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Th official newspaper of the Publication Board of the University of. North
Carolina. Chapel 11) U. where it is Issued daily d urine the regular sessions of
the University by the Colonial Press. Inc, except Mondays, examination and
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T.dlter ...
liuttntts Manager
Managing Editor .
SiJorti Editor
Editorial Staff: Charlie Gibson, Tom Wharton. Wink Loclclair. Bill Kellara,
Don Shropshire. Jimmy Rutherford. John Stump, Vestal Taylor.
Htw$ Staff: Hoy Parker. Jr.. Zarve Robbins. Bill Johnson. Sam McKeel. Wuff
Newell. Don Maynard. RoUe Neill, Caroline Bruner, Bob Hennessee, Graham
Jones, Glenn Harden.
Sportt Staff Frank Allston, Jr.. Ken Barton. Lew Chapman. Joe B. Cherry.
fJ7Klox' Vlc GoWber. Art Greenbaum. Billy Peacock. John Poindexter,
Vaden " Sh'r111, Beb' Smith- Andy Taylor. Ronald Tllley. Buddy
Business Staff : Oliver Watklns. June Crockett. Neal Cadieu. Ed Williams.
Staff Photographer James A. Mills
University Day
October 12 is more than just another day for the 40,000
living alumni of the University. It is the birthday of the
oldest state university in the country. '
Wednesday, October 12, is the 156th anniversary, of the
laying of the cornerstone of the Old East, University's first
building. . ' - '
Tomorrow, as is customary each year, a special ceremony
will be held for the students, the administration, the faculty,
and anyone else who is interested. Throughout the country
there will be similar birthday meetings of interested Carolina
alumni. .
The revolutionary state constitution of 1776 declared
that "all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and prd
moted in one orynbr 'universities." However, 19 years
passed before thefirst student, Hinton James, arrived at
Chapel Hill. TVe. University as chartered in 4789, but the
buildings were no ready for use until late in 1795.
Samuel McCorkle delivered the tirincinal aHHrp rm that
,
memorable day in 1793. Many
iwunuiiig ui wic university ana us piace in ine. lue-ot this
state have been made since McCorkle's, but none has so aptly
stated the purpose of the University as did the following
words which are taken from his address. ..'.
"liberty and law call for general knowledge in the people
and extensive knowledge in matters of state, and these in
turn demand public places of education."
Student Parking
There has been quite a bit of grumbling around the
campus recently among the students who hold parking per
mits about the difficulty of finding a parking space in the
mornings. There -will be a lot more grumbling when the
new Commerce Building goes up in' the parking lot' back
of 3outh Building and further reduces the number of park
ng spaces.
Already there have been more than seven hundred park
ing permits issued, which is, without doubt, a lot of cars
to be taken care of in the parking lots. ; .
There are two basic reasons for the" lack of spaces for
those with parking permits. One reason is the use of the
parking spaces by unauthorized cars, cars belonging to resi
dent students. That this is fairly common is attested by
the fact that a campus policeman issued over fifty parking
tickets in one morning. However, it is likely that the .tickets
will" discourage further violation of the parking permit
rules. , .
The second reason rests with the students themselves.
Many of the students completely ignore proper parking' and
leave anywhere from two to six feet between their car
and the next one in line. This kind of parking has negated
almost ..twenty percent of the parking spaces in the parking
lot behind South Building.
A combination of proper parking and police protection
will assure plenty of spaces for those who need them.
. ' Robert Tucker
Intramural Controversy,
JiJ-n v- . x , v ' . '. .: . .
Tfce. Carohna; intramural athletics; departent, .whican- :
nuaHy managesjo tr1
mlclu, uas come in ijr a considerable amotrnt of criticism
' lately, most of which seemuiiwa
ruling in questionhas been instituted this year with the in
tent of eliminating the' large number' .'of .independent teams
which in the past have entered the football, basketball, and
Softball competition. The term "independent" is used to re
fer to a team which is affiliated with neither a dormitory,
fraternity, or other campus organization. The independent
teams usually amount to an all-star agregation of students
from all over the campus. The new ruling would break up
most of these teams, and mural critics have loudly opposed
uus proposal.
The new plan was instituted at a recent meeting of the ,
campus intramural managers, and was favored ' by the ma- 1
jority of these representatives. Briefly it requires all intra
mural enthusiasts in a dormitory to. play. Wa dorm team- ?
upless he is a member of a fraternity or a pledge. Iri the. latter I
case, the'student would play for his fraternity team, other- '
wise he must play for his dorm if he wishes toparticipate
in mural athletics. Students living in town may play for a .
dorm team or else organize an independent team in town.
But as far as the dormitory men go, there will be no more i
independents. , '.
t The move is intended to boost the strength of the dormi- "
tory teams and build up the pride of the students in their
dormitory. Before the war, dormitory teams annually domi
nated the campus mural program, but fraternities, with their
closely-knit organization, have pulled into the lead in the
past few years. It is believed that the new plan will go a
long way toward building up the "esprit de corps" of the
aorm men.
..mCTC XEVRTTTE
...C B. MEND EN HALL.
. CHUCK HAUSER
-BILLY CAR MICHAEL III
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speeches commemorating. the
Houndin'
Arbun'
With Joe Terrell
A cheap imitation . .'of , "our"
Rathskeller is being built in
Durham. The exact measure
ments of the entire Rathskeller
were ' taken while owner Ted
Danziger was hot around. Even
the tables were measured. In
the Durham imitation, painted
glass is being .used instead of
: Ted's stained glass. And the
tables are pine instead of oak.
Oh well. you can't expect
the Duke students to hare
more than just an imitation
' of something here at Carolina
a cheap imitation too. This
place . that the owner even
calls the "Rathskeller" is
. across from the Duchess eat
ing establishment.
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Maybe people have the wrong
impression of Carolina students.
The night after the State game,
yours truly was talking with
a freshman from State that was
just before going to the dance.
He was just a little bit droonk.
"You mean I can't take my
bottle in?" he asked.
'That's right, man. They'll
throw you right. out."
"What's the special occasion?
;,Why'd ; you ; all pick this one
, dance to try to act like angels?".,
"It's this way at 'em all."
"You're kidding."
. "No." 1
"WelL 111 be doggone. All .
the older boys at 'Stale fold
mm 1U1U
'me that a dance here in fact
everything here was just like
one of these here orgies you
hear about. Drinking and
everything. Sure you're not
kidding?"
Maybe 'people do have the
wrong impression of Carolina
students. Maybe?
One of the first, traditions we
heard of here at the school is
the one about the dirt walkways.
Some of, the older boys told us
that a very wealthy woman had
left a great deal of money so
the walks would not be paved.
Does anyone know about this?
Anyway -the walks are looking
mighty good aren't they?
Attention all you campus
writers: The Carolina .Quart
erly wants more stories and
poems from the local talent.
They're getting the manu
scripts in from all over the
country, but more are wanted
from, here. Stories should not
be more than 3.000 words.
You don't have long either.
Deadline is Oct. 15.
It's rumored around that Dick
Murphy, the co-ordinator of the
Campus Chest, is planning a
contest to elect "Miss Campus
Chest of Carolina." It'll be some
thing like a penny a . vote for
your favorite. This should prove
very interesting, provided there
is nothing false about the Miss.
Overheard Owen Morgan and
Tommy Dickenson at the "Y"
, court the other day discussing
a not too original subject-the
i co-ed situation. It seems that
they wouid rather either have
no co-eds at all or have more
than enough to go around. With
; the present, set up, they com-
plained, there is just "enough of
' '.'the enemy" to keep you upset
: all the time. .
After a few minutes pause in
their conversation, Owen asked
Tommy, "When you goin' to
Raleigh?"
"Today."
j "Today? Why're you goin'
home today?"
"See that co-ed over there?"
"Urp."
; "Well, she's beginning to look
good to me." . ,
Speaking of co-eds, there
: dahlias of the campus dislrib-
ful girls wearing large purple
dahlias of the campus distrab
uting .' information on the
Freddy Martin dance in the
"Y"couri so I've been told.
,
t One of the best melodies this
writer ha3 heard in a long time
is "Street Scene" by Alfred
Newman. It's on a Mercury disc,
at Ab's. An excellent record.
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Last week's pocket-sized mis
carriage delivered forth by the
"long-pregnant" Tarnation staff
is convincing proof that the time
for another referendum on the
matter of Carolina student peri
odicals is now at hand. Enough
student money has been wasted
on this heavy handed, written-in-poor-taste,
(i.e. the features on
Pitching Horseshoes
By Billy Rose
: This afternoon I went in -'fdr'w
my annual check-up, and after"
probing me here and tapping!
me there the doctor opined thatt
I was in tolerably good shape.
' "What are my chances of
living to be a nundred?" I ask
ed. '
The medico grinned. "Even1
if I knew I wouldn't tell you",
he said. "A while back I told a
patient he had only a year tcr
live, and now he's threatening
to sue me for a hundred thous
and dollars."
I'll swap you a pair of tic
kets to 'South Pacific' for the
yarn," I said.
"Fair enough." said the doc
tor. "Two years ago, a well
known toy manufacturer came
in for a check-up, and when
I. looked at his cardiogram I
couldn't figrure 'out what was
holding him up. Fot a quar
ter century he had been work
ing around the clock in a
highly competitive business,
eating all the wrong things
and . drinking more than he -could
handle to relieve the
tension. In addition, he con
fessed he had no special use
for his wife and vice versa.
"I told him how critical his ;
dition was and thai, barring a
miracle, he didn't figure to live1
more than a year.
"The toy man thanked me
for being honest with him, and'
the following month I heard
he had. sold his business, divid-
cu. iunune Deiween nis Wfie
and various cnarities, arranged
r, j l , x -
for her to get a divorce, and
gone off to Mexico with just
enough money to last him for
a year. .
"Naturally, I was upset when
I learned he had gone to these
extremes, but I breathed easier
a few weeks later when he
wrote and told me he had rent
ed a small house on a hill over
looking Cuernavaca and was J
spending his days mostly just
sitting. He said he had bought
a radio to keep in touch with
things but so far hadn't turned
it on, and instead of the milk
diet I recommended he had sub.
ATOMIC BOMB
The Carolina Scene
By Bill Kellam 1
campus political' figures) uri
humorous "humor" magazine.
Editor Kerr, an eager, tireless
lad, has done a fine job in bring
ing to reality his conception of a
pocket-sized college mag, as far
as composition and make-up are
concerned. But, unfortunately for
.Kerr, the publication is supposed
, to be filled with palatable, amus-
stituted. tequila. .
"Last June he walked into
my office, brown as a football
a physician in Mexico City had
recently examined him and fi
ssured him he Was good for at
least twenty more years. And
he claimed it was my fault that
he was without a wife and with
' out a business;
"I tried to tell him he was
alive only because he had
gotten rid of his ' wife and
business, but I might as well
have been talking to a brick
wall. And the next thing I
knew, I heard he was threat
ening to sue me for a hundred '
thousand dollars."
"It doesn't sound as if he
had much of a case", I said
"Well, even if he goes through
with it," said the doctor, "I'm
not worrying because it general
ly takes a couple of years for
' "Two years isn't very long",
a civil suit to come up in court".
I oracled.
In this instance, it's long e
nough", said the doctor. .'Short
ly after the toy man got back
to New York he dug up a fresh
bankroll and is again working
around the clock, eating the
wrong things and drinking more
than he can handle. I talked to
j a. physician who examined him
' tot, long ago, and he told me
the fellow hasn't got more than
a year to live".
Franco Has Doubts
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10-(JP)
senator Brewster (R-Me) to-
day Juoed Generalissimo
"ranco of Spain as expressing
doubt that the Russians have
achieved an atomic blast.
Brewster, who with other
member's of Congress
Franco last Saturday,
saw
said
Franco commented that 3,000
; ions of dynamite could produce
a blast equivalent to that of
an atomic bomb.
"He seemed to doubt that
there was any atomic explo
sion in Russia." Brewster said
at a news conference.
Not To Be
ing copy. However, imaginative
the process necessary for the cre
ation of such material is appar
ently foreign to this campus.
Carolina had the present de
plorable situation (of being
represented in the student peri
odical field by a puerile humor
magazine) thrust upon it by
. virtue of quie justifiable stu
dent reaction against the late
Carolina Magazine. The CM
. had been a fine publication un
til: a group of intellectually
pretentious pseudo-esthetes got
control of the CM and turned
it into a showcase for their
. vague, pointless "art." Their
reign of error didn't last long,
thanks to the prompt action of
the student body.
However, the students acted so
promptly that they became quite
reactionary and, in their haste to
rid student publications of the
short -brained-long-hairs, they
turned to the other extreme. They
voted in a form of collegiate
journalism which has never, save
in a very few examples, been
successful.
The creation of amusing humor
is quite difficult. Witness the
dearth of entertaining professional
humor magazines. Punch and
The New Yorker are the only
successful such periodicals in the
English-speaking world. So out
of a student body of 7,500, how
can one find enough talented
writers to produce a good-humored
magazine, when the two pros
have a hard enough time being
continually clever, even though
they have the whole world to
draw on for writers.
At the 1948 referendum, the
students had the opportunity
to vote for a combined humor
literary mag. This columnist
favored the combination. He
still does, for it seems the only
satisfactory solution for the
present unsatisfactory situation.
Since CM's demise, the Caro
lina Quarterly has come into
being. The writing in it has been
quite good, especially when com
pared to the drivel which appear
ed in the last issues of the CM.
However, students have been re
luctant to subscribe and it's hav
ing a rough time financially.
Two remedies are available.
Tarnation can be combined with
the Quarterly. The resulting uni
fied magazine will become the
official student publication and
will be given the financial support
now given Tarnation.
Or a new magazine giving equal
play to whatever humor, feature
stories, or fiction that merits
publication can be established. v
Now is the time for the stu
an adequate student magazine,
nation to do something besides
expel'hot' air. Letters. to the edi
tor and some constructive action
in the Student Legislature will
help to provide Carolina with an
adequate student magazine. .
WASHINGTON-In the confi
dential files of Senator Clyde
Hoey's investigating commttee
is a report on Gen. Harry Vaug
han and his partner, John Mar
agon, in which they seek sunk
en treasure at the bottom of
the sea. And as usual, they
pull a lot. of political wires to
get the treasure.
This is one part of the Vaug-han-Maragon
investigation
which Senator "just-the-usual-procedure"
Hoey wants to su
press. It is also a chapter which
President Truman is exerting
pressure to hush up, despite the
fact that he made his great
reputation as a' Senate investi
gator. Most interesting phase of
H secret Voughan-Maragon
treasure hunt is that they cut
another company out of the
" deal, .despite the fact that the
other company had a prior
contract to salvage the ore in
the sunken SS Edward 'Luck
enbach. Vaughan's friends got the
contract without' competitive
bidding. Thie was the onlvi l
cast in history where a salvage'
contract was let without corn-
petilive bidding, except . one,
where the Commission did io'Kiw.ould; 0? "lto . matter of
not own the cargo. 1i.n;i"9Wningu.j."f"conlraci r lor the
The SS Luckenbach, sunk-; in
60 feet of water off Key West,
Fla., by a Nazi sub in 1942 was
carrying a cargo of tin 'worth
more than $2,000,000. The cargo
owned by the U. S. Government
and partly salvaged, now comes
under the Maritime Commission
and the U. S. Metals Reserves
Corporation, plus a private firm,
the Cargo Salvage Corp., of
New York. The private firm
represents the insurance com
panies which paid off the gov
ernment, and therefore have a
shake in salvaging the sunken
tin. -
Because of this, the private
insurance companies through'
their agent, the Cargo Salvage
Corp., signed a contract Nov. 6,
1947 with Clark Brothers of
Palm Beach, Fla., to salvage
the cargo of the SS Luckenbach.
; However, one year later, the
amazing Mr. Maragon and : the
President's Military Aide step
ped in and pulled the rug right
out from under them. Instead
they secured a provisional con
tract to recover the sunken ore
for their friends, Robert Ste
fanich and Zeke Afram of Mil
waukee. General Vaughan used to
be a manufacturers' ' repre
sentative in Milwaukee and
is a close friend of Harry
Hoffman. Milwaukee adver
tising man. Hoffman is the
man who arranged to have
the seven deep freezes sent
to Mrs. Truman, Vaughan and
other bigwigs at the time
' Maragon was caught smug
ging perfume, though the deep
feezes were paid for by ' the
perfume company .. which, at
about v that time, purchased
four airplanes and three
yachts at amazingly low
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Merry-go-round
prices from the government.
Shortly after Preisdent Tru
man came back from his Key
West vacation in December 19
48, Robert Stefanich of Milwau
kee, dropped in at the Maritime
Commission to see is he could
salvage the ship which had sunk
just 25 miles Northwest: of Key
West. The Commission told him
to send a diver down to look
at the cargo after which they
' would talk to him.
In . January, 1949, Stefanich
came back, said he had not been
able to send a diver down,, but
wanted a contract for salvaging
the vessel just the same. His
conversation was with Jerry C.
, Massey, Admiralty - Counsel of
j the Commission, who later re
ported: "Since he had not done what
he premised, I consideded he
was wasting my valuable time
desperately needed on other
Maritime Commission business
and making a nuisance of him
selg. I told him in so many
words.
; ; "'Early next morning," con
tinued" Massey in . his ' official
ot report; "to mf surprise he walk
ed in with John Maragon.
mIj tii ?3.r$ plated that he
Atlantic; , .Marine Salvaging
Co., and then he would report
to General Vaughan.
"In the course of the con
versation," Massey continued,
"he (Maragon) repeated sev
eral times 'I will go back and
report to General Vaughan.'
I resented this. Maragon gave
me the impession that he was
an employee of General Vaug
han. He talked to me in a
tone of giving me an order
that the contract be given
the Atlantic Marine Salvaging
Co. I also resented this. The
above caused me to express
my feelings rather heatedly." .
Massey was so upset by Mar
agon's highhandedness that he
discussed the matter with two
associates, Joseph . Tarian and
Charles E. Kauffmen, and asked
them to sit in as witnesses if
Maragon called again. They did
so and, after the next meeting,
Kauffman wrote a report which
stated:
"I asked who he (Maragon).
represented and he replied, 'I'm
with the general.' This, meant
nothing to me so I asked what
general and he answered, 'Gen
eral Voughan.' "
"Before Maragon left he said
he was 'with the White House.'
It was my assumption that he
was a Federal Employee, prob
ably attached to General Vaug
han's staff. As a matter of fact,
during our first meeting, Mar
agon went to my desk, picked
up the phone, asked for the
White House and spoke to some
one there.
That Vauhan was fully aware
of Maragon's activity was indi
cated later by the fact that he
called Massey, to rrfake sure
that his Milwaukee friends were
. getting . thet .contract..
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