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EDITORIALS A Worthy Cause Black Wednesday ; " Unnecessary Tragedy N E WS Pan-Hellenic Dance Tonight Housing Solution Sought Registration Hits 4,000 Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNC VOLUME LIII SW CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1946 NUMBER SW 103 Pan-Hellenic Dance Veterans' -Housin Scheduled K Tonight Jimmy Fuller's Band Slated To Play; Council Members To Carry Out Figure A figure featuring the members of the Pan-Hellenic Council will be the main event of the annual dance to be held tonight from 9 until 12 o'clock. The dance, an affair sponsored by campus sorority women, is to be held in Swain Hall, not m Lenoir as previously announced. Jimmy Fuller and his orchestra will furnish the music. Be- sides date arid stag bids, block bids have been sent to fraternities and military units. Members of the council and their dates who will participate in the fig ure are:' Alpha Delta Pi: Viola Hoyle, Hen- derson, and David Massengill; Bever ly Lee, Marshallville, Ga., and Pete . Lindsay; Emma Lee Rhyne, Clemson, S. C. and Ike Belk. Alpha Gamma Delta : Linda Cobb Pinetops, and Tom Munden; Joyce Fowler, Mullins, S. C, and Harry Bates; Nan Stoner, Fayetteville, and Corroll Adams. Chi Omega: Tish Andrews, Mem phis, Tenn., and Berson Frye; Elaine Bates, Leland, Miss., and Ed Hipp Gerry Smith, Concord, Ga., and Frank White. Pi Beta Phi: Bitty Grimes, Raleigh and Jick Garland; Meadie Montgom ery, Yazoo City, Miss., and Alec Veas ley; Snookie Phipps, Chapel Hill, and Ed Mead. Tri Delta: Betsy Bowman, Chapel Hill and Fred Bauder; Connie Hen- dren, Washington, D. C, and. date; Caroline House, Chapel Hill, arid date. Stray Greeks: Twig Branch, Ashe ville, and Paul Gerhart; Barbara Bovd. Honea Path, S. C and Bill Walker. Loomis Announces V-12 To Continue On Campus To July The Marine V-12 program will con tinue until July 1, according to Capt. Loomis, Naval ROTC Commandant. Originally the program was scheduled to be inactivated March 1. The V-12 program has been losing men eligible for discharge but 103 men are still in the unit. Fifty-one of these men are veterans of the Pacific theatre. Upon termination of the pro gram most of the V-12s will revert to inactive duty and civilian status. How ever, some few will continue work toward commissions. A certificate of merit from the Navy Department commending the Univer sity Medical Department for its work in the V-12 program has been pre sented to Dr. Berryhill, Dean of the Medical School. i , ' ft . j I l 1 V , :: Alexander Law Student To Give Concert Sunday Night In Student Union Charles Johnson, a law student at Carolina and a versatile pianist, will make a return performance as enter tainer at the Fireside Concert to be held in Graham Memorial this Sunday night at 9 o'clock. This fall, Johnson helped Miss Rice; Graham Memorial director, initiate the present Fireside Concert series by playing soft piano music, both popular classics and cur rent hit tunes, for 90 minutes without pausing, much to the delight of his many listeners. ; Johnson, who has just recently re- turned to Carolina, served two years as an American Field Service volun teer with the British forces in Af rica and Italy. During the last six months of the war he was attached to the French First Army in France, Germany, and Austria. A talented writer, Johnson has re cently completed a novel which is now being considered by the University Press. Johnson, who plays the piano as a hobby and source of relaxation, often plays in Danziger's. ADPi Wedding Gloria Clancey, ADPi, was married to Lieut. W. M. Briggs Dec. 29. They plan to make their home in Orlando, Fla. - Grail Meeting The Grail held its first meeting of the new term Thursday night in the Grail , Room of Graham Memorial. To Preside OverS&F TTT'ltJ m " 4 - wimam "i'oKey" Alexander, a re turning veteran, has been appointed by Dick Stoker to act as president of Sound and Fury in his absence this term. In the past, Sound and Fury has presented reviews, minstrels and musical comedies using campus talent exclusively. Fashioned after the Mask and Wig club of the University of Pennsylvania, the club has satirized campus personalities and events in comedy, song and dance. The fall pro duction of 1942 went on the road for a week, touring from Fort Bragg to Greensboro. Last year, although ham pered by wartime conditions, the orga nization presented two successful shows, the first a package show and the second a full-length - variety pro duction. aZSAijZ ' rmmnnri.i .i 1-1 I r , I i J s S i ' A- ' Shown above are Dr. William S. Newman (right) and Williams W. Collins (left) who have been appointed assistant professor and graduate assistant, respectively, in the University Department of Music. Problem Unsettled Graham Still In Washington Seeking: Government Assistance On Priorities By Mary Hill Gaston Top University officials are still working overtime to get pre fabricated houses here to alleviate the severe housing shortage currently causing concern among students and faculty members alike. .President Graham has been in Washington several days this week to confer with government officials on the matter, and 3both Comptroller W. D. Carmichael and Assistant Comptroller C. E. Music School Gets Teachers Two Instructors Assume New Duties Two additions to the University Music Department are Dr. William S Newman, formerly of Western Re serve University, and William W. Col lins, a radio singer before joining the Army in 1941. -Dr. Newman, who has recently re ceived his discharge from the Army after serving since October 1942, has been appointed assistant professor of music to take over courses in history With the new coeds and veterans aPPreciation of music which were on campus now, there is an abundance of talent. Membership in Sound and Fury is open to those interested. "Humorists, actors, skit writers, composers, singers, and pretty girl: you all are needed," said Alexander. The acting president added that coeds taught by Dr. Benjamin Swalin, di rector of the North Carolina Sym phony Orchestra. Dr. Swalin has a leave of absence until next September to devote his time to the .current ex pansion program of the Symphony. Mr. Collins has been appointed would be in the "Y" the early part uate assistant to teach' .voice beginning with the quarter just starting. Pianist A distinguished pianist, Dr. New man received his B.S. in music edu cation, his M.A. in musicology and composition; an M.A. in English literature, and his Ph.D. .'in music- ologyv all from Western Reserve Uni versity. He held a number of scholar ships and fellowships and spent two years in Europe on travel fellowships. He has appeared as piano soloist with the Cleveland, NBC and other symnhonv orchestras and has e-iven Work is beginning on plans for recitals at Columbia Universitv. this year's May Frolics, Boots Walker Washington, Denison University Con of the May Frolics Club announced servatory of Music. Harvard, and aD- Thursday night. peared with the Ohio State Universitv We have begun wrk on attempt- Concert series in Cleveland. He has ing to book a band, and several taujrht at- Collinwood Hie-h School. names, including Vaughn Monroe and Cleveland, Bennington College and Jimmy Dorsey, appear to be possi- Columbia University Teachers Col- of next week to receive applications for membership from interested per sons. He also stated that a meeting of all applicants would be held next Tuesday night at 8 p. m. in Gferrard Hall. May Frolics Club Discusses Bands For Coming Dance lege. He has accepted a position as assistant professor at Columbia for See MUSIC SCHOOL, page U. The Foreign Films Society begins its second series tomorrow, Janu ary 13, with the .first of eight films to be presented, "Madame Bovary," in The Playmakers Theatre at 3:00 pjn "Madame Bovary" is the colorful bilities," Walker stated. The exact date of this year's dance has -not been set, but additional de tails will be worked out soon. May Frolics is an annual dance sponsored by the May Frolics Club, which is composed of eight Carolina fraternities. HearingPostponed For Taxi Driver The hearing on the case of J ohn W. Kirkland, cab driver charged with killing Miss Mary Ruth Caldwell, adaptation of Flaubert's famous novel, graduate student, on January 3, has mirroring exactly its style and put been postponed from January 22 un- ting its dramatic reliance on the ma til January 29. Kirkland is now un- terial and theme of the novel. The der a $1,000 bond for manslaughter, film stars Valentine Tessier as Emma According to reports Miss Caldwell Bovary and has English titles was struck by Kirkland's cab as she The second film to be presented on entered the highway on a bicycle from January 27 is "The Golem." This is a road leading from the middle build- the hair-raising original of the Frank ing of the medical school. She died enstein movies, the legendary story of in the hospital Saturday morning. an ancient istone image that comes W. H. Yeargan of the Chapel Hill with Samson-like vengeance to de police department is conducting the stroy the persecutors of the Jews in investigation. - Prague Carnival in Flanders," to be given on February 10, is the witty, exciting story of an historical incident in the invasion of Flanders by the Spanish Then follows the Russian spec Joe Mallard Resigns Student Body Post Charlie Vance, president of the student body, has announced the resignation of the secretary-treasurer of the student body, Joe Mal lard. Mallard stated in his resig nation that he regretted having to relinquish his post, but that it was necessary for him to do so because of the extra study load he has taken on in order to graduate in June instead of the following term. Vance has appointed Pat Kelly t to serve as secretary-treasurer until a successor to Mallard can be elected. Kelly is president of the campus YMCA and a member of the student legislature in addition to being a member of the student council. Bill Introduced In Legislature For 1946 Budget All was quiet on the legislature front Thursday night at Student Leg islature meeting. Two bills were in troduced, one resolution proposed, and a recommendation made. Doug Hunt, Speaker, in the absence of the Finance Committee chairman, Ray Jeffries, presented the bill for the Student Council and Student Leg islature budget for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1946. Every expenditure not specifically provided for was pruned out of last year's budget. The bill proposed that individual appropriations be made for special projects for which allowances have been made in previous budgets. Jim Wallace, representative from law school, introduced a bill to provide for a representative from the law school on the Student Council whose members are ordinarily elected at arge. Foreign Films Society To Begin Second Series 4,000 Students Enrolled Here InWinterTerm February Totals May Top Pre-War Figures An estimated 4,000 students, only 100 short of Carolina's peak pre-war enrollment, have registered for the winter quarter, according to a state ment from Edwin S. Lanier, director of the records office. Late Thursday afternoon 3,975 reg istrants had been tallied, with a few still left to be taken care of. When the Law School begins its spring semester, enough students may be, enrolled to push student body num bers over the all-time high of 4,108 reached during the fall quarter of 1941. Fall semester enrollment in the Law .School stands at 43, and it is estimated law students will total at least 100 when the next term begins in February. Included in the present 4,000 en rollment are approximately 1,600 vet erans, uver yuu newcoming veterans had been registered at the end of last week, and it is thought that latecom ers have swelled the numbers to 1,000 ex-servicemen back on the campus for the first time this quarter. Registration for the quarter closed Thursday, and final tabulations will be forthcoming soon, according to Mr. Lanier. 4 PharmacyStudents To Hear Fischelis On Tuesday Night Ration Books For Vets The War Price and Rationing Board of Chapel Hill will be open from 12 army, to 4:30 Monday through Friday until tacle, "Peter the Great" on February Feb. 1. Servicemen on leave or, vet- 24. On March 3 the Foreign Films erans may secure applications for Society will present "Gribouille," a sugar or book four upon presenting sentimental comedy -starring the a copy of their discharge. The apph- French comedian, Raimu, together cations have to be mailed to the dis- with Michele Morgan who is well trict office in Raleigh by the apph- known to American audiences for her cant. Tri-Delt Pledge Evelyn Cox from Virginia' pledged Tri Delta sorority. . has Hollywood performances. The following film on March 31 will be "Generals Without Buttons," a I satire on the rivalries and absurdi ties involved in a feud between two French villages, a feud that lasted so long that finally the warring parties were composed of children. On April 14 "Le Courier de Lyons" will be shown. One of the most fam ous judicial errors of history is here made into a compelling film. Pierre Blanchar plays the dual role of robber and victim. The last film in this series will be Rene Clair's famous comic movie, "A Nous La Liberte." It will be present ed on April 28 and is a musical satire on the liberties not permitted by the modern world, either to its failures or to its commercial successes. Admission to these eight films is by membership in the Foreign' Films So ciety only. There will be no single admissions sold at any time. Member ship is $1.00 for the entire series (12 cents per' film). Everyone is eligible for membership, and tickets are available at the Information Of fice in the JYMCA, at the Carolina Playmakers business office in 209 Phil lips Hall, and at the Office of the De partment of Romance Languages on the second floor of Murphey Hall. The Foreign Films Society is spon sored by the Carolina Playmakers and the University. Department of Ro mance Languages under the direction of James M. Smith and Kai Jurgensen. All of the films shown have English titles. Dr. Robert P. Fischelis, executive secretary of the American Pharma ceutical Association, Washington, D. will be guest speaker at a dinner o be given Tuesday in honor of the School of Pharmacy of the Univer sity by the North Carolina Pharma ceutical Association. The banquet will be held at the Carolina Inn at 7 'clock. All faculty members and students of the school have been invited to at tend. Also present will be the execu tive board of the North Carolina As sociation and their wives. About 175 people are expected in all. Toastmaster for the evening will be Mr. W. A. Gilliam, president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Invocation will be given by Dr. I. W. Rose, professor, and Dr. M. L. Jacobs, assistant dean, will re spond. A trio from the music depart ment will conclude the program. Mr. W. J. Smith, secretary of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical As sociation, is in charge of all arrange ments. Vets Announce Clubhouse Rules The Board of Governors of the Vet erans Clubhouse on Raleigh Road has made the following announcements: The club will be open every night for the use of members of the Uni versity Veterans Association, except Monday, from 7 p.m., and will open at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Wednesday night will be reserved for married veterans and their fami lies. There will be opportunity for the families to meet, and a program of entertainment and games will be provided. Membership in the Association costs $1.50 for the quarter, and entitles the veteran to all club privileges, as well as voting rights in the Association. Teague were out of town all day Thursday to discuss possibilities of helping overcrowded conditions here. Neither of the three had returned Thursday night in time for Tar Heel press time. As yet there has been no further news on the University's application for a minimum of 450 pre-fabricated houses now located outside Ports mouth, Vixinia, wliere they were oc cupied by shipbuilding employees during the war. Carolina's name is second on the list of applicants for some of the 5,000 houses outside Portsmouth, and it is almost certain they will be allocated to Chapel Hill once the government releases them. Probable site selected for erection of the houses will be out beyond Kenan Stadium. They will be brought here in trucks and will be rented to married veterans and their wives. If the present plan goes through, 40 trucks will bring 40 houses here every other day, one truckload con sisting of one house, separated into sections. The trucks will bring the houses one day and will return to Portsmouth the next for another load. The government transports and erects the houses. The University will provide the site, utilities (water, sewers and lighting), and the furni ture and will build the small con crete piers required as foundations. After the piers are in place, a crew can erect a house in one hour. Under the law providing for use of the houses as quarters for vet erans, the Government .will continue to own the houses and will decide, upon the rental. The University, as ,an agent of the Government, will at tend to the management. The houses requested for Caro lina's veterans are all exactly alike: one story, with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bath, several closets and a heatrola. The timbers and walls are creosoted California redwood. Walls and floors are insulated, and the roof is of composition shingles. The creosoting has given the exterior of the houses a brownish color. The University hopes to have a good proportion of the houses ready for use before the end of February, and Chancellor R. B. House has stat ed that the situation "looks hopeful." Meanwhile, University students have filled every "available room in dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and in Chapel Hill homes of fering living quarters to them. A total of 2,889 students are liv See HOUSING, page U. Playmaker Revels Will Be Tonight "Twelfth Night Revels," the annual Playmakers informal party, will be presented tonight at 7:30 in the Play makers Theatre. The admission is free, and the campus is invited to see the variety and fun-for-all show as guests of the Playmakers. The first part of the program is tra ditional with the faculty doing the revel scene from "Twelfth Night" and holding an election for a king and queen of Revels. The Playmakers take over the second part with com edy skits, songs, dances and burlesques of former productions. Dr. Gil Will Address First IRC Meeting The International Relations club will hold its first meeting of the term Monday night, at 7:15 o'clock, in the Roland Parker lounge, of Graham Memorial. Dr. F. C. Gil of the Spanish department will speak on the problem of Spain. After his address the meet ing will be opened for discussion. All students, particularly new students, are invited.