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Bull's Head Boole Shop UV,' .C. Library Chapsl Hill, n m c. tfn NO GOOD The plan for deferring college students from the draft now be fore Congress may not be such a good idea, after all. See editorial, page 2. WEATH ER Sunny and warmer today and tomorrow. C VOLUME LIX CHAPEL HILL, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1951 NUMBER 117 sin j it) hrn 9t Valkyrie Sing Idea Deadline Is Set Today Sororities, Frars, Dorms Participate In Sing April 30 Today is the deadline for sub mitting ideas for the annual Val kyrie Sing to be held April 30 in Memorial Hall, and all organi zations interested in participating should contact; Chairman Judy Sanford at the ADPi House im mediately. Dormitories are particularly urged to act quickly, as very few of these groups have as yet entered the running. Four cups will be awarded. Sorority, women's dorms, men's dormi tories, and fraternities will be competing in different divisions for the cups. Entering organizations are asked to carry out a particular theme in its presentation of songs and staging. Judges, whose names will be announced later, will make their evaluation on the basis of music 65 percent, origin ality 20 percent, staging 10 per cent, and costumes and props 5 percent. Groups planning to enter should get. information about their theme and name of song director to Judy Sanford today. The deadline is necessary in order to print programs and ar range for rehearsals. Each or ganization will be given time for a 30 minute rehearsal in Me morial Hall, with a lighting tech nician provided by Valkyries. There must be a minimum of eight persons in a group, and no soloists. Each members must sing; not merely be a part of panto mine. No alumni or outside help will be allowed. No dances or dialogue are permisable. Per formances must be limited to nine minutes, and only hand props can be used. WORLD, NATION, STATE NEW YORK Julius and Elhel Rosenberg were sentenced to death yesterday by Judge Irving Kaufman for sending atomic bomb secrets to Russia. Their co-defendeni. Morion Sobel, was sentenced lo 30 years in prison. WASHINGTON War jitters hit the capilol yesterday in the wake of a report thai troops, apparently Russian, are massing in Manchuria and the nation may stand on the threshold of World War III. TOKYO American tanks and infeniry plunged eight miles into North Korea yesterday toward the heart of a Communist of fensive build-up of 500,000 troops. . RALEIGH Gov. Kerr Scott's otfice said yesterday that a re quest from the sheriff of Davie County for highway patrol as sistance in connection with a textile workers strike at Coolee mee had been declined . DURHAM Trial of three sus pended policemen on charges of assault and battery in connection with the alleged beating of a Duke University student in the city jail Nov. 24 got underway in Superior Court yesterday. WASHINGTON The Army will begin about the middle of this month to bring back from Korea men who have been long engaged in the fighting there. They will be replaced by fresh 300 Frosh Will Enter Here During June Under Speedup Some 300 or more freshmen will enter the University for the first time at the beginning of the summer session June 11, Dean Guy B. Phillips, director, said yesterday. "The possible increase in en rollment for the two summer terms (June 11 -July 19 and July 20-August 28) assures a reason ably . good attendance," Dean Phillips said. "This group of freshmen enrolling for the first term are coming in to get a start on the college program before the possible draft regulations call them into service." He explained that the Univer sity's operation on the quarter system "makes it easy for stu dents to begin one quarter early Tate Would Work To Keep Balance Allen Tate, University Party nominee for secretary-treasurer of the student body, yesterday said if elected he would work closer with the Student Legisla ture to make all possible funds available to various campus or ganizations to "prevent any fu ture cut-back in services." Tate said his idea was to have specific hours and be on hand at these times to consult on finan cial problems. He said he planned to work with the administration in conjunction "with relieving the students of some of the financial burden in such organizations as the Debate Council and Graham Memorial." Tate, a Chi Phi from Gaffney, S. C, has been active in all phases of campus activity since entering here three years ago. He is trea surer of the junior class, on the Budget Committee,- and in the Student Legislature has served twice on the Finance Committee and once on the Tuition Commit tee. Former WAC No Necessity For Draft Of Women, Says Grad i By Joan Charles This nation will never have to draft women for the armed serv ices too many of them will vol unteer in the opinion of Lois Nelson, 23-year-old former WAC from Vaughn, Warren County, now doing graduate work here. Miss Nelson is so enthusiastic about her experiences in the Army that she wouldn't mind go ing back into the WAC herself, that is, provided she could get a commission. Miss Nelson has had varied ex periences as a former model, gov ernment, clerk, and Link trainer instructor, in addition to her job with the WAC. She took up flying while work ing as a clerk in the War Department-in Washington. She joined the Women Flyers of America to find relaxation from her wartime job. She then applied for a job as a Link trainer instructor for the Navy, got the job and was sent to Atlanta where she train ed " Waves, Marines and Navy men. Shortly after she started work ing for the Navy, the Link train ers were taken over by men so CPU Talfcs Sunday On Student Politics Student politics will be the sub ject for discussion at the Carolina Political Union's meeting Sunday night at 8 o'clock in the Grail Room of Graham Memorial. Interested students as well as members are invited. ' Director Expects Good Attendance At Two Sessions and complete exactly the same type of work they would have in the fall quarter and allows any regular student to pick up a full quarter of work during the sum- ! mer." " Dean Phillips said this year's summer session would require all GI students in professional ac tivities who are not enrolled this spring as regular students to be in attendance during the summer in order to maintain GI benefits. "Any student not already 'register ed and established in the GI 1 V - ALLEN TATE In addition, he is a member of the Grail, a varsity debater, vice chairman of the Carolina Forum, and a delegate to the Interfrater nity Cbuncil. she moved on to Greenville, S. C, where she was again employed by the Southern Airways as a Link trainer instructor. This was quite an unusual job for a woman in 1942 and 1943, and "Aviation Yearbook" carried an article on her, describing her position as "one of the rarities of the time." Miss Nelson had always had a yearning to travel, so she went to New York and got a job as a model, modeling the latest hair styles for New York fashion experts. Play Groups Present Shows Today, Saturday The program of one-act plays rto be produced today and tomor row by the Carolina Dramatic As sociation was released yesterday. Morning sessions begin at 9:30, afternoon sessions at 2 o'clock, and evening sessions at 7:30. Friday morning: Dramateers, Roanoke Rapids High School, "Proposing to Papa." Canton High School Dramatic Department, "Wheat Fire;" Beaux and Bells Lee Edwards High School of Asheville, "The Purple Rim;" Thes pians, R. J. Reynolds High School of Winston-Salem, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals." Friday afternoon: Jefferson Dramateers, Jefferson High School, "The Minor' Miracle;" Light Players, Central High School of Charlotte, "The benefits must be enrolled during the summer to be eligible for any of the benefits to follow," he said. Another factor arousing more than Usual interest in this year's summer session is the School of Education's new master of edu cation degree authorized by the Graduate School Board. "This de gree has been designed especially for teachers and administrators," he said. J Ameng the number of special features being offered this sum mer are programs of work for teachers in corrective reading special education for the slow-of learning students, activities de-j signed to meet the particular needs of professional people. High Schools Guests Here On April 28 Principals, teachers and high school seniors throughout the state have been issued an invita tion to participate in the eighth annual North Carolina High School Day to be held here Sat urday, April 28. Letters of invitation from Chancellor Robert B. House have been mailed to all high school principals. Feature of High School Day will be the annual Blue-White varsity football game in, Kenan Stadium, where members of last season's Southern Conference freshman champions will perform as varsity players for the first time. Sponsored by the University Club, High School Day will also include guided tours through the departments of the University, its buildings, dormitories and campus. Exhibits are being plan ned and there will be special shows in the Morehead Plane tarium. " Members of the University Club will greet the visitors as they arrive at the Old Well. Pic nic lunches may be brought and box lunches, sandwiches and cold drinks may be secured in the cam pus or in town. Roy Armstrong, director of ad missions, will be in charge, and he urges that everyone try to ar rive early. At $36 A Dozen, Paradise Pays Off When the Carolina Theater shows "Bird of Paradise" Sun day and Monday, the theater will be decorated with rare flow ers of the same name flown in from Hawaii at $36 a dozen. Manager E. Carrington Smith said yesterday the bird of para dise flowers .would be on dis play at the University Florist until the picture opens Sunday. Father;" Scribblers Club, Lee Edwards High School of Ashe ville, "Scene Song." Friday night: Goldmasquers, Goldsboro High School, "Today is Tmorrow;" Play - Likers, WC Greensboro, "A Time to Dream " Saturday afternoon: Cunning ham School of Speech, Gastonia, "Between the Soup and the Sav ory;" Miracle Players, Central Methodist Church of Asheville, "Release;" Dramatic Club, St. Mary's, "Caprice." Saturday night: Light Players, Central High School of Charlotte, "The Doctor in Spite of Himself;" Black Masquers, Rocky Mount High School, "Ashes of Roses;" Goldmasquers, Goldsboro High School, "The Fisherman." : Dr. Aziz Atiya, Egyptian Prof, Will Visit Here Arrives Monday; To Give Lecture In Gerrard Hall The Department of Religion an nounced yesterday that Dr. Aziz Atiya, professor of medieval his tory in the University of Alexan dria in Egypt and consultant to the Library of Congress in Wash ington, D. C, will visit the Uni versity on Monday. He wil meet Various casses in the Department of History and in the Department of Reigion and will give an illustrated public lec ture entitled "New Light on the Biblical Past" at 7:30 Monday night in Gerrard Hall. Dr. Atiya, being a Coptic Chris tian, js 'a member of a very an cient Egyptian family that re mained Christian even after the period of the Mohammedan inva sion and conquest of North Af rica. Dr. Atiya was educated first in Egypt, and then in Eng land at the Universities of Liver pool and London. It was there, where Dr. Atiya was a classmate of Mrs. Arnold Nash, that he met Dr. Arnold Nash, chairman of the Department of Religion. Dr. Atiya was one of the direc tors of the Mount Sinai evpedi tion for the Library of Congress to the Monastery of St. Catherine, and for the last few months he has been editing and collating the microfilms of the Arabic, collec tions at the Library. '. On March 19 he inaugurated this collection in a lecture at the Library, and subsequently he has lectured at the University of Chi cago, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, and Har vard University. Dr. Atiya is a historian with an international reputation and has served as visiting professor in the Universities of Liverpool and London in England and Bonn Uni versity in Germany. When he leaves America, he goes as visiting professor to Zu rich University in Switzerland. His book, "The Crusades in the Later Middle Ages," is the defini tive work on the subject. Blood Donors Needed Now Volunteer donors are asked to register for the Red Cross Blood mobile at the Red Cross Chapter office in Alumni Building from Monday to Thursday next week between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Bloodmobile will be in Graham Memorial on April 17 and 18, operating on the same procedure as when it was here in February. Donors who gave at that time are eligible again. Alpha. Phi Omega service- fra ternity is taking charge of donor recruitment, it was announced by Robert Schenkkan, chairman of the project. Donors may also sche dule appointments by telephon ing the Red Cross Office (2-8811) during the hours listed above. UNC Physicists To Attend Meet Several members of the staff of the Physics Department are at tending meetings of the South eastern Section of the American Physical Society at Chattanooga, Tenn., this weekend. A total of seven papers are be ing presented by staff members and graduate students of the de partment. Those attending the meetings include Drs. Paul Sherin, Nathan Rosen, Joseph Straley and Wayne Bowers, and several graduate students. Dr. Shearin will also at tend meetings of the Executive Committee, of which he is a member. Tiny Crowd Of 1 50 Students Comes To Hear Candidates Aspirants To Three Give Brief Speeches By Chuck Hauser A meager crowd of some 150 students, or approximately two and one-half percent of a 5,800 member student body, showed up in Memorial Hall last night to hear a brief set of speeches by candidates who will hold down the most important positions on campus for the next year. A number of students who were in the auditorium from 7:30 to 8 o'clock for a compulsory meeting of all spring election candidates left when the speak ers' meeting was convened, ap parently not interested in hear Students, Officals On Murrow Show Several University officials and students will be heard on Edward R. Murrow's "Hear It Now" news program tonight at 9 o'clock over CBS when they will discuss the draft deferment aptitude test. The show was tape-recorded at Swain Hall yesterday and flown to New York for editing. The final product will be 10 minutes long. Those included on the original recording are Gordon Gray, presi dent of the Consolidated Univer sity; Robert Burton House, Chan cellor of the University at Chapel Hill; "Roy K. Armstrong, director Kappa Delta Interviewers Extend Time Time for coed interviews with representatives of Kappa Delta Sorority has been extended over the weekend, Mrs. H. E. Mueller, national president, said here yes terday. Mrs. Mueller said she believed there are a number of girls who would like to be interviewed who have not yet had the opportunity. She invited girls interested in joining Carolina's sixth sorority to contact her in Room 204 at the Carolina Inn. Yesterday was to have been the final day for in terviews. Pledging of the girls selected will take place next week, prob ably on Wednesday, Mrs. Mueller stated. She said a number of the sorority's members on campus planned to affilitate with the new chapter here. ' A house is in the process of be ing procured and will be ready for occupancy in September, the national officer added. Miss Ruth Spurgeon, central of fice secretary, Springfield, Mo., arrived yesterday afternoon to as sist Mrs. Mueller and Miss Minnie Mae Prescott, central office man ager, also of Springfield, in the organizational work. Symphony To Present Concert Monday Night Wolfgang Schanzer, noted pian ist, will be soloist with the North Carolina Symphony at its Monday night concert in Hill Hall at 8:30. Although still in his 20's, Schanzer has had widespread ex perience as a musician. During the 1948-49 concert season, he served as accompanist for David Lloyd, well known tenor, as well as play ing a number of solos on each pro gram. The pair toured all of the U. S. and part of Canada playing some 70 engagements. Schanzer was in North Carolina in 1949 as assistant conductor with the Wagner Opera Co. Monday afternoon some 1,800 Orange . County school children Top Campus Jobs In Memorial Hall ing statements by their running mates. Speakers at the meeting, presid ed over by Elections Board Chair man Julian Mason, were Henry Bowers (Student Party), Ben James, (independent) and Dick Penegar (University Party), run ning for president of ,the student body; Frank Allston (UP), Walt Dear (SP), Glenn Harden (Ind.), Don Maynard (Ind.) and Bruce Melton-(Ind.), for editor of The Daily Tar Heel; and Jim Mcln tyre (SP) and Allen Tate (UP) for secretary-treasurer. The candidates spoke in alpha- of admissions; Dean of Students Fred Weaver; Guy B. Phillips, dean of the School of Education; Oliver K. Cornwell, head of the Physical Education Department; Wallace C. Caldwell, head of the Department of History; Carl Snavely, head football coach; Charlie Justice, assistant back field coach and former star half back; John Sanders, president of the student body; Dick Murphy, attorney-general of the student body; Daily Tar Heel Editor Roy Parker; Yack Editor Jim Mills; Barbara Fyne, Sarah Fyne, Wil ma Jones, Jim Kilgo, Barron Sumner, Jack Prince, and Jo Ann Culler. Dekes Open Centennial Here Today The Beta chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which claims the distinction of being the first fraternity in the state to be established (Phi Gams say they were chartered first), will begin today a three-day Centen- ; nial celebration. The program includes a recep tion' Friday afternoon, a dance Friday night, a Softball game be tween alumni of the East and West Saturday afternoon, a stag banquet, and a dinner party for the wives and dates Saturday night with Mrs. Gordon Gray as host. President Gordon Gray, a mem ber of the fraternity, will be the principal speaker at the stag ban quet to which all alumni and ac tive members are invited. Brief addresses on the same program will also be given by Hugh Morton of Wilmington, Dr. Arthur Ambler of Asheville, Tom Pearsall of Rocky Mount, How ard Holderness of Greensboro, I Bowman Gray of Winston-Salem. are expected in Hill Hall at the Symphony's annual free concert. Adults wishing to accompany children will be admitted upon presentation of a symphony mem bership card or by paying 50 cents admission at the door. Admission for the concert that night is $2.10 at the door or pre sentation of a symphony member ship card. The children have received pre paration in the classroom for the music they will hear by the sym phony. Numbers which will be played by the symphony include the "Nutcracker Suite," "Over ture to the Mariage of Figaro," and "Work Song." betical order, beginning with the editorial candidates, then secretary-treasurer, then president. Unopposed vice presidential cand idate Bunny Davis, Yack editor ship candidate Sue Lindsey and head cheerleader nominee Cyril 1 Minett did not speak. Each is doubly-endorsed. Bowers, first speaker of the presidential aspirants, told the slim crowd that the student body "must work for a deeper awaken- Elections Board Chairman Julian Mason said last night that candidates for office in spring elections who failed lo attend the compulsory meeting in Memorial Hall must present a valid excuse or pay a fine prior to to 7:30 Saturday night, or they will be disqualified. Mason said Jim Haney, al 3C5 Aycock, would serve as acting chairman of the Elections Board over the weekend. ing of consciousness of the prob lems and challenges which face us today. This is the most import ant job of the president." Bowers said the Student Party has presented "the only workable plan" for opening social rooms in every men's dormitory. James, the second speaker in the top bracket, said he had been carefully listening to what the other candidates had to say "for it is the combination of all our thoughts, whether UP, SP or inde pendent, that really guide our overall thoughts." "Too many times students have been cheated out of something they deserved," James continued, "because of the politicans who have been and are still too spine less to speak for themselves and their fellows." Penegar, speaking in a quiet .voice, said he did not have a platform to read to the audience. "I stand firmly behind the- plat form of the University Party," he stated. The UP candidate broke his talk into three main points: (I) Building up of campus spirit through a better orientation pro gram, (2) Seeing that funds in the student government budget benefit the tire student body, and (3) Publicizing activities of various branches of student gov ernment, including the court;, more than has been done. Dr. Whyburn Heads Meet Dr. W. M. Whyburn, chairman of the Mathematics Department, will have general charge of the program of the 467th meeting of the American Mathematical So ciety which will be held April 20-21 at Tulane University, New Orleans. Dr. Whyburn is associ ate secretary of the Society. One University professor and a graduate fellow in the depart ment will give . papers at the meeting. Dr. Alfred Brauer will give a paper entitled "On the Irreduci bility of Polynomials with Lare Third Coefficients." Leonard P. Burton will discuss "Minimax Solutions of Ordinary Differential Systems." Others from the University who will attend the meeting include Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Pignani. Pi nani is a graduate teaching asist ant in the Department of-Mathematics. May Drop Plan WASHINGTON, April 5 The House probably will vote to scuttle Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey's elaborate new defer ment plans for college students. Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Commit tee said today. The plan, which would defer thousands of students who make a certain grade on an appilude lest lo be given, is well under way now with lest centers al ready set up.