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1-31-43 WEATHER Partly cloudy. EDITORIALS Fee Incrtate Choc Muil Go Negro Qucslion VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1943 Phone F-3371 F-3361 1G6 3wl V y State CCUN Conference Opens Today; Plans For Next Year To Be Outlined Program Includes Banquet Tonight; Radio Broadcasts The final conference of the year for the State headquarters of the Collegiate Council for the Unit ed Nations opens here today with the registration of state dele gates in Graham Memorial com mencing at 9 o'clock. During the two-day gathering, students will hear speeches and forums on the present critical in ternational situation. Committee meetings and plenary sessions will also outline the future course of the CCUN organization next fall. Students and faculty of the University are cordially invited to attend all meetings. Speeches by representatives of branches of I the US government and other dignitaries arriving at the Hill by plane and train for the two day affair will constitute a large part of the program of the con ference. Special emphasis will be placed on the increasing neces sity of strengthening public sup port of the United Nations and on strengthening the United States as an end towards giving the UN the power to enforce its decisions. This morning ,the speakers present at the conference will talk informally with students in social science and political class- i es. A half-hour broadcast over station WDUK at 1:30 will be a panel discussion on the Palestine situation. At 2 o'clock Dr. Earl Hollier Tomlin, educator and au thority on the Middle East, will speak ort the crisis in 'that area. Committee meetings of the stu dent "delegates to the conference will continue until five. At 6:30 a banquet honoring speakers and delegates will be held at the Ca rolina Inn with Chancellor R. B. House giving a short address. At" " s 7 " 7 7 ?, ',, s, f W 4 r S f--fii'A ml'K '-'I ri -1 I Judging of Feet Will Take Place Throughout Day DR. EARL HOLLIER TOMLIN AND HARDING F. BANCROFT (lefl and right) are two of the principal speakers at the slaie-wide CCUN conference which starts here today. Bancroft will speak to night on "U. S. Foreign Policy and the U. N." in Gerrard hall at 8:15, while Dr. Tomlin speaks early this afternoon on the Pales tine situation at 2 o'clock in Gerrard. Town Men's Association Elects Officers; John Van Hecke To Head Organization John Van Hecke, senior from Chapel Hill, was elected pi-esident of the recently re-organized Town Men's associa tion at the meeting held Wednesday afternoon in Graham Memorial. Other officers elected at the meeting were Alex Sessoms, vice-president; Dan McLaughlin, secretary; and Erwin Dan- ; zigcr, treasurer. All three are ir r I I residents of Chapel Hill. Three Renamed to Honor Andrew Bershak TheschC'laTship being- offered to an outstanding North Carolina senior by the Interfraternity council of the University has been renamed the Andrew Eer- shak Interfraternity scholarship, Jack Thompson, president of the IFC announced yesterday. The evening program, which will also be broadcast, is schedul- i Formerly known as the Inter ed for 8:15 in Gerrard hall. Lt. i fraternity council War Memorial Col. A. L. Cox, Chief of the Vet-(scholarship, the name has been erans Section of Air Secretary : changed, Thompson explained, in Symington's office in Washington order to recognize the contribu- Air Power is , tion which Bershak made to tne will speak on Peace Power." Following hi speech, Harding F. Bancroft, As- snriatf. rhipf nf the Division of International Security Affairs, U S. State department, will speak on the subject "U. S. Foreign Policy and the UN." From 9:45 to 1 o'clock, Graham Memorial is sponsoring a semi formal dance to which the public is cordially invited. Music for the occasion will be provided by Roy Cole's orchestra. Dr. Jan-Albert Goris, Commis sioner of Information for Bel gium, was unable to attend the conference as planned due to circumstances beyond control. CICA PICNIC All CICA members planning to attend the picnic Wednesday af ternoon at 6 o'clock are asked to contact Jenny Trott in Mclver ternity men on the campus, is to dorm by Monday, May 17. be awarded annually. University. During his stay here, Bershak played an "outstanding" brand of football for the University, was consistently on the Dean's list, and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Seriously injured during the course of the Virginia game in 1942, his senior year here, he nevertheless continued to play. His injury is thought to have made him ineligible for military service and later to have caused his death. These facts, Thompson declared, caused the IFC to re name the scholarship in the hope that it would both serve as a memorial to Bershak and through his name be an inspiration to its holder. The scholarship, funds for which were made available through contributions from fra- members-at-large were elected to serve on the Executive commit tee along with the four officers. They were Gran Childress and David Sharpe of Chapel Hill and Nelson Taylor of Beaufort, N. C. Van Hecke w-ho has been in strumental in re-organizing the group is a former member of tha old association, the legislature, a member of the Di Senate, and the CCUN. Sessoms is also a carry-over member from the old association and is a junior majoring in Com merce. McLaughlin is a sophomore, is in the NROTC, and is vice-president of the local Aquinas club. Danzigcr, a son of the local candy king, is also a sophomore. Childress, a junior in the Po litical Science department, is a former chairman of the Student party, a member and former critic of the Di senate, and has been active in the Wesley foun dation. Taylor, junior in the Univer sity, is in the NROTC and is vice president of the Carteret County club. Sharpe is a sophomore and is the present clerk of the Phi As sembly. Before the elections were held, a constitution lor tne association i m ai 1 was presented. Alter some ad ditions, it was passed by unani mous vote. Van Hecke appointed Ed Co ley of Raleigh as Social commit tee chairman. Coley will in vestigate the possibility of having a picnic for the group sometime, before the end of the quarter. Today is Barefoot day for seniors from sunup till moonup All seniors reading this who are improperly dressed have the senior class' request to hotfoot it dormward and re-emerge with corns and bunions showing. , Rumors have it that prizes will be awarded those bearers of the biggest, ugliest, prettiest and best groomed pairs of feet witnessed during the day. Value of prizes will descend in the latter order. Separate tokens will be extend ed to males and coeds, it being prevalently understood that fe male feet are usually handsomer i in design and less expansive in contour than those of the hard- sides. It is said the senior barefoot tradition dates back through two world wars, 21 revolutions and 17 football victories over Duke. During that period the largest barefoot turnout was 89 per cent. A 90 today will set a new record and the hoped-for 100 per cent ! will give future campusites some thing to 'shoot for. Barefoot headquarters said yesterday a special "foot-conditioning" machine will be avail able on campus today for tender- feet who are unaccustomed to bare exposures to Chapel Hill gravel. Headquarters also wishes to remind seniors that this may be the last "legal" opportunity for them to unembarassingly parti cipate in a barefoot parade. After graduation a certain dignity must be maintained which is not in keeping with sportive gestures of this kind. The latest bulletin says the uniform of the day over seniors way starts at the ankles and tnoves upward. ieilsiityire ICills lfld Little Opposition To .nereo iledlisfrkfiiiM florin : 01111 By Gordon Huffines Meeting in a closed executive session, the Student, Legislature killed a proposal to increase the student block fee structure last night. As reported out by the Fi nance committee the bill would have increased graduate and un dergraduate student fees 50 cents a quarter on approval of the Board of Trustees. According to President Jess Dedmond the measure was killed because the legislators objected to faculty intervention in the matter which would be necessary to present the proposal to the Board of Trustees at this time. In a statement made last night after the session Dedmond said. "The bill to increase student fundi was defeated primarily because I was unable to obtain a place on the agenda of the Board of Trustees. Secondarily, there was some questions as to the advis ability of attempting to raise the fee structure at this time in light of constitutional restrictions." Dedmond also explained that iie Sessions, Emily Sewell Chosen Quarterly Editor, Business Head Faculty Committee, Publications Board Announce Selection Local Song Stylist Will Be Featured On WPTF Tonight Di Passes Negro Question Bill Dialectic Senators and interest ed students who filled the Di hall Wednesday night for the campus's first public debate on admitting Negroes to graduate schools heard three hours' worth of pros and cons before approving color ed graduate students by a ratio of two to one. At midnight a vote of 18-9 passed the bill of the evening, stamping Senate approval offici ally on acceptance of Negro ap plicants to state-owned schools in the South. This decision, however, did not come without heated debate, comprising substitute measures, and a "Di-hard effort" to table discussion for one week until af ter the University Board of Trus tes takes action Monday on pres ent applications for admission to Midnight Ballot Approves Issue the Law school here. Among the first of a long line of substitute bills was Dortch Warriner's idea that "regional graduate schools be established in the South for Negroes with all Southern states having the right of extraterritoiality in the area in which the school is located." This was branded "too expensive a venture" and defeated. Rejection also, met a later alternative meas ure by Harold Darden to the ef fect that each Southern state found a school for one particular occupation to handle colored graduates through the entire South who were interested in that profession. Between the substitute meas ures, the majority of those pres ent seemed to agree that Negroes definitely" deserved educational equality. However, Al Lowenstein struck the crux of the issue when he maintained that the question was not what colored people de served so much as the possible i reaction to anything they were to be given at this time. . Charlie Hodson and Jim Spence asserted that accepting Negro graduates would most as suredly create awkwardness for the University, and Bob Nelson thought Negroes themselves would be uncomfartable in white graduate schools unless they started off with their equality as early as grammar school. Charlie Long said (See DI, page 4) Riqui Casino, Latin-American song stylist, will be featured over radio station WPTF at 10:45 to night in a new program entitled "A Date With Riqui." This is the first in a series of Friday night performances. Accompanists for the sustain ing show will be Jimmy Peace, guitarist, and Sid Epstein, accor dionist. Riqui, a senior, has given many singing performances in Chapel Hill and in night clubs through out the state since his return from the Army in 1946. He types his music as "popular songs of the Americas." The popular song stylist had his own show' for a period of time at station WSJS in Winston Salem, and has also been featured in shows originating from station WTOP in Washington, D. C. Riqui sings in several langu ages including English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. His ef fort in all performances is to present a variation of songs which will be appreciated by the majority of radio listeners. Many who have heard him say that Riqui has a unique singing style which gives the impression that the song is being directed expressly toward the individual listener. Riqui sings those songs which are universally popular, ana many of his audience say the song stylist sings in a charming manner that helps the listener to fully understand the songs of an entirely unfamiliar language. CAROLINA DAMES Members of the Carolina Dames club will have a pot luck supper this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the rear lawn of the Methodist church, weather permitting. In case of bad weather the supper will be held in the social rooms of the church. Each member is asked to bring a picnic lunch in a covered dish. Husbands and children of receiving .members are invited to attend the supper. Bill Sessions, literary editor of tne outgoing Carolina mag, was selected Tuesday as the new Ca rolina Quarterly's first editor and Emily Sewell, junior from Nor folk, Va. was named as the mag azine's business manager. The two selections were made by the quarterly's Faculty Ad visory committee and the Pub lications board and announced at the meeting in Graham Memorial. Applications had been receiv ed by the committee and board for several weeks, and the two highest quarterly posts were fill ed after careful consideration of tne applicants previous experi ence with publications and after considering other qualifications Sessions, rising senior from Conway, S. C, has served" for more than two years on the Caro lina mag staff and has held po sitions on several campus publi cations, including the Yack and the DTH. In accepting the post of editor for the 1948-49 year, Sessions said, "I think the Carolina Quarterly can be of great service and interest to the student body. Miss Sewell served for two years as associate editor of the Bertie Ledger-Advance in ,Wind sor during the first of the war, and left her position there to enter service in the Marine corps. She transferred here from Will iam and Mary college this quar ter and is majoring in creative writing. Sessions, an ex-merchant ma rine member, has served on the publicity cabinet of the YMCA and for two years has made con tributions to the National An thropology of College Poetry. The new editor urges that all students who are interested in working on the quarterly staff contact him at the earliest op portunity. The Faculty Advisory com mittee is composed of three Eng lish and two journalism profes sors and the Publications board consists of faculty and student members. Election of the quarterly's ed iitor and business manager was one step in tha activities of the mag's faculty, executive and fi nance committees in working to ward the first publication of the quarterly next fall. A program has been underway for several weeks to secure fi nances for publishing the new literary mag. Seminary Students in Russian Zone Receive Clothing Sent From U. N. C. Although most of the clothing collected from the Uni versity in February's European Relief drive was distribut ed through Church World Service, some of the clothing was sent personally to Mrs. Herta Epstein, CRALOG representa tive for Berlin by Claude Shotts, general secretary of the YMCA, for distribution among students in the Kirchliche Hockschule at Berlin. About 400 young men and wo men are living in this Theological seminary, the majority coming from the Russian Zone to pre pare for the ministry. Most of them are in dire need of clothing as well as of additional food; but the clothing question seems tg be the most difficult to solve. Students have organized a committee which consists of rep resentatives of both sexes. It is up to them to distribute the in coming supplies among them selves according to their greatest need. A few hundred new stu dents are expected for the sum mer term and it is likely that they will be the ones to receive the gifts. Since students returned in the middle of April for the begin ning of the summer-term, it was decided that clothing packages would be distributed only after all students had arrived. Snapshots of students receiving cioimng aiong witn letters re ceived from the group are to be on display at the YMCA within the next few days. i Hit .-w i called the c losed executive session brcaii:f the "information tj b devalued, if revealed at thii time, would possibly cause tha k.; of any benefits that might be tk'Mvd for the students." He n:. rt (1 th.it any information on the is:. tie would be relea.'.cd as .soon as cii cunistant cs permitted. Redisricting Bill The redisricting measure, pro- t viding for the apportioning of tnembers of the legislature ac cording to legislative districts, pa:;:-;ed with little opposition. The lull ;.tts up five town men's dis triels. including a special dis trict for the Carrboro area. The bill also provides for six men's dormitory districts and two women's dorm districts. The legislature defeated an amend ment introduced by Jo Farris to set up a special district for Ken an dorm. There will be one town women's district composed of all women living in town. According to the measure, the Elections Board has the power to determine the number of legis lators to be elected from each established district. Faculty Instruction Poll Typical of many Europeans. Advance Ticket Sale for Playmakcr Production to Begin This Morning The advance ticket sale for the be good for any of the production Sandy Harris Elected President of YDC Sandy Harris, law student from Mebane, was elected president of the Young Democrats club at their annual election meeting Carolina Playmaker production of Rostand's "Cyrano de Berger ac," which is to be presented in the Forest Theater on May 21, 22, and 23, will start this morning, according to an announcement by business manager John W. Par ker. . "There will be no reserved seats," he said, "and tickets will nights. However, holders of sea son ticket books should be sure to exchange their book stubs for tickets ' before performance nights." Tickets, which are priced at $1.00, may be obtained at Led-better-Pickard's on Franklin street, or at the Playmaker busi ness office in Swain hall. The Legislature also passed a measure providing for a student poll on faculty instruction under the plan of the University Teach er-Rating scale. The poll is to be conducted by a committee com posed of five members of the Student Legislature and the Faculty committee on General College Instruction with ihn con sent of the individual instruetoi I j I to be graded. Appearing before the legisla ture, Professor A. P. Hudson, chairman of the Faculty commit tee, told representatives that ap proximately 6,100 of the teacher rating scales had been distribu ted to instructors and depart ment heads since March 27. He asserted that, the action had been taken on the recommendation of the University Board of Trustees. In expressing a favorable opin ion on the legislature bill. Dr. Hudson warned the legislators that the good will of the faculty was necessary to conduct the poll successfully. He also stated that President Frank Graham and Chancellor Robert B. House were in favor of the student poll. According to an amendment which was passed last night to remove a technical loophole in the bill, all schools and depart ments not under the jurisdiction of the General College shall also be included in the poll. Results of the poll, which is to be conducted at a time set by the committer, will be reported to the Chancel lor of the University and to the Board of Trustees at his discre tion. Results concerning indivi dual instructors will be reported to appropriate heads of departments. They Carried On Takinq 'cm Off Two Students Strio For CRIL By Bill Kellam Nobody knew just what was coming off yesterday morning in the Y lobby. Nobody, that is, but Wild to say the least But Buchan, a DTH associate editor, and usually reserved Ed McLeod, Y cabinet member. This pair decided earlier this week that the CRIL clothing drive needed a little life and con sequently the two staged an ori- Tuesday. Former secretary of Sinal burlesque act yesterday the group, Harris succeeds Lester G. Carter, Jr., law student from Fayetteville. Other officers for next year include Wingate Hannah of Waynesville, vice president, and Rita Adams of Troy, secretary treasurer. Formation of commit tees will take place at the next j Woman's Glee meeting. lin the lobby. during the break between the 10 and 11 o'clock classes. Gypsy Rose Lees The Y lobby was its usuai Senate tumultuous self when the bundle 'at the As the duo dropped their bundles into the box, the ampli fier atop the lobby's phone booth broke into the tune of a Hank Beebe-lyriced singing commercial. The music, also composed by Beebe, was sung by the re nowned Sigma Chi sextette. "Take'em Off" As the six Sigs sang the strip polka, Buchan and McLeod, to the amazement of all, began to disrobe. Off came their shirts, then the undershirts, and finally the pants. Throughout the performance, Fran Angas, speaker of the Coed who was selling tickets Glee club table, gaped bearing would-be Gypsy Rose speechlessly at the scantily-clad Lees made their way to the col- lads. lection box, situated next the J Mother Casts Confusion Club ticket table Fran wasn't the only astound ed feminine onlooker who was j Swain hall on Wednesday night. close to the performers. McLcod's mother had arrived at the Y a few minutes before the show be gan. Her appearance at the scens momentarily confused the two but they decided to carry on, or rather off, no matter who was present. According to Buchan, the idea was originally conceived as a joke. Since both of them showed up at the Y at the appointed hour, however, they had to go through with it. Buchan com mented yesterday afternoon that the stripped garments were good ones, too. In addition to Beebe, the sex tette was composed of B. K. Grow, Bill Tsunas, Earl Somers, Buddy Lyons, and John Clayton. The groaners, under the direction of Beebe, recorded the tune in
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