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airman EDITORIALS- Shore Accused and Vindicated VOLUME XLVn Ch Am Ibly Passes Compromise Siijeedm Bill. UP AeooiuLoces Full GILLY NICHOLSON ENTERS RACE FOR STUDENT COUNCIL Rosenberg, Bill Blalock and George Ralston Nominated Running mates for Richard "Fish" Worley, candidate for president of the senior class, were announced yesterday by the University party. By placing the four aspirants in the field the party completed two of its class slates, rising sophomore and rising senior. ...... ' .. . Bill Blalock will run for vice-president, Gilly Nicholson for the senior student council seat, George Ralston for secretary, and Morris Rosenberg for treasurer. The candidates, chosen by the party steering committee of fraternity and non-f raternity representatives, brought to 12 the number of office-seekers thus far announced by the University party. , ' WORLEY'S PLATFORM Worley's candidacy was announced February 28, with a platform in which he advocated a better method of class budget passing; capable control of class expenditures; publication of all class transactions r a suitable - method of obtaining views of the class mem bers on class affairs; better partici pation of seniors in class affairs; and better participation of the class in campus activities. Wholehearted endorsement of his platform was given by the other four candidates on the ticket. Worley opposes Benny Hunter, Stu dent party nominee. Other Student party candidates for senior offices are : (Continued on page two) STUDENTS MAY ATTEND INSTITUTE Two University Delegates Wanted The United States Office of Educa tion and the National Institute of Pub lic Affairs has invited the University to name one or two representative stu dents to participate in the 1939 Insti tute of Government. Approximately 75 seniors will be selected from American colleges to par ticipate in the Institute which will be held from April 3-8 in Washington and consists of a program which will in clude visits to sessions of Congress, hearings of Congressional committees and Executive commissions, the Su preme Court, as well as informal round table discussions with leading govern (Continued on page two) Squires Remains Eligible Bachelor Don't give up yet, girls. All is not lost. Alonzo G. Squires, popular k'ind member of the freshman class, delivered this welcome ad monition ot an anxious feminine Population yesterday. The columns of the Daily Tar Heel yesterday morning had it that Squires had taken onto him se,f a blushing bride some three mnths ago. Squires' explanation was to the 7Ct that he had spread the story rat in Steele dormitory as a joke. Squires carried his joke to lhe Point of telling it in the pres ence of a Daily Tar Heel reporter and the story was accepted in full cnndence. s. Squires is still listed in the anks of eligible bachelorhood. As a fitter of fact, he says he is think ng more seriously of entering a thr, " ii a it ui uia&vuMM of ou?h the portals of matrimony. Hamilton EDITORIAL PHONf 4? I Anti-New Dealer .;:.X.VJV.'.-w.-.y.vwA ' 4 John D. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National committee, who last night in a speech and open forum in Memorial hall bitterly attacked the policies of the present administra tion and advocated measures contrary to the New Deal program. "Above all else," said Hamilton, "Federal spending must be curbed." COMMITTEE HEADS AND SCRIPT FOR MAY DAY SELECTED Date Set For May 6; Court Members To Be Chosen By Students Committee chairmen and script for May day were selected at a meeting yesterday of the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Gamma which will sponsor the May day festival. Melville Corbett was chosen Junior co-chairman to serve with Kathryn Fleming, president of AKG and Senior chairman, as director of May day plans. Sanf ord Stein was awarded the $5.00 prize presented by AKG to the writer of the accepted May day script. Members of the court will be chosen by vote of the student body and the date of the event has been set for May 6. CHAIRMEN NAMED Chairmen of the various committees are: Costume, co-chairman, Barbara Burroughs and Mary Wood; Publicity, Edna Hines Bynum; Properties, co chairmen Helen Jacobs and Mary Lewis; Reception, Barbara Liscomb and Sarah McLean; Court dresses, Betsy Jean Johnson; Flowers, Mary Jane Yeatman; Dance, Ruth Parsons and Adele Austin; and Finance, Martha Kelly. Mav day was first observed on the campus three years ago and this year as" before will be sponsored by AKG with financial aid from other wom en's organizations. Besides the pre sentation of the May court there will be an Alumnae luncheon and a co-ed ball, sponsored by the woman's as sociation, on May day. The May court and the woman's association of ficers will be honored at the ball. The first meeting of the May day committee will be held Tuesday night at 7:30 in the woman's associa tion room in Graham Memorial. Quinlan Leaves Campus For Father's Funeral P. H. Quinlan, coach of varsity and freshman wrestling, left Monday aft ernoon by plane for Boston to attend the funeral of his father who had died about noon. Details of the funeral services had not been received, here last night. It is thought that the late Mr. Quin lan, believed to be in his seventies, died from a heart attack. i - ' iff ' ' Ay - Ft, tv5 Blasts - New Deal Policies 1m Speech Here t n r i if i is THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- fTHAPTT. TTTT T M r! TTTTTPCTkAV MAPPCT OQ IQOO .... XTTTTirTT?T 1 07 Senior GlassTickett REPUBLICAN HEAD SAYS SPENDING MUST BE CURBED 1200 Hear Talk And Forum In Memorial Hall By JIM McADEN . Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican National commit tee walked into ..Memorial. Hall last night, and with a mid-western twang- in his voice, denounced the present governmetal admin istration and called for a series of actions which would reverse a number of New Deal policies. The 47 year-old Kansan drew laughs and applause from his Carolina Po litical union audience of approximate ly 1200, made up of students and am bitious . state Republican leaders. Ap parently expecting rumbles of dissent to result from his every statement, the minority party leader seemed at first surprised at the agreeable digesting of his speech by the audience: Referring to the present situation of this country, Hamilton advocated "sub stantial revision of our tax laws, a rewriting of the Wagner labor rela tions act, repeal of discretionary pawera to- experiment with - the mone tary system, placing of a limitation on government competition with business, and above all else, a curbing of Federal spending." During the open-forum session im mediately following his address and at the reception given for him in Graham memorial Hamilton held forth and matched opinions with representatives of varying beliefs. He appeared to be a man well educated in every respect, backing up each idea with facts. FEARS "ISMS" He expressed an outright fear of "ism" influence upon the future history of the United States, but stated that if the country could be hoisted from dephs of economic despair that recov ery in itself would be adequate insur ance against any change in form of government here. While saying that the present ad ministration has undertaken a short cut solution to bring back a healthy 'glow to the economic system, Hamil ton would not condemn the New Deal in its entirety. He said that "It is my contention that the bad in the New Deal more than outweighs the good that is in it." Referring to Democrat attempts to restore prosperity to this country, he said "Not only has it failed, but it has made the economic ( Continued on last page) CIO Representative To Give Campus Address Tomorrow Miss Mason Was Member Of Southern Advisory Committee Sponsored by the ASU and the YWCA, Miss Lucy Mason, who holds the position of public relations repre sentative of the Textile Workers'-Organizing committee of the CIO, will speak on the campus Friday night at 8 o'clock in the small lounge of Gra ham memorial. Miss Masoif was a member of the Advisory Committee of Southerners, called in to review the National Em ergency council's report to the Presi dent, on economic conditions in the South. She was formerly general secre tary of the Richmond, Va., YWCA and subsequently became executive secre tary of the National Consumers league. Last June she was a leader at the Southern Student conference at Blue Ridge, and will return to the confer ence again this June. She has appeared before many smaller discussion groups also such as ones at Emory university, Berea col ( Continued on last page) Mm Oldest Faculty Member Dr. M. C & Noble, author and Uni versity professor until bis resignation several years ago, celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday during the spring vacation last week. He is often referred to as North Carolina's grand old man of education. SENIOR COLLEGE WILL COMPETE IN DRAMA FESTIVAL Salisbury, Ashevilie Enter Final Contest At 10 This Morning This morning at 10 o'clock Salisbury and Ashevilie dramatic clubs will com pete in the final contest in puppet play production which is a part of the State tournament being held on the campus this week. The White Masque Mari onette club of Salisbury is presenting "The Unhappy Princess" and the Beaux and Belles of Ashevilie will present "Nursery Rhymes." At 11 o'clock C. M. Edson, president of the Carolina Dramatic association, will welcome the visiting delegates and Frederick H. Koch, director of the Carolina Playmakers, will address the delegates, his subject being "What Is Folk Drama." ; MORNING SPEAKERS Following Koch's address, Dr. Archi bald Henderson wil speak on the forth coming Southern Regional conference and Theater festival. Miss Sarah Ger trude Knott, director of the national folk festival, will discuss plans for the coming national festival immediately after Henderson's address. During the afternoon, beginning at (Continued on last page) Camera Display Now At Library The new world of photography that has been opened with the coming of the candid camera is revealed in an exhibit of Leica camera photographs now on display in the reserve room and the general college reading room on the first floor of the library. Almost all of the pictures, of which there are about 100, have been made by amateurs with little or no formal training in photography, ' and they carry information as to how they were made, giving exposure, film, developer, etc. The photographs are varied, some depicting action; while others are studies in light and shade. Several are the work of such nationally known photographers as Dmitri and Hoff mann, Dmitri having done the color work. The exhibit, which will remain on display until tomorrow, is being spon sored by the University Photographic society. Three prize-winning prints of the local contest are also on display. New Measure Would Admit County Coeds To All Classes APPROPRIATION TOTALS S656,821; OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS RECEIVE $75 INCREASE BY CHARLES BARRETT The State assembly yesterday completed legislation on a record making spending bill which provides a budget of $731,821 for the University next year, thus ending one of the most lively appro priations struggles in years. That figure was set by an informal compromise committee, engineered by Governor Hoey, which increased the appropriations committee's allottment of $614,821 by $42,000. However, the final appropriation is $314,945 less than was requested by President Graham. No move to change the appropriations committee recommenda- STUDENT PARTY WILL ROUND OUT TICKET TONIGHT Third Convention Set For 8:30 In Phi Hall, New East With spring elections at hand, the Student party convention tonight will finish up the ground work for the campaign as convention delegates gather at 8:30 in Phi hall to complete the party slate with the exception of publications officers. The first office for consideration tonight will probably be that of the vice-president of the student body, who will oppose -Jack Fairley, "University party nominee. Following the selection of the can didate for the vice-presidency, the con vention is expected to make its selec tions for the secretary-treasurer of the student body, the representative to the Debate council, and the head cheer-1 who otherwise would have to do with leader. j out. The students would be required With the exception of the president (Continued on last page) BOARD TO SELECT MANAGING EDITOR Elliot Calls For '39-'40 Applicants Tim Elliott, president, of the Pub lications Union board, announced yes terday, that the managing editor of the Daily Tar Heel will probably be named at the meeting of the board next Wednesday and that all can didates for the position must file their applications .with either him or J, M. Lear not later than Tuesday night. - At next week's session the board will consider all applications and will probably decide upon and announce the name of the managing editor who will serve next year. ; It was also decided at yesterdays meeting that the contract for the Yackety-Yack engraving will be awarded to Jahn and" Oilier of Chi cago. This firm did all of the engrav ing for the yearbook this year and it was partially on this basis that the contract was renewed. Of the three bids received by the board, this was the lowest, Elliot said. The only other action taken by the board was the appropriation of the sum of 28 dollars for a bookcase for the Carolina Magazine. Village Resident Is Sweepstakes Winner L. E. Jones, 58, University hard ware store manager, beamed with pride as he showed a telegram yester day. It was adressed to him and his wife. It looked just like an ordinary message, except it was from Ireland. Jones had been informed that he had won 100 pounds sterling (about $460) in the Irish hospital grand na tional sweepstakes. Answering he was "very glad, of course," he added that he would split the prize with Mrs. Jones. He said he had bought tickets for 10 years, had probably paid $50 for them altogether, but that this was the first thne he had won. TTEATHER: , vj Fair tciih continued V spring weather in ui air i&aay. nion that $75 be added to outof -state tuition was begun during any portion of the legislative trail. The new non resident fee will go into effect next September, and according to commit tee estimates will add $75,000 to the legislative appropriation. SALARY INCREASES The $42,000 increase decided upon by the compromise committee met stiff opposition on the floor of the House. It provides $28,000 for salary increments, promotions, : and new positions, an increase of $10,000 for custodial and maintenance, and an in crease of $4,000 for leaves and re turns. A few minutes before the Senate began one of its discussions on the spending bill, Senator Un; stead of Orange presented a measure which would permit feminine residents of Orange ,. county to enter all Univer sity classes. At present women stu dents may only enter school at their junior year, except in special depart ments. Senator Uustead said he believed the bill if passed would enable Orange county girls to get a higher education to room at their homes. The bill was referred to the educa tional committee, of which Senator Umstead is a member, and is expected to come up for a hearing soon. GREATER UNIVERSITY Passage of the appropriations bill gives a budget of $1,443,518 for the Greater University next year. This sum will be obtained from a legislative appropriation of $1,321,518, and in creases in out-of-state tuition esti mated to raise $122,000. The allottment for the 1938-39 ses sion of the Greater University was (Continued on last page) Oldest Resident Dies At Age 92 Chapel Hill's oldest resident, Mrs. Cornelia A. Roberson, who was 92 years old; died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Charles T. Woollen, on East Franklin street Saturday morn ing. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. O. T. Binkley and.Rev. Frank K. Poole at the Chapel Hill Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Burial followed in the village ceme tery. A native of Chatham county, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Haywood Jackson Stone. In 1867 -she was married to Dr. Abner . Benton Roberson, a prominent village prac tit;ioner. Dr. Roberson died in. 1897. She was founder of the Baptist missionary society, a, circle of, which' bears her name. She was also a char - (.Continued .on )page two) ; Yeates Looking For More Candid Shots Editor Rutherford Yeates of the Yackety-Yack is calmer today be cause the members of his staff, though many of them wore dis gruntled looks, reported for duty. He is still faced .with 40 empty pages each to be filled with can did and un-candid campus shots. He still offers 15 cents for each photo and will throw in the price of a flash bulb for night shots. There is another staff meeting today at 2 o'clock. 1
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