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Tim S i i f ai id to The Oldest College Daily In The South VOLUME L Basina: SS87; Circulation: S84 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1942 Editorial: 4254; Ken: 4SS1: XicU: NUMBER 152 1H r i f v V FTH FTH raimam i:auuK Senator Harry S. Truman Stevens Made Graduation Marshal Henry L. Stevens, Jr. has been named by Major L. P. McLendon, pres ident of the University alumni associa tion, to be chief alumni marshal for commencement. Judge Stevens, who by coincidence was chief student commencement mar shal in his junior year at Chapel Hill, was graduated at the University in 1917. Along with many members of his senior class, Judge Stevens did not take in his own graduation, being at the time away in officers' training camp. At this commencement, 25 years la ter, Judge Stevens and his classmates wfll gather in Chapel Hill again under war clouds. A son is now a freshman at the University, where several other sons of alumni graduated in 1917 also are enrolled. Judge Sam J. Ervin, of Morganton, is president of the '17 class, and he and Dr. Herman G. Baity, of Chapel Hill, class secretary, are making arrange ments for their class reunion supper here on Monday evening, June 8 Judge Stevens will preside at a roll call of reunion classes on Tuesday morn ing, June 9, followed by the Alumni Luncheon at 1 o'clock in Lenoir hall. Now a member of the state superior court, Judge Stevens began the prac tice of law. in Warsaw in 1921 fol lowing graduation from the Harvard law school. He is a past commander of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion, and in 1931 was elected national commander, the young est man then to assume that high of fice. WC Glee Club Warbles Tomorrow .Representing a group of carefully selected voices, the Woman's College of the University Glee club will ap pear in concert under the direction of Paul B. Oncley, here at 5 o'clock to morrow afternoon in the main lounge of Graham Memorial. About half of the 34 singers are voice majors and all of them are private stu dents in the voice department at'WC. They have won national recognition in two recent broadcasts on the Colum bia chain, and for a number of per formances last season of the rarely heard Gasparini "Mass in G." Alma Lissow Oncley, member of the See GLEE CLUB, page -4 Coed Senate Elects Buice Next Speaker Ditzi Buice, independent represent ative to the coed senate, was unani mously elected rising speaker yester day afternoon at a meeting, of new and old members of the senate. Mary JancMcCaskill, Pi Phi, was chosen speaker pro tem, and Martha Guy, independent, was unanimously elected secretary of the senate. Chosen as president of the interdorm council at a meeting of the Woman's Government Association was Julia Me bane. It was decided that she should sit as a member of the senate. Anne Carpenter was unanimously elected as secretary of the interdorm council. Members of the senate re-stress the fact that letters of application for the $150 scholarship are due to some mem ber of the scholarship committee May 1. The letters should state need of financial aid, academic standing and interest in woman's government. Mem bers of the committee are Mary Lib Nash, Jean Hahn, Mary Jane McCas- kill, and Frances Bonkemeyer. On recommendation of Mary Cald well it was voted to donate the $200 reserve for the dance committee be given instead to the Naval Relief So ciety, which begins a drive here on April 29. Miss Buice has been the representa tive from the town girls to the Student legislature throughout the past year, as well as president of the Town Girls' Association. She ha served on the Woman's Honor council. She has been a member of the Daily Tar Heel busi ness staff since entering the Univer sity. Casts Announced For Playmaker Experimental Casting for the next Playmaker bill of iiixperimental production of new one-act plays next Tuesday night, April 28, has been completed and the plays are now in rehearsal. Under the direction of Elizabeth Trotman, Irvine Smith, Marjorie Wal ter, and Phyllis Parker are playing in "Real Trouble," a domestic comedy by Ellen Mary Pillsbury. Playing in "Shee Shih, the Aching Heart," a romance of ancient Cathay, by Lily Tang, under the direction of the author are Robert Carroll, Joe Ruben stone, Irvine Smith, Jean McKenzie, Barbara Shields, Harriet Osment, Tom Avera, and George Latshaw. In "Boer Commando," a play of the end of the Boer War by Robert Schenk- kan are Bob Gutnecht, Russell Rog ers, Joe Rubenstone, Robert Carroll, Arthur Persky, McCurdy Burnet, Tom Avera. It is being directed by Marion Gleason. Presented as a part of the Festival of the Carolina Workshop, these new plays will take the stage at 7:30 Tues day in the Playmaker theatre. Ad mission, as usual, will be free, but tick ets for seats should be secured from the Playmaker Business office in J Swain hall. Thursday On Prodectiom . . ; Junior-Senior Set Engages Red Norvo Missouri Trust-Buster to Analyze Wartime Industrial Problems Here ' By Paul Eomisaruk The Senate's number-one trust-buster, Missouri's hard-hitting Senator Hairy S. Truman, will deliver the second of the Carolina Political union's addresses aimed at an "analysis of the battle of production" on Thursday night from the Memorial hall rostrum. CPU chairman, Ridley Whitaker, revealed that plans for Truman's ap pearance here were almost completed and that final details of his appear ance would be released within a few days. Truman, the 58-year-old Democrat, who rose to national prominence with his vigorous condemnation of Wash ington's dollar-a-year men in OPM four months ago and more recently blasted the Standard Oil Company for its deals with Germany, heads the special 10-man committee of senators which is empowered to investigate the National Defense Program. More Efficiency Truman, who states that his object is to "increase the efficiency of the war program," has ruffled the hair of official Washington and caused more angry outbreaks in the nation's capi tol than any other governmental crit ic, has promised CPU leaders a frank "and honest discussion of the war ef fort to date." Serving his second term in the Sen ate, Truman is reported to have gain ed the unlimited confidence and sup port of the Presidenfewhen he warned his Chief that if the Truman commit tee were actually W established it wouldn't care whose feet it stepped on. It may even hit home hard here in the White House, Mr. President," he is credited with declaring. 'Go right ahead, Harry,", the Pres ident said and Truman began his cru sade to clear the deadwood out of Washington. Most recent blast against Truman came from War Production czar Don ald Nelson, who complained publicly that Truman, was frightening all of the dollar-a-year men out of Wash ington, and the government will not See TRUMAN, page U Pro Greeks, Town Houses V Form Council The formation of the Professional Fraternity and House council yester day, with three professional fraterni ties as the nucleus, was announced from Dean F. F. Bradshaw's office. The main purpose of the new council will be the organization of town houses and fraternities into an executive com mittee to administrate affairs much as the Interfraternity council now oper ates. . New houses will be admitted as soon as they are established and apply for representation. The first task that the newly-formed council has set before itself is the se- curement of an agreement with the Woman's council for visiting privileges! It was announced that such an agree ment would probably take the form of the present arrangement between the fraternities and the woman's council. The Cooperative council, drawn up fhree weeks ago, which has sought for such an agreement between the several cooperative houses and the woman's council, will be incorporated in the new; Fraternity and House council, co-op men revealed yesterday. Dean Williams representing Delta Sigma Pi, commerce fraternity, Sam Beavans, representing Kappa Phi, pharmacy fraternity, are president, vice-president, and secretary respec tively of the council. "Each administration-rented house that can meet the requirements set up will be allowed to come into the organization." f i ' i p ! l j Red Norvo DTH Staff toMeet; Subject: Annual Fan The entire staff of the Daily Tar Heel will meet this afternoon in the news office at z o clock to discuss arangements for the gala annual ban quet and induction of new editors to morrow night. Dr. J. P. Harland will act as mas ter oi ceremonies at the event anc several brief and cogent speakers have been contacted. It was extremely clear that everyone on the staff physically capable of reaching Graham Memorial is expected to attend the meeting. Grads Must Fill Out Cards for Degrees All graduate students who expect to have degrees conferred at the June Commencement should come to the Graduate Office to sign diploma cards before May 1, if they have not already done so. By Bob Hoke Red Norvo, his orchestra and Mil dred Bailey will appear for the An nual Junior-Senior dances, May 15 and 16, Steve Peck and Dean Williams, co chairmen of the junior-senior dance committee announced yesterday. Touted as the "world's greatest xylophonist," Norvo is scheduled to play for three dances and a public con cert of the famous set for the Univer sity upperclassmen. The dances will feature and climax the elaborate Sen ior week activities scheduled to begin May 11. Detailed arrangements as to places and times of dances is in the formative stage, dance leaders indicated. Norvo's new band, termed by Metro nome, music trade paper, as "first-rate, and the most showmanly of the several 'outfits that he has led" will appear on the Carolina bandstand as part of its southern tour. With Norvo will be Mrs. Norvo, "the magnificent Mildred Bailey." Other featured performers with the band are Kay Allen, lovely vocalist; Fran Sny der, male vocalist and arranger; and Eddie Bert, "the white deadringers for J. C. Higginbotham," famous trom-bQnist. who describes his music as rhythm," hasN developed a iorvo, elated unique style of subdued music a soft tempo built around the xylophone. Among the best known places that the band has appeared are the Ben jamin Franklin hotel, Philadelphia; Southland, Boston; Murray's, Tucka hoe, N. Y.; Blackhawk Restaurant, Chicago; Pennsylvania hotel, New York; Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J.; Famous Door, Astor hotel, Com modore hotel, New York; Lowry hotel, St. Paul; St. Francis hotel, San Fran cisco; Palomar ballroom, Los Angeles; Muelbach hotel, Kansas City; Grey- stone hotel, Detroit; Steel Pier, At lantic City; Brunswick hotel, Boston; and the Plantation Club, Dallas. Galsworthy Protege James Boyd, Noted Novelist, To Spark Workshop Panels By Harley Moore Who'.' declares, "recreation-hunting, Novelist James Boyd will appear on 14 seasons huntsman and joint Master the Carolina Workshop council's dis- of Moore County hounds." , tinguished panel in the Workshop's Boyd's Son Here Spring Festival opening session Mon- When Boyd comes to Carolina as day night. . . one of tne "Workshop's five guest speak- Some years ago, Author John Gals- ers, next Monday, he will be met by worthy visited a small North Carolina one of his old hunting pals, his son. town, Southern Pines. There he read Jim, Sr. and Jim, J r. will trade writing a few unprinted stories of an obscure hints and techniques in Phillips Rus author, made a few marginal notes, sell's writing class on Monday, returned to New York City and pro- Boyd was born July 2, 1888 in Dau nounced, "Keep your eye on James phin County, Pennsylvania. He gradu Boyd." ate(l from Princeton in 1910, and then That was years ago, in the early launched into a career of journalism, 1920's. Today James Boyd has been interrupted temporarily by the first acclaimed as the author of five famous World War. books and several shorter stories. After the war Boyd began seriously In Southern Pines, home of his earl- to write. He is often pointed out as ier ancestors and site of his grand- an author who taught himself to write, father's plantation, Jim Boyd is prim- "I - believe that anyone with reason arily known as the,"Master of Hounds" able ability can learn to write," he who dabbles a bit in writing. "Who's " See BOYD, page 4 May Frolic Principals Highlight Final Figure Tonight ' These attractive young ladies and their escorts participate in a fig ure at the final formal dance to night of the annual May Frolics held in the Tin Can. Freddy Johnson and his Carolina orchestra will furnish music. The sponsors and their escorts are: Betty Chapman, Spartanburg, S. C, with Sam Means, Spartan burg, chairman of the dance com mittee; Anna Wood, Edenton, with William Peete, Warrenton, presi dent of the Frolics; Helen McGee, Jackson, Miss., with Bo Reynolds, Gibbstown, N. J., vice-president;. Carol Caldwell, Cranford, N. J., with Bill Vail, Rutherford, N. J as sistant chairman; Peggy Thomp son, Norfolk, Va., with Dudley Cocke, Norfolk, committeeman; Jane Kirkpatrick, Charlotte, with Bill Feltz, Charlotte, committee man; and Carol McDaniel, Green ville, with James Thorpe, Fries, Va., committeeman. Woman's Glee Club In National Program The Woman's Glee club under the direction of Clyde Keutzer will sing its first coast-to-coast program over the Mutual Broadcasting System this af ternoon at 3:30 from Hill hall. Presenting some of the numbers to be sung in Sunday evening's joint con cert with the Men's Glee club, the wo men will be featured in the Music De partment's eighth broadcast this year for Mutual. Give Your Frolicker The Dance Pamphlet Students may obtain the dance pamphlet "So You're Going to a Caro lina Dance?" at Graham Memorial director's office and at the'YMCA office. r tea w-iNf m ? Sam Means w , 4 Betty ChaPman 1 ' f i fg& I r If I ' - ,0' "''it - ' ' '' i " f .x;.-:-.s , v (s ' . ' - , s f'v i -sfv., - - a - - I - r ; 5; A SL Carol Caldwell 11 L. SlSSf Dudley Cocke K553222 Yeggy Thompson g fT r -f Jane Kirkpatrick) j Jim Thorpej r.
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