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VOLUME XXXVIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SJJNDA Y, BIARCH 30 1930
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Nominations. For Tuesday
Morning- In Gerrard Mall
All Campus Officers To Be Nom
inated At Meeting April 1;
Class Officers That Night.
ELECTIONS THURSDAY
President of Student Body Ap
peals To Student Body To
Show Spirit Parallel To Ideals
And Traditions of University ;
Wants Students To Take In
terest In Elections.
Nominations for campus of
fices will occur in Gerrard hall
at chapel period Tuesday morn
ing, April 1, with the general
elections set for two days later,
Thursday, April 3, according to
an announcement made late last
night by Ray Farris, president
of the student body. Nomina
tions for class officers will take
'place that night under the super
vision of class presidents in Ger
rard hall, Di Senate hall, and
Murphey building. ,
President Farris' announce
ment stated that nominations for
president of the student body,
president, vice-president, secre
tary and treasurer of the Y. M.
C. A., editors of the Tar Heel,
Magazine, Buccaneer, and Yack
ety Yack, members of the Publi
cations Union Board, members
of the debate council:and. presi
dent and vice-president of the
Athletic Association will be
made. ' The nominations for
class officers will be held under
the direction of the class presi
dents at 8 o'clock Tuesday
night as follows: senior class,
president Jimmie Hudson, Ger
rard hall; rising junior class,
president Larry Johnson, Mur
phey auditorium; , and rjsing
sophomore class, president Jim
Hubbard, Di hall, New West
building.
Nominations are to be made
for the two members from the
entire student body for the de
bate council, ; and for one mem
ber of the rising senior class,
one member of the rising junior
class and one member at large
for the Publications Union
Board. -" - "
In giving his announcement
of the coming nominations and
elections, President Farris stated
that he was desirous of the stu
dent body manifesting interest
in both the elections and nomi
nations. He further appealed to
the students to aid in the con
duct of clean elections and to
show "a spirit, parallel to the
ideals and traditions of the Uni-
Alumnus Is Honored
W. B. - Shuford, University
alumnus of the class of 1929,
has been selected as one of the
five from the graduating class
of the School of Business, Col
umbia University, to join the
Beta Gamma Sigma business
fraternity, ft was learned today.
Beta Gamma Sigma is an
honorary organization, " and
members are selected on the
basis 6f their grades in the bus
iness school at Columbia. While
here at the University MrrShu
f ord won membership in Phi
Beta Kappa, scholarship frater
nity, and he was a member of
the Woodberry Forest Club,
lltappa Sigma fraternity, the
German Club, and on the varsi
t& football squad in 1927-28.
Staff Nomination
Tonight
In addition to the regular
staff meeting tonight at 7:00,
the staff of the Tar Heel
will make an of ficial, nomina
tion for editor. All members
are urged to be present at this
meeting. Those wno cannot
attend may give their votes
to Glenn Holder.
Reassignment of beats will
be made as well as a change
in the methods of covering
beats.
POST OFFICE TO
STAY OPEN UNTIL
ELEVMO'CLOCK
Seriator Simmons Telegraphs
P. L. Burch That Change Will
Be Made After Failing In
First Attempt.
The recent agitation for keep
ing the post-office lobby open
until 11 o'clock culminated, af
ter what appeared to be a de
feat, in the following telegram,
received yesterday morning by
Mr. P. L. Burch, superintendent
of buildings:
"P. L. Burch, Supt. Bldgs.
Univ. Consol. Service Plants,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
With further reference to
your recent communication am
very glad to advise that Post
master General has agreed to is
sue order to keep lobby of post-
office at Chapel Hill open until
eleven o'clock postmeridian. F.
M. Simmons' . ' ' ;
Senator Simmons apparently
changed the mind of the Post
master General for in a letter
received Friday by, Mr. Burch,
Furnifold McLain Simmons
says:
"My dear Mr. Burch :
I am sending you herewith a
copy of a letter that I have re
ceived this morning from the
Postmaster General, refusing
the request to keep the lobby of
the post office at Chapel Hill
open until 11:00 p.m. You will
note the reasons given by Post
master General Brown.
"I regret the attitude on his
part butyI am not disposed to
acquiese in his decision without
some further efforts through an
other channel. Very cordially
yours, (signed) F. M. Simmons.'
In the letter of. the Postmas
ter General to Mr. Simmons,
(Continued bn last page)
Negro Charged With
ThanksgivingvMurder
Chief of Police L. B. Lloyd
and, Deputy Sheriff George A.
Heame, have returned from
Jonesboro, Tenn., where7 they
took into custody Fred Managa,
alias Tom Moore, a negro, who
was wanted here in connection
with the death on last Thanks
giving Day of John Owen, another-Negro.
Managa is charged with thej
shooting of " Owen during a dis
pute over money matters. Man
aga is being held in the Hillsboro
jail without bond pending the
next term of the Orange county
superior court.
20 LAW STUDENT
SEEK MERIBERSfflP
BAR ASSOCIATION
Practically Entire Contingent of
Students Passing Recent Bar
1 Examination Apply.
ONE PROFESSOR IN GROUP
Indicative of the great pro
gressive strides being made by
the North Carolina Bar Asso
ciation is the fact that. 20 Caro
lina law students, virtually the
whole of the University conti
nent who passed the recent bar
exam; and one Carolina profes
sor are applicants for member-
j ship in the State Bar Associa
tion.
The 21 applications were given
to President Kenneth C. Royall,
of Goldsboro,' at the conclusion
of Mr. Royall's recent lecture be
fore the law school.
Bar associations are recog
nized by leaders in the law to be
doing great things in the way of
raising legal , standards, and
Dean C. T. McCormick of the
Law school is highly pleased at
the large number of applications
for membership from the Uni
versity. .
Prof. M. S. Breckenridge, who
came to the University from a
northern institution, is the one
faculty applicant for member
ship. J . .. .... . '
The 20 students are John H.
Anderson, Jr., John B. Lewis,
Walter Hoyle, Thos. W. Sprinkle,
Neil S. Sowers, James E. John
son, Henry T. Powell, Glenward
C. Meads, Henry Bane, W. D.
P. Sharpe, Jr., F. 0. Parker,
Edward F. Taylor, James B.
Linn, Odell Sapp, B. Thorn Lord,
Young M. Smith, H. W. Black-
stock, George D. McDaniel, John
Frazier Glenn, Jr., and A. W.
Gholson, Jr.
FORMER PRESIDENT
BAR ASSOCIATION
WILL SPEAK HERE
W. M) Hendren, a former pres
ident of the ; North Carolina Bar
Association, and one of the most
prominent and widely known at
torneys in the state, is. to speak
at ' the law school here during
the coming week.
Mr. Hendren's subject will be
"The Chief Justices of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court. His
lecture will be in the first year
classroom, probably Thursday,
the exact time to be announced
through, the Daily Tar Heel by
Dean C. T. McCormick.
Mr. Hendren is a member of
the law firm which is counsel
for R.-'J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
He is prominent, besides as a
practicing attorney, for his
work with the American Law
Institute, of which he is a mem
ber, which is the organization
engaged in restating the law.
Prohibition Ballot
(Ballot Box in the Lobby, of the "Y")
Do not drink
Drink occasionally .':...'
Drink frequently :....!...:..::...
Favor enf6rcement
Favor modification .
Favor repeal :
FMLEY TO GIVE
BACCALAUREATE
ADDRESSfflE 10
Editor of New York Times Will
Deliver Speech at 136th
Commencement.
FAMOUS AS EDUCATOR
Dr. John TL Finley, editor of
the New York Times, has accept
ed an invitation to deliver the
baccalaureate address at the
136th Commencement exercises
of the University on June 10, it
was announced last night by
President Harry W. Chase.
Dr. Finley is regarded as one
of the foremost editors and edu
cators of' the country. In rec
ognition of his achievements ap
proximately 20 colleges and uni
versities of the country have con
ferred on him honorary degrees.
A graduate of Knox College in
Illinois, he was president of that
institution from 1892 to 1899.
From Knox he went to the edi
torship of Harper's Weekly, and
from that to the professorship
of politics in Princeton Univer
sity. He was president of the
College of the City of New York
from 1905 to 1913. Later he was
Commissioner of Education for
the state of New York and after
that president of . New York
University. He has been editor
of the Times since 1921.
CHI OMEGA DANCE
FIRST OF SPRING
Sorority Gives Brilliant Affair
At Carolina Inn, Opening
Social Season.
, Epsilon Beta chapter of the
Chi Omega sorority entertained
at a formal dance in the ballroom
of the Carolina Inn Friday eve
ning from 9 :30 until one o'clock.
Alex Mendenhall and his . Tar
Heels provided the music for the
occasion. Chaperones were Mrs.
M. H. Stacy, Mrs. Lee, Dr. and
Mrs. R. D. W. Connor, Dr. and
Mrs. M. R. Trabue, Dr. and Mrs.
G. M. 3raune,,and Dr. and? Mrs.
R. W. Coker.
Besides the seventeen mem
bers of the sorority who were
present there were the following
girls : Misses Elizabeth Reed,
Elizabeth Ward, Penelope Alex
ander, JFlorence Ahner, Olivia
Chamberlain, Emily Dewey
Mitchell, Maurine Forster, Oli
via McKinney, Mary Louise Car
penter. Celeste Egerton, Mar
garet Bullitt, and Helen McCoy.
Out of town guest3 were
Misses Emily McClelland, of
Maxton, Margaret Carlton, of
Roxboro, Hope Buck, of Bald
Mountain, Dixon Thacker, of
Greensboro, Rosalie Hanes, of
Winston-Salem and Betsy Wool
len, of Chapel Hill, at present a
student at Goucher College, Bal
timore, Maryland.
Voting On Eef orcement9
Modification Or Repeal
18th Amendment Begins
Economics Seminar
There will be a seminar
held tomorrow night at seven
o'clock in 309 Bingham hall
for all Juniors and Seniors
majoring in Economics. All
students taking Economics 1
or 2 who are contemplating
in Economics are invited to
attend.
Following steps in formu
lation of plans and organiza
tion undertaken at last week's
meeting, this undergraduate
Seminar will concern itself
with one of three phases of
Economics in each of the next
three quarters : the field . of
banking, the field of industry
and agriculture,, the field of
general economic theory. m.
Tomorrow night's discus
sion will center about a re-
cent article by Professor Mur
chison in The Annalist.
TWO LAW STUDENTS
GET SCHOLARSHIPS
Announcement yesterday of
the appointment of A. K. Smith
and Walter Hoyle, Carolina law
students, to research fellowships
at Columbia and Yale Universi
ties for next year, is the latest
of a number of, high honors
which have come the way of the
University school of law.
J. B. Fordham, whq graduat
ed with honors last year, is the
present holder of a Sterling Re
search Fellowship at Yale, but
Smith's appointment marks the
first time that a Carolina law
student has ever been awarded
a research fellowship at the
Columbia University school of
law.
Both fellowships carry sub
stantial stipends for advanced
research in the law.
Smith, who goes to Columbia,
was the student editor-in-chief
of this year's University of
North Carolina Law Review,
Hoyle was faculty, research as
sistant to Professor M. T. . Van
Hecke, and both men were
among the leading students in
the third-year class.
ROMEO AND JULIET
CAST IS SELECTED
A tentative cast was selected
after tryouts Friday for presen
tation of Shakespeare's "Romeo
and Juliet," which will be pre
sented by the Playmakers in the
Forest Theatre May 16th and
17th. The first meeting of, the
cast has been called for Monday
evening, March 31 at 7:30 in the
Playmaker Theatre.
Among those selected for
parts in the presentation are
Miss Buell, Mrs. Howe, Mrs.
Gumble, Mrs. Fussier and
Messrs. Baily, Bissell, Galland,
Creuser, Fox, McKie, Ward,
Cole, Davies, Muse, Deems,
Dawson, Dike, Wilson, Neely,
and Elledge. -
Nazareno To Be At
United Chudch Today
Alfredo Nazareno will give the
first of a series of talks at the
United Church Forum tonight at
7 o'clock.'
Students Also To Indicate
Whether They Drink or Not
On Same Ballot.
VOTING TO BE IN Y LOBBY
Poll Similar To Those Conducted
By Literary Digest and Yale
News; Virginia -Also Voting.
Appearing in today's issue of
the Daily Tar Heel is a ballot
seeking student sentiment in re
gard to . enforcement, modifica
tion or repeal of the 18th
Amendment and seeking to ap
proximate theN number of stu
dents who drink.sVThe balloting
opens today and closes noon
Wednesday. ' Ballot boxes will
be maintained in the Y.M.C.A.
lobby until that time. Results
will be announced Thursday.
Similar surveys have been con
ducted by the Yale News and
other eastern collegiate papers,
while at present the Literary Di-;
gest is conducting a poll on . the
question of the 18th amendment.
Considerable sentiment regard
ing both sides of the question has
been aroused by the Congres
sional hearings on bills intro
duced to repeal the amendment.
Z Editor Holder has received in
quiries regarding sentiment
here. Lacking any expression
of student sentiment it was de
cided to conduct this survey
through the Daily Tar Heel.
The ballots will be divided in-'
to two sections. The first will
seek to determine the percent
age of the student body which
does not drink, drinks occasion
ally, and drinks frequently and
the second part will duplicate
the ballot of the Literary Digest.
A similar survey is now be
ing conducted by the College
Topics, University of Virginia
paper.
In ordei td prevent duplica
tion of voting students are re
quested to sign only their ini
tials to the ballots.
Esperanto To Meet
Tuesday Afternoon
, As there seems to be a num
ber of students still interested
in Esperanto, it was resolved to
have a few more meetings of its
friends during the spring quar
ter. Dr. E. C. Metzenthin has
agreed to continue conducting
classes in this international lan
guage, provided there is a suf
ficient demand for its study.
Therefore a meeting will be-held
next Tuesday, April 1 in 109
Saunders hall at 5 p. m. for the
purpose of deciding definitely
whether and-how long to con
tinue the classes in Esperanto.
A general survey of this world
language will be presented with
a review of the elements of its
grammar and vocabulary, after
which some definite practice in
reading and translation will be
given.
All those wishing to obtain
information about the principles
and aims of this universal lan
guage as Well as the old friends
who want to complete its study
are urged to attend this meet
ing. Copies of the "Esperan
toisto," the bi-monthly maga
zine, will be handed out to the
subscribers.
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