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VOLUME LV
Briefs from UP
ThompsonSays
Board Cannot
Stop Famine
Thinks Decision
Very Unpopular
Washington, D. C, Sept. 27 Chair
man Roy L. Thompson of the Price
Decontrol Board said tonight that he
expects the meat famine to last for
some time and that the board can do
nothing about it until late in Novem
ber or December unless OPA or the
Agriculture department intervenes be
fore then.
He conceded in an interview that
the board's decision to restore ceilings
on livestock and meat was becoming
increasingly unpopular with Congress
and many citizens who have had few
beefsteaks since controls were rein
stated on August 20.
But he said that under the OPA law
the board had no alternative but to
act as it did and had no intimation at
the time that cattle owners would re
fuse to move their livestock to market
at OPA ceiling prices.
Thompson said that withholding was
the primary reason for the current
meatshortage and predicted that "it
would be some time" before butcher's
stocks would be back to normal.
His statement was at variance with
the optimistic view taken by Presi
dent Truman yesterday in declaring
that price controls were not to blame
for the shortage and that anyway
more and better beef would be on sale
in the near future.
Thompson said the end of the meat
famine depends upon two factors: 1.
how much cattle is going into the feed
lot, 2. how soon the cattle would be
moved from the feed lot to the mar
ket. Texas River Flood
Kills Twelve Persons
San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 27 A
flash flood turned the lazy San An
tonio River into a roaring death trap
for 12 persons today and caused at
least $5,000,000 damage to this his
toric old city.
Former New Dealers
Plan New Program .
Chicago, 111., Sept. 27 Some 200
liberals including two former mem
bers of President Roosevelt's cabinet
will meet here tomorrow to rally sup
port for election of "progressive
minded" Congressmen this fall and to
"buttress waning New Deal policies."
Conference Dispute
Headed For Ministers
Paris, Sept. 27 The Peace Confer
ence dispute on Trieste appeared head
ing for the Big Four Prime Minister's
Council Conference today after the
TVioco. enh-enmmittee virtually ad
mitted total failure to draft a statute
for the proposed free territory.
Labor Leaders Join
To Stop Power Strike
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 27 Labor lead
ers joined with David L. Lawrence
today in applying pressure to an in
dependent of powerhouse workers to
end a four-day old strike slowly
throttling this city of 1,000,000, capital
of the steel industry.
Bolivian Mob Lynches
Would-Be Assassinators
La Paz, Bolivia, Sept 27 A mob
today lynched, an Army Lieutenant
and two members of the former Villar
roel government and hanged their
bodies in a public square after an un
successful attempt to assassinate
President Tomas Manje Gutierrez.
Lenoir Dining Facilities
Change Opening Time
Lenoir Dining Hall officials an
nounced today that the following
changes have been made in the
schedule:
Pine Room opens at 11 a. m. for
lunch.
Main Room opens at 11:30 a. m.
for lunch.
Pine Room will open at 7 for
breakfast and remain open until 11.
United Press
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Tar Heels
In 1946 Grid Opener Today
Plans Begun
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On Yearbook,
Says Huske
Positions Are Open
For Student Workers
Work on the 1947 edition of the
Yackety Yack, yearbook of the Uni
versity, will start within the next
two weeks, Jean Huske, business
manager, announced this week.
Due to the large size of the stu
dent body, which exceeds an earlier
budget estimation of 5300 books,
students will start having their pic
tures taken at Wootten-Moulton
studios in the near future. t
Approximately 400 Pages
Lack of funds will hamper the
Yackety 'Yack editors from ac
complishing all they wish, Miss Huske
stated, but tentative plans include
taking individual shots of everyone
in each class and call for an annual
of an approximated 400 pages.
The Yackety Yack, which the stu
dent pays for in his student fee, is
distributed 'annually at the close of
See YEARBOOK, page U
Council Welcomes New Men;
Explains Freshman Group
Group Makes Plans
For Next Meeting
The Freshman Friendship Council
held its first meeting in Gerrard Hall
Thursday night with 135 new students
and members of the senior YMCA
cabinet in attendance.
Bill McClammy, vice-president of
the YMCA cabinet and adviser to the
council, presided. After a welcome to
the freshmen and the devotional, Mc
Clammy described to the group the
purposes and functions of the Fresh
man Friendship Council.
McClammy said "The Freshman
Friendship Council has a two-fold
purpose. One is to provide a train
ing ground among freshman for fu
ture Y senior cabinet members. The
other is to create an exclusively fresh-
man orgamzauuu
that the college experience of men who
participate may be enriched and made
more significant in terms of three
fold emphasis of the YMCA in mind,
body and spirit."
To Guide Visiting Students
First project undertaken by the
group was to offer their assistance as
tour guides for the 12,000 or more
high school seniors who are guests of
See FRESHMEN, page U
-THE ONLY COLLEGE
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1946
Oppose VPI Eleven
Conference Clash
Seven Lettermen
By Bob Goldwater
, What might easily be the most powerful Tar Heel grid machine
since the days of Stirnweiss and
this afternoon when Carolina takes the field agamstiVEI in Kenan
stadium in a Southern Conference clash. The kickoff is slated
for 2:30 p.m.
A starting array of seven lettermen
Midweek Retreat
Of YWCA Cabinet
Makes Fall Plans
Student and campus affairs were
discussed and evaluated in the annual
fall retreat of the YWCA cabinet
held in Webb's Cabin west of Chapel
Hill, Wednesday afternoon and eve
ning, i
In the afternoon session, discussion
centered about the campus activities,
led by Tommy Holden, Gladys David,
Jean Wilkins, Sara Tillett, and Shir
ley Small. After refreshments Dr.
Charles Jones introduced the topic
of "Positive Thinking" with plans for
closer cooperation with YMCA ac
tivities. Mrs. McDuff ie and Betty
Rose Dowden continued the theme of
See Y RETREAT, page U
Dr. Coker's Old Cow Pasture ....
Arboretum, Unfit for Buildings, Provides Ideal Location
For Unique Plant Life, 'Haven for Warm WeatherRomantics 9
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DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST
to Start at 2:30;
in Opening Array
Severin opens its 1946 campaign
and four newcomers composes Coach
Carl Snavely's opening lineup, with
the main interest expected to center
on the backfield combination of tail
back Charlie Justice, freshman sen
sation from Asheville, and fullback
Hosea Rodgers, powerful veteran of
the 1943 eleven. The Tar Heels will
be near full strength for the battle,
the notable exception being Jack Fitch,
first-string wingback, whose injured
shoulder may have healed sufficiently
to permit some action.
Double-Threat Attack
In Justice and Rodgers, Carolina
will unveil the makings of a great
running and passing attack, both men
being threats either way. Justice will
be used mainly for "spot" service, es-
pecially as a breakaway runner, while
Rodgers, outstanding during practice
sessions, will handle much of the buck-
ing and spinning assignments in ad
dition to the aerial duties. Another
ace passer, Bill Maceyko, a transfer
from Cornell, will understudy Justice
with Walt Pupa, varsity letterman in
1942, expected to relieve Rodgers.
Starting in place of Fitch at the
wingback position will be Jim Camp,
See TAR HEELS, page 3
12,000 'Students
From 'N. C. Schools
isit Here Today
High School Seniors Will Attend
VPI Classic As University Guests
Twelve thousand North Carolina High School seniors will spend
today as guests of the University. Highlight of the day's events
will be the UNC-VPI football game to which all of the seniors
will be admitted free.
Activities will center around the Old
Well to which all high school groups
will be directed when they arrive in
(Jhapel Mill. During the morning
members of the freshman orientation
group and the YMCA cabinet will con
duct tours of the campus. Other
Carolina students will man the infor
mation booth which will be set up near
the Old Well.
Additional students are needed
to act as hosts to the visiting high
school senior. All volunteers would
be highly appreciated. Anyone will
ing to serve should contact Bill Po
teat at Memorial Hall of Dean
Weaver in South Building.
University officials, student body
officers and high school leaders will
make short talks to the high school
seniors as they eat box lunches on the
grounds extending from the Old Well
to Graham Memorial. The Old Well,
equipped with a loud speaker system,
will serve as a speaker's platform.
To Acquaint Students with Campus
Dean Fred Weaver today said that
the purpose of High School Senior Day
was to acquaint students of North
Carolina with their state university
as. a.pubJervice.Therjewill .be. no
drive to encourage students to enroll
at the already overcrowded Univer
sity.
Today's Senior Day is the first since
the beginning of the war.
Concerts Planned
By N. C. Symphony
Chapel Hill will be the scene this
year of two concerts by the North
Carolina Symphony, which will again
be under the direction of Dr. Ben F.
Swalin.
As yet dates of the program or
ticket sale information are not avail
able.
The Symphony Society, under whose
sponsorship the orchestra functions,
has set the week beginning October
21 for the 1946 campaign for mem-
bership renewals.
Memberships may be obtained by
writing the N. C. Symphony Society,
Box 11111 Chapel Hill, or bv aDDlv-
ing in person at Swain Hall.
Marine Corps League
Plans Tuesday Meeting
The Marine Corns Tenpno will moot
Tuesday at 8 p. m. in Gerrard Hall.
All ex-Marines are eligible for mem
bership in the League.
....
When Dr. W. C. Coker, botany professor, secured permission in
1903 to begin a University arboretum he started with $10, a negro
helper and a lowland cbw pasture. Today this five-acre tract of
land not only serves as an ideal haven for warm weather roman
tics, but it also is rated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture
as one of the ten best gardens produc-3-
ing medicinal plants in the nation.
Forty-three years ago the land
where the arboretum now stands was
a, swampy pasture unfit for agricul
ture and a serious blemish to the
beauty of the campus. Dr. Coker, pri
marily interested in botanical study,
was also intent upon improving the
campus scenically and once permis
sion was granted began the tremen
dous job of sub-tile draining. Today
the amount of tiling exceeds two
miles in length, yet the soil still is
so permeable that it remains exceed
ingly wet in wet weather and dan
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Selects Head
For County
George H. Lawrence, associate pro
fessor of social work in the Division
of Public Welfare and Social Work
here has accepted appointment as
Superintendent of Buncombe County
Public Welfare.
Mr. Lawrence succeeds E. E. Connor
who died several months ago. Miss
Margaret Hall, Supervisor, who has
been serving as Superintendent since
Mr. Connor's death, will remain as
Supervisor.
Professor Lawrence, who came to
Chapel Hill as a graduate student in
1923, received his M.A. here in 1928.
He served as part-time Superintendent
of Public Welfare for Orange and
Chatham counties from 1924 to 1927.
A native of New York, Professor
Lawrence has been a resident of
North Carolina since 1910. He at
tended State College in Raleigh from
1913 to 1915 andreceived his A.B. de
gree irom uoiumbia university in
1919. After serving overseas" with
the 11th Engineers during World War
I, he returned to North Carolina as a
staff member of the Jackson Training
School at Concord where he remained
until 1922.
From 1928 to 1937 he was Superin
tendent of Public Welfare in Orange
County, and also served during this
time as Orange County Administra
tor for the ERA and the CWA. He
was supervisor of field work for the
University's Division of Public Wel
fare and Social Work from 1924-36
and director of field work from 1936
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Annual Ball Tonight
To Honor New Coeds
New coeds will be honored to
night with the annual coed ball in
Woollen Gymnasium. All Carolina
men are invited to the semi-formal
dance.
Only new coeds and their student
advisers will be allowed to attend.
Admission to ball will be free.
Booths in the Y will arrange for
blind dates, but men will be admit
ted stag. Student advisors will act
as hostesses.
The Carolinians will play for the
affair.
Ain't What It Used To Be
gerously dry in dry weather.
Ornamental Ground
The soil still is unfit for many trees
and shrubs and consequently, accord
ing to a letter written by Coker in
1912, "it cannot be termed an arbore
tum in a technical sense, but rather
a garden or ornamental ground mak
ing use of part of the campus poorly
fitted for building."
The area includes all native trees
and shrubs of North Carolina, how
ever, and, containing 192 species of
drug plants, furnishes the botany de
See ARBORETUM, page U