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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Ckspd MS. North Carohu 12* E. ~ . T>lepk mi »-im m MCI PaUM Every Ti—4i? Fnitj By TW ChmytA Hill Prtrfwfcnar O-pzr?. It. IjOtas GtAVxs Edtun Jot Jam Mcnasnuf Ldoc* Buxt Aran Assoc*®* Ezuto*' Chuck H>uske As*t»n®< Bdxti* Cmn-r r.a CzACPSKIi . CrCf*e~tL. Xa*Ope' O- T. Watexs AAvrruasMg Directs* Charcot* Campbcli Merhcrat® Supi. fcmercc as «ecor>o-ca» rri«ner Fcaruarj JL VCS. ml tim puewifiir* «t Ccaepe. HU. Jwrtf. C«rolinA uarter tit tr: at 1 IFB SUBSCRIPTION RATES li CfTiiipt County. Year IA.W' { ii.il; I HaoriUL* t-i*' ftaiKiot of Court? by ti* Tear S _a:t of N C-. At- am £ C. A£(’ Cciier State? ar.c Dir-. of Cuinmbi* 5-®5 C «ti,nt V t tnr-; . Souti Aia-eric* -®t Europe The Ne» Board Make* Possible a More R&Uonal Form (rs C<«sobdatk« At a recßEf meet mg for the discus sicil of :ne new State Board of Higher Educatioru Acting President of the l ni ter? ::y Harris Purks quoted four per tinent par sage?- fr «rr .• aoout h-uner educat-jOTi -U Nortr. f aroiins- One »tr fr.r. the .ate G'-ernor 0. Max Yarcner? 10'- message to the Legislature. ore was from President Gt*rdor. Gray * report few tr.e last year < 1954-55 f one «y from the 3955 act creating’ the Board and one was from a statement by Mr. Parks himself in a newspaper interview a few weeks *&>• 1. Governor Gartner -r. 3921: "Any policy which best serves the whole State whi in the «ong run best serve the Un,"> ersuty the State College, and the College for Women. We must .see each part in its relation to the whole and broader our perspective so as to include the entire future course of high er education in the State. “Our problem is not to concentrate upon the minor maladjus;tmerits which may be cured by remedial internal administration. Our problem is rather to view the entire higher educational effort of this State in terms of trends extending over generations and to direct these trends into channels which will prevent waste sari insure to the ris ing generation the best training we can provide." 2. President Gray ir. his .atest re port : Tne establishment of the Board of Higier Education, with broad pow ers to chart a course of development for punhc higher education in North Carolina, appears to be a sound and nriuch needed development, it is anti cipated that through the operation of this Board, the University's place in the total picture of higher education ir; North Carolina will b<- more clearly defined, allowing us. to get on better with our work. 1 ’ 2. From the 1955 act creating the Board: “Jt,- purpose -hall Ur to pro vide ’he de'.'-lopfnent and ojieration of a sound, vigorous, progressive and co:- ord mated system of 'higher education in the State of North f arolina ’ 4 Mr. Turks: “I am inclined to think vat V,*- ar<- now a’ points of size and complexity which require that more responsibility for sound and ef fective administration he assumed by the individual institutions. This does not necessarily mean that consolidation should go. In time, when the Board of Higher education has gained in ex perience, knowledge, and perspective of higher education in our state, a re-ex amination of consolidation should be in order.” Add the passage that I cited in a previous editorial from the recent talk here by Major L, P, Mcl>endon, a mem ber of the Board: “The act makes it clear that the authority of the Board shall not over ride the authority of the boards of trustees of the individual institutions in the management and control of their internal affairs. This is as it should lie. There is unmeasurable value in the affection and devotion of the trus tees to their respective institutions and to the traditions that have grown up around them.” These quotations strengthen the be lief that the present University con solidation should not be regarded as a permanent system but as a stage of development, a step toward a broader and more rational consolidation. Gov ernor Gardner's plan embraced only three institutions, whereas the new plan embraces all twelve of 'the State’s in stitutions of higher learning, obviously an arrangement mor/e in accord with hia concern for the "entire higher edu-^ cationai effort of the State." The Gard ner plan was for what we have today, the actual merger of the three institu tions under a single board of trustees and a centralusec administration which has full authority over the three local administrations. This is contrary to the meaning of the 1955 act creating the new Board, as interpreted by Major McLendon in the words above quoted: “Tne authority of the Board shall not otemde the authority of the boards of trustee? of the individual institu tions in the management and control of their internal affairs.” Tne new Board l? a creation which will perrr.it ad State institutions t. t»e. not consolidated in the sense of be ing under a centra, management, but consolidated ir. the sense of having their function- coordinated for the prevention of wasteful duplication and oienapj mg. To effect this improve ment the next Legislature should fol low uj. the act of 1955 with a repeal art putting ar. end to the present con solidation and restoring each of the three consolidated institutions to its own board of trustees. —L.G. The Presidential Press Conferences In the statement about President Eisenhower - condition that Dr. Paul Dudley White, tr.e eminent heart spec ialist. gave t the public a few weeks ag he .-aid : “Certainly one good thing car. from this: illness of Presi dent Eisenhower, and that is the re duction of at least some of the strain of the ;ob for the sake of himself arid of future presidents. Os course the major strains of the principal na tional and international decisions must doubtless remain, but many of the chores w jcK as the signing of docu ments. speechmaking, excessive press conferences under the glare arid heat of the television lamp-, and handshak ing. traditional arid popular though much of this may be, could, it seerm to me. be wisely delegated to various other government officials.” Note the inclusion of “excessive press conferences in the list of tasks and pressures of which Dr. White thinks the President might well be re lieved. There is one element of the population, not numerous but exceed ingly articulate and influential, that is in spirited disagreement with Dr. White a 1 - to what “excessive” means. That is the newspaper correspondents in Washington. The magazine, Editor and Publisher, has been carrying state ments from some of them lamenting the interruption of Presidential press conferences caused by the President’s illness. They have pictured this as al most a major calamity. Marcus Duffieid, who writes; the weekly news review, “History in the Making,” for the New York Herald Tribune, gave, this last Sunday, this brief history of press conferences: “In the days of Presidents Uoolidge and Hoover, the White House press con ference* were dull affairs. Reporters had to submit written questions in ad vance. President Roosevelt livened things up by answering questions off the-cuff. But he took the precaution of -purifying that his words must not ta- reported in quotation marks only indirectly. President Eisenhower, with his televised press conferences, has lift ed all barriers and made the White House news conference an important instrument of government. “He has held 75 press conferences since he took office on Jan. 20, 1952. The last one was on Aug. 4, just lie fore he went on the vacation that turn ed into sick leave. The absence of press conferences has left a gap in leadership. There has been speculation that Eisenhower would fill the gap at least partially by replying to writ ten questions.” The Washington correspondents are justified in regarding their work as of great value. It is indeed, in effect, a part of our government and a very important part. But the members of every profession in the world, because of being deeply absorbed in their own activities, have a much higher opinion of the importance of what they do than other people have. So, It is nat ural for the correspondents to tend to assume that the public interest in the Presidential press conferences is equal to their own. True, the reports of the conferences by the talented writ ers in Washington do make lively read ing and I have no doubt that many millions of people, like myself, enjoy them. But there is such a big volume of other Interesting matter In the pa pers that probably, ye would not feql THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY On ‘Routine* Calls Officers * Life Can Be in Danger From Good Citizens, Says Mr. Pender graph By Lyn Overman Most folks don't realize it. tut nearly every ’ day or, the yor the policeman's life is ir. grave danger. not necessarily from violators of the law alone, 111*, also from the citizen who wants to uphold the law and cooperate with law erforce trent officers. I Hiring a talk with Officer H R Pender graph the other c.ay this became apparent, al though th« officer did not in tend t- describe the perils encountered ir h - “rouvr.e” t. *i gr ir. er : Most people art quick to protect tr,-;r home with ar.y mtar.i availat,e cur.rg tr.e mgr.: time, and wr.tr, its evi cert that a prowler ir, the ne.ghborhood. a.though he may t.. only a Peeping Tom. trie L r* <r ■ •>■?<•. T €TY of'U'Ti .5 fcpt to snoot f.rtf anc ask questions .ater wner: he acts .r. fear. Ar a res.it f this fear Cfficer Pendergrapr, a native ■f the F’ha:+ Hi., area, ar.d other mer or the police force •*ive actually been r,eld at gur ; •• t t> resident* who reported yrtw-ers r their neigf.b'. rhoodt. The “routine” call of the prowler, as .r<d,<ated by cr senator w*n the ff.cer seerr,* to le or.e fraught w da r ger. Frequently, a- over:., taut ou* re*ider.t, erroneously be lieving he is a.dirg the la* ar.d acting according to law by shoot.rg at a prowler, ha* by mistake, in the <iarkr,e*s, shot at an off.cer intent up'.-n capturing the reported prowler. Nor ,e it aiwayt tr.e that IZZMf f Like Chapel Hill = _ uLr--== By Billy Arthur — =s._j~£A_'. -^^ r==r — I don’t recall now how the conversation at the coffee club got around to it. but we were wondering whatever became of the three-legged cast iron wash pots you used to see in every farm yard. I know they’ve been replaced by washing machines on the front porches, but where have the pots gone? Are they made any longer? I re member on my grand{jtther’s farm in Cabar rus County we had one that we washed clothes in, made apple butter in, made lye and lard in, and I even had a bath in one summer. Truly a serviceable im plement. And the stick we used to punch or stir the clothes with ? Remember, it had been in scalding w ater so much that it was almost white in color? On days we didn’t wash, I used it for a ball bat and a make belies e shotgun. * * * * Speaking of washing machines, how does one account for the many brands of detergents if 25 manu facturers of washing machines recommend hut one? And yet eight out of ten laundries use soap. And, further, every one of the detergents and soaps gets clothes whiter, softer than any other brand. I got into ail this lather while exposed to day time television during my pneumonia. And something else, why take milk of magnesia and liver pills when you can eat hran, get identical results and lie filled at the same time? ♦ * * * The sequence of announcements on the Greens boro station tw?i afternoons weekly amuse me. Im mediately following strong plugging of a delicious cake mix comes an announcement for milk of magnesia as a cure for indigestion and upset stomach. * * * * Stop in at the UNC News Bureau in Bynum Hall most any day and you’ll find Bob Bartholomew in a cloud of cigarette smoke sitting at his typewriter singing his version of the current song hit, “Sixteen Tons.” Before he starts singing he always offers due apologies to Tennessee Ernie and the author of the song. 'The Bartholomew version goes like this: "Sixteen stories and what do you get, Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’tcha call cause I can’t go, I owe my soul to the NewH Bureau.” that we were Buffering a great loss if the press conferences were less fre quent, and my belief is that, if a nation-wide poll were taken on this question, the vast majority of citizens would agree with Dr. White's opinion that the number of Presidential press conferences could be reduced without serious harm to the nation. Also, I believe it likely that most people would be found to hold the opinion that the submission of written questions would be a better way of conducting press conferences than the face-to-face ask ing of questions that the President is expected to answer right off the bat.—L.G. How to Pronounce Himalayas I heard a friend of mine, one day last week, pronounce the name of the famous mountains HimAUiyas; that is, with the second syllable accented and sounded like a in father and with the following a elided so as to make the word thref syllables., ■Ps -cl life —Photo by taverge t K. H. PENDERUtAPH ■ > or a . r « 'r--.gr time in*>f*e, a a gainst, having a pistol pointed at r.is heart when a prowler *r,owr. V be ir. ar. area. Although the duties of a policeman have the.r nervous aspects, Mr. Pendergraph plan# to stay with the Chapel Hi.i police department. A Navy s-terar. h,s first experience as a law enforcement officer came with the Shore Patrol during World War 11. In 1046, after two years with the Navy in the Pacific ar*a, he returned to Chapel Hill and factory and construction work. In 1053 he was employ ed or the force as a patrolman. At present, the officer and his wife, formerly Eioise Coz art of Wendell, live in Dog wood Acres on Pittsboro Road. I was not surprised at this be cause I had learned from the diction aries that this pronunciation was cor rect. The dictionaries do, however, note that the pronunciation with which I was brought up HimaLAYas, with four distinct syllables, with accents on the first and the third, and with the third sounded like the word lay is, “though less correct, frequently used.” Well, I am glad to be able to cite one celebrated writer who used it. In Kipling’s poem, "The Story of Uriah” —it is about the British soldier, Jack Barrett, who was transferred by his superior officer from Simla to torrid, swampy, deadly Quetta, so that the officer might steal his wife.—one of the couplets is as follows: “I shouldn’t be astonished if now his spirit knows . . . The reason of his transfer from the Himaluyan snows.” Here the word Himalayan has got to be pronounced my way in order for the meter to be right... Thank you, Mr. Kipling, for standing by me.—L.G. • Chapel Hill Chaff I Continued from page 1) found it under a pile of old papers in a desk drawer. 1 The student, who had beer wandering all over the world had settled down, and had now become a man of substance turned up for the appointmenl on the second. Mr. Carrol handed him the note. He cal culated the interest, compound ed semi-annually, drew a check book from one pocket and a fountain pen from another, and gave Mr. Carroll a check for four hundred and some dollars. • * * My old friend ar.d fellow University student, Hubert hil!. writes tr.e fruit, his home n West Virginia: “I am one of the world’s I worst spellers and I er.j yed reanr.g about the method Mrs. Paul Schenek employed to cov er up her indicision as to wheuther a word was spelled with an ‘ei’ or an ‘ie’. When I wrote with a pen ir,y method "i.‘ to make a double e and put a dot ,n the middle of the two ees. Since I have taken to tne typewriter of recent years I have been at a loss as to how to conceal my ig norance in the use of words übeing either an ‘ie’ or an 'ei’. “My thanks to Mrs. Schenck and to you for printing the hint. Could any one offer a suggestion as to what to do with words that may not have a double letter in them ? I uMahy use the word twice in the same paragraph, spelling it in two different ways. One if them is bound to be right and I trust the reader will consider the incorrect spelling to be a typographical error.” Mr. Hill’s letter is printed here exactly as he wrote it. If any of you find any mis spelling in it you needn’t re port ’em to me. I am well satisfied with the letter as it is. The Freshman in Our House ’’AI Resch in the Chatham News) Sign of the passing times: Only a few short months ago the High School senior at our house would express a desire to go somewhere and would ASK permission to go and would ASK to use the family car. Now the college freshman at our house, home for the weekend, brusquely announces that he is going to Raleigh and that he is “TAKING our car.” a Just like that does parental authority vanish into thin air. To say nothing of the old man’s sudden realization that he no longer rules the roost in his own household. “You can buy all sorts of things nowadays that look like other things. Women’* electric razors look like com pacts. Some flashlights look like fountain pens. Cigar and cigarette boxes are made to look like books. Dog biscuits look like bones. You can buy a dime bank that looks like a snub-nosed automatic pistol. There is a veritable <raze for disguised things. But there are two things you can’t dis guise. One of them is a fresh haircut and the other is a bottle of whi kr-y in a brown paper bag C. A. I'aul in the Flkin Tribune. During a seance, a medium was bringing people bade from the other world. A 'J- year-old boy was among tho.se present I want to talk to Grandpa,” he insisted. “Quiet,” said the medium, quite annoyed. “I want to talk to Grandpa," "Very well, little boy,” said the medium, making a few hocus pocus passes. “Here ha is.” “Grandpa," said the little boy, "what are you doing there? You ain’t dead yet." lndiana Telephone News I On the Town I Tt traHTii an 'nnffaana'tM By Chuck Hauser tffjffth'taitiSi- ‘"‘’WIHUH—uJ IN DEFENSE OF JIM TATUM: How often have you heard the remark made, in discussions of the Caro lina coaching situation, that Big Jim Tatum of Mary land would willingly sacrifice academic standards in order to recruit a powerful football machine? You have probably encountered the accusation many times. It seems to be the biggest weapon of the anti-Tatum forces. I have brought up the same point myself more than once —not as an accusation, but as a consideration which is weighed by persons in a position to influence the selection of the next Tar Heel head coach. According to a statement by a person highly placed in the University administration, the intimation that Tatum considers football playing and academic standing as horses of different corrals is When Tatum was freshman coach at the University during World War 11. he was responsible for the hulk of recruiting football material for Carolina. Dur ing that period he was conscientious in his efforts to cooperate fully with the administration in screening freshman talent by academic as well as athletic standards. Jim Tatum is familiar with the University’s poli cies and practices regarding admission of new stu dents, whether they are star high school quarter backs or bookworms. When he returns to his alma mater as head football coach he will show that he has just as much respect for those policies as he had when he was last coaching here. One last word on the coaching picture: By the time this newspaper comes out again, we should all know for sure whether or not Jim Tatum will he George Barclay’s successor. I claim no prophetic powers, and I claim to have been taken into the confidence of no one on the inside.” But I’m betting that when Mary land finishes trampling Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl we will discover that the decision to bring Big Jim hack to Carolina was made weeks ago. * * * * THE UNITED STATES IS NOT a belligerent country. We seek to wage war on no one. We are urgently concerned with defending ourselves and our allies, hut we will not resort to anything in the nature of a preventive war” to accomplish such a defense«~ To us, these things are patently clear. I wondt/ sometimes how clear they are to Soviet Russia and its satellites. Is their public concern over what they call our aggressive” acts purely showmanship and shrewd propaganda, or does it reveal sincere doubt that we are the peace-loving nation we represent ourselves to he? These questions came to my mind the other day . when I read a news article on the front page of the Greensboro Daily News. The article read as follows: “WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UP)—Six ‘Corporal’ guided missile battalions, capable of dropping atomic bombs on targets up to 75 miles away, will be sent to Europe soon to bolster Western European defenses, the Army announced today.” To illustrate my point, let me pose another quest ion. How would we feel if we read a similar story in the morning paper, phrased slightly differently: “MOSCOW, Dec. 22 (UP)—Six ‘Joseph Stalin’ guid ed missile battalions, capable of dropping atomic bombs on targets up to 75 miles away, will be sent to Mexico soon to bolster Western Hemisphere defenses, the Soviet Army announced today." Woufdn t we be a little nervous about such “de-. fensive” weapons so close to our own borders? * * * * * A RECENT VISIT TO ONE of State College’s borne games in the Coliseum prompts me to ask why colleges use up all the space in athletic programs teil mg you things you already know about the home team instead of things you want to know about the visitors. 1J56 take* over the job of curing this old world °A he f^ he ?,’ "“i 1 "* a f * Uer Place in which to live. Let 8 all lend the lad a hand! ■n.ere’ll be many things that will happen during JJ.)6 . . . some you can count on and other* that’ll be unexpected. But there’* one thing you can count on, if YOU’LL START SAVING NOW and wisER° L LL BK HAPPIER ' WEALTHIER*, New Yw B<ißt W ‘ Mheß l ° y ° U f ° r “ Very happy ORANGE COMITY MIIUIH MB LOU UMOUim He*t Franklin St. T# j *.g7«l » • <U. ‘ fc *'»- ' J* r —A*- 0. * '•4 • » * '’ • , Yriday, December 30, 1955