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VOLUME LVII
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948
Phone F-3371 F-3361
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open tonight at 8:30 in the
first play to be presented during the 1948-49 season by the
Carolina Playmakers and will be continued tomorrow,
Friday! and Saturday evenings.
The play, designed and di-
rooted by Lynn Gault, tells the
story of a period in the lives
of the Norwegian - American
Hansen family in 1900 San Fran
cisco. It is a comedy, presenting
both the comic and serious in
cidents in the family life, and
Van Druten, author of the highly
popular "Voice of the Turtle,"
has spiced the play with numer-
5 ous laughs. " '
Business manager John W.
Parker said last night that both
reserved seat tickets and season
tickets books would be on sale
at the box office during all of
the four nights of production.
He explained that the best seats
still available are for tonight and
tomorrow evenings, but that there
are tickets for each of the four
production nights. Parker said
.the best selection for Friday and
Saturday night seats is at the
downtown box office in Led-better-Pickard's.
"I would like to remind stu
dents who plan to see all the
plays this year, that the season
ticket sale is limited to 1000
books," Parker said, "and we
have nearly reached the limit.
There is a 20 percent saving on
the season ticket arrangement
which was set up primarily for
students, but we have had so
many out-of-town requests that
there may not be enough."
"We are going to place the
season books on sale at the
theater box office on production
nights," he said, "and this will
probably be the last chance to
obtain them."
James Geiger, AROTC cadet
captain, will play his 38th role
with the Playmakers tonight,
when he appears as the hard
talking "Uncle Chris," who rules
the family with an iron hand.
"Papa Hansen" will be acted by
staff member Harry Davis, and
Louise Lamont will play "Mama."
Miss Lamont, who played in the
Forest theater production of
"Hamlet" several years ago, has
returned to school after having
spent the intervening time in
professional theater work.
Edna Doolev. who clayed in
"As You Like It" this summer,
i V protrays the leading character,
' 17-year-old "Katrin."
The rest of the Hansen family
j includes: Julie Johns as "Dag
f mar," Ellen Smith as "Christine,"
I and Charles Williamson as "Nels."
Other major roles are to be
played by Estelle Ritchie, Mar
1 garet Healy, Josephine Sharkey,
Frank Groseclose, William Buck
ley, Nat White, Paul Valentine,
and Louisa Mustin.
Others in the cast include:
Martha Pierpont, Carolyn Green,
Marty Jacobs, Patricia Peteler,
Iantha Smart, John Kirkman,
James Byrd, Catherine McDonald,
and Georgiana Spelvin.
World Government
Meeting Scheduled
A meeting on World Govern
ment is scheduled to be held at
the Civic center, 220 Church
street in Greensboro on Oct. 23
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Purpose of the meeting is to
plan a state constituent World
Government Assembly, to pro
pose a world government consti
tution to be considered by the
National Assembly and the World
Constituent Assembly in Geneva
in 1950, and to consider steps to
implement a state-wide educa
tional program on world govern
ment. Lady Simon
Lady Simon of Wythenshawe,
noted English writer and lecturer
on education, will speak in 201
Peabody hall tomorrow morn
in.i nt 9 o'clock cn the "Recon
struction of English Education
after the War."
Professors and students who
are interested are invited to at
tend the lecture.
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Playmaker theater. It is the
Dewey Plans
Two-Day Trip
To New York
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 19.
(UP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
kept his final campaign plans
under wraps tonight as he work
ed on accumulated state business
preparatory to leaving tomorrow
for a two-day stay in New York
city.
The Republican presidential
nominee spent most of the day
at the executive mansion resting
from his second campaign trip,
answering mail and conferring
by telephone with state political
leaders.
He talked tonight by telephone
with 'Herbert Brownell, Jr., his
campaign manager, who is in
New York.
Dewey will leave the capital
tomorrow for New York where
he has two speeches on schedule.
One, the nature of which was
not disclosed, will be delivered
at the Herald-Tribune forum to
morrow night.
In 1944, he took a similar oc
casion to talk on foreign affairs.
The other speech will be of a
non-political nature at a testi
monial dinner for the late Alfred
E. Smith Thursday night.
Beyond then there was no in
formation available as to the
GOP candidate's plans.
Although there was no' official
comment, Dewey forces were re
ported to be pleased with the
New York -state registration
figures for the Nov. 2 election.
Official totals released tonight
by the secretary 6f state showed
that 7,043,573 persons are eligible
to vote nearly as many as the
1944 election.
Actors, Singers
Needed by S&F
For New Shows
Actors, singers, dancers, pian
ists, musicians, comedians, and
script writers are needed ,to
take part in Sound and Fury
campus touring shows. Auditions
will be held from 3 o'clock to 5
in Gerrard hall tomorrow after
noon. All talented students interest
ed in participating in the variety
shows that will be made avail
able to campus groups are urged
to audition. The committee will
then be able to arrange shows
for any organization requesting
entertainment. Not only will the.
entertainment be provided for
any group, but it will be provid
ed free of charge.
Any campus organization wish
ing to secure shows contact the
Sound and Fury office in Gra
ham Memorial, however, no
guarantees can be made until
auditions have been completed.
Archibald Henderson Slates Speech
At Sorority Banquet Next Thursday
Dr. Archibald Henderson, of
ficial biographer of George Ber
nard Shaw, will speak at the,
initiation banquet of Chi Delta
Phi on Thursday, Oct. 28, Presi
dent Sally Woodhull announced
yesterday.
Deadline for submission of
manuscripts is today, and in
coming members will be notified
early nexrt week. Initiation
services will be held in Graham
Memorial Oct. 28 at 4:30, and
the banquet, will follow at the
Ivy room in Durham, with mem
bers of the Duke chapter of the
coed literary group as guests.
Dr. Henderson, who until his
recent retirement served as head
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FELLOW STUDENTS gather around Louis "Pop" Rich, 85. as
he staris his first semester as a freshman at the Bergen junior
college, Teaneck. N. J. Retired after running a clothing business
for 50 years and putting six sons through college, "Pop" decided it
was high time he donned a windbreaker and returned to school
again. t
Balloting To Continue
In Five Dorms Today
Five dormitories will vote for their respective officers
today, with "A," "B," "C," Alexander and Whitehead open
ing their polls from 9 o'clock this morning until 9 o'clock
tonight.
Tho fnllmirincr rrnrJ tA of oc fr7-
this final day of voting were re
leased by Pete Gerns, president
of the Interdormitory council:
"A" dorm: Benard Plemmons,
Stan Smith, Bill Anderson and
Bob White, president; Fred Og
den, Carl Hawn, George Clark
and Fred Fussell, vice-president;
Bill Wheeler, Charlie Lasseter
and Johnny Kenberley, secretary
treasurer. "B" dorm: John Sloan, presi
dent; Hassell Sledd, vice-president;
Max Harris and Tom Don
nally, secretary-treasurer.
"C" dorm; Harry Aycock, John
Carr, Dick McLain and Jack
Worsham, president; Ed Lamb,
Dick Noonis, Norm Sper and
Art Weiner, vice-president; Red
Dowd and Bob Payne, secretary
treasurer. Alexander: Harold Day, Rod
ney McKnight, Morris Hill, Joe
Privett and Al House, president;
Jim Reuning, Julian S. Alber
gotti, Marvin Lovins, Norman
Moore and Cecil Milton, vice
president; Moe Huntly, Graham
Hollaway, Howard Fogelman and
Frank J. Allston, Jr., secretary
treasurer. Whitehead: Harold Ceedin,
Frank Patterson and Carl Hack
ney, president; Ralph Sullivan
and Glenn Moak, vice-president;
John Patseavouras, Bob Smith
and Charles Overman, secretary
treasurer. v
Card Stunt Ushers
To Meet Tonight
All card stunt ushers and the
University Club committee work
ing on plans for the pep rally
Friday night will meet in the
Monogram club this evening,
Norm Sper announced yesterday.
The card section ushers will
meet at 7 o'clock and the pep
rally committee at 8;30.
of the Mathematics department
of the University, is widely
known both for his literary and
mathematical achievements.
A graduate of the University
with the class of 1898, he start
ed his teaching career immediate
ly upon graduation, and receiv
ed his Ph. D degree from the
University of Chicago. He holds
five honorary degrees.
In addition to his many books
and articles on Shaw, the ver
satile professor has written his
tories of the University and of
the region. His "Campus of the
First State University" is soon
to be released by the University
press.
Jenrette Named
Top Game Picker
By Clean Sweep
Dick Jenrette, associate sports
editor of the Daily Tar Heel,
made a clean sweep of week
end football predictions when he
was announced winner of the
Graham Memorial football con
test yesterday.
Jenrette, who also led the
sports department in picking grid
winners, had a perfect score on
the predictions, correctly naming
the winning team in 20 of the
nation's top tilts. Dick's score.
for the State-Carolina game 35-7
was a little off, however, as were
most of those entered in the
contest.
Four others, Ray Sarbaugh,
William Roth, Norman Jacobson,
and F. H. Roberts, narrowly
missed having perfect records by
one game. To Sue Stokes went
the singular honor of missing
15 out of 20 predictions. How
ever the Carolina coed did come
closer than any of the winners
in naming the homecoming score,
with a 21 to 7 guess.
Dance Committee
To Meet at GM
The Charlotte-Carolina dance
committee.: will meet , in Horace
Williams lounge today at 3
o'clock. Newly selected members
of the committee are Carter
Taylor, George Kenyon, Marion
Ward, C. B. Mendenhall, Jord
Jordan, Dave Littlejohn, and
John Baker.
Late News Bulletins
Fo rty Dead
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Oct. 19.
(UP) At least 40 persons
were reported today to have
perished as the result of an
eruption of Villarica volcano,
400 miles south of here. Latest
official figures were 40 dead
and 200 missing.
Brush-Off
READING, Pa., Oct. 19.
(UP) Henry A. Wallace to
day accused Secretary of State
George C. Marshall of giving
President Truman "A con
temptuous brush-off" and said
Marshall should be fired.
Last Attempt
PARIS, Oct. 19. (UP)
Troops and Republican guards
stormed into Central France's
strike-bound coal mines a
gainst fierce Communist-led
resistance today in a last
minute attempt to keep the
untended pits from being
flooded.
Lucas Says
GOP fo Lose
Senate Seats
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UP)
Sen. Scott W. Lucas, (D.Ill.)
and the AFL political league to
day both predicted the Demo
crats will win control of the
Senate in the Nov. 2 election.
Lucas, chairman of the Demo
cratic senatorial campaign com
mittee, claimed his party would
wrest seven and perhaps 10 seats
from the frankly worried Re
publicans. He listed Minnesota,
Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Vir
ginia, Wyoming, Illinois and
Iowa as. sure to switch to the
Democrats and said the Demo
crats have a "better than even"
chance to capture GOP seats in
Idaho, Delaware and Michigan.
George M. Harrison, head of
the AFL's political department,
said in a final pre-election ap
praisal that the Democrats are
certain of winning at least. four
GOP-held seats. He listed them
as Minnesota, Oklahoma, West
Virginia and Wyoming.
In a confidential report to the
league's final pre-election meet
ing, Harrison said the Democrats
have a good chance of picking up
an additional GOP seat in Iowa.
The league has opened a drive
to elect the Democratic candi
dates in those five states and
in 11 others Colorado, Montana,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Idaho,
Delaware, - New Mexico, Mas
sachusetts, Illinois, Michigan and
New Jersey.
Meanwhile a House subcom
mittee stepped into the torrid
New Mexico Senate race. The
group, headed by Rep. Forest
A. Harness, (R. Ind.) ordered
an investigation of charges that
federal employes are campaign
ing illegally for former agricul
ture secretary Clinton P. Ander
son, Democratic senatorial candi
date. '"- - -
Anderson is opposed by Re
publican Patrick J. Hurley, sec
retary of war in the Hoover ad
ministration. A committee counsel
said there were many complaints
that federal employes were go
ing to New Mexico from Wash
ington and Western states to give
Anderson a helping hand.
Jack-Pot Prize
Is $45 At UVA
A new heating system has been
installed in the University
Veterans association clubhouse
in preparation for tonight's quiz
show, president Hugh Wells an
nounced yesterday.
The jack-pot prize for tonight
will be $45. Any person who at
tends will be eligible to receive
the jack-pot if he is selected as
a contestant. If a contestant fails
to answer correctly, he will still
receive a consolation prize.
A large crowd is expected for
tonight's show, so all veterans
who attend are asked to come
early in order to obtain good
tables.
Surrounded
BERLIN, Oct. 19. (UP)
Soviet-controlled German po
lice surrounded Western Ber
lin today to keep Germans
from buying food in the Rus
sian occupation zone.
Cease-Fire
PARIS, Oct. 19. (UP)
The United Nations Security
council ordered Jews and
Arabs today to cease-fire im
mediately in the Negev area
of Southern Palestine and pro
posed a three-point basis for
negotiations after the fighting
stops.
Tightening
PARIS, Oct. 19. (UP)
The three Western. Allies de
manded anew today that the
United Nations solve the Ber
lin crisis, and charged that
even as the Security council
debated the issue Russia is
tightening her blockade of the
former German capital.
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HERE'S A PUZZLE: Find Dr. Frank Porter Graham among the
distinguished visitors at the installation of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower as president of Columbia university. Thai's Ike at the
left center, and Columbia Trustee 'Chairman Frederick Coykendall
at the right center. Our guess is that Dr. Frank is on the far left
at the edge of the picture in the second row.
SP, Polificos Schedule
Frosh Rally Tonight
A freshman rally for the purpose of selecting candidates
,to run for class officers will be
in Horace Williams lounge of Graham Memorial, Ed Tenney,
Student party chairman, announced yesterday.
"The purpose of the meeting,"?
Tenney said, "is to give fresh-
men a chance to meet to discuss
their problems and select their
leaders for the approaching
elections. We are especially in
terested in having any new stu
dents who are interested in par
ticipating in student government
to come and take part in the
meeting."
"The selection of candidates
will be left entirely up to the
freshmen attending the meeting,"
Tenney continued, "because the
Student party feels that the class
can be best served by picking
their own candidates to run on
the SP ticket."
The candidates nominated to
night will be formally nominat
ed by their fellow classmates
at a student government sponsor
ed rally to be held in the near
future. The SP candidates will
then campaign in a race with UP
and CP nominees for the various
offices.
"It is important," Tenney add
ed, "that every interested fresh
man attend the meeting tonight,
for only through the interest of
all freshmen can the new class
be assured of a fair election of
(See RALLY, page 4)
Dean William Wells of Arts, Sciences
Tells Freshmen to Get 'Book-Learning'
By Charles Priichard
"An educated man is never
bored; boredom is a sign of ig
norance," William Wells, dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences,
told the freshman class yesterday
in Memorial hall.
The speaker said the main job
of being a part of the University
is "book-learning."
"How do you get a college edu-.
cation?" he asked. "You have to
go beyond what you, yourself,
want to study. You need more
in the form of a background."
He explained that the fundamen
tal reason for required work is
that the student does not want
the required subjects.
He pointed out the advantages
of taking courses in each of the
divisions of college, saying that
an education is not obtained by
simply following the requirements.
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held this evening at 7 o'clock
Dialectic Senate
Schedules Debate
On States' Rights
A resolution calling for consti
tutional and legislative measures
to enact uniform laws for the
American people, thereby elimi
nating the doctrine of states
rights, will be discussed tonight
by members of the Dialectic sen
ate in their weekly meeting at
9 o'clock in the Di hall of New
West.
Among the changes which the
group will discuss are uniform
marriage and divorce laws, in
corporation laws, traffic and mo
tor vehicle regulations, and crim
inal laws.
The bill, reported out of the
Di Ways and Means committee
headed by Gran Childress, states
that "the practice of the doctrine
of states rights has been in many
respects detrimental to the wel
fare of the people of the United
States," and that "the suspension
of this doctrine with respect to
certain matters would greatly im
prove the welfare of the people
of the United States."
"You get an education through
an attitude of mind. Education
depends upon two things: will
ingness to learn and ability to
learn."
Wells urged the students to ex
hibit "horse sense," a steadiness
of purpose, the ability to say
"no," and the willingness to stand
up to the fear of learning some
thing new.
An education, according to the
speaker, will not provide a stu
dent with a well-paying job, a
happy marriage, nor a substitute
for wisdom, but it will give a
sweet contentment and a critical
point of view to be able to judge
wisely.
Bill Miller, orientation chair
man, announced at the assembly
that plans for another freshman
dance at Woman's college are be
ing negotiated for the weekend
of the Tennessee game.
President Makes
Talks at Fair,
Capitol Grounds
FAIR GROUNDS, RAL
EIGH, Oct. 19. (UP) Presi
dent Truman told Southern
Democrats today that a vote
for the States' Rights . ticket
can do nothing but help the
Republicans.
He appealed to them to drop
their rebellion and to stand
"shoulder to shoulder" against
the risk of another Republican
depression such as the country
experienced under former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover in the early
1930's.
Swinging his campaign into
North Carolina on the fringe of
the States' Rights revolt against
his racial rights program, the
president made two speeches in
a determined bid to save the
traditionally Democratic "state
which went Republican 20 years
ago.
He never mentioned the States
Rights rebellion or. the Negro
rights issue which provoked it.
But there were unmistakeable
messages for rebellious Southern
ers in both speeches.
At dedicatory ceremonies on
the capitol steps for a monument
to North Carolina-born former
Presidents Andrew Jackson,
James K. Polk and Andrew John
son, the president said the way
to settle differences in democracy
was through reason and debate
and "never by walking out in
a huff."
"To attempt to correct injustice
by disunion is to apply a remedy
that is worse than the disease,"
he said.
The second speech was made
at the opening of the North Caro
lina state fair. It was broadcast
throughout Dixieland on a 43
station southern leg of the Na
tional Broadcasting co. chain.
It was there the president said:
"'Other parties simply don't
stand a chance. . . .you stand
with the Democratic party or
for all practical purposes you
stand with the Republican party."
The Republicans hope, he add
ed, they can "fool enough of
the people this time to capture
the election by wasted Demo
cratic votes."
Dekes, Kenan
Top Drive List
Of Memberships
Delta Kappa Epsilon led fra
ternities and Kenan was at the
top of the dormitory list with
100 per cent campus member
ship in the Symphony society
drive which was completed this
week.
Under the direction of Dean
Katherine Carmichael and Harold
Weaver the drive topped all past
records.
Memberships, which entitle any
one to hear concerts in Chapel
Hill during the spring and all
Symphony society-sponsored pro
grams in the state during the
season, will be available through
out the year at the Symphony
offices.
Benjamin Swalin, director of
the symphony, is at present in
Mexico where he is rehearsing
with the Guadalaja Mexico sym
phony orchestra which he will
conduct in that city later this
month.
Conductor Swalin has program
med standard classics for his two
concerts in Mexico, but works
by George Antheil and other
novelties will be included.
Attend Unveiling
President Frank P. Graham
and C. E. Teague, business
manager of the University, at
tended the unveiling ceremo
nies in Raleigh yesterday com
memorating the three Tar Heel
presidents of the United Stales.
They also attended the open
ing of the state fair. Dr. Gra
ham returned laie last night
after a trip to Greenrille.