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News Brirfi Rusli ToHdpranks In Tunisia . FDR Endorses Army Aid For Farmers ALLIED HDQ., N. Africa, Feb. 19 (UP)-The big guns of the Eighth army rumbled against the Mareth line tonight hastening the hour when Mar shall Erwin Rommel must about face to fight a. far more sea soned foe than the raw Ameri cans he swept out of the Tuni sian plains. LONDON, Feb. 20 (Saturday)- (UP) French and Brit ish troops have slashed deeply into enemy positions with sur prise attacks in North Tunisia, Morocco radio reported tonight, and Axis broadcasts said the British Eighth army had at tacked in force to the south, forcing the German rear-guard to withdraw. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -(UP) President Roosevelt has endorsed in principle, pending legislation under which soldiers could be detailed to help farm ers plant, cultivate, and harvest crops, . Chairman Hampton P. Fulmer (Dem-SC) of the House agriculture committee, said to night. . , . Red Army Surges Towards Nazi Forces at Dneiper LONDON, Feb. 19 (UP) A .powerful Russian army is driving southwestward from Kharkov toward Dnieper river on a 45-mile front, menacing the key German base3 of Poltava and Kransnograd, .while a sec ond force thrusts northwest ward on Konotop; a special Rus sian high command communique revealed tonight. ' Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Asks For Munitions, Planes WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UP) Madame Chiang Kai Shek, declaring that the Chinese can't fight Japan with their bare hands, said today that China has the manpower and trained talent but needs munitions, planes and gasoline. Nationalist Predicts Trouble If Mohandes Ghandi Dies POONA, India, Feb. 19 (UP) Chakravarthi Rajago phalachari, Nationalist leader, conferred for more than an hour today with William Phillips, President Roosevelt's special en voy, arid said afterwards that if steadily weakening Mohandes Gandi died during his fast, vio lence by resentful Indians would - result. Roosevelt Upholds Plans For Army of 7,500,000 - WASHINGTON, Reb. 19 (UP) President Roosevelt said today that an army of 7,500,000 enlisted men by the end of 1943 still stands and will stickre gardless of arguments that an army of that size can not be raised without interfering with food and munitions production for the United States and her allies. RAF Planes Bomb German Naval Base, Wilhelmshaven LONDON, Feb. 19 (UP) The RAF, extending the new non-stop Allied air offensive against Nazi' Europe, left the great German naval base of Wilhelmshaven carpeted in flames last night in the 13th raid of the month, and the ninth in the past eight days on the Reich. - 1 VOLUME LI Buii and Circulation! SMI 3m elglfu March Graduation, Plans Exercises Include Talks by Graham, Chase, Penick, House; Begin March 19 March graduation plans were virtually completed yesterday with the announcement of date, program and speakers for the prece- i dent-breaking commencemeent exercises. : ! The graduation will be divided into three main divisions to run from Saturday March 19 through Sunday afternoon, March 20, said ; Harry Comer, planning committee head. x ,-. -' ! The list of notables expected to lead the three sections include J ? , . . W1X vxuiuen neece To Choose Men Tomorrow Ceremony Scheduled Earlier Than Usual Tomorrow n i g h t s tapping service for new Golden Fleece members will come considerably earlier in the season than usual, the society having decided to select its men before the war reaps an even greater harvest among campus leaders. Already this year the Fleece has moved to induct a student be fore he left for the service. Bucky Osborne, USMC, former presi dent of the Inter-Fraternity council, was tapped into the Fleece immediately before the Christmas holidays. Considerable cainpus" interest is'expected to center on Sunday's traditional ceremony, which is open to students who are seated before 8:30 o'clock, after which the doors will be locked. The impressive tapping ritual consists of the selection of the new members by hooded figures, who pace the darkened aisles and make their selections, accom panied by a spotlight and the clashing of cymbals. Before the actual selections, The Jason, leader of the Fleece whose identity is unknown until Sunday night will again relate the legend of Jason and his men's search for the Fleece. New members will be honored with a party at the Carolina Inn after the ceremony. The Fleece which was founded by Dr. Horace Williams has been in existence at Carolina for many years and during that time sev eral hundred members have been initated into the honorary organi zation. Some of its old members are now located in some of the re motest parts' of the world in va rious capacities. Fraternity Loses Privileges In Breaking Pact with Coeds EDITOR'S NOTE : This is another in the series of sample case decisions rendered by the House ; Privileges board on vio lations 0) ' the coed-fraternity agreement as announced by Fran cis Allison, chairman.) . FACTS: Two coeds were in the dining room of a fraternity house with three members of the fraternity. One of the boys went into the kitchen, mixed a drink, and returned to the dining room with the drinlrin his hand. The two coeds protested but did not leave the room. The Interfraternity council representative walk ed in, reminded the men and women of the agreement and imme diately reported the' case to the chairman of the House Privileges board. ; 4 " . DECISION: The house was denied coed privileges for the re mainder of the quarter which was four weeks and three days, in cluding two sets of dances. The penalty was severe because this house has often violated the agreement-ih past years. The coeds were tried by the woman's honor council. - CHAPEL HILL, N. Announced Dr. Frank P. Graham, Chancellor I Harry Woodworth Chase of New York University, Bishop Edwin A. Penick, Governor Broughton, and Dean House. - .4 Student posts went to Ben Hall and Sylvan Meyer. Hall, a liberal arts major and Sound and Fury head will be valedictorian. Meyer, journalism student and editor of the Carolina Magazine, will serve as master of ceremonies at the graduation banquet. Saturday Night Banquet - First portion of the exercises will be the Saturday night ban quet. Arrangements for this are in the hands of a committee of non-graduating seniors appoint ed by class president Bob Spence. At their graduating seniors ap pointed by class president Bob Spence. At their. Thursday night meeting they decided to make the affair informal. : Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the Methodist church, Bishop Pemekof -theorfh Carolina Episcopal diocese will deliver, the baccalaureate sermon. Chase, Guest Speaker . At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the awarding of certificates of graduation . and formal com mencement exercises will be held. Chancellor Chase, former president of Carolina, will be the guest speaker and the adminis tration has asked Governor Broughton to distribute the di plomas. President Graham will con clude the ceremonies with a short farewell address to Carolina graduates who will number somewhere between 120 and 150. Comer also released the re quirements for eligibility to graduate. "All required courses must be passed and enough free elective work to give the required number of hours for the degree." Each candidate must check with his Dean and be sure he has cleared the required work. The application card must be filled out and five dollar fee paid. All loans must be in satisfactory condition. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY CLASS PRESIDENCIES in Thursday's general elections went to Bob Burleigh (left) for the seniors, and Ralph Strayhorn (right) for the juniors. Both are members of the University party. V-l Freshmen Probably To Take Exam in Spririg Freshmen in V-l probably shall have to take some form of naval qualifying examination during the coming spring quarter, accord ing to unofficial but reliable sources, Dean F. F. Bradshaw of the War college announced last night. No official word has been received on the subject, but the proba bility is that V-l. freshmen will take an examination which is less complex than that for the better prepared upperclassmen in V-l and V-7. Nonetheless, freshmen are ad vised-to study their math Q j 4-4-gv4r g l JLJLIlLl. Band Scheduled For Concert, Dance ' Johnny Satterfield's orchestra will give out with tempos fast and slow this afternoon in Memorial hall from 4 to 5 o'clock, when the German club presents a concert for the Midwinter week-end crowd. Tickets for the concert are now on sale at the Sigma Chi house, and will be available to students at Memorial hall. The price is listed at 25 cents single, and 40 cents per couple. This will mark the second pub lic appearance of Satterfield's band on the campus this week Rend as it played for last night's dance in Woollen gymnasium, and is slated to play tonight in the gym starting at 9:00 p. m. May Be Last Formal Dance There are no indications as to the attendance at tonight's af fair, but since this seems likely to be the last big wreek-end until the end of the war, a large crowd of dancers is expected. The Junior-Senior set last week drew several hundred students and their dates. The NROTC annual dance last night undoubtedly drew considerable attendance from the Midwinter event. Bub Montgomery, who fronts the Satterfield combination, is scheduled to graduate in June, and when he does the last of the four founders of the present or ganization will have been remov ed from the campus. Originally a combination that played what it liked regardless of he tastes of its audience, the band has de7 veloped into a group that has a style in high favor with southern dancers, as attested by the wide spread stands it has played re cently. University Band To Practice Today A special rehearsal of the Uni versity band will be held today at noon in Hill Hall, it Was announ ced yesterday by Robert Reed. Plays Today 20, 1943 Editorial: F-S141. Mm: and English with particular care. I It is thought that this examina- UioTi -will AtnAt wTiAVif ymf. WAWAA W AAA WVVV WW AAW VAAWA. A AAVW the V-l freshman continues, in officer training or whether he is immediatiy inducted into the na vy as an apprentice seaman. Nothing is known of the exact date of j ;thq examination; but it is . "more or less" slated for the coming spring quarter. It is ex pected to be scaled down in recog nition of the freshmen's having had only two quarters of English and math to prepare for it. . Dean Bradshaw explained that the navy's justification for possibly giving the test this year instead of the formerly announ ced March 15 exam of the sopho more year is this : When the freshmen were en listed in V-l naval reserve, the draft law age stood at 21. Since the draft has been lowered to 18, and, reasons the navy, these stu dents would now be in service anyway had they not joined the reserve. So, in continuing to of fer officer training to those who can qualify, the navy has "kept its faith." Further information is expec ted within the next two weeks, See V-l, page 4. Income Tax Expert To Be Here Monday A representative of the Fede ral Internal Revenue Department will be in South building, on Mon day, Feb. 22, and the following day in Town Hall to aid local resi dents in making returns, it was announced by J. M. Lear, execu tive secretary of the Consumers association. . A 'group of tax advisors has also been recruited by the associ ation to help tax payers whose incomes for 1942 was less than 3,000, The adivers may be con sulted iiL Town Hall court room on Tuesday, Feb. 22, Thursday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 27, from 7:30 to 9 :30 p. m. Mr. Lear stated that the meet ings were of considerable im portance, since all persons who are single and received last year as much as $500 in addition to all married persons who received in comes up.to $1200 must file re See TAX, page 2 Qass .-o; ... .fr Lvs dsrX'r,'flfifftM INSIDE post war dTaz bill ... Brazilian newsman . . . Bell By Mail . . . Britt on south ... On elections. F - JS14S. F-S147 NUMBER 103 Presidency Strayhorn, Davis Get Glass Posts Thompson, Broughton Get Council Jobs Student Party candidates were more victorious in class balloting returns yesterday, winning six of the eight important positions in the Senior class, in contrast to the crushing defeat suffered at the hands of the University par ty in the elections for campus of fices. ' Final results for senior class offices yesterday saw the Stu dent party capture all but two Official tabulations by pre cincts of voting on class offi cers will be found on page 4. places on the ballot losing the class presidency to Bob Burleigh and one lesgislative post to Jean nie Afflick. Announcement of the winners came With the release of final tabulations for important cam pus offices, which gave all. Uni versity party candidates 10,587 f i "jl li rt n ' ? ' j." 1 ; votes, wim ,ieo going to ice Student party nominees. Senior Class In the Senior Class Bob Bur leigh just managed to edge out SP candidate Earl Pardue by a scant 13 ballots, the final tally standing at 262 to 249. The bal loting at Graham Memorial saved the day for Burleigh, since all other areas -were close and Par due was well in the lead at the Medical building. The secretary post went to See ELECTIONS, page 4 Randolph Co oner Posthumously Given Navy Cross Ensign R. Randolph (Randy) Cooner, class of '37, was recently awarded the coveted Navy Cross, posthumously, for action in the battle of Midway. At the beginning of the Mid way attack Ensign Cooner made a direct torpedo hit on a Japan ese cruiser, and later in the same day scored another direct hit on an enemy aircraft carrier.-Ten days later he was killed in a take off at Pearl Harbor, when his plane struck a derrick. Cooner enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and was injured in the init ial attack on Pearl Harbor. While at the University he was a well known campus figure, as a mem ber of the track and football squads, and several campus pub lications. He was a member of DKE fraternity. Originally from Asheville, he is survived by his parents who live in Washington, D. C. Hollett Leaves Soon For Duty With Army Mr. A. R. Hollett, engineer and supervisor of the physical plant of the University, will leave Sunday for Raleigh where he will be commissioned a cap tain in the Army to be sent to Brazil for active duty. Mr. Hollett has charge of the maintenance of all University equipment and has served in that capacity for many years. He will be in the engineering di vision of the Army. A supper in his honor was given by his associates last night at the Carolina Inn.
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