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K Chapel HUl, N. C. 4 1-: EDITORI AU Summer Harvest The New Daily Tar Heel Welcome From Eller .we a; jhek Fair and Cooler VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1947 Phone F-3371-F3361 VOLUME 2 no (in rKv 51-43 . ---lU-v: , ' . . . A j, - . .. . . . 1 SI s In Music and Dramatic Andrews, Ayers Get Kyser Scholarships Z A. 11 4 w VJ(.V . JR.. 1 J i-i--ti rrri - HAROLD L. ANDREWS i Awards Established in 1941 Give -. Tuition, Fees, Books, and Board Harold Lee Andrews of Durham, sophomore ; and William Ru fus Ayers of Roanoke, Va., senior, have been awarded the Kay Kyser scholarships in music and dramatic art, respectively for the coming year at the University. These two scholarships, es tablished in 1941 by Kay Ky ser, famous band leader and ra dio personality, furnish the winners with tuition, fees, room, board, and books for one year at Chapel Hill. Basis of selec tion is character, scholastic rank, leadership, achievements, and ' nromise Of future distinc tion in dramatic art or music. Andrews, winner of the mu sic award, graduated from the Durham , high school in June, 1946, as valedictorian of his class, holding honors in the high school band and student gov ernment. He received a scholar ship to the music school at In terlochen, Mich., for last sum mer, and returned to enter the University here last fall. He holds a four-year International Civitan scholarship and a Uni versity scholarship here. During the past year he participated in activities of the University band and orchestra and was an honor student. Ayers, winner of the drama award, attended V.P.I, to study chemistry before 1944 when he Playmakers Book 'Saint Joan' As First of Five Productions Five major productions will be featured during the 30th season of the Carolina Playmakers it was announced last night and try outs for the first play, "Saint Joan" by George Bernard S haw, will be held in the Playmakers Theatre at 4:00 and 7:30 P. M. on Wed nesday, October 1. I iif hv . Henrik Ibsen s ims season is ;c secutive year of activity by the Playmakers, a community the atre serving as a laboratory or atre serving at, a wa, ... . i t eanization 01 tne aeparuuwn m dramatic art. A full schedule' of ... : 4-,i ar- pisrhteen experimental plays, ar ranged in six bills, is planned in addition to the five major pro ductions of full length plays. Hans Rothe, guest lecturer, recently from Madrid, Spain, who will direct "Saint Joan," urges all students and towns people who are interested in taking part in any phase of the production to attend tryouts. Scripts of the play are available now in the reserve room of the library to anyone who wishes to study them before tryouts. "Saint Joan" is to be presented on October 29, 30, 31 and No vember 1. - Tells Story ' "Saint Jean" tells the story 6f Jean cf Arc, turit.it the stake cr heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 14S1, tut wiio was cinonized in 1920. Jt is the story grt wh, b" tha mo - ? : . i int in Ihe 47 warrior saint It wiU be followed on the 1 xi . I 'Art Wis WILLIAM R. AYERS entered the Navy V-12 program here at the University and be came interested in the Carolina Playmakers. After a year of ac tive duty with the Navy he re turned to the University in 1946 where he has been an honor stu dent ever since. During the past year he has worked in a techni cal capacity with 'The Lost Col ony" at Manteo. SQUARE DANCE SET Everyone is invited to an old fashioned square dance Satur day night at the Presbyterian Church, 8:30 P.M. Greenhorns and old hoe-downers invited for fun, frolic and refreshments. Hibert Thatcher will do the calling. TARNATION STAFF All students, new and old, who are interested in working on the editorial and business staffs of Tarnation college hu mor magazine, will meet this af ternooc at 3 o'clock in Roland Parker Lounge No. 1, l Graham Memorial. . ' '' a powerful drama, "An Enemy of tl, D-r-1o ' ac thp second IH3- fhc pontile." as the second ma jor production, to be presented m w 1 " , - - nmir 5 A fi and 6. For unanu , the third full length production thn Plavmakers will go back to the Playmakers will go back to the famed Gilbert and buliivan operatta, "The Mikado,", which will be produced jointly . with the music depaf ent on Jan uary 30 and 31. On March 10, 11, 12, and 13, a new full length play by a student author will be produced, and ,the Forest . The atre production wilL be ."the Shoemakers' Holiday'' by Thomas Dekker. This famous Elizabethan . farce-comedy Will be presented on May 21, 22, and 23, and is being specialty adaptr ed ior , presentation in .the out: door theatre. J. ' - j '' : The annual season ticket saj4 will start ;:M6nayf:xHth; h6 pi-ice 6t-szzt6& 'ti$;-& three dclUrs; tii 'McMlal: tf regular price; Ut single pllys -is cne zsmt- fro-WJ Fra.lkJin street; )tfrpi) tBe CW.Tin Thill. t J - ' 9wain halL University Leading Diplomats Plan Meeting Here Opening October 1 A three-day conference on the United Nations, with lead ing diplomats from several countries in attendance, is scheduled for the University from Wednesday, Oct.- 1, through Friday, Oct. 3, Lincoln S. H. Kan, North Carolina Di rector of the Collegiate Council on United Nations, announced today. - Kan said four diplomats had agreed to attend the session, but that they would not be named until a later date. The p'jrpvse of this first an nual inter-collegiate conference on the United Nations, accord ing to Kan :to provide special opportunity for the study of the United Nations through the media of speakers, class lectures with visiting professors and United States State department personnel. "The .chief empha sis," he said, ' "will be on how the students of North Carolina can participate in making the United Nations strong." Faculty Advisers Dr. Frank Graham, perman ent adviser of the North Caro lina CCUN, will act as adviser for. the special conference along with Dr. C. B. Robson, who heads a faculty advisory board. ; Special committees announc ed today for the October con ference: Registration, John Van Hecke; Faculty and For um, Randall ' McLeod; Foreign Students, Benita Santes and Martha Manning; Reception, Charlie McCrae; Dance, Bob McCune and Harold Kastner; and Publicity, Harry Snowden and Art Milton. The conference will have ex tensive radio coverage. Set Deadline On Registering The deadline for registering for this fall quarter and for dropping and adding courses has been set by South building officials as 5 o'clock, next Tues day, September 30. All students who have yet to register must pay the customary fine for late registration to the University cashier and consult their advi sers and deans before that time. Course alterations must also be completed by Tuesday. After that, no subjects can be added or., replaced if the student con cerned expects degree credit for them. Necessary changes will be made not for failure of the pre requisite course, commuting from a distance, mistakes in the original registration such as conflicts of hours, verified con flicts with self-help work nec essary to the student, and last chance at specific requirements for graduation. However, students will not be permitted to change courses at one hour for ,"the same courses at another hour in an attempt to .dodge either professors or hours because of the inevitable chaos of records and class rolls such a procedure would create with 4,200 students preregister ed for the fall quarter and ap proximately .2,800 others ac cepted since September 22. DTH Meeting . Sunday afternoon at 3 o' $iotk ill pitrsds interested in WcrSiit$r &S.:tia.'fe6WS stiff of iZ& Mll tit Heel will meet 24 ti; -iH title M Gra hiias'iitedwml with Mana g iagrj Elitof :- Earl Kefi'nar. jApfjlUinis for staff mem bijrsftip, rtli new and old, inut jtted if interested in worki&g on t&6 newspaper. . Will Be Campus Club Is "Bigger Candlelight Room of Graham Memorial Set To Open Tonight Under Name of Rendezvous It's all new! Everything about it has changed, bigger, and better. Graham Memorial's new campus club, fomerly the Can delight room, will open this eve ning. . ' "We've whitewashed the place clean and turned, it upside down," said Don English, erst while student manager 6f the recreation and social . center. "The whole room is now in the traditional Carolina color and atmosphere. We want to make the Rendezvous the meeting place for everyone in 4 their, spare time." Music by Gardner Feature of tomorrow even ing's grand opening will bej Scotty Gardner's six-piece com- J bo which will play regularly'. in the Rendezvous, .besides playing for the Y court dances this summer, Gardner and his group have been well-known in Chapel Hill for 'the past two years at the Terrace View, and with Johnny Satterfield's or chestra. Decorations throughout are Sound and Fury to Present Frosh Show Tonight after Pep Rally Is Conducted By Bill Buchan Sound, and Fury, Carolina's. musical comedy organization, will present its first production of the season tomorrow night in the form cf a Frosh Night Show in Memorial Hall immediately fol lowing the Carolina-Georgia Pep Rally at 8:30. No admission will be charged. The show will consist of acts from " "Weep No More," Sound and Fury's successful produc tion, and new skits. Specialty numbers will include an Arab ian spectacle number, "1102d Tale of Scherherazade," "In The Soap Opera," and "Music, Melo drama, and Magnolias," a large production number. Taking part in the production will be Kennedy Gammage, Co line Smith, Mark Barker, Nancy Tucker, Ben Kistler, Marcia McMillan, Annees Daye, Jr., Clara Johnson, Bob Smith, Grace Blades, Doug 'Gardner, June Matthews, Forrest Coving ton, Joan Sloschburg, Howard Meyers, Ann Harris, Hick Wins low, Jean McDaniels, Pete Stra- der, Eleanor Highsmith, Colbert National Radio Show Will Originate Here Participating for the first time in a nationwide network pro gram, the new Communications Center will originate portions of "Our Town Speaks" over WDUK and the American Broadcast ing system Saturday afternoon at 1:30. A regular Saturday ABC fea ture, the program comes to Dur ham as a part of the weekend Tobacco Festival. It includes on-the-spot reports from Duke and Carolina and a Durham tobacco warehouse, and speeches by Dur ham civic leaders. The Communications center here will originate- two portions of the program, an interview with coaches Carl Snavely and Wally Butts before the Carolina-Georgia game, and an au thors' round table featuring Bet ty Smith, Noel Houston, James Street, and Paul Green of the Chapel Hill community. Civic leaders Frank Pierson of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, Supervisor Luther Cheek of the Tobacco Market, and W. W. Couch of the Dur ham Hosiery Mills will reprer sent tre area's industry. The UOO-voice Duke choir will sing j i directly from Diike chapel. Most For Better' DOIV ENGLISH all new, in a Carolina blue and white motif. A three-flight bandstand has been built in and a new enlarged refreshment bar installed. At the north end a comfortabbie lounge is set up Leonard, Beth Deaton, Jerry Weiss, John Burwell, Grey Ad ams and Ed Fleming. Fall plans of the organization include two shows, including a fall musical with original book and music, produced as a reg ular Broadway ' production. Officers for the school year are, president, Douglas Gard ner; secretary-treasurer, Nancy Tucker; musical director, Frank Matthews; sets and costumes, Pete Strader; stage manager, John McBride, lighting, Colbert Leonard and Jim Byrd; publi city, Jerry Weiss, Make-up, Ed Fleming. Sound and Fury of fices for the present are located on the top floor of Memorial Hall. Portal-to-Portal Suits Show Climb Washington, Sept. 25 (UP) The Federal Court system to day issued a report showing that the number of suits claim ing wage-hour law violations has doubled during the past two years. The report says that this does not include more than two thousand portal-to-portal back pay claims filed in the last 12 months. In Jamertown, New Yok some 250 CIO United Steel workers went on strike at the Chriscraft plant. The walkout was the first to be called by the union since the Taft-Hartley lav went iito effect. ii 20tin, a i crer giverr. niarit eiijpjoye convicted cf cia cealki" " Iiis' AerAbsrip in the cdmnvanist party. todsy said that the tins has come fcr labor to fight back aainit big business. The appea lwap made by Carl Marzani) at' the convent on of CJO Eledtrjcal Workers t 1 - MfW- " ; Conference around the fireplace. There is an entrance at the back end through the outdoor terrace, and whenever weather permits, tables will be set up there. Opening at 6 o'clock every evening, the Rendezvous will feature recorded music or a juke box, and Gardner's orchestra on special occasions. Depending on student response to the present setup, English announced, the club may open during the aft ernoons later. Student Talent On the entertainment side, student talent will be utilized to the fullest. Specialties and smaller entertainments will be presented regularly by Sound and Fury, the campus musical comedy group. At the refreshment counter an elaborate selection of sand wiches, pastries, cookies, ' soft drinks, ice cream, milk shakes, candy, coffee, and hot chocolate may be purchased. Student wai ters will give table service to couples. Eminent Politicians Invited Here by CPU Several outstanding political and diplomatic figures have been invited by the Carolina Political Union to speak on the campus this fall, Bill Kemp, CPU chairman announced yes terday. Josef Winiewicz, Polish am bassador, is expected to speak sometime this fall in conjunc tion with the International Re lations club. Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio's presidential candi date, a previous visitor to Cha pel Hill, has shown much in terest in coming here again this year. The union has contacted other notables, but their appear ances are too indefinite to an nounce as yet. The union's regular weekly meeting, held every Sunday night in the Grail Room of Gra ham Memorial at 8 PM, are op en to the public, and topics to be discussed are announced in advance. At present there are several membership vacancies in the union, Kemp announced, urging anyone interested in joining to apply for member ship. A number of polls and for ums have been planned for the year to stimulate interest in the major problems of the day. Officials Explain Naming Procedure Of New Buildings For the information of fresh men and other new students who have been puzzled by names of buildings on their class tickets such as "Hill X" and "Phillips Y," registration offi cials have requested that the fol lowing explanation be brought to light. New students have undoubt edly noticed the "new" white frame buildings which dot the campus in the shadows of oth ers which have been standing in some cases for more than a cen tury. The structures are war surplus property brought pieco by piece from Camp Forrest, Tennessee, a few months .ago, and set up here ;as temporary relief from crowded classroom conditions. : ' - ; :, V : Since they are not permanent, they were merely nirofed if tar the campus building close to which they stand. For exsraple, the three frime srucnire's which : were erectec beside Venal le hall are called Venable X, Venable , Y, and Venable 21 On UN R. H. Sherrill, 1 UNC Professor, Dies at Durham Robert Howard Sherrill, 44, professor in the University School of Commerce since 1929, died in Watts hospital in Dur ham at 8 o'clock last ;ght fol lowing an illness of three months. ... 'He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Frye of Statesville, and a daughter, Patsy, 14. He was the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. R. D. Sherrill. Following cremation, grave side services will be held at the Chapel Hill cemetery at 10 o clock today with Rev. E. C. Cooper of the Lutheran Church officiating. A native of Morganton, Dr. Sherrill attended the University of North Carolina and received his B.S. degree in commerce in 1925. He taught here one year and then went to Columbia University where he received his M.A. degree in 1927. A cer tified public accountant in this state, he returned to North Carolina and became associated with the firm of Hashen and Sells in Charlotte until 1929 when he came to the Universi ty to teach accounting. Claude C. Shotfs Serving as YMCA General Director Claude C. Shotts has taken over the position of general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. re placing Harry Comer. Mr. Shotts received his edu cation and training at the fol lowing universities: Alabama, Yale, Harvard, and Northwest ern. He specialized in sociology, education, and social ethics. ' He has held various positions comparable to Y. M. C. A. work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Colgate, and Northwestern. During the war, Mr. Shotts worked with the American Friends Service committee, serv ing in the States until January 1946 when he was sent to Ger many as chairman of a group o? eight men representing Ameri can relief Agencies Licensed for Operation in Germany, was at tached to the welfare branch of the Office of Military Govern ment of the United States. This agency was responsible for dis tribution of relief throughout the four zones in Germany. In April of this year Mr. Shotts returned to America and since May has been speaking to German-American groups, civic, and religious organiza tions for the American Friends Service .committee, to raise funds for relief in Europe. Under his guidance, the Y. M. C. A. will works as a student organization to augment a dem ocratic program, and to assist in all fields of activities where there is student interest. Plans are being made for study groups, speakers, conferences, and forums on social issues and world problems. In his work, Mr. Shotts will be assisted by Joe Mac Arthur, associate secretary, who has come to Chapel Hill after prep aration for this work at the Universities of Illinois and Ok lahoma, Yale. and Chicago. On April 1, there vere SSS rrullii.t pcur-ds cf frcier. fruits i. 'storage.: This is 43 xillii:. pounds tt.c:s thin cn the same date UsiyT. . A grsoline hose nozzle which automatically, cj-.s off v hen an automobile gasoline tank is full has been developed. . Decision Overrules j Verdict of Guilty By Student Group By Chuck Hawser, " For the first time in the mem ory of South building officials and student government lead ers, a decision handed down by the Men's Honor Council has been reversed by a faculty board of appeal. Student Dismissed According to information re leased yesterday afternoon by Tom Eller, Student Body presi dent, the case of a student who was charged with cheating in a laboratory came before the Men's Council during the sec ond summer session. The stu dent was found guilty and dis missed from the University. He immediately appealed hi3 case, which ordinarily . would have gone next to the Student Council, to a faculty board of appeals, a quorum not being present in the Student Council ranks to review the action of the Men's Council. Reinstatement The faculty board, composed of one member chosen by the administration, one chosen by the president of the student body, and one chosen by the student in question, reinstated the accused man in the Univer sity. Although the student has since withdrawn from school, the Men's Council has present ed his case to administration of ficials for reconsideration of the faculty board decision. Offices Open In addition to the Honor Council case, Tom Eller also re leased other pertinent 'informa-' ' tion for students, including ths t fact that the student govern ment offices on the second floor of Graham Memorial are now open, but will not run on reg ularly scheduled hours imme diately. The office is staffed by Eller, student body vice-president Jack Folgcr, and the clerk of the Student Legislature. Other important points stress ed by Eller during the inter view included: 1. The constitutional commit tee, headed by Jim Volger, will very shortly distribute copies of the student constitution to all major campus organizations and to the library. Vandalism Prevention 2. Extensive work will begin after this weekend to prevent vandalism during the periods immediately before the Stale and Duke football games. 3. Student government has been successful in having the problem of the reinstatement of intercollegiate boxing at Caro lina placed on the agenda o ' the first meeting of the Athletic Council on October 2. 4. Appreciation is expressed for the initiative and hard work by Bill Shuford and Jess Ded mond in setting up the Student Activities Center in Graham Memorial, one of the original purposes for which CM wac established. 33 Men Students May Receive Rooms Thirty-three more men flu dents have become eligible for dormitory rooms and may re ceive assignments at the Hous ing office, 207 South building. They are E. B. Horner, Jr., J. C. Morris. Jr., J. C. Walker, E. K. Cummings. H. A. McCullcrs, F. G. Hfine, A. J. Uavin, F. L. Swart.7.herg, J. M Nichols. E. M. Clark. J W Curke. H. E. Whitehead. P. C. lkn:on, E. F. Wilson, W. Z. Lembach. E B , Karr:;. T. A Hiirn. I. F .4.nirivs V C. Taylsr. Jr , M. V. Kf-rt.-n. Jr.. A M. Zign, L. S. Gresn. K. C. '.';rrer., T). H. wittier 5: K Tw.v.as, G. E Ward, J C t.:pAeng, E. C. 'iie, K. Ii Covington, Jr. V, Talton, W..H. S:ewart, J. E. Taylor, J. H. Dowdy. ii f
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