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VOLUME LXVI NO. 67
Complete (. Wire Service
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER: 14, 1958
Offices in Graham Memorial
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Carr Named To Head UNCs
New $2,400,000 Univac 1105
One of the nation's outstanding au
tloritie? on electronic computers,
mathematician John W. Carr III of
the University of Michigan will be
director of Carolina's new Computer
Center.
President William C. Friday and
Dr. William M. Whyburn, vice pres
ident for graduate studies and re
search of the Consolidated Univer
sity, announced that Carr will also
b an associate professor of math
ematics on the Chapel Hill cam
ru. Carr will b in carge of the $2,
4 'to. 000 I'nivac 1 103 Data Automa
tion system, which is scheduled for
installation at Chapel Hill in 1959.
The compute:' has been acquired
by the Consolidated University by
arrangement with Remington Rand
Co., the Bureau of the Census and
the National St ience Foundation. Its
installation ninrk a significant step
inward automation of science for
tl.r South. ,
( air is a Durham native and a
j iatluat' of Puko University, from
v Inch lie n reived a U.S. degree in
!rcti ical engineering in 1943. His
f.dher, John W. Carr II, is a mem
l. r of the Duke University educa
tion faculty.
Though only 3" years of age. Dr.
";.rr has had extensive experience
in the operation of electronic com
puters. lie was introduced to this relative
ly new field while a research as
sistant In mathematics in 1943 on
Project Whirlwind at the Digital
Computer Laboratory at MIT. He
received the M. S. In E. E. in 1949
and spent the following year as a
Fulbright Scholar at the Sorbonne
G. M. SLATE
Activlli in Graham Memorial
today include:
Friend. 11-12:30, Wllllams-Wolfe;
Community Church. 11:30-12:30.
Ulnt lrKr ' II v Wrtlmlnntrr
Fellowship. 9 : t VI 1 a.m., Kendex
you Room.
Monday's activities In Graham
Memorial include:
Grail. 10 p.m., Grail Room;
Student Party, 7-9, Roland Park
ers I and II; High School Honor
Project, 5-3:50, Woodhouse Con
ference Room;; L'FC, 2-4, Wood
house; Rules, 4-3, Woodhouse;
SKE, 7:20-9, Woodhouse; Bridge,
7-11, Rendezvous; KKG, 7-9, 203
Alumni.
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Snow-blinded squirrel playing
outside Graham Memorial.
Man standing in his yard watch
ing his wife fhovel the walk.
Red noses, the red cheeks, the
rfd ears and the red faces of
the unfortunates who lost their
equilibrium on the snow-ice.
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as Dad prepares to record his first Christmas via photograph while Mrs. Ballinger looks on. Mr. Bal
!m?tr is a third year law student and Mrs. Ballinger teaches the fourth grade at Frinklin Street ele
mentary school.' The couple reside at 144 Daniels St. Photo-by Bill Brinkhous
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... to direct UNC computer
in Paris. During his stay in Europe,
he spent two niontlrs with the group
at the Mathematical Laboratories,
I ambi idge Uuiversiiy, which had
just finished building the EDS AC
Electronic I '! Storage Automa
tic Calculator i, the first electronic
.Wired program calculator to oper
ate. Ideas gained here were applied
to the Whirlwind I Computer on his
return to Hie United States, when
as a staff mahemaieian he had the
responsibility for the Library of Sub
routines first developed for that
computer.
He received a Ph.D. in mathema
tics from MIT in 1951, writing his
thesis on a discussion of certain
mathematical techniques in solving
partial differential equations usir.
high-speed digital computers. In
1931-52, he participated in the solu-
.'on of some of the first problems '
p-csented to the Whirlwind. In 1352 1
he became a research mathemati
cian at the Willow Run Laboratories
Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio'
Is Presented By Choral Club
Bach's "Christmas Oratoria" will
be performed by the Chapel Hill
Choral Club in Hill Hall Tuesday
at 8 p.m.
Part of the Tuesday Evening
Series sponsored by the UNO Mu
sic Department, the program is
open to the public without charge.
The annual Christmas concert,
one of two major appearances giv
en each year by this community
group, will be broadcast by radio
station WUNC.
Under the direction of Dr. Joel
Carter, associate professor of mu
sic at the University, seven mem
bers will appear as soloists in the
first three parts of Bach's oratorio
presented by the choristers.
Tenor Robert Melton, staff mem
ber at Duke University Hospital,
will sing the role of the Evangelist.
Alto solos will be sung by Betty
Jean Smith of Chapel Hill.
Dr. U. T. Holmes, Kenan pro
fessor of Romance Langucs, will
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of the University of Michigan, di
recting the preparation for use of
the MIDAC (Michigan Digital Auto
matic Computer).
From 1952 to 1955, he was super
visor of the Digital Computation
Department, Willow Run Labora
tories, which used the MIDAC in the
solution of engineering and scienti
fic problems. In September 1955, he
joined the staff of the University of
Michigan as assistant professor of
mathematics.
During the past 18 months he has
served as consultant to the Digital
Computation Unit using the IBM-650
and is now participating in planning
for using the IBM-704 to be installed
in April 1959. On September 1557,
he was appointed an associate pro
fessor of mathematics.
He has served on the National
f Council of the Association for Com
puting Machinery from 1954-5G, and
as president for the two year term
ending in June 1953. He has also
served as a trustee of the Society
for Industrial and Applied Mathema
tics. He is now a fellow of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.
At the University of Michigan, his
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courses nave lnciuaeu metnoas in
high-speed computation.
In 1954 he organized the first Uni
versity ot Michigan S immer Con-
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1958 this course had grown to over
300 persons (supervised jointly by
five staff members) with lecturers
including visitors from Germany,
Great Britain, the USSR and Ire
lar.d. He speaks French and Ger
man, reads French, German and
nussian ana is engaged now in
translations of Russian papers in
numerical analysis for the National
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Foundation.
i perform the bass recitatives. Bar
bara Peacock of Chapel Hill will
handle the soprano recitatives.
The bass aria, ; "Mighty Lord,"
will be sung by Marvin Tatum,
UNC graduate student from Rich
mond, Va. Beth Diaz, Durham, and
David L. Vaughn, graduate student
from Salem, will sing the soprano
bassduet, "Lord, Thy Mercy."
Lee Bostian, graduate assistant in
the music department and rekular
accompanist for the 35-year old or
ganization, will play for the solo
ists. He will be joined by Kay Knight
an English major from Osceola,
Mo., in a two-piano arrangement of
the orchestral accompaniments for
the choruses.
Dr. Glenn Watkins, UNC assis
tant professor of organ, will play
for all the recitatives and. will per
form a transcription of the or
chestral "Sinfonia," which intro
duces the second part of'the oratorio.
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PARKED Parking for many, alonj with this unidentified motorist,
hasn't been much of a problem for the last three days. Drivers found
their cars quite willing to halt in ditches, steep hills, and other
inconvenient places much to the dismay of their owners. AH the
trouble stemmed from an estimted six inch snowfall and the
weather bureau says more is probably on its wayl
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Mankind On Trial Is Theme
In Drama 'Sign Of Jonah'
Mankind on trial, accused by
those he has persecuted, and judg
ed by God, forms the theme behind
tonight's production of "The Sign
of Jonah." -
The play will be given at 7 p.m.
both today and Monday in the
small chapel of the Episcopal
Church. Admission is free. j
Written by Guenler Rutenborn,
a minister of. a Lutheran parish in
East Germany, the drama portarys
parallels of guilt and sin between
Rutenborn's . war time Germany
and Jonah's Nineveh;
The publisher's preface to the
script states that into the German
war scene "comes the voice of
Guenter Rutenborn, confessing his
personal guilt for all these atro
cities with none of which he had
any direct connection. And he
writes a play, 'The Sign of Jonah,'
in order to examine in a public
trial who in the nation, who in
the world, really was guilty." ,
The blame of this guilt and sin,
the preface continues, falls on the
shoulders of all mankind as Ru
tenborn tries to point out in the
drama.
Staged in the small chapel of
the Cross, the drama uses no back
drops or settings so that an un
obstructed view of the altar and
cross is before the audience at all
times. Director Bill White said
that "no settings are used so that
the bare and simple meaning of
the altar can be free to be a back
ground to the clear and meaning
ul interpretation of the play."
Even the play at times breaks
from the complexities of the mod-
Recenf Chicago
Check Into N. C.
By ROBERT II. BARTHOLOMEW
In view of the recent Chicago
school fire that claimed the lives of
some 90 people, it is worth noting
what is being done by North Caro
lina instiutions to prevent such a
tragedy here.
A recent visit to N. C. Memorial
Hospital here brought out some
startling facts. These facts are
startling because the average visi
ter to the hospital has no idea of
the complex and complete plans that
are in effect to. protect the patients,
the staff and the property of the
taxpayer.
A giant modern hospital may very
well be compared to a ship travel
ing through a combat area. In the
case of an attack, no person needs
to be told where to go or what to
do. These actions have been drilled
into the people through long months
and years.
This is the system at N. C. Me
morial Hospital. Ia the case of a
fire, every person knows what he
should do. This is not a new sys
tern, it has been in operation since
the hospital first opened in 1952.
Monthly fire drills are held, both
day and night. These drills do not
consist simply of a bell ringing and
each member of the staff taking
his station. Often fires are lit on
the hospital grounds and the staff,
including nurses, actually use fire
fighting equipment. Also, from time
to time, special motion pictures on
fire prevention and fire control are
shown the staff.
At Christmas N. C. Memorial Hos
pital is as well decorated as any
private home. Christmas trees are
seen on each floor and gay ropes
of holly 'and cedar decorate the
doorways. However, no electric
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ern theater and allow the actors to
speak to the audience as them
selves. On the production staff assisting
White are Jim Pfaff as Stage Man
ager; Rufus Russell in charjje of
lighting; Susan McCotter as mis
tress; and Tommy Taylor as house
manager.
The cast includes Bob Ketler as
Jonah; Art McDonald as the Judge;
Betty Rhodes as the Queen of the
South; Bobbie Hicks as the Wo
man in the Street; Darwin Solo
mon as the Man in the Street;
Herb Drinnon as the Merchant;
Craven Mackie as Michael; Doug
McDermott as Gabriel; Bill Smith
as Raphael; and Jane Townend as
the Prompter. .
Rides Wanted
Mike Shalett, 309 Stacy
To Washnigton, D. C.
Wants to leave Friday afternoon.
Gary L. Yingling, 111 Aycock
To Washington, D. C.
Robert C. Rohlfs, 308 Stacy
Phone 89112. To Mass. or vicini
ty of Albany," N.'Y:; anytime af
ter noon Friday.
Parties Not Meeting
Meetings of the two campus
parties, University and Student
originally scheduled for Tuesday
and Monday, respectively, have
been cancelled.
The University Party will not
have another meeting until the
first Tuesday in January.
The Student Party will meet
again after Christmas.
Fire Causes
Institutions
lights are used in these decorations,
vith one exception. A lighted tree
is ia the main lobby, but its lights
are disconnected when the infurma-
tion desk closes at night. Dry foli
age and hot lights have proven to
be hazardous.
A large hospital such as N. C.
Memorial has a sizeable group of
maintenance men, such as plumb
ers, guards, electricians, painters
and mechanics. These men are the
first line of defense against fire.
Once a hospital alarm is sounded,
this group immediately swings into
action with all available equipment.
When the fire department arrives,
these men retire to a labor pool and
await any call for help the depart
ment may make.
The labor pool is made up of all
persons not needed to fight the fire.
If the fire department needs help
or patients need to be moved, the
labor pool goes into action.
There have been a few fires at
N. C. Memorial Hospital, xiostly
bedding catchins on fire frcm a
smoker.
INFIRMARY
Students in the Infirmary yes
terday included:
Brenda Jean Bryan, Lois Louise
Sharp, Elizabeth Ann Reed, Bert
Barrow Warren, Joseph Thomas
Judd, Everett Gordon Hsissel,
Wayne Arnold Babb, James Arthur
Ryder Jr., William Chandler Price,
Michael Leoy Byers, onaid Lee
Shubpin, Robert Cambell Walker,
Nicholas Burton Bragg, Margaret
Pennington Addison, Robert Wayne
Ramsay, Gloria Lee Olds, Ann
Buche, John Chalmers Eagle, Paul
Anthony Quirles. !
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FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Fitz-Simons Gets Term
In Jury Guilty Verdict
Mrs. Marion Fitz-Simons was; the slaying as one which he had
sentenced Friday night to a two to
three j?ear sentence in Women's
Prison at Raleigh for manslaughter
in the slayir.g of Miss Diana John
son on Dec. 7 during the Playmak-
ers' production of "Look Home
ward, Angel."
Judge W. Reid Thompson hand
ed down the sentence after a jury
convicted Mrs. Fitz-Simons of man-
slauhter during the annual mock
trial sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta
legal fraternity.
Defense Attorney Stan Gertzman
said that in consideration of the
overwhelming evidence against his
client "we were well pleased" with
the two-year sentence, but added
he planned to appeal.
A packed courtroom waited in
silence for '20 minutes before the
jury filed in to give its verdict.
Mrs.' Fitz-Simons showed no emo
tion when the verdict was read.
Gertzman, obviously shocked at
the manslaughter conviction, im
mediately made a motion that the
jury be polled. One by one the
jurors stood and pronounced the
verdict, individually as the crowd
watched in silent anticipation.
During the lengthy trial the pro
secution dwelt no the fact that Mrs.
Fitz-Simons' diary was discovered
after the killing and that in it
was a notation in Mrs. Fitz-Simons'
hand writing to the effect that she
intended tc kill Miss Johnson . if
ever an opportunity were afford
ed her.
Florist ' David Evans testifying
for the state told the jurors he
recognized the flower pot used in
Dr. Howell Fills
By ANN A. SMITH
Professor of English, secretary of
the faculty, author of a prize-winning
book, world traveller and ad
viser to foreign students five peo
ple? No, one person at UNC lives each
of these roles. Dr. Almonte C. How
ell, a member of the University
faculty since 1920, has been noted
for his accomplishments m these
five areas.
It is impossible to say in which
field Dr. Howell has gained the
most distinction. He is a man de
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TIME FOR A LAUGH Dr. A. C. Howell always has time for a
friendly chat with foreign students. Pictured with Dr. Howell
(center) lire Klaus G. Witz (standing left) from Germany who is a
pre-doctoral student and part-time instructor in mathematics and
Rwang-Chul Ha (seated right) from Korea who is a graduate student
in mathematics with whom Dr. Howell was acquainted when he
taught in Korea.
ureau Indicates
eavy
rore ror
sold to Mrs. Fitz-Simons. This
evidence given by Evans was con:
sidered by Gertzman as the most
damaging to his client's case.
The prosecution called witnesses
who testified to the fact that Mrs.
Fitz-Simons prior to the slaying
had threatened Miss Johnson's life
with a foot-long hatpin. Mrs. Wal
ter Spearman testified that Mrs.
Fitz-Simons told her that she would
kill Miss Johnson. Betty Green,
also testified that Mrs. Fitz-Simons
had made similar threats against
Miss Johnson's life.
Bob Ketler testifying in behalf
of the state said he had heard the
defendant threating Miss Johnson.
In a surprise move the defense
prdouced witnesses to prove that
these incidents prior to the death
were not connected in any degree
with the slaying itself.
Harry Davis and Foster Fitz-
Simons testf ied that these threats
Mrs. Fitz-Simons made toward
Miss Johnson were planned by
them in order to help , Miss John
son "get into character" for her
role in the Playmakers' production
of "Look Homeward, Angel."
Mrs. Fitz-Simons took the stand
and testified that the entire affair
was "extremely unfortunately
and that the incidents prior to the
accident had no connection what
soever.
"We were only trying to help
her," Mrs. Fitz-Simons said.'
The defense apparently proved
to the satifaction of the jury that
the assertions of the prosecution
See TRIAL, page 3
Five Difficult Positions;
Has Gained Distinction
voted to carrying out the responsi
bilities of each position. One of his
duties as advisor to foreign students
is a relatively new job, and Dr.
Howell was eager to discuss the
challenging task.
At the University there are 108
foreign students at the graduate
and undergraduate levels in addition
to about 18 people from other coun
tries with whom Dr. Howell is con
cerned. Thirty-one nations are rep
resented in the UNC student body.
"I want to help these students
feel at home and to help the faculty
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The U. S. Weather Bureau at
he Raleigh-Durham Airport last
night isued warnings of posible
heavy snow for the already snow
covered eastern part of North Car
olina.
According to the Chief Forecas
er, a storm center located in the
Gulf of Mexico had failed to de
velop but that it was highly pro
bable that North Carolina might
be dumped with upwards of six
inches of snow.
According to the Forecaster, the
weather pattern now being formed
is unlike that of Thursday morn
ing which positively indicated
heavy snowfall. '
Snow began late yesterday after
noon in Alabama nad Georgia,
with snow beginning in the moun
tains of western North Carolina
about 3 p.m. and extending out as
far as Charlotte.
An 8 p.m. Associated Press wea
ther advisors stated that snow was
falling as far north as Columbia,
S. C, with the note that N. C. was
heavily threatened with accumu
lations of six inches of snow. '"'
The threat of snow, or snowfall,
depending upon further storm de
velopments, should be over Sun
day night with the temperature ex
pected to drop very low, according
to the weather bureau.
Persons have been asked to keep
in. contact with latest weather ad
visory as they will become more
specific as to the areas and amount
of snowfall to expect.
BULLETIN
The UNC debators in the New
York Hall of Fame Debating
Tournament posted an 8-0 re
cord to place second in the
standings behind St. Joseph,' of
Philadelphia in a field of 43
teams. Third place was tied be
tween Princeton, Dartmouth, St.
Pefttr's, and Georgetown. Second
place was awarded on an indi
vidual point score basis.
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understand the problems of the for
eign students," Dr. Howell said.
Asked about this kind of counsel
ing, Dr. Howell told of a young stu
dent from Italy who of his own
volition came as a freshmen to
UNC. He worked 27 hours a week
at a job in order to remain in
school end made a high scholastic
average.
The boy, however, realized that he
was doing too much: he couldn't
keep on working and continue mak
ing good grades. He came to Dr.
Howell with his problem. Dr. Howell
n his capacity as adviser to for
eign students secured for the am
bitious student a scholarship which
enabled him to work less outside
and give more time to his books.
Dr. Howell cited other examples
in his dealings with foreign stu
dents since he took over the posi
tion this fall succeeding Dr. Stur
gis Leavitt.
Another achievement this year on
Dr. Howell's part has been the es
tablishment by the YW-YMCA of
classes in English for foreign stu
dents. It was he who suggested the
idea which was promptly put into
effect.
Foreiga students, he explained."
read English fairly well but have
difficulty in following class lectures.
The course is designed to help these
students understand spoken English
and take notes.
Dr. Howell has learned much
about foreign customs in his trips
abroad. The recipient of three
grants from the Department ol
State, he has taught in Guatemala,
San Salvador and the Honduras.
In 1955-56 he was visiting profes
sor of English literature in the Na
tional University of Seoul in South
Korea.
i At UNC he has two secial fields
of interest: teaching English com-
osition to science students and
teaclung literary aspects of the Bi
ble. Both courses are unique in cer
Ktai
tain respects.
The science writing course which
required for the B. S. degree air
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