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' FEB 23 1939 fDITORIALS: U O The Nazi Bund Testa 1 i .American. Democracy FT TEATHER: 'vl Colder and clear; y Our 47th year HAPPY BIRTHDAY It THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- Z 525 VOLUME XLVII EDITORIAL PHONE 4351 CHAPEL HILL, N. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939 EUSIXESS PHOXI 4114 NUMBER 116 TiT aunm -i OF emior irr ei(Qiiniy ( Ml i I LEGISLATIVE BODY FORCED TO DELAY TONIGHTS SESSION Postponed Student Meeting Planned For Next Thursday Because the various committees whose reports were to have been con sidered have not yet been able to assemble much necessary information, Jim Joyner, presiding officer of the Student legislature, yesterday an nounced that the meeting of the legis lative body, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed. The session will probably be held next Thursday night, according to Joyner, providing the committee re ports are ready in time. PERMISSION RECEIVED ... Joyner obtained permission to post pone the meeting from the legislator who, at the last session, made the mo tion providing for a meeting tonight. The constitution of the legislature provides that legislators be notified of the business to be brought up for consideration at least two days before the meeting. During the week, how ever, the Ways and Means committee received only one report, that of the Publications committee, although it was reported that the committee in vestigating intercollegiate boxing is nearly ready with its report. Legisla ture officials decided that the dis cussion of the Publications committee report alone did not warrant the call ing of a meeting before more of the reports are submitted. STUDENTS FAVOR CONTINUED BOXING Coach Gives Results Of Campus Survey By WILLIAM L. BEERMAN Mike Ronman, boxing coach, thumb ed through a thick stack of papers yesterday afternoon and grinned. "There it is," he said. "That's what the students think of boxing. We've gotten over 1,000 answers to the ques tionaire we sent out last week, and there are still a lot more to come in." The proof of the pudding' showed an overwhelming majority of those par- ticipating in the survey as being in favor of college boxing at- the Uni versity. Statistically, out of 1,040 re plies, 986 were "yes," meaning that number were in favor of continuing boxing as a Carolina sport. Negatives "were only 38, while 16 were undecided. PLEASED Ronman was pleased. "We thought the students were with us," he con tinued, "and now we know it. Just read some of the comments on these blanks." Many well-known campus names were affixed to the questionaires, af firmatively; even members of the faculty were vociferous in stating their beliefs that boxing was a good sport. Most were of the opinion that the abolition was "much ado about nothing," and that boxing was safe as ping pong compared to some ac tivities. Coach Ronman indicated that he yet unsatisfied, and in an effort silence the opposition forces once and for all, he will expand his survey order to encompass the Southern conference schools which have boxing as an intercollegiate sport. OTHER OPINIONS 'I plan to find out what other coaches and other doctors have to say about it," he said. "Maybe. F1L even ttalte a nationwide survey." ' The student legislature, which oled the bill to abolish boxing at s first meeting several weeks ago, meet tonight to consider the f ind lngs mae by a special investigating cmmittee. ' Ronman leaves today at 1 o'clock, ht Whh f ive 0f his b0XerS Whkh J nas entered in the conference meet at Columbia, S. C. Commerce Seniors ! ! ! All seniors in the school of COm- merce , iucci vrun uvuu 101 TrIS morninS at 10:30 in oom jjjngham. It is very important. Campus Daily Celebrates 47th Anniversary Today THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 9, 1939 " Ky dear Mr. Arey: ""I send hearty congratulations to the Daily Tar Heel on the completion of f orty-seTea years of publication and trust that through long years to come it will uphold the best tra ditions of mi versity journalism. Very sincerely yours, Kr. William G. Arey, , Managing Editor, ' The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. flistorp St Car By LOUISE JORDAN "Running water, running type and running fits," Walter Spear man, former editor of the Daily Tar Heel, said yesterday. Of course it makes no sense without the rest of the stor and the rest of the tale" is the historyof the Tar Heel, which is 'celebrating its1 47th birthday today. In the fall of 1892 Charles Baskerville approached Walter "Pete" Murphy with the suggestion that they start a campus news paper with the Athletic association as sponsor. At its next meet ing the association endorsed the idea and Baskerville, as chief, W. P. Woo- ten, A. B. Andrews, Caswell Ellis, Per- rin Busbje, Crawford Biggs and Pete Murphy, as managing editor, were set up as the editorial board for Jthe new publication, which they christened the Tar Heel. A. H. McFadgue was the first business manager. OLD DAYS In the days when the Di and Phi met on Friday night and the YMCA assembled four times a week, the first issues of the budding weekly were hand set in an up-stairs store room next to the old Methodist church-and printed on such poor paper with poor ink that most of the copies were blurred. Story heads in those days caused the staff no worry. They simply en titled their columns "The Glee Club," "Our Annual" or "Baseball Prospects, Candidates, etc." There was, however the problem of getting copy and for at least a year the purpose of the paper, with usually an ad underneath, was run in the first column on the front page and a University directory filled a similar column on the fourth page. The original editors as the present ones knew the value of fillers such as "Portugal is the most illiter ate country in Europe." PRIMARILY SPORTS Until 1923 the Tar Heel was the official organ of the Athletic associa tion and devoted itself primarily to sports. In 1892 an attempt had been made to run a weekly paper called the Chapel Hillian. It was, however, antagonistic to the faculty and failed (Continued on page two) Staff Celebrates Anniversary Tonight Tonight at 8:30 the members of the Daily Tar Heel staff will cele brate the campus daily's 47th an niversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralph Weaver, 152 West Franklin street. All former editors of the Tar Heel and members of the Publication Union are invited to attend. Those in charge of arrangements are: Miss Carroll Costello, Miss Louise Jordan, Ed Rankin, Martin Harmon, and Morris Rosenberg. wttl 0 d5one Before V By DORIS GOERCH Since 1893 lawyers, politicians, Uni versity presidents, deans, professors, and dozens of small town editors and publishers have been former editors of the Daily Tar Heel. Charles Baskerville, campus swell dresser, football player and intellec tual served as the first editor of the paper, Walter Murphey as first managing editor, and A. H. McFadgue as first business manager. Baskerville relinquished the editorship after one or two issues and Murphey took his place. Baskerville later became a chemist, teacher, and author and died in 1922. Murphey who established the University chapter Sigma Nu later became speaker of the state House of Representatives and is now a member of the General Assembly. In the spring of 1894 Thomas Bailey Lee was elected editor. He be came a supreme court justice in Idaho after graduating from the Uni versity. Lee was succeeded by Edward W. Myers, who served as editor during the school year 1894-95. Myers be came a high-ranking army engineer ing officer. James A. Gwyn, editor in 1895-96, (Continued on last page) Congratulations The following messages were re ceived by the Daily Tar Heel yes terday. Dear Sir: "The Carolina Magazine, father of all publications on this campus, looks over the present Daily Tar Heel and decides, with hesitation, that its original idea in starting a student newspaper was a good one. We wish it (the idea) more success in the future. "Sincerely yours, "JOHN ALAN CREEDY "Editor, The Carolina Magazine." o o Dear1 Sir: "To coin a phrase, 'Happy Birth day "Signed, "The Publications Union Board." If1 A DAT TATA A T TTMMI T0-C0NVENEHERE FOR ANNUAL MEET Assembly Will Begin With Luncheon Today At Carolina Inn Opening with a reunion luncheon session at 1 o'clock, the annual Gen eral Alumni assembly of the Univer sity will be held here today. Former Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus will preside over a dinner session at the Carolina inn at 7 o'clock, after which the annual business meeting will be held. '. Other features on today's program included an intra-squad football game in Kenan stadium at 3 :30, and a board meeting of the Alumni association di rectors at 5:30. DELEGATES Representatives of all alumni groups, including officers of classes holding reunions at the next com mencement in . June, are expected to attend today's . meetings. Alumni Sec retary J. Maryon Saunders yesterday stated that all local alumni and faculty members are invited to attend. Reser vations can be made, by calling the alumni office in the Carolina inn. Tickets for the dinner will cost $l.p0. The program, as announced by Saunders, will open with the luncheon session of officers of June's reunions classes at the Carolina inn. The classes are Old Students club, '89, '97, '98, '99, '00, '14, '16, '17, '18, '19, and '38. At this evening's dinner meeting President Frank P. Graham and Dean of Administration R. B. House will give brief talks. COMMITTEE ' f Alumni President Ehringhaus has appointed a committee composed of Robert C. deRosset of Raleigh, Leslie Weil of Goldsboro, and Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem, to present nomina tions for new officers at the business meeting tonight. Present Alumni association officers, in addition to President Ehringhaus, (Continued on last page) JUNIORS, SENIORS TO PICK LEADERS Polls At YMCA To Be Open Today The junior and senior classes will participate today in the elections of those students who will lead the fig ures at the annual Junior-Senior dances to be held this May. Polls will be open at the YMCA from 9 until 5 o'clock and the voters will select six seniors out of fifteen and six juniors from the 30 who have been nomi nated. As in the usual custom, only seniors will be allowed to vote for the senior dance leaders and the juniors will vote for their dance leaders. It was de cided at a meeting of the senior class dance and executive committees that the pictures of the six elected stu dents, along with those of the mem bers of the dance committee shall be placed in this years issue of the Yackety-Yack. SENIOR NOMINEES The fifteen nominees of the senior class are Miss Lucy Jane Hunter, Miss Claire Whitmore, Bill Mc Cachren, Allen Merrill, Bill Hendrix, Voit Gilmore, Charles Wales, ."Red" Innes, Jim Balding, Louis Hancock, George Watson, Jim Woodson, George Nethercutt, Horace Palmer and Sam Southerland. The thirty nominees of the junior class, six of whom will be chosen to lead the junior figure and eight of whom will be chosen to serve as com mencement marshals, are Robert Mc Lemore, Godfrey Cheshire, Cy Jones, Benny Hunter, Charlie Putzel, Ben Turner, Watts Carr, Tommy Royster, "Fish" Worley, Vance Hobbs, John Bonner, Jack Lynch, Stancill Strowd, Bill Hoyle, Albert Carr, Courtland Dawson, Ed Rankin, Jim Davis, Phil Walker, Bert Halperin, Buck Gunter, Nick Patterson, Harry Driver, Miss Dorothea Raoul, Walter Wall, Foy Roberson, Mac Nesbit, Jim McCallum and Minetree Pyne. A t v:w:-:-: :::-: $ ? ............. ; -v -x 1 " I 1 1 in m 11 1 111 iiiiiii r - ; j- Charles C. Peterson, world's cham pion fancy shot billiard player, who will present an exhibition tonight at 8 o'clock in the main lounge of Grar ham Memorial , CLINTON BAND TO GIVE CONCERT HERE APRIL 22 Program Set For Saturday Of May Frolics Week-End A campus concert, open to students and townspeople, will be given by Larry Clinton and his orchestra April 22, Watt Miles, chairman of the May Frolics committee, announced yester day. The program, which will be given in Memorial hall, will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 Saturday afternoon of the May Frolics week-end, April 21 and 22. The committee will announce the admission fee later.- FRIDAY OPENING Friday afternoon, the series will be opened with a tea dance from 4:30 to 6:30. A formal dance will be held Fri day night from 9:30 to one o'clock. A luncheon dance will be given at the Washington Duke hotel at Satur day noon, followed by the concert and the last evening dance of the series from 9 to 12 o'clock. Three hundred and twenty-three tickets will be printed. Members of the seven fraternities who do not plan to attend will, return their tickets to the committee which will sell the sets for $10. Members of the May Frolics com mittee are as follows: Watt Miles, Beta Theta Pi, chairman; Victor Harl lee, Sigma Chi; Ernest Craige, Sigma Nu; Kenneth Tanner, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Kenneth Royall, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Gilbert McCutcheon, Kappa Sigma; and Thomas Parrott, Zeta Psi. Handbook Editor Applications Due Saturday noon is the dealine for applying for editorship of next year's Freshman Handbook, Secre tary H. F. Comer of the YMCA an nounced yesterday. The handbook is published annually for incoming stu dents by the local YMCA. Application blanks may be se cured at the YMCA office. Only members of the YMCA and students of sophomore or higher, scholastic rank are eligible for the editorship. REPRESENTATIVES ALSO NOMINATE fflCIlEYWARRM Class Of '40 Slate Filled Except For Vice-President By CARROLL McGAUGHEY Benny Hunter, prominent Univer sity junior, stepped into the limelight of the current political campaign when the Student party convention last night nominated him to head the party slate of senior class officers as president of rising seniors. Following the nomination of Hun ter, the convention filled out its list of candidates for the senior class with the exception of its Vice-President, nominating in turn Miss Mickey War ren for Secretary, George Zink for Treasurer, and Mac Nesbit as senior representative to the Student council. . The candidate for the Senior class presidency has held a prominent place in campus activities for the past three years. He is now completing his sec ond term as treasurer of his class hav ing been elected to that office both as a sophomore and a junior. A- self help student, Hunter has served as a member of . the Junior-Senior YMCA ; cabinet, a member, of the Phi assembly, and a member of the Student legisla ture. He is an Honor roll student. In regard to his nomination Hunter said briefly to the delegates, "I deeply appreciate your support and can as sure you that, if elected, I will con scientiously respect the duties of the office." Miss Warren, nominated by Miss Josephine Martin, was accepted by the convention by acclamation. She. is' a member of the Buccaneer- staff, the University club, and the YMCA. " As a representative to the Phi assembly Miss Warren serves as a member of the Ways and Means committee. . "I am gratified," Miss Warren said, "in seeing that the Student party recognizes the importance of the co eds on the campus by giving them a place on the regular party ticket. I believe that the girls will recognize (Continued on last page) PETERSON WILL GIVE EXHIBITION Billiard Expert At Union Tonight Charles C. Peterson, world's cham pion fancy shot billiard player, will be presented at 8 o'clock tonight in the main lounge of Graham memorial in an exhibition of fancy and trick shots. Peterson, now making a tour of many of the colleges of the nation, is recognized as the greatest expert the game has ever known and , has in his repertoire over 500 fancy shots that cannot be duplicated by any other master1 of the game. A feature offered by no other ex hibiting billiardist is the offer Peter son makes to hii audience of teaching them the fundamentals of the game, helping them improve their game, or giving advanced players instruction free of charge. It is expected that ho will follow his usual custom tonight by offering to help any one after he has given his exhibition. Bob Magill, director of Graham memorial, said yesterday that the building will re--main open tonight as long as Peter son will continue to offer instruction. PRESS PRAISES Press releases from college papers published in towns where the billiard ist has recently exhibited praised the master highly and said that there is truly no shot that he cannot make. While exhibiting his trick shots which have won him great acclaim, Peterson defies anyone in the audience to show him a shot he cannot make. Thousands of spectators have "placed" shots they considered impossible but Peterson made them with ease and has never yet failed to make any shot that has been placed on the board. One of his prize shots is the scoring of 1,000 straight rail billiards in four minutes and 27 seconds, a feat which has defied all other billiard masters. "DOLLAR SHOT" Another unusual feat is what he calls the "dollar shot." This consists (Continued on last page) ( . ' : 5 t f i i - 1- .. if- ! r t: ir l , I i 1 1 V. ' HI . I, 1 f i i 1 i l! 1, i. t , .J .1 ;i h. 1 i I' .it'." f - 1 S i y 1 F
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