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Salt EDITORIALS: Scalpers Scalped "12th Man" Was There Good Luck to UH" TTTT TEATHER: Fair- tUaltl i i - V Tf7 CWLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- : tSST; Gmlatkm: tSSS t CHAPEL HILL, N. O, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 1940 Editorial: 43M; Km: tUl ; Kfet: OS Harriers Gmb tlih Conference IiMpimMB ; ; . . JLL ; ; JUL WM - - i r-m rr VT TV - - mmtmmmmamm,mmammmmtmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Powe and Meet in Run-. Offis Frosh Vote Today After Hot Campaign By Ernest Frankel Freshman politicians, battling for supremacy in today's run-off elections for the presidency and secretary , post, -wound up their week of intensive cam paigning with the distribution of lit erature and a final volley of speeches before voting today. Ballots will be cast only at the YMCA. The polls wil be open from 5 o'clock this morning until 5 o'clock this afternoon. The fight for the presidency, be tween E. K. Powe of Durham and Mac Sherman of . New York City, was brought before the freshman class yes terday morning in Memorial hall dur ing chapel period. Both candidates spoke on their aims and asked for unity in the class. Poire Makes Promises Powe promised new activities and "an investigation into just why the freshman class does not have a rep resentative on the University . dance committee." Later in the day, Jack Emack, de feated candidate for the presidency, announced that be would throw his support to Powe because 'E. K. has the ability to make the Freshman class a unified group with a definite purpose nd aim. I want all those who voted for me in the first elections to swing behind E. K. Powe." Sherman Makes Promises . Sherman, addressing the . assembly, promised !the.formatioa of freshman; committees which will act athletically, socially, and in extra-curricular work to aid all first-year men." He stressed the importance of a freshman speak ing committee to prepare students for See POLITICS, page U. Merrill Makes Senior Deadline For Y-Y Photos All juniors and seniors who have not lad their pictures made for the Yack ?ty Yack must do .so before Tuesday, November 26, if their pictures are to appear in the 1941 Yackety Yack, Byrd Merrill said yesterday. Those who have already had pic tures made and have not decided on the proofs must do so during the week and hring them to Wootten-Moulton studios not later than this Saturday. Freshman football players are asked to report for their Yackety-Yack pic ture tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. Di Will Discuss One Party System The Di senate meets tonight at 7:15 in New West to discuss a bill en titled "Resolved, that the one party system now existing in the South is detrimental to this region." Initiation ceremonies will be held prior to the regular business for a number of people whose applications for membership have recently been approved by the membership commit tee. Chinese Student, Getting Ph. D., Says Bible And Confucius Agree Ancestor worship in China does not inflict with Christianity Wen Hsjen Tyan Chen, a Chinese student at the University who studies both the Bible and Confucius, said yesterday. "Even the Chinese who are Chris tians venerate their ancestors," he faid. Seeking his Ph.D. in philosophy b' Christmas, Chen says there are several points of agreement in the K'tle and Confucius, particularly re garding morals. !n China where family ties are acred, parental obedience and respect are much greater than in America, ifcthrothals made by" parents during the 'nfancy of their children have be fne almost non-existent, but it still considered immoral for young Sherman Fall Comprehensives To Be Given Saturday Fall quarter comprehensives for se niors jn the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Commerce will be given Saturday. Students planning to take the tests who failed to register for them at the beginning of the quarter should make immediate arrangements with their departmental head. Must Be Passed " Given only once a quarter, a com prehensive examination must be pass ed by all candidates for degrees in the two schools. To be eligible for comprehensives, a student must have completed all but seven of the courses required for the degree and must have passed at least four courses, or their equivalent, in his major. Debate Group Meets Tonight Plan To Discuss . Two Questions The Debate council will meet to night at 9 o'clock in the Grail room of Graham Memorial, to discuss ques tions to be presented to other schools for debate, Ed Maner, executive secre tary, announced last night. The two questions to be discussed tonight are: "Resolved, that the policy of the jJnited States in hoarding gold is injurious to the world s economic stability," and "Resolved, that the United States should extend credit to Great Britain if and when she is un able to pay for war materials." Opposes Pika Question The Debate council is formulating these questions because it is, not in favor of the national Pi Kappa Delta question, "Resolved, that the Western Hemisphere should form a permanent union." Pi Kappa Delta is the national debating fraternity and presents question each year which is debated throughout the country. "This year's question is too vague and the sides are not well defined," See DEBATE, page U- Union To Sponsor Community Sing, Amateur Contest A community sing and amateur contest will be held next Sunday night at 7:30 in Gerrard hall, Fish Worley, director of Graham Memo rial, announced last night. Three cash prizes will be awarded to the best amateurs. The contest is open to all students, and anyone who can sing, dance, or otherwise enter Cain, should drop by the office in Gra ham Memorial and.fsign up. An -added attraction of the sing will be the first appearance-of a new campus band. "This band might well follow in the footsteps of Kay Kyser, FrprfHie Johnson- or other. Carolina graduates," Worley pointed out, "and we should all be out to hear them." girls to smoke, dance or go to the movies. ."''' ' The chief pasttime in China still is philosophic reverie. "The Chinaman likes to dream of what should be, the American to act on what is," Chen says. He finds that the American has adapted himself better to the- world. Chen likes the practicality ,of the Ameriacn civilization. Likes Chinese Friendship The advantage he finds in the old er civilization is that it is based more on terms of friendship than of achievement. Chen says,' "A China man looks for the inner qualifies of a man; the American judges only by h manifestations of these qualities See CHINESE STUDENT, page 1. Terps Press TarHeei'sSB Tith 41 Score Fields Steals Show With New Course Record , . By Ben Snyder .-. COLLEGE PARK, MdV Nov. 18 Veteran ' Maryland runner Tommy Fields stole the individual show in the 17th annual Southern conference cross country meet by establishing a new course record, but it was a game band of Tar Heel harriers who provided the real thrill of the afternoon when they came from behind to give Coach Dale Ranson his 11th title in the closest finish the meet has witnessed since 1925. , , After conceding the Terrapins three of the first five places, the Carolinians rallied to place Wimpy Lewis sixth, Mike Wise tenth and Henry Branch twelfth, to total a score of 33 to beat the Old Liners' 41. Morrison Second Dave Morrison, who finished second, and Rich Van Wagoner, who fur nished the biggest individual surprise of the afternoon by taking third, pressed Fields hard for the first mile, but wilted on a severe up-grade lead ing to the halfway mark: At that point the Maryland boy was running strong and led the field by 50 yards. Captain Lewis, who had gotten off to a splendid start, was leading the pack in fourth spot, with the balance of the Tar Heel team holding up well. At the three-mile marker, -Morri son was gallantly picking up the pace, and had cut Fields margin to 30 sec onds, while Van Wagoner, running the best race of his career, held a 10- yard .advantage. over; the .. Terrapins' 7 " See MORRISON,page 3. Seniors Hope For Revenge In Class Tilt The senior class yesterday issued a stirring challenge to the juniors to battle next week in the traditional junior-senior intramural tacr football game. . Rivalry is keen between these teams and this year's game has all the ear marks of a warm conflict. The seniors will probably have a heavier team than the juniors, though the exact line-up has not been released by either team. Last year, the game ran an over period, with the class of .'40 nosing out this year's seniors. When queried about his team, Se nior uiass jf resident nero waray evasily mumbled a something about a riple-reverse worked in during a statue of liberty play, but gave no de tails about its execution. Hardy and senior intramural man ager Jimmy Hambright urge all in- ramural team managers to submit to them the names of all prospective se nior players. A gold football will be awarded the outstanding senior' play er. I Geologist Talks On Hawaiian life Professor G. R. MacCarthy, a mem ber of the Geology department who has been connected with the U. S. Geological survey for three years, will give a lecture on the Hawaiian Is lands Thursday night at 8:30 in Ger rard halir Professor MacCarthy has been with the U. S. survey studying water levels and most of that time was spent in the Hawaiian Islands. Besides his technical reports he brought back hundreds of colored fikns depicting life in Hawaii. 1 , At his lecture, 1 Professor Mac Carthy will show some of his slides and talk about some of the problems and pleasures of a. Chapel Hill fam ily living on most of the inhabited is lands of the Hawaiian group. - The lecture will be under the aus pices of the A. A. U. W. and proceeds from the sale of tickets will go to the Lstudent loan fund.. Tickets will cost 25 cents and may be . obtained from I Mrs. W. E. Caldwell or at the door Cornell B Senator Holt Pleads Illness, Postpones CPU Speaking Date Senator Rush D. Holt, Democrat, West Virginia, became the third mem ber of Congress to disappoint the Car olina Political union when he tele graphed Bill Joslin last night suggest ing postponement of his speech sched uled for Wednesday evening in Me morial hall. Senator Holt, who has been ill for some time, telegraphed Joslin, chair man of the union, early last week, stating that he might find itnecessary to postpone his talk because of ill health. Joslin however went ahead with plans for the Senator's speech, but last night Holt telegraphed: "Sug gest postponement of meeting be cause do not feel"-physically able to make the trip. Hope to appear later date. Signed, Rush D. Holt." Joslin remarked, "I'm sorry, of R Duce Foreshadows Closer German-Italian Cooperation 3-Day Battle Rages at Ivan ROME, Nov. 18 Premier Benito Mussolini in a vigorous speech, de scribed as the most realistic he ever made, foreshadowed still closer German-Italian cooperation today in the Axis path of destroying the British Empire.-' -" ' """ 7 -, Observers thought of it as the first Axis hint that the war will not be short. II Duce minimized the time element in the campaign against Greece whose backbone he promised to break indicating that Italy will con centrate on other fronts in collabora tion with Germany. .. - BERLIN The Axis powers today opened what they described as the "second diplomatic offensive" against their enemy when Chancellor Adolf Hitler met the 'foreign ministers of Italy and Spain at his Berchtesgaden Chalet. "First offensive" regarded here as begun with the signing of the German- Italian-Japanese alliance in Berlin on September 27 was concluded by the visit to Berlin of the Soviet premier. It was understood that' today's nego tiations were completed more quickly than originally had been expected. Usually reliable sources believed that interest now will shift immediately to Vienna where German and Italian diplomats later this week will meet representatives of Hungary, Slovakia, and Rumania. SOFIA King Boris of Bulgaria visited Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Germany yesterday, an official com munique revealed tonight. ATHENS The three-day battle between Greek mountain troops and Italian Alpine fighters from Mt. Ivan raged on tonight so furiously that See NEWS BRIEFS, page U. Politician in 1936, Dr. Ralph McDonald Now Expands Scope of University Through Air Waves By Ransom Austin The slightly bald man with a deep scar on his cheek the man who was called Ralph when he was running for Governor of North Carolina has re turned to his old profession. He's Doc tor McDonald again now. -He ran for Governor in 1936 and was whipped by only 52,000 votes; he was knocked flat on his back by tuber culosis, but made a complete recov ery; he weathered a storm of criticism by University of North Carolina trustees who objected to his appoint ment as associate director of the ex tension division. But now Dr. Ralph W. McDonald is a key figure in a comparatively new phase of education teaching with radio and open forums. His present educational duties differ course, that the Senator's ill health will prevent him from making the trip to Chapel Hill, but I have high hopes of arranging another date in the near future for the Senator's speech. Perhaps Senator Holt will be able to make the trip on November 26." Pepper Will Speak Joslin also stated that Senator Claude Pepper's speech scheduled for next Monday evening had been mov ed back until December 3. "In this way," Joslin remarked, "Perhaps we may still have the two senators speak within a short time of each other, so that Pepper may answer Holt's charges." Holt was expected to strike out at those individuals who, he claimed, See CPU, page 4. Scouting Frat Is Reorganized Officers Elected At First Meeting The Rho1 chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega, fraternity ! composed of for mer Boy Scouts, has been reorganized on the . campus and the first meeting was, held Sunday night in Graham Memorial, it was announced yester day. Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, was active on the campus until a few years ago. The meeting of Sunday night' officially inaugurat ed the beginning again of active ser vice as a fraternity. Projects Planned Sunday night, new men were pledg ed, officers 'elected, and future pro grams discussed. Immediate plans for the fraternity are to teach proper respect for the flag, build a cabin for the town scouts and for members of the fraternity, and repair bridges in Battle-Park. Officers elected Sunday night were: Kingsley Elder, -president; Charles Phillips, vice-president; Rupert Jern- igan, secretary; Harris 1 Vinokur, treasurer; Hugh Quimby, alumni sec- See SCOUTING, page 4- . Phi Will Discuss U.S. Aid to Europe Jimmy Pittman, speaker pro-tem of the Phi assembly, announced yester day that the assembly will meet to night at 7:30 in the Phi hall in New East. . The assembly will discuss the pro posed bill: Resolved: That the Unit ed States should send food and cloth ing to the -German dominated coun tries of Europe." . Dr. Ralph W. McDonald Long Charges Extravagance In '39-40 Expense By Phil Carden " Amid charges of extravagance and inefficiency against last year's Debate council members, the Student Legisla ture last night reduced the proposed council budget by $735.50. In trying to show that figures on last year's actual expenditures should not be used as an index for this year's budget entirely, Tom Long, president of the council, who was given cour tesy of the floor, made the charges. Last year's travel expenses were under fire particularly. Long pointed out that records of expenses listed by the student audit board for one trip last year included "such items as tipping, shoe shines, and even one shoe repair." Garland Clears Cochrane Jick Garland, chairman of the fi nance committee, hastened to point out that Speaker Bill Cochrane, executive secretary of the council last year, did not go on th trip i rom which the odor arose." Long also pointed out, in proposing a compromise figure of $750 for this year's travel expense, that two trips are contemplated this year, whereas last year, only trip was taken. The council proposaT for this item was $1,000; the legislature allowed $625. Members of the finance committee revealed after the meeting that in in- See LEGISLATURE, page 2. Students, Profs Will Broadcast This Afternoon Five radio programs featuring Carolina professors and students will be on the air this afternoon and evening, over " Raleigh and Durham stations. - : At 2:30, Dr. Dalk Fussier will give a fifteen-minute talk, "The Stars of Winter" over station WPTF. This is the first of a weekly series of talks, the theme being "Through the Eyes of Science." . Station WPTF will carry the fif teen-minute program, "The Weekly News Round-up," at 2:45. Material is prepared by Joe Morrison and pre sented by Carroll McGaughey. Russell to Discuss Book From 4 o'clock to 4:15, Professor Phillips Russell will discuss a section of his forthcoming book, "Governor Josiah Martin and the Revolutionary War," over stations WDNC and WBIG." A discussion between Dr. L. O. Katsoff of the philosophy department and a group of selected students on the subject "Freedom, Science, and he Social Order in the Present World Crisis,", will be heard from 4:15 to 4:30, over stations WDNC and WBIG. . From 9:05 to 9:30, "The University Music Hour" program featuring Robert Brawley,' organist and Clyde Keutzer, tenor, will be heard over. station WPTF. from those' he performed before the 1936 race in this respect: then from 1927 to 1935 he was employed as a classroom teacher in psychology and education at Duke university and for a while at Salem college. Forums, Radio Programs . Dr. McDonald's job now, however, is to help inform North Carolina's popu lation of the ' ever-changing current affairs, both political and economic, by means of forums and well-planned radio programs. Last year the ? extension division, through the work of Dr. McDonald, sponsored 109 forums attended by an. estimated 22,000 persons. The forums, according to Dr. Mc Donald, are showing their worth by stimulating the public mind to think, See McDONALD, page 4.