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SEEIALS tSPT BOX S70 Z WE ATHER Cloudy nd mild today, possibility of ,ight shower6 Peted high, 78. FREEDOM The editors take issue with another editor on student free dom. See page 2. with Ex- VOL. LVi; NO. 156 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA; TUESDAY MAY 10, 1955 Officet In Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES TODAY ever a I Leave W U N C- town enfs ore 5 taf f ; A p p rp p r i a tj o ns G u onsYiiutiona imfm mm menamenr y TV Co Today On t M I it - J B TO A13UQW i ty H eld As Reas nse Misleading Conf usion Are Named The prospect of reduced appropriations arid staff inse curity has dealt a serious blow to University educational tele vision, with several "big names" having already departed and other departures already in prospect. Charges of misleading promises and confused policies also nave cast a shadow on the future ' of WUNC-TV. The General Assembly, meeting jn "Raleigh, last week cut educa tional television appropriations to $223,610 for the next biennium. Speculation' here yesterday cen tered on what will happen to pres ent plans, programs and alloca tion of funds. The three University institutions must now get along with $108,000 a year for television and divide ; that amount among them, A spokesman for the Chape! Hill 'studio said yesterday many changes will have to be made and that the programs which have been running to 41 hours weekly must be drastically cut, perhaps in half. The organization built up over 1 the last few months has already I which acts as in an advisory ca been much altered, owing not or.ly pacity on - programming. This to the reduced funds in prospect '; council is reduced to seven memf but to internal reasons. . j bers when meeting with corre Robert Snyder, who was' invited j sponding bodies from the Raleigh here to take part m the educational ; and Grcensbofo units of thc .v- " oa iui i I . months head of the motion picture division, left for New York and Washington yesterday. He took his family and furniture with him." : . Snyder was the winner of an Academy award for his film, "The i . Titan." Here he was 'employed j chief 1 v on a film for the State Highway Safety Program supposed to cost $100,000. Frank Waldm an, sports announ cer, resigned several weeks ago and has returned to Los Angeles. He left the staff when it was de cided to drop the televising of sports. His brother, Thomas A. Wald man, employed as a writer, has also resigned. Anthony Guggenheimer, another writer, resigned over the weekend. There have been other staff I changes and others are in prospect, due not entirely to reduced funds. Some members of the staff which is now breaking up or who have SP Approves Committee Chairmen For 7955-5 6 Fleishman was named by acclama The Student Party filled several legislative seat vacancies and committee chairmanships in its final meeting of the semester last night. Last portion of the session was devoted to talks by senior party members. In elections, Gwen Lemley and Pat McBane were named to fill two vacant seats in dorm women's districts. Long-time party member Joel Half Of B. C. Remedy Company Is Honored One of North Carolina and Durham's foremost pioneer phar macists has been honored in mem oriam by the establishment; of a special fund in the North Caro lina Pharmaceutical Research Foundation for use in the UNC School of Pharmacy. The Gejrmain Bernard Memorial Fund, in the form of a $10,000 gift, has been set up by C. T. Council 0 D"rham honoring his late partner and preceptor. Ber nard and Council organized the B. C. Remedy Company, of which the latter is now president. " Just as Bernard was for many ytars a leader in the advance ment of his profession through the State Pharmaceutical Assn., so has Council continued the pro fessional promotion, aiding in creation of the Pharmaceutical Eesearch Foundation.'1 Promises; M resigned or been released in the past have not concealed their dis satisfaction with their experiences here. ','.''. A few charge the University with bringing them here under too rosy promises. Others allege di vided counsels and confused poli cies. . v They say they have been "let down" at a time when it is difficult for men ' with families to obtain other employment. Part of the dissatisfaction has been due, according to studio spokesmen, to a new and inexper ienced system of control.- j - Dean Henry Brandis 0 the Law j School is chairman of a local i facultv council of 10 mpmhers Crpatpr I n rare tw Dean Brandis said yesterday that so far as he knew the new situa tion created by the reduced bud get, had not been officially dis cussed, since the combined coun cil acts only on" matters of pro-r: gramming. .' v..:' "So far the. television "sfudio has acted independently , of... the Ex tension Division of the Universtiy. There are reports that in the ? future there will be closer co operation, and perhaps union, between the two. Those persons who have been most actively associated with the educational television experiment have been Vice-President W. D. Carmichael Jr.; Kay Kyser, who has the title of consultant, and Robert F. Schenkkan, director of television for the Greater Univers ity. Lately Provost J. Harris Purks has acted as a representative of President Gordon Gray. tion to fill a vacant post in dorm men's III. Chairman Bob Harrington, with party approval, approved com mittee chairmanships: - , Publicity, Brandon Kincaid; Membership, Joan Palmer, and Social, Jim Armstrong. After elections were concluded Charlie Wolf, in an "old soldier speech," said. "I think the Dean of Student Affairs' office is against student government. Student needs are not being met." Incorporated in 1946 by the Pharmaceutical Assn., the founda tion has disbursed since then to the University a total of $49,000 for use in the School of Pharmacy. Its permanent endowment funds total ' ' $110,000 at . the present time. Foundation funds provide for such needs as graduate research fellowship, research supplies and equipment, special library materi als and research assistance to professors. In his creation of the Germain Bernard Memorial Fund, Council cites Bernard's "long career as a pharmacist of unusual ability and business judgment" and notes the "affectionate memory" of his own long association with Bernard. Bernard began his career in pharmacy in Durham at the age (See'B. Cv page 4.) CcyncWs2ncl Weekly Slate OfUfSfC fvenfs Following is the weekly calen dar of events for today through Monday, compiled by the Campus Recreation Coordinating Council. TUESDAY -; " Tennis with North Carolina State. t ' . ; ' - : .: . ".. V ; Folk dance class-Hillel House, 7:30 p.m. ': - - Senior recital (James ' Priiett piano), Hill HalL 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY ; Freshman baseball with North Carolina State, Campus championship : in soft ball Joyner vs. winner of Sigma Chi-Chi Psi game, , 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY ;; ; Tennis ACC championships. GMAB Film ' Series Carroll Hall, 8 p.m. ' , : History Club lecture. (Dr. Wil liam . Hamilton) Library Assemb ly Room, 8 p.m. r. : .- . 1 'Cobb Dormitory party Cobb basement, 9 p.m. " . Friday t ."; ; Baseball with Virginia. , Tennis: ACC championships. Track ACC. championships. Old West . Dormitory party Ho gan's Lake, afternoon. " Campus championship in tennis, 5 p.m. " ' ' Alexander Dormitory party Hogan's .Lake, afternoon. Friends of the Labrarj' (faculty) dinner Carolina Inn Ballroom, 6:30 p.m. .. , Universitj' Club;: Spring T Carnf val Nayy Field, 7:30 p.m. Steele . Dormitofy party and dance nurses basement, 9 p.m. : SATURDAY f Baseball with Duke. ' Tennis ACC championships. Track ACC Championships. Graham Dormitory party Ho ean's Lake, afternoon. SUNDAY University Concert Band lawn concert Day Poplar, 4:30 p.m. (in event of rain Hill Hall). , Supper forum (Baptist Student Union) Duke University. Steak fry (Wesley Foundation) Battle Park, 5' p.m. Picnic with State College (Lu theran Student Association) Crabtree State Park, 3 p.m. ALL WEEK Art exhibit Person Hall. Marshals For Graduation Are Chosen Dr. J. C. Lyons, Faculty Com-, mencemcnt Marshal and head of the commencement marshals, yes terday announced the list of marshals for June commence ment. Dr. Lyons announced Ogburn' Yates Jr., Asheboro, as Chief Marshal. Yates automatically be comes ' Chief Marshal because he holds the office of senior class president. The other marshals are as follows: Miss Jane Cocke, junior fyom Asheville; Miss Sallie Cow- les, junior from Statesville; Miss Mary Windley Dunn, junior from New Bern; Scotty Hester, junior from Reidsville; Miss Joan Purser, junior from Charlotte; Jack Stevens, junior from Asheville, and Burt Veazey, junior from Ra leigh. - ' Roman Totenburg To Appear At Meredith Roman Totenburg, celebrated violinist, will appear at Meredith College tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the college auditorium. Totenburg's program will in clude Spring Soata by Beethoven, Violin Concerto in E Minor, by Mendelssohn, jjoe Down by Cope land and works by Bart ok, J. Nin and Szymanow$ki. egislmuire . ders y ry n,s;i Very Much Student leaders were rather re ticent yesterday when- " asked to state their stand on today's vote . to allow student government , to raise . activities fees $5. ' .. . Action, of the state Legislature raising out-of-state tuition damp-i ened the fee-ardor of many, in cluding Atty. General David Reid, who said "The action of the leg islature was disturbing . . . and any further fee increase will be felt more acutely." . . Bob Young, new. president of - -Graham . Memorial . Activities Board, reiterated his statement of , last week if the Legislature pass- ed' the tuition bill and took more money he "would oppose" the raise. ' v" . ' Director of Student Activities Roy . Holsten yesterday also came out against the raise, saying the fee - raise problem "needed more study." ' . , . .Last week President Don Fow ler came out against the raise. ' 'I am opposed to any . fee raise,"he said. ; ,;- . . ' . . . The Daily Tar Heel has ' come out" editorially in favor of the fee raise. . . " Joel Fleishman and Jim Tur ner, both Student Party . leaders, who could not be reached yester day, 'have previously said they were in favor of the .fee raise. Di Tonight tl ' Tonight at .8 ; o'clock : the Dialectic Senate will debate " a bill calling for an organization of World Government. Propon ents of the bill, led by Senator Charlie Dean who will intro duce it, are expected to contend that world government is the only alternative to chaos. En emies of the bill will probably argue that world government would be impractical and unworkable. i " : : 1 ' . Final Exam Schedule . ; The University Library will be open until 10 p.m. on the Sat urday night (May 21) before final examinations, according to an an nouncement yesterday. Circulation, Reserve, Business Administra tion,. Current Affairs and Reference departments will be "staffed. Library hours between the end of spring semester and the be ginning of summer school are listed as foNcws: Wednesday, June 1 . 7:45 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, June 2-Saturday, June 4.. 9 a.m.-5 p.m'. Sunday, June 5 - - 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Monday, June 6-Thursday, June 9 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, June 10 -l 7:45 .m. 10 pm. (Regular summer hours will be 7;45 a.m.-lO p.m.) . No student may be excused from a scheduled examination ex cept by the University Infirmary, in case of illness, or by his Gen eral College faculty adviser or his dean, in case of any other emer gency c6mpelling.his absence, according to a notice issued by Edwin Lanier, director of the Central Office of Records. The final exam schedule for the present semester is as follows: All 2 p.m. classes on MWF and BA 180 Tuesday, May 24, 8:30 a.m. All noon classes on -MWF Tuesday, May 24, 2 p.m. All 2 p.m. classes on TTS and ' Economics 31 and 32 Wednesday, May 25, 8:30 a.m. All 12 noon classes on TTS and Naval Science : All 1 p.m. classes oti MWF and BA 71 and 72 All 9 a.m. classes on MWF A1I 9 a.m. classes on TTS JL All 8 a.m. classes on MWF All 10 a.m. classes on MWF All 'French, 'German and Soanish courses numbered 1, 2, 3,' 4 and 'Economics 170 : All 11 a.m. classes on TTS All 10 a.m. classes on TTS : All 11 classes on MWF . All 3 p.m. classes, 'Chemistry 21, 'Economics 81 and all classes not otherwise provided for in schedule All 8 a.m. classes on TTS 'In case of any conflict, the precedence over th common by an asterisk.). ' L-,1 111 . I 1 : r. . li t i t ' - " l P Ijl -r s r-. fi S f :p r J-r&Z 1-tv-Tr ' - :i - - skT-l- -xy ' -VJ ' mIi'mi .i'i i nil i II mil 1 i :- L n muni iiiniinSir'-i ,n - .tnS-, ...r-: - . ifffrtftr., - - YDC Names Graham President The UNC '..Young Democrat's Club named William E. Graham president . for -1955-56 in its last session of the semester last night. Graham was chosen over Bill Formyduvall by a 40-15 plurality. Fprmyduvall moved down a notch and was elected first vice president by acclamation 4se-r-picked -without" opposition Rosenthal, - Ruth "Dalton . and Bob vas Charlie 'Dean. Dean captured Jhomas. . , LUNG Second In South I h Doctoral Degrees The University of North Caro- lina ranked second in the South in the number of doctoral degrees conferred during the past school year and third in the number of doctoral fields offered, according to the annual report from Librar ian Andrew H. Horn to University administration. The University of Texas at Aus- i tin ranked first in the number of all . Wednesday, May 25 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 8:30 a.m. Thursday, My 26, 2 p.m. Friday, May 27, 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 28, 2 p.m. Monday, May 30, 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 30, 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, 8:30 a.m. regularly scheduled exam will take xatn, (Common exams are indicated . To owen0 STUDENTS VOTING IN LAST CAMPUS ELECTION .. . . student fee raise comes up for vote today r the second vice presidency. tiiven tne nod oi party approval for treasurer was Gerald Parker. . Weymon Stephenson was named secretary over Ruth Dalton. Named to the Club Executive Committee were: : . Larry McElroy, Bob Roberts, ! Andre Evans, A. W. Sapp, Ted doctorate degrees conferred with 134, and UNC was second with 102. Johns Hopkins University came in third with 87. Johns Hopkins ranked first in the number of fields in which doc torates are awarded with a total of 43 fields. Texas was second with 40, and UNC was third with 36. None of the above figures includes doctor's degrees awarded in the field of medicine, which includes in the case of t"he University -.at Chapel Hill, the School of Public Health and the School of Dentis try. 4 Dr. "Horn ppinted out?, that; the libraries of Texas' and Johns 'If op- kins contain well over a million volumes each, while the. 'book's : -in-the UNC Library number approxi mately 725,000. ... . ' ; "Duke, with over a million vol umes in its library, conferred few. er doctoral degrees (67) and of fered fewer fields (22) than UNC,V Dr. Horn" explained. "Virginia with a larger library than Caro lina's, confined itself to 25 fields in which 42 degrees were con ferred. Kentucky, with a library nearly the size of Carolina's, con ferred 34 doctoral degrees and of fered 16 fields. It is amply evi dent why North Carolina is forced to borrow heavily from her good neighbor Duke and from other li braries; but we are relaying on this service far more than we should." ' Student Traffic Group First Meet Tomorrow The Student Traffic Committee, promised and appointed by Presi dent Don Fowler, will hold its first meeting tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Woodhouse Conference Room, announced chairman of the committee Layton McCurdy yes terday. ':: Last week Dean Of Student Af fairs Fred Weaver issued a report concerning the traffic problem in reply to the concern felt by the trustees over the student cars. The report promised that car regula tions and registration would be strictly enforced,. Qise Philosophy Dept-'s Dr. Bill Poteat with double-decker ice cream com. . After-Gerinans: Car . driving down Mghwdl;' car 'sttypivg;' to- ed falling"' criit of car; dale pull'1 ing coed back in' car; both slightly intoxicated'; car' siutrtmg ; tip 'ngavn,: car weaving otc' down the highivaij; 'V . A.rra benches placed in boretum's jungle-like areas, equal number of benches mis sing from beneath Davie Pop ula' Eighth Annual Folk Festival Set For June : The . eighth - annual Carolina Folk Festival will .be held June 9, 10 and 11 -'in Kenan, "Stadium, Festival Director T3ascorn ' Lamar Ltunsford of Leicester announced yesterday. buhsiord, now making his head 'lua'rters in Chapel Hill to work out program details, reported "the greatest interest in history throughout the state," and pre dicted that the 1955 festival will be "by all odds the best yet." Around 650 string bands, bal lad singers, clog and square dancers from North Carolina and other southern states are expect ed to participate in the event. As in the past, the program will get underway each of the three nights at "early candlelight" and continue until the performers are through, Lunsford said. The festival, ' sponsored by the N, C. Folklore Council, is under the direction of the UNC Exten sion Division, headed by Russell Grumman. . Lunsford, who has been visiting schools, colleges and communities in all parts ' of the "state to line up .performers, said a good deal of new talent will join the tradi tional ' and familiar participants this year, giving a "cross-section of the floklore in song and dance of the region." SpeciaLguest performers will be the 20-member Valley Spring Dance team, who have been fre quent winners in mountain com petition. Other musicans and dancers will come from the Pied mont section and coastal coun ties. Such well-known performers as George Pegram,' Iredell banjo picker; J. Laurel Johnson, the (See FESTIVAL, page 4 ) Could Mike Activities Fees $5 Carolina students will vote to day on a proposed student fee raise. If passed, thc constitutional amendment will allow the student Legislature to raise student fees from $18 to not more than $23. Three thousand students must vote in the referendum in order for the bill to pass. Thus, at least 1,501 students must vote for thc amendment to enact it into law. Polling places will be open in all men's and women's dormitor ies, Scuttlebutt, Lenoir Hall and Gerrard Hall. Students must pre sent identification cards in order to cast' ballots. Miss Patsy Daniels, retiring Elections Board chairman, yester day urged all students to vote. THE BALLOT The official amendment ballot was released yesterday by Miss Daniels. It states that "Section six of Article I of the student Con stitution is hereby declared null and void." Section six provides that "the student Legislature shall not alter the fee structure for a given school year later than April 1 of the school year immediately pre ceding. The fee collections recog nized by the University at the time this constitution is ratified shall. -remain 'until thc student Legislature alters or approves them." . ,Siudents. will vote for or against leaving Section six in the consti tution. Under the amendment, "Article I, Section four, Subsection A, shall be changed . . ." The con stitution now says "The student j Legislature shall have power . . . to levy and collect all student fees except athletic fees, but to tal fees shall not exceed $20 per calendar year excluding both sum mer school sessions unless the maximum total amount of fees lev ied be changed by a majority Vote "of more than 50 percent of the student body . . ." I Thev amendment would : chance the subsection to read ". . . but the '.total fee shall not exceed $23 prr calendar year, excluding both Most political observers yester day said they expected' a light vote. Jewish Arts Festival On Exhibit Now The Jewish Arts Festival, spon sored by the Hillcl Foundation, will wind up its season's activities with an exhibition of Jewish art in the Morehead Planetarium dur ing this month. The exhibit will consist of con temporary work by a number of Jewish artists, among them Wil liam Levy, Theresa Bernstein, Ilya Schor and Raymond A. Katz. The collection is valued at more than $3,000, according to a Hillel spokesman. The paintings will be shown in the North Science Hall of. the Planetarium daily from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7:30 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 10 p.m. There will be no admission charged. Rabbi Ephraim Rosenzweig, di rector of the HUM Foundation, announced that bids for the paint ings will be accepted. Additional information about the paintings may be secured from Rabbi Rosen zweig, Ronald Kreigsman, 514 Audubon Drive, Greensboro, and Eli Evans, 1401 Fairview Drive, Durham.