ThejYe the lTen situations thxt the Heels fce & tor da 7. For scoatiaj dope uad student predict icxs ee sports " page. Hosing; Leonard, Wade pick Duke. MM TnDITORIALS: EO Beyond City Limit O On With The Dance O Day of Day 8 OO 1 TTEATHER: VI Char and Cold. Only y 51 Shipping Days y4 77 OATtr COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- Z 525 VOLUME XLVII EDITOfiXAX PHONE 4JS! CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1938 SVSDitSS FHOJlt 415S NUMBER 1 (Gi Ward hore Question Arises In Extension Of Votinr Period Bill SLvi ji Charlotte, freshman presidential candidate backed by a "non-fraternity" political party, is this morning president of the class of '42, having defeated his "frater nity" party N candidate 220 to 179 votes. When he was placed in a Model T Ford to celebrate- his victory, Shore's only statement for the press was "Later, lots later." As the final chapter in the 1938 freshman election was written with the announcement of returns, scores of voters called the Daily Tar Heel offices for an explanation of the polls having remained open until 5 o'clock instead of the scheduled 3 o'clock deadline. Change Voting Period Questioned last night, President of the Student Body Jim Joyner ex plained that the two-hour extension of polling hours was announced in freshman assembly, He said the change was made at the request of b. group of students Sunday after noon in order that freshmen having labs, and self-help work could find time to cast their ballot. Printed campaJ Uterial f erry ing the-Mtul&dtirs wasldis tributed immediately following fresh man assembly yesterday morning by Bill Shore supporters while the so called "fraternity" faction protested (Continued on page two) Di To Vote On Birth Control Teaching In U. S. . Di-Phi Football Game Will Be Held For Wednesday Afternoon At 4 O'Clock The Dialectic Senate will meet to night in the Di Hall at 7:15. The bil to be discussed is, Resolved: That the United States government should Allow the practice of teaching the art of birth control in the United States since it is so necessary and important to the future of the American people, The bill should be of special inter est to everyone since the visit of Mar garet Sanger to the campus occurred only recently. The Di-Phi football game will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock on the intramural field. The co-ed members of the Di will lead the team on the field and a great game is an ticipated. Admission is compliment ary and every one is invited. Fires Rage, Cannons Roar As First Week Of "Daily Tar Heel" Ad Contest Closes Theater Passes And Coed Blind Dates To Be Rewards For This Week's Winners Fires raged in China, cannons roared in Spain, Davidson fell in America, and crowds stormed the "business office pf the Daily Tar Heel last Saturday as the first week of the Tar Heel's great ad contest -came to a close. At 10:30, police lines surrounding the building broke and the masses surged forward, each person hellbent on getting his free pass to the Caro lina Theater by answering the ad questionnaire. The air was thick with flying copy paper, deskmen, pop bottles, typewriters, coed reporters, files, students, and old rags in a riot that lasted all day. Survival Of The Fittest Came the dawn. The sun rose and its rays upon two figures sleeping G Jim p Defeated By In RiiiiOff PREPARATION FOR AQUATIC COURSE WILL BE OFFERED Red Cross Field Representative To Hold Advanced Class Tomorrow night at 7:30 Bob Wil- iams, student at Carolina, will con duct a preparatory course for the Red Cross Aquatic Instructor's course in Woollen Gym. The course is to be held every night, Monday through Friday, starting next week. Charles A. Mix, of Washington, D. C, and field representative of the American Red Cross, will conduct the course which is a substitute for last year's Red Cross Life Savers Examiner's Course. The new class is to include the en tire aquatic field instead of just the life saving side as before. It is to be held annually after this year at Caro lina instead of Duke, and will meet at 7 o'clock. Red Cross offers this course to all persons who are interested, who are older than 17 years (reduced from 20) and are alreeady senior life savers.. Last year 80 students two of. whom were coeds, took the. Red Prnca ennrso sinH nil Rfnnont.s. PS- pecially coeds, are invited to register at the meeting tomorrow night. Charles Mix came to Red Cross from Daytona Beach, Florida, where lie nan eu eiiviauic xcvirxu aa of the Life Saving corps. While there he conducted classes in swimming and life savins: and use of boats and equipment for surf rescues. He has more than 200 swimming rescues, 15 w ycm-rcA. a so rerniflM'tatinn cases to his credit. He is a member of the faculty of the National Aquatic school held annually at Camp Caro lina, Brevard. Husing Again Picks Duke Good Sign On his coast-to-coast broadcast' last night, Ted Husing, nationally known sports commentator, re viewed the Carolina-Duke situation this week-end and, in his predic tions, gave the unbeaten, untied, unscored-on Blue Devils a slight upper hand over the Tar Heels. Meanwhile, campus spirit began soaring toward what apparently will " reach a new high as the vil lage and dormitories last night were already echoing the familiar "Beat Duke" yells. - blissfully atop two typewriter desks in the office. They were not war vic tims. They were not refugees of any sort. They were not WPA workers But they were Dick Watkins and Walter Parsley, winners of the con test, and each clutched a pass in his hand. But Dictator Humphrey, slave driver of the business staff, did not sleep well last night. The crowd Nwas not large enough for him to make a speech and call out his storm troop ers. So-o-0-0 he and henchman Ned Hamilton held a secret, private meet ing in freshman chapel yesterday and decided to offer even greater prizes to the winners of this week's ad con test. Official announcement was made yesterday from the offices of Hum phrey's government paper, "Der Daily Flatfoot," Hon. Floi Joi, editor, of the additional bait being added this week (Continued on page two) .Bams Junior Leaders To Meet Tonight The junior class executive com mittee will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Graham Memorial, room 213, according, to n Charlie Wood, junior class presi dent. Members of the committee will discuss the . ap proval of the class budget for the year and de termine a definite date for the first class meeting " of the fall quarter. :':::Ate. ". 7 :m Charlie Wood President Wood announced that it is imperative that all members of the committee be present to discuss the present paramount issues of the class. A Wootten-Moulton photograph er will be on hand for the meeting to take a group picture of the executives. LOCAL MEN TALK ON IRC PROGRAM Discussion Held Over Station WPTF University professors questioned the survival of democracy m a Round Table discussion broadcast over radio station WPTF Sunday. Professors Katsoff, Vance, and Thomas re-ex- amined and re-interpreted the con cept of democracy and then pointed out that rational voting and partici- I in government are democracy's greatest needs. The program, sponsored by the In ternational Relations Club, is pre :rlouTi T 3 3;30' thls P"f . the students and faculty are taken from class room and Presented to the entire state Tonight the club will sponsor similar program over radio station WDNG in Durham from 10:15 to 10:30.; Ed Farrish.and Lee Wiggins will be the commentators on the in ternational scene. Former Instructor Here On Radio Now J. Alfred Barrett who last year was a Spanish instructor at the University contracted this summer with NBC to carry on two programs. Besides his teaching duties here he was a popular adviser and his radio talks should in terest all those who knew him. He reports news daily in English over short wave stations W3XAL and W1XK from 10:00 to 10:15 p. m Every Sunday he carries on a stamp collector's program in Spanish from 7:15 to 7:30 especially for 'South Am erican listeners over stations W3XAL W1XK and W8XK. Having lived in both Spain and United States Bar rett speaks both these languages equally well. Archer House President Chosen At a meeting Sunday night, Miss Louise Felkel was unanimously elect ed president of Archer house, an office which she has been filling since school started this Fall. Miss. Felkel was elected president last year, to succeed Miss Dorothy Bass, who graduated. This year she was asked to continue in that capa city until a president could be elected Men's Glee Club To Sing For Frosh As a special program for fresh men chapel this morning, the Men's Glee club will sing a group of five songs, under the direction of Pro fessor Toms. Included in this group will be arrangements of Tar Heel football songs. Academy Begins Annual Fall Meet With Talk Bv Wilson Dr. E. C. Stakman Delivers Speech On Plant Fungi Zoology, Medicine, Geology, and Mathematics took the lead yesterday as the National Academy of Sciences began its regular autumn meeting here in the auditorium of Venable hall, after the members had been wel comed by Dr. Frank Graham and the response had been given by Dr. Frank R. Lillie, president of the Academy. Dr. H. V. Wilson, University zoo ogist, started the morning session with a paper on "Vacuolation a factor in the division of animal cells," fol- owed by George T. Hargitt of Duke, Donald P. Costello of the University, H. C. Sherman, H. L. Campbell and C. S. Lanf ord of Columbia univer sity, David T. Smith and Susan Gow- er Smith of Duke, and Walter R Miles of Yale university. Dr. Wilson described the process of cell division and forwarded five outstanding points gathered from his observation of the early stages of fish eggs and of the small egg of the gephyrean worm which severs itself completely. Luncheon Meeting After a luncheon meeting the group returned to Venable hall for the afternoon session at which Dr. William Berryman Scott of Prince ton, A. S. Pearse of Duke, W. F Prouty of the University, Nathan Jacobson of the University and T. F. Hickerson of the University delivered papers on Geology and Mathematics. This session was followed by a tour of the campus later in the evening and a dinner at night at the Caro lina inn. At 8:30 in the auditorium of Hill Music hall Dr. E. C. Stakman of the University of Minnesota ad dressed the Academy and an audi ence of non-members, speaking on Plant disease fungi constantly evol ving new types." . This talk, the prin cipal feature of the meeting, brought forth Dr. Stakman's discoveries in the field of disease fungi of cereal plants. He has studied this subject (Continued on page two) CREEDY TO TALK TO PnTOOPHERS Undergraduate Club To Meet Thursday John Creedy, editor of the Caro lina magazine, will speak on "Social Attitudes" at the first meeting of the Undergraduate Philosophy club to be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in( the Grail room of Graham Memo rial. A general discussion will follow his speech. , "To offer a medium for the dis cussion of questions on a philosophical level," is the purpose of the club as expressed by Dr. L. O. Katsoff of the philosophy department. There is no regular membership and participation in the discussion is open to any mem ber of the student body, either under graduate or graduate. Creedy. is a Chapel. Hill resident and has spent a considerable amount of time in England. He has been con nected with the Carolina Magazine during all of his undergraduate career here. - John Thibault will president the meeting and the election of officers for this year will be conducted. Dr. Helmut Koon of Germany will discuss the question "What Is a 'World'?" at the next meeting of the club to be held on November 10. Unemployment Is Over All men interested in ushering at the Duke-Carolina game Saturday afternoon please see Mr. Lanier, Badger Hobbs or Bill McCachren sometime today. Many ushers will be needed for this game as there are 202 positions to be filled. ew GRACE HADOW TALKS ON OXFORD, AMERICAN SCHOOLS English Students Complete 3 Years Of Intensive Study 1r n -r j . . . . , , - w - u v ...wits.. vu, 1 oucicty lur nume oiuuents at ux- ford University, in an address last night to a large audience in Graham Memorial discussed the major differ- ences between the classical Oxford University system and that of Ameri- can schools. "The main difference between Ox- ford and American universities and even other universities in London is that students at Oxford specialize their work, making their three-year period a time of intensive study rather than a four-year period of ex- tensive attention to scattered sub- jects," said Miss Hadow. "Students are not admitted until they are much vv. w "v,ii student, and they are accorded more personal ireeaom curing meir resia- at ine university. i it-- TT Miss Hadow has charge of the 200 women students who live m their own nomes or m approvea nomes in the city. She reports that for many i i I years, women nave been accepted at the University on an unchallenged equal basis with the men students, mere oemg now over euu women ana "Of course there are restrictions ivn Vint tnon am A xtrrvman " UTioc I Hadow hastened to add. "Curfew is set for both groups, and members of neither group are allowed in the in the evening. Our ideal of co-educa tion is that men and women students should be together with unrestricted freedom part of the time, but there are some times when they should be entirely segregated in the interest of their scholastic endeavors." Frosh To Receive Daily Time Budget Cards containing a weekly sched ule and a daily time budget for stu dents will be given to all freshmen at assembly this morning. This aid to freshmen is made possible by the Freshmen Friendship council. "You do not need to lose sleep to pass your courses," is a slogan found on the budget. Upper-classmen robbed the freshmen of many of these cards last year as they found them to be most helpful. A copy of the time budget may also be found in the Freshman Handbook. New Idea In Theater Unfolded As International Drama Fete Planned By Austrian Coed Mrs. Helene Scheu-Riez, Fa mous Author, Lecturer, Now Student At University By SANFORD STEIN An international dramatic festival, with plays presented by acting groups from every country in the world, is the main ambition of Mrs. Helene Scheu-Riez, author, lecturer, and now a coed at the Universitiy. "I wanted to have this Olympiad int.' Vienna in order to stimulate the spirit of the living theatre and to have each nation produce plays in its own language," she explained. Mrs. Scheu-Riez, a native of Aus tria, has been from earliest childhood a lover and enthusiastic supporter, o the drama. One night she and the head of the Austrian State theatre attended an international Rotarian convention in Vienna to hear Max Rheinhardt, the renowned producer, Gyiia BLUE BARRON TO HOLD CONCERT IN TIN CAN FRIDAY Finals In Waltz Contest To Be Held Friday Night Florist shops, street cars, and the floogie stomp" will fade out of the picture at the German club dances this week-end. Festivities will open at a concert of Blue Barron's orches tra Friday afternoon in the Tin Can and flowers are banned, Billy Worth, . m 1 1 y , , , . , "uu' yy. following a policy set last year of giving students a chance to hear the name bands presented on the cam- Pus the concert Friday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 m the Tin Can will be Pen to everyone. Admission will be thirty-five cents for those not hav- mg German club bids. No Flowers By votes of the Dance committee, the German club, the Grail, and the student body no flowers will be sent to girls for the dances. Princeton is among the large Eastern schools that have banned flowers at proms. Directly following the concert, a tea dance held opening the cpr;Pc The evAn? nrom 1 ' O X- the rrimmBriM f ho -aralf contest, will be held from 9:30 to one o'clock. The tea dance Saturday afternoon, following the Carolina-Duke irame. -mj held from 4.30 0 6:30. The series be concluded th an eve- (Continued on page two) Birth COIltrOl IntOrmO, LlOll lO w Q JL ill dllDlCCt Assembly Tq Also Debate Limitation Of Student En rollment In University The Phi assembly, taking cog nizance of the widespread student in terest aroused by the recent talk by Margaret Sanger, will discuss the bill, Resolved: That the Phi assembly approve the dissemination of infor mation pertaining to birth control, at its weekly meeting tonight, at 7:15 in the Phi hall' in New East. Speaker pro-tem and chairman of the ways and means committee, Elmer Nance, has said of the bill which will be introduced by Edith Gutterman, "This will be a sincere and serious discussion of a sociological question; we will not permit debate to degen erate into cheap sex talk." The second debate of the evening will concern the bill, Resolved: that the growth of the University of (Continued on page two) sjeak. "The theatre," said Rhein hardt, "is designed for the actor. There is no need for scenery or play wrights. In fact, no good play has been written for the past ten years." Idea Springs Up Mrs. Riez and her companion looked at each other in amazement and that was the beginning of the Vienna Theatre Guild, organized in 1932 to glorify the spoken word and benefit the playwright. "It was around this time," said Mrs. Riez, "that I condeived the idea of the Olympiad. The director pf the State theatre was enthusiastic about it from the first, and in a few weeks invita tions to attend had been sent to all the countries, including the Orient. The response was wonderful. "Then in the winter of 1933, 1 came to the United States to see what I could accomplish here. The profes (Continued on page two)

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