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OLUME LVII1
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL. N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950
PHONE F-3361, F-3371
NUMBER 133
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MacMillan, 50,
Duke Professor
Dies In Durham
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Funeral Services
To Be In Wilmington
Tomorrow At 12:30
I,mis di Rosset MacMillan, 50,
of Chapel Hill, associate profes
sor ol business administration at
Duke University since 1947, died
in Duke Hospital at 11 o'clock
yesterday morning after a brief
illness.
Funeral services will be held
nt St. James church in Wilming
ton tomorrow afternoon at 12:30.
Burial will be in the Oakdalc
Cemetery.
Surviving arc his wife, Mrs.
Joseph ina Ahara MacMillan; his
f.ither, W. Dougald MacMillan. Jr.,
of Wilmington; one daughter,
Mis. Robert A. Killefer of Stam
ford, Conn.; one brother, Dr. W.
Dnugald MacMillan III, professor
of English here, and two sisters,
Mrs. Hushcli Rhett and Mrs.
William Fenley MacMillan of
Wilmington.
A native of Wilmington, Pro
f 'ssnr MacMillan graduated from
the University here in 1921, and
went into business with his
father in Wilmington.
lie came to Chapel Hill in 1923
nnd operated an automobile
iiuinty. He was auditor and ac
countant in the University busi
ngs office before the war. A
citified public accountant, he
practiced in Chapel Hill from
1!).!!) until he joined the U. S.
Naval lie-serve as a lieutenant in
11)12.
Following his discharge from
active duty in 1916, he returned
to Chapel Hill to work towards
I is masters degree in commerce
;md to continue his CPA prac
tice. He joined the business ad
ministration staff of Duke in 1947.
Active since he joined the N. C.
Association of CPA's in 1939,
Mr. MacMillan served twice as
secretary, and was a member of
a number of CPA committees in
the Association.
He was president of the Chapel
Hill Kiwanis Club in 1934 and
was treasurer of the Chapel Hill
was treasurer ol tne wvnpoi uu .
K.pisc.pai Church at the time of j
his death.
Phi Assembly
Open
Session
To Be Tonight
The Philanthropic Assembly
n:tl meet tonight at 7:30 in , the
Tin H.dl in open session. Topic
f"i- tr.nij-ht's debate has not yet
hei ;i disclose I, although Ways
and Means Committee Chairman
C i.icr Rodman said his com
'int'ee will definitely introduce
""lie or more bills" at the meet
in The Ways and Means Com
ii"'!ec met yesterday nfternoon.
I. a t week, the? Assembly ovcr
whchr.ingly passed a resolution
"'M'K Mng great disapproval of
-Mi it .r Joseph McCarthy's irre-iSc-
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Egg Hunt
Chi Omega sorority and SAE
fraternity were co-pomors of
an Easter egg hunt Thursday at
the Chi O house.
The hunt was attended by
27 lirsl and second grade chil
dren from the White Cross
school, located a few miles out
sdo of Chapel Hill. Tom Mum
'ord. SAE. and Sue McLaughiln.
Ch O, were in charge of pre
Pactions for the hunt.
Each child was given an
Edrr basket and prises wera
Presented to the child who found
ihe golden egg and to the one
'ho collected the most eggs dur
vi th0 hunt.
Ballistics
On Smithey Revolver Today
By Chuck Hauser I
CaUistics tests will be made
in Raleigh today to fill in a miss
ing link in the Good Friday
murder-suicide ' case involving
undergraduate student George L.
Dennett of Wadesboro and ex
grad student Len B. Smithey of
Chapel Hill.
Bennett was found murdered
in his private room at 210 Hen
derson Street Friday afternoon,
five .38 caliber "dum-dum" slugs
pumped jnto his body. Smithey
was seen leaving" the house..
On Saturday morning
Smithey's body was discovered
slumped against a tree, in Battle
Park near the Forrest Theater.
He had kiUed himself with one
shot from a .38 caliber revolver
which had dropped into his lap.
Smithey was charged with bur
der, but with the discovery of
his body Saturday police labeled
the case "closed." State Bureau
of Investigation officials decided
APO Will End
Rush Period
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Tonight At 7
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Alpha Phi Omega, national ser
vice fraternity, will end its rush
ing period tonight with an open
meeting for prospective pledges
in Room 202 of the YMCA build
ing at 7 o'clock.
"All former boy scouts are in
vited to attend the meeting,"
said President Charlie Bartlett,
"and those interested should try
to get in their applications to
night." The pledge class now being
formed will be the last for this
year which is the 20th anniver
sary for the Rho chapter. The
next, pledge class will be formed
during next fall quarter.
Any student who has had boy
scout connections : is eligible to
apply to the fraternity for
pledgcship. However the applica
tion and pledge fee must be in
chaptcr.s hands not, later than
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Alpha I'lii Omega is me oniy
service fraternity among some
400-odd fraternities . on the na
tion's college campuses. Member
ship in other fraternities, social
or professional, is not a bar to
membership in A.P.O. All stu
dents arc welcome who believe
in the fraternity's program of fel
lowship and service to the cam
pus, community and nation.
Marry Meet
Set By YM
Students who could not get in
the marriage course may register
this week for a YMCA sponsored
conference, "Courtship and Mar
riage," which will be held in
tarly May.
Charlie Bartlett, secretary ol
the YMCA, said that those in
terested should come by the Y
office within the next few days
so that the number of groups
can be planned. Present plans
to limit the conference to 30 stu
dents. Dr. Reuben Hill and Mrs. Arn
old Nash will address the groups
in a scries of four two-hour
evening programs from 8 until
10 o'clock on May 2, 4, 9, and 11.
"The conference will be broad
enough to include all interested
students, particularly those en
gaged or pinned or those mar
ried " Charlie said.
Anyone interested in helping
to plan the conference snouia
moot with the planning commit-
. . t rrmr afternoon at 2
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o'clock in the Y office.
Tests To
SBf Will Check
Unsolved Angle
In Murder Case '
to" go ahead with the ballistics
tests, however, to determine Ref
imt;lyJf..the. gun'fod
with Smithey's body was
the
one used to kill Bennett.
Several other angles in the
case were still unsolved yester
day, but the answers probably
will never be knqwn. , .
Why had Smithey packed a
locker trunk with clothes and
laid out other clothes as if he
were prepared to leave town?
Did his plans misfire or did
something change his mind about
skipping out?
Why did Smithey stop after
he allegedly murdered Bennett
and carefully reload - all six
chambers of the revolver before
Dr. Weizsacker Speaks
On Age Of Our World
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DR. WEIZSACKER
Kenan Prof
Is Elected
To Society
Dr. Edgar W. Knight, Kenan
professor of educational history,
has been elected to membership
in the Laureate Chapter of Kap
pa Delta Pi, national honor so
ciety in education, in recogni
tion of his work in research, pub
lication and teaching in educa
tional history.
Other members of the Laureate
Chapter include Dr. John Dewey,
distincuished philosopher. Dr.
Frank P. Graves, former presi
dent of the University of the
State of New York and Com
missioncr of education in that
state; President. George D. Stod
dard of the University of Illinois;
President George Zook of the
American Council on Education;
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; Senator
Frank P. Graham, and the late
Dr. Edward L. Thorndikc, emi
nent psychologist.
Dr. Knight gave before the so
ciety in San Francisco in 1942
the annual lecture wmcn was
Dublished bv the Macmrllan
Company under the title "Pro
gress and Educational Perspec
tive."
Other lecturers have been Dr.
Dewey, Dr. William Lyon Phelps
of Yale Pniversity, Dr. Stephen
Lcacock of McGill University,
Canada; Dean Henry Holmes, of
Harvard University; Dr. Charles
H. Judd of the University of Chi
cago, and Dr. O. C. Carmichael of
the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
Be
Made
he left the Henderson Street
house? Except for one shot the
gun was loaded when his body
was found, and no spare am
munition was discovered on the
body.
'The minuto's fapse between
house called police and the time
he saw Smithey leaving the
house and walking toward town
must have bsen used to reload
the gun.
Was Smithey , contemplating
suicide then or did he plan to
commit murder elsewhere? He
was reportedly seen asking for
a trailer-resident friend of his
shortly after the Bennett shoot
ing. Some of the answers will never
be known. But the ballistics tests
in Raleigh today will at least
shed light on one more phase of
the perplexing Good Friday mur
der case.
"If we define the universe cau
tiously as a world similar in na
ture to the one we know today,
made up of star systems of the
kind familiar to us, we may say
with a high degree of probability
that the universe is no older than
about five billion years," said
Dr. Carl F. Von Weizsacker,
famed theoretical physicist in the
University of Gottingen, Ger
many, in an. address last night in
Gerrard Hall.
Dr. Weizsacker, who is best
known for establishing the Kant-
Laplace nebular theory of the ev
olution of the planetary system,
is visiting in Chapel Hill for isev
eral days at the invitation of Dr.
Arnold Nash, head of the Depart
ment of Religion. The topic of his
address was "The 'Beginning' and
the 'End' of the World." .
He sketched the evolution of
matter from the beginnings until
today, and the evolution of life
on earth from the most primitive
single-celled beings known to
science on up to man.
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"Estimations of the age of the
world falls into three large
groups, Dr. Weizsacker ( said.
"They are based cither on the
movement of the extra-galactic
nebulae, or on the evolution of
(See WEIZSACKER Pagc)
Ma Nature's Whithered Weather
Weather Conditions Have Predictors
Confused; To Be Wet Runoff Today
By Don Maynard
It's going to be another one of
those election days. -
Mother Nature has. some
weather up her sleeves, but
whether it is going to be fair
weather or whether it will be
foul, the old lady has predictors
so mixed up they don't know
whither they are going.
According to meteorologists, the
dawn today will have broken
upon warm winds blowing rain
down on this mud-blessed college
town. By noon) they say, the rain
will have eased up, but the winds
will continue, growing cooler as
the day passes.
But who knows what, condi
tions voters will have to face to
day? Of all women, Ma Nature
is the most unpredictable.
All of which leads to an im
portant problem facing the cam
pus at this time. Last week, when
students awoke from warm
Music Faculty
To Give Recital
Tonight In Hill
Featured Number
To Be Presented
By String Quartet
A chamber music concert fea
turing 20th century music per
iormed by members of the facul
ty will be presented by the De
partment of Music in Hill' Hall
tonight at 8:30.
The opening number on the
program will be the Beethoven
Serenade in D Major, Opus 25,
for flute, violin, and viola, played
by Earl Slocum, flutist, Edgar
Alden, violinist, and Dorothy Al
den, violist. Written in 1802, it
is one of the few works in this
medium by the master.
The feature work of the even
ing is the Ravel Introduction and
Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet,
and String Quartet (1906). The
University String Quartet, Earl
Slocum, flutist, and Allan Gar
rett, clarinetist, will be joined by
the wellknown young harpist,
Dulcie Emmett Barlow for this
number. t,
Miss Barlow, a graduate of the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
and formerly first harpist with
the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra
and now a resident of Durham,
has appeared on several occasions
with the University Symphony.
Dr. Glen Haydon will conduct.
The strings of the University
Symphony, Edgar Alden conduct
ing, will join Earl. Slocum, flutist,
in a performance of Kent Ken
nan's "Night Soliloquy," for
flute and strings. Written in 1936,
the work is perhaps the best
known work by this talented
young American.
The final number is the Con
certo Grosso for piano and
strings by the ; contemporary
Swiss composer Ernest Bloch.
The work will be performed by
Herbert Livingston, pianist, and
the University String Orchestra,
Edgar Alden, conducting.
The concert is open to the pub
lic without charge.
Three UNC Debaters
Score At Tourney
Three local debaters showed up
well in the Grand National Fo
rensics Tournament held in Fred
ericksburg, Va., over the week
end. Bob Evans, entered in dramatic
reading, worked his way to the
finals only to be defeated by Ed
Warren of LaSalle.
slumber to find that spring had
deserted the , campus and the
frost was on . the punkin's, an
appalling situation was brought
to light.
The old lady has nearly run
out of fair weather!
The facts came out when a
quick check with local prognos
ticated; showed that, despite all
arguments to the contrary, win
ter is a natural phenomenon.
True, it should. have ended long
ago, but it seems that Mother
Nature is getting to be . some
thousands of years old, and it
takes her a while to get warmed
up for spring.
A quick check in the almanac
will provide some rather start
ling information: in the period
from 1899 to 1938, the Chapel
Hill area averaged 100 rainy days
per year, 60 days of thunder
storms, 15 days of snow-blanketed
mud, 30 days ot, dense fog,
VanNoppen, Sanders, Hauser,
Jones Seek Top Job, DTH Ed
University Party Candidates Van Noppen, Hauser Were Tops
In Last Tuesday's Balloting; All Four Reassert Platforms
By Roy Parker. Jr.
The student body will make its
final choice for a president and
an editor of the Daily Tar Heel
as it goes to the polls in a runoff John Sanders,
election today. ; University Party staff-endorsed
Seeking the presidency arejChuck Hauser goes against inde-
Legislature To Discuss
Changing Election Laws
Special Session Scheduled For 7:30
Will Convene In Di Hall In New West
By Rolfe Neill
Revamping the Elections Laws will be the business of the
Legislature tonight when it meets in a special session at
7:30 in the Di Senate Hall of New West Building.
Chairman Sheldon Plager of the Elections Committee will
present the law-making body with a revised group of statutes
worked out by committee mem-
bers Arch Fort, Bill Craft, H. B.
Glover, Frances Drane, Otis Mc
Collum, and Bob Wallace.
Speaker Ted Leonard said if
tonight's meeting fails to take
care of all the elections changes,
part of Thursday's regular ses
sion will be.devoted to them. -Also
on tap for Thursday night is the
budget for the 1950-51 fiscal year.
Finance Chairman Ben James
will present his committee's. re
port. Plager said there are no major!
changes in the laws. However, he
pointed out that the complete
section on freshman elections has
been stricken in the new set of
rules. By the present rules, fresh
men must nominate and ballot
by complicated procedures. Plag
er said the new provision is to
include freshman officers in the
general procedure set up for oth
er positions.
A new article, entitled Admin
istration, has been added. This
would lump restrictions and rules
now scattered throughout the
laws under this one heading.
Among the many minor
changes arc campaign expenses
for office-seekers. The new law
would limit the editors of campus
publications to. $20, a $2.50 cut
from present allowances. Head
Cheerleader would also take a
cut under the new provisions,
lowering expenditures to $15.
President ' and Vice-President
continue to get the same of $25
and $22.50 respectively.
120 days of cloudy skies and one
hailish day.
Add them up and you'll find
that in the course of an average
year, 326 days passed beneath
overcast skies. And the campus
may look forward' to 26 days of
absolute wcathery bliss -27 in
leap years.
As things stand now, the weath
er thus far this year has been
so pleasant that nearly all the
fair weather allotment has been
used up. Word has gotten 'round
to students that only a few more
days of settled conditions remain,
and they are worried at the pre
dictions experts in the field made
only yesterday.
They said: "If we have between
four days, and a week of fair
weather between now and the
summer months, the good, clear
days will be' completely ex
hausted. If this happens," they
(See WEATHER, page 4)
University Party candidate Don
VanNoppen, who led the four
man field in last Tuesday's elec
tion, and Student Party nominee
Orientation
Lecture Set
For Tonight
The second, in a three-night
series of orientation counselor
training lectures will be held at
7:30 in 206 Phillips Hall.
The program, designed to bet
ter train Orientation Committee
personnel for their work, is open
to all students who intend to ap
ply for counselor jobs with the
committee.
Dean of Students Bill Friday
and student government leaders
are presenting the lectures and
leading the discussion at the
meetings.
Orientation Committee Chair
man Harry Sherrill said yester
day that attendance at the lec
tures would "definitely be taken
into consideration by the com
mittee when it chooses its' orien
tation staff."
The program will wind up to
morrow night.
The lectures were planned by a
special committee appointed by
President Bill Mackie and other
student government leaders.
Planetarium
To Continue
Easter Show
The Easter program of the
Morchcad Planetarium will con
tinue through an additional week,
through next Monday.
"The increasing attendance and
the demand for the Easter show
ing have made us-realize that
many people who wish to see it
have not been able so far to get to
Chapel Hill," Dr. Roy Marshall,
director of the Planetarium, ex
plained. "The hackneyed expression, by
popular demand, is the only one
that applies in this situation. We
dislike to change a previously
announced schedule, but the
wishes of our visitors should
come before our own plans."
A new record for one day's at
tendance was set Sunday, April
2, when 2,700 visitors saw seven
performances from 2 to 9 o'clock.
Those who wish to be sure of
seeing a performance at a time of
their own choosing should try to
come on a week-day night, ac
cording to Dr. Marshall. Even
then, however, visitors should try
to arrive as early as 7 : 30.
pendent Graham Jones for the
editorial post.
VanNoppen, who polled 1,120
last Tuesday, was 90 ballots ahead
of Sanders. Between them Inde
pendents Toby Selb'y and Joe
Borello received 744, enough to
throw the race for the president
into today's runoff.
Hauser led a three-way ticket
Tuesday, polling 1,188 votes.
Jones was second with 950. Bill
Kellam, SP candidate, was elimi
nated, polling 721 votes.
. The Student Party has voted to
back Jones in the runoff, al
though their party label will not
appear on the runoff ballot Kel
lam has announced he was back
ing Jones. '
All four candidates have re
affirmed pre-general election plat
forms in the week of campaign
ing between the voting.
VanNoppen has promised a
"positive, constructive program,
and also advocated bringing stu
dent government more into line
with the wishes of "the individ
ual student."
He has also advocated working
for more recreation facilities for
dprm students, a solution to the
campus parking "impasse," an
expanded student entertainment
series, and better seating arrange
ments af " football games.'
Sanders has cited a four-year
record of student government ex
perience and brought forth planks
promising to seek, if elected, in
auguration of the NSA purchase
card system, a "modernization"
of the campus courts system, im
proved recreation, a better orien
tation program, a student govern
ment training program, and a
program "to help students get
the most out of their dollar."
Hauser has cited a record of
four year's in DTH work, two as
Managing Editor. Jones ha3
promised to "put out the kind of
paper Carolina deserves."
Both editorial candidates have
urged a large turnout for today's
election. '
Also scheduled are runoffs for
two scats in the Student Legisla
ture, both from coed districts.
In Woman's dorm district I its
Carolyn Stallings, running inde
endpntly, against UP candidate
Evalyn Harrison. In the coed
dorm 2 independent Fay Masscn
gil faces Anne Campbell (UP).
Also to be decided among the
coeds are five seas on the
Woman's Honor Council, the
Speakership of the Coed Senate,
and one scat in the Coed Senate.
Three of six candidates for at
large seats on the Woman's Coun
cil were eliminated in Tuesday's
election. After two seats today
are Sally Cox, Princess Stellings,
and Toodie Sikes. Cox lead the
six way ticket in the first ballot
ing. Four are after three junior
seats on the coed court. Six were
eliminated in last Tuesday's vote.
The candidates are Jean Bloom,
Judy 'Sanford, Rosilic Varn, and
Mary Wood. Bloom was top vote
getter in the first round.
' Kash Davis and Peggy Wood
face each other for the Coed Sen
(See VOTE, page 4)
SDA Meeting ,
The local chapter of Students
for Democratic Action will spon
sor a discussion tonight at 7:30
in the Presbyterian Church.
The discussion topic will be
"Is Liberalism the Answer?"
Charlie Sellers, former national
executive secretary of SDA, will
lead the round table forum, and
the public is invited to attend
and participate in the discuss
ion. Following the open discussion
period, the SDA will hold a
short business meeting with the
election of officers slated as Ihe
main business.