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Last issue until September 8. Final
exams for summer session August
27, 23, 29. Classes begin September
4.
Serving Givilian and Military Students at UNC
VOLUME LIIISW
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1945
NUMBER SW 80
College For W Be Maintained To Aid Vet
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Summer Term Closes With Final Exams Underway Monday
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New Freshmen Due Friday;
Orientation Program Opens
With Gerrard Hall Meeting
The first session of the University summer semester will come
to a close next week when approximately 3900 students? including
civilians, Navy V-12 trainees and Pre-Flight Cadets, undergo final
and mid-semester examinations. .
Thesecond session of the summer semester will begin with an
orientation program for incoming freshmen on Friday, August 31,
with an assembly in Gerrard Hall.
The orientation is designed to ac
quaint newcomers to the University
with physical surroundings and to
physical and placement tests before
classwork begins.
The orientation begins with the
Gerrard Hall assembly, after which
students will meet their "faculty ad
visers. Also on Friday English and
Math placement tests will be taken.
On Saturday the students take phys
ical examinations and foreign lan
guage placements.
Coed Program
A special orientation program for
coeds will be offered by the Office of
the Dean of Women, assisted by the
vocational adviser. Approximately
225 new coeds will transfer here Sep
tember 3.
Registration for - all students will
take place Monday, September 3, and
class work resumes on Tuesday, Sep
tember 4. Courses will be offered on
an eight-week basis along with the
16-week courses.
,- The civilian dormitories will be com
pletely filled during the coming term.
Some 175 freshmen are scheduled to
begin work in September. Also 225
women students have caused an early
waiting list for rooms in the coed
dorms.
Special Plans
Special plans are being made for a
large number of returning veterans
who will enter at this time. Applica
tions are growing every day, and the
University schedule has been ar
ranged to take care of their needs,
along with those of the civilian and
Navy V-12, NROTC, and Marine stu
dents. Pre-Flight Runners
To Report Monday
The Pre-Flight cross country team
will officially open their 1945 prac
tice season Monday afternoon with
some 10 to 12 boys reporting, it was
learned yesterday.
Pre-Flight's Cloudbuster runners
won six of seven meets last year,
losing their lone contest to the Naval
Academy. The slate for this season
has not been announced and still is
in the tentative stage, but it is ex
pected to be released loon.
Lt.-Comdr. Brunson and Lt. Charlie
Beetham are coaches of the cross
country crew of the Pre-Flight School,
which was victorious over the Caro
lina Tar Heels in their meet last season.
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MEBANE
Mebane Leaves
Tar Heel And
Di Senate Post
Banks Mebane resigned as Assistant
Editor of the Tar Heel yesterday fol
lowing his passing the Army's pre
induction examination at Fort Bragg.
Mebane will also submit his resigna
tion to the Dialectic Senate, of which
he is critic. Other campus positions
from which he is also resigning include
memberships in . the YMCA Cabinet,
YMCA Board of Directors, and the In
ternational Relations Club.
During the illness of Bill Hight,
Mebane served as Associate Editor of
the Tar Heel. For some time he was
editor of the Wesley Worker, a publi
cation of the Wesley Foundation at
the University of North Carolina.
In the recent elections, Mebane was
a candidate for Debate Council. Since
his arrival on the campus last Septem
ber, he has taken an active interest in
forensics.
"Smoker's Hack," a column which
has been currently appearing in the
Tar Heel for the past several months
and bringing much comment, was writ
ten by Mebane.
His activity in extra-curricular
work and interest in campus affairs
have made him an outstanding figure
on the campus.
Mebane will finish out the present
term before reporting at Fort Bragg
in September. He plans to return to
Carolina to complete his education.
Two Admitted
By IRC During
Summer Term
, Bryan And Johnson
J oin Ranks; Club
Planning For Fall
During the summer term the Inter
national Relations Club admitted two
members to its ranks. They are Sally
Bryan from Oxford and Russell John
son from Conway. These candidates
were accepted on the basis of their in
terest and knowledge of current events
displayed in an interview with the IRC
Membership Committee.
This summer the Club continued its
programs of discussion and present
ing speakers on timely subjects. The
officers for the summer were Buddy
Glenn, Pres.; Lee Silverstein, Vice
Pres.; Betty Graybill, Secretary; and
Ed Davenport, Treasurer.
Beginning in September the IRC
will resume its regular program un
der the leadership of new President
Gloria Chapman. The International
Relations Club presents to the student
body weekly discussions, faculty and
radio forums, and outstanding speak
ers from outside the campus on topics
of current interest.
Smith Elected
UVA President
For Fall Term
Jim Booth Resigns ;
Position; Meeting
Slated Next Month
Bill Smith, former vice-president of
the University Veterans5 Association
has assumed the presidency of the or
ganization upon tBe resignation of
Jim Booth. ' Smith will serve out the
term which expires next November.
"I hope to carry on the work started
by my predecessor," Smith stated. "In
order for us to be effective in helping
the veterans which will be returning
we need help from a greater number
of veterans than are now taking part
in the association.- We really can ac
complish a great deal of good for the
veteran if we can get a little more sup
port. .
Booth found the pressure of his stu
dies and his position in the Grail tak
ing up too much of his time for him to
satisfactorily carry out the duties of
the president of the association. He
was elected to the post at the regular
election held by that group last April,
succeeding Jenks Tripp who was the
UVA's first president.
Smith has announced that the asso
ciation will not meet again until the
September term.
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Bell Rings College Anthem
Each Evening Since 1931
Gimghoul Stands Atop Scene
Of Love, Grief And Murder
By Elly Craig
Gimghoul Castle, the impregnably
private fortress of the secret organi
zation of the Order of Gimghouls, is
located half a mile east of Chapel
Hill on Pine Prospect, a knoll tower
ing several hundred, feet above neigh
boring hills. Covered with ivy, it rep
resents in detail a stronghold of pre
Norman England and is as weird as
its name would indicate,with a beauty
that rain and wind and night en
Tiance. The romantic appearance of
the spot does not belie its history.
It has been the scene of love and
murder and' grief, if one is to believe
the myth of Peter Dromgoole. A na
tive of Brunswick County, Virginia,
Dromgoole entered the University in
1831, reckless, unsteady, fond of card
playing and wild company. He did
not matriculate. One day he took of
fense at a professor's remark and
refused to submit to further interro
gation. A few days later he disap
peared and was never traced, although
liis uncle, George C. Dromgoole, of
Virginia, also an alumnus of the Uni
versity, and a reputable lawyer, con
ducted a three weeks' search which
proved ftttile.
But the myth of Peter Dromgoole
says that Peter and an unidentified
rival for the hand of Miss Fanny, a
pretty young woman, met on the hill
where the castle now stands, follow
ing the annual commencement ball.
They had words ; they decided to have
a duel, the winner to have Miss
Fanny. An old slave heard the argu
ment and raced to Miss Fanny's home
with the news. Clad in ballroom slip
pers and her nightgown, she hurried
to the hill in time to hear the pistol
shots and find Peter dead. Looking
at the victor, she said nothing, only
raised her hand and pointed in the
direction of the dirt road which led
away.
In 1892 L. B. Hamberlin wrote a
three page poem for the Carolina
Magazine in the dialect of the old
See GIMGHOUL, page 4. ?
By Hardinge Menzies
"Hark! The sound of Tar Heel
voices, ring clear and true" . . . ring
ing out over Carolina's campus for
the past fifteen years from the grace
ful, majestic belf tower. Since 1931,
the beautiful Morehead - Patterson
Memorial' Tower has stood as a tall,
inspiring symbol of the life of the
University, ring out from her bells
the peaceful music every day at sun
down and keeping the campus on time
with her nine-foot, four-faced clock.
The bell tower, properly called the
Morehead-Patterson Memorial Tower,
was accepted by the University on
March 10, 1930 and was formally
dedicated at high noon on Thanksgiv
ing Day, November 26, 1931. Mr.
John Motley Morehead, '91, then the
American minister to Sweden, and
Rufus Levoir Patterson, '93, a New
York financier and tobacco manufac
turer, are the donors of the beautiful
structure.
The presentation of the tower at
the dedication services was made by
Frank Patterson of Baltimore and
was received by O. Max Gardner,
then governor of North Carolina. The
tablet on the front of the tower gives
its meaning and significance .
"To ' perpetuate the memory of those
members of the Morehead and Pat
terson families who have from the
foundation of this University been
associated with its activites . . ."
Plaques of each member of these
two great famlies are placed around
the arcade of the tower -when read
ing them, one finds that there are
manufacturers, lawyers, bankers,
merchants, farmers, and teachers, all
who contributed in some way to the
progress of the University. It is also
interesting to note that names of the
names -of the Morehead and Patter
son family are also engraved on the
various bells which hang at the top.
The tower itself is built of North
Carolina brick, thetrim being of In
diana limestone and the ceiling of the
arcade of Guartavino tile. It stands
at a height of 172 feet with its
lower portion, or arcade, measuring
38 feet on each side.
The bells, which hang from the
uppermost regions of the tower, are
twelve in number with a total weight
of 14,350 pounds. There are twelve
bells ranging from the highest, which
is 45 inches high, to the smallest
which stands 21 inches. The bells,
which are duplicates of the famous
West- Point chiifes are products of
the McNeely Bell Company and at
the dedication service, Mr. Chester I
McNeely of Troy played for the spe
cial event. They are played entirely
by hand from the console operated by
levers at the base. Mr. Charles
Stevens is the regular chimist, but
Monte Howell has taken his place this
summer at the console of the famous
bells. Howell plays the bells every
afternoon ' anywhere from 6 to 8
o'clock for a period of around fifteen
minutes. He cordially invites the pub
lic to come up and watch.
Inside the "console room" are two
plaques, each one facing the other on
opposite walls. One contains the
name of the "Guild of Bell Ringer"
1941-42. The other contains the "Per
manent Roll of Master Bellringers"
from 1931 until today.
The clock, which was furnished by
the E. Howard Clock Company of
New York, has four dials exactly fac
ing North, East, South, and West.
Each face is nine feet in diameter
and has illuminating dials. The clock
peals the Westminster chimes each
quarter hour on four of the bells, and
strikes the hours on the largest of
the group, the "Governor Morehead."
It has a huge pendulum escapement
and is operated by three separate, in
dependent 'weights one for keeping
time, one for pealing the quarter
hours and a third for striking hours.
They are also independently and au
tomatically wound by three small
motors. The magnificent clock turns
on its own lights at dusk and extin
guishes them again at daylight.
The Morehead-Patterson Memorial
Tower is truly a landmark of the Uni
versity, and a landmark to be ad
mired and glorified. For the student
body would be entirely lost without
its never-ceasing chimes and massive
clock. It stands as a kind of monu
ment to the good things which Caro
lina ha3 meant in the past and is
meaning today to its thousands of
students, alumni and to the people of
the Old North State. Nowhere, we
believe, can be found a more beau
tiful and simply-built tower as the
one here at the University and no
where, we are sure, is there such a
good school spirit enveloped in a
single tower. Ho the next time you
happen to hear the mellow chimes
singing softly "Hark! the Sound"
around dusk, just stop and consider
the richness and fullness of life
which those bells symbolize here at
Carolina.
Agency Ready For Speed- Up
Education Program Suited
To Ex-Servicemen 's Needs
The .University administration has just announced that the
College for War Training would be maintained as a coordinating
agency for veterans' aid and to administer their speedup educa
tion. According to President Frank P. Graham and Chancellor Robert
B. House, the University is "deeply conscious of its obligation and
opportunity in working with all veterans who come to Chapel Hill.
Carolina is ready and eager to help
those who have completed their train
ing and victory in war to develop
further their powers for the achieve
ment of peace.
"The veterans will be regular mem
bers of the student body, and all pro
grams and activities of the Univer
sity will be open to them," continued
Director of Admissions Guy B. Phil
lips. "We are determined to do our
best for them but without letting
them feel that they are a separate
group apart from the rest of the
campus."
Costs Covered
The Director f Admissions also
stressed the fact that the costs of tui
tion, fees, and books at the Univer
sity will be covered and then some by
the $500 figure set by the government
for this purpose. The student's room
and board, of course, will be provided
by his monthly allotment for living
expenses. President Graham and Chan
cellor House pointed out, special pro
visions are being worked out for the
returning veteran, suchas credit for
studies comparable to college work
which have been completed in Army,
Navy, and Marine Corps service
schools and for courses completed
with the Armed Forces Institute.
Veterans 21 years old or older who
wish special, intensive programs of
study which the University offers
may qualify for registration as spe
cial students on the basis of their
records that is, an honorable dis
charge from the service, their former
See AGENCY READY, page U.
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GRAHAM
Flagler Quits
Yack Post On
Leaving UNC
Fred Flagler, president of the Publi
cations Union Board and editor of the
Yackety Yack, in a letter to Walt
Brinkley, chairman of the elections
committee, tendered his resignation as
editor of the annual.
Flagler left school last week because
of illness. In his letter to Brinkley,
he stated that he was resigning be
cause of the uncertainty as to when he
would be able to return to Carolina.
He said, "The Yack needs a good start,
so if you can arrange to fill this post
immediately it will be for the best wel
fare of the Yack and all concerned."
As to his position as president of
the PU Board, Flagler is undecided.
Until a definite answer is received from
him, the office will remain as it is. In
case of his resignation, an immediate
election will fill the position.
Flagler expressed the hope that there
was a chance that he might be able to
pick up his position on the PU board
when he returned.
Active in many campus activities,
Flagler has been president of the Kap
pa Alpha fraternity, sports editor,
managing editor, and acting editor of
the Tar Heel. He has been a member
of the campus cabinet as well as a con
tributor to the Carolina Magazine.
A veteran journalist, Flagler has
worked on the High Point Enterprise
and has been active on campus publi
cations for the past two years.
Season Tickets
On Sale In Gym
Tickets for the home Carolina foot
ball games of this season are now on
sale in Woollen gym, and the season
tickets for the members of the Navy
and Marine units here are also being
sold.
A ticket can be purchased by the
servicemen for $2.25 for admission
to the Georgia Tech and Cherry Point
games, and then after November the
regular fall and winter season tickets
for all home sports events can be
bought for $6.00. However, both can
be obtained now at the student's re
quest. The total of $8.25 ticket allows the
holder to attend four football and 10
basketball games, and two wrestling
and two boxing meets.
Gus Says We're Crazy And
Proves It In News Column
By James Sanford
That Americans are crazy seem to
be the opinion of most of the peoples
of the world, but Gisli J. Asthorsson,
from Rykjavik, Iceland, is one of the
few foreigners who has had the
chance to express the tact m an I
American newspaper.
Known to his fellow students here
where he is majoring in journalism,
as "Gus," he has conducted for sev
eral months a column in the Orange
County News entitled "Americans Are
Vitlausir," which is Icelandic for
"Americans Are Crazy."
Professor Roy Parker, publisher of
the News and one of Gus' teachers
here, first started him writing about
what he found strange in America,
but Gus thought that some of the
more notable differences were stronger
than strange, so he tabbed them
"Crazy" and has been amusing read
ers of the News ever since.
Some of his more amusing columns
have been written on the singing
radio commercials, highway billboards,
and the "advice to the lovelorn" col
umns found in American papers.
When he returns to Rykjavik, he
expects to use some of his columns
in Iceland newspapers to give the
home-folks the low-down on "Vit
lausir Americans." .
Gus arrived in the United States
in December, 1942, and enrolled at
Chapel Hill as a freshman. He was
started on the road to the University
by Porter McKeever, an alumnus,
who was press attache at the Ameri
can embassy in Iceland's capital. Gus
met McKeever while he was em
ployed by the Americans to translate
the Iceland newspapers and McKeever,
when he learned of Gus' plans to at
tend college in the United States,
promptly sold-him on the University.
See GUS SAYS, page 4.