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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1944
Editorial: F-3U1. News: F-5146. F-S147
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The scene in Kenan Stadium changes considerably when summer comes, as students move from the bleachers to the
football field for the annual series of "Music Under the S tars" programs. The lighting arrangements are also al
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Carolina Students Air Blankets in Stadium
As 'Music Under Stars' Program Is Revived
Record Operator Urgently Needed
For Coming Sunday Concert
With tentative plans hinging on the discovery of a person to operate the
recording machine, "Music Under the Stars" will be renewed this Sunday
night with the pilgrimage of couples to Kenan Stadium. '
In answer to popular demand Harvey White of the Campus Cabinet dis
closed that arrangements were made to sponsor the attraction this past Sun
day, but fear of the music mterfer-ft
ing with the Playmaker production
changed the opening to this, coming
Sunday. Civilian exams are the ob
stacle to next week's program as the
regular recording operator will not.
be available. A volunteer from the
V-12 ranks is urgently needed.
Favorite Feature
Long a favorite feature of the sum
mer sessions, "Music Under the Stars"
is characterized by the Sunday night
parade of students for entertainment
in the shadows of the stadium. The
attraction of the classic and popular
recordings has made it an annual af
fair of the season and its popularity
caused the renewal this May. Offered
every Sunday night MUTS provides
three hours of music with an unlimit
ed number of stars, except on rainy
nights when rain checks are distrib
uted for a repeat performance the
next week. Lighting arrangements are
reliably furnished by the stars, an oc
casional cigarette, and sometimes the
renowned Carolina Moon.
The practical aspect of MUTS has
proved to make it the most ideal place
for dating on that particular night.
Since the record service is offered
free of charge, the only cost incurred
is the dry cleaning of the white navy
blankets, a conspicuous necessity for
Kenan adventurers.
Music is furnished by a recording
machine located in the Field House.
The records, composed of half popu
lar and half classical music, are do
nated by the Graham Memorial office.
Desperately needed is a volunteer to
operate the record player for this com
ing Sunday as MUTS will be canceled
if such a person cannot be found.
Tar Heel Typewriters Click As
Work Begins On 12 Page Issue
By Bob Rolnik ,
The Tar Heel staff is now whipping
into final shape a spectacular twelve
page issue of the student newspaper,
summarizing the University's service
to the state and to the war, for publi
cation on June tenth.
The special issue will be sent to the
over five thousand University alumni,
the leading members of the state ad
ministration, the members of the State
legislature and all daily state news
papers. The Publications Union board pass
ed on the plans of editor Horace Car
ter, last Thursday and the publication
i5 being backed by president Graharn,
Dean House, Controller Carmichael,
alumni head J. M. Saunders, summer
school director Guy B. Phillips and
many other faculty leaders.
The special Tar Heel also will com
memorate the first anniversary of the
V-12 unit at Carolina and the second
birthday of the Pre-Flight school on
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Ritch Attacks
Appeasers and
Isolationists
Former Tar Heel
Campaigns for
Senatorial Race
"The time for isolation is past," said
Marvin "Philly" Ritch, candidate for
nomination for" United States Senate
from North Carolina as he lashed out
at appeasers and isolationists in a
CPU speech here Saturday night.
"We saw what appeasement did for
us following the last war when we
voluntarily destroyed our new battle
ships," said Ritch. Japan's attack on
Manchuria was a direct consequence
of our disarmament program.
International Views
Stating his views on the internation
al question after the war, Ritch advo
cated cooperation between nations,
stating that the time of rule by the
"rowdy nations oppressing the smaller
and peaceful nations is past."
Ritch commented upon the freight
rate differentials and their effect upon
North Carolina business. "I am for an
adjustment," he said. Towns such as
Richmond, located on a river, should
not have an advantage over inland
towns such as Greensboro and others.
Freight rates should be based upon
mileage and quantity hauled rather
than outmoded tradition.
the campus.
Plans, which are now being complet
ed by the editor and being put into ef
fect by Sara Yokley, managing editor,
include special full-pages and spreads
devoted to the V-12, the Pre-Flight
school, the faculty, the coming Sesqui-
centennial, Carolina's post-war plans
and student government during war
time. Every angle of campus life will be
covered in the twelve page issue. Ar
tides are being written on the various
academic departments, fraternities
and sororities, the alumni, all the many
student organizations and on Carolina's
social life. - . - .
Student and administration leaders
have expressed the opinion that the 12
page Tar Heel will be doing a valu
able service in explaining and sum
marizing what has been going on at
the University during the war and the
hopes and plans for the future at Carolina.
Managing Editor
Applications for the position of
managing editor of the TAR HEEL
for the summer session must be
turned in by Thursday noon to Sara
Yokley, Tar Heel office, or Pi Phi
house. v
The first summer school issue will
appear on June 10. Publication will
continue twice weekly until the be
ginning of fall quarter.
United Nations Week Drive
Nets $169 For Aid To Allies
Receipts from Graham Memorial Dance
Total $40 For War Coordination Drive
The United Nations Week sponsored by the War Coordination Board netted
S169.12 to be spent by the societies organized to enlist aid for our war-torn
allied nations, to buy clothes and food for the underprivileged.
The campus drive was climaxed with the final bazaar held Saturday in the
browsing room of the YMCA, following a daily bazaar, held each day last
week by one of the girls' dorms or8
sororities, and a dance in the lounge
of Graham Memorial Friday evening.
The articles sold at the bazaar were
given by the different war relief soci
eties. The funds collected from the
sale of these articles have been sent
to the societies which donated them.
The figures on the sales were; China
War Relief $36.82, British War Re
lief $40.05, Russian War Relief $51.30.
The receipts from the dance were
$40.97, which will be divided equally
among the four groups. f
Ann Webster and Fay Beeks were
largely responsible for the success of
this drive.
Marines Who
Pacific Battle
Fought Together
4 Off Savo Islands
By Vita Richter
USMC Sgt." Carl Urbigkit was
aboard a cruiser anchored off the
Savo Islands during the heated and
bloody battle at Guadalcanal in No
vember, 1942, and Sgts. James Hudson
and Hank Crelia were entrenched on
the beach, when the Japs were land
ing forces off Savo, but did not meet
each other until they reached the Uni
versity of North Carolina campus.
They say they can never forget the
soul-searing moments of that mem
orable experience and each of them
remembers some particular phase.
It was a night surface engagement
commencing on the evening of the
12th with an aerial attack by the large
Jap cruiser force. Urbigkit was a mem
ber of the detachment of 40 marines
stationed aboard the American cruiser
(whose name will have to remain a
secret for the ship is still active), in
command of a platoon manning a 5
inch anti-aircraft gun. To quote Ur
bigkit, "our Navy fleet was greatly
outnumbered and outgunned."
It was more like a fireworks display
with searchlights turned on and flares
Honoring
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Seniors Meet
Tonight To Get
Instructions
For Graduation
Nere Day Named
Toastmaster
"Though 13 days remain before grad
uation day, Carolina seniors face a
busy schedule this week and the next
making preparations for the big event.
Seniors are meeting tonight in Ger
rard Hall at 7:30 to rehearse for the
commencement exercises. Bob Bur
leigh, senior class president, said last
night that all marshals must be pres
ent at the meeting.
Marshals
Turk Newsome heads the group of
marshals for this year's graduation.
Other marshals are: Bob Shaw, Nere
Day, Sam Frey, Daphne Richardson,
Libba Wiggins, Betty Lou Cypert and
Kitty Kelly.
Invitations for the graduation are
expected this week, Burleigh an
nounced, and will be given out at the
Y as soon as they arrive.
The printer has raised the price of
the invitations 50 per cent, because
the order this year was less than half
of last year's, thus invitations will
come higher than was first anticipated.
See SENIOR, page U
Carolina Mag
Due to the fact that work on the
May issue of the Carolina Mag was
unavoidably delayed a few days, the
issue will not come off the presses
until June 1, Editor Shirley Hartzell
said last night.
Those students who are leaving
before June 1 can obtain their copies
of the Mag by placing their mail
ing addresses in the Mag office. If
the door is locked, just drop your
addresses through the slot in the
door, said Miss Hartzell.
Saw Active Service Against Japs in Same
Off Guadalcanal Finally Cross Paths at UNC
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HUDSON AND URBIGKIT
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Regimental Review,
Sports Carnival To
The Pre-Flight school takes an afternoon off from its muscle-building
program tomorrow, on its second birthday, to honor Capt. O. O. "Scrappy,,
Kessing. A regimental review, a baseball game with Carolina and a sports
carnival are scheduled for the busman's holiday.
"As the V. S. Navy Pre-Flight school enters its third year of activity it
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CAPT. KESSING
LT. COMDR. RAUGH
Husbands Gets
Year's Leave
Plemmons, Phillips,
Lanier Take Over
Ren Husbands, Registrar and gen
eral director of the General Records
Office, has been granted a leave for
one year, to do special work with the
Veterans' Administration and will be
located at the Veterans Hospital in
Fayetteville. Husbands has been con
nected with the University since 1926.
several otner cnanges m the gen-
See HUSBANDS, page U
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0. Kessing
Baseball Game,
Highlight Events
dedicates its celebration to Capt. Kes
sing, USN, Commanding Officer, whose .
vision in setting the pattern for this
school is reflected in the; success that
has been attained, Lt. Comdr. J. P.
Raugh stated.
Scrappy Kessing Day
"An untiring spirit for victory, in
spiring leadership and devotion to
duty are qualities that make him a
great naval officer, Raugh continued.
They are the same qualities we are
striving to instill in these cadets as
future flying officers in the United
States Navy. It is indeed fitting that
i this second anniversary here be ob
served as " 'Scrappy' Kessine Dav."
The anniversary program will be
launched at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon
in Kenan Stadium with a regimental
review of all Pre-Flight cadets.
Ball Game
The baseball game slated for 3:30
in Emerson Stadium will be the sec
ond Carolina-Pre-Flight contest. The
Tar Heel team is out to even the score,
after a Pre-Flight defeat of 6-1 sev
eral weeks ago.
At 6 o'clock , the Pre-Flight school
honors its special guests with a din
ner in Lenoir Hall. Notables invited
to attend the entire day's events are
Governor J. Melville. Broughton, Pres
ident Frank P. Graham, Rear Admiral
George D. Murray, chief of Naval Air
Training, and Josephus Daniels.
"Those who have been attached to
this Pre-Flight School since its begin
ning two years ago look back on our
association with the University and
townspeople with a great deal of
pleasure," said Lt. Comdr. Raugh when
questioned about the Pre-Flight anni
versary. "The fine cooperation received from
one and all has played an important
role in making this Pre-Flight School
outstanding. As we look to the future,
we do so knowing that we will continue
to work together until this war is won.
"The celebration on Wednesday is
being held with the hope in mind that
everyone in the community will be
present for the regimental review and
baseball game in the afternoon, and the
Sports Carnival in the evening."
Sports Carnival
Competition in track, soccer, boxing,
wrestling and swimming in the out
door pool will be going on simul
taneously at the sports carnival
scheduled for 7 o'clock. The honorary
games committee is composed of Dean
R. B. House, Controller W. D. Car
See PRE-FLIGHT page U
Action Took Place
In November 1942
and incendiaries exploding than a bat
tle, except that wave after wave of
Jap fighting planes came over and
shelled them. The lights on the ship
were smashed and the air operated
ramer and hydraulic recoil system of
the anti-aircraft gun were damaged.
Some 15-inch shells hit the deck within
5 feet, killing 2 men of the crew.
Stunned by the concussion, all the
men wondered if their ship could stay
afloat and waited with bated breath.
Hudson, on shore, said he made his
first prayer of the war as the merci
less shelling continued unopposed.
"We had no planes, no guns, nothing
with which to defend ourselves, and
cringed helplessly within the slim pro
tection afforded by our foxholes."
Pre-Pearl Harbor
At the time of the Japanese sneak
attack at Pearl Harbor, Hudson, Cre
liaand Urbigkit had been in the ma-(
rine corps for almost 4 years, but
not together. Hudson was head
ing toward New York from Iceland,
Crelia was stationed in China, and
Urbigkit was en route to Wake Island.
See MARINE, page 4.