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Mux Editorials Air Raid Blander They Lead the Way News CAA Program Enlarged New Cadets Arrive UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA- VOLUME L A Subscription rates $.60 session '$.75 summer CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942 Trfe;4 ,m 4X51 S3 Gnk faotriI NUMBER 4 Third Group Of Navy Men To Arrive Thursday Pre-Flight Unit Total Reaches 672 The rapidly growing corps of Naval Pre-Flight cadets will be increased to approximately 672 on Thursday morn ing when a new group of 187 arrive on the campus to begin their three month pre-flight training course. The new men, most of whom are col lege graduates, are scheduled to ar rive in Chapel Hill about 10 o'clock Thursday morning in busses from Dur ham and will be immediately assigned to rooms, and uniforms given out. The rest of the day will be spent in pri mary drilling and general indoctrina tion. This week's group, third to arrive here since the commissioning of the school, will come principally from in stitutions of higher learning in the northeast, including groups from Cor nell, St. John's, Hamilton, Syracuse, Colgate, and the University of Rochester. While in training here, the cadets will remain in their own col lege groups wherever possible. The new cadets will attend classes in reno vated Caldwell hall, and will undergo the heavy afternoon sports schedule which includes two hours of individual sports and two hours of team sports. New groups of cadets are expected to arrive in Chapel Hill at two week in tervals until the complement of 1,875 has been filled sometime this fall. Each unit will remain here three months be fore leaving for more advanced avia tion schools. Renovation of five dormitories of the lower quadrangle is being rapidly ad vanced to take care of new contingents and the unit is expected to be com pleted in the late summer. Low-Flying Planes Listed by Harris As Not Dangerous In answering complaints made by Chapel Hillians alarmed by low-flying transport planes operating in the vicinity of the village, Major H. B. Harris of Fort Bragg stated that "the planes are being piloted by trained men who know what they are doing and not by foolhardy boys out showing off." Major Harris arrived in Chapel Hill last week to personally clear up mis understandings about the operations of the large two-motored transports which have been practicing battle tac tics from the airport on the outskirts of the town. "The operations of the transports at and around the Chapel Hill airport are part of a program of condition prob lems being conducted in the.Carolinas area by the Air-Borne Headquarters at Fort Bragg," he continued. "The nature of these operations often makes it necessary for the planes to ap proach an airport at low altitudes. "Since the operations over Chapel Hill will be continued and probably stepped up, we hope the people and students here will realize that the men flying the planes are receiving valu able war training and that the flights don't constitute a serious danger to people on the ground." Student Organizations Breaking Precedent In Continuing Activities During Summer By Margaret Morrison Keeping pace with the new "stepped p" educational program of the Uni versity many of the organizations of the regular school session are, for the first time on record, continuing their activities through the short or sum mer session. A number of these organizations such as the "Y," the Hillel Founda tion, and the Student Council are cen tering their plans around the accli mation of the new Freshman class and transfers who are planning to attend school here in the fall. The Fresh man Friendship Council, a part of the YMCA, is the main arm of contact between that organization and the 85 students of the new Freshman class. At its head is Fred Tucker of Roan oke, Virginia. The council is run for the express purpose of acquainting! these freshmen with the University, Thermometers Break On Year's Longest Day June 21st, the longest day of the year, began the summer season appro priately in Chapel Hill by breaking this year's temperature record. With a sweltering 97 degrees Sunday topped the previous record of 94 degrees. The war time tire and gasTation ing is felt more intensely than ever before in hot weather. Cut to a mini mum is the American custom of rid ing on Sunday afternoons to catch a breath of fresh air. ' As students sit under the breeze of their electric fans they may be en couraged to know that it was still hotter elsewhere on" June 21st. The temperature in El Paso, Texas, climbed to 103 degrees and in Rich mond, Virginia, to 101 degrees. Swing Gives Speech Check To Campaign Scholarship Fund Boosted by $225 Raymond Gram Swing, noted news analyist and commentator who de livered the commencement address two weeks ago, yesterday returned the check covering his fee to President Frank P. Graham with an accompany ing note explaining that he wished the money to be considered a contribution towards the Carolina Scholarship Fund" Drive. The check for $225.25 will be turned over to Drive leaders who have already deposited $4,000 in the fund's name v A the Bank of Chapel Hill. f5jecia.ing "I have deducted my traveling expenses from the check which Dean House sent me and enclose a check for the balance," Swing ex plained he would be "grateful if you would forward it to the Treasurer of the Senior Class, as.my contribution to the scholarship fund established by the class as its graduation present. "I was so glad to meet its members, Swing wrote Dr. Graham, "that I want to have a part in their closing activi ties at school. "Thank you again for your great kindness and the pleasure I had in be ing in your home. Please give my re gards to Mrs. Graham, sincerely yours," Swing concluded. Inter-Frat Rules Pending Change "The revision of the Inter-fraternity rules for the coeds is pending the de cision of Mrs. M. H. Stacy, dean of women," said Mary Lib Nash, new Women's Honor Council president yes terday. The recently formed Honor Council, composed of the 8 coed house presidents, has made several sugges tions for more lenient rulings, but these suggestions cannot be published until Mrs. Stacy either approves or vetoes them. Inter-fraternity coed rules now state that no coed can enter the Greek houses at any time. It is expected that the coeds may be allowed to enter the fraternity houses at least for private parties and entertainments, provided there is a house mother or chaperone present. As soon as Mrs. Stacy con siders the suggested rulings today or tomorrow, definite action will be taken and publicized. I the campus, and with each other; it is cooperating and participating with the Activities Committee which is a regular feature of each summer school. In previous summers, a Summer School Council has been formed from the summer enrollment incorporating in it any regular session Student Council members who happened to be on the campus. This summer, how ever, the regular Student Council will function with the addition of two duly elected members as representatives of the summer students. Bert Bennett, president of the Council, announced his main plans for the summer as a concerted effort on the part of each member of the coun cil to acquaint the freshmen enter ing at this time with their respon sibilities in regard to the honor sys tem. He has planned a program of CAA Enlarged Here; Airport Made Into Important Basic and InnoYatloii Center 'Nature Lab, 9 "Nature Lab," a popular music serenade on the Graham Memorial north lawn, and the IRC's mass recep tion tonight will start the Student Ac tivities schedule for the week. The Nature Lab, new name for the Music on the Grass concerts begun last week, will be taught by Prof. Henry Moll of Graham Memorial. Dedicated to the "babes in the wood," the pro gram will feature recordings of music by Ravel, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Strauss and Debussy. ' "Quiz Your Profs' Tomorrow night's "Quiz Your Profs" show in the lounge will give students the opportunity to submit questions to a faculty board. If the professors are unable to answer, ques tioners will be given free movie passes. IRC to Form Panel of Four For Discussion Mass Reception Scheduled Tonight - Prof. James L. Godfrey of the his tory department, Harvey Segal, Roger Mann and Phyllis Yates will form an IRC panel for a 30-minute Informa tion Please questionnaire in tonight's mass reception in Graham Memorial. Elton Edwards, summer IRC coun cil head, will fire questions to the board of experts on international af fairs beginning at 8 o'clock. In the International Relations club's first summer session program, mem bers will provide summer school stu dents with refreshments, a prediction quiz and the opportunity to select the world-famous speakers which the IRC will invite to Chapel Hill this year. The prediction quiz will test the student ability to predict things to come in the international scene. Stu dents will be asked what will happen in the world before July 21 in ques tions including, "Will the Allies in vade France before this date?" Re sults will be tabulated and the accu racy of student predictions published in the Tar. Heel, July 24. Prediction Quiz The IRC will also sound the opin ions of students attending tonight's reception on the famous persons to be brought to the campus for guest speeches. The IRC already has pre sented state department officials, and the French, Chinese, Dutch, British, Czech and Mexican ambassadors. Prof. Godfrey is noted for his social science and history courses. Segal gained repute last quarter for his suc cess in the campus Free Browder drive. Mann is the IRC's former presi dent, and Miss Yates is a member of the IRC summer executive council. According to Edwards, the club will devote its summer school to a pro gram of forum panels, including a round table forum of Naval Pre Flight officers, and to Tuesday night bull-sessions in the Student Union small lounge. A campus-wide ques tionnaire will also be held. orientation which will reach students both collectively and individually teaching them the meaning and the purpose of the honor system and es pecially emphasizing their duties in relation to it. The Council will also act in its usual capacity, trying stu dents for the violations of the honor code. The Hillel Foundation, an organiza tion which strives to give the Jew ish boys at the University an oppor tunity to participate in a religious and cultural atmosphere, is under the leadership of Rabbi Samuel Sandmel and David Arner, president of the Foundation, planning services each Friday at 7:30 and each Sunday at 10 o'clock. Social events and informal get togethers are also planned for the summer months. Also among the list of organiza See ORGANIZATIONS, page t . Quiz Begins Week's Schedule A classical version of the Nature Lab the Student Union's Sunset Symphony will be held Thursday night at 8:30 on the north lawn. Fri day night another square dance will take over the Y court at 8 o'clock. Naval officials will take over Gra ham Memorial Saturday night with a cadet dance, while students dance at the Y court in an informal swing con cert. Program of the Nature Lab tonight follows: Ravel's "Bolero,"' "Summertime" and "I'm on My Way" by Gershwin, "Sleepy Time-Gal" played by Glen Gray, Jerome Kern's new Showboat Medley Debussy's "Afternoon of a Faun," "Roses from the South" by Johann Strauss, "Red Hot and Blue" Minstrel Show Casting Ends Tomorrow Casting for Sound and Fury's first summer show "Are You from Dixie?" will be completed tomorrow, accord ing to Tiny Hutton and Ben Hall, co directors. Sound and Fury officials will distri bute roles and interview talented stu dents today and tomorrow in Memorial hall from 2 until 5 o'clock. The production will be an old time minstrel show,- with old songs "and jokes Christopher Columbus called corny." It will be staged in Memorial hall July 3 and 4. Admission price has not yet been set. Five of vSix. EndMen already have been chosen. They include Pokey Alexander, Jack Dube, Joe Leslie, Hut-1 ton and Hall. Fred CalHgan will per form dance routines. Other students cast yesterday include Hurst Hatch, Stu Morton, Wilton Damon, Hubert Philpot and Harold Cannon. Bud Imbrey was announced as tech nical director and Leslie as business manager for "Are You from Dixie?" Official quarters, principally Hutton, expressed the opinion that the two hour minstrel show will be "Stupen dous! Colossal! Magnificent! Gargan tuan! And you can quote me." Elusive Levers Cause Strenuous Exercise For Student Bell-Ringer By Sara Yokley When the bell-tower chimes rang out across the campus at 6:30 every evening few people think of the stren uous exercise and the blistered hands that the music causes. Behind the scene in the bell tower is Bill Benton, who for the past year and in the session of 1937-38 has been the chief bell ringer. Benton has re cently volunteered for the army and will be replaced by his assistant, Greg ory Perky. The Morehead-Patterson bell tower, built in 1931, has twelve bells. Each of these is played by a sixty-foot wooden lever attached to the clapper. These levers have been known to break during the short fifteen minute concerts. When this happens, the bell ringer has to jump up and catch the broken lever each time he wishes to play that particular note. In addition to the evening concerts, at 6 o'clock during the regular ses sions and at 6:30 in the summer, the bells are played on special occasions after weddings, funerals and vic torious football games. Silk Paintings On Exhibition Person Hall of the University Art school announces the exhibit of a series of Silk Paintings this week. Silk Paintings, a recent innovation of creative artists, is a blend of many paints and colors from the dullest grey to the brightest hue done with the use of a stencil only. The exhibit will be open every day this week. The public is invited. by Cole Porter, "Tea for Two," "Danc ing in the Dark," "Sweet Eloise" and other popular selections. . Thursday's Sunset Serenade will in clude "Eine Kleine Naehmusik" by Mozart, "Les Sylphides" ballet music by Chopin, "Fugue in G Minor" by Bach, "Concerto No. 1 in G Minor' by Burch and "Suite Bergamesgne" by Debussy. btudent Activities offices will con tinue presentations Sunday with a Uni versity Symphony orchestra concert to be held at Hill Music hall at 5 o'clock Weekly Vespers are scheduled for 6:15, and the regular "Music Under the Stars" program will begin at 8:30 Sunday night in Kenan stadium. An organ recital in the Episcopal church will end this week's activities slate. Cadet Dance ,To Feature 300 Coeds Activities Group Issues Navy Bids Nearly 300 Carolina coeds will be on hand next Saturday night to enter tain the members of the Pre-Flight cadet corps at their first dance, Miss Helen Dugan, chairman of student ac tivities for the summer session, as sured yesterday. The coeds are being issued bids to the Pre-Flight Solo Hop through the various dormitory and sorority enter tainment chairmen and they will ar rive at the function in Graham Memo rial Saturday -rightjusfc after the ar rival of the cadets and to meet their partners for the evening. Not more than 300 of the cadets will be allowed to attend due to the limited floor space in the main lounge of Graham Memorial, but the 300 See NAVY DANCE, page 4 Activities Schedule Tonight, June 23 Social Science tea Graham Memorial lounge 4:30-6:00. Dancing class Bowman Gray pool terrace 7:00-8:00. IRC Mass Reception Graham Memo rial lounge 8:00-10:00. "Nature Lab" North lawn of Gra ham Memorial 8:30-10:30. Tomorrow, June 24 Dancing class 7:00-8:00. "Quiz Your Profs" Graham Memo rial lounge 8:00. Thursday, Jane 25 Dancing class 7:00-8:00. Student Union Sunset Symphony North lawn 8:30-10:30. Friday, June 26 Square dance YMCA court 8:00. Portuguese Conversations Dominate AD Pi Atmosphere By Ann Turner A group of students sat on the porch of the ADPi house all busily conversing in Portuguese to a small, dark, lively-looking little man who was leading the discussion. Inside the house two women were going over a grammar book slowly enunciating. This is the ADPi house this summer since it has been turned over to the Portuguese Institute. The Portuguese Institute is an in tensive course of study in language headed by Dr. Urban. Holmes. It is taught by Dr. Holmes, Mr. McFeeters, Mr. A. Pithon Pinto and Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Peixoto. There are , sixteen students in all, both graduate and un dergraduate. Chaperones Chaperoning this unique experiment are Mr. and Mrs. Peixoto from Bahia, Brazil, who are here "not only to teach Portuguese, but to learn Eng lish." Mr. Peixoto went on to ex plain that he was "particularly en thused over the liberal methods of education in the United States," and added somewhat apologetically that Army, Navy Enlistments Required A greatly enlarged program of flight training and ground school will be opened by the CAA here at the University within the next few days, making the Horace Williams Airport an important basic and innovation center for army and navy combatant and non-combatant pilots, W. R, Mann, local CAA coordinator an nounced yesterday on his return from a meeting of all coordinators in At lanta. Mann stated that all future CAA programs will be on an eight weeks basis as compared with past sixteen weeks courses, and will include 244 hours of classroom work instead of the usual 72 hours. Ground School Classes and ground school will in clude work in Mathematics, Physics, Civil Air Regulations, Navigation, General Service of Aircraft, Radio Code, Military and Physical Training, Aircraft Identification, Military Sci ence and Discipline, and Meteorology. Those interested in enrolling in the CAA course will have a chance to make application in a few days as soon as the machinery for enrollment has been set up. The exact date will be announced in the near future. Trainees enrolled will have to be enlisted in either the army or navy reserve. Irom each class, candidates who can meet the stiff physical re quirements will be chosen to take ad vanced combat training in the navy flight schools. Those who can not meet the rigid physical examination of combat pilots have a wide field See CAA, page U Quarters Built For Negro Band Of Navy School With quarters being rapidly con structed under the supervision of W. L. Cutting formerly of the state high way commission, a Negro band will ar rive at the University within the next two weeks to be attached to the Naval Pre-Flight unit already in operation on the campus. The members of the band, recruited from the student bodies of the state's Negro institutions are regular enlisted men in the Navy. At present they are undergoing training in Norfolk and will be transferred hers as soon as their preliminary training is com pleted and the Negro Community Cen ter building where they are to be quartered is finished. The basement of the Center will be used as sleeping quarters for the band, the main floor to be used for practice and as a social room. The basement projects several feet above ground af fording sufficient light and air for the Navy men. the Brazilian school system would ap pear rather antiquated to a modern Carolina student. He also made an unusual admis sion that he believed the American students that he has known have more personality than the Brazilian stu dents, probably because the Ameri cans have more freedom of self-expression. At this point the "dona da Casa" Mrs. Peixoto smiled impishly and addressed a few rapid-fire remarks to her husband in her own language which although the reporter did not understand might well have been a reference to the Carolina coed. Mr. Peixoto declined to interpret her state ment. March will find them back in Bra zil after a nine month stay in Chapel Hill, which paradoxically enough to the average summer school student, they find an ideal place for study. Although enthusiastic about Chapel Hill's distinguished faculty and excel lent equipment, Mr. Peixoto thinks that "the town is too small to accom modate the students and has not enough commercial activity for a uni versity of this size."
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