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EDITORIALS
After All Is Say and Don
Two Concerts Good Idea -Great
Scott! They Said
WEATHER
Partly cloudy and warmer.
VOLUME LVIII
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. ..FRIDAY, MARCH 24 1950
PHONE F-3361, F-3371
NUMBER 124
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DR. ROBERT ERVIN COKER. professor emeritus of zoology at the University, third from left, is shown as he received the second -annual
O. Max Gardner Award from J. Spencer Love, chairman of. the Board of Trustees Committee which made the recommendation;
for the award. Dr. Coker received the honor at a banquet held Wednesday night at the Woman's College in Greensboro. Shown, left '
to right, are Dr. W. C. Jackson, chancellor at Woman's College; Cordon Gray, president-elect f the Greater University; Dr. Coker;
Love; W. D. Carmichael, Jr., acting president of the University and Col. J. W." Harrelson, Chancellor of State College.
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Rare Paper
By Murphey
Is In Book
One of the many rare docu
ments in the second volume of
"A Documentary History of Edu
cation in the South Bclorc 1800,"
authored by Dr. Edgar W. Knight,
Kenan professor of education,
is Archibald Murphey's proposal
for the first public school in
North Carolina.
An eminent North Carolina
jurist and a pioneer in education
al and economic reforms, Mur
phey has been called the "father
of the public schools" in North
Carolina, and his plea to tne
State Legislature reveals many
discouraging obstacles to general
education.
Contrasted with the difficulties
faced by such crusauers as rvr
chibald Murphey, today's educa
tional problems seem simple in
deed. As late as 1817, when this
country was over 200 years old,
and Tar Heels had fought in two
American wars, there was not
a single public school in the Old
North State.
The reasons for this were mani
fold. Although North Carolina
was growing rich in physical re
sources, and advancing in moral
and intellectual excellence, the
State did not contain an ade
quately distributed population
for the support of a system of
public schools.
Murphey planned to divide
each county in the State into two
or more township and establish
at least one primary school in
each township, provided four
acres and a suitable house would
be formed immediately.
Another obstacle confronting
the educational pioneers was the
scarcity of teachers. There were
a number of capable and intelli
gent men, who had been teaching
in the private schools and doubl
ing as tutors, but their new posi
tions became secure when Mur
phey proposed the generous sal
ary of one hundred dollars a
year.
Newman Recital
Dr. William S. Newman will
present a piano recital at 8:30
Tuesday evening in Hill Hall
Auditorium.
Dr. Newman, head of the piano
department in the Department
of Music, recently returned from
a lour of the New England states
under the auspices of the Amer
ican Association of Colleges and
Universities.
Ho will play sonatas by Bach,
Beethoven, and Arthur Sheperd,
which were featured on the tour.
Dr. Norman's interpretation
of the works of these men has
been highly acclaimed, and he
was enthusiastically accepted in
New England. '
The concert will be his first
public performance since his
return to Chapel HUL
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AEC Rumors Spiked;
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Gray Is' Here To Stay'
By Don Maynard
Gordon Cray, president-elect
of the Consolidated University,
spiked rumors that President
Truman was pressuring him into
accepting a job as chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission
and reassured North Carolinians
he was definitely "coming home,"'
with a statement made at . the
O. Max Gardner banquet in
Greensboro. .
Gray has reportedly been con
sidering the President's offer, al
though spokesmen for the Army
Secretary have repeatedly denied
the unconfirmed reports. Truman
announced Wednesday he had
selected a successor to David E.
Lilienthal, who resigned as AEC
chairman last month,, but de
clined to name his choice.
"If you are interested in my
own plans," Gray said, "I am
aiming to help spread truth and
educate our youth.
"In other words," he contin
ued, "just as education is here to
stay, I'll soon be here to stay
with education. And I'll be here
before the Sept. 1 deadline," he
promised.
Earlier this year, upon notifi
cation of his selection as presi
dent by the Board of Trustees,
Gray had said he would assume
his duties as soon as his obliga
tions in Washington as - Army
Secretary had been fulfilled, "and
no later than Sept. 1." Gray's in
auguration has been tentatively
set for sometime in the early fall.
Gray was attending the ban
quet held oh the birthday of 'the
late O. Max Gardner honoring
Dr. Robert Ervin Coker, Chapel
Hill as recipient of the second
annual Gardner Award. The
former governor of North- Caro
lina established the award in
1947, to repay his state for the
services it had rendered him.
Gray also had a word to say on
his personal formula for success.
Sunday Afternoon
Program Will Dramatize
Airborne Founder s Life
The life of Major William Cary
Lee, the father of airborne in
fantry, will be dramatized on the
13th and final broadcast of the
University Hour Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock on the Dixie
Network.
Although this will be' the last
show of the current weekly half
hour series, plans are now being
made to renew the series.
"Student writers are invited to
contribute , scripts to the coming
series," Robert Schenkkan of the
Communication Center, said.
The talent of over 50 students
3-
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That morning Gray had answered
a letter from a New England
college newspaper editor asking
for his ideas on how to become
a success in life.
"A person should choose the
proper course, and then follow it
with steadfast determination,"
the son of the late Bowman Gray,
donor of the University indoor
pool, recalled from his answering
letter. ;
"He should be true" to the
course he had adopted, remem
bering especially that loyalty, to
his superiors and his subordi
nates and patience and under
standing toward superiors and
those underneath are absolutely
necessary and indispensible.
Profs Reject
Faculty Reds
BERKELEY, Calif., March 23
(P) University of California
professors have voted over
whelmingly against employment
of Communists on the faculty,
officials announced tonight.
Although they also rejected a
special non-Communist oath ord
ered on a sign-or-quit basis by
the Board of Regents, their ac
tion was hailed immediately as
of nationwide significance.
The chairman of the Board of
Regents a body which voted 12
6 for the special oath said:
"It is the first time that the
faculty of any great university in
the country has gone formally on
record as supporting a policy of
outlawing subversive teachers
and influences." -
The chairman, Edward A.
Dickson, at Los Angeles, plainly
suggested that a compromise is
impending in a controversy
which has drawn nationwide re-
action from noted educators.
in the radio department faculty
members, townspeople and other
students was used in the past
productions.
The series have featured inci
dents in the lives of North Caro
lina men and women who en
riched the ' American heritage
and of University alumni who
contributed to the national
growth and welfare. Other men
who have been presented on the
program are Gov. David L.
Swain, Professor Frederick Kock
and Gov. ebulon B. Vance.
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Proof Asked
Of 'Monopoly
By Merchants
Reccnf'm o n o p o 1 y" charges
against the Chapel Hill Mer
chants Association yesterday
brought a demand for evidence
from National Students Associa
tion Committee Chairman Her
man Sieber.
Sieber, whose committee has
worked , closely, .with the, -Merchants
Association on plans for a'!
purchase card system here, said
such charges were "strong," and,
if . true' our committee would
like to have evidence supporting
the monopoly argument."
Although not mentioning
names, Sieber's request was un
doubtedly aimed at two candi
dates for top campus jobs in the
spring election.
Both independent presidential
candidate Toby Selby and Stu
dent Party Daily' Tar Heel editor
nominee Bill Kellam have, in
recent campaign statements,
barbs at local merchants group,
claiming it prevents outside com
petition. '
At the same time, Sieber re
leased a report on the NSA Com
mittee's three-month's work with
the Merchants Association on the
purchase card system, a student
discount plan backed by the NSA.
Seiber asserted that "most of
the merchants in the 'Association
are genuinely interested' in this
new marketing device," but that
because of the "far-reaching"
effects of the system, "it is im
portant that every angle be con
sidered to determine the plan's
potentiality for success."
A survey into the system's
.workings in other communities is
now being conducted by the NSA
group. The Merchant's Associa
tion is financing the survey.
"The results of the survey will
have definite bearings on further
negotiations between the com
mittee and the association,
Sieber assured. .
"In the merchants' opinion,"
Sieber said, "there is absolutely
no advantage to either the stu
dents or the Association in adopt
ing the student discount system
without reasonable assurance
that the plan can produce the
results desired."
Cotton Production
Increased Too Fast
WASHINGTON, March 23
(A") The International Cotton
Advisory Committee reported to
day, that world production of
Cotton reduced during the war
is increasing more rapidly
than is consumption.
World stocks were said to be
nearly 14 per cent larger than
a year ago.
Board Selects
11 Candidates
For Court Jobs
No Graduate Named (
To Run; Vaden Is
One With Service
.An li-mun siato ol candidates
ior iuu ivitiia Honor council was
nonnriuUxt oy inu tsiparcioaii be
lection ioaiU ycateruay.
Candidates lor two senior, two
junior, ana two sopnomore seats
were named. No candidate was
named lor "either, tne graduate
or pnarmacy scnool seat.
Among the candidates " only
Taylor (Buddy) Vaden, present
Clerk of tne Council, has served
on the judicial body. Named to
run for senior seats arc Vaden,
Perrin Gower and Walter Rog
ers. Junior candidates are John
Flood, George Freeman, Joe
Gray, and Alan Milledge. Sopho
more candidates are Charles
Haywood, John Hazelhurst, Bob
Holmes and Jim McLeod.
No student had filed the neces
sary 25-name petition to run
independently for the graduate
seat on the council at the dead
line yesterday.
The Pharmacy School will
name its own ' candidate.
Coeds Must
Get Rooms
Women students who wish to
live in dormitories fall quarter or
during summer school should
make their room reservations im
mediately, Miss Isabelle Mac
Leod, secretary to the Dean of
Women, said yesterday.
Dormitory space for coeds now
living in domitories will be held
for them until March 29. After
that date the space will be as
signed to incoming students.
To reserve a room, a girl
should pay a deposit of $6 for the
first summer term or for fall
quarter to the University Cashier
in the basement of South Build
ing.
They should then take their
receipts to the office of the Dean
of Women, 104C South Building,
and fill out a card givifig their
application for a room in a par
ticular dormitory.
These cards will be the only
records to show that a coed
wished a dormitory room, so
Miss MacLeod urged air girls to
fill them out immediately.
Well-Drilled Group
Dentists Come From All Over State
To Welcome Dentistry Dean Brauer
A large number of dentists from
all sections of the state convened
here yesterday ,to welcome Dr.
John C. Brauer, recently-appointed
Dean of the University's School
of Dentistry.
A reception was held at the
Carolina Inn at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and was fol
lowed by a Dutch dinner at the
Inn at 6 o'clock. A meeting of the
Dental School's Advisory Board;
headed by Dr. H. O. Linebergcr
of Raleigh was held earlier in
the afternoon.
Dr. Brauer, who only recently
assumed his duties as head of the
University's new Dental School,
came here from the University of
Only Students Are
Given Scott Seats
Famed Negro Pianist Refuses To Play
Because Balcony Section Is Segregated .
By Chuck Hauser
Negro pianist Hazel Scott re
fused to play her concert in Me-
Imorial Hall last night because
tne audience was segregated
but she appeared on scnedule
when: the auditorium was clos
ed, to ail but students. '. j
i On" Wednesday night Miss
Scott -played belore a segregated
audience composed of students,
who were admitted free as at
all SEC concerts, and white and
Negro people who paid admis
sion prices. But she did not know
at the time that the Negroes
were segregated into one section
of the balcony. -
She arrived for Wednesday
night's concert one hour late be
cause' her plane was forced back
to Richmond by the weather. She
took a train to Raleigh and was
driven to Chapel Hill.
"If I had arrived even 15 min
utes ahead of time yesterday,"
she said last night, "I would have
found out about the audience
and I would not have appeared."
Although no clause is in her
contract to prohibit her from
Sam Magill Is Speaker
At Southern YM Meet
Special to Tha
ATLANTA, Ga., March 23
University of North Carolina YMCA, spoke at the 10th An
niversary meeting of the Southern Area Council in . its
gathering here last night.
Magill, speaking on "The
Characters and Contributions of
the Student YMCA," represent
ed students from 10 Southern
states.
The UNC representative, in
delivering his address, stated
th.i!; "The history of the student
Y movement is one of a creative
and pioneering program, - vary
ing its method according to the
needs of the students and lead
ing hundreds of thousands to a
deeper Christian life."
Magill concluded his address
by saying, "At a time when we
need able, consecrated Christian
men from the colleges to assume
positions of increasing respons
ibility and complexity in our so
ciety, the student YMCA is seek
ing, in humility and in faith,
to help develop such leaders."
Magill has been vice-president
and president of the UNC "Y",
chairman of the Graham Memor
ial Board of Directors, co-captain
of the Tar Heel track team, and
a member of the Grail and the
Golden Fleece.
Southern California where hQ
served in a similar capacity.
Dean Brauer, speaking at a
meeting of the University facul
ty Club Wednesday, said that
most, if not all, of the applicants)
to be admitted to the first class
of the Dental School will be
North Carolinians, but added
that there are so many applying
from this state that many of
them cannot be accepted at this
time.
He said 40 students will be ad
mitted to the first class next Sep
tember, and that the first year
class in the Fall of 1951 should
playing before a segregated aud-
Lience, Miss Scott explained, she
has a personal rule tnat she will
not do so.
. .no SEC reiundecj money to
all persons wno paid admissions
for balcony seats both Negro
and white. As long as it was a
purely student audience. Miss
bcott agreed to go on.
Chancellor Robert B. House
said, "We follow the mores and
customs of our section in all
affairs wherever the public is
concerned. This is no change in
our policy it is . just what we
have been doing all along."
Charlie Gibson, chairman of
the SEC, said he was told yes
terday afternoon that the aud
ience could not be segregated.
He said the only road open for
him was to refund all paid ad
missions and restrict the concert
to students.
Miss Scott said she thought
the non-segregation clause
should be in her contract. She
said it was . in there between
1945 and 1947 but it was remov
e'd because "it offended some
people." -
Daily Tar Heel
Sam Maeill. president of the
Debate Team
Leaves For
Tournament
Two teams of debaters left
yesterday for Georgetown Col
lege in Lexington, Kentucky, to
represent North Carolina in the
annual Blue Grass Debate Tourn
ament. Allan Tate and Ed Love make
up the affirmative team and Lil
lian Wilson and Carolyn StaHings
represent the ; negative. Their
topic will be "Resolved: that the
United States should nationalize
the basic non-agricultural indus
tries." Dave Pittman, president of the
Debate Council, accompanied the
team and will serve . as a judge
in the tournament which draws
1 (See DEBATERS, page 4)
number 50 students.
The curriculum for the School
of Dentistry will be a, four-year
course, based on a minimum of
three years study of basic prei
liminary courses. Dean Brauer
pointed out that the school will
eventually set up a number ofj
courses in graduate instruction
if present courses materialize as
expected.
Dean Brauer concluded by say
ing that "High grades will be an
important factor in the selection
of candidates for admission, but
other qualifications, such as char
acter, personal appearance, and
personality will be given much
consideration."
Files Petition
Of 125 Names
For Qualifying
Is Floor Leader
Of Student Party,
YDC President
Student Party Legislature
Floor Leader uranam Jones
yesterday declared as an in
dependent candidate for the
editorship ol The Daily Tar
Heel, and liled a 12b-name
qualifying petition with the
elections Board."
Jones, a jouinausrn major from
Winsion-Saiem, said nc was re
signing as noor ic-uuer and
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university .farty nomination,
and columnist bm KeUam, wun
backing.
Jones has been a staff member
of the. paper ior the past year,
working, as a reporter, lie lias
also worked as cnapcl iiiilol
hce manager lor tne News of
Ch ange County and done high,
scnooi paper woris. at Reynolds
in Winston-Salem.
"The Daily Tar Heel is by far
the most important function of
student self government," the
candidate, who is also speaker of
the Philanthropic Assembly,
commented.
"With ,the possible exception
of Lenoir Hail coffee," he con
tinued, "our day gets of! to a
good, bad or indifferent start de
pending on the excellence or
dullness of the stuff we read in
the DTH." ; ' '
Jones said "for that reason
and due to the fact that the Tar
Heel can help or hurt student
activities in all fields, I am ask
ing Carolina students to let me
edit their morning paper. No
body has demanded that I run,
no party has offered me a nomi
nation, and no leader has pledg
ed me a bloc of votes to my can
didacy." The candidate said he consid
ered his opponents, Hauser and
Kellam, as "close personal
friends" and said he would have
nothing to say against them.
"While we may be unable to
abolish the Umstead Act or the
Merchants Association, this stu-
petus from the president and
dent body with the proper im-
the Tar Heel could very conceiv
ably get the Trustees and the
State Legislature to return tu
ition rates to the level they ought
to be," Jones stated.
"The Daily Tar Heel couloV
also help improve the qualities
of professors," he added, , "by
strongly supporting the instruct
or rating system idea whereby
incompetent profs wbul find out
from the students just how in
competent . they are and good
teachers could see how they
might improve their instruc
tion." Big Blowout
D. E. Sampson of the Chem
islry Department will present a
glass blowing demonstration at
7:30 tonight in 206 Venable HalL
The program will also include a
movie on the manufacture of
glass and door prizes will be
given away.
The demonstration is being
sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma,
professional chemical fraternity,
as part of ils professional ac
tivities program.