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U.II.C. Library Serials Dspt. Chapel Hill, . II. ' G. -8-31-49 A EDITORIALS WEATHER Communism in Okla. Same in N. C. Congrats, Firemen Considerable cloudiness and possible showers VOLUME LVII NUMBER 103 United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 hxgnr sunnily PriiiyTkk(i'ljj - n (QIS Lj( Trio Concert Is Scheduled Sunday Night Robertson to Be Program Feature The Vielle-Trio, featuring Du Bose Robertson, will give a pro gram of music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Hill hall Sunday night at 8:30, under the auspices of Graham Memorial with the cooperation of the Uni versity music department. The trio is composed of Franz Siedersbeck and Beatrice Dohme, altovielle, and Werner Land shoff, tenor-vielle. Organized in 1947, the trio is the only ensemble in the United States specializing in the inter pretation of the music of the Gothic and Renaissance and in the playing of some of the instru ments of those periods. During the first half of that season, the group was introduced in its present form to a number of well-known musicians and scholars in New York, Washing ton, and Baltimore. A number of public appearances resulted from these private concerts, the first of which was a concert during the annual convention of the Music Teachers National associa tion in Boston. Among others, the ensemble was acclaimed at the Metropolitan Opera club in New York and at Harvard uni versity. The vielles were the string instruments of the Middle' Ages and were used until about the middle of the 16th century. Du ring the Renaissance they were succeeded by the viols and the viola de gambo, direct predeces sors of the modern violin family. NORTH STATE ROUNDUP Oleo Bills RALEIGH, Feb. 15 (UP) The North Carolina General as sembly today received bills to permit the sale of colored oleo margarine in public eating places. Hearing Slated WILSON, Feb. 15 (UP) A hearing was scheduled here today for Robert Davis, 25, and Mrs. Ernest Eatman, who were charged with implication in the shooting last Friday of 18-year-old Leon T. Davis. Saluda Plant CHARLOTTE, Feb. 15 (UP) Duke Power Co. today revea led plans for a $20,000,000 steam clcctric generating plant on the Saluda river in Anderson coun ty. Marine Planes . CHERRY POINT, Feb. 15 (UP) Some 200 planes of the second Marine Air Wing were scheduled to take off today for Puerto Rico, where they will take part in Atlantic command man euvers. Peaceful Pickets CHARLOTTE, Feb. 15 (UP) Peaceful picketing continued today at the strike-bound Hos kins mill of Spatex Corp., here. Forest Fires ASHEVILLE, Feb. 15 (UP) The United States Weather bureau today signaled the open ing of the critical spring forest fire season in seven states of the Southern Appalachian region. Negroes Held GREENSBORO, Feb. 15 (UP) Police held three young Ne gro boys today in the death of an unidentified Negro who burn ed in an excelsior-filled shack where he lay helplessly drunk. mm v&im s ir w Staff photo by Mills THE GENEVIEVE MOREHEAD ART GALLERY will be loca ted in the rotunda portion of the Morehead building, a portion of which is shown above. The two workmen in the picture are completing work on the plaster designs which top the 16 marble columns. One of Genevieve Morehead's collection of famous masterpieces will be placed between each column. The Inside Story Planetarium Arranged Like Ordinary Theater (Ed. note: This is the second in a series of articles on the Morehead planetarium and art gallery. The third installment, which will be a description of an actual demonstration, will ap pear in tomorrow morning's Daily Tar Heel.) By Herb Nachman "What is a planetarium and how will it benefit the average University student?" This is the question that has been turning over in the minds of a student body which has watched and wondered for a year and a half. Watched the construction of the exterior of a project that started out at a conservative $1,000,000 and has soared to more than $2,000,000 since it was begun. The riveting and hammering are over. The bricks and mor tar have taken shape. A build ing has emerged and students are ready to know what will make the John Motley More head planetarium tick. Imagine yourself an average student who has decided to vis it the planetarium for a sched uled demonstration. The demon strations usually begin about 3 o'clock in the . afternoon and since the room only seats 500 you go early. s Waiting , in line to enter the planetarium room may be com pared to waiting in line at the Carolina . theater for the late show on Saturday night. There are many people, however, who will not be admitted. When the 500 mark is reached the doors will be swung closed. Joint admission to the art gal lery and planetarium involves about 60 cents in cash, including Just Too Many Keys Versatile Miss Godbee Searches For Owners of Homeless Articles By Don Maynard "We'd rather have the car than just the keys we have to a. new Chevrolet," said Miss Mary God bee as she proudly exhibited her efficient YMCA Lost and Found department located in the Y building. And she wasn't speaking of just one key, nor of just one car. The Lost and Found office has in the filing cabinet that serves as home for errant properties well over 100 keys of all sizes and shapes, from a locket key no more than an inch long to a comparatively huge four-inch house key. Miss Godbee is a graduate of Georgia State College for Women capable of wedging a telelphone tax. A sign above the ticket of fice indicates, "Special admiss ion rates for groups." Your guide explains that the reason for the entrance fee is for upkeep of the building so that the state legislature will not be forced to appropriate for the purpose. - As you approach the "blind corridor leading into the plane tarium room itself, you glance about the entrance lobby. Every thing is highly polished marble. Behind the small ticket window is a business office where ac countants are busily administ tering the upkeep of the build ing. Everything is finely decorated, not lavishly, but in good taste. The usher at the door takes your ticket and tells you to please watch your step while in the "blind corridor." There are three doors in the corridor. The middle one is a swinging (See MOREHEAD, page 4) McLeod Elected To Y Committee Ed McLeod, junior from Max ton, was elected to fill a scat in the YMCA executive- committee at the regular YM cabinet meet ing Monday night, Pete Burks, president of the YMCA announ ced yesterday. . McLeod replaces Fred Thomp son, who resigned his position several weeks ago. Members of the nominating committee, also chosen Monday night, are Coy Rogers, Charlie Britt, Ed Strain, and advisory board members Warren Ashby and the Rev. Charles Jones. 'betwen her head and shoulder, at the same time carrying on a conversation with the party at the other end, sorting mimeographed sheets and stapling them together, and beaming her sparkling smile in any direction. In addition to all this charm, she manages one of the gears that keeps the Carolina student's semi-mechanical life running smoothly. Have you lost your keys, glasses, cigarette lighter; your fountain pen, pipe or auto rear-view mirror? Take a look in the Y Lost and Found'cabinet. Chances are you will find it there. Yes, all .that miscellany, and more too. There are varied (See LOST, FOUND, page 4) Di to Debate Driving Plan For Schools Hearing Planned "Tonight in Hall Automobile driving courses and yearly physical examinations for students in the North Carolina public schools will be discussed o'clock tonight in the Di hall on the third floor of New West build ing. The discussion will be based on two separate resolutions in troduced by Tom Mayfield and approved by the Di ways and means committee. The resolutions are, 1. Resolved, that the Dialectic senate go on record as favoring the passage of a bill by the North Carolina legislature providing for and financing a course in driving to be given in all public schools. Only students old enough to receive licenses may take the course, which shall be required for graduation from high school. 2. Resolved, that the Dialectic senate go on record as favoring the passage of a bill by the North Carolina legislature requiring all students in the state public schools to have a physical ex amination once a year by a quali fied doctor. The state shall fi nance all of these examinations. Three Speakers Are Featured In House Talks The YMCA-sponsored fraternity house discussions will continue with such noted speakers as James Street, author and resident of Chapel Hill, Gene Turner, chairman of the house discussiona committee announced yesterday. Street will speak to members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon. fra ternity next Tuesday on "Alco holics Anonymous." Dr. O. K. Cornwell of the Uni-j versity's physical education de partment will lead discussions on the "Tthletic Outlook for 1949" in the Tau Epsilon Pi house. The same topic was discussed by Cro wd! Little, also of the Universi ty's physical education depart ment, last night in the Zcta Beta Tau fraternity house. Mrs. Arnold Nash, who has- ad dressed membres of five fra ternities since the beginning of the house discussions program, led discussions on "Creative Liv ing in ' Courship and Marriage" last night n the Chi Psi house. Highway Route Plan Approved DURHAM, Feb. 15 A new plan to change the original route of entry of the proposed new Durham-Chapel Hill boulevard was studied and approved indi vidually, today by representatives of the city of Durham, the Cham ber of Commerce, Duke universi ty, and the state Highway de partment. The proposed changes would give the boulevard an entirely new route of entry as it ap proaches Durham. R. Getty Browning, chief locating engineer drew up the plans after residents of the Duke section offered con siderable opposition to the first proposal which called for an en trance at the intersection of route 751 and Duke University road. The almost straight stretch of road from Chapel Hill to Dur ham, as was " presented today, would have the following changes: From, the New Hope sewage treatment plant eastward to a point of connection with Chapel Hill road (US 15 and 501) near Cornwallis road and then with University drive. , Trustees to Meet Chancellor R. B. House yes terday said his report to the Executive committee fo the Board of Trustees would in clude change in personnel and. faculty. Parking restrictions will also be brought up .before the committee. The 12-man Executive com mittee meets today at 11 o'clock in Gov. Kerr Scott's office in Raleigh. Those attending from the University include Dr. Frank Graham, W. D. Carmichael, Jr.. Claude Teague, and Miss Billy Curtis, assistant secretary of the committee. In addition to the 12 repre sentatives from the Board of Trustees, the committee in cludes Arch T. Allen, secretary, and Governor Scott. Four Sororities To Hold Show In Rendezvous Four to Compete On Friday Night Four campus sororities will pre sent a competitive floor show and radio program in the Ren dezvous room Friday night, Lib Stoney, entertainment chairman, said yesterday. An engraved silver plate will be presented through the courtesy of Graham Memorial to the sorority presenting the skit judg ed the most entertaining. -Judges will be Dean Fred Weaver, Jane Grills, and Mrs. Norman Cordon. Sorority chairmen for the pro grams are Gayle Hancock for Alpha Delta Pi; Gene Hines, Delta Delta Delta; Becky Holton, Alpha Gamma Delta; and Anne Knight,' Chi Omega. A representative from each of the sororities will also appear on the weekly Rendezvous radio; program at 9:15, immediately af ter the floor show. Jim Byrd, electrician for the Carolina Playmakers productions, will control the lighting for the progi'am. ' Eaton to Speak At Bull's Head Walter Prichard Eaton, former professor of playwriting at Yale university, will speak on "Sixty Years of Theater Going"- at a tea to be given in the Bull's Head book shop this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Eaton, who is known as the dean of the -American rilaywrit- jing professors, is serving as guest lecturer in the dramatic arts de partment for this year. He has been interested in the theater for over sixty years, and was the dramatic critic for the New York Times for a number of years. He was a member of the Pulitzer prize committee when Paul Green's Abraham's Bosom was named as the outstanding play of 1927. Hunt Scholarships Girl Hitch By Margaret Gaston Two attractive blond hitch hikers from Bennington college, Vermont, stopped over in Chapel Hill this past weekend. They are Sylva Mardiste, 23-year-old Esto nian, and Dusty Hutton, her 18-year-old American classmate. This month the girls started on a tour of the country in hopes of obtaining 360 scholarships in American schools for displaced persons. William Suddcth, former UN RRA director for DP's in Heidel berg, Germany, interested the girls in the. scholarship scouting Planetarium Fire Damage Is 'Negligible' Sparks Cause Blaze in Dome A fire yesterday morning a mong the folds of acoustic ma terials hanging behind the More head planetarium dome caused "inconsequential damage" to the $2,000,000 structure, Controller W. D. Carmichael, Jr., reported last night. Carmichael said the fire was started by a welder working with a blowtorch behind the stainless steel dome of ; the planetarium chamber. Sparks from the torch ignited a pocket in the acoustic material which he said "had not yet been fireproofed." Workmen who witnessed the blaze said the Chapel Hill fire department responded to the call and fought the fire, but that it burned itself out before the de partment could extinguish it. Dr. Roy K. Marshall, who is working closely with the plane tarium chamber, said the damage "was not serious" and that "the steel of the dome was not at all damaged. It is only now a matter of drying and airing the plane tarium." Carmichael reported that the "negligible" damage would not delay the opening of the plane tarium which is tentatively set for early in May. He said the main damage resulted from water, 'Firefighters had a difficult job in attempting to reach the flames behind the dome which is su spended by steel cables from the roof of the chamber. Consequent ly, witnesses reported, the fire men were forced to use an ex cess amount of water in an at tempt to gain control of the flames. No official estimate of the) damage was available last night. However, Carmichael said that insurance agents would be in town today and the figure would probably be available sometime late today. Seniors to Plan Class Activities Senior class officers and new ly appointed committee chairmen will meet at 2 o'clock today in Graham Memorial to begin plans for class activities. The executive committee, which is composed of the officers and committee chairmen, includes Ed Davenport, president; Wayne Brenengan, secretary; Mintie Can trell, treasurer; Nat Williams, social committee; Bob Kirkland, j lUVltatiUUS V. U III til 1 I. L - J, UL1K. I Turner, finance committee; and Rita Adams, publicity committee. The committee assistants are Gray Sanders," George Grizzard, Peppy Lucas, Bob Kirby, John Rcsser, Miles Smith, Virginia Nash, Steve Millikan, Moo Yanc ey, Sally Woodhull, Martha Davenport, Tom Holden, and Don Hanes. - Hikers Tour For DP's plan when he lectured at Ben nington college last December. The girls chose to devote their two-months non-resident term to obtain the scholarships. When they began the tour their funds were limited to $65 raised by students the day they left campus, and $150 which Frederic Burkhardt, president of the college, gave them. Later the Woman's club in West Hampton, Long Island donated $60. Two ladies from New York offered the hitch-hikers a ride to Texas, but on reaching Chapel Hill last Saturday were called Wins Nomination n rrs J3 ' Presidential Nominee Defeats Gordon, Brenengan After Raging Party Debate With a promise to "show the student body and the other poli tical parties that we can have a government serving the students," Charlie Long entered the presi dential race Monday night on the Campus party ticket. Long received a ! majority on the first ballot to defeat Dick Gordon, already nominated by the University party, and Wayne Brenengan for the nomination. The vote was taken by vocal roll call of the party member ship, resulting in 25 for Long 10 for Brenengan and 9 for Gor don. Three persons abstained. The CP presidential nominee debate raged for approximately two hours before a vote was finally called. Observers called the meeting "the hottest poli tical circus on campus in a long time." The party, scheduled to nominate its candidates for vice president and secretary-treasurer the same evening, postponed its next order of busines until to morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Long, the CP candidate for the presidency, first came into the political scene this year when a petition supporting him for the presidency was signed by "around 800 students," as estimated by President Jess Dedmond Monday night. The candidate served for nine months as the first chairman of the Carolina Forum. During his term of office, which lasted through the end of last fall quar ter, the forum brought such speakers as Sen. Robert Taft and Gov. J. Strom Thurmond to the campus to speak. Long was a member of the coalition cabinet last fall, and was elected to two one-year terms as a member of the Student leg islature. As a member of the legislature Finance committee, he helped draw up the first student budget under the new constitu tion. He served on the Ways and Means committee, and as chair man of the special committee on seating arrangements in Kenan stadium, he helped give students 1,000 additional scats between the 40 and 50-yard line at foot ball games. He was elected speaker pro tempore of the legislature in the spring of 1947 and served in that post until the following December. Two issues he consist ently fought for in the legislature were redistricting and the re tention of appellate power in the Student council. He introduced the first redis- tricting bill into the legislature. After it was passed by that body and then vetoed by President Dewey Dorsett, Long introduced a new 16-district bill which was finally passed as the nine-district bill which is now in effect. The CP presidential candidate was president of the Dialectic (See LONG, page 4) home. Sylva and Dusty said they were going to trust to luck that they would be able to complete their tour on the $275. They left Chapel Hill yesterday by bus for Texas. The girls agreed that they may have to work as waitresses some time during the journey, and that they would probably have to hitch-hike back to Bennington college. Dusty and Sylva hope to visit more than 100 colleges and interest faculties and student groups in a plan for providing free school ing for DP's. During this past (See HITCHERS, page 4) i Ballot : 7 M1 '4 1 " V ft c hJ ' Iff 1 , i 'i7.,- s - - $ CHARLIE LONG was nomi nated to run for the presidency of the student body at the , Campus party meeting in Gra-' ham Memorial Monday night. Long was nominated on the first ballot over Wayne Brenen gan and Dick Gordon. Neighbors Complain Of Negro's Moving ATLANTA, Feb. 15 (UP) City officials gave police pro tection today to the Rev. W. W. Weatherspool, Negro minister whose white neighbors complain ed when he moved into their district. Mayor William B. Hartsficld appointed a - committee of both races to seek a peaceful settle ment of the dispute. THE WORLD IN BRIEF Gl Pensions WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UP) The House Veterans commit tee at a brief, confused and stormy session approved today a bill to pay $90 monthly pen sions to veterans of World Wars I and II at age 65. UN Plane RHODES, Feb. 15 (UP) United Nations officials confirm ed tonight that one of their planes was missing and an autho ritative report said that unknown ground forces had fired on search planes. Price Ceilings WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UP) The administration asked Congress today for power to clamp ceilings on prices which threaten to go above last Decem ber's level. It also proposed creation of a six-man board to regulate wage increases. Pope's Message ROME, Feb. 15 (UP) Pope Pius XII will broadcast a spe cial message to the world when he appears here Sunday to bless a gigantic mass meeting pro testing the conviction of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, it was of ficially announced tonight. Slave Camps LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 15 (UP) Great Britain charged to day that Russia's slave labor camps rival the worst Nazi con centrjation camps, and supported a United States proposal calling for a formal United Nations in quiry into the Soviet Union's forced labor system.
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