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VOLUME XLVI
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C.f FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938
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NUMBER 133
Freshman Dances Will Begin
Merrill Is Choice Of Tar Hee"
Traveling Prof.
Tonignt, y O'clock;
Tea Dance Tomorrow
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News'
Edited by Jim McAden
KOOSEVELT DISCLAIMS
DICTATORIAL WISHES
Warm Springs, Ga., March 31.
President Roosevelt made public to
day a letter in which he had declined
any leanings toward a dictatorship
and accused opponents of his govern
ment reorganization bill of retarding
progress.
The letter, addressed to an un
named acquaintance, asked, for ap
proval of the measure in its present
form and listed three reasons why
he was opposed to any form of dic
tatorship in this statement:
"As you know, I am as much op
posed to an American dictatorship as
you are, for three simple reasons:
"(1) I have no inclination to be a
dictator.
"(2) I have none of the qualifica
tions which would make me a suc
cessful dictator.
"(3) I have too much historical
background and too much knowledge
of existing dictatorships to make me
desire any form of dictatorship for
a democracy like the United States of
America."
The letter, dated March 29, was re
leased early this afternoon by Secre
tary Marvin Mclntyre. The President
recalled how a year, ago he proposed
the reorganization measure, and this
year "a carefully manufactured par
tisan and political opposition to any
reorganization bill has created a po
litical issue created it deliberately
out of the whole cloth."
TORNADOES HIT MID-WEST,
LEAVE MANY CASUALTIES
March 31. Five midwestem states
were hit today by a series of torna
does which left hundreds homeless,
S3 dead, and nearly 250 injured, with
estimates of damage placed at $1,000,
000. The storms hit Kansas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois, do
ing the greatest damage in the last
named state, where 10 were listed as
dead.
Flood warnings were issued in Ar
kansas, where one of the tornadoes
hit. This twister swung up through
southeastern Missouri accounting for
more dead.
Southeastern Kansas was second
hardest hit by the torrential rains
and hail which left seven, including
three children, dead.
NAVAL FORCE SEARCHES
FOR LOST PLANE, FLIERS
Honolulu, March 31. A night-long
search failed to result in any trace
of six naval airmen and their plane,
"which has been missing since sun
down. .
Sixty-five American warships and
240 fighting planes took part in the
intensified hunt, putting a temporary
halt to the huge naval maneuvers in
the Pacific:
Already five men have lost their
lives in the mimic war games. They
died yesterday when their plane
crashed off Wainae, Oahu island, in
the third major fleet air tragedy of
the year. Two others among the crew
-escaped.
The missing flying boat has been
identified as the 7VP18, Lieut. Charles
Signer in command.
Dr. Coker To Speak
At Faculty Club
Meeting Tonight
Philosophy Group Will
Meet In Graduate
Lounge, 8 O'clock
Dr. R. E. Coker will address a
Meeting 0f the Faculty Philosophy
clu tonight at 8 o'clock in
the Graduate Club lounge on "Philo
sophical Reflections of a Biologist."
-A-il faculty members are invited.
pr. Coker's taik will concern the
"igin of biological studies, some fun
damental principles of the science of
llfe, and the theoretical possibilities
of explaining life. ,
. Tnrough a mistake in the duplicat
es department, cards were sent to all
j'ty members, announcing the
meeting for Thursday, April 1, in-
7ad of the correct date, Friday,
APdl 1.
Frosh May Obtain
Bids In YMCA
Office Today
A week-end of dancing will begin
tonight at 9 o'clock in the Tin Can
with the first of two hops presented
by the freshman class. The dance will
last until 1p.m.
Tomorrow afternoon, from 4 until 6
o'clock, the class will again dance to
Earl Mellon's-msic in a tea affair.
Grail ,
Mellon and his orchestra," which
originated in Richmond, Va., ahd has
previously played in this section, will
appear again tomorrow night at the
first of two regular Grail dances this
quarter.
Those. first year men who have as
yet not procured their bids for the
two dances may get them at 10:30
this morning and 1:30 this afternoon
in the YMCA lobby from members of
the dance committee.
Through a mistake in printing, the
bids state that the afternoon dance
will take place this afternoon. Fresh
men are asked to disregard this, and
present the bid for admittance to the
Tin Can tomorrow afternoon. v
A blanket bid has been extended to
all Grail members for tonight's
and tomorrow afternoon's dance.
GERMAN CLUB
HOLDS EJECTION
Hendrix Chosen
As President
Members of the German club met
yesterday and in the record time of
three minutes elected Bill Hendrix to
head the organization next year, and
with equal rapidity selected the three
other officers of the club.
Louis Jordan Was elected to the
vice-presidency, and Billy Worth and
Lewis Sutton will act as secretary
treasurer and assistant secretary
treasurer, respectively.
Hendrix succeeds John Umstead,
who has served during the past year
in arranging the fall German and the
midwinter series of dances.
The president-elect will be a senior
next year. He is captain of the cross
country team, and is running for the
vice-presidency of the senior class
with the support of both campus po
litical parties.
Pay Your Bill!
All students must pay their
bills by 4 o'clock this afternoon,
or pay a five dollar penalty,
University Cashier T. H. Evans
announced yesterday.
The cashier's office will be
open continuously from 9 o'clock
this morning through 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
Old Harp Singers To Give
Program Tonight At 8:30
It's A Dulcimer
That piece of musical apparatus is
a dulcimer. It's being played by Miss
Glenn Carroll who is a soprano with
the Old Harp Singers appearing
Hill Music hall tonight at 8:30.
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Dr. J. C. Lyons, who yesterday an
nounced that University had been in
vited to send a delegate to the Stu
dents International Union seminar to
be held in Geneva, Switzerland, this
summer.
University Will
Send Delegate To
Geneva Seminar
Applications Should Be
Made to Dr. J. C. Lyons
Before April 9
The University has again been in
vited to have a representative at the
Students International Union semi
nar, to be held at Geneva, Switzer
land, this summer, it was announced
yesterday by Dr. J. C. Lyons of the
French department.
Daily Tar Heel Editor J. Mac
Smith was one of approximately 30
students from 15 nations attending
the seminar last summer.
Applications
Applications by rising seniors,
graduating seniors, or graduate stu
dents interested in attending the sem
inar, which will cover the period from
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Honor Roll List
Announced Today
Mrs. Stacy Posts
Office Schedule
Women Urged to Observe
Arrangement of Hours
Mrs. Stacy, adviser to women, has
posted her office hours for the spring
quarter 'and asks that all women ob
serve them. Her regular hours will
be from 9 o'clock until 12:30 everv
morning in the week in her office in
209 South building.
The afternoon hours, from 2 to 4
o'clock, are reserved for routine inter
views attended by Mrs. Stacy's secre
tary, Elizabeth Huntley. However.
Mrs. Stacy may be reached then by
special appointment. '
.Early American,
Folk, Art Music
To Be Presented
The Old Harp Singers of Nashville,
Tenn., will give a program of early
American folk and art music tonight
in Hill Music hall at 8:30 o'clock.
George Pullen Jackson is the found
er and also the folk-lore adviser for
the noted group, which includes two
sopranos, Lady Corinne Armstrong
and Miss Glenn Carroll; two altos,
Misses Carol Ransom and Louis Phil
lips; two tenors, Ross Dowden and
Fred. Waller; and two basses, E. J.
Gatwood and Wayne Barker. They
will be under the musical direction of
E. J. Gatwood.
Group
The program will be .divided into
four groups. The first group includes
a colonial singing school scene and
eighteenth century secular songs. Sev
eral of the latter have been arranged
by Mr. Gatwood.
A "home singing" in the old South
around 1840 is the setting for part of
the second group of songs. Such num
bers as "Whitestown" by Howell, a
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JUNIOR-SENIOR
DANCE LEADERS
SELE(MHERE
Bershak, Little,
Umstead Head
List Of Seniors
Leaders for the Junior-Senior class
dances were selected yesterday in
class vote.
In the senior class 170 ballots were
cast to elect the following men for the
figure: Andy Bershak, 89; Crowell
Little, 80; John Umstead and Bob
Magill, 79; Ramsay Potts, 52; and
Mac Smith, 44.
Seniors who automatically, because
of class offices, will participate in the
ngure are: Joe Patterson, Gene
Bricklemyer, Foy Grubb, John Davi
son, Hall Conley, Bob Ray, Leroy
Percy, John Ramsey, Ted Cochrane,
Bob Garland, and John Foreman.
Mrs. Sally Ray, who was elected
honorary member of the class last
Friday night, received 26 votes.
Dance leaders for the Junior class
include: Chuck Kline with 65 votes;
John Moore, 62; Bill Campbell, 56;
Jim Balding, 56; Voit Gilmore, .54;
Bill McCachren, 54; Bud Hudson, 48;
and Miss Betty Norcross, 73.
Commencement marshals include:
John Moore, as chief marshal with 49
votes: Bud Hudson, 48; Bill Camp
bell, 45; Voit Gilmore, 45; Frank
Wakely, 43; Jim Balding, 42; Chuck
Kline, 41; and Miss Betty Norcross,
41.
Smith's Speech
Copies of the address made Wed
nesday night on a CPU program by
National Labor Relations board mem
ber Edwin S. Smith may be obtained
from the office of the YMCA.
Report Shows 21
Made Record Of
All "A" Grades
Students in the general college and
the junior and senior classes who
made the honor roll during the win
ter quarter have been announced by
the Central Records office.
Honor roll consists of those stu
dents who made the grade of "B" or
better in every course taken during
the quarter.
Students taking less than 15 quar
ter hours of work are not eligible for
the honor roll. No student can make
the honor roll if he has incompletes
marked up against him.
They are:
The students in the general college
who received all A's are: Allen, O. H.;
Citron, D. S.; Gray, J. A.; Kalkstein,
M. B.; Ponick, E. A.; Rittenberg, Sid
ney; Sweet, A. T.; Wurreschke, D. G.;
Zuckerman, I. A.
The students in the upper college
and professional schools who received
all A's are: Dunn, Idaliza ; Hinkle,
L. E.; King, W. J.; McCain, F. H.;
Oliver, J. B.; Parks, L. E.; Pittman,
L. E.; Puckette, Isabelle M; Sause,
O. L.; Tanner, K. S., Jr.; Vilbrandt,
C. F.; and Withrow, C. K.
.Those who made the honor, roll in
the general college during the winter
quarter are: Alexander, S. B.; Al
ford, P. A.; Allen, O. R.; Ashurst,
R. C-; Barlow, C. J.; Billica, R. R.;
Blankett, M. E.; Blickman, J. H.;
Blount, F. A.; Blum, S. B.; Bohrer,
M. H.; Boone, Henry; Booth, C. W.;
Bowman, J. W.; . Brafford, T. H.;
Branca, A. A.; Brantley, J. C, Jr.;
Brill, J. R.; Broadfoot, W. G., Jr.;
Brock, W. E.; Bruner, W. W.; Burns,
W. T.; Busby, J. ,G.; Byrd, H. D.;
Callan, L. L., Jr.; Carr, C. W Jr.;
Carrier, H N.; Carroll, B. R.; Casey,
L. R.; Cazel, F. A., Jr.; Chiles, J. R.;
Citron, D. S.; Cohen, J. R.; Cooper,
J. C; Corpening, R. B.; Creznic,
Theodore, and Cutler, S. C.
Dameron, E. S. W.; Darracott, J.
C; Dawson, C. T.; Deviney, F. E.;
Dick', R. M.; Dickerson, E. R.; Doty,
R. M.; Drucker, B. M.; Dye, W. T.,
Jr.; Edwards, C. H.; Edwards, E. N.;
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Allen Merrill, who yesterday re
ceived the staff nomination for editor
ship of the Daily Tar HeeL
PLANS BEGUN TO
FORM CAMPUS
LEIGSLATURE
Merrill, Joyner
Begin Work
On New Project
Allen Merrill, staff nominee for
editorship of next year's Daily Tar
Heel, and Jim Joyner, Student partv
nominee for president of the student
council, yesterday began drafting
plans for some sort of student legis
lature. Aiming at a simple, practical, and
sound organization, their proposal
will be discussed by a group of 10
campus leaders, who unanimously
recognized the need for some such
body at a meeting Tuesday night.
Vote
If the committee approves the
plan, it will be submitted, with any
desirable changes, to a joint session
of the interdormitory and interf rater
nity councils. If these councils en
dorse it, students will vote on the
proposal in the general elections
April 12.'
Only definite proposal which has
been made was . a suggestion from
Bob Magill, president of the student
council, that the four class honor
councils be incorporated with the stu
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$1,000 To Be Awarded For
Safety Crusade Slogans
Director
Wiley L. Moore, director of the
safety crusade in this State, who an
nounced; yesterday that a total of
$1,00.0 in cash awards will be given
for the best safety slogans.
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Merrill Gets 18
Votes; V. Gilmore
Receives 13
Allen Merrill yesterday afternoon
was officially nominated by the staff
of the Daily Tar TTrrr. to run for its
editor in the coming election, while
last night the Buccaneer staff chose
Carl Pugh as its candidate for editor
next year.
Of the 31 Daily Tar Heel staff
members present, Merrill received 18
ballots as compared to Voit Gilmore,
the only other candidate, who received
13 votes.
Record
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For the past year Merrill has been
associated with the Daily Tar Hra,
as an editorial writer and columnist.
He also has done reportorial work
and was feature editor last year.
He is a member of the Order ef the
Grail, the Amphoterathon, the student
council committee to investigate a
campus legislature, the Publications
Union board, Student Advisory com
mittee, Phi Delta Theta, and the
Order of Sheiks.
Gilmore, who several weeks ago re
ceived the Student party nomination
for editor, said yesterday following
the staff 's selection of Merrill: "Con
gratulations to Allen Merrill. The
staff has chosen to pass selection of
the Daily Tar Heel editor to a cam
pus vote. This Campus Nomad, like
wise a nominee for editor, happily
awaits the voice of Daily Tar Heel
readers."
Merrill declined to make a state
ment. Pugh, the Buccaneer staff's selec
tion, has been for the past year an
associate editor of the magazine. He
has worked on . the art and editorial
staffs, and is a member of the Uni
versity club.
Cabaret Scenes
To Be Feature
Of News Reel
Miss Hunter, Dr. Noble,
Will Osborne's Orchestra to
Be Shown In Movie
From scenes of the cabaret, held
during the mid-winter dances, a shot
of Miss Jane Hunter, who is to be
crowned as queen of Student-Faculty
day next Tuesday, and a camera por
trait of Dr. M. C. S. Noble, who re
cently celebrated his 84th birthday,
are featured in the Daily Tar Heel
News Reel which is showing at the
Carolina theater today.
The cabaret scenes include pictures
of Will Osborne's orchestra, candid
snaps of a number of campus per
sonalities, and several pictures of
dancers on the floor.
Aim Is to Reduce
Accident, Death
Toll On Highway
A total of $1,000.00 fn cash awards
will be given in North Carolina alone
for the best safety slogans of ten
words or less in the "Drive Safely
Crusade'" being sponsored during the
month of April, it was announced yes
terday by Wiley L. Moore, director of
the crusade in this state.
Mr. Moore, stating the purpose of
the plan, said that the crusade is
being undertaken in an effort to re
duce the accident and death toll on
our highways and streets.
Aim
"Our aim is to get every motorist
thinking about safety, safe-driving,
and highway rules," he said. "In 1937
in the United States, 39,700 people
were killed on the highways and 1,
360,000 injured. In North and South
Carolina alone, the death toll was
1,439."
v "Attack
"We will make this crusade a sus
tained, concerted attack on careless
driving," Mr. Moore said. "As a fur
ther incentive, we want suggestions
from motorists on what should be
done to make people more safety con
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