EDITORIALS:
ii O New Fire Equipment
j O Restoration of Salaries
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VOLUME XLVII
Volunteer Eire
Be Mustered From Students
By CPU Chairman Gilmore
All Interested
Asked To Enroll
Today, Tomorrow
Voit Gilmore, chairman of the CPU
and organizer in general, yesterday
announced plans for the establishing
of a student volunteer fire depart
ment, "to offset the apparent lack of
town equipment and fire fighters." All
students who have desires of becoming
members of the group are asked to
enroll with Fire chief-by-Proxy Gil
more at the YMCA information desk
cither this morning or tomorrow
morning.
Although he had not conferred with
the only two paid fire-eaters in the
village, Gilmore stated that his plan
grew out of the facts concerning the
status of the department in Chapel
HilL Despite the fact that the lack
of equipment would not be remedied,
he explained that at least one half
the firemen, of the faulty method of
fighting fires would be dealt with.
Another factor which influenced the
Washington merry-go-rounder in or
ganzing his volunteers was a state
ment that the Hon. Frances Perkins,
secretary of Labor, on her visit to the
s mpus, made concerning the women
fiie-eaters at Mount Holyoke, when
she was in school.
A Cilmore said, "If women can
turn out fire crew that is fair-to-ifliddiinY
e Carolina gentlemen ought
to be able to top their achievements
by a great deal." The incident which
provoked Miss Perkins remark was
the event of the fire alarm at the
home of Dr. Frank Graham, while the
party was there. The Secretary of
Labor was little short of amazed at
the scarcity of the f ire-f ightnig equip
ment. Information on the 15-year old fire
fighting equipment was published in
the Daily Tab Heel yesterday,- The
facilities of the "Chapel Hill depart
ment, consisting of a ladder, booster
tank, containing 100 gallons of water,
chemicals and 2100 feet of hose, were
included in the story.
PROTESTED ADS
NOT COND ONED
Humphrey States
Contract Cancelled
In answer to informal protests from
faculty members and students, Clen
S. Humphrey, Jr., business manager,
yesterday said the Daily Tar Heel
ioes not by any means condone tne
type of the copy that two recent ads
contained soliciting preparation and
editing of theses, essays, speeches,
from students.
"One of the ads was scheduled to
ran through May," Humphries said,
"but we have cancelled the contract."
The ad was obtained by our national
representative, and was printed due
to oversight.
"We printed one ad under the
assumption that the service offered
was merely that of a public steno
grapher, and another in the belief
that standard outlines and translations
were being offered. We have run ads
similar to the latter many times."
The objectors had complained that
the ads were inconsistent with the
honor code.
I believe too much in the practi
cability of the honor system to think
was injured by the ads,", said
Humphries.
ne of the ads was run two days,
January 6 and 13. It was headed
Your Problems Solved," and offered
prepare "scholarly book reviews,
ebates, essays, papers, speeches,
aduation theses." This ad was
scheduled to run weekly through May
l total of 21 times.
a he other protested ad appeared
Y once, January 6. It offered to
elp students in preparing and "edit
& theses. v
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EDITORIAL PHONE 4JJI
Fighters Will
EXPEREIENTALS
TO BE PRESENTED
AT 7:30 TONIGHT
Many New Actors
Will Appear On
Playmaker Stage
John Parker, business manager of
the Playmakers, has announced that
there are only seventy-five tickets re
maning for the Fifty-eighth Bill of
New Plays to be presented in the
Playmaker theater tonight. Students
and townspeople who wish to see the
plays are urged to get their tickets
from Mr. Parker at his office, 314
South building, sometime today. There
is no charge for the tickets. Seats
will be held for ticket-holders until
7:20 and after that time any unoc
cupied seats will be available to the
public. Due to fire -laws, standing
room will not be permitted.
A number '- of new actors will be
seen on the Playmaker stage tonight,
among them: Morton Vogel, Harold
Held, Jerome Schack, Billy Thompson,
and Glen B. Haydon. The remaining
roles are played by students who have
appeared in a number of previous
productions; Floyd Childs, Miss Fran
ces Gof orth, Fred KocbKalman Sher
man, Weider Sievers, John Morgan,
Don Muller, Bin Seth, and Miss Nell
Mclntire.
PAGE MR. STEIN
The three plays present interesting
contrasts in theme and setting. San
ford Stein's sophisticated comedy, "De
sign for Stella," (its new title) is an
amusing excursion into the lives of
some charming people whose folk
ways are those of Manhattan. An at
tempt to solve an ancient problem in
a modern way leads to some surprising
complications. The author reports fer
vently that he fell in love with his
heroine while writing the play.
"Swappin' Fever" by Lealon N.
Jones has as its leading character a
lovable old farmer who tells tall
stories with a dry, homely humor,
while he spends his time inventing
things. Jones, who comes from Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, has written a
series of plays about this same char
acter, old Bill Teeters, a man of much
wisdom. Fred Koch, Jr., plays the role
of Teeters and Miss Frances Goforth
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Snapshots Wanted
Rutherford Yeates, editor of the
Yackety-Yack, requests that any
one having interesting snapshots of
the campus, dormitories, or espe
cially the fraternities please turn
them in at the office on the second
floor of Graham memorial.
A-shooting, A-swearing
"Red" Hunter
A Real Feuding Mountaineer
"Pride Of Cllllowhee,, Straps
On Her Shooting Irons When
Ornery Neighbor Skins Cat
By SANFORD STEIN
To the outside world, Miss Lucy
Jane Hunter is a tall, dignified, red
haired, statuesque, efficient coed and
newspaper reporter. But' recently it
has been revealed and exclusively to
the Daily Tar Heel that there is a
hitherto unknown and mysterious side
to "Red" Hunter's personality a side
full of adventure, primitive revenge
and gore. In short, Jane is a con
firmed feudist. m
It all started three years ago in the
small mountain community of Cullo
whee, Jane's home town. The Hunter
family cat happened to stray into the
chiken yard of Perry Coggins, the 65
year old stable keeper of Cullowhee
college. From that time on, the cat
was never again seen alive. But short
ly after, its skin was found neatly
draped over a Cullowhee fence post.
INSULT ON INJURY
Such an insult to family pride and
honor could not
Hunterclan was summoned from far
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THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
CHAPEL HILL, N. C
Director
Thor Johnson, alumnus of the Uni
versity, will appear here in the Gra
ham Memorial lounge February 9 as
director of the famed Little Michigan
symphony.
EMPLOYERS FAVOR
HIGH SCHOOL MEN
TO COLLEGE BOYS ;
College Grads
Expected To
Rise Faster
Quite a few people still have faith
in college education, nearly half of
the nation's families in fact.
In its current issue, Fortune maga-:
zine reports the results of a survey
of public opinion on the question:
"Which do you think has a better
chance of earning a living today a
high school graduate who has had
four years of experience, or a man
just out of college?"
Only one-third of the answers def
initely expressed faith in the college
man's ability to attain success. "The
magazine points out, however, that
"If the qualified answers are included
those to the effect that the college
man will win in the long run, or that
he will get the breaks even if he is
worthless then the potential male
college market would derive from
. about 45 per cent .of the nation's
families."
HIGH SCHOOL
The high school man with experi
ence has the hopes of 34.4 per cent
of America's families pinned on him.
The college graduate is favored by
33.4 per cent; 14.8 per cent declare
the whole question depends on the
man and his experience. The experi
enced man is better at first and the
college man better later, it is believed
by 14.8 per cent of the participants
in the poll. Two and eight-tenths per
cent believe the college men get the
breaks regardless of merit; and 4.9
per cent of the voters "just didn't
known."
Fortune continues with these ob
servations: "Theoretically this potential col
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Found To Be
Koch Plans For
New Play Book
During his recent visit to New
York Dr. Frederick H. Koch confer
red with his publisher, John L. Wil
liams of D. Appleton Century com
pany, with regard to the format of
his forthcoming book, "American Folk
Plays," which will be released in
April. This volume, the first of its
kind, contains 20 plays, 18 from as
many American states, and one each
from Mexico and Canada. All of these
plays were written by students in
Professor Koch's playwriting courses.
The plays themselves depict histori
cal backgrounds, folk legends and con
temporary American scenes. Three
centuries of American life are re
corded: the earliest days of the
Spaniards in Florida and the tragic
present-day plight of refugees from
the dust bowl of Texas. Here are some
of America's most fabled characters :
Nancy Hanks, Davy Crockett and
others. Here are dramas of the gold
rush days of the old west, of the spare
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1939
McNinch
peech On
FIGURES REVEAL
COEDS TOTAL 395,
51 NEWCOMERS
N. G. Leads Rest
Of 25 States
In Registration
University coeds are holding their
own in registration figures for this
quarter, having fallen only, five short
of last quarter's total of 400. There
are 51 new students and approximate
ly 56 have dropped out. . .
Of the 395 women registered, 101
are juniors, 85 seniors, and. 119 are
graduates doing work for degrees. In
addition, there are a number of special
students doing graduate work in cer
tain fields. Last quarter's count in
cluded 98 juniors, 83 seniors, 158
graduates, and 62 professional stu
dents. The total registration for the
fall quarter was five more than the
total of 395 for the year before.
VARIETY
Women students are registered from
25 different states and two foreign
countries. North Carolina leads the
states with an enrollment of 271. 138
colleges and universities are repre
sented among the transfers.
During the fall quarter, the Uni
versity provided loans for six wom
en students. There were 17 self-help
students taken care of, and ten found
employment by other means.
Gotcha YY?
All students who have not re
ceived their 1938 Yackety-Yacks
. please call .between the hours, jof 2 -"
and 3 "o'clock next Monday, Tues
day, or Wednesday at the Yackety
Yack office in Graham memorial.
British Author Is
Pleased With U.S.
By GLADYS BEST TRIPP N
"America is sorta to shampoo one's
mind," smiled Mr. Hector Bolitho,
British author of 18 books, as he
leaned back in his chair at the regu
lar Thursday night session of Dr.
Phillips Russell's creative writing
class. "When you stay in England you
become a little moth eaten. We dont
read much. WhaF the Englishman
should do is come, to America about
every two years for his intellectual
benefits."
Mr. Bolitho has been in Chapel Hill
for several days. This morning he will
leave for Washington where he will
visit President Roosevelt. From there
he will go on to New York and will
speak in Town Hall.
The first novel Mr. Bolitho wrote
at the age of 19 was immediately suc
cessful. He wrote another the next
year which was mildly successful, and
then another the next year.
DECIDES ON ALBERT
In order to find a suitable setting
for his next novel he went to Germany
and spent a few days going through
old castles and historical places. On
one of these trips he visited the castle
where' Prince Albert, husband of
Queen Victoria, lived. The great
grandson of Queen Victoria accom
panied him. Looking out across the
landscape he was struck with the sud
den idea that he should do a biography
of Prince Albert. So day after day
he read Prince Albert's documents
from the archives. '
This was the first of his 15 biogra
phies of important people. King Ed
ward VIII, Dean Stanley, George V
and other outstanding personalities
have been his subjects.
Most of Mr. Bolitho's material was
secured from documents and letters.
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Student Collides
With Murphy Door
Notice to Carolina 1939 football
opponents: Beware of the stiff -arm,
especially when T. C. Farrell is run
ning with the ball.
A hole in the double thickness glass
door at the west end of Murphey hall
is evidence enough of Farrell's speed
and strength of fist. Monday night
Farrell, second team halfback on Caro
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BUSINESS FHOJiE 4116
Supports Freedom Of
National
Local Maestro
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"Jeep" Bennett, his missus, his
clarinet, and his band will perform
hither and yon over the campus this
week-end for many of the pledge and
other dances that are on the social
schedule.
SERIES OF WEEK
END DANCES WILL
BEGIN TONIGHT
Jeep And Wife To
Furnish Music
For Many Affairs
A series of week-end dances, given
by fraternities for their pledges, will
be opened tonight with a dance given
by the Sigma Nu's at the Carolina
inn.
The ballroom will be extensively
and impressively decorated, -with a
ceiling of blue meeting icebergs bank
ing the walls. The arctic atmosphere
will be completed with 18 penguins,
representing, the pledges, gathered
around a large illuminated symbol,
bearing the Sigma Nu insignia.
"Mr., and Mrs. Jeep" Bennett, their
clarinet and their orchestra will furn
ish music for the event. Chapters at
the University of South Carolina,
Duke university and State college
were issued blanket bids.
OTHERS ARE '
Tomorrow night, affairs honoring
pledges, Will be given by Alpha Tau
Omega, Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Epsilon
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Wanted Gal Cagers!
All faculty and graduate student
wives or secretaries interested in
forming a basketball team to com
pete with the campus coeds are
urged to meet in the YMCA lobby
today at 5 o'clock, or to call the
"Y" office during the day.
As One Who Knows
McLean Cites Need For
Competence In Reporting
IRC Will Present
All-Girl Program
Opening the winter quarter of
Round Table discussions, the Interna
tional Relations club will present an
all-girl panel tonight at 8:30 in Gra-L
ham Memorial lounge.
Four girls, all student members of
the club, will discuss "Fascism and
Communism." The girls participating
will be Miss Margaret Evans, Miss
Melville Corbett, Miss Anne Martin,
and Miss Nancy Nesbit. Miss Phyllis
Campbell will preside.
FOUR COEDS
The discussion will center about the
freedom of the individual under Fas
cism and Communism, Misses Corbett
and Evans representing Communism
and Nesbit and Martin presenting the
Fascist viewpoint.
A questioning period will follow the
discussion at which time the audience
will have an opportunity to question
the coeds.
The panel will also be presented
over station WPTF on Sunday from
3 to 3:30.
y elands and plenty
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NUMBER 93
Broadcast
STATES CONTROL
IS NECESSARY
TO SOME EXTENT
Commissioner Is
Very Much Against
Govt. Censorship
By JIM McADEN
Advocating protection for the radio
listener and defending the right of
everyone to be heard on the air,
Chairman Frank R. McNinch of the
Federal Communication commission
last night delivered a Carolina Poli
tical union-sponsored address before
approximately 700 people in Me
morial hall.
The speech, broadcast nationally
over a NBC-WJZ network, was f ol-
In opening the McNinch program
last night, CPU Chairman Voit Gil
more announced that his organiza
tion had obtained Robert A. Taft,
United States Senator from Ohio
and possible 1940 Republican presi
dential nominee, for an appearance
here in April.
lowed by a 25-minute open-forum ses
sion in which McNinch exchanged an
swers with the audience for questions
concerning his topic, "Radio and the
Bill of Rights."
The speaker contended that if the
writers of the United States Con
stitution had been faced with the
problem of radio "broadcasting, they
would have provided for protection of
individual liberties in this field as
well as those of speech, and assembly.
He went on to say that, since these
liberties - are . not "select, everyone
should be given an equal opportunity
to air his opinion.
FEDERAL CONTROL NECESSARY
He expressed the conviction, how
ever, that federal control to some
extent is necessary for the listener's
protection. He based his claim upon
the fact that "for every 170,000 peo
ple in the United States there is only
one broadcasting station. Thus we
must recognize the fact that there
are more speakers who wish to be
given radio time than present broad
casting facilities are able to take care
of."
McNinch, in referring to the work
of his commission, said that it tried
to control the licensing of radio sta
tions for the primary entertainment
and enlightenment of the people. He
said that the American people are
becoming more and more dependent
upon radio, such as ships at sea, air
planes, and crime prevention.
In closing, the commissioner de
clared that "I am unalterably op
posed to government censorship of
radio in any form. People should be
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Chances Of Getting Big Job
Are Small For Graduates,
Executive Says
By BILL RHODES WEAVER
"Newspapers are requiring more
competence in reporters," Robert Mc
Lean, president of the Associated
Press, said after his campus talk to
the North Carolina pressmen last
week.
The news agency executive seemed
most interested in the hunting trip
he was leaving for soon. He could
think only of the quail he'd shoot down
on the Santee river in South Caro
lina. Twenty-five years ago Paul Mc
Lean was managing editor of the
Daily Princetonian. He approached
the Associated Press' New York office
with trembling knees. He'd planned
to find about the cost of AJ service
to the college paper. After having
been given a long discourse on the res
ponsibility of members, McLean,
"frightened to death," decided not to
enter the membership.
Chances of getting a big job in
newspapers today are very small for
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