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U ?! C ci;?:i hi-'-. c. .i i - T1- J- 5 r G RTGATION Wish thr r a'lDti's Supreme Court mnk;n r.cus the rd:tor decides today to make some decision of n own The text is on pate 2. WEATHER ) Sunny and warm with 84 high today. Yestrrday'3 high, 81; low, i 1 VOLUME LXH NUMBER 197 Complete P Photo and Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY. MAY 18, 1954 Offices in Graicm Memorial FOUR PAGES TODAY r MM ft? CI n n cti in tru . " Ml UJ jl L Dr. r ran The Dialectic Senate will dedi cate its newly-furnished and beau- ' jiful hall to the University tonight ceremonies which wjll be high jghted by an address by Dr. Frank f. Graham, former president of he University. J President of the Student Body torn Creasy has proclaimed today Y' "Dialectic Senate Day." The proclamation read, "It is with a jreat deal of pleasure that I pro llaim today, May 18, 1954, Dialec "jc Senate Day, in honor of its G&ih Anniversary and the dedica- jon of its renovated Hall. ! i "When we realize that out of the dialectic and Philanthropic Soci "ties grew our student government ,if today, we can begin to see the ignificanee of this day and the jistoric organization it honors." "l Many alumni, faculty members, snd persons in the University ad ministration will join with the Di jenators in a buffet to be served V the Carolina Inn at 6:15, pre ceding the actual dedication. i Then the scene shifts to Di Hell h New West at 8 o'clock for the eremonies. Chancellor Robert R. ouse will make the acceptance V behalf at the University of the' few luiiiisiiuigs which rresiaeru the Di, Henry Lowet of Win- (on-Salem, will present. Attendance at the buffet and the i -emonies in- Di Hall is by invi ion only, due to space limita j)ns. However, all those who tould like to meet Dr. Graham are ivited to the reception in the iorehead Planetarium at approxi mately 9:30 tonight. State Was Only $3 6V2 Million Short Of Equalized Schools ! RALEIGH -W- In dollars and ents, the State of North Carolina jus within approximately $36,591, 175 of equalizing the valuation ol jTegro school plants with that pro vided for its white public school hidents. j Figures developed yesterday by f. C. West, statistician for fhe Jtste Board of Education, show fiat the white school plant, for the chool year ending last June 30, vas worth $316,483,762. 4jThe valuation of property set 'Side for Neero elementarv and ".igh school students was set at 77,408,825. Since Negro students ,tmpose about 29 per cent of the i. J - . ire Preachers' Points Of Religion: Reason For Students' V (First of two articles) In a necessarily brief but revealing study, Caro lina students expressed concern for religion, whik V, .voicing varied opinions about its place on campus and in their own lives. . Many interviewed stu- I dents were confident of their convictions about 1 God, others had doubts , concerning religious be - liefs. Although admitting ! the usefulness of chur )viehps. more students felt l' mal discussions in which ' - I religion and faith could .i i i u k i. i . . v . k 1 AW. . . i . ... k f be "freely talked about , , "I don't think r that preachers here are young t j enough in their points of V view to aDDeal to college 1 o students, saw a junior Methodist coed. "I find v that discussions in the ,V. dorms and in .other cam- pus organizations better ' answer my religious needs." She pointed out that in as lame a uni- y , versity as UNC, stu ( 1 1 dents have an opportun V ity to team more about the religion of others, broadenins their nwn views - and gaining a vital overall educational 'growth. J Marlyn Zager, Jewish 'coed from Greensboro, j thought religious think j ing in college should JU k To Joan Brown Miss Modern Venus; University Club Carnival Is Tonight Navy Field Will Be ' Midway For Evening Of Games, Activities Twenty-two campus organiza tions, with sideshow booths rang ing from hoochie coochie girls to prize-winning games, will partici pate in the annual University Club Carnival tonight at 7 o'clock on the Navy Field. Plans for the carnival include music to be piped over a public address system, door prizes, and a pride for the best booth. Ad mission is free. Participants are asked to note the time change from 8 to 7 o'clock. Entrants are two coed dorms, three men's dorms, five sororities, and ii traternities. The nurses residence Aycock Manley and Smith dorms arately. are entering sep- Fraternities entering separately are SAE, TEP, ATO, St. Anthony, and Kappa Psi. Listed as fraternity-sorority combinations are Pi Phi and DKE, Chi 0 and Phi Kap, Chi Phi and Tri Delt, ADPi and Chi Psi, and Sigma Chi and Alpha Gam. total school enrollment, their plant, I for so-called equalization, should; be about 114 million. West's figures show that, per- centagewise, Negro school enroll- ment is dropping in the state. Although an increase of $36,591, - 175 in valuation of the Negro plant would theoretically result in equal- ization, West said the money need- ed, in effect, was in sight. He pointed out that his figures do not include expenditures or appropri- ations under the state's most re-' cent 5ft millinn Hnl?.nr cnhnnl Imnrl - m . . 'i JJ- VA program. In additiob, he said, ao-, proximately 25 million' is available in local money for school building. View Young Enough? peak 3 Winners From DTH In Awards Jennie Lynn, Louis Kraar, and Tom Peacock, all writers for The Daily Tar Heel, won awards in the snnual Press Club Awards Contest, it was announced last night at the club's meeting by Clinton Andrews, chairman of the Awards Commit tee. Miss Lynn, senior from Savan nah, Ga., took two of the four awards. They were in the news and feature divisions. Kraar, sophomore from Char lotte, won top honors in the editorial-column division, and Pea cock, of Arlington, Va., won hon ors in the sports division. Honorable mention in the con test went to Fred Powledge, Ra leigh, in the news division; Edwina McMullan-, Greenville, in the editorial-col umn division; John Hus sey, Shreveport, La., in the sports division, and Jess Nettles Jr., Chapel Hill, in the feature division. Powledge works in The Daily Tar Heel's news department. Hussey is sports editor of the campus newspaper. Miss Lynn's winning entry in the feature division was en titled "Christmas: A Conversation- al Piece," appearing in The Daily Tar Heel on Dec. 15. Her winning j entry in the news division was the coverage of a speech made here by Dr. Ralph Sockman on' Dec. 17. (The story appeared in iThe Daily , Tar Heel on February 18. j Kraar's winning entry in the editorial-column division was "On the Carolina Front." It concerned the Baptist Student Union activi- ties, and appeared in The Duly Tar Heel on Dec. 8. Peacock's winner was a column, "t. u0i cnni.to " nnfun-nma io Carolina-Virginia football game. It appeared in The Daily Tar Heel 'on Nov. 22. x 01 lltCl ULJUllO, IVIILVI i v- f point mainly toward learning about the faith of others. By the time you reach college age you should know about your own religion, she said, and be willing to listen to and learn about others "One of the greatest things I've found here is in the discussions," she said, "in which others have been interested in my own religion, and I have been exposed to theirs." Marlyn commented that often adults condemn college students for changing radically in their religious beliefs. "This is certainly nothing to con demn them for," she continued, "for only by doubting can you achieve a stronger, understand ing of yourself and religion. I don't think the doubters doubt just to be 'smart'; they are sin cere in their thinking." She expressed a desire for requiring Religion 28, a survey of the Old and New Testaments, under Dr. Boyd, to be taken by all Carolina students. "Just as a basis to talk from," said Dave Bie lawski, senior majoring in philosophy, "let's sep arate 'religion' from 'faith'. Faith then, is abso lutely essential, whereas religion andor church may or may not be." To him the church ideally should be a means of centralizing and giving direction to an indi vidual's faith. But some people's faith can be of more spiritual nature. "Theirs is a more perfect faith which transcends the need for concrete rep resentation of faith which the church offers to many, and which is necessary to many," he said. "Many college students," he continued, "are faced with a very real problem. Advances in scholarship and science lately have urged some to want to be able to prove everything, by. start ing from fact and then operating- through logic and reason. Yet to ever hope to do this with faith is a direct contradiction. By very definition, reason and logic cannot cope with faith." Other students felt church attendance necessary. Tonight ' Delta Delta Delta Wins Derby Trophy With First Places By CONNIE MARPLE Tri Delta Sorority undressed the fastest, had the best pie-throwing arms, and took their second Sigma Chi Derby yesterday. Joan Erown, runnerup in the re cent Miss Chapel Hill contest, was judged Miss Modern Venus by the social fraternity, and crowned queen of the Derby. Sarah Fair placed second and Ann May took third place in the beauty race. The ' derby, an , annual affair, opened yesterday with a parade of gaily decorated cars led by the Lincolnton High School Band. As the cars entered the stadium, the contestants were judged on deco rations and dress. - Chi Omega girls, dressed in red snd yellow ringmaster outfits, were judged best in the decorations and costumes division. Winners of the races were: The Grand National, Nurses' Residence; Pace to the Flesh, Tri Delts; Hit the Geek, Tri Delts; Skit, Nurses' Residence, and Secret Event, Al pha Delta Pi's. The Sigma Chi Derby, which had its begining at the University of California in the early 30's, has spread throughout the country and is now a feature at over 100 Sigma . Chi chapters. Hoey Successor Seen After May 29 Primary RALEIGH -UP)- Informed political sources predicted yesterday that Gov. Umstead will wait until after . the May 29 primary to announce i his choice as successor to U. S. Sen. Clyde R. Hoey. This predic tion came as the governor's office reported that the mails, telegraph J and telephone have brought en-; dorsements of 59 persons, includ- ! ing Gordon Gray and Frank Gra-, ham, for the Senate seat left va 'cant by Hoey's death last Friday. ' - . Being As Moral As They Are? Baptist freshman coed Annette Niven said that by going to church she felt stronger and had an opportunity to think more about religion. "I think you can be just as good a person without attend ing church," she said, "but to me it is important to go at least once a week to think about what (Illustrations y Staff Artist Stan i- V MARY M.k KI W I I . . . in concert al Hill Hall lonight Mary MacKenzie Recital Set Tonight At 8 In Hill Auditorium Mary MacKenzie, contralto, will ing Teachers' Oward in 1953, and give a recital in Hill Hall tonight has been- an active member of at 8 o'clock. She will be accom- the Juilliard Opera Theatre, panied by Wilton Mason of the : Her program will include a Music Department. group of Italian songs by Scar- Miss MacKenzie, a scholarship : latti, Torelli, and Durante; Ger- student at the Juilliard School of man Lieder; French songs by Music, was selected by the Met-; Poulenc, Faure, and Ravel; Folk ropolitan Opera Company to iip- Songs of the British Isles arrang pear on their radio program, "Met ed by Benjamin Britten and ' O Auditions of the Air" in 1953. Don Fatale'' Irom Verdi's "Don ing Teachers' Award in 1953, and Carlos;" Joyner Removed From Critical List; Inquest Wi!! Be Delayed William H. Joyner, 20, the student shot in the back in Saturday morning's Phi Delta Theta affray, was taken off the critical list at the University Memorial Hospital yesterday at 5 p.m. Joyner was placed on the satisfactory list. Neither he nor Al len B. Long, 21, are able to have visitors except for members of their families. Long has been on the satisfactory list. Coroner Allen Walker said yesterday he would not hold a cor oner's session with Long and Joyner until -'they are out of the hos pital " This will be about three weeks in the case of Joyner. Putnam Davis of Larchmont, N. Y., and Greenwich, Conn., was killed in the shooting, apparently suicide. His funeral was yester day afternoon in Greenwich. Assistant Dean of Students Roy Holsten told a meeting of fra ternitv oresidents yesterday, when sked if the shooting would have any effect on the current discussions on. fraternity drinking, "the faculty committee was discussing the problem long before this." you believe in." Sonia Bergan, Lutheran junior, said she doesn't believe that a person is sinning when he doesn't go to church, out that church is a desirable fellow ship of believers and a necessary place to receive sacraments and the communion of the saints. "Religion is aot an irresistible force to good in itself," said Vince Hoelscher, freshman Baptist busi ness major, "but in the Individual perhaps is the reason for creating a force for good." He feels re ligion is the orimary force for doing good, and said "it is the biggest reason that college students remain as moral ss they are.'' These and other students were asked four ques tions, offered by Charlie Jones, minister of the Chapel Hill Community Church. The questions are: 1. Do you believe the teachings of Jesus are true? 2. If true, how did you become convinced of your answer"' 3. Do you believe Mohammed, Confuscious, Buddha, and other great religions leaders teach basically the same things? 4. If true, how did you come to this conclusion? "Yes" to the first question came from all of those interviewed. .The reasons for the answer were 50 percent because "Christ is the son of God." 50 percent because "they are good, honest, and just." Forty percent of the answers to the third and fourth questions were doubtful or negative because cf ignorance of these religious leaders' teachings. These students said that Christianity was the most perfect religion; although those mentioned above have part of the truth, they think "people can be saved only if they "believe in the divinity of Christ." The remaining 60 percent do not believe in the absolute divinity of Jesus or that he is the onlv savior. They expressed tolerance for other reli gions and said they thought a good Buddhist, Mo hammedan, or Confucianist was saved, just as a Good Christian-. (This article will be concluded tomorrow.) Smith) 4- I D ecision Wipe Out Practice For Many Months WASHINGTON The Supremo Conn ruled unanimously yes terday that sei'reuation of Negro and white students in public schools is unconstitutional. But it said it will hear further arguments this fall on how and when to end the practice. Thus many months perhaps more time will elapse before the . , historic ruliim actually wipes out Trustees Set UNCs Policies, Says Dr. Purks University Provost J. ' H. Purks -aid yesterday, after the Supreme ( ourt handed down its decision en segregation. "We have not seen the full text of the Supreme Court de cision. Admissions policies of the University of North Carolina are prescribed by the Board of Trus tees, and we will continue to look to the Trustees for guidance." Provost Purks spoke for Presi dent Gordon Gray, who is in Wash ington presiding over the special committee hearings to determine, ol atomic scientist Robert Oppen beimer should be allowed to con tinue to work in this country's atomic energy program. The present University policy allows Negro admission to profes sional or graduate schools when such schools aren't pro"ided 'ty and in the State of North Carolina for such racial groups." j The admission policy towards Negro .students was established by the Trustees on April 3, 1951. At ; that time, the Trustees declared 'hat Negro applications to gradu ate or professional school., "shall i be processed without regard to color or race." At present there are three Ne , groes enrolled in the University. State's Action About Schools Is Not Known RALEIGH -- Gov. Umstead was "terribly disappointed" yesterday at the U. S. Supreme Court's deci sion that segregation in the public schools is unconstitutional. However, the Governor reserve ! further comment on the historic opinion until he has a chance "to read and study it." Other state of-1 ficials issued similar statements U. S. Sen. Alton A. Lennon said, "I deplore the decision but I have no comment until I have had an opportunity to read it." Some top legislative leaders wee divided on the need of a special session of the Legislature to chart the course the state will follow as s result of the opinion. Some point ed out that the court action in delaying issuance of decrees to enforce its decision allows some time to do this. House Speaker E. T. Bost Jr. of Cabarrus said th e'ecision "probably will require a special session of the Legislature in the near future." Rep. W. B. Rodman of Beaufort, chairman of the House Finance Ccmmittee, said he thought a spe cial session "probably will have to be called." He added that state leaders should study the opinion "calmly and deliberately" first. Rodman said the decision "creates for us one of the gravest problems that has arisen in 75 years, one that will require careful delibera tion and thought." Rodman added that "I think we should halt all school construction until we determine what course we should pursue." He was rferring to the state's 50 million dollar bond issue for building schools and ef forts of various counties to erual ize school facilities. - Other legislative leaders were of the opinion a special session may not be necessary in- view of the fact that the Supreme Court de layed until this fall or perhaps later the issuance of decrees en forcing its decision. They pointed out that the Legislature is "meet ing in January anway." Wi Not the separate schools now in ex istence in many states. Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. was again invited to participate in arguments, as well as the attor neys general of the 17 states re quiring or permitting segregation in public education. If the state attorneys general wish to partici pate they must let the court know by Sept. 15 and must submit briefs by Oct. I, Warren said. Chief Justice Warren read the court's opinion which declared: "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal (sic) has no place. Separate educational facil ities are inherently unequal." The cases decided with the court's finding that segregation is unconstitutional involved five states: South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, Delaware, and the Dis trict of Columbia. But lawyers said a ruling a gainst segregation would affect a total of 17 states which have laws requiring separation of the races in schools, plus three other states having laws which permit but do not require segregation. States whose laws require seg regation were listed for the court as Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lou isiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis souri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Virginia, and West Virgin ia. States with permissive segrega lion were listed as New Mexico, Wyoming and Kansas. In an apparent effort to pre- , elude any advance leak of their historic ruling, the court took the action unprecedented in recent years of withholding printed copies of the decision until it had been read in full from the bendt. Ordinarily, pages distribute the printed opinions to reporters in the courtroom just before the jus tice who wrote the majority view begins to read. Thus several min utes went by today before it could be determined how the court had decided the cases After reviewing a long line of decisions bearing on the "separate but equal" doctrine, Chief Justice Warren wrote: "We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis oi race, even though the physical facilities and other 'tangible' factors may be equal, de prive the children of the minority group of equal education oppor tunities? We believe that it does." Warren said the court's decision "cannot turn on merely a com parison of these tangible factors in the Negro and white schools in volved." He added: "We must look instead to the effect of segregation itself on pub lic education." On approaching the problem. Warren said, "we cannot turn the clock back to 18G8 when the (14th) amendment was adopted or even to 18f5 when Plessy vs. Fer guson was written. "We must consider public edu cation in the light of its full de velopment and its place in Ameri can life throughout the nation. "Only in this way can it be de termined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs (Negroes) of the equal protection of the laws." Seniors To Meet Graduating seniors are expect ed to attend a required meeting Thursday at 4:15 p.m. in Me morial Hall to discuss commence ment procedures, Dr. J. C. Lyons, faculty marshal, said yesterday.
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