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SEHIARS DEPT. CHAPEL HILL. H. C, 8431-49 EDITORIALS WEATH E R IEE Exira-Curricular Work Something lo Consider NSA Parly Plank i Cloudy and mild: possible rain. VOLUME LVII CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 150 1 n DA Civil ill useain Mackie To Give 1 Keynote Address Today at 1 . o'clock the Civil Rights conference sponsored by the Students for Democratic Ac tion will open in Bingham Hall when all University students and those from neighboring North Carolina colleges will be register ed. President Bill Mackie will de liver the keynote address in Bing ham auditorium at 2 o'clock. The first seminar sessions will open in the Roland Parker loung es of Graham Memorial promptly at 3 o'clock and will be followed by a second session at 3 o'clock tonight. The subjects of the three student seminars are designed to cover the ' entire civil rights question. John Sandirs will lead the dis cussion on "Educational Oppor tunity" while the seminar on "Economic Opportunity" will be headed by Dick Murphy. Tom Donnelly will serve as chairman in the discussion of the "Security of Personal Rights" and the "Rights of Citizenship." The delegates will adjourn from the first session of seminars for a buffet supper at the Presbyteri an Church where Charlie Sellers will give a brief talk on the goals and functions of SDA for the benefit of the delegates from visiting colleges. In closing the activities of the first day of the conference, a mass meeting will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Gerrard Hall where the entire proceedings and dis cussions of civil rights as follow ed by the conference will be open to examination by all interested persons. This meeting will break up into a reception following im mediately in honor of the visit ing delegates. The conference will be contin ued tomorrow morning when the participating students of Caro lina and several other colleges will reconvene in a plenary ses sion to hear the reports from to day's seminar meetings. Organi zational SDA meetings at noon will mark the last conference gathering before the Farewell at 1 o'clock. Aden Students Visit University "I got dust on my shoes here," said Mrs. Larue Evans and laugh ed as she walked along leading her class of 29 eight-grade pupils from Aden, N. C. on a tour of the University .campus Thursday afternoon. ' ' MraEypprxpfeincd that the eighth" graHe' studies North Caro lina and many. of lief pupils would not get to go ta college, but this conducted tour would give them a chance to see wnat a couubc looked like. The group visited Wake Forest in the morning, Duko in the early afternoon and reached Carolina about 4 p.m. singing songs and yelling. Ray Jefferics, Carolina stu dent, acted as guide for the tour and managed to keep up with and answer an tnc queiw v.v,- one. He could not tell these lively youngsters wnuiu iu "Choo, Choo" Justice. Do Tell COLUMBIA, S. C April 22 (UP) A greater percentage of while South Carolinians Jlunk their freshman year in college than do South Carolina Negroes, an Education Department report showed today. Only 40 per cent of ihe whites passed all their freshman cours es. Of the Negro freshmen, 54 per cent passed all lhair work. The department released fig ures based on the year 1947-48, including only white and Negro graduates of South Carolina high schools who entered their freshman year in South Caro lina colleges. Ti a n Iff m Mights Con ference n Bingham I -, -say STACKS OF A ZINC PLANT belch smoke and fumes as a check is made for Ihe effects of the smog on Donora, Pa. The U. S. Public Health Service made the iesl in an attempt lo duplicate conditions prevailing last October . when 22 persons died in Donora. The test made a number of people sick in the area. Road Bond Law With House O.K. RALEIGH, April 22 (UP) The North Carolina House today passed into law the $200,000,000 rural road bond ref erendum and passed second reading of the budget appropri ations bill. ; The vote on the road bonds Painting Medal Of Women's Club Won by Williams Ben F. Williams, 24-year-old assistant in the Art Department of the University won the $100 cash prize yesterday for the best oil painting in an exhibition held at Goldsboro under the sponsor ship of the North Carolina Fed eration of Women's Clubs. Williams, who is a native of Lumberton, was awarded first prize on his entry entitled "Sum ac," his other two entries were, "Wilted Rose" and " "Landscape with Rocks." The Goldsboro exhibition was held April 19-21 and was limited to original works by North Caro lina artists living now or hav ing lived in the state. The work of Williams has been dely exhibited throughout the wi South and his work is on per manent display at the North Caro lina State Art Gallery in Raleigh and at the High Museum in At lanta, Ga. He also has an exhibit m. iNew xorK at ine jacques j Seliegmann Gallery on 57th street Greensboro Man's Quest Ark-Seeker To Comb Turkish Hills By Harry McCarthy GREENSBORO, April 22 (UP) -A bookish little 61 -year-old ex- ' missionary said today he was to climb Turkish moun- iamb m a . "11 17m COnVlCllOn UlUl iiuana airw wjciu exists where Noah left it. Moscow doesn't like the idea. The State Department says it never heard of the expedition. Archeologists scoff. But Dr. Aaron J. Smith today said quietly he has "the. facts and he hopes to leave for Turkey within two months. He has never been there. In a musty, littered office at his People's Bible School and Gospel Center here, Dr. Smith pulled out dozens of letters and reprinted articles to prove his theory that the ark is still on Mt Ararat and has been report ed by many persons for hundreds nf vears. His faith is not dimmed by the fact that most of the re ports are second-hand. Today ::C;i-:::?it:e:s J AfJJ5 - 5 j?ifex . - -fc ,1 Bill Becomes was ' 99-1 with only Rep. F. L. Gobble" of 'Forsyth County op posed. The record $427,038,668 ap propriations bill passed second reading 87-12. Speaker Kerr Craige Ramsay urged all members of the House to be present tomorrow so the bill may be passed into law. Rep.. John Umstead of Orange, a House leader for higher teach er pay and a member of the con ference committee which worked out. the compromise budget bill, said he voted for the measure "with the same reluctance" he had in signing it. He said he was sure "the work we started. is go ing to carry through two years from now." However, the Senate soon caught up with its work, and recessed until 2 p.m. to allow the engrossing office to prepare more bllls for Passage- The House plugged away at its business, passing second reading of a bill for a liquor vote for Winston - Salem and Forsyth County. But third reading of the bill was delayed until tomorrow after a split between members of the Forsyth County delegation. "Most of our money is raised' already by donations, said Dr. Smith. He said he had his passport and expected a visa from Turk ish authorities "within a few days." The Bible states that the ark came to rest on one of the moun tains of Ararat,, in what is now northwestern Turkey near the borders of Russia and Iran. Dr'. Smith has pinpointed the spot down to Ararat itself, a 16,915 foot peak. "The ark is about 12,000 or 14,000 feet up, not on the peak," He said. "I never said it was on the peak and neither did any of the men who say they have seen it. It's in a sort of gorge, between two smaller peaks in a spot perpetually covered by snow and ice. ,lWe believe the ark is fairly well preserved because of the snow and ice," Dr. Smith said. Art Exhibition In Person Hall To Be Closed Owner To Speak Here Tomorrow Mervin. Jules, associate professor of art at Smith College, will ar rive here tonight by plane from North Hampton, Mass., to close the exhibit of his work now show ing in Person Hall Art Gallery. Jules will hold a public lecture at Person Hall tomorrow after noon at 4 o'clock, and 7 o'clock he will hold a forum discussion for teachers of the public schools of North Carolina. These teachers are mainly those who have sent their pupils' works here to the North Carolina School Art Ex hibition, which will be held May 1 to 19. Some 2,000 exhibits are now on hand and it is. expected the total will run over 3,000 for Jules to judge. After the judging, about 300 will be selected for the ex hibit in May. A native of Baltimore, .Jules graduated from Baltimore City College, the Maryland Institute of Art and studied at the Art Students League. He has been instructor at the Museum of Modern Art School, the War Vet erans Art Center, Smith College and other schools. He has held over a score of one-man exhibitions in Washing ton, Philadelphia, New York and noiiywooa. his worKs were awarded the Wilson Levering Smith Medal 1939-41, the Pur chase prize, at the Baltimore Museum of Art twice, and once each at the Museum of Modern Art, Library of Congress and Brooklyn Museum. The works of Jules have been, widely displayed here and abroad in England and France. The fol lowing collections have some of his works represented: The Metro politan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum, Port land Oregon Museum, Library of Congress, Baltimore Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum, Illinois State Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Encyclopedia Britannica Collec tion, State Department Collection and several private collections. Jules has published several articles and books on art edu cation for children and he has illustrated others. He is a mem ber of several professional socie ties of artists. Mindszenty Problem Before UN Assembly LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., April 22. (UP) The cases of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty and other church leaders in Hungary and Bulgaria were sent to the floor of the United Nations General Assembly today with a recom mendation that any UN action be withheld pending efforts to settle the issue under the Bal kan peace treaties. "It shouldn't be too hard to get into the area in the summer time. "We're planning on using jeeps in the mountains." He said about 14 men would go with him to Turkey, each pay ing his own way at $2,000 to $3,000. He said some were old friends and others associates in the great ark hunt. He said he was hoping for a grant from "an industrialist" whom he would not name, to make up the full $50,000 he still needs. In London, another expedition headed by Edgerton Sykcs re portedly plans to leave in May, to join Dr. Smith's group in Turkey. The two men have never seen each other. "We got together through press reports," said Smith. He didn't know how long it would take him to find the ark. But he was ready to stick it out in the mountains as long as his (See ARK-SEEKER page 4) inntli- YEAR -OLD Peter Blevins siis pensively at his home in North Bellmore. L. I.. New York, holding his bandag ed left hand against his face. While the youngster's father was loading milk cans ' for market at a nearby dairy farm. Peter wandered over to an automatic water pump. His hand was caught in the ma chine crushing two of his fing ers. Since the accident, the owner of the firm has iired his dad. Hamilton Is New Member Of Law Frat Judge Initiated In Battle Senate Superior Court Judge Luther Hamilton was formally initiated into Battle Senate, the local chapter of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity of the University of North Carolina, as an honorary member. The secret ceremonies were held in the Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill on Wednesday, April 20th. . The initiation, which included 18 new members, and the in stallation of new officers were followed by a banquet and an address by Judge Hamilton, who was introduced by Marshall B. Sherrin, Jr. Judge Hamilton is an alumnus of the University, having receiv ed his L.L.B. degree in 1915. He engaged in general practice in Morehead City, served as a city and county attorney, as Mayor of Morehead City, and as state senator and representative. He is also a veteran of World War I. At present he is a Special Judge of the Slate Superior Court, having been appointed to that position in 1937 by Governor j Hoey. j Judge Hamilton opened his ex temporaneous talk by saying that he was greatly, impressed with the serious intent of the initia tion ceremony and that he was proud to be a member of Delta Theta Phi. His address to the group center ed about the personalities that made up the Constitutional Con vention of 1787. He paid tribute to the great leaders of the Con vention emphasizing their tre mendous talent and genius in spite of their youth, and pointed out the bitter struggle that con tinued throughout the duration of the convention, the precarious ness of the whole proceeding which would have failed were it not attended by men of ex perience, education, energy and great faith in God. Judge Hamilton had great praise for men like John Marshall who "effectively preserved and perpetuated and gave life to the constitution." He declared that the constitution has two great enemies which we must guard (See HAMILTON page 4) Feel Better ROANOKE RAPIDS, April 22 (UP) Local police felt better today when they learned where Charles F. Lassiter has been since he skipped out on a $500 cash bond here last year. Lassiter, of Branchville. Va.. is serving time in the Virginia State Penitentiary at Richmond, Police Chief T. J. Davis said. He learned cf Lassiter's im prisonment through Virginia authorities when he circulated a wanted order. Heresy Claim Is Invalidated In New Rules Catholics Revamp Church Catechism WASHINGTON, April 22. (UP) The "heresy" charges raised against Boston College by three discharged teachers and a Jesuit priest were repudiated of .icially today in a new catechism issued by the Roman Catholic .leirarchy in the United States. Released by the Confraternity jf Christian Doctrine after 12 years of preparation, the 426-page book lays down the basic dogma of the church for 26,000,000 Catholics in this country. It is the first revision in more than 60 years of the "Baltimore Catechism" which has been the church's standard text book for American high school and adult religious classes since the 1880's. The textbook clarifies the doc trine of "outside the church there is no salvation" which figured in the recent Boston College case. The three teachers and Fr. Leonard Feeny, S. J., accused the Catholic college of teaching heresy by holding that persons could be saved outside the Cath olic church. Fr. Feeny has been "silenced" by the archbishop of Boston for his part in the contro versy. The catechism upholds the col lege and the Archbishop, saying that the doctrine "does not mean that everyone who is not a Cath olic will be condemned." "It does mean that no one can be saved unless he belongs in some manner to the Catholic church, either actually or in de sire," the catechism says, "for the means of grace are not given without some relation to the di vine institution established by Christ. They who-remain outside the Catholic church through no grave fault of their own and do not know it is the only true church can be saved by making use of the graces which God gives them." TV A Films To Be Shown at Meet1 Two films on the Tennessee Valley Authority will be shown Sunday afternoon at a meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club in the Roland Parker Lounge of Gra- ,. " . . , . The meetinc is to begin at 4 o'clock with a tea and the first film entitled "TVA" will be shown at 4:45. This picture shows the dams of the project actually being constructed and also the manner in which they function in controlling floods and produc ing power. The second film, "Building a New Dominion," shows the agri cultural and rural improvements made possible by the projects. The state of the valley before TVA and the improvements the project made in the area are graphically illustrated in this pic ture. 'Miracles of Mind' Hypnotic Show by Dr. Polgar Will Be Presented Tuesday Dr. Franz J. Polgar will be presented with his fascinating demonstrations of hypnotism and menial telepathy next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Memorial Hall, it was announced by Scot ty Vcnablc, chairman of the Stu dent Entertainment Committee. "The Miracles of the Mind" show with which Polgar won high praise from University audiences twice last year will be admission free to all students in keeping with SEC policy. However, fac ulty members, student wives, and 1 townspeople will also be sold tickets for 75 cents each when the doors of Memorial Hall are open ed at 7 o'clock. Called "the most perplexing personality on the stage," Polgar appeared here once last April and was such a success that he did an encore performance the following week by popular de mand. His program is made up CPU Open To ISCUSS W BIGS 'Town Meeting' Series Will Feature Debate, Clash Session, Questioning "Should Communism Be Outlawed?" will be discussed in Gerrard Jiall Wednesday evening at 8:30 in the first of a series of "town meeting" style open debate and discussion sessions. ' - SDonsored bv the Carolina Po School Closes As Teachers, Board Split Dismissals Are Cause of Break DENMARK, S. C, Ap'ril 22. (UP) School is out hcr-e today because of a rift between school teachers and trustees. Children were sent home from public school yesterday with a prepared statement signed by 26 faculty members, which stated that they would discontinue work until steps were taken to correct what they called "conditions" in the school. Education Superintendent G. E. Bamberg said teachers reported to work today, but met no classes. The faculty statement said, "We feel the faculty of Denmark pub lic school has been pieced in an untenable position due to dis missal of five teachers putting us in a position whereby we cannot perform our duties efficiently." Bamberg disclosed that a mass resignation of teachers had been submitted to him, to take effect the last day of the present term. Reports said that faculty mem bers and trustees had agreed to submit their resignations in order to put the dispute in the hands of the County Board of Education. Scott Queries Esso On Price Increases RALEIGH, April 21 (UP) Gov. Kerr Scott today demanded that the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey explain why it boosted .. J. f ' its prices in North Carolina. The husky farmer-governor sent a telegram to E. Holman, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, in' New York. "Recently, April 6, I believe," Scott told Holman, "Your comp any raised the tank-wagon price of gasoline in North Carolina six tenths of a cent per gallon. "What impels you to raise the price of gasoline to our people just after your company has had a year of the largest net earnings in your history?" Scott asked Holman. of telepathy, amazing demonstra tions in thought transference; memory feats, exhibiting the photographic mind in a series of rapid fire tests; and power of suggestion, with volunteer sub jects from the audience. ''Audiences gasp at this mental wizard," says Pence James in the Saturday Evening Post, "who reads your mind, puts you to sleep, and can find any hidden jobjcct' deluding one secreted uuuui a iiiaiio upti piaiL. James also told how the men- tal magician hypnotised the en tire Tech football team the day before they were slated to play Alabama. Georgia Tech won the game. The next Saturday Polgar was hundreds of miles away to fill an engagement, and the ' Georgia Tech team lost. "Coinci dence of course," admits the Post article, "but for the rest of the season Atlanta papers were cry ing, 'The Team Needs Polgar. 1 Forum Reck day Night litical Union, the first debate will feature Dr. E. J. Woodhousc, pro fessor of political science, and student Bill Duncan on the' af firmative, and Dr. Paul Guthrie, professor of economics, and stu dent Dortch Warriner on the negative side of the question. Each participant will present his arguments in formal debate manner, following which will be a short session of "direct clash discussion" among the four speak ers, with the moderator direct ing. Then, members of the au dience will be given the oppor tunity to ask questions of any of the speakers. Dr. Woodhouse, a native of Virginia, graduated from Randolph-Macon College and later took a law degree from the Uni versity of Virginia. He has been a professor of political .science at the University for several years. He was largely responsible for the organization of the Carolina Political Union in 1936, which has as its objectives the discus sion and study of current political questions, as well as bringing to the campus outstanding public speakers. i Bill Duncan is a senior from Narberth, Pennsylvania, major ing in political science. He is presently speaker of the Phi As sembly and retiring editor of the Yackety Yack. Dr. Guthrie, who teaches principles of economics and soci al insurance, did his undergrad uate college work at the Uni versity of Tennessee. He gradu ated from the Union Theological Seminary in New York with the B.D. degree, and later took his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. Dortch Warriner is a junior from Lawrencevillc, Virginia, majoring in political science. He is a member of the Dialectic Senate, was attorney-general of student government for the year just ended, and is active in the eadership of the Campus Party. Lewis To Consider Miners' Complaint LANSFORD, Pa., April 22. (UP) Ten miners ended a three - day sit-down 500-fect under ground today after they learned John L. Lewis would take up their cause in a dispute over al leged pay docking. The bedraggled miners came up from the bottom of a Lehigh Navigation Coal Co. Colliery here after a United Mine Workers of ficial told them their grievance will be taken up next week. Lew is, UMW president, and top comp any officials will attend the meet ing,, probably in Washington. Large numbers of the 6,000 Panther Valley miners who re mained away from work in a sympathy walkout greeted the sitdowncrs as they emerged from the mine. They began their sit- down at 7 a.m., Tuesday in pro test of docking of pay for alleged ly quitting work early. Barry Speaks RALEIGH, April 22 (UP) J. R. Barry of the Durham Sun was one of the principal speak ers today at the second session of the three-day North Caro lina Collegiate Press Associa tion meeting which opened last night. Student editors from through out North Carolina are attend ing ihe annual convention. ey d's' hcu ee he )X, he oy on' at nk IT- ir th an ip nd he. '; ar at of c- in ot, i r If U h '4 '4 rl f -
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