North Carolina Newspapers

.- rv.. ' THt DAILY. TAR HEEV TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1557 The jEorrect Tiii iv IS U eed For U riiori Btai ItliirigV N:6w; 7 When the" University administration -announced ,it would press for legislation allowing it to build lf-lifjujdating liousirig for married students, many elements of the campus ";uerq. elated: . :t Foremost among the elated M ere the married students Some of them . st.' ted a petition backing die request for legislation; by "fasts week the petition had 1,300 names, affixed to it. A'stVa great many non-married but sympathetic students joined in the plea for a state appropria-" lion just permission for the Unir ersiiv to borrow the monev . and. to. pay. -off the debt through -increased rents, . , . . .-..'. Why- can't the University do the same thing 'with a ,student. union building students spend Weekends oij the caihpus, and yet the students' liv ing room is not large enough to take care of them. -. - -. l or inuny years inConiiecT stu dents, faculty members and ad ministrators h;-'ve. seen the need A new student -union building is no logger :on" the luxury Jist. It is, sonieth!ng that the students need,, just as 'tli'c Consolidated of fice needs a . building of its. own, jus.' "".as the', institute of, Gdvem ment .beetiect, a new. building, 'just as N.C ,St:e. College, needed: its lor a larger building to house, the, Cbliscuiu.; just as thei was a heed student union. Graham Memorial,' for;, a ticw liighwav "building in .1' 1 1 - - r ' - thev amued, .was and is iust Hot big. enough to take, care ,pf the number of .students who could po tentially use- it if there were en ough spare. ! : . v ' 1 . v. Thev -have erv J n been Tliev lot, a- Started ar- arguing gunv. g tmie. shortly lifter Graham Me inorial was built, 25 years ago this academic year, liicuniuni after bi- cnuiinn. their arguments have bru iuuored, or at best relegated ' 'o the bottom ul thciyguiunfc-tist.-- And 'meanwhile massive Uew student union buildings liavc been erected at X. C. Sute .College Un Rak'ult and at the -Woman's ..CoH lege in Greensboro. And Graham Memorial struggled along. V '.; " '' ; '.' v.' . It is time vuy' for the lcgisla-. tors in Raleigh, r.nd the admin is-. traioys in South Iluilding "to, ad- mil. that Graham Memorial can not o 011 taking cafe of a. tiny pmv tinge of the. student bodyv VV can excuse thoc-l legislator." an1 lmiirstratoi s for ' puttirtg a si'!cl--nt union request on the. but--t; ju ot the approp ialioiis Hit. bfi i-'ause. in past bienniunis uioneV In no" been vcrv plentiful. And othT things, such as the married. udtn:s housiiig',, had to come li.M. ; . ; . - " t. ) Raleigh, just as a dozen other needs - were recognized'-' and raken cave -ot. - . '5 ..','":.:.:' ' ' r- . ' - ;- ' -.'-. -.- . r- . i. . : 1 ' , '' : ' - ( -,' ' . 'Hie . (,'nh crsity, administration should take it npon itself to push fov '"'a' new " studenj. tinion building. If an'appropriatioii or a loan were goL light now,.',it would be. scVeral' years before . the building, would be'w ready. -.for - occupancy.'- Aiid hi several vears Graham Memorial will be ;ah ,evei more pitiful ex r nijlc.r of s.d student union!. ' i ? ( ; ';.,; .-. . r -i 5oine;nieais- should be -soyht; anfl got. for - a ncvv; building: A state appt op iaiion is piobab.ly tod' ruucli to aslc, but' since, vhen has ;the ' Cnivei'sity" asked fo 'one? If vwe; assinne fhat .yhiveisity wJnts. a new building, then where is ,the 'support, th'e. pressure and the-.or".' dUoit for. j. t,h- S 'uie support. pfcVsuve and brgauiation that are going into the ; present crusade . for. hiihcr .instructors Livi ' I)ut now is the'timc, if there be nnv tune, for something to be done ab.iut a student un"on building:- "J he 4 l'ni eritv - is appaoaciintfc its cnrolhnent peak." rcid there are vcrv few signs of its tapering olf. The University is now .on "the e;' tuester schedule, which insists that The Daily Tar Heef North ''r'iliri hr it I is Jt rt 1mI- ;! t tt'iny tHi' "Vnutufi! fr'nt.-'frt , .!. i rtil'll-! in tt "ifu-f in .'hp'l IfilJ N C, rtii Gfaeious o. vI.hose libtaviahs hi the Reserve Rc'jdtng Ru.oui of the, Wi'sou' Li brary did not have " Gr OioUs lav ing in Ghap?l Hill on their minds yesterday inoviinrg. , . - " - . - v'. -. '-. : .Whi'e a roumlul- of students si udixd fieri cly (because the ' ti me i cohie . f or t hit first quizies of the '.spring, emesrer the girls be hind . the desk attempted to pull 'the -curve .'down '.aljttlc.- G tie of. thcui sta' ted typing on the telaci kit ly pc writer ever .made. I hJ, othi rV tcn'e .started typing on the' sjbe-Utd : clacliitst typewriter. iVgeSlitr, thev brought down the cuiye tovaruunjl a.D average.. Please ladies! In the interests of -Gracious Living,: we must, have comparable quiet in the Library Edit 01 .w Editor ' - ncy"hilI TV Prev , v. 1 Prt Fdjthr LARKY CHEEK BILL BOB W AiyrrtWna Manager .. VZl) K-TZIN t'ratik Crolhcr, David ilundy. 5er. NEWS STAFF -Clarke Jones, Priusle . Pipkin, Edith MacKinnon, Waily Ru ral t, Mary Aly3 Voorhees,. Grahani Snyder, Neil Ba h, I'eg Humphrey, Phyllis Maultsby, Ben Taylor, Waller Schruntek H-Joost Polak, Patsy Miller. BUSINESS STAFF Rosa Moore, Johnn? Whitaker, Dick LeavitL, iJPORTS STAFF: Dave Wible, Stewart Bird, Ron Milliagn.; : lew: ainmaKer Anthony Wolif irivica " V . - v " ' ob V cl;:ln; 3.,, . 1 - 011119 STory: akes Subscription Manager Dalq Stalej Circulation Manager 1 Charlie Holt Assistant Sports Editor ..' ..bill King Staff Photographer Librarian .- . I. - 1 " 1 1 . Norm an Kantot : isue Gushner There-, is nothing 011 television tonight to compare with "The Raiinhalver.'. tjic Tepburn-Lan-easier lhovicf it the Giroliiia'. It's well worth the U5 cents any way ybn jook at ytI he acting is ex ceptioliil, aiid the movie is both artistic and amusing. . The theme has certain simi larity to thv'.. of "Brigadoon," and the receiiily departed 'musical looks pretty thin by comparison. ? ;Just for the record, "Panic. a new dramatic show, ' debuts to- at night 8:30 011 Channel k: Proof Reader ATiht Editor ; . Night Ne's Editor' . Ben Taylw ilaniey Springs Graham Snydsr ' i"L . i " t At - the. same time on Channel i i' (s ' "(Ilie Life Aiid Ogend of Wyatt iEarp.'' Smhetliiri he ate, no doubt. - ,, 1 -0ob Young President, Student Body ;Stydfvt, btfy Priidlnt Bob Yuhfl-.;'flifrd thi pecK. Ist wtk to mtmbert of . tht UNC j-Srudent Legfslature. Fol-ihirlrig- his. spefch, tho legisla tor psi4 rso I ution cl li ng on $tt Initiators, friends, of thi Univorsity nd. Unly" iiry's stuint to back pay rai fVtj.facoIty, mombtrs here.. The ph follows.' -. present, the. University o Ncrth ',CaTplinais' fecognized as. : onft ) iti. : tfie. NJ roost' -distinquished uhiyersities . in :Uie .United States, -rstingulsned . for its . f aeulty , f er -its s?hj)larly; achievements, fo? 4 its research' and for . its" con: tributipns4 ainid service to.' the na tibn. - 5 " - - ' ' ' : Ouri'; University has becom distinguished .'.through many years 1 6t conscientious labors . chiefly ' : By . membera ', of our faculty who; have been dedicated tqlhe, cause, of learning.- . -The next, few weeks may pos sibly be the -most critical pefiod of our; .University's" recent his-, torjr. I Svay this for one ; major realon that, the decisions of, the North .Carolina General Assembly"- dufing this . period of time may Hell detennine the fu ture.' -statis of our. University for generations, to come. tIf they do not approve .faculty salary in creases as proposed and request ed, by ttiei University administra ti6n, then ! fear- ve wfll ' suffer for yeafs tJ cpme.- . Lefrno' present fo you some of the facts prtJning to this , proseot critical situation: H. .From June, , 1955, , tlirough January I957r 87k persons - have seen fit to leave the University of North" Carolina at -Chapel Hill Frty-fpui'of these persons were connected -with academiq affairs; 43'wefe cotjnected with, tlie Di vision cf Health Affairs, Grant ed, many . factors probably eji ter?d into each , of these. indiid-: ual decisions: however, the basic reason - was' that the increased f alary inducement was too great for. theni not'ta" accept. . -2.' Statistics have been compil ed, on 19 ofUhese persons whose salaries are known at other in stitutions. There 19 persons will rde?ive a .total of-. 30.2 percent more salary' than they were re cehing In Chapel . HilL Figured precisely,.; they were, receiving S31.241- and they will receive lii,900.7rhus one may be easi 'ly. cbnvirtced that with competi tion on this 4eveU it will, be dif ficult to - retain our, mcst im portant personnel.' . -. 3. Let- me offer more specific examples how our -salaries compere . ; with' other - universi tles& ' .'.'. ; ". . .', '.. a. In September, 1956, $15,000 vias offered to one professor who here , was , making a salary of $7500. Of . courser, he accepted this offer. ! ' b. Iteeently another professor resigned-to accept an appoint ment at another state university where his salary will be 55 per cent greater than it was herq. .. c. During this same period, of time three persons with the rank of instructor were hired by other universities as .assistant profes- , .... ' - - !'" . :'i '' sors (not associate profes ' sors! ) . This entailed at least " a 50 percent increase in each of their respective salaries. ' d. Also during this same 18 months period 18 members of the staff " of the . " University Ubrary have seen fit to resign. I can assure . you that lack of funds and inadequate salaries was. ot their utmost considera; tion. i - 1 : 4. Forty-iour; leading univer sities salary scales were com piled recently According to pre sent salary scales our four rank "prop'osal of eight percent total increase were approved, w;e would fall to either the 31st or 32nd ranking among the 44 uni versitiesJ Therefore, our plea must not be for an increase alone but for at least an in crease of 10 percent. This would b3 in addition to a fund of $100, 000 to be used for merit pur pose . in retaining our most promising faculty members. With all of these facts in mind, my opinion is that we must de cide upon one of two philoso- 'There You Are Snug As A Bug In A Rug' dents . at the University to the citizens -of the. state of North Carolina and to the friends and supporters of the University of North Carolina. We must all bring our indi vidual and unified pressures to bear upon the members of the North Carolina General Assem bly, who will ultimately this most important issue in the fu ture of education in North Car olina. Many of them are sym pathetic toward it. I am asking you as an individ ual member of the- Student Tr" Of- -rW tKiMfrtittri roar ings were rated as follows among the 44: ; Professors', salaries ranked 23rd, Associate professors' - ranked 24th, ,' "Assistant professors' ranked 26th, -' '-,'.' ' . , - Instructors' s salaries : ranked 27th, In the recent past, our Uni versity salary scales probably were among the top ten in each of these categories. , We have fallen just in the past few years. If the proposed request, namely an across the board to tal of 10 percent; were passed by the North Carolina General Assembly, we would at least re tain our. present ranking. J ,.If the Budget Commission's phies for the future of this Uni versity: 1. Do we want the best Uni versity for a certain amount of money? Or Do we want the University, with a certain amount of status, and be prepared to pay for it? In other words, Do we want to spend $2,500,000 per biennium. for salaries and let them do the best possible job, or do we want the University to maintain its present prestige and respect and be prepared to pay for that, re gardless of the costs? . . . With the challenges and pressures of the present day we must be pre pared to pay the price, literally, for a great University. At this time I would like to extend this appeal from the stu- Legislature of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to write to at least four mem bers of the North Carolina Gene ral Assembly and express to them the feelings of the stu dents here. Most important, however, I be lieve that ' all ; loyal alumni, friends and supporters of the. University must express their feelings. Those voting, citizens! could, and should, have much more influence than we, as stu dents, have.' T urge, you, therefore, to adopt a resolution which would point' out the critical aspects of this situation and would appeal to the citizens of the State of North Carolina . to join with, us in this most; important endeavor. ByxAl Capp : "v ' ft'5..t.lWn I J 'HE YONT DARE SUGGEST W I I BY JOHN DILUNGER.7-VOU t r&j'i9UCQXX$9W. WE SIT HOME. AS WE'VE. DONE I LOOK SPLENDID TONIGHT; , 'Uu-m- -X - CTVcr-V EVERV DATE FOR. THE LAST J MISS PlMPLETOM.' I pi PlSSV 1 7 YES If WANT THE. WHOLE WORLDjn ' . g V i-f:fF ThtE WHOLE IVQXID CAM SEEAfZP TO Th''OPA? TO A )AAC?-70A i-AWS- H&rcija. 7- By Wait Kelly yow'p you MKfs To s' i .UJ5AK AVY J-ATS5T SONQ?J I V THB NAM6 Or nvfiMYUtK. AJA UQNCQMESMUKSA IAM& m&ST'& A FPeMOLy LITTLE J S Pises cp iumi& I JU6T HAP A H'2S2FUL P&SAJA IN IT 1 OWFDSEP I . A SONS CAULBPViH YUM T.1 AATfAt &OWP flT WANNA 1 I TT ' Jm str' TRUSTEES REPORT ON Enrollment And Pay For Faculty Trustee Visiting Committee The, University's Visiting Committee of the Board of Trustees, last week made its annual re port, on conditions .within the University, Here is the first installment of the portion devoted Chapel Hill. Tomorrow; The students. THE' UNIVERSITY AT CHAPEL HILL Upon his retirement in June, 1957, as chancellor of the University at Chapel Hill, Robert B. House will have completed 31 years of service in an ad ministrative capacity. In tribute to his devoted ser vice, this committee calls attention to the wisdom and sagacity of his leadership during a time when this institution has more than trebled both its stri dent body and its physical plant, has achieved a place of highest distinction and prestige among the universities of the nation and has maintained its high educational tradition. Retiring also after this academic year is Claude E. Teague, business manager for the last decade. He leaves to his successor a well-organized office which has handled efficiently the complex affairs of rapid growth and expansion. " ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY Registration for the fall semester, 1956, was 6,971, an increase of about 400 over the previous fall registration. Of these, 5,756 were men, 1,215 were women. 1,054 were registered in the Division of health Affairs, and 5,917 in the other schools. 5,505 students were from North Carolina; 1,377 were from other states, and 89 were from United Staies possessions and foreign countries. The great increase in the number of students has far out-distanced -the increase in the number of the faculty. C. P. Spruill, dean of the faculty, aptly described the situation and at the same time succinctly pointed up the inherent danger to the University when he said, ". . the faculty in most departments has been stretched past the performance appropriate to a distinguished uni versity." The Board of Higher Education has recommend . ed an increase in faculty personnel of the equival ent of 34 full-time resident teachers, and this num ber has been described as the absolute minimum. Unless adequate teaching personnel is made avail able or a change made in teaching methods, there must of necessity be inferior instruction. Our state is faced with the prospect in the im mediate future of sharply restricting admissions so as. to hold the student body within the limits of the physical plant and the available faculty, or of find ing the funds with which to provide additional hous ing and a larger faculty. Of equal importance with increasing the size of the faculty is the question of raising the salary srcale. In ' a recet survey conducted by the Faculty Committee on Salaries, it was learned that two thirds of the 44 institutions reporting are currently increasing salaries. , At Chapel Hill, 51.8 per cent of the faculty are full professors, while at comparable institutions the average or median figure is 28.8 percent, indicating that, in order to attract able teachers salarywise, it has been necessary to bring in instructional per sonnel at the full professor or associate professor level rather than at the instructor or assistant pro fessor level as is done at most other institutions of comparable reputation. It is most gratifying to point out that recently the National Science Foundation made a era nt of $267,600 for support of a program for improve ment of mathematics and science teaching, and later made two additional grants, one of $75,003 for support of a Summer Institute for High School Teachers of Science and Mathematics, and an other for $50,100 for support of a Summer Insti tute for College Teachers of Chemistry. In the field of undergraduate instruction, two points merit comment. First, the greatly increased enrollment of students, without a proportionate in crease in teaching personnel, has resulted in class es in many instances with over 100 students, and in several instances with nearly 200. Second, a goodly number of senior professors holding Kenan and other important appointments recently, fh ad dition to their classes of graduate students, had more than 1,500 undergraduates in their classes. The Admissions Policy Committee of the faculty has been diligent in seeking to evaluate and pre scribe the procedure for the tests to be given to all entering freshmen in the fall of 1957. Dr. J. Carlyle Sitterson, chairman, on behalf of his com mittee, has submitted a series- of recommendations for implementing the giving of these tests, and the administration has engaged a research statistician to determine which tests are most effective. While placement and other tests are not new at the University, the use of aptitude examinations will be utilized for the first time as a basis for selection of students. - It is felt that at this time particular attention should be called to. the situation existing in the Law School. Since the war the student body ha? doubled while the permanent full-time faculty has increased only from eight to 10. In keeping with the trend in the best law schools, an attempt is be ing made to provide intensive individual training for students in legal research and writing, and the curriculum has been expanded to provide courses in specialized fields such as taxation, labor law etc. Within five years, six of the present faculty will have reached the retirement age of 65 (including two who have already reached that age). Accordingly, it seems imperative that two young assistant professors be engaged at once, not only to relieve a presently overloaded faculty, but also to prpr9 in advance for a situation that could become Immediately acute. Furthermore, the Law Library is well behind the libraries at Duke, Virginia, Louisiana State and Texas. Appropriations for the library have increased very little over- the past eight years, while during The committee recommends that the needs of the Law School be placed high on the priority liA. the same period the average cost of law books has increased 4-1 per cent.