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UESAET (Periodical De?t. J Cniversity of t'orth Carolina Cbapel Hill K C. 1-31-49 WEATHER Parily cloudy and continued cool. EDITORIALS Better System Needed Thieves' Open House Just Call It 'Tex' VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 4 vi i -ii nil v i j n J A fc- " - V V yd bach By Charlie Gibson This story is being written on a stolen typewriter a typewriter I would have stolen myself from room 321, "A" dormitory, dur ing the Texas game as part of a complex publicity stunt. "Would have stolen," I say, because I was beaten to that particular unlocked door by a real thief. At 2:32 Saturday, two minutes after kick-off time, I walked across the deserted campus with a suitcase. Everything was on schedule; I thought I had missed no details of my stunt to alarm students about the dangers of leaving rooms unlocked. Within an hour I would have that suit case filled with valuables I had lifted easily from two dormito ries "A" and Stacy. Plans for Pillage To avoid all-out confusion, I had informed the proper Univer sity and police officials ahead of time about what I planned to do. To appease the student who fell Phi Will Install Officers Tonight In First Meeting In a formal inauguration cere mony tonight at 7:30 in New East, officers of the Philanthropic Literary society will be installed by retiring Speaker Ernest House. Beginning its 155th year on campus, the society will have as officers this quarter Robert Cou lter, speaker; Herman Seiber, speaker pro-tem; Fred Newton, sergeant-at-arms; Fred Newton, treasurer; Ernest House, Critic; Page Dees, clerk, and Pete Gems, parliamentarian. All students are invited to attend the ceremony and the reception which will follow. Mem bers and former members are particularly urged to be present. Coates Articles Being Published "The Pay of Legislators" 'is the title of the first of a series of articles on four proposed amend ments to the North Carolina cons titution which has been released from the Institute of Govern ment. Albert Coates, nationally-known director of the institute, is author of the pieces, which will appear in Sunday papers throughout the state for the next three weeks. In the initial story, Mr. Coates discusses the nrooosal which would double the salaries of mem bus of the General Assembly, Speaker and lieutenant governor The present pay of $600 for mem Ius and $700 for presiding of- iiicis per session is considered in.i'lcquate. The new proposal, if passed, would boost pay to $1,200 ;md $1,500 respectively. The first article will be re presented in the October issue ' I 'Popular Government," mon thly magazine of the institute Playrnaker Meeting "Adventures in Playmak ing." an illustrated talk by Dramatic Art department head Samuel Selden, will be fea tured at an informal meeting cf all students and towns people who are interested in working with the Carolina Playmakers during the coming season. The meeting will be hold tonight at 8 o'clock in the Playrnaker theater. Director Selden's ialk will cover the history of the Caro lina Playmakers from the per sonal and human interest an 'Jle. A slide projector will be used with photographs cover ing the thirty years of Play maker activities. AH students who are regis tered in the department of dramatic art are expected Hend. and other students or iownspeople are cordially n" vik'd to the meeting. Thief, Real Rosas DTH Reporter's Publicity Stunt Boomerangs Into Actual Robbery victim to my idea, I had even in tended asking a local merchant to donate suggestive padlocks for1 those whose goods I would return tonight. Dormitory Entered Yet I did definitely overlook a major possibility. By 2.36 there had been a noisy eruption from Kenan stadium. At that time I was headed for "A" dormitory, the new dorm right on the Raleigh highway opposite Woollen gymnasium. Carrying the suitcase openly, I strolled across a new yard naked of grasp through the back door at the eastern end of "A" dorm. My first step was to have been finding a witness within the dor mitory who could vouch for the accuracy of my itemized list of loot. I walked along the hall and saw no one until I reached the Mrs. Irene Lee After 23 Years By Margaret Gaston Mrs. Irene Lee, who for 23 years served as hostess of Spen cer dormitory, the oldest woman's dormitory on the campus, retired September 15. While at the University she acted as advisor and friend to an estimated 4,500 women students. Spencer was offically opened auring tne ian oi iyzo, ana tne following winter Mrs. Lee ar rived on campus to take up her duties which then entailed ope rating the dining room, assigning girls to rooms, decorating the dormitory, and acting as general handy-woman to 48 new girls. Since fall of 1944 Miss Willie Ames has been in charge of the dining room. 23-Year Task Armed with ideas which later grew into Spencer traditions, Mrs. Lee undertook her 23-year task. Since then every Wednes day during the regular school year is "tea day." And during summer session after-dinner cof fee is 'served on the porch or awn to a group of Spencer girls. Another ritual observed in the dorm is the annual May Morn ing breakfast, which is scheduled for the first Sunday in May. At this time Spencer girls are en tertained with a lawn party. Many students, townspeople, and visitors who may not have known Mrs. Lee, have admired her handiwork. She planned and cultivated the large flower gar den located on the south side of Spencer next to Coker arbore tum. Mrs. Gold in Carr Mrs. Lee was replaced in Spen- -t T- T- 1 cer Dy lvirs. essie uucnanan. formerly hostess in Carr dormi tory since February, 1946, when the residence hall was trans formed from a men's to a wom en's dormitory. Mrs. Sedalia Gold, formerly hostess in the Pi Beta Phi sorority house, replaced Mrs. Buchanan as hostess in Can- Last month Miss Katherine Carmichael, dean of women, en tertained for Mrs. Lee in the fac ulty dining room of the Carolina Inn. Present were 17 guests, in cluding the former Dean of Women, Mrs. Stacy. At the lunch- (See MRS. LEE, page 4) Freshman Dance Is Scheduled for Girls in the freshman class at Woman's college in Greens boro will act as hostesses to Uni versity Freshmen Saturday night at a dance in the Woman's college Open only to freshmen here the dance will begin at 8 o'clock, and there will be no admission charge. Music will be furnished by an orchestra. Men attending must wear their taes. received during orient- identification for ation week, as a ..cmnn who hSS admission, vny nc ost his tag n,ay secure an .dent j fiction certificate at the travel telephone booth in the middle of the first floor. There I met the would-be thief informally.- Conversation with Thief "Do you know the taxi num ber?" asked a boy who stuck his head out of the phone booth. Immediately I noticed a deformed lobe on his right ear. Later I was able to add to his description that he had blond, kinky hair; that he was approximately my own height and age 6 feet tall and 21; and that he wore a light blue, pin-striped suit and sun glasses. No, I didn't know the cab num ber. He went back into the phone booth and I went on down the hall towards the western end of the building. Then in the cen ter of the floor before the last exit facing the highway, I no ticed this typewriter so ob Leaves Spencer as Dorm Hostess I rr f , wnianorr aruaio Already Taking Yack Photographs Individual pictures for the 1949 Yackety Yack are being taken every day from 9 o'clock until 6 o'clock by Chidnoff studios of New York, Editor Bill Duncan announced yesterday. He reminded all students who made appointments when they registered to be sure to keep them, as Yack deadlines must be met. Bill said that 192 pictures must be taken daily to insure meetings the deadline. He re quested that boys wear coats and ties, while the girls should wear white blouses. Bill said he was anxious to meet all students interested in campus photography. Applicants interested may bring negatives and final prints of their work to the Yack office in Graham Mem orial today at 3 o'clock. Any students who can type and are interested in helping out : the photographers may contact j Bert Kaplan at 34 Alderman. 2,174 Cases RALEIGH, Sept. 17 (UP) The number of polio cases for the month reached . 230 today with reports to the State Department of Health of 10 new cases, half the num ber reported Saturday. Health officials said the total for the year was 2.174. Two cases were reported in Bladen county and one each reported from Columbus, For syth, Haywood, Irdell, Johns ion, Mecklenburg, Richmond, and Rowan counties. at Woman's College Saturday Evening agency on Graham Memorial's second floor. Special buses will leave from Graham Memorial Saturday ev ening at 6 o'clock, making the round trip for those who do not have a rides. Tickets will be sold at cost, and must be pur chased by Wednesday at the travel agency. First affair of its kind this year, the dance is being sponsor ed by the orientation committee in cooperation with Graham Memorial. Meet viously placed that it seemed like a gift to start me on my pil laging career. Boomerang Suspicion I realized that somehow the guy in the phone booth had not looked like the trustworthy sort I' was seeking as a reliable wit ness. I waited with the type writer until he had finished what ever phone call he was mak ing. At the time I had no idea whether he was merely calling a taxi or whether he had been ailing accomplices in other dor- mitories to come pick up his haul when he peered out of the tele phone booth to see who was coming. Shortly he came back to the end of the building with me. and the two of us carried on a 10-minute tete-a-tete over the typewriter. After a spur-of-the moment decision not to reveal my own mission there, I pretend ed to him that I had had to stay away from the football game (See PSEUDO, page 4) Shepard Expects Veterans' Checks Here in October Veterans' Advisor F. Carlyle Shepard today warned that vet erans who attended the second session summer school should not worry if their checks are less than $75. The check which is due on or before Oct. 1 will be for the leave period subsistance due the veteran if he went to the second session of summer school. The subsistance check for the perjod after veterans have re-entered this fall will be the full amount for the month of September and may possibly arrive a little late. Shepard also said veterans who have not turned in their certi ficate of eligibility should do so as soon as possible to room 315 South building. Veterans are still eligible to reinstate their service insurance; however, it is required that they take a phisical examination now. "The veterans are getting along all right so far, although we are having a little difficulty in straightening out the problems of the few transfers. We are doing everything we can," said Advisor Shepard. He suggested also that veterans check their subsistance form 7-506 which will give them much of the in formation they desire and save themselves a trip to South Build ing. House to Speak Chancellor R. B. House will speak to the Episcopal Canter bury club at 6 o'clock tonight at the Episcopal church annex on Franklin Street. Yesterday the chancellor was in Asheville, addressing the Junior Farmers of America and their parents. He took his harmonica. Police Headquarters to Have Two-Way Radio Transmitter The Chapel Hill Police depart- Bainhill said. ment is in the first stage of get ting their long-awaited sending and receiving radio system. Al Bainhill from Greenville, N. C, is assembling a complete transmitter in police headquar ters. Bainhill is a member of the Swain hall technician staff and is a radio ham operator. The special Farnsworth receiving-transmitter set-up will be a narrow-band FM outfit with special antennas installed in the cars and on the roof of headquar ters. Bainhill says the range of the system will be a radius of about 50 miles. The system has a power of 50 watts. "The equipment for the cars is ready to be installed, but there are certain adjustments which will have to made in the assembly before it can be set-up properly," Students Here Receive Blame For Vandalism' Testudo the Terrapin, me tal mascot of the University of Maryland, has been stolen, and students from this school have been accused of the theft, Jess Dedmond said yesterday. Dedmond, president .of the student body, received a letter from Louis Eisenhauer, pres ident of the student govern ment association at Maryland, in which the accusation was made. The letter read, in part, "Our massive mascot Testudo the Terrapin has been abduc ted. His kidnapping a few mornings ago has excited a considerable concern on our part for his safety, and far more important, for the ques tionable conduct inherent in such an action. We have reason to believe that he was removed from his pedestal by members of your student body and our administrative officials have asked me to appeal to you for help in returning him." Persons who have seen Testudo at the home games of Maryland said yesterday that it takes four men to carry him onto the field, and that it seems improbable that the Ter rapin could be stolen and brought to North Carolina without being detected. In reply to the charges Dedmond said, "This student government has no knowledge of any such action. I have written to Mr. Eisenhauer re questing specific information concerning the charges. I have explained to him clearly the theft would be a violation of our Campus Code and that the standard penalty for vandal ism is suspension from school." Georgia Loosens Ballot Strings ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 27 (UP) Georgia's famed feuding legislators, who raged through the battle of the two governors last year, clicked through a har monious session today as the first step in allowing "a free choice" in the coming presidential elec tion A measure loosening restric tions on the qualification of pres idential electors and permitting voters to split party tickets was read for the first time in the state senate and approved unani mously by committee. Adherents of both Gov. M. E Thompson and Gov. Nominate Herman Talmadge, the state's "double governors" for 67 tu multous days in early 1947, ap peared in accord on the need to open Georgia's presidential bal lot to all parties, particularly the States' Rights Democrats. The solons wrangled long and loudly last session over the leg islative election of Talmadge to the state's highest office. They subsided, on the surface, only af ter the state supreme court ruled in favor ofLt. Gov. Thompson's claim to the executive chair. Police Chief W. T. Sloan said yesterday that the outfit should be a great asset to the local force. He said that up to now there has been no method of communi cation between headquarters and cars. "Police protection should be greatly improved when the new system is completely installed." According to Bainhill, state po lice calls will still be received over the transmitter along with local calls. "A larger antenna will be needed to replace the makeshift one of the roof of headquarters," he said. Bainhill is in the College of Arts and Sciences and says he plans to go into pre-med next fall. "I have always been inter ested in radio. I have my own 450 watt set at home and am now a I licensed amateur." First Freshman Assembly To Be Held This Morning By Bill Buchan Student Body President Jess Dedmond's pet project and a main plank in his pre-election plat form becomes a reality this morn ing when the new freshman class meets in Memorial Hall at Secretary of Army Royall Says Possible War In Distantlfuture By Lincoln Kan "I am an optimist in the matter of war and peace," said Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall in an exclusive interview Saturday, before the Carolina Texas game. Secretary Royall, who war " commissioned a second lieuten ant in the same company as Uni versity Veterans Advisor Col. F. Carlyle Shepard and was right guide because of his six feet four stature went on to say that "A possible war is still distant; how ever, the recent action of the Russians may mean that war is necessary. "Announces" "What the Russians have been doing so far have . been annoy ances, rather than deliberate provocations of a conflict. The ack-ack fire reported may mean another annoyance. Yet we can't be too sure!" When asked about the status of the college men who are still in the reserves, Secretary Royall spread his hands expressfully and said, "There is nothing to be wor ried about. There is no fear of re-call now unless war is declared or a greater emergency than now exists comes about!" He added with a smile, "We do need men, especially . in the junior grades, and we will welcome all who de sire extended duty because posi tions are ready for them." "More Power" On the question of the pres ent United Nations session now in progress at Paris, he said "The United Nations has made prog ress, and I am hopeful that it will continue to function with more power to preserve peace. Yet we must recognize that a few large recalcitrant nations could de stroy the usefulness of the U.N. which we need so much today!" He declined to comment on the present Palestine question and added that it was not in his province to discuss that or the possibility of a United Nations force to be created. Will Take Time As to the formerly intense rivalry between the various branches of the armed forces, Secretary Royall was precise in his statement. "Our services are not yet completely unified, but good progress has been made. Actually the finding out of the problems and' difficulties of c traditionally separated armed (See ROYALL, page 4) Thoughtful GASTONIA. Sept. 27 (UP) Gastonia Negro Thomas McKeeson is a cautious man, but he still ended up under a 60-day suspended road sen ience ioday. McKeeson's wife had him hauled into court on an assault charge claiming he slapped her once in the face. She was asked by an observant solici tor if McKeeson had broken her glasses. "No." she replied thought fully. "He took ihem off first." Town Men's Association Will Meet To Discuss Membership Drive Today The first meeting of the Town Men's association for the fail term will be held this afternoon at 4:30 in Horace Williams lounge of Graham Memorial, yesterday announced John Van Hecke, pres ident. Van Hecke especially urged all officers and members of the TMA executive committee to attend the meeting as a fall membership drive will be planned. The Town Men's association was organized last spring in an effort to organize all men, both 11 o'clock for the first in a series of 16 freshman assemblies. The program, planned and ap proved by student government and a committee of University deans, will present opportunities for new students to hear outstand- Solid South Is Subject of Talk By Alben Barkley ASHEVILLE, Sept. 27 (UP') The Democratic nominee for vice-president and the secretary of agriculture dipped briefly into Dixie today to warn the South to stay solid for the Democratic party. Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky told a party rally here tonight a break in the "partner ship" between the Democratic party and the South would be "tragic thing." Secretary of Agriculture Chas. F. Brannan, the other half of a double-header attraction kick ing off the Democratic cam paign in North Carolina, said the South would become an "ex ploited colony" under Republican leadership. Brannan spoke today at Monroe. Barkley said destroying the traditional Democratic solidity of Dixie would leave the South "without effective means of pro moting its own high aspirations and without a voice in the na tional government. The Kentucky senator called splinter parties "a threat to the United States' world leadership." Both he and Brannan said a vote for the Progressive party or tfie States' Rights Demorats would be a vote for the Republican nom inee. Truman to Visit Governor Cherry RALEIGH, Sept. 27 (UP)- President Truman will be the guest of Gov. Gregg Cherry at a luncheon in the executive man sion here Oct. 19, Cherry an nounced today. Mr. Truman is scheduled to speak here Oct. 19 to a prom ised crowd of 50,000 attending the opening of the state fair and to speak at the unveiling of a statue on the capito grounds honoring North Caro lina's three presidents, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk. Cherry said President Truman wired his acceptance of the luncheon invitation Ipst night from San Antonio, Tex. The telegram said: "I am honored to accept your kind invitation and to be your guest at the executive mansion and to have luncheon with you during my visit to Raleigh on Oct. 19. I shall look forward toi seeing you with a great deal of pleasure." fraternity and non-fraternity who live off campus in private resi- dences. The group is a brother organization to the Town Girls' group which has long been one of the most active coed clubs at Carolina. TMA will have repre sentation on campus for all town men. All new students and any old students who have moved off campus during the summer are invited to attend the meeting and join the group if the desire. ing administration and faculty leaders discuss various aspects of the Carolina way of life, as well as several programs on, student governiment. University J comptroller William D. Carmich ael, II, will be the first assembly speaker. Other programs planned in clude a student activities pro gram, with short talks by leaders in forensics, publications, poli tics, and other student activities. Dean C. P. Spruill of the gen eral college will conduct a pro gram on the work and problems of his school and Chancellor R. B. House and Dr. Frank Graham are also expected to address the future student leaders. Convocations Two University convocations, at which all students will be invited to attend, will be in cluded as part of the 16 assem blies. The annual University day will be held October 12 and Dr. John Mosely, president of the University of Nevada and one of the nations foremost authorities on fraternity life will address the second convocation. The assembly will fill a long- noted "need in the orientation of freshman students by allowing them to meet together over a period of time and enabling them to become acquainted with more members of their class than they would under ordinary circums tances. "Opportunity" Dean of Students Fred H. Weaver, in discussing the new project, said, "The freshman as sembly program twice weekly during the fall term will afford the opportunity to present not able speakers from within the University ranks and from out side. Also it will furnish badly needed continuation of orienta tion through the first weeks of the college year. With the aid and advice of the President of Stu dent Government and our stu dent orientation committee, we expect to provide programs of legitimate interest and value." All another students arc invited to attend the assemblies if they have a free period at 11 o'clock. Orientation Chairman Bill Miller urged that all freshman counse lors attend the meetings if pos sible. Hygiene Switch The time arrangement for the assemblies was solved when of ficials found it possible to sche dule hygiene classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 o' clock, thereby leaving the neces sary Tuesday and Thursday hours vacant for all freshmen. Every freshman who entered the University either in June or in September will be required to attend the assemblies. No un excused absences will be accepted and students with such an absence against their record are subject to dismissal from the Univer sity. Election Plane One of the most praiseworthy aspects of the new chapel series is the plan for the election of freshman class officers. After (See ASSEMBLY, page 4) Spearman to Speak New members will be in formed on the national set-up, history and local organization of the American Veterans com mittee at a meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Presbyterian church. Walter Spearman, former member of the group's national policy committee and profes sor in the journalism depart ment, will speak on the na tional organization. J. Ben Rouzie will discuss the his tory of the group and Johan P. Van De Velde will speak on the local set-up. Both of the latter have served as chair men of the local group. Committee reports on the long range program for this fall will also be given. Chapter elections will be held at the Oct. 12 meeting.