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EDITORIALS Rgardlss of Color Barefoot Folki Sunday Pricti ' WEATHER Fair and warmer. pi -0 VOLUME LVI Communist Leader Will Participate In Meeting Tonight By Charlie Craven Junius Scales, chairman of the Communist party of Chap el Hill, will represent his party tonight at 8 o'clock on the first floor of Phillips hall when the Collegiate Council for the United Nations will hold a mock UN Security Council session, officials of the CCUN announced yesterday. ' ! " Beside the Communist party, Quartet to Give Return Concert Tomorrow Night The final program in the Eliza beth Sprague Coolidge Founda ,tion Series this year will be a recital by the Kroll Quartet to morrow night at 8:30 in Hill hall. The quartet is composed of the same members who played to an enthusiastic audience last year, including: William Kroll, violin; Louis Graelor, violin; Nathan Gordon, viola; and Avron Twer dowsky, violoncello. The quartet will play Haydn's "String Quartet in D major," "The Lark," Benjamin Britten's "Quartet No. 1" and Beethoven's "String Quartet in E minor." Admission will be by guest ticket only until 8:20, when the general public will be admitted without tickets. Guest tickets are available at the music depart ment. LAW WIVES' CLUB The Law Wives' club will have a steak dinner party at the Terrace View Supper club Sat urday night, April 24, at 7 o'clock. Law students and wives, and single students and their dates are invited. Those interested in attending are asked to contact one of the following during the weekend: Mrs. Worth Folger, 120 Polk street, Village; Mrs. Dan Walker, 152 Daniels road, phone no. 9201; or Mrs. Tommy Wells, 108 Ridge lane, phone no. 9696. These people must be notified ! by Wednesday in order to make reservations. egro Leader Says For Colored Students to Be Admitted Durham, April 19 (UP) A keeping at it." He brought out Negro leader has been quoted as saying today that if there is any place in the South where Negroes should be admitted as day stu- dents in a college, the University of North - Carolina is the (best place to start. t- r tV C. C cSpaulding M Durham, president of the world's- largest Negro insurance firm, 'says that the Negro students, who have ap plied for admission to the Uni versity of North Carolina are not trying to cause trouble. He 'also pointed out that when they fin ish their courses at the' schools they are now attending, they will be unable to practice. Two of the applicants are law students at North Carolina , col lege at Durham, Negro college which has a law school but which is not recognized by the Ameri can Bar association. An official in Chancellor Robert B. House's office report ed today that Board of Trus tees will meet in Raleigh on May 17 to review the applica tions. It was also reported that the only action which the Board could lake would be lo make a recorhmendalion lo the Legislature or lo Ihe governor. Graduates of North Carolina college Law Scnool may take the state bar exams but are not ad mitted to the American Bar as sociation. Spaulding says that race rela tions have improved, but not as much in the South as they should have. Jn his words, "If there is a place in the South where Ne gro students should be admitted as day students," and he empha sizes day students, "the Univer sity of North Carolina is the best place to start." He says his motto is, "Keep on United Press ejeven campus organizations will represent the various nations hav ing delegates on the Security Council of the UN, It has been reliably established that Scales refused to be Quoted as saying he will represent Rus sia. He stated, however, that he will take the part of Communism. ( The organizations participating in tonight's meeting spent last week preparing arguments based on policies held by different na tions concerning the present plight of Czechoslovakia. ; Tonight's meeting of the CCUN is sponsored by the state head quarters of the organization. This afternoon at 4:30 the local chap ter will have a meeting in Ger rard hall. All student and faculty advisors are requested to be pres ent at the afternoon meeting when a progress report will be read by the state director. Other than Scales and the Communist party, the following organizations will be represented on the mock Security Council: Di, Merle Stevens; Phi, Her man Sieber; IRC, John Bristow: CPU, Dick Simpson; YWCA, Jean McKeithan, Ann Wells, Patsy vt-nt,,. rw ism vn Tv, lULlluii. A i uiu iuaiVr Willi. . m m l f . i . o 11 -r u t 1 1 to two.The count for the Chris Burwell, John Brockman; CCC,.'.. , Charlie Kaufman; WF, Jake Wicker; Grail, representative to be announced. At this afternoon's meeting of votes, the CCUN, new student advisors; These returns are for the 237 will be installed to fill places Senate seats which .are at stake, vacated by several advisors The Italians also voted on 574 who plan to graduate in June. 'delagates t0 the national assem Also scheduled is a discussion of the state policy,' a discussion of However, the Assembly returns the final conference to be held in May, and a discussion of the evening meeting in Phillips hall. UNC Is Best Place that very few people know the improvements that have been made in North Carolina, but he added, "We are still a long way .from the shore." ,;The Negro insurance-man also says he does not think the region al , school plan under which sev eral Southern states would band together to set up a school for Negroes will be successful. HENDERSON CLUB There will be a meeting of the Henderson-Carolina club tonight at 7 o'clock in the Horace Will iams lounge. All members are urged to attend as officers for the coming terms will b elected. Romantic Drama in French Will Be Given Next Week . A romantic drama by Dumas, "Henri III et Sa Cour," will be presented in French under the direction of Prof. Walter Creech of the University French depart ment in the . Playmakers theater here next Thursday and Friday, at 8:30. There will be no admission charge, but according to the cus tom of French theaters, programs with a synopsis in English will be sold, the proceeds going to Amer ican aid to France, Professor Creech said. Mile. Genevieve Faucher, ex change student in the University from Algiers, takes the leading role in the drama that is full of intrigue, poisoning, assassinations and assignations at the dissolute French court of the late 16th century. Other members of the cast are r 11 111 i 11 1 null mm. imii 11 1 11 nn irnmir-i .... " " ' " 11 l ' ' 5 ,ti tHr ML i hMllli ill ( ill ' ---ffer;! ilit1lfiifhiffiniTllriftTnllirlfiir"-ai -t. ' ' " " r-am. n unninn mtinii' Mult- mmiinnnririnimTiTrfirtimiia ROME POLICE ARE SHOWN holding back a portion of ih vast throngs that wailed for hours for a chance to cast their votes in an election which will decide whether or not the "Iron Curtain" is likely to drop on Italy. A check of those shown above showed that virtually all of them were eager for the opportunity lo cast out the Communist threat. Some 350.000 government troops and police handled the crowds which, in Rome, was largely orderly and good nalured.. - (International Radiophoto) First Vote Count From Italian Polls Favors Anti-Reds Rome, April 19 (UP) The anti-Communist parties seem to have taken a strong lead in Italy's fateful parliamentary elec tion although it still is too early to predict victory for either side with returns in only from 3,400 of the country's 4,000 precincts. On this early count, the parties backing Premier De Gasperi are running ahead better than three tian Democrats and other anti- TCQmmunist, groups . now totals (some 1,092,000 while the Com imunist front has about 642.000 are just beginning to be tabula- ted. They, too, give a big lead to the parties which want to keep Itdly on the side of the western Democracies. YWCA CABINET New YWCA cabinet will hold its first meeting tomorrow after noon at 5 o'clock in the Y office. Mary Ann Daniel.new presi dent, will make several impor tant announcements in regard to the cabinet during the, remaining school year. Also, a permanent time 'for cabinet meetings will be set at the Monday meeting. PHI MEETING A closed meeting of the Phi assembly will be held tonight at 9 o'clock in the Phi hall of New East, building. A regular meeting of the assembly will be held next Tues day. All members are urged to attend and any guests or pro spective members are invited. Dr. Urban T. Holmes of the French department; Elizabeth Savage, Henderson; Elizabeth Thomas, London, England; Jeanne Riden, Booneville; Otis Beeson, Greensboro; Phillip Ken nedy, Charlotte; Bill Baskin, Ma con, Ga.; Ed Duke, Raleigh; Floyd Ellington, Graham; Robert Walker, Kerr; Robert Hooper, Reidsville; Wesley T. Collier, Roanoke Rapids, and Joe Hutch inson, St. Cloud, Fla. First produced in 1929, "Henry III et Sa Cour" created a sensa tion and started the vogue of ro mantic plays in 19th century France. Its author, better known in "America for his novel, "The Three Musketeers", considered himself primarily a playwright, and "Henry II et Sa C6ur" was his greatest success. CHAPEL HILL, N. C TtJESDAY, APRIL 20, 1948 'Sweep It Clean' Opens Here As Satire on Campus Politics "Sweep It Clean", a new musical-comedy being given for the Koch Memorial fund, opens tonight at 8:30 in Memorial hall. ; Combining Playmaker and mu- : '- sic department talent in a color ful show, the musical is based on the pertinent theme of election time. Sparked -with a wide va riety of new songs and a chorus of twenty, the electioneering is conducted before moving scenery that includes two office buildings and an entire amusement park. The political plot revolves a bout the campaigning of a city boss and an honest garbage col lector 'running on the clean city platform. National politics are brought into the script through the disreputable Senator Dodder. Seven election songs keep the program musical while the com edy and romantic love sequences provide ballads and laughs. "Sweep It Clean" is being pre sented by an entirely new musical-comedy group comprised of students who have previously ap peared in the "Mikado" and other Playmaker productions. Attempt ing to give a show Broadway calibre, "Sweep It Clean" follows a desire to show that the Carolina campus can produce musicals of an equal standard with those of other universities. Proceeds of the show will go toward the construction of the Koch Memorial theater and the improvement of existing theat rical facilities. Tickets for "Sweep It Clean" are on sale at the YMCA and Ledbetter-Pickards, and will be sold at Memorial hall tonight and tomorrow night. Coed Literary Group Elects '49 Officers In Wednesday's meeting of the Chi Delta Phi, literary sorority, officers were elected for next year. Officers of the Carolina chapter are Sally Woodhull, pre sident; Anne Wells, vice-president; Dusty Moore, secretary; and Virginia Forward, treasurer. The National president and Na tional secretary of the Chi Delta Phi recently visited this organi tion. Miss Bernadine Whitmer, national president, and Miss Mary E. Teeter, national secre tary, are making a tour of Chi Delta Phi chapters throughout the South. PRE-REQISTRATION The pre -registration advising period for summer school stu dents is scheduled from May 10 through May, 15. Only students who will not attend the summer session wilj be allowed to pre register for the fall quarter. This pre-registration period will be from May 17 through May 22. Summer session class schedules are available in Registration hall this week. Sandburg to Speak To Library Group At Annual Dinner Carl Sandburg, the poet and Lincoln biographer who now lives at Flat Rock in western North Carolina, has accepted an invi tation to speak at the annual dinner meeting of the Friends of the Library of the University at the Carolina Inn May 7. According to a letter from Mr. Sandburg, he will "talk, read and perhaps give songs with the gui tar." The program of the meeting will also include reports on mem bership, gifts and acquisitions. It was urged that reservations for the dinner be ma'de promptly. Veterans to Need Summer Eligibility Veteran-students who expect to change schools at the begin ning of summer should apply as soon as possible for a supple mental certificate of eligibility and entitlement, the Veterans administration said yesterday. A Supplemental Certificate of Eligibility and Entitlement is a certificate issued to veteran trainees when Veterans 'Admin istration approval is granted for them to transfer from one in stitution to another. The certifi cate shows the remaining amount of eduaction a veteran is entitled to under the GI Bill of Rights. Supplemental certificates may be obtained by veteran-students currently enrolled in institutions in this state on proper applica tion from the Veterans Adminis tration regional office, 310 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem. The veteran-student should di rect a letter of application to the Veterans Administration contain ing the following information: The name and location of the in stitution to which he wishes to transfer, the course he has been following, the course he proposes to follow at the new institution, his reason for desiring to make the change, and any other perti nent facts having a bearing on his request. Each request must contain, or be accompanied by, an endorse ment by an official of the first institution indicating that the conduct and progress of the vet eran is satisfactory. TARNATION STAFF There will be a meeting of all Tarnation contributors and pros pective staff members this after noon at 4 o'clock in the new Tar nation office in the basement of Graham Memorial. Phone Ten SfudenfsTapped By Golden Fleece; KayKyserRe-Tappedeceives Plaque Sigma Chi, Chi 0 Win Valkyrie Sing Sigma Chi fraternity walk ed away with the men's hon ors at the annual Valkyrie Sing, the choral competition held last night in Memorial hall following the Fleece tap ping. The winner of the wo- imens loving cup was ui Omega sorority. In the women's division the complete list of Sing contestants and their entries was as follows: Mclver dormitory, "Four Sea sons at Carolina"; Smith dormi-. tory, "Harmony Harbor"; Sigma Alpha Iota musical : sorority, "Temperance"; Alpha Delta Pi, "Golden Wedding"; Chi Omega, "South American Songs"; Alpha Gamma Delta, "Night and Day"; Delta Delta Delta, "After Dark"; and Pi Beta Phi, "1:10 on Sat urday Night". In the men's section the groups who entered and their produc tions were: Everett dormitory, "UMTee; Phi Delta Theta, "The Alma Maters of the NC Big Four"; Phi Kappa Sigma, "Four Years of College"; and Sigma Chi, "Farmer's Fantasy". Three fraternities who were listed on the program but with drew from the contest were Sig ma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Delta Kappa Epsilon. The judges for the Sing were Robert Shenkkan of the radio de partment; Gene Stryker of 'the music department; and Robert "Spike" Nelson, assistant pastor of the University Methodist church. Training Program Starts for Coeds Mrs. Betty Rose Dowden and the Rev. Charles M. Jones will spe'ak on "Leadership-Fellowship" at the first meeting of the Coed Leadership Training pro gram tonight in the main lounge of Graham Memorial. All coeds, and particularly new ly-elected officers, are urged to attend this mass meeting to aid in increased cooperation and un ity among women students. New officers Will go directly from the mass meeting to their discussion groups, where girls acquainted with the duties of a particular office will lead informal discus sions. Ruth Evans and Bill Lloyd will lead the discussion on presi dents and vice-presidents in Ro land Parker lounge No. 1, and Julia Ross and Betsy Ann Bar bee on secretaries in Roland Parker lounge No. 2. Marshall Spears and Helen Xanthos will instruct treasurers in the Wo man's council room. UP MEETING The University party will meet this afternoon at three o'clock in Graham Memorial. Attendance of all representatives or alternates is requested, according to Chair man Thurman Williams. Alumni Association Schedules Convention Here for April 29 Plans for the annual Alumni assembly of the University of North Carolina Alumni associa tion to be held here April 29 were announced today by Secre tary J. Maryon Saunders. Invitations have already been issued to officers and directors of the General Alumni association, officers of local alumni clubs, and officers of organized alumni class es. The meeting will cover a full day's program. At 11 o'clock, April 29, the boar4 of directors of the General Alumni association will meet. At 1 o'clock the alumni will join with the Faculty club in a luncheon at the Carolina Inn at which Chan cellor Robert House will be prin cipal speaker. F-3371 F-33S1 Dean Mackie To Inaugurate New Ofticers E. L. Mackie, dean of students, will make the charge and admin ister oaths to student leaders to night at a mass inauguration of all newly-elected officers in Ger- rard hall at 8:30. Attorney General Scotty Ven able announced yesterday that Dr. Frank Graham will be un able to attend the ceremony as originally planned due to a pre vious engagement. The inauguration, which will be presided over by Vice-President Jadfc Folger, marks the con clusion of the 1947-48 student government administration. As of tonight the responsibility for campus government, will rest with the new officers. Jess Dedmond, new president of the student body, and Tom Eller, retiring president, will speak at the inauguration. At the conclusion of the ceremony in coming Vice-President Jim God win will take over as presiding officer of the meeting An informal banquet will also be held tonight at 7 o'clock in the Carolina Inn preceeding the inauguration for student leaders and University administration of ficials. The banquet, which is be ing sponsored by the student gov ment and financed by the Stu dent Orientation committee's en tertainment fund, and will give new student leaders a chance to become acquainted with admin istratiori'officials. President Tom Eller has urged all campus leaders to be present tonight at the inauguration. 'Cyrano' Tryouts To Be Held Today Public tryouts for "Cyrano de Bergerac," which will be pro duced next month by the Caro lina Playmakers, will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Forest theater. In case of rain, the tryouts will be held in Me morial hall. Foster Fitz-Simons of the Play maker staff is to direct the pro duction and Lynn Gault, scene designer, is already at work on the settings. Fitz-Simons said yesterday, "There , are many partsfor wo men, as well as men, which must be 'cast, and we are hoping for a large turnout of students who are interested in taking part." "Cyrano de Bergerac" will be presented in the famed out-door Forest theater on May 21, 22, 23, and will be the last major pro duction of the Playmakers' thir tieth season. EISENHOWER CLUB The Eisenhower-for-President club meets this afternoon at 4:30 in Graham Memorial. Immediately following the luncheon, faculty and administra tive "panels" will lead discuss ions on enrollment trends, physi cal plant of the University, fur ther improvement of instruction, research and faculty contact with new knowledge, and student life and counseling. Judge Sam J. Ervin, Jr., alum ni president, will preside at a dinner session, closing the day's program. Reports and business conducted at the evening session will include nomination of Gen eral Alumni association officers for 1948-49. Following a mail bal lot of the alumni membership, new officers will be announced and installed at the Commence ment alumni luncheon on June 7. NO. 145 9 Society Ajso Picks 'Coach Bob' Fetzer By Charlie Gibson Along with ten University students and a faculty mem ber, Kay Kyser, Tar Heel dom's famed band leader and radio star, was honored last night at the annual Golden Fleece tapping ceremonies in Memorial hall. Athletic Director Robert A. Fetzer, better known as "Coach Bob" was initiated into the Fleece as an honorary faculty member. The ten students chosen for their distinctive records in speci al activities and general all-round excellence of character and lead ership were: Lyn Szafaryn, Am ridge, Pa.; William K. Tate, Mor ristown, Tenn.; William C. Friday, Dallas, N. C; Basill Sherrill, Gas tonia; Charles S,, Venable, Wal lingford, Pa.; Wayne Brenengan, La Crosse, Wise; William Robert Coulter, Chapel Hill; John A. Kirkland, Wilson; Ernest J. House, Marion; and Jess Ded mond, Cliffside. This Year's Officers The Fleece officers for the past year who were revealed for the first time last night were Ralph Strayhorn, Jason; Charlie Fulton, vice -Jason; Charlie Warren, Grammateus; and Bob Stockton, Christopher. An extra surprise of the eve ning came when Kyser, who was active in the Fleece back in 1927, was re-tapped and presented a handsome hand-carved plaque bearing the Golden Fleece in signia. Presenting the plaque, Jason Strayhorn said Kyser's "impell ing urge to serve North Carolina set him upon a Good Health cru sade in this state which will re sult in the longer life and build ing of hospitals and clinics for all North Carolinians. No alum nus has better exemplified by constant devotion and noble pre cept the traditional spirit of this institution and this Order." Kyser Inducted Kyser and the other neophyte Fleecemen were induf ted into the select order after they were sing led out from the audience by black-robed figures moving slow ly up and down the aisles of the darkened hall with a large por (See FLEECE, page 4) UNC Concert Band Will Appear Sunday The University Concert band makes its first appearance of the year in Hill hall at 8:30 next Sun day. The band is directed by Earl Slocum, well-known to both stu dents and townspeople for his work in directing the band at football games and for spring and summer lawn concerts. Slocum is a member of the American Band masters's association. Hubert Henderson, graduate assistant in the Music depart ment, has assisted Slocum for several years in work with the musical organizations. The program will feature William Fitzgerald, clarinetist, in Solo de Concours. Fitzgerald, a clarinet student of Glen Haydon, is a senior music major from New Bern. WESTERN N. C. CLUB The Western North Carolina club is sponsoring a "free flow ing" party at Hogans lake on Thursday for all students of West ern North Carolina, club presi dent Bud Reagan announced yes terday. "There will be cars leaving GM at 2:30 and 3:30 Thursday afternoon and all students who plan to attend should pick up their tickets at the Y Tuesday between the hours of 9 and 2," Reagan said. V
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