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HEADLINES: Civilian Election Deferment News Registration Peak EDITORIALS: i i. - u u fir jy ? Block Fee Time's a Flyin The "Mole" Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNO VOLUME LII W Business and Circulation: SMI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1943 Editorial: Y-IW, Ki: 7-4148. F-414T NUMBER 6 W ndttee ew Bill iLuI.C Y O Tl O E 1Y111 eetioit "' " ' iA . M hppi for a sun i v 7 i. r A ft W I Office E House Phillips R egistration Results Reveal All-Time Peak - By Sara Yokley The final figure on civilian enrollment for the second Summer Session, 1256, brings the total number of army, navy and civilian men and women now on campus to an all time high of 4750, Dean R. B. House and Director Guy B. Phillips of the summer school announced yesterday. Two-thirds of the total number of summer school students are Tar Heels, but students i come from Maine to dali- - forma and from seven foreign coun tries, mere, are 848 students from North Carolina, and 401 from 28 oth er states, and the District of Colum bia. jThis : session there is a noticeable trend toward a larger percentage of students from the Southeast and South. . Georgia and Virginia' lead with 60 and 51 respectively, New York places third with 50, then come South Carolina; 45, and Florida, 30. New Jersey has 22 and next in order are Alabama, 19, and Tennessee 18. War Changes . . ;-.V-y-.. Since the war the percentage of women students has shown a marked increase but the civilian enrollment still shows 686 men; or 55 per cent and 570 women students. v The General College has the larg est enrollment of any division of the University this term with 364 stu dents. Arts and Sciences is a close second with 337. The Graduate School has a large registration of 206. Other Civilian Students Other civilian students are divi ded between Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Commerce, Library Science, So cial Work and a group of special sub jects. Council to Meet The Carolina Independent Coeds Association will meet tonight at seven o'clock in the Woman's Government room of Graham Memorial. Tar Heel Man Gets Lowdotvn The Assignment: Find out what the average non-civilian thinks about Carolina. ' The Reporter: Robert Rolnik. The Report: Pfc Giovanni Conchilla: I'm afraid I can't think of one gripe about Carolina. The campus is really beautiful in spite of the architectural hodge-podge. We've certainly been treated with southern hospitality. But, the female situation good golly the Navy seems to have it too well in hand to suit me. Pfc Henry Kipka: Just paradise really a swell place, this Carolina. Even the cellar of Steele seems like the Waldorf compared to what we've gone through. Pfc John Winter: Beautiful campus where do all those .southern belles hide out, that's what I'd like to know. Wait till the, Army get's started. Well smoke 'em out! Pfc Phillip Herzog: It's all comparative. I feel as if I've come straight from Hell to Heaven. This probably isn't original but the girl problem really is acute, yes sir! I'm all for a Carolina dating bureau!! Pfc John McAleer: My first impressions of Carolina See TAR HEEL MAN, page 4 U.S. Officials Clarify Rule On Deferment University Director Makes Announcement By Kat Hill Students eligible for occupational de f errment will now. have 24 months "after the date of certification" in which to complete their college train ing, according to an announcement is sued by Dr. W. D. Perry, director of military and vocational guidance, late yesterday afternoon. Eliminating July 1, 1943, as the date by which a student deferred un der the Occupational Def errment of College Students Act, the amendment substitutes a continuous policy pro vided he can complete his training within the allotted 24 months., The period begins with the date on which the University informs the individual's draft board that he can finish within the 24 month period. Upon receipt of the regular selec tive service questionnaire, the student or the college may request such occu pational deferment as affects his oar- ticular course. ... Pre-Professionals In regard to pre-professional stu- See U. S. OFFICIALS, page 4 ' " " ? -I '$.1 i 1 1 p eleases New Information Representation Would Be On Departmental Lines Wallace Dr. Frank Leads Symposium Meet Friday Evening An Interfaith Religious Sympo sium "to stimulate understanding and good will between the major re ligious bodies" will be held Friday evening at 8:00 in Memorial Hall, with President Frank Graham pre siding. The service is being held jointly for the student body, all military per sonnel on the campus and townspeo ple, Mr. Harry Comer announced. Dr. Frank P. Graham will preside over the meeting, introducing three visit ing speakers, representing the Cath olic, Jewish and Protestant faiths, who will deliver short talks. The Pre-Flight Band and Glee Club will appear on the program. Captain James Dempsey Leaves War Skies Over Rome and Sicily To Visit Carolina Alumnus Gets DFC For Heroic Action By Bill Orth Captain James C Dempsey, J!r just returned home from the bombing of Rome 12 days ago, arrived in the United States Saturday and was at UNC Tuesday morning. Captain Dempsey, class of '41, won the distinguished Flying Cross for ex ceptional bravery while flying a badly crippled bomber back from enemy ter ritory to a safe landing in Africa. He has participated in fifty bombing raids which automatically entitles him to return for his leave of ab sence. Decorations When asted about the various dec orations he wore, Capt. Dempsey was slow to answer, but finally said, "Well, the Distinguished Flying Cross is just something they give you af ter you have been over there awhile." Capt. Dempsey's speech here at Carolina came just twelve days after he participated in the famous raid on Rome. He said that the raid felt like any other-raid, and that he only had time to look down once, just to say that he had" seen Rome. He stressed that no churches or other religious sanctuaries- were bombed in the raid, but that a few stray bombs did miss their mark and plow up a gr"ave yard on the outskirts of the cityv Com menting on the ability of the Italians as pilots, he said there was very lit tle difference between the Italians and the Germans, that both were pow erful tricky adversaries. Navigators When asked about the efficiency of the navigators on the B-17's, he said they were highly reliable, but that once in a while some one slfpped-up; he cited the instance of the navigator who lost his way after a furious air battle with enemy pursuits, and guid ed his pilot back to the enemy air base on Sicily. After the plane tried to land twice and was shot full of holes it managed to limp back in the right direction. Capt. Dempsey re marked, "That navigator was re classified." The American bombing, according Air Corps Hero Is Raid Veteran gether in Wilson, North Carolina and were married before he entered the service prior to Pearl Harbor. He spoke of the inefficiency of Ger man bombing, but added that they have a very powerful defensive sys tem which entails the use of heavy "flak," or anti-aircraft fire. They are using a new invention that we also have, "Radar," which directs anti aircraft fire whether the plane is in sight or hidden in the clouds. Many Experiences During the time he has been sta tioned in the African theater he has had many interesting experiences, in cluding a trip to the world famous to CaDt. Demnsev. is the most vtit native section of Algiers, the riasKaTi ate in the world. "If they could take ' He said the filth and depredation of a spot the size of the main lounsre the natives was indescribable. He here in Graham Memorial," he said, 'made his trip to the native quarter "and put it out in an open field, our boys would blow it off the map from five miles up." " Wilson Couple Capt. Dempsey's wife, the former Miss Catherine Fleming had no com ment on her husband's return except ing, "I certainly did miss him." Capt. Dempsey named his plane . after his wife's nickname, "Tassie," and added "Bright Leaf" to publicize his home town's famous tobacco. Mrs. Demp sey and her husband grew "up to- just a few days before it was declared out of bounds by the Army. Capt. Dempsey talked with many famous personages in Africa, includ ing Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. He met the troupe of actresses under the wing of Kay Francis on their tour of the African theater, and flew them to some of their destina tions. He met Beatrice Lily, the fam ous British comedienne at a party given by the group of American film stars. Wallace Fights For Town Plan Old Guard Man Gives Outline of Proposal Jimmy Wallace, one of the found ing fathers of the Civilian's Old Guard, brought to a meeting of Legis lature bigwigs on Monday night "a plan for representation of all Civilian Male undergraduates." Wallace, fighting for what he terms "full representation for; the civilians on campus," proposed to fill the Legis- 1 X M - ... iature seats assignea to this group along departmental rather than dis trict lines. Attack After the primary" outline of the measure, the attack opened up. Town council champion Bill Thompson at first denied the need for such an or ganization, finally offered them joint responsibility with the Town Council, left the matter of voting powers vague. After an hour of siege, Wallace rose and took the floor for ten uninterrupted minutes to detail his plan, fight for the acceptance of at least the need for it, if not the very letter of the proposed law. After he finished, claims and counterclaims again filled the Green Room of the YMCA, so obscured any decision that Speaker Terrell Web ster postponed the Legislature meet ing scheduled for tomorrow and asked those present to return for another closed meeting tomorrow night at 8:30. Bill's Origin Origin of the bill came after one of the spring quarter civilian meetings called by Dean Parker, according to Wallace. "When I spoke to some of the men in the old Intertown Council, they admitted that their organization hadn't reached a great number of men. The majority of their policy-deciding and election meetings were attended by only a handful .of the 200 constitu ents they were reDresentiner " For this "loosely-knit unit" Wallace See WALLACE, page U Carolina Grads Get Promotions From Uncle Sam The University Alumni Office has received news of promotions and transfers of several young Carolina alumni now in the services. Earl Howard of Garland, Theodore Cleveland Britt, III, of Lumberton, Z. William .Lyon of Oxford, and Ed mund Forehand of Edenton have won commissions as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps and have reported to Quantico for the' final phases of the officers' training course. Lt. William E. Gray, of New Brit tain, Conn., has been assigned to Vic torville, Cal., Army Air Field as stu dent officer in bombardier instruction. Lt. George R. Rouiller, of Baltimore, Md., recently won his bombardier's wings at the San Angelo, Texas, Bom bardier School. Lt. John W. Slate, Jr., of High See GRADS, page 4 Group Meets Again Tomorrow to Study Worth and Need of Proposed Measure A new and radical plan for civilian male Legislature representation weath ered two hours of joint Elections-Ways and Means-Civilian committee survey Monday night with the final decision on its practicability reserved for a second meeting of the groups tomorrow night. Due to the need for additional time to consider the proposal, Speaker Ter rell Webster, AS, USNR, has moved up the Legislature meeting scheduled for tomorrow to Tuesday of next week. Wallace Outline The measure, as outlined by its creator Jimmy Walla'ce, would substitute for the present district Legislature representation a system apportioned bv departmental groups. During the spring "Reorganizations," the "poorly-constructed Intertown council, at first laboring to get unity within its ranks, then even ceasing to labor," was superseded by a revamped Town council. Under provisions of the bill, the town area was divided into four districts with students electing representatives to the new Council by popular ballot vote. Legislature Representation To the Legislature from the town were to mmf the Council, one from each of the four districts, two elected at large. Wallace's plan would substitute an entirely different system of Legisla ture civilian seating. "All people falling in this classification (Civilian Male Undergraduates) will be represented under one of six groups: General College, oteeie aormitory, Te-Meds, Physics department, Chemistry department, Phar macy school." Clarification Delineations of this voting line include lumping of all "upperclassmen who are majoring m a subject not named above" under the General college; transfer of a man who enters one of the named departments from the General college to his new group; inclusion of Mathematics students in the Physics department. For these various groups, one representative per 50 people or fraction over 35, would be sent to the Legislature. - - Far-Reaching Effect If the Wallace proposal, or a modified version of it, is accepted, it would necessarily do away with the Legislature seats of the Town Council." For , this reason, election of Town members has been delayed until final action is taken on the bill. In presenting his bill, Wallace justified the need for it by claims that the See REPRESENTATION, page U v Marine Commandant Here After Assignment in Panama By Sally Bagley After having survived 15 months in the mosquito-infested jungles of Panama, Captain James W. Mar shall landed in Jacksonville, Fla., late in March, 1943. While in Panama, the Commander of Carolina's Student Marines di vided the rainy-sultry days teaching combat tactics and standing transit guard. The young officer, charged with the direction of a Marine de tachment through the primitive Canal Zone, had also been assigned the duty of boarding vessels in transit through the Canal on look-out for sabotage. With the possibility of subversive action in the Canal area practically nil, at the beginning of this year, Captain Marshall was transferred to New. River, N. C, where he ruled as company commander over four pla toons in training for overseas war-! fare. After six weeks he was ordered to Chapel Hill, along with First Ser geant Schroder, his aide during duty in Central America. Born in Belton, S. C., Captain Mar shall completed secondary schooling in his home town. Enrolling in Fur man University at Greenville, he graduated in 1940 with an A.B. in Economics. Considering "the Marines the best outfit in the service," he enlisted in December 1940. The following Feb- ruary he was assigned to active duty at the Officer's Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. That May he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. but remained at Quantico to receive further training in the Reserve Offi cers Class. On the completion of this instruc tion in August. Captain Marshall See MARINE, page, 4 Schedule: ( The Entertainment Week) Today 8:00 Recorded classical music. Front lawn, Graham Memorial. 9:00 Di Senate. Topic: "Resolved that all immigration into the United States be prohibited for a period of five years after the war." Third floor, New West. v 10:00 Meeting of Old Guard. Graham Memorial lounge. Thursday 7:00 Social dancing class. Women's gymnasium. 7:30 Bridge tournament. Graham Memorial lounge. Friday 8:00 Interfaith symposium. Jointly for the student body, Pre-Flight school, V-12's, Pre-Meteorology students, Area Language students, and towns people. Dr. Frank Porter Graham will preside. The Pre-Flight band and glee club and visiting speakers will participate in the program. Memorial hall. 9:00 Grail dance. $1.10 stag or drag. Music by Johnny Satterfield and his orchestra. Leader, Bub Montgomery. Woollen gymnasium. Saturday ; y 4:00 Baseball game, Navy Pre-Flight vs. Camp McCall. Emerson field. ? 8:00 Spencer hall dance. 8:30 Outdoor movie. North lawn, Graham Memorial. 8:30 "Sicily Scramble." Y court. Sunday 8:30 "Music under the Stars. Kenan stadium. Li.
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