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VOLUME LX CHAPEL HILL, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1952
NUMBER 126
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By- R. Bruce Melton
Special to The Daily -Tar Heel
Hillsboro The first - degree
murder case against Hob art M.
Lee will probably go to tne jury
here late this afternoon.
Lee, 34-year-old Burlington
bulldozer operator is charged
with the slaying of 71 -year-old
Miss Rachel Crook four miles
south of here last August 29.
In a surprise move here yes
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The fourth annual O. Max
Gardner Award, -"to that member
of the faculty of the Consolidated i
University, who, during the year,
has made the greatest contribu
tion to the welfare of the human
race," will be made here tomor
row night.
The presentation will be made!
by Governor W. Kerr Scott at a
banquet session at 7 o'clock in
Lenoir hall. Consolidated Uni
versity president Gordon Gray,
who is now in New York, will
uckrier, Neil I -
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Publications Board yesterday
approved the appointments of
three new, staff members by the
editor of The Daily Tar Heel, and
authorized the appointment of a
committee to consider "how to
spend $6,000."
David Buckner of Greensboro
succeeds Bruce Melton as manag
ing editor on the staff. Melton
1 graduated, at', the end of winter
- quarter; Buckner had been serv
ing as news editor.
Rolf e Neill of Columbus, Ga.,
was appointed news editor. Neill
has served in that capacity in
prior years. v
Wallace Pridgen of Wilson suc
ceeds Marie Costello as adver
tizing manager. Miss Costello
graduated at the end of winter
quarter; Pridgen has been serv
ing on the advertizing staff.
O. T. Watkins, business manager
of The Daily Tar Heel, moved that
the board specifically authorize
the newspaper to publish five
eight page issues a week, instead
of the current three. Pointing
out that the newspaper has met
its budget this year for the first
time in 13 years, and has currently
a profit to show, Watkins asked
that the size of the paper be in
creased by two four page sec
tions a week.
Chairman Frank Allston sug
gested that the. paper return to
a standard size jjnstead. Walter
Dear put - the suggestion in the
,form of a motion, which died for
lack of a second.
Dear then moved that the chair
man of the board ap.oint a com
mittee ta investigate "how k t
spend the $6,000." The potion
, passed, 2-0; j and: I Allston " named
financial co-brdinator Ernest De-
t Janey, Editor Glenn Harden o i
the committee, with Dear Lcrving f
sis chairman. ' ' ' " '
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terday the defense attorneys de
clined to put any witnesses on the
stand after the State had rested
its case. The move came after a
20-minute consultation with the
witnesses and Lee. Solicitor Wil
liam H. Murdock rested his case
at 11:10.
Defense attorney Robert M.
Gantt waived the opening sum
mation, but the offer was declin
ed by Murdock. Gantt than began
ward
also be present.
A large number of faculty mem
bers and administrative officials
from the three institutions are-expected
to attend.
The recipient, whose identity
will not be revealed until Satur
day night, was selected by the
Trustees Committee on the award
composed of J. Spencer Love,
Greensboro, chairman; Reid
Maynard, Burlington; George
Stephens, Jr., Asheville; Mrs.
Laura Weil Cone, Greensboro,
and Edwin Pate, Laurinburg.
Previous recipients of the award
are Miss Louise Alexander of Wo
man's College; Dr. Robert E.
Coker of the University here;
and Dr. Donald B. Anderson of
State College.
The award is made possible
by the late O. Max Gardner,
alumnus of both State College
and the University and former
Governor of North Carolina, who
provided in his will for $25,000
to be given to the consolidated
University for an annual award
to" be presented to a member of
the faculty " at any one pf the
hree institutions at Greensboro,
Raleigh or Chapel HilL who in
the previous; .' academic year,
made "the greatest contribution
to the welfare of the human race."
Foreign Student
Addresses Rotary
Enrique de Ezcurra, a fellow
in the philosophy department,
spoke to the Rotary Club here
last night on Latin American
economical problems, . relations
with the UUnited States and at
titudes. 1
A native of Argentina, Excurra
received his A.B. from the Na
tional Institute in Chile and re
ceived his M.A. from the New
School for Social Research in
New York. He was Newsweek
correspondent in Argentina.
Ezcurra is scheduled to teach
a course here this summer on the
evolution of Latin American
thought in the philosophy depart
ment. ; '
Classes Meet . ;
, i .Meetings vill. fol'r.w' a 'Mon-'
dsy scliedul.
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sfnesses
his argument, which lasted ap
proximately three hours with a
break at the noon recess.
"There is nothing in this case
except suspicion' Gantt said.
"There is only circumstantial
evidence and some links are -missing
from the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence. I can say
the chain is not even here; it's
; not even put together."
Laiia gave, "interview after
interview" to. three newspapers
to disclose "what he had," the
defense attorney said. The
"more confused, the more inter
views he gave out," . he was
more concerned with giving out
interviews and readnig them.
He had "interviewitis," Gantt
contended. . "
Attorney. A. H. "Sandy" Gra
ham, who is assisting the prose
cution after being retained by
Miss Crook's brother-in-law, be
gan his summation at 3:40 and
continued till about 4:40.
The ex-lieutenant governor de
livered his summation in a deep
voice and recounted most of the
evidence presented by the wit
nesses without referring to, any
notes.
. After reading a transcription of
the testimony given by Sheriff
Sam Latta pertaining to the' con
versation with Lee on the Friday
night after Lee was placed in jail,
Graham said, "That's the last
statement from the lips of the de
fendant . . . there has never been
a retraction or denial, not one."
"I realize the burden of proof
rests with the State," he contin
ued, but all th evidence is top
ped with his own admission.
"All the evidence in thi case
is not circumstantial"- although
my friend Mr. Gantt would have
(See JURY, page 8) ,
Registration
Ends TodaY
Registration for thex "State of
the Campus" conference will be
concluded today in the Y.
The information and registra
tion booth will be open until 4
p.m.
Scheduled to open tomorrow at
Camp New Hope " and continue
through Sunday, the conference
is preceeded by a two and a half
month study of conditions on the
campus here.
Four survey commissions have
delved into problems ranging
from faculty-student relationships
to the honor code, in keeping with
the conference's purpose of study
ing the more important aspects
of University life in order to de
termine ways in which they might
be improved.
"ThePurpose, Significance and
Future of Student Government" at
Carolina," will be the topic of a
panel discussion there at 2 p.m.
Sunday. Participants will .be the
candidates for the presidency and
vice-presidency in the spring
electiortijH- . :I.v
. Members ,'ofthe J conference
planning Committee are Keri Bar
ton,, John Harris, ; Jorina s Hauck,
Llill Mallison, Jack Prince, 5Bob
J Simmons and Bill Volf.
Keynote for the Spring election's presidential campaign
was sounded in an Aycock dormitory discussion Wednesday
night when Ken Barton, SP nominee, proposed a program of
non-partisan appointments similar to the Civil Service system
to increase student participation in campus government and
Ham Horton, UP standard bearer, hurled a vitriolic blast at
what he described as the "Gramam Memorial Clique."
Charging that Student Government had been stagnated
on?' rpmnvwi from the students i
by this "clique" who "eat, sleep
and drink politics . . . and have
no interest m in life except Gra
ham Memorial," Horton urged the
dorm residents to give the UP a
lUAVft ,. w v .. -i
chance, and then "if you don 1 1
think we do a good job, throw us
out." " "
He said that the three years of
SP presidential control repre
sented "almost the entire life of
a college generation" and had
brought the "decline of student
government." .
"The Clique" -
The "Clique" he defined as
"about six people, professionals,
who have been here for 10, 20
or 30 years and have to be rooted
out if student government is to
go back to the students."
"In any discussion of them
you're bound to run up against
two obstacles," Horton explained.
"The people in" will look sur
prised, and say they aren't, and
"the people left out" will feel
hurt and disappointed, he ex
plained. "There is a galaxy of
people around an Inner Orbit,"
he said. v
"Inner Orbit"
Then he listed the "Inner Or
bit," whom he described as "very
interested students." First men
tioned . was Dick Murphy, first
year graduate student, chairman
of the NSA national executive
committee and NSA delegate to
the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organiza
tion. Next, Horton cited, David
Kerley, newly-elected SP chair
man. -
"We've got to have a female
in there," Horton commented, P.
ncoristituMoiial? Law
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By Ociavia Bead
The constitutionality of the
candidate qualification provisions
of the General Elections Law
have been challenged, by Robert
Pace, student legislator. ;
Larry Botto, Student Council
chairman, could not be contacted
yesterday to disclose ; when the
cotmcil will meet to consider the
case.
That part of the General Elec
tions Law under lire is Article
VII, sections one through- six,
which provide : for qualifications
of residence and scholarship, r : ' -
Earlier the council ruled the
law valid, stating that ; the ; quali
fying provisions pursue Article I,
Section A, , Paragraph N of the
Constitution . which 'grants., the
Legislature power "to make all
laws necessary and proper to pro
mote the . general welfare of the
Student Body." '!
The case is now under recon
sideration at the request of Pace,
who says that Claude L. Love,
Assistant Attorney General of
North Carolina, believes the pro
visions, to be unTconstitutional
Love 'I tsontehds, i according to
Pace, that' the legislature does not
have tHi1 jijjht; ;to set up extra
cbnstitutional 5 ' qualifications 1 1 lor
office; seekers and that to fallow
such to RQ uhctialieriEred" is'a'tfsm.
ger to 5!',',nt eovpmmanf it
J. Warren (SP chairman last year,
she was the first coed ever to
chairman a campus political party
and is now a first, year graduate
student.) He concluded by nam
ing Jimmy Wallace, graduate stu
dent in history, and Allan Mil
ledge, former chairman of the
Men's Council. "Allan's a good
boy," Horton said. "I like Allan
a lot, he's the best example the
SP has."
"More Ideas, More People"
Nominee Barton expressed deep
concern over the many students
who do not participate in Student
Government and offered a num
ber of proposals for improving, in
general, that government.
He called for "more ideas and
more' people" in student govern
ment. "I'd like to see a commit
tee set up, preferably of students
not in Student Government now
. . . to sift out names from dormi
tories; fraternities (and so on)
and recommend two or three per
sons for each office" to be ap
pointed by the president. "I hope
there won't be more than one
appointment for each person this
spring," he said.
Civil Service System
This "civil service system"
would insure more non-partisan
appointments, - Barton explained,
and probably encourage more stu
dents to participate in Student
Government.
Other methods , of increasing
student interest in Student Gov
ernment, Barton said, would be
through more conferences, such
as the State of the Campus ses
sion tomorrow, and also through
(See BARTON, page 8)
ns Convesvec
dent government is to be demo
cratic. He emphasized that the
question is not that of "rightness
or wrongness of such qualifica
tions but rather one of constitu
tionality" and that if such quali
cations are desired "do it in a
democratic way, the constitutional
way, by a constitutional amend
ment." ;
, Pace is a Justice of the Peace
and is at present running for the
State - Legislature. Last year he
rn for a seat jin the LegsUature
but was disqualified because he
was too young. Hu
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Roundtablc
"The Idea of. Progress in His
tory" is the topic of a round-,
table discussion5 to be held in
- ne -Mn lounge of i Grhani 'Me- '
I mqriai at: 8 ofock tonight! Hi;
. Participating will be Dr. Wil- ;
liam Poteat, philosophy; Dr.
L. C. MacKinney history; and
Pr Aan?er, Heard, political
.science. , ; V " :J- - r-) iu"7,
, : At jquestifta- aid; .ansvci J sasi1 '
-sion will b hei. following 4fi5!
discussion . A end " refreshments
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