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LIERARY (Periodical. Dept).--University of north Carolina Chapel Hill, N. c. 1-31-48 WEATHER Partly cloudy, rather warm EDITORIALS Pig In A Poke Pressure vs. Pressure Mills Stones & VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 10.5 o)0 Gfl(gfafl. S v FcoQDcr I) Co aj u LJ LJ vJ LJ L is n Ml r i Holdridge Says Rcrired Militarist Seeks Nomination For White House By Donald MacDonald "The nation's only line of security is in the diplomatic line,'' said retired Brigadier General Herbert C. Holdridge fA last mgnt in a Memorial nail aactress attacking universal ! ural Bridge tms weekend, ac militarv training "Wp must Icordin? to Hank Hnnkins an.-l rid our government of our military leaders, exchanging all tne experts or hot and cola or tnr mpn of rrnnH w,il nnH .. - v.... peace. One of the few military men lo oppose UMT, Holdridge seeks the Democratic Presidential nom- ination. His 8 o'clock address was co-sponsored by the local Ameri can Veterans committee and by ithe Chapel Hill Anti-UMT cum jmittee. Three Points Outlining three constructive I points for keeping prepared for I war, if war is to come, Holdridge called for: (1) a striking force built on new weapons, (2 home .defense forces mobolized around the National Guard, and (3) de mocratization of the Army and PTavy, permitting and encourag- ng voluntary, not compulsory enlistment. The speaker, who seeks nomi nation on an anti-UMT, anti-cap- Jfytalist, anti-war- policy 'plat- i'Jbrm attacked the controversial fUMT proposal from five major standpoints. "First, the propaganda cam paign waged in this country to put UMT over," Holdridge de clared, "stems directly from the Pentagon building, from-the head 1 km Arguments Weak From the standpoint of nation- nm security, he continued, no oneJ f, - V i -'r ., ; ' , . ...zi'The Christian Imperative, and the Army's arguments will 'stand up far under the kind of jfwar that World War III will be." On a third point, which the .speaker called a "youth move ment," he said, "All these so-called social advantages such as Ifjob training are so much eye iwash. They are only an attempt j to deceive the American people." . L The general spoke next against the militarization of the nation's covernment. calline such leader- hip as the American Legion, very dangerous." "Illegal War" His fifth major point of argu ment, based on an international slant, was designed to show that all UMT can do is to create in ternational ill-will. "We are now actually in an illegal war in Greece," the former general Uaid. Yesterday morning, Holdridge Vookc before several political sci ke classes. At 1:30 and at 6:30 1 spoke before informal gather ings in the Faculty room of the Carolina Inn. Against Truman Running for the Democratic omination against President ruman, Holdridge has dec-hired lat if the Democratic party does f 0. return to the liberal policies ,)r Roosevelt in 1943. "1952 will KV too late." The candidate has pfongly. attacked "propaganda 1jhich seeks to discredit anyone I firing to set himself publicly in position to the Washington war "laemnc. noiariage nas epi .--ad a fear that big business may bring "planned depression" in 1948. He has announced himself in favor of an international world I federation, the FEPC, a national housing program, temporary ra tioning of ' scarce commodities, Federal penalties against specu lators, and safeguards on proper ty rights for all U. S. citizens re gardless of race or creed. f 11:55 Eighty-odd students! Register to Attend Virginia Conference More than 80 . registrations j have been received so far for i the winter conference at Nat- ! Charlie Britt, co-chairmen of i the registration committee, i Last minute applications re - ! ceived todav will hp wirprl tn - j thp Nfltnr.nl PiHrW V.rtol to. night, they said. Students attending the confer- j ence must check with the YM or YW office today or tomorrow to determine leaving time and meth od of transportation. Most cars will leave at 1: 15 Friday, but one will leave at 12 o'clock and one at 4:30. Scene of Conference Scene of the conference is the Natural Bridge hotel, located in the Valley of Shenandoah, on a 1600-acre estate. In addition to the meetings Of the conference, varied recreational features, in cluding trips to points of interest nearby, have been planned. At Friday night's opening ses sion, the problems of "This Com plex Age" will be presented by the two principle speakers of the a"an- . vomers. xiai .i,Cw York city, member of the Federal Council of Churches, will discuss the national aspects of the ques tion, and the international em phasis will be provided by Dr. Frank Hanft of the University Law school. Six Commissions Saturday morning will be de voted to a discussion f the re lation of Christian students to tlinro nrnKlomc' unrlpi" thp title to meetings of the six student-led commissions. These groups will meet several times throughout the weekend to discuss various aspects of the issues raised in general sessions. Donnie MacDonald and Sam McGill will be student leaders of a panel to be held Saturday afternoon at which student solu1 tions to these problems will be presented. Gay Currie, public health nurse with the District Health office in Chapel Hill, will present the view of the com munity, and Dr. Hall -will pre sent the broader, overall view. In addition to those mentioned above, other faculty personnel will attend the conference as ad visers to the commissions. War ren Ashby of the Philosophy de- (See CONFERENCE,-page 4) THIS AIRVIEW OF THE TOWN OF COLUMBIA. - TENNESSEE, shows how lhe overflowing Duck River flooded the lown's thoroughfares and isolated many homes. The river rose lo 52 feel, breaking the record of 48 feel set in 1902. More than 150 families were removed from- lheir homes. Hioh waters in souinern oiaia Diplomacy - Is Barnes, Nathan Head UP Sophomore Slate Kyle Barnes of - Winston-Salem will head the University Party slate for Sophomore class nomi nations. Barnes, who is running for j Sophomore president-attended t R- -J- Reynolds High School where he was president of the honor i society, and speaker of the House -Mpiesemauves. r He received letters in football, track and band and was named on the Winston- ' Salem all-star football team of 1946 and 1947. .He is president of the Sigma Chi fraternity pledge class. Running for the office of vice president will be Marvin Nathan from Norfolk, Va. Nathan is a member of the Carolina Political Union and played with the freshman basketball squad. He is a Tau Epsilon Phi pledge. Calvin Koontz of Raleigh .will be the UP candidate for sopho. more Social Chairman. He was a member of the North Carolina Student council, while in high Recommendations to Trustees Urge Ra ises in Entire Faculty Wage Scale Additional information on committee of the Board of Trustees to. the full board Mon day were received here yesterday. The committee's report, which centered mostly on faculty salary and living condi tions, also urged plans for ex-- pansion of the University to 10, 000 students and more classroom space for the students here at present, among many other things. . The low salary scale provided for faculty members was hit hardest by the reports, and back ed vigorously by President Gra ham and Controller Carmichael. The recommendation was made that the following wage scale be put into effect as soon as possible: Instructors 2,700 - $3,600 (currently $1,800 to $2,500), as sistant professors $3,800 - $4, 500 (currently $2,800 - $3,500) . associate professors $4,500 -$5,500 (currently $3,800 - $4,500), professors $5,600 and up (cur rently $4,800 - $6,000). Controller Carmichael, com menting on the present wages, said, "A faculty is a university. And if we don't have good staffs, we might as well take down the sign saying that we are a uni versity. Due to our low salaries, our best folks are being drained from our faculties." m wbc vva ......A"...MFHWWf Only school,- vice-president and subse quently president of the student body, a member of the Honor Society, president of the sopho more class, and is! an Eagle scout. Last summer. Koontz at tended the" International Scout jamboree in France . Seeking the office of secretary of the class will be Herb Nachman from Augusta, Ga. In high school, Nachman was managing editor of the newspaper, captain of the de bating team, member of the Beta club, and a member of the Gold "R" society. He is a DTH staff member and night editor, and secretary of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity pledge class. James Gwyann of Mexico City is aspirant for the office of treas urer on the UP ticket. He is a member of the Glee club and the Freshman Friendship council. While attending high school in Mexico City, he was a member of he Ye arkbook staff. He is a Sigma Nu pledge. the requests by' the Visiting Law, Med Schools Plan Annual Prom The annual informal dance sponsored jointly by the Law and Medical schools, will be held this Saturday night in the Wo men's Gym from 9 until 12. Music for the affair will be pro vided by Roy Cole's orchestra, with a 20-minute intermission floor show by Graham Memor ial's entertainment bureau. Included in the floor show will be Fred Fussell, impersona tor and comedian, and the bur eau's acrobatic group consisting of Bob Hurley, Darell Byrely and "Razz Berries", the acrobatic comic. ' ..... -j ;,; The committee in charge of ar rangements is headed by H. L. McKeever, from the Law school, and Hewitt Rose from the Medi cal school.:' : .: -' . . ; Expected '-'attendance is 500 with' admission by card only. Chaperones for the dance will be members of the graduate schools. : " ' oKXm..ffiff wMWv, . .... . : ija : as (Ialsrholisnal 2cundpli5lsj ' Hope Forensic Team Meets DukeDebatersToday In Durham Match The University -will be rep resented this i '-afternoon j; by Charlie Long and- i Herbert ' Yates in a varsity debate with i a Duke - university- tearri in Durham at .- 3 'vo'cloek.viQues- tion for the- debate isil "Re solved: that a--world ; federal government should be estab - lished." Carolina debaters Long and Yates will take the affirmative stand, according to Earl Fitzger ald, Debate council president. lhe next Varsity debate. Fitz gerald announced, will be held on Saturday when Wake Forest brings two teams here to compete with two Carolina teams. The same question of world federa tion will be the topic of the Wake Forest debate. Scheduled for 3 oclock, the debate will be held in the Di and Phi halls. Coed Winners Named In March of Dimes spencer. i the coed dormi- lory division, and cw omega. been declared winners of lhe March of Dimes contest. Each of the individual mem bers of these two .groups are entitled lo attend, free, lhe seven-o'clock movie at lhe Carolina Theatre this evening. The coeds of Spencer contri buted a total of $36.01 under the leadership of Eloise Jacobi. Chi Omega members donated $17.10. with Grey Simpson ser ving as chairman. Measure to Make Qualifications Compulsory For Top Campus Offices Rises in Di Tonight By Charlie Gibson New campus election regula tions and educational opportuni ties for Southern Negroes will be debated tonight at 9 o'clock on second floor New West when the Dialectic Senate takes up two bills which are expected to touch off hot argument. First measure on the agenda will be a special bill proposing additions to the elections stipula tions which now govern the stu dent body.. This bill includes seven articles of pressing import ance that come just when the campus political parties are busy at selecting the candidates whose names are to be listed on ballots next May. Qualifications for Candidates Official qualifications for cer tain categories of candidates are outlined in the first two of the seven articles. These articles place limitations on who would be eligible for nomination to an executive position on student publications or in student govern ment. Service for two terms in the student legislature or the student councils would be a pre requisite to anyone's running for the presidency, vice-presidency, or secretary-treasurer's post. Would-be editors would also be required to work at least two quarters on the publication m question before obtaining nomi nation. Election Validity Three of the remaining articles specify what should make an election valid or void. To fill of fices in student government or on publications, at least one half of the eligible students would have to vote. Elections declared void because of insufficient votes owt would ' bo. restated witliia 9, . " 1 1 1 ' f , if , .: F 'h r ! III m fV' ' t I 5 r" ; J ta XL - ' i..v.v..i8l,....,..,.: i.i. .. i. AFTER A FLIGHT from the Panama Canal Zone, Rep J. Parnell Thcmas (R-N. J.) is assisted from lhe plane at lhe National Air port. Washington, D. C. by Comdr. George Heap, Commander of Air Transporl Squadron One. Thomas, chairman of lhe House un American Activities Committee, was stricken ill while en route lo lhe Canal Zone on committee business. He will enler lhe Waller Reed Hospital. (International) . , , ... ir . Reorganized Student Welfare Board j0 Discuss Housing, Cars, Weekends The newly reorganized stud - ent welfare board will hold its first meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in Room 301, Venable hall, Board Chairman Fred Weaver said yesterday. Dean Weaver expressed the hope, in a letter to board mem bers and members of the stu dent advisory committee, that all would be present at the initial session of this group, which has been set up to plan University two weeks with the candidates unchanged or renominated. In event of a second invalid tally, the. Dean , of students would ap- point eligible persons to hold the positions in question, excluding J from consideration all those whose names appeared on the two disqualified ballots. The sixth article knocks the "spoils system" through which material awards, such as pro mises of appointments, are used to influence votes. The bill sug gests that anyone found guilty of such promises or of threats and intimidations should be dismiss - ed from the University. The decision the Di reaches to- night will be transmitted to the president of the student body and the speaker of the student legislature. Musical Instruments Will Tell Story Of Religious Faiths in Radio Drama "Symphony In Discord," an sity music student, has composed original radio drama by Robert ' Epstein, will be presented on the "University Hour" on state wide network Sunday afternoon at 1:30. Originating in the Swain Hall studios of the Communica tions center, the program will be produced and directed by Ep stein, with Bob Andrew assisting in the scripts production. Epstein, a senior from New York, wrote the drama in obser vance of National Brotherhood Week. It is an allegoric "Peter and the Wolf" type narrative with words and music tracing inter religious relations from the be ginning of time. Musical instru ments represent the varioul laiilu. Harold Swluftwan, Univer- i action on all student matters not relating to classroom work. The following subjects will be discussed at Thursday's gather ing, Weaver said: 1. The operation of automobiles by students. 2. A plan for housing first-year 'yesterday's victor, was first csta students and graduate students J blished by the Student Legisla- and for assignment of new dor - mitones. 3. Should we try to modify the use of the week-ends? Once the elections regulations measure is disposed of, the main bill of the evening will be pies- j ented for open discussion from ; the floor. It maintains that: ' It is apparent that Negroes in the South do not have equal educa- ! shows that out of the 1,552 bal tional opportunities; and that this ! lots' cast, 774 were from Gerrard condition, being compatible with hall, 207 from Aycock dormitory, neither the spirit nor the letter 401 from Lenoir hall, and 30 of the Constitution of the United from Alderman dormitory. States, perpetuates a condition ; In Gerrard hall, the voting was of regional degeneration." : split with CM taking 15, Tarna- It resolves that: ''Committees tion 272, two magazines 115, from the legislatures of the combination 241, alternate issues i Southern states shall meet to j draw up plans and request ap-j j propriations from these states to establish regional schools which will afford to Negro students op- j portunities for education com-! parable to that received by stu- ! dents anywhere in the country." j original music for the production. Mrs. Ann Genden, president of the Inter-Faith Council of the Women's College at Greensboro, which is sponsoring the program, will introduce the show and Governor R. Gregg Cherry, will close the program with a short talk on the age-old problem. Members of the cast are two girls from Woman's College, Lucia Gollarte and Lorraine D'Lugin. FINAL YACK PICTURES Pictures of the YMCA cabinet. YMCA general membership, Freshman friendship council, and Carolina Conservative club will be taken this evening at 7:30 in Gerrard hall. Carolina Magazine To Leave Campus After 104 Years By Chuck Hauser The 104-year existence of the Carolina Magazine was as good as terminated yesterday and Tarnation took over as the offi cial University of North Carolina nagazine publication, effective at ; the beginning of the new fiscal ; year on July 1. The first actual referendum ever held on campus brought 1,552 student voters out of yes terday's spring weather and into the polls to give the decision t Tarnation over a combination magazine by four votes. . . 169 For No Mags Tarnation received, a total of ou-t voies as opposed to tne com bination's 500, while Carolina Magazine polled 22, the two mag azines as they now exist ran third with 207. alternating issues of Carolina Mag and Tarnation raked in 90, and no magazine at all was backed up by 1(59 voters. The referendum was called by ia bill passed in the Student Legis lature on January 22, which pro vided for the six choices on the ballot: (1) Carolina Mag, (2) j Tarnation, (3) The two magazines i.as they now exist, (4) A combina tion magazine, (5) Alternating issues of Carolina Mag and Tar nation, (6) No magazine at all. The bill stated that unless "No (.magazine, received a majority of the votes, the highest vote getter of the other five choice? would be abided bv when the I Legislature drew up the 1948-43 campus budget. Two Issues To Go Tarnation, which emerged as ture last spring, wbn it appro ;priated $4,400 for fnn issues oi the publication. The nrst edition !came out this fall, followed by Editor Tookie Hodgson's number two child within the last month. The magazine will publish two , more issues before the end of, ithe spring quarter. ! The Carolina Mag, with four issues behind it for this academic year, will print four more before its death knell is sounded wlen the fisc al year begins, Ballot Breakdown Breakdown of. the voting 43,' and no magazine 88. Aycock dormitory:, CM 2, T 93, two mags 52, comb. 101, alt. 16, no mags 23. Lenoir hall: CM 4, T 130, two mags 95, comb. 141, alt. 27, no mags 53. Alderman dormitory: CM 1, IT 3, two mags 5, comb. 17, alt. I 4, no mags 0. Co-op Will Hold Meeting Tonight There will be a general mem bership meeting of the co-op tonight at 8 o'clock in the Audi torium of the- Medical building. All members are requested to at tend, in order that elections may j be held and plans made for the i next year s operations. The present board of directors wishes it made clear to the mem ibers of the co-op that the direc ; tors are responsible for the handling of considerable amounts ;of their money, and that it is : to their own interests to see that j they are present when that board I of directors is elected. The meeting tonight will re i place the one scheduled for last j Wednesday, which was cancelled i uv.-itig y the uaplsaant weather. day rainfall.
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