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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942
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Two-Fold Purpose Student Legislature Appoints Taylor
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Seen in Mrs. FBR's New. Speaker by Vote of Acclamation
Address Here Jan. 31 Columnist Lippman Here January 15 Tom Lonff Will Succeed Tavl
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By Paul KoraLsaruk '
Mrs. Roosevelt's long-delayed acceptance of a CPU invitation
to speak from a Chapel Hill platform at the end of the month on
a jointly sponsored CPU, ISS post war. planning conference ap
peared yesterday in some quarters-as serving a two-fold purpose.
It was generally agreed that Mrs.
Roosevelt's personal interest in the
v ISS and all youth movements prompt
ed her to encourage the conference.
The First Lady has made it a point
to attend every conference sponsored
or promoted by the ISS, and appeared
at Yale, Vassar and west coast schools
in the fall.
' OCD Criticized
. However, it was also believed that
as head of the much criticized Office
of Civilian Defense, Mrs. Roosevelt
would have an opportunity to survey
the southern program, which, accord
ing to many reports, has been the
slowest to swing behind the Civilian
Defense effort.
New York's Mayor LaGuardia, who
heads the OCD with Mrs. Roosevelt,
has been under fire lately in Wash
ington, and charges of "overlapping'
and "inefficiency" have flayed the or
ganization during the last few weeks.
The OCD has been branded in some
official circles as one of the "most
confused agencies in the present
emergency set-up." Further, it has
been accused of interfering with the
work of the Office of Education and
the Health and Safety division.
Mrs. Roosevelt's southern trip would
offer the First Lady an excellent op
portunity to explain the function of
the OCD. to bolster its southern
strength, and establish confidence in
its policies.
In recent addresses. Mrs. Roosevelt
has discussed the importance of stu
dent participation in post-war plan
ning. She will undoubtedly continue
to stress the need for "furthering de
mocracy on all fronts as the basis for
winning the war and winning the
peace."
, It is considered likely that the First
Lady will mention recent Congression
al NYA cuts. She has worked feverish
ly in opposing the NYA reductions,
and supported lobbies in Washington
protesting the cuts.
Walter Lippman, noted columnist
with nation-wide circulation, will be
guest speaker at the opening pro
gram of the 1942 State Newspaper
Institute, sponsored ' by the North
Carolina Press association with the
cooperation of the University and
Duke University. He will appear
Thursday night, January 15.
The Institute session, which will
last until Sa tarda r. Jannarv 17. will
.i'C 2rf. As Finance Committee Head
States Ambassador to Mexico, and
Paul Patterson, publisher of 'the
Baltimore San.
Individual meetings of the state
daily and weekly representatives
will discuss questions pertaining to
See LIPPMAN, page 4.
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,
who will speak under CPU and ISS
auspices January 31 in Carolina's
first large-scale, post-war planning
conference.
Drug Article
Raises Issue
Magazine Expose
Booms Benzedrine
Unexpected reactions to ". . . But
You May Die," the article published in
the December issue of Carolina Maga
zine exposing promiscuous use of ben
zedrine for exam cramming, have
caused Henry Moll, Mag editor, to is
sue a statement for publication in or
der to defend the magazine's'purpose in
printing the article.
Moll made the statement after he
learned that one coed had fainted after
indiscriminate use of the drug. Local
druggists yesterday indicated that re
cent sales of benzedrine inhalers had
been "good," and one pharmacist ad
mitted there had been "some" increase
in sales volume. Students have report
ed having seen an exceptional number
of the inhaler tubes about the campus.
Several readers already have pro
I tested to Moll and Walter Klein, au
thor of the article, that the facts dis
closed in the story are "dangerous"
and that bad taste was used in making
public such information.
"All data concerning benzedrine
which were revealed in the Mag article
originated in the journals of the Amer
ican Medical association, in interviews
of physicians and in authenticated
statements of Carolina students who
have used benzedrine in both inhaler
and tablet forms," Moll maintained.
"A warning title and a cautionary
introduction to the article were em
ployed to prevent "desperate" students
See BENZEDRINE, page 4
Dancing Classes
Will Be Started
Tft rlpar un confusion concerning
dancing classes, the physical education
department yesterday announced that
a beginner's folk dancing class, ior
girls only, will be held Irom d unui 4
o'clock on Mondays and Wednesdays
Advanced Program .
' An advanced class will be held from
Tuesdays and
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Thursdavs for both boys and girls.
The department stressed the fact
that a student need not have taken the
beginners' coursexih folk dancing to
renter for the advanced section, since
the later course is merely a more de
tailed study of American and, English
dances.
Tap Dancing
Tap dancing courses for beginners
will be held on Tuesday and Thursday
at 2 o'clock. Advanced classes will
meet Monday and Wednesday at the
same time. Both classes are for mixed
groups.
Modern dancing classes for mixed
groups will be held on Monday and
Wednesday. The beginners' class will
meet at 4 o'clock and the advanced
group at 5 o'clock.
UNC Graduates
Continue to Enlist
In Army Air Corps
The ever-growing list of former Car
olina students now in the air service
was increased yesterday when word
was received from two of the country's
major air training centers that five
former , Carolina men had been gradu
ated from training and that four more
were on the way to active service. ,
At Randolph Field, Texas, in the
last class to be graduated in 1941, five
Carolina men were outstanding. Among
them were Alexander H. Carver, Jr.,
Wynnewood, Pa., AB, 1941; James R.
Sheffield, Tarboro, BS, 1941; Walter
Clark, Lincolnton, BS, 1941; .William
R. Cowner. Jr., Gatesville 1937-41,
and Eugene M. Lockhart, Jr., Hills
boro, 1935-36. Carver while at Caro
lina was a star member of varsity ten
nis team.
Having completed their basic train
ing at Randolph Field, these men are
ready for final ten weeks at specialized
Air Corps schools. Completing this.
they will receive their Second Lieuten
ant commissions, and be assigned to
active duty.
Four former Carolina men are now
in process of training at U. S. Naval
Air Station, Corpus inrisn, lexas.
They are B. H. Browning, Jr., Little
ton, class of 1941, J: A. Crawford,
Asheville, class of 1940, B. W. Guer
rant, Danville, Kentucky, '41, and P.
T. Wilson, Jr., Winston-Salem, gradu
ate in 1939.
Philosophy 173
Students to Meet
Jap Planes Rain Death and Destruction
On Defenseless Philippine Villages
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MacArthur Says
Four Luzon Cities
Totally Destroyed
Military Units
Hold Opening
Drills Here
Colonel Raborg
Reports Response
'Highly Pleasing'
With the start of military classes
yesterday and drills today, Carolina
completes its transition to a war-time
footing of all-out training for, work.
defense, war and victory.
The first drill class will be held this
afternoon in the intramural field at
4 o'clock. In the event of heavyain-
fall the drill classes will meet in Me
morial hall at the same time.
The enrollment for the CVTC classes
which began Monday, has surpassed
expectations, reaching 340 yesterday
afternoon.
Colonel W. A. Raborg, newly appointed
executive officer, said yesterday. "Par
ticularly in view of the fact that both
courses and drills are voluntary, and
our faculty are serving as instructors
without one cent of pay."
"Our purpose is to aid the nation's
program," Jolonei Kaborg said, Dy
giving as many students as possible
some military training, with particular
stress upon training students of poten
tial officer calibre."
Outlining plans for the winter quart
er, Colonel Raborg said arrangements
had been completed to hold drills each
Tuesday and Thursday from 4 until
5 o'clock. Khaki pants and sweat shirts
will serve as uniforms and the members
will wear a small blue and white ribbon
or an insignia.
Dr. L. O. Kattsoff announced yester
day that all students in Philosophy 173,
03 Peabody (basement) tonight at
"Man and the War," will meet in Room
730 Information regarding the
, -frtr it will be
course ana reKianovv 1
given. .
Playmakers to Present
Twelfth Night Revels
This Saturday flight
By United Press
WASHINGTON Japanese airmen
have been raining destruction on de
fenseless towns during the month-long
invasion of the main Philippine Island
of Luzon, the War Department was
advised last night by General Douglas
MacArthur.
Four towns have been destroyed
completely, MacArthur reported, and
many natives have been killed by air
men who swooped low over helpless
villages and machine-gunned the peo
ple in the streets.
This newest account of Japanese ter
rorism came in the midst of what ap
peared to be an all-out Jap assault
aimed at blasting MacArthur's dogged
defenders out of the rugged corner
of Luzon where they are making a gal
lant stand.
SINGAPORE Allied plans for a
counter-offensive to save Singapore
were nastened yesterday wnen a
strong force of Japanese tanks pierc
ed the lower Pevak River defense
lands. 260 miles northwest of here.
LONDON Any attempt to obtain
bases in Eire for an AEF, either by
negotiations or force will be resisted
strongly because government officials
believe that if such bases were per
mitted, Dublin would be flattened by
German bombers within two hours, re
ports -from reliable sources in Dublin
asserted yesterday.
BATAVIA East Indies forces elat
ed over President Roosevelt's implied
promise of unstinted aid in the de-
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ense of the Archipelago, brought
hearty confidence that the Dutch could
stave off any full-dress Japanese of
fensive until American reinforcements
arrive. - '
WASHINGTON Members of the
See NEWS BRIEFS, page 4. j
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By Bob Hoke '
Tn an iiTvnrpwlfntpd movp. thp sturfpnt. lecrislatnr in srwr.il
session last night elevated Ferebee Taylor, holder of the Jackson
scholarship and chairman of the legislature Finance committee
to the speakership of the campus assembly by acclamation vote.
Precipitated by the resignation of
Terry Sanford from his three month's
reign in the speakers chair, last night's
special election was called and pre
sided over by Jick Garland, speaker
pro-tem. N
Sanford, first student government
leader forced to drop from school, was
called in by the Washington office of
in the wartime expansion of the bu
reau's activities.
Tom Long, representative of the
Law School was elected by acclama
tion to fill the vacancy left by Taylor
in the chairmanship of the Finance
committee.
Emphasizing the" legislature's defi
nite place on the Carolina campus, .
Taylor in his acceptance speech stated
that the body "still lacks prestige and
tradition for which time is the only
solution. We need to improve the cali
ber of our actions in the intervening
period." Calling attention to his pre
decessor, he stated that "it would be
impossible to step into Terry's shoes,
I will do my best however."
A native of Oxford, N. C, Taylor
came to the University as first stu
dent under the Jackson scholarship
and was elected president of Phi Beta
Kappa for this year. A senior major
ing in commerce, he is secretary of
the trraii, memoer 01 the student wel
fare Board and was president of the
University club in his junior year.
As chairman of the Finance commit
tee of the legislature, Taylor was one
of the main proponents of the far
reaching Student Fees Bill, termed one
of the most forward steps in student
self-government. In the fall quarter,
he presented the budgets of all campus
agencies before the assembly for ap
proval after, careful'study of each in
his committee. His proposals that ac
tivities keys be paid for by the indi
viduals instead of out of student fees
were passed by the, legislators.
Taylor is a member of the Zeta Psi
social fraternity.
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FEREBEE TAYLOR, who was
elected new speaker of the student
legislature by acclamation vote last
nighti
Beta Gamma
Inducts Ten
Commerce Fraternity
Initiates Seniors
Ten ranking seniors in the School of
Commerce were initiated into Betia
Gamma Sigma, honorary scholastic
fraternity, last December 10.
The new members are Warren How
ard Bernstein, New York City; George
Leavell Coxhead, St. Petersburg, Flori
da; Richard V. Ehrick, Findlay, Ohio;
Robert I. Lipton, Wilmington; Frank
A. Masters, Greensboro; Joseph Motts
man, Hendersonville; Albert Rose,
Durham; Carl Julien Simon, Augusta,
Georgia; Harold Ingram Spainhour,
Winston-Salem; and Patrick Henry
See BETA GAMMA, pageh
Carolina Playmakers will again pre
sent to the campus their annual Twelfth
Night Revels a "galaxy of fun, laugh
ter and entertainment."
' As in former years, this, show will
be free to all. In addition to the en
tertainment, there is to be dancing and
food immediately following the per
formance.
Revels, to be held in the Playmakers
theatre Saturday night at 7:30, will
open with the election and crowning
of the King and Queen for the year,
Highlight of the affair will be two
original songs, "Playmaker Revels of
'42" and "Fay From Uraguay," both
put to music by Tom Avera.
Band Meets Tonight
To Form CVTC Unit
Band director Earl Slocum announced
that all members who played in the
144-piece football band last fall must
report to Hill Music hall tonight at
7 o'clock.
Taking its place in the country's war
effort, the UNC band recently an
nounced its intention to organize a
marching unit in cooperation with the
new CVTC unit on the campus. Slo
cum also stated that any student is
welcome to, try out for either the Con
cert band or the proposed CVTC band.
Those interested are to attend the meet
ing tonight.
War or No War
UNC Burns Midnight Oil
Readying for Latin Visitors
By Bob Levin
Midnight oil burns in the offices of
Carolina's Inter-American Institute,
as heads of the department rapidly
complete plans for the inauguration
of the second winter "summer school"
to be held here from January 12 until
the end of February.
Hinging on this year's session, even
more than last, will be the strengthen
ing of good neighbor relations between
the United States and the Southern re
publics. Pan American officials urged
that the project be carried on despite
present developments as this would
greatly aid in proving to our South
American neighbors that last year's
S&F Staff Meets
Tonight at 8
The Sound and Fury staff will
meet for the last time before going
into rehearsals tonight at 8 o'clock
on the second floor of Graham Me
morial. Old -members are urged to
bring their $1.00 dues and new mem
bers their $2.00 dues.
This is the meeting called for last
night through error.
summer school was not a grand pub
licity stunt to be dropped when it was
found to be inconvenient.
In spite of the great hazard of sea
travel the Sudamericanos have recip
rocated by sending representatives
from Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia.
They are due to dock at New York
City on the Grace and Moore McCor-
mick steamships this Monday where
they will be met by members of the
Inter-American Institute. .'
Dr. S. E. Leavitt, director, and Dr.
J. C. Lyons, executive secretary of the
institute, are organizing the frame
work of what promises to be a very
modernized summer, school. Since all
kllthose that had originally planned
to come can not dp so because of the
war, plans will naturally be on a more
compact scale. Each of the 13 visitors
will have private instruction as well
as the regular university classes and
thus have a better opportunity to be
come acquainted with the Carolina vay
of life.
Tentative plans call for a three-day
trip through the Western part of the
state, t trip to Greensboro as guests
of the Woman's College, and participa
tion in Duke University's Spanish Fi
esta on February 13.
Fifteen Students
From Tenth Grade
Now Enrolled Here
The University of North , Carolina
now has 15 1 new students fresh from
high school.
Yesterday, upon the completion of
the first step in the University's ex
perimental plan for admitting stu
dents after they have completed the
tenth grade in high school, 15 high
school hopefuls became regularly en
rolled fresmen.
Previous to-yesterday 27 students
had taken the exams and 21 had pass
ed. Of this number, 14 decided to en
ter schooL Yesterday, another boy
passed the exams and joined the list
of those enrolling, bringing the total
to fifteen.
Among the 15 registering, 11 were
from North Carolina; four from Chap
el Hill. Those registering were: Philip
Arthur Anderson, Westfield, New Jer
sey; John Sutton Barlow, Hamlet;
Robert Alphens Beeland, Sewanee,
Tennessee; Henry Fitghugh Collins,
y See HIGH SCHOOLS, page 4
A. B. Smith Will
Receive Wings
Armistead B. Smith, Jr., of Gaston-
ia, a former student in the University ;
who until recently had been an aviation
cadet at the Jacksonville Naval Air
Station, has just been transferred to
the air station near Miami where he
will take a six-weeks course to gain his
Navy wings and a commission as En
sign, in the Naval Reserve.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Burwell
Smith of Gastonia, Cadet Smith gradu
ated from the Gastonia High School
and attended the University from 1938-
41. While at Carolina he was active
in wrestling and cross country.