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HERETIC
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VOLUME LVI1 No. 43
UP Wonts
hro Rift'
Party Feels Ex-GI's Need More Academic
Life; Legislature Will Get Measure Tonight
The University Party tonisht will intrridnre
student Legislature to exempt all veterans who can pass the
fundamentals test from the one year of required physical ed
ucation. Rueberi Leonard, chairman of the University Party, said
Tar Heels Got
Cold In Hurry
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
.North Carolinians turned -from
therheat of the political campaigns
to 'another favorite subject today
the weath
er. Winter's in
i t i a 1 assault
on the state
found several
temperatures
well below
freezing yes
terday, with
more of the
same predicted today.
Low temperatures of 15 to 20
were predicted for the mountains,
with readings
of 22 to 28
elsewhere. In
ireasing cloud
ihess and
somewhat
warmer was
the. forecast
for today.
' As. re ville
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f
reported a low of IS Wednesday
morning. Charlotte had a shiver
ing 24, Greensboro reported 25,
Raleigh 28 and Wilmington 29.
UNC Agencies
Contributed To
Negro Study
Two University agencies have
already made contributions to the
study of racial integration in the
public schools as the result of the
U. S Supreme Court decision.
The New York (Times, in the
Sunday edition, October 31, gave
high praise to the University's In
stitute of Government for its re
cent report to Governor William B.
Umstead oh the background of the
decision and possible solutions.
"Historically and statistically
and for its educational value, the
Institute's report is almost with
out parallel in thisfield of re
search," the Times' editorial said.
- Entitled "A Southern Reconnais
sance," th6 editorial mentioned
various Southern groups who have
responded cooperatively to the Su
preme Court's requests for help
from the states in implementing
the law.
Governor Umstead's Special Ad
visory Commission on Education
was described as "an able, non
political" group studying the pub
lic school system of the State.
Lef ler Wins Award
- THE WACHOVIA MisiuKi
" CAL Society has awarded its
Spangenberg medal to Dr. Hugh
T. Lefler "in recognitien of his
excellent 'North Carolina, The
History of Southern State "
This medal was "presented as
a token of recognition by the So
ciety of important historical con
tribution to North Carolina's
history."
' The medal was presented in
behalf of the Society by Dr.
Douglas L. Rights, Winston
Salem, its president,
Yesterday
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To
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bill
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Exempt Vets
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-yesterday, "The University Party
feels that since -veterans have been
out of school much longer than the
average freshman, that it takes
more time for them to adapt them-
selves to academic life."
Leonard also said that since so
many of the veterans are going
into pre-law, pre-med and pre-dent-al
schools, that in itself is rough
enough without putting an extra
hardship on them.
According to the bill, all veter
ans have been through either basic
training or boot camp plus a cer
tain amount of supervised recrea
tion, thus they won't be missing
too many of the benefits offered
by compulsory physical education.
At the present time, veterans with
undue hardships can appeal to a
faculty committee headed by Dean
C. P. Spruill, dean of the General
College, for exemptions.
Dean Spruill said yesterday that
he knew there was much dissat
isfaction on the part of all con
cerned with the present physical
education set-up. He also said
that the present policy of the one
year required physical education
was formulated by the Administra
tive Board of the General College
and submitted to the Faculty
Council. The Faculty Council rep
resents the whole faculty in all
lacuuy aiiairs.
The bill will be in the form of
a resolution to be presented to the
Administrative Board.
The UP completed nominations
for candidates for the coming elec
tions Tuesday night in an unus
ually long session, which lasted
more than two hours. :
- Before the nominations , began,
Bev Webb gave a legislature re
port and discussed the bills intro
duced by the party at the last
meeting of the legislature. He
discussed at length the bill con
cerning the abolishment of quizzes
during fraternity rush week, and
also told of the bills to be intro
duced in the near future.
Charles Ackerman eavp a oub-
licity report and discussed types
of publicity to be used in the com
ing elections.
The complete slate of nomina
tions is as follows: Dorm Men's
I, Buzz Merritt and Steve Phelps:
Dorm Men's II, Bill Blue and Dave
Whitaker; Dorm Men's in, Bob Sta
pleton, Bill Groce and Bill Ginn;
Dorm Men's IV, Bill Kirkman and
Lionel King; Dorm Men's V, Pat
Hunter, John Zollicoffer and Jim
Montieth. ,
.Town Men's I, Jack Stevens, Col
in McMillan, Hoke iThompson, Lar
ry Cobb, Jim Martin and Tom
Johnson; Town Men's l Jim Ex
um; Town Men's IH, Jim Beatty,
Charles Ackerman, Jerry Harring
ton, Watt Huntley and Lamont
Krimminger; Town Women's, Bebe
Baumann; Dorm Women's, Luanne
Thornton, Laura Ervin, Nan Brown
and Jane Cocke.
Junior Class Officers: President,
Bill Sanders; vice president, Ken
Anderson; secretary, Anne War
ren; treasurer, Al Resnick, and so
cial chairman, Mary Dunn.
Ed Jordan, attorney general,
said, "I sincerely feel that the Un
iversity Party has the most quali
fied and responsible candidates
running in this election that it
has ever had before. They are
outstanding."
Chairman Leonard said, The"
meeting was undoubtedly the best
that the University Party has ever
had. There was more enthusiasm
present than there is at most Car
olina pep rallies. We are confi
dent that we have the best candi
dates, and we feel sure that the
students know it."
'Camille' Tonight
Graham Memorial Activities
Board will present Greta Gar
bo in the most celebrated film
of her. career,' "Camille," to
night at 8 o'clock in Carroll
Hall Auditorium. Season tick
ets, which cover the eight re
maining films of the season,
cost $2.00 and will be sold at
the door.
UP) Wire Service
V.
Solons
Will Get
13 Bills
Thirteen bills will come before
student Legislature at 7 o'clock
tonight in Phi Hall, New East, in
cluding a resolution concerning
Rush Week quizes, a bill setting
up a Veteran , Affairs Commission
and a resolution putting the stu
dent Legislature on record as be
ing "absolutely opposed to any
rise in tuition."
A resolution establishing a Ju
dicial Problems Study Commis
sion; a bill establishing a Legisla
ture Complaint Board; a bill
which would establish a board for
negotiating with the administra
tion; a resolution asking for a
stoplight at the gym; a resolution
commending the IDC and estab
iishing a Social Activities Commis
sion a resolution which would ini
tiate a study of the legislative and
executive branches of student gov
ernment; a bill placing a legisla
tor in charge of Victory Village
affairs in the Legislature; a bill
setting up a training program for
new student government officers,
and a resolution establishing a
commission to study the problems
presented by the lack of Univer-
; sity housing will be acted on
Student Group
Secretary Will
Talk Tonight
Mrs. Ruth Haines Purkaple, pro
gram secretary for the Committee
on Friendly Relations among For
eign Students, will speak tonight
at an International Student Sup
per Meeting in Lenoir Hall. The
meeting will begin at 5:30 and
close shortly after 7 in time f oi
those who wish to attend the Car-
olina Forum Lecture by Norman
! Thomas at 8 in, Hill Hall.
Those wishing to attend should
go through the cafeteria line be
tween 5:30 and 5:45 and carry
their trays to second floor front
.lining room where the meeting1
.vill be held.
Mrs. Purkaple will speak on
"World Understanding Through Vi
sits With International Students."
Mrs. Purkaple comes to Chapel
Hill at the end of a month-long
tour of university communities in
the Mid-West and South. Her meet
ing here is being sponsored by the
Worid Understanding Commis
sions of the University YMCA and
YWCA.
Late Permission
Late permission will be grant
ed for all girls attending the
Stan Kenton concert in Raleigh
on November 11.
All girls must return to the
residence immediately after the
concert and should be no later
than midnight.
The usual sign-out sheets will
be used.
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954
Peace Trio
$ c
THE PEACE College trio, made
Newsome of R.leigh, Caroline Hackney of Sanford, Fla., and Ruth
Sidon of Lawrence, Mass. will be part of the entertainment on hand
for the IDC blanket party and radio broadcast of "Our Best to You"
Friday night.
100 Gallons Of
Set For Blanket
Some 25 young coeds carrying"
"night club" trays will mingles
with the crowd Friday night pas
sing out cookies as Jimmy Cappsv
"Our Best to You" is presented in
the Upper and Lower Quads.
The girls, who will be represen
tees from the Stray Greeks, Wo-
men's Residence Council and the
interdependent women s council,
will be giving out some 250 dozen
cookies from Thell's Bakery.
The Interdormitory Council,
which is sponsoring the blanket
party and radio broadcast, is also
furnishing 100 gallons of coffee
through the courtesy of Lenoir
Dining Hall.
John Beshara, chairman of the
IDC Social Committee, said, "We
had
originally planned to serve
hot chocolate instead of coffee,
but we were unable to arrange for
der.
"The problem involved was one
oi Keeping me cuucoiaie nut mux cecKy iee, miss uunn OI lyo,
no one had the facilities. Thank who will do pantomines; Chee
must go to Mr. Prillaman, mana- Chee and Tom Davis, brother and
ger of Lenoir Dining Hall, who sister dance team; a girls trio,
has gone to great efforts in sup- from Peace College and the Uni
plying the tremendous amount of versity Band.
Torchlight Parade Friday Night
Starts Homecoming Weekend
"Activities for. the homecoming i night at 8:30.
celebration to take place this week
end will begin with a parade to
morrow night and end with the
Homecoming Dance Saturday
night.
Plans are being made for to
morrow night's torchlight parade,
which will be led by the Univer
sity Band.
The half time activities of the
UNC-USC football game on Sat.
urday will include the crowning
of the Homecoming Queen, a pre
cision drill exhibition by the Air
Force ROTC's crack drill squad
ron and special card stunts.
A special planetarium show fol
lowing the game will be held in
addition to the regular show that
Air Force ROTC Names Its Sponsors
To Sing Here
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up of (left to right) Betsy Ann
Coffee
Party
coffee. We hope that everybody head Faculty Lounge will follow
will be just as happy or happier : Thomas' arrival in Chapel Hill,
with the coffee, which will be There at 4 o'clock this afternoon
good and hot." - . ' (Thomas will meet with the faculty
.More than 400 requests have' and graduate students of the His-
been received hv Cann from TITMCT
students for songs on. the Friday
night show. He has said that he
'will fill all of them he possbily
can.
More than 500 Explorer Scouts
attending the annual Explorer Vo
cational Conference here will also
be present for the. broadcast.
Arrangements have. been made
through the cooperation of Mari-
lyn Zager, president of Smith dor-!
miloxy and the Independent Wo
men's Council, to have groups of
men from the various dormitories
; to escort groups of coeds to the
, pep rally and the show.
! A number of live entertainers
, . . . . . cne American wvn jjiuciuca uu'
show. Among them will be David.. . mKo, nf tho
Phipps, baritone from Durham;
A Homecoming Dance will be
sponsored Saturday night by the
Order of the Grail. It will be held
from nine until midnight in Wool
len Gymnasium. The Homecoming
Queen will reign, and music will
be furnished by Jimmy Johnson.
The Jimmy Johnson Orchestra
was formed in the fall of 1953.
The group, composed mainly of
Carolina students, was organized
to provide a college band thatj
Carolina could call its own
Jotjnson has played at all the
Grail sponsored dances this year
and had a long list of engage
ments last year, including many
fraternity, sorority and indepen-
dent campus affairs.
Offices In Graham Memorial
Wrmo
Socialist's
Talk Is Set
In Hill At 8
Norman Thomas, Socialist Party
leader, will speak in Hill Hall to
night at 8 o'clock. The public is
invited.
The subject of Thomas' speech
will be "America's Political Pov
erty." He has announced that he
will discuss "the lack of basic
thinking in politics and our instru
mental poverty in the light of the
election results."
Thomas is being sponsored by
the Carolina Forum, "official agen
cy of Student Government of UNC
established to bring speakers of
state, national and world import
ance to the campus."
A delegation of UNC students
with representatives of the Forum,
Student Government and Division
of Student Affairs will meet Thom
as when he arrives this afternoon
at 2:10 at Raleigh-Durham Airport.
An informal discussion in More-
lory uepanmem
Thomas will be the guest of hon
or at a private dinner given by the
Carolina Forum at 6:30 this after
noon, and at a reception in Graham
Memorial following his address.
Thomas has run for many offi
ces on the Socialist Party ticket,
including the offices of mayor of
New York City and governor of
New York State. He has campaign-
ed for the presidency of the United
States six times on the socialist
ticket. ' ' ' ' ' "
Thomas, who has campaigned for
world disarmament, is national
chairman of the Post War World
Council. He is also active in the
League for Industrial Democracy,
(the Workers Defense League and
; .., onnvmitte nf the
Socialist Party, is president of the
Call Association which publishes
"The Call," America's outstanding
Socialist journal.
Thomas, who is a radio commen
tator for the Socialist Call, has
written numerous books and pam
phlets about America's political
conditions. ' Among his books are
Appeal to the Nations, What Is
Our Destiny? Human Exploitation,
America's Way Out, A Socialist's
Faith and The Test of Freedom.
Queen Voting
Voting for the Homecoming
Queen will be done today and
tomorrow in Y court.
The candidates will include
girls sponsored by each women's
dormitory and sorority. The
queen will be elected by popu
lar vote.
Pictures of the candidates
will be on the bulletin board of
the Y during the voting.
The queen, whose election is
sponsored by the University
Club, will be crowned during
halftime ceremonies of the foot
ball game and will reign at the
dance Saturday night.
SPONSORS for 1954-55,
the Air Force ROTC here
are shown above. The
girls, chosen to represent
the Air Force group in
social and other func-
. tions, are (left to right,
front row) Misses Callie
Mitchell; Kathy Widman,
the honorary executive of
ficer; Jackie Van Hook;
Judy Jackson, honorary
colonel; Capt. Joseph
Gerrity; Mary Ann Mur
phy; JiJi Rainwater and
Carolyn Cole. Second row,
standing, are Misses Bob
bie Lee Moretz, Rita
'Schafer, Lary Lou O'Mara
and Ann Wrenn. Sponsors
not shown in the picture
are . Misses Nancy Whis
nant and Connie Carbor-ough.
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Fired Catawba Profs
Win Right to Papers
By LOUIS KRAAR
DTH Associate Editor
DURHAM, Nov. 3 Two fired
Catawba College music professors
who are suing their former col
lege for a "malicious and unfair"
dismissal won the right to exam
ine certain college documents af
ter an afternoon of courtroom
drama.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J.
Thomas, the two former profes-
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
sors, asked Durham Superior
Court Judge Clifton L. Moore for
20 documents several of which
relate to alleged embezzlement
and homosexuality on the Salis
bury college campus. And Judge
Moore, reversing a decision of
Orange County's Superior Court
clerk, granted all but four.
The Thomases were discharged
from the college for al
leged disloyalty to the adminislra
tion in 1952. Since then, the Am
erican Association of University
Professors have declared that the
music teachers ' "were devoted"
and "did not fail in loyalty."
The affair started several years
ago with an argument over "stan
dards" in the Catawba Music De
partment, according to Thomas.
The discharged professor, who
now lives in Chapel Hill, said: "I
wanted high standards, and he
(the college president) didn't." '
Young GOP's Meet Tonight
Porter Griggs, president of the UNC Young Republican Club, in
announcing his group's meeting tonight, said yesterday, "The offi
cers of the YRC are very upset over the seemingly one-sided view
of The Daily Tar Heel's editorial page. With Herblock and Drew
Pearson running daily with their respective blasts at the GOP, we
can't understand why the editor and his associates must also force
their pro-Democratic party views on the campus and student body."
The club is meeting tonight in Roland Parker Lounge number 1
of Graham Memorial at 7 o'clock. Griggs said that "TThe Daily Tar
Heel issue and the Carolina Forum" would be discussed.
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basic political thinking
William Dalton, Jr., attorney
for the Thomases, took the posi
tion that the two teachers were
fired for saying at a faculty meet
ing that ! Catawba College Presi
dent A. R. Keppel was involved in
embezzlement and for reporting
to a dean homosexuality in the
Music Department, which Thomas
headed. .
"We have to prove these things
And to do it we need the papers
Our position is that the things
Mr. Thomas said were true," the
attorney said.
Catawba College attorney Stahle
Lynn, Jr., termed the document
request "merely a fishing expe
dition or scavanger hunt to see
what they (the professors) can
find." He added, "The reason we
deny the plaintiffs the right to
have these papers is that they do
not pertain to the contract."
And Barney T. Jones, attorney
for the Thomases, argued, "This
is not just a breach of contract.
This is a malicious breach of con
tract. The plaintiff in this action
has been falsely accused and dis
charged." Jones said that the papers he
wanted would show that the pro
fessors were wrongfully fired. He
concluded, "It is the ugliest pic-
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