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H5V 1 2 1959 67 yean 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 ezpresaioQ 13 the backbone of academic community," WEATHER Mostly uooy and warm, bifu tu (be low to mid 60. VOLUME LXVIII, NO. U Complete UPi Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1959 Offices in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE Gans Speaks To Di-Phi Urges University Action Concentrating his attention on the University and stressing the need "to take act.:on in education Lefore it's too late," Curtis Gans, national affairs vice-president of the Nations S.udent attention of As sociation, last night, called the stu dents and faculty to "a great po tential" here for academic free dom and individual development. Belore a small turnout at Di Hall, t rmer Tar Heel editor Gans cov ered the campus in wide and deep criticism on all intellectual facets al the University. Gjrus, who has been touring many colleges, probing the basic short Killings of academic life and. In tellectual development, .spoke first mi the advantages of the University Dean Weaver Hears Nothing From ECC citing some of its teachers which he , need to develop a thinking human Fred Weaver still has heard noth ing official about a recommenda tion that he replace Dr. J. D. Mes-.-ick, who resigned as president of .st Carolina College two weeks jgu. "I have no knowledge of my be ing recommended." the dean of student affairs said. Weaver learned of the nomination Monday afternoon from a Daily Tar Heel reporter who asked him about the recommendation. He and several others including Dr. Leo Jenkins of East Carolina College, have been recommended to post. "There have been no official re commendations or nominations," described as great. "When you get them it's like an oasis in the de sert," he said. He went on to praise the library and the Dean of Student Affairs adding that the principles of aca demic lreedom are rooted at the University, but are not fully real ized. This is so, said Gans, because the society is not trained to value aca demic freedom and that it takes education far too lightly. He cited evidence supporting showii.g that society will spend more money on beer and cigarettes than on education. When a legislature refuses to al j locate taxes and when teacher ' salary is low on all levels then so- ciety must not be rating the edu ; cation high enough, i Gans indicated that now there is I in the country widespread distor I tion or the value of education. He warns of a degree oriented culture wheie the purpose is merely to get a degree. Individual creativity would be subordinated. being. Gans pointed to the future trend that estimates the University with an enrollment of approximately 14, 000. What then? he asks? "You're going to have a factory," said Gans. The danger will be to forget the pursuit of truth and concentrate on the pursuit of a degree. Gans sees more graduate students and the decrease in attention to un dergraduates. In order to keep the University primarily an undergrad uate institution and to keep quality Gans urges a cut off point of li 000 enrollment and increased se lectivity in admitting students. Greenfie Yackety AMENDMENT PROPOSED A proposed amendment to the student constitution will be voted on in next Tuesday's election. This amendment provides for the elec tion of Honor Council members and Student Council members from dis tricts rather than from the campus at large as is now done. The Defining education as a communi-; amendment also provides that no ty of individuals committed to pur- member shall sit on a trial of a suit of truth, Gans called for the ! resident of his district. UNC Placement Service Says Salaries Rise . Starting salaries Jor tensity graduates who tookpbgiiCfyngAvbA during the past yearJaecr&j stantial increase, according to?.jjtb? UNC Placement Service's annuari report made last week by Director Joe M. Galloway. A total of 581 students seeking full time employment in business, industry or government registered with the service during the period from Oct. 1, 1958 through Spt. :i0 01 inis year- jbe the speaker at a Veter; Galloway said that among bacli retreat ceremony today 4. eior s degree graduates wnu. nave, reported their employment, the average starting salary was $3G0 per month. This applies to jobs taken within North Carolina and is "a decided improvement over the in -state sal ary situation during 1957 58 when the average in-stale salary was $33C." the director said. Qut-of-state jobs also showed a rise in starting salaries $337 monthly as compared to $373 during the previous year. ' Sales work, general 'business ad ministration, accounting and tluin istry were the four fields in whirl) most job openings occurred, as far am eaufy Court Brig. General Will Speak At Ceremony Brig. Gen. Madison Pearson will a Veteran's Day 30 p.m., jn Polk Place i between South Build ing and Wilson Library). Jointly sponsored by the Air Force and Navy ROTC, the retreat ceremony is an, annual tradition and is in commeration of former Car olina students killed in service. Six hundred cadets and midship men will form at Kmerson Field and march up Cameron Ave. to Polk Place where they will stand in format ion during the ceremony. Young Attends Meet Tii- Daily Tar Heel Editor Davis B. Young leaves from Raleigh to night to attend the Annual A&so- Little Symphony Plays The Little Symphony, composed of musicians from Durham,' Ra leigh and Chapel Hill, wild give a concert today 8:15 p.m. in "the Woman's College , Auditorium ol Duke University. Orchestral selections of the pro gram will be Ballet Suite, Gretry Mottl; Suite No. 2 for small orches tra hv Icrnr Stravinsky- Rfllnh said Henry Belk, chairman of the an. wmiamfi. Fanf3sia on president -finding committee, Mon d-iy. The committee consists of Belk, Henry Oglesby. president the alum ni, and Charles Larklns, a kinston businessman. Chancellor William B. Aycock could not be reached for comment. Weaver became dean of student affairs in ' 1946, and from 1938 to 1941 was assistant dean of students. "Greensleeves;" and Little Suite from "Comedy on the Bridge," Behuslav Martini. . Three Duke University music faculty members will be featured soloists. Allan Bone will perform a clarinet solo in a Handel-Barbarillo concerto; Prof. John Hanks, tenor, will render four songs by Samuel Barber; and. Airs. Alice Speas Wil kinson, pianist, will be featured in Concerto G rosso for String Orches tra and Piano Obligato by Ernest Bloch. as the placement officials are eon- ciated Y.ilegia'.e Press Conference G. M. SLATE Activities scheduled in Graham Memorial today include: SP, 1-11 p.m., Roland Parker III; P. 2-5:30 p.m., Roland Parker II; Rules Committee. 3-4:00, Grail; Social Committee, 3-4 p.m., Roland Parker I; Foreign Student Board, 4- 5 p.m., Woodhouse; Elections Board, 4-5 p.m., Grail; Pan Hel, 5- 6 p.m.. Grail; IDC Honorary, 6:30-7:45 p.m.,- Woodhouse; CWC, 7-8:30 p.m., Grail; Chess Club, 7 11 p.m., Roland Parker II; Special Committee, 8-11 p.m., Woodhouse. cerned. Ph. D. graduates in chemistry re ceived top salaries, with an aver age of $702 per month. Students holding the master's de gree in business administration toi k positions averaging $474 per month, and law graduates began work at an average monthly sum of $440. at Hotel New Yorker in New York City. During his absence, he will be replaced by Assistant Editor Ron Shumate. The meeting will be attended by 1000 student journalists from around the nation. Young will return Sunday evening. -5 : j - -- . . . -5 I.'- u , - -&. A ; ; - V fit If IwiM' MAXINE GREENFIELD Yack Beauty Queen 20 Canadian Students For Exchange Program A group of 20 students from Capitol, the University of Toronto, Toron-j Saturday afternoon all the Caro to, Canada, will arrive at Carolina jina and the Toronto students will Friday. ' attend the game together. Follow- They will be here for the week- ing the game they will be free to end as part of an exchange pro- do as they please. While here the Canadian siu- AAcNair Lecturer, Oppenheimer Answered Nichol s Accusations; Didn't Regard Communism As Evil , (Second of a series on Dr. J. Kotoril Oppenheimer who will de liver the annual McNalr Lecture Thursday night at S in Memorial 1UU.) Dr. Oppenheimer answered the letter K. D. Nichols bad written him on March 4, 1954. In Nichols letter were listed eight general rea sons for suspending his security clearance. In his March 4 letter Dr. Oppenheimer answered the accusa tions. He did not deny his association with the Communist Party and Communists from 1938 to 1942. He called those years the "era of the uiuted front" in which Commun i.sla joined non-Communist groups m support of humanitarian objec tives. "I did not then regard Commun ist as evil and some of their de rtjied objectives seemed to me de.sirable," he stated in the letter. "The matter which most rtw fagrj my interests and sym path en was the war la Spain," said. "Like a treat many oth er American's I was emotionally loinmitud to the Loyalist cause." He said that he gave money to thi.s cause through some Commun ist friends because he was informed thut the money would go direc.ly to liuf. fighting front. "I doubt that it occurred to me that the contributions might be di rected to purposes other than those I intended, or that such other pur ines might be evil," he said. He admitted that his brother, Fraiik, and Frank's wife, Jackie, had been members of the Com tuuidst Party, but said that Frank bad ensured him in 1141 that they were no longer connected with the pwty. lie said that during those years he had courted a member of the Communist Party and that his wife had at one time been a Communist. She had been married to a Com munist official who died fighting in Spain. "For a year or two during their brief marriage my wife was a Com munist Party member," he said. "When I met her I found in her a deep loyalty to her former husband, a complete disengagement from any political activity and a certain dis appointment and contempt that the Communist Party was not in fact what she had once thought it was. Oppenheimer married his wife in 1940. Although he admitted, his affilia tion with Communist's he denied ever being a member of the Com munist Party. "By the time we moyed to Ims Alamos Uo direct the atomic bomb project) in early 1943, both as a. re sult of my changed views and of the great pressure of war work, my participation in left-wing organiza tions and my association with left wing circles had ceased, and were never to be re-established," he said. He said that he never discussed the A-Bomb with Communists. He said that he was approached, but rejected the idea. As for his failure to report the incident at once, he stated, "It has long been clear to me that I should have reported the incident at once." He said that he knew that some of the. Los Alamos staff were, left wing, but had assumed that se curity officers would check them. Oppenheimer's opposition to the hydrogen bomb, the project was first suggested was "common knowl edge. Many other top scientists also opposed the project both because they questioned its feasibility and its morality. However, Oppenheimer said that his opposition ended with President Truman's orders to go ahead with the project and that he never urged anyone not to work on the hydrogen bomb project." Many of the nation's scien tists were opposed to atomic se- I crecy among nations they wanted to share their discovery. Oppen heimer more or less acted as their spokesman. In 1947 he laid before the United Nations his own policy which, basi cally, would have set up a World Atom Authority having monopoly over atomic explosives, poisons and fuels. He proposed six labs around the world to develop atomic power, fuels, research tools; and to in vestigate atomic energy, the na ture .of atomic explosives, safety and controls. He also suggested that there be a number of research centers around the world, open to any scientist seeking information and aid in atomic research or de velopment activities. According to his' proposal there would have been no secrecy in the Authority's research and no furth er development cf atomic weapons by the authority. In 1952 in his capacity as advisor to the State Dept. he asked Presi dent Truman to withhold the test of the hydrogen bomb and to an nounce that the United States would consider it an act of war for any other nation to explode the H- Bomb. (Tomorrow: The reasons for ques tioning Oppenheimer's security clearance after 11 years and the findings of the AEC) gram set up by the student govern ing bodies of both schools. Twenty-five Carolina students will serve as hosts and hostesses for the Canadians throughout the weekend. The group will travel by bus and arrive at the Morehead Plane tarium parking lot at 2 Friday af ternoon. From 2 to 4:30 there will be an informal discussion between the Carolina and the Toronto stu dents on United States-Canadian relations, the worlds sphere and other matters of mutual interest. That evening at 5:30 the visiting students will be the guests of the Student Government at a banquet at the Ranch House. - An informal party in Cobb Base ment will follow. Saturday morning the Canadians will be taken on a guided tour of Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh. In addition to Carolina, they will view Duke University, .North Caro- ina State College and the State To Arrive Weekend top people of both governments will be participating. January 28, a similar group from Carolina will make a trip to Toronto. This group will be composed of the 20 most active Carolina students. dents will be housed in the dorms and have their meals at the fra ternities and sororities. The exchange is under the spon sorship of Student Government, di rected by President Charlie Gray anci me auuieni umiiusudiive Council of the University of To ronto, directed by President Wal ter McLean. In charge of arrangements are Jim Crownover of Carolina and Virginia Lomax of Toronto. The Sigma Nu, SAE Name Pledge Class Officers Pledge officers of Sigma Nu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon have been an nounced. John Haynes, will lead the Sigma Nu pledges as president. Other officers are Bob Madrey, vice president; Bob Powell, secretary- Maxine Greenfield, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, and member of Alph Delta Pi sorority, was crown ed I960 Yackety Yack beauty queen Monday night in Memorial Hall. She was sponsored by Aycock dorm. She was selected from 97 candi dates sponsored by fraternities, sor orities and dorms. Eleanor Smith, last year's queen from Atlanta, Ga., presented the crown to the new queen. The 12 members of the royal court and their sponsors are Ger tie Barnes, Jenny Elder and Fran ces Scott Alpha Tau Omega; Vel ta Spunde Pi Kappa Alpha; Kay Kirkpatrick Zeta Psi; Jane Tull Kappa Alpha; Nancy Aubrey Del ta Kappa Epsilon: Mary Thorn White Delta Delta Delta; Susan Woodall Lambda Chi Alpha Jane Park Kappa Kappa Gamma; Becky Roberson Phi Gamma Del ta and Jayne Brown Sigma Phi Epsilon. The queen and her court will be pictured in the beauty section of the Yackety-Yack, The court members will represent each ol the twelve months. Master of ceremonies for the evening was Jimmy Capps of the radio program "Our Best to You" from Raleigh. " Judges were Jerry Ball, Char lotte; Bernie Batchelor, Raleigh; Dr. E. L. Mackie, Mrs. Kemp Stagg and Mrs. Ty Boyd of Chapel Hill. Entertainment before the pro gram and during the two inter missions when the judges were voting, was furnished by the Les Sutorias Combo and Jerry Ball, one of the judges, who played the piano. Bob Grubb and Sybil Mathis, beiuty section editors of the an nual, managed the contest with the treasurer, and Litch Huie, social i assistance of Bob Murray and Jo chairman. ' Ann Hudson. Drive To Establish Freshmen Legislature Underway; SP Leaders Hope To Push Proposed Bill Over INFIRMARY Students in the infirmary Tues day were the following: Ruth Madison, Mary Gates, Sally Joyner; Anne Hawkins, Jeanne Whiting, Dick Lambeth, David Rubenstein. John McNeill, Robert Creighton, Willis Johnson, Julian Bradley, Cowles Liipfert, John Tayloe, Joe Hoard and Beverly Wilkerson. "war if : . - J $ 4r ' i , 1 x-s x - w I 9 J 4. 5 . . ''ft 1 V !t -A By LARRY SMITH Robin Britt, Student Party can idate for Freshman Class president, and Jim Crownover, assistant to the Student Body president and a member of the Student Legislature, are spearheading a drive to estab lish a Freshman Legislature. Britt and Crownover recently drew up the proposed bill and a pe tition for its establishment. The pe titions are being circulated on cam pus now. Crownover reported Monday that the petitioning campaign is evident ly proceeding successfully with no heavy opposition thus far. "I don't think there will be a lot of opposi tion. 1 think everyone will realize it will give Freshmen a chance to take an active part in student gov ernment," he declared. Crownover asserted that the main block to Freshmen partici pation in student government now is the spring election. "This makes it nearly a year before Freshmen can get into govern ment," he said, '"but under the 'provisions of this bill, they would be elected in the fall." Two of the proposed bill's ad vantages are that Freshmen wil be given a voice in the studer.t gov ernment which they do not have now and that the Freshmen Leg islature will' give the Student Leg islature another source for ideas, I take, it to the Student Legislature. Crownover pointed out. Two elected representatives from Brieily, the bill makes the follow- i th Freshmen Legislature will have ing proposals: The new body will meet bi-week ly on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. It will draw up its own set of by-laws which will be presented to the Student Legislature for approval within one inondi after they have been drawn up. A campus-wide election will be held for Freshmen only by Dec. 17 IhLs year. After this year, however, all Freshmen legislators will be chosen in the fall elections. The proposal states that the Freshman Class president will serve as speaker of the new ieg isla'ure, with o'.her officers and standing committee chairmen to be appointed by the chairman or fleeted by the body. Exceptions to this aitiele call for the vice president of the class to serve as chiinnan of !he ways ajvJ means committee, Ihe secretary as clerk and the treasurer as finance com mittee chairman. A freshman's bill would fellow this path on its way to a hearing in the Student Legislature: It will be reviewed by a rules committee of the Freshman Leg islature. Then its author will pre- ex-officio participation in the Stu dent Legislature. Each of the rep resentatives will report on one of the two meetings between the. . Freshman -group's meetings. A Freshman legislator ' will be replaced by his party after two un excused absenses. An independent may choose his successor, and a legislator endorsed by both parties may choose the party he wishes to fill the vacancy. Freshman legislators named to membership in the tegular Sia- ' dent Legislature in I the spring elections wil forfeit their mem bership in the freshman body. Representatives will be chosen from each district asi fellows: Dorm Men I, two representatives; Dorm Men II, three; Dorm Men III, two; Dorm Men IV, two; Dorm Men V, one; and Dorm Men VI, three; Town Men, two representa tives; Town Women, one representa tiv; Dorm Women I (all except the Nurses dorm, to representa tives; and Dorm Women II (Nurses dorm', three representatives. CroAncver and Britt have urged all freshmen to support the peti tion. "It means an active part In ! sent it to the Fre. hnien Legislature, j student government for you for the If it wins approval there, he wi I j first time," they said. FIELD MARSHALL ALFONSO FERNANDO DE MALAGONA (Chuck Nisbet) and the Associated Banana Corporation represen tative Francis P. Morgan (Gordon Clark) are dueling in comic fashion in the Carolina Playmakers Nov. 18-22 production of a new comedy "A Little to the Left" by Brock B rower. The topical comedy deals with a revolution in a Central American Country. William Gaston Lecture Series Set Nov. 22 A leading Jesuit educator and scholar will deliver the fourth in the William Gaston lecture series, sponsored by the Newman Club, on Nov. 22 in Carroll Hall, 8 p.m. The Rev. Robert I. Gannon. S. J.; former president of Fordham University, will speak on "Public Relations of the Vatican." The lec ture will be open to the public. Father Gannon is currently serv ing as superior of the Jesuit Mis sions House and pastor of St. Igna tiu.s Loyola Church in New York. He has .served as dean of St. Pe ter's College and for 13 years was Fordham's president. A world traveller and lecturer, Father Gannon is a Fellow of the Royal Society ot Arts and an hon orary life member of the New- comen Society of England. He holds knighthocd in the Order of Orange Nassau, presented by the qaeen cf The Netherlands in 1949. He is an honorary vice president of ,ihe Pan American Society, a trustee of Town Hall, of the N. Y. Zoolcgical Society, of the Nether lands America Foundation and of Notre Dame College. Recipient of honorary doctorates from 20 institutions of higher learn ing, he was educated at George town University, Gregorian Univer sity and Cambridge University's Christ's College. n
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