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man.
• * *
It was a turning point in his
life. Instead of becoming a tea
merchant, he went into the aca
demic life. He finally became a
Professor of Romance Lan
guages.
Now a Kenan Professor
Emeritus of Spanish, Dr. Leavitt
can look back on a life of use
fulness to generations of stu
dents in the University and to
published and consultative schol
arly aid to his colleagues in
modern languages.
Prof. Leavitt organized the
famed Institute of Latin Amer
ican Studies in the University,
an agency which has cemented
cultural ties between the Unit
ed States and Central and South
American peoples. He has been
a leader in humanities studies,
and is respected in Europe as
well as in this hemisphere for
his contributions to languages
and liberal arts. He is among
other things the Honorary May
or of Alamea, a city in Spain.
But way back in Sturgis
Leavitt’s mind, unconsciously
Things are happening!
Leaves are falling and the
early morning air is get
ti n g sharper. So, gents,
! get ready by visiting the
Varsity Men’s Wear for
such nationally known
brands as:
Hart Shaffner & Marx,
famous suits and sport
coats in 100% worsted wool
and exclusive combinations.
Eagle Shirts, in beautiful
stripes and solids with the
perfect B.D. collar.
Florsheim Shoes Wing
tips, saddle cordovans, tas
sel loafers and many oth
ers all in the Imperial
models. All these and many
other famous brands, now
at the
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gnawing at times, has continued
the recollection of the tee and
the woman who declined to buy
it, and shut the door in his
face. The remembrance rankl
ed. In the years since then
Sturgis Leavitt has sometimes
wondered whether he might have
made a good salesman if he
had stuck to it.
After his retirement from
the University faculty, Pro
fessor Leavitt devoted much of
his time to the North Carolina
Society of Mayflower Descend
ants. He now has served as
Governor of the Mayflower
group in this state for the past
several years.
And last week he stood at Ply
mouth, Mass., and accepted a
prize for salesmanship.
The North Carolina Mayflow
er Descendants have scored
first place in selling the most
copies of “The Mayflower In
dex," containing the names of
descendants of those who came
to this continent on the May
flower. Prof. Leavitt conducted
the North Carolina sales cam
paign.
The first prize was a “Breech
es Bible’’ printed in London in
1570. The difference between a
“Breeches Bible’’ and a St.
James version of the Bible re
lates to the third chapter of
Genesis. The St. James version
says Adam and Eve made an
“apron” of fig leaves. The Bible
Prof. Leavitt now has says Adam
and Eve used fig leaves to make
“breeches”.
Aside from the assurance to
Sturgis Leavitt that he is, af
ter all, a good salesman, per
haps it should also be suggest
ed that an additional prize ought
to come to Prof. Leavitt an
air rifle.
* * *
If there are any people who
prefer to use the word “britch
es” instead of ’’breeches” in
pronouncing the garment’s
name, it is acceptable as an al
ternative. The dictionary says
britches is a variation of breech
es.
The way it’s usually pro
nounced in North Carolina is
britches as in “too big for his
britches”.
But breeches is favored by
the Lexicographed. And it sure
ly seems borne out by the Bible
Prof. Sturgiss Leavitt now owns
which was published in 1570.
The reference in Genesis plain
ly spells it breeches.
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saying that schools also have a
responsibility for making special
efforts for the environmentally
handicapped . . .
“For the administrator, com
pensatory education poses a di
lemma. Such a program in
volves spending more money on
the slum child than on those liv
ing in more favored neighbor
hoods. The experiences in doz
ens of school systems bears this
out.”
BAKE SALE
The Chem Ferns will hold a
bake sale on Saturday, Oct. 26,
at the Eastgate Shopping Center.
The sale will begin at 9 a.m.
—Gag Law—
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can have it on the table for
their consideration. If they want
it as support, they can use it,
or they may just file it. All we
want to do is let them know
how we feel. We don't want to
be silent. No action would per
haps give the wrong impres
sion.”
He said the content of the res
olution “attempted to be re
spectful, a straightforward,
cakn statement of position.” It
was not, he added, intended to
sound like “a little dog yapping
at a big dog.”
The Council’s reaction to the
resolution committee’s work
was one of satisfaction.
He said the document was di
vided into numbered paragraphs,
and was not a "concise and
pointed" statement, but was “to
some degree explanatory of the
faculty’s position . . . why its
position was being taken on sev
eral points.”
Another faculty member said
the resolution contained no ulti
matum, and that there was “in
general, no dissent with it.” The
vote on the resolution was by
voice, and “if there were any
dissenters they were not very
vocal, though there may have
been some.”
The resolution was prepared
by a seven-man committee ap
pointed October 4 by English
Professor George Harper, chair
man of die faculty. Notices
were sent to all members of the
faculty announcing the commit
tee’s appointment and asking
for suggestions or comments on
the Gag Law to help the com
mittee draw up the resolution.
Dean Brandis said the facul
ty’s replies to the request for
suggestions had been light in
numbers, but that the commit
tee had received several “very
good letters” on the matter,
and that other faculty members
had voiced their opinions either
informally, through department
heads, or had voiced no opinion
assuming that their own ideas
would also occur to members of
the resolution committee.
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said Mrs. Coenen’s promise con
stituted an oral lease, fully as
valid as a written lease for
periods up to three years. Un
less Mrs. Coenen's tenants move
voluntarily, the Town could do
nothing. Auid possibly the bond
attorneys might not approve an.
issue secured by property which
could not be used for thg"JMr
poses intended. >■
Mr. Gobbel said he did not
know whether bond purchasers
would be willing to undergo fur
ther delay in the initiation of the
construction.
The Aldermen resolved to
seek approval of the bond at
torneys for the sale, with Mrs.
Coenen’s occupants continuing
their lease, and at the same
time to seek suitable substitute
quarters for them. The Aider
men also agreed to increase
the sale price of the properties
to cover lost income. Mrs. Coen
en will receive a total of $36,000,
Mr. Creech $41,500, including
the $2,000 already paid them on
options.
Mrs. Coenen also offered to
accept $5,000 worth of revenue
bonds in partial payment, Mr.
Creech SIO,OOO.
Approval of the arrangement
is being sought in the mean
time.
—Dale Ranson—
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as pall bearers at the funeral.
A 'native of Huntersville,
Coach Ranson was the senior
member of the university ath
letic staff both in age and years
of service. He became head
track coach in 1952.
During his tenure here, Coach
Ranson was associated with 51
championship teams, the last
one being last year's cross
country squad.
As a result of a fitness pro
gram he developed, Coach Ran
son was hired by the Chicago
Cubs National League baseball
team in 1961 to direct its spring
training conditioning activity.
His star track performers
through the years have includ
ed Jim Beatty, top U. S. mile
runner; Harry Williamson, 1936
Olympic half mile runner, and
Chuck Simmons and Bill Al
bans, Olympic declathon stars.
Ranson was distance runner
at the university and was cap
tain of the track team in his
senior year. He once held the
school record for the mile.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Etta McDaniel; two
daughters, Mrs. C. R. Engle of
Chapel Hill and Miss Laura
Etta Ranson of the home; a
son, Murphey Dale Ranson II of
Chapel Hill two sisters, Mrs.
Kate Cornue of Huntersville and
Min Nell Ranson of Salisbury;
three brothers, Paul Ranson of
Durham, Don Ranson of Hunt
ersville, and Jack Ranson of
Spencer; and two grandchildren.
For guaranteed results, use the
Weekly classified ads. They work
around the dock for you.
THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
—Osteen Hits Redistricting—
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ulation.
"But the sponsors of the
amendment overlooked one
thing. The Federal government
was not the autonomous gov
ernment these advocates would
have it be." The original union
of 13 states intended the distri
bution 6f representation accord
ing to both population and geog
raphy to insure reservation of
some powers to the states, some
powers to the Federal govern
ment. The states, sovereign in
their own boundaries, surren
dered some powers to the Fed
eral government, and vice versa.
"But the same argument
doesn’t apply to counties and
states because counties are not
autonomous. The counties are
not entitled to representation
they ought to have it, of
course, but they’re not entitled
to it, because they are not
sovereign. They are creatures of
the Legislature. They can't sur
render some powers to the State
government in return for keep
ing other powers, because they
haven’t any powers to surren
der.”
At present, the State Senate
is districted according to popu
lation, and the House is district
ed according to counties, with
20 additional representatives al
located to heavily populated
areas.
The proposed amendment, said
Rep. Osteen, would improve
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Senate representation, but would
harm House representation by
eliminating the 20 ’'floater” rep
resentatives.
"The result would be that 19
per cent of the population of
the State, in the least populated
counties, could dominate any
legislation in the State.” The lit
tle counties should not be with
out their represents two, he
said. But on the other hand
Guilford, Mecklenburg, and For
syth counties provide 33 per
cent of the State’s revenue and
under the amendment they would
have less representation than
smaller counties.
“This is not a very exciting
message," said Rep. Osteen, not
ing that some of "ffis audience
was giving signs of being drug
ged with facts and figures. "But
it’s something you ought to be
interested in and know about
... By and large the people of
North Carolina have gotten the
kind of representation they de
serve, because there is not very
much interest in politics.”
He concluded by admitting
that if the Constitutional amend
ment does pass, the Republicans
might gain seats in the Legisla
ture.
“But,” he added, “we don’t
need that kind of tiling at this
time.”
Read the Weekly classified ads
—Chamber Os Commerce Membership Campaign—
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individual memberships $lO a
year.
When established, the Cham
ber’s board of directors will con
sist of the Mayors of Chapel Hill
and Carr boro, the Chancellor of
the University, a County Commis
sioner from Chapel Hill Town
ship, and the president of the
Chapel Hill Jaycees, Ml as ex
officio members with full voting
privileges. There will also be
10 directors elected from among
the charter members, each serv
ing for two-year terms, and, in
addition, a president and vice
presidents.
The actual activities of the
Chamber are uncertain at the
moment. In general, the Chamber
would constitute a forum for the
clarification or promotion of local
public issues, an industry-finding
organization, or a force active in
the interests listed in the state
ment of purpose.
One of the solicitors at yester
day’s meeting saw the Chamber
as a body which could have lent
its weight to one side or the
other of such recent local issues
as fluoridation, Duke Power Com
pany’s proposed power line
through the Morgan Creek area,
or the West Cameron Avenue
fraternity problem.
It could also work to bring to
Chapel Hill “agencies that could'
make use of the'type of work
force available in Chapel HHI.”
UNC professor George Harp
er, one of the charter member
solicitors, said “It is important
that the University have a share
in the community’s planning ov
er the next few years. It is in
evitable that Chapel Hill will
expand rapidly, and it would be
horrifying if the University didn’t
have a share in a well-conceiv
ed plan of development.”
He said it was also important
that an attempt be made to pre
vent . the University and the
Town from having “the diver
gent interests they are usually
supposed to have.” The two fac
tions should be mutually bene
ficial, he said, and the Cham
ber should be active in this.
He mentioned the Chapel Hill
Public Library as a sample of a
local project the Chamber might
well be interested in. The Li
brary’s circulation (over 17,000
during the summer months
alone) has reached a point
where a new library building
will be needed within two or
three years.
“Such a project would need
the backing of a Chamber of
Commerce,” said Dr. Harper.
Those present at yesterday’s
meeting were Chapel Hill May
or Sandy McClamroch; Roy Hol
sten and Dr. Harper, represent
ing the University faculty;
Charles Shaffer, representing
the University administration;
Dr. . Syd B. Alexander, repre
senting the Division of Health
Affairs; Robert Hogan, repre-
Wednesday, October 23, 1963
senting the rural areas; T. L.
Kemp, president of the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Merchants Asso
ciation, and Joe Augustine, ex
ecutive director of the Mer
chants Association; Walt Bau
com, representing non-retail
business; R. B. Fitch Jr. and
George Spransy, representing
the Carrboro Chamber of Com
merce; Emery Denny, the
Chamber’s attorney; Sion Jen
nings, past president of the Mer
chants Associatioff; - and Doug
Powell, Crowell Little, and Ira
Ward, from the Merchants Asso
ciation’s old Chamber of Com
merce Committee.
Not present at the meeting,
but helping with solicitation,
were William Ivey and E. B.
Crawford Jr., representing the
Division of Health Affairs; Av
ery Cohan, representing the
University faculty; and Orville
Campbell, from the Merchants
Association.
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ject.
The Aldermen in other busi
ness also called for bids for
running a sewer outfall line up
Booker Creek to the dam of
Lake Forest Lake, as authoriz
ed by a special sewer bond is
sue passed in the May special
election.