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Sharon; doesn't expect to receive : the sewing machine she ; really wants but isj content to spends Christmas Day with her j family at her; grandmother's home in j north Durham. fl'Jh'nr iuitc: DTH Uif wriirf i; i Mmc and Maniu fitjit. a funinr pyd;'tr;v jmJ sot ioi'&r njjfttr ji t!ic I 'nircnily. rhiwJ fiw s,!:tm arcj in Barium U'cdncidjy in hapi- af determining! wlui kind of Chris wu slmyj. ruidaif hare. -:Thc tvo n)if:pjri;d their impressions of ihey sjwv-Niw Janes urate the storv. i l Wrz in j "our-roont tabs!,).;" vio:ii.::i expressed sjiJ vile pLnncJ fa sjvnJ ( a desire !o it ht father m Suyhis ut hor.vc fer Chris! mas seen Like ir. os! low-income !anii!;s. !fiesc r The do4fs! liu ? I! gets to t!u Clinistnias experienced b the tmpoverislied bbek man is perhaps dina to his local Salvation Anny post or putting a basket of fruit on a splintered doorstep. The poverty-stricken families of the slumi are often forgotten in the midst of the Christmas spirit." But the people living in the slums of Durham expect the same from Christmas as do those who have found success in the suburbs. Having relatives near them during the holiday season is most important. The slum residents tend to de-emphasize the tinsil. the Christmas tree and expensive decorations, but this is only because they don't have the money to afford these luxuries. Because they do not have the money to spend on the commercial aspects of Christmas, the slum residents tend to place more emphasis on their family gatherings. , ' The teenage girls look fovvard to receiving the lastest fashions such as boots and pants suits. Most little boys want gun holsters and trucks. Their expectations contrast with the barrenness of their homes. Most slum residents have plans to spend i , t t ' , . zvw4 to parties :unum foil n as most Life- Vol. 78, No. 75 Chapel Hill, North Cai 275 , V tt tec! the s-tjueee of inllation. f or tSiec file the mother with scen clu'dren. cen the most simple gifts might be too expensive this ear. Church and school seem to play a limited ro!e in the children's Christmas. Some cf the chi! Jren interviewed said they participate in exchanging at school. One little bov he made of paper e;; a:;d aU? suspended from a gr.en nbbvn. Tliey did not seem to em; traditional Christmas dinner as r.iti Americans. Unlike most American housewives, slum residents iont do extensive baking of cookies, cakes and pies. One woman said she was planning to bake one or two cukes. There was no mention of such Christmas traditions as hanging stockings, caroling or trimming trees. Santa Claus is a bringer of gilts and goodies, but the gifts and goodies for the slum children are not what they - see on television. Slum residents do express the traditional true meaning of Christmas as it pertains to Christ am! his birth. But their monetary assets restrict them to enjoying a more religious and less Commercial Christmas. t it i 1 Founded February 23, 1893 idluncaMoini ccDnniio Tl f nlTc ) l i .1 ill! aiefisaMoim Tl 01 I 1 io -a" Some reorganization of high education s necessary, "to make the system more efficient" Consolidated University President William C. Friday said Wednesday. V . Discussing Gov. Robert Scott's meeting Sunday with University trustees concerning possible reorganization of higher education in the state, Friday said, "It is a good thing to being trustees together to discuss problems of higher education. "We need to develop a system," Friday continued, to remove the political aspects from higher education." Scott urged the trustees to devise a proposal to reorganize higher education which could be introduced in the 1971 General Assembly, according to a report Tuesday in the Tuesday edition of The Charlotte Observer. The Governor is reportedly disturbed Tj over the legislative jockeying between state universities over the past several years. At the Sunday meeting, Scott allegedly told trustees he is seeking a system which would do away with the Consolidated University and the Board of Higher Education. An agency in which all of the state's 16 institutions of higher education would be represented was proposed to set policy for education in North Carolina. This agency would coordinate all higher education in the state and review budget requests from the state institutions of higher learning. 1 The Governor told the trustees "there is a considerable fragmentation of higher education in the state, and unclear responsibilities and distinctions between the Consolidated University and the Board of Higher Education." Scott said he has "tried to open communication" . between the Consolidated University and the other institutions of higher education in the state. "I have sought to avoid a coming confrontation which may already be tieTe," Scott told the trustees, "with your help, I hope to arrive at some plan for the organizational structure of higher education in North. Carolina." 11 Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson said Wednesday, concerning the meeting, '"there needs to be a reassessment of higher education. I can't comment on a specific proposal until one has been made." An executive committee meeting of the University Board of Trustees is scheduled Dec. 29 as a "follow up" to Scott's recommendations about higher education.' Scott said Sunday the trustees will have four alternatives at their upcoming meeting. They can have the Consolidated University absorb all other universities: strengthen the Board of Higher Education and give it absolute authority ovei priorities and budgets; create the newly proposed structure suggested at the Sunday meeting or do nothing at all. i t The Governor also restated hi commitment before the trustees, made ir a speech in 1 968, not to go to th General Assembly and ask for restructuring- of the educational system He said, however, "I can't stand by anc not see the resolution of this problem., see no other way out. "My role is to give leadership. You (the trustees) are the ones who need to do the job." i if wj VV j i C i .... c I 5 .v. i f J ..- rTPSKr h - ' ' At ,t " 1 s v N r Downtown Chape! Hill took on a festive air this week as the Christmas decorations reminded everyone just how close Christmas really is. Better get that shopping done quickly, or it will be too late. (Staff photo by John Hart) y oiraws erne by Evans Witt Staff Writer opposnftnomif .keairfiinig ; i f .' The question of University zoning was the topic of a special public hearing held Monday night by the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen and the Planning Board. No opposition to the general idea of University zoning was expressed at the hearing, although a large number of residents of South Columbia St. vigorously protested their being included in a proposed University "A" zone. In the weekly Board of Aldermen's meeting which followed the hearing, the pollution problem of the New Hope Resevoir, the downtown merchant's reaction to the Christmas Street party and student appointments to the Human Relations Commission were major topics. At the special hearing, Chapel Hill Director of Planning Harry Palmer explained in detail the reason for the proposed change in the zoning ordinance. The main basis for the change in the ordinance is the large number of startling . . . . . -:.-.-.;-...v.....v...".".N This is the last issue of The Daily Tar Heel until after the Christmas holidays. The staff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. v.v. incongruities in the current University situation, Palmer said. Previously the University functions could occur in any zone in the town. For example, the majority of the main campus of the University is zoned for small single-family dwellings. The change in the ordinance would differentiate between normal academic functions and other "supportive functions, such as the laundry plant, which could be classified as heavy commercial or industrial," according to' Palmer. The opposition to the re-zoning along South Columbia St. was led by Dr. Herhard Lenski, a sociology professor. The main force of the residents' arguments was that there was no logical reason to zone a completely residential area for University use. The Board of Aldermen unanimously passed a resolution asking the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake a study of the environmental effects of the New Hope Dam. The aldermen expressed their concern for a lake-side recreational area for the town and their hope that the new lake would provide this. , Alderman George Coxhead communicated to the Board the displeasure of some of the downtown Chapel Hill merchants with the Christmas street party held last Saturday under the joint sponsorship of Student Government and the town. . Si vi Vf if.. sftmas mi Kids h Santa, holidays and last minute tests Chapel HUl's Christmas Tree by Lou Bonds Staff Writer Judging from the amount of tests being given, Christmas has hit the town cf Chapel Hill and the University. Bah humbug. The street lights are up, the store windows are full, Santa's face is plastered on just about every door in the neighborhood and the manger scenes are being put up on front lawns. You might say the town is looking right pretty indeed. The students are giving their final yuletide part.es in the town, drinking a few Christmas toddies and hoping the police don't catch them in the wrong lane of Franklin Street. Everybody seems to be smiling a lot more and shouting a lot less. The guys are beginning to tell wild stories about how good looking their "hometown sweeties" are; the girls are dressing up. And the couples are kissing as if the two weeks apart from one another is a year. The candle-hawkers have hit the streets on clear nights. Everybody has to have a candle. The freaks are wondering how they can stand two weeks of home life, and so are the straights and so are the parents. Wrapping paper and ribbons are selling well. Forests are being cleared of trees. The four- and five-year-old kids in town are being nauseatingly nice in order to get a lot of presents. The national sales of puppies has: skyrocketed. Nothing is better than a: cuddly old mutt to light some kid's heart up- The ministers in town are wondering::-, how on earth they are going to say ; something different about Christmas this:!:; year. jg Everything is just about ready for;:-: Christmas. Except there's no snow and nog sleigh bells and no snowmen. g The spirit of Christmas is here all right.:?: For some people, it's just hanging back??:? for a couple of days more. And then, in?:?: just seven more days, everybody is going?:?: to get all sentimental and gushy about?:?: how much they love each other and what?2 a Merry cnnsimas mey re navmg. V. And then Christmas will be over. .riloims o - . TI H . oramsrams bow .v.w Iv.'.V.'.V.V.'.V.V.-.'.V.V. by Bill Pope Staff Writer Crowded conditions in residence halls this semester should ease up by next semester said the director of residence life Friday. As of mid-December, there were SO unfilled spaces for next semester in women't residence halls, 1 3 of them for graduate students. There are 103 undergraduate and 1 7 graduate spaces open in men's residence halls. "We have yet to receive applications from newly admitted spring students," said Kepner. About 100 students are - i expected to enroll in the spring with approximatley 40 per cent requesting University housing. "We should not be as crowded in the spring semester as we were this fall," Kepner added. He said he was "very pleased with the occupancy level" for the spring semester. As of last week, thert was a vacancy level of spaces available of 3.6 per cent for women and 2.1 percent for men. More applications are expected for these spring vacancies. There were nearly 900 empty spaces in resident hall at the beginning of the spring semester last year. Kepner said there was a "reasonably good prospect" that persons who can't find off-campus housing could find spaces (fQ ST1 nn or in University residence halls at the beginning of next semester. James Wadsworth. director of housing, says it is difficult to determine whether the off-campus housing shortage will let up next semester. lt is never as crowded second semester as the first" Wadsworth explained. '"We usually receive most of our Gff-campus openings between Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, but it is difficult to say because it varies every year. "There have been very few openings off-campus so far. but as time goes on. we are hoping for more. Wadsworth fevls some students are moving kick to campus because of the ' "mains' in: r fluents in rcuU';u'." : : f s Coed dorms, telephones, refrigerators and kitchens are some of the improvements Wadsworth cited. The following spring semester spaces are available in women's and men's resident halls as of mid-December: Women: Morrison-34, Crake13, East Cobb-5. West Cobb-5. Winston-5, Joynor-5. Project Hinton-4, Alderman 3. Parker 3. Kenan 1, Mclver-1. Connor-1. Spencer-0, Whilehead-0. Men: James-4lv Ehringhaus-Z, Football Section 12. Morrison 6, Prokvt Hinton-5. Old Last-!. Old '7 . : !
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