Library -of .UIIO
Chapel Hill, II. 0.
VOLUME XLV
BCSIHES3 FHOHE 4)56
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1937
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NUMBER 77 '
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Dance
Group
oigns r ieias
For Germans
JMid-winter Affairs to be Held
Here February 12, 13; Will
Begin -with Tea Dance
Definite word was received
yesterday by Oscar Tyree, sec
retary-treasurer of the German
club, that Shep Fields and his
iand will play for the set of mid
winter dances to be held here
February 12 and 13.
Following theii usual proce
dure, the German club members
will start off their set on Fri
day afternoon1 with a tea dance,
continue Friday night with a
iormal ball, another tea dance
Saturday afternoon and wind up
the set Saturday i night with another-formal.
Officers of the Carolina Ger
man club are Randolph Rowland,
president, Louis Schaffner, vice-
president and Oscar Tyree, sec
retary-treasurer.
Shep Fields, originator and
master v of, the now-well-known
""Rippling Rhythm," is filling an
engagement at Arcadia, interna
tional restaurant in Philadel
phia. Frank Dailey and . his
Meadowbrook orchestra played
for the mid-winters last year.
Phi Will Conduct
Spring Elections
.Assembly to Discuss Holiday
Delay, Neutrality Act
Election of all officers for the
spring quarter , will be ; held at
the meeting of the Phi assembly
Tuesday night at 7 :15 in New
ZEast. x -
This election was rushed due
to the necessity of getting pic
tures into the Yackety Yack
Speaker McGlinn stated that he
wishes all members to be pres
ent.
Bills to be diseussed are, Re-
.solved, That the Phi assembly
approve the delay of-spring holi
days until April 11 that the
American Chemical society may
be accommodated; Resolved,
That Congress amend the recently-passed
neutrality act to
prohibit the sale of American
made armaments to any nation
at any time; and Resolved, That
the legislature make legal the
sale of liquors in restaurants and
hotels throughout the state.
Nazi Film To Head
German Movie Bill
Picture Deals with Party Con
gress at Nuremberg
Old and new Germany will be
described in a series of German
talking films to be shown at the
Carolina theatre next Thursday
night at 9 o'clock.
Probably the high-light of the
program will be a Nazi film en
titled "The Triumph of Will,"
which deals with the party con
gress at Nuremberg, and which
shows the various fields of Nazi
achievements.
"The Oberammergau Passion
Play," "Winter Sports in Bav
aria," "Peasant Wedding in Hes
sia," and "Love of the Harmon
ica" will be the other short films
shown.
The four films are distributed
by the German Railways in New
York. According to Dr. W. P
Friederich, member of the Uni
"versity German department, the
Nazi film has been added to the
selections "because of V the gen
eral desire to hear and see what
Germany has to say for her pres
cnt form of government."
Kittredge Talks
Here Thursday
Shaksperian Scholar Will Speak
in Playmaker Theater
By Bill Hudson
George Lyman Kittredge, col
orful hero of the .Harvard Uni
versity "Kittredge Saga," will
ecture on Shakspere's Vil
ains" Thursday evening at 8 :30
in the Playmaker theater.
Retiring last June, after half
century of teaching, scholar
ship and myth-making, Profes
sor Kittredge, who was never
Ph.D.'d because of the unan
swerably of his question,
Who would examine me?" had
become a world authority in
Beowulf, Chaucer, medieval ro
mances, popular ballads, folklore
and Shakspere. "
He had made and unmade doc
toral candidates, and had served
as an unambiguous oracle-bv-
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Growell Edits
Latest Issue
OfAKGNews
New Copy of "Torch
Bearer" Released
Here by Coed
Ruth Crowell, DAily Tar
Heel editorial assistant, senior
in the journalism school. and
chairman of ways and means
committee of the Phi assembly,
is the editor of The Torch Bear
er, official publication of Alpha
Kappa Gamma, national honor
ary fraternity for . leadership,
which was published yesterday
in Chapel Hill.
Miss Crow
ell was elec
ted to the
editor ship
at a recent
convent ion
of Alpha
Kappa Gam
ma leaders
and ha d
spent . the
last two
1
1
weeks c o 1-
ecting, writing, and editing the
copy for the paper.
Purpose
"Progress" is the editorial aim
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Police Chief I$eminiscently Recalls
Wild And Woolly Saturday Nights
Quiet Now Prevails But Sloan
Yearns for Bigger and Better
Headquarters
By Sam Engs
"I've had the best of 'em in
m , 1 II ' 1.
nere, out somenow:in me past
few years things have quieted
down considerably," said Chief
of PoIiVp W. T. Sloan vesterdav.
Wp wprP rhattino- in the little
- ... - . .i--r; - - v
room over the fire house that the
town of Chapel Hill uses for a
jail. Just at the time there were
no offenders behind the bars, and
the whole atmosphere was one
of peace and quiet.
Downstairs Fireman sFrank-
lin, one of the town's paid force
of two, was sitting, waiting for
the alarm to ring. Upstairs Chief
Sloan and I were discussing
Chapel , Hill crime. It seems that
Mr. Sloan was on the town force
from shortly after the war until
1928, when he. was elected Sher
iff of Orange county. He held
that job until 1935, and then re
turned here to become chief of
the local police.
15 Years Agtf
Ten to 15 years ago the stu
dents were "apparently very dif-
W'To Argue
Topics Picked
For Institute
Von Beckerath, Frazer
Will Lead Groups j
In Discussion
Preliminary discussions of the
four topics of the coming Hu
man Relations Institute will be
gin tomorrow night at the
Sophomore and Junior-Senior Y.
M. C. A. cabinet meetings.
Dr. Herbert von Beckerath
will meet with the upperclass
men at 7:15, second floor "Y"
building, to discuss the current
European situation, with empha
sis on the Spanish crisis.
At the same time K. C, Fra
zer, professor of political sci
ence, will tell the sophomore cab
inet in the "Y" browsing room
of international relations at the
recent Buenos Aires conference.
Topic
"International Relations and
Government" is the institute
topic under which tomorrow's
discussions will fall. .
In coming meetings, there will
also be discussed "Human Rela
tions in Business and Industry,'
"Interracial Relations," and "Ed
ucation and Human Relations."
A project of the sophomore
cabinet is-distribution of ques
tionnaires on the four institute
topics to increase student body
interest in the institute's pro
gram, which will begin March
28. ..'-
; George MacFarland, junior-se
nior cabinet president, and Bob
Dalton, sophomore cabinet lead
er, urge any interested members
of the student body to attend
their Monday night human rela
tions discussions.
Grade Inquiry-Cards
Up to last night 82 ans
wers from the faculty con
cerning the University
grading system had been
received at the Daily Tar
Heel office.
Faculty members who
have not as yet returned
the card inquiries sent
them are urged to do so to
morrow or Tuesday.
ferent from the present group
Many of them 'had been in the
war, and had come back to finish
their education. Experience
overseas had had a marked ef
fect on their trend of thought
and behavior, and policing
Franklin . street on Saturday
nights was no easy task. Every
in ..l. -i n
I unaay morning wouM nna me
two tiny cells mied th moan-
ing occupants who wanted buck
ets 'of. -ice water, and nothing
else. Now, however, it is a rare
occasion when a student is
forced to snend the nierht in
uuidute vne. vve are eimcx
J.i.n tit- :-t"U..
becoming more sensible, or else
in the old days men were made
of sterner stuff.
Jail
The jail itself is not a very a
tractive place. Two small cages
are situated in a room about 15
by 7 feet. Each cell will accom
modate two prisoners, and pro
vides double-deck " bunks for
sleeping.
A small ante-room just off the
jail itself serves as police head
quarters. It-is the condition of
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Cut ' Privileges
Things Of Past
Rules on Attendance Now Left
Up to Individual Instructors
By Mac Smith . : ;
Class attendance is how a mat-!
ter for the individual instructor. 1
. Years ago students had defi
nite "cut" privileges.
In 1930 came the crisis in an
attendance turmoil which had
raged on the campus for a num
ber of years. Addison Hibbard,
then dean of the college of lib
eral arts, had left Chapel Hill
and Dean Hobbs had moved up
to fill his shoes. -. . -
Fight
The Hibbard fight for very "lib
eral" attendance requirements.
particularly among juniors and
seniors, lost ground as New
Dean Hobbs, Dean Carroll and
the rest- of the faculty attend
ance committee began to move
definitely toward non-recogni
tion of any unexcused absence
privilege . . . for anyone.
Dean Carroll wanted to allow
Honor Roll men, who'd stayed on
the preferred list three quarters
in a row, the privilege of "cut
ting"; he figured they had won
their "right to freedom."
The Daily Tar Heel flew up
in arms ; a Campus Central Com
mittee crystallized student body
opinion against any further lim
itations of the attendance op
tions (limitations had been grad
ually growing since the Hibbard
efforts retired) . .
"Look at the liberal moves in
this field taken by all the other
schools in America," the paper
editors shouted. "And look how
many more people made "the
honor roll last quarter ! ! ! (more
had, too) We don't need tighter
attendance rules.- ..."
But the faculty decided to pro
hibit all permission of "cuts,"
except to two-quarter honor roll
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Russell To Speak
To Philology Club
Will Talk on Spanish Chroni
clers at Monthly Meeting
At the monthly meeting of the
Pholological club Tuesday night
Dr. J. C. Russell of the depart
ment of history will be the prin
cipal speaker. His topic will be
"The Chroniclers of Medieval
Spain." :
Dr. Russell will show that "the
differences between the Spanish
Chroniclers and those of north
ern Europe were due mainly to
the Arabic influence."
During the past fall Dr. Rus
sell published a book entitled
"Dictionary of Writers of Thir
teenth Century England." It was
published in London by the In
stitute of Historical Research of
the University of London.
In the summer of 1935 Dr.
ussell was a fellow of the Is
lamic Seminar at Princeton uni
versity and became especially
interested in the Moorish devel
opments in. Spain.
Dr. Russell has made two ex-
tensive trips over Europe. At
the time of his junior year in
college he. went to Italy and stu
died in the University of Rome.
He spent nine months in Eng
land in 1930-1931 as a Guggen
heim Fellow.
Comer to Speak
"Y" Secretary Harry Comer
will lead a discussion on "Sex
and Healthy. Mindedness" at the
Freshman Friendship council
meeting tomorrow night.
The council convenes .at 7:15
in the Di senate hall, New West.
Newsp
Institute
aper
To Convene
Principal Speaker
V"
Paul V. Mcjsutt, governor
oi Indiana, who will appear
here at 8 p. m. Thursday night,
January 14, to speak in Hill Mu
sic hall at the public meeting of
the North Carolina Newspaper
institute. '
Di Will Consider
Amendments Bill
Senators
United
to Discuss Changing
States Constitution
Discussing constitutional
amendments of -their own organ
ization and also of the United
States, senators of the Di will
meet Tuesday night at 7:15 in
the Di hall.
The first bill for discussion is,
Resolved, That the United States
should adopt some constitutional
amendments, giving Congress
power to enact minimum wage
and maximum hour laws. Mem
bers will also argue, Resolved,
That the Student Activities fees
be compulsory.
Four amendments to the Di
constitution introduced at the
last meeting will be discussed
and voted upon. A new repre
sentative to the Carolina Poli
tical union will be elected be
cause of the resignation of Tom
my Miller.
President George Steele will
appoint a representative to the
Debate council, and yesterday
asked that any member of the
Di interested in holding such
position see him.
i
Koch Tells Ideas
Of Recent Plays
Professor Picks Anderson's
"Wingless Victory" as Fav
orite of Season
Professor Frederick Koch re
turned last week from his an
nual New York theater visit
and reported seeing 16 plays in
seven days.
Koch picked "Wingless Vic
tory" as his favorite of the sea
son. It is by Maxwell Anderson,
who was a student of the dra
matics teacher at the University
of North Dakota several years
ago. .
The dramatics professor told
the Chapel Hill Rotary club four
days ago that Paul Green's new
est vehicle, "Johnny Johnson,"
is drawing large audiences and
proving very popular.
Green's play , opened Novem
ber 19 at the, Forty-fourth
Street theater, and is being pre
sented by the Group theater.
Other Dlavs on which Koch
commented were:
"Idiot's Delight," which he
considers "overrated," "On
Your Toes," "The Country
Wife," "Victoria Regina" and
"It Can't Happen Here."
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Group
Here Thursday
ILN.C, Duke University
To Be Co-Sponsors
Of Gathering
Starts In Hill Hall
Many important newspaper
men ana public omciais are
scheduled for addresses at the
North Carolina Newspaper in
stitute which convenes here
Thursday evening. .
Complete plans for the insti
tute were announced yesterday.
The University of North Caro
lina and Duke university are co
sponsors of the annual institute.
The schedule of meetings and
important speakers that will ap
pear follows :
Thursday, 8 p. m., public meet
ing in Hill Music hall at which
Dean House, Carl Council, presi
dent of the state Press Associa
tion, Governor Hoey, Governor
McNutt of Indiana, and the Uni
versity band will appear.
Friday, 9:30 a. m., at which
will speak Paul West, director of
the National Advertisers Asso
ciation; Dr. George Gallup, di
rector of the American Institute
of Public Opinion; and Hiden
Ramsey, general manager of the
Asheville Citizen-Times.
Friday, 1 p. m. Brief talks by
0. J. Coffin, Pete Ivey and Dr.
Carl Ackerman, dean of the Col
umbia school of journalism.
Friday, 6:30 p. m. A dinner
at Duke, followed by the address
of Robert M. Johnson, of the
Chicago Tribune editorial staff.
-Saturday, 9:30 a. m. Last
session in the Carolina Inn, at
which Cranston Williams, execu
tive secretary of the Southern
Newspaper Publishers associa
tion, will discuss the social secu
rity act; and a report of Fred
Story, United Press White House
correspondent, on "Covering the
President."
YWCA To Hear
'New Year' Talk
Dr. Stewart to Give Address Be
fore Business Discussion
"The Challenge of the New
Year" will be the topic of the
Rev. Donald Stewart's speech at
the meeting of the Y. W. C. A.
tomorrow night at 7:15.
The business to be taken up
at this meeting is the election of
a secretary, and a discussion of
the banquet, to be held January
20. The secretaryship was left
vacant by Anne Fountleroy who
graduated at the end of the fall
quarter. The banquet marks the
first anniversary of the cabinet,
and at this time the "Y" hopes
jto gain admission to the na
tional association, which will
send a representative to the
celebration.
Nancy Smith will give several
piano selections at the meeting
tomorrow night. An invitation is
extended to town girls as well as
Spencer hall girls to join the
group. . ,
Kemp to Broadcast
For several years Hal Kemp
has won increasing acclaim with
his. unusual style of dance music.
In addition to the Kemp or
chestra, Kay Thompson and the
Rhythm Singers will be heard
each week. Both Miss Thompson
and Kemp have long specialized
in distinctive rhythm patterns
and novel syncopation, and the
new program blends their tal
ents in an entertaining half hour
of dance music.