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U.tt.C. Library Serials Dept. Bos 870 Chapel Bill, N.C. n WEATHER Partly cloudy sp.d gomewhut warmer U day. Wednesday, partly cloudy and mild. ELECTIONS Wouldn't it be nice if . . . every one participated in campus politi cal affairs, editor asks on page 2. VOL. LXV NO. 131 Offices in Graham Memorial CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1958 Complete iff) Wire Service FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE a a (o) mm m owe E)MWfl (2) Party Heads Urge Students To Vote An open letter to the student body, aimed at increasing voting in tolu's election, was issued Monday by I at Adams, chairman of the StuJer.t Party, and Syd Shuford. chairman of the University Party. The letter lead as follows: "Today cu will vote for your Student Government leaders for the coming school year. We have fought hard for our side, and we have differed on many things, but we cannot differ in urging each or you t exercise your privilege today and cast your ballot for the candidates of your choice. Can Express Opinions "It is ha.d f r many of us to realize just how lucky we are to be able to hnl. I opinions of our own and to express these opinions through the ballot box. , "Mr. Sti iganov. charge d'al lairs of the Soviet Union, said when he was down lu re for the Carolina Symposium a couple of weeks ago that Russians can have opinions opposed to the Kremlin, but when they try to influence others with these, they are guilty of treason. i : ' 1 1 izr "; : 1 . Tl ' ' . - . rs , . v ---nm. ' . ' f ' ' f ; ' , j,, ' t , : y & ; J c :t) 'ft - y t ."' 4t t N trr . J-- " " !-Li il ILlx J I ill A. . BOB CARTER j DON FURTADO i I AL GOLDSMITH Pos To Open At 8 Today; GM To Post Election Results Campus politicians finished putting their plans and aims on the line last night and their fate is in the hands of the student body today. - - Polling places are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, with the results .of the election to be posted in Graham Memorial tonight as the votes are counted. All the candidates and Bob Furtado, chairman of the Elections Board, urged students to exercise their voting responsi bility. f ' This spring fo offices are being contested for by 118 candidates. Heading the list are the three candidates for president of the student body, Bob Carter, Don Furtado and Al Goldsmith. Goldsmith, nominated by the University Party, is a junior from I.incolnton. He has been active in student politics during his three years here and was floor leader of the party in the Arl Will Show Work Here Soon Miss Sylvia C;ireve. celebrated painter, is exhibiting her work today through April .10 in the Morehead Ibiildin. She st.oke yesterday, un cVr the sponsorships of the Univer sity Art League. Her work is being brought to VC throiuh the interest of Ola Maie Fotishee, resident of Chapel Hill who met teh artist in New York in j January and persuaded her to ex hibit her work in North Carolina. Stie is also planning to exhibit her work at Salem College and in the Studvnt N. C. State College. Her work. iW-Kcribed bv Time magazine Ui "visual excitnient transposed into scmiabstract scenes done with splash and sparkle," has previously been exhibited in Paris. New York, Tel Aviv and Richmond. "Of course, this Is impossible here in America, but it could very well become a reality if each and eveiycne of us fails to do his part in preserving our free democratic system. The root of cur democ racy lie in the ballot box. If we preserve the roots the tree will flourish. Self Government "Student government was estab lished here nearly a century ago by students and administrators who recognized the value of detti ocratic rule. With the active en couragement of the University, we i students have raised our self-gov-1 tions- the editorship is decided by ornmert to a nlnre of resnert hen? 1 a simple plurality rather - - - " r ' - i Miss Frye, Gans, Pipkin, Sloan & Whitley Five Candidates Seek Editorship Of The Tar Heel Ry DAVIS YOUNG Today, five candidates will vie for the editorship of The Daily Tar Heel in what campus political spe culators say w ill be one of the day's most exciting contests. Ann Fry?, Curtis Cans. Pringle Pipkin. Charlie Sloan and John Whit ley are all seeking the highest news- : paper post. Unlike most major elec- and throughout the state and na-! in the country, and students from tion. We are now among the finest everywhere come to Chapel Hill 'to study our system. "Be thankful that you are able to vote. Walk downstairs to the ballot box, and cast your ballot for student self-government." than a majority. There will be no runoff except in the case of a tie. Four of the five, Frye, Gans, Pipkin and Sloan have all been en dorsed by the Bi-Partisan Selections Board. The fifth candidate, Whitley, failed to gain endorsement from the group. Sloan is. the only repeater from last year when' he ran a losing race against former editor Neil Bass. Miss Frye is a junior journalism major from Hickory. After trans ferring from Women's College in Greensboro this fall, she worked as a reporter on The Daily Tar Heel. She was promoted to assistant news editor when Doug Eisole succeeded Bass 4n the recall Gans is a junior English major from Waynesville and has worked on the paper for nearly three years. He has served in the capacity of Daily Tar Heel. He is a former edi tor of his high school paper which won a Columbia University Scholas tic Press Award and will be em- reporter, night editor, proof reader ployed by The Charleston News Cour and columnist during this time. He , ier in Charleston, S. C. this sum mer. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. has also been employed by the Asheville Citizens Times in their advertising department and as a sports correspondent for several New York papers. Gans is endorsed ; lias worked here on the campus pa- Sloan is from Arlington. Va. and GM SLATE Playmaker Tryouts Scheduled Here Today The Carolina Plavmakers have an nounced that tryouts for three new one-act plays by student playwrights will be held in The Playmakers Theatre at 4 p. m. today. The plays an to be directed by Page Wil l.ims, Lucy Ann Dunlap and Lew Goldstein, graduate students in the Department of Dramatic Art. Ev eryone interested in reading for the plays has been invited to attend the open tryouts. The - following activities are scheduled for today at Graham Memorial: Student Party, 9-11 p. m.. Main Iounge; Orientation Committee, 4:. 10-6 p.m., Grail Room; Univer sity Party, 7-10 p.m., Roland Par ker Lounge I; University Club. 7 8:30 p.m., Grail Room; A.P.O., Roland Parker Lounge II; Womens Orientation Committee, 2-6 p.m., WchkI house Conference Room; At torney General's Staff, 4-5 p.m., Roland Parker Lounge II; Wo men's Residence Council. 6:30-9 p.m., Woodhouse Conference Room. UNC Officials Hear IFC Plan At Cabinet Meet by the Student Party. Pipkin is from Iieidsville and has worked for two years as a political reporter and columnist on The per as managing editor, associate editor and news editor. He also sub sisted as editor for Fred Powledge during his term of office in 1956-56. Sloan has also worked as night edi tor, proof reader, reporter and co lumnist. He is a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Whitley is a sophomore from Thomasville and has not had previ ous connection with The Daily Tar Heel. However, he has worked for the Thomasville Tribune, High Point Enterprise and as a special writer for Greensboro Daily News. Winston-Salem Journal and The Char lotte Observer. He edited his high school paper and has four years ex perience as a printer. He is a mem ber of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity f- University officials listened with interest and apparent approval yes terday as IFC President Tucker ates outlined a plan for improving fraternity responsibility on the UNC campus. Joining other student leaders at a regular Chancellor's Cabinet meet ing, Yates traced actions of the IFC since the much publicized "pajama party" a month ago and said steps aie being taken to avert a recur rence of such social activity. "We want most to impress upon every fraternity member the im portance of thinking before taking any action as an individual or as a member of the organization to which he belongs." Yates asserted. 'Miss April' 1 A ' i .LA j : . . v -.-..:. .. 1950 APRIL 1958 S 6 7 U 9 10 11 12 1 ' -Xv W j 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 M " 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ; . I y . 27 2B 29 30 'MISS APRIL' Pretty Mary Cabtll Carlan, junior from Candor, is all smiles over the prospect of warmer weather coming to Chapel Hill. Here, armed with a coed's most powerful weapon against the rainy month of April, she takes a stroll in thedriizle. A member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, Mary C.b.ll U mi Bnaliih maior and executive officer of the Angel Flight Squadran. (Buddy Spoon Photo) That, he said, is the major plan the IFC in its approach to social problems of fraternities at UNC problems which, he said, "are re fleet ive of the University." "Fraternity men are all aware of vhats going on," Yates told the i Cabinet session, adding that some ' houses recently have changed long made plans indicating they will co operate with the IFC in eliminating their own problems. Chancellor William B. Aycock was the first to applaud the IFC for its progress in social reform. "I know you're proceeding in the right direc tion." he said The student leaders and adminis trative officials also talked about improving fraternity-dormitory and fraternity-faculty relations on cam pus, though no definite steps were taken. NROTC Group Sees Landing At Lejeune Twenty-three Carolina midship men were on hand to oppose the landing of 12.000 Marines at Camp Lejeune last weekend! The group, consisting of the 9 senior and junior classes of Ma rine Option NROTC students, flew by Navy plane to observe the be ginning of the Second Marine Di vision war games which will con tinue through March. The midshipmen were able to observe closely the landing of the division and all phases of the drive across the beach. A inter esting part of the trip was the bridge built by Marine bridgemen in six hours at night. A platoon of tanks was taken over Dy the middies ana every man climbed all over them so as not to miss anything. The tank men answered hundreds of ques tions for the knowledge hungry mids. " y 1 ANN FRYE .jiux 1 ' . ' V " , H - x - i A mi a. , i H f I 2Kr L Ij I J CURTIS GANS PRINGLE PIPKIN , v.w .wnw.w a. jWHqflBtHNWMM '""'W- I - I ' ' y - c rf aPY ! fe- v,A ttgUH)MaMaHgciaaiMafeMeie--ttda Orientation Application Blanks Due CHARLIE SLOAN JOHN WHITLEY Minter Reminds Ballot Tenders Of Duties John Minter, UNC Elections Board member, reminded ballot box tenders Monday that the last person tending each ballot box today is supposed to stay with the box until someone picks the boxes up. j Failure to do this can result in the votes in that box not being counted. Polling places will be open from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. In order to vote each person must show his identification card and have it stamped Minter listed the following places as voting sites for the dif ferent University districts: Town Men's I, Carolina Inn; Town Men's II, Scuttlebutt; Town Men's III, including Glen Lennox, Graham Memorial; Town Men's IV, the office at Victory Village; Town Women, Gerrard Hall. All dormitory women may vote in their dorms except those in Kenan. Kenan residents may vote in Mclver. Residents of Connor will vote in Winston, and Emerson in Ruffin. Other men's dorms , will have polling places in them. Ballot boxes wil be placed in the nurses dorms, and all other people living in University owned buildings, such as Memorial Hall, will vote in Old East. "Get those counselor applications in as soon as possible." That .was word from Men's Orientation chair man Herman Godwin yesterday. Said Godwin: "Thus far we have received only a small number of ap plications We are trying this year to avoid a last minute influx of ap plications as has been the case in the past. "I would like to urge all men "who are planning to apply for counselor- ship to fill out and return their ap plications as soon as possible." "This year the need for good men to carry the Orientation Program is greater than ever due to the many new changes .which have evolved here in the pasCyearJ' ,he said. ..." . . "Anyone who has ' worked . with Orientation previously will tell you that it is not only , is a service to the University but a rewarding ex perience for the counselor." Godwin and his committee will exercise a two-part program for the counselor selections There will be a general test for all applicants at 7 p.m. April 15 in room 268 Ven able. April 16-23 the committee will hold individual interviews with each ap plicant. Applicants will be notified Student Legislature this session. Bob Carter is runnin;? independ ent of party endorsement, although he has been active in the Student' Party for three years. He has been treasurer of the studer.t body and vice-president of the IDC in ad dition to serving in the Legislature. The third candidate, Don Furta do, is the Student Party standard bearer. He is trying far the post after being vice president of the student body for a year. He won the SP nomination after a spirited fight with the Carter supporters. The vice president of the stu dent body's post is being fought for by Ralph Cummings (SP) and Jack Lavving (UP). Cummings won the SP bid after the original can didate, John Brooks, was disquali fied by the Elections Board. Brooks did not have, enough hours in the past two semesters to run and the Board allowed the party to select Cummings after the deadline for entries. Two coeds Paddy Wall (SP) and Martha "Map" "Wilkinson (UP):, ar running for secretory of the student body. Charlie Gray (UP) an j Everette " James (SP) are candidates for treasurer of student government. Three students are in the race for president of the senior class, two with party endorsement and one independent. Jim Kelly en-, tered the race late as the in dependent, running against UP no minee Jeff Hare and SP nan Tom Long. The parties canditates have the field to themselves- in the vice presidential contest, the UP sup porting Hamp Lefler and the SP backing James Pittman. Two girls hold part nominations for senior class secretary: Susan Campbell (SP) and Bstty .Root (UP). The UP has entered the only candidate for senior treasurer, John Whitaker. The social chairman of th.i class is a race.betwesn Sarah Arnold and Betty Kaye Johnson, UP and SP respectively. Three seats on the Student Coun cil are up for grabs between six j senior candidates: -Bob BDrdon, Craven Brewer, Don Millen, John Owens, Eric Rcper and Walt Wil son. The field running for three seats on the M2n's Honor Council is even more crowded with 12 stu dents in the race. They are Dick Cashwell, Francis Craighill, Bob Cunningham, Bob Mathews, Tom Rand, Jack Raper and Jimmy Smal ley. A similar situation exists i:i the race for Women's Honor Council where 11 girls are runninj; for three seats. In the field are Mary Cabell Carlan, Lynne Courtney, , Louise Crumbley, Mailly . Davis, Sue Donisthorpe, Lucy Forsythe, Mary Ann Keith, Ginny Pierce, Susan Purser, Jean Syer and Mary Taylor. Running for head cheerleader are two boys nominated by the parties, each with previous ex perience. They are Carter Jones (UP) and John Whitty (SP). One candidate only is running for positions of National Student Association co-ordinsltor (Ed Levy) Yackety-Yack Editor (Robert Co- i : j r 4 1 y i : by campus mail as to the time 0f1UKe''dIlu l""mnu U1 w-a..imu Athletic Association (Wayne Bis- their interviews. Application blanks and study man uals are now available at the Y.M.- C.A., Lenoir Hall, the Library and Graham Memorial Thev mav alsn I be turned in at these places. The j Penter and. Ju '"Stokes. Sue Don- test will come almost directly from the study manual. hop). The position of president of the Women's Athletic Association is up between two candidates: Jo Car- isthorpe, Marion Eells. and Martha (See Election page 3)
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