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U.K.C: ' LIBRARY " SERIALS DEPT. " BOX 870 .. CHAPEL HILL, ft. 'c. tisiMfiiii1 O WEATHER Rain and cool : today, with ex pected high of 68. SKIPPER H 'and Chapel Mill ?re sns. See page 2. VOL. LVII NO. 35 FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE Complete (P) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1956 Offices in Graham Memorial i if"''' P Can id ate BELOVED JOURNALIST: . -rv'J. oil' 1 r . lit! . ; I : : i , i -, . . . .l; - . ' ' ' '" j9 Hayes: 'N Become ; By PRINGLE PIPKIN The Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina,' Kyle Hayes, spoke before about 60 peo ple last night in the Main Lounge of Graham Memorial on his pro gram for the coming gubernatorial election, Nov. 6. The speaker said, "we (th(e Re publicans) have got to educate people and let them know we have a candidate. I believe if the mes sage is put across to them (the people), we can win." About the forth-coming election he said, "I am not conceding that we are not going to win. If we do not, I want it to be so close that they (the Democrats) will give con- j sideration to state issues rather than national issues." Directories Here The 1956-57 student directory will go on sale today at the YMCA and Lenoir Hall. The directory will be a two tone green this year and will in clude the names, addresses and telephone numbers ef all univer sity affiliated personnel, along with an alphabetical listing of all students with their home towns and Chapel Hill addresses. Copies will be available for 35 cents. UNC Quarterly Will Come Out November 9 The Carol ia Quarterly .contin uing the tradition of literary mag azines begun in 1844 at UNC, will publish its first 1956 issue on No vember 9. The magazine will contain the first publication of the NBC hour length radio broadcast, "Biogra phy In Sound,". on Thomas Wolfe. The broadcast, produced last fall, presents a series of monologues by those who knew Wolfe best: his, sister, Mabel Wolfe Wheaton of Asheville; his editors, John Hall Wheelock and Edward C. Aswell; a friend, Mrs. Clayton Hoagland; and a former student of his, now Professor Theodore Ehrsam of New York. The cover will feature a draw ing of Wolfe by Chapel Hill artist William Mangum. Also appearing in the Quarterly will be part of a Pati Hill novel soon to be published by Houghton Mifflin; a section of young North Carolina poets; a Chekhov mono logue revised in English by Eric Bentley; two lithographs by prize winning Philadelphian Benton Spruance; a story by last year's fiction contest winner, and other features. The Quarterly published three times a year may be obtained from Graham Memorial Informa tion Desk, the Carolina Inn, local bookstores and the Quarterly Of fice. There is a charge of 50 cents per issue. Yearly subscriptions are available at $1.25 from Eox 1117, Chapel Hill. Miss Marcelline Krafchick, edi tor of the Quarterly, has said "There is still a need for addition al staffers." Also she has stated "creative work done by students may be turned in at the Quarterly Office." IN THE INFIRMARY Students in the Infirmary yes terday included: Misses Barbara Smith, Caro lyn Roberts, Ruth Woodruff. George Sravnitski, John Hunt, Richard Gustafson, Robert South ernland, Joseph Friedberg, Ern est Briggs, Isaac Merrill, Elbert Jones, Robert Britt, Donald Bul lard, Charles Harrington, Bruce Caldwell, Herman Weaver, Wil liam Kendall, Otis Drake, Henry Green, Charles Flack, James Woodard, David Packard. C. Must ipaiTisan "North Carolina will not reach its right place in the 48 states until we have a two party system," claimed the speaker, and he went t - ii a. i i i l A . . on 10 say mai ne nau ueen urging j to overcome the defeatist attitude ! of the'Republicans in the state, The program which he presene'd included three years of education al expansion in North Carolina. If elected, he plans to ask for a 100 million dollar bond issue to ex pand and improve the school fa cilities. The candidate hopes to be able to change the state income tax laws to give full deductible credit for some medical expenses. He desires a minimum . wage law of $1.00 in the state. "To re-align congressional and state senatorial districts" is part of his plan. The speaker felt that the state per capita income, 44 in the na tion, could and would be raised if the Republican Party was in pow er. Kyle Hayes is a native of Wilkesboro and graduated from frpm Wake Forest Law School in 1931. He is the first Republican candidate for governor to conduct a campaign from Manteo to Mur phy. Hayes' talk tonight was spon sored by the Young Republicans Club. Robeson On Committee Professor Charles B. Robson, chairman of the Dept. of Political Science, has been appointed to the executive committee of .the, Am erican Political Science Assn. A second member of the staff of the Dept. of Political Science, Prof. Alexander Heard, is also a member of the council. Prof. Heard is also a member of th editorial board of the American Political Science Review, which is the official journal of the associa tion. Waitman Named Head Of Hiliel Foundation Albert Waitman of Fayetteville has been named president of the Hillel Foundation. Miss Sue Gischner, Washington, D. C, was named vice president. Other officers are Gary Ball Kind of Charlotte, secretary, and Bob Weinstein of Greensboro, treasurer. Committee chairmen were ap pointed by the president at. the meeting this week. A GRAD STUDENT WITH VVe've By BOB MYERS Pretty Jo Anne Deason, UNC graduate student, isn't trying to rush the season, but she's antici pating Christmas with so much en thusiasm that Santa may be get-, ting a letter any day. And the letter might begin like this: "I am a 22-year-old, blue-eyed blonde from Enoree, S. C, and re cently I was judged 'South Caro lina Maid of Cotton' for 1957. On Dec. 27 and 28, three days after your globe-circling trek, I will rep resent South Carolina in the na tional 'Maid of Cotton" finals at Memphis, Tenn. And what a j Christmas present winning that ti tle would be. I wonder if you're making the crown?" WON'T RETURN And when Santa is informed that cotton maids representing 18 cotton-producing states, from around the nation will gather at Memphis for the post-Christmas affair, he may not return to the Arctic Circle. Meanwhile, the latest in the WHERE THEY USED TO GATHER: His F nends Say S kipper By WALLY KURALT "Yessir, that Skipper was quite a man," said T. B. (Brack) Creel, speaking of Oscar Jackson (Skipper)! Coffin, who died Monday. . "I've known the Skipper since 1905, when we played on rival high school baseball teams," Creel saidHe was always one.., for a joke and "was loved, by all; , especially me.'. ' . ' :' Creel, speaking admirably with not completely dry eyes, related tales of the late journalism pro fessor in' the Skipper's second alma mater." . " " ' "He use'd to walk into his class at the first of .the year and he'd say, 'My name is Oscar Jackson Coffin, and o there will be no trouble about our social stand ing, my uncle that I was named after was hung. A ter ribly fine fellow, but the jury didn't see it that way.' "That's how he was," said Creel. "Nothing at all fake about him." 'IRON LUNG' One of the favorite stories concerning Coffin was the "iron lung." A former student came to visit Coffin, and was told by "Gertrude;' (Mrs. i Coffin) - that -the Skipper was in the "iron lung." "Oh, I'm sorry,' said the for mer student, "I didnt even know he was sick." . " "Don't be. sorry," said Mrs. Coffin, "the iron lung is only a BLUE EYES: aid long line of South Carolina beau ties who have cornered the mar ket by winning titles ranging from "Miss America" to "Miss Uni verse" in the past three years, is preparing for the big event. ' Trim and lithe (5'74"), Jo Anne, who won the "Maid of Cot ton" title over 21 other contest ants in a recent state contest at Clemson College, is planning a S500 wardrobe designed for her entry at Memphis, She's getting tips from Libba McGee, the only South Carolina, maid to cop national honors ' (in 1950) since the Palmetto state has sponsored a contestant. Both Lib ba and Jo Anne are from Spartan burg County. . Jo Anne, seeking a masters in dramatic, arts here after' a four year, tenure at Winthrop College at Rock Hill, was all excited whert she heard that last year's "Maid of Cotton," Myra Lane Cherry, of Orangeburg, placed second in the "Miss World" contest held at Lon- don recently. ' TRADITION . ' . Should Jo Anne live up to the Got M Ski pper At Work This . picture, taken ; in ; recent years, shows the late O. J, (Skip per) Coffin laughing wirh a fel-' low School of Journalism work er, Walter Spearman (left). Cof- fin died night. in Raleigh Monday ,"4 3 place called The Shack. I call it the iron lung because he -can't 5 breathe for 30 minutes away from here." The Shack, a small, frame building which exemplifies its name, has long been a favorite i gathering place for bull session ' fans. Just below the City Hall, it was patronized by Coffin and , .his f riemts.- . -i - .- v'.-i . Brack Creel, one of Coffin's closest friends, formerly owned the establishment before his health failed and he had to sell. Creel told of another of Cof fin's classroom speeches. "La dies and gentlemen," Coffin . would say, "I don't mind your Afi- i;H:e Loved 1 Dr. Carmichae! Talks To Meeting Of Deans WINSTON-SALEM UPt The! dean of women is still an imuort- j I ant college official despite the I fact that her office has changed considerably since 1940, a Uni versity of North Carolina official declared ' here' Tuesday. j Dr. Katherine Carmichael, UNC dean 5of women 'in - Chapel Hill, made her remarks in an. address before the fall meeting of the North Carolina Assn. of Deans of , Women at Wake Forest College. About 70 persons attended the all-day session, which included a, " morning address by Chaplain Of Cotton tradition of homespun beauties who have preceded her successful- ly, and win, she would leave Mm- mediately for New York City and later depart for an extended Euro- pean tour before returning to the South. ' Tactful and friendly with a nlpawnt rpfrnpd nersonalitv. but . her cood looks. Jo Anne came to UNC this year upon the recommendation of her Win throp instructors, many of whom fail to retain that shape when she's were former members of the Car- wearing one), and plans an assort olina. Playmakers. ment of cottons of the latest styles Chiefly interested in teaching : "in her elaborate wardrobe. ' dramatics in high school or col lege and performing in commu nity theater productions, Jo Anne considers dramatics an avocation as well as ' vocation. "I am not at all interested in professional theater because there is a cooperative spirit and certain feeling, that goes into community productions which is absent in professional work," she savs. Active in theater at Winthrop from where she received a B.A. degree in 1955, Jo Anne -was also f"1 '1 Shack smoking in my class, but I would like for you to use ashtrays aft er.you finish your cigaret. Don't let me catch you throwing your finished cigaret on the floor and grinding it under your heeL The people that clean up this class room are perhaps a lot smarter than you are, but haven't had the chance to get an education." -JSww- 30 s -of -Coffin's closest friends attended a valedictory ' party given; by The Shack at a ' Pittsboro' Rd. diner May 19. At this party Coffin read his vale dictory,' in which was included a ' short, sketch 'of some of his r. friends and some of the scenes at, The Shack. George Colgin, administrative res ident in the Dept. of Pastoral Care of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. By AW That Stuff Falling From Sky Will Fall A Couple More Days Rainy weather will be with us another day or so, according to Raleigh-Durham weather observ- ers. The bureau said Tuesday that showers will probably continue Hopeful one of eight students from a stu- dent body of 1,100 to graduate with an A average. And she was a member of the Senior Order, Winthrop's highest, honorary so- ciety, and listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universi- ties. ' - . -. LIKES COTTON . A fancier of cotton fabrics, the talented young lady is partial" to straight skirts . (which somehow The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William IJ. Deason is gratified -to represent South Carolina as "Maid of Cotton." . ; ' "I feel-honored because the con test is held on a high level and is much more than a beauty con test. I hope that I can continue in the best tradition of the South Carolina girls and win the nation al title," she said. ' . And this is to say when the roll is called out "yonder" in' Mem phis, South Carolina will' be there. i'SefFor: 3 P.M.. if Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today for O. J. (Skipper) Coffin in the University Methodist Church. Rev. Charles S. Hubbard will officiate. Burial will be in the Cha pel Hill Cemetery. Coffin, one of the most color ful and beloved leaders of south ern journalism, . died in Raleigh Monday night. His death was due, to pneumonia and was the end result of a long-time asthmatic condition. . Active pallbearers will be J. B. Linker, Duncan Neville, Frank Umstead, Joe Page, Norman Cor don and Hugh Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be faculty members of the School of Journalism and former members. They include: Roy Parker of Ahoskie, Weimar Jones of Franklin, Phillips Rus sell of Chapel Hill, Jack Riley of Raleigh and Thomas J. Lassiter of Smithfield. - Others included are UNC Chan cellor Robert B. House, WC Act ing Chancellor W. W. Pierson, F. O. Bowman, Carl P. Durham, John W. Umstead, Roland W. McClam roch, E. B. Jeffress. Louis Graves, Paul Eubanks, Brack Creel and Collier Cobb Jr. Coffin retired last summer from the UNC School ' of Journalism where he had been teaching for the past 30 years. llnon his retirement he was honored by a party given by for mer students. Several hundred of Tribute Set . .The University - will tep it classes two minutes Thurs day In tribute Marian stu dents whe died "as a result of Soviet tyranny Chancellor Robert House an nounced .the University is join ing 14 ethar universities in the tribute from 11:30 a.m. to 11:32 a.m. The action was initiated, the chancellor said, by the American Committee for Cultural Free dom. The silence will be observed, he said, "in commemoration of the role played by students of Hungary in their struggle for freedom." until Friday. Showers yesterday were due to a small, low-pressure storm cen tered near Lumberton, they said. Scattered rain the rest of the ! week probably will be the result of a cold front moving eastward across the Mississippi River. Weather observers did not dis credit the possibility of more In dian Summer weather in Novem ber,' however. Banks Roads Still Flooded RALEIGH Water cont in- ued td cover long stretches of j highway along the Outer Banks! Tuesday as th6 result of a storm that has raged the past three days. This was reported by Chief i Highway Engineer W. H. Rogers ! Jr., who said that stretches of U. ! S. 158 totaling about five miles were covered with water up to 14 inches deep. f He said traffic was moving ov er the highway slowly. Rogers said most of the water covering the road was rain water and not from the ocean, since it ! has been raining in the area since I Monday. South of Oregon on Hatteras Island, Rogers said a long stretch of road also was under water up to six inches deep. He said there had b?n some damage to the road but this has been repaired. the students from all parts of the state attended the party at the home here of journalism Profes sor Walter Spearman. Members Of Community Express Their Sadness . Members of the University com- returned to the Asheboro paper in munity have expressed their sad- j 1912, when he married Gertrude ness at the passing of 0- J. (Skip- j Wilson, of Haywood County. lit per) Coffin, formerly dean of the1! later worked in Chapel Hill, then School of Journalism here. President William Friday of the Consolidated University said: "Os car Coffin, one of the most be loved men in Chapel Hill, was a great inspiration to his students. He built the School of Journalism and his contribution as teacher and dean was significant and far- reaching." DEBT' Dean Norval Neil Luxon of the school said: "Hundreds of" alumni of the School of Journalism mourn the passing of O. J. Coffin, who in his 30. years of teaching impressed upon generation after generation of students the need for good craftsmanship in writing. North Carolina journalism and journal ism in general owe him a debt, long to be remembered and dis cussed wherever alumni meet.' "Our sympathy goes out to 'Miss Gertrude. We shall long remem ber the homey friendliness of the Skipper "and her' to students', and staff alike." " Phillips .Russell, editor of the Chapel' Hill News Leader and long j coworker and friend of Coffin, said: "It was a great shock to me j to learn about the death of an ! old partner. We were together in journalism at Chapel Hill nearly ! 25 years. . . ." j Chancellor Robert House said: ' "He was one of the ablest and most loved teachers ever to be associated with the University. A life-long friend, he and I started to work together at Chapel Hill j in the same year (1926). We were j intimate friends in a professional j and personal way." j Oscar Jackson Coffin was born f Feb. 9, 1887, at Carter's Mill, now j Robbins, and moved to Asheboro ! at an early age. After graduation from UNC in 1909, he taught school, and worked on the Ashe boro Courier, for a salary of $8 per week. EVOLUTION In 1911 he became sports editor j of the Winston-Salem Journal, but WUNC-TV May Start Shows For Wide Use A two-day conference is under way here which may result in tte decision for WUNC-TV to pro-1 duce an educational series of chil- drens health and dramatic pro - giaius ioi iidiiunai uisu juuuon to educational stations. ' Participating in the conference are Kenneth Wright, director of radio and television services at: the University of Tennessee; Ray I Johnston and Emil Young, direc- tors of WUNC-TV at N. C. State College and WCUNC, respective ly; and Earl Wynn, director of the Communication Center' here. Wright is now on a year's leave of absence working at the Edu cational Radio and TV Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. He is program coordinator for the Southern Re gion of educational stations. Farmer Sets Talk Dr. Thomas W. Farmer, profes sor of neurological medicine at the School of Medicine, will be speaking before the Rowan-Davie County Medical Society meeting in Salisbury Thursday. His sub ject will be "Treatment of Cere bral Vascular Disease." rr ' ii y Dili! He also received numerous goou will messages from former stu dents throughout the United States and in Europe. for The Charlotte Observer, and in 1918 became city editor and later editor of The Raleigh Times. He was known for his hard-hitting editorials, and especially for his support of education in North Carolina against the '"Monkey Bill" to bar the teaching of evolu tion in the public schools. In 1926 he. succeeded Gerald Johnson as the only teacher of journalism at UNC, and from then until 1936 constituted a one-man school of journalism. He was dean of the journalism school until 1953, and following his retirement as dean, taught in the school until June 30, 1956. Until his death he continued his column, "Shucks and Nubbins," and editorial writing in The Greensboro Daily News. During his last three years af the Univer sity he taught classes in editorial and feature writing. Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Wilson Coffin, of Dur ham, and three grandchildren. Students Held After Beating Of Local Man Three men, two of them UNC students, are cut of jail on bond today following the serious' beat ing of Wade Higgs, 33-year-old Chapel Hill resident. Higgs was beat?n early Sunday morning after the three men broke into his one-room apartment in the Sutton Building on Franklin St. and assaulted him, police said. Bobby L. Moore of Carrboro, Harry Crasser, and Donald T. Cheatham were charged in the beating. Grasser, freshman from South ern Pines, and Cheatham, sopho more from Durham, are both UNC students, according to Patrolman Amos Home of the Police De'pt. Moore is charged with aiding and abetting breaking and enter ing, assault, and carrying a con cealed weapon (a pistol). Crasser and Cheatham are charged with breaking and entering and assault. All three men were freed from jail under $500 bond. Patrolman Home said Higgs had "nothing to do with the fight." He was in his room, he said, when thp m?n kirkrd flown nart nf tha doort enteredf and started bcat. ing him Po!ice bejeve the cause ! of the beatjns to an argumcnt j ynien had arisen over liquor. Higgs was taken to the emerg ency room of Memorial Hospital, according to Home, where he was treated for a cut over his left eye and bruised ribs and arm.-;. Three stitches were taken over Higgs' left eye. The trial is scheduled for a fu ture meeting of Chapel Hill Re corder's Court. GM'S SLATE The following activities are scheduled for Graham Memorial today: Grail Room 5-6 p.m.. Pan Hel lenic Council; 9-11 p.m.. State Stu dent Legislature: Roland Parker 1 4-5 p.m.. Debate: 8:30-9 p.m., IDC; Roland Parker 28-9:30 p.m.. Jeoha Jehovah's Witnesses; Roland Parker 3 7-9 p.m., Music Study Group; Woodhouse Confer ence Room, 4-5:30 p.m., Chancellor Committee; Rendezvous Room, 3-11 p.m., GMAB Party.
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