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VOLUME 4
NUMBER 8
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 195S
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Miss Chapel Hill Appears
Libby McDowell representing Chapel Hill in this past week
end's Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant at Morehead City, is
seen during one of her several stage appearances during the
ihree-day event. ' Chapel Hill News Leader Photo
Beauty Entrant Praised
By Local Jaycee Escort
"We couldn't have had a finer
representative of Chapel Hill."
So spoke Monk Jennings, offi
cial Jaycee escort for Libby Mc
Dowell, the local entrant in the
statewide beauty pageant at
Morehead City last weekend.
Several judges for the annual
state finals of the Miss America
contest also spoke quite highly
of the Carolina coed who was
representing the University com
munity. Although " she didn't place in
the finals of the three-day pag
eant (which was won by Joan
Melton of Albemarle)1, Miss Mc
Dowell received an unusually fine
ovation upon presenting her
talent the singing of an operatic
aria. Her mother, Mrs. Edward
$150,000 Granted
To Psychiatry Dept.
Dr. George C. Ham, professor
and chairman of the Department
of Psychiatry of the UNC School
of Medicine, has announced the
receipt of a total. of approxi
mately $150,000 in grants from
the National Institute of Mental
Health of the U. S. Public Health
Service for the present fiscal
year.
These grants include funds for:
1. Stipends for residents in psy
chiatry and salaries for staff
' members to supplement the reg
ular departmental staff's instruc
tion in this specialty; 2. A pilot
. project to explore the possibility
of more effectively teaching and
integrating basic psychiatric con
cepts with the other basic medi
cal science disciplines; 3. An ex
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McDowell of Wake Forest, ac
companied her at the piano in the
absence of her regular accompa
nist. Chapel Hill's sixth annual en
trant in the state beauty pageant
also made quite a hit, with the
other entrants, according to Mr.
Jennings. "Everybody liked her.
She was so friendly and com
posedand had a great deal of
stage presence during her ap
pearances," said Mr. Jennings.
Tonight, Libby will appear
with other beauty queens from
the area in a special event spon
sored by the Durham Bulls dur
ing their game against Greens
boro at the Durham Athletic
Park.
perimental teaching plan for
first-year medical students ori
ented toward the multidiscipli
nary study of human illness; 4.
The development of a program of
training, research and service in
child psychiatry and 5. The ex
tension and expansion of a psy
chological internship program in
the Department of Psychiatry.
With the exception of the grant
for child psychiatry, these grants
represent the continuing support
of programs already begun from
one to three years ago which
have enabled the department to
provide training, teaching and
service that would otherwise
have been impossible.
III
Negro Inquiries Cause Swim
Ticket Sales To Be Stopped
By LARRY CHEEK
According to an announcement
from the office of Chancellor
House, the sale of swimming
tickets to the University pool has
Penick Is In
Belgium For
Medical Meet
Dr. George D. Penick, assistant
professor, Department of Pathol
ogy of the UNC School of Medi
cine, will attend the 20th Inter
national Physiological .Congress
in Brussels, Belgium.
The meeting opened Monday,
July 30 and continues through
Aug. 4.
The Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biol
ogy made the award on the basis
of Dr. Penick's paper entitled
"Studies on Inactivation of Anti
hemophilic Factor in Clotting
Plasma Systems," which he will
present at the Congress.
This research deals with the
basic mechanisms involved in the
disappearance from normal blood
of a factor that is necessary for
clotting but is missing in the
blood of hemophiliacs. Fresh
blood from normal persons con
tains this factor, but it gradually
disappears on storage and rapidly
disappears if the blood clots.
Dr. Penick's work also helps
explain deficiencies of this anti
hemophilic factor in some disease
states of non-hemophiliacs that
are associated with bleeding ten
dencies. A native of Raleigh, he is the
son of the Rt. Rev. Edwin A.
Penick, Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of North Carolina, and
Mrs. Penick. Dr. Penick received
the B.S. degree from UNC in
1944 and the M.D. degree from
Harvard University in 1946.
Swim Party Planned
Keep cool this Wednesday
night at a party especially de
signed to beat the heat. The
swimming party, sponsored by
the Summer School Activities
Council, will be held at Kessing
Pool this Wednesday night.
There will be "music to swim
by" starting at 7 p.m., and the
swimming will continue until
10 p.m. There will be no ad
mission charge and the gales
are open to all summer school
students.
Refreshments, cider and
doughnuts, will be served.
There will also be an effort
made to allow boys to bring
their own swim suits.
"The swimming party," said
chairman Jim Beatty, "is
fairly new idea and the repe
tition of such parties in the
future will depend on its suc
cess next week."
been closed as a result of inqui
ries made concerning the pur
chase of tickets by several Negro
children.
An official source said that
University authorities felt it was
necessary to refuse all applica
tions in order to save the pro
gram for the rest of the session.
Officials stated that if the
Negroes had been permitted to
buy tickets, it would have been
necessary to close down the pool
and do away with all the chil
dren's classes that have been go
ing on throughout the summer.
Upon the inquiries made by
the Negroes on July 23, Univer
sity officials contacted State At
torney General William Rodman
for legal advice. Rodman in-
Planetarium Has
New Exhibits
During the month of August,
the Morehead Planetarium is
featuring two exhibits in it's
North and South wings, accord
ing to Manager Tony Jenzano.
The-North wing will contain
the Kemp V. Nye collection of
Chinese Objects of Art, while the
South wing will have an exhibi
tion of paintings by Jeffrey Jen
kins, R.C.A.
The Nye collection is made up
of many unusual items, 'seldom
seen in this country. One of these
is a series of concentric ivory
balls, carved from one piece of
ivory. Each of the individual balls
is exquisitely carved, and the
series is reputed to have taken
twenty man years to carve.
The Jenkins exhibit has hung
in the Planetarium for the past
month, however, is being held
over by request for another
month. Most of these paintings
are for sale. Mr. Jenkins has a
collection of water colors and
oils, most of which have been
done in the past five years.
These exhibits will be on dis
play from 2-5 p.m. and 7:30-10
p.m. Monday through Friday, and
10 a.m.-lO p.m. on Saturday. The
Planetarium is open from 1 p.m.
10 p.m. on Sunday. .
Jimmy Capps Coming
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his "Our Best to You" show
directly from the Carolina cam
pus two weeks from tonight
The broadcast will originate in
front of the Planetarium from
10 to 12 midnight and there will
be dancing on the brick walk.
Request boxes will be placed
'n the "Y" several days before
program time so that students
lay make personal requests to
be played on the program that
Friday night
High school students, here for
he special dramatic session, have
been urged to attend, as well as
regular summer school students.
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formed the Administration that
the only course open to them was
to stop selling tickets because, it
was reported, it would have been
impossible to refuse the Negroes
tickets and continue selling them
to white applicants.
Two summers ago, several local
Negro teenagers applied for ad
mission to the pool, and were
refused. They were referred to
Chancellor House, but failed to
press the case. It has been rumor
ed that some Negroes applied for
tickets last summer and earlier
this year, but this has not been
confirmed.
Following is the statement
issued from the office of Chan
cellor House and approved by
Acting University President Bill
Friday:
"The University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill, through its
Department of Physical Educa
tion, has been conducting an in
structional and educational pro
gram for the children of the
white race in Chapel Hill, in
cluding visitors on temporary
terms, for a number of years.
"Since the Supreme Court de
cision affecting public recreation
programs has been made, we
have been fully aware that the
program might be jeopardized at
any time. On July 23, 1956, inqui
ries were made on behalf of
Negro children. There have been
no applicants for tickets, but on
this information, we immediately
closed the sale of tickets."
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Miss North Carolina
Pictured above is Joan Mel
ton of Albemarle, the newly
crowned Miss North Carolina.
Miss Melton was chosen queen
over girls representing all sec
tions of the state. She will com
pete in the Miss America con
test to be held in Atlantic City,
N. J. in September.
Chapel Hill News Leader Photo
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