North Carolina Newspapers

1 EDITORIALS: HeZp 17, Pro Loan Fund Source EATHER: Partly cloudy; colder THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH- VOLUME XLIX BokiacM: 5S7; Ctrcslatioa: SS8 CHAPEL HILL, N. G, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941 Editorial: 4554: Nm: (Ul: Nirtrt: 9 NUMBER 124 mm w Legislative Battle iOoms' Ob Escheats Unclaimed Accounts Utilized For : Student Loan Fund - . -r- Battle lines are being drawn over the pending bill which would give teeth to the. constitutional provision .designating the University as trustee for escheats' money. . president Prank Graham, at the request of. Rep. Victor Bryant, chair man of the house finance committee, will appear before that committee to morrow to explain the attitude of the University. .Money Used to Finance Loaqs Under the state constitution, all bank accounts which remain unclaimed more than 10 years are turned over to the University, not to be permanently kept, but only to be held until a legal claimant appears. The University meaning all of its units uses the money to finance its student loan funds. The bill about to come to vote in the j general assembly would give addition- al enforcement to the constitutional provision and the loan funds of the Greater University would be increas ed. ' ' ' Bankers from many sections of the state are said to be putting pressure on their legislature members to de feat the bill. President Graham's appearance' be fore the finance committee will give additional impetus to . the support al ready rallied around the measure. R E. Little, of Wadesboro, chairman of the escheats committee of the board of trustees, has done considerable work, it is said, iri collecting escheats for the University and in having the present bill introduced. The North Carolina Bankers association and the Commission of Banks endorsed the measure! The escheats bill went through the senate with a safe majority, but op ponents af e said to claim more strength in the house. Controller W. D. Carmichael, Jr., and the commis sioner of banks for North Carolina have appeared before the house fi nance committee and President Gra ham will reiterate their ' contentions and express the official University viewpoint tomorrow. 'Never Say Die9; So Speaks Joslin He" heard some one call "Bill Jos lin, long distance," and Old East started to groan. It was 9 o'clock in the morning, and Joslin, chairman of the Carolina Political union, stumbled down the three flights of stairs in a daze. It was an old story to Joslin and Old East residents. Mrs. Nye, wife of Senator Gerald P. Nye, was speaking from Washington. Her husband was scheduled to speak at the Hill in the evening under the CPU's auspices. Mrs. Nye said, "I am sorry, but the senator is not in any position to make the trip to Chapel Hill today for his speech. For ten days he has been fighting the Lease Lend Bill tooth and nail, and when it passed last night, it just broke him Di To Install Arthur Link As Head Tonight Arthnr Link will be installed as Dresident of the Di senate for the spring quarter tonight in formal cere monies which will see an entire new body of officials', with the exception of the treasurer, take" over the admin istration 6i the srfate". Other offwers" wfio will assume their duties a"re Manfred Rogers', pres ident pro fern. Weslitf Bagby, critic, Randall McLeod. clerk, and Albert Josselson, sergeant-At-a-rms Thea were elected last week t$ re place the fall quarter, officials, Billy Woodson, president,; Carrington Grea ter, critic, Elinor Elliott clerk, and Grady Reagan, sergeant-ttt-rms. Link advanced from the position of president pro tem to the presidency. The new president will make his in augural address in which be is ex pected to outline his policies and plans for the spring quarter. Link asked that the entire membership of the sen ate be present at the meeting as he will have "important matters" to dis cuss. ' All officers, both old and new, are requested to wear formal dress at the I meeting. - Don Williams Is Paid For UDH Poisoning Don Williams' indignant letter to the editor about "paying for poison" at the University Dining hall cafe teria stirred quick action. When Williams walked into the kali the next day for breakfast, the cafeteria manager came over and paid infirmary bill which Williams charged was caused by cafeteria food. Deadline, Fine Set For Registration All students who do not register by March 18 at 1 o'clock will be subject a $5 late registration' fee after the holidays, I. c. Griffin of the central -records office said yesterday. up." It was the 11th time this school year for Joslin and the CPU. When he got up to his room there was a wreath on the door.. Announcement: The CPU will pre sent Edward J. Flynn, Democratic na tional chairman on Wednesday, March 26. PU Acts On DTH Feature Supplement Authorization Given For Additional Issue WA Approves Valkyries Point System . Bill Limits Work; Distributes Evenly Honors of Offices While more than 200 students ex pressed written approval in the first day's reaction to the Daily Tar Heel Sunday feature supplement, the Publications Union board yesterday authorized expenditures making pos sible the publication of one more issue next quarter. Meanwhile, the board will sfudy complete statements of income and ex pense during the fall and winter quarters, when they become available, in order to decide definitely whether to let the Sunday section become a permanent feature. Board Censures Editors The board passed a resolution, how- ever, censoring tne paper s eaitor, managing editor, and business man ager for publishing the first supple ment without the authorization of the board. . Included in the flow of letters en dorsing the . supplement were mes sages from W. D. . Carmichael, Jr., See PU ACTS, page 0. A point system to limit extensive extra-curricular activity, as proposed by the Valkyries, honorary organiza tion for senior women, was passed yesterday afternoon without serious opposition at a comparatively mild meeting of the Woman's association. Sis Clinard, president of the Valky ries, presented the amendment to the by-laws of the constitution of the Wo man's association with the dual pur pose of distributing more evenly, the honors and work of the various offices and limiting the additional- work of each girl holding a major office in order that the offices might be more efficiently filled. Takes Effect in Spring The amendment, which does not af feet Sound and Fury activity, pro vides that no coed may carry over a 7 point load without special permis sion from the Valkyries. This amend ment will take effect beginning with spring quarter. Each office and outstanding activ ity on campus is .given a number of points, and a 7 point limit is placed upon each coed. The Valkyries will serve as the point system committee and will make alterations and additions deemed necessary, act upon cases necessitat ing any exceptions to the point regula tions, and enforce the system. Under the new system, an academic average of C with no condition or fail ure is required for any office. A coed will automatically give up her office if she falls below this standard. Under the point system, the presi dencies of the Woman's association and the YWCA and the editorship of the four major campus publications carry 7 points, which excludes these coedsfrom any other offices. The presidency of the Woman's Athletic association carries 5 points, while the following offices carry 4 points: Other officers of the Wo- See WA APPROVES, page ft'. 'Hatch Act9 .Pa! ecn Unanimously By Legislature Couch Considers Position With Princeton Press Secret Hobbies To Be Disclosed A hobby show exhibiting the secret and pet hobbies of both , students and faculty will be held Thursday and Friday, April 4 and 5 in the main lounge of Graham Memorial, Fish Worley, chief of Graham Memorial, announced yesterday. Among the events of the two-day hobby show, will be short speeches to be given by. the more complicated ex hibitors and prizes to be awarded on Friday night to the best hobbies. j W. T. Couch, director of the Uni- yersity Press, probably will decide by j one of the more lucrative jobs recent ly offered him by the Princeton Uni versity press and the ; F. S. Crofts Textbook Publishing company in New York. Couch is now in Tallahassee, Flor ida, making a series of addresses and could not be reached yesterday for a statement, but member of the staff of the press said that he will probably reach a decision soon after returning to Chapel Hill Thursday. He has been offered $7,500, with a promise of a raise to $10,000 within three years, to head the Princeton press, and it is understood that the Crofts company has virtually told him to name his own figure. His pres ent salary is said to be around $4,100. Source of Funds Sought Many administration men ; and others interested in the press are See COUCH, page 4. V 4 - ' 4 ., v ' " - ls -o I v. f 4r j- . - VV -. - y W. T. Coach 30 Trustees Are Elected; France Defies Britain By United Press RALEIGH, March 10. The General assembly tonight unanimously elected as trustees of the University of North Carolina 30 men nominated at a c ommittee meeting last week. Emory B. . Dehriey, of Gastonia, state Democratic chairman, was nom-- w inated earlier this evening for a trust eeship after Robert Grady Johnson, state prison director,, resigned his post. : Senator Tom O'Berry, Goldsboro, chairman of the senate committee on rustees for the University, made the nominations from the floor. The sen ate vote was 39 to 0 and the house vote 97 to 0. VICHY, March 10. The French leet tonight stood ready for action which may plunge France back into the war against her former ally after announcement of a virtual ultimatum giving Great Britain "a few weeks" to life its blockade of French food sup plies. Vice-premier Admiral Francois Dar lan announced that the guns of France's formidable, although immo bilized, fleet will blast against Brit ish blockade warships if necessary be cause "I intend to feed our 40,000,- 000 people who" now face starvation, See NEWS BRIEFS, pad i. . : - T v. , - --- f -N -? iir1 "Z-J - ' - t - . , Vf - . , i - -. s t f v : . I ' " ' -'. . AIRISII TRAVEL LIKE THIS is a possibility which Max Rohn and his co-workers of the Y-and Boy Scouts are trying td prevent in the old clothes drive they are conducting this week. When a prisoner leaves a North Carolina prison camp he is given the sa'me clothes he wore when he arrived and,, unless he wants to go to his trial county, be is often released at the front gate. .This posed picture' shows a man in a wardrobe such as com poses the total assets of some departing prisoners a gunny sack' sweater, no shirt, a torn pair of pants and air conditioned shoes a bit inadequate if their is snow on the ground. PAoto by G. B. Lamm. Debate Tryouts Held Tonight To Make Selection For Northern Trip Tryouts for the annual spring trip through the New England and middle Atlantic states will be held tonight at 9 o'clock in the Grail Room of Graham Memorial, Ed Maner, executive secre tary of the Debate council, announced yesterday. Any student is eligible to make tryout speech which should be five minutes in length and may be on either the affirmative or negative side of the three questions to be debated on the trip. These questions are: "Resolved, tha the nations of the Western Hemi sphere should form a permarien union"; Resolved, that the present trend toward concentration of power in the Federal government is for the best interests of the nation": and "Resolved, that military training in the" future", even itf peace timeV Should btf made 4 permanent part of Ameri can education." . . The four debaters who will make the trip will be chosen after tryouts tonight by members of the Debate council; Those trying out should be acquainted with all three questions. The trip this year will include de- bates with fn Colfege of Wilfianf arid Mary, the University 6f Pennsyl vania, Princetoii, ftew: Yorkr Univers ity, Haverford, the University of Ver mont. McGill university, and some eight others.' , 1 Dr. Rosenau Named To Serve On Scientific Board Dr. Milton J. Rosenau, Dean of the School of Public Health of the Uni versity, has accepted the invitation of the American Museum of Health to serve .on its newiy iormea ocienuxic Advisory board. Df. Rosehau- played a prominent role in the development of the Mas- 1 . T 1' eum s exniDits ai we - ew iorx World's Fair which were seen by more than 11,500,000 persons. He will join a distinguished group of seventy- seven outstanding authorities in health' and' medicine which will "assure the continuing scientific -integrity of the exhibits presented in the museum," was stated by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, Chairman of the Board or Directors. The museum? plans to open its per manent exhibition in Flushing Meadow Park on the old Fair site early' next summer after reconstruction of its new quarters in the former Master- pieces of Art building'. Faculty Cooperation With Book Exchange Stressed By Group The Student Legislature in", a mild session lat night unanimously paised the "pbliticai expditures bill and a resolution recommending complete faculty cooperatioa in ordering books through the' Book Exchange. 4 The campus "Hatch Act" passed with little opposing discussion. A sec tion regulating freshman elections expenditures, omitted from the orig inal draft of the bill, was added in the reading. Section Added The clause limits freshman class candidates to $5, prohibits political party expenditures in freshman elec tions and requires that the candidates submit a list- of expenditures by fresh man elections day. An amendment proposed, by Don Bishop, editor of the Daily Tab Heel, that the Student council be "directed to enforce the spirit and letter of the law" and as a minimum penalty, to invalidate the votes cast for a candi date violator, failed to pass. At the invitation of the legislature, Chairman Bill Allen of the Student Advisory committee briefly reviewed the report compiled by the Book' Ex change. Many members of the faculty, he pointed out, fail to submit their book orders to the .Book Exchange in time for their students to; get the regular half-price for their second-hand texts. The committee has recommended to the administration that each depart ment appoint one secretary or instruc tor tfi TrfrnfA anA siiTvrhit ifi fimn ta necessary book list. . The legislature's resolution, pro posed by Bishop, endorsed the recom mendation and asked that A&hinistra- be taken on it immediately. Ben Tillett was unanimously elected chairman of the rules committee to replace Sam Leager who was forced to resign. The new chairman imme diately began to seek excuses from legislators with excessive absences. Those absent last night were: Howard Hodges, Bill Croom, Ridley Whitaker, Hal Jennings, Sam Leager, Aubrey Moore, Harry Belk, Bill Lang ford, Al Stewart, Billy Hand, 'Don Tory, Martha Clampitt, Judy Duke, Rachel Sides, Louise Steifflemeyer, and Ray Goodman. Psychological Discussion Opens Radio Programs The Through-the-Eyes of Science program will present Dr. Jf. F. Dash- iefl of the Psychology department iHis afternoon h the' first; of tfeis1 weel's University1 radio programs. Dr. Dash- iell will speak on "Somef Pseudo-psV- chological Notions," which will be carried over station WPTF at 2:30. f he Weelciy ti&s dund-iap pre pared if erf week f Joe Morrison of the Journalism department will be presented by Carroll McGaughey over WPTF from 2 :45 to 3 o'clock. Books, Plays, and Problems will present Mack Gorham of the Depart ment of Dramatic Art speakine Current Trends in the Motion Pic ture" over stations WDNC, WBIG, and WSJS from 4 to 4:15. B. J. Caldwell of the Library cir culation department will give a talk on "The Extension Library and How t May Be" of Service to You" over hese same stations from 4:15 to 4:30. On Thursday afternoon's first pro gram, Vivian uillespie will interview deques Harare, a University of North Carolina student who was called to serve in the French army shortly after war was declared. Hardre' was chosen o instruct recruits at Rouen when he advance of the German Panzar divisions forced retreat through" the deserted country. Following the peace settlement he was permitted 6 leave French territory, and cross Spain into Portugal where he was able to set out for America. This program will be aired by WDNC, WBIG, and WSJS from 4 to 4:15. The National Defense Series will present Captain R'. S. Haggart of the Naval ROTC -course ' speaking on "Naval Science and National" De fense," at 4:15 over WDNC, WBIG, and WSJS. on