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VOLUME XLVH
EDITORIAL PHOKE 43 J 1
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1939
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Freddie Johnson, left, and Jere King,
the University and Chapel Hill winter term social seasons. Johnson,
plays for the first annual Neophyte ball
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First Annual Neophyte Ball
To Initiate Winter Dancing
Affair Takes Place
In Durham; Leaders
Expect Large Crowd
Four University social fraternities,
Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Delta Kappa Epsilon and Zeta Psi,
will entertain at supper parties at
their lodges on the Hill this evening
and at the first annual Neophyte ball
at the Washington-Duke hotel in Dur
ham tonight. About 350 members, fa
culty members and their,, wives and
invited guests will attend.
Before the dance, at which Freddie
Johnson and his . University orches
tra will furnish the music, - supper
parties will be held at the following
fraternities, with soWal committees
receiving: SAE, Miss Nancy Means
with Robert Cox; Beta Theta Pi, Miss
Merramon LeGrande with Jick Gar
land ; Zeta . Psi, Miss Mary - Richard
son with Louis Sutton; and DKE,
Miss Annalee Fitts witb Wescott
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ARRANGEMENTS . '
Fred Rippy, Jr., president of SAE,
is chairman of arrangements. Serv
ing with him are Watt Miles, Beta
Theta Pi; Kenneth Royal, DKH; ana
Gus Forges, Zeta Psi.
The neophytes, with their dates",
will be(transported from Durham by
five chartered buses. The dance at the
Washington-Duke hotel will last from
9 to 12 o'clock. -
Pledges and their guests will be:
SAE, Miss Martha Ann Morris with
Huntley Gover, Miss Betsy Bryant
with Judge Carr, Miss Barbara Bur
roughs with Tommy Heard, Miss Los
sie Taylor with Muck' Dunn, Miss
Freddie Gardner with Buck Brown,
Miss Peggy Beattie with Sam Means,
Miss Rita Clary with Bill Croom, Miss
Sue Joyner with Brodie Winborne,
Miss Jimmie Southgate with Austin
Carr, Miss Fannie Cooper with Frank
Havnpc Miss Pfrrv Wallace with
Charles Tillett, Miss Martha Worth
with Mac MeLendon, Miss Honey
Peck with Bobby Strange, and Clay
ton Moore, Emmett Barnes, Truman
Holland, Jim Hackler, Charles" Nice
and Corbett Stovall, stags.
OTHERS
Zeta Psi, Miss Sarah Sutton with
Paul Clodfelter, Miss Sarah Frances
Ferrell with Marion Fuller, Miss
Booty Hutchinson with Alfred Hob
good, Jr., Miss Frances Roebuck with
Billy Howard, Miss Jackie Gravely
with Eruce Lea, Miss Dorothy Bunn
with Sam Mordecai, Miss Delia Cope
knd with Asa Parham, Miss Julia
Hedrick with Trent Ragland, Miss
Sancy Goodwin with John Sasser,
Miss Mary Ann Paschall with James
Thorpe, Miss Martha Kelly with John
Thorpe, Miss Jacqueline Ray with
Ferrebee Taylor, Miss Lois- Ruth
Johnson with Billy Upton, Miss Doro
thy Evans with Harry Weyher, Miss
Charlotte Miller with Ike Wright, and
Aubrey Haines and Hubert Walston,
stags.
DKE, Miss Minnie Lou Parker with
c- B. Morrisett. Miss" Marie Watters
Jrta Gene Devant, Miss Mary Gra-
ham
rth Truman Hobbs, Miss Mary
yd with William Peete, Miss Caro
ma Greenleaf with Frank Williams,
nd Cy Hogue, Blackwell Brodgen and
ames Saunders, stags.
eta The-ta Pi, Miss Lulu Gravely
h Don Wilson, Miss Carol Good
Tn lth Walt Cole, Miss Nancy Tay
with Grady Stevens. Miss Jo
lly th Nick Foran, Miss Randy
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Hill Counter Club
To Entertain Guests
At Lee Ball Tonight
The village Country club will en
tertain about 120 guests at a Robert
E. Lee dance at the club house to
night, with Jere King and his orches
tra furnishing the music.
The affair, to be one of the most
colorful of the season, will feature
the "Old South" idea. Confederate
flags will be used in decorating the
ballroom. Over the mantle a large por
trait of General Lee will be hung.
Tables will be lighted with red,
white and blue candles. After a buf
fet supper is served, guests will dance
to the rhythms of King's orchestra.
Mrs. W. S. Spearman, wife of Wal
ter S. Spearman of the University
Journalism department, is chairman
of the arrangements committee." Serv
ing with Mrs. Spearman are Mrs. F.
E. Coenen, Mrs. E. M. Hedgepeth,
Mrs. E. L. Mackie and Mrs. W. G.
Morgan.
LIQUOR OFFICERS
ATTEND INSTITUTE
Koontz, Gardner
Speak To Group
North Carolina's enforcement offi
cers can stamp out completely what
remains of the illicit liquor traffic in
their counties if they apply properly
the legal weapons available and get
the proper cooperation, v ABC officers
representing 22 of the counties with
liquor control laws were told on the
campus Thursday in addresses by
State Solicitor H. L. Koontz of the
12th Judicial district, and Wade Gard
ner, Solicitor of the Wilson County
Recorder's court.
Concluding a two day course of in
struction, the two prosecutors dis
cussed courtroom angles of the offi
cers' work with emphasis on the pro-
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First Begging Attendance
Play makers ' Experimentals
Now Draw Overflow Crowds
Nowhere Else In Nation Does
Audience Participate In
Criticizing Presentations
By SANFORD STEIN
Frpm practically begging a handful
of people to attend a performance to
turning away over two hundred
people at the doors of the newly reno
vated theatre last Wednesday night is,
in brief, the history of the Playmaker
experimental productions.
Finished productions of one-act
plays written by students in the Uni
versity, productions for which special
sets are built and admission is char
ged, have been a vital part of the
Playmaker set-up since 1918, when
Professor Frederick H. Koch started
the organization at Carolina. But un
til 1930 no provision had been made
for authors who simply wished to see
what their plays would look like when
enacted on the stage and who wanted
to have their dramatic technique and
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MRS. HUNTINGTON
DONATES STATUE
TO PERSON HALL
Bronze Masterpiece
Is Now Circulating
In Southern States "
"Youth," one of the larger bronzes
of the Anna Hyatt Huntington col
lection shown at Person hall art gal
lery during November, has been pre
sented to the University as a gift of
the artist, it was learned yesterday
from Russell T. Smith, head of, the
art department. The statue will be
removed from the circulating exhibit
and returned to Chapel Hill the first
week in February from the Gibbes
Memorial art gallery in Charleston,
S. C, where it is now being shown,
Plans have been made to place it on
a pedestal on the terrace of Person
hall art gallery in the position it held
during the exhibition here.
FINE WORK
"I consider 'Youth' one of Anna
Hyatt Huntington's finest works,"
said Mr. Smith of the statue. "I feel
that it is a particularly appropriate
decoration for the campus, because it
expresses the spirit of fearless youth."
Although the statue was not for
sale, it has been given an evaluation
of $3,000, based on similar statues by
Mrs. Huntington.
NOTED SCULPTOR
Anna Hyatt Huntington is one of
the foremost American sculptors. Ex
amples of her work are in such im
portant collections as those of the
Metropolitan Museum of New York,
the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh,
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BOGGS SPEARS
TO INSTITUTE
Many Tar Heels
Participating .....
Dr. Ralph S. Boggs, professor of
Spanish at the University and an au
thority on Spanish, Southern Ameri
can and Mexican folklore, is a par
ticipant in the winter Institute of
Hispanic-American students which
opened at the University of Miami
in Florida this week.
The institute, which will continue
through January 27, is open to all
scholars interested in Latin America
Sponsored by the University of Mi
ami, the forum's purpose is to inter
pret historical evolution and contem
porary life and problems of Hispanic
America.
OTHER SPEAKERS
Dr. Boggs addressed Wednesday's
session on "Folklore in Pan Ameri
canism." He spoke at last night's ses
sion on "Spanish Folklore in America'
and discussed "Latin-American Folk
lore Awaits the Conquistadors" 'last
night.
Among other speakers on the pro
gram are Dr. J. Fred Rippy, formerly
of Duke university and now of the
University of Chicago; Dr. Homero
Seris, well known Spanish critic who
has taught at the University of IUi
nois and the University of North
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Med School Sponsors
Post-Graduate Course
A post-graduate course in medicine
for North Carolina doctors, sponsored
by the University Medical school and
Extension division, will open in Char
lotte Monday, it was announced yes
terday. .
Dr. Paul D. White of the Massa
chusetts General hospital in Boston
will speak at the opening session on
"Important Clinical Aspects in the
Diagnosis and . Treatment of Heart
Disease with Particular Reference to
Heart Attack."
Outstanding physicians and special
ists in various fields of medicine are
scheduled to address doctors from 15
counties throughout the southwestern
part of the state. Lectures will be held
each Monday night through March 7
at the Hotel Charlotte, each address
to follow a dinner session. Clinics to
be held by the visiting speakers will
be conducted in the First Methodist
church. '
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Pete Ivey, formerly the Napoleon
of Graham memorial, returns to the
campus Sunday night, January 22, to
officiate at the Student union's inau
gural amateur night. The program
begins a bi-weekly campus feature.
IVEY TO RETURN
TO INAUGURATE
AMATEUR SER
Magill Invites All
To Participate In
Bi-weekly Program
With Pete Ivey returning to the
campus to act as master of cere
monies, the Graham Memorial Stu
dent union will inaugurate a series
of amateur night programs on Sun
day, January 22, in the main lounge.
Every other Sunday evening after
ward, the talented, unmercenary en
tertainers among the undergraduates
and faculty will perform.
As Bob Magill, director of the
Student union, said, "Anyone who
can sing, dance, cut a shine, play a
saxophone, or do anything should
take part in the program." To back
up this encouragement, he has of-(
fared a first prize of three dollars
and a second award of two dollars.
TO COMPETE
Anyone wishing to compete in the
amateur contest must fill out the ap
plication blank published in the
Daily Tar Heel today. Upon drop
ping the filled-in form in the ama
teur box at the YMCA or Graham
memorial, the potential Astaire or
Crosby" is officially entered in the
show, and eligible to become prize
winner.
Community singing, slides, and
bouncing ball movie shorts will add
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Symphony To Play
At Peace Tonight
The University Symphony orches
tra makes its first appearance of the
season when it appears in concert to
night at 8:30 at Peace college in Ra
leigh. A special feature of the program
will be the performance with Mrs. Ca
milla Schinhan, a diseuse of consider
able experience, of Schillings' "The
Witch Song," a work which had had
but few performances in America.
Other selections included on the pro
gram will be the "Unfinished Sym
phony" by Schubert, "L'Arlesienne
Suite" by Bizet, "Trumpet Voluntary"
for brass instruments, percussion, and
organ by Purcell-Wood, and a mod
ern arrangement of a Bach chorale,
"Sleepers Awake."
REPRESENTATIVE
. The orchestra, which has received
considerable attention because of its
novel and interesting programs, com
prises a large number of students,
townspeople, and faculty members, the
departments of bio-chemistry, Eng
lish, romance languages, medicine,
philosophy, and economics being rep
resented. -
Liee Wiggins is president of the or
chestra committee, and Alexander
Mitchell is secretary. Dr. Benjamin
Swalin is the orchestra conductor. Any
people who play orchestral instru
ments and who are interested are in
vited to join the group. f
The next concert in Chapel Hill will
be given on February 16.
Catalogues, Please
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The supply of catalogues of the
Graduate school for th year 1938-
1939 has been exhausted.
Faculty members and graduate stu
dents who have copies of this edition
are requested to turn the catalogues
in to the Graduate office, 202 South,
if these copies can be spared.
Criticism Of Tuition Increase
Mounts Rapidly; Council Urges
Citizens To Write Committee
President Graham
Advises Against
Demonstrations
By CARROLL BIcGAUGHEY
The Student council, by means of
letters sent to influential citizens of
the state, and President Frank Gra
ham in an interview with John Ran
kin, chairman of the student lobby,
yesterday "added the weight of their
influence to the urgings of the lobby
for citizens to write letters to their
representatives in the legislature
protesting the proposed $50 increase
in tuition at the University. ,
Dr. Graham, in an interview with
Lobby Chairman Rankin, strongly
advised against any form of student
demonstration in Raleigh. He sug
gested that the lobby ask students to
request their parents to write let
ters to the committee in Raleigh.
TACT
All letters should be reasonable
and tactful, Dr. Graham told the
lobby chairman, as the flow of opin
ion is now toward the University and
any undiplomatic or rash demonstra
tions or statements would greatly de
crease the possibilities of ,the defeat
of the measure.
The council letter, sent to 150 peo
ple throughout the state, reads:
Dear Friend of the University:
We are calling on you in an hour
of need as one of the very important
citizenry who determine our legisla
tors and hence our state legislation.
You no doubt know of the proposal
to raise tuition at the University by
$50. We are at a loss to know how
the proposed cut in appropriations
which would result in the raise in
our tuition was arrived at but it is a
matter of dire consequence to we
students. .
There , is here, as well as at all the
state institutions to which the tui
tion raise would apply, a very high
percentage of poor students who work
either a part or all of their way
through school. This proposed raise
would cut many of them out of an
education, others who would have to
redouble their efforts would injure
their health as many of them do
even under the present circumstances,
and of course cut down their studies.
This burden on our many students
on the border line as to whether they
will be able to make the jflnancial
grade and get a college education or
not, is a matter of more serious con
sequence than our legislators seem
to think.
Please write to them letting them
know the feeling of their constitu
ency . . . (there follows a list of the
members of the House and Senate
Appropriations committees, printed
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All Jitterbugs Know
Glenn Miller Has Ascended
To Top-Ranking Position
Alumni Association
Arrange Banquets
Alumni banquets in several places
have been scheduled during January
and February, it was announced yes
terday by J. Maryon Saunders, sec
retary of the University Alumni as
sociation. Coach Raymond Wolf and Saunders
will attend banquets tonight and to
morrow night in Lenoir and Mt." Airy,
respectively. Next week they will be
guests at a meeting of Moore County
alumni in Southern Pines, January
18, and of High Point alumni, Janu
ary 19.
SAUNDERS TO ATLANTA
Saunders is scheduled to attend
meetings of alumni in Atlanta and
Birmingham, January 26 and 27, re
spectively. In Birmingham he will at
tend a conference of alumni secre
taries of Southeastern states, Janu
ary 27-28. He is to appear on the
program of this gathering.
Gaston County alumni will have
Dean of Administration R. B. House
and Secretary Saunders as their
guests and speakers at a meeting in
Gastonia, February 16.
Other meetings now being planned,
but dates for which have not been
finally determined, include Washing
ton, D. C, and Watauga county.
Legislators Make
Varying Statements
Regarding Issue
By CHARLES BARRETT
Rapidly mounting criticism through
out the state against an increase in
University tuition fees, as evidenced
by statements from legislators and
newspaper comment, and a report
that Governor Clyde Hoey will not
use his influence with the legislature
to have the recommendations adopted,
led informed observers to feel yester
day that resident North Carolinians
will be able to attend the University
next year at no increase, or at least
a relatively small increase, in tuition.
The trend among newspapermen and
legislators indicated a possibility.that
the proposed $227,000 increase in stu
dent fees may be divided largely am
ong out-of-state students.
HOEY VIEW
Governor Hoey was reported as be
ing inclined to favor a greater boost
in tuition charges for non-resident
students than recommended by the
Advisory Budget commission. If that
is done, the possibility arises of leav
ing fees for state residents at the
present level by increasing the recom
mended appropriations for the University.
Comments were numerous during
and after a day's session of the joint
Appropriations committees which was
devoted almost entirely to tuition.
DEYTON' SAYS
R. G. Deyton, assistant budget di
rector, told the committee that the
proposed increase in tuition rates
"might reduce enrollment and might
injure" the state's educational insti
tutions.
"The legislature will never consent
to the increases in tuition for in-the-state
students," Senator Frink of,
Brunswick said after the session. "I
talked to 21 or 22 members of the
legislature some in the senate and
some in the house and the general
sentiment is opposed to it," Deyton
continued.
GREAT DECREASE
Representative Wilson of Forsyth
predicted that the proposed increase
would "cut one out of five" students
off the present enrollment figures.
Senator Frink suggested that the
matter of the tuition raises as a pol
icy be thrashed out on the floor of the
house and senate before the appro
priations committee attempts to make
a decision.
Senator Austin of Jefferson in
quired as to whether or not it would
be feasible for a non-resident student
to pay "the full costs" of his educa
tion. It was revealed before the commit
tee that, at the present enrollment,
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Slide Valve Artist Shares
Honors With Blonde Torch
Singer, Male Vocalist
By BILL RHODES WEAVER
Glenn Miller and his orchestra, ap
pearing here for the Mid-Winter Ger
man club dances, have risen to a top
notch position in dance band circles
within the past 18 months.
Prior to organizing the band,
Miller was arranger for such orches
tras as -Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey,
Ray Noble, Glen Gray and Benny
Goodman. The young musician is
now heard regularly on the Mutual
network from his night club and
hotel engagements.
Miller and his Paradise restaurant
musicians have made several record
ings for Brunswick, most popular
among which are "Doin' the Jive"
and "Sold American," the travesty
on the chant of the tobacco auc
tioneer. UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENTS
With a following largely consist
ing of collegiate dancers and younger
network dialers, Glenn Miller has at
tracted attention by his unusual ar
rangements. Novel affects are ac
complished by his brass choir, con
sisting of three trumpets and three
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