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ffv Urn The Weather Partly cloudy and continued warm; high in the 80's. FoundedFeb. 23, 1893 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLJNAWEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1964 United Press International Service rmn o 6,000. Jb At joneves roifl lm Early Monday Theft May 'I'm Sick 9 1 i mm 5 mm K .Pledged By Preyer By MICKEY BLACKWELL Education was given prime im portance here last night by a man who hopes to become the next governor of North Carolina. L. Richardson Preyer, speaking in Carroll Hall, pledged that, if elected, his administration "will always put education first, for JUDGE PREYER Ross Harnett Coining Soon Don't expect the day after Jubilee Weekend to be a quiet one in Chapel Hill. Ross R. Bar rett, former governor of Missis sippi, will speak at Memorial Hall Monday, April 27, at 8 p.m. Barnett received national at tention in the fall of 1962 when he unsuccessfully tried to block the entrance of James Meredith, a Negro, into the University of Mississippi. Having stepped down from the governorship, Barnett is now a partner in a Jackson, Miss., law firm. A DIFFERENT KIND OF SEGREGATION (Editor's note: The following article, written by UNC student Cecelia Gajardo of Chile, is the second in a series of four articles written by foreign students now attending the Univer sity, The series Is running in conjunction with "International Student Emphasis Week.") By CECELIA GAJARDO . One of the most common questions that I, as a foreigner, have been asked in this coun try is perhaps that one dealing with the exis tence of segregation in my country. In Chile, as in all other Latin American countries there exists segregation of a very peculiar type. The amazing fact is that at home we are ready to criticize the problem existing here without fully realizing that our class system implies a high degree of segregation as well as injus tice. Although this class division is not quite as rigid and it is gradually changing, there are three definite classes with their own general characteristics and differences. These classes are the high, middle and low; each one with its own subdivisions. In my country, these classes are mainly based upon differences in educa tional and economic factors, since there are no differences in race or color. The high class although less numerous controls more of the wealth. It's made up of old prominent families. Their educational back ground is the best, generally enriched by fre quent trips abroad. Their houses are beautiful mansions luxuriously furnished and staffed with two or three servants. Many families own big extensions of land in the country (the so called "haciendas") and rent buildings in town. Right now this upper class is beginning to disappear due to different changes taking place such as land reform. The middle class is a large one increasing every day. Middle class people are educated. Many of them have a university degree and we are talking about a million children and the hopes of the world." "I want to see us keep growing in education," Preyer told a large audience assembled in what look ed like a miniature convention hall. "I want to see this Univer sity grow in stature. "This state can no longer af ford a 'feast or famine' approach that gives salaries and colleges attention only at long intervals. The time has come when educa tion must be the number one con cern of every governor, not just one every 60 years." Preyer gave hearty praise to The community college program and urged that more communi ties undertake to establish such a program. The former Federal Judge, who gave up a life time job to seek the Democratic nomi nation, also said the University should expand to other campuses. "It is doubly important that the community colleges not be come second rate institutions they will need attention; they will need financial support, and they will need leadership," said Prey er. The lean, well-tanned candidate said the University must supply leadership to these Community Colleges because "the University stands as an example of what a college is supposed to be. "If that leadership is to be crisp and forceful, the Univer sity must know where it is go ing; it must be recharged periodi cally; it must re-examine the thrust of its teaching and the quality of direction. "For when it is all done with, the University is an on-going phy sical thing; but the contribution of the University that is most lasting, rests in the mind of a student who has had the good fortune in his passage through school, to know a good teacher." Preyer challenged the students present to help make the State a better place to live. "You can help only if you get involved and become a participant instead of an onlooker," he said. "Too many students treat their college years and the politics that swirl about them, if it were all unimportant, and their lives had not begun yet. "It is important to live intense ly and with purpose and effort. I think that students are tired of role-playing and make-work. "The quickening in government by young people is one of the most heartening signs on the so cial scene today," Preyer said. "I think state government must take the initiative and respond to your interest with new ways to use your energy, your ideas and your enthusiasm." Preyer arrived on campus short ly after 6:30 last night. He had dinner with a large group of supporters in the. South Room of Lenoir Hall. Before eating, however, Preyer found time for a little politicking, as several of his supporters took him through the main room of Lenoir to shake hands with many of those who were still there. Demonstrators Threaten Opening Of World's Fair NEW YORK (UPD Rebelli ous civil rights leaders hurled defiance at the city Tuesday and said there is nothing that police or the courts can do to stop them from ruining today's opening of the New York World's Fair wiih a massive traffic and pedestrian tie-up. "No power on earth can stop it now," said the Rev. Milton A. Galamison. "It's gone too far. Mayor Robert F. Wagner could have stopped it by meeting with Negro leaders and giving some satisfaction to our demands ... but it's too late now." In a last-ditch effort to com bat the danger of chaos and possible violence, Fair officials passed a regulation Tuesday for bidding demonstrations on the Fair grounds unless the Fair Corporation gives written per mission. Pinkerton detectives hired by the Fair had detention com pounds built in warehouse areas on the fringe ot the fair-grounds one for men and one for wo menbig enclgh to hold a total of 300 prisoners comfortably and up to 500 or 600 if necessary. the great majority have finished high school. Although not all these families own their homes, they cannot rent good ones. Some families have cars and most of them have tele phones, refrigerators and other modern appli ances. They also have full-time maids who live in the house. Middle class children can always attend school; even if there is no room in state schools, their parents can afford to send them to private ones. The low class is unfortunately the largest. This is the constantly suffering class. They live either as starving peasants in the rural areas or as starving citizens in the slums surround ing the cities. They fill the statistics of illi teracy, undernourishment, alcoholism, delin quency, and so on. They can neither own their homes nor rent them; therefore, they build huts in some empty site. It is always possible, however, to evict them for illegal occupation of the land. The education they can get are a few years of elementary school or crafts learned as apprentices. It is this low class which has been segre gated for years. They do not have the chance for better employment because they lack the ncessary education. They cannot buy in good stores because they do not have enough money to do so (they usually wear second-hand gar ments). They cannot attend cultural perform ances because of a lack of money. They cannot live decently because nobody without educa tion and a minimum of economic means can do it. Moreover, they are criticized for their sad customs and shameful behavior. And we are all the same color, all the same race. Therefore, it has been interesting for me to notice that so many of the characteristics attributed to Negro people here exist in white people of my country, precisely the people who have been denied education and oppor tunity for a better life for so long. r I r ii '7V i h - ; j 14 ; x ! 1 M ; I J ij ; I S""" yi' ' if igmv ''I'd8 "M tjsw KEMP NYE, owner of Kemp's Record and Oiental Art Shop in spects the door to one of the cabinets containing jade and ivoy art pieces that was broken into early Monday.. The thieves broke into the shop through the back door and made off with some 14 art pieces nlus 500-600 records valued at $16,000. Photo by Jim Wallace Nancy Culler, Bev Haynes Outstanding Senior Women By KERRY SIPE Nancy Culler, of High Point, and Beverley Haynes, of Wash ington, D. C. were named Mon day night as co-winners of the 1964 Irene F. Lee Award to the outstanding Senior woman at the University. The awards were announced at the 1964 Valkyrie Sing and were presented by Dean of Women Catherine Carmichael. This was the first time since the establishment of the award in 1955 that it has been given to two Senior women. Miss Culler, who was named last year as outstanding Junior woman, served this year as chairman of the Women's Honor Council. Miss Haynes is currently serv ing as chairman of the. Women's Residence Council. Presented also at the Valkyrie meeting was the annual award for the highest scholarship aver age in a Carolina sorority. The Frosh Class Merchant Day Is TODAY! Toay is offcially "Freshman Class Merchant Day" in Chapel Hill. According to Jim Ogburn, co chairman of the Freshman Fi nance Committee, the manager of the Hub clothing store, Bob Rosenbach, has agreed to a Freshman Day to be held from noon until 9 p.m.: today at his establishment. The Freshman Class will re ceive ten percent of all sales made during these hours. All profits are to be used to pay expenses for a Freshman Weekend to be held May 9 through -10., , , - Freshmen co-eds will serve as clerks for the day and the Fresh man Class will provide cokes and cookies for all customers enter ing the store. A combo will pro vide music between the hours of 7:30 and 9 p.m. trophy went to the Chi Omega Sorority who had a 2.74 overall average. The Valkyrie Sing, an annual competition of musical numbers and skits among sororities and fraternities, awarded prizes in four categories. In the Women's Sing Division, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority was first place winner for their entry of a singing group called "The Algadel Singers." Alpha Delta Pi received honorable men tion in this division. In the Women's Skit Division, 1 v 1 i ' 1 ! it its - - t jW- i m FLATT AND SCRUGGS, (Lester and Earl that is) will provide the country and western style music Saturday afternoon on the GM lawn as they open the second day of Jubilee. Biggest n By GARY BLANCHARD Thieves walked off with an es timated $16,000 worth of jade and ivory art pieces and records early Monday in what is be lieved to be the biggest theft in Chapel Hill's history. The burglary occurred at Kemp's Record and Oriental Art Shop, an Eastern Seaboard landmark for oriental art buffs and record collectors. Police reported they have fingerprinted the store and sent out an alert for the stolen ar- tides to law enforcement agen cies across the state and to other officers and art dealers in cities around the country, where the irreplaceable art pieces might turn up. Officers doubted the likelihood of the Kemp theft being linked with the robbery Monday eve ning of Merritt's Service Station on the outskirts of Chapel Hill. In that incident two white men made off with $150 in cash. "I'm just sick," said Komp Battle Nye, 50-year-old owner of the art and record shop and a well-known Chapel Hill figure. "The art is stuff I've lived with since I came back from China in 1940. Yippee! Sigma Chi Derby Rides Again By DENNIS SANDERS The 19th annual Sgma Chi Derby will brighten Kenan Stadium Thursday afternoon be ginning at 2:30 and running throughout the afternoon. Co-chairmen John Davis, oJel Miles and Dusty Schock said there will be no admission charge and the public is invited to view the events. Kappa Delta returned to win their second trophy for six straight years of wins. This year it was for a skit called "Much Ado To Do Nothin'." St. Anthony Hall was first place winner in the Men's Sing Category for their entry, "The Thirsty Thirteen." Beta Theta Pi won honorable mention in the men's division. Judges for the sing were Mrs. Marion Fitz-Simons, Dr. David T. Lapkin, Mrs. Richard Cas well, Mrs. Wayne Zarr, and Dr. John Parker. Jubilee Lj Town's "They knocked the lock off my back door and took about 14 pieces from my collection. They took all my scrolls, the good with the bad. The oldest one dates back to about 1400 A.D. And they got about 500-600 of our best records, mainly stereo classical. "Evidently whoever did it had cased the place thoroughly. They left some of the most valuable stuff. They took the things most appealing to the general pubic. "I can't figure it. They didn't touch several valuable pieces. They had a lot of other stuff piled by the door, but evidently they got scared off." Police said the back door which the thieves broke the lock off was checked about 4 a.m. Monday, meaning the theft probably oc curred between then and 8 a.m. when the janitor arrived and sounded the alarm. Det. Howard Pendergraph said a description of the stolen art pieces indicated most of it could have been put into a large suit case and carried off. He said a check of the neighborhood turned up no reports of suspicious per sons or cars in the area. Nye said he collected the art pieces while serving as a cour ier for the American Embassy in All sororities, the Nurses' dorm and the Stray Greeks will participate in events rang ing from a three-legged race to a beauty contest and even a mys terious "secret event." A parade featuring sorority members will leave the Plane tarium paking lot at 1:30 and travel down Franklin St. to kick off the activities. Derby events include: relay, sack and three-legged races; a limbo contest; Hit the Greek, a pie-throwing contest; a secret event to be announced at the Derby; and a Miss Modern Venus Beauty Contest. Beautes competing for the title are Pam Hooper, Patricia Rumley, Phyllis Brennaman, Lynn Whitley, Dennie Saunders, Jeanne Payne, Suzanne Micand, Alice Brown, Sally Roper, Kay Hoyle, Melinda Long and Trudy Williams. Other contestants in clude Carole Miller, Kay Train and Gayle Monroe. The Sigma Chi Derby is a tra ditional spring frolic which start ed at the University of Califor nia in the 1930's. The Derby came to UNC in 1944, and is traditional among the 100 Sigma Chi chap ters across the country. The Derby is fashioned after the Kentucky Derby (it is?). ft v-' i"g - - A Flatt and Scruggs are accompanied by the Foggy Mountain Boys and will go on stage at 2:30. Refreshments will be served. XT istory Peking from 1932 to 1940. He said the value of his 680-piece collection has increased since 1955, when the U. S. government passed an act forbidding trade with Communist China. "Nothing more hase come out of China since then," Nye said. The collection has been shown at the Morehead Planetarium here, at Catawba College in Salisbury, N. C, and at the Mint Museum in Charlotte. It has also been shown privately several times. In between, it has been . on display, locked under glass, at Nye's shop. The stolen art pieces undoubt edly would have to be sold to a "fence," a buyer and reseller of stolen goods, Nye said. "Mu seums wouldn't touch the stuff. "If they get 'lost' in China town in New York or San Fran cisco," he added, "it will be very difficult to trace them." Nye said his store, which he has operated since 1945, has been robbed twice in the past few years, but never of anything ap proaching the size of the present theft. ik k Nothing New On Robbery At Merritt's Police are still searching for two white men who escaped with $150 alter robbing Merritt's Ser vice Station early Monday night. Orange County Sheriff Buck Knight said that E. G. Merritt, owner, and his son-in-law, Ben Grantham, were in the service station-store when the bandits took the money from the cash register. Grantham fired several shots at the bandits, but he said he didn't think he had hit either of them. The robbery occurred around 8 p.m., Monday, at the business establishment located on the Pittsboro Highway, just outside Chapel Hill. Speculation is that the bandits escaped in a car which they had hidden out of sight down the road. An eyewitness, not identified, said the two men entered the store and demanded the cash: register be opened. He said that when Grantham declared there wasn't any money in the safe, one of the bandits fired a shot through the counter. SG Interviews Interviews began today to select chairmen for the various Student Government Executive Committees. Interviews will be held each afternoon from 2:30 until 5:00 through Friday. Anyone interested in applying should call SG offices at 933 1257 or come by second floor GM to sign up for an appoint ment. The Executive structure in cludes Campus Affairs, Cultural and Educational Programs, In ternational and State Affairs and Justice Affairs. Positions Still Open On Att-Geiicral's Staff The men and women's posi tions on the Attorney-General's Staff for next year will be filled this week. There are approximately 50 positions open, but since a heavy influx of applicants has occurred in the past, interested students are advised to sign up early at the GM desk. The staff is divided into four separate divisions, including the Men's Council, the Women's Council, the Men's Residence Council Court and the Inter fraternity Council Court. Each person selected will work with with cne cf these councils. Each interview will take about five minutes, and will be held on the following days: Monday, 5-6; Tuesday, 4-6; Wednesday, 4-6; Thursday, 4-6; and Friday, 4-6. Students seeki-g these posi tions should make an appoint ment at the GM information desk. Then they should fill out an application form which can be picked up outside the Coun cil Room on GM's second floor. ? i
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