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FAIRLEY CHOSEN
VICE-PRESIDENT
AT CLASS BANQUET
Brick Wall Named
Secretary-Treasurer;
No Run-off s Held
By Philip Carden
Mac Nisbet became permanent presi
dent of the class of 1940 last night, re
ceiving 73 votes as the class dabbled
in campus politics for the last time
at the annual senior banquet in the
University dining hall, but if a run
off were held it's a toss-up whether he
would win over Jim Davis who polled
71 votes.
But no run-offs will be held and the
permanent leaders of the class will
be Nisbet as president, Jack Fairley
with 98 votes as vice-president and
Brick Wall with 53 votes as secre
tary-treasurer.
Runners-up in the other offices were
Chuck Kline for vice-president with 39
votes, and Melville Corbett for secretary-treasurer
with 42 votes.
Nominations, which were made from
the floor, were, Nisbet, Davis, Watts
Carr, George Ralston, Fish Worley,
and Benny Hunter for president; Fair
ley, Kline, Bill Stauber, Bill Corpen
ing, Kenneth Royall, and Jack Bur
ton for vice-president; WTall, Corbett,
Jim MacCallum, Ed Rankin, Paul
Thompson, Louise Jordan, DeWitt
Barnett and A. C. Hall for secretary
treasurer. First action taken by the class last
night was to vote unanimously to ask
the faculty not to give quizzes to se
niors this week.
The program of variety entertain
ment was Jed by reading of the class
will by Bill Stauber, the history by
Morris Rosenberg, and the prophecy
by Sanford Stein, a common feature
of all being ribs at the class executive
committee and its recent attackers.
Professor W. A. Olsen, reading a
burlesque of a faculty meeting, Charlie
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News Briefs
Holland Surrenders to Hitler;
Nazi Army Crosses Belgium
By United Press
AMSTERDAM. Mav 14 All of Holland except the tiny Zeeland
province on the coast surrendered
day to avoid "destruction of our
Dutch commander-in-chief ordered his
troops to lay down their arms.
Within a few hours green-gray Nazi
troops will ride into The Hague, Am
sterdam, and Rotterdam amid the
wreckage of aerial bombing to extend
Hitler's "protective grip" on the small
nations of Western Europe.
After an invasion that began only
five days ago, the German army will
take Holland's key cities and 95 per
cent of her continental territory with
the same ease that it rolled into War
saw and Oslo.
The Netherlands Empire overseas
remains at war with Germany, how
ever. The commander-in-chief of tbe
Dutch armed forces told the nation
sorrowfully in a radio broadcast, just
before midnight that "there is no other
ay except surrender."
PARIS German forces today
smashed across Belgium into France,
seized the historic city of Sedan, and
attempted to crack he Maginot line
in a furious battle described as "the
greatest in modern warfare."
The Battle of the Meuse, as it is al
ready being called, spread along the
150-mile battlefront on Belgium and
French soil, engulfing cities and towns
that were laid waste when Kaiser
Wilhelm sent his armies toward Paris
ver the same route in the August
day3 of 1914.
An indication of the enormity of the
little underway tonight was contained
a French estimate that the Germans
are using between 6,000 and -7,000
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No Score,. But
Reports Say
Faculty Lost
By Leonard Lobred
Oddly enough, and much to the de
light of those who concern themselves
with such things, all versions of the
Senior-Faculty "softball game" yes
terday on the coed field are identical.
Furthermore, everyone is kind enough
to agree that the Seniors won. The
only remaining question is what was
the score?
The Faculty brain-trust wasn't
willing to admit that President Frank
Graham-was missed in left field, but
it was generally conceded that had he
been there in the third inning instead
of Joe DiMaggio, the Seniors would
not have batted around nor scored
their winning runs. DiMaggio prac
tically threw the game away when he
crashed into the left-center field fence
trying to flag down a pop-up.
The records differ. One score sheet
showed the Seniors with six runs in
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to Adolf Hitler's Blitzkreig to
women and children after tne
JUNIOR-SENIOR
BIDS AVAILABLE
Names of Dates
Are Requested
The following announcements re
velant to the junior-senior dances
were made yesterday by the chairman
of the respective dance committees:
Seniors can receive their bids today,
from 10:30 to 11 on the second floor
of the YMCA, and from 2 till 4 in
the afternoon in the main lobby of the
y. Nc bids will ce custnouiec buw
4 o'clock tomorrow.
All members of the Senior figure are
asked to turn in the names' of their
dates to Vance Hobbs in 206 Carr by
6 o'clock today.
Junior dance bids can be obtained at
the Y at the following- times: to
day, 10:30 to 11 and 2 to 5; Thursday,
10:30 to 11.
Ott Burton, chairman of the junior
dance committee, asks that all those
taking part in the junior figure turn
the names of their dates in to him at
305 K dormitory immediately.
Woman's AA Council
The Woman's Athletic Asso
ciation council will meet today
at 5 o'clock in the Woman's As
sociation room of Graham Me
morial. All members must be pres
ent. V . ,
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Air Raids ?No,
Just Senior
Blackout Ball
Colonel Charlie Wood's Staff
Will Be on Deck to Provide
Musical Serenade of War
the Y at the following times: Tues
"AIR RAID!"
"War is hell, ain't it?"
"Pardon, didn't I meet you during
the last blackout?"
"Won't you step into my bombproof
shelter?" ,
"May I have the next blitzkrieg
with you?"
"Sorry if I'm aggressive, but I
just can't stay neutral around you."
"Honestly, lady, I'm doing thisfor
your protection."
"ANOTHER AIR RAID!""
It's the Blackout Ball, highlight of
Senior Week, to be fought tonight be
tween 8 and 11 o'clock on the tennis
court battleground.
Colonel Charlie Wood and his non
intelligence staff will be on deck to
provide a musical serenade of war as
Seniors try their hand at blackouts,
air raids, stuff and blitzkriegs.
Those not in military Senior jack
ets will be shot down like parachute
troopers. x
Before entrance onto the battlefield,
all participants must submit passes to
the sentries on guard at the main
gate which is located on Hill 5, Sector 3.
Having the honor to be the first peo
ple to chaperone a war, wili be: Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Spearman, Mrs. J.
P. Watters, Pi Phi's Mrs. Gold, Mrs.
Hardiman of dormitory No. 1, and
Spencer's Mrs. Lee. ... . .. -?
In case the weatherman decides to
hold an air raid of rain the scene
of the battle will shift to the Tin
Can.
GERMAN REFUGEE
DISCUSSES CAMPS
Pictures Shown x
Of Problem Areas
Stating that "work camps are a
basic factor in the training of German
soldiers," Fred Roberts, German
refugee at the University, compared
German and American work camps
last night as he spoke at a film forum
in Graham Memorial.
The YMCA-sponsored program fea
tured motion pictures of various re
gional work camps in problem areas.
"In the American work camp I
found friendly cooperation," Roberts
revealed as he contrasted German and
American plans.
Movies describing the. plan of action
in various American work camps were
shown. One, a pictorial account of a
Mississippi delta cotton workers, ex
hibited the ideal of cooperation among
camp workers.
Harold Garfinkel, former camp
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Bowles Has Youngest Band
Swing Festival
Sunday Afternoon
The "Baby band of the campus,"
Skipper Bowles and his orchestra, will
be one of the featured attractions at
the University band's "Sweet and
Swing Festival," scheduled to take
place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
Memorial hall.
Taking advantage of the wealth of
musicians roaming over the campus,
Skip formed his band last January.
Known campus-wide as the "person
ality kid," Bowles is the second local
band-leader to mix politics with
baton-waving, Charley Wood inaugu
rating the custom last year. Former
president of his class, he ran. for
treasurer of the rising senior class
this year. Although he does not play
an instrument, he takes a big hand
in making the arrangements for the
band. ,
Combining a voice that whispers
"sweet nothings" over the band's
microphone along with crazy antics on
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Either Bill Mock, left, or Bob Weaver will start on the mound for Duke
this afternoon at Durham against the Tar Heels. John "Lefty" Cheshire
is slated to pitch for Carolina. Game time is 3:30.
'Collegiate Week-End' Planned
For Myrtle Beach on May 24
Three-Day Trip
Will Cost $8.50
College students from all over
North Carolina will declare a univer
sal pre-exam holiday on the weekend
of May 24 when they descend in a
mammoth motorcade "on America's
finest strand,". Myrtle Beach. Caravans
from Carolina, State, WCUNC, Greens-;
boro college, Saint Mary's, Meredith,
Peace, Salem, and Queens will gather
for the gigantic celebration which will
start Friday noon and end Sunday
night.
Myrtle Beach is looking forward to
this collegiate spree and is planning
fun and frolic for at least five hundred
classworn students. A blanket price
of $8.50 will cover transportation,
room and board, sightseeing trips, and
a buffet supper, which will be held at
the new million dollar Ocean Forest
hotel on Friday night.
Half prices have also been obtained
for horseback riding, golfing, deep-sea
and pier fishing, bicycling, skating,
movies, flying, miniature golf, all
amusement rides, dancing, floor shows,
horse racinsr. and all other amuse
ment concessions.
The first night the group will be
the guests of the new million dollar
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Insurance Interviews
Representatives of the Jeffer
son Standard Life Insurance
company will hold a group inter
view at 10:30 this morning in
room 106 Bingham for seniors in
terested in working for their
company.
the traps, Elbert "Tiny" Hutton, 285
pound mite from Chapel Hill, is one
of the features of Skipper's band,
helping it to put on a good show in
addition to good dance music. In his
first appearance at Greensboro col
lege, the little one "wowed 'em in the
aisles" with a rendition of "Wham."
The GC girls and their dates enjoyed
Hutton's vocals so much that they de
manded no less than five encores.
Among the towns and cities through
out the state which have given ova
tions to Skipper and the baby band
every weekend since the first roundup
are Burlington, Pinehurst, Goldsboro,
Henderson, and Greensboro. Since the
orchestra's founding, it has broadcast
several times over WPTF in Raleigh
and WBIG in Greensboro.
At present, Skipper and the boys
are making transcriptions for the
Goldsboro radio station. This summer,
Bowles plans to take his crew down
to one of the popular beach resorts,
where a tentative engagement is waiting.
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Graham Memorial Head
To Be Named Today
The new director of Graham
Memorial student union will be
selected at a meeting of the board
at 2:30 today in the Grail room,
Bob Magill, present director of the
union," announced yesterday.
During the past month a sub
committee of the board has been
interviewing the 11 applicants for
the post: Carl Pugh, Dick Wor-
ley, Julian Lane, Allen Green,
Phil Ellis, J. Franklin Jones,
Albert D'Elia, John Rankin, Harry
Gatton, Michael Roberts, and
Vance Hobbs.
Is There A Red Menace
Lee Wiggins Gives Viewpoint
On Carolina 'Radical' Group
(Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a series of articles currently ap
peariag in The Charlotte News on the subject, "Is There a Red Menace at
Chapel Hill?")
By T. M. Pridgen
In preceding articles of this series concerning the Red Menace
at Chapel Hill, the effort was made to throw light on certain
doubtful men and organizations which is to say, those charged
with being, but never conclusively shown to be on the subversive
"side. If the comments and facts clear
SOUND AND FURY
MEMBERS TO MEET
Financial Report
Will Be Given
Members of Sound and Fury, fully
recovered after "One More Spring,"
and anyone else who wowld like to
take part in next year's activities of
the light drama group, will meet for
the last business meeting of the year
this af iernoon at 2 o'clock in the ban
quet hall of Graham Memorial, Car
roll McGaughey, president, said yes
terday. Such mundane matters as financial
reports, the inevitable spring discus
sion of keys' where the money is com
ing from, and who gets them, ap
pointment of committees and one thing
and another will precede discussion, of
next year's plans.
Membership Committee
None of this year's members will au
tomatically be member next year ex
cept officers and members of the
membership committee which will be
appointed at the meeting. "Everybody
will have to re-apply next year ac
cording to the constitution. That's
so that dead wood can be dropped with
out haggling," McGaughey said.
"But dont let that discourage you
from coming today, because we are
going to talk over the possibility of
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Today
LEFTY CHESHIRE
WILLOPPOSE
MOCK OR WEAVER
Carolina Needs
Two Victories
To Win Big Five
By Bill Beerman
College baseball's "little World's
Series" begins this afternoon at 3:30
in Durham when Carolina, until Mon
day favored to take both the Big Five
and Southern conference titles, meets
Duke university in the first of a three
game series.
A night game in GreensDoro Satur
day and a final contest here Monday
afternoon will determine whether or
not Carolina holds its present lead in
the state race.
John Lewis Cheshire, Bunn Hearn's
left-handed sophomore pitching sen
sation, will start on the mound today.
Duke is scheduled to use either Bill
Mock or southpaw Bob Weaver.
Blue Devils Have Won 10 Straight -
For three seasons 1937, 1938, and
1939 the Blue Devils have been tops
in both the conference and state loops.
In each of those years Carolina has
dropped every game played with its
rivals, 10 including the Wake Forest
game Monday. Carolina has been given
an even chance or better to take the
Dukes apart in at least two of the
three engagements.
Duke, which has lost three times to
Wake Forest and Tommy Byrne, is
out of the Big Five and conference
race this year before the series even
starts. Maryland, beaten twice by
Carolina, also licked the Devils. Caro
lina, with the Wake Forest tilt as the
only blemish on its state and confer
ence schedule, must win all three en
gagements in order to claim the Big
Fivetitle. ... .
r Two wins would throw Mr. Hearn's
brilliant nine into a tie with the Demon
Deacons for first place, and no wins
would be something no sane person
cares to contemplate, although it's
been the rule and hot the exception for
three years.
Richmond at present leads the
Southern conference standings with
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at Chapel Hill?
ed out certain misconceptions and
placed the reader in better position to
judge for himself, they served their
purpose.
Now we move over into those "Uni
versity groups concerning which tlere
is no doubt, where left-wing thought
is upheld and defended.
But, first, by all means you should
know Milton Abernethy, the keeper
of the Intimate Book Shop just off
the campus. He is a jovial fellow, who ,
before all else, sells books. His shop
is one long room, from the front door
to the back wall. There is no place
in it for back-room conferences. This
is said because it has been charged
that he had a back room to which the
Communists repaired for their clan
destine meetings. His shop is full of
books and often is full of faculty mem-j
bers and students buying books and
looking at books. From his tables
you may have Marxist treatises, lives
of George Washington, practical
methods for birth control and ponder
ous things about mathematics. Aber
nethy is hail-fellow with all.
Ask almost anyone on the campus
where to find a Communist and you
will be referred to Abernethy Ab,
many call him. He has a certain dis
tinction in Chapel Hill Town which
gives him unending pleasure.
"I dont know why they call me
a Red," he guffaws. "The only
politics I ever did was with the
Young Democrats."
On the front wall yet, though the
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