"TO CREATE
A CAMPUS
PERSONALITY''
A JOURNAL OF
THE ACTIVITIES
OF CAROLINIANS
VOLUME XLin
EDITORIAL PHONE 4351
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1935
BUSINESS PHONE 4JJ6
NUMBER 161
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It is interest
ing to note how
the dormitory
"WE'RE IN
THE TREND
nd fraternity situation on this
campus fits in with the general
trend all over the United States.
In most colleges the adminis
trations are improving dormi
tory conditions, raising dormi--tory
standards, setting new cri
teria. In each instance, frater
nities have been forced into ac
tivity, into effort toward im
provement, so that the Greeks
may vindicate their existence,
such vindication being based on
the assumption that they offer
xnore, educationally and spiri
tually, than the dormitories.
The moves on the part of the
college administrations have
come as the result of several
factors. Alumni have clamored
.for superiority, administrators
for new educational standards,
--educators for new methods of
teaching, officers for as much
iinancial support as the under
:graduate can give. The latter
cry naturally advocates putting
the undergraduates in the dor
mitories instead of letting their
fees flow into private fraternal
groups.
Fraternities are getting on the
hall elsewhere. Local Greeks
3iad better do the same. The
trustees like results.
The debate squad
- has been dealing
with a problem for
CAMPUS
DEBATES
2nany moons and nobody gives
them credit for their efforts to
come to a satisfactory conclusion
for. all involved.
The problem: shall local de
bates cater to the masses, both
in subject matter and exposition,
or shall they maintain something
of an intellectual level and de
bate national problems system
atically before a handful of col
lege spectators.
Several obstacles to a compro
mise have presented themselves.
In the first place, teams from
other schools can debate, as a
general thing, only the big na
tional issues. Secondly, it's a
tough job getting topics of local
interest worth debating at all.
And thirdly, debating has a cer
tain educational value and
there's no sense prostituting
ability on a lot of trash.
Some sort of compromise has
been worked out, however, and a
Teal treat is promised Wednes
day night at the humorous de
clamatory exhibition. If inter
collegiate schedules can be light
ened, there's no good reason why
the debaters can't continue to
mix the serious and the humor
ous in future debate schedules
on the campus.
Senior Week is
coming up and the
CAROLINA
CLASS
camDUS will let
seniority reign in a. few days of
organized strutting.
Very few people will agree
vith us that class consciousness
is something to be desired. Even
a little thing like wearing the
same kind of jersey for a few
iays means something in a spir
itual way. It at least entitled
you to put "'35" after your
flame, which is something.
HAMPTON TROUPE
PRESENTS VARIED
DANCINGTONIGHT
Negro Dancers Accompanied by
Junior Quartet Will Mix.
. Historical with Modern.
MEMORIAL HALL AT 7:30
- The Negro creative dance
group from Hampton Institute
will present their program in
Memorial hall tonight at 7:30
o'clock.. .
The performance is under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Tick
ets for. the affair may be se
cured for 25 cents at the "Y"
office and at the door. A spe
cial section will be reserved for
Negroes who wish to attend the
recital.
The dances for this program
were composed by Mrs. Bernice
M. Smothers, teacher of dancing
at Hampton, and are under the
direction of Charles H. Wil
liams, the director of physical
education at the Institute. The
music for the dances on this
program was arranged by Noah
F. Ryder, with singing accom
paniment by.the Hampton junior
quartet.
Depression Dance
The program for the recital
will be as follows : "The Cycle of
Depression," which has been di
vided into The Approach, Pa
tience, Rebellion, Chaos, and
Hope. Under "Dances of the
People" are Russian Kazatchka,
from Poland, the Varsovienne,
Tarantella from Italy, and Gyp
sy and Plantation dances. In
the group of original African
dances are Ya Ma Wisee, the
Beggar's Dance, Wyo Mamie,
the Witch Doctor's Dance, Wan
dai, the Feast of the Ramadan.
In the more modern group is
the Design Moderne, Pastorale,
and Characteristic Rhythms
which include the Train and
Juba.
The Negro folk section of the
program is characterized by the
Inevitable and Labor Rhythms
under which are Cutting the
Sugar Cane and Dis Ole Ham
mer. The program is brought to a
conclusion with three spirituals
entitled, "Go Down Moses,"
"Nobody Knows de Trouble I
See," and "Deep River.
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UNIVERSITY BAND
PLAYS TOMORROW
Open Air Concert Will Be Given
Near Davie Poplar.
The University band will open
a series of open air concerts
in honor of National Music
Week. The concert will be
given Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock near the Davie Poplar.
A feature of the progranvwill
be a cornet trio, "The Three
Kings," by Walter Smith, to be
played by John Best, C. C. Mar
tin, and John Frye.
Ample seating arrangements
will be provided by the building
department.
On May 19 the band will join
the other bands of the Big Five
colleges in a North Carolina mu
sic festival to be held at Ral
eigh. Gramm: "Aw!"
Carolina Inn Fred Gramm
was not at home at the. Caro
lina theatre last night and his
lucky number 1892 went unre
deemed. E. Carrington announced that
the prize would be made $30 and
two cartons of -Luckies for next
Friday's meeting of the class. '
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Above are the seven girls who will be escorted tonight at the May Frolics by the dance leaders
from the seven fraternities sponsoring the affair.
Three of these fraternities are giving house parties, and the rest, all of which have brought many
out-of-town girls here for the dances, have scheduled affairs for the week-end.
The Frolics continue today with a luncheon dance at the Washington Duke hotel in Durham, a
tea dance here this afternoon, and a formal dance tonight, which closes the affair.
Fraternities Must Better Study
Facilities, New Survey Indicates
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Daily Tar Heel Check-up on Greek Lodges Shows Only Phi Delta
Theta Has Tutorial System; Many Have Quiet Hours Near
Exam Time, But Otherwise Study Aids Are Few.
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By Irving D. Suss
Fraternities haven't been on
the job.
- A survey, now in the process
of completion by two members
of the Daily Tar Heel staff, in
dicates that the majority of the
lodges on the campus have not
taken the opportunity which is
theirs to improve a condition of
inactivity which has been point
ed out to them through national
chapter bulletins.
When the trustees of the Uni
versity consider the relative
merits of rooming in and out of
the dormitories, they will prob
ably disregard the amorphous
creation of social values, and
the inculcation of the principles
of friendship that the fraterni
ties present as their main pur
poses. Educational Benefits?
The important consideration,
for them, will be the relation
ship between the University and
the affect of the rooming place
of the student as regards educa
tional benefits. They will be con
cerned with the plans of the
University for the organization
of a tutorial system in the dor
mitories. They will be concern
ed with the lack of an organized
system for educational aid in
the majority of the fraternity
houses on the campus.
It is true that many of the
lodges have in force strict study
rules for pledges deficient in
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academic work. All insist that
the upperclassmen living in the
house are free to be called upon
by the freshmen for assistance
in academic work. There is on-
ly one house, however, of the
20-odd so far surveyed, that has
a graduate student employed as
a regular tutor for the fraterni
ty: Phi Delta Theta.
There are a number of houses
that check at regular intervals
on the grades of the pledges,
and require those who are in
danger of failing courses to at
tend a specially conducted study
hall. Invariably, with the ex
ception of Phi Delta Theta, edu
cational supervision ends with
the completion of the pledge pe
riod. Quiet Hours
The quiet hour, a study neces
sity which was supposed to have
been achieved in the. administra
tion's pet white lamb, Everett
dormitory, seems to be an inte
gral part of fraternity study
habits.
About half the lodges have
definite periods of the day set
aside for quiet hours all during
the "year. The majority of the
others have them during the ap
proach of the zero hour of
exams. Several fraternities re
ported that quiet hours were not
necessary.
In line with purely academic
aid, there is another proposition
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BUS LINE DECISION
EXPECTED IN JUNE
Utilities Commission Will De
cide Question of Greyhound
Franchise Next Month.
Several weeks will elapse be
fore the Public Utilities Commis
sion will come to a decision on
the question of a franchise for
the Atlantic Greyhound Bus
Company's proposed route from
Greensboro to Raleigh through
Chapel Hill. June 1 is a possible
date for a final decision.
The hearings on the question
have consumed six days, from
Wednesday of last week through
Tuesday of this week. A great
volume of testimony has been of
fered by both advocates and op
ponents of the franchise. Since
the transcribing of this will re
quire at least two weeks, the
commission has scheduled the
arguments for Monday, May 20.
The Major Opposes
The Greyhound, application is
being vigorously opposed by the
Carolina Coach Company, rep
resented by. Major L. P. McLen
don. The Major contends that
his revenue would be so reduced
by the competition of the pro
posed new line that its solvency
would be endangered. He also
denies that the new line is justi
fied by the public need.
The Greyhound lines have
promised a schedule of five buses
a day, each way, through Chapel
Hill. This would, of course,
make the trip to either Raleigh
or. Greensboro not only shorter
but much quicker with the de
lays caused by the change in
Durham eliminated.
MAY FROLICS SET
HAS ENTHUSIASTIC
TWO-DANCESTART
Aaronson's Orchestra Overcomes
Early Doubts of Merry-Makers
to Win Their Favor.
THREE MORE HOPS TODAY
Opening yesterday afternoon
in the Tin Can with one of the
most enthusiastic tea dances
given here in some time, the
sixth annual set of May Frolics
continued, merrily last night
with its first formal dance from
10 to 1 o'clock.
The prom-trotters, apparent
ly not having heard much of
Irving Aaronson and his Com
manders in this part of the
country, seemed to regard the
orchestra with a touch of suspi
cion for the first hour of the tea
dance, but the lively brand of
music he dished out consistent
ly finally won them over.
Popular Vocalist
After the band and the dan
cers had more "or less gotten to
gether, quite a few of the frolic
ers gathered around the plat
form, calling for more numbers
by Lois Still, feminine vocalist,
who kept bouncing around and
receiving a large share of the
applause.
The Tin Can was decorated
very prettily in alternate strips
of green and white crepe paper,
young pines and a large crystal
ball suspended from the ceiling
and reflecting the rays cast upon
it from a spotlight on the floor.
A green crepe paper-covered
barrier had been erected in
front of the orchestra's plat
form to keep the spectators from
drawing up their chairs and oc
cuping the dancing space.. The
only draw-back to the affair
was the terrific heat which per
vaded the building, both at the
afternoon and night dances. ,
Set Continues Today "":
The- set will continue today
with a luncheon dance at the
Washington Duke hotel in Dur
ham, another tea dance from
4:30 to 6:30 in the Tin Can and
will end tonight with the final
formal dance from 8 to 12 in the
Tin Can. The figure will be
formed tonight.
The Frolics are sponsored by
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Handbook Applicants
Four students have applied
for editorship of the Carolina
Student Handbook, accord
ing to Harry Comer, general
secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
They are : Ralph Burgin, Jim
Daniel, Drew Martin, and
Don McKee.
The committee on appoint
ments will meet to consider
the applicants next week.
This committee is composed
of three faculty members ap
pointed from the board of di
rectors of the Y. M. C. A. by
the chairman of the board.
The greater part of the
work on the handbook is done
before commencement, while
the book is issued to all in
coming freshmen in Septem- ,
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Honor to Harrer
Dr. G. A. Harrer, professor of
Latin and Roman Law, was made
executive committee member of
the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South which
met at St. Louis recently." It is
the largest classical association
in America.