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IT.'M.C. Library Serials Dept. Box 870 Chapel Hill, N,C. ,01 A Big Step See Edits, Page Two Weather More than likely- Offices in Graham Memorial ' SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1962 Complete UPI Wire Service 0 i ' X 4jX -1 : t .4iv.vV'..v:-Wttv.-v? fes' Jo? Jib--. ..v:v- s" 4 .4 mi:. William Lanier Hunt Hunt Arboretum To Open In Spring The new William Lanier Hunt Arbdreium will offer new stomp ing grounds to botanically and other mineded Carolina students with the advent of spring. The 130 acre arboretum is a major portion of a large botanical garden encompassing 240 acres. Two gifts to the university for conversion to an arboretum were annnounced last fall: (1) William L. Hunt of Chapel Hill, specialist in southern gardening and civic beautification, gave 24.5 acres along Morgan Creek just oustdie the town of Chapel Hill and ad jacent to the Mason Farm owned by the University. He also con tracted to give an additionl 100 acres over a period of years. (2) An additional eight acres of land in the same vicinity was given by Mr. and LIrs. Edward Gray of Chapel Hill. Mr. Gray is a local banker. Both properties are along Mor gan Creek and include the place known as Laurel Hill which was "discovered" in the last century by President Kemp Plummer Bat tle. The Hunt property is contigu ous with approximately 80 acres of land which has been used by the University for the past nine years as an experimental botnical garden. Plans for a horticulture show- place and laboratory of potential mlornitinnD ctntiiro fnr tpafhiti!' and research in botany are cnvi sioned. It will be the first major botanical garden and arboretum connected with a state university in the southeast. Part of it will resemble the 5.5 acres Coker Ar boretum near the center of the campus but will be from 75 to 100 times larger and more varied and extensive. Since 1927 Plans for the development of the entire area began 34 years ago when in 1927 the late Dr. W. C. Coker, who was Chairman of the Dept. of Botany, suggested to President Harry W. Chase that a part of the Mason Farm be de veloped for botanical research. In a letter to Chancellor William B. Aycock, the 1927 proposals were recalled by William L. Hunt who states that his own interest in giv ing additional land to the Univer sity dates back to the Coker-Chase conversations. .Mr. Hunt wrote: "At last, I have the satisfaction cf knowing that my long-cherished vision will be fulfilled and that this unique botanical garden and scenic area will be preserved as an arboretum for the people of North Carolina and the Southern Region." Hunt Writes and Lectures Mr. Hunt is a syndicated writer of gardening topics and a lecturer well known in the South and among botanists all over the world. Citing attention to the advan tages and potential of the land, Hunt said, "None of the great bot anical gardens like Kew, Edin 4 4 . burgh, Cambridge, and the JAR DIN DES PLANTES has anything like the natural beauty and na tive plants in the proposed Hun Arboretum. Great' horticulturists like Lord Aberconway," late "Presi dent of the Royal Horticultural So ciety, and the directors of the European and American botanical institutions have all been impressed with the slides I . have shown in my lectures in Europe and thi country of Laurel Hill." The entire area wil be directed under the auspices of the Univer sity's Department of Botany. Pro fessor Victor Greulach is chair man of the Botany Department. The purposes of the garden were indicated in a publication issue by the Botany Department:. 1. To provide a laboratory for botanical study. 2. To provide a reliable and con venient source of materials for fu ture botanical study. 3. To provide diverse habitats and test areas for experimental studies in taxonomy, ecology, gene tics and physiology. 4. To provide a sanctuary for rapidly disappearing species na tive to the southeast. 5. To conserve a unique natural area. 6. To provide plantings, nature trails, displays, public lectures, short courses, and publications -for public education and recreation. 7. To provide propagation space for the study and development of native species of southeastern plants for possible horticultural use. 8. To include a drug garden for pharmacy students and for re search work on drug plants. 9. To include such . other areas, spaces or gardens as necessary for most efficient botanical use of the garden. Long-range plans anticipate ulti mate acquisition of additional tracts of land, greenhouses, new plantings of many varieties of plants capable of growth in the temperate climate, landscaping, trails, labelling of trees and plants, suitable clearing of excess trees and underbrush, and other facili ties including construction of a caretaker's quarters. Total acreage for the horticultur al expansion is in excess of 200 acres at the present time. This includes 72 acres of the Mason Farm; 35 acres given to the Uni versity by Coker College in 1954; the 124.5 acres given by Mr. Hunt; and the eight acres given by the Edward Grays. The Coker. Col lege land, formerly the property of Prof. W. C. Coker who develop ed Coker Arboretum, is a part of the famed Chapel Hill ground known as The-Meeting-Of-The-Wa-ters. It was in 1952 that the trustees of the University designated 72 acres of the Mason Farm for bo tanical research. With the Coker College grant, and the Hunt and Gray gifts, total acreage for. the North Carolina Botanical Garden is 240 acres. Politicians Trade Blasts On Party Issue The exchange of words between the heads cf the two political clubs on campus became more heated yesterday as the presidents of the YDC and YRC swapped verbal blasts. T. L. Odom, president of the YDC, asked YRC president Earl Baker to ". . . back up hot- air generalizations with facts. It is the political duty of the minor ity party to be critical, but this carries a responsibility to put be fore the public constructive com ments and not statements that can not be substantiated." Baker replied that ". . . this is catastrophic nonsense. It would take a special edition of the Tar Heel to even begin to list the shortcomings of the Democratic Party." Tension between the two clubs has been steadily increasing as the scheduled date of the YDC-YRC Debate approaches. On Wednes day, Feb. 28, at' 7:30 in the Law School Courtroom, 210 Manning, the debate teams for each side will argue: That the one party sys tem in North Carolina has been detrimental to the best interests of the citizens and the state." UP To Select Candidates Tomorrow The Spring Nominating Conven tion of the University Party will be held Monday night at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Offices open for nomination in clude: Student Body President, Vice-President, Secretary and Trea: surer. The Senior class nominations will follow the Student Body voting and will be followed by the races for C.A.A. and C.W.A. presidencies. Delegation chairmen are remind ed that their delegation rosters, both their membership and delega tion, must be turned into the Uni versity Party office by midnight tonight. These rosters must be in by this time or the delegation can not be seated at the convention. Bill Criswell, Party Chairman, urges all party members to attend. Criswell added that he would encourage all interested students to attend and observe the conven tion proceedings. Peace Corps Parley Plans To Be Begun Preparation for the Peace Corps Conference to be held here on March 16-17 will begin Monday Student committees will be named to make arrangements for the con ference. Anyone wishing to work with these committees should meet in the Council Room of the YMCA at 4:30. The Peace Corps now has open ings for workers in 15 countries in Asia, Africa and South America. There are jobs available for teach ers, nurses, public health workers, persons with agricultural, and home economics experience, and people with backgrounds in con struction and the building trades. Everyone selected for the pro gram will receive training in the language of the country to which he will be sent, although some prior knowledge of the language is gen erally required. All applicants must be at least 18 years old and have the equivalent of a high school education. Workers receive a living allowance and a terminal pay of $75 a month for each month in service. A typical project in Peru calls for a wide range of skills. Plumb ers, carpenters, mechanics, radio specialists, sociologists, English teachers, and credit union and co operative specialists are all need ed for projects in four Peruvian towns. Peace Corps Questionnaires (the basic application form) are avail able at Post Offices or from the Peace Corps Washington 25, D. C. SIX SELECTED Six students have ben selected for membership in the Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Fraternity of the UNC School of Phramacy. They are: Henry Watkins, Spindale: Harrcll D. Bryan, Chinquapin; Hugh Smith Jr., Pink Hill; Demp sey Hill, Deep Run; Wayne Keith. Lexington and 'William Home of Hamlet. Cast 'Complete "Only in America," a dramatiza-j tion of the best-selling novel by North Carolina's Harry Golden, will be presented at the Playmak ers Theater here March 14-19. Casting for The Carolina Playmak. ers' production was completed here yesterday. Kai Jurgensen will appear in the leading role as Harry Golden. A native of Denmark, Jurgensen is a professor of dramatic art at UNC and a staff director of The Carolina Playmakers. His last stage appearance was in the title role of the Playmakers' highly suc cessful "Volpone." In 1959 Jurgen- 4s DR. ALFRED BRAUER Math Teacher Alfred Brauer Gets Renewal A UNC mathematician has been awarded a renewal on a grant re ceived from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in special mathematical equations. Dr. Alfred T. Brauer, Kenan pro fessor of mathematics, is the reci pient of the grant renewal. He is one of 31 scientists in the United States and Canada to receive an AFOSR award at this time. Proposals are selected for awards on the basis of the caliber and originality of the research, the competence of the investigator, the facilities available to the investiga tor, and the relevance of the re search to Air Force interests. The grants are awarded on the basis of recommendation; for the most part, grants and contracts funded by AFOSR are based on unsolicited proposals. Professor Brauer was first awarded a con tract with the AFOSR in 1956. The special research project which he has been working on since that time is entitled "Bounds for Characteristic Roots of Mat rices." A "matrix" is a special arrangement and collection of num bers which are of great use in ap plied mathematics. Dr. Brauer has been searching for methods of approximating the roots of an algebraic equation. In 1959, the AFOSR in its report wrote of Professor Brauer's suc cessful approximations, "Because of a present-day utilitarian concern for numerical solutions for prob lems, Professor Brauer's detailed investieations have attracted a great deal of interest. This has been true also because of the suit ability of many of his techniques for use with modern computing equipment." In nearly every branch of knowl edge in which mathematics is used, roots of a matrix are of great importance. They were first needed in astronomy more than 100 years ago for a theory relating to the disturbances of the motion of planets, and they are now used, for example, in manv areas of physics, statistics, in the construe tion of airplanes and other fields of engineering, and in theoretical economics. The results of Dr. Brauer's re search work to date have been published in professional papers. Following publication, mathema ticians and physicists in other uni versities, research institutions, and corporations may request reprints of the published papers to consult them for application of the theories. Some of the establishments which have requested reprints of Dr. Brauer's papers include aircraft companies, universities through out the world, nuclear energy com panies, telephone laboratories, ra diation laboratories, and comput ing firms. Dr. Brauer has been a member of the UNC staff since 1941. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Berlin. sen was a Fulbright professor in drama at the University of Copen hagen. "Only in America" was adapted to the stage by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, authors of the recent Broadway hits "Inherit the Wind" and "Auntie Mame." The playwrights spent weeks with Gold en at his home in Charlotte pre paring to write their stage play. The play begins with Golden's ar rival in Charlotte to found "The Carolina Israelite" and it takes him through the often turbulent five years thereafter. It treats such subjects as Golden's stand Bircher Offers To O r&anize Seminar Here Arthur S. Lyon, High Point coordinator for the John Birch So ciety, has offered his services in organizing a student "discussion grcup" on campus. The offer was made in a letter to DTH Editor Wayne King received yesterday. The campus group would be com posed of students "who believe in sanctity of the- individual." Inter ested persons were invited to write Lyon at 2503 Darden Street, High Point, N. C. The Birch Society coordinator al so criticized DTH columnist Jim Clotfelter as a supporter of "more and more Government giveaways" and "tax dodging cooperatives for book sales." Clotfelter recently wrote a column urging the estab lishment of a student book coopera tive. Lyon attacked UNC's New Left Club, which sets its political af filiation as somewhere "left of Kennedy." -"'Left of Kennedy?" Lyon asked. "I doubt it. If he (Kennedy) had his way. I doubt that there would be anything left to give away, which is the pastime of the Left." Beaver Wins First Prize For His Play Frank E. Beaver of Statesville, a UNC graduate now in the armed services, has been named the first place winner in the Student Theater Workshop's 1962 playwriting com petition. Beaver's play, "The Renewal," earned him a cash award of $50. The second place winner, Gene Loyninac of Asheville, received a $25 award for "Canary by Candle light." The playwriting competition, which was begun this year, will become an annual project of the UNC workshop, an experimental theater group composed entirely of students. Both of the winning plays will be produced by the workshop this year.. Playwright Beaver, now stationed at Ft. Jackson, is a former mem ber of the Carolina Playmakers. He appeared in the "Lost Colony" at Roanoke last summer. Lominac, a graduate of Western Carolina College at Cullowhee, is an extension assistant at UNC, Both winners studied playwriting at Carolina. Judging for the competition were (Betty Smith, playwright and author of the hit play and best selling nov el, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," and novelist-Playwright John Ehle, an instructor in the RTVMP de partment. The award was financed through the work of Glenn L. Vernon, an alumnus of the Student Workshop who is now teaching speech and drama at Mars Hill College. Tinier To Talk At Colloquium Gerhard Tintner, Professor of Mathematics, Economics and Sta tistics at Iowa State University and an econometrician of world wide reputation, will address the Statistics Colloquium at Chapel Hill Monday, Feb. 26, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 265 Phillips Hall. His sub ject will be "The Application of Renyi's Theory of Stochastic Pro cesses to Economic Develop ment." ih J For as an integrationist and the dis closeure of the Carolina writer philosopher's prison record. The action of the play is set at Golden's Charlotte home and the State Cap itol in Raleigh. Harry Davis, director of The Ca. rolina Playmakers' production of "Only in America," stages the long-running outdoor drama "Unto These Hills" at Cherokee each summer. Davis' recent directing assignments, with the Pla;;makers were "The Visit" and the first off Broadway production of "Look Homeward Angel," which also had a North Carolina setting. He is s; s - ? A'. "I fa ' J J$ "V : - V -if - n - : V ' V ? lit" : ,fl 1 ( CROUCHING LOW, Carolina forward Bryan McSweeny attempts to dribble the ball around Duke's Jack Mullen in yesterday's game at Wool Noted Folk App ears On Feb. 27, a packed audience; of Carolina students is expected to hear the clear, low voice of Odet ta, as she presents her own special sound in folk singing. Performing songs that mirror the depth of her style throughout the country, Odetta has become known as one of today's most out standing folksingers. Her talents have been loaned to musicals such as the "Hungary I" and to films such as "Sanctuary" where she portrayed the murderess in a co starring role. Moving from Alabama to Cali fornia when she was six, Odetta's career actually started in Los An geles. There she found employ ment as a housekeeper during the day while she studied music at night art songs and the classics. At that time the thought of going into folk music had not occured to her. Her first professional break as a classical singer came when she was cast in the West Coast pro duction of "Finian's Rainbow," which toured to San Francisco. It was the first time she had ever been away from home. "I felt so bad," she relates, "that when I met a couple of Bay City Folk Singers I was probably more receptive to their songs than I might normally have been. They sang the song "I'm My Mother's Child" and I was so homesick!" From those singers she also heard for the first time the powerful work song, "Take This Hammer," which is now one of her most poig nant numbers. After listening to their music, she became converted to folk singing from then on. "It was a revelation that came to me with a whallop," she said. "The beauty and richness of these songs lay in their expression of truth, of our own heritage. And I was fascinated by the freedom they allowed the singers." Odetta then taught herself to play the guitar, with which she now ac companies her numbers. A perfectionist, Odetta may work as long as a year on a single song and will not offer it in public until she is fully satisfied with its pres entation. Generally, when a song does enter into Odetta's repertoire, Golden Play Chairman of the Department of Dramatic Art at UNC and-President of the South Eastern Theatre Conference. Esther McClard Alexander of Warrenton will play Helen Cheney, Golden's Negro secretary in the biographical play. Bonney Wilson of Smithfield will appear as the aristocratic Mrs. Archer-Loomis, and Graham Pollock of Gatesville will play Golden's friend Lucius I Whitmore. Others in the cast are Betty A. Setzer, Durham; Edith Hinrichs, Chapel Hill; Stephen Dennis, Ken- s Mere it becomes Odetta's; few other folk singers ever attempt it again, It'" Singer IT IT wed Campus Briefs "Is There A Christian Philoso phy of History?" will be the topic of a talk by Father John A. Weid inger, Ph.D., to the Newman Club Sunday night. The meeting begins with supper at 5:30. Graham Memorial will present Odetta at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Me morial Hall. The concert will be free to all UNC students upon the presentation of ID cards. Spouses will be admitted for $1. All Carolina students interested in forming a coed Caving-Climbing Club are invited to attend a dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the middle upstairs room of Len oir Hall. Persons unable to attend this meeting may contact David Danzler at 406 Mangum. The Student Party will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Howell Hall. A program is planned and several legislative seats will be filled. UP Chairman Bill Criswell an nounces that anyone interested in joining the University Party may do so between the hours of 2 and 6 p.m., today and Sunday at the UP headquarters in the Yack of fice, GM. The UP will hold a con vention Monday at 7 in Memorial Hall. Both graduated and undergrad uate students are invited to par ticipate in the National Intercol legiate Bridge Tournament which will be held in Roland Parker Lounges 2 and 3 at GM Sunday, February 25 at 2 p.m. Partnership reservations must be made in ad vance by signing up at the GM Information Desk or calling Ray Weisen at 968-61163. The International Students Board present Mr. G. Serebriakov, Second Secretary, Embassy of the USSR, speaking on "Recent Soviet Foreign Policy", in Carroll Hall Wednesday, February 28, at 8:00 p.m. sington, Ga.; David Sheps, New York, N. Y.; Mel Starr, Gastonia; Kermit Ewing, Knoxville, Tenn.; Randolph Umberger, Burlington; Alan Solter, Colonia, N. J.; Larry Warner, Rocky Mount; John B. Dunne, Brecksvill, O.; Dwight Hun sucker, Troy; and Peter Maupin, Wake Forest. Tickets for "Only in America" become available to season ticket holders Monday, March 5, and to the general public Thursday, Mar. 8, at the Playmakers business of fice in Chapel Hill. All seats are reserved. T. . len Gym. Dufce won, 82-74, to hand the Tar Heels their seventh ACC loss in the final regular sea son game of the year. Photo by Jim Wallace Odetta nesaav j refusing to challenge her presen tation of it. The Solicitations Committee of the Campus Chest will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Y. The IFC will hold rush February 27-March 1. Those who have not signed up are welcome to come through on their own. Applications for the French Ex change Scholarship with Tours are available in the Y office, GM, and the Reserve Reading Room of the library. Deadline for their return to the Y office is Marcli 9. All men students interested in joining the Alpha Phi Omega Na tional Service Fraternity are in vited to attend the two rush meet ings being held Monday, Feb. 26, in the TV room of GM and Thurs day, March 1, in Roland Parker 3. Both meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. "The House Un-American Ac tivities Committee and Civil Liber ties" will be the topic discussed at the Binkley Baptist Student Un ion Supper Seminar this Sunday at the Church House. Dr. Wayne Bowers will lead the discussion. Supper begins at 5:45. There will be a meeting of the Petite Dramatique Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Grail Room at Graham Memorial. The meeting is open to prospective members. Anyone unable to attend may contact Den Curtis at the Graham Memorial Activities Board. The Wesley Foundation will meet tonight at 6:30 in the Methodist Church basement. Interviews for Wesley officer positions will be given .Monday 7-'J, Tuesday 4-6, and Friday at 2. The YW-YMCA Catholic Ohphan age Committee will leave for Ra leigh this afternoon at 2:00 from Y-Court. All those interested are asked to attend. They plan to ic turn by 5:30.