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State Editorials Starting Today Saturday Letter Tangents " Headlines ISS-CPU Conference Duke Art Refusal Explained Japs Repulsed THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH- VOLUME L BvincM: SS87: CircuUtkm: 9886 CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRH) AY, JANUARY 30, 1942 Editorial: 4SM; Ktw: iSSl; Night: C90 NUMBER 89 Endowment Forced Duke's A rt Refusal Rollins' Chances for Ackland Art Fortune Equal with UNC By Walter Klein RALEIGH TIMES BUILDING. RALEIGH, January 29 "You can't make war on Santa Claus." With this statement, A. B. Andrews, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University revealed today in an exclusive interview that Duke University has refused the $1,395,000 art school fortune willed by William Hayes Ackland because acceptance would threat- -en Duke's continued support by the Washington Duke foundation. Mac Arthur's Legions Halt Japs in Bataan US Planes Sink Transport; Foe Nears Singapore WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UP) New blows struck by American flying fortresses in the great battle of Ma cassar Straits have destroyed one Jap anese transport and set fire to another while General Douglas MacArthur's Luzon legions have stopped headlong enemy infantry assaults with "heavy losses," the War department reported today. SINGAPORE, Jan. 29 (UP) Jap anese troops pushed down the Malayan railroad, through the center . of the Imperial defense line, to within 31 miles of Singapore today for an 18-mile advance against fiercely fighting but outnumbered Australians. ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UP) The Justice department tonight struck a crushing blow at Axis sabotage with a plan to remove all Germans, Italians, and J apanese aliens from the areas sur rounding vital war industries and mili tary establishments in western states, WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UP) At least one enemy submarine has been sunk, it was revealed tonight simultan eous with official Navy announcement that counter measures against raiders operating off the eastern seaboard are becoming increasingly effective. MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (UP) Mar shall Simeon Timoshenko's Red Army of the Ukraine, crashing through the German fortfied lines in a mighty of fensive carrying more than 62 miles in 10 days, has recaptured Lozovaya, 75 miles straight south of Kharkov and only 60 miles from the Dnieper, a special communique announced tonight. B ATA VI A, Jan. 29 (UP) Jap anese invaders surged out of occupied See NEWS BRIEFS, page A Naval Unit Opened For Med Students Medical students interested in apply ing for provisional commissions as En signs in the Naval Reserve will meet in the Medical building tomorrow morning at 10:30. At this meeting Lt.-Commander M. M. Riker will ex plain the fietails of class H-V(P), United States Naval Reserve. Also, a meeting for pre-medical stu dents in their junior or senior year will be held Wednesday at 10:30 in Ger- rard hall. Students who are accepted for H-V (P) will hold provisional commissions in the Naval Reserve until they have served one year's internship in a civil ian hospital, or are accepted as Acting Assistant Surgeons m the Navy lor tfcir intern training. At the com pletion of their internship, they will be given permanent commissions in the Naval Reserve. Those interested may, if they wish, apply for commissions in the regular Navy. Cafeteria Suspends Sunday Breakfast Mr. E. F. Cooley, Lenoir dining hall manager, announced that the cafeteria will discontinue serving Sunday breakfast. A Scheduled to go into effect this Sunday the move was deemed nec essary due to the small number of early risers and will continue until further notice. Sunday dinner and supper hours will remain the same. This was first news of Duke's rea son for refusal since Governor James Melville Broughton gave a secret ac count of the situation in Tuesday af ternoon's Board of Trustees meeting here. Simultaneously it was discovered that Rollins college, in Winter Park, Florida may now have an equal chance with Carolina of obtaining the fortune because it has already intervened in the Ackland relatives' suit for the money. "Because Rollins is now entering liti gation, Carolina's counsels in Washing ton must get down to hard, fast work if they want to insure the University's claim to the estate," Andrews disclosed. Full text of Carolina's coming inter vention in the suit, scheduled to take place within 30 days, was secured to day from the office of Attorney Gen eral Harry McMuIlen. The "copy had just been dispatched from Washington by the University's head counsel, form er Governor of North Carolina, O. Max Gardner. Carolina's intervention attacks the startling information brought out in Rollins college's own previous inter vention: the fact that Ackland had cooperated with Rollins college in draw ing up actual blueprints for the "Wil iam Hayes Ackland Memorial" to be constructed at Winter Park. " Second defense to be forwarded by Gardner in Washington is that the Ack land relatives, who, it is learned, brought the original suit, do not legal ly have any right to the $1,395,000. "Becafuse of refusal by Duke Uni versity, the court should appoint the University of North Carolina to act in the stead of Duke under terms of the will of William Ackland," the counsel will read. "The intervener (Carolina) has no belief as to the truth of allegations that Rollins college is a 'charitable cor poration and that no part of its funds are for private profit. , "The funds of the University are not used for private gain, a condition stip ulated in the Ackland will." Ackland's will was also examined yesterday. The 84 year old Tennessee millionaire made conditions that the art building itself must not cost more than $300,000, and that his remains be buried within the Memorial. The successful stock market investor left exactly $1,395,399.12. After his 1936 will was completed, which included Carolina and Rollins as recipients in case of Duke's refusal, Ackland carried on extensive negotiations with Duke, finally leading to the present, super seding document. In April, 1938, Duke had its architect submit plans for a See ACKLAND, page 4 7 1 . y : : .. .-. p -:-:.-:-.:-:-. v-:"-v '- - y -"- f -. . : : - - y v. ' i -;-x-:-. -:-:.-. -. V i r -- - u vs - 1 H f - mt ' 4 fr-Mi ii 1 r ir-vr-ii J ' -MA I 1 i 5 CHAIRMAN Ridley Whitaker, head of the CPU which is jointly sponsoring the post-war planning conference will appear on the plat form with Graham this afternoon. PRESIDENT Dr. Frank P. Gra ham, University president, will open the CPU-ISS conference this after noon with an address to the dele gates in Memoriall hall. EDITOR Jonathan Daniels, Ral eigh News and Observer editor, who speaks in tonight's Memorial hall program of the post-war planning conference. COORDINATOR Louis Harris, di rector of student civilian dffense and member of both the CPU and the ISS, who is the main organizer of the current CPU-ISS conference. Graham Address to Owen CPU-IS Post-War Planning Conference Today 4 Bradley to Play Final Arrangements Listed For Interdorms Week-end Completed arrangements for the round of house parties, open houses, sports events sidelights of the Interdorms set of dances next weekend were an nounced yesterday by Tommy Sparrow, chairman of the Interdorms dance committee, and George Coxhead, Exchequer ofthe Grail. Playing for a public concert and informal dance on Saturday, Will Bradley and his famous "boogie woogie" orches tra wind up the two-day set of dances. Campus maestro Freddy Johnson and band have been scheduled to play for the first dance of the weekend set Fri day. ' . uranam Memorial student union will hold an open house for dance-goers and their dates Friday night immedi ately following the informal dance. Featuring' roaring fires at each end of the darkened lounge of the union, New T&F Mag Distributed " New Mag: Continues Seeman's Policies Featuring the cartoons of Ann Montgomery and Bill Seeman, January Tar an' Feathers, under the new edi torship of Hunt Hobbs, will be dis tributed to the campus today. Hobbs was selected by the Publica tions Union board recently to succeed Bill Seeman, who resigned to enroll as a CAA instructor in preparation for going to the Army Air Corps as an in structor. Before his appointment, Hobbs was a member of the editorial board and had been a member of the staff for over a year. Generally continuing the policies of Seeman who published a humor mag that "pleased both students and the administration," the January maga zine incorporates new ideas and fea tures. Among them are a humorous cross-word puzzle designed by St. Clair Pugh, amusing sidelights upon current local news, and an illustrated calendar for 1942. The usual "leg art" is approached from a novel angle. Coed portraits by Hugh Morton include pictures of Lois Boyd and Pat Fuller. In addition, the magazine contains four feature "sag as" by Mike Beam, Earl Kastner, ("Stud" Gleicher, and Pat Winston. Mebane Calls S&F Meeting Cast Meets Tomorrow To 'Block' Musical With production of "Bagdad Daddy," February musical, being rapidly push- popular and semi-classical music from Randy Mebane, president of Sound the recordings, and refreshments, the and Fury announced yesterday that open house is scheduled to last from a11 cast the exception of the until 3 o'clock. Union officials dancme" chorus will meet m Memorial stmsswl tw nn eao nHii ua oii nail tomorrow irom Z until o o'clock www wH . v w- VM II AAA W T T VU I Special arrangements with the ath- t0 block" the play. Blocking consists letic association for a section of 300 of mapping movements of characters seats at the UNC-Duke basketball on the stage. game Saturday night were announced. Genie Loaring-Clark has been re- Tickets, selling for $1.00, may be placed by Audrey Hamblin in the por- bought from members of the Inter- trayal of "Miss Jones," secretary to dorms dance committee. It was stated "Bag-dad Daddy's" blustering: movie that students didn't have to exchange producer. Miss Loaring-Clark", relin- their passbooks for tickets as seats in quished the part because of lack of I time and poor health. Advance sale tickets are being print ed for Sound and Fury's first produc tion of the year and will go: on sale Wednesday. The advance sale consists only of orchestra seats, the first 15 rows center section, the price being $1. These tickets will cover all three per formances to be presented February See 1NTERDORM, page U Chapel Hill Awaits Mrs. Roosevelt9 s Return Visit Here Nickname Fabulous Stories Surround Origin of Name, 'Tar Heel' By Westy Fenhagen . ably the one your grandfather put you " oV1CvC q f t, J, . . ... , V 1 1 w- v asKea you wnat tne woras "iar ueei" tales dates from revolutionary days. mean? Yes, thats right, you would rd Cornwallis, beating a hasty re say that it meant almost anything treat northward after the battle of pertaining to North Carolina or in a Giulf ord Courthouse, went through specific sense someone here at Caro- territory famous for its tar. Ditch, and lina. Now, what would you say if you turpentine. The residents of this reg were asked where the words "Tar ion not wishw their tar to be ruin- Heel" came from originally? Chances ed by the Englishmen, dumped it all are you would look sort of dumb and jnto a sman riVer. begin to mutter something thoroughly Cornwallis and his men ford- mconerent. th stream, their feet, hpramfl crv- The fact of the matter is that no- ered with the sticky substance 'and body actually knows. There are many stayed covered for many months after tales and legends as to the true origin wards. When they reached the north, of "Tar Heel" but none have been ver- they told their friends that all North ified, none have been accepted per se. Carolinians had tar on their heels and Some of the many diverse tales, how- thereafter North Carolina was known ever, which have been handed down as the Tar Heel state. from eeneration to generation are ' Another which is given much cre- worthy of note. Take them for what dence originated in the Civil War. At you will, but the right one is prob- See FABULOUS, page k ' Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of 25, 26, and 27. the President, made such a hit when she delivered the commencement ad dress here in 1935 that the village is eagerly awaiting her return visit this weekend. Mrs. Roosevelt is scheduled to ar rive here early tomorrow, presumably The Student party, campus political by plane. Whether she will land at the group, last night in their first meet University airport or at the Raleigh ing of the year elected Celeste Ham- airport and motor to Chapel Hill was rick and Don Nicholson by acclamation not known today. to the posts of secretary and treasurer ,The First Lady announced she ex- of Student party. pects to arrive in time to hear the ad- Miss Hamrick, a junior from Shel dress of Dean Harriett Elliot of the by transferred to Carolina from Mere- Woman's College of the University, dith college. She was a member, of former head of the Consumers Divi- the Meredith Little Theater, assistant sion of the Price Control Administra- manager of the magazine Acorn, and tion,at tomorrow's session of the post-1 a reporter for the newspaper Twig. war planning conference. Dean El- gne was ais0 a member of the Class! Hot speaks at 2 o'clock in Memorial cai dub, athletic association "board, hall. , archerv club, and served as freshman Mrs. Roosevelt will address the con- councilor. lerence tomorrow nigntai 0:iO OClOCK xrlVVnlSm, n inrrinr from Tarboro. in Memorial hall and her topic will be the reskaQ football, baseball. "Ihe Challenge of loutn. . lanA t, snuads. a member of Of special interest not only to Chap- L, eerleadin? souad. and a member el HUlians but to many persons irom - . . ni - , . nearby towns, however, will be Mrs Roosevelt's amearance at the Presi dent's Birthday Ball for Orange coun- Di-PW AnnOUIlCeS ty in Lenoir hall later tomorrow eve- a nfinnl Frneh Tlphatp ning. She is scheduled to appear at the ball at 9 o'clock. TheLannual Di-Phi freshman debate When she spoke here last in 1935 will be held Tuesday, February 10, Mrs.. Roosevelt advised the graduates in Di senate hall to discuss: Resolved: to face realities and to have courage, "That the federal government should initiative and imagination "to try, in own and operate war munitions plants." this strongest of nations" to solve its The Di will take the af Urinative and nroblems. ' the Phi will assume negative. r - Labor, Industry, Farm Debate Scheduled Today By Paul Komisaruk , President Frank P. Graham formally opens the first of Caro lina's huge-scale post-war planning conferences this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Memorial hall and following his address seven key note speakers, and seven political and economic advisers take over the spotlight of the two-day jointly sponsored CPU-ISS conference. Devoted primarily to the "Students Stake in War Aims and Peace Plans," the conference is climaxed tomorrow night with an address by Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt. Over 100 delegates from 77 neigh boring colleges in the Carolinas and Virginia will register this morning at 11 o'clock in Graham Memorial. Louis Harris, conference chairman, announc ed yesterday that University students who plan to attend the conference as delegates must also register at Gra ham Memorial. Leading today's program will be the much-discussed three-cornered labor, industry, and farm debate between CIO secretary James Carey, NAM representative Stuart Cramer,- and head of the Farmers Cooperative Ex change, M. G. Mann. The debate, which days ago appeared to have attracted more interest than any of the other scheduled sessions, will follow Dr. Gra ham's address 'in Memorial hall about 2:30. Heads of the CPU, and ISS, Ridley Whitaker, and Miss Louise B. Morley will appear on the platform with Dr. Graham at the conference opener. Sweetser, Daniels Speak Tonight Tonight's double-header session brings correspondent Arthur Sweetser, and Raleigh editor Jonathan Daniels together at 8:30 o'clock in Memorial hall for addresses on "The ?Days Ahead." Open forum discussions will follow all programs. Sweetser, present . League of Na tions' Secretariat, and Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer have both remarked that they wel comed the open forum period following their speeches. A reception this evening in Graham Memorial for the five speakers will be held, at 10 o'clock. Daniels, Sweetser, Carey, Mann, and Cramer will attend. Student Party Officers Elected Conference Program 11 o'clock Visiting delegates and UNC delegates register at Graham MemoriaL 1 1:00 o'clock Lunch for delegates in small dining room, Lenoir Dining hall 2:00 (Open to all students) Dr. Graham formally opens confer ence in Memorial halL Conference heads, Louise B. Morley, Ridley Whitaker, Louis Harris preside at session. 2:30 (Open to all students) Three ' cornered labor, industry, farm de bate between CIO secretary James Carey, NAM representative Stu- ; art Cramer, Farm Cooperative head M. G. Mann. 8:30 (Open to all students)- Ad dresses in Memorial hall by Lea gue of Nations' Secretariat, Ar thur Sweetser, and Raleigh News and Observer editor, Jonathan Daniels, on the "Days Ahead."