.Serials Don Hfi2l Hill, rr. On April 10 A Library D&dica'fidin VOLUME LX, CHAPEL HILL, N. C., SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1952 NUMBER 140 a eT urn oil a Scandi o Be siavia ic For Y -Forum The dedicatory program for the ceremonies marking the opening on April 18. of the new addition to the University Library was announced here yesterday by librarian Charles E. Rush. , J '. " V Principal speaker at the opening convocation in Memorial hall Friday morning, April 18, will be Howard Mumford Jones, former professor of English in the University here and now professor of English at dHarvard University, whose sub ject will be "The Library in High er Education Its Importance and Support." Beginning at 11 o'clock, with Chancellor Robert B. House pre siding, Dr. George B. Cutten of Chapel Hill, former president of Colgate University, will give the Invocation, following an organ prelude by William O. Headlee of Asheville, University music stu dent. President Gordon Gray will dis cuss the significance of the day's program and Governor : W. Kerr Scott will discuss "libraries as re sources." Greetings from other institu tions will be extended by Robert B. Downs, director of libraries "of the University of Illinois, presi dent-elect of the American Li brary Association, and, former li brarian here, and Henry Bowers, Mt. Home, president of the UNC student body, will respond. Librarian Rush- will announce dedicatory gifts, after which Pro fessor Jones will give the princi pal address. . Dr. Cutten will pronounce the benediction. At 2:30 p.m., a symposium on "Impact of Instruction and Re search upon the Library Resources and Services Required to Meet It," will be conducted in -the li brary assembly room -with Dr. Louis R. Wilson, professor of li brary science and administration, and former University librarian for 31 years, presiding. Partici "Scandinavia and the World Today" is the topic for the week ly YMCA supper forum of world understanding to be held at 5:30 p. m. tomorrow in the upstairs dining room of Lenoir hall. Special food for the "inter national meal" is a Danish dish called "Frikadeller." According to Y Secretary John Riebel -it's "a form of meat balls fried in deep fat." The "Frikadeller" will be es pecially labeled in the cafeteria line. Upon .passing through the regular cafeteria line, persons attending the supper forum may carry their trays to - the second floor. Panel members for the after- dinner discussion will be Ann Robers, Jim Roberts, Agnar Mykle, and Barry Farber. . There will also be group sing ing of Scandinavian songs and a exhibit of maps, pictures, cloth ing and Mr. Mykle's puppets which he brought with him from Oslow. The supper forum Is sponsored by the YMCA World Relatedness Commission. ratemeis s-Appro f"3S O VSSDO IT For :AAera Fraternity men who don't vote next Wednesday will pay. As the result of a movement instigated by Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon 'President Barney Boardman some 13 campus fraternities and sororities have now approved res olutions calling for fines ranging from one to five dollars for mem bers who fail to vote this week. Approximately 13 chapters have already . authorized the enforced balloting. Others to which the idea was submitted rejected it. The Delta Psi's, terming it ITS Iraiis lution calling for all members to vote, but declined .to include a penalty for those who did not. Opinion on the move was more or less divided here yesterday. Some, for the most part fratern ity men, described it as one way of getting out the vote. Others were more critical and charged that it was block-voting, undemo cratic, and a movement organized for the benefit of" a few at the ex pense of the whole campus. Said one Chi Psi, to whose fra ternity the idea has not yet been proposed, "I wish they 'would W (See FINES, page 3) yfon H IfS Ken Barton, Student Party nominee for president, yesterday "ideally wrong, and m o r a 1 1 y described th emovement among wrong," refused to sanction the some fraternities to pnalize mem-! measure. - bers failing to vote"as "proof that Alpha Tau Omega's and Theta a small group of ambitious fra- Chi's also refused to approve the ternity men are misusing the fra enforced voting. . . . ternities as a block vote "to fur- Beta Theta Pi approved a reso- ther their own whims." A fraternity man himself, Bar ton said he was convinced such action was "not representative of fraternity thought ... but only the thought of a small group of politically self-interested and over-ambitious fraternity men." He said that "action of this type is proof positive that the Univer- A freshman lost some of his Slty -Party maintains a selfish in- Legislator Galls Tactics Poor Politics "The UP has consistently been apathetic to dorm men," Barton asserted, "and without . cnotinued action by the Student Party over the past years nothing would have been accomplished to improve conditions on this campus." Charging that the UP "repre sents but a segment of fraternity (See BARTON, page 3) 4 Morion idealistic illusions this week. Joe Raff, fledging SP legislator, in an address to the student leg' islature Thursday night lashed out at enforced fraternity voting. He called it the "cheapest of cheap politics." "I am a freshman here and I came here with some idealistic illusions of what might be called grandeur, but all those freshman pants will be Dr. Logan Wilson,4 illusions are on the point of be- academic vice-president of the ing shattered," Raff said. terest as regard student govern ment and has no. interest in the dormitory life of the campus." Ham Horton, UP presidential nominee, could not be located yesterday afternoon when The Daily Tar, Heel attempted to obtain his opinion on the re cent action of several fraterni . ties providing for penalities up on members who fail to vote (See HORTON, page 3) 4,000 to come Varied Activities Set For Fet'zer To Speak -Tuesday Niglif - UNC Athletic Director Boz Fet zer will speak to the Monogram Club when ' they' initiate' their new members at 7 p.m next Tuesday in the Iclub room". Topic of his address has not been released. Fetzer has recent ly been rumored to be stepping down as athletic director at the end. of the year. v ' During the initiation, various UNC coaches will "present awards to the letter winners in their par ticular sport. Douglas Talk Senator Paul D. Douglas (D IU.) will speak on "Ethics in Government" in Hill hall on Sunday night, April 13, at 8:30 o'clock. His appearance here is being sponsored by the Carolina Poli tical Union, non-partisan stu dent organization, with the co operation of several other stu dent organizations. - . - A Senator since 1943, Douglas has a long record of service a? a prof essor of economics, author, economist, and industrial- re lations expert.. . . , ( .., , ... Consolidated University, who will j discuss instruction Librarian Downs, whose subject will be re search; Carl M.- White, Columbia University library, on resources required; and Herman; Fussier, University of Chicago library, services required. Discussions will be. led by Librarian Jack Dalton University of Virginia; Librarian Wilfeam H. Jesse, University of Tennessee; Librarian Guy R. Lyle, University of Louisiana, and Li brarian Benjamin E, Power, Duke University. ... ' . Following the symposium there will he a reception at 4 p.m. in the - Assembly Room, after which open house will be held and an inspection of the entire library. Abbott Talk Is Tomorrow Raff credited the shattering of his illusions to a recent move- High School Day ment among fraternities to fine lina High School Day, which drew members who failed to vote in more than 4,000 high schoolers to the coming elections. the campus last year, will be held "It seems that here 'at a uni- this year on Saturday , April 19. The ninth annual North Caro- shows will be given in the More- head Planetarium. . ' " yersity where monetary greed Invitations have been issued '- "What Employers Look for in Cillege Graduates' will be ex plained by H.- Pau lAbbptt, : di rector of education and employ ment for the Insurance, Company of North America, at 7:30 :p.m. tomorrow -in Gerrard; Kail. The public is invited; to hear his talk, which is sponsored byf Dejta Sigma Pi, professional bu siness fraternity, . ; j - r A graduate of Princeton, Ab bott's experience prior-to joining the' North America company in cluded teaching,'' headmaster of Newark Academy;, flight instruc tor; and; co-author of the primary flight training manual ; withthe 1 faval Air Corps. - :. i " - and .cheap -politics and lobbying Uy ChanCellor Robert B, House- to imum, we would not hear of such I , - . . . , . . '. it. j schools fothe state to. partici pate in ai program' of entertain ment and informative tours, dem onstrations, and exhibits, begining in - the morning and continuing throughout the day. ; , A feature of the day's, events will be. a full-length varsity foot ball game Friday afternoon in Kenan Stadium" which coach Carl Snavely is. arranging especially for high school day. The program is being sponsored by the University Club and the Monogram Club with the Coopera tion of Alpha Phi Omega, Boy Scout service fraternity, and Phi Eta - Sigma, honorary freshman scholastic fraternity. Roy Arm strong, director, of admissions, is in charge of arrangements. obnoxious methods of forcing people to vote," Raff asserted. He said that when he first heard that fraternities were go- i ing as units to the polls to vote, he was pleased even though he knew that such action would 'hurt the party of which I am a member' . - "Later I was informed ... that a fine was going to be assessed those who did not vote. This ap pears to be the cheapest of cheap politics," he said. "This activity is taking place among " the fraternities," Raff as serted, "and the University Party is, needless '- .to say,- highly re presentative of fraternity men and fraternity . sentiments. I am a member of a. fraternity, and a political party, but if - either my fraternity or political party sym pathized with such petty , poli-J tics, I : would ; not hesitate to scold them too", .' The visitors are' requested to unload at the Old Well where student guides; will meet them, and it is suggested that those Ham Horton, UP candidate for WT1CQ,, , , may be obtained oh the campus or in the village. president, then said- that this ac tion was not representative of University - Party feeling and that he had no knowledge, of it until J Guided tours have , been ar some time after . the plan had ranged through the departments been put! into action. . - ' . J of the; University, its buildings, Raff apologized if he: hadin- dormitories, :and cam-.us. Depart ferred that the; UP itself 'was J ments are, plann'n. exhibits of . (See RAFF, pae -3; ; ir - -i .-al Among featues of the program will be ashowing in Swain hall of the new 20-minute color movie on the. University, "In The Name- of Freedom", to be shown on the half hour from 9:30 to 12 o'clock; a swimming and diving exhibi tion in the Bowman Gray pool in Woollen gymnasium at 10 a. m; a gymnastics exhibition in the . gymnasium at 11, and the Caro- line-Duke junior varsity base ball game at Emerson field at 3 p.m. . ' ' . The Planetarium's Easter show, "Easter-The Awakening," will be shown at 10 and 11 a. m. and at 3 and 4 pjn. In the Planetarium buildin galso there will be on display the current exhibition of illustrations by the late William Meade Prince, noted Chapel Hill artist and author. Daily Tar Heel There will be a special meeting of The Daily Tar Heel staff at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Roland Parker lounge number three of Graham Memorial. All persons now associated with the paper are requested to attend. " . . ... V Persons unable i to be ; there should notify the DTH office prior n the meeting. . . . Ktvnri

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