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Wk EDITORIALS: Polixg the Campus Dr. Graham Speaks This Concerns Jt'ou , Another Achievement fTTEATHER: 1 cooler Mir L THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- I i VULUiXliJ J ."TT ; Oicalatfeax SSS4 Greek Relief Drive Begins Here Today Campus and Town Committees-Named To LauncK Drive Chapel Hill and the University will concentrate today on raising a fond 4nr the relief of war sufferers in AW Greece. "Have a Greek as your guest for lunch," is a sort of watchword. Mean ing, contribute the cost of a meal 25 cents, 50 cents, whatever stun" any body chooses to the fund for food, .clothing and medicines for the tmfor tunate people in Greece. Greek residents here, and University professors who have lived and worked in Greece, have received word from there of great suffering by women and -children. The present movement is designed toalleviate that suffering, .and money collected will be transmit ted immediately by cable to the Red Cross in Athens. Boxes for Contributions Boxes will be placed around the -campus and the town, to receive con tributions. Anybody . who has a Greek as guest for luncheon may put the money in one of these boxes or may leave it with W. E. Thompson at the bank. ' ' Thompson is treasurer of the Greek Relief committee here. Other members are J. P. Harland, H, F. Comer, Mayor John M. Foushee, E. C. Smith, Louis Graves, George Livas and W. E. Cald well. A committee of students, that will help raise a fund on the campus and in the fraternity houses includes Dave Morrison, president of the student body; Miss Jane McMaster, president of the Women's association; Ben Heath, president of the Dormitory as sociation; Gates Kimball," Paul Sev erin, and other representative stu dents. , ' . . , : The ccoaroitteer S emphasizing the fact that anybody who sees the notice too late to join in the movement Fri day may contribute later." French Clubs Present Plays To Aid British A patriotic and enthusiastic audience contributed more than $30 to the Brit ish War Relief when it dropped coins and a few bill3 in a frying pan in the Playmakers theater here Thursday night after a presentation of three French plays, two by Duke university French fraternity and one by the Car olina French club. Beginning on a tragic note with the Duke players' production of Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolistic drama, L1ntruse," the program of entertain ment came to a close with a comedy skit almost a one-man show put on by Georges Levy, native French man and graduate student at the Uni versity, He was supported by Hulda Warren and Mollie Holmes, Univer sity students. Direction honors went to Mrs. Neal Dow of Duke university French fac ulty. Prof. Walter Creech of the Car olina French faculty was given a big hand for his direction of the Uni versity's skit and his scenery, props and general management of the productions. WPA Application for Airport Work A waits FDR's Approval Caribbean Cruise Delays Signing The University's application to the Works Progress administration x for 1208,677 to expand the local airport now needs only President Roosevelt's signature for final approval, it wa learned yesterday from South building authorities. Since the President will not return from his current tour of the Caribbean until tomorrow. University officials "ill probably not receive official word until the beginning of next week. University Engineer A. R. Hollett announced last Monday that the appli cation had already passed the WPA engineering division. Since that f time, 11 nas evidently also received the ap peal of the administration's proj ect division - - - -: . . : - 1 Clyde Keutzer Choral Glubs To Sing Carols 180 Voices Combine : For Yuletide Music . .... ., , More than 180 voices, combining the Chapel Hill Choral club, and the men's and women's glee clubs of the University, will be heard in concert in Hill Music hall Tuesday evening, De cember 17, at 8:30 when the annual Christmas program' of music will be presented under the direction of Prof. Clyde Keutzer of the University Music department. A portion of the concert for which rehearsals have been in progress for several weeks will be broadcast over station WPTF from 9:05 to 9:30. Soloists will include Dr. Sherman Smith, baritone; Mrs. L. C. MacKiri- ney, soprano; Mrs. J. if. bchinnan, soprano; Miss Genie Loaring-Clark, soprano; William JVienaney, tenor; and Mrs. G. A. Harrer, contralto. Accompanied by Quartet A feature of the program will be a "Fantasia on Christmas Carols," by Ralph Vaughn Williams, one of - the great living English composers. Ac companiment will be supplied by a string quartet composed of Jesse Swan, Palm Beach, Fla., violin; Samuel Barbee, Wmston-Salem,- violin; Prof. Benjamin F. Swalin and William Klenz, both of the Music department, viola and cello, respectively. The remainder of the program will include "O Admirabilis," Palestrina; "Jesfl, Thou dear Babe Divine," Hay tian carol; "Adeste Fidelis"; "The Virgin by the Manger," Cesar Franck; "The Twelve Days of Christmas," ar ranged by Goldworthy; f'Patapan," old French carol; "Wassail," Glouces tershire carol; "Holy Day Holly Carol," old Cornish carol; "Deck the Hall," Welsh carol; "Silent Night, Holy Night," Franz Gruber; and "Tres Magi," C. S. Lang. Old Masters' Art Shows in Raleigh John V. Allcott, head of the art de partment, yesterday said that an un usually fine exhibit of original Old Masters is currently showing" at the Municipal Art gallery in Raleigh, and urged students to attend. j Works by Raeburn, Reynolds, Hals, Delacroix. Gilbert Stuart, Rembrandt and Inness are included in the collec tion. . Sponsored by the State Art society, the exhibit is being displayed in the old Supreme Court building. Mrs. Catherine Pendleton Arrinerton, art patroness, was in charge of arrange ments. In anticipation of the final appro val, the preliminary laying out of the runways and the setting of grades has already begun. After the project has been assigned its official number and equipment has been requisitioned, it will take about two weeks to start ac tual grading which will necessitate the moving of 450,000 cubic yards of earth. Three new runways two of which will be 4000 or more feet long will be constructed to replace the old ones. After it has been moved 450 feet from its present location, the hangar will be remodeled with a concrete floor and metal sides and roof. "A -new airport road, under construc tion by the State highway department, has almost been completed. The Duke Power company has agreed to move its power lines which at present ob struct safe landings. CHAPEL fflLL, N. C FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1940 News Briefs '4 Of Italian Unrest Seen U.S. Cruiser May V Return Lothian's Body to England - By United Press . Indications of increasing war weari ness and grumblings among the Italian people, who never had had any en thusiasm for this war, seeped, through Mussolini's censorship today while the Fascist armies were moving back on both Albanian and Egyptian battle fronts. . - ----- - Mussolini, many observers believe, knew six months ago when he went to war that it -was unpopular among his people but he gambled on Adolf Hit ler's assurance that a Nazi victory was already in sight and that Italy merely had to ump" into the "mop-cp" and share the spoils. '.' - There have been "reports and rumors of outbreaks of trouble in Florence, Milan and other Italian centers indicat ing that the state of Italian morale is low but these must be treated .with suspicion as they have come from enemy, quarters. Nevertheless the statements of the Fascist press' Thursday made it seem apparent that all is not well in Italy with Fascist reverses at the hands of the Greeks in Albania, .Mussolini's shakeup of his high command, and finally, admitted defeats in the wes Egyptian desert. mere is growing suspicion among foreign observers that the unrest of the Italian people has been increasing steadily for some time and was crys tallized when it came to a showdown between the Fascist party and the people's military leaders a show down which the Fascist politicians ap parently won. ' For. years the rank and file of the Italians have been antagonistic to ward" the Fascist partyl" Last spring an Italian white collar worker a de vout believer in Mussolini told an of ficial in Rome in discussing the new pro-German policy: "Oh, but that is the Fascisti, not Mussolini." The Italian press Thursday, almost in force, told the Italian people to keep their confidence in a final victory regardless of what is happening on the Albanian and Egyptian fronts. - WASHINGTON The State de partment tonight considered offering a cruiser to carry home the body of Lord Lothian, " British ambassador to the United States who died here early today. This was released after Presi dent Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and other administration leaders publicly expressed their own and this government s sorrow over the death of the 58-year-old envoy. ATHENS, Dec. 13 (Friday) See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4. Articles on Sale For British Fund In an effort, to raise funds for the British War Relief, certain articles were put on sale yesterday in conven iently located places in town and on the campus. Announcement of the sale was made by Mrs. W. C. Coker who said that some of the items on sale are compacts, cigarette cases, men's lapel buttons, and ear rings all bearing the British coat of arms. The articles will be sold at Chi Phi and Chi -Omega, fraternities, Alpha Delta Pi sorority, Spencer hall, and in town at the Little Shop. Eubanks Drug store and at Ledbetter Pick- ards. Elting- Talks Tonight On Textile Research Dr. J. P. Eltimr, director of the Re search laboratory of Kendall Mills near Charlotte, will give an address here on textile research at 8 o'clock tonight. The meeting will be held in the lecture room of Phillips halL Dr, Elting has earned a national reputation through his fine work - on application of statistical methods to research on the cotton fiber and con trol of manufacturing processes. He will first present a sketch of the full scope of textile research in general, and after that will deal principally with cotton. Indications Will ; States Region's Many Advantages And Handicaps Asserting that dennite steps are being taken to remedy the fact that the South is the "nation's number one economic problem," President Frank P. Graham addressed the Philosophy club last night in Gerrard hall at 8 o'clock. Explaining that though the South has its advantages insofar as its abundant resources,; men, and its pro duction of certain commodities such as cotton and tobacco are concerned, its disadvantages are such that it has been classified as the nation's number one problem. - ; . ' Outlining the SoutK's "minus signs,1 President Grahanr pointed out that it has the poorest health .record in the country, the most 'eroded lands, the poorest housing, lowest wages, the biggest undeveloped markets, the least amount of books, and the highest amount of illiteracy. , He remarked that the steps taken to alleviate this condition were coming from three sources, "From the top, from the bottom, and from the center." Referring to the movement coming from the. top, he said that the gover nors of the individual southern states had determined to take the necessary action to improve conditions. From the bottom, he pointed out that the tenant farmers, the negroes, and the labor leaders were equally determined to improve conditions, , and from the center, institutions such as Carolina and Duke universities through faith and hard work and by pooling their great resources, their libraries, their publications, and their democracy can become the intellectual, and spiritual centers of the movement.' . In analyzing the causes v' for the South's present position, President Graham pointed out that the misfor tunes of war that required the South See SOUTH'S PROBLEM, page 4 Mesdames Gold, Fuller Capture Bridge Tourney Mrs. Sedalia Gold and Mrs. Pace Fuller won first place in the final play-offs of the duplicate bridge tour nament held Wednesday night, Bob Lovill, director, said yesterday. Jim Ross and Bill Sayers were run- ners-up, ana ail tour win receive lov ing cups as prizes. Billy Williams and Query Ransom placed third in the tournament. There were 104 entrants in the tour nament held Monday night, and the high 32 participated .in the play-offs for the championship Wednesday night. This duplicate bridge tournament was the first of three like programs which will be held during the year. They are under the direction of Bob Lovill. Wisconsin Theater Installs Double Chairs Heavyweights Like Roomy Seats, Too By William Lovell United Press Staff Correspondent WAUWATOSA, Wis. (U.P.) A little Wauwatosa movie theater has introduced an innovation the love seat. ' ' ' It frankly is designed for young courtship. , The Tosa theater manage ment considered the conventional single-seat chair; an impediment to ado lescent romance and decided to do some-! thing about it. The love seat is a well - upholstered, roomy but not too roomy theater chair which will accommodate two oc cupants . To get a closeup of the love seats, a reporter visited the movie house. He went alone. The love seats were there, all right. There was one at each end of every other row in the" center section about 40 in all. . But on this particular night, ro mance had deserted the Tosa. As the reporter sleuthed up and down the EdltorUI: S: Km: Sl; Nqritt: CS5 ees peak In Chapel Today Dr. Frank Graham Science Erat Gets Charter To Be Installed Tomorrow Night The newly-organized campus chap ter of Chi Beta Phi, national honorary scientific fraternity, will be formally installed in the national organization at a dinner to be held tomorrow night in the banquet hall of Graham Me morial, Warren Harrelson, president of the group, announced yesterday. Dr. Ashby Carlyle, grand national presi dent of Morris Harvey college, will present the charter to the local group. A Christmas party will be held in the main lounge of Graham Memorial following the installation banquet. Organized last spring by Warren Harrelson, David Seifert and Sherill Gregory, the club fills .the need for an undergraduate scientific fraternity on the campus. The promotion of interest in science is the object of the group. Program Outlined In order to fulfill its purpose, the fraternity plans to present eminent scientists to the campus, show scientific movies, have lectures by faculty mem bers and hold round-table discussions on scientific matters. Current scien tific investigation will be discussed by he group, papers will be prepared by club members, and visits will be made o nearby chemical plants. Candidates for membership in the organization, which includes 20 chap ters in the South and East, must have shown a marked interest in science, completed a specified number of natu ral science or mathematics courses and attained a required scholastic average. Officers of the fraternity are War ren Harrelson, president; Sherill Gregory, vice-president; David Sei fert, recording secretary; Bennett Creech, corresponding secretary; and Bill Stone, treasurer. Other members are Jim Ritchie, Fletcher Bailey, Lit Selden, John Church, Jim Allran, Ho bart McKeever and Dan Hamilton. Dr. Sherman Smith of the chemistry department is faculty adviser. For Lovers aisles he found only one love seat oc cupied, and in that sprawled a tow headed lad. ' Praise From Management . An interview with N. S. Cohan, man ager, brought an emphatic denial, how ever, that this disappointing state of affairs was typical. Trouble was, he explained, it was a cold, blustery Wed nesday night and the -Tosa was show ing a couple of more or less non-roman tic pictures -hardy a combination to turn a young man's fancy to thoughts of a love seat. "Drop in some week - end night when . we're : featuring "Robert Taylor or Greta Garbo and you'll "get a dif ferent impression," he said. Most of the love seat patrons are high-school age couples,' according to Cohan, although they range "up to about 30." They're generally not bash ful about seeking the seats, either, he said, describing how the young men ask; for them with studied. nonchalance while the girls giggle, T , The theater's discerning ushers, too, usually can spot a diffident couple See LOVE SEATS, page 4 NUMBER 60 outh's. Relief: University Head To Analyze Fall Term Activities President Graham will mark the closing of classes for the fall quarter with a special address this morning at 10 : SO in Memorial hall, it was announc ed yesterday. All University students are invited to the unusual assembly, at which it is believed Dr. Graham will interpret and analyze significant events in the Uni versity's life this fall. Although the subject for the address was not available last night, it was also believed the president would point out important possibilities for next quarter. Chapel periods usually are reserv ed for freshmen assembly; but this morning's session has been thrown open to the entire student body because of the unusual importance attached to Dr. Graham's anticipated remarks. Outstanding Events Several outstanding events during the past quarter are viewed as possible topics for discussion this morning. The University has instigated three measures in cooperation with the na tional defense program. Compulsory physical education for all male stu dents has replaced the old program for freshmen only. A naval ROTC unit, which is al ready training 100 freshmen, has been established. At the local airport, which soon will be greatly extended by a $208,677 grant, a civilian pilots train ing program has been inaugurated. Some 40 undergraduates will receive their, licenses around Christmas. Forty more are being enrolled for next quar ter. "': University Day on October 12, com memorating the University's founding, also marked the .formal completion, of -a two and a half year building pro gram. University Budget .President Graham has submitted to the State budget commission a request for a Consolidated University bienial budget of $9,962,123. At the hearing before the commission, the president discussed a new building program which would, if granted, construct on See GRAHAM TALKS, page 4 Music History Glass Presents Program Tonight The class in history of music is pre senting a program tonight at 8:30 in the choral rehearsal room of Hill Music hall on "Music of the Middle Ages." . ..; '. Both vocal and instrumental com positions from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including songs of the troubadours and trouyeres of France, the minnesingers and meistersingers of Germany, and the Catholic church, as well as Spanish and English Christ mas carols will be presented. The pro gram is a result of individual research by the students, who have transcribed the notation and arranged the compo sitions, and who are prefacing their performance with a brief resume of the content, musical analysis, and an attempt to view the composer and compositions in true historical per spective. According to Dr. Benjamin Swalin, instructor of the course under whose guidance the research has been con ducted, the emphasis of the program is not upon formal aspects of perform ance but in developing appreciation and understanding of this rarely-performed music. . The students taking -part are Jean McKenzie, Genie Loaring-Clark, ,yir ginia Whipple, David . Arner, John Page, Rex Coston, Emory Stevenson, Herbert Altschull, Emmett Brown, Robert Gordon, Robert Reed, Dwight Price, and Jim Byrd. Meadowbrook Plans Carolina Nighf The Meadowbrook, . popular night spot in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, is holding a, "North Carolina" night De cember 23, when Carolina, WC and State will be paid tribute. -Jimmy Dorsey and his ,. orchestra will play. Reservations may be made with Dick Schurz, 109 Mangum.