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A TODAY'S NEWS Baseball. page 3 Blodgett't Letter, page 2 Campus Briefs, page 4 WEATHER Cloudy with possible showers. VOLUME LVIII Associated Press Chapel Hill, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1950 Phone. F3361 F3371 NUMBER 154 u? e jami if amir me e n if Student Government Officers Honored At Banquet Toni ght Frank Graham Inaugural Affair To Hear Talk By Duke Professor; 100 Expected The Frank Porter Graham Stu dent Government Inaugural Ban quet in honor of newly-elected campus officials will be held in the Carolina Inn Ballroom to night at 6 o'clock. Over' 100 gucst3 and officers are expected to attend the sec ond annual banquet. Senator Gra ham will not be present, being in Charlotte for a political speech. Featured speaker at the affair Orientation Meet Sets Plans For Fall Program By Rolfe Neill The joint student-faculty 'Orientation Committee in a meeting yesterday afternoon pieced together the framework for the fall program, setting Saturday, September 16, as the "first day for instruction. vv'x'yv x r" rv,yyjs.j w-nrwnK r-rw bucu a caii xur muse ucauing to act as tuunseiois to suonut ap plications 10 tne stuaeni govern ment onice today, tie set Tues uuy as tne aeauune lor entering applications, applications should include tne name, auuress, quauncauons, ana number of orientation meeting; attended. The last of the three meetings will be held Monaaj nignt, according to Prince, tie saiu interviewing will start Tuesday by invitation of the committee. The meeting was attended by faculty members Dean of Women Katncrine Carmichacl, Dean ol General College C. P. Spruill Dean of Students Bill i Tiday Charlie Bernard of the Admis sions Office, and Ray Jeffries ol women's orientation, and Prince A reception by the Chancellor, long a leaturc of the program brought much discussion. It was pointed out that due to the large numbers of students attending confusion usually, resulted. It was decided to split the group of in mminff students, having two re ccptions. Approximately 1,000 freshmen will be the guests of Chancellor and Mrs. Robert B. House on Saturday afternoon. Transfer stu dents, including both men and women and numbering about 600 will attecnd.a Chancellor's re ccption on Sunday afternoon. Prince said the weekly asscmb lies will also be held this year along the line of those of last fall's program. Also on tap for the new students arc two mass assemblies on Saturday and Sun day nights. A welcoming meetin hoarlorl bv University officials will be held Saturday night, wit student government officers con ducting Sunday night's program Appointed by student body pres ident John Sanders, Prince, alon with his committee members, must be approved by the Stu dent Legislature. Sanders appointments to the committee are J. K. Richardson. Dub Graham, Ken Barton, Jack Tripp, Bill Roth, Bobbc Whipple, Herb Mitchell Dot Mannue, Peg gy Wood, Jim Alexander, Peg gy Warren, John Hazelhurst, Bob Payne, and George Moore. The function of the Orienta tion Committee is to organize a nrocram for the fall which will familiarize the incoming students. with the University and the cam pus. Radio Schedule The Harmoneers and an in terview with Conrad Bromberg highligh't today's radio listening over the University's radio ia lion broadcasting from WDNC FM at 105.1 Megs., channel 286. Music For You goes on the ir at 4:30 for half an hour follow ed at 4:55 by Feature Edition; an interview with Conrad ', Bromberg, actor and director. Concert music will be pre sented at 5 o'clock and at 5:30 Intermezzo. The Harmoneers conclude the broadcast with a show from 5:45 to 6 o'clock. Broadcasts may be heard in Lenoir Hall and Graham Memorial. High School Debate Team Here Today Twelve high school debating teams from 12 schools, each team a district champion on. the affirmative or negative, will enter the final contest for the Aycock Memorial Cup . at the University of North Caro lina today. A general meeting of all de baters and coaches will be held at 2:30 in Gcrrard Hall. Welcome will be extended by Dean E. L. Mackie of the Uni versity and by representatives of the Dialectic Senate and the Philanthropic Assembly. Drawings will be held for sec tions and pairings in the pre liminaries. The preliminaries will be held at 7 o'clock, the semi finals will begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the final debate is scheduled for 3 o'clock in Gerrard Hall. The query for discussion this year is: "Resolved, That the President of the United States should be elected by the direct vote of the people." The 12 schools and their Re spective debaters are: Appalachian high school of Boone, represented by Miss Joanne Aldridge and Miss Jo Ann Hardin, on the affirma tive; Hancs high school, Winston-Salem, Miss Mclba Beck and Frank Hargrove, affirma tive; Oxford high, Miss Edith Ashley and Miss Lila Haney, affirmative; Reynolds of Winston-Salem, John Peddycord and Charles Rodenbough, af firmative; and Wadcsboro high, Joe Burroughs and Fred Allen, affirmative. Brevard high, represented by Bruce McGuire and Miss Mary Ellen Short, negative; fScc DEBATERS, page 4) will be Dr. Waldo Beach. Dr. Beach, a professor in the Duke University School of Divinity, will talk on "Leadership." He will be introduced by new stu dent president John Sanders. The progiam will begin with the invocation by Allen Mill edge. Afterwards, immediate pas; president Bill Mackie will a j liver a welcoming address. Trish -Sanford, former speakti of the Coed Senate, will introduce the new coed officers, white Mackie will present the new stu dent government officials. Officers and representative from many organiations which dc not elect officials in campus elec tions are included in the larg guest list. All students elected in April 4's general election have been in vited. On hand for the affair will be all officers of student government ranging from student body pres ident John Sanders to appoint ive members of executive boards. The banquet is the first tc be held under the Frank Graham Inaugural title. An informal ban quet was held last year, setting the precedent for the now-annual affair. The banquet was made of ficial, and the name adopted, by the Student Legislature last fall. Arrangements for the banquet were handled by a committee headed by former president Bill Mackie. . i , , ' . -r t ' - r - j " ' ' - I f, ' , i to . &er i i 1 I ' ' ; I T " " ' 41 - jrt 'X' ' " - ' - t - , ' v ' : I - if 5 ' civ A ' V - DoriTiKep Is Installed resenra tion y UP 5 ffi IN COSTUME, .and looking mighty good, is Doris Fowler, who plays the lead of 'Cindy' in the Koch Memorial Fund Playmaker production of 'Spring For Sure.' The play, to be presented in the Forest Theater on May 4-7, will donate proceeds to the fund established in honor of the late head of the Playmakers. Tickets are on sale at Ledbetter-Pickards. Roth Is Eleded New Debater Head Council Names Hutchinson, Stallings, Mitchell To Other Posts; Cites Aims Paul Roth, junior from Asheville, took over yesterday as new chairman of the Debate Council after election of officers at a Tuesday night meeting. Roth is a junior pre-law major-!- ; ; from Asheville, and has served as Alumni Meef Scheduled Here Today Program events for the annual University North Carolina alum ni assembly, to be held here to day -were announced yesterday by the alumni office. Representatives of some 60 lo cal alumni associations and more than 50 alumni class organiza tions will join in a full day's program with officers and direc tors of the general alumni associ ation. The assembly is the an nual business meeting of the As sociation. Acting President W. D. Car- michael, Jr., and Chancellor R.B. House will be featured speakers at a dinner meeting at 6:30 o'clock in the Morehead build ing Chancellor House will speak on "Highlights in the University Year," while Carmichacl will discuss "Alumni as Public Rela tions Partners of the University." A discussion of "Projects in Progress" will bring together a panel with officers of several foundations discussing their .pro i ams, including the Business Foundation, the Medical Founda tion, and the Pharmaceutical Re search Foundation. Donahue I o Play For May 6 Dance Sam Donahue and his orchestra will play for a dance in Woollen Gym May 6 which will be held exclusively for men living in dormitories. The dance, which will be .sponsored by the Interdormitory Council, will be the first of its kind since the war. The dance wil Vlf spmi.fnrmal and will last from 9 to 12 o'clock. Phi Debates On Battle Over Senate One of the most heated debates in the past several years took place in the Philanthropic As sembly Tuesday night when sup porters for the three major can didates for the United States Senate from North Carolina clash ed on the vital issues of the cam paign, the clerk said yesterday. Russell Johnson, who is direct ing the state organization of the Robert Reynolds for Senator clubs, lambasted Reynold's op ponents and called for the As sembly's support for Reynolds, "the Messiah from the hills of Western North Carolina." Graham Jones, avoiding the charges made by Johnson, gave strong support to Senator Gra ham, saying that "ethics 'in gov ernment and Christianity in ev eryday life have not yet been replaced by muddy politics." Former Phi Speakers David Sharpe and John Giles also gave the former University of North Carolina president high praise It will be preceeded in the after noon by a concert lasting from 5 to 7 o'clock. Funds taken from the social fee paid. by. each dormitory resident as a1 part of his rent will pay for the dance. Only dormitory men will be invited' to it. Although the social fee is col lected each year, this is the first time in several years it has been used for a dance. This will also mark the first year that the Inter dormitory Council has had a name band play for the dance. Men who are eligible to attend the dance may obtain tickets from their dorm advisers or from their dorm presiuents. Admission will be free. ". . . out on the job," New Medical Building Doing Fine; Set For Completion In April, '5 By Charlie Brewer "Construction on the new med ical clinic and hospital should bo back on schedule by May 15," said W. H. McWhirtcr, general super intendent for J. A. Jones contrac tors yesterday. The superintendent spoke cn-t thusiastically of the expansion project which was begun Octo ber 15, 1949 and is scheduled for completion in April, 1951. . At present there ire four con tract holders engaged in the work. J. A. Jones has the general contractor bid, ! Crutchficld Plumbing Company, plumbing, Rolls-Walsh-Jones, .the heating contract and Colter-Chappell is handling electrical work. McWhirtcr explained that i there ' are two divisions in the building, the upper part extend- Whirter, "and we will probably ing. from the present medical school to the infirmary will be the. medical clinic,' and the re maining structure further back will be the new hospital. "All structural steel is on the lot," said the superintendent," about 12,000 tons. The steel has been set for the clinic and two floors of concrete poured. ':Tjhc clinic is to be four stories high, with possibly a fifth to be added for cancer ward, and the hospital eight stories. The con struction will be brick and lime stone with cinder block backing. "Brick work will begin on the first of May ," he said. "There are about 150 workers on the job at present," said Mc- a member of the varsity debate squad for two years. He was named outstanding speaker at the National Intercollegiate Tournament in Boston. Bob Hutchinson of Rocking ham, also a two-year veteran of the Carolina debating program, was named vice-chairman of the Council. Carolina Stallings, junior from Concord and a member of the first woman's debate squad to operate from here since the war, was elected executive secretary. Veteran debater Herb Mitchell of Asheville was chosen as holdover member of the Council. Outgoing officers are chairman, Dave Pittman; vice-chairman, Mitchell; executive secretary, Hutchinson; and holdover mem ber Hershell Keener. - - Roth . said the Council would strive for more participation and a broadening of the Carolina de bate program in the coming year, including a better intramural Droeram. more on-campus de bates and larger turnouts at de bate tryouts. Roth said all interested students should get in touch with him at tho Pi Lambda Phi house in Fraternity Court. The Debate Council will op erate from its $3500 surplus for the coming year and an extend ed travel program has been scheduled for the 1950-51 season, Student Legislature directed the Council to utiilize its surplus for the coming year. The new officers of Interdormi tory Council are president, Sid Turner from Durham, and vice president, Bob Creed from Fay etteville. Turner, a senior, has served, as vice president of the group this year. Members of the Council ex pressed their hopes that the af fair would draw a large crowd. If the dance proves popular it will lend encouragement for more such dormitory social events in the future. Junior Hats Deadline Is Slated Today Today is the last day for members of the junior class to buy their hats for Straw Hat Day. v The hats, which sell for 50 cents, are on sale in the 5 and in Lenoir Hall. The class is selling them at cost and is - making no profit on them. "If all the hats aren't sold," class president Ned Dowd said, "We will have to pay for them from the picnic fund." - Tomorrow all juniors have been requested to wear the hats to their classes. Saturday they are to wear them to the junior class picnic at Hogan's Lake. "So far the response from the coeds has been almost nil," Dowd said. "Coeds are mem bers of the class just as much as the men are, and the com mittee feels that the girls should take part in this spe cial junior day." . The idea of Straw Hat Day, according to Dowd, is to bring about closer class unity and to add prestige to the class of 51. Women's Glee Club To Perform Tonight have openings for student labor ers during the summer." Office manager C. N. Council man said that original plans cal for 31,000 cubic yards of excava tion, and that 1500 cubic yards of concrete are buried underground for footings. Work is also underway on the retaining walls for the three drive "parking area between Wil son building and the medical school. Wrenn-Wilson Construc tion Company of Durham is con tractor for this project. "We enjoy having students come by to see our progress, and appreciate the interest shown by them in ' our work," said . job , supervisor B. C. Home. NCCPAMeet Starts Today All three University publica tions will be presented at the annual North Carolina Collegiate Press' Association convention which opens today in Greens boro. - Yackety - Yack Editor Jim Mills, Tarnation Editor Herb Nachman and Daily Tar Heel Managing Editor Roy Parker, Jr., will beon hand as college jour nalists from all over North Caro lina converge for the three-day affair. Big event of the conclave is the presentation of awards for excel lence in all types of writing and makeup. More than a dozen staff members of the three campus publications have works entered in the contest. Last year, UNC publications won six of . the awards. , The University Women's Glee Club, directed by Prof. Joel Car ter, will present its annual spring concert in Hill Hall tonight at 8:30. The Glee Club, an extracur ricular organization and long an integral part of the Carolina scene, will present a varied pro gram of wide interest featuring several numbers by important contemporary composers. Among these are two songs from the "Rosemary Cycle" by Randall Thompson, who is one of the bestknown of the current Amer ican composers. A native New Yorker and a product of Harvard and th American . Academy at Rome, Thompson took the lyrics for the cycle from Stephen Vincent Benet's "Tiger Joy" and set them to music in 1930. Two songs, "Tears, Idle Tears' and "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal," by Gustav Hoist are also two c-f the more important recent numbers. Numbers by Faure, Alcssandro Scarlatti, Edward German, and Deems Taylor complete the pro gram. ' Several soloists will be fea tured with the Club, including Betty Lou Ball, heard as Eurydi ce in the recent production of Orpheusv Barbara Young, soon to be heard in "Spring For Sure," May Marshbanks, organist, and others. Carolina's twin pianists, Betty and Ann McNeely, will be heard at intermission in a group of numbers for two pianos. Tickets, available at the door, will cost 85 cents.s Six, Will Go ToYDCMeet Graham Jones, Banks Tally, Hugh Wells and three others from thq University chapter will attend the First Annual Young Democratic Roosevelt Dinner in Greenville tomorrow to hear Vice-President Alvin Barkley, the senatorial candidates, and other prominent state leaders. This rally is an experiment for the purpose of raising funds to carry on the work of the YDC and if successful may become an annual affair. Tickets available to the club are limited but any one who wishes to go may con tact Hugh Wells .or Graham Jones. The dinner, followed by the rally will be held at 8 o'clock in Wright Auditorium. Registration will be at Hotel Proctor in Greenville, and Hotel Kinston in Kinston, Taylor Vaden Is Recommend For PB Post Party Chairman States New Aims For Dormitory Men Tne University Party yes tciuay put its long-aelayed uoumiox representation pian into eiic-ci as k elected tne iu 6i gioup oi dormitory men to beats on its steering com mittee. n.t me same time, the party nominated Taylor "Buddy" Vaden to till a vacancy on the Publica tions Board by recommendation to the president of the student Dody. Vaden, former sports edi tor of The Daily Tar Heel, is at present serving as clerk of the Men's Council and assistant man ager of the Communications Cen ter campus radio station. Vaden was named by acclama tion to fill the empty senior seat on the publications financial con trol body. On the dorm representation plan, UP Chairman Paul Roth said yesterday that the Univer sity Party "has. always felt that active members of a political group should represent more than just themselves as individuals." , tRoth said the UP policy has always been to permit any organ ization of 25 or more members to send a representative to the steering committee. "The party up to now has been composed mostly of fraternity and sorority representatives," Roth continued, "but through the dormitory representation plan the UP will succeed in its goal of de veloping into a true representa tive cross-section of student opin ion in the steering committee in order to bring better student gov ernment to every student on the campus." The dorm representatives elect ed to the committee were: Men's Dorm District 1: - John Poindexter of Aycock, represen tative; Men's Dorm 3: Ralph Craver of Alexander, representa tive; Phillip Burkhalter of Alex ander, alternate; Men's Dorm 4: John Flood of Old East, repre sentative; Jim Steagall of Old East, alternate. - Roth said the other dorm re presentatives, including repre sentatives and alternates Men's Dorm 2 and 5, Women's Dorm I and 2, and an alternate from Men's Dorml, will be chosen within the next two weeks. Int erested persons should see Roth or Howard Fogleman at the Kap pa Alpha house. The steering committee post poned election of new party offi cers until next week. A senior, Vaden is a Radio ma jor and gives a 5 minute sports broadcast over the Chapel Hill Station every afternoon at 1:15. He served on the sports staff of the Tar Heel for the past 3 years and also worked for Sports Pub licity Director Jake Wade. - Tripp Named Jack Tripp, graduate student from Henderson, will be the new member of the Men's Hon or Council if the Student Leg islature approves his appoint ment. The Bi-Partisan Selection Board yesterday recommended Tripp to president John Saun ders to fill the . graduate seat on the council vacated by Pete Gems. Sanders in turn appoint ed Tripp. The Council will meet this af ternoon to elect officers for the coining year.