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CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942
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NUMBER 143
Independents Conquer Coed Vote In Sweeping Landslide;
Hood Takes WGA Presidency; Futrelle Chosen May Queen
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.Henderson Beaks Here
Price-Boss Leaves
Capitol in Midst
Of Labor Battles
By Paul Eomisaruk
Leon Henderson, America's
burly Price-Administrator ar
rives in Chapel Hill tonight to
deliver the Carolina Political un
ion's sixth anniversary address
at 9 o'clock in Memorial hall.
Leaving Washington in the
midst oi a growing storm over
issues pertaining to setting a
ceiling on labor's wages, Hender
son is expected to explain the stand
he took last week before the War La
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dot .Board, wnen ne warned, inat a
ceiling must be set or the country will
be faced with "devastating inflation,"
that may cause the US to lose the war.
He will arrive at Raleigh at 6 o'clock
tonight in a special army bomber.
Members of the CPU will meet him
there, and accompany him to a banquet
in his honor at the Carolina Inn at 6:30.
Following his address this evening,
an open-house reception will be held
in Graham Memorial. Henderson will
fly back to his Washington post to
night after the reception.
Holder of the most delicate economic
job in the country, possibly in the
world, Henderson has been recognized
as one of "America's New Bosses,"
whose control of prices will make his
policies felt in every home in the country.
. Present for the Union's sixth "birth
day" celebration tonight will be former
Ambassador to Mexico, Josephus Dan
iels, Miss Harriet Elliot, Dean of Stu
dents at WCUNC, formerly associated
with President Roosevelt's economic
planning board, and newspaper edi
tors throughout the state.
Henderson's address is the forerun
ner of a Union series aimed at analyz
DTH Holds Election Party Tomorrow Night
Precinct tabulations and final elec
tion results will be flashed to stu
dents tomorrow night via public ad
dress system and tabulation boards
at the traditional Daily Tar Heel
elections party.
- Jointly sponsored with the student
union, the gala party will be held
in the main lounge of Graham Me
morial and will begin at 9 o'clock.
Giant blackboards to carry the latest
voting totals of all candidates voted
on tomorrow will be set up and a
corps of posters will be constantly
on duty making changes in totals as
tabulations are released by the Stu
dent Council.
Last minute results and changes
will be announced to the assemblage
by way of a public address system
direct from the news rooms of the
DTH. All final tabulations will be
published in Friday morning's Tar
HeeL ' J
Seats for over 300 will be set up
in the lounge for the climax to the
spring quarter political period. Re
freshments will be served by the
Union.
Sponsored annually by the Daily
Tar Heel, the event is open to all
students and is to bring election re
sults to the students as they come
in from the various precincts. The
entire news staff of the DTH will be
on duty to announce the latest tabu
lations as soon as they are released
by Student Council counters.
Three Legislative Amendments
Will Appear on Ballot Tomorrow
Hatch Plays
For Pan-Hell
Dance Friday
ing the "battle of production" in all
its phases. Political observers remark
that Henderson s warnings about in
flation and frozen wages are not to
be taken lightly despite the violent re
See HENDERSON SPEAKS, page U
Don Nicholson
Names Gibbons
Campaign Head
Don Nicholson, Student Party can
didate for the post of secretary-treasurer
last night named Lem Gibbons
his campaign manager for the re
mainder of the spring campaign.
"I am glad," Gibbons said, "of the
opportunity to head his campaign for
secretarv-treasurer of the student
body, for his interest and ability quali
fy him all the more for the hard job
which all student eovernment will
have to face next year."
Gibbons, a member of the Carolina
Political union, of the University club
and of the Student legislature declared
that he has known Nicholson for "three
years and he has the qualities which
will make a good student government
man. I feel sure," Gibbons continued,
"he will canablv fill the office for
which he has been nominated."
Added to other extra-curricula ac
tivities, Gibbons was a member of the
varsity wrestling team, secretary of
the soohomore class, and is a candi
date for Phi Bete.
CPU Blanks Are
Available in TP
The Carolina Political Union an
nounced that applications for member
ship to fill eleven vacancies will be ac
cepted before April 17.
Blanks are available in the office of
the Y and can be left either at the Y
office or with Union members.
Over one hundred former applica
tions cannot be regarded at this time,
membership committee chairman Dew
ey Dorsett announced. The Union will
accept freshman applications for the
first time this year.
New Pan-Hellenic officers will be in
troduced Friday night when the three
Carolina sororities band together to
present the annual Pan-Hell dance.
Hurst Hatch and his campus orches
tra will jlay for the formal coed dance
scheduled in Lenoir dining hall from
9 until 1 o'clock. Announcement as to
bids for "stray Greeks" will be made
within the next few days, it was stated.
Mary Lib Massengill, Chi Omega of
Johnson City, Tenn. will lead the figure
Friday night as new president of the
council. Other new officers who will
be introduced are Francis Erwin of
Raleigh and member of Alpha Delta
Phi as vice-president, and Mary Jane
McCaskill, Pi Beta Phi of Little Rock,
Ark. as secretary.
New Members
New members of the association
elected are for Alpha Delta Phi, Mary
Bruns of Chevy Chase, Maryland; and
Francis Allison of Columbia, S. C; for
Pi" Beta Phi, Sis King of Corinth, Miss.
arid Gay Venable of San Antonio, Tex
as; and for Chi Omega, Marie Watters
of Chapel Hill and Helen Broughton of
Raleigh.
Outgoing officers of the council are
Jennie Wells Newsome, Pi Phi of Chap
el Hill, president; Pan Peyton, Chi
Omega of Concord, vice-president, and
Bea Withers, Alpha Delta Pi. of Atlan
ta secretary.
Retiring representatives for Pi Phi
are Jane Knight of Chapel Hill and
Jane Durning of Louisville, Ky.; for
Alpha Delta Pi, Muriel Mallison of
Lafayette, La. and Hilda Warren of
New York City, and for Chi Omega,
Virginia Hayes of Greensboro and Jean
Hahn of Wyomissing, Pa.
Selby Speaks at Tea
John Selby will speak on "Book Re
viewing" at the Bulls Head Bookshop
tea, 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Legislature Leaders Urge All Students
To Examine New Mea sures Before Voting
Three amendments, accepted by the Student legislature at the last meeting,
will be included on the ballot tomorrow. Legislature leaders urge that students
study the amendments before voting.
PROPOSED AM ENDM ENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STU
DENT LEGISLATURE
Section 1 of Article I shall be amend
ed to read as follows:
The Legislature shall be composed
of:
a. Three elected representatives
from each class, chosen in the regu
lar class elections. No class represen
tative may be a class officer or a cam
pus officer.
b. One representative elected by
and from the law school, one by and
from the medical school, and one by
and from the' pharmacy school.
c. One representative from each
dormitory on the campus elected by
and from the residents of the dormi
tory. d. A number of fraternity repre
sentatives equal to the quotient (or
nearest round-number) obtained by di
viding the number of fraternity resi
dents by the average number of resi
dents in a dormitory, elected by the
Inter-fraternity Council from among
the fraternity residents.
e. A number of sorority representa
tives equal to the quotient (or nearest
round-number) obtained by dividing
the number of sorority residents by
the average number of residents in a
dormitory, elected by the Pan-Hellenic
Council from among sorority residents.
f. A number of town representatives
equal to the quotient (or nearest round-
See LEGISLATIVE, page U
Walther to Lecture
To Spanish Club
Don Walther, Spanish - instructor,
will talk and show slides on Central
America to the Spanish club tonight
at 8 o'clock, in 214 Graham Memorial.
Short business meeting will precede,
which will include the election of a
secretary-treasurer and publicity
chairman. It is the first meeting of
the spring quarter and all interested
are invited to attend.
Cowan Says, We Try to Live
On The Religious Boulevard'
By Jimmy Wallace
"I've been to Duke today," whispered "Scotty" Cowan to his audience
last night when he began his speech on "Faith for Living."
The amiable native of Scotland, capturing the attention of his listeners
from the beginning, sought first to distinguish between theology and re
ligion and quickly followed this distinction by declaring "you can't have
faith without unfaith. It's good for you if you have doubts, if you have
none you're in a bad way."
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spencer Tea to iase
Candidates' Jitters
Moving to ease the pre-election jit
ters of candidates and their managers,
Spencer dorm residents, following last
year's custom will hold a tea this af
ternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock on the Spen
cer lawn for all candidates and their
associates. The Misses Martha Alice
Holland and Virginia Fitchett will be
in charge.
his speech with these remarks, Rever
end Cowan launched into a discussion of
the "upheavals" in civilization. "I
would have been disappointed," he said,
"if a depression had not followed the
moral and social conditions that exist
ed in the late twenties."
He expected the rise of Hitler out of
the "sickness of inactivity" that per
vaded the German youth during the
world-wide depression. "Hitler came
See COWAN SAYS, page
UNC Applies
For Navy V-l
Application has been made by the
University to the Bureau of Navigation
for admission to the Navy's new V-l
program, it was announced yesterday.
The. new class, part of the nation
wide recruiting drive to obtain officer
material for the Navy's expanding two-
ocean fleet, allows freshmen and soph
omores to enlist in the Naval Reserve.
At the end of two calendar years of
college work, the men will be given
standardized tests to determine if they
are of officer material. If they pass
the test, the enlisted men will remain
in school until graduation then go to
one of the Navy's officer training
schools. If the test is failed, the stu
dent will be immediately sent into ac
tive duty with the Navy.
Officials indicate the high probabil
ity of acceptance by the Navy of the
University curriculum program. When
official word comes through, a recruit
ing inspector will come to the Univer
se UNC APPLIES, page U .
Philosophy Depts
Will Sponsor
Lecture Series
Undecided Results Leave
WGA Treasurer Post Open
Kelley, Booth
Defeated; Become
Maids of Honor
By Mary Lou Taylor
Peggy Lou Futrelle of Em
poria, Va., was elected queen of
the Spring Carnival yesterday as
students cast their ballots for the
second time. As queen, Miss Fu
trelle will rule over the festivi
ties with her maids-of-honor,
Mary Booth Francis of Ports
mouth, Va., and Diddy Kelley,
New Church, Va., runners-up in
the voting yesterday. .
The senior attendants chosen by the
campus at large out of a field of 10
nominees are Mary Lib Nash of Alex
andria, Va., Jean McKenzie of West
Palm Beach, Fla., Ellen Wimberly of
Waynesboro, Ga., Jackie Ray of Ox
ford, Helen Hall, of Tarboro and Vir
ginia Broome of Atlanta.
Representatives
The eight senior representatives se
lected by the student body are Mary
Lib Massengill of Johnson City, Tenn.,
Ardis Kipp of Miami Beach, Fla., Lib-
ba Rogers' of Tallahassee, Fla., Sis
Last Year's Vote
Outrun by 97;
376 Total Cast
By Gene Smith
Rearing a victorious head, the
Carolina Independent Coed's As
sociation vaulted five candidates
out of six into student govern
ment executive offices with the
sixth decision still in doubt.
Unprecedented coed balloting
showed 376 votes cast against a
total of 279 last year and denot
ed Marsha Hood (203) president
of the Woman's Government As
sociation. Her opponent, Frances
Allison, Alpha Delta Pi, is rising
vice-president, with 156 votes.
Betsy Powell was elected secretary
of the WGA with 186 votes, Pi Phi
Betty Sterchi receiving 173. Celeste
Haparick was selected WGA represen
tative to the student legislature with
185 votes. Patsy Miller, Pi Phi, totaled
174 votes.
Rising vice-president of the Worn-
ans Atnietic Association is Amene
Brawley (185) over her Pi Phi oppon
ent, Nancy Jeffries (174). Betsy Ross
King of Corinth, Miss., Molly Holmes Howe (215) topped ADPi Mary Foster
Warren by 71 votes for secretary of
the WAA.
The three sorority representatives
to the coed senate are Grace Hicks,
ADPi, (173); Mary Jane McCaskill, Pi
Phi, (244); and Holly Smith, Pi Phi,
(208). Opposing them were: Anne
Carpenter, Chi Omega, (165) ; Randy
Jennings, Chi Omega, (148); and Hel
en Broughton, Chi Omega, (139)
Elected with no opposition last week
at coed nominations were Mary Mc-
Cormic, independent, rising president
of the WAA; Catherine Henley, rising
treasurer of the WAA and the four
See WGA, page 4
of Chapel Hill, Pat Johnson of Smith
field, Jackie Laird of Sandusky, Ohio,
and Ditzi Buice of Chapel Hill.
Graduate representatives to the May
court as selected in yesterday's voting
are Kitty Wicker of Richmond, Va.,
Lib Kellerman of Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Mary Alice Puckette of Buford, Ga.
In the first vote for the May Queen
and court, a discrepancy of over 50
votes was noted between those counted
and those checked off the official vot
ing list. WAA leaders conductors of
the balloting, declared the voting as
illegal and called for the revote.
See MAY QUEEN, page h
The Philosophy Department will
sponsor a series of lectures during the
weeks of May 17 and 24 in the main
lounge of Graham Memorial at 8
o'clock on "A Fighting Faith."
This is one of a group of three series
of 5 or 6 talks each under the general
topic : "Restoring Order," that the De
partment has been sponsoring during
the year. The fall quarter dealt with
the economic problem, the winter quar
ter with the political problem, and this
quarter will concern the philosophical
side of the question.
Speakers for the coming series are:
Dean F. F. Bradshaw, the educational
side; Professor L. O. Kattsoff, the sci
entific side; Mr. R. W. Browning, the
religious ouestion; Professor Paul
Green, ihe artistic side; Professor Hel
mut Kuhn, a general culmination of
the talks. Professor Green was in the
Philosophy department until he went
into Dramatic Arts.
This quarter's series will be given in
connection with the local civilian mo
rale center and civilian morale leaders
from neighboring institutions will be
invited to attend.
FFC Invited to Lunch
With Reverend Cowan
Members of the Freshman Friend
ship Council are invited to attend a
luncheon with Reverend Scottie Cowan
this afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Gra
ham Memorial Air Raid Shelter, it was
announced yesterday.
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A VANQUISHED ARTHUR CONESCU as Mr. Prescott is shown above
in the wheelbarrow, pleading for mercy at the hands of his tormentors;
William Chichester as Uncle Stanley, Joe Rubenstone as Mr. Kimber, and
Lib Trotman as Annabelle Fuller, in the Playmaker production "George
Washington Slept Here."
Kaufman and Hart Comedy
Has Premiere Tonight
"George Washington Slept Here," The cast includes : Joe Rubenstone
laughter-laden comedy by. those mas- as Mr. Kimber, caretaker of the aban
doned farmhouse; Art Golby, as New
ton Fuller, barefoot boy of the family;
Lib Trotman as Annabelle Fuller, his
sarcastic wife; Diddy Kelly as Madge
Fuller, the straying daughter; Russell
Rogers and Steve Eldridge, Madge's
ironically enough, throughout the three lover; Elaine Berg as Katie, the cook;
acts. In their land of pretense, the Phyllis Parker, as Mrs. Douglas, a
Playmakers have run the gamut of helpful neighbor woman; Bob Carroll
emotion. . This play swerves from the as Clayton Evans, actor; Lucille Cul
purely dramatic to the portrayal of bert as Rena Leslie, his wife; Virginia
the superficial existence of city folk Archer as Hester, the maid; Buddy
transplanted to the country. Cows Westover as Raymond, a mischievous
wander in and out of the kitchen. Irate urchin; William Chichester as Uncle
neighbors make life miserable for the Stanley, a lovable fraud; Paul D'Elia
bewildered characters.- Troubles are, as Leggett Frazer, visitor; Lee Zimmer
however, surmounted by the everlast- as Tommy Hughes, visitor; Barbara
ing cleverness of the misplaced urban- Shields as Sue Barrington, visitor; Lib
ites, who underneath their veneer of Blair as Miss Wilcox, visitor; and Ar
hardness really have a heart of pure thurConescu as Mr. Prescott, a trouble
rubber. . , "some neierhbor ' ' '
ters of errant wit, Kaufman and Hart,
launches into a four-night run tonight
at 8:30 in the Playmaker theater.
The curtain rises to disclose a devil's
brew of misfortune which continues,