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Carolina Enthusiasm
A Little Caution
UNC Political Parties
NEWS:
Ackland Furht
Legislature Sleets Tonight
Mammoth Pep Rallies
-THE ONLY COLLEGE' DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
VOLUME LV
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1946
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Truman Ready
For Strikers
Will Press Charges
If Walkout Occurs
Key West, Fla., Nov. 20 (UP)
President Truman is standing pat on
his decision to press contempt of
court proceedings against John L.
Lewis if the mine leader does not call
off the soft coal strike set for mid
night. Action on the court order is
expected to come tomorrow.1
The Washington office of the
United Mine Workers has been closed
for the night. John L. Lewis and his
lieutenants have gone home after re
fusing to make any comment on their
coal strike plans.
Anthacite May Strike
Two union officials for the hard coal
miners say they will walk out in sym
pathy strikes if the government takes
criminal action against John L.
Lewis.
The number of miners who have left
the pits has risen to 158,000. Produc
tion is down to one-third of normal.
Traditiona
I ' Beat Book' Rally
Get Underway This Evening
Solicit Control Bill to Go
Before Legislature Tonight
Wyatt Claims Prices
Of Housing Too High
Washington, Nov. 20 (UP)
Housing Expediter Wyatt has sent
to the White House a report which
is said - to protest that sales prices
of most new. houses are too high for
veterans. ' -
Abolishment of OPA
Will Save Millions
Washington- Nov. 20 (UP) Re
conversion Director Steelman esti
mates that the removal of price con
trols will save the government 790
million dollars in subsidy payments
in this fiscal year. Steelman and other
aides joined President Truman at his
vacation spot near Key West, Florida
this afternoon. '
Controlling soliciting campaigns
on the campus, appropriating funds
to the Golden Fleece, and abolish
ing certain special elections, will be
among the new bills introduced to
night at the Legislature meeting at
9 o'clock in Gerrard hall.
Other items on the agenda in
clude amending a bill recently
passed concerning membership to
the Graham Memorial Board of
Directors and passing a Safety
Council bill.
', Graham Memorial Bill
Graham Memorial Directors' bill
provided that the student member
ship of the board should include
one member elected from the Grail,
Valkyries, Coed Senate, Legisla
ture, Publications Board, Inter
dormitory Council for Men, and In
terdormitory Council for Women.
The second part of the bill provided
that it be recommended to Chancel
lor House that three faculty mem
bers be appointed to the board plus
the alumni secretary and financial
adviser. The bill fixed the faculty,
student ratio at 5:7, cutting in half
the number of directors of Graham
Memorial.
Speaker Charlie Warren pointed
out that since each portion of the
bill pends the other, both portions
will be brought up again tonight
when minor changes in the part con
cerning faculty membership will be
made.
Safety Regulations Bill .
The Safety Council bill to come
before the assembly for adoption is
proposed to control and regulate
traffic : on the campus,
r The bill to' control soliciting cam
paigns provides that a Campus Con
trol board be set up; which will ap
prove campaigns before they are
carried out on the campus.
Funds for Golden Fleece
Because the Golden Fleece has
no income, the proposal that funds
be appropriated to the honorary or
ganization for Yackety Yack space
will be discussed.
An amendment to the elections
bill, proposed to do away with spe
cial elections "insofar as is advis
able" will also be brought up before
the legislators.
Mammoth Bonfire,
Torch Procession
Included in Plans
; By Sam Whitehall
The first of the two annual
"Beat Dook" pep rallies, classics
in themselves rivaling the tradi
tional gridiron fray, will get
underway this evening at 7
o'clock in the Y court, with a torch
light "parade through town, followed
by a bonfire, snake dance and rally
on Fetzer field. f
Featured speakers at the stadium
will be team co-captains Chan High
smith and Ralph Strayhorn, "Uncle
George" Washington, Wilson hall
janitor and traditional speaker at
Duke rallies, and Morris Mason, as
sistant trainer for . the Tar Heel
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Rollins Is Expected to File
Suit Contesting Decision
Judgment Not Final in Five-Year Contest
Over Grant of William Hayes Ackland Will
By Earl Heffner
Under a ruling handed down yesterday in a Washington Dis
trict Court the University may get the controversial $1,135,000
j legacy of the William Hayes Ackland estate for the establishment
ot an art center. It was a Knight's jump move today in the legal
" chess battle between the University
j tt I and Rollins College, Florida, with the
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Women Guests
Temporary Quarters
Ready For Tomorrow
The Womans gymnasium, convert
ed into a temporary dormitory to
house Duke week-end guests will open
at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A
few places were left late yesterday
afternoon after 67 men had made
reservations for the 80-bed dormitory.
Guests living in the Woman's gym
nasium will be under the same regu-
Eisenhower Warns U.S.
Against Disarmament
Atlantic City, Nov. 20 '(UP) The
nation's top soldier warns that it
would be reckless to fail to maintain
adequate armed forces until world
Jones Will Address Officers
At
Final
Leader
ship
Session
Dorsett Urges Organization's Officers
To Attend Conference Closing Tonight
The Campus Government Conference will go into its final stages
tonight with a free banquet in the Carolina Inn ballroom at 5 :45
o'clock. The time has been changed from 6:30 o'clock so that the
sessions will be over in time for the leaders to attend the pep rally.
The Rev. Charles M. Jones will give !
the highlight address on "The Social
and Moral Life on the Campus."
Highly Successful
Dewey Dorsett, chairman of the
nnfpTonrp irrTriTiiittef. stated that the
peace is assured. Speaking at the CIO jtwo previous sessi0ns held last night
and Tuesday night were highly suc
cessful. However, due to the inability
to secure the correct address of all of
the campus officers the crowd has not
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Demanded by Connally! student legislature and the Student,
Men's and Women's Councils are ex-
convention in Atlantic City, General
Eisenhower outlined the joint respon
sibilities of soldiers and workers to
keep the secure and healthy.
Lake Success, New York, Nov. 20
(UP) The United States has de
manded that the world powers publish
the location and size of all their arm
ed forces at home and abroad. This
demand before the -United Nations
was made by Senator Tom Connally
after Russia had agreed to list its
troop dispositions but only outside
the Soviet. A UN committee has ap
proved a proposal for a world conven
tion on freedom of the press to be
called next year.
Byrnes Begins Work
For Big Foui Talks
New York City, Nov. 20 (UP)
Secretary of State Byrnes today began
preliminary work with his top Ger
man advisers for the forthcoming Big
Four talks on the German peace
treaty. He conferred for more than
three hours with Lieutenant General
Clay and Ambassador Robert Murphy
Italian Searchers Say
C-53 Wreckage Sighted
Paris, Nov. 20 (UP) -Italian
searchers are reported tonight to have
sighted a fire in the French Alps be
lieved to be a signal from the army
transport forced down yesterday,
with 11 persons aboard. Royal Air
Force crewmen also say they sighted
the wreckage of the C-53 and are
able to pinpoint its position.
WEATHER TODAY
Partly cloudy with light rains.
pected to attend as well as the presi
dents of all of the other organizations
on campus.
Immediately following the banquet
address by Rev. Jones the session will
divide into eight discussion groups,
each with a discussion leader in
charge, and will talk over the rough
spots in the organizations and the
common problems among the. various
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Duty to Attend
Dorsett reminds all student officers
that, "all of the campus officers owe
it to their respective organizations to
attend the final session of the confer
ence in order to learn the technical
requirements of their jobs and the
general plan of student organizations
and government."
Conservative Club
Discusses Unions
The Carolina Conservative Club
heard its president, Paul Mullinax,
voice the approval of Britain's pass
ing of a statute outlawing the "closed
shop," Tuesday evening.
Tino- his address by quoting
Adolph Hitler, Mullinax quoted, "We
shall banish want. We - shall banish
fear. The essence-of. National so
cialism is human welfare."
The club voted that a great step
would
result if a law was passed forbiddtfc?
the closed shop.
UNC Receives Bid
To Send Students
To US Conference
An invitation has recently been re
ceived by the University to send
three - student representatives to a
conference of American students to
be held at the University of Chicago
December 27-29.
Sent by Enid Kass of Hunter col
lege, secretary of the American del
egation to the Prague conference, the
invitation came to the University Vet
erans Association office to be brought
to the attention of all organizations.
Will Hear Reports
Purposes of the Chicago student
conference will be to hear reports, an
and discuss the International' Union
of Students formed at the Prague
conference and to name a committee to
lay the ground work for a future con
ference at which a national student
organization would be formed.
The conference is being held under
the auspices of the American Pre
paratory committee and delegation to
the Prague World Conference of
which Jimmy Wallace of the Univer
sity is a member.
Keep Cars at Home,
Urges Police Chief
Moving of traffic through Chapel
Hill and parking of out-of-town
cars Saturday will be greatly facil
itated if students and local residents
leave their autos in garages, drive
ways, or side-streets, Chief W. T.
Sloan of the Chapel Hill Police de
partment reported yesterday.
With Kenan stadium keyed for
an all-time record crowd, a ,flock
of well oyer 5000 cars is expected
to flood Chapel Hill for the Duke
Carolina game sfmd a severe over
load of , the already inadequate park
ing facilities here is Jbeyond a doubt.
versity band, cheerleaders, and organ
izations having "Beat Duke" poster
or novelty entries in the yearly Pi
Kappa Alpha poster contest. Officials
explained that no formal entry is re
quired, and every fraternity, sorority,
arid dormitory on the campus may
enter1 simply by appearing in the pro
cession. A loving cup will be awarded
the winning group at the rally.
In a special plea to "over-enthusiastic
rooters," President , Dewey
Dorsett last night .has asked stu-
night and 1 o'clock Saturday. If a
woman is late either her college or
her parents will be notified by Uni
versity officials.
latter institution, another beneficiary
of the Ackland will, expected to file
counter suit following the court ac
tion. Judgment Not Final
Yesterday's judgment is not final,
but passage of the grant to the Uni
versity was recommended by trustees
of the will. The court action ruled
with the trustees in transferring the
grant from Duke to the University on
the grounds that the latter is similar
to Duke in matters of size, location,
and general educational level.
Rebuffed by the court decision, Rol
lins is expected to continue the five-
year legal battle for the art center in
its counter suit to a higher court.
Undersecretary of Treasury O, Max
Gardner, former North Carolina gov
ernor, who has handled without com
pensation with University's legal
moves in acquiring the legacy, could
not be reached last night for interpre-
Duke and resorting to. vandalism
this evening. He reminded that so
far this year the record is clean
en this count, and warned that sus
pension will be the penalty for any
violators.
Seven and one-half minutes will be
transcribed from each evening's pro
gram for both the Duke and Carolina
rallies by station WPTF in Raleigh,
to be broadcast on a half -hour pro
gram over that station at 11 : 05 o'clock
tomorrow evening. Arrangements are
now being completed with the Order
of the Grail, sponsors for the Tommy
Dorsey dance in Woollen gym tomor
row evening, to air the broadcast pub
licly during the dance intermission.
In Durham this evening, the loyals
of Duke will rally in the Women's
auditorium on East campus to hear
Coach Wallace Wade and Captain Bill
Milner of the Blue Devils' squad in a
mass pep session.
Circling wesv around the Cameron-
Columbia-Franklin street block, the
Mrs. J. G. Beard and her physical
education staff have consented to actuation of the present pictura
as nosiesses curing tne weenena. rney
will be" assisted by Valkyrie members
who have formed a hospitality committee.
Toweis, sheets, pillows, blankets and
other necessities ' will be supplied by
dnfe'to refraiit ffom; going over' tarn Uniwrsity.-; To covers laundry
cnarges ana otner expenses a lee ot
.three dollars will be charged each girl
using the gymnasium.' .
Guests for whom reservations have
been made are asked to check in at
the gymnasium immediately after
their arrival in Chapel Hill. The
building will be closed at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon and all women are
asked to check out before that time.
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Robbed of $200 Cash
It was reported last night that the
Zeta Psi fraternity house, 200 Cam
eron avenue, was robbed early Wed
nesday morning of approximately $200
in cash, taken from the wallets of 20
members , as they slept.
The sum was taken from the front
rooms of the second floor sometime
between the hours of 1 : 30 and 5 o'clock
yesterday. Members living in the
torchlight parade will stop momen-1ftouse sep on a porch at the back of
UNC Strongly Entrenched
Wire news dispatches indicate that
the University is strongly entrenched
in a favorable position to shortly ac
quire full heritage of the grant under
the will of the late Nashville business
man who died in 1940. . . i-
The case has coursed through the
lower courts to the U. S. Supreme
Court. Generally it has been under
stood that this highest judiciary had
recognized final authority of the Dis
trict Court in the matter.
Should this be the case, the legal
chess engagement is in its final moves
with a check-guardelle situation re
quiring only elimination of a Rollins
counter suit prior to victory and for
mal acquisition of the art center by
the University.
No Word from Rollins
While news dispatches have indi
cated that Rollins is expected to file
counter suit contesting yesterday's
court verdict, there has been no of
ficial statement to this effect from
that institution .vor from its legal ad
visers. .
As a result the now-you-have-it-now-you-don't
million dollar grant is
still involved in litigation.
tarily at Graham Memorial and the
.women's dormitory quadrangle, reach
ing Fetzer field at approximately 7:45
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Semi-Formal Explained
By Order of the Grail
In order to clear up the term
"semi-formal" as applied to Friday
and Saturday's dances, officials of
the Grail announced today that
semi-formal means evening dresses
for women, coats and ties for men.
th6 second floor, but leave their clothes
in their private rooms". Only cash from
wallets was reported stolen, other
valuables being left untouched.
The thief apparently entered the
unlocked front door, casually went
upstairs and searched pants pockets
and dresser drawers for billfolds and
currency. Ignoring other valuables,
he slipped out without disturbing any
one in the house. The theft was dis
covered when members went to their
rooms to prepare for the morning's
classes.
Special Regulations Issued
For Pre-Registration Period
Describing the ccming registration
period as "probably one of the mos
hectic ever experienced," Dean C. P.
Spruill of the General College issued
special regulations to the 3,200 stu
dents in that division of the college
yesterday.
All freshmen and sophomores who
will continue in General college work
are asked to call today at the infor
mation desk on the first floor of South
building for a list of basic require
ments Select Courses
After making a tentative choice of
courses for the " winter quarter, the
student may make a pre-registration
appointment with his adviser by sign
ing the appointment sheet at the in
formation desk. The lists will be
opened Friday.
On the day of the pre-registration
appointment the student is asked to
go to the third floor of South building
where he will be given a temporary
planning sheet. The adviser will sign
the planning sheet making necessary
changes.
Pre-Registration Line
After completing these prelimin
aries the student will be admitted to
the pre-registration line in Memorial
hall which opens December 2.
Dean Spruill urges all students to
follow regulations in detail to avoid
long lines arid errors. "
Preliminary Stage
Of Essay Contest
To Conclude Today
The preliminary stage of the AVC
sponsored World Peace contest of
ficially ends today and the essays sub
mitted will be turned over to the ten
judges to pick the four writers that
will compete in the oratorical contest
to be held in Gerrard hall at 7:30
o'clock next Wednesday night.
It was stated that no essay can be
submitted after 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning. These should be addressed
to AVC, P. O. Box 891. The name of
the writer should not appear on the
essay and should be on a slip of paper
enclosed in the envelope.
Upon receipt of the last essays the
judges will determine the merit of the
respective essays as to the practica
bility of the methods suggested for
achieving and maintaining world
peace. "Their theoretical desirability
or ingenuity" will not be taken into
account, it was announced, and the
writers should confine their ideas to
concrete suggestions in the light of
present-day international affairs and
diplomacy.
The four winning essays will be an
nounced' in a few days to give the
writers time to prepare for their 15
minute speeches Wednesday evening.
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