"But I want to be stepped on,"
Said the grass.
In the spring Carolina's fancy
Turns to politics.
Serving" Civilian and Military Students at UNC
VOLUME XII SW
Business and Circulation : 8S41
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944
Editorial: F-3141. News: F-3146, F-3147
NUMBER SW 25
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Tomorrow;. Ends Sunday
Rules To Cover
All New Men
Rush week will be started by Caro
lina S fraternities tomorrow and will
continue until Sunday, April 2, Dick
Pollock, president of the Interfrater-
mty Council, has announced.
The following rules cover all new
men who have come to the University
since January 15, including .War Col
lege civilians and V-12ers who arrived
March 4:
There will be a silence period until
March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Rushine- will
be carried on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, March 29, 30 and 31, be
tween the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 10
p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and
7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday. From
11 p.m. on r nday, there will be a silence
lasting until April 2.
Pledging on Sunday
Pledging will take place on Sunday,
April 2, between the hours of 2 p.m
and 5 p.m. in the office of the Dean of
Men.
Fraternities may extend an invita
tion to these new men to pledge no
earlier than 7 p.m. Friday, March 31.
An alphabetized list from each frater
tty of the boys receiving formal in
tions must be in the Dean of Men's
office no later than Sunday, April 2.
Invitations to new men to visit have
been written on postcards, and were
turned in' to the Dean of Men on Mon
day. Old Rules
This will be a strictly formal rush
ing period, which means that rules used
in past years will be adhered to: no
refreshments, only rushing in frater
nity stated headquarters and so on.
Each fraternity participating in any
rushing has posted a bond of $50 with
the treasurer, Charlie Vance, . in care
of Mrs. Abernethy, 217 South Colum
bia Street.
Pollock asks that", if-there are any
questions concerning the rules, to get
in touch with him. .- v
V-12 Fleet Men
To Doff Insignia
An order issued recently by Captain
W. S. Popham states that all V-12 men
from the fleet who have ratings must
remove their insignia by April 1.
This order is in accord with Navy
regulations which require that all V-12
trainees be classified as apprentice sea
men, regardless of previous rank. If
a man is separated from the V-12 pro
gram, he is given back his previous
rating.
The order does, not apply to cam
paign ribbons.
Campus Grass Is Lovely Green
To Step On It Would Be Obscene
Bv Jerrv Davidoff 8
Grass is green
And cannot be seen
Unless perchance you are a pill,
And know a lot about chlorophyl.
It is a fact we tell you now,
That it brings milk unto a cow.
But this means nothing to you, saucy,
Unless, of course, "votre nom est"
Bossie. . .
If our French doth thee perturb
The French for grass is "la herbe."
Though this has nothing to do with the
case
The grass won't grow while under your
base.
"Scientific facts," the horticulturist
said,
"That grass can replace the wheat in
bread!" '
But don't, please, lie upon your belly
And eat our grass with gobs of jelly.
Something else we tell to you,
And scientists tell us this is true,
Grass is the thing that makes a lawn,
To look at, to mow, but not to walk on.
We beg you, give the grass a chance.
(Besides, if you sit on it, it'll stain your
pants.)
We say again on bended knee,
Please, Tar Heels, heed our plea.
Grass looks fine if it is there,
But without the stuff, the campus is
bare. .
In our Carolina we have pride,
On the grass, please do not stride.
ush Week
April Fool
Grail Dance
Is Scheduled
April Fool's day on the campus will
be highlighted by a dance in Woollen
gymnasium, sponsored by the Grail
Society, Saturday, April 1, from 9 p. m.
to midnight.
The dance, which is the first of the
sprmg quarter, will feature the music
of Freddie Johnson and his orchestra.
Advance tickets are being sold at
50c, either stag or ner couole, whil
the door admission will be 75c. Tickets
may now be purchased from the fol
lowing Grail members: John Davis,
Pettigrew; Charles Frank Benbow,
Hi. A. Abernathy; Ken Black, Steele;
Bob Burley, Graham Memorial ? .TrTr
itch, Whitehead; Bill Lane, Steele;
Turk Newsome, Steele; Don Fenson,
Flagler Hall; Charlie Vance, E. A.
Abernathy.
The dance committee announced that
semi-formal attire will be in order for
the men, while the coeds will come
formal.
Political Union
Open Membership
Drive to Students
The Carolina Political Union has
opened its drive for new members and
applications are available at the "Y"
and the CPU office. Blanks can also be
procured from any member of the mem
bership committee. -
Persons making application for the
union are asked to fill out the applica
tion completely, and to list the most
convenient time for an interview on
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. -The
following students were appoint-
ed to the membership committee at the
Sunday night meeting: Ray Levine,
chairman, Kat Hill, Madison Wrie-ht.
Art Goldberg and Jimmy Wallace.
Several vacancies are open to stu
dents now and all applications will be
given equal consideration. "
The CPU has brought many promi
nent speakers to the Carolina campus
and is widely regarded as one of the
top political organizations of its kind
in the nation. It has a limited member
ship selected by a vote of the members.
Bridge Tournament
The regular weekly bridge tourna
ment will be held in the Roland Parker
lounge, Graham Memorial, Thursday
evening at 7:30. ,
While prorating the grass crop in
compliance with the democratic prin
ciples of Miss Ingle, why not divide
the bricks and stones too? If they were
pounded rather fine they would serve
as excellent ammunition for sling
shots. What could be better than a
huge chunk of the library to drop on
the weasel who has just made off with
your beloved blonde? A bit of the cor
nice from South Building would come
in handy for a fellow who is flunking
about three-thirds of his work. After
fastening it securely to his neck with
a strong rope, he could throw it into
the nearest river.
Regardless of the end use made of
the individual's share of the granite,
it's still a good plan. The only snag
is that there are some backward, un
imaginative people who, for some
strange reason, would rather keep the
rocks in their present piles. It's hard
ly believeable, but these poor unen
lightened souls would also like to see
a bit of grass on what has, in the past,
been called one of the most beautiful
campuses in the country.
If the grass is going to be done away
with, it might be well to think of the
results to be expected. In the Dust
Bowl, if you remember, the dust came
after the grass had been destroyed.
This should serve as a warning tp the
far-sighted. You may exercise your
democratic right to .trample the grass
now but, if you do, you'll be wading
through dust come hotter weather.
By D. Horner. ;
GRUMMAN
Drama Fete
Called Success
By Prof Koch
By William Schroder
"One of the most successful we have
ever had," was Professor Frederick
Koch's description of the 21st Annual
Drama Festival which drew to a close
here Saturday night.
Two hundred and twenty-one people
from 17 towns in the state attended the
festival, and during its course, 25 one
act plays were presented, a make-up
and costume contest was held, and, as
special guest, playwright Paul Green
addressed the thespians.
Proff Koch gave credit where it was
due for the success of the festival.
To Russell M. Grumman. Director of
the Extension Division, Proff Koch
gave full credit for finding rooms in
an already over-crowded Chapel Hill
for the immense number of people that
attended the festival.
To Florence Davis, retiring Presi
dent of the executive committee of the
association, he expressed his heartfelt
thanks for a successful year and the
hope that the new President would
have evpn a more successful one.
To Joe Salek, he awarded his deep
est appreciation for his invaluable as
sistance in announcing the plays with
their casts as they came onstage and
also for his general usefulness in see
ing that everything ran smoothly.
To Sam Selden he gave special credit
for acting as judge in addition to' his
regular Playmaker duties.
To Bob Burrows with his student
stage crew, he gave credit for the ori
ginal and beautifully-timed lighting
and sound effects which contributed
much to the effectiveness of the plays.
The various winning plays were:
Play production of a city high school:
"Marching Men," produced by the
Goldsboro High School. Play produc
tion of junior colleges: "Overtones,"
produced by the Biltmore College
and "Why I am a Bachelor" by the
Belmont Abbey College. Best Original
play: "His Own Land," by Philip Wahl
berg, produced by Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege.
The winning play in the senior col
lege contest was James Barrie's
"Twelve Pound Look" produced by the
See DRAMA FETE, page U
Brazilians Visit Carolina
As Inter-American Center
Former Brazilian minister of press
propaganda Senor Lourival Fontes
and his wife spent four days here last
week, completing their tour of
17 inter-American centers in the United
States. The Fontes American tour,
scheduled by the office of Inter-American
relations, was designed to show a
true picture of what people in the
United States are doing, particularly
along educational and cultural lines,
and to foster inter-continental rela
tions. Senor Fontes will give a report of
his nation-wide tour to metropolitan
papers on his arrival in New York.
"The efficiency, energy and spirit of
enterprise which have made your coun
try progressive during peace time will
guarantee a victory in war," he told
reporters here.
U. S. Educatipn
The Brazilian expressed his amaze
ment over the amount of money do
nated in America for, education and
the promotion of art. "America has
the tools for a great culture," he said.
"The training of her youth will be the
decisive factor."
Seriora Fontes, a small stylish bru
-jegislatnre To Decide Question
f Freshman Organization And.
Elections
Goed Senate
Plans OTS
For Officers
By Lucile Cathey
The Woman's Senate has announced
an Officers Training School for .all fu
ture coed officers to be held during
the week of April 3rd through the 6th
This effort to familiarize incoming of
ficers with their duties, which origin
ated on the campus last year and re
sulted in an intensive two-weeks
training course, is to be presented
again to the coeds through talks and
discussions by students and faculty
members. Although attendance is not
compulsory, all officers or prospective
ones are advised to attend.
Monday, the third, at 8 o'clock the
training school will open with a mass
meeting in the Pharmacy auditorium ;
the whys and wherefores of parlia
mentary procedure will be token up
On Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
individual group meetings will be
held. According to Lucy Lee Ken
nedy, chairman from the senate, these
are to teach the separate groups their
responsibilities; "a secretary learns
how to keep minutes and the presi
dent how to pound her gavel with
ease.
The week's program will end with
a formal installation banquet in the
Carolina Inn. Announcement as to the
sale of tickets for the banquet will
be made later.
'24-Below Club'
Slated To Open
In GM Basement
. Beginning at 9:30 Saturday night,
Carolina will have its own night spot,
the "24-Below Club," sponsored by
the YWCA and located in the base
ment of Graham Memorial.
The club, open to both civilian and
military students, will put out its
mat every Saturday night from 9:30
to 12.
Music for dancing will be provided
by records on a PA hookup, and sand
wiches and soft drinks will be avail
able. The YWCA's men-women relation
committee, headed by Julia Funk, is
in charge of arrangements for the
night club. Beth Chappell is presi
dent of the YWCA. '
The 24-Below Club derives its name
from the 24 stairsteps students will
have to negotiate to get to the Gra
ham Memorial basement.
A club similar to the "24iBelow
Club" was organized at the Univer-"
sity several years ago, and it was
highly successful.
nette, is a poetess. A Copy of her col
lected poems written in Portuguese
and published under her maiden name,
Adalgisa Nery, is in the Library of
Congress. Twice a month she writes
articles for Rio de Janeiro papers.
Extremely chic, Sefiora Fontes con
fided that she designed some of her own
clothes, which she has made in both
New York and Brazil. She travels with
her husband to act as an interpreter,
for her English is better than his. Both
speak Portuguese, Spanish and French
fluently.
Economist - ambassador Fontes
spends much of his time in the United
States and traveling to and from Bra
zil. A personal friend of President Var
gas, he is also the Brazilian delegate
to the International Labor office in
Montreal.
Inter-Continental Relations
"It is to the advantage of both Brazil
and the United States that they main
tain the best of relations," said Fontes.
The countries are comparable in many
ways: Brazil dominates South America
while the United States dominates the
northern hemisphere. Brazil, which has
See BRAZILIAN, page 4
At Meeting Tonight
Class Structure Deemed Necessary
For Orientation Of New Students
The questions of freshman class organization and campus election dates
will be settled at the legislature's first spring quarter meeting tonight at 8
o'clock in Phi Assembly Hall.
The bill designed to set up freshman class organization will supersede one
passed last spring by the legislature, eliminating all class government for
the duration. It was drawn up by a committee established for that purpose
Latin Artists
Exhibit Work
In Person Hall
The exhibition of contemporary
Latin-American paintings and draw
ings and prints, which opened here at
Person Hall Art Gallery, will continue
until April 17.
The exhibition includes works by
Diego Rivera, Jose Orozoco, and Al
fredo Siquoires of Mexico. Works also
will be presented by Candido Portinari
of Brazil.
Gallery hours are from 10 to 5 daily,
and from 2 to 5 o'clock Sundays.
Gallery Talks
Arrangements have been made by
Dr. Leavitt, director of the Inter-
American Institute and professor of
Spanish, to present Miss Maria de los
Angeles Moreno-Enrique, who is giv
ing gallery talks in Spanish. They are
to be followed by a summary of her
talk in English.
The paintings, lent by the Museum
of Modern Art in New York, are one
of the most highly valued collections
in the world.
They include realistic portraits, ab
stract and surrealistic compositions.
The purchase of these works was
made possible by the Inter-American
"Fund, established in 1942.
The entire exhibit is sponsored by
the friends of Person Hall, the Inter-
American institute, and the Southern
Council on International Relations.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Friday Frolics
Planned Weekly
The Leap Year dance met with such
noted success last week that Graham
Memorial officials have decided to hold
the event every Friday night for some
time. The dance is to be known as the
Friday Night Frolics" and will make
the coeds escorts as if February 29th
came every Friday. The second of the
affairs is scheduled Friday night.
Uncle Sam Raises Ante
On Mail Carrying Rates
Boost Will Aid
New Tax Program
By Lee Silverstein
Hey, you ! Put two cents more post
age on that air-mail letter. Didn't you
know postal rates went up Sunday?
Air mail costs eight cents now instead
of six. And local letters take a three
cent stamp now, like out-of-town mail.
Other rates are up too.
It's all a part of Uncle Sam's new
two-billion dollar tax bill to raise extra
money for the war. Yes, that's right;
it's the bill Roosevelt vetoed because
he asked for 12 billion, and it's the bill
Congress passed over his veto.
Rates Stepped Up
The US Post Office Department has
been showing off ever since Roosevelt
came into office, but this is the first
time rates have been stepped up. For
merly the office has had another way
of getting money.
In recent years the PO has been try
ing itself to see how many new stamps
it can issue. Well over 150 new varie
ties have been put on sale by Messrs.
Farley and Walker.
Several times the PO has splurged,
with such issues as the national park
series, the Washington ' bicentennials,
and the recent overrun countries set.
Twice Mr. Farley ran hog wild, first
with the 35 stamps of ' the famous
Americans series, then with a complete
new postal set honoring all the de
s beaded by Harrison Tenney, and pre
sented to the Ways and Means com
mittee yesterday afternoon.
Past Meeting
During the past several weeks two
meetings of the committee and inter
ested freshmen have been held. A third
one was cancelled at the suggestion,
of Dean Parker because of the short
age of time existing before the end
of school. It was decided by the com
mittee that the bill should be presented
to the legislature as soon as possible
so that immediate action can be taken.
All freshmen who wish to express
their views concerning the organiza
tion of their class or who wish to hear
discussion on-the bill are asked to at
tend the legislature meeting tonight
in Phi Assembly hall, fourth floor New
East.
Structure Necessary
The current opinion of most fresh
men is that their group is in definite
need of some organization, that there
will continue to be enough freshmen to
make such structural organization nec
essary despite the war. The majority
of the present freshmen will probably
not be able to return to Carolina next
year, but they feel it is imperative that
some form 'of organization be left for
incoming first year men.
When class government was cut out
last spring students felt that the de
creased number of civilians and the
indefiniteness of what class a person
actually belonged to would make class
government futile. They did not con
sider fully that new civilian bovs would
desire some form of organization, that
such organization would aid in orient
ing them to the campus.
Elections Bill
The elections bill to be introduced to
night was drawn up last Thursday af
ternoon and discussed again yesterday
afternoon by the elections committee
which is chairmaned by Lawrence Britt.
It provides for formal nominations in
Memorial Hall on April 11, one week
prior to the proposed election date of
April 18.
Officers to fill the top posts on cam
pus will be chosen in the spring elec
tions, including president of the stu
dent body, speaker of the legislature,
editors of the Tar Heel, Carolina Mag
See LEGISLATURE, page U
ceased Presidents. Collectors ate it
up; they were as happy as a kid at the
circus.
Philatelists Gobble
Every time a new issue went on
sale, philatelists immediately gobbled
up whole sheets of stamps. Most of
these stamps will never feel the ink
of cancellation; instead they will be
kept like cheese to age and grow in
value.
The government soon found that al
though it was losing money'on the
mail it carried, it was "making" thou
sands of dollars a year on these stamps
that collectors were buying and putting
in their albums. The stamps were al
ways good, but most of them would
probably never be used. Perhaps that
was why the government kept on is
suing so many new stamps.
Collectors Say
If you ask any collector why he buys
unused stamps and stores them away,
he will tell you, "They'll be rare some
day, and worth lots of money."
This is partially true. In the old
days almost all the copies of a stamp
were used on letters oi packages. Most
of the envelopes and package-wrappings
were thrown away, and the
stamps really did become rare.
But now. when half the copies of a
new issue are bought by dealers and
collectors, how can they become Tare?
By buying so many of the stamps, col
See UNCLE SAM, page U