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FOREIGN POLIC LEAGUE 7:15 O'CLOCK 215 GRAHAM MEMORIAL R. U. R." PRESENTATION 8:30 O'CLOCK PLAYMAKERS THEATRE VOLUME XLIII SORORITY SCORK HIGHEST GRADES HERE1AST YEAR Chi Omega Leads All Fraterni ties in Scholastic Average; Sigma Delta Is Second. S. A. E. WILL RECEIVE CUP Chi Omega' sorority, with a scholastic average of 2.41, led all the fraternities in scholarship for the year 1933-34, Dr. G. K. G. Henry, assistant University registrar, announced yesterday. Sigma Delta placed second, with 2.62; but because the so ciety is not a national fraternity, the men's fraternity scholarship cup was given to Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which scored 2.64, rank ing third. Basis of Rating The scholastic averages were determined by counting grades on the basis of one point for a grade of "A," two for "B," three for "C," four for "D," five for "E," and six for "F." Grades for 397 fraternity stu dents were available in the fall quarter, 471 in. the winter, and 547 in the spring. The three leaders were fol lowed in order by Chi Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Pi Beta Phi, and Sig ma Phi Epsilon. ' The fraternity average was 3.03, as compared with the aca demic or general average of 3.12, the uppercla&sman average of 3.05, and -the freshman aver age of 3.37. ) 1932-33 Scores In 1932-33 Sigma Delta, scor ing 2.16, led the list; Pi Beta Phi, with 2.46, was second; and Tau Epsilon Phi," leading the, na tional fraternities with 2.66, won third place. Figures for the spring quar ter, released for the first time yesterday, showed' Chi, Omega scored 2.41, Sigma Delta 2.65, and S. A. E. 2.57. . PROMINENT FLYER DIES YESTERDAY Funeral of. Montrose Tull to Be Held Today at Home of Parents in Kinston. Montrose Tull, Chapel Hill air pilot, died at 12:03 o'clock yes terday morning in Rainey hos pital, Burlington, as a result of injuries received when his plane crashed near Burlington late IMonday afternoon. " Tull lingered in semi-consciousness from the time of the wreck until his death occurred, several Wood transfusions failing to Tally him sufficiently. Doctors reported that he had received several broken leg bones, a brok en arm, broken nose, lacerated face and a fracture of the pelvic hone. Funeral Today Funeral services for the flyer will be held today at the home of his parents in Kinston. The Hev. Leland Cook, pastor of the Christian church of Kinston, and the Rev. Robert Brown of the Methodist-Episcopal church of that city will preside at the ex ercises. Tull will be buried in the Maplewood cemetery in Kinston following the funeral services. The young pilot was 29 years old and had been flying passen gers and teaching here for the past six years. yHe was on his way, at the time of the crash, (Continued on page two) ! Tau Beta Pi Will Hear Crutchfield Tonight. Group to Gather at 6 :30 O'clock In Graham Memorial. Members of the local chapter of Tau Beta Pi will gather at a dinner this evening in Graham Memorial at 6 :30 o'clock. Dr. J. B. Crutchfield of the chemistry department will give an account of his trip to the na tional convention of Tau Beta Pi held in New York last week. Dr. Archibald Henderson, president of the local chapter, will preside over the meeting. Greater University 'Y Units To Meet Local Y. M. C. A. .Will Be Hosts To Raleigh and Greensboro Groups Monday. A joint meeting of the Y. M. C.VA., and Y. W. C. A. cabinets of the Greater University of North Carolina will be held here Monday night, it was announced yesterday by Harry F. Comer. Representatives from the Wo man's college, from the Raleigh unit, and from the Chapel Hill branch will make up the assem bly which will hold its meeting in the form of a campfire supper at the home of Harry F. Comer, general secretary of the Univer sity Y. M. C. At A similar joint cabinet meet ing for the Greater University will be held each quarter during the year, Comer stated. The several branches of the Univer sity will alternate as hosts. To Secure Speaker Attempts are being made to secure President Frank Porter Graham or Dean R. B. House to speak at the convocation Mon day. The delegation from the Wo man's college will be headed by Miss Lucy Crisp, general secre tary of the Greensboro division. Horace Cotton, president of the State college "Y," and Ed King, general secretary of the Raleigh division, will lead the State ag gregation. This idea of a joint cabinet meeting of the Great Univer sity is an outgrowth of Presi dent Graham's plan for the con solidation of the Greensboro, Raleigh and Chapel Hill units into the Greater University of North Carolina. Hitler Unifies Control Of German Industries Berlin, Germany, Oct. 24. (UP) Reichsuehrer Hitler to night issued a decree urging all former trade unions and em ployers associations into one common labor front, 'thereby unifying the control of industry. The purpose of this move is to induce the employers to under stand the just demands of the employes and to make the em ployes realize the present dis turbecTeconomic situation facing them and the employers, thus eliminating labor conflicts. The new labor front will as sist all members of both sidesin the emergency and will help them to acquire real estate.- En tertainment will also be provid ed in the free time labor front, considered a branch of the Nazi party. Delta Sigma Phi to Meet The North Carolina chapter of Delta Sigma Phi, honorary "com merce fraternity, will meet tonight at 8:00 o'clock in Gra ham Memorial for a smoker. SERVED BY THE CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934 CO-EDSWILLSELL BALL BIDS TODAY Bids for Dance Tomorrow Night Will Be Distributed at Graham Memorial. Bids for the fall quarter co ed ball will be placed on sale to day from 10:00 to 11:00 and from 3 :00 to 6 :00 o'clock in 108 Graham Memorial, it was an nounced yesterday by Betty Dur ham, president of the Woman's association. Tomorrow invitations may be secured from 9:30 to 11:00 and from 2 :00 to 5 :00 o'clock in Gra ham Memorial. In former years co-eds have been limited to two bids each but this year they may buy as many as they wish at 50 cents apiece. Long to Play Johnny Long and his Duke Collegians will supply the rhy thm for this first co-ed dance of the year tomorrow night from 9 :00 to 1:00 o'clock in the Tin Can. The dance will be formal. Bill Allsbrook and his Caro lina club orchestra, who are now playing at the Tintilla Gardens in Richmond and broadcasting from there, furnished the music for the spring quarter co-ed ball last year. The co-eds give one dance each quarter. The one Friday night will be followed by another in the' winter and one in the spring quarter. The co-eds buy their bids and invite their escorts to the affair. Heath Stresses Need Of Knowing Economics "The economist must under stand thoroughly the tools of thought which are available for si work in his field," . Milton S. Heath said yesterday evening in addressing the economic semi nar with a paper on the "Role of Economic History in Theory." Heath stated that the burden upon economic theorists has in creased tremendously during the last century as a result of the growth in complexity and scale of economic phenomena, and be cause of the' weakening of reli ance upon tradition and custom ary behaviors as guides to social actions. "Though clarity is of greater importance than ever, simple systems that are easy to devise and teach are becoming of more doubtful value each day," the speaker said. Ready, easy-going, uncritical reliance upon various methods, just because they have long been pursued, is inexcusable, Heath stated, pointing out that no con tention is made that history has a value for social theory. UNIVERSITY CLUB TO MEET The University club will meet tonight at 7:00 o'clock in the club room in Graham Memorial. Money for Yackety Yack pic tures is due tonight, and all those who have not paid their dues should do so at the meeting. All members are requested to be present, as new members will be elected to replace those who have not attended meetings re gularjy. Rainey Calls Meeting Today There will be an important meeting of the sophomore execu tive committee this morning at 10:30 o'clock in Gerrard hall, it was announced yesterday by John Rainey, second-year class president. UNITED PRESS LEAGUE TO HOLD MEETMGTONIGHT Foreign -Policy Group Formed ,Last Year Will Assemble for First Meeting of Quarter. The Student Foreign Policy league will hold its initialN meet ing for the 1934 fall quarter to night at 7:15 o'clock in 215 Gra ham Memorial. The purpose of this group, which was formed last year, is to organize and make articulate student opinion on matters per taining to the foreign policy of our government. Student Expression Opportunity will be given all students who 'attend these meet ings to express their views in re gard to the relations of the United States government with the governments of foreign na tions. The league does not aim at discussion alone, however. Af ter discussion of the matter in question, the group will make a decision as to whether steps should be taken to press the views held by the organization upon those in authority. Against Propaganda Through debate and publica tion, the league attempts to com bat the propaganda of interested groups, by seeking to bring to public notice the facts of the situation or problem in question. One of the more important of the other aims of the group is the exchange of opinions and ideas with leagues and similar organizations in the state and nation. League officers last year were : Ralph Gardner, president; Jack Pool, vice-president; and Robert Page, secretary. The roll of the league last spring was: John Acee, Agnew Bahnson, John Barrow, Don Becker, Bill Eddleman, Albert Ellis, Ralph Gardner, William Garis, Ezra Griffin, John Gunter, Edwin Kahn, R. Langdona, Don McKee, Bob Page, Jack Pool, Reed Sarratt. Jake Snyder, Noel Yancey, Paul Whitney, Lawrence Frank, Phil Kind, Charles Poe, Blucher Ehringhaus, Lewis Morris, Jack Dunn, W. M. Daniels, Brad White, S. W. Barefoot, Henry Darling. i Frank McGlinn, John Parker, Norman Kellar, J. D. Winslow, Phil Hammer, Herb Taylor, Bennie Carry Frank Abernathy, Frank Kenan, Julian Warren, Vincent Whitney, ' and H. L. Bates. JUDGES POSTPONE SELECTING TEAM Candidates for Squad to Debate Oxford Narrowed to Five. At try-outs for the University debating team in Graham Memo rial Tuesday night, competition was so keen that Professors Mc Kie, Olsen, and Woodhouse, act ing as judges, decided to post pone picking a team. The candidates were, however, narrowed down to five men, Durfee, Kirkpatrick, Kaplan, Russell, andJordan. From these men will be selected the team which will meet a squad from Oxford University here on Octo ber 31. CARROLL TALKS TODAY Dean D. Dx Carroll of the school of commerce will address freshman assembly this morn ing at 10:30 o'clock in Memorial hall, it was announced yesterday. Bahnson Sets Deadline For Taking Photos Sinior and Junior Yackety Yack Pictures Due November 1. All juniors and seniors who fail to have their Yackety Yack pictures taken before the deadline date, November 1, must forfeit the amount set aside in class fees for this service,' ac cording to Agnew Bahnson, business manager of the Yack ety Yack. , All freshmen and sophomores who wish to have their pictures in the fraternity section must have them taken immediately. All organizations are remind ed of the fact that a ten per cent discount will be given on all bills paid before November 15. Robot Radius' Revolt To Result In Revenge Man's Successor to Appear in Memorial Hall Tomorrow At Chapel Period. ; Man's successor will ' appear on the stage of Memorial hall tomorrow at chapel period, and will foretell the doom of mankind.- Radius, the robot, al though a machine, has become almost human in his desire for power, and plans a revolt against men and their subse quent destruction. In his revenge against the cruel Dr. Gall, he is aided by a beautiful girl, who not only sym pathizes with him but also loves him. In vain does she try to restrain Dr. Gall when he cuts off Radius' finger. She believes the robot to be human, but to Gall, Radius is only a machine. The part of the girl will be played by Ellen Deppe; Radius the robot, .Dave Lewis ; Dr. Gall, Philip Parker. The curtain speech will be given by Carl Thompson. This thrilling drama will be given its world premiere tomor row; and will probably never be presented again. This is the one and only chance for the peo ple of Chapel Hill to see this great play, in which the finger of the robot is actually chopped off in full view of the audience. This and many other thrills await the unsuspecting audience of the assembly. Jones Warns Bankers To Co-operate Fully Washington, Oct. 24. (UP) ' Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corpora tion, today assured the Ameri can Banker's association that the economic storm has passed and warned them that unless they co-operate fully in the re covery program, the government will go further into the lending business. Although many financiers be lieve that the wide breach be tween the administration and the bankers has been "spanned, the more conservative members of the group are withholding their opinions until, they hear President Roosevelt's views be fore the convention tonight. SENIOR GROUPS TO POSE All charter members of the University club who are seniors this year, and all members of the senior committee on fresh man orientation are reminded that pictures of Jthese groups will be taken this morning in front of Manning hall at 10:30 o'clock. NUMBER 30 it. U.K. TUuTJi CURRENT SEASON OFPLmiMffiRS Comedy of Mechanical Men to Be Presented Tonight, To morrow, and Saturday. Special scenes arranged Karl Capek's "R. U. R." opens tonight at the Playmakers the atre at 8:30 o'clock. The fantastic comedy of me chanical men will be the first production of the Carolina Play makers for the current season. The show, is billed for three nights: tonight, tomorrow and Saturday night. Special Scenery "R. U. R." is one of the most unusual plays the Playmakers have ever attempted, according to Frederick H. Koch, director. Wilbur Dorsett and Henry Pear son have succeeded in creating scenic effects that mark the play's modernistic effect. The twelve robots, spectacular in their futuristic settings, are me-chine-made men who act like hu mans. The revolt of these mechanical men upon their inventors is hair- raising melodrama, and the story of man's probable annihilation and his fight to perpetuate hu man life is a convincing. social satire. Spann Plays Lead Dr. Meno Spann, of the Ger man department of the Univer sity, will, play the male lead, Dor min. Helena Glory, daughter of the president of R. U. R., will be played by Ellen Deppe. Officials of the company will be played by William Fletcher, Philip Parker, Pryor McFadden, Alan Waters, and Virgil Lee. Miss Sammie Ruth Bell plays Nana, Helena's maid. The robots include Ann Nor man, Ella Mae Daniel, Larry Anderson, David Lewis, A. L. Cheek, Harry Coble, Fred How ard, Don Pope, Guerney Briggs, Phillips Russell, Joel Lasky, Richard Gabori. DOWNS CO-EDITS NEW PUBLICATION Treatise Is Study of Special Col lections of History and Lit erature in South. R. B. Downs, University libra rian, and Louis R. Wilson, for merly University librarian here, now dean of the graduate libra ry school in the University of Chicago, are J;he co-authors of a study entitled "Special Collec tions for the Study of History and Literature in the South. east." ' This publication,' which has just been published by the Bibli ographic society of America is an investigation of the resources of research libraries in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina; South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Special Collections In this publication, special em phasis is laid on special collec tions. The North Carolina divi sion and the southern collections found in the University library are discussed. The development of the im portant historical and literary collections in the libraries of the south is brought out. The study is accompanied by an extensive bibliography of printed sources of . information relative to the collection. rrT N
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