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THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955
Number 2
Watermelon Festival Tomorrow
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Eight of the nine Watermelon Queen contestants pose at The Old Well.
Betty Dry, Helen Ervin, Joan Brown, Sarah Kelly. Second row: Virginia
Marie Woody. Jackie Van Hook was not present.
From left to right are, front row:
Fuller, Helen Stokes, Anne Onley,
Amateur Photo
Contest Announced
The Summer Activities Council and
Graham Memorial are co-sponsoring
a photography contest on the U.N.C.
campus. The shots would depict in
teresting events on the campus. The
best pictures will be used to com
pose a booklet which will be used to
interest students in Summer School
at U.N.C.
The contest rules are:
1. All photos must be original.
2. All work (developing, printing,
and enlarging) must be done by
the entrant.
3. The first-place picture will be
awarded $15, and the second
place picture S10.
Graham Memorial has a darkroom
which can be used and all students
are urged to use these facilities.
Photos will be accepted from Mon
day, June 27th through Tuesday, July
12th. The three best pictures will be
published each week in the Summer
School Weekly, and from these the
two best will be chosen.
For those who do not know how
to develop their own film, two classes
will be held, on Tuesday, June 28th,
and Thursday, June 30th. These
classes will meet in Roland Parker
No. 1 at two o'clock on the two after
noons, and will be conducted by stu
dent amateur photographer Joe
Latham.
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Officers Are Elected
For Drama Group
Officers tfor the Community Drama
Group, which is sponsored by the
Community Church of Chapel Hill,
have been selected for the coming
year. Elected were Walter Smith,
chairman; Myra Lauterer, vice-chairman;
Clara Richardson, librarian;
and Pat Liston, publicity.
The group, which meets on alter
nate Sunday evenings to read plays,
will continue to meet during the sum
mer. The next meeting will be held
Sunday,' June 26 at 7:45 in the Uni
versity Library's assembly room,
when "The Male Animal," a comedy
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ROY W. HOLSTEN
Holsten Named To
New U.N.C. Post
Roy W. Holsten, Director of Stu
c?ent Activities at the University of
North Carolina, has been named A
'fetant Director in the Office of De
velopment Affairs effective July 15,
1955, Chancellor R. B. House announc-
today.
In his new position Holsten will be
responsible for certain phases of the
long-range development program for
the University at Chapel Hill which
is under the general direction of
Char'es M. Shaffer, Assistant to the
Chancellor in the field of Development
and Public Relations.
Holsten entered the University in
September, 1946, and received his
Bachelor's degree in English in March,
ir50. Upon graduation he was em
ployed by the Vick Chemical Com
pany, Greensboro, North Carolina,
as employment manager for the man
ufacturing division and editor of the
Vick News. He returned to the Uni
versity in February, 1952, as As
sistant Dean of Students and was
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Doctoral Dissertations
All .. Doctoral Dissertations for
August Commencement must be
filed with the Graduate Office by
July 11, 1955.
Colloquiums Being
Held Tuesdays
The first in the series of Tuesday
night colloquiums was held June 14
in the Forest Theatre, sponsored by
the School of Education. Mr. Nathan
H. Yelton, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Teachers' and State
Employees' Retirement System, de
livered the address on the "Proposals
for Combining Social Security and the
Teachers' and State Employees' Re
tirement System."
Mr. Yelton, a native of North Caro
lina from Mitchell County, was intro
duced by Dr. Guy B. Phillips, Direc
tor of the Summer Session. Mr. Yel
ton pointed out that as the Teachers'
and State Employees' Retirement Sys
tem now stands, teachers and state
employees are not covered by Social
Security, old-age and survivors' in
surance. But he said that through the
1954 amendments to the Social Se
curity Act, which went into effect
January 1, 1955, and action taken by
the State Legislature, teachers and
state employees will be eligible to
vote as to whether or not they wish
to use a portion of the money which
they pay into their retirement fund to
obtain Social Security, old-age and
survivors' benefits.
At present, the money in the re
tirement fund is invested in Govern
ment and municipal bonds, and this
Interest plus a supplement from the
State amounts to about a 4 annual
return. Under the new system the
teachers and state employees would
keep retirement benefits already
amassed, and would use about 25 of
the amount they pay into the retire
ment fund for Social Security, old-age
and survivors' benefits. The rest would
continue to go into the retirement
fund.
The State, as their employer, would
also contribute toward these Social
Security benefits. The election is to
be held on October 26, and in order
to pass, a majority of the eligible em
ployees must vote for it.
On June 21, Mr. Don Shoemaker,
former editor of the Asheville Senti
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King And Queen
To Be Crowned
At Annual Event
The annual Watermelon FestiTal
will begin tomorrow night at 7
o'clock under' the Davie Poplar. "The
program will get under -way with
over three hundred ...watermelons
being served to the faculty and stu
dents, with Jim Crisp and his combo
furnishing the music.
Beginning at 8 o'clock the first
event will, take place with Jim Wal
lace at the piano; .next, the Univer
sity Band directed by : Chancellor
House will give a strictly impromptu
performance. Following, -Murray
Wall, who will be the vocalist for the
evening, a skit produced by Jerry
Reese will be performed.
The next item on the program will
be the watermelon eating contest . ber
tween faculty and student teams .The
committee in .charge, of the Festival
announced the following members of
the 'faculty to take part in the, event:
Miss Lila Ponder,. Mrs. -Rosemary
Kent, Mr. Terrill, and Mr. Wads
worth. Additional team members are
still to be announced.
The highlight of the evening will
occur when the spotlight , falls on the
crowning of the King and Queen of
the Festival. Pictures of the queen
contestants will be 6n display1 in the
Y-Court through today, and students
may cast their votes for a nickel each.
Five finalists will be selected from
the contestants-having the most votes,
and these names with the King can
didates' names will appear on a bal
lot in a final election to be determined
by popular vote.
For the remainder of the evening
there will be dancing in the parking
lot behind Memorial Hall with Jim
Crisp's Combo providing accompani
ment. The Watermelon Festival is in
capable hands, the co-chairmen of the
committee being John Kerr and Jean
Man. The remainder of the staff
consists of Catherine Cobean, Carol
Iobst, Marian Sutherland, John Rie
bel, Jim Mclntyre and Ben Payne.
Make a point of taking part in the
coming festivities, as the Water
melon event promises to be the out
standing social event of the summer
session.
Bridge Lessons Given
During Summer School
A student at Carolina need no
longer be left out of the social whirl!
Due to the great amount of interest
evidenced in such a project, Bridge
lessons are to be given during the
summer.
The lessons, which begin next
week, will be held in the cool Ren
dezvous Room of GM at 3:00 Tues
days for elementary or beginning
players, and 3:00 Thursdays for the
advanced players.
The lessons are open to all sum
mer school students at no cost to the
student.
The classes will be instructed by
Ray Clark and are sponsored by the
Summer Activities Council.
Y-CABINET-MEETING
There will be a meeitig in the
Y-cabinet room Friday, June 24, at
4 o'clock to plan entertainment for
children during the summer session.
All interested students are urged to
attend.