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THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOVTHEAST-
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1941
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NUMBER 110
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Opposing Candidates Taylor, Hobbs
Endo:
rse Class Reorganization Bill
politicians
Still Oppose
Bill's Passage
Combined Offices,
Reduced Committees
Aims of Measure
By Bueky'Harward
Ferebee Taylor and Truman Hobbs,
jpposing candidates for president of
ie student body, yesterday gave un
jaalified endorsement to the class re
garization bill now pending before
ihe student legislature.
Meanwhile, political leaders main
ined their opposition and the warm
est legislative debate of the year was
predicted for Monday night, when the
bin will be brought to the floor by
the ways and means committee.
The plan, which originated in a dis
cussion meeting of the Student Gov
ernment committee last Monday night,
is aisied at promoting more efficiency
ia class government by combining the
oSces of secretary and treasurer in
class and limiting each class'
coxsiittees to one administrative body
of 15 students.
If passed, its supporters hold, the
bill will disrupt political gravy trains
and unannounced nominations.
Both Members of Government
Committee
Both Hobbs and Taylor are mem
"bers of the Student Government com
xittee and it was Hobbs who suggest
ed both parts of the plan in the
meeting. . ' " ' --
AItkoBgh-bsnt -from the Monday
night meeting, Taylor joined the
xmmittee in its almost unanimous
decision last Wednesday to sponsor
he bill in the legislature.
Taylor predicted yesterday that
passage of the bill "will be a definite
step forward in the direction of more
active and more efficient class govern
ment" Both candidates agreed that the of
fices of secretary and treasurer should
be combined because the duties of
those two offices have become so lim
ited. "There is a real threat to student
government in a uselessly long ballot,"
Hcbbs added. "The large number of
ocers to be elected and the knowl
edge in the student body that at least
seme of these offices have negligible
cities may well cause an attitude of
indifference on the part of the cam
pis." Both nominees also approved the
lisiiiaticn of the current oversized
class committees.
Taylor asserted that this measure,
K passed, will result in "the elimina
tion of so many political appoint
ments which have heretofore burden
ed the committees with deadwood and
prevented their proper functioning.
Hobbs believed that it would make
See REORGANIZATION, page 4.
University's President, Achievements, Ideals
Analyzed in March Atlantic Monthly Article
David L. Cohn Writes
Article; Praises
University's Liberalispn
By Paul Komisaruk
"Chapel Hill is a one-street village
.tirtly surrounded by the University
- North Carolina" thus begins an
-cle by David L. Cohn, well-known
a?azine writer, which will appear in
forthcoming March issue of the
Atlantic Monthly.
Cohn presents to the nation the
diversity, its problems and struggles,
;:? history and leaders. Emphasizing
4!s"PTAce in the liberalization of the
nation and the South, he discussed its
Sreth, traditions, functions, pur
Pses and leaders. " - .
'Chapel Hill . . . intellectual center
the South born of revolution . .
crfcd in liberty, .this " University
wcid be an unnatural child of its
frdoa-loving parents if it should be
a creature of reaction, and yeti
k ls Precisely because the school is
tr-c to its heritage that it is bitterly
FEREBEE TAYLOR . '. . "a defi
nite step forward in the direction of
more active and more efficient class
government,"
is:
TRUMAN HOBBS . . . "the elim
ination of so many political ap
pointments which have ... bur
dened committees with deadwood."
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Villagers Plan
To Fete Latins
Several mens and womens organi
zations in Chapel Hill are cooperat
ing today in a pro.gram to provide a
full day of entertainment for the
South American student attending the
summer school here.
The women delegates in the South
American group will be honored at a
tea at Dormitory No. 3 this afternoon
from 4 to 6 o'clock. Chapel Hill wo
man's organizations sponsoring 'the
reception include the following '.- the
Community club, American Legion
Auxiliary, A. A. U. W , D. A. R., U.
D. C., Garden club. Newcomers club,
See VILLAGERS, page 4.
attacked by groups within North
Carolina ... Dr. Graham . . . Frank
to his friends, faculty, and associates
. . . the approachable man, a physically
small man, in a world plagued by the
monstrous egoism of physically small
men, he. does not strut. This so-called
communist, there .is about him nothing
of the stallion in the rocking chair.
Pleasant, soft-spoken, iron-willed, he
derives, his" successes as much fromjtne facuity remaining at the Hill in
fnree
nf character as from force 01
mind." So Cohn pneaks of Chapel
Hill and Dr. Graham,
But that is not all. Cohn answers
the charges of "communism" leveled
at the University and at Dr. Graham.
"The University on the whole is about
as communist as the First Baptist
church of Chalk Level ..."
"And Cohn'goes on; goes on to speak
about the Carolina Political union and
the speakers they have presented
"every speaker, at the close of his ad
dress, is subjected to a bombardment
of shrewd questions, and woe to him
General Devers
To Introduce v
CPU Speaker
Patterson To Talk
On Defense Logic " 7
In Address Tuesday
Major - General Devers," command
ing officer of Fort Bragg in charge of
converting the fort from an army post
to a community of 60,000 people, will
introduce Under-Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson, on the occasion of
the latter's speech from Memorial hall
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, Bill Jos
lin, chairman of the Carolina Politi
cal union, announced yesterday.- ;
Joslin said that Patterson, appear
ing under the auspices of the CPU
will speak on the "Logic of National
Defense."
Patterson will arrive in Raleigh by
plane early Tuesday afternoon ac
companied by his aide, Lieutenant
Colonel A. Robert Ginsburgh. Jos
lin said that a special survey was
made of the Chapel Hill field a short
time ago, and it was found too small
for the special army plane. Should
weather conditions make flying im-
See CPU, page 4.
Team To Debate
Home Economics
In Virginia Meet
- "Resolved, . that - all womenshould
take a course in home economics,"
will be the question debated next Fri
day afternoon in Lynchburg between
Carolina and Randolph-Macon, the de
bate council decided Thursday night.
Tryouts for this first "light" debate
of the year will be held Tuesday night
at 9 o'clock in the Grail Room, Ed
Maner, secretary of the Council, said
yesterday. .
Anyone is eligible to tryout for the
team which will travel to Lynchburg
on Friday. Selection of the men will
be made by members of the Debate
council.
Carolina will uphold the affirma-
ive of the proposition. Tryout
speeches should be five minutes in
ength, while the regular debate
speeches will be twelve minutes.
Maner also announced that final
plans for the annual spring trip have
been completed. Tryouts for the
trip, which will take place from March
18 to April 2, will be held next week.
"All those . who are interested in
debate are' urged to come to the meet
ing Tuesday night, since, in addition
to the trip through the middle Atlan
tic and New England states, Carolina
will entertain eleven visiting teams be
tween March 4 and April 10," Maner
said yesterday.
Charges of Communism
Refuted by Article;
Graham Characterized
who isn't nimble on his feet. These
students do not swallow their doc
trines in allopathic doses like little
men; and the Carolina Playmakers,
with Prof. Koch, and Paul Green,
"one of the most noted playwriting
and acting groups in the country; and
spite of lucrative offers from other in
stitutions; and the University Press,
"the best of its kind in the South, and
among the ablest in the nation."
"Chapel Hill makes no pretense of
being cosmopolitan," the article con
tinues. "It strives rather for an en
lightened provincialism. The inculcat
ing into southern students of an en
lightened provincialism ... is the task
to which the University has addressed
itself with energy and success."
In summing up, Cohn epitomizes the
University in these lines: "The in'
See- UNIVERSITY, page 4.
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SOUTHERN CONFERENCE INDOOR GAMES this afternoon and to
night in Woollen gym will draw outstanding track performers from all
over the South. Tom Fields of Maryland, left, and Steve Lach of Duke,
right, are the only first place winners returning from last year in the
Southern conference division. Captain Dave Bunting of Navy, center, is
one of the leading middle-distance runners appearing in the non-conference
races. " . " '
Nazis Move into Spain,
Reported Across Danube
By United Press
MADRID, Feb. 21. Advance liason officers of the German army arrived
late today in Santander to prepare for. the imminent arrival of technical
units of Adolf Hitler's armed forces on a "peaceful mission" to alleviate
suffering in the devastated city of northern Spain.
The German column, estimated to number at least 500 German army tech
nicians and soldiers, with complete engineering, hospital, and field kitchen
equipment, was expected to reach the-
hurricane-torn, fire-swept city on the
Bay of Biscay tonight.
The German forces, moving into
Spain from their bases in the Nazi-
occupied portion of southern France
along the seacoast, will remain in
Santander" so long as they are need
ed," it was said.
It had not been reported tonight
whether the German forces had cross
ed the Spanish-French frontier ' at
Irun, 125 miles east of Santander,
but their arrival in the wrecked
Spanish city, with its 30,000 homeless
and hundreds of razed buildings, was
believed to be only a matter of hours.
Official quarters in Madrid indicat
ed tonight that alarmed "reaction
abroad" might influence the govern
ment of Generalissimo Francisco
Franco to call off the German mili
tary aid at the last minute and polite
ly ask the Nazis to countermand the
dispatch of the units to Santander.
BUDAPEST, Feb. 21. German
troops were reported, without confirm
ation tonight, to be pouring across
the Danube and massing on Bulgar
ian territory, where "discontent" over
the Nazi military moves was said to
have involved Bulgarian soldiers in
rioting at one point.
Three Senate Foes Blast
British-Aid Measure
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Three
Senate foes of President Roosevelt's
British-aid bill condemned it today as
a war measure, a leap toward dicta
torship, and a threat to national unity
during a world crisis. '
Critics in the fifth day of debate on
the momentous legislation were silver
thatched Guy M. Gillette, the Iowa
Democrat whom the President tried to
purge in the 1928 primary, and a
veteran of three wars ; C. Wayland
Brooks, Blinois Republican, who serv
ed in the World War and made his
maiden speech today; and-72-year-old
William J. Dulow, Democrat of South
Dakota, who spoke from the floor for
the third time in two years.
Wheeler Charges FDR Trying
To Silence Anti-War Talk
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Presi
dent Roosevelt suggested today that
newspapers, radio, and news agencies
See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4.
'Standing Room Only
Cast Called to Meet
The entire cast of Sound and
Fury's revue, - "Standing Room
Only" must be present in Memorial
hall this afternoon at 1:30 in order
to receive their complimentary
tickets and to find out in what order
in the show their particular routines
or scenes appear.
The complete first act of the show
will be run through in Memorial
hall at 2 o'clock this afternoon and
- the complete second act at 6 o'clock.
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Miss Clement
Talks Monday
On SDD Plans
Miss Patricia Clement, represent
ing the Student Defenders of Democ
racy, will speak at . open chapel -Monday
morning at 10:30 in Memorial
hall.' . : , . ' V ;
Dr. Frank Graham will introduce
Miss Clement if hex is in town, Fred
Weaver, assistant dean of students,
announced yesterday.
, A graduate of Bennington college,
Mis3 Clement, began her work at the
University two weeks, but except for
a brief organization meeting, this will
be her first talk to the student body
as a collective unit.
Similar to White Committee
Similar to the William Allen White
Committee to Defend America by Aid
ing the Allies in that both champion
the cause of all-out aid to England,
the SDD merged locally with that
group early in the week.
Miss Clement will "explain the aims
and purposes of the SDD and try to
show the student body at Carolina ex
actly what we want to do and how
we plan to do it." -
"Because," she said, "we are con
vinced of the necessity for defending
America on two fronts, abroad and
at home, we believe in all-out aid to
Britain." ' -
"The CPU poll a few weeks ago
See CLEMENT, page 4-
Leaders in Track Events
Listed in DTH Form Sheet
The Southern Conference Indoor Games is annually the outstanding indoor
athletic event in the entire South. For the convenience of spectators, the
Tab Heel furnishes this form sheet, urritten by Sports Editor Leonard Lobred,
listing leading performers in conference and non-conference events.
The Indoor Games will begin with a few field events in the Tin Can this
j afternoon, while qualifying heats in
r.
Coach Bob Fetzer est collegiate mile in the country, and in flat-bottom
shoes. Harry Williamson, the only North Carolinian ever to run in the Olym
pic Games, is one of the track greats who has run in the Indoor Games, having
set a mile record of 4:20 back in 1935.
Southern Conference Entries
60-yard dash Vail of Duke, third last winter, is only returning place-winner.
Murphy of Maryland won the event in 1939. Storer of Duke was out
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Track Carnival
Starts at 1:30;
Finals Tonight
In Woollen
Fields, Lach Are
Only Returning
Circuit Winners
By Leonard Lobred
The 12th annual Southern
Conference Indoor games, draw
ing together trackmen from
Pennsylvania to Georgia, will
take on the appearance of an ac
tion - every - minute, four - ring
athletic circus this afternoon and to
night when more than 470 athletes
representing some 60 schools compete
for honors in four divisions.
Although activity will begin at 1 :30
in the Tin Can,, it will shift to Wool
len gymnasium at 2:30, and track
and field events will be staged there
throughout the afternoon, and at 7
o'clock a night session in which final
events in almost every event will be
held. Students and people from all
over the state are expected to fill the
1,000 grandstand seats erected on the
west wall of the gym overlooking the
entire proceedings.
Inside the 10-lap track, patterned
after the oval at Madison Square Gar
den, will be the entire show run
ning events, high jump, sprints, hur-"
dies and pole vault all going at
once. The trackmen, waiting for
their time to race, will have rest, but
not the spectators.
, College, prep school and high school
athletes will compete for champion
ships in four divisions: Southern con
ference, non-conference, freshman,
and scholastic And although many
of the big-name runners who left rec
ords on the- beekSIasfe year- are gone,
a new crop is sure to be uncovered
with performances just as great Rec
ords may be broken in nine events in
collegiate competition alone, and no
one can foretell what the high and
prep schoolers will do.
Two world records were broken and
another runner contributed the second
fastest mile of last year in the 1940
See LEADING TRACKMEN, page 3.
Davis to Read
Play Sunday
Professor Henry Davis, assistant
director of the Carolina Playmakers,
has chosen a new play by George S.
Kaufman and Moss Hart, "George
Washington Slept Here" for the second
Sunday evening playreading of the
winter quarter. , ,
The play will be given in the Play
makers theater Sunday night at 8:30.
The story of a city dweller who buys
a home in the country, ihe play opened
on -Broadway last fall for a long run.
Professor Davis "will read a con
denced version so that the reading will
not extend over one hour. " ' '
track events are run simultaneously in
Woollen gym. The 10-lap banked wood track will
then become the center of a four-ring track carnival
when finals begin at 7:30. Coach Bob Fetzer, Caro
lina 'j "dean of southern track," is chairman of the
Indoor Games committee, in charge of arrangements.
The meet has grown a great deal since its incep
tion 12 years ago. Before Woollen gym was built,
races were run in the Tin Can on a flat track until
1938, when the present track was put into use. A
track completely elevated from the gym floor was
used two years ago, and under these improved con
ditions many records have fallen. Frank Fuller of
Virginia and Bill Corpening of Carolina established
world records in their hurdle races last year, and Jim
Davis of Carolina ran a 4:12.5 mile the second fast-
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