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Library of UNO Chapel Hill, II. 0. WJh $ Wm ri II TiD- Wmt IfeirI VOLUME XLV EDITORIAL PHOKg Aitt .. - " ' - ' ' ' - - iMAfiHL, HILL, N. C FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937 bushess phom 4m San Martin, Tolstoy Sigh For Institute Committee Approves Al Smith, Warburg Mrs. Piriihot " Y" Secretary Harry Comer told the Human Relations insti tute committee yesterday after noon that Grau San Martin, ex president of Cuba, and Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, famed Rus sian-aristocrat, have been sign ed as additional speakers during the institute week, : March 28 April 3. The addition of San . Martin nd "Countess Tolstoy swells to approximately 12 the number of speakers contracted by ' the in stitute to discuss problems of human relations. Among the others are Dr. Erich Zimmer mann, Dr. Stanley High, Thomas Jesse Jones, James T. Shotwell, and Henry A. Wallace. ' Exile San Martin was president of the Cuban republic in 1933. At present he is an exile, living in Miami, Florida. He will discuss various aspects of the Caribbean situation. Countess Tolstoy will discuss "Education and Family Life in Russia." A daughter and private secretary to Count Leo Tolstoy, she is now on a speaking tour of this country. In its session yesterday, the committee made plans for ask ing other speakers to visit the University for institute lectures and seminars. 'mmmLL Also Approved Among those approved for in vitations were Alfred E. Smith, James P. Warburg, author of "Hell Bent for Election," and Mrs. Gif f ord Pinchot, who, if she accepts, will be the guest of the Carolina Political union. Comer announced to the com mittee that Harper Sibley, pre sident of the United States (Continued on last page) Avon Players Here Tonight "Merchant Of Venice'? To Be Dramatized Shakespeare's ''Merchant of VfiniCft" will ho nrPQATiforl Tnxr ha Avon players sponsored by the , -".merely nominating him for cam- Carolina Playmakers at. the Playmaker theater tonight at 8:30. Headed by Joseph Selman, who plays the role of Shylock, the Avon players are one of the oldest touring companies in the country, having been touring for eight years among most of the leading colleges in he south and middle west. . . ". - Selman has played with many prominent actors and actresses among whom were Mrs. Fiske and George M. Cohan, and has appeared in such Broadway pro ductions as "The -Bat," "Three Faces East," and others. Portia Portia in this production will he played by Marta Kytle, vet eran of numerous Shakespeare and modern shows. Other mem bers of the cast include Eugenia DuBoise, and Lance Davis, both f whom have had long and var ied careers on the professional stage. Tickets for the performance ay be had at the box office of the theater tonight. Students may avail themselves of the special Students rates. Freshman CoedsfoWarhle On Special Program Monday V" 7 -V I V v Altajane Holden, Elizabeth Weaver, and Anna Ties HurVo the only freshman co-eds, have a variea.iresnman assembly program Monday morning which will be presented under the sponsorship of the Freshman Honor council and Fred Weaver, adviser to the group. Billy Weil and his orchestra will be on hand to f urnish music for the occasion and each member of the council will make a brief speech. Councilman DeWitt Barnett will act as master-of-ceremonies and will introduce Baxter Taylor, president of the freshman class, who will make the first address. Ben Dilworth, recently elected captain of the freshman basketball team will also speak. Council adviser Fred Weaver promises that the program will be of special interest to every freshman and "entertaining to any other members of the student body who wish to attend. Buccaneer Staff Hayden Clement For Editor Members Oppose Policy Of Daily Tar Heel, Yackety-Yack . Deadlock On Vote Hayden Clement, D. K. E. and University junior transfer from Princeton university, last night received the nomination of the staff of the Carolina Buccaneer for its 1937-38 editorship. Clement was opposed by Flet cher W. Ferguson and Lawrence Hinkle. The nominating vote was not announced, however the staff stood in a unanimous vote of confidence in the winning candidate. Goes On Record Early in the nominating meet ing the Buccaneer staff went on record by a vote of 11-10 as op posing the policy of the Daily (Tar Heel and the Yackety-Yack in eectl an editor instead rf . . .. . a pus vote. The staff eadlocked 10-10 on the motion of Dick Hicks that "the Buccaneer go on record as opposed to the Daily Tar Heel's policy that publications staffs elect their editor." The deciding vote was cast by Editor Julian Bobbitt. Rosenau Speaks On "Serendipity" Warns Medical Students Against Surface Appearances Dr. Milton J. Rosenau of the University medical school ex plained to medical and pre medical students the significance of the term "serendipity," in a talk Wednesday night in Ven able hall. Dr. Rosenau said, "I have been approached everyday this week by someone wanting to know what the word means. Now I am ready to disclose it. It is simnlv rliscoveriner snmethiTior j by accident finding something you never dreamed you would 'find. Ancient explorers in their I (Continued on last pane) vi agreed to entertain with songs at Nominates Fifty Men Enroll For Spring Meet Doctors Will Take Specialized Courses of Instruction at Completion of School Approximately 50 health offi cers representing nearly every eastern seaboard state have re gistered for the spring session of the bi-annual health school of the eastern district of public health being directed here by Dr. Milton J. Rosenau of the Uni versity medical school. Opening exercises " were held in Caldwell hall Tuesday morn ing with Dean of Administra tion R. B. House making the (Continued on last page) Chemists To Pay Visit To Durham Cigarette Plants Committee Plans Sightseeing . Trips for Members of Ameri can Chemical Society The members of the American Chemical society, which will as semble in Chapel Hill during spring holidays, will organize into sightseeing groups and visit the plants of Durham's Liggett and Myers and American Tobac co companies and the campus of Duke university. University Alumni Secretary J. Maryon Saunders heads the committee of sightseeing ac commodations appointed by Rus sell M. Grumman, general chair man of arrangements for the chemists' conventi6n. Committee members Douglas G. Hill of Duke University, W. E. Jordan of N. C. State, E. R. Rankin and Roy Armstrong will work with Saunders; . The sightseeing committee is considering additional trips to Raleigh, the N. C. State campus, Pinehurst, the sandhills section, and other points of general in terest in this section. talent Council Overrate Move Shows Farley's Sense Of Humor Post-Master General Makes Best of Bad Situation at Party Conference Dubbed by several modern commentators as the premier American politician today, Post master General James A. Far ley, who will speak in Chapel Hill March 9, under the spon sorship of the Carolina Political union, is notorious for his abil ity to see the humor in a ticklish situation. At the height of the past pre sidential campaign, the chair men of the national committees of the two major parties met at a general conference in New York bald and genial Jim Far ley and red-headed and aggres sive John D. M. Hamilton. Tete-A-Tete As Farley towered .above Hamilton, his hairless head gleaming, Hamilton said some thing polite about nothing per sonal being intended in his scath ing attack on the Democratic administration. "Okay," grinned Big Jim, "I know, John that you wouldn't harm a hair of my head." , ' Farley will speak in Memorial hall but in case of an overflow crowd, Kenan stadium will be re sorted to. Hisspeech will be broadcast over radio station WDNC. Student Council In addition to its ruling on staff elections, the Student coun cil Wednesday night considered two cases of student conduct. "A student cited for his second cheating offense was indefinite ly suspended from the Univer sity. ; ; ; The case of a student cited for misconduct in a dormitory was dismissed. ; - r . The council passed a resolu tion of congratulations for the Interdormitory council on its re cent work in the dormitories. Beale To Leave School To Begin Writing Of gook Pjrofessor to Write "The Life Of Theodore Roosevelt" as . One of Political Series Dr. H. K. Beale of the history department announced yesterday that he would leave at the end of the quarter for Washington, where he will spend the spring and summer working on his nov el "The Life of Theodore Roosevelt." His University leave will end in September, when he will re sume his professorship here. In Washington Dr. Beale will carry on his re search in the Library of; Con gress, in which are found the manuscripts written by Roose velt. Part of his time, when? he is not with his parents in Wash ington, will be spent at the Roosevelt memorial in : New York, birthplace of the ex-president and library museum of his scrap books and biographies. . His book, which is one of .the Political Leaders series, : will j be published in five or six years, he stated. PoliticalEpisode For Staff Resigns Dr. M. R. Trabue, director of the division of education of the Greater University and for 15 years a member of the faculty here, who on Wednesday an nounced his resignation in order jto accept an aDDointment as dean of the school of education at Pennsylvania State college. Future Union Plans Include Men Of Note i i - Mrs. Pinchot Requests To Speak On Labor Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, wife of ex-governor Gif ford Pin chot of Pennsylvania, has ex pressed a desire to speak before the Carolina Political union, ac cording to a communication re ceived recently by Frank Mc- Glinn, head of the union. , Mrs. Pinchot, who has recent ly been in Detroit; where she participated in the sit-down strikes in that city, stated that she wishes to speak on labor problems when she visits Chapel Hill. : President Theodore Roosevelt once said that Mrs. Pinchot knew more about politics and government than any other indi vidual in the United States. Conflict - Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia, has also asked to speak before the C. P. U. on . either March 12 or 14 but since these dates conflict with examina tions here, the executive com mittee is attempting to arrange another date. Victor Bryant, chairman of (Continued on last page) Buchanan Offers Far East Course Deals With Civilization; Open Only to Upper-Classmen Economics 137, a course on the economic, social, and politi cal aspects of the Far East, will be offered by Dr. D. H. Buch anan for the second time during spring quarter by the depart ment of economics and com merce. This course will deal with the impact of mdern civilization on the Far East, especially from the angle of economics and will be open to juniors, seniors and gra duate students. "It is now admitted that some of the most important develop ments of the modern world are taking place in the Pacific re- . (Continued on lat page) NUMBER 123 Elections Proponents To Appear Before P. U. Board This Afternoon Cites Constitution In reply to the recent deci sions of , the Daily Tar Hm, and Yackety-Yack staffs to elect their: own editors, the Student council ruled late Wednesday night that the right of the elec tion of editors is reserved to stu dents who subscribe to the cam pus publications. The council ruled, "That the clear intention of the provisions of x the Carolina Publications union constitution was to re serve to the members of the Pub lication Union the right to elect the editors of the publications. and that this section should not be construed as. conferring the right on the staffs of the publi cations." Wiseness Not Considered Council President John Par ker said yesterday, "The council did not consider whether staff nominations are wise or unwise. It merely ruled on the Publica tions union constitution." Parker added that if the edi tors who favor staff elections desire a change in the constitu tion, they should present their plan to the Publications union board, which has the power of presenting amendments to its constitution to the student body. ---Matter To Be Pushed Representatives of the Daily Tar Heel will appear today be fore a special meeting of the P. U. board at 2 p. m., to ask for consideration of. a constitutional amendment to allow staff elec tions of editors. The portion of the union con stitution which was ruled on bv the student council reads, ". . . excepting that the editors-in- chief of the various publications are elected by the Union." Many Finish Registration Hobbs Urges Students To Register Early Several hundred students end ed their registration procedure yesterday, the second day of spring quarter registration. Five of the 13 different courses being offered in English 23 had. been closed out by mid- afternoon. Several, other courses also had been filled. - Dean A. W. Hobbs, chairman of the registration committee, again urged students to avoid rush hours at the places of re gistration. He stated that under normal conditions a regular stu dent should be able to complete his registration within a few minutes. Students who have not yet re gistered should observe the. f ol-' lowing procedure.; 1. Get registration permit in room 8, South building. 2. Choose studies with adviser or dean in his office. Arts and sciences upperclassmen should first get the approval of their course adviser. 3. Get class tickets and bill at "Y" lobby. P. U. Board The P. U. board will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Grail room of Graham MemoriaL 4 .: V 1 i t i i ? ? ! - v 1 1 jj . i .1 Is if :i ill ! -- 1 2 i I) - ?! '. I i t. .i i
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