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CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1936
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UNIVERSITY DAY
AUDIENCE HEARS
fflTCHELL SPEAK
Memorial Service Also
Commemorates Event
Of Holiday
"We are a coordinate branch
of government here because we
are a state thinking," asserted
Dr.. Samuel Chiles Mitchell as
he spoke in the 143rd Founder's
Day exercises yesterday morn
ing. The University Day exercises
commemorated not only the lay
ing of the cornerstone of Old
East on October 12, 1793, but
also, were a memorial service to
the sons of Carolina who have
died during the past year.
"The impulse to creative
thinking beats stronger here'
"he continued. "More than a state
thinking, more than all kinds of
knowledge, this University
stands for the total creative life
of the commonwealth. Not only
does it teach things, and the
truth in them, but it above all
teaches philosophy and think
ing. -
v Problems
"North Carolina today is reg
nant from the Rio Grande to the
Potomac, because she has train
ed all her peoples as a source of
social energy. After 1865 her
problem was threefold econo
mic development, national inte
gration, and Tacial adjustment.
She has met these problems
with institutions like this one,
for education is the epitome of
the South's problem," he went
on. ' '
"The thinker must have free
dom, not only from outer re
straint, but also from inner prej
udice. A university must have
great thinkers and teachers in
it.". After he had told the stor
ies of the persecution of some
of the world's greatest think
ers, Dr. Mitchell said, "The
world has been kinder to its
criminals than its thinkers."
He then went on to trace the
story of how one man's lack of
social insight cost the nation a
billion dollars and a million lives
when North Carolina's repre
sentative cast a vote for slavery
west of the Alleghenies.
Future
"You past is secure," he said,
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BOND ANNOUNCES
NEW COMTTEES
Warren, Knott, Grier
Head Senior Groups
The committees for the senior
class of this 'year were an
nounced yesterday by President
Niles Bond. Julien Warren was
named chairman of the Dance
committee. His assistants are
Henry Clark, Joe Fisher, George
Flynt, and Frank Umstead.
Herbert Osterheld is chairman
of the Invitation committee.
Phil Kind is chairman of the So
cial committee. Eddie Kahn is
chairman of the Regalia com
mittee.
Joe Grier -was appointed
chairman of the Commencement
Week committee. Allen Knott is
chairman of the Budget com
mittee. Bob Gardiner is chair
man of the Class Gift commit
tee. Frances Campbell is chair
man of the Cans and Gowns
committee.
Sp A Im Memorial Hall
Presides Today
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the Carolina Political 'V
which brings Col. Frank Knox,
Republican candidate for the
vice presidency, here today.
Sororities To Give
Bids To New Women
Through Dean Stacy
Coed Rushees will Make Deci
sion by Preferential Bidding
This Year
After a four-day-period of si
lence; which followed rush sea
son, coeds receiving invitations
to Chi Omega or Pi Beta Phi
sororities will be notified today
by bids issued through the of
fice of Mrs. M. H. Stacy, dean of
women.
Preferential bidding will be
used this year. Each coed re-
' ICS
ceivmg a bid will be notmea to
report to Mrs. Stacy's office at a
stated hour today. Here she will
say which sorority she prefers
rather than receive bids and
then make her choice as under
the old system.
If a rushee prefers a sorority
which she has not been asked to
join, she may still accept or re
ject the bid received from the
other sorority.
Coeds receiving bids will go
to their respective sorority
houses after they have pledged
today.
Mrs. Chamberlain '
To Talk At Bull's
Head Tea Today
Authoress of "Old Days in Chap
el HilF-Born in Salisbury
Mrs. Hope Summerell Cham
berlain, authoress of "Old Days
in Chapel Hill," and granddaugh
ter of Elisha Mitchell, will speak
this afternoon at ' a $ea tto
be held in the Bull's Head book
shop at 4:15.
Mrs. Summerell grew up in
Salisbury, and is the daughter
of Dr. J. J. Summerell, promi
nent physician of the communi
ty. She now makes her home in
Durham and is affiliated with
the Woman's college of Duke
university.
The book "Old Days in Chap
el Hill" deals with the life and
letters of Mrs. Cornelia Phillips
Spencer, who was responsible
for the reopening of the Univer
sity of North Carolina after the
Civil war. Mrs. Summerell, who,
right after her marriage was a
resident of Raleigh, was an in
timate friend of Mrs. Spencer's
family. " , ,
POLITICAL ISSUE
TO BE SUBJECT
OF DIXON'S TALK
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Jeffersonian Democrats
To Be Represented
Tomorrow Night
Determined not to allow cam
pus interest in its fall program
to wane, the Carolina Political
Union will present Thomas
Dixon in Memorial hall tomor
row night to speak for the Jef
fersonian Democrats of the
state.
Not as prominent nationally
as Col. Frank Knox, whom the
union is presenting today, Dixon
is nevertheless recognized as a
great thinker.
His book, "The Clansman,'1
which was adapted to the screen
as "The Birth of a Nation" in
1915, established Dixon in lit
erary fields.
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Backed by 50 years of politi
cal experience, he will ; speak
here on "America at the Cross
Roads," reported to be a discus
sion of "the threat of radicalism
against America."
Dixon has left his home in
Cleveland county this month to
deliver a series of statewide po
litical talks under the sponsor
ship of Jeffersonian Democrats.
His appearance here will be
that of the third political leader
to be presented by the Carolina
Political union in the last two
weeks." - Bishop Paul Jones, so
cialist, who spoke a week ago,
and Col. Knox, Republican, have
been other highlights of the 'or
ganization's fall speaking sched
ule. Scholastic Ratings
According to figures re
leased last night by G. K.
Henry, assistant registrar,
Chi Omega led local Greek
organizations in scholarship
rating with an average of
2.43 for the school year
1935-36. Sigma Delta was
second with an average of
2.46. Pi Beta Phi, with a 2.
49 average rated third, and
Phi Alpha was fourth with
2.57. Phi Alpha was given
the scholarship award by
the Interf raternity council
for haying the highest av
erage of any fraternity be
longing to the council. The
three highest fraternities
are not members of the
council and are thus ineli
gible for the award.
Carolina Dramatic
Adjourned
Koch Reads Selections from A
Midsummer Night's Dream;
Stage-Radio Drama Given
With a reading of selections
from "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" by Dr. F. H. Koch, the
directors of the Carolina Dra
matic association Saturday eve
ning brought to a close their
their two-day fall conference
held in the Playmaker theater.
Included on -the Saturday eve
ning program was "Madame
Curie," a stage-radio broadcast
produced by Wilbur Dorsett, di
rector of the Federal Theater's
little theatre in Raleigh. The
radio play will be again pre
Colonel Knox Proves
Clever In Criticizing
New Deal Program
Vice Presidential Candidate's
Career Shows Unusual Jour
nalistic, Political Talents
Although he has only 30 min
utes in which to make his ad
dress, Col. Frank Knox will tell
nis Memorial nail audience a
great deal about politics and po
licies this morning if he is as
concise as he has been in recent
talks.
For 38 years the Republican
vice presidential candidate has
been a newspaperman, learning
to be brief and to-the-point.
Statements
Recently confronted with 10
questions regarding policies that
Frazier Hunt has been perplex
ing candidates with all summer,
Knox fired out answers to all in
10 minutes. Among his. state
ments were:
"I favor an immediate at
tempt to bring the budget into
balance. -
"I do not favor any further
devaluation of the dollar but I
believe in its stabilization at its
present low content.
"Under a j philosophy of indi
vidual freedom there is no possi
bility of any law, which is con
stitutional, which would control
or fix wages."
Knox became a cub reporter
in Des Moines in 1898, following
his graduation from Alma col
lege (Michigan) - and -: service
with the Rough Riders in Cuba.
- Newspapers
His activities from then until
1918 were the acquisition of a
chain of mid-Western papers.
He grew to the rank of colonel
while overseas in the World war.
Five years ago he became ed
itor and publisher of the Chica
go Daily News, and still more re
cently a luminary in the Repub
lican national party.
Knox has been praised for
his personal qualities by editors
of both Republican and Demo
cratic publications. Today he is
62 years old.
Successors
Asked recently whether he
realized the critical significance
of possibly succeeding the
Roosevelt administration this
fall, Knox replied:
"The man who goes in there
is going to have several years of
hard work and run a good chance
of being one of the most unpop
ular men in the country . . .
"The man who becomes the
next president might go out of
this office with his skin full of
holes."
Association
In Saturday Meeting
sented over WPTF in Raleigh
Thursday afternoon at 2 :15.
An illustrated lecture on mod
ern stage scenery and design by
Samuel Selden was also on the
evening bill, and included many
slides of stage sets designed in
New York as well as in Chapel
Hill.
Lois Drew, director of the
Kennel Workshop in Wilming
ton, crave a talk on "Marionettes
and Our Recreational Program,1
a talk designed to stir interest in
puppeteer ing in the state. Ma
rionettes will play a large part
in the dramatic festival to be
held next March.
Republicans Invade State
As Knox Campaigns Here
Class Schedule
Chapel hour this morn
ing will begin at 9:23
o'clock to enable students
and faculty members to
hear Col. Frank Knox,
whose address in Memorial
hall begins at 9:30 'a. m.
Chapel hour ends at 9 :53
a. m., and second period
classes begin at 10 a. m.
The remainder of the
day's schedule will be nor
mal. FIFTY NOTABL
TO BEON STAGE
Recognition To Be Given
Officials Today
Fifty prominent state and
campus officials will appear this
morning on the stage of Memo
rial hall with Col. Frank Knox.
The Carolina Political union,
sponsor of the vice-presidential
candidate's appearance here, has
made arrangements for the rec
ognition of the following people:
Faculty: President Frank Gra
ham, Dean D. D. Carroll, Dean
A. W. Hobbs, C. T. Woollen,
Dean M. T. Van Hecke, M. S.
Breckenridge, E. J. Woodhouse,
E. S. Lanier, Dean CP. Spruill,
and Mrs. Sally Ray.
Students: Frank McGlinn,
John Parker, Helen Pritchard,
Mac Smith. Leighton Dudley.
Charles Gilmore, Ed Jeffress,
Fred Weaver, Don McKee, Phil
Schinhan, Jane Ross, George
Steele and Carl Jeffress.
Among the Republican offi
cials from the state are :
Gilliam Grissom, candidate
for governor; W. C. Meekins,
chairman of the state Republi
can party; Charles A. Jonas, na
tional committeeman; I. B.
Tucker, president of the White-
ville University Alumni chapter;
and eleven Republican congres
sional candidates.
Phi Assembly
The Phi assembly will hold a
short meeting tonight at 7:15 in
New East to discuss the ques
tion of whether new dormitories
are more needed than a gymna
sium and a swimming pool.
The committee appointed to
investigate the Student Enter
tainment series will be unable to
make a report as scheduled.
Speaker Frank McGlinn an
nounced yesterday that the as
sembly will co-operate with the
American Student union in their
plans for student forum discus
sion of the November campaign
to be held a week from tomor
row in Graham Memorial. A
committee will be appointed to
assist the A.S.U. committee in
arranging for the forum.
Di Senate
"Resolved, that Hearst and
the Republican party were un
justified in attacking Roosevelt
for the support of the commun
ists" is the question to be dis
cussed before the Di Senate to
night. '
George Steele, president, will
preside, and the meeting will
begin at 7:15 in the Di hall in
New East.
Today
Program To Commence
In Memorial Hall
At 9:15
CPU Will Sponsor
Colonel Frank Knox's special
train rolls into Chapel Hill this
morning at 8 o'clock, and an
hour and a half later the first
vice-presidential candidate ever
to appear at the University will
speak to the student body in Me
morial hall.
Frank McGlinn, president of
the Carolina Political union,
which is sponsoring Knox's ap
pearance, announced yesterday
that all is ready for the recep
tion. An automobile caravan will
meet Knox at the Pittsboro
street railway siding at 9 o'clock.
Twenty minutes later the pro
gram will begin in Memorial
hall.
McGlinn will introduce Presi
dent Frank Graham, who will
present the Republican candi
date. The principal speech will
not be over half-an-hour long.
The plans of many political
and press officials of the South
to be here this morning testify
to the national importance of
Knox's appearance here. This is
the first invasion of a major Re
publican candidate in North
Carolina during the current
presidential contest.
Two amplifiers have been
placed in front of the hall in the
event of an overflow crowd.
Thirty prominent state Re
publicans and twenty students
and faculty members will be on
the stage with Knox this morn
ing. Band and organ music will
precede the address.
Following his appearance
here, Knox will board his train
and leave immediately for Ashe-
ville, where he presents another
major political address this aft
ernoon.
McGliiin will accompany Knox
as far as Greensboro. A stop
will be made at Burlington for a
rear-platform appearance of the
candidate. , ,
Sale Of NYU Tickets
To Begin Tomorrow
At Athletic Office
200 Tickets Reserved for UNC
Students for 55 Cents Each
Tickets for the Carolina-N. Y.
U. game will go on sale tomor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
athletic association office on the
second floor of Graham Memo
rial. The cardboards will sell for 55
cents and are good for reserved
seats in regular stands.
Tickets must be purchased at
the athletic office, since no stu
dent admissions will be sold in
New York City.
Students must show . their
passbooks at the Yankee sta
dium when they present their
tickets in order that they may
be identified.
Only 200 student tickets have
been reserved. Those who plan
to attend the game should call
for their tickets early so that
additional ones may be ordered
if necessary. The Athletic de
partment will be unable to as
sure reserved seats to those who
do not apply for tickets immediately.
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