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" icuasi 7 SERIALS DEPT CHAPEL IULL,N. C ED ITO RIALS Yack! Yack! Yackl Keep Young Here Summer Government WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 171 T ECin)wini UG1C0 inmraumfl T rriT TTTI I I I I i i : u , . . - - . : . ; t i i ; , '" - . : , , . iwuuiuft ju V 11 c u3 Ij3 C O Joint .Recital Is .Set' in Hill Hall Tonight- Pianist, Chamber Trio to Present Concert of Classical Works at 8:30 In a joint recital at 8:30 in Hill Hall this evening, Robert MacDoriald, pianist, and a chamber trio composed of Dwight Price, French horn player; William Tritt, violinist; and John O'Steen, pianist, will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, and Poulenc. MacDonald, junior music major : ' from Little Rock, S. C, and stu-1 dent of Virginia Hare of the Music Department, was heard earlier this quarter in a joint re cital with three other pianists. He is an accompanist for the University Men's Glee Club and was recently elected secretary of the Alpha Rho Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national hon orary music fraternity. Dwight Price, senior music maj or from Clinton, is graduating in June and plans to enter the teaching profession as a high school band director in the fall. He entered the University Music Department in 1939, studied French horn first with Earl Slo cum and the following year with Harris Mitchell. I A January, 1942, he entered the Navy as a musician and grad uated from the U. S. Navy School of Music in Washington, D. C. While in Washington, Price stud ied horn with Ottilio De Palma, solo hornist with the Philadel phia Symphony. After serving for three years with a navy band in the South Pacific on the battle ship U. S. S. Indiana,, he spent two years as assistant director of the Navy band at Long Beach, Calif. Price resumed his studies at the University in January, 1948, and since that time has studied horn with Gwynn Mc Peek. Tritt, a junior music major from Fayetteville, is a pupil of Willis Gates and a member of Phi Mu Alpha. Prior to the war he stud ied at Eastman School of Music and has been prominent in or chestra and chamber music groups in and around Chapel Hill. O'Steen, of Washington, D. C, is a piano pupil of Dr. Schinhan and has studied with Luigi Amid io at the Conservatory in Flor ence, Italy, and with Franz Sauer at the Mozartiem in Salzburg, Austria. He received the Kay Kyser scholarship in piano in 1941, has served as organist at the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches of Chapel Hill and has done organ and piano accompain ments for university choral or ganizations. Dorm Residents Sign Fee Papers Petitions to reinstate dormitory social fees have been completed and sent along with other neces sary comments to assistant Dean nf Students W. C. Friday by the - Mnn's Tnterdormitory Council,' Pete Gems, Interdorm Council President, said yesterday. The petitions signed - by 1,500 male students living in dormi tories, call for a social fee of 50 cents to be levied with me De ginning of the Fall Quarter. , Student Recital Scheduled Today A student recital will be given this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hill Hall, with the following program to be presented: "Sonata in B flat major" (Mozart), Charles Stevens piano; "Prelude in G mmor and "Prelude in C sharp minor (Cno '.pin), Betty McNeely, pia no; : ana Aiwarf del eracioso" (Ravei;, Robin Scroggs, piano. The public is cordially invited. A wail Donates Grant Funds To Five Men Scholarships Are Worth $150 Each The Order of the Grail has again donated funds sufficient to award five scholarships of $150 each for the 1949-50 school year, Edwin Lanier, director of stu dent aid, said yesterday. Win ners of the scholarships, as an nounced through the University Scholarship Committee, are as follows: Edwin Harrison Dixon, Jr., Monroe; Luke Robinson Corbett, West End; Donald Vance Thur ber, High Point; Jesse Thomas Terrell, Yancey ville; and John Edwin Duke, Goldsboro. Of the winners for 1949-50, John Duke is the only student who held a Grail scholarship last year. Several years ago the Grail en dowed a number of scholarships for students at the University. From time to time since the es tablishment of these scholarships the Grail has been able to add to the original endowment from net receipts from dances given for the benefit of the entire stu dent body'. Grail Scholarship Awards are made each year on the basis of (1) high scholastic record; (2) participation in outside student activities and contribution to the welfare of the student body; (3) need for earning part of the Uni versity expenses. Seniors Will Go To Lake at 4:30 Trucks will leave the Y court at 4:30 and 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for Hogan's Lake and the 49-er picnic, Ed Davenport, Senior Class president, announc ed yesterday. Those who signed up for trans portation should meet in the Y court at either departure time. Return trips will be made at Various times during the eve ning. Last Chance to Splash Rustic Seniors Will Go Naked Around The Feet as of Friday Friday is the day. Seniors from "A" dorm to Whitehead and from the Y court to the Bell Tower will be feeling tradition in its most literal sense, as they tread the gravel paths barefoot ed. Barefoot Day has for many years been the order for gradu ating seniors, in a last attempt to hold the gaiety of youth before old age and its dignity settles upon them. All 49-ers on cam pus are urged to take advantage of the opportunity. Rumor has it that 49-ers who appear with even the scent of shoe leather hovering about them on Friday will be severely pun ished. Neither sandals nor socks will be permitted. Bunions and corns must be displayed in their own naked beauty. Visiting Rules Are Released By HP Board One Change Made In New Agreement The House Privileges Board Vis iting Agreement has been drawn up and will go Into effect after summer school starts with only one change as compared with last year's, Andy Cornish, chair man of HPB, said yesterday. The Agreement stipulates that a fraternity housing ."members only" will be allowed the- privi leges that are : set forth . in the agreement. All fraternities wishing to sub scribe to the agreement must register their respective house at the beginning of each summer session with Katherine Car michael, Dean of Women, stat ing that no "non-members" are residing in the house. This means that only members of that re spective fraternity are living in the house, Cornish explained. The agreement must be turned in to the office of the Dean of Men by Saturday, June 11, at 12 noon. It will go into effect Mon day, June 13, 1949, at 12 noon and expire Thursday, August 25, at 12 midnight. "It is understood that the per son signing this agreement has properly oriented all his mem bers on this agreement," Cornish said. This also applies to coeds signing it, he continued, explain ing that it was the duty of the dormitory presidents to discuss the agreement -with the girls. - "It is through the cooperation of both parties that this agree ment is made possible. It is not a permanent thing, and may be removed at any time if it does not function properly," he added. Racial Committee To Hold Meeting A non-partisan committee, or ganized to inform the campus and the state of the inadequate facilities for North Carolina Ne groes, will hold an open meet ing tonight at 8 o'clock in the Horace Williams Lounge in Gra ham Memorial. Interested stu dents and faculty members are invited to attend. The committee was formed last Friday after hearing Harold Epps from the North Carolina College Law School in Durham speak on the Negro problem. . It(.was en, proposed that the . committee function as an educational,' in formative group, and as an aid in securing equal educational op portunities for all students. If arrangements can be com pleted, a manicurist will be em ployed to pretty up the pedals of any bashful seniors desiring the service. She will set up business in the Y court today or tomor row. Practice in manipulating pud dles expertly enough to splash those walking near one will be allowed today and tomorrow, and a special hardening process for tender feet will be released as soon as the Atomic scientists have perfected it. Tradition has it that Carolina men and maidens have respec tively bigger and prettier feet than those of any other race on earth. It was when this fact was discovered many years ago that Barefoot Day was begun, and it has been carried on through the centuries since then. Yacks Are Here The 1949 Yackeiy-Yack ar rived on campus yesterday afternoon, 3,200 strong. Dis tribution lo students will begin today, Ted Fussell, Yack bus iness manager said. Students may obtain their copies by calling personally at Horace Williams Lounge in Graham Memorial from 2 o'clock io 5 o'clock, Monday through Fri day. Distribution will continue until all Yacks have been pass ed out. All University students who have been in attendance dur ing the past school year may pick up their Yacks without charge, Fussell said. The year book has been paid for' those students through their fees. Students who have not been in regular attendance will be re quired to pay a fee of $1.50 for each quarter they were not here. Summer Faculty To Have Visitors In Two Schools A number of specialists from various sections of the country have accepted appointments as members of the staff of the School of Education for the 1949 Summer Session in the Univer sity, it was announced here to day by Dean Guy B. Phillips, Di rector of the Summer Session. Dr. Wallace H. Moore of Pasa dena, Calif., a member of the staff of Occidental College, will teach in the field of secondary educa tion and curriculum. Dr. Moore has an outstanding record on the West Coast in educational lead ership and has served as a mem ber of the faculty in the Univer sity of California. Miss G. Marian Young of the staff of the Experimental School in New York City will teach in the field of child growth and de velopment and elementary sci ence for teachers. Miss Ruby M. Schuyler, Direc tor of Curriculum of the public schools of Glencoe, 111., will be on the faculty during the first term to work in the general field of child growth, development and reading. Dr. L. R. Johnson, prin cipal of the East Orange, N. J., High School, will return to the Summer Session staff for the fourth time, and Prof. Doris L.jGraham Memorial. Kimball of the Lorain, Ohio, pub lic school system, will be making her first visit to Chapel Hill. One of the members of the music stall during the second summer term will be Dr. Carl Parrish of the Westminster Choir College. Dr. Kester Svendsen) from the University of Oklahoma will join the English staff for the second term. A number of other leading scholars will be members of the staff, Director Phillips said. Peacock Chosen Phi Bete Head Alvin Ward Peacock, Univer sity junior, has been named pres ident of the Phi Beta Kappa fra ternity for the coming year. The position is awarded in the honor ary scholastic society on a basis of the highest grade average dur ing the past year. Peacock main tained an average of 97.3. The vice-presidency, which is awarded on the same basis went to Eugene Dwight Blackwelder, another junior, who maintained a grade average of 97.21. W. Page Harris of Durham was elected secretary in a general vote by members. To be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa a student must average 92.5 on all courses. The fraternity took 106 new members during its recent spring ceremonies the largest number on record. Di To Debate Freistadt At Meet This Evening Open Forum Discussion to Consider . Three Problems of Grants Question "Should Hans Freistadt's fellowship be withdrawn?" will be the subject under discussion at an open meeting of the Dialectic Senate at 9 o'clock tonight in New West Building. Freistadt, an admitted Com- i NY Alumni Hear House, J.A1. Saunders Yankee Tar Heels Hold Annual Feed (Special to the Daily Tar Heel) NEW YORK, May 17 Chancel lor Robert House and Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders of the University of North Carolina spoke at the annual dinner meet ing of the University graduates jn New York last night. The meeting was held in Town Hall Club, James L. Harri son, president of the New York Alumni Association, said. Several hundred alumni in the metropoli tan area made reservations for the dinner. Tuesday House spoke on "My Responsibility as an Individual Citizen" at a dinner meetine of the Citizenship Conference, spon sored by the Department of Jus tice. Recently, New York alumni un der leadership of Harrison, AW. Haywood, and William A. Whit aker raised funds to purchase for the University library - the- entire collection of materials relating to Shakespeare gathered together by the late Dr. Samuel A. Tannen baum, who for many years was secretary of the Shakespeare As sociation of America and editor of its bulletin. Both House and Saunders will return to the University Thurs day. University Club Selects Officers Three rising seniors were among those officers elected to. four top posts in University Club elections held at the Club's reg ular Mondav -nieht. mptincr in John A Holcombe, Trenton, N. J., was elected president of the club to succeed Ike Rolader, while Charlie Foley, Charlotte, was named by acclamation to succeed vice-president Tookie Hodgson Charleen Greer of Tulsa, Okla., won over a field of four can didates the post of secretary, and Harold Bursley, senior from Charlotte was elected treasurer. Final plans for the University Club picnic to be held at Hogan's. Lake next. Monday were discuss ed and outlined by entertain ment committee chairman Wick Andrews. He reported that transportation to the Lake will be available for all those members in need of it. Members desiring transportation were requested to assemble by the Old Well Mon day at 6:30. An assessment will have to be made, Andrews stated, and add ed that cards are being sent to club members as a reminder. The assessment should be turned in to him no later than Saturday, An drews cautioned. Vesper Service Planned Tomorrow The first in a series of weekly non-denominational vesper pro grams for the campus, sponsored by the YWCA and the YMCA will take place tomorrow riight at 6:30 in Gerrard Hall. Dr. Claiborne S. Jones, professor in the University's Zoology De partment, will lead the service. munist, is scheduled to receive a $1,600 fellowship from the Atomic Energy Commission for further work in the Physics Department, effective July .1. The revelation of his scholarship raised a storm of protest and comment in Wash ington. Di Senate spokesmen said yes terday that the group will dis cuss several resolutions tonight. They are: 1. Should Freistadt's fellowship be withdrawn? 2. Should an investigation of Freistadt's loyalty be made so that he may be vindicated or proven disloyal by due process of law? 3. Should candidates for AEC fellowships be screened on the basis of their membership in a political party? All students and other visitors have been invited to attend and participate in the discussion. BSU Picks Ray As Representative James W. Ray, state Baptist Student Union secretary, will represent the Carolina BSU at the World Baptist Youth Con ference, to : be held- this , summer in Stockholm, Sweden. The Baptist State Convention and the Baptist students of North Carolina will share equally Ray's expenses for the convention. All Baptist students on the campus will be given an opportunity to contribute to the fund. Letters are being sent to all Baptist stu dents explaining the purpose of the Stockholm meeting and re questing contributions for the Chapel Hill $100 share of the ex pense. Boxes are in all dormitory of fices for donations and all stu- dents who attend the Baptist Church Service Sunday morning will be able to make offerings at the service. UP Steer Group Will Meet Today A very important meeting of the University' Party Steering Committee is slated for 4 o'clock thig i afternoon, in Roland Parker Lounge' - 2,j vGraham Memorial, Chairman Fletcher Harris said yesterday. The main business of the final UP get-together of the school year will be the election of par ty officers for 1949-50. Harris said that a vice-chairman, sec retary, treasurer, qualifications chairman, and publicity chair man will be elected and request ed all Steering Committee mem bers to be present for this very important meeting. 'Music Under the Stars' Jimmy Capps, master of cere monies of the WPTF week-night feature, "Our Best to You," will present his regular format for University students from the porch of Graham Memorial Sun day night, 9 to 11 o'clock. Capps' appearance is part of the "Music Under the Stars" series, sponsored Dedication Ballot Song . From To ommittee Hears Promise By Bronk Research Group Head Says Checks Will Be Made on Suspect Students WASHINGTON, May 17 (UP) Senate investigators today exacted a promise from Chairman Detlev W. Bronk of the National Research Council, that he will try to prevent young Communists being educated in science at the government's expense. Freistadt Flies To Washington For Testimony Will Appear Today Before Committee Physics student Hans Freistadt flew to Washington from the Raleigh-Durham Airport at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to testify to day before the Joint Congression al Committee on Atomic Energy. The Austrian-born admitted Communist will testify at 10 o'clock this morning on the facts pertaining to his receiving a $1, 600 fellowship from the Atomic Energy Commission to continue his advanced physics work at the University. Freistadt received a telegram Monday from Sen. Brien Mc Mahon (D. Conn.), chairman of the joint committee, inviting him to appear before the group "since your name was mentioned at an open meeting this afternoon. "I consider it only fair," Mc- Mahon continued, "that you be given an opportunity to testify before the committee at your earliest convenience should you so desire." ; Freistadt replied that he would be happy to appear and asked the senator to name the date. The reply came yesterday that "you are invited to appear as a wit ness at an open hearing of the Joint Congressional Committee at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn ing." Freistadt said before he left yesterday that he had also sent a telegram to radio commentator Fulton Lewis, Jr., asking him to give the 23-year-old Commun ist a portion of his radio time whenever it was convenient to answer the charges that Lewis made against him. Freistadt said he recently sent a letter to Sen. Clyde R. Hoey (D. N.C.) which he asked be in serted in the Congressional Rec ord. He told Hoey that although he was a Communist, he did not think that meant he was not a loyal citizen of the United States. "I don't think it is fair to de prive a person of a general aca demic sholarship because of his political views," Freistadt con tinued. by the University Club. In order that his record-spinning be as nearly like that of his "Best to You" program, Capps has asked that students request at least 40 numbers for him to play. Dedi cations should be placed in ballot boxes which will be located in the YMCA and Graham Memorial un til noon Thursday. The Council, a private organi zation of distinguished scientists and educators, handles the Atomic Energy Commission's $5,000,000-a-year program of fellowships for non-secret research in basic science. The Senate-House Atomic En ergy Committee is investigating the program because ore of the fellowships was awarded to Hans Freistadt, a Communist and stu dent at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Bronk, who also is president 'of Johns Hopkins Universitv. i - agreed in testimony before the fcommittee that Freistadt . was a poor selection." He said he will Vecommend that the council screen future fellowship candidates more parefully. Bronk said he will call a meet ing of the council's 50-member fellowship committee as soon as possible to consider changes in the program. He told a reporter later that he will consult the fellowship com mittee before deciding whether steps snould be taken to with draw Freistadt's $l,600-a-year grant. of the nation's foremost atomic physicists and head of the Insti tute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N. J., said in a letter to the Senate-House committee that loyalty investigations are "re pugnant" to American traditions of liberty and should be restrict ed to jobs involving "real issues of security." Committee Chairman Brien Mc Mahon (D.-Conn.) announced that Freistadt himself will appear be fore the committee tomorrow. Meanwhile Sen. Joseph C. O' Mahoney (D.-Wyo.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Sub committee which has charge of funds for the atomic commission, said his group also will look into the matter. In a letter to commission Chair man David Lilienthal, he pointed to federal laws forbidding pay ment of government wages to any person belonging to an organiza tion advocating violent revolution. He argued that recipients -of government research fellowships come under that provision and should at least be required to sign a loyalty affidavit. Bronk told the atomic commit tee he is willing to recommend that the council require every fellowship candidate to sign a lo yalty oath and to state whether he has ever been a member of the Communist party. He said he would be willing to reject any candidates who disclosed Commu nist ties. But he strongly opposed de mands of some congressmen that all fellowship applicants be in vestigated by the FBI. He said such strict security precautions are not necessary for students who do not have access to secret research, and that such a program would open the door to dangerously far reaching government intervention in the whole field of education. Lilienthal took the same stand in testimony before the commit tee yesterday. He asserted that scientific progress would be ham pered if the government imposes tight security rules on non-secret fields of study. Rep. Paul J. Kilday (D.-Tex.) told Bronk he sees no reason why loyalty checks should "infringe on academic freedom." Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R.-Ia.) indicated he still favora FBI checks.