The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-06-15

1t is ridiculous and preposter-
A Gus!
READY. SO, as for us and
our household, we are now
ready to support, all-out as they
f say, any experiments on. more
rigidity for drivers 1918.
, You should be ready, too.
: We would like to see the Leg
, islature push the age to begin
7 driving to II for a two-year
! study. If it has good results, then
, raise it to 10. ~.
Because the teen-agers seem
to be pretty much in charge, we
. doubt that it will be done. But it
might. Most teen-agers we know
are entirely too big for their
britches and need to be taxed
down a peg or two.
ADULTS,TOO. Why don't
we bear down more on drunken,
too? ...e
Well, here is a quote from
Professor A. R. King of Cornell
University which may explain
why:
"Some time ago l was aguest
in one of those upper middle
class homes where the cocktail
has become a badge Of social
status. My gracious host was
entertaining nine of his business
associates at a steak fry-the
prime steaks accompanied by a
profusion of alcoholic drinks,
from beer to vodka. Though l
am sure that none of the guests
considered the drinking immod-
crate, all but one of the party
imbibed freely. TIL, re was no
sign of unpleasant behavior, nor
was any pressure eXerted to per-
suade anyone to drink. AS the
guests left for home it seemed
to me that only the abstainer
was competent by National
Safety Council standards to
drive car. Yet eight nen took
their places behind the wheels
of their powerful cars to drive
distances of from five to 80
miles. These are the type of men
who in legislative halls and ju-
dicial chambers frustate ell eff
forts to enact chemical test
laws"
THE SUMMING UP. :, The
fact that the new arrogance of
our teen-ages, the powerful
automobile, and the profusion of
alcoholic beverages have come
along at the same hour in our
history is ore of the really great
tragedies of the Goth century.
SUBJECT MATTER. "A few
twilights ago while sitting in
the rain at Kenan Stadium at
Chapel Hill boredly awaiting
the commencement of the COM
mencement, we Glanced to turn
through our limp program.
We noted with interest some
of the subjects those receiving
degrees had for their theses. We
think they fully earned those
dergees as they labored over the
following:
"On the Construction of
Burst Error Correcting Codes"
"The Synthesis of Some Biey-
clio Ring Systems from SAM
neutrality-suspicious.
"Preemptive Discip!ines for
Queues and Stores" =.
We imagine this latter has
something to do with the way
people behave as they line up in
a store awaiting to buy some
thing.
! Anyhow, we found these four
pages of theses subjects damply
interesting. More power to the
writer's!
THE TRAIL. We still can't
quite grasp the news value Of the
Burch- Brewer thing. We read
every newspaper in North and
South Carolina and most Of the
} big daily papers of all the south
eastern states. In all of them, it
has been big news from the
: beginning. 81
AS the various parties moved
along the trail. or pepared foi
1 it. we stuck our head in ,tls
! door of the Wake County Court.
: house courtroom for a few min.
0 utes to get the atmosphere"
We found it--dull. III. !.
1t will be up in Dog Days he
fore we know the answef-byi
! they are saying around herr
i that the verdict may be. No
: Guilty. 80
5 We had not been In court
) house courtroom in years. AS W.
i came out into the fresh air. 1.
: friend asked what impressed a;
l the most. 1t was the smell 81 th,
/ place: something like the niusty