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TDoiitjij 0 III -JT I I W The Oldest College Daily In The South VOLUME L BimImm: t887: Clreulatkm: gg CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942 Editorial: Km: 431: Xlcfci: CM NUMBER 150 (Gleidhier, McEinEoii Lead Runoff Polls Today Army Orders Blackout Friday Nigkti lat XSf?eTgIe 27 NC Counties To Blank Lights For Region Drill By Hayden Carruth A complete blackout of 27 North Carolina counties, extend ing to the Tennessee border, has been ordered by the First Army Interceptor Command to be held Friday night, sometime between 9 and 11 o'clock. Chapel Hill is included in this district. Wardens must be on the alert all during the two hour period, ready for the blackout warning. The blackout will last one half hour. The warning will be sounded from the Chapel Hill fire station and from the whistle on the University service plant. "Warning signal will be a series of short blasts; all clear a long signal. Same Campus Blackout Fundamentally, the campus black out will be managed in the same way as the campus drill two weeks ag6. , Louis Harris, student OSCD coordina tor, announced yesterday that there will be a meeting of all air raid war dens this morning in Memorial hall at 10:30. ' It is expected that the blackout will proceed over' the 27 appointed coun ties in a series of regional one half hour blackouts during the two hour alert period. It is not known when the Chapel Hill district will be affected. Major effect of the order on the May Frolics dance, Friday night. All lights, except for interstate traffic, will be blacked out under penalty of the law. This will, of course, include the dance. Arrangements were being consider ed yesterday by Dean F. F. Bradshaw and members of the May Frolic com mittee for the conduct of the dance during the blackout, but no complete plan was formulated. Detailed in structions will be released tomorrow. A recent Chapel Hill regulation, passed by the Board of Aldermen, subjects any houses that are not to tally blacked-out to a fine of $50. Of ficials pointed out that this will in clude fraternity and sorority houses as well as those in "town. General instructions for dormitory residents are: 1. Air raid wardens, as soon as the warning signal sounds, should take all residents of their floors to the second floor "hallway. 2. Second floor residents should pro ceed from their rooms into the cor ridor, closing their doors securely. No See BLACKOUT, page U PU Board Picks Stanback For DTH Business Manager Informal Dances Set for 24-25 Delta Sigma Pi, honorary commerce fraternity, tXd the Order of the Grail marshal forces next weekend and joint ly sponsor a weekend set of informal dances. Hurst Hatch and his fast-rising campus orchestra will play for the Commerce dance Friday night May 1 from 9:30 until 1 o'clock. All com merce students will be extended bids for the informal dance in the Tin Can. The Grail takes over Saturday and presents the second and last dance of the set Saturday night from 9 until 12 mi- Tho Annce will be oDen to the U ViWAl uv A general campus and door admission will be $1.10 including tax. Second-Lieut Stanley Brown's "big name" band of Fort Bragg is being sought by the Dance organization com mittee for the Grail dance. The service band is made up of soldiers stationed nt. Fnrfc BraST who were with "big name" bands before their induction into the Army. Dean Williams, chairman of the com merce dance committee, announced that bids will be given out to commerce students next Tuesday and Wednesday in Bingham hall at 10:30. General Parker to Inspect CVTG Unit During Regular Drill This Afternoon 'Free Browder Harvey Segal, Student Red, Circulated Browder Petition ' By Walter Klein Harvey Segal, student, circulated the ident Graham and four faculty members. Segal, a sophomore, chairman of the Karl Marx club and former ASU pres ident, took the printed document, one of 100 sent by the Citizens Committee to Free Earl Browder, to Phillips Russell, Paul Green, Professor J. F. Dashiell Legislature Adds 6 Men The last session of the present Stu dent legislature convened last night in Phi hall to elect from the legis lators six hold-over members; to be come active in the legislature to go into office next week. The six members are Buck Osborne, Roy Stroud, Terrell Webster, Bob Spence, Grady Morgan, and Bucky Harward. Buck Osborne has been a member of the Ways and Means committee during the past legislature, and was nominated for the post of speaker prior to the last elections. He with drew. Bucky Harward, chairman of the Elections committee, was unani mously elected editor of the Daily Tar Heel during the recent elections. Pan-Hell Sets Up $200 Coed Scholarship Presenting to the University a schol arship totaling $200 to be awarded to a rising senior coed, the Pan-Hellenic Council joins the ranks of the many campus organizations giving scholar ships to deserving students. This award will be made for the first time probably on Awards Night at the end of the quarter, when honors and awards are presented to the students winning them. Any rising senior wo man is eligible to try for the scholar ship, provided she has made and main tained a "C" average during her stay at Carolina. The award will be made on the basis of outstanding participa tion in extra-curricula activities, ser vice to the University, character, scho larship, and need for the money given by the scholarship. Local Ad Manager Wins Over Dube Bill Stanback, rising senior from Salisbury, N. C, was chosen business manager of the Daily Tar Heel yes terday for the year 1942-43 by the Publications Union Board, defeating Jack Dube. Each candidate was given a per sonal interview by the PU Board af ter which the Board deliberated up on the merits of the two applicants. After more than an hour's delibera tion and discussion the vote went in Stanback's favor. While in high school the rising bus iness manager was treasurer of the student body. After coming to Caro lina in the fall of 1939, he pledged Sigma Nu and joined the business staff of the Daily Tar Heel shortly afterward. He has since risen from leg man .on ads to position , of local advertising manager. In line with his work on the Daily Tar Heel, Stan back is majoring in Commerce, Only other action taken by the PU Board was to pay Graham Memorial for the use by all the publications of the Graham Memorial dark room. Arguments have waxed heatedly for the past few days between the PU Board and the staff of Graham Me- See STANBACK, page U Free Browder petition signed by Pres tand'W. T. Couch. Publication yesterday of the Asso ciated Press and UNC News Bureau dispatch confirming the announcement of the Free Browder petition brought no noticeable comment. Professor H. K. Beale told a class that he would have signed the peition if he had been af forded the chance. The Daily Worker, New York's Com munist newspaper, published a photo graph of Dr. Graham and early printed a detailed story of the UNC faculty's appeal. It has also periodically an nounced similar signings by faculty members of Harvard, MIT, Wellesley, Boston, Simmons and Mt. Holyoke col leges. The Carolina petition was one of several thousand issued by the Com mittee. It was addressed to President Roosevelt and contained ruled spaces for signers, 'their addresses and af filiations. On the reverse were print ed public endorsements by famous per sonalities, including Wendell Willkie. The Daily Worker,' official Commu nist Party mouthpiece, was the first publication to announce the petition. Edwards to Lead IRC Discussions In Summer Panels International Relations club will shift into a full-year basis this sum mer. Grady Morgan, the IRC's president, has announced that club members at tending both summer sessions will meet continually in weekly bull-session meet ings. Vice-president Elton Ewards will direct the Summer Session committee, Morgan stated. Summer students will be invited to the weekly sessions, which will continue under this year's set-up informal discussion of international events, set off by preparatory talks. The new IRC executive committee will carry on work throughout the sum mer to pave the way for next year's presentation of famous speakers. Form er President Roger Mann was the first IRC officer to establish summer of ficers here to start ahead in securing speakers for; Chapel Hill audiences. Executives' include Morgan, Ed wards and Mary Jane McCaskill, sec retary and Denman Hammond, treas urer. Morgan will not attend summer school, but will keep in contact with the IRC and will work from his High Point home. Former Vice-President Wesley Bagby and Mann will also participate in the executive committee meetings. Brown Gets Post In Social Service Dr. Roy M. Brown, director of the Public Welfare and Social division here was elected president of the North Carolina Conference for Social Service at the two day conference in Raleigh last week. Brown steps into the presidency post after serving as treasurer of the group for two years and is the first University representative to be pres ident since Dr.H. W. Odum's appoint ment in 1927. Elected by a nominating committee who brought up Brown's name before the group of over 400 state social work ers, Brown will serve for two years in the top post. Army Recruit Head Visits Chapel Hill General E. P. Parker, in charge of recruit training at selective service center Fort Bragg, will inspect the Carolina Volunteer Training Corps during the regular drill period this afternoon, the first time that the corps will appear in complete' uniforms of khaki trousers, white shirts, black ties, and overseas caps. This will be the first review and in spection of the corps since the found ing in January. "Since General Park er has charge of the same sort of work at Fort Bragg that we are attempting here, his advice and criticisms will be invaluable," said Colonel W. A. Ra borg, corps chief, yesterday. Arrives at Noon General Parker will arrive in Chapel Hill at noon today and immediately proceed to CVTC headquarters to in spect the office work and the form of organization. A luncheon, which will be attended by ranking CVTC officers and members of the University admin istration, will be held at the Carolina Inn from 12:30 until the inspection. Following the luncheon, General Parker and his staff and the CVTC staff will inspect and review the drill at Kenan stadium. The drill will be gin at 2 o'clock. The General will re turn to Fort Bragg immediately after the inspection. . ----- In case of rain, the CVTC will meet in Memorial hall. Colonel Raborg extended invitations to the entire student body and other interested Chapel Hillians to attend the review in Kenan stadium. During the initial stages of the or ganization of the CVTC, Colonel Ra borg and Henry Wisebram, student ad jutant, have been concentrating on im proving the organization, and it is now believed that the corps is ready for General Parker's inspection. The University feels that it is for tunate in having a man as experienced as General Parker, who has been in Army service since 1912, to look over the work of the corps. Thomas Norfleet, UNC's Oldest Alumnus, Dies Thomas S. Norfleet, who died re cently at his home in Roxobel, N. C, was the "oldest living alumnus" of the University. A student here in 1865-66, Norfleet transferred the fol lowing year to Washington and Lee where he studied under Robert E. Lee, then president of that institution. Norfleet, 93 at the time of his death, last visited Chapel Hill at the Com mencement of 1938 to see a grandson graduate and to receive himself a "golden anniversary certificate" a warded by the Alumni Association each year to alumni of classes graduated more than 50 years ago. Norfleet's acquaintance with Uni versity affairs and current events and his keen sense of humor were well known. In recent years he had fre quently sent greetings to alumni as semblies here. The title of oldest alumnus now pass es to Dr. George W. Purefoy of Ashe ville, a student here in 1869-70. He is 91 years old. Oldest graduate, how ever, is George McCorkle of Newton, who was for many years with the Fed eral Trade Commission in Washington. Mr. McCorble received the A. B. degree in 1878. Gordon Appointed Musical Director Bob Gordon has been appointed mus ical director of the "Carolina Meets the Challenge" May celebration, Louis Harris and Diddy Kelley, directors, an nounced yesterday. By Bob Hoke Precinct polling has been ordered by the Student council for to day's runoff election between Ben McKinnon and Stud Gleicher in the Tar an' Feathers editorship race. Concluding act of the annual spring elections, the runoff today, brings the two leading contenders for the humor mag post up for i jv t i L 1 ; If h AM ci is ' f j?' i f -S'S Stud Gleicher Ben McKinnon Radio Studio Loses Brink To Navy V-7 Frank Brink, who became program director of the campus radio studios when director Bob Bowers left last January 15 to take Naval Officers training, is now planning to become an ex-program director and future naval officer himself. Brink made three trips to Raleigh in the past few weeks, filled out what he described as "a couple of miles of blanks," received about "six feet of orders," and now being classified in V-7 is preparing to switch from mikes to periscopes. Frank, who until last week was a student of dramatic art department, is now taking trigonometry and alge See RADIO, page U I Third Festival Night New Dance Creations Staged in C JVC's Festival By Ann Anthony Thursday evening at 8:45, third night of the Festival, the Contempor- es, to direct themselves, to present re rary Dance club will present a pro- 'citals to critical audiences in public gram of original compositions and stu- places, and above all, to make.Caro dio sketches as a feature, of the Spring lina and Carolina's students conscious Festival sponsored by the Carolina of the talent, ability and capability Workshop council. existing among the potential dancing To the rhythmical chant characteris- tic of old-time darkies, the club mem- bers will hold a revival meeting with a speaking chorus as an accompani- ment. Other features will be "Rounde- ay" by Shirlee Brimberg with music by Frank Groseclose, "Morning Song" danced by the group to Tansman's harmony, and "Just Couldn't Resist" by Bill Myers, accompanied by the music of William Klenz. Seven years ago modern dance be- came a part of the University's cur- Hooks, Whiteville; Amelie Anderson, riculum. One year ago the dancers Rehoboth Beach, Del.; Anice Gar banded together to form a club. Their many, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mary Lou object in organizing was to secure a foothold for dance in the creative Chapel Hill ; and Mary Kathleen Mar sphere of Carolina life, tin, Bristol, Va. final popular decision. . Original announcement by th council called for one polling place instead of setting up the entire precinct system for the election. Polls will be open from 9 until 6 o'clock. The precincts are: 1. Stacy dorm. Residents of Ever ett, Graham, Aycock, Stacy, zmi Lewis dorms vote here. 2. YMCA. Residents of all fra ternities and of Steele, Old West, Old East, Carr, Whitehead and Smith dorms vote here. i 3. Graham Memorial. All tow I students exclusive of fraternities and sororities and residents of BVP vote here. t 4. Mclver dorm. Coed residents of Spencer, Alderman, Mclver, and Kenan dorms and of the three sor orities vote here. Truman Hobbs, president of the student body emphasized the necessity of all students voting according to their present residences. Students not listed in the new directory and hav ing moved since the evacuation of the lower Quadrangle are required to bring valid evidence of enrollment in the University. McKinnon, darkhorse independent of the race, held a 64-vote lead on the University Party's candidate, Stud Gleicher, in the main elections last, Thursday. McKinnon polled 754 votes to Gleicher's 690. Bombasted by "combinationists" since the middle of the year, the hu mor mag editor's chair has been the powder keg of campus publication offices. Editor Bill Seeman resigned See RUNOFF, page U Student Union Plans Double Feature Show Graham Memorial presents a double-feature show tonight in the lounge. At 7:30 Alice Duer Miller's poem, White Cliffs of Dover, will be presented on recordings. The poem is interpreted by Lynn Fon taine, who made the poem famous and the musical setting is by Frank Black. The story is that of an American girl who married an Eng lishman, lost him in the first World War and his son in the second World War. At 8:30 Graham Memorial is showing air raid movies for the Chapel Hill Civilian Defense Group. The movie has been arranged through Dr. J. C. Lyons of the Ro mance department and is open to the public. It will show mass at tacks and the use of incendiary bombs. These enthusiasts wanted to have the chance to compose their own danc- artists on campus. These contemporary dancers have , given numerous recitals off campus during this school session including lecture demonstrations in Charlotte and Winston-Salem. Members of the Contemporary Dance club are Earlene Clayton, Norco, La.; Frances Erwin, Raleigh; Shirlee Brimberg, New York City; Bill Myers, Ithaca, N. Y.: Charles McCraw. Trov: Frank Groseclose, Raleigh; Harris Edwards, Morehead, Ky.; Byrd Green,