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I ' tteRSEtt (Periodical Bt) Tdcraatti. - of Hcrth Carolina 7 EDITORI AL : No Constitutional Changes I'd Rather Be Right Listen Students NEWS: Hodgson to Speak Debate Tryouts Experimental Plays TtfE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY JN THE SOUTHEAST VOLUME LV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1947 NUMBER 114 NEWS BRIEFS British Order To Be Scorned, State Sources Ultimatum Demands Jewish Cooperation Palestine, Feb. 3 (UP) In formed sources believe the National Council of Palestine Jews will reject j the British ultimatum to cooperate in j rounding up terrorists within seven i days or accept martial law and a j ruthless campaign to stamp out i underground groups. Ultimatum Unprecedented The unprecedented ultimatum was handed "to the Jewish agency today by j the British High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham. It came as thou- j sands of British civilians were being evacuated from Palestine and military authorities rushed every preparation to put the Holy Land under army rule. Authorities also announced that the hanging of Dov Gruner, key figure in the underground crisis, would not take place for several weeks. In formed sources say the postponement was made to give the British 'time to prepare for any reprisals by the underground. Committee Approves Amendment Resolution Washington, Feb. 3--(UP) A House judiciary sub-committee has approved a resolution to amend the Constitution to put a two-term limit cn Presidents. It is hoped the full judiciary committee will act on the resolution tomorrow so that the pro posal can be brought to a House vote this week. Baruch Is Disturbed Over Secrecy of Atom Washington, Feb. 3 (UP) Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch told a congressional committee that he is , deeply disturbed over leaks of atomic j ' secrets. He also said he is astounded that Congress passed a law keeping military men off the Federal Atomic commission. Leak of Atom Secrets Said to Be in Canada Ottawa, Feb. 3 (UP) A xCana dian government official who wants his name withheld says it's true that atomic energy secrets may be leaking through Canadian government chan nels to Russia. Asked about a state ment by American Statesman Ber nard Baruch, the official said, "some persons suspected of being members of the Russian spy ring, but never brought to trial, still are working for the government." Negroes Not to Speak At Georgia Hearings Atlanta, Feb. 3 (UP) The Geor gia State Senate judiciary committee has voted against letting Negroes speak during public hearings this week on a white primary bill. The group decided that anyone not white will have to submit testimony in writ ing, y Sole Alaska Hospital Destroyed by Flames Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 3 (UP) Flames fanned by high winds have swept through Valdez, Alaska's only hospital. First reports say that no one was killed and that the patients have been removed to the hospital at Cordova 90 miles away. Hesse Crown Jewels Arrive in Washington Washington, Feb. 3 (UP) An airplane carrying the $1,500,000 Hesse crown jewels has. arrived at Washington. The jewels will be used as evidence in the court martial of Colonel Jack Durant. Durant is ex pected to arrive in Washington- from Germany tonight. - WEATHER TODAY Fair and much colder. Open Debate Squad Try outs Set P&lf "HM M wk,i til IP- Hf) Ip 1 W In 'V ' rfmolllTmrYn-----' 1 ' MAURICE BRASWELL Prentice Talks HereTomorrow World Government Is Topic of Speech Colgate Prentice, 22-year-old presi dent of Student Federalists, Inc.', a youth movement campaigning for fed eral world government, will speak at Hill Music hall tomorrow night on the topic "World Government A Challenge." Believing that the United Nations as now set up cannot prevent an other war, Prentice, a veteran of nr itt tt n ii" 1 i woria war n, wm ouuine worm gov - ernment.as "a practical necessity, not a Utopian aream. ; : TTi 1 "-' Touring Country In an eftort to present to the youth of America the immediate need for worid government, he dropped his studies at Swarthmore college last October, and has been touring the United States ever since. Traveling over 5)000 miles he has made talks to .more than 24.000 students, and is speaking here on his return from the West Coast. Prentice was elected president of Student Federalists in September of 1946 at the organization's national convention, at Chicago, where he in troduced into the Student Federalist charter the statement of individual responsibility in creating "a world government dedicated to human rights and justice under law." Y Forum To Probe Negro Question Thursday evening the Town Hall series will be resumed when the Y supper forum meets at 5:45 in the Methodist church. The question: "Should Negroes be admitted to the Graduate School?," will be discussed by Elizabeth Taylor, a graduate student, Professor Henry Brandis of the Law School, and P.aul Mullinax, president of the Carolina Conservative club. Each person will make a five minute talk after which there will be questions from the floor and among the speakers. Don Shropshire, president of the Dialectic senate will serve as master of ceremonies. Tickets can be pur chased through the Y for fifty cents each. Congregational Church Opens Student Service The "Student Service," directed by ithe ladies of the Congregational Chris tian church, will be open this after noon from 2 until 5 to receive any mending, alteration, or repair work needed on clothes: The sewing will be received in the hut which is located at the rear of the church on Cameron avenue. Students having socks with holes, shirts without buttons, trous ers or dresses j needing alterations, may take advantage of having this work done at very reasonable prices. Braswell AnnouncesXompetition to Be Held In Di Hall Tonight; First Meet Is Friday Tryouts for the University debate team, open to the campus, will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in the Di Senate hall, Maurice Braswell, president of the debate council, said. In preparation for the debate with North Georgia college to be held in Hill hall Saturday evening, Braswell said that ; : ' all prospective debaters should be pre pared to present their views on the topic: Resolved, that labor should fhave a direct share in the manage ment of industry. This is the Na tional Collegiate debate topic for the year, Braswell explained, and will be used in all debates in which the Tar Heel squad will participate. Radio. News Tryouts Braswell slated that tryouts for radio news will consist of reading selections from newspapers and wire reports. For the impromptu and ex temporaneous speaking tryouts, Bill of Experimental Plays To Be Staged by Playmakers Drama Group to Present Three One-Act Works Beginning Tomorrow in Playmakers Theatre Two evening performances of the 114th bill of experimental productions win De given Dy xne J i " -11 1 1 AT and Thursday evenings at 7 :30 m the rlaymakers tneatre. The public is invited to see these three original one-act plays that are produced by dramatic art students under the general supervision of Kai Jurgensen, assistant director on the Playmakers staff. The first play on the program is a serious drama, "To Them in Dark ness," by Charles Brockman and di rected by Eleanor Ringer. In the cast are: Mary Jo Cain as Anna Stiegel, Mac Shaw as Paul, Quentin Brown as Dr. Ross, Hannah Davis as Hilda, Reggie Kachigian as Marian . Wilson. James Byrd is stage manager J an( scenery is designed bv Arthur , ' w Solomon. 'Black Piet' by Schenkkan "Black Piet," a tragedy of the Boer War by Robert Schenkkan, directed by Winford Logan, is the second pro duction on the bill. In the cast are: Sam Hirsch as Piet, Lillian Prince as Marlha, Edsel Hughes as Mac MacGovern, Robert Gutknecht as Ryk, I Porter Van Zandt as Bothe, Don Vin cent as Paul, Josephine Sharkey as Henriette, Frederick Johnson, Rich ard Katzin, Colbert Leonard, Frank Echols as soldiers. Setting is by Gor den Bennett, lighting by Johnx Wills and stage manager is Robert Eberle. The last play on the program is "Subway Rhapsody," a fantasy by See EXPERIMENTALS, page 4. Always at Danziger's, Violet Fidel, Brooklyn's Gift to Carolina, Assumes Role of ' Small Sad Slav' on Campus By Dave Owens Violet Fidel bummed a cigarette. "I'd always wanted a nickname all my life and it took UNC to give it to me," she said through a maze of smoke. ' . It seems that Violet left Brooklyn to enroll at Carolina because of three things. She wanted a. mild climate (she didn't know about the rainy sea sons), a state university, and study with the Playmakers.x When she hit Chapel Hill she found herself room ing with two very southern southern girls just about the time Betty Smith hit paydirt-with her botanical mar vel. 'Tree Name Grows "Well, you can imagine how nerve wracking it became with southern ac cents calling 'Vi-o-'let'-all the time. So, they named me 'Tree' because I grew in Brooklyn, too." "Tree" ducked her cigarette and went on talking, rapidly, as usual. "I'm always in Danziger's; " I love it! If you ever see a small, sad, Slavic person playing very slow, sad, Slavic songs there, it'll be me" she laughed. "It's sort of a habit, I ' guess the nearest thing to a home I've ever had." . . And mpst of Violet's 'friends are Danzigerites, too, but about them she had one strict ordr: "Don't dare put their names in the Tar Heel. They topics familiar to the student body will be picked and time will be al lowed for candidates to assemble their ideas. In the line of dramatic reading, dec lamation, and poetry reading, candi dates should bring and present their own selections. Braswell will be in charge of the tryouts, assisted by debate council members Cleo Jones, Al Lowenstein, Bill Miller, Charlie Borton, and Jim Taylor. Dr. F. C. Erickson and Dr. H. M. Oliver, racwty advisers, are also expected to be present. , J-1 1? T-l 1 J Carolina riaymaKers, tomorrow Walter Spearman New Head of Country Club Prof. Walter Spearman of the Uni versity journalism department was elected president of the Chapel Hill Country club for 1947 at the annual business meeting held at . the club house last night. He succeeds R. W. Madry, Univer sity News bureau director and mayor, j " J ohn Foushee, . insurance and real estate executive, was elected vice president and will automatically be elevated to the presidency next year. Mrs. John Manning was named sec retary, succeeding Mrs. P. Y. Mat thews, and Dudley Cowden was nam ed treasurer, succeeding Otto Stuhl- man. Mrs. John Couch was elected to the Board of Governors for a three-year term, succeeding Mrs. E. B. Craw ford, whose term expires. The other members of the Board are the officers and two carry-over members, J. C. Lyons and Mrs. P. Y. Matthews. The nominating committee was composed of J. C. Lyons, chairman; Sterling Stoudemire, and Mrs. Ernest Mackie. Loves It. . . . ..w.v.v.v.' VIOLET FIDEL will have to get their own publicity." Won Koch Scholarship Although "Tree"" tninks oi herself as "small, sad and Slavic," you'll find Ser three and a half inches above five feet with grey eyes and a brown Joan of Arc haircut. She thinks of herself in a serious light as far as writing is concerned, and that others agree with her is evidenced by the Playwriting scholarship last year, j In the next book of folk plays pub- W0 4 . . . . ... .... Hodgson to Air Charges Against Giduz Tonight Humorist to Accuse DTH Managing Editor On Several Counts at Meeting of Phi By Sam Whitehall Charges of discrimination, partisanship, and misuse of student funds will be made against Daily Tar Heel Managing Editor Ro land Giduz tonight by humor writer Tookie Hodgson in the Phi hall, beginning at 7 o'clock. The meeting will be open to all stu- dents and the floor will be open for all speeches and comments. Phi Ser-geant-at-Arms Les Sneed will enforce parliamentary procedure. The current campus controversy has been raging for several weeks. Many issues of student government and publications have entered the pic ture, which becomes more muddled daily. Hodgson stated yesterday that he plans to read excerpts from editor ials, "prove their falsity and parti sanship" and also to "recount the sub rosa financial activities of certain DTH editors." "I invite all students to be pres ent," Hodgson said. Statement from Woestendiek DTH Editor Bill Woestendiek is sued a brief but emphatic statement, saying: - "The whole thing makes me sick. Hodgson makes all these charges and then has the nerve to come up to my office and tell me I'm not invited ! It's all absurd, but if Hodgson wants to criticize the DTH, he'll have to argue with me." CCC to Meet Tonight To Conduct Elections The Carolina Conservative club will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Ro land Parker Lounge, Graham Me morial for the election of new of ficers. Positions to be filled are president, first vice-president, second vice-presi dent, treasurer, and secretary. All members and others interested are urged to attend. CLASS RINGS FOR SALE Class rings will be sold today in the YMCA lobby between the hours of 9-1 and 2-5, under the auspices of the Grail. Herbert Aptheker to Speak In Gerrard Hall Thursday Dr. Herbert Aptheker, well-known historian, scholar, and writer will speak in Gerrard hall Thursday evening at 8 o'clock on the subject of "The Negro in American History." Speaking under the co-sponsorship of the local chapter of the Southern Conference " : " lished by the University Press, Violet Fidel will appear among the authors, her one-act play "Wherefore Is This Night" being selected. "Wherefore, etc.," as well as two other of "Tree's" plays, "Niobe in Darkness," and 'Hunter from the Hill," were per- formed by the Playmakers. She is fellow in history and has gained repu eurrently represented in the January tation throughout the nation as a Carolina Magazine by a short story student and teacher of Negro history, and an article. j During the war, as one of the few On the side," said she, "I'm 'writ- ing some radio scripts!" Dr. Aptheker was afforded the op- But dramatic writing is her favor- portunity to study and observe Ne ite. She's working on a three-act play groes who helped in the- making of now . . . called "Wake to Weep." "The title? That comes from She! Desert Danziger's June will see Violet deserting Dan ziger's with a degree in Comparative Literature. And then what? "Tree" bummed another cigarette and spouted forth smoke and words. "This idea of bringing 'Broadway' to 'Tobacco Road' is all wrong. If I were doing community theater work," she sighed a small, sad, Slavic sigh, "I'd work on the principle that Broad way and the imitation of Broadway is not the only sort of theater we can have in this country. It's just the folk play idea again. But I believe in j it." "You know," she was saying about See VIOLET, page I. , I U VA Will Give Valentine Hop Friday Night Will Select One Coed As 'Vet's Valentine' Highlighting the social events at the UVA clubhouse for the winter quarter will be a semi -formal Valen tine -dance to be held this Friday night from 9 until 1 o'clock. Music for the occasion will bo furnished by the Carolinians, popular campus dance band that is rapidly becoming famed throughout the state. Select 'Vets' Valentine' In announcing the dance, UVA President Roy Moose stated that the outstanding event of the evening will be the selection of a "Vet's Valen- tine" girl by a group of judges yet to be named. Winner of the "Vet's Val entine" rrown is to be the recipient of a variety of presents and will reign as queen of the ball. The entire clubhouse is being used as a dance floor, and all the furni ture will be removed for the evening. A special Valentine decoration will be used for the occasion. The semi-formal affair is open to all UVA members and their dates. WNC Club Will Meet In Gerrard Tonight - There will be a meeting of the WNC club tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Gerrard hall. Members are urged to attend this meeting for the purpose of electing new officers. The social committee will make a report on plana for a party sometime this month. for Human Welfare, the Carolina Political union, and the Wesley foun dation, Dr. Aptheker's talk promises to be highly informative for all those interested in Negro life and nistory. He belongs to the new school of white historians who have interested them selves in the history of the Negro, and which hopes to correct the multi tude of erroneous concepts which prevail in American thinking on the Negro question. Nationwide Reputation At the present time he is a mem ber of the graduate faculty at Co lumbia university and a Guggenheim white commanders of Negro troops, current history. He is well-known as one of the outstanding speakers on this vital subject and has impressed awide number of audiences through out the nation with his lectures. UVA Will Entertain Spencer Hall Coeds .0 Residents of Spencer dormitory will be guests at tomorrow evening's UVA open house, Roy Moose, president; stated yesterday. Music, a fioorshow, and cigarettes will be part of the entertainment. Moose announced that the escort committee will call at Spencer for the coeds and squire them to the club house. All veterans are invited to attend.
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