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NUMBER 179
Eight Coeds Tapped
At 4 Today by AKG
In Their Merry Oldsmobile
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Breakfast Follows
Secret Ceremonies;
Mrs. Stacy on Hand
Eight fortunate girls, .six juniors
aad two seniors," were tapped " at 4
o'clock this morning for Alpha Kap
pa Gamma, highest honorary society
for women at the University, for their
achievements in character, leadership,
and scholarship. They were Jane Mc
Jlaster, Mary Allen Clinard, Mar
jorie Johnston, Ann Williams, Betty
Jloore, and Julia McConnell, juniors;
and Martha Kelly and Barbara Lips
ccrob, seniors.
Early
this morning the
present
tapping
member
rites, which
breakfast at
were followed by a
the Episcopal parish
with Mrs. Marvin H. Stacy, adviser
to women and honorary AKG mem
ber, on hand. Present members of the
fraternity, who selected the new
members, are Mary Wood, president;
Melville Corbett, vice-president; Mary
Lewis, secretary; Altajane Holden,
treasurer; Gene Rankin, Sarah Mc
Lean, and Louise Jordan. Former
active members who participated were
Elizabeth Shewmake, Ruth Parsons,
Folly Pollock, Mary Perry, Garwin,
Virginia Bower, and . Nell Battle
Booker.
This coed group was organized to
"foster 'high ideals and standards for
outstanding women students; to pro
mote coordination of college activi
ties and preserve the ideals and tra
ditions' of the institution; and to
kelp the students and faculty to a bet
ter understanding of each other."
Girls chosen must excel in at least
one of the following phases of col
legiate activity; scholarship, athletics,
cairjus leadership, and social lead
ership. Character is a primary re
quirement. A student must have had
at least one year's residence at the
University, be of junior or senior
stan-ding, and have a scholastic rat
ing of "C" or its equivalent. The ac
tive membership of AKG can never
exceed four percent of the women
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News Briefs
Allies Begin Fierce Campaign
To Break out of Nazi Trap
Senate Passes
Army Supply Bill
(By United Press)
PARIS, May 22 A battle of "chao
tic fury" was reported raging on the
plain of Piccardy west of Cambrai
bre British and French forces,
thrown into a counter drive by Gen
eralissimo Maxime Weygand, fought
to blast a 35-mile corridor of escape
through German lines.
Storming and recapturing the
robed town of Arraras 22 miles north
of Cambrai, the British and French
hlafted away desperately to break the
realm of a steel trap forged around
6C0,C0O to 1,000,000 Allies north of
the S&one in France and Belgium.
The strong Allied blows were re
ported by many observers to be a pre
lude to a British-French counter of
fensive which may be unleashed with
in 48 hours after a conference in Paris
this afternoon among Prime Minister
Churchill, Premier Reynaud and Gen
eratesimo Weygand.
WASHINGTON The senate
Pfctd the record peace-time $1,823,
000 armv snnnlv Kill' late today and
promptly cleared the decks for action
on the $1,458,000 navy measure.
Tkt-se bills plus other actual or
contemplated expenditures sent Presi
dent Roosevelt's 1941 national defense
Plan toward $4,000,000.
The vote was 74 to 0 emphasizing
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Commerce Freshmen
May Skip Language -
Frtshmen intending to enter the
commerce school can be exempt from
kfcir.fr the second year of the foreign
krxuipe they are now studying by
Posing a reading test which will be
S"tn this Saturday at 2 :30. Students
tike the French test in Bingham
103, the Spanish test in Murphey 201
an the German test in Saunders 109.
FIRST ISSUE
OF SPIES' MAG
HITS CAMPUS
Two-Color Cover
First in 96 Years
Of Mag: History
. Involving many changes in type,
makeup cover," editorial policy, and the
like, the first issue of Adrian Spies'
Carolina Magazine hits the campus
today.
Most prominent among the changes
is the use of a two-color cover, the
first in the publication's 96-year his
tory. Also new are drawings by Buc
caneer Cartoonist Bill Seem an.
Attempting professional depart
mental standards, Editor Spies has
divided the magainze into such offer
ings as Articles, Sports, Fiction,
Movies, Theater, Personal History,
and Muck Raking.
The first three pages of today's is
sue are devoted to another new pres
entation, called "The Moving Fin
ger," which contains paragraphics
and small humorous cartoons.
The new Mag's eight articles, ac
cording to Spies, are headlined by ex
Tar Heel sports editor Shelley Rolfe's
"Farewell to Nothing," a review of
his experience as a sports writer.
James Lacock, a local blind student,
discusses hi3 peculiar plight in "They
Think Me Blind. Arne bcaug. a
Norwegian sociologist caught by the
war while studying in this country.
offers in "Auf Weiderschen to Nor
way" a discussion oi tnat phase oi
the war. Bill Beerman, current DTH
sports editor, discusses the trials and
tribulations of a small town weekly
editor in "Rustic Reporter." Ed
ward Heghiniari brings to the Mag
azine a discussion of summer jobs
and how to get them. Other articles
are Joseph Lederman's study of lo
cal housing conditions and discussions
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LIBRARY SETS UP
ALUMNI EXHIBIT
Honors Four Groups
Of UNC Graduates
As a part of the 145th Commence
ment Exercises, the library set up
yesterday in the first floor showcases,
and exhibit honoring the four groups
of alumni who will reveal and remin-
here June 9. 19. and 11th. The
four groups are named the Old Stu
dents Club, the Gay-Nineties class,
the Pre-World War class and the Deep
Depression class.
Material from old Daily Tab
itftt.v Yacketv-Yack's and other
sources are on display to recall care
less, carefree college days. The exhibit
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Sophs Tote $30
To CPU, Rally
The Sonhomore class executive com
mittee last night voted unaniomously
to give $25 to the CPU, five dollars to
the "Keep Out of Europe s war
Drive, and to hold over $244 for next
year's class treasury.
Members of the committee present
at the meeting felt that both the CPU
and the peace rally were causes worthy
of donations, and that extra money was
needed for functions during the junior
and senior years. A proposal to ap
propriate the entire $274 surplus to
help build a new pipe organ in Me
morial hal was defeated.
Faculty Meeting
The general faculty will meet
this afternoon to hold the annual
election of three members to the
six-man executive committee, it
was announced yesterday.
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Here's the Miller family, circa 1906, snapped as they prepare to leave
on the Fourth of July motor trip in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness,"
which opens tonight at 8:30 in the Carolina Playmakers theater. The
two ladies decked out in their Sunday best are Essie Miller and Muriel
McComber, portrayed by Lillian Prince and Mary Wood. Behind them
stand Nat Miller and Sid Davis, played by William Meade Prince and
W. T. Chichester.
Playmakers Ring Up Curtain
Tonight on 'Ah, Wilderness'
Princes Head Cast
Of O'Neill Comedy
The Carolina Playmakers ring up
the curtain tonight at 8:30 on Eugene
O'Neill's comedy, 'Ah, Wilderness,"
the final major production of the sea
son. Performances will also be given
tomorrow and Saturday nights.
Presenting a humorous and sympa
thetic picture of American family life
around the turn of the century, "Ah,-
Wilderness" centers on a crisis in the
life of Richard Miller, an adolescent
caught in the turmoil of first love.
The production is directed by Elmer
Hall, and sets and costumes were de
signed by Lary Wismer and Irene
Smart.
Heading the cast as Nat and Essie
Miller, Richard's mother and father,
are William Meade Prince and Lilian
Prince. This is the first Playmaker
performance by Mr. Prince, who is an
illustrator for several national maga
zines, while Mrs. Prince has appeared
in several other productions.
Bill Rawls is playing the role off
Richard, and Mary Wood appears op-J
posite him as Murial, his sweetheart.
William T. Chichester and Ruth
Smith play the parts of Sid Davis and
Lily Miller, the couple who have been
engaged for fiften years but haven't
maried because Sid can't stop drink
ing and Lily can't overcome her aver
sion to a drinking man.
Others in the cast are: Don Rosen
berg as David McComber, Muriel's
father; Catherine Mallory, who plays
(Continued on page 4, column 4)
Spring Quarter Blues
Note: The schedule below gives the order of examinations for academic
courses: v
By action of the faculty, the time of .no examination may be changed
after it has been fixed in the schedule.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, AT 3. -00 O'CLOCK
All Hygiene 3 sections a3 follows: Sees. 1, 5, New East 112; Sees. 9, 13,
17, Venable 304; Sees. 2, 6, 14, 18, Bingham 103; Sec. 22, Woollen Gym
nasium 303; Sees. 3, 7, 11, Woollen Gymnasium 304; Sec 15, Woollen
Gymnasium 301 A; Sec. 19, Woollen Gymnasium 301B; Sees. 4, 8, New
West 101; Sees. 12, 16, 20, Venable 305; Sees. 21, 10, 23, 24, 25, Phillips
206; Sees. 30, 31, Peabody 204.
MONDAY, JUNE 3 AT 9 KM) O'CLOCK
.All 11:00 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all 11:00 o'clock M-W-F
classes.
MONDAY, JUNE 3, AT 2:00 O'CLOCK
All 11:00 o'clock T-Th-S classes.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, AT 9:00 O'CLOCK
All 12:00 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all 12:00 o'clock M-W-F
classes.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, AT 2. -00 O'CLOCK
All 8:30 o'clock M-W-F classes.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, AT 9. -00 O'CLOCK
All afternoon classes.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, AT 2:00 O'CLOCK
All 9:30 o'clock M-W-F classes.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, AT 9:00 O'CLOCK
All 8:30 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all 8:30 o'clock T-Th-S classes.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, AT 2:00 O'CLOCK
All 12:00 o'clock T-Th-S classes and all accounting classes.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, AT 9: 00 O'CLOCK
All 9:30 o'clock 5 and 6 hour classes and all 9:30 o'clock T-Th-S classes.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, AT 2. -00 O'CLOCK
All other examinations not scheduled above. '
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PRINT CONTRACTS
Orange Printshop
Is Other Party
Contracts to print the Daily Tar
Heel, Carolina Magazine and the
Carolina Bu ccaneerwere awarded to
the Orange printshop yesterday, in
the next to the last meeting of this
year's Publications Union board.
Retiring students members of the
board will turn over the reins to in
coming members at a meeting next
week, when new officers will be elect
ed. The new-contract for the Daily
Tar Heel included three changes in
type.
Jack Lynch, editor of this year's
Yackety-Yack, reported to the board
that the annual would be out either
Friday or Saturday of this week.
A motion was passed to give publi-
cations keys to the circulation man-
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How to Avoid Exams
Only thirteen more days to fin
ish that copy of "GWTW." The
library announces with deepest
regret that all books must be re
turned by June 4th. Not only that
you MUST pay your bill before
they will let you have the pleasure
of taking exams.
Peace Discussion and Speeches
Will Be Heard in Memorial Hall
Believing that its plea for American peace may be more effec
tively brought home to the campus with a minimum of emotional
ism, supporters of the "Keep Out of Europe's War" drive yes
terday announced a change in today's program of events with
new plans calling for a mass meeting of students, faculty and
Coeds To Aid
Antiwar Rally
Plans Today
Carolina coeds will do their part to
keep America out of war both at
chapel .period this morning and to
night at 8 o'clock in Memorial hall.
At 10:30 this morning 20 beautiful
coeds, under the leadership of Queen
Marjorie Johnston, will stand behind
booths and distribute peace tags. Some
of them will be inside and in front of
the YMCA building. The rest will be
spread around the campus. All the
girls will be attired in nurses' uni
forms. Tonight at 8 o'clock in Memorial
hall Jane Rumsey and the same beau
tiful rcoeds will sing a new song en
titled "We Want You Home, Boys,"
which is guaranteed to make every
male in the audience a firm believer in
peace and isolation. Jack Page and
Sanford Stein wrote the song and Car
rol McGaughey devised a precision
routine that the girls wil do while sing
ing the number.
Some of the 20 beautiful coeds are
Sarah Ruark, Eunice Patten, Frances
Gibson, Mary Lee Wilson, Jane Moody,
Spencer Watkins, Martha Le Fevre,
Jesna Prevatte, Zoe Young, Mariana
Milner and Jo Austin.
In addition to this display of pul
chritude, Carrol McGaughey, Phil
Ellis -and Campbell Irving will quote
over microphones 3uring chapel per
iod famous anti-war statements made
by great men of the past and present,
such as George Washington and Her
bert Hoover. Besides the song the
program tonight will include skits
satirizing war, short talks for peace
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Collegiate Motorcade Tickets
Go Off Sale This Afternoon
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W00LLC0TT TO BE
ALUMNI MARSHAL
'15 Is Planning
'Silver Reunion'
Philip Woollcott, '15, Asheville
banker, has been appointed Alumni
commencement marshal and will direct
affairs at the open-air roll call of Re
union Classes on Tuesday morning,
June 11, under the Davie Poplar,
Alumni President Fred I. Sutton an
nounced yesterday.
By custom, the Alumni Marshall is
appointed from the 25-year reunion
class. Officers of the class of '15 have
ben making plans for the past several
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Library To Hold
Summer Training
A number of advance registrations
the special training program for
teacher-librarians to be offered dur
ing both terms of the University
Summer Session at Chapel Hill have
already been recorded, it was . an
nounced yesterday by Secretary Guy
B. Phillips. '
Enrollment for the first term, June
13 to July 22, is limite dto 100, and
for the second term, July 22 to August
28, to 75, he said. '
Sponsored by the University's
School of Library Science and the De
partment of Education, the courses
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Phillips' Advisees
. Freshman advisees of Professor G.
B. Phillips are asked to see him during
the morning hours sometime this
week to plan class schedules for
next year.
townspeople in Memorial hall tonight
at 8 o'clock.
Preceded by the blinking of dor
mitory lights and the ringing of the
South building bell, students from
dormitories, fraternities and sorori
ties under the leadership of their of
ficers and other interested students
will march en masse to Memorial hall.
Here, under the chairmanship of Gra
ham Memorial director Bob Magill, a
group of student speakers will pre
sent their stand for American peace.
An open forum with questions from
the floor and further discussion of
the issues and a resolution session,
both restricted as to time, will follow.
Three short entertainment skits
will be presented prior to the pro
gram proper. A satirical song-and-
All co-eds who will serve as
nurses in today's Peace Rally
are to obtain their uniforms in
the Daily Tar Heel office in
Graham Memorial between 8 and
10:30 this morning.
dance sketch, directed and written by
Carroll McGaughey and Sanford
Stein, who were largely responsible
for the recent "One More Spring" pro
duction, will feature Jane Rumsey and
20 beautiful coeds. At this time the
new song by Stein and Jack Page,
"We Want You Home, Boys," will
be sung for the first time.
"War at Any Price," a short skit
written by Lee Wiggins, will be the
second presentation. A shortened ver
sion of "Bury the Dead," the war
drama recently putpby the Co-op
theater, Will also' be "given.
Student speakers for the occasion
include Jane McMaster, W. T. Martin,
Bill Joslin, Lee Wiggins, George Rals
ton, Lib Bowles and a representative
from State College. Each will present
his stand against war and his reasons
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Life Magazine Plans
To Take Pictures
Tickets will go off sale today at 4
o'clock at Ledbetter-Pikard's and the
YMCA of ice for a weekend with hund
reds of North Carolina collegians at
"America's Finest Strand," Myrtle
Beach, Sam Joe Smith, aranging the
giant motorcade, announced yesterday.
Smith said he has received notice
that Life Magazine will send a photog
rapher to the beach to take pictures
for the "Life Goes to a Party" section.
Other new developments in plans for
a gala period of surf bathing, golf,
games, riding, dancing, and other
beach entertainments include the com
pletion of plans for Carolina repre
sentatives in a beauty contest for the
title "Myrtle Mermaid." Elections
were held last night in coed dormitor
ies and sororities for likely loking girls.
- Smith said students would be able
to make a dollar deposit and reserve
a ticket until 4 o'clock, after which all
reservations will be closed. The en
tire price must be paid before leaving.
The people of Myrtle BSeach are
heartily in favor of the collegiate
houseparty and are cooperating in
every way possible to make this the
biggest in the history of houseparties.
A great number of the best hotels on
the beach have cut their rates in half '
to assure a large crowd. Owners of
fishing yachts will take students deep-
(Continued on page 4, column 1)
Senior Invitations
Have Arrived
Seniors may get their com
mencement invitations from 2 to
4 this afternoon in the YMCA,
Buddy Nordan and Preston Nis
bet announced yesterday. The
two chairmen also said that no
seniors would be given their in
vitations unless they brought
their receipts along.
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