VoL 30 No. 22
Annual Camp
For Girls Will
Open June 30
The 2nd annual day camp
for Chapel Hill and Carrboro
girls between 8 and 12 years
old will be held from June 30
to July 11 by the Junior Serv
ice League and the Girl Scout
Council. With headquarters at
the Recreation Center, it will
be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
from Monday through Friday
under the supervision of Mrs.
Katherine D. Adams, director,
and Mrs. Diane Joyner, assist
ant director. Senior and junior
councilors will also be present.
The camp, named Camp
Tiny Tar Heel, will offer arts
and crafts, music, folk danc
ing, games and sports, hikes,
nature study, dramatic?, and
training in citizenship. Credit
will be given toward Girl Scout
badges. The schedule will be
arranged so that the girls en
rolled in the University-spon
sored swimming classes may
continue during the camp
period, with councilors to
accompany them to and from
the swimming pool.
The only cast is a $lO fee
for the two-weeks camp per
iod. Registration forms, avail
able from Mrs. A. J. Altmuel
ler, should be mailed with the
fee to Camp Tiny Tar Heel,
Box 374, Chapel Hill. Appli
cations will be accepted in the
order in which they are post
marked, and those in excess
of the camp’s quota will be
returned and the fee refund
ed.
Each camper is to bring her
own lunch daily. Milk or fruit
juice will be provided. The
camp is a non-profit venture,
with expenses underwritten by
the two sponsoring organiza
tions. The Recreation Commis
sion is donating the use of the
center, and Mrs. Robert Wet
tach is donating the use of
her nearby school as an arts
and crafts workshop. For fur
ther information, call Mrs.
Miles Fitch at 2-7391 or Mrs.
N. J. Demerath at 5106.
Univ. Woman’s Club
Holds Spring Party
The annual spring party of the
University Woman’s Club was held
Tuesday afternoon of last week on
the lawn and terrace of Person
hall, with wives of faculty mem
bers of the art department and
music department as co-hostesses.
About 150 attended. Perfect lawn
party weather contributed a love
ly setting of sunshine and shadows.
Chairs and benches placed on the
lawn were occupied by many who
stayed on to chat with friends
old and new. The refreshment table,
decorated with greenery and sweet
williams, and laden with punch,
cake, and candy, was a topic of
conversation and a center of gusta
tory pleasure. The occasion was
made even more delightful by soft
music from a mysterious source
no well concealed that many guests
still wonder where it was.
The guests were given a pre
view of the exhibit of student art
work arranged in the Person hall
gallery for Commencement. The
pictures, many definitely in the
modern mood, were explained to
them by John Allcott, head of
the art department.
Mrs. Chapman Going to Mexico
Mrs. Kmily Chapman and her
sons, Teddy and Bob, left Wednes
day by car for Miami, Fla., where
the boys will visit their grand
mother while Mrs. Chapman is
on a month’s vacation trip to Mex
ico. She will fly there from Miami.
Summary of Editorial
Opinion about
( and ida tea in Primary
The candidate* in tomorrow's
primary for whom th* Weekly
expresses a preference are an
follows: For Governor, William
B. Cmstead. . . . For Lieutenant
Governor, Luther H. Hadgaa. . . .
For Representative in Con grass,
Carl T. Durham. .. . For County
Commissioners (vote for three),
R. O. Ferrtet, R. J. M. Hobbs,
Roland McClamroch. (In contests
. far other offices the Weekly
• does not expraas a preference.)
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The University's 158(li Commencement
The celebration of the Uni
versity’s 158th Gpmmence
ment will begin tomorrow'
(Saturday) with a luncheon
for the members of the senior
class and their parents. It will
end Monday evening with the
graduation exercises in the
Kenan stadium. Sunday will
be the day for the class re
unions. All gatherings w'ili be
for both men and women.
J. Maryon Saunders, the
alumni secretary, says that
the letters he has received,
asking for reservations for
rooms and reunion dinner tick
ets, give promise of an un
usually large attendance.
Alumni, their wives, and
anybody else they want to
bring along will be quartered
in dormitory rooms. Most of
them will be in the new Col
lier Cobb building. Some,
heavily charged with senti
Rally to Carl Durham!
Ait Editorial
The chances for a victory
for Carl Durham, in the con
test for the Democratic nomi
nation for Representative in
Conyress, are highly favor
able, but in a country like ours
where universal suffrage pre
vails you never can tell how
great a mass of voters, with
out any real knowledge of the
candidates and the issues, are
going to be influenced by spec
tacular claptrap. For example:
those of you who are old
enough will remember how
Bob Reynolds with his buffoon
eries, one of which was an
imitation of Cameron Morri
son walking high-and-might
ily from his luxurious limou
sine across a sidewalk on a
carpet, beat Morrison for the
U. S. Senate. So, any election
contest can produce a surpris
ing result.
Carl Durham’s opponent, be
sides making grossly mislead
ing statements about Mr. Dur
ham’s record in Congress, is
appealing to voters with cam
paign methods resembling
those that paid off for Bob
Reynolds. Beneath a front
page headline in the Raleigh
News and Observer “Music
Enters 6th District Contest,”
is an article beginning: “Over
in the 6th Congressional Dis
trict, guitar strings are twang
ing and jazz trumpets are blar
ing, and a young State senator
hoj>es to ride the crescendo
right into Washington." The
article goes on to give de
tails about the Sawyer cam
paign: “He’s plying the folks
at his rallies with large chunks
of musical entertainment,
from a ‘Singing Blacksmith’ to
a dance band from Duke Uni
versity” . . . “For a few days
he had sinister, whispering
Peter Lorre, the cigarette
smoking villian of the cinema,
giving dramatic performances
and hissing at the audience.”
Creation of Universe at Planetarium
The Morehead Planetarium’s
new «how on the creation of the
universe, entitled “In the Begin
ning,” is being given at 3 and 4
p.m. Saturday, at 2,3, and 4 p.m.
Sunday, and at 8:30 p.m. seven
days a week. A news release about
it says:
“This presentation will explain
the current scientific theory of the
sequence of events of three or four
billion years ago which unfolded
into the beginning of the world.
Just what did happen then is a
matter of speculation, but some
•cosmogonists believe that in a mass
of highly concentrated and dense
matter at a temperature of many
billions of degrees a mysterious
explosion took place, resulting in
a rapid drop of the existing temp
erature. In the first half-hour af
ter the exploaion, the elements in
the universe were created and mov
ed swiftly from the focus of the
explosion. Matter is still moving
away from the 'spot.
“This original matter, called
‘ylem’ by Dr. George Gamovr, nu
clear physicist of George Washing-
ment for the scenes of their
youth, have requested that
they be allowed to occupy their
old-time rooms, and that has
been arranged. There will be
a desk in the alumni office
at which rooms will be as
signed to all comers. More
than 600 beds are being made
‘ready.
The classes of 1940, 1941,
1942, and 1943 will have their
joint dinner tomorrow (Sat
urday) evening. The old Stu
dents Club, composed of alum
ni whose classes left the Uni
versity 50 years ago or earlier,
will have a luncheon at 1 p.m.
Sunday. Gatherings that night
will be the dinner of the
classes of 1902, 1903, 1904,
and 1905, the dinner of the
classes of 1921, 1922, 1923,
and 1924, and the 1927 Silver
Anniversary banquet.
The baccalaureate sermon
. . . “At a recent rally the
sandy-haired senator waded
through the drums and guitars
to get to the mike.”
What a commentary on a
candidate’s opinion of the
popular intelligence that, in
seeking election to Congress
in this time of world crisis,
he should appeal to voters
with hillbilly songs, guitars
and dance bands, and lowbrow
comedy stunts!
The trouble is, there’s al
ways the chance that his
opinion of the popular intelli
gence may turn out to be
right. I don’t mean the in
telligence of the people as a
whole but that of enough
people to swing the balance in
an election. This should be
borne steadily in mind by, and
should keep on the alert, the
supporters of a candidate who
appeals to the reason of voters
rather than to their emotions
and their ignorance.
We who support Carl Dur
ham hope, of course, that he
will get a majority in every
one of the four counties in the
district. But let us not be
too sure that his good record
and his merits will win him
the victory. Thousands of
young men and women are
not as well informed about
him as older |>eople are, and
nobody knows how great a
proportion of this younger
(and, because of being young
er, less thoughtful) element
will be won over by misrepre
sentations and circus stunts.
Holding in mind the sur
prises in many election con
tests in the past, we should
act on the theory that “any
thing can happen.” Act as if
you feared that this present
contest might be close enough
for the vote in our county of
Orange to decide the outcome.
And “act,” here, means VOTE.
Citizens of Orange, rally to
Carl Durham!
ton University, was so dense that
a teaspoonful could balance a
square block of ice one-half mile
thick. In his latest book on the
subject, Dr. Garnow nays that this
ylem was a mass of super-hot
material, with a temperature of
many billions of degrees, consist
ing of only neutrons, protons, snd
electrons. In this stage of the
universe there were no atoms. As
the temperature was lowered after
the explosion neutrons attached
themselves to protons, and par
ticles of different degrees of com
plexity were formed. A half-hour
luter about 65 per cent of the ong
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Gordon l*Grand Elected
Gordon LeGrand was elected
president of the elementary achool’a
student council for 1952-53 at an
election held day before yesterday
at the school. He succeed* Sophie
Msrtia. Other new officers of the
council are Leigh Skinner, jr., vice
president; Patricia Hunter, secre
tary, and Gerry Ham, treasurer.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1952
will be delivered at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning in Memorial
hall by the Rev. Reginald Mal
lett of South Bend, Indiana,
University graduate of 1915.
The Horace Williams Phil
osophical Society will have a
luncheon at twelve - thirty
o’clock Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon there
will be a band concert on the
campus near the Davie Pop
lar, an art exhibit with a
gallery talk, and shows at the
Planetarium, and on Sunday
evening the Chapel Hill Chor
al Club will sing the Brahms
oratorio. “The German Req
uiem.’’
Monday, June 2, will be
Commencement Day. A fac
ulty reception at the Davie
Poplar in the morning will be
followed by the alumni lunch
eon. The Carolina Playmakers
will present two bills of origi
nal plays in the afternoon. The
final event on the three-day
program will be the gradua
tion exercises at 6:30 p.m. in
Kenan stadium. The speakers
will be Governor Scott and
President Gray. Major General
Edwin A. Pollock, USMC, will
speak at the commissioning
exercises of the NROTC and
the Air Force ROTC at 3 p.m.
Monday in Hill hall.
I have waited till the end
of this article to speak of what
is really the most important
part of Commencement. I
mean the most important part
as far as the returning alum
ni are concerned. That is, the
aimless loafing and chatting,
the chance meetings with old
friends, on the campus, on the
village streets, and in the
Carolina Inn lobby and on the
porch and out on the lawn.
The scheduled gatherings are
enjoyable—'they have an ap
peal all their own—but at a
college commencement, as on
any other such occasion, the
most fun comes from the cas
ual free - and - easy jxTsonal
contacts.
University Plans Children’s Speech Clinic
The services of u laboratory
speech clinic on the University
campus will be available this sum
mer to a limited number of child
ren in the Chapel Hill areu, with
out cost. The clinic will be a part
of the school of education’s pro
gram of special education.
After being diagnosed, each
child will be given individual ther
apy, group therapy, und play ac
tivity about two und a half hours
a day. Teachers who are taking
the course in speech correction
will help with this work. Confer
ences and group meetings with the
parents will be held to enable the
parents to understand the activi
ties of the clinic and to enable the
director to understand each child.
Parents will be instructed on how
to carry on speech correction in
the home.
The clinic, to last from June 10
to July 15, will accept only child-
Dinner in Honor of Fussier
The members of the faculty of
the University physics department
gave a dinner at tlje Carolina Inn
lust Saturday evening in honor
of Karl Fussier, who is retiring
from active duty. Paul Shearin,
head of the department, was toast
master. He reviewed Mr. Fussier’*
career and paid a tribute to the
high quality of his services to the
University. Mr. Fussier, holder of
the AH. degree from Indiana and
the Ph.D. degree from Pennkyl
vunia, came here in 1929. One of
his notable achievements has been
the strengthening of undergrad
uate teaching in physics.
Award for Archibald Henderson
Archibald Henderson is this
year’s recipient of the Di-Phi
Award from the Dialectic Senate
and the Philanthropic Assembly
for distinguished service to the
University, the State, and the Na
tion. The award was presented at
a joint meeting of the two so
cieties at a dinner in Lenoir hall.
In hia acceptance talk Mr. Hender
son delighted the company with
reminiscences that began with hia
coming here as a freshman 58 years
ago. In the course of hie talk ha
told of his associations with George
Barnard Shaw and Albart Einstein.
Chapel Hill Chaff
“Consider a few of your ac
quaintances who drink, a few
who do not, then make your
choice,” says a person named
Eva Carol Wheelers in a
letter -to - the - editor in the
Charlotte News. The lady’s re
mark*} preceding this invita
tion betray a decided partial
ity for the non-drinkers. Well.
I’ve accepted the first part of
her invitation; that is, I’ve
considered the two categories.
I haven’t accepted the second
part, about making a choice,
and don’t intend to. I have
good friends among the non
drinkers, God bless ’em, and
good friends among the drink
ers, God forgive ’em. To all of
both these companies I say,
in the words of Rip Van
Winkle’s toast, May you live
long and prosper.
There are times when I
feel more disposed to frater
nize with the drinkers, but
there are other times when I
like the non-drinkers just as
well; for example, when in
passing through the Eubanks
drugstore I stop for a chat
with Clyde Eubanks. I don’t
know whether! or not he has
always been a non-drinker
but he certainly is one now. I
first knew him when he was
a newcomer from Chatham
county about the year 1890
and in all those 62 years I’ve
never seen him when he
wasn’t a model of sobriety.
My conversations with him
in the prescription sanctum
are just as enjoyable to me
as if we were talking across
the table to the music of ice
cubes tinkling against glass.
The last time I saw him,
two or three days ago, he
told me about having attended
the druggists’ convention at
Pinehurst. When I asked him
if the brethren at this gather
ing had done much drinking
he said they had done a plenty.
Or maybe what he said was:
more than a plenty. That was
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ren whose parents will assure regu
lar attendance. Mrs. Charlotte
White will interview prospective
children and their parents from
9:30 a.m. till noon Monday, June
2, at the Chapel Hill elementary
school. She will ulso answer par
ents’ questions at that time.
The North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children, with headquar
ters here, is cooperating in the
organization of similar clinics at
East Carolina College and at West
ern Carolina Teachers College.
Hoes Entertain Chemistry Faculty
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roe enter
tained at dinner for the members
of the University’s chemistry de
partment last Friday evening at
their home on Old Hillsboro road.
On this occasion the colleagues
of F. H. Edminter, who will retird
in June, presented him with a gift
in recognition of his long service
in the department. F. K. Cameron,
who retired from the department
six years ago, and Mrs. Cameron,
and Mrs. Sally Cleveland, Mrs. Kd
miater’s mother, were among those
present.
Calendar of Events in the Next Few Days
Saturday, May 31
6:30 a.m., voting in primary be
gins.
Sunday, June 1
11 a.m., Memorial hall, bacca
laureate sermon.
Afternoon, band concert on cam
pus, art exhibit in Person hall,
Planetarium shows.
6 p.m., Lincoln high school ves
pers.
Evening, singing of oratorio in
Hill Music hull.
(For other Commencement
events, see article above.)
Durham Woman Speaks Here
Mrs. J. A. Odum, president of
the Durham League of Women
Voters, spoke at laat week’s meet
ing of the Chapel Hill Altrusa
Club. She gave a report on the
league's national meeting, . with
comments on talks mad* there by
candidates for President.
Classified ade appear ea pages
2 aad 4.
Contest for the Governorship
Holds Spotlight in the State;
Chapel Hill Candidates Are
Durham, Hobbs, McClamroch
Join the
« O’Clock Club
“Join the 6 O’Clock Club”
is the plea to voters by organi
zations and individuals inter
ested in relieving congestion
at the polls and getting out a
big vote in tomorrow’s pri
mary.
Voting begins at 6:30 a.m.
and goes on 12 hours.
The plea is: Set your alarm
at 6 o’clock and go to the
polls right away. Voting
places: north precinct, Town
Hall; south precinct, high
school annex.
If the combined vote in the
two precincts is as large as
expected, voters will have to
pass through the polling place
at the rate of from 2 to 8 a
minute. This shows the need
of a steady flow of voters all
through the day.
(Information for voters who
need transportation to the
polls is given elsewhere on
this page.)
Handbook Describes
Local Government
A 26-page handbook on th* local
governments of Orange county has
been issued by the Chapel Hill
league of Women Voters and is
available at Eubanks’ drugstore.
Designed to acquaint all citisens
with the county’s governing and
political organizations and to “pro
mote informed and active partici
pation in government,” it tells how
to register and vote and how to
join a political party. It describes
town elections, the precinct, the
county executive committee, the
board of elections, and other boards
and commissions.
One section of the booklet de
scribes the duties of the county
officials and of the Chapel Hill
officials, policemen, and firemen
and tells what their salaries are.
There is a section on the public
schools, and another section tells
how the entire town and county
tax dollar is spent. The book also
includes an itemized 1951-52 Chapel
Hill town budget, charts of the
Chapel Hill und Orange county
government set-ups, and a pre
cinct map of the county.
Transportation for Voters
Arrangements have been made
for transportation for voters who
need it to get to the polls tomor
row, and these arrangements have
nothing to do with what candidates
you are going to vote for. Trans
portation is provided and no ques
tions asked. It’s an ull-day-Satur
day service. The League of Women
Voters says: Telephone either 5106
or 5706 and a car will call for
you. Other numbers thut can be
called for the same service, are
4681 and 2-1631.
Joseph Fields Heads Band
Joseph U. Fields, director of the
Chapel Hill high school band and
u student in the University, was
recently elected President of the
University band for the coming
year.
Monday, June 2
Morning, faculty reception at
Du vie Poplar.
1 p.m., alumni luncheon in Lenoir
hall.
3 p.m., commisaioning exercises
of the Navy ROTC and the Air
Force ROTC.
Afternoon, Carolina Playmakers.
6:30 p.m., graduation exercises
in Kenan stadium.
(For other Commencement
events, see article above.)
Thursday, June 5
8 p.m., Lincoln high school gradu
ation exercises.
High Hehool Photographs
Photographs of club and class
groups as well as year-end ac
tivities at the Chapel Hill high
school, taken during th* past school
year by Roland Gidux, are on dis
play now In tha show window of
Sloan’s Drug Store. Copies of thee#
photos may be ordered at the dng
store.
$2 a Year in County; $3:50 in Rest of
N. C., Va., and S. C.; $4 Elsewhere in U. S.
The Democrats of North
Carolina will go to the polls
tomorrow to choose their
nominees for the election in
November. For many years
they have outnumbered the
Republicans by such a wide
margin that victory in the
Democratic primary is gener
ally assumed to mean victory
in the election.
There are several contests in
tomorrow’s primary, but as
far as public interest through
out the State is concerned the
contest between William B.
Umstead and Hubert E. Qiive
for the Governorship dwarfs
all the others.
Most of the political observ
ers who are impartial—that is,
who are more interested in
making a correct forecast than
they are in the fortunes of
either candidate—think that
Umstead will win. They are
cagey about estimating his
majority. Some seem not to
expect him to win overwhelm
ingly. You hear it predicted
in some quarters, in a vague
sort of way. that “Olive will
get a good vote.” But what is
a “good vote”? Name your
own figure.
Chapel Hillians are of course
interested in the candidacies
of their fellow townsmen:
Carl Durham for Congress
man and R. J. M. Hobbs and
Roland McClamroch for the
board of county commission
ers.
John W. Umstead is unop
posed for the county’s repre
sentative in the legislature
and therefore his name does
not appear on the ballot.
There is only one Republi
can primary contest—William
C. Lehew against Warren H.
Pritchard for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
The polls will be open from
6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Poll
ing places in Chapel Hill:
north precinct, Town Hall;
south precinct, high school
annex.
There are so many persons
qualified to vote in each pre
cinct that there must be a
steady flow of voters through
the polling place in order for
the whole number to cast their
ballots. Therefore everybody
should try to vote early.
Ruth Hay Is Named
Altrusa President
Miss Ruth Hay was elected presi
dent of the Altrusa Club at a
recent meeting at the home of
Miss Elizabeth Brannon. ‘ She suc
ceed* Mrs. Sutton.
Other new officers are Dr. Mabel
Goudge, vice-president; Mrs. Edith
Brocker, recording secretary; Mr*.
Eula Pugh, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Frances Davis, treas
urer, and Mrs. Eleanor Mosher,
board member.
The new officers, to be installed
June ,12, were unanimously elected
after having been nominated by
the following nominating commit
tee: Mrs. Jean Heer, Mrs. Evelyn
Smith, and Miss Miidred Mooney
han.
Baseball Team Lose* to Sanford
The Chapel Hill high school
baseball team lost to Sanford in
the Eastern Class AA champion
ship series this week. In the two
of-three series, Sanford won th*
first game, 4-3, and the second
gume, 10-1. The Chapel Hill team,
coached by Bill Grice, had won
the regional title by beating Kin
ston twice. It won its last ten
regular-season games.
Annual Folk Festival Soon
The sth annual Carolina Folk
Festival will be held at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
June 12, 13, and 14, in Kenan
stadium. Th* performers will in
clude about 700 string musicians,
ballsd singers, and dtnoers. A§ in
former years, the festival will be
directed by Beseem Lamar Luns
ford of South Turkey Greek.