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VOLUME LV
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CHAPEL HILL; N: C., "WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30, 1947
NUMBER 178
Political Mass Meeting Set
For Memorial Hall Tomorrow
All Candidates Must Be Inside Building
15 Minutes Before Program Is to Begin
A political mass meeting of all students wiH be held in Me
morial hall tomorrow night at 7:30 to introduce candidates for
the Tuesday elections, announced Student Body President Pewey
Dorsett yesterday evening. The meeting will be compulsory for
coeds.
1 All candidates are recruested to be
in Memorial hall at 7:15, 15 minutes
before the convocation is scheduled to
start. Persons running for president
and vice-president of the student body
and for editor of the Daily Tar Heel
will be requested to make talks of four
minutes each.
According to the elections bill pass
ed by the Student Legislature, candi
dates must be introduced to the cam
pus at a mass meeting scheduled at
least five days before election time. J
Barbara Cashion, newly-elected
speaker of the Coed Senate, says the
meeting will be the only compulsory
gathering for coeds this year. All
girls in dormitories, sororities, and
town are required to attend.
The roll will be checked by dormitory
floor - proctors., sororities and town
representatives. These checkers will
be stationed under signs denoting the
dormitory, sorority, or town district.
Town girls not attending will be fined
unless they submit excuses to Betsy
Ann Barbee, town girls' president, at
F-2591.
Coeds living in dormitories or so
rorities may be excused by proctors
or house presidents; otherwise, they
will either be fined or put on social
probation.
Governor Cherry Will Present Diplomas
-A -it & it -At rk . ' ' tAt 1c 1c 1c
To Bpeak Here On May 8
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NEWS BRIEFS
Tornado Hits
Missouri Town
Reports Show Worth
Virtually Demolished
St..Louis, Missouri, April, 29 (UP)
The American Red Cross Midwest
Disaster Headquarters in St. Louis
has announced it has received a re
port that 20 persons were killed and
100 injured by a tornado at Worth,
Missouri.
All available highway patrol cars
from the St. Joseph area have been
rushed to Worth, which has a popula
tion of 223. Early reports said the
town was virtually demolished.
Vandenberg Supports
Position of Marshall
Washington, April, 29 (UP)-
Senate President Arthur Vandenberg
has lined up solidly behind Secretary
of State Marshall in blaming the Rus
sians for failure of the Moscow Con
ference. The chief Republican foreign
policy spokesman says he supports
Marshall's position that treaties for
Germany and Austria cannot await
the compromise.
Tel and Tel Refuses
To Make Wage Offer
Washington, April, 29 (UP)
The American Telephone and Tele
graph company has refused a union
demand that it make some kind of a
wage offer. The refusal brought about
a recess of the government-labor-management
negotiations after only a
half hour of discussion.
Russia, Arabs Desire
Freedom of Palestine
Moscow, April, 29 (UP) Rus
sia has lined up with the Arab states
to demand that the UN General as
sembly debate immediate independ
ence for Palestine at this session.
However, Russia conceded that the as
sembly might not reach a decision dur
ing the current meeting.
Mexican President
Entertained in US
. Capitol Hill, April, 29 (UP)
Washington has given a rousing wel
come to President Aleman of Mexi
co. The Mexican chief executive ar
rived in the capitol city today aboard
President Truman's plane the Sac
red Cow, with formations of planes
circling overhead, and with guns
booming out a 21-gun salute. He is to
be honored at a State dinner in the
White House tonight.
House Votes to Slice
Foreign Relief Fund
Washington, April, 29 (UP) The
House has decided tentatively to cut
150,000,000 dollars '.from the 350,000
000 dollars general foreign relief pro
gram. It also voted to place control of
the relief in the hands of U S missions
in each country. - ,
New Soft-Goal Strike
Might Occur in July
Washington, April, 2lMUP-The
threat of another soft-coal strike on
July 1 was intensified tonight when the
Southern soft-coal operators announc
ed te;r refusal to bargain. on an industry-wide'
basis., The United Mine
Workers' demand was . turned down
during tn'e opening" session t of a government-sponsored
. tabor-management
coal conference. . ' ; - .' -
WEATHER TODAY'
Mild with considerable cloudiness.
Legislature Votes
To Redivide Town,
Provide Five Polls
By. Bookie .Jabine
The Student Legislature last night
approved of a bill to redivide the
town district, and the article six of
the elections bill which provides for
polling places to be set up at five
different points on the campus.
According to the amendment, intro-
l duced by Jimmy Wallace, ballot boxes
will be available at Alderman dormi
tory, Aycock, Gerrard hall, Lenoir
hall, and the Carolina Inn. In an
elaborate plan, Wallace also recom
mended that five different colors of
ballots b used for the five different
types of voters who will cast their
ballots Tuesday.
The town districting bill put for
ward by Charlie Long last week, di
vides the town into two separate vot
ing entities. Town district A includes
all men living in fraternity houses,
Pittsboro road trailer camp, and Vic
tory Village, while town district B
takes in all others residing in town.
Simultaneous with the redividing
bill, Al Lowenstein chairman of the
reapportioning of the legislative dis
tricts, rendered his report and mov.
ed that the legislature seats be divid
ed as follows: town women, 2 seats;
dormitory women, 5 seats; dormi
tory men, 18 seats; and town men, 25
seats'. The town seats are divided so
as to give 17 seats to town district B
while the remaining go to district A.
K The redividing bill drew consider
able debate from the floor. Johnny
Clampitt opposed the bill on the
grounds that it would create a line be
tween fraternity . and non-f ratemity
students.
Charlie Long, sponsor of the bill,
stated that there was no such spirit
in the bill, that ittWas drawn up mere
ly to provide for a more even appor
tionment, in town. Observers were of
the opinion, however, that the measure
took on a political hue.
"Bill Millef; cfiairman of the Ways
and Means -committee, introduced a
bill to provide for a hew registration
system next year. Under the provi
sions, the signing for classes will be
handled by the colleges.
Eastern Star Group
Will Organize Here
' The University . chapter, U. D.,
Order, of Eastern. Star,' has been or
ganized in Chapel Hill and .any mem
ber of the -Eastern ' Star . living in
this district is Inyited to attend the
xuietingsbf Iheichapter on the : first
end, third Thursdays m -the month at
the Masonic all at $ V
IRC Sponsors'
Talk by Solon
Of New Mexico
i Si
Democratic Speaker
Is Anti-Communist
The International Relations Club
will present Senator Carl A. Hatch" in
an address here on May 8, it was
announced last night by John Bris-
tow, the club's president.
This, the IRC's first guest speaker
this quarter, is part of the organiza
tion's program to offer to the student
body authoritative and informative
presentations on current world prob
lems, and to help in creating a bet
ter understanding of world affairs
among students.
Sen. Hatch, Democrat from New
Mexico, is a member of the Senate
Foreign Relations committee, and one
of the West's most outstanding spokes
men in the nation's capital. He has
sponsored several important bills since
he first went to Washington in 1933,
one of the best known being the one
commonly known as B2H2, the reso
lution he authored, along with Sena
tors Ball, Burton, and Hill. Thus he
was one of the first leaders in con
gress to promote a non-partisan ap
proach to international affairs. He is
now prominent in the news particular
ly for his stand against the spread of
Communist influence throughout the
world.
Plans have already been substan
tially completed for the presentation,
which will be in Hill - hall. Many
prominent people in the state are ex
pected to attend.
Experts Will Listen
To Veteran Problems
At UVA Clinic Today
Three top men from the State Vet
erans administration headquarters in
Winston-Salem will be at the Uni
versity Veterans association club
house today to hear the grievances
of any campus ex-servicemen concern
ing such'G. I. Bill functions as sub-
sistance allowance, method of text
book distribution, and dependency
claims.
Available for questioning between
2 and 4 o'clock this afternoon will be
J. D. DeRamus, State manager of
the VA, E. C. Hemingway, chief of
the vocational rehibilitation and edu
cation division, A. Rosenthal, finance
officer, and possibly several more VA
dignitaries.
Also, tonight the UVA will hold
its weekly open house with coeds of
Smith dormitory and Archer house
guests. Free cigarettes will be
given away as a courtesy of the Ches
terfield, company.
To Arouse Interest.;
Campus Party Will Present
'A Variety Review9 Tonight
In an effort to arouse popular in
terest in the Spring elections, the
Campus Party will present "A Vari
ety Revue" tonight at 8:30 in Me
morial Hall, featuring Harry Hin
son and his Stardusters. Johnny
Jones, Campus Party Chairman,
emphasized that the revue is being
presented in the interest of all the
parties on campus, and that no poli
tical speeches will be made..
Ben Kistler will be Master of Cer
emonies in addition to a comedy rou
tine with Grey Adams. Fran Avera,
Moffat Sherrard, and Phillis Day
and her Four Knights will provide
the vocals for the Stardusters's mu
sic. Miss Day and her Knights are
making their musical debut in this
show.
Tommy Thomas and Jack Burney
have written several political tunes
especially for the revue, which will
also feature an original boogie
woogie by Bob McDonald. '
Buddie Robinson will do a tap
specialty, and will be joined by
Mary Jo Cain, Frankie Vance, and
Tommy Thomas to lead the entire
cast in a dance ensemble.
Admission will be free, and every
one is cordially invited to attend.
Forty-Six Coeds Nominated
For Senate, Woman's Council
Forty-six girls were nominated to run for members of the
Senate and the Woman's Council in the coming elections, at a
coed mass meeting held this week in Gerrard hall with Sibil
Goerch Powe presiding officer.
Thirteen of the folowing girls will""" TTTT. '. '
be elected to represent the dormitories
in the Senate: Geraldine Williamson
Joyce Carraway, Emily Von Borries,
Bootsie McWilliams, Butch Goodwin,
Mary Murphy, Chee Bryson, Mary
UWF Will Meet Today
To Study UN Charter
The student chapter of United
World Federalists will meet this aft
ernoon at 5:00 p.m. to continue the
study of the United Nations charter,
led by Joy Blum'enthal. The group
meets in the Roland Parker lounge,
Graham Memorial.
Locke Craig, Joan Butler, Julia Ross,
Spencer Crawford, Joyce Jones, Chris
White, Katie Guion, Bettie B,dbin
son, Pat Walker, Jo West, Sue
Everett, Doris Harrill, and Elaine
Patton.
Eight of the following girls will be
elected to represent the town girls:
Venitah Saunders, Bonnie Thrash,
Saca Montague, Jucy Hill Baxter,
Joyce Corbitt, Kiz Hazlett, Helen
Compton, Estelle Boyce, K. D. Dur
ham, and Martha Whitaker.
Five of the following girls will be
elected to serve in the Woman's Coun
cil: Marguerite Johnson, Dot Dashiell,
Betty Vashaw, Sara Hoyle, Carolyn
Gaither, Phyllis Bradshaw, Kitty Mil
ler, Ruth Byrum, Jane Rodgers, Jean
Snyder, Caroline Warren, and Sarah
Buchanan.
Jerry Atkins, elections chairman
of the Senate, has asked all candi
dates to please turn their expense ac
counts to the Board of Elections im
mediately.
Graham Memorial Holds
Free Bingo and Movies
"I Compulsory Meet
For Candidates
In Gerrard Hall
A free bingo party with valuable
prizes, refreshments, smokes and
two Carolina-made movies will be of
fered by Graham Memorial in the
main lounge on Friday night. Play
will begin at 8:30 and last until 11
o'clock.
The two movies, "Carolina In
Color" and "Memories of a Graham
Memorial Assistant," were produced
by Bob Coulter last spring. The first
was photographed in technicolor and
features Martha Rice, Graham Me
morial director. The second features
assistant director Dave Owens.
..y; There will be a meeting of all can
didates, their publicity managers, and
party chairmen tonight at 7 o'clock
in Gerrard hall to hear explanations
of elections rules.
Attendance of the meeting is com
pulsory for all candidates, and unex
cused absences will result in having
their names dropped from the ballot.
Names of all candidates must be
filed with the Elections board at this
meeting. Party-endorsed candidates
names must be submitted by party
chairmen, and independent candidates
must file their own candidacies. None
may be filed after tonight's meeting.
Phi Gam Fraternity
Elects New Officers
Thomas P. Stratford, junior from
Burlington, was elected recently to a
second term as president of Epsilon
chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Strat
ford previously lieaded the fraternity
during several wartime months.
Other officers named by the Fijis
include Marion Woodbury, Wilming
ton, treasurer; Dave Wichard, Green
ville, corresponding secretary; Milton
Cash, Winston-Salem, recording sec
retary; and Jack Swanner, Washing
ton, historian.
The Phi Gams will stage their an
nual house party this weekend. Ac
tivities include a formal dance Fri
day evening and barn party Saturday
night.
LITERARY SOCIETY ELECTIONS
House Reveals
Senior Class
Final Program
Exercises Will Run
Through Three Days
By Tinsley Campbell
The three-day program of the
University's 153rd commence
ment was announced yesterday
by Chancellor Robert B. House,
who disclosed that Gov. R. Gregg
Cherry will be here the evening
of June 9 to present diplomas,
to a graduating class that is ex
pected to contain the record
breaking number of 1,200 stu
dents. Scheduled to rim June 7, 8, 9, Com
mencement exercises will feature
alumni reunions, a series of banquets,
and various forms of entertainment
including several performances by
the vaunted Carolina Playmakers.
Class Day
Class Day has been set for Satur
day, June 7, the opening event be
ing a parents and students luncheon
in Lenoir hall at .1 p.m. at which
Chancellor House will speak. Several
alumni reunion suppers will be held
that day, aswell as an alumni recep
tion and dance scheduled for 9 p.m.
in Woollen gym.
June 8, Baccalaureate Sunday, will
see the seniors gathering at the Old
Well in caps and gowns at 10:30 in
the morning. The baccalaureate ser
mon will be delivered in Memorial
hall at 11 o'clock, and at 5 p.m., the
University band will give a concert
at Davie Poplar.
J. M. Saunders, alumni secretary,
announced that the University will
undertake the procurance of dormi
tory space for the housing of wives
and parents of seniors. Arrange
ments will be handled by J. E. Wads
worth, University housing office,
South building.
The evening brings a 7 o'clock alum
ni reunion supper, and at 8:30 the
Faure'Requiem will take place in Hill
hall maturing the Chapel Hill Choral
club and the University Symphony
orchestra.
On long-awaited graduation day,
June 9, the 1947 class will hold its
final meeting at 10 in the morning. At
11, the faculty will hold a reception
for graduates, parents, and guests at
Davie Poplar.
The final alumni luncheon will be
held at 1 p.m., and all seniors are
eligible to attend this function. The
Playmakers will then give 2:30 and
4. o'clock performances at the Play
makers theater.
With diploma time closing in
swiftly, the seniors will assemble at
the Bell tower in caps and gowns at
6:30 that evening to form the aca
demic procession for graduation.
Kenan stadium will be the site of
graduation exercises, scheduled to be
gin at 7:30. After Governor Cherry
The Chi Delta Phi literary society r Presents the diplomas, President Frank
elected as its' new officers Marcelle
Harrer, president, and Julia Ross, vice
president. The society will elect its
secretary and treasurer after another
initiation next fall.
'Tookie' Hodgson Receives Endorsement
Of UP for Editorship of Humor Magazine
By Chuck Hauser
Matt "Tookie" Hodgson was nom
inated by the University party yester
day afternoon' for the post of editor
of the newly-established campus hum
or magazine. This gives Hodgson a
double endorsement, the Student par
ty having nominated him lat1 week.;
"Tookie," a rising junior from Mur
freesboro, Tennessee, is present .sec
retary of the Publications board, and
is a contributor to both' the' Daily Tar
Heel and the Carolina jMgazine.
Having worked for some time to get
a humor magazine established on
campus, when it was decided recently
to have a May humor, issue of the
Carolina Magazine published, Hodg
son received the position of guest edi
tor, 1 Vice-president of his freshman class
at Carolina and a member of Phi
Gamma! Delta fraternity, he tik experienced-
inw. both' college and pro
f essional newpaper;:.,,iand ? magazine
work, and plans to work this' coming
summer on the Nashville, Tennessean
daily newspaper. He has received an
offer of the position of feature editor
of the paper's Sunday magazine sup
plement. Well-known for his humor writing,
Hodgson is the creator of such DTH
and Carolina ,Mag characters as Fpo
Foo Jellyroll, the Campus Queen;
Seymour "Sinkhole XIII, the Machine
Politician; Willy E. Clung, the Mes-
Graham will deliver the farewell ad
dress. Senior Class President Dofson
G. Palmer will make the response,. and
presiding over graduation exercises
will be Chancellor House.
Apporximately 15 groups of alumni
will be present to take part in the com
mencement weekend.
Senior Banquet Tickets
To Be on Sale All Week
. Tickets to the' annual senior ban
quet Thursday night, May 8, will be
on sale again today and for the re
mainder blithe, week from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. in the YMCA. The tickets are
selling for two dollars.
ATTENDED RETREAT
Delegates- from the University
YMCV 'attended the' annual spring re-
! treat at Camp Nawakwa last week-
siah of the Campus; and Histriomcus J end Charles" T. Foley, student presi
O'Leaxy, "the. Noted Playmaker. : dent of the. YMCA said yesterday.