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VoL 23, No. 44 Wilson Is Made Director of the U. of N. C. Press Was a Rhodes Scholar, Has Had a Publishing Career, and Has Been with Navy in Pacific Thomas J. Wilson, 3rd, has been appointed director of the University of North Carolina Press in succession to William T. Couch. He will assume the du ties of his new post in January. The community is pleased to see any man of high ability join the University faculty, but Chap el Hill people have reason to wel come this appointment with specially keen satisfaction. Mr. Wilson (who was 43 years old on Thursday of last week) was born and brought up in Chapel Hill. His grandfather of the same name was a practicing physician here in the 1880’s and 1890’s. His father, Thomas J. Wilson, Jr., who died last week, came here in his boyhood, was a student in the University, and then was in the faculty for 46 years. So, Tommy, as his old time friends know him, is carry ing on a family tradition when he comes back to live in Chapel Hill. He was graduated from the University in 1921, became a stu dent assistant in French, and took his master’s degree in 1924. He won a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University, and after taking his Ph.D. degree there came to the University faculty as assistant professor of French and secretary of the department of romance languages. From 1939 to V with Henry ftolt’& Co., publish ers, first as foreign language edi tor and then as manager of the college department. He had be come director of the college book department of Reynal and Hitch cock when he entered the Navy in 1942. He served in the Pacific, became a lieutenant commander, returned to the U. S. in the sum mer of 1944, and has since been stationed in Washington. Hazlett Will Retire, Giving Place to Comp Captain E. E. Hazlett, com manding officer of the University Naval ROTC and the remaining section of the Navy V-12 train ing unit (made up of Marines), is scheduled for retirement from active duty December 1. Before he retires he will have half a month’s leave, and so he will give up his command here November 15. He will be suc ceeded then by Captain Charles O. Comp. Captain Comp was re cently in command of a commun ications flagship in the Mediter ranean theater of war. He is married and has a 22-year-old daughter. Captain and Mrs. Hazlett have definitely decided that they want to live in Chapel Hill. Now occu pying Mrs. Skaggs' house at the corner of Boundary street and Rosemary lane, where the A. C. Mclntoehes used to live, they in tend to have a house of their own later on. Roy Strowd a Staff Sergeant Roy Strowd, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Strowd, who is with the Army of Occupation in Ger many, has been promoted to Staff sergeant. He went over seas in January 1944, was in the invasion of Normandy, and was in the celebrated 4th Armored Division of Patton’s 3rd Army in the triumphant inarch through France. Recently be was trans ferred to the 83rd Division- The Chapel Hill Weekly LOUIS GRAVES Editor Navy and University Agree on Settlement A settlement has been agreed to, by the Navy and the Univer sity, for the taking over by the University of the buildings which the Navy put up here, in connection with its war training pro gram, and for all the Navy equipment and supplies which the Navy did not need for itself. The formal documents have not oeen signed, but there has been a “meeting of minds.” No statement has been made as to the amount to be paid by the University, but, as is frequently the case in the disposal of property bought by the Government for war purposes, the amount is known to be not a large proportion of the original cost. Three Navy-erected buildings that come into the possession of the University are the Navy Hospital, the ROTC Armory, and Navy Hall. The Kessing Pool is also in the transfer. Navy Hos pital equipment and athletic equipment are highly valuable ac quisitions. Some of the supplies (sheets, for example) are being sold by the University to other state institutions, of course at fig ures well below what the Navy paid for them. The University’s principal representative in the negotiations with the Navy has been Controller W. D. Carmichael, Jr. Work Begins on Skating Rink Given to School by Rotary Club The grading for a roller-skating rink, on the terrace behind the elementary school building, has been completed, and the pouring of the concrete is expected to begin today or tomorrow. Roy Home wood is doing the job. The rink, which is a gift from the Chapel Hill Rotary Club to the Chapel Hill school, is expected to be ready for use by Thanksgiving Day. It is to consist of an oval track 12 feet wide and 133 feet long. The concrete will be live inches thick. The space in the middle, en closed by the track, will probably be planted in shrubs and grass. Brigadier General Camm Flies Back to Germany Urigadier-Qeneral Frank C’ainm, who was here with his family recently, lias gone back to his station in Germany. “My return was uneventful,” he writes to a friend here, “except that, to me, a non-stop flight from New foundland to Paris is still an exciting experience. I felt alone in the vast space of sky, clouds, and water, scarcely in the world at all, and when the lights outlined the runway at the landing held in France, after 14V* hours, it was a relief to this landlubber.” Hazzard Prepares to Show New Chevrolet J. P. Hazzard, proprietor of the Hazzard Motor Company, is all set to put the new 1946 Chev rolet car on uiaplay early tomor row (Saturday) morning. Not having a show-room, he is going to place the car under the porte cochere (well, shed, if you pre fer) in front of his building on West Franklin street. He has had plans drawn by Archie Davis for a new building in the Colonial style, and that, will have a spacious show-room. Like other prospective builders in these days, he doesn’t know when he’ll be able to get con struction started. Everybody is invited to come and see the new Chevrolet to morrow or on any subsequent day. Orders for cars and trucks will be filled in the sequence in which they are placed. The Guild’s In-Gathering The Needlework Guild’s in gathering of clothes for the needy will be held at 3:30 Tues day afternoon at the Recreation Center. Mth. B. U. Rose, County Health Department nurse, will talk about the work of the coun ty health nurses. Former presi dents of the Guild and women from- Carrboro and Hillsboro will be special guests. In an nouncing the in-gathering, a Guild official said that the need is particularly urgent this fall since the organization’s reserve of clothes for school children had been used up. Members are urged to make their contribu tions to the Guild’s directors some time before Tuesday and come to the meeting and see the display of garments. Community Club Meet* Today The Community Club will meet at 8:30 this (Friday) after noon at the ‘Episcopal parish house. Miss Elizabeth Ixrvell, chairman of the club's health and welfare department, will give a demonstration of sanitary *°°d handling. She assisted by members of her Committee. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1945 Samuel Selden to Be Head of Drama Dept. Samuel Selden has been ap pointed head of the University’s drama department and director of the Carolina Playmakers. He has been acting head of the de partment and acting director of the Playmakers since Frederick H. Koch died last year. The de partment plans to have visiting professors, at least one a year, to impart dynamic ‘ideas and stimulating flavors to the teach ing and the practice of the drama. Coffman's Colleagues Give Him a Surprise George Coffman’s colleagues in the English department sprang a surprise on him Tuesday afternoon in Saunders hall. He was deftly enticed from his office into a nearby seminar room, and there he found himself facing thirty members of the English department faculty. Mr. Coffman was on the verge of going away on a leave of ab sence (he has gone now), and his colleagues had assembled to hid him farewell and present to him a silver tray. John M. Booker made a short speech of presentation in which he reviewed Mr. Coffman’s services to scholarship and the University and told him of his colleagues’ affection and high regard for him. When Mr. Coffman returns from his leave he will resume his professorship of hlnglish, hut he is relinquishing the headship of the department. Pending the selection of his successor in that |M)st, an administrative committee composed of A. P. Hudson, Dougald MacMillan, and Raymond Adams will act as the execu tive power of the department. House to He in State Department Robert B. House, Jr., is here on a visit, of probably about three weeks, before going to Washington to take a post in the public relations division of the State Department. A tough problem he faces (an all-too familiar one in these days) is finding quarters for himself and his wife. “It’s likely the best we can do is to get one room, with the hope of getting an apart ment later on,” he said yester day. We Are Hiving Splendid Weather in Thee# Daya ■" mmm ' "" The village ia having super-glorious weather In theae daya. The sun shines bright, and than the stars shine bright. In the day the air la summer-warm. It geta cool at night, but not cold. The batches are green and gold, and the maples red and yallow and russet. All In all, the foliaga ia a gorgeous sight to beheld. Morning glories, trembling in a faint braase, amile at you from vines trailing on rock walla, and here and than are moon Hewers. When you past along the street and look Into e yerd, you ere opt to aee e beby quartered ta a blanket apread upon tha grass, with a mother observing him carefully, yet with an air of happy indolence, from a lawn chair. Chapel Hill Chaff Dr. Percy M. Dawson, 74-year old professor of physiology in the Duke University medical school, came into Freemont Shepherd’s office at the Library one day recently. When his er rand, concerning books, had ;een attended to, he remarked upon the splendid weather. “I started out for a walk this morning,” he said, “and it was such a fine day and I felt so good that I just kept on walking until I got here.” “You mean you walked all the way here from Duke?” asked Mr. Shepherd in a tone of amaze ment. „ “Oh, yes,” said Mr. Dawson, as if this were a matter hardly deserving comment. He said he was going to start walking back to Duke presently, adding: “But I may take a bus part of the way if I’m pressed for time.” * * * One of my chores when I was about 14 or 15, in the middle 1890’s, was to bug potato vines. (Yes, if you’re asking, bug is a verb in good standing, meaning “to rid of bugs.” That is, in good enough standing to be in Web ster’s New International Dic tionary, though with the nota tion, “dialect.”) My home was where the Inn is now, and in the garden (on ground that is now the court in front of the cafe teria) were about a dozen long rows of vines. I would walk along one row afteV another, bending over with a light stick in hand, and knock the bugs into a tomato can or a tin bucket. A potato bug has for a back a hard smooth casing that is shaped and striped a good deal like a watermelon. It is solid and falls like a plummet when struck from leaf or tendril. I hated the little pests, not be cause they wanted to destroy our potatoes but because they kept me for an hour or so from baseball or tennis or some other ((’ontinued on pit ye nix) Playmakers to Raleigh The Carolina Playrfiakerfr will give special performances of Vincent Carroll’s “The White Steed” at 8 o’clock Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday eve nings in Raleigh at the Little Theatre on Pogue St. The pro ceeds will go to the Frederick H. Koch Memorial Fund. As a contribution to the fund, the Raleigh Little Theatre group will be host to the Playmakers and will put its facilities at their disposal. Town Applies, under New Law, For Aid in Making Plans for . Sewer System and Incinerator Rath Draper Visit a The Village Ruth Draper, the actress cele brated the world over for her inspired impersonation of all the characters in a play, appeared at the Woman’s College in Greens boro Tuesday evening. Miss Josephine Sharkey drove over to see the performance, and Miss Draper came to Chapel Hill with her Wednesday morning. In tho hours that intervened be tween her arrival and late after noon, when Miss Sharkey took her over to Durham for her ap pearance in the Page auditor ium at Duke University, she visited old friends in the village. Miss Draper has had a re markable career on the stage. She became known to hundreds of thousands of soldiers by her performances at A.E.F. camps in Europe in the First World War. She has had many long en gagements in London, and in one season she played to full houses at the Comedy theatre in New York for 18 consecutive weeks. She has toured South Africa, Java, Australia, New Zealand. Ceylon, India, and Burma. Church Census Will Be Taken on Sunday The church census announced two weeks ago will be taken day after tomorrow (Sunday) after loon between 2 and 5 o’clock. The general directors will be Frank Morrow, Claude Best, and Charles Bartlett. Volunteer cen sus-takers, to the number of 140, will assemble at the Bap tist church, after morning serv ices, to receive final instructions and to have a luncheon prepared under the direction of Mrs. Jen nie Thurston. The town has been divided into four sections, and each sec tion has been subdivided, for the purpose of the canvass. No cen sus-taker will visit more than 10 homes. The purpose is merely to get information about people’s reli gious affiliations, so that the churches may function more ef fectively. A short and simple questionnaire will be used. An Appeal for Bond Buyers The following appeal has been isued by the women’s division of the Chapel Hill War Finance Committee: “Will you buy an extra War Bond? Approximately 135,000 sick and wounded men are still overseas. Funds are needed for heir transportation home. About 400,000 are in Army and Navy hospitals in the United—fitates.- The average cost for their care is $5 a day per man. Many boys left high school and college to serve their country, and the Government Is guaranteeing a program for their education. The bonds you buy will help to finance these vital needs. "A bond in memory of the one who died, another in gratitude for the one who returned.” Weet to Addraaa U. D. C. C. P. Weal, Wake Forest his tory professor now studying in the University here, will speak wi “The Jefferson Davis Cabinet” at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening at a meeting of the Leonidas. Polk chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the home of Mrs. John Umstead. $2 a Year in Advance. 5c a Copy Coat of Both Projects Is Esti mated at $380,900; Univer sity Expected to Pay Half Under a law recently enacted by Congress, to encourage local governments to prepare in ad vance for essential poet-war con struction, the town of Chapel Hill has applied to the U. S. Gov ernment for a grant of $10,700 for the making of plans and specifications for new sewer lines south of the campus, a new sew age disposal plant on Morgan creek near the Mason Farm, and a new incinerator. The estimated cost of the sew er lines and disposal plant is $320,000, of the incinerator $60,- 000, a total of $380,000. The University is expected to pay half the cost, making the cost to the town $190,000. The only way to raise the money is through a bond issue, and the question of issuing bonds will have to be put to a popular vote. The Government has no inten tion, thus far, of granting money for construction. It is giving aid only for the making of plans. If a project is financed locally, and goes ahead, the Government grant is treated as a loan with out interest; being repaid, it is included in the capital cast of the project. In Chapel Hill, money for the interest and installments on sew er bonds comes from sewer rent als. A great many houses not in the town’s corporate limits will be connected with the new sewer lines, and rentals from these houses will cover a considerable part of the debt service charges. If the project is carried through, most of the dwellings and the University buildings south of Cameron avenue will be connected with the new sewer lines. This will relieve the pres ent overcrowded system. Full Agenda Opens For Legion Tonight Barbecue, turkey bingo, and an Armistice Day open house are on the American Legion’s November agenda, which begins with the post’s regular monthly meeting at 8 o’clock this (Fri day) evening at the Legion Hut on Rosemary lane. A barbecue supper, for mem bers of the Legion and its Aux iliary, will be held at 7 o’clock next Friday evening, with tick ets ($1 each) on sale at the door. The Armistice Day open house for members and all service per sonnel will be held from 3 to 7 P.M. Sunday, November 11. Re freshments will be served by members qf the Auxiliary. A bingo party, open to the public, is scheduled for Tuesday evening, November 20. Turkeys will be the main prizes. Carolina to Play Tennessee The Univeraity football team will play Tennessee tomorrow at Knoxville. The game will be tho 14th in a series in which Caro- Una has won 6, lost 7, and tied one. Tennessee has lost only to Alabama this fall and is favored by the sports writers to win to morrow. Williams Wins Golf Tourney L. A. Williams won the Kf wanis Club golf tournament laat Sunday at the Country Club, Bill Hogan, Vho won in July, was the defending champion.
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