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Bryant Says System j
Would Be Detrimental
(Special to the Daily Tar Heel)
RALEIGH, Feb. 28 Saturday classes in Chapel Hill were
disapproved today in a report by the special visiting com
mittee to the Board of Trustees at their semi-annual meet
ing here.
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In
a written report submitted i ;
by Chairman Victor S. Bryant,
the committee said it had found
that "a very large majority of
both the faculty and students be
lieve that the six-day system
would be definitely detrimental
to the University.
"Instituting a six-day week in
hope of curbing the week-end
exodus," the report continued, "is
too drastic a measure if it is going
to hamper the serious and best
efforts of the University."
The committee also refrained
from any specific stand on stu
dent - owned automobiles. The
problem, they decided, is being
handled capably by the campus
University safety committee.
The committee members re
ported, however, that they were
"reassured to find that the ad
ministration is prepared to rec
ommend at any time it considers
necessary an outright prohibition
of the operation of cars by stu
dents who do not need them for
transportation to the campus or
for other reasons."
In a discussion of faculty needs
in Chapel Hill the report urged
an increase in salaries in order
to meet actual living needs and
to meet competition among col
leges and universities.
A need for additional teachers,
especially in the philosophy, ac
counting, and geology depart
ments was noted. More faculty
mjl advisers for freshmen and sopho-
In the field of faculty-student
relationships, an improvement
was reported. The committee rec
ommended, however, "that the
administration re-emphasize its
policy of encouraging the facul
ty both to be hospitable to ad
vances bv students and to take
the initiative in establishing ac
auaintances bv conferences and
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in all natural and. becoming as
sociations on the campus."
Low Temperatures
Cover North State
By United Press
A snow flurry at Asheville was
yesterday's reminder that North
Carolina isn't through with win
ter yet.
A trace of snow hit the mountain
City early today but wasn't
enough to stick on the ground.
The weather bureau predicted
gub-freezing temperatures m in
J terior portions of the state to-
A night with similar chill on the
coast. For central ana western
North Carolina the mercury was
expected to his between 22 and
28 degrees. On the coast the
weather bureau predicted tem
peratures of 28-35.
Last night the mercury sagged
to 17 atop Mt. Mitchell, 33 at
Asheville, 36 at Winston-Salem, 39
at Raleigh and Charlotte and
46 at Wilmington. Today's fore
cast called for clearing skies with
considerable wind, fair and cold
er tomorrow. No rain or snow
is in sight, the weatherman said.
Break 'em Down
RALEIGH, Feb. 28 (UP)
Repair crews re-hung the
doors of Frank Thompson
gymnasium on the North Car
olina State college campus to
day after angry students de
nied admission to a dance had
ripped them down.
United Press
CPU Debates
U.S. Economy
At Roundtable
disinflation' Is
Topic of Meeting
The political and economic im
plications of the so-called "dis
inflation" of the American econ
omy was the topic of discussion
at the regular roundtable meet
ing of the Carolina Political
union Sunday night.
Henry Adams, sociology ma
jor, started tne discussion witn
a report on specific instances of
price decreases, unemployment,
the economic role of the gov
ernment, and concluded that the
present situation would not like
ly develop into a major economic
collapse.
Various participants leveled
criticisms at the basic, particu-'
larly steel, for making a large
contribution . to our troubles.
Others characterized the affliction
as "too much government" and
called for a return to "capitalism
and freedom."
The majority indicated that
the government must continue
to exercise a considerable amount
of economic influence in terms
of legislation on unemployment
compensation, social security, and
similar things.
Herb Alexander, chairman of
the union, announced the ad
mission of Henry Goldstein and
Jack Hopkins to membership' in
the pinion. He also stated that
there are several membership
vacancies and that anyone inter
ested in becoming a member
should attend the regular Sunday
night sessions in the Grail room
of GM.
Pan-Hel Tryouts
Will Open Today
Try-outs will be held today and
tomorrow at 5 o'clock in the Ren
dezvous room for a melodrama
to be included in the Pan-Hellenic
variety show, to be held March
26, 27, and 29, president Feme
Hughes announced yesterday.
What's Her Problem?
Southern Belle, Style Of 1900
Has Versatile Coed Worried
By Sam Hirsch
"To be, or not ' to be, that
is tne question. Ddiuaia iuu-
tyre, attractive monae junior
from Goldsboro, is faced with
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this dilemma in her portrayal
of Alexandra, 17-year-old daugh
ter of Regina in "The Little Fox
es," the Carolina Playmakers
production opening tomorrow
night at 8:30 in the Playmakers
theater.
Barbara, sociology major, will
make her first appearance with
the Playmakers in this part. She
loves football, the movies, cokes,
music, the beach, dances, likes
to design and sew and make
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clothes, and wears DODDy soctu,
and sweaters.
What's her problem? How can
a modern 1949 coed understand
Frank Graham
Makes Report
On University
Pearsall Praises
.
Annual Statement
(Special to the Daily Tar Heel)
RALEIGH, Feb. 28 "Critical
self-examination of our Universi
ty," Dr. Frank Porter Graham
said today in his annual report to
the Board of Trustees, "reveals
deficits in the number and quali
ty ot our stalls, inadequacy in
guidance, and shortages in class
rooms, libraries and laboratories.
"We also find," he continued,
"a comparative lowness of salar
ies, short funds for extension ser
vices, lack of funds for scholar
ships, fellowships, professorships,
travel, publications and for ap
plied and basic research."
ine report, distributed m
booklet form to board members,
was termed "one of the greatest
documents ever' compiled" by
Thomas Pearsall, board member
from Rocky Mount.
The report, 83 pages in volume,
included individual reports from
Chancellor W. C. Jackson of
Woman's college. Chancellor J
W. Harrelson of State and Chan
cellor R. B. House of Chapel Hill.
The present salary scale for the
University, Dr. Graham pointed
out, is not only at the bottom of
all such scales in the Association
of American Universities, but is
below other Southern institutions
which have not been admitted to
the association.
"This crisis of the faculties," he
said, "is a crisis for the youth, the
people, and the future of North
Carolina."
"We have too few scholarships
in all three institutions," he con
tinued, "Despite the need for and
the aspirations of high-talented
students, too many of them find
the door of college unequally
closed because, with all their will
to work, the scholarships are not
provided for them at the three
institutions of their own state
university."
"History teaches beyond the
denial of bigotry or the sneer of
cynicism that the "answer to a
difference in color or creed is
not the KKK, is not tomatoes and
eggs, is not a concentration camp,"
Dr. Graham asserted in a dis
cussion of the freedom of the
mind versus totalitarian dictator
ship, "the answer to error is not
terror, but the cleansing power of
light and liberty under the laws
and the Constitution of the Unit
ed States of America."
"To be American in the great
(See GRAHAM, page 4)
and sympathize with a crinoline
Southern belle of 1900? "To be,
or not to be?" Barbara said.
"Alexandra grew up with all
those mean characters all around
her. Looks like all the meaness
there is in the world is right there
in that house, in her own mother
too, yet she seems to be un
touched by it all. I can't under
stand why any girl 17 years old
could never see those things go
ing on. I think I would have seen
them."
However, she is enjoying the
contrast her part has to the rest
of the cast. "She's so sweet and
they're so mean," she said, that
it's a relief to be playing Alex
andra." She is lodging forward to
the audience sbecause she loves
the excitement.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY,
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n Dormitory Fire
GAMBIER, Ohio, Feb. 23 (UP) The president of Ken
yon college set the death toll at nine today in the fire which
destroyed the 122-year-old men's dormitory here.
Presidont Gordon K. Chalmers
said hope for six missing stu-!
dents had been "given up" and
one of two others critically in
jured had died. More than 15
students received minor burns in
the fire which was discovered at
4 o'clock in the morning.
Chalmers said it probably
would not be safe to search the
ruins until late today when the
embers had cooled. He estimated
damage at $1,000,000.
The dead were identified as
Edward H. Brout, 19, Mt. Ver
non, N. Y., and Marc S. Peck,
Fenton, Mich., both of whom
died of injuries . suffered when
they jumped from windows to
escape the flames; Ernest Ahwa
jee, ,19, Akron, O.; Albert J.
Louis, 19, Hazelton, Pa.; George
Pincus, 19, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Stephan M. Shephard, 19, New
York, N. Y.; Colon Woodworth,
20,-Jamaica Plain," Mass.; and
Martin E. Mangel, 17, New York,
N. Y.; Jack McDonald, Hamilton,
O.
One of the injured students in
the hospital said he saw Ahwajee
dragging a fire hose into the
basement of the blazing building
at the height of the fire.
Louis was last seen at 8
o'clock when he told friends:
"I'm staying here for the week
end." College officials said they had
abandoned hope for Pincus who
last was , seen in bed by his
roommate, shortly before the lat
ter jumped for his life.
Ten other students were in
serious condition and, more than
15 were treated for minor injur
ies. Most of the injured were
hurt when they jumped from
windows of the three-story
building or clambered down the
ivy-covered walls.
Firemen said the fire appar
ently was started by sparks from
an unprotected fireplace after a
party in the dormitory lounge.
Chalmers said the college vol
unteer fire department was ham
pered by the lack of water and
could do little to halt the spread J
of flames. When the school's res- j
ervoir tank went dry the fire
fighters had to take water from!
a nearby well.
There was no panic during the
blaze and Chalmers commended
the students for their behavior
and the way they helped each
other. About 75 students were
temporarily housed in other
dormitories and private homes.
Firemen said the students' in
the buildings' two wings man
aged to save their personal be
longings but that those in the
central section where the fire
started lost everything.
Freshmen May Sign for W.C. Dates
To Class Dance in Y Lobby Thursday
Members
class who
dates with
girls for
of the freshmen
want to arrange
Woman's College
the forthcoming
freshman dance may do so by
coming to the Y lobby tomor
row or Thursday between the
hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. A
representative of the class will
be in the Y lobby to take the
names of any freshman who
would like a date arranged.
Final plans for the dance, to
be held here on April 9, were
MARCH 1, 1949
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tudents Die
Phi to Debate
FEPC Tonight
in New East
Is First Issue
On Civil Rights
President Truman's proposal for
a Fair Employment Practices
Commission will be debated by
the Philanthropic assembly in
Phi hall, New East at 7:30 tonight.
A resolution introduced by
Bryan Griswold, if passed, would
put the Phi on record as opposing
the FEPC as "detrimental" to
the nation.
The FEPC bill is the first civil
rights issue to come before the
Phi -this year. Last year the Phi
voted in favor of a federal anti
lynch law, and by a tie vote
failed to pass a resolution for
the admission of Negro students
to the University.
If the Congress passes an FEPC
law, no employers engaged in
interstate commerce could deny
employment because of religion,
color, or creed.
According to press reports orig
inating in Washington last week,
Southern Congressmen will sup
port a revision of the Taft-Hartley
bill and permit passage of an
anti-lynch law, and Northern
Democrats will agree to shelf
the FEPC.
, A special invitation has been
sent to the local chapter of the
Students for Democratic Action
to send supporters for the FEPC.
Tonight's meeting will be the
last discussion program of this
quarter since election of officers
has been scheduled for next week.
Speaker Dave Sharpe will con
tinue his practice of extending
the privileges of the floor to vis
itors. Philological Club
To Hear Sisson
Professor tCha'rles J. Sisson,
j visiting professor in the English
I department, from the University
' of London, will read the paper
"The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth"
at the Philological club meeting
in Gerrard hall this evening at
7:30, club president George R.
Coffman, announced yesterday.
The lecture is open to the pub
lic, Coffman said, as well as club
members. "The lecture will be
over in time for those who wish
to attend the Weil lecture by Dr.
Robert Mclver at 8:30," he said.
aGg....IauF-$frob TH HMMH RI
made at a class meeting of the
officers and council members.
President Dalton Ruffin said
that if any admission were
charged it would be less than
$1, stag or drag, adding, "This
dance is for the freshman class
alone. If it is to be a success we
need the wholehearted support
of every member. We are hop
ing to have a large number of
girls present, because without
a sufficient number no dance
can be a real success."
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Bill to Exclude
Red Students
Is Brought Up
Wilmington Man
Authors Measure
(Special to the Daily Tar Heel)
RALEIGH, Feb. 28 A resolu
tion which would prohibit any
person who is member of or affil
iated with the Communist party
from being enrolled or employed
by the University of North Car
olina was introduced at the semi
annual Board of Trustees meet- J
ing here today.
The resolution, introduced by
Jack LaGrand of Wilmington,
was referred to the trustees' ex
ecutive committee for action and
report at the board's June meet
ing. The amendment to refer the
resolution to the committee was
made by L. P. McLendon of
Greensboro.
LaGrand is also the author of
the 1941 Legislature bill an in
terpretation of which Chancellor
R. H. House used recently to
prohibit John Gates, Daily Work
er editor, from speaking in Mem
orial hall.
LaGrand, in introducing the
resolution, stated that he had
learned that a "group of students
in Chapel Hill' had invited a
Communist, whose name he did
not remember, to the campus to
speak.
He added that he had been
alarmed by this and other actions
in Chapel Hill, and therefore felt
that his resolution should be
acted upon.
Court Ruling
Favors Union
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UP)
The Supreme court today ruled
6 to 3 that four North Carolina
cotton mills must let employes
use a community hall for union
meetings. ',-' : !
But it decided that the National
Labor Relations board must re
write an order, stating more ex
plicitly the terms under which
the CIO Textile Workers union
may use the hall.
. The decision affected the mill
town of North Beimont, N. C.
where workers' houses and the
three public buildings are owned
or controlled by the Stowe Spin
ning Co., Acme Spinning Co.,
Perfection Spinning Co., and Lan-
ford
have
Mills,
joint
Inc. The companies
ownership.
First Appearance
NROTC Students Receiving
X-Rays in Mobile Apparatus
A mobile X-ray unit from the
United States Navy Medical de
partment arrived here last Friday
and is now in the process of
making X-rays of the 240 students
in the Naval science program,
the instructors in the depart
ment and their families.
Commanded by Lt. (Jg) J. W.
Hooper, Jr. HM First class Ed
ward Johnston, and HM Third
class Arthur Depaemelaere, the
unit is one of two that has been
put into operation since the war.
"The Naval department requir
es all personnel to have one
chest X-ray, a-year," Lt. Hooper
said yesterday, adding, "This unit
makes it possible for us to take
the X-rays at a much lower cost
per take." This is the first ap
F-3371 F-3361
Group Ballots 58-15
For Increased $81
By Bill Buchan
RALEIGH, Feb. 23 The Greater University of North
Carolina Board of Trustees approved the proposed tuition
increase from $69 to $150 here today by a vote of 58 to 15.
The vote on the issue, however,
Campus Drive
Of Red Cross
Opens Today
Will Continue
Through Friday
An extensive campus-wide
campaign to raise funds for the
Arnerican Red Cross will open
here today and continue through
Friday, Co-Chairman Bill Pritch
ard and Dick Gordon .announced
yesterday.
No goal has been set for the
university this year, but drive
leaders asked everyone "to con
tribute with the spirit of giving
to a worthwhile cause."
With plans already mapped out
for them, some 90 solicitors will
contact individually all- dormi
tory, sorority and fraternity
house residents with the purpose
of enlisting and renewing ARC
memberships. With each $1 con
tribution, a membership card will
be issued while a donatibn of
any amount will merit a lapel
button.
Co-Chairmen Pritchard and
Gordon have initiated a "check
list" plan whereby a contributor
will be contacted only once. Red
Cross workers will be on duty
in the YMCA lobby from 9 to
12 o'clock every morning, to
morrow through Friday. Pritch
ard said that the booth is being
set up "especially for. town stu
dents who wish to contribute."
Mrs. Mable Brittain, local field
secretary for the ARC, reported
this week that the Chapel Hill
chapter has served through its
home service 1,404 cases in 1948.
Of these, 1,264 were veterans
and their dependants, 95 were
service men, and 45 were, civil
ians,' she added.'
'Elijah' Recording
WW'S? Presented
' The'rocording of Mendelssohn's
i.t ML-uu..-i.-.wm.i.
"Elijah," which was presented in
January by the Chapel Hill Chor
al club, will be played for club
members at 7:30 tomorrow night
in the Swain hall studios of the
communications center. This will
be the
only opportunity lor
s members
to hear the 'recording,
iclub officials said yesterday.
pearance of such a unit at the i
University, but according to Lt. i
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nooper li win ue un wiaudi al-
fair.
"Regular size X-rays took more
equipment and cost from $3 to
$4 each," Hooper said"With this
unit we can not only take them
cheaper but also faster. This one
is capable of turning out 600 a
day if we can get that many
people."
Operating out of Bethesda, Md.,
the unit has made visits to the
University of South Carolina and
Duke. Other places that are sched
uled for visits by the unit in
clude Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt,
the Naval Air station at Birming
ham, Ala., Panama City, Fla.,
J Tampa, Miami, and Key West.
BACK THE
RED CROSS
CAMPUS DRIVE
NUMBER 114
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did not show the bitter fight
which divided the board mem
bers when they met in the hall
of the House of Representatives.
The trustees' approval -was
given in a resolution by member
Frank Hancock which stated that
' the recommendation of the ex
ecutive committee and the Ad
visory Budget commission be ap
proved by the board."
John Sprunt Hill of Durham
amended the resolution to rec-
ommend the approval of the in-
crease tor the present emerg
ency." That was the amended bill
which passed.
Judge John J. Parker of Char
lotte lead the anti-increase forces
in their battle against the move.
"It would be foolish," he stated,
"to abolish the policies we follow
ed through the years and make
this a rich man's college."
Parker wanted a committee of
five persons appointed to study
the proposed increase and the ad
visability of free tuition for North
Carolinians.
He charged that "instead of hav
ing a free institution we are pro
posing to raise our tuition rates
to the third highest in the United
States." The well-known jurist
then read a comparison of tuition
rates and fees for all state uni
versities. Supporters of the proposal,
however, argued that while they
were supporting the tuition in
crease, they were doing so reluc
tantly. Members pointed out con
tinuously that any state funds
which might be used to avoid the
increase would inevitably come
from University funds delegated
for use elsewhere.
Major J. P. McLendon of
Greensboro, who was the main
spokesman for the raise,' said
a refusal to raise tuition would
hurt the North Carolina public
schools.
"I would estimate that 30 per
jcent of the freshmen who enter
ithe University fail because of
poor public education. The for-
cotton man. he said, "is the Door
; tMphm. surPiv no one would
suggest that we jeopardize the
public teachers and the Univers
ity faculties by refusing to raie
their salaries."
"There is no worthwhile boy
orr girl in the slate," he con
tinued. "Who cannot go to the
University if he wants to on a
$150 tuition basis."
Controller William D. Carmich
ael, Jr., who presented the tuition
raise in his report, admitted that
there were many University stu
dents "hanging over the cliff"
at the present time.
"However," he stated, "no boy
or girl will be forced out of col
lege because of this increase.
yrQ
will not allow it."
John W. Umstead of Chapel
Hill, who came out in opposition
to the increase Saturday, main
tained his stand in the meeting.
"The time comes," he said, "when
(See TUITION, page 4)
Staff Meeting
There will be an important
meeting of lhe Daily Tar Heel
staff at 4 o'clock this after
noon. All staff members whose
names are listed on lhe mast
head and those who have
recently joined lhe staff are
required lo attend.
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