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VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMHKK 113
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SNAPPED BY THE photographer just before
they participated in the Rational Centennial Fore
University debaters above.
Four entered in the regular debates, competing
America; two entered in the extemporaneous spee
Front row. left to right: Herbert Mitchell. Earl
Council who accompanied the group as manager;
Back row: Tom Shellon, Charles Long, Jim Spe
Culbreth Attributes Telephone Difficulties
To Lack of Equipment, Overtaxed Facilities
By Raney Stanford
'Insufficient equipment and ov-
ertaxed facilities," is the explan
ation for the telephone service
difficulties that Chapel Hill call
ers are continually experiencing,
says Grey Culbreth, University
Seven University
Planning Session for State Assembly
Seven students; Charlie Long, Pete Gerns, Chet Zum
Brunnen, Al Lowenstein, Piuth Evans, Sally Woodhull and
Sam McGill were elected yesterday afternoon as delegates
from the University to the meeting of the executive commit
Air Reserve Body
Plans First Meet
The local Air Reserve associa
tion will hold its initial meeting
next Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30
in 103 Bingham hall, Dr. Clyde
C. Carter, president of the chap
ter, announced yesterday. The
main feature of the meeting will
be the showing of a film which
will be of particular interest to
Air Reserve personnel. Several
films have been ordered and
Carter expressed the hope that
"Operations Crossroad," the color
film of the atomic bombing of
Bikini will be available.
In addition to the movies, the
meeting will include a presenta
tion of the charter which arrived
this week from the national head
quarters and a business meeting.
There will be a discussion of
plans for further flight training
and of active duty training dur
ing the summer months.
Carter pointed out that the
meeting is of greatest interest to
Air Reserve personnel, but that
the general public is invited to
attend.
At the same time Carter said
that the flight of Air Reserve
officers going to Marrieta, Ga.,
for flight training will leave from
the armorv annex at 1 o'clock
Friday afternoon. All reserve of
ficers interested in making the
flight should contact Captain
Stuart at the armory.
NROTC GIVES PHYSICAL
Physical examinations remin
iscent of Army days have been
the order of the day during the
past week for the 125 members
of the local NROTC establish
ment as a group of Navy doctors
checked the old members of the
unit and checked and shot the
new men in preparation for the
NROTC crews this summer.
supervisor of the light, water,
iand telephone utilities.
"I believe Chapel Hill has more
telephones in use than any other
town its size in the country,"
Culbreth explained. "And our
equipment is worn, outmoded, and
Students to Attend
tee of the North Carolina Stu-
Ident Legislature. Alternate dele
gates, all of whom were chosen
by a group of executives or rep
resentatives of the many campus
organizations which are sponsor
ing the annual student assembly,
are Bill Mackie, Roland Giduz
and Patsy McNutt.
These delegates will meet with
those of fifteen other state schools
at Meredith college at 1:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon to plan the
activities of this year's legisla
ture and to elect its officers. '
The legislature itself is sched
uled to assemble in the State
Capital building on April 16.
In regards to last fall's exten
sive pro and -con discussion about
the meet's bi-racial quality, Pete
Gerns, member of the Debate
Council here who is in charge of
the University's arrangements for
the assembly, said that "both
Governor Cherry and Secretary
of State Eure have assured us of
the use of the . state building for
the meet."
Thompson Chosen
I FC President
Jack' Thompson, Sigma Chi
president from Graham was elect
ed president of the Interf raternity
council at a meeting of the coun
cil held Monday night. The new
president, a member of Elections
committee of the Student Legis
lature succeeds , Leon Todd of
Phi Gamma Delta.
Thompson assumed office im
mediately after his election, and
his first official act was to join
the membership of the council in
giving a rising round of applause
to Todd for his work with the
council during the past year.
Other officers selected Monday
are Bill White of Lenoir a Sigma
Nu, vice president; John Stump
of Clarksburg, W. Va., a Kappa
Alpha, secretary, and Ted Young
of Florence, South Carolina, a
Phi Gamma Delta, treasurer.
they left by plane for Tulane university where
nsic championships last weekend were the nine
with students from many states and from South
ch division, and two in the oratorical contests.
Fitzgerald, president of the University Debate
Miss Merle Stevens, and Richard Moilsman.
nee, Richard Bowen, and Blanion Miller.
has not been expanded in several
years."
The telephone exchange here
is set up to handle 15 per cent of
its total number of subscribers
at one time, but Culbreth said
the full 15 per cent seems to be
in use continually, with scarcely
any let up. The University and
town authorities have been try
ing to increase the switchboard's
facilities for some time, he not
ed, but the needed and expensive
selector switches are tied up in
the current nation-wide produc
tion bottlenecks.
"Patience and Fortitude"
In advising how users of the
town's system could get lines,
through despite crowded lines,
Culbreth could only recommend
"patience and fortitude."
"For instance, when you hear
a ticking when you pick up the
receiver, it means all the trunk
outlets . to the phone series you
are connected with are in use.
Many mishaps occur when two
or more people continue to dial
despite the ticking, and then one
of the outlets opens, up. The first
one to finish dialing gets his
number, but the others are on
the circuit too, and they all find
themselves in conversation to
gether. Chance Increased
"This ordinarily happens very
seldom," Culbreth noted, "but
when the phones are in constant
use the way ours are, the chances
of such tangles are greatly in
creased. All the callers can do is
just wait until the wires clear."
Turning from the local situa
tion to out-of-town calls, Culbreth
said he thought most long-dis
tance calls were clearing Chapel
Hill and encountering only a
nrunimum of delay.
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"There is sometimes trouble vn
East-West calls, but the service
North and South seems to be
pretty good," he commented.
If all goes according to sched
ule, he said, the long-distance fa
cilities here should be doubled
by June, when seven more out
going toll trunk lines will be
connected to the local switch
board. SP MEETING
SP officials announced yester
day that a meeting of the party
will be held at 3 o'clock this af
ternoon in Roland Parker lounge
of Graham Memorial. At 4:30,
following the meeting, a caucus
of SP legislators will convene.
RADIO CLUB
There will be a meeting of the
University radio club Thursday
evening in Swain hall at 7:15.
A discussion of elementary theory
will be held after a short business
meeting.
Student Pprty Names Publication Slate
Woodhull, Hauser,
Gerns, Buchan Are
Up for Board Jobs
Sally WoodhulL Pete Gerns,
Chuck Hauser and Bill Buchan
are in the race for seats on the
Publications board on the Stu
dent party ticket, SP spokesmen
announced yesterday.
Miss Woodhull was nominated
earlier by the University party
for the senior position on the
board. A transfer from Woman's
college in Greensboro, the Beth
lehem, Pennsylvania, native is
at present working as a reporter
on the Daily Tar Heel staff and
in the business department of the
Carolina Magazine.
She did makeup and news
work for the "Carolinian" while
at WC, and is now working with
the committee for the establish
ment of a literary quarterly on
campus.
Three Publications
Gerns, from Canton, Ohio, is
business manager of Tarnation,
and also an assistant editor of
the Yackety Yack and a column
ist for the DTH. He has been
nominated also by the Campus
party. .
He did newspaper work while
overseas during the war, and
served as business manager of
the "Spartan," magazine of Michi
gan State college, where he was
member of the publications
board.
DTH News Editor
Chuck Hauser, from Newton,
is present news editor of the
Daily Tar Heel, and has a year
and one half's work on that pub
lication behind him, acting as
reporter and night editor.
A journalism major, he is the
United Press representative for
Chapel Hill, and has done corre
spondence work with various
state newspapers". In high school
he served - as art editor of a
monthly magazine. He is seeking
the post of junior member to the
board.
Top Army Editor
Bill Buchan, aspirant to the
at-large seat on the board, is a
sophomore who is now perform
ing typewriter chores with the
editorial staff of the DTH. He
has chalked up a long list of ex
perience with publications, in
cluding work as e'ditor of one of
the top army newspapers over
seas during the war.
A native of Aberdeen, he ser
ved also overseas as public rela
tions press chief of the Bremer
haven port of embarkation, while
he was editing "The 17th Port
Reporter," rated one of the three
best weekly .newspapers out of
85 in Germany. Buchan has been
with the DTH editorial staff since
last summer.
Final Examination Schedule
Saturday, March 13, at 8:30 o'clock
All 2 o'clock classes.
Saturday, March 13, at 2 o'clock
All 3 o'clock classes, Commerce 71 and 72, and any
olher courses not otherwise provided for by this
schedule.
Monday, March 15, at 8:30 o'clock
Monday, March 15, at 2 o'clock
Tuesday, March 16, at 8:30 o'clock
Tuesday, March 16, at 2 o'clock
Wednesday, March 17, at 8:30 o'clock
Wednesday, March 17, at 2 o'clock
Common Examinations, (All French, German, and
Spanish courses numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4.)
Thursday, March 18, at 8:30 o'clock
All 1 o'clock classes
No student may be excused from a scheduled examination
except by the University Infirmary, in case of illness; or by
his General College, Faculty Adviser or by, his Dean, irl case
of any other emergency compelling his absence.
Daniels Proclaims
Democrats Defend
True
By Jack Brown
"We do not need the reaction
aries; the Claghorns are out of
date. We do not need the Com
munists either. We raised hell
before Karl Marx was ever born
and are still able to at any time
we feel like it!" spoke Jonathan
Daniels, editor of the News and
Observer, at an assembly last
night sponsored by the Young
Democrats club.
Daniels stated, "We are demo
cracy at its best."
He went on to say that the
Democratic party has been and
still is the true liberal party in
America, that the Democratic
party defends the liberal central
way which is founded on the
rights and freedom of men all
men.
Speaking on the current South
ern revolution in the Democratic
party, Daniels, -said there has
been a revolution every four
years, just before the presidential
Rcdistricting Bills
In Open Elections Committee Meeting
Voices were raised and undertones of political intrigue
circulated yesterday afternoon, as several controversial so
lutions to town redistricting legislation were discussed in an
open meeting of Jess Dedmond's Elections committee of the
Student Legislature.
Tickets On Sale
For Play's Debut
The sale of reserved seat
tickets for the twenty-second
premiere production of a new
play by the Carolina Playmakers
will start today, according to
John W. Parker, staff business
manager. The play, "Call Back
Yesterday", was written by Gene
A. McLain, a graduate student,
and it is being directed by Harry
Davis.
Tickets will be available at
Ledbetter-Pickard's on Franklin
street, or at the Playmaker bus
iness office in Swain hall. Seats
may be reserved in advance, but
no reservations can be held at
the box office later than 8:15 on
night of performance.
"Call Back Yesterday" will be
staged in the Playmaker theater
on March 10, 11, 12, and 13. It
tells the story of a small town
political ring, as expressed in the
life of one member, Judge Ralph
Gentry.
All 8 o'clock classes.
All 9 o'clock classes.
All 10 o'clock classes.
All 11 o'clock classes.
All 12 o'clock classes.
Liberalism
election. Truman himself, accord
ing to Daniels, is the successful
product of Southern revolution,
and he has every reason "not
necessarily to be agreed with but
to be treated with respect and
honor."
It also seemed strange to
Daniels that North Carolina was
represented at Jackson, Miss., at
a meeting of revolting Southern
Democrats, yet the State party
officials knew nothing of it. It
so happened, said Daniels, that
the North Carolina representative
was David Clark of Charlotte,
who was not only against the
Civil Rights program but was
also opposed to the abolition of
child labor and to Franklin
Roosevelt's program in general.
As for Henry Wallace, Daniels
was of the hope that he would
return to the Democratic party.
"I do not question the honor of
Henry Wallace," he said, "but I
(See DANIELS, Page 4) .
Are Hashed Over
Four proposed methods of dis
secting the town voting district
were brought up, but the final
vote of the committee concerned
only two. The one which trium
phed by a five-four vote of the
group was devised by Bill Mackie
and Basil Sherrill, and will be
presented by the committee to
the Student Legislature session
tomorrow night.
Five Districts
The Mackie-Sherrill plan would
split the town men's area into
five districts, as follows: (1)
Victory Village and trailer
courts, (2) West from Columbia
street and south from Cameron
avenue, (3) West from Colum
bia street between Cameron ave
nue and Franklin street, includ
ing Carrboro, (4) North of
Franklin street, (5) South of
Franklin, east of Columbia, and
all other areas.
The reapportionment decided
on by the committee will give the
town men's district 23 repre
sentatives, dorm men's district 21
representatives, town women one
and dorm women five.
Under this set-up, the districts
in the Mackie-Sherrill bill will
be entitled to representation as
follows: District 1: three, district
2: five, district 3: either seven or
eight, district 4: six, and dis
trict 5 two.
Leary Proposal
In the Legislature tomorrow
night, Dedmond will also discuss
the runnerup in the committee's
voting, a proposal by Joe Leary
which would cut the town into
four districts, as follows: (1)
Victory Village and trailer courts,
(2) The area south of Cameron
and west of Columbia, (3) The
area north of Franklin street,
(4) All other areas including out
of town.
Other bills discussed yesterday
were to cut the town into only
two districts and one to cut it
into four districts. The former
was presented by Miles Smith
and the latter by Tag Montague
and Ernie House.
Staffmen To Support Policy:
'Keep Humor Mag Humorous'
Bob Smith and Tom Wharton, associate editors of Tar
nation, will run for co-editorship of the humor magazine on
the University party ticket, party officials announced yesterday.
Both Smith and Wharton have
been members of the Tarnation
staff since it was organized.
Wharton is primarily a cartoon
ist while Smith has done mostly
editorial work.
Speaks For Both
Pertaining to the question of
their policy under the co-editorship,
Smith spoke for Wharton
and himself.
'Wharton and I are in favor of
a policy of progressively testing
the reactions of the student body
to various experiments in the line
of college humor.
"The student body will have
the final approval of anything we
do. In other words, student body
support is our platform.
"Will Remain Humor"
'Tarnation was commissioned
as a humor magazine and was
upheld in the recent referendum
as a humor magazine. It will be
our policy that it will remain
primarily a humor magazine.
"We feel that together we
would work very smoothly in an
editorial capacity since we are
in complete accord on matters of
policy."
Hodgson Comments
In commenting on the nomi
nation, ' Tarnation editor Tookie
Hodgson had this to say, "Bob and
Tom have done excellent work as
associate editors of Tarnation
since it was organized.
"I think jboth have a great deal
of ability along humorous lines.
I'm very happy to see that they
received the UP nomination."
Smith's Work
Smith, a journalism major from
Greensboro, is noted for his "Hey
How U?" story in the first issue
of Tarnation, "New Years Eve"
and "Flashback", a satire on mod
ern prose, in the past issue.
While overseas in the Army, '
Smith did feature work for the
Stars and Stripes. He entered
Carolina in January of 1947 and
is now, as he phrases it, a "sink
ing" Senior.
Commercial Art Major
Wharton is a rising junior from
Winston-Salem. He entered Ca
rolina in the spring of 1947 and
did work on the trial issue of
Tarnation which came out at
that time. He has also done illus
tration work on the Yack and is
a commercial art major.
He has done cartooning for the
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
and did illustrations for the Daily
Target on Saipan while in the
Army. He is a member of Kappa
Alpha fraternity.
Absent Minded
Cambridge, Mass., March 2
(UP) Here is a story of an
absent-minded professor that
just about lops them all.
Seventy-two-year-old W. J.
Cunningham is the professor, a
retired professor in the Harvard
graduate school. He was on his
way to Cambridge, Massa
chusetts, after a six thousand
mile automobile trip to the
west coast. Professor Cunning
ham stopped at Greenfield,
Indiana, to look at a road map.
Then he drove on. Thirty miles
away, he realized that he had
forgotten something at Green
field. He had forgotten his wife.
He went back for her.
WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB
Members of the Women's Glee
club are requested to meet this
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, since
Mr. Young will be away on
Thursday.
Celebrated Poet
Robert Lee Frost 1
To Speak Tonight
By Sally Woodhull
In a return visit to Carolina,
Robert Frost, distinguished A
merican poet, will appear tonight
in public lecture at 8 o'clock in
Hill hall under the sponsorship of
the English department. Well re
ceived during his campus visit
last year, the New England poet
will discuss poetry and its re
lation to world affairs, and will
read some of his poetry and com
ment upon it. Dr. Clifford P. Ly
ons, head of the English depart
ment, and personal friend of the
poet, will introduce him.
Frost will stay in Chapel Hill
for the remainder of the week,
and while here will speak in
formally to several classes in
contemporary poetry, American
literature, and creative writing,
answering questions of students
and discussing his ideas.
At Olher Schools
Following his stay here, Frost
will go to the University of Flor
ida at Gainesville, Florida State
university at Tallahassee, and
Richmond. Since his resignation
from the Amherst English de
partment in 1938, Fro;:t has spent
a great deal of time lecturing in
an informal way at various col
leges throughout the country.
Teaching Posts
Recipient of numerous honors
for his poetry since the publica
tion of his first volume, "A Buy'j
Will" in 1913, Frost has been as
sociated with many colleges i.i
his long career as teacher and
poet. In addition to Amherst, he
has taught at University of Mich
igan, Harvard, Middlebury col
lege's Breadloaf School of Eng
lish, and Dartmouth.
His most recently published
works are "Masque of Renson"
and "Masque of Mercy," two
book length poems designed to
complement one another, and
dealing with the impoit and in
terrelations of justice and mercy.
Based on the books of Job and
Jonah, respectively, the works are
longer and more extended than
others Frost has done. He has
called them " two New England
biblicals."
Di Officer Election
To Be Held Tonight
The Dialectic Senate will meet
tonight in a closed business ses
sion to elect its officers for thj
next term. All Senators are re
quired to be in the Di hall
promptly at 8 o'clock unless they
submit valid excuses in writing
to Charles O. Long, speaker of
the Senate at present.
All those who applied for Di
membership recently are also
asked to be present at 8 o'clock
in order that their applications
might be acted upon in time for
those accepted to participate in
the election of officers.
Charlotte Club Bids
To Be Sold Today
Bids for the Charlotte-Carolina
club's spring semi-formal
dance will be on sale at the
YMCA this morning from nine
until one o'clock.
The dance will be held on Fri
day, March 19, at Morris Field
Officers' club from nine until
one o'clock. Music will be furn
ished by Billy Knauff.
There will be only one bid
available to each member. Any
bids left will be sold to alumni
on March 9. No bids will be sold
in Charlotte.
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