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Serials Ecpt Capal mil, B. C. C-3X-C . , - . TODAY'S NEWS Write Awiy, pgt 2 Strictly Ad Lib. Pag $ Murali, Page 3 W EAT HER Cloudy, continued warm wiih possible showers. VOLUME LVIII Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1950 Phones: F3361, F3371 NUMBER 174 Nation-Wide Rail Strife. Eh 'Extra-Fireman Demand Nixed Losses Against 5 Companies Estimated Up To $50,000,000; Freight Moves Again CHICAGO, May 16 (P) The strike against the five key rail systems the nation's most crip pling rail ticup in (our years was settled today with the loss in business and wages estimated up to $30,000,000. The struck lines began rolling with passengers and freight a few hours after the settlement. These operations were being stepped up swiftly and all the lines said they expected to be virtually back to normal by to morrow. The Pennsylvania estimated uxiay inai us ircigni and pas senger loss was $15,000,000. It estimated its 85.000 idle employes lost $6,000,000 in wages. . The New York Central puts its freight and passenger loss at $12,000,444 and empolyes' wage loss at $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. The other roads involved did not announce their estimates, but the Chicago Tribune said before the Pennsylvania and New York Central estimates were an nounced that the cost of the walkout had been estimated var iously at from $40,000,000 to $50,- 000,000. . The carriers claime dthe Loco motice Firmen's Union dropped its principal demand for a second fireman on big diesels, and de clared: "The losses, inconven ience and interruption of produc tion occasioned by this strike simply do not make sense." They said the railroads had "stood their ground against the feather-bedding demands" of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen "only at tre mendous cost," and added: "This experience should end any illusion that the Railway Labor Act assures healthy labor strikes.' However, David B. Robertson, union president, said tne -union merely modified its demand, and that a board of arbitration will decide whether the railroads are using . supervisory personnel tp do the work of a second firemen on the big diesels. He termed the agreement "sa tisfactory." ' Some 18,000 firemen struck May 10 against parts of the Penn sylvania New York Central, San ta Fe and Southern Railway sys tems. The strike was extended to a part of the Union Pacific Railroad May 13. Minutes after word of the agreement was " reached, the struck lines began recalling en gine and train crews. They rushed empty freight cars to idle western Pennsylvania coal mines, where more than 20,000 miners have been made idle and to indusrtial concerns in desper ate need. Some affected auto management relation or protects J parts producers called back their the public against paralyzing ' furloughed employes. Valkyrie Tapping Ceremonies Honor Six Coeds This Morning One semor and five junior w"men were tapped early this morning into the Valkyries, highest honorary organiaztion for women students at the Univer sity. Armecie Eure, senior of Ra leigh, and J. K. Richardson of Lcwisburg. W. Va., Frances Drane of Monroe, Kash Davis of Weldon. Ann Birmingham of Wilmington were roused their bed3 shortly before dawn for the secret tapping ceremon ies'. A tolling gong announced the approach of the black hooded figures who walked through the campus bearing candles. , The Valkynes is limited to two per cent of the coed enrollment, and membership is based on lead- Ilamlet, and Winifred Harriss of ership, scholarship, character, and Committee Completes Freshman Camp Plans. Plans for the freshman camp Wolfe student leader of the fresh- to be held three days prior to the regular orientation of the freshmen in the fall of the year are being completed this week and next under the supervision ot Bob Barrus, executive-sccre-tdry of the YMCA, and Bill Campus Briefs Students in the College of Arts and Virnccs who are to be graduated m June of this year and do not F'm to attend commencement t'vncLses on the 5th, should make s written request to the Dean's r-i.';:c to be excused. v. arolina Quarterly i'i' will meet at 4 o'clock this J:t?rnoon in its office in Graham Memorial. Editor Snowden says 'c meeting 13 compulsory. Tarnation 4t'f meets today at 4:30 in its tfo in Graham Memorial, Seniors Must Apply Ail seniors who plan to gradu ;e in June should file their ap P'tion immediately with the of the school in which they ,r roistered. An7 student who filed tppli "3n end hat since found that "HI not graduate in June hould see Dean William Wells " n es possible. S'ploma fees should be paid 10 ht UniTersity Cashier im- men orientation committee of the "Y." As last year, the camp will be held at New Hope with many activities, discussions, and f el lowship services being held. The "Y" is looking for counselors to take charge of the cabins and also act in an advisory position to the freshmen. An arrangement has been made with the Orientation Committee to allow the counselors at fresh men camp to continue with their groups intact throughout the re gular orientation week to be I held here on the campus. Anyone interested in applying for the positions open can do so by notifying the YMCA immed iately. The list must be com pleted quickly as applicants must pass both the "Y" chosing com mittee and the regular Orienta tion Committee before the list of "counselors can be completed. As both the YMCA and the Orientation Committee are try ing to finish their choosing of counselors this week to facili tate finishing all business before the spring quarter is over those who are interested should hot delay in signifying their interest Rearmament Talks Held By Ministers LONpON, May 1& P) The foreign ministers of the 12 At lantic Treaty allies today dis cussed rearmament and how to pay for it, but did not reach agreement. The discussions win be continued tomorrow, a com munique said. The ministers considered a pro gram drawn up by their generals and defense ministers. It i3 re ported to call for land forces of 30 divisions, backed by British and American Sea and Air power. from unselfish service. Armecia Eure is the past presi dent of the Chi Omega sorority, secretary of the senior class, or ganization editor of the Yackety Yack, and a member of the Pan Hellenic Council. J. K. Richardson is clerk of the student legislature, chairman Sf student advisers, a member of the campus orientation commit tee, and assistant attorney gen eral of the student government. Frances . Drane is president of the'YWCA, vice-president of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, a member of the leadership training com mittee, and a member of the stu dent council. Speaker of the Coed Senate Kash Davis is a member of the Splash Club, the Alderman House Council, and a member of the Woman's Cabinet. PB Retains Lear Advisor For New Year New Directives Issued By Group For Board Truck The Publications Board voted unanimously yesterday to retain the services of Dr. J. M. Lear as faculty advisor. Several additional directives were issued by the Board con cerning usage of the truck which is used by the three publications for official" business. These di rectives are part of a detailed program by which . the - Board hopes to curtail unnecessary us age of the truck. First on the list of new direct ives for the use of the truck stated that any persons using the truck for official business "should not keep t(e truck away from Graham Memorial when not in actual use." Elaborating on this point, the directive reads, "If a staff mem ber wishes to stay an appreciable length of time at any particular place, he must be driven to that place by another staff member and the truck returned promptly to Graham Memorial." Due to several minor accidents and damages which have occur ed to the truck recently, the Board passed a final directive stating "All accidents or damages of any nature to the. Publications Board truck must be reported to the Board at once." . In other actions, the Board con sidered the recommendation of the Yack editor for the business manager and voted unanimously to turn down the editor's suggestion. Approval of the 1950-51 bud gets for the three publications will be considered at the final meeting next Monday afternoon. Five Students Tie For First In Leg Contest First Annual Spring Festival Enters 4th Day Of Activities Ann Birmingham is president of the Alpha Gamma Delta soror ity, membership chairman and member of the executive council of the Y, a member of the cheer ing squad for next year, and social chairman of the Canterbury Club. Chairman of the Women's honor council, Winifred Harriss is the program chairman of the Y, a member of the Woman's Cabi net, and a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Graduating members of the Valkyries are: Helen Eppes, Sal ly Osborne, Ann Faulconer, Emily Sewell, Barbara Payne, Caroline Bruner, Ann Chandler, Jane Gow er, Patricia Standford, Dot Smith, Sara Oliver, and Mac Copenhager. The "What's In a Leg" contest closed here on Monday with a five-way tie for prize-winning honors and no one guessing cor rectly the number of cigarettes in the plastic leg, A. Frank Moore, Chesterfield representative here announced yesterday. There were exactly 487 Chester- fileds in the leg, which was on display in the lobby of Graham Memorial last week. The five stu dents tying for the closest num ber were Sonny Cockrell, Bill Dellinger, Howard Deasy, Parson Jones, and Billy Cameron. Each of these students will be awarded a carton of Chesterfields and may pick them up today at the Daily Tar Heel office. Phi Beta Kappa Will Initiate 101 Today UNC GC Singers To Give Concert '' In Hill Tonight By Wuff Newell Initiation of 101 students into PhPUeta Kappa and a presenta tion of the Faure "Requiem" by the Men's Glee Club of the Uni versity and the Greensboro Col lege Glee Club will be the main attractions of the fourth day of the first annual Spring Festival. Today's division of" the Festi val gets underway at 10 o'clock when Dr. Archibald Henderson, retired University professor and noted historian, speaks at the an nual convocation in Memorial Hall, All 10 o'clock classes will be dismissed for the hourUong con vocation. At 3:30, A. K. Hinds wil dis cuss "The Second Order Differ ential System" at a Mathematics Seminar in 320 Phillips. The freshman baseball team will meet ' the freshmen from Wake Forest in a game at 4 o' clock at Emerson Field. At 5 o'clock the Folk Dance Group will meet in Woman's Gym, and at the same time initia tion services for Phi Beta Kap pa will -be . held. .The initiation ceremony in Gerrard Hall- will be followed by a banquet at the Carolina Inn with Lambert Davis, director of the University Press as chief speaker. ..At 7:30 the Festival will move to 206 Venable HalL where Alpha Chi Sigma chemistry fraternity. - . . will present a chemical magic show. The Faure "Requiem" will be presented in Hill Hall at 8:30 to night. Richard Cox, University voice major, will sing the bari tone solo. The purposes of the week-long Festival according to Chancellor Robert B. House are to exhibit the work of the University over (See FESTIVAL, page 4) Combined Glee Clubs Will Perform Tonight The University Men's Glee Club, under the direction of Joel Carter, and the Greens boro College Glee Club, di rected by E. L. Williams, will present a joint concert as part of Spring Festival Week to night at 8:30 in Hill Hall. The principal work on the program will be the Requiem Mass by the 19th century French master, Gabriel Faure, sung by the combined choruses under the direction of Joel Carter. The Faure setting of the Mass is imbued with a typically French nuance and subtlety of spirit, and has long been one of the most popular and effective works in the repertory. Richard Cox, a graduate instructor in voice at UNC, will sing the baritone solos, while the soprano solos will be sung by Miss Nancy Gard ner, a native of Asheville and a junior voice minor at Greensboro College. The Men's Glee Club will open the program with a group of numbers by Johann Sebas tian Bach, Arcadelt, and Vaughn Williams; and the Greensboro Gflee Club will sing works by Bach, Dett, and Gounod, featuring Jean Payne, alto, and Janice Turnage, so prano, as soloists. The choruses will be assist ed by Anne Russell, Robert MacDonald, and Wallace Zim merman, pianists, and David Brandt, organist. " Tomorrow evening the groups wil repeat the program in Greensboro, after which the Men's Glee Club will journey to Lynchburg, Va., for the traditional concert and dance at Randolph - Macon (See RECITAL, page 4) Evans Named Chairman Of SP; Others Picked Bob Evans is new chairman of the Student Party and other party posts have been filled, party spokesmen said yesterday. Named to ether top jobs were .Julian Mason as vice chairman, Sandra Riach as secretary and Otis McCullom as treasurer. "F!vans a iuninr from Durham. replaces Dick Murphy as chair- World, Nation, State News In Brief By the Associated Press WASHINGTON Advocates of the Fair Employment Prac tices Commission (FEPC) bill ran up more than double the re quired number of signatures yesterday on a petition designed io force a showdown Friday on a move to bring the bill formally before the Senate. WASHINGTON President Truman returned in brisk spirits from his 6,400-mile cross-country swing yesterday and challenged the Republicans to "come up with something better than the program he calls the "fair deaL" WASHINGTON Senator Taft charged last night thit Presi dent Truman's policies would bankrupt the nation, convert it into a completely regimented "handout state" and possibly plunge it into World War III. ' LONDON Britian'l "Mr. Austerity" "Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons last night he could think of good reasons for repealing every tax law on the books. "Nobody likes taxes, he said during a debate on the budget, "they're a harsh necessity of civilisation, that's alL" Water Duel Eases Exams At Syracuse SYRACUSE, N. Y". May 16 (JP) A water pistol duel be tween two fraternities exploded tonight into a water fight involv ing about 4,000 Syracuse Univer sity students, including coeds. The melee spread over 14 city blocks in the campus area before it was quelled by police, firemen and sheriffs deputies. It lasted three hours. Some coeds donned abthing suits for the mass dousing. Passers-by were drenched. Police called it a "spring fever riot." A student spokesman said the undergraduates "just released tension" in the face of examina tions, which begin Monday. NCS ROTC Regiment Will Parade Today RALEIGH, May 16 (JP) Leading cadets in the State Cbf- lege ROTC regiment will be hon ored during an awards day parade Wednesday. Winners of scholar ships and special honors will be announced during the exercise. , Mrs. William C Lee of Dunn, wife of the late General Lee, will present "The Major General Wil liam C. Lee Scholarship Award," and the American Legion medal will be presented to the outstand i ing ROTC student by CoL David L. Ardy of Raleigh. Students To Grade Profs At NC State RALEIGH, May 16 (JP) State College students are grading their professors this week. . The campus government, headed by President Hoyle B. Adams of Hendersonville, is sponsoring the project, known as the faculty merit system. With faculty council approv al, the new twist in collegiate life was started at the college last year. Sponsors explained that the plan was formulated to assist administrative offi cials of the , institution in "maintaining the school's high standards of instruction." The plan stipulates that each student now enrolled in the college shall rate each of his instructors on 14 points. man of the political unit which was victorious m campus spring elections. The new chairman is expected to run the party through next fall's elections. Evans has served as vice-chair man of the party, member of the Student Legislature, the Student Council and the State Student Legislature, and was recently named chairman of the Carolina Forum. Mason, a sophomore from Wil- liamston, is former treasurer cf the SP, and is now serving as assistant Attorney-General and member of the Legislature and the Elections Board. Riach is a coed advisor and member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. McCullom is a member of the 1S Student Legislature, Sargeant-at-arms of the Phi Assembly, and a member of the Card Board. He is a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. The meeting held Tuesday night was the first party gather ing since the spring elections, in which the party grabbed every major campus post except the vice presidency. Murphy, the re tiring chairman of the party, is now serving as Attorney-General. Dr. Henderson Will Deliver Phi Beta Talk Noted Professor To Give Address In Memorial Hall Dr. Archibald Henderson will deliver the annual Phi Beta Kap pa address at the University Spring Convocation in Memorial Hall this morning. Dean Ernest L. Mackie announced yesterday. In exercises in Gerard Hall at 5 o'clock, 58 juniors and 45-seniors will be initiated into the honorary scholastic fraternity. Mackie, who is permanent treasurer and corresponding secre tary for the chapter, said that classes will be suspended for the hour. Following the initiation cere monies this afternoon, the new members will be honored at a banquet at the Carolina Inn where Lambert Davis, director of the Universtiy Press, will give the principal address. Ward Peacock of Chapel Hill, president of the chapter, will preside. - In addition to Dean Mackie and President Peacock, other of ficers of the Society are Dwight Blackwelder, Concord, vice-president, and Page Harris of Dur ham, recording secretary. To be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa a student must attain an academic average of 92.5 on all his or her courses. By virtue of holding the highest scholastic av erage during .the past year, Pea cock was named president. Next year's president will be the mem ber with the highest average. Plaque Given Med School By Students Music Will Be Recorded Groseclose Composed Original 'Medea' Score Frank Groseclose, graduate stu dent from Atlanta, Ga., com posed original music for use in the Carolina Playmakers pro duction of "Medea," which opens Friday, night at 8:30 for a three performance run in the outdoor Forest theatre. Groseclose, who has worked with both the English and Drama departments, including acting, writing, and technical work with the Playmakers, composed an overture to each act and two theme pieces that ; will be used as background music during the show. ine two background pieces are not of any standard form," Groseclose said, "but they ' are designed as a unit, depending on the dramatic structure of the play for their form." The music was recorded under the direction of Earl Slocum of the Music Department, and will be played from the records dur ing 'the show. The orchestra from the music department which recorded the music included: Georgia Hender son and Mary Scroggs, Flute; David Sarins and George Muns, Oboes; Monte Howell and Harold Andrews, Bassoons; Clay Crisp and James Moore, Horns; Hubert Henderson and Roger McDuffie, Trumpets; and Carl Bast er, 'Wil liam Adcox, and Charles Bal ' lance, Trombones. The second year class of the University Medical School yes terday presented to the School the William deB. ' MacNider Award. ical student who js to be elected mendation of a sophomore med ical studen who is to be elected by classmates as possessing the intangible traits of good charac ter which have been typified by Dr. 'Billy' MacNider during his 51 years as teacher and physician in the University." Dr. MacNider is to retire from the University as Kenan research professor emeritus at Commence ment. The presentation, which takes the form of a plaque in which the student's name is to be in scribed each year, was made to Dean W. R. Berryhill by the class president, Elwood B. Coley, cf Raleigh, at a luncheon at the annual Medical Student-Faculty Day. The plaque, Dean Berryhill said, would be hung in an ap propriate place in the Medical School, and each year "would be inscribed with the name of the sophomore receiving the award. The introduction reads: "Pre sented to these medical students with the intention that their re spect for the higher ideals in medicine, their earnest search for professional competence and their self-sacrificing interest in their fellowrs shall remain as a stand (See AWARD, page 4) Last Chance Today is the last day for gen eral students to preregister for the Fall quarter. Students who have not made appointments should check the books in South Building lobby for .times which are available loday. 4 . Those who have made appoint ments in the past but have miss ed them, should also see their idvisers today. General College Dean C. P. SpruiU, yesterday said.