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U.H.C. Library Serials Dept. Bos 870 275U NOTICE Organizations interested in entering a girl in the Vack Queen contest can pick up an application after 5:60 today at the Graham Memorial Infor mation desk, the completed application can be tnrned in to the Yack box at the GM In formation desk by 5:00 Wed nesday, Feb. 22nd. Free Flicks Friday's and Saturday's Free Flicks will be "Time Machine" and "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison." ATTW 'To Write Well Is Better Than To Rule' Volume 74, Number 93 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1967 Founded February 23. 1893 6 11 lew y 1 mni TtV Auditing 3) A Ta .Rev Changed' Chairman of the A u d i t Board Bob Travis said yes terday that he had been mis mterpretated in the DTH storv reporting plans by the Student Government Audit Board to make an inventory of all Student Government Equipment. "I think this issue should be made perfectly clear to all persons concerned and to the Student Body since it is their money which we are trying to protect," Travis said. "The Audit Board has been requested by the President of the Student Body tc make a review of all Student Govern ment organizations which re ceive Student Government funds," he said. "The Audit Board is not tak ing a negative attitude toward this review, instead, the Board is attempting to provide to the President of the Student Body and to the Student Legislature a constructive program of how the financing of Student Gov ernment may be improved." "We are not simply criticiz ing the system of finance," Travis said, "we are attempt ing through our review and hearings to offer an improve ment of the present system and in some cases to offer a completely different plan which we hope will provide more satisfactory results. Boyfriend Showing ere The successful Broadway musical "The Boyfriend" will be presented as a Valentine special by Graham Memorial. The parody on the "gay 20's" will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hall. "The Boyfriend" is a group of crowded scenes in which the twenties are torn apart in much the same stylized, old fashioned manner with which they were originally put to gether. The action of the play takes place in and around a girls' finishing school on the French Riviera and is notable for its spirited hijinks and its wit and humor. The direction of the play is never in doubt each person must have a mate and at the final curtain, they must all be happily united. The current production un der the direction of James Hatcher is produced by the Town and Gown Theater. It captures the gaity and aban don of the Flapper Age in set tings, costumes and rousing musical staging. All seats for the UNC show are reserved. Tickets are $3, $2, and $1 for the general pub lic and half price for UNC students. Advance sales are at the GM information desk. A Scene From . . Set-H Hi Mi ll -', V f V- ""' ' 1 i i in - i i i i i -- -ii m -li u i iji nil - ii if - Mi JnT --"nif fir mrtr ' m-i i . - i-mrm ' . iu?2I2!''..'. There was no music playing yesterday for the weekly peace anti-peace demonstration, but pro-Vietnam feeling was running high nevertheless 77" O JL RALEIGH (AP- A bill to ' permit brown-bagging in wet areas of North Carolina was introduced in the State Senate shortly after the 1967 session of the General Assembly con vened Wednesday. Sen. John B. Burney Jr., D-New Hanover, sponsored the bill, the first of several that are expected to spark one of the liveliest issues confronting the lawmakers this session. Burney said his bill "would legalize what people are do ing today." It would permit a person in a county or town where ABC liquor stores are op erated to possess and trans port up to one-fifth of whisky in places outside his home . "I think it is a way to con trol the bootlegger and at the same time legalize brown bagging," Burney told news men shortly after the measure was introduced. Burney's bill came in short ly after the Senate and House met at noon, elected their of ficers and notified Gov. Dan Moore that they were ready to hear him deliver his "State of the State" message at a joint session at 12:30 p.m. Thurs day. The governor also was in vited to appear before a joint session at 8 p.m. Monday to deliver his budget message. At the opening session, House elected Rep. David M. Britt, D-Robeson, as speaker after Rep. Don H. Gordon, R Henderson withdrew. Sen. Herman Moore, D Mecklenburg, was elected president pro tern of the Sen ate over Sen. John L. OsteenJ R-Guilford. It was the first time in many years that Republicans had offered candidates for the posts. The Republicans have 16 House members and seven senators this session, largest The Musical Comedy 'Boyfriend . Appearing in Memorial Hall Valentines Day EVP was decked out in such regalia as flags, Bill IO Republican delegation since 1929. Britt immediately announc ed the appointment of six House committees. Sen. Gor don H. Greenwood of Bun combe was picked to head the Appropriations Committee and Com evolution WASHINGTON (AP) The National Commission on Se lective Service will tell Presi dent Johnson next week the nation's draft laws must be revolutionized to provide for. a lottery and the drafting of youngest men first. Sources said commission members believe these changes, if implemented into law by Congress, will go a long way toward ending built in inequities and unfairness of the present system. In particular, insiders said, it is thought the new proposal will help end complaints that the present system discrimi nates against the culturally deprived Negro who is not able to get a student deferment. "I think the lottery system is going to be protection against any possible racial discrimination," one source said. "As a matter of fact, it should help reduce it." Another source said "There's nothing in the drafting of youngest first that would dis criminate against anybody. The issue of discrimination does not come in at all" Under the commission's plans, all youths 18 1-2 and 19 would have top priority in the J signs, pictures and other run-of-tiie-mill items. DTH Photo by Ernest H. Introduced Rep. Joe E. Eagles, D-Edge-combe, was named chairman of the Finance Committee. Other new legislation in cluded a bill by Sen. Julian Allsbrook, D-Halifax. It would provide that persons with good driving records would not no mission iieco In D draft classification instead of men 24, 25 and 26, as is the case now. After registration and examination, these youths would enter the 1A classifica tion pool and be chosen for the draft by lot. The commission rejected any alternative to the exist ing system, including the pro posed all-volunteer profession al standing army and the con cept of national service in lieu of . armed service which has been advocated by many leading Administration offi cials. Commission members decid ed to stay with the present Selective Service set up, the sources said, but agreed it must be drastically revised. Specifically the commission will propose that clear, uni form national standards for that classification of all draft age men be promulgated and thus eliminate the present re liance on the more than 4,0C0 local draft boards in the na tion. The boards have inter preted Selective Service guide lines in a myriad of conflict ing ways. Commission members also are reported to feel at this time that a national draft call should be established in place of the current method of as signing quotas on a 1 o c a 1 basis. This, the sources said, would insure that no area or region would begin drafting men of a lower priority until all other draft boards had ex hausted the same category. The commission's plans at present, sources said, call for the continuance of student deferments, but with this sig nificant change: after gradua tion the student must go back into the lottery pool and thus face the same exposure to the dratt as youths who elected to delay their education. There also are reports that the commission will propose that gradual abolition of stu dent deferments be given strong consideration. But sources said the deferment programs would continue at least for the present under the commission's recommen dations. The sources said the recom mendations for a lottery trou bled the commission with some arguing that all youths should enter a pool as soon as they are registered and others arguing that only those class ified 1A and not deferred Robl have to take written road tests wrhen" applying for the renewal of their driving li censes. Allsbrook sponsored a simi lar bill in the 1965 session which passed the Senate but died in the House. inmends raft Xaws should be plan was affected. The latter agreed on. As such, the lottery pro posal closely resembles a De partment of Defense recom mendation to Congress last year. Defense officials also pushed for the reversal of draft-age priorities, claiming that younger men are easier to train and discipline than men past 23. The average age of draftees last year was 20.3. ovement Seeks End For Draft A Duke University teaching assistant, backed by the Lib eral Action Committee at Duke, has begun a movement to bring about an end to the draft. Larry Lockwood, a member of the romance language de partment at Duke, said Wed nesday he is gathering signa tures of students interested in repealing present conscription laws for military service. He is also urging students to attend a speech to be given Monday night at Duke by Gen. Louis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service System. Lockwood said he obtained 180 signatures on the Duke campus Wednesday, and will set up a booth at Y-Court be tween noon and 2:30 p.m. to day to ask UNC students to sign. The petition will be sent to Gen. Hershey, he said. A circular which he distri buted calls for "immediate action (on the part of the gov- emmenn to rectifv the evils which are inherent in the Se lective Service System." Lockwood called the system "an aggravating influence up on socio-economic problems," and said his group will ask that the Universal Military Training Act, passed in 1940, not be renewed when it comes up for reconsideration this year. He said the group seeks re peal of the present conscrip tion laws and-or creation of "more democratic alternatives for meeting our nation's needs." Student suggestions as to how the draft may be made more fair will be welcome, he added. M For By STEVE KNOWLTON DTH Staff Writer The new undergraduate li brary, student union and stu dent Supply Store may final ly become realities soon. Contractors' bids were ac cepted yesterday, said Arthur Tuttle, Jr., Director of the Un iversity Planning Office. "The contracts should be awarded within 30 days and start within 60," he said. As of now, the three build ings are scheduled to be open by the fall semester of 1968. "We have every hope that the buildings will be finished by late summer, '68," Tuttle said. Nothing is absolute, though, he said. "The building of $5 million worth of structures is not like buying a loaf of bread. "We can't say for sure that such and such will happen or that certain contracts will de finitely be awarded," Tuttle said, "but the bids do look fa vorable. "We will have to examine all bids submitted and see which ones are most suitable," h said. The contracts will be awarded to the lowest quali fied bidders. Separate bids were entered for heating, lighting, air condi tioning, elevators, plumbing and general construction con tracts. "In all," the Director said, "there have been more than two dozen bids offered. We will, of course, have to look in to each cf them before we de cide." All the proposed structures will have-to be cleared with both state and federal agen cies, but no serious problems are anticipated. The new library is costing an estimated $1.9 million; the student union, $2 million; and the book store, $1.5 million. Funds for the library will be divided between federal and state allocations, the state paying the lion's share, $1.3 million. Students are financing most of the cost of the supply store through book prices of the University Book Exchange. Since 1953, over 1-3 of all pro fits from the sale of books has gone into a Trust Fund to pay for the book store. Book prices will not go down after the supply Store is built, however, for inventory costs will keep book prices high for some time. A federal loan will pay for the construction costs of the student union. The University will pay off the debt on a self-liquidating basis. The whole complex of build ings will be placed in the area east of Wilson Library, run ning parallel to Raleigh Road, extending to Emerson Field. The new student union will have five times the floor space of the present Graham Memorial union. The new structure will be named for Dr. Frank Porter Graham, former president of this University. Election ate Set 1 cs iviarcn j. March 21 was set as the date for campus elections Tuesday night by Student Leg islature. The Elections Board had suggested this date. "This date was selected," said Student Body Vice Pres ident Bill Purdy, "because, in case a run-off election is re quired, there would be time for a second election before spring vacation." No action was taken on a referendum suggested last week to determine student opinion on the Vietnam war. Student Body President Bob Powell, criticized recently for his signing of a controversial letter to President Johnson and his conference in Wash ington with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, heartily endorsed such a referendum in Tues day night's meeting. D 1. m ry . r m I p t.. , ..... - " - - t - - - - ' ' . """1 .... .r--':' B -4 The Graham Memorial-sponsored Ski Trip planned for the weekend of February 18th faces possible cancellation unless more people sign up. So far only 12 of the minimum of 36 people required for the trip have signed up at the Graham Memorial Information desk. Students who are interested in the Ski Trip can sign up by next Wednesday at the latest, or the trip will have to be called off, GM spokesmen said. The $24.00 fee for the trip includes transportation, tow fee, ski rental, and overnight accommodations at Blowing Rock. There will also be an optional combo party at the Blowing Rock Lodge on Saturday night, which will cost $2.00 per person. The bus for the trip will leave the Planetarium parking lot at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 18th, and will arrive back is Chapel Hill around 11 p.m. Sunday night. Americain Study Made New Field By ROBERT G. LITTLE Special To The DTH A new major called Ameri can Studies is being offered here this semester. The first course American Studies 40, Introduction to American Studies, will be of fered this spring. In June 1968 students may graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies. Richard C. Lyon, chairman of the curriculum in Ameri can Studies, explained the new major this way: "The Curriculum in Ameri can Studies, an undergraduate program leading to the B.A. in American Studies, draws on the courses of many de partments which contribute to a study of the civilization of the United States. "The program is designed for students who wish to study American life from many points of view as it has been expressed in politics, re ligion, literature, philosophy, the fine arts, in economic in the press. 'The American Studies ma jor is encouraged to relate the information and the ideas he has acquired in his several departmental courses to no tice for example, the relevance of the novel to politics and so cial structure, of urban plan ning to assumptions about the good life, of philosophy and re ligion to the country's ec onomic history. "Two courses in American Studies, reauired of all majors, are designed to encourage this awareness of the inter-re lated ness of diverse aspects of our national life." These two courses are Arner ican Studies 40 and American Studies 80. AJS. 40 will be taught this spring. It deals with America as a civilization and the American national character. Permission from Richard C. Lyon of the Department of English chair man of the American Studies Curriculum, is required to take this course. American Studies 80, which will be taught this fall, will concentrate on American civ ilization since World War II, including topics of the arts, literature, philosophy, psychol ogy, politics and society. For the B.A. in American Studies the general college student must take 20 full se mester courses. The required courses are the same as for other Bachelor of Arts pro grams, but must include American Studies 40 to be tak en in the student's fourth se mester; however, this course may be taken during the stu dent's junior year. History 71 and 72 should be taken during the students's sophomore year. There are many recommended courses the student can choose as elec tives. During the junior and sen ior years, 20 full semester courses are seven mandatory core courses: English 81, English 82, History 145, His tory 146, Political Science 162, Religion 135 and American Studies 80. Six to eight related courses can be chosen from a selec tion of art, English, religion, anthropology, political science, sociology and history courses, leaving five to seven electives coming from courses with ma jor emphasis on a foreign civ ilization or in the natural sci ences. Chairman Lyon said that the idea of American Studies is a post-World War II move ment which is already estab lished at other universities and is coming to Chapel Hill late. Lyon said that the Ameri can Studies curriculum is an mterdisciplinary p rogra which will bring together the courses in other departments that are related to America as a civilization. "This is an attempt to make these courses play into each other inform each other." Lycn said, "in order to see how complex an issue is and to get a solution to a problem." Lj'on added that American Studies would not be a sepa rate department. "We are not bucking the de partments at UNC, and we do not propose to stop specializa tion in these departments," Lyon pointed out The American Studies cur riculum was approved by the Faculty Council last May, and the first degrees in American Studies will be awarded in 1868.
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