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Volume XXXII
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Social Frats
There's smother .�rtic?e concerning
social fraternities on lage two this week.
The author of this! one favors auch
organhsitiofcs.
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GREENVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1956
Number 6
Special Social Fraternity Poll Set Monday
Tommy Ragland Elected Freshman President In Second Runoff
'reshman class president Tommy Ragland. who defeated Wade Ward of Bethel in a second runoff Tuesday,
i- Hhown v uh other newly-elected officers. From left to right, they are Barbara Davenport, SGA representative;
Lie McEwen, secretary; and
Mi l.w en,
taken.
Ann Hall, treasurer. Vice-president Tony Brandon was absent when the photo
(Page 1 photos by Nora Willis.)
State Of The Union" Begins Four-Day
Run Next Tuesday In McGinnis Theater
By BRYAN HARRISON
rhe Union" will begin i preeeeding the national election. . morous other motifs are also pre-
ay run in McGinnis Audi- The plot and action is concerned sent. The provtxrbiul "smoke-filled
n October 30. It is the Eastprimarily with the attempts of some room provides the setting and a
of the kingmaker at large in the realistic atmosphere, of mystery and
na Playhouse's first major pro-
I! 11 e year.
tten by Howard Lindsay and
�use, the flay won a .Pu-
Prixe in 1948 and has appeared
American scene in recent
tire 01 politics, "State of the
i i tten for an election
the republican -were
to get back into office after
ura. Now that the national
scene has changed, the ait-
b la been switched to em-
.�� the democrat's efforts to
� er. Appropriately timed,
will be shown the week
Democratic Party to secure the pres-
idential nomination for a virtually
unknown honest man, Grant Mat-
thews. Matthews will be played by
Jeffrey Lynn, prominent stage and
screen star who is now on campus.
Lynn is the only outside member of
the cast, the remainder being made
up of member- of the Playhouse.
A delightful comedy in three acts,
"State of the Union" will no doubt
bring a hilarious reaction from the
audience, which will comprise ECC
students and many people from the
surrounding community.
Although the play is mainly hu-
pohtical intrigue.
Not a Politician
The story centers around the cha-
See PLAYHOUSE, page 4
Plymouth Native
Defeats Ward By
Only Six Votes
By OLIVER WILLIAMS
In a third runoff election Tuesday,
Tommy Ragland defeated Wade Ward
for the presidency of the freshmen
elaas.
Other freshman o'ficeiVi were de-
cided in the second runoff which was
eld Friday of last week. In this
second election both candidates for
president tied at a vote of 156, ma-
king a third runoff for this office
necessary.
Tommy Ragland
Tommy, who i. a social studies
major from Plymouth, stated that
he would feel more than honored to
assume the duties of president. Run-
ning on a simple platform consist-
ing only of a sincere desire to re-
present the will of the students, he
and Wade Ward 0' Bethel eliminated
eleven other candidates for the of-
president in the initial elect-
fice of
ion.
After tyinj; with Ward in the se-
cond ballot, Ragland defeated his
m jor o; ponent by a narrow vote
o' 99 to 93 in the third round to win
the office of president.
In the third runoff with compe-
tition in only one office, less than
two hundred of the approximately
fourteen hundred freshmen voted.
Second Runoff
In the second runorf Tony Brandon
of Roxboro. defeated Durwood White
for the office of vice-president by
a vote of 1G2 to 147.
Brandon who is a Grammar Grade
Education major stated th:?t he
would like to thank all of the Fresh-
men who supported him in the elect-
ion. "I will try to live up to your
See ELECTION, page 4
East Carolina Coed Chosen
First N. C. Dairy Princess
Patricia "Pat'
of New Bern was elected "Miss North
Carolina Dairy Princess" at the
State Pair held last week in Ra-
leigh after winning over eighteen
East Carolina's Majorettes
A Team Of Baton Twirting Coeds
e to the rear with a slight
sitation, right flank, left flank,
itep, box step, harge A team
agile, smartly strutting, baton-
coeds blithely follow the
mmands of the twirling drum ma-
for the "Funny Step one of
any variations for half-time
nances at home football games.
nber of majorettes has been
; this year from five to six.
the girls are returnees
tar's squad: Betty June
rt, senior from Tarboro,
even year, former experience;
arolyn Baxter, sophomore from
i Beach, Florida, six years
ei ence; and Lena Kaye McLe-
sophomore from Henderson,
years experience.
comers to the group are Gayle
rt. sophomore from Ports-
Virginia, with six years for-
erience; Ellen Sturkie, sopho-
from Rockingham, three yeare
rience; and ETline Culipher,
�man from Elizabeth City, three
.cars experience.
No Chief
In keeping with ECC tradition the
I ave elected no Chief Major-
ette, but consider the oldest of their
group, Betty June, as leader.
From approximately 20 try-outs
fa"i these six were selected for
their skill and attractive appearance.
Judges were Mr. Herbert Carter of
the Music Department and Bobby
Kilwanger, twirling drum major.
Practice periods for the high step-
pers are from 3 until 5:80 every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday after-
noon; and from 5 until 6 every Tues-
day and Thursday evening. Super-
vising and working with tlem three
By MARTHA WILSON
times a week is veteran Bobby Ell-
wanger, teacher of courses in baton
twirling for the past two years at
BOCs Summer Music Camp.
The majorettes themselves organ-
ize their own routines, each contri-
buting a turn here or a twirl there.
This year they plan to include more
aerials in their numbers. The "Dixie
Strut" is their preferred march rou-
tine.
In addition to their half-time per-
formance they also give a standard
See MAJOIRETTES, page 4
By JAN RABY
pimonds, junior, other contestants in the New Bern
local contest, taking the area winner
slot over two others, and being judged
last Wednesday against six others
the first place winner in the state
competition.
From now until next October Pat
will attend luncheons, banquets,
parades and county fairs in North
Carolina and possibly neighboring
states as the representative of the
American Dairy Industry. She will
still remain at East Carolina and
continue her studies.
The judging was on the basis of
grace and poise, personality, natural
attractiveness, and photogenity with
each girl being sked such questions
as "Why did you enter the Dairy-
Princess Contest?" and "Do you like
Elvis Presley?" The judges were
Allen Wannamaker, President N. C.
Association of Broadcasters, William
D. Poe, Editor of The Progressive
Farmer, Harriet Pressly, Radio Sta-
tion WPTF, Harmon Duncan, Pres-
ident WTVD-TV, and Marjorie Hun-
ter, Winston-Salem Journal.
Another East Carolinian also en-
tered in the state competition was
Eloise Roselyn Waters of Winter-
ville. Other colleges represented
were WCUNC with two of the fi-
nalists, and Meredith, with one.
Awards which were presented to
Pat by Joan Melton, Miss North
Carolina, an ex-ECC student were:
A $200 scholarship, dress material
from Burlington Mills, "Junior Ac-
See QUEEN, page 4
Twirling drum major Bobby Kllwanger and East Carolina's pretty
majorettes take time out from practice to pose for photographer Nora Willis.
Presidential Poll
The East Carolinian has ar-
ranged for Monday's ballot on
social fraternities to include a
student presidential election in
order that we may find out how
the East Carolina students feel
about Eisenhower and Stevenson.
The results of the election will
have no particular significance
but are being taken merely for
interest. Everyone is urged to
vote so that the results will mea-
sure accurately student opinion.
JEFFREY LYNN . . . after he arrived at the New Bern airport Monday.
Actor Jeffrey Lynn Arrives
For Playhouse Production
By BRYAN HARRISON
Jeffrey Lynn, prominent actor of hesitate to accept the offer to come
�stage and screen, arrived on campus
last Monday. He is here to appear
in the East Carolina Playhouse pro-
duction of "State of the Union
which will be rreserted October 30
through November 2.
Mr. Lynn ws invited to partici-
pate in the production to stimulate
more interest and to aid the stu-
dents in developing their acting
ability, according to Dr. J. A. Withey,
who is directing the play.
He has had an interesting and
varied career working in Hollywood,
the Broadway stage, television,
and other acting media. This is only
the second time he has worked with
a non-professional group since his
own college days. On his arrival to
the East Carolina campus, Mr. Lynn
said that this trip represents an
entirely new experience for him and
he was looking forward to working
with college students.
Enjoys Young People
Mr. Lynn further stated that he
enjoyed working with young people
rnd was willing to aid the acting
aspirants in any wav he could. He
explained that there is a 'lot of po-
tential acting material in colleges
that only needed to be developed.
"When my agent phoned me, I didn't
to East Carolina the actor said.
Besides being a new experience
for Mr. Lynn, this represents the
first time that East Carolina has
had a professional actor to parti-
cipate in a playhouse production.
Although Lynn has acted in many
productions, he has never played
"State of the Union a Pulitzer
Prise-winning play by Howard Lind-
say and Russell Crouse.
Jeffrey Lynn arrived at the New
Bern airport for his first visit of any
length in North Carolina. He was
greeted at the airport by represent-
atives of the Playhouse and the East
Carolinian. He is staying at the
Alumni-Faculty Building while on
campus.
Rehearsal for "State of the
Union" have been coming along ex-
tremely well, according to Dr.
Withey. The playmakers have been
rehearsing in earnest for three week3
using a stand-in for the part of
Grant Matthews which Lynn will
play.
Jeffrey Lynn is married and has
two children. Although Mr. Lynn
now spends most of his time travel-
ing, he normally resides in Mass-
achusetts.
Committee Says
Findings Will
Serve As Opinion
Board Of Trustees
To Consider Poll
At Quarterly Meet
Students will be afforded an
opportunity to express an opin-
ion concerning the establish-
ment of nationally affiliated
social fraternities and sorori-
ties here during an opinion
e'ection scheduled for next Mon-
day.
Officials of the committee
appointed last spring to study
the situation emphasized that
the vote would serve only as
student opinion and that the
findings would be referred to
President Messick, who will re-
port to East Carolina's Board
of Trustees when they hold their
rcuarterly meeting November 17.
Committee officials explalnea that
the ballot will list tnree points which
includes favoring national social fra-
ternities, opposing such organiza-
tion no opinion, and an indication
is to whether or not the voter would
oin a national social fraternity if
e were to receive a bid. All voting
I will he done in the lounge of the
I College Union, elections committee
chairman Wiley Teal has announced.
Half Should Vote
Committee Chairman Dr. James
H. Tucker said the committee was
hoping that at least half of the
student body would vote. He said the
roll would be considered "in view of
the number who vote and how they
vote
"It must be taken into considera-
tion that we have over 3,000 full-time
students on campus the Dean ex-
plained.
He pointed out, too, that the com-
mittee feels that adequate time has
elapsed since the issue was raised
ror "everyone who is interested to
inform themselves about the advan-
tages and disadvantages of having
nationally affiliated social frats on
campus and should be able to give
some indicatton as to their opinion
on it
i President Messick, commenting on
the poll to be conducted, urged that
every student and faculty member
express himself "according to his
onest conviction
He rarticularly stressed the im-
portance of each student's vcng
"according to what he believes to be
the best interest of the on-going
program of the college
Disappointment
The president expressed disappoint-
ment in the expression by one of the
fraternities recently that it was "the
first social fraternity on campus
"No fraternity has been approved
that would not carry a statement of
some kind of service that they wished
to render which would justify its
existence he said.
Dr. Messick continued, "The Board
of Trustees, the administration, nor
the Student Government Association
See POLL, page 4
Actor Jeffrey Lynn is greeted by East Carolina Playhouse advisor Dr. i. A. Withey, right, after he
arrived at the New Bern airport Monday. East Carolinian reporter Bryan Harrison is on the left. Mr. Lynu
will play in the Playhouse's production of "State of the Union" which will begin a four-day run in McGinnis
Auditorium next Tuesday.
PAGE TWO
EAST CAROLINIAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, i
5�
On Social Fraternities
(The following is an article written by Her-
bert L. Brown, past chairman of the National
Interfratemity Conference. Mr. Brown has
been closely associated with fraternities all
over America, and his remarks in defense of
fraternities are an answer to those written by
Sloan Wilson which were published last week.)
To prove how vicious college fraternities
are, Mr. Sloan Wilson last week used as his
prime example a fraternity initiation at Mass-
achusetts Institute of Technology in which a
pledge fell through the ice and was drowned
in a pond.
I am sure that on sober second thought Mr.
Wilson will agree that he has not proved fra-
ternities "stupid "witless "juvenile and
"purposeless" (or any of the other angry ad-
jectives he hurled at them), by his single
example of tragedy. He should be well aware
that several hundred thousand college students
are prevented from falling into other holes
by fraternities�from falling into social awk-
wardness, failing grades, athletic inertia, and
ignorance of group living.
I refuse to reply to Mr. Wilson in the style
of his attack; rather I will answer his "argu-
ments" with a defense of fraternities, which I
will attempt to make more well-proportioned
and level-headed than his broadside.
What would Mr. Wilson find if he would
look for the truth about college fraternities?
He would find, first of all. that there are 12,
000 chapters of Greek-letter societies in the
United States with a total membership of four
million. If fraternities are "purposeless" why
have 225.000 new members joined them in the
past three years? If fraternities are "un-
necessary why have 381 new chapters been
established in the same period? Would so many
Americans in so many places go into organi-
zations that are "stupid' witless and juvenile"?
If Mr. Wilson believes so, then his faith in
the wisdom of the American people is pretty
weak. Fraternity life is continuing to flourish
because fraternities exist to answer genuine
student and college needs, because fraternities
help in the attainment of worthy educational,
social and personal goals.
"On our campus says Chancellor Ethan A.
H. Shepley of Washington University (St.
Louis), "fraternities are a very real asset.
1 frankly don't know what we would do with-
out their influence and support. We are proud
of them and the record they have made The
testimony of dozens of other college presidents
�men like George Bowman of Kent State
(Ohio). Harlan Hatcher of Michigan and
Milton Eisenhower of John Hopkins Universi-
ty�tells the same story: fraternities are
needed.
The reason that the great good in fraterni-
ties is so clouded is that, unfortunately, only
the freak prank makes the headlines; only the
tragic slip arouses righteous indignation. The
many valuable things that American frater-
nities do for their members, their colleges and
their communities�their many fine purpose!
and achievements�go unheraided because ac-
tivities like working in a community chest
drive, or teaching a student how to conduct
himself socially, are hardly the stuff of news.
When a student is accidentally hurt in what
is usually harmless fun, people are quick to
crv out that fraternities should be driven from
the land like the plague. But when a student's
marks are raised by the help he receives from
his fraternity brothers, when a community
Red Cross receives blood from a chapter, when
a college is saved from a housing problem by
a group with Greek letters, too few people
know about it.
Exactly what are the values of American
fraternities� to the student, to the school, to
the college community�values that are so of-
ten lost behind scare headlines and distorted
by attacks like Mr. Wilson's?
Fraternities make important contributions
to the minds, characters, and personalities of
their members.
First, each fraternity has a tutoring sys-
tem in which members proficient in certain
studies help members who are less proficient.
It is often the coaching of a brother that pre-
vents a fraternity man from failing a course.
Mr. Wilson mocks a fraternity's "boy scout
code of honor which makes their members
fairly burst with pride" but one great source
of fraternity pride is the achievement of high
scholastic marks by its members. Fraternity
brothers do not tutor one another simply to
prevent failure in subjects. They exchange
(Continued in last column)
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� �" � ' i ��' ������
Time For Modern
Ghost Stories
Cusper Agrees, Too
CUSPER ADViLSED me not to
mention the incident. 'No one will
believe you he said. And Cusper
was right.
It all came about recently when
a friend of mine and I were faced
with the problem of composing a
story dealing with ghosts. That's
the assignment for the Halloween
meeting of the campus Creative
Writers' Club.
We got together and started dis-
cussing a plot and setting. I in-
sisted that we steer clear of mono-
tonous themes which usually find
ghost meeting girl, ghost chasing
girl, and ghost scaring the heck out
o girl. "Even let the ghost rape her
but let's put in a new twist I plead.
"IT HAS to be something modern
I continued, "ghostly but unusual
In an attempt to omit the ghost
angle entirely I proposed: "A car
carrying two young kovers over-
turns on a lonely road just as a
storm begins raging � the girl
landing on one side of the highway
and her injured lover on the other.
He struggles in the fierce wind and
beating rain, attempting to reach her
side. But just as he completes one
half of his trip, a huge tanker whiz-
zes by, grinding him into the pave-
ment
My friend screwed his face into a
horrible frown, shuddered, and grunt-
ed "ugh
"It might not deal with ghosts
but it's ghostly I reminded him.
"Just think of the mood and emotion
you could create with something like
that
My colleague took the floor. He
couldn't seem to get his mind off
lonely beach scenes with jack-o-
lanterns burning in windows and an
Austin Building setting where the
main character was to hear foot-
steps following him down the long
halls.
I spoke against the ideas, he got
peeved, saw that it was past twelve
o'clock, sad said it was time he
started studying.
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, Cus-
per entered. He reminded me of one of
these plastic raincoats you've seen
around campus. Some sort of light,
a flashlight maybe, seemed to be
gowing from his interior.
I took him to be a neighbor all
"lit up' before realizing this cha-
racter walked "through" the door
without opening it. "Even the boys
in Slay never get that high I
told myself.
"Somebody was trying to con-
tact me the raincoat said in a
()Lieaking voice.
I didn't comment. I couldn't open
my mouth. I told my friends I'd been
working too hard and they always
1 ughed it off. Now they'd be sorry.
"We got a signal
"Somebody got their signals
crossed I interrupted.
"We never get our signals crossed
the character retorted. "Somebody
wanted a modern ghost story and I
came to help out
CUSPER INSISTED that I calm
down and show him everything new
on campus. Later he explained that
he had once lived in Austin's attic,
was the cousin of some movie star
named Casper, and wrs glad to learn
that somebody was finally interested
in writing a modern ghost story. "I'm
scared sick of haunted houses the
little fellow commented.
THERE WERE still a few lights
in Cotten and Cusper yelped with
glee. He slipped "through" the weat
wall and was dancing on top of the
dorm approximately five minutes
later.
I couldn't help smiling, but shud-
dered at the thought of Chief Har-
rell's coming by. Cusper sensed my
right. "Don't worry nobody can see
you
Then I realized that I had fol-
lowed Cusper through Slay's walls
not to mention an interesting bull
session and a tense card game. I
realized, too, that I had pulled a
boner by not following him into
Cotten.
WE FINALLY settled down in
the College Union. He admitted it
wa nice but "too smail
"Why do I always hear so much
talk about the parking problem here
wh-n there are so many empty spaces
out there?" Cusper inquired.
"Those are staff parking spaces
I reminded him, but changed the
subject when he brought up the idea
of their riding bikes to class.
Tn.sper said he was tired of pre-
judiced segregationists, too. "They're
all white where I come from he
laughed.
And we discussed the presidential
election. "Sure I'm going to vote
FRATERNITIES�Continued
jJUfc�S t
I GOT VEjCOA
Speaking Of
Segregation In The Southern Schools
By PURVIS BOYETTE
A friend was talking the other
day about whether he should go into
teaching or not. He maintained the
usual points held against teaching
for the young man, mostly the poor
salaries. Then someone suggested
what I think is the best reason I
have ever heard for teaching . . . one
teaches because he has a genuine
love of knowledge for its own sake.
that if you are in other fields such
as science, mathematics, etc you
snould not neglect the development
of your English which is nothing
iess than indispensrble.
if the white standards are lowered
any more, heaven help the Southern
education ai system.
We are told today that our so-
ciety, although it is improving, is
largely anti-intellectual. To the few
who are able to don the label of
"intellectual" they may be proud of
the one fact, perhaps above all
others, that they are the only legit-
imate aristocracy in our democracy.
The wealthy are a group all their
own but have no legitimate claim
to their position. The intellectual
holds highest honors a college
man's consolation while maybe just
becoming momentarily secure.
Profound statements are always
the simplest. I was delighted with
this one�one's thinking is only as
good as his English. Does this mean
that the English major will be the
best thinker in the business world?
Not necessarily so but it does mean
Segregation. Integration. NAiACP.
Supreme Court ruling. All these words
have been intimately connected with
the possibilities of combining the
white and Negro schools thereby
establishing, as some would have us
believe, an immediate equality of
rights for all men. But the writer
is not one to discuss whether in-
tegration is morally good or bad
ibut from an unadulterated practical
standpoint it is definitely bad for
our locality. Proof: according to one
of East Carolina's faculty members,
by the time the Negro student reaches
the fifth grade he is academically
one and a half years behind the
white student. At the first grade
level they are only slightly behind.
Now, do the supporters of integration
honestly think that education is
going to be improved when the two
r ces are mixed? It may well be
for the Negro but what about the
white children? When the two are
combined the white standards will
necessarily have to be lowered. And
An anonymous lady student's con-
tribution . . .
ON LOOKING BACK
When, alone and meditative.
Or in a crowd alone,
Sweet pain creeps in and folds
me,
And last year lingers on.
I know that there were heartaches
And bad times with the good.
But they don't seem to haunt me�
I almost wish they would.
But I remember mostly the
Way I felt inside.
The deep and knowing happiness
Of youth and being alive.
For I lived indeed so fully
Just knowing he was there.
The air this year is different�
He's not here�anywhere.
Yet would I have it differently?
Oh there's the joy�and pain.
For would I cry to time-�"Turn
back
H will not�ever again.
Around The Campus
What Does Education Mean To You?
By JANET HILL
Education . . .
"What does an education mean
to you?"
This is a question that is often
put before freshmen who are en-
tering college for the first time.
However, this is a question which
these same freshmen are more qua-
lified to answer when they have
reached their ultimate goal � their
senior year.
When a person enters college, he
accepts a challenge, a challenge to
improve his future through education?
In the course of his college life
the student should always maintain
sight of his intended goal. However,
this does not mean that he should
only "absorb" knowledge which can
be obtained from books.
The extra-curricular activities of
a college are for the benefit of the
student. Also, the social functions
are planned with an "eye" on variety
Cusper said, "Ike might start draft-
ing us and I like living lackadaisi-
cally
Cusper was interested in the new
SGA offices, but I admitted that I
couldn't explain how our politicians
could afford such a huge up-to-date
record collection. Cusper played all
of them and we talked about first
one campus politician and then
another. It was a long night.
and student enjoyment.
Therefore, the next time someone
asks the question, "What does an
education mean to you? don't an-
swer "books and a lot of studying
Sure, there is a lot of hard and
tedious work and study ahead of
every person beginning a college
career, but there is also a lot of
fun, laughter and good times, too!
Then, as the end of a person's
college days approaches he can look
back on the years spent in those
"ivy covered walls" and truthfully
say that his education has really
meant something to him and has
truly helped him become "the citi-
zen of tomorrowl"
Christmas in October?
Yes, that's what I said, Christ-
mas m October � here on our cam-
pus, too!
Where? In Mr. Neel's grammar
grade art class! The students are
making modernistic Christmas trees
and decorations!
Definition . . .
What is the definition of an ab-
stract painting,
A painting which everyone can
Vjook at, give an interpretation and�
always be right!
Did You Know . . . Gathered From
Here and There!
That the longest wave length (in
color) is found in the color red and
the shortest wave length in the color
violet.
That the color chart of the phys-
icist has red, green and blue-purple
as the primary colors?
That most trees -will live 75-100
years ?
That the Queen Mother of England
frequently wears stockings and shoes
v" the same color as her costume?
WhaVs Going On
WRITING THAT modern ghost
story is going to be easy now. Cusper
has been invited to next Tuesday
night's Halloween meeting of the
Creative Writers' Club. I hope he
makts it so we can have a real
ghost story�modem too.
Thursday
6:30�"Y" Vespers in "Y" Hut.
7:00�"Y" Cabinet Meeting.
7:00�Annual Staff meeting in
annual office.
Friday
8:00�Square Dance sponsored by
"Y Wright auditorium.
Saturday
7:00�Free movie, "Hot Blood
Austin auditorium.
Sunday
4:00-6:00 � Classical music in
lounge, College Union.
Monday
6:30 � Westminster Fellowship;
BSU meets; "Straw poll on frater-
nities.
7:00�Duplicate bridge, TV room,
College Union.
Tuesday
7:00�Square Dancing�108 Gym.
7:00 � Halloween Carnival in
Wright auditorium.
Wednesday
6:00�Newspaper staff meeting
7:00�Chess night, TV room, Col-
lege Union
7:00�SGA meets
Thursday
3:00�Beginning Bridge club, TV
room, College Union.
knowledge so that their chapter tan rnakt
the best marks on the campus.
Ask any fraternity man and he will tell
you how often a "seminar" with his brothers
the night before an exam raised his marks
If this is a "boy scout" code, then to be out 0l
the "boy scouts" is to enjoy being a moron
It is an undisputed fact that the sociai
programs of fraternities give members poise
ml poiish which would develop more slov.
�and perhaps not at all�if the students
.ere to live alone. Fraternity parties out-
ings, dances, and sports enable a student to
shed his adolescent awkwardness and leara
to r.ove with confidence among members
of his own and the opposite sex. In additi
to helping a man's grades, fraternities help
him feel at ease in any facet.
Fraternities develop qualities of lead
in their members. They irculcate in then
standards of good conduct, good manners,
g od taste, and good sportsmanship
important, fraternities teach members to live
i � -etht r in harmony and understanding.
Mr. Wilson rejoices over the advantage a
college student receives when he does not
j in a fraternity.
Shortly aft graduation, most
students will be asked�with no refusal
permitted�to join a larger and less friend-
ly fraternity called the United States �
Who does Mr. Wilson think will be
prepared to cope with the trials of group
living found in military service�the
wolf" or the fraternity man? The essen
A merica. as President Eisenhower has so
often said, is the team�both in peace and
war.
And does Mr. Wilson believe thai the
"lone wolf" can learn the principles of
vernment in his single room? lie can
about them in history textbooks; but the fra-
ternity man works with and studies th
principles as they are alive in the politi
organization of his chapter.
Critics like Mr. Wilson are silent at
the financial aid that Greek-letter societ
constantly provide for students. Thr .
the years, many fraternities have built
foundations to enable needier member- I j
continue higher education. Without grai
from these foundations, many boys w lid
never get a college education.
How do fraternities help the collegt
First, and most important, they do bo
housing many students. Fraternities furn
hi,rh-quality housing facilities wheh many
colleges could never offer. If Mr. Wila
considers this "juvenile" then we must �
sume that he considers it "adult" for c
lege students to live in tents.
Lest Mr. Wilson think that the only acti -
ty of college fraternities is sending student-
out to fall through icy ponds, here are other-
that might interest him:
Fraternities throughout America donate
blood, work with community cheat driven,
yive children's Christmas parties, entertan
orphans and underprivileged children. Th
operate foreign student exchange program,
sell Easter and Christmas �eds, coll.
(� thing for refugees. They raise funds :
the fight against polio, cerebral palsy, he.
disease, and cancer, assist in the CARE
program; and in many other ways help loc
American, and world society.
Such activities are typical of fraternith�
which Mr. Wilson considers "stupid an I
purposeless lie and other critics continue
to shout: "Yes, but what about 'hell week'
and discrimination?"
All right, what about them? The pe-
making the most noise about an occasion
"hell week" abuse do not seem to hear�or
care�that fraternities themselves are eli-
minating archaic hazing practices. And i.
segment of American society has been mon
shocked or distressed over "hell week" trage-
dies than the college men and women of
Greek-letter societies.
Fraternity members are the first to admi
that outmoded hazing practices are a short-
coming in the fraternity system. In the p,
10 years, "hetl week" has become "h
week" on most campuses. Instead of getting
lost in the woods, students now spend his
initiation period working on chores which
improve their fraternity houses, their school
and their community.
Fraternities have been further condemned
for being selective in choosing their mem-
bers but can you, Mr. Wilson, name a single
social organization in this country that
does not practice some type of selectivity
in the choice of its members? But just to
set the record straight, a few decades ago
44 of the 58 social fraternities in the Na-
tional Interfratemity Conference at that
time had restrictive membership clan
based on race, color, or national origin in
their constitutions. Today, no more than a
dozen of the 61 groups in the Conference
have such clauses. .
People are innate joiners, Mr. Wilson. If
there were no fraternities at colleges, cliques
of people with similar interests would, na-
turally, get together anyway.
In fact, consider what colleges would be
without fraternities.
There would be fewer students (for there
would be fewer scholarships), lower marks,
overcrowded dormitories and less effective
social, athletic, and self-government pro-
grams for great numbers of students.
Fraternities�or groups like them (whe-
ther they are called "eating clubs" or
"houses" or "societies")�will always -xist
at colleges because they answer a definite
need. Dr. Milton Eisenhower�who has been
president of three colleges and who was re-
cently vappointed by his brother Dwight to
help make North, Central and South Ameri-
ca one big'fraternity�summed it up this
way: "Fraternities and sororities are work-
shops in understanding and cooperation.
They are anvils upon which the character
of individuals may be fashioned for ser-
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1956
EAST CAROLINIAN
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Expected To Be
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Morris Harvey ECC Action
THE
CROW'S NEST
by Billy Arnold
inlay night, East Carolina'?
gridders will travel to Boone
t the Appalachian Mount-
n � North State Conference
e thai may decide whether the
a1 in or out of the race for
rowti.
palachian is, according to Coach
Boone ami Assistant !(.ach
Ma ory, :i "powerful team that
on a yood running
rhe Apps have a 1-4 re-
thua far this reason, having
Western Carolina and ha-
t to Elon, Catawba, Emory
nry and Lenoir Rhyne.
Mallory stated this morn-
"this year's team is pro-
slowest Appalachian team
. r ad, but they make up
sheer power. They're al-
g as Catawba
: g the Mountaineer front
ire two gigantic tackles, Ted
n Fed Freeman. Lippard
I am'a biggest man, standing
vtighing 235 pounds. Free-
the 220 mark.
run from the Split T
n and use the belly-series
drive series, as do most
Their top power-run-
. back Bobby Stanley, a ee-
three years of good per-
nd him. Jim Moore,
.in out most of the sea-
srith rib injuries, will be the
ik-away runner for the hosts.
I Carolina, who will need a
at Boone to stay in the race
Lenoir Rhyne'a crown, will go
th� prame with four big injuries-
ired last week against Morris
H rvey was the Bucs best pass re-
r, freshman end Ruell Edwards.
He suffered a pelvic injury and
� nitely he out. Also on the
will be gu3rd Charlie Hoo-
end Billy Helms and center
Waverly d esaon.
a � Boone expects to have Gary
James Speight, Bobby
: Bobby Gay in the starting
f eld. Cay, who started off his
last week, turned in a
.� i show, according to films
ntest, e rning him the start-
. k slot over Bob Maynard,
1 Slaughter or Bubba Matthews.
.ffensive tactics this week,
mix up the ground and air
With Mattocks and Ralph
- to throw and the afore-
ks to carry out running
gnments, the Bucs will "have
r straight T in shape to roll
av night.
PERRY CRACKS LINE�East Carolina halfback Bobby Perry (22) cracks
into the Morris Harvey line for three yards in last week's battle at College
Stadium. Perry and the ECC crew were held to only 80 yards rushing as
the (.olden Eagles smashed them 28-0. It marked the worst defeat of the
season for Coach Jack Boone's bovs.
Ruell Edwards Hurt
In Last Week's Tilt
In last week's Morris Harvey en-
c inter, freshman end Ruell Edwards,
( (.eorgia, .suffered a pelvic in-
jury and will be absent from the
I ineup for possibly two weeks.
The 6-3, 185 pounder is perhaps
eat pass receiver on tne squad
land had been playing first string
for the past two games.
NOT THIS TIME!�Morris Harvey Fullback Ray Jones didn't break away
this time, as East Carolina's Lee Atkinson and Kenny Burgess converge
upon him for the tackle. Atkinson (12) is a freshman back from New Bern
and Burgess (34) is in the midst of his second season with (he Buccaneers.
Despite the tackle, Morris Harvey went an to win, 28-0, here at College
Stadium.
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If East Carolina doesn't quite make
it into the Southern Conference any
time soon, the students will have no
one but themselves to blame.
At first, it was the fault of the
Athletic Department, according to
,knts still won't cooperate.
The school's athletic department
has met every demand, has even gone
beyond, by applying to the Confer-
ence more lhan once a year. It has
ul filled its job in every possible
way. As ar as East Carolina's
the loud and angry shouts of ECC's) athletic condition is concerned, it is
-tudents. They felt cheated, because
inere were no big name teams on
the Pirate schedules. Now that the
Athletic Department has obliged by
adding V.PI (one of the nation's top
15 teams), Stetson, Morris Harvey
. rid even Richmond, the students
are not willing to back up the team.
Last week's turnout for the Morrii
Harvey contest here at College Sta-
dium was iti ul. Out of a student
body of over 3,000, only approximate-
ly 200 were present. And we notn't
forget th t the band accounted for
a large total of that number.
Whose Fault Now?
Another thing that was charged
to the Athletic department was the
lack of a substantial program. East
Carolina didn't have enough separate
sports to challenge Southern Con-
ference teams. 60 the students sur-
mised. It was true. Now, the de-
partment has a full system of golf,
tennis, basketball, football, baseball,
track and swimming�but the stu-
physically capable of competing with
the larger SC members. It is ready,
qualified.
But for each step forward the
school t kes, the student body takes
a giant step backward�simply by
not going to the games.
Mother Complex
One thing is certain: a "Big Time"
school is not merely determined by
he kind of :ootball team it displays.
There must be spirit and support
from the student body. No one knows
this better t an the Southern Con-
ference officials. They will never
grant entrance to a school that
simply won't support the team.
The gigantic "Mother Complex or
whatever it is that compels Eat
Carolina students to go scurrying
home each weekend, is fast tearing
down any chance of ECC's entering
the SC. Maybe, if Mother would
write more often their children could
learn to endure a football game here
oiwv in a while.
Morris Harvey Dumps Bucs
By Lopsided 28-0 Margin
The Golden Eagles of Morris
Harvey College proved a strong foe
last Saturday in College Stadium
as they defeated the .Pirates by a
margin of 28-0.
Through the entire evening, the
visitors from Charleston, West Vir-
ginia, bulled their way through the
ineffective Pirate defense. Morrii
Harvey displayed a devastating at-
ack which the Pirates tried desper-
itely to contain but to no avail.
Injury-riddled as a result of
earlier games, the Pirates seemed
to lack the fire which had led them
to two straight wins on previous
encounters against conference com-
petition.
Trying to aid the Pirates in the
losing effort were: Ray Pennington,
who stood out at end; Dick Monde,
i fierce lineman; and Tommy Nash,
u o layed well at his h .lfback
I osition.
ECC Swimming Team Is
Having Depth Trouble
Bears Still In
First; Pirates
In Third Place
ConferenceStanding8
WLPts Opp
Lenoir Rhyne30128 7
Catawba-3157 34
East Carolina2152 49
Elon2140 39
Appalachian1333 72
Cuilford017 61
Y. stern Carolina0532 88
Lenoir Rhytie's rugged Bean
chalked up a 35-0 victory over West-
ern Carolina last week, making it
their 16th consecutive game without
a loss and their third North State
win of the season.
The standings rank the Bears in
first place by a good margin. Ca-
tawba'a Indians lost their first one
last week in a 14-13 loss to Elon,
to help the Bear cause.
These two games were the only-
ones i�i North State competition last
w� ek. The other loop teams went
to defeat, at the hands of outsiders.
E st Carolina, of course, bowed
28-0 to Morris Harvey; Guilford lost
a Randolph Macon by a 20-7 mark;
Emory and Henry downed Appa-
lachian by a 12-6 margin.
This weekend, only two conference
tilts are on tap. East Carolina will
journey to Appalachian and Elon will
be : t Western Carolina.
The week's feature will be a battle
of the unbeatens when Lenoir Rhyne
meets Emory and Henry.
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By MIKE KATSIAS
East Carolina's determined mer-
men have begun practice sessions in
the familiar realm of Memorial
Pool under the tutelage of Coach
Ray Martinez, for what promises
to be a very interesting season for
the Pirate swimmers.
Ajfter close observation in the
initial sessions, Coach Martinez
face two situations of alarm-
ing scope. No longer will the likes
of Frank Moore, Ronnie Rose, and
Bill West garner valuable, meet-
winning points for the Pirate cause.
Adding to the precarious state is
the fact that the Bu mermen are
also few in number. Without the aid
of scholarships, it is a difficult taslT"
for anyone to field a strong aggre-
gation to match the powerful teams
the Pirates will face. Yet, last year
the mermen enjoyed their most suc-
cessful season since their conception.
(Among the returning letternven
back to aid the Pirate body for sec-
tional recognition this year are: Jim
Meads, who excels in the dashes;
Jack Koeberling, one who can easily
develop into one of the area's finest
breast-stroke performers; Boh Saw-
yer, a backstroke par excellent;
Harold McKee, who will play an
important role in the individual 220
and 440; and Ken Midgette, a boy
who is rapidly becoming regarded as
one of Martinez's brightest lights.
Last year's meets reflected the
support the student body gave the
mermen, as they defeated such
powers as William & Mary of Nor-
folk, Clemson, Davidson, and Wash-
ington & Lee. Such teams as these
and a host of new opponents will
find their way to the confine of
Memorial Pool this season.
Even though he is short on ma-
terial, Coach Martinez is expected
to produce another winning combi-
nation with the assistance of his
veteran nucleus.
(Next Week's article will deal with
the newcomers who are present on
this year's team and comments from
the man who leads the mermen.)
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PAGE FOUR
EAST CAROLINIAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
rr �����'i � 3i
At S. G. A.
Committee Appointed To Study
Graduation Exercises; Group
Discusses Fraternity Poll
By ELIZABETH HYLTON
Matters taken up at the weekly
meeting of the S. G. A. included an
opinion poll on fraternities to be held
October 29, constitution changes to
add to the handbook the salaries of
the editors, business managers, and
officers of S. G. A. to be voted on
by the student body, and a proposal
to change Article 17, Section 4 B,
Article 6, Section 7 B as to the
manner of selection of the newspaper
editor.
Wiley Teal, chairman of the E-
lections Committee, announced that
an opinion poll will be conducted
October 29 in the College Student
Union. This poll will be a survey
of how the student body feels about
social fraternities.
O'Brien Edwards brought to the
attention of the legislature certain
constitutional changes which had
been passed by S. G. A. March 28,
1956. He asked why action had not
been taken on these changes which
dealt with the members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, and the salaries
of the editors, business managers,
and the officers of the S. G. A. A
discussion followed. A motion was
made that an election by the student
body on these and other constitutional
changes be set by the Elections Com-
mittee at some date during the fall
quarter of 1956.
Constitutional Changes Offered
Jimmy Phelps made an announce-
ment of certain constitutional changes
he wished to offer the S. G. A. These
changes will affect Article 17, Sec-
tion 4 B, and Article 6, Section 7 B
and will be presented to the legis-
lature at the next session.
Eddie Dennis offered a suggest-
ion for the election of the Home-
coming Queen. He suggested for dis-
cussion a plan which would eliminate
freshman girls in the election of
the Homecoming Queen. Eddie stated
that there was some feeling among
the students that the Queen be an
upperclassman who has earned this
honor through her merits for past
years. ,
Wiley Teal asked if any action
had been taken on a motion which
had been passed during the Summer
Session of S. G. A. concerning the
type of diploma given to ECC grad-
uates. President Dock Smith an-
swered Teal's question by saying that
the diplomas had been changed.
Ruffin Offers Plan
Thomas Ruffin was recognized by
the legislature and given the floor.
Mr. 'Ruffin asked the legislative
body to consider the type of grad-
uation exercises conducted here at
East Carolina. He stated that he
would like to see tie graduates re-
ceive more recognition. A plan that
he sffered or consideration pro-
vided for the departmentalizing and
division of the class according to
those receiving A.B. and B.S. de-
grees. Walter Hasty made a motion
that the president appoint a com-
mittee to study the graduation ex-
ercises. President Dock Smith ap-
pointed Thomas Ruffin to act as
chairman of tht committee and ap-
pointed Walter Hasty, Jimmy Phelps,
Mary Lou Wyrick, and Harry Girode
to serve on the committee.
Jimmy Phelps asked for infor-
mation concerning a committee work-
ing on the Honor System. The Presi-
dent said that he knew of no ex-
isting committee. A diseussion fol-
lowed about the trial of the Honor
System in certain classes. Ann Mayo
said that the new Advisory Council
was responsible for various classes
trying the Honor System to see how
it worked.
With no further business, the meet-
ing adjourned.
Recent Industrial Arts Club Meeting
New Books Recommended For
Imaginative College Reader
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Messick Speaks
At NCEA Meet
Held Here Today
Delegates from 22 counties were
represented here today for the
thirty-fourth annual National Child-
hood Education Association.
Highlighting today's activities were
speeches by President John D. Mes-
sick on "Making Education Pract-
ical during the general session this
afternoon. At 2:15, Miss Alice Strawn,
resident teaeher-traine in the Home
Economics Department led a panel
discussion on "Modern Trends in
Teafching Homemaking Education
During the same hour, Dr. John
Navarra, specialiA in elementary
science, spoke on "Science Integrated
With Other Elementary School Sub-
jects
Clinics
Dr. Elwood Keister was in charge
of a clinic chorus from high schools
in the Northeastern District at the
second general session this afternoon.
Dr. J. A. Withey and members of
the East Carolina Playhouse dem-
onstrated ect liques in directing a
high school play at 11:00 in the
College Theater.
The college band furnished music
for the first general session at 9
o'clock in the Wright Building. Dr.
John Bennett had the invocation.
Counties
Counties in the Northeastern Dis-
trict include Beaufort, Bertie, Cam-
den, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Cur-
rituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates,
Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Lenoir, Mar-
tin, PamHco, Pasquotank, Perquimans,
Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, and Wil-
son.
President of this district's organ-
isation is Miss Lela Mae Taylor
from the Greene County Schools,
Snow Hill; vice president, Mrs. Phebe
Emmons, Washington High School;
secretary, John Home, Grainger High
Schojol, Kinston; and NCEA Di-
rector, Miss Ella Cherry Moore,
Bassett School, Rocky Mou�t.
planned for various speakers to speak to the club during this year. Mr.
Hess, a representative from Dupont in Kinston, is shown addressing the group at a recent meeting.
ELECTION
Continued from page 1
ex; ectations he went on to say.
Other Offi -s
The three offices of secretary,
treasurer, and student government
representative were also won in the
second runoff. Dottie McEwen de-
feated her major opponent by a vote
of 181 to 116 for the office of sec-
retary. �
In tke entire election, the most
competition centered around the of-
fice of student representative with
fifteen candidates bidding for that
office. In the initial ballot Barbara
Davenport and Sandra Bethune re-
ceived a majority of the votes and
eliminated the other candidates. In
the second ballot Davenport defeated
Bethune "by a vote of 188 to 120.
In the race for the office of class
treasurer, Arm Hall defeated Emilie
Tilley by I vote of 176 to 120 in
the second runoff.
DAIRY QUEEN
Continued from page 1
cent" Dress from Junior Aefcent
Dress Company of New York, and
a gold loving cup inscribed from
the Dairy Association.
This year's Dairy Princess was
unable to compete in the American
Dairy Princess contest as her father
is not a dairy farmer, which is one
of the requirements. Pat said, "My
father said that he was not going
to buy a cow just so I would be able
to compete in it
Pat, who was at the State Fair
Tuesday through Saturday met
Dorothy Collins and Russell Arms
and had her picture taken with Pat
Boone for the Raleigh Times. She
now has an autographed picture of
Pat Boone and some personal im-
pressions. The girls at ECC re-
quested that she not come back with-
out a teddy bear, so with the help
of one of the State basketball stars,
she acquired one.
One of the more interesting oc-
curances to add to the week of mud
trampling was her being mistaken
for Miss North Carolina by some
of the Dairy Association guests. She
also met the American Dairy Princess
who was Nebraska's entry m the
Miss Universe contest.
This is the first year that the
Miss North Carolina Dairy Princess
Contest has been held.
Seniors Are At Work
As Student Teachers
In Carolina Schools
Approximately 40" of the 127
East Carolina seniors who are par-
ticipating this fall in the student
teaching program at the college are
working in classrooms of elementary
schools as they gain practical ex-
perience as instructors.
A report just issued by Dr. J. L.
Oppelt, director of the Office of
Student Teaching and Placement
at East Carolina College, indicates
that 37 of the seniors are conducting
classes in the Coates-Wahl Labora-
tory School on the campus. Five
are teaching in the Third Street
School, and one in the West Green-
'ville school in the city of Greenville.
Six students of music are teaching
both high sdhool and elementary
classes in public school music at the
Greenville High School and the cam-
pus laboratory school. One is teach-
ing at the State School for the Blind
in Raleigh.
Total
The total number of student
teachers this fall includes 45 men
and 82 women. They are preparing
themselves for careers in education
through acting as instructors in
classrooms of twenty-two schools in
the eastern part of North Carolina.
(Seventyxsix of the seniors are
teaching high school subjects in
secondary schools. Their classes in-
clude work in home economics, for-
eign languages, science, health and
physical exiucat on, mathematics,
business, English, the social studies,
and music.
Fourteen of the teachers of high
school subjects are assigned to class-
rooms of the Greenville High School.
Other Pitt County schools Where
East Carolina seniors are teaching
anj the number assigned to each are
Ayden, 4; Belvoir-Falkland, 2; Beth-
el, 4; Chicod, 4; Farmville, 10;
Grimesland, 2; and Winterville, 3.
Other high schools where East
Carolina seniors are conducting
classes and the number teaching in
each are Rock Ridge, 2; Plymouth,
2; Contentnea, 3; Robersonville, 4;
Washington, 6; Lucama, 2; Grainger
at Kins-ton, 9; Williamston, 2; Bath,
2; and Tarboro, 2.
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Continued from page 1
has ever given status to a social
fraternity on campus and thus none
officially exist.
"If there is a frat that exists and
calls itself social, it is vulnerable to
the recall of its charter President
Messick concluded.
Approved By SGA
At the present time there are four
service fraternities on campus which
have indicated they will become af-
filiated nationally if and when the
administration consent to the
establishment of national social frats.
. Both the Student Government
Association and the Student Govern-
ment Executive Council unanimously
approved the establishment of social
frats here earlier this year.
SGA President Dock G. Smith is-
sued a statement to the East Caro-
linian earlier in the year in which
lie said he felt they would be a
"definite asset" for East Carolina.
Smith said "In order to stay up
�vith present day standards, I feel
we will no longer lag behind other
schools in this phase of our campus
life
He pointed out that "the boys will
have enough consideration to act
in the ways a gentleman and a Bchol-
ar would act when they are given
.is opportunity
By BETTY GAYLORD
Do you ever experience a restless, ately, intensively rather than exter.
�mmed-in feeling? Does your fanci-
ful imagnation ever make you yearn
sively. He teils of the mre; �
improverished but spiritually rich t
of a Swedish farm boy; of the hav
for London, Paris, Sweden, or per- wlQUghi hy tnfc 0Ilg military
hava the adventurous pioneer days?,vice of his father, unable to work
What solution can you offer for (and mortally and how he died
thir, all-too-common plague hammer-
ing your head on the floor in despe-
rate frenzy because it is obvious
that this day-dreaming is not good
for your college career? Try this
sensible ytt completely fulfilling out
let lor pent-up emotions � reading.
T ke a trip to LorrJon soon; Read
Kingsley Amis' hilarious novel
"That Uncertain Feeling You've
no doubt heard of "that certain
feeling the one which usually pre-
cedes i.nd is climaxed in marriage.
But what about "that uncertain
"eeling which begins when a "fem-
me fatale" offers a struggling lib-
rarian a better job through her
husband's influence in exchange for
is attentions?
Go To Paris
Or perhaps you should prefer Paris
in one of her less gay, more intel-
lectual moods. If you happened to
walk into a Left Bank apartment on
Christmas Eve in 1944, you would
find gathered there the group of
Business Groups
Complete Plans
For Halloween
Pi Omega Pi, business education
fraternity, and the Future Business
Leaders of America will sponsor their
annual Halloween Carnival Tuesday,
October 30 in Wright Auditorium.
Jack Everton and James Blake, J jn their strengths and weaknesses.
exhorting his son to stay with his
mother. This is a novel of realism,
hewn directly from the fine r.jtrd
stuff of life and death � of works
and eating and loving.
Adventures
Don't waste time day-du-un i f
ahout the adventures of pioneer days
� � end that time reading "Hannah
Fowler by Janice Holt Ges iS
the story of Samuel Moore aril his
daughter Hannah, who uet o�1 ' r the
uorder country with a party U
George Rogers Clark but left ths
others to strike out on their own.
When Samuel gashed his leg w.h
an axe and blood poisoning set in,
Hannah faced the wilderne-x aloac
with a dying man. It was ther that
Tice Fowler, on his way to Logaa't
Fort, stumbled on them. After Samuel
died he took Hannah back to the
But she wasn't happy there; sr
caused her to shun the kindly women
�a well as new suitors. Driven by
unhappiness, she begged Tice to
people who are described in Simone jmany her and take her away
De Beauvoir's novel 'The Mandarins the fort. This is the story of the
first years of their marriage, and
It is at the end of the four years
occupation by Germany, and friends
can once again meet to speak, sing
and celebrate openly. The characters
are vividly and intimately portrayed
of the beauty and terror of '
life in Kentucky.
PLAYHOUSE
Continued from page 1
racter of Grant Matthews, who is a
successful business man aad not a
politician. He believes that politics
and the men and women engaged in
it should be more concerned about
character and morals and less in-
terested in votes and connections.
This attitude is viewed by the party
big wigs, who are trying to push
him for the nomination, as an un-
realistic and naive approach to big-
time politics. Complications soon set
in as a result of these two conflict-
ing ideas.
James Conover (Bob Tyndall) and
Spike McManus (Bill Dixon) are
the two politicians who are hoping
for a convention deadlock so that
they can put the potential dark horse
through. The only complication to
the plan seems to be the fact that
Matthews is separated from his wife
and has been carrying on an alleged
romance with another woman. Also
the candidate's incredible honesty!
provides him with an amazing af-
finity for .speaking his mind�at the
wrong time.
Bandwagon Rolls
The bandwagon really begins to
roll when Grant accepts a speaking
engagement which tips the country
off to the fact that he is a serious
prospect for the nomination. Also,
speaking to a labor group, Grant
sticks his foot in his mouth much to
the chagrin of his campaign mana-
ger. More complications occur as
Grant is forced to live with his es-
tranged wife for the sake of ap-
pearances.
A crisis results in every scene,
spurred- on by Matthews' constant
stubborness to be completely honest
and by the antagonism which de-
velops between the two women.
chairmen of the affair, have an-
nounced that several new booths have
been added to this year's carnival.
Concessions included in the plans
are bingo, cake walk, dart throwing,
guess-the-corn, pull-a-string, car rac-
ing, pitching the ball, ping pong,
fortune telling, and penny pitching.
In addition to these, there will
be a concession stand where one can
buy homemade candy and cake, and
a door prize will be given to the hold-
er of the lucky ticket.
Also included in the plans is a
stage show with outstanding campus
talent participating, and to highlight
the carnival, a king and queen will
be chosen and crowned.
According to the chairman the
doors will open at 7 p. m. and the
admission price will be 25c.
MAJORETTES
Continued from page 1
pre-game show. With raised batons
the majorettes form an arch to head
the funnel formed by the band,
through which the cheerleaders bring
the football players onto the field.
New Uniforms
This year the strutters appear in
new uniforms, designed last year by
Betty June Davenport and Mr. Car-
ter. They are military gray with
black tights, detachable skirts, black
trim, silver braid, and silver buttons.
Their shakos are of black imitation
fur with a gray plume and a silver
star emblem; their boots are white
trimmed in black braid and black
tassels.
and truly described in a life-like
manner. This is a love story destin-
ed to become most famous in French
literature, a living page of history
� the political, intellectual, and
moral history of the post-liberation
period.
Moberg
In "When I Was a Child Vilhelm
Moberg has turned back to his mem-
ories of childhood in Sweden and
explained them sensitively, passion-
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