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FRESHMAN SMOKER 9:00 O'CLOCK SWAIN HALL GERMAN CLUB ELECTIONS 1:30 O'CLOCK GERHARD HALL . IT Mm I i STATE MUSICIANS TO PRACTICE FOR SYMPHONIC GROUP North Carolina Symphony Or chestra Will Present Concert Saturday Night. Approximately seventy musi cians from sixteen cities and towns ,in North Carolina, will gather here today and tomor row to try out for the North Carolina Symphony orchestra. These musicians .will register this evening and tomorrow, and also will practice this evening in Hill music hall from 8:30 till: 10:30. Tomorrow the orches-i tra will rehearse from : 10 :00 o'clock until 12:30; from 2:30 till 5:00; and from 8:00 until 10:30 at night. Saturday morn ing it will rehearse from 10:00 -o'clock until 12:30, and at this lime the final selection of the personel of the orchestra will be made. - The number of musicians final ly selected will not number over fifty-five, and these will repre sent the very best musical tal ent in the state, ready to turn out a, symphonic program the equal of any symphonic orches tra in this country, all-inclusive. Concert Saturday Night There will be a short rehears al Saturday afternoon, and the final program in its excellence will be presented Saturday night in Hill hall. Colonel Pratt has expressed gratification that so many sec tions of the state will be repre sented in the orchestra at its first concert. The following cities and .towns will be represented: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Ra leigh, Wilmington, Asheville High Point, Charlotte, Shelby, (Continued, on page three) HENRY FEATURES MUSIC OF SOUTH IN DANCE TUNES Former University of North Carolina Orchestra Leader Plays Here Tomorrow. With the appearance of Tal Henry and his North Caro linians at the .Junior-Senior dances tomorrow and Saturday Carolina students will hear typ ically southern renditions of harmonies and melody as offered by real southerners. Henry and his youthful ag gregation allhail from North Carolina, the band having been organized here at the University in 1923. The leader, Tal Henry, was born in Georgia, but was brought to the Old North State at an early age, where he was taught the intricacies of south ern melodies by his musically inclined mother. , He has kept his band together for eight years, having built up the group into one of the most outstanding musical groups in the country today. Featured in the earlier years only as frater nity and collegiate providers of music for the frolics of the younger generation, Tal " Henry and his band made an enviable name for themselves. With their success along these lines, they branched out into farther reaching domination, that of radio broadcasting. Following their sensational success 1 while broadcasting over WJZ of the National Broadcasting company, direct from the Hotel New York er, they made records for Victor, University Glee Club Elects New Officers At the meeting- of the Univer sity glee club Tuesday evening, the folowing officers for the coming year were elected : Wof ford Humphries, president; Harry Lee Knox, vice-president; and Bob Hunt, secretary. Bill Barfield, president; Loyd Swaim, vice-president ; . and- Woff ord Humphries, secretary were the retiring officers. The position of . manager, nb w held by Ken neth Wilson, is filled by appoint ment by Professor Dyer. SOCIETY SELECTS NEW OFFICERS AT METINGjTUESDAY Bagby and Saville Address Eli sha Mitchell Society at Final Meeting of This Year. At the meeting of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society Tues day in Philips hall, Dr. English Bagby of the psychology depart ment and Dr. Thorndike Saville of the engineering school addres sed the meeting. Officers for the next term were also elected as were members to the editorial committee which edits the Mitch ell Jourrial. , Dr. English Bagby, speaking on "The Concept of 'Center of Difficulty' ", reported on a slight ly disordered personality. He outlined the symptoms of that particular disturbance which he called the "Center of Disturb ance", and also showed the lines which that disturbance took to wards melancholia and assismu lation. He then sketched the treatment which he attempted. -North Carolina Flood Dr. Thorndike Saville, who spoke on "The Great Flood of 1929 in North Carolina", de scribed how measurements of the stream flow were taken, es pecially those of streams in flood. He also outlined the caus es and effects of floods for dif ferent types of streams in this stated The officers, elected at the meeting for the following, year, were: Dr. E. T. Browne of the mathematics department, presi dent; Dr. G. R. MacCarthy a member of the geology depart ment, vice-president; and Dr. C. D. Beers of the zoology de partment, recording secretary; the permanent secretary being Dr. J. M. Bell of the chemistry department. The members elected to the editorial committee were: Dr. W. C. Coker, Dr. H. V. Wilson and Dr. Otto Stuhlman. Dr. E. K. Plyler of the physics depart ment was elected a member of the program committee. Juniors Will Meet In Gerrard Tonight The junior class of the Uni versity will meet in Gerrard hall tonight at 7:00 o'clock for the purpose of discussing the inclu sion of photographers' fees for next year's Yackety Yack in the senior fees. , The plan is proposed to facili tate the work of the Yackety Yack staff and means, the pay ment of fees into the class treas ury rather than to the photog raphers as has been done in the past. Graham Will Deliver Commencement Address President Graham has accept ed an invitation to deliver the commencement address at the Wagram high school on May 18. CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1932 TAL HENRY AND Pictured above is Tal Henry and his Carolinians, popular for mer University of North Carolina orchestra, whov have been en gaged to play for the annual Junior Prom and Senior Ball this week-end. First featured as afraternity and college dance or chestra, Henry has branched out as a radio entertainer, broad casting from the Hotel New Yorker and from the stages of well known theatres, gaining acknowledgement as one of the leading bands in this country. . Students Form Famunism Group Ridiculing Campus Organizations - o - "" y-;--:r ; y- ' New Club Combines Fascism, Communism, and Socialism, Reject ing the Best Features of Each and Retaining the. Worst; Name Derived from the Three "ism's." Burlesquing the John Reed club, ridiculing the visit of Col umbia students to Kentucky, and satirizing the reports of "isms" at the University, a brand new organization has been formed by Carolina students in which they "combine fascism, communism, and socialism, rejecting the best features of each and retaining the worst." They call themselves "Famunists," a , name derived from the three "-isms" they rep resent. The constitution for , the club reads simply, "Everything that's not in the Bible." The only by law is, "You must' not go to Kentucky." Its slogaiys, "Down with everything that's up, and up with everything that's down." Tri-Part Organization N According to information ex torted from one of the leaders of the club, the organization is in three parts. The first division is the Bushwa contingent which advocates aestheticism in gov ernment. The second 4s called the Mushrosh group1 which is concerned with the extention and continuation of the entire group. The third is the Hominy division which is concerned with the "up lift of the laboring masses, par ticularly filling station attend ants." The name for this di vision was derived from the cus tomary question, "Hominy gal lons?" Scholarship Holders Asked for Renewals Application blanks for renew al of scholarships now held by University students are avail able in the Presidents office. To have bearing on the renewal of scholarships they must be se cured, filled out, and returned to the President's office prior to July 1, 1932. This applies to all types of scholarships. HIS CAROLINIANS ' 4 i 1 I I: - -J I 3 ii , " ' V, ' v 4 e ,- m I Requisites for membership were declared to , be secret, ! but upon a threat by the reporter to disclose names of some of the members it was declared that membership could be obtained by (1) blowing up some public building, or (2) by shooting a conservative professor or (3) by killing some member of the Ger man club. To kill a member of the German club or a Daily Tar Heel reporter is considered more noble than any other feat, the head of the Bushwa contingent said. Club Respects Proletariat "Our ideal man is the night watchman or filling station at tendant. We have no respect for anything higher," says a res olution passed by the Hominy group. When asked about The Daily Tar Heel one of the leaders from Steele dormitory said, "the paper up to present has a 100 per cent rating with us all bad." In extending the scope of the movement Famunist members said that they were doing some work at North Carolina College for Women, but failed to say how directly this work pertain ed to the " actual organization, several have been suspected of work around Spencer hall while another is known to have made a trip to Roanoke, presumably (Continued on page three) Library Science School Visits State Libraries The University library science school chartered a bus yesterday and started on a tour of the li braries of the state with all members of the school. Yester-1 day they visited both the school and town libraries of Greens boro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. Today they will visit li hrnrips ir PnlpiVh and Durham- Freshmen Will Give Last Smoker Tonight The last freshman smoker of the year will take place in Swain hall tonight at , 9:00 o'clock. "Ad" Warren, former Tar Heel football star and boxer, now coach of boxing at Duke Univer sity, will be the speaker for the occasion. Billy Stringfellow and -his orchestra' have been selected to furnish the music. In addition to the music by the orchestra there will be several selections given by a student artist, LAW ASSOCIATION SPONSORS ANNUAL MEET TOMORROW Three Speakers Will Address Lawyer's Banquet Given at Carolina Inn at 730. The annual law school ban quet, which is being sponsored by the law school association, will take place tomorrow eve ning at 7 :30 in the ball room of the Carolina Inn. v J. H. Chadbourn, of the law school faculty, will be the toast master for the occasion, and three speakers have been invit ed to address the gathering. As sistant Attorney-General A. F. Sea well, H. G. Connor of Wilson, and C. W. Tillett, Jr. of Char lotte will be the visiting speak ers, and there will also be speak ers from each of the law school classes. . Impressive Invitation List v The law school association has invited all the former editors of the Law Review, 143 in number, to return for the affair, as well as all of the alumni of the law school who have graduated with in the past two years. The en tire Supreme Court of North Carolina has also been invited as guests of honor. A varied program for the banquet consisting of comments, skits, comedy songs, awards, and similar things in addition to the speeches, has been worked out by the program committee composed of Allen Langston, Ar chie Allen, Mac Gray, E. P. Dam eron, Fred Hamrick, and Edwin Butler. Council Establishes Scholarship Award At the meeting of the inter- fraternity council Tuesday night it was definitely decided that the group should establish a scholar ship to be giyen each year, and known as the inter-fraternity scholarship. This scholarship will be granted to some member of the rising sophomore class every year at awards night. The one to whom the award is made will be selected by the council and by Dean Bradshaw, and, the requirements other than that he must be a rising sopho more will be decided upon by the dean of the students also. Rushing rules for next year were discussed by the council and changes were decided upon. These were submitted for action to the faculty yesterday after noon, and will be returned to the council today. Ph.D. Exam Tomorrow The oral examination of Mr. Arthur Ladu for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the de partment of English will take place at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow in 112 Saunders. All members of the graduate faculty in the divi sion of languages and literature are invited to be present.. NUMBER 169 STUDENT-FACULTY GROUP APPROVES NEW DANCE PLAN Men Chosen from Organizations Sponsoring Festivities Will Regulate Affairs. The joint student-faculty com mittee, which was formed to plan a more representative con trol of the student dances, met Tuesday night. "The members of the faculty committee are': Dr. W. S. Bernard, Dean F. F. Bradshaw, Mrs. R. B. House, Dr. W. M. Dey, and Dr. R. E. Coker. .. ' The "student committee, which is composed of representatives from the organizations on the campus that give dances, includ ing the German club, the Grail, the law school, the Inter-fraternity council, the three upper classes of the student body, the Graduate club, and the Phi As sembly, had met several times previous to last night and had formed a plan to be presented to the faculty group. Propose New Committee This plan, as presented to the joint meeting provided for a new student dance committee to reg ulate but not to give dances. This body is to work in conjunc tion with the faculty committee in carrying out the University regulations v covering student dances and is to be responsible for maintaining the high stan dard of control that has charac terized dances at Carolina in the past. The new body is to- be composed of, the following : three representatives from the German club, two from the Grail, one from the Graduate club, one from each of the three upper classes, and one member to be carried over each year from the retiring committee. Continued on page three) COLLIER COBB TO ADDRESS SENIORS AT DAVIE POPLAR Head of Geology Department Will Speak to Seniors To night at 7:30 O'clock. Dr. Collier Cobb of the geol ogy department will speak at the assembly of the senior class tonight under Davie Poplar. The meeting, which occurs at 7:30 p. m., will take place in Gerrard hall in case of rain. Members of the class in re galia will meet on the steps of the library this morning at 10 :30 to have their picture taken. The local stores are continu ing to give regalia-attired sen iors special privileges. Johnson-Prevost Dry Cleaning company wilL continue to clean free one tie per senior, through today. The Cavalier Cafeteria is offering a special rate of twen ty cents per mealon the regular seventy-five cents plan. Stetson "D" is giving all sen iors a fifteen per cent discount, and Alfred-Williams is also giv--ing a ten per cent discount all week. The Book Exchange will sup ply sandwiches and fountain goods amounting to ten cents, and the University Shoe Shop will accord the privilege of free shines on one-tone shoes today and Saturday. The Paragon Ice Cream com pany is giving free cups of ice cream to the'swreatered ones to day, and Lacock's will offer free shines on one-tone shoes tomorrow. i r i .
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