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i iilX U.N.C. Library Serlal3 Dept. Chapel Hill, 11 C. 8-31-49 ' WEATHER rfalr end UttU wirmer, BEST PROFS Save them for the frosh. See p. VOL. LVII NO. 16 Complete iF) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1956 Offices in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUS 3' 12 Men Sapped Into IDC Order Twelve men were tapped early thi3 morning into the Order of the, Interdormitory Council. The order, which recognizes men who have made sizable "contri butions" to all phases of dormi tory life, tapped eight students and conferred honorary member ship on five University officials. Xt , vas the organization's first tap ping. ; Student Group To Help Select Hew Chancellor A student committee has. been 'appointed to help select a Chan cellor to succeed retiring Chan cellor Robert House. Heading this committee as chair man is Sonny Evans, with mem bers Martha Barber and Tom Lambeth. The committee will meet Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Graham Me morial. The group has as its pur pose to air student views on the chancellorship. Evans suggests that if a stu dent wishes to present a name for consideration, either from th? fa? ulty or the outside, he should in terview his choice in regards to background, past history and ac tual views toward the job of Chancellor. "In order for this report to re- iiect true student opinion, we urge every interested student to present his suggestion to the com mittee for its consideration," stat ed Evans. Student Body President Bob Young and this committee will P pear before the Trustee Commit tee on Oct. 27, to present, its re port. ' Evans said, "This is a student committee, and to succeed we need the support and the cooperation of every individual who feels that they truly have a man whom they would like to see in the Chancel lor's chair." Sorority Open Houses Will Honor Pledges All six UNC sororities will hold open bouses tonight .from 9-11 p.m. in honor of their new pled ges. Invitations have been sent out to all men's dormitories and all fraternities. Di To Debate Democrat Bill; Phi Also Will Meet Tonight The Dialectic Senate will de bate a bill at 8 p.m. today con demning the Democratic Party for its "scurrilous conduct in the 1956 presidential campaign." The Phil- Careers Will Be Topic Of First Placement Talk "Careers After Graduation" will be the topic for the first in a series of Placement Service talks to be given tonight for Uni versity, of North Carolina seniors and graduate students. Dr. Maurice W. Lee, new dean of the Business Administration School, will be the guest speak er at the session at 7:30 p.m. at Gerrard Hall. The operation of the Placement Service will be described by Di rector J. M. Galloway. Some 300 local and national organizations send interviewing personnel to the campus each year to meet pros pective employees through the Placement Service. IN THE INFIRMARY Studtnts in th Infirmary yes terday included: Mis Janet E. Thomson, Miss Anna W. Geddie, Marvin D. Har lots, Paul C. Clark, Jr., Morton T. Baggetr, Simon S. Flythe, Charles F. Cox, Edward W. But chart, Evereh H. Ellinwood, Fredarick J. Coylo, Alvin W. Smith, George J. Stavnitski, and John W, Johnson. The eight students tapped into the order are: Edward Ulysses Hallford Jr., Rocky Mount? Wesley Neil Bass, Spring Hope; William Edward Houser, Cherryville; Charlec Jer ome Dunn Jr., Alioskte; Robert William Carter, Selma; Thomas Noble Walters, Tarboro; Robert Terry Young, Asheville, and Ivey Gray Rogers, Oxford. - Honorary members taken into the society are: Chancellor Robert B. House; James C. Wallace, former director of Graham Memorial; James E. Wadsworth. University housing of ficer, and Raymond Jefferies Jr., assistant to dean of student af fairs. The order was founded this fall to afford a vehicle of recognition to men. students and University officials, who have made "out standing" contributions to dormi tory life at the University. Tappees, according to declara tions presented them at early morning ceremonies, must have exemplified those qualities of "leadership and service" which are a prerequisite to efficient dormitory government and well rounded social programs. Girl Wants Purse Returned A coed yesterday reported the apparent theft' of a purse during a fraternity party last wec-kend. Miss Joan Wender. of 211 Al derman Dormitory, sa-id the purse contained a cigarette lighter that was of great sentimental value to herr ' T - . - .--. -i - ll.'ft No identification- was, --in ,the purse, she said.., and-tt.ht Jlghter was inscribed "Joan-V ; : - -r n Miss Wender said rhe-pure'was left for a short while in the social room of, a. fraternity.: She declin ed to name the fraternity; Several men and their dates were there, she added, and there were a few men without dates. Miss Wender said the purse was of brown leather. She said her main interest in recovering the purse was th? sentimental value of the cigarette lighter. She said the purse and lighter could be returned to her, with no questions asked, by mail. It al so could be left for her at Gra ham Memorial, she said, . . , anthropic Literary Society will si multaneously discuss a bill urg-" ing "true representative "govern ment" In the Di, Dave Mundy will in troduce the resolution and prom ises to "skin the Democrats with hell-fire and brimstone." Th? resolution declanes, "the Democratic Party is conducting one of the vilest, dirtiest, most innuendo-filled and devious ' cam paigns in modern political his tory." The Young Democrats and the Young Republicans have been in vited to participate in the debate, according to Mundy, piarllpT mentarian. ' Lv; The Di officials plan ah execu tive session immediately: :after the adjournment of the meeting,- Jim Monteithy Chairman of jthe' Ways and Means ..." Committed' the Phi, will irtroduce nd defend a bill th;'.-' provides "the elect2J should reprv-sent : the--opinionoC the electors rather than some pri vate preconceived opinion on na tional, state, local, and campus levels." "The Phi may have a censure on the Di for the absurd action of last week (i.e., the Di's con ferring of an honorary member ship in the Phi on Elvis Pres ley)," Montieth said. Several conditional representa tives will give qualifying speeches. The Phi will discuss the inaugu ration of officers and plans for the Di-PJii reading night . :. : . v v. V WILLIAM DAVIE ... founding father Players Will Enact Founding Of University One of the handsomest and "most civilized" North Carolinians will be characterized here Frjday when the Carolina Playmakers de pict the founding of the Univers ity. He is General William Rich ardson Davie. The pantomine of the corner stone laying of Old East Building wjll call for the talents of a large number -of actors and musicians t in UNC's lR3rd birthday. The annual ceremony will be conducted at 11 a.m., beginning at South Building," and ending with the cornerstone ceremony at th? oldest state university struc ture in the nation Old East. : Chancellor Robert B. House will preside at initial ceremonies. This will be Chancellor House's final time of being master of ceremon ies at a University Day; he retires at the end of this school year. The pageantry will be colorful, including student choruses, band, ROTC uniformed units, and the costumed representatives of Davie and. the others.-- . Davie is regarded a the "father of the University,", and In bis day be was 'a "darning and src22ujaf f r - 1 . 1 1 T". i rV ' llZliTT in iiie siair. 11 in urn;- land, he cam to North Carolina, lived in Halifax County, was grad uated from Princeton University and returned -to active life in this state'. He 'was. according to people who" knew him,- "tall, elegant in person, graceful, and affable in manner." By his eloquence and his influ ence he got the Legislature to authorize the University and to appropriate funds. He personally selected the site, and announced his choice under a huge tree, now called the Davie Poplar. ' His interest continued. He help ed to select the first faculty. He Helped establish th? courses to be taught. And in the years that fol lowed he sometimes dropped into Chapel Hill, and asked questions of the students to determine what ind how much they were learn ing.' He was frequently a "one man visiting committee." Following the ceremonies Fri day 'morning the-Annual Alumni 'Luncheon will be held at Lenoir :Hall. Classes will be dismissed at 11 o'clock and will resume again at noon. Sophs Now Having Yaclc Photos Taken The period for freshmen, fourth jr.oar medical students and nurs ing students to have their pictures made for the 1957 Yackety.Yack has been ' extended, 'according to Editor Tommy Johnson. '; ' Students falling into ' these groups can have their pictures .made today and tomorrow at a cost of $1, Johnson said. The $1 charge is to cover the extended contract of the photographer. . The pictures will be made in the basement of Graham Memorial from 1 to 6:30 p.m. Yack officials have requested that girls wear dark sweaters and pearls for the photos. Men bave been asked to wear dark coats, ties and whits shirts. ' Sophomores, pharmacy- stu dents, denial and dental hygiene students can have pictures made this week. The photos of juniors, law stu dents, medical students and grad uate students will be taken Oct. 15-19, " a nun i i it Bob Young, left. Student Body students lest night at a meeting pf 1 '' '.'' --'.ii maw . ... i , ; s ' ; ? -i, BY mil QMe : 'L ; 'g?ajl 'AKrf rWH -'jtf'fV' Carolina Homecoming Queen To Be Chosen jBycy& te xQhStudeh t s Here Tom of row ; Students will vote tomorrow for Carolina's Homecoming Queen. Each coed dormitory and each Sorority and fraternity will select a representative " today, and a queen will be selected tomorrow to be pres2nted:at the homecom- Yanks' No-Hit, Yankee righthander Don Larsen mowed down every Dodger he fac ed and achieved the "impossible" yesterday by hurling a no-hit, per fect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Yankees'. 2-0 vic tory. Larsen's feat has been accom plished only once before in base ball history, and his no-hitter is I he first in World Series history. Bill Bevans of the Yankees came the closest to the no-hitter in 1947 against the same Dodgers. But Cookie Lavagetto's double in the ninth lost him the no-hitter, and the game. The Yankee victory gave the team an important 3-2 lead in the series. Larsen's pitching opponent, Sal YDC Prexy Doesn't Want Campus Wide Straw Vote By HIL. GOLDMAN "We don't feel that a straw vote is the proper way ; to poll the stu dent body, since the.results can be made to pome out anyway the poll taker desires." ' -. George Miller,, president of the Young Democratic Club, issued this statement Monday, following his return from the state YDC convex tion in Raleigh. Miller, ' noticeable optimistic after the three day weekend, con tinued, saying that the young dem ocrats actively endorse the idea of having a campus wide election. conducted by a neutral group. Theifannre to make campaign promis president quoted Keith . Snyder, YRC leader, as -having said "The YDC is obviously afraid that Ike would beat Adlai worse this year than he did in 1PT2, when -Ike won the campus wide straw vote by 3 to 1 over Stevenson." , Then, following up the YRC J. i. s Young, Hudgins Speak For Students Pr$idnt, and Ed Hudgint, IFC President spoke on behalf of,th the Town Aldermen, called to discuss Columbia Street parking. ; ! : ' " (Photos by Norman Kantor) ing game this weekend when UNC plays Georgia. . Fraternities and sororities will vote at their regular meetings to morrow night, and dormitory resi dents will vote by ballots to be Larsen Hurls Perfect Game Maglie, pitched a fine game him self, giving the Yankees only five hits including Mickey Mantle's sec ond home run of the current series. Mantle was the offensive and de sensive star of the day due to his home run and his back-handed catch of Gil Hodges' blow in deep left center. Tomorrow's contest will be held in Ebbets' Field, with Don New rombe possibly going for the Dodg ers against Johnny Kucks of the Yankees. " The Yankees' 3-2 lead over the Dodgers is identical to the lead the American League champions had last year. The Dodgers bounc ed back last year and defeated their annual opponents for the world championship. view, Miller offered, "I question the veracity of his (Snyder's) state ment and the results of the poll, although knowing Keth personally, I have the highest respect for him, and hope that he will not-permit himself to follow " the tactics of his senior party. I think that they (the Young Republican Club) just want to make it known that every are on campus, and if a university election were held tomorrow, Ste venson would win. When asked what he based his assumption on, the prexy attribut ed it to the fact that the' students have become aware of Eisenhower's es good, and have come to recog nize the Democratic Party stands for the youth of America. Miller had concurred at the convention with Senator John Keneddy of t Massachusettes. - The Young Democrats now boast a membership-of over 500. ft n d&lw. Mayor, due i ; ' t passed out tomorrow, , . - .;:. ' The identity of .the queen will not be revealed until she as. pre- se'ntrd at the game, according , to Joe Clapp, University Club ..presi dent. Pictures of the 12 contest ants' will be in tomorrow's Daily Tar Heel to let students see Who they ar? voting for, Saturday's festivities will also include homecoming displays sponsored by dormitories, fratern ities and -sororities. ' s-.. Clapp yesterday urged all dorms, fraternities and-sororities to enter a display in the competi tion. A winner will be . chosen , in each of the four groups fraterh-. ities, sororities, -women's dormiv tories and men's dormitories.; Tro phies will be awarded the four winners. . Organizations planning displays have been urged to send their, ,$2 entrance fee no later than Thurs day night to Joe Clapp, 122 .Mal lette SU or call him at 9-3251. Displays will be judged Saturday beginning at 10 o'clock. E ileen Farrell To Appear Tomorrow In Concert Opener Eileen Farrell will be presented in - concert tomorrow night as the first of four musical groups 'and artists to be sponsored here this year by the Chapel Hill Concert Series. Miss Farrell, said to possess one of the "greatest vpices this coun try has ever produced," will per form at 8 pjn. in Memorial Hall. ' Membership tickets for the com plete series csn be obtained at the Information Office of Graham Me morial at a total cost of. $7-50 for reserved memberships, $6.50 . for unreserved memberships, . and $5 for students a-nd students wives (unreserved memberships). Tick ets may also be obtained at Kemp's and Danziger's. Tickets for the single concert, will be available at the door and at GM Information Office at a cost of $2.50. It was in the 1950-51 season that Mi&s Farrell, to quote the New -York Revis-w of Permanent Music, "came into her own as a thrillingly great dramatic sopra no.' In October of that season she made her New York debut before Later Meeting Urged Of All Those Involvec ; By, CLARKE JONES mat, lnc nicrhf rfliBiH a stllflmt reouest - to "temporarily remove"! the two-hour parking restriction on ' ' Columbia St. between Cameron ; Ave. and Franklin St. ; Student body President Bob Young and Interfraternity Council Presdent Ed Hudgins appeared be-, fore the aldermen to make the re quest. ;-; ' . v j .- Mayor. O. K, Cornwell, howevc, : ui"ged Young and his student traf fic commission Clark Hinkley,' "Darwin Bell, Bill Pruitt, Hudgins and Wilburn Davis, chairman to nleet with him. again on the matter j .when i .ail tbc parties (students, ' townspeople- and ' merchants) can get together. tfudgi.hs -gave four reasons for asking the group to 'Reconsider" their action. He said; j ..'' "i..The "restrictions on Columbia "St. were . placed this summer and the: students ' were . not given a chance to be heard. - "Z:. Most of the. cars (in the area) arc fraternity cars. There are sev-i en fraternities close to the strep and we do nut have adequate park : . S'ng spaoe 3. The fraternities at ursj aiu uay 'property; taxes to the town of Cbatl HffiU.hr-i-:.' u V 'A: There, is -po . place of business trrvrtiK.u nonr- n,r. clavVfiillnff station." ' I j VriiH n r1 caSt cftrrlrmf crm'nrn mpnf uas: working to "alleviate the over - all problem.' Art present we have a. five-man student traffic" commis sion Jo look into the problem. "I feel,'' he said, "if we could get von to reconsider your action w? could work . out a more effective solution." ' NOTICES SENT ; Concerning the first point in Hudgins 'request. Mayor Cornwall j said, "We sent a notice to every ysident on Columbia St. (before the restriction) and also one to every resident on Rosemary St." - Parking on Rosemary St. was re cently "banned ' altogether after a trial period of one year when , only one block, of the street was restrict- ,v Hudgins replied: to Cornell. 'During the 'summer there were riot tod many . (fraternity . men) here with responsibility." Alderman William L. Alexand er, assistant to the general man ager of radio station WCHL, said he got the "addresses of all the fraternjity presidents and sent the EILEEN FARRELL ... here tomorrow a capacity house in Carnegie Hall. Although her talents "were al ready well known to metropolitan critics and audiences through her many local engagements with or chestras and on radio, her recital proved one of the overwhelming triumphs." , same letters that were sent to the Rosemary and Columbia St. resi- OentS. When Hudgins asked if th i re 'SU3 striction could possibly be pended for 30 to 60 days," Corn- well said, "We're not going to rescind the ordinance until we meet" with Young's traffic com mittee "and the matter is thor oughly investigated." After the discussion. Young, who was "disappointed" about ths meeting,, and his traffic com mission made plans to meet Thursday at 4:30 p.m. with a sim ilar group from the IFC. A decision will then b? mas as to when they will discuss the subject again with Mayor Cora well and the aldermen. Ys Hold n n l iviempersniD Meeting The- YW and YMCA held a membership meeting yesterday und?r the leadership of Miss Mar- -! tha Richardson and Gerald Ma".?. YW and YMCA presidents Tlie meeting was .the first of XiVe meetings of the eight study , groups sponsored by the YW and YMCA. The study group.. ieaaers and their advisors were introduc- ed by Miss Nancy Shuford and Doug Cantreil. Gerald Mayo said the YW and YMCA are "informal and open to all denominations and faiths." He described the purpose of the Chris tian Associations as "study, action and worship." UP To Discuss Parking Problem Here Tonight An open discussion of th parking problem will be held t the first fall meeting of the Uni versity Party at 7 p.m. tonight en ihe second floor of Graham Me morial. Party chairman Mike Weinman said, "in view of our President's veto of the Columbia St. parking bill, new action may have to be . taken." Weinman also invited all in terested students fo attend th meeting. Class Ring Salesman To Be Here Thursday A representative of the Balfour Company, which handles UNC class ring sales, will be in Y-Court this Thursday from 9 a.m.-4:3') p.m. to assist the Order of the Holy Grail in selling class rins. This will be the last sale thai will enable the rings to be de livered before Christmas, accord ing to Bob Ilornik. clas-5 ring "chairman. Ilornik may be reached for details at the ZBT house, tele phone 5241. GM'S SLATE The following activities scheduled for Graham Memorial today: Order of the Holy Grail, 6-11 p.m., Grail Room; Debate Squad, 4-4:45, Roland Parker Lounges 1 & 2; Chess Club, 8-11 p.m., land Parker Lounge 1; University Party, 7-11 p.m., Roland Parker Lounges 2 & 3; Women's Resi dence Council, 7-8:30 p.m., Wood house Conference Room; Honor Council, 7-11 p.m.. Council Room? Dance Class, 6:30-8 p.m.. Ren dezvous Room; APO, 7-9 p.m., APO Room. nr
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