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VOL. LVI1 NO. 143
Complete CP) Wire Service
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1955
Offices In Graham Memorial
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On Proposed Fee Hike
"Personally I will vote against
the fee raise," newly inaugurated
student body President Don Fowl
er said yesterday.
. Fowler's statement was an of
ficial reply to opinion that he
advocated a fee raise in his in
augural address.
.'ihe inaugural address passage
which evidently some ' persons
took to mean Fowler wanted a
fee raise was: "During the re
cent campaign I was opposed to
a fee raise referendum . . But
the referendum is now before
us . . . Our student union has
taken great strides during the
past year . . . This growth should
be- encouraged by all the student
University Library Now
Exhibiting Jewish Art
The University Library, in col
laboration with the Chapel Hill
"Jlillel Foundation, is currently
-sponsoring an exhibition of Jewish
ran celebration of the 300th an
niversary of the first Jewish set
tlement in North America.
The Commission of Synagogue
Activities of the Union of Ameri
ca Hebrew . Congregations has
loaned the Library an exhibit of
43 prints depicting Jewish life by
19 Jewish artists. '
There are also a number of !
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ritual objects sent by North Caro- j
,:na Jewish leaders to the Li-'
Smoking-Lung Cancer
Relation To Be Talked
A symposium on the "Relation
.Between Smoking and Mortality
from Lung Cancer" will be held
"i.cre today as part of the joint
session between the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics and the
Biometric Society.
The meeting will be held in
Room 211, Gardner Hall, at 8:30
a.m. '
"Since lung cancer is a major
publie health problem, the Dept.
of Biostatistics in the School of
Public Health is helping to spon
sor the meeting," John Cassell, of
the Public Health School, said in
fc announcing arrangements for the
"symposium.
,4 Dr. B. G. Greenberg professor
& ALL-CAMPUS
Chancellor House On Spring, Bermudas
By FRED POWLEDGE i
Chancellor Robert House de
livered opinions on Bermuda
shorts, spring, the All-Campus
Conference, WUNC and WUNC
TV yesterday, and added a word
or two for newly-elected student
leaders.
Here's the way the Chancellor!
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feels on the above current issues:
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If the student Doay passes the
referendum, thus opening the
student Constitution to a $5 fee
raise; it is anticipated that $3
if this hike would go to the
Student Union.
Fowler's statement in full was:
"In my campaign I was opposed
to any fee raise, and my position
has not changed. Personally I will
vote against the fee raise. If my
inaugural address indicated to
anyone that I was in favor of a
fee raise,, they are mistaken.
"I only pointed out the advances
Graham Memorial had made this
year, in an effort to be fair to
both sides."
brary for the occasion on display.
The contributors of the objects
are Rabbi Harold A. Friedman of
Statesville, Chaplain Solomon M.
Kaplan of Fort Bragg, Temple of
Israel of Wilmington, Temple of
Israel of Charlotte, Rabbi E. M.
Rosenzweig of Chapel Hill and
Marvin A. Kastenbaum of Chapel
Hill.
Also on display for the first
time is a book recently acquired
by the Library, the Passover Hag
gadah, designed by "Arthur Szyk
and edited by Cecil Roth.
and head of the Universiy Bio
statistics Dept., will preside as
chairman.
Speakers will be Jerome Corn
field of the National Institutes
of Health, on "Current Status of
the Problem;" William Haenszel
of the National Cancer Institute,
on "Needed Future Work," and
Joseph Berkson of -the Mayo
Clinic and the University of Minn
esota, on "Some Comments on
Recent Work Relative to Smoking
and Cancer of the Lung.".
Discussants will be Boyd Har
shbarger of the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, and Daniel Horn
of the Aamerican Cancer Society.
MEET, TOO:
BERMUDAS
On Bermuda shorts, which are
becoming quite the thing for
Carolina Gentlemen as well as
Caroline Coed these7 warm days,
the Chancellor voted affirmative
ly. "I think that in their proper
place," he said, Bermuda shorts
are okay. However, "I wish they
could put a prettier shirt' on,"
he said.
"I don't ap
prove of T
shirts on asthe
tic grounds."
The Chancel
lor said he de
tected a trend
in wearing of
Bermuda shorts.
"American stu
dents are doing
what the British
. . . have been
doing in hotter
climates," h e
said.
"I sail not
adopt the cos
tume personal
ly." on shorts
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The Carolina-Virginia regional
meeting of the National Student
Assn. moved into its second day
of discussion and get-together
here yesterday.
The NSA, a student group "cre
ated to serve the long-existing
need for a representative inter
collegiate organization designed to
serve the American student com
munity, and to promote students'
interests and welfare," is current
ly holding its spring assembly on
the UNC campus. Meetings started
Thursday and will end today.
Delegates are here from many
North and South ' Carolina and
Virginia schools.
Yesterday a panel discussion
titled "The Role of the Student
in the College Community" was
held in Graham Memorial, focus
point for the meeting. Delegates
attending the discussion included
Sidney Surratt, Winthrop College;
Manning Muntzing, UNC; Dr.
William Mueller, Woman's Col
lege; Don Hansen, Greensboro
College, and Dr. Alfanzo Elder,
president of North Carolina Col
lege. After an informal coffee break
four discussion groups tackled
the question of "The Responsi
bility of the Student" in academ
ic affairs and international affairs
and student government (two
groups).
A banquet in Lenior Hall was
held last night.
The National Student Congress
program was presented last night
in the Grail Room of Graham
Memorial, and social hour fol
lowed. TODAY'S EVENTS
Today's events include more
discussion group meetings; work
shop for NSA coordinators; meet
ing with delegates from non
member, observing schools; clos
ing plenary session, with reports
from discussion groups and elect
ion of new regional officers, and
a regional executive committee
meeting in the Grail Room this
afternoon
Scales Given Six Years
Junius Scales, a communist
chieftain convicted on the testi
mony of two FBI informants
he took into the party was
sentenced yesterday to six years
for advocating force and vio
lence. ,
Insisting that he is innocent,
Scales said the conviction un
der the Smith Act's membership
clause will be appealed.
Scales, 35, had been free un
der $35,000 bond posted by his
mother last Dec. 21, about a
month after his indictment.
ON SPRING
The Chancellor, who has been
observed on many a spring day
wheeling his baby granddaughter
down Franklin St., said he's "on
an even balance: I appreciate the
spring . . -. as a relief from win
ter" and lie tends "to think of it
as a beautiful time of the year.
"On the other hand," though,
he picks autumn "for sheer beau
ty." "If pushed, I'd have to vote
for spring."
ALL-CAMPUS
The Chancellor termed the All
Campus Conference, now in pro
gress on the campus, the "stu
dents' self-studies." The idea for
such a conference is a "highly
intelligent move," he said, and
last year's meeting was "very
significant."
WUNC
' Chancellor House, who's a staff
er on both the University's FM
Station WUNC and the education
al television Station WUNC-TV,
is "immensely proud" of the for
mer and hopeful of the latter. He
said "I simply enjoy (WUNC's)
ivemny
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With Talk
The second annual All-Campus
Conference, which has as its pur
pose the promotion of student
faculty relations and the discuss
ion of problem areas within the
University, will close today. (
Discussion groups will meet
again today at 2 p.m. to continue
talks on what the University and
the Students can expect of each
other.
Dr. J. Harris Purks, Univer
sity provost, will speak tonight
at a dinner meeting in the north
room of Lenoir Hall. The meeting
is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Reports from discussion groups
Last Year s Meet
Proved Valuable
The second Annual All-Campus
Conference, held yesterday and
continuing today under the lea
dership of Miss Sue Fink and Bev
Webb, proceeds under the mantle
of successful first meeting. From
the report of last year's conference '
excerpts have been taken in the
form of a brief review of the pur
pose, .conclusions and recommenda
tions made by the members of the
discussion groups and speakers.
Chancellor R. B. House, in the
forword to the report, expressed
pleasure at the formation of a
body such as the conference. Said
the Chancellor, "Education has al
ready improved when faculty and
students sit down together and
examine processes, ways and
means . . . we shall certainly con
sider carefully each recommenda
tion and not let their work be
thrown away."
' The keynote address of the first
conference was made by Dean
Fred Weaver. Commenting on the
purpose of the conference, Dean
Weaver said, "The animating force
behind this conference is the be
lief that the views of the students
are important in any experiment
to consider the problems of educa
tion." The conference was divided into
five discussion groups which con
sidered the problems of several
aspects of student and University
ways and suggested means of cor
recting faults.
The groups found the dormitory
staff students and faculty
and what they're doing.
"I believe in it,' he said.
As for the educational tele
vision station, the Chancellor
said he cannot estimate its value
to date because it's "too new."
"We've got to try to run it,"
he said, to keep
opportunity from
its educational
being "lost by
default."
Two things,
said Chancel
lor House, will
happen to
WUNC-TV:
(1) "We'll
get better."
(2) "The
public .. will
find we're in
dispensable." ADVICE TO
LEADERS
The Chan
cellor had two
bits of advice
to recently
elected and
appointed stu
dent . govern
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End Today
By Purks
will also be given at the dinner.
Miss Sue Fink and Bev Webb
are the co-chairman of this year's
conference. .Other committee
members are Miss Luanne Thorn
ton, Miss . Bebe Baumann, Rollie
Tillman, Miss Nancy Morgan, Dr.
James Godfrey.
Walter Spearman, Dr. Lyman
Cotton, Miss Lila Ponder and Roy
Holsten.
Conference activities yesterday
included an address by Dr. C.
Hugh Holman, which was followed
by the first meetings of the small
discussion groups.
advisory system to be partially
unsuccessful, and recommended
closer screening of candidates, se
niors to be considered as well as
graduate students, and less stu
dents for each advisor to supervised
DORM LIFE
Dormitorys, the conference
found, are not conducive to study,-
for the reason that the dorms
are built with numbers, not stu
dents, in mind.
According to the report, too
many students are more interest
ed in getting a grade than getting
an education. A new grading sys
tem was considered a possible
means to alleviate this situation.
In regard to the question, "Are
the students getting an education?',
the report stated the group con
cerned with the problem felt stu
dents were not receiving the pro
per education. Reason for this
conclusion were; crowded and dis
orderly living conditions, need for
more stimulating teaching, and a
need for encouraging good high
school students to come to college.
Present day aspects of intercol
legiate athletics were found, in
some respects, to be undesirable.
According to the report, there was
at the time an over-emphasis on
winning at any cost at the expense
of sportsmanship.
HONOR SYSTEM
The value of the Honor System
in developing standards of integ
rity in the . students was unani
( See LAST, page 4.)
ment and other leaders:
(1) "Stay" on the job and funct
ion w?.h zeal."
(2) "Don't flung out academical
ly while you're doing it."
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Holman Challenges Students
To Build Lasting Monuments
The chairman of the UNC College of Arts and Sciences yesterday told an All-Camfus Conference five
things the University expects of its students, and an equal number of things students expect of their
University.
Dr. C. Hugh Holman, speaking at the opening meeting of the second annual All-Campus Conference,
also challenged students "to spend
Is Admissions Policy
Causing UNC Apathy?
By DICK SIRKIN
The first All-Campus Confer
ence discussion group, led by Har
ry Martin, based its discussion on
Dr. Holman's statement, "The de
sire for learning in the student is
needed in. the University for it to
perform its proper function."
The failure to eliminate stu
dents by means of a stiff admis
sions policy results in a mass of
students who have very little de
sire to learn, concluded this group.
It was also brought out that stand
How Much Trust Does
UNC Put In Students?
By EBBA FREUND
The second group focused on
the inconsistencies in administra
tive policy toward student respon
sibility. The new cut system underwent
close scrutiny as Dr. Arnold Nash
brought up the "profound pessi
mism" exhibited by the adminis
tration when it allows students to
proctor their own exams but "does
not have enough trust in them"
to regulate their own class atten
dance. "We do not ask if a student is
listening or not, we just demand
that he be there," continued Dr.
Nash. "I cannot imagine a position
Orientation, Entrance
Regulations Discussed
By LOUIS KRAAR
The All-Campus Conference
group moderated by English gra
duate student Bill Wiatt tackled
the problem of what Carolina has
a right to expect from students in
an afternoon discussion that rang
ed from an appraisal of orienta
tion as "little more than sorority
rushing" to a firm student remind
er that "academic inspiration
Faculty And Students
Should Work Equally
Group Four of the All-Campus
Conference, meeting in Hanes Hall
under the chairmanship of law
student Horace Stacy, centered its
discussion on the points of Dean
Holman's opening address. In most
cases, general agreement was
reached as to the nature of the
problems, but proposed solutions
differed.
The group agreed that faculty
and students must make equal ef
fort to establish the desire for
learning in each student. It was
Let Admission Depend
On One's Willingness
By JOE TERRELL
and PEGGY WARD
Group Five of the All-Campus
Conference, with Ralph Bowden, a
graduate student of the Universi
ty, as moderator, agreed on the
informal resolution that each stu
dent should be admitted t6 the
University on the basis of his wil
lingness and ability to perform
University level work.
Each
ards in many cases are too low
for students and equally low for
certain degrees.
Faculty-student relations came
in for a spirited discussion. Prof.
Walter Spearman of the School of
Journalism said he had found that
having students to his home "was
quite successful. Another said he
had found such a method failed
completely because of student apa
thy. The students and faculty both
(See POLICY, page 4.)
more stupid than . . . this incon
sistency my colleagues have thrust
upon you," he said.
David Reid pointed out "the
faculty is at fault by imposing the
inconsistency."
The discussion then moved on
to consider what hand the adminis
tration and faculty should have in
the direction of student affairs.
David Reid said, "In the past few
years this University has. not seen
any major step taken by the stu
dents that was not influenced by
the faculty or by the Office of
Student Affairs."
Dr. Nash pointed out that there
(See HOW MUCH, page 4.)
comes from instructors not en
trance requirements."
The contention that orientation
was ineffective for freshmen came
from Misss Bebe Bauman, who de
clared earlier that many students
come to the University "just to
make contacts."
Manning Muntzing agreed that
orientation for men freshmen was
(See ORIENTATION, page 4.)
felt that the absence of this desire,
on the part of entering students,
came from a number of sources
secondary school training, faulty
home environment or the lack of
respect for learning in itself.
The group also touched in its
conversation on admissions stand
ards, the question of student dis
cipline, the Honor System and the
lack of strong political and ethical
convictions in the majority of stu
dents. In discussing what the Univer
sity has a right to expect of the
students, the group agreed the stu
dent has the following obligations
to the University:
(1) To meet the instructor at
least halfway in striving for bet
ter J.udent-faculty relationships.
(2) To follow the rules and reg
ulations of the University, making
(See ADMISSION, page 4.)
vine ir
your major effort here on things
that can survive.
"Put of man's past nothing sur
vives but his art and his know
ledge," Dr. Holman said.
The conference, which will end
tonight with a dinner speech by
Dr. Harris Purks, University pro
vost, is a student-faculty study of
the problems and facets of the
University. Following Dr. Hol
man's speech yesterday, students
! members broke up into five study 1
groups to discuss student respon
sibility to University and Univer
sity responsibility to students.
WHAT UNC WANTS
Dr. Holman listed five things
the University expects from its
students:
"(1) The acceptance by the stu
dent of the status of learner, with
a reasonable amount of that most
difficult of virtues, humility;
"(2) A recognition that educa
tion concerns itself with a body of
material and is more than a meth
odology; "(3) A disciplined behavior ap
propriate to the dignity and pur
pose of the University and indica
tive of a true respect for it; ;
"(4) A willingness to respect in
others and to cultivate in ourselves
a love of learning; and, finally
"(5) A vigorous and defiant as
sertion of youth and enthusiasm
and unreasoning idealism and
hope."
WHAT STUDENTS WANT
A student, said Dr. Holman,
wants the University
"(1) To present him with a rea
soned and reasonable program of
study, define it for him and consis
tently work to keep him informed
of it and its objectives;
"(2) To maintain for him a ri
gorous, consistent, and logical
standard for the performance Of
his academic responsibilities;
"(3) To give him a faculty de
dicated to the purposes of educa
tion and committed to the idea
of the student as both the basic
raw material and the crucial pro
duce of the educational process;
"(4) Deal with him always with
equity, with justice and with firm
ness, but never to surrender to
him the central functions of the
faculty;
"(5) And to bring to bear upon
him and his problems a catholic
interest and warm human sym
pathy." Referring to the students first
demand of the University, Dr. Hol
man said he feels UNC's program
of study is, "at least in broad out
line, well reasoned and broadly
consistent with the best traditions
of liberal education.
"I am not convinced, however,
that the University has attempted
very vigorously in recent years to
explain and to defend that pro
gram of study." Dr. Holman said
every student should receive "at
regular intervals an academic ori
entation" which would give him a
"thoughtful and specific explana
tion" of his study program. Such
orientation, he said, should be the
duty of "deans, advisers, teachers
and everyone connected with the
official family of the University."
'MASS ATTACK'
Under the first point of the
University's requirements of its
students, Dr. Holman said "one of
the most disruptive influences at
work in our student intellectual
life is a mass attack, not on spe
cific courses or requirements, upon
the very idea of liberal education
implied in the purposes of a uni
versity. "This attack is launched both by
the 'D' average student who re
sents the foreign language re
quirement and by the Phi Beta
Kappa French major who wants to
take all his work in that subject,"
Dr. Holman said.