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CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941 uteu. ; k : i ; xinkt. 'not
NUMBER 77
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Infirmary Filled ,
With Mm Patients
Ninety Students Confined to Hospital;
491 Report for Treatment on Monday Alone
With reports of a serious influenza epidemic spreading across
the state, Dr. W. R. Berryhill, head University physician, disclosed
yesterday that 90 students were in the University infirmary and
that on Monday aione hx suiueuw
nrie& for treatment.
The situation is well tinder con
trol, however," he continued, "and we
jiave adequate provisions for any
ergencies." Dr. Berryhill empha
sized that most of the cases were not
severe.
Fifteen additional nurses from Ea
leigb, Durham, and other towns have
rniited by the infirmary to
y - - -
meet any possible developments.
Emergency Ward
An emergency convalescence ward
-sras set up yesterday in the faculty
ir, Smith buildinff. with a diet
uun '
tftchen, beds, and other necessities
All nurses living in the infirmary
have been moved out, leaving approxi
mately 115 beds in the building.
Dr. Berryhill said that 416 students
reported at the infirmary Monday and
an additional 75 at Woollen gymnas
iam. "We attended more sick students
Monday than any day since I have been
iere " said Dr. Berryhill, who has
been connected with the infirmary for
six years.
He said many students were coming
in yesterday but that final tabulations
-would not be available until today.
In a special meeting of the Chapel
Hill board of education yesterday aft
ernoon it was determined not to close
the local schools at present, despite
4ot absences out of a total enrollment
cf 850, yesterday. However, it was
fnrtheir decided to permit Superin-
iendent A. W. Honeycutt and Dr.
Wm. T. Richardson Orange county
nnhliV With officer, to close the
schools if necessary.
Already schools of seven counties,
Alamance, Cumberland, Harnett, Gas
ton, Guilford, Mecklenburg, and Mc
Dowell, have been closed on account
of the epidemic. In Durham county
itadents at the Bragtown, Hillandal'e,
and Glenn schools were dismissed yes
terday for the rest of the week.
Patients
The following were confined to the
infirmary yesterday: Thomas Sullivan,
Immett W. Burden, Edward Bunnan,
John M. MacRae, .Kent Upchurch,
Frank Whitaker, Daniel Shields, Wil
Earn Wall Ezra Eisenberg. . Robert
Jackson, Joseph P. Hale, William
Swink, John D. Jones, Edgar Darneron,
Robert Davis, Douglas Gardner, C. W.
Howard, Chester Hocker, Earle Brock
nan, Gerard Leibengutt, Margaret
ttimberly, Tom Edens, Edward Lash
ran, Rush Rankin, Robert Crawford,
Stanly Robe, Thurston Brown, isathan
1 Hill, Henry Craver.
Gerald Cohen, Banks Kerr, William
"wis McKinnon, Raeford Adams,
Robert ChaDman. Rufus Fox. H. M.
gbum, James Zealy, Ralph' Hodges,
rank Settlemever. George Aid,
Joph Estes. Mason Field. Robert
See INFIRMARY, page U
Kays Gary Throws
tit in Y Lobby
"e lobby of the Y was in its usual
orderly uproar yesterday morning at
11 period.
feminine screanfsuggested to the
kzed minds of the crowd that every
was not entirely as usual.. The
er-witted turned in time to see
s Gary, livid and pop-eyed,
Pte to the floor.
ke mob watched horrified and
PH-bound, as his body was racked
some kind of fit. A former Boy
0Q Ploughed through the crowd,
touting, "Give him air! Now, the
thing to do is to hit him. That'll
nng him around."
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but ? first aid expert was forestalled,
the threat seemed to bring Gary
round" as he bounced up on Sound
J Fury's ticket booth.
you have fits to " he said' "when
See the new Sound and Fury show.
your season tickets now."
Physical Education
Classes Continue
Physical , education activity classes
will be continued throughout the week
despite the flu epidemic, according to
plans announced yesterday by ' Dr.
Floyd Siewert, director of the physi
cal ed program.
Instructors have been ordered to
restrict exercise today and tomorrow
and eliminate completely all strenu
ous exercise. . Classes are not to be
suspended, however, despite rumors
yesterday that they would.
Excuses will be granted only from
the infirmary, as in the past. Stu
dents without class excuses must con
tinue to dress in gym clothes in or
der to receive credit for class attend
ance. . .
Siewert explained, the impractibility
of suspending activity classes and
not, at the same time, closing the
shower rooms and basket room. The
only positive method of cpmpletely
eliminating the danger of spread' of
the epidemic, Siewert explained, is to
close the gymnasium and thereby stop
all athletic activity. This is not yet
necessary, he said. -
Gym classes have never been sus
pended because of contagious sickness
in recent years. The rumors were evi
dently based on the conclusion that
since physical ed is compulsory to all
undergraduates the danger would
necessitate their suspension this
year.
Spencer Hall
Residents Ask
For Improvements
Residents of Spencer hall have peti
tioned the University administration
to improve the dormitory's facilities or
to lower the room rent "in compari
son with the other women's dormi
tories on this campus," it was learned
yesterday.
Assistant Controller L. B. Rogerson
said yesterday that the situation will
have to be studied before any decision
can be reached.
The petition declared that Spencer
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JACK TEAGARDEN, above,
brings his blue "trombone and the
danceable rhythms of his nationally-known
orchestra to the Carolina .
campus for the Mid-Winter Ger
mans on February 7 and 8.
UP Promises
. i'
Democracy l
In Party Setup
Chairman Garland
Says Party Will
"Emphasize the Man
Judge Fines Seven
residents, while paying the same PricefJ5Vf TJifnh -TJikinfl
as residents of the newer dormitories, V U M.U, II XAMUiy
as residents
do not enjoy "many of the needs for
comfortable and pleasant dormitory
living" which are provided-for other
dormitory women.
Three Requests:
Three specific requests were made:
"1. Two bureaus and an easy chair
of good, attractive wood in each bed
"2. New and good looking rugs and
more furniture in the parlors.
"3. Showers, as well as bathtubs, in
the bathrooms.
The petition said that one bureau
See SPENCER, Tge 4.
Carolina politics began to pick up
nfomentum yesterday as Chairman
Jick Garland of the University party
promised an even greater democratiza
tion in the organization of his party,
the oldest on the 'campus.
Garland announced that he would
release "within the next few days" a
plan whereby the 1941 UP would ' iSP
elude a considerably greater number
of representatives, than in former
years.
He promised that democratization
would also characterize University
party nominations. "We will continue,
just as we have done in the past," he
asserted, "to name the most capable
and worthy candidates available. Not
only will these nominees be real lead
ers, but they will also be representa
tive of every part of the campus."
"Emphasizing the Man" -
"In short, we're, emphasizing the
man, not the party," he summed up
his statement. - .
In addition. Garland - nraised the
"two-party system" on the campus.
"Carolina's democratic student gov
See UNIVERSITY PARTY, page 4-
Seven University students, convict
ed of soliciting rides from the travelled
portion of the highway, were fined two
dollars each by Judge Andrew Mcin
tosh in Chapel Hill Recorder's court
yesterday morning.
Police Chief William T. Sloan testi
fied that the students were hitchhiking
from the street when the arrests were
made.
The following students were con
victed for the offense: Max Harris,
Julius Varady, Richard Stroup, Marvin
Rosen, Kenneth Carpenter, Robert
Bettmann and W. J. Swink.
SF Chairmen
Pick Program
Committees
February 5 Event
Will Emphasize
Many New Features
With work "already begun on plans
for the seventh Student-Faculty day
on February 5, Sis Clinard ' and Ike
Grainger, co-chairmen in charge of the
day's events, yesterday announced the
selection of nine committees to handle
the program. x
This year's celebration; to be held
February 5, will . contain features
rarely emphasized in previous Student-Faculty
day celebrations. A con
structive program exhibiting the work
of the University has been planned,
and is expected to allow the Univer
sity's South American visitors to- ob
serve the University and its func
tions. ;-
Though the day's calendar has not
been released yet, it was learned that
the morning program will be of a con
structive nature, while the afternoon's
events will continue to be of a social
nature. -
Some time aero tentative plans to
conclude the day's events with a gala
Student-Faculty. North-South Ameri
can dance were discussed, but no final
word has yet come through on those
plans. , v
The committees named were as fol
lows: placing faculty - Ben Heath,
Jane McMaster, Ferebee Taylor, Dean
Bradshaw. Lib Huntley: dance Jick
Garland, Eunice Patten, Bill Dees, Dr.
Mackie; entertainment Bill Broad
foot, Ann Williams; publicity Don
Bishop, Grace Rutledge, Walt Spear
See STUDENT-FACULTY, page U.
Democrats Elect
Matin President,
Plan for Dinner
Fletcher Mann was elected presi
dent of the Young Democrats club
yesterday at its first meeting of the
quarter, and plans jfor future activi
ties, including a Jackson Day din
ner, were discussed.
'Other officers chosen were Glady
Barries and Lucy Darden, vice-presidents;
Elton Edwards, secretary; and
Jim Ratterree, treasurer.
Plajns for the Jackson Day dinner
were formulated and Howard Vick
was appointed chairman of the com
mittee to make arrangements for the
affair. Other activities were plan
ned for the remainder of the school
year.
Student Licenses
Available Today
All students keeping cars in Chapel
Hill must secure their student li
censes today, Thursday or Friday in
the small lounge of Graham Memorial
between 2 and 5 o'clock in the after
noon. .
Owners will have to pay 25 cents
and present their state driver's li
cense. An examiner from the division
of highway safety will issue road tests
necessary for those lacking state li
censes.
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$1,060,903 Sliced
By Advisory Body
Carolina's Share of Recommendation
For 1941-42 Amounts to $1,959,546
By Bucky Harward
The state advisory budget commission, in its recommendation to
the State Legislature yesterday, sliced over a million dollars from
President Graham's requested biennial budget for the Greater Uni
versity. Graham requested $9,962,123 at the hearing before the commis
sion last November. The commission recommended for the con
solidated University a total budget of $8,901,220 $1,060,903 less
than the request.
Carolina's share of the recommen
dation for the fiscal year 1941-42 is
$1,959,546 a $222,752 cut from the
$2,182,198 requested. The figure recom
mended for 1942-43 is $1,968,694.
. Actual appropriations by the Legis-
CPU Presents
Quiz Tonight
Current Affairs
Series Begun 1 v
The Carolina Political union's "col
lege of political knowledge" will hold
its first session tonight in Gerrard
hall at 8 o'clock when the union in
augurates a series of programs de
signed to stimulate interest in cur
rent affairs. .
The quiz program tonight, with four
prizes offered, is open to the student
body, and Bill Joslin, chairman of
the union, expressed hope yesterday
that the program would be popularly
received.
Studets wishing to enter the pro
gram and compete for the prizes will
write their names on a piece of paper
upon entering the hall. Twelve names
will be drawn from a hat at the start
of the program, and these twelve will
be divided into three groups off our.
Each group will be asked a round of
three questions dealing with current
topics, and the group winners will
meet later in the evening in the final
round. '
Group winners will receive a sub
scription to Time magazine for the
rest of the school year, and the final
winners a subscription to lime ior a
whole year. ,
' Questions have been prepared and
arranged by CPU members and more
than one of them is expected to "stump
the experts."
News Briefs
FDR Says Wheeler Attack on Foreign Policy
Was 'Untruthful, Rotten, and Dastardly'
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Presi
dent Roosevelt today denounced as
"untruthful, rotten, and dastardly a
statement by Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, that
the New Deal's foreign policy as em-
raced by the lend-lease bill is to
'plow under every iouit
boy."
Wheeler, leader of Senate non-inter-
ventionists, used tne cesenpuut. ...
radio debate Sunday night. The Presi-
dent said two or three ioes ox vuc
ease bill had employed me p-,
, xt. ia it was time to
sion ana iui-
kill the slogan at the start.
"I regard it as the most
ful, as the most dastardly, most un
patriotic thing that has ever . been
paid," the President said, his face
grim and his eyes flashing. "That
really is the rottenest thing that has
been said in public life in my gen
eration." He gave correspondents permission
to quote him directly a procedure
used only when' he wants to add spe
cial emphasis to his words.
Wheeler promptly countered: "Ap
parently the President lost his tem
per." The President's outburst came dur-
Jing a general discussion of the pro-untruth-!
posed British-aid bill. He refused to
answer a question whether he would
accept a limitation of the powers
which would be vested in him, ex
plaining that if he answered this in
quiry others would follow at subse
quent press conferences. He urged
that this be avoided. -
LONDON, Jan. 14. Three British
warships, including the 9,100-ton
cruiser Southampton and the 23,-000-fon
aircraft carrier Illustrious,
were damaged off Sicily on January
10 in the war's greatest air-naval
See NEWS BRIEFS, page U.
Phi Will Copy
British Commons
In Remodeling
Because of criticism of its lack of
activity in the past, the Phi Assembly
last night passed an extensive reor
ganization bill, which provided for re
modelling of the Phi along lines similar
to the British House of Commons.
Under the provision, which was in
troduced by Representative Jim Loeb,
the assembly will be divided into two
groups, the Pros and Cons, correspond
ing to the two parties in the English
Parliament.
Both groups will discuss the bill
after it has been introduced by a
speaker for each side.
Speaker Jimmy Pittman appointed
Representatives Edwards, Klaber,
Lineback, Sherman, and Ward on the
membership committee, which will di
rect the Phi's winter drive for new
members.
For the rest of this quarter, the Phi
will meet at 7 o'clock instead of 7 :30.
APO Initiates
r
Four Neophytes
The local chapter of Alpha Phi
Omega, national scouting fraternity,
last night initiated four neophytes
into full membership.
Pledges who were taken into, the or
ganization in last night s ceremony
were Hugh Quimby, William Stan
back, George Stammler, and Roland
Parker, who was named faculty adviser.
The members of Rho chapter also
decided at last night's meeting to vol
unteer their full assistance to the
committee in charge of the Univers
ity's Latin-American summer school,
which begins here next Sunday.
lature necessary to fulfill the recom
mended budget for Carolina would be
$675,813 for 1941-42 and $684,961 for
1942-43. The appropriation for the
present year was $641,019.
Graham had asked an appropriation
of $898,565 for each of the two years.
Taxpayer's Share
The state taxpayer's part of the ex
pense of educating a student at Chapel
Hill under the commission's recom
mendation would be $154 for 1941-42
and $156 for 1942-43.
The current per capita appropria
tion is $146 and Graham had asked
$205 per student for each of the next
two years.
The $1,069,136 permanent improve
ment program included in Graham's
request for Carolina was entirely
omitted from the recommendation of
the " commission. ' "
Separate Bill '
Part of tne building program, which
included plans -for the badly needed
wing for the library, may be brought
before the legislature in a separate
bill from the floor.
The appropriations committees of
both houses, through which the budget
must pass before discussion by the
whole legislature, have the power to
supplement any of the figures recom
mended by the commission.
University representatives will
probably appear before these commit
tees in hearings, on the budget.
Total recommendation fornstruc
tion at Carolina amounted to $2,685,
856 for the two yeai $13434 more
than the $2,672,772 appropriation for
the current biennium. Graham had re
quested a $358,485 increase.
The instruction expense represents
money to be paid for salaries, wages,
supplies, postage, travel; printing, re
pairs, equipment and general expense
in connection with classroom opera
tion. Lights Invade
Fireside Concert
Bright, cheery fires in the two fire
places unfortunately won't be the only .
lights at tonight's fireside concert in
the main lounge of Graham Memorial
but there will be a comfortable
amount of darkness. -
Four one-watt bulbs will be burning
throughout the room just as a precau
tion against such unfortunate acci
dents ast bumping into furniture and
walls.
The program tonight will include
Festivals," Debussy; "March Slav,"
Sibelius; "Midsummer Night's Dream"
overture, Mendelssohn; "Leonore
overture, Wagner; and "Symphony No.
1," Brahms. .
Duke Author Speaks
At Bull's Head Tea
Dr. Newman Ivey White of Duke
university, author of a recently pub
lished two-volume biography of Peter
B. Shelley, will be guest speaker at
the Bull's Head bookshop tea this aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock.
The book, published by Knopf, re
ceived favorable reviews from literary
editors of New York and North Car
olina newspapers. Mrs. Herbert Von
Beckerath will pour tea.
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