Serials Bspt VOLUME LX CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952 NUMBER 95 Zebulon Alley Carolina's First Veteran Decorated Twice In Korea By Grady Elmore I quarter at UNC. He recently mov- Zebulon Doyle Alley, first I ed.int Ruffif do"itory from an Korean veteran to return to Caro lina, turned down a field commis sion to speed up that return. Recalled to active duty from the inactive reserves the day be- j individual for all his experiences, f climaic OYer a month of pro and fore he was to enter Carolina, 17; As a student, he takes his study- ! CQn debate the legislature, the Sept oO Zeb served 10 months jing seriously. He has even been j y court and other student govern m the Korean theater, dividing j known to devote Saturday after-5 . - loc Airv n,, hv his time between the front lines and a base hospital in Japan. in action as an artillery n u, w a t forward obserer, with the Sec- ! ond Division, Corporal Alley was twice decorated, with the Bronze; feels that veterans of the Korean Star and the Purple Heart, and War should receive G.I. Bill once offered a field commision ' benefits like veterans of other which he refused in. order to re-j wars. Zeb receives 30 per cent turn to the States sooner. Ac- disability pay, about $120, and ceptance of the commission would I . , , .. . , x x f would not profit from Congres- nave necessitated two extra years i " service. Isional action favoring a new bill. Zeb's college education, which Slimming up his thoughts of began at Oak Ridge Military life at Carolina, Zeb says, "I've Academy, has twice been inter rupted by Uncle Sam. After two years at Oak Ridge he was draft ed into the Army at Fort Jack son, S. C. in 1948 for a two-year hitch. "I was lucky enough that time," says Zeb, "to be stationed at Fort Jackson the entire hitch." Looking back, he doesn't regret his later travels, however. A first quarter Senior from Waynes ville, Alley is in his third Wallenborn Will Present Piano Recital On Thursday, February 14, at 8:30 pjtL the well-known con pert pianist, Robert Wallenborn, will present a piano recital at Hill music hall. Included on the program are compositions by Couperin, Soler, Hydny. Schumann, Debussy, Ra-J vel, and Stravinsky. Wallenborn, a former professor of music history here, is especially noted for his interpretations of contemporary music. The public is cordially invited to attend this concert. Ring Sole Seniors and Juniors may place orders for their ' class rings today from 1:30 io 4:30 in the Y lobby, Grail Ring Chair man. Al House announced yes terday. The Grail will continue io take orders on . the first and third Thursdays of jeach month. Juniors are eligible to order their rings for the first lima this quarter while Seniors are urged to; place their orders early in order to have them by graduation. ? The Grail is the only agency through which the official University class ring may be obtained. uptown apartment to escape to a quieter atmosphere, one more conductive to study. Zeb is a modest, quiet - spoken I noons to his books j Although Zeb's schooling is as- isured under Public Law 16, as j . . ' an aftermath of a back injury I caused by a Red mortar shell, he found a new home, almost Gripes" Asked As First meeting of the year for the Senior Complaint Board will be held from 5 until 6 o'clock this afternoon in Roland Parker Lounge 2 in Graham Memorial. Any and all seniors are invited to come and submit their com plaints to the board. Those who do not have the chance to come before the board will have a chance io leave his complaint in a complaint box in the information office of Graham Memorial. Chairman Duf field Smith stated that "he hoped many seniors would take advantage of the hoard. It can only work with their help and cooperation. To get anything accomplished we will have to work together as a class and through committees, such as these, that are recognized by the administration." The board will meet every other Thursday until the demand is such that they meet every Thursday. Action On Red Hot Redistrict Plan Wrangle Due In Student Legislature Meeting Tonight By Siuart Jones One of the "hottest" sessions in history of the Student Legislature may take place tonight' with final action due on the long controver sial , redistricting plan. The pending bill, introduced by David Kerley at the Legislature's last meeting, would amend the general elections law to provide for two men's town districts, the first embracing all fraternity res idents, and the second including all other off -campus residents. The question of redistricting, which is just coming to a boil, has seen little action up till now due to the lack of strength of its supporters in the Legislature. The two campus parties have lined up generally with the Student Party favoring passage and the University Party opposing it. , Kerley, vice-chairman of the aiuaen rany proximately 1,000 to. 1,400 men j are left without representation! t -i a. r a w-. -4-V. -4- t m the present system and that this act would at least alleviate the present distribution fallacy. "A very great evil exists in al lowing 500 students to elect the representatives for nearly .2000 students to the Legislature, and immediate steps are needed to remedy such a condition," said Kerley. "The present election ForGainnpusVofroOhi ooscJbv ii g To cut or not to cut will be the j. question next Tuesday "as a eon- ; stitutional amendment to reduce the size of the Student Legisla- j ture from 50 to 35 members goes j before the student body. --ial rPfprPndnm will the legislature, the amendment will become valid only if a two- j i t r r - j ii. .-, .4- i-r i miras majority ui wuie vutAlls ; next Tuesday say so. Recommendation that the leg-1 islature reduce its size in order to obtain increased efficiency was made by President Henry Bowers . early this quarter in his :State-of-the-campus" speech to. the soions. The original amend ment was presented on January 17 by Student Party vice-chairman David M. Kerley and would have not only reduced the size of the legislature but also re- Board Meets laws, which were enacted in 1948, are not at all sufficient to insure the democratic rights as sumed evident under the consti tution," he added. Opposition, which is spearhead ed by Ed Gross, floor leader of the UP, stated that though an evil does exist in the election laws, the present bill is not the solution to the problem. Gross . agrees, that "there is injustice in the present distribution, but such a measure as this can only be in efficient and Of no value, and will only tend to replace one evil with another." Gross went on to say, T would be more than willing to sit down with Kerley and work out a rea sonable, geographical plan which would be just to all." He admit- I ted, however, that such a bill i - would take a period of a month or longer to draw up, and would therefore " not affect the major ing elections. nril,infl11 v intM1,npjl(, 0 pr0p0sed threeoint 'constitu- tional amendment which included the following provisions: (1) to reduce the number of representa tives to Student Legislature from 50 to ,35, (2) to make five of these representatives members at large, (3) . to-redistrict the town men's districts. The reduction of legislative ure Reduction Slated Would Reduce Number From Fifty To Thirfy-Five; Passed By Soions appointed the election districts that thereafter the law-making to give representation to "some body will have 35 members. 1,400 town men." The redistrict-J ing proposal was later removed from the amendment and rein. troduced to the legislature in the form of a separate bill which bg considered at tonight's meetin I cf The 15-seat cut amendment as it now stands was approved by ! the legislature by a 24-1 y vote on January 24. Date of the special campus referendum was set by the legislature, with the Elections Board concurring, for next Tues day. If the amendment passes by the student vote, it will become effective with this year's spring elections. At this time 20 legisla- tors will be elected. The legisla - ture will then have 45 members until fall elections of 1952, at which time only 15 members will be elected with the result Polio Drive Goal Expected To Be Met In Final Reports Orange County's quota for the March of Dimes which ended last week has still not been reached, but contributions and reports are still coming in from throughout the county, E. Car rington Smith, chairman of the members was passed and will be voted on as a constitutional amendment in a special election by the student body next Tues day, but the provision providing for five members at large, was dropped. The redistribution plan was - changed to a legislative bill so as not to be frozen into the constitution. Pointing to past elections, Gene Cook, Student Party floor leader charges that the legislative dis tricting has discouraged partici pation in Student Government activities . on the part of large numbers of town students. He said, "In the two town men's, dis tricts, "a block vote has kept the majority of voters .from going to the polls. Only about 25 per cent of the students in those districts participate in T elections, whereas nearly 50 per cent of the men students residing in dormitories vote."-. , ,..s, : . '. University Party - stalwarts, however, , "deny that this vote comparison is wholly a result of the present distribution set-up. With the U.P. holding, only a 23 to 22 seat advantage in the Legislature, most non-partisan observers believe that 'the vote will probably be decided by the one independent and the four co endorsed legislators. Making public notice of tha special referendum, Elections Board Chairman Erline Griffin yesterday said that all the reg ular polling places will be open from S a.m. io S p.m., and stu dents may vote at any of ihe six stations. They are Graham Memorial, Gerrard hall and Alexander, Aycock, Mangum and Alderman dormitories The amendment has been des cribed as "a political piece of legislation" aimed to help both parties, by Mel Stribling (SP). former clerk of the legislature. She pointed out that of the 50 ; seats last quarter, 27 had to be reappointed. Increased efficiency, 1 interest and work would result j from the proposed size-reduction, j she added. The University Party, however, S (See LEGISLATURE, Page 8) drive said yesterday. The quota is well past the half-way mark and is expected to be reached when" all the re ports from outside Chapel Hill reach headquarters. Tag Day which was held last Saturday netted the drive with over $100. The campaign . Satur day was under the supervision of Sara Umstead and the Girl Scouts did the collecting. Chi Omega sorority turned into Smith $299.07 which, they had collected at the home basketball games during January. They asked for donation from the fans at three of the . games played at Woollen gym during the drive. . The "free beer" drive sponsored by Ted Danziger at the Rath skellar was termed successful by Smith. ' "I wish to take this opportu nity to thank everyone who has contributed and helped with the March of Dimes drive and I only wish I could do iZ "personally," Smith said yesterday. "Especially the PiKA's and Jim Lester, who headed the cvmpus fringe drive among the fraterni ties and sororities and The Daily -Tar Heel which helped with the publicity," he added. ' Everyone who contributed in a way took out insurance for them selves by "aiding in arresting a dreaded disease" he continued. "Without the wonderful support from the many students on cam pus and others we would prob ably t- have fallen short of our goal, and all your contribution? went for a worthy cause," Sxnitll said. s . ; ." 1 -

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