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About l njversity Con-nobdalion
The writer of true letter « * graduate
of ti»» t nneniij it the cl*** of I*ol. He
»t»diec u» it the University here anc at
Colombia and Ear beer practicing i*» , r^g
New Y or* ever since he too* hi*- M A
degree at f oiumbia it )S("
t Louis:
I read with much inter*->t your edi
torial ir. the December IK-ue of the
Weekly or. the subject of the Gorsou
oatec University
You referred to the fact that there
is a single Board of Trustees- which
functions for a., three of the institu
tions now comprised in the Uni vernity.
This seexn> to me entirely inappro
priate. Each of the institutions has a
distinctive sphere each functior.ir.g in
a separate and distinct fieid. bar. a
member of tne Board of Trustees
charged with the super-..-ion of a!
three institutions effec'.v* y keep
touch with the adminictration of a., of
them and with the.r respective prob
lems and needs? It is difficult to be
iieve that anyone could do m unless he
devoted much more t.rr.» to the job than
could reasonably be expected. Tr.ere is
necessarily a diffusion of interest and
effort which must re-u:t n a lack of
efficiency.
Certainly an institution such as that
at Chapel Hill with some 7,000 students
is entitled to a Board of Trustee- con
cerned fenJy Vith it* work aria welfare.
Tne same is true of the other two.
I agree with you that the matter
should be considered not only from the
standpoint of a separate B ard of Try.
tees for each of th< :* ’ itutions but on
the broader question of whether con
solidation should b« < ■ .ed at all 1
trunk that it should not.
The University at *'cap*! Hill has a
traction dating back more than 150
years Jt has a high star.ding in the
educat .onal world in r whicl
it functions. It has ar. i.vl . idua! atmos
pr.ere and quality which in some re
ape*' is almost unique J* e; oys the
deep affection and loyait , of iv- alumni.
G.bapel Hill is not c<>n'-<-rr,ed with
agriculture or engineering. Mtate Oil
leg < n Raleigh handles th <-. matters
anc does so splendidly. It now has; a
Jarg* and enthusiastic studer’ Duly. It
has grown and develop*-*! *' a remark
able extent. I understand tr.at many
persons qualified to judge consider its
textile course to be the fin* t. in this
country. I have also heard it said that
in agriculture it is econd only to th*
State Agricultural College in lowa
which is considered to be the be t any
where. It is an institution of dignity
with an able faculty and is entirely cap
able of standing on its own feet. Its
designation as a part of the Urii\<r-ity
may give the impression that it i- tag
ging along behind the University at
Chapel Hill, in effect a department of
the latter. It should be a separat* < r
tity.
Similarly with the Women's Coileg*
at Greensboro, which has entirely di:
tinct functions from the other iristitu
tions. I have seen statements to the
effect that it is the largest women’s co!
lege in f&e United States. Surely such
an institution is entitled to an individ
uality of its own.
Earth of the institutions has its own
traditions and as Major McLendon said
in his statement quoted in your article,
“There is an immeasurable value in the
affection of the Trustees for their re
spective institutions and to the tradi
tions that have grown around them.”
Has not the establishment of the
Board of Higher Education with broad
powers obviated the need for consoli
dation, if there ever was such a need?
I understand that the Board can pre
vent duplication of courses and can
exercise supervision over and coordi
nate budgets, making recommendations
tc the Legislature with respect to the
appropriation f r each of the institu
• rt.* Tne-- tw matters, duplicator
of c- ~rse« and coordination of budgets,
were a.- I understand, the primary rea
>-.m« for consolidation. They car. now
han lb effi leitlj th< Board of
Higro-r Eaucatior..
i nave net • r h*-ard a cor.v*nc-.np ar
gument f r the continuati r. of c--ns b
:at. t. natever may hav* I**-* r. -
• r . • y i y "I (i ,, ‘ • r *r i f t »
( .i. iv*au 'I. il. 1* >• <-*• n
t: r.s a*, that time, those c'-nditiov n
j.- r.g- r exist, j*- me months ,ag- 1 read
:r. t.v- Week.y a statement by Dr
L.*uis B -nd W.ison m which he gave
r.;- r--asor.s for a c ntinuance of consoli
da'.or.. I have the greatest respect for
Dr Wilson a- a s hoiar. administrator
and tennis player. I cam* * km w hin
ir tne latter capacity as 1 was often
•» f. y y;r /r f f , r " f ( 'T^'Y/cxT'/,
drive- are,** .' years ag It seemed
rr,* wher. I read hi- c tatement tha*
*<-»- : r--'gr*--s which he recounted a
ha* ;r.g beer, mad*- sine* corisolidati'-r
wa- * a very smal. ex** r* if any. the
*■* * f * r.s'lidati'T., M•- feeling wa
b ' - wa a ng the :.t‘
• . • r v <rr ; rr ij r.'k
H-r- hoping *hat de-' -r.s' idatior.
v. ",rr.e about More p*’wer to you
a*. ‘ ' •r-v. ho favor it
>:ncer‘-:v v'v J rs
A.rt Y\ ■ : i
Outdoor Service at the Airport
Tfii »nli-r> of th* follow ing thru- biter*
nr* th» liean *>f the Iluk* l r.iverhity Mediral
School, the chairman of the Governor ► Jn
augurai Oommittee- c „ prominent lawyer of
W endeii and a former r haj* l Hillianj; and a
ft-rniiure merchant of ( a r> The Wee-klj will
welcome letter* from other on the
auhjee t
J»-ar I/juis :
Mary and heart;, congratulations on
.- >r splendid editorial or. the parking
r. at the Raleigh-Durham air
pc,r t I probably use the Durham air
port a- much a- anyone, and J grumble
at *» <- Airjiort Authority every time I
’rudgi- up and dowr the hill to the free
park.r.g space.
It i- against my Scotch ancestry, a*-
we i;s rr.. principles, to put my car in
th* paid parking space. I am taking
’h«- ,’/*-rty 'T sending a copy of your
<-c 'or ; t* Mr. Saunders and asking him
to s»* if h< cannot improve the .situ
ation.
W. ('. Davison
Dear Mr Graves;
This is.ju-t to say that I agree with
toy thoroughly, f even took th*- matter
,’j with f ar! Go*-r*h, a member *T the
A;r;/<rt. Authority, but he said, due to
the fact that they had leased the Lit to
a Uhicago firm, nothing could Ik- done
about it.
Philip It Whitley
D*-ar Mr. Graves:
1 have read your editorial, recently
reprinted in the Raleigh News & Ob
server, concerning the parking situation
at the Raleigh-Durham airport and I
want to drop you a line to say that 1
agree with you 100 G .
Just the other day 1 was out to the
airport to pick up my mother. 1 was,
there only about Z 0 minutes and J had
to pay the 25-cent charge that is made
if you are there over 15 minutes. I
agree with you that it is not the money
that is involved but the principle of the
matter. If the airport were located in
a congested area where parking was at
a premium it would be different, but
,n* e this airport is out in the middle
of nowhere I cannot see the point of
having to pay 25 to 50 cents for parking
a f*-w' minutes in order to put someone
on a plane or pick up a returning pas
senger.
As I w;r- leaving the parking area
and pai'l th* attendant the 25 cents I
remarked that I did not like the system
and J did not see how anyone could
meet a plan*-, get the baggage, and get
out of the parking area in 15 minutes.
He informed me that it was done quite
often. At this point he also stated that,
if for no .other reason, tfeiH parking area
paid th<* salaries of four men and kept
them from going hungry. At this point
I figured the best thing for me to do
was to move on and drop the subject.
Since! they have tried to put the
free-parking area so far away it is near
ly hi Durham county, it does look as if
they would have a lighted walkway or
some other way to get to the airport
without forcing people to walk in the
street; and at night if you are not care
ful someone will run over you.
Again let me tell you how much I
approved of your editorial. I wish more
THE CHAPEL HELL WEEKLY
people would speak out about this “dam
nable inconvenience." as you have called
it. and maybe they would make some
changes.
J. D. Cooper
T: > f'G-winp letter, fr m Tom
Feat heist f Rah igh, was n th< Ra
leigh New- and Observer:
T the Edit -r
I* certa.r.iy did my near* g *od to
see the .-land taken by Louis Graves of
uhap-1 Hi. in regards to the parking
s.tuati--r at the Raleigh-Durham air
p rt. I t have seen the gr -s futility
of the lack of planning in parking at
this faciiit.-. If* r *-ne,,voiced my opin
ion in the office of Mr. Saur. .ers to two
f his secretaries. I had a man with
me wh* w r* a brace—l a*tempted to
park long enough * let h.rr. out and
to get ap* ’•ter * get his h-*'/- —I could
find n* p r’.er so I stoppe and was.
getting hi.- bags out and a limousine
driver informed me—in r. uncertain
t* rrr.—the entire space wa- reserved
f -r i.mou-..* e- and I had to move. It
truck rr.e wrong when I saw six (6)
scant hr/ usine- parked in a row (curb
-.o* i and -‘-ver.tr. ioaded wi*h drivers
ha- ing a “pabfest"—no planes unload
ing no one seeking transportation and
.e* there they were taking up space
v. r . / r rojjrj \jt‘ U't'd for ten minute*
. parking Nr • or.-.eni* nee of Lading and
unloading passengers and their bag
gag< Believe me, thei : ace
■ r thes* ■■ nes t pari n th* fre<
rhape! Hill Chaff
fOor vr ued from Phir* 3 I
who ar* having dog trouble and will leave her home
to help them a’ almo-t any hour of the day or night.
There’s nothing theoretical about the assistance she
render- J*'- a; way- practical, common-sense help,
cheerfully offered and freely giver..
In di :lU o\ er dogs Mrs J* rdar a.* ••• b<
Ji* . *-r in reason and arbitration. She hates to see
neighbors fall out over a dog Her patience is bound-
Je-- except with people who move away and leave their
dog to shift tor itself It is hard for her to find a good
■ word for such peopl< alth* jgl she is one of the kindest
of women.
Os course Mrs. Jordan has: owned many dogs
.her <ll The b*-st known of ti > e was a gigantic black
Nev.foundland that weighed almost exactly twice as
much as sh«- It was a treat ? o -<■<• this hug*- shaggy
bea r* f ; dog beir gl* h< Jreet ~ .•-.*-.
woman, if h<- want*-*! to t.urji aside to -niff at a lamp
post Mrs. Jordan seerm-d power!* s to prevent him. But
this; was' an illusion. The tiny woman,was the boss and
the big dog knew it. though he probably could have
dragged a per ton twice het ze < ar acrosT the street
The big dog died of advance*] age year or two
• ago ;.nd now Mrs. Jordan Das anotl r on* ist lik* hin
As was the case with hi- predecess* r, the new d*/g eats
like a hors;*-., Friends of Mrs. Jordan who shop in the
sarrie groc*-ry s;tor<- she shops: in hav<• noticMi that h*-r
push-cart basket usually contains. d*.g f***j*i and litti*- <<r
nothing else. One of them seeing Mrs Jordan at tic
store last we*-k apparently shopping for Ohrisirrias,
thought h*-r basket would have something els*.- in it this
tiro* Ih-rhaps a turkey, a bunch of celery, a pa* kag*-
*if cranberri*-s. But it didn’t. All it contained wa- dog
food of a fancier grad*- than usual.
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(««»«' into .Iff/ union
By Mrs. 1.. E. Huffman
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.Now is the time: To take
«ut. tings •of shrubs arid rosee.
For many years I have taken
long whips of both roses and
shrubs, set them in the ground,
parked soil with both feet
around them, then watered and
finished filling the hole with
loose soil so that it would ab
sorb rain water, mulched
around these plants with oak
leaves or straw, and they would
take root easily and bloom in
the spring.
An old fashioned way to
root roses was to place glass
jars over the cuttings I tried
that some years ago, but when
/ removed the jars the plants
invariably died. Iso, 1 began
experimenting, and now when
1 take long limbs of roses ami
plant them just as I would
plant a rooted rose, 1 never lose
one. liut, it is not a good prac
tice to let these cuttings bloom
the first year. Sometimes my
curiosity gets the better of me
arid I do let <jne “teensy-ween
sy” bud open to see which one
it is!
Jf you go in a neighbor’s
garden some day and find a
pile of old rose prunings dry
ing up in some coaner of the
garden, ask for a few of these
to plant. Even though the
canes are dried to a wrinkle,
they come up as well as a
fresh cane. A neighbor came
to my garden some years ago,
found such a pile of rose canes.
When she asked for them I
said, “But they are dead, let
me give you some new cut
tings.” She didn’t want new
cuttings, she had better luck
with dried ones.
Two years later I war in her
garden and found the finest
little bushes I had ever seen
lot'' and come to the terminal when
needed. This one change would provide
ample space for the convenience of pas
sengers arriving and departing from
the airport who are ; rudent enough to
provide their own transportation.
We of the Raleigh-Durham area
avi pr • : b\ •■ ■ increased t ral t
at our wonderful terminal, we want and
will support the facility—why not make
it easier for us to use it i 1 It might pay the
commission to look at the railway facili- '*
.ties—l've never had any inconvenience
parking at the Seaboard or Southern
stations.
A Ride in 1790. A Flight in 1956
It was chronicled in the new.-papers
one day this month that a Scandinavian
plane had set a spe*-d record for a non
-top flight in air pa.-senger service by
flying from Long Beach, California, to
Stockholm in 21 hours. Phillips Rus
sell's biography of Thomas Jefferson,
published on the same day that this
flight was mad*-, contained these lines
about a trip of Jefferson’s when
he wa- called upon by President
Wa.-r.ingt* r. t* be Secretary of State:
He left Monticello March 3. 1790, and
after a p at Richmond, was a fort
nigr.t on the muddy, -now-filled road.
Occa-i* r.a. y he r*-ll<-ved the tedium of
-tag*- trav<•• by riding a -add!*- horse he
had • ght in Alexandria.’’ It is sbout
6,000 nr.,*-- from L ng Beach to Stock
holm. abou* 250 mil*-** from New ? Y’ork
’o Richmond. . ■*
which came from those dried
up old cam .! Blossoms ori
them even surpassed those
from my onginal hushes How
ever, after trying that method
1 have found they do rjuitc as
well from fieih cuttings when
put. out in December and Jan
uary These are from old wood
Now is tii<' time also t.o
plant that hedge we have dis
< u wed for the past two years.
Xt week I did some yard
work iri a new development
where yards tan into each
other so that one never knew
where her yard begun or end
ed. Kach borne owner could
go out and gaze right smack
into her neighbors’ bar a doors.
Oh, how W' need our back
yards for places of privacy,
where we can be in a little
world of our uwn! Children
especially dc erve this privacy,
for all too often they run in
gangs from morning until
night ami some mothers never
know where their own child is,
or with whom they are playing.
Any child deserves this pri
vacy and protection I.et’s be
gin our hedge today!
News of Books
By Robert Bartholomew
A SIOUX CHRONICLE. By
Oeorge K. Hyde. The Univer
sity of Oklahoma Press. Nor
man, Okla 334 pp. $5.00.
Though confined to the great
Dakota reservation in 1878,
the defiant Sioux did not e id
their struggle with the white
man until well into the 20th
century.
This bpok recounts the
Sioux’s last struggle for sur
vival, the heroic, though at
times bitter, story «>f a tfans
. .. \
| -’ '* : ;-*•' ; . th* diUp a* *-d
of Arre-ncan history,
, wi-r*- told to farm or.ara
o *• j, to '-harig*- their entire
* ..' //a , er ',norn.<-, and spiri
’ *- to trar,- form *hem
*-/ve fiom warriors to plow
rf.t-u ar. : v. r. at the same time
i. * /*- f* • - <-d to deal with the
*•* it ip* government offie'ia -
* f the W<- t wh'r wished to
helj ’ •he f*io .>• by rob! n«
them ' •h< rre ervation land
’lt. ;* volume 45 in the
* v. zation -f the American
Indian Sene-
The author ha- long been a
’.'Jen* arc] a friend of the
Amenr-an -Indian. His interest
c <h* ,'inx date- from early
c th* century .when he served
a r»- iai'h assistant to George
11. id firinneil, the famous hi*-
t'/i.an of the f’heyenne-.
HI BKA - 'I i 11. CON
I KHKKATK < OMMAND i Y
(KM J', . I rar.i* Vandiver.
I , - ana ’ate t rover ity
I'M Ha*on I;- :y>- 11Z pp.
s:* ()()
h i'<(n the -tart /outherners
rnar* h*->i to" battle both as
’a’*- ff ’ a arid as < onfi-der*
a’<- f ■ ■r < • Ka< h wan**-d to
car*- f- r i> - own .men and no
* *t • • ! i.e * onfi-iierat*- gov
i /r.mi -.t o -pi-rati- to get men
n.-i * tie f i-ld, ed to
a< -- pi ait il 1 i ank a I the es
for* * f th* late- and to 'ry
to work out the problem 7 of
ta’e and na’ional authority
Per A central agency charged
fr m •h> beginning wj'h j/lari
n'ing * onfederate mobilization
n .gi;t. ha .1 !• - cried t-orne *.f
the confusion, hut there was
no ueh _agern "y A fin** study
■ f 'i.e weakrn ■ si-s of the'fion
The Lillie Shop
Reopening after Christmas
Friday, December 28
V __
s a l i;
i
of '
All Fall Dresses
and Suits
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# Lihv I'hapvl Hill -^===
Mrs. Connie Straughn came up with a rhyme,
which arrived too late for publication last week but
which i- timely yet. She maintains:
“Santa Claus and Uncle Sam * l - f
Twice yearly have us in a jam
By taking the last cent we’ve got.
\ How bitterly do we complain
Because those two old white bears come
And make our budget shot.
.Perhaps we ought to keep that cent \g
And give up what they represent— "
I'd rather not
» * * *
Some cigarette lighters now have watches on them
-o you can see how long it takes for them to lighU
* * ♦ *
There'll be a run on razor blades now—by men who
received electric shavers for Christmas.
* * * *
Some folks have expensive tastes and little money,
while others have lots of money and little taste.
* * * *
We get the idea that Hollywood’s the place where
fool- rush in where angels fear to wed.
* * * *
In London the holiday season will pass with half
th*- people looking to .Santa Claus and the other half
looking to Uncle Sam.
* * 9 *
It's surprising how much on*- can *-p**ak of himself
without telling anything.
* * * *
Take care of your pennies, and Uncle Sam’ll be
along about April 3 5 to take car*- of your dollars.
H * * *
“Xmas" will mark the spot where th*- money was 1
last seen.
* * * *
There ar>- times when a man has to lie to his w ife,
but the worst tirn*- is when he has to tell the truth.
♦ if * *
Nowaday- h j - bands ar<- getting divorces, because*
their wives like Elvis Presley. Maybe that’s because
it’s *-asi*-r to g*-t a divorce than to learn tn like Elvis.
♦ * * *
W*- won’t be ahl*- to t.*-ll whether it was the liberal
or conservative elements of the Republican party which
elected Mr. Eisenhower until we see which gets the
maddest because it can’t run things.
federate command system.
* * 1
MI * H AGO AHOT.'T MK By
h'/ed Allen, I.ittl*-, Brown &
* 0 Boston. pp $!).()<).
"Much Ado About Me” is
an entertaining autobiography
fii <-d with extraordinary peo
ple and events: Here xs Allen’s
early life in the suburbs of
Bo 'on, hi- apprenticeship in
the Boston Public Library, the
happy round of Amateur Nights
and the improbable world of
I-* ol ay .Square.
More than a funny book, it
is a full, perceptive and ab
solutely honest account of a
remarkable man. Fred Allen
S %, *t ®JBH **9H ™sp *ll
all llni
fall H-6081 and .Make Your Reservation Now
for our NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
Steak, Sparkling Beverage, Favors K Dancing . . . $5 per person
FYiday, December 28, 1956
war one of the bc.-t loved men
of his time; to read 11 1 - book
to understand the reason
w by.
N 7H£ OLD T/M£K
irl-p y
sb±.. 'a.
”A friend in someone who
walks in when the rest of the
world has walked out.”