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Chapel Hill School Forecast
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quality of school grounds, buildings, and educational
programs is an important determinant of over-all com
munity growth. Under ideal conditions, school , sites
especially elementary schools can be used as a focal,
point and as a starting point for neighborhood develop
ment. Preservation of the neighborhood concept is much
to be desired in modern urban life,” the report notes.
But, if this is the desired goal, Chapel Hill is in for
some tough sledding before it has anything like an ideal
school system. Only around the fringes of Town is
there enough undeveloped land suitable for school sites
with neighborhoods in close relationship to them. Growth
within"'the Town limits has squeezed schools to the
outside. With the new thoroughfare plan some children
living in Town will have to cross or go under or over
busy streets to reach school and hills don’t help
when it comes to finding level playgrounds.
Another, more imponderable problem is that Chapel
Hill is in its growing portions a “young” town brim-
ful of families with children. To
locate schools convenient to these
neighborhoods i.i tricky. If these
same ‘‘young” people stay in
place, the schools built to serve
them today may W most in
convenient for the “young” pop
ulation of 1980.
On the basis of census figures
and predictions and growth
trends, the Commission feels
that by 1970 Chapel Hill will have
a minimum of 5,639 public
school students, a maximum of
7,661. By 1980 that figure will
have jumped to a possible low
of 8,023, a possible high of 14,908.
Existing schools can, by ex
pansion, handle part of this.
Frank Porter Graham and Carr
boro Elementary Schools could
both be extended, but the Com
mission does not recommend this.
.Its notion of proper size for an
elementary school is roughly that
of the schools at present. Al
ready one new school is needed
to replace West Franklin. An
other will be needed by 1967-68.
Others will be needed by 1973-
74, 1976-77 and 1980-81. In terms
of elementary schools alone,
Chapel Hill may have to build
as many as thirteen new plants.
The picture is cloudy too when
it comes to junior and senior high
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thing of a key to the develop
ment of the whole plan.
Lincoln is on its way out as
an all-Negro school. But its site
is relatively small, it has a
limited potential for expansion,
and it is not in the Town’s best
location.
The Commission recommends
that Lincoln not be expanded.
Possibly it should be converted
into an elementary school, a
junior high school, or a vocation
al or “comprehensive” school.
With Guy B. Phillips Junior
High set for opening this fall,
junior high school needs will pos
sibly be met adequately without
new construction until 1975-76.
But if Chapel Hill grows as fast
as it can, possibly three new
junior high schools will be need
ed by 1980.
The present Chapel Hill Senior
High and Lincoln High—if they
continued in their present roles
—might handle needs up until
1971. But desegregation will most
likely mean that Lincoln can not
continue as a high school. By
1968, the Board will have to move
on handling the flood of senior
high school students that will
break in 1971. By 1980, two or
possibly three senior high schools
will be necessary.
Os course, location of any
schools is going to be the big
question. The Planning Board in
its General Development Plan
began noting possible schools
sites in relation to neighborhoods
as they expand and develop. With
residential development moving
primarily in a northeasterly di
rection. this is going to be a
prime area for school building.
But there are others. To nail
down the geographical locations
a bit better the Commission drew
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locations that could be used if
Chapel Hill grows at a jninimum
rate until 1970; anotKer shows
sites that" could be' used if it *
grows at* the maximum rate by
1970 and the minimum rate un
til 1980—and the jackpot, a map
showing school locations if the
Town grows full-tilt until 1980.
On the basis of low 1970
growth, the Town should add one
elementary school in the neigh
borhood of Mason Farm Road,
or alternately off Pittsboro Road,
to serve married student hous
ing. Another would be located
between Greensboro Street and
Bolin Creek, north of Carrboro.
Two junior high sites are
shown on the 1970 low map, both
near the intersection of Highway
54 and Pittsboro Road (15-501),
Two possible sites for a senior
high school are shown also—one
between Bolin Creek and East
gate Shopping Center—“the far
ther removed from Eastgate the
better.” The other southwest of
Horace Williams Airport.
On the 1970-high-1980-low map,
five elementary school sites
have been designated. The ad
ditional three are located some-’
where between North Street and
Bolin Creek: between Ephesus
Church Road and US 15-501; and
near the intersection of Damas
cus Church Road and Smith Lev
el Road. No additional junior or
senior high schools are indicated.
But on the 1980-high map four
teen new elementary school sites
are shown, providing for the
needs of a Chapel Hill Township
population in excess of 75,000.
With land values in Chapel Hil
skyrocketing, these needs for
new sites must be thought about
now.-
Os course, any plen is based
on the problem, the-ideal solu
tion and the possibilities for a
reasonable * compromise. The
Planning Commission used pres
ent State standards. For in
stance, elementary schools ideal
ly should be located within walk
ing distance of the homes of
the children who attend them—
these days one-half mile. Chil
dren should be able to walk to
schools without having to cross
major boulevards and express
ways. The school should be the
nucleus of a residential neigh
borhood “with an environment
quiet, pleasant, and remote from
commercial activities.”
This is not solely a matter of
convenience, however. The more
children walking, the less the
traffic flow, the fewer major
thoroughfares ultimately needed,
the fewer school buses required,
the more public funds available
for other purposes. It might even
give overworked chauffeur-par
ents a breather and improve
family structure.
Another matter bearing on the
question is school size. The
State recommends a maximum
of 500 students per elementary
school, the ideal size nearer 350.
Sites for elementary high
schools are roughly 5 acres plus
one acre for each 100 pupils;
more if possible, preferably in
residential districts near park
and recreation facilities.
For junior high schools, State
preferences are: location within
one mile of the homes of all
students. Size, between 750 and
1,000 students. Site size, 10 acres,
plus one acre per hundred pupils,
at least 20 acres. Setting, some
thing like the new Guy B. Phil
lips Junior High, which the re
port says is in an almost ideal
location.
For senior high schools, the
state standard is 750-1,000 pupils.
Location, within one-end-a-half
miles of the homes of its stu
dents. Site size, ten acres, plus
one acre per hundred pupils. At
least 30 acres, and possibly as
much as 100.
The estimated price tag on
Chapel Hill s needs between now
and 1980 is something to boggle
at: $5,250,000. Broken down the
costs are $2,500,000 for five ele
mentary schools; $1,200,00 for
a new junior high; $35,000 for
Chapel Hill High's enlargement;
$1,200,000 for a new senior high.
This assumes that the Town
grows at the lowest rate pre
dicted. Some indication exists
that Chapel Hill is growing now
at the lowest rate,- but it could
burst loose dramatically.
The School Board will be pon
dering the report for years to
come. How much of it becomes
reality is, of course, dependent
on a great number of things.
But, for the vital function of
education, the planning picture
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THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
She Stands Tall In NEA
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with excitement.” -/
The other memory of that day
which Miss Edinger is certain
that she will never forget, is
standing in a receiving line at a
reception and shaking hands with
well-wishers until two o’clock in
the morning.
A native of Thomasville, Lois
Edinger transferred from the
elementary county Pilot School
to Mills Home Baptist Orphanage
when her father joined the staff
there. Jumped from the sixth
to the eighth grade during a time
when “accelerated” classes were
still just a theory, she likes to
joke that it was Really because
she was as *■ tall as the eighth
graders. All joking aside, she
admits that she “loved school
and loved my subjects and that
had a lot to do with the ‘accel
eration.’ ” She credits Miss Fan
Bost, her high school history
teacher, with stimulating her in
terest in history and teaching
her to “think."
She was so fond of reading as
a youngster that her mother had
difficulty getting her to help with
the dishes. "I’d get so buried
in a book, I didn’t even hear her
call me,” she said. She dis
claims the title of bookworm,
however; “I was a tomboy and
I probabiy spent more time in
the tops of trees in those days
than I did on the ground. We
lived on a farm, and trees and
haylofts were wonderful jumping
off places.” She held out one
leg to show a barely visible scar.
“That’s a souvenier from one
such jump. I landed on a pitch
fork and it stuck in so deep, I
had to hobble all the way to the
house, holding the pitchfork still
embedded in my leg. I almost
scared my mother to death, but
after doctoring my leg, she also
’doctored’ me with a paddling.”
At 16, Miss Edinger became one
of the two youngest girls enroll
ed at Meredith College. While
she liked all her teachers there,
two in particular stimulated her
ambition to become a teacher.
“One was Dr. Lillian Parker
Wallace who made history so
interesting that I majored in it;
the other was Dr. Mary Lynch
Johnson, my English teacher.
She was so enthusiastic about her
subject that you wouldn’t have
dared yawn in her class. We
were all in awe of her but she
h»d a wonderful sense of humor
that came through without dis
tracting us from what she expect
ed of us. I remember one girl
who came to class for a test and
had forgotten her ink. As she
loaned han the necessary ink, Dr.
Johnson suggested that she read
a certain passage in Matthew
when she returned to her room.
Os course, we all looked up the
passage which was ‘the foolish
virgins who came unprepared.’ ”
On the social side at Meredith
was, as always, the dating of
State College boys ; “This was in
'4l though, when Meredith girls
were always chaperoned,” said
Miss Edinger. “Just going for
a walk with a boy was a rare
treat. I’ve never forgotten the
time one young man stole a wild
plum blossom off one of the State
College trees for me. Most of
the time we behaved, though.”
Since she was so tall and there
were no male students at Mere
dith, she always played the male
lead in all the Little Theater
plays. “I had a great time
stomping around and playing all
sorts of men,” she recalls. On
the more serious side, she serv
ed as president of the Interna
tional Relations Club and the
YWA, was a member of the
Educational Club, and was on the
staff of the campus newspaper.
Her first teaching job was the
eighth grade in Thomasville.
“The eighth grade was still ele
mentary then, and I had to teach
them all their subjects. I had
22 boys and 12 girls, and I tell
you, that was a group of chil
dren! I loved them dearly, but
they nearly put me in my grave;
they were so active. They put
a mouse in my desk drawer
which I pretended to be fright
ened of, rather than take a
chance on finding a snake there
the next day. They also gave
me a ‘fruit pounding' which, back
then, was an award made only to
teachers the students really
liked.”
Sensing their secretivcness on
the day of the pounding and not
knowing what to expect next
from her unpredictable class,
Miss Edinger was keeping a cau
tious eye on their activities, but
was totally unprepared for all
the fruit that suddenly came roll
ing up the aisles as if on sig
nal. “There was everything from
apples to honeydew melons,” she
recalled. Her delight at the un
expected tribute quite made up
for the cost of the taxi to take
all the fruit home.
The following year, Miss Ed-
inger taught history, the field
she felt most qualified to teach,
in N. Wilkesboro. It was here
that students taught her how to
sled. "The first time they took
me sledding, I left the sled about
half way down the hill and con
tinued the rest of the way on
my own!" she recalled. “Serious
ly, I really enjoyed my experi
ences at both the N. Wilkesboro
and Thomasville schools. When
students discover that you see
them as ‘people’ and realize that
you are human too and can
laugh at your own mistakes, you
develop a warm relationship
that helps rather than hinders
in teaching them.”
She left teaching for two years
when she was offered a job as
director of Youth Activities at
St. John’s Baptist Church in
Charlotte. “I had a lot of rich
experiences with this group,” she
said, “like camping out in the
summer. While I was teaching
them religious education they
were trying to teach me frog
gigging, but they finally gave up
and just let me hold the buck
et.”
Returning to the classroom,
Miss Edinger joined the faculty
at Whiteville where she remain
ed for the next ten years. Here
she became interested in radio
work, “I did various things from
morning devotionals to education
al programs.” In 1957 she was
chosen as one of the four studio
teachers for “In-School TV,” a
completely new field at that
time. “They called us ‘pion
eers,’ ” said Miss Edinger, “and
we felt as if we really were. Not
a one of us knew what to do
since we had never seen a lesson
presented on TV, but they brought
us to UNC for a workshop, and
two weeks later we were in front
of a camera. The first time we
saw how we looked and sounded,
we were horrified. I used to
pace the floor before every pro
gram, and I drove the crewmen
wild trying to get a focus.” Af
ter three years, she gave up the
program when she was elected
president of the N. C. Education
al Association. She is now on
the Governor’s Commission for
Educational Television.
In 1960, she started work on
her Ph D. in Education at the
University here while working
part time with the Fifth Year
Program in Teacher's Education.
The material for her disserta
tion, which is concerned with TV
study in relationship to listening
comprehension and critical think
ing, has been gathered. “Only
the writing remains,” she said.
She plans to do that in the quiet
of her office at WC where rite
is now an instructor in the School
of Education.
While still a teacher at White
ville, she began taking a more
active role in the NCEA and the
NEA, serving in official posi
tions at the local, district, state,
and national levels. In 1955, she
became vice president of the
NEA Department of Classroom
Teachers. Recently, she has ser
ved as a member of the NEA’s
Committee on Professional Rights
and Responsibilities.
Racial Meeting
(Continued from Page 1)
sinessmen have made is expected
to be made to the Chapel Hill
Committee for Open Business
next Thursday. The Open Busi
ness Committee has suspended
its demonstrations, picketing and
civil disobedience campaign at
least until that date.
At a rally last Thursday night,
however, the Open Business Com
mittee voted to resume its civil
disobedience workshops. The
workshops had also been sus
pended with the moratorium on
demonstrations. Some members
of the Committee said they be
lieved resumption of the work
shops would be interpreted by the
Mayor's group of businessmen as
an indication of bad faith. But
the Committee voted 33 to 31 to
resume civil disobedience train
ing. Hilliard Caldwell, member of
the COB executive committee,
said the workshops, which are be
ing held week nights at St. Jo
seph’s Church on Rosemary
Street, would be open to the
public. Previously they had been
closed to all but participants.
School Sale
(Continued from Page 1)
would be much more valuable on
the tax rolls than it is now.”
Mr Tenney said the move
should, if nothing else, establish
the value of the property. “If the
bids are not enough we don’t
have to accept now.”
The School Board had previous
ly considered selling the school
property. An offer for purchase
from an unidentified party
through Carl Smith, as agent,
was made more than a year ago.
In response to the offer, which
was to start the bidding at $1
million, the* School Board tried
to establish a fair value for the
property. Subsequently the Boanf
asked for the help of the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Board of Realtors,
and eventually $1.2 million was
decided upon as a fair minimum.
The original offer eventually
was withdrawn, however, and no
other offers have been made pub
lic since.
Chapel Hill Construction
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old Harriss-Conners building on
West Franklin Street has been
undergoing remodeling and adap
tation for use by the Chapel Hill
Weekly and Colonial Press. Co
lonial is already in its new quar
ters. The Weekly will begin the
move to the new building this
week.
—The new Zeta Beta Tau Fra
ternity house near Finley Golf
Course will cost $155,000 and will
house 44 men. >lt has been under
construction' since May, but the
completion date is uncertain.
—The 12-classroom addition to
the Estes Hills School, and the
new Guy B. Phillips Junior High
School have both -been under
construction on virtually the
same site for some time. Both
are expected to be completed by
the time school opens this fall.
The University currently has
nine major construction or im
provement projects in process.
During the past fiscal year the
University completed 26 major
(SIO,OOO or morei projects, the
total cost being $9,478,692. In
planning now are 26 more proj
ects, to cost a total of $24,010,630.
The nine projects now under
way, to cost a total of $3,384,461;
—Elisha Mitchell Hall, be
hind Wilson Hall on South Co
lumbia Street, to be finished in
October.
—Phase II of married student
housing, comprising 84 apart
ment units, planned for occupan
cy when the University opens for
the fail semester.
—An addition to the Filter
Plant, to be completed in Oc
tober.
—Addition to Kenan Memorial
Esser
(Continued from Page 1)
the University’s Department of
Radio, Television and Motion
Pictures, has been on leave of
absence serving as special as
sistant to Governor Sanford.
The Ford Foundation was first
aproached on the problem of
unemployment in North Caro
lina and a group from the foun
dation visited the state in Jan
uary. The foundation was par
ticularly interested in a state
wide proposal to work with the
first three grades of elementary
schools in improving the teach
ing of reading, writing and arith
metic.
Mr. Esser said -this program
would involve between $2 and $4
million and would be a direct
grant to the State Board of Edu
cation. The reason for the ele
mentary approach to unemploy
ment was that statistics show
dropouts later on in school are
often caused by deficiencies in
the basic courses which develop
in the first years of school.
The over-all “assault on pov
erty” will include environmental
programs as well as educational
approaches and actual training.
For the initial survey conduct
ed in January, several communi
ties drafted programs for de
veloping their areas. Mr. Esser
said these were tentative pro
posals but that these areas
would get “priority considera
tion.”
These areas were Winston-
Salem and Forsyth County; Dur
ham, Charlotte and Mecklen
burg County, Asheville and Bun
combe County and the mountain
counties of Yancey, Watauga,
Avery and Mitchell.
Mr. (McKnight said the grants
would not be so much for “in
teresting ideas” as for the prac
tical and realistic needs of a
community. He also said each
program would be approached
with the idea it might later be
come adopted Statewide.
The Ford Foundation’s Board
of Directors will meet Sept. 25
to take a final vote on the ini
tial grants to the North Caro
lina Fund.
The executive committee nam
ed Friday includes Gov. Sanford
as an ex-officio member, Mr.
McKnight, Mr. Wheeler, Hol
lis Edens of Winston-Salem, Ger
ald Cowan of Asheville and
Thomas J. Pearsall of Rocky
Mount.
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—A 20-inch treated water main
to be installed from the Filter
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completion next month.
—lnstallation of language lab-,
ratory equipment in Dey Hall, to
be completed in September.
—Renovation of the NROTC
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in August or September. - .
—lmprovements in the Uni
versity’s telephone system, to
be completed next spring.
—lnstallation of electric distri
bution cable, mostly to and on
the University campus, also to
be completed next spring.
The private dwelling market was
not as good this past fiscal year
as it was the previous, year.
Building inspector Donald Arch
er said that during the 1962-63
fiscal year in the Chapel Hill
planning area 111 residences
were built, at an average cost
of $18,225, while in the 1961-62
fiscal year 179 residences were
built at an average cost of $16,-
949. In 1962-63 a total of 144 fam
ily units were added to the plan
ning area, but in 1961-62 a total
of 307 were added.
Since March, construction of
51 houses has begun, some of
which are still not completed.
Four apartment buildings were
started, two five-unit buildings,
one eight-unit building, and a
duplex. The eight-unit building
has been completed.
Recent commercial building:
an extension to Walker’s East
gate Service Station, an exten
sion to Norwood Brothers Esso
Station on West Franklin Street,
remodeling of Melton's Produce
at Merritt Mill Road and Frank
lin Street, and Dr. L. L. Vine’s
addition to his East Franklin
Street animal hospital, as well
as various other extensions, re
modelings, and alterations.
The Chapel Hill Weekly,
issued every Sunday and Wed
nesday, and is entered as sec
ond-class matter February 28,
1923, at the post office at Chap
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ing Company, Inc., is under the
act of March 3,1879.
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