Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Nov. 29, 1938, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Pews To Flay owl Classic g IKCULATION: fl Students : 11 . Local 1 ITEATHER: VI Char today with a y probable rise in, M ...... M - - 3503 , 97 400 4000 Foreign TOTAL lempcraiure. He MM l 525 VOLUME XL VII CPU TD DUKE OFFICIALS OKAY INVITATION SENT YES1MDAY Wademen Are First Loop Team To Play In New Year Classic By SHELLEY ROLFE The unconquered Blue Devils of Duke university, unbeaten, untied, and onscored on in nine games this season last night received and accept ed Southern California's bid to repre sent the East in the Rose Bowl game New Year's day at Pasadena, Cal. Southern California was selected as the western team by the. Pacific coast conference yesterday afternoon as the best of a poor lot of western clubs. Beaten twice, by Alabama and They were "whooping it op" into the late hours last night nine miles from the University campus. Duke's student body held a mass meeting in the Quadrangle theater, received the news they would spend Christ mas in sunny California, and began a hilarious parade through the streets of Durham. Monday eve ning is usually "closed night" for Duke coeds, but the Rose Bowl bid lifted the ban for a tumultuous promenade. "Washington, and slated to take an other drubbing Saturday at the hands of Notre Dame, the Trojans, coached by Howard Jones, himself master mind at Duke in 1925, wasted little time in tending the bid to Duke. It was just as promptly accepted by the Blue Devil officials according to un official reports. CONFERENCE RULE It is expected that the Southern conference rule against post season games will be set aside to allow Duke to make the journey to the oast. An official high-in-the-ranks of the Southern conference told the Daily Tar Heel last night that he believes the conference will be quick to forget (Continued on page three) Council To Discuss Woman's Play Day The Woman's Athletic associa tion will hold a meeting at 1:45 to day in the Woman's Association room in Graham Memorial. The purpose of the meeting is to dis cuss Woman's Play day to be held Saturday at the Woman's athletic field and Woollen gymnasium. Rev. Walsh Praises Work Of Gaston In Memorial Hall Talk Attributes Success Of Nation To Great Men Who Founded It Praising the work of William Gas ton in the fields of government and religion, Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, vice president of Georgetown university, reviewed the life of the famed North Carolinian in an address given at Memorial hall last night. Attributing the success of our na tion to the greatness of the men who founded it, Dr. Walsh claimed a place for William Gaston among the im mortals of the country. He explained that the reason for his appearance here was to return to the soil of Torth Carofina and pay tribute to one of her most distinguished sons, wlo was also the first student to en rU in Georgetown university. "If Gaston's contribution to the up building of American democracy be analyzed, I think it will be found to sPnng from an amaigam 0f two cog nate elements of his character: a Passionate but rational love of the united States, and a deep philoso- 'cai faith in the religion he pro ssed. The blood of a Hugenot of the Presbyterian faith, and the Piety of a Catholic mother blend (Continued on last page) EDITOEIAL PHONE 4JJ1 Medicine Man mm??- am:-. lliti Dr. William deB. MacNider, dean of the University medical school, who will address medical and pre-medical students tomorrow night in Graham Memorial on "Modern Medicine and Scientific Research." MEYER RELEASED FROM CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Finch Goes On Trial Today For Similar Charge Manslaughter charges lodged against one University student, Fred erick E. Meyer, were dismissed last week, but another student, John C. Finch, will be given a preliminary hearing this morning "by Recorder L. J. Phipps in the Chapel Hill court on similar charges. Meyer, a University graduate stu dent, was exonerated in Durham Re corder's court of charges of man slaughter and drunken driving. Ac tion against Meyer was brought after his automobile overturned on the Chapel Hill-Nelson highway ' October 29, killing Russell Owens of Roxboro. Finch, released last week under bond of $1,000, is charged with man slaughter in connection with the death of Charles C. Spell, University senior, from Godwin. Spell died on the way to the hospital following an accident which occurred near the intersection of East Franklin and Boundary streets November 18. Einar "Bob" Dale of Merchantville, (Continued on page two) Speaker In a Memorial hall address last night Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, pic tured above, praised highly the work of William Gaston, noted Carolinian. Rev. Walsh is president of George town university. Jliifii I -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, NOVEMBER -29, 1938 or M'NIDER SPEAKS TO HIED STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT i "Modern Medicine And Scientific Research" Is Topic Dr. William deBerniere MacNider, dean of the University medical school, will speak to medical and pre-medical students tonight on "Modern Medi cine and Scientific Research." The group will assemble in the main lounge of Graham Memorial at 7:30. Dr. MacNider, Kenan research pror f essor of pharmacology, became inter ested in experimental medicine early m his career and published a number of papers based on clinical studies. From the beginning of his work in the study of kidney function to the present time he has made contribu tions of fundamental importance to scientific medicine. INVITATION Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre medical fraternity, and the Whitehead Medical society, composed of all the medical students in the University, is sponsoring the meeting and extends a special invitation to all pre-medical students to attend. Dr. G. L. Donnelly, who is serving as adviser to pre medical students in selecting their courses, will be introduced to the group. A general discussion will fol ( Continued on page three ) DEBATE SQUAD TO MEETDAMOUTH Kleeman, Schinhan To Represent UNC Debaters from Dartmouth college will take the affirmative against a University team here tomorrow night on the topic: Resolved, That the United States should cease using pub lic funds for the stimulation of busi ness. The debate will begin in Graham Memorial lounge at 8:30. Representatives from the Hanover, university are George Wirsley of La Grange, HI., and Adrian Buck of All- burgh Springs, Vt. Speakers for the Chapel Hill team are Philip Schinhan of Chapel Hill and Walter Kleeman of Springfield, Ohio. It will be a non-decision debate. The public is invited to attend. The Debate council chose the Uni versity speakers for this debate from a group of about 14 who tried out last week. This will be the second debate of the quarter sponsored by the council, which is pleased with the interest shown by the numbers that have tried out to speak, and by the several hundred listeners who attend ed the first debate against the Brit ish team. A debate on December 7 with University of Alabama represen tatives will end the activities for the fall quarter. Greedy Calls For Mag Contributors Tonight is the deadline for contri butions to the December issue of the Carolina Magazine, announced John Creedy, editor, yesterday. He urged all prospective contributors to bring any work they have done or any plans they have in mind to his office in Graham Memorial. "We feel," said Creedy, "that there is a wealth of untested talent upon this campus which has every right to appear in this, the student magazine, and we are anxious that more em bryonic writers give us the oppor tunity to . appraise and possibly pub lish their work. "Our current issue is to be one of Variety. We have purposely selected this general subject so that any stu dent writers could offer up whatever manuscripts they have without being confused to a single subject. We are very anxious to see what you have written, to confer with you, and to be of whatever service to you that we can. Moose y19 Addff Labor's Perkins And The Madam Secretary of Labor Francis Cy . V if Y ; i the CPU to postpone her speaking appearance here until January 11 be cause of other conflicting engagements. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, right, will visit Chapel Hill next Monday when the President speaks at the Union's anniversary celebration. Fencers Undertake Ambitious Schedule; Goeds To Enter Intercollegiate Competition By JERRY STOFF Fencing at the University of North Carolina reaches unthought of heights during the coming season, soaring to a new level probably unequaled before in the history of athletics at Carolina. Leading the parade will be the Carolina coeds. For the first time in Tar Heel history, a women's team of the University will partici pate in intercollegiate athletics. VARSITY FENCING SCHEDULE January 21 Charlotte Men's club at Chapel Hill. February 4 Maryland at Chapel Hill. February 11 William and Mary at Chapel Hill. February 17 Virginia Polytech nic institute at Blacksburg, Va. February 18 Virginia Military institute at Lexington, Va. February 25 The Citadel at Chapel Hill (tentative). March 4 South Carolina at Chapel Hill (tentative). March 13 r Maryland -William and Mary-North Carolina triangu lar meet at College Park, Md. March 14 Rutgers at New Brunswick, N. J. March 15 Seton Hall college at South Orange, N. J. March 16 Long Island univer sity at Brooklyn, N. Y. March 17 Saint John's at Brook lyn, N. Y. March 18 Eastern Intercolle giate fencing tournament at New ark, N. J. April 8 Cincinnati at -Chapel Hill. April 14-15 Southern Confer ence tournament at Williamsburg, Va. With a schedule lasting a full three months and topped by two regional tournaments, the varsity fencing team will attempt to wade through a slate of meets which promises to afford more opposition and competition than ever before. The Tar Heel fencers only had seven meets last year, losing - (Continued on page two) Yeates Announces Picture Schedule "In order to improve the deplor able pictures of the freshman and sophomore classes which have ap peared in the Yackety-Yack for the past several years, we are planning a new procedure this year," accord ing to an announcement by Ruther ford Yeates, editor-in-chief of the 1939 yearbook, yesterday afternoon. "At least," continued Yeates, "we believe this procedure will be a long needed improvement to the extent that those in each of the seven pic tures we are going to take of each class, will be able to identify them (Continued on last page) BCSIXKS PHOXS 4116 First Lady Perkins, left, last week arranged with WOMEN'S FENCING SCHEDULE (Note: This schedule is still in a tentative stage). February 11 William and Mary at Chapel Hill. February 25 New York univer sity at Chapel HilL March 14 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Pa. March 15 Panzer at East Or ange, N. J. March 16 New York university at New York, N. Y; March 17 Hofstra at Hemp stead, N. Y. With a full two year's training well tucked away, the first intercollegiate women's team will go into action in early February of 1939 when the coed fencing team of the University of North Carolina makes its appear ance in intercollegiate fencing circles. Although their schedule is still tentative, the women swordsmen are quite sure of meeting such high ranking teams as William and Mary, Penn, New York university, Hofstra, Panzer, and Maryland. Coached by Varsity Captain Allan ( Continued on page two) . ----- -. - .. .. : . ..::: v.:. :----..,vX a y ' , r . .... uaaaaMMi"- , ' m Disagreeing With Census- Student Questions Truth Of Unchanging Population Sign Uncompromising Definiteness Of Marker Antagonizes Local Writer By EMILY POLK CROW Chapel Hill. Population 2699. That's what the sign says as you en ter Chapel Hill. There's something intriguing about that sign. It is so very definite that no one I know believes it. People die, people leave, people have children, new people come to town. Why, I'm sure I see as many as a thousand Negroes on Franklin street every Saturday afternoon. 'And if you go out to Gimghoul, a supposedly secluded spot, to be alone or to be alone together you can see at least 699 people out there. Es pecially if there is a lecture at the University which demands the atten dance of all intelligent adults. DISCRIMINATION Chapel Hill. Population 2699, the sign says. You are supposed to guess NUMBER 60 FRANCIS PERKINS POSTPONES VISIT UNTIL JANUARY 11 Mrs. Roosevelt To Accompany Chief Executive To Hill By JIM McADEN Furthering preparations for Presi dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt's ad dress in Kenan stadium next Monday afternoon, the Carolina Political union learned last week that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will accompany the chief executive to Chapel Hill, and that Madam Secretary of Labor All students are urged by the Carolina Political union to inspect its anniversary displays in the lobby of the library before they are moved to the Carolina inn later this week. Francis Perkins has been forced to postpone her speech until January 11. MRS. PERKINS REGRETS In a telephone conversation with Union Chairman Voit Gilmore, Miss Perkins, in private life Mrs. Paul C. Wilson, stated that the speech next week would interfere with other plans not anticipated at the time that the date for her address was ar ranged, and that an appearance here in January would suit her much bet ter. The woman cabinet member came to an agreement with Gilmore to appear under CPU sponsorship definitely at 8 p. - m. : Wednesday, January 11, in Memorial hall. Gilmore learned from the presiden (Continued on last page) RECEPTION FOR PAST0RT0NIGHT Reverend Brantley Goes To Sanford Tonight from 8 to 10 o'clock an in formal reception will be given for Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Brantley at the Metho dist church. All students and friends of the church are invited to be present. Rev. Brantley, who has been pastor of the University Methodist church here for the past three years, was appointed to the First Methodist church of Sanford, at the Eastern North Carolina conference held in Elizabethton last week. He and Mrs. Brantley are leaving Thursday. Taking his place will be Rev. J. M. Culbreth who comes from Rocky Mount. Mr. Culbreth preached his first sermon here last Sunday. He and Mrs. Culbreth will occupy the par sonage Thursday. that University students are not in cluded in that figure. Manifest dis crimination, I call it, because if Uni versity students are not Chapel Hill, what is Chapel Hill? If faculty members can wriggle in as part of that 2699 (and many of them do) why can't students? The faculty is not made up of local boys who made good lots of its members (Continued on last page) Sfii
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 29, 1938, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75