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MAR 22 1939 fir srr DITORIALS: John HamUton wants to 0 1 I TEATHER: y getting fair and V ormr ira la la la. G. O. Places 1 I THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST I 525 VOLUME XL VII EDITORIAL PHONE 4151 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1939 ECSDiZSS raONI 41ft NUMBER 126 Hfflilfoan Will Malks CPU Address Toniiiio . r . - : ' ' : : : faoftp Answers IRemoredl Iiiiiipeacliimeet Charlies Will Take Leave m Harry F. Comer, secretary of the University YMCA, who has secured a year's leave of absence in order to become assistant director of Town Hall in New York City. YMCA BOARD GRANTS COMER YEAR'S LEAVE Secretary Accepts Position With Town Hall of New York After 18 years of service with the University YMCA, General- Secretary Harry F. Comer will leave next Sep tember 1 for a year's leave of absence during which he will serve as assistant director of New York City's famous Town Hall, regarded as one of the na tion's foremost non-partisan open forum centers. Comer's leave was granted by the YMCA board of directors during ex amination week and announced Satur day, March 11. The leave is subject to approval of the University trustees. REPLACEMENT The directors will meet in the next few days to decide upon someone to act as general secretary during Mr. Comer's absence. On the board are Dean F. F. Bradshaw, chairman, Presi dent Frank P. Graham, Dean R. B. House, J. M. Saunders, Dr. E. L. Mackie, Dean C. P. Spruill, Jr., Dr. E. J. Woodhouse, Dr. H. D. Meyer, Dr. R. A. Fetzer, Brooks Patten, student president of the YMCA, and Tommy Holmes, treasurer. Comer will be serving with a Uni versity alumnus, George Denny, Town Hall director. Denny asked the local secretary to join his organization when he was here recently in connection with (Continued on last page) . Student Party Men To Complete Slate Student party members will reopen fire with their political big guns when convention delegates meet tomorrow tight at 8:30 in the Phi hall to com plete the party slate of nominees with the exception of candidates for publi cations offices. Nominations of the latter group will not be made until after the staff-selections are announced. As the convention will be one of the last before the coming spring elections, Party Chairman Britt urged all dele gates to be present. 1 delegates to the convention are rep resentatives elected from each floor of e dormitories, from town groups, and from fraternities affiliated with the Party organization. . Graduate Students ! ! ! Graduate students who have not re?istered for the spring language ex aminations must do so today. The erman examination will be held this -aturday; the French examination, net Saturday, April 1. r Graduate students who expect to Jeive the master's degree in August Ust tf'ake formal application for the CLASS PRESIDENT INVOLVED IN FUND DEFICIENCY CASE Joyner Appoints ' Freshman Committee For Investigation By JIMMY DUMBELL A statement issued by Bill Shore, defending himself against charges made by a number of members of the freshman class; a counter-statement by N.ed Edwards, class treasurer; the appointment of a committee of six freshmen to investigate the financial activities of the class during the past several months; and the release of a report by the student funds auditor, Clyde Shaw, all constitute the latest developments in the case involving a deficiency in the funds of the freshman class, which was raised two weeks ago when Shore announced that a small assessment must be levied upon all those attending the class dance. Announcement of this fact caused several class members to begin an in- and they reported that some 50 to 90 dollars of the class money was missing. It was reported that rumors have been circulating in the freshman dormitory to the effect that Shore gave the re cent freshman smoker without the ap proval of the Finance committee and that a petition was being circulated advocating the impeachment of the class' president. SHORE DEFENSE In his own defense Shore read yester day complete account of the financial doings of the class during the past quarter, announcing that the statement had just been issued "by Clyde Shaw, student fund auditor, and that the class books are open to the public. The statement showed that all projects stionsorpd bv the class durine- that ! period were backed by checks signed I (Continued on page two) UNC GROUPS AID GERMAN REFUGE Funds Sought For Enrollment Of Jews Concentrated efforts to provide edu cational facilities at the University for at least six refugee German Jews next year are being made here by five Uni versity organizations, it was learned ! yesterday. Participating in the drive to aid the exiled people are the YMCA, YWCA, Hillel Foundation, Alpha Kappa Gam ma, and the Friends group. Dean D. D. Carroll heads the organization com mittee of students and faculty mem bers representing the participating agencies. The Hillel Foundation has already raised enough money for one student and has secured a promise of free room and board for two students from two campus Jewish fraternities, TEP and ZBT. It is hoped that financial ar rangements for at least six can be made by the end of April. TO PETITION The University administration will be petitioned to charge only the in state tuition fee for the refugees. Similar movements are being carried on in colleges all over the country under sponsorship of the International Student service. However, the drive here, as well as elsewhere, is being lo calized and has no direct connection with any outside agency. Alonzo Squires Announces Wedding Announcement was made yesterday of the marriage of Alonzo G. Squires, blind student here, and Miss Agnes Wainright of Farmville, on December 27, 1938. Squires, whose home is at Kelly, is well known here for his impersona tions on-amateur programs and other entertainments. He is a member of the freshman class executive committee. Mrs. Squires is residing in Green ville while her husband continues his studies. Upon completion of his under graduate work he will enter law school. Issues Statement I - ' J ' ' ' ' ' 1 5 , i t , 1" - '', y , ' v S $ KA - Defending himself against charges made by a number of members of the freshman class of which he is presi dent, Bin" Shore, above, yesterday issued a statement giving a complete report of the financial doings of the class during the past quarter. SOPH DANCE BIDS ARE AVAILABLE IN YMCA LOUNGE Skeets Morris Band To Play For Set Of Proms This Week-End At a meeting of the sophomore dance committee last night it was announced that bids to the class dances to be given Friday and Saturday in the Tin Can, can be obtained in the lounge of the YMCA during chapel period, and between the hours of 2 o'clock and 3:30 tomorrow and Friday afternoons. Harry Winkler, chairman of the com mittee, urged -all sophomores to get their bids to the dances during these hours as they will be available at no other time. The following persons were also announced as chaperones: Dr. and Mrs. Frank Graham, Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Mackie, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Emory, Judge and Mrs. Earl Rieves, . (Continued on last page) Woodhouse Class Hears Will Irwin "One principal function of journal ism is to mould public opinion," Will Irwin, author of "Herbert Hoover" and "Propaganda," told approximately 150 students in Professor E. J. Wood house's contemporary problems class yesterday morning. Irwin, visiting while here Louis Graves, editor of the Chapel Hill Weekly, whom he knew in New York when Graves was a reporter for the New York Times and Irwin held a similar job on the New York Sun, was chief of American Foreign propa ganda during the World war. DEFINITION Defining propaganda as "a digni fied word for - explaining what we mean," Irwin declared further that public opinion is no longer moulded by editorials but by news stories. "But we need two words to describe propa ganda," he said, "fair and unfair." Branding journalism as a "rough art" because the readers can never know whether the writer writes for pay or belief, Irwin praised the United States as the only country with a "free press." In this country, he saidr it is possible to publish anything as long as it is (Continued on page two) Buc's Out ! ! ! Today Mr. Carl Pugh unleashes on a newly refreshed student body his latest edition of the Carolina Buccaneer, well known as the cam pus humor publication. DRAMATIC GROUPS WILL HOLD FINALS IN CONTESTS HERE Playmaker Profs To Conduct Class For Guests Today The final -contest in city high school play production to be held this after noon at 2 o'clock and tonight at 7 o'clock in the Playmaker theater will be the second featured event in the sixteenth annual dramatic festival being held at the University this week. About 500 directors, players, and play wrights will be here for the event. Last night the festival was opened with the presentation of the winning play in the full-length original play contest, "Oh Golden Weed," by Jame son Bunn Dowdy of Rocky Mount. INVITATION During the morning session today an invitation is extended to all visitors to attend the classes conducted by Pro fessors Ed Wynn, F. H. Koch, and l Harry Davis in the theater. The thea ter museum, at 112 and 113 Murphey, is open throughout the festival to visit ing delegates. Four schools will participate in the final contest to be presented during the afternoon. "Sugar and Spice" will be presented by Lenoir high school; "St. Agnes Eve" by Rocky Mount high school; "New School of Wives" by Gas tonia high school; and "Tooth or Shave" by Southern Pines high school. TONIGHT At 7 Vclock tonight, the final , con test in Junior Community and WPA groups' play production will take place. Three groups will participate: "Play goers" presented by Durham Junior Community Players, Durham; "Wash Carver's Mouse Trap" by the Cunning ( 'Continued on last page) JONES ATTEMPTS SPENCER THEFT Negro's Trial Set For Superior Court Eddie Jones, Negro, employed at Spencer hall for a number of years, terminated his services with the Uni versity during the spring vacation when he made an unsuccessful attempt to rifle the desk of Mrs. Irene F. Lee, hostess at the women's dormitory, and was subsequently apprehended by Chief of Police W. T. Sloan. Jones confessed the attempted bur glary Thursday and was jailed in Hillsboro in default of $500 bond, to await trial in Superior court. WEDNESDAY NIGHT He entered Mrs. Lee's office on Wed nesday night by breaking a window pane and unlatching the window. He sustained two cuts on his right hand in making his entry and these later led to his apprehension. The Negro, who had been employed J in various capacities at the dormitory, knew of the usual location of Mrs. Lee's cash box, it was said, but she had moved around $30 elsewhere dur ing the holiday and left nothing in the box. Nothing else was missing from the office. Investigating the attempted robbery, Chief Sloan learned that Jones had not reported to work Thursday so he went to his home, extracted a confession from him, and placed him under arrest. Discovery of blood on the office window led Chief Sloan to suspect Jones when he observed that Jones' hand was cut. Frosh Committee To Discuss Chapel B;U Bill Shore, president of me fresh man class, yesterday announced his in tention of presenting to the chapel com mittee this afternoon a bill which would provide for the abolition of freshman chapel, effective after the program next Monday. There will be a meeting of the com mittee in the small lounge of Graham memorial this afternoon at 2:30 for the purpose of discussing this bill and it is expected that action will be taken immediately on the subject. Heads Sophomores " . V, ' , '"7 j ' - ' -' .",". - - 1 VfC v - Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles, presi dent of the Sophomore class, which will give its annual set of dances this week-end in conjunction with the Order of the Grail. Bids can be se cured from the YMCA beginning to day. FACULTY TO USE ARCHER FOR NEW CLUB QUARTERS Members Plan For Monday Luncheons In Carolina Inn IT. At a meeting on March 6 members of the faculty voted to form a faculty club and accepted from the University for club use the lower floor of Archer house including the end room for luncheon quarters. By this decision the faculty de clined the alternative offer of the University that the faculty accept the whole Archer house and rent the up stairs rooms. At , present the upper floor is held by the University which, however, will cooperate with the faculty in renting rooms only to those who are acceptable to the club. LUNCHEONS Preliminary to faculty club ac tivity, plans were made at the meet ing to organize Monday luncheons in he small dining room off the main dining room at the Carolina inn for any of the faculty caring to come in. Dr. W. A. Olsen, chairman of the com mittee planning for the club, an nounced, as an alteration of the for mer bi-weekly plan, that there will be no formalities or speeches. LUNCH Lunch will be serv xl from 1 to 2 o'clock and Leigh Skinner, manager of the inn, has said that the luncheons will be continued as long as 20 faculty members are present. On the faculty club committee which will function until the organized club elects a board of governors are: (Continued on last page) Miss Smith Is Contest Winner A Corona .typewriter has been awarded to Miss Betty Smith of Chapel Hill as first prize for her play, "Three Comments on a Martyr,", in the 1938 One-Act Playwriting Contest conduct ed by the Berkeley Playmakers of Berkeley, Calif. Miss Smith is a previous prize-winner in this playwriting contest, her "So Gracious is the Time" having been, presented by the Berkeley Playmak ers last year. This production ranked as Northern California's outstanding achievement of the season. Having been recently awarded a Rockefellow fellowship she went to Berkeley from the Federal theater in New York to work under the super vision of F. H. Koch when he was con ducting a summer course on the west coast. Judges in the contest included Irving Pichel, well known Hollywood director ; and little theater authority, and , George Warren, former drama editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. UNION SPEECH SET FOR 850 AT MEMORIAL HALL Republican Leader WiD Conduct Open Forum Discussion By JIM McADEN For the first time in a long while a prominent Republican politician will face a Southern Democrat audience at a public meeting with John D. Hamil ton, red-haired chairman of the Repub lican National committee speaking on a Carolina Political union program at 8:30 tonight in Memorial hall. The speech will be followed by an open forum discussion between Hamilton and the audience. Hamilton, 47 year-old ringmaster of a political party which has been under dog for six years, has not as yet an nounced the subject of his address, but the speech is expected to deal in gen eral with a discussion of Republican chances and candidates in the 1940 presidential election. The Kansas lawyer and former leg islator form that state has been touring the South during the past few weeks in an attempt to sound out politics in this section. His appearance tonight will be his only official public address while on the tour. Hamilton will leave his train at Sel ma at approximately 6:30 tonight and be brought to Chapel Hill by CPU members. In Memorial hall he will join a party of prominent state Republicans on the platform, beginning his speech at half past eight. Besides CPU mem bers among the 25 persons who will be on the stage are Judge I. M. Meekins, Gilliam Grissom, Mr. and Mrs. Worth D. Henderson, E. M. Stanley, North Carolina Young Republicans chairman, and J ake Newell, chairman of the state Republican committee. Hamilton has been leader, of his party since 1936 when presidential aspirant Alfred M. Landon chose him as his campaign manager. When his nominee was defeated by Roosevelt, he began leading a fight to alter and re juevenate his party and some of its policies. He is a graduate of Northwestern university law school. His political career began with service in the Kansas House of Representatives, in which he was later speaker. He became a mem ber of the Republican National com mittee in 1932. Following the open-forum session, a reception for Hamilton will be given in the main lounge of Graham memorial, to which the entire audience has been invited. Handbook Editor Editor for next year's Freshman Handbook will be selected some time this week. H. F. Comer, secretary of the YMCA, said yesterday. On the handbook committee are Dr. E. L. Mackie, chairman, Dean F. F. Brad shaw, Roy Armstrong, and J. M. Saunders. Four persons have applied. Douglas To Speak Dr. Carl R. Douglas of the Edu cation department will this week ad dress the South Carolina Education association in Columbia, S. C. Yackety-Yack Needs Snapshots Now ! ! ! Editor Rutherford Yeates of the Yackety-Yack was waxing vehement yesterday afternoon. He was in a quandary because he needs 40 pages of snapshots by Saturday in order to get out this year's annual by the time old man School 1938-39 breathes its last around June 1. "And if the other 25 members of this staff don't show up tomorrow," Yeates moaned as he tore through his well-placed locks, "well, well be mailing out annuals , next Novem ber." After deploring the situation, Yeates repeated his 'generous offer for snapshots 15 cents and ad mitted his willingness to throw in the price of flash bulbs for shots taken at night.' Yeates requests unanimous at tendance at a staff meeting this aft ernoon at 2 o'clock, and he does want photos. i s
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