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Page Two TfceOapd HID Weekly lll—■■ Mil I KATB |Ma At It C,«Tillkc! 1 Ml ~ • -7 «jS SSL*?" -711 A Fair amd S—ihl» Min k AgaM Pwiml k tW StttgW 1b th* 1952 tkdioc the vote in Nor'i Canhu «at €53,500 for Steraaoß, 558,- | 055 for Ewskwrr Thus Eisenhower got 48 per cat of the vote* But thie 46 per cent went for nothing ic determining the entoanee e i the ejection. The election ia settled hy elector*! votes sad because Sta veneer got * majority of the vote* in North Carotin* he got *ll the State's 14 electoral vole*. The vote ia New York State was 3,963,- 005 for Eisenhower. 3.106.000 for Steven- j son. Thus Stevenson got 46 per cent of the vote. But it did him no good. Eiaen- . hower. because he got a majority of the j votes in New York, got all the state's 45 electoral vote*. I give the 1952 election record in these : two states to illustrate the injustice of the I bloc system by which Presidents are elect- i ed. la North Carolina the system bene fited the Dfucrals, an Mew York it bene fited the Ispehficaaa. If the combined —ral voles of these two states. 59, had been divided according to the popular vote, the split, instead of bung 45 for Eisen hower and 14 for Stevenson, would have ieen 32 for Eisenhower for Steven •o*- * Os the total of 531 electoral votes Eisenhower got 442. Stevenson 09. That was a tremendous margin, but it was tre mendous only because of the bloc system. The popular vote was: for Eisenhower 33,996.000, for Stetmaoo a apktof 55.4 per cent against 44.6 per cent. If this ratio had determined the ratio of the eketorai vote, Eisenhower's electoral vole would have been 294. Stevenson’s 237. The Senate Judiciary Committee has re ported a remiution to submit U> the states a GonaAitutionai amendment under which the eketorai vote of every state would be divided according to the popular vote in that skate. This is the same amendment that was proposed four yean ago by Sen star Ledge of Massachusetts. It was a bipartisan measure. One of its most en thusiastic supporter* was Senator Frank Graham of North Carolina. It was de feated because of the opposition of two or throe powerful committee chairmen who wove known to seer it would endanger thMr control in their own states. % No proposal ever hod a sounder base of fakaaos and good sense. I hope that the raaolntto* submitting it to the states will *h through in the Senate and the House and that it vril he approved by the throe fearths of the states required for the adoption of an amendment to the Consti tntton—L.G. Bp We Need a UntUd Fond Organisation? Chapel H 9 dtteens will be watching with Internet the progress of the United Medical Eeeenrch Foundation of North COntia* which was recently organised in Dvrimm. The foundation f»m» into exist ence when several North Carolina com ma— candncted United Fund drives which tedadad national health agencies. Darken end other North Carolina cities wore kft with wfd*rvMi money on hand when nan ed then agencies refused to neagpO the nsHMqr and condnctad their own glSktaitMrWlti kft. and the Ilkßafi itead heard ed director* then has wIS ta—To—wT >y the —tend hsotifc medical echaei deans from Doha, North Carolina, and the Bowman Gray School NT Medicine at Winston-Salem The deans were asked if they could use this money in special research projects for pofio, heart, cancer. TB, etc. The answer was a very definite yea. Supporters of the new foundation say they have no fight with the national health agencies. They are interested, though, in seeing a united effort being pot forth in every community in the soliciting of money. It would save much time and effort for everybody concerned. It would certainly help to equalise the amount of money being contributed from onch com munity for these worthwhile projects, their arguments seem to make sense. These has been much talk in Chapel Hdl in recent years about a United Fund cam paign. One of the drawbacks at present is the refuaal of the national health agencies to participate Much of the money con tributed to Durham’s Medical Research Foundation wil] be spent here. f¥rhaps Chapel Hill will want to take an active part in the program in the future. Here, for the first time to our knowl edge, k a practical way for United Fund fwwiinmiti— to spend their money, refused by national health agencies, in a wise and useful manner.—O. B. C. A Durham Opinion and a Raleigh Opinion Armed Forces Day was celebrated at the Raleigh-Durham airport by demon strations of military airplane flights. They weren’t as spectacular as they were ex pected to be because bad weather forced the cancellation of the scheduled flights of big bombers and jet fighters. The most talked-about aspect of the show was that spectators were required to pay an admission fee. This came about as the result of a misunderstanding be tween the Durham Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Defense Department in Washington. The Jaycees “sponsored” the show— that is, made various arrangements and helped to drum up a crowd. The net revenue went into the organization's fund for civic projects. On Armed Forces Day all over the country the parades, ceremonies, displays of weapons, and flights ad airplanes were planned as patriotic celebrations. People didn't expect to pay to see them. At the Raleigh-Durham airport many people turned back rather than pty the fee. In dignation was voiced freely. ggsae ■ The Defense Department knew nothing about any plan, anywhere, to charge a fee for admission. A delegation of seven members of Durham’s Junior Chamber went to Washington to discuss arrange ments for the Raleigh-Durham show and conferred with Lt.-Commander Edward E. Wood, the Pentagon coordinator of Armed Forces Day celebrations. Afterward Mr. Wood said that nothing was said at the conference about the plan to collect from spectators. Editorial comment by the 'Durham Herald: “That the criticism of the Junior Chamber of Commerce for charging a fee was undeserved is clear from the state ment issued by the Jiyue president and the show’s general chairman. The Jay cees carry on a number of projects to which they give their time and effort and from which funds are raised for the or ganization’s community-service program. This was one of them. There was no at tempt to conceal the fact that an admiss ion charge whs being levied to cover the costs of the arrangements that had to be made and to raise money for Jayeee projects.” Editorial comment by the Raleigh News and Observer: ’The charge levied upon persons attending the Armed Fortes air show at the Raleigh-Durham airport was wholly unjustified. No such fee was charged to witness similar events else where in the country and none should hsve been charged here. “The explanation of the Durham Junior Chamber of Commerce that the show could not have been arranged without a private sponsor will bear examination. There has been no difficulty in the past for this area to obtain such shows without an admission charge. “There should be no repetition of this performance in future years. Armed Foroe* Day is not the property of the Durham Junior Chamber of Commerce or any other private group.” Ike Mevteg of Mss Hepkkm Johns Hopkihs of BoMmmru km boon moved. Not the tnotitution of that mane W3TX. te to- ■ I. IMI II IME CMAPKL HILL WEEKLY Tiifinnmn fluff ( The line. “What, never? Wefl, hardly ever ” in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "Ptenafore.” applies to snakrhiira The fact that snakebite* randy occur k comforting, but it doesn’t careful about snakes. The ed the highland moccasin) as and around* Chapel HSL It wiß not go out of its way to attack anybody; ail it wants is to be kft alone and it wil] get out of your way if you will give it a chance to. But if it is catted te undergrowth or a dump of wands or shrubbery, and you put your hand out toward it, it k apt to strike you. That k what happauod to D. D. Carroll when he was working k his garden one day some ten or twelve yean ago. There was no hospital here then, so he went to Duke hospital te Durham to be treated with aati-venin. This gave the poieou «—» to spread through his body. The pain that he suffered would have been spared him if he could haw got prompt The only poisonous snake bite 1 have heard of since tint MM Ifsurm Vkit tinghiir*. Mr. Whittinghffl. a zoology profex ir. was bitten by a copperhead which he was examining in a laboratory in WOsaa hall. It was a small bite by a small snake—a disagreeable ex perience but one that did i Like Chmpel BUM By toiy Arthar jjjll "Vkst are you ku>f amatol here sa bright ate *nriy?" 1 was asked at the Csfitoi about Ul a m the othar teg- - te Ate I t«M mm H tom team! ‘ass* a ae ta. » “Hah." tesy msrite. "I ■what aay y«a seem aa bright for rrttisc here that •arty." 5 i • 5 Jo* Heauksosy of the Institute of Goveramwat. is aa old atwit. When | entered the Home aa a recent Moteay evening. Jo* •yoke ay, "I teat see you is charck yesterday." 1 confessed. "I test go. I’m sorry ta top set." “I test either.” Joe said So. from now oa to he safe whenever aayaas remarks about my skseaire from church. I’m going to phraae A someth mg like "I didn't as* ye* either." leaving, of («me. the inference that 1 mast have bosn pitting oa the nppomte aid* of the drank or in the hariaay. • • • the »r WaltmTatoMrih^tet LL While Recommended for High Award According to rifsrmotnn re mote hy Cd. K. C Baras, USMC, prods■■ sr of naval ocienc* at te* Urimtey. U L I. of te* Naval ROTC stag her* dmrrig MS-MU. tea torn ro- Mariar Gorpo Modal, mm sf Um notion's Mgtert non combat The In cl dm I oamrrvd oa Feh- Son Fhaarims Masai Shipyard. fdhmTTtttaal charge as te* Fssasdsati ads storage batteries I*!:* ia thr forward battery -... . . - . . eRCwOH 51 MyfiUrtifiFrlS fIDIVM iiiMf Dm dargiai pm— Two msa werhrig Is the forward tor f«rviv4, —Nt fcilM uMrtjMrtlj! Tito eowMsatekag sflrs ar kiHdrCMvakML iMNlim OMttkiMMnvrantopngnH. 1W tSL MtfHM tmlkmmm m lfc*» 'not give him any serious trouble. W. L. Engels, who has bad imore experience with snakes in their native habitats than any of our other apologist*, tefls me that the snake that some people here call the water moccasin is not that breed. It is a handed water snake that is harmless. People who are fearful of snakes do not give modi thought to the difference be tween one specks and another. They just driKiro jail snakes. Mrs. William D. Car michael is an ardent lover of wildlife—snakes A few years ago she Nhd a snake that she found stretched in a waahtub in her basement. After it was dead she learned that it waa • kingssake. and that a king snake was a good snake that' {killed bad snakes as weQ as troublesome vermin, and that it had no mmimm/m to ward human beings, and that’ even if it were teaaed into biting anybody the bite, would do no more harm thanj the prick of a steriteed needle. Mrs. Carmichael might not have killed the kingsnake if she had known all this beforehand, but she, doesn’t want any more king-1 snakes, or any other bread j of snakes, around the bouse. She told me that an am bition she had long cherished 1 was to have a zoo. But an, incomplete zoo in one rw sped. Snakeiess. < mmeoi. "I've worn it about sis times already, ate it dossal | wrinkle. Ate if A needs rleaning tall pp got ta do is throw A ks Rto washing machine ate then INB *L “That so*" I asked "Yep." he admitted, "bat I haven’t triad it yet. Scared ta." • • • • The North Carolina Manual, edited by the stickler for accur acy Secretory of State Thte Ear*, shows that ri tee 19U election* Hubert E. Otrve de feated the rite William R Im itate far governor. Ate give* a purported vote, te* • • • • An elderly character bedecked srith scissors, rihbnsw. ate pria ate carryiag a hatch as goody atohrellas state at the hue ste tria the other alts rasas ktaping criticism a yon Chapel Hill "Had I knew A was a college town I wouldn't have stopped hem," he grumbled. "But I tried ta chock ia at th* Carolina lan. ate they woulte't take m* for hat new night and they wanted ta charge ne P for the roos* I laid the man 1 didn't want to he robbed of cverythiag I had ia oa* night." charge of damage control opera trios ia the forward torpedo room, flghtrig th* reouhost elec trical Area with CO*, la spit* of tha heavy smoke. LL White re fused to accept the delay es dece it sasa hsrsme ssrussry ta isolate the forward battery com partmtaA ri aa attempt ta smither tee Are* Only when te*' forward watertight brikhsad was sealed did he have the compart-j Th sample!* isslstlsg the com psrtmeat A waa the* serosae ry t* criar shoot metal debris from th* after watertight door of te* ate the control room. U White organised a party to carry oat this task hy entering the amah* Ante control room hy way of th* directing this operation he eaa tis unity wrpnii him si If to great aTdtehl te dram from te* hst*» to te* raiming tower to r-Tjurists roen manirattea with the osygea lew, ate Stortly thereafter a ser iate wylnhs caught him to Ms livpsssf pssAisa ate Mew him witfc Bio* mhiiyi Mh« i»t© it. 8» II mw Iliwfnßj pwlii mm fcr ? ~ U. S. Nasal Bosprtal at * critical lacerations at the head, anas ate kgs aa A mead dsgits harm. Without his itrnag spirit hr aught not have tarrmd His althaagh hr is still wtariag * raw an he PvmTdca"aaieM>e*riiririite IJL Whites pis dart, on the night as Ha farther stated Ant "despite the severe and sansaai eater* as tte caswnßy. his contaesr and Ahmkb.** Whale hear ax the University, Ll White and his wife and three ynnag aaaa tried at tit Weat University drier. ”* ■■ 1 1 111 jjnnJom *A!oUs ptedjahy th. nw«aadto-w get any goad ant e# it. This ; ancons that while I aw enjoying coal comfort Hr* Oakley is ■sweltering in the st oat cdke. Wrier Watkins and Charles Dana Js*v atnwiag in the hack s*e*. and Chariton Campbell. KB Oak ley. and KBy Bowman are ham mg np in the printing depart ,haea2y that carry spring 1 poet tpani taming on the air-raadi iar later, home see. the increasing paint is roe tied I shot the doors e e • • Just after school had let oat the ether afternoon a tea-year aid girl with yeUaw hair and big and eyes came in the Tar Heel Snndench Shop. Taking n seat ri aa empty tooth, she spread exit asm sf her whoslhashi aa the table and begaa to read it. Jess* West, j r„ one of the proprietors as the shop, came j*ver te the booth and asked the little girl what tea wnaid have. -Nothum,” te itetite. Hsr tsk* ■newer took Jesse hy surprise. Far a moment hr stood them test But only far a moment. Then he smiled and mid in n kind voice. “We have plenty as that. Make yourself at home." After that he returned to the front of the shop and the little gtri re • • • • Tasaday night at an unknown hear between IS o'clock and dawn I homed something new. TW beam painters had left after I had pm to bed a hat came in and wake me up. I couldn't see it hut 1 could hear the team lies fluttering of its wings, hack and forth, hack and forth above my bed. Since I didn't want la turn aa the light, for fear of its draw ing insects, I lay there waiting far my visitor la depart the way it had to mi. Finally the flutter ing steppe 4 and, flguriag the hat had left. I weat hack to sloop. Bat it sms only taking n rent. It wake am ap again. This trim, after about It miautre of wait ing far it to have. 1 gat ap and tamed on the !%ht in the bath room. hoping tha hat maid he attmetad ri there hy the light aad then canid he chaaad oat the aa these waa light hi the haaar I had known tent n bird la a Ham | had haraad teal ha get ,rid «f a hat ywa mate ham the • • • • hVisilTb tte teTlriw thaaght might ha a rat. aha gat ap ha riwMgats TW name tea ka ha* She opened tea door of the ice has. aad team sat a ha a plats sf triad clfchaw ha griateth/ddrit aa. It harnd ha taste aad hhmad at Same, hat tea tee attack at it It married team the lee has l r.-nzr. | PASSING SCENE: In the gaudy brightness of the mid-morning sunshine, a pastel brown rat bounces into the crater of the street in fruit of Alderman dormitory and scrabbles toward the deep green coolness of the ar boretum. RALEIGH NOTEBOOK: On signs in three separate places in the W. T. Grant variety store, painted in bright water colors, the advertisement fur a phonograph record: The Ballard of Davy Crockett” ... And a newspaper note tells us that the familiar “Spirit of Communication” wifl be erased from the front cover of the next Raleigh trie phone directory, obviously another casualty of the strike. ♦ PITY THE POOR DURHAM JAYCEES! They just had to charge the luckless taxpayers to see their (the taxpayers’) own military equipment on display for Armed Forces Day. And it was all done, mind you, “in a sincere spirit of civic mindedness,” and we know this is true be cause the Jaycees said so. After all, it is perfectly under standable that certain exprases are incurred in sponsor ing such a show. To begin with, you have to send seven (7—count ’em—7) delegates to Washington, D. C-. to con fer with Ikntape officials. Why, goodness no, just one wocUnt do at all! What ia a party in Washington if you have no one to party with?! I PRINT THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT from a letter I received a few days ago for two reasons: (1) The writer, Rolfe Neill, is known to many Chapel Hillians and Univer sity staff members (he was editor of The Daily Thr Heel and for a while a staff writer on the News-Leader), aad (2) Chapel Hill people who have sons or relatives in Korea at the present time will be interested in hearing a news paperman's first impression of that war-tom little country oo the far side of the globe. Rolfe Hum just been assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, which is dug in in a defensive position north of Seoul. The paragraph from his letter follows: . om you knew. Chuck. They arc sleeping in tents and getting daily showers in many places. Everybody’s eating terrific chow, better than any I bad in the States. Fresh milk (recombined), fresh eggs, frfih fruit, vegetables, etc. The biggest drawback now is rae lack of recreation facilities, and moves arc underway to improve conditions although they never can satisfactorily whip that deficiency. Since I’ve not gotten around in Korea I can’t report on conditions generally and specifically ia the line companies. That will be forthcoming.” News Notes about High School Seniors Jvha Adams will eater Swarth mate College ia September oa an engineering scholarship. He was te^SCyteto^y^ tondte tto Transylvania music summer camp at Brevard on ■ scholarship He plans to keep ap hi* music at Swarthnwr*. • • • • Robert Todd will study engi neering nt N. C. Stain College. He was a member of the high school football team and was in the senior play. • • • • Dorothy Moore has won a scholarship to th* Woman’s Col lege in Greensboro, which she will eater this fall. Bhe had a vole ri th* senior play ate also in the play the school entered in the state contest. • • • • Cecilia Husbands will eater Duke University in the fall. Bho •• ■ maker sf the Fracoaiaa staff ate has bees active ia the Library Club • • • • Judy Rancasweig will attend Marirtta College, at Marietta. Ohio She waa ri the Dramatics Ouh ate took pari ri many other activities. * • • • Solly Burbot wiß eater th* School sf Nursing. At Critach "f Maly Ftottßy Whit m* «sy services day after tom« its a at ths Chaieh of ths Holy Family wiß he as fails**: H*»y Cm* salsa at AM ul •te II asm; family sorvic* at »J» ajaj yoath acthrtris at « tjw in MtamM is rsstesrig ynr Mtaksa, asd hsnffl sM m,dttesitassL TsttpriasMll to OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS TILL NINE CLOSED WEDNESDAYS ATONti u km , May. May 27, 1955 She i« * member of the Libnrj Club and has bent co-editor of the Proraniaa. the school paper, /or two peara. •- • • Cretehen Fink will attend the University here. She has been a leading sseasber of the Ompel Hill iwinainf t—— IHinif her saphoasore year she attended •rhoel in England. where her parent* were iptidtnf * year. Penny Martin plans to enter Duke U Diversity this falL She has been n star an the Chapel Hill swiauninc team aad teachra swimming during the summed the children's cteaaea held at the University. NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY Nonci The undersigned having duly tetWil as unsUis of the Estate of Mary L. Billings, de- North Carolina, all pirnsi hav ing claims mt whatsss m aatnre •gainst the said Mary L. BUI - at* hereby nati- Red to uxhihit the said claim nr ritiw to the undareignnd aa or befare the ZSth day of May. ItM. •r this natice will he pleaded te bar of their recovery All perseflj indebted to the said Mary L BOliaga. deceased, are hereby f steed to pay the saM indebted nuns to the inlirsignil -f 8 ately. i This SSth day as May. INk Harold C Billings Geraldine A. Fitter William B. Stewart, Attorney lit N. Columbia Sc Chapel Hiß. N. C
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