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VOLUME LVII
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBUARY 10, 1949
Phone F-3371 i-3361
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Social Science Department to Sponsor
Speech by Head of TV A Tonight in Alumni
"Working and Living with Our Resources" will be the
topic of a talk by Gordon R. Clapp, chairman of the .Board
of the Tennessee Valley authority tonight at. 8 o'clock in the
Alumni building. j
Clapp is coming to the Univer
sity at the request of the Institute
for Research in Social Science and
the department of city and reg
ional planning, and will speak
primarily to graduate students
and faculty members in the "so
cial sciences, Dr. Gordon W.
Blackwell, director of the Insti
tute, said yesterday.
It is expected that Clapp will
discuss the waste and develop
ment of America's resources in
relation to the welfare of the
people, and also give his reactions
to recent books concerning the
dangers of population increase
exceeding the available resources
Two of these books which have
aroused public comment are Wil
liam Vogt's "The Road to Sur
vival" and Fairfield Osborn's ''Our
Plundered Planet."
"Mr. Clapp, a specialist in pub
lic administration, is one of our
most capable career men in gov
ernment administration, with en
tirely non - political interests,"
said Dr. Blackwell.
Clapp graduated from Lawrence
college in Wisconsin in 1927 and
became director . of admissions
and assistant dean there. After
receiving his M.A. degree from
the University of Chicago in 1933
he accepted a position with the
TVA as 'assistant director of per
sonnel. In 1935 he became di
rector of personnel for that or
ganization and general manager
in 1939. He was named chairman
of the Board in 1946.
Mr. Clapp will also speak on
TVA and Regional Planning to a
graduate seminar at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. The public is invited
to the evening lecture.
NORTH STATE
ROUNDUP
Accident Report
RALEIGH, Feb. 9 (UP) Five
hundred -and sixty-one persons
were killed and another 6,293,
injured in North Carolina high,-?;-ways
last year, the State Mxiioc
Vehiclc department rcported'lo-"'
day. - '
School Money
RALEIGH, Feb. 9 (UP) A
bill appropriating $250,000,000
for public education was shoved
into the North Carolina Senate
today.
Bond Issue
MORG ANTON Feb. 9 (UP)
Morganton voters yesterday ap
proved a bond issue of $400,000
to build a new water filtering
plant on the Catawba River
nearby. -
Vice Drive
ASHEVILLE, Feb. 9 (UP)
This resort city continued its
battle against vice today by
padlocking a nearby roadhouse
which authorities labeled a
"blind" for bootlegging and
prostitution.
Will Retire
HIGH POINT, Feb. 9 (UP)
Dr. G. I. Humphreys, president
of High Point college for 19
Year.-, will retire effective June 1,
collfge officials said today.
Lights 'Adequate7
WILMINGTON, Feb. 9 (UP)
Commodore J. JE. Whitbeck,
commander of the fifth U. S.
Coast Guard district, declared
today that the navigation lights
marking the Cape Fear River
channel were "adequate."
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GORDON R. CLAPP, chair
man of the Board of the Ten
nessee Valley authority, who
will speak on "Working and
Living With Our Resources"
in Alumni building this eve
ning at 8 o'clock.
Principal Cast
Of Campus Opera
Is Made Public
David Samples and Dr. Jan
P. Schinhan, directors of the four
campus groups' production of
The Beggar's Opera, yesterday
released the principal cast of the
show.
The famous role of the highwayman-hero
. Macheath will be
played by Irvine Noble Smith.
Smith has appeared in many
Flaymaker productions, his most
notable roles being those of
Governor White (1947) and Sir
Walter Raleigh (1948) in Paul
Green's Lost Colony at Manteo.
Cast opposite Mr. Smith, as Polly,
is Barbara Edwards, who appears
in the Lost Colony as Eleanor
Dare. Miss Edwards will also
be remembered for her' role of
Yum-Yum in The Mikado last
season.
The comedy ' leads of Mr. and
Mrs. : Peachum : will be .played
by Frederick -Young and Cath
erine Covington.. Young appeared
as -Duke--Frederick in As You
Like. It : last summer,, and Mrs.
Covington will be remembered
for her comic lead of Katisha
in The Mikado. Other principals
arc John Brinegar as Filch; Lee
Noll as Lucy; John Shearin as
Locket; and Pete Strader as the
Beggar.
Bost to Preside
College Publicity Men Meet
Here for Two-Day Convention
First Session of the fourth an- ision, the group will attend a state
nual district four of the American editors' session to be led by edi-
College Public Relations associa
tion convention, "will open here
tonight with a dinner at the
Carolina inn.
Chancellor House will ' speak
at the dinner following registra
tion of delegates from Virginia,
Delaware, Maryland, North Caro
lina and the District of Columbia.
Tom Bost, Jr., district director
and Wake Forest news bureau
head, will preside over the ses
sions here and at Duke which
will continue through Saturday.
Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a
radio panel will be conducted
at the Communications center in
Swain hall. A 20-minute film
will be shown on what goes on
behind the scenes in radio. -
Following the panel discus-
U.S. Official
Ordered Out
Of Hungary
Given 24 Hours
To Leave Nation
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 9
(UP) The Hungarian gov
ernment has charged a United
States legation official with
helping Hungarians flee the
country and has ordered him to
eave within 24 hours, authori
ative sources said tonight.
These sources identified the
official as Robin E. Steussy, 27,
ice consul, from Madison, Wis.
Steussy is accused of making use
of diplomatic privileges and im
nunity to aid the flight of Hun
garian citizens.
The government acted 24
lours after Joseph Cardinal
Mindszenty, 56, was sentenced to
life in a convict's prison follow
ing a- three day treason trial in
which the state asserted U. S.
minister Seldon Chapin had en
couraged the Roman Catholic
primate to oppose the republic.
Just before the trial began last '
week the government also ex
pelled a U. S. attache, Stephen,
Koczak, declaring he had asked
for and received political and
economic information from
Mindszenty and his associates.
Steussy attended Madison
West high school and was grad
uated from the University of
Wisconsin in .1943.. He served in
the U. S. army from 1943 until
1946 and enrolled at Harvard
university for graduate work in
1946. The same year, in Novem
ber, he entered the foreign ser
vice and was assigned to Buda
pest Dec. 2.
Ashby to Address
Freshman Council
Dr. Warren Ashby, philosophy
professor and chairman of the
YMCA Advisory board, will
speak at the regular meeting of
the Y Freshman council tonight
at 7 o'clock upstairs in the Y
building.
Dr. Ashby, who will speak on
"Philosophy as a Major or an
Elective," will lead the third in
a series of programs based on
the interests of freshmen as
shown by answers to a recent
questionaire.
Local Authoress
To Make Speech
Betty Smith, author of "To
morrow Will Be. Better," will
speak on her book to all graduate
education students and any other
people who arc interested at a
seminar in the curriculum labora
tory of Peabody hall next Thurs
day at 4 o'clock.
tors of various state newspapers
Delegates will hear feature
editors, attend sports publicity
writers' meetings and hear pub
lic relations workers of women's
colleges on Friday following
a luncheon at the Union building
on the Duke campus.
Saturday morning will find the
delegates back in Chapel Hill to
hear members of national wire
services lead discussion in studio
A of Swain hall. Speakers will
be Herb Foster of the United
Press, Dick Palmer of the Inter
national News Service and Noel
Yancey of the Associated Press.
Election of officers and selec
tion of next year's convention site
will terminate the meeting Sat
urday morning.
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IN A SPECTACULAR DEMONSTRATION, junior high school students of Los Angeles make a
dramatic appeal cn behalf of the March of Dimes fund-raising campaign. The cross at left repre
sents 64 children who died from the dread polio, and the crutch at right represents the 1,430
children under 18 who were stricken by infantile paralysis in Los Angeles County during 1943.
Rita Adams Is Chosen
Coed Handbook Editor
By EmUy Eaker
Rita Adams, senior from Charlotte, was elected editor of
the Woman's Handbook at Tuesday night's meeting of the
Coed senate. The handbook, which contains coed social rules
and regulations, is mailed - to -new coeds the summer be
fore they enter the University.
Rita's journalistic experience
includes work on the Daily Tar
Heel as society editor, reporter,
and columnist employment with
the University News bureau, and
publicity and public relations
director of Graham Memorial. Rita
is also chairman of the publicity
committee for the senior class.
Member of the Alpha Delta Pi
sorority, Rita ' has served as the
sorority house president, secre
tary of the Inter-dormitory coun
cil, member of the dormitory
house council, secretary-treasurer
of the Young Democratic club,
secretary of the Charlotte- Caro
lina club, member of the Student
legislature, and serves on the ex
ecutive committee of the senior
class.
While a student at Agnes Scott
in Georgia, she was assistant ed
itor of the college paper, Agnes
Scott News.
Rita served as co-editor of the
Chipley Bugle, American Amateur
Press association publication, and
has worked on the Montgomery
Herald in Troy.
In high school the newly-clcct-
led handbook editor served as
editor of the Rambler, school
paper, as the school's correspon
dent for the Charlotte News, and
as chairman of the high school's
publicity committee. Rita also did
part time work in the news de
partment of the Charlotte News
and was president of her senior
class.
In addition to presenting rulca
to the new students, the handbook
gives a historical-sketch of the
University, describes student gov-
ernment and other activities, and
explains Campus and Honor codes
N.C. Cincinnati Society Grants $400
To W. R. Davie Memorial Scholarship
The North Carolina ' Society
of the Cincinnati has granted
$400 to the University for the
purpose of continuing the Wil
liam Richardson Davie memo
rial scholarship for North Caro
lina history, Chancellor Robert
B. House announced yesterday.
This scholarship will be
awarded by the history de
partment and the Graduate
school to a student specializing
in the history of North Caro
lina. The committee of the North
Carolina Society of the Cincin
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Sally Osborne
Named Chairman
Of Orientation
Sally Osborne, junior from
Jacksonville, 111., was elected
chairman of coed orientation for
the coming school year in a meet
ing of Coed senate Tuesday
night.
Active in Y work, Sally is a
member of the Y Junior council
and is on the Alderman house
council, in the University club
and a member of Alpha Gamma
Delta sorority.
She is a transfer from Illinois
college where she was secretary
of the Literary society, chairman
of the inter-society spring formal,
chairman of freshman initiation,
program chairman of the Fresh
man society and a member of
the honorary psychology society,
college choir and social society.
In high school Sally was a mem
ber of the Student council,
president of a freshman home
room, on the sophomore class
council, junior editor of the year-
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book, president of the Music Ap-
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preciation club, secretary of the
uiee ciud, ana a memuer oi uie
May court for four years.
Tickets on Sale
For Cabin Party
Tickets are now on sale for a
cabin party to be given Satur
day night by Wesley foundation,
a student group of the Metho-
1 dist church, and may be obtained
at the foundation office.
nati responsible for making the
award was- composed of Joseph
B. Cheshire, Raleigh; Graham
H. Andrews, Raleigh; and
Francis O. Clarkson, Charlotte.
Graduate students interested
in North Carolina history are
invited to make application
for the award. The appropriate
forms may be secured by writ
ing to the dean of the Graduate
school. .
Chancellor House said that
the scholarship amounts to a
$200 increase over the award
for 1948-49.
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Dimes Cleanup
Dougald MacMillan, co
chairman of the campus March
of Dimes drive, yesterday
asked all persons who have
been making collections for
the drive to bring in all con
tributions to the Daily Tar
Heel office.
MacMillan said complete re
ports on the drive would be
released when all contribu
tions and solicitors' reports are
completed.
Junior Council
Will Hear Nash '
A coffee at Mrs. Frank
Graham's and a devotional ad
dress by Dr. Arnold Nash, head
of the department of religion,
are planned for the final meet
ing of the Y Junior council to be
held at 7 o'clock tonight.
.The Y cabinet is entertaining
the Y advisory board in addition
to the council in order that the
two groups may become better
acquainted.
During the past month the
Junior council has met weekly,
receiving instruction in the work
of the YW as a whole and in the
separate functions of its commit
tees.
Through this program the 50
outstanding coeds comprising the
council will be better able to
choose that field of Y work
best suited to them.
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I Maria Davis, vice-president of
i ,
! the YW, is chairman of the coun-
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By Two-One Vote
Phi Takes Decision Over Di
In Liquor Referendum Debate
By Graham Jones tional prohibition, the principle
The Philanthropic assembly, of local self government, the
supporting a state-wide liquor
referendum, won a two to one
judges' decision over the Dialec
tic senate in the Di-Phi debate
Tuesday night in Phi hall. .
However, in a straw vote to
determine the real sympathies of j
the debaters Phi members joined!
the Di to vote down the referen
dum by a count of 21 to six.
Emily Baker, Herbert Yates,
Bill Duncan, Charles Britt, Hugh
Griffin, John Giles, and Peter
Burks represented the Phi and
Sam Manning, Arthur Murphy,
Jerry Pettigrew, Bill Foster,
Dixon McLean, Charles Gibson,
and Dortch Warriner were the
Di debaters.
Di members based their oppo
sition to the referendum which
has been introduced in the legis-
; lature by Senator Penney of
t Guilford, on the failure of na-
Candidate Holds
Audit B
Served as Acting Secretary-Treasurer
In Kirby's Absence; Ran Yack Finances
By Herb Nachman
Dick Gordon, present chairman of the Student Audit board,
yesterday received the University party nomination for presi
dent of the student body.
Gordon, a rising senior from
New President
Of Profs Club
Is Sworn In
Giduz Chosen
As Treasurer
wauer spearman, assisi.ani pro-
xcssor oi journalism, was instal
led as. president of tne Mens
Faculty club Tuesday afternoon
at a Faculty club luncneon in tne
Carolina Inn.
bpearman was introduced to the
faculty members by Phillips Rus
sell, retiring president of the
faculty group, in an informal
speech. Spearman immediately
called for nominations to replace
treasurer John Couch, who was
unable to take office because
he conducts a 2 o'clock class.
Prof. Hugo Giduz of the Ro
mance language department was
nominated to succeed Couch and
was elected by an unanimous
vote of the assembled members.
Dr. Clifford Lyons of the English
department was installed as sec
retary.
After elections, Spearman in
troduced C. F. Milner, assistant
director of the communications
department and audio-visual ex
pert, who talked on his recent
visit to Japan. Milner showed
slides in conjunction with his
talk and told about his attempts
to train Japanese educators by
the medium of audio-visual
means.
Retreat Delegates
Asked to See Y
Students leaving for the Y
retreat at Montreat are asked
to contact the YWCA office con
cerning the time they will be
able to leave.
Transportation will be by car
and groups will begin leaving
at noon Friday Feb. 18. It is
thoped that all students will be
able to leave sometime Friday
afternoon since the conference
program begins at 8 o'clock that
night. However, a few cars will
leave Saturday morning if neces
sary. Registration is continuing
throughout this week in the YW
office.
revenues from A.B.C. stores, and
the cost of enforcing state-wide
prohibition.
Phi speakers described the
evils of alcohol, the control exer
cised by the state over most of
the important laws, and the dif
ficulties caused by lack of uni
form liquor control.
Chancellor R. B. House, Dean
Ernest Mackie, and Dean Wil
liam Wells judged the debate.
Sam Manning and Arthur
I.Iurphy pointed out that the will
of the people in a single county
is more homogenous than the
will of the entire state. In an
swer to Emily Baker's plea for
North Carolina to vote dry like
Mississippi, Murphy declared
that the road from Oxford, Miss.
to Memphis, Term., is kept
"warm" by the whisky traffic.
oard Post
Merion Station, Pa., has a long
record cf service in student gov
ernment. He has served in the Student
legislature as a member of the
Ways and Means committee and
served as acting secretary-treasurer
of the student body in the ab
sence of Bob Kirby last quarter.
At present he is a member of the
Coalition cabinet.
In publications, Gordon served
as advertising manager of the
Yackety Yack in 1947 and was
Business manager of the Yack
last year.
Following the budget rift last
spring, Gordon drew up a book
of running accounts which in
dicate the exact month-by-month
spending of every organization in
the student government budget.
On request of the Coed senate
recently, he helped re-evaluate
all coed finances and to draw up a
coed activities budget which will
be submitted to the Student leg
islature this spring. He also drew
up the Coed Visiting agreement
now in effect.
Other activities include mem
bership in the Naval ROTC pro
gram in which he serves as a
company commander. Gordon
served in the Navy during the
war for 23 months.
He has worked with freshman
orientation for three years and
has been a member of the execu
tive committee of the Interfra
ternity council. Gordon is a mem
ber of Delta Psi fraternity.
In accepting the UP nomination,
Gordon made the following state
ment: "The confidence placed in me
by the University party is indeed
gratifying. During my work this
year in the executive and finan
cial branches of student govern
ment I have been closely associ
ated with the current problems
now facing the student body.
"These problems are now easily
solved, nor may all of them be
solved this year; however, I shall
continue to equip myself in the
best interests of student govern
ment." THE WORLD
IN BRIEF
First Allegiance
TOKYO, Feb. 9 (UP) The
Communist party, which recent
ly elected 34 representatives to
the National legislature, told its
victorious candidates today that
their first allegiance was to the
party, not to their constituents.
Extend Hearings
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UP)
The Senate Labor committee
today compromised a bitter
Democratic-Republican wrangle
over President Truman's Taft
Hartley repealer by agreeing at
a torrid two-hour session to ex
tend hearings until Feb. 23.
To Visit U.S.
ROME, Feb. 9 (UP) Pictro
Nenni, Italy's leading pro-Communist
Socialist, announced to
day that he had received an
invitation from Henry Wallace
I to visit the United States in
April for a lecture tour to "op
p th2 Marshall plan and the
Atlantic pact."
Anv Grant
HEL, Feb. 9
T:-'li government
amnesty soon to
r.'l p-T'-'Tfl prisoners, including
ne-nber; of the Stern gang,
reliable sources said tonight.
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