty Smith came to
Chapel Hill about the same time and
worked in Playmakers writing one-
act plays together. Neither were in
terested in the novel at the time, but
since then Betty Smith has written the
bes seller, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
and Houston has just finished his first
novel, The Lottery. Houston still
maintains, however, that he is not yet
sure he wants to be a novelist.
So far Houston has published more
short stories than any other type of
literary work. "In fact," hie said, "I've
been pretty lucky with my short
stories : I've sold practically every one
I've written. Right now Houston has
a contract with The New Yorker un
der which The New Yorker has the
privilege of seeing all his short stories
before they are published. Most of his
stories are about some freak of per
sonality or circumstance, and The New
Yorker likes that kind, according to
Houston.
Stating that the inclusion of his
story "A Local Skirmish" in the 1944
Yearbook of American Short Stories
was the fulfillment of a boyhood
dream, Noel Houston said that the boy
hood dream was created when looking
at the rows of American Short Story
Yearbooks in the Oklahoma Public Li
brary. "I often wondered if I would
ever be up there on a shelf," he said.
"I like 'A Local Skirmish,' but
Paul Green thinks 'A Clean Kitchen'
is my best short story," Houston add
ed. The Lottery, which will be published
in March of next year, is the story of
a 17-year old Raleigh girl who goes
to the inauguration of McKinley and
marries a man whom she believes to
be a Congressional secretary. Her, hus
band, whom she soon finds to be a pro
fessional gambler, -takes her west to
a 1901 Oklahoma, land rush. He dies
and she is left at 18 the wealthiest
wodiw in the Southwest. The novel is
the story of her struggle to reach ma
turity and find a way of life as the
new town tries to grow up.
MEXICO
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dressed to the president of Mexico,
expressed his gratitude for Mexieo's
sincere and meaningful contribution
toward the Allied cause. Up to now,
Mexico and Brazil are the only two
Latin American countries that have
sent troops overseas, Brazil having
sent an expeditionary force to Italy.
Moreover, Mexico has sent tons of
supplies to the United States to aid
the war effort, and thousands of Mex
ican laborers are now working here
to help alleviate the labor shortage.
Mexico has pretty senoritas, gallant
caballeros, beautiful costumes, rhyth
mic dances, and exotic moonlight
nights, but that is only one side of
the picture. Mexico's problems are
manifold and serious; deep-seated and
apparently unalterable. But with time
they can be solved, and although it is
mainly Mexico's own responsibility, it
is partly our duty to aid when it is
possible, and to be sympathetic and
understanding toward a country
which is striving to attain the very
things for which we are fighting.
In his address Friday night on "The
University and the Public Schools,"
as a part of the Sesquicentennial ob
servance of the University of North
Carolina, Dr. Edgar W. Knight,
Kenan professor of education, paid
high tribute to the public educational
leadership of Dr. James Yadkin Joy
ner, of the University class of 1881;
the late Prof. M. C. S. Noble, of the
class of 1879. and the late Prof. N
W. Walker, of the class of 1903. Of
Dr. Joyner he said:
"Under his leadership the principle
of equality of educational opportunity
came to be recognized and accepted in
North Carolina and soalso did the
duty of the state to protect children
through compulsory-attendance legis
lation; public support for schools in
creased four-fold and their term
nearly fifty per cent; there was a
ten-fold increase in library facili
ties; locai-taxation districts in
creased from .about 200 to more than
2,000; nearly three .hundred state high
schools and a score or more of farm
life schools were established; a
schoolhouse a day was built every day
in the year during a large part of his
administration; and the state gained
a new perspective of teaching and of
professional educational administra
tion. V
"Dr. Joyner, who was the third
Southerner ever to be elevated to the
presidency of the National Education
Association, saw his position as state
superintendent as an opportunity for
energetic and wise educational leader
ship and through it to serve the state
he loved and to promote its best in
terests through the advancement of
the welfare of children always and
everywhere. An indefatigable worker
and wise leader, marked by that
precious quality of patience, he could
fight when he had to do so, but he
never entered into warfare merely
for the joy of the struggle. For $hir
ty-seven years he served the public
educational interests of this state, as
county superintendent before he could
vote, as chairman of a county board
of education, as teacher and super
intendent of public schools, as pro
fessor and dean in the Woman's Col
lege, and for seventeen years as state
superintendent of public instruction
and through that high office was the
recognized public educational leader
of his State. In the face of discour
agement and opposition, Dr. Joyner
laid strong and deep the foundations
for a better public educational sys
tem of his state."
Of his former colleagues in the Uni
versity, Dr. Knight said:
"i cannot let this occasion pas.s
without paying tribute also to two
other sons of the University of North
Carolina whose fine services in and
outside the campus helped mightily
to relate the work of this institution
to the best educational interests of
the state, to which hey were both
passionately devoted. Few if any
alumni or members of the University
family have ever been more deeply
and actively interested in the public
schools or worked more diligently to
advance their cause than the late
Professors M. C. S. Noble and N. W.
Walker. Both good teachers them
selves, they exalted the office of the
teacher and saw in teaching one of
the most satisfying and rewarding of
all human activities. Their annual re
ports to the president of the Univer
sity constantly emphasized the im
portance of good teaching in the life
of this state and the obligation of
the University of North Carolina to
prepare good teachers for the schools.
"The others were Dr. R. H. Lewis,
of the class of 1852. and Edwin A.
Alderman, of the class of 1882. In
the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools Mr. Walker
for many years held strategic and in
fluential positions and his counsel was
sought with extraordinary Tespect.
"As State Inspector of High Schools
from 1907 to 1919, he blazed "new
trails in a commonwealth that had to
learn that secondary education was a
legitimate function of the state. As
professor of secondary education here
for many years and also as acting
dean of the School of Education, as
active worker in the North Carolina
College Conference, Mr. Walker al
ways worked diligently and intelli
gently to raise the educational stand
ards of his native state. Very able
but very modest he was marked by
extraordinary fortitude and a quiet
willingness to be forgotten. No son of
SPORT SPINS
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From the looks of the Wake Forest
slate, they had better get to practic
ing, and quick . . . Pre-Flight, with
that pair of games with the nation's
two best Army and Navy will
launch practice in a week or so too
according to reports.
Carolina is still hard at the grind
of working on the gridiron, with
games on deck with three bowl con
tenders of last year namely, Ten
nessee (Rose), Duke (Sugar) and
Georgia Tech (Orange). This is a
tough slate for any team, but you can
bet your bottom dollar the Tar Heels
will be hard to get by no matter who
the opposition might be. Coach
Snavely held a light scrimmage ses
sion between drizzles Saturday . . .
No report on results.
MAJORS
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took off on his slugging streak
And speaking of hitting streaks,
rotund Pat Seerey, Cleveland In
dian "hot and cold" slugger, was
really hot just a couple of weeks
ago when - he lashed out three
homers and a triple in a single game
8 to rack up a total of fifteen bases
and eight runs batted in. Your re
porter has seen Seerey perform
many a time, and the news of his
slugging feat was not too much of
a surprise at this end; the chunky
outfielder has an unhealthy habit
of going hitless for several days,
but let him get his eye on the ball,
and the opposing managers know
that the only thing that will help
them at that point is to have the
fences moved back, and quick.
HighSchool English Teachers Need Training
In, Sneech, Institute Of English Decides
UVA
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pare you to fight in the war." This
didn't quite make sense to the group.
Protests were made and eventually the
rule was lifted.
The association is now fighting for
many things which will benefit the
boys who come here under the gov
ernmental educational plan.
Among these are better housing and
eating for veterans. A common prob
lem is the married veteran who can
not get a decent apartment because he
is not "military personnel" (any long
er) or because he has no children and
cannot get a housing priority.
A more generous system for grant
ing credit for courses taken while in
the service is wanted. The veterans
seem to think that returnees at other
schools get much better deals in this
respect. Also the veterans need more
specialized advice when they first ar
rive, many have little idea of what
they want to do when they come here.
More advice is needed as to courses, de
grees, etc.
Also a club house is wanted some
place where the veterans can congre
gate and hold their social functions.
Until this is gotten, the association
needs a permanent meeting place.
Jim Booth, the president of the or
ganization, with the help of the other
officers and many of the members, has
been doing great work in trying to ob
tain these and other things of benefit
to the local veterans.
"We are determined that the tired,
rasping -voice of the English teacher
shall not longer be used for a stu
dent's dislike of good English," said
Miss Lillian Parks, president of the
North Carolina English Teachers, in
a statement marking the close of the
third English Institute, which has
been in session here since July 2.
Both the tiredness and the rasping
are to be objects of frontal attacks by
the organization. Recommendations
of the teaching load committee, adop
ted at the Central Committee meeting
on July 25, point out the duty of Eng
lish teachers is "to safeguard their
own mental and physical health, as
well as the mental health of their pu
pils," by careful budgeting of time
and energy. The recommendations,
based on detailed analysis of work
diaries kept by representative teach
ers, cautioned against working days in
excess of ten hours and warns teach
ers that" under present conditions of
overload "the teacher who wrecks' her
health in attempted perfectionism is
not giving the greatest possible long
run service to the schools,- already
crippled by dwindling teacher replace
ments." "We are planning to do better than
ever what we attempt to do," said
Miss Parks, "but we hope we shall not
be expected to attempt so much that
the fatigue of long hours alter
school correcting reapers, coaching
plays, editing publications, and spon
soring other projects will make our
students pity us for being dead on our
feet or hate us for being cross and ir
The report, containing specific sug
gestions for time allotment will be
mailed to every member, of the state
organization.
Voices may have unpleasant quali
ties even when no fatigue is present,
Miss Parks pointed out. Consequent
ly, the organization is joining forces
with the Carolina Dramatic Society
and other groups, to encourage teach
ers to take special courses in speech
at the earliest opportunity. At the
last Institute conference on July 24
representatives of the English depart
ments of senior colleges in the state
voted approval of the proposal to in
clude speech among the courses re
quired for certification of new Eng
lish teachers. The English teachers'
Central Committee, meeting the fol
lowing day, also endorsed the proposal.
As evidence that the program un
dertaken by the organizatioa would be
followed through vigorously, Miss
Parks cited the recent accomplish
ments of the North Carolina English
Teachers. A quarterly leaflet edited
by and for the teachers has been cir
culated regularly for two years and
will continue to keep the membership
encouraged and informed. A language
arts bulletin, ready for distribution
in all public schools in September, in
eludes a substantial quantity of con
tent provided by the organization,
which proposes to continue the cooper
ation with the State department of
Public Instruction in revision of the
English curriculum. Up to now near
ly fifty book? have been rereviewed
by a special committee. Three insti
tutes, with regularly scheduled con
ference forums have brought togeth
er several hundred teachers and lay
people for free discussion of educa
tional problems. Local councils of Eng
lish teachers have supplemented these
institutes conferences with similar dis
cussion groups in more than a dozen
centers throughout the state. District
organizations have been reestablished
and projects specifically needed in each
ceoeranhical area are to be sponsored
by appropriate district committees. The
organization has more than doublet!
its membership within the past year.
All activities of the organizations are
directed to one end "more effective
teaching of English in the schools and
colleges of the State."
SMOKER'S HACK
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hyperdevelopment is not desir
able." "But the prevailing standard is
also a purely relative one," T. J. re
plied, "and there is no way to de
termine if what is desirable by it
is really desirable by an absolute
standard."
"But surely, since there is no ab
solute standard, the prevailing
standard must be considered opera
tionally correct," I said.
"Not necessarily," was T. J.'s
reply. "In fact many times in the
past it has been proven to be en
tirely false." -
"But that was only when a dif
ferent standard replaced the one
then operating," I said. "After all,
standards are changing constant
ly, and what once is correct is not
necessarily so the next time."
"Possibly one could synthetize a
standard from the constantly
changing ones that would approach
the absolute," T. J., said, "but that,
like the topic of this argument, is
something beyond telling. Time
alone will tell."
JANITORS
AUWO
this University ever rendered public
secondary education in this state a
greater and more lasting service.
"The place which Professor Noble
gained for himself in the educational
life of this state was unique, and as
the faculty of the University some
time ago expressed it, progress in
education in North Carolina was due
in large part to his untiring efforts.
For sixty-three years a teacher in his
native state, Dr. Noble believed edu
cational work was high among the
noblest of all human undertakings.
After teaching in Bingham School, he
organized and became the first super
intendent of the schools of Wilming
ton, then came to Chapel Hill in 1898
as professor of pedagogy to succeed
Edwin A. Alderman,, who had become
president of the University. Dr. Noble
taught, wrote, spoke, and lived for
better schools and better teachers in
North Carolina, and in his official re
ports as head of the department and
ater dean of the school of education
here he always emphasized the obli
gation of the University to prepare
excellent teachers for the schools of
this state, and to attract promising
young people into educational work."
The dress that Homer Humdrum
likes best for, a beautiful woman is
one like Venus wore wnen she
arose from the sea.
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tary, Mrs. J. S. Henninger, and Treas
urer, J. B. Bullitt.
The status of the organization is in
doubt because the national organiza
tion has not decided whether it will
continue its functions. It was cre
ated to insure Senate ratification of
the United Nations Charter. Since it
has fulfilled its original purpose, there
is doubt as to its continuation and in
what form, if continued.
Dr. Snow stated that if Americans
United were discontinued, the local
unit would affiliate itself with some
ether organization like the Southern
Council on International Relations.
ALUMNI
(Continued from page 1)
names and addresses of former stu
dents in service, the lists of those dec
orated, the gold-star roll, and so on.
Records show that some 8,500 former
students have gone into service. More
than 215 are known to have been killed
in line of duty; 50 others are missing.
Four hundred have received decora
tions, including two Congressional
Medals of Honor, two Distinguished
Service Crosses, nine Navy Crosses,
11 Legions of Merit, 41 Silver Stars,
69 Bronze Stars, 86 Distinguished Fly
ing Crosses, 205 Air Medals, and vari
ous other medals and commendations.
The count is not yet complete.
They ride in taxicabs,
They sniff at row on row of books
And even haunt the labs.
I always wear a ruxedo to a ban
quet so that, in the middle of a
speech, I can pick up a few dishes,
leave the room and impress every
one that I am one of the waiters.
Brown Herald-Record.
I saw a cow slip through the
fence. (The fence must have had a
hole in it as big as some of these
around the campus.)
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University. He also believes that the
Dromise contained in Dr. Graham's
words has failed of completion: the
University is now seeing better times
but the janitors remain the most
underpaid group of employees of the
University.
In summary, Clark said, "We have
to learn to live together. The day is
cominsr when peoples have to look
upon a man as a man. If .people could
think right, they'd do better."
Desiring to get the way a janitor
feels about the whole question of
raise, Mr. Clark was asked, "Why, do
you think, do the janitors need s
raise?"
"We are all looking to live better,'
Clark said, ''and to live decent. Ex
cept a man get a decent wage, he
can't beautify his home, improve his
town, be a better citizen, be clean,
wear clean overalls to work, or do
what he needs to do. We don't make
enough to save any even to stay out
of debt. If a man can pay his taxes,
he feels like asking for good roads,
for getting rid of bad smells, for a
clean community. Peoples oughta pay
a man enough to live on."
An AP release on July 28 said: "The
State now is in the best financial con
dition in its history, Governor Cherry
said pridefully today, but he empha
sized that 'only a proper handling of
currently available funds can insure
a safe and happy future for North
Carolina.' He cautioned against undue
spending which might 'throw the bal
ance the other way and undo all
we've accomplished in reaching finan
cial independence'."
The janitors want a basic rate of
50 cents an hour. This is an increase
of 5 cents an hour. There are ap
proximately 50 janitors employed by
the University. In order to raise
their salary, it would cost the Uni
versity about five or six thousand
dollars a year, which is a little over
$100 a year per janitor.
The Textile Workers Union of
America (C.I.O.) asks a weekly wage
of $33.70, which means an annual
emergency wage of $1,752. This is
supposed to be the minimum fair
wage, the cost of living of families
at minimum subsistence levels. The
janitors' wage is 45 cents an hour, or
about $21 a week; a few of the jani
tors make as high as $25 a week.
This approximates $1100 a year,
gross income. The next consideration
is to see how a janitor lives on a
theoretically below-subsistence "level
salary.
Dr. Charles M. Jones, pastor of 'the
DEEB
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tary Club, Dr. Godfrey of the History
Department stated: "Deeb made a
very fine and informative speech. Not
only does he speak well but he has a
grasp of the current international
problems."
Buddy Glenn
Buddy Glenn, IRC head, stated in
regard to the speech: "The Club feels
on the basis of Mr. Deeb's reputation
that his talk will be both interesting
and informative. We urge all stu
dents interested in current affairs to
come to the meeting.." Glenn also
stated that at the conclusion - of
Deeb's talk the meeting would become
a forum and all persons will have a
chanrce to question the speaker or
make comments on his remarks.
The meeting will be held in the
main lounge of Graham Memorial at
8 o'clock.
PIANO
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nostalgia. They are coloring now, and
can smell Kenan Stadium, pretty
girls with carnations, pop corn around
the Carolina Theatre."
He discussed tentative plans for re
turning to (jarolina in his latest let
ter to Prof. Russell, dated Jiune 2,'
1945, sent from Press Camp, 12th V
Army Group, in Germany. At pres- j
em ne nas s points lowara nis nome-
coming to Chapel Hill.
Presbyterian Church, in Chapel Hill,
discussed the basis of paying em
ployees. His talk applied to people in
general. He said:
"When paying a man, you must
consider three things: 1) a minimum
wage necessary for a man to exist,
simply to stay alive; 2) the impor
tance of his work its value to the
community; 3) most important of all
his needs the necessities and the
extras which we consider so essential
to life; the things we take for grant
ed like having enough money to go
to the movie when we feel like it,
or to fix the radio when it breaks,
or a hundred other things we never
think about."
He said that if a man doesn't make
a living, then you have no moral right
to employ him.
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FLOWER SHOP
Opposite Post Office Corner
BULL'S HEAD BOOKSHOP
t Ground Floor Library
Best New Fiction and Non-Fiction
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