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VOLUME 4
CHAPEL HILL, FRIDAY. JULY 27
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Libby McDowell: Miss Chapel Hill, 1956
The charming bit of femininity pictured above is Libby
McDowell, the reigning Miss Chapel Hill and a lop contender in
the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant being held this week in
Morehead City. Libby is a 21 year old Carolina coed from Wake
Forest.
At Morehead City . . .
UNC Girl Seeks Miss
North Carolina Crown
Libby McDowell, UNC coed
from Wake Forest who now holds
the title Miss Chapel Hill, is in
Morehead City this week attempt
ing to become the first local girl
ever to win the Miss North Caro
lina Beauty Pageant.
The gala show designed to se
lect North Carolina's lovliest las
sie got under way Wednesday
with the final round and the
crowning of the Queen set for
tomorrow night.
Miss McDowell's local escorts
2433 Students Are
Enrolled 2nd Session
According to figures released
from the Director of Admissions'
office, summer school enrollment
for the second session is down by
671 from the first session total.
A total of 3104 students were
regularly enrolled during the first
session, and this session there are
only 2433 students registered.
This is a jump of nearly 200 stu
dents over last summer's second
session. The largest summer
school enrollment ever was in
1948 when 4493 students were
registered.
As is usually the case, boys
heavily outnumber the girls. 1817
boys are enrolled, while only 616
girls are registered.
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for the pageant are Mr. and Mrs.
Monk Jennings.
The flock of beauties from all
over the state will- be judged
on more than just pure physical
appearance. Talent and person
ality both will play equal roles
with beauty in the judging. Miss
McDowell, owner of a golden
voice that helped win her the
Miss Chapel Hill title, will rend
er several vocal selections as her
talent. The contestants will also
be under the watchful eyes of
judges for the entire duration of
the pageant. This is the part of
the contest where poise and per
sonality pay off.
Miss McDowell, a five-foot-five
brunette with a winning disposi
tion, will do graduate work at
Carolina this fall. The 21 year old
daughter of a Baptist minister
has indefinite plans for a musical
career, preferring classical music
to popular.
Before entering the Miss Chapel
Hill contest, Miss McDowell had
been an unsuccessful candidate
for the Yack Beauty Court, Blue
White Queen, Duke Parade
Queen, and Maid of Cotton.
The winner of the Miss North
Carolina Pageant will represent
the state in the finals of the Miss
America contest to be held later
this year at Atlantic City, N. J.
Linda Mann
Named As
GAA Director
By GILBERT ROTHSTEIN
Linda Mann, a 1956 graduate of
Carolina, has been chosen by the
Personnel Committee of Gra
ham Memorial to be the new GM
Director.
Miss Mann, who lives in Hol
lywood, Florida, will replace Jim
Wallace, who has resigned effect
ive September 1. Miss Mann re
ceived an A.B. in Psychology at
the end of the spring semester.
While at UNC, she was Vice
President of the Graham Me
morial Activities Board. She will
assume her new duties by August
15 and from then until Septem
ber 1 she will work with Mr.
Wallace, who will familiarize her
with the position.
MISS MANN
When Miss Mann takes over
she will have as her aide Dan
Turner, who last week was named
Assistant Director of Graham Me
morial. Turner, a Production
Management major, has been with
GM for two years and will be
able to help Miss Mann in her
duties.
In a letter to Bob Young, Pres
ident of the Student Body, Miss
Mann said, "I would be most
happy to accept the position if
the Board of Directors sees fit
to give me the responsibility."
"I enjoyed my work with the
Activities Board, and I look for
ward to coming back to Chapel
Hill."
Bob Young, speaking for the
Personnel Board, said, "On the
basis of Miss Mann's work with
GMAB, and her promise to ful
fill the duties of Director we
wholeheartedly endorse her and
recommend her approval."
"We feel that she will be most
co-operative with students and
administration connected with
Graham Memorial, and will do a
most satisfactory job during the
coming year." -.
President Young also expressed
regret that Mr. Wallace is leaving.
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Bill Langley And His
Star dreamers To Play
There will be dancing under the
stars this Saturday night on the
UNC campus.
"Stardust Ball," sponsored t by
the Summer Activities Council,
will be held on the tennis courts
tomorrow nignt. The music of
Bill Langley and his Stardream
ers will open the ball at 9 p.m.,
and the festivities will continue
until midnight. There will be no
admission charge and the gates
will bei open for all summer
school students.
The Stardust Ball is the second
such dance to be held on the ten
nis courts this summer. Co-chairmen
Earl Dawkins and Edna Faye
Pugh say that although the
"Moonglow Ball" held first ses
sion was one of the most success
ful to be held on this campus
during any summer session, "it
has served as a challenge for us
to make this dance even more en
Patterson To
Head ROTC
When the Naval ROTC meets
next fall, they will be under the
leadership of Captain Alexander
McLeod Patterson, USN.
Capt. Patterson will succeed
Col. Robert Carter Burns, USMC,
who has been commander of the
Naval ROTC here for the past
three years. Col. Burns has been
transferred to Camp Lejeune,
where he will be chief of staff
of the Second Marine Division.
Captain Patterson, who was
appointed to the U. S. Naval
Academy in 1923, attained the
rank of Captain in 1949. He has
been on the USS Pennsylvania,
USS Wright, the battleship USS
Colorado, and the USS Oakland.
While Damage Control Officer
and later Executive Officer on the
Oakland, he was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for "heroic
achievement as Damage Control
Officer and later as Executive
officer of the cruiser USS Oak
land, during operations against
enemy Japanese forces in the
Pacific War Area from November
15, 1943 to August 4, 1945."
In addition to the Bronze Star
Medal with Combat "V", Captain
Patterson has the American De
fense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp;
the American Campaign Medal;
the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Medal with one silver and four
bronze stars (nine engagements);
the World War II Victory Medal;
the National Defense Service
Medal; and the Philippine Libera
tion Ribbon with two bronze
stars.
Classes Meet
Classes will be held in all de
partments tomorrow.
joyable for everyone on campus.
We're having this dance early
in the session so those attending
may meet old and new friends in
addition to enjoying a delightful
evening of dancing. We hope
no one will be kept from coming
to the dance simply because they
do not have a date."
'Others who worked on the
dance in addition to the co-chairmen
were Marcia Warford, chair
man of decorations; Norris Bell,
Gordon Peacock, Joe Creech,
J eannie Margaret Neadow, Stew
art Arnold, Dan Rankin, and Bill
King.
Anyone who would like to help
decorate the courts before the
dance is asked to come to the
asphalt tennis courts tomorrow
afternoon at 4.
In case of rain the dance will be
held in the basement of Cobb
Dormitory.
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DR. FRANZ POLGAR
Franz Polgar
To Be Here
Thurs. Night
Dr. Franz Polgar, world re
nowned hypnotist and a frequent
visitor to the Carolina campus,
will present a show next Thurs
day night, August 2, at 8 p.m.
in Memorial Hall. Admission will
be free.
Dr. Polgar's show, sponsored by
the Summer Activities Council,
will feature a performance of
telepathy, memory feats and hyp
nosis. Polgar, who last appeared
on the University campus in the
fall, claims he is able to hypno
tize a group of ten or twenty vol
unteers from the audience at will.
He then makes them do any
thing he wishes. In the past, he
claims, he has made them fall
asleep at his command, shiver at
his suggestion that it's suddenly
gotten cold, and just as swiftly
perspire when he tells them it
is unbearably hot. He also asserts
that he can walk down a line of
(See POLGAR Page 4)