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CAMPUS WIDE VOTE STUDENT UNION FEE Y.M.C.A. 9 TO 5 CAMPUS WIDE VOTE STUDENT UNION FEE Y3I.C.A.D TO 5 v i y CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931 NUMBER 1S2 tetdloeits O TCt TTW f I? VYYTT- - , ,. , TT T o ri .vv' I I V V f I ' I ' ay i CAMPUS OPINION ENDORSE FEE FOR UPIiEEPOF UNION Survey of Prominent Faculty And Student Leaders Shows Enthusiastic Reception for Graham Memorial. La taking a census of opinion from prominent -persons con nected with the University on the subject of Graham Memorial being used asa student union, -the opinions expressed were in variably in favor of the purpose of the memorial and the means "by which -it is to be financed. Some of -the faculty and stu dent leaders' sentiments in re gard to thev student union follow Mew: -: ' Faculty Opinion Thomas J. Wilson, Jr., dean of admissions: . "A very good thing' if stu- dents .will use it. The present plan of having an administrative committee is an excellent one.1 -Great care should be taken in choosing an administrator." A. W. Hobbs, dean of college of liberal arts: "Educational . problems are common to the students and fac ulty and even some of the alum ni are interested and would be glad of a common meeting ground. ' I believe that most of the members of the , faculty -would, be glad to join such a club as Graham Memorial, and liave the chance to discuss with the students the common prob lems of the University. The stu dent union would be the Univer sity center where all factional ism would be laid aside and "where questions of permanent value could be discussed as op- posed to the artificial problems . raised by more or less - childish divisions."' OMe Harmon, manager of Swain hall: v ; l y "Graham Memorial will be one of the most beneficial things for the student body if the plans are really worked out for the benefit of the masses of students. It fills an urgent campus needThe success of the student union will depend in a large measure on the personality and interest of the caretaker." J. Maryon Saunders, alumni sec ' 'retary: . ;;:'. "The opportunity that offers itself to students of the Univer sity in the election today is one Avhich has never been presented . to any University student body until now. At several times during the past several years groups of students have come forward with propositions not only to maintain a student union building, but also to complete the unfinished Graham Memorial (Continued on next page) Commerce Sophomores Dean D. D. Carroll wishes to mt all of the sophomores of the school of commerce in ..103 Bingham hall today during cha pel period. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and vote on the participation of the com merce students in the student -entertainment program, now up held solely by the students in the school of liberal arts. Such an -action would involve a fee of $1.00 per quarter. , . Tomorrow the juniors of the same department are requested to meet in the same room for the same purpose. Student Conference Will Open June 15 The Southern Student confer ence will be m session at Blue Ridge June 15-25. All those who plan to attend are requested to get in their applications to Mr. H. F. Comer at the Y.M.C.A. be fore June 1 as all registrations are sent in from the office of the Y. These ten days 'are tak en up with group and mass dis cussions and there is also plenty of time for recreation. Many men of note attend this confer- ence annually ;and lead or help lead the various groups. Anyone who is a member of one of the Y cabinets is eligible to attend. CHANGES ADOPTED IN RUSHING RULES Alumni Will Be Considered Agents for Fraternities; Rules To Be Strictly Enforced. At a meeting of the Interfra ternity Council Tuesday night, the rushing rules for the session 1931-32 were drawn up. The system to be employed is much the same as that of the present year. . There "will be two periods of silence separated by a rushing neriod of nineteen days. The first period includes freshman week and also the first week, of classes. Then comes a nineteen day timefor rushing, followed bv a second thirty-six hour w - period of silence. Alumni Affected There has been a change made in the definition of "rushing" to include alumni in those who may be considered rushing. They are added to "members of and agents for fraternities." "Rush ing" is defined as "engaging m social conversation, entertaining or communication in any way other than a formal salutation on the part of members or alum ni of or agents for fraternities.' The plans for enforcement are much stricter than those of this year. The penalties have also been increased on fraternities who violate the rules. A viola tion may be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or suspension of the ini tiating and pledging privilege of not .more than one year. The penalties will be made by the executive committee of tho council. The present system was ini tiated in the fall of 1929 to pre vent some of the, evils of the rushing season, both to the freshmen and to the fraternity members. . '- . Junior Committee Sparks Griffin, president of the rising junior class, , yester day announced the following men as members of the execu tive committee of the class: Bil lv MrKee. chairman, Ben Cam- pen, Dan Kelly, W. M. Baker, Mark Jones, Charles Gault, Tom Davis, Bill Griffin, John Daniels, Archie Davis, Shady Lane, Jim Kenan, James Kurfees, Norman J. Bonner, Jack Bessen, Jim Hubbard, and Arlindo Cate. Library Books Due May 29 All library books lent to stu dents are due Friday, May 29. After that date they will be lent for forty-eight hour periods un til Monday, June 1, on and af ter which time they may be used only in the library building. JOHNSTON TELLS ABOUT VALUE OF FRESffllANTOK t ' Assistant Dean of Students De livers Last Speech of Col lege Year from WPTF. The student council sponsor ed its last radio talk of the year yesterday afternoon between 3:30 and 3 :45 o'clock when Henry Johnston, Jr., assistant dean of students, spoke on 'Freshman Week at the Univer sity," over station WPTF, Ra- eigh. Beginning his address with a brief, description of the miser able treatment freshmen receiv ed during the "nineties," the speaker traced the situation to the present day. He said that the freshman is the most im portant person present at the opening of each academic term. He went on to say that the presi dent extended a reception in honor of the would-be Carolina men and also mentioned the care ful attention given to the men before their entrance by the dean of students, the Y. M. C. A., the minister's council, the presi dent of the sophomore class, and the entire community. List of Events Johnston explained in detail the procedure of "Orientation Week" observed each Septem ber, telling of the division of the new class into groups each head ed by a counsellor and a student advisor. The speaker also men tioned the physical examination, the library tour, student govern ment lecture, the mental alert ness test, and placement tests in English and Romance languages, and the meeting with the dean of his school for advice. "The purpose of this whole (Continued on last page) GRAHAM MEMQRIAL DATA 1. It will bejiecessary for students to vote a fee of one dollar per quarter upon themselves to operate the building. No other source can be found, since private funds will be lacking. 2. The only class whose total fees will be, increased will be the rising sophomore class. The rising junior and rising sophomore classes will be able to transfer one dollar a quarter from their regular class fees (which the Tar Heel hasf ought to have de creased)." - - i . ; ' 3. This fee it has been decided is to be used for operation only. There can be no construction with such a small fee. 4. If the student body votes high class club for three dollars a year as Graham Memorial would be, the board of directors will throw open its meeting Fri day for suggestions from anyone as to what activities they con sider should be housed in the be operated. Nothing will be a large number of students. 5. The men to be most vitally concerned in such a building as Graham Memorial should be the non-fraternity men who have no club house in which to lounge, meet friends, or conduct their activities. Fraternity- men already have their-houses. Drug store and tobacconists' lobbies are inadequate. 6. The fee, if adopted, can be voted on every four years or each year. All fees will come up automatically for justification each student generation. , x .:. ' 7. If the student body votes against such a proposal, the likeli hood of the building being-opened, if the students demonstrate that they are not enough interested in it 'to pay some small part of the expense, is very low.t Genuine business men do not waste their money on white-elephants. ' 8. AH accounts of the operating expenses are to be audited carefully by an auditor chosen by the board on which will sit as official members : President Frank Graham, Dean F. F. Brad shaw, executive-secretary "Bob" House, Maryon Saunders, and the president, of the alumni association. 9. In voting for, the student operation of the building, you commemorate the memory of one of the Universities greatest presidents Edward Kidder Graham in' whose honor the build ing was conceived. i . . - 10. The sooner that it can be proven to the alumni that the students will use and enjoy a club such as the Graham Memorial Union Building the sooner the additional 2,000,000 wings will be completed by them the alumni. NEWSPAPERS OF STATE SCHOOLS ENTER CONTEST Thomas Hume Cup Will Awarded This Year for Seventh Time. Be The eighth annual contests in high school journalism for North Carolina high schools has been announced by the Univer sity extension division. State high schools will compete for the Thomas Hume cup and a cup from the University extension division, given respectively for the best high school newspaper and magazine. These contests were begun in 1924 in the hope that through them excellence of attainment in the field of high School journalism might be en couraged in North Carolina high schools. T"he contest for the Hume cup runs over a period of ten years, the cup becoming the .permanent possession of the high school winning the most annual contests during that time. The University extension cup is given annually as a permanent trophy. Hume Cup V The Thomas Hume newspa per cup is awarded on the basis of news values, editorial values, and the general make up and typographical appearance. The magazine contest is judged on the basis , of literary, excellence, editorial values, and general make up and typographical ap pearance. The Greensboro high school has led in these contests up till now. In 1924 Raleigh (high school's magazine was awarded first place and Greensboro won the " newspaper contest. The following yar Asheville high school had the best magazine (Continued on next page) -' - to join in the operation of such a building as well as how it should decided without consultation with Graham Memorial Would e Center Alumni Invite Seniors To Attend Luncheon The seniors wrill be invited to attend the . alumni luncheon at 1 :00 o'clock Monday, June 8, free of charge. This is being done in order to further the plan of organizing each class before it leaves the University. For everyone else, the price will be one dollar. Not only the alumni, but also the faculty and the townsfolk are urged to at tend. CLASS OF '30 TO REUNITE AT 'BABY' MEETING IN JUNE The class of '30 will hold its "Baby" reunion this Jine to gether with the other eleven classes that are coming together again under the "Oaks of Chap el Hill." . Invitations have been sent out to 1,100 alumni of this class, or to those who were in school with the class, by Archie Allen, per manent president. On Alumni day, Monday, June 8, the class will be entertained at a banquet at 6:00 p. m. Accommodations are being arranged in the sev eral: dormitories that are to be available during commencement week. . . ..." - " - : - The other officers of the class w i I yt .1 i T" are: J. Stacy urant, irooKiyn, New York, vice-president : and Robert L. Zealy, Greensboro, secretary-treasurer. A reunion committee has also been appointed, the functions of which will include all of the ar rangements necesary. for the ac commodation and entertainment of the class members. Herman Schnell will serve as chairman of this committee) The other members are Ray Farris, John Lang, Ralph Greene, Glenn Hold er, Beatty Rector, David Nims, H. E. Bolen, Travis Brown, Bill Speight, arid Dave Craig. Yackety Yack Delivery The staff of the Yackety Yack announces that it will be impossible to mail the annuals to students unless they send in their names and summer ad dress typed on a postal card to the Yackety Yack office. This change is made necessary be cause of the large number of er rors that have been found in names and addresses as given on registration cards. Those who do not send this information will be ' unable to obtain their copies until the opening oi scnooi nexx ian. Those who have not been in school for three quarters and those who have not paid their fees to the business" office are urged to call at the office in the basement of the Alumni build ing any afternoon this week to make adjustment for same Groves to Teach In West During June and July Professor Ernest R. Groves, of the sociology department, will give a course at Utah State Ag ricultural college, Logan, Utah, June 15 to 26, and at the State Agricultural school, Fort Col lins, Colorado, from July 6 to 24. His An Hour on Sociology, one of "the Lippincott "One Hour Series," is now on the press. tivitieo USE OF BUILDING WILL DEPEND ON FAVORABLE VOTE Bill Asks for Assessment of One Dollar a Quarter on Each Student. oi.. j l 1 today at the polls in the Y. M. C. A. building, will decide whether or not the Graham Memorial building will be used during the next year. The elec tion will take place between the hours of 9 :00 in the morning and 5:00 this afternoon. The ustxwii uiiiwii is lu uc put be fore the campus is whether or not each student is willing to pay a fee of three dollars a year to maintain and furnish the new; union. WwL- Poifiin in 1 Q99 IT I M. A W4 111 M, f mm mm . Construction on the Graham Memorial building began nine j i f i years ago aner money naa Deen pledged by students, faculty, and alumni. Ever since that tirno -flio ofrnniirp lisis VvAPn hanging fire with not enough money to complete it. As it is now, only the center section of the proposed two and a half mil lion dollar union will be ac- ppssi'Wo fhi! fall , As nn.mnnw has been appropriated or raised for furnishings and mainten ance the Student Activities Committee proposed the one dollar a quarter fee which is to be voted upon today. If the vote i 1 1 P f T ' is iavorauie me use 01 v3rra.11a.111. Memorial as a student union be ginning next fall will be as sured. Much has been written dur ing the past few months, since the announcement of the gift" of the New York alumnus who gave the money which made possible the finishing of the present building, on what uses may be made of the union. True, it makes its greatest appeal to f Via -nrm.-frafomitv mpn na n rliih or fraternity, but the activity and committee rooms, , proposed banqueting hall, swimming pool, bowling alleys, etc. will make their appeal to all groups of the student body. ' One Dollar Upkeep Fee ' The proposed fee of one dol lar per quarter is smaller, for instance, tnan tne iee at tne University of Oklahoma which is $2.50 per semester.- In 1923 at this University when the money pledged for the building was not forthcoming, there was a movement on foot on the cam pus to levy a fee of five dollars per quarter upon each student and thus attempt to complete the edifice. The idea failed, however. Most of the student unions in the colleges of this country have been financed by contributions from alumni, students, and fac ulty. At Purdue each graduat ing class was accustomed to pay $5 per year in order to raise the necessary money.- Several cam paigns have been waged on this campus and throughout' the state for Graham Memorial money. Unfortunately all the pledges could not be collected, necessitating the suspension of the building program until last winter. O Ac
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