SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1$57 PAGE WO THE OAltY TAK HEfL S'li" H)Q n n I) i0 n . REVIEW: CAMPUS STATE WORLD wo Aanaiaares A ren t Different Too often in political campaigns, as the heat of the contest bears more and more pressure on the opposing camps and their sup porters, focus is brought, to bear on the graver aspects of the con test, the- dL-jimilar attitudes ,of the candidates. This focus, however, is often not representative of the true situaticnand conditions, as investigation in'to the backgrounds and experiences of the candidates aimost invariably reveals. Current presidential candidates Sonny Evans (Student Party) and Bill Baum (University Party) i.'rve as excellent examples of the -truth of this approach. How many people know, for instance, that both were con spirators in an "infamous" at tempt to initiate a third party coup d'etat at the Boys State Convention here in 1953? Ask either of them and smiles will come to their faces as they reflect -upon those experiences. They'll tell you that their third party regaled under the flowing banners of the Confederate Party came within 23 votes of usurping power from the existing Federalists and Nationalists, and ' that they only lost because these two parties banded together in a last-minute effort to beat them. They'll smile in remembrance, ' chuckle from time to time and leave you with the feeling that this was one of the, greatest ex periences of their-lives. But the parallel is not merely one of association j and contact between Evans and Baum. Their similarities Wretch info their backgrounds prior to and after entering UNC. Their differences are rellected in the differences of their personalities and out louks, their aspirations and their personal interests. Will am O. Baum was born and raided in .Eliza bg, City. lie at tended Central High School there, where his activities spread from editorship of the school paper and presidency of his class for. three years to the presidency of the student bodv. He attended the Boys' State Convention here in 1953 and his participation ranged from speaker of the House of Rep resentatives to candidacy for governor of the Confederate Party. Eli N. Evans is a Durham pro duct. An attendant of Durham High School, he too was active in school and political functions which brought him to the presi dency of the student body and an award as the outstanding sen ior in his last year. In 1933 he came to Chapel Hill for the Boys' State Convention. He was Boys' State oratorical champion and ran for Lt. Gov ernor under the third party '"con federation" platform. . - Sonny Evans entered UNC with the freshman class of 1954. "Al though I'm from Durham," he'll tell you, "I knew Chapel Hill had the better school. Besides, ray father graduated from UNC in 1928." In his freshman year, Evanf was elected to the presidency of the freshman class. And, in the spring of '55, he was appointed to . the Men's Honor Council as well as representative to the Student Council Court of Appeals. As a sophomore in the spring of '56, Evans ran for the vice presidency of the student body, fie was subsequently elected and became the first sophomore ever to fill the position. In addition to his vice-presidential post, he has at various times since then been The official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Mon day and examination and vacation periods and summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the post office at Chapel Hiil. N. C, under the act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: Mailed. $4 a year. S2.50 per semester; delivered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. Editor . FRED POWLEDGE Managing Editor : CLARKE JONES Night News Editoa Wally Kuralt Night Editor ' ... Walt Schruntek THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEEK IN REVIEW Staff Writers Bill King, Walter Schruntek, Anthony Wolff. ,1 ,1 v I BAUM & EVANS ... neck & neck a member of the Consolidc.ted University student council and the student Chancellor Selection Committee. ' In the spring of '56 he was initiated in the Order of the Grail, and expects this spring to be initiated into Phi Beta Kapa. :S Bill Baum also entered the Uni versity in the spring of 1954. lie came here under the self-help scholarship program and at pre sent works in the Library Docu ments Dept." ' When "I first came to Chapel Hill, I was scared," lie will tell you. ' I was scared to the point of shakes, but on my way from the bus station to the campus that first day, a cab-driver told me something I'll always remem ber. He said Chapel Hill is a good town and ence you stay here and get to know it, you never want to leave. I know that now. And UNC is the greatest school in the South." As a freshman, after he got over those initial "freshman jitters," Baum became a mem ber of the Student Legislature, was appointed sargeant-at-arms of the University Party, served en the orientation committee and led the Rules Committee of legislature as its chairman. In 1955, as a sophomore, Baum's participation in student politics was relegated to active interest only.-He instead devoted his time to the N. C. Conference of the Methodist Youth Fellowship and served as president of that or ganization. Since the fall of '56, he has served as a local minister of tbe University Methodist Church. He has coupled these activities with the campus scene as a member of the legislature and the Con stitution Revision Committee. Both Evans and Baum, through slightly different perspective, seem to have their sights set on a common goal attendance at Harvard upon graduation from UNC. Baum, a history major at present, is hoping to enter the Methodist Ministerial School at either Harvard or Duke. And Evans, a recently converted Eng ish major, has his eyes set on the law school at Harvard. atlp vx Jlpecl Walter Schruntek The stage was set and campus political activity sprung to prom inent life last week as the two student parties named their can didates and presented their plat-, forms for forthcoming spring elections. ' . . "Named to lead the Student Par ty slate in a bid for the presiden cy of the student body was Sonny Evans, a rising senior from Dur ham. Opposing him on the Uni versity Party slate was Bill Baum, rising senior from Elizabeth City.. A battle for the editorship of The Daily Tar Heel was set in motion when three independent candidates announced their in tentions to run. They were Neil Bass, Frank Crowther and Char lie Sloan. The first week of activity produced the initial flurry of individual candidate stands and issues. Individual and party -platforms were presented which will provide the material and ' roughage for the impending campus-wide campaign. The wheels of motion have been set and will continue running un til the final returns are in late in the morning of April 3. " As spokesman for his party's aims and pursuits, candidate Baum presented a platform which' featured the formation of a Stu dent Senate composed of repre sentatives elected, from every dormitory, fraternity and sorori ty on campus to act as an advis ory body to the preside'nt. He also included in his plat fprm provisions that with his leadership, the office of president would take action on: 1. Housing for married stu dents. 2. A needed lessening of re strictions on student union build ing. 3. A needed lessening of re strictions on student automobiles. UP Chairman Mike Weinman expressed the support of his par ty in: 1. Building student government to a position of greater respect and dignity. -' 2. A mature government in the best stude,nt interests.- "3 A' capable approach to all existing jcampus problem. SP candidate Evans, in pre platform statements, pledged his full support to and representation In The State: Voting Age, 'Year' School In the state, a bill to reduce the voting age from 21 to 18 was released from the General As sembly committee last week, and is scheduled to go before the full Senate sometime this week. The annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner was held last night by Tar Heel Democrats in Ral eigh. .Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D T8xas) and Democratic majority leader in the Senate, was the main speaker. x The State Board of Higher Education made a suggestion last week to put the 12 state-supported colleges on a 12-month instruc tion basis. D. Hiden Ramsey, chairman of the board, said a bill to this effect would be pre sented to the 1959 Legislature. L'il Abner J C'MOM, FOSDlCK.r-SNAP OUT OF ITT-VOU'RE ALL STITCHED TOGETHEK , ' AGAlN.v Pogo NO MATT22 HOW Hz Sire That ou buttery ft ON THE CAMPUS: Cornrnager Speaks; In between basketball games which almost stopped UNC hearts and political statements which marked the opening of another spring campaign, here's what the campus did last week: '"Th? Interdarmitory . Council and the sophomore class an- nounced the "Spring Swing'', a"-coneert-dance' -Weekend scheduled,, World: Mideast Continues These things happened in the world last week: The Eisenhower administration prspared itself for an extensive investigation of the Middle East .stfuatirn. Arab demonstrators stormed UN Emergency Force headquart ers in Gaza, demanding the re turn of the G?za Strip to Egypt. ' Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, the first man to fly over 'both. poles, died early last. week. The Portland labor probe con tinued with more important peo ple being supoenacd to appear before the congressional investi gating committee. President Eisenhower received a check-up at Walter Reed Hos pital for a cough he has had for several days. U AND NOW WE WILL RESUME 1 rr OUR uOUKNtT TO THE. J STATtON HOUSE, EZIO THE Pinch er, wh ere i will -J SEARCH VOU FOR. THE WATCH VOU PINCHED. h2 ear H"e?g&chi 7 M 11 - ,t j i ' j -1 J 3-M :::: ; POLITICIANS START THEIR YEARLY WORK ...17 days until elections rr, 3 I I L tf The University was host last week to four visiting Israeli stu dents, organized by the Israeli Students' Organization and spon sored by the U. S. National Student Assn. They provided a song, dance and speaking program in Graham Memorial's main lounge. fcr March 22-23, to feature the Don Shirley Trio and the Duke Ambassadors. The Mean's Honor Council took stern action against four stu dents, three charged with cheat ing and, one with plagiarism. - In a Wednesday night speech in - Ca.r,EJll i- Hall, Columbia pro fessor . of --.history Dr. Henry Steele Ctwnmager, .one of Ameri ca's leading historians, stressed the . leading role that must be played by this country in guid ing the world toward "benevol ent .nationalism.'.' Sponsored by the Graduate History Club, Gra ham Memorial, and Phi Alpha Theta history fraternity, Corn rnager said that this country has for the past 10 or 15 years been a scene of "chauvanistic nation I KNOW VOU HAVE IT I ON VOL), BECAUSE J ch0ckle.7 j ; J 'irrihis evil - f MS AWT A rhzVe loo , 1 muzfiYj a s-i - Y s Elect Israeli Students Paid alism" which promotes "the bas ic instincts of superiority, vani ty, and aggression." In the midst of suddenly acti- Cagers Victors North Carolina's Tar Heels won over Canisius Friday night, 67-75, and downed Syra cuse, 67-58, Saturday night to win the Eastern NCAA cham pionship and earn a berth in the national NCAA semi finals in Kansas City next Week. The Carolina win stretched its record to 30 wins, no losses, setting a new record of wins by a college team in one regu lar season. The old record was held by last year's San Fran cisco team. By A! Ca pp "7 By Walt Kelly J --i can (Cyi L HEAR , S-"' 1 j IT.'.' J A W S. I . f I 11 - --- - -- viam to veax vhat hiiribehe not L v&! of the "principles, purposes and records of the Student Party." In his preliminary statements, he also advocated submission of a prospectus for a new student union building to be prepared for next summer. He promised close cooperation, with the new Uni versity administration of Presi dent Friday and newly-elected Chancellor William Aycock. Evans and' SP Chairman Sonny Hallford promised elaboration on their platform when the party formally presents it Monday.. On The Daily Tar Heel edi torship scene, a bi-partisan se lections board was established for the purpose of screening all candidates for the position. Standing on their individual platforms, which differed in de grees 'of emphasis, the three thus far acknowledged candidates were of one mind in one matter. Ail three advocated more complete and better coverage during their tenure -as editor. Bas, a junior from Nashville, underlined his policies for editor ship on the basis of his experi ence, interest and capability. His platform emphasized: -1. A belief in and advocation of professional athletics. 2. An opposition to closed In terfraternity Council meetings. 3. Opposition to "AfghanLvtan ism," which he defined as over emphasis of world news. Crowther, a sophomore from Chewy Chase, Md, also running on an experience ticket (both with The Daily Tar Heel and the Na- Officers If Iff 'Ml I UNC Campus A Visit Left to right, they are: Pianist Even, accordionist and singer Kohav. vated campus politics, the YWCA quietly elected its officers for the coming year. Belle Corey, a rising senior from Atlanta, Ga., was chosen as president, and Ann Morgan of Charleston, W. Va., as Vice-president. Ann Holt, junior from Sanford, and Lu anda Holderness of Greensboro, also a junior, were elected treas urer and membership chairman, respectively. The office of secretary is as yet undecided, and a runoff elec tion between Molly Adams of Wilmington and Cynthia Se graves of Jacksonville, Fla. will be held Wednesday evening. Al so to be decided in the runoff will be the tie between Phyllis Krafft, River Forest, 111., and Eve McClatchey, Atlanta, Ga., for the post of program chair man. . The Y masculine counterpart, the YMCA, also named its next year's staff. Stewart Colson was it - L!!!!!!l!lhL. I A prize- w mninci On Channel 5 Anthony Wolff Catherine Cornell, the First Lady of the American theatre, stars tonight in R. E. Sherwood's "There Shall Be No Night" at 7:30 on Channel 5. This is a play which has been rejuvenated every time the world situation has made its theme pert inent; tonight it concerns Hun gary's fight for freedom, while -in 1940 the setting was Finland. Charles Boyer is co-starred. Con sidering Miss Cornell's stature and the fact that the play is a Pulitzer winner, this should be a rewarding production. At the same time on Channel 4, Dr. Baxter begins a series of discussions of "Henry V." This week he treats the play's ' pur pose and its audience. At 8 p.m. on Channel 2, Ed tional Broadcasting Co.) announc ed an eight-point program which highlighted: 1. deemphasis of national poli tics and news. 2. Better public relations. 3. Better features and internal organiazticn of the paper. 4. A tiudent poll to decide on the paper's comic strips. Sloan, a sophomore from Ar lington, Va., and an ex-managin editor of The Daily Tar Heel, of fered in his experience platform: 1. Better coverage. 2. Less dropping of the fla (the paper's namcplate). 3. an intent to inform rather than incite thjrough The Daily Tar Heel. 4. Belief in big-time athletics. Filling the rest of the SP candidate ticket were Don Fur tado for vice president, Betty Huffman for secretary and Bob Carter for treasurer. No. 1 positions in the CP scheme were filled by Benny Thomas, vice-presidential candi date and Jerry Jones, Candidate for treasurer of the student body. Running for presidency of tin senior class with UP endorsement was George Ragsdale. His oppon ent with SP support, Paul Carr. Vice presidential contenders will be Harry Baxton (UP) and Frank Black (SP). Other senior office selections for the UP were Miss Bobbi Madison for secretary, Charies Ashford for treasurer and Miss Pat Dillon for social chairman. 1 I i Hanoch Greenfeld, speaker Rafael Eliezer Plotnik, and dancer Hava (Photos by Norman Kentor) unanimously elected president. Vice president is Joe Phillips; secretary, Kelly Wallace; treas urer, Rick Frank; Larkin Kirk man, membership chairman, and Randy Shelton, program chair man. A bill providing for an enabl ing act to obtain funds for mar ried students' housing both here and at N. C. State College was started. William D. Carmichael. UNC vice president and finance of ficer, said the bill was bein drawn up in the office of the at torney general during the week. The measure is scheduled to y before the General Assembly within the next week. The 12th annual Blue-White game was played Saturday with the queen of the game and her court being crowned at half time. The Carolina coach of the year an drunner-up were also selected. Sullivan has lined up Robert Mitchum, Beat Lillie, Edith Adams, Harold Lang and others. It sounds like a pretty good show for Ed, but the Katherine Cor nell play is more deserving of attention. In case you don't watch either. with a yen for something faci and you turn the set on at 8:30 wih a yen for something fasci nating and educational, Channel 4's "Writers of Today" series presents the great American poet Langston Hughes. On Monday evening at 8:30 in IliU Hall Robert Frost will make his yearly Chapel Jlill appearance. Frost is aging, to be sure, but his talks are always fascinating. He is liable to talk on anything, and what he says is always right to the point. Play Today

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