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VOLUME LVII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1949
Phone F-3371 F-3361
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- WITHOUT FANFARE. THE 15-TON BOTTOM SHELL (arrow) of the nation V first atomic feir
craft carrier U lowered onto keel blocks in a 1.000-foot building dock at Newport News. Va. The
65.000 ton ship, to be christened the "United States," will cost $188,000,000. Construction of the
carrier had been opposed by the Air Force on the grounds that it was an invasion of its field of
long-range siategic bombing.
Air Force Cadet Team
Interviewing Students
An Air Force Cadet team, Jieaded by Maj. James R.
Wilson, is now on campus interviewing qualified students
for training with the 14th Air Force, Col. Bryon R. Switzer
announced yesterday.
: 1 A "goodly . number" of students
Members of BSU
Schedule Opening
Of New House
' After weeks of painting and
decorating, members of the
Chapel Hill Baptist Student Un
ion will hold the grand opening
of their new student house on
Sunday afternoon from 3:30 un
til 5 o'clock.
The student house, or apart
ment, composed of three large
rooms and a kitchen, is located
in the wooden frame house across
the street from the Baptist
Church.
The grand opening will take
place in time to welcome back
the Chapel Hill delegates to the
North Carolina B. S. U. Spring
Conference, which is taking place
in Durham this week-end. Rep
resenting. the University of North
Carolina are the newly elected
officers of the. B. S. U., who will
leave for the conference Friday
afternoon.
Officers attending the retreat
will meet Saturday morning for
commissions held for the presi
dents, vice-presidents, secretaries,
and treasurers, respectively, of
the B. S. U. organizations of the
colleges and universities in the
state. Representatives will make
reports of the work done at their
colleges during the preceeding
year and will elect the state B.
S. U. officers.
Welcoming back their represen
tatives to the conference, mem
bers of the University's B. S. U.
will open the student house and
begin the many activities which
will ' take place in the student
house instead of rooms in the
Baptist Church. Their weekly
Sunday night Supper Forum will
be held in the new location at
6 o'clock Sunday night, under
the direction of the newly elected
forum chairman, Don Shropshire.
.Royall Out
WASHINGTON, April 21.
(UP) President Truman today
announced the long-rumored
resignation of Army Secretary
Kenneth C. Royall but did
not disclose his successor.,
The President told his news
conference that the lanky
North Carolinian, who more
than once has been at odds
ith administration policy, wiu
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were processed yesterday and it
is hoped that many more will
come down today, Capt. Francis
S. Holmes, public information of
ficer for the unit, reported last
night. The results of the exami
nations have been "highly grati
fying" so far, Maj. Wilson, who
is in charge of the program, said.
Male students between the ages
of 20 and 26 and one-half years
who have two or more years of
college, or who have the ability
to pass an examination design
ed to measure the equivalent,
will have an opportunity to pro
visionally qualify for flight train
ing with the 14th Air Force.
The Cadet team is equipped to
give all preliminary examinations
and students who qualify will
only have to complete an inter
view and pass a physical exami
nation before being accepted for
flight training, Col Switzer said.
Students who are accepted will
receive their basic flight train
ing in Texas. Those who suc-
i cessfuny complete the course will
be given their wings and com
missioned 2nd lieutenants in the
Air Force Reserve after only 12
months of training. They will go
on active duty upon graduation
and can earn pay and allowances
in excess of $4,000 annually, Col.
Switzer reported.
Students interested in applying
for training should report to the
Air ROTC building behind the
law school before 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
'It Is Our Fault'
Leonard Tells New Legislature
Apathy Not Fault of Students
By Charles McCorkle
Ted Leonard, newly-inaugurated
vice-president of the stu
dent body and speaker of the
Student Legislature, told that as
sembly last night "it is our
fault" that students are "just
not interested in student govern
ment." Leonard" addressed a special
session of the body which held
the first meeting of the Seventh
Student Legislature in the hall
of the Dialectic Senate.
"All of you have, undoubtedly
run into the same type of thing
I have," Leonard' told the group.
"Students just aren't interested
in student government. I - be
lieve that is not the fault of
the students, but is our fault.
"Our job is not just to meet
here on Thursday nights," the
new speaker .continued. , "We.
must find out what the students
want and then carry out their
Sanborn Elected
Bruce Sanborn, holdover
member to the Men's Honor
Council, was elected chairman
of the council at a meeting last
night. Sanborn is from Gas
tonia. Pete Gerns, graduate mem
ber from Canton, Ohio, was
elected clerk of the council.
Committee Says
Dances, Concerts
Under Its Rules
Both May Frolics dances and
the ..Saturday afternoon concert
wil be governed by Dance Com
mittee rules, it was announced
yesterday.
Rules for the weekend events
include:
1. Any girl desiring to leave
the dance hall during the evening-
dance with the intention of
returning must be accompanied
by a chaperon.
2. All persons showing signs
of drunkeness or bringing liquor
to the dance will be dealt with
at the discretion of the Dance
Committee.
3. No smoking or serving of
refreshments are allowed on the
floor of Woollen Gymnasium.
The committee emphasized that
the rules apply in both Memor
ial Hall and Woollen gym. Tickets
should be ready at the door, so
as to facilitate the work of the
doormen.
The committee announced that
a booklet, "So You're Going to
A Carolina Dance," is now avail-"
able for imports and may be
obtained from members of the
committee. It also announced that
the flower custom will be in ef
fect at the two dances.
wishes."
Leonard said students seem to
"ascend to a higher plane" when
they are elected to office. "If
anything," he said, "they should
descend to a lower plane. They
are servants of the student body
and should serve humbly."
Bill Miller, retiring chairman
of the Orientation Committee
and a former member of the
Legislature, spoke to the group
at the request of Leonard and
retiring President Jess Dedmond.
Miller told them that contrary
to rumor, student government
was not "on the rocks. It is alive
and functioning daily."
Legislator Al Lowenstein, ad
dressing the final session of the
old Legislature, moved that a
gavel be presented to retiring
Speaker Pro Tempore Joe Leary
for his service to the assembly.
The motion passed unanimously.
Back to Class
Students7 Strike Ends
At New York College
NEW YORK, April 21 (UP) The five-day-bid strike
of students at City College of
the few pickets still parading
in their classes today.
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Archeology Is
Subject of Tak
By Di Bennett
Educator Speaks
At Gerrard Meet
The importance and value of
interpreting archeological' re
mains in Peru, Columbia, Equa-
dor and various other South
American countries was stressed
by Dr. Wendell C. Bermett of
Yale University in an address
given here last night in Gerrard
Hall at the University of North
Carolina. '
The address was sponsored as
part of the annual Pan-American
Week festivities of the cam
pus by the Institute for Latin
American Studies and the North
Carolina chapter of the Arche
ological Institute of America.
This was Dr. Bennett's first visit
to the University in Chapel Hill.
He" was introduced by Dr. John
Gillin, professor in the Depart
ment of Sociology and Anthropol
ogy at the University.
Dr. Bennett was scheduled to
meet informally with several
student groups Friday morning,
these sessions being arranged by
Dr. S. E. Leavitt, Director of the
Institute of Latin - American
Studies. v
Using 70 slides, maps and vari
ous illustrations, many of which
were in color, the well-known
anthropologist gave several ex
amples as to what can be dis
covered by studying pottery re
mains in one particular area.
Trailers, Spaces
Under Rent Control
All trailers and trailer spaces
except those used exclusively for
transient occupancy are again
under rent control according to
Forrest A. Pollard, Director-Attorney
for the Chapel Hill area.
This announcement was made
as a result of the Rent Control
Act that came into effect on
April 1, 1949, and means that
all trailers must be registered at
once at the local rent control
office.
'Repple People"
Hirsch Production Will Include
Plenty of Authenticity, Realism
By Ed Moss
In all their stage productions
the Carolina Playmakers strive
to obtain a high degree of au
thenticity, A new high in real
ism has been reached in Sam
Hirsch's full length original play
"Repple Depple" which will be
presented in the Playmaker
Theater April 28 and 29 at 7:30.
This hilarious comedy about life
in an army replacement depot
in France should find particular
favor among the veterans on the
campus.
IJrom the opening scene to
the final curtain it is obvious
that the author is well acquaint-1 Lois Latham, a graduate stu
ed with his subject matter and! (See PLAY, page 4)
Ballot for Coed -
Coed All-Stars
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(All ballots should be dropped into box in Y building.
Deadline for casting ballots is 1 o'clock next Tuesday
afternoon.)
New York was called off and
around the campus were back
Voted by the student council
to protest the alleged race bias
of two instructors, the student
participation in the strike had
fallen off sharply after it was in
terrupted by the Easter recess.
Classes were about 90 per cent
full when the strike ended.
" On its first day, the protest
was marked by a near riot be
tween both male and coed stu
dents and a large detail of police
assigned ' to the campus.
College President Harry Wright
had expressed sympathy with the
ideas of fighting race discrimina
tion but he held firm, to the po
sition, that Prof. William Knick
erbocker had been cleared of
anti-semitism and that Instructor
William C. Davis had been punish
ed for segregating Negroes and
whites in a dormitory. He re
fused to dismiss either teacher
as demanded.
A statement by the Student
Council Strike Committee said it
was felt the demonstration had
been "effective in making the
Knickerbocker case and the Davis
case subjects of public interest."
"We will continue our fight
on the basis of further mobiliza
tion of public and student opin
ion," it sadi. "We will not cease
until our school is rid of bigotry.''
City College has some 5,000 day
and 2,000 night students. Knicker
bocker and Davis continued their
classes as usual during the strike,
the former teaching Spanish and
the latter economics.
UVA to Feature
Terrace Tables
Tables on the terrace will be
featured by the University Vet
erans Association tonight at their
Friday night party, Gene New
ton, UVA president, announced
yesterday.
In addition, the entertainment
committee headed by Grey Adams
has made plans to present another
entertainment program composed
of student talent.
Tentative plans call for the
KA Kadoodlers to play on the en
tertainment bill with Pete Strader
and Grey Adams putting on short
skits.
Veterans who plan to attend
tonight's show are urged to come
early in order to get good tables.
has spent some time in a re
placement depot. Added to this
is the fact that many of the vet
erans in the cast know all too
well the feeling of fustration,
despair and cynicism which go
hand in hand with life in a rep?
ple-depple. Remarkable finesse
has apparently been used to se
lect a cast which fulfills the
delineations of character made
by the author in the script.
A fine example of good cast
ing is' the character of "Mama,"
a French madame of the type
familiar to so many G.I.'s who
were in France during the war.
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Candidate Ed Lanier Lashes
Af Incumbent Mayor Madry
By Margaret Gaston
Edwin S. Lanier, candidate for
mayor in the Chapel Hill munici
pal election May 3, yesterday
blasted the incumbent, R. W.
Madry, in a statement in which
he accused the present mayor
of becoming his self-appointed
campaign manager.
Declaring that he was dropping
Coed, Faculty All-Stars
To Play Ball Next Week
The Coed All-Stars will meet the Faculty All-Stars in a
softball game to be sponsored by the University Club as
part of Blue-White Week. '
The two opposing lineups will
be composed of coeds and faculty
members to be selected in a cam-.
pus election beginning today. Bal
loting will take place in the Y,
and all ballots should be in by
1 o'clock Tuesday.
The star-studded contest will
be held in Kenan Stadium on
Wednesday at 3 o'clock. There
will be no admission charge. The
committee in charge of the game
is composed of Charlie Foley,
chairman, Jane Pruitt, Gene
Carpenter, and Paul Stevens.
One entry may be made for
each position in the two lineups.
The 10 coeds and the nine faculty
members receiving the highest
number of votes will fill the start
ing lineups. When casualties oc
cur during the game, runners-up
will be substituted.
Students wishing to enter names
in the balloting competition
should be warned about certain
rigid eligibility requirements.
Athletic cuties elected must have
at least a D physical rating on
their Infirmary cards. Faculty
curve-ball artists must be be
tween the ages of 18 and 60 to
qualify.
S&F Music Set
For Rendezvous
Regular Friday night visitors
to the Rendezvous Room in Gra
ham Memorial will be treated to
a preview of the new Sound and
Fury musical tonight. Several
selections from the show, "Mer
rily We Love," to be presented
May 6 and 7, will make up the
evening's entertainment.
Performers on tonight's show
are: Pat Baily, in a South Ameri
can number; Jean Hillman, opera
aspirant turned chorus girl;
Forest Covington, suave matador;
Jimmy Fpust; southern belle, and
Estelle Richie, comedy lead of the
show. The Town Talk Trio, a
combo,, will also be on the pro
gram .
...The songs on the Rendezvous
show will be taken from the 26
selections, composed for the
Sound and Fury musical by
Frank Matthews, and the show
will go on the air at 9:30.
Only Public Ceremony
Fleece Tapping
Is 46th in University History
By Charlie Gibson
For the forty-sixth time in Uni
versity history, Memorial Hall
will be the scene of a Golden
Fleece tapping next Monday even
ing at 7:45. This will be campus's
one opportunity to see a public
ceremony of its leading honor
ary organization.
Formed in 1903, the Order of
the Golden Fleece was first con
ceived in its mythological entir
ety by Dr. Eben Alexander, then
Dean of the University and past
envoy to Greece where he helped
reestablish the quadrenial Olym
pic Games. Dr. Alexander wras a
member of the Skull and Bones at
Yale, the first honorary society
on an American college campus.
He wished to see the University
become second in the nation to
honor its outstanding campus
men, and thus the Fleece was
founded.
The Order was established
soundly largely through the in
Alderman Charges Official With Being
'My Self-Appointed Campaign Manager'
this "triple-threat opponent" from
his campaign staff, Lanier said
he did not see "eye to eye" with
candidate Madry. He pointed out
that Madry had asserted that
there were no issues, but that
he would not be running for
Mackie to Set
SDA Keynote
At Conference
Two-Day Meeting
Starts Tomorrow
Bill Mackie, president of the
student body, will deliver the
keynote address at 2 o'clock to
morrow afternoon in Bingham
Hall, opening the two-day Civil
Rights conference sponsored by
the Students for Democratic Ac
tion. The theme of the conference.,
as Mackie will point out, is di
rected toward the working out
of a reasonable Southern ap
proach to Civil Rights which
realizes the need for some change
and the national trend toward
this change. The conference will
emphasize the participation of
Southern liberals in facing the
various racial issues squarely
and in the finding of solutions
through a rational rather than
an emotional approach.
Three student seminars in
cluding representatives from
many North Carolina colleges
will meet simultaneously in two
sessions. These will be held at
3 and 8 o'clock Saturday in the
Roland Parker lounge of Graham
Memorial.
The seminar subjects will cover
the three main fields of the Civi?
Rights program.
Women's Council
Asks Cooperation
The Women's Honor Council
yesterday released the text of
a letter which they sent to the
Spring Frolics Committee, spon
sors of the Skitch Henderson
dances and concert this weekend,
in which they re-emphasized "the
fact that it is the responsibility
of each individual student to up
hold' our Campus Code."
The letter pointed out that in
the past there have been infringe
ments of the Campus Code at
the spring dances.
Monday Night
terest and encouragement of Dr
Henry Horace Williams, noted
faculty philosopher and close
friend of many students. Dr. Ed
ward Kidder Graham added his
influence and help to launch the
organization on its way in search
of worthy Carolina men over the
years.
As Dr. Williams pointed out in
a Daily Tar Heel article of May
8, 1933, there were diverse cliq
ues of students on campus in 1903.
The abiding purpose of the Fleece
was to cut across sectional bound
aries of student interest and to
honor the outstanding men in all
fields of campus endeavor as they
should arise. There could be no
harmony or University spirit un
til all these men of diverse in
terests, "the finest athlete and the
greatest scholar," should "sit side
by side at the same table."
In the twenties, speculation ran
rampant in the Tar Heel as to
(See FLEECE, page 4) .
mayor if that were true.
The race for mayor, just two
weeks off, between Madry, and
Lanier, a member of the Board
of Alderman since 1945, is gain
ing momentum, as Lanier promis
es to have more to say in a meet
ing of the League of Women
voters next Tuesday night.
"The League of Women voters
have scheduled a forum meeting
for candidates to be held in the
Town Hall next Tuesday night,
April 26. I hope to be present.
Candidate Madry has been playing
one tune since March 29 name
ly. 'My opponent seems to see
things eye to eye with me and
apparently there are no issues.'
"Candidate , Madry, therefore,
will probably try to sit on the
same chair with me at the
League's forum meeting," Lanier
said. "He and I do not see things
eye to eye. If I were in agree
ment with him on all things, I
would not be running.' Nor do
I agree with him that there are
no issues. But about that con
clusion of his I will have more
to say next Tuesday night."
Continuing his attack, Lanier
said, "Beginning Monday after
noon, March 28, soon after 3:30
o'clock, the day and hour I filed
with the Town Clerk notice of
my candidacy for mayor of Chapel
Hill, Mayor Madry, for the first
time in four years, abandoned
his slow-motion and ears-to-the-ground
techniques and went in
to a frenzy of activity."
Lanier pointed out that "by
5:30 that day, Madry had filed
notice of his intention to run
for re-election, added himself to
my campaign staff, started pre
paring news releases on a side
walk program and a proposed
new zoning ordinances 'to be
adopted in April.' "
Lanier then said "If whistle
team of that kind by candidate
Madry had been for the past
four years, used by Mayor Madry
to help the aldermen turn wheels,
I think we would be further along
with many items of considerable
mportance to this town."
May Frolics Set
Begins Tonight
The May Frolics weekend of
ficially begins at 9 o'clock this
evening with a dance by Skitch
lenderson and his orchestra.
The May Frolics Committee will
sponsor a concert by Henderson
n Memorial Hall tomorrow af
ternoon at 4 o'clock, and another
dance tomorrow night from 8
until 12 o'clock. ,
This is the next to last big
dance weekend this spring. Wind
ing up the name-band social ac
tivities for the year will be the
Spring Germans, scheduled for
late in May.
Incidentally, Frolics Committee
officials say that it is quite all
right for the May Frolics to be
held in April. They do it all the
time.
Alumni Assembly
Gets Underway
The annual assembly of Uni
versity alumni got under way
here last night with a dinner ut
6:30 at the Carolina Inn.
Judge Henry L. Stevens of
Warsaw, University Alumni As
sociation president, presided and
talks were given by Chancellor
Robert B. House and Controller
W. D. Carmichael, Jr.
FPG in Hillsboro
HILLSBORO, April 21 (UP)
Sen. Frank P. Graham. (D.
N.C.), arrived here with Mrs.
Graham ' yesterday to rest for
"an indefinite lime" before re
turning to his duties in Wash
ington. Graham was released from a
Washington hospital yesterday,
after a three-week siege with
penumonia. An aide said his
physician had ordered "complete
rest."
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