.7 LIBH.HY (Periodical Dept) IMiTersity of Korth Carolina Chapel Hill, tt. C 1-31-49 WEATHER Scattered afternoon and evening showers, slightly warmer. EDITORIALS Its Hot So Whel Tor the New 25 Goodby VOLUME LVI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1943 Phone F-3371 F-3361 No. 100 1 As You Like If Tryoufs To Be Monday Afternoon The major production of the Carolina Playmakers for the second summer session will be "As You Like It." Tryouts for Shakespeare's pastoral comedy will be held in the Forest theater on Monday afternoon, July 26, from 4 to 6 p.m. The r orest theater is located opposite the Monogram club. The show will be presented in: the Forest theater Thursday and c . i" it jisrers i rageay To Be Presented Friday nights, August 19 and 20 The production is being given in the outdoor theater in an effort to beat the heat. All members of the Chapel Hill community are invited to try out for "As You Like It," and since rehearsals will be held out of doors, weather per mitting, they promise to be en joyable. Director Sam Hirsch has pre pared a new streamlined version of this favorite Shakespearean comedy; placing the main em phasis on the fun and music of the show. "As You Like It" will be presented in two acts as a musical comedy. There are speak ing parts for 17 men and 4 wom en. Some of the more familiar characters in the play are Rosa lind and Orlando, the romantic leads; Jacques, the melancholy philosopher who presents the famous soliloquy about "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players . . ."; Touchstone, the clown; and Au drey, Touchstone's country love. In case of rain Monday after noon the tryouts will be held in Memorial hall at the scheduled time. French House Ends Annual Activities Everyone knows . at least one phrase in French, even though it may be only "Parlez-vous Fran caise?" But in the Maison Fran caise, one speaks Francaise, or not at all! In 1945 Prof. Hugo Giduz be gan the first Maison Francaise on the Carolina campus because he felt there was a need for oral work in a natural environment. Each summer, during the first six-week session, the house opens its doors to help teachers and prospective teachers of French gain proficiency in all phases of French in an atmosphere which is as French as can be simulated. Women students live at the To start off the second sum mer session the Dramatic Art de partment has announced "The Sisters' Tragedy" as the first of two plays to be presented in the Student Laboratory. The plays will be presented tonight at 8:30 in the Playmakers theater. There is no admission charge; the pub lic is invited. "The Sisters' Tragedy" was written by Richard Hughes, au thor of "The Innocent Voyage." George Bernard Shaw comment ed on this play by saying, "It is the finest one-act play ever writ ten." The play deals with a hide- bound, fanatically religious Welsh family ' and concerns the fate of the youngest sister, who mur ders her blind, deaf mute brother because she believes it will be better off for all of them if he is dead. The cast includes Edna Dooley, Terrell Everett, Jane Myers, Charles Norton, and George Le- ? 'if Mew f If Cise Srinsis tod Ms $g&&Z ft 1 vrf-ri'& Wft- !mss.JSa i Fir OriMe Comiiiifv ON A FLAG -DRAPED CAISSON, the body of General of the Armies John J. Pershing leaves the Capitol in Washington in the solemn funeral procession to Arlington Cemetery. There, as he had requested, he was buried in the company of heroes he had commanded in World War I. Just behind the caisson are the active pallbearers, followed by the traditional black cavalry horse, with saddle empty and boots reversed in the stirrups. (International Soundphoto) Preregistration Set for August 9 Preregistration for fall quarter will be held on August 9-10 and vine. Setting designed by James regular fall registration on Sep- Riley. Stage manager is Ellen Smith. They play is directed by Bob Barr. UNC Midshipmen Arrive in Hawaii Ten days in Hawaii was upper most in the minds of 90 Univer sity of North Carolina NROTC midshipmen as they went down the gangway yesterday ' of the sleek Cleveland Class cruiser, As toria. The Astoria, anchored in Pearl Harbor, has 355 NROTC mid shipmen from seven universities aboard. grammar. In 1945, after attracting the at tention of the French Embassy i fjotir Vnrlf thp house received i r artirio maff-Uhat the South has been misrep- XIUIIl XL UUlllClUWO - O Yesterday morning the embryo naval officers on board these ves- summer ; had no time to think of Hawaii liberty or dances. They had their hands full as they got their first real taste of full scale wartime exercises. ""Tisels for their annual house ana separate arrangement are made for the men. However, ! ... , , all .must take their meals at the house and all must use French in communicating with each oth er and with their instructors. The staff at the house is composed of teachers of French, and the course carries regular undergraduate college credit. Emphasis is placed on the culture and the civiliza tion of France, and a review of tember 21-23, according to an announcement yesterday by Ed win S. Lanier, director of Cen tral Records office. ; The -preregistration . dteSr-will be available for those students who are attending the second term summer school and expect to return for the fall quarter. Students failing to preregister in - August will be permitted' to register on the regular registra tion dates of September 21-23. Dropping and adding of courses for the second summer session will continue through tomorrow, Lanier announced. SECOND TERM EXAM SCHEDULE Friday. Aug. 27 CLASS EXAM PERIOD 10:00 8 to 10 a.m. 11:00 11 to 1 p.m. 12:00 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 CLASS EXAM PERIOD 9:00 8 to 10 a.m. 8:00 11 to 1 p.m. Kan, CCUN Summer State Head, Submits 'Berlin Plan' To AAUN The North Carolina state division of the Collegiate Coun cil for the United Nations concurred yesterday through their summer state director Lincoln S. H. Kan with the Executive Committee of their parent organization, the American Asso ciation for the United Nations, in asking that the Berlin crisis be submitted to the-United Nations for action by the Security Council or the General Assembly. (Dog Days' Are Ended For Trailer Dwellers Dog days came to an end for trailer court dwellers Wed nesday morning. At a meeting called by Dean Fred Weaver at which Dr. O. David Garvin, district health officer, Dr. E. McG. Hedgpeth, University physician, and P. L. Burch, manager of the trailer court, were present, it was decided that the cats and dogs in the area were a menace to health and sanitation and should be disposed of. visiting Approved; For Coed Students' iHeolth Officers List SymptomsofDisease In New Fact Sheet By Leonard Dudle7 Orange county cunuled it beventh case of polio on Tut.Ja. when Mildicd Louise Thomp., m, 3-year-old, of llilLsbnro wa:. ad mitted to Duke hospital for tuat mtn. Of these seven casrs, six are in the vicinity of Chapel Hill, according to Dr. O. David Garvin, cii.'rict health officer. When asked about the .symp toms of the disease Dr. Garvin A number of fraternities were of pets in the area should be approved by the Dean of Women made and enforced: Some of the and House Privileges Board yes- ! dog owners present at the mcet- Excerpts of the statement fol low: "The Berlin crisis should be submitted to the United Na tions upon the initiative of the United States if it becomes qlear that direct negotiations provided under the Charter have- broken down. The. United States is in Berlin by perfectly legal right. It should stay there. "The members . of the United Nations are obligated under Art icle 37 to submit any such dis putes to the Security Council if they have not been able to set tle them by direct negotiations. "One of the compelling rea sons in submitting the Berlin dis pute to the United. Nations is that the history of the United Nations shows, the collective judgment of many states furnishes not only complish. the force of public opinion m de manding a settlement, but. wis dom for the settlement. The crisis in Iran, Indonesia, Kashmir and Palestine, in all of which the UN Security Council was either able to secure a settlement or is in the "The present firm position of the American government which must be maintained would in no way be lessened by the submis sion of this question to the UN in an effort to seek the full force of world opinion and judgment in this great crisis." UN Security Council was either able to secure a settlement or is in the process of securing a set tlement, show what the collective judgment of the members can ae- terday for coed visiting rules dur ing second term summer school, according to an announcement by Katherine Carmichael, dean The approved fraternities are: Alpha Tau Omega, Chi Phi, DKE, Kappa Alpha, Lambda Chi Al pha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Epsilon Garvin said that in his opinion the animals created a definite health hazzard and thatiSdl ,nai inere wa3 110 some rule prohibiting the keeping j symptom that can be singled out as being characteristic of polio; it may be anything from fever i to a common cold." According to Dr. Charles Arm strong of the U. S. Public Health Service, it has been demonstra ted that approximately 71 pT cent of the adult population have had poliomylitis experience with out having known about it. "Thii ing asked if there could be a rule that permitted them to keep their pets provided that they kept them penned up. Dr. Garvin said that in his opinion such a rule would be unworkable since some of the people did not want to do that. "Besides," he added, "where ever means that 71 per cent of the there are dogs there is a ten- adult population have developed dency for strays to collect and some immunity to the disease," who would take care of them?" I Dr. Garvin said. "According to Dr. Hedgpeth said that he agreed with Dr. Garvin and they Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, Zeta Psi. Jack Girard, acting president reC0mmended to Dean Weaver of the Interfraternity Council, that the pets be disposed of. Dcan said yesterday that all fraterni-rWpavpr eaifi tht sinrp ihn drir ties who have not turned in ap plications to have coed visitors should do so as soon as possible. Fraternity houses will be open for coed visiting only in the event that presiding officers sub mit statements desiring same. of women. Zionist Leader To Talk on Israel Mrs. E. J. Evans of Durham, past president of Hadassah, the Zionist womans medical organi zation of Durham, will speak to the Baptist Student Union at the Baptist Church Sunday July 25. Dinner will be served at 6:00 o'clock and will be followed by a March of Time movie on Pales tine, after which Mrs. Evans, who is an authority on Israel, will dis cuss the Zionist Movement. All are velcome, and a special in vitation is extended to members of the Hillel Foundation. tors considered the pets as poten tially dangerous to the health and sanitation of the residents in the court they wo-jld have to be got rid of. Weaver said that tho dormitory rule with regard t ) the keeping of pets might have to be enforced in the trailer court. This rule makes it a con dition that no resident of a dor mitory shall be permitted to keep a pet on University property. Sina Spikcr Joins UNC Press Staff Miss Sina Spiker has rejoined the staff of the University of North Carolina Press and will b"; in editorial charge of the Uni versity Record and Special Cata logues, work which had been handled until July 1, 1948, bj John Fries Blair, Miss - Porter Cowles, Acting Director of tho Jress, announced today. From - '.'Faith and a Shoestring to Material from 14 States Southern Historical Collection Gives Insight To South's Past By R. W. Madry & Owen Lewis For generations cautious stu- dennts of history have observed azines and books which were to facilitate the formation of an ex hibit of materials on teaching French. In the same year of ficials of the American Relief for France granted a small sum to assist in entertaining French ca- j dets who were studying at Caro lina. Last week. M. De Messieres, resented and in some instances even slandered by the writers of American history. Many intelligent Southerners have been wont to complain, and with justification, that New Eng land has been played up so per sistently that many Americans really believe that the Revolu tion was begun, fought and won French cultural adviser at the j there; and that from that section tmo Vnrk consulate, spoke at the (have come most of the important annual July 14 banquet, and on Sunday the house was officially closed for this year. Prizes awarded by the French Embassy went to ten students. Anastacia Tomborine and John Grier both received medals for all-round citizenship for the six week session. Books and maga zines were awarded for superior work in various classes to Mrs. Dorothea Powers, Margaret New hard, Anastacia Tomborine, Rob ert Clark, Jean Andrews, Grace M. Ellenberg, Otis Beeson. Max alynn Mourane, and Nancy Der-miner. Student Party Meeting of the others. The Student party will meet . . art. personages in our history. The same thing is true,' in less er degree, of the West. Both "sec tions have been investigated and written about until, together, they seem of dominating import ance. They do loom large in American history, but in com parison with the two other sec tions, particularly the South, un biased observers would doubt less agree they don't deserve the proportionate space and credit accorded them. Why Such Neglect? Why is this so? The South has lived a life social, economic, in dustrial, political as distinctive as that of any other section. Tt has played a part m national ms If 1 i - J, ftinnnmrniifflniirnrniMnri'Mnfi Dr. Hamilton's.Plan This appalling situation might have continued indefinitely but for the courage, wisdom, and in defatigable energy of one man, Dr. J. G. deRoulhac Hamilton, who 25 years ago conceived the plan for a Southern Historical Collection, where material from 14 Southern states North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennes see, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri might be gathered in lina the library of the depart ment of rural social science, and the Kenan Collection on the Civil War. University Trustees Back Plan The University- trustees were so favorably impressed with Dr. was found in musty cellars, dus- home, that it began to come in any substantial volume. houses, and public buildings. Much in Cellars and Garrets A great deal of the material Hamilton's plan that in 1930 they voted to establish the Southern Historical Collection and relieved him of administrative duties so that he could devote more time to the project. Even so, as someone has said, Dr. Hamilton . had at the time one place, in a fireproof building, ( little more than "faith and a and made - easily accessible to shoestring" with which to work, students and investigators of his- Undertaking a job on which DR. HAMILTON has been impressive. Why has it not attracted the attention of historical - investigation to the same' extent as the other sections? Why" do we know infinitely more of the rather dull and austere flife of New England than we do of the more' colorful South? The answer, in brief, is that closing of the University, much 'the South has been indifferent of it was lost. A nucleus of the about preserving its records collection remained, however, both Drivate and public. From , and once the University again an early date, the Southern peo- tory from all over the world. There was already in the Libr ary' an excellent nucleus for such a Collection. Under the leader ship of Governor David L. Swain, then president of the University, the North Carolina Historical Society was formed in 1844 for the purpose of gathering' all avail able material relating to North Carolina. Prior to the Civil War, a great deal of such material was gathered, but, with the war, Gov ernor Swain's death and the -.ii, ; the Tts eontriouuon ui icaut, v luesuay nigni ai " - nf nnlilies Grail room of Graham Memorial, cularly m the realm of politics, Die have shown a striking disre gard of the importance of records. opened its doors, additions were thousands of dollars were needed at the outset, he had to depend mainly on the contributions of a few friends and an A-model Ford that could climb the steep est red hill in Dixie. He began scouring the South for the invaluable materials that now comprise the Southern col lection for every kind of book, pamphlet, manuscript, photo, let ter, diary, and public and private record of any sprt that would shed light on the past and pres ent of the South. The material began to trickle in at first, and it was not until after Dr. Hamilton had spent considerable time in the field as- made. These additions included suring the prospective contribu- ty garrets, in storage rooms, out houses, and public buildings. Most of it had little or no money value and its owners, as often as not, were unaware of its exist ence. Many valuable documents, Dr. Hamilton found, had already been de.r royed by fire or rats or by housewives bent on the cease less task of destroying "trash." It was a tremendous job, but deRoulhac Hamilton was not to be discouraged. Taking a page from the book, so to speak, of his great grandfather, James Hamil ton, who served as the nullifica tion Governor of South Carolina, Dr. Hamilton heeded a choice bit of advice which Governor Hamil ton is credited with handing out: "He who dallies is a dastard; he who delays is damned." Thus forewarned, he plunged his tire-! less energy and unrelenting per- serverance into the overwhelm ing task that confronted him. Three Million Hems Today Today the Southern Historical Collection numbers at least three million items, representing 2309 the unique body of North Caro- proof, and ratproof permanent different collections that each contain from one to 150,000 items. An immense amount of other material has also been promised, either in wills or agreements. Dr. Hamilton has lived to wit ness his own immortality, for the Collection is a fitting monu ment to the man who conceived the plan and gave to its develop ment 25 of the best years of his life. Dr. Hamilton Retiring Dr. Hamilton has just retired as director of the Southern Col lection for, although still active and vigorous and looking young er, he has reached the age of 70, the limit set by University trus tees for active service. But the work of fthe Southern Historical Collection will go on for, although an enormous amount of material has been assembled, Dr. Hamilton feels that the sur face has hardly been scratched. His successor is one of his former University students, Dr. James W. Patton, another authority on Southern history, who recently resigned as head of the N. C. State College History Depart ment to take the job at Chapel Hill. . Dr. Hamilton has been con nected with the University for 42 years. An authority on the Reconstruction period and con (See HAMILTON, page 4) Dr. Philip Stimpson, Speriali.it with the National Foundation for Infantile paralysis, it is estima ted that for every 1,000 persons exposed to the disease, 45 will have the disease in such mild form that it will be disregarded or passed by as a minor illner.r.. Only 3 persons of the 1,000 w'll have enough symptoms to be diagnosed. Of these 3 cases only one ease will have any type of residual paralysis," he added. The most common symptom1;, according to a fact sheet dis tributed by the health depart ment, are restlessness, drowsy ness, and fever." A person may become irritable and not want to be moved. He may vomit once or twice and complain of head ache or pain in the back or the back of the neck. He is likely to be constipated or may have diar rhea; he may develop a sore, :,t'.T neck and spine and pains in the back, arms and legs. Paralysis or stiffening of the extremities may or may not occur," the fact sheet says. DTH to Discontinue For Second Session This issue of the Daily Tir Heel will be the last one pub lished during the. summer, YA Joyner, editor and a member of the Publications Board, said yesterday. Joyner made the announce ment after' having conferred wiih the Publications Bord and with Orvjlle Campbell, owner of Colonial Press, Inc., which prints the paper. "There is so little activity on the campus Ihh summer thai the need for a newpjj.pr is not commcnturst? with ihs cost of publication," Joyner said in explaining why the paper would ceme publishing. "The fact that the Daily Tir Heel has been operating with a skeleton staff this summer and that several stalf mem bers did not return for ire second term was also a factor in the decision." he added. During the first summer ses sion the paper was published twice a week as is customary during the summer. This is the second year that pubHci tion has been suspended dur ing the second term. Last yeir a shortage of newsprint caused the stoppage. Plans are already bein7 completed to resumo p'ibU cation of the Daily Tar Heel on the first day of classes in the fall, the editor said. "Wiih the return of a regu lar staff and daily issues wa expect to have the best college newspaper in the country." he stated.

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