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U'.'iiC". Library Serials Dept. Chipsl Hill, II. C. WEATHER Fair and cooler with 72 high. Yester day's high, 80; low, 59. RAMBLE The editors talk and talk today. See p. 2. VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 120 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953 FOUR PAGES TODAY S ; . - 4 i T if ft T MacCarthy In The Basement Prof's New Toy Breaks Down As Earthquake Records By Alice Chapman The violence of the earthquake in Western Turkey on March 18 was detected half a world away in Chapel HUl. Here on the campus a delicate machine picked up the tremors caused by the quake. However, the new seismograph was so sensitive ly adjusted to earth movements that the violence of the motion threw the machine into disorder. A record of approximately four minutes was obtained but a com plete one was impossible. Dr. Gerald R. MacCarthy, pro fessor of geology and geophysics tn the Geology Department, ac quired the machine last Summer, but has been able to operate it only recently. The necessity of constructing a concrete base for the seismograph to rest upon that vas separate from the building structure, delayed the machine's operation and Dr. MacCarthy found his first opportunity to test the apparatus on seismic disturbances when the Turkey earthquake de veloped. On the record Dr. McCarthy ob tained, the appearance of the quake was -easily observable. In contrast to the usual nearly straight lines of small fluxuation which are re corded at all times, the quake appeared as long sharp nearly vertical lines. i The entire machine, seismome ters, galvanometers, and recording drum, is housed in the basement of the geology and geography building. MacCarthy pointed out that the seismic device must oper ate in darkness because it uses photographic methods of recording A reflected light reacting to the seismometers which pick up the tremors is exposed on photo graphic paper which is later de veloped. This paper moves on a rotating drum which is timed to revolve four times hourly. Another necessary part of such a project is an accurately timed clock. Dr. MacCarthy synchronizes his clock within less than a second with official Bureau of Standards time as transmitted by station iWWV at Beltsville, Maryland. The clock makes "time marks" on the records once each minute so that the exact time at which the quake is recorded can be figured to less than a second The University shop construct ed a seismograph a few years ago, fout it was impossible to obtain the proper sensitivity with the ihandmade machine MacCarthy stated that possibly the nearness of Chapel Hill to the eastern coast caused the present Very sensitive seismograph to pick tip minor ocean and coast disturb ances. Part of the apparatus has been returned to the factory for adjustment to the particular con ditions prevailing in Chapel Hill. It will then be less affected by the common movements set up by winds and waves while still re ceptive to the more violent shocks of the earthquake type. The seismograph operated by Dr. MacCarthy is one of the few in the South east of the Appalachian ' range, the nearest seismological' (mountains: Laboratories are lo- cated at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, in Washing ington, D. C, and at Morgantown, W. Va. Three Students : Fined In Court Three students were among those appearing before Judge Wil liam S. Stewart of the Chapel Hill j Recorder's Court for traffic viola tions. John J. Hanes, a junior from Charlotte, and J. A. Johnson Jr., sophomore from Ayden, were haled before the court for yielding to the inclinatino to "step on it." Johnson also was charged with a stop sign violation. They paid fines of $10 and $15, respectively, and costs. Miles C. Gregory, student from Halifax, was fined $25 and costs when judged guilty of driving without an operator's license. In The Dark . 5 DR. G. R. MacCARTHY took a quizical look at his seismograph when it defaulted on its first earthquake. Dr. MacCarthy, who has his pet installed in the basement of the Geology Department, soon found the trouble: the seismograph was too sensitive. An adjust-men;- is being made. Daily Tar Heel photo by Cornell Wright. Dr. Polgar To Present Show Tonight At 8 In Memorial Ha!! . . . -- Dr. Franz Polgar, internationally famous hypnotist and mind reader, returns to Memorial hall tonight at 8 o'clock to unfold his astonishing "Miracles of the Mind" show. Sponsored by the Special Services Committee of SUAB, Polgar de- UP Nails First 4 Planks Into New Platform The University Party yesterday! announced the initial four planks ; of the platform from which it will conduct the Spring campaign. Bob Gorham, UP presidential candidate, in announcing the plat- form said, "Rather than hand down University Party candidates have challenged the other candi dates to a debate in Aycock Dormitory social room tonight at 7:30. You're invited. a platform created in a smoke filled room, we are going to you, the students, and find out what vnn want. It is our duty -to bring , student government to you. We feel that this is one of the best ways to do this." "This platform is going to con tain concrete ideas that can be carried out," continued Gorham. "There are going to be no fancy political phrases. The whole thing js going to be based on common sense. We intend to present the platform in sections as we can I obtain it from you." The UP presidential favorite asked students to suggest more planks. The four planks promised: 1. Installation of cigar et and candy machines in dormitories. 2. Getting janitors to make-up beds in the dormitories. 3. Continuation of Tarnation. 4. Allowing women the privilege of visiting in men's dormitories. Commenting on the project of installing cigaret and candy ma chines in dormitories, Gorham , -d "This can definitely be ac I comDlished. We have already con j tacted the administration and they assure us that with the proper negotiations the machines can be installed." And on the project of getting the janitors to make-up beds, he said, "This is a very practical idea and can be put through very eas ily. It is now done at State Col lege. We feel that it should be done here also." ere MCv A i - V I 7 M Ss5- flighted capacity audiences here in 1949, 1950 and 1952 with his dem onstrations of mind reading, hyp notism and memory. Anne Bell, chairman of the Spe cial Services Committee, requests that students come early to be assured of seats. All University students will be admitted free upon presentation of their I. D. Cards. The Hungarian-born student of Freud and graduate of Budapest University holds doctorate degrees in both psychology and economics. For many years he has been a i brilliant exponent of the human mind and its mysteries. His ap pearance in Chapel Hill is pre ceded by lectures, addresses and demonstrations before numerous medical groups and leading uni versity round-tables. At 7 p.m. the Memorial Hall doors will be opened to students. Admission is $1, including tax, to townspeople and all others at 7:40 p.m. The members of the Special Services Committee of SUAB are Miss Bell, chairman, Edith Cross, Janet Cornwall, Lib Suddreth, Peg Hall, B. G. Williams, Mary Ruth Linville and Betsy Clarke. Shafts Talks Tonight At Y Claude C. Shotts, General Secre tary of the YMCA, will speak to night at 6:30 in the Y on the sub ject of "Group Discussion Meth ods." Arranged by the Freshman Camp Planning Committee, the meeting is open for all students who want to learn the essentials of effective leadership. Pointers on leading group discussions will constitute I tonight's topic, with special refer ence to the cabin groups at Fresh man Camp. ,,Men who wish to apply for po sitions as counselors in the Fresh man Orientation program, spon sored by the Student Government, will find this meeting helpful, (Shotts said. Student groups, either on the campus or in the churches, also are invited to attend. Book Post Students may get money for books sold at the APO book ex change today from 2 to 6 o'clock. N BRIEF WASHINGTON Even though he was convinced that it would destroy tne Red armies in Korea, he was stopped by orders from making an amphibious landing be hind the Communist lines in June, 1951, Gen. James A. Van Fleet testified .yesterday. The former Eighth Army commander told Sen ators he wa ready to go with the operation when he received stnn nrdprs from Gen. Matthew B. r ! Soviet comment on the latest Kor- ean developments, Foreign Minis- ter V. M.Molotov yesterday pledg- ; ed Soviet assist ance to b r i p g about an arnjis-s j$ ; tice on the basis of proposals by i Chinese Premier ;Chou Enlai. Mol-? i otov said he was i sure the action j "will be under- ' . J 1 At TT ' slouu uy uie jh lieu oiaLea guv eiimieni. ill, tut same time Molo- tov strongly suggested that Red f China and the North Koreans should be represented in the Un- j ited Nations. This would greatly assist in settling the issues of the Korean war, he said. t STOCKHOLM - Swedish Deputy Foreign Minister Dag Hammarsk- jold yesterday vcepted a Security 1 Council offer to succeed Trygve Lie as UN general secretary. UN officials viewed the Soviet accep- tance of Hammarskjold and their Korean truce promise of help as major steps in the new post-Stalin peace offensive. DUBUQUE, la. A teenage Marine yesterday admitted , five wanton murders in four days. "I best leave the part about sound mind out of this," he wrote in his confession. Pvt. Fred E. McManus of Camp Lejeune and Valley Stream, N. Y. asked police to free his "dirty blonde" girl friend. The girl said, "We started off together and shared everything and I want it to end that way. I waited in the car while Fred went in to hold up the people . . . when he got back to the car he told me what had happened." McManus got a total of $58 in loot for his five murders. RALEIGH Directors of the North Carolina Press Association yesterday adopted a three-point resolution calling on the General Assembly to repeal its secrecy law. .The directors deplored the legalizing of secret sessions by the Legislature. Ridgway, then the Far Eastern: up last mgnx ax me vaiityne commander. At the start of thejm2- Senate group's investigation of am-J The identity of the winner was munition shortages in Korea, Sen. not revealed until she was called Margaret Chase Smith' of Maine n stage at Memorial Hall, said, "There is no doubt that there ; The cup is awarded annually to were shortages" despite the Pen- j the campus' outstanding coed, who tagon's denial that there were any is selected on a basis of leader of consequence. ship, service, character, and schol- fc arship. MOSCOW In the first official Miss Coley is vice-president of ite 'A 1 : f i .- - 'If. : 'v Al " " f y v ' V v '' ' I .- I' i - ; - " I -n-""--"-" Sir 7 " -"' EVEN AS THE NEWS CAME that Chinese Communists have opened the way to a resumption of truce talks in Korea, so came a lull in the heavy fighting around the Vegas Hill sector. Exhausted medics of the U. S. First Marine Division take a well-earned breather as fighting was confined primarily to minor clashes between patrols. NEA Telephoto. a n civer, Tish Coley Awarded Cup As Top Coed Patricia Coley won the Senior i y- i i m a a i t t n r the Valkyries, chairman "of the Valkyrie Sing, and president of Mclver Dorm. She is a Pi Beta Phi. "I believe this should have gone to every girl in our class,! Miss Coley said upon receiving the cup. Dean E. L. Mackie made the presentation. A selected committee composed of six representatives makes the selection annually. TISH COLEY George Cox Given Grant For $2,300 George Elton Cox, medical stu dent from Winterville, N. C, has been awarded a $2,300 pre-doctoral research fellowship by the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund. The tenure is for one year. A recent graduate of the Uni versity, Cox will continue his med ical education while holding the the study of vascular diseases in the studf of vascular diseases im pathology. He will be associated with and assist Dr. C. Bruce Taylor on research projects supported" in part by the North Carolina Heart (See COX, page 2) " I 1 - - - n v - i Delta um Doctor. at Medical School, after discovering that sterilized water from laboratory was being used by one of workmen outside to mix. concrete, sharply reprimand ing workman. Culprit replies, "Aw, it won't hurt the cement none." ' Burly grounds worker chasing mammoth Laborador retriever who made off with his lunch bag. Bleach white males spread eagled around men's dorms try ing to get beach brown. YWCA Picks 6 New Officers In Vote Tonight Ballots bearing the names of nominees for the six major YWCA offices will be passed out in all vomen's residence halls tonight. All YWCA members are eligible o vote for the nominees who vere selected at a Y meeting last week. Nominated for the office of Y president are Marilyn Habel, Cha pel Hill, Janie Carey, Washington, D. C, Mase Chapin, Richmond, Va. and Ann Fleming, Raleigh. The runnerup for president will serve as Y vice-president. Marilyn Habel, a member of Al pha Delta Pi Sorority, has served as secretary of the Consolidated University Council, a member of Women's Honor Council, member of the Graham Memorial Board of Directors, and on the , Y cabinet for the past year as chairman of the conference committee. Janie Carey a Chi Omega, at tended Sweetbriar College before coming to UNC. She has been ac tive in the Canterbury Club and a member of The Daily Tar Heel staff. Mase Chapin is a Tri Belt and served as chairman of UNC's mock election this fall. She is a member of the Y Campus Affairs commit tee and came to UNC from Vir ginia Intermont. Ann Fleming, a member of Al pha Gamma Delta sorority, has been vice president of Pan-Hel at UNC and comes from Mary Wash ington where she was active in the Y as chairman of the Vespers com mittee. Nominees for Y secretary are Emily Cook, Arlington, Va.; Anna Stout, Scott, Miss.; Connie Lassi ter, Rich Square; Mary Lowry, At lanta, Ga.; Edith Rodgers, Wilming ton and Martha Bridger, Bladen- boro. Four coeds will vie for the of fice of treasurer. They are Anne Patterson, Edenton; Celia Brown, Myrtle Beach; Pat Miller and Mary Jane Bumpous, St. Petersburg, Fla. Running for program chairman are Jane Berryhill, Chapel Hill; Elinor Wrenn, Greensboro and Peggy Pierpont, Chapel Hill. , Nominated for membership chairman are Tolly Randolph, Cha pel Hill; Jody Desmond, Charlotte; Joan Russell Kenmore, N. Y.; Sara Rose, Chapel Hill; Ann Folger, High Point and Sarah Kate Davis, Graham. YMCA Elects Ned Harbin Ned Harbin of Winston-Salem was elected president of the YMCA for 1953-54, at a recent member ship meeting. Other officers elected were Rob ert Hyatt of Cherokee, vice-presi dent; Susan Fink of Chapel Hill, secretary and Stuart Jones of Win ston-Salem, treasurer. Harbin, a member of Kappa Al pha fraternity, has been active in the YMCA World Relatedness Commission. fcflnpus SEEN ii 9 Pi Phi's, Can And Sigma Chi Get Mentions By Louis Kraar Chi Psi's love medley and Delta Delta Delta's medieval masquerade last night pleased a large Memorial Hall audience, as well as the judges, to win the annual Valkyrie Sing. Mclver Dorm presented a run down on the types of dates in "Our Coeds," and won the cup for the women's dormitory division. Mangum Dorm, a surprise entry not on the program, lent a handful of barber shop songs to win the prize in their division. They had no competition. The Tri Delt song and dance rou tine was called "A Coed in King Arthur's Court." The string of song parodies executed by the "ladies" and "knights" won en thusiastic approval by the audi ence. The Chi Psi opus was called "It's Love." It included "All the Things You Are" and "You'll Never Walk Alone." "Knight of Arthur's table, will you buy me a sable, a lady wants to glitter before she's a baby sit ter; you can't buy a lady with a sword," sang the Tri Delts, led by Nancy Murray and Kit Wallace. Pi Beta Phi won honorable men tion in the sorority division. Their number, "Sleepy Time Gal," was a polite poke at coed hours, and drew many laughs. Sigma Chi won honorable men tion in the fraternity division with a production number, "Sigma Chi Sing." The Sigma Chi number in cluded "Time on My Hands" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," com plete with smoking stone urns. They concluded with "All Through the Night." Mclver Dorm won the biggest laughs with their gripes set to mu sic on not having enough dates. Carr Dorm, the only other wo men's dorm entered in the com petition, won honorable mention. "Export the Imports" or "All that Glitters Is Only Gold Eye Shadow" was the title of their lament on imports. Alpha Delta Pi turned back the clock to the roaring twenties, Al pha Gamma Delta gave a solemn, beautiful set of songs on "World Peace," Chi Omega got in tempo with the weather outside with a number called "Rain," and Kappa Delta praised "Boy Imports." Judges for the competition were Edgar Allen, Foster Fitz-Simons, William Poteat, Mrs. Fred McCall, and Wallace E. Caldwell. Other fraternity participants in cluded Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. LSU Censors Leading Mags BATON ROUGE La., April 1. Special) Recent issues of Coronet anrl Pnllipr's maffa7inP5 VhioM j to by several faculty members as obscene, have been banned from newsstands on the LSU campus. The actual directive came from Dr. Daniel Borth, LSU controller. Dr. Borth explained the univer sity's position by saying education al institutions are different from ordinary commercial enterprises and as such are subjected to more criticism in matters such as this. LSU President Middleton said, "I will permit no obscene litera ture to be sold in the Field House and I want parents to know that. I think the parents will back me up on this." DTH Openings The Daily Tar Heel will hold a staff meeting tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the newsroom for those interested in working for the pa per. Work is available in the news, editorial, sports and business de partments. Past experience is helpful but not always necessary. Wi
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