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CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1949
Phone F-3371 F-3361
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Alaska Jobs
Are Not Open
This Summer
Office Swamped
With Inquiries
By Margaret Gaston
'"He's upstairs in his igloo chew
ing on a piece of whale blubber,'-"
was the reply given to students
who wanted to see Dick Fleming a
few weeks ago. It seems that
Fleming's popularity increased
three-fold about a month ago
when he was quoted as being an
authority on a "get rich quick
plan."
Fleming, senior from Green
ville, was hired as an unskilled
laborer by the Alaskan Railway
Co. last summer to the tune of
$300 a week, plus room and board.
Tookie Hodgson, senior from
Murfreesboro, Tenn:, interviewed
him, and sent a story to the state
papers pointing out the lucretive
opportunities offered in Alaska.
The Daily Tar Heel also ran his
story, as did many other college
papers.
The results were amazing,
Hodgson said. He reported that
both he and Fleming have re
ceived about 40 inquiries each re
questing further information on
job opportunities in Alaska.
However, Joe Galloway, direc
tor of Placement Service, has this
to say about summer work in i
Alaska. "If you want a summer
job, DON'T go to Alaska." '
As a result of Hodgson's article,
the Placement office has been
swamped with inquiries estimated
by the staff to be close to 2,000,
Galloway said. This figure in
cludes those persons who have
been by the office two and three
times to check on latest reports,
as well as the long distance calls
and several letters from other col
leges. ,
Immediately after the inquiries
started pouring in, the Placement
Service wrote to the Alaska Rail
road in Anchorage, wmich is un
der the United States Department
of the Interior. Its director of
personnel reports:
"Many students from all over
the United States as well as the
University of Alaska are planning
on employment in Alaska this
coming summer with the Alaska
Railroad, other government agen
cies or private contractors. Many
of these students have been dis
couraged from taking such a step
principally because of transporta
tion and other costly expenses in
volved, and the lack of definite
assurance of employment upon
arrival. ... Our employment
policy is to give first preference
to residents of Alaska, even on
seasonal jobs.
"The employment of all addi
tional persons for the construction
season is accomplished by hir
ing locally those persons avail
able at the time the vacancy
exists. . . ."
The report of one general con
tracting firm in Fairbanks, Alas
ka, is typical of information re
ceived from private employment
sources. Galloway said.
"The majority of our personnel
are locally hired through the va
rious unions. Wc do not send out
ride for other personnel unless
the local supply is exhausted.
"At the present time, the local
unions are not accepting any new
members and will not accept any
new ones until the majority of
their paid up members arc work
ins."
Commenting on the general
summer employment picture, Gal-
(See ALASKA page 4)
Frolics To Begin
Friday Afternoon
The 1949 May Frolics will b
gin Friday afternoon when Skitc
Henderson and his orchestra pr.
sent a concert in Memorial Ha'
from 2 until 4 o'clock. The ar
nual affair is being sponsored b
seven fraternities on campus an
will last throughout the weekenc
Two formal dances wiU be play
ed by Henderson. The first, or
Friday night, will get underway
it 9 o'clock in Woollen gymna
sium and will last until I o'clock.
The second dance will begin at
o'clock on Saturday night and
will last until 12 o'clock.
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JUDGE JOHN J. PARKER
Judge Parker
Will Address
Fleece Meet
Post-Tap Banquet
Set Monday Night
Judge John J. Parker of Char
lotte will speak privately next
Monday evening at a post-tapping
banquet in honor of those
this year whose leadership, serv
ice, and integrity meet the quali
fications for membership in the
Order of the Golden Fleece.
Judge Parker, Fleece member
himself who graduated from the
University in 1907, has been a U.
S. circuit judge since 1925. Re
publican nominee for governor in
1920 and President Hoover's nom- '
inee for the U. S. Supreme Court, '
Judge Parker has served on the
Board of Trustees since 1921 and
headed the Alumni Association
in 1932. In 1943 the Americar
Bar Association awarded him itf
highest honor for "conspicuou
service in the cause of American
jurisprudence."
What some people consider tc
be the University's most impres
.ive ritual, the tapping will be
Sin promptly at 7:45 o'clock nex
Monday evening in Memorial
Kail. Because of the suspense o
the ceremony the doors will be
locked the minute the tapping
tarts. It is advisable that any
one who wishes to see the cere
nony or to attend the Valkyrie
sing which follows the tapping
mmediately should -be in hit
eat before 7:45 p.m.
After the reading of the myth
of Jason and his quest for the
Golden Fleece to symbolize he
"oic achievement, black-robed
figures will stalk the darkened
auditorium, seeking the men who
ire to be honored. After this
procedure the Order will disclose
the names of its officers for the
first time this year.
There will be no limit to the
number of men who may be tap
Ded since the current roster of
Fleecemen select their own suc
cessors on the basis of the per
centage of men students on cam
pus deemed qualified.
In its 48 years, the Fleece has
already honored 452 people. Its
roll lists such prominent digni
(Ste FLEECE, page 4)
Scampering Over The Lawn '
Phi Delts Entertain Orphans
From Eton With Easter Party
By Leonard Dudley
Thirty-six children from the
Christian Orphanage at Elon Col
lege were entertained at an East
er party by the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity yesterday afternoon at
the fraternity house on Pittsboro
road.
For an hour after their arrival.
'".e children scampered over the
wn in search of Easter eggs
at had been hidden by mem
irs of the fraternity. After all
e eggs had been found prizes
ere awarded to the three find
ig the most eggs. Prizes includ
d three large cellophane-covered
askets complete with an Easter
-abbit and candy eggs.
Later the children were enter
tained in the large living room
of the house by a five-piece band
composed of Hubert Teer and
Fuller Glass, banjos; Bill Har
ward, guitar; Vernon Suitt, ac
cordin; and Dwight Carden, bass.
Publication
Gets Praises
From Review
Quarterly Hailed
In Benet Article
The Carolina Quarterly, cam
pus literary magazine, was hailed
by the Saturday Review of Litera
ture of April 9 as a "cultural
venture a chance for poems and
stories and a hieh standard of
writing."
William Rose Benet, noted au
thor and critic, writing a column
entitled "The Phoenix Nest" for
the Saturday Review, saluted the
committee "which launched the
Carolina Quarterly at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, N. C, where Paul Green
the, playwright says there is a
great chance for such a publi
cation." Benet drew a parallel between
the beginnings of the Quarterly
arid the Carolina Playmakers,
saying "all of you will remember
the Carolina Playmakers in the
days of Tom Wolfe and 'Prof f
Goch. Here is another cultural
venture a chance for poems and
stories and a high standard of
writing. The NEST grabs its
bonnet off to the new Quarterly.
May it thrive!"
The Quarterly, organized last
year by a group of students after
the Carolina Magazine had been
voted off the campus, is under
the editorship of Roy C. Moose
Emily Sewell is the Business
manager of the publication which
appears in November, February
and May of each school year.
Di Will Discuss
Banning of Coeds
At Senate Meet
A lighter note will be struck
tonight when the Dialectic Sen
ate debates the merits of clos
ng the University of North Caro-
ina to women students.
The resolution to be discussed
jy the Di members and the visi
tors at 9 o'clock in the Di hall in
New West building proposes that
women be sent to the Woman's
College in Greensboro.
The complete text of the reso
lution to be presented by Sam
Manning, chairman of the Ways
ind Means Committee, resolves
1. That the University of North
Carolina at Chapel. Hill be re
turned to its original function of
serving only qualified males in
the field of education.
2. That the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro be expanded to
adequately take care of those
women who wish to receive
training at the Greater Univer
sity. 3. That women be admitted on
ly to the School of Pharmacy and
those other schools which cannot
be found at other state institu
tions in North Carolina.
4. That all dormitory space now
occupied by women here be used
for occupancy by the male stu
dents. 5. That this arrangement go in
to effect in the fall of 1950.
Chancellor House, who was a
special guest, joined the band
for five numbers and then was
prevailed upon to render a solo.
Later refreshments were served
to the children on the lawn. When
asked if he were having a good
time, Ben Black, aged 9, answer
ed, "Yes. We had a good one
here last Christmas too!
"I didn't expect these though,"
he added, exhibiting a half pint
of ice cream, four Easter , eggs
and two pockets bulging with
cookies.
Before 5 o'clock, when the
party was supposed to end, many
of the children were already get
ting onto the bus for the return
trip to Elon. A fraternity member
who knew that there were more
prizes to be distributed, asked
them to come back to the house.
"No thanks," replied one tousled
headed little fellow, "We've had
enough to eat, thank you."
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STANDING ON THE PORCH of the White House. President
. Truman is all smiles as he receives his annual American League
pass for the '49 season from Calvin Griffith. 2nd, while Clark
Griffith, Washington Senators owner, holds handbag containing
pass for nation's First Lady. Renowned for his "switch-pitching,"
the Chief Executive tossed the firBt ball at opening game
in Washington yesterday. (International Soundphoto)
University Club Plans
Big Entertain Program
Campus Sing, Carnival Night Are Part
Of Series; Sing To Be Made Permanent
The University Club, in a splurge of spring activity,
yesterday announced that it was planning two events of
campus entertainment for the near future, a Campus Sing
and a Carnival Night.
The Campus Sing, scheduled
for Sunday night, will be a com
munity sing and a skit by the
Monogram Club called "If Men
Played Cards as Women Do," a
well-known one-act play.
University Club spokesmen said
they hoped the Campus Shfg
would become a weekly event,
with: a skit put on each week
by a different campus organiza
tion. The Monogram Club show
will feature a football trio of
Joe Romano, Joe Gurtis and Joe
Cospito. The fourth actor, neither
a footballer nor a "Joe," will be
swimmer Norm Sper.
The show will begin at 8
o'clock and last approximately
one hour. The scene is the Forest
Theater.
Carnival Night is scheduled for
one week from Friday April 29.
The time is 8 until 11 o'clock
and the place is Woollen Gym
nasium. .
Each organization on campus
has been asked to participate in
the event by operating a carnival j
concession. The University Club
will award a trophy to the group
with the best-executed and most
original idea.
A meeting will be held at 4
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in
Roland Parker lounge of Gra
ham Memorial of all persons in
charge . of. concessions. The floor
plan for the carnival will be
drawn up at that time. "
Rings Available
In Y Tomorrow
Students will have their last
chance to order class rings to
morrow when Lee Blackwell,
Eastern Carolina representative
for the L. G. Balfour Co., will be
present in the Y from 9 o'clock in
the morning until 4:30, said Dou
gald MacMillan, chairman of the
ring commission here.
Orders for senior rings will be
taken at that time, and complaints I
on orders placed previously will
be handled, MacMillan said.
This year's ring sale' has ex
ceeded all past records, he said,
with a total to date of over 600
rings sold. "The most ever sold
here never exceeded 300 rings,"
MacMillan said.
CP Legislators
Will Meet Today
A meeting of Campus Party
legislators for this afternoon at 4
o'clock was announced yesterday
by V. C. Taylor, newly elected
chairman of the party. The meet
ing will be held in Roland Parker
lounge 1, Taylor said.
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Radio Auditions
To Be in Swain
At 2 Tomorrow
The Radio Department of the
University announced the open
ing of its annual radio auditions
beginning 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon which will be held in
the student production studio in
Swain Hall.
Talent is being sought for 23
15-minute student dramatic
shows to be produced in the Late
afternoons from April 27 through
I May 27, the department an
nouncement said.
Interested students are invited
to bring any script they particu
larly would like to read, though
they will be asked to also read
material that will be provided at
the time of audition.
The auditions, and shows are
j being produced under the direc
tion of the Radio Department, a
department spokesman said.
Those chosen to appear on the
shows will be able to hear the
tape-recorded productions played
back and will receive construc
tive criticism from the director
and instructor, the announcement
said. .
Mind Reader, Extraordinaire
Student Entertainment Committee
Presents Hypnotist Polgar Tuesday
By Charlie Gibson
Franz Polgar, the amazing hyp
notist who became a campus sen
sation last year by working
pranks .on students whom he had
imagining themselves either four
ears old, stuck to their chairs,
or drunk on water, is coming
back next week.
An admission-free preformance
for University students to be
sponsored by the Student Enter
tainment Committee in Memorial
Hall at 8 .o'clock next Tuesday
evening will mark Polgar's fifth
appearance on campus. The "Mir
acles of the Mind" showman came
here first in 1940, again in 1942
and then was brought back for
two shows that had enthusiastic
audiences packing Memorial Hall
for two consecutive weeks last
year.
Everywhere in America that
"The Amazing Dr. Polgar" has
appeared his telepathy and hyp
notism has turned disbelievers in
to magic converts. William Engle,
DC Submits
Three Famous
Dorm Names
Daniels, Gardner, .
Wolfe Suggested
A recommendation that A, B,
and C dormitories be named for
Josephus Daniels, O. Max Gard
ner and Thomas Wolfe was pass
ed by the.Interdormitory Council
Monday night. The recommen- ;
dation will be submitted to Chan
cellor Robert B. House.
The action was taken after
council members had nominated
a total of seven possible persons
for whom the new dorms might
be named. Other names included
James Polk, Horace Williams,
Andrew Jackson and J. Melville
Broughton.
Pete Gems, Council president,
said that council members nomi
nated the various names last
week and consulted residents of
the dormitory areas on their
preference during the interval.
The three men, for whom the
Council has suggested the dormi
tories be named, are famous in
the state, the nation and the
world, Gerns said. Daniels, late
publisher of the News and Ob
server, was Secretary of Navy un
der Wilson and served as Am
bassador to Mexico under Frank
lin Roosevelt. During his life
time, he was a close friend of the
University.
Gardner, also a University
Alumni, was governor of North
Carolina and had just been ap
pointed Ambassador to Great
Britain when he died suddenly
Wolfe, a native of Asheville, is
world famous for his novels and
other contributions to the liter
ary world. He attended the Uni
versity from 1917 to 1920 and
died in 1938.
Dick Walker, student dormi
tory advisor of Lewis, was elect
ed to represent the IDC on the
University Housing Committee.
This move came about after
James Wadsworth, University
Housing Officer, spoke before
the IDC and stressed the impor
tance of the (Committee knowing
student opinion on various hous
ing problems.
Roy Armstrong, chairman of
the Housing Committee, invited
the Council to elect a student
representative to the Committee.
TMA Meeting Set
To Discuss Picnic
Town Mens' Association presi
dent Nelson Taylor yesterday ask
ed that all TMA members be
present at the regular bi-weekly
meeting of the Association to
morrow afternoon at 4:30 in Gra
ham Memorial to help complete
plans for the joint Town Men
Town Girl picnic to be held at
Hogan's Lake Friday, April 29.
i science editor of the New York
World-Telegraph wrote, "Polgar
floored the professors of psychol
ogy at New York University in
their tests. It was, they agreed,
an. undeniable demonstration of
thought transference."
The respect in which Dr. Pol
gar is held is indicated by the
fact that he is the only member
of his profession listed in "Who's
Who in America." The hypnotist
himself claims that his unusual
power to read other people's
! thoughts first came to him when
he recovered his memory after
a half year of mental unconscious
ness following a head wound on
an Italian battlefield in World
War I.
Back to the University by pop
ular demand for another of his
skows in which "mirth is mixed
with magic," Polgar will conclude
the Student Entertainment Com
mittee program for the current
year, according to SEC chairman
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iviacKie sworn
Asks Cooperation
In All Branches
By Charles McCorkle
Bill Mackie, sworn in at 9 o'clock last night as new presi
dent of the student body, sent out a plea for cooperation
and conscientious work in all branches of student govern
ment for 1949-50.
Talk Contest
0
Deadline Set
By Mackie
Seniors Eligible
For Mangum Medal
E. L. Mackie, Dean of Award3
and Distinctions, yesterday issu
ed final notice to interested sen
iors of the deadline for applica
tions to the Wiley P. Mangum
oratorical contest.
Seniors who will graduate be
fore the end of the winter quarter
1950, are eligible, he said. Those
seniors interested are urged to
contact Earl Fitzgerald (Chi Phi
house), chairman of the Debate
Council, at once. Titles of the
speeches are to be presented to
Fitzgerald as soon as possible, he
said.
Dean Mackie said that several
students have already filed appli
cation for the contest which will
be held here on the evening of
May 17. He emphasized the fact
that this will be the last time any
mention will be made of applica
tions. .
Manuscripts are to be turned in
on the evening of the contest,
1,200 to 1,500 words in length and
typewritten. The choosing of a
subject will be left to the student,
Mackie said.
This is the second annual Man
gum medal award since the war
began, the Dean said. Mangum's
late wife, of the class of 1815, first
established the award in 1878.
The deceased Mangum was a for
mer University graduate, an ex
cellent speaker, North Carolina
judge and Senator.
Originally, the medal was pre
sented to tho member of the sen
ior class who, during the four
years prior to graduation, exhibit
ed the best qualities of oratory,
debating and scholarship. Renew
ed last year after eight years, it
is now offered on the basis of a
single contest held before gradua
tion. Leary Calls Caucus
Of UP Legislators
The University Party legisla
tors will meet in caucus this af- j
ternoon at 3 o'clock in Roland i
Parker lounge 2 of Graham Mem
orial. UP Chairman Joe Leary
said there would be a discussion
of tomorrow night's Legislature
meeting.
Scotty Venable. This committee
in student government is appro
priated funds by the Student Leg
islature to bring popular enter
tainment to the campus. Students
are now admitted free to all SEC
sponsored performances which
this year have been by such art
ists as Hazel Scott, the Trapp
family singers, Joseph Fuchs, and
Charles Weidman's dance ensem
ble. However, faculty members, stu
dent wives, and townspeople are
also admitted to features on the
SEC program upon purchase of
tickets at 75 cents each at the
doors of Memorial Hall, opening
at 7 o'clock. Venable has stated
that this policy will be in effect
again next Tuesday for the Pol
gar demonstration although he
plans to reserve most of the room
in the auditorium for another
capacity student crowd because
of the mind reader's popularity
here in the past.
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Mackie, speaking before an au
dience of more than 100 people
in the hall of the Dialectic Sen
ate in New West Building, listed
a program of eight points to be
carried out to improve campus
government through the coming
year.
They were:
1. Improvement of the judici
ary branch, the understanding of
the Honor and Campus Codes by
all students.
2. Legislators should consider
carefully all legislation going
through their hands, and should
vote in the best interests of stu
dent government.
3. Improvement of the execu
tive branch in its carrying out of
the laws passed and to be passed
by the Student Legislature.
4. A smoother working elec
tions set-up.
5. More efficiency in the hand
ling of student finances.
6. A more effective orientation
program.
7. Furthering of the aims and
achievements of the Greater Uni
versity Student Council.
8. Bringing coed government
closer to student government as a
whole. To see that the Coed Sen
ate ' works closely with the re
quirements of the constitution
and appropriates wisely.
Some 80 officers took the oath
of office last night, including
Vice-President Ted Leonard, Co
ed Senate Speaker Patricia Den
ning, Secretary -Treasurer Nat
Williams,, members of all the
councils, the Legislature, Coed
Senate and other officials.
Pat Denning called for a three
point program in reference to
coed government in her address
to the assembly.
Sho asked for (1) Definition
of the powers of the Coed Senate,
(2) Inter-cooperation between
coed government and 'sludt-nt
government, between the Legis
lature and the Coed Senate, and
(3) Subsidiary coed organiza
tions to be self-sufficient finan
cially. Retiring President Jess Dod
mond delivered the first addrc
on the program. He called the
past year "a road of great pleas
ure and one of hard work."
"Student government." Dcd
mond continued, "is like being
married to a possessive woman.
It holds your heart and it dc
(See INAUGURATION, page 4)
AROTC Review
For Inspection
Held Yesterday
Led by the Field Music band
and demonstrating the precision
of West Point cadets, the Air
ROTC unit went through its
paces on Navy field yesterday for
its annual yearly inspection and
final drill period of the spring
quarter.
The unit was inspected by a
team from the Continental Air
Command at Mitchell Field, New
York. Inspecting officers were
Col. G. S. Brown, Maj. J. J. Har
ris and Maj. T. A. Scott, Jr.
The inspection was followed by
a full-dress formal review with
the inspecting officers taking tho
review along with Col. Byron R.
Switzer and his staff and special
guest, Bill Mackie, new president
of the student body; Gene New
ton, president of the UVA; Col. F.
Carlylo Shepard; and Col. Robert
L. Fowler.
Col. Brown said that he was
well pleased with the review,
adding: "The unit has made ex
ceptionally good progre ss si nee
it was established here two years
ago. I think credit for this should
go to the people in the depart
ment and in the whole institution
who have supported it."
The unit is commanded by Ca
det Col. Paul J. English; Cadet
Lt. Col. Robert M. McAllister; Ca
det Maj. Robert A. Gray; and
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