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V tl C LIBIURT SERIALS DEPT. CHAPEL" HILL, W. C. 8-31-49 WEATHER Clearing and cooler with 72 high today. Yekerday's high, 88, low 61. MILLION The editor, dealing in big figures, talks about a big man. See p. 2. , VOLUME LXII NUMBER 186 Complete iP Photo and Wire Service f forts 0 Did Davie Swill Under The Poplar? Rules Have tudenf Imbi ate (The drinking controversy now in progress is not unique, Associ ate Editor Louis Kraar shows. Be ginning today, Kraar will give the history of University and drink. The second article of the series will appear tomorrow. Editor.) By LOUIS KRAAR Whisky may have played a part in William R. Davie's selection of Chapel Hill for the University site. A group of Trustees, headed by D;vie, were tired from long searches for a suitable site for the University so a popular legend goes and it being a warm day, the men sat down to rest under a huge poplar tree. After a picnic lunch and some "exhilarating beverages," as his torian Archibald Henderson calls them in his account of the legend, Davie and the Trustees decided that they had found the spot for Carolina. But the romantic tale of Davie's picnic lunch under the poplar, according to modern historians, may be little more than a roman tic tale. On the other hand, the problem of the Carolina student and drink has been, and still is, one of reality. In the beginning, there was drinking at the University. And in later years, there were rules and more rules. And the problem of liquor and the student has nev er been solved. The University's Board of Trus tees, as early as 1825, tackled stu dent drinking. In that year the Trustees decreed that the "distil lation or retailing of spirituous liquors at or near Chapel Hill was prohibited. But like most University rules of that, or any, decade, students CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1954 Offices in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES TODAY Not S bind; T Back To 1825 co?che rustees Peneg Ambler, ar Win Titles By JOHN JACKSON Ray Anthony and his band got Senior Week started last night with a two hour concert which included everything from Dixie land to semi-classical productions, Anthony presented many fea tures in his band, including bro ther Leo, and played to an almost packed house. His vocalists, Marcie Miller and Tommy Mercer, sang some of the most popular current hits and teamed up on "Ricochet Romance" with the crowd's ap proval. , It was a new tenor sax man, Jimmy Nusso, however, who really stopped the show. The vigorous Nusso gave "a real jazz treatment to "Idaho" and was - called back for encores each time he played. Anthony also presented his great production of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" and featured Miss Jackie Stuart on "Love Is Where You Find It" At intermission, the Mr. and Miss Alumni awards were made. George McCleod, president of the y ri if ed States' Me micae More Hysteria Seen In Future By CHARLES CHILDS Staff Science Writer Nobel-prize winner Harold C. Urey was concerned about the fu ture -of science yesterday when interviewed in his room at the Carolina Inn. The results of the Oppenheimer case will have a "detrimental ef fect on future scientists entering government service because they will hesitate if their motives are questioned," Dr. Urey said. He emphasized that "the present at tack on science is not unique. It is an attack on the intellectuals and ministers, the attack being fanned by current hysteria sweep ing the country.' ' Dr. Urey, when asked how stu dents can help preserve academic freedom, defined what he meant by "academic freedom." To him it LONG, LONG AGO? after the picnic, 'exhilarating beverages' broke it once in a while. Kemp P. Battle, president of the Uni versity in 1875, notes in his his tory, "A dissipated freshman, Spencer Reeves, was dismissed in. 1829 for giving a drinking and card playing frolic . . ." President deed drinking spirituous liquors of any kind, have been made grave offenses," University President Battle noted. But again Carolina had a rule, some students who broke it, and not much room for faculty interpretation of the Trus Battle recorded other examples of tee law. N. C.Symphony Plays Tonight The North Carolina Symphony is giving an adult concert tonight at 8:30 in Memorial Hall. The nationally-known orchestra noted for its educational program, gives free concerts for the public schools and affords children an opportunity to hear great music performed by accomplished musicians. Benjamin Swalin, conductor of the orchestra, is also director of the N. C. Symphony Society. Dr. Swalin received his M.A. at Columbia University and studied under a fellowship at the Univer sity of Vienna. He has recently been guest conductor of symphony orchestras in Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico. The symphony gave its first public performance at Meredith College in Raleigh, and has since acquired nation-wide fame. students who made jaunts to Pitts boro and Durham to beat the pro hibition rule. In 1837, the Trustees strength ened their rule against student drinking by making it a dismis sal offense to bring liquor into college buildings. A stiff penalty, as penalties went in those days. was set up for bringing whiskey into buildings or public drunk- eness. The penalty usually was suspension from the University. "Since that time drunkeness, private as well as public, and iu- When a student, drunk, appear ed on stage for an annual oratory affair in the following year, it was one of those times when the faculty needed some freedom of interpretation. The student, according to Presi dent Battle, was usually well-mannered. He drank wine "in order to declaim , with animation and, being unaccustomed to stimulants, he took too much by mistake." But the recently-passed law about drunkeness forced the faculty to suspend him for two months. CAMPUS SEEM 2 More Frats Get Visiting Two more fraternities have ac- senior class, introduced Dean means "tne rignt for a professor Ernest L. Mackie, who presented tc say what he believes to be true the awards to Sue Ambler and about his subject in his classroom, Ken Penegar. jand the right of the students to The award was started by last study any subject they wish with- 'Sunbathers on Cobb Beach a wakening to find themselves, confronted by a menacing power mower. ' year's senior class, and was con tinued by the present seniors. Seniors Have Excused Cuts, Confabs Today Being a .senior brings special privileges today excused cuts from classes and labs for the sec ond day of Senior Week go into effect at 8 o'clock this morning. Seniors will meet in Memorial Hall at 10 o'clock to hear talks by Chancellor Robert B. House, Al umni Secretary J. Myron Saunders, and others. An hour later seniors will meet with their deans. Students in Busi- iness Administration will meet with Assistant Dean Arch Dooley in Carroll Hall; those in Arts and Sci ences will meet with Dean Clifford Lyons in Memorial Hall; Educa tion, Dean Guy Phillips in 123 Peabody; Journalism, Dean Norval Luxon in 305 Bynum; Pharmacy, cepted Dean Fred Weaver's temp- Dean E. A. Brecht in- 309 Phar- orary coed visiting plan, it was macy Building, learned yesterday. The Greek societies, Chi Psi and Chi Phi, bring to 10 the total of the campus' 25 social fraternities Sigma Chi pouring a five-gal- 'wh'ich have decided to accept the Ion can of ice water on two of pjan j Pete Dannenbaum, spokesman for Chi Psi, said the members of his fraternity had "voted at lunch" and decided to follow the. plan "at his fraternity brothers wrestling on the Chi lawn at 1 a.m Coeds around Y Court com paring suntanned gams. Parents Day Called Success out the veto of the community' But both of these, Dr. Urey ex plained, must be honest opinions put forward. There is some confusion be tween "the rights of citizens and academic freedom. As to specific things students can do about the attacks on academic freedom, he had no suggestions. But he said that "it puzzles me . . . that of the i large numbers of people who have been to college, there are many who do not know what academic freedom is." In relation to this he asked, "Why do old graduates think the school is full of Reds and IWW's?" They fail to understand, he said, that "the university does not con form and should not conform." Immediately before the interview concluded, Dr. Urey said that he was "discouraged." In his opinion, "the present hysteria in the coun try will not get better but will get worse." He added, with emphasis, "One of the things we need badly is to stop accusing each other of being criminals just because we do not agree with each other." j HAROLD C. UREY . . .plea for 'sanity' Urey Hopes Oppenheimer To Be Cleared Dr. Harold C. Urey, in a ques tion and answer session after his talk yesterday, declared, "I do hope that the committee in Wash ington will see fit to clear Dr. Oppenheimer." Later, in answer to another ques- tion, he said, "I think Dr. Op penheimer has made serious mistakes. That doesn't make him a crook." He added, "If they (the government) didn't like Oppen heimer's opinion, . theyhould, not ask him" for opinions. In answer to other questions, he evaluated the "total effects of Hiss, Rosenberg, and Communists on security" as "very small." He said" that British scientist Klaui Fuchs probably "shortened the time somewhat" for Russian scien tists seeking atomic methods. On the other hand, Dr. Urey said, "The Rosenbergs never had Urey Citizens Loyal, Says Scientist Nuclear chemist Harold C. Urey said yesterday "there is not any internal Communist menace, and there never has been." He refer red to the Communists in the U. S. as "like a sparrow pecking at the back of an alligator." "The United States," Dr. Urey said, "is secure because its citizens are loyal to the principles of dem ocracy. That is the origin of our loyalty." The Nobel Prize winner told members of the Faculty Club that he believes "the neurotic behavior that we see in the world at the present time comes from fear." Dr Urey said this national fear is a result of the tactics of Mc-. Carthyism rather, than the immedi ate threat of international Com munism which he called the real threat. "The 'ism' in McCarthyism is something apart from the man. You all know very well that the honorable Sen. Joseph McCarthy never votes any support for meas ures which would stop interna tional Communism. On the other hand, he ignores the Bill of Rights at will and never catches any domestic Communists." The gray-haired leader of the University of Chicago's Institute of Nuclear' Studies said that the only solution he could suggest to world communism would be a world government." He predicted that- one would be formed "with in the century," and probably "by conquest." He advocated an Atlantic union of free countries into a "true fed eral government with delegation of sovereignty and three branch es." "The chances of adoption of this now are none at all," he said. "We can't get other countries to do it as they distrust us because of our witch-hunting acts of the past few access to atomic information. They were convicted for turning David years. They don't actually trust Greenglass' information over to the administration of justice that the Russians." He called Green-: has been eoinff on in the United glass' contribution to Soviet atom ic power as. "important in that his information corroborated" that which Fuchs gave them. States for the last 10 years." Dr Urey said he had no answer to this problem "until sanity returns." Charlie Katzenstein, president of Alpha Phi Omega service fratern- least for this weekend if for noth-ity' sPnsor of fte fourth annual Spencer, Chi O Win WRC Cup Spencer Dormitory and Chi Omega sorority won first places in the Women's Residence Council scholarship race, and were award ed their trophies at the Student Government banquet last week; Chancellor Robert B. House pre sented the cups to the winning residences, along with recognition for Mclver Dorm, runnerup in the dormitory division, and Delta Del ta Delta sorority, second place in the sorority group. ing else." Piifnc Wsclrnpv frnm Chi PV11 Westminster Fellowship said the arrangement was "temp- ; orary, ana ne understood a new arrangement will be worked out before school is out." Hackney said the upcoming Germans week end was a big reason for his fra- Worship Today At 5:30 There will be a fifteen-minute worship service in the Chapel Hill Presbvterian Church for members and friends this afternoon at 5:30. 1 ternity's accepting the plan. Parents Day held here Sunday, said yesterday he thought the af fair was successful. Katzenstein said "We had nice celebrations, and the band concert, was good." He estimated the crowd at a little over the expected 300 persons. 2 Meetings Planned, First Tonight 101 Orientation Counselors Named Orientation Chairman Rollie Till-, Brown, Donald 1 U nntinirtfmlTlf "Rll TO'P man announceu mc a""""-" - Bryan, of 101 orientation counselors yes terday. The counselors will have two meetings this spring to discuss Dlans for Orientation Week for 1 . 1 1 1 At. Choo-Choo Signs With Redskins For 4th Time WASHINGTON (JP) Charlie Choo-Choo Justice signed yester day for his fourth season with the Washington Redskins ' of the National Football League. Justice, ranked fourth in the league last season in ground gaining. Robert Paul Monroe, Tom Moore, William ! Morgan, Manning Muntzing, Bobby Bill Calvert, Miller Carmichael, 1 Newton, Doug Overman, Robert Richard Coker, John Comer, Will Peek. Conn, Max Crohn, Eddie Culber-j William Peel, Claude Pope, Meb son, Charlie Dean, Taylor Durham, ' ane Pritchett,- Ken Pruitt, Bill Bob Eberlie, R. B. Fitch. j Ragsdale, Graham Rights, Jake new students, to be held in me Fowler Donald Freeman, ! ridge, William Self, John Sewell, fall- J Pinkney Froneberger, Robert Gold- Stanley Shaw, Charles Shelton, The first meeting will be held berg, Bob Harrington, Perky. ITommy Shores, Al Shortt, Hugh ' j i j; X i 1 v r m 1 TT IL - a a I CI 11 r 1 ft r 1 T ni 1 5 tonight at 7:30 in tne auununuui nayes, looy nayneswonn, ocouy of Carroll Hall. Counselors will Hester, Jimmy Hill, Luther Hod hear Luanne Thornton, chairman ges. , of women's orientation, President! Bill Huff, Blake Hunter, John Tom Creasy, Chancellor Robert B.'nussey, Henry Isaacson, Robert House, and Charles Bernard of the jacobus, Bill Jenkins, Eric Jonas, WilDur Jones, Jerry Kann, uianes Katzenstein, Thomas Kepley, Tom Lambeth, Bob Litaker. admissions office. The counselors are Charles Airman. Pete Ash, Osborne Ays- cue Quincy Ayscue, Dick Baker, Shull, Syd Shuford, Jim Skidmore, Clyde Smith, Snyder Pate, Jack Stevens, John Tayloe, John Thompson, Donald Thornton, Dan Vann, Jerry Vayda, Burt Veazey, Bill Venable, Gaither Walser, Mike Weinman, Buddy Wells, Herbert Wentz, David Whitaker. Raymon White, Charles Wick- Ray Long, Warren Love, Ken ham, Larry Williams, Ed Willing- ii mi. .l . .mi nil, i i, ii. ii iu.i i in in i in i L,,i) ii. ipyay rw ! if SxsA M r frtfMl 0'-' f fi ? t, V?r f Mil , , : f -iA ' ; 1 - ; I if' I I r' 'V1' '.i si& - . w if ' mmmi THIS IS THE ALL-COED LINEUP at the pageint Friday night in the congest for the title of Miss Chapel Hill. Left to right are Page Moore, UNC May Queen; Ann Jacobs, last year's Miss Chapel Hill; u r:n Pnh , I.nwrv. Lavtnn MpCiirdv. Genrpft hsm. Pbarlie Wolf, and Offhurns Barbara Stone, the new Miss ChaDel Hill, and Joan Brcwn. runnerua to Miss Stone. Miss Stori will Tommy xsenneti, dm i - " .- 1. Brawley David Brown, Wayne ; McKinney, Jim Martin, Bob Mason, Yates. compete in the Miss North Carolina contest later. R. B. Henley photo.
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