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IS I WENT WEST Columnist Chuck Hauser takes a trip Davidson waV and brings back a report of a fine school. See page 2. VOLUME LIX r A TENSE MOMENT occurs between Earl Wynn, al left, and J. Moss Burns, as they appear as Professor White and young Professor Maddox in John van Druien's "The Drui Circle." Both are cast as faculty members, representing different educational points of view, al a small English provincial school. The play opens tonight at 8:30 in the Playmakers Theatre, and will have six showings through Sunday. Druid Circ! i ociay At 8 By Chuck Kellogg I "The Druid Circle," under the direction of Harry Davis, will open, tonight at 8:30 in the Play- j makers Theater, and run for six I brought here by the late Profes perfermances through Sunday. j sor Koch in 1933 to serve as as- John van Druten's tense drama of love and faculty feuding at a small English provincial school will get a highly dramatic pres entation from the cast. Having re- "",tu 4 they are now ready to interpret) eacn uuue nucniee ui uie cnpin euaeeLeu uvei ou .major pro- j in professional style. ; ductions, and designed the pres- ! Tickets are available at Swam ; Hall and Ledbetter-Pickard's and i after 5 p.m., at the theater. Staff Quartet Will Present First Concert The Faculty, String Quartet will present its first concert of the season Sunday in Hill Hall at 3:30 p.m. The quartet is composed of in structors in the Department of Music and includes Edgar Alden and Robert King, violins. Dorothy Aiden. viola and Efrim Frucht man, cello. The program will open with one of the more, popular works by one of the eari3r masters of the string quartet, Joseph Haydn. The second movement of the work is based on a song by the s;une composer in praise of the Emperor Joseph, which gives 1 rise to its popular name the J Kaiser" quartet. j One of the most daring works f the late Bela Btrtok, the Sec id String Quartet, will also be presented. Bartok's extensive re- j Roth were teams trom the univer scarch into primitive folk music j sity of Mississippi, Tennessee : central Europe finds artistic j Polytechnic Institute, and the ex pression in this. string quartet, in most of his works, through '.v concepts of un-metrical mel- i ic,. a new annmach to harmony rr. nrimitive modal scales, andied: Tha trong reliance on the quasi-I brutal rhythms, of peasant music h'rn isolated regions of central Europe. The program will close with quartet in A minor by Rob--Tt Schumann, a product of the German Romantic movement. The program is free and the LI ic is invited. Taft Wants Army WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (&) Senator Tafi demanded today that the Allies guarantee an Army strong enough io defend Western Europe before the United States sends any troops. The Ohio Republican also in sisted that the American share ir. peacetime be subject io Con gressional approval. Taft sprang his proposals as amendments to the adminislra non's Iroops-for-Europe resolu hon which would give advance Senate approval to sending American foot ' soldiers to join ihe North Atlantic defense tcrce. The Senator testified before the Foreign Relations and '"'Tied Services Committees. w ary ' Serials ' Bep " Chspel iIllx K Associated s-if e Debuts :30P.M. Harry cast to Davis has trained the an emotional peak for tonight's opening. South Carolina, A native of Davis was sistant director and business manager of the rapidly growing Playmakers. Later, Harry became technical director, and finally assistant director of the ambitious group. . J During more than 15 years he j ent lighting control board in the j Playmakers Theater, considered j j the best of its. type. ; Perhaps the highpoint of hi i career was reached when "Unto ! tkc- h;ii.-" fimachine wringers, and oust cans. the Cherokee Indians, opened at j -k. i i ci pu piwQi.ii-ui ansa kj a Cherokee on the night of July 1, 1950. Harry had directed, helped: plan and design the theater, and j even given constructive criticism on the writing of the play. A rare combination of talents, some new and others tried, has brought the production along to its present pitch of readiness. Evans, Roth Fourti In Debate Bob Evans and Paul Roth placed fourth in a field of 42 de bate teams representing 21 col leges and universities at the All Southern Intercollegiate Debate Tournament sponsored by Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., this past weekend. The announce- ment was released yesterday by the Debate Council. Ranking ahead of Evans and University ot ioutn uaronna. Evans and Roth upheld the af- firmative of the national inter- collegiate debate topic, "Resolv- Non-Communist Nations Form a New Internation- i al Organization." ! The negative of the resolution Results Of Chest Drive Two Yugoslav Students Now Here Under Displaced Person Grants By Andy Taylor Two of the results of last year's Campus Chest campaign can be cecn on campus in the persons of Tony Jurecic and Ted Shevcov, i -j n;4ir of Yugoslavian swuems ! -at Carolina on Displaced : Person, scholarships set up with S Ld - from the Chest drive. ( These scholarships are' given ; out through thc World isiuaeni c:r.T-uirp Fund, which is one of the organizations being sponsored by Uhe Campus Chest. The .funds for ! the University's scholarships came ! from last year's Chest drive ; Both Ted and Tony are hard workers in their class work and ;have established excellent aca demic records in their stay here. r , i av Press MPA Curtails Use Of Rubber In Civilian Life Even Falsies Hit In Latest Order Caused By War Compiled From Daily Tar Heel Wires WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 .The government tonight banned or limited the use of natural rubber in more than 40.000 civilian prod ucts, effective March 1. No nat ural rubber will be allowed , in passenger car and light truck tire tubes. The National Production Au thority handed to representatives of the rubber industry a 32-page printed list specifying the per centage of natural rubber which may be used in civilian and some military products. Smaller-size passenger car tires were 'cut to an average of 15 per cent and larger sizes to 22 per rent and arffer s zes to cent This compares w,th about 25 and 35 per cent natural rub. ber current Uve QutDUt Use of any natural rubber was j barred tor most t03"s, passenger i tire tubes, retreading material. i . most bottle stoppers, wasmng - Another casualty, .was "falsies." NPA said no rubber must be used for "breast pads." The use limited to of natural rubber is oo per cent in golf balls, 10 per cent in baseball cen ters, 81 per cent in tennis balls, and 53 per cent in inflatable ath letic balls such as footballs and basketballs. ' Tourney was upheld for the University by Richard Ham and Ken Myers, who won five out of seven de bates to rank high among the negative teams represented. The tournament, which is an annual affair, was sponsored by the Phi Alpha Debating Society of Agnes Scott. There were sev en rounds of debating, beginning Friday morning and running through Saturday afternoon. The Debate Council also an nounced that debaters and speak ers from the University will at tend the South Atlantic Forensic Tourney at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory this coming weekend. Attending the tournament will be Lacy Thorhburg, Fred Scher, Dick Jaffe, Marx Deal, Bob Clampitt, and Bruce Marger. Ted lists his home as Belgrade. He began as a freshman at the University in the fall of 1949 just after coming to this country der the Displaced Persons un- Act passed by Congress. .Before that he spent three j years in a displaced persons camp j in the Eastern zone of Germany. He and his father evacuated their ! nuiiieiaiiui unim, .-v- .. mi ...... v. cupation and just before the Keel armies came in. Rather than live under Communism, they chose to wait for the Allied armies in a German concentration camp. But it wasn't easy getting to this country. Ted and his father spent the better part of two years being processed for the voyage J' ulLlUjvh CHAPEL HILL, iN. C. r3 Party To Name Its Candidate For Treasurer The University Party will meet ! tonight at 7:15 in the Kappa Sig- j ma house to hold nominations for the editor of The Daily Tar Heel and secretarytreasurer of the student body. For editor of The Daily Tar Heel, interest centers around Roy Parker, Frank Allston. and Roife Neill. Parker is current editor of the daily and Allston is assistant sports editor. Neill. former man aging editor of the paper, is on leave from the University, recu perating from glandular fever. Allan Tate and Jim Mclntyre are the most mentioned candidates for the post of secretary-treas urer. Tate is currently chairman of the Rules Committee of the Student Legislature and a mem- f ber of the Debate Council. Mclntyre has already been nominated for the job by the Stu dent Party. Nominations will also be held for social chairman and secretary- hreasurer ;-of the senior .class. Phi Eta Sigma Sets initiation This Evening Phi Eta Sigma, honorary fresh man scholastic fraternity, will hold its annual initiation cere mony tonight in the Di Hall at : 5U. some ou memoers oi tne ; present freshman class will initiated at this time. To APPFn) Picks To become eligible for member- j here in its annual Christmas con ship in Phi Eta Sigma a student j cert with the Women's Glee Club, must make at least one-half A's and it has scheduled several en and one-half B's during his first ! gagements in neighboring towns. term in college, with the stipu lation that he carry a normal academic load. i Phi Eta Sigma was founded at the University of Illinois on; March 22, 1923. Since then the number of chapters has increased to 73. The purpose of the frater nity is to encourage and - reward high scolastic attainment among male members of the freshman class. The Carolina chapter was founded on May 29, 1947a Donnie Evans, vice president of the local chapter, attended the national convention held at the University of Texas on October 27,2a, 1950. to the Now United States, a sophomore at Carolina, Ted is 21 years old and a chem- ' istry major. He plans to graduate in '53. Tony Jurecic is another native of Yugoslavia and it was just 10 years ago this fall that he left his hometown. He spent 1942-43 in an Italian concentration camp. In 1946 he registered at the University of Technology at Gra.:, Austria, where he stayed until last year During ail of this time, Tony was self-supporting. When he arrived in Graz, his only pos sessions were a suit and two shirts. Tony started at Carolina just (Sec DP'S, page 4) , . ft. ... TUESDAY, FEBRUARY .21, 1951 battered Ko-Red Remnants etreatBack Into Wilderness K ; TOKYO. Tuesday, i UP) Remnants of Feb. 27 j three shat- J tered North Korean corps fell pack today into the east Korean wilderness after a bloody 35-mile retreat before the Allied Killer Offensive. The whole eastern wing of the t Communist central front sagged back under blistering attacks by Allied airmen who took over when the offensive all but bog ged down in the foot-deep mud. Airmen spotted thousands of the 16,000 North Koreans who slipped through the closing jaws of the Chuchon pincers seeking refuge in the mountain fastnesses around Changdong, 26 miles be- Carolina, GC Will Present Joint Concert The University Men's Giee Club will be joined by the Greensboro College Glee Club in a concert of folk music at Hill Hall tomor row night at 8:30. The concert will include a group of American folksongs by the G. C. girls and a group - of European and American folk- i songs by tne men, ana win iea- ture Charles F. Bryan's cantata "The Bell Witch," based on a folk legend, and folk tunes from the North Carolina mountains. The Men's Glee CiuL lias been j heard for several vears in two annual concerts oh campus and e i several out-of-town recitals. This ! year the club has alreadj' sung The concert tomorrow night will be a successor to the joint concert of sacred music last year, which featured the Faure Req uiem. Joel Carter, assistant professor of music, will direct the Men's Glee Club, as well as the cantata. Unit Initiates Dr.Highsmith Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, long a leader in North Carolina public education, was honored Friday night by initiation into Phi Delta Kappa, national honorary educa tion fraternity. He became the first member elected to the Carolina chapter for educational prominence out side of the student body. Also honored at the initiation were Dr. Amos Abrams, associate edi tor of the "North Carolina Edu- j cation" magazine and 25 other j graduate and advanced under- graduate men. ' Students honored by the fra-1 ternity for outstanding qualities of professional leadership in the field of teaching were McTver Brooks, Wilmington; Raymond Ainsley, Draper; James Barnwell, Sylva; Augustus Purcell, Laurin burg: Lynn Kerbaugh, North Wilkesbgro; Aubrey Keesee, Hali Ifax, Va.; Banks Talley, Bennetts ! ville. S. C: Glen Cheek, Durham. Tom Kellam, High Point; John Clements, Crewe, Va.; Harry Howard, Jr., Raleigh; Theodor Martus, Greensboro; Robert Stew art, Jr., Taylors, S. C; Burt,. Raleigh; Parron Millard Gallop, (Sec UNIT, page 4) I ! I United low the 38th Parallel. Changdong is 3o miles north of Chuchon. ne riddle of the front, ! mmm E d if os' South Korean forces drove the ! the river into the town of Kwang Chinese from ridges overlooking jjang in the only sizable action Hoengsong from the west. That on the western front. onKT- h c;no nf tho mmm. ! The spring deluge had turned tains thus came firmly in the Allied grip, although still not occupied. Another 16 miles to the north west, the Allies were in and out of Yongdu, another strategic base some 30 miles south of the old North-South Korean 'border. Front dispatches said they could take it any time they wanted to. An American tank-infantry pa- trol crossed the Han River four Grade Teachers To Be Trained At UNC Pointing out the urgent need for a much larger number of men teachers and .administrators in elementary education, Dean Guy B. Phillips of the School of Edu cation announced yesterday that the Universitj- is increasing its potential teachers in this field. "There are eight undergraduate men in the school who will- be Phi Debates Ratification The Philanthropic Assembly will debate a bill tonight criti cizing the action of the North Carolina General Assembly in ratifying the 22nd amendment to the Constitution of . the United States. The bill was introduced week bv Bob Pace. last Another bill to be discussed is one censuring the action of the junior senator from North Caro lina, Willis Smith, for his remarks on the floor of the state House of Representatives that North Caro lina has no subversives because of pure Anglo-Saxon blood. At 10 o'clock at an executive session, the Phi will hold initia tion ceremonies for four new members. Thev are John Edward Bottoms, George II. Rodgers, Wil- j and gtate certify,ng officials. Most liam A. Rankin, and Robert D. I Qf these children are in elernen Gorham. tary schools." ' Planetarium Says Sun Eclipses Visible Wednesday, March Late in the afternoon of Wed- nesday, March 7. the first of two ; eclipses of the sun visible to North Carolinians this year will occur, : according to astronomers of the Morehead Planetarium. The next , one will be at sunrise of Sep- ; tember 1. Both of these eclipses, it is said, j are of the , annular or ring-type in which the' moon as it passes of the sun's disk. At 5:4o p.m., between the sun and the earth is ; the eclipse will be at its maxi not quite close enough to us to , mum for North Carolina, when appear large enough to cover all the moon covers up 31 percent of the sun's apparent disk. Of I of the sun's apparent diameter, very little value scientifically,! As the sun sets at 6:15 p.m. on such an eclipse still remains an I interesting spectacle to the casual ' observer, who can watch it safely I I Press miles east of Seoul yesterday and withdrew after shoot . .g up Com- munist defenses. Tlie GI's waded the Korean front into a morass. Trucks and other heavy equip ment mired down, and even jeeps ; found the going tough. Flying boxcars and C-46 transports took over the supply job. In some sec- j tors sturdy South Korean peas-; ants were drafted to bring up j supplies. i Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman ; af the Joint Chief of Staff, said ; in Washington 250,000 Americans ; i were now serving in Korea. j preparing this spring for teaching ', I next fall," 'he said. "These men j will be assigned on a full-time . ' basis to elementary schools, I throughout the state and will be ! ready for employment in the fall ; I if they are not in military service, j ! Two are now doing advanced graduate work in elementary edu- j I cation, and there' is an increasing ' number of men entering the Graduate School for work in ele- mentary education." ; The School of Education's ele- ; mentary program is directed by ; j Dr. Arnold Perry and Dr. Carl; Brown. During the current aca- : i demic year 110 students have j been enrolled in elementary edu i cation, Dean Phillips said. Forty- twojivill graduate in June, j In 1950, North Carolina's 20 I white institutions of higher edu- : j cation graduated only 234 persons ' j trained for elementary school ! work to fill a demand for 1433 . j new elementary school teachers, j Dean Phillips said. I "The demand for elementary j school teachers in the State is in- , creasing arid-will not reach a peak i until 1956-57," he declared. "At the present time about 3.000 white i teachers in North Carolina hold : certificates below Class "A." This means that more than -100.00(1 i white school children in the state j are being taught by teachers with 1 less than the minimum of tram- in!? recommended bv authorities j through a Diece of smoked glass or a very dark piece of photo- graphic film, the astronomers said. For the middle of North Caro lina, the eclipse will begin at 4:53 p.m., March 7, as the moon be gins to intrude between the sun and the earth, and dark nick ap pears at the lower left-hand edge : March 7 this year, the eclipse j will have reached its maximum , before sunset. I oday WEATHER Tartly cloudy and continued warm. High yesterday 77.7: low 42.1. NUMBER 101 J 1 Student Party Votes Quickly On Top Posts Lindsey Handed Double Backing For Yack Editor By Wood Smeihursl The Student Party last niqht spent only minutes to unanimously nominate Bill Prince for president of the student body and give Sue. Lindsey a double endorsement for editor of the Vaekety Yack, then whisked through an overwhelming vole of con fidence to put Daily Tar Heel Editor Roy Parker, Jr., on the ballot for a second term. Immediately following the nomination. Prince resigned . as party chairman ami the group slammed throuj una m mo us election of Peggy Warren sn fast that a visitor who stepped into the corridor in Graham Memorial missed the whole procedure. Miss Warren became the first coed to hoid the SP chairman ship since the election of Lind sey Tate in the spring oi 1940. Dick Murphy, who presided over the early part of the meeting, was elected vice chairman of the party. Neither Sue Lindsey nor Prince had any opposition for their nom inations for spring election., while two persons placed in n:ii na tion for the presidency, Larry Botto and Henry Bowers, declin ed, to run. Three names were placed en the lloor for the Daily Tar He I nomination, however. 1 5 e s i i . s Parker, Assistant .Sports Edito; Frank Allston, Jr., and fermei Managing Editor Rolie Neill were voted on. NehTs name hud been placed in nomination at an earlier date, and he i.t present out of .school, recuperivtbi iron: an i!hiv at his home in Columbus. Ga. Chuck Hauser, maiiamn? edit'T of the campus daily. r presentee! Neil! on the lloor. He told tie party he had sitoken to the can didate by long distance t L t,, within tlie past wei k, and h-- an:' Neill were whol .'thearn.d iy --up porting the candidacy of Parkei , the incumbent. The veto on the tnit' i.dnp v." a. Parker 32. Alston 3. Neill 2. Presidential nir.i:v. was !(!'.: chairman -: Ihe So- uent Party is at piv-er leader m r Orientation for the pat of three y. The ( Lin iy t!.;.- nu..i t servm;.: a- SI hi m.- lUtun a: L. : i u . I : ... I e i year. lie hi i r. ;n the I. dat ran h. f ! I'd In r. of vice-pre-;d' .nt dent, bony ..n th ST spring, and lost to II. bv cO Vole:. t:;e : i. ' Mi' ta Parker was The Da:lv T cct .: H.-ei nacKHig a c-aily last UeCIal 1 i quarter etlol. n Duke Documents DURHAM. Feb. 26 d" Duke University is returning certain county and local rec ords to the Commonwealth ot Virginia for deposit in the state library. Virginia had sought the documents previously, but with out success. The decision io Iransfer the records was made known in a letter from Duke President Hcllis Edens to Randolph Church, stale librarian of Vir ginia, and followed discuiS.cr.'. of their proper disposition be tween officials of Duke Library and Virginia Library. The documonis nave beer, preserved at Duke library lor more than 20 years. n nn j sjl
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