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VOLUME XLVII
EDITORIAL PHONE 4151
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1939
NUMBER 169
BUSINESS FEONX 4156
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Junior-Seniors. Known to millions as Betty Hutton (nation's number one
jitterbng) and yincent Lopez (suave syncopation plus), they have an un
beatable combination that should make it a true Carolina affair.
Betty Hutton Is Known As
"Number One Jitterbug 9 '
Lopez's Orchestra Will Make
First Weekend Appearance
At Public Concert Tomorrow
Miss Betty Hutton, singer and
swinger extraordinary, will be demon
strating a number of reasons why she
holds anddeserves the title "America's
Number 1 Jitterbug," when she ap
pears here this week-end with Vincent
Lopez's orchestra for the Junior-Senior
dances.
She will make her first bow of the
week-end in a public concert in Memo
rial hall tomorrow afternoon from 3
to 4 o'clock. Afterwards she will be
offering her eyeful and earful at two
dances and two night dances. Admis
sion to the concert has been reduced
to 30 cents, and it was announced yes
terday that no advance ticket sale will
be held. ' "
HOURS FOR DANCES
The first tea dance will be from 4:30
to 6:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and
the Saturday afternoon affair will be
from 4 to 6 o'clock. The Junior prom
tomorrow night will last from 9 until
1 o'clock and the Saturday Senior ball
hours are from 9 o'clock until 12 mid
night. Participants in the figure tomorrow
night who were omitted from the list
published yesterday are Mac Nisbet,
class secretary, with Miss Audrey
Johnson of Asheville, and Bob Mc
Lemore, executive committee chairman,
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Local Negress
Is Slashed In
Cutting Scrap
Lillian Burnette, Negress, was last
night suffering from superficial knife
lacerations on the chest and arms af
ter Omie Baldwin, also dolored, had
attempted to murder her yesterday af
ternoon as she was walking between
the Chi Omega sorority house and the
home of Charles T. Woollen, Jr.
The scrap between the two colored
women occurred at approximately 4
o'clock as Burnette was pushing a
baby carriage out, East Franklin
street. She was approached by Bald
win whn sn id. "You have been steal
ing- my husband," and then proceeded
to draw a paring knife from her bos
om. SEVERAL GASHES
After receiving several long and
her body. Burnette
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ran through the home of Charles T.
Woollen, Jr. At this time officers W.
H. Yeargan and G. A. Hearne of the
Chapel Hill police force arrived upon
the scene. .
Baldwin was arrested and placed in
the Chapel Hill city jail." Burnette
was taken to Dr. Patterson's office
Tuitoi-A r-vY ,,ro tr-ont.pd and then sent
to her home last night. The two wo
men are residents of Chapel Hill.
Judge A. J. Mcintosh, a new judge
for this vicinity, will take charge' of
a Dreliminarv hearing of the case in
be held Monday
night at 7:15. ' -
Hotel Minded?
Any senior interested in a job in a
hotel is asked to see S. W. J. Welch
in 205 South building today.
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CPU NOMINATES
THREE FOR HEAD
Gatton, Moore Anjl
Ward Are Candidates
Holding a preliminary vote, the
Carolina Political union yesterday nar
rowed the number of nominees for the
1939-40 chairmanship down to three
rising seniors, Harry .Gatton, Town-
send Moore, and Don Ward. Final elec
tions, both for the chairman and other
minor offices, will take place at next
Tuesday's meeting.
- In accordance with the constitution
of the union, each member returning
nextyear was discussed 'as'a possible
office holder, until the field had been re
duced to the three chosen students. At
next week's meeting, the offices of vice-
chairman, secretary, and treasurer, be
sides that of chairman, will be voted
upon. Discussion of old members will
also take place, with the possibility of
dropping inactive members.
WOODHOUSE SPEAKS
Professor E. J. Woodhouse, faculty
adviser to the union, spoke to the eight
new members, stressing the increasing
trend toward non-partiality in select
ing members and in electing officers.
He explained that the policy of the
CPU does not tolerate electioneering
within the organization.
This year's officers were Voit Gil
more, chairman; Sam Hobbs, vice
chairman; Harry Gatton, secretary;
and Townsend Moore, treasurer.
Deadline Set For
Frosh Handbook Copy
Staff members of the Freshman
Handbook, except those on sports,
must turn in copy to the Editor or at
the YMCA information desk by Satur
day morning at 12 o'clock, or not turn
it in at all, it was announced yesterday.
Ordinances Say Students
Must Go To Early Services
Many Things Banned; No
Chickens, Guns, Noise,
Indecent Language x
By JO JONES
Calling a fellow student on the third
floor to answer the phone on the first
floor is hazardous, according to a pro
vision of the latest compiled edition of
the Acts of the General assembly and
the Ordinances of the Trustees for the
organization and government of the
University of North Carolina.
This provision states that there shall
be no shouting, whistling, dancing, or
any boisterous noise permitted in the
passages, rooms, or from the windows,
upon such penalty as the nature of the
offense may properly incur.
From the first of November to the
fifteenth of February students, as stat
ed in the acts, should attend morning
prayer at 6:45. The rest of the year
morning prayer is at sunrise.
NO CUSSING, PLEASE
All students who get stood up by
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To Open Tuesday -At
1 O'clock With
Banquet In Union
Bob Magill, chairman of the plan
ning committee, announced last night
a complete program of the Campus
Government conference to be staged in
Graham Memorial Tuesday, Wednes
day and -Thursday. Programs and in
vitations to register were mailed yes
terday to all students who will hold
official positions on the campus during
the coming year as well as those who
have served during the past yeat. '
The conference will open Tuesday
afternoon at 1 o'clock with a luncheon
in the banquet hall of Graham Memo
rial. At this time there will be a gen
eral get-together and also an expla
nation of the conference will be made.
Immediately following the luncheon,
special sub-groups will meet separate
ly. At this time the publications group
will have a general meeting, and the
secretaries' group will be instructed by
Ed Lanier. The finances group (to in
clude both presidents and treasurers
of all organizations except fraternities
and dormitories) will meet with Fred
Weaver. Dean Francis F. Bradshaw
will be in charge of the dormitory gov
ernment group, but late last night no;
person had been selected to direct the
meeting of the fraternity government
group.
MERRILL TO SPEAK
Closing the first day's events will be
a general session held in Graham Me
morial at 7:30 o'clock. Allen Merrill
will be the principal speaker at this
gathering. He will give "A Critical
Picture of the Campus Scene."
On Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 the
individual meetings of the special sub
groups will be resumed. A faculty
member of the journalism department
will take charge of the publications
group; Clyde Shaw will direct the
finances group (for treasurers only) ;
and the Organization leadership group
will be directed by Dewitt Barnett
with Dean Bradshaw, Harry F. Comer,
and L. B. Rogerson sitting in as re
source men. "
At 3:30, Professor E. J. Woodhouse
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Prof Poll Boosts
New Glamour Girl
Mrs. Hedy Lamaar Markey receiv
ed on one of the "Grade Your Prof"
poll sheets two A's with four pluses
for personality and three A's with 10
pluses for ability. Other people
who were given A's on both person
ality and ability were Tyrone Pow
er, Priscilla Lane, "Miss Sally," Dot
- Browning, Mrs. Phillips Russell and
Nell Mclntire. E. Carrington Smith
received two F's . on personality.
Unfortunately, none of these people
are on the faculty and therefore,
cannot be included when the final re
sults are published. The tabula
tions, however, are proceeding
smoothly and have almost reached
the 500 mark. All those who have
not yet turned in their poll sheets
are again urged to do so.
Student Art Entries
For Exhibition Must
Be In By Monday
Monday is the last day entries for
the third annual student art exhibition
fmay be made. Any student registered
in the University, any special student
in art, and any member of the Photo
graphic Society of the University is
eligible to submit work for the exhibit,
which will be held in Person Hall art
gallery from May 20 to June 7.
Entries may be made in oil, water
color or tempora painting, drawing,
print-making in any medium, sculp
ture, and photography. All entries
must be the original work of the stu
dents submitting them. No copies will
be accepted.
A committee of three judges, head
ed by Russell T. Smith of the art de
partment -will select works to be ex
hibited. Copies of the rules and entry
blanks for the exhibition may be ob
tained at the office of Person hall.
Third Year Men"
Blast 5 To 2
Win Over Seniors r
The class of '39, after taking the
lead in the first frame, failed to pro
duce the necessary punch and lost their
dignity at this ancient seat of liberal
ism yesterday afternoon as the. class
of '40 won the annual class softball
struggle by a score of 5 to 2. The
game was followed by the Junior-Senior
stunt night program in Memorial
Hall last night, bringing the third
day's Senior Week; activities to a
close. "
Right Fielder Keith Eutsler brought
in the only two tallies for the Seniors
as his team made three errors, got
eight walks, and collected six hits. Jack
Vincent with two and Al Mathes, Bill
Blalock, and Preston Nesbit with one
each accounted for the Junior markers.
The winners made one error, three
walks, and eight hits.
Senior Pitcher Fran Gordon struck
out seven men while his mound oppo
nents Dick White and Tony Slaboda
struck out one each. With both the
senior mheld and outheld suffering
from Saddle-Shoe stomp hangovers, the
juniors crossed the plate twice in the
the second and fourth innings-and once
in the third. The about-to-be alumni
scored in the first and third.
SENIOR ROSTER
Playing on the '39 club were Eutsler,
Thompson, Stroup, Niven, Kraynick,
Maronic, Adam, Joyner, Kline, Van
Cise, Watson, Palmer, Gordon, Row
land, and Rippy. The juniors had on
display Berini, Jones, Hambright,
Mathes, Blalock, Royal, Vincent, Nes
bit, Slotnick, White, Sapp, Slaboda,
Driver, Carr, Rolfe, and Hirschmari.
Red Meehan umpired.
Vance "Guinea" Hobbs took charge
last night and acted as master of cere
monies at the il-point stunt program.
Jeep Bennett and his orchestra fur
nished the music from out in front but
there was a musical variety on the
stage which included the now famous
Boss Hill String band, the Glee club
quartet, Jack Peyton and his vibra
harp, and "Satchelpuss" Willie Har
graves and his sax from Swain hall
all a build up to the Vincent Lopez ap
pearance tomorrow. ,
Bill Cochrane presented the grad
uating class' last will and testament
during the affair. Volunteer M. A.
Stroup directed one of the few com
munity sings to be held on the Uni
versity campus to allow the audience
to take part in the program.
Tryouts For Final
Play maker Bill
Will Be Tomorrow
Tryouts for the last Playmaker ex
perimental bill of the year will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in
the Playmaker theater. Three new
one-act plays, written in Dr. Frederick
H. Koch's playwriting course, will be
produced about May 25. There are 25
roles to be filled and the tryouts are
open to everyone.
The three plays are "These Doggone
Elections," a comedy of the Great
Smoky Mountains by Fred Koch, Jr.,
". . . And Women Must Weep," a play
of whaling days in New Bedford,
Mass., by Fred Walsh, and "Sam Hous
ton," a play of the Texas revolution
by Emily Polk Crow.
"These Doggone Elections" deals
with elections in a county where Dem
ocrats and Republicans are almost
equally divided and where the results
of the voting is a matter of extreme
interest. Koch has written this play
from his own experiences in the moun
tains. POWER OF THE SEA
". . . And Women Must Weep" is the
story of a man torn between his love
for a woman and for the sea and the
effect of his decision upon the woman.
Set in the famous whaling village of
New Bedford, Mass., the play reflects
the power of the sea in the lives of
the people who depend upon it for their
livelihood. . '
"Sam Houston" is concerned with a
series of dramatic incidents in the life
of the renowned Texas military leader
just after the fall of the Alamo. Miss
Crow has used actual historical inci
dents and set her, play in . Houston's
Gonzales camp near the Mexican border.
GOLDEN
FLEECE
TO TAP NEW MEN
SUNDAY EVENING
Identity Of Jason
To Be Revealed
At Public Ceremony
The Golden Fleece, honorary Univer
sity society, will tap their new mem
bers Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in
Memorial hall. In accordance with the
society's annual custom, on the last day
of Senior week, the Golden Fleece se
lects rising seniors or graduate stu
dents who have shown outstanding
ability in one field and general quali
ties of excellence in others.
The ceremony is open to the public
and is preceded by a 10-minute organ
prelude, after which all of the doors
are locked. The, Jason, leader of the
Golden Fleece, whose identity will be
revealed at the ceremony, will then
give the story of Jason and the search
for the Golden Fleece.
The members, clad in black robes
topped by shining fleece will then ap
pear in the glare of spotlights, stalk
ing through the darkened hall to leap
on the new men.
After the ceremony a supper will be
held in the Carolina inn for both the
old and new members. This year's
group consists of Bud Hudson, Jim
Joyner and Allen Merrill, University
seniors; Bob Magill, director of Gra
ham Memorial Student union; and
Fred Weaver, assistant to Dean F. F.
Bradshaw.
BARON WILL SPEAK
IN UNION LOUNGE,
Exile Of Germany
Lectures At 8:30
Dr. Hans Baron, exiled German
scholar, will speak in the main lounge
of Graham Memorial this evening at
8:30 o'clock on "The Economic and
Sociological Aspects of the Florentine
Renaissance." His appearance here
tonight will be one of a series of lec
tures he has given since his dismissal
from professorship in the University
of Berlin in 1933 by the Nazi govern
ment. Born in Berlin, the 39-year old his
torian had an extensive career in Ger
many before his arrival in this coun
try six years ago. After graduating
from the University of Berlin, he be
came a lecturer on medieval and mod
ern history at the Munich academy.
It was at this same institution that he
collaborated with the Historical com
mission on several revealing phases
of the Reformation, concerning soeci
fically the political and economic as
pects of Calvinism.
NEW POSITION AT QUEENS
This fall he will assume his newly
acquired position in the chair of his
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New May Queen Tells All
In Garbo Type Interview
Program By AAUW
Will Feature Mrs.
Yudell, Dancer
The AAUW will present Mrs. Lili
Yudell, dancer, and Mrs. Cynthia Fisk,
pianist, in a program at the Chapel
Hill high school auditorium Wednes
day night, May 17, at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Yudell, a resident of Chapel
Hill for several years, studied at the
Fokine school of ballet and the Den
ishawn school. She has also been affil
iated with the Dorsha's Professional
company and has appeared in summer
theaters and recitals in New York.
Last year she was awarded a scholar
ship to the Neighborhood playhouse
where she studied with - Miss Martha
Graham. Mrs. Yudell has also "worked
with Phoebe Barr and conducted her
children's dance class.
The pianist, Mrs. Fisk, received her
early training in Boston under Miss
Ruth Culbertson and Leonard Shure,
pupils of Arthur Schnabel. Later Mrs.
Fisk studied in Munich under Walter
Lampe.
Seniors To Have
Free Show Tonight
At 11 O'clock
Losing to the Junior class by the
score of 5-2 yesterday afternoon, the
Senior sadists will come out of their
dug-out in Emerson stadium this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock to begin the fourth
day's festivities of Senior Week by
taking on the faculty nine in one of
the greatest diamond battles involving
demagogues.
Yesterday's tilt between the Junior
Seniors brought sucha crowd on
the coed field that today's game will
have to be played in Emerson stadium.
Here extra bleachers have been erected
and 99 additional peanut boys have
been hired in order to keep the fans
well supplied.
SCHNIKELFRITZERS
The leading bands of Orange county
have been engaged' to furnish music
before the game and between the in
nings. They are Boss Hill and his
schniklefritz band, Satchelpuss Har
graves and his hungry five, Effie O'Day
and her E flat (and is it flat!) foot,
floogies and Earl A. Slocum and his
musikers. An exhibition in baton twirl
ing and acrobatic stunts will be fea
tured at the beginning of the eighth
inning. .
Major Hoople will be the dark-horse
umpire and the Chapel Hill star-toters
will furnish "nrntflrHon fnr tViA Mninr
and his debut as a Carolina bliiid-Tom.
E. Carrington Smith's present to the
1939 graduating class will be a free
movie at the Pick theater tonight at
11 o'clock.
Dr. Graham To Speak
Dr. Frank Graham will speak to
Dr. Edgar Knight's class in 208
Peabody at 9:30 this morning. He
will talk on the "University of Porto
Rico." Any interested non-members '
of the class are cordially invited to
attend. Y
Dance Committee
Points Out Some
Important Rules
The following rules and regulations
set up by the University Dance com
mittee for all campus dances will be
especially enforced at the Junior
Senior dance set this weekend, John
Umstead, president of the committee
announced yesterday :
1. The conduct of all dances given
m the University is comnletelv under
the control of the University Dance
committee.
2. Any organization giving a dance
which in the judgment of the commit
tee is not up to University standards,
shall not be allowed to give a dance
for a period of time to be fixed at the
discretion of the committee in confer
ence with the Faculty Committee on
Dances.
3. The committee shall be empow
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Pi Phi Head Gives Campos
Inside Look At Personality
Of Carolina Royalty
By LOUISE JORDAN ,
Stately, blond and beautiful Olive
Cruikshank,k third 'University May
queen, feigned a Greta Garbo yester
day afternoon when asked to elluci
date upon certain incidents in her life's
history. ' . 1 i
Incident in question was, one. Miss
CmilrshnWIr nlaimeA Visa1 Inner TYivTi4w4
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material for many an English theme.
It seems that as a tiny tot at the
tender age of four, she visited Cali
fornia and got lost in a grapefruit
orchard, of all things, chasing a chick
en. "It was a cute little biddie," says
she.
When asked if she was frenzied dur
ing the two long hours in which she
wandered through the unending, un
changing trees, she lifted her eye
brows and answered, "No. I was
alone. I wanted to be alone." Y
Which is a most unusual answer for
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