Carteret County News-Times
"Carteret County'. Newspaper"
EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1953
_ New Camp Glerin School
In the months since the start of the Korean war, Carteret
county schools have faced a shortage of space over and above
those difficulties which the normal increase in population
creates for school boards every year. Faced with these diffi
culties all over the country. Congress created a special fund
which sorely pressed towns in defense, areas could use to re
lieve the crowding.
The Newport school addition is a part of this program, and
plans were approved last week for a new Camp Glenn school
? under the same government plan.
It was the original intention of the county school board to
spread the funds over the county, but government regulations
made such a proposal impossible. We feel that under the cir
cumstances the county school officials have acted with great
wisdom in harmonizing present defense needs with the long
range needs of the county.
Camp Glenn is not the only crowded school In the county,
but government funds could be obtained to relieve this situa
tion and the school board set out to get them with great vigu.
Schools are a continuing county problem which must be faced
every year. No investment we make is more worthwhile, and
our county school administration has once again shown its
ability to make the best possible use of all available funds.
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Colleges Under Fire
Before leaving for Europe to take up his duties as the new
High Commissioner to Germany, Dr. James B. Conant, former
president of Harvard university, expressed his concern over
the approaching Congressional investigations of America's col
leges. "We can destroy our universities from within," he said,
"by subjecting them to a political Inquisition."
While we agree with Dr. Conant, it should be pointed out
(hat a committee of college presidents in 1949, including Dr.
Conant and President Eisenhower who was then head of Colum
bia university, practically asked for such an investigation. In
a report to the National Education association, they wrote:
"If the schools develop programs that contribute to the na
tion's need in time of crisis . . . then education can command
the support it will deserve as an instrument of national policy."
National policy is determined by Congress and the execu
tive department subject to the voters; and, if colleges are in
, struments of that policy, then the framers of the policy have a
clear interest in seeing that it is carried out.
The difficulty here, as Dr. Conant seems to recognize now,
is that such an educational philosophy abandons the traditional
American theory of the college as a place for independent
inquiry. It is understood in the Soviet union that every group,
institution and individual is an instrument of national policy
and must carry it out without criticism or question. America
became great by establishing the ideal of a flexible and critical
citizenry ? the ideal of unity instead of uniformity.
Edward R. Murrow was a lone voice of objection to the
college presidents' philosophy and his objection is still timely.
"The purpose of education is to teach people to think in order
that they may have informed views on many things including
national policy . . . The concept of education as an instrument
6f national policy was the dusty contribution of Mussolini and
Hitler to the destruction of freedom in Europe."
America was founded on the premise that an educated
citizenry would form national policy. If educated citizens are
uniformly molded by institutions uncritically committed to a
national policy relevant and successful in 1953, what assurance
do we have that those citizens will have the flexibility to de
velop a relevant and successful policy for a different set of
conditions in 1973? The recognition of the great inflexibility
and sterility of the Soviet educational system is one of our
great hopes in the cold war. We must not, in combating
Communism, adopt all of its mental habits.
Everyone has heard of the schoolmaster who said: "We
teach all our boys to think for themselves. We do even better.
Wc teach them what to think." This is evidently the ideal of
Senators McCarthy and Jenner. It will be an evil day for
America when it becomes the ideal of the American people.
Symbol of Vast Change
Every phase of human life has been revolutionized in the
last century. And nowhere have there been more spectacular
changes than in the oldest industry of all ? agriculture.
One hundred years ago four out of five people worked
at the job of producing raw materials for food, clothing and
shelter. Today these basic needs are supplied by just one out
of five. And even that doesn't tell the whole story ? for we
have far better and more varied foods and other products of
agriculture origin than in past times.
This is very largely the result of the application of the
machine to farm jobs that were once accomplished slowly and
laboriously by hand. It is not an exaggeration to say that, on
the modern farm, the machine has displaced hand labor. It
does the work much more economically and efficiently than is
possible with human muscle. And its usefulness is not limited
to the production of crops. The machine makes it possible for
the farmer to conserve and improve his soil and to fight suc
cessfully against such old natural ravages as floods and erosion.
The machine gives more food from {ewer acres today, and at
the same time assures that the soil will be fertile and produc
tive tomorrow.
The plow, the seeder, the bailer, the cultivator, the tractor,
the combine and all the other machines symbolize the amazing
advances agriculture has made in the span of a long lifetime.
And they symbolize, as well, farming's present-day status as
a business and a profession.
Corvallis, Ore., Gazette-Times: "It should be remembered,
yal cuts in federal payroll will have to come from a reduc
tion of services for which congress has appropriated monies.
II people will do with less 'gimmie' from the government, and
are sincere in their irritation at too much governmental Inter
ference in their lives, and will dispense with much of it. then
substantial cuts in federal employment will follow."
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Raleigh Roundup
By KIDD BREWER
BROAI) POWERS . . . Two bills
introduced in the general assembly
last week indicate Gov. Bill Urn
stead's popularity with the legis
lators.
One of them gives the new gov
ernor free rein to revamp the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment board. This could lead
to major changes in the overall op
eration of this particuler depart
ment. Some say it will; others say
it won't. But remember this: You
will read and hear a great deal
more about the controversy before
the case is finally thrashed out
sometime during the summer.
The other measure delegating to
Governer Umstead broad authority
is related to the State Highway
department. Of the two bills, this
latter probably carries more punch
than the one concerned with CicD.
If adopted as it now stands, the
governor cannot only set up 15 di
visions but can make other changes
which might ultimately prove more
important. The highway bill per
mits the governor to name a five
members commission or board to
study reorganization . . . and this
board acts with the approval and
advice of the governor.
THIS WEEK ... And so, this
week, C&D, the highway depart
ment, garnishment, and a possible
bonus-for-veterans bill, and an at
tempt to reduce your state income
tax next year, will be the big news
on the Raleigh legislative front.
Some of these bills may have
rough sailing indeed.
UNNECESSARY ... I appreciate
deeply the letters and telephone
calls I have received from you
readers since I began writing the
column. Your encouragement has
meant a great deal to me; and
compensates for the repercussions
caused by some of the things I have
called to your attention.
The information you have fur
nished will be checked and em
ployed toward better and more
economical government.
You will be interested to know
that it now appears it may be pos
sible to make the necessary in
vestigation and changes needed in
the highway department without
the passage of any special legisla
tion directed to that end.
END OF Ml! D-G RIPPERS? . .
Former Gov. W. Kerr Scott has
been critized by many people lor
many different things. One I heard
last week takes the cake. He was
blamed for something; and the
criticism amounted to a backhand
ed compliment.
Ran into old Freddie Crawford,
one-time All-American football end
at Duke and a teammate of mine in
the middle 30's.
Freddie, a native of Waynes
ville, now makes his home in Dur
ham and is employed by one of the
well known automobile tire manu
facturers.
1 inquired as to (he condition of
his business, and so on.
"All right," said Freddie, "with
the exception of the sale of our
mud grip tires. The sale of this
item has continued to drop off in
North Carolina during the last few
years until now there is just no de
mand."
When pushed u to reosons for
the sales decline, Freddie Craw
ford turned where he stood and
looked hard in the direction of
Haw river. "That man ? that man
Kerr Scott is to blame," said Fred
die, "for paving all those country
roads."
Now, friends. 1 have heard every
thing.
JEFFERSON ? JACKSON . . .
While Dear Alben BarUey pulls
down $2,500 per week telling stor
ies via tv and the head man from
1945 to 1952 plans his library in
Independence, Mo., Sen. Richard
Russell of Georgia continues his
fight for the Democratic parly. He
was here about a year ago for the
annual meeting of the N. C. Citi
zens association. On Saturday night,
Feb. 28, Sen. Russell will return
again to Raleigh as a principal
speaker at the Jefferson-Jackson
Day dinner.
You may be sure that this will
be one of the best Democratic
parties in the south this year. State
Senator John Larkins will be in
charge of arrangements.
Consult your county Democratic
chairman now for tickets ? $50
each. Attendance of 690 is ex
pected.
THE BARN ... As may have
been mentioned here before, we
live in a barn.
We have converted part of it ?
mainly the grain room ? into liv
ing quarters. The hayloft and some
of the rest of the barn are just as
they were when the thing was origi
nally built.
Our barn on a bluff overlooking
Crabtree creek and the Raleig
Durham highway has much to offer
in the way of play space for the
children and their pets.
The children, dogs, cats, chick
ens, ducks, cattle and horses, live
in rather close but harmonious
proximity. I bring this barn busi
ness up right at this time because
a few days ago an interesting in
cident arose.
It seems that our ten-year-old
daughter, Linney, entered her class
room in school and failed to close
the door.
A member of the class wisecrack
ed as follows: "Close the door.
Were you raised in a barn?"
Linney looked him straight in
the eye and replied simply, but
positively, "Yes!"
As we hear it, there was a long
moment of painful silence in the
room until the full impact of the
great statement of fact had time
to register. Then everyone roared
with laughter.
We are proud to report that Lin
ney laughed as loudly as anyone.
LOST TOOTH . . . First time I
saw Freddie Crawford was the
summer before he entered Duke
as a freshman. He was standing on
top of one of the dormitories strip
ped to the waist wielding a paint
brush. With the summer sky for a
background, this made a striking
picture. During the next four years
many a great end run and fleet
back collapsed under Crawford.
Rough, rugged and fait, he seemed
immune to pain.
For instance, during his sopho
more year he camc into the train
er's room with a bad infection on
one of his hands. "Doc, what is this
on my hand that looks like toe
itch, but don't feel as good?" asked
Crawford.
He went on to become this state's
first Ail-American. When his foot
ball was over at Duke, 1 asked him
to come and coach with me at Ap
palachian. He said he would like
to, but wanted to try his hand at
the pro game. He reported to the
Bears' summer camp.
My next view of Freddie was in
a theatre. He was in a movie with
Shirley Temple.
The most typical incident re
garding Freddie happened during
one of our hotly contested games.
He picked up a tooth on the way
back to the huddle. "Any of you
fellows lose a tooth," he asked.
None of them had.
"Game must be getting rough."
said Freddie as he threw the tooth
back over his shoulder.
Crawford wasn't in Um huddle
TODAY'S
BIRTHDAY
WILLIAM ROGERS HEROI),
born Feb. 13, 1898, in Indianapolis,
son of a lawyer. North Atlantic
Treaty Organi
zation (NATO)
official, indus
trialist and en
gineer, Herod
was made co
ordinatorof
NATO's defense
production
board on Jan. 1,
1951, with the
job of getting
Europe to turn out defense. Yale
graduate magna cum laude '19, he
went to work for General Electric
and in 1945 became president of
International GE.
Broadway
By Mark Barron
New York ? Just when a man
is quietly settled down in his home
town, a beckoning whisper may
come from Broadway and lure him
away. And then, it seems, he may
be gone forever.
That is what happened to Oscar
Peterson, now one of the hottest
jazz pianists in Broadway night
clubs, and a pianist who frequent
ly drops the jazz idiom for a few
nights to play classical music in
concert performances.
Although he1 is yet short of his
30th birthday, Peterson was living
quietly in his native Canada a few
years ago. He is the son of a Ca
nadian Pacific porter and was con
tent to stay home and play the
piano. He was still suffering slight
ly from tuberculosis which hit him
at the age of 7. At that time he
played the trumpet, but his illness
forced him to abandon that instru
ment and he turned to the piano.
Today his playing of "Sweet
Georgia Brown," "Honeydrippcr"
and "I Got Rhythm" entrances
nightclubers. And recently RCA
Victor signed him to do an album
of those songs combined with
"China Boy," "Humoresque,"
"Poor Butterfly," "The Sheik of
Araby" and "My Blue Heaven."
"1 played only hymns and clas
sics for several years," Peterson
said. "But after 1 got into high
school I found I couldn't keep
away from jazz. And I was enter
ing every amateur contest I could
find, not because 1 wanted to win
anything. Just because I wanted
to play.
"One of these amateur contests
opened the door for me to do a
broadcast in Montreal. And there
I met Paul De Marky, the Hun
garian concert piano virtuoso. He
trained me in both classics and
jazz."
After that Peterson decided he
just wanted music. Musicians from
Broadway nightclubs began to hear
him when they would journey up
to play Montreal clubs. Fats Wal
ler. Dizzy Gillespie, Nat Cole, Duke
Ellington and others urged him to
come to Broadway.
Finally Norman Granz, a concert
manager, persuaded him to come
to New York to make a single
guest appearance in a concert at
Carnegie Hall. The reaction of the
New York audience was so excit
ing that Peterson decided to come
to Broadway. He was received
with acclaim in a half dozen of the
better nightclubs. He likes the
noise and clamor of the clubs. But
once in a while he slips away for
a concert tour with the classics.
Here and There
BY r. C. SALISBURY ?
THE COASTER
Miss MaryJCmma Wallace is in
the city as tne guest of Miss Mil
dred Wallace.
A. 0. Newberry of Newport was
in the city Monday on business.
Jim Phillips of Bear Creek was a
business visitor to the city Tuesday.
Paul Webb will in a few days
open law offices in the Simmons
building.
W. C. Willis has moved his in
surance business in the Marine
Bank building.
County Superintendent L. B. En
nett will be from his office this
week visiting schools.
The Southern Express building
on the corner of 9th and Arendell
streets is being repainted.
J. Clarence Taylor returned Sun
day from a ten-day trip to Phila
delphia, Boston and New York
City.
Friends- of Mrs. Walter F. Mali
son will regret to learn that she
has been confined to her bed since
Sunday.
Lorenzo Willis of Smyrna, who
was operated on last week at the
Morehead City hospital left for his
home Tuesday.
Paul Webb has returned after
spending some time with his wife
who is visiting her people in Man
nington, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Willis left
Monday for Miami where Mr. Willis
will look after his business inter
ests.
Captain Charles Lewis of Glou
cester arrived here Tuesday with
a boat load of sweet potatoes
which were to be shipped to cities
in South Carolina and Virginia.
Eugene Hauser of Hampton, Va.,
returned home Thursday after
spending several days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hauser.
The ladies of West Morehead
Chapel will give an oyster supper
Friday night in the Gorham build
ing on West Arendell street for the
benefit of the Sunday school. Mrs.
L. S. Washburn and Mrs. J. E. Eng
lish compose the committee and
they promise a pleasant evening to
those who come.
Messrs. Theodore Webb, Earle
Piner, D. B. Wade, jr., Joe Willis
and W. J. Moore, jr., went to New
after the next play. He was down
on his hands and knees searching
in the grass. His teammates went
over to join him.
He asked, "Did you see where I
tossed that tooth?"
"Why, have you found out whose
it i??M someone asked.
Freddie then looked up with a
sheepish smile on bis face.'
He had.
Bern Thursday in an automobile
to attend the play "Within the
Law."
One of the greatest, if not the
greatest, revival meetings ever
held in Morehead City elosed at
the Methodist Episcopal church last
Sunday night after having received
78 new members into the church
on profession of faith. The total
number of conversions amounted to
102 and of that number many will
connect with other churches of the
city.
On Feb. 11 the Sea Beach Rail
road company, with principaj of
fice in Raleigh, was granted a char
ter with $275,000 capital author
ized, $15,000 subscribed, to build
a railroad from Beaufort to Cape
Lookout. C. J. Bcackcr of Wilming
ton is among the incorporators.
The others are from New Jersey.
Club Meetings
The F. S. club met Monday night
at the home of Miss Evelyn Chad
wick. Games were played and re
freshments were served.
The Young Peoples club met
with Miss Marie Jackson Friday
evening. The usual games were
played after which refreshments
were served. *
The Monday Evening club held
its weekly meeting at the home of
Mrs. D. G. Bell, Monday evening
from 8 to 10:30. After sew^ig and
talking, a delicious salad and ice
cream course was served. Those
who enjoyed Mrs. Bell's hospitality
were Misses Sudie and Winona
Nelson, Capitola Wade, Daisy and
Margaret Ellis, Eleanor Edwards,
Kate McKay. Anna Schrock and
Mrs. D. B. Gaskill.
Smile a While
An automobile theft case was
going on. Said the lawyer to the
car owner, "Are you sure this is
the man who stole your car?"
The witness replied, "1 was, until
your cross examination. Now I'm
not sure that I ever owned a car."
"Tell mc what you eat, and I'll
tell you what you are," said the
lunch-counter philosopher. Where
upon a meek little man, silting a
few stools away, called to the wait
ress, "Cancel my order far shrimp
salad."
Teacher: "Tommy, can you spell
?fur'?"
Tommy: "Yes ? 1-u-r, fur."
Teacher: "Correct Now tell me
what fur is."
Tommy: "Fur is an awful long
ways off."
CAMERA NEWS
? MT IRVING DESFOR
STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY has claimcd some more of my attention
lately, what with shooting some more three dimensional pictures am)
attending a meeting of the Stereo society.
My problem was to shoot some indoor pictures though the camera was
loaded with Daylight Kodachrome and I had no flash attachment for the
new Revere stereo camera 1 was testing. The answer was to shoot with
blue flashbulbs and use a flashgun from another camera. The blue flash
bulbs could have been fired in a hand flash or even in a bridge lamp,
electrically, but I decided to use my 4x5-inch camera which has a syn
chronized flash.
I set the stereo camera on a tripod and adjusted the focus. The sub
jects were the children looking at television. The number 5 blue flash
s bulb had a guide number of 55 and with the subjects 7 feet away, I could
shoot at f/8 (divide 55 by 7 to get diaphragm opening).
With the stereo camera ready, 1 set up the other camera next to it,
merely to shoot off the bulb. Suddenly it occurred to me that 1 might
as well take advantage of the light and shoot black-and-white in the
4x5-lnch camera at the same time. Two pictures on the one bulb! I
couldn't resist the bargain.
Here's the "open flash" procedure to make sure the full light of the
bulb reached the stereo camera. The stereo was set on Bulb exposure.
(On Bulb: when you press the button, the lens opens and doesn't close
until you release the pressure of your finger). With my left hand on
the stereo button and my right hand on the flashgun button 1 waited
? W 1 * ' ?
"Watching television" ? Here's a good stereo angle. It gives depth
when seen with a stereo viewer. But this black and white, taken
simultaneously, lacks the three^imensional effect.
for the right shooting moment. When it came, 1 pressed the left hand
finger first, opening the stereo lens, then pressed the Hash gun button
with the right hand finger and then released my left finger. It may
sound confusing, but with two cameras at hand, it's easier done than said.
Of course, all this fuss wouldn't be necessary if a synchronized flash
gun were used along with stereo camera. Incidentally, the latest an
nouncement reveals that an exposure guide for indoor color flash pho
tography will be calibrated directly on a dial on the focussing knob on
Revere's new stereo 33 camera. That should eliminate some of the com
puting and most of the guesswork from indoor color flash shooting.
At a meeting of the Stereo society, I was quite impressed with a
group of stereo slides taken by James Perry Wilson as he gave the audi
ence a realistic, three dimensional view of some ot his country's most
impressive scenic sites.
In a chat with Mr. Wilson, later, I was even more impressed with the
practical use to which he has put these stereo pictures in his regular
work. He is a staff artist with the American Museum of Natural History
and has been painting backgrounds for the habitat groups for 19 years.
For authenticity, he has always made oil sketches on location wherever
possible.
In 1914 he found that taking 35mm color slides was of some help in
producing his backgrounds later. When stereo became practical, he was
among the first to try it. By that time he had a Contax camera with
extra lenses and accessories. In 1947 he got a stercotar attachment
which enabled him to take stereo pictures with the Contax and this is
the outfit he still uses.
Today, though he still makes some sketches on location, he spends
more time taking numerous stereo views of the scene which is to be
the background of an exhibit. In collaboration with museum officials
one stereo view is finally selected as the setting for an animal group.
He paints the background with frequent reference to the stereo picture
in the hand viewer. It provides accurate details, perfect perspective and
realistic color which all contribute to the final authentic, artistic ren
dition.
Washington
By Jane Eads
Washington ? The Washington
group ctf Housewives United, a
small national club interested in
consumer problems, has come to
the rescue of the wives of new con
gress members with practical ad
vice on shopping the city's mar
kets and where to find good, eco
nomical buys in the feeding of
their families.
"However famous as a Washing
ton hostess a congressman's wife
may become, she still every day
will be the housewife in her own
family," Mrs. Louis B. Wright, sec
retary of the group, explained in
a letter inviting new congressional
wives to join in an informal tour
of markets of unusual interest in
the area. "We offered to extend
a friendly, helpful hand #nd to
make ourselves generally useful to
newcomers, as any friendly neigh
bor would do for them back home,"
Mrs. Wright, wife of the director of
the Folger Shakespeare Library,
added.
Assisting in the organization of
the club in 1950 was Mrs. Donald
Detwilerrwife of an electronics en
gineer and former chairman of the
District of Columbia volunteer OPS
committee. The women decided the
Washington group coui#keep an
eye on what was happening on Cap
itol Hill, and had themselves regis
tered as a housewives' lobby.
Members, including wives of gov
ernment officials and local business
and professional people, escorted
their guests on a marketing expe
dition, then Invited them to a
luncheon where they chatted about
common problems of home-making
and budget-meeting and answered
questions on such subjects as
where to get a haircut, a baby-sitter
or piano lessons for their young
sters. They even had a speaker,
George I?. Larrick, deputy commis
sioner of the Food and Drug ad
ministration, who told the ladies
what the government does to safe
guard our food.
Though originally interested
chiefly in home economics prob
lems, the organization is noto
stressing an interest in legislative
economics. "We believe it is every
woman's housewifely duty to be in
formed about bills in congress that
vitally concern her family's ma
terial welfare," Mrs. Wright ex
plained.
"We are non-partisan, non-sec
tarian, non-subversive," she added.
"We are not against business, nor
labor, nor agricultural interests.
We are simply homemakers con
scious of the privileges and respon
sibilities of citizenship in a demo
cratic country. We believe that if
enough women work together, try
ing to learn and trying to be fair,
they can help to keep things mov
ing in the right direction. "We
hope some of the new housewives
in the capital will join our ranks.'
Words to Romombor
Sir Ernest Bonn, president So
ciety of Individuals in Britain, Lon
don, Eng.: "Fifty years ago Britain
had attained, on the whole, with
some short-comings and blemishes,
a high general standard of living.
But today American tourists in Eu
rope go to the countries conquered
by Hitler to eacape the drab aus
terity of Utopian Britain." -