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4 'Library of IJIIO Si Chapel THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH y y Fair and Continued Warm Today EDITORIAL PHONE 4JJ1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1937 ECSTXIiS PHOXI 41S6 NUMBER 9 e7!f . r V VSXJVJiXlXU All 1 , ' , 1 - 1 k N I. . U he i v w - ji r ' r 1 d 'News 2 Frantc Holeman NANKING EN RUINS UNDER JAPANESE BOMBS r Nanking, Sept. 25. Death and destruction continued to Tain on this besieged capital to-day from Japanese bombing planes zooming over the city A million dollar electric power plant was destroyed and addin "tional property losses inflicted far into the millions. v Chinese officials said that 1, 000,000 people were without J:ood. lights, ana water as a re sult of the attack. While the Japanese insisted that they were firing only at military objectives, two Red Cross hospitals were damaged. The damages were not exteri- -, sive. ' ' The bomb that fell nearest the "American embassy hit one mile awav. No foreigners were re ported killed. CHANCELLOR HITLER MEETS IL DUCE IN MUNICH Munich, Sept; "( 25. Adolph Hitler met his. powerful neigh bor from the South, Benito Mus- .solini, in this city today, as Mus ;Solini came to pay his second of ficial visit to Germany. An impressive welcome was given II Duce on the Roya Square. Ten thousand picked troops of Hitler's new army paraded by the reviewing stand where the two dictators watch ed the display side by side. : Meanwhile - other - European statesmen were guessing at the significance of the conferences Hitler and Mussolini - will have later in Berlin. JAPANESE QUIET AT GENEVA ;. Geneva, Sept. 25. Japan and China must settle their differ ences alone, said Tokyo in ef fect to the advisory committee of the League of Nations deal ing with the undeclared war be tween the two countries. The Japanese politely refused to join the committee. ROOSEVELT STOPS OFF AT YELLOWSTONE PARK Yellowstone Parjc,; Sept. 25. Weary after his long railroad journey across the continent, President Roosevelt was looking forward today to a week-end of . rest and sight-seeing in the na tional park. He is expecting to meet his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger with their two children here. The Boettigers will remain with the President until his train reaches Seattle, their home. Back in Washington observ ers were still speculating oh the purpose of the Western tour, al though Mr. Roosevelt has de scribed His visit one of inspec tion rather than a campaign trip. ;:.'::'"?L"V. . DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS SUNDAY MORNING New York, Sept. 25. Day light saving time for the sum mer of 1937 officially ends Sun day morning at 2 o'clock. It is estimated that the change will affect 30,000,000 Americans. JAPANESE MOVE INTO CITY OF TSANGCHOW Peiping, Sept. 25. Another city was added by the Japanese authorities to the list of Chinese towns and villages in the pro vince of Hopeh. It was Tsang- r K (Continued on page two) lowns Announces Extension Of Library Hours To ll P;I. Building To Stay Open Until Midnight v Dec 6-17 Lights Blink 10:45 Beginning tomorrow the Uni versity library will not close un tlll 11 D. ;m. each evenincr ac cording to an announcement by Librarian R. B. Downs. As a still further service to students the building will be kept' open until midnight from December 6 through 17, the weeks immediately preceding and during examinations! ' The addition of 30 minutes to the library's open hours' cli maxes recent efforts" of library employes, instructors, and the Daily Tar Heel to secure long er use of the building at night. Check-Outs r O. V. Cook, chief of circula tion, stated' yesterday that check-out time of " overnight books will still be 8 p. m. in each department of the library. The change means simply that the library lights will blink their closing-time I warning - at 10:45 instead of the present 10:15 p. m. r v : Mrs. Marvin Stacy, adviser to women, recently stated that de spite a change in library hours, coeds will still be required to ob serve their 10:30 p. m. check-in deadline. Departments of the library that will remain open until 11 under the new plan are the cir culation desk, the reserve room, the main reading room, the com- merce room, ana tne general college room. After a conference yesterday, Downs and Cook announced that; the addition' of half-an- hour to library hours will be permanent, and that if student use of the added time justifies an effort might later be made to make midnight the perma nent closing time. ' Berryhill To Speak f. 1 " - 11 1 " 1111 .V S- Dr. W. R. Berryhill; Univer sity -infirmary, physician, will speak to the freshman class at its regular chapel meeting to morrow morning. Green To Collaborate In, Production Of Play Here Singers To Meet tomorrow Night Director Sherman Smith Urges Everyone Interested The Community Chorus be gins its fall activities tomorrow night at 7:30 with a nieeting in Hill Music hall, Publicity Direc tor Sherman E. Smith -an nounced yesterday. . An effort is being made to build the membership of . the chorus this year, he said, and everyone interested in the work done is urged to attend the meeting. ' ' ; - . ; In the past the singers have made two oublic appearances a year, ho declared, just, before Christmas and during com mencement week, a - " " Membership in the chorus this year will not be confined to fac ulty members," students and Chapel Hill residents as before, Dr. Smith stated but people from neighboring towns will be invited. , John E. Toms will direct the gTUUp again tmo oaovii; xrc oaiu librarian 4 Mill r R. B. Downs, head of the Uni versity library, who is largely responsible for the extension of library operating hours, enabl ing students to study more. Concert Bill :. .......... . . , . . , Will Feature Opera Stars Kenan Stadium Record "Program, Will Be Given Tonight For the second time during the fall quarter the Kenan sta dium recorded concert, "Music Under the Stars," will be given tonight at 8:30. In addition to symphonic, op eratic, classic and semi-classic music the" program"' tonight will include music from Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" with Lawrence Tibbet and Helen Jepson, the Metropolitan's lead ing soprano who sang on the student entertainment series last year. , During the summer the all Gershwin program, which fea tured selections from this opera, proved to be one of the most popular of the season. . , j To Continue ,Hal Gordon, who is in charge of the technical end of the pro gram : in addition to furnishing the records, announced yester (Continued on page two) 4 Kurt WeiU Also To Be In Chapel HiU To Help With "Johnny . Johnson" Paul Green, in residence at Chapel Hill for the fall quarter, will be an interested observer and consultant when the Play makers go into rehearsal- this week with his play, "Johnny Johnson." Kurt Weill, composer, who wrote the music for "John ny johnson," will ' also be Chapel Hill collaborating with Mr. Green on another drama in the making. ! , : ;.V "Johnny, Johnson," a play with music, is anti-war, but it is not freighted with propaganda. It is satirical in its tone and de picts the actions of nations dur ing war time as being somewhat foolish if they are viewed objec tively. The entire piece is woven about the story of a naive, sim ple lad from the country who is taken in by the promises of the higher-ups during the' World war that they are . fighting to make the world a safe place for democracy, and his sad dissillu sionment in. enlisting for this (Continued on page two) I , 1 Di Senate Defers Scheduled Meeting Rushing Season Cause - Postponement For The Dialectic senate will not hold its regular weekly meeting on the night of Tuesday, Sep tember 28. Rusning season is the cause of this irregularity." . The next meeting will be held on the night of Tuesday, Octo ber 5, and at that time all fresh man applications will be -consid ered and new members initiated. Zodiac Cannpt Explain Score Astrologer Offers No Alibi For Failure To Win Rocky Mount's Old Man Zodiac, interviewed after the Tar Heel - and South Carolina game, resorted "to the vernacular to say, "Is my face red! I have no alibi to. offer for the Tar Heels' failure to win in this foot- - - " balling conflict, ; "Perhaps after all Mr. Burnette - was unable to overcome, with his Leo personality, the dominant, malif ic influence of Venus in his effort at place-kick-ment of the fielding goal." Zodiac is the same sfar gazer who predicted a Car olina victory over Duke in 1935. He produced, "then as now, a long list of astrolog ical formulas and data to .prove that victory for the Tar Heels was inevitable. Finds Song Contest Winners Difficult To Pick Contest Next Week To Have Five Tunes Easier To Choose No winners for a -guessing contest at the "Music Under the Chandeliers" jazz concert at Graham Memorial Thursday night will be announced, said Director Pete Ivey yesterday, because none of the entrants named enough of the five songs correctly for consideration. The five songs were, in order: Smarty, Swinganola, Jazz Me Blues, Josephine, and Weary Blues. Following a concert present ed by Hal Gordon, five recent jazz nits were piayea ana tne audience was invited to name the songs correctly and present their entries to .Ivey or Gordon at the end of the concert. One entry named three of the songs right. Weekly Awards 1 ; Prizes, wnich willy be given weekly, are one 75-cent record (Continued on page two) ivey PoUcenien Of Chapel Hill Discuss Age-Old Problem Party; Given Here ; 7 For Pharmacy Girls New Co-eds Entertained - Theater Last Thursday At On last Thursday night the upperclass girls of the phar macy school gave a party at the Carolina theater for their new coeds. . ;'?"rvv;---v ., , Those present . were Misses Elizabeth Weaver, Altajane Holden, Anna Dean Burkes, June Bush Jean Bush, Ernes tine Barber, Blanche Bullock, (Continued on page two) Bqdd Ymi git lom Stevens Here Everett Stevens, widely known pianist and composer, who will this afternoon at 5 o'clock present a program of classical music in the lounge of the Graham Memorial. ' Stevens Will Give Concert Today At 5 Well-Known Pianist To Present Music Of "Six Composers Everett Stevens, widely- known as a pianist and com poser,'; "Will ""present a classical concert Dy. six composers at a program this afternoon at o'clock in the lounge of Graham Memorial. A - suite - by Stevens himself, called Six Bagatelles, will be the final rendition by the noted musician from Wash ington, D. C. Coming here under the spon sorship of Graham Memorial, Stevens will be making his third appearance at the University. His concerts have met with much favorable comment in the past. (Continued on last page) r Husband Explains Plans For Selective Admissions Aptitude Test ; All students in the general college who have not taken the psychological aptitude test ei ther last fall or September 13 this fall must take this test which is to be given in 103 Bing ham, tomorrow, September 27, at 7:30 p. m. This announcement came came from Mr. S. W. Welch of Dean C P. Spruill's office. Town Law Knows How To Han dle Students Who Have Par taken Of John Barleycorn By Lafitte Howard "When is a drunk drunk and when, if ever is' he not a drunk?" Chapel Hill's three po licemen and M. W. Durham, clerk of the court, tried to an swer this question yesterday. Captain Blake said that on the campus he never interfered with anyone unless they were destroying property, that their condition and other actions were f (Continued on page two) Speak At 8:30 CPU To Present United States Ambassador To Germany- Banquet Scheduled ... . . t Plans were near completion yesterday for the welcoming of William E. Dodd, United -States ambassador to Germany, who will deliver an address in Memo rial hall tomorrow night at 8:30. Dodd, who is regarded as a po tent diplomat, will speak on "Dangers to Modern Civiliza tion, Mainly from Economic Mal practice and Political Misunder standing." Banquet Soon after his arrival on the campus, a banquet will be given in his honor at 6:30, and will be attended only by members of the Carolina Political union and a few friends. The union is re sponsible for his appearance. Dodd, a native of Clayton, N. C, was born October 21, 1869, and lived there for several years. After deciding he wanted an edu cation, he completed his high school career and then went to Poly institute, where he received his first degree, a B. S. He also has received other de grees, which include an M. A. in 1897; PH.D from the University of Liepzig in 1900; and a LL. D. from Emory university in 1920. Soon after completing his college career he became professor of American history at the Univer- rsity of Chicago." Dodd married Miss Martha Jones of Auburn, N. C. Because of his great initiative as a foreign diplomat, President Roosevelt appointed him ambas sador to Germany in 1933, and he has held the position ever since. This is his second term in office. ' Alex Heard, 'chairman of the CPU, announced that any of the following faculty advisers desir ing to attend the banquet must contact Miss Nancy Nesbitt in Spencer hall ; Maryon Saunders, (Continuea on page two) Associate Registrar Tells Story Of New System Determining Policy Of School By Adrian Charles Spies The University this year has the largest registration in its history. The story behind stu dent' admissions is is the story of Ben Husbands, associate reg istrar. Probably many freshmen f re member Mr. Husbands as the man who interviewed them last spring and fired seemingly endless questions covering an amazing number of ' subjects. There was a' reason behind all of these interrogations: the plan of selective admissions which de termines the policy of. this school. ' - ' Freshmen Pleased Husbands maintained that the average freshman is well pleas ed when he comes to Chapel Hill. This, he explained, was be cause the University looks for those students who will be able to blend themselves into the North Carolina scheme. While this scheme may not be distinc tive from all others, it does con tain a set of standards necessi tating: selective admissions. ' (Continued on last page)
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