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. "v .-If. 'pDITORIALS: ."j The Situation in General j Safety Council Should Act Me EATHER: Fcj and TTar77!,rr Temperature Yesterday Max. 93, Min. 61. Pet. 0 -r OLDEST COLLEGE DAILY IN TEE SOUTH- VOLUME XLIX BosineM: 8 87; Circulation : 8SS CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941 Editorial: 55; Km: 4551; Night: 305 NUMBER 175 Legislators Plan Repeal Of Campus Reorganization Among First Acts of Fall . National Defense VocatioBal Trainiii ytiii: W .For Sanford, Harris Agree on Measure In Conferences Officially- on the books but admit tedly of no value, the campus reor ganization bill, dividing the student body into groups of 400, 40, and 10, for surveying student opinion, will be -repealed next fall as one of the first atts of the 1941-42 Student legisla ture, it was learned yesterday. This became known following con ferences between, Terry Sanford, speaker, and Louis Harris, chairman of the ways and means committee through which the repeal bill would go to the floor. Both agree that the re organization bill is almost impossible to put into operation, and that rather than have it lie dormant on the legis lature records it should be erased. Criticisms of the bill, which origi nated immediately following its intro duction last autumn, have mounted in the last week since the legislature's most recent meeting. Student lead ers, pointing out that the campus doesn't have enough capable men for the positions created by the reorgani zation bill, now feel no need for the measure. . Although Speaker Sanford has or dered legislature activities ended for this year because of approaching law school exams, he has said that in the fall, when the legislature is again in session, repeal will be brought up, probably without opposition. San ford fears that because only about 35 of the 48 members have been chosen so far, a quorum would be difficult to obtain; and also believes that the repeal is of insufficent-importance for immediate consideration. To prevent further legislative and committee action and also because leg islature membership is not complete, Sanford has withheld announcement of committee members. - Harris, ways and means chairman, has stated, how ever, that when he is given his Io nian committee, repeal of the reorgan ise LEGISLATORS, page 4. ' Coffey of FBI Speaks Today For Institute j E. P. Coffey, head of the scientific detection division of the FBI, the foremost scientific crime laboratory in the world, will speak today at the fourth session of the Institute of government's seven - day Training school for Law Enforcing Officers. Coffey has studied crime detection laboratories all over Europe and has Jbuilt up the FBI's laboratory in the last ten years until it now serves city, county, and -state police departments all over the country. He has been a speaker at the Institute's 'schools for the last seven years. Other instructors in the training school which will continue through Sat See COFFEY, page 4- .: , i I I ' 1 i i I x - ' f I , , X v y i f LEADING the move to repeal an "impossible" campus reorganization bill is Louis Harris, new chairman of the ways and means committee of the Student legislature. Awards Night Plans Complete Special Seating Arrangements Made Vith the awards night resurrec tion slated for tomorrow evening at 7:15 in Emerson field, Fred Weaver, aided by student assistants, yesterday rushed last-minute preparation, con tinued the streamlining process with crowd-drawing exhibit in the li brary, and announced special seat ing arrangements for the program. The spotlighted field will house the once-traditional event, as President Frank "Graham and Governor J. M. Broughton head the roster for the eve ning. Dean R. B. House, acting as master of ceremonies, will introduce hose who present the awards. The band, NROTC, and glee club will keep the stepped-up program moving. Spectators will sit in the regular stands, speakers will use a specially built platform, the band will be in a section directly in front of the per manent stands, and recipients of in dividual honors will be provided with seats on the first three rows of a temporary section on the field. Members of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, the Monogram club, the band and the glee club will sit with winners of intramural medals, publication keys, and Playmaker masks in the rows behind the individ ual winners. Monogram men will wear their letters during the pro gram. The University club will seat win ners in the special section before the reeular nroCTam starts. Individuals and groups scheduled to sit in the tern porary field seats must be at the field by 7 o'clock. A irport Construction Mushed Eleven Coeds Initiated In First Valkyrie Rites Newly Named Woman's Honorary Society "'! Conducts Sunrise Ritual in Arboretum The Valkyries, highest coed honor the YWCA; Eva Mae Nee of Norfolk, A l 11 i 1 . 1 1 I J f V TIT A A A Tfc society on the campus, inducted eleven women students .into membership at 4:30 this morning in the arboretum. Chosen for their qualities of "leader ship, scholarship, character and unself ish service," eight juniors, two seniors, and one graduate student became the first group to be tapped by the Valky ries which last year disassociated itself from Alpha Kappa Gamma, took a new name, became a purely local or ganization. - When the sun rose over the arbore tum, formal tapping rites were held and the ceremonies involved in attain ing the coed's "Golden Fleece" were completed. New Members . - Honorees were: (juniors) Mary Cald- j well of Tallahassee, Fla., new presi dent of the Woman's Association; Cor nelia Clark of Scotland Neck, vice president of the YWCA; Jean Hahn of Wyomissing, Pa., member of the Pen-Hellenic council; Ho rtense Kelly of New Church, Va., president of the Woman's Athletic association; Randy Mebane of Blowing Rock, vice-president of Sound and Fury; Muriel Mal lison of Lafayette, Va., president of Va., secretary of the WAA: Anne Pey ton of Concord, president of Chi Omega;- . , (Seniors) Mary Susan Robertson of Hillsboro, president of Dorm 1; Anne Thornburgh of Carnegie, Pa member of the. Interdorm council; and (grad uate student) Mary Jane Yeatman of Columbia, Term., graduate representa tive to the woman's council. Honorary Valkyrie Mrs. Marvin Stacy addressed the new group at breakfast in Episcopal parish house after the tapping ceremony. Initiated into Alpha Kappa Gamma last spring, Mary Ann Clinard, Peggy Arnold, Marjorie Johnston, Genie Loaring-Clark, Julia McConnelL Jane McMaster, Betty Moore, and Ann Wil liams presided over the induction. Also present were three inactive members: Louise Jordan, Polly Pollock and Mel ville Corbett. Active on the campus, the Valkyries this year staged and directed the May Day ceremonies, and this Sunday are sponsoring an intercampus sing. At Awards night tomorrow the Valkyries will present a cup to the outstanding coed of the year. Sophomores To Vote Today On Yackety Yack Pictures Playmakers' Production 'Romeo and Juliet' Opens Friday in Forest Theater - "Romeo and Juliet," the first per formance in the Forest theater since the spring of 1939, will be produced by the Carolina Playmakers Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights this week to celebrate the reopening of the theater after its $20,000 WPA recon struction project. Final major production of the cur rent season, Shakespeare's timeless drama of "star-crossed" love, now tak ing shape under the direction of Pro fessor Frederick H. Koch, will be por trayed with scenery, action, costumes and lighting all planned with an eye towards color and variety. Lynn Gault, Playmakers scene de- Slwnot" ki o f ron tori ft romantic sett ting in the early Italian style. The most elaborate set ever built for the Forest theater, it provides five act ing levels and areas. Its color scheme of white, gold, and pink affords a background appropriate to the spirit of the picturesque story in which Shakespeare tells of young love tri umphant over hate and finally over death. Ora Mae Davis, Playmakers' cos--amer, has designed a collection of of ncniv-coiored cosiumes in siyies the Middle ages. She has used an unusual variety of materials and col ors, many of which .she achieved through her own dyeing processes. Every conceivable material paste stones, drawer pulls, buttons, hinges, light-socket plates, chains is being used to bejewel the Lords and Ladies of Verona.- . , Liirhtiner is under the direction of Harry Davis, Playmakers' technical director. Special dances for the ball scene at the home of the Capulets have been arranged by Elsie Law son, Chapel Hill dance teacher. Earl Wynn, of the Playmakers' staff, is arranging an appropriate musical background for the play. Principal members of the "Romeo and Juliet" cast are: Robin Bolce, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is playing Jul iet; Robert Carroll, of Hamlet, Ro meo; Josephine Sharkey, of Chapel Hill, Juliet's nurse; Robert Bowers, of St. Louis, Mo., 'Mercutio; Professor Harry Davis, of the Playmakers' staff, Benvolio; Professor Earl Wynn, Friar Lawrence; Robert Finch, of Chapel See PLAYMAKERS, page 3. Palmer, Tillett Work Out Plan Rising sophomores go to the polls today to vote on the proposed assess ment for individual pictures of the class of 1942 Yackety Yack. The ballot reads, "Proposed: That the class of 1944 have individual pic tures in the 1942 Yackety Yack. These shall be paid for by a fee of $2.00 which will be collected in three installments (66c, 67c, and 67c) at the time of registration." Dotson Palmer, class president, and Charlie Tillett, editor of the '1942 Yackety Yack, have worked out the plan. The sophomores must vote the assessment each year because the ad ministration will not sanction a per manent settlement of the issue since it is "reluctant to raise fees unneces sarily." The past two sophomore classes have voted for the inclusion of individ ual pictures, and Palmer and Tillett stressed the importance of voting to secure the simple majority of the 750 members of the class needed to pass the measure. Polling places will be open in the YMCA lobby from 9 to 12 o'clock and j from 2 to 5 o'clock, and "in the UDH Iobbv from 12 to 2 o'clock and from 5:30 to 7 o'clock.- Freshman Meet Advisers Today Members of the freshman class must meet their advisers today at 10:30 to get information concerning appointments for pre-registration for the fall quarter. The present plan, instituted several years ago to do away with waiting in line, will be ex plained. v The meeting places are Dr. Edmis- ter, Venable 304 ; Dr. Emory, New East 112; Mr. Hill, Phillips 206; Dr. Huddle, New East 203; Miss Huntley, Saunders 201; Dr. Cecil . Johnson, Saunders- 314; Dr. R. P. Johnson, Murphy 111; Dr. Klaiss, Venable 302; Mr. Lovejoy, Davie Hall auditorium; Mr. McKie, Bingham 103;. Mr. Parker, Venable 206; Dr. Perry, Peabody202; Mr. Spruill, Bingham 108; ; and Dr. Wells, New West 101. ' . At the meetings students will be .ad vised on arrangements for a class meeting in Memorial halat 10:30 to morrow, when registration blanks will be distributed. Chinese Envoy Cancels Speech IRC Experiences 'Speaker Trouble' Speaker trouble hit the IRC yester day with the announcement that the speech by Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese ambas sador to the United States, scheduled for Sunday, May 25, has ' been can celled. The address, to have been presented under the auspices of the IRC, was considered one of the outstanding events of the spring quarter, as the Chinese envoy was expected to give, from his inside knowledge, the part that the Far East is playing in the world conflict. "Pressing Business' However, yesterday officers of the IRC received a telegram from Dr. Hu Shih, expressing his regrets that "pressing business" out of his control would prevent him from appearing here. The nature of the "business' was undisclosed. Officers of the IRC, who interview ed Dr. Hu Shih in Washington at the time , he agreed to come to Chapel Hill, said that he seemed very anxi ous to visit the University. In the telegram from the ambassa dor he indicated that he might be able to speak at the University next falL Treasure Hunt Winners To Meet Winners in the senior week treas ure hunt held last nightmare asked to meet with Sid Sadoff, Ed Erickson, and Herb Hardy in the small lounge of Graham Memorial tonight at -7:30, senior class prexy Hardy announced yesterday. Prizes will be given out. More Days Until Final Exams Field Expected To BeFinished By September 1 By Paul Komisaruk . Out of the blue print- stages, and rushing towards completion, Caro lina's aerial expansion program which will result in the largest col lege air field in the country will be completed by September 1, if the pres ent rate of work continues uninter rupted, W. R. Mann, airport manager disclosed yesterday. Covering 607 acres of land, approxi mately 300 acres will be developed for the entire field, runways, hangars, and cleared land. Of this 300 acres, it was learned, almost 150 have been cleared, or are in the process of development now. Work on the project began a few months ago, and since then the sweep ing stretches of land have taken shape as University engineers put their plans into effect. . Over Half of Grading Completed The $210,000 development required at the outset the . moving of almost 700,000 cubic yards of dirt, and men and machines, working 14 hours a day, six days a week have already moved about 400,000 yards. The field proper, when completed in September, will contain three runways, among tne largest in tne unitea States. They cover 200 acres of land, with another 100 acres given over to hangars, cleared lands, and other developments. Half of theNE-SW runway, 1800 by. 300 feet, is completed and now in use for current CAA student pilots, while part of another runway 1,600 by 500 feet, has also been finished and is being put to temporary use. Working at an incredibly rapid rate, as much as 45 acres of land have been cleared in two weeks," J. R. Gove, assistant engineer, said yesterday. Rough grading for the three run ways will be completed by July 1, Gove stated. Military Road Still Indefinite Action on the new proposed mili tary road, that will eliminate the dan- See AIRPORT, page 2 Welch Announces Draft Information Keeping step withv government reg ulations concerning college students and the draft, the University's chair man for national defense, S. W. J. Welch, yesterday announced that the latest requirements of the draft would be distributed today in letter form to those affected by the conscription act. With the letter, explaining the facts about deferments, will be a card to be turned to the University for per manent files. The information will be given out in the Y from 9 until 1, and from 2 until 4:30. MeetingFriday May Renovate 'Cut System Also Authorize Advanced Standing Program Changes By Ernest Frankel Moving toward greater co-operation in national defense and possible in creased enrollment, Monday's faculty meeting, in action interpreted in many quarters as "significant," passed the long-considered resolution to extend facilities for defense and vocational training, and approved a plan for in creased advanced standings. Faculty and administrative leaders usually non-committal freely dis cussed the possible implications of the legislation, and implied that an even greater surprise would come out of Fri day's meeting. The faculty has met three times in as many weeks that fact in itself suggesting the impor tance of current business. The cut system, now out of com mittee and on the floor, should be acted upon at the next meeting. Ru mor suggested that "attendance may be left up to the individual instruc tors, making for practically optional' cuts." National Defense Allowances By authorizing various departments and the extension division to provide non-credit courses for two-year men, the faculty "was making allowances for the increasing number of students who wish to take subjects that may aid them in national defense work." Present plans are to offer work in the handling of office machines, typing, and bookkeeping, but so far definite steps have not been taken. ' On paper, the extension of these fa cilities means increased enrollment by.; men who would otherwise attend busi- ness schools or drop out of college. The new arrangement would allow stu See FACULTY, page 3. Valkyries Hold Intercampus Sing Sunday Evening - First affair of its kind at Carolina, the intercampus sing, sponsored by the Valkyries, honorary woman's so ciety, will start at 8:30 Sunday eve ning on the steps of the library. Groups from all fraternities, sorori- ties, and dormitories will compete for the silver cups to be awarded to the winning men's and women's goups. The winners will be presented with silver cups on which their names will be engraved. They will keep the cups until next spring at which time a sim ilar sing will be held. Mary A. Clinard, president of the Valkyries, requested yesterday that all organizations notify her or Tempe Newsome immediately as to the songs they plan to sing. Record-Breaker Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra To Play for Finals, June 6-7 Climaxing this year's series of tra ditional Carolina dance .weekends, America's ace saxophonist, Jimmy Dorsey, and his orchestra will play for the Finals set, June 6 and 7, Tom Wright, chairman of the German club, announced yesterday. Dorsey will play for three dances, all to be held in the Tin Can, and the open , concert, lne concert will last from 4:30 to 6 o'clock on Friday after noon, June 6. The Friday night formal, will be held from -10 until 2 o'clock. Saturday, the tea dance will last from 4:30 until 6:30, and the Saturday night formal is to be held from 9 until 12 o'clock. Wright announced that bids may be obtained from any member of the Ger man club for $6.00. The club is com posed of the following 10 campus so cial fraternities: ATO, Beta Theta Pi, DKE, SAE, Sigma. Nu, Zeta Psi, Zap pa Sigma, Kappa Alpha, Delta Psi, and Sigma Chi. V . " The organization presents three of the ton social events of the sphonl year: Fall Germans, Mid-Winters, and the Finals set. Brother of Tommy Dorsey, distin guished batoner of the May Frolics set of two weeks ago, Jimmy Dorsey has snatched engagement records from the top band leaders of the land and has secured for himself a place among the "name" bands of the nation. Holds Attendance Records In the "Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge, New York, the J. Dorsey or ganization "drew larger crowds than any other band in the spot, for the same time, in history. Glenn Miller formerly held this record. , Dorsey has held all records at the swank Meadowbrook Country club, Cedar Grove, N. J., for the last four years ahead of Miller, T. Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, and all the others. He is now leading in the Meadowbrook popular ity polls. i
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