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May Queen to Be Crowned in Pageant Today at Forest Theatre mi c 7 rf NEWS UP BRIEFS Lewis Calls 14 Day Truce In Coal Strike Miners Will Work To Save 'Economy' Washington, May 10. John L. Lewis has ordered his soft coal miners to return to the pits Monday, to dig coal for two weeks. Lewis says the two weeks truce in the coal strike will Jbe the mine workers' contribution to the nation's economy. Lewis says the nation's economy is im periled by the greed of the mine owners. Lewis attached only one condition to his truce offer that the mine owners agree to make any wage increase which may be negotiated retroactive to cover the truce. The captive mine companies, operated by the major steel companies, have ac cepted the truce offer. Coal Operators Want Sufficient Price Relief Washington, May 10. The spokesman for the soft coal operators Charles O'Neill says he will ask President Tru man to guarantee sufficient price relief for the operators should the coal miners get a wage hike. O'Neill says price relief will be necessary to pay any wage in creases retroactively if the pro ducers accept the offer of a two week truce. He adds that the conference with President Tru man scheduled for this evening will determine whether the operators will accept the offer. Big Four in Agreement About Italian Colonies Paris, May 10. The Big Four foreign ministers have broken the deadlock in the Italian peace terms problem. The Eig Four have virtually agreed to hand over Italy's former colonies .to a United Nations trusteeship administed by Italy. U.N. Sub-committee Ready to Investigate New York, May 10. The UN Security Council's newly ap pointed sub-committee investi gating pro-Nazi activities in Franco Spain says its inquiry is far enough advanced for it to meet daily next week and begin examining the material already available. Truman Promises Aid To Filipino President Washington, May 10. Presi dent Truman has promised president-elect Roxas' of the Philippines full and heartfelt co operation in Philippine-American relations. The President has had a half-hour conference with Roxas and our High Commis sioner to the Philippines, Paul McNutt. Senate Approves Loan to British Washington, May 10. The Senate has approved the loan of three and three quarter billion dollars to Britain. A dozen re strictive amendments were beaten down before the final vote. The measure now goes to the House. Navy Plane Disaster Kills 30 in Florida Munson, Fla., May 10. Some 30 persons have been estimated killed in a Navy plane disaster about six miles north of Munson, VOLUME LIV tudent Party Nominates Bill Dewey Dorsett Announces Candidacy for Coeds Revive Annual Show For May Day Pain-Hell and CICA Sponsor Program For the first time since 1942 the annual May Day pageant has been revived under the sponsor ship of the women's Pan-Hellenic Association and the Carolina Independent Coed Association. Money for the project was granted .by the Coed Senate. - The festival will start prompt ly at 3:30 this afternoon in the Forest Theater. In case of rain, it will be held tomorrow at 5 o'clock in the theater. Names a Secret Queen of the day and her court, who were elected from the senior class, have been kept a secret ; and their names will not be revealed until the event. They will reign over the pageant, which centers around Rip Van Winkle's dream that he wakes ud in the land "of May. All the characters in this make-believe land, from Snow White to Bugs Bunny, are searching for the spirit of May. Members of Chi Delta Phi, na tional honorary literary soror ity, who wrote the pageant are Olive Ann Burns, Rosemary Cleveland, and Marcella Harrer. Mrs. Billie Albright of the phys ical education department is di recting the play. Music will be furnished by the glee club. Only soloist of the occasion will be Nina Thomas as Snow White. Cast Listed Member of the cast include: Sophie Saunders, Nina Thomas, Priscilla Murphy, Jane Shivell, Jean Killey, , Maio Sommer, Vir ginia Hunter, Louise Jones, Vir- See COEDS, page U Norman Cordon, Metropolitan Opera Tenor, Began Singing Career as Charlotte Choir Boy From the church choir loft to the Mephistophlian deviltry of "Faust" at the Metropolitan, lately to the Wagnerian dignity of Wotan and the "Wanderer", has been the operatic course of Norman Cordon, bass-baritone of the Metropolitan Opera As sociation, who will sing here May 27 in Memorial hall under the sponsorship of Phi Mu Alpha. Tickets are now on sale for the concert. In order to get seats, students are urged to pur chase their tickets at once from Ledbetter-Pickards or from some member of Phi Mu Alpha. There was a time when Nor man Cheshire Cordon, Jr., at eight, earned 25 cents every Sun day morning for singing in the" choir of St. Peter's Church in Charlotte. His, father was a manufacturers' agent and, so cially speaking, a baritone. His mother, the former Betty Haugh ton, was a, saprano. A younger m - I -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C Thornhill Plays for Finale Of May Frolics Set Tonight Famed Band Also to Appear in Concert In Memorial Hall at 1:30 This Afternoon Claude ThornhilTs nationally famous dance band will play in an open concert today at Memorial Hall as a feature of May Frolics week-end. The Thornhill band will close its Chapel Hill visit to night with a second formal dance at Woollen gym beginning at 8 1 : o'clock. This afternoon's concert Choral Group To Sing Here Sunday Night Eighteen of Durham's leading business men, comprising the Durham Chamber of Commerce Male Chorus, will be featured in the Sunday night Graham Me morial concert, to be held in the student union main lounge at 9 o'clock. Under the direction of Allan H. Bone, conductor of the Duke University Concert .Band, they have appeared on a number of civic programs in Durham this year, and broadcasted over WDNC in connection with Na tional Music Week Wednesday afternoon. Organized in 1943, the group is composed of Chamber of Com merce members who enjoy sing ing. Personnel of the chorus fol lows : first tenor, C. R. Jones, P. M. Kimes, Warren Parrish, C. B. Mason, Robert Hull ; second ten ors, J. H. Bryan, G. R. Dupuy, F. E. Southerland, Jr.; bari tones, M. H. Head, M. H. Head, Jr., B. C. Thaxton, Jr., L. C. Thomas, L. L. Todd ; basses, F. H. Davis, W. J. Ross, Jr., S. R. Russell, Hugo Walker. brother, 13 years his junior, had what Norman calls a "nice bass voice." So singing ran in the family. . Norman was born January 20, 1904 in Washington, N. C. His family moved to Charlotte when he was eight. In that first year in Charlotte two things happened to Norman on his first day at school he met the girl he was to marry, and he got his first job in St. Peter's Church. . While at Fishburne Military School, he never sang a note. It was during that critical period of voice changing, so he played a saxaphone instead. On entering Carolina, he join ed the Carolina Glee Club and began to sing in his new voice, a bass-baritone. His real debut in opera came when his family moved to Win ston Salem, and he was in a program presented by Salem College called "Sketches from Operas. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1946 will begin at 1:30. Tickets are now on sale at the YMCA and will be placed on sale in Memo rial Hall before the concert begins. Opened Last Night The well-known dance orches tra opened the May Frolics dance set last night with a for mal dance in Woollen gym. Com ments indicated that Thornhill lived up to his advance notices by mixing soft, moody styles with occasional jump tunes. The Thornhill band is built around sidemen with Thornhill in pre-war days and with the pianist-maestro during his Navy career. Thornhill became widely known among servicemen as he led a combo of servicemen to play for Naval units. Featured on Columbia Thornhill has been featured over all of the major national networks and on Columbia rec ords. He has been booked at Glen Island Casino and other famous theatres, ballrooms, and night clubs. His present orchestra was organized early this year after his Navy discharge. Music critics in New York have hailed the band as the best of any group yet fronted by Thornhill. This visit marks the third time this year a name band has played at Carolina, Charlie Spi vak and Bobby Sherwood hav ing played for previous dances. When Paul Weaver, the direc tor of the Carolina Glee Club, told Norman that he had the ability to achieve success as a professional singer Norman de cided upon his ultimate career. After coming to New York, he enrolled at the Nashville Con servatory of Music in the classes of the late Gaetano de Lucca. After he studied there for four years, he returned to New York. In 1930," he and a friend or ganized the Merriemen Quartet hailed by radio fans as a real success. From there Norman rapidly climbed the success lad der. From a success in Chicago, he followed the natural sequence to Metropolitan. The art that he mastered in making even a secondary part seem" impressive has been one of his chief assets even since the initial Monterone in "Rigoletto", when he awoke the next morning to find himself famous. Ti UNITED PRESS Crisp for Brenengan Nominated For Honor Council Post Former Veterans Association President Enters Race with Independent Backing By Bill Lamkin "WV -w . uewey Dorsett, junior pre- med student, yesterday was an nounced as an independent can didate for president of the stu dent body. Dorsett, a native of Raleigh, entered Carolina in 1940 and left school to enlist in the Army Air Forces in February, 1943. As a member of the famed Eighth Air Force, he completed 30 com bat missions over Germany as pilot of a B-17, for which he was awarded the Air Medal five times. He returned to the cam pus last September to resume his studies. Campus Activities Active in all phases of campus activities, Dorsett is president of the Alpha Tau Omega frater nity and former president of the University Veterans Associa tion; he is a member of the Or der of the Grail, the Carolina Po litical Union, freshman orien tation committee, and before the war was on the executive com mittee of the debate council. Solons Amend Constitution To Include Fraternity Rights $100 Appropriated to Help Finance Delegate To Prague International Student Conference The legislature voted at last Thursday night's meeting to amend the proposed campus constitution to include a provision recogniz ing the Interfraternity Council and the Pan Hellenic Council. The constitution now gives these two groups full authority "over mat ters which concern fraternities and sororities alone. Pete Pully introduced the mo-f" tion, explaining that much of the opposition to the constitu tion was coming from fraternity groups which were afraid that the legislature would have undue authority over them. Support ing the amendment were Char lie Fulton, Douglass Hunt, and Jack Lackey. Jimmie Wallace opposed the motion on the grounds that no group such as fraternities should have special privileges under the constitu tion. Appropriations Passed Also passed at last Thurs day's meeting was a bill to ap propriate $100 to help finance the delegate from the Univer sity to the Prague conference of students. The bill was re ported on favorably by the fin ance committee and met little opposition. A bill introduced by Jimmie Wallace to provide for the crea tion of one centralized polling place, to be located in Gerrard Hall, was passed after some dis cussion. The bill will go into ef fect at the general campus elec tions which are to be held the 21st of May. The legislature is scheduled to meet again next Thursday at 7:30 in Gerrard Hall. Bill Crisp May Queen Dewey Dorsett NUiffiER 76 President President By Roland Giduz The Student Party slate neared completion last night as Bill Crisp, and Wayne Brenen gan wrere announced as SP can didates for President of the stu dent body, and student council member-at-large, respectively. An open nominating conven tion of the party selected Crisp as party nominee for president Wednesday night, by a vote of 45-39. Brenengan, Marine V-12 student from LaCrosse, Wiscon sin, was chosen by unanimous consent of the group last night, as the third representative for the student council-at-large spot. Party Chairman Chuck Heath stated that a nominating con vention would be held in Ger- rard Hall Monday afternoon at 4 :30 o'clock for selection of other offices. Crisp . has a long record of campus omces. He was vice- president of the Student Body for 1944-45; President of the Di Senate in 1943 1944, and 1945, the only student in history to be See CRISP, page 1 Student-Faculty Prague Committee Is Announced Walt Stuart, Chairman of the UNC Preparatory Committee 9 for the Prague Student Confer ence has announced the mem bers of the faculty-student com mittee which will review appli cations for representative to the world congress. The committee consists of Walt Stuart and Marge Pullen for the executive committee, Dr. Hexner, Bill Poteat, Dr. Wood house, and Dr. Pegg for the faculty, and Dot Phillips, Doug las Carlisle, Douglas Hunt, Sara Tillet, and Berlette Capt, stu dent members at large. The committee is bound by only two qualifications: that the representative have at least a "C" average, and that he will re turn to the University this Sep tember in some capacity. The committee will meet Monday night 'for the first time, and begin receiving applications Wednesday. See NEWS titci&ro, jkwb vr
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