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VOLUME LVII
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1949
Phone F-3371 F-3361
NUMBER 112
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ATTENDING A DINNER in honor of Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. military aide to the chief
executive. President Truman, speaking at the Army-Navy Country club, Washington, bitterly chal
lenged "any S.O.B. who Ihinks he can gei me io discharge any of my slaff or cabinet by some smart
aleck statement over the air." The President is shown with Gen Vaughan (left), Mrs Omar Brad
ley and Gen. E. A. Evans. The official White house text was later altered from "S.O.B." to read
"any one."
University Units Plan
Production Of Movies
Plans for the production of
several 20 to 30 minute movies
by University departments were
announced recently by Edward
Freed, writer-director of the mo
tion picture division of the Com
munication center and professor
of motion pictures in the dra
matic arts department.
Sponsored by the Communica
tion center and the dramatic arts
class in production, the pictures
will be under the direction of
Freed, who has previously had
experience with picture produc
tion for the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The motion picture production
class will begin in the next ten
days the first production, which
will be the taking of background
shots in 16 mm kodachrome for
the American film service of
Washington, D. C. The picture
will include scenes of campus ac
tivity, featuring buildings and
scenes easily recognized as
scenes of the University.
The class also has' plans for
the production of a short sub
ject dealing with the techniques
of stage acting, using the Play
maker theater and University
students.
The Communication center
NORTH STATE
ROUNDUP
Teacher Bonuses
RALEIGH, Feb. 25 (VV)
School teachers and state em
ployes today were one step clos
er to bonus checks giving each
of them a 20 per cent salary
increase retroactive to last Oct. 1.
Banking Amendment
RALEIGH, Feb. 25 (UP) A
North Carolina Senate committee
today tagged two amendments
on Gov. Kerr Scott's proposal
fcr two more members on the
state's seven-man BSnking com
mission and sent the measure
back before the Senate.
Deposits Up x
ROCKY MOUNT, Feb. 25
(UP) Edward A. Wayne, vice
president of the federal reserve
bank at Richmond, said today
that bank deposits in eastern
North Carolina were up 325 per
cent since 1941.
Negro Held
NEWTON, Feb. 25 (UP)
Earl Reinhardt, 24 - year - old
Negro truckdriver of Maiden,
was held here today to answer
manslaughter charges in con
nection with the highway acci
dent which killed a nightclub
operator and injured two deputy
sheriffs.
will begin in the next two or
three weeks the making of a 35
mm picture for the state Wild
life Resources commission. En
titled "Where Is All the Shoot
ing?" and written by Edward
Freed, the picture will emphasize
the promotion and better under
standing of the commission's
wildlife protection laws. Cast
ajid location for the shooting of
the film have not yet been
chosen.
Negotiations are now under
way between the Communication
center and the New York branch
of the U. S. State department for
the center to make pictures on
the campus for distribution over
seas. The government will pay the
laboratory and film costs and
distribute the films as a part of
the Voice of America program.
Another purpose of the films is
to encourage students to got
practical experience in the ac
tual making of pictures under
supervision.
Freed said, "This is a real
break for the motion picture di
vision of the Communication
center and the students in ' the
production class, because it gives
us an opportunity to actually
make pictures. It also gives the
University of North Carolina a
chance to speak directly to Eur
ope." In the film discussing swim
ming, the March swimming
meet, which will have eight
Olympic champions, will be fea
(Scc MOVIES, page 4)
Quintuply-Sponsored
Beggar's Opera Still Tops;
Played in America in 1750
The Beggar's Opera, which i other than deleting political and
plays in Memorial hall March 10 social references pertinent only
and 11 under the sponsorship of
five campus organizations, has
had a long and varied career.
Because of the perennial vi
tality of the show which has
kept it on the stage almost year
ly since its first production in
1728, the music department, the
music fraternities Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia and Sigma Alpha Iota,
Sound and Fury, and the Caro
lina Playmakers all joined forces
and talents, to play the show for
the first time in Chapel Hill.
Newspaper descriptions bring
out the many ways in which the
musical satire has been changed,
clipped, added to and infused
now and again with new music
and new lyrics, and countless
variations of texts. Dr. Jan P.
Schinhan and M. David Samples,
ccr-directors of the campus pro
duction are interpreting the
script "in period .without , being
pedantic."
The original text of the script
has been changed very little,
Confused
Joanie Lucas, member of
the Women's Honor council,
got into trouble yesterday
when she tried to give some
body a helping hand.
Joan was aiding officials of
the Women's Intercollegiate
Government forum by setting
up a housing registration desk
in Nash dormitory, where the
delegates are staying.
Naturally, she got confused
and set up her office across
the street in the hallway of
Miller hall,, which is still in
use as a men's dormitory.
She didn't realize anything
was peculiar, even when she
saw several men in the build
ing, until she called to them,
"Let's get this place cleaned
up the girls are coming."
"GIRLS!!??" thundered
back a chorus of male voices.
Whereupon one of the more
chivalrous dorm residents pick
ed up Joanie's entire "office"
and carted it over to Nash
hall.
Asked later whether she en
joyed the experience, the St.
Petersburg, Fla.. Tri-Delt had
but one thing to say:
"Are you kiddin'?"
Sisson to Read
Macbeth Tuesday
The Philological club will hear
"The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth"
read by Professor Charles J. Sis
son of the University of London
Tuesday night at 7":30 in Gcrrard
hall, President George R. Coffman
said today.
Sisson is visiting professor in
the English department for the
current winter quarter.
to the time" of its original pro
duction. Dr. Pepusch's airs have
been placed into new settings
and some additional music has
been added by Frederic Austin.
The opera, which began its
American career December 3,
1750, dropped from the boards
almost completely during the
nineteenth century. Then Nigel
Playfair revived it in England on
June 5, 1920, demonstrating the
never-dying freshness of the
opera. The sets were designed by
C. Lovat Fraser who received
praise for making his sets ring
with the flavor of the eighteenth
century.
Pete Strader, designer for the
present campus production, has
studied Hogarth's prints which
he has used to bring out the bril
liant background of eighteenth
century color and authenticity in
his scenery and costumes.
The Playfair production was so
successful in London and in New
(See OPERA, page 4)
Women's Forum To End
Weekend Of Activities
With Talk By Weaver
The Women's Intercollegiate Government forum will
complete its weekend of activities with an informal banquet
beginning at 6. o'clock tonight in the ballroom of the Carolina
Inn. Fred Weaver, dean of students,' will be guest speaker
for the occasion. .
Beginning this morning at 8:30,
delegates to the forum will have
breakfast at the Methodist church.
Workshops studying various
phases of women government and
activities will begin" at 9:30 this
morning in Graham Memorial.
Katherine Carmichael, dean ot
women, will speak at a plenary
session this afternoon at 3 o'clock
in the main lounge of Graham
Memorial. Following her speech,
student leaders of the workshops
will review the work done in
their individual sessions.
Sponsored by the Coed senate,
the forum was planned and di
rected by a special forum com
mittee composed of Chairman
Edie Knight, Fran Angus, Emily
Baker, Helen Bouldin, Butch
Daniel, Bobbie Lowe, Joan Lu
cas, Patsy McNutt, Emily Ogburn,
Sue Stokes, and Gussie Young.
Latin-Americans
To Give Concert
In Hill Tomorrow
The Latin-American trio will
appear in Hill hall tomorrow
night at 8:30 as the fourth in
a series of weekly musical pro
grams sponsored by Graham Me
morial. The trio is composed of Julie
Andre', mezzo-soprano and guit
arist; Florence Samora, violinist
and Spanish dancer; and Odmar
Amarel Gurgel, pianist.
The program will feature a
presentation of varied, colorful
songs and dances from the classic
al music of Spain to the folk
lore and rhythms of Latin Amer
ica. Check of Tickets
Shows Few Left
A spot check of Playmakers
theater tickets for "The Little
Foxes" reveals that there are
still a few left at Swain hall and
Ledbetter - Pickard's for next
Wednesday, Thursday and Sun
day nights. Reserved scats for
Friday and Saturday are com
pletely sold out.
The ticket response has been
so good that John Parker, Play
maker business manager and di
rector of the show, is considering
adding an extra night Monday
providing the sales continue as
they have.
Dudley to Talk
On Baha'i Faith
Miss Alice Dudley will speak
on the Baha'i faith at 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon in Gerrard
hall, using as her topic, "The
Threshold," it was announced to
day. Miss Dudley recently returned
from a two-year tour in Europe
where she spent nearly 16 months
in Stockholm as a Baha'i worker.
Indiana Governor 'Hopping Mad'
In Verbal Scrap with Communist
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25
(UP) This is the story of
how the governor of Indiana
tangled with a Communist.
Gov. Henry F. Shricker was
making an official visit to the
state Employment Security
office when he was handed a
leaflet at the door by Ben Co
hen, chairman of the Indian
apolis Communist party.
The leaflet advocated $40 a
week unemployment compen
sation, twice the maximum
benefit under Indiana plan.
Shricker took It absently
and walked into the office. A
moment later he came charg
ing out.
Madison Wood
Keynotes Meet
With Address
Assures Coeds
'World Is Yours'
"The world is yours," Dr. James
Madison Wood, president emeritus
of Stevens college, told a mass
meeting of University coeds yes
terday afternoon in the keynote
address of the Coed Intercolleg
iate Government forum which
opened yesterday.
"What you will do with your
heritage is the question."
To insure the heritage of each
person, Ur. wood saia mere
would have to be a reinterpre
tation of present academic stand
ards to provide adequate indi
vidual needs.
However, he said changing !
standards would not be easy for j
people today are more interested
in improving their state of liv
ing than their personalities.
There will have to be a whole
new world constructed on a new
purpose with education having
the major role and religion em
ployed as the background of the
new program.
After World War I, Dr. Wood
said the position of women
changed drastically. The war
changed the complete social pic
ture and women emerged from
the war with added responsi
bilities and inadequate training.
Confusion and tension arose in
the next three decades. The con
fusion was the result of the at
tempt to fit new issues into old
patterns, he continued, and wom
en face the same situation today
as the result of World War II.
The only answer to present
day questions is to prepare
people for a richer, fuller life.
And the answers for today's ques
tions will not come from the
science laboratories but from the
halls of religion, Dr. Wood said.
GOP Club Backs
Government Week
The Young Republican club
endorsed Mayor R. W. Madry's
proclamation of February 27 to
March 5 as World Government
week by unanimous vote at its
Thursday night meting
"In taking this stand." Bill
Hippie, president of the club,
said, "we are reiterating and add
ing our support to the stand taken
by the Republican state conven
tion last year. At that time a res
olution favoring world govern
ment, authored and introduced
by Jake Wicker, a graduate stu
dent at the University, was adopt
ed by the convention without
major opposition."
Pied-faced and angry, he
approached while dozens of
unemployed men and women,
waiting in a line to enter the
office, looked on.
"So you're a Communist"
he asked.
"Yes, sir," Cohen replied.
"Then why don't you go
back to Russia and peddle
your papers?" "Take this
propaganda back where it
started and pass it out to your
friends."
Cohen protested that he
wasn't a Russian, but an
American.
"I don't think much of your
(See COMMIE, page 4)
Solons Hear
Bill Providing
Funds to UNC
Insurance Firms
To Remit Money
RALEIGH, Feb. 25. (UP) A
bill requiring insurance compan
ies to turn over to the Univer
sity of North Carolina any
claims unpaid after a certain
number of years was introduced
to the General assembly today
by Sens. Henry A. McKinnon of
Lumberton and R. E. Little of
Wadesboro.
The University escheats fund
already receives all unclaimed
money from other sources in the
state. The fund is used for schol
arships in the Greater Univer
sity. The senate passed a measure
today increasing the state Bank
ing commission to nine members
and enacted into law a measure
providing for the statewide run
ning of warrants without local
endorsement.
The house passed measures to
day to raise the salaries of Su
preme Court justices, Superior
Court judges, and solicitors and
to require doctors to report to
health departments diagnosed or
suspected cases of cancer.
Male Contingent
Invades Sanctum
Of Women's Dorm
ROCK ISLAND, 111., Feb. 25
(UP) Some 250 male students
of Augustana college invaded the
woman's dormitory early today,
dumped the coeds out of bed and
doused some of them in bath
tubs, the school revealed.
The girls said the boys
"wrecked the place" as a climax
to the school's initiation week.
Some of the coeds who had not
retired were forced to scramble
for more clothing. Others shriek
ed and locked themselves in
their rooms.
The men roamed through the
building, dumping over beds,
dousing mattresses with water
and dunking a few hapless coeds
in the bathtubs.
The girls in turn grabbed
water buckets and doused the
men. Some of the more spirited
ones went at the men with flail
ing arms and drove them off.
"But it was really more fun
than anything else," Lois Tay
lor, a senior from Geniseo, 111.,
said. "In fact, we had an inkling
they were coming."
Dance, Supper Set
By School Parents
Presbyterian Nursery school
parents will hold a square dance
and supper at 7 o'clock Thursday
night at the church, Mrs. Edgar
K. Alexander, group secretary,
said today.
Makes 'em Kiss
Coecf Ventriloquist Finds
Dummy Helps Out in School
BOSTON, Feb. 25. (UP) A
green-eyed Boston university co
ed admitted today that her boy
friend is a dummy and that she
likes it that wav.
In fact, the dummy, named
Tommy, is putting her through
college.
The girl, 21 -year-old Bernice
Liberatore, is a . third generation
ventriloquist. But she doesn't like
the atmosphere of show business.
So she has become an entertainer
in hopes that it will make her
spot in the theatrical world a
little better.
"Show people are too wrapped
up in their own affairs," she said.
"They only think about them
selves. That's too bad because
there is so much to be appreci
ated in the world."
Miss Liberatore said she didn't
want to miss anything that was
going on and that's where Tommy
comes in.
She pays her college tuition
by hiring out with Tommy as an
Knight Is Pushing
Double Changes
In Coed Dynasty
Edie Knight, chairman of the special committee to in
vestigate coed government, yesterday pushed recommenda
tions that copies of all bills passed by the Coed senate be
sent to the Coed Affairs committee of the Student legislature
and that a member of the Coed Affairs committee attend
all meetings of the senate.
1 The cecommendations were
, I
lop Job v?oes
To Shropshire
In Di Voting
Will Head Group
For Third Time
Don Shropshire will be presi
dent of the Dialectic senate next
quarter as results of a Di. elec
tion held Wednesday night. -
The senate, the second oldest
forensic society in the country
and the oldest extracurricular
organization at the University,
named Shropshire its speaker
this week for the third time in
history. As president of the Sen
ate for two quarters in 1947, he
was responsible for a renovation
program to refurnish the Di hall
on the third floor of New West.
Shropshire, a senior from Winston-Salem
majoring in com
merce, is also a past president of
the Baptist Student union, a
member of the Debate council,
and a Daily Tar Heel columnist.
Last weekend he was a Univer
sity delegate to a convention of
the Virginia-Carolina affiliate of
the National Student association
held here in Chapel Hill.
Other officers chosen by the Di
to take office at the fii-st
Wednesday night meeting in the
spring quarter are as follows:
Sam Manning, Spartanburg, S.C.,
speaker pro tempore; William
Harding, East Aurora, N. J., crit
ic; Morris Knudsen, Los Ange
les, Calif., clerk; Gus Graham,
Oxford, treasurer; Arthus Mur
phey, Macon, Miss., sergeant-at-
, arms; and Will Foister, chaplain.
The Di senate officers for the
present term are as follows: Jer
ry Pettigrew, Reidsville, speak
er; Banks Talley, Bcnnettesville,
S. C, speaker pro tempore; Dick
Bowen, Athens, Ga., critic;
Charlie Gibson, Winston-Salem,
clerk; Sam Manning, Spartan
burg, S. C, treasurer; Dickson
McLean, Lumberton, sergcant-at-arms;
and William Harding,
East Aurora, N. J., chaplain.
The Di will convene for only
one more session this term. The
last meeting will come next
Wednesday night at 9 o'clock
when, according to Banks Tal
ley, chairman of the ways and
means committee, "a topic of
hotly-disputed campus concern
will be debated."
entertainer to lodges, clubs and
church groups. It gives her a
theatrical and liberal arts back
ground at the same time.
"Too many people in show
business don't care about litera
ture, art and music," she said.
"I definitely want to go into
show business yhen I finish col
lege. But I want the background
first. I don't want to live only
in a phony world."
Bernice, a freshman, began her
training as a ventriloquist 11 years
ago -when her father bought her
a "Charlie McCarthy" dummy.
Then he and the girl's grandfather
drilled her in the fine art of
voice throwing.
Besides using the dummy. Miss
Liberatore developed an act of
her own in which she uses two
stooges from the audience. She
was forced into that routine when
somebody forgot to throw her
bag on the train to the Quonset
Naval air station in Rhode Island.
(See DUMMY, page 4)
both passed unanimously by the
special committee which was
formed three weeks ago to look
into irregularities in coed govern
ment on campus. One factor in
the coed set-up, a special $1 wom
en's fee. has been under attack
for some time.
Page Dees, who resigned as
chairman of the investigating
committee in protest against the
'complete inefficiency" of coed
government, said yesterday the
campus "cfeserves to have com
plete information on all phases
of the case" involving the "ques
tionable" items in the coed bud
get. Meanwhile, Chairman Knight
charged that Miss Dees, as prev
ious chairman of the committee,
had failed to call a meeting until
the beginning of the third out of
four weeks allotted for the in
vestigation. She continued, "No
considerations were given to class
schedules of the members, there
fore there was a very small at
tendance." Miss Dees had charged prev
iously that the Coed senate kept
no copies of its bills, by-laws,
resolutions or constitution. In an
swer to that, Miss Knight re
torted that Miss Dees might look
into the files in the Women's Hon
or council room.
"Granted that they may not
be in the best of order," she
said, "I will long contend that
they do exist.
"In fact," she added, "I wrote
one myself!"
In reply to other charges made
by Miss Dees, Miss Knight quip
ped, I shall not answer the other
charges of inefficiency because
that would really cause us to
resort to name-calling."
Final action on the special in
vestigating committee by the leg
islature Thursday night extended
the life of the group until the
last session of the present legis
(See KNIGHT, page 4)
THE WORLD
IN BRIEF
Raids on Reds
PARIS, Feb. 25 (UP) Po
lice swept down on Communist
newspaper offices in swift pre
dawn raids today and the gov
ernment moved to prosecute
Marcel Cachin, "grand old
man" of the French Commun
ist party, probably on sedition
charges.
Plead Guilty
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 25.
(UP) Two Protestant church
leaders pleaded guilty in open
court today, and blamed Amer
icans for their plight, at the
start of the trial of 15 Evangel
ical churchmen charged with
espionage, treason and black
marketing.
Aroused Suspicions
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (UP)
Anna Louise Strong. pro
Soviet American writer de
ported from Russia as a spy,
said today she apparently had
aroused the suspicions of "stu
pid" minor Soviet officials by
asking questions as a news
paper reporter.
Making Progress
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25
(UP) Negotiations on the
North Atlantic Security pact
are making excellent progress,
with definite conclusions in
sight sometime next week,
Secretary of State Dean G.
Acheson said today.