Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-11-21
Doteline

Noted author and Saturday Ev-
eninE post illustrator, couldn't
have been more perceptive
than when he called Chapel
Hill "the southern part OF
heaven" or course. the time
nc referred to was that of Glib
so girl propriety, model rs.
and fusty professors mumbling
absent-mindedly in Latin. He
might modify his sentiment
somewhat in the face of today'S
killed goods, darting M-G'S.
and electronically oriented egg
heads. But the heart of his
proposition is still apparent.
Few places excel Chapel Hill
IN soft natural beauty, in stud
led contentmcnt, o, i'm obvious
enjoyment of what is to b.
appreciated in life.
Also, Chapel Hill is the scat
of the University of North Car
DINA, my alma mater. and, as
such, elicitS several visits =
year. There's always a lot 60
ing on that's interesting
games, plays, concerts, and
such-but he chic. reason for
my going is To visit old
friends. This is becoming more
! impractical as the years since
graduation GO by. | find that
people have moved away. TAX
TN up pursuits no longer akin
10 mine 50 that we have little
lett in common, or even died
have learned to be circuitouS
when inquiring about anybody
since the time | asked about a
certain acquaintance only f.
find that he had died two years
previously.
Last weeks trip was made to-
visit AN old friend who unfor-
turatcly fell and broke her hip
two months ago. This was quito
a blow to someone as buSily
engaged in town and campus
activities as she, but her acute
interest in matters of all sorts
las been lcSScned not a bit.
She is a witty, highly litcratc,
md taxing mistress of the art
III conversation. From her bed.
Ia which she jcStingly refers aS
Madame RccamiCr'S couch. she
spoutS forth remarks and ideas
faster than can aSSimilate
them. She has a notion about
ID new tclCviSion series. She
makes few remarks on Nix
un's plight. She enquiries about
hay latest romantic inclina-
tons. And she is iull OF obSer-
cations about Memorial Hos
pital from which she was 50
! recently discharged. She de-
clarcS the treatment there
competent and expensive. and
she is understandable sick oi
the whole place. But, true t.
| Marion Gay Lecture form, she
explained that it as justly cx-
pcnSivc, because anyone from
North Carolina with Il malady
unbeatable except by the best
doctors and medicines may &c
there absolutely free if he is
unable TO pay. Consequently
those who can afford treatment
pay premium rates. More friv-
olously she told Of her chagrir
a; being observed by her hand
some doctor while she, bikin
clad, padded in a therapeutic
pool.
Aside from few townSpco-
pic like Mrs. Gay. familiar fac
Is in Chapel Hill are far be-
tween now. Occasionally VIVA
looks like former instructor
, walks by and brief glimpse O
Scmi-rccoenition passes be.
tween us. The students are
complete strangers now. They
also seem rather younger than
they did ten years ago. Evi
IDENTIFY | don't. This was point.
cdly demonstrated when | hClt
open door for another fellow
and nc responded with defer
Crtial Thank you, sir" | wa:
made to feel a little less agct
a, dinner when my table com
panion asked what class | wa
in. But on thinking this over
! EC might have implied that i
was not necessarily current
! ~ matricullting class.
However. even il YOU don
look like student, you Cal
still walk around the ground
and enjoy one Of the prCtticS
CampuSCs there is. This re-
QuircS good deal Of footwOrl
now that the c?mpuS ha
spread out SO much. Many new
clasSroomS and dOrmitoric
have been built liz what fiv,
years ago were lovers lanes
These buildings are dcdicatct
tc a variety Of important pco
pie. not the least among then
being the North Carolina tax
payers. But as an individua
donor. John Motley MoOrchcat
seems 60 head IN" list. No
only has nc provided ivict
halls i'm which 10 teach. but n,
has also established scholar,
ships 10 help fill these hall
| with deserving students. Taboo