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1 ; i Serais DQpt, Valky38S8fenXap Seven Coeds, Two HoBoraries ecret Pre-Dawn Ceremomi T l, ;:v;S:::::f:SS'v.!:::::;::K;Si A: i In if - ' -4 " . V ' 1 &-:.":-:-? -:: : :-!-:-: . :-- . :- . - :-: :-:-:--: N : :-:-:'.: . ; : :-: ; :::::-: V, V 1 --(If. JULIA BROTT HARRIS piilliillliliflli BETTIE ANN WHITEHURST MARY STEWART BAKER ALMERA LEVERETTE BRUCE PAM PATTERSON JACKIE SUBER CAROL ALICIA TIESLAU KAY SLAUGHTER Seven undergraduate women and two honoraries were tapped into Carolina's highest honorary organization for women, the Order of the Valkyries, in a secret pre-dawn cere mony this morning. Recognized were Miss Mary Stewart Baker, Shreveport, La.; Miss Mima Bruce, Greenville, S. C; Miss Jackie Suber, Great Falls, S. C; Miss Carol Tieslau, Washington, D. C; Miss Betty Ann Whitehurst, Rocky Mount, N. C. and as honoraries, Mrs. Marvin Allen, Chapel Hill, N. C; Mrs. Brott Harris, Durham, N. C. The Valkyries began their candlelight march at 1 a.m. in their customary black robes and hoods. As the march proceeded through the women's residence halls, the sound of the golden gong called forth those women who were recognized for the Valkyries ideals of character, scholarship, leadership and service. Following the secret ceremonies, a special breakfast was served at 6:30 in honor of the new members. Former members of the Order were also present for this conclusion of the cere monies. The citation read to the tappees were as follows: MRS. ALLEN . . . "One who has endeared herself to her students through her sincere interest in each one, not only as a student but also as an individual. Her enthusiasm, warm per sonality, understanding, and willingness to serve others have made her a highly-respected and loved instructor and an in valuable resident of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Allen is an inspiration to all who know her." MISS BAKER . . . "One who has served her University fully through her work with the newspaper, the annual, and the student union. Miss Baker has shown a personal control of her enthusiasm, channeling her energies into those things which are. most worthwhile, and doing well that which ought to be done. Her work with the Orientation Committee was exemplary. Not only in her service, but in her scholarship achievement, she has demonstrated dependability and her love for those things which enrich and develop the mature and beautiful person." MISS BRUCE . . . "One who gives of herself to her fellow man. She is selflessly devoted to helping the patients of Gravely. In our shrinking world, Miss Bruce is doing her indi vidual part to strengthening the international ties by utilizing her opportunities at home." MRS. HARRIS . . . "One who brings to her job as assistant secretary of the YMCA a dedication to its purposes and a warm interest in the students she serves. Her concern for the Univer sity community has been shown through her interest in all phases of the Y activities, and particularly her work with Seminars Abroad. Mrs. Harris combines integrity of character with a sincere devotion to the ideas which give meaning to her job." MISS PATTERSON . . . "One who has enlightened and enriched the lives of those around her through her innate sensitivity and outgoing concern. Bringing cheerfulness and dependability to every undertaking, she has served our campus in an outstanding manner. Through, her work with Petit Dramatique, Playmakers and the YWCA, she has instilled new . meanings in the lives of others. Her unselfish devotion to the well-being of others and her enthusiasm for intellectual en- . deavor have engendered profound respect within all who know her." MISS SLAUGHTER . . . "One who has willingly given of herself to others, accomplishing any task she undertakes with quiet efficiency and unfailing dependability. Through her work in the fields of U. N. Education and World Affairs, she has served her university and her nation well. Her genuine interest and constant concern over the problems which con front our world has stimulated those around her to realize the responsibility and accept the challenges that face each young citizen. Miss Slaughter is to be commended for her high aca demic standing, her work in her sorority and in other phases of campus life. Understanding, sensitivity and discerning judg ment are qualities reflected in all her actions and in her life." MISS SUBER . . . "One who has served the University and her fellow students in a charming manner with - intelli gence, initiative, and sincere interest. Her superior scholastic attainment and wise leadership qualities have truly been ad mired. She has shown understanding and dedication in her role of dormitory president and other student activities. Miss Suber's sparkling personality and enthusiastic manner have influenced greatly those around her." MISS TIESLAU . . . "One who, by her genuine enthusi asm and vitality both on campus and in athletic events has continually captivated and heightened the University's spirit. Her dedication to her fellow students and high ideals may be seen in the outstanding contributions to the Student Gov ernment Legislature, the YWCA, Foreign Student Orientation, her class and her sorority. Miss Tieslau is one who has remained humble and unaffected by her many successes but she evokes the highest respect and recognition from her professors and fellow students through the strength and depth of her character and through her intellectual ability of maintaining a most commendable scholastic standing in a challenging and difficult field of study at the University." MISS WHITEHURST . . . "One whose leadership, un assuming manner and tireless efforts in all her responsibilities, have brought her recognition from many. She has served diligently and efficiently as Secretary of the Orientation Com mittee and member of the Student Affairs Committee. Her undaunted enthusiasm in giving of herself and thoughtful adherence to high ideals, enhances beauty and meaning in the lives who know her. Weather Partly cloudy and mild. ft ii i i i i i i i i ;a i 3 i i i i t i t i i i : imij ft i iH i i it .vr. ( II 68 years of dedicated serv ice to a better University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers, whose motto states, ' freedom oi expression is the baccoone of an academic community." Volume LXIX, No. 88 Complete (UPI) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1961 Offices in Graham Memorial Four Pages This Issue fr fr & I World News In Brief 1 jmili ii J. F. Kenned Rv TInitprf Press International i . ' Mikhail A. MenihAw Norstad To Remain NATO Head WASHINGTON Gen. Lauris Norstad, supreme command er for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, will remain in the job under the Kennedy administration, the White House announced today. Norstad's continued service in the NATO post was dis closed after he and Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conferred Thursday with President Ken nedy. ' Prince Charles Down With Measles LONDON Prince Charles, 12-year-old heir to the British throne, was confined to bed Thursday with the measles. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Charles is in the sickbed at Cheam School outside London along with a num ber of other pupils. They are' victims' of a nationwide measles epidemic. The Health Ministry said more than 42,000 cases were reported up to Jan. 21. D urhum Seminar Blanks Available Applications for the Third International Student Re lations Seminar of the Carolinas-Virginia Region may be obtained from the student government office in Graham Memorial. To be held March 17, 18 and 19 at North Carolina College in Durham, the Seminar is sponsored by the Na tional Student Association. It will be designed to develop informed and concerned college students, particularly in the area of international aware ness. Candidates for the Seminar, which is patterned after the original NSA national seminar, should have a basic awareness of international relations. Among other things, the re gional meet purports to "assist participants in a better under standing of the inter-relationships between world affairs and student problems; to help them increase international aware ness among their fellow stu dents; and to attempt to teach them the effect they and their campuses may have on inter national student relations." Registration will be held March 17 from 12 noon until 1:30 p.m. Deadline Is Saturday For Goettingen Grants Students must submit appli cations for the Goettingen Scholarship to Thai Elliott, 205 Grimes, by noon Saturday. Ap plications may be obtained from Elliot or YMCA Secretary Claude Shotts. The scholarship covers all es sential expenses for two se mesters at Goettingen University in Goettingen, Germany. Appli cants must have some knowl edge of German,, and they must return to UNC for one year. Freshmen are generally not eligible. Playmaker Show, 'The Visit,' Set For Feb. 15-19 Harry Davis, chairman of the Department of Dramatic Art and director of the Carolina Playmakers, will direct the Playmakers February 15-19 production of Friedrich Duer renmatt's prize-winning play, "The Visit." "The Visit," which featured the famous Lunt-Fontaine team on Broadway, won the Best Foreign Play of 1958 Award. The following cast has been announced for the production: Mary Jane Wells, William Trot man, Gordon Clark, Debbie Ives, Anne Fitzgibbons, Lynn Gault, Bill Hannah, Irving Ze- lon, Jack Hargett, Tommy Thomas, Marcie McCarthy, Dwight Hunsucker, Allen Josephs, Frank McDonald, Larry Mc Mullen, Al Morton, Ed Robbins, Larry Steele, Jerry Walker, Johnny Meadows, Glenn Ver non, Douglass Whitehill, and Joseph McCarthy. Rebel Leader Bo Fin anta T T! 9 .Marnsi To aie jt arbor, Releases Captives Jose Limon Ballet Troupe Dancers On Stage Thursday The Jose Limon Dance Com pany, recognized as "distin guished ambassadors of dance," will perform at 8 p.m. next Thursday in Memorial Hall. Sponsored by the Chapel Hill Concert Series, students will be admitted free to the balcony through an arrangement with the GM Concert Series Com mittee. Returns From Tour "A unique artistic entity," the Limon troupe has recently re- ft - 4 " & ? 5 . .it : MARY JEAN WELLS OF DURHAM in the role of Claire Zachanassian listens patiently as the conductor of the Flying Dutchman (Lynn Gault of the UNC Department of Dramatic Art Faculty) fusses and fumes because she has stopped the express in the town of Gullen. The scene is from the Carolina Playmakers February 15-19 production of Friedrich Duerren mati's "The Visit." turned from a three-month tour of Latin America. This trip marked the third , time that the company has been sent abroad by the President's Special In ternational Program for Cul tural Presentations. In 1954 the Jose Limon Com pany toured Latin America, and in 1957 traveled throughout Eu rope on a good will mission. The Company has appeared with the leading orchestras of the United States and has par ticipated in many of the major dance festivals of the world. The complete Chapel Hill program has not yet been re leased, but it is expetced to in- Brazilian Student Leaders Arrive Here On Feb. 10 The State Department is bringing ten Brazilian student leaders to UNC from Feb. 10-15 to have a look at the South and a southern university. Each of the ten men fills an official slot in the national or local student government of the nine universities represented. by the group. While at UNC they will meet with Carolina student leaders. The Brazilian group also will tour the campus, particularly the departments of law, art and business in which many of them are interested. One of the group, Edilson Borges De Oliveira, has been provisional mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice. . Oliveira, a medical student at the University of Rio de Ja neiro, was appointed Chief of the Governor's Executive Of fice when he was 24. elude "The Moor's Pavane," Limon's most famous role: a "taut, f our-characterdistillation of Shakespeare's "Othello." 4 aft Jose Limon Freeing Of Passengers Follows Night Of Bloodshed Below Decks RECIFE, Brazil (UPI) Por tuguese rebel leader Henrique Galvao brought the hijacked liner Santa Maria to safe har bor Thursday and put ashore his captive passengers after a night of mutiny, riot and blood shed below decks. Portuguese warships were reported lurking in the Atlantic to intercept the rebel chieftain should he try to sail the emptied luxury vessel to sea again. The crew, held at gunpoint during the ship's 12-day odys sey, turned on Galvao and he was reported hurled through a window in a shipboard brawl. But Galvao brought the 20,-906-ton liner gallantly into Recife, its gala cruise pennants flying, and its flags whipping at the masts. Galvao himself stood on the bridge agleam in gold braid, his arms raised in a Mussolini-like salute. The rust-streaked ship hove to 300 feet from a pier and its prow swung seaward as though ready to dash out of port. Two seagoing tugs steamed up and began taking off the first of the 620 passengers, who included 42 Americans. Five o the Americans were children ranging in age from 2 to 11 years old. Press Institute Is Underway Mere Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press columnist Relman "Pat" Morin and United Press International's Merriman Smith will speak this morning to the N. C. Press Institute. Morin and Smith will talk and answer questions for editors, publishers, and other visitors at 10 a.m. in the Howell Hall auditorium of the 3 Showings Set On Special Films In Flick Series Tonight's free flick, "My Cousin Rachel," will feature Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton. There will be showings at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier's popular novel, the film "My Cousin Rachel," con cerns a man's search for the truth about a woman. On Saturday the free flick will be "Brigadoon," a musical based on the Broadway production of Lerner and Lowe. It stars Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse. Showings will be at 6:30, 0:30 and 10:30 p.m. The practice of presenting three shows will be instituted on a trial basis during February with movies which the com mittee believes warrant such showings. Journalism School. This is the 35th annual North Carolina Press Institute. It is being held jointly in Chapel Hill and Durham. Yesterday institute visitors registered in the Carolina Inn. A reception featuring UNC Chancellor William Aycock and Governor and Mrs. Terry San ford was held that afternoon at the Inn. Press awards to the state's newspapers were given at a session last night. The University will give a luncheon for the press at 12:30 this afternoon at the Carolina Inn. Chancellor Aycock will preside; the program featuring honor students in a panel dis cussion was arranged by Pete Ivey, director of the University i News Bureau. 1 i 1 Van Johnson Clivia DeHavilsnd MlWSiMmift' .A nflfamllliui 11111111 hi AiigiiAffljipg rit
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