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rtT ,1 o u su IDITORIALS: TITT FEATHER: . 1 Student-Faculty Day w Chrtuiy; ccmtx&aid -carra f 5 1 . iF LUHEXLVm NEW OMRS' CONFERENCE TiIAY BRING REFORMS Chairman Ellis Says Small Groups Will Make Reports Although the main purpose of the re' officers' training conference be ginning tomorrow is to better qualify campus leaders through frank, lively discussions of their responsibilities, the sessions are not likely to be just and nothing else, Phil Ellis, pro gram chairman, pointed out yesterday. Any special intrest groups in the conference which hit upon ideas for reorganization, reform or improve ment in student government or organi zations, will be asked to state the idea in a written resolution which will be passed on to the student legislature or the most appropriate student body, Ellis said. "Anyone who has a complaint to register against student government cr organizations now has a chance to do something about it," Ellis said. 44 A complete rejuvenation and several significant alterations in student gov ernment might easily develop from this conference." Features of the Conference Features of" the conference from which such alterations are likely to evolve include cross-examinations ot student council members and all fee ad-iunistrating boards, a special ses sion on all independent campus organi zations and a general discussion on the Buccaneer, expected to be one of the wannest talkfests of the confer ence. The program will open at 1 o'clock tomorrow with a luncheon meeting, at which Dean of Students F. F. Brad shaw, and his assistant, Fred Weaver, will be the principal speakers. At 3 o'clock and later at 7:30, the conference will divide into special in terest groups on fraternity govern meat, women's governments-dormitory government, class oficers, independent organizations, publications, and worn an's dormitory government. These croups are some of which (Continued on page 2, column J$) News Briefs Reynolds Urges CCC Militarized; Rassia Treats with British (By United Press) WASHINGTON, April 29. Sena tor Bob Reynolds urges Congress to authorize military training in the Civilian Conservation corps. LONDON British forces, fighting to repel German effort to cut com munications and destroy Allied bases m .Norway, reported holding Nazi lorces at virtual standstill. Soviet ambassador informs Britain of Rus sia s readiness to negotiate recipro cal trade pact and discusses possibili ty of shutting off trade exports to Germans. STOCKHOLM Swarms of German Planes attack Allied position north of Trcndheim where close to 10,000 troops have dug in;' Allies acquire new central landing bases along Nor wegian coast; British and French rcsh inland to throw back German attempt to seize the Dombaas-Stoeren rauway and entrap Allied forces in lunu Norway. NAMSOS Joint British - French oasjacnicnie claims German patrol nvtn back "with losses" north of the fteinkjer gateway. BERLIN Germans claim gap only :5 nas wide divides Nazi forces driv- ln? tc forge steel band through Nor way. , WASHINGTON The House after "?traI hours of acrimonious debate Jouraed without taking any. decisive actjwi on pending amendment to con frsial wage and hour act. ASHINGTON President Roose ' Ported to have given tacit ap Wval end drive among Texas fcrats centering about the presi cial candidacy of Vice-president f F? ElGn Senator Claude Pepper "onda tells North Carolina Young Jurats convention "he will not P Roosevelt" until the new nd freedom accomplished by tinned on page 2. column 5) : St!?, Croatia.: 9115 Dogwood at Carolina X Here is a glimpse of Battle park showing a portion of the dogwood both pink and white which is now flour ishing throughout the village and surrounding countryside. The blossoms are in their full glory and hundreds of sightseers are visiting the University daily to see the campus and village in their spring raiment. The University is providing student guides, with headquarters at the Old Well in front of the South building, for Sunday afternoon visitors, and most of the buildings are open to thepublic at that time. - - Dorm Council, To Elect New Phi Will Discuss Arboretum Benches Fall quarter officers of the Phi assembly will be elected at tonight's meeting of the society which will be held at 7:30 in-the Phi hall, fourth floor New East. Speaker Marian Igo announced yes terday that only those members who had attended at least half of the meet ings during the past quarter would be allowed to vote. The two bills up for discussion at tonight's meeting are; "Resolved, That the President should not make any atempt to secure strategic military islands in the western hemisphere from foreign powers in part payment of their war debts;" and "Resolved, That more benches should be placed in the arboretum." Speaker Igo yesterday explained that the assembly was holding its elect ions this year early in the quarter so thatNthe newly-elected oficers may be able to take part in the New Officers' Training conference, which will open tomorrow. Present officers of the Phi are: Miss Continued on page A, column 4) Hillel Foundation To Meet Tonight Members of the Hillel cabinet will meet tonight at 7:30 in Rabbi Sam uel Sandmel's cottage next the Caro lina Inn. Nominations of next year's officers will be made at that time. N. C. Symphony Orchestra To Give Concert Sunday Night In Hill Hall The second concert of the recentlyfwas used by Whiteman in his effort to reorganized North Carolina sym phony orchestra will be presented next Sunday night at 8:30 in Hill music hall, under the auspices of Uranam Memorial and the Student Entertain ment committee. Featured in Sunday nights pro gram will be the popular "Rhapsody in Blue," by the American composer George Gershwin. The orchestra will follow the original score of this jazz rhapsody, first performed in Carnegie hall in 1924. Ferde Gr Wfoa3 orchestral score, which THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. G, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1940 c V Phi Assembly, Monogram Club Officers At Meetings Tonight Lettermen to Hear Tech Grid Coach Bill Alexander, head football coach at Georgia Tech, will speak w Uni versity lettermen tonight at 7 o'clock at the Monogram club banquet which will be held in the new dining hall, it was announced yesterday by Dave Morrison, president of the organiza tion. Following the banquet, officers for (Continued on page 2, column h) CHRISTIAN GROUP ELECTS OFFICERS Susan Klaber Is New Secretary Robert Bond of N. C. State College for Negroes was elected president of the North Carolina Student-Christian movement for the coming year at the group's conference held here Sunday. Casey Jones of Davidson was made the new vice-president, Susan Klaber of Carolina was chosen sec retary, and Walter Evans of A. andi T. College at Greensboro was elected treasurer. Representatives from 25 white and colored colleges from all over the state met from 10 o'clock until 4:30 in Graham Memorial for the con ference in an effort to effect better coordination between the Student (Continued on page 2, column 6) make jazz "respectable. The soloist in the Gershwin num ber is Thomas O'Kelley, a gifted young pianist from Statesville. O' Kelley has been a pupil of Severin Isenberger, of Cincinnati, and is 5 now studying in Charlotte with Boris Adamowski, formerly of the New England conservatory in Boston. New World Symphony The very American program also includes the well-known Dvorak Sym phony "From the New World," of (Continued on page 2, column 6) "V 4- H 'v: V, ; C ' .y- ? 45 i 'S.1 I f J? mi 5 V4i ,-'j) , .. -i:-xJjit., ummj Five in Interdorm Presidential Race New officers of the Interdormitory council will be chosen tonight as dele gates meet at 7:30 in Graham Memo rial to pick a president from five pre viously nominated students, and nom inate and elect a vice-president and secretary-treasurer. In the five-way race for the presi dency are Ott Burton, president o: K; Preston Nisbet, athletic manager of Mangum; Bill Shuford, vice-presi dent of Grimes; Ben Heath, vice-pres ident of Steele; and Bob Farris, pres ident of H. The president,, succeeding Jack Vincent, will be inaugurated immedi ately after his election. All of the new officers will attend the officers' training school, which begins tomorrow. Election of officers in separate dormitories began yesterday and will continue through today and tonight. Jackson To Speak During Peace Day Following an afternoon speech to ! the American Student union at Wom an's College of the University, Gardi ner Jackson, national legislative rep resentative of Labor's Non-Partisan league, will deliver the key address of the ASU Peace Day celebration on Thursday evening. Jackson will speak on "Civil Rights and the Public Mjnd," as related to peace, and will lead an open forum discussion after his address. 'Jackson is Civil Liberties' repre sentative of Labor's Non-Partisan (Continued on page 2, column U) CPU Membership Blanks Available Applications may now be made for membership in the Carolina Political union, Chairman Har ry Gatton announced yesterday. Blanks will be available at the YMCA until 6 o'clock Friday. Copies of the recent address here by Senator Burton K. Wheel er are also on hand in the YMCA office, Gatton sand. 1 i EtorUI: 43 St, Newt: 4351 1 Nlflrt: 6504 Gather For Semmsuc Southern sociologists will gather here today for a closed semi nar on southern population, preceding the opening tomorrow of a conference on population research, regional reasearch and the measurement of regional development which will be sponsored by $the Institute for Research in Social COED STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN CONFERENCE Corbett, McLean, McMaster Will Lead Discussion Series For the first time in the history of Carolina, women's self-government will be considered along with that of men when the annual new officers' training conference opens Wednes day. Invitations will be sent to all under graduate eirls to attend the three meetings featuring discussions of problems confronting the coeds, in or der that all women students, instead of just newly-elected leaders, will re ceive training. All meetings will be held in the Institute of Government building. The first in the series of discus sions will be led by .Melville Corbett, on Wednesday at 4 o'clock, with a general criticism of the policies and functions of the women's student council. Such problems as those of the honor code and campus code, stu dent entertainment, the Buccaneer, and fraternities will be considered. That evening at 7:30 Sara Mc Lean will conduct a session on the type of house government desired at Carolina. Coeds will discuss ways of remodeling the present system and of increasing social activities in the dor ntftories. The final " meeting will take place Thursday at 7:30 when a program will be planned for the Woman's as sociation for next year in the light of the problems that will be brought up during the conference. The main problem to be discussed at this time will be a determination of principles. Under the direction of Jane McMas ter coeds will decide if the women's association should be an integration of women's organizations, an advance ment of women as a whole, or a har mony of the two. AAA COMPLIANCE COURSE BEGINS Students Trained For Summer Work A short course on checking compli ance under the AAA program of the United States Department of Agri culture will begin tonight at 7:30 in room 103 of Bingham hall, where all classes are to be held during the course. The full course consists of six classes, five of which will be devot ed to lectures and instructional work, the sixth to an examination. The course is under the supervision of H. A. Patton. head field officer," and R. C. Barnes, principal field assist ant of the North Carolina State of fice of the AAA. The purpose of this short course at Carolina is to permit students to take it who wish to apply for work in their home counties this summer on checking compliance. The same course was given here in the spring of 1939 and. resulted in 63 Carolina stu- (Contrnued on page 2, column &) Folk Dancers To Demonstrate Art Of Mountain People A group of folk dance artists whoadancers will perform and then teach have performed before the King and Queen of England will come down from the mountains of Buncombe county Saturday night, May 4, 'to demonstrate their ancient art to local dancers at the second Spring quarter Grail dance. Under the direction of Bascom Lamar Lunsford the mountain folk dancers will give "floor shows" from 9 until 10 o'clock and again from 11 to 11:30 o'clock. The dance hours will be from 8 until 12 o'clock, and Char lie Wood and his orchestra will play for the regular dancing. The folk NUMBER 159 2L Science at the University this week. Noted social scientists from many parts of the nation will attend the combined sessions which will con tinue through Saturday, marking a sort of "re-dedication" of the renovat ed and enlarged Alumni building now turned over to the Institute, headed by Dr. Howard W. Odum. Participating in tomorrows semi nar to be presided over by Dr. Ru pert B. Vance, University sociologist, will be: T. V. Smith, Louisiana State university; W. E. Garnett, V. P. I.; Paul Foreman, University of Missis sipgpi; Rudolph Heberle, Louisiana State university; W. E. Cole, Uni versity of Tennessee; Carl Rosen quist, University of Texas; John Mac lachlan, University of Florida; H. L. Geisert, University of Alabama; O. D. Duncan, Oklahoma A. & M.; Warren S. Thompson, Miami university; B. O. Williams, Clemson college. Population Association Dovetailing the Conference pro gram on population and regional re search beginning Wednesday will be the annual meeting of the Popula tion Association of America to be held here this week. Wednesday's and Thursday's pro gram will present current research in population by leaders of the Popula- tion association and on Thursday eve ning there will be a joint meeting of the Population association and the University conference. Friday and Saturday will be turn ed over to the conference with dis cussions on such topics as general structure of Southern regional in dustry, capital wealth, regional in come and wealth, resources and utili zation, population, education, econo my, race and regional culture, func tional aspects of the region and sub region for research and planning, at titudes, education, the library, the press and civic effort. Wood's Orchestra To Play For Coeds At Friday Formal Coeds will have an opportunity to return boys' invitations at the annual Woman's association formal dance Friday night in Woollen gymnasium Charlie Wood and his orchestra will play. Incoming officers of the Woman's ' association will participate in the figure and will receive keys from the old officers. Girls receiving awrds are: Jane McMaster, president; Anne Williams, vice-president; Sara Saw yer, secretary; and Mary Winslow, treasurer. Girls may purchase bids to the dance at the dormitories or sorority houses. Escort bids will be $1.00, stag bids 50 cents. A special section of Saturday's Daily Tar Heel will be edited by coeds, with Doris Goerch and Ruth Curtis Robeson as editors. The staff will be composed of Zo& Ellen Young, Allen Cutts, Rachel Howard, Helen Plyler, Jo Jones, Martha LeFerve, Vivian Gillespie, and Ernestine Hob good. Louise Hudson will preside as queen over the May day festival in the arboretum Saturday afternoon. The Grail will sponsor an informal dance Saturday night when the ten most outstanding senior girls, elected last week, will be announced during the figure. At Grail Dance their art to some of the local dancers. Maud Carpeles, British Folklorist and folk dance authority, said of the American folk dance, "The form of dance that is known to the mountain people has an infinite variety of figure and is a finely constructed dance, ex pressive of great beauty, and forceful emotion." Another authority has said: "It is well recognized that the Southern Ap palachian region has a greater wealth of folk material than any other sec tion of the nation. The reason lies (Continued on page 2, column 5)
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