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EDITORIAL: Medical Center No Financing Problem Bells of Chapel Hill NEWS: 80 Individual Houses Carnegie Grant Balazs to Play -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- VOLUME LV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1946 NUMBER 11 Foundation Chooses Carolina As Center Will Co-operate with Duke in Carnegie Plan To 'Vitalize Teaching by Creative Activity' By Jo Pugh Carolina is one of the four southern university centers chosen by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to serve as a focal point in conducting a project to "vitalize instruc tion," President Graham announced today. Carolina will serve jointly with Duke university. S ; ; The project proposes to improve in- struction by stimulating creative activity and research among teachers. It will provide $15,000 annually for five years to each university center. The Carolina-Duke center will serve the College of Charleston, Davidson, Furman university, Wake Forest, Wofford and Converse colleges. Graham's Statement "The University of North Carolina rejoices in the opportunity to coop erate with Duke university as one of the four intercoHegiate centers," Dr. Graham said. "President O. C. Car michael and the foundation are to be congratulated on the long-range vi sion and immediate practical values of this program." The project, financed by a special grant of $700,000 from the Carnegie corporation of New York plus $200, 000 from the cooperating institutions, is designed to lower the barriers of heavy teaching loads, low salaries, and inadequate research facilities. Each center will have a faculty committee which will select individual participants in the plan. A coordina tor will arrange visits of college in structors to the1 campus, contact members of the faculty, and visit col leges in that regional group. Five-Year Program Dr. O. C Carmichael, president of the foundation, said when he recently announced the five-year program, "the surest way to improve instruction is to stimulate creative activity and re search among teachers." President Graham said of the proj See FOUNDATION, page U Four-year Medical School Proposed for University Five Past Presidents of Carolina Society Will Consider Plan to Increase Facilities By Jack Abernathy Establishment of a f our,-year school of medicine on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a strong initial impetus from the recent favorable report of the National Committee for Medical School Survey. Further consideration of the proj- ect will be given by five past presi dents of the North Carolina Medical Society, according to ' an announce ment Saturday by Dr. Clement C. Clay, executive secretary of the North Carolina Medical Care Com mission. This commission is charged with making the final recommenda tions for action to the Board of Trus tees of the University. Report to Gov. Cherry The seven-man national committee was appointed last year by the state commission to study the need for and location of a four-year university medical school, and delivered its re port last Friday to a. meeting of the commission in Governor R. Gregg1 Cherry's office. Five members of the seven-man committee voted for the approval of the four-year school at Chapel Hill, provided "that a hospital and health tenter program to provide greatly en larged facilities be carried forward, and that a practicable plan for fi nancing medical and hospital care be established." Two members disap proved the majority report. Past presidents of the North Caro lina Medical Society who will review the first report are: Dr. Hubert B. Haywood, of Raleigh; Dr. F. Webb Griffith, of Asheville; Dr. James W. Vernon, of Morganton; Dr. Donnell U. Cobb, of Goldsboro; and Dr. Oren Moore,' of Charlotte. Their findings are to be reported to the state com mission by August 8. Further study and consideration of the project will then be conducted bythe North Caro lina Medical Care Commission itself. -g-ir- -m TV -m T i.iss ana l ea Try-outs Set Try-outs for "Kiss and Tell," Caro lina Playmakers' second production of the summer season, will be held Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Play maker Theatre. John Parker, of the dramatic arts department, who will direct the play, urged that everyone is invited to audi tion for parts, regardless of previous experience. Those who want to work on the stage crew or other technical phases are asked to see either Mr. Parker or Harry Davis, who is in charge of the staging. Copies of "Kiss and Tell" will be on reserve in the library from Wednes day through Friday for those who wish to prepare for the try-outs. Ten tative presentation dates chosen by the dramatic arts department are Au gust 14 and 15. The play will be given in the Playmakers' Theatre. "Kiss and Tell" is a comedy of adolescent problems written by Hugh Herbert, and originally produced on Broadway in 1940. It was recently adapted into a movie under the same title, starring Shirley Temple. Talent for this Playmaker produc tion is expected to come chiefly .from a course in acting offered during this term, according to Mr. Davis. How ever there is an excellent part for a young boy about 13 which may cause some casting difficulties. Dial 8641 for newspaper service. Di Senate To Give Reception Tonight A reception for new students and visitors interested in forensics will be given by the Dialectic Senate tonight at 9 o'clock in the Di Hall on the third floor on New West Building. John Booraem, who was elected to membership by the Senate at its last meeting, will be installed in the Dfs formal initiation ceremony tonight. Several bills concerning current af fairs will be introduced and discussed together with a resolution on student government. , Deep River Singers Will Be Presented By Graham Memorial The original Deep River Singers will be presented by Graham Memorial Sundav evening at 8 :30 - o'clock in Memorial hall, Martha Rice, Student Union director, said today. This quartet, known nationally for their negro spirituals, has appeared nVpr manv coast-to-coast networks and has entertained in night clubs through- cut the states. They have tourea Canada, Mexico and Cuba in addition to 38 concert tours of America. President James K. Polk graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1818. MWU-UIJUlUUMKUfKI mm Ss- WILLIAM WELLS mm wV. ...if A. W. HOBBS Wells Replaces Dean Stacy To Accepts Top Position In Arts and Sciences Dr. William . Wells, . professor of English in the University, has been ap pointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to succeed Dr. Allan W. Hobbs, who has resigned in order to devote more time to teaching, it was announced by President Graham and Chancellor House. Came in 1935 A native of California, Dr. Wells came to Chapel Hill in 1935 as as sistant professor of English. He will take over his new duties as dean on September 1 and will continue full time teaching. Before the war Dr. Wells served as an advisor in the General College and during the war he was coordinator for the V-12 students in academic work taken in the College for War Training. Degree at California j He took his A.B. degree in 1928 at the University of Southern California, his A.M. there in 1930, and his Ph.D. degree in 1935 from Stanford Uni versity. He held a teaching fellowship at the University of Southern Cali fornia in 1929-30 and was an instruc tor of English at Stanford from 1931 to 1935, except for one academic year, 1930-31, when he was a graduate stu dent in English and comparative litera ture at Harvard University. Dr. Wells has collaborated with Dr. Hardin Craig, distinguished Univer sity English professor, on a Renais sance bibliography which, beginning in 1935, has been published annually in Studies in Philology, scholarly publication. Famous Hungarian Violinist InGrahamMemorialConcertTomorrowNight By Arnold Schulman Frederic Balazs, noted Hungarian violinist, arrived Here from New York yesterday to prepare for his concert to be sponsored by Graham Memorial to morrow night at 8:30 o'clock in Hill Hall. Balazs, recently discharged from the Army after four years service, is cur rently on a tour of thirty concerts covering five states. His musical career began at the age of five when he began begging his par ents for lessons, and before he was six Balazs was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in his native Buda pest, Hungary. Won Famous . Prize In 1936 he won the famous Remenyi Prize for violin and was graduated with honors in composition and conducing I 111 DR. KATHERINE CARMICHAEL MRS. M. H. STACY Hobbs as Dean; Resign in Fall Dr. Carmichael Succeeds to Post -Ms. Marvin H. Stacy, dean and ad visor to women students for the past 27 years, will retire early this fall, ac cording to an announcement from President Graham and Chancellor House. She will be succeded by Dr. Katherine Kennedy Carmichael, for mer member of the English depart ment at Hockaway Junior College, Dallas, Texas. Coed Dormitory Crusade Mrs. Stacy fs noted for her crusade for a coed dormitory in 1919. Forty five coeds were enrolled, and Mrs. Stacy walked the streets of Chapel Hill to find rooms. In the fall of 1919, she was appoint ed advisor to women. A graduate of Woman's College, she taught school in Trenton f pr five years before marry ing the late Marvin Hendrix Stacy, professor of mathematics here. She has lived in Chapel Hill for 33 years. Carmichael at Wisconsin Her successor, Dr. Katherine K. Carmichael, is at present a member of the summer English staff at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. A native of Birm ingham, Alabama, she has taught in city and county schools of that state. She received her doctorate in 1934 at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Carmich ael was dean . of women at Western Maryland College from 1942 to 1944. She has studied at Birmingham Sou thern College, John Hopkins, the Uni versity of Colorado and Peabody Col lege. ' ' Dr. Carmichael is a member of Pi See DpAN, page U FREDERIC BALAZS ! ( "A University May Gel 80 Individual Units For, Mousing Project Bennett Attempting Purchase Of New Four-Room Dwellings By Jane Hutson Mr. J. S. Bennett, University engineer, left Chapel Hill last night to confer with the Federal Public Housing Authority of ficials in Atlanta today about plots for 80 individual houses which will be constructed for married veterans on the Mason Farm road. The Atlanta office had first offered the University 167 of these -7 : -S houses, but, due to the small construc- 4 1 TV J Adviser rosis Now Available ; Salary, Room Rent Offered With Jobs students interested m occupying positions as dormitory advisers should apply at 206 South building before August 10, Fred Weaver, Dean of Students, announced yesterday. , Heretofore known as counsellors, dormitory advisers are responsible for knowing freshmen wno live in the ad visor's dormitory, and helping the new students with problems that may arise with regard to campus life in general. N Quarterly Salary Compensation, at present, is $50 per quarter plus room, unless the ad visor is a G.I. student or has a schol arship in which case he receives his room only. "There is a slight possibility of a change in the present salary," Weaver indicated. Students now serving as advisers will receive their applications through the mail, and will be given preferen tial consideration for their experience. "Mature men; are particularly de sired for the jobs since it entails a See ADVISER, page U Cherry Promises No InD prmitory Room Rent Says Material, Not Finance Is Bottleneck; Legislative Session Is Deemed Unnecessary By Roy C. Moose In an interview Saturday morning with the presidents of vet erans associations from Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, and State, to discuss veterans' problems in regard to education, Governor Cherry promised that the additional dormitories now being planned for State College and the University of North Caro'ina would not entail a raise in room rent by their construction through a self-liquidat-ing plan. Previously Chancellor House had announced to the student body that the construction of three new dormi tories here would raise the rent of dormitory rooms approximately 50. No Rent Hike Seen However, Governor Cherry re marked that "the dormitories at State are already under construction under the self -liquidating plan and are being To Be Featured in 1939 after having studied under some of the greatest musicians in Europe. Immediately upon graduation he became concertmaster of the Buda pest Symphony Orchestra and, follow ing an extensive concert tour of Europe, he came to the United tSates. A special broadcast of Hungarian music over WQXR introduced the young Hungarian to American audien ces and gained him immediate recogni tion. He was later chosen director of the Summer Music Festival at Wood stock, N. Y. and became first violinist bf its string quartet. New York Symphony He next appeared as soloist with the New York City Symphony Orchestra and toured the eastern, midwestern and southern states, winning ovations from See FAMOUS, page 4. jtion space available, it was expected that the plans would be dropped en tirely. However, University authorities revealed yesterday that they would be willing to accept almost half of the houses "in spite of the additional work that can be expected to result in the spacing of so many new plots." Will Submit Maps Mr. Bennett will submit four separate mas to the Federal Public Housing Authority with plans for water, sewage, and power lines along with a proposal for three new roads. As soon as the' plans are approved, contracts will be drawn up. Built with lend-lease money for Great Britain, the houses are brand new. At present, they are already packed in crates and available for immediate shipment to Chapel Hill. Measuring 24 feet by 24 feet, larger than previously expected, they con tain four rooms and have a small outside porch. They are equipped with new oil stoves and heaters. Discard Ten Barracks . . Ten of the barrack type apartment houses will be discardedTn favor of the new individual homes. Three new roads will be constructed for easy entrance to the houses. Sites for the 80 houses are expect ed to be cleared as soon as Mr. Ben nett's maps have received the ap proval of the Atlanta office. built without any intention of addi tional room rent." In response to a request by James Chesnutt, representing the Univer sity of North Carolina's Veterans As sociation, to call a special session of the state legislature to appropriate additional funds to relieve the hous ing situation here, Governor Cherry said that there was no need for a special session of the Legislature in asmuch as the problem of providing additional educational and housing facilities did. not consist of financing, but a shortage of building materials. The regular session qf, the Legisla ture is scheduled next January. Similar Resolution At a mass meeting of the student body last Wednesday a similar reso lution demanding a special session of the Legislature was . drawn up. The resolution is now in the hands of Dewey Dorsett, president of the stu dent body. Governor Cherry further pointed out that the educational centers now being set up throughout the state in which students may take " college freshman and sophomore subjects will help relieve the congestion ,in North Carolina colleges for the present. In Central Locations The centers to be placed in cen trally located towns will permit the student to receive college credits for all courses successfully completed. Therefore, it would not be necessary to enter the colleges until the junior See CHERRY; Page 4 Hike
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