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-jj ijiuaiix GLIALS, DEPT. CHAPEL' HILL,' c. -ft- '-WEATHER: Cloudy and warm today, with expected high of 91; iow, 60-s. i rf UP Justice is an uphill struggle, says the editor. See p. 2 . I fil l r VOL LVII No. 12 Complete W Wire Service Visaing Professor Kunstmann Once Roomed Wifh 'Dr. Frank CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1954 Offices In Graham Memorial By TOM PEACOCK "He aJwayS said 'Frank P. Gra ham." ,"I would introduce him to peo ple as Frank Graham, and he would stick out his hand and say, 'Frank P. Graham." " Dr. J. G. Kunstmann was remi niscing about an old friend of his Dr. Kunstzmann. a visiting nmfoc. sor in Germanics from the Univer sity of Chicago, roomed with Car olina's Dr. Frank Graham when Dr. Frank was in his late twenties and a student at Chicago. "I always wondered if Frank was consciously insisting on the middle initial, so when I felt I knew him well enough I asked him if he was. He admitted he did in sist on the 'P "It seemed that when he was a student at the University his father was president, and since hte school was much smaller than it is now, everyone knew him. There was a young fellow in town, a colored fellow, who was a fine man but who always had a little too much to drink on Friday night. His name was Frank Graham, and he always spent the weekend in jail. The following. Monday the Chapel Hill paper would say, 'Frank Graham spent the weekend in jail. Frank would get "a terrific ribbing from his friends, ; and since this hap pened every weekend, hp nt' in the habit of. introducing himself as 'Frank P. Graham,' ' and never got out of the habit." - This is Dr. '. Kunstmann's first visit to Chapel Hill,, and like most visitors, he has "fallen in love with the place." He is teaching gradu ate courses and a couple of under graduate courses, too. "I don't -worry about the grad students," he jsays. "You can't hurt them. But I'm scared to death of the undergrads, since a teacher can do them a lot of harm. That's why Tm doing this,", and. he point ed to a stack of hand-written notes and a number of typewritten pages that indicated a lecture he was preparing. Dr. Kunstmann is an australian by birth, from the colony of Vic toria. He attended a public school there, comparable to our private .school, and then went to the Uni verstiy of Leipzig in Saxony, Ger many, now in the Russian zone. At least one memory from each place has stayed with him. In Australia, it was the way he had to shine shoes at school. "The mud down there is terri ble. We would go outside, and when we came into the building there would be mud caked up over our socks. In a hall each of us had a scraper to set the mud off. and then we had to shine them up. Not only on the tops, but here on bottoms (as h slipped a loafer off) where you don't walk." From Germany, he remembers registration. "I watched your registration and thought of Germany. There, I sat down in a waiting room for about five minutes, then went in to see a full-time registrar who checked my papers. Then he said, 'Here, you must pick out the courses you want to take, the time you want to spend in class and the wav vou want to get your practical work. Come back and tell me when you know.' "Then he told me to go to such- and-such a room to pay certain fees. I went there and paid about 25 cents registration fee ,and an- otner 25 cents health fee, and that was it." "At Chicago," he shakes hie head sadly, "they have installs a new 'efficiency system' that is sup posed to eliminate waste time and motion. Now, if you meet some one on the campus you don't know, you are safe to call him Dean, we have so many. If he isn't a dean or an assistant dean, he's a dean-let." The professor is a man of me dium build with a shock of Einstein-like white hair that is reced ing only slightly at the forehead. He wears pure white sideburns about an inch-and-a-half further down than most men, and coupled with stern rimless glasses, he looks typically Prussian. (Though he has been at Chicago since 1922 he still trills his r's, an Australian left over, and speaks in a clipped, pointed manner. Football, or the lack nf it ic ci lb come up in a discussion of Chi cago. "I'm partially responsible for the death of football on the cam pus," explains Kunstmann. "Chi cago was synonomous with foot ball then, and the coach was the daddy of all coaches, Amos Alonzo Stagg. "I met Coach Stagg shortly after I became appointed permanently to the staff Jn 1927. I was at my boss' house next door to Stagg's 4 CMPUS SEEN Phillips Russell telling his cre ative writing class about a "$15,-.. 000 Cadillac xoith a fifteencent student driver in it." i University workman removing State College's paint from Silent Sam and stopping to tell curious student, "We have to do this af ter every darn home game." '-' Monogram Club occupants cheering as student drops j, first glass of term in dining room, Telephone call from Franklin St. home owner: "I'll be' glad ivhen those girls get situated and end all that squealing at night." FOUR PACES TODAY M roihi ay uecitie oc3 H Foundation Meets Today; arkina Lot So On ndliail Famed Author James Street Passes Of Heart Attack In Memorial Hospital 0 Collapsed In Carolina Inn Meeting (See VISITING, page- 4) Dorm Elections Set Manning Muntzing, President nf the. Inter-dormitory Council, has announced that the dormitory elections are to be held next Tiip. day. ' Nominations for all dorm offi cers will be made at a dorm meet ing to be called by the dorm ad visor. This meeting will be today, at 10 p. m. in the social rooms. Any change of hour or place will be announced by the advisor pre vious to the meeting. AH nomi nees are required to attend a meet ing conducted by fie IDC tomor row at 7 p. m. in Gerrard Hall. Any unavoidable absences must be reported in person to the IDC of fice located in the Housing Office tomorrow from 2 until 5 p. m. Elections will be under the, su pervision of the dorm advisors. Polls will be opened at 9 in the morning and closed at 5 in the evening. Names of those elected will be posted by the advisor. The offices to be filled are as follows: President his duties will be the same as those of the head of any organiation. His job is going to take a little more time than it has in the past. He must attend the IDC meetings, which are held every other Wednesday night, Munting said. Vice president This man will act in the absence of the presidenL Many times he will be head of the social committee. Secretary-Treasurer This man ... .. (See DORMS, page 4 ) University ROTC Department Starting Seventh Year Of Work Chapel Hill Personalities: IThe Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps of the University of North Carolina is starting its seventh year with a total enlist ment of 442 members. iThis group, called a wing, is divided into four sections: Air Science I, comprised of first year cadets; Air Science II, sophomore cadets; Air Science III, junior cadets, and Air Science IV, senior cadets. The Air Force became a sepa rate branch of the Department of Defense in 1947 with the passage of the National Security Act of that same year. At the same time the Air Force created a Reserve Training Corps for the purpose of training officers for the AF. The University Air Arm was organized in 1947, but due to the fact that all the students were veterans and did not require Air Science classes I and n, the first class was not held until 1949. The staff of the Reserve CCorps is the same as last year with the following exceptions: Lt. Col. Raymond H. Baker, in structor in Air Sciences II and IV, has been assigned to Newfound land. Taking Col. Baker's place is Major Thomas Gilchrest, who will instruct Air Science IV. Captain Edward Robertson, also an instructor in Air Sciences III Don't Join DTH-SFC Dispute - UP The University party in a meet ing last night heard a recommend ation from a study, committee that the party take no action in the Inter-Fraternity Council - Daily Tar Heel' dispute. Jack Stevens, chairman of the study committee, made the follow ing report to the party: "This committee has decided, rather than issue a report - or find ternity Council - Daily . Tar Heel dispute, that such a dispute or con troversy has no political , implica tion as far as the University Party is concerned. ; "This committee, recommends that, for the present, the University- Party take no action regarding the dispute, and furthermore that the University Party refrain from wildly jumping on any "political bandwagon." Novelist James Street, author of "The Gauntlet," "trap Roots," and many other best-sellers, died here last night following his collapse of a heart attack at a meeting. Street, whose most recent novel j was "Goodbye, My Lady," became ill after presenting awards at a meeting of the North Carolina As sociated Press broadcasters. He was rushed to Memorial Hos pital and died at 10:50 p. m., EST, a few minutes after his admission. The novelist had resided in Chapel Hill since 1946. His wife and his daughter, Ann, were at his bedside when he died. Street was born in Lumberton, Miss, and would have been 52 on Oct. IS. Dr. Fred Patterson, who was called to Carolina Inn where Street became ill, diagnosed the cause of death as a heart attack. In addition to his widow and daughter Ann, Street also is sur vived by two sons, James Street, Jr., of New York City, and John Lee Street of Greensboro, N. C, Street had been a Baptist min ister, newspaper reporter, " circus hand, hobo, publicity campaigner for th elate Sen. Bilbo. Associated Press reporter and Hearst feature writer. He was born in Lumberton, Miss., Oct. 15, 1903. When he was 15 he quit school and started writ ing for a Laurel, Miss., newspaper. Street wrote his firs tshort story while he was broke in New York City. He didn't know anything a bout short story writing, but it sold and was made into a movie. Since pouring 200,000 words into his "Oh, Promised Land," 13 years ago, he had written several books and numerous magazine stories. Other books he wrote include: "Mingo Dabney," "The Biscuit Eater," "The High Calling," "By Valour and Arms," "Look Away." !?nd "In My Father's Arms." For Carolina - Maryland Game: Special Train Is Chartered The Seaboard Airline Railroad will fn Iina-Maryland game, Oct. 16, for a round-trip fare of $11.75, including tax. iThe trip will be sponsored bv the imr. Athloti n along with Seaboard. A schedule : - has been set up and a special serv- (See ROTC, page 4) Bev-Webb presented a report of the meeting. of the Legislature to the party. After this, Webb said he hoped party members would come forward with any new ideas they might have. He said he knew the party would continue to work this year for the betterment of the student body. Charlie Yarborough, president of the senior class, also spoke tp the group. He was very optimistic a bout the coming elections and said he felt that this would be a very promising year for the party. Rueben Leonard, chairman of party, appointed Stan Shaw as chairman of the membership com mittee. Leonard als briefly out lined' the Work of the committee for the coming year. ice will be operated for those who wish to remain in Washington for the Redskins-Philadelphia Eagles game on Sunday afternoon. According to Bob Litaker, Uni versity Club president, the Sea board Railway will make hotel reservations for students or or ganizations in Washington upon request. Fraternities, sororities or any organizations on campus may char ter a private car on the train to and from Washington. Car ca pacity and seating charts will be announced later. All seats will be reserved. Res ervations will be accepted at the Y, Graham Memorial Travel Agency and Town and Campus Men's Shop. The first special bus will leave Chapel Hill 3 p.m., Oct. 15; arrive in Raleigh at 3:45 p.m., and the train will leave there at 4 and ar rive in Washington at 9:30 p.m. For those wishing to stay over for the Redskins game, the train will leave Washington at either 6 p.m. or 10 p.m., depending on the number wishing to stay over. Saint Anthonys Help Fight Fire Members of Saint Anthony Hall fraternity put down their books Monday night and answered a brother's call to help put out a for est fire. Tom Spain, married student who lives on the Airport Road, came Yack All sophomores and law stu dents who have not had their Yackety-Yack photographs tak en have only three days to do so. Yack Editors Jackie Park and Cornell Wright said second-year and law school men may have their pictures taken in the base ment of Graham Memorial today, tomorrow and Friday between 1 and 8 p. m. There will be no extensions, they said. into the Saint A house at 6:15 Monday evening and reported prevent the fire's spread.' : At 9:30 p. m. the fire was out, but was still in . the smouldering stage. Rangers said they hoped a heavy dew would completely ex tinguish the embers; Only damage done, according to the Saint A's, was total destruction of a chicken coop. there were two forest rangers fight ing a rapidly spreading fire in the Airport area and that they needed some help. Saint A's Jack Spooner, Jay Zim merman, Bill Wood, Neil Bell, Don Kentopp and Chal Schley immedi ately donned their fire-fighting outfits (didn't have a pole to slide down, though) and rushed to the fire. The brothers divided into two groups, using pine boughs to beat flames and clearing a firebreak to T Trustees Will Hold Business Session Today John .Motley More-head, benefactor of the University and chairman of the More head Foundation, will arrive here todav for the semi - annu al meeting of the Morehead ! Foundation. i . i .: . l, r ..,1. Wile lliui mc: nnumiiuuu members are expected to discuss is the selection of the sundial, scheduled to be placed in the cen ter of the Morehead Planetarium parking lot. At present, frame work for the dial has been erected. Business Meeting Morehead Foundation trustees will meet this afternoon for a bus iness session and will be hosts to night at 6:30 at a dinner for More head scholars now enrolled in the University. The dinner will be held in the Planetarium dining room. Trustees arriving today for the meeting will be, in addition to Morehead, Norman Cocke, John L. Morehead, R. II. Hanes and Hugh Chatham. Short Stay R. A. Fetzer, secretary of the Morehead Foundation, said yester day that John Motley Morehead will probably leave Chapel Hill tomorrow afternoon. The site for the sundial has been spaced off, but no definite details are available, since the one to be bought has not been selected. Scholars Trustees of the Foundation will meet in Chapel Hill again in March for selection of next year's More head scholars. John Motley Morehead is donor of the Morehead Planetarium, a joint donor of the Bell Tower and founder of the Morehead scholarships. Tell 'Em Right Address, Say Chapel Hill Postmen IThe Post Office yesterday re quested that all students notify their correspondents of their cor rect mailing address as soon as possible, in order to speed up de livery of mail to students. The address should include the room number as well as the dorm itory. All old students are to file a change of address form if their addresses have changed since last year. These forms may be obtained at the Central Records Office, basement of Hanes Hall; informa tion desk, first floor, South, and the housing office, 2 New East Annex. Pianist Docx Jadcson Start Out As Lonely Freshman in yC':;yyy- - ' -V: " - '- v 3 t ' i f 9 yea 'DOCTOR' GIBSON JACKSON . t . in his day at Chapel Hill "they could hold it" By RON LEVIN Okay, so you're a long hair and would like to hear a Chopin pre lude. Or maybe your tastes run to red hot Dixieland and some thing like "St. Louis Blues." No? Then how about thte familiar strains of "Malaguena" or a quick change to the forever haunting mtlodies of "Laura" or "Ruby?" Whatever it is you're looking for in the way of keyboard an tics, you'll more than likely find it wherever you find "Doc" seat ed at the piano. You don't know who "the doc tor is? Wake up and enjoy life, man! His real name is Gibson Jackson, and his hobby is en joying life to the utmost. His business is helping other people to enjoy themselves. Gibson came to Chapel Hill in 1938 from Savannah, Georgia, where he was reared in a musi cal atmosphere at home. He start- ed here as a lonely freshman working toward an AB in Eng lish, and later changed to history. . It was during this time that Gibson wrote several short stor ies for the campus literary pub lication, The Carolina Magazine, and also for The Buccaneer. He also started work on his "great American novel and on occa sion will pick it up and read its much at ease talking about these ninety-odd pages when he feels and others, as he is while ren the need for a good laugh. dering a fragrant version of "Ho- In '40, Gibson's studies were rieysuckle Rose" at the piano, interrupted by the war, and after You will find him an excellent an interim during which time he conversationalist and an even fulfilled his military obligations, better listener. "Doc" is a read he returned. In '48 he received er "I make a point to read a his AB in history. After spending different Shakespearean play several years in graduate school each year, though as of yet, I and completing his work for his haven't decided which one it will MA in medieval history, save a be for this year." thesis of which 41 pages lay qui- After leaving school, Gibson etly and unobtrusively in a desk turned to the keyboard in earn- drawer in his room, Gibson de- est as a livelihood and means of cided to abandon the plan for an enjoyment. He has played through MA and turn to other interests. Chapel Hill in the old Harry's His reasons were quite valid, at the University Restaurant, and Since the only recourse from an at present may be heard during MA in history was teaching (and the dinner hour at Danziger's Old he could never picture himself as World Restaurant or later in the a teacher), he bade farewell to evening downstairs at the Rath- the classroom and has not been skellar. He also plays with a back since. .- dance- band on the weekends at 'However. thnil?h all fnrrnal at. Various pntmcrpmAntc fhrrmcrhmit tempts at further education were' the state. discontinued, "the doctor" con- Many listeners of Gibson have tinued educating himself at home probably wondered to themselves and today will gladly discuss with just what his. favorite type of you any subject that you might music is. "The doctor" says he have in mind. Wheher it be a prefers anything, just so it was Shakespearean tragedy or one of written before 1750. He is ex Beethoven's symphonies, or per- tremely fond of Gregorian chant haps some choice lines by T. S. (two or more melodies in one Eliot or the best-selling novel, he composition, usually with sacred can talk about it. Gibson is as text) and madrigals (amorous ly ric poetry, set to music) of this period. His favorite selection is "Dido and Aeneas' by Purcell. "Doc" says he likes Chapel Hill, because the people are so friend ly and intresting a reason many give for their residence in the University town), and their edu cational level is much higher than in other towns of compara ble size. The biggest change, Gib son says, since the days when he was a lonely freshman, has been the decline of liberalism and the steadily increasing conformity and desire for conformity. The bespectacled and smiling pianist will tell you that in the older days right after the war t h e freshman were largely veterans and knew how to enjoy life more. They seemed to have a better time than do the freshmen of to day. As Gibson sums it up, "they could drink it, and they could hold it." To most of his friends Gibson is known as "the doctor." The origin of the name seems to be somewhat hazy, but Gibson is truly a doctor. .His consistent pre scription for what ails you is laughter the best medicine in the world. It's one medicine with which there is no danger of an overdose.
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