UIC. Library Serials Dopt. v jfc r7 VOLUME LX FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1951 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. NUMBER 32 v r Student Legislature Has Many Functions At UNC By Walt Dear Last night, over 40 students met in the Di Hall, third floor" New West, for a weekly meeting of the Student Legislature. Members of the Legislature, who represent the student body, were elected twice a year, in the fall and spring, in town arid dorm itory districts. The Legislature is all powerful. It. handles student fees, allocating money to different student organ izations. It can override a presi "dential "veto arid impeach any campus elected official. Through its committees, the Legislature can investigate stu dents, organizations and problems affecting students. A committee report is given to the Solons and then, if needed, a resolution or bill is enacted. In the last few years, the Uni versity Party has dominated seats on the Legislature because of its ability to get out a large . town vote each J all. The Student Party has complained about the UP- dominated legislatures, charging the UP as being a "do-nothnig majority party. SP members feel the UP doesn't introduce any bills The UP counters that they are so I n Bq pHst Hollow Wake Forest Ra I ly Set A police-led caravan to Wake Forest, starting at 11:30 Saturday morning will - precede a Carolina pep rally to be held on the Wake Forest campus at the under-pass off route U.S. 1 leading into the town proper, Duffield Smith, Uni versity club president, yesterday announced. The caravan will depart from the front of . Spencer dormitory with members of the State High way Patrol leading the way. Pa trolmen have asked that the stu dent drivers stay in line on the 35 mile trip and remain 50 feet apart on the highway and 20 feet Charlie Spivak To Ploy Big Homecoming Activity Planned At 1 Baptist Hollow Plans for Wake Forest's annual homecoming weekend will include everything from motorcades to dances. With 22,000 fans expect ed to be on hand for the game Saturday, college officials are thinking that this will be one of the largest homecomings in sev eral years. Charlie Spivak and his nation ally famous orchestra will play for the Inter-fraternity Homecom ing Dance. Approximately four hundred fraternity men and their dates are invited to the Memorial Auditorium affair ia Raleigh scheduled to last from 8:00 p.m. to midnight. Doyle Bedsole, head cheerlead er, and' Bill Tomiinson, drum major, will lead the motorcade this afternoon from . tha gyxnnai sium uptown : arid; finally back to Colonial Club. . The Deacons will busy undoing the bad work of the SP that they don't have a chance to introduce their bills. "On Nov. 3 students will get a chance to elect half the members ! of the Legislature. Right now, the j UP is the majority party but only dominates by a few votes. Members must attend - meet ings, if tney miss two meetings, they are automatically ' dismissed. The political parties are now nominating candidates for the le gislative posts. Candidates must have a three quarter C average. . The speaker for the solons is Bunny Davis. Visitors to meetings of the Le gislature have been surprised at wrangling by members on parlia mentary questions. But the or ganization can and does act. Par dee Legislature, page 3) Delegates Meet1 The State Legislature dele gates will meet Monday nighf at 8:30 in Graham Memorial, John Schnorrenberg, chairman, announced yesterday. All delegates must attend this important meeting or be drpp ped to the bottom of the alter nate list, he said. apart while passing through towns. Smith has asked all students who are going to the game to please try to make the caravan in order , to facilitate gathering for the pep rally and to also make an impression on observers in Durham and Wake Forest. "I hope that this caravan will be as successful as the one last week. which traveled from Washington to College Park," he said. - Cy Minett, head cheerleader, has requested that all students who do not travel to the Baptist Hollow in the caravan be there In time to attend the pep rally. be along accompanied by torch bearing students singing their pep songs. To continue an old Wake Forest custom, at midnight, all the fra ternities will begin decorating their houses. On Saturday judges from, the Inter-fraternity Council will choose the most original and attractive house which will re ceive a trophy at the half-time of the game. Last year's winner was the Sigma Chi house. Pre-game attractions are plan ned by the Wake Fores College Band. A unique act including dare-devil feats performed by the Deacons with the, aid of the band promises to be a "don't miss" f ea turj of, ' fee: - afternoon Tha half-time entertainment will be afforded by the Carolina band under the direction of Earl Slocum. - ' r ! ' D vans 3avs .4 Light Ballot Wants By Vardy Buckalew Seventy-nine students voted to day in DTH Editor Glenn Harden's special election, 55-24 in favor of a tabloid size Daily Tar Heel. The election came out in favor of the tabloid although the ballot stated erroneously that the standard- size newspaper would be daily. The question of the size of the Daily Tar Heel has been kicked around ever since the Publications Board' voted on Tuesday to re turn the paper to its original size. This action was prompted by an increase in the expected size of enrollment, and pending an addi tional appropriation of $4,000 from the Student Legislature. Miss Harden has received sev eral interesting comments from students on the state of the Tar Heel in general. One aspiring poet wrote the following: 'It isn't the size, It isn't the space, It's that damn staff That's losing face.". The poem was signed, "Lord Byron." . One student took a crack at the Daily Tar Heel circulation depart ment by saying, "I have never received a DTH." Frank Allston signed his ballot, "Chairman of the misinformed Publications Board." . Another student feels that the whole thing is useless and we should all give up in despair by saying, "I would rather not see any newspaper published. It isn't worth it." Ruff in Resigns As UP Head The University Party steering committee selected as official Un iversity Party candidates the fol lowing .students for the Freshman class: President-Slug Claiborne Vice-President-Torn Creasy. Sec retary-Charles Harden, Treasur er-John Stilwell, and Social Chairman-William Greene. Those indicated as Junior Class representatives are: President Dan Perry, Vice-President-Arthur Spaugh, Secretary-Joan McCutchen, Treasurer-Frank Daniels, and Social Chairman Sally Bett Cunningham. ? ' ! L Dalton Ruff in who was - forced to resign because 1 of his heavy athletic and scholastic responsi bilities has been succeeded by Biff Roberts. The new ivice-chair-man is Jack Owens., Nominations for Student Legis lature and the Senior Class Social-Chairman will be held Tuesday at 8: 00 : pin, in Graham Memorial. All Interested students are urged by. the University Pat ty to attend the meeting - ; Tabby. Appropriation Authorsz Bill U nconsTi rouna proven n Chapel Hill Ground breaking ceremonies were held yesterday morning for the final unit of the University's gigantic medical center now un der construction. This unit will be the Gravely Sanatorium, a 100 bed chest disease unit. It will be named after the man whose ef forts were largely responsible for the promotion of the unit, L. Lee Gravely, chairman of . the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Sanatoria. The ceremony, - held, u n d e r cloudless skies and in the shadow of the other parts of the medical center now nearing completion, was opened by an invocation from the Rev. W. M. Howard, Jr., pastor of the University Method ist Church. Carl C. Council, chair man of the Hospital Building Committee presided. After, the invocation David S. Coltrane, assistant director of the budget, related the difficulties that were encountered in secur ing the money for the sanatorium. It is being built at a cost of ap proximately $1 million. William D. Carmichael, vice president and controller of the University then presented the deed to Gravely for the 5 acre tract on which the unit is being built. Dr. H. S. Willis, superin tendent of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Sanatoria, dedicated the sanatorium to the unceasing efforts.tf Mr. Gravely and to the inspiration which he received from his late wife, who fought a losing battle against tuberculo sis for ten years.. Gravely, himself in bad health from his long years of work, ac cepted the dedication in an hum ble sense and said, T regard this as the greatest honor that has ever come to me or mine." The Honorable W. Kerr Scott, governor of North Carolina made a speech on behalf of the people of North Carolina, for whom the service of the Sanitorium is dedi cated! He also paid tribute to the aid which was given! to the state (See Hospital, page 3) Picnic Planned ': By Good Board "B" and Grimes doitaitories will De ; special guests ! at - a Musical Picnic to be held at Battle Park at 4:30 Friday afternoon. The picnic.; ; snonsored Tiv th Independent ; Coed Board, will have a musical themef with every one asked to bring f along ukes, harmonicas or any 'instruments which make noise. - All coeds are invited and are asked to sign up in their dorms if they expect to attend. Girls may either ask dates or come stag. The picnic will be under the di rection of the Independent IBbard" President, Martha Byrd. For TB Hospital "Hon The Student Legislature passed a budget bill by a vote of 24-7 last night but the bill was called unconstitutional by Attorney General Bob Evans in an un official opinion shortly after the Gene Cook, SP . legislator, in troduced a motion to rescind the budget in a move to strike out a stipulation witn tne $4uuu uany Tar Heel appropriation that the paper go standard. The solons bickered over an hour on whether to leave the stipulation in the budget bill. A majority .vote making the pro vision stick settled the issue. - Editor Glenn Harden, Publica tions Chairman Frank Allston, and other students took the stand on the hotlv debated Question. ; , The center of. controversy was the stipulation in the budget committee's request ' that the $4000 be used solely on convert ing the present paper to a stan dard size. Z - Ben James, UP legislator re placing Don Carroll, moved to de lete the section in nuestinn - saying, "the Student . Legislature does not dictate, precisely what a sum of money should go for." Sheldon . Plager, speaking in favor of including the stipulating for us to . want some return on our money. I can see- no reason why we should put it down that bottomless pit . . , All five student members of the Publications Board were at the meeting. r! ; v : Editor Glenn Harden, in speak ing against the stipulation, asked the legislature "not to put the Daily Tar. Heel in a position where it will have to xnake dis astrous cuts in the. ipririg. In re ply to a question by Bob, Gorham, Miss Harden declared "We will give you the best paper possible for your money." . Paul Barwick, columnist, came out for a . standard size paper, but did not favor the stipulating clause.1 "Give ' the money to ' the Publications Board and let them stipulate as they see fit," Bar wick said. r - Harry Snook, another colum nist, also advocated a standard size over the tabloid form; In other business last night, the legislature heard a , resolu tion introduced 'Jby; , Ben James .ooauiS lidicruiiy nazmg ana UJNIJ ofEicials to enforce the NC Hazing Law of 1913. : "The time is ripe to do some thing about ; the hazing situation -"V"i5 ? t aiiics saio. i'eopie keep saying they want to do some- ... - : . tmng about it", he added. This resolution is similar in con tent to one introduced by Jim Lamm (SP) last year.! Lamm's re solution was tabled, v 0 The Legislature also set the date of fall elections amid accu sations by GeneCook (SPi that the UP was ''arranging the elee tion date to give them a chance to campaign in fraternity chapter meetings." The date of elections was moved up.to Thursday, Nov ember 15, with a runoff scheduled for - November 20. The original recommendation,: was: f jfors the election to take place November 20, with the runofT comih Zfhm wentv-nioK tu

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