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Court Suits
Are Planned
For Negroes
Lawyer Releases
Plans of NAACP
One or more suits to admit
Negro students to graduate schools
of the University will be filed in
Federal Court in Greensboro be
fore the end of this month, Dur
ham Negro attorney C. O. Pearson
announced this week."
Pearson, who represents the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
said the NAACP will sponsor the
suits, one of which will involve
Harold Epps of Asheville, gradu
ate of he North Carolina College
for Negroes in Durham. Epps was
one of the Negroes who picketed
the General Assembly last spring
demanding a library building, for
the Durham school.
A student group formed on cam
pus this summer called the "Non
Partisan Committee for Harold
Epps" was organized to push Epps'
admission to the UNC Law Schoo!
but became inactive at Pearson':
request.
Other Negro students who have
applied to the University, ac
cording to Pearson, are Joseph
Parker and Thomas . Hubbard of
Durham, for the Medical School;
and Thomas E. Malone, also of
Durham, for the Graduate School.
Dean Henry Brandis of the Law
School said that Epps' application
had been received last spring, but
turned down. He said former Dean
r;, TL Wettach told Epps his ap
plication was refused because
there were facilities for Negro law
students at North Carolina Col
lege. The offices of the Medical and
Graduate Schools reported they
had no information or applications
concerning either Parker, Hub
bard or Malone.
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
YOUNG DEMOCRATS will
meet at 4 o'clock Thursday after
noon in the Horace Williams
Lounge of Graham Memorial to
make plans for the state YDC con
vention scheduled for New Bern
Sept 15-17. President O. Max
Gard: r. Jr., says everyone is in
vited, ..nether club members or
not.
THE VETS CLUB will feature
Norman Cordon and his Metro
politan Opera bass voice at the
UVA Clubhouse on Friday even
ing of this week. Club .President
Vestal C. Taylor says that the
club will close down for the holi
days after Saturday evening and
will reopen in time for the first
football weekend in the fall
ALL VETERANS now attending
the University on the GI Bill who
plan to transfer to another school
in the fall must apply for new
certificates of eligibility f rom the
VA before they leave Chapel Hill.
The 'applications may be filled
out and mailed at the VA office
in South Building.
THE CONVENTION of the
Carolinas District of Kiwanis In
ternational will start on campus
Sunday and continue through
Tuesday. An elaborate program
has been arranged, including
three major addresses, a religious
memorial service, several busi
ness sessions, and a
number of
speci?! events and social functions,
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VeepUnofficially Backs
Former UNC President
' The news from Washington on junior North Carolina Sen
ator Frank Porter Graham has
during the past week, highlighted by the report that Vice
President Alben Barkley has unofficially endorsed Dr. Frank
for re-election to his seat m 1950.
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DR. FRANK P. GRAHAM
Graham Gets
Big Ovation
AtNagsHead
Carmichael, Scott
Also Attend Meet
By Roy Parker. Jr.
NAG'S HEAD With a distin
guished person-studded audience
rising to pay homage with a thun
dering ovation, Senator Frank
Porter Graham addressed the
ninth Greater University Day
alumni luncheon here at the
Carolinian Hotel last week.
Senator Graham, former presi
dent of the Greater University,
praised the teamwork that had
made it "one of the nation's great
est universities of the people." He
called on the people of the state
to get, behind Gov. Kerr Scott's
program of "commonwealth build
ing" and through teamwork con
tinue the "new beginnings that
will work for the greater health,
abundance and glory of the people
of North Carolina."
Dr. Frank continued his talk
with a serious discussion of the
University building program and
made several remarks on the
"Lost Colony" state historical
pageant on Roanoke Island.
Other state officials and nota
bles who gave talks and attended
th celebration were Governor
Scott, Greater University Control
ler W. D. Carmichael, Jr., alumnus
Kay Kyser and wife (Gorgeous)
Georgia Carroll, Dr. Sam Selden
director of the Outer Banks drama
and head of the University Drama
tic Arts Department, and many
others. '
Professor Here
"Old Professor" Kay Kyser
was back in lown this week,
leaving smiling faces and
jokes in his path everywhere
he went.
The famous North Carolina
band leader, who has been
vacationing on the Outer
Banks and working on plans
for improving "The Lost
Colony historical paoeanl on
i Roanoke Island said the "Col-
lony" was doing fine this year.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, AUGUST 25,
been flying fast and thick
Barkley told a group of
Lumberton business men visit
ing in Washington that "We
are very fond no, we are
infatuated with your good sen
ator from North Carolina. We
don't want to get into any local
contests, but we do hope you
send Graham back up here.
Dr. Graham himself ex
pressed his views to the press
on the House-approved dis
placed persons bill which faces
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, of which he is a member.
The bill would allow 339,000
persons to come into the coun
try in three years in place of
the approximately 205,000 m
wo years under present law
The bill would also remove
some restrictions which Presi
dent Truman has said slow up
action and discriminate
against Catholics and Jews
Graham said he was definitely
for the bill, and would vote
that way when it comes be
fore the committee.
The former University pres
ident spoke this week f r6m
Washington on a radio pro
gram which was broadcast
throughout the state to initiate
a $250,000 fund campaign as a
memorial to the late Negro
educator Dr. James E. Shep
ard. Gov. Kerr Scott and other
state officials spoke on the
program from Raleigh.
Dr. Shepard was president
of the North Carolina College
for Negroes at Durham. Dr
Graham said about him, "Even
in death he serves the college
he loved so well, speaking of
the memorial fund drive for
the school.
On the lighter side, news
came from Manteo on the
Outer Banks that Dr. Frank
and Paul Green, James Stree
and Betty Smith from the
Chapel Hill writers' colony
would appear as guest artists
in the "Lost Colony" pageant
on Roanoke Island. The Sena
tor will play the role of Capt
Armadas in the historica
drama, as a part of the Kay
Kyser-instituted program o:
Celebrity Nights.
Language Confusion
Swalin Conducting in Shorts
Might Detract
The honor of the state of)
North Carolina and more be
sides was at stake in Mexico
City last week, and it all hing
ed around a dress suit and the
dignified person of Dr. Benja
min Swalin of Chapel Hill,,
director of the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Swalin was conducting
a Mexico City Symphony con
cert, and all arrangements
were made in Spanish by mail.
The conductor didn't have any
trouble translating the letters,
with the aid of the University
Spanish Department, but there
seemed still to be a little con
tusion on the language side.
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1949
NUMBER 10
Water, Not Fire
No it wasn't a fire which
hit the Steele Dormitory
basement book store last
week-thai fire hose stretch
ed for 50 feet or so to a
hydrant in front of Saun
ders was part of the equip
ment an emergency crew
was using to stop water dam
age in the building.
H. R. Ritchie, manager of
the Book Exchange, ex
plained that water from the
recent heavy rains was
seeping into the bookstore
and causing considerable
damage, and the hose was
being used to pump water
through a clogged-up drain
which was thought to be
the seat of the trouble.
"We're using the hose
with the hope that we may
force any obstruction, such
as paper cups or other trash,
through the clogged drain."
Ritchie said. "If this doesn't
work students may have to
wear hip boots in order to
buy supplies."
Old Well Has
Shining Coat
Of New Paint
The most famous of all campus
landmarks received a shiny new
coat of paint this week.
The Old Well, white and gleam
ing again, was reaay to ian
proudly under the gaze of incom
ing freshmen and homecoming
football alumni in the fall.
The present well is not the
original one which stood in the
center of the campus. The first
well was ordered torn down , in
1897 by University President
Edwin A. Alderman, who de
scribed it as "squalid and ram
shackle". Alderman wanted a
new edifice of "marked dignity
and beauty."
The "new" well, when it was
constructed soon after, was de
scribed by the President as a
sort of sixth cousin to a Greek
shrine, or third cousin of the
Temple of Versailles."
So without any fear of being
embarrassed by a shabby well
which was rapidly approaching
the state of the original well
when President Alderman ordered
it razed, you can tell your friends
again in the fall to "Meet me at
the Old Well."
From Dignity
Dr. Swalin was horrified
. .
when he arrived in Mexico
City prepared to give the con
cert in white tie and tails only
to find that it was to be held in
the morning, and Mexican cus
torn demanded a cutaway with
striped trousers.
The Mexican officials said
"full dress" in their letters,
and the obvious conclusion
was that that meant formal
evening tails. At any rate, Mrs.
Swalin dispatched the neces
sary clothes by express, and
was assured that they would
reach Mexico City in time to
prevent Dr. Swalin from hav
ing to conduct in his shorts.
Three Units
Are Slated
By Trustees
Commerce School
To Get Buildings.
The University Board of Trus
tees Building Committee an
nounced Wednesday that it had
voted unanimously to establish
not one, but three separate build
ings for the enlarged School of
Commerce.
Although aolministrative offic
ials of the Commerce School had
recommended a single building,
the committee voted for the three
edifice plan to conform to the
general campus expansion and
architectural program, which calls
for three buildings across the mall
from, and similar to, Manning,
Murphey and Saunders Halls. The
expansion plan was set up when
the new building program began
in the early 1920's. i
The possibility that the three
separate buildings might hinder
the efficient operating of the
School of Commerce was care
fully investigated, and all facts
obtained gave the green light to
the proposal Officials said this
week that they, hope plans for
the buildings will be ready for
contractors sometime this fall.
The big headache connected
with the building program now
faces the campus Safety Commit
tee, a student organization which
must find some place to park all
the cars which the commerce
buildings will displace from their
present space behind Memorial
Hall and the YMCA Building.
Gerns Reports
Recent' Actions
Of Dorm Council
President Pete Gerns of the
Interdormitory Council reported
Wednesday on recent action of
the dormitory governing group,
and hit a cheery note by pointing
out that the council was still
working on its plans to provide
social rooms for A, B, C, and
Whitehead in the fall.
The Judicial Board of the or
ganization reported that it had
completed writing its penal code,
providing for suspension and pro
bation of dorm residents found
guilty of violation of dormitory
social rules. Chairman Ken Black
gave a report on two cases re
cently tried, both of which re
sulted in sentences of indefinite
suspension.
In other action, the council
made a strong recommendation
to the Safety Committee that
stoplights be installed "at Woollen
Gymnasium and at the triangle
near the Med School, and defeated
a motion favoring compulsory
fingerprinting of students, a sug
gestion which arose after the re
cent wave of dormitory and
fraternity house thefts.
Exam Schedule
FRIDAY, Aug. 26
8:00 a.m.-All , 11 o'clock
classes
11:00 a.m.-All 12 o'clock
classes
3:00 p.m.--All 10 o'clock
classes
SATURDAY. Aug. 27
8:00---All 8 o'clock classes
11:00-All 9 o'clock classes
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