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Library of UIIO Chapel Hill, u. 0. fTEATHER- f "tF? Tf ' ' ' ' ' ' . VOLUME XL VI editorial vnnyjv , 1 I ' 4351 CHAPEL HILL, N.. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 1938 UlUUUlh I THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH World N e w s o By Jim McAden SMALL BUSINESS MEN CONVENE IN UPROAR Washington, Feb. 2 Nearly 1,000 small business men, meet ing at the suggestion of Presi dent Roosevelt, tried today to set down what they think the government should do to im prove business. The first meeting of men in vited to confer on the present re cession ended in pandemonium. During the entire meeting, an uncontrolled, noisy uproar filled the large auditorium of the com merce department. Secretary Roper, speaking in behalf of the President, attempt ed to convey greetings to the assembly. He and Fred Roth, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was elected chairman of the conven tion, attempted to restore order after the meeting had broken up into 10 individual discussion groups. Despite the uproar, many of the small business men protest ed against what they termed un fair trade practices of some large concerns. Some said they were in favor of getting taxes imposed on chain stores. Others hope to ob xam conference approval of varied types of restrictions on their big competitors. FRENCH, ITALIAN ENVOYS INTERVIEWED BY EDEN London, Feb. 2. Following the dispatch of protecting war ships to danger, zones, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden today conferred with French and Ital ian ambassadors to outline emergency measures to prevent further menacing of merchant shipping in the Mediterranean. The conference today was a result of the torpedoing fand sinking Sunday of the British freighter Endymeon off the coast of southeastern Spain. Italian officials in Rome said that the Spanish government charges that insurgents were using six Italian warships "were not addressed to us and hence we have no reply to make." Spanish government officials had previously charged that the submarine which sank the freighter was Italian supposed ly on patrol duty but actually uuiug opanisn insurgents in their attempt to blockade gov ernment ports. FLOOR SHOW TO BE FEATURE OF YWCA CABARET Jere King And Group lo Provide Music For Affair Sponsored by YWCA coeds, the cabaret in the ball room of jthe Carolina inn the week-end of the German club Midwinter dances will feature a varied floor show with music by Jere King and his orchestra. , Feature The entertainment will fea ture Miss Betty Tandy, solo dancer, and Miss Frances Walk er as torch singer. The show also includes Misses Mary Lil lian Speck and Lillian Hughes who will be singers with the or chestra which will provide mu sic for dinner and dancing. Invitations Invitations have already been sent to German club members, offering reservations for party groups and for couples. Accord ing to an announcement by Miss Elizabeth Malone, who is in charge of the general arrange ments, several fraternities are planning parties at the cabaret, which will be after the tea dance Friday, February 11, from 7 to 8:30 o'clock. ' Expense At this first cabaret the ex pense will be kept at a mini mum, the cost per person being one dollar, which will, cover the cost of dinner,- dancing, enter tainment, and Valentine favors. Anyone wishing to make res ervations in advance for the cabaret should telephone Miss Elizabeth Malone at Spencer hall, the YMCA, or Graham Me morial. Duke University's Most Beautiful ' V ' ' ..- - -. , .,..7 , - ' i r. , ' ' ' ;o::-:-:--x-:-x-:-:-:V::::-:'v.';-'' :.-.:::-:-: .vX-:-;o:v-x-:"-'"-'i ' ' ' f ' ; r ' S . v , s ' x , - ' V J- y , r s , ' i ' A ' , ::-iv: :.v -:.x-:-Sm::; . : ' ' ' " s ' - ' f- i ' ' ' , ' "y , J , ' - ' ' y.w.w::::vv.v.v..v.v..ft . . . .-.-. . .-.: -v- --.v.-. .-.-. 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Some senators susrsrested hold- lng. future program of tax vision, government reorgan Jzation, and the regular appro bation bills. Behind the attempt to side ?rack the lynching bill, admin istration leaders talked of early (Continued on last page) Men will participate in no way with this year's May Day program, it was decided yester day by the Women's association. This means that election of the May queen and her court will be done entirely by the coeds, either by popular election or by a committee. It also means that no men will be featured in the pageant. Plans Plans for the program are in the hands of Alpha Kappa Gam ma, women's national honorary fraternity. Students v are now busy working on scripts for the nasreant. to be entered in a con test arid judged by members of AKG, the author of the winning one receiving five dollars. Definite plans for the - May Day program will be published at the beginning of the spring quarter. Magazine Copy Will Be Due February 12 Prospective Contributors Should Confer With Read, Hudson Copy for the next issue of the Carolina Magazine will be due February 12, it was announced yesterday. Prospective contribu tors should confer with Nick Read or Bill Hudson by today. Editors will be in the office in Graham Memorial from 7 to 8:30 this evening. Miss Margaret Bonnell, who was selected by Cinema Director Cecil B. DeMille as the most beautiful co-ed at Duke university. The contest was held by the Chanticleer. Duke didn't lose every thing on November 13. Hogan To Petition Council To Reconsider Recent Ruling " 4 Will Request That Only 800 Votes Be Cast In Election "You All" Found To Have Roman Origin Professor Davis Finds Phrase In Works Of Cicero The .phrase "you all," which is supposed to strongly identify a person rom the southern part of the United States, dates back to the Latin classics, Dr. B. W. Davis informed . his Latin class the other day. In the works of Cicero the words "omnes vos" ap pear many times. He was referring to "all you Ro man people," but the words translate directly into "you all." Perhaps the southern forefathers were greater scholars than historians have given them credit for. Rooms Added To Fourth Floor At Spencer Hall Social Room. Laundrv. Trunk Room Installed In Former Bare Attic Space Three new rooms have been added to the fourth floor of Spencer hall, using space that was bare attic room in which trunks were stored. These rooms are a social room, a laundry, and a new trunk room. It was mainly through the combined efforts of Mrs. Lee. social director of Spencer hall, Mrs. Marvin Stacy, adviser to women, Mr. P. L. Burch, super intendent of buildings," and Mr. T. E. Henson, superintendent of dormitories, that the rooms have been acquired. These and others have been working on the ideas and the plans for the rooms for about three years, but (Continued on page two) i Parties Favor Plan By Charles Barrett Milton Hogan, University stu dent chiefly responsible for the campus radio studio movement, said last night he would reauest that the student council recon sider its recent ruling requiring a vote of half the student body! to qualify the election to be held February 10. Hogan said he would ask the council to require that approxi- inaieiy ouu students vote in favor of . the proposal, but not toj 800 votes to be cast. "There's no point in having the other 800 vote as a favorable majority would already have been secured," he said. Parties It was also learned that both political parties on the campus would support the proposed stu dio in the election. Heads of the Student and University parties have agreed to conduct cam paigns in dormitories and fra ternities in favor of the studio. Hogan stressed the fact that in only one election in the his- (Continued on page two) POLICY OF YOUNG REPUBLICANS TO BE READFEB. 12 State-Wide Recognition Given Reorganized Association Members of the University Young Republicans' club will re ceive 'state-wide recognition February 12 when a paper stat ing the party policy advised by the local group is read before the North Carolina Young Re publicans' convention. Miss Frances Johnson, who has been largely responsible for rehabilitation of the organiza tion on the campus, announced yesterday that a special meet ing of the club will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Grail room to decide on the pol icy to be suggested by the local group. Interest .. The club, reorganized at the beginning of the year, has at tracted much interest on the campus and succeeded in bring ing the first major speaker ever brought here by a Republican organization. Miss Johnson and several oth ers will attend the r.nnvpnttmi at which the paper will be read. All students on the campus who are interested in the future of the Republican party, both locally and nationally, and who wish to contribute to the forma tion of the policy paper are urg ed to attend the meeting called for this afternoon. Celebration To Be Held First Two Weeks Of Spring Quarter Berg Is Secretive Because of a crowded winter schedule of activities, the fourth annual Student-Faculty day will be held during the first two weeks of the spring quarter, it was announced yesterday by Randy Berg, chairman of the committee for the arrangements of the celebration. Elaborate plans are already under way to make the event the best since its origination three years ago. Chairman for the special committees will be notified of their appointments within the next few days, and are expected to begin work im mediately. Plans Berg was secretive about his plans but he promised that he had enough up his sleeve to m-o- vide a real snectacl whm A. -'A-AWAA VilW day arrives. He outlined the general program for the da v. which will be inaugurated with the coronation of the king and: queen of the event and will end with a gala jamboree and dance m the evening. The royal fam- ily will be elected by the student body in the next few weeks, and will be crowned in a brilliant ceremony which will open the festivities. Later in the day, students have luncheon with faculty members. Plans for the after noon activities have not been ar ranged yet, but the dav will climaxed by the evening's dance. Radio Forum Will Meet Tonierht In Graham Memorial Will Follow Town Meeting Of The Air; Miss Henderson, Sam Hobbs In Charge The Current Affairs Radio forum will hold its weekly meet ing tonight in the lounge of Gra ham Memorial, immediately aft er the 9 :30 Town Meeting of the Air. Under the joint leadership of Miss Margaret Henderson and Sam Hobbs, the group will hold a discussion on this week's (Continued, on page two) Former University Medical Student Reported Missing Burke Gray Last Seen By Roommate On January 21 Investigators Here Federal authorities are still attempting to solve the disap pearance of Thomas Burke Gray, medical student here in j 1937 and a member of Alpha Jappa Kappa, who has been re ported missing from the Uni versity of Maryland. Gray, according to his room mate, left his room to be gone for several hours on the night of January 21 and did not rt turn. .' Clue Investigators have traced his actions up to 10:30 on that night, but have been unable fn, determine any clue as to his whereabouts since that time. Gray's scholastic work at Maryland was above averae-P. although he had been sent home from classes before his disap pearance in order to rest He appeared tired and, friends say, he has been in poor health for the past several years. It is reported that Federal au thorities came to Chapel Hill and questioned ' Miss "Tud" Mease, coed here and the daugh ter of a former business partner of Gray's father, to see if she could throw any light on the dis appearance. Several citizens of Andrews, (Continued on page two) VON BECKERATH SPEAKST0N1GHT Professor Will Discuss "League Of Nations" Following a short business meeting at 7:15 tonight, the Foreign Policy league will hear Herbert Von Beckerath of the economics department who wil speak on "League of Nations.' Y 1 T-k 1 i m ur. von isecKeratn will pre sent the historic background - in Europe, the ideals of the League of Nations, and ; its unrealistic approach to present day Euro pean demands. His speech fol lows those last week by John Creedy and Henry Nigrelli in behalf of the League's cause. In correction, John Kendrick has not resigned from the or ganization as was stated in last Sunday's Tar Heel but is now serving on the executive' committee. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting, which will be held in the YMCA. Drama Majors All students majoring in dra matic arts who plan to take the comprehensive examination on February 19 . are asked to meet m Dr. Frederick Koch's office at 113 Murphey today at 4 o'clock. i
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