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GORDON GRAY INAUGURAL EDITION VOLUME LIX c Swear Prexy Into Office Many Notables Among Guests At Ceremonies . By Chuck Hauser -' RALEIGH, Oct. 9 Gordon Gray, former Secretary of the Army and special assistant to President-Truman,-will offi cially go to work for his na tive state this morning when he raises his right hand and is sworn in as the second pres ident of the Consolidated Uni versity of North Carolina. Gray will succeed Senator Frank Portor ' Graham, who re signed the post to take an ap- Special to The Daily Tar Heel WINSTON-SALEM. Oct. 9 Gordon Gray, publisher of the Winston-Salem -Journal and Sentinel, will resign from the office effective after his inaugu ration as president of the Great er University.'' . ... In making the announcement today. Gray said that he would still have slock ownership of the Piedmont Publishing Co. The firm has controlling interest in the newspapers and Radio Station WSJS. pointment as North Carolina's junior member in the United States Senate. Graham, who was perhaps the number one force behind the move to consolidate the three branches of the Greater Univer sity, took over as president of the newly - consolidated institu tion in 1932 after serving for two years as president of the Uni versity at Chapel Hill. Gray, who has led a 'brilliant career in the federal govern ment, will be sworn in as presi dent by Governor Kerr Scott in the William Neal Reynolds Colis eum on the N. C. State College campus here. The day's activities will offi cially begin at 10 o'clock this morning with music ' from the State College Memorial Bell Tow er. The procession of marshals will be led by Karen Carlson of Woman's College, J. C. Lyons ' of the University, and William N, Wopd of State. r . -The academic procession will march into the Coliseum, where Greater University Controller W. D. Carmichael, Jr., who has been serving as Acting President, will preside over: the ceremonies. : Greetings will be extended by a group of North Carolina col lege leaders, including Chancellor Harry Woodbur'n Chase of New York University, who immediate ly preceded . Dr. Frank Graham as president of the University at Chapel Hill. ' A combined band from Caro lina and State will play a pre lude and the star sPangled Ban" ner, which will be sung by Nor man Cordon. The' invocation will (See GRAY, page 4) Delivery Box A Daily Tar Heel delivery box has been placed at the in tersection of the Country Club and' Raleigh Roads for students living in Glenn Lennox devel- PAlso!studenis living on Davie Circle or on the Durham Road, may pick up their Daily Tar Heels at the box on East Franlc lin Street, at the city limits. Governor Will Associated Press 0) n mi Vaaa tt Jnioyiyir UNC Host To 300 At Ceremonies Here By Don Maynard The University at Chapel Hill played host to over 300 delegates and their wives, representing col leges and universities over the nation, in its part of the inaugu ration of Gordon Gray as Pres ident of the Greater University held here yesterday. : It was a busy day for the dele gates as they attended two convo cations, a buffet luncheon and dinner in Lenoir Hall and a re ception in the Morehead Plane tarium. However, it was not crowded in Memorial Hall, where the two convocations were held. Seats gajed in the rows, where some where near 1,000 spectators sat in the 1,600-seat capacity audi torium. Present in the such outstanding national light ' as audience were figures in the Sen. Frank P. Graham, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Gen. J. Lawton Col lins, Army Chief of Staff, and Jracy Voorhees, former Under secretary df the - Army under Gray.- ... - . . i v" -Harry Woodburn Chase, former So. Koreans Into Wonsan Port TOKYO, Tuesday, Oct. 10 (P) South Korean -Third Di vision troops crashed into the port city of Wonsan early to day and fought in the streets with Communist defenders, the Republican Army reported, while in the west North Ko reans stalled a U. S. First Cavalry spearhead one mile in side Red territory. . x ' - American Military Advisory Weekend Special Show Jack Prince, Noxie Sullivan, and Mitchell Novitt will star in the Rendezvous Room floor show Saturday night at 10 o'clock in a special Wake Forest after-game presentation. Featured last year in several shows, Prince will appear with Miss Sullivan, a newcomer to the Graham Memorial stage. Novitt, a freshman from. South Carolina, will sing for the Caro lina audience. Last Saturday, Betsy Justice, Ed Mott, Charlie Crone, and. Walt Dear presented a stage show which was witnessed by audience of almost 200. an Likes to 'Soup Up Cars Tisdale Now Heads Rendezvous, Was Gl Entertainment Director Harrison Tisdaie, an ex-noncommissioned officer in charge of entertainment -for his company,, has been appointed the new man ager of the Rendezvous Room for the coming year. He announced that plans are underway "to serve hot soup and milk later on this quarter. Tisdale', a-24-year-oldj junior from Asheville, has a broad back ground in management. After graduating from high school he enlisted in the Army and was stationed with the Quar- r pi president of the University un til he resigned in 1930 also was present. Dr. Chase is; now . Chan cellor of New York University. Yesterday morning, Chancellor Robert B. House of ' the i -University here presided pver ' the con vocation which- .featured Dr. James Lewis Morrill, president of the University of Minnesota, speaking on "The Responsibilities of the State to Its University." ,Dr. George Dinsmore'r,president of the University. of i Jllinois, scheduled to appear at" the -morning convocation, was forced to speak at the afternoon. His plane had been grounded and. he ar rived here too late to participate in the morning ' program, a spokesman said. . - ' , At the afternoon convocation, Dr. Dinsmore spoke on "The Re sponsobilities of the University to Its State," and Dr. Lee Alvin Dubridge, president of the CaliT fornia Institute of Technology, followed him with a discussion of "Science and the Spirit oi Free dom' - . : . . ' reports said Communist resist- ance one mile south of Wonsan was beaten down Monday night to make possible the reported en try into the key United Nations objective on the east coast. How ever, U. S. Military Advisers did not immediately confirm the South Korean Army announce ment. Wonsan, a fine deep water port with unlimited anchorage, was a major prize for which the Reds had made a bitter stand. It is 95 air miles east of the North Ko rean capital at Pyongyang, across in Red Korea ranging from one the narrow waist of the peninsula. -All along a new 120-mile front mile north of the 38th Parallel on the western end to 90 miles deep on the east coast Korean Communists were fighting back stronger and with more determi nation than in many days. ter Master Corps in Manila. While there he was placed in charge of Special Services for his company, a position which involved the handling of weekly movies, tal ent shows, monthly dances, and sports. Tisdale entered the University in 1948 after serving 18 months. A commerce major, he plains ,to work in industrial relations upon graduation. When asked about his hobby he replied with a glazed look in his eye, "supering old cars . . . Crash CHAPEL HILL, N. C. Army Buddies Re-Visit Gray At Ceremony Pace, Voorhees Collins Attend Events Held Here A trio of Gordon Gray's top level Washington Army buddies came here yesterday to see part of Gray's inauguration program. Frank Pace, Jr., who suceeded Gray as Secretary of the Army, flew down from the nation's cap ital with Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff. Tracy Voorhees, who resigned as Undersecretary of the Army at the same time Gray left the sec retary post, was here as a dele gate from Rutgers University. Collins smiled at reporters who asked him about his trip here. "I just came down to see my old boss," the General remark ed. "He sure is a wonderful chap. I wanted to be here for part of the ceremonies at least." Pace declared that "North Car olina is getting a wonderful pres-J ident." "F.'om time to time," he added, "we may be imposing on the Uni versity of North Carolina to get some advice from -Mr. Gray." Pace and Collins flew back to Washington last night, and will be unable to attend the formal installation today. Campus Unit For Students Reactivated Enlistments are being accepted on campus today and tomorrow from 2-5 p.m. in the second floor lobby of the Y Building to fill the ranks of Company G of the 321st Regiment of the 81st Infan try Division, United States Army Reserves. This reserve unit is maintain ed in the Chapel Hill area for the purpose of training town and University students. Meetings are held every other Thursday eve ning from 7:30 to 9:30 in the Institute of Government Bar racks at the East side of the intramural field. Pay is offered according to grade by the Army. Anyone of draft age is eligible to become a member of the or ganization, providing they can pass the mental and physical re quirements. you know, making them into hotrods . . . but don't print that!" The hours of the Rendezvous Room are Monday through Thursday, 12 noon to 11:00 p.m.; Friday, noon to 1:00 a.m.; Sat urday, 7:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., coffee hours and 7:30 p.m. to midnight. There is plenty of hot coffee, soft drinks, nabs, ice cream, can dy, cigarettes, and fresh sand wiches for sale. j nlOjilu, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1950 1J n Supreme Negroes' WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UP) The Supreme Court today reaf firmed the rights of Negroes to be admitted to State Universities which do not otherwise provide them with equal educational fa cilities. The tribunal did so by: 1 Refusing to reconsider its ruling of last June requiring the University of Texas'Law School to admit Heman Marion Sweatt, a Dallas Negro. . 2 Refusing to review a State Court ruling that the University of Maryland must admit Esther McCready, a Baltimore Negro, to its Nursing School. V ' $100 Prize Offered For Best Essay Prof. Norman Foejster is offer ing for the second time a $100 prize for- the best critical essay submitted by a student at Caro lina or at Duke University: The contest is open, to under graduates and graduates engaged in resident study in any depart ment in the year 1950-51 or in any quarter of the year. The winner will be announced and the prize given at the 1951 com mencement exercises here this June. . - Rules of the contest require that the" essays be examples of theoretical or practical criticism. That is, they must deal with gen eral literary questions or with specific writers or writings of any period from antiquity to present. There is no condition as to the number of words but 1,000 4,000 word essays are prescribed. Only one essay may be entered by each contestant. All manuscripts of Carolina students must be sent to Prof. Clifford P. Lyons, head of the University English Department, 104 Saunders Hall. Deadline for all entries is March 31. Judges for the contest are Rob ert Penn Warren, novelist, poet, and critic; G. R. Elliott of Am herst College; and Robert E. Spil ler, editor of Literary History of The United States and' professor at the University of Pennsylvania. A Duke student won the prize when it was first offered last year. Three runners-up were from Carolina. They were Paul F. Ader, Edward H. Gibson, and F. H. Moore. Last year's judges commented on the high standard maintained in the essays. UN National Troops Under American Plan LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Oct. 9 (UP) The 4 United States to day urged the United Nations to apply the lesson of Korea and adopt the American plan to ear mark national troops that could be used to keep peace by the veto-free General Assembly. Russia, adopting a more con ciliatory tone than expected, said it found some good points in the revolutionary U. S. plan, but op posed, the "general tendency" of the measure. This almost certain ly meant Russia opposed the key provision . that .would allow the General Assembly to meet in .24 hours and act against aggression if a veto paralyzed the Security Council. 0 United J oi .. raiiDgiihi: u Joy Court Reaffirms College Benefits In one other case involving a Negro issue, the Court: Refused to review the complaint of Samuel L. Davis, Negro school teacher, that White and . Negro teachers are :?aid unequal salaries in Atlanta, Ga. This leaves stand ing a Lower Court ruling that Davis should have appealed to the State and City Boards of Ed ucation before bringing suit. In New Orleans a three judge U. S. Court ruled Saturday that qualified Negroes must be admit ted to the Louisiana State Uni versity Law School. The ruling was handed down in the case of Roy S. Wilson, Negro, AAcAAuIlan Pleased At Court Decision RALEIGH,- Oct. 9 (AP) Attorney General Harry Mc Mullan was Dleased when informed 1atp tnHav Via Trwior-oi Judge Johnson J. Hayes had providing suDsianuany equal whites to study law. Hayes, in his ruling denied to four Negroes the right to eater the law school of the University of North Carolina. The ruling, however, is almost certain to- be appealed eventually to the Su preme Court of the United States. "North Carolina is about 11 years ahead of other Southern states in meeting its obligations and providing equal opportunities for all of its citizens in respect to the matters involved in this law school litigation," said Mc Mullen when informed of Judge Hayes' decision. McMullan added: North Carolina is to be con gratulated upon the fact that dur ing the last several years it has been making an honest and sin cere effort to carry out the pro visions of our own constitution as well as conforming with .the federal constitution in providing separate but equal facilities in our schools. "Liberal appropriations were made in 1939 and since for the separate law school at the N. C. College in Durham so that it Ijas become an approved law school by the American Bar Association. It affords a splendid opportunity to obtain a good legal education which I understand from the de cision of the court was found to day substantially equal to that provided by the University Law School." New Streetlights Due For Part Of Campus By Walt Dear A new system of street lights will be constructed soon to light up the South Campus area from the east gate to the Country Club Road and along the Raleigh Road to the west gate. Work will begin on the project as soon as the lamp posts arrive, says the Operations office. New cables have already been received. The new system will complete a campus wide circuit of street lamps. It will aid fans who go to basketball games and will give light to an area that was formerly equipped with few street lamps. The University recently install ed new cables in the area around South Building, replacing worn- Press of Ruston. He asked an injunction restraining the LSU board of su pervisors from enforcing a July 28 resolution which excluded Wil son and several other Negroes from the law school. U. S. District Judge J. S. Kelley Wright wrote the opinion. The case was heard before Judge Wright, U. S. District Judge Her bert Christenberry, and Judge Wayne G. Borah, of the U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. At a pretrial conference it had been agreed that the outcome of the case would apply only to the law division of LSU and not to other departments. ruled that North Carolina is lacimies lor INegroes as for - : ' Pic Deadline Dravs Near; Open Today All freshmen, sophomores, and law students who have not had their Yackety-Yack pictures tak en may have them snapped to day. Since there are no classes today, the opportunity is available for those who- have not been able to get over to Graham Memorial to do so today. Photographers will be on hand today from 9 a. m. until 8 p. m. in the photo room on the second floor of Graham Memorial. . All organizations that were not represented in the yearbook last year and "that want space this year" must get in touch with Jim Mills at the Yack office in Gra ham Memorial by this Friday. Mills urges all students who have not had their pictures taken to do so immediately. Time it running short and the deadline for the project is near. out and weather beaten cables. Other construction projects are underway. A new brick walk starting from Cameron and Ral eigh Avenues and ending on the Raleigh Road is nearing the com pletion mark. During the summer, a major job of the Operations office was the addition of several new brick paths throughout the campus. The area and paths around Hill Hall leading to Graham Memorial, and beginning the sidewalk on Ral eigh Street, were entirely replac ed with bricks. Bricks used for these projects are specially prepared for the University walks. WEATHER Fair and continued warm. NUMBER 15 Ruling Makes NC First Such State In South 4 Denied Access ,To Law School; Appeal Expected GREENSBORO, Oct. 9 (UP) Federal Judge John son J. Hayes ruled today that North Carolina offers Negro law students equal education al facilities and said he would not order the University of North Carolina to admit four Negroes to its law school. Hayes made the ruling in Mid dle District Federal Court here. When asked about the de .' cision. President Gordon Gray would make no comment. He s&id that he wanted to read the statement by Hayes first. Henry Brandis, Dean 6f the Law School, said that he as sumed that the case would be appealed to a higher tribunal. He also stated that he was hap py to see the cese turn out the way it did. If appealed, the case would be heard by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals which seats in Richmond. The order made North Carolina the first Southern state to vin iuch a ruling. ' The suit was' brought by stu dents at North Carolina College in Durham. They contended the Negro college's law school was not equal to that at the Univer sity and demanded entrance to :he University at Chapel Hill. At one time, the number of plaintiffs numbered eight' but had Iwindled to four by the time the hearing began in August. They were Sol Revis, Floyd B. McKissick, James Lassiter and f. Kenneth Lee. State Atty.-Gen. Harry, McMul 'an, who argued for the State that N. C College offered equal ,'acilitles, said "Our success in vinning the case was due to the :act that North Carolina has had i long-range policy of carrying -ut ' the State Constitution and neeting the provisions oi ihe 7ederal Consitution for equal but eparate facilities for education f the two races." , However, the plaintiffs hd brought in witnesses from other Universities, including" Dr. Erwin Jriswold, Dean of the Harvard Lav School, to argue that facili ties were not equal. Griswold had testified that "It is impossible for any two schools (See NEGRO, page i) Prof Flunks MEDIA, Pa., Oct. 9op,A professor turned witness today ' and told how he bet on ihe numbers and lost. Professor Herbert W. Allison of the Pennsylvania State Col lege Center at Swarihmore, testified at the trial of 25 men arrested in gambling raids that he spent all last summer work ing zs a private investigator for the District Attorney. Judge Henry G. Sweney ask Allison, whose work led to the arrest of ihe 25. if he ever won on the numbers. Said the professor: "I1r, once."