The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-28

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RURAL HOSPITALS
Terming the most pressing need
of the South is more doctors ano
hospitals in rural areas, DR.. Frank
P. Graham, president of the Con
solidated University Of North Caro-
lima, outlined a nine-point prog
gram for the economic industrial
and social advancement OF the
Dixie area in an interview prior
| to addressing the New Hanover
County Alumni association Wed.
nesday.
"The two year medical school
at the University must be expand
ed into a four year school or it
may have to be stopped" he
said.
Duke and Wake Forest are
doing a fine job" he said, but
the chief supply of doctors for this
state has been the two-year school
at Carolina. If the University were
forced to drop it's medical course
it would be a great blow to the
state. The people need a four
year school and should have II"
he said.
North Carolina stands toward
the bottom Of the 48 states in num-
Der of doctors and hospital beds, )"
he said.
The Importance Of the two year
school was revealed by DR.. Ora
hams statement that Public
Health officers from Delaware to
Florida and even from South
America come there for study. An
adjunct Of the school is the Pub
lie Nursing course.
Asked about the possibility Of
the establishment of great center
Of learning in the South compar-
able to Oxford, Harvard, Colum-
bia, the University of Chicago or
the University of California, DR..
Graham .eplied that such center
for the advancement of human
knowledge is a necessary item on
any program for the improvement
of this section
He stated that his belief was
that such center could be best
established in this state with it's
seat at Chapel Hill.
Here" he said, lin cooperation
with Duke university, the three
schools making up the greater Uni
versity of North Carolina, could
cover the fields Of liberal arts,
the profession, the sciences and
the humanities.
cat State college," he continu-
ed, great advances in textiles,
agriculture and engineering are
being made. The Woman's Col
lege of the University OF North
Carolina at Greensboro has be-
come the seat of the National So
ciety of Phi Beta Kappa and is
on the approved list of the AS.
ISOLATION of American Universities.
And at Chapel Hill, fine profess
sional courses, a highly-rated
school Of commerce and courses
in the humanities and sciences are
available" he added.
Expressing himself as gratified
to hear Of the plan Of Industrial
Properties, Inc, to bring businesses
to this section, DR.. Graham said
that this was another pressing
need in the South, the bringing in
of new industries from other Sec
tons Of the country.
Other needs for the southland
are elimination of economic bar
riers, such as freight differentials
which has already been started;
diversification Of agriculture; Fed
eral aid to schools under state and
local control; development of pur-
chasing power by vocational train
ing to increase skills and earning
power; research into agriculture,
soils, forestry, minerals and ami
NAL husbandry, plus fundamental
research in science, sociology and
the humanities; and the develop
ment Of the School of Commerce
at the University to aid in the
commercial economic and finan-
cial development of the state and
the South.
In answer to a question about
what type Of education returning
servicemen seemed to want, DR..
Graham said that there had been
little change from civilian life in
the matter of education. ''They still
want academic courses, the science
and professional courses and lib
eral arts,' he said.
DR.. Graham said that Colonel
Carlysle Shepard, formerly of Will
mington, a doctor of philosophy
and a former professor at Gull
ford college had been appointed
to counsel returning soldiers. DR..
Shepard also has front-line rec.
ord of service. Two brothers, Alex
and George "Bo'' Shepard, vet
Grams of the. war themselves, hold
positions with the University.
DR.. Graham was called in many
times to advise the late President
Roosevelt. He was a public mem
Der Of the War Labor Board, Vice
Chairman of the Consumers Ad-
visory board, Chairman of the