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EDITORIALS:
Catapult Was Good
Letter From Hunt
Tar And Feathers
NEWS:
Special Election
ITant Leaves
Legislature Thursday
Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNC
VOLUME LIII SW
NUMBER SW 56
Business sad Circulation: 8841
CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAYMAY 15, 1945
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Election Bill Expected To Keep Legislature Busy Thursday
Bill
Bill Demands
New Outline
For Elections
Tabling Postponed;
Vote Last Session
By Pat Kelly
The omnibus Elections Bill
, proposed by the Ways and
Means committee is scheduled to
come up before the Student Leg
islature in its weekly .- meeting
Thursday night, 8 o'clock, at the
old Phi Hall.
Slated to be voted on at the last
legislature session, the bill was
tabled because of too lengthy dis
cussion on proposed amendments.
When the floor was opened for dis
cussion, Walt Brinkley, chairman of
the Elections committee, put before
the law-makers a list of amendments.
After almost two hours of heated de
bate over only two of the amend
ments proposed by Brinkley, the
legislature tabled the bill until Thurs
day's meeting.
The bill, which was drawn up by
the Ways and Means committee, was
introduced on the floor by A. B.
Smith, chairman of the committee.
Its purpose is to co-ordinate all past
acts concerning elections held under
the jurisdiction of the legislature, into
one bill which would cover all aspects
of such elections.
Phases Bill Covers
Contained in the bill are provisions
for the time of elections, term of ofr
fice of those elected, procedure in the
case of vacancies, and time of instal
lation. The proposed act also sets up
limits of campaign expenditures of
parties and individual candidates and
penalties for violations thereof. .
The bill provides for the reporting
of -campaign literature to the Elec
tions committee by the individual
candidates and parties, the examina
tion of same, and the procedure to be
taken in case of violation of those
provisions. It establishes what shall
be charged to the candidates' expense
account and for what each candidate
shall be held responsible. ' s
Other provisions cover the proce
dure for nominations, absentee bal
loting, and the conducting of the
election. The location of the polls and
the disposition of fines imposed for
violations of the bill are also provid
ed for.
Calls For Two Meetings
The last two articles of the bill
call for the Elections committee to
hold two mass meetings. One, which
shall be held before each election,
, See LEGISLATURE, page 3.
Freddy Johnson Band Faces
Trouble After Navy Decree
Freddy Johnson's popular campus
dance band faced disorganization last
week when the commanding officer of
the Navy V-12 and ROTC units here
outlawed navy men's participation in
the only orchestra left on the campus.
Six servicemen from the local con
tingent were regular members of the
organization, several having been pro
fessional musicians in civilian life.
Johnson said unless he could find
civilian musicians on the campus with
enough ability to play his library, he
would be forced to disband. He hinted
strongly that three are not any musi
cians of that high caliber on the cam
pus at this time.
Johnson had booked dances through
the month of June, most of them being
sponsored by local organizations. He
plans to fulfill most of these engage
strongly that there are not any musi
despite the high cost involved.
Saturday night, the band played for
the pharmacy school's dance with an
all-civilian personnel. The veteran
bandleader explained that Saturday's
music was not quite up to par because
the nucleus of the band, replacing the
usual navy musicians, had not had
H
lint, Clifford Leave
Delegates To Make
Reports Back Here
The two representatives selected by
the Southern Conference of students,
Douglas Hunt of Carolina and Sgt.
Maurice Clifford, of Meharry Medical
college, of Nashville, Tenn., will leave
today by plane for the San Francisco
World Peace Conference.
The SCS was recently formed on
this campus and their convening on this
campus last April 15 and selecting the
two delegates for the peace conference
was their first project.
Expenses for the trip are being paid
for both delegates from funds solicited
on the various campuses who are mem
bers of the organization. i
Hunt and Clifford have ticketsto
several sessions of the conf erence.They
will have the same privileges as the
press and their chief duty is to observe
and report back the happenings that
will be of interest to the various col
leges in the organization.
The reports will be sent back to this
Grail To Hold
Informal Hop
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Dance Scheduled
For Next Saturday
The Order of the Grail is sponsoring
its second campus-wide informal dance
Saturday night, May 19, from 9 until
12 o'clock 'in Woollen Gymnasium.
Freddie Johnson and his orchestra will
provide the music. U :.,,... ...
Advance reports indicate Saturday's
dance will be an unusually good one,
with a large crowd in attendance.
Tickets may be obtained from any mem
ber of the Grail, at 60 cents each, stag
or couples, or at the door for 90 cents.
' The Grail is the only organization
on campus permitted to stage script
dances. Money taken in is used to set
up Grail scholarships and to finance
appropriations to various other cam
pus organizations.
Changes are that the Hinton James
8 O'clock P. T. Club Octet, winners in
the Valkyries sing contest Sunday, will
perform Saturday night.
TH Meeting Thursday
Editor Bob Morrison has an
nounced that there will be an im
portant meeting of the Tar Heel
staff Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the Tar Heel office on
the second floor of Graham Memo
rial. Any students on campus, either
civilian or military, who are inter
ested in working on the publication
are urged to attend the meeting.
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time to rehearse. He cited. the high
musicianship required to play his ar
rangements satisfactorily, pointing to
the fact that his band always had been
comprised of the highest caliber of
artists.
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HUNT
campus where they will be mimeo
graphed and sent to all of the colleges
in the Southern Conference of Stu-
Several Petitions Received
In Behalf Of Dr. Friederich
The Tar Heel has received several petitions signed by many students on the
campus upholding Dr. W. P. Friederich and stating that as far as they know
he has not expressed pro-Nazi sympathies.
Students who have signed these
petitions feel that they are in a po
sition to know the facts of the case;
most of the students have been in
Dr. Friederich's classes, and all of
them feel that they know him as a
professor and a friend.
Copies of these petitions, of which
three have come to the notice of the
Tar Heel, have been sent to Dr. Frank
P. Graham and to the Tar Heel.
These students declare that never,
wittim class or out, has Dr.. Fried
erich expressed pro-Nazi sympathies,
but that on the contrary he has al
ways upheld the principles of justice
and freedom as embodied in a demo
cratic form of government. They pro
test that Friederich has, been dealt
with unjustly by the Office of War
Information, and assert that unfair
methods have been used to accuse
him of being pro-Nazi.
In addition to those student peti
tions, there have been many other
acclamations ot Dr. r riedericn s in
nocence of the charges against him.
In particular, Dr. Lane and Dr. Jente,
Dr. Friederich's colleagues in the
Department of German, wrote a let
ter to the Tar Heel. This letter ap
peared in last Saturday's issue. Dr.
Lane and Dr. Jente quoted many
statements from Friederich's writ
ings. Dr. Friederich himself states, in a
letter to Mr. Paul Green (April 27)
which is in the possession of the Tar
Heel: "... I am not the sinister per
son my denouncers made me out to
be . . . like thousands of other men,
I earnestly seek truth and justice ac
cording to the best of my abilities."
Many people have come similarly
to Dr. Friederich's defense, and many
have made further attacks on him;
the Tar Heel will endeavor to con
tinue reporting the progress of the
case in an impartial manner.
Unanimous Decision
Given UNC Debaters
Winning a unanimous vote from the
three judges, Bill Crisp and Rene Ber
nard brought Carolina its second
straight victory of the current season
over William and Mary debate team
on Saturday afternoon. Held in Wil
liamsburg, Virginia, this was the last
debate this year for UNC.
Tlie question before the two teams
was : Resolved that the Federal Gov
ernment enact legislation requiring
compulsory arbitration of labor dis
putes after voluntary means have fail
ed. Crisp and Bernard took the affirma
tive side.
Earlier this year Nina Guard, the
Debate Council's newly elected presi
dent, and Wayne Blankenship beat the
William and Mary debaters here.
orld Conference Today
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dents. The delegates are supposed to
make these reports semi-weekly during
their two weeks at San Francisco.
New Bus Station
Will Be Built Here
Before This Fall
The proposed new Bus Station here,
which has long been needed, has been
given the green light by the War Pro
duction Board, according to word just
received, and the Carolina Coach
Company now has the priorities to go
ahead with construction.
The plans are near completion, and
it is expected that a contract can be
let in about six weeks. The building
should be ready for use by the end of
the summer.
The site for the new terminal is at
the corner of West Franklin and Ken
an streets, about two blocks from the
center of town.
The plans call for a brick structure
in the Colonial style with ample waiting-room
facilities and ample space for
the arrival, departure, and parking of
busses.
Action on the movement was taken
several months ago, but many difficul
ties have stood in the way of the build
ing and it was slow work for the committeemen.
Denker Says 'Calliope9 Is Good Production
But Has Its Weak Points And Is Too Long
By Joe Denker
"Calliope," a drama in three acts,
nine scenes, written by Virginia
Page Spencer opened Saturday night
on the pygmy stage of the Caro
lina Playmaker theatre.
"Calliope" is a sensitive drama
about a young, decorous, author and
his attempts to retain the serenity,
and homeliness of his native North
Carolinian village by the sea. Buf
feted on every side by a scheming
wife and her friends, and the forces
of evil controlled by Staton Tunnell,
small town racketeer, Paul Dunning,
.the author, clings closely to his sym
pathetic friends, Don Carawan, an
aged fisherman, and Leigh Swindell,
his wife's, sister.
Tunnell hopes to build the peace
ful village into a. well-paying resort
and political machine, but Dunning
controls certain land interests that
provide an obstacle to Tunnell's
plans. Tunnell offers twenty-thousand
dollars for the land and ware
houses bordering a canal. Dunning
refuses to the dismay of his wife
and the disgust of her friend Bob
Lane. Tunnell burns the warehouses.
CSC Will Canvass
To Pay Expenses
Rooms have already been reserved
for both Hunt and Clifford at the Inter
national House on the campus of the
University of California at Berkeley,
California, which is just outside of San
Francisco.
Hunt was selected chairman of the
Southern Conference which was neld
in April and was also made the
executive secretary-treasurer of the
organization after the conference
decided that it would be best for a
member of the Carolina student body
to hold the position since the head
quarters of the organization would be
here.
Sgt. Clifford, now a medical student,
has two degrees an A.B. and a M.A.
He is an A.S.T.P. trainee and has a
leave from his commanding officer to
attend the conference. Both Clifford
and Hunt have plane reservations to
the conference and plan to meet each
other in San Francisco.
Service ,Group
Cops Singfest
Vocalists Warble
Loud, Sweet, Solid
A mixed Marine-ROTC group called
the Hinton James Eight O'clock P. T.
Class copped the cup at the Valkyrie
sponsored competitive sing, which was
held Sunday at 5 o'clock in Memorial
Hall before a large crowd.
The Hinton James ensemble beat out
singing groups of Tri Delts, A. D. Pi's,
Pi Beta Phi's and Phi Delta Theta's.
Samuel Selden, Paul Young and
Chancellor R. B. House judged the con
test, and delivered the first place prize
ed cup to the victorious group which
was composed of Al Benks, Mike Rum
mell, Jim Lodge, Bob Siebert, Wallie
Milligan, Tom Abel, and Gordon
Knuckles. These boys will hold the
cup for a year, until it is won by some
other group. If the Hinton James
Eight O'clock P. T. Class takes the cup
three years straight, it goes perma
nently into their possession.
Frosh Prexy Run-off
The runoff between Pat Kelly
and Farrer Potts for president of
the freshman class will be held to
day from 9 to 5 o'clock in the Y,
announced Walt Brinkley, chairman
of the elections committee. AH stu
dents who have not been at the
University over two semesters or
three quarters are eligible to vote.
The play was a good play, but not
outstanding. It suffered from ex-tra-lengthiness,
and laugh lines
spotted in extremely dramatic parts.
It boasted excellent pace, clever
modern dialogue, and a tempos
tuned to today's living. Miss Spen
cer should be lauded for the audi
ence appeal the play had.
Kai Heiberg-Jurgensen, director,
usually shows a fine hand in play
direction, and this was not a great
exception. Some entrances were
slow and badly balanced, and one
strongly emotional scene drew a nice
laugh, but on the whole the audi-
ence was quite with him.
Two years of Playmaker first
nights have failed to impress this
reviewer much as he was by the
closely detailed sets designed by
Foster Fitz-Simons. And an equal
ly fresh and vital cast turned out
sterling performances commended
by all. .
Jim Warren as Paul Dunning ren
ders a sensitive performance. His
boyishness and naivete reflected the
part beautifully. But like many
other members of the cast last eve
ning he blew many lines. He lacks
the professional finish evident in
Measure Goes
Before Campus
For Approval
Balloting Slated
For Thursday
By Beverly Eisenberg
The ever-present dance ex
penditures bill, which was de
feated in the legislature last
Thursday night by a 17-16 vote,
will be voted on by the entire
student body Thursday at the re
quest of a petition signed by
over 500 students.
Exercising their right of initiative
and referendum, the students sub
mitted the petition to Bill McKenzie,
president of the student body and re
quested that the bill be put to a vote
immediately.
The petitioners feel that the vote
taken in the legislature does not re
flect the true sentiments of the ma
jority of Carolina students and the na
ture of the bill is of sufficient im
portance to merit a popular vote by
the student body.
Polling Place Announced
In recognition of the large number
of signers to this petition and the
justification of their demands, Presi
dent MccKenzie has announced that
under the rights given in Article III
sections 1 and 2 of the legislature's
constitution, a student vote will be
granted. The Student Council has
been instructed to have the polls open
from 9 until 5 o'clock. The polls for
all civilians, including coeds will be
located in the YMCA and those. for
all service men except medical stu
dents will be in Swain Hall. The Med
students will vote at the civilian booth
in the Y.
The bill as submitted to the stu
dents for their vote will read as fol
lows:
Whereas: We, the students of the
Univrsity of North Carolina, have
the power of legislature through the
right of initiative and referendum,
and
Wnereas: We feel that the legisla
ture's vote on the bill proposing that
the dance limitations be lifted did not
reflect the true sentiment of the ma
jority of the students; and
Whereas: We feel that the nature
of the controversy is such that it de
mands a popular vote of the Student
Body,
We hereby present this petition to
jrou, and ask that you submit the fol
lowing Bill to the Student Body for
enactment by popular vote:
ARTICLE I, Section 1. All bills
previously enacted by the Student
Legislature of the University of
See DANCE BILL, page S.
many of the older experienced Play
makers that took parts in the plays.
His wife is portrayed excellently and
almost to perfection by Nancy
Fitch. Miss Fitch proves, sultry,
and glamorous and lends subtle vari
ation to a part seeped in iniquitous
suggestiveness.
Kay Allen, pretty sister, was pow
erful and dramatic, but her stage
presence wa3 cold in many instances.
Already having control of many of
the best lines John Fries Blair, a3
Don Carawan, stole much of the ap
plause and laughter. He didn't
project perfectly but the audience
was willing to listen, for his lines.
Carrington Cross's clipped rendi
tion of Bob Lane, the other man,
was interesting and held the audi
ence. Robert Briskey as Staton
Tunnell was lacking in sincerity at
the opening of the play, but the part
gradually built into a fairly honest
rendition of the part. Dick Riser's
drunk was laughable, and Sherman
Lazarus was convincing as Tim
Benson, a citizen under the influence
of Tunnell's machine. William
Schollmeyer fitted his part splendid
ly both with physical and verbal expressionism.