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never fear to be in the minority.”
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Mrs. Eva Kay Bullard Burks: Her ,
Main Stocks Were Aid And Comfort
Mrs. Eva Kay Bullard Burks died re
cently, in away that nobody would have
Wanted her to, and a lot of people cared
about Mrs. Burks.
She ran a boarding house behind the
Post Office for years, and students lived
there or worked there for meals. Mrs.
Burks was invaluable. She provided peo
ple with a home. She also inspired and
comforted a lot of young men who sub
sequently did quite well. They “gained a
part of the manliness they exhibit in
their respective professions today from
this vivacious woman who followed and
encouraged them in their respective en
deavors,’’ was the way one of her friends
described her effects on the young men
who passed through her boarding house.
One Chapel Hillian who knew her while
a student during the Depression said he
worked for Mrs. Burks for meals oc
casionally. “In those 'days if you could
get a meal somewhere, that would carry
you through the day,’’ he said. "A lot of
boys went on like that. If you wanted
to do some work she’d make a job for
you.”
“She was certainly a lovable person
who will always be remembered by the
students to whom she was *so kind,”
said Governor Terry Sanford, who wait
ed on tables for Mrs. Burks and ate at
her house often. “She certainly added
much to the pleasantness of my life in
Chapel Hill.”
All-American basketball player John
Dillon was one of Ma Burks’ boys, and
so were basketball players Bob Paxton
and Norm Kohler. All-American foot
ball player Art Weiner passed through
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All We Want Is A Word Edgewise
The job of securing equal legislative
representation for all citizens in the
State is no simple matter; witness the
extra session of the General Assembly
it took to accomplish Senate re-district
ing.
The Senate re-districting itself, now
that it has been done on a reasonable
basis, is still unsatisfactory in certain
quarters and no one pretended to think
it would be otherwise. Orange County,
as a case in point, was under-represent
ed in the State Senate for years. Its
standing has been enhanced by the new
Senatorial District in which it has been
placed, together with Person and Dur
ham Counties. Under a rotation agree
ment, the District's two Senators would
be divided, one Senator permanently to
come from Durham, the other to be ro
tated between Orange and Person, with
Orange electing a Senator three times
to Person’s two.
Understandably, Person t County
would prefer, a different method of
selection, and has said as much through
its Senator Richard Long. Senator Long
remarked the other day in Raleigh he
thought both the District’s Senators
Should run at large. He added that he
A Late Thanksgiving At Wake Forest
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
i It looks as if Wake Forest got around
to celebrating Thanksgiving a little late
this year, and the only turkeys left
around to axe were Head Football Coach
Billy Hildebrand and Athletic Director
William Gibson.
But it seems that the only one really
i doing any gobbling about the whole mat
ter is college president Harold Tribble.
After crawling through the verbal
thickets for a full fifteen minutes, we
finally came up with a rough translation
of what President Tribble had to say
about the hatchet job, announced yes
terday: ■ 1
Statement: "An advisory committee
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Sunday, December 15,1963
, her hands. As a matter of fact, Ma
Burks acted as mother of the groom
at Mr. Weiner’s wedding, Mr. Weiner’s
own mother having died when he was
about four. He and his wifi lived at Ma
Burks’, and came to Chapel JHU for her
funeral last week. “She was a great
lady,” he said. “She helped more boys
get through school than anybody in
Chapel Hill, to my knowledge,”
She seemed to make a specialty of
athletes, housing and feeding them and
helping them in various wsys. Probably
she saw more athletes than any other
kind of student because most athletes
were either on partiat scholarships or
had no scholarships. There were even
some boys to whom she gave meals, ask
ing no work from them in return. She
was that kind of lady.
The morning of Wednesday, Decem
ber 4, Mrs. Burks lost control of her car
on the Raleigh Road and ran into a tree.
She called a. wrecker. "The motor com
pany sent a man to take her home. As
they passed Glen Lennox .the driver
suggested that she stop off and see a
doctor. She said she was all right. At
home, her maid put her to bed. That
was at about 11 in the morning. She
asked the maid to close- the door be
cause she wanted to rest. When the
maid want back shortly after noon, Mrs.
Burks was dead.
ft is a sad and unwanted irony that
Ma Burks died of the violence of an
automobile accident, after spending
much of her life saving young people
from the agonising inner violence of
loneliness and desperation.
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thought a Senator from either of the
two smaller counties could run success
fully, even though Durham County could
out-vote Orange and Person combined.
, As a simple matter of opinion, we
disagree with Senator Long. An at
large race would probably mean the end
of representation in the State Senate
for Orange and Person altogether. Dur
ham, as any ambitious city, is hungry
to have its representation increased,
♦ and we seriously doubt that it could re
sist the temptation to double the num
ber of Senators it could send to Raleigh.
Even if it could, we question the ability
of a candidate from Orange or Person
successfully to identify himself with
Durham’s interests in the eyes of Dur
ham voters any more than residents of
the smaller counties could feel confident
of the concern of a Durham Senator for
them.
This is one of the unfortunate little
realities of politics against which the
proposed rotation system would guard.
Neither Orange nor Person may feel
completely happy about it, but it means
the difference between being legislative
ly mute and being able at least to get a
word in edgewise.
has recommended that a reorganization
of the Athletic Department and foot
ball coaching staff be made at once.’'
Translation: “They told me to get rid
of Hildebrand and Gibson . . QUICK.”
Statement: “It is the intention of the
college to make athletics more effective
and competitive in relation to the At
lantic Coast Conference and to promote
a more vital relationship between athle
tics and the life and work of the college,
in keeping with high academic stand
ards.”
Translation: “Every team in the ACC
has beat hell out of us for two years,
and the alums have befen screaming in
my ear that THAT has got to CEASE!”
Letters To The Editor
A Texan Says A Word For Dallas
To toe Editor:
My home is in Irving, Texas,
a suburb cl Dellas, a town simi
lar to Chapel HHI in’ many ways.
My wile was bon, raised, and
educated in Chnel HOI; and I
have enjoyed the hospitality of
yo«r town cnougi to want to re
tire there some day. Both ot
us read and enjoy your news
paper very much, but the letter
ydu published in the December
tint issue from Harry Coutlakis
Is more disturbing than informa
tive. ! must assume that his
views are in the minority, and
do not represent the thinking pre
valent among your readers.
I would say to this minority:
When you are absolutely cer
tain that your town harbors no
one capable of murder, tell us
again of oar shame.
When you can feel certain that
the Chapel Hill Mice Force can
protect my cititen from the rav
ages Os a psychopath, Ml us
again of our Police Force’s be
havior.
When you, personally, have tak
en (he time to vote in all public
elections for one year, tell us
again of our apathy.
When the fourth graders of
Chapel Hill do not feel elated
at a day out of school, or hys
teria at the news of such a tragic
event. Ml us again of our “sick
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IMS.
When there are no radical or
apathetic persons in Chapel Hill,
Ml ua again of our guilt.
When you cm say “I support
any action taken by any respon
se* and influential citizen in
my town m per cent”—judge us
“guilty by association” again.
And, when you are without sin,
throw stones at us.
Respectfully yours,
Marlin Winn
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To the Editor:
When That Horrible Year, 1963
draws dramatically to a close a
few days hence, it will leave at
least one awesome realization in
its wake:
When neither the life of the
First Citizen nor that of the least
citizen is safe in America, neith
er can die lives of the citizens
in between be safe.
Historians of tomorrow may re
cord of today that it was a time
in American history during which
(he symptoms of a fatal break
down of law and order had al
ready manifested themselves.
Whether this is written of us
tomorrow is up to all of us to
day.
God help all of us to shoulder
our responsibilities to law and
order responsibility NOW.
Lew Barton
To toe Editor:
I wbnder how many of us real
ize that we are encouraging our
children to make a game of war?
Games are not only meant to
develop skills, imagination, re
sourcefulness; they are also for
pure fun and recreation. Is war 1
fun, a creative pastime, a satis
fying sense of achievement?
Achievement, yes; but what is
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the nature of this achievement?
Should the taking of life be fun,
recreation, satisfying?
Those of us who have been
brought up to believe, and who
still believe, even in the nuclear
age, that war is a grim neces
sity at times, do not perhaps
stop to realize the vast inconsist
ency of this conviction with that
of the Christian ideal of love for
our fellow man which also we
have been brought up to believe
and still believe. How can a
child reconcile, consciously or un
consciously. this inconsistency?
If his parents make a game of
war with him, the small child
absorbs this attitude—great fun,
excitement, thrills! Then as he
gets older the conflict within him
increases. His parents must be
right, but his own natural in
stinct for good tells him some
thing is wrong. This can lead to
serious psychological problems.
Os one thing we parents and
grandparents are certain. Toys
and games of constructive, cre
ative nature which which do not
involve “killing,” are psycholog
ically safe, fun, exciting, develop
skills of various sorts, increase
the child’* confidence in his pa
rents’ way of life. These toys
are available everywhere. Why
not stand on solid ground, on
non-controversial ground, and
bring into our children’s lives
this Christmas a greater sense
of joy and security?
(As a footnote I might add that
after World War II Germany
banned the sale of war toys, in
order not to contribute to the
indocrination of the youngest gen
eration in the art of war. Rus
sia, also, has taken this stand
and carefully chooses the toys
for her children. Why cannot we,
too, recognize the close relation
ship between a child’s play and
the development of his life atti
tudes?
(The evening of Sunday, Dec
ember 8, Drew Pearson was cm
the air and he spoke on this sub
ject with great emphasis. He
mentioned how all too frequently
we read the tragic news of the
death or mutilation of a child
from the gun of a playmate who
by chance has had a loaded
weapon in his hands. No wonder
Children become trigger-happy
when their parents encourage
such play. What we need is for
parents to take a concerted
stand and disarm the children.)
Jean S. Harper
Dear Sir:
As I was walking home the
other day the Christmas Parade
passed by, going the other way.
My impression of the parade
was: plenty of noise, a couple
of toys, very little of Christmas,
pie only thing of real significance
in the entire display was a group
of "freedom” marchers, prob
ably uninvited, passing out lit
erature.
Somewhere in the rather thin
crowds of spectators was my
three-year-old daughter. She
thoroughly enjoyed, and was very
much impressed by the show. I
would have been happier if she
had stayed at home. She will
be taught that the true signifi
cance of Christmas is some
thing of far greater value than
the impression left in her mind
. by that parade.
Some say, as others say in
defense of similar parades in
other cities, that the parade
was mostly for the children.
If so, what was the purpose of
the scantily-clothed majorettes?
Do beauty queens, toys, Santa
Claus and Christmas carols in
march time represent the
Christinas spirit that the peo
ple of this community want to
instill in their children?
Sincerely yours,
H. D. Wagener
To the Editor:
Oi behalf of the more than
two hundred foreign students
and their families in our Uni
versity Community this year,
I should like to express at this
Christmas-tide sincere thanks
for the many gestures of hospi
tality and kindness the families
of Chapel Hill have extended to
these visitors in o„. midst from
all over the world.
Especially they are grateful,
they tell me, for the opportuni
ties offered them, through the
host family plan and your gen
erous hospitality, to visit in our
American homes, to get acquain
ted with our children, see how
we live, taste our foods, and
share our festivals. From my
experience abroad I can tell you
that these opportunities are ap
preciated. In the capitals of
South America wherever we
went we met people who had
been students in Chapel Hill in
former years; and their most
vivid memories of this com
munity were of the friends who
entertained them, the visits and
the festive occasions they shared
with us in our homes here in
Chapel Hill. No better way for
fostering goodwill in this divid
ed world has been found than
the development of personal
friendships. These people will
long remember the experiences
they shared with you; and be
cause of your efforts, they will
always in their hearts carry a
bright and warm image of Chap
el Hill
During the coming Christmas
holidays many of the foreign
students will be making trips,
but a few will remain here. They
will be lonely, no doubt. Lenoir
dining hall will be closed: and
on Christmas day, if the usual
policies are followed, it may
even be difficult for students in
the dormitories to find places
to eat.
We are concerned about this
problem: and therefore, if any
family in the community would
be interested m sharing some of
the Christmas or New Year’s
festivities with our students
from abroad, we would like to
have you let us know. If you
know a foreign student, you can
make your own arrangements.
If you do not, but are interested
in helping entertain one or
more, you need only call me
either at the Office of Adviser
to Foreign Students or at my
home, and we will try to put
you in touch with a student who
would enjoy being in your home.
, Sincerely yours,
A. C. Howell
” Adviser to Foreign
Students
To The Editor:
I wonder if one man alone
could have created within him
self sufficient hatred to allow
him to ruthlessly take the life of
” the President of the United States
—or the life of any other human
being, for that matter? Senators
Morton (R-Ky.) and Gore <D-
Tenn.) can lay the full burden
of the blame on Lee Harvey Os
wald and pass the tragedy off as
the "act of a madman,” but must
we, the people of the United States,
accept the view of -the honorable
Senators as gospel, or even take
it at face value? We must keep
in mind that they are members
of Congress, which comprises the
legislative branch of the federal
government of the United States,
which is the nation whose moral
and mental integrity is being
questioned at this time by both
natives and foreigners. Could the
Senators be expected to do less
than praise the stability and great
ness of their country and seek to
instill confidence in its people?
Just as we share in the glory
of the United States, past and
present, we must also share in
its shame. The blame for the ter
rible tragedy that shook the very
reasons and purposes of our na
tion only three short weeks ago
falls not on one madman, but on
each of us, the people, who, either
by action or apathy, allowed this
nation to progress (if indeed it
can be so called) to a state of af
fairs where such an atrocity
could occur.
The extremists, both left and
right, are guilty, for their hatred
suggested the unspeakable horror
to the warded mind of misguided
Lee Harvey Oswald. For these
groups, John F. Kennedy served
as an ideal target for criticism,
an individual image upon whom
minorities could vent their hatreds
and seek to alleviate their frus
trations. He was a man who did
things and in eo doing stepped
on many toes. It is difficult to
overlook the deep irony of the
speech he had prepared to be
given in Dallas, in which he would
have begged the people to ignore
the doctrines of hate and violence.
We, the non-extremists, the
middle -of - the-roaders, neither
strongly conservative nor liberal,
a nation of spineless blobs who
sit on our broad and tired post
eriors and hope—as long as it
requires no strenous physical,
mental, or moral effort on our
part—that the crises of the world
will work themselves out for the
best; we, too, are guilty and
must shoulder the weight qf
blame, for our inactivity, for our
support of freedom and justice
in theory, but not in action.
I fear that we, the American
people, have already lulled our
selves into a dangerous compla
cency concerning the stability of
our nation and its position in in
ternational affairs. The assassi
nation of our President was neith
er the first nor the last of the
unspeakably horrible acts that
have taken place within this sup
posedly great nation in the span
of a single year—l 963.
Let us recall (as if we can ever
forget) the brutal slaying of Ne
gro leader Medgar Evers, or the
heartless bombing of little chil
dren in Birmingham, or the at
tempted assassination of General
Walker, or the vulgar abuse of
United Nations Ambassador Adlai
Stevenson in Dallas, which
Reporterg ’ Seminar
Public Service At UNC
The Richmond News Leader
One appreciates the public ser
vice nature of the seminar for
courtroom news reporters which
has been conducted at Chapel
Hill by the North Carolina In
stitute of Government.
As Judge Hamilton H. Hob good
told the reporters they often mis
inform the public in civil cases
on account of their ignorance of
what is actually taking place in
the trial. -v
And Judge Hobgood might have
enlarged on the subject and in
cluded criminal cases, and the
various procedures leading up to
the trials of both criminal and
civil matters: Warrants, prelim
inary hearings, bonds, com
plaints, write, etc.
We hardly expect the news re
porters attending the seminar for
a few days at the most, to learn
from it atone basics which take
lawyers months in college to ac
quire - ,
Frankly most of the court re
prompted concern about the Presi
dent’s preposed tour to that city.
That concern John F. Kennedy
could not accept as sufficent rea
son for cancelling the tour, for he
knew that, .above all, a leader
must have—and display—a faith
in the people he leads. John F.
Kennedy displayed his faith and
was shot dawn & he waved to
the cheering, highly receptive
crowds along the Dallas streets.
Our President was dead, but not
even then did the acts of vio
lence cease* not even with the
completion of a tragedy so great
in magnitude that the world was
unable to believe it. Approximate
ly forty-eight hours after the
death of the President, his alleged
assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, now
himself the victim of an assassin’s
bullet, died in Parkland Hospital
ironically, just across the hall
from the emergency room in which
President Kennedy had been treat
ed in vain just two days earlier.
The national horror and shock was
complete and transcended the level
of human comprehension.
Jack Ruby’s murder of Oswald
was far more detrimental to the
image of the United States and
its prestige in international af
fairs than the assassination of
the Chief Executive, for the slay
ing of the alleged assassin indi
cated to the outside world (as
had the endless racial strife
earlier) the depths of hate and
disorder to which toe people of
the great United States had fall
en—when law and justice die
along with our leaders, and the
implement of hate is cheered like
• conquering hero. For this death,
too, we, the American society,
must shoulder the blame— a so
ciety that through movies, books,
and other entertainment media
idicate that we condone the free
pursuit of swift justice, by any
means whatsoever, be they legal
or in direct violation of the law.
Perhaps of even greater signifi
cance in determining the state
of our nation than either of the
aforementioned tragedies are two
vaguely related incidents dis
playing the American virtues of
hatred and prejudice. The first
incident occurred in Woodland,
Georgia. Joseph Parham, teacher,
was dismissed by the local P.T.A.
because he refused to formally
apologize for writing a letferMe
nouncing the behavior of his stu
dents who had cheered at the
news of the assassination of the
President. Mr. Parham blamed
the parents for instilling disre
spect in their children.
The second incident occurred in
Dallas, Texas, which, despite the
possible unfairness of the title,
will exist in the hearts of many,
both in toe United States and
abroad, as the “city of hate.”
On November 25, only two hours
after the burial of the President,
when Dallas and her citizens
should have been leaning over
backwards ty> re-establish their
sensitivity and humanity, another
man, another human being was
buried-JLee Harvey Oswald. Pall
bearers could not be found for
him, and eventually seven news
men were drafted to perform the
task. No member of the clergy in
Dallas would perform the final
rites over the alleged assassin.
When kindness and understanding
could in part have redeemed the
deep, dark sins of Dallas, both
were noticeably absent.
Small incidents, these, when
compared to the great tragedies
that preceded them this year, but
incidents charged with a deep
message concerning the shadows
of hatred and ignorance that fall
over our beloved land. The blame
falls on all of us—we must not
relax, but rather intensify cur
struggle against the forces of hate
and violence.
Wayne R. Haifly
porters in tfte past have learned
what was reatly going on by the
trial-and-error method, from in
struction by kindly lawyers and
from getting bawled out by hard
boiled city editors.
But today we are getting a
"new breed" of reporters. They
are bright young men who have
been to Journalism school to learn
the techniques of their trade.
Since any Journalism school
worthy to bear that name should
require courses in court report
ing and the basic law knowledge
needed in said reporting, we must
feel sure that Judge Bobgood's
remarks—and the purpose of tie
seminar—were directed at those
stupid old line reporters, who
broke into the game before
•choois of Journalism were in
vented.
It is utterly Innonrelishts to
tteJM aay esOege or university
should offer a degree in journal
tN» to any student who has not
successfully completed W ch *
course.