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Wm EDITORIALS: A XTA A i Necessity -rTJ? OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH- VOLUME XLIX Bosiaesa: 9337; CircolA&m: 98SS CHAPEL HILL, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941 CtoriI: Ken: 43S1; XXsfct: OH NUMBER 157 CPU TD" Ti TT TT i f n TiTi x a a 7m ml JLiSiJr1 Mette 1 o nr ere Bpeal Carmichael Speaks Today Before NOTC Officers Training Meet Enters Second Day Coates Lauds Fees Measure, Bradshaw Urges Cooperation Controller W. D. Carmichael leads -jif the New Officers Training confer- i nce second this afternoon at 1 o'clock I Ts-ith an address to recently-elected campus officers and outgoing officials. Afternoon programs, scheduled to be held today, have been postponed until tomorrow and they will feature parliamentary procedure discussions led by Speaker Bill Cochrane, and Dr. jE. J. Woodhouse in the Institute of Government building. . ' ' " " Ho&r Council Discussions CLi33 honor councils, their func tions and duties, will be discussed at the same time in the Grail room and -will be led by President Dave Morri- Professor Says Bill Challenges Student Ability A full evening program, starting at 7:30 will include Clyde Shaw, holding s gsneral session on finances in the Institute, publications, each meeting m their respective offices, and dormi tory, fraternity and women's govern ment. Bee Heath will head the dorm talks in the Grail room, Bill Bruner and Bill Dees, lead frat discussions in the Studsnt council room, and Jane ifcMastar, will supervise the women's discussion in the Institute building. The program, arranged so that new student government officers might consider practical problems and ap plications to governing problems, will be climaxed tomorrow night with the formal inaugurations of new officers. Yesterday's sessions featured open ing meetings of groups considering dorm, frat, and women's government, nances, and campus publications., - Contest Offered To Songwriters By Movie Studio Promising "fame, fortune, and suc cess. Hal Roach Studios in Hollywood yesterday asked Carolina's amateur songwriters to create in music the irue college spirit', for a forthcom ing musical, "Campus Rhythm." Leading colleges all over the country nave been sent similar requests for ballads, swing numbers, or novelty tunes to be submitted in the contest. To the composer of the most outstand ing number submitted will go $250 and the customary royalties. Since production on "Campus Rhy thm", begins on June 6, all entries must be received at the Hal Roach Studios no later than midnight of Wednesday, May 28. The results of the contest to solve the problem of nationwide publicity and "synthetically-produced collegiate spirit" will be announced before release of the pic ture. Judges chosen to select the prize winning song are Hoagy Carmichael, Leroy Prinz and Hal Roach, and the tone chosen by them will become the property of the Hal Roach company. All other entries will be returned. Professor Albert Coates vigorously maintained last night that the student fees bill, passed last Tuesday by the campus, represents the "greatest sin gle challenge the student legislature has ever faced," 'and that "I have a profound confidence in the capacity of students on this campus." Addressing a group of students, un der the auspices of the New Officers Training conference, Professor Coates, laid the background for the fees bill, called the student legislature the third "greatest step in development of student government and one, though still in its infancy that has proved it self on more than one occasion." Difficult Problem "You are presented with a difficult problem," he told the audience refer ring to the fees bill, "and you can not back down without confessing your own weakness and lack of faith in your own government." Coates admitted "there will be head aches aplenty, but," he said, "repre sentative and democratic governments are full of headaches." "This step," he said "constitutes as great a challenge to self-government as the challenge to self-government in 1875, when the Di and Phi began to exert their influence, and in 1904 when the student council came into effect." Confidence in Students Again, Professor Coates reiterated his belief that he had the "utmost confidence in' the students on this cam pus." Following Professor Coates talk, Bill Allen, chairman of the student advisory committee, again explained his proposals, carefully outlining his plans. Allen also announced that a special group -was in action at we present, working with the administration, pre paring the bill for its final form. The bill, before becoming effective will have to receive administration approval, and then the final sanction of the trustees in Raleigh. Again Allen, and Terry Sanford, incoming speaker of the Legislature, cleared ud Questions concerning the bill, explained the purpose of the pro posals, and precisely just what they would include. wmm 4 : '. -f . 9 Herbert Livingston Piano Recital To Be Held Today Herbert Livingston of the music department faculty will play a piano recital this evening at 8:30 in Hill Music hall. Livingston has ap peared in Chapel Hill many times during the past few years both as soloist and accompanist. The program for this evening's per formance is as follows: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Bach; Sonata, op. 109, Beethoven; Variations on the name "Abegg" op. 1, Schumann; Pre lude (first performance), William Klenz; Sinister Resonance, Cowell; Rondo (first performance), Halsey Stevens; Valse," op. 64, No. 2, Noc turne op. 62, No. 1, Ballade, op. 47, Chopin. IRC Sponsors Foreign Affairs Forum Tomorrow S&F Elections Halted By Quorum Trouble Quorum trouble stooped and hit the Sound and Fury organization last night as a slack attendance halted the process of electing new officers. However, another effort to gam full attendance will be made tomorrow night when elections will be held in Gerrard hall beginning at 7:30. Presi dent Carroll McGaughey urged all members to attend and eloct the guid ing hand for next year. Publication's Money Men Bill Schwartz Appointed DTH Business Manager Biii Schwartz, of Atlanta, Ga., and Dave Reid, of Winston-Salem, were named by the PU board yesterday to be next year's busines managers for the Daily Tar Heel and the Yackety Yack, respectively. Schwartz, a rising senior in the Commerce school, has filled the busi ness staff positions of Durham and lo cal advertising managers during his three years of working for the student daily. All advertising for the fashion supplement published in March, for the special advertisement pages of the football season last f all,, and for the Daily Tar Heel's Sunday supplement was under his supervision. He is president of ZBT fraternity nd a member of the University club. Reid, also a rising senior, has been connected with the business staff of the Yackety Yack for two years. Dur ing the past year he has had charge of Durham advertising for the an nual. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi. The PU board approved an appro priation of $15 to help pay the cost of posters, publicity and banquets in con nection with the New Officers Train ing conference. The conference - is partially sponsored by the board. The board gave special authoriza tion to the Yackety Yack to pay Bill Seeman, campus cartoonist, for a num ber of caricatures which he has drawn, upon the request of Byrd Merrill, edi tor of the Yackety Yack, to be includ ed in the advertising section of the an nual. Seeman's drawings are satiri cal representations of well-known campus figures. First in a series of forums on for eign affairs under the sponsorship of the International Relations club will be held in Gerrard ; hall tomorrow night, at 8 o'clock with two faculty members and two students leading a discussion on the topic: "Should America Declare War Immediately?" Favoring the question will be Dr. E. L. Mackie of the Math department and Manfred Rogers, former IRC president. Dr. H. K. Beale of the His tory department and Arthur Link, president of the Di senate, will lead the opposition. Speakers Debate The debate among the speakers, which is scheduled to last 45 minutes, will precede the' audience's discussion. Meantime, on-listeners will take notes and be ready to pop questions at the speakers at the end of the debate. Lyman Collins, president of the IRC, said the discussion was being held in response to requests received from townspeople and students who attended an "experimental" forum several weeks ago and . expressed "much enthusiasm" over the idea of public discussion. He added that the IRC would pre sent one forum a month, but would increase the number if reaction justi fies. 'Purpose of the discussion," Col lins said, "is to give students an op portunity to express their views on foreign afafirs and meantime increase their knowledge of the international scene." v In conjunction with the forum, he said, the IRC is going to continue bringing outstanding speakers on in ternational problems to the campus "who can give ideas from which dis cussions can be taken." Dean Opens New Officers Training Meet By Paul Komisaruk L) rawing on what he termed a "synthesis of all points of view in South building," Dean Bradshaw yes terday formally opened the third an nual New Officers Training conference stating that all phases of the Univers ity ought to control their own func tions and work harmoniously toward "achieving a common goal." He maintained- that all integral parts of the University, the student body, the administration, the faculty and trustees should work from a a well intentioned synthesis of er rors. We want to stay within a cer tain focus" he said. Cooperation Explaining that all phases of the University must "drive toward the same target, or well be shooting each other," he said that all agencies must base their efforts on a spirit of coop eration. "We believe that students should govern themselves; not the Univers ity he said. "The same i3 true of the administration, and of the faculty and of the trustees. Each by govern ing ' his own body, consulting with each other, and cooperating can estab lish the spirit that is necessary," he said. v Touching only briefly on the stu dent fees bill, which now awaits the sanction of the administration, he ex J plained that all phases ef the bill do not directly concern the student body, but in the last "analysis, each group will decide his own part of the bill with compulsory cooperation between each one." In this way he hinted, all University groups would find the bill satisfactory. Program Offered He offered a program for coopera tion between the greater University bodies that would include "relaxing a little, being more patient, so that co operation might be effected." The greatness of the University of North Carolina lies in stubbornness and insistence on which it has de manded a democratic way of life, in the University and outside." Dean Bradshaw concluded that stu dents should "not feel that the ad ministration is" attempting to ignore the desires of the student body when those needs are not immediately met. It is not a deliberate attempt to ig nore the students, but an oversight on the part of the administration." Wisconsin Ex-Governor To Appear Here May 15 English Department Revises Cut Ruling Announcing revisions in English department rulings on absences, Dr. George R. Coffman, head of the department, asked the Daily Tab Heel to publish the following exact ly as sent: 1. To meet the practical difficul ties of securing and presenting an excuse immediately after an ab sence, the student may present such official excuses within a week fol lowing his return to class. After that, the absences become automa tically unexcused. 2. To accord with customary in terpretation of attendance regula tions in the University, absences Friday afternoon or Saturday shall count as single only. (Signed) George R. Coffman, Head of English Department. Nazis Warn U. S. Convoys Rapid Sinking' Of Ships Promised By United Press BERLIN, April 29 Germany warned the United States today that any attempt to convoy or carry war supplies to Britain can result only in he "rapid sinking of American ships" and simultaneously stepped up her general offensive against the British Empire. "The blockade of German weapons is waiting on all routes between Amer ica and England," said the influential Algememe Zeitung after warning Military Expert Elliot Slated To Speak May 21 Phil LaFolIette, former gov ernor of Wisconsin, and leader of the Progressive Party in the United States, will address a Chapel Hill audience on a Caro olina Political union platform on May 15 in Memorial Hall. Bill Joslin, union chairman, made the announcement yesterday, and with LaFollette's speech arrang ed, the union has completed its May schedule. Earlier in the week, Joslin disclosed that George Fielding Elliot, military analyst, would speak at the Hill on May 21. LaFolIette served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1931-33, and from 1935-39. He is noted as a forceful speaker, and vigorously stands against America's intervention in a foreign war. He testified against the Lend Lease bill before the Senate Foreign Relations committee, and has firmly and consistently been against aid-to-Britain because be fears the United States' involvement. Home Front On the home front, LaFolIette has advocated public ownership of water- power, and railways, strict public con trol of all natural resources includ ing mines, and oil fields. He has been among the staunchest opponents of the Supreme Court, and has repeat edly advocated that the court's power to nullify legislation be abrogated. LaFolIette Is the son of the late Robert M. LaFolIette, who ran for the presidency Jn, lt924 on a. Progressive platform. LaFolIette senior, was one of six senators who voted against America's entrance into the first that any American attempt to insure shipments to Britain would meet with J World War, disaster. t i xi a. ; A : Aegaroing ue extensiun ox Amen- w 1H711 9 can neutrality patrol zones, the news- IxOOU Will VXrOUD paper ssaia, "America wouw ao weii rr r i to harbor no Ulusions. With or with- 10 JKeCiprOCate out the use of their own warships travelling in convoys or alone, all war deliveries are fundamentally good for sinking." A steadily intensifying "hate cam- Latin Visit Here Carolina students planning to re ciprocate the recent South American will group" going to the University of Chile this summer should make Mid-Term Reports General College students should see their advisers at once about mid-term reports, C. P. Spruill, Dean of Gen eral College, announced yesterday. paign" against the United States ap peared to be devised to prepare the German people for the possibility ; of -ritten atmlications to PrWr J. American entrance into the war and c Lyons at 30g Murphy hall before to let Washington and the world know May 6. Selections for members of that Germany was watching closely the will hegin May 7 ana preparing ior any eventuality. WASHINGTON, April 29 Presi dent Roosevelt today reaffirmed his determination to extend cooperation of the naval neutrality patrol as far as necessary to safeguard the west ern hemisphere, and pointed out that United States fighting ships ' may legally enter combat zone fixed in the entrality act. He said at a press conference that See NEWS BRIEFS, page May Frolics This Weekend Connie Haines To Make Return Appearance Here DTH Staff Members To Be Feted Tonight Daily Tar Heel staff members and guests will be given a special party in the Night Club of Graham Memo rial tonight at 8:30. All newspaper workers and guests should be there for what Host Fish Worley calls, "The big opening night before the opening night," Lovely Connie Haines, 19-year-old singer, will maice ner second appear ance on the Carolina campus this weekend when she appears again as Tommy Dorsey's featured female vo calist for the May Frolics set of dances. Connie sang with the Dorsey or ganization here for May Frolics last year immediately after joining the band at the Paramount theater, New York in the early part of April. Concert Tickets Again this year she will sing with the band for the set of four dances and for the campus concert, tickets for which went on sale yesterday at 40 cents per and may be obtained from any member of the May Frolics com mittee. . A "true child of the south" Connie was born in Savannah, Georgia on January 20, 1922. Her real name is Marie Ja Mais. In her early radio See CONNIE HAINES, pdge 4- ''' Wry. V T ,-"v f. i Remembering how the whole Uni versity turned out to welcome the South Americans here last winter, Lyons anticipates equal returns for those who go down there. One assurance received to this ef fect is a letter from Dr. Domingo Santa Cruz, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the National Univers ity of Chile in Santiago, who writes: "I wish to assure you that the group coming to the University of Chile this summer will be most wel come. It will be a particular pleasure for the University and for everyone in Santiago to welcome a group from the University of North Carolina, which contributed so largely to the success of the recent "summer school." My compatriots are enthusiastic about the kind treatment accorded them in North Carolina, and we are looking forward to the arrival of your group with keen anticipation. Lyons urged that University stu dents planning to be included in thi3 group submit written applications immediately as any space not filled by May 15 will revert to the.Grace Line and will be sold to regular clients pay ing full steamship fare . Connie Haines Fees Committee Meets Today Ferebee Taylor, chairman of the legislative committee to draw up the student fees proposal for submittance to the Board of Trustees, yesterday called an important meeting of the committee for this afternoon at 4:30 in Graham Memorial. V Those slated to start the proposal on its way are Terry Sanford, Bill Allen, Dave Morrison, Ridley Whit aker, Jick Garland, George Hayes, W. J. Smith and Bucky Harward.