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u c n r 'i T - DE.- - S-,31-49 F EUDIN' Columnist Chuck Hauser is at it again. This time he's got his sights on the Student Legisla ture. See page 2. WEATHER Fair and continued cold - "jjjT "'IflllllllLllllll 1 1 VOLUME LIX Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1951 United Press NUMBER 82 11 i "7 ) Discrimination Ruled Against Durham Schools Johnson J. Hayes Brands Facilities Inferior For Negro Special to. The Daily; Tar Heel DURHAM; Jan. 26 Judge Johnson ' J. Hayes today; , ruled that. Durham school officials' have discrimminated against ' Negro school children as alleged in a suit heard before him in Middle District Court. , Hayes ordered the Durham School Board to be restrained from further discrimminating against Negro school children and entitled the plaintiffs to injunc tive relief. Hayes remarked in his ruling that the Durham officials have discrimminated "by reason of race and color." , According to his report, he found that the facilities for Negro school children in Durham are inferior to those for white child ren. This is the third in civil rights cases that have been presented to the Middle j North Carolina Dis . trict in recent months. : Earlier Judge Hayes had ruled that the facilities at a Negro law school in Durham were, equal "and in some casps better," than those at the University of North Carolina. Students Aid In Red Cross Relief Plans The local chapter of the Red Cross has initiated a program of collecting furniture for the relief of - the numerous destitute fami lies in the county whose homes have been burned during the past few months. Students of the various church clubs have volunteered. their ser vices in the collecting of the furniture, according to Mrs. Mabel Brittain, secretary of the chapter. Ronnie Woodruff, of the Can terbury Club, is chairman of the student group which is composed of about 20 members. YW Program Set Monday The first in a series of .four training programs for the YWCA Junior Council will feature a talk by Mrs. R. H. Wettach on "History on the YWCA," Monday, at 7 o'clock in the Monogram Club room. ' .' The orientation is , open to all junior girls who wish to work with the Y next year, and is planned to acquaint them further with the program and purposes of the YWCA. Montreat Retreat Registration begining at 9 Tuesday will start the a.m. Montreal Conference rolling to. ward the. important weeknd for the YMCA and YWCA. the weekend of Feb. 16-18 when the conference will meet at Montreat. Blanks for registration will be provided in the Y Building un til the closing of registration on Wednesday. Feb. 14. Anyone unable la register between the hours of. 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. are asked to pick upr registra tion forms in the YW off ioe. The theme of the Montreal Conference will be "The Chris iion Answer" and Dr. Bernard Anderson, staff member of the Colgeie - Rochester Dirinily School of Rochester. N. Y., will be the principal speaker. His three lectures will spark five discussion groups, Committee Ponders Drafting Veterans Those With Stateside Or Brief Duty Should Not Be Exempt, Says Vinson WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (JP) The House Armed Ser vices Committee today was re ported considering opening the way to- a draft of (.World .War II veterans with brief service records and those who -did not go overseas. v ' , v: i ' The. law. now automatically exempts all veterans. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) told a draft law hearing it is hard : for him . to understand why a youth who served only 90 days in World War II should be given automatic deferment while another who didn't serve must be required (when drafted) to stay in uniform 21 months. The committee, confronted with a Defense Department proposal for drafting :of 18-year-olds, was reported reluc tant to dip into this, age group immediately. Today it called on the department to bring in Kidder To Deliver Third UNC Sermon The third in a series of Uni versity Sermons will be delivered in Hill Hall tomorrow night at 8 o'clock by Maurice A. Kidder of the Department, of Religion. His'sermon is entitled, "The Next Voice You Hear.' -, - , . Charles Crone Goldsboro, will preside at the serviced Mike McDan iel, chairman of a -.committee' of interested stu dents sponsoring the sermons, said vesterdav that junior from resnonse to the I V ll 1 iiiw-i iniiwm i previous services KiDOrJrl has been very good, and that speakers have been engaged for most of the remain ing Sundays in the quarter. Out standing ministers of all denom inations will be brought to the campus, he added. Kidder came to the Religion Department in the fall of 1949 from Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was for three years DiT rector of Religious Activities and instructor in religion. - He graduated from the Univer sity of New Hampshire in 1935, andv received his , S.T.B. degree from the Boston University School" of Theology in 1938. . Following several years in the ministry and four years of service in the Army as a chaplain with the 29th Infantry Division, Pro fessor Kidder attended the Yale Divinity School in 1945, where he was awarded the advanced de gree of Master of Sacred Theol-' ogy. Among the churches which he has served as minister have been the Cherry Valley, Mass., Metho dist Church, the Kings River Parish of Hanford Calif., and the Scouting Executive To Interview Here Herbert Stuckey, Deputy Re gional Scout Executive,' will inter view, any students interested in professional scouting this after noon from 4 to 6 o'clock in the j APO room of the Y building. Stuckey is being brought to the campus as a representative of the Boy Scouts of America by Alpha phi Omega and the University Placement Service. Information about the scouting, program will be available to seniors interested in it as a profession. j-f. v :-::-x suggestions Monday on tight ening the law to cut down de ferments. At one point, Vinson ob served that it is hurting the nation's morale when only one out of 10 men of draft age is inducted. The nine-tenths in clude 4-F's, veterans and men with dependents. Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg, manpower expert and Assist ant Secretary of Defense, told the committee that Selective Service estimates between 75, 000 and 80,000 of the nation's 4-F's (men who have been re jected because of mental or physical reasons) can be put into full active service. The witness said that Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Draft Director, figured, this number could be obtained by "slightly lowering" mental standards and strictly enforcing physical standards. First Methodist Church of Shel ton, Conn. Will Headlee of the Music De partment will again ba organist for the service,, and Richard Cox will direct the Uniyersity Sermon Choir in a selection of special music. Students and townspeople are invited. The offering will be used to pay expenses of future speak ers and provide publicity for the sermons. McDaniel urged all stu dents and faculty members to take advantage of this opportun ity to hear the outstanding re ligious leaders on campus and in the state. Stu ent Went 1 4 Years For Engineer's Degree CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (UP) In the past 14 years there have been exactly 728 Saturday nights. But tomorrow night is a very special Saturday in the life of Robert W. Christiansen. He will get a degree in me chanical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology after constant attendance at night classes for '28 semesters. In the audience watching him get the coveted sheepskin will be his wife and three children. "I couldn't have done it without her," Christiansen said of his attractive wife. "We're very proud of him," said Dr. Henry T. Heald, Illi Outraged At The Very Thought Of It Irate Ale Guzzlers Scoff At 'Suds' In Cups; I'd Sooner Not Drink,' One Says He Didn't (A test the Hackensack, N. J., Health.. Departments scheduled yesterday to determine whether beer tasted the same out of a paper cup as out of a glass has been cancelled. In the interest oj health, sanitation and social tra dition, a United Press reporter conducted hii own test in Manhat tan at McSorley's Old Ale House, established in 1854. Ed.) By Richard Amper NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (UP) Veteran ale drinkers, outraged at the very thought of it, sneered four to one today at "suds" in a paper cup. This is how it went: - - r $ - - IlMiliilllilliiiiiBil Wv ; :::-:- 4;. -rr o .,: ,r,,i .z B-rfflQ 1QC .fa tfd M'llfo I V V 1 V" WILLIAM EDGERTON - l EdgerfonWilli Talk Sunday Monday Night - f. William Edgerton, Professor of, Russian Studies at Penn State College, will be the leader of the Camp New- ' Hope conference starting at 1 o'clock tomorrow1 afternoon' and also will give an address in Hill Hall Monday night at 8 o'clock. Besides leading in several dis cussions in the conference, Edger ton will talk about "Understand ing Communism." A supper is planned for the meeting. All stu dents are invited to attend. Monday night Edgerton speaks on "The Crisis of Our Age" The address at Hill Hall is one of the Y's outstanding programs- for ed ucation, Claude C. Shotts, Exec vtive Secretary of the Y, said yesterday. At the annual Y " Southern Conference at Berea, Ky., last summer UNC delegates were greately stimulated and inspired on hearing Edgerton and asked him to come to Chapel Hill. Ed gerton's topic, "Christianity and Communism," was wellVreceived by delegates and provided them with some inside information about the current dilemma, in the world. 4 Edgerton is the author of .sev eral articles and reviews. He translated "A Soviet History of Philosophy" - and wrote several articles in The American Mer cury. , nois president. "He certainly chows what someone who really wants an education will do to get it." . Christiansen, 34 - year - old plant works manager, doesn't think that he has done any thing unusual at all. He said, "Some guys bowl, some drink, I just went to school." In the course of acquiring his degree, Christiansen main tained a "B" average. After 126 months of educa tion Christiansen goes right back to class Feb. 12. But this time he's going to teach. A 235-pound man in a plain lumberjack waddled to the ven erable bar at McSorley's 97-yearr old Ale House, nodded to Bar tender Willie Eulo to serve him and turned to talk to a friend. The bartender, with . the 'look of a man about to betray a sacred trust, put a paper cup into a met al container such as those used for ice cream sodas in a drug sore. He poured the ale, the only drink served at McSorley's (no women allowed) and slid it to the elbow of 39-year-old Charlie Schlimmer. . Silence fell as Schlimmer turned from his friend to face Of Thee Tonight Production To Be Held Two Nights The Carolina Playmakers' pro duction of Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing" will open tonight at 8:30 in Memorial Hall before one of the largest audiences in Playmak er history. A second showing of the musical is scheduled for to morrow night, . Headlining the cast as John P. Wintergreen, presidential nom inee who runs on the platform is Lanier Davis of Chapel Hill, possessor of a romantic tenor voice often heard around the campus in choral groups, j Davis is a special student, studying music, and has given voice "recitals throughout the state. His voice is remarkably suited to the Gershwin music and lyrics. Singing opposite him, in the role of Mary Turner, is Anne Martin, well-known to theater-goers here for her acting ability. Miss Martin is also an accomplish ed ,. singer, previously studying and teaching at Winthrop Col lege. Many will recall her lyric soprano voice in last year's "Spring For Sure." Phil Bernanke, making his. de but, plays Alexander Throttle button, the new Vice President. A graduate student in dramatic art, Phil is a born comedian on and off the stage. His ability to r originate cleveiv-tieces of stage AK Psi Visits GE Exhibit In Raleigh Alpha Kappa Psi, professional business administration fratern ity, visited Raleigh to tour Gen eral Electric's . apparatus exhibit train, "More Power to America Special," Wednesday. The tour was one of the three industrial tours taken each year by the fraternity. . The Special, a traveling show case of electrical apparatus, is on a national tour. The fraternity was greeted at the locomotive, also part of the exhibit, by its host, an engineer clad in a maroon coat. At points throughout the 10-car train, other such guides were stationed to explain the working of the ap paratus. The train, the first of its kind on a nation-wide industrial tour, is visiting some 150 of the coun try's key industrial centers for inspection by invited representa tives of electric utilities, the man ufacturing and transportation industries, the armed services, the federal government, and munic ipalities. the bar and the drink before him. Schlimmer's initial shock gave way to revulsion, then disbelief, and finally outrage. "What the hell kind of drink is that!" he roared. With a sweep of his hamlike arm, he knocked the paper cup away as Eulo quickly, filled a mug-like glass to pacify him. You've insulted him. You spoiled his whole day," said Rob ert Shanley, 40, of Brooklyn. "It's a test," said chuckling Harry Kierwin, manager of Mc Sorley's. "The Health Department at Hackensack was supposed to conduct it but cancelled it be I Sing' Premieres In Memoria , X ' i , 11 ,- ' ' ( r 1 1 - y 'l : LANIER DAVIS. AS JOHN P. WINTERGREEN. is shown , in the clutches of Anne Martin, as Mary Turner, and Johnsie Wilkins (right) as Diana Devereaux in the Playmakers big "Of Thee I Sing" opening tonight at 8:30 in 'Memorial Hall. The musical will be repeated tomorrow. business has kept the whole cast in high spirits. Latest additions to the cast, made during the final week of re hearsal, include six members of the University bank, Al Ludwick, Charles Armstrong, Franz Rob erts, Phil Buchanan, Fred Rierson, and John-Roberts Also, two at TOKYO, Saturday, Jan. 27 (UP)- American and Allied forces smashed northward up to 10 miles on a blazing 60 miie west Korean front in a limited offensive that captured strategic Suwon and reached within 15 miles of Seoul today. Powerful forces of the U. S. 1st and 9th Corps carried the war back to the stalling Chi nese. A two-day advance in the first major push by the Allies since . November over ran the broad no man's land behind which the enemy with drew. Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridg way's 8th Army divisions swept across the main east- -west highway below Seoul and seized the key bases of Suwon, its big air field, Kumyangjang, Ichon, Yoju and Hoengsong. Lashing out under cover of a spectacular air, artillery and tank bombardment, the Yanks and their buddies crashed through the forward crust of Chinese resistance below cause they said there was too much" publicity and conditions wouldn't be normal." He told the bartender to serve another customer. Willie put the paper cup be fore Jim Welsh, natty in a derby, who sneered: "I think it stinks. I'd sooner not drink." He didn't. Pete Fedun, 42, who said he had been a patron of McSorley's for 20 years, sipped from a paper cup. "I don't taste no difference," he said. "As long as it's ale, it doesn't matter what you serve it in." Allies N CoOlf'Lf'S I t Hall tractive majorettes, Jean Stan ford and Iris Merritt. The instrumental accompani ment is provided by Hank Beebe, pianist who has made the special choral and instrumental arrange ments of the score, Frank Grose close, pianist, and Bill Van Col lins at the Hammond organ. ear Seoul, (ey Bases Seoul. They routed a regiment from a Kumyangjang battle . field strewn with 500 to 1,000 enemy dead. The surprise drive ran into heavy resistance at Kumyang jang, 10 miles east of the trunk highway below Seoul. A 9th Corps spokesman said the. ad vance units of the main Chi nese Communist army in the west may have been engaged. The 8th Army broke the se curity blackout on the attack with a special communique an nouncing it as a "limited ob jective" push, kicked off at 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Y Will Hear Faith' Topic "Faith, Our Centerboard" will be the topic of a talk by Mrs. E. S. Currie at a general associa tion meeting of the YWCA Mon day at 4 o'clock in Gerrard Hall. All Y members and interested ... . this monthly gathering of the whole organization. , .. Mrs. Currie will deal with the I role of Christianity as a fortress ! iin time of crisis. She formerly did i I missionary work with her hus- j band, who is still in Communist; i China. ! I , I Lauritz Melchoir Here For Lunch ! Chapel Hill had another fam- ous visitor yesterday, this time j in the world of music. j He was Lauritz Melchoir, world j renowned opera star, who with ! his wife visited the Normon Cor dons for lunch at their Cameron Avenue home. Mr. Melchoir gave a concert at the Raleigh Auditorium last night. He and Normon Cordon worked together for some .10 years at the Metropolitan.. UNC Linemen Tackle Backs To Fight Polio March Of Dimes Basketball Game Thursday In Gym Linemen -of Carolina's football team versus the backfield men will meet in Woollen gymnasium next Thursday night in a basket ball game for the March of Dimes current campaign. Last year the two teams clashed and raised $750 for the polio fund. Art Greenbaum, in charge of game arrangements, said yester day. This year, he added,' the Monogram members were striving for a $1,500 donation. Admission to the game will cost 50 cents, he said. Tickets may be obtained in the YMCA, Lenoir Hall and the Carolina Theater. Tickets also may be purchased . from Monogram Club members. E. Carrington Smith, chairman of the March of Dimes drive for this area, Greenbaum said, has given his full support to the char ity game. Greenbaum promised halftime entertainment, and said that two officials from State College will be on hand to officiate at the game. ' ' 'Second Man' Cast, Staff Is Released Wray Thompson, director of the comedy "Second Man," which will be presented in the main lounge of Graham Memorial next Thursday and Friday evenings, yesterday announced the entire cast and production staffs for the show. Acting are Herman Coble, J. B. Cochran, Pat Morse, and Brooke Robinson. Dave Stanley, who has had ex perience in scenery construction, lighting, and commercial radio engineering, will handle lighting design. Bea Kamenetzky is cos tume supervisor. Gowns and dresses are by Robbin's of Chapel Hill. Thompson is experimenting with the round or arenat type stage which allows an audience on four sides of the players. The initial performance in England at The Playhouse in 1928 was pre sented on an amphitheaUr stage with an audience on three sides of the players. This performance featured Noel Coward and Ray mond Massey. Open Meet Tuesday To Be Held By APO The Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity will hold an open meeting Tuesday night at 7 o'clock in the APO room of the Y Building for the purpose of meeting prospective members. The requirements for member- ship are previous scounting train ( . , , ing ana a aesire 10 renaer service to the campus. All interested persons are invited to attend. FPG In Alaska Special to The Daily Tar Heel ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan. 26 Dr. Frank P. Graham, for mer president of the Consoli dated University of North Caro lina, arrived here this week lo serve as moderator for a labor mancgemeni conference. Graham, whose purpose is lo assure uninterrupted work on vital defense projects, released a statement outlining the urgent need of cooperation between la bor and management in view of the national crisis. Graham was recently ap pointed by President Truman to serve in this capacity because of his extensive backgorund in the field of employer-labor relations. in id n- ui. I' ll; ff l- n n 1 - J A
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