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prize Display Visiting Prof essor Praises
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University, btudent Abilities
American Art
Now Showing
A display of 13 prize prints by,
".r.'f-rcporary American artists is be-;.-r
shown this week in the Univer-
Library.
The prints, chosen from a larger
lection, American Prize Print3 of
he 20th Century on exhibit in the
Library's Graphic Arts room, are on
: :lay in two cases on the first
,r of the library.
Two prints are of Americans at
work, "Hauling1 The Nets," a litho-
r-'ir.-h by Robert Von Neumann, shows
; -,'.w!a Great Lakes fishermen pull-
r'--e ciav's catch into the boat.
J-. -lif-f-p South," a dry point by
,;; .; Hutty, the artist depicts two
;;. -y, field hands walking under
--h ;ng cypress trees as they re-
from a day in the fields.
" rw portraits are included in the
-.;:.".:. "Ida May," an etching by
. : . Castisron, is a portrait of the
young daughter. A young
;;...-ro girl at rest is the subject of
M .-. rion Greenwood's lithograph,
-M:,.-i.ippi Girl' The other portrait
: a dry point of the British painter
Vu Justus John by Walter Tittle.
November Evening," an etching
'-. v J:t.. kson Lee Nesbitt, is one of two
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De-Segregation In Schools
Favored By Dialectic Senate
Considering a bill calling for a
positive and progressive approach to
de-segregation, the Dialectic Senate
met last Tuesday night in New West
and passed but one of three proposed
articles.
Senator Dave Munday introduced
the bill with the following articles,
which declared that:
1. The Governor and the Attorney
General of North Carolina be cen
sured for not squarely facing this
issue.
2. The State proceed with plans for
de-segregation of the public schools
and end segregation this autumn
wherever physical facilities permit.
3. Copies of this bill be forwarded
to the Governor, Lt. Governor, and
Attorney General, and to the two
State "study groups" which are to
consider segregation.
The second article was passed and
the first and third were defeated.
Sen. Munday asserted that "now is
the time for our State officials to take
the initiative in disbanding the pres
ent system of segregation in the
North Carolina public schools."
In rebuttal, Senator Gene Cook
rose to defend the Governor and other
State officials on the grounds that
they "were acting in accord with the
prevailing opinion of the majority of
North Carolinians."
Ex-Senator Tom Mayfield spoke in
favor of the bill stating "de-segrega
tion is a fact that the South must
accept whether it likes it or not." He
urged that the South reconcile itself
to this condition and work towards
the most satisfactory adjustment to
the problem.
Senator Wolfe, opposing the bill,
said "immediate integration would be
harmful to the scholastic standing
of the prevailing school system." He
argued that we must take the course
of sanity and let the decision take
its course, that we should wait for
the results of the Supreme Court in
vestigations as to the best method of
effecting integration.
Carolina's National Reputation And Prestige
xcept For Football, Is Steadily Increasing-
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The University of North Carolina's
r..c:or.ai reputation and prestige, ex
for football, is steadily increas
in the opinion of unbiased observ-
' -.- who live outside of North Caro
: r savs Gerald W. Johnson, of
Eaitimore, noted author and televis
j,-n commentator, who was in Chapel
Li I for a couple of days this p:
wet k end.
"I would place the University of
North Carolina among the top 10,
r:,bably among the top five univer
sities in the land in academic rating",
said Dr. Johnson, who was here pri-ri-.viiy
to deliver the principal ad
dress at the North Carolina English
Institute.
Sometime ago, Dr. Johnson said,
the Baltimore Sun, chiding the Uni
versity of Maryland about something,
wanted to know how it so happens
that "Who's Who" has so many more
faculty men listed from the Univer
sity of North Carolina than from
Maryland's University.
So far as he knew, nobody at Mary
land has tried to answer that question.
Dr. Johnson, who headed the Uni
versity's Department of Journalism
here from 1924-26 and who before
that was associate editor of the
Greensboro Daily News, had some in
teresting views on present-day trends
in newspapering, radio and television.
Radio and television have virtually
eliminated the newspaper extra, but
they have stimulated newspaper cir
culation, he said, because "vou can
read your newspaper any time of the
day or night at your convenience
and if you don't get the full meaning
of the details at first glance, you can
go back and read the story again",
he explained. "This is not possible
in the case of radio or tv."
The influence of the news column
has been steadily increasing, he said,
"because news reporcs are becoming
more and more accurate and very few
news stories are now being slanted."
But this cannot be said for the
editorial pages, he added, "for they
have lost a great deal of their in
fluence because often they have not
expressed the views of the majority
of the people."
From 1928 until 1952, when Eisen
hower was elected, the majority of
the newspapers were opposed to the
man elected President of the United
States, he said. A great majority of
the newspapers were opposed to Roose
velt and Truman, but both men won,
he explained.
Dr. Johnson's television program,
more than two years of age, which
"Final Fling" By
Starlight To Be
Held Next Week
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The "Final Fling" of the 1954 sum
mer session will be held under the
stars in the midst of Japanese
lanterns, colored lights, and festive
decorations on Friday night, August
20 at 9 o'clock at the spacious More
head Planetarium parking lot.
Lem Woods, chairman of the
"Final Fling" committee in the Sum
mer Activities Council, announced
that the program will include a "very
informal dance where walking shorts
and sport shirts will be in order" for
the menfolk, dance music will be fur
nished by the Graham Memorial
Combo, and during intermission a
program of entertainment is sched
uled. Refreshments will be served
during the night. Everyone is invited.
Carolina Students
Study Seriously,
Better Prepared
By ELLEN BRAUER
Dr. William E. Cole, visiting pro
fessor in the department of sociology
this summer, has a high opinion of
UNC students. "The Etudents appear
a little more mature, a little more
serious in their studies, and a little
better prepared than those at the
University of Tennessee," he thinks.
He credits this to higher selectivity
and to better fellowship funds for
graduate students.
"1 am very pleased about the Hon
or System here," Dr. Cole added.
"I think it works very well, in spit
of the criticism against it. The stu
dents do a good job of handling it
an indication of their maturity."
Dr. Cole has had time to get ac
quainted with UNC, for this is his
third summer here. "I think you have
a great university one of the great
est in the south and particularly so
when you include State College, be
cause there the agricultural and en
gineering aspects are covered," he
stated. "I think that the movement
toward consolidation is wise, and
while it hasn't accomplished all that
was hoped for in the way of elimi
nating duplication, real gains have
been made."
Dr. Cole finds time to do extensive
welfare work and to write books in
addition to being head of the socio
logy department at the University of
Tennessee.
He has been at the University of
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The "Final Fling" is the last large
affair scheduled by the Summer Ac
tivities Council for the 1954 session.
May Osborne is in charge of deco
rations, and Bobby Rice and John
Beshara are handling the publicit
Figaro Opera
Shown Tonite
"The Marriage of Figaro," a Ger
man sound film made in 1951, 13 show
ing tonight at 8:30 in Carroll Hall.
The movie is presented free of charge
by the Graham Memorial Student
Union.
Singing 'stars in the movie include
Erna Berger and Tiana Lemnitz, and
in the playing parts features Angel
ika Hauff and Willi Domgraf-Fas-bender.
Music for the film, which is
based on Mozart's famous opera, is
played by the Berlin State Orchestra.
Reviews in the New York World
Telegram and Sun stated, "Mozart
triumphs . . . excellent English titles,
capable acting . . . clear German . . .
its music is well sung."
Tonight's movie is the last of the
free summer film series to be n re
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