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Library of UIIO ChaiymiTl,. ift- T77EATHER: ff Cloudy and Warmer V V Today THE ONLY , COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH Z 525 VOLUME XLVI EDITORIAL PHONE 4551 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937 ECSIXES3 PHOKI 41 S6 NUMBER 23 Wje f ' s World News By Nelson Large :, BRITISH EMBASSY CARS TARGET OF JAP PLANES Shanghai, Oct 12. Three cars of the, British embassy, bearing the English flag, were .attacked today; by two squad rons of Japanese warplanes as the embassy and other English men rode along near Minhong, 14 miles south of Shanghai. " The machine gun -raid .did "not result in the death of anyone I. i - ii .' ' . ' necause me occupants imme diately left' the cars and sought shelter from the rain of bullets, The staff cars -were returning from .Nanking on the same liighway on 'which, the British ambassador , to . China was rid ing when he was seriously in jured by Japanese bombs -- and ' machine gun fire. Because of this, ' the British , government lias planned to look into i the matter with gravest concern. ' Japanese authorities investi gating the attack reported that no details had been received as yet, but they did state that the British embassy had failed to notify either the army or the navy that it was making the trip. The British expressed the be lief that the cars could have easily been identified by the Union Jack, and stated defi nitely that the planes were Jap anese warplanes. . Other Japanese air attacks were centered' around"' Chapei, Nanking, and cfchjer places of less importance. However, the battle over Nanking was most spectacular and resulted in the loss of 24 Japanese planes. A. F. OF L. MAKES C. I. O. OFFERS Denver, Oct. 12.- The Ameri can Federation of Labor today extended the privilege of rejoin ing to its unions which have gone to John L. Lewis' C. t. 0. or expulsion from the club. William Green, federation president, stated: "The door is open. The hand of the A. F. of L. is extended The voice of the A. F. of L. says 'Please come back home.' If any one ot these (C. L O.) organ izations comes to the door x x x we'll be there to welcome them and embrace them." Following this statement Green warned the convention that the council will resort to its powers of expulsion against "obstinate unions." "I say to those who want to go (to the C. I. O.), get out and leave us alone." This last state ment was shouted to those pres ent. y COURT OPENS WAY FOR QUESTIONING Washington, Oct. 12. Ac cording to beliefs expressed to day by legal experts, the su preme court has left the way open for further challenges of Justice Hugo Black's right to the bench,1 . . , The petitions of Levitt and Kelly, which were ruled out be cause of lack of sufficient inter est in the outcome of the trial, left this opening. Levitt had very little to say about the' actions taken yester day, but he did assert that he intends to make further chal lenges. SPANISH CAPITAL TO BE MOVED Cerbere, Franco- Spanish Frontier. Oct. 12. It-was (Continued on page two) IiiC elebratioin Tall Administration, Faculty Take Part In 144th Anniversary Honored By CPU Calling for a Supreme Court that will be responsive to the will , of the voters as expressed at the polls, Robert H. Jackson, assistant United States attorney general, told the Founder's Day assemblage in Memorial liall hat "education will protect our rights and our institutions bet ter, than litigation." The occasion, broadcast over WPTF, combined the celebra tion of the University's 144th anniversary with the. institu tion's observance of the sesqui- centennial of the United States constitution. ': . House Presides Administrative Dean Robert B. House presided over the ex ercises which got -under way after the academic procession in traditional cap and gown had formed at South buildiner and marched to Memorial hall, head ed, by the University band with Dr. W. M. Dey and Bob Magill acting as chief faculty and stu dent marshals. x .... In the procession were Judge Francis D. Winston, oldest liv ing trustee, navmg served m that capacity for 51 years, who recently , celebrated his 80th birthday rand Dr.- M. C. S. No- Continued on page two) Cone Will Offer Concert Tonight Graduate Student's Recital To Begin Fall Concerts . Beginning the fall series of concerts presented by the music department, Mr. Harold Cone will give a , piano recital at 8:30 tonight in the Hill Music hall. Mr. Cone, a graduate student in the department, will include on his program .French Suite No. 1 in D minor by J. S. Bach; So nata No. 2 in B flat minor; ODera 35 bv Chonin: and Faschingschwank aus Wien, Opera 26 by Schumann. Other recitals scheduled for the fall quarter are as follows: Wednesday, October 20 Or can recital bv Professor J. P. o - - v - Schinhan. . Tuesdav. October 26 Piano (Continued on lart page) SHALLERT, BARKER, BOOKER TO GO TO A.K. G-CONVENTION Vnra f i nn nl Onnort unities Or Women To Be Theme Of Meet ,. , In Virginia Nancy Shallert, president of the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Gamma, Evelyn Barker, treasur er, and Nell Booker, secretary, will attend the national conven tion which will be held at State Teacher's College in Farmville Virginia, October 15 and 16. The theme of the convention is to be vocational opportunities for women. The local Athenian circle was assigned the fields of art and law. Presidents of $he chapters will give a 45 minute report condensing the research of the members in their fields Copies of these reports will be given to each circle and filed at the colleges. The Library of Congress and the University of North Carolina Library - have also asked for copies. ; Display Of toian; Collection To Be Concluded Today Students May Rent Pictures From Group Of . Facsimilies Of Modern Paintings The student loan collection of facsimiles of modern paintings, a gift of the Carnegie corpora tion of New York, will be on display for the last time in Per son hall art gallery today, ac cording to Russell L. "Smith, head of the art department. , For several weeks the stu dents have had an opportunity to rent anyof these pictures for 25 cents a month. The majority of them have already been rent ed, but several are still avail able for; those students who either want to decorate their rooms with the pictures or use hem for study in regard to heir art work. Pictures by douard Manet, Henri Rous-(Continued-on page two) Y. M. C. A. INVITES CONGRESSWOMAN TO SPEAR HERE First Woman To Enter Congress May Come October 25 Jeannette Rankin, first worn an to enter the united. States congress, will: be invited 'to speak here Monday night, Octo ber 25, under the sponsorship of the Y. M. C. A.. Secretary Harry Comer announced ' yesterday. Now, head of the National Asso ciation for Prevention of War, - f i - she is considered the most pow erful lobbyist for peace in the national capital. The iormer Montana con- gresswoman will be in the state during the latter part of Octo ber, Mr. Comer said, and she has been' asked to fill a speak ing engagement in Memorial hall on October 25. The address will be open to the public. Peace Movement v In connection with its par ticipation in the national peace movement, the Y. M. C. A. is attempting . to provide wel Known speakers just beiore or af ter, Armistice Day, November 11, he said, and since there wil be a great demand for such a widely known peace, leader on (Continued on page two) Sigma Delta University Scholastic List Chi.Psi's Win Cup For Highest Rating Among Men's National Fraternities For 1936-37; Averages Given Chi Omega and. Pi Beta Phi, the two sororities in the Univer sity, and Sigma Delta, a local fraternity, made the highest scho lastic averages during the l year 1936-1937, according to Kk K. G. Henry, assistant registrar. ! ' ' ' - : " ; ; The Chi Psi's were winners of the cup for the highest rating amon? the men's national fraternities. . ' Ratings were given on the basis of 1 being equivalent to A, 2 to B, 3 to C, and 4 to D. ;, ., ' The averages are listeoVbelow, with the number of members in each fraternity and the scholastic average of each group, given after the name. Sorority 1. Chi Omega 2. Pi Beta Phi Fraternity 3. Sigma Delta 4. Chi Psi J. Tfi-Ti t-T tti - - - .r (Continued on Oldest Trustee i 1 1 1 ': T.T": . - if, ' ;::.'. i .::::.:. ... . t '' ' ' ' - 'iT $ ' - -4 Judge Francis D. Winston, for 51 years a trustee of the oldest of state universities, who took part yesterday in the celebration ot nis a una maters 144 tn an niversary. DUKE Y. EC. A, GONVMSHERE Carolina Group Meets With Visitors Duke came over to Chapel Hill twelve strong . last night, headed by Bill Summerville. their Y. M. C. A. president, and held a regular meeting of their Junior-Senior cabinet with members of the local organiza tion. !' Summe;rville was introduced by Scott Hunter, president of the University "Y," and from then on the meeting was in the hands of the group from Dur- ham.'-'- ! r-- - ' - Heads of various "Y" organ izations on the Duke campus gave reports, and the activities of several of the newest groups were explained. The newly , formed Duke Freshman Advisory council, the Religious council, and the Boys' Social service were of most in terest to the Carolina students. This was the first meeting of its kind to be held on either the (Continued on page two) P. U. Board Will Buy 1937 Annuals The Publications jQnion board will pay $1.65 for copies of 1937 Yackety Yacks, it was announced yesterday by Stuart Rabb, chairman. . Students who wish to sell their annuals of last spring for this price should take them by the office of J. M. Lear in Bingham hall during the afternoon. ' No. of Students' Average Sororities Top :. 30 . 2.44 - " - Tnnmim L) " No. of Students Average 9 2.67 - 16 2.71 last page) econd Day Voting Favors President Eubanks Pleased With Success Of Air Mail Delivery Postmaster Praises Cooperation Of All Concerned; 2,275 . Letters Sent From Here R. A. Eubanks, Chapel Hill postmaster, was greatly pleased yesterday with the success of the special air mail ' delivery from Chapel Hill. Mr. Eubanks, high in his praise for the co operation which was accorded him, said: "I wish to thank the Daily Tar Heel, the Chapel Hill Weekly, the students and towns people of Chapel Hjll for tfieir splendid cooperation in making the special October 12th air mail program a success. "I wish to thank the people who sent out 2,275 air mail let ters from the Chapel Hill post of f ice by special plane, a record for which we all should be proud. DI MEETS YEAR WITHOUTBENEFIT OF CONSTITUTION Cochran Discovers Loss, Proposes Adoption Of New One The Di Senate, which operates under strict principles of parli mentary law, discovered) in its regular session ; last night that I for over a year it had been meet ing without the benefit of a con stitution. . v : This dilemna was uncovered when Senator Cochran took the rostrum and announced that, af ter looking over some of the senate records, he discovered the constitution had been lost "through some mishap. Proposal To adjust this situation Sena tor Cochran proposed that the Senate constitution of 1931 be adopted with the exception of Article n, which refuses. admis sion of coeds to the organiza tion. Senator Cochran's motion was supported by Senator Busby, who also expressed an opinion that the Senate had lost its standing on the campus and urg ed that it begin now to "clean up the waste of the past and re- (Continued on page two) Senior Council 1 Reviews Duties Of Audit Board Honor Group Tries And Dis misses One Case Of Viola tion Of Honor System " - ....... , The Senior Class Honor council tried one -case pf violation of the .honor sys tem but dismissed it be cause of insufficient evi-4 dence. " f The council spent some time in discussing the func tions of the audit board as presented by Stuart Rabb and reacted favorably' to the suggestion of moving the Student Activities Fund office from Graham Memo rial to South building. Such ; action, "however," would have to be taken by the audit board itself. Students Oppose Third Term; For Foreign Cooperation 871 Cast Ballots Added student support of President Roosevelt was indi cated yesterday when the re sults of the second day voting in the Carolina Political union poll were tabulated. In two days 871 students and faculty members have cast bal lots, 342 of which favor Roose velt for a third term in the White House, while 490 oppose his' re-election. Favor of the new foreign pol icy of international co-operation seemed stronger as student faculty support grew to 456 in favor of the President's stand as opposed to 142 against it -Opposition Opposition to reviving the court reorganization was shown in 520 votes while 284 express ed a desire to see the President renew his attack on the present set-up. Among party choices for can didacy in 1940, Senator Arthur Vandenburg (Rep. Mich.) still leads the field with 38 votes. Philippine Commissioner Paul McNutt led the Democratic field . with 24 campus supporters. Sec retary of Agriculture Henry - (Continued on jage two) Band Will Play At ; Music Conference Select Portions Of Band To Give Concert Friday In response to an invitation from the annual music teacher's conference at Greensboro Octo ber 15-16, a select portion of the University band will serve as a "clinic band" there Friday un der the direction of Mr. Frank Simon, nationally known, maes tro. The band. will give concerts at noon and 3 :30 Friday, to an estimated audience of 2,600. Friday evening, the band will leave for Chapel Hill in order to go to the Carolina-Wake For est game at Wake Forest. FRESHMAN GROUPS OF CAROLINA, DUKE HOLD EXCHANGE" Magill, Hunter To Speak Duke Chapel Program On Saturday The "Goodwill Exchange' sponsored by the Freshman Friendship councils of Duke and Carolina will begin Saturday at 12:30 when Bob Magill and Scott Hunter of Carolina ad dress the Duke freshman chapel. Magfll, president ' of the stu dent body, ' and Scott Hunter, president of the X. M. C. A., will speak on the spirit and op portuniiy that should exist be tween two institutions" as large and close together as Duke and Carolina. ' ' On the following Monday, President Maxwell of the , Duke student body, and President Sommerville of the Duke Y. M. C. A. will appear before the Carolina freshman assembly to speak on the same subject. This year marks the fourth year of the campaign which was begun by the Freshman Friend ship councils of both institu tions. . 1
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