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TJ.TJ.C. Library Serials Dept. Box 870 Chapel Hill, Ki'C, And They Shouted 6L 4'' f" I 1 -. ! ion Live The Kl .. I ...fa. f -- r " f 1 : . ; " ! I . . If V 7 lit i j n l if i- 1 - - --t-Tf, 'King Of The World' ii 'King Of The U niverse' n? mg 9 But Wide h One Of Them 4 ; c . ii i w Mt1kv r i;t,wr-. - v ? .;, i ; iV-v? j 'King of The Greeks9 h ' i I ! :i it if i Ii u ii It i II ..ft -1'i vi I AX 4:f i . . . And All Their Loyal Subjects SUNNY, WARMER Expected high in the 60's, low in the high 40's. Cooler tonight. ) Volume LXIX, No. 139 Complete (UPI) Wire Service 1 1 - ' Long Live The King See Editorials. Page Two. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1961 Offices in Graham Memorial Four Pages This Issue Three Are Crowned. in D ay Of Glory CJ University Crowns Student, Beaumont By Lloyd Little There wasn't one coronation on campus yesterday but three. , ; . 1 . .;. : An unknown student, heralded in parade fashion by throngs of fraternity men, and Arthur Beaumont, chief of campus police, were crowned shortly before and only yards away from . the crowning of the "King of the World" in the Forest Theatre. The student, dressed in a bright orange robe, purple turban and sunglasses was crowned "King of the Uni verse on tne grass in ironi 01 Meanwhile, In The Heart Of Chapel Hill Fi antes Destroy Pe nd evgvu 'ft Paint Store Cobb dormitory shortly before Bishop Homer Tomlinson spoke to students in the theatre. Chief Beaumont was crowned "King of the Greeks" by shout ing fraternity and some dormi tory men on the street in fron of Cobb during the crowning of Tomlinson. Bishop Tomlinson, general overseer of the Church of God, was on a Southern swing of visits to universities and col leges, where he customarily crowned himself King of the University. A large crowd has already gathered at the theatre before the time for the official crown ing. At about 3:45 p.m. six automobiles bearing streamers and placards drove by the lower quad. Cbcl King Surrounded By Coeds In the second car a young man, gleefully waved to the crowds. The sign on the side of the convertible read "Sidney Fatstreet Hohenzollern, King of the Universe." Chanting "We want out king" and carrying a Confedrate flag on a cane pole, the students, ig noring demands of the campus police, placed a lounge chair on the grass. Two poles and six students, garbed in black capes, hoods and sunglasses carried the king to the "throne." He held a green and orange umbrella over his head. Red Crown Hat The cheering mob of several hundred students marched down the street singing "Onward Christian Soldiers." The coro nation of the "king" took place in front of the Monogram Club where he was crowned with a red paper tophat. Many students in the crowd wanted to enter the Forest Theatre for celebrations. Chief Beaumont asked the "court" to disperse and during the heated discussion the "King" quickly abdicated his throne. He was last seen running toward the tennis courts, robe, turban and all. A number of the hooded stu dents appeared on the theatre staee later with Bishop Tomlin son when he called for volun teers to be "Princes." Essay Contest Opens Several shouts of "Beaumont for King" were heard and the red hat was placed on the Chief's head, which he waved around cood-naturedly. Most of thr students wan dered into the theatre shortly srterwards where Bishop Tom linson was speaking Ray Farris, President of the Junior class, anounced today the opening of the Junior Class Essay Contest. "The University and its Meaning" is to be the title of all essays submitted to the contest. Essavs will be judged by a faculty committee consisting of noe member each from the Classics, English, and History departments. The committee will be announced in a few days. The contest is open to all un dergraduates, and will run from April 15 to April 29. A prize of $50 will be awarded to the author of the winning essay, and prizes of books from the Intimate Book Shop will go to the second and third place au thors. , , To Announce The Daily Tar Heel will an nounce the winner and print the first-place essay on May 3. "The idea the Junior Class has in mind in initiating this essay contest is to stimulate the students interest in ap preciation of the University," stated Farris. The essay submitted should be between 1500 and 2500 words aniece. Farris asked that, all students from Freshmen to Seniors give the essay consideration as he feels that both the participat ing individual and the univer sity could gain a great deal from active participation in the contest. 1 Flames and smoke fed by gallons , of highly inflam mable paint ravaged the ,H. MrFendergraft Paint ' Store for over an hour yesterday afternoon, beginning at about 4 o'clock. Howard Pendergraf t, the owner of the paint supplies, es timated his loss at from $2000 to $3000. He said the stock. was partially insured, but refused to say for how much. The building, which was a total loss, was owned by John Foushee, who said that the building was not insured. The alarm was turned in by Mrs. William H. Ray at 4:07. Students at the dual corona tion scene in and around the Forest Theatre noticed large clouds of white smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the sky. Many left the coronation to add to the confusion at the scene of the fire across from the Chapel Hill Town Hall. Running the mile and a half from the theater, the students discovered the paint store en veloped in swirling clouds of dense, acrid smoke, with flames raging through the windows and Firemen, . who were practice Dumping at the number two station in Glen Lennox, arrived with four pumper fire trucks and an aerial ladder truck. On their heels came Fire Chief J. S. Boone with siren screaming all the way. Chief Boone immediately be gan yelling orders into the sev eral hundred spectators that were milling around the flaming wood-frame building. Dozens of townsmen, police men and students joined in to man the five hoses that were used to battle the blaze. Bv 4:15 the scene of appar ent confusion had changed into a strong concerted effort to bring the fire under control. Police and firemen had dif ficulty breaking up the several hundred people that had gath ered in front of the paint store But a shift in the wind blew clouds of blinding, choking smoke into the crowd, quickly dispersing them. - . As the crowd was stumbling over the labyrinth., of hoses that covered North Columbia St., the earns of fire fighters were clos ing in on the fire: smashing windows, chopping through walls and bringing up the aerial ladder truck into play. The aerial truck moved to a position on Rosemary Street to play a heavy stream " of water down into the fire through the caved-in roof. Meanwhile, drenched teams of seven and nine men, composed mostly of students, continued to pour streams of water into the hollow smouldering building. MINISTER RETURNS HOME STOCKHOLM (UPI) Swed ish Premier Tare Erlander has returned from his visit to the United States. Erlander and his wife flew here from Los Ange les. f' ' . r , , A v V I t , ; " J - r ' ' , , ' , t 5 - ; . - . . n; - , - ' - - , ' , ' y I ' ' , ' , ' , ' ' ' , ' ' f r . r f j Ac ' ' 4 - V ' - " " ' ? ' 11 ' ' ' , ' ' ' ; ' , , ' f " r A ' ' ; " ' " S -:::::.:; fr:-:-:.:-:-:--.:-;-r. :: : : :; : ; '. ::::::::' w . . : : ; ; . : .: . ' ' j ."::; i : ' - " I - J ' - ; - -mm. : ImM t'''''1'" ;' 'vm-4.l . -s ' : J ;:r.:a . Q j . .. r- . . i -t l - ( A ; ' . i r - - mm. Bishop At one time, a sudden gust of wind whipped up a burst, of flames on the Rosemary Street walUbut within, . a minute, .four students dragging a hose rushed up to the flaming wall and quickly doused it. By 4:45 the fire was under control. The smoke was only rising in wisps now and the dozens of people seated on near by rooftops began climbing down. ' : Fire Chief Boone said that cause of the fire is presently under investigation. Dept. Of Music Presenting Two In Junior Recital The U.N.C. Department of Music will present John W. Martins clarinet, and Doss Phil lips, baritone, in a junior reci tal Sunday, at 4:00 p.m. in Hill Music Hall. John Martin, of Mount Airy, is a student of Mr; Herbert W. Fred, UNC Department of Music. An active participant in various campus instrumental groups, he is , a member of the Marching ; Band, the Concert Band, the Symphony, and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Before coming to U.N.C. he played in the 440th Army Band, the 7th Infantry Division Band, and the 2nd Armored Division Band. Doss Phillips, from High Point, studies voice with Dr. Joel Carter. In January, 1961, he sang the role of Marquis D'Obigny in UNC's presentation of La Traviatea. He has been a soloist at the Presbyterian- Church for the past two years and is a mem ber of the University Chorus. He also studies piano with Mrs. Nancy Nelson. Campus Radio Passes Paint Feeds Flames And Smoke GETS LICENSE BACK LONDON (UPI) Race driver Stirling Moss got his driver's license back at midnight Thurs day after a one-year suspen sion. Moss, who continued to compete outside the country during the ban, was given the penalty for dangerous driving. WHISKY CHASERS AMERSHAM, England (UPI) Police began looking for stol en bottles when pub keeper Ber tie Tooth reported whisky was missing. Later they found that Whisky is the name of Tooth's dog, who lis still missing. Coronated As Kins. Of World By Davis B. Young An unruly mob of 700 University of North. Carolina students jammed the Forest Theater to capacity late yes terday, afternoon to witness, the coronation of Homer A. Tomlinson. Tomlinson claims to be King of the World. His appearance in Chapel Hill marked the 31st col lege or university where he has performed the unique ceremony of assuming his I Bills to appropriate $250 to establish a WUNC AM radio operation for campus residen ces and to appropriate $67.50 to pay fees for delegates to an NSA conference were pass ed by Student Legislature Thursday night. Although the Finance Com mittee had not been able to consider the bills formally, the body disolved into the "com mittee of the whole" and re ported the bills for considera tion. The carier curent program will soon begin broadcasting music uninterrupter by com mercials to more than 5,000 students in 34 dormitories, and greek houses, and Victory Vil lage. Not Covered Not all living residences were covered in the initial planning because several of them op erate off of different electrical wiring connections. Later, more residences may take advantage of the service, if money to finance the neces sary, wiring switching is ap propriated. Finishing up , organizational business of the new. Assembly, Legislature elected representa tives to several campus activi ties. The are as follows: Harve Harris (SP-UP), elected to represent Legislature on the Carolina Publication Board for a two year term; Two Elected Judy Clark (UP), and Bill Crisswell (SP) to represent Legislature on the Consolidat ed University Student Council. Bruce Welch (SP) " elected to represent Legislature to the Graham Memorial Activities Board for a three year term. John Randall was appointed Parliamentarian and John Brent was appointed Chaplain of Legislature. throne, a portable aluminum chair. Amidst a few rudely tossed eggs and verses of "rip 'em up, tear 'em up, give 'em hell King" Tomlinson went about his busi ness of proclaiming a reign of peace to commence in 1966. "Yes sir, this has been a wonderful reception down here. I loved every minute of my Chapel Hill trip," Tomlinson said. Tomlinson claims to be a representative of the 150 mil lion member Church of God. The particular sect he heads has 74,000 members throughout the world. . Traffic was at a standstill for an hour in Chapel Hill during Tomlinson's coronation. "I went to Mars Hill in Athens in 1952, the spot dedicated to the God of War, and laid claim that the time to end wars had come. "I am looking for many kings. I hope to organize schools for kings as part of the Young Theocrats, to inspire youths to be leaders," Tomlinson indi cated. The Young Theocrats are an offspring of the Theocratic Other activities of the Church of God, according to Tomlin son, have included building hos pitals, orphanages, schools and other ventures. traveling is Tomlinson's sponsored oy tne missionary fund of the Church of God, con tributed by church members ac cording to the visitor. Tomlinson crowned himself King of the World in 1953 in Red Square, Moscow. He esti mated a crowd of 600 witnessed that particular coronation. The ceremony has been per formed in 101 countries, 50 states and 184 major cities throughout the world. "I am a king. Jesus is King of Kings. I serve as a king in His name," said Tomlinson. Part of the work of Tomlin son's church includes concen trated political effort. Indicating he hoped his people would "fill every office from the lowest to the highest," the monarch soli cited support of UNC students in the 1964 presidential cam paign. Tomlinson was met at the en- Party, a promotion of the trance to the Forest Theater by a happy, milling crowd of Caro lina students cheering and laughing as he made his way to the spot where he would crown himself. Tomlinson apparently ignored catcalls from the students. The ceremony concluded with Tomlinson proclaiming "peace" and a shouting, hand -clapping verse of "When the Saints Go Marching In" led by the King. Church of God which sponsored the candidacy of Tomlinson for President of the United States in the 1960 election. His name appeared on the ballot in several states, and he waged a national campaign. He was also a candidate in 1952 and 1956. "I feel I can be elected in 1964," he told the cheering crowd. Tomlinson's colorful garb in cluded a robe made by Chris tians in Shantung, China, and a red and gold crown. The 68-year-old minister also carried a large flag and his thrown. He addressed the crowd through a portable loud speaker. "Jesus hath washed us in his own blood and made us Kings and Priests," said Tomlinson, quoting from Revelations 1:5, C of the Holy Bible. Tomlinson is a native' of North Carolina. The Church of God was founded in 1902 by his father, who carried on as the leader until 1943. The movement was founded 18 miles from Murphey, high in the mountains in the western part of the Tar Heel state. The Ten Commandments Park was developed by the younger Tomlinson at a cost of two mil lion dollarst 3 Fraternities Suffer $800 Loss Three UNC fraternities have said that they suffered from pil fering during the recent Ger mans weekend. Nine trophies worth over $205 were reported missing from the Delta UpsiJon house. The Phi Dells originally re ported that a green couch valued at $240 had been stolen from their living room. Later reports said the couch had been pur loined by another house, which promised to return it. A light-footed thief removed $355 worth of personal article?, jewelry, and cash from eight sleeping brothers at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon housci k1 MM Wiii'!i,li(iiA!iil1fcUtf 9 ! lJifii'!lW!rfif'lW
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