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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Chapel Hill North Carolina IJ* F. Rfww*w*«r> TcVephpnf fr-tMI nr -4f. , Pofcttftfccd F' er> Tuexia:* »nc Fnd*» By TW Chiaci Hill PcNn-hinr Ow-pany ln ' Lorrs Graves Centalbur-.nf Zdiur Jot Jonts _, MciKJptTip Editor Biu.v Aittwi't ** Attonett Edito» Ckvck H>ttn Ad mtu £d»to* Orvmi Cahtbru Manage’’ ■O T Watktns Ardr-o-t-uof Xhrector Chariton Cimßl .Vrr’.mra, Supt Ir.terec •» *eoor«S-ci*Jff - Fer~u*rv at. the poj-.oti: -t a; CK»r* H.M Serf G»ro.m» araer t?>» i»r* of Hf* t IfV SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Ir Orzrjrt- County. Year . IA.CO (€ -norths S-.C: '-'■ mon:.* SlS#' Out.- a* of Orange Cour.*> cj the "i r*r State of X. C.. V fc _ ar.c ‘ X ‘ Other State- arid pi- 5 ' of '-rr: -a "-J™ Canada. Mexico. Sottr. America YOU Europe Federal Aid for SchtH*h> \- Specially , . Important to North Carolina Trie ir.iji -•■c j r -i.T<-a* I i* p U* ra, aic. ' ' ■' " ' ajijr j>r;at. T1 5 *.har. 11* r** pr-"-;.** * s e*d bv the President a year ay * 7 fiat wax ar, emergency neas ur*. The ; .an he 'hat • v before Cot gw ■ gr » - out ' f the careful ana ;•-.*. t;• *"u coun try's f remost •> • • rtf in publi - ■ ■ aducati n f th* inf rmati n gatf ered' at n'at ion-wide <:• r.ference-. Four sand “tier, (.•'•hferer.ee s were r*. : .I’u v _ culrr.mating .r. N' • mtAr in 'h* •>•* • * House C onference r. Educate-r Acting President Purks of .tha ’.ni ver -. f North < gates to 'that gathering and h» gave an. illuminating report on it a' this month’s meeting • f the ( haj> Hi. I’ar ent -Tea ■ • rg As • • iat ton Mr Purks said h< did n* t D-* that the White House f'onferen<> wa conducted in the be 5 * w&. - .rue * *.<• discus Mon grou; procedure seem* - ’! to result ir. a -iftir.g out of adverse M-riti cisrr.- of the pre-t-n 4 s vstem of public sc hot: education. He -aid, however, that the conference was vavvab**- in that it offered ar. *xe* il *-r * '.-pj»ort unity for an exchange of idea- from all over the .. country. Tne.se ar* to* pr.wcpa! feature- of th* fc-derai aid program proposed by the president: ]. Federal grant- amounting to 81- 250/;<H*.OOP a’ a * f 2250,000.000 am .a i r f rear!- Thi would be atc h<d v• > tat< 4 in* *• ; : ■ m<nt ■■ 'i 4. ■u ) A ' • grand 1 • fthonz 8750 ()()(} <*(>(i (, < r f:e \ i-a/ fur f* 'i«ial pur cha-<• of local -*•*.<,*.. con.-tn.iction b(inds when -' ho'n (jj-t f:* -! • cannot * i them jfi rival* fnark*-’• v 1 mi^oiia.>.«■ hj t*-n -I rh'.t (■'■') A ' •.•■••• prog ran :. - •n- • tis f,‘ ii> {.}<.,,(]* yt *f . i !< *f f>' • ? ; V 'J'h* ' 4 < • a f a.t /-! oj '»*•.- *' ?>• M r. 1 ‘'i ;u;»! - \ - 1 1 •;: ■'. ij)A h o *; (.f 20.000.000 program <■! ,*.g grant- to stale for plan - n.j.g to heljj cornmunitje- arid states *,o■('•■:;o obstacles to their financing of • r.ocl '( i -truction. "The k<;. to this piograrn," says If« r-jamin 1 .r.* . education editor of the .We. Vork Tim*-.-, i the fir.-t item the dlrei-t grate - :n-aid of 8250.000,000 an uall.v for-fivi - car This would mean, sin* * th<* loans would-be almost match ed'by 4 n* tat*--, a total of close to 82,- 500,000,00<M-. *-r th* IT.* year s It was festirnat*■*: that about 00.000 classrooms could b* cf.n'-tr ucte<! with thi- amount (at the pn-vailirig r-ost of some .840.- 000 for each cla:-sr*uim). d’h* additional classroom.-, may b<- just enough to meet the needs of a growing school popu lation, providing th*- present - rati' of 60,000 or more classrooms a year is maintained, aside from the federal pro gram.” The President..savs In his message: “The first broad principle is that federal grants must not reduce the centive for state and local efforts — but rather should stimulate an increase in such efforts.. If federal funds are used merely to replace funds which oth erwise would or could be provided at state and local levels, there is no net gain of schools for our children. 1 propose, therefore, that federal grants be matched by state appropriations. “Another fundamental principle is that federal funds, under this type of program, should be distributed accord ing to relative need. We must recog nize that some states have m,ore fin ancial resources than others-” This second requirement stated by the President is specially important to North Carolina becausi combined with .- >*e v wealtl • h*v< a -choo - . population that is much larger ;r. proportion to the total population than it is ir, m *st <4her states. The reas-.'.<!' ; f»*r "th< large sch■*■*. jmpulation is. ■;{ c- ~r>* the -tat* .- * v-» ptionally high birth rat*, which ranks t- war.! th* • Ti : ati.-r. A. North «'ar.-hmians • - ■rl wit) '• - as to 1 rgr*-- and their prayers t * r <>d the {ft * legis •' ‘ r*- ■ >'-ti* n . e: tth* President. It will certainly • „ > , -* •>-, *',- ](->•; >- \err.tTHr.t w..i 4 * * • *' V .belt ' finance *ur state's fecundity. k - | \lm»ul Name- That Fnd \Nith S “There it is again 1 said to my s* .f with a j*eevish thought. 1 wa 1-. king at a nam* l had just •'typed. H'-t»t)-se>. meaning' memU-rs • f r *n» of our Chapel Hill Hribb-' families. Os c. :-* ;t was.’.' 4 anybody by that name • *.at 1* w&- i-r: about. It was th* • '■ a’ ■ e?'-’- ag;...; ■ as a narr.*-. ♦•rg.- r.g • " ar. ■ >n.n c**m ,** riing me. When ; - ant< d t j iriTfzi it -to add anoth< • a ; 1* w :‘r. • i - x Vi ♦ •!.► ')\ th(»s*■ narn* s. t ( * iiniT ■ . ■ i hav< many peoph 1 know and n 1- ■ ■ . ■ i ibs A: :r* a-. I>*. .-. Craves. Jones. W i»- ■ liobbin.- Ifu-rn.* Douglas-—tt.es* liar;,*- ;ii th* -ingular look as good a ithers. Bft ,when you turn them ■ t • ra :b* •• • Adamses, At drew - Le. -<-- (-ra , eses. Jone es, Williamse-. iWtiblns.*-. Burnses. I>o - they ha ■ e an awkward sound arid an. awkward ; r *ok. ! n< •• er r • and of ai * - bodv - < hang ;*.g r or her nan..*: to escape from this predicament. It is hardly enough ■ . - - f - * hat but it ■is a big nuisance. The French get around it d>> pr< - ceding’ a nan.*- witti th*-* plural <d the word meaning th<‘.. Where we say the Adam ses, th* Jon* 1 . th* D* glases, they would say 1* - Adams. I*-- Jones, !* : - Dougla . But in Knglish th*- plural for the wor*i th*- ( s th* -ame a- the .egwar If I -ho ild want to de-ignat* a -*, i* hi 4 ii* member- of a lam ; 1 say the I Adair - . or Hi*- Hobbs, that .wouldn't con .* . in . w '-ailing . In fact, it wouidn t ci)l), ey an . mu-aning at all. Nobod. would know whjfh Douglas or which \.*. i<• i. 1 !.*-'.■ i ... ta I- ;f g ; (jout. Th* listener might thinl* J .'.a t-m mg' I’* talk in the archaic lang* ,ag* of tb'Seot of centuci* ag'** wno p- rl- *.} "the Ml • !l I ;i:d An*!! l v- • •. , I 'u. in* <-*- rn i -1 1 v ** f f * **)(I - aji'l ■ i /,)•’ */l du ’ i po*,d for■" i. i ! ha*• tn* A'iarn d* .•> *-1 a !*•*•! nr* --. To**r< : i ,p*-ojile wI -1 kn* a th< * I,* -. a r-r,' p* i !.a:♦.*-- wo'il<l know ■ *,| ] r r. f. V-it it I aid 1 had Mu! iht Audi l a /a t ii*■ Aoa ni ■ on Id -tf.klin Sir*-. ’ it might b*- ;.n.. om - ‘ r- at 1 • a;.*-l i 1 illian mm • d Am (I ■ i Os :ft J’i oj w*, . . •HI .. I • ;,/ . i.-.t ion had I 1/1 d t- -■ • . * - *i* * fi- bear o,i cross with a- much for titude pus.-ibl*-. W*- .ought not to be icn-un-d if w* indulge in the sin ii) <>n\y i nvy of peopl*- who ha\*-, tor e.xanipl*', natne.- li-ke * <>bb and llam nton and K.vser and l>*-v and Warren. See (iow simjfl*' and *asy, and j’ood o inding' g'ood looking', are the plurals: Cobbs and Hamilton s and K.vsers and l)eys and Warrens. l.<*. \ Kcconinieiidation About Franklin Tu«‘s*lay of thi.- week was Benjamin Franklin’s 250th birthday. 11«- was born in Boston January 17, 1700. If ever there was a man who de served the admiration and the grati tude of posterity, it was Franklin. His tory presents no figure possessed of a more remarkable combination of practical sense, idealism, imagination, and ardent patriotism. He was co lossal iri intellect and goodwill toward h'is fellow man. The celebrations of his birthday took the form of gatherings at which tributes were paid to bis genius and achievements. But the greatest tribute to him is just beginning and will g’o on for several years. That is, the editing’ and publication, jointly by the Ameri can Philosophical Society, which he founded," and Yale University, which gave him an honorary degree, of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin.” The first of the planned twenty-five volumes will appear in 1959, the last about a dozen years later. The best way anybody can celebrate THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY the birthday of BenjAmin Franklin is to read what he has written and what ha- been written abm.t him. But of cour*** *.h< ordinary citizen, by which term 1 mean a pers >n outside the rank s of h>tor:an> and other'>ch*Jars. < an't r* ad twenty-fiv* mies <•*- * a a»uming tw.'< i< here when they ail c mi- oj 4 .' which many <*f us w n't . Trl- • * mg* ; • h;m. * • t* r* ich or re-read, th* famous Aut'-biography -I r*-a ;:t r aUmt the t.hird or f*ur". t:m* r-.-*.*"!.’.. 1 and aga.n found it fas cinating- mi also to read a biography. It - happens that there .- an ex cellent or.e-v* ...me biography by our . -w * ha;*. Hillian. Phillip-* R .--e. . . • •r.titled "Benjamin Franklin, the First * cjlisted A-•*. an " Wh<n It was j - eviewed -tl page of -th* New York Times Book K* \ ie-.v a* : was acclaimed in mar •ther m* w.-papers and in the i.t* rary pieriodlea'i.-. It contain.- all the mo.-t - * ant ... and is writ - * . ,:i a lively, pungent style wi-rth;. ■ : '- subject. There is 4 ,i , ... . j-p I (: Vademic Freedom **,rc< nsboro t)ail> New*.) Tr,< r* ra- alway.-, been nv-re than a .geographical dividing line betwei-n North Car'..'a and South Carolina.. ■ ; been on* f -spirit. . - • - ortioning credit for this differ* M*-*-. lax e often", pointed to the Ifni'-* r of North ( arolina a- a iea ler ,n it 4 *, actual development a v.i-f. as' the --ta’*-'-. material progress. We bring’ up this sub ect because of two re.-ent news stories concerning the -'at* r. '-r-itifs <*!' th*- two Caro iinas: ■ A I’niver-'.'y 'of N'irth / arolina trustee. s js-aking at (fxford. said that - . is 'rnor* - .- 4 .i that teachers not use ■ti.i-ir academic freedom than that th* w 1!; abuse it." Very it.’*"-ting’ was anotber -'-n --teric* fror: *(.*• talk by \'ictor Bryati' of Durhatt.: "It r* --t *.-• anti* ipated 1 hat ’ " r* -u!t- i f tii- (th*- faculty member's) -earr* w j.:! *•<»..nl»* at t)M*- 5 with ortb'e <lox belief a‘nd t might be further * x 3. ».*-d that : : :-- •. -c . nortl , % 3r f i/tliv 1 luifH‘l Hill By Billy Arthur A new .«-r.-i<m of "1 ran into a door in the dark was being given here ihi week by* a local busin* man. H* v\a- ft . ing to *xplain*th<- Liui-*- on his tor* h*- a d * • "V*, Ed ii* *-i •/>,<■■ li-ia I got tii,.i. h* *l<-<'iar*-d. as it i.*- |'igur*-d tho-e who li-I«n*-*t would I>«-li«- v« him. M . - n got - oi 'ho ■ gadge t -o* ith a it 1 ion . ,()■',!, t ?•* and. si d 1 j ' .’ «m n. . tVi'cla .-<1 !a.-i m; ?■' atul le' (: an tr> ’<» k !i-ic)- it ot 1 * .Mi l),:,, I - . : I (|* ( - : ].* 1 I i . At ill* ’ !<■- 1 iub • ■ (,< -.-. i* * : a pro.idetn • rinding tabl* -ii 1 * i t*<r ’.: ■ }*l *' g|„ I ' : l 1 not )-a . j* I . " I', i til! .o.i (a • can g.*t . 4 I) - * -por.i on* member. It v.- 'll ** at onl at Va-t on<- meat da-. ,nd:f we ii pi* ip a I t.it*' or a lock ai each us . (. a■.* - * - i'. i ) :■ i• i *' ■■ 'o !, ■ Cl I * Be :<)' -. the < f* III'V* )' till d W.'-'v «• comm* titi-o .a the .summer i ni* * R is ii, walk through lie lir-cotxlitioned Bank ot < 'hap* I Hill whil* en rout* If : the VVei kly to Fa-t !• rank - lin street. Tin i* for* n tliis e*.*l<l weather another compliment i- in ordei The bank- is well-heated arid keeps us comfortably v. rm while on the same journey. Thai'.- not tin- ot y reason I go through tier* often T(i* nt In r that 1 like to make certain thi-y're keej/ing in good condition the insurance policies they hold as sent-rili*- tor my notes. * * * * This is Is ap V* .o'. That's the year that girls who had. hoped to In June brides tion t care which month itriiapji' ti-. * . * The N. (’. Press Association should pass a reso lution binding its men ,i-rs to *i<» all they can to aholi-h all t Fit* special day s and -pecial weeks, whieti are nothing more than illegitimate brainchildren of promoters. l»ok at some of the events which will be served up to us in 1956: National Break a Gold Month. Louisiana Yam Sup per Season. Odorless Decoration Week. Take Tea and See Week. Cherry V anilla.- Sell-A-Bration. National Kraut and Frankfurter Week. Return the Borrowed Books Week. International Wheat Bread for Toast Week. National Mother-in-Law-Day. National Dents out of Fenders Month. National Fun Day. Better Bedding Time. National Expectant Father’s Day. American Uomedy Week. National Correct Posture Week. Na tional Domestic Rabbit Week. International Rye Bread for Variety Week. Save the Horse Week. Pass the Laugh Week. ♦ * * * Since important dates in North Carolina history are memorialized on the State Flag, let’s add another: January 8, 1956 -University signs Jim Tatum as football coach, »**'■* Television is said to be killing be-bop music. The trouble is that the remains arc not being carried away. dox beliefs will emerge. These may be highly unpalatable to both, the uni versity administrative officials and the trustees. However, it must be remem bered that the heresies of one ag* frequently become the accepted stand- • arris’-of the next.” Mr. Bryant, of .course, .is not au th uized to speak f«*r t.'ne I’-rdversity f North Carolina. But he is an in fluential Tar Heel citizen'and. beside 5 being, a trustee of the Vnivt rsityp head 5 the committee to select a i;e\v‘ presi dent for the University. Now sadly we turn our attenti to the University of Smith Carolina, where Dean Chester C. of: the school of education was fired t r expresing his conviction that enforced segregation can no longer be justified v in public schools. Dr. Travelstead's trouble began "•when he penned a letter to Governor George Bell Timmerman, Jr., disagree ing with the Governor’s views on the Supreme Court's desegregation decision. For this, D*-an Travelstead was called into the office of University President Donald Russell and there told that “such controversial matters make po liticians mad." S':.' .Dr Tra\elstead ontra* t was renewed and simultaneously he receiv- - ed a salary increase. A few days latey he mad*- a talk at th*- university, ex pressing hi- belief -that segregation could no longu-r b*- justified, even though, h* said, "a-' a white Souther ner I hav<- *inc*- my <-arly childhood taken for granted the practice of seg regation . . About two weeks later he was dismissed. Granted a hearing some two months later, Dr. Travelstead was told by an executive committee of the board of trustees that: (1) Persons employed by the * university -should not engage in discus-ion of controversial issues, and (2)' it. is not ne'cessary for th* board to issue a statement of its polii . ith r* pec\t iemic freedom and fr«e dis* ■ ri th* iniyersity :am pus. T(i«- eontra-t b* t '.'.'* *-n Victor Bry a 1 v.oi'd iitid tho.-i- <*f th<- South Carolina <■ mrnitt* *• e;-m* - its own ed itorial comment. Trash on the Streets i I r<»m < hntham V.* ici* I, have *j ;\ it, tj*, omuthiriK about f . tih (>n ’he .s in • C<* (iu Fit (, V ; :.! (-a Ir, : .. v: lime , . » it . ( ’ : |)UI ■ i 11 1 ' *• .s paper nm . *.r. i mo ' •>* i - art* in • • hu i, t}i( -c t ni|i! j \hf ?in ni ’ - - Hi'/, lla> h ♦ . ic I'.cvt air a?j‘i -t f(*et. - * • ..*cl lit:’ (Yen if 11 1 i. :j* i .1 t(' V ' • tic . ),* ■ ji! - ■ -. . . I .; , • h*- ■. , ; ,*' j- * till:- : ! Ii -i ti li.nl; 1,1-1 , i,n X . ' > hi- I I - n th ">• t-> !-■ ■ f I 1 'l" l.‘ I-> I 4,11<- I. . I,l' lIVu Jiij ii (. I. ■.*, a7 - :iT: ’ ~ i • -nit, we tnivi ttin.i .oi-:., - I "vi p,i iii|- * <lay tirnl il .-lnn,il*i he cm lian asing t*i all oi i tor 111 *-- ** folks to si** th*- .*i«• <-1 in this «f»ini 111* ,f 1. J.a.-t year the t,ai(ien t luh arnl tin- < iir 1 S*-onl *J;-i a greiit j*ili uill- rhci.i "Littei'hog” rani paigns -ii keeping l,h* problem liefoo- u.-', hut sin-i then v*.« have been back slide, -. ami ai -• sort Iy in m-i -I of tin i help once again. (iuage of Ager “In the central pla**- of every heart there i.- a record ing chamber; so long as it re ceives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old."— Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his 75th birthday. "On the national average, women live six years longer than their husbands and are about three years younger, making a nine-year difference iri the life expectancies of av erage couples. Thus 13 per cent of women are widows while Only four per cent of men are widowers. Add this to the fact thut men leave their estates, large and small, to their widows and you see why so much of the nation’s wealth is in the hands of women."— From Kiplinger Letter On thv Toirn * . li> (’hurk Hauser , I HAVE JUST RECEIVED a.letter frpm Charlie Kuralt. staff writer for the Charlotte News and last year's editor of the Daily Tar Heel, in which he takes issue with my recent column (Friday, Jan. 13) on Big Time -ports at the University. Because his re marks on the matter'are so interesting, and because the subject itself is so important, 1 am reprinting his letter here in full: _. w V a n't fighting fail Your column on the Big Time an exercise in setting up straw men an*l knocking hell out - f them.. At least, y< i didn't do what you apparently started :t to «j*. argue with the excerpt from the Daily Tar H**-i editorial. “They (these -:..uments i won't hold U p under a dose examination." you -a.-!. But you didn't examine them. y ou examined' v- ur <wn a--e*tion —that the Big Time’s critics claim a school must play in the minor leagues or lose mo-t f it.- game.- in ordei to claim amateur status. Weil, here's one seed in the pseudo-intellectual core who doesn't tlaim an> such thing, and 1 don't think Ed (Yoder) and I.oui-' '< Kraan do, either. You did a fine job of demolishi ng that aigumerit,' but 1 haven’t hear*i anybody advance it nut you. To claim, true amateur status, of course, a school would have to do away with athletic scholarships and put inter ollegiate ,-poi t.- on a ‘'Come out and let's have a little fun” basis -• i’.hout 'regard to box office. Scheduling would then be simply a matter of finding othei schools with the same viewpoint toward intercollegiate -ports. As for .supporting lacrosse and soccer and cross-country, i dor t understand 'why such worthwhile activities (at least a- woithwhile a- football, in my view; couldn’t he supported 'lie same way English and History arid Physics are supported, those "hundreds of stuiient- who would not otherwise get -i chance to participate in sports could simply be provided for in the budget. Look at L*is statement again: ' Professionalism has come : orne to roost in * hap*-i .Hill." How can you deny it? I think hat ip under the closest kind of examination, ince, pte-urnahly, .the I Diversity had a choice when Barclay's contract ran out: It could stay where it was (and maybe rehire Barclay), of it could move towaid amateur status (and maybe announce there would be no more scholarships given on the basis of physical prowess alone, that the University was getting out of tne Big lime, U:iat the football craze was not properly a part of the function of a university), or it could move uhe other way,.to ward pi of*- -ioriali.-rn'' (which it *iid with the hii ing of latum with all the thing- that implies: a move toward competition on the lop Level, toward extensive recruiting, and —the Big Criterion of the Big Time—the Big Money). If the I niversity should find it hard to locate truly arnateu) teams to play, it would, under an amateur pro giam, drop out of intercollegiate football. I’d hale to see it happen, sine*- football on Saturday afternoon is a fine old 'livei-ion. But it wouldn’t he exactly the death knell of tho 'bool as a great state university. It isn’t likely to happen anyway, Lord knows. 1-eeause now the trail well blazed. And your own higli entiments about "heartfelt appreciation” for a game well playeh will add up to no more than a row of yard markers. ' Playing a good game showing that they are doing their h. * ? Non on , AMATLI.’RS can do their best. Jim Tatum 10 ’ ' 1 1 , to WIN. That’s not the essence of amateurism, which. takes into account "how they played the I iofessionaii in -.hurt, has come Rome to roost. * ' 9iere - lot jai j- .ment ■ 'foi pr* L ionaii-fn. But lojp.c i- not kid the rea.lers. Yours, * harlie 111 niy r*j*l\ to the above letter, 1 told Charlie tiiat he was corn-ct in calling me down for stating find I was going to answer the Daily Tar Heel editorial. -Mv column did not deny or attempt to refute i, !l the tl it ■ Ed V od* r anti l.<-ti Kraar wnite. My column was, in <ll *-< t, a delVn.se of what has come to h*' call* <1 |)r*)!essi()tialism” in intercollegiate sports. H "'a.- a! -o a defense of theUniversity’,- academic intention and integrity in to tin- hiring of Jim latum, I Im* I rii\ > it v jia. \\« a! Ii« FFTf a lot (A < v risrs .since? 11 ' 5/ir| if it < and w< ut heF a lit t!* Bijg Time foot ball, i II he very much surprised. - — fts the ence ween thinq av'mq 11. s fun to make wishes, hut it’s even more fun to make sure you’ll have just what you want. Whatever your wish, a savings account can help you reach your goal. 'I he sooner you start to save, the sooner your wishes will come true. Next payday, come in and start your savings program. And remember, this year we are paying a 3Vi dividend on all savings accounts. We’ll be looking for you to come in. ' Keep money growing ... save at ORANGE COUNTY BUILDING AND LOAN ASSMMTHM W’est Franklin St. Teh 9-8761 Friday. January 20. 195«