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CAST YOUR BALLOT :1M STRAW OTE TODAY TO CREATE A CAMPUS PERSONALITY" A JOURNAL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF CAROLINIANS VOLUME XLIII EDITORIAL PHONE 43 SI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1935 BUSINESS PHONE 4JS6 NUMBER 157 m-j tw : Kid - J J, r laai &mi 0O00 &2 Editor Yesterday morning when the new campus officers trooped onto 31UTE PRAISE ihe Memorial hall stage to be officially installed, many of them wondered whether the program--arrangers hadn't made a mis take and were leading the offi cers into where the audience ; should be, and vice versa. The program was very inspir ing, but the paltry audience wriggled in self-conscious agony meyertheless. They, too, realized that there were almost as many on the stage as in the seats. One of the new officers, how ever, told me that it wasn't as bad as it might have been. While somebody was up speaking about -student government and how representative it is here, this gentleman counted the audience and the programmers and found that the ratio was 3-1 in favor of the audience. Which is very encouraging. After all, it's not the numbers but the representative spirit which counts. In other words, 'the spirit was present but the oodies and souls were not. That's wrhat you call representative government. Jack Pool gave us this item clipped from the Commerce HACQUET PACKET School Bulletin of New York University. It follows a discus sion of the merits of the N. Y. U. tennis team and the value of publicity and big matches in per petuating such athletic organiza tions. Here is the item: "Down south, there is a team named the University of North Carolina. That squad is wiping up the earth with all the good court outfits under the Mason and Dixon line. They haven't leen stopped for so long that the inhabitants of the college town are willing to bet tha't they haven't been stopped at all. What would make a better "natural than New York Uni versitv vs. University of North Carolina?" On May 2, 1933, the Tar Heel netters licked N. Y. U. on one of its famous northern trips, 9-0. Since then, it is reputed that N. Y. . U. has become much stronger. We like to hear large northern schools say they want publicity by playing Carolina. Usually we're crviner to nlav Yale at V W . football for the publicity. Per haps in the long run it all evens up. Red-baiter Hearst is the butt of the BAITING HEARST attack in the latest -edition of the Chronicle of World Affairs which Joe Barnett and his Foreign Policy League are placing on sale here for the sum of one nickel. Hearst is a menace to us all in his jingo jabber, because mil lions of Deotle read his false baloney. ' The whole subject of jingo Journalism is treated and treated 1 thoroughly in this , newspaper's survey. We think it would prove extremely interesting to all stu dents inquisitive enough to know that's behind the headlines of their favorite papers. IRVING AARONSON PLAYS THIS WEEK FOR MYFROLICS Orchestra of No Mean Fame Engaged for Annual Set Friday, " Saturday. NOW ON SOUTHERN TOUR The spring social season real ly gets underway this week-end when Irving Aaronson and his Commanders arrive here to put on the annual set of May Frolics Friday and Saturday. The Commanders have earned for themselves an international reputation as a crack orchestra, having been featured in the smart places of two continents, from the Les Ambassadeurs in Paris to the Roosevelt hotel in Los Angeles and including the Kit Kat Club in London and the Congress hotel in Chicago. Although the band has been a favorite musical organization on the two continents for nearly a quarter of a century, none of its present members, with the ex ception of the founder and di rector, Aaronson, are that old. There have been of necessity many changes in personnel dur ing the years, but it is unique that the original traditions of the orchestra, as well as its style, have been carried on con sistently. Was in Movies The orchestra has been fea tured in several big Broadway musical comedy successes with such stars as Irene Bordoni. It has appeared in Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer pictures and also with Bine: Crosby in "She Loves Me Not." It was one of the first bands to play for sound movie productions. The Commanders wras one of the first orchestras to feature individual entertainment by its musicians, special vocalists and choir ensembles. The band numbers 16, including Aaron son and the .two vocalists, Lois Still and Skippy Carlstrom. It has registered a pronounced success on the stage as an enter- (Continued on page three) ORATOR RUSSELL DECLAREDWINNER Former Brussels Delegate Takes First Place in Annual Peace Oratorical Contest. Speaking on the subject, "The Student and War," R. Phillips Russell, University of North Carolina delegate to Geneva last winter, was declared winner of the annual state peace oratorical contest held in Gerrard hall last night. . Five speakers, representing North Carolina colleges, ap peared on the program con demning war, sponsored by the International Peace Associa tion. 1 In addition to Russell was Miss Mary Lee Leonard of Le-noir-Rhyne College, R. L. Batts of State, O. P. Dickinson of At lantic Christian College, and Charles U. Harris of Wake For est. Miss Leonard, who took sec ond place, spoke on the "Golden Rule." Asserting that inflated nationalism is a constant dan ger she stated: "If wars were less profitable, fewer wars would exist." In his speech Russell urged students to come out of that at titude of smug complacency which they have gradually slip ped into since the World War. PRESS RELEASES BOOK BY WRIGHT Elizabethan Middle-Class Cul ture Discussed by Scholar. W. T. Couch, director of the University Press, announced yesterday the release of "Middle-Class Culture in Elizabethan England," by Louis B. Wright. "The Elizabethan trades man," says Wright, "was the backbone of progressive enter prise in England and the direct ancestor of a civilization to pre dominate on both sides of the Atlantic ..." This study represents exhaus tive research among rare sour ces. It is divided into three parts. In Part I the topic is "The Background," in which the author discusses the citi zen's pride an citizenship and de fines the middle-class. Part II deals with the "Whole Duty of the Citizen," and Part III is the "Citizen's Literate Recrea tions." Wright received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina and taught here. Among the appointments he has held are: Johnson research scholar at Johns Hopkins, Gug genheim research fellow in Eng land and Italy, and visiting scholar of the Huntington li brary. Dr. Wright is now at the Huntington library. Students Vote Today, Tomorrow 1 On Semester, Class-Hour Change Faculty Considering Adopting Both Plans Ballot Boxes Located in "Y," Graham Memorial, Spencer, Everett, and Grimes. TO SOUND STUDENT MIND Students will have the oppor tunity of expressing their minds today and tomorrow in the Daily Tar Heel straw vote which will begin this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Two questions, relating to the proposed class-hour change and the adoption of a semester sys tem at this institution, will be the subjects for student ballot ing. . . Students to Vote Ballots, which appear else where on this page, are to be fill ed ouirby students interested in voting and placed in any one of the five ballot-boxes on the campus. Boxes will be placed this morning in the Y. M. C. A. lob by, Graham Memorial lobby, Spencer hall, and the dormitory stores in Everett and Grimes dormitories. The two questions have been previously discussed in the Daily Tar Heel. The one con cerning class-hour changes was recently submitted to the Stu dent Welfare Board, which, with but one dissenting vote, favor ed the idea. Semester Question The semester matter is under consideration by the faculty in connection with the new curri culum, although official state ments deny that this system must necessarily follow from the adoption of the curriculum as already planned. The editors of the Daily Tar Heel are sponsoring the vote in order to sound out student opin ion rather than to make a policy stand, although they have ex pressed a definite opposition to the class-hour change. The balloting; will close to morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. POOL HEADS BODY OF N. C. STUDENTS University Senior Elected Presi dent of State Federation. The sixth annual convention of the North Carolina State Federation of Students ended in Raleigh" Saturday with the elec tion of Jack Pool of the Univer sity of North Carolina as presi dent. Other officers elected were William Aycock of State Col lege, vice-president; Ann Brad sher of Meredith College, sec retary, and Annie Laura New som of Duke, treasurer. The federation has formulated plans for a drive to establish ab solute student government in the North Carolina colleges, based on the present forms of student control at the University and State College. Committees were appointed to carry out the plans for this drive. The conference also passed a resolution endorsing the work of the National Federation of Stu dents for the - maintenance of world peace, and its nation-wide educational radio broadcasts'. x The next convention of the federation will be held in Green ville, the home of Eastern Cara- lina Teachers College. Pool announced yesterday that he has extensive plans for next year's federation. Chronicle on Sale, Discusses Jingoism One hundred copies of the Chronicle of World Affairs, pub lished monthly by the League of Nations Association, will be put on sale this morning in the Book Exchange by the Foreign Policy League. The newspaper sells for five cents per copy. This particular issue of the Chronicle is directed against William Randolph Hearst, Chi cago's' jingoist, and his policies. The whole subject of jingo jour nalism is well covered. According to Joe Barnett, president of the Foreign Policy League, the League of Nations Association has sent consider able material to the league throughout the year and, due to the association's co-operation and to the interesting nature of the present issue of its Chroni cle, the local group decided to take 100 copies to sell on this campus. STUDENT STRAW VOTE Below is the official straw vote ballot. 4 The proposed class-hour change means no more classesper student, but five class periods in the morning instead of four as is the case at present. , There is a possibility that the semester system will be adopted next year, although there is uncertainty on the part of the administration. . Ballot boxes will be placed this morning in the Y. M. C. A. and Graham Memorial lobbies, in Spencer hall, and in the stores at Everett and Grimes dormitories. Note: students' names will not be used in tabulating the re sults of this poll. Ballots must be signed, however, in order to count in the results. Student Straw Ballot Do you favor the proposed change in class-hours stipulating five morning classes on the hour beginning at 8 o'clock? Yes No Do you favor the adoption of a semester system for the University of North Carolina's undergraduate schools instead of the present quarter system ? Yes No 4 Name. .. :....v.;..v-;; . Carolina Buccaneer Is Re-Born As New Council Acts Speedily Daily Tar Heel Staff All staff - members of the Daily Tar Heel who plan to attend the annual banquet in Graham Memorial Thursday night at 6:30 o'clock must pay their assessment of 75 cents to Lonnie Dill or Bob Page at the Daily Tar Heel office by 4 o'clock this afternoon. This afternoon is absolutely the last time that arrange ments may be made to attend the banquet. CAMPUS LIBERALS UNITE TO SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS New Group Plans Campaign of Action Rather Than Wrords. Meeting in Graham Memorial last night, a group of liberal fac ulty members and students formed a club dedicated to a campaign of action on campus social problems. First on the calendar of the club is a fight, for better work ing conditions and wages for the self-help students of Carolina. Instances were cited of students working for as little as 12!c an hour for their board. Other issues which the club will face are those of peace, civil rights, and social justice. The next meeting will be held Thursday at 8 p. m. in Graham Memorial. All those students who have been previously in vited, and all others who are in terested in the problems which this club has set for itself to face are urged to attend. News Service Out The first release of the Daily Tar Heel News Service was sent out yesterday to 46 high and 34 preparatory schools in and around North Carolina. The news service will be. a weekly feature of the Daily Tar Heel's nrosrram and is under the management of Don McKee, an assistant editor of this pa per, and Newton Craig, fresh man. Two mimeographed pages of general news made up the re lease yesterday. In addition, approximately every high school newspaper in the state received a typewritten page of personals telling what its alumni are do ing at Carolina. Councillors Go to Town, Grant Lansdale's Request After Half -Hour Deliberation. EXIT "HANDLELESS CUP The Carolina Buccaneer is arisen again. "An intelligently written and edited publication and I hope it will be that comes into the world under a terrific and unrea sonable handicap if it has to bear the name 'Finjan.'" That is what Editor Nelson Lansdale of the erstwhile Fin jan told the Student Council last night, among other things. Goodbye, Fin j an Soothe Student Council, meet ing in) its initial session and as one of its first. acts, last night re-established the Carolina Buc caneer, .ending the one-year stand of Pat Gaskins' Finjan, born of the ill-fated Buccaneer of 1934 and previous years. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating, but I'll have to ask you to believe that a re-born Buccaneer will not cling to the unsavory tradition of the past." Thus Lansdale pledged himself to a high standard of humor and New Deal in humor publica tions. And so ended a political con troversy, and an ephemeral 'cup without a handle." Last night's decision took less than one-half hour. OFFICIALS BEGIN TEMSflF OFFICE Pool Savs Committee Doesn't Have to Submit Constitu tion Unless It Wishes. A small crowd gathered in Memorial hall yesterday morn ing to witness the formal induc tion of the newly elected campus officers. Frank Abernethy, out going president of the student body, presided over the meet ing. Jack Pool, speaking on behalf of the incoming officers, ex pressed their appreciation of the trust which the student body has placed in them. In his ex-officio position as head of the student council, Pool declared his intention of "making the student council more than just a court." About a Constitution ... He also made it clear that the committee on constitutional problems is not expected to sub mit a constitution unless the committee sees fit to do so; its purpose is to make an intensive and sincere study of problems on the campus. President Frank Graham spoke of the history back of the various publications and organi zations which we have on our campus today, describing the growth of the Yackety Yack, the Daily Tar Heel, and the stu dent council. The incoming officers are: Jack Pool, president of the stu dent body; Thomas Evins, vice president of the student body; Phil Hammer, editor of the Daily Tar Heel; Charles A. Poe, editor of the Carolina Magazine ; James McCachren, president Athletic Association; Claude Rankin, Jr., editor Yackety Yack; Nelson Lansdale, editor of the Finjan; William Yandell, president of the Y. M. C. A.; Lester Ostrow, chief cheer leader; Hubert Rand, president senior class.