North Carolina Newspapers

1 v Wtt VOLUME XLV PRIZES OFFERED TO DORMITORIES FORmSPLAYS Elaborate Exhibitions Are Planned For Homecoming Spurred on by prospects of a free social and picture show, free ice cream cones and cash prizes, residents of the University dor mitories will compete tomorrow in decorating for Homecoming day. Each of the 12 undergraduate men's dormitories will present a display, and, according to Al bert Ellis, president of the In terdormitory council, all indica tions point to the most elaborate Homecoming exhibit ever seen on the campus. Residents of the dormitory receiving first prize will be the guests at a free show at the Car olina theater and a social at Graham .Memorial. Second and third prizes will consist of $15 and $10 m cash, and free ice cream cones will be given to all members of the dormitory awarded fourth prize. Judges The exhibits will be judged on the basis of originality and cleverness of theme and neat ness of appearance. Judges for the occasion are to be Professors J. E. Mulder, E. L. Mackie, R. H. Wettach, and Mr. C. M. Ander son. . Members of the Interdormi tory council committee on Homecoming decorations are : F. W. Campbell; J. R. Parker, and Robert Varley. Vr Competing in a separate con test are Spencer hall, Carr and Smith buildings and Archer house. Exhibits will be Judged on the same basis as those of (Continued on page five) SIX DAYS REMAIN FOR GYM ESSAYS Wednesday, At 3 P. M. Set As Deadline With only six more days to go, the Daily Tar Heel essay con test is swinging down the home stretch.: ' T ' ':' Student essays on "The Bene fits To Be Derived from a New Gymnasium and A Swimming Pool" are due at 3 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon when they will be turned over to the judges for selection of" two winners to receive $15 in prizes. Share mm According to authorities m char ere of the PWA nroject, the. essays will be valuable in rais ing the University's share of the allotment. Points which are brought out in the essays will be used as arguments in raising the funds. 0. K. Cornwell, head of the physical education department; Dr. R. W. Lawson, director of Bynum gymnasium; and C. T. Woollen, controller of the Great er University, will judge the es H award the $10 first prize and the $5 second prize. The prizes will be awarded on pure merit of the benefits sug gested, and not on excellence of writing. The rules of the contest are 1. The essay shall consist o not more, than 500 words on the subject, "The Benefits To Be De rived from a New Gymnasium and Swimming Pool." 2. All entries must be turned into the Daily Tar Heel office by 3 o'clock, Wednesday, No vember 4. No entries will be re eusxxks fborz 4is Young Republicans To Complete Plans For Campaign Today GOP students will Meet Today At 3:30 in Graham Memorial Inspired by the gratifying re marks made by Col. Knox about Chapel Hill in a recent radio ad dress, the Young Republicans on the campus will meet today at 3 :30 o'clock in 213 Graham Me morial, to discuss plans for the remainder of the campaign and for getting out the voters on Tuesday. Leighton Dudley, president of the Young Republicans, requests all who are interested in secur ing the election of Landon, Knox and Grissom to attend the meet ing: and plans will be made to see that the absentee ballots are secured. In his radio speech of Wednes day night, Colonel Knox, speak ing on a national hook-up from LaCrosse, Wis., stated that his Chapel Hill audience was one of the largest and most apprecia tive he had spoken to. He fur ther commented that the stu dents of the University seemed to be individuals who thought for themselves regardless of the political affiliation of their fam ily. - The officers of the Young Re publicans on this campus are Leighton Dudley, president; Helen Pritchard, Bob Gavin, John Parker and Frank Mc- Glinn, vice presidents and Anita de Monseigle, treasurer. Koch Will Interpret Scenes From Hamlet Program will be First of Sunday Evening Playreadings 4 m Dr. Frederick H. Koch, head of the department of dramatic arts, will interpret "Scenes from Hamlet" Sunday evening at 8:30 in the Playmakers theater. The Hamlet program will in augurate the regular monthly Sunday evening playreadings for this season. . Among the scenes Dr. Koch will present will be the throne scene, the famous ghost scene, the closet scene, and the grave diggers' scene. Fashion Stylist Pattv Penn, Clayton's coed contribution to the University who, last night, appeared in Al pha Kappa Gamma's first fash ion show. - 3 "Ls CHAPEL HILL,- N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 193S Swing Sister Ina Ray Hutton, blond and sophisticated stage and screen sensation, who brings her all girl "swing" band, "The Melo- dears," to Greensboro tonight where they play for an Esquire club dance. Hutton's Hot Rhythm Invades Greensboro For Dance Tonight Blond Bombshell of Melody to Play for Esquire Club's Fall Dance . Ina Ray Hutton, blonde stage and screen sensation, tonight in vades the tranquility of Greens boro evenings with her razzle- dazzle swing band to play for an Esquire club dance. Composed entirely of girls Miss Hutton's orchestra, which is known by young men every where as "The Melodears," has become one. of. the nation's lead ing exponents of loud and lusty jazz. The original arrangements of the band are supplemented by costunie changes, torch singers and the dancings of Miss Hutton Follies Girl Miss Hutton, who was discov- ered in a Follies front row a little more than a year ago, has brought her band to headline status on Broadway and in Hol lywood. The dance will be held in the Winter Garden of Greensboro from 9-1 o'clock tonight. Script is $1.10 per person at the gate and 85 cents per person advance sale. Jack Cheek is distributing advance tickets on the campus. Girls who have been selected as sponsors are Misses Mickie (Continued on last page) l 1 1 mijjjui rr w i ' '' '''' "'.,. ' , ' :'' ' , ' , sS' '',' ; c . ' X " ' .v.-y.-y. J a? vs ' : ' ,'4 - ', ' ' -. ' , ,, A' ' , ' I - h . ' - F ae? f - - r 1 wiaBBa-aMMfcM.yjtf.igj.- Dame Fashion Parades In Glory At Alpha Kappa Gamma Pageant Show will be Presented Again Tonight in Memorial Hall At 8 O'Clock Following their initial per formance last night, Alpha Kap pa Gamma will again present their pageant of dress tonight at 8 o'clock in Memorial hall. Dancing outmoded steps in outmoded costumes, 72 campus men and women brought the at mosphere of the . old Southern plantation and the "Diamond Jim Gibson girl" days to Chapel Hill. Scenes displaying styles, .dances, and songs of 1776, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1936 showed the evolution of American social life for the past 160 years. Second Part The second part of the show featured 10 of the most stylish coeds on the campus parading advanced winter fashions. Eliza beth Keeler as Dame Fashion typified all styles as she review ed the models displaying the newest creations. Music foiJie PLAYTiIAKER BILL TO OPMTONIGRT Four New Productions To Be Presented Presenting four plays this eve ning at 7:30 in the Playmaker theater, the Carolina Playmak ers will begin another year of experimental productions. The plays to be produced were written this fall by students in the dramatic arts department, and are indicative of the work done in the University to further establish a truly folk theater in the state and nation. Plays ' .being piayea tonignt are Ugly Hands," a tragedy of fac tory women by Kate May Ruth erford of Indiana; "WaitinV i drama of the southwest Virginia Mountains by William Peery of Raleigh; "The Barren Year," play of a South Carolina farm woman by David Beaty of An derson, S. C; and "And Things Happen," a play of post-war shadows by Don Watters of Ra- vena, umo. . As in the past, there is no ad mission fee for this bill of plays. The audience will take part in the evening's entertainment, and will aid the playwrights by mak ing known their criticisms and general comments following each play. League Of Nations Director Will Visit Campus In December Eichelberger will Speak and Con : duct Forums on Policies Clark M. Eichelberger, na tional director of the League of Nations association, who has just returned to America from Geneva, will visit Chapel Hill the first week in December, ac cording to a statement made Wednesday by the campus com- mittee of the L. N. A. Eichelberger, who is now in the western part of the United States, will come east - next month and will visit the Univer sity immediately after his re turn. He is expected to speak and conduct several open forums and check, up on the local organ ization which has just been formed on this campus. Eichelberger has just attend ed the League of :Nations annual assembly in Geneva, Switzer land." dances was furnished by Nancy Smith, pianist, and Albin Piku- is, violinist. Special refrains were sung by the Agonizers, a quartet composed of Frank and Gene Turner, Ernest Vander burgh, and DeWitt Bartlett: A special feature of the pag eant was the personallv auto graphed program. A number of names of prominent students and professors appeared on the program, signifying the endorse ment of the project by them. Assisting Alpha Kappa Gam ma in presenting the show are the Y. WC. A., Spencer Hall, town girls, Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi. Each of these groups worked up one of the scenes. The seven members of Alpha Kappa Gamma headed committees ar ranging the event. All costumes and gowns for the show were secured by the Betsy Ann shop of Chapel Hill. Admission to the pageant is 30 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. dttouai. reran 4in Homecoming Gets Under Way Tonight With Gay Stunt Program Prognosticator Sports commentator Fletcher W. Ferguson, speaking over the radio last night in the last of a series of programs sponsored by the University club, again picked the Tar Heels to down State tomorrow. The "Wolf pack" referred to in his Daily Tar Heel column Wednesday, which caused much comment, is Coach Ray Wolfs pack, Ferguson de clares. False Rumor Tells Of Red Candidates' Visit To Dr. Graham Visitors Turn Out to be Univer sity President and Insur ance Salesman Into the Daily Tar Heel of fice yesterday came news that Communist Candidates Browder and Ford were in town. The Reds had stopped a student and asked where Dr. Graham's office was located. They had come, the excited student thought, to de fend Dr. Ericson against his criticizers. f ' ' A telephone call to Dr. Gra ham's office disclosed no knowl edge of the visit. A reporter was dispatched to the President's of (Continued on last page) Coed Model fx - i v J S Chapel Hill's Eliza Rose as she appeared last night with Dame Fashion in the style pa geant, which was sponsored by Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary woman's fraternity. ..s;;-- , ' . ., Ml NUMBER S7 Celebration Pep Rally Will Follow. In Front Of South Building Grail Dance Also With the Carolina inn filled to its capacity and returning alumni crowding the Village, the Homecoming celebration for this year will get under way of ficially today at 5 p. m. The first event will be the judging of merchants display windows for prizes of six foot ball tickets to be awarded at the stunt program to be held in the evening. All exhibits, must be up by 5 o'clock or they will not be eligible for judgment. The University band will give a concert in front of Memorial hall at 6 :45 p. m. After the con cert a gay stunt program and Homecoming celebration will be held in. Memorial hall at 7 o' clock. Program A galaxy of talent will be pre sented at this jubilee which is being sponsored by the Univer sity club and Graham Memorial. Admiral" Archibald Henderson will head the cast of artists who will perform. The "Admiral" will deliver the principal home coming address. Bill Aycock, former president of the student body at State and at present a graduate student here, will tell Carolina-students and alumni what Homecoming should mean to the students of North Carolina and to the state. The 'Tinctorial Trio," a girls trio, will sing a selection of pop- s (Continued on page five) BRADSHAW GIVES TALKJNCHAPEL Dean Discusses Student Mortality In Detail Discussing various aspects of student mortality at the Univer sity, Dean Francis Bradshaw ad dressed freshman assembly, yes terday morning. "Only about 27 per ' cent of those who enter the University receive degrees," he said. "Half of those who drop out are forced to do so because they receive low grades. Many reasons account for the other half, such as lack of money, lack of interest, fall ing in love, and just getting tired of school." Regrets "You are more likely to regret leaving too soon than leaving too late," he continued. "I-recall no alumnus who has ever said that he wished he had left before he did. The main course of studv here is planned for four years. Taking only a part of it is just like eating half a meal." Dean Bradshaw. made four suggestions to those who wish to stay in school. "Try to remain four years; plan those years well; meet the demands of your courses; and above all, start to do so right now," he said. Student Types The speaker brought out the fact that three types of students I come here. One type comes for a general survey of knowledge, or a liberal arts course. The second type comes here for an introduc tion to some calling. The third is the type who finishes high school, don't have to work, and come here because of no other place to go. : (Continued on last page)