The Carolinian [February 10, 1950]

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F.KSITY Of NORTH CAROLINA, GREKNSIIOKO. N. ('.. FKBRlARY 10, 195* Nt'MBER IS
Noted Critics Gather for Annual Arts Forum
Speakers ... Seventh Arts Forum Encourages
Creative Art, Music, Writing
Again this year a slate of notables in the fine arts will lecture and criticize student works on Woman's
College campus during the annual Arts Ponim, now a tradition of seven years standing here.
The seventh forum, scheduled for March 9, 10, and 11, is to meet this year in conjunction with the
southeastern college art conference. Stanley William Hayter, graphic artist and teacher, and Aline Loeb-heim,
editor and critic, will be featured speakers in the field of art.
In the. writing division, author Lionel Trilling, a previous forum participant, will double in the critical
spot with R. D. Blackmur, critic and creative arts head at Princeton. Editor-critic Barrett Clark will
review student drama productions, and dancer Bessie Schonberg will pass judgment on student chore-ography.
• As Is customary, the etnphnshi
^% | ^s »|» | M the forum Is directed Inward the nth oordon vjray lakes Position
As Greater University Head
Gordon Gray, forty-year-old Winston-Salem millionaire and Secre-tary
of the Army, accepted his appointment by a committee of nine
University of North Carolina trustees to succeed Dr. Prank Graham
as U. N. C. president.
Gray received the news of IIIK «M-l«'-*<',lulr",nn of ,h«' board of the R. J.
... for Religious Emphasis week are, left to right: (top) the Rev. Mr. Harcourt E. Waller, Jr., Dr. John
T. Way land, the Kev. Mr. Wilson O. Weldon; (bottom) Rabbi Abraham Feinstein, the Rev. Mr. Charles
M. Jones, the Rev. Mr. James W. Ray.
Religious Emphasis Week Stresses
The Importance of the indiyidua
opened l>.v the Sophomore I'niver-siiy
Sermon, highlighted bjr n Wednes-day
evening Inter-falth discussion and
the I'nlversal Day of Prayer for stu-ileiiiM
service St the end of the week.
Religions Kmphasis Week for MM is
about to get under way with '"The
I r,,i.,.i-r.-111. i- of Ihe Individual" an theme
for the entire ]»rngraui.
UctbodUt, I'.apti-t. lt<iman Catholic.
Episco|sil, Presbyterian. Jewish, and
l.uthtran student groups are officially
represented In the coUenc-wiile effort.
Abandoning the customary religious
imphnsls weeks siMinsored by separate
groups lit different times during the
college year, the groups this year are
uniting in the most representative re-ligious
program since IWfl. Bach group
selected and Invited Its own speaker.
The ltbcbt Kev. Cost en J. Harrell will
preach on "Truths That Fndergird
t"s" Sunday morning, February 12, a'
eleven o'clock In Ayi-ock Auditorium.
He will also la- at the College I'lnce
Methodist Church at the 7:30 Sunday
evening service. After many appear-ances
for small group discussions and
class meetings, lllslmp Harrell will
s|ieak in eha|iel Tuesday, February 14,
when other speakers for the week will
be introduced.
When the Keverend Mr. James W.
Kay. Baptist Student Secretary of
North Oirollna. preaches at the Day
Of I'rayer service on the concluding
Sunday. February 111, at eleven o'clock.
In AyHM-k Auditorium. Joyce Parker
will lie at the organ and In charge
of music. Representatives of the Y.
\V. (\ A. and iff the other church groins*
will take |>art In this closing service.
Dates for these events coincide with
Knee Relations Sunday, February 12,
mid the beginning of Hrotberbood Week.
February 19.
Climax of the week's program will
I* the lnter-falth discussion of "The
KclL-ious View of Work" to be held In
the Alumnae House Wednesday eve-ning,
at 7:15 o'clock. Dr. John T.
Wuylnnd. Kev. John A. Weidlnger. and
Kabbi Abraham Feinstein will present
the Protestant, Koman Catholic, and
Jewish views, respectively.
S|ieakers for the week with a sketch
on each are as follows:
The Reverend Mr. Wilson 0. Weldon.
pastor of Memorial Methodist Church.
Thomasvllle, has studied at the I'nl-versity
of South Carolina, and the Di-vinity
School of Duke Cnlverslty, and
has preacned at China tlrove. High
Point, Colombia, s. c„ Winston-HaUm,
and Thomasvllle. In laW-M he was
liresldint of the Young People's Or-ganization
of t'p|ier South Carolina.
and in 1937 he chaired the Wlnsti
Salem Peace Council. He Is a ineni-
University sermon speaker...
. . . Bishop Costen J. Harrell will
keynote Religious Ktiipliasis week.
bit of the Hard of Managers of the
X. 0, Pastor's School of Duke t'nl-verslty.
Fatlier John A. Weidlnger, advises
Koiiinn Cathiille students at the Cnl-verslty
of North Carolina In Chapel
Hfll. He has studied at St. Ixmls Cul-ver.
Ity nnd at the Cnlverslty of Paris,
and has tiiugbt philosophy anil Motlem
Kuro|«iin hlstnr.v ;it St. Uwte, Denver.
Baltimore, and New York. Dnring the
past five years, he has U-en on the
faculty of cmhi drill College and Man
hattanvllle College In .New York City.
Dr. John T. Wayland - pastor of
the First Baptist Church. North
WllkeslHiro. BeifSM that he was min-ister
In Monroe, Durham, llaltimore,
Maryland, and Chaplain In the 1". 8.
Xavy. He was born In Moberly. Mis-souri,
and has studied at William
Jewell College, the Southern Ilaptlst
Theological Seminary, the Yale Divinity
School, and Yale Cnlverslty. He is
at present engaged In writing a book
on Christian n|Hilogetlcs for college and
university students.
Kev. Harcourt K. Waller, 4r„ ;■ in
the rectory at Hainbtidge. Georgia, with
responsibility for the Kplseoinl Church
throughout Southwest <)e<irgla. At
Klcbmoml Academy he was active in
basketball, golf, and In schiKil publica-tions:
and at I*rlnretnn Cnlverslty he
took part In basketball, swimming, and
won bis letter as a member of the
varsity crew. After serving as second
lieutenant and as first lieutenant In
the l". S. Marine Corps, he entered
Kplscopal Theological Seminary. Alex-
(CoKtlimrd on I'aiH' four)
tlon by a telephone call from Victor
Bryant, chairman of the committee of
trustees, which met In the Morebead
! I'lanetarlnm building at Cba|iel Hill.
ICpoa hearing the news, Gray replied
that be was "deeply honored" by their
'notion and "happy to accept." Itryant
j Informed the committee that tiray will
step Into Graham's shoes by Septem-
, ber 1 at the latest, ami as sis>n liefore
i as "reiiulrenients of the De|airtiuent
of Defense will iiennlt."
It Is nportSd that the committee has
been searching since last spring for a
successor to Graham. Two busted six
possible candidates wen- selected : this
nuinlier was reduced to forty-three,
then twenty-three, and linnlly to twelve
before the Una! choice wiis made.
Gray Agreed In January
<iray had previously ris-clvcd the
bucking of the Imard's executive com-mittee
at Its January uniting in luil-clgb.
and he bad agreed to have bis
name placed la-fore the board of trus-tees.
There was no organized i |iposl-tloti
to his apiHiintmeut which he re-ceived
without a vote of dissension.
Carmichael suggested that the Inau-guration
of the (irenter Cnlverslty
president lie held In the State College
Coliseum. He also poiuteil out that
Reynolds Tobacco company.
Selection Committee Xamed
Members of tile committee of trus-tees
which selected Gray are Mrs. l^iiti-ni
Well Cone. Greensboro; Mrs. P. P.
McCain, Southern Pines; Mrs. Charles
W. Stanford. Cha|iel lllll: J. Basnet!
Love. Washington; John Clark, Grccns-boro;
Victor Bryant, chairman, Dur
ham; I,. P. Mcl^-ndon, Gr*s*nslioro:
Hugh Harris, Raleigh; and O. Max
Oardsar, Jr., Shelby.
Golden Chain Tours N.C.
Publicizing Alma Mater
During Term Recess
Emphasizing the Importance of a col-lege
education, members of the Golden
Chain, accompanied by faculty mem
hers, visited several Xorth Carolina
high schools tietween semesters.
Ojicstions from the six hundred anil
fifty Junior and senior high school
students centered around scholarships.
ex|K-nses, clothing requirements, self
help work available, and required
one of the flrst problems to face-llray [ <■<""•*» &» entrance.
will IN- the re-iinmendation of a sue-cexsor
to Dr. W. C. Jackson, chancellor
of Woman's College, wbo Is retiring.
Cordon Gray was apisiliitcd Army
secretary last June, after serving as
assistant secretary and undor-si'crctnr.v
for tw-o years. He graduated from the
Cnlverslty of North Carolina with an
The visiting imrty who went to the
Colfax. Jamestown, and Allen Jay high
SCIIIKIIH were Miss Kllen Griffin, fac-ulty
im-iialx-r, Hetty Crawford, and
Marilyn Bib*. Miss Ruth AblH.lt Clark
and Miss Sarah Carter, faculty mem-liers,
and Lee Mahiiu. president of
Gulden Chain, visited (be Summerfield.
A.H. degree In lll'IO, and later studied Madison, nnd May..dan high schools:
law at Yale university, (my Is the
publisher of the Wlnston-Snlem ,lour-
HIII nnd Htntint'l, and the owner of
Radio stiiil.,n W8JS. He served as
state si-untor In UtO, Mil, nnd 1947.
In 19*8 he entered World War II as
u private und was discharged as a
captain in IMS, His father was Bow-man
Gray, who. at his death, WSJ
Miss I..IIM;I Anderton and Miss Hilda
Ilnriwtcr, faculty members; Betsy
Newman and Nancy Blnnton visited
Sedgegnrden, Keruersrille, Walkertown.
and Mineral Springs high school: Miss
Margaret Green, faculty member, Nan-cy
Porter, and Helen Moody went to
Rnndleman. Slier City, Lllwrty, and
-Nathaniel Greene High schools.
latlon of student creative work. Sta-dent
poetry and prose selected last
week by a reading committee from na-tion-
wide contributions will apiwar la
a Fornin edition of the foraddf. A bin
of student-written ploys, directed by
Woman's College students, will servs
as grist for Clark's crltb-al mill.
Proffnun Outlined
The program of Ihe seventh forma
Is .In iil.il Into a series of |iauels and
lectures beginning with Ixx-hhelm-llayter
art discussion Thursday, March
B. Other events now scheduled Include
the bill of experimental plays with
review, choreography by mialern dance
grou|w from southern colb-ges and uni-versities,
performance of student mu-sical
compositions with criticism, s con-cert
of i-ontemiKirnry A rlcan music,
and a dance concert. Sis-clal attrac-tions
during the forum will lie master
dance classes conducted by Miss Schon.
Is-rg, exhibitions of student art work
In Mclver building In conjunction with
a permanent gallery collection, add po-etry
readings by Blackmur.
Since the forum la a vehicle for stn-dent
artists, a maximum of contact.
Including conferences with visiting ex-ports,
will be provided for both Wom-an's
College students and for under-graduate
pariiclimnts from contribut-ing
colleges nnd universities. Through
ration sis-lnl nctivltles, informal asso-ciation
will be promoted among stu-dents
and guest ex|H-rts,
Dr. Delan Administers
Physicals to Seniors
Dr. Roth M. rollings, head of
the infirmary stair, slates that a
special examiner. Dr. Gladys De-lan.
will be here for the senior
class physical examinations which
will be conducted soon.
Dr. I Man hMight chemistry at
the Woman's College some yearn
ago preceding her marriage and
medical career.
Dr. Ceilings also announces thai
due to the increasing number of
influenxa cases, students who have-not
taken the cold serum should*
inquire Into taking it as soon aa
possible. She stales further that
it would be bettor if the students
who become IH do not stay in their
rooms over the weekend.
'Students as Ambassadors'
International Student Conference Convenes Here Saturday
"Students as Amlsissadors," the
theme of the slate-wide International
Student confereni-e, will attract over
seventy foreign students to Woman's
College campus. Iieglnnlng Sa.unlay
after! n. February 11.
Woman's College will play hiwt to
Ihe foreign and American students of
North Carolina Saturday afternoon anil
rening. The program, built around
Ihe theme. "Students As Ambassadors,"
will include an nfternisin student-led
pinel discussion a-: 4 p. m. entitled
•llotv Can We Facilitate International
Student F.xehange." Illldur von Ham-nicrsteiii,
international student on W.
C. campus, will preside over this dls-iisslun
and other latrtlclpants on the
Iinncl will be foreign students- from
Gullford. State college, and CNC. The
rational chairman of the NSA Inter-national
Student committee. Herman
SellM-r from Cha|iel Hill, will also act
as one of the leaders.
Dean Addressee Group
A apodal dinner has lieen arranged
and will la- served at 0:1.% p. m. in
North dining hall for the conference
participants. At this time Dean Kath-erlne
Taylor will address the group
and intrialuce the speaker for the
evi nin.:
The evening session will liegln at
7 :.'k) p. m. In the Alumnae house with
an address delivered by Dr. Henry P.
Brandls, dean of the School of Law
at the Cnlverslty of Xorth Carolina.
Dr. Brandls, who has worked with
Dr. Frank Grnhani In Indonesia and
with world federalism In North Car-olina,
will spuik on "Students as
Ambassadors for World Federalism."
International Songs Featured
Following the address by Dr. Bran-dls,
there will Is? an luforuwl get-to-gether,
which will conclude the eon-femiiv,
and at which time the oppor-tunity
for an exchange of eX|H-rIences,
opinions, and suggestions among the
students will arise. Songs of the va-rious
countries rcprcscmed will la- sung
and a general "mixed" will draw the
eoufcrence to a close.
Registration for the guests of the
conference is from 3 to 4 p. in. In the
Alumnae house.
The student committee at Woman's
College responsible for the conference
snd all work concerning International
Student activities on campus is com
nasal of Betsy Newman, chairman,
Anne Preston and Jackie Jernigan.
publicity; Ina Albert and Patricia Han
International
Students...
singer, correspondence exchange; Peg>
gy Stewart, finance: and Georgia
lllackwell. hospitality.
. . . Illldur Mm Haminerstein,
of Germany.
. . . Spanish-speaking students,
EtilalU Donosa, Inez I'rdenets,
and Louisa Urdeneta.