IRC Presents Chinese Ambassador Mm SMk Mere Mai EDITORIALS: Not Defeat, But Victory Junior-Seniors HHTEATHER: J nit'f Rain. Nalcheri? j y Temperature Yesterday Max. 78, min- 72, pet. 0. j THE OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOVTH- VOLUME XLIX Business: 88S7: Circulation: 98S CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941 Edrtorixl: 4356; News: 4331; Night: 6S06 NUMBER 171 PW1 LaFollette IPisimte ritain ratiom 01 VC JJLX $ I f J I Bees Legislature Approves-" Fees Chinese Envoy Will Discuss Orient Crisis Diplomat's Speech To Be Broadcast Coast-to-Coast Dr. Hu Shih, ambassador to the United States from -China, and known 13 one of the ablest diplomats at "Wash ington, will be brought to the Univer sity Sunday, May 25, under the aus pices of the IRC, to give his country's side of the Sino-Japahese war and to tell of the part being played by Far Eastern nations in the present world crisis. Announcement of the coming ap pearance of the Chinese envoy in Chap el Hill was made yesterday by Lyman Collins, president of the IRC, who in timated that there is a possibility that the minister to this country from Ja pan may be brought here at a later date to present a rebuttal to Dr. Hu Shin's address, Coast-to-Coast Broadcast . The subject for Dr. Hu Shih's speech, which will be broadcast over a num ber of radio stations in this region and possibly over a nation-wide network from Memorial hall at 8 o'clock, is to be a presentation of the stand taken by China in her war with Japan. He will also discuss the position of the Orient in reference to larger sphere of the world conflict and will describe the present situation in Chinese-American relationships. The Chinese diplomat will arrive in Chapel Hill on the morning of May 25. He will be personally conducted by members of the IRC to points of in terest about the University campus and a banquet will be given by the or ganization in his honor Sunday eve ning. Caldwell Announces Coeds Must Sign Out For Junior -Seniors Mary Caldwell, pioneering president of the WA, regretfully announced last right that coeds who are going to junior-seniors must sign out and that curfew will be called for dance-goers tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock (one and one-half hours before sunrise) and Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. The young ladies must be out of any asd all fraternity houses by 11:45 either night, she added, unless attend ing organized, chaperoned parties. Drinking, of course, is taboo in the Greek residences. All hail the import! Motorcycle Runs Wild Seniors Elect Herbert Hardy Permanent President of Class Polling more than twice as many votes as were cast for the other four candidates, Herb Hardy, senior class Jprexy, was overwhelmingly elected" as permanent president of the Class of 1941 at the annual banquet last night. Gate3 Kimball, vice-president of the student body, wa3 elected as per manent vice-president of the class, and Stacy Crockett was reelected to be all time secretary-treasurer of the '41 Shivering event of the evening was the incident when the motorcycle driv en by Mike Buss ran amuck and tore through two tables slightly injuring ne coed. The annual banquet, traditional re--eae for senior enthusiasm bottled up for four years was held in the vast Uni versity cafeteria. High point of the Sve-day senior week, the banquet was featured with good food, few speeches -and the crazy antics of the inimitable See SENIORS ELECT, page 2 S&F To Award Title, Cup To Most Beautiful Girl By Philip Carden Sound and Fury, following up its protest Monday against the junior senior dance committee's plan "to ig nore Carolina coeds" by picking the prettiest import at the dance set, yes terday announced that it will award the title of "Queen of Junior-Seniors" and a loving cup to the most beautiful girl at the first formal tonight. The cup, engraved with the inscrip tion, "Queen of Junior-Seniors, Pre sented by Sound and Fury," will be presented just before intermission tonight to the girl adjudged most beautiful on the floor by a committee of eight judges. To Reclaim Cap "We will reclaim the cup after the dance," Art Jansen, president of the musical comedy group, said, "and have the winner's name engraved thereon Saturday morning. It will be display ed in Graham Memorial." Herb Hardy, president of the se- nior class, last night voiced approval of the proposal, Jansen said, and f av- Ferebee Taylor Named I Phi Beta Kappa Bead Williams Tillett, Named To Offices Leading the 54 new members of Phi Beta Kappa initiated at the an nual banquet Wednesday night, Fere bee Taylor became president of the local chapter of the national honorary scholastic fraternity with a perfect average of 97.5. At the same time new members from the rising senior class elected as , vice president, Frank Williams, and as secretary, Charles Tillett. Dr. Archibald Henderson relivered the annual Phi Beta Kappa address on "Some Aspects of Research." Re tiring President Irwin Zuckerman led the ceremonies of initiation, assisted by Dr. T. J. Wilson, permanent sec retary. Tutorial System Following the banquet attended by old and new members, the executive committee presented a plan to estab lish a Phi Beta Kappa tutorial sys tem in close connection with the gen eral college. After much discussion the plan was passed by a large major ity of the rising seniors, who thereby also indicated their willingness to par ticipate in the program. As passed, the plan provides: "that Phi Beta Kappa establish a tutorial See TAYLOR NAMED, page h V. Herb Hardy ored cancellation of the committee's award plan, whkh had already been amended to include coeds after the S&F protest Monday. Neither Pinky Elliot, junior presi dent, nor Bill Alexander, junior dance committee chairman, could be contact ed last night for comment. Jansen said that Sound and Fury would sponsor the award annually in following the club's policy of "giving the Carolina coed a break." The junior-senior dance set, he said, is ideal for such an award since "it is one of the few major events in which the ju nior and senior classes the coed classes en toto in a mixed social event." - Judges" for tonight's award . are: Sound and Fury President Jansen, Producer Ray Glikin, Director Bob Richards, Vice President Randy Me bane, Daily Tar Heel Editor Orville Campbell, Graham Memorial Director Fish Worley, Tar an' Feathers editor I Bill Seeman, and Jansen's date, Jean- nie Connell. Thorp Releases Rules Governing-Frat-Coed Curfew John Thorp, Interfraternity council president, announced rules yesterday concerning fraternity behavior for Junior-Senior weekend, largest social function of the year. "According to Interfraternity coun cil agreement," the release said, "no fraternity may entertain coeds in the house later than 14 minutes prior to the time at which they are required to retire to their dormitories. . 1. Those houses having housepar ties: coeds must withdraw not later than 2:45 tomorrow morning; 1:45 Sunday morning. 2. Those having afterdance recep tions same as above. 3. Those having neither housepar ties nor afterdance receptions; coeds are required to withdraw not later than 11:45, irrespective of the hour at which they are required to be in their dormitories." . Playmakers Hold Try-outs Today Tryouts for parts in three one-act plays chosen for experimental produc tion will be held in the Playmakers Theater today at 4:30 o'clock. The plays were selected from those writ ten this quarter in Professor Koch's course in playwriting. Plays to be produced are "First Wave" a contemporary comedy of European refugees, by George Levy, formerly of Paris, France, now of Chapel Hill; "The Ninth Command ment," a comedy of the nineties, by William T. Chicester, of Chapel Hill; and "Road to Union," a play of small town life, by Elton Parker of Mur freesboro. Other plays considered for produc tion later are "The Bright Thin Faces," a play of contemporary youth, by Marian Mashin of Westfield, Mass., and "Mom Coleman's Church," a play of Negro life in Alabama by Kate Porter Lewis of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Junior-Senior Bids "This is positively the last oppor tunity," Ott Burton and Bill Alex ander, chairmen of the senior and ju nior dance committees respectively, said in unison yesterday, "to obtain your dance bids." The bids will be given out in the lob by of the Y today at 10:30 only. KesoMtioii Taylor Report To Go Before ; Administration After hearing explanation by Fere bee Taylor, the Student Legislature last night adopted a resolution to pre sent to the administration a plan, as worked out by Taylor's temporary fi nance committee, for the operation of the Fees bill. - , . Although not in the form of a bill, the operating plan of the fees bill was approved unanimously by the legisla tors. Speaker Terry Sanford explain ed that the resolution will be sent to the "administration," presumably first to the Student Welfare board. Purpose of Bill Taylor began his report by stating the purpose of the Fees bill: "to take the allocation of fees from the admin istration and place it in the hands of the students through " their legisla ture." Excepted from the block fee were class dues, income from profes sional schools, and the athletic fee. Chief subject of debate was whether budgets should be passed separately as they are filed with the finance commit tee, or together, after all requests are made. Apparently fearing that there may be insufficient funds left after ap propriations had been approved for many organizations, a few legislators raised objections. Taylor explained that with the aid of audits for past years, the finance committee would be able to anticipate the need of each agency separately. ..,.. . .- , - Present plans are for the collection of $14 annually in blocked fee, which is now itemized for publications, stu dent entertainment, debates, student government, the Woman's association, and the Student union. "The fees now collected for these activities will lose identity and be part of the block fee," Taylor stated. Senior Softball Team Routs Duke . Aggregation, 11-1 Herb Hardy's seniors regained their prestige which they lost in the Ju nior rout of Tuesday by giving the Duke seniors a lesson in the art of Softball playing as they walloped their rivals from the nearby campus, 11-1, yesterday. Prexy Hardy and Coach Jimmy Hambright drafted some of Coach Wolf's footballers and these Carolina gentlemen gave the Duke seniors add ed woe to carry away with their mem ory of last fall's gridiron riot. Gates Kimball, Jim Lalanne, and Bob Smith were the stars for Himbright's team along with Luther Hodges. Jimmy Hambright pitched for the winners and gave a sparkling exhibtion. Junior-Senior Set of Dances Opens Today; Pastor Signs Eugenie Baird as New Vocalist Concert Today To Begin Series Featuring vocalist Eugenie Baird, recent addition to the organization, Tony Pastor and orchestra mounts the bandstand in Woollen gymnasium this afternoon at 5 o'clock for the first of the four dances in the Junior-Se nior series this weekend. Previous to the tea dance today, Pastor will play for the public con cert to be held in Memorial hall from 3 to 4 o'clock. Receipts from the sale of the 25 cent ducats of admission will be turned over to the found to provide social rooms for the men's dormitories. In addition to the tea dance this afternoon, "The Man Who Pastorized Swing" will play for the Junior Prom tonight from 9 until 1 o'clock. Ju nior class officers and dance commit teemen will escort their dates in the figure midway in the dance. Tomorrow, Pastor will play for the Wisconsin At War Party Administration By Paul Komisaruk Phil LaFollette last night lashed out at the "war party" in the United States claiming they "are trying to save yesterday," and asserted that he foresees the "disintegration of the British Em- Addressing a crowded Memorial hall, under the auspices of the Carolina Political union, the three time governor of Wisconsin, said, "no army fights successfully for yesterday, and no American army should do it. Tomorrow's army is what we will make it." ulf wo rrn in " ha fnnTrvf "tlio npn.A pie will have been betrayed. They should have been told," he claimed. "At least in the last war we went ideal istically and that brought the nation to ruin." - Defining England's position, LaFol lette said that, " in complete justifica tion, Britain will not worry about the United States, and I don't believe it manly to use other people to fight our war." He continued, "if this is our war, we should be in it." LaFollette condemned the war par ty's policy of shouting "it's our war, and denounced the practice of "buying time." "If you are interested in pre serving the four freedoms, use your heads," he implored. "There is no sin gle issue that people can not decide for themselves." America's task, he explained, is to ''take the course that experience tells us too. Germany told her people that they were faced with the choice of dic tatorship or starvation, liberty and un employment, or employment and no liberty." "We must," he averred, "put on a living demonstration that America is not facing merely the problem of dic tatorship and starvation. We must prove this is a lie. -. Democracy can do it." War is not the solution, LaFollette claimed. We need "fundamental wis dom in our hearts. We need wisdom out of experience." Turning to Britain, the fiery mid westerner said that the British gov erning class is "tired of Empire. They are getting old, and bitterly resent criticism. My conclusion is that we are witnessing the disintegration of the British Empire." . "We stand on the verge of war," he said, "but I do not think we will go." Out of the present war, LaFollette said, "I can predict one of two things. A Communistic chaos, or more logi cally, a United Europe. And," he add ed, "in 15 years, speaking in economic terms, I feel certain that the United States will face a United Europe." Answering invasion charges of this hemisphere, LaFollette pointed out the incredibility of such a feat, producing statistics that showed such a venture to be almost humanly impossible. "I have confidence in our American economy," he claimed, "and it will with stand the pressure of a German vic tory." " Again discussing England, LaFol lette was asked if "we are not our bro ther's keepers?". He replied that "we are, but our brothers are in America, and our cousins are in England." Eugenie Baird tea dance lasting from 4:30 to 6:30 and again for the Senior Ball that night from 9 until 12 o'clock. All It - t Ex-Governor Lashes LaFollette Says U. S. Not Likely To Enter War "... and if they drag us in, those responsible will reap a harvest I shudder at." He doesn't see us in the war, and he doesn't see us acting as Europe's savior again. Phil LaFollette, hard-hitting Pro gressive party, leader in the United States maintained yesterday afternoon that in spite of the pronounced ef forts of the ""war party,' you can't take a country into war with only 51 percent of the people for it." LaFollette pulled no punches. He squarely placed war fever and blame for war trends on the newspapers, movies, radio and commentators, "who are fighting to save yesterday, while we are struggling to build a new to morrow." Percentages And then he explained the percent ages. 'Ninety-eight percent of our publications are committed to war," he said, and added to this, "198 per cent of the movie industry, '66 23 percent of radio, and 98 percent of the commentators make up this war par ty." , He asserted that the vocal opposi tion to our entering this war is 20 times as strong as it was in the last war. He pointed out that for that reason President Roosevelt cancelled a scheduled speech the other night. "He has a wonderful political ear," La Follette said, and he knew that the See LAFOLLETTE, page 2 Graham Memorial's Open House To Give Relief From Dances Students who have danced till their weary feet have not the strength to stroll through the arboretum are invited to relax in Graham Memorial's lounge, soothed by the melodious strains of recorded music. Subdued lights and soft music in the lounge, food and dancing in the night club, and even games are being used to lure students into Worley's two-day open house. Recordings popular at the senior blanket party in the arboretum will be played in the lounge and night club till three o'clock on Friday night and till 2 o'clock Saturday night. Lovely Vocalist Feature of Band of the dances will be held in Woollen gymnasium. Radio station WPTF of ' Raleigh will broadcast Pastor's music over the coast-to-coast NBC network -this aft ernoon from 5 until 5:25 and again tomorrow night from 10:30 until 11 , o'clock. ' Carroll McGaughey will an nounce the two broadcasts direct from the dance floor. A banquet will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Carolina Inn for the offi cers and dance committeemen of the junior and senior classes. Bill Alex ander, chairman of the junior dance committee, yesterday stressed the fact that participants in the figure tonight are to meet on the dance floor im mediately after the tea dance this aft ernoon to rehearse the figure. Miss Baird of Philadelphia was au ditioned by Pastor while the distin- See JUNIOR-SENIORS page 4

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