Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Chape) Hill, North Carolina 12* E. TeU-phon* or M*l Published E'ery Toe«i»y fc*»c FrwUy By The Ohfcpe’. Hill Publish)nr Coirp«n». iut Loris Graves Contninilmp Lditcr Jot Jokes .. Menapin; lduo p-r • v Amr, F .... AStOCUIU EdltC* rur.-r :i C/.IXPBE-U General McTiCjr* O. T. Watkiks J-.rii D-recur Chari.tok Cavspee_: Merncmcal Sup: Sever ec w »ecur>c-t .a.*.- n.tnc Fet»ru»ri a 28S. *• t*x pc«u*-f!itt a‘. Cr.h;»€ K,.«~ Norn. u:*oe? tt* act cl* Marc* l lU7S SUBSCRIPTION RATES lr. Orfci.pt Cour.rj. Vtrtr FA.CiC If irwntfu 12.2; i month t. II.W * Ou*±jO* o. Orange County by the Veur Stfctt of N C., \k. fciiti S C A.6i Otner State* anc 0«t of Gojun.ui* t-W Ca&aafc Mexico, South Amenc* "-W Europe _.......... '-W- Airport—i aside and Outside The new terraina building at the Knit lgc-Durham Airport. with its soft cushiorifec setts and ah its modern facil ities is not only comfortable and con venient The excellent lighting both natura. and artificial and the tasteful nrigTit co)Or* of the ceii.ng and the walls make :t delightfully cheerful. In all ter minals . whether for trains or busses or airplane l , even with good service by the transportation compar .es. a good oea. of waiting has to be done at one time or another and I don't know of any more agreeable p»aoe to s.t down wait: around in than this one. The thanks of the public are due to its designers and to the officers of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority who chose them. It is a pity tnat no such good word can be said for the facilities; on the out aide of the u uiiding. For the people who use an airport terminal nothing is. more important than the arrangements for approaching, departing, and parking and tnese arrangements are distinctly unsatisfactory at the Raleigh-Durham Airport. This is of great concern to Ra leigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, and there has. been complaint about it in all three communities. One very vexatious restriction is that you may not leave your car near the building even for a minute or two when you are meeting somebody or see ing somebody off. Hay this, is a typical case and was the case with me recently —say you have brought a departing guest to the termiHa; You want to leave your car and go inside with her, to bid her goodbye or maybe to help her with her tickets and her baggage. You have to let her out, move off in your car, wind around a hundred yards or so to a pay-parking space or go more than twice that far to the free parking space. Then you walk back to the terminal. When your guest ha gone you walk back to your car. At the pay parking space they give you a ticket that exempts you from the fee if your car stays, there less than J 5 minutes:. Often airplanes are not on time and so often the exemption is; null and void. However, it is not the fee that is vexatious. Jt is the damnable in convenience. If your guest's baggage is too heavy for her to carry, as it often is, you can’t take it in for her That is prevented by your not being permitted to leave your car close to the building. This is: so even though you want to be- away from the car for only the minute or so needed foi taking the baggage in. Thus there is a compulsion to pay a porter a fee for a light and easy service you would of course be glad to perform. This is as odious; as: the celebrated hat-check tyranny. Rut the worst, the incredibly out rageous, fault in the parking layout at the Raleigh-Durham airport is 'tie lo cation of the free parking space. This is away off beyond the pay-parking space. Not beyond it in the sense of adjoining it on the far side, but beyond a stubble field that is beyond the pay-parking space. If you elect to leave your car in the free parking space you have a Jong walk to make back to the terminal and later the same long walk in the opposite direction. Not only does the length of the walk, make it fatiguing and disagreeable. There is no pathway for you, and you either have to go back along the road you came by—on which the traffic is one way against you, mind that!—or else, in order to be with the one-way traffic, you have to go around by the state highway and come in by the entrance from the highway and up the airport road to the terminal. This is at least half a mile; somewhat more than that. my guess is. Fern persons of normal health and strength such a long walk over such a poor surface is inconvenient and tire some. For i*ersons not well and strong, especially for those with children, it is much worse It put.- a severe strain on them. and. since it forces them, to walk aior.g ilose v a rapid fkw of automo tive traffic. ;t exposes them, to actual danger. Every time I’ve been to the air jK»r. 1 have beer amazed to see that there nas continued to be- no wa.xway for the free parker-. I have wondered v r:> the Airport Authority didn't lay a concrete path across the Stubblefield V th< rear fence of the pay-parking area, make ar, oj*ening in tr.e fence, and thus provide a decent Dating between the free parr mg -pace and the terminal ■ uilding I am. not now c m.plaining about people's having to pay extra for extra service l . That is common practice everywhere But I am. against an ar ranger.* r.t that make* • practically im possible for people to carry their bag gag*- int* a terminal b-iiding when they want to. And. stii. more emphatically. I am. against a plan of operation under which users of free parking -pace are treated so conspicuously as a second ed-* section of the public. Is there away to correct this bad situation'' The answer .- yes and I dor. t believe the cost of the correction would b<- beyond the Airport Authori *\ \ r(. Uyfj r f*(*_ The decision to devote the space immediately ir front of the terminal building between it and the pay-park rg space, to the lawn that you see there today, was a big mistake A lawn is a pr*”y sight and i’ is well lor one to be alongside an airport building if it car. be placed there without the s.acri -1 .'<■ o 1 the public interest. But that i* not the case here. The space given over *o 4 r.e lawn is de*perately needed for th< efficient operation of the airport and it i- being utterly wasted. What the A.rport Authority ought to do i- to con vert it into a parking space It would accommodate a larg*- num ber of car*. I am not suggesting any of the details of the parking arrange ments. The Authority might decide to rt-krat*- the pay-parking space or the free parking space or both of them, or to leave them where they are. They might deride to use the space v. her*- the lawn is now for an emergency parking space, with part of jt or all of it for .incited time use- 'They could work out a proper set of regulations, one of which should certainly permit cars to come up to the building and stay there the short time required for the letting out of passengers and the handling of bag gage. There is no doubt that the Au thority, if it will recognize the obvious fact that the lawn, utterly useless now, can be put to excellent use, will lie able to correct the bad situation at the Ra lejgh-Durham Airport. E. G. Shop and Mail Early The mail is being put in the boxes at the post office just a bit later, and that po.-tman who comes to your front door has slowed down some. Everyone, though, is working harder than ever at the Rost Office. The difference is Christmas. There is already an abun dance of packages, and the cards and letters that go with the holidays will be along in a few days. There are two reasons we call the above to your attention. First, we feel that the nun who deliver the mail through "rain, sleet or snow” deserve to be commended for their efforts. They work hard throughout the year, and they work doubly hard at Christmas time. Ea:-,tly and perhaps more important to you is Ji reminder to shop now and mail your packages and cards just as early as possible. There are bound to be sorn<* delay between now and Christ mas, and the quicker your mail is turned over to Uncle Ham the faster it will arrive at its destination. And re gardless of tb< gift, it doesn’t mean as much if it doesn't arrive by the twenty fifth. *- A Time to Take Block This week has been nationally pro claimed as Rill of Rights Week. It is fitting that Americans pay homage to their Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution. For our Bill of Rights gives us the dignity of men, free and responsible be fore the law and in the church or syna gogue of our choice. It gives us freedom THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY to say and print what we believe, even about politics and religion. Many part- of the world are now struggling for these very rights. Wit ness Hungary and Poland, fighting for something handed to us long ago by *ur Founding Fathers along with our Constitution. Perhaps it has be*-n too easy for l-u May :*e we have taken our rights too much for granted. But they are at -take today, fcnd it behooves us to re examine and re-evaluate the document that make- us free men. A Summing-Up of Joan of Arc from the F'reface to Shaw’s “Sain? Joan" Tin*- nv re obedient a man is to ac credit**-: authority the more jealous he i- of a. wing any unauthorized person to order * im about. With this in mind, eor.s.der *f.e career of Joan. She was a Chapel Hill Chaff (Continued from page 1) our sou*..* window- and -aw Warren trees stand firm and pr* A 1 w uld go to a north window and see Kyser tree.-, da*red to tr.e ground. On our own place seven mulberries w *,*•*- jprooteo. flagstone- were jerked out of place, and the high rock wall wa- tumbled into Helper lane. • A giar.t oak in th< Kyser yard that had been pared by the hurricane, had to be cut down last week because .t had died, and .- nday afternoon I came upon Mr-. Ky-er looking *adh at the stump. “Limbs were falling off. it was dangerous, and there was no’hing else could do but have it cut down, she said, "i am again-t de-troying a tree or any part of a tree for any re&sor except that it i- dan gerous.” Hhe pointed to a magnolia a few feet away, half of which had been broken off by the hurricane, and re called that sereral persons, including a tree-care expert had advised her to take down the surviving part,. She had refused and here it stood, not symmetrical as it had been before Hazel struck it, but a flourishing and, to Mr Kyser, still a beautiful tree. I agreed with her completely when she said she thought a tree’s losing its regular shape was a poor reason for destroying it. The two old cedars that have been left flanking the front entrance, on Franklin street, though they arc* now trunk* all bar*- of foliag*, add to the charm of the Kyser home. * n * Mr- Irl Summerlin’s Sunday school class of ten year-olds: at the Episcopal church, who, while she was: away on a visit to Buenos Aires, had been taught by Mrs. Donald Jyoomis, surprised her with their welcome when she came back to them this, last Sunday. It was articulate (appeals, all in a chorus, for h<*r to tell them about her trip) and pictoHld (drawings and cut-odffe at/ tached to the window-panes). Presently she found herself delivering a compre hensive* travelogue. Then* was no danger of her running out of topic* the * hildren supplied them in a barrage of questions. What about the airplane how high up did it fly and how fast did it g o ? What about the Andes? Did they really have snow on them? What about the people and the animals? What sort of lan guage did the children peak in Sunday school? And so on and on. The das- v.a- fa * mated by a statuette of the Virgin that M* . Summerlin had brought to show to therm And u-Ip?' told them about th<- churches, both Roman Uatholi* arid Rrot* -tant, that he arid Mr Sum merlin had visited. Dne in* id*-nt that impressed them wa- Mr Sum merlin’ case of faintn* • brought on by his: leaving the plane and moving around too mu*h at Ea J'a/., Bolivia. The airport there i* the high* t in the wvrld, !•', 000 feet above ** a I*-'. < and the air is o thinjJ+rft jI you take any but the slightest exertion yourfoxygen runs out. When Mr. Summerlin’s leg- began do feel weak he returned to the plane. The hostess; noticed tbat ho was pale, quickly slin k an oxygen tub*- in his nose, and command*-*!: "Breath*- deep.” JJe did and in a minute or two was all right. Me had no more trouble because the airplane's passenger quarters are kept under pres sure. News of Books By Robert Bartholomew PHOTO JOI KNAI.I.SM By Arthur Rothstein American Photographic Book Publishing ('a New Yoik P.<7 pp. $5.96 Whether you own a box o’linua or a sibO press camera, hir> c a hook that will prove valuable to ail who take pic ture It it u book : illustrated with over 20<> outstanding news and fea ture photographs, examples of many forms of picture cover ape and historically important pictures which span a century of photojournalism. The book is lively, yet one of the most comprehensive a< counts of photojournalism ever published. It will interest every one who is curious about how modern newspapers and maga zincs are put together—the theory and the working prac tice behind the publications on the corner newsstand. • * • AMERICAN HERITAGE. Lie. eember, 195fi. Published by American Heritage. New York. (2.95 a copy or sl2 a year. The current issue of “Ameri can Heritage" begins the third year of publication of this village girl, in authority over sheep and pigs, dogs and chickens, and to some extent over her father’s hired laborers, but over no one else on earth. Outside the farm she had no authority, no prestige, no claim to the smallest defer ence. Yet she ordered everybody about, from her uncle to the king, the arch bishop. and the military General Staff. Her uncle obeyed her like a sheep, and took her to the castle of the local com mander. who. on being ordered about, tried to assert himself, but soon col lapsed and obeyed. And so on up to the king. This would have been unbearably irritating even if her orders had been offered as rational solutions of the des perate difficulties in which her social superior* .found themselves just then. But they were not so offered. Nor were they offered as the expression of Joan’s arbitrary will. It was never "I say so,” but always “God says so.” Magazine of History that is published iri hook form six lime a year No finer Christmas present may he found for the lover of good hook in 'he historian than a subscription to tin.- firic journal. Os special uit|.| ( i 1,, North Carolina reader.- in ibis issue i “Why 'liny jnripeached An drew Johnson," by I lav id Jlon aid. Johnson was. called a Judas and a drunkard, hut he was neither. Hut in the tragic Reconstruction day , h<- missed a dazzling opportunity for leadership. Excellent line draw ings and photograph*. • * * OCRACOKE Ry Carl Goercln/ Edwards & Broughton Go. Ra leigh 22d pp. s:j.oo. Oeracoke is one of the few unspoiled places left along the Atlantic coast. It is an island just south of Mutteras approx imately 20 miles from the mainland, and ha* seen very few changes with the passing of the years. Mr. Goerch has written an outstanding book about this spot on the Tar Heel coast. If you have been there, you will Jove the book. If you haven’t been there, you will decide that Oeracoke ie the spot for your next vacation. Easy reading and well illuatrated. A book that should be in every North i From Our Files r j ) »ars Ago W*-.-?wood, the residential •*'•.-• adjoining Chapel Hill on tr.<- southwest, i to become part of the town. The ordi nance annexing it was unani rnov y adopted by th<- aider rr.‘r. at tt.e.r meeting Monday n.'gf.t. At *.**■ direction of the board of a -le.-meri the mayor and the tow.* manager have sent a • *o the I.’niversitv a-kmg it to do something to improve t/affj* conditions on the Pjtts b* jo Highway just outside the town limit.*. 10 Wars Ago Members of the Carrboro J. or met !a-t. evening iri the Methodist * hurch hut to di*- * plan foj the building of a community 'enter in Can boro. lj Vears Ago Th<- airport, the darn at the Cru.i j -ity lake, and the power plant aji- being guarded by armed sentries 24 hours a day. Patrolmen and watchmen on the l.’nivei ?y campus report to police headquarters Uy tele phone every hour throughout the night. Carolina horn* * *» * ii*-*ent reprints in the Cni versa) (abiaiy Series by Pros iset &* Jrunlap, New York. PEVKJI.I.E IN WASHING TON. Hy Margaret Leech. $1 2a. MM.POCRNJ*. J!y Lord Jtavid * <■* j). *1.20. MAN' AM) Ml': LOL Horner V,' Smith. *l2O *T A* KEPY IN THk PI lII.IC :-:*'HOOI.S. Jiy Alh'-I- Lyrid. SO.OO. THK LA’i h *,LOk*;k API.LY Py John P Marquand $0 00. Unlike any gift I % in this world im iHBB -or any other! w ' 48l < tij Ttie only fountain pen | I ■ •hat fills by |9 B if has no moving parts . Newell uni/ioul Cliriit- H mat New Parker fill'. Vfy V in letonrit fur/ othon no p jrii|.ir.g, (witling. 1 squeezing parti Parker 6\ with ill re*olji..,nr.ir / r upillor/mk K^H »/llem writer rffoitleul/, deoil/ V evert on u lugs, fl/ing (June Choice 1 M . of new rich colon ond gleormrig ropi IB jfe ;i Priced from 7 *2O" ■'/'?•" “Nearly Everyone .Shops at Wentworth & Sloan.” Wentworth & Sloan JEWELERS 167 E. Franklin St. Phone 9-3331 > * / f.r'/. c Chapel Hill jgsjmm John Umstead did something last week that he hadn't dune in 30 years. He went rabbit hunting. And he did something else that he hadn’t tackled s-ince he was 1G years old. He skinned four rabbits. The rabbit hunting deal reminded Policeman Gra -*ham ('rt-el about the time Herman Stone went one afternoon and started out again the next morning. "Going rabbit hunting again today?” he was asked. “Nope,'' he replied, "dog hunting.” It'- generally agreed that Carrboro is the hunting capital of the world. Recently one of the fel lows out asked if there would be room enough in a hunting party for just one more person. So. when time came to begin the hunt, he and five other Carrboro folks showed up. * * * * Noel Houston was high atop a ladder cleaning out the gutters on the roof of his two-story Greenwood Road home when I passed and called out to him. "Getting these things cleaned up,” he advised. “You know folks want at least sls to clean ’em, so I decided I'd do it myself, because this’ll be the only sls I’ll make thi* month.” * * * * University students who are inclined to nip on weekends, beginning Fridays, sometimes start on Thurs days and have designated that, day “Little Friday.” * * * * J am thoroughly enjoying “Charlie Craven’s Kind of People,” the new bowk by our News and Observer contemporary. His stories even now are as funny and touching as when I first read them. ♦ * * * Former cheerleader Vic Huggins tells of an em barras-ung episode during his collegiate career. It oc curred j-hortly after Archibald Henderson had been knighted by British royalty. In those times Mr. Henderson was an ardent atten dant and a good speaker at Pep Rallies, as well as an astute teacher and biographer of Bernard Shaw. • Before fin*- of the big football games, Sir Archibald had accepted an invitation to make a pep talk. Vic v. jt whipping up the enthusiasm and yelling and leading cheers, and finally screamed to the audience: “Now, we got. a man h*-re who needs rio introduction to you ...” He turned and pointed to Mr. Henderson, but Vic’s memory failed for the moment.. “A fellow who needs no introduction, I said . . . what the heck’s your name, sir?” H ♦ * 4* A man may be honest in all else, but he always played a better game of golf two years ago than he does now. * * * * Too many people act first and think it over later. * * * * The United Nations has voted to finance the cost of preventing war in the Su*-z, but it’ll b<* cheap as water at that. VIB TT l ♦fl T ■* H B jg| MOMK OF rjiojr F ( JIAIM OAF liIiOILHD HICKORY SMOKKD H I FAKS —FLAMING SHISK FIiAIi—HIJFFKT FVFKY HONDA T Friday, December 14, 1956