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VOLUME LXI NUMBER 144
CHAPEL HILL, N. C
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1953
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Gurley Proposes Better
Dorm interest, Spirit
By Bob Slough
Walter D. Gurley, newly-elected Inter-Dormitory Council president,
Monday night listed an eight-point program for the IDC during 1953-54.
The first point listed by Gurley was better coed visiting arrange-
ment in men's dormitories. "Much
NC Symphony
Features Young
Pianist At 8:30
A young North Carolina pianist,
McRae Cook, of Graham, will be
guest artist with the nationally
known North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra at its Memorial Hall
performance here tonight at 8:30.
A veteran of the concert stage,
Cook has made numerous appear
ances in recital at Washington Na
tional Gallery of Art; in New York,
Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Maryland and North Carolina. He
has been soloist with the Washing
ton Civic Orchestra and in 1950 ap
peared with the North Carolina
Symphony.
The young musician studied at
Elon College, graduated from Cath
olic University, and is now studying
at Juilliard School of Music in New
York with Sasha Gorodnitzki.
Jn addition to his piano study,
Cook is known as a talented young
composer. He has written "Com
mentary on a North Carolina Folk
Tune,". which he played for the
first time at a recital at the Nation
al Gallery in 1948.
Glenn Dillard Gunn, comment
ing on this composition, wrote in
the Washington Times-Herald, "An
American work of the exciting qual
ity that connotes genius was
brought to its first hearing last
night. ... It proved a grateful
piece, full of color and fantasy.
To the evident surprise of the composer-pianist,
the public liked it."
Cook will play with the 65-piece
Tar Heel orchestra, conducted by
Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin, the Rach
maninov "Concerto" for Piano and
Orchestra No. IV," Op. 40.
Orchstral selections for the local
concert include Handel's Overture
from the music to the Royal Fire
works; the Sibelius Symphony No.
V, Op. 82; Roumanian Rhapsody
No. 11 by Enesco; and "Dance of
the Torgots" by Riisager.
The group of professional mu
sicians, now on its eighth annual
tour throughout North Carolina,
travels each year more than 9,000
miles taking music to Tar Heels.
This season the orchestra will be
on the road from January 21
through May 14.
Student admission to tonight's
performance is $1.
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Hubert Robinson, Paul Wager,
Kenneth Putnam
In a five-man race for three va
cancies on the Board of Aldermen
of the Town of Chapel Hill, Hubert
S. Robinson Sr., a respected leader
among the community's Negro cit
izens, polled the top vote in Tues
day's municipal election.
A newcomer in town elections.
University Professor Paul W. Wa
ger, and Incumbent Alderman Ken
neth E. Putnam, won the two other
seats in the tightly contested elec
tion which saw 1,044 of the towns
1,301 registered voters cast
Unseated after 12 years service
on the Board was R. B. Fitch u lum
ber dealer. Bernice Ward, Chapel
Hill furniture dealer, running for
the first time, was low man of tM
five. Votes polled m the Alder-
has been done," Gurley said, "but
a lot more can be done."
Other points in the 1953-54 pro
gram include dormitory discussion
groups, more dormitory unity and
spirit, better cooperation between
dormitories and fraternities, dor
mitory improvements, and perma
nent ballot boxes in the dormi
tories to create more interest in
dorm elections.
Gurley also listed his proposal
for a better IDC dance next year.
He said present plans call for go
ing before the student legislature
for money to subsidize funds al
lotted to the group for the annual
dance.
Another of the main topics dis
cussed by the IDC was methods to
quell further disturbances like last
week's student demonstration.
Gurley suggested to the repre
sentatives that "you get floor coun
selors on the ball. If anything is
started in the dorms, have them
talk to the boys individually."
"It is pretty significant," Gor
don Forester added, "that the ad
ministration has stayed out and is
letting students handle it."
The IDC president warned the
group, "If we don't do something
to quell uprisings in the future, we
may lose some of our freedom."
Queen Reigns
Sunday Over
May Day Fete
The side lawn of Mclver will be
the scene of the May Day program
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Saralyn Bonowitz from Chatta
nooga, Tenn. will be May Queen
and Carman Nahm from Deland,
Fla. will be her maid of honor.
The queen's court includes Jayne
Adams, Dee Breslow, Bev Chalk,
Bish Fox, Grace Gordon, Dot Smith,
Anne Sory, Pepper Stetson, and
Virginia Wilson.
In addition to the crowning of
the queen by Chancellor R. B.
House, the program will consist of
the processional and entrance Of
the queen and her court, a duet by
Nancy Murray and Larry Stith, the
pageant, and the recessional.
Following the program there will
be a tea honoring the queen and
her court in the Graham Memorial
Lounge from 4 to 5 o'clock spon
sored by SUAB.
"A Legend of Spring," a familiar
Greek legend, pertaining to spring,
arranged by Chi Delta Phi of which
Mary Ellen Jones is president, will
be the theme of the pageant. The
main parts will be taken by Mary
Helen Crain as Demeter, Goddess
of the Earth; Dot McClain as Per
sephone, daughter of Demeter; and
Tommy Hopkins, as God of the
Underworld.
The maidens and spirits of the
underworld will be played by: Beth
Lloyd, Mary Mitchell, Rachel Wil
liams, Mary Lee George, Bert Jones,
Ann Nicholson, Nancy Perryman,
Mickey Rouse, and Jane Yearley.
Dot Smith has been chairman of
May Day. Joyce Gouge is in charge
of the music and choreography for
the pageant.
Win Election
manic race were Robinson 571;
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Wager 560, Putnam 505, i- ncn
and Ward 439.
Mayor Edwin S. Lanier and Mu
nicipal Court Judge William S.
Stewart, both unopposed for re
election, polled 828 and 819 votes
respectively.
v's vote followed a com-
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voters. -
Robinson is the first member of
bis race to be elected on the Board
although substantial votes were
cast for Negro candidates in 1949
and 1951. Both elections however
saw higher total voies cast, uut
against a registration approximate-j.m-
this vear's new voting
(See ELECTION, page 4)
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LT. GEN. GLENN O. BARCUS,
Commander of the Fifth Air
Force in Korea, checks the con
trols of his F-86 Sabrejet before
taking off for a mission over
North Korea's MIG Alley. The
"flying General" already has
several completed missions to his
credit, and has engaged Com
munist fighter planes in air bat
tles. NEA Telephoto.
IN BRIEF
PANMUNJOM The United Na
tions chief truce delegate accused !
the Communists yesterday of us
ing a "negotiating smoke screen"
and said he saw no evidence they
"really desire" a Korean armistice.
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison was
irked by the Communists' refusal
to accept Pakistan as neutral custo
dian of 46,000 Red prisoners who
do not want to go home after the
Reds had said they "welcomed" his
nomination of that country "We
have been negotiating about nine
days now," Harrison said, "and up
to the moment I have had nothing
to indicate the Communists really
desire an armistice."
WASHINGTON The Eisenhow
er administration asked Congress
yesterday for $5,828,000,000 in new
foreign aid as a necessary defense
for America itself againsfthe So
viet threat." President Eisenhower
made the main plea in a special
message to the lawmakers. The de
tailed presentation was made by a
parade of Cabinet members, backed
by Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in
testimony to a joint session of the
Senate Foreign Relations and
House Foreign Affairs committees.
WASHINGTON Budget con
scious state governors got the in
side story yesterday on the ad
ministration's drive to balance the
federal budget and clear the way
for tax relief. Budget Director
Joseph M. Dodge and Treasury Sec
retary George M. Humphrey were
the main speakers at the final ses
sion of an unusual two day gover
nors' conference.
From The Orient To Carolina
Savage, Delicate Plant Life
Flourishes Under Greenhouse
By Richard Creed
A thirty-minute browse in the
Botany Department's greenhouse is
a botanical trip around the world.
Thriving in the simulated at
mosphere of their native habitat
are representatives of the flora of
every continent. The specimens in
clude the Venus Fly Trap and
Spanish Moss from our own state,
cacti from Southwest Texas and
Mexico, orchids and luxurious ferns
from the tropics, aquatic plants
from lakes and swamplands, and a
Metasequoia tree, once thought
extinct, from China. This great
variety of plants is possible
! through the regulation of tempera
ture by thermostatic control,
j The greenhouse is divided into
three section's, each of which has
a different temperature gradient,
j making it possible for plants from
different regions to survive under
the same roof.
Used primarily for research by
graduate students and the faculty
I of the department, the greenhouse,
(CfiJlPUS
Fsycnology prof at Sutton's
magazine stand considering the
purchase of a new Spillane nov
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Budweiser can resting in top
drawer of filing cabinet outside
the dean of women's office.
Kindly coed walking about
campus distributing dog food to
hungry canines.
Creasy Gets
Chairmanship
Of Orientation
Bob Gorham, president of the
student body, yesterday appointed
Tom Creasy new Orientation Com
mittee chairman.
Other committee members'
names have not yet been an
nounced. When asked about his appoint
ment, Creasy said, "I feel that this
year's orientation group has a ter
rific record to live up to, but with
the excellent committee that has
been appointed to work with me I
am sure our goal for a bigger and
better orientation program can be
attained."
Creasy said the first step in his
plans is to meet with his committee
and assign the different jobs. He
pointed out that as before the men's
and women's orientation commit
tees will work together as a unit.
The committee's first job will be
to choose new . counselors. Creasy
asked that all those interested in
becoming counselors watch The
Daily Tar Heel and bulletin boards
for announcements about inter
views. Creasy, a risin gjunior, served on
last year's orientation committee,
was vice president of his freshman
class, and was president of his
sophomore class. He was chairman
of Consolidated University Day, but
did not get to serve because polio
forced the cancellation of the State
game, major feature of CU Day.
He is a member of the Order of the
Grail, University Party, and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
NROTC Drill Competition
Will Be On Fetzer Field
The annual NROTC platoon and
company drill competition will be
held on Fetzer Field, today at 2:30.
Captain J. S. Keating, USN, pro
fessor of naval science says the
public is cordially invited to at
tend. Winners will be announced
at the second annual "Awards Day"
to be held on Thursday, May 14.
with the arboretum, provides stu
dents of elementary botany with
living models. And it is a point
of interest for visitors to the cam
pus. More than two hundred peo
ple visited the greenhouse on Eas
ter Sunday, said Dr. Carrol E.
Wood, assistant professor of bot
any. It is quite interesting, he said,
to see ladies examine the speci
mens with great interest and re
mark, "Why, Tve had a plant like
that in my yard for years, and I
always wondered what it was."
Dr. Wood pointed out that while
plants, unlike animals, don't have
a nervous system, they are quite
capable of functional movement
through chemical action. The most
familiar example of plants moving
under their own power is the
Venus Fly Trap. This little plant,
which grows in Southeast North
Carolina, has a pair of jaws with
hair-like projections on the edges.
A sweet nectar between the jaws
attracts flies and other insects.
When an insect enters the jaws, it
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By Ken Sanford
With an 11 vote the student body yesterday decided to remain in the National Student Association,
showed they favor the present gym fee system and passed a constitutional amendment subsidizing inde
pendent publications.
The vote was 462 to 147 in favor of remaining in NSA.
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1 Skipper' Coffin To Step Down
As School Of Journalism Dean
Oscar J. Coffin will resign as
Dean of the School of Journalism,
it was announced unofficially here
yesterday. No announcement of
changes can be made officially un
til elected upon by the Board of
Trustees.
Dean Coffin said he hopes to be
relieved of his duties by September
1. He will continue on the staff,
however, on a year-to-year basis.
As he explained the resignation
yesterday, "I'm just going to chop
a few inches off the spade and not
shovel so much."
Dean Coffin came to the Univer
sity in 1926 as head of the De
partment of Journalism. He was a
one man staff until 1935 when Pro
fessor Walter Spearman joined the
department. The department later
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became a School and Coffin was
named Dean.
It was also announced unofficial
ly that T. J. Lassiter, associate pro
fessor of Journalism, will resign at
the end of the Spring Quarter. .
In a letter to Dean Coffin and
Chancellor House, Lassiter said,
"When I came to the School of
Journalism I was of the opinion
that the School's curriculum was
sound, based as it was on the prin
ciple that journalism students
should not be required to take such
an abundance of journalism courses
that studies in history, economics,
political science, and other, back
ground subjects, would be neglect
ed. Nothing has happened to reduce
my faith in the soundness of exist-
ing objectives of this School of
Journalism."
Barefeet, No Classes, Movies
Highlight Senior Extravaganza
Barefeet, moyies, combos, con
certs, wiener roasts and ho classes
on one day will mark an active Sen
ior Week, starting next Monday,
Steve Perrow, chairman of the Sen
ior Class Social Committee said
yesterday.
Juniors will participate in three
of the activities a Hogan's Lake
picnic, a Tex Beneke concert, and
a raffle. The faculty has been in
vited to participate in all senior
functions with the exception of
Barefeet Day.
The seniors will shed their shoes
touches the projections, causing
the jaws to close, trapping the in
sect which is then digested by en
zymic action.
Another group of plants squirts
its pollen bearing nectar onto any
insect which lights on it The in
sect then carries the pollen to
other plants, pollinating them.
The small, round Peyote cactus,
native of Southwest Texas and
Mexico, is used by the Indians in
that area in a religious ceremony.
It is cut into quarters and eaten,
producing an almost unbearable
sickness. When the sickness has
subsided, the Indians sit around,
or dance around, and enjoy spec
tacular color visions.
The faculty of the department
is constantly carrying research in
the greenhouse. Dr. Victor A.
Greulach is at present testing to-
mato plants with different chemi-
cai compounas. lie is xrymg 10 . . . ... r
. , . , ... Association in Lexington. Ken
discover the compound which will v wu
inhibit plant growth, and rid gar -
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Professor Lassiter, who is also
editor and publisher of the Smith
field Herald, teaches country jour
nalism and feature writing in the
school.
Dean Coffin made known the
resignation in a letter he had writ
ten to Chancellor House. The let
ter begins, "In the name of God,
Amen! I, Oscar Jackson Coffin,
born threescore and six years ago
in this section of the briar patch
designated North Carolina; United
States of America, having entered
without fear, albeit with appreci
able trepidation, upon my second
childhood, in the interest of our
common objective, the preserva
tion, broadening and deepening of
a people's University am constrain-
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responsibilities as Dean of the
School of Journalism."
The letter continues, "I can't
say I have adored every minute of
being Dean, I have frequently fal
tered in the University's good fight;
but I have, as lay in me, kept the
faith. Let us hope I have not done
violence to our common ideal; and
over against my academic short
comings I would ask only for the
placing of the fact that with your
help and that of South Building
if I ever forget Buster Shepard may
my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth and may the hand that
mocks my typewriter wither,
shrink and shrivel! I have secured
and retained the services of a
teaching staff who have both the
capacity and the will to do a better
i job than I can hope ever to blue-
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and stockings Monday. Tuesday will
be raffle day. Juniors and seniors
will drop old movie tickets in
junior and senior boxes, and keep
the stubs. Saralyn Bonowitz, May
Queen, will draw the tickets for
several winners at Hogan's Lake,
on Wednesday. Chapel Hill mer
chants are contributing the prizes.
Tuesday night, "Code For Two,"
a mystery thriller just released
April 21, and starring Sally For
rest and Ralph Meeker, will be
shown at the Carolina Theatre at
11 o'clock. Only seniors and faculty
members will be admitted.
Wednesday is "No Class" day for
seniors. Instead, a required meet
ing at Memorial Hall will be held
at 10 a.m. with a short program in
cluding a talk on the Alumni Asso
ciation, and an address by Chancel
lor House on the agenda. At 11
o'clock, students will meet with
their deans for a windup session.
A picnic at Hogan's Lake will
begin at 2 p.m. Games, the raffle
drawingj- a wiener roast and music
provided by the Duke Ambassa
dors Dixieland combo will provide
the entertainment for the rest of
the day and night.
Seniors are invited to the Sigma
Chi Derby Thursday.
Monday night, May 18, Tex Ben
eke and his band will present a
concert from 8 to 10.
3 University Professors
To Attend History Meet
Three University history profes
sors, Fletcher M. Green, James W.
Patton, and J. Carlyle Sittersoni
Un attend the annual meeting of
fte Mississippi VaUey Historical
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The closest vote of the day was
315 to 311 in favor of keeping the
present system of gym fees.
A vote of 453 to 138 passed the
constitutional amendment allowing
student government to subsidize
independent publications.
The total vote for the day was
519.
The .vote in favor of NSA means
that Carolina will remain in the
organization. There had been some
controversy on the matter before
the recent election.
NSA allows the student body of
the University to be represented in
an organization of college student
bodies through student govern
ment. The vote on gym fees actually
will not make any changes. It was
merely a poll of student opinion.
Any change in the present ar
rangement of compulsory payment
of student gym fees would have
to be made by the administration.
The purpose of the vote on the
gym fee system was to determine
whether students favor the present
arrangement or whether they want
a voluntary system for students
who do not take the courses which
involve the use of gym facilities.
The close vote possibly means
that this issue is not settled and
will be the subject of future con
troversy in political circles.
As a poll to get student opinion
such a small percentage of voters
could not give a very complete
cross section of the campus.
The constitutional amendment is
to the powers of the Legislature.
It means that the Legislature can
now subsidize an independent pub
lication with an amount up to
$1,000.
The amendment does not mean
that an independent publication
will come under legislative control
unless the amount of subsidization
should amount to the total financ
ing of that publication.
Any appropriation given to such
a publication is to be used to de
fray any deficit that might occur.
The amendment was proposed as
a result of a request from the
Carolina Quarterly for $500 to help
defray its deficit.
Pulitzer Prize
Given To Two
EX- UNC Men
Two Carolina graduates yester
day were lauded for winning news
paperdom's top award the Pulit
zer prize.
W. Horace Carter received one
of the 1952 gold medal awards for
the weekly Tabor City Tribune in
recognition of the vigorous anti
Ku Klux Klan campaign in 1951.
Another- Carolinian, Willard Cole
of the Whiteville News-Reporter,
won a similar prize for his paper's
fight against the same group. Cole,
a self made man, wasn't able to at
tend college.
The other University alumnus to
receive the top award was Ver
mont C. Royster. Editorialist Roy
ster won his Pulitzer for his regu
lar editorial series in the Wall
Street Journal.
Phillips Russell, professor of jour
nalism and a personal friend of
Carter, said yesterday, "He was a
good Tar Heel editor with a firm
editorial policy. Attempts were
made to scare him, but he wouldn't
be scared."
Carter was editor of The Daily
Tar Heel during the Navy preflight
program years. After the war he
and Orville Campbell, another UNC
graduate and former Daily Tar
Heel editor, toured the state look
ing for a good newspaper site. Car
ter gave up the plan though and
went to Tabor City.
The Pulitzer prize winner and
first Tar Heel to win the top award,
. filed for mayor of Tabor City last
I (See PULITZER, page 4)
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