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5t.) Uraivarsity of Korth Z arolina JL 1-31-43 WEATHER Clear to partly Cloudy. Slightly warmer. EDITORIAL' VOTE In Yackety-Yack Editorship Election today. VOLUME LVI i United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1947 Phone F-3371-F3361 NUMBER 17 n rp m b Tdndlasf DO 1 - - - ... . Di To Reopen Fight For Appointment Of Publications Editors LIER."aY (Periodical rf ' -rrf Jo fr Motes T Vac do Measure Seeks To Divorce Eds From Politics A re-opening of last year's ght to have the constitution of he student body amended in re gard to appointment and elec tion of publications editors will e held tomorrow night at nine clock when the Dialectic sen ate meets to debate this impor tant issue. Peeking to remove the semi political nature of appointment of editors, the bill to be debated will recommend that the duty of nominating them be removed from campus political parties and partisan groups, and be given to a committee or com mittees of persons who are best qualified to determine who may suitably hold the position and who best understand the man agement of publications. John Zucker, speaker pro-tem for the Di. reported a three to two decision by the ways and means committee in favor of the amendment. It is expected that if the bill is passed, it will probably be favorably received and passed by the Student Legislature. Prominent in the fight last year for this legislation were Fred Flagler, Douglas Hunt, and Margaret House, chairman of the Publications board. At this time the bill was reported out by a seven to two vote and was approved after heavy debate by the legislature Upon reconsider ation, it was disapproved after a deadlock, with the tie being broken by the speaker. Election to Be Held To Fill Coed Senate At a meeting of the Coeds yes terday in Gerrard Hall, Katie Guion announced that an elec tion is to be held to fill three vacancies in the Coed senate. The following nominations were made from the floor: Barbara Ann Pope, June Gil bert, Weddy Thorpe, Marjorie Yokery, Lynn Blanchard, Ann Huske, Barbara Stockton, Kath erine Royall, Scotty Dillinger, Ann Wells, Edith Knight, Chris White, Nelle Ring, Jo Butler, and . Betty Vashaw. From these nominations, two are to be elected from the dorms aid one from the town students. Election date will be posted in the near future and all coeds are urged to vote. Phi Will Discuss Cuts in Exports The Phi assembly will hold its first discussion meeting of the term this evening at 7:30 p.m.. in the Phi hall, fourth floor, New East. On the agenda is a resolution favoring drastic cuts in grain exports to Europe, to be introduced by the ways end means committee. Appli cants for membership are re quired to take part in the de bate, according to speaker John Giles. Dr. Arnold Nash, new head of the Department of religion at the University, installed the newly-elected officers of the as sembly at the last meeting with a candlelight ceremony. HIGH POINT CLUB A!! students frpm High Point asked to attend a 3 o'clock meeting this afternoon in Ro land Parker lounge 2 in Graham 1 Memorial. This is to be the first meeting of the newly formed High Point club, and it is nec- ,V ry that aH ,nteresteQ Sl, dents artnrl fnr the ouroose ot AVC to Hear Saunders On Housing Situation By Ken Rothwell Chapel Hill members of the American Veteran's committee will hear their secretary, Henry Saunders, present a full report on the housing situation here when the local chapter meets mis evening at 7:J0 in the Pres- byterian church. According to chairmau Ben j Rouzie this report is the result of alleged irregularities on the part of some Victory Village residents in sub-leasing their homes. At the last AVC meeting several meraU-rs brought this situation to the attention of the chapter. He said that Saunder's report will include concrete rec ommendations for remedying Radio Show Writers at Work', ToBe WeeklyUNC Presentation Next Tuesday night's radio audience will hear Pulitzer prize winning playwright Paul Green, novelists James Street, Noel Houston and Foster Fitz-Simons when "Writers At Work," a new half -hour weekly radio show, is presented at 10 o'clock over sta tion WDNC by the University's Communication Center. Each author will create ex temporaneously his conception of a dramatic story-clue offered by Moderator Noel Houston at the start of. the program. The plots . willjbe, drawn from,great classics and contemporary litera ture. Originating in the Swain hall radio studios of the University, "Writers At Work" will be beamed through the transmis sion facilities of commercial sta tions in many parts of the state. James Street, - whose short stories appear in Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and other national magazines, is the au thor of such best-sellers as "The Gauntlet," "Tap Roots," and "By Valour and Arms." In addition to winning the Pulitizer prize for his Broadway play "In Abraham's Bosom," Paul Green is responsible for the annual North Carolina pag eant, "The Lost Colony." This summer, Green presented a new play at Williamsburg, Virginia, "The Common Glory," hailed by critics as a masterpiece of historical drama. The third member of Tues day's radio panel of writers, Foster Fitz-Simons, will pop up in literary head-lines this win ter after publication of' this novel about Carolina tobacco kings, "Bright Leaf." The book has been purchased for motion picture production by Warner Brothers. Houston, short:story writer and author of the novel, "The Great Promise," will moderate most oi uic 1 Featured in subsequent weeks Organizational Pictures to Be Taken at Regular Meetings By Yack Photographer Les Bodden Against Oct. 31 Deadline In continued adherence to the accelerated pace set by me Yackety-Yack, Yack picture co ordinator Bill Duncan yesterday announced that organizational pictures will be taken until Oc tober 31st. These group pictures win oe takpn on the reguiai mccn& night and at the regular meet ing place of the organization concerned. Formal dress will be at the option of the group but it is expected that most of the pictures will be taken in infor mal clothing. In conformance with this schedule, the first picture, that of the local coeds, will be taken tonight at 7:30. , On weanesaay, according to present plans, the (whatever inequities may exist j and that the chapter will either 'reiect or aoDrove the nroDosals at tonight's meeting. "Since according to our con stitution we must i hold elections j0f chapter officers at this meet- mg it is especially important that everyone turn out," Rouzie added. In addition to the election there will also be reports from the national policy committee on the Marshall plan and other im portant issues. Rouzie stressed that all chap ter meetings are open to the public and that non-members have as much right to partici pate in discussions as members. will be such nationally-known Chapel Hill writers as Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," Josephina Niggli, Phillips Russell, Frances Gray Patton, Daphne Athas and James Childers. "Writers At Work" is pro duced by Earl Wynn, director of the Communication center and Robert Schenkkan. The University also will broadcast four other radio pro grams each week to people all over North Carolina. Luckman to Halt Whiskey Making Washington, Oct. 13 (UP) Chairman Charles Luckman of the Citizens Foou Committee an nounced tonight that a 60-day whiskey-making holiday will be gin at midnight of October 25. Luckman said that an over whelming majority of the na tion's distillers have agreed to cooperate in the effort to save the much needed grain for Eu rope. The action was taken despite renewed demands of the AF of L Distillers' union for a 10-day delay, in setting the date for the shutdown in order to permit a fuller study of the problem. Luckman told newsmen to night that all but three of 39 liquor makers, including all the largest producers, have agreed to the shutdown. The consent ing distillers, he added, repre sent well over 90 per cent of the nation's whiskey-making ca- nacitv pacity. student council will come under the camera's scrutiny, followed on Thursday by the solons of the student legislature. Responsibility for the pictures will fall almost wholly on the shoulders of Les Bodden and his staff. During this week, only one rig will be needed, but during the week of October 20th, hea-v iest on the present schedule, two or three separate sets of equip ment will be used. However, according to Dun can, the schedule is at present only tenative as its maintenance depends on the "continuance of present arrangements." "I do not bblieve that it will become necessary to rearrange the pres ent schedule," he said in advis Editor Hopes For Big Year For Tarnation The humor magazine for which the Student Legislature provided $4,400 last April 17 is moving steadily toward publica tion of its first issue, according to Matt "Tookie" Hodgson, its editor. Brainchild The new mag, recently dub bed "Tarnation," is Hodgson's brainchild. He worked continu ously all" through last year for its establishment, pushed it through the Legislature, and was then elected its editor in the general campus spring elections. In new offices on the mez zanine floor of Graham Memor ial the first big organizational meeting of the humor mag staff will be held at 3 o'clock tomor row afternoon, when Hodgson will make assignments and hand out work for the first issue, scheduled for publication about the middle of November. Coeds Needed Editor Hodgson has asked that all persons interested in working on the magazine to be present at tomorrow's meeting. He especially emphasized the need for coeds to work on the staff. Aside from humor writers, the staff will need photographers, artists, straight writers, and ty pists and proof-readers f or- thef office staff. The mag will pub lish all types of features, includ ing entertainment, sports, and fashions. "Because the magazine is brand new, there will be excel lent opportunity for showing what you can do and for quick advancement for those who show promise of good work," Tookie said in a statement is sued yesterday. If anyone cannot be present at tomorrow's meeting, he said, they, should contact the "Tarna tion" office as soon as possible. Wilmington Group Chooses Officers At the first meeting of the newly formed Wilmington Carolina club last Wednesday, the following officers were elect ed: Marion Woodburv, presi dent; Fields "Doc" Clark, vice president; and Eloise Jacobi, treasurer. Forty members were present for the elections and the discus sions which followed, among which were plans for a Christ mas dance to be held in Wil mington during the holidays. The next meeting is scheduled to be held in Roland Parker lounge on Wednesday afternoon, October 22nd at 3 o'clock. ing the groups involved of pos sible change, "but if a change is made, we will do everything possible to get all of the pictuies in in time for their inclusion in the book." The equipment now in use will permit the taking of groups up to fifty in number, but it is anticipated that equipment ca pable of handling groups of 125 persons will become available. All organizations which have contracted with the Yack busi ness office will, in the next two days, receive notification of the date for their picture. The 12 organizations which have not contracted are urged to do so immediately, so that they may be placed on the schedule. 1 lit -f . pt Ruth Evans, Gene Johnstone, and Harold Bursley (left to right) are running: for the Yack editorship as a board of edi tors, and are supported by both the University and Campus parties. They intend to put out a yearbook which "will be more representative of and more popular with the student body." ..... UVA to Hold Initial Meeting Of Term Tonight in Clubhouse The University Veteran's Association will hold its first meeting of the quarter at their club tonight at 7:30, Hugh Wells an nounced today. Present plans for the meeting include the appointing of several investigating committees to make :the - . - University and particularly f of living conditions in the town of Chapel Hill. Among the duties of these committees will be to find out if the already over-crowded eat ing facilities in the various res taurants and cafeterias will be over taxed by the enrollment of a student body larger than the present one. Another matter to be considered is the jeopardizing of veteran's education by over crowding i n the classrooms which naturally leads to poorer instruction. Problems and needs of Chapel Hill, and the latest developments in the Veteran's administration pertaining to students will be discussed. Wells pointed out that at tendance at the meeting will not be limited to members of the association, but that all veterans are invited as it is felt that these problems are of pertinent inter est and importance to everyone, and that the floor will be open to anyone who has a matter they wish to be brought up. Men Should Report To Housing Office Unless the latest students eli gible for dormitory rooms con tact the housing office, 207 South building, by Wednesday, their names will be taken off the priority lists and their space given to the next students in the waiting files, according to J. E. Wadsworth, housing direc tor. The following men should re port immediately to the housing office: Armstrong, Ivan B.; Ar nold, Walter D.; Bach, Joseph W.; Dement, William T.; Ed wards, Robert W.; Gaul, Rufus W.; Lindsey, Eugene A.; Rones, James M.; Settlemeyer, Arthur, Jr.; Watson, William J.; White hurst, Ralph A.; and Wooten. Cecil C. YACK PHOTO SCHEDULE This week's individual Yack photo schedule is as follows: Tuesday and Wednesday 7:30 9:30 Public Health Wednesday and Thursday 2-5 Law school Thursday 7:30-9:30 Law school Friday 2-5 and 7:30-9:30 Pharmacy School further surveys of condition at Manning Restricted For Law Students, Says Dean Wettach Because of the present large enrollment in the Law school, it has been announced by Dean Robert H. Wettach, that the use of Manning hall will be restrict ed to law students in the future. In an agreement reached be tween Dean Wettach and the of ficers of the student body, it was concluded that undergrad uates and non-law students are interfering with the full use of study space to which the law students have priorities. Undergraduates who are now using Manning hall for studying purposes will have to make ar rangements with other depart ments to open study classrooms. According to Dean Wettach, the circulation of all law texts to undergraduates will have to be discontinued. Use of the Law library by graduate students and ether students engaged in legal research will have to be ar ranged with the law librarian. MOZART OPERA The second act of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni will be aired in the Tuesday evening concert from 8-9:30 tonight in the Horace Williams Lounge of Graham Memoiral. DTH Awarded Ail-American Superior Rating For Outstanding Journalistic Excellence For journalistic excellence during the period of January 1947 through June 1947, The Daily Tar Heel has been award ed an All-American Superior raring by the Associated Col legiate Press with headquarters at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In compiling its All-American score of 965 points, the news paper fell only 100 points shy of having a perfect score for excellence in every field of jour nalism. The judgments of the association are the result of its regular critical service, the rat ing of which is subject to publication Students Must Show ID Cards To Enter Polls By Chuck Hauser Campus politics shifts into high gear today as students head for the polls to cast their ballots for the editorship of the Yackety-Yack, University yearbook. Four Names There will be four names on the ballots, but only two choices for the voter, as three of the ! candidates are running as a I board of editors. Art Melton is the Student party candidate, while Gene Johnstone, Ruth Ev ans, and Harold Bursley are backed by the University and Campus parties as an editorial board. Polls will be open from 9 o' clock this morning until 6 o' clock this evening at Gerrard Where to Vote GERRARD HALL: Residents of Carr, Smith, coeds not in dorms, Steele, BVP, Old East, Old West, Nash, Miller, White head, men in fraternity houses, men in town, Victory Village, Pittsboro trailer camp .v! nnnMiTADv. idents of Aycock, Graham, Sta- A I I A ;i . rV 17V 7 1L1V1 L A W1L X . IICJ' cy, Everett, Lewis, Quonset huts, Alexander. LENOIR HALL: Residents of Mangum, Manley, Grimes, Ruf fin, Emerson field house, Fetzer field house; ALDERMAN DORMITORY: Residents of Alderman, Mclver, Kenan, Spencer. hall, Aycock dormitory, Lenoir hall, and Alderman dormitory. Every voter must present his University identification card to be permitted to cast a ballot. The backs of these cards will be stamped as each person is hand ed a ballot at the polls. Expense Accounts All candidates and pol'ticp.1 parties must submit detailed campaign expense accounts along with samples of campaign publicity by 3 o'clock this aft ernoon to Al Winn or room 3, Steele dormitory. SP candidate Art Melton re leased the following statement yesterday afternoon in regard to his stand on the Yack editor ship: Melton Statement "I urge all students, graduate and undergraduate, to be dem ocratic and vote in today's elec tion because if elected I wish to be representative of the major ity of the students. "In addition to voting, I hope that the students will keep in mind the following three things when casting their ballot: "(1) I stand for close audit ing of the $45,000 being spent this year for a yearbook to pre vent losses as heretofore have occurred. (2) I stand for complete and Perfect scores were attained in the fields of news coverage, news vitality and treatment, news stories, features, headlines, typography, inside page make up, printing, editorial columns, editorial features, editorial makeup, as well as sports writ- , ing, coverage and treatment, and sports displays. In every field, The Daily Tar Heel was awarded either an "ex cellent" or "very good" rating. The press service offered only six major criticisms. These con sisted of too few news features and features, weakness of leads (first paragraphs) in some in- !f T L W. : , - j , : it ; ' . i . -i :J 1 f- ' .' - i ' : : : ; : if X " 1 Art Melton, who is running for editor of the Yackety--Yack on the Student party, ticket in today's election, has; taken a stand on "efficient ad ministration and definite poli cies" for the Yack. immediate distribution of the Yackety-Yack as there is nrt I space available tor storage ot (more than the approximately 1,- !500 1947 issues. 500 1946 edi tions, and 500 1944 and 1945 Yacks now on hand. This in cludes distribution of back Yacks. "(3) I stand for efficient ad ministration of and definite pol icies for the Yack with unbias ed representation ci 11 student activities." Ruth Evans, Gene Johnstonf . and Harold Bursley, UP and CIj J candidates for the Yack post as a board of editors, also had pre election comment to mako last night: "The most important thing at this time," they said, "is to make sure every student gets to the polls and votes for the can didates that he thinks are most qualified for the job. "We do believe, though, that through our combined experien ce and work, that we can put out a yearbook which will be imore rePresentative of and more popular wun me siuaent ooay. "With Dick Gordon acting cs our business manager, we stand for a sound financial basis for the Yack. All work is done with' particular attention paid to con servation of funds. "We plan to put out a bisser book and a more interesting book. Simplicity is the theme. There is still room on the staff for a IarSe Part of the student body to work to put out their ! yearbook." TARNATION BUSINESS The business staif of Tarna tion will meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Roland patker lounge I of Graham Memorial. stances, lack of style consistency. lack of contrast headlines, and failure to use boxed stories to break up a page. With the enlargement of the newspaper, the DTH has elim inated most of these enumeraied short-comings. While the vast majority of tMz newspapers analyzed for ratings were those of last year's staff un der Editor Bill Woestendiek and Managing Editor Roland Giduz, a few papers issued under the present regime under Editor Barron Mills and retiring Man uring Editor Ear! HefT"r wr also included in the compilation. tabulating membership.