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n EDITORIALS If F. D. R. Wtrt AliTt New Editor Politics Are Confuting WEATHER Cloudy and slightly cooler with scattered IhundershowerB. VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NO. 139 Inter-America Meet Will Continue, Says Report from Bogota Bogota, April 12 (UP) The government of Colombia broad cast a message today over its radio in riot-torn Bogota which said; "Communism cannot tri umph over Colombia and other nations of the Western Hemi sphere." Thus Colombia announced that the Inter-American conference of 21 nations plans to carry on in Eogota in spite of the weekend of bloodshed, looting and burning which wrecked the heart of the Colombian capital. The Colombian government has broken off relations with Moscow. It charged that the uprising was inspired by Communist, including two Soviet agents. It said 15 foreign agents, including the Russians, were caught in the act. The uprising began Friday af r a Liberal party leader was sassinated, raged out of con ;ol for 19 hours bef ore the Col ombian government got things under control. At least 300 per sons were killed and the city was damaged to the extent of $20,000, 000 or more. No Americans were reported hurt, but U. S. Air Force planes still are evacuating people from Bogota and flying in medical supplies for the Americans. Tea Sunday to Honor Graduating Women Miss Katherine Carmichael, dean of women, will entertain the senior women graduating in June with a tea Sunday from 4 to 6 o'clock in the main lounge of Graham Memorial. Invitations have been sent to all senior, women . whose . names are listed as June graduates in the office of the dean of women. Any coed planning to graduate in June who does not receive an invitation is requested to come by the office of the dean of wo men as soon as possible to add her name to the list. GEOLOGY LECTURE Dr. John W. Huddle of the Geology department will speak on "The Geology of the Uinta Mountains" tonight at 8 o'clock in room 203, New East. The lecture is being sponsored by Sigma Gamma Epsilon and will be illustrated with color slides. All interested persons are cordial- iy invited 10 anenu. Tickets Go on Sole This Afternoon For Musical-Comedy 'Sweep It Clean' Tickets for the new musical comedy, "Sweep It Clean," will be on sale this afternoon at Led-better-Pickards and the Y.M.C.A. Reservations can be made by phoning 5661 between 9 and 12:30 in the morning and 2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon and at the Play makers business office, Swain hall, after April 18. All seating for the musical to be presented April 20 and 21 is , unreserved, but a limit of 1,000 tickets for each night are being sold. The new seating arrange ment eliminates the necessity of selling unsatisfactory seats on the Ten U.N.C. Students Enlist In Ten University students have been accepted for enlistment-' in the U. S. Marine Corps reserve for assignment to the Platoon Loaders class, Captain Lawrence W. Smith, Jr., USMC, announced . yesterday. Those who will be sworn in for the summer officer training pro gram held at Marine' Corps schools, Quantico, Va., are George B. Shields, Newport News, Va.; Thomas G. Hurysz, Chapel Hill; James G. Murphy and Stuart W. Cramer, both of Charlotte; James S. Northrup, Concord; Morgan P. Morris, Tryon; Donald B. Scott, Washington: William W. Brickell, Halifax; Joseph E. Murphy, Col lege Park. Ga., and James T. Tanner, of Rutherfordton. Gordon W. Poindexter, corporal THIS PHOTO of pari of the magnificent Capitol in Bogota, Colombia, was made before looting mobs of revolutionaries tore through it in a bloody insurrection. Tehy broke glass doors and windows, wrecked furniture and set several room afire. Early re ports from the strife-torn city placed the death toll at more than 100 and injured at 200. (International) Dick Wof fori! Backs Cites Experience, Capability of Nominee Charlie Stancell, University party candidate for head cheer leader, yesterday, was given the backing of Dick Wofford, former Campus party candidate for the same position. ; In a statement released late Phi To Discuss Tax Abolishment The Philanthropic assembly will discuss abolishing the. state sales tax in the meeting tonight at 7:30 in the assembly hall, fourth floor New East building. John Giles has been appointed recording secretary for this quar ter and Robert Coulter chaplain. The Ways and Means Commit tee will meet at 4 o'clock this af ternoon and the Executive com mittee will meet at 5 o'clock in the Phi hall. Speaker Ernie House urged that all members attend the meet ing tonight, because a special closed meeting will be held im mediately following the regular meetmg sides and balcony of Memorial hall. Being presented by students in the dramatic art and music de partments for the benefit of the Koch Memorial fund, the political musical has the endorsement of the Playmaker faculty and the Koch Memorial committee, With 14 musical members and a cast and crew of 60, the show has the costuming and technical facilities of the Playmakers. Book and lyrics were written by Bob Barr and Louise Myers with ori ginal music by Frank Groseclose, and staged by Marty Jacobs. in the inactive Marine Corps re serve, has requested the Com mandant of the Marine Corps to transfer him to Class III (d) for the program. The Platoon Leaders class de signed for college and university juniors, sophomores and freshmen permits students to train for six week periods during the summer months, and on graduation from a selected educational institution al be commissioned in the U. S. Marine Corps reserve. Vacancies in the University of Worth Carolina quota exist. Any eligible unmarried male students between 18 and 23 who are in terested in procuring a Marine Reserve commission are request ed to see Captain Smith at the Naval armory, or Walter W. ' Stancell In Runoff; yesterday afternoon, Wofford scored Stancell's qualifications for the position and asked all voters to take them into account before going to vote. Forced to Withdraw Wof ford,"- himself, was fo late in the campaign to with draw from the cheerleader's race, but up until this time, he had not endorsed any other candidate for the post. The text of his statement was Through years ot experience and display of determined en thusiasm Charlie Stancell has es tablished himself as the most ca pable man to take over the head cheerleader's position for th coming year. Special Effort "The student body should make a special effort to place him in the position, he so definitely war rants." Wofford yesterday added ver bally that he believed that Stan- cell's bid for election would b successful if the people who know and respect him would make th effort to get out and vote. "I have maintained silence un til now," Wofford said, "but in the interests of good . Carolina cheering, I feel that I have no other course than to back Charlie Stancell." EISENHOWER CLUB The Eisenhower for President club will hold its second meeting this evening at 7 o'clock in Ro land Parker lounges 1 and 2 of Graham Memar Chairman l,cs Smith yester day asked that all members and interested persons make every ef fort to attend. Marine Reserve Talley, Sergeant, UMCR, at the Alpha Tau Omega house. Captain Smith announced yes terday that the beginning dates for the summer encampment at Quantico will be June 27 and July 25 for the freshmen and sophomores, and June 20 and July 11 for the junior enrollees. The Marine officer pointed out that freshmen and sophomores for the program and who request active duty for training the per iod beginning July 25 will have sufficient time to complete the first session of UNC summer school which ends July 20. The junior enrollees will not have sufficient time to attend- both summer school and the Marine Corps training period. Student! Valkyrie Siiig To Feature Sixteen Groups In Competition -To Prove Talent Everything from a gay nintie review to a description of the four seasons at Carolina will be featured at the annual Valkyrie Sing to take place in Memorial hall next Monday night at 8:30, Sixteen groups of fraternity, sorority, and dormitory men and women will be in competition to prove their vocal - talent. Any other organization- which wishes to enter the Sing" can -still do so by' contacting ' Miriam Evans in Smith dormitory or Bill Lloyd at the Pi Phi house immediately. ;;'S Faculty Judges The winning entries in the men and women's divisions will be selected by three faculty judges on the basis of harmony, stage presence, and originality in sta ging. Loving cups will be presen ted to the two groups picked as best in the event next Monday. The three judges are Robert Shenkam of the University radio department. Gene Stryker from the music department, and Robert "Spike" Nelson, assistant pastor of the Methodist church. Rules Listed Rales for the contesting groups are as follows: (1) No less than eight persons compose a group with every- unc icquucu iu sing iiuu iiui jus. merely to "be a part, of a panto mine. : i . j i..i 2) AH singers must Tap active members of their respective groups, no outside help or alum ni assistance being allowed. (3) Pantomine is permissible, but no dancing or dialogue will be allowed. (4) Accompaniment is accept able as long as performances are limited to nine minutes. (5) A maximum of five dollars may be spent on costumes and properties. Any lighting desired may be used if an entrance fee of one dollar is paid to cover the cost. Dress rehearsals will be held Thursday and Sunday. The Valkyries will secure a lighting technician to help each organi zation with its staging prepara tions. A 30-minute rehearsal period for the lighting supervis ion can be reserved. Preceding the Sing, the Gold en ileece, nignest men s nonor- ary organization on campus, will tap new members ..behind locked doors. Although the Sing does not begin until 8:30, it is advis- able that all entrants be on hand eral colIege is the University re when the doors are. locked for preseiitative of the Rhodes schol- the tapping ceremonies ai o o'clock. Winners of last year's Valkyrie Sing were the Phi Gamma Delta sorority and the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. YW Musical Group Will Inaugurate Hymnal Programs In order to increase the un derstanding and appreciation pf hymns, the YWCA Music com mittee, in cooperation with the Worship committee, will inaugu rate at tonight's dormitory ves per programs a series of pro grams of hymnology. Starting tonight and continu ing through spring quarter, the weeklyvesper programs will em phasize the understanding and art of singing hymns. The first pro gram will include excerpts from a sermon of the appreciation of hymns and several hymns sug gested by it. Feme Hughes is chairman of the Music committee, which has planned the programs, and other members assisting her include Mary Glen Slater, Tet Hoffner, and Betsy Green. Cast Ballots In CPU Sponsors Hass' Speech In Hill Hall Eric Hass, editor of the Weekly People, official newspaper of the Socialist Labor party, will speak Thursday night on the contrast of the Wallace reform and the Socialist revolution. Hass, speaking under the aus pices of the Carolina Political union, non-partisan campus poli tical discussion group, will speak in Hill hall at 8 o'clock. After the speech there will be an open question period. Following the speech and question period there will be a reception in the main lounge of Graham Memorial. Hass has been editor of the party newspaper since 1938 when he was elected to that post by Party members. He is the fourth editor of the Weekly People in its 55 years of continuous publi cation. The oldest Socialistic party in the United States, the Labor party has been running presiden tial candidates since 1892. In 1944 its candidates polled oyer 45,000 votes. Rhodes Scholars To Be Cut in '48 This is the last year for war service scholarships under the Rhodes schplarships . plan. This year the United States will return to its regular quota of 32 Rhodes scholars per year instead of 48 as in the last two years. War ser vice candidates will, however, be eligible this year. After this year war service scholarships will be discontinued. The 32 appoint ments authorized for 1948 will be divided between candidates for regular and war service scholarships at the discretion of committees of selection in accord ance with the merits of applicants appearing before them. Henderson Donald Henderson, history major, won a Rhodes scholarship last year. He had an excellent war record, and finish ed his undergraduate studies in an amazingly short time. Many of his courses were completed through taking exams. This Rhodes scholar had as a hobby the studying of medieval history. Another Rhodes scholar here is Robert E. McGee, a graduate student in English who is now completing his Ph. D. C P. Snmill. dean nf the pen- !,: ,v, memorandum of regulations, ap- plication blanks, and other in formation " may be obtained. Spruill, who is also a Rhodes scholar, has his office in 308 South building. PARLIAMENTRY LAW CLASS After a successful first meeting, the Political Science department has decided to continue its non credit course in parliamentry pro cedure. Because of the demand for the course by the students, R. H. Hamilton will continue in struction in the course which meets every Tuesday night at 7 o'clock in 105 Caldwell hall. Student leaders, fraternity pres idents, newly-elected campus of ficers and all other interested parties are invited to be present at the Tuesday night lectures, which last for one hour. RUSSIANS DELAY TRAVEL Vienna, April 12 (UP) The Russians have held up British and American travel between Vienna and the Western occupa tion zones of Austria. The Russ ian command has refused to meet with the British to talk over the matter. Seasons, Gay Humber Address To Concern International Party Politics By Herb Nachman Robert Lee Humber, Rhodes Federalist, will speak at 8 o'clock tonight in Gerrard hall on "Party Politics in International Affairs." : ROBERT LEE HUMBER CCUN Executives Will Meet Today To Plan Program The Collegiate Council for the United Nations' second execu tive committee meeting of the spring quarter will be held this afternoon in the CCUN office in Graham Memorial at 3 o'clock. All members of the Carolina chapter are requested to meet with the state staff to discuss programs for the quarter. Future plans call for an increased effort by CCUN on this campus and throughout the state to reinforce support of the United Nations in-the face of the present critical international situation. Both the Carolina chapter and the state staff expressed a need for public relations and administ rative personnel to take active part in the stepped-up program. All interested persons are cordi ally invited to attend the meet ing set for this afternoon, which will include on its agenda further planning for the mock meeting of the United Nations Security Council scheduled by the Caro lina chapter for next Tuesday night. ; The council plans to hold a meeting of its staffs, each Tues day during the quarter. BROTHER MATCHES BROTHER Newton, 111., (UP) Two bro thers here became fathers on the same day. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kerner and a daughter was born to "Mr. and Mrs. Neil Kerner. Ray Says Work To Start Soon On Bond Issue Improvements By Charles Craven I disposal plant and repair work Work will begin soon on perm- on the present sewage system anent improvements provided for J would last one year to 18 months, in the municipal bond issue, Thirty-five thousand dollars of which was recently approved by an overwhelming majority of Chapel Hill voters, City Manager G. W. Ray announced yesterday. It is expected that the Board of Aldermen in a meeting to be held tomorrow night will deter mine when the street repairing and construction on the newly proposed sewage disposal plant will begin. Ray pointed out that some of the streets could not be repaired until work on the sewage system is completed. This is because excavations will have to be made in a few of the streets. The city manager declared that the construction on the sewage Runoff 90'sReview scholar and renowned World The Young Democrats club is sponsoring Humber's appearance on the campus. Humber is best known for his world famous res olution, "The Declaration of the Federation of the World." One-Man Crusade A complete story of his one man crusade for World Federa tion was given the Greenville, N. C, attorney in the "Christian Herald" and was condensed in "Reader's Digest," May 1946, by O. K. Armstrong. In advancing his movement, Humber has approached the va rious state assemblies and legis lators. Since he started his cru sade in 1940, his resolution has been adopted by the North Caro lina legislature, March 13, 1941, and has subsequently been adop ted by 14 other states and has been adopted by one house or is being considered in the legisla tures or some 19 others. Phi Bete at Oxford Humber graduated with an A. B. degree from Wake Forest in 1918 and received his L.L.B. de gree there in 1921. He went on to obtain his master's at Har vard in 1926 and received the Rhodes scholar from North Caro lina to Oxford University in Eng land. He received his B.Litt. in 1923 and was a Phi Beta Kappa. He was American Field ser vice fellow at the University of Paris from 1926 to 1928 and was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1920. Also in 1920 he ser ved in the Tutor department of Harvard in government, history and economics. From 1930 to 1940 he a lawyer and business ex ecutive in Paris and served as a second lieutenant artillery in World War I where he first got the idea for his World Federa tion crusade. When Humber took his resolu tion to the state capital at Ra leigh, a vigorous debate was touched off on the matter. One objection was raised that ha3 since become familiar to Humber: "This matter requires more stu dy." To which a senator made what Humber considers an admir able reply: "The progress of ci vilization cannot wait for my col league's intellectual develop ment." In the end the resolution passed by comfortable majori ties. By "federation", Humber is quoted as meaning an organiza tion within which each country would retain its domestic sov ereignty, delegating to a world government only such powers as are needed to maintain law and (See HUMBER, page 4) the $260,000 bond issue is alloca ted for tar-paving and asphalting of nine unpaved streets, and for the seal-coating of 20 streets. The streets to be asphalted or tar-paved are as follows: West Cameron, Graham, Whitaker, Roberson, Nunn, Lindsay, Mc Dade, Noble and Hooper lane. The following streets will be seal-coated: Pritchard, Carr, Short, North, Henderson, Pine, North Boundary, Glenburnie, East Rosemary, Tenny Circle; Park Place, Senlac Road, Mc- Cauley, Ransom, University Drive, Ridge Lane, Wilson, Pat- terson Place, Vance and Qlandon Drive. Today ' Dedmond-Long Fight Will Be Featured In Balloting Today Local politics hits its second climax of the spring within a week today as students cast their ballots in the runoff of the April general elections. The four usual polling places will be open at Gerrard hall, Ay cock dormitory, Ruffin and Ald erman dorms. ID cards will be absolutely necessary to be able to vote. Polls will be open at 9 o'clock this morning and close at 6 o'clock this evening, according to the elections laws. Presidential Battle The presidential battle between Jess Dedmond (CP-UP) and Charlie Long (SP) will be the feature attraction of the day, fol lowed closely by two other im portant battles, one in publica tions and the other on the head cheerleader. ' Charlie Gibson (SP-CP) faces Tom Wharton and Bob Smith (UP) in the race for the editor ship of Tarnation, while Norm Sper (SP) butts heads with Charlie Stancell (UP) over the head cheerleader spot. Also in publications, Bill Car michael (UP) opposes Bill Buch an (SP) for the sole remaining seat on the Publications board as member-at-large. Other runoffs are scheduled for Legislature and coed positions. A. R. A. Will Hear Col. Wade Tonight The Air Reserve association will meet tonight at 7:30 in 103 Bingham hall. Colonel Leigh Wade, public information officer of the 14th Air Force, will be the main speaker at the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss all phases of the pay- bill proposed for members of the reserve, prospects of summer training, and a potential all weather squadron at the Raleigh- Durham airport, dependent upon the density of population of the reserve personnel in this area. Also in line for discussion will be how to obtain the three high est grade reserve enlisted men commissions. A panel discussion on the prob- ems of the Air Reserve and the opportunities offered by it will be held following Colonel Wade'a address. Immediately after the panel discussion, there will be an open question period. The main meeting at Bingham hall will be preceded by a dinner meeting at the Carolina Inn in honor of the guest speakers and the executive committee of the ocal Air Reserve. Delegates To Raleigh Must Attend Meeting The following students, UNC delegates to the State Student Legislature to be held in Raleigh this weekend, are to attend a meeting of all delegates to be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Roland Parker lounge 1: Charlie Long, Dortch Warriner, Al Lowenstein, James Souther- and, Hurshell Keener, Bill Jerni- gan, John Giles, Bill Duncan, bm Shelton, Herb Mitchell, Wayne Brenengen, Russell Bald win, Dick Simpson, Herbert Alex ander, Tom Eller, Jack Folger, Ed Davenport, Jake Wicker, John Zucker, Ernest House, Chuck Hauser, Bill Buchan, Roland Giduz, Gran Childress, Mary Ann Daniel, Annie Ben Beal, Emily Baker, Pat McNutt, Chet Zum Brunnen, Earl Fitzgerald, Sally Woodhull. Pete Gems, who is heading the delegation has called this meet ing for the purpose of submitting resolutions to the committee 'on legislation and to inform the dele gation of what has been planned for the coming weekend. Gerns announced that all representa tives will be excused from both Friday and Saturday classes. fa J M
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