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Ssrlal3 Dept. Qhi?Ql Hill, II. C. 183149 WEATHER Fair and warmer today with a high of 50. YAWN The editor examines the lethar gic state of affairs in an editorial on page 2. VOL. LVII NO. 83 Complete (JP) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1955 Offices In Graham Memorial FOUR PACES TODAY University Named For Law Tests UNC has been designated as a testing center for the nation-wide administrations nf the T aw Krhnnl w vu w tw. w Admission Test on Feb. 19, April s 23 and Anr fi'ioss r. tt L ,". , ,x.--T ace to Chapel Hill, is no longer . pean Henry Brands of the Law the only canine under suspicion of School released the choice jester- being the coUie whkh has been day. College seniors, juniors and biting people lateIy m some cases sophomores are According to Clyde Burgess, a eligible to take the tests. . member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Each applicant should find out Johno, tne fraternitv's collie was as soon as possible from the law taken Monday by th"e chapel mll schools in which he is interested to tne Humane Society's whether he should take the test pens- Burgess said that Johno and on what date. will be seen sometime this week The test is required of . all ap- by the peope who reported tha phcants for admission to the ,they were bitten by a collie so School of Law here. The Law they may determine whether or School Admission Test is pre- not he is the guilty party times a year, in November, Feb- j Concerning the possibility of ruary, April and August by the ; Johno's being the culprit, Bur pared and administered f our j gess said We don-t think he j. Educational Testing Service, Prin-jbut he could be According to ceton, N. J. j nim the fraternity has had the Application blanks and a bul- conie for about two years letin of information describing The latest addition to the forces registration procedures and con- which have been eathprinr ; taining sample test . questions should be. obtained four or five weeks in advance of the testing date from the University Testing service, Koom zii, Feaoody Hall, George?" The rest of the red, blue or Room 107, Manning Hall, or and white placard gives the Book from the Law School Admission hop's advice to those who dQ wan1 Test Educational Testing Service, 'to help the dog regain the free 20 Nassau St., Princeton, N. J. j dom of once again roaming the Applications must be mailed so streets of town and the grounds as to be received at the Princeton of .the University. It reads as fol ffice not later than io days prior lows: to tne testing date, Dean Brand; io advised. Civil Service Job Discussion Set Thursday Opportunities for careers in the higher civil service of the U S. both a home and abroad will be described at an open meeting of the UNC chapter of Pi Sigma Ai- pha, the national honorary political science fraternity. XK nieetincf will be he d in the Library Assembly Room at 8 30 m on Thursday ' The discussion will be lead bv vm TvlPr office of Civilian Personnel in the Department of .the -Navy, and Edwin T. Come- them that they would nave to snut operate me scnoois during tne lius Jr., field consultant, English him up." She said later, however, next two fiscal years. Teaching Branch, Information that she did not know, that the j Bills to give the local units corn Center Service, U. S. Information police had taken the SAEs' collie plete control over assignment and Administration. Tyler's! present assignment lis?! with the training program carried on by the Department of the Navy for its civilian employees begin- ning careers in the higher admin- istrative service. He will discuss, careers for university graduates, careers ior uxiivcisiLj giauuaiH in all branches of the regular civ- il - service m Washington and in LVo Comelius will ooint out the ox' COTOeilUS Will point OUl ine op- norhmitifis in foreien or overseas assignments, including Ithose in (See CIVIL, page 4.) In 'Caine' Trial Crack Baseball Player Lost When Brodie Turned To Drama A crack baseball player was lost when Steve Brodie. decided to keep his eye on the 'theatre in- stead of on the ball. Brodie, co-starred in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, coming to Memorial Hall on Friday and c.tav nf next week, is an all - around athlete. He played football,' her -tstandin P- . -Semi-pro baseball and semi-pro , J? , hockey after schooling at vvicnua, Kan. , ... His first job was as an assistant golf professional at Meadowlark Country CiuD in memw, uu golfany of which undoubtedly grease paint interested Brodie would have netted him a comfort more than golf. Determined able living but none of the deep to be an actor, he started his satjsfaction he gets as an actor, r-'-eer as a. property boy in a ne'u be seen locally playing the Salina, Kan. stock company. j role Gf Lt. Steve Maryk in the After a summer with Colonel paui Gregory production of The fairchild's Stock Players in a caine .Mutiny Court-Martial, a traveling tent show, young Steve new piay by Herman Wouk based joined the Cape Stock Company on wouk's best-selling Pulitzer in Boston, where he played every prize-winning novel, The Caine type of character role from boys Mutiny, with staging and direc to old men. - itio.:by Charles Laughton. Will Go On Trial Soon . . SAE's Johno Joins Georges In Humane Society s Pens By JACKIE GOODMAN George, the dog who has been 1 1 . r r l"u,t'U8 . iiiLiLuvxuu (Uiu uLiiers a men-' George's defense is a sign which c ' ' appeared yesterday -on the front of the Intimate Bookshop and which hs headed, "Who wants to help "Write, phone, or see Chief of Police Sloan and say you think: a) George is a good character b) George is a campus land mark. George must stay!" Mrs. Paul Smith of the Book shop said yesterday , that thev "have been asked steadily" " by many people about the fate of the ! collie -who used to spend much of his time drowsing in the shop's J doorway. She jokingly said that George is .interfering serious!" I with our business Mrs. A. M. Jordan treasurer of Humane Soeietv who . f has been exerting all of her en ergy in producing evidence of uculoe: muweute oim-c mo mi-, prisonment, said yesterday that nothing new had happened as far , as she knew. She did say that she "had been to the fraternity that owns the other dog and told to the pens MrS , c. F. Poston, mother of Bobby Poston, who last week cir- cuiate(j a petition which was ad- tn chief Sloan and asked that George be returned to Chapel ffillj said yesterday that her son , turned the 5n tr, tho nntice. ms poston saM think petitions like Bobby's stuck around in Y-Court and places like that nlo I woum ao muie 6uuu -11;-.. ii;,r,-ii,oii-tr tn cop him : fchief Sloan);" Chief Sloan said yesterday that ' Coming to California, Brodie won a role in Money Girls at the Playtime Theaitre in Hollywood, 'Shortly after, he was signed to a j contract by MGM and handed a ' feature role in "Thirty , Seconds Over Tokyo." Brodie has given 1 memorable perormances in such - been m Brodie's hankering for grease- nin hp mieht have been Dlaying probaseball, football, hockey or '; he didn't know what would hap- pen yet. He added that both dogs will have to stay in the Humane iT AAA AAA W l VF lUJ A. AX ViiV A AM. i Society's pens around 14. days ac - . . i was the guilty aog. xnat is nox Due to a proofreading error in . . . ., , ..J. , . , i true. Ashworth told her that the story on George which ap-, peared in yesterday's paper, Jerry ! George was not the doS that bit Ashworth, who was taken Saturday him. ; ; High School Student Takes Life With Rifle A Chapel Hill high school stu- North St. He had ben under psy- dent shot and killed himself in his rooming house here late Mon day night. A fr. ir.octicrair.a rn- lice oiiicers, luiiiiaei iviasun, 11,1 apparently put a .22 rifle to his1 forrhead and Dulled the trisser.i He leit a note pinned on -Ihe I bedspread in which he said he' wa "omntinnaiiv anH. montaiiv ,.n-i hiA pnnp with thP- nrnhlPtns! of life." The death was an "obvious sui cide," according to Assistant! Orange County Coronor, George' A. Cannady. He said Mason died within a few minutes after firing"; ihe fatal single blast around 11:25 P- m. Mason was a high school senior , wix came Here trom Cnark; e last fall. He was rooming at the home of Mrs. C- C. Pickard, 121 In State Legislature: House Told Integration Ramifications Stretched RALEIGH, Jan. 11 l) The I House was told today that possi-1 hie "ramifications" of legislation' j to give local school authorities complete control over the enroll ment and assignment of school children have been "exaggerated." This opinion was stated by C. R. avihmi, v&. auaij io. for the Budget Bureau, in answer to questions as he discussed de- tails of appropriations recom menaea Dy tne Governor and Ad visory Budget Commission to j j enrollment of pupils were intro- ducedan the House and Senate last (Thursday after Governor Hodges delivered his "State of the State" message to the Legislature. In his message, the Governor endors-: ed recommendations of an advis- j ory committee which recommend-Ll ed local control of enrollment and assignment. The committee was appointed to study what steps North Carolina should take as a .TVnlt nf ih Simwrnp fmirt rip- - ' cision which held school sesresa- jtion is unconstitutional. ! While the House continued its ( -. i Steve Brodie and Wendell Corey as they appear in The Cains Mutiny Court Martial which The Carolina Playmakers are bringing to Chapel Hill this coming Friday and Saturday. Tickets are on sals new at the Playmakers Business Office in Abernethy Hall. j by Mrs. Jordan to determine ' whether George was the collie j that bit him or -not, was reported 1 to have said that the campus collie chiatric care at Memorial Hospital! where he had an oppointmetnC'i yesterday. Mason was a cousin; -.rm aii l c oui "1 iVirb. SLlueil, OUbKlIlb Oi Wdjici, Mill: his Barents are divJorced i His mother and stepfather, Mr. and ! Mrs- J- Weisman of New York; cit flew here yesterday morning. Uni3rsity students Hvho 'iJO lived at the house immediately called police and an ambulance j after hearing the shot in Mason's i room last night. J Investigating policeman Graham R. Creel and Charles Etheridge ! K Creel and Charles Etheridge said .Mason had ben taken to the hospital when they arrived, but !he rifle-. an empty, cartridge m " vva lyi on a ruS on the floor neL. fd- ' , . - . (See STUDENT ' page 4.) study of the 637 million dollar.. ..J. fml etc budget proposed for the next i biennium, the Senate began study of the state's tax laws and the re quest of the governor and Ad visory Budget Commission for tax increases totaling 52 million dol lars. Revenue Commissioner Eu gene Shaw told how his depart ment made its estimates of how much the state can expect to col lect from its various taxes. The House and Senate were told cf pians to complete the budget study by Jan. 20 so that public hearings on the spending and tax proposals can be started. By then the House will have heard the tax proposals explained and the Sen ate will have studied the proposed appropriations. New legislation today included ; a bill by Sen. Claude Currie of Durham a member of ory Budget Commission the Advis- A : t-.n .i nr0t, n; f April 15. Last week Currie intro. duced a measure, which has ad- sttion support, to chang2 the deadline for filing income tax returns from March 15 to 15. April 'UNCs Lanza' Sings On Television I i TELEVISION CAMERAS wheal : the Consolidated University's new ... --- tone, will appear from time to tirr-'a Memorial Hall count -Basie and his orchestra will be the big attraction on cam- pus today as they present a con- cert of jazz and blues in Memorial Hall under the auspices of Graham) Memorial Activities Board and the - interdormitory Council Social , Committee. I ... ' iue cuiicerL, tu iasx lruni o.ou fn fi nn,.. will fpatnrfi thp vari j tions in jazz which have becom? well-known on college and uni versity campuses throughout the nation. I The Count Basie Orchestra has 'been given top notices by critics for their Carnegie Hall concerts and have been titled "The Rythmic Rampagers" by jazz and swing spe Harvard University f ifrther President Gray To Talk At Forsyth Farm Forum Presdent Gordon Gray has ac cepted an invitation to appear on the annual Forsyth Farm For um program at Mineral Springs High School Saturday. President Gray will arrive in time for the special ceremonies I in the afternoon and present the J $500 County of the Year in Rural , Progress Award won by Forsyth J this year. j The presentation ceremony in i the afternoon will follow an enter- J tainment period and . luncheon for ) the farmers and their wives from Forsyth and area counties. Basie, Duke Prof Says Cigs Cause Some Cancer DURHAM, Jan. 11 uPi A Duke University pathologist said; last night there is "no doubt" tobacco "la some companies," he contin-; fashion organizations. , capacity iur tars cause some lung cancer. ued, "where they have to work! ' , . ; independent study; (3.) good mor- Dr. E. Staniield Rogers, assis- with known cancer producing a- Sen,or woinen ma' securc rt' al character, personality and ad tant professor in the Duke Medi- gents, .they put older men in ths lstrat1(ns blanks from the rash- aptabihly, and (4.) good health, cal School and cancer specialist, work."'" He said this was done in lon Fellowship Secretary, Tobe-j Applications may be secured told the Durham Exchange Club the belief the workers will die of ..Coburn School for Fashion Car- from the United States Student that "definite evidence" exists to something else before cancers de- eers, 851 Madison Avenue, New ' Department of the Institute of link cigarette smoking with can- velop and kill them. He did not York 21, N. Y. Registration closes International Education, 1 East cer. ! name any of the companies. j Jan. 31, 1955. j 67th St., New York City, N. Y. "A great number of substances. " ' have been taken off the njarket un der the Pure Food and Drug Act where the evidence is not nearly so conclusive as cigarette cancer," . he said. Cigarettes, he pointed out,! are not covered by the law. ' j Dr. Rogers, who described him-1 self as a "continuous smoker," gave a brief background of the opera, The Marriage of Figaro, ' scoring of Mozart writing.." j man of the department, who stud- cigarette cancer controversy. He was written for an Eighteenth Also included will be a harp-iied music in Paris and has played said people, "for some reason,". Century orchestra. Therefore, in sichord, not generally used today in leading symphony orchestras have been "trying to hang some- making up the 30 piece orchestra in opera orchestras. Dr. Mason in the U. S. Dr. Haydon usually thing on tobacco" ever since it which will play this score for the said this instrument is of parti-! plays the viola, but has returned was discovered. j UNC Music Department's produc-. cular importance to all Mozart to his original instrument for this "We have absurd groups on tion of the opera next Monday music, and The Marriage of Fig- J occasion, either side," he continued. Those and Tuesday nights. Dr. Wilton aro includes parts written for it, I The opera, a full length produc who say cigarettes, produce no Mason, musical director, has tried to accompany difficult passages i tion, will be sung in English. Per cancer and those who say cigaret- to establish the original balance of dry recitative. Miss Carolina ' formances will be given in Hill tes produce tall cancer are equally of instruments for which the mus- Sites, graduate assistant in the Hall at 8:30 p.m. next Monday absurd. jc was written. j Music Department, will play the and Tuesday nights, and all seats "The main problem," he said,! Dr Mason has done this by us- instrument. j are reserved for $1. Mail orders "is how many .tumors cigarettes ing a smaller number of string! All of the instrument playing j will be accepted and tickets will are producing." He confessed: instruments and increasing the ; faculty and graduate assistants ofjbe held until the evening of the i "We don't know." in on David Phipps, "Carolina's .... ... ......BjM v., television station. WUNL-I v. rmpps, wen unuwci v.napci nni Dri- ' . .. as guest of the daily TV show, For $1... oys Here boosted the Basie group's reputa- tion by its announcement that it "was its top choice among - dance bands." The Basie "All American Rhvthm Section" has played for concerts and proms at colleges and universities all over the coun- tnr innlnrlino tho TTniirofcifir f ' " -r i - . t - -1 t- . r rennsjivania, umversuy 01 vir WUNC-TVTo Get $10,000 Emerson Grant RALEIGH, Jan. 11 UP) Benja min Abrams, president of Em erson Radio and Phonograph Corp., will arrive here Friday to present a $10,000 check to the Consolidated . University of North Carolina's educational television station, WUNC-TV. The presentation will be made on a special program to be tele cast that day. WUNC-TV is the 10th television station to qual ify for an award under the terms of the Emerson Educat onal Television Grant, which provided that the first 10 non commercial educational TV sta tions in the country will receive t $10,000 each. Many agents can produce tu- mors and cancer, Dr. Rogers said.1 The One In The Marriage Resembles By WILLIAM EATON The score of Mozart's comic woodwinds and brasses, ine lat- J - . - fri 6 x' LJj - Lanza," in dedicatory services of if i r i mil i : " . . . . Almanac trom o:ou to :ju p. m, News Leader Photo Today ginia, Amherst, Princeton, Yale. Michigan and many others, i Basie, who has been dubbed "the sepia Swing King," "has beer 'leading his group throughout the entanglements of jazz since 193G. : His performances are unique in that they afford three variations: . hlllPfi. honfie WOOfif and ilir-n I ..... i -v .. r il l. : . . . i r. . r 3 One of the high spots of today'.-; performance will undoubtably. hi the "The Royal Suite" in three novements. This suite will feature Basie and various soloists of the ' band in their, as one commentator has put it, "steamy and rocking". ttyle. Senior Women Eligible For Fashion Aids Senior "women interested in jobs in buying, advertising, styl ing and television may be eligible for one of Four Fashion Fello'.v- ships being offered for the year j 19oo6 by .vie TobcfcJoburn ; School for Fashion Careers in Ncw York City. A fellowship to TobaCoburn thn f.,n tnitinn f ei nr:n covers the full tuition of $1050. The number of fellowships, not to exceed four, will be determined by the merit of candidates who j submit applications. The one year course at Tobe- J Coburn emphasizes actual contact t Candidates for the Brazilian a with the fashion industry through ward must b u- s- citizens, pre lectures bv important fashion i ferably under 35 years of age. personalties, visits to manufact-'! 0lher requirements are: (1.) a urers, department stores, fashion bachelor's degree from an Amer shows and museums, and ten ' ican college or university of re weeks of working experience, with : cognized standing by the date of Pay, in xew York stores and other Of Figaro: 18th Century Orchestra ; ter, he points out, will, "throw the orchestra. Lead clarinetist into relief the careful, subitewiil be Dr. Glen Haydon, chair- tne department are included in j Dr. George ' Says Most !: Names In , i "Practically all" copies of the j petition calling for continued sea ji regation in state schools are in, according to Dr. V. C. George, It originator of the petition. There are "still a few outstand ing," said the UNC professor of anatomy yesterday concerning the copies of his petition which have been circulating since last Nov. 18. The next step in Dr. George's campaign agains integration will be to present his petition to the State Senate and House of Re presentatives during the present Legislative session. However, Dr. George said yesterday that he could not say definitely when he would take the petition to the Legislature. "It will depend upon the situation in Raleigh. . . .1 anti cipate before many days," he said. The document, which has been circulating for almost two months, calls upon the Governor and the. .-tale Legislature "to do every thing in your power to maintain separate schools for white and Negro pupils.' It termcs segrega tion a "biological-social problem," and stated that "the members of the two races signing this petition wish to live on terms of peace and good will and helpfulness with one anohcr under a program of separateness in social life." Brazil Grant i Offered To 1 American Man A fellowship for graduate study and research in Brazil is available to an American student for the 1955 academe year according to Kenneth Holland, president of the Institute of International Educa tion. Closing date of the competition i Jan. 22, 19.35. The period of the fellowship is from March 1, 1955, for one academic year. The L'niao Cultural Brasil-Ks-tados Unidos in Sao Paulo offers- : thc avv-ard t( a n man rad. uate for sludy in any of the fjl(. . ,.,!. lf ihlt it-:, .r.;t.. f wan Paulo and in the Portuguese cou : rses of the Uniao Cultural. Thc ; candidate Will be required to teach English a minimum of six ! hours a week at the Uniao. He inust bave a irking knowledge ' of Portuguese or of another rom ance language. , ' "-""-"" performance.