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Listen, Students
Christmas Story
A Worthy Cause
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Administration Warning
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VOLUME LIII SW
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1944
Editorial F-S14U Nm: F-31U. F41I7
NUMBER SW 23
WarningT
Administration Issues Stern
'o Campus Not To Cut
Classes On December 21 Or 28
Unexcused absences either before or after the Christmas vacation period,
uecemoer n through the 27th, will result in the .loss of the student's mem
bership in the University, a committee of deans, in a reminder notice, an
nounced. Students who find that it will be absolutely necessarv for them to leave
before the vacation period begins or students who find that they will be un
able to return for classes on December 28 are asked by the committee of
aeans to submit m writing a statement of request to Dean of Administration
K. U. House. These reauests will ht ;
considered by the committee on their
merits and absolute necessity. Only
cases of emergency will be consid
ered.
Absences due to transportation will
not be accepted as an excuse. Late
trains and busses are to be expected
during the Christmas rush and stu
aents should take these conditions
into, consideration when they plan
their return trip. Lateness of and
inability to get on any train sched-
uled to arrive in Durham or Raleigh
x after midnight December 27, or late
ness or inability to get on any bus
, arriving m Chapel Hill later than
2:30 December 27, will not be
. cepted as an excuse.
btudents who have unexcused ab
sences will automatically lose their
membership in the University and
will be readmitted only through ap
pearance before the committee of
deans.
There will be only one exception to
classes that will not meet on Thurs
day, December 2r. Mrs. Gladys Beard,
dean - of the coed Physical Education
department, , announced , that coed
" Physical Ed classes that are scheduled
to meet after 2 o'clock Thursday will
be cancelled. These classes missed will
- be made up on the second Friday after
the Christmas holidays.
LATE REPORT
The University expects all classes
and other academic exercises sched
uled for Thursday, December 21, and
on Thursday, December 28, to be met
in the regular way. If it happens that
two laboratory sections in the same
subject, one meeting on Thursday and
the other on Friday would be thrown
apart by having the Thursday section
on both of the Thursdays thea it la
permissible to omit the one on Thurs
day, December 21. AH physical educa
tion classes after 12 o'clock on De
cember 21 are excused.
(Signed) R. B. HOUSE
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Calling All Coeds,
Civilians And V-12s
For Yack Pictures
Last call! Today is absolutely the
last day for undergraduate men,
both civilian and V-12, and coeds
to have their picture taken for the
1945 Yackety-Yack.
All students whose pictures were
not taken Saturday should report
to Graham Memorial today between
2 and 5 p. m. Arrangements for fu
ture pictures will be made when
evidence of a class is presented.
Graduate and senior pictures will
be taken after January 1. Fra
ternity and other organizations will
have their pictures taken after the
Christmas vacation.
Annual jOpera
Set January
Cast Named For
'The Gondoliers'
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Cabinet Group
Committee Plans
To Collect Set
Of Constitutions
Tentative List Of Speakers
Affair
For Sesquieentennial.
Released By University Heads
UNC Students
To Organize
Symphony Set
Group To Aid
State Society
By Jim Dillard
The University is making final plans for the celebration on January 15 of
the 150th anniversary of the opening of its doors to students, and according
to an announcement issued by Dr. Louis R. Wilson, who is making arrange
ments for the observance, a number of distinguished speakers are expected
to participate.
The tentative list of speakers.
Ensemble To Sing
Handel's 'Messiah'
In Hill Tonight
The Chapel Hill Choral Club, direct
ed by Paul Young, professor of vocal
music at the University, will present.
Handel's. "The Messiah" at 8 o'clock
tonight in Hill Music Hall.
The tentative cast for "The Gondo
liers," Gilbert and Sullivan Opera to
be presented January 26-27 by the
Playmakers in collaboration with the
Music Department, was selected at try-
outs Thursday, December 14.
Directing the production of the an
nual opera are Playmaker Foster Fitz-
Simons and Paul Young of the Music
department.
The cast is as follows: Duke-Al-
hambra, Andrew Griffith, Merrill Hil
ton; Duke of Plaza-Torro, Robert
Kohl, Sherman Lazarus; Duchess of
Plaza-Torro, Catherine Cook, Mrs. E.
L. Mackie; Casilde, Betsy Thompson;
Luiz, Waits West, Percy Weeks; Gian-
etta, Betty Butler; Tessa, Ann Noble;
Marco, Dick Kiser, W. K. Breriegan;
Guiseppe, Rufus Norris, Bill Todd;
Vittoria, Criquette Butler; Juilia, Vir
ginia Mason, Marion Saunders; Fiam-
etta, Adele Burnham; Franseseo, W.
K. Brenengan; Antonio, Bill Todd,
Percy Weeks; Giorgio, Merrill Hilton;
Inez, Hazel Harris.
The Chorus is composed of So-
pranos : Miliy isernara, m. l,. iviac-
Gowan, B. Rich, M. Peatross, H. F.
Lawrence, P. Bull, V. Haydon, D.
Soloists for the program are Sher
man Smith, bass, Chapel Hill; Clifford Thompson, B. Butler, A. Burnham, V.
Bair. Tenor. Salem College, Winston- Mason, A. saunaers, r. rriveue; ai
Salem; Miss Jane Frazier, soprano,
Salem College, Winston-Salem; and
Beatrice Donley, alto, Meredith Col
lege, Raleigh
A 37 piece orchestra, directed by
Earl A. Slocum, professor of instru
mental music, will accompany the
group of 130 voices. The traditional
Christmas section of "The Messiah"
i has not been sung in Chapel Hill for
v 12 years. . .
: The club plans to give another per
formance in the spring. ,
tos: B. Bartlett, C. Cook, S. Lange, C.
King, J. Nimock, C. Butler, E. Tufts,
P. Caudill, Larry Schrum, L. Eliezer,
Mrs. E. L. Mackie, B. Young, A. Oster
hout, A. Noble, H. Harris; Tenors: D.
Anderson, George Lawrence W- K.
Brenengan, W. West, R. Kiser, E. H.
Gould; Basses: P. Robinson, G. Hurst,
E. Hartzell, S. Lazarus, A. Griffith,
R. Kohl, R. Norris, P. Weeks, W.
Todd, M. Hilton
The first rehearsal will be held
Wednesday night at Hill Music Hall.
The Campus Cabinet met for the
firs time last Friday night and Char
lie Frank Benbow, chairman of the
group, appointed two committees.
The first committee, headed by Ar
chie Hood, is. charged with the task
of collecting as many constitutions as
possible from the various colleges and
secondary , schools f throughout the
country, while the second group, under ,
the leadership of Libba Wiggins, is
expected to collect copies of the con
sucutions unaer wnicn the various
campus organizations here at Carolina
are operating.
After these committee reports are
studied by the Cabinet, it is hoped that
a suitable constitution can be worked
out for the student government here to
clearly define and differentiate the du
ties of the various branches in which
it is divided.
The cabinet designated the second
and fourth Monday nights of each
month as the time of its regularly
scheduled meetings which are to be
resumed after the Christmas vacation.
New Printshop
In Chapel Hill
Ready To Serve
A new printing establishment, the
Village Printshop is now open for
at number 7 Fraternity
business
Row.
Nelson Callahan who was formerly
employed by the Orange Printshop,
and Morris Timmons, operator of the
Porthole are co-owners.
Nelson Callahan is an alumnus of
the university having entered here in
1926. In 1928 he became associated
with the Orange Printshop where he
has worked as "technical god father"
until recently on student publications.
Morris Timmons is a graduate of
Lehigh University. In 1932 he estab
lished the Art Display Company in
Durham. In 1941 he returned to Cnapel
Hill to operate the Porthole.
The Village Printshop is equipped
to do a general line of job printing by
both the letter press and the offset
process. Personalized stationery will
be a specialty of the new shop.
A student branch of the North Caro
lina State Symphony Society is being
organized on the University campus
by Dr. Benjamin Swalin, who is the
director of the state symphony orches
tra which played here earlier this
month. He is being assisted in the
work of organization by Hall Aber
nathy and other interested students
The purpose of the student organi
zation is to promote campus interest
in the work of the state symphony and
to provide an opportunity for students
to take an active part in promoting
its work. It was emphasized that
membership in the organization does
not involve any financial obligations,
but will offer unlimited opportunity for
student participation through well-
spenttimft-ftnd-effort. sThe aetnal du
ties are expected to include such work
as selling tickets to symphony func
tions, and assisting in creating interest
among other student groups.
It was pointed out that the North
Carolina State Symphony Society is
unique in that it is the first organiza
tion of its kind in the United States to
receive state financial support. The
amount contributed by the state is only
a small percentage of the total required
by the symphony for its work; but it
is a notable example of the interest
being shown throughout the state for
the symphony activities. x
One of the main activities sponsor
ed by the society is the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra, which during the
1943-44 season presented a total of
sixteen concerts throughout the state
in an effort to give the people of
North Carolina an opportunity to hear
and enjoy the work of a truly sym
phonic organization which has re
ceived national recognition by The
Music Courier, a well-known musical
journal, as being one of the outstand
ing organizations of its kind in the
country.
Any students interested in the or
ganization are asked to contact either
Dr. Swalin at Hill Music Hall or Hal
Abernathy for further details.
Eating Places
Will Be Open
Christmas Day
Several cafeterias and restaur
ants have arranged to remain open
during the Christmas holidays. E.
C. Smith, president of the Chapel
Hill Merchants' Association, an
nounced yesterday. The merchants
reached this decision at a meeting
of the association held last week.
Five eating establishments will
remain open on Sunday, December
24, two on Christmas Day, four on
Tuesday, December 26, while all of
them will return to their regular
schedule on Wednesday, December
27. The decision to stay open this
year is in. direct contrast to the
condition which existed at this sea
son last year when, according to re
ports received by the Tar Heel at
that: time, no eating -n places j. were.
open.
Pan Hellenic
To Hold Dance
Event Slated
For December 30
Ail sorority members and stray
Greeks on the Carolina campus are in
vited to attend the Pan Hellenic dance
to be held in the women's gym Satur
day, December 30.
Dancing will be from 9:00 p.m. un
til 12 o'clock and music will be fur
nished by Freddie Johnson and his
orchestra.
as
released by Dr. Wilson, includes Gov
ernor-Elect R. Gregg Cherry, Presi
dent Frank P. Graham, President
Clarence Dykstra of the University of
Wisconsin, Dean of Administration R.
B. House, and Victor S. Bryant of
Durham, who is head of the legisla
tive committee set up to make plans
for the event.
Following this celebration will be
Hinton James Day on February 12,
which will commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the enrollment of the
I first student at the University. Ar
rangements for this event are at thi3
time incomplete, but the program is
being planned in such a way that
both students and alumni of the Uni
versity will have an opportunity to
participate. Dr. Wilson is also in
charge of plans for this program, but
he is being assisted by Dean Francis
Bradshaw, and representatives of both
the Alumni Association and the Stu
dent Body including Charlie Frank
Benbow, president of the student
body; J. Mr Saunders, secretary of the
Alumni Association; and a student
committee appointed by Benbow
which includes seventeen campus lead
ers. The members of this student com
mittee, in addition to Chairman Doug
Hunt, are as follows: Archie Hood,
Bill Crisp, Jenks Tripp, Kitty Kelly,
Lucy Lee Kennedy, Betty Lou Cypert,
Winkie White, Libba Wiggins, Dick
Willingham, Harvey- White, Turk
Newsome, Jack Vernier, Charles
Wickenberg, Shirley Hartzell and
Cookie Marett.
The remaining events planned as a
part of the over-all sesquieentennial
celebration include a cantata which
is to be presented next June as a
feature of the commencement pro
gram, and the meeting of the Associa
tion of American Universities here
CAP To Get Communications Equipment
By Pat Schartle
Accelerated by the arrival of com
plete communications equipment from
headquarters in Raleigh, the com
munications class of the Civil Air
Patrol will get underway Tuesday
night in Phillips Hall at 8:45.
Mr. J. Gray McCallister, Jr., V-12
instructor for classes in communica
tion, will serve as CAP instructor in
all phases of work including radio
and code communication.
The new communications equip
ment, operating with a semi-automatic
key and using the continental
Morse system, is designed for use by
groups of students and will enable
them to get first-hand working knowl
edge of the field. .Ten words a min
ute has been set as the goal for re
ceiving and dispatching for which
each student will work.
Regulation uniforms will soon be
available to members of the CAP
Cadet Squadron and the Senior
Squadron. W. S. Kutz of the Varsity
will take measurements for the uni
forms this week. Mr. Kutz is provid
ing the uniforms for the CAP at
cost. '
Dean F. F. Bradshaw, commander
of the local squadron, announced yes
terday he had received word from
Colonel Earl Johnson at CAP head
quarters stating that regular mem
bers of the U. S. Navy may also be
members of the Civil Air Patrol. It
is hoped that this provision will
enable the squadron to secure some
of the local naval fliers as permanent
members. .
As soon as a qualified pilot is ob
tained, an Army liaison plane will be
permanently located at the Horace
Williams airport.
Pan-Hellenic Council
Mary Payne Jett, as president of
Pan-HeHenic Council, announced Wed
nesday that Pan Hell hasaccepted a
faculty committee on sororities. This
committee is to help the sororities in
admitting any new group or groups
which may come on campus next year;,
and will help with plans for the post
war building program of new sorority
houses.
Wounded And Sick
To Receive Gifts
The War Coordination , Hoard is
sponsoring a drive for presents to be
given to the boys in the Pre-Flight in
firmary and the sick and wounded at
Camp Butner. ,
The gifts must be in by Wednesday,
December 20th. Collection will begin
Monday night. It is preferred that the
presents be wrapped, but unwrapped
packages as well as money will be ac
cepted.
Dormitory chairmen who will collect
the gifts are as follows:
Archer, Lib Henderson; Mclver,
Lib Schofield; Kenan, Emma Lee
Rhyne; Alderman, Fay Pushkin;
Spencer, Isobel Bernstein; and Carr,
Ann Osborne.
Margaret Woodhouse. chairman of
the decorations committee, announced next October. This last event is ex
that a New Year's theme will be used. Pected to feature an address by Presi
Of special interest will be the "candle- dent Conant of Harvard University.
light dance" which has been scheduled
for the last number of the evening.
The highlight of the dance will be a
fipure in whioli nil pmmi'l
their dates will participate. These IKxhlDlt WOrKS
memDers are: Alary Payne Jett, Delta
Native Artists
Delta Delta, President of the Pan Hel
lenic council; Marian Saunders, Pi
Beta Phi, Vice president; Edith
Owens, Chi Omega, secretary; Mary
Morrow, Alpha Delta Pi, treasurer;
Wynette White, President of Delta
Delta Delta; Nancy Jane King, Presi
dent of Pi Beta Phi; Margaret Foun
tain, President of Chi Omega; Shirley
Dickinson, President of Alpha Delta
Pi; Margaret Woodhouse, Delta Delta
Delta rush chairman; Betty Lou Cy
pert, Pi Phi rush chairman; Ruth
Brosius, Chi Omega rush chairman;
and Dixie Jean Bodge, Alpha Delta Pi
rush chairman.
Chaperones will be Mrs. M. H. Sta
cy, Dean of Women, Lt. and Mrs. Bill
Hoover, Dean and Mrs. E. L. Mackie,
Dean and Mrs. R. B. House, President
and Mrs. Frank Graham, Mrs. Seda-
ia Gold, Pi Phi housemother, Mrs. N.
T. Folwell, ADPi housemother, Mrs.
E. Merlin Schenck, Tri Delta house
mother, and Mrs. A. A. Kluttz, Chi O.
housemother.
Town Girls
Plan Dance
The Town Girls' Association in co
operation with the Navy Pre-Flight
School will sponsor t a dance at the
Woman's Gymnasium on Saturday,
December 23, from 9 to 12, for two
battalions of cadets. Chapel Hill High
School senior girls and all coeds who
remain on campus during the holidays
are invited to attend.
In Annual Show
Eight towns and cities are repre
sented in the eighth annual exhibi
tion of North Carolina artists which
began at Person Hall Art Gallery
Sunday and is scheduled to run
through January 5, 1945.
Practically every type of medium
from woodblocks through oil to water
color may be seen in the exhibit.
Chapel Hill, with eight contributing
artists, has the largest number of ar
tists representing any town in the
exhibit.
Local artists and their works are:
Mrs. Lucielle Breswick, "Storm in
Carolina," water color; Mrs. Lyn Eg
bert, "Dia de lluvia" and "Little Good
Neighbor," etching and woodcut; Miss
Ellen Maurice, "The Strand," oil;
Miss Margaret Munch, "Road Across
the Tracks," oil, and "Study of Man"
and "Silent Woman," terra cotta fig
ures; John Racknagel (a V-12 stu
dent), "I Hate My Math Teacher," oil
on cloth; Phillips Russell, "The Blue
Pond," oil; and Mrs. Wautell Selden,
"Still Life" and "Landscape," oils.
From Raleigh come the following
artists and works: Meredith Cash
(Meredith College), "Driftwood,"
water color; Rachel Fleming (Mere
dith College), "Still Life," water
color; Mabel Pugh, "At the Tubs,"
ithograph, and "Signs of the Times,"
oil; and Betsy Watson (Meredith Col-
ege), "My Things," water color.
Durham and Greensboro each send
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