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S - . .. . .. ' ' i WEATHER: Cloudy, Probably Continued Ttnin THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH EDITORIAL PHOOT 4!SI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1938 SC3XR3S PBOXX 4154 NUMBER 134 KyservTo Play Complete Program Given Folies - . in nS J M VPTfl :KVSY-.- M STVO J GiVM - II V Af I ill i 1! r f I LJ i III II t I 1 I I I I Ill "V I I JrJr II II " -..wwm II i 9 i i - m - m ar ixi ti BX f I i i jr t x i s t a i r i - J if i i i if "fTTrTrT""" : : : , - For May "Evenin' Folks ... . r' ', - - A : j f J- j'. ' 1 "How y'all?" and with those words Carolina's own Kay Kyser will open another dance set on the Hill May Jrolics, April 22, 23. World News o Edited by Jim McAden HOOVER WARNS AGAINST ANY ALLIANCE . New York, April 1. Herbert Hoo ver, just back from a trip to Enrope, today declared that the United States should avoid any pact with Democratic nations or Fascist powers. The former president said that he found that most nations in Europe were convinced that the United States would be drawn into the next great war as it was in the last. Hoover also warned that Fascism may take root in this country through "planned economy," as he spoke before the council on foreign relations. REORGANIZATION SUPPORTERS TIGHT OPPONENTS' TACTICS Washington, April 1. Supporters of the administration's reorganization bill battled through vigorous opposi tion delay tactics today to force the Speaker Bankhead announced the controversial measure. Speaker Bankhead anniunced the vote was 206 to 139 on a motion to proceed with debate. Opposition mem bers had tried in vain to block nomi nation of the discussion begun yes terday. SPANISH REFUGEES FLEE TO FRANCE Bagneres De Luchon, France, April This French mountain resort was Packed today with thousands of Span ish military and civilian refugees flee ts before the powerful insurgent dnve in northwestern Spain. Many of the refugees had dropped dead from exhaustion and cold, and hundreds were in desperate need of food and shelter. TORNADO-STRICKEN AREA THREATENED BY FLOOD Following the tornadoes of the past eek which left 36 dead and caused Property damage estimated at nearly $2,000,000, construction crews in southeastern Missouri and other parts f the mid-west sector were threat ened with the possibility of floods as ter lines rose in the St. Francis jnd Black rivers yesterday. It was in dicated, though, that the crest would Probably not arrive until next week. SURGENTS PREPARE 0R ATTACK ON LERIDA Zaragoza, April 1. The fall of enda key city of northeastern Spain, speared imminent today , as (rebel juries captured strategic positions dominating the city. General Juan Yague's troops con nued their encircling movement of ancient citadel and it was ex- red at that last major barrier to arcelona would soon fall. JJpHTH VICTIM DIES ,KOM CANCER SERUM rlando, Fla April 1. The tium r f fatalities among patients giv (Continued on last page) Former Student To Come Here April 22,23 This year the annual May FroHcs dance set, to be given April 22, 23, will feature Carolina's own Kay Kyser and his orchestra with Vir ginia Simms. Kyser, who has just finished a suc cessful season in the Black-Hawk res taurant in Chicago, has recently moved to New York to go on the Lucky Strike program each Wednes day night. Reports state that Kyser's orches tra has improved much in the past year, with performances which sur pass even the examples shown last June at Finals. Record-Breaker . While in Chicago, Kyser broke all existing records at the famous Tri anon ballroom. Other engagements at which he has built up a national reputation which places him in the first five most popular orchestras in the country include the Hotel New Yorker, New York; the William Penn, Pittsburgh; the Hotel Lowry, ' St. Paul; the Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati, and the Black-Hawk, Chicago. Beside winning a high place among the nation's favorite orchestras by virtue of dance engagements, Kyser and his group have been featured on one of the most important commercial radio programs the Elgin Revue. The orchestra has also been heard on all of the major radio networks. Best-Sellers The Brunswick record company re cently reported that Kyser and his orchestra are one of the best sellers; their records having an appeal to all types of music lovers. Kyser is also noted for being the originator of the idea of singing the song titles as an introduction to each number,' a plan which eliminates an nouncements for each tune. In addition to songstress Virginia Sims, Kyser will again feature Harry Babbitt, "Ish Kabibble," Sully Mason and the Kay Kyser Glee Club. Dr. Herzog Will Speak On Folksongs Today At Inn Dr. George Herzog of Columbia university will speak on "The Study of Folksong in America" this morn ing at 10 o'clock at the Carolina inn, as part of the third annual meeting of the Southeastern Folklore society which began yesterday. "Progress, in the Study of Spiritual Folk Songs" will be the subject of Dr. George Pullen's speech of Van derbilt university, which will follow Dr. Herzog's talk. Following the annual folklore so ciety luncheon at 1 o'clock, the clos ing address will be given by Dr. Fred erick H. Koch of the University on "The Making of Southern Folklore Drama." Local Government Prof Makes Good In Magic Magician-Prof Professor C. F. Chute of the political science department who' has proved that his talents are not only confined to the field of government, but that he is quite competent in the realm of Black Arts. ' vr 145 STUDENTS FLUNKED OUT LAST QUARTER Figure Is Less Than Half That Of FaU Quarter One hundred and forty-five under graduate students flunked out of school during the winter quarter, Uni versity administration officials have announced. The figure shows a marked de crease in flunk-outs over the fall quarter, since more than twice that number, 313, were declared ineligible at that time'. Readmissions Of the 145 total 75 students were readmitted and are attending school again this quarter. Ninety-four of the flunkouts were sophomores, 14 were freshmen, and the remaining 37 were upperclassmen. Of these groups 45 sophomores, seven freshmen, and 23 upperclassmen were readmitted. Twenty-one sophomores and one freshman were refused readmission, and 10 sophomores and one freshman removed incompletes and made them selves eligible. Eighteen sophomores and five freshmen did not apply for readmis sion. Of the 14 upperclassmen who were not readmitted two, who had already registered, naturally were forced to cancel their registrations. The other 12 did not register. Grail Dance To Be Held Tonight In Tin Can Earl Mellon And Orchestra From Richmond, Va., To Furnish Music - Climaxing -a gala week-end of en tertainment the Grail will present its first dance of the spring quarter to night from 9 to 12 o'clock at the Tin Can. ' Joe Patterson of the Grail empha sized yesterday the fact that tonierht's affair is a regular Grail dance and is in no way connected with the series of freshman hops also in progress this week-end. Earl Mellon and his orchestra from Richmond, Va., will be on hand to furnish music and the regular ad mission of one dollar will be charged. Symphony Rehearsal A special rehearsal of the Univer sity Symphony orchestra will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Hill Music hall. All members are urged to be present. Sunrise Service A sunrise service sponsored by all student church organizations and the YM and YWCA will be held Easter Sunday morning at the Bell Tower, it was announced yesterday. Chute Rises From PWA Adviser to Magician To Political Science Professor Carolina has a unique personality in the guise of political science Pro fessor Charlton F. Chute, who prac tices the art of magic in his spare time. When Dr. Chute first came here several years ago as financial adviser to the PWA headquarters, word soon got around that Chapel Hill had a resident magician in its midst. Popularity Grew He was immediately swamped with demands for performances at civic clubs, private parties, and stu dent and faculty groups, of which he accepted as many as his time would permit. The PWA disbanded here about a year ago, and Dr. Chute found a teaching position with the political science department. He had pre viously taught at the University of Chicago, where he took his Ph.D. in Political Science. Began When Youth He says that he first became inter ested in the black art when he was a small boy in Los Angeles, studied (Continued on page two) Rich Tells Of Counties In Latest Paper Research Work Discusses Origin of Districts; Early Government Of State Memories of the old North Carolina of lost colonies and Indian trails came wandering back when J. Hampton Rich of the Boone Trail association paused a few moments yesterday in Graham Memorial to discuss his latest historical research work, "The Origin of the Counties of North Carolina," which he has just published in his organization's news organ, The Boone Trail Herald. Mr. Rich has compiled' most of his research work here at ChaDel Hill during the past few months. He said he was quick to realize the value of the University's rich store of material available for such an undertaking. "Origin of Counties" In "The Origin of Counties" Mr. Rich traces the division of the vari ous counties from the earliest col onization of North Carolina. Also in cluded is the origin . of the county names and a brief sketch of the early government of the state. Founded 25 years ago by a group of men interested in pioneer lore, the Boone Trail association has been prominent in preserving many of the historical landmarks of the United States. Chartered first in North Car olina which at present has 7,000 mem bers, the association is now nation wide and includes in its ranks many of the nation's distinguished citizens. At the present time Mr. Rich said that he was on his way to visit vari ous sections of North Carolina in order to study old Indian trails for his organization. Comer Reveals Plans For Big Blue Ridge Meet YMCA Executive Secretary Sets Goal for 50 University Delegates Setting his goal at over 50 Univer sity delegates, Harry F. Comer, exec utive secretary of the YMCA, re cently revealed plans for a bigger and better Blue Ridge conference. "Many more prominent speakers and leaders will be on hand at this year's assembly," he pointed out. "More emphasis will also be placed on forums and seminars," Campaign The campaign for Carolina repre sentatives will be initiated Monday night with the annual ,Blue Ridge rally. Members of the three YMCA cabinets, all those who have attended previous conferences and those interested in this year's meeting will gather in Battle Park for a com bined social, with weiners and other attractions, and business meeting. Several students have already signed up for this year's conference. Over 600 students from 100 southeast ern states are expected to convene at the mountain resort for the program. Give Plans Soon Unusual opportunities for recrea tion, social life, and personal improve ment are offered at the conference. Mr. Comer will announce complete plans after a meeting of the planning committee, of which he is a member, within several weeks. Dr. Kirby Page, Dr. Arthur Raper, and Dr. Howard Kester are among the speakers already signed up for the program. Harry To Talk At Lutherian Seminar Speaker Is Secretary Of Lutherian Education Board Dr. C. P. Harry, secretary of the Lutherian board of education, with headquarters in Washington, D. C, will speak tomorrow at the Lutherian seminar of the Methodist church, ac cording to H. A. Schrader, pastor of the St. Paul's church in Durham and pastor to the Lutherian group here. Harry has spoken to Lutherian groups at state universities all over the country. His subject has not been announced as yet. Committee Head i..- Randy Berg, chairman of the Student-Faculty day committee, who an nounced yesterday the complete pro gram for the annual event Tuesday. Campus To Pick May Queen For First Time AKG Has Selected Court For Spring Fete In The Two Previous Selections When the campus votes for the May queen and her court next Fri day, it will be the first time that stu dents and faculty have had such a privilege. In the two previous selections of the court for the annual sprine fete. the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Gamma, women's national honorary sorority, has appointed the craeen and her attendants. List This year AKG is sponsoring the May Day festival as usual, but it is presenting to the faculty and student body a list of 21 nominees from which will be chosen the queen, her maid of honor and ten attendants. The list will be published in the Daily Tar Heel tomorrow. There are the names of eight sen iors and 13 juniors on the list. On the day of elections each voter will select the name of one senior for queen and then from the complete list will choose 10 names for the court. The senior receiving the second high est number of votes for queen will be maid of honor. Pictures Pictures of each of the 21 contest ants will be posted in the YMCA Thursday of next week, the day pre ceding elections. The original nominations for the court were made by a committee com posed of representatives from the women's dormitories and sororities, and were submitted to AKG, which made a few additions to the number. Work On Plans ' Although May Day is scheduled to take place six weeks from now, on May 14, elaborate plans for all fea tures of the program are already nearly completed. A large committee, headed by Miss Nancy Schallert, president of AKG, is working on the various details of the colorful coro nation pageant which will take place in the arboretum on the afternoon of May 14, immediately preceding the final tea dance of Junior-Seniors. Dance Committee Has No Cinch Picking Best Title Professors Attend Biology Convention Meeting of Federation Being Held In Baltimore Dr. William deB. MacNider, dean of the medical school; Professor James C. Andrews, head of the department of biological chemistry; and Profes sor H. Ward Ferrill of the depart ment of physiology are spending part of the present week in Baltimore at tending the Federation of Societies for Experimental Biology. The Federation, which is composed of the American Physiological society, the American Pharmacological soci ety, the American Society for Experi mental Pathology, and the American Society of Biological . Chemists, con stitutes the main outlet for scientific thought of a medical character in this country. Full Holiday Is Set For Big Event Tuesday Randy Berg, chairman of the Stu dent-Faculty day committee, yester day announced the complete program for the celebration which will be held Tuesday on a full holiday set aside for the fete. Opening event of the day will be the coronation of Miss Jane Hunter and Professor E. J. Woodhouse as queen and king of the affair. The ceremony will take place in Memorial hall at 10 o'clock and is to be followed immediately by a comedy-pageant in which several of the most prominent members of the faculty will be fea tured. Ivey and duFour Pete Ivey will perform as the offi cial Court Jester, who, with the aid of Court Poet Bob duFour, promises to make the pageant one of the most enjoyable of the day. Following the coronation, the dor mitories will hold open house in- honor of the faculty from 11 until 1 o'clock. The time of the open house has been extended to provide the faculty mem- rbers, who must hurry to get around to all of the buildings, enough time to make new acquaintances in each of them. Dormitory Prizes Each dormitory store will be open for inspection and a prize will be of fered for the best model room on dis play. Before the open house, each dormi tory council will make the rounds of the rooms in its building and select what they consider to be the five prettiest girls' pictures owned by the boys. These will be placed on display in the model room, and faculty mem bers will vote to decide the winner of each dormitory. Each of the win ning girls will receive boxes of candy as a prize. At 1 o'clock students will meet the faculty members with whom they have arranged for luncheon. Where stu dents take their "dates" has of course. been left for them to decide. Many of them are entertaining them at their fraternity houses, at Swain hall, or at their regular eating places. "Bull Sessions" Ample time has been left for "bull sessioning" with the faculty members after lunch, for the fraternity open houses do not begin until 4:30. At these open houses individual entertainment features have been planned, and hostesses from the so rorities will help in serving refresh ments. Jamboree Memorial hall will be the scene of the colossal Jamboree at 7:30. Skits, stunts, dances, and music will be com bined to round out a complete but brief entertainment program. As a fitting climax to the day's celebration, the Grail is sponsoring a "Variety Ball" in the Tin Can which begins at 9 o'clock. Jimmy Fuller and Freddy Johnson will both have their popular campus orchestras there to provide uninterrupted dance music for the full evening. Costume Prizes No limits have been placed on the (Continued on last page) Student-Faculty Day Group Meets With Problem To Decide Winner By Carroll McGaughey The Student-Faculty dance commit tee found itself with a problem this year in finding a name for the cos tume ball which is to climax next Tuesday's celebration. To make their task easier they hit upon the idea of sponsoring a contest and awarding a prize to the person who suggested the most appropriate title. Accordingly they set up a box in the YMCA just before the spring holidays and invited the campus to help them out. Task Having passed the buck along to the students, the committee felt com pletely self-satisfied in having settled the matter so easily, but they hadn't reckoned with the contest lovers on (Continued on page two)
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