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DEC 2 1959 V Help S u p p o ft (rite rh a t i o n a I Emphasis Week- Now In Progress ma 67 years of dedicated service Us a better University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers, whose motto slates, "freedom of expression Is the backbone of an academic community." WEATHER Sunny und wamifr. II ifih rang ing from upper 'M mountains to lower 6o east portion. Thursday partly cloudy, turning cooler Offices in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE VOLUME IXVIII, NO. 5? Complete LP Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1959 Here At Carol International Emohasis Week E xpress Reactions 1 , Hil l ; VH 1 si ! ' ' ji s N-?1t r ''i" 5 :r v, " " - vV Pi 1 , uu. 1 ' - . .c ! r i i Enjoyins lift in America, thtse foreign $tudnts re (l-r) Baerbl Becker, Germany; Voikcr Ber ghahn, Gtrmany; Mata Nishihara, Japan; and Rachid Benuam-aur, Algiers. All hold scholarships to study htrt. SP Discusses Problems; Board To Meet Sunday Sluik-nt Party Oiiirmun Lcwe Shxffifld announced last m-ht a ntcotin o( the party alvuory hoard to rcicw party prohlenu mvi re port their liiklinys to the pi.ity. Tl aniioiinccnicnt came at la.st niht'.N meeting alter M-eral nuni IXTs had rmcalnl concern ocr rumors of party dicontnl and in vfectivciuvvs in student lcilature. Sheffield Mated that th-. meeting will he Sunday at 3 p.m. in the NNxllioue Confiicnee Komn at. (iraham Memorial, aixl iuel that each party nKinher attend the open G. M. SLATE ArthMlen sehcdull in 'Jnir ham Memorial today include: ruhliralioni Board, 1j p.m., (irail; Foreign Student Hoard, i- p.m., WmMlhouse; Ilouve tom miltee, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Holand Parker III; Panhcl. 5-6 p.m.. Grail ; Christian Science Organi zation, 3-6 p.m., TV Room; Stray Greeks, 7-8 p.m., Woodhourte; Chi Psi, 7-8 p.m., Roland Parker I; CWC, 7-8:30 p.m., Grail; Chess Club, 7-11 p.m., Roland Parker III; Vernon Norwood's Commit tee, 8-9 p.m., Woodhousc; Senior Clms Kmpty Slocking Fund 1:30 .":30 p.m. Roland Parker I and Last Lecture Series 3-4 p.m. Wood house. Cosmopolitan Club Sponsors Clothing Drive The Cosmopolitan Club is pre sently conducting a clothing drive in Chapel Hill in answer to in ap peal by the American Friends Service Committee for lOO.OOO blan kets and quilU for Algerian le fugces in Tunisia and Morocco. New and uted clothing is also urgently neek,d. lliesc people, nurn lring over 250.0O0, most of them women and children, are depending upon the response of e eryw here. Amei icais All of the fctudent housing units and faculty members have bcn contacted and the club now await their cooperation. The club urges all students to contribute in their dorms or houses and asks that ali other concerned residents of Chap el Hill bring their contributions tj te Y.MCA buiklijD by noon Dec. i. modi Durjij la:.t night's diseu.ssion on the proposci meeting. Bill Miller ob:,ored that " there seems to he ruinoirs cf di.sconent within tlie paily" arxl posed the qi nation of vshut could he done to get to the ho! ton of the question. Iiotl. Miller and Don DoUon won dered if the party wasn't haviivg tin) m; ny meetings, and pointed out that r niline party idfairs could be liandk i by the Advisory F.oard. leavin;: meltings if Uic entire; par ty m niberlup for sptial ocea- i sioni. Milier also questioned resignations , a n inn UK ;auy uunwi uwiu, Board members Da.e Jjiks and Pete 'I'h am'sou luwe ,sub.iiilte. li nal resignations from tin; touncil, ami .Norman E. Smith has giviti his tentative voice rot ice of re iignat.on. M Lou Redden was elected to fill a vacancy in Stude.it Legislature, rcpreient'ng Dorm W omens' I dis trict, and Tony Ponder was chosen as permanent representative to the Legislature from Dorm Men' IV. Th party also discussed the mear s to increase party interest and membership, and introduced new ajid old members. Campus Scene A copy of U. S. News' article "Hew To Handle Your Investments" oi Treasurer Bc'o Bingham's Desk. WUNC Wee c s Charles (Chuck" Couch has been significant contributions to several! The program deals with the cir telected as the lirst WIJNC Radio I phases of WUNC's operation. cumstances surrounding the my- . ta't member of the wick. I Couch, a transfer last year from sterious disappearance of Peter The selection is made weekly by station manager Jack Mayo from nominations made by the station's nine department heads on the basis of individual contribution and atti- ' tule toward WUNC. ! Couch is a majr in the Depart- ment of RkLo, Television and Mo- tion Pictures. Mayo said, "Wittiout a doubt Chuck contributes mete time to WUNC than any other ttfcff mem ber below the department heads. He is interested in all phases of the station's operation and through hio initiative aixi energy bas made To American Life 'Flying Tar Heels' Wing Way To Alabama Thirty-eisht Air Force KLvrC cadets will depart from RalJgh Dui ham Airpcrt at noon today iith destination Brooklcy AFB, Ala.' Commandant of cadets, Capt. Charles J. Hall, explained thcima turc of the Air Force Base ori"ita tion trip tor cadets. He said that while visiting Brook ley, the cadets will see the interworkiug.s oiw a major Air Force supply hse. Brooklcy AFB is a major Air Ma terial Command base, supplying the various needs of Air Force batscs throughout the world. Arriving Wednesday afternoon.' at the Mobile, Ala., ba.se the cadets will visit the faci.itics during a day-long orientation process on Thursday. Acting as project lfi- cerj Capt Ma1 wi1 make Ulc ,Ii4,ht with the UNC Air Force KOTC cadets. JFIRMARY Students in the infirmary Tues day were the following: Alice Henderson, Marion Hays. Philip Brown, Albert Smith, Clitton Woodrum, Taylor McGown, Fred La very and William Hodges. Tickets Tickets for the doubleheader with Kansas and Kansas Stale Dee. 11 and Yi in Raleigh are on sale now in the gym. Students may buy tickets for half price, or $1.50. President Charlie Gray urges everyone to get them soon. Radio Staff Selects Outstanding Member Charlotte College, joined the station as a staff announcer. In October he began his own 5o minute musi cal show six evenings every week. He hosts WUNC's "Dinner Hour." heard Monday through Saturday at 6. The program consists of soft classical and semi-classical dinner music. In addition to his announcing Couch has worked in other phases of WUNC's activity. His latest ven ture is the writing and producing of a 15 minute dramatic show "The Disappearance of Peter Drom-goole." By SUSAN LEWIS How does it feel to be a student in a foreign country? Different but interesting, agree four scholarship winners. Masshi Masa Nishihara. spe cial stui'ent in international rela tions frcm Osaka, Japan, says that he is having trouble adjusting to what he, considers the most ajnaz ing of American student altitudes the emphasis on social li.e rall.ei than academic life. Baerbel ("Barbara" to most hcre agreed with Masa. "I was , disappointed that students here arc j not interested or informed in af i fairs outside America," the blonde, j blue-eyed student .said. "They seem ! to judge everything by their own little hometown." V o 1 k e r Berghahn, Goettingcn scholarship winner from Hamburg. Germany, said that he had visited many European universities and none had the possibilities so Amer ican schools. "Most students here don't exhaust these possibilities," he said. "Most of them waste time." "Undergraduates don't have the sense of responsibility they should." put in Rachid Benouameur, Alger ian refugee. Doesn't Feci At Home Masa admitted that he did not feel very much at home here "be cause the cultures arc so differ cnt." "But," he added, "1 am satis-1-fied with my life here." ' V'olker said he was having little difficulty with English. "I havea't dreamed in English yet," he grin ned. Barbara claimed that she some times dreams in English and tliat she always speaks German when very tired or when waking up. Rachid declared that America needs a strong cigarette he had already smoked four American cigarettes in 10 minutes) and good coffee. All four agreed that UNC stu dents arc exceptionally friendly and hospitable. "I had to get used to saying 'hi' to everyone," Barbara confessed. "In Germany the boy has to speak first." In her country one doesn't dale unless the boy is seriously inter ested in her and then she cannot date anyone else while she is dat ing him. "You can be good friends with American boys," she said. "You don't have to be serious." "If you don't know people here and are bored, it's your own fault," Voikcr said. Economics Amaze Quartet American cconc nic strength amazed the quartet. Students do not have cars in Germany and do not get them un til they arc out on their own, set tled down and have bought all the I necessities for their families. True to American custom, however, Bar bara is learning to drive. Masa was chosen from 100 appli cants to receive a National Student Association scholarship to observe American leadership. He will re turn to Japan to work for student betterment. Rachid, who has been run out of (Sss REACTIONS, page 3) Dromgoole in the vicinity of Gimg houl Castle in Chapel Hill. This program is only one in a series of eight true stories entitled "Strange Legends of the South." The entire series will be aired by WUNC next year. Currently Couch is working on another program for the series en titled "Strange Hoof Marks at Bath." After graduation in June, Couch plans to enter some phase of radio production with an ultimate goal of station management .and ownership. Gray Comments On Executive Work At Press Conference By ADELAIDE CROMARTIE Student Body President Charlie Gray and Sipra Bose, who is ma joring in International Relations, left last night for West Point where they will attend the Wednesday-through-Sunday sessions of the United Student Conference on Student Affairs. Students from 37 U. S. colleges and universities will participate in the conference which Gray terms "one of the most outstanding of i its kind." Gray will enter the round table discusion on Latin American Af fairs, and Miss Bose will attend the United Nations discussion. Also in his press conference yes terday,. Gray commented on the work of several cxcculicc commit tees. Petition Now Circulating The Library Committee is cir culating a petition on campus to find if the students want the un dergraduate Library to stay open until 2 a.m. President Gray urges all students to sign the petition. "I hope the plan can be carried out within the next week," said Gray. "The 2 a.m. closing hour will be of large benefit to aca demic advancement on the cam pus." Gray says that the parking prob lem in fraternity court has been solved and the solution will soon be presented to the houses in volved. The parking situation has been a fire hazard for many years. The president ha not yet sign ed the bill for a $750 appropria tion to the Radio Club. "I am waiting to discuss the $750 ap propriation with Radio Club mem bers and hope to make a decision at least by Sunday. 5-Day Semester System Plan Sthdent government, according to Gray, has just completed a sur vey of the five-day semester sys tem which will be presented to the Chancellor's Cabinet sometime this month. Alderman Wins Crown In Volleyball Alderman dorm won the WAA volleyball Intramurals, defeating the Nurses' dorm in the finals. Al derman participants were Pnyllis Blake, Lynctte Nan, Sara Up church, Jackie Arncttc, Jackie Wornblc and Kathcrine Bulten. Jazz Show Set December 13 By PETE NESS Like Jazz? Or swing bop, or Dixieland-type music? For those who are interested in "cool" music, there will be the largest group of Jazz musicians ever assembled in this state at the Chapel Hill American Legion Post, 24 p.m.. Dec. 13. Five different jazz groups and vocalists from various parts of the state, representing all the differ ent styles of jazz, will go for four solid hours in an honcst-to-goodness jam session the real thing! The convention club of the Chap el Hill Jaycees is sponsoring this afternoon of "swinging sounds" and plans to make it an annual affair. Ty Boyd of WCHL will emcee the show, but the best jazz in the South will be the star. Tickets can be picked up at Kemp's, Town and Campus, or at the door for the low, low price of only a $1.50. Black, Lenharclt Appointed Election Board Co-chairmen i I' " V V O v Mi DON BLACK You Missed The Score Yester It Was Folk Singer Crowd Expected To Reach Capacity Levels A capacity crowd is expected to jam Memorial Hall Friday night to hear folk singer Pete Seeger. Because of the increased Inter est in the GM sponsored concert, which is free to all students, tick ets for townspeople will not go on sale until 7:50 p.m., instead of 7:30 p.m. as originally sched uled. Secgcr's one man show of folk songs and spirituals has received rave notices throughout the United States and Canada, including New York's Carnegie Hall. Critics attributed the singer's success to the ease with which he communicates with his audience. "The audience participation, clap ping in rhythm and joining in on choruses, is phenomenal. He is completely natural, conversation al, and a whiz with his banjo, guitar and true, pleasant voice." R. V. Fulk, chairman of the GM Concert Scries has urged stu dents to come early lor choice seats. Students will be admitted Kennedy Speaks Senator John Kennedy speaks tonight at. 8:30 in Page Auditorium at Duke on "Challenges to Ameri can Colleges." The Massachusetts senator will j arrive by private plane late this afternoon and will leave immedi- i ately following his address. Foreign Students Speak What Foreign Students Are Doing (EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow- j ing is the first in the scries during i International Emphasis Week about student activities in foreign coun tries.) At the 11th General Assembly of the German Committee of the World University Service, which took place in Konigstein at the end of October, the care of foreign stu dents was characterized as the most important duty of the WUS at the German universities, since the unique situation in the history of the German universities has come to pass, that approximately every ninth student is a foreigner. By helping in matriculation and looking for rooms and by means 1 Yl l : X f BcN LtNHARDT day upon presentation of their ID cards; tickets for student spouses are 50 cents, and non-students will be admitted for $1 after 7:50 p.m. Dieffell Voices Appointment Appr Jey Dciffc'il, resigning chairman I of the Elections Board, has voiced his approval of the appoii tmct't of Don Bbck and Ben Lenh tnlt as co-chairmen of the board because "this dual chairmanship will en able a division of responsibility and make pessi'de increased effici ency." Dei f fell also praised the mem bers of the board for tlu-ir woik on the recent election, stating that the conflicts we.c "not due to any lack of effort on their part, but to lack of details in the election procedure laws." The Student Council's rejection o' ihe appeal motion presented by the Student Party chairman was cited by Deif.cll as further prcof thai "my decision to resign today v. as net due to occurences in the fall elections, and the resulting pres sures which might have been ex erted on me by the appeal." of language courses and introduc tory lectures, te parties and ex cursions, the WUS Commit'.ccs of the different universities want to devote themselves to this task in the coming semesters. Furthermore, the German WUS committee will continue to support the international aid programme of the WUS by means of a number of ; activities. One of these will again Le the organization of a "Foreign Folks Bazaar" at 10 universities at Clirist mastide, at which art and craft ob jects from 14 countries will be sold. The profits are to go above all to the students in East Asia affected by natural catastrophes. D mi Black and Ben I.enhardt have been appointed co-chairmen of the E'eclions Board. They succeed Jey Deit'e'l who resigned after finding that he could not handle efficiently two part-time j; bs and the chairman ship. T firm'v believe that the larne task facing ihe - Elections Board i cannot be ban lied adequately by ;ne person," s.iii! Charlie Gray, stiKiont b'.fiy president. "This task includes the l3"?r spring eleetnn 'along with a constitutional refer endum and much needed redisrict ing of the voting area." "Den and Ben have both had experience cn the Elections Board and I'm confident that they can carry out the job in an excellent fashion." j Slack Comments Learning of his appointment, jPon Black said, 'The first thing ; I'm going to try to do is get an ; immediate change of election laws, j As they stand now, they're un j workable. i "Having been on the Elections ; Beard under Hai.k Patterson and I .ley Dcifeil. I know how mucht work it involves and what is to be expected of me, and I appreciate the opportunity given to me by j Charlie Gray." I Black is a member of Elections I Board, Sigma Phi Epsilon, chair fman of Membership for University Party. He is also on the Executive Board of UP, vice-president of the j United Student Fellowship, and chairman of conferences for the ;Y. j Lenhardt Expresses Thanks j "I would like to thank Charlie j Gray fbr selecting me as co-chair-i man of the Elections Board," said j Ben Lenhardt, "and I consider this ! chairmanship a challenge to both Don Black and myself." "While co-chairman of the beard. I hope to see some revi sions made in the present election !w. and increased co-ordination and procedure in upcoming elec tions." Stack Permits Required Aft er 6 lr nf the library storks 3frr fi p.m. has been res'iiited h;I Ins of stack permits. Cniver f.i'y Librarian Jeirold Orne an niiiuued Monday. This change will be in effrrt on a tryil bas:s until th? Chtist mas holidays, ar.d if il proves satisfactory, it will be continued for Ihe remainder of the year. Orr.e stated that the move was made upon the recommendation of the Student Library Commit tee, i!l Lamm, chairman, which heard considerable criticism of sluJents for willful abuse of the open stacks privi'egc. "It is hoped that this restric tion will substantially improve the student's understanding f the purpo.es and values of the open stack," Orne concluded. The Nctional U: ion of German sludcTils iVDSi invited 23 Israeli and 15 German students tj a sec ond German-Israeli ttujuil discus sion in Andernach 'Rhine, Oct. 25 27. The Israelis emphasized that in general they had been received at the German universkies very pro ly ;.nd warmly. The number of Israeli students studying at West German universities has inci eased from 62 in 1L'5'J to 125 tlus year. Upon the request of the partici pants, the National Union of Stu dents will invite students to a third German-Israeli discussion in the spring, which will have Jewish and Israeli problems in German sehoolbooks and teacher training as its subject.