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Eight Songs
Are Written
'or
Curtain At 8:15
By :Bob Perkins
Following seven jears of in
action the Carolina "Wigne. and
-Masque club will tthrow off its
-shroud this evening at 8:15
o'clock in Memorial hall and in
its reincarnated attempt to
Jive up to the reputation gained
when Hal Kemp and Kay Kyser
were leaders in the organization.-.
As in the past the musical
-comedy presented will be an all-student-written
- produced and
cast production. "Say the Word"
was conceived in Everett dormi
tory by Carl Fistel, David Lei
Taerman, and Fred , TuAick who
were also the principals behind
the revival of the club. -
Eight Songs
The musical comedy c6ntains
eight songs written by student
members in its two acts and
veight scenes. Arthur Hinett, in
playing three of these selections
over an NBC hookup Saturday;
stated that on the. basis of the
songs he would predict a great
success for the Carolina produc
"tion. i
. The first scene opens in the
evening on a University campus.
.A rock wall borders the street,
.and underneath the lighted lamp
post" stand three students. In
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HainesNamed
1937 Marshal
Alumni Of 1912 To Rule
At Commencement
Robert M. Haines, Winston
Salem banker, will be the 1937
alumni commencement marshal.
.Announcement of Haines ap
pointment to this position by
George Stephens, president of
the University alumni associa
tion, was made yesterday.
The 1937 alumni marshal is
a member of the class of 1912,
which will observe its 25th an
niversary June 6-8, during the
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Di Will Consider
Three New Bills
British Coronation Is One Of
Questions To Be Debated
Three new bills, recently chos
en by the ways and means com
mittee, will be read from the
calendar tonight by the clerk of
the Di senate at 7 :15 o'clock in
New West' and will be debated
upon by the group.
The first bill will be Resolv
ed, That the Phi Beta Kappa
standing should be raised to 95
per cent. - ,
The other two bills, having
to do with national questions,
will be: Resolved, That the Bri
tish Coronation ceremony is an
unjustified waste of money, in
view of England's domestic con
ditions, and Resolved: That the
Roosevelt program of increased
naval armament should be abandoned.
Musical
Principals In "Say The Word"
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Sue Southerland, Nancy; Schallert, Stanley Van Cise, Mary Lil
lian Speck, Audrey Rowell, and Geddie Monroe who will appear
tonight in the premiere performance of the Wigue and Masque's
latest musical production. .. Photo by Kisner
Gate To Give
Here
Incoming Officers Will
Get Instruction
In New West -
- Beginning at 5 o'clock this
afternoon in the main class room
at New West, the annual offi
cers training course will have its.
instructors Dr. W. A. Olsen of
the department of English, Har
ry F. Comer, "Y" secretary,
and E. R. Cate. of Chapel Hill.
Dr. Olsen will conduct , the
course ior presiaents, ana co
rner, the course for recording
secretaries. Cate will have
charge of the group of treasur
ers wishing instruction.
Procedure
The course for presidents is
designed to clear up all ques
tions about Parliamentary law
and procedure. Recording sec
retaries will learn the responsi
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Council Publishes
Rules On Rushing
Social Security Act Applies To
Fraternities
The inter-fraternity council, at
its meeting last week, formulat
ed certain rules for the 1937
rushing season.
As iri the past, the rushing
period will start on the Sunday
two weeks after the opening of
the school year. The bids will
be distributed a week from the
following Friday. '
No fraternity man will be al
lowed to room with a freshman
without sDecial permission of
the council, and no coeds will be
permitted in fraternity houses
during the rushing period. r
Violations
Any dates made for' the rush-'
ing season during the first two
weeks of the year or during the
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Coff man Reelected
Dr. George R. Coff man, of the
English department, was re-elected
to the Council of the Me
diaeval Academy in a Imeeting
held in Boston April 23.
Dr. U. T. Holmes, of the
French department was also
honored at the meeting by being
appointed to the Advisory board
of "Speculum."
Course
Community Sing
Packs Hill Hall
Sammy Kaye Headlines Gather
ing Last Night - J. .
Approximately 1000 students
and faculty . members, the larg
est crowd to be gathered in Hill
hall, got into the swing of things
and let their voices ring at the
weekly Community sing Sunday
night directed by Leonard Le
vitch. rz- - :-. - -
Headliner for Sunday night's
sing was Sammy .Kaye and sev
eral members of his orchestra,
Tommy Ryan, crooner, and the
Three Barons. All were enthus
iastically received.
Others, on the program were
Professor Smith, Baritone, of the
Chemistry department and Sam
Hood, student pianist.
Night And Day
The group singing, which in
cluded such songs as "Night and
Day," "Man on the Flying Tra
peze" and a parody on "Hark
the Sound"" especially written
for Sammy Kaye's presence
were sung with gusto and spir
it unequalled at previous sings.
Next Sunday, May 16, Leader
Levitch plans to hold another
sing headlining Bob Van Camp
popular organist from Duke
university.
Infirmary List
Those confined to the Univer
sity infirmary yesterday includ
ed Mary Lillian Speck, Dr. Ken
neth Wood," and Nita Pybrun.
Grail Initiates 13 New
Society Will Hear
Speech On Thyroid
Roosevelt Hospital Staff Mem--er
Will Talk Saturday
Dr. Howard Patterson will
discuss "The Surgical Disorders
of the Thyroid Gland" before
the Whitehead Medical society
Saturday at 7 :30 p. m. ,
Dr. Patterson is a prominent
member of the surgical staff of
the Roosevelt hospital in New
York City.
The meeting will be the third
meeting for the spring quarter
and will be held in the auditor
ium of Phillips hall. s
Correspondent
-Is 'BeautifuV
Leonard Loftin, Graham
dormitory freshman, is
- quite a correspondent. In
fact he's so much of a cor-
- respondent that he doesn't
confine himself to shores -
"domestic. but branches out
to' foreign lands. .
According to Loftin, the
hobby sometimes produces
- interesting results. But one
Vof the results that came
J- from a letter sent him by a
French girl was unexpect-
ed. .
The French girl demand
'ed a picture or postal rela
tions would cease.
Now when Loftin is call
ed -to the Graham dormi
tory phone, he is summon
ed by, "Oh, Beautiful, tele-
' phone.
Smith To Go
As Delegate
To Seminar
University Junior Will
Represent Country
Abroad
Last night the New York of
fice of the International Stu
dents Union announced its se
lection of the 15' American stu
dents who will represent this
country in. an international re
lations . seminar in Geneva;
Switzerland, next summer. Mac
Smith, Carolina j unior, was
one of the 15.
Professor Gilbert Murray of
Oxford will be among the direc
tors of the eight-weeks' seminar
which is to be composed of 30
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Coenen Will Talk
To Club Tonight
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German Sophomore To Relate
Experiences In Home Land
Reminiscences of the German
revolution by Professor F. E.
Coenen will be the feature of the
Cosmopolitan club's all-German
program to be given in the "Y"
this evening.
In addition, Herbert Katzen
stein, Carolina sophomore will
talk about his experience in Ger
many before coming to the uni
versity. Katzenstein has lived
all his life in Germany up until
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Ericson Gives
Quiz OnBible
Highest JVIark Is 83, Lowest 11;
"Esau Was Magician" Is
One Answer
Carolina- students stand in
need of longer summer Bible
schools, if a test given recently
by Dr. E. E. Ericson of the Eng
lish department - is a fair mea
sure. The examination consist
ed of thirty short, information
al questions, half. from the Old
Testament and half from the
New. In the latter parts were
a few questions on Christian
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Maverick, Brewster
Proposal Debates At Union's
Anniversary Affair
Climaxing a year's success of bringing national political figures
to the campus, the Carolina Political Union will once more center
a national spotlight on Chapel Hill tonight at 8:45 p. m. when
Congressmen Ralph O. Brewster , of Main and Maury. Maverick
of Texas meet before a large audience of politicians, students and
faculty members in Hill Music hall to debate President Roose
velt's court revision plan.
French Staff
Will Do Plays
Moliere, Creech Billed
On Entertainment
The Playmakers theatre will
take on the atmosphere . of
France Friday evening when the
French department will present
"Monsieur de Pourceaugnac", a
comedy by Moliere, and "Fin
d'Apres-midi d' Automne", a
horror play by W. D. Creech,
Jr., of the French department.
To complete the French illu
sion, no English will be spoken
and Usherettes and candy vend
ors will hawk thir wares in the
playhouse.
Cast Announced
Moliere's farce, centered
around the adventures of a pro
vincial nobleman who comes to
Paris, will be accompanied by
its original music, played by
Mrs. A. cyBurnham and Peter
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Ivey Will Stage
Tea Under Davie
Poplar If Clear
Function To Be Held For Fresh
men, Faculty Outdoors If
Weather Permits
Pete Ivey and his aides will
stage another Student-Faculty
tea tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock.
The affair will be only-f or the
faculty and members of the
freshman, class. Served by the
Graham Memorial grill the tea
will be held under the Davie
Poplar, if the weather permits.
Dean Spruill and Pete Ivey
are sending out cards to faculty
members and certain key men
in the yearling class. It is hop
ed that a large number will, turn
out.
Faculty Invited
The faculty is cordially invit
ed, and those who deal with
freshmen are especially urged
to attend. Upperclassmen fresh-
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Fan Dancers,
Janitors Are
In Ceremony
Rabb As Roosevelt
Nasty allusions to President
Roosevelt and a parade of as
sorted fan dancers and janitors
constituted last night's "public"
part of thennual Grail initia
tion. Rabb And Roosevelt
Stuart Rabb, on cane and
nmp. imitated tne President m
presenting very personal and
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.Members
To Continue Court
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stroy the soundness jof the pro
posal in opposition to the
staunch argument of the so-called
"fiery" Texas congressman.
Over 200 political notables
have been invited to attend the
Carolina Political Union's anni
versary banquet preceding the
debate in the Carolina inn at 6
p. m.
Congressman. . Maverick be
cause of his fire and fearless
ness has been called "a second
Huey Long" and a "Maverick"
in the national congress has
come to mean bne wh6 will not
be dictated to.
Ralph O. Brewster,- who ar
rives in Raleigh today at 1 p. m.
by a Washington plane, stepped
into the national capitol as re
presentative from the third dis
trict, of Maine after completing
two successive5 terms as gover
nor of the state. :
r Says the New York Times:
:"Brewster is a bustling and en
gaging persop . who plays the
game shrewdly, is a good adver
tiser," and not afraid of tread
ing on peoples' toes. .... imag
ination and literary charm."
"He represents," another
Times writeup states, "the li
beral movement in politics and
business, and for years has been
a doughty campaigner against
autocracy and the methods of
the machines."
On July 8, 1935, in a house in
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Patterson Award
Now On Display
At YMCA Office
Committee Will Announce Ex
ceptional Athlete Within
Next Month
The Patterson athletic medal,
awarded annually to the student
embodying in the opinion of a
special committee highest qual
ities for general excellence in
athletics, has been placed on dis
play at the Book exchange in the
Y. M. C. A.
Awarding of the 1937 medal
will "be announced by the com
mittee within the next month.
Presented annually by Dr. J.
F. Patterson, of New Bern, to
commemorate the memory of his
brother, John Durant Patterson,
star athlete of the class o,1908,
the award has become the most
coveted athletic medal awarded
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New Aldermen
, Newly elected Town Alder
men - Roberson, HeJlen and
Bowman will be sworn into of
fice at a meeting of the old and
new members of the governing
group in the town manager's of
fice at 8 o'clock Wednesday
night.
In the past it has been the cus
tom for the mayor to administer
the oath of office to new offi
cials, but this year Mr. Foushee
will delegate that duty to a no
tary public