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u.,4.c. Library iilj W C P u Eox 870 Chapal Hill, II. C. VAEKYRl "ESC. OSEE. IGHTIJVS ECR ET PRE-DA WW RITl r 1 si ;-:-.:: L - Miss Baensch 5 .. Miss Bell Miss Buxton Miss Gorcia ' ' j s. V-,, t s , v I " " V V I - t A x i v: v i Miss Kennedy i Miss Lacy . . .-.vv . Miss McCallum ?0- , . w ..... . -IV Miss Sullivan Eight undergraduate women were tapped into Carolina's highest honorary organization for women, the Order of the Valkyries, in a secret pre-dawn ceremony this morning. Recognized were Miss Tina Baensch, Washington, D. C; Miss Helen Stewart McCallum, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Miss Barbara Jane Bell, Statesville; Miss Judith Ellen Buxton, Princeton, West Va.; Miss Mary Hunter Kennedy, Charlotte; Miss F. L. Lacy, Hopkinsville, Ky.; Miss Sharon Lee Sulli van, Chapel Hill; and Miss Andrea Lucille Gorcica, Walling- . ton, N. J. The Valkyries began their candlelight march at 2:15 a.m. in their customary black robes and hoods. As the march pro ceeded through the women's residence halls, the sound of the golden gong called forth those women who were recog nized for the Valkyrie ideals of character, scholarship, leader ship, and service. Following the secret ceremonies, a special breakfast was served at 6:30 a.m. in honor of the new members. Former members of the Order were also present for this conclusion of the ceremonies. The Order of the Valkyries was begun on the Carolina campus in 1942 so that outstanding women students might be given special recognition for their services. The name of the organization is taken from an ancient Norwegian legend centered around the warrior god Odin, who represents Thought and Memory and who was mankind's benefactor. Odin had nine select maiden attendants, the Valkyries, who were daughters of the gods and yet were mortals as well. These attendant maidens waited on the tables in Asgard, but their chief task was to go to the battlefield and decide at Odin's bidding who should win and who should die, and then to carry the brave dead to Valhalla, the hall of fame. It was ' considered a great honor to belong to this chosen group be cause they shared the glorious companionship of departed t heroes. ; The purpose of the Order as stated in the Valkyrie creed is: "As a Valkyrie I will strive to accomplish' gladly and quietly the tasks which lie before us, to be unaffected by suc cess and undaunted by failure, to have an active interest in the welfare of my fellow students; to act always with a spirit of helpfulness and to try to inspire co-operation in others; to be sincere and considerate on all occasions, to work toward a tolerant and sympathetic understanding of others, and yet to stand staunchly by my own convictions; to be above petti ness in all my dealings and to direct my thoughts and actions persistently toward the highest purposes; as a Valkyrie I will strive constantly toward those ideals of character, scholar ship, leadership, and service for which our organization stands: The citation read to the tappees were as follows: MISS BELL . . . "One who has shown through her' quiet ways a deep concern for her fellow students. With an unpre tentious manner she has manifested her leadership abilities not only on the campus but also in a national organization. Her excellence in scholarship has been recognized, and she (Continued on Page 3) Weather Partly cloudy and turning cooler loday. W 2 I 1 M II till JT m . 1 lIKil II II I I I 1 . 1 S V 5T9 r m t M M Ktf I I I I ! I I I I , f (I 11. II II II III ! tSHii' f- f tlH II 68 years of dedicated serv ice to a better University, a better state and a better nation by one of America's great college papers, whose motto states, "freedom cf expression is the backbone of an academic community." Volume LXIX, No. 43 Complete (UPI) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1960 Offices in Graham Memorial Four Fages This Iszu. r. M l I yjllLl,lD)jn U L&S) If M luJ ja A uM) J kU ,. , - 1 1 fcJ Wi "A" "A" & it "A- -A- "A A "A" A" "A "A A- A -A A" 'A Kennedy, Sdnford .Take Straw Vote; SP Wins Majority On Campus Parris, Carr Cop Prexies By Henry Mayer John F. Kennedy, Terry San ford and the Student Party emerged victorious from Tues day's campus election, with a host of independent candidates also topping their opposition. Democratic presidential nomi nee Kennedy polled 1,496 votes in the straw vote taken during Tuesday's balloting, as opposed to 1,246 for Republican candi date Richard Nixon. Sanf ord, the Democratic nominee for N.C. Governor, piled up 1,373 votes, to 1,203 for Robert L. Gavin, the Republican gubernatorial choice. SP or SP-endorsed indepen dent candidates won eight of the fifteen class offices, includ ing the presidencies of the junior and sophomore classes (Ray Farris and Bruce Greene), while the UP took five class posts. Farris's race against the UP's Jey Deiffel held the spotlight during most of the campaign, with independent candidate Farris picking up the endorse ment of both the SP and the DTII early in the contest. Farris polled 467 votes to350 for Deiffel. In other junior class contests, Ed Manning (SP) topped Bill Farrel for the vice-presidency, 414 to 386. Kathy Fulenwider (UP) polled 448 votes for sec retary, in besting the SP's Bet ty Finley (297). Janice Haley (UP) topped Nancy Wills (SP) for class so cial chairman, 453 to 292. Greene polled 434 votes in his successful bid for the sophomore top spot, as opposed to UP can didate Gaston Caperton's 215 tallies. Independent candidate Rich ard Vinroot, running with SP endorsement, bested Bill Sulli van by a 446-208 margin in the race for the sophomore vice-presidency. Linda Tesh (SP) won the secretarial post, bettering Carol Clayton (UP) by a 434 to 218 count. Phil Deaton (SP) swept in as class treasurer over David Simpson (UP), 385 to 256. Kathy Pickrell polled 463 votes in her successful bid for sopho more social chairman, as op posed to 184 for her UP oppo nent, Lou Uzzle. Continued on page 3) 2 What They're Saying r j f 13 1 , SE United Press International Sen. John F. Kennedy re ceived another secret Central Intelligence Agency CIA briefing Wednesday as he ac cused the GOP administration of trying to gain votes by a last-minute release of funds for the B70 super bomber program. Kennedy, working hard for the 32 electoral votes of Vice President Richard M. Nixon's home state, California, hit the administration on the de fense spending issue ' in a statement released at Los An geles. He said a "transparent po litical maneuver lies behind the administration's decision to release an additional $155 million for development of the B70." . He charged that "the ob jective is not to increase na tional defense; it is to in crease Republican votes." Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigning in New York in a drive for the great est concentration of votes in the land, called his Demo cratic opponent a "Pied Piper traveling the land" with "a promise on everything for everybody," and said that Kennedy is too small a man for the big job in the White House. Keeping up his stream of charges against Kennedy, Nixon also called him "the greatest economic ignoramus" the country has ever seen. The Kennedy campaign, Nixon said, "has run out of gas and is going downhill," while the Republican drive for the White House is "real ly rolling all over the coun try." Nixon was accompanied on his New York tour by Presi dent Eisenhower, Legislature Declares Today 'John Motley Morehead Day' ; (Editor's Note: The follow ing is the John Motley More head Day bill introduced in student legislature March 3 and passed March 22 of this year.) Whereas: John Motley More- head has given many contribu tions such as the Morehead Planetarium, the Sundial, and the Morehead - Patterson Bell Tower in working to make our campus and our university a more beautiful place in which to live and study, and Whereas: Mr. Morehead has recently contributed $25,000.00 to bring the Morehead Plane tarium up to the finest in the world,' thereby enabling the Mercury Astronauts to use the Planetarium in preparing for their journey into space some time this year, and Whereas: Mr. Morehead has made generous contributions to WUNC and its educational radio and television programming, and Whereas: Mr. Morehead has established the Morehead Schol arships to bring to Chapel Hill distinguished graduates of se lected North Carolina high schools, junior colleges, and preparatory schools in and out side the state, and Whereas: Morehead Scholars have contributed greatly to the University, to Student Govern ment and student life, and even now are distinguishing them selves in their chosen profes sions to reflect credit on the Uni versity of North Carolina, and Whereas: Mr. Morehead is giving of himself, his good for tune and his friends everything possible to make this Univer sity the best university in the world, and Whereas: November third is Mr. Morehead's birthday, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED BY THE STUDENT LEGISLA TURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, THAT: Article I. The Student Legis lature, acting as the represen tative body of the students of the University of North Caro lina, proclaim November 3rd of each year to be John Motley Morehead' Day at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in recognition of the many great contributions John Mot ley Morehead has made to this University. Students Express Thanks To Alumnus For Gifts By Edward Neal Riner Today is John Motley Morehead Day at UNC. This is the day set aside by student legislature to recognize one of the University's greatest benefactors, John Motley Morehead of Rye, N. Y. And as Morehead celebrates his 90th birthday at his home, called Blandwood, in Rye, the campus is celebrat ing with him. The bells in the 1 Morehead-Patterson bell tower will be played six times today to remind the campus of More- head and his contributions to the University. The Bell Tower itself is one of the gifts from the North Carolina born chemist and in dustrialist. The bells will.be played also for the Morehead Scholars and Morehead's foundation which makes the $5000 scholarships possible to men students. Last year there were 134 Morehead Scholars on campus, and 49 re ceived scholarships last spring. Patterned after the Rhodes Scholarships and awarded with out regard to financial situa tions, Morehead has brought many outstanding students to UNC. But whereas the scholarships are on an individual basis, the Morehead Planetarium is for all the University and the state. Over a million persons have seen shows at Morehead one of the few planetaria in the world.. Last year Morehead gave an additional $25,000 to the Uni versity, to bring the Zeiss Plane tarium (the actual projector in the planetarium building) up to date. Because the Morehead Planetarium is topnotch, it was selected to aid in training the Mercury astronauts for their trip into outer space. They studied here for a few days last spring. However, the planetarium building is more than an audi torium for shows of the celes tial bodies of the universe. It ii (Continued on page 3) Earl iy HI At OTfllfl Destroys Underpinnings Of Tin Can Floor fy i i :fi x ',y. i i ; . . A ' "-j6tttf . " ? ' , '4 I I k V y. s SHIVERING FIREMEN fighi to stop an elusive fire in the Tin Can early Wednesday morning which at limes ihreaiened io spread uncontrolled throughout the entire building. i i i 1 Twenty firemen plus a number of regular and student volunteers battled the 5V2-hour blaze. No one was injured. (Photo by Little.) By Lloyd Little The Tin Can huddled' in the stillness of the cool early morn ing and silently watched an angry furnace creep across its tired frame. Sawdust, wood shavings and a 36-year-old floor quietly suc cumbed to the torturous heat and toppled into the yawning flames. Battle-worn firemen poured thousands of gallons of water on the building and five and one half hours later the elusive fu'e died in its own gutted grave. . According to Chapel Hill Fire ' Chief J. S. Boone, damage to the old gym was contained to the western end where an area of about 60 square meet of flooring was completely demol ished early Wednesday morning No one was injured. Fire destroyed a number archery targets, the canvas net ting and frame of the baseball cage, eight - rubber strips of : matting and several wrestling mats. All of the heavy flooring used for weight lifting was termed a total loss. The fire alarm was turned in shortly after 1:30 a.m. by Lt. Jack Merritt of the Chapel Hill Police Department. Firemen were hampered by billowing smoke for over an hour. The fire itself burned under neath the flooring and firemen were unable to reach the flames for some time. A power shovel or "ditchdigger" arrived about 4:30 a.m. and ripped out the boards, enabling water to reach the major blazes. Cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Chief Boone pointed out, however, that the flames probably began by spon taneous combustion in the saw dust pile used for high jumping. Athletic Director O. K. Corn well stated that repair work on the "Can" would begin within several days by Muirhead Con struction . Company. There was no official estimate of damage. h - 4 t 4 r i i. -KSj6Af&, (y j 1:4 ::.f i V r p - 5- , ,y "j"!" r ft Ay, i 4 v -41 y : . .jL - - i - 1 4 'S&4M&':... y FIRE DAMAGE University and Chapel Hill officials survey the damage io the in terior flooring of the Tin Can. A fire of un determined cause early Wednesday morning gutted an area of 80 square feet and much equipment including wrestling mats, archery targets and the baseball cage. (Photo by Blausiein)
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