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i : A T H E R fancJ mild today, with ,h of 72. t REED The editors talk about th weakest reed on page 2. FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE NO. 2 Complete (P) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MOVEMBER 2, 1955 Offices In Graham Memorial r i i f ri i' f i i iij.ii til' -m tmss 1 1 i v i " i ' ' ,, ' t - . I t i v. 'if V r i .' ; a i. "A f Halloween, Friends, Isn't Just For Children ;;rs of Theta Chi Fraternity found out that All Saints' Day (Halloween) isn't just for little kids 3 soap on glass. They were surprised Monday night when these not-so-little girls came fey to i k or treat." The fraternity, reports one brother, dug up every bit of candy in the house. (Hen-- .) . ." s Boyce Play In sicale i L-t-composer frra Fort rho takes music lessons recordings will present i. -jj .i.- - -. I leth Boyce, a composer t ldhood, will present the ; which will start at 8 Iraham Memorial's main he wil play nine of her r ks. The concert will be students and the public r rViarap A rpppntinn will ; io musicale. cs Pin Go riis k At Phi Meet By JERRY CUTHRELL In his inaugural speech to the Philanthropic Literary Society last . night, Speaker John Curtis said, ;" This year the Phi has made a de finite and certain improvement in itself." He went on to note the almost doubled membership and the great improvement in the ? writing and character of the bills which have been discussed. "The campus is becoming more 1 aware of the society as a means of free student self expression," he said. . i' In speaking of the role of the t . i I '1 ' SPENDS NAMING '-'ill'' . i EES NOAA N r :T: .;:,;!! . mi Hi! ll u u u y u Fors Miss Boyce, j Society in the future, he said, now a senior in high school, once studied with Dr. Alex ander Matthews in. Philadelphia. Now, she conj tinues her les sons in compo- j I ing tape record- j ings. i Boyce has produced 59 or piano, three for or- a tone poem, a modern yictc aim uwier icti- ! under the tutorship of rt Ishee of Fort Bragg, the past summer Miss ''ended the piano clinic d' by the UXC Music ft only plays the piano fhes the instrument to tudents, but also has cello for two youtht or Hn Philadelphia and has! cello recitals on radio vision. Joyce's latest work, done fhe summer, is written pphony orchestra and is a "finger painting" in ritual cycles of man. It .delivered this year by ;C Symphony Orchestra. rft Test ;ms i s Soon f C. Shephard, veteran's. has announced that all service" registrants in m taking the Selective "olleSe Qualification Test their applications as Possible. tive service registrants U-time college students nave not previously taken ,are qualified to take the ,r written examination, he ! Purpose of the test is to rfte evidence for the use !ards in considering de jf,r a registrant from mili .e as a student, according pephard. The tests will be jJf for the test may be I-,,, u tl ShcPhard's office ruta Building. "with the ever expanding Univer sity there is realized. . . . ' a de finite need, a mandatory desire for a link between the students and the administration." He il lustrated the intolerence based on lack Of contact between students and faculty. - J; '. ! . "The Phi can be this link; this then is our. aim," he. said 'iii.sum ming up. . , . Following the address by speak er Curtis, Dr. J. Hariss Purks, act ing president of the University gave an informal talk in which he said, "There seems to be a resur geance of a positive attitude of determining and contriving what is right." He indicated that the progress made by the Phi this year was part of the resurgeance. Dr. Purks stressed strongly the importance of student-faculty re lationships. He said, "the pay-off points in higher education are the . teacher before hia student, the student before his books, the scientist in his study and labora tory . . . ." He maintained that educational institutions should function on those- points and in speaking he related them to the student-faculty relationship. A social was held after the inau guration ceremonies. L SPEAKER CURTIS of the Phi i '. Daily Tair Heel rpe!.iyery Box At New Place The Daily Tar Heel announced yesterday the newspaper box for persons living in Glen Lennox has been moved. The box, formerly at the inter section of Raleigh and the Country Club roads has been moved to the University side of the under pass on the Raleigh Road. The new box is so situated that papers may be removed without . drivers get ting out of their cars. ' , ' The Daily Tar Heel also pointed out that a written complaint -on a post card addressed to the circu lation manager or delivered to Graham Memorial will recieve immvdiate attention. Also, if a phone number is enclosed, the circulation- manager will contact the complainer as soon as possible. The Student : Party closed ; out nominations for Legislature j seats in a lengthy meeting -Monday night. ! Candidates1 j were picked ; by ;the party : f Or, ! ;dorm' i metfs; Ttfr 1?wn men's I and- VL and dormitownrnen's were named to represent j the SP irr freshman and junior class of ficer elections. :'. Taking nominations in dorm mien's IV were: '') John Curtis, Gardner Foley, George Holloway and LaVkin Kirk man. . Named in town men's I were: Jay ZimmermanT3ud Abee, Fred Gordon, Nick Ffsher and Ted Rey nolds. ' , " " Selected in town men's IH were: Manning Muntzing, Bob Newton and Gerry Boudreau. Picked for ! dorm women's! dist rict were Misses: r - Shirley Pierce, Martha Stogner and Martha .Poindexter.t ;., ! ' Named to run for-junior; class officers were: ; President, Jim Armstrong; vice president, Bob Farrell; secretary, Hale; social chairman, Miss Jackie J Van Hook. ' " I Getting the nod for freshman class posts were: President, Bill Wedmouth; vice to the morale and. effectiveness of president, Bob oison; secretary, administrative and faculty action," Don'Furtado; treasurer Tom Long; Purks, said also "I have a very de . social chairman, Miss . Carter cided opinion on that. However, Chapin. 1 1 feel that if I make any comment Chairman Bob Harrington made on that in the middle of the season three appointments at the meeting.' it might be misinterpreted." These were : When asked by a reporter of David Reid to membership on his opinion on Gray's statement the bipartisan board for the select- that the 1955 General , Assembly ion of candidates : for the men's was in' effect subsidizing athletics ! Honor Council;! Miss Ancy Hoover bv not requiring out of state schol- to the same board for the Women's arsftip students to pay the general Honor Council; -John Black to tern- increased rates," Purks said. "I porarily ' assume the party's! trea-, tnink tys statement stands alone, surer post. The; position was made At the time he stated this, I con vacant by the resignation of ; Jim curred with him." Holmes Tlue to pressing academic In answer as to how Purks likfd .work." - . ' ,-nis aunes as acung president, he replied' "It keeps me very, very busy. Also I am having to carry some of the duties of pprovpst j as well as president biit'-Itm. 'still able' tn stav ir good humor:" , PRESIDENCY f' ' : r Concerning the possibility of his being offered the presidency of the Consolidated University in the event Gray's resignation is accept- j ed. Purks said "I have to do my MM f iS Inl 1 I S Is) a c 1c ( HIP; HirH Jiro cs : Sit O.Btiini; ; lLicll n la ii y n it QQS igher Standards "I think that it is possible," said Acting President J. Har ris Purks yesterday at a ; press conference "for as jclistiiigiiish ed Vihiylpi Wi ty to I tiit$ ' 'j foot-: ball tea in ' niade' uf. of college boys xyiicvplay cledtilj li)cl jvcl : i In answer to a'statHiient by President ? Ciordbnl -pray, tliat "athletics, particularly ' 'big-time athletics,' have a way of becoming an issue in other areas of our work, and pressures supporting athletics in seeking to determine athletic operations create a threat t'if y 7 7 i I 7 loi"PW;ri!C,'':' r- v b: ACTING PRESIDENT PURKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE cautious, but agrees with President' Gray on most questions Henley Photos ACTING PRESIDENT PURKS: Busy, o 0 1 in ' n a I L moi' Educational TV 'Spec7 Slated Friday Night Special To The Daily Tar Heel Greensboro An abundance of volunteer talent and plenty of Committee of the Board of Trus nam wonc . is going to produce tees." He made no further com what is likely educational TV's ment 0n the matter. By , LOUIS KRAAR - A cautious Acting President J. Harris Purks made it clear yes terday that although his double duties keep him "very, very busy," he likes heading the Consolidated University and is "still able to stay in gbod hu mor." Answering questions from Daily Tar Heel staffers, Purks exhibited a kindly mixture of charm and caution. He carefully .parried questions about -his pos- sible candidacy for permanent -First, he made it clear that he . was not a candidate. Then,, asked if he'd refuse the post if offered it, he said: . , "I'll have to do my talking to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees ' on that ques tion," ' o r ., ' Although . it. has never been . made clear before, this is pre cisely what can happen when the Executive Committee meets on Nov. 14. Assuming, ihat thegroupjdoes the expected, it will accept Pres- Cop?olidated- University presi--J, id ent Gordon Gray's resignation, dent.:?;:";)!' M J '" "i I Then, it will probably recom- Yack Beatify J . Court Set A beauty queen and her, court To m o Queen, rrow first "spectacular" hour-long show at Woman's College Friday, At an expense of about $125, "Momontaro," and ancient Japan ese fable, iS;-to be . produced -to inaugurate the; first play.vih a se ries by the WC, Performing Arts Workshop. . r ..,?.. Davd M, Davis, r TV supervisor at WC, estimates that an equiva lent show originating in New York would cost from $70,000 to $100, 000. Fifty students and faculty members are back of the production. (See PRESS, page 4) talking on that to the Executive will be elected tomorrow at 8 p.m. !in Memorial Hall. The annual event is held to select a queen and court for the Yackety Yack. Full page pictures of the queen and each member of the court will ap pear in the 1956 annual. Each dormitory, fraternity and sorority was allowed to enter as many as five UNC coeds in the contest. Jimmy Capps, Raleigh ra dio announcer, will be master of ceremonies. Students will present stage entertainment during .inter missions. : Coeds will be granted late per mission Thursday night until cere monies are over. . The latest entries in. the' Yack Honor Council The Selections Board for Men's and Women's Honor Coun cil seats will meet tonight at 9 o'clock in the Men's Council room, second floor,' Graham Me morial. , ' Ogbtim Yates, chairman of the Men's- C6uncil, said yester day the meeting tonight should end selections of candidates for council seats. T AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE STARTED WORK: Campus Elections Just Around The Corner contest are: Misses Ddrothy Greulach, Page Lott, Martha Trautmann and Patsy Poythress, sponsored by the Chi Phi Fraternity. mend to Gov. Hodges that he appoint, a committee to nomi nate a permanent President. However, the Executive Com mittee "cannot choose a presi dent, as it does not have this power under trustee bylaws. (The procedure described here is the one used when President Frank Graham resigned.) ATHLETICS When reporters bore down verbally on Purks concerning , President.!, GrayJ statements on athletics in his (Gray's) annual report, Purks stood behind Gray. But he had little to add (Gray particularly pointed to "pres sures' supporting athletics" and how at times they "create a threat to the morale and effec tiveness of the administrative and faculty action.") Chancellor Robert House, a few moments after the Purks in terview, was just as cautious (See PURKS, page 4 ) ' Contestants in the beauty con test will meet in Memorial Hall tonight at 7:30 for rehearsals. Those who do not come, said the annual . staff, will ' be dropped from the running. vi, - p-v H . . . 4T " ... t . . rV I' ! I, 5 r 1 CAMPUS ELECTIONS the ball has already started rolling By NEIL BASS f With fall elections just around the corner, Nov. 15 campus pol itical parties are already busy soliciting voters and , members '' The University Party, with a comfortable majority in the SIu dent Legislature, has-, already:: ; distributed - a statement ''to;: stu dents informing ' them f of the "aims and plans" of its v group. The Student Party has 'already released a statement': to" the press ' : outlining party! ideals and meth-JI ods available to become a mem- ... i ber ''' '''. " :; '; " ' ' The UP statement reads "in part: ! . ' . ' ... ."The University , Party be- . lieves that in order to be truly representative the voting mem bers of the party must repre sent the students. An examina tion of our membership will , prove that every section of the - campus5 is j represented. CANDIDATES . ,w ' its candidates are elected this is also true of the UP. However, we shall strive to nominate qual ified candidates in whom the students may put their trust. People that believe money col lected from the block fee should . benefit the whole campus. : "In the, forthcoming elections 'Sve shall make no unreasonable , or foolish promises. Our aim jiowie will be to present "a construct ive program which will benefit all the students." Miss Joan Palmer is sponsored by Aaruark Abbey; Misses Anna Herring and Ellie Cowing by Man gum Dorm. Kappa Delta is sponsoring Misses Sally Patterson, Sally Price and Carolyn Thompson Ruffin Dorm is sponsoring Miss Sara Buie. .Sigma Nu is sponsoring Misses Meredith Stringfield, Joan Brown, Sallie Robeson, and Eliza beth McDowell. - Misses Mary Winn Reade and Jacquelyn Aldridge will be 'spon sored by the Lambda Chi Frater nity. Misses Marie Tyler and Anne Norman will be sponsored by Phi Gamma Delta. Phi Beta Phi will sponsor Miss Harriett Lewis. Delta Delta Delta sorority will sponsor Misses Ada Robinson, Anne Marie Miller, and Jane panisii Ballet ,s i Set I STUDENT PARTY The Student Party statement reads in part: '.That the Student Party is the' party of all . the students will be seen by the fact that both dormitory residents and fraternity ,and sorority members are always nominees for major campus offices. "The ' Student Party's nomin ees are decided on in an open ; ' -. meeting of the party by the en- "One of the primary aims of tire membership. Student party !june Maddesas a,ij yunucai party participat ing in elections is to see that Old East Dormitory will sponsor Miss Mary Anne Braswell. : The Arnold Air Society will sponsor Miss Sylvia Mc Arthur. : Miss Jane Dawson will be spon sored by the Dental Hygienists. St. Anthony Hall will sponsor Misses Libby Whitfield and Nancy Lasell Light. Can Dorm will sponsor Miss Barbara Johnson. Misses Betty Ann Mihm and Elizabeth Calones will be spon sored by Alpha Delta Pi. Phi Kappa Sigma will sponsor Misses Harriette Watson, Joan . . . wuisey, sue cruopier, ana lietty nominations are not parceled Cobb Dorm will sponsor Miss (See ELECTIONS, page 4) Elizabeth Pankey, ' The Ballet Espanol, featuring Teresa and Luisillo and a company of 30, will come to Memorial Hall on Nov. 10. The ballet, a previously un scheduled feature attraction, will be presented under the auspices of the Chapel Hill Concert Series, it has been announced. The program which will be pre sented here includes 10 numbers ranging from a love ballet through boisterous gypsy songs and dances, to the grand finale of the show, the Cafe Flamenco, which will be performed, by the entire company and will feature a mock bullfight. Headed by young stars Teresa and Luisillo, who have visited Ma drid, London, Paris, Milan and Buenos Aires, as weir as cities throughout the United States dur ing their first tour here last year, the group, according to a press release, displays a "new concept of the dance by combining the sensuous, empestous rhythums of Spain's colorful gypsies with the graceful, ethereally-delicate tern poes of the Castillians." Included in the company are Maria Vivo, comedienne dancer singer; El Nino de Almaden, Fla menco singer known for his re cordings and films; Jose Romero and AntoniZori, guitarists; con cert "pianists Julian Hanneli and Maria Andrea Ambrosio, and a group of young dancers. Tickets for unreserved seats, selling for si and $2, are now available at Graham Memorial or from Chapel Hill Concert Series, Box 30, Chapel Hill. - ,