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CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1940
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NUMBER 134
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Full Week
With Delegates From 15 States
Religious Plays
To Be Presented
In Theater Today
By WALTER SPEARMAN
A full week of drama ' from 15
Southern states opens today with the
first four days given over to the 17th
annual State dramatic tournament
and the last three days devoted to
the Southern Regional Drama Festi
val. This evening three religious plays
will te presented in the Playmakers
Theater by the Jarvis Memorial Meth
odist Church of Greenville, Atlantic
Christian College of Wilson, and the
Fellowship Miracle Players of Ashe-
ville.
A presentation by a junior com
munity group, the original play con
test tnd production contest by senior
colleges, the production contest for
citv high schools, and a presentation
by community and WPA groups are
scheduled for tomorrow; contests for
city and county high schools, junior
colleges (are among Tuesday's fea
tures; and a directors' meeting and
Little Theater and junior college con
tests are included on' Wednesday's
schedule.
REGIONAL THEATER
On Thursday morning, the regional
theater festival will begin, with the
theme of "Drama in the South" car
ried out by the production of nine
one-act plays from seven Southern
states, reports by directors of college
and community theaters in 15 South
ern states, and a series of luncheons,
open forum discussions on the theater,
and addresses by prominent theater
personages.
President Frank P. Graham will
hring greetings from the University
and Frederick H. Koch, founder and
director of the Carolina Playmakers,
will discuss "Drama in the South,'
soundine the keynote of the festival.
(Continued on page 2, column S)
News Briefs
By United Press
LONDON, March 30 Winston
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
tonight forecasts the intensification
of the European struggle at the pos
sible expense of small neutral states,
bat emphasizes that the allied powers
will strive to "live on good terms" with
Italy and Japan. Toward Russia,
Charchill takes a middle-of-the-road
stand, declaring that "it is "no part of
our policy to see war" with the Soviet
Union, and there is no need for the
Soviets to be drawn into the conflict.
BERLIN The German press ham
mers away with charges that diplo
matic representatives of President
Roosevelt were accomolices in what
newspaper headlines call the "war
Ht" of allied powers. The charges
are based on purported official Polish
documents nublished vesterdav de
sired to put the blame for starting
ihe war on Great Britain and France.
LONDON Polish sources, without
confirming the authenticity of the
German White Book charging that
touted States representatives aided in
starting the war, suggest that the Pol
sh documents possessed by the Nazis
mot have been handed over to them
by Soviet Russia.
NANKING Wang Ching-Wey be-
CQnes head of a new Japanese-sup
Ported government of China and in
ekborate inaugural ceremonies broad-
a promise of close cooperation
w"h Japan in the establishment of a
ne order in east Asia.
WASHINGTON Secretary of State
'oell Hull announces in a statement
rtrtrating this nation's condemnation
2 of aggression that the United
uts will not recognize the new pup
Jel Chinese government which the
'panese have established at Nanking.
-NEW YORK Supreme Court Jus-
'Ce Joh E. McGeehanTuIes that Ber
"d RUssd, can,t teach mathematics
Jjf City College of New York be-
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Singing Clowns To Present
Concert Of Classics, Jive
For
Entertainment
Uomedian .Harmonists Appear
On Stage Tomorrow Night In
Memorial Hall At 8:30
In a concert ranging from the clas
sics to modern "jive," the Comedian
Harmonists, a sextet of singing
clowns, will appear in the first stu
dent entertainment program of the
soring quarter tomorrow evening at
8:30 in Memorial hall.
A cross between the Ritz Brothers
.it
and the Metropolitan's "Sextet from
'Lucia'",' -the' Harmonists have' been
featured vocalists in five continents
during the last ten years. They just
recently returned from a 32 week
engagement in Australia.
After the trip back from "Down
Under," the group told ship reporters
that they definitely preferred high
"C's" to the high seas. It seems that
on board ship, only Eric Collin, sec
ond tenor, maintained a state of equi
librium. At the outset of the trip,
the sextet looked dubious at the pros
pect" of the long journey, and would
have called the whole thing off if
they had not already been committed
to make appearances. They finally
decided to brave the storm, but took
precautions before leaving.
SLUMBER IS SWEET
They repaired to their cabins, took
potent sedatives and fell into a deep
slumber. Eight hours passed in utter
peace, and then they awoke, happy
with the thought that they had over
come the elements.
Just as they came out of their con
tented visit in the realms of Orpheus,
the Harmonists came up on deck and
found, much to their dismay, that
their boat, which had not budged out
of port because of the storm, just
weighing anchor and setting out to
sea.
After the sextet concludes its tour
of the United States; the group will
(Continued on page 2, column 6)
Student Legislature Will Set
Election Date Tomorrow Night
Proposed Bill
Places Date
For April 18
At its first meeting of the spring
quarter the student legislature will
tomorrow nieht take action on a bill
drawn un last week by the ways and
means committee setting Thursday,
Aoril 18. as the date for election of
na mnii a nffirm for 1040-41. The
meeting will be called to order at
o'clock in Gerrard hall.
According to the. proposed bill, of
ficial nominations will be-held Tues
day, April 16, at 10:30. Student body
officers will be nominated in Memorial
hall: senior class, m iim umgnam,
junior class, in Di hall in XMew vvesi.,
and sophomore, in I'm nan m
East
If a run-off election becomes neces
(Continued on page 2, column A)
Series
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OFFICERS ELECTED
ATCLOSEOFNCSF
CONVENTION HERE
State College Boy
Named To Succeed
Dees As President
. A banquet at. the Carolina Inn la$t
night followed by the election and in
stallation of new officers for the com
ins: year brought to a close the 11th
annual . North Carolina Student fed
eration which has met here for. the past
two days.
New officers elected for the coming
year were Bill Friday, of N. C. State,
president; Henry Bahnson, of David
son, vice-president ; Adelaide Curtis,
of St. Mary's, secretary, and Virginia
Cothran. of Queens, treasurer. Fri
day succeeds Bill Dees, of Carolina, as
president of the federation.
Individual discussion groups and
talk by William B. Aycock, former pre
sident of the North Carolina Student
federation, were the highlights of yes
terday's program.
INTRODUCES MEMBERS , ',
Bill Dees, president of the feder
ation, introduced Aycock who address
ed the afternoon session at the Caro
lina Inn.
"The trouble with most student gov
ernments," Aycock said, "is that not
enough participate. Every college
student who becomes a good American
citizen will take an active part in city,
county and national government after
he leaves college."
"It is your duty, as student govern
ment officials, to educate your student
body," he said. "Let them know the
aims and purposes of your student
government. Until you have mass
( Continued on page 2, column 5)
T. Z. Koo To Address
Joint Cabinet Meeting
"The Needs of Students in Our
War Torn World" will be the sub
ject of a talk by Dr. T. 2. Koo, World
Student Christian Federation secre
tary, at a joint supper forum of the
Freshman Friendship . council, the
sophomore YMCA cabinet and the
junior-senior YM-YWCA cabinets to
morrow night at 6 o'clock in the Pres
byterian church.
Reservations can be made at the
YMCA. The cost will be 25 cents
per plate.
Freshman Chapel
Fred Weaver-announced yesterday
that the first freshman chapel of the
spring quarter will be held tomorrow.
All freshmen must attend.
STAFF TO NAME
CHOICEFORNEW
EDITOR OF BUC
List Of Those
Eligible To Vote
Is Released
Opening a week of publications
staff nominations, members of the
Buccaneer magazine staff will meet
tomorrow night at 7:15 in the ban
quet hall of Graham Memorial to
make the official staff nomination
for editor of the magazine next year.
The next issue of the Buccaneer
will be the final one for present edi
tor Bill Stauber. After this, the new
editor, who will be elected in the gen
eral campus elections next month, will
assume office and publish the final
issue of the year, the May number.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Other nominations for editor will
be made by the remaining publica
tions, the Carolina magazine, the
Yackety-Yack,'and the Daily Tar
Heel, during the rest of the week.
Those students eligible to partici
pate in the nomination tomorrow night
are: Mack Hobson, Bill Seeman, G.
B. Lamm, Henry Moll, Gene Witten,
Charles Colby, Dave Blalock, Bobby
Koch, Sanford Stein, Norman Levin
son, Simons Roof, St. Clair Pugh,
Larry Ferling, Jack Mitchell, Elbert
Hutton, Helen Plyler, Skipper Bowles,
and Courtlahd Dawson.
"Refreshments will be served in
case there is a tie," Editor Stauber
said yesterday.
YW-YMCA TO OPEN
DR1YE TO HELP
FOREIGN STUDENTS
Koo Will Begin
Campaign With
Talk Tomorrow
A drive to secure funds for, foreign
students in warring countries will open
tomorrow and continue through Thurs
day under the direction of the YMCA
YWCA. A talk by Dr. T. Z. Koo, secretary
of the World Student Christian Fed
eration, in Gerrard hall at 10:30 will
open the campaign. At the same time
coeds will solicit contributions at the
YMCA. Posters will be put up in the
dormitories and business establish
ments in Chapel Hill.
A supper forum will be held tomor
row night at the Presbyterian church
at 6:30 at which Dr. Koo will speak
on "the Role of Students In the Pres
ent Day World."
MEAL DONATIONS
Wednesday night each student will
be asked to contribute a sum equal to
the price of his meal that night to the
fund. Boxes will be placed at the cash
ier's desk in the new dining hall -and
the larger eating establishments down
town for this purpose. The fraterni
ties will be asked to contribute the
same amount either individually or as
a group.
The goal of the campaign is to se
cure oUU dollars to contnDute to tne
general fund being collected by the
International Student Service of Gen-
eva, Switzerland, ana tne .national
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YMCA-YWCA of Shanghai, China to
aid needy students in Europe and Asia
The Far Eastern Student Service Fund
is collecting 35,000 dollars in the Unit
ed States, as the intermediary of these
international groups, to rehabilitate
Chinese and Japanese students and
help them j go on with their educa
tion despite the war. The European
Student Service Fund is similarly col
lecting 35,000 dollars for the relief of
students in France, Rumania, Hun
gary, : Latvia, Lithuania, Finland,
Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.
(Continued on page 2, column S)
Bradshaw To Speak
At Bull's Head Tea
Continuing the practice of having
weekly teas, the Bull's Head book
shop will give its first tea of the spring
quarter Wednesday afternoon at 4:15
in the staff room of the library. Dean
rancis F. Bradshaw will discuss
Mortimer J. Adler's "How to Read a
Book." '
Roof Accuses Green
Of MiscoBstraiii
one
Miss Charlotte Hamilton
MESS HAMILTON
TO GIVE RECITAL
THIS AFTERNO ON
Contralto Opens
Spring Quarter
Union Programs
Miss Charlotte Hamilton, . Mont
clair, New Jersey,, contralto, will in
augurate the spring quarter series of
Graham Memorial concerts this after
noon at 5 o'clock in the main lounge
of the student union, , when jphe pne-J
sents a program of varied classic and
light modern compositions.
This afternoon's concert . will be
divided into four parts, each present
ing a different period of musical life.
Miss Hamilton will begin with seve
ral eighteenth century folk-tunes,
among which are: "My Days Have
Been So Wondrous Free" by Francis
Hopkinson; "I Know Where I'm
Goin'," an Old Irish tune; "Drink to
Me Only with Thine Eyes," an Old
English song; and "An Elegy on the
Death of a Mad Dog" by Milford.
COSMOPOLITAN PERIOD
The second part, representing the
Cosmopolitan period will feature
"Songs .My Mother Taught Me" by
Dvorak; "Tune Thy Strings" also
by Dvorak; "Lithuanian Song" by
Chopin; and "Hopak" by Moussorg
sky. Part three will consist of a
lively ditty from Saint-Saens' "Sam
son and Dalila," "Amour! Viens Ai
der." The concluding portion will
consist of "Thou Art Like a Flower"
by Ada Weigel Powers; "A Little
China Flower" by Leoni; "Yellow"
by Marsh; and "Awake! It Is' the
Day" by Cecil Burleigh.
Miss Hamilton is at present on a
tour of the East and middle-Atlantic
states. Previous to her appearance
here this afternoon, she gave a con
cert at Columbia university in New
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Dr. T. Z. Koo
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At 8 O'Ciock Tonight In Hill
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lecturer
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Statement
Says Mag Editor's
Letter Needs
Interpretation
By BUCKY HARWARD
Accusing Magazine editor Allen
Green of completely misconstruing his
platform statement opposing staff
nominations, Simons Roof, Carolina
party nominee for the editorship of
Magazine, yesterday continued his ex
position of the injustice of staff nom
inations. His statement was as fol
lows: "I wonder if it were not a bit pre
sumptious of Allen Green, in yester
day's Tar Heel, to refute 'charges'
supposedly made by me 'particularly
at the Magazine' which were never
made. I fail to see the validity of
his sudden vehemence. Furthermore,
his own statements need generous in
terpretation. His statements were
made 'in regard to charges of dirty -
politics in publications staff nomina
tions.' "He choose one of three points I
announced in opposition to staff nom
inations, erroneously personalized it,
and completely misconstrued it.
Throughout my original remark I not
once mentioned either Allen ureen
or the Carolina Magazine.
"My original statement is this:
(Continued on page 2, column U)
Ralph McDonald
Injured When Car
Skids On Highway
Dr. R. W. McDonald, director of
the University Extension division,
suffered painful but not serious in
juries late yesterday afternoon when
his car skidded on wet pavement
and went off the highway near Mor
risville in Wake county.
A passing motorist picked up Dr.
McDonald, who received cuts about
the face and head, and carried him
to a Raleigh hospitaL
In the hospital Dr. McDonald
blamed the accident on a "foolish
driver who tried to get by in wet
weather on slick tires." Dr. McDon
ald drove his car and no one was
with him at the time.
"I suppose I was going a bit too
fast," McDonald said. "My car
started to wobble and I touched the
brakes. The next thing I knew I was
in the midst of a thicket of small
pine, trees beside the highway.
"But I suppose I had it coming,"
he added. "Anyone who travels hun
dreds of. thousands of miles as I
do is bound to meet up with this
sort of thing sooner or later."
Dr. McDonald, who was on his
way to Chapel Hill after a visit to
Farmville, is expected to remain in
the hospital for three or four days.
The automobile was demolished
when it struck the pine trees.
To Give Sermon
President Graham
Will Introduce
Chinese Speaker
Known to thousands of Americans
as one of the ablest and most inter
esting Orientals who have come to
this country, Dr. T. Z. Koo, speaker,
world traveler, and Christian leader.
will deliver; the first University ser
mon this quarter tonight at 8 o'clock
in Hill music hall.
Starting work as a railroad execu
tive in China, Dr. Koo later deter
mined to work with the Christian forces
in that country and became one of
the outstanding world .leaders of the
Christian movement. -He joined the
staff of the national committee of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion : of China, with special respon
sibilities toward the colleges and uni
versities, to which duties was later
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