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VOLUME L
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1942
Editorial: 435$; Newi: S1; Xlsht: 6908
NUMBER 161
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Roland Parker
Will Address
Final Session
OfOTSMeet
Assistant Dean
To Explain Status
Of Student Gov't
Assistant Dean of Students
Roland Parker will address the
final session of the new officers'
training school today at 1 o'clock
in the small dining room of Le
noir Dining hall, Truman Hobbs,
president of the student body,
reported yesterday.
The conference, sponsored an
nually by the student council, is
designed to acquaint the new campus
officers with the problems and duties
involved in student government ad
ministration. At yesterday's opening meeting at
tended by close to 100 newly elected
student officers, Hobbs, W. T. Martin,
vice-president of the student body, and
John McCormick, secretary of the stu
dent body, spoke on the honor system
and their talks were followed by a
general discussion.
Student Government Problems
Parker today will speak on problems
in student government during the com
ing year and further discussion groups
will conclude the two-day conference.
More than a hundred invitations
have been issued by the student coun
cil for the function and a full comple
ment of student leaders and heads is
expected to attend today.
The Assistant dean will appear in
place of Dean Francis Bradshaw, orig
inally scheduled to speak, who has
been called to Kentucky.
Today's session will be partly taken
up with open discussion of the prob
lems at hand and answers to questions
that may be made by incoming officers.
Band Elects
Tom Baden
President
Tom Badeiv rising senior . from
Washington, D. C, was elected presi
dent of the University Band at a Sun
day night dinner.
Baden will succeed Harry Martin.
Bob Reed of Spencer, W. Va., will take
over Warren Simpson's vice-presidential
chair, and Paul Dulin, rising junior
from Charlotte, is new secretary-treasurer,
succeeding Boston Lackey.
Baden, present CVTC Band com
mander, was captain of hi3 high school
cadet band and held the student lead
er's position in the Mercersburg Acad
emy band before enrollment at Caro
lina. Both Reed, trombonist, and Dulin,
bass horn player, are first section men
in the University's concert band, and
perform in the CVTC's unit.
A late session of the elected officers
last night brought announcment of the
following officer appointments: Harry
Shipman is new librarian, Joe Leak has
been made business manager and Dave
See BAND, page U
'Xylophone Dynamo Red'
Norvo Praised for Antics,
Rhythms, Subdued Style
Distinguished by entertaining show- Heart of Texas," with terpsichorean
manship and accomplished musician- gyrations by Norvo in correspondence
ship, Red Norvo's new band is rapidly with the corny tempo. This is typical
gaining wide popularity playing the of the band's personality described by
danceable "relaxed rhythms" which Metronome as "topnotch."
Norvo originated. Norvo-expresses in his music the
One of the first white orchestra lead- rhythms in demand today, which he
ers to play music in a modern tempo, styles "relaxed rhythms." The music
Norvo brings his group to the Carolina is subdued a soft tempo built around
bandstand for the Junior-Senior dance the Norvo xylophone,
set, the first name band to come to the Norvo's musical training began at
University under the reduced dance ex- seven when his parents engaged a piano
penditures plan.
"Even able to don funny hats and
stay within the bounds of good taste,"
states Metronome, news-magazine of
the swing music world in a recent col
umn praisinsr the reorganized group,
Norvo's band "shows off the arranging
talents of Johnny Thomson and the-
Performing ease of the whole organi-
zation." '
With a keen sense of humor and an
inclination toward vaudeville .antics,
the band in glee club formation puts on
ten gallon hats to deliver "Deep in the
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FATHER AND DAUGHTER, Norman Cordon and Susie Cordon, look
at ar picture of Mr. Cordon as "Pimen" in their Linville, N. C, summer
home. Cordon, famous Metropolitan Opera star and graduate of UNC
will be presented here May 11 by the Student Entertainment committee.
Opera Star Cordon
To Sing Here Monday
Metropolitan Basso Started Career at UNC,
Signed for Last Student Entertainment Show
By Walter
Norman Cordon, Metropolitan Opera
Carolina's glee club, will star in the student entertainment committee's final
presentation Monday.
According to J. P. Harland, faculty chairman of the series, Cordon, a Uni
versity alumnus, has given 297 performances of 43 roles during his four
seasons with the Metropolitan Opera association. Cordon's program for Mon
day night's recital was not announced.
Cordon was started on his musical career by the director of Carolina's glee
club. Paul Weaver. His concert activi-
ties have included appearances with
the Boston Symphony, Philadelphia,
New York Philharmonic, Cincinnati
Svmnhony orchestras and the Mon
treal Concerts Symphoniques. He has
performed as soloist at the Ann Ar
bor May Festival, Cincinnati May
Festival, Mozart Festival in Asheville
and at the Berkshire Symphonic Fes
tival at Lenox, Mass.
Monday's opera star lives in Lin
ville, 70 miles from Asheville. At the
age of eight years he earned 25 cents
each Sunday morning singing in the
choir of St. Peter's church in Char
lotte. He was born in Washington,
D. C, and moved to Charlotte when
he reached his eighth birthday.
Cordon never sang a note while he
attended Fishburne Military school,
but he did play a saxophone. When
he entered Carolina, he joined the
glee club and began to sing in a new,
bass-baritone voice. He became solo
ist in the Carolina glee club during
his first year at Chapel Hill. Weaver
told Cordon he had the ability to
achieve success as a professional sing
er. This advice put Norman on the
track of his career.
He travelled to New York and sang
for a season in "Love Song." Deter
mined then to prepare himself for the
opera, Cordon enrolled at Nashville
Conservatory for four years. He re
turned to New York and in 1930 he
and a friend organized the Merriemen
See CORDON, page t
teacher for him. petulant ana a young
non-conformist, he refused to listen to
the stern dictates of his tutor and play
ed entirely by ear. As a result the les
sons were discontinued until one day
Red spied a xylophone in a Missouri
theater.
Fascinated by the "pile of wood,"
Norvo sold his pony to buy the instru-
ment. Self-taught, Norvo was engaged
to fill in with a marimba band, and
since has climbed to the fame which
spotlights his acclaimed reorganized
band.
Klein
basso, who started his career
in
FBI's Coffey
To Analyze
Chemistry Role
E. P. Coffey, chief of the FBI scien
tific crime detection laboratory, con
tinuing a series of lectures sponsored
by the Institute of Government, will
speak this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the
main lounge of Graham Memorial, on
"Applying Chemistry to Crime De
tection." .
Including discussion of blood chem
i s t r y, toxicology, microchemistry,
analyses of gunpowder residues, and
various other chemical devices, this
lecture is a continuation of the program
"Detection of crime as developed by the
FBI." Specific cases will be used to
demonstrate FBI methods and policies.
According to Bill Cochrane, direct
ing this Institute presentation, Coffey
is "the most well-informed, best quali
fied G-man in the lecturing business."
Apologies .
To the Editor:
The following statement occurred on the front page of last
Sunday's Tar Heel: "Assistant Dean of Students Roland Par
ker will ask for abolition of student government for the dura
tion at Tuesday night's Di Senate session."
I regret the necessity of informing you that this statement
is the opposite of the truth. I earnestly hope that student gov
ernment will survive the war crisis and I trust that I shall he
able to help some in seeing that it is preserved and even
strengthened. I am among the host of those who consider stu
dent self-government as one of Carolina's greatest traditions.
Sincerely yours,
Roland B. Parker
For so gross an error the staff of the Daily Tar Heel can
only offer deep apologies.
It is extremely regrettable that such a mistake was ever
printed. It is even more regrettable that the victim had to be
Dean Roland Parker because we believe that no one in the
University works harder for and wants more sincerely to see
student government continue and to grow stronger..
One more word to the venerable Dialectic Senate. It would
be gratifying to see the campus oldest organization revive
itself with a membership drive and by sponsoring discussions
of current issues of real interest to the campus so long as
the revival were effected without deliberate misrepresenta
tion of the opinions of its speakers. For the mistake in the
Tar Heel and the carelessness of one of the staff reporters,
we take full responsibility. But the Senate itself must stand
responsible for the posters now distributed over the campus.
Tljey are so worded and designed as to imply to the student
body the same mistake that was printed in the Tar Heel
that Dean Parker stands for abolition of student government.
A jealous regard for integrity even if it means smaller
crowds would, in our opinion, help the Dialectic Senate to
build on lasting foundations.
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On Discipline -
Valkyries Induct 22 Coeds
In Surprise Sunrise Ritual
Nine Seniors,
13 Juniors Tapped
The Valkyries, highest coed honor
society on the campus, tapped 22 women
students in a surprise ceremony at 4:30
this morning. When the sun rose over
the arboretum, initiation rites were
performed, after which the new Val
kyries were entertained at a southern
breakfast in the Episcopal parish
house.
Nine seniors and 13 juniors were n
cluded in the historic number of stu
dents selected for the Valkyries. Last
year only eleven girls were inducted in
the first initiation rites of the newly
organized local society, which began
last April by disassociating itself from
Alpha Kappa Gamma, the previously
existing regional honorary.
"Facing the wish to recognize out
standing girls in a student group which
is on the campus only two years, we
have found it advisable to include a
greater number of seniors," stated Jean
Hahn, president, pointing out one of
the reasons for the increased number
of girls tapped, another reason being
the rapidly-growing coed enrollment.
Basing their selections on the quali
ties of "leadership, character, and un
selfish service," the Valkyries recog
nized eight North Carolina girls and
14 out-of-state girls, 10 independent
girls and 11 sorority girls.
Honorees were (juniors) Frances
Allison, Ditzi Buice, Mary Martha
Cobb, Marsha Hood, Ardis Kipp, Mary
Lib Masengill, Mary Jane McCaskill,
Mary McCormick, Pete Munroe, Betty
Perry, Ann Seeley, Betty Sterchi and
Holcombe Turner.
; (Seniors) Frances Bonkemeyer,
Gladys Barnes, Lib Campbell, Lucy
Darvin, Elsie Lyon, Jean McKenzie,
Mary Lib Nash, Jennie WeUs New
some and Margaret Swanton.
Two girls were not initiated in the
sunrise services Gladys Barnes, who
graduated winter quarter and to whom
an invitation was sent by wire, and
Elsie Lyon, who declined membership
due to her belief that self -perpetuating
organizations are not democratic.
Tapped by the Valkyries last spring,
Jean Hahn, Diddy Kelley, Pan Peyton,
Randy Mebane, Muriel Mallison, Cor
nelia Clark, Eva Mae Nee and Mary
Caldwell participated in the tapping
and initiation ceremonies. Present at
the breakfast was Honorary Valkyrie
Mrs. Marvin Stacy, who briefly ad
dressed the outgoing and incoming
See VALKYRIES, page U
.Right
Di Defeats
Student Gov't
Abolition Bill
Parker Warns
Self -Government
Can Be 'Sabotaged'
Stands for student government by
Assistant Dean of Students Roland
Parker, Arthur Link, Tiny Hutton and
Aaron Johnson last night led the Dia
lectic Senate hall into a unanimous vote
against the Di's bill for abolition of
student government.
Parker stated that Carolina's self-
government must possess three quali
ties to prevent itself from "committing
hara-kiri" strength, value and adapt
ability.
"It isn't a question of 'Should stu
dent government survive', but 'Can stu
dent government survive" Parker
maintained. "Carolina government can
be killed, or knocked out, or fossilized
into non-existence.
"That could be accomplished by the
Board of Trustees overnight, or by the
University faculty, or by willingness f
students themselves to give up self-
government in times of crisis. It re
mains a fact that the Board of Trustees
never yet has acknowledged our stu
dent government through legislation."
Parker explained that there is a
great possibility of the University be
ing completely militarized, as it was
during the last war.,. Under such cir
cumstances, he said, an honor system
could exist but not student govern
ment: "The unpredictable is always
possible.
"Student government can commit
suicide by los3 of power and prestige,
through ridicule of one's own govern
ment, by student ignorance of campus
issues, anofby inability to meet rapid
ly changing conditions," Parker assert
ed. "What might happen to student
government already has happened to
the Dialectic ' Senate. The Di has al
most completely lost the power, pres
tige and future it once' held.
"A destructive ridicule of campus
officers with comments like 'politicians
are all alike' makes it hard to get the
right men to run for any offices. That's
why we have Governor Talmadge. Stu-
dent government can be further sabo
taged by students ignoring campus is
sues, such as the current, referendum
on the magazine legislation. Those
who express their side by not voting
by doing nothing are being of no
benefit." .
The assistant dean pointed out that
student government is faced with a
problem of .assimilating radical
changes and meeting needs. He de
clared that the campus was "disinte
grating," with only 900 students in
dormitories and two-thirds of the stu
dent body Irving off campus.
'Cunning Rebels'
Dusty Documents Reveal
Tar Heel Exploits in 1776
By Billy Webb him in a violent manner, called him a
Still regarded as cocky and proud, damn scoundrel and swore he had a
tradition-soaked North Carolinians great mind to break his ill-advised
will enter this war with an ancient head." Jacob refused-to swear allegi
reputation for cunning and blatant ance to the rebellious colonies, but
bravado established during the Revo- appealed to Sam's Christian nature
lutionary war. and escaped.
Hidden in the piled-up dry facts of Evidently dissatisfied with his first
colonial records are tales of braggart, encounter with parson Williams, Sam
hyper-confident and shrewd Tar Heels waylaid him in the woods some days
who were first to declare their inde- later. In company with two other men
pendence from trade-mad Britain and who shared his libertine views, Sam
who were to turn the tide of the war stripped the parson to the bone, tied
at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
Fired with patriotism, North Caro
lina colonials neglected to be subserv
ient to the usually respected church.
Jacob Williams, parson of Anson
county and a faithful subject of the
king, was accosted on? damp and
misty summer evening- by Sam Wise
who claimed to be a committeeman
of the "rebels." Sam "came up to
Hinges
;o Doubt
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Weil Lecturer
Avers Science
Tests 'Truth'
By Bob Levin
Claiming that no nation can sur
vive in a martial age unless it has a
tough and rigid discipline imposed on
its citizenry, Dr. Thomas V. Smith,
professor of philosophy at the Univer
sity of Chicago, opened the first in
his series of three "Discipline for De
mocracy" lectures last night.
The former Senator and Congress-man-at-Iarge
from Illinois stated that
"democratic citizenship is based on
truth and cannot be safe in this world
unless we have the freedom to judge
and question all sides of the prob
lem." Totalitarian states have but one
discipline, he declared "and that is to
obey. Our problem is not to obey but
to doubt." Science, as Dr. Smith ex
pressed it, must be used to test the
credulities of truth and disprove it
before it hardens into an accepted
fact.
Ridiculing the Gerrard . hall audi
ence as those who most likely spend
some time gossiping, the visiting lec
turer pointed out that "doubt is the
last thing we want in gossip but the
first thing needed in science. Doubt
is the discipline of advancement and
without it the scientists would sleep
and the world would be at a stand
still." Describing science as the organ of
truth, Dr. Smith said "the method of
science is the only known way to uni
versal agreement of truth." It achieves
such agreement only through persis
tent skepticism. .
"What equally honest and! equally
able men agree upon cannot be taken
as the truth," he declared. "Science
can present" its agreemsnts -but they
must be swallowed only so long' as
there is no one to disprove their the
ones." Raising his voice with every men
tion of the Axis powers in Europe,
the Town Hall of the Air speaker
pleaded for a group of scientists that
will always be free to wrangle over
contradictory claims.
"A democratic citizenship such as
we have today can flourish forever if
we have a moderate amount of tough
minded youths who can, be recruited
by science to question and test truth.""
Bridge Contest
Slated Tonight
Bill Cochrane, Graham Memorial
director, has asked all would-be bridge
tournament entrants who appeared
last night to return to the- main
lounge tonight at 7 o'clock because
"Wei really will Have a tournament
tonight." The contest was incorrectly
announced in the DTH for last night.
Similar to tournaments held before,
this bout will feature duplicate bridge.
Howard Duerr, technical expert and
tournament supervisor, will instruct
players as to rules. Prizes will be giv
en. him hands and feet to a tree, swore
that, the King intended to establish
the Roman Catholic church in the
colonies, and converted the county
preacher to the cause of freedom.
Several days later a royalist named
James Cotton was awakened in the
blackness of midnight by a number
of armed men who commanded that
See 1776, page U