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U.n.C. Library Serials Dept. Chapsl Hill, N. C. 8-31-49 EDITORIALS WEATHER Frat Discrimination Not Jusl Cliqu2 Don'i Raise Tuition Partly cloudy and warm. VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 102 0 F . GNlca m ir Vk n "4 i s I i i i villi it II it smi.wp' n hi v i L r 1 II 1 at tl$!SV' s&r "vv i-L !t;-Vi-V s " 'I J! - Cf X?vf, .- s ""j i? u ,. -ii' g-gl .nYMM .is . .&jliIZj&Zta Photo courtesy of the Asheville Citizen WORK ON THE MOREHEAD PLANETARIUM and art gallery has gone ahead by leaps and bounds during the last few months and officials close to the project say that the building will prob ably be open for business before commencement this year. The picture shows the exterior of the building as it appeared several months ago. Work on the structure is now practically complete. Interior decorators are busily completing work on the rotunda and the dome of the planetarium is being prepared for installation of the actual planetarium instrument which is now stored in Woollen gymnasium. ? P anetanum iNSears (Ed. note: This is the first in a series of articles on the More head planetarium and art gal lery. The second article which will begin a description of the interior of the building, will ap pear in tomorrow morning's Daily Tar Heel.) By Herb Nachman One sunny September morning in Chapel Hill, a small crew of workmen geared massive tractors and bulldozers to the task of clear ing the site for the proposed $1, 600,000 Morehead planetarium, the only project of its type ever to be undertaken by an American uni versity. That was in 1947. Now, less than a year and a half later, the Morehead planetarium and art NORTH STATE ROUNDUP Moves Up CHARLOTTE, Feb. 14 (UP) Superior Judge Wilson War lick of Newton, a veteran of 30 years on the slate bench, moved up today to become United States judge for the western dis trict of North Carolina. , Textile Strike CHARLOTTE, Feb. 14 (UP) Three-hundred workers at the Hoskins plant of Spatex Textile Corp. struck today. 'Loose Stories' ROXBORO, Feb. 14. (UP) State Rep. Harry v Vanderlinden of Catawba County said today that "loose stories" were cir culating concerning a proposed measure to reorganize the state veterans commission. Bureau Meets ASHEVILLE, Feb. 14 (UP)' North Carolina farmers took over this resort city today as first major sessions of the 13th annual state Farm Bureau con vention sot underway. To Be Completed By End of May gallery is entering the homestretch in its construction. The history of the planetarium dates even farther back than when work began in 1947. It all started in February, 1946, nearly three years ago, when the Daily Tar Heel carried a headline which read, "UNC Gets $1,000, 000 Grant for Planetarium." Many students read the head line that morning and shrugged it ofT: "Who is this guy More head?" many of them asked. John Motley Morehead of Rye, N. Y., is an internationally-known engineer, industrialist, scientist and philanthropist. He is the scion of North Carolina's famous fami ly of builders, a former minister to Sweden and an ex-president of the University Alumni association. The planetarium is not the first gift' Morehead has given the Uni versity. The Morehcad-Patterson Noted Theologian Taifh, Penitence Way to God', Says Niebhur in Sunday Talk "Faith and Penitence as Our Way to Knowledge of God," was the subject of the address of Dr. Reinhold Niebhur, outstanding theologian and author, Sunday night in Memorial hall. "Everybody lives by some kind of faith," Dr. Niebhur said. "Few people say that lifet has a nega tive meaning and makes no sense at all. But the trouble with most of us is that we make sense too simply." Dr. Niebhur pointed out the various kinds of religions which explain life in too simple terms. Among the religions that explain life too simply, he classified the frankly idolatrous, the naturalis tic, and the idealistic. The idolatrous religions he dis missed as being a worship of family, nation, or business in stead of a God; the naturalistic , rims bell tower is half John, Motley Morehead's. But his, pet .project, the planetarium j and .art gallery, is a gift that will always t be-held in memory of the name "More- head." The gift is unique: in, that it will be the only planetarium in the United States completly'own ed and operated by a university. The building was designed by Eggers and Higgins, a New. York architectual firm. This same firm designed such famous American buildings as the Jefferson me morial and the Mellon art gallery in Washington. Work on the project officially got underway with the laying of the cornerstone at 11 .o'clock Sat urday morning, Nov. 29, 1947. There were many dignitaries and many speeches. Since that time, students have watched the building pushed through its various stages of growth, apparently unhampered by workmen who seem to take (See MOREHEAD; page 4) . religion he showed as denying the uniqueness of man's spirit; and the idealistic religion he demonstrated as an attempt to separate the mind from the body. The real religion of modern man, which has defeated .Christi anity, is a belief that history makes sense out of life, he said. "History solves many questions,". Dr. Niebhur declared, "but not the question of human exist ence." Introduced to the audience by Dr. Frank Graham, Dr. Niebhur said he was convinced that the University president is "one of the great contemporary Ameri cans." Following the burst of ap plause at his statement. Dr. Nie bhur declared he was "glad to see a prophet is not without honor in his own country. Martin Blast At (.Special to the Daily Tar Heel) RALEIGH, Feb.- 14 (UP) The . North Carolina house of representatives tonight heard Rep. L. A. Martin, of Davidson County, denounce an attack sent through the mails against Dr. Frank Porter Graham, president of the greater University. Rep. Martin rose to a point of personal priviledge to "protest" that he had received an unsigned letter "designed as a direct slap and stab in the back against Dr. Frank Graham." He was speaking of a letter received Saturday by members of the University administration, the General Assembly, the board of trustees and other personnages in the state. The letter attacked Graham as a dupe of Commu nist and socialist forces and con tained the text of attack on Gra ham delivered in Congress by Rep. F. Edwards Hebert, Demo crat from La. Martin continued, "it is con ceivable that men in low places might address such a letter in an anonymous fashion to the General Assembly, but it is almost incon ceivable that any man in any high position or place in Washing ton should make such an anony mous attack upon the highest toned, purest Christian gentleman in the state of North Carolina. "There may be some members of this General Assembly who do not agree with me," Martin added, "but I don't think there is a person in this hall who will feel that this is a fair way or an honorable way of stabbing at the president of the University." SDA to Hold Meer Tonight Students for Democratic action will meet tonight at 7:30 in Horace Williams lounge of Gra ham Memorial to discuss further conference plans, and to set some date this quarter for an SDA social meeting. For the benefit of all visitors, Charlie Sellers will be on hand to explain the activities and poli cies of SDA. All those who wish to join will be integrated immedi ately into current SDA activities. It is imperative that all com mittee chairmen be present, offi cers announced. Retreat Leaders To Hold Meeting Conference committee chairmen and resource and student leaders for the various commissions of the YW-YMCA retreat will meet in the library of the Y building to morrow night at 8 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to inform all leaders of the function of each of the mechanical aspects J of the conference. Treasury Worker To Aid Taxpayers A representative of the Internal Revenue service ' will be in the basement of the Chapel Hill post office building on Feb. 22, 23, 24 from 8:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon to assist tax payers in filing their 1948 income tax returns. Phi Group to Air Views Tonight On Sale of Campus Publications Voluntary subscriptions to replace compulsory fees for campus publications will be proposed for consideration at the Philanthropic assembly meeting at 7:30 tonight in Phi Hall, New East. Proponents of the resolution, which states that "all campus publications be financed by subscriptions," claim that the caliber of student periodicals will improve if the staffs are required to "sell" their work. Tom Wharton, co-editor of Tarnation; Editor Ed Joyncr, Deplores Grab am Eaton to Talk At Conference On March 4-5 Theatre Group To Hold Meet Walter Prichard Eaton, promi nent theater critic, historian and playwright and at present visit ing lecturer in the dramatic art department, will deliver the main j address "Regional Theater, Its ' Opportunities and Responsibili-' ties," at the Southeastern Theater Meeting to be held in Chapel Hill March 4 and 5. Samuel Selden, Playmaker head and chairman of the committe on organization of the group, made this announcement yesterday, and released the schedule of events for the two-day conference of theater workers in the Southeast. Representatives from ten states will be on hand: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Ten nessee, Virginia, and West Vir ginia.' The purpose of the Southeastern conference is, according to a plan drawn up by the committee on or ganization for approval by the membership, "to promote, through cooperative means, a more active theatre of high standards in the Southeastern region." Member ship in the Conference will be open to groups and individuals of any race, and will be either or ganizational or individual. The conference hopes to be able to offer a number of services to its members in an effort to co ordinate the efforts of theatre teachers and workers in the de velopment of dramatic programs in this area, and to encourage regional plays and playwriting. A quarterly bulletin is part of the plan. Lists of directors, techni cal experts and business and pro motional experts will be availa ble for advice and special help, lists of speakers will be circulated, information on new and old plays and information on scholarships and prizes will be released. Dorm Residents Must Sign Today All students who expect to retain their room assignments for the spring quarter must sign with their respective dormitory man agers before February 15, James E. Wadsworth, housing officer, said yesterday. Any student who fails to sign, Wadsworth "added, will lose his room assignment since there are many students on the waiting list for dormitory rooms. Managing Editor Chuck Haus er, News Editor Sally Wood hull, and Business Manager T. E. Holden of the Daily Tar Heel; Bill Duncan, editor of the Yackety Yack; and mem bers of the Publications board have been invited to present their opinions at tonight's dis cussion. Jonathan Marshall, who in a recent article in The Daily Tar Heel favored voluntary subscriptions, has been asked to lead proponents of the measure. Debaters Win Four of Five In 3-Day Trip Will Meet Duke Tomorrow Night The varsity debate team of Her bert Yates and Dave Pittman, Her bert Mitchell and Paul Roth re turned triumphant from a tour of Maryland, Washington, D. C. and Virginia over the weekend, win ning four out of five decisional debates, Debate council President Earl Fitzgerald reported yester day. The negative duo composed of Mitchell and Roth, won over the midshipmen of Annapolis Thurs day night, while the affirmative team of Pittman and Yates lost on a split decision, 2-1. This is a correction of an earlier report which had both University teanis losing the Annapolis meet. Fitzgerald said in praising the two teams, "Carolina can justly be proud of its varsity debaters. "They have done an exceptional job; a real credit to the Univer sity." Following the Annapolis meet, the teams then moved on to the American university in the Cap itol city, where the affirmatives took another decision. The nega tive team was not entered in that debate. On Saturday, both teams won over the Colonials of William and Mary, thus closing their second northward swing of the season with a record of four wins and one loss. ... Last fall, the teams made a northern tour through Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Bos ton, winning four of six debates at that time. The debaters will meet Duke in Durham tomorrow and the uni versity of Georgia here Thursday night. Friday will find the Var sity squad, accompanied by the J. V. and freshman teams, de bating at Elon. Marriage Series To End Tonight The last in a series of discus sions on "Christian Courtship and Marriage" will be held by the Canterbury club at 6 o'clock to night in the parish house of the Episcopal church. Lay members of the parish will lead the discus sion. Bi-Weekly Column Starts Tomorrow Starting tomorrow, Adelaide Addle, well known human rela tions counsellor, will conduct a column in this paper twice week ly. Miss Addle will welcome all letters or questions from students having problems that they wish help with. Tour Starts Friday Y Plans 20-Car Motorcade For Drive to 1949 Retreat Approximately 20 cars will leave Chapel Hill Friday after noon and Saturday morning for five and one-half hour drive through western North Carolina to Montreat, scene of the 1949 Y retreat. Mina Lamarr, chairman of transportation for the confer ence, yesterday urged all persons who registered for the retreat to notify the YWCA office of the time they will be able to leave Chape Hill. "It is imperative that this be done by Wednesday afternoon in order that a transportation sched ule may be arranged," she said. The retreat, held annually by the YW-YMCA, will get under way at 8:15 Friday night with an address by Howard Wilkinson, pastor of the Haywood Metho Candidate Holds Legislature Post Ted Leonard, rising junior from Greensboro, will seek the vice-presidency of the stu dent body on the University party ticket in the spring elec tions, UP officials announced yesterday. The candidate entered school in the fall of 1947 from Greens boro high school where he was president of his senior class and member of the Student council. After entering the University, he served as secretary-treasurer of his freshman class and was secretary of Nash hall. He is a member of Sigma 'Chi frater nity. At present, Leonard is a mem ber of the Student legislature and is chairman of the Elections committee of the assembly. He was a member of the freshman Orientation committee last fall. Leonard's nomination by the UP is the first vice-presidential nomination to be announced for the coming spring elections. Par ties are rapidly filling out their slates and party officials hint that nominations for the three stu dent body executive posts, those of president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer will prob ably be completed sometime this Oklahoma Negro To Be Accepted By University NORMAN, Okla., Feb. 14 The University of Oklahoma pre pared today to accept its third Negro student, . Mrs. Mauderie Hancock-Wilson of Oklahoma City. Mrs. Hancock-Wilson, second Negro to be accepted in a week, will enter the graduate school of sociology. She will be segregated on the same basis as any other Negro attending the university, the board of regents announced. Approval of Mrs. Hancock- Wil son s application of enrollment came some three and half months after submittal. The regents said that three months was adequate for Langston university, a Negro school, to set up a graduate school in sociology. Therefore it was time that she was admitted, they add ed. Mrs. Orpherita Daniels, Okla homa City Negro, proceeded Mrs. Hancock-Wilson late last week, while G. W. McLaurin was the first to be accepted at the uni versity. dist church of Asheville. Wilk inson, one of two main speakers for the conference, will talk on Knowing Our World." A talk by Dr. George Heaton on "Knowing Our Faith" will follow a worship program in Gaither chapel Saturday morn ing. Dr. Heaton, co-leader with Wilkinson, is minister of the My ers Park Baptist church of Char lotte and is regarded as a pioneer and authority in the field of re ligious education. Recreation for the retreat will include a party Friday night, a trip to Mt. Mitchell Saturday af ternoon, a banquet and square dance Saturday night, and a sun rise hike to Lookout mountain Sunday morning. Students will leave Montreat for Chapel Hill after lunch Sunday. - - v V ' " . J " ? a, ? S TED LEONARD, sophomore from Greensboro, will run for student body vice-president as a nominee of the University party. Leonard's nomination is the first to be announced for the vice-presidential post by the three campus political parties. NCAFCW Meets Here Saturday The Women's Athletic associa tion was hostess Saturday for the annual meeting of North Caro lina Athletic Federation of College Women. Attended by 50 delegates from 10 colleges, the all-day meeting fea tured talks, discussion groups and movies of the Sugar bowl game. Miss Ellen Griffin, executive secretary of the National Athletic Federation of College Women, spoke to the delegates about plans for the national meeting. The piogram also included dis cussion groups on finances, secur ing interest in small colleges and clubs and intramurals. Randy Hudson, president of the organization, presided over the meeting, attended by representa tives from Women's College, Caro lina, Duke, Saint Mary's Meredith, ECTC, Guilford, Wake Forest and Montreat. THE WORLD IN BRIEF May Defy Order BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 14 (UP) The United States may defy a Hungarian request to recall assistant military at tache Lt. Col. Peter Kopcsak, reliable sources said tonight. Ministers Confer LONDON, Feb. 14 (UP; The foreign ministers of Nor way and Turkey, two strategic countries searching for security, conferred separately today with Foreign Secretary Ernest Bc-vin. , Java Battle BATAVIA, Java, Feb. 14. (UP) Dutch military officials said today that 100 Indonesians were killed and many others wounded or captured during a battle last week in west Java. Guerrillas Hit ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 14. (UP) The Greek general staff said tonight that 613 guerrillas had been killed and 325 cap tured during the fighting for Fiorina, near the Albanian bor der. Slave Camps LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 14 (UP) The United States charged in the United Nations today that there is evidence Soviet Russia has forced from 8,000,000 to 14,000,000 people in to slave labor camps.
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