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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
Mrs. Marvin Stacy: Symbol

tor in representing both the admniStra-
tiOn and the women students themselves.
She pleaded the cause Of the women
students, especially in their living condi-
tions, their social welfare and their par
ticipati0n in eXtra-academic activities.
She was a wise counselor and c0nfidante
When Archer House was first fitted for
women and then Spencer Hall construct
ed. it was Mrs. Stacy who insisted upon
the extra amenities that would offer to
women students the kind Of existence pre-
vaiing in the outstanding universities Of
the nation.
During her twenty-Seven years as Dean
of Women, the coed became accepted as
an integral part of the life of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina-a full participant
in academic, social, publications; student
government, dramaticS, sports, and other
phases of Carolina life With Mrs. Stacy's
guidance, the women students became an
inseparable part Of the University. With
quiet grace and charm, friendly demean-
or and yet with dignity that command
ed respect, Mrs. Stacy was the epitome OF
Carolina womanhoOd in the years Of the
greatest growth of the University.
Mrs Stacy was always cordial and un-
ruffled. She was devout woman, dedi-
Gated leader in the University Methodist
Church.
This was great lady Of the old school.
The community of Chapel Hill has suffer
ed loss, not only of this fine woman but
of a symbol of much that contributed to
the spirit of Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
Miss Americas Measurements

The following statistics have been compiled from the
back Of the program handed out at the Miss Chapel Hill
Pageant last week. They taken from a list of Miss
Americas their measurements and attributes, since 1921
The shortest Miss America was 5-1 She was also
Of the three youngest 90 and also had the smallest bust
and hips GO and 32). Sae was Margaret German from
Washington d. G., and regned in 1921.
One Of the two alest Miss Americas (5-l0) also
the heaviest O43) and the oldest (25). She Miss
America Of 1852 Colleen Kay Hutchins Of Salt Lake City.
The largest bust measurement (}7l > recorded
on the person of Venus Raney, Washington DC, Miss A.
Of a.
The largest waist Be}e Shops QIopkins Mime
sota) BeBe measured 27 inches the belt and Miss
America in l948. The smallest waist 22
inches and has been attained by five Miss Americas, all
Of them since 1912.
The largest hips @7Ig) discovered on Marion
Bcr9cron a Connecticut girl VINO became Miss America m
1893.
The lghtest Miss America weighed 106 in l949, an
Arizona girl.
The only Miss America to have auburn hair was
again Venus Ramey, in 1914.
And the only bluegray eyes found Miss
America appeared in Lois Delander's head in 1927.
There doesn't seem to be any chronological geogra
phcal pattern established here. With detailed inor
nation Cvrite: Miss America Pageant National Head
quarters Boardwalk Arcade Building Atlantic City, n J
and enclose 81 one might be found But in the meantime
if you're planning to 90 out for Miss America we're just
letting you know, public service the extremes be-
tween which might be wise to aim in preparing yourself
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
TVS Torturous TechnicaIitieS

In Whitesburg, Kentucky, Bill Bates puzzled for some
time over how 70 teevson line through so feet of II
inch pipe.
Finally he did it: he harnessed the family cat to the
line pushed the cat into the pipe, then uneashed his
hunting dog The TV line went through the pipe in frac
ton of the time it had taken Bill to solve the problem.
Bills son grabbed the the other end united the line,
and the job done.
We always suspected TV repair was tremendously
exact science.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
Milton Heath Needs Hell p

Government, and is presently serving as
one Of the Institutes liaison men with the
Legislature in Raleigh. Adding response
bility for the Concert Series to the 60-odd
hours week he is already putting in with
the Legislature is going to burden him
heavily. He needs help.
Specifically, he needs new board of di-
rectors for the Concert Series, since the
old board resigned with Mr. Wallace. Mr..
Heath needs help if his own labor is to
bear fruit. Anyone willing to join Mr..
Heath in helping to bring fine music and
other entertainment to Chapel Hill need
only contact Mr.. Heath himself. He seems
TO be a very cOngenial sort to work with.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

Milton Heath, native Chapel lillian,
has decided to snatch up the falling reins
of the Chapel Hill Concert Series and try
to keep it on the go.
When asked if he knew what kind Of
a chore he was letting himself in for, Mr..
Heath said he knew perfectly well, but
was convinced that the Concert Series
was a "real community asset" and
thought current Series president Jim
Wallace's resignation deserved "more
than few murmured regrets"
Mr. Heath is an assistant director of
the Institute Of Government, In which
he is an associate professor Of Law and
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
Why To Get Excited About
A Capital Punishment Bill

ledge, that it is next to impossible for a
solicitor to exact the death penalty for a
defendant who has the money to hire an
agile attorney, or defendant whose
status or influence tends to rule out the
gas chamber as an unreasonable penalty
Added to this is the growing reluctances
Of iuries to send man to his death. Mere
is becoming the rule among jurors, in
spite Of the letter Of the law.
so, ii can be argued, if the death penal
~ is not being invoked and iuries are -
fusing to send men 10 the gas chamber.
why get excited about getting the law of
the books?
Well, there is the matter Of humantar-
ianism. If the death penalty is inhumane
and we believe that it is, it is d discredlt
to North Carolina so long as It remains
law whether it is exercised or not If it
is being exercised only in relation to Ne
groes, and there is ample evidence tnat it
is, then that makes it reprehensibIe and
cause for shame
Perhaps some cogent arguments can
be advanced in the Legislature in support
Of continuing the death penalty. We are
willing to concede that every Issue has al
least two sides. On this particular issue
however, there seems to be only one side
which can claim as allies justice and
mercy.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

enough TO write from Washing
ton. d. C., to a University student
demanding payment of a bill.
Apparently he thought that. be-
cause he gave no address and re-
ceiVed his mail, through general
delivery, he could not be found.
Chief Sloan notified the Washing
ton police. and they set a watch
on the post Office and arrest
cd the young man. Officer
Wright went to Wa hingt0n and
brought him .lcre 1t was learn
ed from ALle00d that his former
rartner was in Spencer, and the
officers .0und Saunders there.
Claims against ne TWO men from
holders CT meal tickets and bad
checks amount TO several huld-
red dollars. The pair left Chapel
Hill Just after they had com
plaed drive for the sale Of
meal tickets and signed bad
checks in payment fer equipn cnt
ard supplies.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

Mrs. Marvin H. Stacy was the symbol
Of women and their role in the University
for over quarter Of century.
she came to Chapel Hill early in the
second decade of the twentieth century.
As young bride and a graduate Of the
Womans College in Greensboro, she at
tended Commencement at Chapel Hill and
here she met a young mathematics m
sLructor. They were married two years
later in 1913, and the couple became
prominent in the academic and social and
religious life Of the community. DR.. Stacy
became Dean Of the Faculty under Ed
ward Kidder Graham In 1918, in the in
fuenza epidemic, President Graham
died, and he was succeeded by Dean
Stacy. Acting President Stacy died and
he was succeeded by Harry Woodbun
Chase.
Dr. Chase asked the widow of Dean
Stacy to become a member Of the Unlver-
sity's staff, as the adviser to women AT
lIfSI MIS- DtdOS ueHluii icu' Dut uPOH 'iiN
insstence of President Chase she &C
cepted.
That was in the early days when wo-
men students were not at Chapel Hill IN
large numbers. There were less than 80
women enrolled in the University that
year. There was no residence hall for wo-
men students Mrs. Stacy walked the town
that year and in the next few years, each
fall looking for appropriate homes in
which goods could live and be welcom-
ed.
Mrs. Stacy was an excellent coordlna-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

A patiently speciOus argument is 90
ing to be made in the General Assembly
within the next few weeks that it is neces-
sary to continue the death penalty III
North Carolina as a deterrent to capital
crime.
Someone is also going TO hark back to
the Bibles eye-for-an-eye dctum and talk
gloomily about departing from custom
These things are going to happen be-
cause bill has been introduced in the
Legislature which would abolish capital
punishment.
To get to the point in hurry, we think
capital punishment ought to be abolished.
A solid argument can De made, and II
mas been that the penalty is indefensibe
IN humanitarian sense, that it constitu-
tes class legislation in practice if not in
theory, and that it is worthless as a de
teren, to crime.
Figures are available which SHOW that
capital crimes nave not increased in areas
where the death penalty has been elimi-
mated nor have they decreased in those
areas wnere the death penalty is still
the law
As for its being class legislation, it
should be pointed out that in the ten
year period ending December !, 1859,
fourteen Of the nineteen persons executed
were Negroes; no white person has been
executed sncc 1852. Ii is common know
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
Johnny Had To Pay A Blu

va Cs%'NA CeA-SSIi1
Bot, one might say, why oil
this excitement? Why get 50 up
set over q few measly absences
Wpat is 50 almig.Ry impOEac.
about attending school every
possible day
In tne fin St place We are con
ironted with the money poen-
tn. tlai IS wasted Money Is and
always mas been a cOnmon prCb-
lena Of schools Many conscien-
t,gus people nave worked tire
lcssly to &c; waA appropriations
the SCHOOLS do nave. Il is appel
ing that eleven per cent OF OFF
yOuag Americans should tind it
necessary to be absent and
was e-...s H. Tey
AnOter reason { hiIdren
should attend school every posi-
bic day is t.at teachers plans
are set up on a day by day pro
cess
This. step By sep program
leads from GIe simple to the
complex Year altar year the
best learning experts in the land
The teaalers-plan ways and
means to msuil knowledge ino
our children Their plans are
rendered inept il the CLASSES are
rIddled with absences. And
makeup work 50 called, is a
poor substitute for the teachers
original plans Il IS usually some
ting the teacher assigns to
Salve his own conscience I'D has
lille resemblance 10 his first
presentation.
Thee is, in tie third place, a
definite character training in
Planning to attend school every
possible day If a child is made
10 understand that school is sim
ply not something to be attend
ei at one $ convenience, he will
sooner learn Glc valuable lesson
OF meeting one IS Obligations With
out flinching Facts prove dat
truancy or a WShy waSlly attI-
tude toward school is the first
sign OF trouble ahead for a dhild
From the very first day a child
should know that unless he is
REALLY sick. unless he CAN
NOT do his jobs or chores after
school, unless there is a SER
IOUS REASON, he MUST be in
school.
AS a hast reason for keeping
a child ia school every day let
US consider tie time element.
School meets only five days a
week, nine months a year, and
one hundred and eighty days
out of three hundred Sixty-five
over most Of the country This
makes up only half Of a child's
time. Vacations, appointments,
plans for various activities can
usually be made in the time
other than t;at scheduled for
school. A school day comes but
once and is gone. Il is practical
ly impossible to duplicate at a
later time.
On every hand today our
schools are compared with those
of our mcd dangerous competi-
tor-Russia. One thing is GER
tain according to all reports we
hear and read about Russian stu
dents: their devoti9n to their
studies is the most remarkable
difference between them and
their American c0unterparts.
Whether the study is forced or
not is neither here nor there.
Education is a privilege IN this
country. II is dedicated MT to the
privileged few mt to me elite
class, but 70 all the clfldren of
all tle peopNA Whaf q rity u orr
neM generations should fail by
detalIlt IN thai they did net take
advantage Of the education which
is so willingly offered them.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

In making plans for the
trailer camp On the iccmer high
schc1l site On the PhtsbCro road.
the University officials in charge
Of ne F-ojec. are placing heavy
eInpha> 5 on good appearance.
One thing tley intend - do IS
pu up an evergreen hedge Just
inside the tone wall on the nigh
way side Of The lot. Ta.s is not
intended 10 hide the trailers but
# viii firm a screen 10 soften
the view both for the people look
ing n at ne trailers and ihe peo-
pie looking cat at tha highway
and the passing automobiles
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

Thirty seven golden members of the Raleigh Golden
Years Club organization for senior citizens sponsored
by the Raleigh Recreation Department left Monday for
vacation tour of Florida
They now in the process Of visiting Miami, Silver
Springs Lake Wales Cypress Gardens, and Ocala.
According to the Raleigh News and Observer SAC
companying the group will be Mrs M. Garrel register
ed nurse"
sGad. What is this vacation trip or an endurance
trial?
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23

ana COlId n0J come 10 S-.lOU.
Id.5 seems 10 be a common
excuse TOT any allineH mat IS
unclaSShied. CnleSS,. CI course,
there Is new KIND Of influenza
the 'Cne-day llu
tdad.eds OF these.
Please excuse johnny for be
m9 dbsari He ta1 a leadag1e.
sore throat to0UaG1ej tcoldi
upset Stomacni
Pien'y OF .1eae.
'PleaSe excuse J0h9ny lie
tad to pay a E-1 for ne and !
q dat see any ned for INN to
come on to Sc1ool
Ard these
Jimmy had 70 90 get a pair
Of slGes get d naIcuJ buy
new clothes and didn't gel back
in time to 20 to school W
And from the elite
We regret that Johnny found
il necessary TO miss a week OF
sGnOOl but MS father was flying
TO Havana and we decided tha4
tne trip would probably be as
beneficial as a week at school "
Ard from the frank.
Il am sorry Susie was out Of
sdlool Sde mad her monthly per
iod and Did ndt feel like coming
III cctera after weary et cete-
"a.
Vel. hen. Just where should
the line be drawn? What are the
acceptable reasons for keeping
Guild out OF school? Moa edu-
Gators will agree the following
reasons are acceptable
l. Sickness-real sickness. Make
believe sickness because of a
pending test or a social situation
alat win be hard to face or just
plain lazlneSS Ito which we all
succumbj does not count Judge
William A Hart, juvenile court
judge in Asneyille, mad way OF
putting it Il was sick of.en as
child, especially in the early
mornings before getting out Of
bed. But my father had a SWITCH
thai was miraculous healer "
One mother reported that when
her daughter was sick In the
mornings, she required her 10
stay in bed all day. This soon
cured any notions about fake
sickness.
Sooner or later we all have to
learn 10 face our days whether
we feel like Il or not. The sooner
a child learns this the better.
2. Needed at nome. There are
times Wien a child is needed at
home Older students especially
are called on for various tasks.
Baby-sitting, working in season
al crops, helping TO move, and
paying bills are only a few of the
jobs. But, with a little effort,
these can be met by other means.
Planning alead can eliminate
many of the reasons for keeping
a child at home. For Instance,
mothers can make arrangements
with neighbcrs to trade baby
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
IN 1926

IN 1926
The Chapel Hill Insurance ard
Really Company and George
Denny, in combination, are TO
open an Office On the groand
floor of the Peoples Bank build
ing, next week. for the sale CT
lard in western North Carolina.
They are agents for building
pos IN the Beverly Hills Sub
division near ASleville, as well
as for the acreage offered By the
Carolina Mountain Realty Cor
poTaii0n.
The Other morning Vernon
Howell. bachelor. found mix
bill at his door Ii vas for some
huge sum. AT ieas, \ seemed
huge to Mr Howell. MO IS n,
an mcr3.aate milk drtker 3ie
was about to r9i,e d 'A3Wl about
it when he discovered taa- il
was mea 4 for A c Howell in
Wh2se home acre is a young
baby
A crowd that jamned the au-
di,crium Of the Ca-rboro Scacol
last Friday nig1t saw a perform
nance OF Borrowed Money.
sand d tidy sum Was realized by
the Carrboro BaFt.St CaHcl In
aae ca Of t1c Play we're Miss
Elva Williams, Roney Caeek.
Bernice FAcn and Miss Mar
garct s antie,1 IN leading roles
aid Carl Bradshaw, Miss Rose
Durham. Miss Benoie Jean An
drews. Alonzo H9yle. 1aec5ore
Ray. Mss La ~a Sparrow Mss
Ella Risssboe. and Sd.ey
Walls
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
IN 1856

An illustrated article about the
Carolina Inn, accompanied by its
recipe for Carolina Inn fried
chicken. is in che April issue Of
the Ford Times The article is
Illustrated with a wa,ercolor of
q front view Of The Inn painted
by Merle Shore
When UNC wrestling coac1
and English professor S2m
Barnes coached at VMI he
flunked tWo Of his star Wres,lers
in his English course, making
tiiein ineligible fer the Southern
Conference tournament. VML
10 he meet by TWO points,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
BY SIM WILDE
Assistant Director
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1961-03-23
Looking Back

(These items are from the files
of the Weekly
Navajo times., 1961-12-06
Youth Conference
Opens With Flourish

If numbers are any criterion, the
Second Annual Navajo Youth Con-
ference which opened in Shiprock
on Nov. 80 will be great success.
Navajo students, leaders from
various schools, gathered from all
point S of the United States where
Navajo youths attend school. From
Chemewa, Oregon: from Inter-
mountain in Utah: from Riverside
in California; and from closer on
and off reservation schools, these
citizens of tomorrow gathered to
discuss their various problems.
Speakers, prominent in educa-
tion and the business world, as we'll
as governmental leaders will adj
dress the Sc youngsters, but the
m ain guests will be the Navajos
themselves.
After registration and dinner on
Thursday evening, the opening cer-
emonies were held at the Shiprock
gymna sium, the only gathering
place that could hold the students
and the audience.
Chairman of the Navajo Tribal
Council, Paul Jones and the Tribes
Chief Legal Counsel. Norman M.
Lirtell were the featured speakers
for the program.
Jones, speaking On ''The Diplo-
ma Age", advi e d the youths to
stake advantage of the Navajo Tri-
bal Scholarships. The Chairman
spoke on the differences of the
present day schools and of the
schools he had attended as boy.
eve did not have the dedicated
teachers that you have today in the
schools system Through these
teachers you will make up what you
miss by being away from homes.
The Chairman asked the students to
Navajo times., 1961-12-06

take advantage of the schooling
available and to ''come home well
trained"
In his talk to the group Norman
Littell. spoke of the great honor to
be Navajo, and to live in these
times, when the Navajo Tribe is
only beginning to feel its size and
strength and to grow. Littell told
of some of the fields of endeavor
entered into by the Navajo Tribe,
and how it will affect the entire life
of everyone on the Reservation.
The Chief Counsel a sked the as
sembly to visualise Electricity in
every hogan. Already some 400
hogans have that service, and
through the efforts of the Navajo
Tribal Utility Authority, more and
more hogans will have electricity
soon. AS schools are built and bus
mess establishments grow, more
power will be needed, and then
more users can be connected to the
power.
Litteu spoke specific ally onthe
advantages of the Tribal Scholar
ship, and urged all the group to
avail themselves of this unusual
opportunity.
There are great events about
to take place on the Navajo Reser-
vation, and with hard work, you can
be part of those things, and the
growth of the Navajos", concluded
Litteu.
Danny Benally, student at Fort
Lewis A& M, welcomed the stud
ents and said, 1--WE know our prob
lens and with the help of the ad-
visors, we can do much to help ov-
ercome theseproblems. Work hard
at this meeting, and take your
knowledge back to your own
school,"
Navajo times., 1961-12-06
Construction Work

A 4O-aCre tract of land has been
withdrawn on the Fort Defiance
Navajo Highway just east of Fort
Defiance. These facilities will con-
sist of construction yard, water
development yard. heavy equip
ment yard. commodity warehouse
yard, maintenance yard and gen.
eral office building.
Construction has started on the
yard and the footings for several
warehouses are being placed. The
preliminary design for the office
building is completed and ''go
ahead'' has been given to proceed
with working drawings. Ground
breaking for the office building
should proceed around the first of
the year with a completion date in
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