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LIEHARY Periodical Dept) University of Borth Carolina waapei am, n. C, WEATHER State Chapters Offers Of AVC to Meet In Union Today Season Tickets A mip jjjeuHi iair Jfet . . VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1943 Phone F-3371-F-3361 - - 76 Refund 4 f;U SirWnkraite Pirvasantfr- .PrmUmmz v.? T - j ys ; ' Uvy ft? : f " Si W ft ,V v M-' LOCAL PRESIDENT VAN DE VELDE Dt-k-gates from ten North Ca rolina chapters, of the American Veterans Committee are expect ed to be on hand at 11 o'clock this morning in the Grail room of Graham Memorial for a state wide conference of the chapter oIicers of this ex-service organi zation. The Chapel Hill chapter, under the leadership of Jehan Van De Velde, is sponsoring the all-da.-: session, and has announced thai James Crawford, of Atlanta, Ga.. recently-appointed Southeastern regional AVC organizer, will bo on hand to represent the nation al headquarters. Local officers say the meet is to discuss methods of . building the groups' memberships and mapping out goals for the organ ization's work in the state. "We welcome this opportunity to get the chapter heads togeth er," one officer said, "and wo think AVC will gain a great deai form the meeting." . . Chapters who received invi tations from the local group to send delegates include Charlotte, Southern Pines, Black Mountair, Oteen, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Davidson, Bladen boro, and Durham. All local chapter members have been invited to attend the sessions. By Helen Highwtter With dance satirist Iva Kitchell and the Philharmonic Piano Quartet definitely not heading for Chapel Hill this year, the Student Entertainment committee or what re mains of it at present has announced that a proportionate amount of the purchase price cor season tickets will be refund- d to those who bought them ex acting a full complemment of ive programs for the season. All season - ticket holders lave to do, according to Dr. Z. ?. Harland of the committee,- is o send their ticket books to him n care of Box 48, Chapel Hill jostoffice, and he will "cheerful y" make a refund. No Immediate Payment Names and addresses should je enclosed with the tickets, and he senders should note their icket number before they re- ease it. Payment cannot be made mmediately, due to the amount jf work involved in making the efunds. The whole refund situation .omes as a result . of the finan cial difficulties of the Student Entertainment committee, which ost heavily on its fall presenta- ion, the opera "Madame But terfly." The refund proceedure will put the committee even deeper into the red, but a committee appoint- d by Tom Eller is seeking to clear the situation, while plans are being made to handle Franz Polgar's hypno-magic program which was originally scheduled on the entertainment series. Gra ham Memorial will probably take over the program. Plans Completed For Press Session Here Next Week Plans have been completed for the annual sessions of the North Carolina Press institute to be held here and at Duke Univer sity next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. J. M. Roberts, Jr., of New York, foreign news analyst for the Associated Press and form jer foreign editor of the AP, will give the opening address in Ger rard hall Thursday night at 3 o'clock. Chancellor Robert B. House will give the welcome for the University. E. A. Resch, Siler City, presi dent of the North Carolina Press association, will preside and give his address. Railroad Strike Is Closer To Reality Washington, Jan. 16 (UP) ossibility of- a railroad strike was a lot closer tonight following r government failure to settle the wage dispute between the na tion's railroads and three key unions oi workers who run tne trains. Chairman Frank P. Douglas said efforts of his national railway. mediation board bogges down. At a luncheon session at 1 o'clock at the Carolina Inn Fri day Controller W. D. Carmich ael, Jr., will preside. The Uni versity will be host. A program of entertainment will include folk songs by Dr. I. G. Greer, Executive Secretary of the Busi ness Foundation, accompanied by Mrs. Greer: selections by Caro lina Playmakers from lite oper etta, "The Mikado", to be pre sented here January 30-31; and a tap dance by Mary Jo Cam, member of the Playmakers. ' A native of Asheville, Mr Roberts attended Davidson Col lege and the University of North Carolina and Worked on several North Carolina newspapers and with the Carolinas bureau of the Associated Press in Charlotte be fore joining the AP staff in New York where he has been for the last 11 years. CHAIRMAN OF Jhe House Veterans' Affairs Committee Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-Mass.) receives a souvenir "snowball" from Amy Debus of New York City. The latter is a member of the delegation of studeent veterans who appeared on Capitol Hill to "snowball" their Senators and Representatives as part of "Operation Subsistence". The white plastic balls are being used to dramatize the veterans' demands for larger subsistence allowances. (International Soundpholo) Boom Town Campus Balkans Bloom Nightly; Poker Games? -Surely, And It's AH In Fun By Sam Whitehall Studying goes from sun to sun but quonset hut poker is never done. That paraphrase of the old rhyme best describes the situation in the Balkans of the campua down below the lower quad. The scene of the frequently night-long games of ten. as not is one of the heads, although occasionally one of the sleeping rooms is used. Of course, there is no money changing hands, probably be- j cause state laVv and trustees regu lations specifically prohibit such proceedings. : For that reason, supposedly verified stories of small fortunes won and lost in "friendly" games are probably un true. However, anyone doubting that the games exist has only to jour ney to the huts any night be tween midnight and 3 o'clock in the morning to satisfy himself. Study Pasteboards There he would find groups of four to seven boys nd men studi ously watching the fall of the pasteboards. Improvisation is evi dent as tables are placed in front of wash basins and anything from upturned bureau drawers to the real McCoy is used as chairs. Ordinarily, the group is a con glomerate one; the individual fates change from night to night, but familiar ones crop up again and again. Although ruptured ducks are not in evidence, it is apparent from the conversation between deals that many of the avid players are veterans who paid to learn the game while working for Uncle Sam. But there is an occasional beardless face to be seen noti fvinp iho fssual nhserver that the one of the hut's complement tu At times, more private games ! are to be found on bunk tops with J only one light burning to illumi j nate the "spots' on the cards. This type of game is rare, how ever, because the other residents of the group dwellings usually ob ject to the-incessant conversation, loud laughing, and , arguments that are inevitable accompaniment. Most of the games break up by 10 o'clock in the morning and af ternoon sessions are rare. The reason for this seems to be that the players must attend classes and use the afternoons to get their sleep. Since the affairs are friendly get-togethers rather than gamb ling enterprises, it is difficult to understand the monthly cycle of (See BOOM, page 4) Tentative Approval Given Plan to Place Double Stoplight at Postof fice Corner By Herb Nachman trians could cross between cam- A plan providing for the instal- i pus and post office before the ation of two stop-lights at the ! east-west traffic begins moving. Franklin-Henderson street inter- In his statement concerning the section has been drawn up by f action of the board, Mayor Ro- Frank Dieter, Durham city gov- bert Madrey said that a commit ernment's street traffic specialist, j tee composed of Town Manager The plan, presented by Dieter iRay and Alderman Lanier and free of charge in the form of a ,' Davis has been appointed by the map, was drawn up following a board to study details of the plan. tudy undertaken at the request i Thousand Dollar Cost I of the town aldermen. j It is believed that this commit- Plan Prepared j tee might make certain recom- At their meeting this week, the jmendations for modification since aldermen gave tentative approval i the installation work would cost mm u By Raney Stanford : A visiting committee of the University's Board of Trus tees, investigating University conditions preparatory to sub mitting a report to the full board, met last night in the Caro lina Inn with student body President Tom Eller and eleven other student representatives, to hear student views on cur rent campus problems. to the plan. After observing traf fic at different hours on several days, Keiter - prepared his plan which would call for two stop lights. The first will be overhanging above the intersection and the second will be placed on a pede stal just to the east of the over hanging light. Safety Island The pedestrian lane will be placed just to the west of the pedestal light. The proposed safe ty island, 15 feet long and 4 feet wide would be just to the east of the pedestrian lane. In other words, the proposed plan would add four objects in quick succession to the corner. They are from left to right (1) the overhanging light at the in tersection (2) the safety zone (3) the pedestrian zone (4) the pede stal light. Synchronization of the two signals will not be necessary un der the system. The overhanging light will stay on longer than the pedestal light to allow pedes- the town a thousand dollars. , ' Madry said, "We doi't want to go ahead without being! sure what we do is going to give some real relief." Meantime, Town Manager Gil bert W. Ray said, "I think this (See STOPLIGHT, page 4) Bingo Session Will Hove Extra Prizes Extra prizes will be thrown in with the usual cash awards at this evening's Saturday night Graham Memorial Bingo session in the main lounge of the stu dent union. Some twenty-odd games will be called by John Van Hecke, beinning at 8 o'clock. A fee of $.02 per card will be charged, and the cash receipts pooled to go to the winner of each game. In addition, one pack of Chesterfield cigarettes each, will be given as an added prize to every person scoring a Bingo on the first number called after the game is finished. The Trustee committee, of which Victor Bryant of Durham is the chairman, has been meet ing here during the past several weeks with administration heads and faculty members, and will make their report to the next meeting of the board in Raleigh, February 16. j-.ast nights student opinions on the housing problem, the crowded classrooms and the over taxed faculty, and the University- run eating establishments, will be included in the committee's over all report. Students Meet Meeting with the committee, beside Eller, were Jack Folger, student body vice-president; Barbara Cashion, representing the Coed Senate; Betsy Anne Bar bee, Carolina Independent Coeds association; Len Szafaryn, Mono gram club; Ernest House, Traffic committee; Bill Tate, Men's coun cil; June Bras well, Victory Vil lage; Herb Mitchell, freshman class; Fred Jacobson, publications; Leon Todd, Interfraternity coun cil; David Page Harris, student body; Winston Broadfoot, married students; and Earl Fitzgerald, forensics. The trustee's group is making this survey of the campus through four sub-divisions of the main committee; and sub-committee on faculty need, one on the physical F. W. Wallace. ; needs of the University plant and he medical school, one on plan ning and student problems head ed by W. Frank Taylor. Taylor's group has already met with four student, representatives, Jack Bocvaem, Ernest House, Donleen McDonald, and Eller, earlier dur ing the school year, in a prelim nary discussion of student prob lems. The full committee held an exe cutive session yesterday afternoon to receive these ' sub-committee reports, then conferred with the faculty advisory conimittee before building and grounds, the gradu' ate school, medical school plans, and studer activities.'.. : M' A Thi Morning The conmittee is scheduled to close its work on the campus with a meeting this morning to receive any matters tor consideration from any faculty members. Subjects Which were studied during the group's stay here in cluded the library, . salary sche- d u 1 e s, retirement allowances, convening with the student dele gates.' . Serving on Bryant's committee beside Taylor are Wade Barber, Charles A. Cannon, John W. Clark, James H. Clark, Collier Cobb, Jr., H. B. Morrow, Mrs. E L. McKee, J. A. Pritchett, T. Clar ence Stone, Kenneth Tanner, and Daniels' Services Will Be At 2:30 In State Capital Cherry Asks Concerted Action In Infantile Paralysis Drive An urgent plea by Governor R. Gregg Cherry for all North Carolinians "to join forces in concerted action to wage war aginst infantile paralysis" was before the state today. Launching the 1948 March of Dimes, Governor Cherry, broad casting to the state, emphasized that "in recent years the infan tile paralysis menace has become more serious than ever before. "We cannot predict what the coming summer will bring, but we must be prepared for what ever happens," he said. "We must have sufficient funds on hand to be able to guarantee swift and efficient handling ev ery case that requires help re gardless of the patient's age, race or religion." ,329 Casti In Stale . In the five years since 1943 more than 80,000 Americans have been stricken With infantile pa ralysis, and, "in- North Carolina last year we had 329 known cas es, the largest nUmber since the terrible epidemic of 1944," the Governor said. - "This is an increase', for the na tion of 150 percent over the pre vious live-year, period 'and more than double the figure of any similar period in the history of the disease in the country," he said. : , ' , Children's Chairm&A Appearing on the program with the Governor was 12-year-old Eleanor Butler of Morgan ton, a victim of the disease and (See DIMES, page 4) Death Of Loyal Alumnus Daniels Great Los sTo UNC By R. W. Madry Josephus Daniels, noted editor and former Navy secretary and ambassador, who died at his home in Raleigh Thursday, had long been closely identified with the University of North Caro lina since he studied law here in the class of 1885 and was re garded as one of the institution's most famous sons and strongest supporters. He was also one of the strongest advocates of the Consolidated University. Greatly Beloved He was greatly beloved in Chapel Hill, and will be widely mourned by students, faculty, townspeople and alumni. Con troller W. D. Carmichael, Jr., and Chancellor Robert B. House have paid high tributes to Mr. Daniels and his achievements. President Frank P. Graham, now in the Dutch East Indies, who is one of Mr. Daniels' clos- t i. I est friends- once cnarauiuiicu .... m 1 - 11 him as the iriena oi an 1" of all colors and a 1 races." Mr. Daniels is believed to have oldest member ot tne - - w 1C nt Triistpes in point oi 18-year-old high school graduate .0 was , ... cprvice as well as age. lie was freshman is trying his luck. service cu elected to the Board in 1901 and! i 3 i . i r K t,-,wi utive committee for many years On a number of occasions he had Dresided over the meetings of this committee. Never Missed Commencement He was in Chapel Hill often, being in great demand as a speaker here, and often remark ed with pride that he had never missed a University Commence ment except when he was oui of the country. He studied law here under the late Dean John Manning, for whom the Law School is named. In 1914 the University confer red on Mr. Daniels the honorary LL.D degree. . ; Three Sons Graduates Three of Mr. Daniels' four sons, Worth Bagley, Jonathan Worth, and Frank, graduated from the University. Two of them, Frank and Jonathan, are now General Manager and Ex ecutive Editor, respectively, of the Raleigh News and Observer. Dr. Worth Daniels is a promi nent physician in Washington, D. C., and has a son, Derick J., now I 3 A The late Josephus Daniels is shown above, right when he attended a program at the University on April 13, 1946, when James Byrnes, left, received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University. Mr. Daniels received the same honorary degree in 1914. attending the University. , Mr. Daniels had often referred to the University as a great uni fying force in the life of the state representatives of different creeds, politics, and religions stood upon the same platform, forgetting their differences and serving the whole community. He said recently that President Graham's administration had "contributed enlightenment to every fireside in the "Old North State." Five Books Published The University Press had pub lished five of Mr. Daniels' books: "Tar Heel Editor", "Editor in Politics", The Wilson Era: Years of Peace", which won the May flower Cup for the best North Carolina book of the year; "The Wilson Era: Years of War and After", and "Shirtsleeve Diplo mat". Controller Carmichael said, "Th.; consolidated University of North Carolina; State college, Woman'1? college and the Univer sity at Chape1 Hill, has lost a fighting champiou and an irre placeable friend." "The oldest trustee in the point of service, Mr. Daniels was one of the youngest in activity, in interest and in steadfast; devo tion to the task of : building in North Carolina a great ;. three fold and unified University : ser ving all the people of our com monwealth. Mr. Daniels wai in terested equally in State college, the Wonan's college and the University in Chapel Hill, and his lasting contributions to each institution are living monuments to his memory." Chancellor House said: "It has been my privilege and pleasure to know Mr. Daniels since I worked in Raleigh in 1919. I was devoted to him. I shall always think of him as one of the staun chest friend3 of the University and as one of the most construc tive forces in the state and na tion. I regarded him as the most thorough democrat (with a small d) we've had in modern times, and I don't know of any finer Christian. "We in Chapel Hill called up on him often, and he never let us down. By Bill Sexton Raleigh, Jan. 17 Funeral ser vices will be held today for Jo- sphus Daniels, 85-year-old edi tor, author and diplomat whoe 12-day fight against pneumonia ended Thursday afternoon. The services arc scheduled for 2:30 in Edcnton street Methodist church, which Daniels attended for years when he was at home in Raleigh. Buricl will be at Oak- wood cemetary beside Daniels' wife, who" died in 1943. Secretaries Present The widows of the two presi dents under whom Daniels held .his two highest offices Mrs. Wo- odrow Wilson and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arc in Raleigh to at tend the services. Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan and Army secretary Kenneth Royall arrived yesterday. On board United States na val vessels throughout the world and over the Navy's continental bases, flags are flying ot half mast in the World War I navy Secretary's honor. In Washington, the Navy de partment offered to send a guard Of honor, but the family yester day asked that only one enlisted man be sent from the Navy and Marine corps, plus a bugler for the graveside service. Grew to Comt Secretary of State George O Marshall announced that Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, would attend the funeral $s his special representative. : Gov. Gregg Cherry ordered flags on Capital Square flown at half-mast shortly after Danieto died at 1:20 Thursday afternoon. He will lead a delegation of state officials at the funeral. North Carolina's Congressional delegation of two senators and twelve representatives will at tend the services for Daniels, who served a long term as North Ca rolina member of the Democrat ic national committee. After the funeral today, mourn ing employees at his News and Observer will remove the wreath of white carnations which mark ed the entrance to the newspa pers offices. Former State Solon Stricken in Raleigh Raleigh, N. C, Jan 16 (UP) James T. Bailey. 69. former state egislator died this afternoon, a few minutes after he was strick en with a heart attack while showing his nephew the seat he had occupied as a member of the lower house. Bailey, a resident of Canton, was rushed to Ilex Hospital as soon as it was evident that he was seriously ill, but he died soon after his arrival. He had visited Gov. Gregg Cherry and signed the register in the governor's office just be fore he went upstairs to the leg islative chambers in the capitol. Bailey was accompanied by his brother-in-law, James El wood of Waynesville, and a nephew, James Elwood III, student at the University of North Carolina. Bailey served in the House in 1935 and in the State Senate in 1943. Late Permission Coeds attending the Kramer Riggs tennis match in Woollen gymnasium Tuesday night will receive late permission, accord ing to Bootsie McWilliams, pre sident of the Women's Inter dormitory council. Passed by Dean Carmichael and the coun cil, the ruling gives coeds 30 minutes to reach their dormi tories after the end of the match. j v
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