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Student Comdl Ratifies Proposed Campus Legislature Plan XT ' II --Im,7J9 ' - " ' ' """" 1 WEATHER: Mostly cloudy, possibly shower 8 THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH I 525 ill ri i i -. VOLUME XLVI Coed Elections Scheduled Has Talents.. . 111 :::::: : -a Virginia Simms, blue-eyed Califor nia charmer and only feminine vocal ist with Kay Kyser's orchestra, who will appear here with Kyser for May Frolics, April 22, 23. She is now sing ing with his orchestra on the Lucky Strike program each Wednesday might . . World News Edited by J im McAden LOYALISTS LOSE ARMY CHIEF WHILE REBELS ARE REPULSED Madrid, April 6. Socialist Premier Juan Negrin today assumed control of loyalist armies defending Catalonia after he dropped his war minister, the "strong man" Indalecio Prieto. Meanwhile, loyalist forces surprised rebels with their strong resistance to an attack on Tortusa. A furious bat tle for possession of the city increased in intesity today as heavily reinforced troops of both contingents pounded ach other in continuing the three-day fight for the Lebro river delta town. Along with the army change, Ne grin completed almost a complete re shuffle of his cabinet to drop out one of the two communist ministers and give it a more moderate makeup. U. S. ACCEPTS GERMAN CONQUEST OF AUSTRIA Washington, April 6. Formal ac ceptance by the United States of the German conquest of Austria became known today in notes presented to the German government in Berlin by Am bassador Hugh Wilson. . !n the same note, the United States notified Germany that she' would be eld liable for Austrian debts due this country. - ; . The American legation in Vienna as been closed and a consulate gen- tral set ud in its ulace. Total debts of Austria which are to the United States amount to i Qkt j I 4,493,480. Of this over half are Private debts which were contracted between citizens of both countries. REVISED WAGE-HOUR BILL RECOMMENDED BY GROUP Washington, April 6. A thorough y revised wage-hour measure was Commended today by a house labor -committee, which had argued the bill for weeks. ; : The new bill would provide for a duated minimum wage and a work ek ranging from 40 to 48 hours. Reporters were told that the new 111 provided for creation of an inde pendent five-member board to admin- its provisions. To meet charges at the board would have too much J0wWi the committee stipulated the resident would have power to re- hA bard to rePrt trough the Ja1 of any executive department des by him. ln government relief offices to y officials stated that rising relief mands have revived the need of (Continued on last page) i i in ii . ii IIP Jl ' ! EDITORIAL PHONE 4351 Today Women Will Only Vote For One Office This Year (Sketches of candidates Vi;,-,vi. , uumucw Malone and Anne Perry appear on page two.) In the campus elections tn ho 0ia today m the YMCA the only position on xne women's list of offices for which it will be necessarv to cast a vote will be that of presidency of the yv oman s association. The two can didates advanced for this nositinn nro Miss Elizabeth Malone and Miss Anne ferry. On the wheels of the new nominat ing machinery inaugurated this year by President Nancy Nesbit, five nom inees will automaticallv eo into of fice, since there were no nominations proposed from the floor in opposition. These five nominees are the choice of a nominating board of nine members, equally representing the three wom en's groups on the campus, appointed by Miss Nesbit, who herself held no vote. Officers lhose officers on the Woman's Council, which is the governing or ganization of all the women students on the campus, who will automatically receive their elections are Miss Claire Whitmore as secretary arid Miss Eleanor Jackson as treasurer. The one of the two contestants for the major office who receives the second highest number of votes will be vice president of the organization. These four executive officers and three others will make up the Wom an's council for the coming year. The house president of Spencer Hall, who is to be elected at a meeting of the dormitory residents Monday night and who is considered representative of the three women's dormitories, will automatically become a member of the council on election. Miss Mary (Continued on "page two) Further Plans For Dormitory -8 Interdorm President Sc-x .-.v-N., ,y.y. V' mmmmm Billy Robertson, president of the In- terdormitory council which is spon soring the annual dormitory aances this week-end. Physics Society Holds Meeting Ruark, Shearin, Plyler Speak At Annual Convention The University was well represent ed at the annual meeting of the Southeastern section of the American Physical society held at the Univer sity of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 1, 2. Those attending were r Dr. Arthur E. Ruark, Dr. P. E. Shearin, E. K. Plyler, Dr. Otto Stuhlman, Jr. At the convention Dr Ruark read a paper on the Cloud Chamber and his work with it in studying the be havior of high speed electrons. Dr. Stuhlman was elected chairman of the organization for the coming year. He will preside when the so ciety convenes at the University of Georgia located at Athens, Ga., next spring. i 3 CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1938 I T7 OTHER COUNCILS TO CONSIDER PLAN TONIGHT - Final Decision Remains In Hands Of Student Body By Bob Perkins After changing one clause under representation, the Student Council last night ratified the proposed legis lature plan, which, if passed on by the Interdormitory and Interf raternity councils tonight, will be presented to the student body next Tuesday for final ratification. In addition to the regular cam pus offices, nominations will be in order this morning in Memorial hall for a secretary-treasurer of the student body. The Student council in answer to a signed petition of over 300 stu dents agreed to the proposal that the campus should vote on a man to fill the proposed office at the same time it votes on the advisa bility of creating that office. President Bob Magill has called a joint meeting of the two councils to night at 9:30, second floor of Gra ham Memorial, to discuss and take a vote on the plan. In order to avoid a political block from forming in the legislature, the council proposed that there be speci fication for members at larp-P. Thi clause at first read: Ten members-at- large selected by the legislature in its iirst meeting with a view to in cluding those students not otherwise represented. .... Change . : . , a. As changed by the council, the ten members-at-large would be: 5 town students; editor of the Daily Tari Heel; a representative from the Pub lications Union Board, from the De bate council, from the Student Enter (Continued on page two) Announced Dance Set Banquet Friday Night Will Start Festivities The Interdormitory council this week-end introduces a new order in the annual set of Dormitory dances, with bigger, better, and more events filling the Friday-Saturday program in the Tin Can. First event of the week-end will be an Interdormitory council banquet for members only which will be held at 7:00 o'clock Friday night. Pete Ivey will address the group, while several other speakers may also say a word over the coffee. Orchestra , Friday evening's 9-1:00 dance will see Jere King and his orchestra on the bandstand. Of most expectation and curiosity to dorm dwellers is the floor show scheduled for "between the halves" of the jbriday dance, and at present.1 clouded with the obscurity of tenta tive plans. The Dance committee promises to reveal the full nature of this feature entertainment before hand. At present, Francis Roughton, Wally Dunham, several other campus personalities, and the Tandy School of Dancing are expected to take part in this half-hour show. Tea Dance Saturday afternoon from 4-6 o'clock the week-end's tea dance will have Jimmy Fuller furnishing the rhythm. Fuller and his dancipators will also play for the Saturday evening ball, which is to last from 9-12. Bids for the set are free to all dorm men bearing dates, while stags will be charged fifty cents each. Eack dormitory resident is entitled to one bid which may be obtained from the councilmen on each floor of the dor mitories. Chairman of the Dance Committee Puddin Wales has announced that after the Saturday night dance Gra ham Memorial will hold open house for all trippers of the light fantastic. Refreshments will be served in the lounge. Nominations For Campus Foste To Be Made Todav Nominations For Various Offices To Be Held Today i Campus-At-Large Candidates To Be ... Named At 10:30 Nominations for the various offices will be held as follows, according to Student council reg ulations: Campus-at-large Memorial hall; 10:30 this morning. Senior class officers 103 Bing ham; 7:15 this evening. Junior class officers Mur phey auditorium; 7:15 this eve ning. Sophomore class officers Memorial hall; 7:15 this evening. Keith Eustler will preside at the meeting this morning, while Jim Joyner will conduct the nominations for the senior class, Tom Pitts will preside over junior class nominations and Christian Siewers will be in charge of the sophomore nominations. Winners In Student-Faculty Day Contests Announced M'NINCH ASKED TO CANCEL HIS SPEECHHERE Heard Announces Union Spring Program Crowded Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the Federal Communications commis sion, has been asked by the Carolina Political union to cancel his sched uled speech here on May 20. Cause for the request, union chair man Alex Heard said yesterday, was that the CPU'has such a crowded spring quarter, and because there are so many other important campus events at about the time of his sched uled appearance. Heard said that Phillip Murray, who will speak next Thursday, McNinch and Honorable James P. Pope, United States senator from Idaho, were all to appear on union programs during a period of two weeks. Cancellation McNinch was previously scheduled to speak in Chapel Hill last February 25, but was forced at that time to cancel the engagement. The FCC chairman has been asked to postpone his speech until next fall, when the union's slate will probably not be so crowded. When questioned about the union's (Continued on page two) Psychologists To Convene Here Today At Inn Group Includes Directors Of Laboratories Of Many Large Universities The Society of Experimental Psy chologists will hold its annual meet ing at the Carolina inn today and to morrow. This group includes the directors and other experimentalists of the lab oratories at Cornell, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Michigan, Iowa, California, California at Los Angeles, Stanford, and a few other institutions. Meetings Meetings are to be informal, con sisting of a report by each member of the society on some phase of re search being conducted or directed by that member. These reports will be followed by free and full discussions. No papers are to be read formally, (Continued on page two) kcotisi re cot 4ist Calls Meeting Student Body President Bob Magill, who last night called a joint meeting of the Interdormitory and Interf ra ternity councils for tonight to discuss the proposed legislature plan. Jordans Get First Prize For Novel Costumes Winners in the various Student Faculty day contests were announced today by Randy Berg, chairman of the committee in charge of the celebra tion. Prizes for the most original cos tumes worn by faculty members to the Variety Ball in the evening were awarded to Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Jor dan, who were dressed as a couple of the middle 19th century. Mrs. Jor dan, who owns a sizeable collection of dresses worn by former generations of her family, wore a dress that be longed to her great-grandmother's sister with a bonnet of the same pe riod. Dr. Jordan was attired as a gentleman of the era with silk topper and frock coat. As an appropriate accessory he smoked an antique "lady's pipe" dating from the time that fashionable women smoked tiny painted china pipes. Costumes Dr. and Mrs. Jordan's costumes had a particular sentimental value be cause they were the same ones that they wore to another costume ball at the University of Chicago before their marriage nearly 24 years ago. Elizabeth Keeler, wearing the cos tume of a southern belle of ante-bellum days, was awarded the prize for the most attractive coed costume, and Vincent Rousseau won the prize in the men students' group. Aycock dormitory has received 20 (Continued on last page) Union Directors Seek Tenants For Offices Committee Is Selected To Investigate Desirability Of Operating Grill Directors of Graham Memorial in session yesterday asked for petitions from worthy campus organizations for the office space recently vacated by the athletic association when it moved into the new gym. The request deemed most worthy by the directors will be awarded the three offices without charge. A committee was selected to inves tigate desirability of operating the memorial s grill next year, and to pick a manager for the grill if it is de cided to operate. The directors also decided to give two banquets one in honor of the University club and another for the North Carolina Scholastic Press insti tute, which will convene here Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30. Xf "V; I-..'.' . : I -i- VvK - i J mum n ii mhui ,n riirmirii i hmhiiihii mm, m m i NUMBER 133 r -4 Candidates To Be Named Of f icially At 10;30, 7:15 By Charles Barrett -Party slates will become official nominations and a few independent candidates may hop in the political whirlpool today as students assemble to select nominees for 29 campus of fices. Supervised by the student council, nominations for general campus wide offices will take place in Memorial hall at 10:30 with Keith Eustler pre siding. Aspirants for next year's senior class offices will do their offi cial hat-tossing at a meeting of the junior class at 7:15 in room 103 Bingham hall, with Jim Joyner pre siding; sophomores will nominate their next year's officers in Murphy auditorium at the same time, with Tom Pitts presiding; and freshmen will pick their candidates at the same time in Memorial hall, with Christian Siewers presiding. "Politics" The nominations will initiate a four day period of extensive cigar or chewing gum passing as politicians lock horns in a party struggle that should dim all past political battles. For this year all precedents will be broken as 56 or more students go a'job-hunting. Last vpnr's -nnlitiol -Plaotn V1 J ed as the greatest ever, saw six of vaumuaies arrive at election day without opposition. This year only three asDirants Bill TTtmiTi-e- - - -Ml for student body vice-presidency, Carl Pugh for Buccaneer editorship, and Rutherford Yeates for Yackety Yack editorshij) are so far assured of victory. And these may find their election contested after today's nomi nations. Last year Earl Ruth the battle for senior class presidencv on nominations day. Next Thursday's ballot will stir further interest and bring out a few more lethargic voters as the student legislature proposal is put to the test of campus opinion. An amendment to the Publications Union board consti tution, requiring a favorable majority of half the student body before a func tion may be added or taken away from the board's supervision, will also be voted upon. Another measure other than decid (Continued on last page) YACKETY-YACK STAFF NAM! YEATES EDITOR Candidate Also Receives Backing Of Both Parties Rutherford Yeates was unani mously selected by the Yackety-Yack staff yesterday afternoon as its nomi- nee for the editorship o f next year's annual, and nation from both political parties. He will be unopposed un less an inde pendent candi date for the office appears on the scene today as a dark horse. For the nast three years Yeates has devoted all of his extra-curricula time to the Yackety-Yack. During his freshman year he was editor of the section on hon orary organizations. The sophomore year he served as editor of the pho tography section, and this past year has been its managing editor. He is a native of Birmingham, Ala bama, and an SAE. i "Bud" Again Copies of the long awaited "Bud" have been received in A. Guy Ivey's office, Graham Memorial, and will be distributed this afternoon between 2 and 5 o'clock. Y'c
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