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Wax DITORIALS: TTEATHER: vf Warmer with scattered y skewers "Come In . . Disentangled 77 ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- 'OLUE XLVin Bimoeu: 98878 Circulation: 9886 CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940 - Editorial: 4J5i New: 43SI Sight: 6906 NUMBER 79 1 CPU Strives To Raise Thomas9 Trip Costs Committee Named To Be In Charge Of Collections Shortly after Norman Thomas no tified Chairman Harry Gatton yester day that since he was not as yet a candidate for the Presidency, travel og expenses for his trip here on Janu ary 30 would be unavailable, the Caro lina Political union announced that a drive would be made . by the union to secure the necessary funds through voluntary contributions from the campus. Since it is the CPU's policy not to pay speakers, and since Thomas will be unable to journey to Chapel Hill un less his expenses are paid, the union found it necessary to undertake the drive. In previous appearances here, adequate sums have been collected to provide the socialist leaders main tenance while on the campus." CLASSROOM TALKS . It is expected that Thomas will ar rive here on the morning of his talk, and will be available for informal classroom lectures. The union also plans to present him in Gerrard hall during chapel period, at which time he will probably speak on the Socialist platform. In his evening address in Memorial hall, he will discuss the in ternational situation. The committee in charge of obtain ing collections is composed of Jim Gray, Bill Joslin, and Townie Moore. All contributions will be accepted by them, or may be left in the YMCA of fice. Seven Local Men Stage Bloody Bucket Battle; Pay Damages In Court Seven young men of Chapel Hill, in volved in a fight, commonly called the "Battle of the Bloody Bucket," paid costs and several fines in Chapel Hill Recorder's court yesterday afternoon. Judge Andrew Mcintosh continued further judgment for two years, dur ing which time the case may be re opened. Roy W. McGinnis, prosecuting at torney, withdrew charges "against three other young men. Charles Mow- ry and James Hazel, restrained par ticipants in the fray, and Howard Pendergrass. who carried water to the participants, were freed of taking part Charles Mowry, who was employed at a Pittsboro road filling station lunchroom after midnight New Year's eve when the "Battle of the Bloody Bucket" occurred, testified that he went into the lunchroom after hearing the explosion of a firecracker. He said that he saw Thurman Partin and Man gum Upchurch on the floor and that everybody else was standing. CARRIED OUT Upchurch, who had struck Partin after he had exploded the firecracker, was carried out the back door. Most of the occupants of the room congre gated in the rear of the building. , Out-of-doors, Mowry said he was (Continued on page 4, column 6) COMMITTEE MEETS TONIGHT AT 7:30 ON UN-AMERICANS Lasker Is Anxious To Get Opinions From Student Body An open meeting of the campus com mittee fpr investigating un-American activities will be held tonight at 7:30 in 213 Graham Memorial, Harry Las ker, secretary of the temporary sub committee for organization announced yesterday. This is the result of a meeting call ed last fall by Bill Ward to attempt to throttle un-Americanism at Caro lina. On that occasion Ward, feeling that his meeting had been packed by the very people he had planned to in vestigate, walked out. Those left ap pointed Richard Nickson, Charles Giduz and Lasker as a committee to draw nip plans for another meeting and a definite program for the organ ization to follow. INVESTIGATION ' The committee, Lasker said, decided that the first thing necessary, before they could investigate un-American-ism, would be to define "Americanism" and "un-Americanism." In an effort to do this they have called tonight s meeting to get as many different views as possible in order to get as intelligent a definition as possible," he explained. OPEN MEETING "The committee wants every view point represented. This is a complete ly open meeting, and we want as many people as we can get to come and as many different ideas on the subject as possible. This invitation includes Bill Ward, whose opinions will be welcom ed and respected," he continued. After a definition is arrived at, the committee will then decide on a course of action toward eliminating those things on the campus which, according to that definition, are un-American." Jackie Coogan X,. V 7 plays lead role "What A Life" Plays Here At 8:30 Tonight Jackie Coogan, Cyrilla Dome To Be On Stage YDC, YRC Committees Meet To Plan Debate Between Two Clubs N A committee from the Young Re publican club will meet soon with a group of Young Democrats to make a final decision regarding the much post poned debate between members of the two clubs, Jeter Pritchard, presi dent of the Republicans, announced at the club's meeting yesterday. Members of the Republican club placed on the committee by Pritchard are Felix Fletcher, William Mont gomery, C. E. Mashburn, and David Fiske. A tentative membership committee was appointed wjth the purpose of increasing the membership of the club. A motion put before the club to the effect that a political play be en acted by the members was decisively defeated. INITIAL R ADIO ACT ANNOUNCED To Be Heard Over 3 Stations Sunday With the time of the grand opening of the new campus radio studio in Cald well hall drawing near,. Earl .Wynn, director of the Players, selected the whose .family expects him to live up , to cast for the initial performance yes nis xrai reia xiappa xamer. iyruia The tragi-comic high school, days which everyone has experienced will be brought to life again tonight when George Abbott's recent Broadway suc cess, "What A Life," is presented at 8:30 in Memorial Hall. Jackie Coogan, noted as the urchin of "The Kid," has the lead as Henry Aldrich, the high school scape-goat Radio Studio Staff Plans To Air Live, Vital Programs Earl Wynn Busily Sifts Lore, Talent To Uncover Program Material By JOE LEDERMAN The staff of the new radio studio in Caldwell Hall i3 beset by the great fear which haunts, all such projects. The boys around the studio know enoungh recent history to appreciate the fact that at least 20 colleges and universities which have had radio studios no longer have them because their programs weren't live enough. Exactly the same problem exists and Program Director Earl nn is busily sifting university lore an talent in an effort to uncover sme sure-fire formula for vital pro gram material. He has repeatedly stted that he is open to any and all sufrgestions. TRANSMITTER Jt is important to understand that fhe studio on the university campus 13 r't a transmitter; that is, it has no unless wdv of airing its programs granted time on the air by some near by radio station. The radio crew has been commuting to Raleigh for three months to air broadcasts through WRAL and the Southern Broadcast ing System including five stations m North Carolina. The state-wide hookup centering around WRAL is interested enoungh to want two half-hour programs a week. -In addition, a State network of CBS stations (including Durham s WDNC, but not WBT in Charlotte) has committed itself to taking two more such programs. All of which means that the new project will, start its career with four half-hour pro grams weekly, Sundays through Wed nesdays. MUSIC. DRAMATICS So far as musical and dramatic programs are concerned, the set-up is assured, because there is enough in terest and talent in the faculty of the Continued on page J,, column 5) Dome of the stage, screen, and radio, has the part of Henry's girl. Frank McGlynn plays the high school princi pal, and Josephine Dunn, his secre tary. The farce-comedy is Clifford Gold smith's first play, and was called by critics the funniest show of the past season in New York. The unmistakable touch of producer George Abbott is seen in the play, which he presonally directs. Abbott's previous hits are "Three Men On A Horse," "Boy Meets Girl," "Room Service," and "Brother Rat." NEW YORKER The "New Yorker" wrote of the New York production of the play: "I have an idea that when he wrote 'What A Life Clifford Goldsmith thought of it as a gentle comedy of adolescence, and that its translation into a typical Ab bott farce must have been a matter of astonishment. Certainly the char acters in 'What A Life' are not de signed to call back dreams of lost in nocence and 'simple joy. Shades of the mad-house have already begun to close about these growing boys." Clifford Goldsmith is a health lec turer in the Philadelphia high schools, and it was here that he got the mate rial for the play. After "What A Life" settled down to its Broadway run, Goldsmith thought he would be able to retire to Paoli, Pa., and work on an (Continued on page 4, column 6) Sturgis E. Leavitt Goes To Washington Tomorrow and Sunday Sturgis E. Leavitt of the department of romance languages will be in Washington to attend meetings of the Committee on Latin American Studies of the Amer ican Council of Learned Societies. This committee sponsors the annual "Hand book of Latin American Studies," and is i interested particularly in promot ing Brazilian studies and in research in the Fne Arts. It also encourages the compilation of bibliographies which will further research in the Latin American field. terday. The first program to emanate from the completely equipped, University owned station will be a variety show written by Donald Mason and Fred Howard. Joe Lederman is in charge of the arrangements for the production which will depict scenes of college life with the University Glee club supply ing the background by the singing of college songs. BEGINS AT 3 The play will begin at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and will go from the campus, to WRAL in Raleigh by direct wire. From there it will be transmitted to three other southern Mutual stations: WSTP in Salisbury, WAIR in Winston-Salem, and WSOC in Charlotte. Next Tuesday evening at 8:30 the radio s group will present Robert Finch's "His Last Skirmish" over three southern Columbia Broadcasting system stations WDNC in Durham, WBIG in Greensboro, and WSJW in Winston-Salem. This is a story of Revolutionary North Carolina and is situated on Moore's Creek. It tells of an elderly Colonial soldier who is taunted into his "last skirmish." emora Finally Pass Budsret Yia Postals LAMBDA CHAPn OF KE RECEIVES CHARTER TONIGHT Pharmacy Girls To Be Initiated This Afternoon Lambda chapter of Kappa Epsilon sorority will receive a charter, con veying membership in the national so cial and professional organization of young women pharmacy students, at a formal banquet in the Carolina Inn tonight. Miss Gertrude Horsch of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, national vice-president, will officiate at the presentation .and installation of the new sorority. Ini tiation of members of the Kappa Ep silon society into the sorority will be held this afternoon in the woman's as sociation lounge in Graham Memorial. OFFICERS Anna Dean Burks will be installed as president with the following other officers. Elizabeth Weaver, vice-president; Blanche Burrus, secretary; Jes sie Lee Smith, treasurer; and Altajane Holden, member-at-large. Ernestine Barber, Rose Stacy, Josephine Eld ridge, June Bush and Jean Bush will become members at the initiation. Pledges will be announced tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, Miss Alice No ble, faculty advisor to the group, and Miss Horsch will pour tea at a formal reception in Graham Memorial main lounge. Charter members will receive and pledges will serve. I Smith Will Lead Community Sings In Graham Memorial Dr. Sherman Smith, chemistry pro fessor, who is well-known on the cam pus for his baritone voice, will lead a Graham Memorial community sing Sunday night at 8:30 in the main lounge of the Student Union building. Sunday's program will be the first of two sings to be held this quarter. several cnorai gatherings were sponsored last quarter by the Union in which both old favorites and popu lar ballads were sung. With Smith conducting, Bob Magill has planned a series of programs to revive the once popular gathering. Comprehensive Date Changed To Feb. 24 The University administration an nounced yesterday that the date for the comprehensive examinations this quarter has been changed to February 24. : The date was originally set as the 24, but because of several conflicts the administration changed it. The last date was set at February 10, but this also brought on difficulties and in order to please students and avoid any further complications the date was changed back to the original. Failed Twice; Hunter Breathes Sigh Of Relief Benny Hunter, senior class presi dent, breathed a sigh of relief last night when a quorum of post-card ballots passed the 1940 senior budget, after meetings in Gerrard hall failed twice to reach a decision. The $5,900 budget was altered three times by the fourth-year executive committee, meeting attendance was bolstered by two bands, but still a quorum was lacking and the attempts did not succeed. Walter Wall, executive committee chairman, and Morris Rosenberg, class treasurer, presented the following budget which was finally printed on pre-stamped post-cards and mailed to all the seniors in order to determine a majority vote: Estimated income $5,900 Expenses: Senior dance $1,500 Yackety Yack (Wootten - Moul ton) $3,175 Donations $50 t Supplies and materials $35 Postage and telegraph $5 Auditing $10 Senior gift $350 Miscellaneous $100 Senior week $350 Banquets and smokers $100 Contests -$25 Unalloted $200 The class has authorized the com mittee to change the unalloted fund to any expense item not sufficient. Money not spent under an expense item will go into the unalloted fund. Expenses amounting to $15 for the making of the ballot post-cards was loaned to the class , by the student council. This will probably be paid from the unalloted fund, it - was an nounced. "It had us worried for a while. I'm glad it's over and passed but I was pretty confident that the class wouldn't fall through on something as impor tant as their budget," President Hunter remarked. J. C. Sitterson Relies Very Little On Students' Word This quarter J. C. Sitterson, so cial science and history instructor, is taking no chances a'tall. Too often deceived in the past by false promises and last-minute breaches of -promise, he has now lost all faith in student-kind. v Yesterday morning at the meeting of his social science 2 class, first of all he proceeded not to lecture on the industrial revolution, but to dic tate a contract which had to be writ ten and signed by each student. The binding document read as follows: "I agree to make an oral reading report to Mr. Sitterson before Fri day, March 8, at 6 o'clock p. m. This report shall consist of not less than, and if possible, more than 500 pages of non- fiction material selected from the period, 1815-1918." Culbreth Will Speak At Hillel Service Rev J. Marvin Culbreth. Chapel Hill Methodist minister, will speak at the Hillel service to be held tonight at 7:30. Also tonight Orthodox ser vices will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in the Grail room of the Student Union building. DTH Technical Staff , Meets At 2 O'clock All members of the Daily Tar Heel technical staff will hold an im portant meeting this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Absences will be considered as resignations. U. S, Students Believe Dies Group Should Continue Work Poll Taken By Student Opin ion Surveys Of America . Before Congress Convened The "Dies Committee for investigat ing .un-American activities," which has included some of the nation's col leges in its inquiries, should be con tinued, a majority of U. S. students believes. This is the result of a poll taken by the Student Opinion Surveys of Amer ica shortly before Congress convened again.' But it . should be pointed out that although 56 . per cent say that money should be appropriated for the committee to go on with its work, this study of campus sentiment is not to be interpreted as an approval of all the legislator from Texas and his as sociates have done. CARDEN ON CAMPUS Students often voiced their dis satisfaction with the methods and re sults of the committee, it was reported by the national staff of interviewers that the Surveys uses. The Daily Tab Heel cooperates in conducting these polls, with Philip Carden as local in terviewer on the Carolina campus. Asked, "Do you think: the govern ment should provide money to con tinue the Dies committee for another year?" students everywhere answered, YES, 56 per cent, NO, 26 per cent. There was a large number, 17 per cent, who had no opinion, many admit ting they had never heard of the com mittee. The Surveys finds that out of nearly three dozen subjects it has used in its polls this is one of the least known. A majority of those who did know about it, however, believe that the investigation of isms in this coun try is desirable and necessary. MAKES NEWS AGAIN The committee recently made news again when its members disagreed on the nature of its report to Congress, "(Continued on page 2, column 6) ! t i !
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