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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly LOUIS GRAVES Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ore Year $1.50 Entered tu Meond*dan mutter PebruAry 2h, 19 1%. at the poitctfre at Chapel Hiii. North Carolina, under the act of March 3, II Mr. McAlister Denounces the Proposed Amendment The most remarkable com munication that we have ever seen, from a person announcing his support of a measure, is the letter from A. W. .McAlister of GreensUjro to the .\<ws of that city on the subject of the pro posed educational amendment to the state ( Constitution. I* i' remarkable because, after ...y brief!; that he exper* McAlister de\ o’e a column and a quarter—about £.OOO words—- to telling what a sorry thing the proposed amendment n-1 I i in it ; ca - • < > nan yp z with fin) pr'a HeLdcx n’l jirai.-e the mea- .re a' a. j am. he damn, it from beginning to enyj "Makeshift comprorr;; >■" ;,*• calis i!. and then b* pr>s-eed- wit h l a.deti ■ itm< hat leave :k I." a- .: ta' "11 efficient ■; and the v. ey-ne mg o' the school- had been the sole purjt'i-e of the pjropciscd amendmen*he writes, ";t would 1 ne er ha • takei th< torn, whid) It . :Uw .being pn -erfied to the voters of North < arolina. A ’.' -o.n i. . mak'- p'-inicai mani]>ulat.ion j»o.s.-»ible. More than that, it invites it. When juils* i<tii manipulation is a j>os i! ‘HT 'itilf'.' an ]fi<*\ JlaiMi* act uai 1 1 \. “\\ ( sown to have hoard before* ol" congressional district and highway-district board represen ■. ... remei rumor.- o! the most flagrant polit ical activity if; tie record. If the P ovision that a majority of the Stat< School Hoard shall be 'per son.- of training and experience in business and finance' hud read, 1 per.- ■ ■ ' . . expel ence in business, finance and j politics, it would have more ac-1 curately stated what sooner or ' later we art destined to have un der the proposed constitutional j amendment. "The provision that is perhaps 1 more obnoxious than any other js that one w hich in the composi tion of tin state hoard, diserimi nates against ‘any person con nected with the teaching profes sion or any educational adminis tration ol the state.’ Tiie amend ment specifies that tic majority of tin- board must is- persons of 'training and exp* %eiiee in busi ness and finance.’ “Whj - I ■■. ling . ■ • ■ perience in education, the work; which they are appointed to, supervise? In other woi i-. t'l > who are appointed to supervise them had better not know tool much about the schools. Farm ers are supposed to be ucceptabh as .members of the department of agriculture and doctors as mern l**r- el the state board of health. What is the matter with edu-j caters a- members of the state! school board V" * . * "It ha.- been my observation! that when members of any ad- i mi.cist rath e board are short on j ‘training and experience’ in the work to be administered, they are mighty apt to he long on the politics which prompted their ap pointment. The fact that a great! political party is sponsoring the 1 amendment may be, to the future well being of the schools’, the most ominous circumstance of all. ] Democracy is to me almost a re-' ligious faith, hut I do not want our school system to become the ward of any political party. “The proposed school amend ment has other defectswhich can be little more than enumerated in this article. There is no more | logic in selecting the state super intendent of public instruction by popular vote than there would be to select school teachers and school principals and superin-; tendents by the vote of the people. “The state superintendent !should not be a member of the board whose chief function is to see that he administers his job j satisfactorily. There is no longer, lany sound reason why the lieu tenant governor and the state treasurer should I*■ members of the state school board. The ap pointment of a comptroller “sub-1 jort to the approval of the Gov-! ernor" will provide a duality of (executive control-which violates th«-.fir.-- principle.- of good bu-i --ness, private or public.” ♦- * * “With thi ib att< ' A— 1 ori»<-<: j> the problems of war. ■ This is no proper time vision which may fix the pattern • of our ,-chool system for genera- ; lion- to come. Let’.-work toward 1 an ultimate plan that will con- ! 1 sidei th< school , first, last an the t im< Such a plan he simple, efficient and divorced j from politics. j “The pattern is ready To the ha j id, i.n tm- -: rrip'ic •’. ;«• ' ; orfi. • e\ el e< • the municipal commission-manager ■ ■■ rn. ' .’ f.i h : - ::fO'i< o-o as < r ’ directors-managor form of- uc-* i : c*-- -foI pin.ale bu.-ine.-.-.—All that i is ne*-ded for the sch'sil.- is. a -Tati > board composed of the. best edu- i rational brain-' that we possess, < a■ ■ ip’:' ii:.g ooard by aggered term.-, w-liom- principal responsi- - th< y ■ free f m anyb ap-; j provai or from poiiticaHnterfer- ; e.nct . the be-’ qualified a\ailabl<- i person for the job of manager of 1 The state ,-chool sv.-tem, and to < 1 in foregoing sentenee is the < jlrar.'K work o’l the ideal pattern 1 of school administration-. Add a ; ;wheroa- or two To ma*ke it legal; let the .state .-chooi board, to bed ! appointed by the Governor and, 1 japproved by the legislature, take 1 1 1he [dace of the boards and com- 1 ;missions which now constitute j' o ir state school ,-t stern ; make the ■.-uperintendent of public instruc tion the appointee and executive ’; officer ol the board and not a ' member of it, and not subject to 1 the approval of any politically- 1 ded go\ ernor who might' ■come along in the course of hu-p man events; and limit tin- mem- , ber,-hip ol the board to seven!, members at large, without refer- , ence to districts, upon the prin ciple that they represent the en-q ■tire state and not any particular , se< tion of it. with pro\ n-ion that , iiio governor alter the first shall!; appoint more than one-third of the boyrd.- Jt is just a> simple as , .that, if tlie well-being of the' school.- is the sole objective.’’ Mr. McAlister says: “This is!: ino proper time for a decision; which may fix the pattern of our' -chooi system for generations to 1 Iconic," and yet he says he in-! tends to vote for the amendment, fi Why? His only answer is con-!: tained in this passage in hi.s let-!, ter: "In deference to the judg-J 'inent of school friends-who as-! sure me that the proposed amendment is better than what we have and all we can get for | the present, I expect to vote for lit.” He expresses the hope.that "its adoption will lx- followed by un relenting elForts to correct its many imperfections.” Hut surely Mr, McAlisteh must I know, from his experience with public affairs, and from his ob servation of political processes, that if this amendment is put in | to the Constitution it is certain to stay there for many years, llovv much better it would be to dis card the “makeshift compro mise,” which Mr. McAlister de nounces so forcefully and so con vincingly, and to work out a good substitute, for submission to .the' [people in the hext general elec- 1 THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. tion, such as the one that Mr.; .McAlister himself suggests. It is obvious to any reader of hi.- letter that Mr. McAlister is not comfortable in being among !the supporters of the proposed i amendment. He does not belong [on their side. He ought to be en listed among those who are try ing to keep the state from com mitting a serious mistake. '' Students and Automobiles With the opening of the Uni iversity, the question of the pos session-of. automobiles by. stu dents will come to the front again. Probably there will be fewer student-owned car- than last year by a considerable mar gin. for two reasons: <1 > tires and gasoline have become in crea.-ingly scarce, and (2) the student safety council ha- sent to. . ;'."S 'r;. .-. — it.g them not to allow their .sons and daughters to bring car- to Chaped Hill. We suggested in an editorial a few month.- ago that, in view of * .*.< emergency. it would Is- a good, no ■ e fi or j,he University to l'ol iov. 'in example of some other m.-tii .t,oi - and forbid students to have cars. Our idea was that the principle of the draft should, bo applied to th-i- situation; that, the possession of car- by students - i.g. ov utitver-al agn-eme;:', i-siry and—vva-to 1 uIT the liberty of the individual should be made -übordinate to the gen eral welfare. Student leader- presented to the trustee- last June a “memor ial re.-olution” in which they op posed any sort of official ban upon the possession of cars by students. They said: “The aboli • i'->n ol student, automobile- might easily result in a great lessening < f student morale. . . . We think that abolisl ng -st ident automo bile.-, although it would directly affect only a small per "cent of the student body, would■ antagonize the student body as a whole. H e ; btlu.ee that the tmposi tion of this regulation would bn.- milt i/ conflict with th( liberal, democratic principles of the l ni ci rsUij.” The italics in the final sentence ' are our.-. \\b w ant to emphasize I this statement because we think the folly of it calls for special at tention. Jt is decidedly hot democratic to leave it to the individual t<. de -. ids, in a time like this, whether or not he shall waste materials' essential to the national welfare.! I )emo< racy a .seyj.s the validit y of the principle of “the greatest good to the greatest number.' as determined bv the majority it also asserts the validity of the principle of “treat all alike." In a time of national danger, the most undemocratic course pos ,-ible would lx? to let shirkers and slackers be free of any re,-p< risi bility for the national safety w hile their lives and property are being jjroiected by volunteer-. It was the recognition of the un democratic and unfair nature of such a course that led to the en jactment of the draft law. Stud en t self-government, [which is abundantly extolled in thi.- community, would gain in the esteem of thoughtful'people, in connect ion with the matter of student-owned cars, if it would come down out of the clouds and get a better grip on realities. No body'will dissent from the opin ion that, even though a majority of students are willing to do w ith out cars, there will be some who will take advantage of a non pleasures as usual. Should this minority be permitted to have its own way?- Os course it should not. Then, what student govern ment should do, if it aspires to lx* really democratic, is to apply, in respect to the possession of automobiles by students, the same principle that the national government has applied in re spect to military service. Secretary Not Employed In our last week’s editorial: about the proposed educational 1 amendment to the state Consti tution, it was stated that a secre tary had been employed for the committee organized to support the amendment in the election this fall. This was a mistake.! When a person is “employed,” | that carriesHhe meaning that he paid. .Roy W, Morrison, of the! division of teacher training of the ! University’s .education depart ment, inform? us that the com mittee’s secretary, Fred W. Wate rs, superintendent of ; schools ii Hendersonville, is serv ing as the committee’s secretary without pay. “In addition to thej great amount of time and,energy Mr. Water- is devoting to this work," writes Mr. Morrison, "he ■ 1 xpense for .. ...... ] this is defrayed, and others work ing for the amendment have no expenses paid.” Taylors Home from the West !. Mr. and Mrs. George Coffin! ■ Fay lor have come back home from their visit to Mr. and Mrs.! ■ H i-lder, ( V' . the I Colorado this summer. They had ' • ' r" first sight of t heir grand daughter, eleven-months-old El- Wj ' Shock fi-ymiid p-porrthat she ' beautiful and charming. Mr. Taylor did sorrie’trout-fishing in Rocky Mountain 'reams. The >hock]eys have now returned *o 'ho University of Oklahoma. I ; Lieutenant - Edmund Taylor of the Army Medical Corps, sta tioned in Florida, is here for a short visit to his parent -. Villagers to Fort Hragg The foil owing men went from I I here to Fort Hragg this week to ! be inducted into the Army ; Hill ( anada, Hill Gardner, Rowland Pittman. Harry Lynn, Douglas! Eubanks, ( harles Gooch, .Jr., Hill Weaver, M. ('. McGilvary, William Lanier Hunt, Dewey M«-rritt, T. T. Thompson, Hill , Freeman, W’oodrow Williams,! ■Joe I'owler. Walhai- Patterson,! ( # [' J.uce Hnxkwell, Richard Best,; Ezra I.ewis Hardee, Melville Jor dan. Woodrow Durham, E. H. Douglas, William E. Smit h. (ireen j-Dodson, Lto M'-rritt, Morris. R. (). Hayes, Mike V’las-; takis, and James Durham. Sev eral of them, including Kill j Weaver. Richard Best, and Luce j Brockwell, were turned down. Mi vs Jean McLean in WAVES Miss Jean McLean of Chapel! Hill was recently notified of her; acceptance in tin* WAVES, the; women’s division of the Navy.' She passed her entrance exami-i nations in Charleston, S. C., and; was notified to report to the WAVES’ indoctrination center at Northampton, Mass., where she will spend several months undergoing basic training. She lias been commissioned a lieu-! tenant ( jg). She is a native of j Raleigh and for the last few years was an accountant in the University’s business office. ' ■■ At the Service Center Memlx rs of the Garden Club, under the direction of Mrs. W.l ('. Coker, will he hostesses this week-end at the Service Center. The women of the United church, directed by Mrs. P. It. Perry, were hostesses last Sat urday, and the women of the Friends Society, directed by Mrs. Carson W. Ryan, were hostesses last Sunday. About 600 cadets were entertained at the center Saturday and Sunday. Miss Raney in Reidsville M , ■, - '• . Miss Elizabeth Raney left last Sunday for Reidsville where she will teach Latin this year. Last year she was a memlier of the Fayetteville school system. Women Going Away to School i • ' ““V , Young women who are going i away to colleges and schools this month aite; Miss Shirley Graves, I to Agnes Scott College in De catur, Georgia; Miss Betta Mc- Carthy, to Sara Lawrence Col lege in Bronxville, N. V.; Miss 1 Ann Holmes, to the University lof Canada; Miss Betsy Ann Bowman and Miss Margaret Car michael, to Sweet Briar College. Virginia; Miss Caroline House to Hollins College, near Roanoke, Virginia; Miss Kitty Roger-on.- Miss Eleanor Carroll. Miss Joyce i Hinson, Miss Sue Durham, Miss Dot Roister, Miss .June Cheek, Mis- Gladys Wager. Miss Fran- Bason, and Miss Allen Clay well, to the Woman’s College of the University in Greensboro. Auxiliary at Mrs. Andrews' American I.< gioi Aux:l its regular 'mi nt : meeting Tuesday afternoon at *h" home of Mrs. Eugene An drews. Refreshment - were iv ied aftei the transaction of busi ness. Mrs. Bernice Fitch ;s presi dent of the Auxiliary. Throw Your Scrap into the fight BEDSPRING \\ WTED V. . ' evciiai.'g I-:.',i'll coil bedspring for. one '39-inch bedspring. Telephone 5101. FOR SAI.E For -ale, in excellent condi tion: One double iron bed with springs; one circulator, coal burner. For terms, call 5791. , f. GOLD BROOCH LOST Lost: A gold brooch, oval j shaped. Lost Wednesday, Sep t ember 10, on walk from'Ransom i Street to Post Office and then to Person Hall. Reward. Call HtfOL. HOI SE Dl{ APT. W W ILD Wanted: Furnished apartment |or furnished small house, for fall term. For man and two children. Call 3806 between 9 and 5 o’clock. ■ S MILK / /• \ Goes To War.. / \ To the moil in service and to A =//0/ gflCQ'i7 \ <‘ivilians on the home front, M rJo -^\\ rn * s t * l< ‘ umbt-r one health I I all y- MM does mort* for the j \ | body than any other single ...-jjfood and does it more cheaply. i r . * Milk’s health-encouraging I|. Jj qualities are matched only by ; II jh ' its refreshing taste appeal. £“'■== r~rj Knjoy a tall glass the next yfez. J time you are tired and thirsty. c Durham c J)airyfProducts “CHAPEL HILL’S COMPLETE DAIRY SERVICE” The Carolina Inn Operating a Dining Room and Cafeteria Catering to the General Public, Students, and Faculty The Dining Room Schedule . Hreakfast Lunch Dinner 7:30 on 12:00 to 2:00 6:30 to 8:00 • The Cafeteria Schedule Breakfast Lunch Dinner 7:30 to 9:30 11:55 to 2:00 5:35 to 8:00 8:00 to 10:00 on Sunday On Sundays, breakfast begins at 8 and luncheon at 12:30 in the dining room. Friday, September 11, 1942 COOK WANTED Wanted: A good cook. Tele phone 4231. “ J AMES LONGSTREET“ wanted Wanted, to buy: A copy of "James Longstreet” by Ecken rode and Conrad, published by the University Press in 1936. Call 6741 . FOR SALE For sale, carved walnut knee ‘ hole desk, small mahogany three drawer Duncan Phyfe occa sional table, four-poster -walnut finish bed frame, mission oak coffee* ’table. Call 9401. Lost. POCKET BOOK 1 Black- leather pocket book, one fold: containing 811.00, a check from the IV of N. ('.. and iden ica’ioii cards. Reward. Cali J. W. Rafferty, Phi Delta Thefa house. k SALE. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Sale: 2:3.0 tomorrow (Satur day) afternoon, September 12, t hrough fi unda\,-ho iseh(Jd goods, furniture, books, clothing, camp ing equipment.. 307' Hillsboro St. j Telephone 9191. WANTED, ROOMS AND APARTMENTS {looms and apartments for indent :u public healt V includ ing public health, nurses. Some students will be in Chapel Hill for fall quarter only and some for full year. Please address Drawep'229, Chapel Hill, N. C., giving all information concern ing accommodations. APPRAISALS AND SALES OF REAL ESTATE If you would like to have your property appraised, or if you have property for_sale, consult us. Our organization is prepared to render expert service to any body with a problem about real estate.. Service Insurance and Realty Co., Henderson St., oppo site Post Office. Telephone 5721.
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