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EDITORIALS: laundry Athletes THER: Fair and icamur -77 CWZ.Y COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- Z 525 VOLUME XLVni Bwumm: 98S7 Circulation: 9886 CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1940 Mterial: 43St Newt: 43SI. Kifkt: 6906 NUMBER 140 wmm mm r a W Ui-- 1 - Dees Has Six-Point Program Aimed At Bettering Student : ' Bill Dees V, . . . six points CAMPUS STUDIO PRESENTS McCALL SPEECH TODAY Radio Players Enact "Doors That Slam" On National Hookup Opening a week of five radio pres entations, the campus radio studio will present "The Importance of Mak ing a Will," a talk by Mr. Fred B. Mc Call. tcmorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock over the Southern Broadcasting Sys tem; WRAL, WAIR, WSTP, WFTC, WOTM. As the highlight of the week's of ferings the Carolina Playmakers of the Air will enact Weider Siever's "Doors That Slam" over a national hookup on Saturday afternoon at 3:30. The program will be broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting network of which the North Carolina stations are: WRAL, WAIR, WSTP, WFTC, AVGTM. Monday night at 8:30 the Univer sity Round Table will discuss "The Significance of America's Gold Poli- cies" with Messrs. J. C. Sitterson, J. B. Woosley, and E. M. Bernstein par taking in the panel. This program will be carried by the Tar Heel network: WDXC, WSJS, WBIG. ' - Part of the Carolina PolitieaL union's program will be broadcast (Continued on page 2, column 2) News Briefs By United Press EERLIN, April 5 Nazis charge to night that the allied powers are at tempting to coerce Norway and Swe den to join them in the blockade of Germany and warn that Scandinavian nations must resist or sacrifice neu trality. LONDON Great Britain and France reported to have completed broad plans for total blockade of Ger many in all possible spheres including tne Pacific Ocean and possibly aerial transportation routes over Europe and Atlantic Ocean. Plans were worked ui in conferences in which . French minister of blockade and British min ister of economic warfare participated. WASHINGTON Socialist party natior.a convention de'nounces U. S. aid to England and France, charging that President Roosevelt's foreign Policy jves every indication of de trrair.ation to us in war." WASHINGTON Dues committee, 's'uo almost 100 subpoenas for Prominent German-American Bund anJ Mher fascist group leaders turnout the nation. sWr7IlOLM, Sweden Scandina Vla ftIs herself to withstand Allied an German pressure which has aroused gravest fears about neutrality of Nway and Srteden. .0, Norway Norwegian pre mr aid war minister strongly re pkiized determination of Norway Continued on page 2, column 6) UP Nominee Favors Better Facilities In Dormitories By' LOUIS HARRIS Bill Dees, candidate for student body president on the University party ticket, last night released his platform, the main plank of which stressed the need for better dormitory conditions, conscientious cooperation between the student governing bodies, and closer adherence to Honor Rules and the Campus Code. Dees, .two years a student council member, chairman of the Sophomore Honor Council, two years a Freshman Orientation Committeeman, former president of the North Carolina Fed eration of Students, member of the Grail, member of the Student Advisory Board, active member of the YMCA, and prominent in class government with two years of service on class com mittees to his credit, build3 the body of his platf orn upon six major points. The first of these points deals with campus governing bodies and the need for their working together in harmony to produce a better campus govern ment. He cites the record of the In terdormitory ' and Interfraternity Councils who have shown a keen sense of their responsibility to the campus. HONOR SYSTEM EMPHASIZED The second point in Dees' platform emphasizes the Honor System and the Campus Code and the definite respon sibility that every student has in the maintaining of this system and Code. He asks for a more careful orientation of the new student and stresses the need for thorough training of the stu dent in the simple mechanics of the Honor System. , Maintaining that the student gov ernment shjuld move into new fields where student participation is needed. Dees points out the need for student ; representation on the Re-admission Board, student representation on a TeSt Book Board which would protect j students from unnecessary changes in text .books, and the right for students to be heard in respect to. academic re quirements. ADVOCATES SOCIAL ROOMS A dormitory resident for three years and a member of the Student Advisory Committee, Dees has had an active (Continued on page U, column 4) Hayes "Ain't Woofin if Looks For Slang Word In response to an urgent request for help sent out by a colleague at Wash bum college in Topeka, Kansas, Pro fessor Francis Hayes of the Univer sity Romance Languages department is listening the campus over for the slang verb "woof." Any . student who uses or has heard the word used in such an expression as "I ain't a-woofin," is requested by Professor Hayes to report it. Interest ed persons are asked please to note that the word is spelled w-o-o-f-i-n' and means "kidding" or "jesting." It hs nothing to do with the somewhat similar term applied to the popular campus pastime. Fuller Gives Concert Today Violinist To Play Negro Selections George Fuller, negro violinist from Raleigh, will present a concert of in terpretation of negro music this after noon at 5 o'clock in the main lounge of the student union. Today's program will be the second in Graham Me morial's spring quarter concerts. Fuller will play five different types of negro music, commencing with the "National Negro Hymn" and conclud ing with illustrations of negro swing. Among the selections he will play, il lustrating spirituals in the raw are "Everytime I feel the Spirit," "My Lord, What a Morning," and "Give Me that. Old Time Religion." Fuller will then give examples of how a modern arrangement of spirituals sound, when he plays "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "Deep River," and "Some times I Feel Like a Motherless Child." The song, "Feeling Bad" will fea ture the part of the concert illustrat ing negro blues. "Sophisticated Swing," "Just Plain Swing Copen hagen," and "Ain't Gonna Study War (Continued on page 2, column 2) reinitfws Are if mm aoeico. iMiaenic jlimisw Best In The South ini i.iii.i, na.i.,n W!vr?T'XTv''1'' mimn ' mw.hi.jm " . i'hwi"'.-. t .oryj. .. vi vi .into. - c " t I t? " T 4 J 'j r t i -. y y , i - - i ! 1 j , ,W 1 Left to right, the North Carolina fencing team: Front row John Finch, Jr., Richard Frendenheim, Stan Whyte, Co-Captains Allan Bloom and Joe Boak, Dave Malone, Lome Payne, Robert Tolmach, and Wayne Williamson. Back row Business Manager Jerry Stoff, Former Manager Robert Wise, Robert Sears, Clayton Farris, Ernest Stich, Fred Broad, Bill Spicer, Managers Harry Vinokur and Artie Fischer. Henry SmernofT is not in the picture. MEN'S'GLEE CLUB TO GIVE RECITAL IN HILL MUSIC HALL Campus Appearance Climaxes Season Of Much Activity Coming as the culmination of a year of widespread activity, the Carolina Men's Glee Club will present its en tire program in Hill music hall on Wednesday night at 8:30 under the direction of John Toms. The Glee Club has already partici pated in four tours, presenting seven teen progi-ams in various pei'formances in North Carolina and Virginia. Ac cording to Glee Club president, Frank Turner, he men feel as though the concert in Hill Hall on Wednesday night will prove to be among the best presented by the Club in Chapel Hill for some time. Glee Club tours this year have in cluded not only the rendition of the regular program, but director, John E. Toms has arranged for the men to sing several oratories in conjunction with the Women's Glee Clubs at Mary Baldwin college in Staunton, Va., and ; at Farmville State Teacher's College, as well as with the Chapel Hill Choral Club. For the first time, the Carolina men were assisted by the Duke Glee Club and the Women's group at Farm ville State College in Farmville, Va., where the three combined Glee Clubs sang Gaul's oratoric, "The Holy City." FIRST CAMPUS APPEARANCE The Men's Glee Club made their first campus appearance last fall, sing ing three Bach Cantatas with the (Continued on page 2, column 4) Resurrection Paul Green's "The Field God" will be presented again tomorrow night at 8:30 in Memorial hall. Tickets are on sale at the Playmaker business office and at Ledbetter-Pickard's. The play was presented for the first time Friday night, before a capacity audience, as the climax to the drama festival here. George Fuller . interpretationists T A?( X , , i i - t -:- CPU To Hold Informal Dinner Tuesday In Honor Of Gannett GOP Publisher Expected To Blast New Deal Here The Carolina Political union will hold an informal dinner for Frank Gannett, Rochester publisher, when the New York state GOP presiden tial hopeful speaks here next Tues day night at 8:30 in Memorial hall, Harry Gatton, chairman of the union announced yesterday. The banquet is scheduled to be held in. the small cafeteria of the new University dining hall, and all stu dents and faculty members are wel come to attend. All those who plan to come should notify some member of the CPU or leave their names in the office of the YMCA not. later than tomorrow noon. v Many Republican notables from the state will be present at the dinner, and Gannett will be introduced by John Parks, publisher of the Raleigh Times. The Rochester newspaper man, owner of the thir.l largest group of newspapers in the nation, will arrive in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon in his own private plane, and will head a (Continued on page 2, column 6) SEVERAL ADVISER POSITIONS OPEN Applications Ready At Dean's Office Application blanks are available in the office of the Dean of Students for those junior, senior, or graduate stu dents who desire positions as fresh man dormitory advisers for, the school year 1940-41. ' The dormitory adviser is expected to make it his responsibility to know personally each of his advisees in the dormitory and to establish a relation ship with them in order to make free communication between adviser and advisee -on matters of personal im portance. The advisor's duty is to promote a beneficial program of activity for each freshman under his supervision. might promote certain habits of clean-j liness in dress and in the dormitory j room, certain naoits oi exercise ana diversion, and regular study habits. The adviser's job is less academic than personal. His real purpose is to give information as to personality and living habits. The adviser, living un der the same roof as the advisee, can secure this much, more readily than anyone else. t Two advisers to each undergraduate dormitory is the usual number hired by the University. However, it is as yet undecided as to the umber to be employed. The compensation received by the advisers is also undecided, but it will probably be about $75 a year. Sophomore Cabinet Meets Tomorrow Sophomore cabinet will meet tomor row at 6:30 in the small cafeteria Df the new dining hall. Three coeds will discuss the coed situation. All cabinet members are asked to bring dates. Supper will be bought in the imam dining hall and then taken into the small cafeteria. v I A ATATTT IT Mi ni)I A fV AMI UHL 1UAIUUAUA CONCLAVE OPENS AT INN TUESDAY 4 Many Outstanding Speakers Expected For National Meet The sixth aanual Conference on Con servation of Marriage and the Family, bringing delegates from as far west as California and as far east as Maine, will get under way at the Carolina Inn here Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Again under the direction of Dr. Ernest -R Croves, . the-University of North Carolina professor who is ac credited with being the first person to introduce marriage courses to the col lege curriculum, the sessions will all be held here except those on Thursday which are to be held at Duke univer sity. The program will continue through Friday morning, April 11. Among a number of hitherto unan nounced speakers and participants scheduled will be Mrs. Harriet A. Houdletter, director of family courses of the American Association of Uni versity Women, Washington, D. C; Mrs. Frances D. Wynne, of Miami, Fla., who has developed one of the best known high school courses in preparation for marriage in the coun try; Miss Maud Van Way, president of Fairmont Junior college, Washing ton, where one of the best junior col lege marriage courses has been estab lished. Rabbi Sidney Goldstein of New York, professor of social service at the Jewish Institute of Religion and a leader in family education among those of his faith; Rev. Laurence K. Whitfield, Pittsburgh, Pa., a well known religious marriage counselor; Rev. W. Clark Ellsey, Colorado Springs, whose classes in preparation for marriage in his church are attract ing widespread attention. Prof. Henry L. Pritchett, Southern (Continued on page 2, column 4) . Sound and Fury Meets Today Dramatic Critic To Address Club Professor S. Stephenson Smith, edu cational counselor for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, will speak this afternoon to the members of the newly organ ized campus entertainment group, Sound and Fury, at 2 o'clock in Ger rard hall. Mr. Smith, who is visiting Chapel Hill for the Drama in the South cele bration, on leave from the University of Oregon, is the author of "The Craft of the Critic," "The Command of Words," "The Style Rule," and of many articles and reviews in the "field of dramatic criticism. To the members of Sound and Fury, Mr. Smith will explain the rules of the ASCAP contest for collegiate shows, in which the group plans to enter' its spring production. Prize for the win ning show is a $720 fellowship to the author or co-authors. At the meeting, the script for the (Continued on page 4, column 6) Tar Heels Capture Three Trophies And Seven Medals Final standings: North Carolina Georgia Tech Kentucky . . Johns Hopkins Virginia Norfolk . 32ii 25 K .24 17 .10 . 6 For the first time since 1931, a Southern fencing team can claim a home title. The Tar Heel swordp men yesterday morning won the first South Atlantic fencing tournament, running off with three of four top honors and taking the highest num ber of individual awards in the meet seven. The rampaging Carolina fencers were followed closely by Georgia Tech, which won the epee team trophy, and Kentucky. The Jackets took five individual medals, Kentucky four and Johns Hopkins two. The two-loot, three - weapon award was proud ly carried off by the Tar Heels in ALLAN BLOOM addition to the foils and saber trophies. Only the epee statue left Chapel Hill, with the Tech men. The saber competition yesterday morning climaxed a sterling Caro lina victory. Co-Captains Allan Bloom and Joe Boak went undefeated yes terday to finish in two weapons of competition without a loss the' foils and the saber. Lome Payne placed second in a fence-off. The saber team gained 11 points in that division for top place to Georgia Tech's eight, Johns Hopkins' four, Virginia's three and Norfolk's one. - - The Tar Heels .were never in seri ous danger of the three-weapon cham pionship. Both Georgia Tech and Ken tucky threatened in the early parts of the saber competition, but when both Payne and Boak defeated Ken tucky fencers and Boak stopped Tech's (Continued on page 3, column 3) Scholastic Press Institute Here Set For May 4-5 AH high school newspapers through put the State have been invited to send, delegates to the fourth, annual meeting of the North Carolina Scho lastic Press Institute to be held here Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, it was announced yesterday by David Stick, director. The meeting, the purpose of which is to bring about closer union among high school journalists, is sponsored pointly by the North Carolina Depart ment of Public Instruction and the Extension Division, of the University. Well known North Carolina news paper men wdll lead open forums devoted to specific phases f news paper work, and various problems of high school papers presented will be discussed with members of the Uni versity journalism department who will also judge the high school papers. Prof essor Smith X. educational counselor r; - .