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r MM I - 1 j 1TT7EATHER: i Vf Fair onrf tUgktiy j V y warmer i i I ? ! ys. 1 J DITORIALS: A Filthy Stuff . j A Hand Goerch -rE OiVZ,y COLLEGE DA ILY IX THE SOUTHEAST- Z 525 VOLUME XLVm BUSINESS: 4356; CIRCULATION: CHAPEL HILL, N. C FEIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1939 NEWS-Dv : 45S1; Kiskt: Cm NUMBER 31 FT AM Firoslh r J'fJlS rrc O M saury Charlie Wood And Band Plays For Sophomore Double Duty 1 I it Charlie Wood, who will lead his Swing Sultans of the South" at the sophomore class meeting this morn ing during chapel period- Site for the meeting has been changed from Me morial hall to Gerrard halL - Wood will also swing it for the Chi .Omega pledge dance in the Washington-Duke hotel in Durham tonight. CHI OMEGA DANCE STARTS WEEKEND Other Social , Events Planned ' - The Chi Omega, pledge dance to be "given, tonight in' the Crystal -ballroom, of tbe Washington Duke, hotel, Dur ham, begins a series of social events to fill the week-end for local campus groups. Charlie Wood and his orchestra will play for the dance which will be held from 9 to 1 o'clock. Blanket invita tions have been extended to Kappa Sigma fraternities at both Duke and Carolina and also to Chi Psi and SAE at Carolina. Those who will take part in the fig ure are: Miss Patty Bryant with Bob bie Davis, Miss Marjorie Burrus with Charles Daniels, Miss Ladye Carpen ter with Mack Bell, Miss Virgfna Cates with Bill Singletary, Miss- Tillie Edwards with Ernest King, Miss Mary Heath with Jack Cooper, Miss Rose lyn Holmes with Fred Jones, Miss Marjorie Johnston with Julian Lane, Miss Jean Littell with Bill Cochrane, Miss Emogene McGibony with " Buck Herndon. Miss Marianna Milner with John Ty ler, Miss Ernestine Noe with Hubert Trotman, Miss Jane Putnam with Sam Teague, Miss Jane Rumsey with John Continued on page 4, column 2) President Of Young Republicans9 Club To Join Democrats "My heart is no longer with the Re publican party," said Billy Ward, who is resigning as president of the local Young Republican club, as he an nounced a meeting of that organiza tion in the Grail room of Graham Me morial recently. "During my term of office I have grown disgusted with the disinterest in the local club exhibited by the North Carolina Republican executive committee," continued Ward, red haired sophomore from Graham. "Its members have persistently refused to acknowledge receipt of the letters which I've sent them in regard to mat ters of procedure. I predict the down fall of the Republican party in this state because of similar negligence. "I intend, as soon as my resignation is accepted, s apply for membership in the Young Democratic club." Hillel Foundation Rabbi Samuel Sandmel announgedj yesterday that the Hillel foundation will hold regular Friday night services in Graham Memorial. Sandmel will speak. Meeting: Today Alexander Stresses Need For Quorum To Pass Budget Charlie Wood and-his orchestra will play for the sophomore class this morning at 10:30 in Gerrard hall when the second-year men meet to vote on the class budget, President Bill Alex ander announced last night. Inter spersing official class business will be several of the latest numbers by the band which won top honors in last year's campus swing contest. Alexander once again stressed the necessity of a quorum of the class, ap proximately 400, to pass the budget. He pointed, out that the sophomore dance, scheduled for the week-end of November 4, could not be held unless the money allotted to it in the budget were passed on. ALLOTMENTS The budget was recently passed by the sophomore executive committee, as it was presented by Treasurer Tru man Hobbs and his finance commit tee. Besides including the allotment of the dance funds, the budget con tains grants for various other class functions and fees. Today's meeting will be the first this year. At last year's final gathering, the second year men voted for in dividual pictures in the Yackety Yack. The class will present its annual dance during Homecoming weekend November 3 and 4. Dan Gregory will play for the Friday night formal, and Dean Hudson will play for the Satur day afternoon tea dance and Grail dance Saturday night. Carolina plays State here that week end. . . ' Doctors To Hold Regional Meeting Here Today Fellows and" associates in the exclu sive American College of Physicians will hold a regional meeting and din ner here today featuring an address by Dr. O. H. Perry Pepper, national presi dent and head of the department of medicine at the University of Pennsyl vania. Dr. W. deB. MacNider of the Uni versity medical school is in charge of arrangements for the gathering, which is expected to be attended by between 50 and 60 persons. Dr. Charles Hartwell Cocke of Ashe ville, governor of the North Carolina division, will preside over the after noon session. PAPERS Papers will be read by Dr. W. Reece Berryhill on "An Unusual Type of In fection of the Lower Respiratory Tract in College Students," and by Dr. Rus sell L. Holman on "The Effect of Renal Injury Upon the Regeneration of Plasma Proteins." Both are mem bers of the University faculty. A round table discussion of diabetes will be led by Dr. T. Preston White of Charlotte, Dr. W. Raney Stanford of Durham, Dr. Paul F. Whitaker of Kinston, and Dr. Roy C. Mitchell of Mount Airy. Jack Miller's 'DeathDodgers' Hold Five Records For Stunts By PHILLIP CARDEN "You won't catch me in the water. I'm scared of it I served in the navy 11 years," says ?Happy". Jack Miller, who will lead his band of 14 "Death Dodgers" in broad-jumping an auto-la mobile 50 feet through k flaming wall next Sunday in a combination air and ground show at the ChapeLHill airport. Asked the scientific name for the brain ailment which leads men into his business, he said, "You don't have to be crazy, but a little tetch of it helps a lot." - Five world records are held by members of his group. His parachute jumper, Tommy Boyd, set a new world's record of 24 consecutive jumps in one day, three weeks ago in Ohio. ! Jimmp Goodwin, the "bat-wing boy," who will jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet with only a pair of home Two Cheers . r-X'hC ' ' " 1 1 ' J ' - J, 1 yyy - - .4 '- yy , 5 v - - ' i yy L v: ' V I v l f - ,v , - - if :. .o. ' 1 " . - - '- y- I - " s-v , -r,v; , ' t: : I i .-.-:-:N: . .:-: .-:- - Ufni yy y yJ t , Carolina's traveling football squad will not only; have to face one of the heaviest grid teams in the country tomorrow when it battles the Tulane Green Wave, but also will have to fight against a team being cheered by these two young ladies above. They are the Misses Robbert, Carolyn and Nadone from right to left, Tulane's cheerleading sisters. Monogram Club Will Sponsor Gridgraph On Tulane Game Large Blackboard To Show Progress Of Grid Contest Carolina'3 Tulane invasion will be brought to Chapel Hill Saturday af-i ternoon at 3 o'clock by means of a; gridgraph account in Memorial hall sponsored by the Monogram club, Jimmy Howard, club secretary, an nounced yesterday. The gridgraph has been popular here for the last several years. It consists of a large facsimile of a foot ball field with lights and diagrams on it to show the actual movement of the ball and the path of action on the play. TRANSMITTERS , Western Union transmitters will be on hand to receive the dispatches from New Orleans and transpose them im mediately upon . the graph. "Arrangements are completed for the afternoon, "Howard ' said, and a large crowd is expected to attend. Several outstanding Carolina athletes will be on hand to take charge of the proceedings and to help manage the program. Only the game itself is more fun than the gridgraph." There will be an admission charge., of 25 cents to help defray expenses of the presentation. made canvas wings, has won the Sohio trophy for parachute jumping from 5,000 feet into an 18-foot circle at the Cleveland air races for three consecutive years. Each time he won bonus of $500 for hitting the three- foot center spot in the circle. "Hap py,"; himself set a new automobile bjoad-jump record of 98 feet 6 inches at the Golden Gate exposition, last summer. - He and the clown of the show, "Butch," set a new record of 45,000 miles in 30 days in a stock car on the Utah salt flats without getting out of the car. He holds the official AAA world's record for enruance driv ing. 15 ACTS Among the 15 acts to be presented Sunday will be: a motorcycle with a girl standing on the handle-bars driven ( Continued on page 2, column 6) COMMTTEE HOLDS SECOND FORUM Russell And Kuhn Address Session . Films illuminating the present European situation were shown last night under the supervision of De Witt Barnett, chairman for film forums, at the second panel discussion sponsored by the campus committee on American neutrality. The discussion which followed the films was conducted by Dr. William Olsen and featured short talks by Dr. J.' C. Russell and Helmut Kuhn., Three reels were shown. The first, "The International Munitions Ring," revealed arms manufacturers as the cause of 'war. A travelogue, "A Trip Through Germany," gave the au dience a clear conception of the Ger man people and their country. Late arrival of the third film, "Austria (Continued on page 4, column 4) EVP Sponsors Essay Contest On Buccaneer tW oman's College The executive council of Battle-Vance-Pettigrew is sponsoring an es say contest at Woman's college "in order to further "the already cordial relations existing between our wo groups," according to an announce ment made in the Carolinian, WC weekly publication, by George E. Nicholson, Jr., president of BVP, and W. O. Lankf ord, III, Battle councilor. The rules of the contest are as fol lows: 1 1. All essays shall have as their subject, "Why I Would Like to Read the Carolina Buccaneer."' 2. Each essay-shall contain no less than . 50 words nor more than 500 words. SUBSCRIPTIONS 3. There will be two prizes of one year subscriptions to the Buccaneer. In case of ties duplicate awards- will be made. The decision of the judges is final. 4. All entries must be postmarked not later than midnight of October 31, 1939. --. 5. A photograph of the entrant shall accompany each entry. Poteat And Crudup Remain In Contest For Presidency YM-YWCA BEGINS DAIIX WORSHIP SERIES MONDAY Student Leaders To Head Vespers In Gerrard Hall First jpf a series of services under the joint sponsorship of the YM and YWCA will be held next Monday at 6:40 in Gerrard Hall, Martha Clam pitt and Bill Gordon, co-chairmen of the YWCA worship committee, an nounced yesterday. , Student leaders will conduct these services each week of the quarter. John Bonner and Louise Jordon, the two presidents, with others specially interested in the plan, will conduct the devotions for the first week. The programs will include quiet mu sic and occasional hymns, with scrip ture and prayers in accordance with the theme of the evening. The indivi dual leaders may decide to include poems or short devotional readings in the fifteen minute worship service. "The YW and YMCA hope that many students will find time to drop in at Gerrard hall for these services, as they believe that there is a real need on the campus for a time of re laxation and thought which these ser vices will provide," said the worship chairman. Bob Doty Says Carolina Caravan Plans Completed Nearly all plans have been complet ed'' for the'-Carolina Caravan, a char tered bus tour to the Carolina-Penn game in Philadelphia October 28, it was announced yesterday by" Bob Doty who is conducting the caravan with Jimmy Howard. V Enough students to fill two buses have already been signed up with Howard, Two busloads of girls from the Woman's college will meet the caravan in Greensboro and all buses and cars going up will proceed from there. Doty is planning a jamboree in. Washington where all students, whether on the buses or in their own cars,' will meet for. a party and then go on to Philadelphia together. New buses have been chartered from the Carolina Coach company and will leave here about noon Friday, ar riving in the Quaker City about mid night that night. If the demand is great enough, one or more buses will go on to New York to take students to the World's Fair, which closes two days later. Buses will leave Philadel phia Sunday noon and arrive here sometime that night. "Look" magazine has assigned a photographer to cover the caravan from its beginning here to the ar rival -in Philadelphia, shooting inter esting sidelights on the buses, the party in Washington, and other angles. : " Any students interested in bus ac commodations are asked to contact Jimmy Howard in Graham dormitory. Rear-Admiral Foote Believes U. S. Must Increase Defenses By SANFORD STEIN Tof the transport ship, Lincoln, which The greatest problem facing this helped carry the American troops over country today is the measures that to France. On , the boat's first voyage must be taken to protect our commerce in October, 1917, the commander of the at sea and the American continents soldiers on. board was General Sum from any' possible attack on either the meral, now head of The Citadel in Atlantic or Pacific," said Rear-Admiral Charleston. Percy Foote in an interview yesterday. J "My job," revealed the Admiral, "To take care of these increased re- "was to see that everyone got off the sponsibilities, we must strengthen our shjp safely in case anything happened defenses both military and naval." to it. But I discovered that, while we Rear-Admiral Foote, having retired I from active service in 1936, is now re siding in Chapel Hill with his wife and daughter, Diana, who entered the. Uni versity this fall. He is a man who has led a ful and colorful life, and there is nothing he enjoys more than to spin a sea yarn or reminisce about his past. Perhaps the most interesting part of Admiral Foote's career occurred in the first World war when he was in charge r Three Candidates To Meet In Run-Off For Vice-President With only 376 freshmen voting out of a class population of 800, no single candidate secured a majority of the votes cast for his office in freshman elections yesterday thus necessitating a run-off ballot next Monday for each of the four offices Yates Poteat and Tommy Crudup led the field for president with 93 and 111 votes respectively and will settle their political contest Monday. Other candidates for president lined up as follows: Henry Fitts, 63; Charlie Hancock, 62; Hobart McKeever, 35; and Moyer Hendrix, 22. Three candidates received sufficient ballots to participate in the vice-presidential run-off. They were Floyd Co hoon with 154 votes, Wallace Gibbes with 76, and Merlin Martin with 73. Eliminated from the battle for vice president were Sim Nathan with 50 votes and Earl Yates with 25. SECRETARY Alston Lewis with 125 ballots and Buck Osborne with 102 led the race for secretary, eliminating Lem Gib bons with 68, Mike Mangum with 38, George Miles with 25, and Jesse Trevethan with 17. In the election for treasurer George Adams received the highest number of votes of any man for any office 177. He will enter the run-off with Ernest Hill, who received 89 votes. Eliminated were Bert Feldman with 58 and Bill Thomas with 51. Several additional withdrawals oc curred shortly before the polls opened yesterday morning with Royce Snyder and Bob Wright, who dropped out in favor of Poteat, leaving the presiden tial race; Bob Whitten and George Peabody quitting the vice-presidential field; and LeonardLevine Bill Cherry, and Bob Bourne withdrawing from the balloting for treasurer. Fellowship Club Will Convene Here For Consultation On October 30, members of the Fel lowship of Reconciliation will meet at the Chapel Hill Methodist churcfy for a one-day consultation. The group will include pacifists, concientious ob jectors, and those in sympathy with the . pacifist group, and among the leaders will be Professor Hornell Hart of Duke university. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is a group of men and women of many nations and races who have unquali fiedly repudiated the war-method and determined not to sanction or to par ticipate in any future war among nations, classes, or races. The move ment depends not upon a large num ber of nominal adherents but upon those who, accepting the principles fully for themselves, will give time individually and in groups to think ing out what is implied and will set themselves seriously to apply thier conclusions. , Further plans for-the consultation here will be announced later; how ever, people interested in participating are asked to either telephone or come by the YMCA office. had 6,000 men on the vessel, there were only 300 seats in the lifeboats. Knowing that - whenever people got into a lifeboat, before it was lowered into the water, a lot of them fell out and were drowned, I decided that the best solution would be to put the life boats down empty, let everyone jump in the ocean, and first come, first served. After all, an officer and a (Continued on page 4, column 5) V V
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