The editorials of this issue are de
voted to what effect peacetime will
have upon the University and campus
life.
Whs
Captain Hazlett says NROTC is
here to stay with approximate peace
time strength at 300; V-12 will prob
ably remain until March.
VOLUME LIII SW
Serving Civilian and Military Students at UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1945
Jap Surrender Brings Out
Old Bottles At Carolina
Tlxi In Pmrh ,
Horns blew, students screamed and
rushed for those hoarded bottles, and
overflowing cars sped down the
streets when the long-awaited news
finally broke. Peace was here the
daps nau stuicuuticu.
Bonfires were built and every avail
able wooden article was thrust on to
keep the victory fires burning: Frat
houses were filled; bars were over
flowing. ,
It was as if a great load had been
taken from a tired man's back. With
the weight of war gone and the vision
of lasting peace ahead, Carolina went
wild. V
The main street in town quickly
became a mingling of ROTC's, cadets,
marines, and civilians. Dancing, drink
ing, and hitching rides, the people in
the streets stayed until only a few
straggling marines were left, cele
brating the victory that was theirs.
The streets, the dorms, and the ar
boretum were the scenes of varied
emotions. Bottles and blankets were
shared bv all. Lone wolves, couples,
and groups of merry-making revelers
prowled all night over the campus ana
through the streets.
The black night studded with a bil
lion stars furnished the setting for
one of the greatest night in Carolina
history A night with war behind
and peace shining ahead.
Rosen Helps
In New Bomb
Research '
No. Official Word Received7 On Status
Of The V-12 Unit Here; Captain Hazlett
Thinks Navy Will Kemaini Until March
Three profs
Go Overseas
Three University professors have
won appointments to two new Army
University, Study Centers overseas,
instructing men of the Army of Oc
cupation. For this task the Professors
Gustav Schwenning, Malcolm D. Tay
lor, both of the College of Commerce
and Edward T. Browne of the Mathe
matics Department have been granted
leaves of absence terminating Sep
tember, i946.
For some time the Army has recog
nized the need, of men still in the
Army whose college education was
interrupted by the war. Accordingly,
they gathered a qualified group . of
aotm-,. educators from higher edu-
-soi institutions throughout the
tauuucw
nrtmnize these vitally
CUUIiLijf w e
aaa stndv Centers of college aca
demic standards. A leading member
of this group, Professor bcnwennms
lor'lv instrumental in the or-
nf the faculty and in the
formulation of the curricula. That
inh r-omnleted, Professor Schwenning
was then assigned in the status of a.,
so-called assimilated officer to head
the Commerce Section of the Center
at Schrivenham, England, just out
side of Bristol. With him now on the
Dr. Nathan Rosen of the Univer
sity physics department was closely
associated with Dr. Philip N. Abel-
son in the Navy's pioneer research in
atomic energy, including the work at
the pilot plant in Philadelphia which
served as a model for the great plant
at Oak Ridge, Tenn., it was revealed
here ; today by Dr. Paul E. Shearin,
acting head of the University Physics
Department.
The Navy's part in the' development
of the atomic bomb just came out in
official department reelases from
Washington last week-end, and Dr.
Rosen's connection was. not disclosed
jjn til today, when the department re
ceived permission from Dr. Abelson
to reveal the fact that Dr. Rosen has
been connected with this project since
December, 1942, in the capacity of a
theoretical-physicist.
Dr. Rosen's associates and friends
knew vaguely that he had been en
gaged in some type of secret govern
ment experimentation since December,
1942, now part-time and again full
time, which involved a great dear of
commuting between Chapel Hill,
Washington, and Philadelphia, but
thev did not know that he was work
ing on the most powerful force of all
time.
Dr. Rosen, who was back at his
teachine post here today and waiting,
like everyone else, for the news that
Japan has capitulated, was described
by Dr. Shearin as a "very able theo
retical physicist. ; ,
"He took his doctorate at Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology in
1932 " Dr. "Shearin related.- "He was
a National Research Fellow at Michi
gan and Princeton, and he worked
with Einstein for two years at the
Institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton on problems relating to
relativity. Before coming to us in
1941, he taught at the University of
Kiev and M. I. T."
The Navy announcement this week
ly, ri t-pvpaled that the Navy Depart
ment "pioneered federally-financed
atnmic experimentation in 1939 in the
thus far vain of finding a
rpvnlutionarv method of propelling
warships.
tt,w ttear Admiral Harold G
Bowen, Chief of the Office of Research
and Inventions," the report from
woirtm, continued, "the Naval
Research Laboratory became the first
government agency to engage m tne
experimentation whicn ieu w -
" See ROSEN, page 4-
IFC Announces New Rushing
Rules; Pully Is Secretary
See Advisers For
Pre-Registration
Civilian students in the General
Colleee are requested to see their
Faculty advisers during the week
of August 20-25 to complete the
first part of registration for the
term beginning September 3. The
student will receive a written ap
proval of courses agreed upon, and
this will materially reduce the
time required for his -registration
on September 3.
Straley Tells
Of Growth Of
Atomic Bomb
Modv Art Hit World Lite
New Atomic Homo oay
By Kenneth Ness
(Acting Head of Art DPtmt-.
The impact of the effect and the fu
ture of "atomic energy" leaves its
mark on the thought of today in no
uncertain terms. Radio commenta
tors and newswriters are explaining
its origins, its effectiveness upon first
use in war, and conjecturing on its
seemingly innumerable peacetime po
tentialities. ' .
The statement that the world of
art less than four decades ago, was
art, less uw excitement
thrown into a state ox ,
equalling that of the world-at-large
today with its news of the atomic
today, wiui fnr-fetched paral-
bomb, may seem a f ar"leMa dern
lei; but, upon first exposure to modern
art, critics, connoisseurs and laymen
were just so stirred when they first
Taw tL variegated content and con
cepts included in so-called modern
"Radical" Artists
The first stable furore in the
United States .was created whexv th
Independents, a f
."radical" young American a
whose lists include the J0"
able and xespectedSlo
Davidson, George jB Luk
Prendergasr,
others, organizeu w "
fMod!;n art became sen-
sation through publicity
the American public got its first
jgftasNttKgL... isi
The explosion of an atomic bomb is
20" million times more powerful than
gunpowder, 11 million times more
than dvnamite, and 1 million times
more than gasoline, physicist Joseph
W. Straley said here yesterday.
Dr. Straley, who taught at the Uni
versity for several years but is now
on leave of absence, spoke on "lhe
Souree of Energy of the Atomic
Bomb," and his simplified explanation
for the layman made a fine impres
sion.
"Nothing: that I say is a military
secret," the', talented- young ..scientist
explained in the beginning. "All that
I know on this subject has already ap
peared in print, available for Germans
and Japanese alike to read."
"Everything in this room, including
the people," he began, "if carefully
taken apart, would be found to con
sist of electrons, protons, and neu
trons. "All of the 92 elements known to
exist can be constructed by different
combinations of electrons, protons,
and neutrons. The electron bears the
smallest possible increment of nega
tive electrical charge. The proton has
an equal but positive charge" The
neutron has no charge at all.
"The neutron was discovered in
1932 by Chadwick in England," he
related. "Shortly after this discovery,
Ferini in Italy started a series, of
experiments with throwing a neutron
at one of the 92 elements with great
velocity.
"The material, astonishingly, was
transformed into the material stand
ing next to it in the list of 92 ele
ments, and Ferini saw the possibility
of creating a new substance never
before observed, the element of 93
protons.
"Hahn, Meitner, and btrassman re
peated Ferini's experiments with
uranium. They found even more ma
terials than did Ferini. But they
found that uranium, upon being bom
barded with neutrons, forms not a
material lying outside the sequence
but a comparatively light material
near the middle of the sequence.
nnnMnsinn that the uranium
JL V-Viivwwiv.
Pete Pully was elected secretary of
the Interfraternity Council at last
Monday's meeting of the group. Pulley
succeeds Ed Wiles who was forced to
resign because of illness. The council
also passed the following set of rush
ing rules. These regulations will go
into effect with the beginning of the
September term. ,
Rushing Rules '
' 1. There will be a silence period on
all new men until the third Friday af
ter classes have begun. Fraternity
men may speak to the new men but not
in anv way engage-them in con versa
tion. New men being defined as men
who have never been through a rush
ins: period at the University.
2. The rushing period shall official-
lv beein at 7:00 p.m. on the third Fri
dav after classes have begun and ex
tend for two weeks thereafter, ending
at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday of the third
week. . - .
3. After the first Friday (7-10)
and Sunday (7-11) of the rush period,
all new men will be required to visit
each fraternity from which they have
received an invitation.
4. After the first Friday and Sun
day nights of the rush period, new men
may visit fraternity houses at any
time during the rushing period, ex
cept that no man may be on fraternity
nor shall he be entertained by any
fraternity man on any Saturday dur
ing the rushine period.
. k' New men may not be "shaken
up" until the last day of the rushing
M'.e.: Sundav 2-5 P.m. and
w.i...wx -- 7 -
7.1 -n.
6. There will be a silence period
from 11:00 p.m. Sunday until 3:00
- mm TTTT 1 3... ni-M
p.m. the following weanesuay axtcx
noon at which time the new men will
NROTCIs Here To Stay; May
Have 300 Men In Peacetime
CaDtain E. E. Hazlett. commanding officer of the V-12 Unit
here, stated to the Tar Heel that no official word had been received
concerning the future of the Naval units here. Speculating on the
. - .. -.. . m -mm A V " A
future, the captain did state that in nis opinion me v-iz unus
would be here for some time yet.
' "The Navy always tries to do
right by its men," Captain Haz
lett said, "I'm sure that it will
give all the men now in the pro
gram a chance to complete their
training. It is, however, highly
unlikely that any new men will
be admitted into V-12. This will
riot, of course, change the situa
tion very much as the only unit
accepting new men for some
time has been tne Marine
Corps."
As for the NROTC, Captain
Hazlett explained, "this unit is,
of course, permanent. It will
probably be larger in the future
than in the pre-war days. The
unit in the future should num
ber about 300 men."
The Captain did not hazard a
guess as to when the NROTC
would go back to Civilian status.
"We haven't had a hint as to
when that will be," he said.
. iipliiSSS" "XT,"""-- -ZZZZZ
HAZLETT
Cast Named
For Summer
Productions
Directors of the three experimental
plays to be produced August 23 have
announced the casts. Rosalia Coving-
fvn Vmc Viospn Anne Osterhout to
I play the lead in "To Count Thirteen.
nuuii aii vviiii.ii I , , .... 01
report to the Dean of Men's office to Others in the cast will be Sherman
raivp 4 their bids. During this si- Lazarus ana Jimmy
lence period, fraternity may speak to
the new men but not in any way en-
(raorp. them in conversation.
7. Onlv soft drinks, sandwiches,
poolcies .and ciearettes may be , served
to new men during this rushing period.
8. No new men shall be allowed to
pat anv meals in a fraternity house.
9. No new men shall be allowed to
Iiva in a fraternity house.
10. No women shall be allowed in
f ratemitv houses on the first two days
of the rushing period nor on the last
Aw rlnrinc rushinsr hours
11. Any violation of the spirit of
these rules shall constitute a viola
tion of the rule itself
. These new rush rules shall go into
elfect with the beginning of the Sep
tember school term.
In "Cake Crumbs" the cast consists
of Margie Patton, Isabelle Noblett,
Phyllis Hagenmiller, Thelma Cohen,
Christine Taylor, Colbert Leonard,
Dick Fishel, Bill Kornegay, Roy Alex
ander, Jan GrifFen, Norma Green, and
Amelia Rives.
Anne Osterhout, director of her
nlav. "By Any Name," has announced
the following cast: Marion Miller,
Barbara Young, Lynn Bailey, Jimmy
Riley, Jim Crutchfield, Roy Alexander,
Sherman Lazarus, and Bill Rogers. x
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The Intramural Softball tournament
I for the leading two teams 'in eacn
league will get under way Tuesday
afternoon. For the complete story see
page three. '
Work Goes On
On V-JDay
Guv B. Phillips, the director of the
summer session, announces that regu
lar work will proceed without inter
ruption on V-J Day, celebrating the
signing of the final agreement by
representatives of Japan, unless there
is to be a universal observance of the
day, calling for participation of mili
tary and civilian educational units.
There is a general feeling that the
vacation on Wednesday, August 15,
along with a satisfactory completion
of the work for the few remaining
days of the term, can be the most ef
fective and patriotic observance of
this great event.
In the event of any necessary
changes of policy, every effort will be
made to get an announcement made
to all of the faculty and students.
NESS
nf what violence had been
g-liniF0"
wrought to the complacently stabil
ized academic and conservative art
that preceded the experiments of the
French Impressionists.
Ahnnt 1880 the public who were
accustomed to seeing and appreciat-
literal and strictly realistic, paint
ings were amazed at the experiments
1ip stout) that included Monet,
Renoir. Pissare and Bonnard.
W nil e the foundations of modern
art e-o 'back at times to works and
methods of much earlier periods, the
TiTvrssinmsts. inmelled by, new
XUl ' -
knowledge and theories of the physics
of light, painted their shimmering at-
See MODERN ART, page 4.
proximately equal parts was inescap
able," Dr. Straley declared. -
"A violent explosion on a very
miniature scale was observed to ac
company the process," he continued.
"But this was only one atom. A
nound of uranium contains approxi
mately a million billion billion atoms.
What a million billion billion of these
explosions ean do has been revealed
for the world to see!
"The energy thrown off in the crack
ing of one gram of uranium," he ex
plained with scientific charts and
drawings, "is 14,400,000,000 calories
against 750 for a similar quantity of
gunpowder, 1,300 for dynamite, and
about 10,000 for gasoline."
If all of these facts are known,
why can't other nations make bombs
yet?. Here are Dr. Straley's five rea
sons: - 1. Uranium is not abundant. 2. The
separation of U-235 from other types
is difficult. 3. A neutron cannot cause
See STRALEY, page 4.
Carolina Alumni Give Funds
UVA Meeting For Koch Memorial Theatre
On Monday
ThP University Veterans' Associa
Hnn will nresent a talk on "National
Service Life Insurance and the Vet
,vf Wm-IH War II" bv Dr. R.. I
ci. an fv.
Mehr next Monday at 8 o'clock. A1
nucleus had been split into two ap- though the talk will be planned as part
of the regular Veterans' Association
all interested persons on
lllVVVlb)
the campus have been invited to at
tend.
rtMnr Mphr is interested in the
fact that 4 out of 5 veterans are drop
ping their G. I. insurance. In his talk
he will attempt to show in what cases
the National Service insurance gives
the best coverage.
"It is important to show the proper
Dlace of National Service Life Insur
ance in a program of insurance for the
individual " Dr. Mehr stated m an
intprview. "Commercial insurance
eives much better coverage in certain
cases. Also there is the question of
how much insurance should be car
naA " Tip said. Dr. Mehr plans to
tVip anneal for. funds for a Koch
Memorial Theatre on the University
campus must have ' a good deal of
merit, for many Carolina alumni and
alumnae in the armed services folk
who don't usually have much spare
money are sending m comriDuuuiia
ranging from $10 to $100.
Most of these contributions are
from former Playmakers, and all of
them enthusiastically agree that a
new and long needed theatre for the
Playmakers would provide the most
fitting memorial for "Proff" Fred
Koch, who founded and directed the
famous drama group at Chapel Hill
more than 25 years. One of the foun
dations has promised $150,000 as an
endowment.
Most of them sent along with their
contributions letters to Dr. Archibald
Henderson, chairman of .the Koch
Memorial Committee, or to Prof. Sam
Selden, acting director of the Play
makers.
Typical of the letters is one from
lieu, lie OHM' x , .
cover these and other problems in a Pfc. G. F. McMahon how, enclosing
short address. Following his talk he
will attempt to answer any questions
about G. I. insurance.
Dr. Mehr is well qualified to speak
on the subject of insurance.
See MEHR, page 4.
ten dollars, writes from the Philip
. m T 1 1 . 1 m-1 am
pines: 1 Wish 1 COUia senu mure man
the ten dollars, But T don't have more
to spare at the moment." As a stu-
Af ter dent McMahon had a small part m
"The Yeoman of the Guard" in which
Doug Hume played the role
fool.
Pfc. Larry Wismer, a former grad
uate assistant of the Playmakers,
writing from Corsica, says he has
asked his mother to send $100 from
his savings.
Lt. Harry Davis of the Playmakers
staff, now in Germany, writes: "I'll
be happy when I hear that plans are
actually underway. I'm certainly pull
ing for you."
Lt. Bob Carroll, of Hamlet, writ
ing from Europe, says: "Nothing
seems more important to me at the
moment than an all-out battle for the
new theatre. The need for it i3 ob
vious and has been for years . . .
To name the new theatre, if it comes
into being (and it must!), for Proff is
a fitting tribute to a life devoted to
humanity. In Chapel Hill his presence
will always be felt, but a more tangible
expression of the admiration and
gratitude of the many for the one
should be given."
Similar statements have been re
ceived from Lt. Bedford Thurman, of
Norfolk, Va., now in the Pacific; Lt.
(jg) Eugene Langston, Danville, Va.,
now in the Pacific; Pvt. Richard Kat
zin, Winston-Salem, stationed in
Texas, and Flight Officer Woodie
Lambeth, Elon College, who is now
in Europe.