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That collection of men looking at you in various poses from above are the leaders in today's Southern Conference
Indoor games. Coach Bob Fetzer is the chairman of the games committee. Corpening and Fuller are the top high
hurdlers in the conference and non-conference divisions. McAfee and Chabot are the number one men in the sprints
in the two divisions, and Kehoe and Fredriksen will probably be the pace setters in the half-mile in each division.
Harry March is the best all-round man participating in the meet. Murphy isn't competing because of sickness.
Six. Of Seven UNC Mittriieii
To Enter
News Briefs
By United Press
HELSINKI, Feb. 23 Viipuri still
stands against Russian attacks; three
thousand more Russians killed in
battle on Karelian isthmus.-
MOSCOW Tass publishers au
thorize denial that Soviet planes
bombed Swedish village of Pajale or
even flew over Swedish territory.
STOCKHOLM Swedish foreign of
fice despite Russian denials maintains
original position in protesting to Mos
cow about the bombing of Paja;
newspaper Folklets Dagblat says
Finns' losses are between 50,000 and
"3,000 dead and wounded in first phase
nf L . i
uaiu on Mannerheim line com
pared to Russia's nearly 300,000 casual
ties. WASHINGTON House gives New
Deal reciprocal treaty a vote of confi
dence by agreeing to extend for three
years the life of the law under which
they were drafted; vote 216 to 168
strHy partisan.
WASHINGTON House banking
nd currency reports favorably a
"ate-approved bill to increase the
-pori-.mport bank's capital to $200,-
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to facilitate non-military loans
10 Finland and China.
WASHINGTON Congressional re
nlnent over British censorship of
niai)OPfan"bOUnd Unit SUtes ai?"
suit 41 Brmuda doses down as re
f denial from both this govern-
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500 Trackmen Here Today
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Tourney Semi-Finals
Kimball Decisions
Young Of Citadel
In Feature Battle
By WILLIAM L. BEERMAN
COLUMBIA, S.C, Feb. 23 Pre
liminary bouts in the 14th annual
Southern conference boxing tourna
ment lasted long, into the night, but
when the last smack of leather thrown
by Gates Kimball had died down to a
mere echo, six of North Carolina's
seven fighters had punched their way
into the semi-finals.
Only Johnny Johnston, soph 127
pounder, was eliminated. The rest,
Winstead, Gennett, Dickerson, Farris,
Sanders, and Kimball, will slug with
semi-final- opponents tomorrow after
noon and try for spots in the night
finals." Fighting tonight lasted four
hours, .r. .-..' -
Three thousand yawning spectators
were snapped from their stupor when
Mr. Kimball staged the final . exhibi
tion of the evening by pushing Cita
del's Max Young about for-three beau
tiful rounds. In good humor, but with
the same old deadpan, Gates rammed
the man he beat once before with lefts
and rights that had Young holding on
for life. Kimball was hit "only once or
twice. It didn't bother him, and the
rest of the time he' kept Young grunt
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Too Late To Classify
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan St. Clair of
Chapel Hill announce the birth of an
eight-pound baby girl, Amelia Ann.
She just missed the paper's dead
line early Friday morning.
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GAMBILL NAMED
CAMPAIGN LEADER
FOR SOPH SLATE
By LOUIS HARRIS
With the acceptance of the five can
didates whose nominations were an
nounced in yesterday's Daily Tar
Heel, the University party yesterday
got the rising sophomore class cam
paigning underway, when it named
Sam Gambill, resident in Everett
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SEVEN CHAMPIONS
OF 1939 RETURN
FOR COMPETITION
Clmnister.DaviS
Duel In Weil Mile
Is Feature Event
By HARRY HOLLINGSWORTH
"The South's greatest and largest
track and field meet the Southern
Conference Indoor games open here
this afternoon when athletes, repre
senting 49 of the cream of the col
leges, high and prep schools in Dixie,
start hostilities m the Tin Can at
: 1:30. The "nearly 500 participants will
move over to the main floor of Wool
len "gymnasium at 2:30 where the re
mainder of events will be run off. The
night events begin in Woollen at 7
o'clock. '
Competition is open today in four
divisions for which athletes began ar
riving early yesterday afternoon. The
divisions are Southern conference,
non-conference, freshman, and schol
astic. Woollen gymnasium has been trans-
formed into the most complete indoor
track arena in the South especially for
today's meet, and early indications
are that the meet will surpass last
year's record breaking one. The 10-lap
banked track has been moved from the
Tin Can, a pole vault runway has been
constructed, and this and all sprmt
and hurdle events will be run off in-
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The banked track is larger and
faster than the one in Madison Square!
garden where the biggest meets in the
i country are held. Advance ticket sales
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COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMS TO FACE
SENIORS TODAY
Several Hours
Gruelling: Work
Lying Ahead
Although another conflict, in the
form of a Southern conference track
meet, has arisen in regard to compre
hensive examinations, from three to
six hours of gruelling work face those
seniors today who are 'eligible and who
desire to take their comprehensives
this quarter.
Some time ago there was much dis
cussion on the campus, particularly
among seniors, because the date set
for the exams conflicted with the date
of the . Mid-Winter German dances.
When the date was set back a week,
the dormitory men raised a row be
cause the interdorm dances were
scheduled for that weekend. However,
the University officials changed the
date again, but in spite of the many
activities on the campus this past
week and the track meet today com
prehensives will be held as scheduled.
BROAD SCOPE
The primary purpose of 'the com
prehensive is to test the student's
mastery of his major or special pro
gram of study. It is broader in scope
than the ordinary examination and is
regarded as the climax of the stu
dent's course of study.
In order that a student be eligible
for a comprehensive he must com
plete all but seven of the courses re
quired for the degree and pass at
least four courses, or their equivalent,
in his major. He must also obtain per
mission from his adviser and regis
ter for the exam at the beginning of
the quarter. , . ...
The passing grade for the compre
hensive is the same as that required
for graduation, between C and D.
Papers of unusual merit are marked
passed with distinction." A depart
mental committee of at least two
members makes out the examination
and another committee of two mem
bers reads each paper and determines
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New Groups To
To 'Clean Up Campus Polities'
A bombshell last night shattered CarolinaV political arena
from the tennis courts to fraternity row as Bob McLemore and
Bill Stauber, seniors, announced the formation of two separate
new political organizations on the campus in an effort to end the
present two-party system.
McLemore termed his body the Carolina party and announced
a steering committee would make nominations to enter in spring
elections. Stauber said his group would be called the Rameses
party and disclosed a novel plan
to select each official Rameses party candidate.
Both new party leaders expressed their dissatisfaction with
the two present organizations, the University party and Student
party, and each said his party was being organized in an effort
to reform campus politics and democratize nominations and elections.
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. . . the Rameses party ...
Stauber Organizes
Party To Give
Equal Chance To All
Bill Stauber, senior from Rural Hall
and editor of the Carolina Buccaneer,
last night announced the formation of
a new campus political party, the
Rameses party, in an effort "to give
the campus in general a chance to take
part in the election of its officers."
"Although dubbed by many as im
possible, I think, on the other hand,
it is the answer to the wishes of the
majority," Stauber said.
"There are quite a few capable
boys," he continued, "who, if they had
a chance would like to hold a campus
office. Heretofore these boys have
never had a chance, because the pres
ent political parties on the campus
have a chosen few to pick from.
EQUAL CHANCE
"The Rameses party will merely serve
to give everyone, interested in politics
an equal chance. I feel everyone not
interested in politics will support the
candidates of this party, because they
have been chosen on comparative
merit by applicants themselves, and
at the same time will not have to con
tend with dyed-in-the-wool politicians
who heretofore have haunted them at
every turn."
Stauber, announced the following
ten-point method of operation for his
new party:
(1) There will be one student at the
head of.tfce party." Existence of the
party will be only in this student. He,
will be known as the chairman, with
Stauber as chairman for this spring.
(2) AH students interested in run
ning for an office will file their appli
cation with the chairman. This is open
to any qualified student.
CANDIDATES DECIDE
(3) Candidates for each office will
meet with the chairman at an an
nounced time, and among themselves,
will decide which one of the group is
most qualified for the office.
(4) In the event that no one is inter
ested enough to apply for the nomina
tion, the chairman will endorse anyone
or no one as he sees fit.
(5) There will be no "democratic"
conventions.
(6) There will be no secret caucuses.
(7) Candidates will not have "ma
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Make Attempt
of meetings of interested aspirants
tBob McLemore
... the, Carolina party . . .
McLemore Will Try
To End Domination
Of Present Parties
In a move to end the five-year dom
ination of the campus two-party
political system, Bob McLemore, Uni
versity senior from Smithfield, yes
terday announced the formation of
a third campus political organization,
the Carolina party, to "unite all dor
mitories, fraternities, and coeds into
a harmonious student body to clean
I UP ampus politics,
The announcement confirmed third-
party rumors which were spread
around the campus approximately two
weeks ago, after the student legis
lature defeated a bill, sponsored
jointly by McLemore and Chuck
Kline, to provide for election primar
ies. "Formation of the third party was
begun," McLemore said, "after no sat
isfactory results could be obtained
when a proposal to really democratize
the campus was turned down by a
body, packed by small power groups,
who would not permit discussion of a
measure to provide the reform which
those groups had admitted was need
ed." We do not want to pick our candi
dates through a fixed convention or a
steering committee," McLemore con
tinued, "but since it is impossible to
select candidates by a campus pri
mary, we shair resort to the more
democratic of the two and use a steer
ing committee."
The steering committee of the Car
olina party will be composed of four
coeds, one from each dormitory; a
member from each fraternity in the
party, a Representative of each men's
dormitory, and several representatives
from the town boys.
Chairman McLemore stated that the
CP intends to nominate a complete
slate of candidates, except in cases
where the party endorses men already
named by either the Student or Uni
versity parties.
McLemore has attained an out
standing record since his entrance in
the University four years ago. He
was a member of the freshman friend
ship council, University club, inter
dormitory council, and representative
in the student legislature from the
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