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VoL 26, No. 11 Trying to Erase Tunnel Crossing Baseball Field; Alibis Aplenty Robert A. Fetzer, the Univer sity’s director of athletics, has had many different kinds of things to do since he came to Chapel Hill a quarter of a cen tury ago—everything from for mulating policies and addressing alumni to ordering trunks for runners and supervising the erection of emergency wooden bleachers but probably he never had a more curious job than the one now wished on him: the job of erasing a tunnel from a baseball field. When plans were made last year for the three new dormi tories on the east fringe of the campus, it was decided to build a tunnel to carry the steam-heat ing pipes. Emerson field, which is used for University baseball, was athwart the tunnel course. But that didn’t mean anything, said everybody connected with the tunnel construction job; the digging would be done, the walls and roof put in place, and the dirt piled on top and pressed down and smoothed off—all a long time before the beginning of the baseball season. The clearing-away was prom ised for October 1. Then it was promised for January 1. It is not done yet, and the baseball season is scheduled to open March 26, two weeks from to day. It’s the contractor’s job to erase the direi .. had to takfBMMNMpIOT he has had to provide athletic department personnel to work along with the contractor’s ma chinery, and he has had to pro vide a good part of the high pressure needed as a stimulus. As often in such situations, alibis have been abundant. Whomever on" the tunnel and piping job you talk to about the delay, you’ll find it was some body else’s fault. 2,231 Cars Pass Inn Corner in Three Flours A traffic count at the Cameron avenue-Columbia street inter section (the Carolina Inn cor ner) day before yesterday showed that 2,221 cars passed the corner in the 2 hours from 12 noon to 2 o’clock. The term “cars” as here used includes all vehicles. There were 1,988 pasenger cars, 114 large trucks, 97 small trucks, 22 mo torcycles, 1 car with trailer, 7 trucks with trailers, 1 bus, and 1 horse-drawn vehicle. The count was made by the 12 students who are taking T. F. Hickerson’s course in transpor tation systems. This is one of the courses in city and regional planning, the new University department headed by John A. Barker. Mr. Hickerson, who has had long experience as a highway engineer, directed the count. The job takes alertness and uninter rupted attention. There are 12 directions taken by cars arriv ing at the intersection. The cars come from 4 directions and the stream from each one divides into 3 streams: (1) straight ahead, (2) right, and (3) left. Population Survey la Planned Tha aldermen, at their meeting Wednesday evening, endowed the plan of the Junior Service League to make a population survey of Chapel HSU. The Chapel Hill Weekly Loede Graves Editor Statement about the Proposed Bond Issue L. J. Phipps, named by Mayor Madry chairman of a citizens committee on the bond issue that is to come before the voters April 6, recently appointed a special committee to make a study of the projected improvements . This special committee , composed of F. 0. Bowman (chairman) , Collier Cobb, J. B. Johns, John W. Uinstead, John T. Manning, and E. C. Smith, makes the following statement . _ We have become accustomed to thinking of Chapel Hill as a beautiful, healthy, happy community, but this pretty picture may change radically in the near future if we fail to go to the polls April 6 and vote for the proposed bond issue. The projects included are needs that must be regarded as criti | cal necessities in view of the rapid growth of Chapel Hill in recent ! years. They have, in fact, become emergency needs that must be met now. Any further delay will involve hazards that already are a grave menace to the health of our community. As a special committee appointed by Judge Phipps, who is general chairman of a citizens committee, we have made a careful , study of the projects included in the bond issue as proposed by | the Board of Aldermen. New Sewage Disposal Plant We find that the present sewage disposal plant, which was planned 25 years ago to take care of a population of 7,500, is now overloaded to the extent of double its capacity. The new plant proposed would take care of an additional 15,000 in popu lation, and the old and new plants together would provide imme diately for a population of 22,500 and, with relatively little addi tional cost, for a maximum of 27,500. As you will note from statements from Dr. David Garvin, district health officer; Dr. Ed McG. Hedgpeth, University physi cian, and James W. Westbrook, our sanitary engineer, which are being made a part of this report, conditions in our sewage system are already so serious that the overloading is causing frequent breaks in the lines and overflowing of manholes to the extent that raw sewage flows out in many places in and around town. Street Improvements Needed It is obvious that many of our streets are badly in need of re pairs and that some of the dirt streets should have been paved long ago. Approximately half of our paved streets were seal-coated I last fall. Those needing treat- Iment iii that ’ that severe winter weather would have increased substantially the cost had that repair work been delayed until this spring. The streets not treated last fall are in urgent need of a seal coating now. Much work that should have been done on streets had to be postponed on account of the war and immediate post war conditions. A number of the dirt streets for which paving is requested are in the Negro section of the community. We believe our citi zens will agree that the Negro communities are entitled to some street improvements. No Tax Increase Expected Now The equipment needs listed in the bond issue should speak for themselves. The town has pur chased little new equipment since the pre-war years and is badly in need of the items re quested. Chapel Hill has neither the lowest nor the highest tax rate. It is about the average for a town of this size with corre sponding facilities. Hut we be- Miae NiggliatHuH’s Head Miss Josephina Niggli will speak on “The Art Spirit" at the Hull’s Head Bookshop tea at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the staff room of the library. Miss Niggli is the author of "Mexican Village” and the re cently published, Book-Of-The- Month club selection, “Step Down, Elder Brother.” legion Oratorical Content Tha annual 17th district American Legion oratorical contact will be held at 7:80 next Wednesday at the Le gion But on Queens street in Dur ham. The 17th district is composed of Orange, Durham, and Vanca coun ties. Rojr Armstrong and Elmer Dowdy are co:chalrmen of the Or ange county competition. Mrs. William Maade Prince and Mrs. Athol Burnham last Wednesday night for two weeks in New York. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1948 Scouts Get Badges At Court of Honor Jack Bright, lfi year old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Bright, received the Eagle Scout badge at a court of honor held Monday night in the Methodist church. Douglas Kelly, acout field executive, presented the badge to Mrs. Bright, who pinned it to her son’s blouse. Jack, a sophomore in high school, completed requirements for ?l merit b. Jges in order to receive the Kagie award. At the same court, Bobby Heath was promoted to the rank of Star Scout, and Don Vance and Muc Proc tor became First Class scouts. M erit badges were presented to It. B. Fitch, Jr., Muc Proctor, J. Gruy John Met,win, Jr., Charles Wolf, Herman Husbands, and Bobby Heath. Additional Sewage Facilities a “Must” By Dr. David Garvii James Westbroo The primary need for Chapel Hill and vicinity i.s adequate I, sower linos and a safe method of sewage treatment. By this wo moan sufficient and largo enough sower lines to take care of pres ent sower connections as well as needed lines in unsewered areas. To take care of an expanded sewer system, additional treat ment facilities are essential. Because of the abnormal growth of the town of Chapel lieve our citizens would prefer paying u little above the aver age, if necessary, for the privi lege of living in u community above the averuge. Gilbert Ray, our town man ager, estimates that no Increase in the tax rate will be necessary for next year if the bond issue passes, primarily because of the property revaluation in 1947. He says that if prosperous condi tions continue he does not think there will be necessity for any mujor increase in the tax rate for the next few years. (P.S.: John Manning informs the editor at going-to-press time that there are some points in which he is not in full agreement with the other members of the commission and that he will make a statement about these points if It appears necessary.) Rutger* Official on Visit Hart . Ernest F. Sehoflald, assistant to the president of Rutger* University in New Jonty, was hare for a two days’ visit this week. Chapel Hill Chaff From New York comes the news that women trained in en gineering have raised a revolt against the men of their profes sion. The dispatch says that the engineering profession is a “tra ditionally male sanctum whose members delight in calling them selves ‘engineers witl\, hairy ears’.” A society has been formed “to destroy the discrimi nation against women engi neers.” I must say that the record of the engineer with whom I am most closely acquainted, my across-the-street neighbor, T. F. Hickerson, bears out the charge of discrimination. I don’t mean against women engineers in par ticular, but against all women. He has discriminated against them in the most scornful and affronting way—by not marry ing any. of them. Will they con tinue to take this without pro test? When I recall the many in stances of the direct-action be havior of women in the present era 1 feel that 1 would hardly be surprised to look out of my win dow some morning and see women parading up and down in front of Mr. Hickerson’s house with banners beuring the word UNFAIR. j • * V Unexpectedly, and to the de light of the village, the sun came out bright and the air turned warm Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lyons; their guest, Rob ert Frost; and Mr. and Mrs. Brent Drane were strolling around in our garden. Mr. Frost, a few minutes before, had been observing .through the window the white-throat sparrows and the red-brown breasted chewinks which would soon be joining him in New England for the summer. Now, out of doors beside a bamboo hedge and amid vines and shrub bery, he was aware of a deli (Cuittinned on intj/e two) >t, Health Officer, anti k, Sanitary Engineer Hill, the present treatment fa cilities are so overloaded that practically raw sewage enters the receiving stream. Moreover, the overloading of the system j causes breaks in the lines and overflowing of manholes to an extent that raw sewage flows out in many places in and around the town. These conditions cause odors and unsightly conditions, und create potential health haz ards. Too often our public utilities are taken for grunted and ure overlooked even after they cease to function properly. We have pussed the point of safety from a public heulth standpoint. This issue cannot be based on a dol lars and cents value. For the protection of ourselves as indi viduals and for the sufety of the public’s health, the sewer system and treatment facilities must be made adequate. Drama at Eaatcr Day Service A resurrection play translated from the Dani*h by Kai Jurgensen and arranged by Robert F. Hchenkkan will be preaented at the Easter Day sunrise service in the Fore*t Theatre. The director will be Dave Sample*, dramatic art *tudent; Lynn Gault will design the «et; Martin Jacob* will hu per vine the coatumlng. Mr*. Fred MeCall will be in charge of a proces sional and receaaional by school chil dren. The eerviee, which includes worship, with music, prayers, and scripture readings, has been planned with the cooperation of the white and colored churches and the University YMCA and YWCA. Bryant Predicts Legislature's First Work Will Be to Make Up Shortage in Improvement Fund Caused by Bnilding Cost Rise Registration for Bond Issue Election Will Begin Next Friday The registration for the bond issue election of April 6 will be gin next Friday, March 19, and will continue through the fol- I lowing Friday, March 26. I John Hocutt will be registrar, V. A. Hill and Mrs. E. R. Hinton will be judges of election. Place: board of aldermen’s I iroom in the Town Hall. Hours: on all weekdays except Satur day, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; on Saturday, from 9 A. M..to 9 P. M. A person previously regis tered for a town election and still living in the town is qualified to vote without registering again. If you are not sure whether or not your name is in the book, you are already registered, ask Mr, Hocutt. The polling place on election day will be the fire engine sta tion. The hours will be 6:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M. Physician Emphasizes The Immediate Need By Dr. Ed McG. Hedgpeth The construction of facilities for adequate sewage disposal is probably the most immediate need of our community. The present plant is totally inade quate. Raw sewage is polluting our streams and serving as a source of potential outbreak of the intestinal born diseases which could assume alarming proportions. The rapid increase in the Chapel Hill community and the University community, which from the standpoint of spread of the infectious and contagious diseases, are definitely one, has made this an acutely pressing necessity. The danger to the health of our community is a genuinely serious one. llenderMun Entertains Kotarians Archibald Henderson entertained the Rotary Club at its meeting this week with reminiscenced and anec dotejjbf old-time Chapel Hill. He in well qualified to provide nut'h a treat her au He he had been addociaietl with the Univerdity for more than one third of its life. The Univerdity opened 152 yearn ago and Mr. lien derdoti came here 54 yearn ago. He han written a book, noon to be pub linhed by the Univerdity Prena, about the development of the village arid the campus. The Name !i “Three Toma” In a recent iaaue I said I couldn’t make out from W. C. Coker’a letter whether the name of the inn at which he and Mra. Coker were staying, in Thomanville, Ca., was Three Toma or Three Tonea. He aenda me a postcard with Three Toma Inn printed on It. "Thin will relieve your mind,” he writes. “The name ia taken from tba three earliest settlers here, all named Tom something." The card bears a picture of beautiful flowers. He con eludes: “We have not seen any ice this winter. Don't get mad.’’ I’reabyterian Auxiliary's Officers The Presbyterian Woman’s Auxil iary will Install these officers at 8:80 Monday afternoon in the church lounge: Mra. K. B. Fitch, president; Mra. Thomas D. Rote, vice president: Mra. Paul Wager, secretary; Mra. W. E. Thompson, treasurer, and Mrs. W. E. Caldwell, historian. The new cotcfaalrmen of Circle No. 1 are Miss Frances Archer and Mra. C. E. Bash; of Circle No. 2, Mra. Paul Guthrie and Mra. John Hinson. $2 aYw im Advaaec. Sc a Ccpy Victor S. Bryant of Durham, chairman of the University trustees’ visiting committee, was the speaker at the Faculty Club luncheon this week. Ninety-eight persons were present, setting a record for attendance at the club’s meetings. The large turn out was the result of the interest aroused by the recently pub lished report of the committee. Mr. Bryant reviewed the Uni versity’s problems and, at the end. submitted himself to ques tioning. One question related to the postponement of the use of the money appropriated by the leg islature for buildings— a post ponement made because the Advisory Budget Commission (which was charged with decid ing when to use the money) waited for building costs to go down. Instead of going down they have gone up, so that the amount appropriated is far less than what is needed. Mr. Bryant was asked: What is going to be done about putting up the build ings authorized by the legisla ture now that there is not enough money to cover the cost of them? “My belie/ is,” he replied, “that the next legislature, when it convenes in January, will make it the first order of busi ness to provide the money need ed for carrying out the last leg islature’s building program.” Mr. Bryant said that Governor Cherry waa fully aware of the urgency of the need for new buildings here and at other State Institutions and was going to do all he could to expedite the work. In the course of his talk Mr. Bryant said, with emphasis, that one of the most pressing University needs is for better for the faculty. His hearers greeted this statement with no sounds of displeasure. Stowe’s Resolution Is Recalled by Birthday We had two birthdays in our building yesterday, March 11. Curtis B. Stowe, linotype opera tor, was 62 and Mrs. Leroy Lanier, bookkeeper and recep tionist for the Weekly, was 28. Mr. Stowe has done a lot of wunderlng around. He was with the Orange Printshop back in the early 1930’5, went away, and came buck a year ago. He had a long siege in the hospital last summer and for a while the doc tors feared he would not pull through. Mrs. Lanier, whose husband is a pharmacy student, has nofmoved so often, but she did some very important moving last month: from a trailer on Mallett street to an apartment in Carrboro. Several of Mr. Stowe’s jobs have been in college towns. At every place he has become an enthusiastic supporter of the football team of the home-town institution. I’ll never forget a remark he mdde to me on a bleak day in November 1986. We were sitting in my car at the Duke stadium just after Duke had administered a crushing (Continued on pa go two) M finer Delayed on Trip to Japan Chnrlaa MUner, bound for Japan by air, waa delayed by an airplane engine break-down soon after leaving Wash ington March 2. He had to stay at Clevaland 2 days. He arrived In Tokyo Tuesday, March 9,
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