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VOLUME XLVI
EDITORIAL PHOKE 4JS1
CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1938
NUMBER 72
253 Students Are Put On
Ineligible List For Quarter
Wjor Id
News
By Nelson Large
Rhodes Scholarship Candidates
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CONGRESS FAVORS
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Washington, Jan. 4. -President
Roosevelt's pledge of co
operation with business if the
latter abandons "harmful" prac
tices, moved several republican
ipaders of congress ? today to
join with democratic members
in terming1 the address "concil
iatory." ' -
Although most oi tne con
gressmen were pleased some of
the President's foes criticized
his economic views and said
they would await his special
message on business legislation
before determining their course.
The message was contrasted
with recent addresses by Secre
tary Ickes and Assistant Attor
ney General Robert H. Jackson.
These officials had accused
sections of bigbusiness of strik
ing against regulations , of the
government. Mr. Roosevelt said
in the opening address:
"Only a small minority of
business men and bankers have
displayed poor citizenship by
engaging in practices which are
dishonest or definitely harmful
to society. This statement is
straightforward . and " true. . No
person in any responsible place
in the government .of, the United
States today, has ever taken any
position contrary to it." p ::" ;
In a comment on the Presi
dent's speech, Senator Davis
(R-Pa.) T indicated that" the text
must have been written "after
lie got the universally unfavor
able reaction" to the declara
tions of Ickes and Jackson. Ac
cording to Representative Wood
ruff (R-Mich.), Roosevelt's mes
sage was "more suave and pol
ished, but just as unbending and
vicious" as the speeches by the
ether two men.
BRITISH BROADCASTING
TO END REVOLT
London, Ja 4 The British
Broadcasting cohipany carried
its Arabic radio propaganda
war into the Holy Land through
Italian-distributed receivers, it
became known today..
Italians are credited by the
British with giving to Arabs
thousands of medium wave sets,
capable of getting Bari, Italy,
news broadcasts but unable to
receive short wave programs
from Daventry, England. "
To combat -is, the BBC re-
broadcast its initial program in
Arabic last night over the pow
erful Palestine medium-wave
station.
ALABAMA TO FILL .
BLACK'S SENATE POST
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 4.
Following a campaign in which
debate over the wage-hour bill
played a prominent part, Ala
bama voted today on three can
didates seeking to succeed Jus
tice Hugo L. Blafck in the United
States senate., .'
Candidates seeking the posi
ion left by Black are former
Senator J. . Thomas fileflan, 68
years old now and attempting
Political come back: Ji Lister
Hill, for 14 years a representa
tive in congress; and Charles W
w uliams, a political newcomer
'ho terms himself a "dirt
farmer." .. . v .
Before resigning to accept the
appointment to the supreme
court, Black introduced the
wage-hour measure. Heflin and
:n? . . . ... .
"imams opposed tne bill m
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Altho2gli their: applications for
eliminations, these men represent
They are, left to right, Lytt Gardner, John Foreman, Bill Hudson,
Magill and a senior at Duke represented the state in the final
bat no North Carolinians were chosen.
BATES TO SPEAK
ON WAR IN SPAIN
TONIGHT AT HGffl
Triie InterpretatiorLOf
Spanish Situation
Will Be Given,
. Ralph Bates, who speaks to
night at 8 o'clock in Memorial
Hall on the Spanish situation,
once walked the length and
breadth of Spain gathering ma
terial for a novel on Spanish
ife. He lived in tthe houses of
workers and farmers and shep
herds trying to gain an under
standing and knowledge of the
Spanish common people. .. u
Now, almost ten years later,
Bates is using the information I
he gathered at that time in an
attempt to give persons in this
country a true interpretation of
the present doings in Spain. It
is in that end that he has been
brought here by the YMCA and
interested individuals to speak
o the general public- tonight
and to a luncheon group tomor
row. '
Tickets for the luncheon,
which will be held in Graham
Memorial hall at one o'clock to
morrow, are on saie at tne
YMCA office for sixty cents.
Mr. Bates is making a tour
under the joint sponsorship of
the League of American Writers
and the Friends of the Abraham
Lincoln Brigade. He will return
to Spain in the near future to
resume his duties with the In
ternational Brigade in which he
is a captain.
Swalin To Broadcast
Mr. B. F. Swalin will make a
radio address tonight at 10 :15
over station WDNC in Durham.
His subject is to be: "Tfce Music
of Purcell." -
This lecture will be the ninth
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in a series oi Droaacasts on in
strumental music of the 17th
century.
Freshman Chapel
There will be no freshman
chapel this . week. Beginning
Monday, meetings will .be . held
twice a week, on Mondays and
Wednesdays.., . '?
2,891 IRegMerM
For New Quarter
Increase Over Enrollment Still
Expected, Hdwever
Yesterday afternoon 2,
891 students had regis
tered for the winter quar
ter. This was 349 less than
the 3,240 for the fall quar
ter. r - '
Registration . for credit,
however, does not close un
til January 10, and a con
siderable increase over the
present registration is ex
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Rhodes Scholarships last quarter
the peak of University scholastic
Speakers Chosen
For Religion In
Life Conference
Federal Council Of Churches To
Sponsor Meet Here January
23 To 28.
An imposing array of well
known speakers has been select
ed by the local YMCA to appear
here for the Religion in Life
Conference, sponsored by the
Federal Council of Churches,
from January 23 to 28.
Selected along with three
other state universities by the
federal council, the University
will be fortunate enough to re-
charge. The conferences will be
the first attempt of the council
to adopt its preaching program
to college life. '
Speakers, as announced by
narry uomer, executive secre
tary of the YMCA, are :
Dean R. R. Wicks, from
Princeton, who headed the Hu
man Relations Institute here
several years ago ; Mordecai
Johnson, president of Howard
University; T. Z. Koo, noted
Chinese author and lecturer who
has appeared here several times ;
Gertrude Rutherford, Canadian
authority on religious educa-
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Keel Tells Of Experiences
On Bad Check Committee
Law Student Says Most "Rub
ber"' Checks Are Result Of
. Careless Mistakes
By Adrian Charles Spies
The remarkable thing about
James W. Keel is his geniality.
For as chairman of the student
council bad check committee he
has one of the most unpleasant
tasks at the University.
At his desk in the office of the
Chapel Hill Merchants associa
tion, Keel conducts a daily trial
of all offending students. On his
overflowing files are long lists
of returned checks as well as
data upon the students who
made them out. It is Keel's duty
to, probf Jnto each case, and if
necessary, determine the guilt
of erring students.
Aids Merchants
This system? of guaranteeing
town merchants complete safe
ty in financial. transactions with
people registered at the Univer
sity is a unique one. Many
schools require all students to
register a sizable bond thus in
suring a hasty validation of all
bad checks.
However, at Carolina no such
a precaution prevailed, and for
years downtown merchants were
wary of caching checks. It was
finally decided to allow the Stu
dent Council to handle the situ
ation. Thus the special officer
now held by Keel was created,
and student credit was freer
almost immediately.
And so now Keel, a third year
law student, sits at his desk and
guards the integrity of our stu
i
si
were not accepted in the final
and extracurricuiar activity.
Bob Magill, and Mac Smith.
district competition in Atlanta,
SOCIALISTPARTY
LEADER TO SPEAK
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Thomas To Head CPU's
Winter Program
Of Speaker
Norman Thomas, socialist
leader in the United States, will
be the Carolina Political Union's
first speaker of the year, it was
announced yesterday by Chair
man Alex Heard. The socialist
presidential candidate in the last
election is scheduled to speak in
Memorial Hall on January 12 at
8:30 p. m.
Because this is not a campaign
year Thomas notified the CPU
when he was first issued the in
vitation to come 5here, that his
travelling expenses would have
to be paid. Since the union's
policy is not to pay speakers, it
was imperative that the money
come from, voluntary contribu
tions." "
Donations4 to date total twenty-seven
dollars, thirteen dol
lars short of the amount that
will be needed. The remainder
will have to be given voluntarily
in order to make it possible for
the famous liberal to appear on
the campus.
dent body. Speaking of the many
checks which -"bounce" to him,
he declares that "a large major
ity of them are, the results of
mistakes, rather than inten
tional dishonesty.? Thus when
the "culprits" appear' before
him, they act like "lost sheep, be-
wildered and embarrassed to
death."
j&rrurs increase
Since the present plan has
been in .effect with the threat
of expulsion hanging over every
one s head, there nas peeir a
marked decrease in the number
of "errors." . Last year, . there.
were some 365 cases reported,
one of which was the result of a
forgery. This instance, inciden
tally; was never cleared up. So
far this quarter, about 175 bad
checks have beep returned to
Keel. " S-v:iC
"I would like everyone to real-
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ize, said iseei, wan tnis is pri
marily:, a preventative ; service.
Our purpose is to ? prevent stu
dents from intentionally giving
out bad checks. However," I be
lieve that there is really little of
that here at Carolina. Most of
our trouble comes from careless
mistakes." .
Keel might have been think
ing of the sad case of Eob Gor
don. That unfortunate sopho
more slowly made a long trek
down the Swain hall breadline,
loaded up an appetizing tray,
and then proceeded to pay the
cashierwith a check from home.
The amount was satisfactory,
and the bank was authentic, but
no one had signed the check.
Passbooks And
Tickets May Be
Had This Week
Students Who Have Paid Their
Bills Are To Call At Lobby
Of South Building
Students may obtain athletic
passbooks and student enter
tainment tickets for the quarter
in the lobby of the administra
tion offices after, having paid
their bills, it was announced
yesterday.
1 Those who have already paid
their bills and did not get tick
ets may secure them by apply
ing anytime this week at the
desk which will be placed in the
lobby. ,'.
No tickets will be required
for any athletic contest this
week.
STUDENTS FETED,
AT BANQUETS BY
CAROLINA ALUMNI
North Wilkesboro, Lenoir, Lex
ington, And Atlanta Are
Scenes Of Meetings
Four groups of Carolina stu
dents were entertained during
the holidays by the alumni of
the University at a series of
banquets in southern cities.
On Tuesday, December 28,
the Wilkes county alumni, hon
ored 30 students at a luncheon
in North Wilkesboro and the
alumniassociation in Caldwell
county: gave a banquet for : 75
students the same evening . in
Lenoir. ,
Dean R. B. House and J. M.
Saunders, of the Carolina
Alumni association, were speak
ers a both of these meetings.
President Franks Graham
spoke to over 75 students at a
banquet arranged by the David
son County Association Wed
nesday night, December 29, in
Lexington.
About 15 Atlanta, Ga., stu
dents met a group of Atlanta
alumni at a luncheon given by
the Alumni association" of that
city on Wednesday afternoon,
December 29.
UTl K " J tmn
Attends Meetings
Latin Professor Goes To Philo-
gical And Archeological Meets
Dr. R. P. Johnson, Associate
Professor of Latin, last week
attended the meetings of the
American Philogical Associa
tion and Archaeological Insti
tute of America. .-Dr. Johnson
after spending Christmas with
his father in Parkersburg, West
Virginia, returned, to the cam
pus last Friday. ;
Four Floors
For Fossils
New East ; And Evolution
Don't Mix, Prof Finds
Professor L. T. Burling
was making a very definite
point about evolution in his
geology 11 class yesterday
morning.
Rising to a pitch of en
thusiasm, he said, "And we
shall see that there are
traces of evolution just as
this building has three
floors to it."
C New East has four floors
to it.
General College Leads
With 183 Unable
To Register
Many Readmitted
m
Approximately 253 students
were on the ineligible list of the
general college, liberal arts,
commerce, and pharmacy
schools last Saturday for not
passing the required number of
hours of class work.
Since then a considerable
number have been readmitted
by the committee on readmis
sions, while others have estab
lished their eligibility by remov
ing incompletes. The committee
will meet again today to con
sider more cases.
General College
The general college, with the
largest enrollment, had 138 in
eligible. ,
Seventy-five in the college of
liberal arts failed to pass the re
quired amount .of work.
Yesterday 22 students in the
school of , commerce were still
ineligible, while the school of
pharmacy had declared 12 ineli
gible with six more required to
petition for readmission before
they can register for the winter
quarter. " .
According to the ruling, of the
University, freshmen must pass
some regular three-hour course,
while upper-classmen are re
quired to make a passing grade
on, ten hours of work.
SEVERAL STUDENTS
ATTEND NATIONAL
STUDENT ASSEMBLY,
Group Of Seven Return From
International Meet At Miami
- . University Of Ohio .
Seven students from the Uni
versity attended the National
Student Assembly, sponsored by
the YM-YWCA, at Miami Uni
versity, Oxford, Ohio, from De
cember 27 through "January 1.
These representatives were
Miss Margaret Evans ; Mis3
Polly Pollock, president of the
YWCA; Scott Hunter, presi
dent of YMCA; Bob Magill, stu
dent body president; Howard
Covington ; Jim Hall ; and De
Witt Barnett.
The entire group of 1700 rep
resentatives from colleges and
universities, theological semi
naries, and the World Student
Christian Federation, was di
vided into eleven commissions.
Bob Magill led the commission
on "The Student and Campus
Living."- -
Miss Pollock states that "the
high spot of interest in the con
ference was a service in which
representatives from 14 differ
ent nations took part.-' , These
representatives t included , i Jap
anese. ( Chinese, Negro, Euro
pean,, and-other races. ... C. '-.
Buccaneer Staffs
The cartoon "and editorial
staffs of the Carolina Buccaneer
will meet this afternoon at 2:15
in the Buccaneer office, accord
ing to Hayden Clement, editor.
Clement stated yesterday that
the first issue will come out
soon, and he urged that all ma
terial for -the issue be turned in
as soon as possible. , .
Troop School
Captain Frank Groseclose will
speak on "Battalion Parade" be
fore the Artillery Troop school
tonight at 7 :30 o'clock in Davie
Hall.
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