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A T H E R cool today, with expect- :2. yf BROADVISI NO. 73 n res Complete 03s) Wire Serrtce r ' ui vj ass: v on - m r CJA k kW Mm : i v v CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1956 Offices In Graham Memorial G-J fan n J l -1 Li 5 I i " I If" I nn n ' n n(o iiKSr rp.n Read all about education's srsat march forward with a ntw inven tion. See pa 2. SIX PAGES THIS IS-U' n O s n n n o u uw DLL n n r LitJ qQ & 3D "I ft ' (3 O 1 O L3 n n V7f7 onno v r """v f? n f 1 tflilfM Mte.! 1 n wests - J-; - I J in: I ? U Li L l i r n n o o i I Ii r r ff v"" r.f n rit in rt HasC I Up Mo SECTOR HARRIS PURKS OF THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ; leaves acting presidency of Consolidated University G PRESIDENT LAST JULY: . Purlcs uversjry Has Serve m jit ars became acting president of the fames Harris Purks Jr. ated Univer Aty of North Carolina on July 15, !9o5, follow- j Jin:ment oi rresiaent uoraon uray as assistant secreiary oi iQr international security affairs. He was provost from 'A, coming here from New : " kre he waj associate di i the General Education rmer acting president was ind proVost of the institu ting succeeded Dr. Logan I who served in the post mont.is before resigning ae president of the Univer Texas. five of Bartow, Ga., Dr. s a physicbt and former ' the College of Arts and at Emory University, was awarded his B.S. m 1323. He received his d Ph.D. degrees in physics rabia University in 1925 X respectively. Di Favors Breaking Up Labor Merger " The man with the pick will come charging in and control the country," prophesied Sen. Moss, proponent of the bill concerning organized labor which was passed by the Dialectic Senate Tuesday night. The bill, which resolved that the United States shall take imme diate action to break up the new union of the AF of L and the CIO, was passed by a vote of 9 to 5 by nators and guests vote of 10 to 6. Problems posed by the merger of the labor unions were present ed by Sen. Self. Politically, he said, he felt leaders would sway the union's 15 million members into voting for one particular party. On the economic front, he feared workers would gain more than was sound in the way of set wages and certain privileges. "The farmer is subordinated to the laborer," he said. He. added that labor's rise had also hurt the white collar worker and educa tors. HESITATE the merger, ben OB7HB nks William C. Friday, who yes terday was named successor to Dr. J. Harris Parks as acting president of the Consolidated University, is a graduate o N. C. State College. Dr. Purks became director of the State Board of Higher Ed ucation, and Friday was elevated from his position as Secretary of the University of North Carolina to temporarily supplant him. Friday served as assistant to for mer President Gordon Gray until his promotion to the secretary's job in February of 1955. - , Friday's ull name is William Clyde Friday. He was born on July 13, 1920, in Rapine, Va. An honor graduate from the School of Tex tiles at State, he is a Baptist and permanent president of the class of 1941. 4 He served as an ensign in ord nance during World War II, enter ing the service in the spring of 1942 and getting his discharge, pn Feb: 1, 1946. . " " ' After his discharge, Friday en- j tered the University Law School ere and got his LL.B. degree 'in June of 1943. He passed the State Bar examination in August of 1948, and received his license to prac tice. During the summer of 1948, when Friday began looking for a( job. University officials approach ed him with an offer to make him Frid ay G. As Head s alavy For n ''n irr re WW M Li a. efs Fu p sjJti 3 3 e $ RALiEIGH, Jan. 4 (AP) Dr. J. Harris Pur'vs today was selected as director of the State Board of Higher Education, and 35-year old William C. (Bill) Friday was. named to succeed him as acting president of the Consolidated U iversity of North Carolina. Dr. Purks, who has headed the University since Gordon Gray left to become an assistant secretary of defense, was named the executive committtee, was pre sent, Allen said the Executive Committee was careful "not to get director of the newly-created high- before the three units were con er education board at a session this solidated. . morning. . ! Allen said a special, nine-mem- Friday was chosen to succeed ber trustees' committee, which is into a discussion of the long-range" him as acting president by the conducting a search for a succes- question of selecting a permanent University Trustees' Executive sor to Gray, has given no indica-1 president. Committee after a lengthy session tion when it will report. He expres-j Purks, who was recommended by in the Governor's Office which Sed the opinion it would take Gray as his successor, made it lasted until late in the afternoon, "more than two mnths" the time j clear to newsmen he is not a can- The Executive Committee first in which Dr. Purks resignation . didate for the presidency. He said SECRETARY OF THE CONSOLIDATED UNIVERSITY WILLIAM FRIDAY . . . takes over furks job until new "president is named PROF. & YATES SAY: voted 9-2 to accept Dr. Purks' res ignation arfl tnen voted unani mously to choose Friday to head the University until a new presi . dent is chosen. assistant dean of students. He ac cepted and served in t. lis canac. until his appointment as assistant to Preident Gray. Friday currently serves as pres ident of the North Carolina Divis ion of the American Cancer Soci ety, and has recently concluded a three-year term as a member of the Board of Deacons of the Cha pel Hill Baptist Church. Gastonia Institute Enrolls 250 Persons aru . , was pasbeo a fjrta taught mathematics the senators. Se at Georgia Tech, and I favored it by a , -umt-u 10 ,mory as asoist fessor of physics, rising" to essorship by 19333, when named dean of the College ?and Sciences. He was act n of the Graduate School j4347 and director of the i;ty Center in Georgia from 1 1950, when he joined the ? cation Board. ' r'as a leader in the organiza Oak Ridge Institute of Studies and continues to us board of directors. In l 1954 he was named by in th Hodges t0 member " e Southern Regional ) RPt " He is a member predicted that management would J eu Kappa, , Sgma Xi tno nrofits. and therefore, "iety Ameriran Phvt . . ... A iptv r,, . ... "J nesuaie 10 tspiuu and tho x- 'SOC,al fra" On the negative side, Sen Hester me New YnrLr Smith. . ..crr, fnr Hi5- ... wvmva r I. . 11 T r f Mil V tOCVi solving the I merger. He said tnat in the past combinations of big business have been permitted. Sen. Reid added to the negative side by terming the merger "a great example of democracy." As for its being politically powerful, 1 he argued tnat orgamw as the American legion, uic Americon Medical Assn., General Motors and Dupont have supported political parties. ' Favoring the bill, Shaw felt that it was not the votes of the com bined unions that should be fear ed but the leaders an dthe pres sure they would put on politicians. Signing Class Rolls Und er Honor System will become effective a president. Although Victor S. Bryant of Durham, chairman of the special committee and also a member of BY PEGGY BALLARD , Does signing the class roll come under the Honor System? "Anything that involves sign ing one's name should come un der the Honor System," said a University professor yesterday. Chest Drive Nets $688 s The student Campus Chest ended a drive Dec. 18 with contributions totaling $638.60, treasurer Bill Self announced yesterday. Trophies will be awarded to first place winners in each of the com peting divisions for the first time this year, said Self. Men's Dormi tory, women's dorm, sorority and RALEIGH, Jan. 4 OP The Gas- fraternity students competed to in crease contributions. has attracted a record-breaking en rollment of 250 students this term, First place winners are: women' Director Edward W. Ruggles of the do:m' Smith; men's dorm, Battle; N. C. State College Extension Di-!soronty' Alpha Delta Pi, and fra- vision announced. 1 oigma Aipna u.psiion I! -V GM'S SLATE A group of 20 new students en-J Other Campus Chest officers are: tered the school's one-year tech- Curtis Daughtry, chairman; Miss nical courses in radio-television, Katherine Petrou, solicitations electrical, mechanical, and auto- chairman; Bob Harrington, publi motive technology at the opening city chairman, and Miss Donna of the winter term Monday. Ashcraft, secretary. The professor, who prefers to remain unnamed, found 55 stu dents signed as present in his class on Dec. 15 when only 39 were present. f "Students seem to feel that signing the roll is not under the Honor i System," the professor said. "Students say they do not like the cut system and they see nothing wrong with signing the role falsely." YATES "Signing the roll is under the Honor System," Ogburn ' Yates, chairman of the Men's Honor Council, responded yesterday. The cut system has been in effect only two years and some students have not yet connected it as being a part of the Honor System, Yates explained. "Students are honor bound to the cut system as they are to the Honor System although it is a minor part of the Honor Sys tem," Yates said. ' Five students have admitted signing the roll for absent mem bers of the class, said the profes sor. Ten names are still unac counted for. The case has been turned ov er to the Men's Honor Council. N See an outline of Dr. Purks career, column 1, this page. Dr. Purks' resignation will be come effective "on or before March 1," the Executive Committee de cided, and Friday will then succeed him automatically. He will be vest ed with the "full powers and du ties" of the office of president un til a new president in selected. Dr. Purks, 54, will serve as ad ministrative officer for the Board of Higher Education, which was created- by the last Legislature, to supervise and coordinate all of the state's institutions of higher education. He will receive a salary of 16,000 a year, greater than the pay of any of the heads of state educational institutions. The higher education board has been searching for a director for several months. Robert C. Lassiter of Charlotte, chairman of a com mittee conducting the search, told the board Dr. Purks represented "a very happy solution to our di lemma." Lassiter, in announcing Dr. Purks salary, said the committee felt "the top man in higher edu cation in the state" should receive J the top salary. Arch C. Allen, of Raleigh, sec retary to the University Trustees, said the effective date of Dr. Purks resignation was left indefi nite to enable him to complete some University work on which he is, now engaged. Allen expressed the opinion that except for Edward Kidder Graham, who became preisdent of the Uni versity at 31, Friday would be the youngest man ever to' head the University. Graham was president to select ' he and his wife had agreed several years ago that he would not seek the presidency of any university. He described his new job as "a very important position, and a J great responsibility." I arum s Summrr M eering Friday J'4'es $eduled for Gra Ky" today include: 7 Squad, 4-5:30 p.m.. Tri-ota, 8-9 p.m., fho -"uaenr Council, Rm' 7"10 p'm-; 5 3:30-SC1VCk Representa v , . P-m., Council ivo 9 'ssons' 4- P- Room, and Ceramics l :,S-3:1S p.m., Apo i , . i .... I s I ; . ; , , s " - . l - n if . I VT' V ' ,i 1 if ' r - t - - , i it U f v ' v. ' , : -si i S "' 1 Mi in- I V V n 1 1, Air Force ROTC Men Hold Annual Christmas Review The annual Christmas review of the Air Force ROTC unit wa,? presented here and received by the eight person shown above, left to right: cadet commander of the Duke University AFROTC unit; UNC coed and Honorary Cadet Col Callie Mitchell, commander of the Sponsors' Squadron; Dr. J. S. Gibson and Dr. Samuel Emory, faculty representatives from the Geography Dept.; Col. George Smith, pro fessor of air science; Col. F. C. Sheppard, military coordinator for UNC; Cadet Col. Robert Patterson, cadet commander of the UNC AFROTC, and Col. Robert C. Burns, commander of the Naval ROTC unit here ' ' ' - BY KEN ALYTA The Associated Press Maryland's Jim Tatum is com ing back to North Carolina at least for one day. What hap pens after that will be determin ed by his "summit conference" here Friday with University of ficials regarding the vacant head football coaching job. The meeting brings to a cli max rmany years of speculation regarding the return of big Jim to his alma mater. This time it appears that the Tatum issue will be resolved once and for all with the feeling that sunny Jim will make the oft-rumored move to his old school where he began his head coaching career in 1942. Apparently no formal meeting as such has been set up. At least, no plans for such a session could be learned. Chancellor Robert B. House, the one man above all others with whom Tatum might be ex pected to talk, was out of town. Chuck Erickson, the athletic di rector, was hot expected back from his Orange Bowl game trip until tonight. The University sports news bureau could shed no light on the situation. PERMISSION Tatum announced yesterday in Miami, where his Maryland team was beaten by Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl Monday, that he had requested and received per mission from Maryland President . Wilson H. Elkins to talk to North Carolina officials regarding the vacancy. Beyond the bare announce ment Tatum would net comment. Maryland took steps, mean time, to make Tatum's present job more attractive by offering him security. Elkins said Tatum has been tolcf "we could have the coaching position put on a permanent tenure, just like a professor." This would mean Tatum would have to agree to certain policies and if his personal conduct was satisfactory he could remain at Maryland as long as he wished. Elkins explined, "The position would not depend on his winning or losing, but on his personal conduct. It would not be, a life- trance. time contract, but would give him a lot more security." Elkins said he had made no other offer nor entered into any agreement with Tatum. For yars the 42-year-old Ta tum's name has been linked with the coaching job here. Tatum makes no secret of his love for the school and Chapel Hill. He once said, "I want to be buried here." TACKLE Tatum was a tackle on the 1934 team that was captained by George Barclay, the man he will succeed if he comes here. After naval service Tatum was head coach at Oklahoma in ID 10 and won 8 of 11, including a Ga- tor Bowl victory over North, Ca rolina State. He has just comple ted his ninth season at Maryland where he has won 73, lost 15 and tied 4. Five of his Maryland teams have won bowl bids. Three had 10-0 regular season records. A split-T advocate, he is con sidered one of the game's top de fensive coaches. North Carolina has experienc ed six successive losing seasons after the "golden years" of All America Halfback Charlie Jus tice and Coach Carl Snavcly, during which the Tar Heels play ed in major bowls three years out of four. Last season , the record was 3-7, giving Barclay a three-year record of 11-18-1. The 1D55 team was chiefly a sophomore-junior squad. State College, TV Offer Math Course RALEIGH, Jan. 4 U-v The North Carolina State College Extension Division, in cooperation with Y.'U-NC-TV, began a series of televised lectures on solid geometry tonight. Prof. Henry C. Cooke of the col lege's Mathematics Dept. will pre sent the series of lectures over Channel 4 as a supplement to tl.z Extension Division's regular cor respondence course. The State College Extension Di vision and WUNC-TV are offering the course as a service to stud:r.ts planning to enter colleges which require solid geornetry for en-
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