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THE NEWS—THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1962
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Friday illustrates N. CV
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. The current college enrollment
crisis in North Carolina has been
graphically underlined by Con
solidated University 'President
William C. Friday.
In outlining the situation to
the Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club on
Tuesday night, President Friday
said he hoped to present this
same message as often as possi
ble across the State. “If we
don’t act now it will be a matter
of too little and too late,” he
explained. “There’s no guessing
about Space needs. The pupils
are in the public schools now
and will soon be knocking on
the doors of out- colleges.”
On state, UNC needs
President Friday spoke as a
member of the Governor’s 72
member Commission on Educa
tion Beyond the High School on
the state - wide needs for more
college facilities, as well as the
needs at the Consolidated Uni
versity and at Chapel Hill.
W ithin a decade the state's
colleges will have to be able
to take care of 120,000 addi
tional pupils who'll be seeking
admission — i SO per cent in
crease over the present en
rollment, he said. By way of
background he said that the
60 colleges in the state had
50,000 students in 1956, 75,000
in 1961, and would have to
accommodate 75,000 by 1965.
"Because of the failure last
fall of the state - wide bond is
sues we’re far behind now. Un
less the next General Assembly
does something about this our
problem will be much worse.
Show N.C.’s low rank
He cited three statistics to il
lustrate North Carolina’s rela
ively low position. (1) Only 10
out of every 100 youths of col
lege age are so enrolled: (2)
The state has a lower percent
age of pupils of college age en
rolled In colleges than any oth
er state except Mississippi; and
(3) North Carolina ranks 44th in
the nation in per ‘ capita income.
Threi factors working to
Keeping top quality faculty
seen as UNC's primary need
,1. -As for £he University -itself,
President Friday declared
“The most important problem
now is maintaining the qual
ity of our faculty and provid
ing-adequate—salaries- for
them.”
~ " “Ttiat’s the ntihiher onl pri
ority we’re asking of the Leg
' k islature ... Even as generous
as the Assembly has been over
the last several sessions, it’s
still a fact that we’re behind
—and must do something.”
The University is presently
growing at the rate of about
1.500 pupils a year, he said,
yet is still the smallest state
university in the 41 members
of the American Association
of Univessitres. “
UNG does not propose to
move into the enrollment
bracket of the extra - large
state universities, he said,
adding “but I hope the new
trends (toward disbursal) will
permit us a more even rate of
growth.’
Planners want full building
of new thoroughfare road link
The Chapel Hill District Plan
ning Board wants immediate and
full construction of, a new east
west thoroughfare road planned
by a developer^
A recommendation to this ef
fect was made for a proposed
road between the Durham Rofid
bypass and Durham Road at Es
tes Drive. The planners* propos
al win go tor the Chapel Hill al
dermen for action.
Developer h\ N. Richards prtfc
poses to build the new "road 24
feet wide at this tim&. The plan
ners, oti the other 'hand; felt it,
1 should be Wfrbed arid* gtrttered
and laid 40-feet-wide as a thor
oughfare • road when initially,
built.
At their Tuesday night meet
ing the planners also re-referred
to the aldermen their earlier or
dinahce proposal to require un
MetgPbund installation of electric
(power transmission lines in res
idential areas.
The Board agreed to recon
sider septic tank retirements
for subdivisions. This' tame bp
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THE NEWS
OP ORANGE COUNTY
ifol. 70, No. 32 August 9, 1962
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in the planners’ consideration of
approval for a preliminary sketch
of a 62-lot section of Lake For
est Estates. Approval of this
sketch was recommended over
the objections of District Sani
tarian H. Dobson, who urged that
the area be required to be tied
in to the town sewer system.
Also recommended for approv
al were the final plat of Carlton
Acres and the preliminary sketch
of Colony Woods subdivision on
Ephesus Church Rd: ‘Disapproval
was recommended for Pender
'Park On N. C. Highway 54 by
pass.
The planners voted to elect of
ficers for-the coining year at
their next meeting ort Sept. 11 j
and to meet with the aldermen
soon to discuss the local thor
oughfare plan.
improve Hie above standings,
he said, are:' (1) the percent
age of fabrth Carolinians hold
ing high school diplomas is
increasing — from 21 per cent
in 1950 to 32 per cent now;
(2) the percentage of N. C.
, high school graduates going to
college is increasing about one
per cent la year — now being
about 87 per cent; (3) there
will be 384,000 North Caro
linians of college age in 1970
as a result 0$ the post-war
birth rate rise,
To meet thg need, President
Friday said, the Governor’s (Car
lisle) Commission; would make
four recommendations to the
(1) EstablfShmdht of addition
al coShpreheniive cbmimmJEy^ col
leges,v"SSbject to the cooperation
of the various localities; (2) Ad
dition of third and fourth year
studies at the Wilmington, Ashe
ville, and Charlotte Community
Colleges — “to take their place
beside East Carolina and West
ern Carolina College, etc.
(3) The expansion “in a reas
onable way at a normal -rate of
growth” of the 12 existing state
higher educational institutions;
and (4) — a matter now under
consideration by a special Uni
versity trustees committee—con
sideration of incorporating a
fourth campus of the consolidat
ed university at Charlotte Col
lege. " t:
“I’m not sure if we acted on
all four of these tomorrow if
they would be sufficient to meet
the needs of the enrolling cris
is,’’ said President Friday.
HEAR DR. HILL
v - Next Sunday, Aug. 12, Dr,
Samuel S. Hill, Jr., Chairman of
the Department of Religion at
the University will speak oh
“The Six Days and the First
Day” at the Morning Worship
Service at the Community
Church at 9:30 a. m.
Commissioners award contract
for tax mapping,'and revaluation
Preparation' of a long * need
ed tax map of the County’s
most .thickly - populated area,
the Chapel Hill Zoning District,
should get underway shortly
with the approval of revaluation
and mapping contrcats by the
county commissioners Monday.
Contracts in the amount of
$21,200 for this mapping and
$02,500 for the revaluation work
were awarded to American Air
Surveys of 'Pittsburgh, pa., and
Associated Surveys, Inc., of
Greensboro respectively by the
commissioners. - ■ —- £ t
'Under a recent state law,
counties must new revalue prop-,
erty for taxes every eight years.
Orange County's last revaluation
in 1954 cast $#5,000 under edn
tract with the J. M. Cleminshaw
Company.
Do serial photos soon
Tax Supervisor Sam Gattis
said mapping to >be carried out
through new aerial photos will
be started soon while the long
job of revaluation of all taxable
property will probably start in
March.
In other actions, the board:
Appointed Willis Knight of
Governor to nominate
attorney Satterfield
Governor Sanford’s office
announced yesterday that
Hillsboro Attorney Robert
Satterfield will be nominated
at Morehead City tomorrow
for a second one-year term as
attorney for the state-con
trolled Atlantic - and North
Carolina Railroad.
The state is majority stock- j
holder has included Satterfield
in its slate of officers and di
rectors whb will be presented
at the annual Stockholders
meeting, according to the an
nouncement.
Chapel Hill to fill one of two
vacancies on the Chapel Hill
area board of adjustment.
Approved the appointment
Of Sherman Shelton to replace
Harold Webb as a member of
♦he Board of Public Welfare.
'Appointed a committee of
county Officers, Including the
county accountant; the county at
torney and the county welfare
superintendent io handle the
county’s interest in the sale of
certain properties in which Old
Age Assistance recipients have
granted liens on real estate.
Accepted the resignation of
Walter Wren as County Civil
Defense Director and
'Received the annual activity
report of the Orange County
Planning Board. ‘.
Court <lerk brands as untrue
allegation by woman that she
wascommitted against her will,
not allowed to attend hearing
Clerk of Superior Court E. M.
Lynch Monday branded as un
true charges by a 'Washington,
N. C., woman that she was com
mitted to a mental institution
against her will toy an Orange
Coun|y Clerk’s deputy and not
allowed to attend the hearing
held in her case at Memorial
Hospital. .
Lynch presented the County
Commissioners papers indicating.
'MrS. Neva Pearl Latham was
served papers in connection with
the hearing and was present.
Mrs. Latham sent the County
Commissioners a letter and a
clipping of a news article on a
case involving the wife of Judge
A. ft. Wilson of Durham. !n that
the Supreme Court ruled that
North Carolinians committed to
mental institutions against their
will are entitled to sanity hear
ings toefore Superior Court clerks
at the time of their committ
ment.
Charged Mr. Jones
Mrs. Latham charged; “Your
Mr. F. O’Neil Jones, Clerk of
IaJ)^jyjfejag^fflQLbgngs results . ,
• Bill 'Windham's
road beina fixed
Bill Windham’s appeal to
Gov. Sanford fM help in his
highway access troubles "it Ef
land brought results this
week.
Following six months of
battling with the State High
way Commission over an en
trance to his home from lim
ited access dual »: i lane U. S.
Highway 70, Windham went
to see Gov. Sanford in Raleigh
last Friday. He said the Gov
ernor seemed to be sympa
thetic to his problem an<T
promised to do what he could
to help him.
Yesterday, Windham said,
he received a very concilia
tory telephone call from State
Highway Commission Chair
man Merrill Evans. He said
Evans told him that the road
blocks to his private access
road from his home at U. S.
Highway 70 would be remov
ed temporarily pending the
fixing by highway forces of a
road from Efland along the
Southern Railroad tracks to the,.
other side of Windham’s
property.
Windham said that also yes
terday a state highway motor
grader crew came and filled
in the deep cat and water-fill
ed ditches that had blocked
him from getting out of his
place at the highway. He ex
pressed his appreciation to the
Governor, the Orange County
commissioners and to the high
way forces for their help in
alleviating, his problem. ... — _
Superior Court, (she referred to
Mr. Lynch’s deputy charged with
this duty in the Chapel Hill
area) held a hearing in Memor
ial Hospital someplace on April
6, 1982 I was not allowed to
attend and sent to -Raleigh a
gainst my will after having ad
mitted myself .to Memorial Hos
pital on April 2, l%2 for medi
cal examination. I think these
things should foe Investigated.”
According to the news ar
ticle, the Supreme Court rul
ing c«refujly skirted the ques
tion whether N. C. Law set
ting up procedures for com
mitting persons to mental in
stitutions is constitutional.
Some lawyers familiar with
the Wilson case, it said, have
contended that admission prac
tices used by Hie state would
have been invalidated until
the next legislature if the high
court*had ruled the' present
act unconstitutional:
The Supreme Court opinion
said the order committing Mrs.
Wilson to the hospital “violated
her constitutional* rights.” “The
record indicates Mrs. Wilson was
dot present before the Clerk at
the time final order Of committ
ment was entered, neither giv
en notice or opportunity to be
heared.
‘"There is nothing to indicate she
was advised of the medical re
ports nor was she given oppor
tunity to challenge the findings
which the**clerk appears to have
used as the only basis for this
committment order.”
The County Commissioners
took no further action after
Lynch’s assurance that the com
plainant had' been served notice
of the hearing and had been in
attendance. -. /.7 .