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VOLUME XLVII
EDITORIAL PHONE 4351
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.f WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939
BUSINESS FfiONE 4156
NUMBER 162
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Madry Receives
In Race For Post
Foushee Defeats
Pickard In Close
"Voting For Mayor
"Colonel Bob" Madry, director of
the University news bureau, polling
the highest number of votes ever cast
ia a municipal election, was elected an
alderman of the University village here
today.
Colonel Bob polled 657 votes in an
election in which 785 votes were cast.
The race for mayor was close until
the last few ballots. John M. Foushee,
present incumbent, was re-elected may
or with 411 votes to Clarence Pickard's
369.
RECORDER'S COURT JUDGE
Andrew A. Mcintosh, unopposed
candidate for judge of recorder's court,
received 693 votes, with W. E. Thomp
son, Boss Hill, C. P. Hinshaw and
Moody W. Durham receiving write-in
votes of one apiece. Judge L. J. Phipps
-was written in for three votes.
Aldermen re-elected were: R. W.
Madry, 657; R. J. M. Hobbs, 604; and
P. L. Burch, 583. Runners-up in the
race were Judge L. J. Phipps, 274
votes, and R. W. Linker, 154 votes
State senator John Umstead and Dr.
R. B. Lawson received one vote each
for the board of aldermen.
Miss Yen Injured
When Plane Falls
On Alabama Field
Miss Hilda Yen, famous Chinese avi
atrix who 11 days ago visited Chapel
Hill as a parF of a flying tour of the
United States to UTe a Japanese boy
cott, was severely injured Monday when
her plane crashed near Montgomery,
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After landing to ask directions, Miss
Yen, flying her ship, "The Spirit of
New China," fell in an attempted take
off from a field near Montgomery. The
face of the avitarix was badly cut, re
quiring numerous stitches; however.
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McCachren Tells Of
Contract Arrangement
Following is a statement made
last night by Bill McCachren, chair
man of the Cap and Gown commit
tee, concerning the letting of the of
ficial contract for the commence
ment regalia:
The official contract for caps and
gowns for the senior class and all
graduates has been placed with
Cotrell and Leonard, Inc., of Al
bany, N. Y. This contract was
placed on a basis of quality of ma
terial and lowest price submitted.
'For reliability and official wear,
all seniors and graduates are asked
to place their order with the Cap
and Gown committee on the first
floor of Graham Memorial between
the hoars of 2 to 6 o'clock any after
noon this week; Complete and ac
urate sizes will be taken.
(Signed) Bill McCachren,
Chairman Cap and Gown committee.
Be It Yours . . .
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Record Vote
As Alderman
To You...
Above is Miss Melville Corbett of
Kins ton, newly elected president of
the Woman's association, who took up
her new duties last night. Miss Cor
bett succeeds Miss Bill M alone, re
tiring president.
GROUP ANNOUNCES
FIVE ROSENWALD
AWARD WINNERS
Three Men, Two
Women Are Given
Fellowships
John W. Kendrick, James E. Flem
ing, Robert M. Hodges, Miss Lillian
E. Smith, and Miss Dorothy Hope Tis
dale," all connected with the Univer
sity in recent years, are among a
number of southerners receiving Ju
lius Rosenwald fund fellowships total
ing $100,000, according to an an
nouncement by Edwin R. Embree,
president of the fund, at Chicago.
The fellowships, the announcement
said, are awarded in line with the
fund's policy "to foster distinguished
leadership in the South in all fields
in which it is needed." They were
granted to southern whites and Ne
groes of "demonstrated original abil
ity." FELLOWSHIP RECEIVERS
Those who have been connected with
the University receiving fellowships
in connection with the following work
are:
John Kendrick: for work in econom
ics and sociology, particularly a study
of the problem of financing industry
in the south, at Chapel Hill. He is
now assistant in the department of
economics and commerce here.
James' Fleming: for a sociological
and historical study of southern op
position to industry, at Chapel Hill.
He is now instructor of sociology at
the University of Georgia.
Robert Hodges: for work in journal
ism and creative writing here on prob
lems of white and Negro labor and
industrial relations. He is at present
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succeeded Fred Rippy, left, as secre-
. he second person to hoid the
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OSBORNE'S BAND
MAY PLAY FOR
SATURDAY PROM
Advance Sale Of
Bids Will Begin
Within Next Week
. Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra
have been obtained to play for the
Friday night dance of the finals, Louis
Sutton, acting secretary-treasurer of
the German club, announced yester
day. The dance set will be held June
1 through June 3.
Definite ararngements for other or
chestras to play for Thursday and
Saturday nights have not been made.
However, the committee is trying to
secure the orchestra of Will Osborne
for the Saturday affairs.
v Within the next week an advance
sale of series invitations will be con
ducted. Sets will be offered for nine
dollars to members of the German
club. Seniors may become members
of the club by paying a one-dollar ini
nation fee. Underclassmen fees will
be five dollars.
SINGLE BIDS
Bids to single dances will not be
sold to undergraduates at the door.
Out-of-town guests and alumni will,
however, be able to obtain door pur
chases of single bids.
After the advance sale of sets, the
price will be raised to $10 for Ger
man club members. Other students
may obtain sets by paying initiation
and assessment fees.
Members of the German club offi
cial staff for next year are as follows
president, Studie Ficklin, Sigma Nu
vice-president, Julian Coghill, Kappa
Sigma; secretary-treasurer, Louis
Sutton, Zeta Psi; and assistant secre
tary treasurer, Tom Wright, Delta
Kappa Epsilon. Sutton is assuming
his duties this spring in the place -o:
Billy Worth, present secretary-treasurer,
who was forced to devote his
time to his school work.
WOMAN'S COUNCIL
TO BE HONORED
Members Will Be In
Figure At Coed Ball
New and old members of the Wom
an's association council will be pre
sented in a figure at the coed ball Sat
urday night, Miss Lillian Howell,
chairman of the dance committee, an
nounced yesterday.
Members of the new council, inaug
urated last night, and their dates are :
Miss Melville Corbett, president, with
Courtney Mitchell, Jr.; Miss Martha
Kelly, vice-president, with John Hall;
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Sophomore To See Mother
After Lapse Of Six Years
German Frau To Be Honored
At Reception In Grail Boom
Friday Evening
By LOUIS HARRIS
Frau Marie Boemanns of Mulheim
Ruhr, Germany, could probably re
ceive no better Mother's Day gift a
week from Sunday than the one she
will have when she sees her son, Her
mann, University sophomore, for the
first time in six years. She will arrive
this Friday, however, for a coffee par
ty which Hermann plans to give in
her honor at 8:30 in the Grail room
of Graham memorial.
Possessing a strong desire to at
tend an American university, Boe
manns came to North Carolina in 1933
to live with his grandmother in Wil
mington, who was to send him to
school. But after four months, the eld
erly woman died, leaving Hermann
with the choice of either returning to
Germany or entering the University
and working his way through.
LIKES IT HERE
As Hermann said yesterday, "I
would much rather do the hardest sort
of work to stay in school here than
go back to Germany and become can
non fodder for the army." His bro
ther is in the army and likes it, Her
mann said, but he attributed it to
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50 ; Witness inauguration As
;Mew Officers Take Ub Duties
We Throw The Torch . . .
Jim Joyner, left, officially ended his duties as president of the student body
for the past year when he was succeeded by Jim Davis, right, at the inaugu
ration ceremony last night.
ORDER OF GRAIL
TO INITIATE 13
NEW MEN TODAY
Neophytes To Stage
Political Satire . v
In Front Of Old Well
The Order of the Grail will initiate
13 new members this afternoon at a
public ceremony to be held at the Old
Well at 5 o'clock, it was announced
yesterday by Bud Hudson, exchequer
of the organization.
The plebes, who have been selected
from the rising junior and senior
classes, will stage a comic satire deal
ing with political affairs and lasting
approximately 40 minutes. The iden
tity of the new men will be revealed
for the first time immediately before
the skit.
SECRECY
The secret part of the initiation
ceremony will be held tonight, after
which they will be full-fledged mem
bers of the Grail.
The new men will replace the se
niors who will not be back next year,
although those returning will still be
entitled to membership.
Tomorrow, the Grail will fete the
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Girls' Glee Club
Will Give Concert
Tomorrow Morning
The University Girls glee club, un
der the direction of John E. Toms, will
present a short program tomorrow
morning at 10:30 in IU.U Music hall.
The concert will be a feature of the
third annual meeting of the North Car
olina State School Board association.
Included on the program will be the
following selections : "My Mother Bids
Me Bind My Hair" Haydn; "How
Merirly We Live" Michael Este;
"Flower Dreams" Clokey; "Dance,
Pretty Country Maiden," a popular
song of the 17th century arranged by
Crist; "Serenade" from "The Student
Prince" Romberg; and "Oh, Dear,
What Can the Matter Be," an old Eng
lish song arranged by Arthur Hall.
Recording Concert
The Graham memorial recording
concert will be held in the main lounge
this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Gibson
"Stonewall" Jackson will present the
following program: Concerto for Or
chestra in D (with organ) by Handel;
Concerto No. 2 in C minor by Sergei
Rachmaninoff; and, songs by Kirsten
Flagstad.
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Pearson Extends Best
Wishes To Officers
The editor of the Daily Tar Heel
received the following telegram
from Charlotte yesterday afternoon:
"On the occasion of the inaugu
ration of the new Student council,
I should like to extend to them
through your paper my best wishes.
I hope they will enjoy full support
and cooperation from every mem
ber of the student body. I would
like to take this opportunity to tell
them and the student body that I
realize that the decision of the fac
ulty in upholding the Student coun
cil in my recent appeal was wise.
I have learned one great lesson
early. Stay out of politics. Thank
you.
Bill Pearson."
TOMS TO PRESENT
RECITAL TONIGHT
Program Will Be In
Hill Hall At 8:30
Eighteen selections will make up tb
program of a voice recital by John E.
Toms tonight at 8 : 30 in Hill Music hall.
Since Toms came here three years ago
he has sung several recitals at the Uni
versity where he is in charge of vocal
music
During the month of April, Toms
sang five oratorios at various places
in the state and one in South Carolina.
He sang "Stabat Mater" by Rossini at
the Centenary Methodist church in
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To Hold It High"
Bill Hendrix, left, also stepped down from his position as vice-president of
the student body last night when he was succeeded by Jack Fairley, newly
elected vice-president. The entire inauguration ceremony was completed
within a half an hour.
Dean House Unable
To Appear; Weaver
Makes Brief Talk
Approximately 250 students turned
out for the inauguration, of the newly
elected major campus officers staged
in Memorial hall last night. The en
tire program lasted only half an hour.
Dean R. B. House, scheduled to deliver
short message to the students, was
unable to attend the meeting.
The principal speaker of the evening
was Fred Weaver, assistant to Dean
Francis F. Bradshaw, who made a
brief informal talk on "The Student
Government in the Light of Present
University Conditions." He congrat
ulated the retiring officers, but said,
"All we can do is to install our new
officers and wish them right." Weaver
brought out in his talk that "the new
officers have abundant opportunities.
with plenty of material to work with,
and that there is nothing to put brakes
on their amount of work."
TURN ABOUT
Weaver also saidr "The new officers
will have to be shown what the student
body is like and they, in turn, will have
to show the student body what they
can do for the good of University stu
dents."
Miss Melville Corbett, new president
of the Woman's association, was the
next speaker. Miss Corbett said that
she had no political promises to make,
but that she did have a few plans for
the coming year: She stated that she
intends to encourage cooperation
among the coeds. Her objective is "In
tegration of activities to the women on
the campus."
Miss Corbett concluded - by saying,
"The Carolina coeds and Carolina gen
tlemen together make up the Univer
sity. Hence we must live up to stand
ards set in the past and leave some
thing a little bit better than we found
it."
Jim Joyner, retiring president of the
student body, presided over the meet
ing and made a brief talk before intro
ducing Jimmy Davis, the student
body's new president. Joyner spoke of
the work of the Student council, its
secrecy, the recent political episode,
and the year's ,work before the new
council . members. He stated, "In my
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IRC Will Select
Officers Tonight
At Business Meet
Annual elections for the Internat
ional Relations club will be held at the
final business meeting of the year. The
meeting will be held in the Grail room
at Graham memorial at 8 o'clock.
President Henry Nigrelli has re
quested that all members be present to
take part in the election and to discuss
plans for a banquet to be held later on
this month. Reports from the key com
mittee and from the Raleigh and Dur
ham broadcasts will be given.
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