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U.B.C. Library Serials Dept. Chapel Hill. N. C. 8-31-49 a BACK THE RED CROSS CAMPUS DRIVE BACK THE RED CROSS CAMPUS DRIVE VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 118 Professor W.P. Eaton Opens Theater Sessjon With Keynote Address Professor Walter P. Eaton told delegates to the South eastern Theater conference yesterday that tastes of regional audiences do not differ too much from the masses as a whole. "A play, grave or gay, which is- DODular in Timps Rmiarp will Vwl equally appreciated in Austin, Texas, or Greensboro, N. C," the noted playwright and drama crit ic said. "That is," he added, "it will be if it is done well." Professor Eaton was the key note speaker during the first ses sion of the two-day theater con ference to which delegates were welcomed by Samuel Selden, head of the dramatic art depart ment and chairman on the organ ization of the meet. The affair was held in the Playmakers the ater. At 10 o'clock this morning, delegates will complete the for mation of the Southeastern The ater conference with the election of officers and the appointment of committees. At 11 o'clock Thomas E. Poag will speak on "The Negro in the American The ater," and at 11:30 a series of speeches on the "Theater in the South" will be given. At 12:30 officers will meet for lunch at the Carolina inn. Highlight of the evening sched ule will be the presentation of "The Little Foxes" to which del egates have been invited. In the afternoon "Theater Architecture for a Low Budget" will be dis cussed at 2:15; 'Portable Stage Setting for Touring" at 3:00; "Theater in the Round" at 3:30; and a film: "The Art Director," at 4 o'clock. Professor Eaton's main propos als were: First, to develop loca playwrights by choosing a play written within the conference and to pay the author the usual royalties; second, to bring to the region one or more actors or di rectors from the professional the ater and to let them spend three or four weeks at the college, giv ing them a chance to participate in productions. "Whatever increases student understanding of professional standards improves productions," Eaton said. "This increases audi ence pleasure and so insures the permanence of regional theaters. This will help create a public de mand that colleges be given bet ter playhouses." Garret Leverton, one of the chief editors for Samuel French, Inc., spoke briefly about the condition of the professional the ater on Broadway as he ob served it. "Broadway is just hope less," he said. "The answer to the whole thing is the university the ater." Just Shoot Me GREENVILLE. S. C. March 4, (UP) Night watchman James Seaborn Chambers was dead tired and aching all over when he came home from work this morning. "Why don't you just shoot me?" he joked, unbuckling his pistol and handing it to his wife. She look the pistol smilingly, pointed it at his head and pull ed the trigger. He died instant ly with a bullet through his brain. Mrs. Stella Chambers, 36-year-old mother of seven, ran into the yard shrieking hyster ically. She was taken to Greenville hospital where she told police she thought her 61-year-old husband had been joking. She didn't think he would hand her the pistol if it had been load ed. She was transferred to Greenville county jail pending an investigation. She said Chambers returned from work at about 7 o'clock in the morning and unstrapped his pistol from his uniform. He sat down and complained, "I'm dead tired, aching all over. Here's my pistol. Why don't you j'-isj --'dtizoi rne?" USSR Action Taken in UN With Surprise Policy Question Remains Unsolved LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., March (UP) News of V. M. Molo- tov's removal as Russian foreign minister caught the United Na tions by surprise tonight and left delegates floundering as to' whe ther his removal meant a stiffen ing or an easing of Soviet foreign policy. Eastern bloc delegates turned aside all inquiries with a bluff "no comment" when asked their opinion on the sweeping cabinet changes announced by Radio Moscow. But in the lobbies of this world organization for peace one ques tion recurred in every conversa tion: "What happens to Andrei Gromyko?" Gromyko was replaced last year as permanent UN delegate of the Soviet Union by Jacob Malik, and his career in Russia since has been obscure. There have been reports that he was put in charge of the American section of the Russian foreign of fice and there was speculation here tonight that Gromyko, more popular in the UN than any of his fellows, might succeed to the chief deputy foreign minister post vacated by Andrei Vishinsky who was named in Molotov's place. Informed quarters here were not satisfied that Vishinsky's ap pointment meant Molotov had been superseded in power. There were some who believed that the announcement might portend greater power for Molotov, long considered second in power with in Russia only to Josef Stalin, reports of whose illness are re current. But nobody was willing to say so. Six Firemen Thought Dead CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 4 (UP) A six-alarm fire swept a downtown five and ten cent store today and six firemen were believed to have perished in the the flames. Four firemen were known to be buried in the charred ruins of the three-story structure. A fifth was reported missing, and Fire Chief J. L. McLane said two others were missing. The victims were trapped when a floor of the building collapsed as they worked their way up a smoke - filled stairway. They plunged into the fiery basement where the blaze started. No Housing Shortage 'Tenting Tonight' Before Visitors to the campus were startled Friday afternoon to see six students busily engaged in setting up a tent in front of South building between Old East and Old West dormitories. One elderly man stopped his car in front of South and beckoned to a passing student. "Is the hous ing shortage around here really that serious?," he asked, nodding toward the tent which was al most in position. When informed that the whole thing was only a part of an initiation program of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon the visi tor looked slightly non-plussed, then shrugged his shoulders and drove away. A closser inspection of the stu dent: 'tV''"''!'' -fCl' I " "J? ' THE TANGLED WRECKAGE OF TWO PRIVATE PLANES (indicated by arrows) is scattered about a Culver City. Cal., field, following a crash in which three persons were killed. Horses graze quietly just beyond the plane at left in which the pilot, Herbert J. Conover. 30. Santa Monica, Cal.. met death. The ship caught fire and burned. In the other craft were Earl Powell, 39. and Lloyd Clark, both of Portersville, Cal. The planes collided about 200 feet above the ground, while coming in for a landing at the airfield. Sigma Xi's Will Hear Talk By Psychologist Dr. Arnold Gesell, noted Yale psychologist, will speak on his research in child vision at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in Page auditorium on the. west campus of Duke university, under the sponsorship of the Sigma Xi chapters at Duke, Carolina, and State College. Education Board Asks Insurance Of N.C. Schools RALEIGH, March 4 (UP) The North Carolina Board of Education today asked the gen eral assembly to enact "a law al lowing the state to insure school property. Board officials estimated the self-insurance plan would save North Carolina about $200,000 in its first year, and as much as $400,000 annually once it got un derway. Rates would be fixed at about the same level with those of private companies prior to a recent 25 per cent boost, board Vice-Chairman D. Hiden Ramsay of Asheville explained. The board named a special com mittee to work out details of the plan at its regular . meeting yesterday, Ramsay said. At the same time, the board voted to drop policies with private com panies on its 5,000-bus school fleet. School plants up to now have not been covered by the four year - old state self - insurance plan. Southern Solons Still Confident WASHINGTON, March 4. (UP) Southerners were confi dent today that they can defeat any administration attempt to choke off the Senate's anti-filibuster debate. up the tent might have led the visitor to believe that the campus had just been invaded by a group of doughty prospectors. The stu dents, Ray Hall of Charlotte, J. S. Fletcher of Elkin, Maurice Powers of St. Paul, Vernon Geyer of Chatham, Va., Richard Bowen of Athens, Ga., and Richard Rod gers of Washington, D. C. were in the last stages of their initi ation program as new members of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon. For the last week the pledges have had to refrain from shav ing or having their hair cut; they have had to wear old field clothes, carry an SGE emblem pinned to their shirts or hung around their necks, carry a pack age cf cigarettes fcr.uss by their no lain, di xjul liciiiL win ui Ul- seventh in a 24-city lecture tour that will carry him from New Jersey, south to Georgia, and west to Indiana. Dr. Gesell is a member of the child vision research department! of the Yale school of medicine. ! He has named, through his in vestigations, some 43 stages of childhood. He says that the knowledge of these stages applied to bringing up children will help further democracy. In his research, Dr. Gesell has used over 500,000 feet of film to record systematic moving pic tures of the stages of child de velopment. He says that his rec ords start in the feta stage and run through the first 10 years of life. Norway May Sign Atlantic Treaty OSLO, Norway, March 4. (UP) Norway proclaimed to the world today its determination to join the Atlantic pact and its firm refusal to tie itself to Russia in a non-aggression treaty. The government's action, taken in open defiance of the Soviet Union, was overwhelmingly ap proved by parliament. Denmark likewise prepared to join the Atlantic pact. The For eign Relations Committee of its parliament decided to send For eign Minister Gustav Rasmussen to Washington for talks. South Bldg. fraternity brothers, and one geo logic object or tool such as a hammer, compass, or gunny sack. Many people stopped to watch as the students went about the business of setting up a camp as field geologists, complete with bed rolls for sleeping, a stove for preparing meals and some canned food. After completing the job of setting up the camp, making a drawing of all the paths in the area and cooking their supper over an open fire, the students began the job of taking down the 14 by 20 foot, 300 pound tent and getting back to their dorm itories to clean up and prepare for. the final initiation ceremony which was held at 8 o'clock last Medical Reports Will Highlight Conference Here Addresses and reports by na tionally known speakers and state authorities on present medical care conditions will highlight the second annual State Rural Health conference to be held here next Friday under the joint sponsor ship of the North Carolina Good Health association and the State Medical society. The morning session will fea ture an address by Thomas A. Hendricks of' Chicago, secretary of the Medical Service council, American Medical association. A report on the County Good Health council's program by Miss Charlotte Rickman, Taylors- ville secretary, and addresses by James H. Clark, chairman of the North Carolina Medical Care com mission; Dr. C. Sylvester Green, editor of the Durham Morning Herald; and Dr. Fred C. Hubbard, Rural Health committee chair man, are scheduled. The morning session will be concluded with an address by J. B. Slack, state director of the Farmers Home administration for North Carolina. Following lunch, the delegates will attend discussion groups on such topics as "Rural Public Health Service, "Rural Medical Care," "Rural Community Organ ization,-" and "Rural Maternal and Child Health." Simple Request Reading College Grad's Copy Is Just One of Rex Winslow of the Commerce school faculty recently asked Kip linger magazine for permission to reprint an article from their pub lication which he thought would be of interest to North Carolina merchants. Following are excerpts from the correspondence which took place between Mr. Winslow and Clarence G. Marshall, senior edi tor of the magazine: Marshall: "My uncertainty about the propriety of permitting you to make your own reprints is due largely to a letter of protest we received the other day from a private research organization . . . that thought our article, 'Help for Businessmen From the Cam pus,' constituted an endorsement of the activities of tax supported institutions of learning in the business field in competition with private companies. "I replied that I didn't think it was an endorsement, only a re port of what was being done, . . . but I am not sure I have the right to give the permission to reprint to you which I could not 'extend to a private organization. What is yc-ir cpiri'-n?" Planetarium Machine ady olons' A Listed For For the convenience of students who are not familiar with State legislators from their home districts, a complete list of legislators' names and the counties they represent is furnished below. UNC Receives $4,500 Prize For Research Money to Be Used For Pyrones Work The Research corporation of New York city has contributed $4,500 to the University for the support of a project entitled "Fty rones," under the direction of Dr. Richard H. Wiley of the de partment of chemistry, it was announced recently. The money, in- the form of a Frederick Gardner Cottrell grant, will be used to expand theoreti cal work in polymer chemistry through a fundamental study of the structure of polymers de rived from pyrones. New types of pyrones, which are of current interest as dif ferential cell growth regulators and as anticoagulants in the treatment of intravascular throm bosis, will be studied, Dr. Wiley said. Dr. Wiley is an associate pro fessor of chemistry in the Uni versity. He was a research chem ist with the du Pont Company from 1937 to 1945, when he came to Chapel Hill. He was graduated from the University of Illinois with an AB degree with honors in 1934, took his Master's degree there, and received his doctorate at the Uni versity of Wisconsin in 1937. He was awarded the LLB, at Temple university in 1943. Weaver to Speak On Liquor Monday Fred Weaver, dean of students, will lead a discussion on "Alcohol and the College Student" in an open meeting of the Public Af fairs Committee of the YWCA Monday in the Y Cabinet room. Life's Struggles Winslow: "In my opinion . . . the question is not one of right in a legal sense but one of busi ness policy. Whether the Kip linger organization would be bet ter off in this particular instance by refusing the request of a pub lic client to prevent possible un favorable reaction from a private client, I would not guess. Certain ly I give Kiplinger credit for un derstanding its own interest . . ." Marshall: "There is no question of self-interest involved here. It is rather one of ethics. We cer tainly would not refuse . . . you permission to reprint . . . simply because it might mean the loss to us of private clients. But we would refuse if we thought in giving such permission to a pub lic, tax supported institution, we were doing an injustice to a pri vate organization, whether the latter is a client or not . . ." Winslow: "The second para graph in your letter . . . intrigued me very much. Being one of those fellows who takes an interest in philosophic conundrums and se mantic merry-go-rounds, I was much exhilarated by your adroit (Zez JARqCN, rzze 1) For Instaffofco dresses fudents All University students who have not written letters to their legislators protesting the tuition hike are urged by Student Body President Jess Dedmond to write immediately. Free pens, paper, envelopes, ink and stamps are available at the Y today from 9 to 5 o'clock. Action on the tuition bill is sched uled to begin in a few days, so all students are requested to write as soon as possible. House of Representatives: E. R. Hanfoi'd, Sr. Alamance; Earl F. Little, Alexander; J. K. Dough ton, Allegheny; Hal W. Little, Anson; Todd H. Gentry, Ashe, R. A. Shoemaker (R), Avery; LeRoy Scott, Beaufort; C. Wayland Spruill, Bertie; Dr. D. H. Bridger, Bladen; Odell Williamson, Bruns wick, J. E. Divelbiss, Buncombe; Leslie H. -McDaniel, Buncombe, Roy A. Taylor, Buncombe; O. Lee Horton, Burke; Hugh Q. Alexander, Cabarrus; E. T. Bost, Jr., Cabarrus; J. T. Pritchett, Caldwell; J. W. Jones, Camden; H. S. Gibbs, Carteret; W. C. Tay lor, Caswell; Harry VanderLin den, Catawba; T. Fleet Baldwin, Chatham; J. ;H. Duncan, Chero kee; J. H. McMullan, Chowan, Fred D. Pass, Clay; B. T. Falls, Jr., Cleaveland; Jn K. Powell, Columbus; Burl G. Hardison, Craven; F. M. Averitt, Cumberland; Troy A. Fisher, Cumberland; E. R. Johnson, Cur rituck; D. L. Hayman, Dare; L. A. Martin, Davidson; J. N. Smoot (R), Davie; Lewis W. Outlaw, Duplin; Dan K. Edwards, Dur ham; Robert M. Gantt, Durham; Ben E. Fountain, Edgecombe; Winfield Blackwell, Forsyth; J. McRae Dalton, Forsyth, F. L. Gobble, Forsyth; H. C. Kearney, Franklin; James Boyce Garland, Gaston; Carl W. Howard, Gaston; Clarence P. Hathaway, Gates; Dennis Massey, Graham, Thomas W. Allen, Granville; A. C. Ed wards, Greene; Shelley B. Cave- ness, Guilford; Walter E. Crissman, Guilford; O. Arthur Kirkman, Guilford; Clyde A. Shreve, Guilford; Jo seph Branch, Halifax; Howard E. Parker, Harnett; G rover C. Davis, Haywood; R. Lec Whitmire, Hen derson; C. Gordon Maddrey, Hertford; H. A. Greene, Hoke; C. L- Bell, Hyde, John F. Mathcson, Iredell; Frank 11. Brown, Jr., Jackson; Ronald Hocutt, Johnston; G. Troy Page, Johnston; G. N. Noble, Jones; Robert W. Dalrymple, Lee; Marion A. Parrott, Lenoir; M. T. Leatherman, Lincoln; C. S. Slagle, Macon; Clyde M. Roberts (R), Madison; A. Corey, Martin; Roy W. Davis, McDowell; Mrs. Wal ter G. Craven, Mecklenburg; Mrs. Joe Ervin, Mecklenburg; Robert Lassiter, Jr., Mecklen burg; Harvey Morris, Mecklen burg; Warren H. Pritchard (R), Mitchell; J. P. Wallace, Mont gomery; H. Clifton Blue, Moore; C. SettleBunn, Nash, Thomas E. Cooper, New Hanover; J. Ray nor Woodard, Northampton; Carl V. Venters, Onslow; . J. W. Umstead, Jr., Orange; T. J. Collier, Pamlico; Noah Bur foot, Pasquotank; J. W. Whit field, Pender; Clarence W. Phil lips, Perquimans; R. L. Harris, (See LIST, page 4) Square Dance Set Tonight by Church All University coeds who feel the urge for a little of that good old mountain music will be more than welcome at the Presbyterian church square dance tonight, caller Bill Stephan said yesterday. Work to Begin Next Tuesday, Marshall Says Has Been Stored In Woollen Gym Installation of the $75,000 Zeiss planetarium instrument' in the Morehead building will begin Tuesday, Dr. Roy K. Marshall, director of the plan etarium, announced yester day. The instrument, which has been stored in Woollen gym since its arrival, will be set up under the 58-foot dome by Dr. Marshall and planetarium technician Tony Jensano. The main part of the intricate projection equipment towers 10 feet above the floor. Some 250 smaller projectors are inset in the main body of the in strument. Dr. Marshall estimated that it would take until the middle of April to get the machine adjust ed, although the installation of the main part will take only about two days. The large pro jector weighs about 2300 pounds, while the entire machine, when assembled, will reach nearly three tons. Other work is moving "very fast" now, Dr. Marshall said. As phalt tile flooring is .being laid in the main auditorium, and seats will be installed after the floor ing is done. The auditorium will seat 492. Painting of the dome is also in progress. The main part of the projec tion instrument, which arrived in 14 separate crates, has already been given a trial run to test motor and operation. Dr. Marshall said it took about two weeks to assemble the machine for the test. The projector, one of five such instruments in the U.S., is cap able of projecting 9,000 stars, the visible planets, the sun and the moon in all their movements, the aurora borealis, meteor showers and all else that can be seen in the heavens. Hoyle Will Speak To Air Reservists Lt. Com. V. A. Hoyle, profes sor of mathematics, will give a lecture on navigation at the reg ular meeting of the Naval Air Reserve unit on Monday night at 7:30 in the NROTC armory annex, Lt. R. E. Simpson, officer in charge, announced yesterday. Pet Dog Case OXFORD, Miss- March 4 (UP) Bramleit Roberts, law professor at the University cf Mississippi, won the first legal skirmish today over his stu dent in a court case involving the death of a pet dog. Almost the entire law class turned out for the student ver sus teacher case before Justice of the Peace Arthur Huggins. The dog was owned by Jesse B. Holleman, junior law stu dent and state legislator from Stone county. Miss. Holleman filed suit for $100 damages against the Taxi company in volved in the accident. The company hired Roberts to handle the case. Holleman called his wife as a witness. An ex-debater, the student painted a picture of the animal "lying dead in the street" because of the driver's negligence. Holleman then declared that cab owners were protected by insurance. Roberts challenged the statement as being outside the record. Huggins sustained Roberts and declared a mistrial. "This is not over." HoUe man said. "Ill sue again at 6ctti3 Mite ciala."
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