Carteret County News -Times
"Cuteret Couity'i Newspaper"
I
here's a Monster on Campus
The student paper of the University of North Carolina this
I cek asked that Governor Scott enforce a 40-year-old anti
1 izing law, citing an instance of cruelty and brutality this
;ar and pointing out that on other occasions in recent years
izing has entailed beating fraternity pledges, exposing them
It weather, humiliating and embarrassing them and forcing
[|em to drink Nauseating mixtures.
' Governor Scott rightfully referred the matter to university
ficials. Issues on protests against hazing and fraternity ini
itions arise periodically on every college campus throughout
'e country, in recent years coming frequently from an alert
j ident paper rather than from indignant parents, as in
cades gone by. The simplest solution to the matter would
,t to abolish the fraternity and sorority system, but that, too,
, s been tried on one or two college campuses with no success.
, Over this country there are hundreds of millions of dollars
^Vested in fraternity and sorority houses. Chapters that
iscd that money, the white-haired alums and the present
>ive members of the chapter, are not going to sit calmly by
'Vile there is talk of making efforts to dispose of the property,
' her through sale to the college or university or to some
icr buyer. Even though they would get dollar for dollar
lue. the urge to die for old Beta Eta Theta would surge for
v rd and many quarrels and squabbles would ensue.
Doing away with the "Greek system" at our institutions
higher learning is excellent theoretically; practically it is
i possible. And the broken hearts, the warped personalities,
I ? failures in college that result from not "making" a sorority
' fraternity or not being "pledged" to the organization of
' e's choice, is the price society pays.
' The fraternity system is the antithesis of the principles of
1 nocracy. Why it has been allowed to fake root in a nation
?t extols and practices a government "of the people" is an
I icr anachronistic mutation in out' scheme of things. The
ternity system gives rise to "class distinction," it selects
ertain few of a student body for varied and questionable
sons ranging from the fact that Frosh Snodgrass's grand
er was a Beta Eta Theta to the belief that Frosh Running
'i -r will probably be captain of the track team in his senior
ir.
' Although a fraternity is anxious to latch on to someone
!ose old man has enough money to drop several thousand
laqf casually around the chapter house, this is not, as many
| y believe, a prime requisite in considering pledges. Many
ternities and sororities have learned to their deep regret
t so many of the "dopes" that turn up at rush parties turn
i to be big wheels on campus in junior and senior years.
? some reason, these dopes don't seem to understand that
"Greeks" arc supposed to have the necessary qualities to
omc BMOCs or BWOCs; and allowed to seek their own
pi in the general swim of things on campus, they make bet
' grades than the fussed-over pledges and take part in extra
l ricular activities because they want to and not because the
((ternity tells them they "MUST take part in at least two
ra-curricular activities this semester."
. This fraternity and sorority issue is far-removed and seems
llfittle importance to other than college students themselves
l'! parents of college students. Only those who have gone
}?>ugh it have any idea what a major family crisis can be
|l]petrated if Susie or Johnny want to pledge and don't get
ed or simply don't get asked to join the one they want!
Whether to affiliate with a fraternity or sorority is a ques
i each college freshman considers at one time or another,
ne, sensibly, don't worry about it. Others, who feel they
I be "left out" of things if they don't pledge, are the ones
ch may end up with a nervous break-down when events
t't work out the way they think they should.
Fraternity or sorority affiliation is most necessary for some,
tragedy comes in that those who need most the comrade
i> and "mothering" that a sorority or fraternity may give are
'iom the ones asked to affiliate.
.As long as "the Greek system" exists, newspapers from
r to year will carry stories on brutal hazing and initiation
dices. The stories that never are told are the stories of
s shed on a pillow at night and the fine system of democra
in practice in every phase of America's college life!
DITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1958
entists Score Against Polio
Those who doubt the value of using funds for scientific
tSarch and especially those who object to contributing to
1th campaigns of any type should take notice of an an
ncement made this week regarding polio. Scientists have
,le the startling discovery that polio strikes first ill the
I id rather than the nerves. This has made considerably
:htcr the prospect of preventing paralysis by immunization.
1 Reports of the blood discovery, one from Johns Hopkins
the other from Yale, were made Tuesday. Scientists of
fi institutions, who made the reports, were assisted by funds
n the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
'olio virus was originally thought to go from the stomach
he nerves. Dr. David Bodian of Johns Hopkins said the
concept of polio is that the virus remains in the blood
r entering the body and while there the blood makes anti
ies to destroy it. When it does not make enough of those
lectors, the virus leaks into the nerves of the spinal cord
l' brain. .
folio attacks and destroys these nerves, causing illness as
'arts the destruction. This explains why most of us have
| polio without knowing it, scientists say. Our blood anti
lies stopped the disease in time.
Tohns Hopkins seems to have proved this beyond a reason
doubt. There monkeys and chimpanzees were given
titer shots obantibodiet ? taken from blood which already
produced the protective substance. In every ease these
pters saved the animals from paralysis.
Or. Bodian said the disease in the chimpanzees imitates
ian epidemic polio so closely that the prospects of prevent
I ? paralysis are considerably brightened.
I ' ilumans can get the booster shots with blood, of persons
1 already have polio antibodies, and that is a very large pro
? lion of the people. Bodian said there is also a possibility
I ! a vaccine can be made to manufacture these antibodies
| jur blood stream and so immunize us to polio.
I CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
Carteret Couty's Newspaper
A Merger ot THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Eat. 1912)
| an3 THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eat. IKK)
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COUNTING ON A SUMMER HARVEST
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Raleigh Roundup
BY JAMES POU BAILEY
CANNOT SUPPORT? ... Re
ports from the Concord-Lenoir area
? Ninth Congressional District ?
say that Charlie Cannon of Cannon
Mills will support the Republican
nominee this autumn if Mark Go
forth wins the Democratic no|tii
nation for Bob Doughton's seat.
This doesn't make too much
sense, but somewiiat similar moves
have been made right here in
North Carolina. Unless Goforth be
gins to pick up strength much
more rapidly than he has in the
past three weeks, Charlie Cannon
should have no fears. You can
easily imagine that the Republicans
will be out to give Goforth a vig
orous assist between now and May
31.
NOT RIGHT . . . Congressman
Robert L. Doughton says he wants
all and sundry to understand that
he is supporting no particular can
didate ? and any talk to the con
trary is just "not right."
Since his retirement announce
ment, we had anticipated that one
or all of those running to succeed
him would broadly hint at blessings
from Washington.
Uncle Bob has been around a
lot longer than some other incum
bents and knows full well the folly
of attempting to name a successor.
BELOW BELT . . . Editorial
pages of at least two North Caro
lina daily newspapers gave Hubert
Olive verbal paddlings last week
for his attempt to tie into a neat
and smelly little package the State
Utilities commission, William Um
stead, and the Duke Power co.
The Winston-Salem Journal and
the Greensboro Daily News seemed
to think that Olive had landed the
first below-tbe-belt punch.
You may look for something just
as vicious from the other side
now that the mud-slinging has
started. Retaliation is natural.
Meantime, they are saying that
Olive's headquarters staff is ready
ing another blast of some sort.
Just sit back and look for anything.
Olive is depending upon popular
support, an upsurge of the masses,
and to obtain this he must attempt
to excite the people.
GREEN GOLD ... Is chlorophyll
being used by inmates of Central
Prison so that they cannot be fol
lowed by bloodhound? on escape
routes? Could be.
Nowadays you can get green
toothpaste. In fact, the green va
riety of dental cleanser is making
more sales strides than any other
variety. The answer is chlorophyll
? pronounced clorofill ? and it
looks as if people can't get their
fill of it. It lulls mouth odors, body
odors, etc., and comes from deep
in nature's cup. The reason chloro
phyll is being used in so many dif
ferent concoctions is that we just
don't want to smell like human
beings.
We don't even want our dogs to
smell like dogs; and the dog food
manufacturers are putting the stuff
in the food to make old Bunk
smell like something he aip'L
In one of the recent magazine
stories on chlorophyll, there wm
this quote: "... a North Carolina
prison warden ordered all inmates
to stop using chlorophyll because
his bloodhounds might lose the
scent if a deodorized convict jump
ed the fence."
Assistant Prisons Director H. H.
Honeycutt said: "That's all bosh.
I've heard Just about everything.
I've never beard that."
FIFTY-FIVE . ? . It may not
mean anything ? in fact, Olive
folks say it means lass than that ?
but William Umsicad last Thurs- i
day morning around 11 o'clock I
reachcd the halfway mark on an
nouncements o f county managers.
V?n 49 "as c L Emberton of ,
Yanceyv.lle Caswell county manaK
r, while old Half-hundred himself
ToV r? i" L Fra'Cy of Cherryville
lor Gaston county.
tt Jh.erC, Were hinls last week that
Umstead could announce full or
al1 the 100 counties
by April I 15. but that he preferred
Jo spread them out and be sure of
bis ground before releasing the
names for general circulation
As of Saturday, Carlisle Higgins '
of Winston-Salem and Sparta had
announced organizations in 55
counties As Umstead 's manager,
ill VS na'uralIy exceedingly enthus
iastic about Umstead's chances.
But he is apparently pretty cau
tious. Our' information is that he 1
admits weakness for his candidate
in Davidson, of course, and also in 1
Richmond county.
Why Umstead should be particu- 1
larly weak in Richmond, nobody
professes to know. I
It should be noted in this figur
ing on the why's and wherefore's
of Richmond that Eighth District
Congressman C. B. Deane, a good
Baptist and Wake Forest alumnus
is a good friend of Olive and main
tains legal residence in Richmond
there Plenty of strength
P. S. Dean is the only Congress
ofaoiivearded M be'ng " suPP?rlcr
SECOND BEST . . . Although
only 38 years of age, Arkansas's
Governor Sid McMath is finishing
up his second term and is prepar
ing for a third. He talked to the
Executives club here last Thursday
night. On Friday, Governor Scott
and John Marshall took Governor
McMath down to Oregon Inlet for
a tfy ~ ~ ? v*'n as it turned out
? at the channel bass.
In introducing McMath to the
executives, Scot said: "He's the sec
ond best governor in the United
States. '
DOWN THE LINE . . . First it
was the Federal Government em
ployees. Then came the State
Last week the 40-hour, five^ay
work week reachcd down into the
city of Raleigh. Employees now
report for work, Monday through
Friday, at 8:30 and get off at 5:15
Change was finally made by the
city as it observed the plan work
ing well for federal and state em
ployees. You may as well Ioolc for
the 40-hour week in your own home
town. It is coming sooner or later
in most fields of endeavor.
Speaking of working days, Ra
leigh s school schedule was set up
this year so as to provide children
with a hefty spring vacation. It be- I
gan at the close of school last i
Wednesday and continued until
Wednesday of this week.
1?Mr0P8 10 worry lbout- 1
Kaleign children can start to school
early in the fall and continue right
fall ?i2iUBC thu* *ct ^eir 1
full 180 days and at the same time ]
? ^ J?n? P01*0*8 aw*y from school
at Christmas and Easter. i
PB??Tr0'vS uAND PHIL?SO- J
PHIE.s . . . You have to be a Gov- i
ernor, or something, to figure out
such things. Governor Scott said i
"Peaking of Hubert Olive I
and Bill Umstead 'Their platforms I
are very much alike, but tlleir phil- i
osophies are different" ,
but nobody questioned |
-m i ' ?utement Well, we i
.hi Ju,t * ?econd here. If ]
the candidates' philosophies are i
different, why *r?n't their put- i
Hollywood
Hollywood- Fay Wray, whose
personal life has been twice hit
iy tragedy, is making her first mov
ie in 10 years. She hopes it means
!he start of a new film career for
her.
Her first husband, writer John
Monk Saunders, hanged himself in
1940, while ill in Florida, a few
months after she obtained a di
vorce here. Her second, writer-pro
Jucer Robert Riskin, is in a hos
pital, his left side paralyzed, after
brain surgery. Fay clings to hope
for his eventual recovery though
Joctors offer her little encourage
ment.
Miss Wray, 44, could pass in a
close-up for 10 years younger.
From 20 feet across the studio
lunchroom, a gardenia pinned to
her plaid dressing-gown, she still
looks the glamorous beauty of "The
Wedding March," "The Affairs of
Cellini," "Four Feathers," and
many another comparative oldie.
She got her present role in "Con
dor's Nest" because director Del
mer Daves was thinking out loud
one day about what the part called
tor. "Sweetness and sincerity," he
told an associate; "somebody like
Fay Wray."
Why not Fay Wray indeed? She
took the part, after 10 years' re
tirement, to keep occupied be
tween visits to her stricken hus
band. "I can see him just as much,"
she told this interviewer.
She has no regrets at a 10-year
interruption in her career. "I'm
maried to a wonderful guy and,
through him, I felt I was still con
nected with the industry." Riskin
would "talk out" plot angles with
her for screenplays like "Mr. 880,"
"Here Comes the Groom" and
"Half Angel,"
Fay has done some writing her
self. including a scri|M sold to the
"Halls of Ivy" radio program. She
has 'three wonderful children," a
daughter by her first marriage, a
boy and girl by her second.
Movie-making seems no different
to her. "There's the same warmth
and friendliness, but a feeling of
increased efficiency."
forms and vice versa. How docs
Brother Scott, wise though he may
be, know that their philosophies
are different from their platforms?
He looked again and saw it was
the middle of next week.
DUNAWAY THATAWAY . . .
Can't say that we think that old
perennial, Manley Dunaway of
Charlotte will get to first base in
his race for Governor. But he is
close to right when he says he is
the real "western candidate," be
cause as he so solidly points out:
"Charlotte is farther west than Lex
ington."
Dunaway is also scratching bis
head over that philosophy busi
ness: "How can their platforms be
alike, and yet they have different
philosophies?"
Or, in other words, who's got the
button?
NOTES . . . That Old Debbil of
the liberal columnists, Senator
Hopier Capehart of Indiana, was a
visitor in the state last weekend
at Greensboro and Nags Head . . .
AB Chairman R'. W. Winston, ailing
for several weeks, is expected to
return to his duties April 17.
. . . Roy Howe of Burgaw is cov
ering all the counties in his bid to
become Lt. Gov., and expects to
liave the job completed by May 1
it the outside . . . Bob Thompson,
editor of the High Point Enter
prise and Olive's publicity man
when they teamed up to beat Dr.
Ralph McDonald in that 1836 thing,
visited his old sidekick's bead
juarters bert a few days ago.
CAMERA NEWS
BY IRVING DESFOR ?
THE TBEND to self-improvement among photographers is apparent
by the increasing number of photo short courses springing up throughout
the count 'y. These are three and four-day sessions sponsored by various
college Journalism departments in cooperation with the National Press
Photographers association and leading photographic manufacturers.
The remarkable thing about these photo forums is that the faculty
and student body are often interchangeable, since the latter is composed
mainly of working photographers from newspapers, magazines and indus
try. Their practical experience forms the basis for the here's-how-you
do-it lectures.
Inspiration is there, too, from mingling and listening to photography's
leading lights ? the consistent stars behind the camera in every branch
of the field. New tools, new methods, new theories are displayed by the
manufacturers to bring the working photographers up to date and face
to face with their wares.
All these ingredients are mellowed by natural friendships born at
many informal bull-sessions. And throughout it all runs the feeling that
is so typical of the true photographic spirit ? from lowly amateur to
top-flight professional ? enthusiasm}
THOSE ARE my reflections after attending recently the pioneer of
them all, the 11th Annual Kent State University Photo Short Course at
Kent, Ohio. Others are scheduled at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. C.. Kansas University, Lawrence, Kan., and Michigan
State College, East Lansing, Mich.
Kent was host to 250 photographers, the capacity of its Iccture hall.
They represented 22 states and Canada and spanned the continent from
California to New York. Besides the working photographers from news
papers, magazines and industries, there were college photo students, a
selected high school lad who showed photo promise, college professors,
police officials, military personnel and editors who wanted to broaden
their pictorial outlook.
The sessions are held between regular school quarters, or during
school holidays, so that the campus and dormitories are available for the
short coursers. The registration fee is $15. Rooms and cafeteria-style
meals are available at nominal rates. Lecture sessions start promptly
and are fully attended from start to finish. Interest is constant and if
a speaker's voice falls he is invariably reminded by the rear rows to
"Speak up."
AT KENT, along with Prof. Jim Fosdick of the college staff, I found
the hard core of working photographers who are the never-failing spark
plugs which keep the short courses going. They help set up the pro
Frank Schcrschel, left, explains lighting and posing to the "student"
photographers at Kent's shoit course with Hollywood starlet Pat
Channing in focus.
grams, search oul speakers, obtain the materials, round up the manu
facturers' representatives, put on demonstrations and start the intimate
bull-sessions. They're the regulars who generously contribute their
knowledge in an effort to advance the whole field of photography.
Among them are: 'Mr. Press Photographer' himself, Joe Costa,
former president, now chairman of the board of the National Press Pho
tographers association. A top-ranking working lensman, chief pho
tographer for the New York Sunday Mirror, he never fails to champion
the cause of news photographers everywhere.
Bob Garland, Graflcx representative. At any gathering of news pho
tographers you will find Bob with tool kit handy and a. yen to adjust
any possible Speed Graphic ailment. J. Winton Lemen, envoy extraordi
naire of Eastman Kodak, and Don Mohlcr, light specialist from General
Electric.
THEN THERE'S Frank Scherschel, who heads Life's photo staff, an
exuberant personality whose photo philosophy and wit keep flashing at
strobe speed. And f'd also include the director of this year's course,
Vincent S. Jones, executive director of the news and editorial office for
the Gannett Newspapers. Though reared on a diet of newspaper writ
ing, he was bitten by the photo bug a few years ago in true amateur
fashion. The combination has made him aware of the editorial presen
tation of pictures as news and sympathetic to the problems of pho
tographers.
"You photographers," Jones said, "often fall down in selling your own
pictures. Don't expect an editor to visualize a big display. If you have
something good, print it up king-size and let it sell itself."
That is true of all photographers everywhere. In the final analysis,
it's the picture he takes tbat must speak for itself. And the language is
universal.
Here and There
BY r. C. SALISBURY
THE COASTER
S. 8. ARTHUR, Editor-Publisher
Mr. J. B. Morton ii now located
in his new store corner 8tb and
Arendell streets.
Miss Byrd Farmer who hat been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Theo. B.
Davis, left Thursday for her home
at Mt. Airy, Va. Master Eric Davis
returned with her.
The town has built a public dock
at the toot of 8th street and is
placing shells on this street from
Arendell street to the seawall.
The many friends of Mr. J. M.
Arthur, who recently suffered a
stroke of paralysis at Punta Gorda,
Fla., will be glad to learn that he
is rapidly improving.
Tbe commencement exercises of
the graded schools here will be
held on Thursday evening, April
24. Mr. George E. Hood will deliver
the address of the occasion. The
public is cordially invited.
The Chapman k ^erritt derrick
and wrecking company's tug, "Mas
cot," and barge of Norfolk arrived
by Adams creek canal Wednesday
piloted by Captain Ira T. Willis,
enroute to Cape Lookout, where It
will take on cargo of stranded
log wood from the steamship "Al
oaiar."
Messrs. C. S. Wallace and D. G.
Canfield went to New Bern Wed
nesday where they went to see
Senator Simmons for the purpose
of arranging a hearing before the
board of Army engineers at Wash
ington at their meeting to be held
April 28 for the purpose of taking
up with them the matter of widen
ing the harbor in front of More
bead City and continuing the chan
nel westward to Bogue Sound.
At the regular meeting of the
board of commissionervof Carteret
county on April 7, they authorized
the sale of 110,000 township 42
years 5 per cent bonds for More
head City township and $3,000
township 42 years 5 per cent Bonds
for Newport township for the pur
pose of road building. .
Words to Romombor
Dr. Eugene S. Briggs, president,
Phillips University, Enid, Okta.:
Military might has never saved a
nation. We need leaders in the
pulpit, government, agriculture,
communications, and education
who will fight for poace.
TODAY'S
BIRTHDAY
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, born
April 18, 1882, in London, son of
a Polish father and Irish mother.
T h i > famous
symphony con
ductor learned
to play the vio
lin as a boy and
was said to play
Bach for rec
reation. At 18
he studied or
gan, then play
ed in New
York's St. Bar
tholomew's and
ai li oecame conductor ol tne Cin
cinnati Symphony. He made his
fame Nvith the Philadelphia Or
chestra.
I Lead Companies Seek I
I limenite in Coast Sands I
North Carolina's efforts at indus
trial expansion, reaching toward#
new frontier in the tidelands, may
soon launch "factory vessels be
side the fishing boats and pleasure
craft along the shores of Albcmaru.
sound. , . ov
The boats may be needed if ex
periments in the production of il
menite, a mineral found through
out the coastal area, prove the sub
stance can be removed from the
sand and soil in which it is found
at rates that are cheap enough to
warrant the effort. ,
Engineers for National Lead CO.
have been drilling for months in
privately-owned lands along the
coast. The state, controlling he
waters and land within the high
water mark of the big inland sea
has granted nonexclusive leases to
National Lead and another com
pany Burnup and Sims. inc.. of
Florida, for similar operations in
the sound and its tributaries.
Nautical Phase
National Lead, first to obtain its
lease from the state last Novem
ber. is reported preparing to
launch the nautical phase of its
experiments in production.
Already it was known that, scat
tered throughout the sands of such
lands were grains of ilmenite from
which is manufactured titanium
oxide, a white pigment used in the
color and paint industry.
In the lease granted by the state
to Burnup and Sims, it was ex
plained that no known me hod of
mining and concentrating ilmenite
when found in sands, has ever been
devised. Traces of ilmenite were
found on the east coast where 100
pounds of sand yielded five pounds
of desired mineral at the end of a
separation and concentration pro
CCSS.
Mining Methods
But even where the percentage
of ilmenite is low. efficient mining
methods may render the operation
economically feasible, be"""?
sources of the mineral arc far from
Pl The "richest large deposit of il
menite known in the world is be
ing worked in Caldwell county on
a mountainside. It is producing
30,000 tons a year, but the yearbj
demand is placed at around 500,000
tons. There's another deposit in
Virginia of commercial importance,
and operations to recover ilmenite
from sands in 1'lorida are also un
dcr way.
The Burnup and Sims lease ex
plained that if laboratory expert
ments with the Albemarle sound
dredging warranted, '."rth"
periments in large pilot plants
would follow.
Favorable Conditions
The Albemarle sound tributaries
offered favorable conditions, sucn
as security from tidal actions and
favorable shipping distances and
shipping rates. .
It was explained that to obtain one
ton of ilmenite between 75 and 100
tons of earth would have to be
mined, handled, and processed
aboard a factory vessel to remove
perhaps 98 per cent of non-ilmenite
bearing materials. The balance?
ilmenite and other "heavy min
erals" would be concentrated in a
plant on land.
Because Burnup and Sims also
handles construction materials, this
company's lease differs in one par
ticular from the earlier lease given
to National Lead co. Each speci
fies the company will pay thesUe
30 cents a gross ton for
recovered. But Burnup and Sims
would add to its royalties paid the
state up to one half of one per
cent of the market price of mar
ketable sand and gravel recovered
in the tidelands operation.
?From Greensboro Daily Newt
Smokey Says:
Thick before you discard that