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lfliiiiriiiiiiil-f Serials Dept. Chapel Hill, N. C. 831-49 EDITORIALS Presidential Question To The Barricades Shorten Commencement EE WEATHER Cleaxingr and warmer. VOLUME LVII CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 135 JDD rV oil '2 $ -' fl III I Irs. 5 f II I i AN A El 'Egggg- 1111 t 1 II Fuchs Concert For Tuesday Joseph Fuchs, one of the top-ranking violinists of today, will be presented by the Student Entertainment committee next Tuesday in Memorial hall at a concert that will be admission-free to all University students. fifth feature in the SEC program for this year. This committee is appropriated funds from student block fees as a part of student g'.vernment for the purpose of bringing quality entertainment to the campus. While all students will be ad mitted free upon presentation of I.D. cards, Scotty Venable, SEC chairman, has also stated that fac ulty members, student wives, and townspeople will be allowed to purchase tickets for 75 cents each when the doors open at 7 o'clock. Joseph Fuchs is a renowned virtuoso. As soloist with major orchestras including several ap pearances with the New York rnunarmonic - symphony, m a series of New York recitals, and in summer festival engagements at the New York stadium, Phila-! delphia's Robin Hood Dell, Wash-! ington's Watergate, and Chicago's Grant park, Fuchs has been in constant demand for many years. Born in New York city, Fuchs is the oldest of five children of whom two others besides himself have distinguished themselves in the musical world his violinist sister Lillian and his brother Har ry, solo cellist of the Cleveland orchestra. On tour Fuchs plays a famous Stradivarius, dated 1722, and an example of the famous Cremona master's art. It is known as the "Cadiz" from the city in Spain where its one-time owner lived; it is also called the "Cannon" be cause of its powerful tone. Di Wants Change In Constitution A resolution calling on the North Carolina Congressional delegation to introduce an amend ment to the United States consti tution making illegal the pa3' ment of a poll tax as a pre requisite for voting will be de bated by the Di Senate tonight at its regular meeting at 9 o'clock on the fourth floor of New West, Sam Manning announced yester day. Under the constitution congress is powerless to make the payment of a poll tax illegal, Manning said. "To attempt to pass such legislation would only result in a southern filibuster and the in definite delay of important legis lation," Manning said. There will be an important ex ecutive session of the Di at 8:15 and all members are urged to at tend, Manning said. The meeting is open to visitors and everyone is welcome. Number Change Swain hall has new phone numbers. Officials in Ihe busy campus center were in a stale of confusion yesterday when the new numbers went into effect, for the 40 phones on ihe building phone exchange were silent. Their new numbers, ihe people whose phones were sileni want ihe campus io know, are: for ihe Extension division and ihe Playmaker business office. F-471; ihe Sym phony socieiy and Cancer so ciety, F-472; Film library. F 473; and ihe Communications center and Radio department. F-474. New Chapel Hill phone books, listing ihe new numbers, will be issued in ihe near future. Night Varied Exhibit Is on Display, In Art Gallery Work by Davis, Is Art Feature Emma Lu Davis, guest sculptor of the University of North Caro lina has the feature exhibit in Person hall here for this month, which includes sculpture, done in wood and terra cotta, pencil drawings and water colors. Miss Davis has her own in dustrial design shop in Los Ange les to which she commutes, fly ing her own plane. She has held exhibits of her work at Peiping Institute of Fine Arts in China, and in New York at the Boyer galleries, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Architectural league, the Woodstock gallery, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The wood designs include heads, animals and figures. One of the figures is that of a dancing girl, which has been mass-produced by machinery from the original model. This figure appears in several shades from black to light brown. The wood was treated with lacquer to produce the effect of ebony touched with silver. The water colors of Miss Davis include illustrations of furniture which she designed. The furni ture designs include tables, chests, cabinets and a bed, all are done on simple lines and could be made from native material. She also has a pencil drawing of a skull to illustrate technique in medical illustration. Ewing to Speak In Gerrard Hall This Afternoon "Morals and Politics" will be the subject of Prof. A. C Ewing, lecturer in moral philosophy at Cambridge university, in a talk in Caldwell hall at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The noted lecturer conducted a seminar at Duke university yes terday where his subject was "Naturalism and non-Natura lism". He was invited t to speak at the institutions by the philoso phy and political science depart ments of the schools. Professor Ewing holds degrees from Oxford and Cambridge uni versities and is well-known for his books on morals and his speaking tours throughout Eng land, the United States .and Canada. Cosmopolitan Club Tour Purring TVA Power Is The Tennessee Valley authority power plants, a scene of "sleekly shining and purring power, made one feci humble." Such is the impression seven visitors to the TVA installation in and around Knoxville received as they stood within, the walls of tho Watts Bar dam nine-story high steam power plant Satur day morning. The dam, located on the main Tennessee river between Knox ville and Chattanooga, provides the services of its, flood gate, hy droelectric plant and navigation locks to the surrounding area. "We saw the locks in action they opened -to allow a rowboat and its fisherman passenger to go through," smiled Ken Lawry, Speech Medal To Be Given This Spring Mangum Award Is Again Available The Willie P. Mangum Medal of Oratory, once the most co veted award to be offered at the University, will be offered to sen iors this spring, according to Earl Fitzgerald, 'chairman of the De bate -.: council. Won last year by Bob' Coulter, first post-war recipient of the award, the medal will be open to seniors graduating through the winter term of 1950. Candi dates for. the award may choose their own subject for the oration, which must be from 12,000 to 15,000 words in length, the title of which must be submitted to Earl Fitzgerald, (Chi Phi house), before April 15. The award was established in 1878 by the late Misses Mangum, of the class of 1815. Originally the medal was awarded to the mem ber of the senior class who, dur ing the 4 years prior to gradu ation, exhibited the best qual ities of oratory, debating, and scholarship. Renewed last year after eight years, it is now of fered on the basis of a single con test held before graduation. A list of the distinguished cit izens of North Carolina who have won the medal in the past is, ac cording to Dean Fred Weaver, "probably the most impressive list of winners of any one award at any university in the country." Included 'in the list are: Rob ert Winston, noted writer and judge, and the first student to enter the University following its reopening after the Civil war. , Charles Aycock, N. C. educator! and governor; Dr. E. D. Alder man, former president of the University, Tulane, and the uni versities of Texas and Virginia; Dr. E. K. Graham, cousin of Sen ator Graham and former Uni versity president; Judge John J. Parker, member of the Board of Trustees and one of the judges at the Nurenburg trials; William B. Umstead, U. S. Senator and chairman of the N. C. Demo cratic party; Dr. Albert Coates, professor of law and founder of the Institute of Government; and, Fred H. Weaver, University dean of Students. Sale of Invitations Will Cease Friday -The selling of senior invitations ftryttrcrOrder of the Grail,- which began March 28, will be com pleted in the Y building Friday, Bob Kirkland, chairman of the senior commencement invitations committee announced yesterday. The invitations will be sold today and tomorrow and from 9 until four o'clock and Friday until 10 o'clock. Money should be paid when the order is taken, Kirkland said. graduate student here from De von, England. Lawry was one of the seven cosmopolitan club members, and one resident of B dormitory who drove the group to Knoxville, to make the trip. . . Members of the club who traveled to the TVA site, Eliza beth Angel, Newfoundland; Kath leen Goldie-Smith, England; Ishu Bangdiwala, India; Mogcns Blcg vad, Denmark; Gus Arteaga, Chile; Shanti Vora, India and Lawry, were driven there by Jim Kupperman, grad student from Wilmington, Del. The Cosmopolitan club, com posed of foreign students wishing to become further acquainted with America and Americans, I . inx if V'T' fay I I 7 4 vv f--yf r'-v s$a ' ' - i- L... " 'iimtumiYiiWrrrrii'iifi -r GUEST SPEAKERS ai ihe MIT ihree-day convocation of educators and scientists, Winston Churchill (left) and Harold Stassen, University of Pennsylvania president, lalk ihings over. In his speech, Stassen urged a "MacArihur Plan" for Asia under which ihe U. S. should invest a billion dollars a year io block the spread of Communism. YMCA Selects Magill President At Meeting Sam Magill, rising senior from Shanghai, China, last night was elected president of the YMCA for the coming year. A sparse crowd of approximately 17 members turned out for the elections held in Gerard hall. Stickers Ready For Car Owners Under New Plan The new permanent parking permits for University faculty, staff, and physically disabled stu dents are ready for distribution at South building. Faculty mem bers should apply, to Mrs. Harrer at the Information desk and phys ically disabled students should see Ray JefTeries in the office of the dean of students. For parking in "staff" areas and other restricted areas, this new sticker will replace the "A" red stickers which arc now in use. The "A" red stickers will not be valid in Staff areas after April 9. Anyone who has an "A" rod sticker who is not eligible for a permanent sticker may use the "A" sticker in the areas other than "staff' areas. Student Recital Set in Hill Today There will be a student recital this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hill hall, and the public is cordially invited. The program is as fol lows: "Variations," in E minor, Handel, and "Sonata," in D minor, Beethoven, played by Charles Somers, pianist; "Capriccio," in B minor, "intermezzo," in A minor, and "Capriccio," in D (minor, all by Brahms, played by I William Waters, pianist. Humbling undertook the TVA tour as part j of their orientation in this coun Jtry. Plans for further trips are siiu io dc completed. The visitors were impressed by the SDlendor of the entire project, j the three Ococc dams, the Norris dam on the Clinch river, and the Ft. Loudoun dam. A visiting Englishman once called the Tennessee Valley au thority plan "socialism at work; evidence of the value of success ful government control competing with private enterprise." As Ken Lawry put it, speaking of the hydroelectric plants, "See ing that silent power was sort of terrifying. Sleekly shining and purring power made one feel humble." A hurry-up election saw three of the five on the ballot filled by acclamation. Only one position was contested strongly, that of vice-president. A second ballot was necessary before Charlie Gib son won over Ed McLeod. Other officers elected were Charles Bartlett, elected by ac clamation, for secretary; A. C. Mangum, treasurer, who ran against Charlie Fox; and an Ad visory board composed of Dr. Harry Wolfe, Dr. Bernard Ander son, Dr. Claiborne Jones, and Dr. I. G. Greer. The meeting, presided over by President Peter Burks, saw a con stitution ratified by the members. This constitution is a revision of and supplants the old one of 1932 The newly elected president, Magill, expressed disappointment over the small number of mem bers present and the apparent lack of interest on the part of the absent members. Magill said that he was going to work for a "wider, bigger, and better christian society on this campus, making for better cam pus government, more student activity and more student sup- oort." on the Political Front The Weatherman-No. 1 on the Purge List WELL, HE DID IT AGAIN. The weatherman, that is. After predicting "fair or partly cloudy and a little warmer," he pro ceeded tosend us a drizzly, cold day, which would probably knock the"bejesus out of the rural vote in a national or state election. But on the campus yesterday, according to Elections board officials, poll-keepers, poll-watchers and various and sundry politicians, the vote was heavy. At this writing, we don't know how heavy, but we think we can safely say that it went over 3,000. And a number of people think it went close to or over 4,000. Certain party politicians were reportedly whooping it up yesterday morning at the unexpected change in the weather and the number of voters it would keep away from the polls. But unless all reports received up to this time are completely in accurate, the balloting was heavier than usual. Run-Off Elections Set for Next Tuesday A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES AND POLITICOES wiped their brows and breathed sighs of relief yesterday that it was all over. But for many, it was just the beginning. For they were the ones who still had the run-offs to sweat out. The three candidates who could have been lying under a tree taking it easy yesterday were inside keeping out of the rain, but they were still taking it easy. For Dick Jenrette, Bill Claybrook and Norm Sper there were no worries. All they had ahead of them was the task of raising their right hands and taking the student government oath of office a week from next Tuesday. And of course, a year of hard work after that. Whole House Now Studying State Budget Measure Calling For 418 Million RALEIGH, April 5 (UP) The North Carolina House of Rep resentatives today went into a committee of the whole to dis cuss the $418,000,000 road bond referendum bill. Rep. John Umstead of Orange county and Rep. Rober-C, Kiser of Scotland county fought in vain to keep the house from taking the appropriation bill apart line by line. Umstead said all mem bers knew the controversial parts, and they should be brought on the floor for discussion. Kiser said the bill should be passed in toto or rejected and sent to the Senate. The move opened up the pos sibility of a long fight over the budget. On the road bond issue, the vote was 92 to 4. Speaker Kerr Craige Ramsey left the stand to vote for the bill. The action still left the threat of a prolonged fight between the 1 house and senate over the ques tion of whether the people will have to vote a tax on themselves to get the bonds. House members voted 60 to 36 last night to defy the senate's attempt to have those issues voted on together. That vote came despite a warn ing by Ramsey that they might provoke a stalemate which would result in destruction of the whole program. Bills for elections which could vote in liquor in a number of North Carolina communities now dry reached the house floor today. They provide for ABC elections in 13 cities and one county. Debate Tryouts Slated Tonight Tryouts and final selection of members of the debating squad which will attend the Grand Na tional Forensic tournament at Fredricksburg, Va., April 13-16, will take place tonight at 8 o'clock in Roland Parker lounge 2, De bate council executive secretary Blanton Miller said yesterday. Dramatic, poetry and . address reading, impromptu after, dinner, declamatory and extemporaneous speaking will constitute jthje quali ties to be judged. Miller said. with Charles McCorkle P Nominee urpnse In Campus Vote Lowenstein, Leonard Are Running Neck-and-Neck; Tied At 2 A.M. Wiih no more than 200 or 300 more votes to be counted at 2 o'clock this morning. Bill Mackie hung on to a whopping , lead for the presidency of the student body, while Al Lowenstein and Ted Leonard were tied for the vice-presidency. Mackie had 1.071 votes to keep his lead over Dick Gordon with 609 even though ballots were still pouring in from the town men's districts, Gordon's UP stronghold. Charlie Long was running third with 553. In third place for the vice-presidency, was Banks Talley who had 693 votes. Tom Kerr and the Burns-Whitsett team were running a neck and neck race for the Tarnation editorship. : By Charles McCorkle Dick Gordon was swamping his opponents in the men's town districts, Bill Mackie had swept the men's dormitories, and Charlie Long appeared to be" the man on the outside look ing in on the presidential race at 1 o'clock this morning as late returns from yesterday's general campus election rolled in. CP Candidates Lead in Race For Assembly Early incomplete returns from the first ballots counted last night for seats in the Student legisla ture showed the Campus party leading the balloting with nine candidates ahead, the University party is second with five and the Student party trails with four.- In the ballots counted in Men's dorm district 1, Dan Ashby (CP) with 191 votes is leading with Jack Rock (CP), 171 votes, and Charlie Trent, (CP) 186 votes for the three seats available. They are followed by Dick Penegar, (UP), 156, Roy Parker, (SP) 129, Jim Hix (SP) 127, and Bill Skin ner (UP) 120. For one six months term, Hal Darden has a nice lead over his opponents with 200. He is followed by Mac White (UP) 107, andJJ. Beale (SP) with 33. In Men's dorm district 2, Jim Montague (CP) is leading with 267. He is followed by Herb Yates (SP), 194 and Graham Jones (SP) 183 . for the three seats. Ed Wil liams (CP) 171, Harry Buchanan '(UP) 163, Toby Selby (CP) 148, John Stump (UP) 141 and Walter McCraw, (SP) 103 are trailing. For the six months term, Bill Jones (CP) has a slight lead of three votes over John Hough (SP). Jones polled 139 to Hough's 136. Jack Niles (UP) trails at 122. (Sec LEGISLATURE page 4) Winn Keeps Lead In Senior Race Al Winn CP-SP endorsed can didate for the presidency of the senior class maintained a steady lead last night over UP candidate Ed Tenney as final votes were counted. When the Daily Tar Heel went to press, Winn was ahead of Tenney 331 to 232. In the vice-presidential race, Don Van Noppen (UP) was lead ing with 218 to Hugh Johnson's (CP) 189 and Pete Burks' (SP) 152. Amecia Eure (UP) held a lead of 24 votes over Anita Gates (SP) in . the race for secretary. Eure polled 215 to Gates' 191. Morris Knudson (CP) trailed with 142! Harvey Johnson (CP) held a good lead over his nearest op ponent Jim Twine (UP) of 247 to 197. Nat Swann-(SP) brought up the rear with 176. Allison Pell and Muriel Fisher (UP), co candidates for social chairman were leading with 250. They were followed by Tom Boney (SP) with 176 and Clyde Smithson with 143. has margin The vote was much lighter than it seemed during voting hours yesterday. The nearest estimates that could be made set it aw somewhere between 2,500 ana 3,000 votes Gordon, the University party candidate, was gradually catch ing up to Bill Mackie, the Stu dent party standard-bearer, as more returns came in from town. Mackie was holding a lead of 947, while Gordon had 735. Long, run ning on the Campus party ticket, was back in the rear with 553 votes. v Which candidate would be ahead when the final ballot counts came in could not be definitely predicted, but Gordon and Mackie were the two heading for next Tuesday's run-off election, at any rate. The vice-presidential race was also in pretty clear-cut shape. Ted Leonard (UP) was leading with 843 votes, and that lead was in creasing steadily. Running second and heading for the run-off was Al Lowenstein (SP), close behind with 809 ballots. Banks Talley (CP) was third with 607. In the ballot battle for the post of secretary-treasurer, Nat Will iams, backed by the UP and the CP, was running true to form with a good lead over John Sand ers (SP). Williams had 825 votes to Sanders' 585. And in the race for the editor ship of Tarnation, Tom . Kerr, another double-endorsee, wasn't doing so well. Kerr, running on an SP-CP ticket, was trailing co editor candidates Charlie Burns and Lem Whitsett by a close mar gin, but Burns and Whitsett, with 267 votes, were expected to swamp their opponent when the rest of the town vote came in. Kerr had 261 votes. Presidential candidate Gordon, who was confined to his bed all day yesterday with a high tem perature, turned up at Graham Memorial at 10 o'clock last night when the first indicative results were coming in. At 1:15 this morning, Gordon, ready for bed again, had no comment to make on the election. Mackie, the SP entry in the (See ELECTIONS page ) Graham Assignment WASHINGTON, April 5 (UP) Sen. Frank P. Graham (D-N.C). recovering from ill ness, today was assigned lo the Senate judiciary commit tee and Ihe post office and civil service committee. The newly-appointed senator was named lo the important judiciary committee on request of Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D N.Y.). who asked to be re lieved from duty on the group. Wagner has been ill and inac tive for several years. y Y :e ie ie y n' it k h n P d ,r it n r. t
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