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LIBRARY University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 11. c. 1-28-47 EDITORIAL: Honor System Pledge State Symphony Orchestra Art of Debating NEWS: Sorority Bids Distributed Candlelight Room Revamped Exams Begin December 13 THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- VOLUME LV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1946 NUMBER 44 NEWS BRIEFS Miner's Strike Is Threatened By Labor Czar Lewis Says US Has Nullified Contract Washington, Oct. 22 (UP) John L. Lewis tonight threatened to call a coal strike ten days from now. The United Mine Workers Chief says that unless the Government reopens contract talks with the mine workers by the first of next month, he will call out his 400,000 ( men. Letter To Krug In a letter to Interrior Secretary Krug who is running the mines for the Government Lewis says the gov ernment's refusal to reopen the con tract voids the agreement under which the miners went to work last spring for Uncle Sam. In rejecting the Lewis demand for new contract talks, how ever, Secretary Krug urged the Union leader to try to negotiate a contract with the operators themselves, so that the mines can be returned to private operation. Revamped Candlelight Room To Start Up in Near Future 'IT w Manager of Center Is Johnny F. Jones Pan Hellenic Council Distributes Bids To Pledges of Five Campus Sororities -3 Government Rejects Lewis Coal Demands Washington, Oct. 22 (UP) The Federal Government has rejected the demand of John L. Lewis for a reop ening of the soft coal mine contract. Federal Mine Administrator N. H. Collisson informed Lewis today that the United Mine Workers should begin negotiations with private owners so the government can surrender its con trol of the mines which were seized last May. Collisson said the -present Government Union Contract does not contain a reopening clause which Lewis has cited. Johnny Jones newly appointed managerof the .Candlelight room in the basement of Graham Memorial. State Bank Officials Discover Big Deficit Raleigh, Oct. 22 (UP) State Banking officials have discovered a 24 thousand dollar shortage in the accounts of a Maxton, North Caro lina, bank cashier. State Banks Com missioner Gurney P. Hood has asked Bank Examiner Wyatte W. Barnes to swear out a warrant for the arrest of the cashier, Claude Harrill of the Maxton State Bank. The bank is pror tected by bonding, however, and no loss to depositors is expected. England Might Scrap Potsdam Agreement London, Oct. 22 (UP) Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has told the House of Commons that Great Britain will scrap the Potsdam Agreement on Germany unless Russia agrees to ob serve it as a whole. Bevin says that the present method of treating Ger many as two economic units cannot go on. UVA Sponsors Dance Tonight Open House Second In Present Series The second in a series of weekly open houses sponsored by the Univer sity Veterans association will be held tonight at the Naval armory from 8 :30 to 11. Guests of the veterans will be the co-eds from Alderman, Spencer and Archer House. The dance will be informal with at tendance limited to members of the UVA. Refreshments will be served and music will be provided by juke box. Townsend to Dance Bill Townsend, former Arthur Mur ray dance teacher, who entertained at last week's open house, will be back with another exhibition of ballroom dancing. Sandy Minnix will add to the entertainment with his imperson ations, and Tip Sommers of Spencer will sing. UVA 'membership tickets will be on sale at the door. Roy Cole's Band To Play Saturday For Grail Dance . Roy Cole and nls orchestra will play for the Grail dance Saturday evening in Woollen gymnasium. Held in honor of University alumni who will be here for homecoming weekend, the dance will be informal. Dance tickets priced at one dollar may be bought from Grail members or purchased at the door. Both advance and door prices will be the same. See ROY COLE, Page 4 Under the new managership of Johnny F. Jones, third year - student from High Point, the Graham Memorial Candlelight room, closed since the end of summer school, is now undergo ing a complete redecoration, and should reopen as the campus so cial center within three weeks. Jones said last night that the new Room would be run more on a night club basis, have an orchestra every evening, and, he hoped, present two floor shows per week, depending upon the availability of campus talent. Located on the ground floor of Gra ham Memorial student union, the cen ter will be equipped with a stage and complete lighting and dressing facili ties, at the north end of the room where the old Graham Memorial Grill cafeteria counter is now located. In addition, a semi-circular bar will be built beside the stage, where soft drinks, sandwiches, ice cream, and other refreshments may be purchased. Hope was expressed that a complete fountain might be installed sometime in the future. "All prices will be held to a mini mum, and a cover or admission price will never be charged," explained Jones. During afternoons the room will be open for refreshments and dancing by recorded music from 2 to 5 o'clock, Monday through Friday. Evening hours will be from 8 to 11 o'clock, ex cept on Saturdays, when closing time will be 11:30. Couples only will be admitted dur ing the evenings, however, men and women students alike will be welcome separately during other hours. Accord ing to present plans, no men students will be admitted, during the evening without coat and tie, and reservations should, when possible, be made in ad vance. . Assisting Jones on the project are, Clyde Stallings, Joe McDaniel, Ed Walker, and DeWitt Rose. Student Body To Hear Talk By McAuliffe UVA Will Sponsor Armistice Day Fete Major General Anthony C. McAu liffe, who commanded the 101st Air borne Division in the European in vasion and who last year served as Ground Forces Adviser to Vice-Ad miral W. H. P. Blandy, Commander of the Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, for Operation Crossroads, will give the Armistice Day address here November 11. UVA to Plan Program General McAuliffe, commander first at Camp .. Mackall and later at Fort Bragg, will appear here under the auspices of the University Veterans Association. The Association is in charge of plans for the Armistice Day program, which will begin at 10:50 a.m. in Memorial Hall. General McAuliffe served at Bikini throughout the atomic bomb tests and returned in August to become Army Secretary of the Joint Research and Development Board in Washington. West Point Graduate A native of Washington, he was graduated from the United States Mil itary Academy in November, 1918, and up until World War II was stationed in Hawaii, Kentucky, Washington state, Kansas, Maryland, and Okla homa. As field altillerman he joined the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Claiborne, La., in 1942, as artillery i commander, and sailed with that divi sion for Europe. Department of Music Plans Concert Series The first all student concert to be held this year as a part of the after noon series which is presented annu ally by the UNC Department of Music, will be given today at 4 o'clock in Hill Hall Auditorium. These concerts, as announced by the department, 'will bo held every Wednesday afternoon, and will consist solely of numbers rendered by students of music. Today's program will begin with a cello solo by Thomas Matthews : "Pre lude for unaccompanied cello (Suite 1 in G Major) ," by Bach. Shirley Ham rick, a music major, will follow with "Prelude and Fugue in D Minor," also by Bach. U.S.-Soviet Policy Will Be Discussed At Faculty Forum "What should be the United States policy toward Russia?" will be the subject for discussion By the IRC Fa culty Forum tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock inthe Main Lounge of Graham Memorial. Participants in the Round Table dis cussion will be: Dr. J. L. Godfrey, History department; Rev. Charles Jones of the Presbyterian Church of Chapel Hill; Dr. J. C. Lyons, profes sor of Romance Languages ; Noel Houston, noted author and resident of Chapel Hill; and Dr. W. A. Olsen, pro fessor of speech, who will act as mod erator for the panel. A question per iod will follow the regular discussion in which all visitors are welcome to participate. Rushees Report Parties Hit All Time High This Year in Gaiety, Entertainment, Decor By Fran Walker To the Pan-Hellenic council and the five sororities on campus the distribution of bids to rushees terminated the end of the for mal rushing period. Although only a hundred girls received bids, the rush parties this year hit an all-time high in entertainment and elaborate decorations. The last series of parties, which f were held Wednesday and Thursday, were dinner parties. Many of the houses carried out colorful themes. Chi Omega had a Chinese party car rying out the theme in decorations, costume and food. Alpha Gamma Delta entertained with a Gypsy Tea Room party, decorating the house as a tea room, with actives posing as waitresses in costumes. Pi Phi 'Can-Can Party Also unique was the Pi Phi 'Can Can Party' given in the Candlelight room of Graham Memorial. The walls were decorated .with (jay .Nineties pictures and the main feature wa3 the dance of the can-can girls. Girls reported to the sorority of their choice Monday night for an in formal party in their honor. These pledged by the five sororities are as follows : Pledges Listed Alpha Gamma Delta Margaret Allred, Audrey Bryson, Dorothy Cam eron, Jean Darrow, Carolyn Driver, Oveida Ellis, Gwynn Finley, Jo Fish el, Jean Gardner, Harriet Gurley, Ann Carter Hagen, Helen McCann, Caro See SORORITIES, Page 4 Examinations To Begin On Friday, December 13 Schedule Is Longest in University History Due To Incldsion of Afternoon Classes New US Loan Policy Described by Byrnes Washington, Oct. 22 (UP) Sec retary of State Byrnes has put United States loans out of reach of foreign countries which take an unfriendly at titude toward us. In his first Wash ington news conference in three months, Byrnes said the United States isn't interested in lending money to nations which believe American policy is one of economic enslavement or im perialism. However, he says we do not have a general policy of denying loans to countries in the Russian sphere. Long Black Lincoln Carries Nine in Comfort. . . Rodman's Rig Rus Ruilt for Reer Parties, Long Trips, and General Automotive Tasks Argentine Congress Hears Peron Proposal Buenos Aires, Oct. 22 (UP) President Juan Peron has submitted a plan to the Argentine Congress to permit the entry of 250,000 European refugees into that South American country. Peron's plan calls for the ad mission of 50,000 picked immir&xa annually preferably farmers, fisher men and technicians. The plan pro vides for no racial or religious discrimination. By Bookie Jabine During the past few weeks, citizens of Chapel Hill and Uni versity students have gazed with mixed emotions at a two and one-half ton touring sedan moaning through town. As it passes, some folks are wont to exclaim, "it's the damndest car I've ever seen," but to Herb Bod man, history major from Glenhead, N. Y. it's "Black Maria," a twelve cylinder custom-built Lincoln. Manufactured in 1931 by Henry Ford for personal friends of the mo tor magnate, "Black Maria" fell into the possession of Bodman in 1936, and since that date Herb has developed a passion for the car that men usual ly reserve for idogs, horses, or other pets. ' Speedometer Broken As the speedometer is not func tioning, Bodman is not sure as to exactly how far "Black Maria" has traveled, however he knows that ia one month it went 7,000 miles. "The car is built for long trips,' Herb related, "Not until you move frS- b fly ,f Herb Bodman (left) and Dick Gordon stand in front of Bodmaa's cus tom built 1931 Lincoln. The big car has just completed a trip to Baltimore and return sustaining no visible damage. over fifty does it stop -rattling." Bodman, who is member of St. Anthony hall, has planned two foot ball jaunts this fall, to Knoxville, and Charlottesville. "The . only diffi culty in going long distances," sas Herb, "is that if some part breaks, it See BODMAN, Page U Final examinations for the Fall quarter will extend from Friday, December 13, through Wednesday, December 18, according to an official examination schedule released yesterday by Edwin S. La nier, Director of Central Records Office. The schedule is the long est ever released by the University, necessitated by the inclusion of 1, 2, and 3 o'clock classes in the Fall quarter. An addition to the schedule, heretofore lacking, is a common ex amination on December 13 for all elementary language courses. The examinations, to be of the departmental type, will be given to all students at once in order to standardize the language courses at the University. Pre-Registration for Winter Lanier also announced that there definitely would be a pre registration period for the Winter quarter during which all stu dents now enrolled will be expected to register. The tentative date will be between December 1 and 12 ; however, a definite schedule for pre-registration will be released later. He particularly emphasiz ed that the administration is drawing up the schedule with the view in mind of eliminating the congested lines that prevailed during Fall registration. Lanier further stated that the Schedule Committee had approv ed the Student Legislature's recommendation that the Christ mas holiday period be extended to January 3, 1947; that classes be held Saturday, January 4; and that any student failing to at tend classes on January 3 and 4 be fined. Fine," Probation for Absence Consequently, a fine of $5 and probation for the entire quarter will be imposed upon any student not attending classes January 3 and 4 unless his absence is due to "circumstances beyond his con trol and is duly excused by his dean." New students and students not pre-registered for the Winter quarter must report to school on January 2, 1947. The following is the official examination schedule released yesterday: Friday, December 13 at 8:30 o'clock: All French, German, and Spanish courses numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. Friday, December 13 at 2 o'clock: All 11 o'clock classes. Saturday, December 14, at 8:30 o'clock: All 10 o'clock classes. Saturday, December 14, at 2 o'clock: All Hygene Sections. Commerce 71 and 72 classes. Any other courses not otherwise provided for in this schedule. Monday, December 16, at 8:30 o'clock: All 9 o'clock classes. Monday, December 16, at 2 o'clock: All 8 o'clock classes. Tuesday, December 17, at 8:30 o'clock: All 3 o'clock classes. Tuesday, December 17, at 2 o'clock: All 2 o'clock classes. Wednesday, December 18, at 8:30 o'clock: All 1 o'clock classes. Wednesday, December 18, at 2 o'clock: All 12 o'clock classes. By action of the faculty, the time of no examination may be changed after it has been fixed in the schedule. No student may be excused from a schedule examination except by the University Infirmary, in case of illness; or by his General College Faculty Advisor or by his dean, in case of any other emergency compelling his absence. , Edwin S. Lanier, Director of Central Records
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