THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1959
UNC NEWS
PAGE TWO
WliatTaDo With Th ree Months?
Will Summer School ever be abolished?
, II so, what will take its place?
' There ere those who advocate school the
year round. Not just nine months of school,
but school 12 months of the year.
The University of North Carolina Sum
mer Session this year is wide-ranging and
intensified-every bit as equal in standards
and caliber of achievement as the regular
semesters
.Reason people call for la-months school
are: 1. It saves money.
2. It saves time.
Logical questions to be asked about it
are numerous. Does it really save money
in the long run? Is a crash program ot
training a scnoiar in uirx jcau
a four-year program with breaks for sum
mer and holidays? Can a student learn as
much in the summer heat as he can in the
cold of winter? , .
These questions should not pose too dif
ficult for educators to answer.
Chapel Hill would be a good place to
try to determine the answers.
And we volunteer herewith to be guinea
pis to find out whether a human being
can learn faster in an air-conditioned room.
LETTERS
Line Forms To The Right
oo est ions about the
kind of summer school newspaper you d
1,kSummer School is somewhat similar to
the regular terms in the University, but
there are differences. The average age is
older. More graduate students aJjere-
It is important that these older - and
transient-students in the llnivers.ty feel
as much at home as the students who are
here all the year. , . the
In fact, the in? jor emphasis is on ,e
graduate and professional studies of the
summer.
vMcnn the summer school stir
rui mat i
dents of all ages should treat this news
paper as their own. . .. ,
You are invited to be a- member ot the
stall.
You are invited to write letters to the
editor-on any matter that concerns you.
education, the University, or hie m gen
eral. As the man who ran the general store
said: "If you don't see what you want, ask
for it?" . ,
Let the editor know your wishes.
Welcome Party Friday Night
. tk he flanrinff.
have already buck
led down to your books by rnday night,
some of you may have occasion to join in
the "Wekome Party" for summer students,
to 'be held at the "Y" Court from 8 to 1 1
... -r-. ,.Q -ii Up rlancinff.
n. 111. 1 lis."- " ,
The object is to get acquainted.
llut you1!! be expected to be alert and
sharp all the same at 7:30 o'clock on Sat
urday morning when you get to class.
SUNBURN
wt it iust so happens this
first issue falls cn the day a lot
of people are registering. Congra
tulations! You've either finished a
lot of waiting cr have a long one
coming up. Everybody enjoys
standing in line.
"
There's a little University leaf
let out on the blessed event of
UNC Summer School. Its heading?
"The Time you Your Life At
Chapel Hill." That's just what I,
personally, was afraid of all the
time.
- .
Just under it is the subhead,
"Live Learn and Advance this
summer under ideal campus con
ditions." With weather like it's
teen, conditions are anything but
ideal for anything but a swim in
some ice water. Maybe those first
three words oughta be "Saeat,
cuss and regress."
An item further down in it tells
all about recreation available for
summer school. Read it, profs.
You might be the only ones w.th
time to enjoy it.
seems re moving out for vaca
tions while new studerts move
in. Wonder what's keeping the
rest here? Probably nothing but
money. If the Advisory Budget
Commission hadn't finally come
through the whole lot of them
might have been on relief before
much longer.
And then there's the fellow with
a real prcoiem.
room is directly over the steam
plant in his dorm and hot nights
are just a tad hotter there than
anywhere else. He wants out, bad.
.
The editor of the Daily Tar Heel
(legitimate publication cl the re
gular semesters) recently waged
a spring-long campaign for lights
on the library steps. Sail no lights
in the library steps?
Strangers to the UNC campus
may find it a little hard adjusting
to the pack of campus dogs. Don't
sweat them, though, unless you're
a graduation speaker. There's one
cl those little pooches that just
doesn't cotton to anything about
the finishing process.
By STAN FISHER
campus; the guy you step on may
be a brick layer working on the
walks. If you're ever here in the
monsoon season, you'll learn how
to appreciate those guys.
OVERHEAD: "People are get
ting so cynical nowadays, you
can't even tell a guy to go to hell
and mean it."
Many of the UNC professors it Walk careully on your way about
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A Little History
The University of North Caro
lina, the oldest state University
in the nation, also has the oldest
summer school in the nation.
The oldest building on the cam
pus is Old East, now serving as
a men's dormitory. Its corner
stone was laid in 1793.
Davie Poplar, another historic
spot on the campus, is said to be
the spot where William Davie, on
a trip for the state of North Caro
lina to select a site for a univer
sity, decided he would not be able
to find a better one that the pres
ent site of the University of North
Carolina. It is located in McCor
kle Place, the area between South
Building and E. Franklin Street.
The reported enrollment in the
1959 summer sessions does not in
clude about 4.000 students who
will be attending various short
courses and workshop for from
two days to two weeks or more.
BRIBERY
You can neither bribe nor twist,
Thank Goo, the British journalist;
But seeing what the man will do
Unbribed there's no occasion to.
It Chapel kill is to continue to pride itself on being a civilized
place fwo'uld suggest that something be done, and immediately,
about doing away with the stray dogs on the campus.
These lazy animals, mongrels all, are filthy. They carry lieas.
Thev spread disease germs. .
7 Th "is supposed to be a health center as well as a eenter ol
fsusgest a first step in badly needed correction: Kill all of
the dogfon the catnpus U they don't wear
T "he er school student is more intellectual than the stu
dents in the regular semester. . .
A group of us arriving early this week' were discussmg this
the other night, and we are convinced that the major reason for
he scholastic excellence of the summer session, as contrasted with
tfe winter terms, is because of the lack of an athletic or sports
Pr0gSe is nothing in the summer to pUp
To The Editor:
Mav I make a small suggestion?
Why don't we make arrangements here for more frequent
aSehe soda fountains where we may quench our thirst are too
few and too crowded. .
If there were more places, there would be more in use, more
profit for those who operate and more comfort "JJjJj
Professor Heatwave
Advice of All Kinds, Including Psychological, Sociological,
Philosophical, Anthropological, and Biological.
Dear Professor Heatwave:
An elderly man, about 30, standing in the registration line at
Woollen Gvm today, asked me for a date for Saturday night. A few
minutes later I saw him talking with another school teacher, and
I learned that he got a date with her. He was observed in conver
sation with several more, all the while taking down addresses m
The thing that worries me, as a third grade public school
tPacer. is whether emphasis in subject matter and course con
tent is the main challenge of the times or whether the technical
educatist courses will enable an ambitious school teacher to go far.
Undecided
Dear Undecided: .
This is a problem which transcends perhaps all other m
modern edition. I would say you should see your faculty ad
viser and abide by his decision.
Professor Heatwave
Dear Professor Heatwave:
n v hot days a certain
I was nere ihm " TT ,
faculty member held his class outside cn the lawn. Does the Unl
vprcitv P-itomatirallv insure students against bites by gnats and
blank widow spiders?
Careful
Dea Tareul:
No
Professor Heatwave
Dear Professor Heatwave:
A waiter in a downtown restaurant failed to give me a forte.
Should I have eaten my salad with a spoon.
Prissy
Dear Prissy: . .
No, you should have demanded a fork. But that reminds me
ef an interesting conversation I had the ether day with a , lady
who savs she eats her toothpicks in dives and hard salad, be
cause they are nourishing.
Professor Heatwave
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