U ?! C LIBim?
SERIALS DEPT.
WEATHER
Cloudier and .warmer today, with
expected high of 65.
1970
1970, says tha editor, ft jut! IS
years away. And there's a tidal
wave of students coming toward
us. See editorial, p. 2.
Complete (JP) Wire Service
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1955
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student insurance program
go into effect next fall, stu
dent body President Tom Creasy
said yesterday.
The student insurance policies
will be carried with the Pilot Life
Insurance Company of North Car
olina. The cost per student will
be $10.20 for 12 months. Accord
ing to Creasy, the policy will co
ver all accidents except those of
intercollegiate football. "Within
the policy," said Creasy, "there is
a $200 surgical rider which will
take care of operations."
The student body president said
letters will be sent to all parents
of UXC students during the sum
mer concerning the policies. If
they desire to cover their child
they will send the application di-
MU NT ZING AND FOWLER:
I wo Prexy Candidates Ta Ice
Stands On Nearo Question
Two of the three student body
regation.
Manning Muntzing, Student Party candidate, and Independent Don
University Party candidate Ed Mc-4
Curry could not be found.
The first statement, that of
'Muntzing, went like this:
"The Supreme Court has ruled
on the issue of segregation, and
it is now the law of the land. It
is a matter which is delicate in
mature and one which . must be
handled with complete diplomacy,
so that as few hard feelings as
possible will be aroused.
"At the moment, to my knowl
edge, it is not a problem which
faces the University; this is not
to say that it will not be a prob
lem. "At such time as this matter
and the admission of Negroes does
arise, I hope that the student body
and student government will work
together to meet the situation,
and above all express its opinions
on this measure."
Mclver Dance Schedule
.. Mclver Dormitory will hold its annual spring dance tomorrow
night from 9 until midnight in the dorm's parlor.
The dance will be semi-formal for men, and it will be open to
all campus men. ,
The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of Mclver's
queen and her two attendants during the intermission. The qiDeen
will be crowned by Chancellor Robert B. House. The identities of
the queen and her attendants, who were elected by a vote of the
dorm's residents, will not be revealed until the dance.
. The music for the dance will be provided by a local combo.
Fowler Wants Junior
Partnership To Prevail
"I want to sec student govern
ment elevated to a genuine jun
ior partnership with the Univer
sity administration," said inde
pendent presidential candidate
Don Fowler in a statement is
sued yesterday.
Fowler said, "This is not ne
cessarily an idle wish to be talk
ed about during a political cam
paign; the realization of the jun
ior partnership Idea can, with
mature student effort, be attained
in a year's time."
He attacked the "lack of effec
tiveness' of the student govern
ment "in dealing with the Uni
versity administration' as one of
its weakest aspects."
insuranc
Set to
In a
rectly to the company.
Creasy said that the policy will
cover a student on his way to
school next fall and then for the
next twelve months. The policy
may be renewed each summer un
til the student graduates.
Work on the student insurance
program was begun last spring by
the student government, accord
ing to Creasy. He said that admin
istration aid was asked, and an
advisory committee wtes set up.
The members- of . the committee
were Dr. Hedgpeth, University
physician; Fred Weaver, dean of
student affairs; James Williams,
personnel officer; Frank Schwent
ker, Julian Price lecturer in life
insurance in the School of Bus-
iness Administration; Rueben Leo
presidential candidates yesterday
Questioned on the matter of
segregating Negro students in
Steele Dormitory, candidate
.Muntzing replied that it was a
policy laid down by University of
ficials who were . more familiar
with the matter than he.
Independent candidate Don Fow
ler had this to say:
"The Supreme Court has abol
ished segregation. As American
citizens we must take cognizance
of this fact. However, a question
with the broad and sweeping so
ciological implications of segrega
tion must be studied carefully be
fore any drastic action is taken.
As mature students of this Univer
sity, we must give this problem a
great deal of consideration and
strive for a solution which will
benefit all the citizens of North
Carolina."
Fowler's statement on the seg
"How often," asked Fowler in
his statement, "do we see the
Legislature pass a resolution and
nothing happens?"
The independent candidate said,
"We have yet to see South Build
ing change its policy on the
strpnpth of a resolution or bill
passed by the student Legisla
ture."
Fowler said student govern
ment will gain the "respect and
council" of the administration "on
ly when its leaders become more
aware of their responsibility to
v. TTniversitv community." He
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said that would call for a "re
riuccd emphasis on partisan poli
tics and greater attention to the
needs of the student body.
Cfo
nard and Creasy.
These companies made bids dur
ing November and December, said
Creasy, and their agents were in
terviewed by the advisory com
mittee. After the committee had
studied the bids and finished the
interviews it decided upon the
Pilot Life Insurance Company to
receive the bid. Chancellor Rob
ert House approved the commit
tee's decision, said Creasy.
"I think that this one of the
finest additions to the entire set
up of the student body,'' said
President Creasy yesterday. "It
is something that we have been
in need of for many years. I am
very happy that it could be ac
complished this year," conclud
ed Creasy.
took stands on the question of seg
Fowler were contacted yesterday.
regation of Negro graduate stu
dents in Steele Dormitory was
this:
"It is my personal belief that
the problem can be solved only
'by the housing authorities of the
University administration.
"I am confident that the decision
reached was made in the best in
terests of all parties concerned."
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Campaigning works campaign
ers down to a frazzle, especially
when the campaign is in its
last week. Elections will be held
Tuesday. Candidates' tempers
are short. They have to work,
and have very little time in
which to work.
Independent presidential Can
didate Don Fowler wras asked
yesterday how he liked the cor
rection run in, this column. (A
previous day's headline incor
rectly said he wanted to "Leave
Frats to IDC," rather than to
the Interfratemity Council.)
"Mighty small type," was
Fowler's reply.
Charles Ackerman, who quit
a job' as University Party publi
city' chairman to help Fowler
beeause ' "I want" to stand be
hind : a student who is a cam
pus man, a gentleman who re
spects., all groups equally and
a leader who - will associate
himself with the-ideas of the
students, not with a particular
segment of the University," has
entered the front page before.
In November, Ackerman
started a study of the "distinct
line, of division between frater
k nities and dormitories." Acker
man said he and other members
of his committee (Ackerman an
nounced one member's name be
fore he notified the member)
would investigate the "general
thought" that the University
Party is dominted'by fraternity
men.
The Wednesday afternoon box
score stands like this:
Independent Candidate Fow
ler has made three statements,
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Ridgway Talks Here Monday
Gen. Matthew7 Ridgway, above, Army Chief of Staff, will speak
at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Memorial Hall. General Ridgway is expected
to talk on U. S. foreign policy, according to Bob Young, vice-president
of the Carolina Forum, student organization which is bringing
Ridgway to the campus. Chancellor Robert B House will introduce
the general. After General Ridgway "s speech, a reception will be
held in the main lounge of Graham Memorial.
Ballot Box
ranging from disagreeing with
another candidate to letting the
fraternities alone to favoring a
proposed amendment to the stu
dent Constitution.
Student Party Candidate Man
ning Muntzing has five state
ments to his credit. They in
clude fears that student-owned
autos may be banned here, need
for return of vending machine
profits to dormitories, aware
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Prexy Candidate Fowler & Staff, Hard At Work
Independent Candidate Don Fowrler, who will run for student
body president next Tuesday, is shown with campaign workers. Left
to right, around Fowler, they are Gordon Forester, campaign man
ager; Campaign' Advisors Miss Anne Wrenn, Charles Ackerman, Jim
Fountain and Miss Gerry Snider. Fountain was yesterday appointed
campaign coordinator. R. B. Henley photo. "
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bad shape and notice that stu
dents' dates' ticket prices are
too high and something should
be done about them.
University Party Candidate
Ed McCurry has made five state
ments so far, ranging from
changes in cut system, closer
liason between students and go
vernment and closer, work with
dormitory residents. F. P.
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Discussion
By CHUCK HAUSER
Special to The Daily Tar Heel
RALEIGH, March 23 VP) The General Assembly's joint Appropriations subcommit
tee today took under serious consideration the question of raising tuition charges for out-
of-state students at the University of .North Carolina.
Newspapermen covered the meeting, but they .were
Group Wants To Cut
Library By $25,000
RALEIGH, March 23 (JP) The
Joint Appropriations subcommit
tee today approved a request by
the University of North Carolina
to create a new $12,000 a year
post of business officer and trea
surer for the Consolidated Univer
sity. The subcommittee also cut $25,
000 a year from the $100,000 a
year library budget of the Chapel
Hill branch of the University for
the next biennium.
In its lengthy - afternoon meet
ing, the subcommittee covered all
the budget items for the Conso
lidated University administration
and the entire operation of the
University at Chapel Hill. For the
most part, it ignored the exten
sive list of requests which the
University made over the recom
mendations of the Advisory Bud
get Commission. a
The appropriation for the Uni
versity Library created a lively
uebate in the . subcommittee be
fore its members cut the item
$25,000 a year on a standing 11
to 8 vote.
One senator challenged the UnL
omesley In Race
H
For Cheerleader
A fourth candidate for head
cheerleader announced yesterday
that he intends to raise hell next
year if elected.
T. C. "Country" Homesley, ju
nior accounting major from Cher
ryville, is running as a write-in
candidate under the slogan, "UNC
Needs T. C."
Homesley, who ' has never run
for any office before, said, "I'm
no politician whatsoever. But 'If
Strom can do it, so can I-' "
Political observers have com
mented that this is the first write
in campaign ever to be carried on
at UNC.
Howard Fogleman, campaign
manager, and Layton McCurdy,
advisor, announced that Homes
ley's headquarters will be in the
Y.'
"I decided to run mostly be
cause I thought spirit was missing
Fowler Names j
Fountain To
Campaign Post
Jim Fountain was yesterday
named by Don Fowler, independ
ent presidential candidate, as his
personal campaign coordinator.
Fountain, a senior from Wil
mington, is a member of Chi Psi
and present head cheerleader.
"I consider it a privilege t$ of
fer my support to Don Fowler,
whom I consider the most quali
fied candidate for the presidency,"
said Fountain in a statement made
yesterday.
"Don's qualifications speak for
themselves," he continued. "As a
student interested in furthering
first of all the name of Carolina,
I consider it my duty to support
Don. As- campaign coordinator, I
intend to devote my time and ef
forts to an effective and success
ful presentation of Don's record
and ability to the student body,"
he said
Taken
Slated
versity's necessity for buying $125
000 worth of books and periodical
publications "every year," while
another told the group that the
University had been "starving" on
its library appropriations for past
years.
The legislator who made the
motion to grant the University's
request for the new $12,000 posi
tion told the subcommittee he had
received "a definite commitment
from University officials that they
would hire someone from the out-
side for that job, so no one could ! students.
say he was playing favorites am- Two representatives went on re
ong the three branches." cord as favoring an increase in
The same legislator told the j tuiiion to the point where "out
group that the creation of the of-state students are paying their
position would probably save the own way." According to figures
University a great deal of money j made available to the group, this
in the future. At his insistence, j would increase tuition for non
the committee also approved a Tar Heel students in the Univer-
$3,000 item for the official's sec
retary. Press representatives attended
the meeting under terms of an j
agreement that they would not
print names of committe mem
bers in their reports of committee
action.
in the elections, and because can
didates were running for the name
of the office rather than for what
they could do for the school spi
rit," Homesley said.
Homesley also observed that
spirit has nt been sufficiently be
hind the teams. "I'm tired of just
cheering for a winner and kick
ing a loser."
He said he thinks sports are a
vital part of school spirit. "And
it's really fallen down lately.
Now's the time to build it up be
cause the teams are building."
Fogleman remarked, "I am glad
that T. C. is answering the call of
the students for more school spi
rit. It's a pleasure to work with
?uch an enthusiastic personality."
McCurdy added, "I sure am
llad to see old T. C. run for head
heerleader. I believe that he is
l great man for the job. He may
lot be an athlete . . . And I want
'he students to remember to write
n 'T. C ' "
Legislature Tonight
The student Legislature will
meet tonight at 7:30.
No nfew bills are expected to
be voted upon.
Give Students Part Of
Profits, Says McCurry
"I strongly feel that the stu
nent body at large' shoult get at
least 25 percent of the campus
store fund," said University Par
ty presidential candidate Ed Mc
Curry in a statement issued yes
terday. McCurry explained that the cam
pus store fund is taken from ven
ding machines, !he Book Exchange,
the Y, the Scuttlebutt and other
profit organizations.
He said the 25 percent would
Yet,
UT
Today
operating under an agreement
that tney would not print the
names of committee members in
their accounts of the day's busi
ness. The subcommittee took no ac
tion , on tuition fees today, but
they "were scheduled to discuss
the matter again tomorrow af
ternoon. Whatever decision they
reach must be passed on by the
full committee, and then by the
Senate 'and House.
A prominent representative "re
luctantly" brought up the ques-
tion of whether out-of-state stu-
dents should pay more of their
proportionate share of education
at the University.
He told the subcommittee that
non-North Carolinians attending
state-supported schools here ex
ceed Tar Heels going to other
states' public institutions by 1,937
sity by $310 per year, and in
the Medical School by as much
as $1,424.
"If we increase the fees," one
legislator asked the subcommittee,
"will that cut down enrollment?
In other words, what will the
traffic bear?"
Another rnembnr commented:
"It's our duty to make the price
of higher education reasonable for
the boys and girls here in North
Carolina; we don't have the same
obligation for students from out
side the state."
Out-of-state license tags on student-owned
cars in Chapel Hill
had caught the eyes of at least
two members of the committee,
and they took them as an indica
tion of prosperity among mem
bers of Chapel Hill's non-Tar Heel
community.
One representative said he re
cently visited a state-supported
school in South Carolina, 'and all
I saw were South Carolina license
plates on the cars. They're taking
care of their own children down
there, and we should take care
of ours."
UP Candidates
Hear Exum
And McCurry
University Party candidates met
yesterday to hear a pep talk from
campaign' coordinator Jim Exum
and an explanation of the party
platform from presidential can
didate Ed McCurry.
Exum emhasized that door-to-door
campaigning was the only
way to get votes.
Exum announced that campaign
expense accounts must be in to
the Elections Board by 6 p.m.
Monday.
amount to about $10,000 a year
which . "I feel the Campus Store
Committee might give to the stu
dents if presented with a con
structive program on which the
money would be spent."
As possible programs to be un
dertaken, the UP candidate sug
gested the University Band, a
stronger high school visitation
program and a high school week
end here for outstanding students.
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