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WEATHER
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Partly cloudy and warm with
scattered showers. Cooler tonight.
Expected high of 75.
Looky here! The Daily Tar Heel's
being probed. See the editor's
comments, and the letters on p. 2.
VOL. LYII NO. Ill
Complete (JP) Wire Service
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1955
Offices In Graham Memorial
FOUR PAGES TODAY
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Kurait Terms Legislature s
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DTH Not Red Brumfield
Editor Charles Kurait yesterday answered charges, by student legislators that The Daily Tar Heel is
a "second Daily Worker" and that he and Managing Editor Fred Powledge are "lazy!"
Editor Kurait said most of the charges are "patently asburri " nH rHcmirt atweati rf iHno
HUdiiLy anu pseuuo-inieiiecuxai'-1
ism as "out of the same warped
mold."
Kuralt's statement follows:
; Most of the charges made by
the legislators are, of course, pa
tently absurd. It is good to see
Lewis Brumfield and Frank
Warren recanting on the bulk of
their charges, but the, fact is,
despite their backdown, that
they said precisely what they
were reported to have said
jthat The Daily Tar Heel is a
"second Daily Worker" and that
the editor and managing editor
" are "lazy." Mr. Warren says his
views were not correctly expres
sed by our reporter. Our report
er's reporting was accurate in
every detail.
The charges that "quality" is
lacking on the newspaper and
that we are guilty of "pseudo
intellecutalism" are out of the
same warped mold.
None of the legislators who
sounded off on this subject has
the dimmest acquaintance with
the workings of The Daily Tar
Heel, nor have they made any
attempt whatever to find out
anything.
We intend to cooperate with
the investigation; but we in
' tend to preserve The Daily Tar
7 Heel's integrity against the irres
ponsibility that these politicans
have shown.
cElroy
Hits DTH's
Coverage
"The implicit policy of The
"Daily Tar Heel seems to be tha
notices of the activities of . . .
organizations aof Carolina student.1
are not important enough to meril
full and adequate coverage or tc
merit any coverage at all," saic1
Legislator Harry McElroy in a let
ter to the newspaper yesterdaj
concerning the criticism he mad
of The Daily Tar Heel in Thurs
day night's session of the studenl
Legislature.
. ."But The Daily Tar Heel is fi
nancially supported by, and sup
posedly should serve, Caroline
sfudents," continued McElroy's
letter. "It should therefore give
full and adequate coverage to the
activities of Carolina student or
ganizations whenever these organ
Nations request such coverage
This coverage should be the pri
mary consideration, not huge pho
tographs on the front page (or
any page), not Doris-Fleeson, and
not the Alsops, not dispatches of
the Associated Press,, which can be
read in other newspapers."
According to McElroy, the Mon
ogram Club, the University Party
the Young Democrats Club and the
Dialectic Senate are among the or
ganizations of Carolina students
that have asked to have notices oi
stories printed in The Daily Ta
Heel and have had no satisfaction
given to these requests. According
to McElroy, the notices and stories
of these organizations have been
small, inadequate, obscruely-plafe-ed
or have not appeard at all.
New Play
The Carolina Playmakers an
nounced that try-outs for Satur
day Stranger, a pew play by
Joseph Rosenberg, will be held
in the Playmakers Theatre Mon
day at 4 and 8:30 P.M. The pro
duction will be directed by
James Riley.
BSU ,
Dr. R. J. Mcmullen will speak
on the '.'Why of Missions" at the
Sunday night supper forum of
th.e BSU. The meeting will be
held at the Baptist Church at
iix PM. The theme for the month
f March is "Christian Missions."
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Patently Absurd:
Brumfield &
Warren Write
'Clarifications'
Lewis Brumfield and Frank
Warren, two members of student
Legislature, wrote letters to The
Daily Tar Heel yesterday to clari
fy their positions on certain criti
cisms concerning "the newspaper
which they made in Thursday
night's Legislature meeting.
Brumfield in his letter said that
he did not consider The Daily Tar
Heel a Communist front newspa
per (In his statement Thursday
night Brumfield referred to The
laily Tar Heel as a "second Daily
Worker.")
"The remark that I made about
The Daily Tar Heel and The Daily
Worker was unfortunate and not
meant to be taken seriously. Tha
very absurdity of the statement
should bear that out," said Brum
field in his letter.
"The fact that I disagree with
some of your editorial policy is
not important. The important thing
to me is that some of the students
are dissatisfied with the newspa
per. If enough students are dis
satisfied, I believe that we should
try to do something about it," said
rumfield's letter.
Warren, who referred to Charles
Kurait, editor, and Fred Powledge.
managing editor, as "lazy" and
"not doing a good job" and said
fhat there was "poor coverage" of
student activities by the newspa
per in the Legislature session,
(See LETTERS, page four.)
Investigation Tuesday
The committee which was appointed Thursday night by Leg
islator Martin Jordan to "investigate the quality and circulation
problems of The Daily Tar Heel" will meet with Editor Charles
Kurait and Managing Editor Fred Powledge at 2:30 Monday after
noon in the Woodhouse Conference of Graham Memorial, accord
ing to Jack Hudson, chairman of the committee.
"Any student that wants to come is welcome to attend," said
Hudson.
According to Hudson, the meeting will be a "roundtable dis
cussion in a constructive fashion to determine, if possible, if there
are any problems concerned with The Daily Tar Heel that can be
(See INVESTIGATION, page four.)
SAYS SHOW BOATER BEULAH
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Radio Man Hits
'Smear' By
Legislature
A Chapel Hill radio man told
his audience yesterday he felt a
student Legislature investigation
of The Daily Tar Heel was the
lawmakers' way of getting "their
names on the front page."
He also said he was very un
happy to see smear tactics" used j
in the student Legislature.
The radio man was James
Wright, and he was talking on
his radio program, "Dig These,"
broadcast yesterday afternoon ov
ver WCHL, local station. Wright
deviated from Iris regular record-and-comment
program to discuss
the proposed investigation with
student Leslie Scott.
Wrigh is a former Daily Tar
Heel staffer. He worked for the
newspaper during 1953 and the
spring of 1954, before he went in
to radio work.
'REACTIONARY ELEMENTS'
Wright assailed the "reactionary
elements" in the student Legisla
ture and what he termed the
"gross generalisations" made by
it.
Wright said he found "no ex
cuse, no comparison" for Legis
later Lewis Brumfield's labeling
The Daily Tar Heel "the second
Daily Worker." The label, said
Wright, was a "very poor way" to
"attack Kuralt's views."
"They just want, their names
on the front page," the radio man
said.
(See RADIO, page four.)
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Brubeck Here For Germans Club Only
Dave Brubeck, above, will give a concert Wednesday in Mem
orial Hall from 5 until 6 p.m. The concert will be for Germans
Club members only, due to the fact that the club is a private or
ganization and cannot sell tickets because of taxes, according to
Jake Roundtree, president of the Club.,
Legislators.
For Missing
By NEIL BASS
Although the legislators spent
the larger part of their meeting
Thursday night directing harsh
words at The Daily Tar Heel, they
themselves were given a severe
tongue-lashing.
Their vocal paddling came at
the hands of the chairman of the
legislative Rules Committee, Bob
'Harrington. The offense according
to Harrngton, was a "deplorable"
amount of absences.
The chairman warned the group
that they had been neglecting
their sworn duties by not coming
to meetings. As he spoke, there
were 29 out of 47 student repre
sentatives listening to his words.
Harrington told the body that he
had been accepting "any old kind
of excuse," but from now on, "on
ly infirmary and required class ex
cuses will be taken." One of the
legislators, according to Harring
ton, had given as an excuse for
missing a meeting that "he was
eating his supper." The Rules Com
mittee took this excuse without
question, the chairman said.
ADAMS HUNTER:
By ED MYERS
"I've never had such a won
derful time. I'm so excited I
can't eat or sleep." These are
the words of Mrs. Beulah Adams
Hunter, who was the Playmak
ers' guest for their premiere per
formance of Show Boat last
night.
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Mrs. Hunter, on whose life
Edna Fcrber based Show Boat,
said that she did not have words
to describe her visit to Chapel
Hill. "The students, with their
background, should really go
places."
Mrs. Hunter related many in
cidents about her 26 years on
the James Adams Floating The
ater which could fill several no
vels of Show Boat character.
Probably the most interesting
was the one concerning the wa
terbarrel incident, which Miss
Ferber adopted for her novel.
It seems that Mrs. Hunter, then
Miss Adams, would arrange to
meet Mr. Hunter at the water
barrel each evening; his cue be
ing the slamming of her cabin
door.
There were, however, many
actors who got thirsty at that
time of evening, consequently,
Mr. Hunter made just as many
trips to the barrel, and drank
an equal number of dippers of
water before his love finnaly
would arrive. "He has loathed
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Chastised
Meetings
In less dramatic matters of the
night, Martin Jordan, speaker,
gave a progresss report on bills
that the group had already passed.
Among these, a bill to revert prof
its from vending machines in
dorms to dorm social funds was
reported as "not. being passed"
until the N. C. General Assembly
takes action on the proposed room
and tuition hikes.
The measure calling for two
"class-free Saturdays each semes
ter was referred by the body to
President Tom Creasy's appointed
committee that has been working
on the same idea.
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The Orientation Committee ap
pointees of President Tom Creasy
were also approved by the group.
The body consists of Jim Exum,
Beverly Webb, Bob Young, Meb
ane Pritchett, Bob, Harrington,
Larry Ford, John Curtis, Gil Rag
land, Bill Baum, Jane Cocke, Mary
Dunn, Pat Mcbane, Denna Ash
craft and Sarah Jackson.
Crowe Sees
'Show Boat'
First Night
By TED ROSENTHAL
Before a crowded first-night
house at Memorial Hall, "Show
boat," the Jerome Kern-Oscar
Hammerstein musical, was last
night launched on its first college
theatre cruise.
While there were loose spars
and areas of chipped paint visible
aboard, (review will appear next
week), the vehicle never flound
ered. With the higher spots bal
ancing the dips, they leveled out
at a degree of satisfying enter
tainment. If the production wasn't
quite a booming triumph, it did
make a victorious sound a lot of
sound and the audience reaction
seemed very favorable.
Martha Fouse, playing Magnolia
Hawks, and Marty Boyle as Ellie,
made the strongest impressions (as
an immediate reaction), along with
the consistently effective vocal,
support of the chorus.
Although it could have been
slicker, it could have been sicker;
it was fun!
Student Party Expected To
Nominate Either Muntzing
Or Fowler For President
Stovall Will Deliver
Lecture Monday Night
"Leaves of Grass: The Evolution
of a Book" will be the topic of
the spring Humanities Faculty
Lecture to be delivered Monday
"by Dr. Floyd Stovall, professor of
English here.
The lecture will be given in
Carroll Hall "Auditorium at 8 p.m.
The Humanities Faculty Lec
tures are presented three times a
year by the undergraduate divi
sion of the Humanities as a means
of presenting faculty members to
the University and general public.
Dr. William Wells of the English
department was the fall lecturer.
As this year marks the centen
nial of the publication of the first
edition of Leaves of Grass, manj
universities and organizations plan
special observances in connection
with this centennial. Dr. Stovall's
lecture will give UNC one of the
earliest of the series of commem
Dorm Improvements Committee
Meet Held; Only 4 Show Up
The Dorm Improvement Com
mittee met yesterday with three
people, besides the chairman, at
tending. Those who showed up were
Manning Muntzing, president of
the Interdormitory Council ; Bill
Baum, representing , Old East; J.
Burce Morton, representing
Grimes; Lewis Brumfield, repre
senting Cobb, and Jack Hudson-,
chairman.
The discussion centered around
the problem of social rooms. Near
ly every dormitory mentioned in
its report the need for improved
social facilities.
Cobb is getting a large social
room which will be open to all
students from all dormitories, said
Brumfield.
Bill Baum ' asked which was
more important, better social
roomsor relieving the situation of
three in a room.
The need for study rooms was
also brought" out. Manning Munt-
zing said that all study room pos-
Eating, Sleeping
water ever since,
Hunter.
said Mrs.
"All the characters in Show
Boat are true to life," she said.
"Mr. Hunter acted out each one
while he described them to Miss
Ferber."
In order t for Mrs. Hunter to
attend last night's production it
was necessary for. her to find
someone to run her grocery store
in Saginaw, Mich. Who took the
job? Why another old show boat
actor, of course.
When asked how she felt
about the actual location of
Show Boat's, being moved to Mis
sissippi, she remarked, "I don't
think Miss Ferber has ever vis
ited Mississippi."
One scene in the show portrays
the actors doing a play for the
highly interested audience and a
bearded man shoots the "vil
lain." "I recall," reminisced Mrs.
Hunter, "in one scene when I
put a glass of supposedly
poison up to my lips one en
thusiastic lady jumped from her
seat and yelled, 'don't you drink
that, young lady!'."
Mrs. Hunter was taken to the
Planetarium Thursday night and
afterwards, while being photo
graphed with some of the Play
makers, she exclaimed, "What a
thrill it is to be on the stage
again!"-
orations of Whitman's book.
Dr. Stovall, a member of the
UNC faculty since 1949, received
his A.B.., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from the Universty of Texas.,
The University Library is nov.
displaying an exhibit of works by
and about Whitman, including va
rious editions of Leaves of Grass
Charles Feinburg, noted Whitman
collector of Detroit, Mich., has
presented a group of 14 rare edi
tions and rare books about Whit
man in honor of Dr. Stovall. Fein
burg has also lent the Library
photostats of Whitman manu
scripts for its exhibition. "
The Solitary Hunter, the latest
critical biography of Whitman
which was reviewed by Dr. Sto
vall in the Feb. 5, 1955 issue of
The Saturday Review is also or
exhibition, along with a copy of
Dr. Stovall's review.
sibilities should be realized im
mediately. "Study rooms are r
prime necessity," he said.
In talking about improvement
Brumfield pointed out that it wa
embarrassing to ask for improve
ments when the members of thr
dorms persisted in. tearing ur
doors, vending machines and win
dows.
The committee will meet agair
Thursday, at 2 p. m. All dorm pres
idents and all other interested
persons should come, Chariman
Hudson said.
Meet Set For Students
Who Want To Join Y
All those interested in becom
ing active members of the YMCA
are invited to attend a meeting
for active members to be held
Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA
building; Ed Hennessee, member-
ship chairman, said -yesterday.
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Possible Veep
Candidates
By LOUIS KRAAR
When the Student Party meets
this Monday night to nominate a
student body president, it will
nominate either Manning Munt
zing or Don Fowler.
Neither Fowler nor Muntzing
has officially announced his can
didacy, but it is quite clear in SP
circles that they are the two who
will fight- it out for the nomina
tion. The SP will also nominate a can
didate for vice-president. David
Reid and Norwood Bryan are both
expected to try for the nomina
tion. Reid said yesterday, when
asked about the vice-presidential
nomination, that he was going to
try for it.
In an afternoon session of the
Advisory Board, SP members de
cided to pick their presidential
candidate first at the Monday
night meeting. There was some
luestion earlier in the week over
which candidate presidential or
'ice-presidential would be pick
ed first.
It is known that Muntzing will
not accept the vice-presidential
aomination if he loses the presi
dential bid. Thus, Muntzing sup
porters were particularly eager to
have the presidential nominations
xirst because should Muntzing win
the nomination, his supporters
would like to see Fowler in the
jecond-spot post.
Fowler is a junior from Winston-Salem
and is current student
jody treasurer.
Muntzing, a junior from Moore
aeld, West, Va., is currently In
terdormitory Council president.
The Student Party is fairly even
y split between the two candi
dates for student body president.
Muntzing supporters, earlier this
week, raised unofficial objections
that the Fowler backers "packed"
the SP meeting. Under the SP's
rules, anyone can become a mem
ber after attending two meetings
and paying dues.
Party Chairman Don Geiger,
when questioned about the charge
that Fowler's supporters "packed"
the meeting, said yesterday: "We
always have a lot of new faces
showing up around election time.
Recently, we did have a lot of Chi
Psis join. But, that same night, we
also had an equal number of boys
from Aycock Dorm to join."
(Muntzing lives in Aycock Dorm.)
Neither side in this inter-party
conflict had any comment yester
day. Jim Turner, SP big-wig, said
hat "one thing is sure. Whoever
we nominate will win the presi
dency." WHAT
0 HERE
MARRIAGE DISCUSSION
"Marriage and Sex" will be the
topic for a series of discussions
beginning tomorrow at Newman
Club meeting. The discussions will
be led by Father Weidinger, and
the meetings will be open to all
Newman Club members and non
members. The meeting tomorrow
will be held at 7 p.m. in Roland
Parker Lounge of Graham Mem
orial. HOWES CONCERT
Arthur Howes, founder and di
rector of the Organ Institute at
Andover, Mass., will be held in an
organ concert in Hill Hall Tues
day at 8 p.m. Howes' concert here
will be the third in the regular
Tuesday Evening Series presented
for the public by the University
department of music. GMAB will
co-sponsor the event.
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
The Cosmopolitan Club will meet
tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Ren
dezvous Room. The program will
include a discusson of courtship
customs in- foreign lands.
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