VOLUME XXXVII
NmiBER 25
HERNDON WRITES
HARDEN STUDENT
VOTE IS LEGAL
Defeated Congressman Is Pass
ing All Information to Asso
ciates; Says Further Action
Must Come from Party. .".
Junuis H. Harden of Burlington,
who opposed Major Stedman for
Congress from , the fifth district, is
convinced that there was no irregu
larity in voting on the part of Uni
versity; of North, Carolina students.
It had been reported that Republican
leaders had ; been informed that 300
to 400 : students had voted . v, illegally
the Democratic ticket. After investi
gation, it seems that 25 to 30 stu
dents voted, and it appears all of
them were qualified.
Mr. Harden; in a letter to the Daily
News yesterday, said that . after he
received report of alleged irregular
ities he started an investigation
through his friend R. D. Herndon,
postmaster at Chapel Hill. Mr. Hern
don wrote Mr. Harden the following:
"Mr. W. O. Sparrow, the Republi
can pollholder here, says that- not
more than 25 , or 30 students voted at
the precinct. ' Mr. Sparrow Was as-
Qiafant '' nnsf ma stpi Iiptp f nr SPVPral
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years and has been with the Bank of
'Chapel Hill since leaving the postal
. service. He has been in daily con-
tact with the students and towns peo
l pie here ' and probably knows . more
y nearly all of them than any man here.
, Mr. Sparrow personally . checked the
name of every voter as they voted -
; and he does not believe that a single
student vote was cast illegally. Mr.
. Sparrow's integrity, and ability are
beyond question and he is 100 per
cent Republican." ,: .
"From this," said Mr. Harden, "it
j is apparent that my first, information
-was incorrect, and if what publicity
nas oeen given lo ims mauer uaa rt
i fleeted in any way-upon any person,
" or persons, I wish by the publication
of Mr. Herndon's statement to make
Inn amfinrlH -fn-r v Vmrt that has re-
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FOREIGN STUDY
TOURS PLANNED
Tours Designated for Students
and Teachers Interested in
Foreign Travel.;
Three foreign study tours under
the direction of the University Ex
tension Division will be conducted to
Europe next summer, it was decided
by the university committee on for
eign study tours, Tuesday night. ;
One will carry French 'students in
to the interior of France, with exten
sive study of Paris and its environ
ment, with expeditions and side trips
to many oi tne most interesting cities
and districts in the country. Anoth
er, under the direction of Professor
Metzenthin," will visit the important
cities and places , in the Germanic
" countries. The third will be an En
glish residential tour, having its head
quarters at London.
These tours are designed for stu
dents, teachers, and other men and
women interested in' traveling abroad
whn elpaWf a tho-roue-h studv of the
language and people of Europe. Col
lege courses in French and German
will be given by the directors through
out the tours. These courses are
open to all members of the parties,
but are not obligatory. However, col
lege credits are granted for all courses
that are completed.
According to R. M. Grumman, di
rector of the Extension Division, the
two tours last summer, to Central
Europe, France and Germany, were
unusually successful. ' The parties
consisted of a number of university
students who took regular " college
courses, and several sightseers, who
were not taking work, lie says tnat
he expects each of the three tours
this summer to be even more suc
cessful than those of last. He has al
ready received inquiries about these
trins. ' , - '. ' '
At the meeting Tuesday night Pro
fessor J. C. Lyons of the French de
partment, was unanimously selected
by the foreign . study committee to
direct the French tour and act as in
structor. Dr. Metzenthin of the Ger
man . department, was selected, to di
. rect the German tour. No one has
been named for the-English residen
tal tour, as only tentative plan3 have
been made for this trip. Complete in
formation will be published later.
Speakers at Educational Conference
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MANY TAR HEELS
TO SEE VIRGINIA
CAROLINA GAME
Many ; Special Trains from All
Sections of the State Will
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Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, president of the university (left), and
Dr. Douglas jS. Freeman editor of the Richmond, Va., News Leader,
were the speakers at the opening session Thursday nightjof the first an
nual Southern Conference on Education held at the University on Thurs
day, Friday, and Saturday of this week. ! V ;
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sity
son '-.Talks
Student Body
Discussed Creative Impulse in
Lecture Here Thursday Night ;
Is Editor of Two Newspapers
i And Author of Several Books.
' "The creative impulse can never be
downed because . it is the only, thing
that can give, man satisfaction," ac
cording to Sherwood "Anderson, noted
author and lecturer, who spoke be
fore University students in Memorial
Hall Thursday night. .
; Mr. Anderson's subject was "The
Creative Impulse," which he applied
to American lif e both in the physical
world and in the . world of ideas.
"There has never been any lack
of creative impulse in American ' life
in physical," Mr. Anderson declared
concerning the former phase. "In
fact, practically . all our energy has
gone into that. ' r- -' - " '
"This condition," he went on, "has
practically spent itself today. The
young man today isn't as , absorbed
in this phase as he was once. In fact
he is going through a kind of disil
lusionment about this very thing, and
this problem explains the absorption
in sex and all that sort of thing."-
Mr. Anderson declared that the
creative impulse in the world of ideas
and art belongs to the sophisticated
people, and that io get it may be," just
a process of getting sophisticated."
The lecture was the second attract
tion on the splendid entertainment
program scheduled for University
students this year. A large audience,
considerably augmented by faculty
and Chapel Hill folk, heard Mr.
Anderson. , '
He is at present editor of The,
Marion Democrat and The Smith
County News in Marion, Va. He is
well known for his successful novels,
Many -Marriages, Horses and Men,
Poor White, and the recent Dark
Laughter.
Prominent Alumnus
Will Speak . Here
Was Graduated, from the University
In 1922; On Board of
'-'" - ' Trustees. -. . .' ;
Dr. Charles E. Maddry, who has
been General Secretary of the North
Carolina Baptist v State Convention
since 1921, will speak at the Baptist
church in "Chapel Hill next Sunday
morning. He is. the leader of all
Baptist work in the state, and is
recognised as one of the foremost
leaders in the denomination. He is
anable speaker with a worthy mess
age. - . '
Dr. Maddry was born in Chapel Hill
on April 10, 1876. He was graduated
from -the ; University with the class
of 1903. He also attended the Uni
versity of Texas, and the , Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary "at
Louisville, Ky. iHe was married to
Miss Emma Parker. Their daughter,'
Miss Katherine Maddry, is now do
ing graduate work in the University.
Dr4 Maddry received the D. D. de
gree from Wake Forest - college in
1817, from Baylor University at Waco;
Texas in 1920, and. from the Univer
sity in 1922. He is, at present a
member of the Board of 'Trustees of
the University, and deeply interested
in all that concerns the institution
and its student body. ;" ' .-"vt.;:
All members of the faculty and stu
dents are cordially .invited to hear him
at the Baptist church .next Sunday
morning at 11:00 o'clock.
To the Student Body
The circulation department
of the seyeral publications have
recently received numerous com
plaints from students to the;ef
fect that their publications have
been taken by ; other students
from outside their doors. Such
conduct is obviously a violation
of the. honor system However,
I do not believe that the stu
dents engaging in this practice
fully realize this fact. There
fore, I wish to urge that all stu
dents who have been guilty of
this offense, think seriously a
bout - the matter and discontinue
the practice. If this complaint
continues, it will, be necessary
for the student- council to , take
some action' to remedy the sit
uation.: ': ,.y , .
D. E. ilUDGINS,
Pres. Student Body.
MAKES STUDY OF
WEEKLY PAPERS
Speaker ; Advises Giving More
News of Economics, Sports
and Politics.
' "The weekly newspapers of North
Carolina give too much space to items
of gossip about persons and to syn
dicated magazine material and too
little to economic, political and sport
ing news," was an interesting con
elusion of Mrs. H. P. Brinton, grad
uate student in sociology, whd ad
dressed the North Carolina Club fcof
the university here recently on the
subject, of ' The Country Newspaper."
Mrsr Brinton based - her conclusion
on a careful study of 23 North Car
olina country-newspapers and a com'
parison made between these and
similar number of like papers in Con
necticut, a northern state.
The North Carolina . papers she
found to devote more space to maga
zine features and personal items at
the expense of cultural - features;
whereas the New ' England papers
went in for cultural news and sports
Mrs. Brinton ound a particularly
encouraging fact in the amount of
space j the North Carolina papers give
to editorials. She found in her sur
vey that the North Carolina papers
averaged giving 9.9 percent of their
"total space, to original editorials and
took this as the encouraging sign of
a hearty desire among newspaper
readers in the state for , expressions
of thought on questions of the day. !
"The only type of matter which
offers any " hope as a rural social
agency," she said, "is the original
editorials which are much more prom
inent than in the Connecticut papers.
Here is a real opportunity to mold
public opinion which is being grasped
by the . North Carolina editors."
. A survey, , Mrs. Brinton said,
showed North Carolina to be partic
ularly low in's the matter, of its read
ing public. "It ranks 37th among the
states in reading the "True Story"
type of magazine, 41st in reading
class ; magazines, 43rd in magazine
circulation, women's. magazines, daily
newspapers, and national weeklies,
and 44th in, literary magazines..
. As a solution for the problem of
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Tar Heels will flock to Charlottes
ville Thanksgiving - to , see - the annual
Turkey Day classic between football
teams representing the , . universities
of North Carolina" and Virginia,
judging by the advance sale of
tickets and numbers of pullman cars
already reserved.
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The railroads have arranged to run
special trains from all sections of the
State, leaving-: the - night ; before
Thanksgiving -and arriving in Char
lottesville early next day. The specials J
will make the .return trip Thanks
giving night in time to discharge
their passengers early the next morn-
ing,, making it possible for the work
ing folks to spend the day in Char
lottesville without losing any time. :
Graduate Manager Charles T.
Woollen has here at Chapel Hill 'a
large number of .seats in the Caro
lina section of the stands. Seats for
the Tar Heel, section also may be ol
tained J rom . D. E., Brown, graduate
Manager at Virginia. . : The seats are
$2.50 and 20 cents , additional should
be included in mail orders to cover
postage and registration.
For the game two years ago the
special trains carried - approximately
100 ; pullmans to Charlottesville froni
North Carolina. Many are planning
to make the trip by automobile. The
roads to Charlottesville are in - good
shape. ' -. ." '' ' ' V",.."
CHASE TO ADDRESS
NEW YORK ALUMNI
Chase
Bp
and Freeman Are '
eakers at tlie Southern
Educational Conference
Dr:Strayer
Above is Dr. George D. Strayer,
Director, Institute of ' Educational
Research, Division of Field ? Studies,
Teachers College, Columbia. Univer
sity, generally , regarded as the fore
most authority in the country on fi
nancial trends and policies in public
education, who will lead a discussion
symposium on financings public edu
cation at this morning's session of the
Southern Conference on Education be
ing, held here.
Virginia Editor Advocates Class
Newspapers As Great. Aid to
Education in This Country;
Education Must Meet Chang
ing Needs, Declares Dr. Chase.
Thursday November 22 Dr. Harry
W. Chase will address the New
York Alumni Association at the Uni
versity , Club in New York city. The
New York Alumni Club meets ; an
nually for reunions and to elect of
ficers for the year. : '
The whole body of the alumni will
meet at Chapel Hill in December for
the first annual : fall meetiner. the
annual meetings having been held at
commencement prior to this year. j
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University Lighting I
Plajit Has Breakdown
The big Una-flow steam engine of
the University, which drives- the gene
rator to furnish lights in Chapel Hill
was closed down Monday until Thurs
day due to a burned connecting rod;.
A new rod was cast and placed in
position, and the engine resumed
work Thursday morning. Current
was furnished by the Southern Power
company during the shut-down.
Traffic I "Violations
Feature Local Court
Madison Pendergraph has been
brought before the Municipal Court
for speeding, and Henry Edwards for
violating the town ordinance, namely,
for crossing- the intersection 'of
Franklin and Columbia streets while
the signal light was against him.
, The Kappa, Alpha fraternity has
moved from its rooms in the Strowd.
building to 242 E Rosemary street,
the house formerly occupied by Dr.
T..H. Lever.
Grid-Graph Report . ,
Of Carolina-Davidson
Game on Kenan Field
Few people have ever been able
to say that they have witnessed two
football games af the -same time, but
all who attend the contest between
Maryland- Frosh and U. N. C. Frosh
in Kenan Memorial stadium, at 2:30
this, M ternjDpn :,iRVhayonthing ;
on their friends. Complimentary
from the Athletic . Association,- the
Grid-Graph board, will be; -placed on
the field, and , the- Carolina-Davidson
game will be published, play by play,
while the freshman game is in progress.-
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Admission, "the price of which will
be $1.00, will be at gate No. 2 only.
Students need not exchange their
coupon books for tickets, but just
present them at the gate. Freshman
cards,; which were transferred for
tickets before . the South -Carolina
game, will be issued 'at gate No. 2.
Two Automobile Wrecks
Occur in Chapel Hill
A serious accident occurred Wed
nesday night on the Durham road
when a car driven by Albert Cotton
of Durham, ran into a coupe, driven
by McFarland, an employee of the
enson Plumbing Company here.
Miss Murrell, who was with Cotton,
was , severly cut ; on the 1 right - hand
and forehead, and was rushed to the
Infirmary, where stitches were taken.
Another young lady,1 whose name was
not learned, was also in the car, but
she' escaped uninjured. ; ; ; ; ,
Another accident occurred yester
day in front of the- Baptist church,
when a car driven by. Smain Davis,
struck L. A. ,Neal, who was driving
a For4 touring car. No serious
damage was done to either automo
bile. - ' ' i "
Dr. Harry W. Chase, President of
the University, and Dr. Douglas
Freeman, editor of the Richmond
News Leader, were the chief speak
ers on the first day's program of the
Southern Conference on . Education
now. in session "at the University. Dr.
opening address of the conference at
a dinner meeting at the Carolina Inn '
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spout; ill, uie session luureuay uigau
More than .150 outstanding men
f rpm all sections of the South have
been in attendance at the conf erencfe
They-are leaders .in all fields of work
that relate to education. The con
ference met for the purpose of dis
cussing public education in the South
and solving some of the financial
questions facing leaders. Outstand-
ing men from- all over the country in
cluding : twelve state superintendents
of public instruction are present as
speakers and advisers. Governor Mc
Lean and the Governor of Kentucky
will ooti1 nna nr tmato rvf Vi a coccinno
"The progress of science - and in
dustry is casting the South into a new
mold, and if this . transition period is
to be bridged successfully the educa
tional institutions of this section must ;
train young men arid women to live
in a world-very different in many
and fundamental ways from that of
their forefathers," Drl Chase declared
in his address. r
"The South must adjust , itself to a
world that has been brought into be
ing, by science and industry; a world
that reckons efficiency and achieve
ment aDove personantyj a world that
exalts work rather than leisure; a
world , that thinks of groups and or
ganizations more often than it does
of individuals," he added.
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DR. BELL TALKS
TO DEBATE CLASS
Declares That Debaters' Prob
' lem Lies in Choosing Those
Facts Which Substantiate His
Theories about the Matter.
New York Editors Cpmmehd
Southern Education Conf ab
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The editors of two New York news
papers, and possibly others, have seen
fit to commend the purposes of the
first annual Southern . Conference on
Education that was held here at the
university on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. -..
"The purpose of these . conferences
is most commendable," says an edi
torial in the New York .Evening
World, in. part t "The effect cannot
but make for a more" generous and
liberal attitude toward education.
.. "Nowhere has public' , education
made finer- progress in recent , years
than in North Carolina.. It was not
so long ago that 1 the . public schools
there were sadly neglected. . Happily,
a highly intelligent Governor deter
mined, to put the school system on the
highest possible 'level and. a. speaking
campaign was launched, : ta-' arouse
public sentiment. It succeeded-. . In
all of thia the University of. North
Carolina played an important part.
Its alertness, foresightedness and
liberalism have made the- public - its
debtor, and the conferences held at
Chapel Hill must contribute much to
the cause . of, general . education
throughout the entire South;"' , - . ,
After discussing the questions to
be considered by the Conference, the
editor of the New York Evening Post
says. in part:
"These topics are far from being
limited to the South in interest or
importance. : The proceedings of. the
conference, although- it is called
Southern, will doubtless be followed
by educators all over the country. Nor
is it to be an. isolated- event. The
spirit of its sponsors is shown in
their announcement of it as 'the first
of a series ; of annual- conferences.'
They deserve the success, that should
attend a worthy: ambition,, one whose
benefits will not be limited, by, State
or sectional lines."'
"Theory is still the basis of all
scientific study, yet a theory is always
discarded when it is found that it
does not coincide with the facts," de
clared Dr. Bell, head of the Chemistry
Department, in an address to the Uni
versity Debate class Thursday night
in 201 Murphey. The speaker re
minded the class that theories are
constantly being changed. As an ex
ample he cited ; the Atomic Theory,
which has been changed several times
owing to new discoveries. In attempt
ing, to tell the class how" the scientific
mind behaves in the presence of facts
Dr. Bell explained that - the problem
of the scientist is to make a reason
able guess about ah unknown principle
using known principles as a starting
point. ,
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theory. In chemistry, for example,
we have the Atomic Theory. Although
nobody has ever seen an "atom, we
still believe they exist, Our views of
the. chemical atom' have undergone
changes due to the imaginative nature
of arly thories." Dr. Bell' made
these statements in explaining the un
stable nature of theory.
1 The speaker called attention to the
fact that although a theory may be
exploded, yet certain remnants of the
original idea remain. As an example
he cited " the case of the .ancient
theory that the earth was 'flat. In
spite of the fact that this idea has
been discarded among intelligent peo
ple we often hear people refer tp
"the four corners of the earth,"
stated the speaker.
; Dr. Bell explained to the class that
the solution tothe debater's problem
lies in choosing those facts which
substantiate his theories about the
matter, in order to pave the way for
adventuring . into the realm of real
argument : He maintained that rea
sonable conjectures regarding the
problem to be solved lay in imagina
tion and reasoning power arising out
of a clear conception of the fact3 of
the case.. ,