EDITORIAL:
Medical Center
No Financing Problem
Bells of Chapel Hill
NEWS:
80 Individual Houses
Carnegie Grant
Balazs to Play
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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