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Nanki-Poo (left), son of Ine greai ana virtuous" Mikado who
has fled io avoid marriage wiih Kalisha, serenades his true love,
Yum-Yum, in the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera,
"The Mikado." to be presented in Memorial hall Friday and
Saturday. Carl Perry of Schoolfield, Va. plays "Nanki-Poo",
and Barbara Edwards of Troy plays "Yum-Yum". The produc
tion is being staged jointly by the Playmakers and the Music
department.
Gault, Young Give
Final Mikado Casting
Lynn Gault and Paul Young, directors, announced the
final casting last night for the chorus members of the Gilbert
and Sullivan comic opera, "The Mikado", which is to be
presented in Memorial hall next Friday and Saturday at
8:30. The production is being pre-
kr ki a I I sented jointly by the Carolina
ry.m, ueer ueaas
Research Project
On Max Gardner
The University has launched
1 A 1 1 'It
y rosearcn project wnicn wm
result in a biography of O. Max
Gardner, it was announced to
day by Chancellor Robert B.
House.
William M. Geer of the Uni
versity History department, who
will be the author of the Gard
ner biography, has been appointed
Research Associate, in the Insti
tute for Research in Social Sci-
ence. tie win devote xne next
two years to completing this im
portant work.- -
The project is .being undertaken
with .the cooperation and assis
tance jgtfhGardner family and
the Gardner Foundation. Appro
val was recently given by the j
University Board of Trustees, j
A committee of the University
faculty who will advise on the
preparation of the biography in
cludes Fletcher M. Green of the
History Department as chairman
and the following members: R. D.
W. Connor, E. W. Knight, A. R.
Nevsome, Howard W. Odum, and
Rupert B. Vance.
Down in History
"O. M. Gardner," said Chancel
lor House in making the announ
cement, "will go down in history
as one of the truly great North
Carolinians. We are delighted that
part of the scholarly resources
of the University can be made
available for objectively record
ing and interpreting the life and
achievements of former Gover
nor Gardner to the state and
nation."
William M. Geer, who will
write the biography, has the
master's degree from Emory uni
versity and has completed a year
of graduate study in history at
Columbia university and two
years at the University of Nortli
Carolina. In addition to publica
tions in southern history, Mr.
Geer has written two volumes:
"The Government of the Major
Foreign Powers" and "Contem
porary Foreign Governments,"
He has held teaching appoint
ments at the U. S. Military Aca
(See GEER Page 4)
United Press
Playmakers and the Department
of Music.
The chorus list includes Bar
bara Young, Chapel Hill; Doris
Newbern, Sarasota, Fla.; Phyllis
Iscnhour, Charlotte; Josephine
Fishel, Vaughn; Joyce Heffner,
Charlotte; Carol Brockman, Chap
el Hill; Helen Phillips, Chapel
Hill; Joselyn Rhync, Chapel Hill;
Lucille Arnott, Persia, Tenn.; and
Dorothy Colquitt, Savannah, Ga.,
as sopranos.
The altos include Betsy Green,
Chapel Hill; Mary Lou Hull,
Quincy, Fla.; Helen McCann,
Asheville; Patricia Winslow,
Chapel Hill; Edda-May Trostler,
sheville; Marian Lambeth, Chap
el Hill; Anna Slack, Raleigh;
Carolyn Roper, Lincolnton; and
Frances Greene, Chapel Hill.
The men in the chorus include
Kermit Albertson, High Point;
John Bridges, Asheville; Bill
Fitzgerald, New Bern; Jack
Clinard, Winston-Salem; Joe Hull,
Selma, Ala.; John Bnnegar,
Thomasville; Frank Echols, Ashe
ville; Bill Rutherford, Glen Lock,
N. J-; David Orr, Grove Hill, Ala.;
Robert Hurley, Cedar Grove; J.
Gray McAllister, Jr., and J. Gray
McAllister, HI, Chapel Hill;
James Roberts, Hollywood, Calif.;
Milton Bliss, Thomasville; Karl
Harrell, Burlington, and Colbert
Leonard, Chapel Hill.
Others include Lanier Davis,
j Chapel Hill; Ramon ACKew,
Jacksonville; and William Ayers.
Roanoke, Va.
Warm Hand Extended
By Tarnation Editor
Editor "Tookie" Hodgson' of
Tarnation today asked for pictur
es either cartoons or photographs,
for use in the pages ot nis maga-
zine. "Anyone can be funny',
he stoutly maintained in decry-
in" the woes of an editor.
"We will gladly accept any well
niPrP of humorous ma-.
terial and proper credit will De
..ii " ,.rc thp wav
given tne aumui, v,o
he expressed the hope that his
pleas would produce assistance
in the big job connected with the
publication of a 32 page effort
Of entirely fresh humor.
MASTER MASONS
The Masonic club will meet
tonight in Bingham hall at 7:30.
Officers- for -the club will be e
lected at that time.
UMT Committee
At AVC Meeting
Reports Tonight
Universal military training will
be one of the most important
items under discussion at to
night's meeting of the American
Veterans committee in the Pres
byterian church at 7:30.
A special committee set up by
the local AVC chapter to combat
efforts of the military to get a
Universal Military Training bill
through Congress will deliver its
first report. The committee has
announced an essay contest with
a prize of $10 to be given for the
best essay on "Why I Don't Be
lieve in Universal Military Train
ing". The winner will be an
nounced on the night of February
17, when Brigadier General Wil
liam Holdridge (ret.) will speak
in Chapel Hill against UMT.
The committee is seeking the
support of all campus organiza
tions and individuals to help in
the expression of public senti
ment against the proposed UMT
bill now before Congress.
A report will be heard on a
motion introduced at a previous
chapter meeting to maintain sep
aration of the church and state
in the U. S. The use of public
funds to transport pupils to priv
ate parochial schools and the
diplomatic representation of the
U. S. government at the Vatican
are expected to come under fire.
Also to be considered are re
commendations made to the
chapter by Jim Crawford, South
eastern Field Secretary of AVC,
at an informal conference of
regional chapters January 17.
The meeting will be open to
the public.
Ruark Will Direct
Discussion Group
."Should America Adopt Uni
versal Military Training?" is the
topic for discussion at a meeting
tonight of graduates, married stu
dents, and young adults. The
open discussion will be led by
the Reverend Henry Ruark, who
has recently preached a series
of sermons on this subject from
his pulpit in the Methodist church
Here is an opportunity for those
who are interested in America's
position regarding Universal mi
litary training to come together
and discuss it
Supper will be served in the
Methodist church basement at
seven o'clock and the devotiona
program and open discussion wil
follow immediately. All young ad
ults are invited to join this group,
which is interdenominational and
campus-wide in scope.
Free baby sitting will be fur
nished by Wesley foundation. Call
6287 for this service.
Symphony at Work
As Concert Nears
The annual winter concert by
the University Symphony Orches
tra is now in preparation and is
being planned for presentation
in Hill hall auditorium. A definite
date has not yet been set but
the concert will be given appro
ximately the middle of February.
Mrs. Margaret Colb, piano in
structor of the University, will
play the piano solo in the "Dohn
anyi Variations for Piano and Or
chestra". Other numbers to be
performed in the program include
the "Leonore Overture" by Bee
thoven, "Symphony no. 5 in B
flat major" by Schubert, and
the "Polovetsian Dances" from
'Prince Igor" by Borodine.
The "Brassy Prelude" by Ru
dolph Ganz which will feature
the brass section of the orches-
wm algo be performed.
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Jryouts Announced
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For Student Plays
Public tryouts for the 131st bill
of student-written one-act plays,
to be produced by the Carolina
Playmakers, will be held this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock in the Play
makers theater.
Three new plays are to be cast,
and they will be presented on
February 5 and 6. They are "The
Terrapin Sticks Its Neck Out",
by Robert Rolnik, "Au Fond du
Coeur" by James Geiger, and
"Morning Dialogue" 'by John
Wills.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1948
Happy Students Spend
Snowy Lost Weekend
By John Stump
North Carolina found itself li
terally on the skids this past
week-end as most of the state
struggled under a six to ten inch
blanket of snow.
Schools served by the state
operated bus system were closed
yesterday morning to the joy
of thousands of children who
found an extended holiday in
the winter wonderland anything
New RadiofShow
For SundaySpot
Initiated BytWEr
For World Federalists on cam
pus Sunday: marked the op'ening
of a new radio program designed
to create a more definite state
wide interest in world govern-'
mcnt. Dean Matthews, of De
catur, Georgia, heads the ra
dio committee which originated
the weekly air program.
The program, "It Is Later Than
You Think", can be heard each
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock
over radio station WDUK, Dur
ham, 1310 kilocycles.
Program ideas were drawn up
and presented by Matthews at
last Thursday's meeting of the
University chapter.
Also presented at the meeting
was a report by President Jake
Wicker of the state executive
committee meeting held in
Greensboro on January 11. Wick
er said that progress both in the
number of members and active
chapters in the state was noted.
Peace rather than personalities
and personal interest, said Wick
er, is the aim of the organization
peace to be maintained by edu
cation of people for world gov
ernment, and persuasion of Con
gress to promote world govern
ment by strengthening the
United Nations.
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RECENTLY APPOINTED student of f icers " ior '-the local Air
R. O. T. C. unit are pictured above, left io right: First Lt.' Robert
E. Lee; Capt. Paul J. English, commanding officer; First Lt. Robert
McAllister, executive officer; and
Air ROTC Unit Picks Student Officers
To Supervise Freshman Drill Instruction
The University component of
the Air Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps on campus for its sec
ond quarter has 'selected four
advanced student officers to
supervise weekly drill periods for
freshmen beginning work towards
commissions as second leiutenants
in the Air Reserve. .
The cadet commanders are
Capt. Paul J. English, command
ing officer; First Lt. Robert Mc
Allister, executive officer; and
First Lt. James W. Geiger and
First Lt. Robert E. Lee, group
officers.
All four are veterans of World
War II and members of the junior
class at present. English, a pre
med student from Henderson
ville, belongs to Delta Tau Delta
fraternity and the Order of the
Golden Bear. McAllister, a his
tory major from Raleigh, was in
ducted into Phi Eta Sigma, fresh
man scholastic honorary society.
Geiger came- to the University
from Miami, Fla., to take an ac
tive part in dramatic art here
as a Playmaker while Lee is a
political science major; froia
but unbearable.
But the University people had
no such luck. By tens and hun
dreds they straggled back to
Chapel Hill Sunday night over
the sadly dislocated bus system
or in often chainless private cars.
Some had more unusual ex
periences in their attempts to
return to the University, such
as coeds Margaret Gaston and
Ann Clark who found themselves
rrtarooned in the little Piedmont
town of Candor on Saturday. With
apparently no chance to avoid
liss of precious cuts by return
ing for Monday classes, the help
less (?) pair solved their problem
b chartering a plane to return
t Tarheelia. Both girls were a
little surprised at their own in
genuity but made their 8 o'clocks
with nlpntv tr snarp
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First Glimpse
'For many adopted Tar Heels
from the Deep south, it was the
first glimpse of the white blank
et ever afforded them. The results
were not unexpected. Snowball
fights and sled riding occupied
the time of many studens who
probably considered themselves
too old for such foolishness, but
evidently enjoyed it.
A group of Mississippi Carolini
ans returning from the KA ban
quet Friday night succumbed to
the novelty of the thing, and the
result was a number of snow be
spattered tuxes ai the ADPi dance
later in the evening.
' Automobiles could be found
piled up on most of the state's
highwaysone public official esti
mated that the six inches' of snow
cost the state $200,000; and Gov
ernor Cherry went to bed with
a cold, but as warmer weather
and a clear atmosphere conspired
to destroy the frozen blanket yes
terday the verdict appeared to
be "A good time was had by all"
First Lt. James W. Geiger.
Charlotte.
Assisting in the Tuesday after
noon drill instruction for the
basic trainers are 36 others in the
advanced Air R.O.T.C. with the
rank of student second leiutenant.
They are as follows: Grey L.
Adams; George K. Archer; John
D. Brown; William J. Claybrook;
George A Cocnran; Lester C.
Jouch, Jr.; Thomas E. Cunning
ham; John D. Ebbs; Floyd P.
Ellington; Paul Finch; Charles
X Gibson; Robert A. Gray; John
D. Greene; Earl H. Hartsell, Jr.;
Herbert Hawly; John G. Hough,
Jr.; Albert F. Howell; Sidney
A. Hughes; Bonner E. Hudson,
Jr.; Joseph F. Jones;
William T. Luke; Lester P.
Martin, Jr.; Clarence B. Menden
hall; Glenn L. Mitchell; Cort M.
Nance, Jr.; Haroid M. Shaw, Jr.;
Thomas A. Shetley; Clyde S.
Smithson; William K. Snyder;
James H. Spears; Wade T. Sur
ratt, Jr.; Banks C. Talley, Jr.;
Harry J. Thomas, Jr.; William
B. Thompson; James H. Way nick;
ad Jack W. Wilkerson.
Phpne F-3371
Culprits Sought
After Break-in
At Country Club
Vandals broke into the refresh
ment stand at the Chapel Hill
Country club golf course last
Saturday evening, Dean E. L.
Mackie said yesterday.
According to information giv
en Dean Mackie by Dr. R. B
Lawson, club manager, the un
known culprits entered by smash
ing one of the stand's windows
Nothing valuable seems to have
been taken, but Dean Mackie
said that considerable damage
was done to the building and its
soft drink contents.
Dean Maqkie said the Universi
ty administration was working
with the club manager in in
vestigating this incident and in
trying to prevent its re-occur
ance.
"We hope there are no students
involved in this," he continued,
"but if there were, we trust that
this warning will prevent its hap
pening again."
Dean Mackie said a similar
break-in occurred at the drink
stand approximately a year ago.
Coeds May Oppose
Ellcr-backcd Bill
Possibility of coed opposition
to a constitutional amendment
proposed by Student Body Presi
dent Tom Eller in his State of the
Campus speech- to the Student
Legislature last Thursday night
was forecast yesterday afternoon
by Coed Senate President Barbara
Cashion.
The proposed amendment would
set up a coed affairs committee
in the Legislature to "handle all
bills . . .pertaining to coed affairs
and to originate legislation con
cerned with coed activities."
According to Miss Cashion such
an amendment would overlap the
present powers of the Coed senate
and might be a step toward the
abolition of that body.
Other matters coming up for
action at tonight's session of the
Coed senate, to be held at 7
o'clock in Horace Williams lounge
of Graham Memorial, are elec
tion of co-chairmen of the orien
tation committee, election of a
chairman for the officers train
ing program, approval of a pre
sidential appointment to the Wo
men's council, and arrangements
for May day.
The Senate will also discuss
the coed point system and the in
efectiveness of the House Privi
leges Board agreement.
Positions Open
For NY Seniors
Graduating seniors who are le
gal residents of New York state
are eligible to compete in civil
service examinatons for state ad
Ministration positions this March,
Kathyrn G. Cook, associate direc
tor of the University's Bureau of
Vocational Information, said yes
terday. According to information re
ceived by Miss Cook's office, the
positions available are in pro
essional and technical fields; fall
ing into such categories as ad
ministration, bacteriology, chem
istry, economics, engineering,
journalism, law, library sicience,
recreation, social service, and
statistics.
Application to take this ex
amination should be filed by
February 16. All details and full
particulars can be obtained by
those interested writing to the
State Department of Civil Ser
vice, Albany, -New York, or 270
Broadway, New York City.
Carolina Mag Needs
New Photographers
The Carolina magazine, plagu
ed by a shortage of photograph
ers, has asked that any compe
tent shutter handlers who may be
interested in. magazine photogra
phy come to the mag office on
the second floor of Graham Me
morial for an interview.
Editor Fred Jacobson, who
made the announcement, paid
tribute to Wilson Yarborough's
work with the publication, but
said that he cannot handle the
work without assistance. All ma
terials, Jacobson added, except a
camera, are furnished to the photographers.
F-3361
Weaflier Stops In
Thousands
By United Press
Winter lias poked an icicle in the L'ears of American in
dustry, throwing hundreds of thousands of persons out of
work in six states.
The industrial slow-down came as the siege of cold weather
brought fuel supplies to a danger- , ..
ously low level. The weatherman - .... .
in Chicago says he doesn't know
when the cold is going to end
He expects another week of below-normal-
temperatures for
most of the nation east of the
Rockies.
The six-state area hard hit by
the fuel shortage includes Michi
gan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia and New York.
Natural gas supplies arc so low
in these states that the gas has
been cut off from many industrial
users.
Factories Out
Since there is no gas, many
factories have shut down.
The hardest-hit cities' are the
auto center of Detroit, where
200,000 workers have been laid
off, and the steel center of Pitts
burgh. This morning thousands
of workers in Pittsburgh were
notified by special radio bulletin
not to show up for work. Thous
ands of others who did show up
at their plants were sent home.
In many places, like Rockland
County, New York, fuel gas is
so low that it has been cut off
from industrial users so it can
be saved for heating homes. The
home heating won't be over-don 2,
either. Residents have been ask
ed to keep their thermostats no
higher than 65 during the day
and 60 at night.
Apparently the only people in
for a break are some 1,200 fami
lies in Brooklyn, New York. All
day Sunday and yesterday the
Brooklynites were without gas
heat in their homes because of
the drain of supplies. This after
noon a gas company spokesman
announced gas heat would be re
stored to the homes in a few,
hours.
UVA Open House
To Honor ADPi's
The third of the University
Veterans association series of
open houses at the veterans club
behind Lenoir hall will be held
tonight with the ADPi's as guests
of the association.
Entertainment will be planned
by the sorority and a special
feature, a "Lion's Hunt" will be
conducted by president Johnny
Clampitt.
UVA membership tickets will
be on sale at the door. The open
house will start at 8:15.
Shotts Says CRIL in Period
Of Transition at University
By Margaret Gaston Izations that will evolve from; the
In discussing the present status ! meeting might even assume an-
of the Council of Religion in Life,
Claude C. Shotts, head of the
CRIL, said that it is in "a period
of transition." In a meeting last
fall the CRIL voted to adjourn
until "it could get a better defini
tion of what it was doing."
A second vote by the council
authorized Mr. Shotts to call a
meeting of the CRIL when he
deemed it advisable, and to set up
means of evaluating the necessity
of a CRIL on campus.
The committee which Mr.
Shotts appointed to study the
CRIL said that some council of re
ligious organizations should be
active on campus.
To Meet Next Week
This committee will meet again
next week to decide what form
the council will take, and what
purposes it will serve. Committee
members include Mr. Shotts,
Vivian Parks, Paul Harman, Joan
Schlosburg, George Worth, and
Charlie Vache.
In the meeting the committee
will summarize the last meeting
of the CRIL, prepare an agenda
for the next, and discuss possible
projects for the council.
According to Mr. Shotts, the
new council o religious organi-
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For New SF Show
"Roll Them Over" tryouts, to
be held at 7:30 in Roland Parker
Lounge number two, will take
the place of the regular Tuesday
night Sound and Fury meeting.
Aspirants for the musical com
edy parts may also .show their
talent at 2 o'clock this afternoon
and 7:30 tomorrow night in Gcr
' ard hall. Director Tommy Thomas
has announced that there are
"both straight acting parts and
singing and dancing roles." Pro
duction work is also available
for persons interested in publi
city, programs, scenery, lighting,
make-up and costumes. Thomas
said the organization is looking
for "tested and embryonic com
edians."
Sound and Fury authors Pete
Strader, Ken Gammagc, Colbert
Leonard, Doris Weaver and Tom
my Thomas have announced that,
'Roll Them Over' has been com
pletely written and is ready to
go into rehearsal."
Phi Will Discuss
UMT At Meeting
The Phi Ways and Means com
mittee will introduce a bill fa
voring the adoption of universal
military training by the United
States before the assembly to
night at 7:30 in the Phi haU.
fourth floor New East.
Speaker Chester D. zum Brun-
nen extends his personal invita
tion to all members of the intram
ural debate groups to attend the
Phi meeting tonight as universal
military training will le the top
ic for debate in the forthcoming
intramural tournament.
The Ways and Means committee
will meet this afternoon at 3
o'clock in the Phi hall.
SP TO MEET
A meeting of Student party
members has been scheduled to
night at 9 o'clock in Horace Wil
liams lounge, Graham Memorial.
Nominations will be considered
for major spring elections, Chair
man Gran Childress announced.
other title.
The reorganized CRIL will not
be an activity promoting organi
zation, but a council to discuss
campus needs and to decide how
these needs should be met. The
CRIL itself will not carry out
an active program, but will set
up committees to formulate plans,
and CRIL members will refer
decisions back to their constitu
ents. CRIL Make-Up
The CRIL is made up of cam
pus organizations doing distinct
ively religious work and of the
different church denominational
groups.
Last year the CRIL had ceased
to become a council, and had be
come an activity promoting organ
ization, according to Mr. Shotts.
Members or the council would
act independently of their consti
tuents. The CRIL held several
meetings to outline a program
for this year, but no conclusive
decisions could be reached.
Last February the CRIL spon
sored a "Religion in Life Week."
?nd brought 15 eminent speakers
iii the religious realm to the cam
pus. Also the CRIL arranged for
a series of university sermons.
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