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though he does not return to Caro
lina until November.
Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNC
VOLUME LIII SW
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1945
NUMBER SW 82
Campus Shorts
j Visitor
I Betty Wisenbaker of Valdosta,
" Georgia,, was the guest of Betty
Keene in Aldreman Dormitory last
week-end.
Duly Initiated
Friday afternoon the Pi Phis wel
comed a new sister into the chapter,
Betsy John West from Raleigh, N. C;
More Visitors
Shiela Justice, '45, and "Doc" Sloan,
former med student here last year,
spent the week-end visiting all their
old Carolina friends.
Transfers
v Gladney Holder, Martha McClanna
han and Ann Cobb are the new addi
tions to the Tri Delta house. They
transferred from U. of Ga., L. S. U.,
and Randolph-Macon, respectively.
New Cheerleader
Mary Pierce Johnson has been elect
ed by the members of the cheerlead
ing team to succeed Mary Nancy
Bailey.
Alumni Back,
Ensign Frank Goodrum, Bob
Thompson and wife visited the Caro
lina campus. Their main stop was
with their fraternity brothers, the!
Alpha Tau Omegas.
Officers Announced
Alpha Gamma Delta announces the
selection of new officers for 1945-46.
They are: Joyce Fowler, president;
Lillian Leonhard, first vice-president;
Angela Hardy, second vice-president;
Barbara Saunders, recording secre
tary; Martha Faison, corresponding
secretary; Fran Hicks, treasurer; and
Linda Cobb, rush captain.
Distinguished Guest
Phi Hammer, organizer of the C. P.
U. Board was guest on campus last
week-end. Mr. Hammer was class of
1935. He is now with the UNRRA.
Back to Work -
Lt. W. I. Anderson, ex-AAF pilot,
from Greensboro is back in school.
New House Mother
, Mrs. Robert Wallace is the new
house mother at the Alpha Delta Pi
sorority house. Mrs. Wallace was for
' merlv at Rollins College in Winter
Park. Fla. She is a cousin to Dean
House.
Alpha Gam Visitor
Miss Virginia Kelley, national ex
tension director, has been visiting the
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She is
from Lexngton, Ky.
Former Coeds Return
Former Carolina coeds who will be
guests of the Tri Delta House this
week are Marky Parsons, Mary Payne
Jett. Lucille Parsons, Bleanor Bass,
Ann Green, and Ginger Lipsey.
More Transfers
New girls to be affiliated with the
Alpha Delta Pi sorority chapter will
be Betsy Hahn, Flo Ann Roberts,
Peggy Morris, Nancy Westbrook, and
Betty Helfrick.
Instructor Returns
Former French instructor and
graduate student M. Jacque Hardre
has returned to the campus . after
three years service in the French
army. He attended officers' school in
England until 1944 .and was in the
first French Armored Division in
North Africa. M. Hardre took part in
the invasion of France and Germany.
YWCA Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
YWCA cabinet in the "Y" building
Tuesday night at 6:45.
Engagement Announced
Tho Chi Omeeas are celebrating
J. ItV -WM- W
of Elaine Bates to
Ed
r Winns. "Reggie" was a
med
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student last year.
Bridge Tournament
There will be a duplicate bridge
tournament in Graham Memorial
Thursday night at 7:30. All those in
terested in participating are invited
to attend.
Chi Psi Visitor
Vinicent McDowel, second lieuten
ant in the Army Air Corps, visited
here this week-end. He is now at the
separation center, Fort Bragg, N. C,
where he will be discharged. He plans
to return to school in November.
Frat Rushing
To Commence
September 21
That the rushing period will defi
nitely be initiated on September 21
was confirmed by Walt Brinkley,
president of the Interfraternity Coun
cil, who asks all freshmen and new
students to familiarize themselves
with the rushing regulations which
have been promulgated this semester.
Brinkley stressed the importance
of becoming acquainted with the
rushing rules. "The fraternity sys
tem depends on the cooperation of
everyone. In the past, the Council
has been faced with no major diffi
culty arising from the interpretation
of the rushing rules. A knowledge of
these regulations will insure the con
nnuea success 01 tne rusmng sys
tem," he reiterates.
A change from the old system ex
tends the rushing period from three
days of formal rushing to the cus
tomary period of three days supple
mented by two weeks of informal
rushing.
The purpose of this innovation is
to give rushees a better opportunity
to meet frat men and form judgments
of them, while at the same time the
fraternities are granted a longer
duration in which to adjudge their
rushees.
It was disclosed that the Interfra
cernity Council is formulating plans
whereby the tradition of awarding a
cup to the outstanding frat will be
revived. Curtailed during the war,
the awarding of the trophy may
again be activated, but the basis for
its presentation remains a moot ques
tion. Carolina Coeds
Are Advised On
Carolina Wolves
By Sibyl Goerch
New coeds will not be fooled by ty
pical lines from Carolina gentlemen
since Stan Colbert gave good advice
on "how to recognize and combat the
usual wolf language" at the YWCA
party in Graham Memorial Thursday
night. The party, under the chairman
ship of Martha Mallory and Margie
Pullen, was just one high light of ori
entation week for the new women on
campus.
A mass meeting at Gerrard Hall
was arranged by Ruth Duncan, presi
dent of Woman's Government Associa
tion, to introduce coeds to the heads
of various women's organizations.
Most speakers talked for one minute;
Bob Morrison spoke twenty.
Floor parties and open-house for
Pre-Flight cadets were held in wo
men's dormitories Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Pan-Hellenic and Carolina
Independent Coed Association party
Wednesday night presented Ida Prince j
See COEDS, page 4.
Coates, Institute Founder, Became Cop To
By Sam Summerlin
(Author's note. One day last
month, this reporter was talking in
formally with Mr. Hugh Lefler, and
this noted UNC history professor ori
ginated the idea of having a series
of articles on certain unique features
of this University which probably
would not be found in any other uni
versity in the United States. This re
porter has selected four of the most
unique features from among those that
Mr. Lefler mentioned, and each week
an article on one of these 'four will
appear in the Tar Heel, under the
heading "Unique Series." A second
series, encompassing various other
unique features of Carolina, will prob
ably appear in the near future.)
-Albert Coates, law professor at the
University of North Carolina, was
probably called a "dreamer" many
times during the hard days of his
struggle to establish his "dream," the
Institute of Government; but in the
last few years his Institute has amply
proved that he is one of the most prac
tical "dreamers" in the history of the
University. To quote our late presi
dent, Franklin D. Roosevelt: "The In
stitute of Government has and will
render fine service to its State and
Nation. I hope that states not having
comparable agencies will recognize and
follow North Carolina's leadership."
Just what is the purpose of the In
stitute of Government, and how did it
originate?
Carolina Mag Staff
Small, Overworked;
Needs Helping Hands
Joke and publicity editors, writ
ers, and artists are all sorely need
ed by the Carolina Magazine. The
present skeleton staff is now hard
at work filing and proofing cuts.
Anyone interested in applying for
a Mag position will be welcomed at
the Graham Memorial office. Editor
Hendren will pe in her office every
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
to greet those wishing to offer a
helping hand.
The first issue of the Mag is
scheduled to hit the campus in
early October. Contributions of
literary material, especially fiction,
will be welcomed from students.
The publication of a cartoon or an
article will automatically place the
contributor on the magazine's staff
for that issue. Deadline for. these
contributions is set at September
15 by Hendren. Material should be
- brought to the office personally.
The Art staff will meet "Wednes
day in the office from 3 to 5 p. m.
Super-State
To Be Topic
Of Di Senate
The Dialectic Senate will discuss
the international organization of a
super-state Wednesday night at 9
o'clock as the Di begins the second
session of its 151st year. The session
will be held in the Di Chamber on the
third floor of New West. Everyone is
invited to attend and participate in
the discussion.
The bill to provide for a super-state
was offered as a substitute bill at the
last session by Senator Al Lowen-
stein. At that time the Senate was
discussing the political aspects of the
development of atomic power. Sena
tor Lowenstein's bill assumes that the
super-state, to be composed of all na
tions of the world, will be entrusted
with the secret of the atomic bomb,
to preserve civilization from de
struction. Senator Donald Shropshire, chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, has asked Senator Bob Morrison
to present a factual report on the
subject of the super-state and central
ized international authority.
A.t the last session officers for the
fall term took their seats. The new
officers which did not serve during the
summer term .are Senator Ann Jud
son, clerk, and Senator Shropshire,
president pro tern. Judson replaced
Senator Arthur Budlong; Shropshire
replaced Senator Weber.
Senator Herbert Weber, president
pro tem, who presided over the ses
sion last week in the absence of Presi
dent Roy Thompson, announced that
the Senate will elect
a new critic
See DI SENATE, page 4.
Mr. Coates best explains the pur
pose of his Institute. He says : "The
Institute of Government has a three
fold purpose. First, to aid the officials
in their efforts' to do a better job. Sec
ond, to put citizens in touch with their
government and to keep them in touch
with it. Third, to bridge the gap be
tween government as it is practiced
and as it is taught in schools. The In
stitute is a non-partisan and a- non
profit organization, and it works al
ways to inform rather than to reform.
Any improvements are, and must re
main, in the job of the officials, citi
zens, and schools, respectively. If we
can furnish them the facts, materials,
and tools to help do the job, we will
have our work cut out." There is the
uniqueness of the Institute of Govern
ment. This is how the Institute originated.
One day, in about the year 1926,
Albert Coates was teaching a class of
aspiring young Carolina law students
from one of his conventional texts, the
casebook of Supreme Court decisions,
when it occurred to him that during
the past thirty years only four out of
each one thousand cases in North
Carolina were ever carried on appeal
to the Supreme Court. Coates won
dered. Was he trying to teaeh one
hundred per cent of a course from
four tenths of one per dent of the
knowledge? Come to think of it, he
wasl Coates promptly doffed his pro
fessional gown, joined a police force,
Flagler Retains Yack Post;
Plans Return In November
By Mary Hill Gaston
Fred Flagler, who submitted his resignation as editor of the
Yackety Yack to the elections committee a short time ago, will
retain the position, though he will not return to school until No
vember. In an informal meeting Friday afternoon the Publica
tions Union Board authorized a letter to Flagler notifying him
he is to keep the editorship of the yearbook.
Flagler left school a month ago be-
cause of illness and he resigned his
position due to uncertainty as to when
he would be able to return to Carolina
Fhysicians had told him he should give
up part of his extra-curricular activi
ties when he did get back, but since he
has been at his home in Hickory his
improvement is such that he will be
able to manage the Yack.
Requests that he retain the editor
ship came from all sides here, and
Flagler decided last week to do so
Friday's action by the Publications
Union board was necessary before any
definite announcement could be made
Under the direction of the editor,
a staff of his assistants will work here
at Carolina to get the Yack well on
the road by November, when Flagler
will return to take over personally.
A staff meeting has been set for
four o'clock Wednesday afternoon in
the Horace Williams lounge on the
second floor of Graham Memorial, and
any student who is interested in work
ing on the Yack is urgently requested
to attend. No definite staff appoint
ments have been announced as yet and
positions in all departments are open
to all interested and capable students,
both military and civilian, men or wo
men, regular and graduate students.
Experience on yearbooks either in
high school or college is desirable
but not necessary. The Business
manager needs a sizeable staff of
assistants to sell advertising. A large,
interested group of workers is abso-
utely necessary to turn out a success
ful Yack and Wednesday afternoon's
meeting will be the first this term.
Flagler called " a number of similar
meetings this summer before he left
school. He had not lined up a com
plete staff prior to that time, of course,
since so many regular students were
off on summer vacation. It is expect
ed that a large group of prospective
staff members will turn out Wednes
day afternoon.
The 1946 Yackety Yack office will
be the same as that for this year's
book, which is expected to hit the cam
pus very soon. There had been some
question as to location of the office this
summer, but Graham Memorial offi
ials decided to keep the yearbook head
quarters in the same place.
Work on the Yack should clip along
at a rapid rate now that Flagler has
reconsidered his resignation. Had he
allowed it to go through, a new edi
tor would have had to be voted on in
elections coming off September 22.
Flagler has not announced who his
top-ranking assistants here will be,
but such a statement should come from
l him this week.
and thu started his personal investi
gation to see exactly how law was
practiced in every corner of North
Carolina. His discovery was this : al
most every county in North Carolina
practiced law in a different fashion,
and oftentimes it was practiced differ
ently in various parts of one county
alone. Coates immediately realized
that he had to correct this condition.
Therefore, after the investigation,
Coates returned to Chapel Hill and
called a three-day law instruction
meeting, with F.B.I, experts as in
structors, of local law enforcement of
ficials, including everyone from the
city cop to the rural constable. From
here, the Institute of Government
really began to grow.
In 1932, three hundred representa
tives of all groups of city, county,
stete, and federal officials came to
gether at Chapel Hill, and out of this
came guide books for North Carolina
officials. In these guides all revelant
laws were written down for the-first
time in such a way that they could be
understandable to every law enforce
ment official. Other guides gave sci
entific aids in crime detection, and in
structions' to Clerks of the Superior
Court, and to county and city tax col
lectors and election officials. x
The value of these guides, which
were distributed to all officials in the
State, can be easily illustrated by a
few examples. In one year, one tax
supervisor added 4000 new taxpayers
Johnstone Sees
1945 Yackety Yack
Out In Near Future
Editor Gene Johnstone expects the
arrival of the Yackety Yack any day
now. Because of the shortage of en
amel paper which is necessary for a
good publication, the printers have
had to delay the shipment.
Johnstone should be in no way
blamed for these delays. Taking over
the reins in March, Gene had to cope
with film shortages and a disorgan
ized staff. The Yack then suffered a
fire which destroyed a large number
of plates and negatives and the office
had to be moved to its present site.
When the '45 Yack does reach the
campus, it will have a red leather
cover with tan monk's cloth. Lettering
will be gold and brown. Time is the
theme through the entire yearbook
which is very appropriate in this Ses-
quicentennial year of the University.
With his arduous task completed
and curiosity high over the campus,
Editor Johnstone says, "I'd like to see
it as much as anybody else."
Law School Opening
Set Back One Week
The opening of the fall semester of
the Law School, originally scheduled
for September 24, has been postponed
to October 1, Dean R. H. Wettach has
announced.
Students who will complete their col
ege work by the middle of October
may register in Law School for the
fall semester. For the law school work
which is missed as a result of late ad
mission these students will be given
special review by the instructors in
the courses involved. Registration for
students who attend the fall term will
be on October 1, and the students can
attend all law classes where their
schedule permits and also be able to
make up on part of the work by special
review.
Dean Wettach would like to have
students who register in the fall for
Law School consult with him about
heir plans. He suggests that they
register for as light a load as possible
so that the transition will not be too
difficult.
Herbert R. Baker, professor for the
summer session, win oecome a iun
time faculty member at the opening of
this term, Dean Wettach announced.
Learn Law
and $5,000,000 in newly discovered
property to the tax books? His meth
ods were then taught to other super
visors, who in turn added more mil
lions to the tax rolls. Another ex
ample: one city reorganized its tax
collections and saved $6500 annually.
The guides have proved their worth!
But it was not until 1939 when
Coates's "dream" really came true.
In that year, the late William B.
Bankhead, then Speaker of the House
of Representatives, dedicated the $50,
000 spacious "Institute of Govern
ment" laboratory, the first of its kind
in the country. This building has four
floors and twenty rooms, and houses
demonstration laboratories, training
schools, libraries, clearing houses of
information, club rooms for officials,
staff offices, and miscellaneous serv
ices. During his stay here, Bankhead
said that he was "frankly amazed at
the details, compass, and thorough
ness" of the Institute's program and
work, and declared that the University
of North Carolina is "one of the great
est centers of educational enterprise"
in the country, and the selection of
such an environment for the North
Carolina Institute of Government was
indeed fortunate.
The Institute of Government has
thus far trained eight thousand law
enforcement officials, and as a result,
the FBI says that North Carolina is
the nation's outstanding example of
'See COATES, page 4.
Frosh Series
Scheduled For
Gerrard Hall
Dean of Men E. L. Mackie has an
nounced a series of frpshmnn oecom.
bly programs to be held in Gerrard
Hall every Tuesday and Thursday
nights at seven o'clock the early part
of this term.
Speaker at the first meeting in the
series Tuesday night will be Guy B.
Phillips, director of the summer school
and head of the College for War
Training. Mr. Phillips will talk on
housing conditions for University stu
dents. This problem is especially time
ly in view of the very large increase
m enrollment expected at Carolina in
the near future. The housing facili
ties of the University, which have been
sorely taxed during the war, are bound
to be a problem when this influx of
new ana returning students arrives.
Particularly acute is the problem of
the married veteran who comes to
school under one of the government
education plans. To find a small, in
expensive home in Chapel Hill, even
now, is almost impossible. As more
and more of these married students
come to Carolina, this problem will be
come very great.
Speaking on other subjects of in
terest and importance to the freshmen
in the future, will be such men as
President Frank P. Graham and Dean
A. W. Hobbs, head of the denart
of arts and sciences.
The increase in the number of fresh.
men, and the shortness of the orienta
tion program, which lasted nnlv Vl run
days at the beginning of this term, has
made some program of this tvne Ps.
sary, Dean Mackie said. Before th
war freshmen were required to attend
orientation meetings each day for one
period in the morning. These bi
weekly meetings, which are to h
pulsory for all the over approximately
400 freshmen on the campus, are de
signed in part to replace the valuable
indoctrination in the Carolina way of
me, given ireshmen in the past.
Any freshman failing to attend one
of these required meetings must re
port to Dean Mackie's office at 204
South Building if he expects his ab
sence to be excused. An assistant
will be at the Dean's office for a short
time on Wednesdays and Fridays, at
an hour Dean Mackie will announce to
the freshmen later.
Meeting Called Of
All Civiilan Seniors
Pete Pully, president of the senior
class, announced tonight that there
will be a mass meeting of all civilian
members of the November graduating
class in the Grail Room, Graham Me
morial, Friday afternoon at two
o'dock. The chief purpose of this
meeting is to ascertain the exact mem
bership of the senior class. With the
aid of the already compiled list of
navy graduates, Pully hopes to an
nounce, at this meeting, his selections
for membership in the various class
committees. Also to be appointed
will be the chief marshal and the mar
shals to serve with him.
A financial report will be given and
the financial position of the class will
be discussed. The seniors' views on
such problems as the type of invita
tion to be used, what speakers to in
vite to give the commencement .ad
dresses, and the kind of social events
to have during graduation weekend,
will be asked for.
Pully has asked all the civilian se
niors to be sure to attend this meet
ing. "It is essential for all to come to
this meeting if we are to have proper
functioning senior activities," he
stated.
Yack Appeal
Anyone interested in working on
the 1946 Yackety Yack, the Caro
lina yearbook, is urged to attend
the first staff meeting of the terra
to be held Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock in the Horace Williams
lounge onthe second floor of Gra
ham Memorial.
Since positions in every depart
ment of the Yack staff are open,
Wednesday afternoon's meeting
will be highly important. Experi
ence on high school or college an
nuals "Is desirable, though by no
means necessary.