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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Chapel HiH North Carolina IJ* E. twfin Mt7l or MU Pot>li*>*w! Every TmrmAzj and FrwUy By TW Ckmprl Hill Pablmhmr Comparr, It Lons G*avbb Contn bvftnj Editor Jot Josxs Mcnaffi*t Eduo*’ BILLT AFTHC* -AmOCICU Editor Oeviui Camfbell .1 Onrtl Monape -0 T Watkins f>.-ecur Fw Dah Cfruiotior* Afcwope* Charlton Campbell MechcPtaßl Sup t. SatercC »* Msconp-ctM natter Fecr-aarr » i*E. ** tor patVßflyrt t: Cz*pt K:L Nortr. Catoli&a rate-* trx »B of lU-rr 1 ;r% SUBSCRIPTION RATES It fTtr.fr County. Year H-90 < i mor.irn iiJU t- morthi J1.50i OutfiO* of Orkr.pt Goutrv ty the Y ear S'Att of N. C.. Va„ Arc F C 4-Mi (rjK* Staten and Di«t J -r:.t* I.OC Cuaca. Mexico, SouLt Attend 7.00 Europe fin Ycmr Obligation In to Vote Th* main thin?’ wrong with a run off. such a- the one here this Saturday, is the tack of interest or. the part of the voters. A lot f people never exer cise their right to v- te. and others seem to fee! they have .done their duty by voting in th< prir .- After a: they reason, most *f the candidates have already received their norr. nation. There are only two offices to oe and oniy f--ur people are conceroed|| OrJv four Orange f -untv people are running for office in the run-off. but every citizen of the county should* be concerned. Your court;, commissioners and your representative in the state senate are very important people to you. What they dt and say will have much to do w.tr, your well-being The Weekly .- r. t endorsing any candidate, Ft example ir. the Senate race, wee n«od*-r bo* r. Mr. Lanier and Mr. Manning t be oapable of holding the office. We .rge y<o to vote for one <f • hem,’and ,; ■ - r< > u that tl< winner w... always ha'.e the support of this newspaper. Once aga.r may we r< m.ind you that the important thing is to vote. Neighbors N’.-igr vj'■ are p* op!< we don’ 4 knew an;, more Tune wa- when or.< knew everybody who lived in his neighbor li<// T.'.e-r* wen p. and * ornmun ity smg- and family get-togethers Wner. there wa 1 - -.'knes- to neighbors helped prepare th«. meal- and look after those- abed. When ’here wa- a death the immediate family had r. > problem* except those of sorrow on such an or ion. .Chances are you do know the folks who live on th<- same street with you but that’s: about all. In pa -mg you will carry on a little chat every now and then, but you seldom sit down at the sam< dinner tab!<- with them. Winn we do pay a visit, the television set does most of the talking. Television sets get most of the blame for the present star of affairs. We m j * admit that televi • n ha taken its toll, but there are- many other fac tor- to be considered. Better roads and faster automobiles make it possible for the family to go to the mountains or the seashore for a weekend. Higher wages make it possible for families to pur chase- many things; that keep their spare time occupied. There seem to be more organizations to join, more meetings to attend than ever before. The things that we talk about doing tomorrow always have to be put off when tomor row comes. Like any other community in Amer ica, Chapel Hill would be a better place to live if all the people would take the time to know their neighbors. There would be more tolerance, more under standing, and better feeling toward our fellowman if this were done.- University’s First Obligation A rejiort by Director of Admissions Roy Armstrong saying that the enroll ment at the University for next fall would be close to 7,000 was not unex pected. There has been a steady in crease in the number of students for the past three or four years. All su>- veys seem to indicate that this trend will continue for several years. By 1960 there will probably be* over 10,000 stu dents here. The Weekly has never advocated en larging the University. However, the paper does realize the obligation that the institution has to the citizens of the state. Increased population has brought about a large increase in the number of prospective college students. As long as the state is in the business of higher education it must meet its obligations to all of its people. The great expansion program that has taken place in Chape! Hill since the war will now be- coming into its full use. Classroom space, with the exception of tw or three- departments, is ade*. ..ate t take care of the increased enrollment. There will t*e. h wev«-r, a great demand f r h' using which at the present- -n’t here. University official* are awar- of this problem They must have th? tnl. c> ration of the trustee.- and the eg i stature in order to cope w>t’r, it. A, r.g with ail this • xpansior. tr.ere should be a word if caution. 3r. the New York Times of ia-* Sunday Rer.- . amir Fine wrote of the urge numbe r< f qua:, fled students in New York .-rate w r.: would have to loc k < sew here :>r a college education. **Thi» has been a bad year for r.igh ,-cr ■ . graduates wh- seelt admi-si n t t .lege* "and university* within the state. Mr. Fine wrote. “Tine nation wide trend toward higher cr :ieg* en r iiments has hit students hard. Both the private and pubhc Institution.' of ' finer learning have put * ut the ‘Stand ing Rom Only’ sign. “Students who -want to enter either the municipal colleges or the state-sup* p r*.--d institutions ar<- particularly .card h:t. A study conducted by the New Yorx Times shows that almost every state-.- upported cof.ege has been forced to turn away qualified students who would have been admitted in previous years.” Many of those qualified students will be making application to the Uni versity of North Carolina. We are cer tain that Mr. Armstrong and his office will study the situation carefully. There ar< at present many fine students from other states enrolled here, and there „wi.. continue to be Hut the first ob lige* .or. of this University is to the young people of North Carolina. Thai wa- the original purpose of the Univer sity, and that shou d continue a- its purpose. Tar Heel Man of Fetters JOnt* l'ilot> "Perhaps the most eminent man of >*T*r- North Carolina ha- produced in thi- generation,” sa i the Creen.-bmo itai!;. Ne w - in commenting on the hon orary doc’or. of jetP-r.s degree conferred by tnt T’ffivi-rsity of North < arolina on Raul (iA-e/i.'-We agree and we are par ticularly pleased that Mr. Cre*-n is a long-standing friend of this newspaper and of the Sandhill-. Yet much ol Paul Creen’s work is. TiOt the sort th«- average reader hapjiens upon. Jf he has; seen “T he Lost Colony,” “The Common dory” or “Wilderness: Road he has; “read” Paul Creen with out opening a book, undergoing a great experience in a unique medium, the out door symphonic- drama. This: art form was pioneered by the Chapel Hill writer and the- still-flourishing “l/ost Colony” continues to fascinate thousands of per son on Roanoke Island. Hut many even well-stocked modern libraries do not have "The Lost Colony” on their shelves, f "In Abraham’s Bosom,” a play that won the Pulitzer prize, was written by Mr. Green many years ago, early in his Jong career. His novel, “This Body the Marth,” -is not nearly as widely read as it should be. And then there has been all Mr. Green’:; work with film plays and his collaborative activities with productions for stage and screen. To the many Pilot readers who are relative newscomers to North Carolina and who.-want to understand the back ground, the people, the virtues and shortcomings of their new home, we commend the works of Paul Green. He was born not far from here, in Harnett County. A rewarding experience awaits the person who reads his writings with even a tenth of the warmth, humility and insight which Mr. Green brings to his art and his people, from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Too Many Misfits in College (Sydney J. Harm in kaleixli Time#) Several readers have asked me to comment on the recent epidemic of “parity raids” in colleges throughout the country, but the reason seems so plain that it scarcely requires a commentary. Consider first the fact that, as all psychological tests show, fewer than half of the brightest students in high school ever go to college. Yet our col lege enrollments keep rising yearly. Having lectured for years in dozens of colleges and universities. 1 have im- THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY Covers Lots of Ground ... Troy L. Hackney, Patrolman in Memorial Hospital Area, Is a Man Who Likes People But Arrests Them, Anyway By Charlie Robson If you think it‘s hot where you’re working this summer rr.agine walking around the Memorial Hospital area for about eight hours a day in the hot sun. That's what Chapel Hill policeman Troy L. Hack ney ooes fra living IC« hot. but Mr. Hackney .i:e« t He is interested in peo p.e. and "You meet a lot of . fferent k.ntts of people in*. ; lice work,” he says. Mr. Hackney has 1: v«-ci in < arrboro ever since he wa t*-r. years old and attended Carrie ro K.enter.tary School He and Mrs. Hackney have f -r ch trer. Alvin B. Hack r.-y of Carrboro: Mrs. Jeanette (jjosson, whe is living with the Hackneys > r. Sh< Iron Street ir. Carrbor v/*...* her husband serves in the*Air Force; Terry Hackney, who has just gradu ated from the Chapel Hill High F boo, and is w* rking at Walk er's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, and Leon Hackney, who is' a rising sophomore in the Cr.apei Hill High School. For the past 34 years Mr Hackney ha-- served or. the Chape: H . police force. Prior t- that he was with Ogbum’s Furniture for seven years. “I enjoyed that almost as much as this one,’’ he com mented. "Jt was work that brought you into contact with a lot of interesting people.” As the only University po -1 :em.an ass.gned to the Divis ion of Health Affairs area of the campus, Mr. Hackney has a lot. of ground to cover. He Jim Roberts Is a Man Who Likes to Fly Tht Harris-Conners Chevro ift Company if an automobile busmen-, b..t there is a lot of flyir./ talk in th< r showrooms these days. Jirn Roberts of Charlotte, Jake Wade’s son-in-law, join ed the organization this week and he, like both Bob Harris ar.d Jake Conners, is a pilot. In furi. i wa- the friendship formed by this mutual interest that brought Roberts here. Jim, as a salesman for th< ( ar.r.on A r* raft Company, solo both Mr Harri- anO Mr Con ner a < es«r;a plane, which they both busines- arid pfeasur* He came to know the automob.il peop.e that way. Earlier Jim ha<i sold Comer 1 obb and Jerry Hudson an a.r plam, and it was Jerry who .ggi ted to Jim that Conners ano Harris might be prospects. Jim owned his own privu'e plane whan he wa- a stuO'-nt at Carolina a few years ago. Hi- first had an Air Coup and later a hw ft. These makes of planes are not being manufac tured now Jirn kept his plane at the local airport arid for a while worked out there. Jake Wade recalls that .Jim did some of his courting of hi-. daughter, 1 arrie Mine, by tak ing her airplane riding instead of the usual automobile riding. Chapel Hill Chaff (Continued from page f> * soar- into the air, rides at 250 to .300 mile.- an hour, views the rnage scene of mountains arid wo'-tjj and fields, and streams, and comes to earth to declare, “It's the only way to travel. This time it is Mrs. h. II Parrish, mother of Mi- mense respect for the 10 or 20 per rent who know what they arc there for, and who intend to get the most out of it. As for the other 80 per cent or so. every honest college administrator knows that they have no business there, do not know what they want, where they are goirig, or even what it means to he an "educated” person. College, in our society, is a form of social prestige, not an intellectual pur suit. It is part of the pattern of "cor rect” living, like belonging to the "right” club and eating with the proper fork. It is a symbol not a substance. The thousands of young men who engage in panty raids are neither vic ious monsters, on the one hand, nor "high-spirited youths” on the other. They are simply boys who should not be in college, who resent the discipline of study, and who express this resent ment by aggressive action that seems “safe” and even “cute." They are sent to college because their parents insist upon it, because they have nothing else to do with them selves when they finish high or prep school, and because they have not de veloped any skills that would enable them to earn a decent living. The democratic theory of edn^tirm —Hooto by Lavergne TROY !. HACKNEY rr patrol from Wilson Hall up the Pitts boro Road and all around the various parking areas at Memorial Hospital ur.d the Medical School —all on foot. He checks on speeding, tr.e interminable Chapel Hill larking problem, and., any dis * .rbance or violation of the law that may arise in that area. There’s been plenty happen o.g around the hospital to keep Mr. Hackney busy, too. A par ticular problem has been the theft of articles from cars in tr.e parking lots One rather exiting experience that he re marked about was catching a man siphoning gas out of cars at one o'clock ,n the morning. He and his wife Harnlin con oered this at the time with -ome trepidation. Mr Roberts one weekend -took his girl to Tabor City, his no me, to visit his folks. On the way back they were grounded hy bad weather at Sanford. 1 urn e Ma.e called r.er father here and told him O.i-.r plight, adding that they -.-. ere both broke. They were ; avir.g trouble getting a check cashed to buy supper and they n..-.o needed transportation to (ha pel Hill. Jake got in touch with a friend at Hanford and arranged the <• upper money and got iri t, jeh A.lh .l.rc roommate here, and had Ei rn drive to Hanf'-rd iri Jim’s car to bring the two stranded ones hack horn* Mr and Mr- Roberts lived on Roger-on Drive when they were both in college. They sold their boo <• and now are house or-lot hunting. They have two little giri-. whom grandpappy Jake think.-, are something special The Wades are happy over the Roberts’ move to Chapel Hill. One of the Harns-Conner>*in duremerr was that Jirn could keep up his flying ori his rn-w job, w rr. two airplanes avail able in the business. William M. f'ugh. She hasn’t let being 32 deaden her spirit of adventure. Seventeen days ago, ore the fifth of June, she flew from the Raleigh Durham airport. t<, New York City and was tak n thence by automo bile out to East Norwich, Long is sound at the lower levels, for every one should be taught to read, write and count, it is an absurdity at the level of higher education, for only a small proportion of young people have the mental grasp or the emotional stamina to benefit from four years of intellect ual discipline. A college education is an expensive and tastless joke for three-quarters or more of the youths who are now clut tering up the nation’s campuses, and a weighty handicap for those thousands of bright and willing youths whose progress is impeded by the shiftless, the shallow, and the perpetually sopho moric. We are told by some that we are slaves. If being a slave means doing only what we have to do, then most of us are in truth slaves, but he who does more than he is required to do becomes at once free. He is his own master. How often do we hear it said, "It was not my work.” Too oftenr-we fix our minds al most entirely upon what we are going to get and give no thought at all as to what we are going s o give in return. —A. W. Robertson The price of power is responsibility 1 " r lh “ J d Mr. Hackney spotted him and chased him down into the woods behind Kenan Stadium. Then he took the hose and other equipment the man was using and the keys to the man’s car — which had been driven so re cently that it was still warm— and went back to the hospital to call the police station for some assistance When the man tried to sneak back to his car about an hour later Mr. Hack ney was there to catch him and make the arrest. And just recently while Mr. Hackney was patrolling an other area of the hospital grounds two men had jacked up the front wheels of a car in the Dental Building parking lot and were attempting to steal its tires—at 11:15 a. m. in broad daylight! “Even Mr. Crawford, who is in charge of the parking situation over here, had the hub caps stolen off his car,” remarked Mr. Hackney, who is hoping to have a patrol, car at some time in the future in order to get around his beat a little faster. Besides the more serious sort of thing Mr. Hackney has a lot. of minor arrests to make. He has recently had to arrest several surprised internes for taking down the barriers and parking in the restricted area behind their dormitory. Mr. Hackney is a man that is liked by people almost as much as he likes them He en joys his work in Chapel Hill and plans to remain at it a good many more years. Island, to visit her granddaugh ter, Mrs. Alexander Goulard Jr. After she had returned to her home in Smithfield, N.-C.,» Mr. and Mrs. Pugh drove there and took her aboard and brought her V, Chapel Hill. She is with them here now Her airplane ride recalls to me one my mother and I had together about 25 year.-, ago when she wa• 75. Chapel Hill’s only place to take off and land then was Jke Tull’s runway in a recently cleared corn field ori the old Matthew McCauley farm out beyond the Univer sity lake. His plane was big enough to hold the pilot and two passenger . There was nothing like the measures for ,-af< ty that there are today, place, either, where a man* 1 cold put a coin m a slot and get an ins jran< <■ ticket that would provide his bene fe .ary with everal thousand dollars. J look upon my taking my mother up from such a field in such a plane as much too risky and 1 wouldn’t do it today. A few wicks after he took us: up Ike bought hirn a new plane. One day he set out in it for Green boro, flew at too low an elevation, struck a pine tree in Alamance county, fell, and was kitb-d. * 1 sat in my car parked on Hast Franklin street last Fn day afternoon and started writ rig a letter. I saw it was g-oing to be pretty long and the heat was so ferociour that 1 decided to go and finish my writing in the cool office of the University Service Plants. That is, 1 thought it was going to he cool. When i got inside 1 found the heat no different from what it had been iri rny car. "it’s a hejl of a note,” I said to Mr. Gardner, who stood behind the counter, “for a con- Hum f l.iko I happ! lam Last week I sat in front of Memorial Hospital between 4:30 and 5 p. m. as many of the nurses, doc tors, employes, and patients were leaving. It was amus ing to hear only snatches of conversation as they boarded waiting automobiles. Here’s a rundown of what I heard in five minutes, just as the words were spoken: "Hey, honey . , . Here, take this laundry . . . Where the hell you been all day? . . . Boy, am I a hot one today ... I know, I know, I know—l just got held up in there ... I’m sure glad to get out of there . . . How come you keep me waiting so long? . , . How’s — my old man this afternoon? . . . How come to hell you keep me standing out here in this hot sun? . . . We gotta wait for Josie; she’ll be here in a minute . . . Let’s get going, honey, and air out a bit . . . Lord, has this been one rough day . . . I’m so glad you got here ■early, I m read\ to go home . . . Don’t gimme no lip, I m as tired as you . . .This sure has been a hot one . . . Hy precious . . . Where the hell . . .” That’s when I quit listening. * * * * During commencement I was given to wear one of those University round cardboard badges with my name on it. I don’t know why. As low down as I am, unless a man was wearing bifocals he wouldn’t be able to read it. * * * * Tuny Jenzano predicts that the Sundial will join the Old Well as one of the “must” things to see on the campus. “Folks will go by the Old Well for a drink,” he says, “and then come down to the sundial to pass the time of day.” *** * * \ Is it true what I hear about a new educational device guaranteed to be a boon to teachers ? It is sup posed to be a cross between a carrier pigeon and a woodpecker. The new bird will not only deliver the message to a student but also will drill it into his head. The Weekly Congratulates. . . ihe Weekly congratulates John W. Umstead Jr. for his many years of devoted service to Chapel Hill, the University, and the State. Last week the staff members and employees of the State Hospital at But rier presented a portrait of Mr. Umstead to the hos pital. Mr. Umstead has served as a member of the State Hospitals Board of Control since 1945 and has been hoard chairman since 1953. He has served as Orange representative to the General Assembly for the past 16 years. Mr. Umstead was largely responsible for the legis lative act that created the State’s honor prison camp lor youthful first offenders. It was he who arranged to have the center located at Camp Butrier so that its inmates might work at chores around the Butnet State Hospital grounds. Since the camp has been ui opera tion, prison officials from other states have-fbeen ob serving the progress made at Butner. Sevyfal states are in the process of adopting such camps. Mr. Urn sttad feels that first offenders should s)ot come in contact with hardened criminals. The success of the Gamp Butner experiment bears out his belief. - | . . . and l lif Weekly Heads i Recently we read the following suggestions for getting along with people in our day-to-dtiy lives. L Speak to people—there is nothing nicer than a cheerful word or greeting. 1. Smile at people—it takes 72 muscles to frown only J 6 to smile. Gall people by name—the sweetest music to any one’s ear is the sound of his own name. •1. Be sincerely cordial—speak and act as if it were a genuine pleasure. 5. Be considerate of feelings of others—no one likes to be rebuffed. 6. Be thoughtful of the opinions of others—there are three sides to a controversy—Yours, the Other and the Right Side. 7. Be genuinely interested in people—you can like everybody if you try. 8. Be generous with praise—praise lifts, criticism * lowers. 9. Be alert to render service—above all, what counts in life is what we do for others. 10. Be fair in your criticism—remember your opinion is personal with you, and that doesn’t always make it correct. cern that sells electricity for other people's air conditioners not to have air-conditioning it self.” Mr. Gardner just smiled as though there were nothing he enjoyed more than stewing in a 90-degree-plus temperature. He was right to smile, of course. It wouldn’t he proper for him to say anything criti cal of his employer, hut I’ll bet he’s envious of people in the Hank of Chapel HHI across the street who work in cooled air on the hottest summer days. : tUSB; I SI Hit « life, f -Jllu y* I Al»M>fcTc.V A I 1 > V. I home of choice charcoal broiled hickory smoked >TEAKS—-F-LaMING SHISKEBAB—BUFFEf EVERY SUNDAY Friday, June 22, 1956 Mr. Gardner’s employer is the University of North Carolina, which means the State, of North Carolina. I've been reading about whether the State of fices down in Raleigh shall be air-conditioned or not. The scales seem to lean toward yes. When the State air-conditions iri Raleigh i suppose it surely will in Chapel Hill. So, cheer up, Mr. Gardner and you other folks in the University Service Plants office. It probably won’t be long before the State will be cooling you.