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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla..
March 26. i.ru-America fired its
third satellite into orbit around
the earth today but the newest
man-made moon may exist only
a few days in space.
Explorer III. an 80inch long
metal tube with instruments de
signed to solve some o( the se
crets of the outer atmosphere,
was blasted aloft by the Army's
Jupiter-C rocket at 12:38 p.m.
(EST).
Four hours later, Maj. Gen.
John B. Medaris, head of the
Army ballistic missile program,
said the satellite probably would
plunge to its death in a maxi
mum of two weeks.
Wernher Von Braun the Ger
man scientist who developed the
Jupiter-C, said 1.he satellite
yould swing as close as 100
miles to the earth in its orbit.
This is a much closer approach
than .any of the other satellites
have made.
Inside it were two radio trans
mitters, designed like those in
the other American satellites to
Broadcast information on cosmic
rays, cosmic dust and the tem
peratures of space.
One transmitter inside Explor
er III will broadcast on a fre
quency of 108.03 megacycles
with a power of 60 milliwatts.
These signals, which can be
picked up by any radio ham, are
expected to continue for two
months, if the satellite lasts that
long.
. The . other transmitter, operat
ing on 108 megacycles at 10
milliwatts, may remain in opera
tion longer.
Something ; new in Explorer
III is a tiny memory unit which
can store up information on cos
mic rays and, on radio com
mand, transmit it back to earth
on a tape recorder.
In its swift travels, the satel
lite will encounter temperatures
ranging from 148 degrees below
zero in the earth's shadow to
290 above in the sunlight.
tronic parts against such severe
heat and cold, the satellite sur
face was painted with zirconium
oxide. This is designed to hold
the temperature range inside the
instrument compartment to a
range between 32 and 122 de-
To protect the sensitive clec- grees above zero.
1 1 lie; May Come W 'if h'm I '00 M i 'J 'es O
WEATHER
Cloudy end cool with occasional
rain or driiile ending today. Fri
day, mostly cloudy and continued
coot.
VOL. LXV NO. 127
ELECTIONS BOARD
It has erred in serving students,
editor says on page 22''
Offices in Graham Memorial
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 19S8
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Case Gets
Nod After
2nd Ruling
A "liberal" ruling Tuesday by
the Elections Board played a ma
jor role in the succesful appeal
of the John Brooks case to the
Student .Council.
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The board, meeting in special
.ocsion Monday, ruled Brooks (SP)
ineligible for the student body vice
presidential race on grounds that
he did not meet scholastic require
monts set forth in election laws.
.That decision, said Board Chair-
man Bob Furtado. was based on i
a strict interpretation of election I
laws which .say a candidate must j
have 27 hours in a certain period
before his nomination to be Hgi
blc to run for a student office.
Bruokft. however, hal accumul
ated only 23 semester hours during j
the required period, following j
doctor's orders to take a limited
.schedule at UNC. j
lie verses Sliind j
Then on Tuesday, in complete j
re versal of its strict adherence to j
election laws, the Elections Board j
accepted the nomination of Ralph
Cummings who was chosen SP
candidate for vice president after
Brooks had been ruled ineligible
and lost an appeal to Student
Council.
Election laws say that "all no
minations for office shall be made
in writing and shall be presented
to the Elections Board not later
than nine class days prior to the
established date for elections."
The Election Board gave a
liberal interpretation of this rul
ling, however, feeling that circu
mstances permitted the Student
party to nominate a new candid
ale to replace ousted Books, al
though the ninc-day-deadline had
p;ived.
I Irani Last Nltfht
It wa.s that "liberal" ruling, cou
pled with the alleged unconstition
ulity of the scholastic requirements
set forth in election laws, on which
Brook.s later repeated and won his
appeal to the Sudent Council. That
appeal was to be heard last night.
Brooks, in a letter to Student
Council Chairman" 'Mac Patton.
questioned the constitutionality of
Section 5, sub-section (bj of Arti
cle VII in the election laws upon
grounds that:
"This law a interpreted is in
direct violation of the basic free
dom of all members of a democratic
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By Tar Heel Press, Time
By DOUG EISELE
In a surprise move, the Student Council yesterday agreed to hear
an appeal from vice presidential nominee John Brooks who previously
had been ruled ineligible for spring elections by the Elections Board.
Brooks appeal at first refused by th student court was to come
before the Council at a special called session beginning at 9 o'clock
last night. A decision was expected later in the evening.
The surprise move threw a monkey wrench into campaign plans
for the Student Party, whose advisory board had met Tuesday night
to name Ralph Cummings its candidate for student body vice presi
dent to run in place of Brooks.
Cummings' nomination came shortly after Student Council Chair
man Mac Patton said his body would not hear Brooks' appeal from
an Elections Board decision that Brocks was ineligible to run in spring
elections April 1.
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Public Forum Features
Edit Candidates Tonite
The five candidates for editor
of The Daily Tar Heel will par
ticipate in a forum in the Main
Lounge of Graham Memorial to
night at 8 o'clock.
The forum was necessitated by
the decision of the V omen's
Residence Council not to allow
editorial candidates to come to
dormitory house meetings be
cause of the time involved.
Ann Frye, Curtis Gans, Prin
gle Pipkin, Charlie Sloan and
John Whitley will each give
short talks.
The forum is sponsored by the
Student-Faculty Forum Commit
tee of Graham Memorial Activi
ties Board.
Present Editor Doug Eisele
will moderate the forum, accord
ing to Student-Faculty Forum
Committee Chairman Louis May.
May said each candidate for
the post would be allowed equal
time to state his qualifications
and to specify what if any
changes he would make in the
way The Daily Tar Heel is oper
ated. A student-candidate question
and answer period will follow
talks by the candidates.
May urged all students to
come to this discussion, which
will be the only one in which all
candidates will appear together.
IFC Donation Pushes
Campus Chest To Goal
By ROBERT CRADDOCK
The Interfraternity Council in
voting Monday night to donate
$100 of recently-acquired fine
money to the Campus Chest push
ed the Campus Chest drive to
$2005. bettering the goal by $5.
Libby McCord, co chairman of
the drive, said the board was deep
ly indebted to the IFC for its con
tribution and most appreciative for
its assistance in surpassing the
goal.
Theatre Meet
Opens Today
The ninth annual meeting of the
society to participate fcs candidates Soutn EaStcr Thcatn- Conference
ior puonc ouice ana mai mis as opcns here todya with registration
interpreted is discriminating a
gainst students in good standing
with the University. . ."
In his attack on the law he
pointed to the preamble of the
student constitution which says,
among other things, that the con
stitution's purpose Ls to "make per
sonal freedom secure."
Absentee Ballots
Written requests for absentee
ballots for the spring election
must be turned in to the Student
Government Office before 5 p.m.
Friday.
Ballots will be available in the
Studtnt Government Office in
Graham Memorial before the
weekend at hours to be an
nounced later.
The drive, driginally suheduled
Feb. 22-28. was extended through
Mardh 5. At the scheduled close
of the drive only $1000 had been
collected. When the drive officially
closed March 5, the amount was
$1700.
Through efforts by Campus
Chest Board members and other in
terested students, the additional
$30.3 was solicited in the past two
weeks. During this time the UP,
SP, IFC and various individuals
gave substantial contributions.
at 11 a.m. in the l'laymakcrs.
Theatre.
Following a business meeting
presided over by John Caldwell of
the University of Louisville, who
is president of the conference, will
b? an address by Marian Galaway
of the University of Alabama who
will speak on "The Adventures of
a Playscript When It Goes to Broad
way." Persons attending the conference
will spend the remainder of the
afternoon participating in panel
discussion on such subjects as
children's theatre, college and uni
versity theatre, commuityn and
summer theatre.
The future of regional theatre is
the topic for consideration tonight
at 8 o'cloc in the Playmakers
Theatre.
Funds for the drive were solicit
ed from dormitories, fraternities,
sororities. Glen Lennox and the
faculty. Other fund raising pro
jects included a Lenoir Hall jazz
session, a Five Dollar Club, a large
chest in Lenoir Hall inviting dona
tions and a booth in Y-Court
which distributed information con
cerning the Campus Chest. A fund
raising project by the Pan-hellenic
Council . requested each sorority
give up one meal and donate the
money saved to the Campus Chest.
The drive was organized by the
Campus Chest Board headed by
Libby McCord and Gene Parker.
Board members are Jean Pierre
Boissavit, responsible for studying
beneficiary agencies; Susan Purser,
special projects; Sarah William
son and Howard Holderness, pub
licity; and Tom Ray and Tog San
ders, solicitations.
The Campus Chest Ls a united
appeal combining all eampus-wide
drives into one annual drive. It is
jointly sponsored by the YMCA,
YWCA and student government.
After that ruling the Student
Party, thinking Brooks definitely
was out of the race, hastened to
BULLETIN
A student council decision on
the eligibility of vice-preside
tial candidate John Brooks had
not been rendered in time last
night for publication in today's
Daily Tar Heel.
As the hearing continued late
into the night, it still was not
known whether the SP candidate
from Greenville could continue
in the race for the student body
office. A full report will appear
in The Daily Tar Heel tomor
row. name "its new candidate. But eon
fusion followed when the Student
Council later decided to hear
Brooks' appeal.
To Eliminate One
Asked what his party would do
if the council reversed the Elec
tions Board decision. Student
Party Chairman Fat Adams said
another advisory board meeting
would be called to eliminate one
of its two vcep candidates from
the race.
"We'll cross that bridge when
we come to it," Adams .said, re
ferring to the possibility that a
ruling in favor of Brooks by the
council would leave two SP nomi
nees in the vice presidential cam
paign. Brooks made his appeal to the
Student Council on grounds that
the Elections Board did not show
equality in disqualifying him from
the race and that one of the elec
tion laws cited in his case was in
conflict with "personal freedoms"
guaranteed in the student consti
tution.
Interviews For Jury
Interviews for positions on
the Honor System Jury will be
held in the Council Room at
Graham Memorial today from 4
5:30 p.m.
Applicants should fill out an
application blank and make an
appointment at the Student Gov
ernment Office at Graham Me
morial. Interviews will not be held
again until after spring holidays.
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IDC OFFICERS The Interdormitory Council last night elected its officers for 1958-59. Tom Walters,
past president is shown congratulating them. They are, left to right, front row: Rudy Edwards, Pres.;
Doug Bayiiff, Vice Pres.; Foy Bradshaw, Secretary; Paul Wocdard, Treasurer; back rcw, Walt Poole,
Court Clerk; and Otto Funderburk, Court Chairman. (Photo by Buddy Spoon.)
For Coming Election
University Party Reveals Platform
The University Party has an
nounced its platform for the up
coming campus election.
The released platform contains
the following planks:
1. "We pledge to face and con-
7. "We pledge equal social pri-, 10. "We pledge cooperation with
vileges for nurses; for they nowUhe honor councils in implement
share equal responsibilities. j inS their n?w iur-v system-
11. "We pledge positive and de
liberate work to effect a workable
8. "We pledge cooperation with !
the Administration in formulating
Legislature
To Consider
Appointments
The appointments of three wo
men students to the Honor Sys
tem Commission will be consider
ed as part of the agenda for the
Student Legislature tonight at 7
o'clock in the Phi Hall in New
East.
Lee Wardrup, speaker pro tern,
will preside as is customary for
the last official session of the
Legislature.
Of major interest will be the
make-up of the budget for next
year.
Pat Adams' (SP) bill providing
for the purchase of an accounting
machine for the Student Activi
ties Fund office will be consider
ed. At present the machine in
the Activities Fund office is said
to be beyond repair.
Since the Activities Fund Office
has not sufficient funds to replace
its machine,' Adams's bill calls for
an advance by the treasurer of the
student body from the general sur
plus to the Student Activities Fund
Office on a loan basis.
quer any and all situations which and implementing the current ex
may arise within the realm of Stu
dent Government.
solution to the present parking
problem.
12. "We pledge cooperation with
the IFC to return fraternities to
"self liquidating" method of dormi-j lIlt" 1U1IUCI U1 1"u"""u,vc
tory construction. All the people ! on this campus and throughout the
should finance their Universitv. I State."
mansion program:
Rent Hikes
9. "We pledge elimination of the
2. "Wre pledge to work with the
Administration to establish adequ
ate social facilities in dormitories
and a women's visiting agreement
for dorms.
Student Union
3. "We pledge immediate acqui
sition of .funds for a new student
union by contacting the members
of the 1959 State Legislature, if
necessary.
4 we pledge oarilication and i Etilcl Casey, soprano of Raleigh Society and at Duke University
re-examination of the present cut j -jn appear on the next program where she was the soprano soloist
policy to rid the present confusion j sponsored by Lcs Petites Musicales. i for last May's performance of
which exists in many classes. ! The rec-ital" whit-h is onen to the ! "Eliiah."
Petites Musicales Presents
Soprano Ethel Casey Sunday
niorial at 8 p. m. Sunday.
Mrs. Casey appeared in another
Petite Musicale program in Feb-
5. "Wp nloHcfn rpnr'J.nii.itiin rf , ,
.. , c 0 wv... - public ana uee ot cnaiiie win oe
the president's cabinet to include hcld in the lounge of Gl-aiiam Me-
the Honor Council and Student
Council Chairmen, IFC, IDC', and ,
WRC Chairmen, one legislator and
four members-at-largo. This will
provide a well-informed and more
functional group to advise the
president.
Public Relations Board
6. "We pledge a Public Relations
Board to work with The Daily Tar
Heel and the University News
Bureau in providing a more in
tense and widespread recognition
of the many fine things accomp
lished on our campus.
Prentis Sedberry of Durham, who
will accompany Mrs. Casey, has,
played far the Oratoria Society and
the Grass Roots Opera Association.
His musical activities include per-
l uai y when she assisted duo-harp-' forming at Duke Memorial Method-
Needed: Men To Carry Out The Fall
Orientation Program; Apply Now
By BILL KING
Orientation Chairman Herman
Godwin announced yesterday that
plans are now complete for the fall
orientation. program and that appli
cation blanks and study manuals
are available at Lenoir Hall, the
YMCA. Graham and the Library.
Godwin urged that all men who
are interested in becoming orienta
tion counselors fill out and submit
their applications as soon as possi
ble. The application blanks may be
handed in'at any of the four applica
tion and manual locations.
Selection Program
Godwin has announced a two-part
selection program which he and his
committee will carry out in choosing
approximately 13Q couaelors for the
fall program.
The first part will be a general
test administered to all applicants
on April 15 at 7 p.m. in room 268
Venable.
After that individual interviews,
scheduled for April 16-23. will be
held by the Orientation Committee.
Applicants will be notified of their
interview date and time.
Chairman Godwin explained that
the test would be of a "general na
ture" containing questions about
practically all phases of campus
life here and that the study manuals
will be invaluable in preparation for
the quiz. The interviews will last
approximately four minutes each.
An estimated 2,000 new students
will enroll here this fall and Godwin
and his committee have worked
with the administration for several
weeks setting up what they hope
will be the best orientation program
ever held.
Wide, Conclusive Program
"We are going all out to have a
w ide and conclusive program this
year," Godwin said. "I was ex
tremely pleased with the Orientation
program last fall and I iiope and
feel that it will be as good if not
better in 1958."
Godwin urged students to take an
active part in the program and to
get in their applications as soon as
ists Emily Kellam and Suzann
Davids in a recital. The same pro
gram, in which Mrs. Casey sang a
I group of Spanish songs 'by Manuel
; tie Falla, was given by these art
; ists as the first, Sunday afternoon
Musicale at tfye . C. State Museum
of Art.
! The singer has also performed
i lecently at the museum as the
soloist in a recital of compositions
I by Walter Golde, Chapci Hill teach
ed and composer. She will sing one
of Golde's numbers on this Sunday's
I evening program, "Song of the Sea."
j Also included on the program are
works by Brahms, Cesar Franck,
1 Poulenc. do Falla and Charles Ives.
Mrs. Casey is well known to Dur
ist Church in Durham.
New Poll Sent
Out To Students
The Graham Memorial Activities
Board Pohs Committee has maiitd
questionnanes to 300 students
cnosen at random on the UaC
campus.
Jan Cobbs. chairman of the Com
mittee, has asked . students to re
turn the cards by Saturday.
"We are hoping for much better
cooperation on the part of students
than we had lait time "Jan Cobbs
ham and Raleigh music groups as!said- "We hoPe to hav tne results
soloist for the Raleigh Oratorio
Dave Jones Elected
University Club Head
Dave Jones was elected presi
dent of the University Club at its
meeting Tuesday evening. Other
club officers, vice president, sec
retary and treasurer will be chosen
by the body next week.
Retiring Club President Frank
possjble. "We need about 150 good innman was presented with a rose
men to carry out this very inpor- j WOod gavel as a memento of his
tant program. They will be perform
ing a service to the University as
well as themselves and the success
of the program wil lie primarily in
their hands.
year of service to the organization.
Cheer Leader candidates John
Whitty (SP) and Carter Jones (UP
spoke to the club and gave their ex:
perience and qualifications.
published before' spring vacation.'
The following ars questions in
cluded in these questionnaires:
1. Did you attend any evening
sessions of the Carolina Symposi
um? 2. Was the Symposium worth
while? Did you like the subject?
3. Would you turn in someone
for a violation of the honor code?
4. Should the city ofChapel Hill
install parking meters?
5. Should non-members of UXC
be admitted free to UXC social and
cultural functions?
6. Should high school students
be permitted to use the facilities
cf Graham Memorial?
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