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Csriala Dspt. Chapel mn, c. w -only- 9 Days BEAT NOTRE DAME! WEATHER Clear and cooL VOLUME LVIII . v f V' l"v. '. - 8.. . , A,,,,..,: -a. . ,,, ,. . iMIIIIHI IIWINltf IIiBWIiTIO ' II Ml Hl.l.l I..... IB' 1 if 1) 'I THE BODY OF A VICTIM is carried from fie wreckage of an Eastern Air Lines plane shortly after it crashed near the National Airport at Washington Tuesday. All of the 55 persons aboard were killed. Tha crash followed a collision with a sma'l Bolivian military plane in the air. Mass Meet Voting Put Off By Coeds The Coed Senate failed to make use of an Orientation Committce-ivcn right to call a compulsory mass meeting of coeds at its meeting Tuesday night, after Committee Chair man Al "Lowenstein appeared before the body and ' asked that it not exercise the power. In his pica, Lowenstein assert- cd that although the Orientation Committee did not feel it should withhold the power to call the meeting from the Senate, "it felt that such a meeting was dis criminatory to coeds." The Committee stipulated that only a reading and explanation of coed and campus election laws would be in order at such a meeting. A definite, decision will be reached on the matter at Tuesday night's session of the Senate. Under a Student Council inter pretation" of the Student Consti tution it i3 up to the Orientation Committee to give the Coed Sen ate power to call compulsory meetings for orientation purposes. Fassed at the session was an amendment to the coed elections law providing for a 15-coed peti tion, a list of qualifications and a statement of willingness to run from each candidate running for coed posts under the coed election laws. Only the executive council of the Women's Athletic Associa tion 2nd members of the Coed Senate f:dl under the coed laws jurisdiction. Phi Passes Federal Aid Federal aid to education to be administered by the states was apL-iovcd bv a 14-7 vote in Phi Hall Tuesday night. The i'iii went on record favor ing United States Senate Bill 246, which uives the states discretion in administering federal aid to both public and privata schools within their boundaries. The Phi bill also included auxiliary aid tn niini is needing it, in the form of textbooks, lunches, trans put tation and other such benefits, Speaking for the bill were Phi Ktpiestntativts Herman Sieber, Carl Rogers, Hal Conoly, Jack Prince, John Giles, Bob Pace, Dave Sharpe, Fred Crawford and Gene Ku.ss ell; and Louis Rabel and Dick Pellon, guests. Repre sentatives Frank Schcll and Bob Fentress spoke in opposition to the measure. 'Cautioned' BELGRADE. Yugoslavia Nov. 2 t,V)ln a noto just short of an ultimatum, Yugoslavia to night sternly "cautioned" liM Albania to live up to its treaty obligations with Marshal Tito'i country. The note demanded in the most abrupt terms that Albania "answer this note in the shortest possible time." It listed a long series of com plaints against Albania, includ ing alleged border provocations, frontier shootings, persecution of Yugoslav citizens in Albania and espionage by Albanians in Yugoslavia. Associated Press Group Plans Discussions For Houses The House Discussions Com mittee, composed of representa tives of fraternities, met yester day in the YMCA and planned a program of house discussions for the current year. ; . , . . The Committee discussed last year's program and ways in which the program could be made more effective this year. It was decided that in general -last years pro grams will be followed. Each fraternity will appoint a House Discussion Chairman who will be a member of the House Discussions Committee. This chairman will be responsible for his own fraternity. The Committee also discussed speakers and topics. Among the speakers discussed were Mrs. Arnold Nash, James Street, Paul Green, Betty Smith, Charles Jones, Chancellor House, Hypnotist Polgar Makes Good In Big Magazine By Charlie Gibson Franz J. Polgar, the hypnotist coming to Memorial Hall for two performances next Wednesday and Thursday evening at 8 o'clock under the sponsorship of the Student Entertainment Com mittee, is evidently as popular a subject in national magazines as he is on SEC programs here. -Dr. Polgar, already written up in the "Saturday Evening Post, i "Colliers," and other national periodicals, was recently featured in a summer issue of "Life" un der a headline claiming: He Has Hypnotized a Million People." "Since coming to the U.S. 16 years ago," the "Life" article states, "Polgar ligures ne nds more than a million people 10 sleep, usually with their willing consent. Polgar is no medical man; the "Dr." represents degrees of doctor of psychology and doc tor of economics acquired in his native Hungary. "Nevertheless, he is convinced hypnosis has many beneficial uses in medical science and is campaigning for its wider appli cation in psychiatry and surgery. Two years ago, when Mrs. Polgar gave birth to her second child Polgar successfully substituted hypnosis for an anesthetic. c far there has not been an empty seat in Memorial Hall for anv of "The Miracles of the Mind" shows in which Polgar has students fresh from the audience : themselves io uc years old, Frank Sinatra stuck to their chairs, or intoxicated after drinking plain water. Doors to Memorial Hall will open Wednesday and Thursday New Pattern In Education Is Described William Grosvenor Pollard, Ex ecutive Director of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Tuesday night described the new pattern of graduate education de veloping in this region as a result of cooperation between 24 South ern universities and the Institute. He spoke before a meeting of the Tracer Group, an association of University of North Carolina scientists who are utilising isotope techniques in their research. Dr. Pollard outlined the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stud ies as a joint endeavor of the 24 Southern universities which com prise its m-Tibership, of the Ato mic Energy Commission, and of the Commission's industrial contractors- in Oak Ridge.- The In stitute was conceived, the speaker stated, by a small group of Oak Ridge and Southern university scientists who early recognized the exceptional nature of the op portunity presented by Oak Ridge. Through the energies of these interested scientists and educa tors the Institute was chartered in October, 1946, and since that time has greatly expanded its facilities in order to improve its service to' the South and the na tion, he said. (See POLLARD, page 4) evenings at 7 o'clock with all Uni versity students admitted free upon presentation of their I.D. cards and athletic passbooks. However, since the Student En tertainment Committee is subsi dized by the Student Legislature to give students definite priority on the 1,800 seats available for its programs; all faculty members. student wives, and townspeople cannot be sold one-dollar admis sion tickets until 7:40 P.M. Vespers Program Has Good Initial Meeting Campus Vespers, a new pro gram sponsored by the YWCA Vespers Committee and the YM CA Worship Committee, got off on a better than . expected start this week, Spokesmen of the group said yesterday. Gerrard Hall is converted into a chapel from 5:30 to 6:30, Mon day through Thursday of each week, by the use of a cross, can dles, "and soft music calculated to provide "an atmosphere conducive to individual worship at the close of .each day. Students, faculty members, and administration heads are invited to come in at any time during this period, to stay whatever length of time is desired, and to leave at any time. The service is, of course, non denominational. Y Cabinet members who planned and now conduct the ser vice felt there was a strong need on campus for a place and an at CHAPEL HILL, N.,C. THURSDAY, Person Show Will Feature Modern Works 'New Directions' Will Be Theme Of Exhibition An exhibition entitled, "New Direstions in Modern Painting," will open at the Person Hall Art Gallery tomorrow and continue through Wednesday, Nov. 30 his exhibition is circulated by he American' Federation of Arts through the courtesy of the Pi erre Matisse Gallery, New York Twenty-three paintings by Ru- fino Tamayo, Wilfredo Lam,' Matta Echaurren, Joan Miro, Yves Tanguy, and Jean Dubuffet have been selected to exemplify the 'New Directions" suggested by the title of the group show.'. They are as varied in styles and; even! the nationalities of the artists who produced them, it is said. Rufino Tamayo, who divides his time between Mexico City and New York, has had - many one4 Lman shows in the United States and his now famous" oil, . "Ani-? mals," forms part of the Latin American Collection of the Mu seum of Modern Art. Wilfredo . Lam, another Latin American artist who is repre sented in the exhibition by four major paintings, was born in Cuba. He spent years of study in Spain,' and, subsequently- in Paris, where he worked under the influence of Picasso. His munu- mental "Jungle" belongs to the Museum of Modern Art. : Matta Echaurren was born in Santiago, Chile. He, too, went to Spain and France, where he worked with Le Corbusier. He joined the Surrealist movement in Paris in 1937. His independent, fluid paintings are well .known through many . New York one man shows and critical . articles r While Jean Dubuffet has only recently come . to the lore as a provocative, strongly - individual artist, his countryman, Yves Tan guy, has long been recognized as one of the foremost painters of the Subconscious. Finally, the exhibition contains contains several paintings of the "Thirties" and "Forties", by the Spaniard, Joan Miro. He exhib ited with the Surrealist group since 1925 and had his first one man show in New York in 1928, followed by many others. Steel Outlook Is Still Brightening CLEVELAND, Nov. 2 (JP) Thie steel strike picture continued to brighten today as Republic Steel Corp. the nation's third largest producer reopened talks with the CIO steelworkers. Both sides termed the meet ing "exploratory" and said a fur ther session would be held soon. There was no report on what progress was made. CIO sources, meanwhile, indi cated they were hopeful of an early settlement with Jones & Laughlin, the country's fourth largest producer. mosphere where students could go for a few moments of quiet meditation and prayer at the end of the day. Dr. Claiborne Jones begans the present Campus Ves pers series Monday night with an informal talk to those present, in which he stated that Campus Vespers provides an excellent op portunity for self-examination at a time and in a situation where meditation of that nature is most desirable. Ted Sellars, chairman of the YMCA Worship Committee, and Peggy Neal of the YWCA Cam pus Vespers Committee, plan to engage a speaker once each week, who will provide a topic for thought and a prayer for silent worship at the beginning of the hour. The day will be changed each week for the speaker, so that more students may have an opportunity to attend Vespers when this feature is being added, NOVEMBER 3, 1949 Mrs. UN Delegate Will Give Talk On Citizenship Noted Columnist . To Be Sponsored In Weil Lectures Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will de liver the Weil Lectures here on Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and 2, the Caro lina Forum announced yesterday. Wife of the late president Franklin D, Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt will appear in Memor ial Hall under the joint sponsor "7 :p : - u - . - T- t lit , is -r r- - -7. 4 1v MRS. ROOSEVELT ship of the Carolina Forum and the Committee on Established Lectures. The general subject for the lectures will be American Citizenship, with subtitles for the series undecided.. Mrs. Roosevelt has been noted for her thorough approach to social problems, and her liberal views, even when the latter have at times been opposed to those of national administration. Author of the syndicated news paper column, My Uay, Mrs Roosevelt took up in politics prac tically where her husband left off. In 1945 she was appointed a delegate to the general asembly of the United Nations, and in 1946 she was made chairman of that assembly's Committee on Human Rights. Mrs. Roosevelt was recently hailed as a leader of those "en gaged in the eternal struggle to enlarge and protect the rights of man," in a citation accompanying an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws conferred upon her by Smith College. The citation said that, for many years a leader within. the United States in poli tics, social and educational af fairs, she has worked tirelessly to help those who need material or sympathetic understanding. liaDnsneu in lait ai me um - versity as an unendowed lecture- ship on American Citizenship, the Weil Lectures had as first speak er incumbent ex-president Wil liam Howard Taft, who' lectured on ine presidency; roweib, Duties, Obligations, and Responsibilities." GM Installs Intercom System An intercom system has been installed in Graham Memorial to facilitate communication between workers in the building. Director Jim Rathburn said yesterday. The main control for the system is located in the information of fice on the main floor. Outlets are in the director's office and the travel agency on the second floor in the Rendezvous Room in the basement and in both ends of the Phone FDR Wi More Election Law Facing Solons This By Roy Parker, Jr. , Five amendments to the change-laden campus election laws will be the main business on crowded Student Legislature agenda when it meets tonight at 7:30 in Di Hall. Most important of the bills is one setting up scholastic require ments for candidates and appoint McMullen Will Speak ' On 'Communist China '.Communist China" will be' the subject of Dr. Robert J. McMullen, executive secretary .of the United Board for Christian Colleges, in a speech tonight in Gerrard Hall at 8 o'clock. McMullen, whose appearance ' is being sponsored by the West- minster Fellowship of the Pres byterian Church, maintains con tact with 12 colleges in China and is former resident of Shang hai. During his Far Eastern resi dence he served as college presi dent and as official in the gov ernment of Shanghai's interna tional settlement. He is a recog nized authority on conditions in China. George Worth, Westminster Fellowship head, said yesterday that any students wishing to dis cuss taking teaching jobs in for eign colleges with Dr. McMullen may make appointments by call ing him at the Presbyterian Church. IS vjGTS 'No' Answer INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2 (TP) Indiana coal operators today turned down an offer by John L, Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, to negotiate sep arately for settlement of the coal strike in Indiana. ine issues involved are na tional in character and cannot be reconciled to district negotia tions," Harvey Cartwright, secre tary of the Indiana Coal Opera tors Association, said at Terre Haute. The decision was made by meeting of the Association Board there this afternoon, Cartwright said. In answer to the union mine chief's proposal made through Gov. Henry F. Schricker, Cart wright said, "If Mr. Lewis be lieves that constructive results can be obtained by reconvening the national bituminous coal wage conference, that can be arranged. Performers Needed For Amateur Hour Singers, dancers, ventriloquists date for it and begin making more and other entertainers are need ed for, the newest Rendezvous Room project, Graham Memorial Entertainment Director Mary Jo McLean said yesterday. The project, a campus-wide , . , Vlo . . T i,., o call for help to get things started. "I want anyone interested in being on the show to contact me immediately," Mary Jo said. "As soon as I have talked to some of the people who would like to be on the program, I can set a Main Lounge. Each station except the Main Lounge can originate calls to the main station. Although the out lets stations cannot talk to each other, calls from them can br relayed by the central control station. A new FM radio-phonograph combination has recently been placed in the Main Lounge, and it is now possible to broadcast pro F-3371 F-3361 Led ees to student government posts, Both will be set in motion on the floor . by Elections Committee chairman Al Winn. Other bills include one abolish ing infirmary election ballots, another consolidating men's town election district 5 into 3, and one clarifying thet name of the De cember election. Only bill on tap Goethe Fete Will Feature Song Recital In commemoration of the bicen tennial of Johann Wolfgang Goethe's birth, the Music Depart ment will present a public lec ture and song recital Sunday evening at 8:30. Songs chosen from the master pieces of German lieder will il lustrate Goethe's extensive in fluence on 19th century music. In troductory comments and a run ning commentary will be pro vided by Professor Joel Carter of the Music Department. Members of the faculty and advanced voice students who will furnish the musical examples are Anne Lynch, soprano; Jocelyn Rhyne, soprano; Barbara Young, soprano; John Bridges, tenor; and Carl Perry, tenor. Milton Bliss, baritone; William Collins, baritone; Richard Cox, baritone; Herbert Livingston, pi ano; Henry Lofquist, piano; and William E. Waters, piano. The reqital is open to the pub lic, and no admission will be charged. Louis Denfeld Offered Major Naval Station WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (P)- Secretary of the Navy Matthews today offered a major post as Commander of Eastern Atlantic Mediterranean Naval forces tc Admiral Louis Denfeld, ousted as Chief of Naval Operations in the row over national defense. Denfeld did not immediately disclose whether he will accept the job. definite plans Any campus organization may sponsor, contestants, but a con testant is not required to have a sponsor. According to present tentative plans, there will be a prize for the best entertainer. If the show is successful, the Rendezvous Room will atempt to sponsor an amateur hour each quarter. Anyone desiring to take part in the show should call Ma,ry Jo at 9881 or see her in the Rendezvous Room. grams over the loudspeaker of the intercom system. -The remaining football games as well as other programs of wide interest will be broadcast in this way. According to Rathburn, an old custom of broadcasting dinner music over the intercom system may soon be resumed. Records from the Graham Memorial rec ord library would be played over the system late each after noon.' NUMBER 37 Lire Here Changes evening and another providing for hired poll-watchers at campus elections, pertaining to election laws is one appropriating $242 to pay nation al, regional and local National Students Association obligations. The scholastic requirement bill may meet opposition from execu tive floor leaders unless differ ences in it and an administration recommended bill can be ironed out before meeting time. The bill, drawn up by the Elections Com mittee, , "contains some clauses not wanted by the administration, and leaves out some needed," Attorney-General John Sanders said yesterday. If the differences are not ironed out sometime before the Legis lature meeting time, Sanders will introduce, as a substitutethe bill backed by President Bill Mackie and his Executive Cabinet. The bill eliminating infirmary ballots also may face opposition. Mackie yesterday termed the bill "unwise" since it provides for infirmary patients to get absentee ballots through "friends" instead of from a member of the Elec tions Board. Speaker of the Legislature Ted Leonard yesterday urged all members to be on hand for the meeting in order to expedite the full agenda. Leonard also said that he will ask the Legislature to move up its next week's meet ing to Tuesday night in order not to conflict with plans of those who wish to head for New York. Body States Anti-Pledge Battle Plans A move designed to secure re peal of the University's non Communist affiliation pledge was announced yesterday. A group of 35 members, which includes faculty members of the University, Duke, Wake Forest College, and a local Presbyterian minister, recently formed a Chapel Hill Committee of Free dom of Thought and Speech, the announcement said. The committee, its sponsors said, will appeal to the University administration and possibly to the Trustees to abolish the regula tion requiring all new applicants for faculty appointments to sign a statement saying whether the applicant "now or has been at any time in the past, a member of or in anywise aff tfiiated with either the Communist Party or with any organization or associa tion controlled to your knowledge by Communists." The requirement so far applies only to the Chapel Hill unit of the consolidated University. The required statement has been made a part of all applica tion forms issued to prospective faculty appointees since last sum mer in fulfillment of a promise made to University Trustees by the administration last May that Communists would not knowing ly be given positions on the fac ulty. The Trustees at their June, 1941, meeting had also adopted a resolution requiring all faculty members to take an oath sup porting the state constitution. The newly formed Committee on Freedom of Thought and Speech disclaims "all support and motivation, of exponents of for eign ideologies," but contends that "the sole basis for employment (See ACADEMIC, page 4) Pre-Registration General College students may sign up for pre -registration for winter and spring quarters Mon day through Friday of next week. The schedules will be at a table in the lobby of South Building. Students who made as many as two F's at mid-term will not be allowed to pre-register, tie General College office said.
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