North Carolina Newspapers

APR 2 5 1540 vr DITORIAIS: TTEATHER: U Frat and Non-Frat 11 ,r A TK.m .vv Cloudy and cooler 'Em Eat Cake ONLY COLLEGE DA ILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- Z525 rnLUHE XLVni Bwumm: 9887 CratLition: 9S85 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1940 Xtonii: 43Si New: 4351 1 NTjkt: 90 NUMBER 154 at p u WomaM9sAssociatIoB Williams, Sawyer, Winslow Also Win; Hudson Is May Queen By VIVIAN GILLESPIE Jne McMaster became the official head of Carolina's coeds yes terday as 237 coeds, largest number in history, filed through polls and selected a complete slate of officers for the Woman's Associa tion, Woman's Athletic Association -and YWCA, and at the same time named Louise Hudson queen of the May Day court. Miss McMaster, who polled 130 votes to Mary Alan Clinard's 107, ii a transfer from Coker college, Hartsville, S. C, where she was an honor student. Anne Williams, petition candidate, is the new vice-president of the Asso ciation; Sarah Sawyer, secretary, and JIary Winslow, treasurer. Mary Susan Robertson Winning" over Millicent McKendry and Mary Susan Robertson in a closely-contested three-way race for .the rice-presidency, Miss Williams polled 113 votes to Miss Robertson's 94 and 3Iiss McKendrys 24. Miss Williams was a student at Belhaven college in Jackson, Miss., where she was presi dent of the-freshman and sophomore classes, and prominent in all ath letics. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority. Sarah Sawyer came out ahead of Elinor Elliot in the race for treasurer, polling 126 votes to Miss Elliot's 104. Miss Sawyer is a transfer from St. Mary's Junior college in Raleigh, where she was prominent in student government and literary activities. She is a Chi Omega pledge. Mary Winslow became the new secretary of the Association when she polled 129 votes to Georgiana Pent large's 98. Miss Winslow is from Ra leigh. ' Jalia McConnell New YWCA President Jolia McConnell became .the. new president of the YWCA when she de feated Charlotte Fitz in a close vote of (Continued on page 2, column 3) News Briefs British Troops Repulse German Attacks North Of Trondheim and Oslo (By United Press) LONDON. April 23 War officials say British troops have stood off Ger man attacks north of Trondheim and north of Oslo: bisreest war bill in history announced estimating war ex penditures at $21,000,000 a day this year; Duss Cooper say Allies must de feat whole German people as well as Nazism. r AKIS French claim Sweden in danger of German attack; Allies' su preme war council meets and report edly plans to block any further Euro pean aggression. ROME Mussolini said to have told Fascist leaders that it may be a mat ter of weeks before Italy enters war on side of Germany. MILLERUD, Sweden Allied planes wn:b German Hill airport at Oslo. STOCKHOLM Two battles be tween warships and planes reported to have been fought at Skagerrak near Swedish coast. EELGRADE-Former minister of interior exiled; drive for mass evic tion of undesirable foreigners con tinued. BERLIN German press denounces Swedish press and warns Swedish government to beware of belittling German forces; new successes claimed m Norway. ISTANBUL Many persons be leved to have been killed in a violent earthquake in the Erzincan district of Turkey. PHILADELPHIA Scattered Pennsylvania primary returns show Nw Dealer Joseph Guffey leading hl state organization to back op ponent Walter A. Jones for Demo- nomination for second term in L-ted State's Senate, WARM SPRINGS President Roos and Prime Minister King of ar-ada, confer against a background Canadian embroilment in the Euro Pi war and Mr. Roosevelt pledged Protect America's North Ameri an nation from invasion; Mr. Roose Continued on page 4, column t ) Louise . Hudson, blonde Chi Omega from Chapel Hill, was elected this year's May Queen yesterday, officers of the Woman's association announced early this morning. Counting f ballots in the preferen tial race for May court was not finished and returns ; on attendants was not available as the Daily Tar Heel went to press. Miss Hudson, senior English major at the University, is the daughter of Arthur Palmer Hudson of the Univer sity faculty. She was chosen to serve this year as town representative on the Wom an's council. Four candidates, Bobbie Burroughs, Melville Corbett, Louise Hudson and Bobbie Winton, were nominated for May Queen. In voting the coeds marked their preference in order. The one get ting most .preference was named queen," the next two, her attendants and the fourth automatically became a member of the court. Twenty-one other girls,, were nomi nated f pr the May court. Of these, five seniors and six juniors and graduates were chosen to make the total of 12 members of the court. Those nominated for membership in the court were: Peggy Leonard, Betty Kennison, Jeanne Herrmann, B. J.. Johnson, Bar bara Liscomb, Helen Ann Jacobs Janice Cobb, Pat Dickinson, Susan Fountain, Ruth Curtis Robeson, Jane Putnam, Alice Murdoch, Frances Dyckman, Marjorie Johnston, Elinore Mayer, Sara Frances Crosby, Frances Buckelew, Eleanor Jenkins, Jane Cas sawav. Mary Susan Robertson ana Rose Winther. Assembly Kills Bill Endorsing Patriotic Group Formed Here The Phi assembly, in a meeting which at times bordered on the riot ous, last night killed a resolution en dorsing the newly-formed organiza tion. "The Sons of the Defenders of American Faith." The vote was 12 to .8. Nelville Sloan and Bob Alexander, co-chairmen of the organization, were on hand to defend, their group and to make known its aims and ideals. Senator Walt Kleeman, of the Dia lectio senate, as a guest speaker, up held the principles of the organiza tion, and urged interested persons to join. The Assembly also defeated tone and passed two bills, concerning the state of the -Phi's treasury. The first bill, which stipulated that members of the Phi be asked to lend money to the organization. that its present debt might be cleared up, was defeated by a vote of 10 to 8. The second, stat in that the treasurer be employed to write letters of explanation and apol ogy to the Phi's creditors, was passed hv a unanimous vote. The assembly th third motion, which called for an amendment to the constitution to the effect that no more obligations should, be accrued and carired with it a section stating that the amend ment "could not be suspended from the constitution. The assembly tabled until the next meeting a bill, "Resolved, That the Red Cross should not extend material aid of any kind to Greenland." Speaker Marian Igo announced that election of officers for the fall quarter would be held at next Tues day's meeting. Camp Councilor Positions Open Interested students qualified for camp councilor work in crafts, nature studv or water skills should see S. W. J. Welch, University vocational direc tor, today in 205 South. First Endorsement MOYER ' HENDRIX First run-off candidate to receive support from an eliminated nominee is Moyer Hendrix, SP nominee for vice-president of the sophomore class. Ben Patterson, CP candidate, yester day issued a statement thanking those who voted for him in the first election and asking them to support Hendrix, whom he. termed "the .best man for the position." DORM COUNCIL NOMINATES NEW HEAD TONIGHT Election Scheduled Monday Night For All Offices Nominations for prgsident of the Interdormitory council for next year will be held at a meeting of the coun cil tonight at 7:30 in the Graham Memorial banquet hall. Election of the president and nom ination and election of vice-president, secretary and treasurer will be held next Monday night. All new officers will take over their duties immediate ly after election, Jack Vincent, pres ident, said. 1 Individual Dormitories Will Nominate Individual dormitories will nominate new presidents .and vice-presidents Monday with elections coming the next day. These officers plus dor mitory athletic managers and floor councilors, who will be elected in the fall, will make up next year's coun cil. ( Present leaders of the council will conduct a training course May 1 and 2 for all new dormitory and inter (Continuid on page 2, column 6) Opportunity Gives Seniors Last Knock This is the last day that seniors may purchase invitations at the regular price. Mac Nisbet and Buddy Nordan will take orders in the lobby of the Book Exchange and warn seniors that although the budget knocked three times, this is positively the final oppor tunity with the invitations. Entertainment Ruggiero Ricci Young American Violin Virtuoso Widely Praised Ruggiercr Ricci, 19-year-old Ameri can violinist and former child prodigy, will present a concert in Memorial hall tonight at 8:30 sponsored by the Student Entertainment series. Entertainment passbooks will ad mit students to the performance, and those, students who have not already received their books may obtain them today by presenting proper . identifi cation at the Cashier's office in South building. Called Greatest Genius of Time Ricci only recently resumed his concert work after several .years re tirement devoted to study. In 1930 he was called "the greatest genius of our time in the world of interpreta tive music." r The Washington Herald recently made the following statement about j Ricci, "Before he was 10 yearsof Wheeler Says Meal Mrast Be Basis For FDR Not After Third Term, Says Wheeler In Interview By MARTHA LeFEVRE "Franklin D. Roosevelt will not be a candidate in the next presi dential race," Burton K. Wheeler, Democratic senator from Mon tana, stated in an interview yesterday. "I am violently opposed to third terms," he continued. Wheeler, often mentioned as a dark-horse possibility for White House tenancy, said that Roosevelt realizes it would be dangerous to attain too much power while trend towards dictatorship exists all over the world." . y If Roosevelt won a third term, the Westerner pointed out, he could then run for fourth and fifth terms. He said that it would be easy for a president today to nominate himself for the presidency, with all the power he con trols in the executive departments, in the payrolls and in the relief rolls. Wheeler recalled that he had helped pass a bill in 1928 calling for Senate opposition to third terms. Wheeler Has Not Been Invited When questioned concerning the rumor that Roosevelt wishes to confer with him when the president returns from Warm Springs, Wheeler claimed he had received no such invitation. "I can not imagine what Roosevelt would want with me for I am not going to run for vice-president of the United States with him or with anyone else as so many have asserted. I shall be running for the next Senate as only bald-headed stuffed shirts seek the vice-presidency." Senators Charles L. McNary and Arthur Vandenburg would be, in Wheeler's opinion, the most logical Republican presidential nominees. He fears, however, that neither will be ( Continued on page 2, column 3) University Plans Western Vacation Study Courses Vacation may be combined with sum mer study on the 1940 western study tour to be conducted by the University extension division from June 7 through July 18. A party of 28 will travel an average of 250 miles a day by bus to visit many of the noted scenic sections in the wes tern United States. Since the number of the party is limited, it is advisable to apply as soon as possible to the of fice of the extension division in Swain hall. , Two college courses of five hours credit each will be offered on the tour. Both will be taught by Dr. Carl Erick- son, assistant professor of the Univer sity geology department. "Geography of North America" will deal with the physical features, soils, climates and transportation facilities of the conti nent. "Field Courses in Geography" will describe and interpret the physi cal features to be seen on the trip. The party will be put up overnight (Continued on page 2, column 3) Series Presents Concert Tonight age he had the faculty to command the attention of his listeners with the first tone he played, and to hold it, and warm it to sympathy and quicken it to enthusiasm. The brief decade has brought maturity, has confirmed an artistic instinct that always was right and true in its impulse, and has rip ened a superb recreative talent until even the grave and enduring beauties of the Brahms concerto lie easily with in his musical and emotional grasp." Praised Here and Abroad The . critics of both .Europe and America have . praised Ricci. The New York Times bestowed its praise by saying, "plunged into the Paga nini concerto with a suddenly awak ened ardor, giving his phrasing a firm, plastic quality, and disposing of stupendous difficulties with an ap lomb brashness known only to youth. His palying of the Sauret cadenza was an amazing exhibition of dexterity." Samuel Chotzinhoff describes him as, "One of the handful of Great Living Violinists." N.C. fflGH SCHOOL MONOGRAM CLUBS HOLD CONFERENCE Local Group Sponsors Meeting Friday, Saturday Invitations to the third annual State High School Monogram . Club confer ence which will be held here Friday and Saturday, have been extended to sixty high school clubs over the state, it was announced yesterday by . Dave Morrison, president of the UNC mono gram club, which is sponsoring the event. The conference, which originated by the local Monogram club, will begin Friday morning with the registration in the lobby of Woollen gymnasium. Members of the Carolina coaching staff will deliver short talks in meet ings to be held Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, and movies of var ious athletic contests will be shown to the guests Friday night. The members of the conference will be guests of the Athletic association at. the AAU track .meet Friday and Saturday, and the freshman baseball I game Friday with Belmont Abbey. Last year s conference drew over 200 members, and it is expected that! this year's meeting-will exceed that' number. George Ralston is chairman of the Monogram club committee in charge of - arrangements for the af fair. Dr. Koch Returns From New Orleans Drama Conference Dr. Frederick H. Koch, director of the Carolina Playmakers, returned to day from a speaking engagement at the Dillard university Arts Festival in New Orleans, La. He delivered an ad dress on "Religion and Drama" before a regular chapel assembly at Dillard and spoke on "The Making of Ameri can Folk Drama" at the drama con ference, of the Arts Festival, presided over by Dr. Monroe Lippman, head of the drama department at Tulane uni versity. Randolph Edmonds, drama tics director at Dillard. who recently presented one of his plays at the South ern Regional Drama Festival, was in charge of the conference. The Arts Festival included, besides the conference, the Second Annual Negro High School Drama Festival of the Louisiana Interscholastic Associa tion, an exhibition of paintings and photography by Negroes, and an ad dress by Dr. Alain Locke of Howard university on "Contemporary Devel opment in the Arts." Koch said that the Festival con vinced him there was a widespread development of Negro dramatic writ ing which would give a truer picture of the Negro than ever could be given by white playwrights. Douglass to Address Texas Educators Dr. Harl R. Douglass of the Uni versity will address the Association of Texas Colleges convening in Austin Friday and .Saturday, April 26-27, at the association's Friday afternoon session, uis suoject win De "integra tion of Effort in the Total Program or the Education of Youth." Other speakers at the annual meet ing, to which the University of Texas is host, will include Dr. Ben D. Wood of the American Council on Educa tion; Dr. nomer Jr. Jttainey, president of the University of Texas; and Dr. Dwayne Orton of Stockton Junior college, Stockton, Calif. 'Liberalism Democracy LargeCrowdHears Montana Senator In 'Memorial Hall By Louis Harris Speaking before a crowd of 1500 in- a coast-to-coast CBS hook-up from Memorial hall, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana's "dark horse" Democratic presidential hopeful, last night urged a return to the liberal ideal of "preserving civil rights, de mocracy, and parliamentary govern ment at all costs," and the under taking of a new farm program based on the same principle as the RFC in industry. After attending a Carolina Political union banquet, tendered in the Caro lina Inn by Julian Price, insurance magnate of Greensboro, at which ap proximately 100 persons, prominent in state and national life, were present, Senator Wheeler, spoke from 9:30 to 10:15 to the nation over the Columbia Broadcasting System network. Liberalism Defined "You and I are Americans. For your ancestors and for mine liber alism had only one meaning democ racy. They spilled their blood and sacrificed their all in1776' that you and I might live in a Republic. To them, liberalism meant democracy and to my mind in 1940 the very term irrevocably connotes democracy both political and economic . . . Today, as then, a real liberal would resist and oppose concentration of wealth in the hands of the few. "A liberal believes in a limitation of the power vested in any individual. Any deviation from this basic con cept is destructive to democracy and the American way. The trend towards a greater and greater concentration of wealth necessitates greater and greater centralization of government a-departure, f rom democracy and (Continued on page 4, column 3) Steele Becomes First Undergraduate Dorm With Social Room Steele dormitory will in the near future be the first old undergraduate dormitory to be equipped with a social room, it was announced yesterday by George Riddle, student assistant to the business manager of the 'Univer sity. One has already been installed in Carr, the Law dormitory, but the one in Steele will be the first in an un dergraduate .dormitory which was not one of , those included in the recent building program of the University. The application was turned in to the administration in January and the University approved the : money for the petition and part of , the basic fur niture. Manager Moves Out Some of the money was obtained through the dormitory social fee and from interdormitory funds. Other money was raised by renting rooms in the dormitory during the conven tions which were held here during the Spring vacation week. In order to provide space for the room, the dormitory manager will move out of the first floor center sec tion. The assistant managers will be (Continued on page 4 column 4) Monroe High School Wins Aycock Gup The state championship in debating and with it the coveted Aycock Cup wasjwon by Elinor Ellwanger and Moke Williams of Monroe high school whose negative arguments on the question of whether ornot the gov ernment should own and operate the railroads defeated Laura Brown and Percy Wall of Gray high school in Winston-Salem. Administrative Dean R. B. House presided over 'the debate, which climaxed the High School jweek. Dean of students Francis F. Bradshaw pre sented the cup to the winning team. Arthur Link, debate chairman of the Di Senate, presented medals to the victors on behalf of the society. Second and third place on the af firmative went to Rocky Mount and Roanoke Rapids respectively. Sec ond place on the negative went to Fayetteville and third place to Forest City.