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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Chapel Hill, North Carolina 12* E. Roaemarx Telephone 9-1271 or M*! Published E»ery Toeada* and Frida* B* The Chapel Hill Publl«hinr Company, Hw Doc is Gra'.ts .. Conmbutmff Editor Joe Jones _ Managing Editor Bm.y Artkif. Associate Lditcr Ojt.iuj Caufuu. Gent’s: y.a~u:ge~ O. T. Watkins .... Advertising Director Chajuton Camfse— Mechanical Sup: Er.terec as tcnac-catts Frer-sary 2s I*2: a! Xijt pof.ctl-.ee a - . Crape H... N.-ir. under tot ae~. ct hLartn u IS'.- SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ir (fringe County, Year 14.1 X) (6 memtna SB-26, 2 mor»tns, 11.60' Outside o i (fringe County o> the 7 ear State of N. C., Va-, and S. C. IMj Other States anc Dut. of Columbia 6 00 Canada, Mexico, South America 7.00 Europe 7.60 WiJJmm C. Friday. President My acquaintance with William (.. Fri day, the trustworthy reports 1 have had of his performance ir. the offices he ha> held since he came here several years age, and the opinion of his. character and ability expressed by persons whose judgement I trust convince me that he is an excellent choice for President of the University. If there are some persons who doubt that at 36 he is matur*- enough for the post, they need to be informed of his tory's proof that youth is no bar to success in making decisions arid meet ing responsibilities. George Washing ton at 23 was giving advice to Praddock at 60, and if it had been followed com pletely instead of only to a small degree Eraddock would probably have not met hie defeat and his death. Thomas Jef ferson was a leading champion of the Colonies’ cause before be was 30 and wrote the Declaration of Independence at 34. Alexander Hamilton was. 30 and James Madison was 36 when they led the fight for the adoption of the Consti tution, and Hamilton became Secretary of the Treasury at 32. The second Wil liam Pitt was Chancellor of the Ex chequer at 23 and Prim*- Minister at 24; he died with “the Austerlitz look’’ on his face and the man who put it there, Napoleon, was 36. Anybody whose memory is g'>od or who cares to look in a reference book can add hundreds, maybe thousands, of names to this list of men who were, as the saying goes, wise beyond their years. Jf I were to undertake the addi tion, which I will not, it would have to be with the help of a book. 1 have presented enough examples to support my point, but it is specially per tinent to state that, of Mr Friday's eleven predecessors in trie Presidency of the University of North Carolina, six were under 40 when they took office: Joseph Caldwell 31, David L. Swain 34, Edwin A. Alderman 35, Harry W. Chase 36, Edward K. Graham 38, and Georg*- T. Winston 39, The other five rang*-d from 40 to 45, So, it’ is seen that Mr. Friday’s 36, instead of being exceptional, is in ac cord with our University’s tradition of young leadership, His youth, accompanied, as it has been proved to be, by sound judgement, is fortunate for the University. It makes for vigor, imagination, a dispo sition friendly to progress. After attending Wake Forest College for a year Mr. Friday went to State College and took textile courses be«-#fi?r* .of the probability that he would join his father in the textile business. At both institutions In- stood high in his classes and was a leader in campus activities. He was graduated from Slat*- College with a bachelor of science degree and began waiting for a cal! to the Navy. During this wait he was with the dean of students and in the intervals of his job there he did some administrative was in the Navy from 1942 f0!946; entered the University Law School: and on graduation from the Law School was appointed assistant to the dean of students. President Gordon Gray madp him assistant to the Presi dent. Later he was appointed Secretary of the Consolidated University. He be came Acting President when J. Harris Purks- resigned from that post to be chairman of the State Board of Higher Education. It has often been remarked that Mr. Friday combines with adequate firm ness the ability to “get along with people.” A valuable trait, indeed. It is aignificant that many members of the faculty, while Victor Bryant and his se lection committee were looking around Tor a man to propose to the Trustees for President, expressed themselves in favor of Mr. Friday. A faculty is singularly competent to pass upon the fitness of a man whom it has known as long as the faculty here has known him. —L G. Well Qualified for Leadership (Raleigh News and Observer) Mr Friday i.- well qualified to give the University effective leadership. The endorsements he has received in dicate that he will receive the kind of support he will need from the faculties, alumni, and students of the three insti tutions which make up the University. It would Is absurd to contend that Mr. Friday or any other young mar. has al: of the capabilities which might be desired in a university president. The thing,.which is impressive about him, however, is that, at the age of 36, he has demonstrated a remarkable capa city for growth. There is every reason t«. believe that his growth will continue an*: will t>< stimulated by the greater re sponsibility he will bear from now on. He has a clear conception of the true f .notion of the University and the re sponsibility of the man who heads it to se< to it that th* function is performed. For generations the people of North Carolina hav* looked to the University no* only to educate the youth but to fur nish moral, intellectural, cultural and c. ic leadership for all th*- people.of the State. Most of the time that leadership ha: been forthcoming. All of the people of the State will join those connected directly with the University in the hope that under the presidency of Mr. Friday the days of the University’s greatest leadership w ill lie in the .future—not in th*- past. 7’he N. ('. Symphony Society There have been stories in the Week ly of late about the campaign for funds by the North Carolina Symphony So ciety in Chapel Hill. Doubtless there are many residents of th*- community and county today who do not realize the symphony is an or chestra of skilled musicians serving North Carolina and the South by giving concerts to adults and children in small towns and rural communities as well as in metropolitan and college centers. In so the society aims to in spire the love of fine music in all people, to bring the music to them, to encour age promising young musicians and composers, and to maintain a major Symphony Orchestra which will bring jiride to the people of the state and add to its cultural stature. A natural question is how such a pro gram and symphony are financed. The answer is by a $20,000 subsidy from the State of North Carolina and member ship drives in practically every major county in th*- stats.-. Chape! Hill’s drive was started yes terday. It merits your support. Not an Edifying Spectacle Cl h»- Berkshire Eagle of l'ittefield,,Mah*>.) On the upper echelons in the cam paign the good human is getting scarcer and th«- inuendoes. thicker. Both sides are running bare-knuckle scared, and •Alice again we are in for an old-fash ioned slugging match Th*; descent from the high levels of yestermonth was, of course, predictable, lor it happens every four years But it is still not an edifying sjss-taetc, either for our well-wishers abroad or for ordinary Americans who want the facts without the recrimina tions. Most Americans, it is traditionally supposed, love a rousing fight. But most Americans, it can be assumed, also rea lize that it is stupid to question the basic sincerity and integrity of either Mr. Stevenson or President Eisenhower. Before the two parties forswear entirely tlx- high road they mapped for them selves a few months ago, they would well to remember the truism that a political campaign generates light in inverse ratio to its beat. Even as You and 1 I hate the chap who tries to beat the traffic light; but if he happens to be me —why, that’s quite all right. I loathe the car that in a jam twists out and in; but if I’m sitting at the wheel, I slyly grin. At drivers who lean on their horns, I rave and shout; but when some fool gets in my way, I honk him out. I grow indignant at the chance an other takes; but I drive sixty miles an hour, and trust my brakes. I wonder, is it possible they cannot see that traffic laws were made for them, ami not for me?—From “Prin topics.” THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY Chapel Hill Chaff • Continued from page ll misspelled Putman); May Marshbanks (often misspelled Mae): Mrs. Fannye Hinshaw (often misspelled Fannie); Joe Philips (often misspelled Phillips), Herald Hughes (often misspelled Harold), and Dal* Hanson (often mis spelled Ransom). Among several Chape! Hill women whose first names an- pronounced alike but spelled differently, it is hard to remember which one is Katharine and which Kath erine or Kathryn, or Catherine, or Catharine, or Cath ryn. The same goes for Lucile and Lucille. Unless close ly checked, names like these car. make life unpleasant for the writer of news, since nobody likes to have his or her name incorrectly spelled in public print. But may be they are salutary in that they keep him on his toes. Another snare for the unwary is McClamVoch, but no body n*-*-d be ashamed of misspelling it after the recent distribution by Sandy McClamroch’s Village Broadcast ing Company of a batch of form letters signed Sandy McClamrock. When Sandy wa- asked about this he said, “The letters w ere signed by a secretary. I spoke to her about it when 1 saw what had happened. She had been working for me seven month.- and until then she hadn't known how to spell my name.” Like all newspapers, the Weekly is plagued by its share of misspelled 'words and names. However, not many pa;>*-r- intentionally misspell the name of a reader every time they use it. The Weekly does. The name is that of Mrs. Athol Burnham. C rrectlv spelled, the given name is Athel. In the early years of the Weekly, Mr. Graves spV.ed it Athol-because h< liked the look- of that spelling better, and the Weekly has spelled it so ever since. Mrs. Burnham seems not mind. * * * * I have received several letter- about last Tuesday’s column about the low pay of-■ noo! t-eachers in North Carolina. One was from a teacher who said: “You failed to mention tha* i: addition to her regular duties, a teacher must keep books and be a money changer. There are milk and lunch tickets to sell and be responsible for. Insurance money must be collected and recorded. Numberless other financial responsibilities fall under the heading of being a teacher —handling the money for the Junior Red Cross drive, the Easter Seal Sale canvass, and other money-raising campaigns in which school children are asked to take part.’’ I was wrong when I said the pay of North Carolina school teachers had decreased in the last few years. What 1 should have said is that its ratio to the pay of teachers in other states has rapidly declined and. is now near the bottom of the list of the forty-eight states. Book Reviews By Robert Bartholomew THE LETTERS OF THOMAS WOLFKs'ilpdited by Elizabeth Nowell. Charles Scribner’s Son?,. New York. 797 pp SIO.OO. The editor of this work was a member of the Scribner staff from 1928 to 1933 when she be came Wolfe’s literary agent. She held this position until th>- tirr.i of his death in 1988. M.ss Nowell assembled these let* rs from the Wolfe Collec tions housed at the Wilson Li brary of the University of North Carolina and at Harvard University The Scribner files were opened to her just as files, of relatives, friends and other correspondents were opened for h*-r inspection. Among these w*re Sinclair Lewis, Sherwood Anderson, and Scott Fitzgerald. This collection of Wolfe’s let ters number more than 700. This is a hook that should he owned by every lover of fine writing It picks up Wolfe at the iig«; vs t and follows him to his dlßth. ,J Wolfe was born in Asheville Oct 3, 1900, and entered the University of North Carolina in 1916, but this was not a* cording to his wish. On Sep' 10, 1910, just a few day.- b< fore he entered school lu re, he wrote his brother-in-law in Jtaleigh, Ralph Wheaton, th following words: "I arrived at my decision to attend our slat*, university last Wednesday night. Perhaps I should say forced instead of arrived. For that was what it amounted to. For I had held out for the University of Vir gin.a in spite of the family protests. But when no reply came from the University of Virginia, I consented to go to Carolina. Two days later a Utter did come from Virginia telling me to come on. How * vi r, it was too late. But, nev ertheless, Carolina is a good 'Tool, and perhaps everything l for the best.” [n the summer of 1917 Wolfe still wanted to leave UNC and continue his studies at another school. At that time, he wrote UNC Professor James Holly Hanford: ",. .1 have not brought the matter before Father as yet I am collecting my forces in order to deliver a crushing blow. My sister (Mabel Wolfe Wheaton) has enlisted in my brigade and fier influence will county Have two letters from the registrar at Princeton and when I receive a third in a few days, T will make the at tack. If I am repelled it will not he due to defective general ship. But if F’ather should re fuse, nevertheless, a begining will have been made and, I have no doubt, I wiil be able to finish my last two years at I'rinccton-ka proceeding upon which lam now decided." f Little can be said in a news paper review of a book of this size and scope. It could easily be called the "autobiography” of Thomas Wolfe. Whether you have read Wolfe or not, you will find this collection of letters a rich study of one of America’s most famous writ er.-,. * * * S7LLYNYM By Have Morrah. Rinehart & Co., In< New York. 93 pp $1.50. Many members of th* North Carolina press had the plea sure of hearing this Greens boro writer speak on humor here a f* w weeks ago at a meeting of news and feature writers. Mr Morrah’s works fre quently appear in national magazines and this is his fourth book of humor. The first three were "Cinderella Hassenpfef fer,” "Fraulein 80-Peepen,” and “Heinrich hchnibble.” Just a sample of some of the author's writing in the current book : "Theresa tavern in the town, Ar*d Thermal droll-off sy.i tern down, system down, And dunk.-; a swine, u smelly ashcar. be, And nervous, nervous thinks of me.” Or perhaps you prefer some thing I:k* "Jingle Pa!-, which goes: “'Hashing tutors know, in a one-horse open sleigh Arthur feel- week old, laugh ing all the way! Bill’s son, Bob sells ring making spirits bright, W but phony te.-t deride, anil sing assaying song to night ! Jingle pals, Jingle pals, jin gle nil the whey, Oh what phony test derid* in a one-horse open sleigh’ ' JAPANESE HAIKU Trans lated from the masters of the 17-syllable poetic form Peter Pauper Press Ml. Vernon, N. Y. 65 pp. SI.OO The hokku, or more properly the haiku, is a tiny verse form in which Japanese poets have been working for hundreds of yearn. In the original, the hokku contained 17 syllables, the first and third lines containing five, the second line seven. There is almost always a key word which denotes the season of the year, either directly or by in ference. The greatest writers of this form were Basho in the 17th century and Buson and Issa in the following century. A couple of examples: "To hang the lantern On that full white blooming bough. .. What exquisite care!” Shika. “The carved god is gone... Dead leaves alone foregather On the temple porch.” Basho. Each of the numerous forms is well illustrated with Japan ese drawings. Letter to Editor Dear Sir: I was interested to read in last Friday’s issue of the Week ly the statement about "de mand meters” which are to be used with those of us who are heavy users of electricity. When the University Service Plants "Brew -up the new elec tricity rati schedule some months am we were led to believe that we were to be supplied at cheaper cost. This has proved to be inaccurate for many of us with "all elec tric” homes. As Billy Arthur commented in his*' column, things have become "dearer bv the dozen." Actually in my case no de man-: meter has yet been fitted so that there is as yet no proof’’ that I have exceeded the demand of 4 KW in any one hour. When I found my bills to be .n excess of the pub lished schedule 1 went and discu-'ed th:» with an official- It turned out that because 1 u.-ed n. re than 700 KW in one month they assumed that I must be exceeding the <ie mari': fa*-, r and therefore 1 was penalized by extra cost. This device was introduced with' j*. ar.y preparation or explanation and is merely an arithmetical trick to overcome the prevent absence of the spec, a I meter- As I know my heavy r*on.-umption to be due to r.-tant -ummer operation of a < er.tral air conditioner I a-ked how they could prove that I wa. ever exceeding the 4 KW demand. The official admitted that although my "excessive demands" could not be proved neither could 1 disprove them. He admitted that this is equivalent to judg ing me "guilty” until I couic prove my innocence, which lat ter depends upon the meter whose arrival J await. Os roTF-e the above situa tion is: only a temporary one due to introduction of the new schedule before the necessary equipment was available. How ever, we still have to consider the whole question of why a person should be penalized financially for "demanding” an "excesive amount” of electri city The official informed me that "demand billing” is an accepted principle in many parts of the nation, but I have >*-* to meet a private home owner who has heard of it. For many years advertis ing has admonished us to make (Continued on Page 3) ( during this afa SPECIAL SALE on our famous Continental Pure linen Braided Nationally Advertised NATIONAL c\piles \\ «-H H-sl. 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"I've already bought 100,” said Paul, "and daggone if 1 know what I'm going to do with them.” * * * * > The word “Goodyear" on the blimp hovering above Kenan stadium last Saturday was certainly paradox ical. •b* » * * Then there was the woman who dined with her spoon in her coffee cup last Sunday in a local case. ♦ * * * « And finally, if you like to see a lady make the best of everything, watch Mrs. Doris Edney apply lip rouge without a mirror at the Bank of Chapel Hill. She uses the shiny metal of a stapling machine to check her artistry. * * * * He.; hath no fury like woman'* corn. * * * * The difference in rank was shown when in some news papers Ike’s birthday was given 150 words and Marilyn’s tight dress 500. ♦ * * * Domineering wives make the best husbands. 1 * * * 4 If you love your neighbor, That'- going some. If you love his wife, Keep it mum. * * * * * Much is 'being said on both sides of political ques tions —especially the inside. ♦ * * * Economists who say every family should have at least two cars have no mercy at all on the State Highway Patrol. * * * * I/jts of people too conscientious to lie manage to sup press the truth. ♦ * * * Now that the tension if off in the Suez sector, the Marines might run down to Nicaragua and see that the next election is conducted in an orderly manner. * * * * To get a reputation for wisdom, write a speech containing many words no one understands. Tuesday, October 23, 1956
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