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T) tl C LlVi Serials Dept. Chapel HUX. H. C STfft ri Iff) & -n ITtiTJ fe Yf em? lMVr?f EDITORIALS No Rogues in the Gallery; Carelesmess to Blame Georgia Aftermath WEATHER Continued fair and warm today and Wednesday. VOLUME LVIII GUSC Requests Scott To Let Students Help Formal Meeting Discusses Plans For Coming Year The Greater University Student Council has asked Gov. Kerr Scott for more student participation in the selecting of a new president to succeed Sen. Frank P. Graham, Dortch Warriner, president of the group, said yesterday. Meeting in Greensboro Sunday, the council made a formal request to Scott that students be allowed to sit on the special presidential selection committee as observers. Soon after Governor Scott ap pointed Graham to the United States Senate, the council asked him for student participation on the committee. The Governor complied by naming O. Max Gard ner, Jr., to the group. Gardner is a student and a member of the Board of Trustees. The council also voted Sunday to dispatch a . letter to Senator Graham urging him to accept the position on the National Advisory Council of the National Students Association. Graham was selected at the recent NSA Congress in Urban a, 111., but has said nothing definite yet about whether or not he will accept the appointment. The Student Council, meeting officially for the first time this year, heard several new projects suggested for the year which were referred to committee. The Pro jects Committee will discuss them and report on them at the next meeting. Some of the projects listed were round table discussions on the air, clinics on student government, arrangements for outstanding speakers to appear at all three in stitutions, exchange" of foreign stu dents; exchange of professors, and appointment of a committee to do research on prospective candidates for the presidency of the Greater University. Service Erat Will Meet Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, will meet to night in the Di Senate Hall, third floor of New West,' at 8 o'clock. Expansion of the service program will be discussed. All former Boy Scouts are invited to attend this first open meeting of . the new term. The group is considering spon 1 soring a blood bank in addition to h the first aid stands maintained M Jttrinrr -.K-ill (tamcc "SprVlCe y. UUIUlf, iuuiuoii Uwill also be planned for handi capped students, local Scout units, Jand a campus flag. Recent pro jects of orientation assistance, camporee leadership, and Com munity Chest work will be re viewed. Membership in Alpha Phi Omega is open to former Boy Scouts who show a desire to serve others by entering the chapter program of service. Campus News Briefs THE MEN'S FACULTY CLUB will meet at 1 o'clock today for a luncheon at the Carolina Inn. Professor Lee Wiley will speak on "A Year in Post-War France." THE PHARMACY SENATE, in its first meeting of the quarter to night in Howell Hall at 7 o'clock, will present a special program for first vear and transfer students entitled "Student Organizations of the School of Pharmacy." PHILOGICAL CLUB members will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Facultv Cliihrnom of the More- head Planetarium. GRADUATE STUDENT exams for reading knowledge of German will be given Saturday morning at 9:30 in 109 Saunders. The date for the French exam ination has been changed from Oct 29 to Oct. 22 at 9:30 in the morning in 314 Murphy. . . - ' :i -. . - u ' " . 1 : - - Associated Prfess Concert, Two Donees : , Grail Will Martin Oct The Tennessee weekend will include something besides football, Dick Gordon, exchequer of the Order of the Grail, said yesterday. '. ; . .'. : " ;'. ':V.; i : - ;;;:;. The Grail is bringing Freddy Martin and his orchestra for two dances and a concert over Friday and 'Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29. Gordon said tickets for the musical events will go on sale Tuesday, October 18, in the Y court. Tickets for all three activi ties may be purchased in a block for $6, or for $1.50 for each dance and $1 for the concert. The dance tickets will admit a couple while the concert tickets are for one person only. .' Both of the dances will ' be semi-formaf, men in' suits and ties and the girls in long dresses and begin at 8:30 irt Woollen Gymnasium. The concert is sche duled for Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in Memorial Hall. Gordon advised those planning to attend the concert to get tickets as soon as possible after they "go on sale; since Memorial Hall only seats less than 1,800. . : r Dorm SfudeHtsiTb Vote To d ay 1 8 0 The balloting season gets underway this'morning as men students in 20 dormitories, vote for dormitory officers. A total of nearly 180 office-seekers are up for three offices in each dorm. ' " . - s '. ; .-' ' . - v ' . : m f - 1 r lay matters Set Tryoufs For Try outs f or . "The Spirit of Cedarhurst", new full length piay by Mildred E. Danforth,' will he held by the Carolina Playmakers this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Playmakers Theater, tonight at 8 o'clock in Murphy Hall. The play will be the first full length experimental production of the new Playmaker season, and it is scheduled for production on October 27 and 28. It follows the major production, "Squaring the Circle", a Russian comedy slated for a six day run beginning October 18. "The Spirit of Cedarhurst is to be directed by Bill Macllwinen, graduate student from Fayette ville, who-will conduct the tryout sessions. t All students who are interested in taking part in the production, either in acting or. technical work, re cordially invited to attend. Twenty-three roles will be cast, including eight men and 15 wo- men. The action of the play takes . . . . - place in an exclusive scnooi ior girls, and is centered around a personality struggle between the dean and the principal. Playmakers Seek Rare Instrument There are many things that make a play director, especially one who is directing a comedy, want to tear out his hair, and Kai Jurgensen, directing the Carolina Playmaker production of Squar ins the Circle", is no exception. - . This time, Jurgensen says it is the playwright who is to blame. The script of "Squaring the Cir cle" calls for a button style ac-r cordion or concertina. The Playmakers have launched search, unsuccessful so far, for an instrument answering the de Tiirtrnsen asks that SCrlDHOn. iui6 anyone who has an accordion, or concertina, for loan or rent please ntirt the Playmaker business . ' drain- TTill ' office in Swain, nan. Toddy resent 2' ml FREDDY MARTIN Arf ? I h kace . Polls . will be -open from " 8 6'clock . this, : morning: :until 8 o'clock 'tonight-The, election will be, run off under the Honor Sys tem, . with ; no ; poll-watchers. Voters " Will be required to ! sign registration listi posted near the ballot ' hoxe Sji and ; put j their room number on the ballot- -: .. . The candidates heard Dean of Students Bill Friday , speak at a mass meeting last night in Bing ham.. Hall! ! A short orientation lecture also was on the program. The office of : president, vice- president and secretary -treasurer are to be filled in each dorm. - .So far, 13 candidates have been disqualified mvjer one of the two qualification rules laid down by the Interdormitbry Council, which i? .handling . the election. Candi dates must have a half C average Or better for three terms and have been in a dorm for three terms, except for four' dorms with freshman populations.' 1 Runoff elections are scheduled for ' Thursday during the hours as today's voting. same CG Positions AreAvailable The United States Coast Guard is now accepting applications -for its Academy located at New Lon don, Conn., according to the Pro fessor of Naval Science, Capt. Jacob Cooper, USN. Students who complete the rfour vears of intensive studv at - - - - - - - - iiew jjuhuuh are gruauaiea wim a B.S. in Engineering and com missioned. Ensigns." Aamission to tne Academy s based on . the applicant's, own ability. " Entrance is gained only through ;: competitive, scholastic examinations held each year in February. ' Applicants must be unmarried citizens of : the United States, be not less than 17 years of age nor more .than 22 years of age on July 1 of the calendar year in which they are appointed a cadet. Applications and information are available at the Naval Armory. Hungary Protests s Plans for Germany BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct (P) The Hungarian govern ment tonight protested the es tablishment of a Western German Government, The Soviet government yester ja nc TTnUd Ctotoc Britain and France of violating derisions of the Council of Foreig Ministers by setting up the West 1 env jrerman regime in uonn.) v i ---Y t I f tr 1 V ' ' I -r $ ' . i " & :-''v-'M?v::. 1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, Phi To Debate Faculty Oath In Open Meet A proposal that University fac ulty ana employees be required to sign non-Communist affadavits will be debated before the Phi Assembly tonight at 7:30 in Phi Hall, New East Building. Prof. Phillips Russell of the Journalism Department, will ap pear to express his views on the bilL Leading opposition will be Dave Sharpe, political science ma jor and member of the student leg islature. Sharpe is a past speaker of the Phi. In announcing the subject for the evening, Speaker Pro-Tem pore Hugh Griffin said that the bill was worded for the Phi to go on record opposing the anti Communist measure. He also re ported that privileges of the floor would be open to the public Other business for the evening will include a report from the Phi's "Go Forward" committee by Chairman Herman Sieber. The committee recently has made plans for several improvements in the Assembly, and these will be brought before Phi members for the first time tonight. Speaker Graham Jones reported that following the regular meet ing would be an executive ses sion in which applications for membership into the Phi would be considered. Committee ap pointments will also be made at that time, he said. Elwood Clinard, chairman of the Membership Committee, urged all applicants for membership to be present at tonight's meeting. " Robbers Hit Three Spots In Weekend Occupants of the Chi Psi fra ternity, Pi Beta Phi sorority and dormitory lost more than $600 in cash and valuables to thieves dur ing the excitement of the past football weekend, police officers said yesterday." j Hardest hit in the raids was the Chi Psi house where more than $500 worth of money and clothing was taken. The thieves first en tered the house about 4:30 Sat urday morning and left with ap proximately $60. Unsatisfied with this haul, the thieves returned during the foot ball game and this time left with an $80-suitcase belonging to Roy Gilliken containing a number of suits. Later evidence revealed that the two thieves had been spotted by the Chi Psi cook who, being suspicious, questioned them. They replied that they were "moving out." The cook also reported that the two men left in a '37 Ford coach. Pi Phi rushing parties Friday nieht provided -opportunity for more thievery. While the party was in progress, the girls rooms upstairs received a thorough go- me-over. An average of sa was stolen from each girl. One gradu ate, Elizabeth Eaddy, found her $60 pay check missing. After the party the rushees found that all the valuables had been taken from their coats. J. M. Eppes, of B Dorm, report ed that $31 was stolen from a table drawer in his room on Sunday be tween 9 and 2:30 o'clock. Quarterly To Fiction Grady McCoy, senior from Lex ington and an English major in the University, was named as fic tion editor of the Carolina Quar terly by Editor Harry Snowden yesterday. 1 McCoy, who served as a mem ber of the Quarterly fiction board last year, replaces former Editor Alice Sharp who graduated in June. His job will be to read all submitted manuscripts, then sub mit them to the fiction board for discussion. For each issue he will be obliged to read anywhere from 30-50 manuscripts, Editor Snow den said. - The new fiction editor gathered OCTOBER 4, 1949 Solon Quorum Not Available For Session Council Position Is Still Unfilled; To Meet Thursday By Roy Parker, Jr. Roy Holdsten still is "chairman without portfolio" of - the Men's Honor Council today because a special session of the Student Legislature, called for last night to consider his appointment to the judicial body he has already been tentatively elected chairman of didn't get a quorum. With general confusion reign ing because of a misunderstand ing about the time of the meet ing, resignation of several solons, and conflicting engagements, the Legislature could only garner 21 members, four short of enough to do business. The body will try again at its regularly scheduled session Thurs day night at 7:30. It is expected to have plenty of business then) with Holsten's appointment still on the fire and several other governmen tal posts lacking an office-holder. Nearly a dozen seats in the Leg islature itself must be filled. The Student Party met immedi ately after the legislative dud to get a slate of replacements ready to fill nearly a dozen SP vacancies in the body. The University Party meets tomorrow to fill its vacan cies and the Campus Party has already filled a single seat. .Besides appointments, Thursday night's regular session may have amendments to the Campus Chest bill to consider. Chest head Dick Murphey has several changes be ing mulled over at the present time. Debate Sets Try outs For Tonight Debate Council President David J.'Pittman announced yesterday that try-outs for debate teams for this year will be held tonight at 8:30 in Roland Parker lounge no. 1. The national topic set forth 'for the debators is, Resolved: "That the United States Should Nation alize the Basic Non-Agricultural Industries." The first tournament the de baters will take part in is the Carolina Forensics which will be held in Columbia, S. C. on October 21 and 22. A northern trip is also planned to the University of Rich mond, Georgetown. University, Princeton, a&d Columbia during the week of November 7-12.' " Last year the Carolina debaters won 75 per cent of their contests. The Council has six returning varsity men. Expectations for this year are very good, reported Dave Pittman. Gunfire Pinpoints New Union Clashes PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3 () Bloody violence erupted anew in the strike-scarred coal fields today as the nation's first double header steel-coai walkout pinched America's economy a little harder. Group Editor Appoints McCoy Post; Procedures Fixed his experience during the Ameri can occupation of Germany after World War II as editor of the American forces publication, American Army. "McCoy possesses a great deal of ability. During the past year he has displayed this ability and shown a great power of discern ment as a member of the fiction board," Snowden said. Immediately upon accepting his position, McCoy issued a call, to all writers to submit their manu scripts as quickly as possible. Sub mited manuscripts should be 3,000 words in length. The deadline for this fall issue of the Quarterly has Phone Local YDC Members Urged By Newly-Installed Leader To Help - - " o i-:-:-:-!jBaiBt';-;. f -J" EARL WYNN. RADIO DEPARTMENT HEAD, is shown ex plaining the mechanics of radio production to an audience attend ing last year's adaptation of Paul Green's "The Lost Colony." The Department is holding auditions today and Wednesday af ternoon from 2 until 5 o'clock in Studio A of the Communications Center for the' purpose of selecting talent to be used on the University Hour series this season. Special Ceremony University Celebrates 156th Year Next Week The" University will celebrate its 156th birthday on Wed nesday, Oct. 12, with annual exercises staged on the campus and elsewhere in the country. Chancellor E. B. House said that exercises will be staged South Building and the Library For many years October 12 has- been called University Day and by tradition -there .is a central cele bration on the campus with many alumni groups holding meetings to commemorate the date through out the country. On the University campus the program will feature a re-enactment of the cornerstone-laying. From a platform to be built to the south of South Building the Carolina Playmakers will stage the symbolic cornerstone laying of Old East dorm, at which Gen eral William R. Davie, founder of the University, first presided. The program will begin with a band concert immediately follow ing the 10:50 bell. At 11 o'clock a massed chorus' representing the Men's and Women's glee clubs un der the direction of Joel Carter will sing from the steps of South Building. ; The exercises, which will be presided over by Chancellor House, are scheduled to take only about 20 minutes. The program will be concluded by the as sembled students and faculty marching behind the band to Davie Podar where "Hark the Sound" will close the formal birth day party. In observation of the occasion classes will be suspended follow ing the 11 o'clock hour and stu dents, faculty, and university of ficers will be granted a half-holiday, it was announced by Chancel i lor House's office. been set at Oct. 15, he said, so that the magazine may be ready for distribution the first week in December. ' , ' Last spring, Snowden stated, the Quarterly sold over 1,000 subscrip tions. This year, he said, there will be a limited number of copies printed. He advised that readers subscribe now, rather than wait for,-the magazine to appear on newsstands. Because of the limited budget under which the Quarterly operates, it is important that sub scriptions are filed before it goes to press, he asserted. Further explaining the method (See QUARTERLY, page pur) F-3371 F-3361 'Keep Party Alive' . .. V on the campus area between Activity Day Is Scheduled For Freshmen Any campus organization that wishes to do so may erect a booth at Memorial Hall today for the purpose of giving freshmen infor mation on the organization's ac tivities, Chairman of the Fresh man Orientation Committee Al Lowenstein said yesterday. The third in the series of fresh man assemblies this morning at 10 o'clock will mark Activities Day on campus, and will feature several speakers whose aim it will be to familiarize new students with the organization, purpose and function of extra-curricular groups on the campus. The speakers will cover such topics as forensics, dramatics and music, religion, scholastic and honorary groups, non-fraternal social activities, campus politics hand other political organizations represented in the student body, publications and athletics; Campus organizations desiring to be included in the schedule of events today should contact Low enstein or some member of the Orientation Committee. The groups will be permitted to fur nish details and distribute litera ture describing their activities, Lowenstein stated. Frosh Y Council To Meet Tonight The YMCA Frsshmarr Council will hold the second of two plan ning meetings tonight at 7:30 in Gerrard HalL This meeting is a follow-up of the first meeting held last Tues day night. A number of freshmen will take part in setting up programs for the fall quarter. Other inter ested freshmen, are invited to at tend this session. - House Passes Bill For Appropriations WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. JPj The House passed and sent to the Senate today a fifth emergency appropriation bill giving tempror ary financing to the military, establishment and the interior department. NUMBER 11 Sanford Gives First Address Since Elected 300 Democrats Attend Meeting In Gerrard Hall By Bill Buchan "The Democratic Party stands chance of becoming self-satis fied, dictatorial, and stagnant in thought," Terry Sanford, presi dent of the North Carolina oung Democrats, told an audience of some 300 persons last night in his first public speech since his elec tion as YDC President at New. Bern on Sept. 17. The primary objective of the Young Democrats Club, he said,- is to keep the party alive. We need to bring a youthful approach to our organization." Sanford spoke before a group of students and faculty members at a local YDC meeting. It is up to the younger gen eration to keep the democracy alive and to prevent an ever in creasing bureaucracy from stran gling it as we know it today." he continued. " Sanford spoke on an hour-long program with W. D. Carmichael, Jr., Acting President of the Greater University, and Miles Smith, Jr., secretary of the state YDC organization. O. Max Gard ner, Jr., local "club president, presided. Carmichael, who made a wel come address to the club, told the Young Democrats, "faith has made North Carolina a great state faith in Almighty God, ourselves and each I other. , We have a state where all th: people have ! Worked cooperiti. eiy to gether to build a healthier, wealthier, economically sounder and happier state. "We must at this time," he continued, "stand steadfastly to gether, determined that in our zeal to improve the lot of those citizens who have not shared freely in the distribution of ma terial, we do not divide our people. We must work together to achieve benefits for those" who do not have them." Senior Class Heads AAeet Officers of the class of 1950 held their initial meeting of this year to discuss organizational plans in Graham Memorial yes terday. Senior class Vice President Don VanNoppen presided over the meeting due to the illness of Pres ident Al Wjnn. The members dis cussed plans for several name- band concerts to be held during the winter quarter either in Wool len Gymnasium or Memorial HalL Also included in the- talks var tentative plans for- -the annual Senior picnic and Senior Weak to be held during tha spring quarter. Officers of the club are Winn, president; VanNoppen, vice presi dent; Amecia Eure, secretary and Allison Pell and Muriel Ficher, co-social chairmen. 'Take Pride' RALEIGH. OcL 3 WP) North Carolina can take pride in the accomplishments and services of N. C. State College, Dr. David A. LockmiHer asserted today. Dr. Lockmiller. president of the University of Chattanooga and a former member of the State College faculty, was the chief speaker for a program ob serving the 60th anniversary of the school.
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