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Plans Set
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Volume XIX
700 Artists
Will Appear
In Festival
With a record number of more
than 700 participants, the fourth
annual Carolina Folk Festival will
move into its second evening of
performances in Kenan Stadium
tonight at 8 p.m., with a program
of square and clog dances, old
time ballads, folk songs, and string
U-Usic.
Festival Director Bascom La
mar Lunsford, the "Minstrel of
the Appalachians," has announced
that a number of additional sing
ers and dancers have arrived here
and will take part in the pro
gram. Among them are ballad singer
Forrest Covington from Ocracoke
who graduated from the Univer
sity in 1950; the Pilot Mountain
banjoist and singer, George Pe
gram, who has captivated audi
ences in the past with his "Good
Ole Mountain Dew"; and "Little
Johnny" Strickland and his sis
ter of Halifax, who will sing bal
lads and play a variety of string
instruments.
Final session of the Festival
will be held tomorrow night in
Kenan Stadium. In the event of
lain the performances will move
;o Memorial Hall.
Phiilips Goes
To Meeting
Dean Guy B. Phillips of the
University School of Education
and Director of the University
Summer Session is attending the
closing sessions of the Southern
States Work Conference now be
ine held in Daytona Beach, Fla
He left Chapel Hill by plane on
Wednesday night and will return
this afternoon.
Dean Phillips is the Chairman
of the special North Carolina
State Committee of the Work
Conference recently set up to
study the work of school boards
in the South. A bulletin will be
issued one year from now which
will include principles and best
practices.
The North Carolina School
Board Association which was or
ganized in 1937 by Mr. Phillips
is to be one of the participating
units of the study. He has been
the Executive Secretary of the
State Association.
The Southern States Work Con
ference is a southwide organiza
tion of public school personnel,
State Department of Public In
struction and lay leaders who
have been working on southern
problems in education for a num
ber of years.
Inauguration
The inauguration of the Sum
mer President of the Dialectic
Senate, John Schnorrenberg, will
take place Tuesday, June 18, in
the Di Hall, third floor, New
West. At the conclusion of the
ceremonies the Senate will move
into debate on the question of the
ouster of Dean Acheson. Visitors
are invited to participate in the
debate which will be governed
by rules similar to those of the
U. S. Senate. All interested per
sons arc cordially invited to at
tend the inauguration ceremonies
and the debate.
The Senate will meet regularly
at 8 o'clock on Wednesday nights.
Chapel Hill, N.
Boys
2 Students
3 Instructors
Get Awards
. Two University of North Caro
lina students and three instruc
tors have been awarded Fulbright
Scholarships for foreign study
during the coming year, it has
been announced.
It was also announced at the
same time that three former stu
dents, Redding Sugg, who grad
uated in 1943; Arthur Fullerton
of the class of '48, and Carlyle
Markham, graduate of 1950, also
have been awarded Fulbright
Scholarships.
The students, who received
their degrees last week, are Olin
do Dragone, Pittsfield, Mass.,
whose major is comparative lit
3rature; and John Ager, Jr., who
took his M.A. degree in chemis
try. Dragone will study in Perug
ia and Naples, Italy, and Ager in
Holland.
The instructors, all in the De
partment of Romance Languages,
are Edward B. Hamer, who took
his A.B. at Wofford College in
1947; William H. Baskin, graduate
of UNC in 1949; and John Patty,
who received his A.B. here in
1945 and his M.A. in 1947. Hamer
will study in Dijon, France; Bas
kin, in Paris and Poitiers, and
Patty at the University of Tou
louse.
Approximately 700 grants for
study abroad are being. made for
the academic year 1951-52 under
the Fulbright Act, which pro
vides that funds from the sale
abroad of U. S. surplus war prop
arty be made available to quali
fied scholars.
Parking
All parking areas on the Uni
versity campus are reserved for
Jaculty, full-time staff members
and physically handicapped stu
lents. Those eligible for parking
permits may secure them at the
Dean of Students office, 206 South
Building, the University Traffic
Committee announced yesterday.
We Just Thought That'
Metasequoia Likes Climate
By Allan Inglesby
Did you know that the Coker
Arboretum contains several trees
that were thought to be extinct
until 1946? Botanists had found
many fossils over all the country
of what were believed to be
ancestors of the giant California
Sequoia trees. In 1946 some Chi
nese botanists discovered these
same "fossils" on a living tree in
Central China. It was of course
no fossil at all, just a lost tree.
For further study, seeds were
sent to this country and several
were planted in the Coker Arbo
retum. It has proven itself to be
well adapted to our climate, as
the Metasequoia tree at the East
ern end of the greenhouse is now
taller than the greenhouse. The
Metasequoia is rapidly becoming
known in this country and is now
no longer considered extremely
rare. All in five years, too.
Now that summer is upon us,
most of us are drinking one of
the favorite hot weather drinks,
iced tea. When you feel the need
for a nice, fresh glass of tea, run
down to the Arboretum. You
C, June 15, 1951
State Begins
Research Plan
Is Announced
By R. B. House
A major research project on
the social and political institutions
of Latin America was announced
this week by Chancellor R. B.
House of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Financed by a grant from the
Carnegie Corporation, Dr. John
Gillin, research professor of an
thropology in the Institute for
Research in Social Science, is be
ginning an inquiry which seeks
to analyze the culture and social
organization of certain Latin
American countries in relation to
their' compatibility with democra
tic ideals.
Dr. Gillin will leave for Latin
America the middle of this month
where he will remain for approxi
mately eight months conducting
field research. The countries to
be initially included in the study
will be Costa Rica, Nicaragua and
Guatemala. It is hoped that Dean
W. W. Pierson, political scientist
and an authority on Latin Ameri
ca, can join Dr. Gillin in field
research later in the year.
"We at the University are in
terested in the problems of ex
porting democracy to foreign
countries," Chancellor House said.
"This involves problems of com
munication, education and inter
national relations. Our present ap
proach to the problem is through
tested social science research
techniques. We are convinced that
the findings of this study will
prove helpful to the United States
Department of State and to other
groups concerned with Interna
tional relations."
Dr. Gillin has mad 3 seven pre
vious research trips to Latin
America and is author of several
anthropological studies including
"The Culture of Security in San
Carlos," which has just been pub-
lished by the Tulane University
Press.
probably won't be able to get the
glass of tea from there, but you
will be able to see a Thea sinensis
shrub. That's the shrub that tea
is made from. The Thea sinensis
is a compact evergreen which is
closely related to the familiar Ca
mellia and in winter it is covered
with a small, white flower that
closely resembles a Camellia
bloom.
Another point of interest in
the Arboretum is the Walter Pino
in the Northern section. This is
the Pine tree which Dr. Coker
considered to be the most beauti
ful of all Pines. After you see it,
you will probably agree with
him.
Besides these special points of
interest, the Arboretum contains
over 400 different species of trees
and shrubs. Most of these are
native to this region, but there
are also many strangers.
The Arboretum is not only
beautiful, but of special interest
in these hot months, it is a won
derful place to go to cool off.
Also the fragrance of the Pines,
(See ARBORETUM, page 2)
Number 2
Sunday
Week-Long
Gathering
To Have 300
The American Legion's Tar
Heel Boys State will open at the
University of North Carolina
Sunday, June 17, and continue
through the following Saturday,
it was announced here today by
Albert Coates, Director of the In
stitute of Government.
Srjonsored by the North Caro
lina Department of the American
Legion and conducted by the In
stitute, the Boys' State will be
directed by Basil Sherrill, Assis
tant Director of the Institute.
Some 300 high school boys from
throughout the State will attend
the sessions that get underway
with registration at the Institute
building at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Director Coates will preside
over the opening session in Ger
rard Hall Sunday night at 7 when
J. Gordon Bush, Lenoir, Chair
man of the Boys' State Commis
sion: Col. Wilev M. Pickens, Ra
leigh, Executive Vice-Command
er of the State Legion, and Louis
Parker, Elizabethtown, Comman
der, will greet the boys.
Monday morning the boys will
begin a jam-packed schedule of
instruction in local, state and
federal government procedures,
with a number of speakers trom
various state departments appear
ing on the program. They will
also have time for athletics and
other recreation and entertain
ment. Calisthenics will begin at 6:15
each morning on Emerson Field,
and following breakfast at 7:15
in Lenoir Hall, the morning sche
dule will be devoted to speakers
and movies.
Movies, counselors' meetings
with the boys and athletics and
swimming comprise the afternoon
programs, and by Tuesday night,
(See BOYS STATE, page 2)
Playmakers
Preparing
Productions
The summer production sched
ule of The Carolina Playmakers
was announced today by John W.
Parker, Business Manager of this
organization.
The first show will be Lawrence
Langner's American comedy of
Revolutionary War days, "Pursuit
of Happiness." When produced in
New York in 1933 it rapidly be
came known as the "bundling"
play (bundling being the custom
of courting in bed without un
dressing). Tryouts for the cast of
eleven will be held in the Play
makers Theatre on Tuesday, June
19, at 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The
production dates are July 12, 13,
14 and 15. Parker will be the di
rector. '
The second major production
will be Agatha Christie's mystery
play, "Ten Little Indians." It is
scheduled to play August 17, 18,
and 19. Thomas Patterson will
direct.
August 23 will see the produc
tion of three new student-written
and directed one-act plays.
As is their custom the Play
makers invite everyone interested
in participating in theatre activi
ty students, faculty and towns
people lo attend the tryouts.
Scripts for "Pursuit of Happiness"
are now available in the Reserve
Room in the library.
Barton released plans today for
a classroom course in Orientation
to be set up this summer for in
coming freshmen as a follow up
to the regular Orientaiton pro
gram that finished yesterday.
The course will begin next
week and last for about two
weeks with the purpose of pre
senting to freshmen a clearer pic
ture of the philosophy and mean
ing of Carolina Life. The course
will be a one hour course and
will be taught by regular mem
bers of the University faculty.
The course is in its experi
mental stage and the Orientation
Committee hones that it will be
successful enough to be used again
in the fall in place of Freshman
Assembly.
Freshmen Assemblies have long
been a great subject for debate
and the Orientation Committee
has set up this new approach to
the problem of giving the fresh
men more to orientation than just
the short introduction they re
ceive during Orientation Week.
Activities for the week just
concluded called for a Chancellors
Reception, a meeting of student
eovernment. a meeting conduct
ed by the Honor Council, a YMCA
picnic, an open house at the More-
head Planetarium, plus all the
usual registering procedure and
introduction to the physical plant
in n Via rial Will
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Counselors who served, to car
ry out the program were: Julian
Mason. Robert Lingerfeldt, James
Cowan, John Lievsay, William
McLendon, Allan Milledge, Ed
ward Ferrell, James Lindley, Nick
Miller. Mike Carver. Frank Dris-
coll, David Darr, Fletcher Green
and James Neely.
The members of the Committee
who served under Barton were:
Baxter Miller and Bill Walker.
Barton announced that all
freshmen who have not signed a
card for the Committee with their
free hours must do so immediate
ly in order that the registration
for the course can be completed.
Fall Orientation is the next
problem according to Chairman
Barton who expects that another
700 will be added to the class of
1954. "Having Orientation in two
shifts this year has made the task
more complicated than usual, but
on the other hand has made more
people aware of the fast that it
is a year round proposition."
Barton also expressed his ap
preciation to all the people who
had anything to do with the pro
gram for their cooperation and
assistance.
250 CCCs
More than 250 Chamber of Com
merce representatives from 11
southeastern states will gather on
the campus Sunday for the eighth
annual Institute for Commercial
Organization Executives.
The 7-day educational meeting,
sponsored by the U. S. Chamber
oi Commerce, is being held at the
University for the sixth successive
year. Delegates will attend a con
centrated program of lectures, fo
rums, and classes. Those who
have attended the Institute for
two previous years and satisfac
torily pass a written examination
will be given a certificate upon
completion of the course.
The Tar Heel
Due to printing difficulties
The Tar Heel will be published
on Tuesdays and Fridays instead
of Tuesdays and Thursdays as
was originally planned. In most
cases the paper on Tuesday will
have four pages and the Thurs
day edition eight.
A larger staff is needed and
all who are interested are re
quested to report to The Tar Heel
office on the second floor cf
Graham Memorial between 2 and
3 o'clock this afternoon.