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0 CHAPEL BILL B.C. MYTH A summary of the bill Rep. J. K. Doughtort introduced Tuesday in the General Assembly, asking for self-liquidating dormitories, appears on page 4. ; WEATHER o warm today; expected h9h, 80. VOL. LVII, NO. 158 Complete VP) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955 Offices In Graham Memorial FOUR PACES TODAY xs)y s (s) WH imm?: KS& y ks V 3 1 Ic Vrl &k unio rs, ers djKyiies, Highest women a , jw.nv, siuututs ana tin ee honorary members in a pie-dawn ceremony this i Among. the honorary members tapped were the wife ot a UNC administrativ - '1 5, ? ' i J v ... 4"! , i . I I . J: I ' ' y - ' 'Ni J? f - - I . t ' r- N 4 r k ill -5 1 VALKYRIES (Top) COCKE, FOLGER, JACKSON (Bottom) ASHCRAFT,KIMMEL, FRIDAY AND PONDER UNIVERSITY CLUB CARNIVAL: Girlie Shows, Rat Race And Ugly Man Contest Tomorrow Friday, 13 will be a lucky day for all who come to the University Carnival on Navy Field at 7 p.m., according to University Club Vice President Joe Clapp. In addition to girlie shows, luck contests and a rat race, the Car nival will feature a Theta Chi sponsored "Ugliest Man on Cam pus" contest. The winner will be announced at Ihe Carnival and will receive a mass of prizes rang ing from beer to a loving cup. . The Carnival itself promises to be the "biggest and best'' ever, according to Clapp. "This will be the last chance for everyone to get out and have one final fling before exams," he said. Some of the entries, according to Miss ' Annette Niven, are golf putting, a dunk'im contraption and a rat race. The rat race, . sponsored by Smith Dorm, will feature several rats borrowed from the psychol ogy - labs. The rats will carry odds, just as in horse races, ac cording to a Smith spokesman. Executive Committee May Talk On Tuition The secretary of the UNC Boafrd of Trustees yesterday said he thought the Executive Committee will discuss raising out-of-state "tuition at its meeting next week. Arch T. Allen of Raleigh, secretary of the full board, was ques--r 1 ; tioned yesterday on the group's Prep Students Slate Recital On Saturday Students of the UNC Dept. of Music, Preparatory Division, will be heard in a recital at Hill Hall at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Piano students who will ap pear in the recital from the class es of Melvin Bernstein, Wilton Mason, William Newman, Lilian Pibernik, and Caroline Sites are: Mical Heyman, Jean Godfre', Paula Sturdevant, Barbara Sturde vant, Bobby Winsor, Beth Harris Nancy Royster, Evelyn McKnight, Richard Bissell, and Jimmy Weng er, all of Chapel Hill; Tom Gl'ymph, Durham; Mary Frances Hart, Elkin, and Bill Brady, San ford." Elizabeth Allcott and Virginia Ellis, both of Chapel Hill; and David Jones of Durham will be presented from Mrs. Hans Grain ,er's violin class. , Flutists from the class of Earl Siocum include Gerry Ham and John Hanft, both of Chapel Hill. Ellen Cooke of Elkin will rep resent the voice class of Joel Carter. I n n F mi thr ee Honorary In Predawn Fefe s honorary society on the campus recognized four outstand No Arsonists: Just Keeping Grass Away No arsonist or would-be pyro maniac is responsible for,, the kerosene-drenched sidewalks on the campus. According to J. S. Bennett, di rector of operations, the kerosene "is just a method to keep the grass off the sidewalks." Grass comes up between the bricks, said Bennett, and kero sene is "the only things that won't spot the bricks.' Since kerosene dries within half an hour there is little danger from lighted matches or tossed cigarette butts, Bennett. Old Well Officers All new officers of the Order of the Old Well are requested to meet at the Y-Court today at 1:00 p.m. in order that pictures may be taken. immediate problem raising S88, 245 asked of the Uniyersity by the state Legislature last week. The trustees, in a meeting of the full board of 'over 100 on May 23, will have to decide whether to raise tuition for out-of-state students or find another way to raise the $88,245. The Executive Committee will meet a week efore the' full board - next Monday and, according to Allen, will probably discuss the money problem. As to whether the Board of Trustees will be able to raise the money without raising non-resident tuition,' Allen said "as far as I know," they won't. Members of the Executive Com mittee include Trustees John Washington Clark, Randolph County; John Umstead Jr., Orange; W. Frank Taylor, Wayne; Judge John Parker, Mecklenburg; Mrs. A. H. Lathrop, Buncombe: Mrs. May L. Tomlinson, Guilford; Victor Bryant, Durham, and Thomas Pearsall, , Nash. Strength of the Executive Com mittee is usually limited at 12 members, but four were dropped by the General Assembly in trus tee approvals this spring! The other four will be named by the full board in its May 23 meeting, according-1 to trustee spokesmen. r n o r morning. e official . an assistant to the Dean of Stu dent Affairs and an exchange student from The Netherlands. Members are selected for their leadership, high ideals and serv ice to the University community. Undergraduates honored Were Misses Donna Lee Ashcraft, Fair mont, W. Va.; Mary Jane Cocke, Asheville; Sara Alice Folger, Mil ledgeville, Ga., and Sara Alice Jackson, Lumberton. Those receiving honorary mem berships for their outstanding contributions to student life were Mrs. William Friday, UNC offi cial's wife, who has been an active adviser to the YWCA-YMCA Joint Advisory Board, Panhellenic Workshops and Freshman Camp: Miss Lila Ponder, Student Affairs assistant and UNC, alumna; and Miss Arendine Kimmel, Fulbright scholar in library science from The Hague, The Netherlands, president of the Cosmopolitan Club and exchange student leader. Miss Ashcraft, an education ma jor, is vice-chairman ot the Stu dent Party, member of the Dialec tic Senate, Debate Squad, Univer sity Forum, YWCA and Orienta tion Committee. Recently elected president of Alpha Delta Pi soror ity, she serves on the Panhellenic Councl. A sociology student, Miss Cocke recently received the Jane Craige Gray Memorial Award as outstand ing woman in the junior class. Her campus offices include secre tary of the University Party, vice president of the YWCA and vice president of Delta Delta Delta sorority. , She is - also active - in such organizations as Worn ens' Residence Council, dormitory council and orientation. Also a sociology major. Miss Folger has been chosen 1955-56 president of YWCA, in which she played a leading role this- year. She has also participated in Lead ership Council, Glee Club and Westminister Fellowship. The fourth undergraduate, Miss Jackson, is a student in the School of Pharmacy, where she is past treasurer and current slretary of the student body. She will head the Women's Orientation Program next fall, as well as the YWCA Program Committee and the Per sonnel Committee of Chi Omega sorority. Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa initiation will be held today at 5 p.m. in Gerrard Halt, announced Dean E. L. Mackie yesterday. - Following the initiation a banquet will be held in Len oir Hall. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Famous By I. T. LITTLETON During May the UNC Library will feature exhibitions of gifts donated by Friends of the Library during the past year. The annual Friends of the Library dinner will be held at the Carolina Inn on Friday. William Henry Hoyt of New York will speak on "Reminis cence on the Evolution of A Book Collection." Approximate ly 130 persons are expected to attend. The Friends of the Library, an organization composed of Alumni, faculty and others in terested in the development and growth of the University's Li brary, have given during the past year several hunderd vol umes which could not have been obtained by other means. Nu merous rare and valuable items relating to North Carolina are on display. PENN LETTER Of . particular interest is an original letter written and sign by John Penn of North Carolina. I hire e Tar I Pulit Winner To Talk Here Pulitzer prize winning Vermont C. Royster, senior associate editor of The Wall Street Journal, will be the principal speaker at the Saturday evening dinner of the North Carolina Editorial Writers Conference to be held here in Chapel Hill this weekend. j ' Royster is a former resident of j Raleigh and was graduated from I UNC in 1935. Since that time he, has worked for the New York City News Assn. and then for The Wall Street Journal, as a repor ter, Washington correspondent, chief Washington columnist and then as senior associate editor in the New York office. During the war he served in the Navy and was commander of a destroyer escort in Okinawa at the conclusion of the war. When he was awarded the Pu litzer Prize in 1953, his citation read: "An ability to decide the underlying moral issue, illuminat ed by a deep faith and confidence in the people of our country, is the outstanding characteristic of the editorials of Vermont C. Roys ter which won for him the 1953 award for editorial writing. - "In his editorials, he has ranged from the Robinson-Maxim prize fight through such political events as the election campaign and the seizure of the steel industry by President Truman up to the sig nificance of the New Testament's teachings in our daily lfe." SEGREGATION TALK Editors from 30 or more North Carolina daily, weekly and semi weekly papers will gather in Chapel Hill for the opening ses sion of the conference to be held tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., at which time there will be a panel dis cussion on the problems posed by the Supreme Court decision on segregation. Panel members will be C. A. McKnight, editor of The Southern School News, William T. Polk, associate editor of The Greensboro Daily News, and the Rev. Tom T. Edwards of St. Phil ip's Episcopal Church in Durham. Walter Spearman of the Univer sity School of Journalism will be moderator for the panel. Al Resch of Siler City is chair man of the Editorial Writers Con ference and Robert Mason of San ford is the program chairman for this year's meeting. Valuable This letter was written at Phil adelphia to North Carolina Gov ernor Richard Caswell in July, 1773. John Penn's signature is one of the rarest of all signers of the Declaration of Indepen dence. It is a gift 0f James N. B. Hill of Boston, Mass. Also of wide state interest are the orginal documents signed by several early governors- of North Carolina, a gift of Uni versity President Gordon Gray. Nine items from Preston Davie of New York City are on display, including an original manuscript written in 1699, set ting forth the claims of the heirs of Daniel Coxe to the ter ritory of Carolina; a fine ori ginal map of the Battle of Camden, 1780, and three 17th century volumes relating to Sir Walter Raleigh. FIRST PRINTER Special display cases are de voted to the Bruce Cotten Col lection of North Carolinana which the Library recently acquired by legacy from the Mex- Megro Students Said PI n n n l - 1 h va If all; NAACP Backing II h f . . Z. l I i 1 P - VA III ' : W ?s w- J' " : iHSI " illilllllill r t.,- 'xy . ;--C - !, micvtl" - tt-aMai:;' iiWlUnM ml iMiimii iTHiiiiin iininrn , i .int.. If mhmMimim, M-ll2Mk AWARD WINNERS TAYLOR, BOLDEN AND McQUlRE ... for straight news, features and sports Russell And Coffin Honored : Awards Made At Press Feed Charles Phillips Russell and Oscar J. Coffin, both retiring members of the journalism facul ty, ' were honored Tuesday night al the annual Press Club Awards lianquet, - at """""which " Chancellor Robert B. House was main speak er. The banquet was attended by students in the School of Journa lism and many of the School's faculty members. Club President Earl D. McGuire of Danville, Va.; presented gifts to the honored guests, and Chan cellor House paid tribute to their contributions to the University. Cofiin has been a member of the faculty in the Journalism School since 1926, and' was dean until his resignation in 1953. Russell, who teaches creative writing and who has written a number of books, chiefly biograp hies, has been on the faculty since 1931. Another feature of the ban quet was the presentation of the annual student journalism writ ing awards, which consist of sub scriptions to Time magazine and certificates oL merit. The awards are given each year for student newspaper writing in the fields ol straight news, sports, features, and editorials and columns. Winners in the straight news Works On Display Estate of the late Major Bruce Cotten of Baltimore, Md. Maj. Cotten was an alumnus of the University, class of 1895. In- . eluded in the Bruce Cotten Col lection are extremely beautiful and rare copies of early North Carolina historical sources. Early North Carolina , imprints exhibited include a 1752 com pilation of North Carolina laws, published by James Davis in New Bern. Davis was the first North Carolina printer and be gan printing in 1749. On dis play is the only known copy of The Journal of the House 'of the Assembly, printed by Davis in 1765. Exhibition cases contain sel ected gifts from more than 30 different donors. One of the most significant items is a book printed in Spain in 1491 which was given by Miles C. Horton Jr., of Greensboro. The Libra ry's copy is one of three ... known copies in the United States. George Watts Hill of Durham has given several val division, judged by Joe Brown, city editor of The High Point En terprise, were Raymond M. Tay lor, Washington, first place, and Don Bolden ,Burlington, second. In feature writing, judged by Herbert O'Keef, Sunday editor of The Raleigh News and Observer, Bolden captured first place, Tay-, lor second, and Bernie Weiss of Norfolk, Va., third. In the editorial and column di vision, judged by Weimar Jones of The Franklin Press, Taylor won first and Jim Dunn, Charleston, S. C, second. The sports writing, judged by Jake Wade, UNC sports publicist, was won by -Earl Mc Guire, first; with Weiss, second, and Ray Linker, Charlotte, third. The awards were presented by Clinton T. Andrews Jr., Hickory, and Hazel Crawford, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., contest co-chairman. The Press Club was organized years ago for members of the School of Journalism and mem bers of campus publication staffs to promote fellowship among stu dents interested in journalism as a vocation. Prominent speakers are called in during the year to talk to the club members during their meetings. Walter Spearman of the School of Journalism faculty is the club's adviser. uable albums of musical re cordings to the Music Library. Representative of his gifts is a complete set of the recordings of Mozart's piano works. LEWIS CARROLL Numerous rarities donated by William A. Whitaker, class of . 1904, are on display. Among these are several first editions of Nathaniel Hawthorne as well as a limited edition of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, signed by Alice Har greaves, the original "Alice." On ' the ground floor, display cases are filled with books given by Whitaker. One con tains first editions and auto graph letters of William Make peace Thackeray; others, signi ficant items from the Whitaker Collection of Costume Plates in Color. Representative books from this year's 250 additions that Dr. Archibald Henderson has made to the Henderson Collect ion Materials Relating to Geo (See FRIENDS, page 4) Spokesman Ready To Take Issue To Court By FRED POWLEDGE Three Durham Negroes will apply lor undergraduate ad mission to the University next fall, according to an official ol the NAACP. UNC Trustee policy provides that Negroes may enter grad uate or professional schools "when such schools are not provided bv , Hillside Hiah School in Durham. and in the state of North Carolina for such racial groups." The trus tees are not oh record as allowing Negro undergraduates to enter the University. The Negroes' spokesman, At torney C. O." Pearson of Durham, said yesterday he plans to ask the University to admit the students. If the University refuses, said Pearson, he will ask the Board of The three Durham Negro High School Seniors have been refused undergraduate admis sion to UNC according to a re port received last . night. ' Director of Admissions Roy Armstrong stated that under present UNC trustee policy 'concerning Negro students, "Undergraduates just aren't eligible. Trustees. If trustees turn the trio down, he said, he will submit a petition in federal court asking that the students be allowed to enter. 'good' students' . Pearson did not reveal the three students' names, but he did say they are graduating seniors at Traffic Group Ponders Setting Up Car Court By JACKIE GOODMAN The Student Traffic Committee, in, its first meeting yesterday, voted to investigate the possibili ties of setting up a student traf fic court here. The committee was appointed April 29 by student body Presi dent Don Fowler. The purpose of the committee was to "expediate" the administration's proposal to introduce next fall a program of "compulsory registration of stu dent automobiles and strict en forcement of regulations" through student government channels said Fowler at that time. Layton McCurdy, chairman of the committee, told the members in yesterday's meeting the main problem is "to figure out a more effective system of getting these (student) cars registered." He said that the faculty is putting pres sure on the administration con cerning the great number of stu dent cars here. He added that ! both Fred Weaver, dean of 'Stu dent Affairs, and President Gor don Gray are opposed to denying students the right to have ' cars here. Jim Monteith, committee menl ber, suggested the possibility of setting up a student traffic court to regulate registration of stu dent cars and to try traffic! viola tions. The committee, however, did not make any recommenda tions as to what powers the court would have if it were established. GOING TO STATE The committee decided to go to State College in Raleieh on Fri day to investigate the student traffic regulation there. Other problems discussed were the problems of how to find stu dents with unregistered cars be fore they have any violations and what to do about students who have cars that are registered in their parents' names. The question o how such a court would be set up was also discussed. The two possibilities mentioned by committee members were by a constitutional amend ment, which would call for a ref erendum, and by appointments. annin li 1 em and that they arc "all good stu dents." Letters of application from the trio have been received by the admissions office here. Letters of rejection, stating trustee policy, have been mailed back to the stu dents. As of this week no further correspondence has been received from the Negroes. Attorney Pearson said parents of the three students have asked NAACP officials to help in enter ing their sons in the University. As of yet, he said, he has not notified University officials of his plan. Director of Admissions Roy Arm strong had no comment yesterday. Pearson said he didn't know whether the students plan to commute or establish residence here if thej enter. As for the chance of their being accepted, he said "I'm like the doctor; you never know until the patient gets well." The trustee policy on admitting Negro students was established April 3.. 1951, when the body de cided Negro applications to grad uate or professional schools "shall be processed without re gard to color or race." made by the student body presi dent. The committee is scheduled to meet again at 7:15 p.m. Monday night. Members of the Student Traffic Committee present at yesterday's meeting besides McCurdy and Monteith were Chuck Irlack, Eric Jonas, Gardner Foley and Jim Dackery. Other members- not at tending are Frank Warren and Bob Mason. Med Student Wins Award For Character Harvey Allsbrook Page, second year medical student in the School of Medicine, has been named winner of the William deB. MacNider Award, according to Dr. W. Reece Berryhill, dean ol the school. The award was sponsored first by the second-year class of 1950 and was established as a public commendation of a sophomore medical student who is elected by classmates as possessing the in tangible traits of good character which were typified by Dr. "Billy" NacNider during his 51 years as teacher and professor in the Uni versity. The presentation is in the form of a plaque on which the recipi ent's name is to be inscribed each year. In announcing this award, Dr. Berryhill also reported results of elections of officers for the Whitehead Society, composed of all Medical School students, and the chairman of the School's, Hon or Council, John Vassey of Ashe vlle. Whitehead Society officers for 1955-56 are William W. McLen don, Greensboro, president; Wil liam Purcell, Laurinburg, vice president; Nat Sparrow, Chapel Hill, secretary; and Jack Hobson, Charlotte, treasurer.