North Carolina Newspapers

U .M C Library SPORTS A college administrator wonders if they're really show business. See page '2. , WEATHER Cloudy with showers to day and an expected high of 65. FOUR PAGES TODAY VOLUME LXII NUMBER 120 Complete JP Photo and Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1954 Offices in Graham Memorial rn n k? n lime Ml JV Athletics, cm mm Tele vson B , TP & in so itorsnip By Chuck Hauser j A Carolina Political Union tele vision program was sucked into the washing machine of Carolina pre-election campaigning yester day as Daily Tar Heel editorial candidates started scrubbing politi cal linen in public. Tom Peacock fipped the switch with a charge that his opponent in the editorship race, Charles Kuralt, had "dodged" an obliga tion to appear on a CPU-sponsored TV program in Raleigh to discuss big-time athletics. Kuralt labeled Peacock's statement as "full of Peacock Dubs Kuralt Pledge As'Hogwash' Daily Tar Heel editorial candi date Tom Peacock yesterday branded a campaign promise made by opponent Charles Kuralt as "hogwash." Peacock was referring to Ku an's n1p.1?e to improve DTH -A WAV - 3 circulation if ha is elected. The sports editor said the proposed new printing press for the news paper "will enable the news car riers to deliver The Daily Tar Heel on time next year no matter who the editor is." Concerning Kuralt's statement that he would set a later news deadline for the paper, Peacock said the present 3 p.m. deadline! "is only to prod organizations into getting news in early. Most DTH copy dosen't go to the printshop until 6 o'clock, and any editor can change the deadline from 3 to 5 o'clock without improving ser vice in the least." Outdoor Plays Slate Tryouts Next Saturday NThe directors of North Carolina's three big outdoor plays Paul Green's "The Lost Colony" and Kermit Hunter's "Unto These Hills" and "Horn in the West" will hold their annual auditions for actors and dancers here Satur day, March 20. IThe try-outs are open to all residents of, and students in, the State. The only requirement - is -that they must be at least 20 years old. Since the plays are pro duced in large open-air amphi theaters, only actors with strong, mature voices persons capable of speaking clearly (without shout ing) over a distance of at least 150 feet outdoors will 'find it ad vantageous to attend the auditions. Dancers must have experience in large forms of stage movement. "The Lost Colony," now prepar ing for its fourteenth season, and "Unto These Hills", getting ready for its fifth season, will open on June 26. Rehearsals for the first will commence on June 9, 'and for the second on June 7. "Horn in the West," preparing for its third summer, will open on June 25, with rehearsals starting on June 7. The three plays will engage among them this year approximately 400 actors, singers, dancers, technicians and staff people. None of these people will rcive a large salary, hut they will get a stipend suf ficient to live on comfortably. The three plays are among the leading summertime attractions for bo'h the natives of the State and tourists coming into the State. Over th? years the dramas have played to over 1,200,000 people. The auditions this year will start at 10 o'clock in the morning in the Forest Theater, on the east edge of the campus, if the weath eer is good, and in Memorial Hall, in the center of the campus, if the weather is bad. Forum m p.f a IS tight half-truths and incorrect state- ments." "Kuralt," Peacock stated, "has said that athletics are good but not without fault this is fence-straddling. He is on record as believing athletics are detrimental to our educational processes." The candidate went on to say that his opponent and Daily Tar Heel Editor Rolfe Neill "were scheduled to speak against big time athletics on the CPU-TV pro gram. Both of them, NeilL leading the way and Kuralt following, dodged this obligation when the program was scheduled near elec tion time." Kuralt had a quick and firm answer: I was not scneauiea w 'speak against athletics.' While be lieving in Carolina athletics and supporting them emphatically, I believe there are certain aspects of sports here and elsewhere that can be criticized. I agreed to par ticipate in the TV program with that understanding." His . withdrawal, Kuralt ex-jj L Johnson, mother of Asso plained, was based "entirely on a j ciate Generai College Dean Dr. postponement of the program and ; Cecil jonnson wh0 is visting Dr. a subsequent lack of time on myjjojjjjg on tne campus, came part. The campaign, as Tom Pea-jby cock well knows, had notning to do with that decision. "Peacock's wild allegations," Kuralt continued, "make colorful; campaign reading. They are just not true." Editor Rolfe Neill also had an answer for Peacock: "It is not cor rect to say that I dodged the obli gation. Neither is it correct to say that I was to . speak against ath letics. I was to speak against big time athletics. There is a tremen dous difference." Neill said he agreed to appear on the TV program "as a personal favor to the chairman and to help him fill up a panel. Later the pro gram was postponed. Having no desire to appear in the first place and now finding it possible to withdraw, I did so." The editor said he had written and spoken many times against big-time athletics, and that he is as much opposed to big-time sports now as in the past Kuralt, commented Neill, "was not appearing under my auspices nor representing my views. I am not running for editor in this elec tion and I fail to see why Tom wants to hang me." Candidate Kuralt challenged Peacock's "fence-straddling" charge. "It is true," he said, "that athletics are good but not without fault and that is not fence-straddling. I am not on record as be lieving and do not believe that athletics 'are detrimental to edu cational processes.' I have dodged no obligations." on the Political Front with Louis Kraar Parties Sang Sweet Promises . . . Now Encores? Some campus political promises, like summer romances, are sweet while they last, but soon forgotten. This time last year local politicians were talking about what they would do if elected. Members of both parties were elected for various offices. And many of them have carried out some of their promises. Others, the politicos have forgotten, obviously hoping last spring's voters would forget them, too. The University Party, for example,' last spring promised janitor service for making up beds in the dorms. The Student Party, to cite another example, pledged files of quizzes and exams for the dorms. In coming days we'll be looking over last spring's promises by both parties to see what has been done. Just An Old, Battered 'Issue' Last year this time the National Students Association was an issue. Now there is the question of what happened to it. Surely, there's enough to do on campus to give them some work. Nationally, Carolina's" one of the top schools in NSA. It's a good sounding board for nationwide student opinion. When any group wants a student slant, they come to NSA. But students here don't know.it, because the local unit is either quiet, or inactive. Which, we're not sure. No Dealing From The Bottom Now Card tricks are a political asset on campus, according to one speech the other night at a UP meeting. How about poker, anyone? IP SEEN Large dog with long tail, get ting latter caught in one of Mur phy Hall's swinging doors and letting go with a long, mourn ful howl that brings a coed running. Six-foot, husky student helping disentangle four-year-old from overturned tricycle. Students shooting marbles in Fraternity Court. Ballads Class Hears Folklore Of Mississippi Students in Dr. A. P. Hudson s I English and Scottish ballads class were treated to some first-hand cmithpm folklore vesterday. Mrs. an(j spent the hour regaling j the students with Uncle Remus and Negro tales she learned in her Mississippi childhood. Among her stories were some she learned about "Bre'r Rabbit and Bre'r Fox" and "Bre'r Terra Din and Bre'r Buzazrd" before they were written by Joel Chand-" est wag turned down unanimous. ler Harris. jly Jt ported out no judgment was Mrs. Johnson's husband was forpassed upon the need for the new many years president of Mississi- positions. ., , - - 'WTnm'jri'e PnTffiffp'at TTnttlPS- hnr Mi shA cav Sh intends! to write down her stories some day in book form and yesterday, she said, she got a suggestion from someone in Chapel Hill for a title: "Folks I Have Knowed and Rows I Have Hoed." (That title, Mrs. Johnson said, sounds like a good one and she said she may well use it. 729 Make Dean's List In Arts And Sciences A total of 129 students in the College of Arts and Sciences have the Fall Semester, it was announc ed yesterday. To make the Dean's list, a student must have taken been named to the Dean's list for 15 semester hours and made no lower than a "B" any course. Those making the Dean's list were: Larry H Addington, Asheville; Harry H. Arnold, Dover; Joseph S. Asero, Washington, .D. C; Ed win O. Ayscue, Monroe; Bonnie Baker, Carrboro; John D. Barab, BudgetGroup Fails To Grant Gray Request RALEIGH, March 12 (IP) A plan to add three top administra tive posts to the 'Consolidated Uni versity's setup was turned down, at least temporarily, by Gov. Um stead and the Advisory Budget Commission today. After the commission met, As sistant Budget Director D. S. Col trane released a statement saying in effect the request should be made through normal channels. Gordon Gray, ' president of the Consolidated University, had made the request; which would have cost taxpayers about $43,000 more per year in salaries. Gray asked that six new posi tions be created They' were: A business officer and treasurer of a(m;nistritfnn nf i Hon. j solidated Universfty at a salary of ;61, nnn vpnrS . nf v j , ulties for the University at Chapel Hill paying $11,000, and a similar position for State College at Ra leigh. In addition, each of the po sitions would have warranted a secretary getting $3,000. Under Gray's request, the busi ness officer's post would have been filled April 1, according to Col trane, and the others around July 1. . ' Coltrane's statement said the re However, the commission held "no emergency exists which just fies approval at the present time." It also said the request should be presented to the Advisory Budget Commission in "regular course when requests are submitted by all state agencies and recommenda tions for biennial appropriations are in course of preparation." Atlantic City, N. J.; Cecil L. Bar rier, Morganton; Lewis R. Beam, Bessemer City; William Q. .Beard, St. George, S. C; William R. Beckman, Greensboro; Benjamin C. Berry, Hertford; Herbert H. Browne, Columbia, S. C; Barry W. Bryant, Annapolis, Md.; Varda- man M. Buckalew, Mobile, Ala.; William R. Bullock, Bethel; Roy B. Campbell, Dawson, Ga.; Maurice L. Canaday, Four Oaks; Jane T. Carswell, Spring Lake; Florence B. Carter, Atlanta, Ga.; Curtis C. Coleman, Winston-Salem; Mary B. Cook, Highlands; Amy Catherine Cooke, Bethesda, Md.; Benjamin Mc. Covington, Wadesboro; Cecil E. Cowan, Morganton; Malcolm A. Cox, Kinston; Janet R. Cozart, Wil son; Charles C. Crittenden, Raleigh; Mary J. Cullin, Chapel Hill; Stella D. D'Aleo, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Char lotte L. Davis, Chapel Hill; Her bert R. Dowd, Charlotte; Roddey Dowd, Charlotte; John Mc. Du Bose, Chapel Hill; Carol Du Pier, Davidson; Samuel T. Emory, Cha pel Hill; Harold F. England, Kings Mountain; Vallin D. Estes, Raleigh; Billy E. Faggart, Concord; Lloyd P. Farrar, Clemson, S. C; Robert A. Farrell, Troy; Joel L. Fleish man, Fayetteville; Henry L. Fowler, Mt. Holly; Mary L. George, Ashe ville; Betsy L. Goodwin, Lenoir City, Tenn.; Marilyn Habel, Chapel Hill; Susannah Hall, Garrett Pk., Md.; Frederick D. Hamrick, Ruth erfordton; Franklin A. Hart, San Francisco, Cal.; Martha Hemstreet, Augusta, Ga; Anne C. Herbert, Lake Charles, La.; Seymour Her zog; New York, N. Y.; Billy R. Hoke, Statesville; Brooks C. Hold er, Winston-Salem; Irene P. Hold ing, Wake Forest; Elise R. Holmes, Fernandina, Fla.; Robert F. Hook, Raleigh; Robert L. Hubbard, Wash ington, D. C; Alexander T. Jen npttpp Washington. D. C: Kath- , ....... j - i . erine E. Jente. Chanel Hill; Edwin (See DEAN'S LIST, page 4) St JAMES W. RAY . . . The Axe? Weimar Jones Pleads Cause Of Free Press AHOSKIE, March 12 "If we lose freedom of the press we will soon lose all our other freedonis too, IThe president of the North Caro lina Press Association said in an address here last night. Speaking before the Ahoskie Rotary Club, Prof. Weimar Jones of the University of North Caro lina School of Journalism faculty, said that "our basic freedoms are in jeopardy today. Our freedom is indivisible; if we lose one, we lose all. Freedom of the press is the weapon with which you, as citizens, can protect the others." That freedom, he added, is "en dangered by secrecy; it is but a step from one to the other. Finally, the problem is not one for the press alone, but for all good citi zens." How long, Jones asked, "do you think we would keep the other freedoms if freedom of religion wese taken away for democracy basically is a religious concept? "How long would we keep the others and how much would they mean if we lost freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, and the right to a fair trail by a jury? "And how long would the other freedoms last, once we had lost freedom of speech and of the press?" Jones asked. Freedom of information, and of the press to disseninate it, he de clared, is the freedom that in a very special way undergirds and makes possible all the others. The 1953 secrecy law passed by the North Carolina General As sembly, he said, "invaded your right, as citizens, to know how, and why, and by whom your laws are made. "Our objective as good citizens," he said, "must be to see that these iniquitous secrecy laws are repeal ed. We must keep fighting till they are Last Speech Tonight Ecuadorian Road To Democracy Rocky One, Says We7 Speaker A brave and successful experi- turn over the government to his the gratitude of my people," Plaza ment to give the government of successor, freely elected by the said. Ecuador back to the people was people." i He said he does not have any described here last night by the Pointing out that the lot of an' plans now to run for president man chiefly responsible, former ex-president is usually not a happy again in 1956. In Ecuador a presi President Galo Plaza. one in most cases in Latin Amer- dent may not succeed himself fol Plaza, who served as president ica, Plaza declared that this has lowing a four-year term, he ex nf thu T.ntin American countrv i plained. frnm iQ4a.;9! wi rfplivprine the second in the series of three Weil I last nighfs speech will be handl Lectures here. The final lecture j ed in a separate story in to- will be given tonight at 8:30 inj Carroll Hall. ATanv f parpd that this "experi- ment in democracy would blow up night I became again a simple in my face," Plaza said, "but they citizen, I was carried home on the were wrong. - shoulders .of a crowd. My clothes "On August 31, 1952, for the were torn for souvenirs, and to first time in 28 years," he said, this day I cannot walk the streets "was a president of Ecuador able of Quito or appear at public fun- to complete his term of office and.ctions without receiving proof of Chapel Hill's Herrin Of BSU Is Among Them State Secretary Ray And Wicker Of Duke Are Others Involved By Charles Kuralt J. C. Herrin, Baptist student sec retary at the University, has been "given the opportunity to resign" his job by the state Baptist com mittee investigating "liberalism" in Baptist student work, it was learned yesterday. Rev. Douglas Branch, president i of the Baptist State Convention, told The Daily Tar Heel that James Ray, Raleigh, state student secre tary, and Max Wicker, student chaplain at Duke University, have also been asked if they wished to resign. Herrin, Ray, and Wicker are all presumed to have refused. The opportunity to resign Rev. Branch emphasized they were "not tr . fired Qr asked tQ resignwas ten. dered the three after a meeting of the investigating committee on Feb. 22 and 23. It is understood from another source the committee decided to ask the State Baptist Convention to fire Herrin, Ray and Wicker if they do not resign. Rev. Branch . said yesterday in answer to questions the three were given a chance to quit their jobs "for their good and for the good of the work." He said he and Rev. Perry Crouch of Asheville, chair man of the probing committee, "out of deference to them" told U1C lllICC 1L W UU1U UC UCUCi AVi them to resign." Letter Written It was also learned from several completely reliable sources that a letter was written by Dr. M. A. Huggins, executive secretary of the State Baptist Convention, in tended for four or five Chapel Hill Baptist Church members, in forming them of the Crouch com mittee's action. The letter, It was learned, asked , the church members to consider ; Christian Student and World Re taking up the matter of firing sponsibility." Herrin with the local church's! i Board of Deacons.. A notation on the letter direct- MurroW bays Ur. Orariam ed the recipient to destroy it . , after he had read it. Was On Criticized Board Asked about the letter yester- NEW yoRK, March 12 (P) day, Dr. Huggins said, I am not,CBS commentator Edward R. Mur. in a position to comment. The .. tnnitfM that Frank Por. more this matter is talked, the mure una uiiuei a lauuxiis uic Rev. Crouch was not available for comment yesterday. But Rev. - ji j;-. , 5 Branch said the Crouch commit- tee's full report will proDaDiy De out soon. The next regularly sched uled State Convention meeting dosen't come until July but a spec ial assembly may be called to hear the decision of the investigators. Herrin Comment J. C. Herrin yesterday had only this to say: "Dr. Crouch and the t ruptly and without satisfactory ex Rev. Douglas Branch came to see planation cancelled the proposed (See BAPTISTS, page 4) summer school before it began," I Questions and ansvers from morrows paper. not been his experience 0 V ' 4" y J. C. HERRIN ... "chance to resign" i' Eight Leaders Are Attending YWCA Confab Eight Carolina representatives are participating in the North j Carolina Student YWCA Confer- i vdi yji.LX.ia. kJiu.uwjLV j ence being held this weekend at Guilford College near Greensboro. Opning sessions were held . yes terday afternoon. Student leaders Dottie Figel and Jody Deny, and Betty Ray, YWCA " staff member, are attending the j entire three-day sessions. Joining them for today's conferences are Marilyn Habel, Alice Hicks, Pal Langston, Sara Alice Jackson, and Kirsten Milbrath. The conference, based on a pri mary theme of "World Affairs Are Campus Affairs" is composed of panel discussions, individual speeches, workshops, song sessions, worship services and a variety of reports. Major topics up for discussion are "Confusion versus Vocation," "Segregation versus Brotherhood," and "Militarism versus Freedom." Representing the Southern region of National YWCA are Miss Rosa lie Oakes and Miss Doris Wilson. A business session and election of a new planning committee will occupy tonight's program, along with a Danel discussion on "The ' , tej. Graham ormer president of the University of North Carolina, was with himself one of the ad visors for the Institute of Inter- national Education in 1935 Murrow's activities on behalf of the Institute in 1935 were criti- ; cized Wednesday by Senator Jo- eph R. McCarthy. McCarthy was especially critical of the Institute's plan for what he termed "a Mos cow University summer session." "The Russian authorities ab- j Plaza told how the masses of reonle in his country became ' aware of the tragic road they were following and decided to do some . 'thing about it From 1830-95 the "The countrv had 11 constitutions and during the 25 years up to 1947 Ecuador had 27 chiefs of state, four presidents in one month, six constitutions and innumberable so-called revolutions, many of which failed while others were , successful, Plaza explained.