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LIEHAHY (Periodical Dept) University of iiorth Carolina Chapel Hill, N. c. 4 3149 WEATHER Cloudy wiih slight rain, liiile temperature change EDITORIALS Voting A Privilege Benches Or Fur Coats VOLUME LVII United Press 'CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 25 f Legion Ends Meet; Brown Commander MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 21 (UP) An attempt by the youthful vet erans of World War II to win the leadership of the American Le gion was rebuffed today when the 30th annual convention swept a 56-year-old veteran of both wars into the national comman dcrship. S. Perry Brown of Beaumont, Tex., tall and greying candidate of the so-called "king makers", defeated two world war candi dates for the- commander ship by a two to one majority on the first ballot. Brown immediately called on the Legion to "unite." "I shall resent and fight all at tempts to divide our organiza tion," he declared in a brief state ment of acceptance. The defeated candidates 32-year-old James F. Green of Oma ha, Neb., and George N. Craig of Brazil, Ind., moved immedi ately that Brown's election be made unanimous. The 9,000 le gionnaires jammed into Miami's convention hall voted "aye" in a roaring demonstration. Four other candidates for na tional commander had withdrawn in favor of Green to "put the se leeetion of the commander ... in the hands of the delegates them selves and not leave it with any so-called kingmaker group." But it became apparent as com mander James F. O'Neil called the roll of states and territories in the hall that Brown was get ting a good share of the World War II votes also. The final count was 2,176 votes for Brown, 1,262 for Green and six for Craig, who threw 130 of his votes to Brown i -. before the count became official. The election closed the business of a surprisingly placid 30th con vention. An estimated 30.000 legion naires had poured into Miami which braced for five days of mob rule by the veterans. But the national Legion leadership had plucked the claws from the an nual "wildcat" with a warning that unseemingly conduct would be punished by expulsion from the legion. Police reported no in cidents of a criminal nature or public nuisance in the Miami area. ' The convention's 3,444 dele gates adopted a series of resolu tions and statements of Legion policy during its final session to day, including expected demands for immediate enactment of uni versal military training legisla tion. But most surprising was the Legion's reversal of a 30-year tand against soldier pensions. The convention approved unani mously a proposal urging the federal government to enact laws granting veterans of both world wars old age pensions, regardless of income. Holmes Attends Boston Banquet Honoring Ford Dr. TJ. T. Holmes of the Uni versity romance languages ' de partment will attend a presenta tion dinner to be held in honor of Dr. J.D.M. Ford, Romance lan guage scholar, at the Odd Vol umes club in Boston Saturday. Dr. Ford is to be presented an honorary volume of which Dr. Holmes and Father Denomy of Toronto, Canada, are co-authors. The volume contains 21 articles, among them a contribution by Dr. W. L. Wiley of the University. Dr. Susan Grey Akers, Miss Mary Anders and Miss Elaine von Of son are in Louisville, Ky., where they are attending a con ference of the Southeastern Li brary association through Satur day. Dr. Akers is dean of the School of Library Science. (4 "ST - V- jut sfri I Wti ' 4ivrt &$r-Vi "r, ATTENDING THE MILITARY ORDER of World Wars conven tion in Miami. Fla., are buddies of the Battle of Bastogne. They are Maj. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe (left), who led the 101st Division at Bastogne, and Col. Robert A. Ballard. McAuliffe won fame when he replied to a German surrender ultimatum with a re sounding "Nuts!" Solons Hear Reports On NSA By Delegates By Jim Dickinson A Student Legislature meeting which started a half hour late and in addition was recessed for nearly another half hour in order that a quorum could be attained finally heard reports from Stu dent Body President Jess Ded mond and Al Lowenstein con cerning the National Students association meet they attended in Madison, Wis. this summer. , A bill is now under considera tion for the establishment of a NSA chapter on campus. Ded mond and Lowenstein gave favor Freshmen Hear Thompson, Dean Discuss Rushing Jack Thompson, Interfraternity council president, and Fred Weaver, dean of students, yes terday spoke to the freshman class at assembly on fraternity rushing, which is currently in progress on campus. Jess Dedmond, student body president, announced that a dance for freshmen students has been planned for Oct. 30 at Woman's college. Dedmond also read the bill concerning the nomination and election of freshmen officers. He said nomination will be con ducted during assembly Nov. 9. Thompson outlined the rushing rules and explained how rushing lists are obtained. Dean Weaver pointed out to the students that the fraternity has a definite purpose on the campus. He answered various questions concerning joining fraternities. Lady Simon SaysSecondaryEducation Teachers Are Needed in Great Britain Lady Simon of Wythenshawe, eminent English writer and lec turer on education, said here yesterday that "the two main problem to be dealt with in edu cation in England after the re cent war are an adequate supply of teachers and provision for secondary education for all the children of that country." Speaking on "The Reconstruc tion of English Education After the War" in Peabody hall yester day morning, Lady Simon said that during the war many teach ers joined the forces and the supply of teachers was aeriously depleted. Decision to raise the school leaving age to 15 and to reduce the size of all classes meant that able reports on the principles of the universal organization. Lowenstein said he considers NSA a valuable organization in that it brings together students from all corners of the United States that they may exchange ideas and try to reach an under standing between themselves on many issues. Charlie Long spoke on the ac tivities of the Carolina Forum and stated several of the goals the organization hopes to ac complish this year. Main Building At Miss. State Razed By Fire STARKVILLE, Miss., Oct. 21. (UP) Mississippi State college officials said today it will take $1,000,000 to replace the 45-year-old Lee hall, main administration building, which was swept by fire here yesterday. Four persons were slightly in jured in the blaze and 50 others narrowly escaped death or in jury when the front ledge of the four and one-half story build ing caved in directly in front of them. More than 100 students were on. the first floor of the building when the blaze began but they were quickly evacuated. Cause of the fire was not definitely known, although one report said it started when a workman's blowtorch was knock ed over during repair work on the roof. It was said that a bucket of tar caught fire first and the blaze spread quickly. a great many more teachers would be needed, she explained. "With a new scale of salaries ne gotiated, and the removal of the differences between salaries of elementary and of secondary teachers, a new emphasis was placed on the education of teach ers," she said. "Now, every teach er is paid on the scale accord ing to his qualifications regard less of the kind of school in which he teaches." Increase of students in the training colleges for teachers and in university training depart ments has more than doubled and in addition emergency train ing colleges have been set up, she declared, and candidates for teacher training institutions are carefully selected. Team, Songs AreScheduled At Pep Rally Interviews and fight talks by nearly 20 members of the foot ball team and a community sing will be features of the pep rally tonight at Memorial hall. The yell session is scheduled to get underway at 7:30. Head cheerleader Norm Sper announced yesterday that the members of the team will include co-captains Dan Stiegman and Hosea Rodgers. The community sing will use slides of all the University fight songs, and will be an addition to the usual songs and cheers. Sper also said that Vic Hug gins, head cheerleader in 1925, who has been aiding in the spirit boosting at other rallies this year, will be on hand for a repeat per formance. Norman Cordon, Metro politan opera star, who has also been helping at previous meet-j ings, will again be present to help; with the singing. Tentatively on the schedule to appear is Lath "Tarzan" Morris of Farmville. The leather-lunged fan who has been a fixture at University games for many years will aid the cheerleaders in their duties and display his mighty talent. Music will be furnished by the University band. Language Majors Asked To Write To Other Lands In a letter to Dr. HugoGiduz, Miss G. A. Raymond, publicity director of the United Nations Council of Philadelphia, expressed her hope that University language students might be interested in gettiAg "living first-hand contact with the country and language they are studying." Miss Raymond stated that, "All we require is the sincere desire to continue a correspondence once started, and a letter describing the writer reasonably fully so that we may choose well the European counterpart." Students interested in corres ponding with citizens of Europe may get more information from Dr. Giduz at his office in 211 Murphey. Nursery School Being Operated For the benefit of married stu dents with children, a full day nursery school, conducted by trained personnel, is being oper ated in the Baptist church. Hours are from 8 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock. Late News Bulletins Attacks Soviet NEW YORK, Oct. 21. (UP) Thomas E. Dewey tonight pro posed a "human rights" program dedicated against discrimination and attacked the Russian "bio logical punch press" approach to human problems. The Republican presidential candidate spoke at a dinner hon oring the memory of Alfred E. Smith, late governor of New York and unsuccessful 1928 Democratic candidate for presi dent. Palestine Truce PARIS) Oct. 21. (UP) The United Nations today ordered Egyptians and Jews to halt their battle in the Negev deserts of southern Palestine by 2 p.m. Palestine time (7 a.m. EST) to day. Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting UN mediator in the Holy Land, set that hour as the deadline for the cease-fire which already of ficially has been approved by both sides. Airlift Help WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (UP) President Truman tonight authorized Gen. Lucius D. Clay, s ? r ARRIVING BY PLANE at .ialeigh to open his political invasion of the South, President Truman is met by Gov. R. Gregg Cherry.' The President flew to the Tar Heel slate from Miami where, in an address to the American Legion convention, he explained his "Vinson mission." He declared thai his proposal to send Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow had been dictated solely by a desire to lift the "fog of distrust" which blurs the road to peace in the world. Local Airport Works Extra On Weekends By Lincoln Kan , If the weather is clear tomor row morning, and the ringing call CAVU echoes through the airlanes, the University will real ly be buzzing. The buzz will be at the Chapel Hill airport, technically known as the Horace Williams airport. If it is Ceiling Absolute Visibility Unlimited, the buzzers will be ardent football fans from all over the state and perhaps from Louisiana, who just can't get here fast enough by car or train. Jimmy Williams, University manager of the airport, revealed some surprising statistics yester day. On the Texas weekend there were over 90 planes on the Chapel Hill field. Of these, there were 35 from Texas, one of them being a DC-3. The rest of the planes ranged from Navions, Stinsons, and Cessnas to modest little Aircoupes. Nearly all of them came in at mid-morning and generally held 4 passengers. On the State weekend over 50 planes landed on the field. One of them was piloted by a hardy Oklahoman who flew all the way from Tulsa. As the planes land ed, the flyers usually grabbed a waiting cab, but on this week end, several taxi-drivers were disappointed when the pilots took out collapsable motorcycles used by the wartime paratroop ers and just rode off to the game. American occupation commander in Germany to request up to 66 additional C-54 transport planes to maintain the Berlin airlift. Presidential press secretary Eben Ayers said he understood Clay now is using a "little more" than 200 planes to maintain the flow of food and other supplies to the Soviet-blockaded German capital. Reprimanded WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (UP) The State department tonight formally reprimanded assistant visa chief Robert C. Alexander for telling a congressional com mittee that' subversive aleins were entering this country through the United Nations. Sinqle Survivor TARBOLTON, Scotland, Oct. 21. (UP) Onlv one of the 40 persons aboard survived the crash early today of New York-bound KLM Royal Dutch airliner which overshot a runway at Prestwick airport and hit a power line. Officials said tonight" that Willem Hendrick Phillippo, a Dutch passenger, was the only survivor. Nine Americans were among the 39 persons killed in the crash. ;!'" ' AY- f v D. T. Neville, custodian of the airfield said "The days are get ting shorter now, so I don't think we will have as many planes coming in for the LSU game as for the others. They usually have a long trip home and with so many fields cross-country with u out lights it is pretty tough on the smaller planes. He remarked, "I wish the papers will stop call ing our field 'little.' Why, we have a bigger airport than Greensboro. We rate a number higher than they do in the CAA manual." Williams said, "The field is in fine shape. The ground is hard and the grass is growing very well. If we do not have too much rain, we have nothing to worry about." Since the airport has been open, there has been no accident involving a homer field plane. At present there are about a dozen planes in and around the hanger. Many are owned by stu dents, and a Navion is owned by Dr. Fredrick Bernheim who teaches at Duke medical school. C. L. Martindale supervises the field in the mornings and at night a student watchman, Walter Cruitte, guards the area. Dr. Baity to Give Lecture on Brazil Dr. H. G. Baity, professor of sanitary engineering, will give the first series of illustrated lec tures on Brazil Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the Medical building. The lecture, open to the public, will feature kodochrome movies and slides. The School of Public Health is sponsoring the series. Funeral Services Are Held in Sewanee ForVice-Chancellor Alexander Guerry SEWANEE, Tenn., Oct. 21. ' (UP) Funeral services were held here today for Dr. Alex ander Guerry, vice-chancellor of the University of the South who died in Knoxville Tuesday after a heart attack. The funeral was held in the Episcopal All Saints chapel here, at 11:30 this morning. The body was to be taken to Chattanooga for burial this afternoon. The well-known educator was stricken first in the Knoxville railroad station, while waiting for a train to return here after attending a Founders day dinner for Sewanee alumni Monday night. A second attack at a Knox ville hospital resulted in death. Dr. Guerry was 58. Plans To Double Book Space Sev By Charles Prilchard Plans that will approximately double the cubic capacity of the University library are in the final stages, it was revealed yesterday by the offices of the library. 100,000 Asked For Reserve Under Program WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (UP) The Army called today for 100,000 veterans to sign up under the expanded reserve program which defense sources estimate will cost as much as $1,000,000, 000 per year. Brig. Gen. Wendell Westover, Army executive for reserve affairs said, 'The enlistment of at least 100,000 war-trained men is ur gently needed for expansion of high-priority reserve units." He said the Army will launch a special recruiting campaign for reserves in the near future, and will ask Congress for additional funds to support the stepped-up program ordered by President Truman. Other defense sources estimat ed that an adequate reserve pro gram for the Army and Air Force would cost the nation between $250,000,000 and $1,000,000,000 an nually. The money would be used chiefly for armories, equipment and training pay for the reserves. Mr. Truman last Saturday asked Defense Secretary James Forrestal to submit within 60 days a blueprint for improving the reserves, together with rec- .. . ommendalions for any new legis- lation that may be needed. Westover said the Army has a specific program for the reserve corps under which some of these units will figure in its "mobiliza tion day" force. Though a few of the reserve units in the M-day force will be combat type, the majority will be service troops working on transport, construc tion and hospital assignments. Faculty Group Attending Meet At Lexington Professors and instructors from the staff of the University Po litical Science department have gone to the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science association being held in Lexing ton, Va., Thursday through Sat urday. the department, Dr. Paul W. Wa Dr. C. B. Robertson, head of ger, Dr. James W. Fesler, Dr. E. J. Woodhouse, Dr. Keener Frazer, Donald F. Whitehead, Alan T. Grimes, Gordon Cleve gone to the meeting which will land, and Allan Richards have take the form of a seminar on current governmental problems and discuss plans for better teach ing of Political Science. Dr. William P. Richardson of the School of Public Health at tended the recent meeting of a committee surveying nursing and nursing education in this state. Dr. Richardson, who is attach ed to the Field Training unit, served as secretary and prepared the agenda for the meeting. The Right Rev. Frank A. Julian of Jacksonville, Fla., chancellor of the University and bishop of Florida, will officiate at the services here. Pallbearers at the funeral will be five Sewanee undergraduates, one theological school student and two Sewanne military acad emy cadets. At Chattanooga, where Dr. Guerry spent 20 years as head- master nf Ravlnr srVinnl and .-j TT-;..:.. Chattanooga, four students from each institution will act as pall bearers. Dr. Guerry was a native of Lincolnton, N. C. He had been administrative head of Sewanee since 1938. ' Alfred M. Githens, consulting architect from New York city, and four representatives from the firm of Wiley and Wilson, consulting engineers from Rich mond, left yesterday at noon af- ter discussing the new construc tion plans with library officials. O. V. Cooke, assistant librarian, said yesterday that since the plans are in the final stages, it is hoped construction bids will be asked soon. The addition to the library building will extend southward from each of the side entrances for approximately 112 feet, and will encase the present book stack room completely at the back of the building. In addition to supplementary book stacks, which will be oc cupied by the books that are now packed in the library cor ridors, the addition will be used for general reading rooms, special activities, the Southern Historical collection, the North Carolina collection, and staff work space. "The new construction," Cooke said, "will greatly improve the conditions for study. The present library is terrifically overcrowd ed from the standpoint of books as well as students." Work on the enlargement plan was begun approximately two years ago with the last state legislature appropriating $1,215, 000. Wadsworth Says New Dorms Ease Housing Problem "The three new dormitories have greatly eased the housing problem for single men on cam pus, but for married men the score is still zero," J. E. Wads worth, housing director, said yes terday. The three dorms, "A," "B," and "C" house 794 students, which is capacity. Wadsworth observed that the present tendency is for more boys to stay in Nash, Miller, and quon set huts than to live in town. It's a question of economy. Few er students live in town because food cost has increased. There are 3.0C0 residents in men's dorms, and 688 in women's dorms. Last fall 70 students liv ed in Emerson, compared with 66 now; 25 students are register ed in Nash, while last fall there were 76. Miller has 54 residents as compared with 90 last fall. Quonset hut occupants have been reduced from 20 to about 13 in each hut. Wadsworth's report stated that 352 students live in victory vil lage, 611 in fraternity houses, 71 in sorority houses and about 165 in trailer courts. Make Reservations Now, Says Agency Members of the Travel Agency on second floor Graham Memorial are urging students to make their Thanksgiving and Christmas hol iday reservations now in order to be assurred of accommodations. In addition to making reserva tions, the Travel Agency has a store of information concerning schedules and prices. Activities Compete With Quiz Show The Carolina Playmakers, fra ternity rushing, and dorm elec tions proved to be too much com petition for the University Vet erans association quiz show Wednesday night. Only 25 or 30 people turned out for the quiz show. Cigarettes were passed to the expectant con testants as consolation prizes and tthey were told to return next week when a larger crowd would be present. An additional $5 will be added to the $45 jack-pot featured Wednesday night, making a jack pot prize of $50 for next week's quiz show.
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