NEWS
EDITORIALS
One More Chance
Quoting Aristotle
No More Play
V-12 Exam
Town Council
Speaker Runoff
Serving" Civilian and Military Students at UNC
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1943
Editorial: F-8141. Neva: T-914. T-U1
NUMBER 15 W
Town Council Must Wait ,
"For Move by Legislature
By Robert Rolnik
The Town council, "blocked by legislative and executive procedure," must
wait another month before starting its work as representative of the more
than 500 civilian town students, according to council member Laurence Britt.
Until the council members remaining from last year choose four holdover
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Redecision
All Blocking
Large Grant
Carolina Will Get
Ackland Trust Fund
A redecision of the federal district
court is all that stands between the
University of North Carolina and the
$1,400,000 trust fund of the late Wil
liam H. Ackland.
The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in the District of Columbia, reversed
the district court's decision that the
money go to Ackland's heirs, thus
making probable the building and en
dowment of an art museum here un
der the terms of the millionnaire's
will.
1936 Will
In 1936 Ackland made out a will
in which he directed that an art gal
lery or museum "be erected upon the
campus of Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina, or if permission
therefor cannot be obtained, then upon
the campus of the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
or if such permission cannot be ob
tained from either of said universities,
then upon the campus of Rollins 'Col
lege, Winter Park, Florida."
In a second will Ackland omitted his
second and third choices, and men
tioned Duke University alone. But
Duke has rejected the offer.
Gardner Leads Fight
Former Governor of North Carolina
O. Max Gardner led the fight for the j
University in the contest before the
U. S.Circuit Court of Appeals. Gard
ner, an alumnus of the class of 1906,
stujdied law here from, 1905-7. He
based his appeal strongly on the prin
ciple known in law as the cy pres
doctrine, which is literally interpreted
to mean "the next best thing."
Gardner argued that Ackland had
a general educational and charitable
purpose in mind which should be car
ried into effect on a campus of a uni
versity comparable to Duke. Since
Duke rejected the benefits of the be
quest, the court should invoke the cy
pres doctrine and direct the , use of
the money for construction of a mu
seum on the campus of a university
like unto the University of North Car
olina. Appeals Decision
The Circuit Court of Appeals agreed
See REDECISION, page U
Coeds Passed
WGA Measure
By Large Vote
The amendment to the WGA con
stitution voted on in the last election
was passed by a large majority. This
, amendment makes the examination for
merly held for those girls interested
in running for office compulsory for
all new coeds.
Girls will be given preliminary in
struction by their advisers. Anyone
who fails to take the test will be put
on probation. The examination date
will be announced later by the Coed
Senate. .
Mary Lou Truslow, speaker of the
Senate also announced the WGA
scnoiarsmp u
150 to 200 dollars
A r-rvii'cu Viae
been appointed to set up definite re
quirements ir the scholarship. It is
expected it will go to a senior girl who
shows leadership ability in student ac
tivities, i
Margaret Hughes was elected the
new secretary of the Senate. She was
formerly chairman of the War Com
mittee. Anyone interested in helping with
the work of the War Committee which
coordinates the Red Cross and Soldier
Recreation work on the campus was
asked to contact Kitty Kelly its new
chairman in Spencer.
The next meeting of the Senate
which will be held on November 2 in
the North Room will be open to the
public.
officers and have an election for new
town representatives, the council will
be virtually inactive. The elections
committee of the Legislature is offi
cially unable to call a vote for these
new town representatives until a
chairman is chosen for the committee.
The post was recently vacated by V-12
trainee Jimmy Davis when he left for
another naval base. Everything will
remain at a standstill for two weeks
until the next Legislature meeting
when the machinery is set in motion
to name the new committee head.
Constitution Obstacle
Another obstacle is that the Town
council first must revise its constitu
tion in accordance with a law passed
earlier this year when it is formed,
before going ahead with town student
problems.
Britt, a member of both the council
and the Elections committee, could
only say that the slow procedure was
unfortunate but impossible to circum
vent. 1942 Activities
Reviewing last year's Town council
activities, Britt listed working on the
scrap drive, bond-selling and Red
Cross drives as the campus campaigns
in which, the group participated. "We
also organized an intricate system of
communication to enable the council
to reach the scattered town students,
but it was never put into effective
use."
Campus observers have long seen
a definite need for a workable "group
to represent the town students. As
late as last summer, a plan was
brought before the Legislature which,
if passed, would have supplanted the
council with an organization based on
departmental lines. It was killed on
the ground that the reorganized Town
council had not been given a chance,
and it would now seem that 1943 is
the test year for the group.
Opportunity for Work
Many still believe that the oppor
tunity is there for the council to
do the vital work it should. Prob
lems that it may tackle when finally
set in' motion include straightening out
the "chaotic rooming situation, study
ing eating facilities and conditions,
forming the town students into a co
hesive group."
Last year, the town was divided in
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Vice-President Is US
In Nation's Good Neighbor Policy
Definite date for the November speech here of Vice-President Henry A.
Wallace will be set by the end of the month, according to Carolina Political
Union chairman Lee Bronson.
This will give Chapel Hill a chance to hear the man who warned, "the
post-war world will open to youth re
turning from the battlefields, the
j greatest diasppointment or the great
est opportunity which any generation
has had, depending on our faith and
resolve to bring it about."
Usual Appearance
If the Vice-President is his usual
self, students will see a big, rugged,
shy, casually dressed man of the out
doors ; they will hear a man speak
who has been called by friend and
opponent alike, "very complex and
brilliant, underneath a rough exterior,
and a distinct possibility for the com
ing national elections."
Wallace, one of the most powerful
Vice-Presidents this country has ever
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the BEW. In spite of N this, observers
claim, he still maintains a very pow
erful hand as mainstay in ' the Good
South American Mementos
On his desk, in a modest suite in
the Senate offices, is a collection of
mementos from his South American
trips, and on the wall is a picture of
his father who was Secretary of Agri
culture under ' Harding. When asked
about his father, he replied, "I was
much closer to my Grandfather than
my Father; Father was married when
he was twenty-two and then when I
came along he had other things to
.think of."
He attributes many
i cnaracteristics' to his
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Thompson
Wins Runoff
For Speaker
University Party Man
Beats Brogden
By a margin of 13 votes Reid Thomp
son, NROTC, defeated E. O. Brogden,
AS, V-12, for the post of speaker of
the student legislature in last Thurs
day's runoff election.
Although the legislature is one of
the campus most influential policy
making bodies, the vote cast for the
top position in that' organization was
exceedingly small in the runoff and
amounted to only 600.
Town Representatives
Town students elected Charlie Vance
representative of the town at large in
the legislature in Thursday's runoff.
The opposing candidate, Dave Tayloe,
was defeated by a large majority.
These two runoffs complete the first
large fall elections ever held at Caro
lina. The students chosen to fill these
most important campus posts will con
tinue to serve until spring elections.
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recently reorganized legislature is
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large one, for the legislature must of
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necessi y p ay a arge par 1 p
to integrate the now widely spread out
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Carolina campus. Proposed bills in-
rlnrifi one which will stioulate what'
students are eligible for membership
to the Publications Union Board
In the past two months under the,uP- rW in piace ine mue veiveu
leadership of Terrell Webster, the drapes which usually hide the stage, is
legislature has passed an elections bill, ! an elaborately decorated drop-curtain,
the "Hatch Act," and defeated Old gay-nineties style, featuring Lola
Guard Jimmy Wallace's plan for re-'; Montez," famed dancer of that day,
nromVatinTi nf the legislature.
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WALLACE
whose motto was "good farming, clear
thinking and clean living." Wallace
still does not smoke, drink, swear or
play cards, following the precepts in
the motto almost beyond the letter.
Grandfather's Life
Wallace's Grandfather, also named
Henry, was a self made man, who
See CPU, page 4
Perry Releases Full Details
On Second Army -Navy Exam
For Civilian Students at
'Bar Z' Play
Will Continue
Until Sunday
"The Boss of Bar Z," "the Play
makers' gift to the laugh-lovers of
Chapel Hill," went into production last
night for a five-day run extending
through Sunday night.
The play, a colorful melodrama of
the Old West, has had the Playmakers
themselves laughing for weeks, in fact,
ever since the Bar Z show was chosen
to open this year's Playmaker season.
Scripts Lacking "
First excitement over the play was
caused by the lack of scripts for the
try-outs. The scripts made a flying
journey across the country three times
in the effort to reach Chapel Hill.
Finally, in desperation, Douglas Hume,
director of the show during the past
summer at the First Theatre of Cali
fornia, in Monterey and director for
the production on the Playmaker stage
here, wrote the dialogue for several
of the scenes from memory and try
outs went off as scheduled. After six
wires and three cross-country flights,
the script arrived just in time to get
rehearsals under way.
Plans for the show went ahead rapid
ly and enthusiastically. All persons
taking any part in the production
were to be in costume for the perform
ances. There were to be peanut girls
in the aisles, a master of ceremonies
for the show, and a general atmos
phere of "Hellzapoppin' " was antici
Ushers' and box-office workers'
pated
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period as well as the cast. Irene Smart
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and Lib Stoney got busy with scissors,
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needles, and tape measures, working
furiously to complete the costumes,
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dramatic art department. It includes ;
an interior of the ranch house, i
through the windows and door of which
might be seen the beautiful and highly
colored California desert.
The play is the story of a wealthy
California ranchowner, a girl named
Dorinda Curtis, and is a shoot-em-up-bang-bang
sort of show in which every
thing from cattle-rustling to kisses en
ters the plot.
Old-Time Olio
Following the play were sixteen acts
of olio, old-fashioned vaudeville en
tertainment. In this songs, dances,
and other production numbers charac-
See BAR Z, page U
CICA Elects
Irene McCain
Vice-President
The CICA held its general election
of new officers at a mass meeting last
Wednesday night,. with voting results
giving Irene McCain the vice presi
dency.
Tommie Slayton is the new repre
sentative to the Coed senate, an office
formerly held by Peggy Mosely.
Because of the resignation of Mar
garet Pickard and Peggy Mosley, Bev
erly West and Nancy Hunt were
chosen to fill their places as senior
members of the executive council.
Kitty Kelly, Jean Newton, LucileJ
Cathy, Irene McCain and Sammie Me
Keethan were elected-junior members
to the council
The meeting was presided over by
the president Lucy Lee Kennedy. Ten
tative plans for a Hallowe'en party on
1 Monday were made and will be an-
'nounced later this week.
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PERRY
Year's First Show
Of Sound and Fury
Goes Into Rehearsal
Featuring girls, songs, dances and
laughs, and an outstanding book, the
new Sound and Fury production "Gad
about" is fast rounding into shape.
The plot is that of a Carolina stu
dent under fire on the college front,
caught in the clutches of two-faced co
eds and vieing for that privilege
against the Pre-Flighters. No military
secrets betrayed, it can also be an
nounced that the co-eds, as usual, over
whelm 11 opposition and "operations
fe iarried out according to plan."
i?irst try-outs met witn tremendous
success with over one hundred co-eds
and males auditioned for the various
parts in the singing and dancing teams,
as comedians, musicians, actors, and
' as the unsung stars of the stage, tech
nicians.
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were cast anJ there are stm many
male parts and other roles available,
Final tryouts are scheduled to be held
November to 6.
, Directors
All musicians interested in playing
"for t.hp nrrtdnrti nn 5?hmiTd s?pft Alan
Bergman who is in charge of orchestra-
staff has not been appointed yet.
Photography will be handled by Joe
Denker of the Pre-Flight.
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Popular Dramatics Teacher
Lived in China for 18 Years
By Nancy Stern
Born in Canton, China, as a son of
missionaries, Sam Selden, associate
professor of the department of dra
matic art, has known the ups and
downs of life.
His school days were spent near
Hong Kew Park, the scene of bloody
battles during the Chinese-Japanese
war. At about eighteen, he sailed for
the United States, where after a few
months, the army drafted him. After
the first world war, Yale became his
Alma Mater.
New York Work
Upon graduation, Selden went into
theater work in New York and spent
five years in the Provincetown Play
house working under such men as Eu
gene O'Neill, Robert Edmond Jones,
and Kenneth Macgowan. He was also
employed in the Theater Guild and In
timate Opera Company where he did
a little bit of everything. In the be
ginning, when he made but $10 a week,
he borrowed a mattress and slept at
night on a shelf in a corner back stage.
But no one ever knew..
During one season Selden acted in a
tent show which, soon after his arrival,
began a down hill march financially.
His superstitious manager, claiming
that Selden was the cause of his loss
because he violated traditions of show
business by keeping a strap around
Those Taking Test
Must File Blanks
In 206 South
By Jimmy Wallace
First definite plans concerning local
Navy V-12 and Army Specialized
Training Program qualifying tests to
be held on November 9 were released
yesterday by W. D. Perry, director of
vocational and military guidance.
"Applications from all students who
intend to take the tests must be filled
out and returned to my office on or
before November 1," Perry stated.
"These blanks will be available in
room 206, South building."
Second Exam
Second eligibility examination to be
given on a nationwide scale, the tests
will insure continuance of the dual
Army-Navy program now operating in
the nation's colleges and universities.
Officials warned that any person who
took the April 2 test but failed to
qualify will have to take the Novem
ber 9 test before being considered
again.
Students who take the qualifying
test will be required on the day of the
test to indicate their preference for
either the Army or the Navy pro
gram. "Once the choice is made be
tween the two services, that decision
will be final and no student will be
considered by both units at the same
time." Announcements made it clear
however that "taking the test does
not constitute enlistment in either
branch of the armed services."
Physical Requirements :
In addition to standards set in the
examination, the ASTP requires a
minimum height of five feet, a maxi
mum of six feet two inches, eyes 2020
without glasses, 2040 with glasses
and twenty serviceable teeth.
Minimum height requirements in
the Navy V-12 program is set at five
feet five and a half inches, maximum
height six feet four inches, eyes 1820
correctable to 2020 and normal color
perception.
November 9 Only
The qualifying test, first step in se
lection of men for the college pro
grams will be available only on the
morning of November 9 and anyone
who does not take the test at that time
will have to wait until the next test
in the spring. Each student will be
notified "by approximately December
20 . as to whether or not he qualified.
No test scores will be reported either
to students or school authorities."
In outlining what are considered
his trunk, gave him his walking papers.
"Strangely enough, business picked up
after I left," Selden confessed.
UNC in '27
In 1927, Sam Selden came to Caro
lina as technical director for the Caro-
, lina Playmakers. He was - soon pro-
moted to his present position of as
sistant director of the Playmakers, and
associate professor of the department
of dramatic art. As is the tradition
among the Playmakers, genial Sam
Selden became "Sam" to his associates
and students alike.
On a John Simon Guggenheim fellow
ship in 1938-39, he traveled through
Italy, Austria, Poland, Russia, Ger
many, France and England studying
the theatres of those countries, and
their contributions to the drama.
Every year, Selden directs one of
the major Playmaker productions in
which he strives to work with each of
his actors, measuring the success of
each performance by the amount of
improvement in the quality of acting
done by his students. His acting and
directing classes are among the most
popular in the department.
"I strive always to give my students
a better understanding and apprecia
tion of the theatre by giving them an
active background through their act
ing plays in classes before telling them
the hows and whys of stage technique."