A student newspaper, published by
students for students. If you find
fault with this paper, you can correct
that fault by reporting for a staff as
signment any Thursday or Sunday
night. '
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren
Bacall will select the queen of the
annual Yackety Yack Beauty Ball.
The winner will be disclosed at the
dance to follow the Carolina-Virginia
game.
Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNC
VOLUME LIII SW
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1945
NUMBER SW 91
art9 Bacall
P7J!
elect Yack Beaut y Ba
oeen
((4
B9g
Q
OS
Military Units
Sponsor Triad
Dance Tonight
Highlighting the week-end's social
calendar will be the Triad Ball to be
held tonight from 9 until 12 o'clock
vin Woollen Gymnasium. All Carolina
students, both civilian and military,
are invited to attend.
Tonight's ball is sponsored jointly
by ROTC, V-12 and Marine units here.
Music will be by the 336th Air Serv
ice Forces band from Camp Butner.
All members of the band were profes
sional musicians in civilian life, and
the leader was formerly a member of
Paul Whiteman's orchestra.
The dance will be semi-formal.
There will be no admission charge,
and hat check service will also be
free.
Invitations have been issued to a
number of faculty members, to Navy
and Marine officers here and to .each
dormitory and fraternity house on
campus.
Phil Lanier heads the committee in
charge of the event. Serving with
him are Grady Mitchell, Tom Green
and Burl Beavers, Marines; Lote Kin
ney, George Tebbel and Bill Cook,
V-12's; and Bud 'Sale, ROTC.
Tar Heel Receives
High
est Award Given
Student Newspapers
The Tar Heel has been given the
highest rating bestowed upon student
newspapers by the Associated Collegi
ate Press, an organization of the stu
dent newspapers of the United States.
The Tar Heel was given the "Alk
American" Rating, which has been re
ceived by only a handful of American
student publications.
Early this spring the Tar Heel re
ceived a "First Class" rating, which
was a definite improvement over the
"Third Class" rating which had been
received before. It is thought that to
day is the first time the Tar.Heel has
held an "All-American" rating in nine
years.
The issues of the Tar Heel which
were graded in the last rating were
published the last three months of the
1944-1945 session, and were edited by
Robert Morrison, Editor; Barron
Mills, Managing Editor; and Carroll
Poplin, Sports Editor. Bettie Gaither
was Business Manager at that time.
The Tar Heel was graded according
to news values and sources; news writ
ing and editing; headlines, typog
raphy and makeup ; and departmental
pages and special features. In all of
these considerations, the Tar Heel was
judged "excellent." A total of 1065
points were earned by the Tar Heel.
.The equable or average rating is 200,
and "All-American" rating is given
for 600 points or above.
The Tar Heel received high scores
in every respect, but a few minor de
fects were pointed out. The Tar Heel
used too many front page fillers, had
too much column material, used heads
which did not convey the most possible
meaning and did not use a sufficient
number of subheads, presented some
editorials which were too long, and
used too many label heads.
Ivey-Veiled Old East Stands
As Symbol Of UNC Heritage
By Jo Pugh
The oldest standing state univer
sity building in the nation is located
on the Carolina campus. Old East
holds no claim to architectural beauty,
but stands with pink-hued walls
veiled by masses of ivy as a symbol
of a day "in 1793 when a solemn pro
cession of men led by William R.
Davie layed the cornerstone of. Caro
lina's first building.
' Following Mr. Davie in the proces
sion was John Haywood, later a
judge of the Supreme Court, Alfred
Moore, Dr. Samuel E. McCorkle, trus
tees of the university, state officials,
and a host of curious on-lookers. As
grand master of the Masons, Dayie
laid the cornerstone of Old East which
was to stand, through war. and peace
as a marker of the courage and de
termination of these men.
Participants at
j L f x& t. i - r V
; J' I -Zip 1 !i ' I S
; hit I W i.K'jc ' Wfi
T Ir-xv Ml " LJAJ L.
4- I'
Vr 11 ii
l.k,4J L irJ r5 p a
UK I -i Vi J i
Fourteen college and university presidents, several vice-presidents and a number of graduate school deans
participated in the Carolina Sesquicentennial program yesterday. Shown above are the speakers at the cele
bration. Top row, left to right: President James B. Conant of Harvard University, who spoke at the anniversary
celebration in Memorial Hall at 10:45 a. m. yesterday; and the following other presidents and deans who took
part in the anniversary program and sessions of the association: President H. B. Wells, Indiana University;
President D. B. Prentice, Rose Polytechnic' Institute; President Virgil M. Hancher, University of Iowa; Prin
cipal F. Cyril James, McGill University; Acting President T. S. Painter, University of Texas.
Middle row: President Wallace W. Atwood, Clark University; President Frank P. Graham, University of
North Carolina; President Alan Valentine, University of Rochester; President Raymond Walters, University
of Cincinnati; President Robert L. Flowers, Duke University; President George F. ook, American Council of
Education.
Bottom row: Secretary Robert M. Lester, Carnegie Corporation; President W. D. Funkhouser, Conference of
Deans of Southern Graduate Schools; Vice-President Reuben G. Gustavson, University of Chicago; Dean James
Southall Wilson, University of Virginia; Dean Whatley W. Pierson, University of North Carolina, secretary
of the Association; Vice-President George H. Sabine, Cornell University.
UCP Committee Plans
Program Of Action
For Party Approval
The United Carolina Partywill rec
ommend a program of action for the
coming weeks at a meeting of the en
tire party Monday ' afternoon at 4
o'clock at Gerrard Hall. The three
point program as mapped out by the
Executive committee include: allevi
ating discomforts occasioned by
crowded living conditions in the dor
mitories; assuring coverage of news
concerning coeds by adding to the Tar
Heel staff a coed editor who would
supervise that phase of reporting; and
reporting to the campus the success
or failure of the party in these efforts.
A program of soliciting members
was mapped, out at a joint meeting of
the Membership and Executive com
mittees. Those seeking membership
are asked to contact any member of
the membership committee including:
Walt Brinkley, Herbert Weber, Connie
Hendren, Frank Meadowsi and Dot
Churchill; or a member of the execu
tive committee including: Douglass
Hunt, Walt Brinkley, Margaret Wood
house, Pete Pully, Lib Schofield, Jim
my Wallace, and Al Lowenstein.
The program of action to be recom
mended is to have the party's concen
trated effort for the next few weeks if
the program is accepted by the mem-
See UCP COMMITTEE, page 4.
The two-story building, designed
and constructed by James Patterson,
was about 96 feet high. There, were
sixteen rooms, each accommodating
four students. The bricks in the edi
fice were baked from clay from Uni
versity lands. A Wilmington friend
sent a" load of seashells by boat
Fayetteville and from there a wagom
brought them on to Chapel Hill where
they were made into lime and mor
tar. The building was financed by direct
contributions, revenue from a land
auction and a loan from the; state. In
1824 Old East was enlarged and made
a story higher to conform to the new
dorm, Old West, which was built in
that year.
A year later the Philanthropic So
ciety moved in and remained Until the
See IVY-VEILED, page 4.
Sesquicentennial Celebration Yesterday...
First Playmaker Production
To Be Comedy White Steed'
The Carolina Playmakers production of Paul Vincent Carroll's
romantic Irish comedy, 'The White Steed," will be the first of the
five major shows which will be offered during their 28th year of
operation on the campus of the University of North Carolina. The
show will open on Wednesday, October 17, for a four-day run, clos
ing Saturday, October 20.
Founded in 1918 by the late Pro-S
f essor Frederick . H. Koch, the Caro
lina Playmakers have gained national
recognition for their unique special
ization in "folk plays," a specialization
that grew out of their encouragement
to so called "folk playwrights," that
is, playwrights who deal with the dra
matic qualities in life as they see it
around them.
The play deals with the dramatic
happenings in a small town on the sea
coast of Ireland; thus "The White
Steed" comes under the classification
of "folk pkay." It deals with the ex
citing conflict between the old, par
alyzed Canon who believes in the "oul'
grace o' God" and in kindliness and
human goodness, and the impetuous
young Father Shaughnessy who is a
letter-of-the-book moralistic priest
with Fascistic tendencies.
The attempts of this young cleric to
combine ecclesiastical and civil, laws
into one moral law bring about riots
and uprisings in the village. Pitted
against Father Shaughnessy, on the
side of the old Canon, are young Nora
Fintry, who dares to defy the priest,
and the village schoolmaster, drunken,
cowardly Dennis Dillon," who lacks the
courage to defy the priest.
The cast is composed of a combina
tion of old-timers and newcomers on
the Playmakers stage. The parts of
the three older people in the play,
Canon Matt Lavelle, his housekeeper,
Rosianne; and the old vegetable dealer,
Phelim Fintry, are played by John
Blair, Josephine Sharkey and James
Warren, already well-known to Play-
maker audiences for their character
izations in former plays. ... .
The parts of the two young men,
Father Shaughnessy, and Dennis Dil
lon, are played by newcomers, both
of whom have had experience else
where. Father Shaughnessy is played
by John Bridges of Asheville, and Den
nis Dillon is portrayed by Eaikes
Slinkard who was recently released
from the Navy. Nora Fintry is
played by Phyllis Sullivan, better
known to Chapel Hill theatre-goers
See PLAYMAKERS, page 4.
Freshmen To Select
Class Officers In
November Elections
A bill providing for election of
freshman class officers and an execu
tive committee in the November elec
tion was passed by the Student Legis
lature Thursday night. Those elected
will serve as officers of the class of
'49 until the fall election of 1946.
Another bill passed was the pro
vision for awarding of student legis
lature keys to its members who have
served at least one quarter. The ma
jority vote will decide the eligibility
of a member to receive the award.
A bill to appropriate funds for the
social activities of the October senior
class was introduced. This class in
cludes both non-military and military
graduates. The bill was referred to
the Finance Committee.
White Resigns As Graham Memorial Heady
Martha Rice Named By GM Board To Post
The Graham Memorial Board of
Directors has accepted the resigna
tion of Harvey White, manager of
the Graham Memorial student build
ing, and has appointed Miss Martha
Rice his successor. White, at the
meeting of the Board Thursday, stat
ed that he thought that no student
carrying the regular number of
courses could effectively be manager
of Graham Memorial. Althougn White
is not currently enrolled in the Uni
versity, he believes that the time he
will have available in the future will
not be sufficient for him to continue
as the manager of the building.
Miss Rice graduated from Eastern
Carolina Teachers College and taught
for three years in the North Carolina
public schools. She came to Carolina
last September and began acting as
White's assistant.
H
ollywood
In Annual Campus Event
Beauty Ball To Highlight Week-End Of Final
Football Contest Against Virginia, December 1
By Linda Nobles
Lauren Bacalland Humphrey Bogart, two of Hollywood's lead
ing stars, will select the queen of the annual Yackety Yack Beauty
Ball to be held in Woollen Gymnasium on Saturday night, Decem
ber 1, following the Carolina-Virginia football game.
Editor Fred Flagler has announced
that the queen and her eight attend-. ti j. a a m
ants will be selected from photographs
of Carolina coeds mailed to Mr. and
Mrs. Bogart in Hollywood. They will
judge the photographs and will return
them to Chapel Hill, along with their
decision. Announcement of the win
ners, to be featured in the beauty sec
tion of the 1946 Yack, will not be made
until the dance is in progress.
All fraternities, sororities, dormi
tories and other campus organizations
will be privileged to enter photo
graphs of one or more coeds to com
pete for the coveted title of Queen of
the 1946 Yackety Yack Beauty Ball.
Deadline For Entries
Deadline for entries will be Novem
ber 5, and any number of entries may
be submitted. Pictures may be left at
the Yack office on the mezzanine of
Graham Memorial or mailed to Box
987, Chapel Hill. A fee, of $2.50 will be
charged for each contestant, and it
must be paid at the time the photo
graph is submitted.
The dance, scheduled for December
1, will climax the final football week
end of the season the Carolina-Virginia
tilt. Highlight of the evening
will be a streamlined figure in which
the nine contest winners will partici
pate. During the dance the master of
ceremonies will notify the nine girls
selected for the figure and hence, for
the Yack beauty section. Until then,
winners will be known only to top
members of the yearbook staff. The
queen and her attendants, with the
names of their respective sponsors,
will be featured in the elaborate beauty
section planned for the '46 book.
Band Plans
Since a large crowd is anticipated
for the dance, tentative plans are to
engage a well-known orchestra for a
two-night stand, to play Friday night
at Duke and Saturday night here.
The entire University of Virginia
football squad will be invited as guests
of the Yackety Yack, and tickets will
go on sale soon on the Virginia cam
pus for any students there who will
come to the game and plan to attend
the ball. Script price of the tickets
vail be announced at an early date.
Last year's Yack Beauty Ball,
staged during the Duke-Carolina week
end, will be remembered as one of the
big social events of the autumn cal
endar. From 51 contestants, Mar
garet Fountain, who graduated in
June, was chosen queen of the ball by
a group of faculty judges.
This year the Yack Ball promises
to again draw the student attention
that it has always had, and should
turn into one of the biggest events of
the year. ,
White was appointed manager of
Graham Memorial by the Board last
spring, when he was selected from a
large group of applicants. He grad
uated from Carolina, having been
very active in student affairs. In 1944
he was' the Student Party candidate
for president of the student body.
After graduation, White went into
post-graduate work in the field of
history and is a candidate for the de
gree of Master of Arts.
The Board found White's work en
tirely satisfactory and asked him to
remain 'with Graham Memorial as fi
nancial director, a position which will
be purely clerical but will require a
person with the experience which
White has gained. White accepted the
position because he thought that his
other activities would not interfere
with the efficiency of the financial
Stars Judges
Perform Monday
At Memorial Hall
By Jos Landvoight
Henry Scott, pianist, will appear
here at Memorial Hall, Monday, Oc
tober 15 at 8:30 p.m. in a concert
which will appeal to lovers of both
classical and popular music. In addi
tion to classics and interpretations of
swing, Scott will introduce a new form
which he calls "concert satire."
The essence of concert satire, ac
cording to advance information, lies
in the conviction that there is room
in the concert hall for humor, and that
a little touch of gaiety in one's music
is well appreciated. Scott has toured
extensively in giving recitals at col
leges and universities. They report
that he is bringing vast new audi
ences of music appreciators into con
cert auditoriums because of his com
bination of serious music with good
entertainment.
The technic mitten, which has
brought him national attention, will
be used in several selections. He dem-'
onstrates his mastery of the piano by
playing with his mittens on. .
The classical section of Scott's pro
gram will include Nathaniel Dett's
"Juba Dance," Scarlatti's "Pastorale,"
Chopin's "Black Key Etude," and "C
Sharp Minor Waltz," and Liszt's "Sec
ond Hungarian Rhapsody."
For the benefit of those who prefer
swing and popular styles, Scott will
devote another part of his program to
swing interpretations of Count Basie,
Bob Zurke, Teddy Wilson, Eddy Du
chin, Meade Lux Lewis and others.
This section will also include rhumbas,
tangoes boogie-woogie and original
arrangements.
Critics have hailed Scott as the
"Will Rogers of the Piano," observing
that he used that instrument in the
same vein that Rogers used a rope.
He has been the first American to
bring the fine art of humor in all its
captivating and riotous gaiety into its
rightful place on the American con
cert stage.
Scott took up the study of the piano
at the age of four, and continued to
work and study piano through his
school and college days at Syracuse
University.
Henry Scott came up the hard way.
No one in his family knew or under
stood the theater enough to help him
with his efforts. Eight years of au
ditions, orchestra work, trouping,
teaching, studying and odd jobs went
into his constant efforts which helped
him to finally develop what is unques
tionably the most unique and versa
See SCOTT, page 4.
management of the building.
The Board also granted space to the
Daily Tar Heel which is planned for
the first of next year. The present
office of the Carolina Mag will remain
between the offices of the Daily Tar
Heel; this was not thought to be the
best arrangement, but the editor of
the Carolina Mag strongly requested
that the present office not be moved.
Frank Hatch, who has -directed the
"24 Below Club" and "Music" Under
the Stars" for the YMCA, requested
that the Board reserve the basement
of Graham Memorial every Saturday
night for use as a night club by the
YMCA. The Eoard granted the re
quest and offered the facilities of the
building. The night club will be open
to all students, and will serve light
refreshments and provide a place for
See WHITE RESIGNS, page 4.