THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH
Wm ieel
A JOURNAL OF
THE ACTIVITIES
OF CAROLINIANS
TO CREATE
A CAMPUS
PERSONALITY"
. VOLUME XLIV
fSrrOUAL FBOKX 4151
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
NUMBER 145
Questionnaires Reveal Alumni
Opposed To Engineering School
Removal, New Athletic Rulings
Very Heavy Majority
Of Alumni Returning
Votes Are Objectors
Rondthaler Releases Figures On
Returns from Questionnaires
Sent Alumni in February
ABOUT ONE-THIRD REPLY
DEBATE CHIEF
A decisive majority of the a
lumni of the University of North
Carolina who answered question
naires sent them in February
have gone on record as being op
posed to the removal of the en
.gineering school from Chapel
mil, to the disbarment of a
scholasticalljy qualified student
from participation in athletics
"because he has ireceived and
openly disclosed reasonable f i
nancial assistance from alumni
or friends of the University' j
and to the abolition of "the pre
sent Athletic Council and trans
ferring sole authority over ath
letics to the president of the con
solidated University."
The answers also recorded a
decisive vote in favor of "aggres
sive action by the officers and
directors of the Alumni Associa
tion on behalf of the University
at Chapel Hill." ,
One Third
Approximately one third of
' the 13,000 alumni to whom bal
lots were sent returned them.
The tabulated results of the
questionnaire, which were tal
lied by staff members of the cen-
. tral alumni office here, were an
nounced last night by Dr. Ho
- ward Rondthaler, president of
"the General Alumni Association,
-at a meeting of the officers and
board of directors of the Gener
al Alumni Association at whose
direction the ballots were sent
-to all alumni in this state, and
to all paid-up members of the
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Wcil Lecturer Is i
Leading Lawyer
In Public Service
Felix Frankfurter Has Disting
uished Self in National Poll
tics and Teaching
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UMVERSnYCLUB
MLLELECTHEAD
OF BODY TOMGHT
Nominations for President Can
Still Be Made from Floor,
Warren Says .
MEETING STARTS AT 7:15
H0r(MMGS
WELL BE SPEAKER
AT DURHAM MEET
United States Attorney General
Scheduled to Address Social
Science Conference April 27
CAROLINA GROUP TO GO
E. Ralph Rankin who,
since 1913, has directed the
annual debates and athletic
contests which bring high
school contestants from' all
parts of the state to Chapel
Hill.
DEBATE CONTEST
TO OPEN TOMGHT
High School Debate Teams En
ter State Preliminaries Here
This Evening
Felix Frankf urter,-well known
and influential lawyer who will
speak on "The First Hundred
"Years of the Supreme Court and
the Commerce Clause" for the
"Weil lecture series on April 23,
24, and 25, came to this country
in 1894.
Since that time he has held
numerous important public offic
es and has been called "the most
influential single individual in
-the United States" by General
'Hugh S. Johnson.
Gets First Degree
In 1902 he was graduated with
an A. B. degree from the City
of New York. Four years lat
ter he left Harvard Law School
-with the L. L. B. degree.
From 1906-10 he held the of
fice of Assistant U. S. Attorney
of the Southern District of New
"York and for the next four years
he was law officer for the Bu
reau of Insular Affairs for the
rpnartment. At the out-
i f ux -"ir
T)reak of the war he became s
professor of law at Harvard.
War Offices
During the war he held num
rous public offices which cul
Tninated in his becoming Chair
man of the War Labor Policies
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Preliminaries will begin here
tonight in the 24th annual con
test of the North Carolina High
School Debating Union, ' spon
sored by the University exten
sion division as a part of the
University's high school week
celebration.
Some 256 debaters represent
ing 64 high schools from all over
the state will arrive here today
to participate in the competition
tonight and tomorrow for" the
Aycock Memorial Cup," which is
offered by the intercollegiate de
baters of the University to the j
school taking first place in the
contest. Besides the debating
teams, athletes from state high
schools will come here to enter
the tennis tournament and track
meet which are also a part of
the celebration.
Finals
Final contestants in the debat
ing competition were selected by
triangular debates, held over the
state, March 27, in which 225
schools participated. The query
for both the preliminary and
final contests is, Resolved: That
the several states shall provide
Last vestiges of an old order
of University Clubs will be re
moved tonight when both old and
new "spirit" men pick a, new
president to succeed the old or
der's Julien Warren.
Meeting in their club room in
Graham Memorial at 7:15, the
rising juniors who were - just
taken in will gather the admin
istrative reins into tneir -own
hands, dismissing the forty-odd
members who have served al
year, after both old and new take
part in the election.
Nominations
Warren declared last night
that nominations can be made
from the floor for the presiden
cy at tonight's meeting. Propos
ed candidates suggested by the
nominating committee last week
were: Nick Read, Bill Hudson,
Randall Berg, and Frank Rog
ers. -. . - -V;.;;
At the election last spring,
Warren himself was nominated
from the floor. Full member
ship attendance is expected to
night in view of the balloting.
Other officers will be picked
also.
Details of the club's activities
in connection with High School
Week will be discussed. 1
Today's Balloting Booths
To Be Placed In Y.M.C.A.
NOBLE TO PLAY
Homer S. Cummings, attorney
general of the United States,
will be the principal speaker at
the North Carolina Conference
for Social Service, in Durham,
April 26, 27, and 28, it was an
nounced yesterday by Dean M.
T. Van Hecke.
The Administration of Crim
inal Justice" is the topic for the
series of lectures and discus
sions at the annual meeting of
the conference, which has for
its purpose the initiation and
fostering of movements for soc
ial progress in the state.
Delegates
Plans are being made for a
large delegation from the Uni
versity to attend the special stu
dent program on the first day of
the conference, Sunday, April
26. The conference will open
with a sermon Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock and will continue
with addresses and meetings
through Tuesday .afternoon.
Dr. M. R. Trabue will appear
on the program Monday.
' The outstanding feature of
the program, will be the address
by . United States Attorney Gen
eral Homer S. Cummings at 8 p.
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Student Bo3y Votes
On New Publications
Union Constitution
Juniors, Freshmen, Co-eds Pick
Officers Today; Five Fresh
man Posts in Controversy
MULLIS OPPOSES GRAHAM
The results of today's ballot
ing in the Y. M. C. A. building
will determine the presidency of
the junior class, the entire soph
omore class officials, and a Pub
lications Union Board constitu
tion for next year.
Clyde "Pete" Mullis will meet
Reuben Graham in a battle of
votes today with the presidency
of the rising junior class at
stake. The other officers for
the 1936-37 term of the third
year men have already been
elected through unanimous nom
inations. Sophomores
Rising sophomores will select
between the candidates of the
Students Party and five other -nominees
for their officers next
year.
On the sophomore officers
slate are .Henry Hudson " and
Sam Davis for president; John
ston King and Charles Robin-
The Digest Of Parliamentary son for vice-president; Billy
Law And Procedure" Will Be Campbell and Chuck Kline for
Used as Text secretary: Joe Chetham and M.
A.- Stroup for-treasurer ; Keith
Ray Noble and his orches
tra will play, for the last
four dances in the German
Club finals in the Tin Can
June 4-6. Noble is consider
ed one of the top bands in
the country after having
been playing for little more
than a year.
OFFICERS' CLASS
TO BEGIN MONDAY
German Club Signs Ray Noble
To Play For Final Dance Set
Two Tea Dances, Three Formal
Dances to Round Out Set; No
Band Signed for Opener
IS NOBLE'S FIRST VISIT
Ray Noble and his orchestra
will play for the last four dances
of the German Club Finals in
the Tin Can June , 4-6, officials
of that organization announced
yesterday.
Noble will play for a tea dance
and a formal dance Friday and
another tea and formal dance
Saturday. It has not yet been
determined who will furnish the
music for the opening dance of
the set Thursday night.
Elation
German Club members are
elated over securing the band
The English band leader has
had a meteoric rise and his band
has achieved phenomenal suc
cess within the nast year. As
for the socialization of medicine. far as is known, he has never
The debaters will first meet, Diaved in this section of the
at 12 o'clock today in Memorial
hall, where drawing for sec
tions and pairs in the first pre
liminary will be held. Professor
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P. U. Board
The Publications' Union
Board will not meet this aft
ernoon, but Fletcher Fergu
son, secretary of , the board,
announced that applications
for business managers of all
publications are now accepta
ble. .
These applications for bus
iness managerships must be
in by Tuesday of next week,
and, according ' to present
plans, the applicants will be
interviewed by the board next
Thursday. ' The. interviewing
and decisions are hoped to be
completed the same day.
"The Dierest of. Parliamentarv I -c.-i.i j -o.-n
m. in Trinity Methodist Church, LaW and "procedure" bv J. J. ..Ix " m
Mnndnv mVVif n t T T , , " . I otuueut wuuncii representative,
lvionaay mgnt. Farlev. T.. Ti R. has Kapti -miTriPrul ,
- - ' - ; - i ne- election oi tne vv Oman's
graphed-and will be ready for Association officers for next
distribution at the first class m year als0 wiu be greeted today
officers training to be held in the Y M a YQting
Monday at chapel period m New FoUowing adoption by the stu.
dent Council, the proposed con-
One or two groups on the cam- stitution for the Publications
pus who have been sent invita- Union Board wiU be pt or
u,iaiCUavBmum. refused b the campus. The
ea at tne x. ivi. x,. a. to signny of the nponoaed iaws
tneir intentions ana tney are
urged to do so at once.:"
New Officers" .
May Day Rehearsals
Begin Next Tuesday
More Than 100 Girls to Be Fea
tured in Elaborate Pageant
Rehearsals for May Day will
begin Tuesday afternoon accord
ing to the committees which met
yesterday to complete plans for
the gala affair.
The pageant will he in the
Robin Hood or Old English mo
tif, and all of the dances will
conform to those which herald
ed the approach of spring in the
bandit's green forests. Besides
the May Court, more than 100
girls will be used in the dances.
The celebration will be held
May 15 in the new track stad
ium. Mrs. Gladys Beard will
direct the dances.
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Confidence M
SadderBut Wiser
Leaves Book 'X'
All newly-elected presidents,
vice-presidents, secretaries, and
treasurers will attend the ses
sions Monday, Tuesday, Thurs
day, and Friday which will be
led by Professor W. A. Olsen.
Two special classes for treasur- Poses as Bureau of Standards
ers will be held the first part of Man to Conduct Racket; Beats
the week by R. H. Sherrill. Boarding House Bill
The officers' trammer class
which was initiated by the Y. hen one Gene H. Carnea,
W. C. A: is being supported by PsmS as an agent of tne ed
the Phi Aeniblv. Di Senate. eral Bureau of Standards in
Student Council, Y. M. C. A. and Washington, departed from this
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the rising sophomore class.
James Melton Discusses Experiences
While Lying On Carolina Inn Lawn
country before.
Noble gained fame in England
as a popular composer and lyric
writer. He became arranger for
the British Broadcasting Corpo
ration's dance orchestra. Then he
joined the British Victor com
pany, H. M. V., first as an ar
ranger, then as staff conductor
as well and finally became gen
eral musical director for the
company.
Recorded
When Noble completed an ar
rangement for a record, he
would assemble the best musi
cians available, rehearse them
and conduct them. His men
were drawn from the leading or
chestras in London and "Ray
Noble's New Mayfair Dance Or
chestra" had its identity only on
phonograph records.
The orchestra had a distinc
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Radio - Cinema - Concert Star
Would Like to Spend Vaca
tion in Chapel Hill
By Bob Perkins
James Melton, ratjio, concert
and movie star, lay flat on his
back upon the Carolina Inn
lawn, squinting at the sun
through the leaves, his head cup
ped in his hands, and recounted
tales of his experiences.
This is Melton's second visit
to Chapel Hill.- While working
his way through school by play
ing a saxophone in an orchestra
he appeared here in 1925 with
Francis Craig's orchestra.
After his broadcast in New
York tomorrow night, Melton
will leave for Hollywood to make
two more pictures. The first
will be "Cain and Mable" with
Marion Davies, and the second,
"The Desert Song." Melton does
not know who will sing oppo
site him in the "Desert Song,"
but he hopes it will be Irene
Dunne.
He considers Miss Dunne one
of the most attractive and best
singers in Hollywood.
Melton suddenly sat up and
spat violently. He had been
plucking blades of grass and
chewing the ends of them. By
mistake he had pulled up a
bunch of wild onions.
Resuming the conversation he
said his principal pastime is
cruising about on his 60 foot
yacht, the "Melody." About three
years ago he was caught off the
Atlantic coast in a hurricane.
How the party ever escaped a
live was a miracle. Melton said
it was the most exciting exper
ience in his life. He even for
got to sing for 24 hours.
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supposedly worldly-wise college
town last week, he left one board
ing house mistress, Mrs. S. B.
Smithey, and the manager of the
University Book Exchange "sad
der but wiser."
Nor wras this all. Represent
ing himself as a graduate stu
dent in the Department of Phy
sics, he cashed a worthless check
at the Book Exchange, ordered
books on credit at the Bull's
Head Book Shop, faked a regis
tration to gain admission and
concessions, and when he skip
ped town, owing for a week's
board and room, he took with
him almost everything he could
find loose about the house.
During a week's sojourn here,
according to the police who have
a warrant for his arrest, Carnes
posed as a graduate of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy, a former professor from the
University of Nebraska, and a
World War veteran.
Now the Bull's Head . Book
Shop is waiting to deliver the
books; the Book Exchange and
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