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t T IV,. WEATHER Thursday fair to partly cloudy and becoming warmer. Iliffc in Not as cold Thursday aifht. rrlday fair Wi partly cloudy and UUld. 67 years of dedicated service to a better University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers, fehose motto states, "freedom of expression is the backbone of an academic community." VOLUME LXVIII. NO. $3 Complete Uft Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 195? Offices in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE '1 2 r 1 -i L ."; 3 j " t , V Amendment Write-ins Do Not Effect Vote By HAKVK HAKIMS F.rwiii Fuller, Chairman of the SiiKient Council, stated yesterday that he it'll the action of students ho wrote in votes for the passage of the issue concerning districting of elections to Men's and Women"s Honor Councils was in effect mean ingless. The issue concerns a proposal made by Bob Nobles in the Oct. 29 meeting of Student Legislature. Nobles moved that the Elections Board be directed to submit to a eairpus wide voting whether or not to elect delegates to the Honor Councils by districts rather than at ljr,r as is now done. Following" the Legislature's action 4 passing Nobles's proposal. Dav id Grigg, Speaker of the legisla ture, appealed the action to the ?'.tin1'fit Council.. The Council sustained the ap ical and directs that "the cause 'hall be remanded to the Student legislature for its disposition, in accordance with the provisions of this ruling." i his moans that the proposal .shall again be submitted to Leg islature at tonight's meeting for reconsideration in what the Council feels to be appropriate form. The decision seemed to hinge on the interpretation of the word "leg islative" in Article I, Section I of the Student Constitution which states: 'Supreme legislative power in the Student Body shall be vested in a Student Legislature." IDC Approves Alarm System Resolution By EDWARD NEAL RINER The Interdormitory Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night calling for a fire alarm system to be installed in each dorm. The resolution, as introduced by Tom White, calls for some type of fire alarm system to be installed in all men's dorms as another meas ure toward safety. Fire extinguish- Fuller stated that "Nobles' mo-jers are presently being placed in tion was not correct legislative ac-j2'! dorms. tion, being in the form of a motion, I White illustrated the need for and is therefore unconstitutional." i,he alarms by saying students on Vote In explaining the Council's ruling. I i the top floor of a dorm could poss- I III HI Cl.IJJIIUi.IW. II1JI UlC lUCVUIUII t : ibly be unaware of a fire on the fircf flnnf Ihnrefnro tliAv vunnlH was one of procedure of legislative . ..... . .. . . . . , ihave little opportunity to escape action rather than the content ol jlhe building the proposal, j CopieS of (he resolutions will be Those who had used the write-in sent t0 the University administra-proce-s stated their belief that "the j tion for consideration. Council is an advisory board" and other business included the read that the write in action should makejing of proposed changes in the by the amendment valid "by unani- laws of the IDC Court by Court mi. us passage." (Chairman Iary Stacy. The changes Flections Board chairman Jay i would remove the individual dorm Deifell stated that "We only tabid-j courts from the IDC Court system, ate the ballots. All write-ins will be 'These proposals will be voted on included in our report. 'at the next meeting of the council. r. a ru n ord ampus actions; islam ed To Men's HC Beat Dook Parade Plans Complete As 21 Contestants Vie For Crown .s-v c . fl rV f- ; VJ . 7 c ir:;.-.-.: V' 4 -"',0i Final plans are being made for Tuesday's Beat Dook I'arade spon ored by Pi Kappa Alpha Fraterni ty, chairman Jim Copland an nounced yesterday. A queen and four attendants to rvign over the parade will be chosen from 21 contestants spon sored by dorms, soririties and fra ternities. Candidates and their sponsors are Cathy Dukue.nay, Carr; Jane Tull, Spencer; Rhonda Thompson, Cobb; Judy Allergotti. Lewis; Nancy Au brey. Aycock; Carol Cunningham, Pi Kappa Phi; Carol Carruthers, INFIRMARY In tht infirmary ytUrdy wr Thtrtta Gumintkl, Sally Joynar, Nancy Will. Jan Mofit. Htnry Fithar, Eusana Sbwfard, Kannath Bunting, William Barry hill, Archibald Willtamt, John Mitchell, Allant Baggatt, Suian Bowlas, Cowtlt Liipfart, Inat Constant, Marion Dorton, Wayna Ktntatttr. Pi Beta Phi; Joyce Farris, Alpha Gamma Delta; Susan Woodall, The ta Chi; Molly Short. Mclver; Elea nor Smith. Phi Gamma Delta; Carolyn , Kelley. Phi Delta Theta; .Margaret Thompson, Kappa Delta; Ann Towers, Kappa Alpha; Izzy Collier, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Ka-p Kirkpatrick, Chi Omega; Ada Ellen Hoell, Parker; Carolyn Mitch ell. Ruffin; Kathy Fulenwider, Del ta Kappa Epsilon; Becky Roberson, Kappa Sigma and Vella Spunde, AJpha Delta Pi. These (iris will be the dinner ffuesU of the PiKA'k Friday night, after which the candidates, wear ing suits or dressy skirt and sweater combinations, will be presented to the judges. Judges for the event will be Dr Samuel B. Knight of the Chemistry Department, Dr. Hugh T. Lefler of the Department of History, Mrs. Fred Weaver and Mrs. Bernard Boyd. The parade will begin Tuesday at 2 p.m. Each float will be identified by a sign. The queen's float will be sup plied by the PIKAs. Vying for the four trophies to be given for the best floats will be 33 dorms, sororities, fraterni ties and other groups. Those en tering floats in the competition are as follows: Dorms Manly, Grimes, Graham, Parker, Aycock, Ruffin. Cobb, Joy ner and Mclver, Spencer, Lewis and Carr; ' Sororities Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta. Kappa Delta. Delta Delta Delta and Kap pa Kappa Gmma; Fraternities Tau Epsilon Phi. Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Pri Del ta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chi Phi, Theta Chi. Phi Gamma Delta. Pi Kappa Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Sigma Pi, Sigma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha and Kapa Al pha; Other N.R.O.T.C. Judges for the competition will be Dr. R. B. House, Miss Kather ine Carmichael and L. V. Huggins. Additional float entries may be turned in to Jim Copeland at the PiKA house through this week. "The Kingston Trio? Nope. Harry Belafonte? Nope. Nina Simone? Nope. Not fresh enough. We're talking about the 'Carolina Follies.'" This annual talent show, sponsored by the Y-Nite Committee of the YM-YWCA, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Memorial Hall. It is composed entirely of campus talent, and will be emceed by Norman Cordon, farmer Metro politan opera star. Talent, high brow to low brow, according to Ed Crowe, will include the Carolina Gentlemen; Eddie Davis; the Nick Kearns Combo; magician John Clifford; and Henry McGinnis, pianist. Also on the proyram will be monologues, a comedian, a ballad folk singing duet, the UNC Glee Club and a drumming sequence featuring a variety of Afro-Cuban rhythms en bongo and conge drums. Admission is 50. cents. Crowe and Susie Cordon are co-chairmen of the Y-Nite Committee. The University Party captured 10 out of the 15 class offices at stake in Tuesday's election. Four posi tions, including the freshman class class presidency, are still in doubt, with a recount of the balluts in prog ress. There will be a recount between Bill Shipp and Pete Thompson tor treasurer of the sophomore cla.s; between Roger Smith and Rubin Britt for freshman class president ; between Kathy Fulenwider and Sue Dent for social chairman of th sophomore class; and Judy Rey nolds and Ann Cumiriings for sec retary of the freshman class. Russ Hollers was elected presi- ': dent of the junior class; Bill Wil- : .son, vice president ; Ann Tower?.. ' secretary; Eric Denton, treasurer, ! Carolyn Kelley, social chairman George Campbell won the office of sophomore class president; Ren; Millican, vice president; Peggy Carroll, secretary. j Ron Wilkersoii a as elec ted vice " president of the fieshnian class, j Gaston Caperton, treasurer; and Carolyn Mitchell, the only Student ; Party candidate to win, was elected ! social chairman. j Prissy Wyrick and Graham Walk-1 er were elected to the Woman's Honor council. The other seat on the council will be recounted. Warner Bass, Clem Ford and R. i V. Fulk were elected to the Men's j Honor council. i Dick Olive, Jack Mitchell and Ward Puriimjton Wei the Student Council. t-leeted to Di-Phi Defeat Bill A resolution calling for restriction of passports to U. S. citizens was overwhelmingly defeated by the Di Phi Society, Tuesday evening. The Secretary of State was to have been empowered to deny a passport "to denied the passport privilege by the government as a matter of self protection. Rep David Price rose in opposi tion to the bill, stating that it would be impossible to keep personal Legislature To Decide On 18 Bills Tonight The final totals for the class of- i ficer candidates are: tor the jun ; ior class. Grimly 281, Hollers, .1;'kJ. Olae 2ut Wil-, on 437, Huntley ; 24T, Towers 201, Deaton 405, Gam i hie 21:5, Kelley 380, Rock 258. j For sophomore class Campbell ; 2:, Manning 181, Wichard 16A, ' Harriss 2.".(i, Millican 325, Carroll ! 344. Overcadi 227. Shipp 310, Thompson 2w. Dent ;:o2, Fluenwider : ::t!!i j ! i luiiaii class lesults are Britt ! 414. Smith 4:;o, Lawlci 365, Wilker- s. it 474. Cuiiiuiiiigs 432, Reynolds ; 412. Caperton 436. Ruth 3j0. Kauf- ' nun ::i.'.i Mitchell 44y. I i he women's Honor Council Re sults were Baker 132: Conden 113, : Easen 71, Foard 135, Gates 50, Grea so.i t,2. Howard 52, Jo'den 135. j Kenue,iy lu4. McCarthy 28, Mc ' Kinney 50. McLennan 35, Shephard. i 100, Siber 135, Walker 279, Wirick Stiuient Cuiu.cil Results were Frye 7!7, .Moore 114 and Purrington HlC- for the sopiiomore seat. Results for the junior seat were Gamble, 482, Mitchell 787, McGucian 255, Olive 1350, and Pressley 649. Leading in the Honor Council re sults was Fulk with 1088 votes. Oth ers in the race were Bass 650. Bog gan 367. Ford 559, Harrington 468, Holderness 52o, Shulman 427. Sul livan 493, White 525. any person whose travel abroad he ; prejudice and politics out of deems as detrimental to United States' best interests." In introducing the resolution. Rep. Mary Jeanne Reid cited numerous instances where 4.1. S citizens have gone abroad to attend Communist rallies, during which they have slandered the United States. Such slander can do a tremendous amount of harm to thus country among the uncommitted nations ol the world. Communists and. other persons who advocate the violent overthrow of the U. S. government .should be passport situation if it were entirely to the discretion of Secretary of State. the left the Informal Dance Held Nov. 28 There will be an informal Thanks ginving Dance, sponsored by the Chapel Hill Club. Saturday, Nov. 28, in the Rendezvous Room, Jane Prescott, head of the dance com mitted, announced yesterday. HighPrep School Background May Determine Student's Success Or Failure In University SKCON'D OF A SERIES ON UNC By HOWARD WHEELER Among the most difficult topics to objectively discuss are fraterni ties, sororities, and prep schools. It is practically impossible for a uni veisity student to speak or write of the.e without certain personal bias, Whether prep .schools make bet ter college students or not is de batable. Vance Packard cites in THE STATUS SEEKERS that Char les C. McArthur, in his study of the differences between upperclass boys coming from private .schools and boys from the middle classes com- so perhaps it would be best today i ing from public high schools, found to simply state a lew facts about I that each and lei it go at that. What determines to a large ex tent the success or failure of a stu dent jn the University Ls his high or prep school background, and the social clique of which he becomes part once in college. Since selec tion of college social claques pri marily result from previous high or prep school background, it would be best to consider the student's background first. Of all freshmen at Chapel I fill, I 'J percent graduated from public schools and 18. 1 percent from pri vate schools. Of in-state residents, J7.1 percent graduated from North Carolina high schools, while 2.9 per cent graduated from North Carolina prep schools. Statistics are quite different in regards to out of state residents. for only 56 percent out of state freshmen graduated from public high school while 44 percent grad uated from private schools. The reason so few North Carolinians are graduates of private schools is due to there being only two prep schooL in the state. 1) "The public school boys, re flecting the dominant success cul ture of America, saw their father as a figure they were expected to surpass occupationally. These boys were oriented to doing, to accom plishing. To them, the significant time dimension is the future. They sec college as a road to success." And that, 2) "The upper-class, private school boys, in contrast, were oriented to being rather than doing. They expected to be evalu ated for what they really were. And in terms of time, the important dimension was the past. "Such a boy accepts his father as a model who probably was so successful that there is no point in striving to surpass him. Going to college to this boy offers the oppor tunity to live out his predetermined life role of a gentleman. "And his collegiate interests cen ter around the club and around congenial friends he "will find there. As for collegiate study, his goal in marks in likely to be "the gentle man C," which shows he Is above striving. He knows that for him, college grades have little relevance to his future career." Packard also brings to our atten tion me laci uial in 19j8 Princeton nnaiiy became a predominantly puuuc-ichool educated insmuuon. in rnnceion the puouc high sciUOi graduates dentiueiy did beUer buiuiasucaby man the private scnool graduates, not motivated to suive, ujvi not live up to their high scores on couege board exams. Last weeK, at. Henry Weitz of Uukc oeiateuly came up with the jsame conclusion. Keporung to the Southern College Pet sonnet Assn., Dr. weitz declared that "when the tactor oi intedigence is held con stant, men who graduated from puohc secondary schools do better in college than those who gradu ated lrom private schools. The same relationship holds ior wom en." Dr. Weitz added that at Duke, studies showed that "college men who graduated from a private mili tary preparatory school appear to periorm in college at a markedly lower level than public school grati- uaies. One can fairly ask here if North Carolina high schools appear to be giving the average Carolinian an adequate college preparation. This is, of course a touchy question and is one that can be answered only conditionally. Some of the high schools in the state rank among the best in the country, while others are not at all so fortunate. Regardless, there are improvements in teaching curricula offerings noted everywhere. Some of the best high schools in the state are in Myers Park, Reynolds, Dur ham, Needham Broughton, Greens boro, Sanford, and Wilmington. Durhan.' High School is one of the three high schools in the South which has membership on the Col lege Entrance Exam Boards. Needless to say, the path students take after entering the University is probably a more determining factor in the student's success or failure than his pre-college back ground. (What first comes to the mind here are social fraternities, and on this issue there are two bit ter stands. There are the fraternity mem bers who swear to high heaven that fraternity members have better academic standing than non-fraternity members and that the fratei nity furthers the student not oiiiy socially but academically. Then there are the stolid crusad ers against fraternities who mam tain that fraternity members are a bunch of block-head conformists who are flunking out en masse. Either of these claims is simply wishful thiuking. On the basis of the 1958 59 qual ity point system, the alMraternity scholastic average at UNC (for Spring, 1959) is 1.1651 to the all men's average of 1.1682. Although this tells us that the all-men's aver age is .slightly better than the all fraternity average, the person vho would use such a slim margin as a baltle cry against fraternities is in reality splitting hairs. It must aLso be considered that the all-men's average was attained by sampling method and is not as precise as the fraternity average. Sororities are a different matter altogether. With the risk of giving a lot of Greek letter girls tho swell head, we cannot deny that the sor ority with the lowest academic average (1.4470) is nonetheless aca demically superior to the frater nity with the highest academic average (1.4050). Also the all-sorority average of 11.5985 is well superior to the all men's average of 1.1682. Of course the sorority girls are out of the general college and have been primed by two years at WC or some other college. These scholastic aver ages were computed for the Spring semester of 1959. It should also be pointed out that only 25 percent of the men and women students belong to social fraternities and sororities and that the success or failure of the large majority of the students depends on their intellectual capacities, their high school or prep school training. and their self-discipline while at Chapel Hill. By DAVE JONES Tonight's session of the Student Legislature is the last of the 27th assembly. There are eighteen pieces of legislation which must be acted upon or be allowed to die. The group will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Phi Hall, New East. Among the bills are nine appro priation measures which include: $4,016.04 to The Daily Tar Heel; $2750 to the Radio Club; $350 to the United Nations Model Assembly; $200 to the Academic Affairs Com mittee; $200 to the Carolina Wom en's Council; $200 to the Foreign Students Relation Board; $100 to the Yackety Yack; and $5 to send registered letters to variius chiefs of state asking for a ban on nu clear testing. The Daily Tar Heel appropria tion is under study and Business Manager Walker Blanton has been asked to give a report on The Daily Tar Heels' total distribution pic ture. This report would include de liveries and unused copies in all campus and town areas, as well as The autor, Bob Nobles, of the above motion expressed a desire to have distribution equalized and cut down from 7500 copies daily to 7000 copies. The purpose of the report is to learn if this plan is feasible. However, the final ap propriation will depend to a large extent on lilanton's report. The Radio Club bill has been re ported out of committee unanam ously unfavorable. There has been no floor discussion, because the club's faculty advisor has been un able to address the legislature. Al so unfavorably passed out of com mittee was the ' nuclear testing" bill. The other bills pending would provide for: a freshman legislature; a Legislative Judicial Committee; legislature support for an end to discriminatory practices in resta urants and theaters in Chapel Hill. They would also: establish a free student tutoring society; Establish a commission to codify existing Student Government, statutes; es tablish a student Public Informa- CVVC Begins Guide Service Carolina Women's Council has be gun a Guide Service. Campus tours are coiidurted by members of the Council. . T o tours are offered daily from Monday afternoon through Friday umrni tf : (mo i of the campus and the utlit-r rl tht women's dorms for pros; ei tiw students and their pa rents. These one-hour tours originate at the Information Desk in Graham Memorial at 10 a m. and 2:30 p.m. G. M. SLATE advertising subscriptions, paid sub-j tion commission; and call for the scriptions, exchange subscriptions , paving of the path between Teague and courtesey subscriptions. I Dorm and Raleigh Road. Activities scheduled in Graham Memoiial ttrday include: Campus Affairs Comrrittee, 2-3:30 p.m.. Grail; Ieat? Squad, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Roland Parker I; A. K. D., 6:30 10 p.m., Roland Parker II and HI; Student Rally. 6:45-7:30 p.m., Roland Parker I; Women's ii'iiir (Vuncii, 6:4A-11:00 p.m., Uu'an l Parker II; Cniversity Par ty Caucus. 7-7:30 p.m., Grail; Stu dent Council. 7:2o p.m., Grail; itiidergrariiia'.e G e r m a n Club, 7:43-9:30 p.m., Roland Parker I. 1 "REVOLUTION A-LA-CASTRO" is the theme of the Carolina Playmakers premiere of the new com edy "A Little to the Left" by Brock Brower. The play opened last night for a five day run. Tickets for tonights performance are available at 214 Abernethy Hall and at Ledbetter-Pickard, and at the box of fice in Playmakers Theatre at 7 p.m. Standing room only is available for Friday, Saturday arid Sunday evenings. The curtain goes up at 8:30.