TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1945
Page Four
THE TAR HEEL
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Congressional Medal Winner
Returns To Carolina After
Three Years Gallant Service
By Jim Sanford
The only medal he now wears is a fraternity pin, but before he
changed his uniform and captain's bars for a civilian suit he be
came one-of the few Americans privileged to wear the Congres
sional Medal of Honor, his country's highest award ; the Purple
Heart; and five other medals and ribbons for combat. -
Returning to Chapel Hill and the
University of North Carolina to fin
ish his formal education, Charles P.
Murray of Wilmington, who won the
Congressilonal Medal of Honor when
fighting with the famed Third Infan
try Division in Europe, found it much
the same as when he left in 1942.
"Chapel Hill and Carolina haven't
changed," he said, "except for a few
new buildings and new faces. The
spirit and atmosphere of the Univer
sity and village , are still the same."
Murray first entered -the Univer
sity in September 1939. When he was
drafted in September 1942, he was a
senior, majoring in accounting in the
School of Commerce. Seven months
later he received his commission at
the tough infantry training school at
Fort Benning arid was soon overseas i
with the Third Division. He fought in
the Rhineland and Central Germany
.and won the Congressional Medal in
an action near Kayserber, France,
less than a. year ago.
Murray was married just before he
entered the Army, and his wife, the
former Annimae King, of Wilming
ton, has joined her husband in Chapel
Hill. Because a new semester does not
begin until November 3, Murray is
not taking regular classes at the Uni
versity but instead is auditing classes
in the School of Commerce.
"I. knew it would be hard to get
back into the routine," he said, "so I
thought it would be better to come
to (Jhapel Hill a few weeks early and
get accustomed to sitting in a class
room again."
Speaking of the United Veterans
Association, Murray stated, "All of
us have more or less a common cause,
and I think, together, we can do a bet
ter job. All of us are faced with the
immediate problem of getting back to
college routine again. We have had,
for the most part, the same experi
ences since we left school and we
should be able to work out a common
solution for our common problems.
Every veteran entering college for
the first time or re-entering should
join and become an active member of
the Veterans Association at his col
lege." Another important step Murray
took was to become once more an ac
tive member of his commerce fra
ternity, Delta Sigma Pi, which he
joined in 1940. "College now should
mean as much to the veteran as it
did before the war," Murray said.
"Campus social life is just as impor
tant now as then."
Murray recently celebrated his
24th birthday and expects to obtain
his degree in accounting this coming
June. So far, he has made no definite
plans for his future. Like many of
the veterans attending the University,
especially the married ones, he does
not think they are paid enough to
stay in school. "Even when you are
married you only receive $75 a
month," he pointed out, "and that is
not enough to live on today. We can't
very well do any outside work because
. of the extra time we are forced to
put in on our class work. I don't know
what figure would be satisfactory but
more than the present anyhow."
Murray was one of 32 members of
the Third Infantry' Division to be
awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor. He received the award from
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Coed Honor Council
Clears Two Cases
The Women's Honor Council has
tried the following case:
' Two girls went to Charlotte with
out permission and did not return
until 7 o'clock the next morning due
to the fact that thev missed their
ride back. They failed to notify their
house president that they would be
late and did not report themselves.
Findings: One girl has been placed
on social . probation from October 4
until November 20. The other girl has
been placed on social probation from
October 4 until December 22. The
diff :erence in the length of the proba
tion is due to the difference in the
responsibility of the two girls for
the act.
the Commanding General, Seventh
Army, in Salzburg, Austria, on July
5, 1945. The citation said he displayed
supreme courage and heroic initiative
near Kaysersber, France, on Decem
ber 16, 1944, while leading a rein
forced platoon into enemy territory.
Descending into a valley beneath
hill-top positions held by our troops,
he observed a force of 200 Germans
pouring deadly mortar, bazooka, ma
chine gun and small arms fire into an
American battalion occupying the
crest of the ridge. The enemy's posi
tion, a sunken road, was hidden from
the ridge, but was open to a flank
attack by Lt. Murray's patrol. How
ever, he hesitated to commit so small
a force to battle with a superior and
strongly entrenched enemy. Crawling
out ahead of his troops to a vantage
point, he directed artillery fire by
radio.
Shells bracketed the German force,
but when he was about to correct the
range his radio went dead. He re
turned to his patrol, secured grenades
and a rifle to launch them, and went
back to his self-appointed outpost.
His first shots disclosed his position.
He fired burst after burst into the
enemy, killing 20, wouriSing many
others and completely disorganizing
the withdrawing ranks. He prevented
the removal of three German mortars
by knocking out a truck. In a short
time a mortar had been brought to
his support, and he prevented the re
moval of three German mortars by
disabling a truck.
Lt. Murray directed fire of his
weapon, causing further casualties
and confusion in the German ranks.
Calling on his patrol to follow, he
then moved toward his objectives,
possession of a bridge and construc
tion of a road block. He had captured
ten Germans in foxholes when an
eleventh, pretending to surrender,
threw a grenade which knocked him
to the ground, inflicting eight wounds.
Though suffering and bleeding pro
fusely, he refused to return to the
rear until he had chosen the spot for
the block and had seen his men cor
rectly deployed. By his single-handed
attack on an overwhelming force and
by his intrepid and heroic fighting,
Lt. Murray stopped a cdunter-attack,
established an ; advance position
against formidable odds, and provided
an inspiring example f dr the men of
his command. -
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with MOYNA MAC6ILL SARA AtLGOOD
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First Thipa Radio
Psogram Scheduled
Sunday Afternoon
The first Tar Heel Institute of
Public Affairs sponsored broadcast
will hit the airwaves at 2 p. m. Sun
day, November 4, on WBBBs in Bur
lington, Buddy Glenn, Thipa director,
has announced. ,
Bill Crisp and Vera Scales, the
cristening participants, will discuss
the problems of strikes and methods
of industrial conciliation. Ray Syl-
vestor, Thipa radio director, has stat
ed that he wants prospective partici
pants to contact him, so that all in
terested students can be considered
when future selections are made. He
said that the primary qualifications
are interest and knowledge in cur
rent events and a desire to be on the
forum.
The announcer for the series will
be Wayne Thompson. Thompson was
announcer for the Carolina Round
table 'series last year. Glenn stated
that another station has been con
tacted about broadcasting the pro
gram, but that nothing has developed.
CURVES
(Continued from page two)
have the matter in hand and it will
be a struggle to change it.
Inspired no doubt by the Sesqui
centennial Celebrations (the fifth
annual sesquicentennial celebration
as Mr. King calls it). Carolina stu
. dents have lately shown slight in
dications of wanting to hear more
about pur University's history and
traditions. This interest on our part
is important; it is the very life of
a school, and it is what has kept
this school open through some hard
years. We should all get to know
more about the campus and its his
tory. Articles in the student publi
cations and in the Alumni Review
have done their part to revive some
of the old traditions, but it is up to
the students themselves to do more.
Where is the famous Carolina
spirit? It's there, some of it, at
football games and at the pep ral
lies. Some of it is there, but it cer
tainly is not as strong as it could
be, and there is more to spirit than
cheering at a football game. Sup
port your student government and
find out how it works. Go to Legis
lature meetings and watch tire fire
works. Join a political party; get
behind it, and work for it. Learn
about our school and be proud of
it. Find out about Davie and. Hin
ton James and some of the old
boys; then see how you feel about
spirit. You won't have to look for
it. It will be there within you.
CALENDAR
(Continued from first page)
December 17, Monday Last day of
classes; December 18-19-20-21, Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day Examinations for fall short
term; December 22 through January
2, Saturday-Wednesday Christmas
recess.
January 3, 1946, Thursday Regis
tration for winter quarter; January
4, Friday Classwork for winter
quarter begins; January 5, Saturday
Classes meet (the only Saturday to
be used in the winter quarter) ; March
15, Friday Last day of classes for
winter quarter; March 18-19-20-21,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday Examinations for winter
quarter.
March 22-23, Friday and Saturday
Registration for spring quarter;
March 25, Monday Classwork for
spring quarter begins; June 3, Mon
day Last day of classes for spring
quarter; June 4-5-6-7, Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday Exam
inations for spring quarter; June 10,
Monday Commencement exercises.
June 13, Thursday Registration
for first summer term; June 14, Fri
day All classes begin for this term;
June 15, Saturday Regular classes
in all departments; June 29, Satur
day Regular classes in all depart
ments; Saturday, July 13 Regular
classes in all departments; July 19
20, Friday and Saturday Examina
tions for first summer term.
July 22, Monday Registration for
second summer term; July 23, Tues
day All classes begin for this term;
July 27, Saturday Regular classes
in all departments; August-10, Sat-,
urday Regular classes in all depart
ments; August 28-29, Wednesday and
Thursday Examinations for second
summer term.
Visitor
Visiting the Chi Psi Lodge over
the week-end was Lt. Bill Sayer, a
Chi Psi alumnus from the University
of Illinois, who is now stationed at
Fort Bragg.
PHI REVISION
(Continued from first page)
Di's sister society should come from
without the Di. Several members of
the Di approached their representa
tives in the student legislature last
spring, and a bill was presented by
James Traynham of Battle Dormitory
and passed for the student legislature
to re-organize the Phi. A committee
was appointed, but the committee
failed to function. Later a second
committee was appointed, but this
committee also took no action. The
matter came up before the Debate
Council, but for lack of a quorum and
other reasons the Debate Council has
never acted.
Great Leaders
Perhaps the Phi's greatest pride is
the fact that so many of its members
have reached high positions in the
state and nation. About half the gov
ernors of North Carolina have been
members of one of the two societies
while they attended the University of
North Carolina. The societies have
had alumni in almost every major of
fice in the state and nation, and in the
case of the Di, James Knox Polk be
came president of the United States.
The portraits of many of these poli
tical leaders comprise the., nationally
famous portrait collection now belong
ing to the Di and Phi.
CRIL
(Continued from first page)
United States, he has been extremely
popular on college campuses, preach
ing at Yale, Princeton, Cornell and
Duke at regular annual engagements.
He delivered our Baccalauerate Ser
mon in 1923.
After his speech here on October
28, a reception will be held at the
Methodist Church. All members of
the student body and townspeople are
extended a cordial invitation to this
reception, where Mr. Poteat will be
glad to receive them and discuss any
questions they may have to ask.
Pin-Ups
Jane Divers, Pi Phi, recently pinned
to Bill Parker, Sigma Chi, was sere
naded Saturday night.
Bob Foreman, Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, pinned Betsy Burke, Tri Delta.
Irwin Smallwood, Kappa Alpha,
pinned Allene Parks of Woman's Col
lege. if
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University Women
To Welcome New
Members With Tea
The Chapel Hill branch of the
American Association of University
Women will hold a tea to welcome
new members on Thursday afternoon
October 18. from 4:30 to 6:00 o'clock
in Kenan Dormitory'
The national organization has vot
ed recently to add the University of
North Carolina to the AAUW list of
universities and colleges approved
for membership.
Any woman graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina holding an
annroved degree is eligible for na
tional membership regardless of the
date of graduation. .Membership m
the local branch is open to all who
are eligible and no special invitation
to join is necessary.
An invitation to attend the tea has
been extended to anyone interested in
the organization.
The officers of
are: Mrs. B. F.
dent; Mrs. R. B
dent; Mrs. C. T.
the local branch
Kingsbury, presi
Vance, vice-presi-Bolick,
secretary;
Miss Isabelle MacLeod, treasurer.
KAY KYSER
(Continued from first page)
dead and his mother visits him often
in Hollywood and has been on some
of his tours. He is married to "Gor
geous Georgia" Carroll.
Kyser is a modest man. When a
national radio magazine named Kay
"Star of Stars," his only comment
was
"You know I don't deserve
that."
When movie producers tried to
make him a glorified gallant, Kay pro
tested, "You can't put a hundred-dollar
saddle on a ten-dollar mule."
Graduation Announcements
The announcements for graduating
Seniors have been ordered. They will
be distributed the latter part of this
week. . '
Legislature Meeting
The regular meeting of Student
Legislature will be held this Thurs
day night at 8.
Kappa Alpha Pledge Party
The KA's entertained their pledges
with a party at Sparrow's Pool Fri
day from 4 til 12.
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Dr. Huddle Returns
To Geology Post
Dr. John D. Huddle, associate pro
fessor of geology now doing work for
the United States .Geological Survey,
will return to the campus and class
room for the November term, accord
ing to Dr. WT. F. Prouty, department
head.
Fer the past several months Dr.
Huddle has worked with the USGS
cn a geologic mapping project in Col
orado, Utah and Arizona. The main
purpose of this work dealt with oil
field structures and other essential
minerals.
Another member of the geology de
partment, Dr. G. R. MacCarthy, now
on leave, will soon return to his post
Dr. Prouty revealed. Dr. MacCarthy
has been in charge of all geo-physical
work for the USGS east of the Miss
issippi. CAROLINA
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BOX SCORE
Pos. Penn North Carolina
LE Jenkins Ellison
LT Savitsky . - Curran
LG Kurtz Golding
C Thai Bevers
RG Adams Twohey
RE Schweder ..: Rubish
QB Falcone Walker
LH Evans - Colfer
RH Deuber Oliphant
FB Jones - Voris
Score by periods :
Penn 7 14 14 14 49
North Carolina 0 0 0 00
Touchdowns: Penn Jenkins, Spon-
augue 2, Falcone, Martin, Schneider.
Points after touchdown, Penn: Evans,
7.
Substitutes:
North Carolina: Ends Pritchard,
Cox, Cooke, Teefey. Tackles Mitten,
Marczyk, Szafaryn, Collins.1 Guards'
Wardle, Riddle, Vanney, Augus
tine. Centers rBernot Stiegman.
Backs Clayton, Flamish, Gorman,
Hartig, Rizzo, Grow, Kennedy, Nor
cross, Gurtis.
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