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0 II C Library Serials Dspt. Chapsl. Hill, K. C. ' - S:- -" -f-'-'ir.-'--" ' WEATHER , Cloudy and cool with 50 high. Yester day's high, 66; low, 44. AGAIN M-M-Marilyn takes over page 2 today. VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 108 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1953 . FOUR PAGES TODAY eos ifrsiicienvi OH! GDC Hi" t 1 I I B I I t 1 I ! V I in II I t f filial fe 1 E- T I S I H -Y i at IGfltlPUSI Wodiiie p r ? I Bid With & University Party presidential pick Bob Gorham yesterday chal lenged Ken Penegar, Student Par. ty presidential nominee, "to debate the issues of the campaign." "I want to carry the issues of this campaign to the students," Gorham declared. "I am therefore issuing a challenge to Ken Penegar to debate . the issues of the cam- Gray Smooths Faculty-Trustee Bad Feelings By Rolfe Neill The University, after two days of probing into its 'vitals, prescribed some strong medicine for itself last night. The occasion was the close of a two-day conference on the State of the University, an experiment in feelf -examination. Chairmen of the four major pan els read their groups' reports at a dinner meeting. Page after page gave detailed analyses and sugges tions for (1) undergraduate instruc tion; (2) research and graduate teaching; (3) student-faculty rela tionships, and (4) the integrated mission -of the total university in service to the state. Some 688 faculty members over half of the Consolidated Uni versity s instruction staff sar dined into Lenoir Hall for a big ineal and a pair of big speeches, one by President Gray and the other by Charles F. Carroll, state superintendent of public schools. Gray concentrated his remarks on a reassurance to the faculty that neither the Executive Commit tee nor the Board of Trustees was trying to usurp faculty preroga tives. His talk obviously referred to the stormy question of whose right it was to decide on Saturday classes. The Board of Trustees ul timately backed its Executive Com mittee but the Chapel Hill faculty : adopted a strong report protesting any such future move which would indicate "a loss of confidence in the faculty." Gray referred to it as the recent "rather loose-jointed affair." Out Df it, he said, "came a feeling, a strong feeling . . . that somehow the Executive Committee had lost confidence in our faculty." j "I can say to you," the President continued, "that this is not the fact. . . . They have a growing con fidence in you." Later he said, "I think I can venture a prediction. . . . There will be a greater caution on the part of the Trustees in exercising control in faculty affairs." He said he was instructed by the Trustees to make these remarks to the faculty. Victor Bryant Sr. and Tom Pearsall, both Executive Committee members, were present and introduced as guests at the din ner. , Gray said there "was a feeling by some that this (fight it out in trustee meetings) was a chance to be emancipated from the dicta torial Executive Committee. ... I make this remark in all good hu mor. "We cannot destroy (the Execu tive Committee). ... We need it to get the business of this uni versity done." Superintendent Carroll, as the main speaker of the evening, talk ed on the topic, "Higher Educa tion and the Public Schools." He traced the history of education and the impact of mass education. Carroll lamented with the uni versity that "you are having to spend a disproportionate amount of time in teaching the tool subjects." However, he said, the remedy was with the university. "Give us more (See PANELS, page 4) One Guilty Judge W. S. Stewart heard a case involving two students this week when George P. Mull, sen ior from Vale, and freshman Wil liam E. Finnerty appeared before him, each charging the other with assault. Mull was found guilty of as sault with a deadly weapon (a knife) and fined $25 and costs. Finnerty was found not guilty. ebate Challenge paign. I want to hold these debates everywhere we can get a group together, no matter what the size." Gorham said he thought the im portant thing in the election is "getting" to the students and talk ing to them." "I know that these debates are the best way of ac complishing this," he added. The practice of debates between the presidential candidates is tra ditional in campus political cam paigns. Last year UP'sHam Hor tonand SP's Ken Barton held sev eral of these verbal bouts. "I realize that Ken (Penegar) is a more polished debater than I can ever hope to be, but I am confident that the things I believe in can be expressed in simple words," said Gorham. The UP presidential candidate cited as one of the many issues he wanted to take to the students the "manner in which the Student Entertainment Series is being fi nanced." He said, "Since every Brown Blasts SP, Files As Ve By Louis Kraar Bill Brown, for two years one of the most ardent Student Party members, filed yesterday as an in dependent candidate for vice- president. 'I'm sick and tired of 'pretend' I representation and 'supposed' rep resentation," declared Brown yes terday. He went on to explain he felt the SP "hasn't lived up to the ideals of former years." Brown was one of four candi dates trying for the SP vice-presidential nomination last week.. He was eliminated on the first ballot. Asked yesterday if he would re main in the Student Party, Brown said, "I'm not bitter, but I hardly see how I could." Brown edits the party paper, Mr. Chairman. V AFL President George Meany in testimony before the House Labor Committee, urged Con gress to rewrite the "oppressive" Taft-Hartley law by adopting 10 sweeping amendments. Meany was the first union witness called to testify at the committee's pub lic hearings on revision of the law. NEA Telephoto. 'Ballad' Opens tonight At 8:30 Mountain ballads and revival Asked whether works . of art, hymns highlight the Carolina Play- particularly reproductions of fa makers' production af "A Ballad ou paintings, will come under for Jeanme, opening tonignt ai the Plavmakers Theater. rn,wtH hv Rettv Vickerv of Gadsden, Ala., the play was writ- ten by Lyn Neill ana tens tne story of the tragic love of a moun - tain gin ior - An unusual feature of the pro- duction is the dream sequence choreography for which was done by Virginia Young of Chapel Hill, who also serves as choral director. "A Ballad for Jeannie" is en- tirely student produced, with Fos - ter Fitz-Simons and Kai Jurgensen acting as faculty advisers. Tonight's curtain is at 7:30; tomorrow night's, with members of the Southeastern Theater Conference as guests, at' 8:30. There is no admission charge. student pays a fee to this program, I feel he has an inside interest in its workings. I want to find out every student's opinion on this mat ter." , ' On the controversial question of f ratesnity versus non-fraternity in politics, -Gorham had this to say: "In past years, certain political factions have insisted on dividing the students of this University in. to two segments: non-fraternity and fraternity. This is one of the most damaging things ever to occur in student government. These politic- ians have supposedly been acting in the best interests of the stu dents.They claim to love and cher ish Carolina yet they would de stroy the unity which is The Car olina Spirit.' "This is the type of thing that must be done away with. It is a wrongdoing that must not and will not enter this campaign. We are all students of the same Univers (See GORHAM, page 3) ' Commenting on the party revolt, Party Chairman Lew Southern said, "I am a bit surprised. I be lieved Bill's labors in the party were motivated by more than self interest. - However, this, move in- dicates the contrary.' Brown, stated, "I think the stu dents deserve something more for the $72,000 they spend on Student Government. It's high time some of our politicians and political par ties realized the students deserve honest to goodness, real representa tion. - They deserve $15 worth of good from student government after all, that is what they are pay ing each year. The independent candidate has served almost two years in Legisla (See SP WAVERS, page 4) Georgia For Putting Wraps On Art Nudes, Monroe Calendars . ATLANTA, Ga., March 4. (Special) The state of Georgia has de clared a clean-up war on obscene books, magazines and pictures with the appointment of a three-man board of censors consisting of a Bap tist minister, a theater owner and a country editor. The commission will first go after suggestive covers on the fronts of magazines and books, particu-' larly pocket books. The three men Report they have received mail from private citizens suggesting that particular items be cracked down on. The censors promised that every such item will be investigated, and invited all Georgians to come to the scheduled public hearing and (bring samples of printed matter Which is "offensive to the chastity or modesty of the people." The censorship commission dif fers from that established by the city of Boston in that the Georgia board has no actual powers of en forcement. It, however, does have tremendous powers of suggestion. It may brand any printed item cir culated within the state, except newspapers and religious publica tions, as "obscene" and order that its circulation be ceased within 30 days. If circulation does not cease, the board is authorized to recommend to the solicitor general of the judi cial circuit in which the matter is circulated that the offenders be (prosecuted. the provisions 0f the act, a mem-i ' Jipr of thp'rnmTnissinn snir! "T rtrvn't i J: j women whether or not they are art. It's iustful to me." j Marilvn , Monroe calendar, he said, "Yes, there are some calendars that be Tj a wpojtj Jj er ne works ot ueonrey inaucer, medieval English writer whose lfPicy works are considered classics, "will be banned by the board a member replied: "If there is anything in Chaucer which shocks the decency of the public and violates the law, then I I (See OBSCENITY, page 4) Sign in coed's room: "Diet, you cow.'- Outlandish hats that make their appearance every time it rains. . ';. Enterprising male changing girl's dorm lamp bulb from white to red. Church Paper Attacks Action Against Jones The Presbyterian Outlook edi torially objected to the firing of ' the Rev. Charles Jones and warn "of - the far reaching effects which flow from such a radical ' decision." Mr. Jones was dismissed last week by the Orange Presbytery. The magazine stated, however, that "no one questions the right "of a commission to take the steps that have been taken." "We cannot believe," the edi torial continued, "that the great est interest of the Kingdom have been served in the action of Orange Presbytery's commission in ousting the paster of the Cha pel Hill Church." "It is unfortunate for tha Cha pel Hill officers and congrega tion who have tried, at great cost, to provide dynamic church alongside one of our great uni versities," the editorial stated. - The magazine, one of three such independent publications that has wide circulation in the Southern area, concluded, "How to conserve "the values and to avoid utter dissipation of the great opportunity at this strate gic center is the problem rest ing these people. They deserve our prayers. They will need them." Semper Fidelis Clothes Drive To End Friday Semper Fidelis Society's clothes-for-Korea collection grew by ap prorimately 1,000 pounds from a house-to-house pickup Tuesday. The Society, an organization of Marine Corps officer candidates here, launched the drive on Feb. 23 in connection with the estab- iisnmeni oi an orpnanage in ro- hang, Korea by the First Marine Air Wing of the First Marine Di- vision. The collection will continue through Friday. ! Publicity in the form of hand- bills were circulated throughout the residential sections and were , . , , ,. placed in the Varsity and Carolina. Theaters, Sutton's and Sloan's Drug Stores. Chairman of the proj- ect committee is Howard Tickle. Publicity chairman is Ned Beeker. The Society's plans for the re- i mainder of the year include supper meeting at the Pines Res taurant tonight at 7 o'clock when statement asserting his belief that the Marines will be shown instruc- j Russian people as a whole j . . . I share the American desire "for tive films and discuss intelligence , . , - . . , , a friendly and peaceful world. . in Korea and the use of the pistol. ; pint issued a statement They will also elect officers for while the National Security Coun the coming year. J cil was in session which was di rected to the Russian people, rath Later, in the year they hold an er y, expressing even formal inaugural dance. Also scheduled to solicitude over. Stalin's condition, address the Society is Dr. Bernard Mr. Eisenhower said that during Boyd, professor of religion here'3 moment when many Russians and a former Marine Corps chap- were coerned because of Stalin's , . , . . illness, the thoughts of America lam. He is an-honorary member went oat to lhe common people of Semper Fidelis here. of the USSR. Metropolitan Opera Soprano Na-j dine Conner will appear in con- j cert here at 8 o'clock tonight in Memorial HalL Students will be admitted free upon presentation of their ID cards, and tickets for seats left over will be available to faculty and towns people at $1 from 7:40 p.m. on. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Miss Conner is being brought here by the Student Entertainment Committee which schedules events during the year with funds paid by students through the block fee. The attractive Met singer made her debut with the company sev eral years ago and since then she has received excellent reviewer notices. She is considered as one of America's finest young opera singers. She has been in several motion pictures, appeared as so loist with leading symphony or chestras and made other appear ances on radio and television shows. Her program for tonight has not been announced. Student members of the spon soring SEC are Chairman Bob Simmons, Bill Brain, Walt Ernst, Al Neely and Bill Watt. Faculty advisers are Samuel Selden of the Dramatic Art Department, Dr. William S. Newman of the Music Department and Olin Mouzon of the School of Business Administra tion. LONDON Moscow announced yesterday that Josef Stalin is gravely ill after suffering a brain stroke." Leaders of the Commun ist satelites were repor ted called to Moscow, adding spe culation to rumors that the Russian prime min ister may dead. There was imme diate spec ulation i n J A the diplom- s atic ranlcs here that Stalin a 1 ready was dead, and STALIN that the Communists were leading up to the disclosure of that in easy stages. Western correspond ents in Moscow were unable, be cause of censorship, to indulge in any sort of speculation. Meanwhile, it was believed yesterday that Rus sia's foreign Minister Andrei Y, Vishinsky who has presented the Soviet case in the U. N. debate on Korea, may return to Moscow as a result of .Stalin's grave illness. WASHINGTON Gen. James A Van Fleet declared vesterdav tfae United Nations forces can win a military victory in Korea without enlarging that war into a greater conflict. And, he said, he knows ,f ,n otheTy to break Y16 de lock over the pnsoners-ofwar is- sue, the great snag of armistice talks. With the four-star general in the witness chair, of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. patterson (R Conn) asked: Is there any solution to the problem ( of interchange of prisoners?" Van Fleet replied in one word: "Vic- , ory- WASHINGTON President Eis enhower yesterday took note of - - Josef Stalin's illness by issuing a brief 5 ' -H I A. , 3) t If 4- SOPRANO NADINE CONNER Foundotion JknnouncBS Sch olarship A wards Fourteen students were awarded Morehead Scholarships for the 1953-'54 yesterday, climaxing two and a half days of deliberation by the foundation trustees and the Central Committee. One of the two students receiving graduate scholarships was Ham Counci! Says Membership Law Is Legal The Student Council has de cided that a new law designed to take nomination of its own members out of the hands of political parties is legal. The constitutionality of the law was questioned by Attorney General Phin Horton. - The law provides for a Selec tions Board to choose the candi dates for the highest student government court rather than the political parties. The board -is to be composed of chairmen of other courts plus two mem bers appointed by the president and vice-president. The new selection plan will go into effect for the spring elec tions. Large Number Dickens Books Displayed Here In connection with the appear- anno Vi oro QntnrH qt nf ITmlvn Wil- lism nntpH Wpkh rtnr wVm will give portrayals of characters from j however, that they will be con Charles Dickens, the Library has!tinued untd the student reaches an exhibit on a collection of books by and about Dickens. Housed in the Library's Rare ' Book Room, the collection was be-1 gun and enlarged through the gen- i erosity of William A. Whitaker of l New York, an alumnus of the j class of 1904; James S. Childers j of Atlanta, and other friends of ! the University. 1 "Interest in Charles Dickens and his books! and characters." says Librarian Charles E. Rush, "has never slackened, and now as Em - lyn Williams lives his readings throughout the United States. re newed enthusiasm for Dickens and his places and people is evidenced." The Dickens collection in the rare book room includes many first editions, both as first issued in serial pamphlet form and later in bound books, and a rare 60 volume set printed in England in 1831, finely illustrated and exqui sitely bound. One of only 10 such sets, it is (See DICKENS, page 2) vm j - Horton, president of the student body. The other graduate winner was Andy Bell, outstanding UNC athlete. The 47 nominees from colleges, junior colleges and high schools from all over North Carolina had been in Chapel Hill since Monday. During this time they were inter viewed and carefully screened by the final reviewing authorities. , The trustees stated that the gen eral excellence of all the students made selection extremely difficult. With undergraduate scholarships being awarded , for the first time this year, the total number of scholarships exceeded by six the number of others awarded in any one of the two previous years. The awards will mean $1,500 a year for graduate students and $1, 250 for undergraduates. Ronald D. Current of Winston- ISalem was the only winner in the junior college class. He is pres iently a sophomore at Lees-McRae. The 11 high school students se lected were as follows: Joseph W. Best, Clinton; John G. Blount, Washington, N. C; Norman A. Chamberlain, Matthews; James Gooden Exum Jr., Snow Hill; Rob ert Garner, Oxford Orphanage; William E. Gramley, Winston Salem; Marion Wilson Griffin, Da vidson; John Francis Monroe, Coun cil; Mebane Moore Pritchett, Le noir; Edward W. Sutton, Cullo whee, and Lawrence C. Walker, Mt. Airy. The scholarships are awarded ! r &ne ye3r OT1 the assumption, ni " tinued as long as the student's per formance warrants it. John Motley Morehead, who es tablished the foundation, was pres ent yesterday when the boys were given word of their awards. Semper Fidelis The Semper Fidelis Society will meet tonight at 7 o'clock in the dining room of the Pines. All ; those planning to attend are asked !to call Major Caldwell or TSgt. ' Qumn at the Naval Armory by - .non today. May Queen Vote Primary elections for May Queen and her court will be held in house meetings in all sorori ties and coed dormitories today. Town girls may vote at the Town Council Room in the Y be tween 11 and 12 this morning and from 3 to 4 this afternoon. Final elections will be held next ) Thursday.