q . f? Generally Fair Warmer mJun .it Honor and the Library See Editorials, Page Two. Volume LXIX, NoU4! M '7 Complete (UPI) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, -SUNDAY, APRIL 1961 Offices in Graham Memorial Four Pages This Iscua RACING FOR DERBY PRIZE Readies For Showdown M 'if :.1Tocw A. I 5 1 V j ' i. ,.ni -s?: J. t . i --.ic t - t - inn- a I 5 " - , , " 'V. v - De (Gaiille Puts Ecopomic Blockade On Mlgeria9 MobiIize Reserves Laos PactReached EM Ik ry j&ntaiB, itussia Hola hoops spinning on, the hips of Caro lina coeds will be among the featured events at the 17ih annual Sigma Chi Derby to be held this afternoon. The races and other events will begin at approximately 3:15 in Kenan Stadium after a parade of the con testants in convertibles leaves the Morehead Planetarium at 2:30. The Race to the Flesh mock strip-tease is expected to be one of the most popular Derby events. Modern Venus Coronation Is Sigma Chi -Derby Climax Coed participation in several unusual contests will be fea tured this afternoon in the 17th annual Sigma Chi Derby. The Derby will be held in Kenan Stadium, with the first race ex pected at 3:15 p.m. A parade of convertibles will carry the contestants through town on their way to the Derby, The parade will originate from the Morehead Planetarium at 2:30 p.m. The contestants in clude entry groups from each of the seven campus sororities, the Stray Greeks, and the Nurses' Dorm. . 5,000 Expected - " Publicity Chairman John Mc-J Connell . has predicted a crowd of 5,000 for the event. McCon nell also stated that more than 30 prizes donated by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Asso ciation will be given away at the Derby. The Derby program is fash ioned after that of the Kentucky Derby, and the six afternoon Spring Fever Hits Carolina Coeds & Gents By LLOYD LITTLE Campus seens and heards yes terday: Four guys sitting on a bench near the Old Well one of them saying "College life isn't so bad after all." It sure ain't 80 feet away on another bench sat a couple "doing what comes naturally" for two damn hours too! Further on down a married couple were letting their dia pered darling romp on the grass in 20 years he'll still be romping, so to speak, on the grass. Leafy Pollock commenting with a faraway look in her eyes that she had a sudden urge to shout and roll through the grass. ' What's all this about grass? Crane Watchers More and more students watching the cranes and bull dozers beside the library and more and more students won dering about their professors' cut system. Two or three new sunburns added every day A coed trying to balance three potted plants (potted as in planted tsch! tsch!) on one of the little iron posts supposed to keep people off the grass and now students are cutting across the green even when the sidewalks are shorter! Barefeet, bermudas, beer yep, college life ain't so bad after all. ' IDC PARTY Persons going to the IDC Swing into Spring party at the American Legion Hut this Friday can receive transpor tation in a bus which will leave from Y-court before the party. The bus will make enough trips to take every one who wishes a ride io or from the party. events will be handled as such. Among events scheduled are the Grand National, a multi pleevent including a wheelbar row race, a hoola hoop race, and a pushing-a-peanut-with-one's-nose race. Also scheduled are the Race to the Flesh (actually bathing suits), the Fourth Race, and the crowning- of Miss Mod ern Venus. Nurses 1960 Winners Last year's Miss Modern Venus was Miss Carolyn Mitch ell, and the overall winner was the Nurses' Dorm. . The judges who will . chose f this year's winner are Mrs. Ty Boyd, Joe Augustine of a local men's shop, and Pat Eary, UNC swimming coach. Since its beginning at the University of California in the early 1930's, the Sigma Chi Derby has spread throughout the country and is now a fea ture at over one hundred Sigma Chi chapters. The Derby came to Carolina in 1944. Admission to the Derby is free. Several door prizes will be given away. Derby Chairmen Welford Lineweaver. and Ralph Ingram are anticipating a "big ger and better". Derby.-- arinesOn Campus Scouting Up Talent DOTC . . . OCC . . . PLC. Nope, not a return of New Deal alphabetese; but three of the plans currently being of fered by the Marine Corps of ficer training programs. Captain W. H. Rice from the Officer Slection Office in Ra leigh is now on campus com plete with card table, folders, and information on the pro grams which are specifically de signed for male and female col lege students and graduates. Platoon Leaders Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) is for male undergraduates and consists of two summer camps with a commission on gradua tion as Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. Carolina is one of the 300 col leges and universities granting academic credit to students in the Platoon Leaders Class. There are no military classes or drills Dr. Arnold Nash Is Main Speaker Professor Arnold S. Nash will be the principal speaker at a conference on faith and aca demic responsibility to be held May 5-6 at University Memo rial Center, Boulder, Colo. Dr. Nash, professor of the history and sociology of reli gion, will give three addresses: Religion and the Crisis m Con temporary Higher Education," 'The Natural Sciences, Reli gion, and the University," and 'The Social Sciences: Can They Be Humanized?" The interdenominational meet is oemg neia ior coiiege ana university faculty members of the Rocky Mountain region. The program has been developed in cooperation with the Faculty Christian Fellowship and with the support of the Board of Edu cation of the Methodist Church. The conference commentator will be Dr. Harry F. Booth, chairman of the Department of Religion at Colorado College and minister of Shove Chapel, Colo rado Springs. at college. Male graduates and seniors are eligible for OCC with a commission after a . ten-week training session. WOTC is for junior and sen ior women and consists of a 12-week session of officer train ing. A commission is offered after training and college grad uation. Requirements include, being a citizen of the United States; between the ages of 17-26; majoring in a subject other than medicine, dentistry, veter inary medicine or theology; a C-average, good physical health, and "interest." Captain Rice will remain at the Y-Court from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day until April 27 with complete information on the Marine Programs. LONDON (UPI) Britain and the Soviet Union, after weeks of negotiations, announced Mon day an agreement on a cease-fire in Laos and appealed to the warring factions, to lay down their arms in the interest of international peace. The announcements, made here and in Moscow, called for the reconvening of the Interna tional Control Commission for Laos and a 14-nation foreign ministers peace conference in Geneva on May 12. In New Delhi it was an nounced that the r control "com-; mission would . be reconvened Friday. The commission-comprised of India, Poland and Canada would proceed to Laos to verify the ceasefire. Britain and the Soviet Union told the warring factions that failure to halt hostilities would pose a "serious threat to peace and security in Southeast Asia." The two governments acted in the cease-fire appeal as co-chairmen of the 1954 Geneva conference that settled the In dochina War. Urged Laotian's Cooperation They also urged the Laotian people to cooperate with the control commission in exercis ing supervision over the cease fire. The three-stage British plan for a settlement of the Laotian strife had the backing of. the United States.- Bath - govern ments stressed that a cease-fire must be in effect before the 14 nation conference can take place. In Washington, State Depart ment spokesman Lincoln White said the United States will not attend any conference on Laos until it is assured that a cease fire is in force. However, he said "our initial reaction is one of satisfaction." In addition to the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, the proposed conference participants are France, Com- I i I HAROLD MACMILLAN . . Pushes Agreement . munist China, Laos,. Cambodia, Communist North Viet Nam and South Viet Nam all of which took part in the 1954 Geneva talks plus India, Poland, Can ada, Thailand and Burma. Lambda Chi's Celebrate 35th UNC's Chor us Will Perform Tonight In Hill Wilton Mason will direct the University Chorus in a concert tonight in Hill Music Hall at 8:00 p.m. The major work on the pro gram will be McKay's "Lincoln Lyrics." This is a choral suite of poems by Edwin . Markham set to music by George Freder ick McKay, and its performance is in keeping with current cele bration of the Civil War Cen tennial. The program will include a group of sixteenth century sacred numbers by Byrd, Vic toria, and others. Two Bruckner Motets A special feature will be the first performance in Chapel Hill of two Buckner motets for mixed chorus and trombone choir. The trombones in this selection will be directed by Edward Kottick, graduate assistant in the Music Department. Solo interest will be centered in the performance of the final trio from Gounod's Faust, fea turing three soloists from the chorus, Rebecca Carnes, so prano; Bert Adams, baritone, and Jim Gibbs, tenor. Infirmary Students in the Infirmary yesterday were: Terla Marval lia, Ruby Brinkley, Joan Sand ler, Bertha Williams, Archibald Ward, Taylor Jones, Dieter Krause, John Hamniett, William Brunson, Harold Harrison, Ste phen Rahn, Sheldon Berman, Edwin Lacrosse, Virginia Lloyd, Priscilla Bennett, Michael Wahba. Gamma Nu Zeta chapter of Lambda . Chi Alpha fraternity celebrated its thirty-fifth anni versary last weekend in con junction with its first Parents' Weekend. The two-day affair was at tended by some 60 parents, relatives and - friends of the brothers and pledges. Several alumni were also present. At a banquet held Saturday night, Archie R. Davis, presi dent of the Gamma Nu Foun dation, and Ray L. Jeffries, As sistant to the Dean of Student Affairs, were guest speakers. Officers Announced The new officers for the fall semester were also announced: Frank A vent, president; Fred Avent, "vice president; John Doyle, secretary; William Tay lor, treasurer;: Richard Sprott, rush chairman; - Charles Ogle tree, social chairman; Joseph McDonald, pledge trainer; and Alton Britton, ritualist. Duke Students, Faculty Join For Picketing Duke University students and faculty joined with members of the Durham community to observe "University Day" by organized picketing at four Durham commercial establish ments last Friday. Following methods similar to hose used recently in Chapel Hill, the Duke group picketed the A&P, Robbins' department store, and the Carolina and Center theaters. Protest Admissions The picketers protested dis criminatory admissions policies at the theatres and refusel to use a merit system of employ ment at the other concerns, stated Beverly Bookhout, a spokesman for the group. Air Force Orde To Shoot Om Shrhb PARIS (UPI) President Charles de Gaulle Monday imposed an economic blockade on insurgent Algeria and mobilized army reservists and a civilian militia for a showdown with rebelling French geenrals and paratroop ers in the North African territory. The French air force went on combat footing with orders to shoot down any planes "on sight" from Algeria, now isolated totally from metropolitan France. Parisian airports, opened during the day, were ordered closed for the second night Monday night and barricaded to prevent still- threatened landings by Foreign Legion paratroops from Al geria. Troops, gendarmes and riot squads fanned out to defense posts as night fell. Putting aside their quarrel with De Gaulle, the Moslem rebel Algerian government-in-exile in Tunis, Tunisia, called all Algerian Moslems to arms and urged them to fight anti Gaullist white insurgents. Kennedy Supports De Gaulle De Gaulle received a message of total support from President Kennedy who offered "constant friendship and solidarity." West ern European nations were solidly behind him and his plan to grant Algeria independence which the insurgents oppose. A de Gaulle spokesman said the district army commander in Oran, Algeria's western port city, was refusing to cooperate with the insurgents, although the rebel radio boasted it con trolled Oran, as well as Al giers, Mostaganem and Con- stantine. Some troops in Orleansville, Medea and Mostaganem also were remaining loyal, he said Although air force units at sev eral bases declared themselves loyal, the government admitted the insurgents held the air fields. Civilian volunteers thronged by the thousands to De Gaulle's support in Paris and declared themselves ready to fight any invasion. The blockade of money and shipping by De Gaulle was total and was expected eithcr to bring the insurgents to their knees or goad them to desperate action. Stage Supporting Strike Ten million French union members of all political colors, including Communist and mod erate staged a one-hour strike to demonstrate support for De Gaulle in this greatest threat to his Fifth Republic. Nine French warplanes flew in from Algeria during the day to join the loyal forces, but the rebels were reported holding seven French ships at Algerian ports. One cargo shi pwas al lowed to leave from Oran and the rebels sent home a troop ship with draftes whose service periods had expired. De Gaulle's economic block ade, issued under . dictatorial powers he assumed Sunday night, included a ban on all shipping and a cut-off of all lunds. - Government spokesman Louis Terrenoire said police received authority to hold sufspects for 15 days without charges. Today's totals in the Ugly Man Voting are as follows: Whit, 16; Yogi Bear, 15; Ge orge 27; Pretty Boy, 24; Ro dan 437; Lob, 392; Smoke, 8; Jeff, 170. Mike, 113. ibrary Thefts To Be Curtaile d Student theft of more than 700 so cial science reference books "repre sents a partial decay in the honor . system," said Attorney General Allen Cronenberg yesterday. The current dormitory room-to-room check by dorm managers is an attempt jointly organized by the at torney general and the Office of Stu dent Affairs to retrieve these books and to bring honor system action against persons caught with ' books. Since Thursday afternoon, when the checks began, more than 100 books have been " retrieved, and 45 to 50 people's names have been taken. System Operative? William G. Long, assistant dean of student affairs, stated in reference to the mass long-term theft, "This type of mass stealing indicates a real ques tion of whether the honor system is actually operative at this institution." These books are General College social science reference books, which either were not checked out or were checked out under false names. Some of the confiscated books had been in the person's possession since last Sep tember. 1 - Attorney General The plan to check dorm rooms for missing books was first "requested" by the attorney general, and then ."endorsed" by the Office of Student Affairs, said Dean Long. Attorney General Cronenberg called it a "cooperative effort." "The primary purpose of the check," said Long, "was to give some con crete evidence of the fact that people cannot, with impunity, steal books." A request , was made .to Pat Hunter, dormitory manager supervisor, ask ing the dorm managers to look for missing books in their regular checks & -checks for damages to University property. "No order was given," said Long. No library officials directly, request ed, the action, said Long, but previous ly they had made complaints to the attorney ' general. ' Dean Henderson Entire responsibility for the check ing action was assumed by Dean of JERIIOLD ORNE . . Head Librarian Students Charles Henderson. The dorm managers are commis sioned to "check" only. This does not entail opening of colset doors or searching through drawers or per sonal belongings, according to Long. Not all dormitories were inspected, said Long. Connor and other dormi tories, which are occupied predomi nantly by graduate students and up perclassmen (who would not use. the General College books), were not checked. As to why the investigations were begun without warning, Long said, "This type of activity is useless if an nounced in advance." Right Reserved Long explained the University's "justification" for requesting this check . . . "The University must al ways reserve the right to protect its property . . . and books are Univer sity property." Cronenberg said, "We couldn't let this type of thing continue. Action had to be taken." When a stolen book is found in a person's possession, the dorm manager leaves a mimeographed slip of paper in his possession. The note, signed by Cronenberg, says that the person "will be contacted in the future." Accused Persons The attorney general has made a re quest to all persons who were given those slips: "According to honor system proce dure, any student who is guilty of taking these library books should turn himself in to the Office of. Student Affairs at the first opportunity." WORLD MIS BRIEFS By United Press International Eichmann Is Sane JERUSALEM Adolf Eichmann's German defense attorney said Monday that his client has been pronounced completely sane by two psychiatrists and has no intention of pleading insanity at his trial for the murder of six million Jews. Lawyer Robert Servatius, in an interview with UPI, de scribed Eichmann as "my best assistant." He has been making valuable contributions to his own case the attorney said. Kennedy To Have Led Parade MIAMI The people of Cuba were told Monday that Prcsi- dent Kennedy intended to be a spectator aboard an American warship at last Monday's invasion and then lead a "victory parade" into Havana. "But at the last moment, when the attack developed into a retreat and the retreat into a defeat, the Yankee president cancelled his plans to witness that spectacle," a broadcast over a nationwide Cuban network said. -jlr McNamara Cites More Defense NEW YORK Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told the nation's newspaper publishers Monday that the American economy could sustain greater spending for defense, if neces sary. "We can and must expend whatever is needed to protect the lives and substance of our people," he said. McNamara spoke at the annual lunch of the Associated Press at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel during the opening day festivities of the 75th annual American Newspaper Publishers Association. Nixon Likes Guerrillas WASHINGTON Former vice president Richard M. Nixcn thinks the Cuban invasion fiasco means the United States must develop strong guerrilla-type forces to smash Communist sub version in Cuba, Laos or Latin America. Nixon strongly supports President Kennedy's decision to aid the anti-Castro rebels. But he feels it was a mistake not to decide in advance what the United States would do if the invasion failed. 1 I

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