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LIBRARY University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, U. C. EDITORIAL: The Sad Truth Give Them A Lift Strictly Detrimental NEWS: Carolina Whips Miami New Faculty Apartment Sorority Rushing Opens United Press -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1946 NUMBER 29 NEWS BRIEFS Veteran of War II Named Legion Mea Unanimously Chosen Pennsylvanian Claims Service in Both World Wars Old Efirmarv Is Converted. Into Apartments Fot Faculty San Francisco, Oct. 4 (UP) The American Legion brought to a close today its 28th annual convention in San Francisco with the naming of a new Commander and the adoption of a 10-point statement of policy. The new Commander is 49-year old Paul Grif fith, a veteran of both World Wars. Griffith's home is in Union- town, Pennsylvania. S In his inaugural address, Griffith pledged to carry on the program of outgoing Commander John Stelle with regard to veteran's on-the-job train ing. The balloting for the new Com mander was unanimous, and Griffith took office in the $10,000 a year post immediately. - r Just before the balloting began, the Legion voted to accept its defense com mittee's recommendations on National policy. The Legion's stand calls for an immediate universal military train- Talmadge Stricken While in Florida Thought Improved Sorority Rushing Begins With New Coed Assembly Jacksonville, Oct. 4 (UP) Gov ernor Gene Talmadge of Georgia is re ported m favorable condition tonight after receiving several blood trans fusions. Talmadge was rushed to a ing law, unified command of the armed ! Jacksonville hospital in serious con forces, and rentention of atomic bomb secrets. The Legion also calls for a strong Merchant Marine, a Civilian Defense program, and the establishment of adequate military bases. It bases its policy on these contentions: one, that ours is a peace-loving country, and two, that in order to prevent war we must be strong. New Atom Laboratory To Start at Harvard Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 4 (UP) Special atomic research work in co operation with government scientists will begin at Harvard University soon. Construction has been started of a concrete building which will house a cyclotron. "The 400-thousand-dollar building will be part of Harvard's new scientific center. Walls will be some three and a half feet thick and the structure will be surrounded by a 12 foot, water-filled moat." The cyclotron will be Harvard's second. The first was turned over to the government during the World War Two for use in the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. dition after .being seized with stom ach hemorrhages last, night. He had gone to Jacksonville Beach to rest up before officially accepting the Guber natorial nomination next week. The illness came as a complete surprise to his friends. It is believed his recent political battle aggravated the con dition. On a campaign of white supremacy Talmadge won Georgia's strange county-unit primary electon despite the fact that popular vote favored op ponent James V. Carmichael. Three Jap Officers Sentenced to Death Guam,Oct. 4 (UP) Three Japa nese Army and Navy officers have been sentenced to hang by a U.S. Military Commission for cannibalism on the island of Chichi in February 1945. Ten other former Japanese officers were sentenced to prison terms rang ing from five to 20 years after hav ing been found guilty of similar char ges. Death was decreed for Lieutenant General Yoshio Tachibana; Navy Cap tain Shiquo Yoshii; and Army Major Suego Matoba after evidence reveal ed they had feasted on cooked livers carved from the beheaded bodies of the Americans on the tiny island in the Bonins. OPA Hikes Ceilings On Meals with Meat Washington, Oct. 4 (UP) With meat vanishing rapidly from the fam ily table, millions of diners have been told tonight they'll have to pay higher prices for meat dishes in restaurants. The OPA has granted a 15 per cent price boost on all meals which con tain meat, to go into effect next Thurs day. Resturant owners have been com plaining for weeks they were being squeezed out of business because they had to absorb the recent general in crease in retail and wholesale meat costs. The OPA says it also will raise the ceiling on meals containing other foods whose prices have gone up. That in cludes fish, poultry, and dairy pro ducts. This action is about the only ma terial change today in the meat situa tion. Many words were spoken about it, but they all added up to the same thing no meat. Schedule of Parties Arranged for Rushees; Informal Room Visiting Starts this Morning Sorority rushing began yesterday afternoon with a meeting of the rushees and the Pan-Hellenic Council in Gerrard Hall, at which time the rushing program was explained. Plans were made for the rushees to visit each sorority house on Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock and Friday from 3 to 6 o'clock. Informal rushing begins this morn ing at 9. Sorority girls will visit rushees in their rooms until noon. Be ginning Sunday afternoon and extend ing through Wednesday rushees will be called on in their rooms from 2 until 5 o'clock. A schedule of parties, which have been arranged by each sorority, be gins Thursday afternoon and extends through the following Thursday night. No parties will be given on Saturday and Tuesday, but the silence rule will be maintained on those days. Rushees will sign the preferential list in Dean Carmichael's office Friday from 9 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. Bids will be distributed the following Monday at 4 p.m. and the rushees will visit the sorority of their choice Monday night. Silence periods, during which there shall be no conversation or meeting of sorority girls and rushees except during hours of parties, will be main tained throughout rushing and until the following Monday night when the rushees visit the sorority houses The following rules have been made by the Pan-Hellenic Council and must be observed by rushees and sorority girls: Men may not assist in rush- ing. JN o sorority gin active or aium nae) living in town may entertain t a rushee in her home during informal and formal rushing. A sorority girl and rushee may not double date (ex cluding large . parties) . No sorority girl may arrange a date for a rushee. Rushees are not to visit a sorority house at any time during rushing ex cept for a scheduled party. There shall be no verbal bids to rushees. There shall be no "hot-boxing," (Any practise usied to force a rushee to promise to pledge). There shall be no false propaganda put out by sororities in regard to other sororities. During the rushing period all necessary contact between rushees and sorority girls shall be through the President of the Pan-Hellenic Council, Sally Robertson, who may be reached at the Chi Omega house. Al Capp's Brain-Child on Exhibit Justice Jackson Sees More East-West Battle Buffalo. N. Y., Oct. 4 (UP) Supreme Court Justice Robert Jack son, just back from Nuernberg, had another indictment to make today, an indictment against government abso lutism. In an Impassioned plea for the pro tection of minority rights for the freedom of speech, of the press, of as-sembly-Jackson lashed into one-party governments. Governments absolutism as practiced in -Communist states, the Nuernberg prosecutor said, "makes a fight to the bitter end probably be tween Communists and anti-Communists the world over." But at the same time, Jackson said he found it hard to believe that the-east and west couldn't learn to live together without sacrificing their fundamental prin ciples. , , ". " . .. . In a speech at the University of Buffalo where he received an hono rary degree Jackson said "It is the helplessness of minorities in the face of government absolutism which makes the International Policies of many countries so violent and uncompromis ing." - Cast Iron Stomach Owners Being Permitted to See Lena By Sam Whitehall The thirty supreme expressions of all that is horrible in modern mortal womanhood 'as seen in the horrified eyes of Tar Heelia's most talented artists went on exhibit this morning in the Baby Lounge of Graham Me morial. Together the aggregation of saucy little numbers comprise the local en tries in the recently closed nationwide "Lena the Hyena" contest. Prize en try of LeRoy Bannerman, resident of Graham Hall, which will be pub lished in the Daily Tar Heel tomor row is the sole sketch missing, hav ing1 fceen sent to New York City to be judged in the national contest. Varied Personalities Personalities having entries in the exhibit rangefrom six-year-old George Shepard, Jr., who considers bis sketch of winning calibre, since he admittedly "can't draw purty," to the multicolored extravaganza of law stu dent Baron Mintz, whose idea of the most horrible-horrible is suggested to represent every tort in Blackstone s manual. Other outstanding cartoonists ex- ; hibiting their conception of the deli cate rage of Lower Slobbovia include, Ed Shewmate, Bill Feuss, George Roe sel, Billie Sparks, L. D. Bryan, Jr., TVrni TTnsick. Charles Norton. Ed ward Brvant. Bilo Harrison, Bob Brown, and Richard Katzin. Combination unicorns, hunchbacks, anteaters, surgical miracles, reluc tant dragons, and bearded ladies ty pify the spirit rampant throughout the chambers of exhibition, which will remain open for the next week. 300,000 Entries On a long distance telephone call to contest headquarters at United Feature Syndicate in New York City at deadline time yesterday morning it was learned that over 300,000 draw ings have been submitted in local contests sponsored in 500 newspapers throughout the country. Winner in the contest will be an nounced on October 25, by the three judges for the contest, Salvador Dali, Boris Karloff, and Frank Sinatra, all nationally-known dispensers of beau ty in their own fields. UVA Will Review Year's Objectives In First Meeting The University Veterans' Associa tion will hold its initial meeting of the fall term at 8 o'clock next Tues day evening, in Gerrard Hall. F. C. Shepard, student veterans' advisor, and H. R. Ritchie, manager of the Book Exchange, will be in attendance as special guests. During the meeting, Shepard and Ritchie will be prepared to answer veterans' problems relating to their respective departments. At this time, a complete statement of the purposes of the University Vet erans' Asociation will be made, past accomplishments will be reviewed, and future objectives will be discussed and voted upon. This meeting will be open to all vet erans on the campus, both members of the UVA and non-members, in order that all veterans may have an oppor tunity of bearing the purposes and ob jectives of the UVA, as well as hash out opinions on their individual prob lems. Figure Sketching Class Will Open The formation of a "figure sketch class as an extra-curricular activity j of the Art Department has been an-! nounced by John Allcott, Art depart ment head. The new class, open to all interested, will cost $10 for the course of ten weeks beginning next Tuesday, October 8th, and will meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Thurs days from 7 to 10 in the evening at Person Hall. The fee covers the cost of materials, instruction, and models. The class is particularly designed to meet the desires of non-art-stud ents interested in drawing, but who, due to crowded classes have not been able to gain admittance to the courses regularly offered by the department. The number of students who may sign up has been limited, and those who wish to join may do so by seeing ; Miss Warren in her office at Person TToll I Students May Secure Rooms in Dormitories Fourteen more students are in the list for dormitory rooms. These stud ents should contact 207 South Build ing immediately. Others are requested by housing officials to wait until their names appear before attempting to change dormitories. The students are: Haywood A. Faircloth, Cameron W. Hawkins, George Johnson, Kemper L. Kiger, George W. Lewis, Franklin B. Mc Guire, ' Carl N. Mathis, James F. Rodermacher, Leamon E. Rogers, William D. Mclver, Robert Plea sants, Clifton L. Quinn, Robert S. Sloan, and Jack W. Wilkerson. Carolina Mag to Award Prize for Best Joke A box of Lif esavers will be awarded to the student turning the best original joke into the Carolina Magazine be fore October 14. Sponsored jointly by the Lifesaver company and the Mag, the decision of Mag officials will be final. All jokes submitted may be used in the publi cation at the discretion of the editors. Emergency Measure to Hold Faculty Members onCampus Officials Expect Entire Housing Shortage Will Be Considerably Relieved In 3 Weeks By Roy C. Moose Faculty members of the University found relief for their press ing housing difficulties yesterday when work was completed on renovation of the Old Infirmary into an apartment building ex clusively for the Carolina faculty. Assignments have already 3been made and the new residents began moving in immediately. Inspired Carolinians WallopjMiami Eleven By Score of 21-0 Miami, Fla., Oct. 4 Spark ed by Charlie Justice's 65 yard touchdown gallop in the first quarter, Carolina's reju venated Tar Heels showed an amazing display of power last night to crush the Uniyersity of Miami Hurricanes, 21-0, in the Orange Bowl. JUSTICE SCORES The Tar Heels pulled their punches early. On the third play of the game, Charlie Justice faked a punt and with a throng of inter ference, raced 75 yards to score. Bob Cox, booted the extra point to send Carolina ahead 7 to 0. After a quick exchange of punts, the Tar Heels took possession on their 47 yard marker. Justice gain ed 26 yards on an end run, moving down to Miami 20. Myers Stars Walt Pupa picked up 12 yards. Billy Myers, scored from the Mi ami 8 yard line to push Carolina ahead 13-0. Bob Cox converted the extra point. Score 14-0. In the second quarter, Injaycock carried the pigskin for gains of 11 and 13 yards as the Hurricanes made its first real threat of the game moving to the North Carolina 28 yard line where the Carolina forward wall held. Late in the second stanza, Charlie Justice flipped a pass to Hosea Rodgers that was good for 17 yards, moving down to the Miami 12 yard line, where Bill Maceko fumbled and Kennedy recovered for Miami on the 7. Rodgers Scores Carolina scored four minutes in to the third period, with B. K. See FOOTBALL Page U "The turning over of the Old In firmary to faculty members was done as an emergency measure to keep professors here, for the situation had become so acute that the University was in danger of losing many pro fessors who had no place to live. Since only veterans were eligible to reside in the government housing projects, many faculty members could not be assigned there," explained housing officials. Contains Dozen Units x The recently completed building contains twelve apartments, each con sisting of a living room, two bed rooms, bath, and kitchen. Heating is being furnished by the central heat ing plant of the University. Reviewing the construction of the housing projects, officials stated that 48 couples have already moved into "Victory Village" and that 18 more apartments would be ready for occu pancy today. They expressed the hope that enough apartments would be completed in three weeks so that Whitehead dormitory could be en tirely emptied of married couples and "Tin Can" residents assigned there. Paving Begun Paving was begun this week by the State Highway Commission on the Mason Farm road that runs through "Victory Village." The Commission expects the work to be completed by the first of November "if the October weather continues to be fair." The first five dormitories and a study hall in the Quonset Hut proj ect will be completed by Wednesday of next week, and 100 single students will be assigned there. Work on the entire project is proceeding very rapidly and all 36 huts will be ready for occupancy soon. Rents for the Huts will be $5 per month. "With 30 vacancies in dormitories, 40 more in Nash and Miller Hall, and completion of housing projects, it looks like there will be adequate quar ters for all," concluded officials. Eight-Hour Nursery School To Open at Baptist Church Forty Children from Two to Six Years Old May Study at First Full-Day Kindergarten Additional plans to care for local children belonging to wrorking mothers and living in cramped quarters are today being com pleted by officials of the Baptis't Church. The Rev. Das Kelley Barnett said today that an eight-hour five-day nursery school for children from 2 to 6 years old would f begin operations in the church build ing October 15. The school will be supervised by an accredited woman experienced in nur sery work and will be up to national nursery school standards. Preference will be given to children whose mothers work. When all in-this group who wish to use the nursery facilities have been given an oppor tunity to enroll their children, other children will be accepted. Monthly Rate Financed and sponsored by the Bap tist Church which is donating the building and its facilities, the nursery school will charge $15 a month for each child. Reverend Barnett said, however, that students whose budgets could not finance the monthly charge could make special arrangements with nursery officials. The school is interdenominational. Preference will not be given parents and children belonging to any par- Dr. Bartuett ticular church. The new school is the first eight hour nursery in Chapel Hill. It is See EIGHT-HOUR, Page U
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