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VOLUME 4
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1956
NUMBER 4
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afermelon Fete
Here Wednesday
Watermelon Queen Contestants Receive Instructions
Shown above are eighl of Ihe Iwelve girls nominaled for the Watermelon Festival queen as they
receive instructions regarding ihe contest from Miss Lib Carnegie, chairman of ihe queen committee
of ihe Summer Activities Council, which sponsors ihe event. Left to right are Misses Barbara John
son, Joanne Aldridge, Marian Dickens, Annette Niven. Sally Pullen. Ann Norman, Kit Singleton.
Nancy McFadden and Miss Carnegie. Contestants not shown are Misses Gayle Hussman, Sally
Robertson, Sylvia Crumpler and Dottie Wood. Voting is now going on jn Y Court for ihe queen,
who will be crowned by Chancellor House at the festival July 4.
Planetarium To Have
Open House Tuesday
By BILLY BARNES
Summer School students will
have an unusual opportune to
tour the upper rooms of the
Morehead Planetarium at an open
house to be held especially for the
students at the Planetarium Tues
day from 2 to 5 p.m.
The showing of these rooms
will supplement the Planetari
um's regular summer program
featuring "Mars, Planet of Mys
teries." The three rooms not often seen
by students are the Dining Room,
the Faculty Lounge and the Uni
versity Room. These are avail
able only for faculty and staff
functions, special meetings of
Consolidated University organiza
tions and other group functions
approved by the Planetarium
staff.
Planetarium manager Tony Jen
zano explains the purpose of the
rooms this way: "The rooms in
themselves, are nothing but
rooms. But they are useful when
a group needs an aesthetic atmos
phere." The Dining Room, situated di
rectly beneath the building's
dome, is an oval chamber panelled
in rich walnut. A large chandelier
of Czechoslovakian cut-crystal
hangs over the massive dining
table.
Portraits of four outstanding
members of the Morehead family
are to be seen here. They are
John Motley Morehead, donor of
the Planetarium; the donor's
father, Major J. T. Morehead, in
the grey and gold uniform, of the
Confederate Army; and John
Motley Morehead, grandfather of
the donor and Governor of North
Carolina, 1840-44.
Among the outstanding events
in this room are the buffet lunch
eons held for visiting alumni after
each home football game.
The southwest wing of the
Planetarium's second floor houses
the University Room. Two glass
doored bookcases here are filled
with books printed by the Uni
versity of North Carolina Press.
(See PLANETARIUM, Page 3)
Next Free Movie To
Be Here Next Friday
A free movie, "The High and
the Mighty," starring John
Wayne, Claire Trevor and Laraine
Day, will be shown July 5, at 8
p.m. in Carroll Hall.
This movie is the story of how
co-pilot Dan Roman, who has
used up his nine lives, starts on
his tenth as a Trans-Orient Pa
cific airliner takes off from Hono
lulu with a bizarre group of peo
ple thrown together by fate. The
production, described as the most
suspenseful, hair-raising flight
ever filmed, comes to a climax
after an amazing interplay of
human emotions under stress.
"Jane Eyre," starring Joan Fon
taine, Orson Welles and Margaret
O'Brien will be shown July 12.
Musical Team
To Perform
Here Tuesday
The Musical Portraits, attempt
ing to combine opera, concert
and musical comedy, will be pre
sented Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Hill
Hall.
The group will consist of Do-"
lores Baldyga, a soprano who
sings with the Boston Symphony;
Dana Lordly, a pianist and ar
ranger who started the group;
and Jay Wentland, a baritone who
was a student of Frederick Jagel.
The members of the group met
in the New England Conserva
tory in Boston. There they dis
covered the suppressed boredom
that so often accompanies the
formal recital approach. With
this in mind, they conceived a
program idea that would incor
porate their serious musical and
dramatic training into various
scenes and skits.
Breaking from the tradition of
using the established dialogue of
musical comedy scenes, the trio
preferred to set their arrange
ments into situations that every
one would recognize, such as a
scene in a living room or a mu
seum; or a husband and wife dis
puting over a television set.
Featured in the program will be
anniversary tributes to both op
era and musical comedy, which
include scenes from "The Mar
riage of Figaro," in celebration
of Mozart, and an adaptation of
"The Wizard of Oz."
By MARIAN HOBECK
With July 4 less than a week
away, plans for the Watermelon
Festival are in their final stage
The Watermelon Festival is
the big event of the season.
Towns people as well as students
have been invited. Over 3.000
turned out for this event last
year and the Festival commit
tee is expecting an even larger
turnout this year.
The Festival will begin at 5:30
p.m. Wednesday in McCorkle
Place, near Davie Poplar.
Voting for a queen for the
festival began in Y court this
week and will end at 3 p.m.
Wednesday. Results of the vot
ing will not be announced until
Chancellor House crowns the
queen.
Contestants and their sponsors
in this contest are: Misses Bar
bara Johnson, Carr; Sally Pullen,
Stacy; Annette Niven, Smith;
Gayle Hussman, Alderman; Sally
Robertson,, Pi Beta Phi; Ann
Norman, Chi Omega; Marian
Dickens, Phi Kappa Sigma; Syl
via Crumpler, Spencer; Nancy
McFadden, Tri Delta; Joanne Al-
dridge, Kenan; Kit Lee Single
ton, Mclver; and Dottie Wood,
the Y.
The coronation of the king, who
will be a faculty member, and the
queen will take place at 9 p.m.
during an intermission of the
dance, which will be held after
a variety show. All of the con
testants will form a figure on
the steps of South Building where
the coronation will take place.
During the variety show there
will be a watermelon-eating con
test. A faculty team will oppose
a student team in this relay. The
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CHANCELLOR HOUSE
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teams will consist of eight mem
bers. Jim Tatum is expected to
be a member of the taculty team
unless he is out of town. This
contest should prove quite hum
orous. Also as part of the variety show
there will be a faculty combo
featuring Chancellor House and
his harmonica.
Miss Marie Woody, queen of
last year's festival, and Miss Joy
Lambert, Miss Raleigh of 1956,
will be guests of honor at the
Festival. Several other guests
have been asked but have not
yet replied.
The dance will be held im
mediately following the variety
show in the parking lot adjacent
to Y Court. The dance will last
until 11 p.m.
Bob Morrow, chairman of the
Festival Committee, has urged
everyone to come to the Festi
val to help UNC celebrate the
Fourth of July and to make this
Festival one to be remembered.
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Perform Here Tuesday
Shown above are ihe Musical Portraits, who will appear here
Tuesday. Left to right, they are Dana Lordly, pianist-arranger;
Dolores Baldyga, soprano; and Jay Wentland, baritone.
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