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Educators End Meet At Carolina Meet Is Attended By 300 Teachers The 1950 Conference on Ele mentary Education, attended by some 300 teachers, supervisers, principals, and superintendents of North Carolina schools, held its three-day annual sessions at the University this week. Dr. Bess Goodykoontz, assiciate U. S. Commissioner of Education, was the principle speaker at the opening meeting held in the Naval Armory Monday morning. A "great revolution is taking place in our elementary schools, with emphasis now being on the interest, value and use of what is being learned, rather than on generalities, definitions and prin ciples which were formerly be ing stressed," Dr. Goodykoontz stated in her talk on the prob lems facing elementary educa tion today. "It used to be that obedience was stressed and now we stress teaching the child to plan and think for himself. We must know each child as an individual and help him create a wider range of interests," she continued. Opens In July Playmakers Announce Cast For Opening Of New Show Trje cast of "Born Yesterday," a ""play by Garson Kanin which will be presented here by the Carolina Playmakers July 13, 14, 15, and 16, was announced here this week by Director William Macllwinen. The feminine lead of Billie Dawn will be played by Robin Stockdale of Kalamazoo, Mich., and the male lead of Harry Brock will be taken by Edward L. Grady of Kinston. Miss Stockdale has had quite a bit of previous experience in the theatre both in her home town and in Richland, Mich., where she took part in three plays. In "Born Yesterday" she will play the part of the New Jersey girl friend of Harry Brock. As a gum-chewing, unpolished middle class girl she manages to get her boy friend into plenty of trouble Campus Briefs with the government. Grady is well known for his role as Father Rafferty in the Playmaker production "Angels Full Front," the fourth major pre sentation last season. Ed served with the Army Air Force and studied at Columbia University before coming here. The play, a romantic comedy with a political theme, concerns a nouveau riche junk dealer, Harry Brock, who comes to Washington in an effort to bribe senators for the contract of re moving the remains of the war from Germany. The situation that his not-too- bright mistress manages to get him into in the capitol city is a risque story well worth seeing. The play was produced in New York by Max Gordon in '1946. It was a hit and ran successfully ' iOi more than three years or Broadway. Paul Douglas and Judy Holliday became widely known for the first time for their performances in the lead roles of the play. Miss Holliday will also play the female lead in the Hollywood version now being produced by Columbia Studios and which is expected to be released this fall. Broderick Crawford will take the male lead in the movie. Ed Fitzpatrick, on the Play maker staff for the summer, is directing the staging of the pro duction. Other roles will be portrayed by' James Ginther of Durham as Senator Hedges; Mary Belle Teague as Mrs. Hedges; Donald Vincent as the assistant manager; Glenn Martin as the waiter; Marx Deal, bellhop; Claude Garren, the barber; and Frances Greene as the manacurist. 11' ml BUM w I- VOLUME II Chapel Hill, N. C. June 29, 1950 NUMBER 3 THE FRENCH CLUB will meet in Swain Hall tonight to view film slides. On Friday night there will be a lecture by Professor Urban T. Holmes and a picnic on Saturday. For further information about these activi ties call F-5121. FOR SALE One Army jeep, good condition, $395; a girl's bicycle, size 26, $15; a set of Vemco drafting instru ments, $20. See John E. Bryan, Jr., 209-A, University Drive. Apply in basement. BSU Student services and functions of the Baptist Student Union will continue throughout the summer sessions. Church School is held every Sunday morning at 9:45 and taught by J. C. Herrin. Reg ular Sunday services follow at 11 o'clock and supper is served in the church dining room at 6 o'clock Sunday evenings. CHESTERFIELD has a new representative on cam pus for the summer. He is' Bob Mossner and can be contacted at the Lambda Chi Alpha house by any group seeking information about furnishing cigarettes for social affairs. Strict Parking Cutback Is Expected Next Week The Safety Committee's axe on student parking space in restricted areas will fall within the next week, if construc tion work on the New Commerce Building goes as scheduled, the Committee announced this week. In a directive, the Committee GM To Have Art Exhibit On Sunday GM Schedule Several events have been sche duled for Ihe week by the sum mer social commillee. On Thursday, June 29. an af ternoon lea dance will be held in the Rendezvous Room ai Gra ham Memorial from 5 to 6 p.m. A square dance will be held in the Y court at 8 p.m. on Friday, followed by "Our Best To You" on ihe Graham Memorial lawn at 11 p.m. Saturday, July 1, features "Dancing Under the Stars" on the Graham Memorial patio at 3:30 p.m., and the events sche duled for Sunday include th George Kachergis art exhibit in the Horace Williams lounge at 4:30 p.m., and "Music Under the Stars" on the lawn of Graham Memorial at 8:30 p.m. University Gives Bids During the past week the Uni versity has let contracts for about $2,200,000 of building construction and for $825,000 for the installa tion of an electric generator at the power plant. J. A. Jones Construction Com pany of Charlotte was awarded the contract for the three build ings for the school of business administration. The bid for this work was $963,000. The contract for the new dorm itory was let to T. W. Poe and Sons of Durham for $757,000. Two contracts covering the in stallation at the power plant were let to the Worthington Pump and Machinery Company and . the Westinghouse company. The architect for the three school of business administration building is H. Raymond Weeks, v.nd for the dormitory, Watts Carr. announced that "seven days prior to the beginning of work on the new building behind Memorial Hall notice will be given that all parkig privileges in the area are terminated." At the same time such space is closed, all student parkers will be restricted to areas beside Swain Hall, Emerson Field, Le noir Hall, and the Morehead Planetarium. All other campus parking space is restricted to staff autos during the 7 until 2 o'clock parking hours. Contract for construction of the Commerce building has been awarded to the J. A. Jones Con struction Company, now working on the Medical building and hos pital, and work on the new area is expected to begin by July 15. The new regulations will be in force until Sept." 1. The com mittee will then have to tangle with the problem again. Sug gested solutions have ranged from the construction of a new giant parking lot to restriction of the student car-owning right. President Gray May Bring 'Homework' To New Position Greater University President elect Gordon Gray may have to bring some "homework" to the campus with him when he arrives to take over his duties on Sept. 1. According to a report from Washington, News and Observer correspondent James Free said this week that Gray now work ing as a Special Assistant to the President setting up procedure to aid this country's export-import balance will probably not finish the assignment in time to take a much-desired vacation before coming to Chapel Hill. In fact, asserts Free, the former Army Secretary will probably not end his part of the job in time for his Sept. 1 deadline, and will have to prepare last-stage reports after arriving here to take over his academic duties. An exhibit of paintings by Pro fessor George Kachergis of the University Art Department will go on display in the Horace Wil liams Lounge of Graham Memor ial at 4:30 this coming Sunday afternoon. Professor Kachergis joined the staff of the Art Department last fall, coming here from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. A native of Waterbury, Conn., Kachergis has spent much of his life in the Mid-West and con siders that his home. He studied at the Art Institute in Chicago before the war and on his tour cf duty overseas also studied at the University of Besancon in France. At the war's end he finished his work at the Art Institute, get ting Bachelor and Masters de grees in fine arts. He taught at the Francis Parker School in Chi cago. Professor Kachergis has for saken the conventional forms of representational art to experi ment and test new media and new techniques. The artist works in abstract idiom, attempting to make contemporary art speak by means of contemporary media He has achieved fascinating re suits by exploiting the possibili ties of various and mixed media such as oil, enamel, lacquer casein, wax and scratchboard. Varied textural effects, vibran cy and luminosity are gained by this technique. The same tech nique is employed to achieve expression rather than illusion istic effects. Mr. Kachergis has received wide recognition in art circles having held several one-man shows, including one last fall in Person Hall. He has exhibited his work in New York, Chicago, Denver, Oakland, Omaha, and other cities, winning a number of awards and high acclaim. FRED H. WEAVER Fred Weaver Will Assume Dean Duties Back After Work On Grad Degree Dean of Students Fred H. Weaver will return to his South Building post this weekend re turning from a year's leave of absence. Weaver has been working to ward a master's degree in Amer ican Civilization at Yale since the spring of 1949. During his absence, Assistant Dean of Stu dents Bill Friday has been filling in at the job. Dr. Claiborne S. Jones of the Zoology Department has been assisting Friday during Weaver's absence. He will return to his egular position. Friday is expected to continue his service as assistant, working mainly in the field of student government and its problems. Students Counted InCH Population According to the 1950 census, the population of the town of Chapel Hill is 9,169. This is an increase of 5,515, or 150 per cent, over the 1940 census figure, 3,654. However, this does not mean that the population of the town has increased that much, because for the first time in the history of the census, University students were counted as part of the pop ulation. A special order from the Cen sus Bureau in Washington, issued shortly before tlie census was taken three months ago, directed the inclusion of students in the population of all university and college towns, though of course he great majority of students are only temporary residents as ordinarily understood, non-residents. Council Case The Men's Honor Council an nounced its decision in a case this week, and pointed out that the Honor and Campus Codes are still in operation during the summer sessions. The Council approved a stu dent's application for removal of probation upon study of his re cord. He had been put on proba tion during ihe winter quarter. The Council also warned that it was not allowing any laxity in its enforcement of the Honor and Campus Codes. The Council is the court of original jurisdic tion in cases under the two codes.
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