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I Phi Beta Kappa Members Oppose Six-Mark System Questionnaire Reveals High, Pass, Fail In Preference Suggest Changes University Club Nominates Seven For Peace Forum Action amstArms Director Takes Ag Presidency By Gordon Burns The results of a questionnaire recently submitted by the Daily Tar Heel to the present Phi Beta Kappa chapter yielded 27 -votes objecting to the present system of grading undergradu ates here at the University, with only 10 members with no objec tions. When asked for suggestions for improving the present sys tem, 11 individuals, or 29.7 per cent, voted to substitute three for the present system. Regarding specific objections to the present system, 19 Phi Betes were against it because "it is impossible to make the pre-, cise measurements of a student that the A, B, C, D, E, F, sys tem of grading calls for." Nine teen also objected because ""grades tend to cause the stu dent to limit his study only to those facts upon which he will be quizzed and graded.' Objections 'Following close upon these numbers, 14 registered their ob jections to the present system because "grades encourage and reward memory work and su perficiality," while 13 objected because "getting-a-certain-grade tends to replace mastery- of the subject as the student's goal of study." Twelve objected because "'grades encourage students to select 'crip courses and easy- grading professors; Rippy, Balding, Burns, Moore, Nethercutt, Pugh, Lynch Named ; Election Next Students And Faculty bend Telegram To Senators Ml.: " T f mm Aaug immediate action in the student neace movement, i students and professors engag- - The following men were nom- fm2 111 an Pen forum discussion inated last night for presidency Pf war and peace last night sent of the University club for the a telegram to North Carolina coming year: Fred Rippy, Jim senators urging the passing of Balding, Gordon Burns. John measures to further the fight Moore, George Nethercutt, Carl against war. Pugh and Charles Lynch. , The message, voted upon by Out-going President Nick Read the group, read as .follows:" presided at last night's meeting, Carolina Students' Peace dem held in Graham Memorial, and onstration urges you to vote Quadrangle Bamce et Opens Toniglit Carl M. Fistel, University sophomore from White Plains, N. Y who is student director of the Wigue and Masque's pro duction of ."Say the Word." Fis group, and was elected us pre sident. tel was instrumental in the or- utiu m vxj.aiiai.ij. jju.cixiui.icu, cuiu i - i . . - . , . . - j announced that the election of at fascist Hill - Sheppard mzation of the musical comedy the president and the remaining conscription bill, oppose further officers would be held at the military ana naval expenditures, next meeting of the club. support xsye neutrality bill and Meyland Elected Proposals to nationalize, muni- of the smokers held throughout P? referend J? dett?T? the state during holidays for prospective Carolina students made their reports and stated that several interesting and en joyable meetings were held. whether or not the United States will declare war." Open Discussion Arnold Williams, professor of English, opened the night's dis- Dance Details Beii tigFormed Dance Committeemen Deciding Decorations sent Grimes dormitory. Thf Jnninr-Spninr dance com- Auerust Mevland of Wilminsr- cussion by pointing out the rela- mittee. - under th leadershin of ton was elected last nisht into iion between militarism and fas- claude Hobba. has been hard at I ; : imr , i ' I membershin in the club to renre- clsm- war ana iascism go to- work the nast few davs -nlanninff getner. iou cannot separate the the decorations for the coming two," ne declared, "xou can not t dance set - 1 A . ' 1 f I llWnorai TtfTO 1 " With only two weeks before ' " worm. loucouian i in the- festivities berin. the commit- TOdaV For Annual iyf. V1 J nemrauiy te is hard pressed to settle al u.A..mu'u,; policy equal to that of today, and details contingent, upon such i inspection I OUr you can not now. The only thing large undertaking. w uo is to stop iascism wnerever Concession Bids Tennessee , Yauey :.worj iUia ic Charlotte Plant Will Be he declared. soft drink concision will he Visited By Group Zuker Accepts Indiana's Offer Of College Post German Department Head Re signs, Effective Fall Quarter, To Accept Chair Dr. A. E. Zucker, head of the German department here, yes terday announced his resigna tion in order to accept the posi tion of professor and head of the German department at In diana university in Blooming ton, Indiana, effective next fall quarter. Dr. Zucker is a native of In diana and got his A.B. degree at Illinois university and his PhJ). in German at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Zuck er spent a good deal of time in Europe studying at the universi ties of Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Paris. Dr. Zucker came here two years ago from the Univer sity of Maryland where he was also head of the department of German. In giving his resignation Dr. Continued on last page) Playmakers Plan Second Bill For Tomorrow Night . Williams advocated the adop- considered by the committee at Tonight's Program Postponed To Avoid Conflict With Cen tennial Pageant Five civil engineers, yf, N. Suominen, R. H. Peck, R. - P. flnarinn . M. A. Lvons.Tr and As for suggestions for improv- DaT1 TjMdlite'Uve Chanel Hill ing the present grading system, today to make the annual senior Usonzvnuea on taxi v0t . m,. P V, -QAiiAaim rm m m r t m m i lYlCme VV 111 lieaU The itinerary includes the Anrl ic n rifii in d Tennessee Valley Works" at fc xuiuviovii rcxc Knowing, the Norfolk and West- mh t wm t piovmaker ern Railway locomotive plant in rAin nHav Virginia, and the new water and --'v"t - I ..." a a t a r--u- sewage treatment piauu hi oiiai- Maxwell Anderson s newest lotte. Broadway hit, "High Tor," will The engineers will also inspect be read by Dr. George McKie, the scenic highway along the liead of the University's depart- Blue Ridge mountains in Vir ment of public speaking, on ginia, power projects ' on the Sunday evening at 8 :30 in the lower Yadkin River, and the Vir- Playmakers theater vas one of ginia Bridge company's fabrica te regular monthly Sunday eve- tibn shop. The trip covers 750 1 ning play-readings sponsored by miles by car and will be com- the Carolina Playmakers to pieted by Tuesday, April 28. which the public is invited. Dr. McKie saw a performance t; "CVnloiTio of "High Tor" in New York JrierSOU J!iXpicllIib during the spring holidays. Written in verse, "High Tor marks another of Anderson's contributions to modern poetic drama. In addition to this play the author of "Winterset" at present has two other plays run ning in New York. . tion of the Nye resolution. He (Continued on last page) Bids WiU Be .On Sale For Weekend Dances OnEaclrFIoor Johnson Will Play Tonight the Tin Can will be the scene of what the Interdor- mitory council has long been working for the first of the Quadrangle frolics, a set of danc es that will give all dormitory residents a chance to attend at least one dance during the year. Chairman of the Dance Com mittee Billy Robertson said that bids for the set would remain on sale in each dormitory until the dances started. The councilman on each floor is supplied with enough bids for that floor. There have been 75 extra bids issued which will be sold to. the cam pus at large, Robertson said. These will cost $1.00 per set. Bids for the dormitory- resi dents will be 50 cents. Annual Affair For the past year the council has been working on this idea, first trying to give the dormi tories individual dances, but la ter turning to the idea that a set of dances given by the upper and lower quadrangles combined would be, the beginning of what might turn into an annual affair. At a council meeting Wednes day night Supervisor Ellis ex pressed hope that these dances will be perpetual and added that he visualized in the future dor mitory dances that would rank ' its next meeting either Monday i or Tuesday of next week. Senior Regalia The deadline for seniors wishing to be measured for their senior regalia is to day and all that have not done so are asked to see Jack Lipman today and place their orders. The second half of the pn- with the larger sets, such as Ju- gram on tne iutn production i-vio. - ------ Fraternity social representa- bill of the Carolina Playmakers Robertson reported to the tives are reminded that the Sam- for this season wilf be given to- council, meeting ..Wednesday my Kaye band will be available morrow night at 8:30 o'clock in night that there would be no fig- for hire for an hour on each of their theater. There will be no ure during the dances, adding the two days. On Friday May 7 peformance tonight in order, jto that there would be jib-breaks uivircaua wm uc upcu xiwuiiavoia coniuct witn me oenteu- inistciiu. xesteraay aiternoon 7 :30 until 8 :30, and on Saturday nial Pageant of Education being the eighth, from 7 until 8. -All given in Durham. (Continued on last page) campus groups interested should get in touch with Chairman Claude Hobbs. Monetary Grant Awarded Society Leaders Will Be Tapped By Golden Fleece May 2 Plays to be presented tomor row night include "Toujours Gai," a modern tragedy by Vir- crinia TARoehelle: "Barcre Inci- dent," by Herb Meadow, Federal rrepanment win ruD- fTioatoi- r.kvwr -r ii t and llsa worKs ui du uartas "Naughty Boy," by William Chichester. Mysterious Ceremony To Be Per formed In Memorial Hall By Hooded Men In Black it Pan-Americanism nean Of Graduate School Ad dresses Freshman Assembly Education Group Holds First Meet gram. Holmes May Be Lion Reports from Dr. Frederick H. Koch's office state that the Playmakers hope to secure the services of the well known come dian, Dr. Urban T. Holmes, who ' By Allen Merrill Two hooded men in black will wander through a. pitch dark Memorial hall the night of May 2 to single out of a. mass of stu dents the men who will be- come memoers oi tne order oi the Golden Fleece for 1937. When one of the hooded men "Pan-Americanism is an ideal has hurdled three rows of people of mutual understanding, com- and has landed on the shoulders merce and friendship among the of some prospective member, a countries of the Western Hemis- glaring spotngnt win aisperse phere," said Dean W. W. Pier- the darKness and illuminate tne son of the graduate school in an seiectea man ior tne curious address to freshman assembly crowd. So he is tapped. Wednesday as a part of the cele- Membership Limited bration of Pan-American day. Membership in the order is His talk followed a concert of I limited to graduating or rising the national anthems of all the seniors and those men are select- countries of the Americas played jed who, in the eyes of the incum A. L. Cheek Is Named Tempor ary Chairman Of Group A group of eighteen students from the department of educa tion met Tuesday night with G. B, Phillips in Peabody hall for the purpose of forming a defi nite organization for students The .American- Council of Learned societies at its last The plays are being given on Ueetintr voted a erant of Si .500 the regular season ticket pro- rt a a languages here for the publica tion of the second volume of "The Works of Guillaume de Sal- luste Sier du Bartas," which is Language Group 10 Ufier Plays edited by Dr. U. T. Holmes, R. W. Linker, and J. C. Lyons of the French Dramas Will Be Present ed May Fourteenth ,at present is connected with the m a a .l a rench department, to piay xne ort nOQfro under the di- ka Vop in Tole of tne "lion - in tneir ror. i. . Dr. B. F. Swalin of Umt)us leadership and service xneater prouucuuu the usic department. and who have cultivated a "high isnaws comeay Anarodes s i . . ,-0ii,T ; -L.v ' Many Aspects quality of personality. a- vof xvhn "PoTi-Ampricanism has come The order of the Golden Fleece .An u,oif ;n i,o ",o with f a wind mattv aspects of our was founded around 1904 by Androcles, I am sure that' Dr. lives," Pierson continued. "On- Horace Williams, Edward Kid Holmes will give a memorable ginaUy it was considered on a der Graham, and Eben Alexan- ev Prnf "K-och nHical and economic basis, but der as a secret honorary f rater- -who is directing the annual pro- now conferences have been held nity which recognized leader nctlon. "His roar should be ex- in many fields, and" especially ship and carried on sub rosa ac- French department. The first volume, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1935, is a study of the poet's life and works. The sec ond volume contains the first The Romance languages de- contemplating a future in the partment and the l?rencn ciud field of teaching. are preparing a program of A. L. Cheek was named tem- French plays ranging from farce h lf f th tK T A rru. I 1 t ! 1, - 1. - I porary chairman of the group to norror wmcn win -oe oe pre- tl-ene an3 th0 "Premiere and a steering committee com- nu;u my LU1 1U maine." posed of Ruth Walston, A. P. makers theater. Smith, and F. E. Thomas was The piece de resistance of the elected, with Kenyon Withrow evenings performance will be a as secretary. presentation of "Monsieur de The next meeting of the group Pourceaugnac," according . to has been called for next Wednes- Walter Creech of the French de- day night at 7 :30 and will meet partment, one of the least known weekly thereafter. . lyet most hilarious comedies of May 1 Is Deadline For Book Contest Russell, Downs And Newsome To Act As Judges All students who have entered or are going to enter the Student Stewart Will Talk VX ' award contest are ask- . "A vue A ed to turn m their names and a list of the books comprising their The Rev. Donald Stewart will knanng the same program, conduct tonight's session of the and offering contrast to the clas- libraries to Dr. Harry K. Russell nmei iounoation in uranara i.vie-10 ax vx muuere, amucut, or Alis3 jora geust on or before morial, discussing "The Signi- cast win present a horror piay May i. - - - I 11 m 11 I ficance of a University." written m tne manner 01 tne The judges for this vear'a con- Rabbi Zeiger, director of the Parana - uuignoi oy waiter are T)r . tupii -R . - n . .1. . 1 local HiUel group,-last night in- reecn. Downs, University librarian, and vited any interested students to I Rehearsals of both plays are Dr. A. R. Newsome. These attend the service. It will begin already under way and the casts judges will visit each student li- 1 i 4 . 4 ; i: i ' 1 ' Ji 1 i ' 'j t 1 : ; f i 1 j - ? ! ! I 'i ! i ' 4-s ii.. (Continued on lost page) (Continued on hut page) at7 :30p. m. I Will be made public SOOn. (Continued on last page) m..r:iii.iiiirt.ii v i rczLiio iiv?. i u
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