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Library of U1I0 Chapel Hill, II. 0. Elf WEATHER: Fair and warmer today. THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH VOLUME XLV ZDTTOUAI. PHOSE 43 St CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1937. tcsacxa recaoe 4is NUMBER 159 TD) VI Trustees Bar Local Women Coming Here Freshmen, Sophomores Cannot Enter Chapel Hill Unit One of the major campus ques tions during the past year which has caused state-wide comment was finally decided yesterday .afternoon when the executive committee of the board of trus tees of the Greater University stood by the previous ruling that Chapel Hill girls may not enter "the first and second year classes of the Chapel Hill unit. At the winter meeting of the full board in Raleigh the matter of allowing or not allowing the Chapel Hill girls, including the slaughters of faculty members, to enter this unit was left in the hands of the executive commit tee. Little Discussion At yesterday's meeting with Governor Hoey in his office, Jack Prink, University senior and former president of the Ameri can Student union, presented the question before the executive committee. It was reported that the committee, having full pow er, made its decision with very (Continued on page two) Council Picks Holdover Men In Final Act CJraighill And Eutsler Will Serve Again Next Year In the last official session of its administration last night, the Student council elected James Cfraighill and Keith Eutsler as holdover members to work with ihe new council which takes of fice today. Traditionally the council pre sident decides the number of liin wlio will be held over by the incoming administration. Parker followed a precedent set in the last few years by selecting two By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them IS-'-" i v. Final Official Act As its last off icial act, the in cumbent council authorized a campus-wide discussion cam paign on the proposed legisla ture which was recently brought to the foreground by a council (Continued on last page) I VP'- mw" mm-.- - I ii m )t i ' mi i ifMmr-iii nuiii - . ,. . , "' f - .. .. .. - . ' I - - I ' f r-v - " -; ' J J ' . 5:. l- f - - - ' " ' ' ' . ' i : r - if UtmJ t St 'I ; V1'-J - 1"' . t. 4 tf 1 ' ? v A 1 v. v&y v These men Sunday night were selected by the Golden Fleece as the outstanding juniors1 and seniors of the University. They are Mac Smith, editor, of the Daily Tar Heel; Frank McGlinn, presi dent of the C. P. U.; Bob Magill, new president of the student body; Ramsay Potts, basketball and tennis star; Andy Bershak, basket ball and football hi-light; Albert Ellis, father of the University dormitory council; Louis Schaffner, president of Phi Beta Kappa; Bob duFour, Playmaker star; John Parker, outgoing student body president; and Stuart Rabb, Daily Tar Heel columnist. For out standing service and leadership to the student body the Golden Fleece bestowed the highest honor this University can give to these men. i m$ 'v ;-- Ik L 'Fleece Taps 10 Fisch To Discuss Philosophy Issue Western Reserve University Pro fessor Will Address Club v Professor Max H. Fisch of Western Reserve University will discuss "The History and. Pros pects of American Philosophy" in 103 Bingham hall Thursday night at 8 :30. The lecture, spon sored by the Undergraduate Continued on last page) . 'God' Tells Former Employee Take Over UNG Power Plant 3ets Message After 12 Years Of Praying Persistently His pistol leveled at two men in charge of the University of .North Carolina power plant, the six foot, 180 pound figure moved forward. "I've been praying to God for the past 12 years for a message, and last night he told me to come down here and take over this plant. ; He also told me to bring .a pistol along T he said. It was after il o'clock. Sun day night -and ' there was no chance of anyone coming in from outside, i The two men look ed at the pistol, the determined, fanatic gleam of the man's eyes, and stood still. "Get back," he said. They got Just then Police Officer J. D. Blake's bulky weight bulged in the door. Blake had seen the man on the street, recognized him as a former employee of the plant some 14 years before, and asked him where he was going. The man had told him he was starting; to work at the power plant. He was carrying a pis tol, so Blake had followed him. "Don't you try to stop me, he said, as he faced Blake. He explained that he was taking over the power plant by "God's order" and was going to run it. (Continued on last page) men In Annual Ceremony "Dad" Just A Little Bit Off Dicky Bradshaw, son of the lanky dean of students, leaned against his bicycle outside Graham Memorial Sunday night, and disgust edly observed his environ ment. "Where is that Golden Fleece tapping going on?" he yelled to a passer-by. His voice was impatient. "Up at Memorial hall, Dicky," the' passer-by in formed the dean's son. "You better hurry." "Memorial hall!" shout ed Dicky. "Darn it, my dad told me it was Graham Me morial, the dirty devil." Linguists To Be In Moliere's Cast French-Speaking Cast Will Give "Monsieur de Pourceaugnac" A French-speaking cast will take the stage of the theater next Friday night when Mol- iere's slapstick comedy "Mon sieur de Pourceaugnac" is per formed by University faculty members and a supporting cast of graduate students. Heading the group will be Dr. (Continued on page two) Honorary Society Selects Leaders For Achievements Weaver Speaks The Order of the Golden Fleece, the University's leading honorary society, in their annual "tapping" " ceremony Sunday night branded as the 10 out standing campus leaders of the year Bob Magill, Ramsay Potts, Albert Ellis, Andy Bershak, Bob duFour, Frank McGlinn, Stuart Rabb, Louis Schaffner, Mac Smith, and John Parker. These men were selected from a combined junior and senior class of a little more than 800 students. Ceremony The ceremony began around 8:20 p.m. when the chattering spectators, concentrated in the rear half of the building, were quieted by dimming lights and the weird musical strains of Rebikoff from the organ played by Dr. Jan Phillip Schinhan. A spot from the rafters of the deserted stage flashed on the fig ure of a golden sheep suspended on the rear drape, while an am plified voice from backstage re counted the story of Jason and his search for the Golden Fleece. (Continued on last page) These are the official in structions for the inaugura tion procession: "All stu dents in the University shall meet in front of South build ing at Chapel period. Each dormitory and fraternity shall march together. Pla cards bearing the name of your fraternity or dormi tory will be placed at some point between Gerrard hall and the Playmakers thea tre. The processions from South building to Memorial hall will begin promptly at 10:30 a. m. Please be on time. Newly Chosen Leaders Take Offices Today Memorial Hall Scene Of Installation Ceremonies Beginning At 10:30 Students and faculty members will march in the grand parade to Memorial hall this morning at 10 :30 to hear the newly elect ed campus leaders take their posts as next year's officers in the annual Spring inauguration ceremony. The procession, headed by John Parker and Dr. Graham, ;n ii i win me into me luauxurauuii building where the officers-elect will take positions on the stage. The University band, station ed on the steps of Memorial hall, will accompany the marching with inaugural music. John Parker will make a fare well address as president of the student body and then yield to president-elect Bob Magill, who will make his inaugural salu- tory. Nancy Nesbit, who succeeds Margaret Jordan as president of the Woman's Association, will follow with an acceptance of her (Continued on page two) Potts Given Joseph Lewis 1937 Award Phi Delt Tennis Star Granted $400 Prize By Faculty Ramsay Potts has received the $400 Joseph Lewis Graham Memorial award in cominerce for 1937-38. Considered on the points of scholarship, character, person iality, activity in school affairs and promise of efficient leader ship, Potts was the overwhel ming preference of the faculty of the economics and commerce school, for the four-year-old a-ward. Largest Offered The cash award is the largest offered a University undergrad uate and will be available during Pott's last year. It' was established by John S. Graham of Charlottesville, Vir- mi ' m m mm ginia, as a memorial to nis -at Vm t t : ' viously won the award are Frank Abernathy, 1934-35 ; R. L. Bar ron and Nesbit Holland, 1935-36; (Continued en last page) Fleece Meets Difficulties Getting DuFour To Ritual Tar Heel News Editor Almost Shuns Invitation To Receive Highest Campus Honor This is the story of how Bob duFour almost turned down an invitation to join the Golden Fleece. Walter Spearman, professor of journalism and a past Jason of the honorary organization, stepped into the Daily Tar Heel office where duFour works as a news editor. He called the man aging editor into a confidential session. "I want you to be sure that Bob duFour attends tne Fleece tapping Sunday night," he said. "Do anything you want, but be sure he gets there." Human Interest The managing editor acted. "Bob," he said, "I want you to go to the Fleece tapping and get a story on it. Look out for hu man interest, expressions on the faces and all that." The man-about-to-be-honored (Continued on page two)
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