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U U C Library Serials Dept. Chapel Hill, U. C. i CRIPPLED T& I CHILDREN WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer. Yesterday's high, 55; low, 35. Today's high, 65. lish VOLUME LIX United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1951 Associated Press NUMBER 110 AW eo . hvn tm 111 Bovvers States He'll Continue Past SP Work Candidate Works For Rcc Rooms, More Telephones . Henry Bovvers, Student Party nominee for president of the stu dent body, said yesterday he would work for more dormitory social rooms, telephones, and bet ter recreational and study facili ties. "It is my object in seeking this office to continue the constructive work done by the past two Stu dent Party administrations and to work for the improvement of facilities pertaining to social rooms, telephones, recreation and study. I believe that very definite steps may be made to improve conditions in such areas if the proper experience, thought, and interest is brought to bear on these problems," he said. The Assistant Attorney Gen eral asserted, " The work that can be done by the president of the student body is not entirely in the realm of physical improve ments, however, but in the realm of student attitude, interest, and spirit." "The president must not only carry out the- duties of his office efficiently but must stimulate the student body to take a greater interest in its University and its government." Bowers is currently a member of the Student Legislature and has been a member of the. Bipar tisan Selection Board. He served as orientation counselor in ' the fall, and has been campus chair man of the North Carolina Sym phony Drive. He comes from Hen dersonville. AH. Patterson Given Award Andrew Henry Patterson, II,- of Bronxville, N. Y., son of Dr. How ard Patterson, well known Uni versity alumnus, has been pre sented ah award for the highest achievement in grades in fresh man mathematics. The award is a specially em bossed volume of mathematical Fables donated by the Chemical Rubber Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. WORLD, NATION, STATE WASHINGTON Attorney General J. Howard McGralh said yesterday that mob leaders of the 1930's have been sup planted by a new type who combine "the worst features of big business manipulations with violence and corruption." He told ihe Senate Crime Committee the modern day racketeers carry on their oper ations across state lines and ' make a "mockery" of local po lice efforts. TOKYO Two U. S. tenk and infantry columns linked up north of Seoul today and rooted out the last sizeable Communist pocket south of Korea's 381h Parallel, while the Chinese 26th Army and remnants of the North Korean 1st Corps, total ing 30.000 men. fled toward the parallel to avoid a trap by the east-west junction of Allied troops above Uijongbu. LONDON The 45,000-lon U. S. aircraft carrier Coral Sea and two destroyers were order ed yesterday to join the search for 53 officers and enlisted men aboard an Air Force four-engine Globemaster which crash ed in a storm in the North At lantic last Friday. Bipartisan B egins Interviews ' Tonight At 7 P.M. Selection Unit To Pass On Candidates For Meir's, Women's Honor Councils The first Bipartisan Selection t Board to pick candidates for both Men's and Women's Honor Coun cils will begin interviewing can didates for Council positions from 7 to 10 o'clock this evening in the Grail Room of Graham Mem orial. The group will hold interviews during the same hours on Thurs day night, and will continue next Monday if necessary. Applicants must have passed 40 hours of work with an overall C average for the last three quarters. Any student may run for an Honor Council position, but can didates who appear and are ap proved by the Bipartisan Board will have that approval indicated on the official ballot. The Board is made up of repre sentatives from the Men's and Women's Councils and members of both political parties. Kappa Delta Group To Interview Here Representatives of Kappa Del ta,. Carolina's soon to be sixth sorority, will be at the Carolina Inn April 3-6 to interview coeds interested in joining the new Greek letter organization. Formal installation of new of ficers will be held May 11-13 here, Mrs. Herbert E. Mueller, Evan ston, 111., national chapterian, said yesterday. French House Open Again This Summer Advanced students and teach ers of French from this and other states will again have an oppor tunity this summer to live in a French atmosphere and cultivate their spoken use of the language on the University campus. The seventh annual French House, directed by Prof. Hugo Giduz of the University's Depart ment of Romance Languages, will be conducted during the first term of the Summer Session, June 11 July 19. Professor GiauzTs assistants will again be Mrs. Charlotte V. Iluse and Prof. Jacques Harde, also of the Romance Language Department. Sponsored y the Department and the Extension Division of the University, the French House is conducted mainly for the purpose of aidingi members of the teach ing profession, business and other fields who need to use the oral French language fluently. Versatile Grad Student Jack Gural Wins Prize Sn Rug Design Contest Ian Jack Gural of New York, graduate student in the De partment of City Planning, has recently received notice that -he was one of seven winners in first national carpet design contest. The contest, sponsored by the Arthur Fleischman Co., of Detroit, was the first of its kind sponsored by the com pany. Gural, a former instructor of architecture at the University of Arkansas, was graduated from Pratt Institute, New York, and studied at the Foun tainbleau Fine Arts School in France. Gural won one of four hon Board Positions open on the Men's Council include seats for three seniors, one junior, one sopho more, and one graduate student and one pharmacy student. Women's Council positions in clude spots for three seniors, one graduate and one member at large. Coeds running for senior seats should be juniors at the present time, and a candidate run ning for the graduate seat may be a senior now, as long as she intends to return for graduate work next year. Any student who appears be fore the Board and is not approv ed may run as an independent. Likewise, students not appearing for interviews may run as in dependants. The Board s an unofficial nom inating body instituted by the two political parties to make a non-partisan selection of can didates for judicial posts. Accompaning Mrs. Mueller to interview the coeds will be Miss Minnie Mae Prescott, Spring field, Mo., manager of the cen tral office, and Miss Ruth Spur geon, Louisville, Ky., traveling secretary. The Panhetlenlc Council will hold a tea in the main lounge of Graham Memorial April 3 honoring the KD organizers, Pan hell President Lucille Best said yesterday. As yet, tne new group has no house. It is expected that one of the national leaders' main jobs here next week will be looking over available real estate. Between 600 and 700 KD alum nae aire living in North Carolina, according to Miss Elizabeth W. Lanier, Petersburg, Va., national president. Local alumnae include Mrs. M. B. Barrett, Mrs. K. C. Frazer, Mrs. W. D. Carmichacl, Jr., Miss Margaret Little, Mrs. Taul White, Mrs. William Wells, and Mrs. G. B. Cleveland GM Film Tickets Close Sale Today Today is the last chance to buy membership in Film Presenta tion's spring series. Tickets are available in the Graham Memorial main office until show time to night when the remainder, if any, will be sold at the door. Tonight's showing, to begin at orable mention prizes of $50 for his entry. It will be exhibited, along with the other winners, in the Detroit Institute of Arts and in other leading museums throughout the country. Judges for the contest were eight prominent men from leading institutes and carpet industries in the country. Gural previously had design ed a modern church for a Lu theran group in Fayetteville, Ark. Construction of the Church was completed in June, 1950. Applying his talents on a local level, Gural is currently engaged in decorating and fur nishing the new recreation room in B dormitory. I r C W. B. UMSTEAD Phi To Hear Umstead , Talk Tonight William B. Umstead, former U.S. senator and widely proposed gubernatorial candidate for 1952, will deliver the main address at the Philanthropic Assembly meet ing in New East at 8:30 tonight. Umstead's speech will highlight the spring inaugural ceremonies of the 156-year-old debating so ciety of which the Durham at torney is a former president. The speech will be preceded by an inaugural address by Speaker Elect Hamilton Horton of Winston-Salem and inauguration of other new Phi officers. Topic of Senator Umstead's speech was undisclosed but a Phi spokesman stated that the re marks will be related to the cur rent North Carolina political scene. Umstead's political career in cludes a term in the U.S. Senate, three terms in the House of Rep resentatives, managership of. R. Gregg Cherry's successful cam paign for governor in 1944, and chairmanship of the State Demo cratic Executive Committee. As an undergraduate at the University, Umstead majored in pre-law and during his stay on campus held membership in the Golden Fleece, Recently elected officers to be installed tonight are: Speaker Hamilton Horton of Winston Salm; Speaker Pro Tempore Mel Respass, Pike Road; Parliamen tarian Hal Sieber, Henderson vUle; Clerk Al House, Scotland Neck; Treasurer Phin Horton, Winston-Salem; Sergeant - at -arms Franz Roberts, Hillsboro; Carolina Forum representative Bob Pace, Morris ville and Critic Graham Jones, Winston-Salem. 8 o'clock in Gerrard Hall, is "Ad ventures of Chico," the sensitive probing of the loneliness of a Mexican boy who turns for play mates to the animals around him. Recommended for a special award by The New York Times, the pic ture took more than a year to film. Accompanying it is the Jean Cocteau short, "Rhythm of Af rica," with a commentary by the poet, Langston Hughes. "Ivan the Terible," written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein, with an original score by Prokof ieff, is another feature of the series. An epic film biography of Czar Ivan IV of Russia by one of the world's greatest directors, it is of particiular note in its use of sets and lighting to produce the sense of "horror, its use of sounds builds up an oppressive atmosphere. Other films this quarter are "The Lower Depths," based on the Maxim Gorky, play; the French classic, "Zero de Con duite," with the surrealist film, "Mother's Day," and a group of experimentals. All pictures are in English dialogue or with com plete English sub-titling. Membership in Film Presenta tions, an organization sponsored by Graham Memorial, is $1.50. The films will be shown in Ger rard Hall at 8 p.m. on various Tuesdays. Jo King Takes Post As Prexy OfCoeds'lDC Cartmel Selected As Vice President Of Women's Unit Jo King, newly-elected presi dent of Alderman Dormitory, h3s taken over as president of the Women's Interdormitory Council, it was announced yesterday. Rosemary Cartmel, president of undergraduate students living in Carr Dorm, was named sec retary r of the Women's IDC, and Joan Erskine, president of Smith, is the representative of the Coun cil to the Graham Memorial Board of Directors. The: Council is formed of the presidents of all women's dormi tories and sorority house man agers. Women's dormitory jpresidents are: Peggy Brown, Mclver: . Ruth Connor, Kenan; Erline Griffin, Spencer; Betty Steele, graduate president in Carr. House managers are: Jean Stockton, Alpha Delta Pi; Kitty Campbell, Alpha Gamma Delta; Pollen Speck, Chi Omega; Patsy Lou Lester, Pi Beta Phi; Barbara Merrill, Delta Delta Delta The new president of the Town Girls' Association, Jane Webb, is also a member of the Women's Interdqrmitory Council. 5,000 Kids See Eastre' At Morehead Approximately 5,000 North Carolina, school children and their teachers will have seen the More head Planetarium presentation, "Easlre," before the presentation ends April 2, Anthony Jenzano, Planetarium manager, said yes terday. The school children are coming to Chapel Hill by busloads to see the magnificent Easter demonstra tion at special times and at special prices. Sometimes two extra day time showings are necessary to take care of them. Yesterday morning Miss Lucy Bryan Adams, secretary for the Morehead Building, interviewed a half dozen of those attending the special shows and they all agreed "it is wonderful." Carrie B. Smoot of Elkin said, "I just loved it." Louise Hutchin son of Stokesdale described it as "wondeiful. I have never seen anything like it before." Betty Welch of Mount Tirzah school said, "It was very good. I liked the last part best." Jack Over man, teacher at Stokesdale, said, "It is even better than last year. I am going to bring another group over next week." An Elkin teach er, Miss - E. Hutchinson, also agreed that it was better than last year's show. Four special showings are sche duled for this week. Children are scheduled to come from schools in Greensboro, Raleigh, Derita, Thomasville, Pittsboro, States ville, Townsville, Coats, Albert son, Whiteville, Asheboro, Leaks ville, Stokesdale, Sugar Grove, Salisbury, Rockingham, Belhaven, Kenly, Penbroke, Engelhard, Pantego, Rocky Point, Charlotte and Freemont. Capt. J. S. Keating To Replace Cooper Capt. J. E. Cooper (USN), com manding officer of the - Naval ROTC unit here will be transfer red in the early summer and will be succeeded here by Capts. J. S. Keating (USN), who is now com manding officer of the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, I1L Other officers of the unit also scheduled to be detached during the coming summer are Comdr. W. J. Manning; Lt. Col. B. W. Mc Lean, Lt. Comdr. J. W. Austin and Lt. R. L. Long. In Battle Park Greek Week Reaches Third Day; Pledge Suppers Highlight Evening The third day of Greek Week will get underway today when about 300 pledges will assist Al pha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, in the cleaning up of Battle Park. The APO's will be on hand Oscar Levant Set For Show Tuesday Oscar Levant, one of the most colorful personalities in Amer ican music, will present a con cert in Memorial Hall next Tuesday at 8 p.m. The appearance of the well known musician is being sponsored by the Student Entertainment Committee. Levant has entitled his concert a "Program of Piano Music with Comments." His numbers are "to suit the mood of the audience and myself with commentary approp riate to the moment." The famous pianist and music personality has delighted millions of listeners with his fabulous memory and his verbal adroitness on radio programs. His piano re cordings have placed him high among the record sellers of the land. This is his first concert tour since his most recent screen suc cess in "An .American in Paris." His dual role as musician and wit has also brought Levant motion picture fame for his performance in "Rhapsody in Blue," the story of his friend, George Gershwin; "The Barkleys of Broadway;" "Humoresque;" "Rhythm on the River;" "Romance in High C," and "Kiss the Boys Goodbye." Each season, between motion pictures and radio engagement, Summer Jobs To Be Aired By Y Forum x A "Summer Opportunities" for um will be sponsored by the Car eers Committee of the YWCA next Monday. All coeds are invited to attend the discussion which is being pre sented to give girls some sugges tions as to how to spend summer vacations profitably. Movies and talks will feature opportunities in three classifications: work, study, and camp counseling. There will be information avail able on pleasure, work and study tours offered for college students in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Peggy Stewart is chairman of the Careers Committee which is sponsoring the conference. Infor mation concerning place and time of the forum will be released later in the week. Hey-Diddle-Dum-Dey Twin Bill Operas Here Are Sharp In Contrast By Pat Morse From the "Hey-diddle-dum-day" of the square dance group to the delecate "balance," "piq uet" and "advancement" of the ballet. From the jubilant cries of the caller to the light sensi tive strains of the unmistak- ' able Mozart. This is the contrast between Kurt Weill's folk opera, "Down in the Valley", and the comic opera, "Bastien and Bastienna" by Mozart, which are sharing a twin bill in. Hill Hall Thurs day, Friday and Saturday at from 3 to 5p.m. to supervise the work. Pledges are requested to meet at Forest Theater at 3 o'clock, bringing with them rakes, shovels, and axes if possible. Greek Week is a project of the Interfraternity Council install- Levant takes time out to make a personal appearance tour to personally contact the public. Student members of the SEC are Dick Allsbrook, chairman, Anne Townsend, Bunny Davis, Larry Peerce, Duff ield Smith and Sol Kimberling. Faculty repre sentatives are Olin T. Mouzon, Samuel Selden and William S. Newman. SP Chooses For Council, PB Positions The Student Party nominated Walt Dear, Sue Lindsey, Edd Davis, and Ken Penegar for Pub lications Board seats at a special meeting last week. The party also gave Student Council nominations to Bill Wolf, Julian Mason, and Wood Sme thurst. f The vote in the race for the two senior seats on the Publications Board was Sue Lindsey 18, Edd Davis 17, and loser Clay Johnson 9. Walt Dear, SP editorial can didate, was nominated by accla mation' for the junior seat on the Publications Board. Ken Penegar defeated Clay Johnson by a vote of 14 to 11 for the at large seat. In the Student Council nomina tions, the vote was Bill Wolf 25, Julian Mason 23, Wood'Smethurst 21, and Jack Hopkins 21. Hopkins was eliminated in a runoff. Dear issued a statement of pol icy to the party: "In running for both the editor ship of The Daily Tar Heel and a seat on the Publications Board, I feel that I can work better to ward these goals. I would, like to see The Daily, Tar Heel back on a daily basis. I think that this could be done by a cut in size or, by working through the Publications Board and instituting a series of positive measures for solving some of the paper's financial headaches. If elected, I also should like to work in conjunction with other members of the board toward set tling the important problems fac ing Carolina publications." The SP met in Graham Me morial last night to continue nom inations for spring elections. 8:30 p.m. The rehearsals of the two operas are well underway. In each the dance is used as a means of intensifying the mood and giving background to the story. "Bastien and Bastienna" em ploys the free ballet which uses no classic positions or elaborate forms. Instead it is free-moving and progi'esses eventually into the moderne. Weill's "Down in the Valley" uses the folk dance squences ieterspersed with a series of flashbacks, to tell its love story. I6K" ,!J ed last year. It is designed to pro mote interfraternity unity and to replace the traditional "Hell Week." Several fraternities did not join last year, and it has been reported that there are some this year who, although participating in the IFC project, will continue to hold "Hell Weeks." The week began Sunday morn ing when pledges from all over the campus attended Easter ser vices in a group. Tonight is the second night for exchange sup pers between the pledge classes. A national officer from each fraternity or some other promin ent speaker will be a guest at fraternity houses tomorrow night, Thursday atfernoon, Navy Field will be the scene of a Field Day, the competing of the pledges in several sports. Climaxing Greek Week Thurs day night, Controller W. D. Car michael Jr., will speak at the Lenoir Hall pledge banquet. Other guests will include Inter fraternity Council representa tives, national fraternity officers, and other University officials. Speck Picked As Chairman Of Advisers "Pellen" Speck, rising senior from Cleveland, Tenn., has been chosen Chairman of the Student Advisers by Selection Committee, Babs Wooten Chairman of the Women's Orientation Program, said yesterday. As Chairman of Advisers, Pel len will be in charge of some 60 coeds who will serve as advisers to the incoming -women next fall. Her responsibility is to train these advisers to take over their duties in the fall through a general ori entation in September. Pellen attended Chewy Chase Junior College for two years where she served as President of the Student Body. At Carolina she has been on the House Council for Smith Dorraitory, in Sound & Fury, and is a member of Chi Omega. She is Sociology major. The Selection Committee to choose the Student Advisers and their Chairman is made up of Babs Wootten, Chairman of Ori entation; Pat Bowie, former chair man, and Tiny Morrow, Helen Brundage, Gay Currie of the YWCA and Betty Denny and Ma roy Harrer of the Office of the Dean of Women. UP Will Nominate In GM Tonight The University Party will re turn to Graham Memorial tonight to take up nominations for men's and women's dormitory legisla ture seats. The meeting, scheduled for 7: 15, will be held at Graham Memorial because of the building central location, Party President Dick Jenrette said yesterday. In subsequent meetings, the party will again follow its newly initiated policy of assembling in dormitories and fraternity and sorority houses. Tryouts Tryouts for the dramatic presentation of excerpts from "Alice In Wonderland" to be given during the afternoon May Day festivities on Satur day, May 5. will be held to day at 4:30 in the Forest Theater. Both men and women axe needed) for the drama. At pres ent there is a shortage of male actors. The cast is large and all who are interested are urged to participate. In case of rain ihe tryouts will be conducted in Memorial Hall. n 1 i uit nd m ot is- ed nd uit .he lr- he ief n- ity ;m on .7- :w of :te re lal es he he n- ;k k HI j- 'JV :e .11 fV. ll y if- n is
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