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1-31-43 NEWS: Senator-3Iorse Registration Race Trial EDITOEIAL: Football Seating Major Victory Devoted Servant THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- VOLUME LV United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1947 NUMBER 196 NEWS BRIEFS Verdict Brings SC Lynch Trial To Close Today Death May Be Penalty For White Defendants ! Greenville, S. C, May 20 (UP) The South Carolina lynch, trial is ready for the jury. State and defense lawyers completed their closing argu ments today, and Judge Robert Mar tin is expected to give bis instructions in the morning. Then the jury of white mill hands and farmers will re tire to consider the case against the 23 men still on trial for their part in the lynching of a negro suspected of attacking a white man with a knife. Death Demanded u At Historical Crossroad ITT nwe Plan Permits Initial Phase Of Processing Students May Avoid Sweating Out Lines By Ed Joyner Beginning this morning and continuing through. Saturday noon of this week, students now New Prereai Sli stem THh Ilp egms Of the defendants 21 are charged enrolled in the University who with murder and face a possible death sentence. The prosecution has demanded the mamnsm conviction al though defense council denied that the state had proven any of the men Germans Told to Work Without Any Grumblin Berlin, May 20 (UP The Ameri- ! rr do not plan to attend either ses sion of summer school may pre register for the fall quarter, Central Records Director Edwin S. Lanier said yesterday. Students attending summer school will have an opportunity to pre re sis ter for the fall at the end of the sec ond session or at the end of the first term if they do not plan to return for can and British military governors cf j fce second- Germany have told the Germans to - , 1-7 ye3r history of the University that preregistration has been made in the i New Yacks on Way Annual Editor Issues Call For New Business Manager All former members of the Yack-ety-Yack staff and all students in terested in working on the 1948 staff are asked to meet with Bill MofStt in the Yack office tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Also any students interested in the position of business manager for the 194S Yackety Yack must write a letter to Bill MofStt. editor jof the 1948 Yackety Yack, stating his qualifications and experience. This must be a person thoroughly familiar with the "ins" and "outs" of publication management, com mercial advertising and high fin ance. Gene Johnstone, editor of the 1947 Yackety-Yack has announced that the first shipment of 200 year books will arrive May 27. A hew system for distributing these year books is being worked out. Stu dents are asked not to come to the Yack office to get their yearbooks. Watch the Tar Heel for further in formation on when and where you can get your 1947 Yackety-Yack. Most Qualified Man' stop grumbling and get to work if they want mere to eat and better liv ing conditions. General Lucius Clay and Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, in & joint statement, reminded the people that Germany's war of aggression was the direct cause of their present hunger. House Approves Funds For Next Years Navy The House, May 20 (UP Tba House has passed and sent to the Sen ate the 194S Navy department ap propriations bEL Approval came after the House affirmed a 10 per cent cut in navy funds recommended by the House appropriations committee. Republicans Propose End to Sugar Ration The Senate, May 20-UP) A bill to end sugar rationing immediately has been introduced by Republican Senators McCarthy of Wisconsin and Ericker of Ohio. McCarthy seems con fident Congress will pass the measure. Western Electric Sees Last of Phone Strike Washington, May 20 (UP) The last phase of the nationwide phone strike ended today. The Western Elec tric company announces an agree ment for an 11 and a half cent an hour pay raise which will be submit ted to the rank and file of the asso ciation of communications equipment workers for ratification. Lewis, Soft Coal Men Continue Negotiations Washington, May 20 (UP) President John L. Lewis and repre sentatives cf the soft coal industry resumed contraction negotiations to day. When asked if he would present his new contract demands today, Lewis spread his hands, shrugged ids shoulders and said, "No speak Eng- spring for the following fall. Enrollment procedure will be the same as that used last quarter. Stu dents will fill out class, schedule forms with the aid of their advisor or dean, then turn them in at the lob by of Memorial hall. Advantage Advantage of the system is that preregistered ! students - will :not have to "sweat" registration lines next September. Preregistration receipts received at Memorial hall in exchange for clas3 schedule forms will be an open sesame to the east door cf Wool len gymnasium September 23 and 24 while new students are queuing up for a long enrollment session. Inside Woollen gym the receipts will be swapped quickly and painlessly for class tickets and registration will be complete In addition to this innovation stu dents will also notice a new feature in the class schedule sheets now avail able in South building. Instead of the usual one-quarter schedule, the f orm3 are made out to show courses avail able for all three quarters cf next year. Registration Committee Speaking for the registration com mittee, Lanier said that the new form was designed to help students more intelligently make tentative plans for the entire year so as to (See REGISTRATION, Page U) Louise Emery, Pianist, Will Be Heard Tonight Filer Picks Clampiit Head Of Orientation Committee By Bill Sexton Appointment of Johnny Clampitt as head of the Orientation committee and tentative nomination of seven committee members was announced yesterday by President-elect Tom Eller in his first executive appointments under the student constitution. "I believe Clampitt is the most qualified man on campus for this par ticular task," Eller said, adding that in his appointee's unsuccessful .cam paign for presidency cf the student body Clampitt had made "stronger, Senator Wayne Morse Says Nation Must Pay for Peace Republican Notes Alternative As Start Of Decline for Country in CPU Address By Earl Heffner "America either must accept the price of peace or history will record the year of 1947 as the beginning of the decline of the United States", Senator Wayne Morse, Republican from Oregon, last night warned a University audience. Speaking at 8:30 o'clock in Me-" morial hall, the Northwestern solon alternately flayed the American peo ple and the 80th Congress for the iso lationist trend developing today. it we lonow our present economic 1S a o-0od renector o . . i course rapidly becoming a trend Oj. economic isolationism time will pass us by. We are living in an age that is as distinct from that period pre ceding the dropping of the first atom ic bomb in the New Mexico desert 35 th2 depths of the Dark Ages dif fer from the heights of the indus trial period. Must Think "Americans must think about the i which the United States is to more aim. effective orientation" a major Tentative Eller announced "what he described as "tentative' Army Changes Practice About Blue Discharges Washington, May 20 (UP Tia Army has announced a new policy about its controversial so-called 'blue discharge" practice. Beginning Jcly 1. the Army will substitute a system cf releasing personnel either honorab ly, dishonorably, unsuitable, cr tra des: reable. There was much criticism of the old procedure under which the War department did not specify whether a man given a blue discharge had a good or bad record. The new conform with those already effect for the Navy, Marines ana appointment of seven of the nine members of the committee, which is responsible for indoctrnation of freshmen and campus officers. The seven are Jesse Dedmon, Har ry Snowden, Marriote Stewart, Fran Golden, Mimi Massey, Walt Arnold, and Emile Saleeby. As special advisors to the committee Eller named Charles Berman, Blan ton Miller, and George Kenyon. Much Latitude The new president said he had given "as much latitude as possible" mittee he is to head. "I believe this committee has all the capabilities for carrying out the active, agressive orentation policy the campus deserves," Eller declared. His appointments are subject to approval by the Student legislature. Eller announced last night he had scheduled for today a conference with J. S. Bennett, supervisor of utilities, to discuss improvements in the lower quadrangle and quonset hut areas. University Party Will Meet Today The University party steering com mittee will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Horace Williams lounge of Graham Memorial. Alex t Davis, party chairman, asked that all representatives be present to elect officers for the coming year, to Clampitt in selection of the com-(among other items of busines important piay m international anairs. ims part taf is to be greatly determined oy Congress during the next six years It is for this reason that I stress the importance to our nation of the pres ent 80th Congress. Senator Morse delved further into the picture with an assertion that the rest of the world cannot stand an other American depression. Ine na tion, he said, cannot stand the period of boom and bast which it is once more in. Flavintr the Congress further he said, the "80th Congress gives every promise of adjourning by August 1 without passing on any major legis lation of social significance. "The Congress may pass over presi dential veto a labor measure," he said. "But what a measure." Condemns Pressure Condemning the pressure of "old fiashioned, selfish interests" which face representatives and senators from all sides on every question, Morse said, "It is this attitude that is the reason for the type cf program the public receives today. Congress f public opinion. Speaking on "This Is Your Con gress," Senator Morse told the audi ence, "I appear before you as a Jeff ersonian Republican. If I were to criticize the 80th Congress, I would say we not only need more Jefferson ian Republicans, but more Jefferson ian Democrats a3 well." Continuing on the Jeffersonian line, Morse added, "I agree with Jefferson I when he said 'I think by far the most bill in our whole code i3 the people'." Compliments Graham During his speech, the Oregon so lon complimented University President Dr. Frank Graham by saying, "If I were to pick the 25 greatest living Americans, I -would include JDr. Gra ham among those very high on that list. He may be classified as a civil ian general who helped win many a battle on the home industrial front which was an important factor in the successful prosecution of the war." Senator Morse was introduced to tne audience by Dr. Graham. His ad dress was sponsored by the Carolina Political union and was presided over by Retiring Chairman Jerry David-off. Following the address, a reception was held in the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Pair in Segregation Test Held Guilty; Appeal Filed May Sound Like Dull Job Genial Mrs. Harrer Runs Information Booth, Opens All Letters Addressed to University Miss Mary Loaise Emery, pianist, will be the featured soloist with the University Symphony orchestra when it presents its third and final concert summer cf the quarter this evening at 8:30 in Hill hall. Miss Emery, a graduate of Oberiin conservatory, has been a graduate as sistant in the Music department for two years. The orchestra, under the direction of Professor. Earl Slocnm, will play the "D Minor Symphony," by Franck; Stokowski's symphony transcription of "Komm Sasser Tod," by Bach; and "Concerto No. 446," for piano and orchestra, with Miss Emery as solo ist. Admission free. to the concert will be plan will ir Coast Guard. WEATHER TODAY Showers and thunderstoras. Poteat to Give Talk At YM Vesper Service William H. Poteat will make the feature address or "Faith 1 So What?" at the YMCA's evening vesper service at 6:30 today in the Arboretum. Pre ceeding the talk by Poteat a special choir under the direction cf Gene Stryker will sing several hymns and choral responses. By Walter Riser "Is Mr. Wadsworth in?" "Which is Mr. Lanier's office?" "Have you a schedule yet?" "Where could I find Mr. Shepard?" Sitting at the information desk on the first floor of South building from 9 in the morning until 5 in the after noon answering such questions may sound like a dull job to most people but to Mrs. G. A. Harrer, the genial friendly lady with all the answers it is the most interesting occupation on the campus. Since 1944 "I've only had this job since the beginning of 1944," she explained, but I've been associated with the University since 1915 when my hus band came here from Princeton to act as head of the classics depart ment. So you see I have seen the place grow up, mostly from the faculty side, 111 admit, but with this job I have been learning the business end of uni versity work." Besides running a question and an swer stand Mrs. EJarrer also has the interesting job of - opening all mail addressed to the University of North Carolina. Considering that many peo ple do not know the exact department their particular problem would come . t ' Two of the four persons ac cused of participation in the Chapel Hill bus seating incident April 13 were found guilty of violating North Carolina segre- j gation statutes by Judge Henry lA. Whitfield in Chapel Hill Re- corder's court today. Bayard Rustiu, Negrc, wa.; order ed to pay costs in the case. HLs white companion, Igal Roodenko. was sen tenced to CO days imprisonment in Orange county jaiL The two, both residents cf New um ot western civilization m N. 1. n f" sane asylum. For example, here is a postcard that came in today." Addressed to : "stewdents-f akuity, univ of noth Carolina chapel hill, n. c", the card read as follows: "Rock efeller (symbol in Grand jnanner of capitalism) builds the crypt-mausoie- MRS. HARRER under this alone constitutes quite a task. Once the content cf a letter is discovered it is then directed to the proper office. "Sometimes though, we get some plain quack letters and into the waste basket they go," Mrs. Harrer said, "every once in awhile we will get a letter from Alcatraz or even an in fer the commissar; the soap box yogi (space-time continunity) shall erect the incubator of Springtime (orioxi dental) civilization here in Phrisko. technospohicaliy, Einstein Spengler Bergson Buddha Dirac, unlimited. So S. F. Chamber of Commerce." (Sic). As if cards tike that aren't enough to keep her busy, or perhaps enter tained, Mrs. Harrer sometimes thinks of herself as an advisor for the en tire student body. "I get all sorts of questions every day but especially during registration times. New stu dents, unaccustomed to our lines, oft en come to me and say, WelI, here I am', what do I do first?" Hardly had Mrs. Harrer finished when a gentleman approached and asked the $54 question. "Have you any sort of pamphlet relative to the Uni versity?" "You see," he explained, are free under bond pending trial in Orange county Superior court in Hills bo ro. Trial of the other two defendants in the bus seating case was postponed by Judge Whitfield until June 24. They are Joseph A. Felmet and An drew S. Johnson, Negro. Johnson had failed to appear for trial today. At request of defense at torneys trial for both himself and his companion in setting up the test cases was continued. Roodenko had been charged with interfering with an officer in the per formance of hi3 duty, but Solicitor C. P. Hinshaw nol prossed the inter fering indictment. GRADUATION INVITATIONS "my con is five years old and I want to select his school now 30 that will be sure to get in." Senior invitations have arrived on campus and are now available at the he Y, Dotson Palmer announcrJ yester i is7.
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