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U. OF PA. vs. U OF N. C. DEBATE Tomorrow Gerrard Hall W - " nil roo ORGAN RECITAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ' TONIGHT 8:00 i ! I ; i r 1 i si t i I r is -' , ill " f f f. At Ill) 1 1 1 ! ? x -' , VOLUBIE XXXIX SPRING FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE DURINGWEEK-END Over One Hundred Girls Ex pected for House Parties and Dances Beginning Friday Three 'dances with music by an excellent orchestra, four fraternity house parties, , and more than one hundred attract ive girls will all help to make the week-end of the Spring Festival, April 10 and 11, one of the gayest of spring events on the University campus. Inaugurated this year by five fraternities, Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega, the Festival is planned as an annual event. In ' charge of the arrange ments is a committee of ten men, two from each fraternity: George Newman, chairman, and Pitt Davis, Pi Kappa Phi; Bill Bliss, secretary, and Arthur Fleming, Phi Gamma Delta: lloseley Fonvielle, treasurer, and Tad McLaughlin, Phi Delta Theta; Ed . French and Ward Thompson, Pi Kappa Alpha; Barron Grier and Jones Pollard, Alpha Tau Omega. Sponsors for the Dances Five young ladies from North Carolina have been chosen as sponsors for the dance series. Miss Nell Adams, High Point, will be the sponsor for Pi Kap pa Phi; Miss Kitty Boddie, Louisburg, for Phi Gamma Del ta ; Miss Frances Stowe; Char lotte, for Phi Delta Theta ; Miss Em Green, Wilmington, for Pi Kappa Alpha; and Miss Julia Orr, Charlotte, for" Alpha Tau Omega. : . Bynum gymnasium will be the scene of the three dances. Elab orate decorations in blue and white, the University colors, will be used. Opening Friday night. with the New Moon Ball, the Festival will continue Sat urday afternoon with, the Sun set Dansant from four until seven o'clock, and conclude with the Dance of the Shadows Sat urday evening. , "Maestro Mike" Speciale and his Crusaders, a band of versa "tile and entertaining musicians, have been engaged for the Fes tival. At present the Crusaders (Continued on tost page) Playmakers Will Present Last Bill Of Original Plays The Carolina Playmakers will present their twenty-eighth bill of original plays Thursday, Fri day, . and Saturday nights of next week when a set, of four plays will be given each night at the Playmakers Theatre. This will be the third presen tation of original playsjthe dra matic organizations will give this year and are the .plays selected for the spring tour. Three of the four plays were written by mem oirs of the play-writing class. The first play, the Blue Re membered Hills, was written by Ted Herman, and is about col lege life, centering around two students who wish to keep their adolescence. A Very Pink Pale Angel, writ ten by Ellen Stewart, is a mod ern comedy. Written by Irene Fussier and directed by Professor Frederick Koch, Ever Snitch is a comedy f the Carolina fisher folk. The fourth play is Always a Bettin' Man and was written by Tom Loy. This has' appeared as a public presentation before. SPONSORS FOR SPRING FESTIVAL, ' . W S N j Mis? NSLL. AVAMQ Five young women from the state, shown above, swill be sponsors for the Springs Festival which begins in Bynum gymnasium, April 10 and 11, under the sponsorship of five campus fra ternities: Miss. NeU Adams,; High Point, with George Newman, Pi Kappa Phi; Miss Kitty Boddie, Louisburg, with Arthur Fleming, Phi Gamma Delta; Miss Frances Stowe, Charlotte, with Moseley Fonvielle, Phi Delta Theta; Miss Em Green, Wilmington, with Ward Thompson, Pi Kappa Alpha; Miss Julia Orr, Charlotte, with Barron Grier, Alpha Tau Omega. REVIEW EDITORS FETED AT DLNNER Staff of Law Publication Entertained at Home of Dean McCormick. Is Following their usual custom of being entertained at dinner following the distribution of the latest issue of the North Caro lina Review, the staff of the magazine had dinner at the home of Dean McCormick Fri day evening. After the dinner each stu dent was assigned to speak on one "of the student comments ap pearing in the last number of the. Review. According to one of the faculty, who attended the dinner these "recomments" were amusing and interesting but not very instructive. Mr. R. H. Wettach, Mr. M. T. Van Hecke, Mr, M. S. Brecken ridge. Miss Susie Sharp, and Mr. and Mrs. F. B. McCall were the faculty members who were present at the dinner. The staff members who wTere entertained by Dean McCormick are: James H. Chadbourn, editor-in-chief of the magazine; William T. Covington, Jr., assis tant editor; Junius G. Adams, Jr., Mills Scott Benton; Travis T. Brown; Hugh B. Campbell; Robert M. Gray, Jr. ; Allen Lang- ston; Hugh L. Lobdell; Wex S. Malone; Henry B. Parker; Ed win M. Perkins ; Claude E. Reit zel, Jr. ; and James A. Williams. Graham Speaks at Dedication President Frank P. Graham made the dedicatory address Wednesday, April 2, at the dedi cation of the new Atkins (col ored)' high school in Winston- Salem. This new building was named for Dr. S. ,G. Atkins, president of the Winston-Salem Teachers College. j CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, Pharmacy Dean Was Unanimous Choice tor Job University-Authorities Found J. Grover Beard Well Fitted To Succeed Howell. By R. W. Madry A university president these days quite often finds himself in a dilemma when confronted with the task of naming the new head of a school or department. The ordinary procedure is to call a. conference of all faculty members of tjie department con cerned, after which the other de partment heads and deans are consulted, and before the presi dent makes up his own mind he discusses the problem with his advisory committee. And then the president's nominee has to be submitted to the executive committee or the full board of the trustees for annroval or disapproval before any public announcement can be made. President Frank Graham must have heaved a great sigh of relief, when , following the death of Vernon Howell re cently, he realized that he would have no difficulty in selecting as a successor to Dean Howell a man who would undoubtedly be the unanimous , choice of all parties concerned in the pro cedure outlined above. Here on the University cam pus it was an open secret all along that J. Grover Beard would be Dean . Howell's logical successor, s President Graham doubtless went through the usual procedure in selecting Beard, but he probably drew great com fort from the knowledge that in this case the procedure would be merely perfunctory. Grover Beard has been far more than just a member of the (Continued on page two) APRIL 5, 1931 APRIL 10, 11 NEW METHOD IS USED FOR SHOW Flowers Are Being Seen and Judged in Natural Setting. The Chapel Hill garden club has arranged for an entirely dif ferent method of holding the flower show this year. Instead of gathering all the flowers to be judged into one building, the society has decided ,to have the ftowers viewed in their natural settings. The gardens of sev eral homes will be on exhibit for the people of the community at certain times. Thursday morning flowering shrubs were on exhibit at the gardens of Mesdames J. M. Bell, Isaac H. Manning, and F. P. Venable. Friday morning spring bulbs were the feature of the display held at Mrs. George' B. Logan's home. The gardens of W. C. Coker will be open to visitors at three o'clock Sunday afternoon. At the garden club . meeting next Wednesday evening at eight o'clock in Davie hall there will be a plant exchange, as usual, and it is requested that (Continued on last-page) Tar Heel Dinner Starting a new plan this year, the members , of the Daily Tar Heel staff will give a banquet at the Carolina Inn Thursday night in honor of the retiring editor, Will Yarr borough, and retiring busi ness manager, Pat Patterson. The occasion is to be infor mal, with the members of the business staff combining with the members of the editorial and reportorial staffs as hosts. Northern Team Will Meet Debaters Here The University will debate the University of Pennsylvania to morrow night at eight-thirty o'clock in Gerrard Hall on the query, Resolved: That the na tions of the world should adopt a policy of free trade. Profes sor W. A. Olsen will preside. Re presenting Carolina who will up hold the negative side of the question will be J. W. Slaughter and E. L. Haywood. The affir mative side upheld by Pennsyl vania will be composed of H. G. Torriiigton and G. W. Oswald. This contest with Pennsyl vania is ,the first between the two universities within a num ber of years. They met in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 and the last time was in 1921. TWELVE CLASSES WILL REUNITE AT COMMMCEMENT Class of 1881 Will Hold Golden Reunion on Alumni Day This Year. Twelve graduating classes of the University, the oldest dating back to 1881, will gather here on June 8 for class reunions and exercises. s The golden reunion of, the class of '81 is scheduled to be the feature of the day. Thirteen of the thirty-one who received degrees that year are now liv- mg. Among tnese are men of prominence throughout the country. W. J. Adams is an as sociate justice of the supreme court. Charles Duncan Mclver, deceased, was the founder and first president of the North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro. Robert P. Pell is president of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Dr. J. F. Joyner, secretary of the class, was formerly Superin tendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina. C. R. Thomas, Jr., deceased, was a former United States Congressman. The officers of the class of 1901, which is having its thirty year reunion, are Dr. J. K. Hall oi Kicnmona, Virginia, presi dent and Dr. J. G. Murphy of Wilmington, secretary. W. B. Love, of Monroe, and Perry E. Seagle, of Raleigh, are president and secretary respec tively of the class of 1906, which is to gather for its silver re union at this time. Forty-one degrees, including A. B., B. S., Ph. B., were given that year to members of the graduating class. Of the men who received these, four are deceased. There were also twenty-four , degrees, including M. -A., M. D., Ph. G., L. L. B., offered this same year, All but three of the men who re ceived these degrees are now liv ing. The officers of the -class of 193S which will have a "baby" reunion, are Archie Allen, president, first year law at the University and Robert Zealy, secretary, Greensboro. The Dix plan of class reun ions brings together college chums as well as class mates. Accordingly the classes of 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 will reunite as the other classes on June 8. Commencement exercises will take place June 6-9, Saturday through Tuesday. Alumni Day, Monday the 8th, will include an Alumni luncheon at one o'clock, individual class suppers at 6 o'clock, and the President's re ception and Alumni Ball later in the evening. NUMBER 137 DELEGATES TO Y CONFER! ARE SELECTED Local Organization Will Send Representatives to Social Service Sleeting. The University Y. M. C. A. is planning to send delegations to the annual North Carolina Conference for Social Service which will take place in Golds boro Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Last year the con ference met in Charlotte, "at which time the officers for this year were elected. Eloise Ban ning, of North Carolina College for Women, is president; Bever- y Moore, of the University, vice president; and Christine Rose- boro, Queens-Chicora, secretary. On April 6, the student divi sion will convene in Goldsboro, and will continue through the following two days. Dr. W. C. Jackson, vice-president of the North Carolina College for Women, and Dr. W. A. Stan- bury, of the Duke University . faculty, will be the principal speakers. Two special sessions for stu dents will meet during the fol lowing two days. During the remainder of the conference the student representatives will participate in the general ses sions of the conference. President Frank Graham, Dr. E. C. Branson, Professor G. T. Schwenning of the faculty, Mr. H. F. Comer, local Y. M. C. A. secretary, Beverly Moore, Ed Hamer, Charles Rose, and Bob Barnett, of the Y. M. C. A., will represent the University at the conference. Representatives from one of the sociology class es, headed by Henry Brown, will also attend the convention. During the past few weeks the University Y. M. C. A. has been busy working on the task of sending out three deputation teams on the same week end, the week end of April 10, through 12. These teams will visit Greenville, Fayetteville, and Rocky Mount. Programs will be staged before high schools, : grammar schools, boy scout, or ganizations, civic clubs, and churches in the three cities vis ited. . SPANISH CLUB ADDRESSED BY PROFESSOR McDOWELL D. F. McDowell, of' the Romance language department, spoke to the members of the Spanish club Friday evening on the subject of "El Barrio Latino de Tampa." Following this talk, papers were presented by three students in the club. Those giving the papers were : O. T. Slate, who presented "Un Articula Periodico"; Erwin Jaffe, "Un Discurso"; and Ver non Brown, "Algunas Noticas." The entire program was con ducted in Spanish, and accord ing to reports, membership in the club is steadily increasing. - State B. Y. P. U. Secretary Win Speak Here Tonight Mr. James A. Ivey, secretary of the North Carolina Baptist Young Peoples Union, will be the speaker of the local organization tonight at seven o'clock, llr. Ivey will also address the church congregation tonight at eight o'clock. Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday evenings at seven o'clock Llr. Ivey will meet for confer ence and discussion of young people's work with all students who are interested.
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