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WOV 1 0 1959 S7 years of dedicated service to a better University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers, whose motto states, "freedom of expression is the backbone of as academic community," WEATHER Mostly sunny and warm, high ia the low to niid 60s. VOLUME LXVIII, NO. ,45 Complete tfl Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1959 Office i in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE ,. i 1 w i 3 ! v j o tin?" nJ Sin nnPo siir rn I " - ' . ------ cSsi Existentialism Clandestine Marriage, Speaker Declares By RON SHUMATE "Existentialism is a clandestine marriage of norlic melancholy with I'ji isian pornography, . . Dr. Carl Michalson told a crowd of some 500 people in Hill Hall Sunday night. Dr. Michalson, professor of Sys tematic Theology at Drew Univer sity in New Jersey, spoke Sunday niht on "Christianity and the Meaning of Christ." He spoke Friday night on "In justice, Neurosis and Unbelief." 'I he lectures were the second in a tries sponsored by the Wesley foundation here. In giving the definition of ex-l-.(rntijism. Dr. Micliakon said it is ' better to indicate some part of xistentialism than to detine It." gin wi n the ci ration and ends with Cod's intention for creation. God imprints his purpose in Jesus." In the question and answer pe riod following his ta'k Dr. Michal son said the problem of existen tialists "is to find some reason for living." He said Christianity "makes faith basic keeps it alive. To Christians, faith is the enduring thing." Dr. Michalson is a graduate of Drew University and earned his Ph. D. at Yale. He has done post graduate word at Tubingen, Ger many and at Basel. Switzerland. He was editor of the book "Chris tianity and Existentialists," and in cluded a chapter of his own among chapters by other leading authori- Among the "parts" he mentioned I ties on existentialism. were "exist." "individual." "free dom." "truth" and "nothingness." Of the term "exist." Dr. Michal ;in said that man is a being re sponsible for oing beyond himself. 'That's the point of man what it means to eu:.t," Dr. Michalson .-aid. j th leading American interpreter of existentialism, said that man is an "existing individual. And reality re veals itself primarily in the existing individual." He quoted one philosopher as say ing that freedom is "like a game of cards. Kveryone gets a hand and is free to play out the game, but it must be played out within the limits Off the hand that one is dealt. You are not free to choose," he said. Christianity says history has meaning when existential condi tions are embraced by the struc ture of Biblical faith." Dr. Mich alson said. He said that, accord ing to Christianity, "history be- In his Friday night talk, also in Hill Hall. Dr. Michalson said the "world has shrunk so small that whole peoples are forced to rub together in the social friction we call injustice. When that fric tion becomes acute, society breaks out in cpen crime or war." He cited the three forms of hu man revolt in our time as "injus tice, neurosis and unbelief." Dr. Michalson said the purpose of his talk was to explore "how revolt injustice is partially explained by revolt against oneself which Ls ne urosis; and how revolt against one self is partially explained by revolt against God which is unbelief." "The conscious mind," Dr. Mich alson said, "has one law by which it operates and the subconscious mind has another law which is oft en in conflict with the law of the conscious mind." Dr. Michalson said there are three periods in the lives of young people in which people are most likely to break down. One of these, he said, is formal edication. "In formal education, you are required to give your whole self to your studies. But what if your self is not whole? The demands of formal education will only il lustrate or precipitate your brok enness." The other two periods he men tioned were choosing a vocation, and marriage. "Beneath all neurosis," Dr.t Mich alson asserted, "there is some un belief. If one falls away from God in unbelief, he will fall apart with in in neurosis, and will end by fall ing against his neighbor in injus tice." "But when we are reconciled to God in faith, we are reconciled to ourselves in interior wholeness and health, and that will result in our being reconciled to our fellow men in social harmony and peace," Dr. Michalson said. Tar Heel Beauty i " 4 - - L t t ' i ; t k I - ? 'J - - . H . r "... V K - v J - - v - - " v. . : .-: ; '. : : X-fX 5 1 V.':. -;:.".?-.-....: - ' ' -' - "- -" Fir ICC Ptrdgo&l ("""Bfc jl Ptjk iP1 n DBJ(i(o LONELY, MAYBE? Pretty Jane Park (above), is the fifth Tar Heel Beauty. Miss Park, a senior, is from Orlando, Fla. She is major ing in math and is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Hioto by Brinkhous BULLETIN Maxine Greenfield is the Yacke ty Yack Queen for 19G0. Miss Greenfield, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, was selected from among 97 candidates in a 3Vi hour contest in Memoriai Hall. She was sponsored by Aycock dormitory. INFIRMARY Students in the infirmary Monday included: Mary Gates, Sally Joyner, Janice Sutton, Anne Hawkins, Gene Whit ing, George Bryan, James Miller, Wayne Kersteller, Robert Creigh ton, Willis Johnson, Grady Whick er and Beverly WUkerson. UNC Coed, Companion Killed In Collision, 6 Others Hurt ' ""v . 1 " . ' - 1 v " v ! , i j f - . - . tf . s , , f . : ' , - - j -4 ' ' - n-' : N t I ' "I .'' s. J ' l -;:v - - v ; I , - - ilium imii ni i i-..--.im mmm m i i i rf iM.niii -mm- A.:. . mm fnwimn rum nwl 3uite:a.w4ai-,iJI Charlotte Ann Olive, 21, of Lex- ihgton, a junior here and daughter of Superior Court Judge Hubert E. Oliver, was killed early Sunday morning near Burlington when the car in which she was riding and a truck collided, spinning the car into the path of an on-coming car. Also killed was John Oliver Nichols, 21, of Salisbury. Nic hols was recently released from service where he was stationed in Germany. , Six people were injured in the three vehicle collision: William Allen Campbell, 19, of Salisbury; Katherine Raney Sheehan, 20, also of Salisbury and a student here; Arthur Warren Collins, 55, of Dur ham, driver of the Hill Transfer and Storage truck; Carl II. Taylor, (St. UNC COED, Pag 3) ymuWLHjmiLim u j .m jm wwwwwwwiWffUWMmjl r i f Hi . WIM""I'"1 I n lll I l-.n.riiiiic ll ll n I I In. CHARLOTTE ANN OLIVE C. Cans To Speak Tonight "Educational Problems at Amer ican Universities will be discussed by Curtis Gans at the Di-Phi so ciety tonight. Gans former editor of The Daily Tar Heel has been on a nationwide tour of schools as national affairs vice president of the National Stu dent Association. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. in the Di Hall, third floor of New West. Regarding conditions at Caro lina he said, "You have every single problem that exists on any major campus in the United States." The discussion will deal especially with these problems. Gans continued that even with these problems and a few unique to Carolina, the University also has many good characteristics. He said that he considers educa tion the "number one issue in the United States today." Gary Greer, president pro tern of the Di-Phi, said that he hopes that Carolina will be. able to use some examples from other schools in solving Us problems. The program is being sponsored in connection with National Edu cation Week. After the speech there will be a question and answer period. The group will then adjourn to the Rath skellar for informal discussion. Special invitations have been sent by Dave Matthews, Di-Phi presi dent, to faculty and administration members and the National Student Association. Dean of Student Affairs Fred Weaver was recommended to re place Dr. J. D. Messick, who announced his resignation as president of East Carolina College two weeks ago. Speaking of the recommendation Monday, Weaver said, "It's news to me." Although Weaver's name came before the president-picking com mittee from several sources, he and others (including former UNC president Frank P. Graham) havei r been suggested. 'There have been no official recommendations or nominations," said Henry Belk of the Goldboro News-Argus, chairman of the com mittee. Dr. Leo Jenkins, Messick's top protege was offered to the board of trustees a few minutes after Dr. Messick's resignation was an- j ' I nounced. A substitute motion was later made to set up a committee to consider other .suggestions and make one formal recommendation. Jenkins is still being consid ered by the committee which consists of Belk, Henry Oglesby, president of the alumni and Kin ston businessman Charles Lark ins. East Carolina College, located in Greenville is the fourth largest college in the state. It has an en rollment of 4,400. f y f '2 DEAN WEAVER Recommended DU, TC Fraternities Name Pledge Officers Delta Upsilon and Theta Chi fra ternities recently named their pledge class officers. Gilbert Stailings is - president. .ot the Delt3 Upsilon pledges. Other officers are David Van Pelt, vice president; Bob Caviness, treasurer; Walter Lincoln, secretary; Tom Ray, sergeant at arms, and Mau rice Davidson, social chairman. The Theta Chi pledge class named John Brent as president. Other of ficers are Glenn Glaser, vice pres ident; Monty Davis, secretary, and Jack Entwistle, treasurer. Levy, Lowing To Head Symposium Planing YACK BEAUTY CANDIDATES SOCIALIZE BEFORE JUDGING (Photo by Brinkhous) By JONATHAN YARDLEY Ed Levy and Jack Lawing will head the organization and pro gramming of the lyGO Carolina Symposium, a weeklong series of speeches and discussions to be March 27-April 1. Levy, serving as chairman of the symposium, is a senior phy sics major. While at Carolina he has served as chairman of the State Student Legislature delega tion, National Student Associa tion coordinator, president of Zeta Beta Tau and has been a member of the Orientation Pro gram and the Interfraternity Council. Lawing is the executive vice chairman of the symposium. He is a senior European His tory major, a member of Beta Theta Pi and the co-president .ol Phi Alpha Tau, history hon orary. They will be assisted by Mardi Bardwell, secretary, and George Grayson, treasurer. Miss Bard well is a senior English major. Grayson, a senior English ma jor, is a member of Chi Psi fra ternity, the Men's Honor Council and the Order of the Grail. The scheduling and arranging of classroom and departmental seminars will be handled by Dav id Parker, a. senior English ma jor. Paiker is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, the Honor System Commission, Order of the Old Well, Student Legislature and has served as orientation chairman. Earl Leitess, a junior English major, will b in charge of the preparation and placing of ex hibits. Leitess is a member of Tau Epsllon Phi. The Social and Hospitality Com mittee will be run by Gigi Ayres and Ginny Aldige. Miss Ayres is a senior Political Science major. She is a member of Delta Gam ma sororty, and is WAA rep resentative for Stray Greeks. Miss Aldige, a senior Internation al Studies major, is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority as well as being social chairman of the Stray Greeks and editorial assistant for The Daily Tar Heel. Publicity for the symposium will be handled by Jonathan Yardley, junior English major, Yardley is a member of St. Anthony Hall, The Daily Tar Heel editorial staff and is pres ident of the German Club. Mary McCormick, a senior Eng lish major, will edit the Sympos ium Handbook. She is a member if Kappa Kappa Gamma. Physical arrangements for the event will be handled by Norton Tennille, a senior Latin major, He is a member of Beta Theta Pi; Mark WTilson, a senior English major, will head the Year Com mittee. Wilson is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha and Ls program chairman of the YMCA. The Finance Committee of the symposium will be under Mike Kizziah, a senior Accounting ma jor. He is a member of Alph3 Kappa Psi and has served on the Orientation Committee. Concert On Handel's Works Set Tonight The 'Music "Department will pre sent a concert from the works of George Frederick Handel in H21 Hail tonight. The program begins at 8. Performing in the program, which marks the bicentinnial of Handel's death, will be the UNC Glee Club, a string ensemble and various solo ists directed by Edgar Alden and Joel Carter. Amorg the numbers to be pre sented will be a portion of the ora tirio "Jephtha"; The Trio Sonata in E Major, Op. 2, No. 9; the Con certo Grosso in E Minor, Op. 6, No. 3, and the chorus, "Let Their Celes tial Concerts AH Unite" from the oratorio "Samson." TO ADPOT PLATFORM The Student Party will adopt 1U platform for next Tuesday's elec tions tonight. The meeting will be in Roland Parker Lounge I & II, 7 p.m. The vacancy created by the re signation of Ed Cox from Dorm Men's IV wi 1 be filled at the meeling also. There will be a gathering of all SP candidates are following the general meeting. McNair Lecturer, J. R. Oppenheimer, Went From Obscurity To Notoriety By MARY ALICE ROWLETTE First of A Series I'ntil Dr. J. It chert Op penheimer was "almost wholly divorced Irom thi contemporary At-ene in this country." "I never read a newspaper or . current magazine," he said. By TJ33 the story of Thursday's McNair Lecturer was being re ported, discussed and rehashed by every newspaper and current magazine in the country. He had been called "genius." "Commun ist" "Loyal American," "naive" and "worldly." Nearly every American had his own idea as to whether Oppenheimer was "de viP or "angel." The ittory behind this burnt from obscurity to notoriety hat been called "the personification of the adage that truth la fctrangrr than fiction," In March, 1943, Dr. Oppen heimer was called into service as director of the atomic labora tory at Los Alamos, N. Mex. In 1945, the War Department credited him with "the implemen tation of atomic energy for mili tary purposes," Hence the gen eral acceptance of Oppenheimer as "the father of the A-Bomb." Both the War Department and Oppenheimer's colleagues at Los Alamos praised the physicist's handling of the laboratory. For mer Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson cited , Oppenheimer's "genius and leadership." The War Department de scribed him as a "leading teacher and a man of bound less energy, rare common sense, possessing tremendous organizational ability." An associate on the project put it more simply. " 'Oppy' is smart," he said. Oppenheimer's resignation from the project was announced in Ocotber 1945. For 11 years Oppenheimer was advisor to the armed services on atomic matters, chief scientific consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission and advisor to the White House and State Depart ment. His knowledge and advice went into the construction of the hydrogen bomb. "No man in the world is be lieved to have in his mind more secrets involving the security or the United States than this scientist," U. S. News and World Report stated in an April, 1954, article. He not only advised the White House, State Department, armed services and AEC in a purely technical, scientific way, but on how to use the monster he had created. However, on December 23, 1953, the man who had, in effect, created the atomic bomb, and had spent 11 years advising the government received a letter from Maj. Gen. K. D. Nichols, General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission. The letter informed him that his security clearance had been suspended and listed the accusations against him. Nichols informed him in the letter that he had the right to request a hearing. There were eight general accusations. 1. It was reported that he . was affiliated with Commun ist-front organizations from 1938-1942 ai:d had- contributed money to them. In all in stances, the organizations had been defined as Communist front by the House Committee on Un-American Affairs after 1912, according to Nichol's let ter.) 2. It was report ad that he was a member of the Communist Par ty. According to U. S. News and World Report, "Senator Joseph R. McCarthy stated publicly that he had affidavits that Oppen heimer held party (Communist) membership at one time." 3. It was reported that he had courted one Communist and had later married another. 4. It was reported that he had discussed the Atomic Bomb with Communists 5. It was reported that he was approached by a friend about giving information to Russia and that he delayed several months reporting this to the proper au thorities and then refused to give the name of the man who ap proached him until ordered by a superior to do so. 6. It was reported that he was responsible for Communist Party members working on the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos. 7. It was reported that he op posed the development of the hy drogen bomb and was' "instru mental in persuading other out standing scientists not to work on the H-Bomb." 8. It was reported that his brother, Frank Oppenheimer, and Frank's wife, Jackie, were Com munist Party members. Dr. Oppenheimer answered Nichols letter on March 4, 1954. In the letter he discussed infor mally each of the statements against him and asked for a formal hearing of his case. He also informed Nichols of his background, past work and former ideals and ideas. "Until about 193(," he said, "I had no interest in the world outside my science (physics)." He said that he had no radio or telephone and. although he read widely, he read "mostly classics, novels, plays and poe try. "I was not interested and did not read about economics or politics," he said. He stated in the letter that he found out about the stock market crash of 1929 long after it hap pened. The first time he ever voted was in the 1936 Presidental election. He said the treatment of the Jes in Germany was one of the primary reasons for his interest ,in public affairs after 1936. Dr. Oppenheimer's father was a na tive of Germany who had im migrated to the United States at the age of "17. Dr. Oppenheimer had received part of his educa tion in Germany. He said another reason for his new interests was that "I saw what the depression was doing to my students. "After this." he said, "I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the Com munity." Tomorrow: Oppenheimer's De fense To The Accusations
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