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TUESDAY ISSUE Next Issue Friday Vo!. 33 No. 36 Independence Day? It Was Just Monday In the Village Independence Day ? The Fourth of July? Oh, yes, that was yesterday, wasn’t it? It was kind of hard to tell. You jtfse, I was in Chapel Hill. Vt was a quiet Fourth in the village. There were no celebrations and no speeches. The town’s biggest industry, the University, worked through the day as if it were just another Monday. The town’s stores had closed, and hundreds of Chapel Hillians had gone to the beaches, and the moun tains, and the lakes. But that was the only change, and with the Summer Session students in town, a casual bystander couldn’t detect any difference in the volume of traffic on the streets or the line in the N. C. Cafe teria. Fireworks ? Banned by state law. Even so, several villagers reported hearing a few loud explosions in the early' hours of Monday morn ing. The only other black powder addicts observed hereabouts were junior grade Davy Crocketts with «foking cap pistols and real e explosive caps which were just legalized by the State. Legislature in the spring. Was it always like this in Chapel Hill? A check of the Weekly files for its first year of publication, 1923, reveals that the answer is no. A story in the June 28, 1923, Weekly announces plans for a program of “marching, music and speech-making" on" the cam pus on Independence Day. The story reads: “It is going to be a jolly occasion, with just enough solemnity to satisfy the ghosts of the great men who signed the Declaration of Independence 147 years ago. The merry making will start the night before, the third of July, 1 4bth a dance.’’ Another excerpt from the story: ‘The men and women 1 of the summer school will gather soon after breakfast on the lawn in front of the Alumni building. They will be mobilized in various groups—St. Mary’s students, Peace students, NCCW students, and so on through a long list of institutions and states. Each group is to have its distinctive costume. Perhaps some of them will sing songs, and certainly they will give lusty yells. Men will be on hand too, but naturally their Mamber garments will be rather Overshadowed by the gay and varied attire of the women.’’ But in 1955, it waß a quiet Fourth in Chap’el Hill. You would almost think everyone had for gotten what Independence Day stood for. —C. H. Graduate Students Are to Have Picnic A picnic for all graduate stu dents in the University will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sat urday, July 9, on the lawn of dormitory by the Uni- Graduate Council and the Summer Activities Commit tee. It will be followed by a dance in the parlors of Mclver dormitory, with music being furnished by a combo. Admission to the picnic and dance is free to all graduate students. University faculty members are also invited to attend. A similar picnic held last year was highly successful, with more than 40 attending. A large crowd | is also expected this year. Mrs. Bartlett Honored Mrs. Harvey Bennett, with Mrs. Paul Bodenheimer as co-j hostess, entertained a few friends last week at her home on Dawes street The guest of honor was Mrs. Charles 8. Bartlett, who will leave' soon to move to Florida. At Nimrod Hall Charles House and Jay Ham an at Camp Kaanate at Nimrod Hall, Vs., and will bo than till early August On a Quiet Afternoons A Duck on Rosemary Street IF* ||3§tt3yu mL t Kite & By Chuck Hauser It was a quiet afternoon in the Weekly office, and the tempera ture was just creeping up to the point where things were begin ning to get uncomfortable. I was sitting in front of the typewriter, doing not much of anything, when I got restless and looked out the window. There, in the middle of Rosemary street, was a duck, headed in a deter Little League Schedule Draws Toward Its Close with Indians in Ist Place The Indians tightened their l>old on first place in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Little League Fri day afternoon when they defeat ad the second place Dodgers, 28-1, in Carrboro. With only two games remaining oa their sc he ule the Indians have assured themselves of the championship in the League. In the other game Friday the Yankees pulled them selves out of a tie for the cellar position in the League, and left the Giants as its sole occupants. The score of that game was Yankees 13, Giants 9. I In the Indian-Dodger game, the losers’ defense seemed to fall apart. The Indian batters collect ed 20 assorted hits, and were aided by 12 errors committed by the Dodger defense. For the In dians the leading hitters were Larry Crabtree, Brick Oettinger, Charlie Phillips, and David Grant with 5 for 6, 4 for 6, 3 for 5, and 3 for 5, respectively. Indian pitcher Crabtree limited Geoffrey Jenkinson Paintings Go on View An exhibition of 27 water colors, pencil and wash drawings and oils and pen sketches by Geoffrey Jenkinson, English-born artist now living in Thomasville, opened in the Morehead art gal lery this week coincident with acceptance- of his third work for display by the Royal Academy art gallery in London. This is the second exhibition at the Morehead gallery by this young artist who has been in this country only since 1960. Na tionally recognized in England and accorded the honor of having a painting hung in the Royal Academy at the age of 21, Jenkin son’s work has yet to be recog nized in the U.S. to the extent that it has in his native land. English newspapers have carried a story about 29-year-old son and published a three-column picture of his newest painting. He took seven years to complete it. Free Movies for Children A program of free movies for children will be given from 7;16 to 8 o’clock Thursday evening, July 7, in the auditorium of Car roll hall by the Summer Activi ties Committee and the Univer- 1 sity Extension Division’s bureau of visual education. It will in clude “Two .Little Raccoons,” j‘‘Pueblo Boy,” and “King Midas.” iThe children’s movies will be fol lowed by an adult movie pro-1 gram that is part of the regular Summer Session him festival; series. Lutheran Meeting Today. The church cooncil of the Holy Trinity Lutheran church will meet at S o'clock this (Tuesday) evening at the church. The Chapel Hill Weekly 6 Cents a Copy mined manner in the direction of the Town Hall. “Where do you suppose that duck is going ? ” I wondered out loud. Jim Dunn, who had joined me at the window, studied the duck as it created a minor traffic jam. “It might be going up to see Tom Rose,” he suggested, “to talk about getting Rosemary street widened.” the Dodgers to five hits, striking out ten Dodgers along the route. Skippy Snyder with 2 for 2 and Don Prillaman with 2 for 3 led the Dodgers at the plate. In tha Yankee-Giant gams, Ronnie Pendergrass Was the leading hitter for the winners with 3 for 3. For the Giants Jimmy Bejester and Truman Hil ton were the leading hitters, each jwith two hits in four trips. Peter Wood was the winning pitcher. Only four games remain on the Little League schedule. Fri day the Yankees will play the Indians in Carrboro and the Giants will take on the Dodgers in Chapel Hill. Monday the Yankees will end the season with the Dodgers, and the Indians will close out with the Giants. Little league Standings , W L Indians * 7 0 Dodgers 4 3 Yankees 2 5 Giants 1 6 Now a member of the design ing department of the Thomas ville Chair Company, Jenkinson is showing in the Morehead gal lery a number of North Carolina scenes, including Lake Lure, the Blse Ridge mountains, a moun tain valley, and an impression of Randolph county. Jenkinson’l trademark is the minute detail and depth of field in his paintings. They and his sketches show a keen insight into the modern metropolitan scene as well as the rural scene. A quiet unassuming person, Jenkinson devotes most of his spare time to artistic endeavors. His latest honor from the Royal Academy was paid to an English subject, ‘The Thames Clyde Ex press I>eaving at St. Pancras.” It has prompted critics to say that he has achieved greater fame in the Royal Academy than any ar tist in this country and possibly in his native land. At Memorial Hospital Among local persons listed as patients at Memorial hospital yesterday were Miss Lucy Black wood, J. M. Blount, jr., Theodore Bynum, jr., Miss Jane Carter, William T. Davis, Miss Celip Mae Farrar, Miss Gail Emily (Ford, Barbara Lee Jones, Mrs. John M. Kirkland, Matthew Leggett, Su sanne Litwack, Mrs. O. A. Mc- Neil, Mrs. Redell Minor, Robert jp. Pendergraft, Cynthia Ray, Albert Rembert, Miss Ollie Mae Steele, Cecil Tucker, and Ezekiel Watson. ‘ Visits Schoolmate George Shepard, jr., was in gmithflel- recently on a visit to one of his schoolmates at the Darlington School, Romo, Ga. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1985 Now, it was indeed a warm afternoon, but that hardly seemed to excuse the proposal advanced by Charles Dunn: “If the duck is going up to talk to Mr. Rose,” he said, “I think you ought to follow it up there and get a picture.” “I think you’re right,” I said, proving how a warm summer aft ernoon can warp your perspec tive. And I got 014 the Weekly’s press camera and lit out after the duck. By the time I reached the street the duck had detoured off int* the front yard of the Legion Hut, I trailed along and cornerad the bird under the old cannon there, As 1 got the camera ready for action, a little boy dashed inte the yard. “What,” he demanded, “are you doing to my duck?” I’m the last person in the MeeM who wants to be mistake* 9 ducknapper. “I’m just trying to take his picture,” I explained. “It’s a her,” he corrected me. “What’s your name?” I coun tered. * “Yorth,” he said. At least it sounded like Yorth. When he spelled it for me later, it came out “Hjorth,” and his last name was Harville. He was seven years old and the duck was his. We wound up with a picture of owner and duck and cannon (see above). A few (lays later I wandered down to 143 East Rosemary seek ing more information on Hjorth and his pet. I was met at the door by Cheryl Harville, age 11, who corralled her brother Hjorth in the recesses of the house and led me into the back yard to view their pets. They had not one but two ducks. “Both of them are named Daisy,” Cheryl said. “We call the big one ‘Big D’ and the little (Continued on page 4) Celebrates 81st Birthday B. S. Williams celebrated his 81st birthday on June 25 with a picnic dinner at his home on Mann’s Chapel road. Guests in cluded his sons, J. S. Williams and J. J. Williams, and their wives; his daughters, Miss Elea nor Williams, Mrs. L. C. Cheek, and Mrs. Luther Carter; Mr. Cheek and Mr. Carter, a number of grandchildren, and the fol lowing neighbors: Mr. and Mrs. James R. Caldwell, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Kennon Htrowd, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Smith, and the Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Linnens of the Ly stra Baptist church. The center of the picnic table was decorated by a huge cake on which were 81 candles. In Western North Carolina Dr. and Mrs. Fred Ellis were recently in Western North Caro lina, where Dr. Ellis lectured at Appalachian College. Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Littleton met them in Boone, where they all attended “Horn in the West.” From there the Ellises went to visit relatives in South Carolina and the Little tons went to Montreat, where Mr. Littleton will attend a Sunday school superintendents’ confer ence. He is assistant superinten dent of the Sunday school at the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church. Gloria Basile’a sth Birthday Gloria Basils recently cele brated her sth birthday with a watermelon slieing. Guests in cluded Debbie Sara Bodenheimer, Catherine Mc- Knight, Linde Wheeler, Jane Hor ney, Linda Cansler, Susan Fisher, aad Cynthia Webb. Televiewers WIB See Drags fringe On Show Tonlghl I Televiewers here will be given !an hour-long glimpse into tomor row's medicine cabinets from 8:30 until 9:30 tonight (Tuesday) when WUNC-TV presents "To morrow’s Drugs’’ on the weekly series “Project: Health.” “Tomorrow’s Drugs" wilt be telecast by remote control from the University School of Phar macy. The program will be cen tered about research going on to ward development of tomorrow’s drugs. Channel 4 cameras will photo graph graduate students in the School of Pharmacy testing and manufacturing medicinal tablets. Viewers will also be shown the Stokes rotary tablet press, which makes medicinal tablets at the rate of 10,000 per hour. Professor Herman O. Thomp son will be narrator, and Dean E. A. Brecht of the School of Phar macy will discuss the work of the school in making emulsions. Pro fessors W. H. Hartung and John Andrako will introduce demon strations of processes used in pharmaceutical chemistry. Dr. William W. Demeritt, as sistant dean of the UNC School ■of Dentistry, will open and close the program, as he does every week on the “Project: Health” series. This is the fifth in the series on Channel 4, bringing pharmacy into the scope of the TV cameras which have covered physical therapy, dentistry, and water filtering in past, weeks. The series is presented by WUNC-TV and the University's Division of Health Affairs. Woman’s dub Summer Party The University Woman’s Club and the Summer Session admin istration will entertain the Sum mer Session faculty from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, July 7, in the Morehead building. An "Tirt~rr Kent says, “AH members are re minded of thie annual eveMl apd are cordially invited to fcrtn* their husbands. Invitttis*a taw been mailed to the Snmgisr Baa- FT"’" -Muia ii: r Mo cm uuG&Sgf frank B. Strong, dean of Ohioj State Dnivaraity’s College of Law, will speak on “Pre-Professional Education” at a luncheon meet ing of the Faculty Club at 1 p.m. today (Tuesday) at the Carolina Inn. Dean Strong is here this summer as a visiting professor in the U.N.C. School of Law. Hiroshima Diary Edited by Doctor Here Will Be Published by University Press i A booklet, “Books from Chapel , Hill,” issued by the University of North Carolina Press, announces , for fall publication “Hiroshima Diary, the Journal of a Japanese Physician, Translated and Edited by Warner Wells, M.D." The Japanese physician is Michihiko Hachiya. The transla tor and editor is Dr. Werner Wells, assistant professor of surgery in the University. The announcement in the book let begins with the opening and closing sentences of the diary, as follows: “August 6, 1945: The hour was early; the morning still, warm, and beautiful. Shimmering leaves, reflecting sunlight from a cloud less sky, made a pleasant contrast with shadows as I gazed absently through wide-flung doors open ing to the south.” “Postscript. April 10, 1052: The harsh winter that followed the autumn was less harsh for their (Atomic Bomb Commission) hav ing come.” The rest of the announcement is as follows: “These are the opening and closing sentences of the first and greatest human document of the new age we live In—a day-by-day, eyewitness account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the seven weeks that followed. Ter rifying in its portrayal of the greatest man-made catastrophe in history, ‘Hiroshima Diary’ is in spiring in its revelation of the Make Air Trip to Europe Miss Patricia Hooker and Miss Helen Hawfteld flew from New York to Paris last Saturday and from there went to, Germany to ! visit Miss Hawfleld’s parents, and Mrs. Miles Keber. They will be gone two months and will tour several Eurupean countries. Marvia Graastrons Return Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gran strom and their three children have returned to their home in Dogwood Acres. Since Mareh, Dr. Granstrom had been doing biology and sanitary chemistry work in Lima, Para. Ckmptl Mill CkaU LG. A week ago in this column I told of my fruitless in quiries as to why the word, normal, was used to desig nate schools for the train ing of teachers. I sent my piece to Benjamin Fine, edu cation editor of the New York Times, with a letter asking him if he knew why. He replies: ‘‘l .have read your article with interest. I am afraid I can’t tell .you the answer. I have heard learned educators discuss the question of how the: word ‘normal’ originated,! but there didn’t seem to be ! any agreement. Perhaps some good teachers’ college might help you out.” What seems to me the best explanation I have heard comes from Mrs. W. W. Pierson. She recalls having read in a book by an eminent educator, Isaac L. Kandel, an account of the establishment in France of a school for the training of elementary teachers. This institution was called a normal school and Mrs. Pierson thinks it was prob ably it was so called because the training it gave con cerned the normal—-that is, the familiar, or ysuai—edu cation for young children. A conjecture that is certain ly reasonable. The establishment in Paris of a school of higher level, for the training of high school teachers, came later, and I suppose that the word, normal, was used in that school’s title, Ecole Normale SuperieTire, be cause it had already become accepted as applying to the traiatng of teachers. It Pi come to be Tlsed for teaoher-training. Mrs. Cecil Johnson tele phoned me after reading my piece that she thought may be—she was by no means sure of it, but she thought maybe—Rousseau had given (Continued on page 4) heights of human heroism. “Director of an important Hiro shima hospital, Dr. Hachiya was himself wounded in the blast, and his hospital gutted in the fire that followed. To keep the hos pital going, to solve the scien tific mystery of the effects of the new weapon, to comfort and in spire his fellow sufferers—these were his tasks in the appalling chaos of a devastated city in a defeated country. He succeeded in all. And, using such scraps of paper as he could find, he re corded the story daily, with com passion, tenderness, an d even humor. ‘Hiroshima Diary’ is a warning to everyone of the meaning of modern war, and a living proof that the human spirit is stronger, nobler, and superior to any other power on earth. “Dr. Wells was sent in 1950 to Hiroshima as surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission.” Medals Are Presented by Colonel Burns v . J ff hHBHt * sKft&'s « If) i* « f j k BPw # Colonel R. C Baras, ÜBMC, professor ts Naval Science at the University, Is shewn at the right pres anting the Josephus Danish Scholarship Medal to Midshipman Frederick D. Hamrick HI (left), eon es Mr. and Mrs, F. D» Hamrick, Jr„ of Rutherford tea, aad the Assericsa Legion Leadership Medal- to Midshipman Stephen Anbury Trimble, son es Mr. aad Mrs. Booth Trimble es Washington, D. C. $4 a Year in County; other rates on pairs 2 Recreation District Election Moves Nearer to Reality as Jaycees Circulate Petitions Calling for Vote in 120 Days George Denny Will Deliver an Address Here Next Monday George V. Denny jr., founder and moderator of Town Hall of the Air, will speak on “Give Your Mind a Chance” at 8 p.m. Monday, Jqly 11, in Carroll hall. The public is invited. Mr. Denny :ia an alumnus of the University land was active here in the Caro lina Playmakers and other campus organizations. Here is a passage from an announcement of his talk: “ Things are largely what they are because they’re where they lare,’ said the late Professor Col jlier Cobb to his first-year stu i dents in geology, ‘and that goes .for folks as well as rocks.’ This .wise old professor, in this terse statement, put his finger on the key to the solution of our modern problems of human relations. Until we release our minds from our self-imposed slavery, and seek to understand principles of human relations in universal terms just'as the physical scien tists have done, we cannot ex pect our minds to give us the right answers when we try to ‘think’ about our common prob lems. In his talk Mr. Denny will describe some practical ways to train your mind to give the right answers.” Craig Phillips Gets Winston Promotion Craig Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Phillips of Chapel Hill, has keen appointed superinten dent o t schools in Winaton- Sahat, effective in July, 1946. He Wilt serve ae assistant super intendent until that time. WVZ&jJWEZZ tmTTwtn City for II years. Up to the time of his new appoint ment, he was serving as prin cipal of the Moore elementary school. He was graduated from the University here in 1943. He has been back in Chapel Hill since last February, working on his doctor’s degree, and he expects to congplete the required aca demic work by the end of the summer, when he must return to Winston-Salem. McCiamrochs Have Come Home Mr. and Mrs. Roland McClam roch are at home again after a three-months tour that took them to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Most of the time they toured the Mediterranean area on the steam ship Stella Polaris, leaving the ship frequently for short visits on land. After landing in England they went to Copenhagen, where they were welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caldwell; then to Sweden and Norway; then to Amsterdam where they took a steamer for New York. Habela to Fly Today The Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Tilden Hubei and their son Sammy will leave New York by air today (Tuesday) to fly to Europe. After a tour of several European countries they will at tend the Baptist World Congress in London. TUESDAY ISSUE Nnt Issue Prid» ■ ’ The Junior Chamber of. Commerce has begun circu lation of petitions calling for a special election on the crea tion of the Chapel Hill-Carr boro Recreation District. Jaycee Bob Cox said results of the signature drive would be announced at the dub’s meeting Thursday night. The petitions must be signed by 15 per cent of the resident freeholders in the proposed district. Mr. Cox said the actual number of signatures needed was about 2,000. If a sufficient number of qualified persons sign the petition; the county commis sioners are required to call an election within 120 days. The election would be on (1) the issuance of a maximum of $250,000 in bonds, and (2) the levy of a special ad valorem tax not to exceed 10 cents per SIOO property valuation. An enabling act shepherd ed through this year’s Gen eral Assembly by Orange county’s Representative John Umstead provided the ma chinery for the recreation district election. The Act also provides that if the election is successful a recreation commisson of at least five members will be named by Uie county commissioners. Two members each must come from Chapel Hill and Carrboro. All members will serve staggered three-year terms without compensation. Mr. Cox* who ig trt ihsrfg of the poUltM* a«UI Ohtfpaf Hill and C*rrfcm> hvnr beeff divided into areas, each cov ered by a team of Jaycees under one of the following team captains: Bill Alexander, Bill Bas night, Frank Blocksidge, John Cates, Harold Edwards, Lloyd Gardner, Bill Oakley, Lindy Sparrow, Chuck Eh mig, George Rettie and Sandy Host. Charlie Phillips is in charge of circulating the pe titions to civic clubs. The entire recreation district campaign is under the direc tion of A1 Allen. Rare Letters Are Given to Library William A. Whitaker, Winston- JSalem native and now a retired businessman living in New York City, has presented two original letters, written by Charles Dick ens, to the University Library. These letters will be added to the Library’s Whitaker Collec tion, which is made up of rare books and manuscripts that Mr. Whitaker has given the library over a period of several years. Associate Librarian 0. V. Cook, in announcing the gift, said, “These two letters are extremely rare and valuable and will make an important addition to Mr. Whitaker’s already large collec tion of rare materials relating to Charles Dickens.” One of the etters is dsted 1850 and the other is dated 1866; both are on letterhead stationery. The j printed head on one lettar reads, j “Gad’s Hill Place,” and the print-1 ed head on the other one reada,! “Office Os Household Words, AJ Weekly Journal Conducted bm Charles Dickens.” 1 Hershnsrs Are Here Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Hershnsflj and their sons, Ronald and are here from Burlington, Vaß.'i mont, on a visit to Mr. and Mrfl L. L. Garner. Mr. Hershner, ncßj head of the mat hematics depsß ment at the University of vfl mqrjt, was formerly a member! the faculty of the matheraaß department of the Univsrß" * here. .fIH Lutheran Student#* Lutheran students in the versity will bold their aafl picnic Sunday afternoon, Ju! j§ at Chesterfield Inks. They! mast at the Holv Trinity J ton