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-THE OLDEST. COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH-
VOLUME XLIX
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CHAPEL, HILL. N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941
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NUMBER 120
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Committee Slashes $134, 67$ From University Budget Request
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Former Action
Is Reiterated
By Committee
Budget Figures
Go Onto Floor
Of House Today
By United Press .
RALEIGH, March 5 The Legisla
ture's joint appropriations committee
today accepted a sub-committee re
port slashing $134,670 from tenta
tively approved allocations for the
University of North Carolina during
the next biennium.
The reduction was part of $1,150,000
pruned from the two-year spending
bill before the committee voted to re
port it favorably to the House floor
tomorrow.
Increases Previously Approved
Committee members previously had
approved increases ' totaling $540,306
for the University's three main
branches, Chapel Hill, State college,
and the Woman's college.
In adopting the sub-committee's
recommendations the committee ap
proved increases of $405,626 over the
.original bill as it was drawn by the
advisory budget commission.
Figures in the measure as it goes
to the lower chamber for floor action
give the University at Chapel Hill a
total of $142,216 above budget figures
for the coming biennium. (Several
weeks ago the committee tentatively
O. K.'d raises of $196,966.)
Pruning Necessary": Maxwell
Pruning became , necessary when
the spending bill was swollen to $4,
250,000 above its original figures and
Revenue Commissioner Allen J- Max
well said increases of only $1,800,000
could "safely be enacted." The bill as
it goe3 to the floor still is alrnost $3,
000,000 above original figures.
The measure now gives the three
branches of the University's total ap
propriation of $3,135,194 for the bien
nium.. Dr. Frank P. Graham, president
of the University, had asked for in
creases more than dbuble those finally
granted by the committee.
Parliament Votes Secret Funds
To Prepare for Sea Struggle
LONDON, March 5 Warned that
"the battle of the Atlantic is open
ing," Parliament tonight voted huge
new secret appropriations for "many
more ships and great numbers of
men" to challenge Adolf Hitler's bid
for a show-down struggle in the' war
at sea.
Parliament rushed through the
secret naval appropriations after hear
See NEWS BRIEFS, page h.
Student Union
Bridge Tourney
Finals Tonight
The finals in the second duplicate
contract bridge tournament of the
year will be played tonight at 8
o'clock in the main lounge of Graham
Memorial, Bob Lovill, director of the
tournament, announced yesterday.
Those qualifying for the finals were
the high scorers of the initial rounds,
held Monday and Tuesday nights.
Trophy Caps Given
The winners and runners-up of the
tournament will receive trophy cups,
Hle the high scorers of each night
play will also receive prizes. The
high scorers on Monday night were
Ross and Sayars, and those of Tues
day night were Mrs. Gold and Mrs.
Coleman.
The East and West players who are
qualified for tonight's play are: Ross
and Sayars; Baucomb and McCombs;
Jackson and Burkheimer; Petrea and
Bryan; Traver and McAllister; Bar
con and Lippman; Moser and Hine;
and two ladies who played on Tues
ky night and forgot to leave their
names.
The North and SouA players quali
fied for tonight's play are; Hargrove
d Reynolds; Appeldoorn and Ne
Ritchie and Tope; Henry and
Sizemore; Swain and Meehan; Thomp
son and Brown; Mrs. Gold and Mrs.
Col
eman; and Miller and Cates.
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Markham For Junior Class
British Aid
Group Grows
Two Organizations
- Merge; Total 600
Strengthened by. a merger between
the Student Defenders of Democracy
and the Committee to Defend America
by Aiding the Allies,' the-1 British aid
group on the campus has grown to a
membership of 600 in the past two
weeks.
Because the two groups were work
ing toward the same end, the local
consolidation served only to increase
their membership and position and
the present total is three-fold the re
ports of last week.
First Official Act
First official act of the new organ
ization was to send a reply to Sena
tor Burton K. Wheeler's query to
Senator W. R. Austin. The question
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was, "nas any wire irom coiiege stu
dents who would be sent to war under
the Lend-Lease Bill reached you?"
Six hundred student members of
the mA A A sent the following wire
yesterday:
"Senator Austin,
"Six hundred members of the Stu
dent Committee to Defend America by
Aiding the Allies at the University of
North Carolina wish to make known
their belief in aid to Britain now in
action now."
Chairman of the consolidation.
Walter Haas, said of the immediate
purpose of the group, "We want to
crystallize student opinion so that we
can demonstrate to all concerned that
Carolina believes in aid to Britain now
that 'we are the student defenders
of democracy.
"T he more snecific. we want to
set up an efficient organization that
can exert itself in cases of national
emergency by informing the congress
men of the important opmions
their constituency."
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Outspoken opposition to the Peace
Mobilizers and the American Student
Union was "by organizing majority
opinion on the campus, we also feel
that we can successfully deal with
such organizations as these." .
English Majors
Must Get Permits
All English majors must get their
permits to register and schedule cards
in Memorial hall.
All Teacher Training students
should go first to 127 Peabody build
ing to arrange their courses in Edu
cation. w '
Hours for registration with Eng
lish departmental advisers in 214
Saunders building are as follows: .
Friday, March 7, 3:00-4:30.
Saturday, March 8, 12:00-1:00
Monday, March 10, 3:00-4:30.
Tuesday, March 11, 3:00-4:30.
Wednesday, March 12, 3:00-4:30.
Hours during the examination per
iod will be posted later.
Dan Wolfe
Complete Slate
Awaits Naming
Of Legislators
By Bucky Harward
The University party all but finsh
ed its rising junior slate yesterday by
nominating Bert Eennett for student
council representative, Dan Wolfe for
vice president, George Paine for sec
retary and Jack ;Markham for freas-
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Since5 Sam' Gambill was named for
president by the UP three weeks ago,
this leaves only the nomination of
student legislature representative?
from the junior class.
Bennett, who comes from Winston
Salem and rooms in Ruffin, has had
experience in both class and student
government. This year he is chair
man of the sophomore "dance commit
tee, which will announce plans for the
dance within the next few days, and
a member of the sophomore honor
council.
In his freshman year, Bennett was
a member of the honor council and
the executive committee. Last fall he
also served on the freshman orienta
tion committee.
Wolfe, a self-help student who
works in the Institute of Government,
is a member of the sophomore execu
tive committee and also served on the
freshman dance committee. The
Charlotte man was campaign manager
for Tommy Crudup, last year's fresh
man president, and for Dan Thoma
sorf, sophomore treasurer.
Paine, a member of the sophomore
finance committee, is a forward on
the varsity basketball -squad and was
co-captain last year of the freshman
team. He comes from Marion, Penn
sylvania.
Markham serves on both the sopho
more honor coilhcil and dance commit
tee. He played freshman basket
ball and tennis last year and is now
out for the varsity net team.
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SECRETARIAL NOMINEES of the Student party are Jean McKenzie,
left, and Ditzie Buice. Miss McKenzie became the official SP candidate
on Tuesday for senior secretary. On that same convention day. Miss
Buice became the first coed in the history of the University to be nomi
nated for a sophomore class office. She looks toward the secretaryship
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Officers
Nye To Speak
Here Sunday
CPU Sponsors
Senator's Talk
Senator Gerald P. Nye, one of the
main opposition leaders to President
Roosevelt's Lend-Lease Bill, will
speak here Sunday night at 8 o'clock
in Memorial hall, under the auspices
of the Carolina Political union, Bill
Joslin, union chairman announced
yesterday.
The North Dakota Republican, who
has disappointed the union on two
other occasions this year because of
his Congressional activities will speak
on "America's Position in the Present
World Crisis," and will positively ap'
pear, "barring death or accidents."
Will Arrive by Train Sunday
Joslin, who has been having streaks
of bad luck in presenting speakers said
that the 49-year-old senator would
arrive at Raleigh by train Sunday
afternoon at 4:45 with Mrs. Nye. He
will be met by Dr. E. J. Woodhouse,
Arthur Dixon and Joslin.
The isolationist senator is a mem
ber of the Senate Foreign Relations
committee that held hearings on the
Lend-Lease Bill a few weeks ago, and
he has bitterly fought the bill since
its introduction into Congress. He has
repeatedly denounced the bill as a
measure that would take this country
into war. He has called England the
"ace aggressor of all times."
Nye, who entered the - Senate in
1925, and whose present term ends in
1945 has opposed all of the New Deal's
recent moves and has condemned the
nation's conscription, the destroyer
deal, and the present Lend-Lease Bill,
all on the grounds that they would
surely lead to war.
Cagers Rated Best Team
In 12 Southern States
By Leonard Lobred
On the basis of its commendable record against a schedule of
representative teams, Carolina has been honored with and has ac
cepted an invitation to go to Madison, Wis.,- March 21-22, for the
eastern play-offs for the National Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion's basketball tournament.
The invitation, extended Monday and accepted only yesterday
after approval by administrative heads and the White Phantoms
themselves, singles out Carolina as one of the four best cage teams
in the east and the choice of District Three of the NCAA, which
includes Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and the District of Columbia.
Preparations" for National Tourney
Marauders'
Shows Again
Noel Houston's Play
Enters Second Night
Following a successful first night
performance, "The Marauders" ap
pears on the stage of the Playmakers
theater again tonight at 8:30 to por
tray Noel Houston's Oklahoma so
phisticates. The four-day run of the play here
will be concluded with performances
tomorrow and Saturday nights at the
same hour.
World Premiere
Having its world premiere showing
here last night, the Playmakers'
fourth major production of the year
gives the Chapel Hill patrons the first
chance of seeing a potential Broadway
production. The playwright, Noel
Houston, began his career with the
Playmakers here several years ago
and last year two of his one-act plays
gained recognition on "the legitimate
stage. He has just returned from a
New York production conference.
Experienced actress, Elizabeth, Carr
ably fills the role of the malicious
Mardella as the central character of
the play. Mardella is a lady not unlike
Scarlett in "GWTW." She absconds
with her gentle sister's intended hus
band and makes off with the booty.
Male "Marauder?
A University graduate of several
years ago takes the part of the male
"marauder." He is Robert Bowers,
personage well-known to Chapel Hill
audiences. -
For four summers he has had lead
ing roles in "The Lost Colony" pro
duction at Manteo. Last year he was
seen here in "The Field God.",
Mardella s sisters, Eleanor and
Susan, are played by Betty Lou Bolce
and Jean McKenzie. 1 ' "'
Donald Mason makes the charac
terization of Mardella's high-spirited
grandfather. Robert Caroll portrays
the disdainful and superior English
butler.
Other well-known campus actors in
the cast are: LynGault, Arthur Gol
by, and William Brasmer.
completing tne cast as guests at a
party are: Eleanor Jones, Emihe
Johnson, Louise Stiefelmeyer, Randy
Mebane, Morton Flower, Pete Hitch
cock, Stan Lieber, and Arthur Con
escu.
"The Marauders" is under the di
rection of Earl Wynn of the Play
makers staff.
Frosh, Sophomores
To Meet Advisers
CP. Spruill, dean of General Col
lege, announced yesterday that both
freshmen and sophomores are request
ed to meet their advisers tomorrow
at 10:30 in order to make appoint
ments for registration. The places of
meeting are as follows:
Dr. Edmister, Venable 304; Dr.
Emory, New East 112; Mr. HilL Phil
lips 206; 'Dr. Huddle, .New East 203;
Miss Huntley, Saunders 201; Dr. Cecil
Johnson, Saunders 314; Dr. R. P. John
son, Murphey 111; Dr. Klaiss, Venable
302 ; . Mr. Love joy, Davie Hall audi
torium; Mr. McKie, Bingham 103; Mr.
Parker, Venable 206; Dr. "Perry, Pea
body 202; Mr. Spruill, Bingham 108;
Dr. Wells, New West 101.
In announcing preparations for the
national championship tournament,
Coach Bill Lange said yesterday that
practice will be resumed probably
Tuesday as though this were the be
ginning of the season, and that a
party of 14, including 10 or 11 play
ers, will make the trip to the middle
west. Practice will be held daily un
til the squad leaves about March 19.
With a conference record of 14 vic
tories and one defeat and a season
reco- ' V lid 5, the White Phan
toms are entered in competition that
ultimately may send them on to Kan
sas City March 29 to play the winner
of the western play-offs for the cham
pionship of the United States, as off
ered by the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association, the organization that
sets up rules and governs most col
legiate athletic programs.
" As the choice, of theNCAA'scom--.
mittee from District' Three, Carolina
has the distinction of representing
the South in the tournament, selected
over such teams as Kentucky, South
eastern conference champion for four
years; Tennessee, 1941 champ of the
Southeastern loop by virtue of its vic
tory in the finals over Kentucky; and
Duke, winner of the Southern confer
ence tourney.
The University of Wisconsin has
been chosen to represent District Four,
but Districts One and Two have not
yet decided their entries. These four
eastern teams will play at Madison
for the eastern title, while at the same
time four western schools meet at
Kansas City, the site of the play-offs
a week later. ;
In the First District are the six
New England states, and the Second
District embraces New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and
West Virginia. The NCAA is divided
into eight districts, four each in the
east and west. This allows the pos
sibility that the White Phantoms
See PHANTOMS RESUME, page S.
Course In History
Of University
Planned By Goates
Final plans for an experimental
course in the history of the Univers
ity and student government will be
made in Gerrard hall this morning at
chapel period when Professor Albert
Coates meets with all interested stu
dents. Professor Coates agreed to teach
the course next quarter if sufficient
interest is demonstrated by the stu
dents. It would be a non-credit course.
with class meeting one time a week.
Around 20 students heard a prelim
inary discussion of the proposal onv
Tuesday, but final arrangements will
be made this morning.
It was emphasized yesterday by
sponsors of the proposed course that
it will be especially appropriate for
candidates for class, student body, and
publications office. It has been sug
gested that all candidates for all po
sitions be called upon to enlist for the
course. ' -
Collections Staff
Of DTH Asked to Meet
All members of the collections staff
of the Daily Tar Heel are asked to
report to the business staff today. It
is urgent tnat everyone report -at 2
o'clock or promptly thereafter, busi-
nes manager Bill Bruner emphasized.