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VOULME . LXI, NUMBER 100
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1953
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Yea or nay on Saturday, classes? The final decision comes
today.
The Board of Trustees will assemble this morning in Raleigh
for its annual Winter meeting.. Trustee John W. Umstead is ex
pected to see to it that the board considers a motion to reverse
the Executive Committee's order to install a six-day week at
Chapel Hill.
The question does not appear on the board's formal agenda.
Therefore, if it is to be considered, a Trustee will have to make
a motion from the floor. Umstead, who joined the student fight
against Saturday classes last November, has indicated he will
introduce the motion.
The six-day issue has had a long and turbulent history. The
Trustee's Visiting Committee reported to the full board on Feb.
28, 1949 that to install Saturday classes here would be "too drastic
a measure" simply to curb the "weekend exodus" from the cam
pus. Then in May, 1952, the subject arose again, this time with
the Executive Committee. It was decided to postpone action until
the Executive Committee met again last September.
It was from, this meeting that the Saturday class order came,
invoking surprise and wrath from the student body. The most
recent development is the Visiting Committee's reversal this
month of its position against such a radical change in the Uni
versity's teaching schedule.
Daddy Of DTH
Was Husfler
On, OH Field
Walter Murphy, a man of skill
in education, legislation and ath
letics, fathered the Tar Heel.
- While a student at the Univer
sity, Murphy founded "The Tar
Heel." The versatile Murphy, who
had already won campus recog
nition as the star "center rush"
on the grid squad, became the in
fant paper's first business mana
ger and later was the second edi
tor. Murphy, called Pete by his
friends, once wrote, "The paper of
that ri.iv- was a modest one of four
pages bearing little comparison to
the present sheet. However, it met
the needs of that period and es
caped with only minor criticisms
of its defects."
The paper was published every
Thursday, and Murphy saw to it
from the very first issue that for
the merchants the Tar Heel was
the "best, quickest and surest
means by when they can reach
the students." .
Weekend Holds
Brotherhood
For 17 Here
Seventeen international stu
dents representing eight countries
made up Carolina's Brotherhood
Week delegation whieh spent the
weekend in Pittsboro.
The group living in homes of
Pittsboro citizens and participated
in a program designed for them,
including a youth party, neighbor
hood teas and church services. One
member of the group, Ram Singh
of India, preached at the Methodist
Church.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Singh, T. V. Narayana, India;
Hirosi Takano, Japan; Mr. and
Mrs. Toral Mignel and daughter,
Ecuador; Purabi Bose, India; Taeko
Fujita, Japan; Maria Fernandez,
Brazil; Taketo Furakata, Japan;
Joyce Dunn, Australia; Molly Sex
ton, England; Otto Vehrenkamp,
Germany; Sadao Morita, Japan,
and Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Mandiola
Chile.
Velde Admits
False Charge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (Spe
cial) Ptep. Velde (R-Ill.) said to
day he made "an honest mistake"
in referring to Mrs. Agnes Meyer
as the writer of a letter that ap
peared in the Russian publication
Pravda.
He said he learned his informa
tion was wrong, that it was Mrs.
G. S. Mayer of Port Clements, Brit
ish Columbia who wrote the letter.
Mrs. Meyer, wife of the chair
man of the Washington Post, criti
cized Velde severely in a speech
last week to an educators' meeting
in Atlantic City. When Velde sub
sequently made his charge Mrs.
Meyer vigorously denied it.
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Today Is Yesterday
Today's issue is dated Sunday
although it's being distributed
on Monday.
The reason for the switch in
dates- is a postal regulation con
cerning the frequency of pub
lication. The Daily Tar Heel
therefore must put a Sunday
date on today's issue.
Sufficiently confused?
Chest To Send
Help To Dutch
Flood Victims
An appeal ot Carolina for help
will be answered.
This appeal for aid to the flood
stricken students of Holland came
from a Dutch student at Amster
dam University in a letter to the
University.
"We students of Holland hope
with all our hheart that this cam
paign may be accomplished and
will achieve success; therefore we
are thanking you in advance for
your help and cooperation. It is in
their name (those killed in the
recent floods in Holland) that I
ask you this," wrote the Dutch
political and social science stu
dent, A.T.W. van Overbiek.
Stuart Jones, chairman of the
Campus Chest, went into aetion
and asked the Chest board for ac
tion. The board voted to earmark
part of the funds given during the
Chest drive to aid in this Dutch dis-
WSSF, World Student Service
Fund, in connection with Unesco
and CARE are the three organiza
tions that have been selected by
the board to receive the balance
of student and faculty contribu
tions.
WSSF helps students obtain an
education, which without aid would
be impossible. This fund furnishes
books, clothes and food for the
students.
This Campus Chest Drive for
WSSF begins March 2 and con
tinues through March 6. Everyone
who contributes a minimum of $1
will receive a free ticket to the
Camnus Chest variety show on
Wednesday night March 4.
Campus Chest is the student or
ganization which combines the don
ations to all the worthwhile chari
ties into two large annual drives.
One for local and national chari
ties and the other for WSSF.
Just what your money will do
is this: $3 will buy a necessary
textbook for a student in a coun
try where libraries were lost in
war, $6.65 will provide hot break
fast through the three coldest win
ter months for one student suffer
ing from malnutrition.
Or as Campus Chesters say, "Let
your heart decide."
YMCA Officials Return
After Atlanta Conference
Four YMCA officials here re
turned home last night after a
three-day conference in Atlanta
for the southern area Student
Council.
Attending were Clinton Lindley,
Y treasurer; Bob Hyatt, chairman
of Christian Heritage Commission;
Claude Shotts general secretary of
the Y and John D. Riebel associ
ate secretary of the Y.
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Staffs Top
All Fields
They have provided leadership
for the State, the University, news
papers throughout the country, and
other facets of industry former
editors and staffers of The Tar
Heel and The Daily Tar Heel.
Among those who edited the
paper: the late Edward Kidder
Graham, '98, former president of
UNC, during World War I, and
father of E. K. Graham, chancel
lor of the Women's College, R. D.
W. Connor, professor of history
and first head of the United States
Archives; Frank Porter Graham,
solidated Univresity, now United
'09, former president of the Con
Nations mediator; Oscar J. "Skip
per" Coffin, '09, dean of the School
of Journalism; J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
'02, North Carolina governor from
1933-37; Jonathan Daniels, '21, edi
tor of the Raleigh News and Ob
server; Lenoir Chambers, '14, edi
tor of Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; W.
T. Polk, '17, associate editor of the
Greensboro Daily News; A. T. (Lon)
Dill, '35, editorial writer for the
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; Victor L.
Stephenson, '07, editor, Syracuse
(N. Y.) Telegram.
Dr. O .W. Hyman, vice-president
of the Medical School, University
of Tennessee; Martin Harmon, edi
tor of the Kings Mountain Herald;
Thomas C. Linn, '16, reporter for
the New York Times; Charles Phil
lips Russell, '04, professor of journ
alism; waiter bpearman, 29, pro
fessor of journalism; Jake Wade,
'23, University sports news direc
tor; Spike Saunders, '25, General
Alumni Secretary; W. H. Jones,
'11, now connected with Hospital
Savings.
One former editor, the Jate Quin
cey Sharpen Mills, '08 was con
sidered to be one of the most
promising editorial writers in New
York. His work, with the old New
York Evening Sun was cut short
when he joined the Armed Serv
ices in the first World War and
was killed while on active duty.
Editors now living In Chapel Hill
include Coffin, Russell, Spearman,
Wade, Saunders, Jones and Orville
Campbell, '42, president of Colonial
Press. ,
The first editor of the daily
newspaper was Glenn P. Holder,
'30 who is now president of a
pharmacentical company in Mary
land.
Staffers of the Tar Heel include
Robert Ruark, '35, syndicated col
umnist; Don C. Shumaker, '34, edi
tor of the Asheville Citizen; C.
Ted Leonard, editor of the Greens
boro Record; Holt McPherson, edi
tor of the High Point Enterprise;
Spencer Murphey, editor of the
Salisbury Post and three time win
ner of the North Carolina Institute
editorial contest; J. P. Huskins,
editor of the Statesville Daily Rec
ord; Floyd Hendley, managing edi
tor of the Greensboro Record; Clif
ton Daniel, '33, chief of the New
York Times bureau in London and
Furman Bisher, Atlanta Constitut
tion sports editor.
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STYLES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE staff of '95 had its picture taken, but the problems and work
remain the same tough. Shown here are the department heads of this year's Daily Tar Heel. Seated
is Editor Walt-Dear. Standing left to right are Subscription Manager Carolyn Reichard, Business Man
ager Jinv$henck, Society Editor Deenie Schoeppe, Sports Editor Biff Roberts and Managing Editor Rolfe
Neill. Don Hogg, circulation manager, was not present for the picture. Daily Tar Heel photo by Cornell
Wright.
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THIS WAS THE TAR HEEL'S STAFF in the Spring of 1895, two years after the paper began. On the
floor left to right are J. A. Moore and Harry Howell. At the table left to right are E. B. Lewis, E. VY.
Mvers (Chief). M. H. Yount. A. B. Kimball and George S. Wills. Standing left to right are J. A. Gwvn,
D. Eatman, J. O. Carr and j. C. Eller. It is thought that this picture
Wills, '89.
No McSver . . . But It Thrilled Them
equirements For The
By Deenie Schoeppe
"Why, in my day a lady never
appeared on campus without
gloves and a veil" said Miss Alice
Jones, the first coed to apply
for a degree at UNC.
Miss Jones was one of five
coeds here in the Fall of 1898.
They were preceded only by Miss
Sally Stockard in the Spring of
1898, the first young lady to
enroll in classes at UNC.
Miss Jones, now living in Cha
pel Hill, was recipient of two
degrees at the University, but
was never in the academic line
at graduation exercises because
"You see, one just didn't do
those things." The young ladies
did permit themselves to lift
their veils and remove their
gloves while taking notes in
class, however.
Coeds didn't increase in num
ber over about five a year until
1919 when Mrs. M. H. Stacy was
employed by the University as
a dean of women. Mrs. Stacy,
who also still lives in Chapel
Hill, had under her guidance 47
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young women "of highest cali
bre." "We had to. beg for places for
them to stay in town, for most
of the townspeople only wanted
to rent rooms to boys," said
Mrs. Stacy.
Two years later the newcom
ers moved into Archer House,
the first women's dorm. It was
no Mclver but it thrilled them.
They had a dining room and a
social room with only five chairs
"which led to great confusion
when there were gentleman call
ers." A North Carolina University
Women's Association had been
formed, and an honor commit
tee, corresponding to the Stu
dent Council for boys, was elect
ed. The president of it was per
mitted to serve as an ex-officio
member of the campus cabinet.
This was the beggest break yet.
In 1923, with a coed enroll
ment of 79, sororities were per
mitted to come on campus. The
first to do so was Chi Omega
was given the paper by George H.
First Coeds
in January, followed by Pi Beta
Phi in September. Dean Stacy
noted "a friendly and most
healthy competition between the
two."
In March of 1923, after four
years of pleading, the Legisla
ture appropriated $100.00 toward
the building of a women's resi
dence hall. And so Spencer dorm
came into being. Another mile
stone of that year was the pub
lication of a women's handbook.
The main cry now was for a
women's gymnasium; although
all exclaimed over the "home
like atmosphere of the beautiful
new dormitory." Already the stu
dent council was making plans
for social evenings "when all stu
dents may gather around the
open fire to read and discuss col
lege and community interests."
By 1928, women's enrollment
had jumped to 151. For physical
exercise the young ladies were
permitted to take over the gym
nasium for a short period two
evenings a week.
The year 1932 brought great
rejoicing, for the University was
permitting the grove behind
President Graham's house (pres
ent site of Alderman Dorm) to
be used for a recreation field.
By this time they were no longer
wearing the gloves and veils. '
Then 1933 was recorded as
being one of the most interesting
years in the history of women
at the University. A woman was
actually nominated for editor of
the Carolina Magazine. Dean
Stacy reports that "her cam
paign was well managed and she
was defeated only by a small,
margin."
The next year brought the Wo
men's Glee Club, and the WAA
for women students had their
own physical education instruc
tor now.
A startling innovation struck
the campus this year, for women
were permitted to enter fratern
ity houses at stated hours. Com
ments Dean Stacy, "This experi
ment, we hope, may solve one of
our greatest social problems
the tendency of students toward
complete disregard of a regula
tion." And so it went. 1935 brought
the YWCA with a whirl of ac
tivities, and each succeeding year
saw more coeds in campus activities.
Embryo To
SO Years
Is I raced
By Harry Dunlop
Entombment for posterity, vari
colored issues, cutthroat competi
tion from rival sheets, wartime
emergencies The Daily Tar Heel
has experienced them all in its
first tempestuous 60 years of ex
istence.
There were but 18 members of
the faculty and tennis, football and
baseball were the' only sports; we
lost to the University of Virginia
with discouraging regularity in all
three that Spring of 1893 when the
Athletic Association proudly her
alded the advent of its newest
protege: a weekly paper, to be
called The Tar Heel, and costing
$1.50 a session.
Appearing for the first time
Thursday morning, February 23,
Volume I, Number 1, of this an
cestor of the present paper bore
little resemblance to its later off
spring. It consisted of four pages,
12 inches by 18 inches, of four
columns each,, with no pictures and
no heads as we know them. It was
published by a Mr. Thompson, a
small printshop owner who had
his shop in an upstairs storeroom
of A. S. Barbee, next door to the
old Methodist Church.
"The official organ of the Ath
letic Association" a slogan which
it bore for 30 years, incidentally,
was nevertheless a venturesome
attempt, as its editors well knew:
"This new venture is necessarily
entered upon by the present board
with no little trepidation, neverthe
less with a determination to make
a success "
White and Blue Debut
Trouble was not long in appear
ing. On March 30 of the following
year all the non-fraternity members
of the board resigned, voicing bit
ter criticism of the supposedly pro
fraternity stand of the paper. There
appeared a rival weekly sheet, the
White and Blue, and a considerable
conflict flared on the campus over
the fraternity question.
The first manifestation of the
more violent White and Blue had
a truly revolutionary air, issuing
a stirring call to arms for all non
fraternity men: "Friends of the
University, lovers of justice and
right, the White and Blue greets
you! The Tar Heel is a publication
controlled exclusively by fratern
ity men . . . (We must) abolish
fraternities forever . . . (The White
and Blue) calls upon reason, jus
tice, precedent, and trustees to
abolish them.") Throughout the
controversy The Tar Heel main
tained a more moderate attitude;
after several conciliatory moves had
met with no success, it completely
ignored or tried to the whole
affair. Far from being injured by
the competition, circulation actual
ly increased. After the smoke of
battle had cleared somewhat, a
consolidation took place, with The
Tar Heel appropriating the assets,
liabilities, subscribers and most of
the editorial staff of its rival.
A Sardonic Smile
Glorification of the University's
athletics was a prime motive for
the very existence of the paper.
The Carolina Magazine heralded
the arrival of The Tar Heel, joy
fully stating that at long last we
could have our "athletic claims
set forth in no uncertain strain."
Which was done with great gusto,
as witness this bit of baseball re
porting: "Stevens comes up, and was
cheered, and cracked it over the
fence for a home run; . . . Old
ham, with a sardonic smile, caught
Andrew's high foul which ended
the game."
All was not good though. We
beat Virginia exactly three times
in the first 20 meetings with the
Cavaliers in football, and not much
more often in baseball. This vein
was frequently heard: "The cup
is bitter the defeat is bad en
ough without being made worse
by coming from Virginia."
When we did win our few con
tests the campus and The Tar
Heel went delirious with joy. In
'96, this Blue-ink screamer appear
ed: "Carolina Forever! We Win
From Virginia by Superior, Scien
tific Baseball."
(Sse DTH, page 4)