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- I "But I want to be stepped on," Said the grass. In the spring: Carolina's fancy Turns to politics. Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNC VOLUME LII sw Business and Circulation: 8641 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1944 Editorial: F-3141. News: F-S14S, F-314T NUMBER SW 24 o nit Cpmkii 18 As Bate For pus Elections Sees East 0 AS U 'Bislbandls Gain s- Nominations Slated 7 Days Prior to Vote By Sam Whitehall Coming forth as the first active move of the student legislature at the be ginning of the new quarter, the elec tions committee met Thursday after noon and drew up a report, to be pre sented to the legislature body as a whole next week, which, if followed, will set the date for general campus wide elections for April 18. Chairmaned by Lawrence Britt, the committee also includes in its reports a plan for having formal nominations on April 11, seven days prior to the proposed election date, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in Memorial Hall. The general elections will include election of officers to fill all major posts on cam pus, including president of the student body, speaker of the legislature, edi tors of the Tar Heel, Carolina Mag and Yackety-Yack, almost all' minor elected posts, and in addition, legisla tors to fill the posts vacated by Navy representatives who left the school at the end of the last Navy semester, as well as all members-at-large to the legislature. As stipulted in the con stitution, six holder members to the legislature will be elected by the legis lators at the first meeting of that body following . the installation of new members. To Be Presented This report and suggestions of the election committee will be presented to the legislature in the meeting to be call ed by Speaker Harvey Hamilton 'dur ing the first part of next week; the legislature has the power to decide to enact legislation making the 'report of the committee into a law just as it stands, pass laws concerning elections with alteration on the committee re port, or decide to refute the commit tee's report and draw up a new bill al together. The committee on elections also an nounced that rules governing cam paigns and elections would follow similar lines to those of previous years. Concerning expenditures of candidates, $12.50 is the maximum amount of money any candidate for president of the student body, speaker of the stu dent legislature, editor of the Tar Heel, Mag or Yackety-Yack, will be allowed to spend. The ceiling on ex penses for legislature aspirants can not exceed $5.00, and no candidate for offices other than those stipulated above will be allowed to put more than $5.00 into his campaign. An itemized report of expenditures must be turned in to the student council room by each can didate by six o'clock in the afternoon of the day preceding election. The expense involved in having a single-column cut made for publica tion in the Tar Heel is the only ex penditure which is not included in the stipulated fees for campaigners. Three polling places will be open on the day of elections: Swain hall for all V-12, See ELECTIONS, page 4 Newly Chosen Dean of Men Has Taught Math 22 Years By Marianne Browne "Dr. E. L. Mackie, instructor in the department of mathematics will be his successor." The campus was delightfully sur prised Tuesday to hear that Dr. Mackie was to be the new dean of men when Dean Parker leaves. Ac cording to Dr. Mackie, it was rather sudden for him too, although for the last few days he had felt the possi bility growing in South Building. Cer tainly, no more popular person could have been chosen for the position. Here Since '21 Dr. Mackie has been a professor at Carolina since 1921, twenty-two years of teaching Tar Heels all the ins and nnfs nf mathematics. But he was here earlier than this, as a student, graduat ine- in the class of 1917. From here he went to Clemson where he taught for two vears and from there to Har vard. It was here that he received his MA deeree. Then back to Caro Officials Return House And Break Chi Psi Lease The University scratched off its list of obligations Monday the first fra ternity house it no longer needs, the Chi Psi house. After a month of discussion C. E. TeagueCarolina's assistant business manager, the Interfraternity Coun cil, and the Chi Psi fraternity reached a decision to break the Chi Psi lease with the University. Last July 1, the bargain of 17 fraternities with the University went into effect, with houses leased on a yearly- basis, renewable each year by the Uni versity. Payments to, each fraternity were made on a basis of debt service, a total of mortgage, insurance, taxes, and seven and one-half per cent de preciation on furniture used. ASTP Occupation Since the Chi Psi house has been in the University's hands, pre-meteorol-ogy and ASTP students have occupied it. The normal capacity of the house, according to Chi Psi president Dick Pollock, is 40. At one time it housed as many as 60 ASTP students. Previous to the return of the Chi Psi house all dealings with fraternities went through Mr. Teague's office. Out of the discussions of the University with the Interfraternity Council and the Chi Psi's, a committee has arisen. This committee, composed of Dean House or the dean of men; Teague or his assistant; Dean Bradshaw or Guy Phillips, will meet the first Monday of each month to discuss any problems concerning fraternity houses. The University has agreed to paint, fix floors and to take care of all dam ages done to the Chi Psi house during its occupation by the Army. The Uni versity is under agreement to repair all damages to fraternity houses. The Chi Psi fraternity, headed by Dick Pollock, who is also president of the Interfraternity Council, is at pres ent composed of 18 civilian and three V-12 students. The civilian students moved into the house Monday. Still Leased Fraternity houses on the campus still leased by the University are Phi Kappa Sigma, Delta Psi, Kappa Sig ma, Zeta Psi, Kappa Alpha, Phi Gam ma Delta, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Sigma Pi, Sigma Nu, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, and Beta Theta Pi. The Phi Delta Theta house is leased to the University for medical students, the Chi Phi house for civilians, TEP for coeds and the ATO house for the Tri Delta sorority. The Phi Alpha house is now leased to the Phi Delts, and the Pi Lambda Phi house to the Phi Gams. The profes sional pharmacy fraternities, Kappa Psi and Phi Delta Chi, did not lease their houses to the University. The ZBT house has been used by the Chapel Hill high school since last fall. CPU Applications N. Membership blanks for the Carolina Political Union are in the YMCA and all students including service men are eligible to file for membership. Inter views will be Wednesday and Thurs day. - short time spent working for his Ph.D. in Chicago he has been teaching here ever since. President of YMCA At Carolina Dr. Mackie was presi dent of the YMCA. Among nis co workers were Francis Bradsbaw, gen eral secretary at the time, and Bob House. Now they get together again in South Building. He was president of the sophomore class, a me- "-er of the Golden Fleece, Pi Beta Kappa, and of the Ampha terathen, an extemporaneous speaking and debating society. He joined Phi Gamma Delta as a member of the faculty when it was reestablished here on the campus. He was chosen as the second chair man of the dance committee to suc ceed Dr. Bernard. Dr. Mackie is es pecially well suited for this position. He is an excellent dancer, and has al ways been a favorite of the Carolina coeds, both during his student years See NEW DEAN, page U Fraternities -Open Rushing On Wednesday Carolina's fraternities start their third Rush Week of the year Wednes day, March 29, and continue until Sun day, April 2, according to Dick Polloclf, president of the Interfraternity Coun cil. ' The following rules cover all new men who have come to the University since January 15. This includes War College civilians and V-12's who ar rived March 4. There will be a silence period until March 29th at 7:30 P. M. Rushing will be carried on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 29, 30, and 31 be tween the hours of 7:30 P. M. and 10:00 ons Wednesday and Thursday, and 7:30 P. M. and 11:00 P. M. on Fri day. Starting Friday at 11:00 P. M. there will be a silence lasting until April 2. Pledging Begins Pledging will be done on Sunday, April 2, between the hours of 2:00 P. M. and 5:00 P. M. in the office of the Dean of Men. ' " Fraternities may extend an invita tion to these new men to pledge no earlier than 7:00 P. M. Friday, March 31. This will be a strictly formal rush ing period, which means that rules in the past years will be adhered to: no refreshments, only rushing in frater nity stated headquarters, etc. Invitations to new men to visit will be written on postcards, and will be turned in to the Dean of Men by 12:00 noon, March 27th. Each fraternity participating in any rushing will post a bond of $50 with the treasurer, Charlie Vance, in care of Mrs. Abernethy, 217 S. Columbia St., by 12:00 noon, March 27th. Bids to the men to pledge will be turned in to the Dean of Men by Sun day noon, April 2. Dick Pollock asks if there are any questions concerning the rules, to please get in touch with him. An Edit: Do walk on the grass! Everybody, everyday. Why tread the beaten trail? Be an explorer, an adventurer, a blazer of newer and shorter routes, a pathfinder, a grass-stomper. It's as much your grass as the next fellow's. It's grass that belongs to everybody, and tramping each inch of it is the best way to prove your possession. No dictatorship is at large on our campus to control the vegetation. There's no military rule to set you goose stepping down the graveled walks. This grass is a common trust in which our tax-paying fathers own a share. Since we fall heir to the shares our fathers purchased, it's ours to do with as we like. At some schools we know, this freedom of where to set the foot has been tampered with. We remember how the sophomore class our freshman year at a large state woman's college set themselves up as Gestapo to shadow all free individuals with a yen for taking short-cuts across the campus, how these watch-dogs fined us 25 pennies for exerting our lawful rights and how barbed wire was stretched at corners and strategic points just to re mind us of the democratic privileges being curtailed. We remember how angry we became and how we never forgot the insult to our finances. But we remember how green grew the grass, and how we began to become reconciled to the idea. Then our sophomore year we were enlisted as a restrictor of free and righteous movement. We were not as dictatorial as the class before us, because we had been taught 'the principle of laissez-faire. The campus lan guished, but our principle was not violated. What if grass cannot obtain sunshine for photosynthesis when beaten three feet under? What if the campus here represents a patchwork quilt with the ground-hued patches predominant? Have you not enjoyed an absence of interference with your rights? Has not a true democracy been followed? Why let a little thing like the remote possibility that other share holders may desire preservation of the grass, rather than destruction through constant sampling of its shoe adhesion, as a dividend deter you from your course? Make the University of North Carolina a unique example of democracy in operation. Walk on the grass. Make up your mind to do so regularly. Run on it. Loiter on it. Recline on it. - Jump up and down on it. Stomp on it until it is a thing of the past. Go on. You can do it. We all can do it if we work together. Let's keep on at the rate we're going now, and soon the grass regime at this college will have given way to the rule of bare, good earth. By A. Ingle. PU Considers Circulation Of Tar Heel By Nancy Smith Complete door-to-door delivery of Tar Heels to all civilians living within a certain radius became almost a cer tainty last Tuesday when the PU Board met to consider the circulation problem. Dean Parker, a dormitory and a town representative attended the board meeting to give suggestions and to help wherever practicable with the setting up of a revised circulation plan. The success of the town circulation hinges largely on whether a complete up-to-the-minute list of the addresses of all town students can be obtained. Dean Parker brought out the fact that the students living in town change their residences a great deal and that there is no certain way of keeping track of them. He suggested that if some sort of up-to-the-minute list could be compiled, it would do much to sim plify the circulation problem. It was further suggested that if See PU BOARD, page U Drama Fete Closes Today The 21st annual Carolina Dramatic Association Spring Festival started off its varied program on Thursday afternoon this week. The first plays to be presented were "Marching Men," by James O'Brien, produced by the Goldsboro high school; "Perchance to Dream," by Chloe Gartner, produced by the Henderson high school Dra matic Club ; "Gray Bread," by Jean Lee Latham, produced by the Gray High Drama teers; arid "Echo," by Robert Kaspar, produced by . the Whiteville Dramatic Club. Thursday evening the Playmakers presented the three prize winning plays in the 1944 Playwritirig Contest for Men in The Armed Forces. The play that won first place was "Harp Upon the Willows," by Sgt. Harvey L. Han nah. This plays deals with the mental struggle that a mother goes through before she is willing to admit that her son has "grown up." In the cast were Lib Johnson, Sherman Lazarus, Ran dall Brooks, Nell Hill, and Kathleen Arnold. The second prize play was entitled "Heaven Is What You Make It," and it was written by Corp. Hy man Levey. The play deals with life See DRAMA, page U Course Deemed Success At Graduation Thursday By Bernie Thompson Following the recent Congressional action abolishing most of the Army's Specialized Training Programs, the Area and Language students stationed here at the University were graduated Thursday afternoon. All ASTP units throughout the country with the exception of a few medical units are being closed this month, according to Major Douglas Waples, head x V " . k . . . ttm-- 1 DEAN BRADSHAW read Dr. Frank Graham's address to the graduating ASTP students at exercises held last Thursday. Dr. Graham has returned to Washington. Letter Clarifies ASTP Med Set-up The following letter was received this week by Dr. W. D. Perry, military and vocational adviser, from Colonel W. Harrelson, deputy director of the ASTP: 1. Unofficial information indicates that unless a soldier is inducted into the Army on induction orders dated prior to March 1, 1944, he will not be eligible to honor a letter of ac ceptance for a 1944 entering class in medicine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine under the ASTP. 2. . Information also indicates that if the soldier enters Army duty volun tarily subsequent to March 1, 1944, he will not be able to return to an inactive status to undertake profes sional training at his own expense. 3. It is therefore urged that your institution circularize all students ac cepted for a 1944 entering class who are now subject to Selective Service, advising them NOT to volunteer for induction. 4. Further, should an individual be ordered for induction by Selective Service, he should immediately no tify your headquarters of the situa tion in order that the induction may be appealed. 5. It is desired that the institutional authorities be informed of the con tents of this letter immediately. Behind The most disgusting example of the new low dragged by student govern ment at the present was brought forth Thursday when students, entering their early morning classes, found anony mous papers skillfully placed through out the campus, demanding the an swers to questions so designed to stir up resentment, play on emotionalism, and generally directed at obtaining a reaction frcm intelligence unbecoming even to fourteen year old junior high schoolers. Upon these mimeographed "yellow-sheets" were the following questions: When is student government going to be returned to the STUDENTS ? When are we going to have an election? Who elected Turk Newsome? Who elected Harvey Hamilton? When is student government going to be returned to the students? When are WE going to have an election? No name was signed, no identity as to the writer or writers of this cowardly, of the Area and Language Division for the entire ASTP in his speech here Thursday.. This move is "due to a neces sity of such proportions as to require the major attention of every personnel agency in Washington, from the Presi dent down," Major Waples said. Major Waples Says The reasons for the founding of this branch of the ASTP were stated clearly in the address Major Waples made to the graduates. He said in part, "the responsibilities assumed by the United States after Pearl Harbor must be car ried long after the peace treaties. Fail ure to meet such responsibilities will lead straight to World War III. . "To discharge these responsibilities requires an understanding of other people and an ability to communicate with them on the higher levels of dis course, both of which we must rapidly develop. Your training constitutes a preliminary but important part of that development. By virtue of your part in it, you will be influential, both dur ing and after your Army careers, in extending our present cultural horizons to meet the global problems to be solved." Held Degrees Each of the army students attending the University held a college degree. Many of them were educated in prom inent European institutions. Among the 169 members graduated Thursday, a large per cent were holders of doc tor's degrees. These students are being transferred to other units where they are needed, awaiting orders for more active duty. At the graduation exercises Thurs day, Administrative Dean Robert B. House of the University presided, and Harry F. Comer, Secretary of the YMCA, gave the invocation. Major Waples, the leading speaker, was intro duced by Major George Matthews, Jr., Commandant of the unit here. The Navy Pre-Flight School Band played the national anthem. Bradshaw Reads Dr. Francis F. Bradshaw, dean of the University's College for War Train ing, read a message from President Frank P. Graham who was unable to attend due to other pressing duties in Washington. The message read in brief: "We are confident that you as American citizens have advanced to ward the appreciation and understand ing of world resources and cultures which alone can enable us to bear peacetime responsibilities worthy of our military and economic might." Dean Bradshaw cited honor men in the ASTP detachment for the highest scholastic ratings in their various lan guages. Pfc. Leslie Lieber was corn See ASTP, page U It All back-stabbing attack was left. Either the author(s) in question want a little underhand excitement on campus, or else were too afraid of their own con victions to sign their names to the documents. Student government is, and has been, in the hands of the students. Since November, the Tar Heel has begged, and cussed at, damned the student body in an effort to stir up interest in student government, for nothing will so quickly kill student government as the disinterest now typical of the gen eral student body attitude. Turk New some was elected president of the stu dent body to fill the term of the out going president when sudden Navy or ders left us without either a president or vice-president. He was elected by the student council, as an emergency measure, and has been serving under that stipulation. Harvey Hamilton was elected by the student legislature to fulfill Reid Thompson's unexpired term, strictly according to the rules laid See BEHIND IT ALL, page 2 lina . as & professor- Except for
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