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Comoetitioa is what makes I all the decent TV- shows come | I on at the same time. M Volume 41, Number 75 The Village Has Disappeared , But ... Warm Welcome To This Extraordinary Town Chapel Hill is not entirely a unique town—though many claim it is, and some would call you out to defend their point. It is, however, an extraordinary town, and we welcome you to it—or back to it, if you are returning. Chapel Hill and the University, their organizations and institu tions, places, peccadilloes, people, triumphs, tragedies and trees comprise a town of which no one thing can be said except that it is a town of contradictions and TOWN and GOWN j By PETE IVEY MtMsJi Jimmy Tatum may play foot ball at Carolina, as his father did. On the other hand, he may not. Jimmy, now a senior at Wood berry Forest, is the son of the late Jim Tatum. People have been talking to Jimmy about Rice University in Texas. Cornell is in view, and so is Princeton. It is understood that Jimmy has a yearning to come to the University here—but he also wants to study engineering. The Woodberry Forest head master is a Texas man, and nat urally speaks fondly of Texas schools, but unquestionably would not counsel Jimmy away from solid academic scholarship and the aeademtcrareer best fitted for the boy. « Jimmy Tatum at T 6 years old, weighs 230 pounds and stands six feet, 7 inches tall. He plays tackle on offense, end on defense. On his giant frame is little fat, mostly muscle. Carolina alumni have looked forward to the fall afternoon when Jim Tatum Jr. first runs on the greensward of Kenan Sta dium in a Carolina varsity foot ball game. Jimmy could make a very neat hole for Danny Tal bott to run through. Wonder what the possibilities are of getting the Engineering School transferred from N. C. State in Raleigh back to Chapel Hill? * * * If you pay attention only to the technical observations at profes sional meetings in Chapel Hill, you miss a lot. y That was certainly so when the Certified Public Accountants met here at the end of August for two (Continued on Page 2) SCENES 'ffiii—winiiih mm iimini n Orientation counselor shepherd ing freshmen Morehead Planetarium, departing from his regular spiel to warn the fledg lings about OTELIA CONNOR. . . . University Professor ARN OLD NASH absent-mindedly leaving a scholarly manuscript at the West Franklin Dairy Bar, rewarding the waitress who had saved it from oblivion with a bottle of eau de cologne. . . . Rev. J. R. MANLEY cropping up hither and yon, each time in a different car. . . . Towns man and spouse returning from vacation, discovering they had left most of their clothes in West ern North Carolina. . . . TED DANZIGER shuttling patrons to the Ranch House for lunch white workmen scrambled to put the finishing touches on the Rath skeller salvage job. . . . Am ber Alley beginning to resemble a continental arcade with the addition of CHARLES IIOP KIN’S new shop. . . . Breathtak ing blonde, wearing tight torea dor pants, clinging sweater and upswept hairdo, undulating down the steps from South Building and completely disrupting a freshman orientation tour. ... Beards beginning to reappear on Franklin Street. , . . Stationery store Jmpressario JOE PAGE showing a fellow citizen his empty pockets, with holes in them. . . . Student nurse brows ing through grocery store, wear ing brand-new uniform with safety pins bolding up the hem. minglings. Some of these are natural and obvious. Some are subtle and odd. Some of Chapel Hill’s characteristics are dying (it is no longer a village), some are still embryonic. It is a com plicated town. A scratch on its surface is barely a start. Every layer of the town’s flesh is dif ferent. Chapel Hill is not entirely a Levittown nor entirely a mining town, nor a fishing village with mossy roofs nor a metropolitan i.' ■ "'' jis ■ ■- * ] . I f f I f gi t a 4 x, £*- " \ ** ", «** fil«. <■ s Kenan Stadium With Its New Upper Deck Chapel Hill Curriculum Beefed Up The curriculum in Chapel Hill junior and senior high schools has been beefed up considerably this year, following recommen dations made by the Curriculum Study Committee of the Com mittee for Chapel Hill Schools. The Study Committee worked all during the 1962-63 academic year compiling its recommenda tions, which it submitted to School Superintendent Howard Thompson last spring. Dr. Thompson spent the sum mer putting all but one of the recommendations into effect. He was aided largely by an in creased Legislative appropria tion to the State Board of Edu cation for vocational education, end by an increase in the num ber of State-paid teachers al lotted to individual school ad ministrative units. The Citizens Committee rec ommendation Dr. Thompson was unable to fulfill was that more band instrumental musical train ing be offered Chapel Hill Sen ior High School students. Wil liam Bennett has been hired this year to teach choral music at Chapel Hill Senior High, but Dr. Thompson said only 14 stu dents had pre-registered a de (Continued on Page 2) UNC Students Facing Severest Housing Shortage University students will face the severest housing shortage since post-World War il days this fall. With registration in its second day, University officials have already found it necessary to put three end sometimes four stu dents in two-man rooms, and two dormitory basements have been pressed into service to han dle the overflow. University Dean of Student Affairs C. O. Cathey said yes terday that the administration _ Winston-Salem. N. _____ _ _ The Chapel Hill Weekly 5 Cents a Copy forest of spires. It is a town of both stately homes and homely estates, visible from one angle or another. If you look you can find slum houses worth about SSO each for the lumber. You can find houses worth $50,000 if they’re worth a nickel. You can also find everything in between: a stone castle risen from a leg end, or a house of glass ap proached by a footbridge. Some buildings are rickety firetraps, others gleam with marble. UNC Ys. Va. Will Unveil The ‘New’ Kenan Saturday It will be a familiar sight to old-timers when the University of Viriginia parades its football team into the “new” Kenan Sta dium here Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Virginia has a habit of sharing the spotlight at North Carolina when something new is to be offered. It was back in 1927 when the original Kenan Stadi um was dedicated. The Cavaliers were guests at that one, too. William Rand Kenan Jr., had Chamber Planning Meet Is Tomorrow A special committee planning to activate a Chapel Hill-Carr boro Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow night. The committee, meeting at the home of Chancellor William B. Aycock, is scheduled (6 plan a Chamber membership drive to be launched in October. Once formed, the Chamber will bear the official designation, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, Inc. The joint or was “beating the bushes’’ to find living space in Chapel Hill for on enrollment that is now ex pected to top ten thousand. Men's and women's dormitories arc crammed to overflowing, and available apartments and rooms off campus are non-exist ent, Dean Calhpy said. Hardest-hit among the stu dents are men, graduate women and married couples. Although the University opened eighty new married student housing units, Dean Cathey said, the net Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since 1923 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1963 In Chapel Hill people roar with exuberance while they listen to brass bands; people also gather silently to listen to the tense tinkling of harpsichord music. Some of the land is flat and bare of trees, baking in summer and snow-drifted in winter. Some of the land is steep and dim under huge old trees, hushed in winter and cool in summer. In Chapel Hill, some people drive cars that glisten and smell of luxurious leather and make a presented the gift as a memorial to his parents. It was a shiny new edifice, with 24,000 scats. Few who viewed the stadium felt it would ever be filled. Yet, the dedication game with Vir ginia drew 28,000, an overflow turnout that stood on the banks surrounding the field and cheer ed. Carolina won 14-13. It was the largest crowd up until then to have witnessed a game here. Now comes the “new” Kenan, ganization would supercede the Carrboro group, formed two years ago but never incorporat ed, and the Chapel Hill unit, which has operated as a commit tee of the Merchants Association for a number of years. The new effort will be organiz ed to “preserve, promote and perpetuate the educational, civic, business, commercial, profes sional and manufacturing inter (Continued on Page 2) gain in housekeeping units is only 48; four old barracks con taining 32 student apartments in Victory Village are being de molished. The space they occu pied will be used for parking at the Division of Health Aftairs complex. Although pressure for housing is severe, Dean Cathey said he hoped to have permanent hous ing for all students in a month or so. “We hope that the boys moving out to fraternities will en able us to clear the basements noise like low-flying jet planes; and, daily, buckboards come into town. It is literally impossible to be long to all of the dozens of or ganizations in Chapel Hill: you would go broke paying dues. Yet there are people who have been here for decades who have never joined a single organization and never will. In Chapel Hill are people creaking with age, and people kicking with youth. Some wear a 42,012-seat concrete monu ment to football. A gift of more than one million dollars by the same Mr. Kenan made tiering and remodeling possible. The design and com fort make the stadium one of the world’s finest. Virginia arrives here this time with a young club packed with determination. It will be quarter backed by a sophomore, Bob Dumphy, with high promise. Coach Elias said he expected “a fine football game.” Coach Jim Hickey of North Carolina has been beset by in jury problems, but he feels prac tically all of his 29 lettermen will be ready for some action. “We have worked patiently and hard for the Virginia game,’’ said Hickey. “I feel the squad’s spirit is excellent. We’re look ing forward to the game.” Carolina expects to start 11 letter winners on its first unit. Biggest question is whether vet eran John Hammett will be ready at end. If he isn’t up to form because of an ankle sprain, soph John Atherton will get the assignment. Game time is 1:30 p.m. Cood seats are available for the ACC opener. very soon.” The full extent of the shortage is not yet known, since drop outs, withdrawals, late registra tions and enrollments are still taking place. Many students are already commuting to classes from Raleigh, Durham, Apex, Cary, Hillsboro and in some cas es Sanford. This practice may be increased. The housing problem is less acute for undergraduate women than for men, since the Univer sity as a matter of policy will suspenders and cotton twill, others wear tab collars and tail ored suits. Some ladies shop in shorts. Others only appear in gloves. Oddly enough, hardly anybody ever censures anybody else for what they wear or what they drive or where they live or what they do. Chapel Hill is a town of people, not things. Neither mind nor muscle is ex cluded. It is basically a friendly town. Ask any stranger, and he'll tell Carolina Enrollment Might Reach 10,800 Facilities Are Busting At Seams The University begins its 170th year this week, busting at the seams with an enrollment that might swell to 10,800. It is the biggest enrollment in UNC history, an increase of more than a thousand over last year. The University also has its big gest freshman class —about 2,200 in history. Only 2,000 freshmen had been expected, but officials said yesterday that it looked as though a couple of hundred more would appear. Registration began yesterday and will end for late arrivals the first of next week. An ac curate enrollment figure will not be possible until theri. Reg ular classes will begin at 8 a.m. Friday. In the last seven years, the University's enrollment has in creased by about 3,500. The in crease alone is as large as the total enrollment at many pri vate liberal arts colleges. The bulging enrollment al ready has taxed University res idence facilities beyond the lim it, and there are students in Town who haven't yet located places to stay. The effect on traffic conditions and dining fa cilities will not be fully appar (Continued on Page 4) Orange Democrats To Hear Cliff Blue State Rep. Clifton Blue, House speaker during the 1963 Legis lature, will speak to Orange County Democrats Friday night. Mr. Blue, who is also publish er of the Southern Pines Sand hills Citizen and the Robbins Record, will be the principal speaker at the Orange Demo crats’ annual fund raising din ner. The dinner wili be held at the American Legion Home in Chapel Hill this year. Judge L. J. Phipps, County Democratic Chairman, said that a capacity crowd was expected to attend the event. No formal program other than Mr. Blue’s speech has been planned. The dinner will begin at 6:30 in the evening; tickets are pric ed at $5 each and may be ob tained by contacting Judge Phipps. not accept a coed for enroll ment unless it is able to pro vide her housing in an under graduate residence hall. James Wadsworth, University Housing officer, agreed that the situation was severe,.possibly as bad as the postwar years, when the University housed some stu dents in tents and a few more fortunate students in quonset huts and surplus military bar racks. “Wc don’t know how grim it (Continued on Page 2) Published Every Sunday and Wednesday you. In fact, he might well turn out to be a friend. All this may sound like a de scription of any complex com munity, a symphony of variations on a human theme found any where in America. But there is something else in Chapel Hill that sets the town apart from others. Nobody ever has been able to put a word to it—and dozens with a craving for immortality have tried. Almost everybody at one time or another has a go at cap ★★★ ★ ★ ★ UNG Announces Dental Center The Public Health Service announced a grant today to cover half the cost of a one million dollar Dental Science Research Building to be constructed at the University here. The funds from the Public Health Service grant have been matched with money from the Dental Foundation of North Carolina, Inc., and from other trust funds of the University. Construction of the new building, to be located adjacent to the present School of Dentistry, will begin in De cember, 1963. It will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1965. Dr. John C. Brauer, Dean of the School of Dentistry and sec retary-treasurer of the Dental Foundation, said hundreds of den tists, dental supply ana equip ment companies, as well as den tal laboratories in North Caro lina and adjacent states had con tributed to the Dental Foundation for the new research building. The Public Health Service funds, which are administered by the Division of Research Fa cilities and Resources of the Na tional Institutes of Health, were granted under the health research facilities program authorized by Congress in 1956. The funds, to be matched by the receivers, are awarded to private and non-profit institutions with excellent health research programs and potential, ... ...... • / ' **•' '••.■:/'■< Coming This Sunday 1 CAROLINA BEGINS A BRAND-NEW FOOT- I BALL season this Saturday, and The Weekly 1 will provide blanket coverage. Game story by § Billy Carmichael, dressing rooms by J. A. C. | Dunn and W. H. Scarborough, color by James | Shumaker,- and photos by Bill Sparrow. ★★★ ★ ★ ★ DON HUTSON, ONE OF THE GREATEST ends in college and pro football history, was in Town this week to enroll his daughter in the University. He is the talker in a J. A. C. Dunn talk piece. f I* ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CHAPEL HILL’S JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE is an organization whose helping hands are i evident throughout the community’s life, from 1 health and welfare to recreation. Weekly Wom en’s News Editor Paquita Fine tells the story. ★★★ ★ ★ ★ You’ll find them in this coming Sunday’s | issue of The Chapel Hill Weekly, along with a | full {>age of book news and reviews, columns I I Billy Arthur, Bill Prouty, Pete Ivey and Bob 1 Quincy, plus the latest news of thd Chapel Hill- 1 Carrboro community. Get a copy. Also useful 1 for making soldier hats. WEDNESDAY ISSUE silling in a few words the inex plicable lure of Chapel Hill. They all fail. It is said that anybody who takes up residence here will nev er leave. If he does leave, he will come back. It is also said that people who come here only to visit eventually take up resi dence. This is only a saying, but, as with many sayings, it is true to a surprising extent. Per haps it will be true of you. according to Dr. Luther L. Ter ry, Surgeon General of the Pub lic Health Service. Dr. James W. Bawden has been appointed coordinator of re search and assistant dean of the School of Dentistry as of Sept. 1. The direction of the new (Continued on Page 2) | * '""‘''"l Weather Report J i- i Generally fair and mild to morrow. High Low Sunday 58 53 Monday 74 55 Tuesday 81 55 Despite the recent cold snap. Saturday still figures to be too warm for raccoon coats and hip flasks.
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