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CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1952
NUMBER CT L 6
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Named 'Man
Of The Year
President Gordon . Gray has
been chosen "North Carolinian of
the Year'Vby 12 anonymous judges
appointed by "The State" magazine.
-The committee, representing
'every walk of life, color, creed,
and political faith," "picked the
Consolidated University president
because he had fulfilled the de
mands of office "so remarkably
well."
In its January 5 issue "The
State" commented, "The North
Carolinian of 1951 did his job
without fanfare, but his accom
plishments need no enumeration
Coming, intb an atmosphere often
charged with carping and criti
cism, he restored it to one of poise
and purpose, without crippling the
dynamic progressive spirit which
so long has characterized the Uni
versity. "Much of this intenseness," the
macazine points out, "sprang from
nothing more than the average
Tar Heel's jealous pride in his
University, his concern for its
well-being, and his anxiety for
its future." Strengthening of the
Greater University by demand
ing the best from each of its in
dividual elements has proceeded
as never before, and the feeling
of confidence and wholesome
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Has Chance To Win $2,000
Drama Student I o Co-star
On National Radio Prograrr
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FRANK GRQSECLOSE AND LINDA DARNELL (above) will co- Colony," at Roanoke Island and
star in the radio version of "Laura" this Tuesday mgw ax iu pan. nas oeen acuvc -tr
lina .FiaymaKers pruum-wwiw.
For his assignment, Uroseciose
will receive a $250 guest fee, and
membership in the American Fed
eration of Radio Artists. In addi
tion, the Philip Morris program
pays all his expenses on his
Chapel Hill-New York rouna
trin. He will have a chance to
win the competition's grand fin
als which will be held next month.
Awards totaling $2,000 will go to
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Frank Groceclose of Atlanta,
Ga., drama student here, will co
star with Linda Darnell in "The
Philip Morris Playhouse on Broad
way" presentation of "Laura.
Groseclose is'the eleventh col
lege star to win a Philip Morris
Intercollegiate Acting Competi
tion. He was recommended by the
Department of Dramatic Art here.
For the past three seasons he has
""j nlaved tne nisiorian-ncu.j.i.vA w
Paul Green's pageant, "The Lost
the winner.
"Laura" is a murder mystery
with psychological overtones. It
involves a beautiful career girl, a
columnist and a hard-hitting in
vestigator who solves the mystery.
It is adapted from the movie
which featured Gene Tierney and
Clifjon Webb.
The program will be heard over
the NBC radio network at 10 p.m.
Pogo Comic Strip Makes
Debut This Coming Tu
Animals in the form of a comic
strip will .make their bow in
Daily Tar Heel columns Tuesday
as the paper begins to run "Po
go," by Walt Kelly.
Pogo, a 'possum, his pals, Al
bert, the alligator, Porky, the
nnrnminn: Churchy LaFemme,
the turtle; Howland Owl, and
Beauregard Bugleboy, a dog, live
in the land of the elephant squash
in the swamplands of Georgia.
two is a friendly possum, one
Hrmt see sleeping upside
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down much of the time, ms pa-
esday
is shared by faculties, students, L. with his sometimes erratic
and the public," the article con
tinued. .
Gray's "firm, progressive lead
ership was singled out as the
r;vntiAn made bv a
major - - i
North Carolinian to the people of
the State last year. -
Morion Stroudernirc
Wins McCoII Prize
Miss Marian S.troudemire of the
University Admissions Office has
won $25.00 for her outstanding
design in McCall Magazine's "My
Kitchen" contest. .
a r.hanel Hillian hose father
is a professor in the University
UH Deoartment, Miss Stroud-
AmirP is one of 110 winners chosen
out of approximately 19,000 com
petitors
Campus Briefs
Student Party
The Student Party will hold its
first meeting of the quarter to
r,xr n!fht at 8 o'clock in Ito
land Parker Lounge in Graham
r Phiirman Bill WOlX
iviemuiia. v- -
urges all members to be present
T.rluro
nn Tim;flav. the University wil
be visited by Mr. J. Roger Carter,
Education Officer, British Embas
sy, Washington, D. C.
At four o'clock in the Faculty
Lounge of the Morehead Building,
he will speak and answer ques
tions on the political situation .in
Britain.
i him noDUiar euivj.
while, he isn't able to keep
nPP and auiet, he tries .o
f .-hi
maintain a happy equmuuu,
the swamps. While -orKy xS
ceiut Churchy abounds m
optimism. He is a reformed pir
ate captain wno enjuya
rrinn Owl is a supposed
Wiseman interested in anything
scientific and always ready w
rt;0 advice. Beauregard is a
proud, egotistical sort of a dog.
With these characters, Kelly
has constructed a daily comic
which is read by about 26 million
people who see the comic in
newspapers in the country. A
former reporter, aeparu
store clerk, political cartoons,
and a public welfare inspect,
Kelly first thought aDouw
tKom swamniana conuc
At first Albert the alliga
tor had top billing but Pogo, an
Legionnaires
Held Meet
American -Legionnaires from
Oranee." Durham, and Jferson
Counties met here Friday night
for the Winter meeting of the
17th N. C. District of the organ!
zation.
The meeting featured a presen
tation of Orange County Voiture
1266 of the Forty and Eight, to
obscure 'possum, took over the acquaint the Legionnaires with
Speai
lead.
the activities of the fun-making
ppord
tTTS1t..i. Aiir.n r,f "FWn The grouo. Grand Correspondent John
Willi inc auuiMW" w - o r -- , j . -i
Daily Tar Heel now offers two King of Durham presented the
:. 4.;c tr. first time Forty and Eight program.
comic o ll iwo, j.jm. -" - - i - -
since last-March when Li'l Abner District Commander John.Row-
and Steve" Canyon strips, were i ell ol uurnam presiaeu uva
dropped bacause ol lack of lunds. session
John Scott
ks Here
On I hursday
John Scott, author, foreign cor
respondent, and former chief for
five years of several foreign news
bureaus for Time, Inc., will speak
on "The Press and the Cold War"
Thursday in Gerrard Hall.
The author of "Beyond the?
Urals" and "Duel for Europe" will
appear here under the joint spon
sorship of the Press Club and the
Carolina Forum.
Scott attended the University
of Wisconsin for two years. He
worked for five years in indus
trial plants in Russia until he was
expelled from Soviet industry in
1937. He remained in Moscow for
three years as a correspondent
for a French news agency.
He became a foreign correspon
dent for Time from Japan in
1941. A year later he became a
contributing editor in New York.
He was then sent to Washington
to cover the State Department and
later to London. He was chief of
the Time and Life News bureau
in Stockholm until 1945, when he
became chief of Time's central
European bureau in Berlin.
Dedication, Cornerstone Ceremony Marks
Ooeninq Of New Lutheran Church Today
Choral Club
The Choral Club and the Sym
phony5 orchestra will meet for
their first combined rehearsal to
morrow night at 7:15 in Hill HnlL
Dr. She,
Of Oak Ridge
To Talk Here
Dr. C. W. Sheppard of the Biol
ogy division, Oak Ridge national
fr Oak Ridge, Tenn., will
give two addresses here next
W He will speak before a botany
seminar in Davie hall Monday af
ternoon at 5 o'clocK. xxk
wiU be "The Hole of Potassium
S VeU Physiology." This talk
will be open to the public and
tore will be a tea at 4:45 pre
redini the seminar.
Dr. Sheppard will address a
group in the medical school au
ditorium Tuesday afternoon at
4:30. ,
Dedication services for the Holy.
Trinity Lutheran Church will be
held this morning, beginning at
10:30 with the cornerstone cere
mony by Dr. J. L. Morgan presi
dent emeritus of the United
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
North Carolina.
The $95,000 Gothic architecture
brick church was erected here
through funds supplied by Luth
eran groups from all over the
state. For a number of years a
Lutheran congregation has been
organized among the University
students and community, but the
group has had no meeting place
of its own.
The sermon will be delivered
Tvtr the Rev, Dorus P. Rudisill,
organizer of the 16cal congrega-
The Rev. E. C. Cooper, pastor of
Holy Trinity, said that musical
entertainment and an address by
the Rev. H. A. Schroeder of Dur
ham, who used to be a students'
pastor here, are scheduled for 8
o'clock. At the evening service
German singers, Hartmut Staud
gr, Gerda Platzek and Brigitte
Goeler, will sing Christmas carols
and other selections.
The auditorium of the church
has a seating capacity of three
hundred. On the ground floor
is an educational unit. There are
modern folding doors that serve
as partitions to divide the room
ground floor , is a fully equipped
into smaller Sunday school class
es and other groups. Also on tha
kitchen.
The enrollment of Lutheran
students in the University in the
fall quarter was 166, represent
ing 17 states and 4 foreign coun
tries. .
Feast Of Lights Set Today
The annual Feast of Lights of
the Episcopal church will be held
Sunday night at 8:00, following
1 the regular 6:00 supper meeting
tion and currently a professor of , of the Canterbury club.
TiihlA and philosophy at Lenoir
Rhyne College. Liturgist for the
morning worship services will
be the Rev. Edgar Mauney Coop
er, pastor ; of New : Hanover
Church, Pottstown, Pa.
A luncheon for the congrega
tion and visitors will follow the
services. Open house will be ob
i narsonaee. and
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church from 3 until 5 p.m
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Through pageantry the Feast
of "Lights service expresses- the
Christian doctrine that Christ is
the Light of the world, and that
the visit of the three Wise Men
to the Infant Jesus symbolizes
the giving of that Light to the
whole world.
In the darkened church the
Christ Candle is lit. From this the
Wise Men and the twelve apostles
receive their lights then pass it
to the congregation, and the
church is lighted by hundreds of
candles. The service ends with
the procession from the church of
the choir and congregation, por
traying the Christian's respon
sibility to the world.
Professor John Hallowell of
Duke will speak at the Canter
bury meeting , on "Christianity
and Communism."
All students are invited to
attend the meeting and the ser-
1 vice afterwards.