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LIERARY (Periodical Dept) Univsr3ity of liorth Carolina Chapel Hill, M. c. 1-31-49 f 1 EDITORIALS We Want Education Two With One Stone Say It Isn't So WEATHER Parti cloudy and continued mild; scattered showers CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 19, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 51 J of rp SXsr3. EgSEgsga- ft. Ill . 11-11 js i v i 1 1 n I ii II United Press . 1&0L tiyif a ivziimun vqre.xsfives AlbergoHi Wice-Presidencv Others Slated For Runoffs; Ruffin Ahead By BUI Buchan University party candidate Julian Albergotti won the only dear decision in the freshman elections yesterday when he walked away with the class vice prcsidrncy over Campus party candidate Claude Burton and Larry Botto, backed by the Stu dent party. Albergotti received 237 votes to Burton's 119 and 114 for Botto. Runoffs are slated in the four other offices, Al Winn, chairman of the elections board announced la.st night. Only 478 freshman out of the class total of 1,030 turned out to cast their vote in 4 T the elections. The runeff, which will be held mi November 30 when the entire campus goes to the polls to elect candidates for the legislature, will place Dalton Ruffin (Ind) against Davis Byrd (CP) in a final battle for the class presi dency. Ruffin received 165 votes to Byrd's 104. Bill Prince (SP) came in third with 100, Bill Bos tic (UP) followed with 56 and Mike Galifianakis an indepen dent, brought ,the rear with 55. In the race for secretary, Ho ward Fogleman, (UP) led his two opponents with 191 while Allen Tate (CP), followed with 166. Bob Brooks (SP) received 113. Fogleman and Tate will be in U the runoff. Norman Harden (UP) led in the fight for class treasurer with 182 votes. Joe Privott (CP) re ceived 177 and Graham Hollo way (SP) 116. Harden and Pri vett are the two candidates in the November 30 runoff. In the race for the social chair man all three candidates in yes terdays balloting will be in the runoff since the two lower can didates tied and Betsy Ross (UP), did not receive a majority of the votes cast. Ross received 218 and Jo Bissell (SP) and Bob Buck ma.stcr (CP) were tied even with 130. After the balloting, Winn an nounced that all party and in dependent nominations for office in the fall elections must be turn ed in to him by midnight tonight. Israel Claims Invading Troops Been Withdrawn TKL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 18. dp) -Israel claimed tonight that its invading troops had been with drawn from tch Negcv in com HiatKc with a United Nations S ui ity council order. The government said only gar rison troops remained in the dis l"jf( ! southern desert area to pre vrnt "predatory activities" by F-nyptian forces there. Tin.- announcement came after I'n jiii'T David Ben-Gurion scrv- ', "7 ! blunt notice that Israel intends to kei'p the hard-won Negev. He told the state council that Jewish troop who entered the area after (M. 14 would be withdrawn but ti-il the rest of his forces would remain. His statement was viewed as Li ael s reply to the UN order, indicating that Israel will comply with the Oct. 14 withdrawal pro i'al, but actually will retain ""trol or virtually all the Negev. (UN observers in Paris intcr l " ted LkivGurion's statement to ""in technical compliance with 'he withdrawal order. These quar t' i s said that Israel intended to k" garrisoned the 20-odd set "'mcnts it won before Oct. 14, pulling out those forces which i ' i n f i n eed the garrisons after that dale.) ''ii Guiion said he saw no way "f going beyond the proposed itlidrawal plan, and that "peace" was now the burning issue, in !'.! i;,. fjk ' H -. ' A i , Vitt w f: J , ALBEN BARK LEY, vice president elect, combines his vacation ' with neighborliness as: he pays a visit in Havana. Barkley conferred with Cuban President Dr. Carlos Prio So carres and Cuban Secretary of Stale Heviet. Cordon Soloist With Symphony Tuesday Night Norman Cordon, former Metro politan opera star, will, be soloist with University " symphony or chestra at its opening concert of the winter season Tuesday night at 8:30 in Hill hall. The orchestra will play a Kindler-arranged Toccata by Girolamo Frescobaldi; Mozart's Symphony No. 40; "An Outdoor Overture," by Aaron Copland, and a new composition by Edwin Michael, "March Mock Heroic," which will be given its premiere performance at this concert. Cordon will be heard in the recitative and aria from Verdi's "Don Carlos. This will be Cor don's first solo appearance in Chapel Hill since he returned. He is now a resident of the village, having recently joined the staff of the University ex tension division as coordinator of music in the state. Composer Hoffman, whose work is having its initial hear ing Tuesday night, is well-known in this state through his work as YMCA secretary. He now re sides in Black Mountain and conducts business in Asheville. 'Israel, UN' to Be Subject Of Gerrard Talk by Grauel John Stanley Grauel, young Christian clergyman who served us a volunteer crewman aboard 1'ic Jewish refugee ship, "Exodus," will speak on "Israel and the U. N." Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Gerrard hall. Grauel who was on the ship when it was attacked by British naval vessels, gave an account of that attack to the United Nations special committee on Palestine. Well known as a minister, writ er and radio commentator, Grauel returned last year from a visit to Palestine and the displaced person's camps in Europe and will have much to report on con ditions in these two areas. He will also discuss the most recent developments of the Palestine problem during the current Uni ted Nations sessions in Palestine. Speaking for the American nu.tiun Palestine committee, non-sectarian group, Grauel will speak here under the joint aus pices of the Carolina Forum and The Carolina Intercollegiate Zion ;.t fod-'-ation. Prominent mem- If Assembly Hears Class Nominees In Wild Session By Roy Parker. Jr. Complete with banners, cheer ing delegations and ' showers of campaign literature and confetti, the k freshman assembly heard .their candidates for class officers present brief speeches in behalf uj. meir cancuaacies yesieraay morning in Memorial hall. Seventeen nominees for five of fices made clear their platforms amid . the tumult that resembled a full-fledged political convention. Each made definite promises as to what -their election would mean to the class. President Jess Dedmond made tne introductions and tried in vain to keep the enthusiastic au dience of 1,00 politically-minded freshmen from raising the roof. All of the candidates received tremendous ovations as they pre sented their speeches. Party can didates repeated the campaign promises of their party platforms, while the several independent candidates put forth their own as to how the class would bene fit by their election. Banners were in evidence for all of the candidates, along with handbills, cards, and plenty of handshaking friends. The hand bills were torn up and used as confetti during the course of the "convention", and the hall's floor was inch-deep in paper at the end of the speeches. Betsy Ross, University party candidate for social chairman, re ceived the biggest ovation, de spite the fact that she was the last speaker on the program. Jo Bissell, Student party social chair man nominee, ran a close second. Independent presidential candi date Dalton Ruffin got the loud est applause among the male can didates. The convention spirit carried over into the remainder of the election day, as candidates kept up their campaigning. Davis Byrd, Campus party candidate for president, had a large banner with yard-high letters floating around in behalf of his candidacy during the afternoon. University Student Gets Planning Post Wilmer C. Dutton, Jr., of At lanta, Ga., will take over the post of assistant director of planning for the city of Greensboro next Jan. 10, University spokesmen said yesterday. bers of the American Christian Palestine committee include Ro bert E. Wagner, Owen Brewster, James M. Mead, William Green, Arthur H. Vandcnberg and Sum ner Welles. While serving as a deckhand aboard the "Exodus," Grauel be came a special correspondent for "The Churchman." Clearing Weather, Airport Opening Give Shot in Arm to Vital Airlift BERLIN, Nov. 13. (UP) Clearing weather and the open ing of a new airport in the French sector of Berlin gave a "shot in the arm today to the vital air lift supplying this blockaded city. Four tons of coal roared into the the new Tegel airport at 12-min-ute intervals! Ninety such cargo planes are expected to land there by noon tomorrow. Then the tem po will increase to 150 planes a day. Congratulations Charlie Long, commerce student frcm Thomasville, got an unexpected personal thank you letter yesterday from Roy G. Baker, president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. Baker's letter read: "I congratulate you upon your splendid efforts in behalf of President Truman and Sen ator Barkley. You have every reason to be proud of the ser vice you have rendered to your party, and through your party, to your country." Long is one of the found ers of the Young Republican club on campus. Student Solons Vote Changes In Constitution By Billy Carmichael III The Student Legislature met last night. It was a short session requir ing slightly less than an hour. It began slowly, developed two dull roars and then slid to ad journ. The slight unheavals were two attempts to amend the consti tution. The first was a Warriner-Kerr-Van Hecke bill to enpower the legislature to fix the member ship of the Dance committee and the University club. Dortch Warriner introduced the bill to the floor and move suspension of the rules in order that the measure could be con sidered in time for the fall elec tions. The motion was defeated 19-13. John Van Hecke then asked that his bill concerning a con stitution amendment to .add a Town Men's seat on the Dance committee, unreported from com mittee after two weeks, be auto matically brought to the floor. After a short parlimentary hud dle, the bill came to the floor and was passed, 19-13. Adjourn ment followed. Earlier the body heard special committee reports concerning faculty rating and traffic prob lems. The latter report caused some floor commotion when the elimination of parking on one side of Raleigh street between the quads was suggested. The Ways and Means com mittee announced opening hear ings on the CPU-Carolina Forum legislative battle will begin Mon day afternoon at 3 o'clock with the CPU side being aired first. The opposition will be heard the following day at the same hour. The following week the com mittee will hear the arguments Ion thf constitutional ampndmfint pertaining to the change in ap pellate powers. Approvement of presidential appointments completed the even ing's agenda. Dortch Warriner was affirmed as the new at torney-general while Don Shrop shire, Ben Jones, Barbara Lowe, and Al Lowenstein were approv ed as four of the five members of the new campus NSA com mittee. W. P. Kellam Back From Atlanta Trip W. P. Kellam, assistant librar ian, has returned to Chapel Hill after attending the two-day Library Binders Institute last week in Atlanta, Ga. Kellam spoke during the an nual meeting on the Materials Conservation Program of the Uni versity Library. Tegel, an airport built from the rubble of bombed-out homes, opened for business today one month ahead of schedule. It was built in three months and pro vides an outstanding example of international cooperation. The British flew in plane-loads of supplies. American radar tech nicians guided them in, and Ger mans unloaded the planes under , French, supervision. , w If Float Parade Will ncuce 27 Entrants ; PiKAs To Award : Cups To Winners Duke weekend will get undei ay officially at 2 o'clock this afternoon with the PiKA "Beax Dook" float parade with 27 or ganizations participating. Judging of the floats will take place at 1:30. Entries are urged to be at the intramural field next to the gym by 1:15. Dean Kath erine Carmichael, Spike Saun ders, Betty Smith. Mayor Carr of Durham and Mayor Bob Madrj.' will judge the contest. Sororities entered in the float, parade are Alpha Gam, Pi Phi, Chi O, ADPi and Tri Delt. The fraternity list includes. Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Gam, Chi Phi, ZBT, DKE, ATO, SAE, Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi, Phi Kappa Sig, Kappa Sig, Phi Delt, Sigma Nu, TEP and Chi Psi. The men's dorm group have floats from Graham, Old East, Alexander, Lewis, Old West, Ev erett, "A", Stacy and Aycock. Smith dormitory was the only wonen's dorm entry when the books closed at 4 o'clock yester day afternoon. , Route of the parade has been planned to give as many persons as possible a chance to see it. From the gym it will move down Raleigh to Franklin, right at Franklin to Boundary, left at Boundary to Rosemary, down Rosemary to Pickard lane, back ickard lane, back to Franklin. The procession will then go down Franklin to Columbia, left to the Carolina Inn, right down Cameron to Ransom, down Ran som to McCauley, back to Co- umbia, left at Columbia to Cam eron, right at Cameron and back to the stoplight, corner Cameron and Raleigh streets where the parade will disband. Graham's Next Stop Is Greensboro Meet Dr. Frank P. Graham boarded the afternoon plane from New York yesterday to attend an eve ning meeting of the Conference of Jews and Christians, at Sedgefield Inn, Greensboro. Freshman Class Has 1,030 Enrollment for Present Term There are 1,000 undergraduates male freshmen and 30 women freshmen enrolled in the Uni versity this quarter, Roy Arm strong, director of admissions and recently elected president of the North Carolina College Registrars association, said yesterday. A total of 273 North Carolina high schools and 183 out-of-state high schools are represented a mong freshmen. Armstrong said the 1948 N. C. high school graduates enrolled this quarter totaled 648, and there are 209 pre-1948 N. C. high school graduates. There were 369 students cleared for admission who failed to enroll. There are 114 out-of-state freshmen, and 37 students who are out-of-state residents either born in North Carolina or. one of whose parents was born in the state. The number of trans fers total 691, and there are 209 returning students. ' Pharmacy school has 41 men students and 8 women, General college has 959 men and 22 coed freshmen, Arts and Sciences total 340 students, and there are 55 male freshmen and 6 coeds enrolled in Commerce school. A total of 1908 new undergraduate students entered the University 15) ofyr )&&0W&VJ - " . v ' N (, J i I ' ""' f: yJ-:il"- .: .... j -vJT ima&isj iiiwnTfiiiminiMiiiiii aHmi.,tm S.Jli.J , i'',',- '?i'''1W.iiimimih CHARLIE SPIVAK and his orchestra will provide the music for a concert this afternoon and a dance tonight to start off the weekend's musical festivities. The concert is scheduled for 4 o'clock in Memorial hall and the dance for 9 o'clock in Woollen gymnasium. Tomorrow night's dance will be at 8 o'clock. Dance Will Feature Beauty Queen, Court The 1949 Yackety Yack beauty queen and court will be presented at the Grail dance tonight instead of tomorrow's dance, Bill Duncan, editor of the yearbook, announced yesterday. ; Duncan had just received a 'Song of South' Is Rendezvous Feature Tonight liSongs of the South" will be the featured entertainment, on tonight's Rendezvous room radio show. This will be the second in a series of floor shows broadcast over WDUK at 9:30. The audience is requested to assemble by 9:15, announced Lib Stoney, program director. The Fifth of Harmony quartet, composed of Lanier Davis, Mil ton Bliss, Jack Clinard, Dick Smith, and Bob Hurley, will pre sent the -songs. Also on the pro gram will be Doris Griffin, Bill Collin's,' and Lea Knoll, who will offer novel entertainment. fall quarter. The total enroll ment for fall quarter is 7,603 students. Reynolds high school in Wins-ton-Salcm has the largest num ber of graduates, 37, to enter this quarter, with Durham and Greensboro high school next in line, each with 29 graduates en rolled as freshmen. Grocery Store Cash Registers Are Flooded With Coupons in Price War INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18 (UP) A torrent of coupons over flowed cash registers in Indiana polis grocery stores today as housewives merrily cashed in on a $2,000,000 "price war." "I've got more coupons almost 'han dollar bills," one grocer complained. The price war began when a grocery chain mailed to every Indianapolis family a coupon book worth $5.50 in merchandise. By turning in a coupon with each purchase, housewives get a 10 cent reduction on any item in a long list of staples. The response was overwhelming Housewives surged into the stores to buy up peanut butter, syrup, oily Weekend S)DO long-distance call from John Robert Powers, head of the nationally-known model, agency, who is judging photographs of the 84 contestants. Powers' said, The Women's Inlerdormilory council and the office of the dean of women announced last night that late permission would be given to all coeds tonight until 2 o'clock provided they sign out. Dormitories will be closed at 1 o'clock to all girls who do not sign out. Tomorrow night regular coed hours will be in effect, with dormitories closing at 1 o'clock. "This is the most interesting con test I have ever judged. I have asked opinions from leading artists on my selection of your queen, and they say she is the most naturally beautiful girl they have ever seen." The 15 girls in the court and the queen will be presented just before intermission at the dance tonight. Betty Brown, last year's queen, will crown the new win ner. Each girl on the court will receive an orchid corsage and the queen will be crowned with a wreath of orchids and carry an orchid bouquet. Tickets for the Charlie Spivak dances and concert will be on sale this morning from 9 to 12 o'clock. Spokesmen for (See DANCE, page 4) noodle soup, salad dressing, tam ales, catsup, coffee, tuna fish, chili beans, floor wax, furniture polish and dozens, of other pro ducts. Other chains and independent grocers began honoring the cou pons or cutting prices in self defense. The coupon program originally was a sampling program by "manufacturers to stimulate the sale of slow-moving products. Chain store representatives said the manufacturers honor the coupons, and the chain's profit margin remains the same. They said th ere w'as n'oatrge fi fi said there was "no great economic significance" in the ulan. 5Vi rm an s!l Rally Starts With Bonfire, Torch Parade Durham Stations To Air Pep Meet By Herb Nachman The campus will vibrate tonight, to the tunc of "Beat Dook" when the traditional pep rally with torchlight parade and bonfire be gins in the Y court at 7 o'clock. A double radio-hookup has been planned for the rally. Stu dents participating in the rally here, and Duke students, at the Blue Devil rally will be given an opportunity to hear each other through the facilities of Durham radio stations. Schedule for the rally: At 7 o'clock students will as semble in the Y court where torches will be passed out for the parade. The procession will then go to Navy field for the burning of the bonfire. The University band and the cheerleaders will lead the way. Following the bonfire, the rally will move to Fetzer field for the broadcast. At 8 o'clock the Caro lina rally will go on the air with Coach Carl 1 Snavely, co-captains Rodgers and Stiegman and Norm Sper participating. Also expect ed to appear on the rally program are Dr. Frank Graham and Kay Kyser. Immediately after the broad cast from here, the public ad dress system will be switched over and students will be given an opportunity to hear the Duke rally led by head cheerleader Lauren Jones. The two broadcasts will be carried by stations WSSB and WDUK and will be re-broadcast by delayed transcription at 9 o'clock over WNAO. Nation Struck By High Winds, Heavy Snowfall CHICAGO, Nov. 18. (UP) Heavy snow and high winds struck from Texas to Minnesota today with blizzard conditions in some areas. An ice and sjcet storm coupl ed with high winds isolated Mc Cook, Ncbr. Communications and road traffic were snarled in many of the great plain states. A tornado developed on the Southern edge of the storm and struck Delhi and Mooringsport in upper Louisiana. At least six persons were injured. Rain, thunderstorms and winds prevailed in states bordering the Mississippi river on the east. A new storm was brewing in Alaska that was destined to strike the Pacific Northwest coast, where earlier this week four ships have been disabled and four men killed. The weather bureau at Chicago said the storm in the central part of the country was almost a true blizzard, lacking only the severe drop in temperature to be call ed a blizzard. The forecasters said, however, that blizzard con ditions existed in many places. ATO Pledges Pick Slate of Officers Bill Todd, from Wilmington, was elected president of the pledge class of the campus Alpha Delta chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, ATO officers said yesterday. Pledge vice-president is Bill Kidd from Warrenton, secretary Jim Burns from Wilmington, and treasurer Jim Heldman from Durham. i
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