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snr el Editorials Headlines Staffed Ballot Boxes Aekland Plea Denied Swing to Speak Financial Aid Spilt Milk In Passing I -77 OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN? THE SOUTH VOLUME L Bviaot: $887; Ctreulatfam: tSSC CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1942 EditsrijJ: 4M; Km: 4J$1 ; Niiit: cm NUMBER 124 EefereiudiuiHii Yotin faffed eveals UNC Refused Right To Intervene In Aekland Mi ons Suit MIS 1 ll R .Ballots Carolina Counsel Maps New Moves Despite Denial; Suit Not Stopped By Walter Klein Carolina's fight for the Aekland art school fortune met its first de feat March 18 when the United States District Court refused the Univer sity's plea to intervene in the suit for the $1,395,400 estate. The Washington court's decision now temporarily awards the entire bequest to the Aekland relatives, who brought the original suit. A major blow against the relatives may come today, however. In a spec ial hearing District Court Justice Bailey will judge the charitable in tent of Ackland's will. If Bailey reads the will as containing the general charitable and educational intent that Rollins College and Carolina's law yers maintain, the Aekland relatives will "have one leg shot out from un der them." Final decision on today's hearing will be released in a few days. Carolina attorneys O. Max Gardner, Fred Morrison and Thomas J. Bed dow stated after last Monday's hear ing that they were "more than satis fied" with Bailey's decision against our intervention, and that the judg ment had been an "expected" move. The University counsels asserted that they are now planning to appeal the decision in the Washington Dis trict Court of Appeals within 60 days. In its appeal, the University coun sel will stand by a previous test case won by the judicial cy pres code of law. The cy pres doctrine, which was observed in the previous case, would See ACKLAND, page 4 Grover to Meet Naval Applicants For Air Training Lieut. W. C. Grover, veteran naval aviator attached to the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board at Atlanta, Ga., will make a return visit to Chapel Hill Thursday afternoon to interview cadet applicants in the country club room of the Y. The officer is seeking men between the ages of 19 and 27 for pilot training in the expanding aviation program of the world's greatest Navy Applicants should have a minimum of two years college education, but'the Board will consider men with one year of college and the equivalent in civilian admin istrative experience. Men accepted will be sent to Atlanta for a final physical examination and interview and if accepted there will begin flight training within two weeks. Upon completion of this period of training, the seamen are appointed aviation cadets and begin further flight training at one of the principal flight training centers. When the cadets finish the second phase of their training they are commissioned as ensigns in the reserve, designated as naval avia tors and then are ordered to active flight duty with some part of the naval air force. The pay of an aviation cadet while on active duty is $75 a month, plus a money allowance of $1 per day. The base pay, flight pay, subsistence and rental allowances of an ensign amount to approximately $245 a month. . Spring Registration Reaches 3,000 Total With a total of 3,183 students enrolled at closing time of the tally line last night, spring quarter registration en tered its last week. Registration for credit will halt Saturday at 1 o'clock, I. C. Griffin, Central Records Director announced yesterday. This is the dead line for all schedule changes, he indi cated. Student grades for last quarter will be given out in the Central Records office in South building today between 9 and 5 o'clock. Failure on the part of several professors and instructors to turn grades in on time caused confusion and red tape yesterday. Upper Quad Men Scramble for Rooms Before Navy Influx; Raymond Gram Swing to Speak at Commencement Exercise Famed Commentator To Climax Ceremonies With June 9 Address By Bob Hoke Noted war correspondent and news analyst Raymond Gram Swing has been scheduled to speak at the 1942 Commencement Exercises June 9 as Administration officials begin prepa rations for a 'Graduation in tune with the wartime emergency. Scheduled to begin Sunday, June 7 with the baccalureate sermon in Me morial hall, the Finals will be climaxed Tuesday night, June 9 with Swing's address and the awarding of diplomas to the graduates by Governor J. M. Broughton. The exercises will be held in Kenan stadium at twilight. A native of 'New York, the famed journalist was educated at. Oberlin college and worked on newspapers in Cleveland, Indiana and Cincinnati be fore going to Berlin in 1913 as cor respondent for the Chicago Daily News. He remained there until 1918 at which time he served on the War Labor Board in Washington. From 1919 to 1922 he was Berlin correspondent for the New York Her ald, and from 1922 to 1924 he was di rector of foreign service for the Wall Street Journal. In 1924 Swing went to London where he served as correspondent for the Phil adelphia Public Ledger and the New York Post until 1934. During the next two years he was on the editorial staff of The Nation and in 1936-37 he was New York correspondent for the Lon don News Chronicle. The Commencement speaker began his radio career in 1935 as news com mentator for the British Broadcasting Company. The following year he was commentator on foreign affairs for the Columbia Broadcasting System and on American affairs for the Canadian Broadcasting System. Since 1936, Swing has been connect ed with the Mutual System and has become one of the most popular news commentators on the air. He has written two books "Fore runners of American Fascism," pub- i:t l ; -I nor j tt, xiTn r iisueu in idut) oiiu nun i ai uaiuc published in 1940. Di Senate to Hold Meeting Tonight The Di Senate will meet tonight at 7:15 in New West, President Roger Mann announced last night. New of ficers will be installed and the new president will give an inaugural ad dress stating the proposal for reor ganization of the senate. MRS. ELIZABETH CHESLEY AITY, wife of Dr. Herman G. Baity of the University faculty, whose first book, 'Man Is A Weav er," has been selected by the Jun ior Literary Guild as the March Book of the Month for older girls. The book was published recently by the Viking Press, Inc., of New York, and relates in a fascinating manner the story of weaving through the" ages. : ' v ' 'V; ! , o '- - - - - - ' ft ' ' f x , - - A i s ' - ' - ' fr ' ' - " s" m ' f? x ' . v r r ' Cochrane Resigns Union Post; New Selection Due Thursday Simultaneous with the announcement of the resignation of Bill Cochrane as director of the Graham Memorial student union, Roland B. Parker, execu tive secretary of the Union board, stated that the appointment of a new di rector would probably be made Thursday afternoon. ' Called into service with the Navy, Cochrane will officially end his six months directorship May 1. He will go to one of the Navy's Reserve officers frninino1 spVmnls in tliA Tnii-wpst.. Applications f r the posts of director and assistant director will be consid ered and probably decided upon at the Board meeting Thursday, Parker indi cated. The meeting has been called for 4:30 in the Grail room of Graham Me morial. Applications may be submit ted at the assistant Dean of Students office in South building. .Lawyer-entertainer, Uochrane suc ceeded Richard "Fish" Worley as Di rector of the Union last December 1. He established a policy of "getting the most use out of the building and pre senting activities which appeal to most people." During his brief reign Satur day night free dances, an Air Raid Cel lar for dormitory boys and their dates, paint shop and other services and en tertainment for the students were in troduced and made a integral part of campus life. Serving in a dual capacity, Cochrane is a staff member of the Institute of Government and is managing editor of the Institute's publication, Popular Government. He graduated from the University with an AB degree in 1939 and got his LLB degree in 1941. He was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar As sociation in 1940. A native of Newton, the Graham Memorial impresario has been given many honors since coming to Carolina. Elected first Speaker of the Student legislature, Cochrane was tapped by the Golden Fleece, highest campus hon orary society, while an undergraduate. In addition he was a member of the University band, glee club, CPU, Daily Tar Heel staff member, on the Buca neer staff, and University club. Co-op Book Exchange Opens for First Week; Report Heavy Sales Student Cooperative Book Store hours have been set for 2 to 6 o'clock every afternoon this week, Curry Jones, manager, announced yesterday. The first day of the spring quar ter netted the newly-founded stu dent co-op a "rushing business," store clerks reported. An exchange of 450 volumes was achieved dur ing the first afternoon. "The sale of books is a rapid business during the first two or three days of a new quarter. All students who wish to sell their used books should bring them down to the co-op immediately to catch the trade of the first sales," Jones said. The store is located in the base ment of Graham Memorial in the room formerly occupied by the bowling alleys. Operating on the exchange principle, the co-op will sell any used book for the' price that the original owner asks, re turning to him that price less ten cents for management expenses. Welfare Conference To Be Held Tomorrow Seventeen counties coprising the Cen tral District of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare will par ticipate in a Central District Welfare Conference which will be held at the University tomorrow, with Lee and Chatham Counties serving as hosts. Dean R. Bi House will be the guest speaker at the luncheon session sche duled for 1:15 in Lenoir dining hall. He will discuss "Permanent Values' and Changing. Forms." .The male quartet of the University Glee Club will pro vide the entertainment at the luncheon. in irrnil nrwii i in i - G. Maurice Hill Production Board Appoints Hill I As Consultant G. Maurice Hill, associate director of the Institute of Government, has just been appointed to serve as consult ant on the War Production Board, it was announced by President Frank P. Graham and Dean of Administration Robert B. House. Hill will serve as consultant to the Bureau of Governmental Requirements of WPB, headed by Maury Maverick, which handles the problems of state and local governments concerning pri orities and related matters affecting wartime purchasing needs of counties, cities and towns. Hill will continue his administrative duties at the Institute while serving in his new position, and headquarters for his work with the War Production Board will be in Chapel Hill. Hill entered the University as a stu dent in 1921 and has served on its ad ministrative staff in a number of ca pacities since 1926. Odum Co-Author Of Book Series Dr. Howard W. Odum, noted sociolo gist and director of the University's Institute for Research in Social Science is co-author of a series of volumes on the problems and opportunities of the Southern states. ' Other members of the University faculty will contribute chapters. The books are being published by the Science Research Associates and will be known generally as "The States At Work Series." Dr. Odum is writing for each volume the general introduction in which he outlines the problems and opportunities of the South, its great human and na tural resourses that await only intelli gent planning. I State Insurance Men To Conduct Classes Eleven insurance experts will act as instructors of the stock . insurance course to be given by the North Car olina Association of Insurance Agents and the University Extension Division here Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Classes will be held in Bingham hall morning, afternoon ana nigmv on Thursday and Friday and on Saturday morning with registration before the first class at 10 o'clock Thursday morn ing. Officials Schedule Deadline for Exodus 'Sometime this Week9 By Bob Levin It was "Blue Monday" for 500 Up per Quadrangle dormers yesterday as they drank their last coke and listened to the last record while tired janitors cleared trash-littered rooms of trunks and suitcases in an overtime effort to empty Manly, Ruffin, Grimes, Man gum, ana Aiexanaer dormitories De- fore the Naval Program evacuation deadline. Walls i were cleared of Petty girls, stop street signs and penants; tennis racquets and text books were thrown out of the windows to already over filled trucks ; and pencils, ties and shoes were . crammed into cardboard boxes and stacked in the halls. "Dispossessed" signs could be seen ev erywhere and occasional "Reserved for Uncle Sam" placards were hanging on door handles. Radios played in empty rooms as students bulled over the Navy situation and hoped that the cadets would "beat the hell out of the Japs." after they finished their preparedness program here. Painters were already at work in Alexander, which is to be the head quarters for the Naval program, and plans were rapidly being completed in South building for the extensive reno vation of the five buildings to be oc cupied by the cadets this May. There was talk of double decker beds with larger bureaus and more talk of all new furniture for the students but no conclusion was reached. The Cashier's office reported that the deadline would be extended until "sometime this week" in an effort to allow the students to find agreeable rooms for the Spring quarter. Battle, Vance and Pettigrew dormitories were the only buildings to have four in a room. Consensus of student opinion over the rooming situation changed from "sink the Navy" before the holidays to "it won't be so bad with three in a room" and then somebody yelled supper and the rooms were locked for the last time. Carolina has swung into step behind Uncle Sam and it will be "Anchors Aweigh" when the Navy lands this May. Spring Brings ; Naval Reserve Prep Trig Students in the naval reserve interested in a review of plane trigonometry and a course in spherical trigonometry as a preparation for V-7 and V-5 courses were asked to meet in 359 Phillips hall at 7:30 tonight, E. A. Cameron of the mathematics department announced yesterday. University Club Meets Tonight University Club will meet tonight at 7 :30 in Graham Memorial, president Steve Peck, announced. New members will be chosen. SP Convention Convenes Student Party leaders announced the first convention of the new term would be held tonight at 7:30 in New East, fourth floor. No announcement was made as to what office would be nominated. S&F Meeting Tonight ' The executive committee of Sound DTH Business Staff to Be The Daily Tar Heel business staff will meet today at 2 o'clock in Graham Memorial. Photographs will be taken. Students interested in joining the staff are asked to be present. Phi Changes Meeting Time The Phi Assembly will meet tonight at 7:15 in Phi hall of New East for its first meeting of the quarter. The change of meeting time follows the de cision of the Assembly to meet on Tuesday night this quarter instead of " Monday, returning to the regular meeting time. FrenchyClub to Meet The French club will meet tonight in at 7:30. Professor Lee Wiley will speak and new officers will be elected. Prospective members were asked to attend. Spoken German Enters Curriculum "Spoken German," a non-credit course, will be offered this quarter especial ly for students who anticipate entering military service, at 4 o'clock Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons in are to see Professor R. Jente, 106 Saunders. Defendants Get 'Severe' Judgements Student Action Fails to Repeal Legislature Bill By Hayden Carruth The campus wide .referendum of March 11 which upheld the Student legislature's contested dance reductions enactment revealed the first serious out-cropping of illegal action at the polls that the Student Government has dealt with for many years. Information released by the Student council last night indicated that the extent of the ballotstuffing was not known accurately, but that "it was not serious enough to change the outcome of the referendum." There will be no new polling on this account. All cases of illegal voting have been "severely" handled, councilmen said last night. - One case still is pending action by the council, but others were dealt swift justice before the council board. Final referendum vote, not discount ing the small but unknown number of stuffed ballots, read 726 against and 529 for the expenditure reduction. Total votes cast were 1,225, less than the re quired fifty per cent of the student body specified in the Student legislature con- rstitution as necessary for an effective referendum. The reductions measure, slashing possible dance expenses for any student organization to $750 plus $150 from concessions, will remain law. Only recourse for opposition forces will be, (1) another referendum requir ing a petition signed by ten per cent of the student body, or (2) an initiative vote, carrying the same prerequisite, which would offer a conciliatory mo tion as opposed to the present reduc tion. Legislature leaders held little hope for the heavy opposition forces of last quarter. General opinion indicated that a heavier vote in the, referendum would have swung the outcome behind the reductions bill. Student council members said that "both sides were represented among the offenders at the polls." Athletic Passbooks Athletic passbooks and student entertainment books may be secur ed in Woollen gymnasium from 9 to 1 and from 2 until 5 o'clock all this week. .. . Course and Fury will meet tonight at 7:30. Clicked the Grail room of Graham Memorial Room 113 Saunders. Those interested It . - ' V '
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