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ibrary of UIIO I bap el Hill, U. 0. WEATHER: Fair to Partly THE ONLY ' COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH T -Cloudy Today Z 525 VOLUME XL VI EDITORIAL PHONE 4J51 CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1937 ECSXXES3 PHOSZ 4IS& NUMBER 39 T1 T ! First . Defeat flit T7f yf jtfpfti T(1) (m v r.TT 6 r 1 d Neivs By Nelson Large DETACHED CHINESE UNITS FLEE FROM RUINED AREA Shanghai, Oct. 31 Early to day China's "lost batallion" was abandoning its stronghold in de vastated Chapei and small groups began making . dashed for the safety of the Internation al Settlement, running the gauntlet of heavy Japanese, fire. When the Japanese began blasting at the batallion's ware house with artillery, British troops and British-police of the settlement already had made ar rangements for such evacuation. Japanese searchlights played on the roadway over which the Chinese were dashing for safety. Portions of the roof and walls were torn away ' by Japanese shells. ' ' The batallion, unit of the fa mous 88th division, had held out in the warehouse-fortress near the settlement boundary since the general Chinese retreat from Chapei Wednesday. Spokesmen of Japan and Chi na yesterday revealed to the fourth estate that their countries are now ready to discuss peace. However, the positions of the two countries on terms for endr ing their undeclared war were shown to be widely separated. CONGRESSMEN WORK ON F. D. R.'s NEW BILLS Washington, Oct. 30 In or der to get the President's five point program ready for debate at the special session beginning Nov. 15, administration leaders in congress are working against time. . Since farm legislation is to have .the right-iof-wayl, bouse and senate agricultural commit tees are now the busiest. Mem bers interested "in other bills, however, are also returning ear ly. ' Even though all major bills should be ready at the start of the session and some will not many legislators have expres sed the belief the entire program cannot be enacted before the reg ular session begins in January. Chairman Jones (D.-Tex.) (Continued on page two) , Spencer Fire Causes Bedlam Panorama broke loose yes terday afternoon about 1 :45 , on the third floor of Spen cer hall when a visiting "import" looked in Leah Robinson's room and saw the curtains ablaze. , Shrieks of "Fire ! Fire !" brought girls running from all directions. One girl grabbed a fire extinguisher and set ', to work. A few minutes later the fire was out, but due to an unsteady hand, Miss Ro binson's clothes were thor oughly saturated with acid, as well as the remains of the curtains. No explanation was ad vanced as to how the fire started. w fTJFTON P.RATG I REVEALS STUDY OFNEWPROJECT Non-Prof it Movie House May Be Located In Memorial Hall Technicians Pass Following over a year of care ful study of the situation and a collection of all information and details concerning the proj ect, Clifton Craig, junior, today re vealed his plan for operating a student theater in Memorial hall! simjlar to that of Duke and other schools. The need for a campus mov ing picture house, run on a non profit basis, and tp be combined with various student activities has been talked of and discuhsed for many years. Investigation This is the first time, however, that a plan has been drawn ' up (Continued on page two) DI TO INITIATE NEWMMTUESDAY New Constitution Also To Be Considered The Dialectic Senate will ini tiate several new members at its regular meeting which will be held in the senate's chamber in New West on Tuesday night at 7:15. ' r The senate will also vote on a new constitution which was put before the body last week by the constitution committee. The bill, "Resolved: That the practice of euthanasia be in stalled in the United States un der the control of the American Medical Association," which was brought up at the last meeting, but was tabled indefinitely, will be taken from the table and act ed upon. , Queer Varied Make Up Neophytes' Life -3 Radio Forum Will Be Conducted On 'America's Policy' Program Planned For Thursday Night In Union Lounge; Pro fessor To Lead Discussion The first of a series of radio forums in connection with the New York Town meeting pro gram will be held next Thurs day night in Graham Memorial lounge, Harry Comer, executive secretary of the announced yesterday. , Students and others interest ed will gather in the lounge for the beginning of the program at 9:30. and will discuss the pro gram for some time afterwards. A faculty member, will lead the discussion. Topic , . Tonic for Thursday's pro gram, first of the annual series is "What Should Be America's Policv in the Far East?" Four internationally known authori ties will discuss the topic. All Star . ALEXANDER KIPNIS RICI1ARD HAGEMAN ' MARTA KRASOVA HENK NOOR1 HILDA Pictured above are the five stars of continental opera houses, who appear here Monday night series. Martha Krasova, principal in Vienna; Henk Noort, tenor Operas; Joel Berglund, baritone, and State Opera, Vienna; Hilda and Prague State Operas; Alexander Kipnis, nationally, known basso; and Richard Hageman, the group. Leading European Stars In Program Tomorrow Night Zimmermann To Talk To Soph "Y" Cabinet Program To Be Second In Series Of International Discussions President Dewitt Barnett of the Sophomore "Y" cabinet an nounced yesterday that Dr. Erich W. Zimmermann of the economics department will be the speaker at the regular Mon day night meeting. This is the second in a series of'discussions on "Means of-Better Understanding Between the United States and Europe. Campus Sorority Pledges Launch Their Canoes On Steam Of Fraternal Activities , Queer j umbles of meetings and memory work, teas and tele phone-answering, dues and dan ces make up the life of the sor ority pledge from the time of her pledging in October until the momentous initiation in Jan uary. Thirty-one campus neophytes have launched their canoes on (Continued on page two) By Stuabt Rabb (Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of four articles in -which Mr. Rabb comments on the University athletic situation in relation to alumni, athletic assoc iation, administration, and the student body.) Mr. Mai Stevens, who coaches football at New York University, says that the college game has Cast KGv4ETZNI JOEL BERGLUND on the Student Entertainment contralto of the State Opera of the Dusseldorf and Vienna Kungsholm Opera, Stockholm, Eonetzni, first soprano, Vienna composer - conductor, who directs Second Of Fall Student Entertainment Series To Be At 8:30 " - -. Wagnerian Singers Arias, duets, trios and scenes from four Wagner operas and selections from the operas of Offenbach, Weber, Mozart, Strauss and Gounod will be sung tomorrow night when five of the leading stars of the European concert an dopera stage appear here on the Student Entertain ment series at 8:30 in Memorial hall. The operas included on the program are "Tannhauser, "Die Meistersinger," "Rienzi," "Die Walkurie," by Wagner; "Tales of Hoffman," Off enback ; "Der Freischutz," Weber; "Don Gio vanni," Mozart; "Rosencava lier," Strauss; and ' "Faust," Gounod. . Encores In addition to the regular pro gram, encores will be made up of selections from a variety of operas and the folk songs of the singers, who represent five na tionalities. V ... Of the five singers who make up the Wagnerian Festival en (Continued on tost page) become too complicated to be call ed a sport. To meet intercollegi ate competition players must be trained to precision in 40 or 50 different plays. The football boys must be very big and fair ly fast, or fairly big . and very fast. f.'f:r; Eliminate those whose mental ity is not high enough to learn Rams Show Fine Array Of Talent, In 14-0 Conquest ' s Soyez To Assist In Student Union Concert By Dees Weil-Known Pianist To Accom pany Student Singer To day At 5 O'clock W. H. Soyez will be the ac companist in a concert this afternoon in Graham Me morial lounge by. James Dees, popular baritone soloist and University student, it was -announced yesterday. The concert will begin at 5 o'clock. Soyez, who will also pfay sev eral solo selections, was a stu dent under Adolph Schimitt at Heidelberg, Germany. Last year he attended the University of Rochester. Radio ; Dees is a student of Frank R. Hufty of Norfolk, Va., and has sung on several radio programs. He was a soloist for the glee club and orchestra of Campbell (Continued on page two) . WAR PLAY TO BE SHOWNTUESDAY Playmakers Cooperate With Alumni Fund. Having piayea Deiore a com bined audience of over 2000 Fri day and last night despite the at traction of several other campus activities, the Playmakers in co operation with the Alumni Loy alty Fund officers will present jonnny jonnson again on Tuesday night at 8 :15 in a bene fit performance. Attending the show were stu dents and faculty of Meredith, Elon, Duke, and State who have been largely responsible for the purchasing of the thousand sea son tickets sold by the Playmak ers since the opening of school. Prices for the benefit will.be one dollar for reserved seats, 50 cents general admission. 36 States, Six Countries Represented In University 3,207 Students Registered, 2,220 From North Carolina, 298 ' - From New York According to the new student directory not yet off the press, 2,220 of the 3,207 students regis tered at the University are na tive North Carolinians. Six countries, 36 states, and the District of Columbia are re of 22 different reh'gious denom inations. Besides those from North Ca (Continued on Uut page) the big-time game. Eliminate those who do not believe that big time football is worth the time required to learn it and the risk taken playing it. The remain ing small portion of the popula tion constitutes the football players market. , . Bidding against each other in (Continued on last page) INVADERS' PLAY PACED BY FAMED WOJCIECHOWICZ Carolina Eleven Gives "Wall Of Granite" Good Fight Play Before 24,000 By Fletcher W. Ferguson Paced by the brilliant defen sive work of All-American cen ter Alex Wojciechowicz and the fine ball carrying of Stephen , Kazlo, the Fordham Rams eli minated North Carolina from ' the ranks of the nation's unde feated elevens' by a 14-0 margin here yesterday afternoon. A near capacity crowd of 24,000 saw Jim Crowley's boys stamp themselves as the East's best, pushing over touchdowns in the first and third periods. After the third period, there remained little doubt as to which was the better ,team in that par ticular ball game. But despite the setback, the Tar Heel club was in the game all the way. It kept fighting against the Rams' famed "wall of granite" and its shifty, elusive backs. Carolina was defeated, but it showed the kind "of sluff expected from it and it was no disgrace losing to such a fine array of talent as Fordham produced. All-American Bershak Keeping step with the perfor mance of Wojciechowicz was Carolina's bid for All-American, the great end, Co-captain Andy Bershak. tie kept pounding in on the defense, making several seemingly impossible tackles and piling up interference with great skill. Sometimes the Fordham backs got around him, but they were few and far between. Be hind Bershak on the second line defense was Crowell Little, Art Ditt, George Watson and George Stirnweiss. They made several (Continued on page three) Third Exhibit Of Fall Quarter To Open At Gallery Russell Smith To Give Talk On Paintings In Person Hall Today At Four This afternoon , in. Person hall Art Gallery the third ex hibition of the year- will open, with a group of water colors by Russell T. Smith, head of the . University Art Department, and another by the famous Calif or- nian, Chiura Obata. . Smith's paintings, numbering around twenty in all. are the more recent of his works, hav ing been done during the last six or eight months. This is the first time that this particular group of his pictures which for the most part are Maine and New Hampshire scenes has been exhibited. Mr. Smith, who re ceived his B. A. degree from the Harvard School of Fine Arts, and has since traveled and stu died in Europe, came to the Uni (Continued on page two)
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