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VOLUME LV
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1946
Editor: F-3146 Business: 8641
NUMBER 6
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Your Responsibility Now
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The Fourth of July
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Vets Plan
Gavin Will Address
July 1 4 Celebration
Ceremony Will Be Held in Forest Theatre;
Lieut. Herring to Lead Oath of Allegiance
By Roy C. Moose
Final plans have been completed for the impressive July 4 cele
bration to be held tomorrow under the sponsorship of the Univer
sity Veterans Association.
The program, to which the public is invited, will be held in the
Forest Theatre at 4:30 P. M. All veterans of both World War I
and II are urged to participate.
Major General James M. Gavin,
Commander of the famed 82nd Air
borne Division, Fort Bragg, and
youngest division commander in the
U. S. Army, will deliver the principal
address.
Also scheduled to participate in the
ceremonies are Lieut. Ruf us G. Her
ring, USNR, of Roseboro, holder of
the Congressional Medal cf Honor,
President Frank P. Graham, and
Chancellor Robert B. House.
Graham, House Speak
The program will be opened with a
concert by the University Band un
der the direction of Prof. Earl A. Slo
cum at 4:30 in the Forest Theatre.
Following the concert President Gra
ham and Chancellor House will make
brief talks after which UVA Presi
dent James P. Chesnutt will introduce
General Gavin.
At the conclusion of General Gavin's
address Lieutenant Herring, who
was cited for "conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity at the risk of his life
above and beyond the call of duty as
commanding officer" of a.Navy;gun
boat during the pre-invasion attack on
Iwo Jima, will lead the entjre .assem
bly in offering the oath of allegiance.
The program will close with the
playing. of the Star Spangled Banner
by the band. Prof. Paul Young will
lead the singing.
"Most Jumped" General
A native of New "Xorlc and a grad
uate of the United States Military
Academy, General Gavin is known as
the "most jumped" general officer in
the army, having amassed a total of
70 jumps during his service in air
borne operations. Throughout his
combat career he has insisted on al
.ways jumping first before his men in
the lead plane.
At present General Gavin is in
command of his famed division at Fort
Bragg where it has become a part of
the regular army and has the distinc
tion of being the only airborne unit
to be retained in this country.
Among his decorations are French,
See GAVIN, page 3
G. I. Kiddies Discharged from Strollers ....
Nursery School For Veterans' Children
Operated By Trained Child Psychologist
By Arnold Schulman
Until recently, when the G. I.
nursery school at the Presbyterian
church opened, it was not uncommon
to pass the veterans' trailer camp and
see several unattended pre-school
children restlessly trying to amuse
themselves while strapped to their
strollers.
This condition " has been corrected
to a certain extent, and now, while
the fathers are attending classes and
the mothers are busy with necessary
household tasks, many of the chil
dren are being cared for at the
nursery school by teachers trained in
child psychology.
The school is the outgrowth of an
apparent need recognized some time
ago by the Rev. Charles M. Jones, Dr.
Carson Ryan, and Dr. Frances Hor
wich. They had noticed the uninten
tional wrong done to these children,
and after discussing the matter at
length decided that action should be
taken immediately. Conditions were
far from ideal, but as Dr. Horwich
explained, "the need was so great
that we decided to do the best we
could, hoping that the program would
get better and better as we went
along." ,
' School Formed
The first step was" to form a list of
all the veterans in . town with chil
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Program
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GENERAL GAVIN
Fred Weaver
Is Appointed
Bean-OfMen
Was Vice Consul
At Rio de Janeiro
Having returned from a three and
one-half year tour of duty , with the
Navy, young personable Fred Weaver,
who was recently appointed Dean of
Men, took , over the duties of that of
fice on Monday, July 1. .
Granted a leave of absence from
the University in October, 1941, for
the "duration of the emergency,"
Weaver accepted a position with the
State Department to serve as vice
consul at Brazil's famous port, Rio
de Janeiro.
It was shortly after the outbreak
of hostilities that he quit the diplo
matic corps to join the Navy.
In addition to the pressing tasks as
Dean of Men Weaver is at present
teaching classes on the campus.
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Margaret Lewis, summer director of the GI Nursery School, is shown
teaching her pupils the wonders of primary reading, via the tale of the
"Three Little Pigs." During the school year MiSs Lewis is in charge of
the Home Economics department of Chapel Hill high school. -
Campus Food Relief
'Our Town' To Be Presented
By Playmakers Next Tuesday
Tropless' Production Directed by Parker;
Harry Davis to Play Role of Stage Manager
Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," first production by the Caro
lina Playmakers during the summer session, will play at Memo
rial Hall next Tuesday evening, July 9, at 8:30 o'clock. It will be
directed by Prof. John W. Parker, who has recently returned to
the Playmaker staff after four years in the army.
Di To Discuss
Future Trends
Of U. S. Policy
Leftism in America
Is Topic for Evening
The student body is invited to what
promises to be the hottest issue . to
come up before the Di this term, when
the senators, faculty members and stu
dents will decide if the United States
is moving toward communism and so
cialism.
Dan McFarland will inaugurate the
discussion by presenting two faculty
members from the economics depart
ment to give a factual report on public
ownership of property and contem
porary trends toward this condition
of government. . ;
The meeting will be held at 9 o'clock
tonight (Wednesday) in the Di Hall on
the third floor of New West building.
At the last meeting of the Senate,
an overwhelming vote was cast in fa
vor of public trials before the Student
Council : siVj'j.f'.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee Monday, it was decided to have
refreshments at the meetings and in
vite all students to actively partici
pate in the summer programs. .Black
has been appointed by Robert Morri
son, Di president, to act as social
chairman for the summer terms; a
party for senators and their guests is
planned for a week from Saturday
night, and other activities are con
templated. New Applicants
At 8:45 o'clock Wednesday night,
immediately preceeding the regular
session, the executive committee will
meet to interview applicants for mem
bership in the Senate. Any student
may attend and apply. After the reg
ular session the Senate will meet in
regular session to elect a treasurer
and consider other executive business
of the society.
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Harrv Davis, who nlaved the lead
role of Stage Manager in tfie 1939
production here, will again play that
role this summer Davis is also tech
nical director for the show.
Wynn In Again
Earl Wynn, who has recently re
turned to Chapel Hill from navy
service, will again play the part of
Dr. Gibbs, one of the leading roles of
the play.
Wayne Bowman of Norfolk, Va.,
is in charge of lighting for the play,
and Mrs. Jane Chichester of Chapel
Hill is costuming the production. Miss j
Lynette Warren of Uhapel Hill is
business manager for this show.
No Scenery
The most unusual feature of "Our
Town" is that it is produced with no
scenery whatsoever and almost no
stage properties. Stage properties
consist only of 30 chairs, two step
ladders, two tables, and a pine board.
Admission prices to "Our Town"
will be one dollar for adults and fifty
cents for children. -There will be ho
reserved seats, and doors will open
in Memorial hall at 7:30 o'clock. The
production will begin promptly, at
8:30 o'clock.
Posts Filled
For Next Year
At a special meeting of the Debate
Council held last Wednesday evening
in Graham Memorial, officers for the
coming year were elected, and pro
cedure for next year was discussed.
Heading the Council next year will
be Dave Pittman, senior from Rocky
Mount. Bill Miller, junior, from Green
ville, was elected vice-president. Jim
Taylor, senior, of Elkin, was chosen
executive secretary of the Council.
Activities Listed
Pittman, executive secretary of the
Council last year, has been very active
in debate work at Carolina. He is past
president of the Dialectic Senate, treas
urer of the C.P.U., and a member of
the Student Legislature and the Men's
Council.
Miller, member of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon and the Student legislature,
participated in forensic activities dur
ing the past year.
Taylor, national oratorical cham
pion, member of the C.P.U., member
of Amphoterothen, speaker of the Phi,
and speaker pro-tem of the Student
Legislature, will take over the work of
Executive-Secretary in the coming
forensic season.
Al Lowenstein, representing the Di,
Lee Wood from the Phi, and Cleo Jones
from the debate squad assumed po
sitions on the Council.
John R. Steelman, U.N.C. Alumnus
(Ph.D. '29), has just been appointed
Reconversion Director by President
Truman.
Phi Literary Society Posts Petition
Urging Reinstatement Of Workable OP A
Resolution Sent
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To Congressmen
A petition urging the reinstating
of a Workable OPA was started in the
YMCA yesterday by the Philanthropic
Literary Society. This resolution, con
taining ah estimated 2000 names, will
be sent to the North Carolina con
gressmen late this afternoon. ' :
The support measure was unani
mously adopted at 'the meeting of the
Phi Monday night, and was drafted
by Jim Taylor, president of the soci
ety, immediately after the - session.
Drive Begins Today
Emergency Fund Collections
Taken By Student Solicitors
Theme of Intensive College Canvass Will Be
'Tickets for a Banquet You Will Never Eat'
By Sam Whitehall
"A ticket for a banquet you will never eat" will be the theme
today of the student food relief committee as student solicitors
start a room-to-room drive on the campus to collect money to be
used in combatting the famine that is killing the hungry peoples
living in the non-occupied countries of Europe and Asia.
; A booth located in front of th Y
Taylor Gives
Writing Tips
To Institute
"The best writing is that which con
veys the writer's meaning to the read
er's mind with the least amount of ef
fort to the reader not the writer,"
said Dr Harden F. Taylor, of New
York City, addressing a meeting of
the Three-Day Work Conference of
the Fourth English Institute in Ger
rard Hall Monday night at 8 p.m.
Politico's Poor Writing,
Dr.. Taylor gave examples of poor
writing appearing in prominent. pub
lications and written by well known
statesmen, politicians, scientists, and
teachers. He pointed out methods to
be used by teachers in calling atten
tion to the correcting similar errors
in student writing.
The complex form of present day
society, according to Dr. Taylor de
mands speed in reading, whlchn turn
calls for expertness in writing. "This,"
he :.said,'isthe most .valuable of all
forms of learning." . .
Ends Today
The Three-Day Work Conference,
which opened Monday afternoon with
a general conference at 3 p.m., will
end this afternoon. Included on the,
program have been discussions on
practical suggestions for better Eng
lish instruction and meetings of spe
cial committees of North Carolina
English teachers. Last night a dem
onstration of audio-visual aids useful
in English instruction was presented.
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SCHW Will Hear
Report By Gurney
The campus chapter of the South
ern Conference for Human Welfare
will hear a report on political action
techniques by its chairman, Bob Gur
ney, this evening at 7:30 o'clock,
in the Graham Memorial Horace Wil
liams Lounge. Gurney has recently
returned from Washington where he
attended the NCPAC School of Poli
tical Action Techniques.
Discussion will be continued on such
activities as increased cooperation be
tween the local chapter and the chap
ter at the North Carolina College for
Negroes, book donations to the Com
munity Center in Carrboro, and the
presentation of prominent Negro lec
turers and entertainers during the
regular school year. .
All members of the University in
terested in a liberal political organi
zation are invited to attend the next
meeting tomorrow evening.
The DTH delivery complaint box is
in the YMCA office.
The bill states : "Whereas the rising
costs of living in recent months have
made it increasingly difficult for vet
eran and civilian students alike at the
University of North Carolina to con
tinue their education and
"Whereas an unworkable and illogi
cal extension of OPA was placed on
the President's desk only two days
before the expiration 'of .the wartime
OPA and . .
"Whereas we believe the proposed
OPA with booby trap1 amendments is
worse than no OPA at all
will also be open for contributions
today as the intensive phase of the
Emergency Fund collection swings
into high gear on the campus.
Will Sell Tickets
Men and coed students canvassing
the campus have tickets which they
will sell at any price the buyer is
willing to pay. These tickets are for
a banquet that the buyer will never
eat. Instead, the money collected will
be contributed to a fund for the sole
purpose of feeding the starving men,
women, and children of oppressed
countries just now beginning to re
cover from the ruins of war.
The groups selling the tickets are
composed of members of the Men's
Interdorm Council, headed by Bill
Callahan; the Interfraternity Council,
headed by Whit Osgood; the Coeds'
Inter-Dorm Council, of which Liz
Barnes is president, and the UVA,
presided over by Jim Chessnut.
Keep Records - -
Records of the amount of money
received in each fraternity, sorority
and dormitory will be kept, with the
leaders being published in Saturday's
issue of the Daily Tar Heel.
The campaign will extend ' until
Monday night. In the interim, the
student workers will make every ef
fort to cover the entire campus and
will accept any and all contributions,
however large or small.
The money collected will be turned
in to Bill Poteat, acting secretary of
the YMCA and a member of the com
munity committee.
Monte Howell
Gives Recital
The first of the free summer con
certs planned by Graham Memorial
student union will be held tonight at
8:30 in Hill Hall with Monte Howell
presenting an organ recital.
Howell, who, received his A.B. in
music here last quarter, is now em
ployed by the University music de
partment as piano and organ instruc
tor. He was a Phi Beta Kappa stu
dent, president of the band and a mem
ber of the Golden Fleece while a stu
dent, and since his graduation he has
distinguished himself as master bell
ringer of the bell tower and organist
for the Presbyterian church. He will
leave Chapel Hill in September to ac
cept an English scholarship at Har
vard.
Tickets Go on Sale
For Tilt with Duke
A few tickets are still available
in the temporary West stands for
the Duke-Carolina, football, game,
the University Athletic Association
announced today. More than 10,000
seats were put on sale Monday for
the general public.
Measure Drafted
By Jim Taylor
"We the Philanthropic Literary So
ciety do resolve that:
"Article 1. The Congress of the
United States of America should im
mediately reinstate for one year the
Office of Price Administration as it was
functioning prior to June 30, 1946.
"Article 2. This resolution shall be
forwarded to ' the , Congressmen, of
North Carolina who will be urged to
draft' or support measures reinstating
the above mentioned bill." - '