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hTTTEATHER: j j - - - . . I- 7 DITORIALS: r m- U J Treason? THE ONLY COLLEGE DA ILY IN THE SOUTHEAST Z 525 VOLUME XLVm Bmlnew: 98S6 Qrculatloa: 9881 CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1939 Editorial: 4J5 New: 4351 j Nl!: 6905 NUMBER 52 Ml Ban Legislature Disapproves On November Buccaneer Issiie; avors Student Safety Council Four New Members Elected To Group; Will Probe Budgets . Reaffirming its action on a pre vious Buccaneer bill, the student leg islature last night voted 18 to 13 that it does not agree with the move taken by the student council in ordering all -copies Of the current November Buc caneer destroyed and a revised edi tion printed. The student safety council bill, -which had been tabled at a previous meeting in order that it might go through the ways and means com mittee for approval and revision, was unanimously passed. At one of the first meetings of this year a bill was presented to the legis lature which recommended that the Buccaneer be , made independent of the University and that the Univer sity cease to collect compulsory fees for the maintenance of the publica tion. This bill was defeated by a large vote, which was reaffirmed last night as the legislature also voiced its opinion on the present Buc caneer crisis. SAFETY BILL The safety council bill provides that a student safety group be es tablished on the campus for the pur pose of enforcing certain standards of safe-driving and to advance safety education on the campus. The coun cil is to be composed of the chief of police, dean of students, and repre sentatives from each of the following: "Woman's association,- interdormitory council, and the interfraternity coun cil.' ... . The functions of. the, council are to" be as follows: (1) The council will send a statement of the policy of the council with reference to automobiles to the parents of students. (2) A stu dent license will be issued, providing that the student can comply to certain requirements. (3) Standards of safe . driving will be set up. (4) Licenses will be withdrawn upon the infraction of any of the standards. (5) Students operating cars for temporary periods will come under the jurisdiction of the council. " Four members-at-large, represent (Continued on page 4, column 4) . Assembly To Discuss Action Of Council On Buccaneer Issue In an effort to find more of the stu dent reaction to the suppression of the Buccaneer, the Phi assembly will open its discussion tonight at 8:30 in New East with the bill: "Resolved, That the action taken by the Student coun cil on the November issue of the Buc caneer was too hasty and that the campus at large should have been more enlightened concerning the f acts." Views on peace and war will be dis cussed with the bill: "Resolved, That every state university should install optional courses in military training and aviation." Enthusiasm Greater In Football Contest The weekly football prediction con test being sponsored by the Book Ex change created more enthusiasm dur ing the past week than any previous week and the scores were closer than in any previous contest, it was announced .yesterday. Due to the Carolina-Duke game this week-end, it is expected that a reat many ballots will be cast daily during the week because of the keen interest in this game, and the Book Exchange has had more ballots prepar ed in order to give everyone a ballot for each day. The winners of the Carolina sport shirts as prizes for last week's con test are: B. G. Hawkes, Hugh Quinerly, R. J. Hodges, J. B. Neely, C. B. Kestler, Jim Currie, Mike Wise, J. V. Morgan, Halph Griffin, Vernon Drewry. Band Rehearsal The University band will hold a marching rehearsal with instruments this afternoon at 5 o'clock on Fetzer field, it was announced last night. FARR WELL PLAY AT SENIOR CLASS BUDGET MEETING Balloting Process Goes In Effect Tomorrow Morning Jimmy Farr's orchestra will play tomorrow during chapel period when the senior class meets in Gerrard hall to pass its budget, it was announced yes terday by Bert Premo, who was ap pointed by president Benny Hunter to see that the budget is passed. Because of a recent student council ruling, all votes will be taken by bal lot and collected immediately after the meeting, the results to be published in Thursday's Tar Heel. "A pledge must signed on each ballot," said Premo, "so it is imperative that ALL . SE NIORS BE PRESENT. This, unfor tunately, is one time that the fresh men, sophomores and juniors can't help pass the senior budget. Our class has never had i to call more than one meeting to pas3 any budget during the past four years. So let's keep up our record." BUDGET ITEMS President Hunter continued his ex planation of the various items listed in the senior budget. Supplies and ma terials will take $35 and include sta tionary, programs and advertising for senior week, and ballots. Five dollars has been set aside for postage, and telegrams, .which will be used mainly " (Continued on page 2, column 5) Plaid-Skirted Girls Give 'Highland Fling9 On Franklin Street Plaid-skirted girls from Flora Mac Donald college gave a fetching glimpse here yesterday afternoon of Paul Green's historical drama "The High land Call," which will open I in Fay etteville next Monday night. The dancers perfomer on Franklin street before a crowd which gathered as they swung into "The Highland Fling." Their informal appearance here was part of a one-day tour of town3 and cities in this section to arouse interest in Fayetteville's his torical celebration next week. - Heading the tour was John A. Oates of Fayetteville, chairman of the cele bration. Also accompanying the danc ing troup was Miss Ethel Bateman, of the Flora MacDonald faculty, who is in charge of dances for "The High land Call," and W. B. Harrill, of Fay etteville. The party was met in front of South building by Dean R. B. House and Roy Armstrong, pre-college guidance director. After the performance on Franklin street Mr. Armstrong es (Continued on page 4, column 2) Scene From Graff Ballet t ' - v. I ... : ; . '-. : - r , . V s . 1'-' .. V & V- ' . - A r I - I ", '' V VV 1 - 1 A ! ::. - ' ; ' A r I - ' r x : i, i " f Writers Acclaim Graff Ballet t. ' Which Comes Here Thursday Critics Of Two Continents Have Praised Second Stu- - dent Entertainment Program Grace and Kurt Graff and their com pany will appear in the second, stu dent entertainment of the quarter, when they present their program of theater dance in Memorial hall Thurs day evening. The Graffs have ap peared in many European centers and in several cities throughout the coun try, receiving laudatory notices from critics of the leading musical pub lcations. Billboard, in commenting on the plays which the ballet troupe appeared in, wrote, "The ballets trained by Grace and Kurt Graff proved ta be the highlights of the production. 'Re naissance', a Graff choregraphic crea tion, is a masterpiece in conception and costuming." , BALLET IS SATIRE Marion Schillo, in her column in the American Dancer, states, " 'Vienese Trilogy', a new ballet by Grace and Kurt Graff, set to the music of Castel nuovo Tedesco, is a satire on the Vienna of today. The Graffs have here por trayed with continental suavity a stark drama of night life its awful studied facetiousness. It is a brave venture to embark upon, requiring consummate artistry from chore grapher and performer.. . . the por trayal assumes the proportions .of a masterpiece, amplified into a truly great portrait of such historical sig nificance that ten years from today, or even twenty, it will still maintain its value." Walter Winchell also acclaimed the ballet, writing in his column, On Broadway, "The Graffs are a Class A dancing combination. They reveal (Continued on page 2, column 2) SCHEDULE GIVEN FOR FALL GERMANS Clinton Will Play At Three Dances . . .Schedule for theu Fall German dance series, for which Larry Clinton and his orchestra will play Friday and Sat urday, was released by Louis Sutton secretary-treasurer of the dance or ganization, yesterday afternoon. Dances will be presented a fol lows: tea dance from 4 to 6 o'clock Friday afternoon ; Friday evening for mal, 9 to 1 o'clock; and Saturday evening formal, 9 to 12 o'clock. ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcement of persons from whom series bids may be obtained and of those who will participate in the grand march Friday evening will be made in the Daily Tar Heel tomor row. Forthcoming, also, is an article about the personnel of the best-selling Vic tor recording orchestra, whose discs of "My Reverie," "Deep Purple" and several other popular tunes continue to hold public attention. Carolina Dames Will Meet Tonight Board- Appropriates Issue For Of eyaiEBecii 21 .BmccaiteeF STUDENTS MEET TONIGHT TO PLAN FOR INSTITUTE State Officials . Will Gather Here November 29 Representing every ounty in the state 300 students will meet this even ing at 7:30 in Gerrard hall to diseuss plans for receiving their local officials at the opening of the Institute of Gov ernment November 29. Working with the Institute in plan ning the celebration, Bob Magill and Jim Davis, representing the Graham Memorial student union and student government, sent out the invitations over the week-end. Albert Coates, in charge of the dedi cation, will present the plan of divid ing the group into congressional dis tricts, each of which will elect a chair man to take charge of a unit of the state students. BANKHEAD TO. SPEAK A complete state-wide representa tion will attend the opening, at which North Carolina congressmen and Speaker of the House William Bank head will speak. Joint meetings of city councilmen, county commissioners, and federal congressmen will be held to help interpret laws passed by Con gress and the State Legislature, and to bring together city, county, state and federal legislators for systematic discussion of their interlocking prob (Conlinued on page 2, column 3)' Walt Kleeman Accepts Woodhouse Challenge For New Deal Debate . Walter Kleeman, president of the International Relations club and the debate council, yesterday., accepted a challenge issued November 9 by E. J. Woodhouse, professor in the Univer sity political science . department, to any 'Republican in the state to hold a debate on the conflicting platforms of the New Deal and the GOP. Kleeman's letter, addressed to the Tar Heel, follows: To the Editor, Dear Sir: It was with pleasure that I read in your publication that Professor E. J. Woodhouse had issued a challenge to any Republican in the state to debate him on the conflicting platforms of the GOP and the Democratic party. COMMENDATION Professor Woodhouse certainly de serves commendation for bringing The Carolina Dames societv. an or- such a vital issue to the fore on this 'WW campus, and I accept the challenge, Especially I anticipate a discussion of the'foreign policy of tke present ad ministration. It was with even greater pleasure (Continued on page 4, column 2) ganization of University students' wives, will hear a program of "real mountain music not the synthetic radio type" at their meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in Women's dormitory num ber 3. Seeking Means To Better Carolina-Duke Relations - wKr - A 'vs v. W Jf " J - ,v J. V - i S- . S Z ' ft 1, ' 4 Student leaders of Carolina and Duke, at a banquet here recently, yofed unanimously to use their best efforts to prevent any unsportsmanship conduct on the part of students of either institution preceding, during or following Saturday's football game. Left to right: Jim Davis, president of the Student Body at Carolina; Bob Magill, director of Graham Memorial at Carolina; Fred Weaver, assistant to Dean of Students at Carolina; Robert M oyer, junior representative to the Student Government association at Duke; Dave Morrison, junior class repre sentative on the Student council and vice-president of the Blonogram club at Carolina; Dick Connar, junior class representative to the Student Government association at Duke; Jim Woodson, co-captain of the football team at Caro lina; Jim Joyner, president of the Student Body in 1938-39 at Carolina; Phil Carden, Daily Tab Heel reporter at Carolina; Reddy Grubbs, president of the University club at Carolina; Tim Brinn, president of the YMCA at Duke; Jack Vincent, president of the Interdormitory council at Carolina; Art Peabody, president of the Pan-Hellenic council at Duke; Vance Hobbs, head cheerleader at Carolina; Duncan Gray, editor of the Duke Chronicle; Martin Harmon, editor of the Daily Tar Heel at Carolina; Tom Hanlon, president of the Student Gov ernment association at Duke. Studie Ficklen, president of the Interfraternity council at Carolina is not in the picture. ' President Says Revised Edition Due By Friday Writing finis to one of the taost controversial campus issues in several years, the Publications union board yes terday apropriated $425 for the print ing of a revised November issue of the Carolina Buccaneer. . The board thus extended its support to action of the student council in or dering the current issue destroyed just before its scheduled distribution. The council had made the order because of possible complications throughout the state resulting from issuance of the magazine. In announcing the decision, Presi dent Ed Rankin said the board would take steps in the near future "to pre vent a recurrence of such losses." He did not discuss what steps would be considered REMAINING ISSUES "We feel sure that Bill Stauber (editor) realizes the situation as to state-wide criticism and will act ac cordingly n the remaning issues," Ran kin said. "Stauber has been as cooperative as possible and will begin work on the revised edition immediately. The new Buc should be on the campus by Friday afternoon, at the latest." Rankin also said that a good por tion of the scrapped issue would be used in the revamped edition. The center section and several other parts of the magazine will be used, he said. COUNCIL'S LETTER . The meeting of the ,PU board was called after receipt of a letter from Jim Davis, president of the student body, informing of the student council's action ordering "that the PU board be directed to destroy all copies of the present November Buccaneer, return ing the material to the editor for re vision and change f or another No vember issue to be printed as soon as possible to replace the present, de stroyed, issue." Senate Will Limit Session Because Of Freshman Debate A special order on the issue creat ed by student council action in order ing suppression of the November issue of the Carolina Buccaneer will re place regular calendar bills at a meet ing of the Di senate tonight at 7:15 in New West. The session will be limited in or der to allow members to attend a de bate between freshman members of the senate and the Phi assembly, which will be held in the main lounge of Graham Memorial at 8 o'clock. Query for the freshman debate is Resolved, That an ROTC unit should be established on the University cam pus. Representing the Di will be Wes ley Bagby, Graham Carlton; and Ran dall McLeod, with Sinclair Jacobs and Jesse Mock as alternates. Speaking for the Phi will be Bob Wright, Lewis Welles, and Faison Barnes, with Tom Bell as alternate. Judges will be Professors E. J. Woodhouse, George McKie, and E. H. Hartsell. Mackie Addresses Sophomore Cabinet Dr. E. L. Mackie was the speaker at the sophomore cabinet meeting last night in one of a series which the cabinet is conducting on the subject. "What Is Man?" He discussed man from the standpoint of the scientist, that "Man Is a Complicated Animal." It was announced that the picture of the cabinet for the Yackety Yack will be taken tomorrow morning at 10:30 in front of the YMCA. The speaker next week' will be Dean R. B. House, it was said. Alex Bon ner, president of the cabinet, presided over the meeting and introduced Dr. Mackie. YM Membership Cards YMCA membership cards may be procured in the YMCA building this morning at 10:30. ii 4i : 4
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