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Page Two TW dapti Bffl Weekly LOUIS GRAVES Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year sl-50 Six Month* 1.00 Three Months - M Bafttrad a* mw< id— wmttar Fabn—rr W tCSI. at tia paetefeer at Chapai Hill. North Camitaa. wader the act of North i. im. Medicine Makers Protected The state house of represen tatives' health committee has made an unfavorable report on the bill to label as “poison" medi cines containing acetanilid. The disapproved measure is one that points in the right direction, and "•r we hope that the legislature, in stead of protecting the makers of so-called “headache reme dies" and other dangerous powders, tablets, and liquids that should be only upon the advice of a physician, will do to protect the pub lic. The way in which these medicines are advertised in newspapers and over the radio, usually without any intimation that overdoses are dangerous, is thoroughly vicious. The Rock tyaJls Mrs. Hough, who used to live in Virginia and now lives in Paris, visited Chapel Hill re cently. Going about the village, she admired the old rock walls. In the course of a talk to the Garden Club she urged the mem bers to do all they could to en courage the building of walls of the old sort. We are in complete accord with Mrs. Hough about this, and so are many other peo ple we know. The old “dry” walls in Chapel Hill are beauti ful. The new walls, rigid, with squared edges, slick with ce ment, are horrid excrescences, tending to give the village a kind of factory look. We pray that no enemy will ever make an air raid on Chapel Hill, but there is one kind of bomb shower that we can imagine ourselves enjoying one that would de molish these new walls and not hit anything else. A Low and Sordid Idea The Raleigh News and Ob server got out its annual Farm Edition Monday, and in an edi torial on that day it said: “The Farm Edition is dedicated to the welfare of the agricultural in terests of North Carolina. The News and Observer has no greater purpose than presenting and supporting every move to increase the farmers’ income and enrich the farmer's life.” Maybe the editors of the News and Observer will be shocked at the low and sordid idea that occurs to us which is that, if we got out a supple ment like this one, our pleasure in-doing such a noble work for the fanners would be consider ably enhanced by our contem plation of the big juicy display of quarter-page, half-page, and full-page advertisements. It’s a sight to make any publisher’s mouth water. Viewing the Remains A person in high political or religious office dies, and a part of the funeral ceremonies is the lying-in-state. Thousands of people file by the bier and gaze ' upon the dead man. “So enormous was the throng by 6 A.M.,” says an Associated Press cable despatch from Rome about the funeral of the Pope, “that 200 regulars of the Italian army joined the carabinieri in holding back the worshippers. Crowds collected in the piazza until its 15 acres of pavements were black with people.’* A des patch to a New York paper, with the headline, *'500,000 View Pope,” says: “Trains from afl over Italy were packed with people coming from the remot est comer of the peninsula for a last glimpse of the Pope.” In the newspaper reports there is always either the direct statement or the implication that the number of men and women who engage in such a pilgrim age is evidence Os the venera tion in which the late monarch, statesman, or prelate was held. We believe that Pope Pius the Eleventh was a man who well deserved the affection and re spect not only of the people of his own church but of mankind in general; but we believe with equal firmness that his virtues had nothing to do with people’s thronging to St. Peter’s Basilica to look upon him in death. If he had been arrogant and bigoted, as many another ecclesiastic both Roman Catholic and Pro- P.T.A. Will Discuss Physical Education “Physical Education” will be the general topic of the Chapel Hill P.T.A. meetings next Tues day. The elementary section will meet at 3:15 in the elementary school auditorium. Principal W. J. Boger will talk about “The Role of Physical Education in the Elementary School Curricu lum.” To illustrate the talk, groups of children will perform folk dances under the direction of Miss Louise Bolton. Teachers are preparing for parents to Exhibit of Pictures by North Carolina Artists An exhibition of pictures by North Carolina artists will be held here March 5 to" 26 under the auspices of the North Caro lina Artists’ Club in the Person hall art gallery. This exhibition is primarily for the promotion and encouragement of art in North Carolina. Any member of the club or any artist native to or resident in North Carolina for at least two years may enter the exhibi tion. No student work will be ac cepted. All work must be entered not later than February 25 and must have been executed since January 1, 1938. Each entrant will be allowed five entries, which may be made in one or several of the following media: oils, watercolors, drawings, pastels, prints, and sculpture. All entries will be subject to selection by a jury composed of Russell T. Smith, chairman, William Meade Prince, and Rosa mond Niles. All entries should be sent prepaid to the North Teachers’ Plea May Be Taken to the Floor (Continued from firtt page) General Assembly as a whole have to face, and the fiscal prob lems they have to solve in con nection with all the numerous and worthy public services which re quire financial support. Nevertheless, we are fully convinced that the serv ices of no other agency of the State can be compared in significance with those rendered by our public schools. In a democracy, at least, the educa tion and protection of the rising gen erations inevitably ranks first among the responsibilities of the State. “What is the precise situation now? During all the recent years of de pression the schools of North Caro lina have been made to encounter more difficulties in adjustment to their responsibilities and their re sources than in any other time of economic dislocation in the history of the public school system. It ri, we be lieve, a generally recognised fact that the budget of the State in 1933 was balanced by administrative sav ings, the greater part of which waa derived from the salaries of teachers and other provisions for the public schools. It was this burden imposed primarily upon the backs of schools and school teachers that enablad the Governor and the Council of State faithfully to meet the interest pay ments upon Stats bonds and even to sell new bonds in the financial mar kets. * “It la in large degree the continued bearing of a disproportionate burden by the schools and the teachers that has saved and maintained the credit of the State since 1988. There may then be those who would say that, since the State has profited so long by this sacrifice of teachers and THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. testa nt had been before him, we would still be reading of the crowds pressing upon the cathe dral. We recall that a few years ago the riot squads of the New York police had to be called out because of the multitude that besieged the mortuary where a movie actor lay dead, and news paper files would yield the record of many another such demon stration. If a man is famous, be he saint or villain, throngs wiU troop to his bier. This is due to some morbid streak in human kind, some primal urge that is a mysterious hangover from an earlier stage of evolution. We do not understand why it is, but live people—apparently a major ity of them—just naturally like to look at dead people. visit grade rooms to hear pro grams and see the work being done by their children. The high school section will meet at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. Mrs. Grover Beard will give a talk on “A Pro gram of Physical Education for High School Girls,” and Earl Ruth will give a brief talk on “Sports for High School Boys.” Round table discussions will follow the .talks. The a capella choir, directed by Mrs. Maaske, will sing. Carolina Artists’ Club Exhibit, Person Hall Art Gallery. This will be the second annual jury exhibition sponsored by the North Carolina Artists’ Club. The first was held here in 1937, at which time the Club voted to continue the system of a jury show open to all North Carolina artists, rather than to limit their exhibitions to members only without jury selection. Gene Irwin, president of the Club, said-that the new policy was adopted because it was bet ter adapted to the encourage ment of artists throughout the state. The rules for this year’s ex hibition have been compiled by Russell T. Sjnith and Mr. Erwin, who is acting for the executive committee of the club. Other members of the committee are Isabel Bowen Henderson and Mary Tillery of Raleigh, and Henry J. MacMillan of Wilming ton. schools, why not try it another bien nium at least? There is, however, an other question to which we ask your most thoughtful consideration; that is: how long can the burden be al lowed to rest on the backs of the teachers before by the inevitable turn of events it is actually shifted to the backs of our children? “In general the loyalty of the edu cational workers of North Carolina during these lean years, their inter est and devotion to their most impor tant tasks, their trust in the com munity they serve, constitute most impressive manifestations of patience and patriotism as well as of fidelity to their responsibilities to the chil dren and to the State. In the clear light of recent history, the teachers of North Carolina deserve more con sideration than they seem now to be receiving. “But that is not all. No matter how firm and how long-suffering the loy alty of a majority of the members of the teaching profession may be, there is such a thing as ‘turnover.* Teachers die, they become superan nuated, they find other occupations or leave the profession for one reason or another; new teachers must regu larly be brought into the schools. What are the inducements for young persons of the right sort to seek the training necessary to fit them to be come proper teachers of the children of North Carolina, so long as they see before them not only a life of hard work at what can hardly be called a decent living wage, but also what may well be construed as a declaration by the Legislature of the State that it is not particularly in terested in improving the conditions under which those labor who voluh- tarily tssume responsibility for teaching onr children? “Here is a problem which the rep resentatives of the people, including the children, of North Carolina must face in the light both of the possi bilities and of their own sense of the needs of the younger generation and of their ideals for the future of the State.” Smith to Address Clubwomen The art section of the Community Club will meet at 8 o’clock next Tues day evening at the Person hall art gallery to hear a lecture by Russell T. Smith on the collection of photo graphs of modem architecture on display in the gallery. The exhibit consists of large photographs of mod em homes, apartments, and business buildings, including both exteriors and interiors with furnishings. Mr. Smith, an architect as well as an ar tist, will explain the purposes of mod ern architecture in present day living. Wrestling Here Today The University and Duke wrestling teams will meet at 5 o’clock this (Fri day) afternoon in the Woollen gym nasium. There will be a freshman meet between the two schools at 3:30. Wants Clothes of 1900-1915 Mrs. Harry Davis of the Carolina Playmakers is advertising for men’s and women’s clothes of the 1900 to 1916 period. 4 <* - ———— lwpw Right now, jesse, you’re a hero! but that wont last! SHOOTING AND ROBBING WILL BE YOUR APPETITE!... UNTIL YOU’RE LIKE A WOLF! YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE YOURSELF UP!” mmmmmmmmmmmmm aanssnmnmna wmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmammammm mmaaamm J|r Spectacular drama of a W lawless era's moat famous out , f . Ibwl The picture recognized U L at Darryl F. Zanuck'a greatest! In KCHHICOiO* TYRONE POWER HENRY FONDA NANCY KELLY RANDOLPH SCOn Plus Paramount News , TUESDAY WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY "The Three Musketeers” dorothy lamour with is RITZ BROTHERS—DON AM EC HE * "St Louig Blues” FRIDAY -SATURDAY THE GREATEST SCREEN THRILL EVER FILMED! “WINGS OF THE NAVY” Starring GEORGE BRENT OLIVIA da HAVILLAND JOHN PAYNE —Feb. 26-27 | W > 1H ■ V ELEANOR POWELL At the Bull’s Head Tea N. B. Adams will talk on “Some Who Saw Spain” at 4:15 next Wednesday afternoon at the Bull’s Head Bookshop tea. Discussion of Refugee Problem The refugee problem will be dis cussed at a meeting to be held at 8 o’clock Sunday evening in the Grail room, second floor of the Graham Me morial, under the sponsorship of the Friends (Quakers) of Chapel Hill. People here who want to cooperate in helping refugees will learn how they can do so. Miss Hudson Is Better Miss Louise Hudson is in the Uni versity infirmary with pneumonia. Seriously ill early in the week, she is much better now. Two Villagers to Speak Maryon Saunders and Oliver Corn well will speak this evening in Gas tonia at the annual banquet of the University alumni in Gaston county. Books of Every Kind for Old and Young You are invited to come here, whenever the whim moves you, to browse around. If you want to buy, good; if not, also good. Suit yourself. Bull’s Head Bookshop Ground Floor, University Library, West Door Friday, February 17, 1939 Willow Tree in Full Leaf Mias Sally Foard MacNider’s wil low tree is in full leaf, FOR RENT “ New duplex house, with three apartments. Two apartments have mechanical refrigeration and stoves. One apartment new ly furnished without kitchen. Service Insurance and Realty Company. Telephone 5721. CLOTHING WANTED Wanted to buy or rent: men’s suits, women’s dresses, suits, and overcoats of the 1900 to 1915 period. Write or telephone Mrs. Harry Davis, Carolina Playmakers. WANTED Rooms and apartments avail able for spring term beginning March 7, 1939, for students In public health. Call phone 7791 for listing.
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