Briefs From UP
Truce Called
For Two Weeks
In Eygpt Riot
Students Demand
Troop Withdrawal
CAIRO, Feb. 23 In Egypt,
where anti-British riots cli
maxed in wholesale bloodshed
Thursday, the situation tonight
is a little different.
Student leaders called a two
week truce on fighting. But the
students say unless British
troops are withdrawn from the
main Egyptian cities during
that time and the Anglo-Egyptian
treaty revised, they will
lead a nation-wide -re volt.
Argentine Voting
Takes Place Today
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 23
Argentine voters tonight are
preparing for their first election
in nine years which comes off
tomorrow. And a nationwide poll
of news correspondents in Ar
gentina predicted tonight that
Democratic candidate, Doctor
Jose Tamborini will win all but
three of the country's 14 prov
inces. Tamborini, supported by
a four-party coalition, is run
ning against strong man, Colo
nel Juan Peron.
Soviet Troops Await
Move from Americans
MUKDEN, China, Feb. 23
The Russian commander of So
viet troops in Mukden the larg
est Manchurian city hinted to
night that the Russians didn't
intend to pull out her troops unti
American troops are withdrawn
from China. When asked about
Russia's promise to pull out by
the first of February, General
Anarei otanKevitcn (UU) re
plied:
"Let me ask you: when are
Americans going home from
China?"
Chinese Students
Protest Russians
- MUKDEN, China, Feb. 23 -
Back in the Far East, it's Chi
nese students who are protesting
the continued presence of Rus
sian troops in Manchuria. But
as anti-Soviet demonstrations
multiplied, Chinese Minister of
Information K. C. Wu denied all
reports of clashes between Chi
nese and Russian troops in Man
churia. Chicago Cab Drivers
Have Two-Front War
CHICAGO, Feb. 23 Cab driv
ing veterans who marched on the
capitol this week, from Chicago
are planning a two-front war to
obtain the licenses which their
home city has, thus far, denied
them. One taxi task force will
continue to pressure Washington
leaders, while another group at
tempts to get to Chicago's Mayor
Kelly for a conference.
Big Cities Troubled
By Labor Disputes
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 New
York is making plans to cope
with its threatened transit work
ers strike Tuesday without fed
eral intervention and will call in
its disaster board for the second
time intwo weeks.
Monday midnight has been set
by the union as the deadline for
the Pittsburgh power strike as
negotiations continue tonight in
an effort to avoid a blackout in
817 square mile -area.
Monday also is the day when
a hearing will be held on a court
ruling awarding Houston, Texas,
See NEWS BRIEFS page U
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VOLUME LIV
Coeds to Vote Tuesday
F
or Major
Polling Places Located in Women's Dorms;
Town Girls, Sorority Girls Vote in Y
By Fafi Halsey
Coeds will go to the polls Tuesday to vote for the candidates
for the major coed offices in brand new ballot boxes which have
just been acquired by WGA. Balloting places will be open from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in each dormitory. Coeds who live in town,
Archer House or in a sorority may vote in the "Y."
The offices which will be filled
by the coming election are
president, vice-president, secre
tary and treasurer of WGA,
speaker of the coed senate, presi
dent, vice-president, secretary,
and treasurer of WAA. Nomin
ations were made for these of
fices last Tuesday at a mass meet
ing of the coed senate.
New Rules Passed
The senate has recently passed
the following rules which will
apply to the coming election:
To win an election where one
officer is to be elected and there
are more than two girls running
for the office, the high-scpring
candidate must be five -votes
ahead of the next contestant.
Should this condition not occur,
there shall be a run-off between
the two high-scoring candi
dates. To win an election where one
officer is to be elected and there
are only two girls running for.
the office, the high-scoring can
didate wins.
To win an election where two
officers are being elected to the
same office each of the high-scor
ing candidates must be five or
more votes ahead of the low-
scoring candidates.
In a case where one candidate
has already won by being five or
more votes ahead of the low-scor
ing candidates, should the low
est-scoring candidate be five
votes behind the second high
scoring candidate, the lowest-
scoring candidate will be elimin
ated, and there, will be a run-off
between the intermediate candi
dates. In a case where no candidate
is five votes ahead of any other
candidate there will be a run-off
See COEDS, page four
Chapel Hill Had Hard Time
In Months After Civil War
By Gene Aenchbacher
Even if things are "tough all
over, we've come a long way.
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During the decade after the
Civil War, the University and
Chapel Hill were having a rough
ime. Chapel Hill was known as
'The Deserted Village of the
South." The campus was empty
except for the squirrels that had
taken to the classrooms. Even
old Davie Poplar had been struck
by lightning. With the Univer
sity closed, the business district
of Chapel Hill was at a stand
still. Things were so dead that
no fewer, than six places had re
cently been established where li
quor was openly sold. , (If that
is indicative of a standstill,
Chapel Hill should be quite the
town when things are thriving.)
Reopens Doors
In 1875 the University 're
opened its doors and a plan for
disciplining students was adopt
ed. On Friday afternoons the
student body gathered together
and the professors made public
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C,
WGA Offices
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Anniversary
Of Tar Heel
Is Observed
Yesterday, February 23,
marked the 53rd anniversary of
The Tar Heel. This past year has
seen the publication grow from
a semi-weekly to a daily with not
only an increased staff, but the
addition of a teletype machine,
becoming the second college
daily in the United States pro
viding its readers with United
Press leased wire service. .
The first Tar Heel, published
by the Athletic Association, hit
the campus on Feb. 23, 1893. It
began as a sports paper with its
lead stories printed no less than
two weeks after the events took
place. Charles Baskerville and
Walter "Pete" Murphy founded
the weekly which was made
semi-weekly in 1920 and became
daily in 1928.
- Paved Walks Drive
Also in Feb. 1893, The Tar
Heel started its first drive
against muddy walks. Editorials
pleaded for paved walks.
Among those on the staff dur
ing the 53 years have been
Frank P. Graham, University
president; Thomas Wolfe, famed
author; Jonathan Daniels, and
many of today's prominent edi
tors, newspaper men, and pro
fessors.
Only Daily
In 1941, in deference to Texas,
The Daily Tar Heel changed its
slogan from "only college daily
in the South," to "the oldest col
lege daily in the South."
So The Tar Heel has pro
gressed from "the best, bright-
See ANNIVERSARY, page four
the infractions of rules that oc
curred that week. Everyone
who had not broken a rule was
free to go, but those who had,
stayed to make their excuses to
the faculty and were judged.
Tardiness was marked 1, ab
sences 2, visiting other students
or going to the village in study
hours 1, indecorum at prayers 2,
being out of one's room after 8
p.m. 1, scribbling on the walls 1,
spitting on the floor or disorder
in the classroom 1, improper or
boisterous noise in study hours
or after prayers 2, other of
fenses not specified 1 to 10. If
students kept doing the same
thing over and over the demerits
were doubled or tripled. When
20 demerits were accumulated
parents were notified that their
son was on the downward path.
30 demerits and the student was
asked to leave. Such things as
ringing the bell in South build
ing brought special punishment.
Education has sure, changed
in the atomic age.
DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1946
Harland Gives
Humanities
Talk Tuesday
Excavation Queries
Will Be Answered
Dr. J. Penrose Harland, pro
fessor of archaeology in the Uni
versity, will deliver the Humani
ties Division lecture for the cur
rent term m Gerrard Hall at
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 26
on "Archaeological Excavations
and Some Important Discov
eries." The lecture will be open
to the public.
Dr. Harland will answer such
questions as: 1. Why do cities
have to be excavated? How
much do they become buried ? 2.
How does one know where to
aig! d. mow does one dig a
site? Illustrations on the screen
will be used to supplement the
description.
Discoveries Described
A number of discoveries,
chiefly in the fields of ancient ar
chitecture and sculpture, will be
described with accompanying
slides. The works of ancient art,
illustrated, will be chosen be
cause of the interesting manner
of their discovery or recovery
rather than for their inherent
artistic merit. The illustrations
will be chiefly Greek materials.
The lecture grows out of Dr.
Harland's own experience at ar
chaeological sites of the ancient
Greek world and his own exca
vating with the British at My
cenae and Corinth. After re
ceiving his doctorate at Prince
ton, he studied at Bonn and at
the American School of Classical
Studies. He spent the academic
year 1926-27 in Greece as a Fel
low on the Guggenheim Memor
ial Foundation. He taught at
the University of Michigan and
the University of Cincinnati be
fore coming in 1927 to the de
partment of classics at Chapel
Hill as the first professor of ar
chaeology in the University. His
courses on the campus have en
riched the work in ancient his
See HARLAND, page four
Social Workers
To Have Meeting
Here Tomorrow
More- than 75 social workers,
county superintendents of pub
lic welfare, teachers of sociology,
Red Cross, Travelers Aid and
family welfare workers and
others in allied fields from
throughout the state will con
vene here tomorrow for a con
ference on personnel needs and
recruitment in social work.
The session will get under way
in the Alumni Building at 1:15
p. m. with Dr. Gordon W. Black
well, director of the institute for
research in social science, pre
siding. Following a welcome by Chan
cellor Robert B. House, Mrs. Isa
belle K. Carter, associate pro
fessor of social work in the Uni
versity, will conduct the after
noon discussion on such subjects
as personnel needs of the social
work agencies, plans to secure
personnel, problems of social
science departments in the col
leges and universities, and ways
in which the agencies, colleges
and schools of social work can
help with personnel problems.
In
UNITED PRESS
Pearson Will Deliver
Talk Here Monday
Daniels to Introduce Ambassador
In IRC Event at Memorial Hall
Lester B. Pearson, nominee for Secretary General of the UNO
and Canadian ambassador to this country, will speak here tomor
row night at 8:30 o'clock in Memorial Hall under the auspices of
the International Relations Club.
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University of Caen
Asks Reconstruction
Aid from Americans
With classrooms and reading
rooms an gone, ana an dooks
burned, the University of Caen,
one of the oldest centers of learn
ing in Normandy, France, has
set as its reconstruction goal in
America, $100,000 and 100,000
books. A special appeal for
books from American universi
ties has been recently made in
a pamphlet published by the
American Committee for the
University of Caen.
In Chapel Hill, books and con
tributions may be left with Prof.
Hugo Giduz, F-2241, or sent,
with a list of titles, and the pack
ages carefully marked "For
Caen" to: Columbia University
Library, Columbia University,
New York 27, N. Y.
Expert on Atom
Speaks Wednesday
The Association of Carolina
Scientists will meet in Hill Hall,
Wednesday, February 27 at 8
p.m. to hear Dr. Milton Burton,
of Oak Ridge, Tenn., speak on
"Atomic Energy as a World
Problem."
Dr. Burton was educated at
New York University, where he
received his Ph.D. in 1925. He
was 'engaged in industrial and
consulting work until 1935, when
he began to do research at NYU
and the University of California.
He became instructor in chem
istry at NYU in 1938. He was
made section chief of radiation
chemistry at the metallurgical
laboratory of the University of
Chicago in May, 1942, and in
July, 1945, went to Oak Ridge,
Tenn., where he held a similar
position at the Clinton labora
tories. Recently he was appoint
ed to a professorship at Notre
Dame. He is a member of the
Oak Ridge scientists.
Plemmons -Travels
Mr. W. H. Plemmons, regis
trar, and Charles Milner, of the
Visual Education Department,
left today for Atlanta, Ga.,
where they will attend the At
lanta Conference of the Ameri
can Association of School Ad
ministrators, from February 25
to 27.
NEWS
Pearson Speaks
Coeds Vote
Phants Lose
NUMBER 18
Mr. Pearson will be intro-
duced by Hon. Josephus Daniels,
former Secretary of the Navy
and noted North Carolina edi
tor Mr. and Mrs. Pearson will ar
rive in Chapel Hill from Wash
ington in time for a dinner to be
given in their honor at the Caro
lina Inn at 6:30 p.m.
Varied Career
Ambassador Pearson brings to
his important post a life full of
rich human experiences. He was
christened "Mike" by his World
War I buddies who protested
that Lester wasn't an appropri
ate name for a fighting man. He
worked in the Chicago stock
yards, taught history at Toronto
University, coached hockey and
football before he entered the
foreign service.
Time magazine characterized .
him as "One of the ablest men
in Canada's small but expert
foreign service." The Manches- .
ter Guardian paid tribute to him
as "one of the best known Cana
dians in England." Former Po
lish Ambassador Ciechanowski
stated that Pearson is the most
promising member of the diplo
matic corps in Washington.
Wins Affection
Mr. Pearson has won the af
fection of Washington circles by
his pleasant personality, diplo
matic ability, and intelligent ap
proach to current problems. His
world statute was recognized by
his nomination by Great Britain
and the United States for the
post of Secretary-General of the
United Nations Organization. .
Mr. Pearson will speak on
"Canada in the Post-War
World." The importance' of
Canada in world affairs has been
accentuated by her strategic
position on the air line routes
of the world and her possession
of the atomic secrets.
Today Designated
Red Cross Sunday
ThroughoutNation
Today has been designated as
Red Cross Sunday throughout
the United States.
Next Thursday will be Red
Cross Day on all the major net
works. President Truman will speak
over a coast-to-coast hook-up
that night and launch the 1946
Red Cross Fund Drive.
The President has also desig
nated March as Red Cross
Month, and each 'local chapter
will hold its campaign sometime
during that month.
The local drive will begin on
Friday, the day after the Presi
dent speaks, and will be con
centrated in one week.
R. M. Grumman is chairman
of the 1946 fund campaign here.
Miss Lib Henderson is in charge
of the students division with
Roland Parker as faculty advis
or, and Prof. Walter Spearman
is in charge of the campus offices.