McRae Speech
8:30 P. M.
Hill Music Hall
McRax Spttch
8:S0 r. m.
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VOLUME XLIV
EDITORIAL FHOXS 41 SI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1936
K3XXE3S PHOI 4154
NUMBER 156
McRae Will Present Platform
For Gubernatorial Candidacy
Independent Candidate!
Favors Immediate
Cut In Taxes
SPEAKS IN HILL AT 8:30
John A. McRae, candidate for
the state governorship, speaks
tonight at 8:30 in Hill hall.
McRae is the third guberna
torial candidate to present his
major platform planks on the
campus this spring under the
sponsorship of the Carolina Poli
tical Union. Dr. Ralph McDon
ald and "Sandy" Graham have
appeared previously.
The Charlotte lawyer comes
liere from High Point, where he
delivered an address last night.
For the past six weeks he has
been campaigning extensively.
Independent
McRae calls himself an in
dependent candidate. One of his
chief proposals is economy in
government.
He is known to favor immedi
ate aooiition ot sales tax on
-necessities. If other means of
-revenue be discovered, he would
entirely abolish the existing
sales tax.
Local-option liquor control is
another major plank of his plat
form. He would allow each of
"the state's 100 counties to
choose or refuse alcohol in an
independent vote.
McRae was graduated from
"the University's law school in
1903. At present his son is a
sophomore here.
Floyd Fletcher is chairman of
the Carolina Political Union
-which brings Candidate McRae
here fonight, and will introduce
the speaker.
Watercolor Course .
Split Into Sections
'Stanley Woodward Will Teach
Three Division of Art Class
ine tnree-weeKs course m
Avatercolor painting being given
lay Stanley Woodward, Boston
artist, has been divided into
three sections, it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. Corinne Mc
Jeir of the extension depart
ment. Monday, Wednesday, and
Triday morning classes will be
Tield from 9 to 12, and after
noon classes from 2 :30 to 5 :30.
Another morning section is be
ing given on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays from 9 to 12
in order to take care of students
Jiaving elass conflicts.
LYSISTRATA REHEARSALS
First rehearsals for "Lysis--trata"
will be held this after
noon from 2:30 to 6 in the For
est theatre. In case of uncer
tain weather there will be a not
ice published on the Playmakers
theater bulletin.
Gussie Guesses:
Seems like Proff Koch and
his cohorts are getting ready
to put on another forest
theater production. Just when
we thought the Playmakers
were comma
out of the
woods!
Increasing
cloudiness, prob
ably showers to
night. 1
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Speaks Tonight
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John Albert McRae, Sr.,
Charlotte's Democratic can
didate for the governorship,
will appear in Hill hall to
night at 8:30 to outline the
major planks of his plat
form. WRITER BELIEVES
N0VELJSP0TENT
Struthers Burt, Well Known Au
thor Says Novel Indefinable;
Praised by Paul Green
"No one has yet been able
to define a novel properly," was
the opinion of Struthers Burt,
well known writer and author of
"Delectable Mountains" and
speaker for the weekly tea given
yesterday at ; the Bull's Head
bookshop.
Mr. Burt was introduced to
a large audience by Paul Green,
who commended him on his con
stancy to his ideal of beauty in
spite of his various activities as
essayist, novelist, poet, farmer,
and crusader for the beautifica-
tion of our state highways.
Novel's History
Struthers Burt based his re
marks on "The Making of the
Novel" and traced its history
from its beginning in Greece in
200 B. C, through the middle
period and down to our present
day novel.
"The novel is one of the most
potent forms of writing," con
tinued Mr. Burt, "and is one of
the vaguest. There is so much
difficulty encountered in getting
at the real technique. A novel
is so easy to write if it is bad
and so hard to write if it is
good."
Tea was served in the book
shop preceding the regular pro-
cram and an open discussion
followed Mr. Burt's talk.
Seniors Rehearse
Class Melodrama
In Deep Secrecy
Stunt Night One Act Play Is
Practiced Behind Closed
Doors; Beacham Heroine
By Pete Ivey
Secret practice for the senior
class mellow-drama was held
last night behind closed doors
in Graham Memorial.
"Bunk" is the name of the
play which was secured by ar
rangements with Samuel French
and Co. of New York. It is a
one-act play and is a part of the
stunt night program to be given
next Wednesday night in Memo
rial hall.
Hazel Beacham, in the part of
Lady Agatha Allrope, is the
heroine of the play, and playing
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A
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CUMMINGS TALKS
ON CRM EVILS
AND PREVENTION
Attorney General Emphasizes
Need for Efficient Personnel
In Crime Prevention
CITES PROBLEMS OF U. S
By Allen Merrill
"The most important thing
in any undertaking is personnel,"
stated Homer S. Cummings, At
torney General of the United
States, in his address yesterday
morning to a crowd which filled
Memorial hall.
"I have sought to develop,
he continued, "in the federal
department of justice a person
nel of better trained, more in
telligent, and better educated
men. Crime has become one of
the most vital of modern prob
lems, and we've got to bring
about a co-ordinated and integra
ted system for its control."
Interstate Crime
Crime has seen in the last
few decades, according to Cum
mings, a crisis in its evolution.
"The interstate character of
crime," he said, "has been the
most marked development of the
crime problem."
Modern methods of transpor
tation and communication, en
able criminals to evade the juris
diction of local authority; it
has thus been necessary for the
national government to develop
into a "nerve center" for the lo
cal units. "The federal govern
ment," he asserted, "has not
only been -able to achieve re2
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CRAIGHILL, SMITH
GET NEW POSTS
Student Council Selects Hold
over Members for Next Year
James B. Craighill and Melvh
B. Smith have been elected to
serve as hold-over members of
the Student Council, it was an
nounced yesterday toy Francis
Fairley, president of the student
body.
Craighill is senior representa
tive at the present time, and
Smith is the representative from
the medical school.
Barber Shop Ballad Singer
Boasts Kaleidoscopic Career
Sigmund Spaeth Sports Writ
er, Ditch Digger, Army Of
ficer, Columnist, Professor
By Bob Perkins
Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, billed as
America's most- entertaining
educator and educational en
tertainer, who will' give a lecture-recital
in Memorial hall to
morrow night, has been a
sports writer, ditch digger, U.
S. Army off icer, columnist, con
cert manager, author, and pro
fessor, of German under Wood-
row Wilson at Princeton.
With a magnifying glass, and
well trained ears, Spaeth traces
down the family trees of current
song hits, and finds the sources
of their melodies in classical
symphonies, drinking tunes,
church hymns, opera, etc. In
his offices he has a dozen secre
taries who track down the clues
he finds through huge files of old
music.
Versatile
Spaeth, well known as a critic
and lecturer, is versatile both
in music and literature. His lat
est book, "Symphony Tunes," an
experiment to make symphqnic
music popular, is the 15th he has
CAFE SETTLEMENT
Attorneys Henry A. Whit
field and Roy W. McGinnis
are anxious to complete dis
bursements to the students
who had purchased meal tic
kets from the defunct Tar
Heel Cafe.
Those students who filed
their claims with Dean Francis
F. Bradshaw or Roy W. Mc
Ginnis are requested to see
Whitfield or McGinnis for a
final disposition regarding
their claims.
MUSIC STUDENTS
OFFERED AWARDS
Eight Scholarships Open to Mu
sic Students Next Year
Eight scholarships valued at
$54 each will be available for
students entering the music de
partment of the University in
September, it was announced
yesterday.
The i scholarships, two in vio
lin, and one each in cello, piano,
voice, organ, flute, and clarinet,
are available to high school grad
uates residing in North Caro
lina and will be granted on the
basis of the musical ability,
scholastic standing, and finan
cial need of the applicant.
Two of the scholarships, one in
cello'and one in violin, are offer
ed by the Alpha Rho chapter
of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fra
ternity.
BULLETIN
..... B usiness managers for all
campus publications' were
chosen in a lengthy session
of the Publications Union
Board last night.
Those chosen are: Yac
kety Yack, Ned McAllister;
Daily Tar Heel, Eli Joy
ner; Carolina Magazine,
Herbert Osterheld ; Bucca
neer, Niles Bond.
McAllister, Osterheld, and
Bond have served in the
same capacities this year.
Bond's appointment pends
his acceptance of it; he ap
plied for the Daily Tar
Heel position, which was
given to Joyner.
had Dublished. Probably the
-
best known of his books is the
"frankly ribald" "Barber Shop
Ballads." a lesson in how to
sing to close harmony.
His "Art of Enjoying Music"
is one of the most popular of the
introductions for the layman.
Although he prefers to be
known as a barber shop bari
tone, Spaeth's prime ambition is
to write the great American
opera. He is president of the
American Association of Com
posers and Conductors, and has a
number of original compositions
and lyrics to his credit.
"Spaeth is popular all over
the country because he can tell
music stories so that the sports
writers would print them. He
knows his subject, too. But it
is his knowledge of what the
other fellow likes that makes
his music talks so much in de
mandthat and a sparkling
sense of humor," , says the Los
Angeles Times."
EDITORIAL STAFF
There will be a meeting of the
entire editorial staff of the
Daily Tar Heel this afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Registrar Says
Honor Roll
TO TEACH
Paul Green, nationally
known writer for the stage
and the screen, and Pulitzer
prize winner, who will re
turn to professorial duties
with the inauguration of
the new Dramatic Art de
partment here next fall.
PHARMACY GROUP
TO HOLD DANCES
Freddy Johnson to Play for
Dance Series Which Will Be
gin With Formal Friday
The annual pharmacy school
dances will be held Friday and
Saturday in Bynum gymnasium.
Freddy. Johnson, and,. his orches
tra will furnish the music.
The leaders for the dances
are: Clyon Lewis, president of
the pharmacy school, with Miss
Louise Matthews of Randleman ;
A. E. Millis, president of the
senior class, with Miss Marjo
rie O'Brient of Durham; J. W.
Watson, acting president of the
junior class with Miss Mary
Neal Saunders of Rocky Mount ;
James L. Creech, president of
the sophomore class, with Miss
Annette Thomas of Raleigh.
Ralph G. Templeton, presi
dent of the freshman class, with
Miss Letty Osburn of Chapel
Hill; H. T. Murrell, dance com
mitteeman, with Miss Marie
Stanley of Durham; Phil Link,
dance committeeman, with Miss
Audrey Rowell. ,
The dances, which will begin
with a formal dance Friday
evening, will include a tea dance
Saturday afternoon, and a for
mal dance Saturday evening.
Fleece To Select
Outstanding Men
In New Ceremony
Tapping Rites for Highest
Order Next Tuesday Cloud
ed in Mystery
Departing from the traditional
ceremony of publicly selecting
the campus' outstanding stu
dent leaders, the Order of the
Golden Fleece, highest campus
honorary society, will conduct
its 33rd annual tapping rites
next Tuesday night in a new and
mysterious manner.
There will be no speaker for
the evening, no stilted program.
At 8:30, the doors of Memorial
hall will be locked and the lights
put out. In an hour, the cere
mony will have been completed
in startling fashion and another
group of prominent students
will have been chosen to Fleece
membership as a public acknow
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. I iaafefrja'jg-frt Kh:3tofccSKv immimmmJt
385 Made
'Last Quarter
Juniors Lead AH Others
In Class Race
With 111
31 HAVE ALL A'S
A totaf of 385 students made
the scholastic honor roll last
quarter, according to figures
which have been released by the
administration.
Thirty-one of the honor stu
dents made all A's. The junior
class led with 111 members on
the roll, followed by the fresh
men with 90.
Classified by University di
visions, the honor roll students
were: liberal arts, 170; general
college, 86; commerce, 55; ap
plied science, 18; engineering.
15 ; and pharmacy, 14.
Students making all A's were :
Annice W. Belden, C. W. Black-
well, T. G. Bloom, J. L. Cobbs, S.
R. Collett, L. A. Cotton, Ernest
Craige, A. H. Fotouhi, R. F.
Furchgott, M. B. Gillam.
A. H. Graham, S. P. Hatch,
L. E. Hinkle, R. C. Howison, W.
S. Jordan, Jack Lynch, J. T. Mc
Cullen, Jr., F. C. McGlinn, A.
H. McLeod, P. R. Mulene, R. V.
Mullen, H. L. Sager, D. H. Scott,
T. E. Street, C. F. Vilbrandt, F.
H. Wakeley, J. W. Watson, D. G.
Wetherbee, R. E. Whitehurst, C.
S. Woodbury.
A list of all honor roll stu
dents follows alphabetically:
Donald Abbott, William F.
Aberly, Jerry Harry Allen, R.
T. Allsopp, C. C. Armfield, J.
S. Armfield, Joseph Axelrod, R.
Baddour, E. R. Bahnson, E. O.
Baily, Ann Baker, R. W. Baker,
J. F. Barber, J. Y. Barnett, H.
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DR. ARNOLD BAKE
TO SPEAK FRIDAY
Master of Science of Music Will
Give Lecture Recital on Music
Of East and West
Dr. Arnold Bake of Sahtini-
ketan, Bengal, will give a free
lecture-recital on the music of
the East and West in Hill Music
hall, Friday evening at 8 :30,
through the courtesy of the
Elizabeth Sprague Collidge
Foundation.
Known as a master of the
science of music arid possessor
of a rich baritone voice, Dr. Bake
will give an introductory talk
on the music of the East and the
West followed by a recital of
songs of India and Western
parallels.
Lived In India
Dr. Bake has lived for nina
years in India and has a keen
understanding of the songs and
music of the country.. He has
visited the closed country of Ne
pal, north of India, and has made
a study of the unusual music,
religious dances, and the folk
ways of the region. While there
he made many moving pictures,
slides, and phonograph records
which he will use to illustrate his
lectures.
"My songs were obtained un
der the oddest conditions imagin
able. I spent four ' months at
Katmandu, the capital of Nepal,
gathering the Buddist religious
chants. I have gone among the
Santals of Bengal, and the Urall
tribes of Travancore, sat in the
homes of orthodox Brahmins and
have heard from the lips of mod
est. Brahmin ladies the Radha
Krishna songs," says Dr. Bake.