THURSDAY, MAY 25, ID'0
' THE DAILY TAR HEEU
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Murder We re B i gg es t flews
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Were Varied, Full 01 Thrills
By Roy Parker, Jr.
For a newshound, the academic
year 1949-50 was a good one.
And in it3 last issue of the year,
The Daily Tar Heel presents a
brief sketch of Carolina as por
trayed in the 10 best news stories
to appear irr this newspaper in
the last nine months:
1. On the fateful night of Oct.
23, 1949, North Carolina's Tar
Heels were dropped from the na
tion's unbeaten gridiron ranks as
a football game turned out to
be the big news story ' to start
off the year.
Sports Editor'Eilly Carmichael
HI flew to Baton Rouge, La., and
wired back the following -words:
"The postmen ef Louisiana State
rang twice on the goal line' of
North Carolina tonight and the
second time delivered to the Tar
Heels the letter eded in black."
The score" was 13-7.
" "LaW Sunday1 " afternoon the
South Building bell began tolling
, to announce the arrival of the
team back in Chapel Hill and the
biggest outdoor pep rally to be
seen on the Hill 'in many years
turned out to welcome the Tar
Heels home.
2. Notre Dame won in spite of
the 6-6 halftime deadlock, but
the biggest story of the New
York weekend occurred Friday
night, Nov. 11, when News Edi
tor Roy Parker,. Jr.,, wired from
New York:
"They did it.
"Times Square was turned into'
a little bit of North Carolina to
night and the past conquests of
the Tar Heel fan army were over
shadowed in the light of one
of the most memorable nights in
the history of pep rallying."
The rally completely blocked
traffic on the Great White Way
for more than an hour, and news
papers all over the country cur
ried the unusual story of the
Carolina pep rally.
3. The touching story of an
orphan from Boystown, Neb.,
who wanted to. go to the Cotton
Bowl broke-on Dec. 6. Hubert
Sutton had bet 33 candy bars
on Carolina to beat Notre Dame,
and his biggest desire was to see
the gridiron classic in Dallas.
Through the generosity of the
-Baseball-
(Continued from page 5)
Rabb face a serious rebuilding
job. A big graduating loss is
Will Hobbs. another three year
vet who capped-off hi3 colleg
iate playing days by captaining
the present squad and being one
of the nines leading hitters.
Right-fielder Ed Lamb also re
ceives his sheepskin as does left
fielder Joe Eldridge, catchers
Charley Gurganus and Bull Page
and pitchers Doc Gaston and
George Whitted.
TAR HEEL HABITS McGinn
and short-stop ' Joe Brookshire
are captains-elect of the 1931
squad . Pitching will present a
problem next year with only
McGinn tried and tested, .but
sophomore Roger Paschal may
take up some of the slack. Held
in reserve most of the year, Pas
chal impressed with two well-
pitched late season stints... Joe
Brookshire held the Tar Heel
infield ' together with p!ay of
maicr league calibre, lie is a
bright spot for the coming year
...Best Carolina win streak
came in the late season when
the locals rippod oft five straight
Big Four triumphs.
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, ' it
looked like Hubert would get'bJsf
wish. But at the last minute.
Boystown officials decided that
it would not be wise to let the
boy go to the game.
4. The Tar Heels went to their
third bowl game in three years.
and lost their third in a row. Rice
won the heartbreaker, 27-13.
Managing Editor Chuck Hauser
made the trek to Dallas and. tele
graphed back the game story: - l.
"North Carolina's Tar Heels
caught fire in the fourth, quarter
of the Cotton Bowl classic here
today for two beautiful 80-yard
touchdown marches, but the Owls
cf Rice Institute held on to a
comfortable lead to win, 27-13."
5. On Feb. 7 of the winter quar
ter, the long-vacant presidential
seat of the "Greater University
was filled when the announce
ment came from the Board of
Trustees that Secretary of the
Army Gordon Gray of Winston-
Salem would take over in the fall
as new head of the Consolidated
University to succeed Dr. Frank
Porter Graham, who resigned to
take a seat in the United States
Senate.
6. . On (he night of March 8,
the , Student Legislature com
pleted three .nights of special ses
sion work by approving a brand
new Constitution for the student
body to approve n spring .elec
tions on April 4.
7. "Negro pianist Hazel Scott
refused, to play her concert in
Memorial itall last night' because
the audience was segregated
but she appeared on schedule
when the auditorium was closed
to. all butitadents," the 'story
read, v h. s y
The incident occurred the night
of. March 23, and aroused nation
wide interest. 4
8. On March 30, at a mass po
litical meeting in Memorial Hall,
SP presidential . candidate John
Sanders let - loose with a blast
against the Publications Board,
charging mishandling and waste
of money, and intimating graft by
publications leaders.
The blast was the first in a
smear campaign intended to bol
ster the chances of Sanders and
the SP in spring elections. Three
days later, on the demand of the
Publications Board, Sanders
apologized, but the smear con
tinued, and " Sanders . eventually
went into office.
9. The first student murder to
hit. Chapel Hill in the history, of
the University turned up on. the
afternoon of Friday, April 7. Man-.'
l aging Editor Chuck Hauser was
one of the first witnesses on the
scene, and covered ,the story to
its end the next day when the
body of he alleged murderer was
found in the woods near the For
est Theater, a suicide."
The dead student was Robert!
L. Bennett of Wadesboro, shot
five times in his private room on.
Henderson Street. Len Broughton
Smithey, an ex-graduate student,
was seen leaving the scene of the
brutal crime, and was found dead
the next morning. Police marked
the case closed. .
10. Graham Jones," an indepen
dent and dark horse candidate
for" the editorship of The Daily
Tar HeeL swept into office April
11 on the wake of the Publica
tions Board smear to upset fav
orite Chuck .Hauser, chairman of
the Board and four-year publica
tions veteran. -
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