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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1945
Marines Here
Stage Ball
And Picnic
Beginning a whirlwind weekend of
social activities, the Marine Detach
ment held the Marine Ball .Friday
Night in the NEOTC Armory. Con
tinuing their activities, the loca
Leathernecks moved in on Hogan's
Lake Saturday night with their dates
to enjoy a picnic and heer party combined.
The music for the Friday night Ball
was supplied by the Cloudbusters of
the Navy Pre-Flight School. Cliff
Harp, acting as Master of Ceremonies,
proved to be one of the hits of the eve
nine with a sparkling program. The
Armory was decorated with posters
depicting some of the Marine cam
paigns of this war, and with several
displays of Marine Corps awards and
honors. Captain E. E. Hazlett, Com
manding Officer of the Navy College
Training Unit here, and Capt. J. D.
Marchant, Executive Officer for the
Marine Detachment attended the af
fair. " The picnic Saturday began at 2:30
in the afternoon and was officially
over at 11:00. Sandwiches, pretzels,
hot dogs, beer, and some soft drinks
were the main course for the evening.
There was no officially planned amuse
ment, but the Marines and their dates
seemed to find no trouble occupying
themselves with the various facilities
offered by Hogan's Lake.
Batt. Comdr. Jack Schaefer and
Batt. Adj. Jim Sloan of the Marine
Detachment were chiefly responsible
for planning the week-end, the biggest
social event of the present Trimester
for the Marines. Funds were provided
by subscription from the men of the
Detachment.
Music' Department Has
Big Plans For Fall
Although the instrumental and
choral organizations at Hill Hall have
been disbanded for the summer, the
music department is making big plans
for the fall and ordering new music
and supplies. The University Sym
phony Orchestra is planning to build
ur its string section. The marching
band will be active during the football
season after which it will expand its
membership and become the Univer
sity Band. Earl Slocum, director of
all three, has been at UNC for a num
ber of years and is widely known all
over the South for his instrumental
music.
The University Women's Glee Club
is planning a tour in the spring, and
the University Men's Glee Club, de
pending upon transportation and mem
bership, may possibly make a tour also.
Both groups are planning concerts
and will probably join the Chapel
Hill Choral Club in several major pro
ductions. This will be Director Paul
young's second year here. At the end
of last year there were a hundred
girls and sixty boys in the glee clubs.
Each year an entire new member
ship is recruited from those interested.
Tryouts will be held the first week in
September, the exact date to be an
nounced later.
V I STATE II
Di To Discuss
Peace Issue
a Bbi
Sua She
Araaed
!r orces.
Trusteeship, one of the most widely-
discussed issues before today's plan
ners for peace, will be the topic for
the evening Wednesday night when!
the Dialectic Senate convenes in the
Di Hall at nine o'clock.
A special report xrom tne ways ana i xine Carolina alumni, varying m
Means Committee .will be given by rank from corporal to major general
Senator Buddy Glenn. This report, J and rear admiral, have won the United
coming oeiore general discussion 01 states .Navy s nignest awara me
Janitors Get War Bonus But
Still Have Many Troubles
the regular bill, will give members
and visitors a summary of the issues
involved when trusteeship is consid
ered as a step towards world peace.
.
uienn, a major in international po
litical science study, is well-known on
campus for his interest and informa
tion concerning contemporary prob
lems of an international nature.
All students interested in this sub
ject are invited to attend the regular
meeting of the Di Wednesday night
in the third floor of New West at
nine o ciocK.
TWUA
ATO Province Chief
Visits Local Chapter
TEP House Reopens
Stanley Colbert announced last night
that the University had informed the
Tau Epsilon Phi's that their house )
would be returned to them on or about
August 15. This will be after all ne
cessary repairs have been made in ac
cordance with the stipulations made in
the contract made with the Univer
sity when they leased the house in
1943.
The house was first used as Spaight
Hall, a "dormitory for graduate wo
men, then as "The French House" for
this first summer session. Colbert
said that the fraternity would move
in about the beginning of the new
term.
Pulley Announces
Commencement Plans
Stating that the November gradu
ating class will consist mainly of serv
ice personnel, Pete Pulley, president
of the Senior, class announced plans
for a graduation week-end program
designed largely in this interest.
The four newly elected class officers
are to meet tomorrow and start work'
on appointing committees, deciding
the type of invitations to be used, the
graduation speaker, the senior activi
ties, and so forth.
Plans will be laid as rapidly as pos
sible, Pulley stated. The chief draw
back at the moment is the' lack of a
definite list of seniors. This, of course,
will be remedied shortly.
A coed, stepping upon the side
walk as she crossed at a street in
tersection, tripped and fell to the
ground. Helping her to her feet, an
unsympathetic passerby asked,
"Was that trip really necessary?"
The Alpha Delta Chapter of Alpha
Tau Omega was honored the past
weekend with a visit from its Province
Chief, Dr. E. S. Gill, and family, of
Roanoke, Virginia.
A conclave meeting of representa
tives from all chapters in Province
VI was cpnducted at the ATO House
Saturday afternoon to discuss gen
eral fraternity problems.
A banquet at the Carolina Inn for
members and dates, and alumni guests
was the order of the evening. Among
many of the ATO's local alumni pres
ent were Dr. O. K. Corn well, Mr. Har
ry Comer, Coach Russ Murphy, Mr.
John. Keller, and Walt James.
An informal get-together at . the
House was the highlight of the eve
ning with candlelight dancing and refreshments.
Governor Commends
State Symphony
On Radio Program
By Tom Corpening
(An Editorial Feature)
As expected, the bonus for all state
employees who make less than $3600
yearly has come through. The jani
tors are now making about 49.5 cents
an hour, or approximately $10 more
a month. They still want a base rate
of oU cents an nour ana tne new
war bonus also, or 54.5 cents an hour.
They are not going to get it. They
mav in the future. They may, but
when? It is absurd to even ask this
question; more so, to try and answer.
When if ever?
One can hardly say the University
is at fault. The Administration pre
sents to the State Legislature a
budget, asking for what is believed
necessary to maintain, a nrst-class
place of learning. They present and
they ask. The Legislature cuts, and
cuts. The Board of Trustees desired
to ask for an appropriation of one
hundred thousand dollars for research
at Carolina; they did ask for fifty
thousand. How much was granted?
None. ' . '
Many members of the faculty have
stated that they are not in desperate
need of higher wages (instructors ex- He pays $4 weekly to Mr. Edwards
I is $23.60 weekly. After deductions
(as State Retirement System, Income
tax), he takes home $20.44. If the
janitor supports only himself, then
he carries away only $18.34; the fig
ure varies with the number of de
pendents. Let . us consider one or two
typical cases:"
This janitor supports six persons
counting himself; three of the de
pendents are children. At the present
time, he is the sole wage earner of
the house. Four dollars a week goes
for rent to a gentleman of Durham,
a Mr. Edwards, who owns several
houses in Carrboro. This janitor pays
Hospital Insurance, Burial Insurance,
Life Insurance, town taxes, county
taxes, state taxes, income taxes, and
helps support his church and the
Nursery School. For food for six, he
spends between 7 dollars and $8.50 a
week. This janitor, is very lucky: he
has a garden, a cow, chickens, and a
hog; these cost him about 8 dollars
a week for support. He says that he
doesn't have to worry about his "sav
ings.
Another janitor supports only four,
including one child. He has.no cow.
Expressing pride in the fact that
North Carolina has a state Symphony
Orchestra and that the1 State Legis
lature saw fit to make an appropriation
on the ground that the Orchestra is
an educational institution, Governor
R. Gregg Cherry tonight pledged his
support to the program of the North
Carolina Symphony and its Orchestra
of North Carolina musicians to ''carry
good music to all the people of the
State.",
Governor Cherry spoke on a half-
hour radio program which was origin
ated in the Raleigh studios of Station
WPTF and carried through a hook
up on most of the State's radio stations.
The program launched the intensive
phase of a State-wide campaign for
$100,000 for the Symphony, now an of
ficial state organization.
Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin, member of
the University music faculty, is the di
rector of the band.
"Would you like to drink Canada
Dry, sir?"
"I'd love to, but I'm only here
for a week." New Mexico Lobo. ,
ANY BONDS TODAY?
By Gracie Allen
and George Burns
Illustrated by Ed Reed
EDITED " V ..5EsL ,
I hocked the other one end boaght a Wn- Bond!"
cepted), but that it is their wish and
duty to carry on research for- the
state and for their country. Research
is vital to the University of North
Carolina. The Legislature passed
lightly, it seems completely over
this important appropriation. If
something so necessary as research
is tossed away like this pftt! what
can the janitors, and other common
labor, expect?
Average Wage .
In the midst of the great depres
sion in the early thirties, the average
of Durham for rent. As you can see,
his case is very similar, in several
ways, to the janitor above.
It is not a good comparison, but
nevertheless the average Carolina
civilian male, eating in restaurants
and cafeterias, spends nine to twelve
dollars a week on food, while an aver
age janitor supports from three to
six on less money. iow tne janitor
does so is difficult to realize.
Federal aid to education is the an
swer to tne- wnoie problem, ii tne
University had more money, it could
wage of a janitor was about $8. The pay the faculty, the Administration,
janitors were dragging the bottom of I and the janitors more, and could offer
the students a finer University. Not
only the University of North Carolina,
but also all educational institutions
throughout the South, are short on
funds. This inadequacy can be met
best through Federal aid.
Meanwhile, the janitors will have
difficulty in getting up to the bottom
of the wage scale of America.
the wage scale. Since that time, their
wages have gone up; in fact, they
have tripled. Few fields of labor have
had an increase in wages of 300
within the past ten or twelve years.
The War Labor Board (which does
not apply to the janitors of this Uni
versity) has ruled that 55 cents an
hour should be the minimum wage in
all industries. The War Manpower
Commission and other agencies agree
with WLB. Judging by this expres
sion ot what tne minimum wage
should be, what is the relative posi
tion of the janitors m the wage
scale? They are still at the bottom
The janitors are, as a whole, inade-
auately housed, fed. and lacking m
medical care. Who is to blame ? What
is the solution.' well, tnere isnt
exactly anybody you can lay your
hands on and say, "It's his fault." The
whole problem of a just base rate,
simple as it may seem on the surface,
is too complicated for one to assume
hat the University Administration is
the wrong-doer. The Business Office
does decide what they want the jani-
ors' base rate to be, and this base
rate is fixed as high as the Business
Office believes the budget will allow.
Once the appropriations for the
University Budget are made by the
State Legislature, it is impossible (in
so lar as l nave Deen aDie to nna
out) to change any of the salaries
which are established by said Legisla
ture. There is no special fund by
means of which the Administration
could raise the base rate of the janitors.
How He Survives
It is interesting to see how much a
janitor makes, how he spends his
money, and to ponaer now ne sur
vives. There are 38 colored janitors
employed by the University, not
counting two or three non-union jani-
ors. This is less than half the num
ber employed in 1940. Formerly there
were three janitors to a building; now
there are two. The salary of the aver
age janitor, working a 48-hour week,
SOUTHERN
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sented the American government m
the 1936 International Labor Confer
ence at Geneva and the 1941 Social
Spcuritv Conference of Latin Amer
ican Republics in San Diego.
Mr. Rieve showed a broad viewpoint
on the position of labor in the national
life. This was demonstrated by such
incisive comments as: "The greatest
problem facing the labor movement
as a national whole is consolidation of
the gains it has made in the last few
years and become a permanent feature
of American life.
Mr. Rieve left the reporter with a
very favorable impression and the
feeling that if all labor leaders are of
the same calibre the movement is un
doubtedly here to stay as a perman
ent and integral part of the economic
system.
T Court To See
Frolics This Week
Friday Night Frolics, sponsored
each 1 week by Graham Memorial, will
be held this week at the YMCA court
with music by recordings.
As they trudged along in the rain
on their way to 7:30 classes, the
coeds discussed their professions.
"I missed my calling," one of them
said in a serious tone of voice to
the others. "I should have been a
bill collector. If my parents are one
day late in sending my allowance,
I send them a casual reminder.
And that's the first step, so my
mother says." Summer Reveille.
Continued from first page)
erhood, justice, and equality applied
throughout the world," he said.
Graham Speaks
President Frank P. Graham and
Chancellor Robert B. House of the
University gave brief addresses of
welcome.
President Graham said the Insti
tute was in line with "the University's
long established program of holding
institutes and conferences for bank
ers, accountants, business men, jour
nalists, parents andi teachers, doctors,
lawyers, women's clubs, social work
ers, public health officers, school
boards, librarians, interracial interna
tional and human relations, and any
other groups of our citizens who need
the resources and services of our Uni
versity."
He said the Institute is being held
here under the sponsorship of a state
advisory committee on workers' edu
cation, representatives of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, the Congress
on Industrial Organization, the Rail
way Brotherhood, and the Extension
Division of the University of North
Carolina.
He pointed out that workers' educa
tion had its origin in the last century
in Oxford Unuiversity and soon ex
panded as a part of the responsibility
of all Englsh, Scottish, Canadian, and
Australian universities. "In America,
workers' education has for several
decades been accepted as part of the
program of colleges and universities
in all sections of the United States.
"Notable for leadership in the field
of workers education have been the
University of Wisconsin, Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania State, Virginia, Har
vard, Yale, New York University,
Cornell, Michigan, Marquette, Welles-
ley, Rutgers, Indiana, Purdue, Chi
cago, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colo
rado, Read College, and the Univer
sity of California. In America, work
ers education is a juncture of three
great movements: adult education,
university extension, and the labor
movement."
He said the Extension Division , of
the University in the last decade has
held several educational conferences
and institutes in the field of workers'
education in cooperation with labor
groups.
"We envision the time when there
will be held . as a part of this pro
gram joint conference of labor and
management for the discussion of
their common problems and for a
more intelligent and cooperative ap
proach toward the development of
Southern resources and industries in
the making of a fairer and more pro
ductive society," he said.
President Rieve said "every South
ern community has felt the effects
of the pay increases for textile
workers. The growth of unionism has
not only benefitted the Southern
community financially, but spiritually
as well through the spirit of democ
racy.
"I greatly fear that the South will
never take its proper place in the
economic life of the nation so long
as its industrial development is con
fined primarily to one basic industry,
textiles. Widespread industrial diver
sification is essential."
In a note of welcome from the
Navy Cross since this war began. Of
these, three died in the service of their
country, and a fourth was wounded in
battle.
The Navy Cross is usually awarded
for unusual gallantry on the field of
battle. It is the highest award that
the Navy and Marine Corps can con
fer upon a hero. Only the Con
gressional Medal of Honor carries
greater honor. Eight of the nine are
native North Carolinians. . These
alumni have done honor to the tradi
tion of Carolina. A summary of their
records follows:
Ens. Bunyan "Randy" Cooner,
USNR, class of '37, from Asheville
and Washington, D. C, was awarded
the Navy Cross for gallantry at Mid
way. He was wounded during the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941. Then on June 16,
1942, he was killed in an airplane
crash at Pearl Harbor.
BULL'S HEAD
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my mind as a typical Carolina phrase."
Miss Nellie Roberson, head of the
Extension Library, is now in charge of
the shop, with Mrs. Charles A. Valen
tine, Jr., as manager.
Teas Held
Mrs. Valentine, realizing that the
idea of going to a tea would be appall
ing to most students, wished it made
clear that the teas which the Bookshop
gives once a month are not of the con
ventional, stuffy type, but rather they
are informal, and all students are wel
come to attend. In the past, the Book
shop has had talks at its teas by such
noted writers as Phillips Russell, Paul
Green, Raymond Adams, Noel Hous
ton, and Betty Smith.
The Bull's Head Bookshop is proud
of the fact that it established one of
Carolina's many traditions, but by t
necessity, it has been imperative for
the shop to terminate the life of this
tradition. In the past, a large wooden
sign, with the colored head of a bull
painted on. it, was hung outside the
door of the shop. However, up to now,
three of these signs have "miraculous
ly" disappeared, and the Bookshop, de
siring to retain its fourth and last
wooden sign, has place it inside the
shop for safe keeping, thus regretfully
ending the age-old tradition among
Carolina students of "Who can get a
bull's head the quickest?"
Although recent novels, plays, mod
ern poetry, and books dealing with
current events are predominant in the
Bull's Head Bookshop, there is an am
ple back-Jog of reference books and
classics. Also, most of the current
magazines are available and everyone
is welcome to read them to his heart's
content.
Many Books
As an example of the varied sub
jects covered by books in the Bull's
Head Bookshop, the following books
were recently seen on display: "Up
Front" by Bill Mauldin, "Forever Am
ber" by Kathleen Winsor, "Black Boy"
by Richard Wright, "Brave Men" by
Ernie Pyle, "Men Who Wouldn't Stay
Dead" by Ida Clyde Clarke, "The
Corpse Steps Out" by Craig Rice,
"The Best from Yank," "Cartoon
Cavalcade" by Thomas Craven, and
"Commodore Hornblower" by C. S.
Forester. In addition, many maps and
numerous Pocket Books are obtain
able.
University, Chancellor Robert B.
House said, "the University of North
Carolina represents a force for social,
personal, and spiritual culture for the
people throughout the South and this
Institute is in harmony with this es
sential purpose.
"Let's begin a movement through
out the country to raise the economic
and cultural level of the people. Let's
all learn to work and live together."
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