Danny Morrison, current president of the Carolina Panthers professional football team, is from Burlington, N.C. He graduated from Wofford College where he played varsity basketball for the Terriers. He returned to Burlington's Williams High School, his alma mater, as a math teacher and coach. Soon he was recognized and hired by Dr. Alan White and Bill Morningstar of nearby Elon College (now Elon University). He had three assignments at Elon: 1. Assistant to Athletics Director--Dr. White 2. Assistant Basketball Coach for Coach Morningstar and 3. Men's Tennis Coach. The latter position is where I learned to know him well and to join those impressed with him.
Highly successful in all three roles,…show more content… Asked about this action a young Sam Erwin concluded that the one good thing about this action is that it "...absolves the monkeys of the jungle of any responsibility for the behavior of the human race in general, and the North Carolina Legislature in particular." If the Republicans get by with their intentions in Raleigh, it won't be the News and Observers fault (“...lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too. Don't get up gentlemen, I'm only passing through" (THINGS HAVE CHANGED--BOB DYLAN). Lots of issues. I recently expressed my concerns about education and what's going on with teachers. A retired highway patrolman said he had carried a gun his whole career and his profession had often been neglected compared to N.C.teachers. I don't question that profession and all they do and risk. Firemen, Policemen, and the Military. I did note later that he had retired at age 52 and that perhaps soon; wise teachers may want to carry a weapon also. School teachers have long been underpaid. Add integration and discipline problems and many good teachers, coaches, and administrators have abandoned education. If we continue to whittle away at this rate (abandoning tenure, cutting out aides, larger class sizes, no reward for increased education, no scholarships for talented future in-state teachers, larger classroom sizes,…show more content… One year Jim and I made almost every session. Every coach seemed to want to use his session to further his tennis standing. At one session Leighton’s bullshit detector kicked in. A coach was trying to sell a lame idea as the end of all tennis instruction; Leighton politely questioned the man’s premise. The clinician sloughed off this old white-haired guy’s puzzlement. Again coach queried, “I want to make sure I understand what you’re saying.” An abrupt, “Am I not speaking plainly enough?” Was his answer. Selling the same lame premise, the clinician was startled when Leighton rose and stated, “Sir, you are addressing the tennis teachers of America and beyond. Never have I heard such a crock of baloney.” He turned to me and said “Get up Tom, we’re getting out here!” I followed beside
