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ru7:r3ity Librarr Csel Bill, n Q SPRING VACATION POSTPONED UNTIL EASTER VOLUME XLI REGULAR Local Merc Chapel Hill Tradespeople Form Plans To Recognize Checks Made By Students .Council Sets Up Committee to Investigate Validity of Checks In Emergency Method. IDEA OF SCRIP DROPPED Resolution Passed by Credit As sociation Places Responsibility Of Accepting Checks Upon Individual Merchants. Emergency measures to sta bilize the credit of University students with the merchants of Chapel Hill during the present banking crisis were enacted last night by members of the Chapel Hill Credit Association in a special meeting in the town hall. The group met earlier in the afternoon but no agreement could be reached. A committee composed of P. S. Randolph, president of the Chapel Hill Merchants Association, Dr. F. F. Bradshaw, representing the University, Clyde Eubanks, Charlie Gooch, of the Merchants Association, Bill Medford, and iaywooa weeKs, representing! the student body, and Dr. C. T. Murchison, acting in an advisory capacity, presented the following resolution: "The members of the student body may make arrangements to meet their individual require ments with the merchants and tradespeople of Chapel Hill with whom they have been doing business in the past. Those stu (Continued on page three) GRAHAM SOUNDS ONFIDENT NOTE BEFORE SENIORS President Compliments Class on Cooperative Way It Has Joined in Work. Speaking before a large gath ering of the senior class last night in Gerrard hall, President Prank Graham complimented the class on the way in which it had played its part in making decisions of the day vital to the University and assured its mem bers of the final improvement in the present situation, urging them to have confidence. In beginning President Gra ham stated that his mind went back to the old days when sen iors gathered in Gerrard hall to make decisions concerning wel fare of the University. Con tinuing President Graham de clared that the need for action was evident yesterday and that it was evident any decision made should be to the interest of the student bodv at larcre. Accord ingly, he then sounded his praises of the senior class for the wav in whiV.h it had done v - . . its part in stabilizing the con fidence of the class, declaring that its action left no doubt as to the comparable ability of the senior class of to&ay to make vital decisions as jto the classes in the old days cff the Univer (Continued on page three) SPRIG ants Alumnus To Refuse Revenue Position Former Governor Angus W. McLean, and an alumnus of the University last week refused a consideration of the office of United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which would have been tendered him by President Roosevelt. He stated that it was impos sible for him to accept it because he had endorsed C. L. Shuping for the post and that he was fully occupied with his business. FESTIVAL BILLED FOR CHAPEL HILL IN NEXTQUARTER Native Games, Music, and Handi work Will Feature All-Day Celebration April 29. Folk lore, dancing, handiwork, games, and music germane to the people of North Carolina will feature the program of the first Dogwood Festival here Satur day, April 29, according to an nouncement of the festival com mittee. The committee is com posed of citizens of Chapel Hill and representatives of . state or ganizations interested in North Carolina folk lore. Russell M. Grumman, head of the Univer sity extension division, is chair man. The purpose of the festival, as expressed by Phillips Russell, chairman of the program com mittee, is "to give expression to the life of the people of the state by means of music (instrumen tal, symphonic, vocal, and cho ral) , dancing, games, exhibitions and other activities that may be considered germane to a people's festival." Folk Music on Program The program will include the presentation of a collection of folk music and ballads, arranged by Lamar Stringfield, folk dances, and an exhibit of North Carolina handiwork. Tentative plans for a game of Indian ball between two teams from the Cherokee Indian reser vation are also being made, but whether or not the Indians are included in the program rests with the ability of the commit tee to secure sufficient financial backing to pay the players' ex penses. The program will include a series of English folk dances by groups of dancers from neigh boring towns, followed by a square dance accompanied by old-time fiddlers. Gym to Be Resumed Freshman gymnasium classes which ended for the winter quar ter last Friday will begin again next Monday with the spring quarter. The same schedules will be used. , CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH '7, 1933 Ji.0.L.I3 1 o President's Official Statement In view of the bank holidays declared by the President of the United States and the Governors of forty-eight states, and in view of the difficulties of large numbers of students of the University getting home and returning to the Uni versity, President Frank P. Graham, with the unanimous recommendations of the University Student Council and the Faculty Advisory Committee, announces the postponement of the regular spring holidays until the financial situation has become more stabilized. The first classes of the spring quarter will meet Monday, March 13. Anton Cermak Dies In Miami Hospital Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chicago, the victim of a bullet Giuseppe Zangara fired Febru ary 15 in an attempt to assassin ate President Roosevelt, died in Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami yesterday morning at 6:57 o'clock. Death followed a series of complications from which the Chicago executive had rallied valiantly time after time. The physicians were still opti mistic Saturday, but that night gangrene appeared in the right lung, the one grazed by the bul let, and he grew steadily weak er. A third blood transfusion was performed Sunday in an ef fort to save his life and an at tempt was made to check the gangrene but the mayor did not respond. He lapsed into a coma Sunday night and shortly after midnight the physicians said death was a matter of hours. Business Office The business office of the University has made arrange ments for credit extensions for those students whose funds are tied up by the banking holiday. According to a statement re ceived last night from Charles T; Woollen, business manager of the University, students who are in arrears for winter quar ter fees and whose funds have been tied up by the present banking situation will be per mitted to register and to stand examinations on presentation to the treasurer of request for ex tension on such grounds. Forms for this request can be obtained at the business office. More elaborate preparations have been made to extend credit to those students enrolling for the spring quarter which will be gin next Monday. Another state A Proclamation The student council, in an effort to maintain student credit and to provide a means for the continuance of exchange be tween the students of the University and the merchants of the town, has provided for a representative of the council who will sit in the office of Phipps and Ranson (over W. C. Lyon Co.) and who may approve upon investigation of per sonal credit student checks to be cashed (for merchandise) by local merchants. The payment of these checks will be enforced as in the past under the penalty of suspension from the University for failure to make good any check. The student council especially urges the students of the University during this banking crisis to cooperate with the merchants of the town, to be considerate and appreciative of their cramped financial facilities, and above all to maintain the honor and credit by giving only checks which can be redeemed immediately after re-opening of the banks or the issuance of state or federal script. HAYWOOD WEEKS, President Student Body. tabilize Student Organist Presents Recital Thomas W. Teer, student or ganist here, presented his grad uation recital last night in Hill Music hall. Teer has made several appear ances on the campus as piano soloist with the Carolina salon ensemble and in student re citals. Last evening's recital was presented in accordance with the ruling of the music de partment that each student must make a public appearance before graduation to substitute for the comprehensive ; examination re quired in other departments. The program last night in "'iludad a number of compositions ol German ana rrencn com posers. Works of Johann Se bastian Bach and Felix Mendels sohn-Bartholdy and Jagged reaks, an impressionistic piece by Joseph L. Clokey, American composer, were played. Announcement ment from Mr. Woollen brings out the news that "for those students whose funds are tied up by the present banking situ ation, but who wish to go ahead with their work during the spring quarter, the University is arransrinsr credit extension for fees, board, and dormitory rooms Swain hall and Spencer hall will continue to accept checks, and in cases where the patron has no bank account, will, when neces sary, accept notes tor one month's board to tide over until finances can be straightened out. The University will also accept notes for room rent for the bal ance of the year from those stu dents who are unable to secure cash. Student loans will be aug mented as far as possible for the spring quarter. Stud ent Graham Announces Action To Delay Spring Vacation With Council's Approval Pratt And MacNider To Address Society Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt and Dr. W. deB. MacNider will deliver lectures at the 343rd meeting of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society which convenes tonight at 7 :30 o'clock in Phil lips hall. Colonel Pratt will speak on 'Mineralogical Notes" which will be followed by a talk by Dr. MacNider on "The Response of the Liver to Large Amounts of Ethyl Alcohol." PLAYS SELECTED FOR SHOWING IN DRAMAFESTIVAL Eleven of Twenty-Six Plays Are Chosen for Annual Tourna ment Next Quarter. The chief feature of the an nual Drama Festival at the Uni versity March 30, 31, and April 1, according to Professor F. H. Koch, will be the, production of original plays written and stag ed in competition by high school, college, and community authors. According to Mrs. Irene Fuss ier, secretary of the Carolina Dramatic association which is co-operating with the Univer sity extension division in spon soring the festival, twenty-six original plays written for this year's tournament by North Carolinians have been submitted to and judged by the committee in Chapel Hill. Eleven of these have been awarded decisions of merit and will be produced here during the festival in competi tion for the original production prizes. Eleven Plays Chosen The eleven original plays to be produced are: The House, by Pryor McFadden of Central high school, Charlotte; The Island, by Laura Bland of the R. J. Reynolds high school, Winston-Salem; Shimmering Steel, by Mildred Moore of Mars Hill Junior College; Stars, by Mar garet Siceloff of Biltmore Jun ior College; Judgment Delayed, by Edith Huffman of Lenoir Rhyne College; Oasis, by Harry C. Willis of Duke University; Color, by Millie Ogden of N. C. U. W.; Unto Us A Child Is Horn, by Kneale Morgan of Asheville; The Vigil, by Ber- nice Kelly Harris of Seaboard; The Voice of the People, by Wal ter Spearman of Charlotte; and Judgment Comes to Daniel, by Bernice Kelly Harris of Sea (Continued on page three) Rehearsals to Be Resumed Both glee club and band re hearsals will be resumed next Monday. The glee club will as semble for rehearsals at 5:00 o'clock and the band at 7:00 o'clock. SPRING QUARTER STARTS MORNING OF MARCH 13 NUMBER 122 Credit Faculty Committee Also Recom mends President to Take Postponement Action. ANALYZES WORLD PLIGHT President Places Financial Crisis In Context of WrorId View And Stresses Opportunity for Social Mastery. In view of the complications which may arise from the presi dential and state-wide declara tion of a national banking holi day, President Frank Graham of the University of North Caro lina, with the unanimous recom mendation of the University stu dent council and the faculty ad visory committee, yesterday in an emergency convocation which packed Memorial hall to the doors declared postponement of the usual spring recess of one week which was scheduled to be gin next Saturday at noon. In stead of the spring quarter be ginning March 20, it will begin March 13, and new students will register March 13. Registration will continue this week as pre viously announced. President Graham announced that business manager Charles T. Woollen of the University, in view of the banking situation, upon application by debtor stu dents could postpone the pay ment of student fees and allow taking of examinations and (Continued on last page) STUDENT UNION TO SPONSOR 'MOTHER AND FATHER' DAY Board Also Endorses Move to Build New Walks on Cam- . pus in Front of Union. At a special meeting of the board of directors of Graham Memorial yesterday afternoon, the financing of new walks in front of the building was dis cussed, and plans for a "Mother and Father Day" were proposed. The board voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the Union Forum that the Stu dent Union expend for new walks between the union build ing and Battle, Vance, and Petti grew dormitories a sum not to exceed one half of the total cost of the walks. This money is to be furnished from the 'reserve of the union funds, and the re mainder is to be solicited from other organizations on the cam pus. Dean Proposes Parents' Day Tlaan XT' T? TJ'U, officio member of the board, brought up the second proposal. The dean of students suggested that the union plan and sponsor a "Mother and Father Day" to take place in the early part of the spring quarter. In discussing the matter,,, it was suggested by those present that the union take the initiative (Continued on pagi three)
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