LIERARY (Periodical Dept.) University of Korth Carolina Chapel Hill, N. C. 1-31-43 A Sftf?i r ($ Ylr viMm fr WEATHER Clovd7 and cold wlih light sleet or snov; possible rise in temperature this afternoon. EDITORIAL A Porrn Abovl Monkyt Sc't Lichls. Muic Topcoat:. B'a-ros United Press CHAPEL HILL; N. C. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 No. 89 1 I VOLUME LVI . ; i I Progressives Form ! New Party to Back j Wallace Candidacy I Greensboro, Jan. 31 (UP) ; Workers of the newly-fonned : j Progressive party of North Caro- f lina announced today they will ; start collecting signatures to i place third-party candidate Hen ry Wallace on the state ballot. The new party backing Wal lace for president is under the ; leadership of Miss Mary' Price;,.; the former secretary of the com mittee for North Carolina. The j committee is a state branch of the Southern Conference for Hu-: man Welfare. Miss Price is state chairman for the new Progressive i p;irty. ' j j "Machine Misrule" j I The 30 founders of the party i have issued a statement denoun- eing what they call the machine ' j misrule by the two old parties, j I They say government must have j j a "real housecleaning with :-i ' j grass-roots movement." I The party, like Wallace, op- i I poses the Truman doctrine, uni- , I versyl military training, and 1 tmsTtor arathu wor oaj o il vv in van L 1! I ings, -repeal of the Taft-Hartley j 1 act ; and active enforcement of ! For a North Carolina program, j I the party advocates improved ; schools and Higher pay for teach -; ers, increased ola-age assistance j and - the abolition of the three j per cent sales tax. j 'Wallace needs 10,000 signa-i tures to get on the state ballot, j and Miss Price says they will j round up twice that number. Meeting Planned By Wallace Club Plans were made to hold a state-wide Wallace-ite meeting here in February, to sell copies of the , New Republic in the Y, and to get Henry Wallace's name on the North Carolina ballot at a short meeting of the Wallace for President club held Friday night. ; The members heard a report from Ken MacRorie who attend ed the organizational meeting of the state Wallace organization held in Greensboro earlier this week. He told of the election of the president of the local group. Bill Richardson, to a vice-chairmanship of the "Progressive" party, which is the name which the Wallaceitcs will use in this state. Laurent Franz reported on the leagl difficulties which must be met to get the candidate's name on the state ballot, and Paul Morehead reported on the prog ress made by Wallace on a na- (See WALLACE, Page 4) Ar A. , 4 s- PICTURED ABOVE are Andrew Griffith as "Ko-Ko" and Sam Hirsch as "Poo-Bah" in a scene from the Mikado, appearing for ihe last lime in Memorial Hall tonight at 8:30. The Gilbert and Sullivan comic cpera is being presented jointly by ihe Uni versity Music department and Ihe Carolina Playmakers. --4.fr.- 7, ,'.. . 7? :i7 STRICKEN AT SEA with a serious stomach ai'ment. Hep. J. Parnell, Thomas (R-N.J.), is carried cn a sireicher from the S. S. Ancon at Christobal, Canal Zone. The chairman of the House Un Amsr.can Affairs Committee was on his way to check on reported Communistic activities in the' Pur. a Canal region. He became serously ill when the ship was caught in a storm 400 miles at sea. Efioris vero mads lo drop blood plasma, but heavy seas interfered. Rep, Thomas is reported rccovciiag at Margarita Hospital in Christobal.. (International) : '. ' : ' : Ira iisporto ! ion Almost Completely Paralyzed fn State As Frigid Winter Weather Ties Up Local Common Carriers By Chuck Hauser worst winter weather pj r-:-n, i p;n ha; seen in many stride into its ve1-s tool: a b? ;econd week with mere sleet, snow and freezing rain yesterday a? Addmon m Under Way By Weddy Thorp Plans for the new library ex tension are well under way, Olan V, Cook, assistant librarian, "sa id -restc rdayr "-w'-Alfred M. Githens receive the engineers' report, space allot ments will be decided on and Graham Memorial Only Ghost Of What It Was Supposed to Be Graham Memorial is only a The present part, about one ghost of itself, according to the third as big as the one which is architect's drawings of the build ing. They show that the student center was originally planned as one section of a building which would have extended from Franklin street almost to Senior Walk. Conceived as a memorial to Edward Kidder Graham, ex-president of the University and rela tive of Dr. Frank P. Graham, the project ran into financial diffi culties, and seven years passed between its beginning and the completion in 1931 of the portion now in use. jbe m rS ;-! ""I V the Hill in an icv glaze that was neither pretty nor practical. For the second time in a week all bus schedules out of here, as well as in the rest of the state, : iinal plans will be drawn up. Selection of the engineers and uncertainty of obtaining neces sary building supplies have caused delay in the progess thus far, but as soon as Architects H, Raymond Weeks, Durham and There is the danger that this commission "may "hot approve the project at this time, because of the tremendous increase in the cost of building. . planned for eventual construct ion, cost $253,000. It repays this outlay by serving as a combina tion home, office, club, and creation center for the students here. : . V; Pressed For Space But, according to Graham Memorial Director Bill Shuford, it could be much more useful if the full building were available. Each of the publication, all of which call the center home, is badly pressed for space at the present time. The CCUN, student govern ment offices, activities fund, and meeting rooms are on the aver age cramming two men where there is ample room for one. Completion of the building would solve that problem and permit other organizations which have ! an office in the building. Auditorium, Dance Hall However, in Shufoid's opinion, j the greatest improvement that j a larger union would bring is a I - combination auditorium and j dance hall to be used for small ! dances, rehearsals, and large j meetings. new section wuuiu i fill the need being felt by the I five campus orchestras for a j place to practice. j I If space was available, bnu- ; i , , I ford stated, a large game room i with ping-pong tables, pool I tables, and other equipment would be installed. Also planned for the eventual addition are a radio room, book store, and i-lnnm(T c frr alumni and guests of the University. Contributions for the missing sections are being received and a fund for the building is being accumulated. At present, the time of construction and its cost are not known. But the popularity of the pres ent union building and its great contribution to campus life are excellent insurance that it will done. lZ j pulled out of Chapel Hill at mid night Friday, to be followed with ; the closing of all taxi stands in ; the city a short 12 hours later, at 1 noon yesterday. The Carolina Cab company pulled its last ve- hide off the streets at 12:30 yesterday afternoon, and re sumption of service was not ex pected until possibly tomorrow, if the predicted relief from the cold weather rings true. No major accidents have been reported within, the . city- Uroits yet, apparently because few mo torists are willing to risk life and limb or their shiny '47's on the glassing coating which covers every street in the area. Four-tenths of an inch of sleet had fallen in the 24 hours pre ceding 4:30 yesterday afternoon, when the local weather station took its daily reading, and the tiny grains of ice were still com ing down as press time ncared last night. The mercury sat on 13 degrees re-jmost of yesterday, reported the Chapel Hill weather station, with a low of 14 degrees recorded in the early hours of yesterday morning following a 24-hour higli of 35 degrees in the afternoon day before yesterday. (See PUBLIC, Page 4) Yack Photog Johnson Specializes In Portraiture By John Stump "Watch the birdie" 'is seldom heard, but like phrases are fre quently used by the Yaekety Yack's corps of photographers as they struggle to elicit from will ing but inexperienced subjects the pictures from which a good college annual draws much of its excellence. The best of this outstanding crew of shutter men is Francis Lavergnc Johnson with whom the Yack has contracted to have much of its more unusual work clone. Johnson's forte is portraiture and other work with living models. A professional photog- , r, began in Chicago more than 20 more than his share ' of honors in his chosen field. His work has been shown in South Africa, Holland, Hungary, Chile, India, Canada, and most of the major cities in the United States. Dutch critics were es pecially impressed by his stylo, enough so that- they awarded him the top prize in the color classification at their show held in Amsterdam last year. The award, a plaque, went into a trunk containing many like it won by this modest, young-looking man who has been doing the picture work for the Carolina an- New Twist Oklahoma City, Jan. 31 (UP) The race question in state universities look a differ ent twist today when Ihe new Oklahoma law school refused admission to a white man, Wal ter M. Harrison. The school was set up at the border of the United States Su- preme Court when Mrs. Ada Louis Sipuel, Negress, demand ed admission to the Oklahoma university law school. .The Supreme Court is ex pected to rule Monday on the i S:puel case. Attorneys for the Negro woman argued that the new three -professor school set up by the state does not satisfy the Court ruling that the state ' must provide equal educational facilities for whites and Ne- ! groes. The latest event in the wave of educational race troubles sweeping the country was re ported from Newark. Deleware, where 'the trustees of the Uni versity of Delaware have voted to admit Negroes to certain courses not available at the Delaware State College for Ne groes. One Solution The ice skating was good along East Franklin street yesterday! At least Bill Shotts, first year student from Chapel Hill thought so. One look at the walking conditions underfoot and Bill dug out his ice skates that hadn't been used since his family moved here from Mary land. And they worked well as a means of getting around. "The skating's fine except for the ruts," Shotts exclaimed during a five-minute break. "It's also a litle rough where they've already put ashes, but then everyone, doesn't, have skates." , "I'd like to get up a little skating party today if anyone else is interested", he informed us. Bus Wreck Puts Two In Hospital Lousiburg, Jan. 31 (UP) A Virginia Trail ways bus skidded off an icy highway one mile north of here today and injured at least 24 persons. Two of the passengers are still in hospitals in Raleigh. The bus was southbound from Washington, D. C. to Raleigh when it skidded off the highway. It slid back onto the road, clipped down a telephone pole and finally came to rest upright. nual's beauty section. ! Although most of Johnson's professional . career has been j spent in studios in Chicago and! L 4- i'A''Hl I '" ' ' Ilk-- : I 1 't&Z ' ' ' , - it II -J - - -T',;; 5 , ' ' ' ' K' ' " r' V "l i ' tJiXiiA i li fr- iiv -ri i " ' i .. . . l . ! " 1 - ," , ,,, ' ' J'',, . A.9 " f Sirtm ww iiwinirniwriiiiiiir viiumwtm'' lin r"ifii' n Ti'iriilfn m "iiiiiii.ifiiirinriViiiinin if m "jinniin PICTURED IS ONE of ihe more enjoyable aspecis of Gene Johnstone's work. The Yackeiy Yack editorial board member is shown as he helps arrange a scene for one of Francis Lavergne John son's Yack beauiy shots. Johnson has been working with ihe Yack ihis year by arrangement through a Durham store. His equipment is his orni, and he keeps it al his home darkroom. March Of Dimes Nets $5Si.47 With Contributions Still Out i i - : WW. li, i mm " tSAmHKP"mm '"" ' " mmwjjwKw - ,- -. -"-' ; ..... f IP i i 1 m , ,V' . . : - : SMOKE AND FLAMES ROAR SKYVARD from a lar3e oil tank "farm" on the outskirts cf Chicago. About 1D0.GD0 gallons of badly needed fuel went up in rmcke after a fire in a small shack slaried off a series of explosions which completely de ' sircyed seven storage tanks. (International) GM Songfest to Be Modelled After Hit Parade of Thirties On the theme of the "Hit Parade" radio show, and foatur- ling the most popular songs of t- i .,, , , , r ., . v.fa y. vliA -Lvm iii lounge beginning at 8 o'clock Ken Gammage is acting program, which is to be pattern- cd exactly after the studio broad cast of the" coast-to-coast Friday night musical show, complete with specialty numbers, enter tainment, commercials, and the top tunes of the era in a com munity sing. Under the direction of Frank Matthews, the Song fest is to be a weekly program of Graham Memorial, replacing the Sunday night Musical Candlelight classi cal records concert during the winter quarter. Each week the sing will be patterned after a different national radio show. For tonight, the cast in addition to Gammage includes anouncer Mark Barker, vocalists Forrest Covington and Coline Smith, an unannounced solo pianist, and accompanist Frank Matthews. Words for each tune in the sing will be flashed on a large screen. Philadelphia, he came to the Yack recommended as ''the best photographer in North' Carolina." How he got here and why he j si ' "-ft, 4 m0, the first Sunday Night , , , . , uiL- u.ciiiuiu lHWIllUXJcU IllUlil this evening. master of ceremonies for the : Ycckety Yack Is Nearly Completed One of the biggest year-long jobs on the campus is fast near ing completion today. The board of editors, Gene Johnstone, Harold Burslcy, and Ruth Evans, announced yester day that the Yack should be fin ished and the last stick of type out of Chapel Hill by February With only portions of the nec essarily late sports and beauty sections and "odds and ends" yet to be mailed as the week ended, the staff was working in shifts under the board of editors and picture co-ordinator Bill Duncan to get it all in by the tentative Friday-of-next-weck date. stayed makes an interesting story, which is, incidentally, not un- complimentary to Chapel Hill, After the navy established its Daniels Road Leads In Victory Village With More Than $35 By Herb Nachman A total of $581. 47 has been collected in the campus March of Dimes campaign. Barron Mills, chairman of Ihe drive, said yesterday that j this sum indicates only a por tion of the expected final total since half of the solicitors had not reported by yesterday. . Although the drive officially ended yesterday, Mills urged that those who have not turned in their contributions do ao as soon as possible. Despite bad weather conditions and conflicting campus activities, the University Veterans asooia tion collected $16 at their "Five Dimes Dance" which officially concluded the campus drive la;,t night. The sum collected from those ateruling the dance will bo matched u ith an equal amount by the association. Leading the campus drive A present is Daniels Road of Vic lory Village which has turned in .$35.10. So far, the ' entire Village has given $71.76. Dan Sapj) is the solicitor. . , - Quonset Hut No. 7 with 20 boys has turned in $16 to win the Quonse t area. Pi Lambda Phi fraternity with 43 members is leading the fraternity group by j turning in $32.01 to date. Spencer girl's dormitory is winning in ims envision Dy lurn- Jnrf in 5'f5fl1 tnH.ito Phi n.-nnrf is leading the sororities by con tributing $17.10. In the men's dormitory division, Battle is leading with 40 men turning in a total of $18. Although the drive officially ended yesterday, contributions may still be received at the Dally Tar Heel office in Graham Memorial. Cherry Sets Monday For Swearing Erwin Raleigh, Jan. 31 (UP) Gov ernor Cherry has announced that former Congressman Sam J. Erwin, Jr., of Morganton will, be sworn in as an Asvciate Justice of the State Supreme Court next Tuesday. Erwin will succeed Michael Schenck of Henderson ville whose resignation was effective today. The swearing-in ceremonies will be held in Cherry's office. Pre-flight school here and soon after the beginning of the late war, it found that a competent photographer could be of great service in informing the public of just what the navy was doing in Chapel Hill. They sent for Johnson, and, until a navy laboratory was set up here later, he did all of the photography of the local unit. Even afterwards Johnson con tinued to do their portraiture for them. . When the navy pulled up its stakes in 194G, Johnson decided to remain. "I was tired of cramp ed apartments and dirty city streets and sights," is the way he tells it now. At present he has his own well equipped photo lab at his home on the eastern edge of the town. Questions concerning his future plans bring no definite answer, but it's a pretty sure bet that the sporty dressing, young-thinking photographer and the countri fied yet somehow cosmopolitan center won't be parting company for some time yet. According to the Yack editors Johnson is a great assistance to the rest of the picture-taking staff. His work takes some of the load from the capable shoulders of Lcs Bodden, Wilson Yar borough, and Bill Harrison, ' and it is of first rate quality. it

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