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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N. C.
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EDITORIAL:
Facing the Future
Rental Rates Wrong
Sound Track
NEWS:
Photography Lab Being Built
Etaoin Shrdlu Fraternity
Veterans Housing Petition
-THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
VOLUME LV
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1946
NUMBER 21
Married Couples,
Construction On Photo Lab . Started;
To Occupy Three vRooms at Swain Hal!
UVA Adopt Request,
For Rent R
The married students of the University and their, wives, with
the solid backing of the University Veterans' Association, have
adopted a resolution requesting that the Federal Public Housing
Administration office in Atlanta revise the rent schedule for the
veteran's housing project on Mason ;
Farm road.
v The resolution proposes that the
maximum monthly rent "should be
and ought not to exceed $16.15 per
unit." Under the present set-up,
couples with . children or expecting
children receive twice as much space
for half the money, with the result
that in many cases the couple least
able to. pay a higher rent, and thus
seeks an additional income, is penal
ized for its efforts.
Family Groups Agree
More weight is thrown behind the
argument inasmuch as the couples
with children agree in principle that
the present plan is unsatisfactory.
Reliable sources have indicated that
the FPHA wishes to realize $62,000
per year from the 352 units. By a
process of division, the flat proposed
rate of $16.15 per month per unit will
meet the estimated expense and will
at the same time give those couples
with children a lower rate since they
are automatically assigned a larger
unit.
Little Interest Shown
In Flight Training
Less Than 25 Students Sign Forms
In Survey Conducted by Williams
Less than 25 students have shown enough interest in the Uni
versity's proposed flight training program to come by the YMCA
information desk and fill out a questionnaire in the survey being
carried out by J. A. Williams, assistant to the business, manager.
The questionnaires will still be available today in the "Y", although
no more definite information about the
fate of the proposal could be obtain
ed, since Williams will not return to
the campus until Thursday.
Interest Necessary Now
Williams stated last Saturday that
"If there is not enough interest in
the program to warrant the courses,
the University will not be in a posi
tion to go forward with any plans to
institute the flight training courses."
In estimating possibilities for some
kind of University flying training,
Williams declared last week, "Further
efforts of the University to organize
courses in flight training will be based
on information given by students who
are themselves interested in taking
the courses."
Compact Form Questionnaire
The questionnaire is a compact
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The judges gave a "Riley big smile" to Trudy R.ley,
recent winner of the "Miss North Carolma" beauty title
as she practiced at Noel Houston's home Saturday in
Chapel Hill for the skit she will perform at the Atlantic
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lommy Dorsey
To Play Here
Famous Band Here
ForDuke Weekend
Although final arrangements have
not yet been made, Tommy Dorsey
is expected to play here for the Duke
weekend in November. A wire re
ceived late yesterday from Dorsey's
manager said that the contract is now i
in the mail, Charlie Fulton, delegata
of the Order of the Grail, announced.
The contract hasn't been signed as
yet, but Dorsey and his famous band
will play for a concert and two dances.
The entire weekend will be informal.
including the dances "Doth nights in
Woollen gymnasium.
$7.50 Maximum for Week-End
Fulton stated that prices have not
See DORSEY Page U
form, and the main portion of it lists
the five types of training offered, Pri
mary, Commercial, Instructor, Instru
ment, and Multi-engine! plus asking
for an indication from the student as
to which of five quarters he could reg
ister for his choice of courses.
Graham Memorial Ends
Summer Term Tonight
Graham Memorial Student Union
building will close tonight for clean
ing and repairs, Martha, Rice, di
rector, announced this morning.
The building will remain closed
until September 25, when a party
has been planned for the newly
arriving freshmen.
City beauty contest
right, are: Noel
James Street, O.
of the skit.
Pictured in the making is one of the 80 United King
dom houses that are being constructed for married
couples out on the Mason Farm road project. Individual
four-room structures, the houses were originally con
Honorary
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Leave Pay Blanks
Being Distributed
In Lobby of YMCA
The University Veteran's Associa
tion has had printed about 2000 term
inal leave pay blanks which will'be
distributed in the lobby of the YMCA
today. These blanks enable the vet
eran to claim unused leave pay under
the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946.
The blanks are accompanied by de
tailed instructions as to the method of
filling them out, and instructions on
mailing procedures. General instruc
tions as to the provisions of the act
are also included.
In case a veteran doesn't under
stand the instructions, he irfay consult
Veteran's Adviser F. C. Shephard in
South Building.
The blanks have been printed by the
UVA in order that all veterans en
titled to pay can utilize this opportun
ity to cut short the procedure by three
or four weeks.
The Daily Tar Heel delivery com
plaint box is in the YMCA office.
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Houston, W. A. Olsen, R. W. Madry,
J. Coffin and Elmer Oettinger, writer
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Journalism Society,
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Staffs of Campus
Will Be Eligible for Membership
Tentative plans were announced yesterday for the formation of
an honorary professional journalism fraternity on the campus.
According to a spokesman for the group interested in forming the
organization, its object will be to fill a long felt need for a journal
istic society at this university. Etaoin Shrdlu, a printers' term,
has been proposed as a name for the
club. Its membership will include per
sons on the staff of the three campus
publications, the Carolina Magazine,
Yackety Yack, and Daily Tar Heel.
The decision as to whether or not to
include coeds in the society has not
yet been reached.
Chief Backers Listed
Chief backers of the organization
are Bill Woestendiek, Editor of the
Daily Tar Heel, Roland Giduz, Manag
ing Editor of the Daily Tar Heel, and
Jack Lackey, former News and Night
Editor of the DTH. A much larger
group is expected to be included in the
list of charter members of the frater
nity. Present plans call for the club's re
maining strictly a local group, with
no national affiliations contemplated.
It is hoped that by bringing promin
UVA Petition to FPHA
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1. WHEREAS, the Federal Public Housing Administration project on the
Mason Farm Road is being constructed for occupancy by the married vet
erans attending the University of North Carolina, and
2. WHEREAS, the student's income is fixed by law rather than by indi
vidual ability, and,
3. WHEREAS, the subsistence allowance granted married veterans
by the United States Government is insufficient to meet present living
expenses, making it essential that there be an additional source of in
come to meet current expenses, and,
4. WHEREAS, the schedule of rent amounts to a penalty imposed upon
the family capable of earning income in addition .to the G. I. benefits, and
5. WHEREAS, we are of the belief that the FPHA plan was originated
for families' of different financial status from those attending educational
institutions. We are of the opinion that the rate of rent should be rectified
so as not to be discriminatory against the family who exercises personal
initiative to better enable it to meet the rising standard of living, these
people being unable to draw on outside sources.
6. We, the married students and wives of married students of the
University of North Carolina, do hereby agree that a revision of the
schedule of rent should be made as follows: Knowing from an official
source that the maximum desired and expected yearly rental income
from the aforementioned housing project is $62,000 for 352 units it is
the sense of the aforementioned group that the maximum monthly rent
should be and ought not to exceed $16.15 per unit. These figures were
arrived at by dividing the number of units into the maximum expected
rental value of this non-profit organization. This rental value of $62,000
was taken in cognizance of a 10 per cent allowance for any deviation in
total number of occupants. By this plan all occupants will be paying .
the same base rate and therefore will not be detrimental to the families
of couples with children since they will receive the largest units.
7. THEREFORE, we do urge that this plan be given expedient attention
and action. " . '
structed for the British under lend-lease. Building of
ficials estimate that 40 of the 80 homes will be completed
for occupancy by the fall quarter. (Photo by Ed Mc-Cauley.)
To Be Formed
Publications
ent journalists to Chapel Hill to talk
to students interested in the fourth
estate and by bringing the staffs of
the student publications to closer co
operation, with the faculty of the de
partment of journalism, that the journ
alistic standards of the various pub
lications can be improved.
Orientation Committee Lists
Program of Week's Activities
Pat Kelly, chairman of the freshman orientation committee,
released mimeographed schedules yesterday for the week of exer
cises designed to acquaint all new students with Carolina. Plans
call for a full week of events beginning with an assembly in Memo
rial Hall at 8 :30 Monday morning, September 23, and ending with
Lab To Be Ready
By September 15
By Roy C. Moose
Construction of a complete
photographic laboratory was
started this week by the Bureau
of Visual Education in Swain
Hall. When completed the lab
oratory will comprise three
spacious rtooms in the basement of
Swain Hall, one of which will serve
as a central file for negatives and the
other two which will house a dark
room, developers, dryers, and printers.
September 15 has been set as the dead
line for completion as the laboratory
is planned to be in use during the fall
term.
One full time photographer and
dark room manager will be employed,
while part time assistants will be
drawn from students at the Univer
sity. The laboratory is to be run on
a self-supporting basis and will be
governed by a faculty committee yet
to be selected, who will pass on work
to be done.
Commercialized Service
The project is under the supervi
sion of Charles F. Milner, Assistant
Director of the Extension Division,
who is in charge of the visual educa
tion on the campus. Milner explained
that the service to be rendered by the
new laboratory is in no way commer
cialized and will not limit the work of
the professional studios uptown.
"Rather, it is being constructed, for
use by the department heads to aug
ment educational facilities through
visual means," stated Milner. Work
done by the laboratory for various
departments will be on a cost basis.
Journalism Department to Use
Plans also call for use of the photo
graphic laboratory as a central dark
room by the Journalism Department
in connection with the course in pho
tography being offered to students this
fall.
The photographic expansion will
further serve to make training films
for distribution to the grade and high
schools throughout the State. At pres
ent the Visual Education Department
has over 800 subjects filmed for such
purposes. With the addition of the
new photographic wing, this number
See PHOTO LAB, page U.
the Coed Ball following the Carolina
V.P.I. football game on Saturday,
September 28.
Kelly stressed that emphasis will be
placed on individual counseling for the
Dewey Dorsett, president of the stu
dent counselors, each of whom will be
responsible for about twenty new men.
Approximately 550 new students are
expected, and of these 150 will be fresh
men just out of high school, who will
be housed together in Alexander dor
mitory. Working All Summer
The committee has been working on
plans all summer in conjunction with
Dewey Dorsett, president og the stu
dent body. Members of the committee
in addition to Kelly are : Roland Giduz,
Jim Johnson, Mike Carr, Alec Davis,
Ann Cutts, Janet Johnston, "Tookie"
Hodgson, and Clyde Stallings.
Placement Tests Tuesday
More placement tests will be given
on Tuesday morning, followed by con
ferences with counselors in the after
noon. Dr. Graham will address a con
vocation of all new students in Memo
rial Hall that night at 7:30.
Physical exams and registration
will take up the whole day Wednes
day, with a combination of the men's
and coeds orientation on Wednesday
night in the form of a party at Gra
ham Memorial, arranged by Johnny
See ORIENTATION, page 4.