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Wki THDITORIALS: j'J Faith in the Students Mi Fwtoing far What? Aicards for Service 1 If EATHER: j r it.. r.j... -i., I V Y MM, rpLUME XLIX Lejrislatere Hears Fees Passage Sought For Bill On, Second Attempt The student fees amendment, labelled by campus leaders . as -potentially the most important step in student government since the establishment of the stu dent council, will have to wait another year unless two-thirds of the legislature shows up to night for ne special session at 7:30 in Phi hall. A chance to approve the proposal, -vhich would transfer the power to jillocate student fees from the admin istration to the legislature, was niuf ad last Monday night when the sssary two-thirds quorum was not stained. Even after the amendment is passed by tie legislature, it must be ratified oy the student body on general elec tions day. Since all ballot forms will e printed tomorrow and Saturday, :he legislature, if it fails tonight, will et no third chance to pass the pro posal. Speaker Bill Cochrane has already jent out special notices and postcards all representatives urgently request- ;n? that they realize their responsi bility to attend. Serious opposition to the bill within the legislature appears unlikely de spite several members who raised ar guments in Monday night's brief dis- cession Principal opponent of the amend- ;t . a - Arf rw,Pt from thp Pnhli- .aticTi3 Union board, who objected against the absorption of the PU -ward surpluses into the fund blocking a'J student fees. Other objector was Don Bishop, who argued that the Athletic association fee should also be included in the pro posa!. Chaiman Terry Sanford of the -ways and means committee reminded Editor Bishop that the special com mittee which drew up the plan and to hich Bishop belonged had concluded that the amendment stood a better chance of passing the administration and board of trustees in its present :onn. Seniors To Place Invitation Orders In Y This Week "Orders for graduation - in vitations stay be given at the Y lobby .every tnonung at chapel period and in the afternoons from 2 until 5 o'clock 3ob Farris and Al Hewitt, co-chairmen of the Senior invitations commit tee, announced yesterday. A member :f the committee will be stationed in -he Y to take the orders. Farris said that prices would be 10, 20 and 30 cents per card depend ing on the quality desired. The thirty-cent ones are leather-bound, the thers are of "quality paper n C J0 Anril 25." 1 uluo. , Bill Student Body Candidates List Campaign Managers Martin, Hayes Name Supporters W. T. Martin, Student party candi date for vice president of the student oody, yesterday announced that Ben Heath, president of the Interdqrmi ory council, is conducting his cam paign. At the same time George Hayes, SP nominee for secretary-treasurer announced that Pat Witherington, President of Graham dormitory, and Walter Hargrove, athletic manager of Steele, are serving as his campaign managers. President of Interdorm Council A resident of Steele, Heath has been a member of the Interdormitory -ouncil for two years and last spring oa the presidency as a dark horse candidate. He is also a member of -he University club, the board of di rectors of Graham Memorial, and the feshman orientation committee. j BoaiacM: SSS7; Oreclatiaa: 9SS4 ght JLOM Daniels Family Sets Up Award To the leading Naval EOTC cadet in Naval Science and Tactics, -will go a new award the Josephus Daniels medal presented to the Carolina naval unit by the Josephus Daniels family of Raleigh. Daniels, an alumnus of the Univer sity, is now ambassador to Mexico from the United States and editor of the Raleigh News and Observer. He was secretary of the Navy - under President Woodrow Wilson, carrying out a long tradition of North Caro lina navy secretaries. Cadet with the highest average in the corps here will receive his award on Award Night, May 22, when all other, campus awards will be pre sented along with the other two ROTC prizes; one for individual drill ing, the other for the best drilled pla toon. , High School Week Opens Debates, Athletics Feature Activities Annual High School week open3 here today when Chapel Hill wel comes more tnan a thousand con testants and other visitors for the finals in debating and athletic activi ties. Representing 64 North Carolina high schools, 256 debaters will com- Pete fr the Aycock Memorial Cup of- fered by the two University debating societies, the Philanthropic Assembly and the Dialectic Senate. The query is "That the United States should adopt a policy of re quiring one year of military training of all able-bodied men before they reach the age of 23." The debaters coming here won out in the 29th an nual state-wide triangular contests on March 28 participated in by 240 high schools. McKie To Welcome Debaters At 2 o'clock today Prof. George McKie will give an address of wel come to the debaters in Memorial hall. After the address, drawings will be made for sections and pairs. The first preliminary will begin at 7 o'clock tonight, the second opening at 8:30 tomorrow morning, and the finals at 8 o'clock Friday night. Dean W. W. Pierson of the Graduate School, will preside and Dean of Students F. F. Bradshaw will award the Aycock cup. Friday evening at 7:30 in Memorial hall, where the final debate is to be held,-an organ recital will be played by Robert Brawley, assistant in the Music department, and a concert will be eiven at 7:45 by members of the University Glee club and the Univer sity quartet under the direction .of Prof. Clyde Keutzer, voice instructor. The Student Union, the Freshman Friendship council, the University nnrl the Dialectic Senate will I viuvy cive a reception m nonor oi. - . t An See HIGH SCHOOL, page ?. McCormick Selects . Williams, Alexander Overcoming a late start, John Mc Cormick, nominated by the University party for secretary-treasurer of the student body just three days ago, yes terday announced Kenan Williams and Bill Alexander as his campaign man- agers. Williams, a senior, has been chair man of his class executive committee for the rast two years. On the senior honor council, he is freshman adviser in Manly dormitory and a member of the freshman orientation committee. He comes from Sanford. Alexander, a junior, was president of the sophomoreclass. He is now chairman of the class dance commit tee and a member of the junior honor council- For the past two years, he has J been a member of the Graham Memo rial board of directors and the fresh man orientation committee. -THE OLDEST COLLEGE CHAPEL HILL, N. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1941 V Curry Jones Greek Battle Waging Along 150 Mile Front British Annihilate Italian Convoy Of Reinforcements - By United Press LONDON, April 16 The battle of Greece has begun with "heavy fight ing" between British and German ar mored forces at various points along the 150-mile-long Allied battlefront hinged on Mount Olympus, the British war office announced tonight. "Heavy fighting is taking place at more than one sector along the Allied line," the announcement said a few hours after the Middle East command of General Sir Archibald Wavell had reported that: "In Greece our troops are now in contact with the enemy along the whole of our front." "All-Out". Struggle .......... The battle, expected swiftly to be come a show-down, "all-out" struggle, raged westward from lofty Mount Olympus across the plains and moun tains toward the Albanian frontier. German claims that the Allied line had been broken around Mount Olym pus and the plain of Larissa were said to "lack confirmation" in London. The Germans were' said unofficially to be attacking at various points along the Allied line while the Greek forces in Albania retired to join the formid able British left wing on the line See NEWS BRIEFS, page i. Familiar Faces To Be Shown In Art Fxhibit Familiar faces of campus and town celebrities will regard visitors to Person hall art gallery from April 27 until May 11, when an informal ex hibition of Chapel Hill portraits will be shown, Miss Harriet Adams, cura tor of the gallery, announced yester day. "The folksy, homespun touch ' will characterize this exhibit," said Miss Adams. "Louis Graves of the Chapel Hill Weekly will write the captions for the pictures in the spirit of the exhibit, and we expect them to be very appropriate." Carefully selected, these portraits of Chapel Hill personalities have never been publicly exhibited before. Foreign and American artists will be represented. Chairman of the organizing com mittee for the exhibition is Dean R. B. House. Other members of the committee are Mrs. W. C. Coker, Louis Graves, Archibald Henderson, William Meade Prince, Marion Saun ders, Phillips Russell, and Mary Thornton. WC Girls To Stage Aquacade Tomorrow Under colorful spotlights girls from Woman's College will stage a college version of the "Acquacade" at Bowman Gray Memorial pool here to morrow night at 7 o'clock as a part of the state "convention of the Athletic Federation of College Women being held here over the weekend. Men of the Carolina swimming team will stage a diving exhibition in connection with the water pageant. Students and townspeople are invited to witness the spectacle. DAILY IN THE SOUTH- Curry Jones Enters Cheerleadei Race'. On Dean Hudson Frosh Dances, Frosh-Grail Dance Open To Campus Dean Hudson and his Florida Club men will play for the annual fresh man dance set on April 25-26, chair man Charlie Harris of the freshman dance committee announced yester day. First-year students will have the opportunity to attend three informal dances. The set will begin on Friday night with a dance from 9 until 1 o'clock, and a tea dance will follow the next afternoon. Bids to both, is sued only to freshmen, will cost noth ing. Frosh-Grail Dance . A freshman-Grail dance Saturday night from 9 until 12 o'clock will be open to the whole campus. Admission will be $1.00. Hudson played here last year for the homecoming and freshman dances. Regular broadcaster over national networks, he still features the same "sweet and swing" that has been re- Coeds From To Convene Meyer Speech To Highlight Conference Carolina's coeds will be hostesses to women from 11 state colleges today, tomorrow -.and Saturday, when dele gates from WCUNC, Duke, High Point, Meredith, Peace Junior College, St. Mary's, Guilford, Catawba, Salem Academy, ECTC, and Greensboro College meet here for the North Caro lina State Conference of the Athletic Federation of College Women. Highlights of today's activities will be an address by Dr. Harold D. Meyer of the Sociology department a prob lem hour led by Miss Marie Hartwig, national secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of College Wo men, a rifle shooting exhibit by Car olina coeds,, and demonstration danc ing lessons. Johnston, Beard To Preside Delegates will register at the Car olina Inn at 11 o'clock, and will then meet at the official opening session at luncheon in the Inn. Dr. Meyer will speak at the luncheon, Marjorie Johnston, "president of the Woman's Athletic association and co-chairman of the conference along with Mrs. J. G. Beard of the athletic department, will preside. Mrs. Beard will extend greetings to the visiting coeds during the luncheon. Group pictures will be taken on the porch of the Carolina Inn at 2:30 o'clock. The Problem hour directed by Miss Hartwig will be held at the Inn at 3 o'clock. At 4:15 representa tives will be taken on a tour of the campus. Coed marksmen coached by Lt. M. M. Riker of the Naval ROTC will give a shooting exhibition at the Armory in the University Dining hall at 5 See COEDS CONVENE, page U. Totten Refuses .- - . Deliberations Still declining to release deliberations of his faculty committee on absences, Dr. H. R. Totten said yesterday that "when the general faculty meeting passes on the recommendations, they can be printed." The committee chairman also declined even to disclose results of a special tabulation made on absences last quarter and on the first day of school this quarter, or to say definitely whether or not he would let students present their views to his committee. When it was pointed out that the faculty committee on examinations had published its decisions, Dr. Totten commented, "That was a mistake." Student Body President Dave Morrison's student committee on cuts met earlier in the quarter, decided that rules on absences should be left to the discretion of individual instructors. The expected to meet with the faculty committee or else present its plan to the ' general faculty conference, Dr. Totten asserted that he hadn't decided whether the students would con vene with his committee, but did state that "we are taking everything into consideration." , Dean F. F. Bradshaw, member of the faculty committee, has just completed tabulations on the number, types, and excuses of absences that occurred last quarter. Comparatively exact figures have been compiled but because of the stand taken by Dr. Totten, Dean Bradshaw declined to release the results. EtoriJ : 433; Km: 4SS1; Kiiii SS$ Independent Ticket To Play For April 25-26 V f : t Dean Hudson corded on several Bluebird waxings All three dances will be held in Woollen gymnasium. 11 Colleges Here Today Awards Night Set For May 22 Broughton Heads Annual Program Governor J. M. Broughton will highlight a rejuvenated Awards Night in Memorial hall May 22 when individual and group prizes will be presented to competition winners. Fred Weaver, chairman of the Awards committee, announced earlier in the week that a conflict in dates with the Playmakers would upset ar rangements with the governor, but the Playmakers agreed to postpone their premier until May 23. Fallen from significance because of disuse, the one-time peak of success will receive an injection verve this year with a streamlined program de signed to bring out the ideals of the awards presented. Exhibit of Prizes Exhibit of the prizes will be staged two weeks before Awards Night but ucxiuitc "6 Urail honors will be awarded on Awards Night along with Monogram prizes and the new Naval unit medals The Delta Kappa Epsilon and Inter fraternity intramural awards will be presented. But even with the great number of honors to be given out Weaver promises that the program will be swift, snappy, full of life. Odd situation among the fraterni ties battling for the Deke Cup (for achievement in athletics and scholar ship) is that Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Zeta Psi have each won it twice before, are leading the race this year, both equally qualified. With the See AWARDS NIGHT, page 2. To Release of Committee student group released its decision, f" i9- i - ... J 'il i-: x$ s -::::-:a: f ... , ' - :-;-.-v-X. ; -::' - v' . !. " f -v ' V . - i s --A I f - NUMBER 146 Aycock Resident Will Run Against Charley Nelson By Paul Komisaruk Curry Jones kept the political fire burning last night with an announcement that he would run on an independent ticket for the head cheerleader position against Charlie Nelson, who has received both parties nomina tion., Jones' announcement came as a surprise, after both parties had com pleted their slates, and had entered into the final week of the campaign. Jones, who is assistant manager of Aycock, remarked that a number of people had approached him, and asked him to oppose Nelson. From Asheville, he was a member of the cheerleading squad last year, was a member of-the University band, and was recently elected to the Univer sity club. He was head cheerleader in higfc school. Aycock dorm residents will nominate him tomorrow at the official nomina tions, he said. Heading his brief campaign, and managing his program will be Ben Til let, Jones said. Explaining his objectives, Jones remarked that "my chief interest is Carolina, and the best way to serve it is to get the student body behind the school." Jones said he plans "to im prove the squad, and bring a closer re lationship between the entire squad and the student body." Nelson, who until last night was running unopposed, was elected co head cheerleader last May, together with Jane i Eumsay. : Miss Rumsay was the first coed head cheerleader in Carolina's history. Mouzon, McCall, CPU Roundtable Broadcast Today Dr. O. T. Mouzon of the Economics department will talk on "The Indus trial Role of North Carolina and the South in The National Defense" on the sixth program of the National De fense "series being broadcast by the various departments of the University which are cooperating in defense prep aration. Stations WDNC, WBIG, and WSJS will carry this program from 4:15 to 4:30 this afternoon. Morton Flower will announce" the program whif Philin Stamm and Glovd Await assist with production. Rex Coston will be the technician. Professor Fred B. McCall of the Law School will lecture on "The Law and the Family; Parent and Child" over stations WDNC, WBIG and WSJS from 4 to 4:15 this afternoon. George Wilson will announce, Philip Stamm will assist in production, and Rex Coston and Gloyd Await will be technicians. "Should America Declare War Im mediately?" will be the question dis cussed by the CPU round table over station WDNC from 8 to 8:30 tonight. The affirmative stand will be taken by Bill Joslin and Mac McLendon while the negative side will be taken by Melville Corbitt and Ed Kantro- witz. Ridley Whitaker will act as moderator for the broadcast. Marne Snyder will be announcer. Brown To Lecture On Parasites Today The Society of Sigma Xi announces public lecture by Dr. Harold W. Brown, Professor of Public Health of this University entitled: "Intestinal Parasites of Man in North Carolina." This lecture will be held in the Aud itorium of the Medical School tonight at 8 p. m. All interested are cordially invited. DTH Off GrS NickdS For Back Issues The Daily Tar Heel business of fice will pay five cents a copy for each copy of the paper published on March 9 and April 4. Bring them by between two and four o'clock. The nickles are waiting.
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