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CoBfereee Gage Tonamauniept Opens iDITORIALS: Lighting Z 525 VOLUME XL VIII Vocation Series Topic Tonight To Be Occupations For Women Mrs. Gertrude Clinton . . . occupations for women . News Briefs By United Press HELSINKI, Feb. 28 Russian in fantry and artillery hammer Finnish second line with man-power and muni tions in an effort to break through to Viipuri. LONDON British war planes again fly over Berlin and also to German naval base at Kiel and Cuxhaven; Britain opens negotiations with Can ada for the establishing of contraband control on Canadian west coast. OSLO Norway will not intervene in Finland. WESTERN FRONT German artil lery acting fn Blies sector while patrol activity increases. Germans throw back strong French shock troops with losses. PARIS French attack Scandinavia for aiding Nazi "peace.' BERLIN Propaganda minister says Germany does not underestimate strength of opponents but is deter mined to fight to the end. WASHINGTON National Labor Relations board orders secret ballot elections as soon as practicable among 125,000 production and maintenance employees at 59 plants of General Motors in 11 states. WASHINGTON The house passes the senate-approved export-import bank bill for non-military loans to Finland. WASHINGTON Showdown on whether the house will act at this ses Continued on page 2, column 5) j UP Candidates Nominated Tuesday r L 'a i " - TRUMAN HOBBS for student council . . . BuinM: 9887 Circulation: 9S86 Clinton Will Discuss Career Opportunities From Coed Viewpoint The Graham Memorial "Vocations for Today" winter quarter series will come to a close tonight at 7:30 in the main lounge when Mrs. Gertrude Clinton, field supervisor for the state employment service, will speak on "Occupations for Women." v Mrs. Clinton will point out the op portunities for women in the world today, and will attempt to show cam pus coeds how to make the proper selection of a career. The student union vocational guidance program presented this quarter was designated to aid students in intelligently choos ing a life's work, so that potential graduates might be able to be fitted for jobs upon leaving the Univer sity. UNEM PLO YM ENT WORK A graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne college, Mrs. Clinton has been active for the past two years in placing both men and women in jobs in the industrial Piedmont sector of the state., Her duties include supervision of both un employment compensation and employ ment service work. Recently she was instrumental in developing placement services in Charlotte, Gastonia, Lex ington, Albermarle, and Concord. Before taking her position with the employment service in the fall of 1937, Mrs. Clinton was superintendent of Public Welfare for Gaston county and local representative for the North Carolina Department X)i Labor. From 1932 to 1935, sne was administrator for the North Carolina Emergency Relief administration in 13 counties, 10SS THE BOYS' OPENS TO PACKED THEATER HOUSE Three More Showings Of Comedy To Be Held In Playmaker Theater s After opening last night before a full house, "Kiss The Boys Goodbye," Clara Boothe's sparkling satire on everything from Dixie to Hollywood, will go on again at 8:30 tonight in the Playmaker theater. The show will be presented again tomorrow and Saturday nights com pleting a four-day run. Tickets may be secured from Ledbetter-Pickard's 316 South building for either fifty cents or a Playmaker season ticket. Fast pacing, smart lines, hilarious situations, and dazzling acts combine to make "Kiss The Boys" top-flight entertainment. Directed by John Parker, of the Playmaker staff, the show features in its cast such well (Continued on page 4, column 1) HAL JENNINGS . . . for AA vice president ! - I ft i I - C- i ' s. 1 I V- I ; - I T- I i - - ; I s ' T - t 1 r wt l lv, x. ' - i t v y i ' I i ' - I - - i i y 1 LX J 1 L k -77E OAI.Y COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 aid's LOCALS-TIGERS CLASH IN FIRST DAY'S HEADLINER Phantoms Seeded Second, Duke First In Three-Day Meet By SHELLEY ROLFE The Southern conference basketball tournament begins its three-day stand at Memorial auditorium in Raleigh today with two afternoon and two evening games. Wake Forest," seeded fourth, and Richmond lead off at 3 o'clock; Duke, given top seeding, plays Citadel at 4:30. The after-dark program lists Carolina, seeded second, against Clem son, the defending champions, at 8 o'clock, and Maryland versus Wash ington and Lee, seeded third, at 9:30. The Dukes may be seeded num ber, one and therefore logical favorites to win the league championship, but the public view the first. day of play will be squarely upon the Carolina Clemson contests One reason "is" that even though-the- Blue Devils finished ahead of the Phantoms over the reg ular ' season, a lot of cage' followers are willing to bet their last . dollar that Carolina can conquer Duke nine times out ' of ten, all things being equal. WILL HISTORY REPEAT? But the chief reason for the Clem-son-Carolina pull is that the Tigers enter the tournament this year in about the same position they were at jhe start of play last winter strictly horizontal; The Tigers were given an invitation last time because 11 instead of the usual eight were asked and be cause they had made the finals in 1938 against Duke and lost. Clemson quickly disregarded its down-at-the-heel, mouth and reputa tion, record, defeated Carolina in the first round and went on to conquer Wake Forest, Davidson and Maryland. That gave the Tigers the champion ship much to the amazement of every one concerned including Joe Davis who was masterminding at Clemson (Continued on page 3, column 6) ' , Owners May Have Annuals Stamped With Their Names On request of individual students, this year's Yackety Yack will include the owner's name in gold letters on the cover, Jack Lynch, editor, announced yesterday. The suggestion was passed by the PU board with the purpose of adding a personal touch to the book. Students wanting their names on the year-book are to go to the YMCA today or tomorrow between 10:30 and 11 o'clock or to the Yackety Yack office in Graham Memorial on the same afternoons, to request the let- (Continued on page 2, column 2) PINKY ELLIOT for junior president TTT o Grail Opens Drive nn im a a t ti Ming Facilities W. D. Carmichael i m Mi n . . . first appearance . . . ANNUAL ALUMNI MEETING PLANS ARE RELEASED Dinner Will Honor New Controller, W. D. Carmichael The program for the annual meet ing' of the University of North Caro lina Alumni association, to be held here March 8, was released yesterday. The Alumni assembly dinner will mark the first formal appearance in Chapel Hill of the new University Controller-Elect, William D. Carmichael, Jr., who will attend. The dinner will be in the nature of a reception for Carmichael. who will assume the duties of his new office in June. Three meetings of groups within the association are scheduled for the day. All meetings are to be held in the Carolina Inn, the" new additions to which will be open for public inspec tion at an "open house" on Thursday evenine. March 7. from 8:30 to 10 o'clock. REUNION COMMITTEE The 1940 reunion committee of the Alumni association will start off the March 8 program with a meeting in the faculty lounge of the Carolina Inn at 10:30 in the morning. Officers of class groups which are scheduled to have reunions in June will make plans for the alumni events of commence ment, which this year comes June 3-7. Classes for which reunions will be planned are "Old Students' club," '90, '93, '94, '95, '96, '12, '13, '14, '15, '31, '32. '33. '34. and '39. The board of directors of the Alumni association will have its meeting at luncheon at the Inn at 1 oclock, March 8. GENERAL ASSEMBLY The annual general assembly of the association will be held in the Caro lina Inn ballroom at 6:45 o'clock, March 8. President C. W. Tillett of (Continued on page 2, column 6) University Glee Club To Appear In Several Concerts In Virginia Today and tomorrow, the men's glee club of the University will make sev eral concert appearances in Virginia. At 10:30 this morning, they will be presented at the Southern Seminary at Buena Vista, and tonight, they will appear at Mary Baldwin college in Staunton. Tomorrow night, the group will give a concert at Stratford col lege in Danville. The club consists of about 40 mem bers and is directed by Professor John E. Toms. Today In IRaieiglhi Editorial: 43S, New: 43SI, NIkt: 6906 Several Hundred Students Already Signed Petition The Order of the Grail yesterday opened a two-day drive to gain campus-wide support in petitioning the administration to install better light ing facilities in the library. The cam paign is being held as the result of numerous complaints from University students whose eyesight is being hampered in their library study, drive officials explained. The petition, already signed by sev eral hundred students, includes four charges against the University library lighting facilities. Copies of the paper urging the administration to take ac tion on the problem have been dis tributed throughout the campus to dormitories, fraternities, and Univer sity buildings. The four objections are: "1. The dim lights in the main read ing room cause headaches and drowsi ness. 2. The bright lights in the reading rooms on the first floor throw a pierc ing glare on the reading material. "3. The bad lights seriously impair the eyesight of the student in many cases causing need for' glasses. "4. In short, the lights are so bad that they discourage studying in the library." Approving of the Grail drive was Dr. Carl M. White, head librarian of the University, who said: "The lighting in the library needs to be improved. There is no doubt about that. I am optimistic about the outcome, but we may have to be patient. "As I understand it, the library building heads President Graham's list of buildings which are to receive attention as soon as the state ap propriates money. The administration is definitely interested in the lighting of the library. For example, officials from South building brought a high official of the state over to the library building a few weeks ago and the lighting was pointed out then as an urgent problem. "It is the old story of money. The fact that the students who use the library have found conditions unsatis factory and have spoken out should strengthen efforts to get the money the University needs to correct the situation." Riddle Appointed Student Assistant To L. B. Rogerson George Riddle, manager of Grimes dormitory and chairman of the student advisory committee, has been appoint ed to the office of student assistant to L. B. Rogerson, assistant controller and business manager of the Univer sity, it was announced yesterday. Riddle's job is to learn directly from students to what extent the business office of the University is serving stu dent needs. He will handle all student complaints and will represent Roger son at various meetings. One of the main purposes of his job is to work with the student advisory committee in representing the business organizations of the University. An- other of Riddle's duties is to sit as a member on a committee of division heads in the business end of the ad ministration. Chuck Kline, present manager of Ruffin dormitory, will take Riddle's place as chairman of the "student ad visory committee from which Riddle recently resigned in order to fill his new position. For the time being Riddle will re main manager of Grimes. However, someone will be appointed at a later date to take over this job. The position as Rogerson's assistant is the one for merly held by Fred Weaver TTEATHER: yj Cloudy; possibly NUMBER 120 MORRIS, HENDRLX KARRES, MANGUM ALSO NOMINATED Selections Made By Frosh Themselves In New System By CHARLES BARRETT A new method of selecting rising sophomore class candidates was intro duced to the campus last night as a general assembly of the Student party entered Warner Washington for pres ident, Moyer Hendrix for vice presi dent, Hobart Morris for student coun cil representative, Steve Karres for secretary and Mike Mangum for tres- urer. Stating he thought upperclassmen should not intefere with frosh nomina tions because the first-year men are too numerous and have not been here long enough to be judged by outsid ers, Preston Nisbet, SP chairman, dis closed that these candidates were the popular choice of a representative meeting of nearly 100 freshmen, and that the general party convention merely ratified the selections of the first-year men themselves. Candidates of two other parties, The University party and Carolina party, are selected by general party steering committees, while the Rame ses party advocates letting the aspir ants meet and pick their own candi date. "I am sure any student present at the freshman meeting earlier in the week would have been pleased at the enthusiastic and democratic methods used to name its selections for sopho more class officers," Nisbet said last night. "Every aspirant for the nomina tion whose record did not secure the approval of the freshmen present, readily acquiesced to the opinion of the majority as to the candidate with the most ability. BEST POSSIBLE MEN "I feel confident this method of se lection has resulted in the naming of the best possible men." Warner Washington, candidate for president, came to the University from Charlotte. He formerly lived in Shelby, and in McComb, Miss., where he established an outstanding reputa tion in a wide variety of high school activities. He was president of his senior class at McComb and -vice president of his (Continued on page 4, column 2) KERSHAW, ELLIS TO DEBATE GW Oriental Situation Will Be Subject Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in Gra ham Memorial the University's debat ers will meet a team from, George Washington university on the ques tion, "Resolved, that the United States should withdraw from the Orient." The Carolina men, Maury Kershaw and Phil Ellis will have the negative side of the query against the debaters from the nation's capital, and were chosen for this meet by the debate council after the tryouts held Tuesday evening. According to Walter Kleeman, presi dent of the council, this will be the last debate of the quarter. before the annual debating tour which takes place every spring vacation. This year the touring University men will go north. Their itinerary is not final as yet, but it is planned to visit a number of col leges in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. . Ellis, who will appear in the debate tomorrow evening, has been prominent in forensic affairs here, having debat ed the men from Oxford last fall, and having been speaker of the Phi as sembly. He also is an announcer for the campus radio studio. Kershaw has been a member of the debate squad for some time, and being a member of the Dialectic Senate, was head of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Fund drive "recently concluded by that organization.
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