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a a . -e -r. ., , T - - - t n A. f i O WEATHER Fair and slowly warming todav with expected high of 45. vf JUSTICE White man's jiMice is a lor. ; way from just, says the ed.tor. See p. 2. VOL. LVI1 No. 67 Sandy Dann, UNCs Spearfish ides Stingarees Bareback Sandy Dann, a Phi Delta Theta i from Orlando, Fla., enjoys a j sport -where there is never a dull moment, or a safe one either. ! He has held records in the use i of the spear gun and in cave div ing. Among the most exciting in cidents are excavating Spanish galleon cannons, exploring un derwater caves, riding a monster and being surrounded by a school of barracuda. The person who uses the spear gun is meeting the fish on equal ground. Equipment for the dive includes feet flappers, bathing suit, face mask, weight belt, knife, test line, spear gun and aqualung. PRESSURE GREATEST ENEMY Aqua lung is a tank that the swimmer wears on his back that connects by a hose to the mouth. This compensates for the pres sure, which, Sandy explained, is the greatest enemy of all. The pressure of the water on the body doubles with every added 32 to 35 feet of depth. Aqua lung tends to equalize pressure of body and water. Sandy first began this sport when he was 12. "It is the fast est growing sport in the United States," he said. It began in France 20 to 25 years ago. Since he began, Sandy has done most of his free-swimming off the Florida Keys. He uses, like other participants in the sport, an aqualung for self-contained breathing. i Around the coral reefs off the Keys, he had stalked a variety of fish, mainly the Warsaw grouper, barracuda and leopard ray. The weapon is a gas-propelled instrument that operates on the same principle as a harpoon When the trigger is pulled, the spear shoots out. nrop13ed by carbon dioxide. Attached to the spear is a line. NEW WORLD The world's record for free-diving is 127 feet, and Sandy con sistently dives at 80 to 100 feet. He has excavated a number of wrecks off the Florida coasts and has done work throughout Florida in such places as Silver Springs. He tests these springs for the flow of the water and Campus Carousel: By ELEANOR SAUNDERS A "Winter Wonderland" atmos phere was in evidence last Satur day night when Gamma Epsilon chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta pre sented its annual pledge dance at the Naval Armory. Couples danced to the music of Jim Crisp and his orchestra. Dcc v f a jry7s ' m: - - S , . '- y J; s Al PHA GAMS FORM TRADITIONAL SNOWFLAKE . . . pledges and dales dunce in Complete s (;'? - t -4 A H -' -t l 1 f i j r l f SANDY DANN, FROM ORLANDO . . . don't lei the rapture kill you extent of mineral deposits. In describing the colors of the land beyond the surface, he ex plained that there are no red shades after 40 feet and nothing but shades of blue after 100 feet. Once a swimming partner of his was struck with '"rapture of the depth," a form of nitrogen poi soning. Blood rushed out of his nose, and filled his .mask, the color of the blood green. He explained that if a person went up 10 feet without exhaling on the way, his lungs would rup ture. This is a much more ser ious thing than "rapture of the depth;" if the lungs rupture, the swimmer would be all right as long as he stayed in the wa ter. When he came to the sur face, however, he would die in stantlv. UNCs Sororities Celebrated Over Weekend With Pledge Dances Winter Wonderland At Alpha Gam rations consisted of a white crepe paper ceiling hung with snpw flakes, evergreens covered with snow and snowballs and a while and silver sleigh filled wi'th gaily colored Christmas gifts. A huge Christmas package stood at one side of the dance floor. On it were formed the Greek Alpha t' . t-r-i k ., I -ff ft" iul f:i il jft ifft'l -fe A r . r -rn-x ) iti-iwli'3te '-Winter Wonderland" atmosphere" j i OR Wire Service "It's a new, unexplored world," Sandy remarked.. It is a battle with the fish on his terms, where the fish moves at 80 miles per hour, and the hunter moves at two miles per hour, constantly fighting the pressure. RIDING A FISH Sandy severed the tail of a stingaree that had a seven foot wingspread and rode him like a giant ,sea horse once. A 600 pound barracuda once threw him against a cave wall and dragged his diving partner for over a mile. There is always the element of surprise. Once he saw a barra cuda leading a school of about 20 fish; the leader had six hooks in his mouth. When the leader (See SPEAR, page 4.) Gamma Delta letters. Ray Jefferies, Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs office served as master of ceremonies and announced each pledge as she took her place in the traditional snowflake figure. Each girl car- (See ALPHA GAM, pace 4.) III - v. 'ij'. - i .... - ... -: , , , "Frozen " ' - " 1 1 - j ! ,t I'll I ; j i CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954 SP Talks On Autos & Owners By JACKIE GOODMAN Cars at Carolina and the stu dents' right to keep them here was the subject of Monday night's Student Party meeting. Chairman Don Geiger said the j question of whether or not the party should drop the plank which calls for party opposition to any move to abolish students 'right to have cars here from the platform had come up in party caucus. . Since only 17 members of the party attended the meeting, no action was taken on the matter. Geiger quoted the group which was opposed to keeping the plank in the SP platform as saying in caucus, "If we went on record as opposing such a move we would be barking up a hollow tree, since, if they were going to do it. they would do it anyway, whether we liked it or not." In expressing his own opinion, the SP chief said, "Platform is an expression of the way we feel. I don't think we should change our platform just because we feel if can't be done. An announcement was made at i the end of the meeting that Dean I Fred Weaver will speak at next Monday's meeting. Geiger said that Dean Weaver's topic will be "What's Wrong With Student Gov ernment," and he invited all in terested students to hear him. Thieves Take Papers. Stand "News hungry" thieves who are apparently not content at merely j taking five cents worth of news-! paper booty daily Monday added: an "honor system" stand, contents j and all ,to their growing loot. i The latest outburst of thievery i had its scene Monday afternoon at the Monogram club. The harrassed circulators yes terday said emphatically that "if by persistent vigil the thieves who consider five cents worth of read ing just cause to be brought before the Honor Council with dismissal from the University at possible end are apprehended, they will be dealt with severely." Frozen Fantasy For Pi Phis Pledges of North Carolina Alpha dates enjoyed the music of Frank chaDter of Pi Eeta Phi were enter- Wright and his combo. tained last weekend by a round of festivities in their honor. The weekend began Friday night with a party at Turnage's in Dur- ham. After a meal of barbecue, Brunswick stew and hush-puppies, members of the sorority and their PI PHIS CHAT Fantasy" v.-as the theme ... ... t .-v,uy h-n---.- 1b-:W& '.n: V I vi -.--- By PEGGY BALLARD "There was never a need so !great as there is today for an ade quate engagement," a noted au thority on the field of marriage told a group of students Monday night. i Dr. Reuben Fl', the co-author of the book, When You Marry, and several magazine articles; spoke on "The Meaning of Engagement"' at the third in a series of four programs sponsored by the YMCA and the YWCA. - Dr. Hill brought to the atten tion of his audience the sh"t in function of the engagement pe riod. In the earlier days of the institution of marriage,- he said, the feeling behind the union of two people was merely for the perpetuation of the race. Then, too, more importance was placed on the union of the two families, rather than the' two as individu als. Finally, he said, the financial gains played an important part in the selection of who would marry. ? Today, one finds very little eco nomic advantage in marriage since both men and women can live more cheaply single than mar Barclay Rumor The office of Jake Wade, UNC sports publicity director, siaid late yesterday that the office has no information on the proposed hiring of Maryland's Jim Tatum as head football coach to replace present Coach George Barclay. Wade's office expressed puz zlement over the Associated Press story from Miami, Fla., which was transmitted at 12:30 Tuesday morning, quoting "an excellent source" fthat Tatum would replace Barclay. "We know nothing about it," was the answer from Woollen Gym yesterday. The story appeared in yester day morning's Miami Daily News. It was written by Sports Editor Morris McLemore. Editor McLemore quoted "an insider on the situation" as say ing: "This looks like it Tatum is coming. But I think it'll be announced after an Athletic Board meeting in Chapel Hill on Dec- 14." A spokesman from the Athle tic Board said yesterday he knew nothing of the situation. The formal dance Saturday night, -which was preceded by an egg nog party, was held in the Carolina Inn Ballroom. Dick Levin and his orchestra provided the (See PI PHI. page 4.) WITH CHAPERON.ES , enjoying formal Offices In Graham Memorial quote Engagements ried, Dr. Hill declared. Marriage today is thought of in terms of companionship and individual de velopment through marriage. Dr. Hill presented a few marital statistics of the United States. Out of the total population of the ages 14-90, he said, 68 per cent are married at some time, while only 21 per cent remain single. The divorce status is 2 per cent of the total population. This question able figure is due to the fact that divorced people quickly re-marry and are not caught at census time, Dr. Hill explained. "Building an engagement into a marriage is much harder than becoming engaged." stressed Dr. Hill. Not until both people antici pate marriage does engagement really begin. Announcement of the engagement may be formal, dra matic or informal. ' Visitors to our country remark on the informality of engagement found here, he said, and added that there are today cases in such countries as Scotland, Sweden and Norway, where the girl must prov herself fertile before the final step of marriage is taken. Columnist 1 . A pear Before Court' Bob Byrd, prosecutor in the an nual Phi Alpha Delta legal frat ernity mock trial wThich will be held Friday night in the Law 5s II 1 1 i LEGISLATOR REID . . . injured? How? The Delta Delta Delta pledge weekend began last Friday night at nine o'clock with a dance held in the bail room of the Carolina Inn. The music for the dance was pro vided by Jimmy Johnson and his orchestra and the decorations were a Christmas motif of blue and TRI DELT PLEDGES & DATES AFTER PRESENTATION dunce in Carolina Inn Ballroom "How long and how intimate should the engagement be?" is the question frequently asked, con tinued Dr. Hill. 1. "Short but brittle" is one possible answer to th0 question. Dr. Hill said that in this answer, the boy may give his fraternity pin to the girl in exchange for : - ' t i , - - :-i DR. REUBEN HILL . 68 percent are married And Politician Will School, said yesterday that he "would be out to get a conviction against Daily Tar Heel columnist Louis Kraar on the charge of as sault with a deadly weapon." Kraar is "charged" with attack ing SP legislator Dave Reid in a Y-Court affray on Nov. 3 of this year. The "fight" alledgedly started over a UNC coed from Asheville, Connie McMahon. According to reports, Miss McMahon had been dating Reid all year but just be fore the fight had been seen out , with Kraar and walked into .Y j Court with him just before the I fight started. ! Kraar has been"out on bail" , since the day after the fight and Reid was "recently released" from a local clinic where he had been undergoing treatment for "injur ies" alledgedly suffered in the brawl. Miss McMahon has been seen with neither of the participants Blue & White For Tri Delts white. The pledges who were presented and their escorts were: Nancy An- derson, Charleston, W. Va., with Jim Revercomb, Charleston, W . Va.; Betty Andrewis, Roanoke, Va.. with Tom Ruffin,' Winston-Salem; Katherine Berryhill, Chapel Hill, with Mickey Chamblee, Greens- AU photos by R. B. Henley. FOUR PAGES TODAY necking privileges and th. irl may accept the pin to add to her collection of jewelry. 2. "Poor company and let's break it," is another anvcr the question. One or both ;i:rr" they are not good for each other. 3. "Elopement," is really an es cape from engagement and a pour beginning of marriage. 4. "Long engagement.' Dr. Hi'! explained, is a relationship which might receive the companion!). i of marriage without the economic problems. Sexual tension built up may, however, cause a complete severance of the relationship or non-conformance to the accepted sex code. 5. "Long enough to verily 1h relationship." concluded Dr. Hill, is perhaps the more desirable an swer. This period may be a- lit! Ic as 6 months or as long as 2 years. He emphasized, that during this time there is a constant re evalu ating of the relationship. The lecture was followed by a Coronet film entitled "The .Mean ing of Engagement," and the pro gram was concluded with a dis cussion period. Friday since the "rumored" fight; although i that she has been t is dat- Mis.s stify wit- ing Kraar. If Kraar married McMahon she could not te against him at the trial. She nessed the fight. (See TRIAL, page 4.) t COLUMNIST KRARR . . . loi:e-ncstcr? boro: Lou Ann Bissctt, Wilson. with Dick Cozart, Wil son: Patty Brown, Chatanoaga Term , with Walter Alan, Asheville. Jane Cooke, Asheville. pitman, Sanford; Kitty Asheville, with Chip (See DELTA, page with Biil Coleman. Milliard, 4.) 1 i if
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