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"Flying Saucers" Reported
Legislators Meet Tonight
Vets May GeUAid
EDITORIAL:
Carolina Spirit
Mudville Mutterings
Keep Your Bonds Dry
THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
VOLUME LV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY JULY 9,1947
v NUMBER 210
Formation of Flying Saucers Legislature
Reported by Carolina Student
Open
Di to Sponsor
Forum
At 9 Tonight
A five-man forunvon world govern
ment, moderated by Jimmy Wallace, is
scheduled for a meeting of the Dialec
tic Literary society in the organiza
tion's hall on the third floor of New
West tonight at 9 o'clock.
Listed for the forum are Profes
sor Henry Brandis, Jr., and Dr. Frank
W. Hanft, both of the Law school;
Dr. Joseph W. Straley of the Physics
department; -Dr. FrangKottke of the
Economics department; and Harold
Bock, a special student at the Uni
versity. Forum Members
All members of the forum are well
acquainted with the world govern
ment movement. Prof. Brandis is
president of the town chapter of the
United World Federalists; Dr. Hanft
has long been interested in the move
ment; Dr. Straley offers his knowl
edge of physics and the relation of
atomic energy to world government;
Dr. Kottke's economic knowledge
qualifies him for the forum; and
Harold Bock was a leader in the
world government movement at
Northwestern university. ,
The forumwill Tbe followed by a
question and answer period.
Di President Maurice Braswell ex
plains that the society is departing
from its traditions as a debating so
ciety because world government "is
the most vital issue facing the world
today."
Interdorm Councils
Attempt to Procure
Monogram Hall
The members of the Men's and Wo
men's Interdormitory councils have
requested that the University adminis
tration assign the Monogram club
building to dormitory residents for
recreational purposes.
At a joint meeting Monday night,
the members carried the following
resolution:
"Whereas, the dormitory residents
do not have adequate recreational fa
cilities, and
"Whereas, the building now used
by the Monogram Club is ideally locat
ed, and
"Whereas, the construction of an
other building for recreational pur
poses would take ajkmg time even ti
fund3 were available.
"We now, therefore, request that
the University Administration make
this building available to the dormi
tory residents beginning with the
Fall Quarter and continuing until
other facilities are provided.".
Dance Planned
Plans were also formulated at the
Monday night meeting for a jointly
sponsored dance to be held the second
Friday of jjext summer session on
"August 1. '
Music for the event will be furnish
ed by a local orchestra, and the floor
show will be under the direction of
Bud Robinson, president of Grimes
dormitory.
The purpose of the dance will be to
help raise funds for the erection of an
interdormitory shack which will be
open to all student groups.
Miriam Evans is the president of
the women's group and the officials
for the men's organization are as fol
lows: Frank Hassell, president; Bill
Hight, vice president; Edwin C. Bag
by, secretary; Frank A. Holman,
treasurer.
Mystery, Aircraft Whizzing over Durham
Recall German Radio Directed Missiles
By Sam Hushes
Rhea L. Adams, UNC student, and his father-in-law, T.'A.
Broocks of Durham, claim to have witnessed the my jsterious aerial
phenomenon which has the entire nation skeptically scanning the
sky. At approximately 7 :20 p. m. Monday, reported Adams, he and
" 8Mr. Broocks saw the controversial
"saucer-like disc" which has reported
ly been observed in flight over more
than 38 of the 48 states.
Adams said that while they played
with their dog, Bruce, in the back
yard of their home, he heard a distinct
"swishing" noise from above. Look
ing up, he saw a number of objects
silhouetted against the clouds off to
his left.
Ex-Marine Pilot
An .ex-Marine pilot, Adams tells
of watching three of the objects about
three miles away- as they traveled
along one , behind the other. He esti
mated that they were 2,500 feet high
and shaped similar to the discus used
in field sports. He had never seen any
aircraft which traveled as fast as
the discs. In color, he hesitated to'de
scribe them definitely, because of the
evening dusk. Watching them for less
than half a minute, he saw them dis
appear over the tree tops, still skim
ming the cloud bottoms.
No, he did not think that they
could be man-bearing aircraft, said
Adams but they immediately made
him, recall the radio-guided missiles
upon which the Germans were ex
perimenting toward the close of
World War II.
Other "Saucers"
Associated Press report told, also,
of one of the discs being seen near
Raleigh the same day. Fred Cloud of
Lilesville reported that hef and his
companion, E. A. Goodman, also of
Lilesville, "noticed a peculiar saucer
like object with a bluish center and a
yellow ring," as they approached Ral
eigh in Cloud's private plane.
Another North Carolinian, Albert
Riggs of Charlotte, said that he saw
three of the flying-saucers in Greens
boro. Meanwhile, there is still no expla
nation of the mystery by Washington
officials.
Summer Room Deposits
Must Be Paid Thursday
Tomorrow is the lnt day that
$10 deposits as room reservations'
for the second term of summer
school will be accepted at the cash
ier's office in the basement of South
building, Housing Director J. E.
Wadsworth has announced.
All students who also wish tc
reserve dormitory rooms for next
fall should make an additional $6
deposit at the cashier's office as
soon as possible. Those who hold
rooms this summer are reminded
that unless this deposit is made,
they liave no assurance of keeping
their present space next September.
Will Consider
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Dozen Bills
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Nearing . the climax: of first
term business, the Student Legis
lature will meet' at 7: 30 a'clock
tomorrow flight in Xerrard hall
with a dozen new; bills due for
the test by vote. " "
Thursday night's meeting will pro-3
bably be considerably different from
this summer's previous lesions in
its effect as well as in its-length. So'
far this term meetings have been
cursory seldom exceeding half an
hour in duration. This has-been due
to lack of business to hold the lawmakers-
in Gerrard hall. ' . " -
This week, however, there, will be
no shortage of busihessAt least three
controversial bills and a number of
by-laws changes are expected to be"
reported out by committees.
If all these bills are cleared by
committees and if the legislature
stays in session long enough to vote
on the large sheaf, this will probably
be the final legislature meeting of
the first term for the group. But jf
some committees have difficulty in
agreeing on such bills as the reap-
portionment proposal, or the bill to
requife -financial reporting by stu-.
dent activities, or the bill to put
campus budget construction into a
stricter mold, the legislators may then
have to return once more before the
term ends.
In addition to the new bills, legis
lators may have to hear a report
from Herman Baker's interdorm rec
reation shack committee ' which was
appointed two weeks ago by Speaker
Folger to investigate1 the possibility
of re-modeling the wrestling pavillion
near Emerson field as a recreation
house for those students living in
dorms. - ' . .
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XJVA Obtains Aid for Campus Veterans
With Subsistence Checks Still
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Dean Spruill Urges
Early Registration
Students in the General College
who have not yet registered for the
fall quarter should sign appomt
ment sheets at the information
desk in South building as soon as
possible for consultation with their
advisers from July 15 to 18. C. P.
Spruill, Jr., dean of the General
College, urged promptness in mak
ing these appointments so that
registration might move smoothly
next week.
Veterans to Entertain
Coeds of Carr, Aycock
The University Veterans associa
tion will honor the coeds of Carr and
Aycock dormitories with an open
house and dance tonight in the UVA
clubhouse from 8:30 till 11 o'clock.
Coeds in the two dormitories are
urged to be ready when the escort
committee calls t 8:15.
Veterans wishing to join the UVA
may obtain membership cards at the
door.
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Love interest in the Playmaker . production 'The Late Christopher
Bean" is aptly provided by Bootsie Stevenson (left), as Susan Haggett,
and James Waddington as Warren Creamer. The comedy opens at the
Playmaker theatre Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock for a two-day run.
Playmakers Comedy to Open
Thursday for Two-Day Run
Tickets are. now on sale for The
Carolina Playmakers' first show this
summer, "The Late Christopher
Bean," a comedy by Pulitzer prize-winner,
Sidney Howard. The play will
open tomorrow evening at 8:30 in
the Playmakers theatre, and a second
performance will be given Friday
evening.
All seats in this theatre are reserv
ed. Tickets are available at $1 (in
cluding tax) and may be purchased,
prior to the opening of the theatre
box-office, at Swain hall or at the
down-town ticket office in Ledbetter
Pickard's stationery store.
A cast of nine experienced student-actors
. have been in rehearsal
for the past three weeks under the
direction of John W. Parker, who re
cently staged "Macbeth" here in the
Forest theatre. Norman Mattis, visit
ing professor of speech from Amherst,
is playing "Dr. Haggett," the rola
created on the screen by Lionel Barry
more. The famous "Abby" (Marie
Dressier in the screen production) is
played by Marion Miller of Aberdeen,
Maryland. Others in the cast include
Bootsie Stevenson, Catherine Coving
ton, Henriette Neal, A. E. Westover,
III, William Hardy, Herbert Mork,
and James Waddington.
Theatre-goers who are concerned
with the hot weather will be interest
ed in knowing that the Playmakers
have recently installed three large,
high-powered electric fans,
Language Exams Set
Examinations for a reading
knowledge of French and Spanish
for students in the School of Com
merce or those planning to enter
the School of Commerce will be held
Fridav. July 18. at 2 o'clock., i
French examinations will be given
in Murphey 215; Spanish in Mur
phey 207.- '
CCUN Meets Tonight
In Graham Memorial
Green's 'Common Glory' Opens Soon
Paul Green has done it again. To
be more explicit, the Pulitzer prize
winning author of North Carolina's
classic "The Lost Colony" has writ
ten another drama dealing with the
early days of American colonization
entitled "The Common Glory" and
this time the scene is laid in Vir
ginia. Set to openjvly 17 and run through
September 14, "The Common Glory"
is sponsored by the Jamestown cor
poration in cooperation with the Vir
ginia Conservation commission. Serv
ing as honorary head of the sponsor
ing group is Virginia Governor Wil
liam M. Tuck. Former-Governor Col
gate W. Darden, newly-elected presi
dent of the University of Virginia,
will serve as president of the group.
An amphitheatre to seat 2,600 has
been built on Matoka lake, beside the
Jamestown -road, just a short distance
from colonial Williamsburg. Built in
a 12-acre wooded area beside the lake,
the amphitheatre has a 62-foot wide
stage flanked by scenery docks and
dressing room for the cast.
Author Green's home state is well
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ing are rapidly progresing. Not only
is the author a North Carolinian, but
also several members of the produc
tion staff were trained at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Koger
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representee, as pians ior lonuai veu- j, -v,
Master's degree in drama at the Uni
versity; Robert Dale Martin, narrator,
received both his B.A. and M.A. at
the University and taught radio pro
duction classes there. Martin also
served as radio announcer and pro
duction man with stations WRAL and
WPTF in Raleigh. Organist for the
drama is Johnny O'Steen, University
student, who was the first to hold the
Kay Kyser award in music in 1941.
The Chapel Hill author made the
following statement regarding the
production: "What 'The. Lost Colony'
shows as getting started, namely a
settlement and a creed of govern
ment in the New World, 'The Com
mon Cause' will show as actually com
ing to fulfillment - in democracy. I
hope that all who .see this Virginia
historical drama will be encouraged
to believe more and more in the
great American drama, which is not
the vision of one nation as opposed
to another nation or one people prece
dent over anther people, but a vision
of the common glory, common to all
men freedom, justice and a right
eous society of men as brothers all
over the world."
An important meeting of the Col
legiate Council on the United Na
tions will be held tonight at 8:30 in
(the Roland Parker lounge of Graham
Memorial. The purpose of this meet
ing is to enlist the aid and support
of the campus organizations and
groups in a campaign to get the
whole campus squarely behind the
CCUN.
Chairman Lincoln Kan urges all
persons interested in actively sup
porting and aiding in the CCUN drive
to be present. The program outlined
by the CCUN is enormous in its
scope, and willing; capable workers
are badly needed to insure its suc
cess, according to Kan.
The meeting will be informal in
character, and suggestions from all
present will be welcomed and con
sidered. Dr. Frank Graham will at
tend in an advisory capacity. It is
hoped that the leaders of as many
camyas organizations as possible will
attend in order to acquaint themselves
with the CCUN and its aims, and in
turn, to enlist the support of their
respective groups in the drive, Kan
said.
Through this meeting the CCUN
hopes to convince the campus of the
vital importance of its projected pro
gram, and the responsibility of every
student in the work of keeping the
U.N. alive, he said.
VESPER SERVICE
Dr. Bertram Yontz, Lutheran min
ister of Chapel Hill, will be guest
speaker on the Vesper program to-
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Room Deposits,
Eating Tickets
To Be Advanced
By Bill Lamkin
Steps have been taken by the
University Veterans , association
in cooperation with the Univer
sity administration to relieve
veterans on campus who have
not received last month's sub
sistence checks.
When still no checks showed up in
yesterday's mail, UVA President
Hugh Wells, and Veterans Adviser F.
Carlyle Shepard formulated a plan
whereby veterans who are short on
cash won't have to go hungry, and
they also may be assured of a place to
room during the next summer session.
Room Reservation
The plan as announced by Wells
would dispense with the required
room deposit for the second session,
in the case of veterans who have failed
to receive their subsistence pay. Those
veterans may reserve dormitory rooms
by reporting to the University
Housing office, 207 South building,
no later than tomorrow, last schedul
ed day for reservations. They must
bring their C-number in o?der to take
advantage of this plan. The veteran
must pay a $10 , room deposit when
he gets his check.
The UVA was able to secure this
arrangement through a conference
with J. E. Wadsworth, housing officer,
and T. H. Evans, University cashier.
If the veteran fails to make his deposit
or reserve his room under this plan,
his room will be reassigned, the hous
ing office said.
' ' Meal Tickets
Meal tickets have been drawn by
the UVA from Lenoir dining hall and
are available to veterans as a loan
in the office of Mr. Shepard, 208
South building. Wells pointed out
that these meal tickets will be issued
on a loan basis, and the veteran will
be expected to repay the loan as soon
as his check arrives.
Extensive inquiries were begun
last Friday when subsistence checks
failed to show up. Shepard and J. A,
Williams, University legal advisor,
were unable to obtain a satisfactory
explanation of the delay from Veter
ans administration officials in Winston-Salem
or Richmond. However, VA
officials were of the opinion that the
holdup was due to a deficiency of ap
propriations by the federal govern
ment, possibly caused by the ending -of
the budget fiscal year on June SO,
Shepard said.
Gardner Is Named
New S and F Head
Sound and Fury, campus musical
comedy clan, has elected Douglas
Gardner as its new president to speed
preparations for the . combination
minstrel-vaudeville show to be pre
sented July 17 and 18.
Other new 6fficers included Grey
Adams, secretary-treasurer; Pete
Strader, sets and costume designer;
Frank Matthews, music director;
Grey Adams, dance supervisor; and
Dolly Donaldson, choreographer. The
veteran S&F director is Ben Kistler.
' "Weep No More"
The forthcoming musical comedy
opening the S&F schedule for the sum
mer is to be entitled "Weep No More".
It will feature fresh campus talent
and songs of the past and present
arranged by a fifteen-piece pit or
chestra organized especially for this
show. Comedy to range from Chaucer
to end-men is indictive of a variety
show well worth seeing.
This show, is being given especial
ly to acquaint students enrolled at
the University this term for the first
time with S&F's place in campus
activities. All interested newcomers
with theatrical talent, are invited to
apply now for S&F membership.
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