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U.N.C. Library Serials Dept. Chapel Hill, N. c. l! "Tl WEATHER j Senior "lass' Spirit"5 L f f'V A fis P( ll (iP ( j Oj tvVf Continued cloudy with rain VOLUME LVII, United Press . . CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1949 Phone F-3371-F-3361 NUMBER 165 Hirsch Script Awarded Prize At Radio Meet Program Was Used On Local Series In the American Exhibition of Educational Radio Programs held recently at Ohio State University, Sam Hirsh's radio program on the North Carolina Education Committee received "First Award" in the Cultural Division. The program a part of the Uni versity Hour series, was the only production to win an award in this division. No second or third place was given and only one program was awarded Honorable Mention. This was "Favorite Story" starring Ronald Coleman. "The significance of the award is not fully appreciated until you realize that students here at the University have written and enacted radio scripts which have been selected as being superior to professional scripts," pointed out Earl Wynn, director of the Communication Center. The University Hour programs. written and enacted by students of the three branches of the Great er University, have been heard over 33 North Carolina stations this year. Other programs on the Uni versity Hour series have featured the University Glee Club under the direction of Paul Young, the North Carolina Symphony under the direction of Benjamin Swalin and the Chapel Hill Choral Club Also in the series have been adaptations of broadway plays and musicals and radio documen taries of outstanding men and women. "The University Hour award goes to all the students who work ed on the programs," Wynn said "The Hour is their program and we hope it will continue to be theirs. We see by this award that we need not fear doing that." The University Hour ran 26 weeks this year .and was avail able to a larger audience in North Carolina each week than any other radio program. Y Cabinet- Picks McLeod for GM The first meeting of the newly selected YMCA cabinet Monday night saw the cabinet elect Ed McLeod to the Graham Memor ial Board of Directors for the coming year, and pass on a mo tion that coed activities be given two sections in the YMCA fresh man handbook. McLeod was elected to the Board of Directors to replace Sam Magill, new YMCA president. The two sections of the hand book to be devoted to coeds, will include one on the YWCA and one on other coed activities. CAMPUS CALENDAR 9:00-4:00 SENIOR invitations at Y. Last day. 2 00 GRAIL. Grail room, GM. 3:00 MATHEMATICS Seminar. H. E. Robbins will speak on "The Mathematics of Radio Active Disintegration." Phil lips Hall. 4 00 UNIVERSITY Party. Ro land Parker 2, GM. 4 00 CAROLINA Quarterly Staff Meeting. New editor and- busi ness manager will be inaugu rated. Grail room, GM. 4:00 STATE Student Legislature Delegates meet in GM. 4:30 CAMPUS Party. Roland Parker 1, GM. . tTTir f-n't rnnm (iJVL. 5':30CAROLINA .Dames Club Picnic, necicn""" 6:00 THOMAS Wolfe Club. Ro- lana r-aiK-ci 6:30-CAMPUS Vespers. Gerratd 7 00 SKE. Roland Parker 2, GM. 8 00 KARL MAKA otuu, cirfy! Debate on "Should Com munism Be Outlawed?" Ger- rard Hall. 9:00DI SENATE. Third floor, New West. " ' , ' s THE THREE NEWLY-BORN tiger cubs at the Bronx Zoo. New York, are visited by Mrs. Helen Martini in charge of the animal nursery at the zoo. and Sandy, a baby orang-utang from Borneo. Mass Meet of Seniors Set in Memorial Today Class' to Discuss Plans for Activities To Be Held During There will be a mass meeting of the senior class today at 2 o'clock in Memorial Hall, Ed Davenport, president, has announced. All "49-ers" are urged to be present. The purpose of the meeting, Davenport "said, is to explain to the seniors the plans which have been made for their class activi ties. Nat Williams will present something of a social calendar for the approval of members ol the class. As chairman of the social committee, Williams will annouce the plans for the senior dance, picnic, swimming party, and barefoot day. The class picnic, which will be given the weekend of spring Germans, will feature the Bull City Night Hawks at Hogan's Lake. Seniors may sign up to at tend at the end of this week. J. M. Saunders of the Universi ty Alumni association will speak to the seniors about membership in the association. Davenport has stressed the im portance of all 49-ers attending this meeting because this will be their best opportunity to get a complete presentation of the class activity plans and learn how their funds are being used. CP Meeting Set In GM Today There will be a meeting of all Campus Party steering commit tee members, enrolled party mem bers and members of the legis lature in Roland Parker No. 3 this afternoon according to an announcement made yesterday by Vestal C. Taylor, chairman of the party. Members of the steering com mittee will meet at 4:30, a general party meeting will begin at 5 P.M. and the caucus of CP. leg islators will begin at six o'clock, Taylor said. Negroes Submit Application To Enter Florida University TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 9 (UP) Six Negroes have applied for admission to the University of Florida, an all-white school, it was revealed today. Existence of the applications was disclosed by State Sen. John E. Mathews in the text of a radio address prepared for delivery to night in Jacksonville, Fla. William F. Powers, secretary of the Board of Control which supervises state-owned colleges, confirmed that the applications were pending. He said the board probably would act on them next Thursday. Powers said the Negroes had applied for several courses not offered by the state's only col lege for Negroes, Florida A. and M. Mathews pointed out in his " . v - i : - r Graduation Exercises kj - TTQiienDurn vaers Award by Legion At ROTC Review White M. Wallenborn, cadet corporal" in the Air ROTC unit, was awarded the American Legion Medal Tuesday afternoon on Navy field by Col. David L. Hardee for "the cadet making the great est progress in military profici ency during the academic year 1948-49." In making the award, Col. Hardee congratulated Corp. Wal lenborn on his record and said that the medal "is the Legion's way of saying 'thank you' for offering your services." Col. Har dee said that the medal will be presented each spring to the cadet making the greatest pro gress in military proficiency in the preceeding year. After being presented the medal, Corp. Wallenborn took the review of the unit along with Col. Hardee, Cadet Commander Paul J. English and other mem bers of the Air ROTC staff. Special guests for the occasion included Executive Vice-Commander Wiley Pickens, North Carolina Department of the American Legion; J. H. McDade, commander i of the Chapel Hill post of the Legion; Calvin Burch, adjutant, Chapel Hill post num ber 6; and Paul Robertson, past commander of the Chapel Hill post of the Legion. ", Wallenborn, a chemistry major from Red Hill, Va., has an over all average of 93 in his scholastic work for his" first two years He is a rising junior. prepared address that the state needs more revenue to supply all necessary courses for Negroes at the Negro college. The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled in cases involving other states that Negroes must be pro vided educational facilities equal to those furnished white students. The question, however, has never been a court test in Florida. Florida has established a limit ed system of scholarships to en able Negroes to enroll outside the state for courses not offered by Florida A. and M. The Florida legislature recent ly endorsed a plan whereby it would join with 13 other South ern states in setting up regional schools for both Negro and white students to provide them courses not available in their own states. Thompson Elected hair man Botto Made Vice-Chairman; Jones, Oliver Get Posts; Group Picked Fred Thompson, a rising junior from Rocky Mount, was elected chairman of the Student Party Monday night by an overwhelming vote over Walter McCraw. Thompson succeeds Gran Chil- dress, party chairman for the past four months who engineered the election of Student Body President Bill Mackie. Mackie, in commenting on Thompson's election, described Thompson as "an exceedingly capable person who understands as well as anyone on campus the aim of student government. He has served in the Legislature and on the Student Council with distinction. He will provide the best leadership the SP could pos sibly have." Besides holding seats in the Student Council and in the Legis lature, Thompson has served as SP publicity chairman and as a member of the YM cabinet and the Westminister Foundation steering committee. He was de feated in the spring elections for reelection to the Council. This spring, he was initiated in the Order of the Grail, second highest campus honorary organi zation. Larry Botto of Bradenton, Fla., was elected Vice-Chairman by acclamation when all other nomi nees withdrew in his favor. He succeeds Walter McCraw. - Botto is at present in the Stu dent Legislature in which he serves on the Appointment and Archives committees. He served as Party treasurer under Chil dress. Ben Jones of Elgin, 111., was elected treasurer, Sara Oliver was named secretary, Graham Jones of Winston-Salem was elect ed publicity director and Tom Boney of Wallace was named campaign chairman in other elec tions Monday night. Named to the executive com mittee, which includes all regular officers, were Herman Seiber, Sally Osborne, Charlie Fox, Bob Evans, and Harry Sherrill. Rings Available In Y Tomorrow Dougald McMillan, ring com mittee chairman for the Grail, said yesterday that, because of popular demand, Lee H. Black well, Eastern Carolina represen tative for the L. G. Balfour Co., will be at the Y tomorrow morn ing from 9 to 12 to take orders for rings for the classes of '49 and '50. McMillan said that this would be the last time that the rings would be on sale this year. All Juniors and Seniors who have not yet ordered rings and want to do so are urged to be at the Y tomorrow. A $5.00 deposit will be required on all orders taken. Negro Will Talk To Progressives A Negro student at North Caro lina College Law School in Dur ham will discuss his reasons for applying to the University Law School here, at an open meeting sponsored by the Young Progres sives in the Horace Williams Lounge of Graham Memorial at 8 o'clock Friday evening. Harold T. Epps will discuss his decision and that of two of his fellow students to apply for admission here, and will also talk about conditions at North Carolina College and the reasons for some students there picketing the General Assembly in Raleigh several weeks ago to demand more funds for the school. The meeting is open to all students, faculty members and other interested persons. Of SP Abolishment Of Government Is Phi Subject Student Politics Is Debated Monday A forum type debate on the abolishment of Student Govern ment at Carolina was conducted by the Phi Assembly Monday night in Phi Hall, New East. Bob Coulter and Bill Duncan spoke of the evils of the present system and Charley Britt and Herman Sieber upheld Student Government. Coulter questioned the effec tiveness of the Honor System and asked if the system was real ly working when so many people try "to get around it." He con tended that if the administration were autocratic from time to time, students would appreciate their democratic institution's more. Duncan charged that everything corrupt in national politics "we copy." He denounced the "cliques" on campus and inform ed the Assembly that to get any where in politics a student must join the "clique." Charley Britt said that abolish ing student government would make UNC a "psuedo-liberal col- ege." Admitting that the present system is not perfect, he main tained that the problem was one of education. Herman Sieber compared stu dent government to a labor union in that it gives the students a voice in their affairs. He called the self rule of Carolina stu dents an "application of demo cratic principle." Speaking from the floor, Dave Sharpe pointed out that it is much easier to "malign" poli ticians to do something construc tive. Another student stated that the Men's Honor Council is illegally constituted since it does not have member from the medical school or from the pharmacy school. Elections for the coming session of the Assembly will be held next Tuesday night. Triple Concert Scheduled Today 1 In a student recital to be pre sented this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hill Hall, the following pro gram will be presented: "Two Part Invention in F Minor," "Two Part Invention in E flat major," "Two Part Invention in G major' (J. S. Bach), Wallace Zimmer man, piano; "Two Part Invention in D minor," "Two Part Inven tion in B flat major" (J. S. Bach), "Chopin" and "Estrella" (Schu mann), Kobert looney, piano; and "Intermezzo " in A minor,' "Rhapsody in E flat major" (Brahms), Edward Brooks, piano The public is cordially invited. IZFA Will Elect Officers Today This afternoon's meeting of IZFA will feature the election of officers for 1949-50. The meet ing takes place at 4:30 on the second floor of the "Y". Conven tion delegates will report on the Southern Region convention. Members of IZFA will make plans for summer and fall program ming and expansion. Professor, Red Set for Debate On Communism Formal Talk to Be In Gerrard Tonight A self-styled student Commu nist and a distinguished Univer sity professor will face each other in formal debate at 8 o'clock this evening in Gerrard Hall on "Should the Communist Party Be Outlawed?" Dr. E. J. Woodhouse of the Po litical Science Department and Hans Freistadt, self-proclaimed Communist and graduate student in the Physics Department, will be the two protagonists in the event, which is being sponsored by the Karl Marx Study Society, recently-formed left-wing group of which Freistadt is chairman. John Sanders will preside over the debate, which was scheduled when Freistadt issued a challenge to Woodhouse at an earlier debate on the same question. Two stu dents and two faculty members argued the question at that time. The earlier debate, sponsored by the Carolina Political Union, featured Dr. Woodhouse and stu dent Bill Duncan on the affirma tive, and Dr. Paul Guthrie and student Dortch Warriner on the negative. In tonight's debate, each speak er will have 10 minutes for his first presentation, five minutes for rebuttal, and 10 minutes to ques tion his opponent. A general discussion and ques- tion-and-answer period, with the audience participating, will fol- ow. ' Di Will Select Officers Tonight The Dialectic Senate will elect its officers for the fall quarter tonight at 9 o'clock, Don Shrop shire, Di president, said yesterday. The outgoing officers are Shrop shire; Sam Manning, president pro tempore; Bill Harding, critic; Morris Knudsen, clerk; Gus Gra ham, treasurer; Artie Murphey, sergeant at arms; and Bill Foster, chaplain. Shropshire is the Di representative on the Debate Council and Harry Horton rep resents the Di on the Carolina Forum. Nine new members who were elected to membership last week will be initiated' tonight in a pub lic ceremony. JThey are Betty Pleasants; Bob Clampitt, Archie Myatt, Edgar Williams, Joe Clark, Ed Hatch, Jack Roland, Bill Roth, and J. C. Rush. Compromise Pension Measure Is Voted by House Committee WASHINGTON, May 10 (UP) The House Veterans Commit tee today dropped plans to write a new veterans pension law but tentatively voted to bring more needy, aged ex-servicemen un der present pension provisions. The committee accepted by voice vote a new compromise by Chairman John E. Rankin, (D. Miss.) which would cost an esti mated . $12,000,000,000 during the next 50 years. The action, subject to a final vote tomorrow, ended attempts to put through a new pension statute. It liberalizes existing laws to make more veterans of both wars eligible for $80 month ly pensions up to the age of 65 and $72 a month when they reach .65. It would do this largely by in creasing the amount of income single veterans can earn and still get pensions, and by removing the present requirement that 65- ft Scott, Graham1 Speak At DedicationServices Newest Campus Addition Becomes Part Of University; 320 Guests Are on Hand By Don Maynard Approximately 320 state dignitaries gathered in the Plane tarium of the Morehead Building heard John Motley More head, donor of the $3,000,000 structure, present the building to Gov. Kerr Scott in an impressive ceremony yesterday afternoon. Spain Policy Causes Break In Democrats Connolly Splits With Colleagues WASHINGTON, May 10 (UP) Chairman Tom Connally (D.-Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, split openly with the administration today on United States policy toward Spain. 1 The Texan, known as the ad ministration's foreign policy spokesman in the Senate, told his colleagues he could "see no reason" why this country should not resume full diplomatic re lations with Francisco Franco's Spanish government. "I've never seen any logic in diplomatic relations with Russia and not with Spain," he said. He believed that some foreign na tions who are "bitter" against Spain are "influencing our State Department" against recognizing the Franco government. Connally made his statement in response to demands from both Republican and Democratic Sen ators that this country review its Spanish policy. It differed sharp ly from the official U. S. stand that this country is bound by the United Nations diplomatic boy cott of Spain. Connally told the United Press his recommendation expressed "my ' own personal views," not those of the State Department. Asked if he things this na tion's policy toward Spain is changing, he said he believes he sees a "softening." He cited as "evidence" the U. S. abstention from a vote on restoring am bassadors to Spain in the UN Political Committee last week.- University Club Postpones Social The University Club social scheduled for Monday, May 16, has been postponed until the eve ning of Monday, May 23, Ike Ro lader, Club President said yester day. At the May 16 meeting, elec tion of officers for the forthcom ing year will take place, he said. year-old veterans must be part ly disabled before getting pen sions. Communists would not be eli gible. Committee members predicted the measure will win easy House and Senate endorsement and President Truman's signature. The commiee had been con sidering a bill with an estimated 50-year cost of $46,000,000 for World War I veterans alone, and $103,000,000,000 if veterans of both wars were included. The House earlier rejected by only one vote another Rankin bill which would have cost $100,000, 000,000 to $125,000,000,000 in the next 5 years. Under present law, veterans' pensions would cost the taxpay ers about $35,000,000,000 between now and the year 2,000. Today's bill, according to committee staff experts, would raise this to about $47,000,000,000. n y mm Mr. Morehead, in making his dedication speech, said, "To the Governor of this State, the Chair man of the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor and the Acting President of the University; I say to you that it is all yours." Gov. Scott accepted the build ing on behalf of the state. "We gladly accept this from your hands and are justly proud," he said. In reference to Mr. More head he added, "It has long been noted that men who make a success, generally come home to repay the state for what it did to them." Mr. Morehead, "engineer, in dustrial statesman, minister from the United States to Sweden and interpreter of the. Old World to the New," is an alumnus of the University class of 1891. , At 2:30, within the Planetarium, Dr. I. G. Greer gave the invoca tion, dedicating the service of the Planetarium. He was follow ed by Sen. Frank P. Graham, who praised the donor as the "devoted son and benefactor of the University of North Caro lina. "In the dedication of the Morehead Building," he said, "it's foundation, Gallery and Plane tarium, we rededicate the Uni versity of North Carolina to liber ty and learning, to truth, good ness and beauty, and to the God who 'made of one blood all the nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth.' " Gov. Scott mentioned his "go forward" program as a means of providing further develop ments similar to the Planetarium. He said he hoped the people of the state would get behind the rural road program, so that visi tors to the Planetarium will not be identified from which section they come by "the color of the mud on their fenders." Of Dr. Roy K. Marshall, di rector of the Planetarium and Professor of Astronomy, Chancel lor Robert B. House said, to the assembly dignitaries, "I now present to you a distinguished man, a great man." Dr. Marshall climaxed the dedi cation with a presentation of "Let There Be Light." The arriving guests were met at the Planetarium entrance and directed to the dining room, where a buffet dinner was being served. From there, they inspect ed the building until 2:10, when they began assembling in the Planetarium theater for the cere mony. Among the distinguished pres ent were Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor, Speaker of the House Kerr Craig Ramsey, Attorney General Harry McMullen, Gunnar Dryselius, Swedish Consul to the U. S., Col. Ilarrels'on, Chancellor of State College, W. D. Carmichael, Sr., and Controller W. D. Carmichael, Jr., Mr. Morehead's family, Kath erine Carmichael, and William R. Kenan, donor of Kenan Stadium. Aquinas to Hold Picnic on Friday The Aquinas Club will have a picnic for all members at Hogan's Lake Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, club spokesmen said yesterday. All members of the group who wish to attend were asked to con tact members of the executive committee. Prospective members are also invited to attend tha picnic.
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