North Carolina Newspapers

LIBRARY University of -Itorih Carolina Chapel Hill I 1-2 EDITORIAL: No Shortcut to Learning Veterans Voice Washington Merry-Go-Round NEWS: Fraternities Pledge Airport Buildings ROTC Fall Class THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- VOLUME LV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1946 NUMBER 63 NEWS BRIEFS Molotov Opens Fight to Alter Trieste Zones Submits 14 Changes At Big Four Parley New York, Nov. 13 (UP) Rus sian Foreign Minister Viacheslav Mol otov opened his fight in the Big Four Council of foreign ministers today to alter the statute for a Trieste inter national zone. He submitted 14 sep arate amendments io the present draft. Molotov's amendments, offered in secret session, included attempts to strip the governor of Trieste of the broad powers proposed for him and to get American and British occupa tion troops out of the area as soon ! 1 fi i 1 1 ' as possiDie aiter tne conclusion of a peace treaty with Italy. Among the amendments was one designed to get American and British occupation troops out of the area as soon as possible after the conclusion of a peace treaty with Italy. Construction Is Moving A On Communications head Center 41 OPA Advisory Members Want to Raise Rents Washington, Nov. 13 (UP) The OPA Housing Industry Housing Ad visory committee has recommended a 15 per cent increase in rent ceilings. The OPA says it will take the pro posal "under consideration." Knutson Says Congress May Lower Income Tax Washington, Nov. 13 (UP) Rep resentative Harold Knutson, top Re publican on the House Ways and Means committee, says two tax bills will be introduced in the new Con gress. One will effect an immediate 20 per cent cut in personal income i taxes, and the other will adjust excise taxes. Latest Equipment Will Be Included In Radio Studios Construction of the new Com munications center in Swain hall is now under way, with building begun on the film library, the "animation" room, radio studios, control rooms and recording: studio. according to announcement today by Earl Wynn, director. The main studio will be 42'x33'x21' in height and will be one of the larg est and most modern studios in the state. At present rate of construction it should be ready for broadcasting early in January. Under the supervision of William P. Hungerford, technical director, the framing for sound control within the studio is being constructed so that low frequency noises, such as truck rumblings or airplane motors will not interfere. The walls are being felt padded for this purpose so that there is no actual direct contact between the walls and the flooring or ceiling except through the felt. Built in Sections "The walls are built in sections of varying widths so that when they are completed, they will have different values of resonant frequency," Mr. Wynn explained. "In other words, no two panels of the wall will vibrate in harmony with any extraneously creat ed sounds of a low frequency nature." He said that the interior of the studios will be sound-proofed and cov ered by the latest design sound treat ment known as polycylindrical reflec- 8- University Secures Buildings At Airport to House Students Newly Acquired Surplus Army Structures From WAA Will Accommodate 30 Families By Roy C. Moose Newest acquisition of living facilities for University married couples is a number of surplus army buildings at the Raleigh-Durham airport recently turned over to the University by the War Assets Administration. The buildings consist of an officers' club, administration building, and several former . officers' quarters. Enough it x. a, TI7 lllipUllditL TTUlllCll Will Be Featured On Coed Programs Army, Navy Must Cut Number of Employees Washington, Nov. 13 (UP) The Budget Bureau has told the War and Navy Departments they will have to get along with 100 thousand less civilian employees. The cut takes ef fect in January. Police Sight Wreckage Believed to Be Plane Burbank, Calif., Nov. 13 (UP) Police have reported sighting wreck- tion. "This treatment," he said, "gives life and brilliance to the voice and to music. In old-styled studios this was lost because of the necessity of damp ening or reducing the reverberation time of sound to a point at which high frequencies were lost." ' 1,000 Students Sign Student Party Bill To General Assembly Over a thousand students yesterday signed the Student Party petition to the State General Assembly meeting in Raleigh next January. The petition requests the legislature to increase faculty salaries by 30 per cent, re- apartments are available to accommo date approximately 30 families. No Rent Being Charged The buildings will not be moved to the University but will remain at the airport. Adequate utilities and plumb ing facilities have already been in stalled in the buildings and they are now ready for occupancy. There is no rent for the apartments, for the build ings were turned over to the Univer sity free of charge. The acquisition of the buildings is the result of negotiations between President Frank P. Graham and the War Assets Administration concern ing the disposition of the surplus buildings. The buildings are being leased to the University free of charge for an indefinite period of time. The only stipulation required by the WAA is that the buildings be returned in the same condition as when they were re leased. House Statistics Students Primary purpose of procuring the buildings at the airport was to house students enrolled in the Statistics School. However, more apartments are available than needed by the school and those surplus apartments may be occupied by any " student or faculty family, either veteran or non-veteran All persons interested in living at the airport are directed to see G. E. Nicholson, 313 Phillips Hall, Univer sity representative in charge of the airport project. .Fraternities Pledge 0 New Members Bids Are Still Available to Rushees In Dean's Office in South Building A total of 410 new members were formally pledged to fraterni ties yesterday in Memorial Hall by members of the Interf raternity Council, Whit Osgood, council president, announced last night. M 6 p. m., when all of the pledges had had time to be received at their respective fraternity houses, the 1 period of complete silence was lifted The Coed Senate voted Tuesday night to sponsor several outstanding women speakers at the Coed hours, which will continue to be held on a voluntary basiJ. Speakers were dis cussed, however none were definitely decided upon. A bill providing money for these speakers was passed. Several important committee re ports Were made including reports from all the subsidiary groups on the activities, officers and purposes of the Glee Club, Valkyries, Town Girls, CICA, Pan-Hellenic and Interdormi- tory Council. Coed Hour November 26 It was voted by the body to spon sor a Coed hour on November 26 for the purpose of making nominations of coed members to legislature, senate members and honor council members, to be elected in the December election. It was also decided to introduce these candidates to the coeds at house meet ings in place of dormitory parties that were-held-last year. - A bill giving coeds 2 o'clock permis sion every Saturday night was tabled and referred to the Interdormitory Council. ROTC Aspirants Must Apply By December for Fall Training Any student desiring to enter the j enrollment, and if they are not less O (TO TXT H iVi TYimr ho fhnt. of a Western a;,h ,-ccir,w nrp pariv lease Lenoir dining hall from bonded this morning with 11 persons aboard. A search party is moving toward the wreckage in the mountains near Sun- land, California. Storm Warnings Placed Along Pacific Coast Los Angeles, Nov. 13 (UP) Storm warnings have been hoisted along the southern California coast. Winds of gale velocity, and drenching rains, have swept the California sea board. Bilbo Resting Easy, Attendants Announce Poplarville, Mississippi, Nov. 13 (UP) Hospital attendants say Sen ator Bilbo of Mississippi is resting easy today. The southern Democrat suffered bruises and shock when his Cadillac plowed into' the rear oi a heavily-loaded truck last night. Russia Wants UN Home To Be in White Plains Lake Success, New York, Nov. 13 (UP) Russia has opened a determin ed fight to locate the permanent home of the United Nations in White Plains, New York. This proposal was made after the United States urged a sub-committee to" consider sites in the New York, San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia areas. WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB The Women's Glee Club will re hearse at 4:30 this afternoon in Hill hall instead of at 5, as previously announced. Weather Today Fair and cooler. indebtedness, and to finance the build ing of new dormitories from state funds. "We are proud of the student re sponse to the petition, but our goal is 4,000 signatures," Chuck Heath, chairman of the Student party, said yesterday. : - -j-.V.-.v-.-.- .-. . .' k.'-v.-.'.-:-.-.- , " - ' I - ' f ' 1 ''-'' l." ' -' ' 'vly', if t , t A iill 'inm i Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps or the Naval Aviation College Pro gram in the fall of 1947 must obtain application blanks from the Univer sity ROTC Unit and fill them out be fore December 17, a naval bulletin re leased by the Unit today stated. An aptitude test to determine an appli cant's qualifications for acceptance will be given on January 18, 1947. Persons already in attendance at a college or university are eligible for ! NROTC if they agree to continue an academic course for four years after than 17 nor more than 21 years of age on July 1, 1947.' A candidate for the NACP program must not have fin ished two years of college, and must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years, six months on July 1. Qualifications Both programs call for the appli cants to be male U. S. citizens, to have their parents' or guardian's consent if a minor, to agree to remain unmar ried while in training, to pass certain physical requirements, and accept a See ROTC, page 4. and open season was declared on rushees. Bids in South Building Any persons wno failed to call by Memorial Hall yesterday to pick up formal bids may obtain their bids at J the office of the dean of men in South Building, Osgood said. No time limit has been set on the receiving of these bids, he added. The new procedure used at Memo rial Hall yesterday having three pledging lines instead of the usua one proved expeditious and- the pledging was disposed of in record time, Osgood said. A list of new pledges will be print ed in the Daily Tar Heel soon. Conservative Club Receives Donation To Further Aims The Carolina Conservative club .t 4- T : J j. -ti i if i. 1 termed the "most profitable meeting in our short career," last Tuesday night At the opening of the session it was announced that John S. Hen derson of the Westinghouse company has presented a donation for the fur therance of the aims of the Club Henderson is a brother of Dr. Archi bald Henderson, head of the mathe matics department here. Mintz presented an invitation to the club to a "Panel for. the discus sion of what consideration should poli tically active groups on the campus give to the opinion of: 1 student bo dy on the campus; 2 the adminis tration; and 3 public opinion gen erally." A committee was elected to investigate the possibility of the Club's participation in this panel. Five new men were initiated into the membership of the Club: A. A. Drake, Charlie Kaufman, Richard Ma jor, Jr., Francis B. Matthews, and H. M. Ratledge. CPU to Interview For New M emb ers The membership committee of the Carolina Political Union will inter view prospective members in the Grail Room, Graham Memorial, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. George Sten house is chairman of the member ship committee, serving with Ben Perlmutter and Jay Foss. - ,-;xsvf A i l - I ,4; v C In ' - 1 ! ARCHIBALD HENDERSON Dr. Henderson Will Address Phi Assembly Professor to Review UNC History Tonight Only Minimum Red Tape Connected. . WILLIAM S. NEWMAN Dr. Newman to Give Lecture, Recital Today Dr. William S. Newman, assistant professor of music at the University will give a lecture-recital in Hill Music Hall tonight at 8:30 o'clock. The recital, entitled "Highways and Byways in the History of the Key board Sonata" is the third in a series which Dr. Newman is presenting on the campus. The program will include sonatas by three of the musically im n'ortant sons of J. SBach, as well as works representing the twentieth cen- turv. Of the latter group, there will be one sonata illustrative of an inter estingly decadent vestige of roman ticism and one in the modern style of Paul Hindemith. Bob Watson at New Student Travel Agency Can Arrange Trip to Any Part of Nation By Dave Owens ' A travel agency with free service to all students and fac ulty is the latest addition to Graham Memorial's student pro gram. Union Director Martha Rice announced that Bob Watson, sophomore from Winston-Salem, is in charge of the project and that the agency will furnish information and reservation service for rail and air travel. Any student who wishes to travel will hnd a minimum of red tape con nected with the agency. He must come by the travel office on the second floor of Graham Memorial and tell . Watson where and when he wants to go and how he wants to travel. Watson consults his time-tables and gives the student the schedule immediately, in cluding a close estimation on the price of the ticket. Watson then takes care of details . concerning procure ment of reservations. The student union agency has com See TRAVEL AGENCY, page 4. :!- : " x -;r- -ift I - ,- i t If , iHl ' - y - II ' v L ;; H C" : ' - - - - ? . ' i I ! " : it- V l -s J S; 1 t s (is The history of the University as re vealed by the portrait collections of the literary societies will be reviewed tonight by Dr. Archibald Henderson, eminent University historian and mathematician, before the Assembly of the Philanthropic Literary Society. Also to be presented with Dr. Hen derson are Mrs. Albert Coates, asso ciated with the Institute of Govern ment and Person Hall Art Gallery, and Dr. Charles Rush, University li brarian. Both Mrs. Coates and Dr. Rush have made extensive studies of the paintings on the North Carolina campus. The speakers will be introduced by Robert Morrison, speaker of the Phi Assembly, in the Phi Chamber at 7:30 o'clock. Students, faculty, and mem bers of the University community are invited. Veterans to Hold Elections Tonight The University Veterans associa tion will hold its first meeting of the quarter tonight at 8:30 in Memorial hall. Purpose of the meeting will be to elect officers for the coming year and vote on approval of a new constitu tion. Since the business of this meeting will very definitely affect all veterans on the campus, UVA president Jim Chesnutt urged that all UVA mem bers attend. Notice Bob Watscn, center, director of Graham Memorial's new travel agency, is shown handling two extremes of University's travelers. Left is Selah el Abd of Cairo, Egypt, inquiring about rates and reservations to his homeland, while Hubert Aenchbacher, right, is waiting for the train schedule from Durham to Pinehurst. (Staff Photo by Bob Reams). Students planning to bring guests to the Wake Forest game Saturday must exchange their pass books for tickets " by Friday afternoon, the Athletic association office announc ed yesterday. Temporary stands are erected in sections 17 and 18 for student use and students will be required to stay in the seats they are assigned, it was announced. There are still plenty of reserved seats on sale for the game, which is expected to draw 30,000 fans. In addition, 6,000 general admission tickets will go on sale at the stad ium Saturday. All students are requested to keep their cars parked in their usual place, in order to avoid further con gestion of the traffic expected around the stadium at game time. 4