"The unconquerables stand dauntless
Despite war-time's strife and stress.
If a soldier can face a bcllet
He should be able to cast a ballot,
Serving" Civilian and Military Students at UNC
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1944
Editorial: F-3H1, News: F-3146, F-3147
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Navy Schedules Graduation And Commissioning February 25
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Cainpiis Board -Ahnoimces . $5,000 Goal
Banquet and Ball
To JBe Held
After Ceremony
By Bill Stubbs
Over three hundred NROTC and
V-12 students will participate in the
first graduation ceremonies and com
missioning exercises since the Naval
program was begun here in 1943. It
is to take place on Friday, February
,25, at 3 o'clock in Memorial Hall.
The Graduation will be the first of
its kind during the middle of a regular
college session.
Graduation Plans
. Tentative plans were made at a
meeting held last Tuesday . in Dean
House's office. Those present at the
meeting were officials of the Univer
sity, Naval officials, and representa
tive students of the graduating class.
The program will consist of the presen
tation of baccalaureate degrees to
forty graduating seniors, the award
ing of commissions in the Naval Re
serve to forty-seven NROTC students,
and the presentation pf certificates of
attendance to over three hundred mem
bers of the NROTC and V-12 who will
be transferred to active duty and will
not be able to complete their -work at(
the University.
Besides the speaker who will deliver
the baccalaureate address there will
be on the program: President Graham,
Governor Broughton, Dean House,
Captain W. S. Popham, commander
of the Naval Units, Commander Har
ris of the NROTC and other officials
who are connected with the University
and Naval programs.
Last Examination
The last V-12 and NROTC examina
tions will be given on Thursday, Feb
ruary 24, and grades will be reported
by the faculty in time for the award
ing of diplomas. It was also pointed
out by various members of the ad
ministration that as much as a full
day to determine matters such as grad
uation and leaves, therefore the mili
tary leaves will not begin before Fri
day. The commencement is being held in
response to the request of the graduat
ing students. The graduating seniors
who left last October did -not have a
ceremony, but were handed their de
grees. Student committees and Senior
class representatives under the direc
tion of Bob Burleigh, president of the
Senior Class, are making arrange
ments for a series of entertainments
which include a banquet, dance, and a
reception for the parents" of the Navy
men.
Judge Robert Winston Attempted to Explain
South to North While Writing Biographies
By Georgia Helen Webb N
"I'm very much younger today than
I was twenty years ago. I've learned
to look at life objectively, and not
feel I'm running the world." That is
Judge Robert Watson Winston, aged
eighty-three, talking. He's dressed in
a bright blue shirt accented by a
perky black bow-tie, and he doesn't
look a day over sixty
When he actually was sixty, Judge
Winston, as a retired judge, returned
to the site of the University of North
Carolina, his alma mater, to rest.
Fortunately for posterity the judge
found that "a man can't rest but can
only switch." Switching from law to
literature, he endeavored to explain
the South to the North, and vice ver
sa. Judge Winston was a freshman
again, this time majoring in philos
ophy. Judge Winston was the first stu
dent to re-enter the University after
the close of the Civil War, and lived
in South Building from 1875 to 1879.
He has described some of his most en
lightening experiences and observa
tions in his autobiography, entitled
"It's A Far Cry." He has also writ
ten biographies of Robert E. Lee, An
drew Johnson, Jefferson Davis, and
Horace Williams, who was one of his
Occupational Deferments
Slashed by New Rulings
The Federal Government last week apparently discontinued deferments in
pharmacy, bacteriology, mathematics and pre-med, according to dispatches
from Washington.
The previous deferment ruling permitted majors in these courses to con
tinue their college work, provided they complete their courses 24 months
after being called up for the draft."
Thjs 24-months rule apparently ap
plies now only to chemistry and phys
ics majors. Seniors in pharmacy,
math, bacteriology and pre-med, who
can graduate by July 1944, however,
will be permitted to continue their
school work until that time.
Deferment Quota
Physics and chemistry majors do
not remain untouched by the recent
deferment revisions. The national
quota for those students allowed de
ferments in order to study physics
and chemistry has been slashed to
10,000. By February 15 the War
Manpower Commission will deter
mine Carolina's individual share of
this national quota. Already officials
Larry Adler Has Risen to Fame
After Winning Amateur C ontest
Winning a harmonica playing con- I
test in Baltimore started the ball of
fame rolling for Larry Adler, of the
talented team of Draper arid Adler
which will appear here under the spon
sorship of the Student Entertainment
Committee January 19.
Included in their luggage will be a
dozen pair of tap dancing shoes for the
nimble footed Paul Draper and more
important than the shoes will be sev
eral harmonicas for Larry Adler, who
can play anything written for the
saxophone, flute, oboe or violin. Since
he won a harmonica contest in Balti
more when only 14 years old, he has
devoted his time to harmonica playing.
Following his initial achievement,
his climb to the top has been made 'by
leaps and bounds.
Winning Contest
After winning the juvenile contest in
Baltimore, he appeared in a series of
vaudeville sketches, and later in pro
ductions of Gus Edwards and Florenz
Ziegf eld. In 1934 he was signed to tour
England, and since that tour he ap
peared with nine concert orchestras in
the United States, including the N. Y.
Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Or
chestra (Robin Hood Dell) . Foreign
orchestral appearances have been
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WINSTON
professors when he attended the Uni
versity as an undergraduate. His
"Horace Williams, Gadfly of Chapel
Hill" has attracted . complimentary
criticism from Paul Green, the notable
author, and Winston, himself, believes
that it is his best coordinated and
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in Washington have wired for infor
mation concerning the present set-up
so that 'they can decide on the future
number of deferred students to be al
lowed at Carolina. -'
The horizon of civilian Carolina is
clouded also today with possibilities
of a universal draft law and a prob
able curricular overhauling to coin
cide with this action. Further and
more complete war-time adjustments
seem inevitable.
Roosevelt Message
Roosevelt's message to Congress
last Tuesday brought before the na
tion the very real problem of draft
ing the entire American public for
See DEFERMENTS, page U
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with the London Philharmonic and
the Sydney (Australia) Symphony.
His work has not been limited to or
chestral appearances alone. He has
rendered command performances be
fore President Roosevelt, Edward VII
and George VI of England, Kings Gus-
tave of Sweden and Haakon of Nor
way, and Cyril Scott.
most mature book. He tells how he
offen rewrites the first chapters of a
book over and over again, since they
get cold and need warming over to
mix with the chapters written when
the author's interest is thoroughly
aroused.
The secret of his success is that he
tells everything, hiding nothing. "I
don't believe in whitewashing. Noth
ing is concealed in my books." Such
are the statements the Judge is able
to make. He tested the power of his
last four books by reading chapters
to Phillips Russell's journalism class
es, which are assuredly a testy pub
lic. He says, "Critics only read the
preface nowadays and you have to
put burning words there. . I like a
filip, spelled f-i-l-i-p, at the beginning
of a book." His first book was the
one on Andrew Johnson, and he con
fesses he rewrote the first chapters
of that book over fifty times. That
feat in itself is characteristic of the
vim, intellect, and zest that Judge
Winston, even today, possesses.
The Judge, besides being renowned
in his profession, and becoming an
author of note after the age of sixty,
was a member of the Senate of North
Carolina in 1885, and also served on
See WINSTON, page U
Script Dance
Will Wind Up
Bond Campaign
Preluding the Fourth War Loan
Drive, due for a nation-wide launching
on Wednesday, January 18, the campus
War Coordination Board, chairmaned
by Kitty Kelly, has announced $5,000
as the quota set for the University,
and tentative plans for the campus
campaign.
Interdorm competition between the
four coed dormitories will be staged,
during the entirety of the thirty day
drive, and a war stamp booth will be
set up in the main room of the YMCA
building. To wind up the campaign an
all campus dance will be staged with
script admission to be paid in war
stamps. Details of the dance will be
announced in a later issue of the Tar
Heel by Dot Schmull, in charge of
plans for the affair.
The Carolina Theatre is offering
theatre passes for each completed war
stamp book which is turned in for a
bond at the post office.
Chairman Kitty Kelly has appointed '
Ruth Dogett and Bill Crisp to be in
charge of the sale of stamps, and Fay
Beeks as sale chairman.
During the Fourth War Loan Drive,
emphasis will be placed on the pur
chasing of small denomination stamps
and bonds. Bonds will not be sold di
rectly on the campus, but credit for
any bonds purchased at the Chapel Hill
post office by University students will
be applied toward the final tabulation
of money loaned to. the government by
students, here, and applied to the $5,000
student quota. Door to door canvassing
in' the dormitory will be carried on by
dormitory members of the War Co
ordination Board, until the termination
of the drive on February 13.
CICA to Cooperate
With Student Corps
The CICA decided at its meeting,
Wednesday, to co-operate with the Co
ed Senate in organizing a volunteer
student aid corps.
The government's recent seizure of
funds allocated to NYA workers in the
country's educational institutions has
thrown many student workers out of
their part-time jobs. This action has
resulted in a lack of applicants for
work and effected a shortage of help
in various departments of the university.
Dr. Henderson Characterizes Novelist Thomas Wolfe
In 25th Anniversary Edition of Carolina Play-Book
Thomas Wolfe is characterized as
one of the "lost" playwrights ' of
American literary and dramatic his
tory by Archibald Henderson, in the
Carolina Play-Book's 25th Anniver
sary edition. The Play-Book of which
Dr. Henderson is guest editor, is dedi
cated to the memory of one of the
Playmakers most famous alumni,
Thomas Wolfe, renowned novelist and
short story writer.
It is revealed that Wolfe failed in
his one great ambition, for "he sought
above all to be and to become, a play
maker." He was a member of Proff
Koch's first playwriting class. Dr.
Henderson points out that at Chapel
Hill, he exhibited no interest in fiction
writing.
Other Articles
The Play-Book also contains a
hitherto unpublished piece by Wolfe,
which 'was discovered by his mother
and which tells the story of Professor
Koch' and the Playmakers. Wolfe's
last letter written to a friend from the
hospital where he died, a letter from
Wolfe's mother are outstanding among
the contents.
Also included in the Carolina Play
Book are letters to Proff congratulat
ing him on the 25th anniversary of the
Playmakers from Paul Green, Kay Ky-
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Debate Champs
To Compete in
Grand Tourney
With over twenty teams already
entered in the All-Campus Debate,
new impetus was added with the an
nouncement that the winners and
runners-up will represent the Univer
sity aff Grand Eastern Forensic Tour
nament in Charlotte.
This tournament, the major South
eastern meet, is held annually . byi
Winthrop College. - Last year over
twenty-five colleges participating
made this tourney a great success.
Carolina, with a ten-man delegation,
won over half the contests in which
it entered. Besides reaching the fi
nals in debating, the Carolina squad
annexed first places in extempore,
radio interviewing, and impromptu;
and reached the finals in after-dinner
speaking and poetry reading.
Debate Squad
In addition to the trophy awarded
the winners and the medals given
members reaching the finals, other
participants will be given the oppor
tunity to make trips with the Debate
Squad. Tentative plans call for de
bates with schools from several
states.
Again, as last year, coeds are mak
ing a strong bid for the Debate Tro
phy. As the tournament moves to
wards its first round, Spencer Dor
mitory has taken the lead by chal
lenging Alderman, Kenan, and Mc
Iver. Defending champions, CICA,
See DEBATE, page U
WOLFE
ser, George Denny, founder of the
Town Meeting of the Air; William
Woods, author of "Edge of Darkness";
Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn" and others. Dean House
writes a congratulatory article en
titled "Hail and High Hopes" in which
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Publication
Will Appear
In February
By Boo Leigh
O. Pj Charters was selected from the
applicants to fill the post of editor of
the Carolina Magazine at the regular
Thursday afternoon meeting of the
Publications Union board.
Miss Charters, recently selected
Secretary and member at large to the
P. U. board, is replacing Lois Ribelin
Cranford, who resigned her editorship
to be with her Marine husband. A
senior from Gainesville, Georgia, Miss
Charters was chosen last Spring by
the P. U. board as Business Manager
of the Mag and is, at present, a column
ist and feature writer for the Tar
Heel. A member of the Pi Beta Phi
sorority, she serves as its secretary,
and belongs to the Chi Delta Phi, na
tional literary society for women. She
was chosen to be in 1943-44 edition of
"Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges."
Stevens
While at Stevens College, Missouri,
she was quite .active in publication
work, editing the Stevens Standard,
the college magazine, and was selected
as one of the school's outstanding stu
dents during her senior year. Even in
high school she was interested in jour
nalism, and edited the weekly school
paper.
The new editor of the Magazine says
her "only policy is to continue the good
combination of literature and humor"
and is especially interested in intro
ducing new make up and ideas. The
first Magazine under the new editor
will be out sometime early in Febru
ary. Alumni Heads To Hold
Winter Business Meet
V
The winter meeting of the officers
and directors of the University Alumni
Association will be held today (Satur
day) at 2 o'clock at the Carolina Inn.
Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saun
ders announced that ten members of
the association's executive board would
be in attendance at today's meeting.
Reports of officers for the past year
and planning of projects for the en
suing year are the order of business.
The alumni officials will have lun
cheon today with the cadet regiment
at noon as guests of the Pre-Flight
School.
he sees "promise for the future" of
the Playmakers.
"I see the tall gangling figure of
Tom," reminisces Proff Koch in the
leading article of the Play-Book, "the
six-and-one-half-foot-tall, 18-year-old
mountain lad striding across the
Chapel Hill campus, 20 years ago. Tom
was a great joker.
"I groan for Chapel Hill at times
many times " wrote Thomas Wolfe
to Proff Koch from Harvard, "but I
know my bolt there is shot. I got away
at the right time. Here, as there, I
am a Carolina Man." The following
almost poetic bit from a letter to a
friend is "the last thing Tom ever
wrote to anyone and was done in pen
cil on the day that his illness took its
fatal turn,": "... there was the im
possible anguish and regret of all the
work I had not done, of all the work
I had to do and I know now I'm, just
a grain of dust, and I feel as if a great
window has opened on my .life if I
come through this, I hope to God I am
a better man, and in some strange way
I can't explain I know I am a deeper
and a wiser one If I get on my feet
and out of here, it will be months be
fore I head back, but if I get on. my
feet, ril come back. . . . Yours always,
Tom."