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G (G mm irawDiiaaoM 1L By J. Maryon Saunders (Alumni Secretary) Commencement long has been a focal point in the University's year. Even under the handi cap of wartime restrictions the June Gradua tion Exercises this year will hold (particular significance as an occasion in the Sesquicenten nial celebration series. Old traditions and colorful ceremony center ; around commencements at Chapel Hill. Through custom of long years the normal program of commencement provides in effect a festival that combines alumni reunions, pilgrimages made to the campus by hundreds of former students, eager visits of parents and friends of the grad uates, solemn and serious gatherings where "state of the union" deliberations are held, gay and gladsome occasions such as dances and re- ; ceptions, and, finally, culminates in the pageant ry of Graduation Exercises held at twilight in Kenan Stadium as the concluding event of a 3-day program. - Nineteen Forty-five a commencement that was to have been observed with Sesquicenten nial pomp and ceremony now becomes a war time occasion, streamlined and trimmed in keeping with the nation's focus of its greatest energy on the war effort. As a wartime commencement, this year's June exercises assume even deeper significance. While some of the lighter arid more colorful . aspects that have attended peacetime com- -mencements will appropriately be missing, the emphasis upon the University's essential role as an instrument in the life of the State and Nation stands out more clearly. EDITORIALS: Class Schedule Cafes Ram Has Seen yOLUME LIII SW Summer Term Registration egins - Registration for the first term of the Summer Session will be held in Woollen Gymnasium, Monday and Tuesday, July 2 and ' 3, according to Mr. Edwin La nier, director of Central Records Office. The faculty will be avail able for registering from 9 to 12 arid 1 to 5 on these days. A Pre-Registration Counselling pe riod for students in school this semes ter has been arranged with the de partment heads and faculty advisers. Students who expect to attend sum mer school should contact their facul ty advisers before June 23 to arrange their schedule of courses for the next term. . Class Schedules The class schedule for. the summer term has been released and may be ob tained along with a Pre-Registration Counselling Form at the Information Desk, South Building. Students who receive their adviser's approval of class schedules are not required to register July 2 but may register July 3. Early registration is advised, how ever, in order that a student may get the particular section of the class he desires. Grail Changes Way Of Awarding Gifts ; Closing the work of the term the Order of the Grail decided this week, with the passing of three motions, on several changes in the general ar rangement of the awarding of Grail scholarships. It was decided that six scholarships .of $75 each would be awarded at the start of the winter term, November 1. The major decision was that women students would also be eligible for these scholarships. Heretofore only men were eligible. It was pointed out in the discussion that there are too few scholarships offered to women and that since women were an integral part of Carolina they should be af forded some scholarships. The Grail scholarship committee has been delegated the power to grant scholarships on a supplementing basis. In other words one person may be granted as many scholarships or part thereof as the Grail committee deems necessary. In case of obvious need the University scholarship committee has been instructed to' waiver' the "C" average requirements which has been the standard in the past for all scholar ship holders. ' July I I J B .' 86gtf&s.rsr?.. .w.v.-. . is-- . Business fmd Circulation: 8641 GM Directors Appoint White To Manage Student Building WhitcfcAssumes 9 -s; i. Duties August 1 The Graham Memorial Board of Di rectors appointed Harvey White, a graduate student on a fellowship, as the new manager of the" student union building, at the board's meet ing Thursday afternoon. White will take office in August. The work of the board this sum mer will be conducted by an execu tive committee consisting of Bill Mc Kenzie,. president eof the student body; Douglas Hunt, speaker of the legislature; Robert Morrison, editor of the Tar Heel; Ernest Mackie, Dean of Men; K. S. Cate, trust fund ac countant; and E. J. Woodhouse, pro fessor of political science. It was learned that many5 student members of the board would not be on the campus this summer, and the board will have difficulty maintaining a quorum. White Succeeds Mrs. Van White will succeed Mrs. Martha Vandever, whose term as director (now called manager), will terminate July 1. The manager for the month of July (the period between the end of Mrs. Vandever's term and the be ginning of White's term) has not yet been appointed. It is understood that the position of assistant manager, left vacant by Grant Sorrell, will be filled after the board has discussed the matter with White. Lib Schofield, chairman of the Board, has called a meeting to be held in the Grail Room in Graham Memorial at 4 o'clock Friday after noon. At that time the board will ap point an assistant manager. If pos sible, the board will chose a young woman as assistant' manager. White was chosen from seven ap plicants, several of whom were per sonally interviewed by the board Thursday afternoon. It was brought out that White would not be bur dened by a heavy academic load and thaj; he is older than most of the other applicants. Mr. Harry Comer, general secre tary of the YMCA, pointed out that in the past the board had always chosen persons with little or no academic load. In choosing White, the board has followed its old policy. Miss Schofield will turn over to White the applications of all those who applied for either manager or assistant manager. White may recom mend ta the board anyone that he wants as an assistant, and the board has the option of ratifying or asking foir another recommendation. The general sentiment of the board See G M MANAGER, page J. y.- ,Z V,i jJ 'Jfir-f ' ,ii -.-.w,.'. .i'.vw.'. . v. .v.-r ' A v . r In rti. ! II 4 111 , J. ..3. -. .ijicXV--,- , I - '131 A typical graduation scene of the speakers' rostrum Which will be seen again when the sesquicentennial grad uation program will be held in Kenan Stadium Monday evening, June 25, at 7 o'clock. Governor Gregg Cherry will present diplomas to Seniors receiving degrees and certificates of credit to .V-12 who are leaving the Uni versity. - . , War and wartime restrictions have been, known by the University during its 150 years. Actually, the institution here was a creature of ' the Revolutionary War. Veterans returning from that war for independence established the University, thus carrying out the mandate of North Carolina's wartime Constitution of 1776 In, the great Civil War the University knew; MM Serving' Civilian and Military Students at UNC ' CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1945 mm? HARVEY WHITE "Cross" Plans Local Chapter Machinery will be set up by Septem ber for the organization of a Carolina chapter of the American Red Cross, according to plans worked out Thurs day afternoon at a meeting of faculty members, students and Red Cross rep resentatives. ' Mrs. Mary S. Pegram, of Atlanta, Georgia, director of the Red Cross program on college campuses, was called here to attend Thursday's meet ing and to lead the discussion of a pro posed Carolina unit. Faculty members had previously ap proved setting it up, and the 20 wo men students at the meeting agreed that they, too, wanted it.- Organiza tion plans will be worked out this summer by R. M. Grumman, head the University Extension Division, assit ec by Lib Henderson, chairman of the War Coordination Board. a The Carolina 'unit will be much like those set up all over the country, though it will, of course, vary from that on many college campuses. A full program of first aid, life saving, bandage rolling, staff assistance train ing and making of equipment for hos pitals, such as bedside bags and slip pers, will be set up. An adviser from the Chapel Hill Red Cross unit will help the campus chapter. Possibly; the campus unit will do some work with the Navy hospital here. - The ' War Coordination Board will continue to function next year, though some of its work will be taken over by the campus Red Cross unit. ' ' - or' III ; sill" i A 41 5 I 4 AS i , v -.V.'.V.-."' .-...-. A V tremendous privations, but throughout the war years the institution's doors were kept wide. Commencement was held each year, al though in 1865 one student comprised the en tire graduating class in contrast to the fact that the University had boasted the second largest enrollment in America on the eve of the Civil War. Cherry Will Award Diplomas To -300 Stadents In ,. Stadium Legislature Finally Passes Election Bill The Student Legislature moved with startling swiftness Thursday night to decide no less than eight separate measures, including two of the most bitterly contested pieces of legislation introduced in recent weeks, the Elec tions bill and the Summer' Replace ments bill for vacant legislation seats. The longest action of the evening saw the bill to replace vacationing legislators by the method of special election defeated, and in its place a successful resurrection of the amend ment to fill vacancies by anointment. A close vote edged out the original bill, which had two amendments at tached. A. B. Smith, proponent of the election method of replacements, de manded a re-count, which showed no change in the decision, and his motion to have the bill re-considered was de feated. Brinkley Introduces Change Then Walt Brinkley re-introduced last week's amendment, which had been made by Charles Warren, and after ,a clarifying amendment, the Legisla ture gave final approval. The Elections bill passed unani mously, after being twice amended. A minor adjustment of the bill's wording was followed by a second amendment, introduced by Walt Brinkley, which also passed, providing that the means for filling vacant offices as stated in the bill shall not apply to the office of the Speaker of the Legislature. The third amendment was intended to switch the polling place of men in the V-12 units from Swain hall to Pea- body. Presented by, Smith, the amend ment met opposition from Brinkley and Allan Pannill, and was defeated after a short debate. At the start of the meeting, Speaker Doug Hunt proposed a schedule of de bate limitations, both on individual speakers arid the measures under dis cussion. The proposal was adopted without opposition, and in quick suc cession three bills were enacted, with out the formality of a roll call vote. These were the bills for the organi zation of the October graduating class, for a committee to investigate and re port on the re-organization of the Phi See LEGISLATURE, page U. Editorial: F-3141, Nem: F-3U6. Rocky Mount Attorney Will Deliver Commencement Address To Graduates By W. H. Hipps, Jr. Climaxing this year's wartime, streamlined three-day commencement pro gram to be held Saturday through Monday, June 23-25, will be the awarding of approximately 300 diplomas by Governor R. Gregg Cherry in Kenan Stadium Monday, June 25, at 6:30 p. m. The commencement program this Browne To Teach In Study Centers Dr. E. T. Browne of the Mathe matics department has been desig nated by the War department as one of the civilian instructors to teach in the University Stucjjr Centers over seas, it was revealed last night. He will leave for active duty in this ca pacity J uly 1 and will report to one of the Study Centers that has been es tablished in England and France for troops in the European theater. According to information received Monday from Washington Dr. Browne's group will pTobably be lo cated in England, near Oxford. Chosen as being outstanding in structors in their field, the group will wear army uniforms and will be quar See BROWNE, page 4. Managing Editor Mills Signs 30"AsHe Obeys Navy's Call By Robert Barron MiUs, the managing editor of the Tar Heel, has been accepted by the Navy. After an examination in Raleigh Wednesday, he was placed on active duty without pay until called. Mills will not matriculate for the summer term, for he expects to be called within several weeks. Mills' resignation from the Tar Heel . has been delivered to Fred Flagler, president of the Publications Union Board. The Board must make an ap pointment soon, for the next issue will be circulated on the campus July 7, and neither Carroll Poplin nor Linda Nobles, both members of the P U Board, will be in school this summer. The Editor of the Tar Heel has agreed to take over the duties of the managing editor until someone can be trained for that job. Davje Koonce, the former desk editor who was first considered by the ' editor, managing editor, and several P U Board mem bers as a possible candidate for man aging editor, has now stated that lie plans to accept a job with a commercial daily in either Greensboro or New Orleans. It is now believed that the Board will find it necessary to appoint See MILLS, page 4- In the first World War the University again demonstrated its role of service. Thousands of former students joined the armed forces and the campus became a training camp in the war time production line. The post-war period that followed the C ivil War had brought Reconstruc tion and a relapse in the University's forward progress. The post-war period of World War I brought renaissance and a rebound that en tered the University in the early 1920s upon a greater era of service. Now in 1915 the University again stands at a momentous time. One year ago the eyes of the world were focused on Allied bridge heads on the Normandy beaches. Today a year later victory in Europe has been achieved. Today, the pre-Victory in Japan fighting is mounting in intensity as scheduled plans for the Pacific and redeployments of forces in Eu rope proceed. Against and as part of this world picture. Chapel Hill's 1945 Commencement stands as an important mile post both in the University's historic life and in the call of the time. Students the 300 of them who will receive diplomas and certificatesin June, 1945 will in time hence look back upon the approaching commencement with clearer conception of its significance and greater appreciation of the University as an ever-continuing force and spirit in the forward march of man. Diplomas that will be awarded in Kenan V Stadium at twilight on June 25 will have rolled in them the recognition of past achievement and the promise of future attainment. NEWS: Graduation Mills Leaves G M Manager F4UT NUMBER SW 65 vear is a cart of the sesouicnntpn- nial celebration. Speaker for the graduation exer cises will be Kemp Davis Battle, well known "attorney of Rocky Mount, while Bishop R. E. Gribbin of Ashe ville will deliver the baccalaureate sermon in Memorial Hall Sunday, June 24, at 11 a. m. Bishop Robert Emmet Gribbin has been bishop of the Western North Carolina Episcopal diocese since 1934. In compliance with requests of the Office of Defense Transportation, the program this year will be largely a local one. The Alumni Association has cancelled 10 class reunions that would normally have been held. The full program, as released by J. Maryon Saunders, alumni secretary, is . as follows : Saturday, June 23, will be Senior See DIPLOMAS, page 1. Morrison BARRON MILLS
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