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ft rf ) A f DITORIALS: E -Country Club Correction Spirits Soar S57f A TiD TmpATHER: y y TTerm mnd wet J -THE ONLY COLLEGE DA ILY IN THE SO UTHEAST J, 523 VOLUME XLVIH EDITOEIAI. PHONE IZil CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, SEPTOIBER 29, 1939 . BUSINESS PHONE OS - NUMBER 13 mlbly "17" 1 TT1 evnite lor Parade Amid Pep R MARCHING BEGINS IN QUADRANGLE AT 7:15 TONIGHT Coaches, Players . To Address Group; Band To Turn Out Several of Carolina's athletic heroes rill turn from sports to public speak ing at the second big pep rally of the year to be held tonight at 7:45 in front of South building. Speakers at the gathering will in clude Head Football Coach Ray Wolf, Coaches Mike Ronman and Chuck Quinlan, Grid Stars George Radman, Mike Bobbitt, Jim Tatum, and Jim (Sweet) Lalanne. Head Cheerleader Vance Hobbs will lead the pre-rally parade, which will start moving in the lower quadrangle at 7:15, pro ceeding to South by way of the women's dormitories, through town, by fraternity court, and along Cam eron avenue. The University band will be on hand to enliven the fes tivities and create interest in the rally. . . RECORD CROWD Reddy Grubbs, president of the University club, said that he was ex pecting the crowd for tonight's rally to exceed even that of last week, which was the largest in Carolina's history. As usual the South bell will be rung and the dormitory lights will be blinked to remind the students of the ceremonies, and drummers will be stationed in both quadrangles to add their bit to the din. The four fighting' songs rehearsed yesterday in freshman chapel will be sung at the rally, along with the cheering which will be led by Hobbs and his colleagues. The rally will be part of the Uni versity club's attempt to foster better and louder school spirit among the students, and if it is successful the club will plan more than three rallies originally scheduled for the current grid season. Studie Ficklen, president of the in terfraternity council, announced that rushing hours tonight will run from 8:30 to 11:00 to enable all students to atend the rally. The students who arranged the program for tonight are Grubbs, Hobbs, and Dave Morrison, treasurer of the University Club. Wake Forest Boys Invited To Dance Wake Forest students have been in vited to attend the second Grail dance of the fall quarter in Woollen gym nasium tomorrow night, Paul Thomp son, president of the Order of the Grail, announced yesterday. Deaeon fans will be able to make a day of the trip to Chapel Hill to see the Carolina-Wake Forest football game, and many are expected to at tend the dance as paying guests. The ballroom floors, heretofore, have been so crowded that inviting students from other colleges has been thought unwise. However, the large floor space of the new gymnasium is capable of furnishing room for all who "wish to dance. Jimmy Fair and his orchestra will furnish music for the informal event. Freshmen and transfer students will be permitted to attend. Concert In Kenan Scheduled Sunday The first of a series of "Music Un der the Stars" nrosnrams to be sponsor- d by Graham Memorial union will be held in Kenan stadium Sunday night at 8:30. Popular classical and semi classical recordings will be played. The program is open to the public. Y-Y:0,P,Q,R,S,T All Juniors and Seniors whose last names start with the initials o, p, q, r, s, and t, please have your pictures taken today for the 1940 Yackety-Yack. Begins Activities 'V Benny Hunter, president of the se nior class, who last night announced at the first meeting of the officers and class committees that members of the committees would be expelled if they missed two meetings.. LIBRARY OFFERS READING LOUNGE Smoking Benches Also Introduced , The library this year has introduc ed a reading lounge on the second floor in front of the circulation desk. - This new feature has been intro duced to combine the reading of pop ular style books, novels, biographies, and books of travel, with the comfort of an easy chair and to make better use of extra space. To meet the problem of smoking, which will not be allowed in the lounge, benches have been placed at the en trances to the ground floor where those students who wish to smoke or to con verse may do so without disturbing those who are studying. "Though I myself am for no smoking at all, I think we can isolate it so there will be no hazard," said Dr. Carl White, li brarian. Since many students have only the library in which to study it is neces sary to help them find there the con ditions best suited for working. Graduate French Reading Course To Be Established The graduate school and the de partment of romance languages are cooperating in establishing a reading class in French. The class is design ed to give reading experience and training to graduate students who plan to offer the French language in satisfaction of language requirements for degrees. Students interested in enrolling in this class are asked to attend the first meeting Monday evening, October 2, in 312 Murphy hall. Thereafter the class will meet every Monday and Thursday at the same time and place. Pi Phi Increases Membership To 16 With the formal initiation of a pledge and., the transferring of two members from other schools, the mem bership of the local chapter of the Pi Beta Phi sorority has been in creased to 16. Miss Roberta . Winton of Fort Worth, Texas, was initiated Sunday afternoon. Miss Fairfax Foster of Franklin, Louisiana, and a former student at Sophie Newcombe, New Orleans, transferred to the University of this year and the local chapter of Pi Phi. The other transfer i3 Miss Nan Latham of California, Mo., and a for mer student of the University of Mis- soun. Social Tonight The Baptist church is giving a so cial for its students tonight at 8 o'clock. All students are invited. ally s SENIOR OFFICERS, COMHTTEES MAKE PLANS FOR 1940 Motion Approved , To Expel Members With Two Absences At the first meeting of the year last night in Phi hall the senior class dance and executive committees set forth ideals for the coming year and passed a motion stating that absence from two consecutive meetings without ac ceptable excuse will mean expulsion from the organization. j Benny Hunter, chairman of the executive group, proposed the motion, stating that, "two absences is definite evidence of disinterest and, in view of the fact that our membership is quite large this year, we can afford to have no deadwood in the organization." ;- Because of the illness of George Zink, chairman of the budget commit tee, the expected report of that com mittee was not given and a new group will be appointed. The report will be made -at the next meeting. RING COMMITTEE Ben Turner was made head of the senior ring committee and the mem bers were informed that a tentative contract has been arranged with the Herff -Jones company but that noth ing definite has been done. ""This first meeting is to get activi ties underway and to start the ball rolling for t$e new year. We believe the executive committee will be the birthplace of ideas in managing the affairs of the class of 1940. We want the class to be remembered by all.be cause of services that it hopes to render for the school," said "Brick" Wall, chairman of the dance commit tee. r Other officers of the class are Watts Carr, vice-president, Miss Mickey Warren, secretary, and George Zink, treasurer. Collections Staff All old members of the collections staff and all interested freshmen re port to the Daily Tab Heel business office today at 2 o'clock. Youth To Descend On Capitol To Demand U. S. Neutrality Committee Against War Calls On American Young People Te Prevent U. Participation Hundreds of young people from every section of the country will con verge on Washington, . D. C, today to demand that their Congressmen vote to strengthen, not scrap, the Neu trality Act and take every ; possible step to keep America out of war. Called by the Youth Committee Against War and the Keep America out of War Congress in cooperation with seven other national peace organi zations, the AntT-War Mobilization will feature a colorful demonstration and a huge mass meeting in Washington's Belaco Theatre. Between sessions the delegates will flood Capitol Hill to buttonhole their representatives. CORRESPONDENCE Accompanying the Mobilization will be thousands of letters, telegrams and postcards from students, farm youth, union members and unemployed citi zens who will not be able to attend the session in person. "Youth must not forget the tragic lessons of 1917," the Youth Commit tee declared in a public statement which set the background for the mo bilization. "From its ranks must come a mighty chorus : 'This is not our war, we want nothing of it' If the voice of American youth is not heard today, it will be drowned tomorrow and for ever in the thunder of cannon and stifled by the hand of military dicta torship." "HOLY CRUSADE" "We believe this war is no more a holy crusade for democracy," the state ment asserted, "than was the war of 1914. It ill behooves the empires of clieduiiled Oh Battle Eve Morton Gives Support To Arms Embargo Repeal In GPU Speech Speaker Attacks Repeal Opponents As Tin-American' Lieutenant-Governor W. P. Horton in a CPU speech in Hill hall last night supported President Roosevelt's arms embargo repeal and flayed filibuster opposition to the "cash-and-carry" plan as "un-American" and an "abuse of the right of free speech." A probable candidate for governor, Horton made an urgent plea for North Carolinians to preserve their freedom of speech, liberty, and democracy. He stated that all Americans should con sider the present crisis with their dem ocratic personal liberities as the pri mary basis for deliberation. DEDICATION TO LIBERTY "As nations go to war with nations, as dictators march with all their brute force against the old democracies, let us dedicate ourselves anew to the pres ervation of liberty in this land. Let us foster and develop here in North Carolina a fine example of democracy at its best," the Lieutenant-Governor said. "Our greatness has been developed on a foundation of the ancient varie ties faith, honor, and love of coun try. These are the sacred fires which provide the source of our ardent patriotism. May we continue to burn with a brightness that shall illuminate our high resolve that in the confines of our own boundaries brotherhood and peace may prevail and that peace abide with us so deeply that we can extend our hand . in friendship to . all the world and proclaim honestly and sincerely 'let us have peace'." REVIEWS STATE HISTORY Reviewing North Carolina's part in the history and growth of American democracy, Horton stated that the state was not the first to ratify the Constitution and the last to secede from the union. Describing the state as having always been cautious, he said, "I mention these facts as proof that our people are not swept off their feet by every gust of passion, nor by every wind of chance. Before impor (Continued on page 2, column 6) S- England and France to raise their hands in outraged horror at Nazi out rages, when their own hands "are stained with the blood of their own en slaved peoples." "This is not to condone German fascism. We condemn it with every ounce of our being. But while our anger may mount at the thought of the en slavement by German fascism of races and nationalities whose skin is white, we must not forget the people enslaved in the far reaches of the British and French empires whose skin is black, brown or yellow." STAND The Committee affirmed its stand for maintaining the arms embargo against all belligerent nations. "Once our economy is geared to supply arms to either side," it said "we are virtual ly committeed to send troops after the guns to preserve this trade." Pointing out the menace to democ racy of increasing militarization, the statement called upon American youth to"wage peace." Four million unem ployed youth, it declared, .want to "seek salvation in jobs at home and not death on foreign battlefields." COALITION The Youth Committee is a coalition of anti-war organizations and indivi duals representing more than two and one-half million American young peo ple. Among the organizations which support it are the National Council of Methodist Youth, the junior section of the Farmers' Union, the Student Peace Service, the Fellowship of Rec onciliation, the War Registers' League, the Young Peoples Socialist League and many local unions and youth groups. It has chapters on 200 col lege campuses. 9- MEDICAL STUDENTS WILL HEAR DUKE DEAN AT BANQUET Whitehead Officers Will Be Announced At Dinner Tonight Dr. Davison, dean of the Duke Medi cal school, will address the annual Whitehead banquet given by the Uni versity medical students , tonight at 6:30 in the main dining room of the Carolina inn. His subject will be "Trends in Modern Medicine." All members of the medical faculty will be the guests of the students and the entire first and second year classes are expected - to attend. A high light of the banquet will be the an nouncement of the Whitehead officers. These men, chosen because of scholas tic excellence, become heads of the Whitehead society, an organization composed of all the medical students of the University. The officers of the first year class, elected yesterday will make impromptu speeches. BANQUET PROGRAM The program of the banquet will, be as follows: Abe Conger, president of the second year class welcomes first year students. - The president of the first year class, Bob Keadle says a few words. , Dr. Berryhill, assistant dean of the medical school, introduces the faculty to the first year men. The officers of the Whitehead JSo ciety for 1939-40 are announced by Dr. MacNider, dean of the Medical school. The new officers of the first year class give short speeches. Dr. MacNider introduces the speak er of the evening, Dr. Davison. Dr. Davison's address. John Woltz, co-chairman of the pro gram committee and master of cere monies, gives the response to Dr. Davi son and will close the proceedings. There is to be an expected attend ance of over a hundred at the dinner, which is one of the outstanding events of the year for the medical school. Music for the banquet will be supplied by the Carolina inn ensemble. New Pharmacy Coeds To Be Feted Today The Kappa Epsilon society, com posed of coeds in the pharmacy school, will entertain new women students in pharmacy with a tea at the home of Miss Elizabeth Weaver this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Anadean Burks, president of the society, and Miss Margaret Lloyd, chairman of the so cial committee, will assist the hostess. Chi O Initiates Eight New Members Chi Omega sorority initiated the following eight coeds at ceremonies Monday night: Terrill Everett, Mary Ames, Mary McCalL Mary Emma Rob bins, Mary Jackson, Peggy Holmes, Erdene Bowman, and Nancy Taylor. Sunday night Jo Martin, president of Chi Omega, poured at an after dinner coffee party honoring the Alpha Delta Chi sorority members. Frosh Nominate Chapel Committee Differing from the usual procedure of letting the freshman class presi dent name the members of the chapel committee, they have been nominated by the. class this time. They are Dick Strauss, Steve Kar res, Tom Gibbons, Ed Austin, Bill Sommerville, Dave Barksdale, Ed Michael,. Robert Glenn, Albert Remy, Ray Gibson, Jim , Shaw, Simeon Nathan, "Sinclair Jacobs, Harry New som, Dan Hamilton, Hobart McKeever, Courtney Huntley, R. J. M. Hebbs, and Junius Davis. POLL OF STUDENT BODY FALLS BELOW GOAL OF 2000 Majority Favors Bund Leader's Speaking: Here By JIMBIY DUMBELL The student body expressed itself yesterday as being in favor of invit ing German-American bund leader Fritz Kuhn to speak on the campus but a total of only 1,619 students voted so he will not be invited, ac cording to the Phi assembly, which said that a total of 2,000 votes must be cast before he would be asked to express his views and principles here. Approximately three-fourths of those who did vote, however, were in favor of inviting the American fuehrer to the campus. The Phi assembly, conductors of the referendum, stated that a mini mum of 2,000 votes must be cast and that a majority of these votes, or 1,001, must be in favor. Although the voters did express themselves overwhelmingly in favor of the pro posal, the quota of 2,000 was not reached so the matter will be dropped by that organization. Exact figures on the distribution of votes was as fol lows: In favor, 1,191; against, 428. The total number of votes cast was 1,619. ORIGIN The idea of inviting the agent of Naziism to speak here originated with the Carolina Political union, which gave the matter wide discussion and careful consideration, but after shelv ing the motion for one week, the union decided by a rather large majority not to invite him. On the same night, three hours after he CPU turned down the German, the Phi assembly-passed -a ,motion.tocpndTCt.aeampus;' ref eren-, dum on the matter. If the necessary vote had been obtained he Would have been invited here by the student body through the Phi assembly. Reasoning back of the Phi's decision was that if a small organization in vited the bund leader to speak that group would suffer the sole responsi bility for the act, but that if the en tire student body, or a large percent age of it, voted to have the Nazi here, blame would have to be shifted to a body of over 2,000 students, and would not rest on either the Administration or a small group . of students. This opinion was felt because of the intense feeling expressed by most of the state papers and some state organizations against inviting the speaker. -':" 1,100 FIRST DAY . Members of the committee conduct ing the referendum believed that ap (Continued on page 4, column 4) Prospects Good For Coed Fencers With four coeds left over from last year's squad and two transfers who look like good material, the eoed fenc ing team should make a better show ing this season in intercollegiate matches than it did last year. Last year's team, captained by Adele Austin, took on the Maryland fencers, who jvon by the narrow mar gin of 5-4. Captain Austin1 and Ruth Parsons entered the Hofstra meet in December and Miss Parsons advanced to the semi-finals. The team composed of Captain Austin, Elsa ' Winters, Mary Lewis, Ruth Parsons, and Ber nice Brantley went on tour during spring vacation, meeting several northern schools with more or less satisfactory results. The fencing team is the first' coed team in the history of the University to engage in intercol legiate games. . Mary Lewis, Frances Caldwell, Jean Breckinridge, and Jo Jones fenced with the Carolina squad last year. Peggy Columbus transfers with fencing ex perience from Battle Creek college in Michigan, and. Ann Dix comes from Boston. These five coeds will be the nucleus of this year's team. Thirty five new coeds have signed 'up for the sport and will probably give the more experienced fencers something to think about. So far Coach Allan Bloom is giving the girls only light workouts with a few pointers on the fundamentals of the sport, but more intensive drills should begin in the next few weeks.
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