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1 1 .1 TUll.C -.Llbriury-Serials Dept. Chapel Bill, W. C. 8-31-49 . EDITORIALS Up io Trustees Klan No Crilerion Attacks Justified VOLUME LVII edmon t n n n. n rge Acrion Now Jess Dedmond, president of the student body here, and Martha Fowler, president of the W.C-. student body, yester day urged that all students write their legislators in Raleigh immediately stating opposition to the proposed tuition increase. The action followed Represen- tative John W. Umstead's state ment yesterday expressing a be lief that the necessary money to raise faculty salaries could be found in state funds without raising tuition. "Students at all three branches of the University, their parents, their friends and all North Caro linians interested in the welfare w? of the greater University should write to their representatives in the state assembly and urge them to appropriate the necessary funds," the student leaders said. "These letters," they contin ued, "should be mailed in order that they may be in the legisla ture mailboxes by Monday or Tuesday." Miss Fowler, who is also presi dent of the Greater University btuaent council, expressed ap preciation on behalf of students in the University for Umstead's stand on the increase. "We are greatly encouraged," she said, "by Mr. Umstead's state ment and his support in oppo sition to the increase. We feel that if the people of North Caro lina will show the legislators, through their letters, that they too are opposed to the increase, the legislature will . find funds elsewhere." Plans were made yesterday af ternoon to contact Fred Kendall, Jr., president of the student body at State and request that State n . . a i i j.i a cuncgc muuciiu jvxiL uiC nu w ui. letters to the Capitol building. NORTH STATE ROUNDUP Williams' Rites WINSTON-SALEM, Feb. 26 (UP) Funeral services will be held Sunday for S. Clay Will iams, who was head of the huge R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and of the National Recovery ad ministration. Hoyle Funeral NEWTON, Feb. 26 (UP) Funeral services were scheduled today for Mary Ellen Hoyle, 16-year-old Ban Oak high school star basketball player who died Thursday in a Hickory hospital.' Rent Jumps GREENSBORO, Feb. 26 (UP) Rent Director W. W. Boulineau said today that rents on 14 housing units decontrolled here in the last three months jumped an average of 105 per cent. Tobacco Quotas RALEIGH, Feb. 26 (UP) Fred S. Royster, president of the Bright Belt Tobacco Warehouse association, said today he was strongly opposed to any more boosts in tobacco acreage quotas this year. McBride Charged MT. AIRY, Feb. 26 (UP) James McBride, local airport manager, today faced return to Dayton, O., where he is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Negro Killed ROANOKE RAPIDS, Feb. 26 (UP Jimmy Roy Rainey, Ne gro, was killed instantly today, officers reported, when an auto mobile crashed into a power shovel on a highway near Garys burg. Shotgun Slaying CONCORD, Feb. 26 (UP) Officers today closed the case of the shotgun double-slaying of Charles "Q. Teeter, 55, and his 36-year-old wife with a ver dict of murder and suicide. United Press V "vV AT A CONTEST staged in Miami ri' n-w,. tq f New York City won the title of "Miss Brevity of 1949." The suits worn by the contestants had to be modestly brief. Raise in Tuition Voted by Regents ATLANTA, Feb. 26 (UP) The Georgia Board of Regents to day sliced $1,409,781 from the budgets of the university system's 16 units and voted to increase tuition fees for all students. The cuts first proposed were softened by the vote to increase tuition charges at all senior col leges by $10 per quarter, and 'those at junior and Negro colleges by $5 per quarter. This hike will increase the system's revenue by j an estimated $363,390. I However, the sums were so al located that no unit of the system will have its accredited standing i jeopardized. to i Xi-S-:V::K:.:-x-.:.o , fc' -ss. .- -w-,, 1 X? - -r , - "4 Sponsored by ARC Student Group to Give Show For Hospitalized Veterans A cast of some 20 student en tertainers will perform in a vari ety show, "Carolina Presents," for patients at the veterans hos pital in Fayctteville on Thursday under the sponsorship of the American Red Cross. Mrs. G. E. Shepherd, chairman of the instruction and entertain ment committee for veterans hos pitals, said yesterday that "all of us appreciate the fine student cooperation which makes the show possible." She added that during the war years the veterans were entertained constantly, but that the program has lagged un til now a show once a month is a novelty. She commended the student theatrical group highly for its "fine spirit in furnithing a de version for the veterans," some of whom will be "hospitalized for life." f -a vf ill. crr-V v W Ackland Ruling Is Established For Last Time Ends Long Fight Over $1,500,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 The University of North Carolina's right to the long-disputed $1,500, 000 trust fund from the estate of the late William Hayes f Ack land was established beyond le gal revocation' yesterday when the United States District court here issued a judgment awarding the' fund to the Chapel Hill in stitution. In issuing the judgment, the court acted in accordance with a mandate from the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia which reversed an earlier decision of the District court that had given the fund to Rollins college in Florida. The judgment, made on motion of the law firm representing the University of North Carolina, specifically designated that the fund should go to the University, that Rollins should be removed from further consideration in the case, and that court costs of $850 be assessed against Rollins. The fight for the fund was be gun in the University's behalf in 1943 by the late.O. Max Gardner, former N, C. governor. The battle was carried on, always without charge, by his Washington, D. C, law firm. In the words of Attorney Ward. E. Lattin, who spearheaded' the final arguments for the Tar Heel university, "This court action signs, seals and delivers the fund to the University of North Caro lina." Due to certain legal formalities involved,, the formal transfer of the fund cannot be accomplished for another two or three months, Lattin said. Lattin said the University can now proceed with selection of a definite site, and have- plans drawn for the memorial art mu seum specified in the will. Ac tual work on the museum could begin sometime this summer, he added. Officials to Aid Income Tax Filing ' C. F. Jones and M. B. Germain of the North Carolina Depart ment of Internal Revenue will be in Town hall all day tomorrow to aid students' and townspeople in filing 1948 income tax returns. Any single person receiving more than $1,000 or married per son receiving more than $2,000 during the year must file a return. Produced and directed by its master of ceremonies, Mark Bar ker, who is also co-chairman and: announcer on the weekly Ren dezvous program, "Carolina Pre sents" will include talent from all theatrical groups on the cam pus along with the Town Talk trio which will furnish the music with Jack Strugell at the piano, Gene Stryker, bass, and Jimmy Terese, sax and clarinet. Vocal selections will be given by Ray Weems, Ann Martin, Sam Green, and the Harmony Five: Lanier Davis, Jack Clinard, Bob Hurley, Milton Bliss, and Dick Smith. A comedy skit will be given by Jim Hammerstein, Barker, Larry Peerce, and Bailey -Hob-good also doing a comedy mono logue. A dance sequence is sched uled with Nita Sanders, Edna Dooley, Ann Voorhees, Gayle Hancock, and Mary Neely. CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SUNDAY, It's Our Next Move New light has been cast upon the tuition raise. The old sob story coming out of Raleigh that "there just isn't enough money to go around" and that the raise is a matter of necessity has been debunked. Every member of the legislature knows exactly where to find the money to put in the place of a tuition raise. The legislature can stop the tuition raise if it will and it will if its members realize that that is what the people of the state want. Unfortunately our legislators have no way of knowing what is in our minds unless we tell them. That is why each one of them who is trying honestly to do his job appreciates letters expressing the opinions of the people he represents. The president of our student body and the chairman of the Greater University student council have urged that students, their parents, and all others interested in the welfare of the University and of future generations of students write their opinions to their representatives. For these letters to be most effective they should arrive in Raleigh tomorrow or Tuesday. They should flood the mail boxes of the representatives. Students here have shown themselves reluctant to write letters to the legislature, but' unless they want to pay higher tuition rates for themselves and for their chil dren they had better overcome that reluctance in a hurry. They Doused Coeds Action May Be Taken On Girl's Dorm Raid ROCK ISLAND, 111., Feb. 26 (UP) Officials of Augus tana college said today that "appropriate disciplinary action" may be taken against 250 male students who invaded the girl's dormitory, dumped the coeds out of bed and doused some of them in bathtubs. Group Will Show Two Films Today In GM Lounge Two movies, "Henri Matisse" and "Un Grande Verrier" will be presented at the regular meet ing of the Cosmopolitan, club to day in Graham Memorial at 4 o'clock. The Matisse film is based on the life of the contemporary painter, and presents several of his paintings. Matisse has been called the last of the "natural istic painters.". Musical back ground for the film is furnished by Cesar Frauck. Both films were obtained by Genevieve Faucher, Algerian graduate student in romance lan guages, from two bureaus in Washington, D. C. The Matisse movie will be pre sented through the courtesy of the French Cultural Relations society, and "Un Grand VeiTier," the story of a famous glassmaker, through the Audio Visual Franco American company. The latter film will depict the process in volved " in the manufacture of artistic glassware. Card Party Set By Church Group A card party, sponsored by r.c Rosary guild of Chapel Hill, pro ceeds of which will go to i-he building fund of the proposed Catholic church, will be held to morrow night at 8 o'clock in the Veterans clubhouse, it was an nounced yesterday. The party, originally- sched uled for Jan. 31, was postponed to this date because, of bad weather, a club spokesman said. Table and door prizes will be awarded, and refreshments serv ed. The admission charge will be 50 cents. Reservations may be obtained by phoning Mrs. Giles Horney, 3526. Tilly Urges J. Strom To Denounce Klan ATLANTA, Feb. 26. (UP) Mrs. M. E. Tilly, Atlanta church woman, today called on some 600 South Carolina women to demand that Gov. J. Strom Thurmond, S.C., denounce the action of the South Carolina House of Repre sentatives in aDolauding a Ku Klux Klan bigwig last Thursday. FEBRUARY 27, 1949 The Rev. Harry B. Johnson, dean of men, said the affair was a "prank," and that "such things are unnecessary." But one coed said "it was real ly more fun than anything else." The raiders roamed through the building, dumping over beds, upsetting furniture and pulling out dresser drawers. Mattresses were soaked with water and some of the coeds were hauled, kicking and screaming, to the filled bathtubs. Some of the more spirited girls grabbed waterbuckets and doused the intruders. But all was pretty much confusion, for the boys had pulled light switches and si lenced telephones. They even locked the house mother, Mrs. Alma Johnson, in her room. The affair lasted 10 minutes. The boys posted a sentinel and, as Rock Island police approached, he sounded "retreat" on a bugle. The boys scattered into the night and there were no arrests. A similar, raid occurred on the woman's dorm in 1946 and stu dents said the men then had taken a pledge not to give a re peat performance. In the earlier raid, it was said, one male student cut his hand escaping from a window and an other was banged over the head with a chair by a coed. Shapely Footsteps Lament Following Tallulah's Role By Sam Hirsch Louise Lamont, cast as Regina in the forthcoming Playmakers' "The Little Foxes," is following in some famous and shapely foot steps. Cousin Tallulah Bankhead, who created the leading role on Broadway, was very happy to hear that Louise will do Regina early in March. "You certainly ought to be able to do the part," Tallulah told Louise. "In fact, you'll be damned good!" Louise's most vivid memories of Tallulah's performances in this (by now) family play are when she visited her backstage during the run. "We'd be chatting along until it came time for Tallulah's cue to scream at her husband Horace offstage. She'd stop talk ingscream at him then talk again then scream, without Phone o Tuition Plan To Be Aired By Trustees Raleigh Meeting Slated Tomorrow The proposed tuition increase for the Greater University of North Carolina will be a feature in the business of the semi annual meeting of the University Board of Trustees when they meet tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the Capitol building in Raleigh, officials said yesterday. Also slated to be presented at the meeting is the annual report of President Frank Porter Gra ham for the year 1947-1943. The president's report will also in clude reports from the chancel lors of the three branches of the Greater University, W. C. Jack son of the Woman's college, J. W. Harrelson of State and R. B. House of the University here. The special visiting committee for the University at Chapel Hill, headed by Victor S. Bryant of Durham, will also submit its re port of findings here. The tuition increase was rec ommended unanimously' last week by the Executive commit tee of the Trustees when it met in Governor Scott's office in Ral eigh. The increase, if approved, would raise the annual tuition for North Carolina students from $81 to $150 per year and out-of-state students from- $288 to $357. The special Visiting commit tee was appointed by former Governor R. Gregg Cherry and met in Chapel Hill recently to investigate various campus prob lems, including Saturday classes, student automobiles and hous ing. In their report to the Board, the committee is expected to give a decision on the six-day-class week issue. Alpha Phi Omega Holds Ceremony The Rho chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, national scout service fraternity, held its re-installation ceremony at the Baptist church Friday night, installing some 39 new officers. Among the . officers -installed were Dean E. ,L. Mackie and Robert Barrus as co-chairmen of the Faculty Advisory committee. William S. Roth was named chapter president, Henry Osin sky and Bill Prince, vice-presidents. " An' initiation team composed of officers of the Virginia Poly technic institute was on hand to perform the ceremony. Chancel lor Robert B. House received the chapter's charter. Frank D. Wood, national treas urer of the fraternity and re gional director of the Cub scout organization, was the installing officer. LOUISE LAMONT missing a cue or a word of con versation!" However, despite this family theater contact, Louise Lamont has never used her cousin's name to get jobs as an actress. From Birmingham, Ala., where she played with The Blackfriars, she later came to Chapel Hill to work with "Proff" Koch and the Play- y 1 i 9 I F-3371 F-3361 Says He To Kill F Local Representative Expresses Belief That Money Is Available in State Funds "I am not in favor of the proposed tuition increase and will vote to find money to avoid it," John W. Umstead, Orange county representative and member of the Board of Trustees, said yesterday. "I believe that money can be found in state funds m state tunas to avoia raising the tuition without Inter fering with the University's per manent improvement program," he continued. "I do not think the tuition increase is an open and shut proposition. If the legislature is willing to appropriate the funds, there will be no need for an. increase. Umstead, who is also a mem ber of the Executive committee of the trustees, abstained from voting when the committee unan imously passed a resolution fa voring the increase last week. "There is a 'definite need in North Carolina for more teach ers," the legislator said. "How ever, the people who make the best teachers are those who come from the rural areas of the state where they have learned the seriousness of the teacher short age in their schools. The extra money which the tuition increase would require will work against these people." Umstead indicated that he will work towards the defeat of a tui tion increase if such a bill is in troduced in the" legislature. The increase is expected to be con sidered by the Board of Trustees when they meet in Raleigh to morrow morning. The increase, if it is passed, would place a - blanket increase of $69 on the tuition paid by all University students each year. UNC Wins Third In Debating Meet (Special to the Daily Tar Heel) ATLANTA, Feb. 26 The Uni versity of North Carolina and Duke university divided honors here today in the All-Southern Debate tournament, by taking three out of six first-places. The affirmative team of Duke placed second and North Caro lina's affirmative" and negative teams placed third in their re spective divisions. ' The winning affirmative team for North Carolina was Herbert Yates, Rockingham, and David Pittman, Rocky Mount. The win ning negative team was Herb Mitchell and Paul Roth, both of Asheville. This tournament win follows a season for the University of only three losses out of 19 debates. Competition in the tournament consisted of 36 teams from Vir ginia to Mississippi and Tennessee to Florida. makers. Her outstanding perfor mance here was Queen Gertrude in "Proff's" Hamlet. She remem bers that he was 60 and she was his mother at 20, but nobody seemed to mind, least of all "Proff." Last seen here as Mama in "I Remember Mama," Louise plans to live in Chapel Hill with her husband. The village has tender memories for her because she was married here. She has been tak ing courses with the Playmakers just to keep working in the thea ter. In fact, she wrote two one act plays in Sam Selden's class. Louise Lamont will be seen as Regina March 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in a production staged by John W. Parker. Her performance will be viewed by the Southeastern The ater conference to be held here at the same time. WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and not much change in temperature. NUMBER 113 Vote roposal Brosa, Long Plan Concert Here in Hill Recital Slated For Tomorrow . Antonio Brosa, violinist, and Kathleen Long, pianist, will pre sent a concert of Beethoven, Brahms and Stravinsky tomor row night at 8:30 in Hill hall. The duo is sponsored by the Uni versity Music department. Both as soloist and chamber music player, Brosa has given first performances of many new works and has built up a repu tation for interpreting both clas sical and modern works with equal understanding and author ity. He founded the Brosa string quartet in England in 1925, and toured Europe and America with success. In 1938, he disbanded his quartet in favor of solo ap pearances. Brosa came to this country in 1940 to appear with the Philharmonic in giving the world premiere of the violin con certo by the British composer, Benjamin Britten. Since then he has appeared in recitals and with major orchestras throughout the United States, and broadcasted for the British Broadcasting com pany. Miss Long has played at more than 60 national gallery wartime concerts. She traveled in con voy to Iceland in 1941 to give five recitals to the people of Reyjavik. THE WORLD IN BRIEF Utility Strike NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (UP) Twenty-seven thousand utility workers were set today to para lyze New York at 12:01 A.M. Wednesday with a gas and elec tricity shutdown, but govern ment conciliators said tonight they were hopeful that the strike could be averted. Wage Hikes WASHINGTON, Feb. 2G (UP) The CIO said today that its unions will seek major wage hikes, more welfare funds and shorter work weeks in 1949 con tract talks coming up in the next 60 days. Thomas Stricken WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UP) Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, who was to have gone on trial here March 7 for alleged pay roll frauds, suflered a gastro internal hemorrhage today and was removed to the army's Walter Reed hospital. Senators Warn WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UP) Southern senators warn ed today that efforts to curb their right to filibuster against civil rights measures may wreck President Truman's legislative program. Communist Purge PARIS, Feb. 26 (UP) Police arrested suspected Communists on charges of disclosing French military secrets today and the array began a purge of Com munist officers and conscripts. W
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