The Carolinian [October 1, 1956]

              Thti ? ^ht Carolinten VOLUME XXXVII Z531 Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. ('., October 1. 1956 NUMBER 2
Chancellor W. W. Pierson
WC Honors Founders Day
Oct. 5 With Three Rituals
On October 5 the student body MarysvlUe. Washington, senior;
will pay Its respects In the tra-ditional
manner to the founders of
Woman's College. This will Include
the annual pilgrimage to the
graves of Dr. Charles Duncan Mc-
Iver and Dr. Julius I. roust, (he
Commemorative Service at Dr.
Mclver's statue in front of Mc-
Iver Building, and the Convoca-tion
In Ayeock Auditorium.
Early in the morning of Foun-der's
Day. wreaths of flowers will
be placed on the graves of Dr.
Mclver and Dr. Poust as symbols
of the respect and gratitude of
the administration and faculty,
the student body and the alumnae.
Dr. W. W. Pierson. Acting Chan-cellor,
will represent the adminis-tration
and faculty; Sadye Dunn
of Bladenooro, president of Stu-dent
Government Association, will
represent the students; and Bar-bara
Parrlsh. Alumnae Secretary,
will repreeent the alumnae.
Each student will have a part
In the Commemorative Service at
Dr. Mclver's statue through her
class representative. The upper-classmen
win be represented bv
their presidents and the fresh-men
and commercials will send
representatives. Ann Crawford of
Dolphtiin Seal Club
Announces Tryouts
On October 2 and 3
Acting Chancellor William
Whatley Pierson was born In
Brundidge, Alabama, In 1890. Aft-er
receiving his A.B. and A.M.
degree (1910-11) at the University
of Alabama, he entered Columbia
University and received an M.A.
degree there In 1911 and his'doc-torate
In 1016.
His education at Alabama and,
Columbia was supplemented by
study In several South American.
Spanish, and French libraries. He
came to the University of North
Carolina In 1915. and as a mem-ber
of the faculty, directed work
in the Latin-American history and
political theory until he was
named Dean of the Graduate
School in the summer of 1930. a
position he still holds.
Dean Pierson Is a specialist in
the fields of Hispanic-American
history and political theory.
Before he was appointed Dean,
some of his ideas concerning grad-uate
work In the South had al-|
ready been expressed in his sig-nificant
Phi Beta Kappa address
In 1927. which received wide and
complimentary notices In the
press. He had visualized the es-tablishment
of a great graduate
center in the South, which, alone
with the Rocky Mountain state;!,
was at the time the only section
of the country without graduate
schools of he first rank.
As Dean of the University of
North Carolina Graduate School.
Dean Pierson and his associates
have vigorously upheld and em-phasized
standards of excellence:
new curricula, such as that In
pharmacy, music, public health,
comparative linguistics, personnel
administration, social work, nurs-ing,
library science, city and re-
Conrmucd on Page Four
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Scholarship Offered
To Women Interested
In Studying Abroad
Students Interested In study
abroad may apply at this time for
various scholarships three of
which are awarded by the Ful-bright
Program, the Mexican Gov-ernment
Program, and the Mar-prjjlde
I shall Scholarship Program.
The Fulbrlght awards offer a
Acting Chancellor W. W. Pierson Boasts please Do Your Share!' Pleads Chairman McLeod
Many Achievements In Reverse Fields As Purse Drive Campaign To Raise $3,500 Begins
Citation For Dorm
To Hit Goal First
Auction Ends Drive
The annual Purse Drive at
Woman's College Is now under-way.
The Purse Drive program allows
the student to contribute to sev-eral
of the worthy charities In
one lump sum rather than many
scattered collections.
The goal that has been set for
this year's Purse Drive Is $3,500.
According to Purse Drive Chair-man
Nelll McLeod. the goal was
established by totaling $1*0 per
student at WC. Students are urged
to contribute any amount they
desire to Purse Drive and not nec-essarily
$1.50.
Purse Drive, the first project of
the Service League, has been cited
for the elimination of muy
money-raising campaigns on canj-pus.
There will be dormitory captains
in each residence hall to spear-head
the drive in their halls so
that a goal for each hall might
be raised before October 15, the
deadline for all contributions. The
dormitory which first attains Its
goal will be awarded a citation
during a forthcoming assembly.
On the night of October IS. to
culminate the Purse Drive, an
annual, faculty-student auction
will be held in Elliott Hall ball-room,
beginning at 7 o'clock. The
Items for the auction will be do-nated
by faculty members. This
year's auctioneers will be acting
head of the Drama department.
Herman Middle ton. and John
Bablngton, also of the English de-partment.
During assembly this afternoon,
an explanation of Purse Drive
will be given. Also during assem-bly,
the Purse Drive theme, "Purse
Drive Odlon," will be Introduced.
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Sandy Walker of Raleigh. Junior;
Terry Garrison of Greensboro, so-phomore;
Judy Penn of Halifax,
freshman: and Bet Paul of Wash-ington,
N. C. commercial will
place flowers tied with ribbons of
their respective class colors at
the foot of the statue. A wreath
from the College will be placed
by Percy Donne!, the empoyee of
longest service. The service will be
concluded by the singing of the
College Song led by cheerleader
Margaret Welch of Greensboro.
The SOA will be represented by
Sadye Dunn and the Alumnae As-sociation
President Mrs. L. Rich-ardson
Preyer will represent the
Alumnae at the 10:00 service.
At 7:45 In the evening Mrs. L.
Richardson Preyer will
over the Convocation In Ayeock
Inter-Faith Council Preslent. Don- I year's study in any of the coun-no
Snyer of Fayettevllle, will read tries participating in the program
Dean Katheryn Taylor cheerfully contributes to Purse Drive and, from the look on Chair-man
Neill McLeod's face, it must be a pretty healthy contribution.
(one Hospital Grant Glass Menagerie To Be Presented
Dr. Mclver's favorite Biblical pas- I to American citl
sage. I Corinthians 13. Miss Mereb college degree.
E. Mossman. dean of Instruction,
will be lealer of the Litany of
Commemoration. The Founder's
Day address will be given by Act-ing
Chancellor W. W. Pierson.
Music for the service will be pro-vldel
by the College Oholr. under
the direction of Dr. Robert B.
Morris, and by Betsy Duncan of
Edenton at the organ. This Con-holding
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The Mexican Government Pro-gram
offers 16 grants to United
States students for study in Mexi-co
during the coming academic
year. Preference will be given to
graduate students but Junior and
senior year students are eligible
to apply for undergraduate schol-arships.
Oraduate fields especially
recommened Include architecture.
To Give WC Fund
For Nursing School
From the Greensboro Dally News
The Cone Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees has announced,
it has appropriated $100,000 to
the University of North Carolina
for the establishment of an ex-perimental
nursing school at
Woman's College.
The announcement was made
by Benjamin Cone, president of
the hospital board.
The appropriation is In the farm
of a grant. Cone explained, which
would provide a two-year colleg-iate
course In nursing education
at Woman's College followed by
one year of internship In Cone
Memorial Hospital.
Cone pointed out that the type
of school "would meet the needs
of young women in the Piedmont
It would provide them with n
background of collegiate tralnlnu
and the advantage of learning
through practical experience In
our modem and fully-equipped
hospital."
NEW PROGRAM
The nursing education plan pro-posed
here Is contrasted with the
four-year programs now in effect
at Duke, CarollnaA&T and Wln-ston-
Salem Teachers College. It
differs also from the three-year
"diploma schools" which are op-erated
exclusively within a hospi-tal.
Another tjj>e of nursing educa-tion
Is available In the state: a
vocation will be televised over I art. biological sciences, and Mexi- i three-year diploma holder may
station WUNC-TV: channel 4
»:00 P. m.
at lean history. Undergraduate fields, take two additional years' work tfl
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Autumn Colors Decorate Formal Dance
Oct. 6/ Students See E. Hall In Action
The Dolphin-Seal Club Invites
all students Interested In synchro •
nized swimming and diving to
tryout for the club. The activities
inllude learning swimming stunts
swimming to music, ehoreography-ing
and putting on a water show
In the spring A committee of two
faculty advisers and two graduate
students make It possible for more
students to participate this year.
There will be practices on Octo-ber
1 and 2 and the tryouts will
be held on October 2 and 3. At
these practices members of the
club will be on hand to assist
and correct errors in preparation I
for the tryouts. Each girl will be |
Judged on the following; front
crawl-head up. bark crawl, side
stroke, breast stroke-head up. sur-face
dive-pike position, back dol-phin,
sculllng-foot and head first
standing front dive frem the side
•f the pool, swimming to music
and swimming with a partner.
The grarii's will be averaged and
highest percentages make the
Dolphin Group Girls with average
trades usually make the Seal Club.
Neal Frlnger Is president of the
Caib If you are unable to make
these dates see her In 21S Wlnfleld
or drop her a local before October
1st see posters in the dorms for Barbara Alley, Chairman of the Elliott Flail Ball and Har-aiore
information net Conrad. President of Elliott Hall.
Autumn leaves and fall colors
will be the thing this year at the
annual Elliott Hall Ball, to be held
October ( from 8:30 to 12 mid-night.
The Ball festivities this year;
will Include open house at the
dorms following the dance, a fig-ure
featuring the officers and
committee chairmen of Elliott
Hall. Bob Smith and his orchestra.
The Ball this year will mark one
of the first big events at Elliott
Hall and will be the only formal
dance of the semester. There will
be no charge for admission but
attire Is strictly formal for both
girls and dates. The figure, which
Is tentatively schedule to be an-nounced
by Mr. Painter. of the
English Department, will be led bv
Harriet Conrad. President of El-liott
Hall.
The Elliott Hall Council hopes
that the Ball will serve to Intro-
In Arena Style November 6-10
M!r. Herman Middleton. new ,of the Masqueraders members at
head of the Woman's College the try-outs.
drama department, has announced I The play, which will be held on
that The Glass Menagerie by November 8 through 10, Is the first
Tennessee Williams will be the of the two arena productions to
first production by the Woman's | be given In The Arena Theatre
College Theatre this year. In Elliott Hall. The Glass Menag-
Try-outs. to be held October erle has a cast of two women and
3, 4, 6. are open to all Interested ! two men. the lead being Laura,
students, faculty members, and
townspeople. Mr. Middleton es-pecially
encourages the male mem-bers
of the faculty and the town
to attend the try-outs. Those at-tending
Menagerie try-outs may
either read from their own ma-terial,
or from the provided script.
Mr. MMdleton also urges any-one
Interested In the production
staff of the theatre to be present
at the try-outs. People to work on
sets, lighting, costumes, and car-pentry
are needed. Anyone wish-ing
to sign up on the production
staff may do so by contacting one
a young introspected cripple of
college age. Mr. Robert Hennon
of the drama department will di-rect.
Mr. Middleton wishes to hear
anyone at the try-outs who would
not care to appear In The Glass
Menagerie, but who might like to
appear In later productions so that
he may get an estimate of the
interest and ability on campus.
This first major production of
the theatre will be followed by
Calre Booth Luce's. The Women,
a comedy of Park Avenue women
in the Nation's Cities,
Dr. Codings Announces
Free Polio Shots For
Students 19 or Under
Salk polio vaccine shots will
soon be available free of cost for
Woman's College students who are
not over 19 years of age, accord-ing
to an announcement by WC
Physician Dr. Ruth Colllngs.
Dr. Colllngs said that the Salk
shots will be given during special
clinics in the Infirmary. The days
and hours of the clinics will be
announced later.
Those students twenty years old
and older who want to take the
Salk vaccine shots will have to
pay the cost of the vscclne now,
but. Dr. Colllngs said, she expects
the Salk shots lo be available free
for those twenty and over In the
near future. Dr. Collins advises
those girls not now eligible for
free shots to wait a while when
they too may receive the Salk
polio vaccine free of charge.
Under the present methods,
there will be a one-month lapse
of time between the first and
second doses of the Salk vaccine.
A time lapse of seven months will
occur between the second and third
doses.
According to a pamphlet pub-lished
by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, the Salk
vaccine causes a person to de-velop
polio - fighting particles
(antibodies) In his bloodstream,
and enough antl-bolles prevent
the polio virus from causing pa-ralysis.
Included In the pamphlet was
Information on how soon the vac-cine
works. It was stated that the
first shot begins to take effect
sevtn to ten days after it is given;
the second shot brings a sharper
rise in antibodies.
With two shots a person should
duce all new students, as well as
some of the old. to the officers
and committee chairmen of Elliott have protection against paralytic
Hall, as well as acquaint them polio for at least one polio season,
with the faculties and social alms i according to Information from the
of Elliott Hall. rOMNMMnhftMtJ
Phi Sigma Nu Meets Oct. 4
Farrell Speaks To FTA
The first meeting of Phi Sigma
Nu, the Woman's College chapter
of Future Teachers of America
will be held on Thursday evening.
October 4 at 7:15. In the Alumnae
House. All students, from fresh-men
to sealors. are urged to at-tend.
The speaker for the meeting
will be Mr. Claude H. Farrell. of
Elkln, who Is the Director of Lay
Relations for the North Carolina
Education Association. A native
of Harnett County and gradual*
of Davidson College and the Uni-versity
of North Carolina, Mr
Farrell, a former elementary prin-cipal
In Surry County and cur-rently
a merchant In Elkln, has
long been associated with educa-ton
In North Carolina, having
been appointed to the State
Board of Education by Governor
Kerr Scot In 1949 and re-appolnt-ed
by Oovernor Luther Hodges In
195S.
Mr. Farrell Is an active Metho-dist
layman, and a member of the
Lions and Klwanls Clubs. He Is
married, and has three sons.
Sue Lachot, President of FTA,
announced that the membership
drive will begin on October 4, and)
will continue through October 21.
However, all Interested persons
can attend the meeting.
Refreshments will be served fol-lowing
the meeting.
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4-H Sponsors Picnic
Members of the 4-H Collegiate
Club are sponsoring a marshmel-low
roast for freshmen and trans-fer
4-H clubbers Thursday night
from 7 to 8 o'clock behind Wln-fleld
dormitory.
All those attending are asked
to wear Bermuda shorts. In ease
of rain, the party win move to
Mendenhall's gaaieroom
Meyer's Depf. Store
Shows Fall Fashions
"Fall Fashions" . . from sports,
wear to evening dresses will be
featured tonight in a fashion show
being co-sponsored by the Elliott
Hall Special Events committee and
Meyers Department Store la
Greensboro.
A special emphasis in the fas-hion
show will be placed on shoes
and accessories. To show off these
items, a run-way In the shape at,
a "T" will protrude out Into the
audience.
Twelve WC girls will model ln|
the fashion show, as well as three
professional models.
According to Special Events
Committee Chairman Judy Par-inn,
the show win be a treat to
all who attend. Judy mentioned
that soft music will be played! in
the background. One of the Meyers
Department store women wUl act
as commentator at the fashion
show tonight.
The "Fall Fashions" will be
shown beginning at 7 o'clock. This
Is the first big event to be spon-sored
by Elliott 'Hal! so far this
year.
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PINE NEEDLE8
This year PINE NEEDLES
will not held try-outs. Instead.
anyone Interested In werking an
the annual In any capacity la
urged to contact any ef the
following editors: Edltor-tn-
Chlrf.Martha Jordan iManagtnc
Editor, Carolyn Hill; Associate
Editor. Rose Wharton: Business
Manager. Bette Davis: Senior
Editor. Barbara Russell: Junior
Editor. Katherine Marsh; Soph-omore
Editor, Mary Dale Shuc:
and Commercial Editor. Holly
Delfell. Freshman Editor Is Pat
MrQuage.
The Typing Editor is Betty
Lloyd Anus: Feature Editor.
Jane Marlette: Library Editor.
Marian Sawders: Orcajusatton
Editor. Louise Cox: and Ideatl-rkatten
Editor. Betsy Clayton.
Sunni Harmon heads the Art
Staff, and the SUff rhatog-rapfcer
is Rae Haraisom.