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VOLUME XL VIII
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939
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NIBIBER 68
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Will Sing Gilbert And Sullivan Selections
Today At 2 O'ClocI
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Students To See
Adviser Or Dean
Before Tallying
Registration of undergraduates in
the University begins this afternoon at
2 o'clock in the offices of advisers and
deans. It will continue this week un
til Saturday at 1 o'clock, and will be
resumed next Monday for the entire
week with the regular hours of 9 to
5 o'clock. The period will end' Satur
day, December 16, at 1 o'clock.
Freshmen and sophomores are to
report directly to their advisers ami
will go then to the upper lobby of
Memorial hall and check at the tally
desk. Juniors and seniors, with the
exception of those in the AB school,
will go to their deans and then to Me
morial hall. All students registering
in the AB school and graduates will
go to their departmental advisers be
fore going to their deans, but graduate
students wil lnot Wgin registration un
til Monday, December 11.
It was pointed out yesterday that
advisers and deans have been asked
not to begin registering students be
fore 2 o'clock this afternoon, and stu
dents are urged not to try to be regis
tered early.
The reason for this request is the
confusion in Memorial hall last year
caused by the large number of students
who arrived to go through the tally
line before the registrars arrived.
As m the past the line in Memorial
hall leading to the tally desk will be
cut off shortly before 5 o'clock in or
der to enable the registrars to finish
their work by that time.
DETT TO RETURN
FOR CONCERT JHERE
Chorus Will Present
Recital On Sunday
For the second time this quarter
Nathaniel Dett, world renowned Negro
lecturer, composer, and pianist, will
present a compus concert, when he
brings his Bennett College-chorus to
the main lounge of Graham Memorial
on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Director of music at the Greensboro
school, Dr. Dett has, received laudatory
notices from several of the world's
leading critics. The New York Herald
Tribune recently commented, "His
work is skillfully,' often elaborately
wrought," while the Paris Etude call
ed him " a musician of pronounced
gifts."
Among the honors which have been
bestowed upon the noted musician are
membership in Pi Kappa Lambda, hon
orary music fraternity; honorary de
grees from both Howard and Oberlin;
and first place in the Frances Boot
competition and the Bowdoin Literary
contest at Harvard University.
Sunday's concert will be the last
Graham Memorial presentation of the
fall quarter. During the course of the
three month period, several noted musi
nans, including Arthur Wallenborn,
Arthur Livingston, William Klenz, and
Earl Slocum have appeared here.
U. S. Marine Platoon
Class Candidates
Will Be Selected
Eight principal and two alternate
candidates for the U. S. Marine platoon
Naders class of 1940 will be chosen
from the sophomore class of the Uni
versity, President Frank P. Graham
announced yesterday.
Major George W. McIIenry of the
u- S. Marine corps will be here about
December 11 and 12 to interview pros
pective candidates, among the second
year men. "
Six UNC students successfully com
pleted the senior course last summer
and will be commissioned as second
lieutenants in the Marine Corps re
serve upon graduation from college if
they are physically qualified at that
time. They are: Clyde Brooks, Earl
Hurdle, Thomas Royster, Donald Hub
bard, Thomas Myers, and William
Seawell.
John Bradner, Roy Ingram, Royce
Jennings, William Wilson, William
Groves, Samuel Isenhower, George
Stratton, and Edwin Winstead com
pleted the first period of training last
summer and will be eligible to return
for the
senior session next summer.
AUTHOR REVIEWS
EVENTS LEADING
TO PRESENT WAR
Sherwood Eddy
Discusses U. S.
Responsibility
"When I used to go abroad, it was
to a united Europe; now it has been
torn asunder," said Sherwood Eddy,
speaknig last night to' an audience of
students and townspeople gathered in
Gerrard hall.
Reviewing incidents of the past eight
years that have led up to the present
conflict, Eddy said that it all began
when Japan seized Manchuria. He
brought in also Italian rearmament,
the overthrow of the Spanish govern
ment, Hitler's invasion of Austria,
Czechoslovakia, and Poland, and the
recent entrance of Russian troops into
Finland. Eddy stated that, in his opin
ion, Britain and France shall be the
next in Hitler's series of captures.
U. S. RESPONSIBILITY
In regard to America's responsibili
ty during the present war, Eddy said
that, if Russia is to supply Germany
with munitions and supplies, the least
the United States can do is to provide
the allies with the materials to en
able them to defend themselves. How
ever, the speaker expressed himself as
being opposed to America's entrance
into the European conflict except on
two conditions. The first is the be
lief that the democracies are doomed,
and the second, is the firm guarantee
from the governments of England and
France that, in the event of their vic
tory, no more vindicative treaties will
be made, and only peace will reign.
In conclusion, the lecturer said that
Mahatma Gandhi had the right idea
when he demanded complete indepen
dence for India by non-violent means.
Eddy's topic was "The World Crisis
and America's Responsibility.'! An
open forum was held after the address.
Playmakers Plan
Sixty-Third Bill
Of Experimentals
Plays of mountain and Negro life
and of the new developments on the
American scene will be presented Sat
urday night on the Playmakers' sixty
third bill of experimental productions.
The three plays to be given are:
"New Britches," by Miss Evelyn Mat
thews of Asheville; "Warriors of
America," by Adrian Spies of New
ark; and "Black Tassels," by Frank
Guess of Rock Hill, S. C. They were
selected from a group of one-act plays
written this quarter in Dr. F. H.
Koch's course in playwriting.
"New Britches," a comedy of North
Carolina mountain people, is a story of
domestic entanglements arising from
the purchase of a pair of checkered
pants for Pa Watson, who refuses to
wear them for the corn shucking to be
held at their home.
In "American Warriors" Spies has
treated a threatening phase of Ameri
can life. Against an angry background
of organized prejudice he places a fine,
Went voung couple trying to find
their way in the world.
"Black Tassels" is a play of South
Carolina Negro life which deals with
a woman's dissatisfaction with her
husband's funeral, and the undertaker's
determination to have her price.
English Majors
In registering for the winter quar
ter, English majors should consult the
departmental adviser, in Murphey 214
during the following hours:
Today 2-4.
Tomorrow 11-12; 2-4.
Saturday, December 9 10-11; 12-1.
Monday, December 1111-12; 2-4."
Tuesday through Friday, December
12-1510-12; 2-4.
Students in the division of teacher
training who are majoring in English
should go first to Peabody 127, then
to the English adviser in Murphey
214. , ' . ,
All students are requested to look
at the catalog and the schedule and to
make a tentative selection of their
courses before they begin registration.
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George Baker (left) and Olive Groves will present a concert tonight in the
Playmaker theater at 8:30 featuring some of the most popular songs from the
operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Baker, who has toured as the principal
baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera company, will also present an informal
rommentary on the lives of the famous composing team whose successes in
clude the popular "Pinafore," "The Mikado," and "The Sorcerer."
Singers Will Present Concert
Of Gilbert And Sullivan Airs
Baker, Miss Groves
To Operi Program
At 8:30 Tonight
Gilbert and Sullivan will be sung
in the manner of the famous D'Oyly
Carte company here tonight at 8:30
when George Baker and Miss Olive
Groves appear in concert in the Play-
maker theater.
Baker, noted British singer, has
toured the English-speaking world as
principal baritone of the company and
is master of the D'Oyly Carte tech
nique. Miss Groves is also an accom
plished interpreter of Gilbert and Sul -
livan. songs, having sung them count
less times for the British Broadcast
ing company.
SELECTIONS
The two artists will present a pro
gram selected from the best of Gil
bert and Sullivan, including songs
from "Pinafore," "The Mikado," "The
Sorcerer," and others.
Baker intersperces the selections
with a commentary on the lives andl
work of the famous pair who collab-I
orated in producing the most popular!
light opera the world has ever known.
As a member of the D'Oyly Carte com
pany, he had an opportunity of gain
ing a mass of information about Gil
bert and Sullivan. Baker has access
to the manuscripts of the operas, which
are owned by the D'Oyly Carte fam-
iiy.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
The appearance of Baker and Miss
Groves here is expected to attract not
only a large number of Gilbert and
Sullivan admirers, but many who have
become familiar with the charming
music through recent stage and film
versions of "The Mikado.".
Tuberculosis Attacks Even
World's Greatest Citizens
Chopin, Chekhov, Lanier
All Victims Of Dreaded Dis
ease Before Age Of 45
By CRAIG THOMPSON
Three men who made rich contri
butions to their own world and to that
of those who followed them each died
of tuberculosis and each died too soon.
They were Frederick Chopin, the pian
ist and composer, Anton Chekhov, the
dramatist and author, and Sidney La
nier, the poet and musician.
Taking the last first, it is recorded
of Lanier that, lying in bed with hi3
beard flowing over the coverlet, his
eyes glittering beneath an ivory brow
and his body burning with a tempera
ture of 104 degrees, he dictated his
greatest poem, "Sunrise." In it a
man made helpless by a scourge, fill
ed with the overpowering desire to go
on living and creating, found courage
to ask of a tree :
". . . with your myriad palms up
turned in the air,
Pray me a myriad prayer."
Too soon thereafter he died, on Sep
tember 7, 1881, not then 40 years of
age. v
And Chekhov. He wrote "The
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Barnum Was Right!
So Stop Saving
Your Match Covers .
By SHIRLEY HOBBS
Over 3000 students have been dup
ed, scooped, have had their matches
stripped of their covers under their
very noses, and not one of them has
questioned such a drastic procedure.
Evidently no one listens to Kate
Smith's program. Over 10 days ago
during her broadcast over a national
hook-up, Miss Smith told that some
one had perpetrated as a practical
J joke the scheme of saving'match cot-
ers for a blind boy to a get seeing-eye
dog. She said that the boy asked for
the covers in good faith, but that the
person who told him to get a million
match covers had no connection with
the Seeing-Eye institution.
The so-called joke has proved the
gullibility of University students, as
exhibited by their naked matches, and ; CHEERLEADERS
boxes placed in the dormitories have LeaJing the respective cheering sec
been filled almost daily with covers. ,n t thp frrs h. fo, the
But the University is not the only'
sucker. Other colleges in this state
have readily donated match covers
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without asking any questions.
Junior Service League
Opens Nursery School
Beginning today, the Junior Service
league will conduct a nursery school at
the Methodist church every week-day
afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock. I
Mothers leaving children at the nurs
ery wil pay a small fee. The league
will furnish adequate equipment and
supervision for their care and amuse
ment. Any surplus income will be ap
plied to other civic projects of the new
ly formed group.
Pre-Med Fraternity
Initiates Four Men
John Stegall, Bill Richardson, Ber
nard Swan, and Byrd Merrill were ini
tiated at a recent meeting of the local
chapter of AED, national honorary
pre-med fratenity.
Activities for future meetings were
discussed at the same time. Among
them were: a trip to Duke hospital to
watch an operation and to the insane
asylum at Raleigh.
Y-Y Deadline Set
For Soph Pictures
Sophomores whose last names
begin with letters A through L,
must have their photographs made
for the Yackety Yack by Saturday at
the latest, Editor Jack Lynch an
nounced yesterday. AH sophomores
who are fraternity men however,
regardless of their alphabetical po
sition, must have the photographs
made by the Saturday deadline,
Lynch added.
Again On
JUNIORS, SENIORS
RENEW GRIDIRON
FIGHT TOMORROW
Eight Bowl Classic
Will Begin At 3
On Fetzer Field
Renewing an old rivalry between
classes, junior and senior football teams
will clash in the. annual post season
Eight-bowl classic tomorrow at 3 o'clock
at Fetzer field. Admission will be one
pin, no relunds allowable if tne au
dience gets stuck. Proceeds will go
to the team that loses its shirt.
Cheerleaders and sponsors have been
chosen by both teams to make the
"Tournament of Cue Balls" colorful
Senior coaches Nisbet and Bowman
called a practice for today at 3
o'clock, adding that if anyone can't
be that early to come at 4 o'clock.
The following, and any other seniors
who want to play, are invited: B.
Dilworth W Carr, D. Berini, J.
Hambright, B. Sumner, H. Driver,
W. Leonard, P. Patterson, B. Pear
son, A. C. Hall, C. Woo ten, A.
Mathes, F. Cuneo.R. Jennings, A.
Carr, F. Roberson, Z. Carver, W.
Clark, S. Rolfe.
The Junior class football team
will hold a secret practice today at
3:30 on intramural 'field No. 3. All
who intend to play tomorrow must
attend practice.
! ani complete. Senior sponsors will be :
Misses Lois Barnes, Melville Corbett,
Helen Jacobs, Dot Coble, and Ethel
Laidlaw, Rumor has it that they are
negotiating with Hedy Lamarr, but
then it is only a rumor.
Misses Frances Dyckman, Elaine
Terris, Marjorie Johnson, Alice Wells
and Stacy Crockett will sponsor the
J junior team.
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niors, Tiny Hutton, Paul Harper and
Russ Hebbard.
Both teams have held practices all
week to smooth out the flaws in their
best and trickiest plays, and both are
confident of victory. Benny (Pass-the-.
Budget) Hunter, senior class presi-
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Carolina Chapter
Of Beta Gamma Sigma
Holds Initiation
The Alpha of North Carolina Chap
ter of Beta Gamma Sigma, national
honorary commerce and business f ra
ternity, held a banquet meeting and
initiation ceremony for new members
last night in the banquet hall of Gra
ham MemoriaL
The active members inducted as Ju
niors last June are: Ira N. Howard,
president, of Oxford; James E. Wil
liams, treasurer, of Burlington; W,
Rudolph Teaffue, Henderson; and
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James W. MacCallum, Lumberton.
The new members, initiated last
night, are: Tom W. Heath, Kinston;
J. R. Owen, Fountain; Walter A. Wall,
Siler City; Edward R. Dickerson,
Monroe; J. J. Burton, Greensboro;
Jack P. Fairley, Monroe; Herbert D.
Langsam, Far Rockaway, N. Y.; Miss
Ida Rosen, Asheville; Tommy N.
Bra f ford, Rocky Mount; Robert B.
Corpening, Granite Falls.
The faculty officers are Dr. M. D.
Taylor, Honorary President, and Dr.
J. B. Woosley, Secretary.
The local chapter will take in six
more commerce seniors later during the
year, making the aggregate senior
membership 10 per cent of the class.
The highest two per cent of the Com
merce' Junior class will also be induct
ed in the spring quarter.
Presence Requested
The following wil please report to
the Business Office of the Daily Tar
Heel today at 2 o'clock sharp. San
ford Goldberg; Morty Golby, Parke
Staley, Dan Retchen, and Elinor Elliot.
940 Budget
'Travel" Fund
Is Taken Out
Of Final Draft ;
After crowding in the main lounge
of Graham Memorial to have their
picture taken for the Yackety Yack,
the senior class executive committee
last night voted to cut the "Travel
and Observation" item from the bud
get, which will be passed on by the
class this morning at 10:30 in Ger
rard hall.
The $50 set up for the item was
shifted to the "Unolloted" fund where
if may be used at the discretion of
the committee on any other item not
covered sufficiently by the budget.
The majority of the group seemed
to feel that criticism which had arisen
over the allotment might hurt the
chances of the budget to pass this
morning, and voted accordingly.
MOTION
A. motion that "Travel and Obser
vation" be stricken from the budget
by Martin Harmon passed as quickly
as the following motion to switch the
money involved to the "Unalloted"
fund. This increases this section to
$200.
"This is our last chance, seniors,
to pass our budget," President Beeny
Hunter said last night. "The class
has bills which must be met by Christ
mas, and they cannot be paid unless
the class authorizes the budget."
Hugh Wheeler, campus jive man,
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DORM GROUP ASKS
FOR SOCIAL ROOMS
Council Rejects
Campus Post Office
The Interdormitory council at its
meeting last night passed a bill which
provides that the administrative of
ficials of the University be petitioned
and demanded, in the name of all dor
mitory residents, to provide a social
room for each dorm. The council also
took a vote of the central post-office
idea, which was presented to the .body
at its last meeting, and defeated the
proposal by a large majority.
The idea of having a social room in
each dormitory has been considered
for several years, but no action has
been taken. The bill states that most
of the dormitories on the campus have
no facilities for social gatherings, the
dormitory residents have for some
time requested social rooms, and each
dormitory has the space for such a
room. Since this is the case, it was
enacted by the Interdormitory coun
cil that the administrative officials of
the University be petitioned and de
manded to take immediate steps to
provide such social rooms.
A committee composed of Ed Ran
kin, chairman; Bill Lankford; and
Herbert Hardy will look into the mat
ter further and attempt to establish
the social rooms in the dormitories.
George Riddle, member of the stu
dent advisory board, presented the
idea of having a central post-office
on the campus for the dormitories at
the council's last meeting. At the
meeting last night a motion was made
and passed that the council oppose
the establishment of a central post
office. The argument against the
post-office was that it is not neces
sary and that the present system is
satisfactory.
A report was given to the council
from the Interdorm dance committee
by Stancil Stroud, chairman of the
group on the Interdormitory dances.
Stroud said that the coromitte is in
favor of appropriating around 700
dollars for the set of dances. There
will be three dances in the set and a
dollar will be charged for the entire
set, if the plans of the committee are
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Sophs Asked To Sign
For Registration
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wells request
that their sophomore advisees come
by the bulletin board at 301 South
and sign for registration conferences.
The early registrants obviously 'are at
an advantage in regard to choice of
courses and instructors.
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