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U.V.C. Library Carials Dept. Chapd i Ilil 7 years of dedicated service to a better University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers. K hose motto states, "freedom of expression is the backbone of an academic community." WEATHER RaJo and somewhat cooler today. VOLUME LXVIII, NO. 13 Complete W) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1959 Offices in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE Tornadoes By Grade 11 Virginia lly The Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va., Ml rrdt-ral weather experts Thursday night some scientific clues to the uUm of a killer tornado as the body of an Uth victim was found r.cjr the wreckage of a home at the nearby community of Ivy, Sh:rley Ann Morris, 3, was found dad huddled at the base of a tree. Nine other members of the Morris family died almost immediately when the twister struck their dup lex fjrm home late yesterday. The c'.her fatality was a neighbor, killed ty a falling chimney. ( The child apparently was the one ! in her late 40's; their children, Wil- 4 witness said just seemed to be 1 mer, 15. Ruby. 15, and James, 18; scooped up into the sky when the jMrs Fryin Mords Jr 18 and her hoodlum tornado, spawned by dy-' .... .. . . , , . . , , n , , ; children. Shirley Ann, 3; Peggy, 1. ir.g tropical storm Gracie, demol-; hl.ed the Morris home. j Michad- an infant- GeorSe Mor The tornadoes, perhaps as many as lis, 40, a brother of Ervin Morris ttuee or four, struck the area with; Sr.. also was killed, no advance warning as the former hurricane Gracie moved northward across Western Virginia on a wall ct rain. There was an almost complete blackout of communications with the Ivy community with phone lines Cown and water ana trees oiock- ; ing arterial U. S. 250 from Char- j lottesville west. i Meteorologist Kenneth Rice at i Richmond's Byrd Field said the ! weather -wasn't the type that would j justify a continuous watch on j rauar screen, we sum linages uui 6 noted squally weather were m u . 1 .iiuiiK enuut;,. iu Several witnesses reported sighting the classic funnel-shaped spinner that roared through with the noise ot an express train. There had been forecasts of noth ing more than heavy rain and mod el ate winds for the area as a re sult of Gracie when the first twis ter struck near Ivy at about 2:30 p.m., doing minor damage. Then Uo hours later, a second twister spun down out of a blinding rain squall. It demolished the duplex home wnere 12 of the H members of the limilies of Ervin Morris Sr., 48, and his son. Ervin Jr., 21. were N.C. Journalist Guest Speaker At Press Club A. E. Resch. a prominent jour list of North Carolina, will be the guest speaker ot the fir.st Press Club meeting of the year. The meeting will be Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the home of Dean and Mrs. Norval Neil Luxon. A. E. Resch is the publisher of the Chatham News, Siler City; the Chatham Record, Pittsboro; and Liberty News, Liberty. A. E. Resch has been a North Carolina publisher for the past 20 years. He is a professional member of UNC chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. Press Club meetings are open to all interested in journalism. It pro vides opportunity to know each oth er and the faculty, to learn about journalists of the state and to sup plment classroom knowledge. Those needing a ride to the meet ing should met at Bynum Hall, at 7:15 p.m. Students with cars are requested to stop by Bynum at 7:15 to provide rides. Formal Sorority formal rush season was climaxed Wednesday night with the pldeging of 159 women students. Bids were issued Wed nesday between 7 and 8 p.m. Alpha Delta Pi pledged 31, Alpha Gamma Delta 8, Chi Ome ga 2'J. Delta Delta Delta 21, Kap pa Delta 19, Kappa Kappa Gam ma 23 and Pi Beta Phi 23. Fledges are as follows: A D Pi Nancy Elane Bradner, Rcba K. Byrum, Peggy Carroll, Caused Claim Lives waiting out the storm. The house was smashed as f by a giant ax. .And the bodies were flung like chips irto a patch of woods. Rescuers who finally made their hampered way through tree-blocked and flood ed roads found the bodies scattered ever a 400-yard area. A hundred yards from the Morris place, the blow uproofed the house of Raymond Bruce, 58. A stone chimney toppled, killing his wife, Lilly, 56. Bruce and his son suffered only slight hurts. Killed in the Morris Duplex were Ervin Sr., his wife Frances, also 3 UNC Beauties To Represent Campus In CU Queen Contest Kathy Fulenwilder, Claire Hanner 2mj Sandy Trotman were chosen Wednesday afternoon in competition in Mclver parlor to represent UNC tpmorrow in the CU Queen beauty ct)mpetition g Douglas brough, assistant director of GM; U illio m I rr el Assistant Dean of Stuednt Affairs and Dr. Richard I. Uvin ass0ciate professor of Indus- .... 11 iai Miss Fulenwilder, from Jackson ville, Fla., was sponsored by Delta Kappa Epsilon and is a pre-med student. Miss Hanner, a psychology major from Atltanta, Ga., was spon sored by Phi Gamma Delta. Miss Trotman, an English major, is fiom West Orange, N. J., and was sponsored by Aycock dorm. The three coeds will join repres entatives from N. C. State and Women's College Saturday at a 10 a.m. judging session, followed by a luncheon at the Pines, presenta tion during half-time at Saturday's game and in the figure at the Grail Dance that night. Other contestants were Betsy Brody. Jane Brown, Sara Doggett, Harriette Dwelle, Janice Gabriel, Muff Gregson, Martha Hodson, Lin- INFIRMARY Students in the infirmary yester day included Nedva Smith, Eliza beth Auflander, Phillip Sedberry, Arvid Fieder, Millan Wall, William Milstead, Elgar Edens, Anthony Ponder, Jerry Pierce, Herbert Wil bur, Carl Williams, Catherine Her bert, Larry Mills, Thomas Coleman, Henry Manning and Peter Botzis. Airport Managers Plan Tour Of Chapel Hill A group of Southern Regional Air port Managers, attending a conven tion in Durham, will arrive here at 3:40 this afternoon for a bus tour of Chapel Hill and a special plane tarium show at 4:30. Ray Jefferies has arranged for student guides for the five busloads of tourists. Following the tour, the group will return to Durham. Sorority Rush Season Closes Judith G. Clark, Eloise Neely Cowles, Marianne Elizabeth Diab, Barbara Elise Faulkner, Bev erley Fostre, Anita Roper Freeze, Emily Catherine Fritz, Eliza Jane Henritze, Evangeline Hin son, Joan Jordan, Joyce Kauf man, Deborah McCarthy, Carol Moser, Mary Rogers Newberry, Marion Parrott, Martha Pierce, Cathryn Pollard, Nancy Eliza beth Ried, Barbara Rowe, Pat Siegert, Deanne Smith, Velta Spunde, Betsy Swain, Mary Em Two Students Jailed In Auto Damage Two UNC students were appre hended Wednesday night in the act of damaging automobiles near Mc lver Dorm on Raleigh Road. According to Chapel Hill police, Officer James Farrell heard the sound of glass breaking as he pa tioled his beat about midnight. Up on investigation, he is reported to have discovered a broken window in a 1959 Ford Thunderbird owned by Beverly Foard, a Mclver resi dent, and found two boys attempt ing to damage the automobile. Farrell reportedly took the pair to the police station. At 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning Ray Jefferies, Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs, was called to the station to investigate the affair and to help in the release of the boys. Jefferies Thursday declined to divulge the names of the arrested pair. Miss Foard stated that "about 12 or 12:30 p.m. someone came in and told me about the damage. I under stand that other automobiles were harmed also; a pair of license plates were removed, I believe." da Moose, Bunny Mickelino, Mariel O'Dell, Pat Pearson, Frances Scott, Tyler Shaffer, Molly Short, Mary Willis, Ann Towers and Nancy Will. Faculty Can Faculty members will have an opportunity to contribute to the Y program during the annual faculty visitation drive Oct. 12-15. Sally Womac heads this project for the YWCA with Pete Long enecker and George Grayson serv ing as the YMCA co-ordinators. Co-chairmen for the five campus districts are: Liz Howell, Mark Wil son, district 1, (health); Mary Boer son, Tom Leffler, district 2, (town); Leslie Severe, Don Miller, district Z, (north campus); Melissa Osburn, Lewis Rush, district 4, (central campus) and Penny Boone, Mike Childs, district 5, (south campus). Co-chairmen will choose five cap tains to organize the drive on a precinct level with about 25 work ers in each precinct. All students connected with the drive will meet Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. in Ger rard Hall. Money raised from the drive goes for the Y programs and off - sets office expenses. Students have con tributed or pledged $4,500 of the Y 1959-60 income budget of $14,000. Works Of N.C Man Scheduled For UNC Series The works of Hunter Johnson, na tive North Carolina composer, will be featured in the second concert in the Tuesday Evening Series Oct 9 at 8 p.m. in Hill Hall. The program will include John son's Piano Sonata performed by John Kirkpatrick, noted American pianist who specializes in the field of American music. A former resident of Benson, Johnson received his musical edu cation at UNC and the Eastman School of Music. He is perhaps best known to the public for his two ballets, "Letter to the World" and "Death and Entrances." ma Thompson, Anne Towers, Eecky Weathers, Beverly Ruth Wicker and Louise Williams. Alpha Gam Minnie Barnes, Laurellen Cadmus, Sally Lee Har ris, Jeane Huntley, Julie Latane, Elaine Livas, Joan Beth Mitchell and Shirley Slaughter. Chi O Nellie Holmes Ballou, Gertie Barnes, Anne Alexander Barnett, Sarah Stuart Bohannon, Dana Borden, Louise Chapman, Georgia Borden Cobb, Jane M. Copeland, Dorothy W. Ewing, Le ila Gray Gibson, Sarah Allen 5 Student Body Positions Open, President Says Student Body President Charlie Gray announces five openings on executive appointed committees. They are: Campus Affairs Committee (cam pus problems of the legislative and executive branches of student gov ernment), one opening; Library Committee (student opinion and po licies of the Library), one opening for a graduate student; NSA Com mittee (the liaison between the na tional organization and the cam pus), two openings; International Student Committee (foreign stu dents and their problems on cam pus); one opening and University Traffic and Safety Committee (faculty-student consideration of traf fic policy), three openings. Any interested person is requested to contact the student government olfice any day next week from 2 to 5 p.m. for appointments. Contribute Yack Pictures October 1-2: Freshmen Public Health Medical Student 1, 2, 3 Extension ($1.00 Late Fee): Seniors 4th Year Medical 4th Year Dentistry Third Year Law Women are to wear black sweat ers; men, coats, white shirts and ties. Quarterly Accepting More Staff Members Students interested in working on this year's Carolina Quarterly are still welcome to join the staff, according to Quarterly Editor Nancy Combes. Last week's inaugural meeting "which was attended by a record setting number of interested stu dents," by no means shuts off available positions, said Miss Combes. Miss Combes added that busi ness operations are now going into full swing for the first publication in November. The gratifying num ber of interested students, she said, could insure this year's Quar terly being the "best ever." Himes, Luanne Spencer Hobbs, Kay Temple Kirkpatrick, Isabel le C. Labouisse, Elizabeth Anne Landauer, Celeste Leffingwell, Frances McDonald, Alyce Grace Micolino, Lee Parker Newby, Katherine Ross Polk, Mary Ann Powell, Adora Lea Prevost, Vir ginia E. Simms, Dee Armfield Smith, Bettie Ann Whitehurst, Anne Grimes Williams, Anne A. Wright, Jane Iredell Wright and Prissy Wrick. Tri Delt Barbara Biddulph, Sarah Jane Bruce, Nancy Ruth WWw " IK,!" , " . , v. HOUSE CLEANIN' AT SOUTH BUILDING Every two or three years South building's attic fills up with records and has to be cleaned out. Yesterday was one of those days, so with the use of a winch, the files werej lowered to a truck below and carried off to wherever dead files are buried. Methodist Student Seminar Scheduled Methodist students are asked to meet at the Methodist Student Cen ter (Wesley House) at 214 Pittsboro Street, behind the Carolina Inn, Sun day 'morning at 9:30 for an intro duction to the v.sual Sunday morn ing seminars. Orange juice and doughnuts wiii be served. Sunday evening, all Methodists are invited to a lawn supper at the Student Center at 5:30. In case of lain, the supper will be in the basement of the University Method ist Church. There will be no pro gram. Pep Rally Is your spirit showing? Everyone's will be at the pep rally tonight at Emerson Stadium from 6:30 to 7 p.m. According to Charlie Gra ham, head cheerleader, the band, majorettes and, in all probability, the football teant will be present to get the Caro lina spirit underway for the UNC-State game tomorrow afternoon. Wednesday As 159 Women Bullock, Anne Carter, Brenda G. Cowart, Clare Davenport, Eliza beth G. Davis, Julia (Panni) Doar, Esther J. Doughtie, Myra Edwards, Jane Bailey Hayes, In geborg Heckle, M. Lynn Higgins Mary Hunter Kennedy, Betty Mattern, Mary Stuart Ringwalt, Betty Lou Savage, Graham Walk er, Mary Thorn White, Ruth Gra ham Whitley and Betty Yeager. K D E. Ann Crawford, Kathie duQuesnay, M. Diane Gates, M. Blake Gren, Olyn Reed Jones, Nan Johnson, Nancy M. Kimball, Oil Fire Erupts After Grade's By BOB MCHUGH CHARLESTON, S. C. UP) Still reeling from hurricane Gra de's blows, Charleston settled down Thursday to wage a desper ate battle with an oil company fire that threatened to spread to mil lions of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. The fire erupted in a thunderous explosion about 5 a.m., at the north: edge of the city. Two mil lion gallons of gasoline in a stor age tank went up in a blazing sheet of flame, injuring nine and destroying three houses 200 yards away. The city and county had suffer ed about -Mi million dollars in damage from the hurricane Tues day. The towering fire raged out of control at the Esso Standard Oil Co. plant. Firefighters concentrat ed on trying to keep it from spreading to 31 other huge storage tanks. "We have the fire contained, but by no means controlled,'' Plant Superintendent C. W. Mat thews said hours after the explo sion. The biggest threat was to a tank of one million gallons of gasoline, Libbi Layden, Karen Lesher, Jane McCorkle, Mariel O'Dell, Mary Earl Shugart, Suzanne Stafford, Katherine E. Slaughter, Lynn Sowder, Hi Walton, Mary Alice Willwerth, Susan Kay Wood all and Sally Yoh. Kappa Barbara Welch Bivens, Sally Bonnycastle, Sally Robin son Bushong, Isabelle E. Collier, Katy Condon, Edith Davis, Mil dred Coles Davis, Beverly A. Foard, Margaret Goldsborough, Margaret S. Gwathmcy, Ann Hintz; Lynn E." Humphrey, H TTempr i H njunction, This Week, Not Filed The attempt by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vickers, a' Carrboro Negro couple, to have their ten-year-old son, Stanley, as signed to the all-white Carrboro Elementary School appear ed to have hit a snag this week. A lawsuit against the Chapel Bids Available Today from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. bids for fraternity rushees may be picked up in the lobby of Memorial Hall. At this time, the pledge fee of $3 is to be paid. At noon, the fall formal rush period ends, and the strict silence rule is in effect until this time. After noon, pledges may go to their respective houses. University Club Meet Planned For Tuesday All sororities, fraternities and dormitories are encouraged to have their representatives present at the Univrsity Club meeting Tuesday night, according to Mike Deutsch, president. The club will meet at 7:30. The location will be announced later. Deutsch urges all to attend be cause the details cf Homecoming. which is onlv four weeks awav. vill!board in Potest this summer af- be discussed. USE OF FLASH CARDS In a statement concerning the use of flash cards at football games Swag Grimsley, chairman of the Student Athletic Council, had the following to say; "Many students sre endangered by the sharp cor ners of the cards thrown in the cardboard section on Saturday aft ernoons." He urged students to use the cards for the intended purpose. In Charleston Initial Blow linked by a vapor line to the burn ing tank. Also close to the flames were two tanks containing 4 mil lion gallons of diesel fuel. North Charleston Fire Chief Her man P'ooser said the threatened tank of gasoline was was getting about "everything we have," 18 streams of water to keep it cool. Residents within a quarter of a mile were evacuated. Some at tempts were made to smother the big fire by Air Force smoke-eaters in asbestos suits using foam. But major efforts were concentrated on keeping it from spreading. Of the nine Negro residents of the area injured, only 53-year-old Jesse Jones was hospitalized. The others were treated and dismissed. One injured man, Leroy Chand ler, left the the hospital swathed in bandages to try to find a gold watch left in his home. The small frame dwelling, how ever, had been reduced to a pile of kindling. The 65-yearold Chand ler was blown from the house when a bedroom wall collapsed. He regained consciousness in a cemetery 75 yards away. He said he had been blown the entire dis tance and over a 12-foot fence. Louise Farrar Iverson, Mildred L. LeBlond, Louise H. Loomis, Anne P. McLean, Nancy Helen Mosteller, Judy Michaels, Nancy Patten, Mary Brooke Picot, Ju dith Kay Reynolds, Mary Bruce Rhodes, Marian D. Smith, lone S. Sheppard, Vista A. Thompson, Jane Caroline Tull, Linda Ashley Wall and Anne Way. Pi Phi Judy Albergotti, Nan Gray Atkins, Mary Stewart Bak er, Georgia Anne Fuller, Susan Greulach, Wendy M. Hobson, Ada Ellen Hoell, Nancy Elizabeth Put Snaa Expected tiled in U. S. Middle District Court Hill School Board has not been as scheduled. Conrad O. Pearson, the Durham attorney serving as the Vickers counsel, had stated earlier that the suit asking for an injunction against racial discrimination in the Chapel Hill schools would be filel in Greensboro this week, but no action had been taken by yester day, and none was expected. Pearson has indicated that his clients may carry the case to the Supreme Court if the present at tempt is unsuccessful, even though the local board has announced that integration will be initiated here next year at the first grade level. Even if the Vickers family wins its case in Middle District Court, the child would not be placed in an all-white school until next September. A petition for reassignment was filed more than a year ago by Mr. and Mrs. Vickers, and since then their request has been denied by the County Board of Education and the local school board. Dean Henry Brandis of the UNC Law School resigned from the ye mum was lejecieu. ne i . : : . a- 3 ttj agreed to remain on tne Doara un til an appeal could be head. Dean Brandis permanently left the board after this second motion was re jected last month. In case the Vickers do file suit, the school board will have 30 days in which to answer charges. Once the school board files its answer. Federal Judge Edwin Stanley then will set a trial date. UNESCO Representative From India Here Today Baldoon Dhingra, UNESCO rep resentative from India, arrives on campus today at 4 p.m. Sponsored by the U. N. Education Committee, he will speak on the "Cultural Values of the Orient and Occident" during his visit here. Details of his visit may be ob tained from Cynthia Grant at the 'V building. CAKE RACE PRACTICE Contestants in the 17th annual Intramural Cake Race are remind ed that they must practice at least twice before the race is held next Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 4:15 p.m. There are two divisions, open and novice. Cakes will be awarded to the top five winners in each divi sion. G.M. SLATE Today's activities scheduled in Graham Memorial include: Campus Affairs Board, 4-5 p.m. Grail; Political Science Fraternity, 5 6 p.m., Roland Parker II & HI; Elections Board 5-6 p.m., Wood house; UN Education Committee 5- 6 p.m., Roland Parker I; Petite Dramatique 7:30-11 p.m., Roland Parker I, and C. U. S. C. 8-10 p.m., Grail. Pledge Johnson, Emma Jones, Carolyn Kelley, Flavia Ann Leary, Pa tricia Litchfield, Jackelyn M. Kelly, Martha McKinney, Dorothy W. May, Linda Moose, Memrie Mosier, Leafy Pollock, Catherine S. Potter, Alice Risien, Becky Roberson, Patricia Sawyer and Kaye Shaffer. Informal rush will begin next Wednesday and continue to the end of the academic year. Girls may indicate their interest by signing up in the Dean of Wom en's Ofiice.
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