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NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE 10:00 A. M. TODAY CAROLINA INN1' i f NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE 10:00 A. BI. TODAY CAROLINA INN ,4 & 5 WW 'IO t, . fl v A- J Pi n VOLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB PREPARED FOR BIG C0NTES m Daily Rehearsals Will Begin Next Week for Sectional Con test To Be Held in Greenville, S. C, Next Month. TO APPEAR IN GASTONIA The University glee club is working hard in preparation for the sectionah glee club con test to be held February 7 at Furman University, Greenville, s. c. - -r x ; H. S . Dyer, director, an nounced that beginning next Monday and lasting until the date of the contest there will be daily rehearsals of special divi sions or of the entire club. The grouphas been greatly strengthened by several, new tenors who until this quarter had no glee club experience. Members of the club have ex pressed their approval of the new alma mater song, composed by Arthur Edward Johnstone. They have already memorized and are now using this song. Four student directors for the contest will be tried out January 24 when the glee club will make its appearance at the Durham high school auditorium. Those competing are Jack Connolly, Ewan S. Clark, Alien J. Stahr and W. T. Whitsett. - Schools representing six states are to enter the Greenville, con test, and directors have com " municated'with ''Mr.' Dyer to the effect that most of the glee clubs are unusually hard at work. The winning club will compete in the national contest to be held at New York in March. The Greenville contest will be divided into three divisions : namely, groups of songs picked by the individual glee - clubs, school alma maters, and selec tions picked by the contest com mittee to be sung by all groups. The order in which the -schools will appear is to be determined separately for each division by lot. Word has been received from Furman University that splen did entertainment is being pre pared for the visiting clubs. On its way to Greenville the glee club will give a concert at Gastonia, February 6. BERNARD TO TALK ON ROBERT E. LEE AT SOPHS' CHAPEL Dr. W. S. Bernard will ad dress the sophomore class in Gerrard hall Monday morning, in celebration of Robert E. Lee's birthday which is Sunday, January 19. A graduate of the class of 1900, Dr. Bernard has long been Prominent in the life of the Uni versity. He has taught the stu dent Sunday school class of the Methodist church here for sev eral years. For the past seven years he has been a professor i Greek in the University. He has been especially suc cessful in speaking to alumni gatherings and is frequently called upon by the University for such addresses. DEAN BRAUNE RETURNS TODAY FROM NEW YORK Dean Braune, who has been J New York for the past few . ays, is expected back in town ay. He has been attend ing the annual meeting of the ferican Society of Civil Engineers. Oswald G. Villard Of University Is (By H. J. Gotland) "The liberalness and open mindedness of the University of North Carolina is well recog nized in the North and all over the country," Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the Nation, said here yesterday in' an interview.- "Most, colleges," he de clared, "consider themselves aloof and apart from the com munities in which they are siU uated, and the interest and study of vital problems of the vicinity on the part of the University of North Carolina is particularly interesting." Mr. Villard commented on the fact that the University's presi dent is-a Northerner. It is an other evidence, he said; of the liberality for which the Univer sity is known. He found the work done here in the field of study of the negro unusual, and referred to the work of Profes sor Brown and others for, their studies of the North , Carolina chain gang. As a grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, the great abolitionist, he said, the problem of the negro is one of intense interest to him. He was particularly impressed with the beauty of the campus, ditor Of The Nation Speaks To A Large Group On Present " Conditions In Soviet Russia Oswald Garrison Villard j Out , lines Soviet Plans For Build ing Industry ; States That All Opposed To Communism Are Punished. Russia, a land of paradoxes and contradictions, was the sub ject, of an address given by the notea editor of The Nation, Os wald Garrison Villard, yester day morning in Bingham hall before a large audience. Introduced by Dean Carroll of the" school of commerce, Mr. Vil lard. immediately commenced to describe the phenomenal changes which have occurred within the vast country of Russia during the past two years. Admonish ing his listeners to do away with their preconceived notions, their ethical and' social standards be fore" judging the communistic experiment that is being tried in the former land of the Tsars, the famous journalist described how he and a large group of American observers were ex tended invitations to visit Rus sia by the American-Russian Chamber of New York City. The most, vivid impression which the largest country in the world made upon him was that of change. "Only 'one who knew what Russia was like 20 years ago can appreciate the colossal work that " has been wrought," said Mr. Villard. Comparing Russia to modern countries is, according to the owner of The Nation, a wrong method of judging Russia: It is necessary for the intelligent observer to. have a clear knowl edge of the wretched conditions under which the Russian peas ant, a "virtual serf , labored be fore the momentous days of 1917. Reducing Illiteracy A voyage of 6000 miles with in the borders of Russia, 900 of which were spent upon the Volga sufficient to show the river, was efforts that the Bolsheviki are making to reduce illiteracy, to build up a race of strong, : ' (Continued, on pago four) CHAPEL HILL, N. O, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1930 Says Liberalness Well Recognized and expressed himself as being pleased that the architecture of the buildings was harmonious. He hoped that the fraternity houses now building will not de tract from the uniformity of the type of architecture. Mr: Villard came from the Institute of Statesmanship at Rollins College, Fla. Yesterday morning he addressed all class es in history and economics on the subject of "Conditions in Russia." : An interesting highlight of ation of America. The f ollow his stay m North Carolina was ling account of the trip is pre his address at A. & T. College of iliminary to a more detailed ac Greensboro. There he was in-'count to be published later. troduced by Prof essor Kendrick of N. C. C. W., whose father was a slave-holder, while the speak er of the evening was the grand son of an abolitionist and spoke to an. audience of negroes. 'i Mr. Villard was taken on a short tour of points of interest about the campus by Professor Caldwell of the history depart ment. He found the campusand faculty homes "most attractive," and was well pleased with the beauty of Kenan stadium. Be fore proceeding to New York, Mr. Villard went to Durham to see the new Duke campus. No Chapel Today m f There will be no chapel ex ercises in Gerrard hall this morning. Regular-chapel will be resumed on Monday. Students of German To Be Guests of Dr. And Mrs. Metzenthin Dr. and Mrs. E. C. P. Metzen thin issued a cordial -invitation yesterday to all students of Ger man to visit their home, 402 Hillsboro Street, on Sunday, January 19th, between the hours of four-thirty and six. v As is usual at these German teas of Dr. and Mrs. Metzen thin. German games will be played, German songs will be sung-, and a general good time will be had in a real typical Ger man manlier. A feature of the afternoon trat has attracted much atten tion is the novel manner in which guests are expected to receive their tea and cakes. Various directions, all ' in German, are written upon slips of paper and it is up to the individual's abil ity to read German that will de cide whether or not he will have his refreshments sooner or later. Although nothing but German will be spoken, Dr. Metzenthin made it x:lear that everyone who is interested in the native tongue of Heine, Schiller and Goethe will be heartily welcome. PI BETA PHIS TO GIVE CONCERT JANUARY 24 On Friday, January 24, the Pi Beta Phi sorority will give a concert at 8:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. F. D. McCall for the benefits of the Pi Beta Phi settlement school, which is lo cated in the mountains of Ten nessee. Miss Aliene Hughes, a graduate of the University, will rivA a recital. Miss Hughes, who is also a Pi Phi, has been! studying in England for some ti RIS RETURNS OBI NATIONAL TUDENT1IEETING President Of University Student Body Attends Annual Con gress Held During Holidays At Stanford University. MEETS CHICAGO GANGSTER Ray Farris, president of the student body, has recently re turned from the west coast where he attended the congress of the National Students' Feder- From the first to the fourth of January Stanford University acted as host to the some hun dred and eighty delegates from all parts of the country. The time of these delegates was di vided among discussion;; sight seeing, social functions, and oth er activities of j interest. Wel coming the delegates were mes sages from President Hoover and Ray Lyman Wilbur, presi dent of Stanford. The conven tion, first ever to be held west of the Mississippi, was presided over by Ursel Narvel ol Oregon State College. : The delegates were first enter tained by a tour of the campus, followed by a dinner. Then for several days followed discussions covering every phase of college life. Among- the topics of dis cussion were "athletics, includ ing such problems as" subsidiz ing, recruiting, amateurism, management, handling of stu dent tickets, All-American selec tions, "hate" rivalry Between schools, etc.; fraternities, in cluding rushing problems, uni versity aid, their effects on the school, " etc. ; non-organization (Continued on page four) 17 FR Chain Stores Have Little Effect On Local Business This Year (By J. D. McNairy) ' ". That the chain stores operat ing in Chapel Hill are not hurt ing business a great deal for lo cal business men "is the general opinion voiced by a number of merchants. Here as everywhere else the, chain stores have -made a strong bid for business and are fighting all the time for more customers, more stores,' and more profits. Many small business men throughout , the state are seeing their business vanish as the chain stores come in and undersell them. Interest has been keen throughout the south as the big chains are ex panding their business in this section. The radio operator in Louisiana has given a good deal of free publicity to the A & P through his bitter denunciations that have fairly burned the air. In the x grocery -line only one of the big chains has a strong foot-hold in the village. . The A & P has an extensive grocery store and meat market on the north side of Franklin street; its business must be quite extensive as it is generally known that the A & P company will not operate a' store unless it ,does at least $1,000 worth of business per week. Penders, the giant that com petes with A & P, everywhere, had a store here several years ago in the place now occupied by Jack Lipman, but as it found business bad, due in part to its location on the wrong, side of the street, it was closed out. Due He Provides O Throws Brickbats : y . Larry S. Kelly, space buyer for the H. K. McCann Company, speaking before the Newspaper Institute yesterday, declared that if the country weeklies ex pected to increase national ad vertising they must establish circulation standards of reliabili ty, quality, and quanity. Telephone Co. Sends Representative Here To Interview Seniors Representatives of the Southern Bell Telephone Com pany will be in Chapel Hill Saturday morning, January 18, to interview seniors who expect to graduate from the college of liberal arts, school of commerce, and school of electrical engineering. Any senior interested in talking with these "men concerning work should v see Henry John ston, Jr., some time ' today at 204 South building. to the fact that there are not two big chains, there is no price cutting war, and local merchants have suffered little from the op eration of A & P. The great weapon of the chain store is its buying '"power. The M system store is owned by local people, and thus it is not prop erly a chain store, but it has the buying power of a chain store, and has central direction and supervision, it is the typeot chain that local people are least hostile to, as it benefits the buy er in lowering prices, and at the same time the local people make a profit from the operation of the store. The Home Pride grocery store which used to op erate on the corner of Franklin and Hillsboro, just opposite the Post-office, was operated on the same basis. However, when the national system went into bank ruptcy the local store was not able to continue as the buying power of a large chain wa3 lost. A number of grocery stores owned and operated by local people are doing business and are as prosperous as ever. In the realm of clothing stores Stetson D is the only chain in operation. While one hears rumors every day or so to the effect that a chain will take over Pritchard-Patterson, no announcement has been made to that effect yet. Stetson D established a store here after having done a large business through an agent taking orders (Cerdhjasl en p:j t:r) ' NUMBER 82 f I a ats spaper Institute Space Buyer For H. K. McCann Company Tells Country Week lies How To Increase National Advertising. OSCAR COFFIN AND LOUIS GRAVES FURNISH SURPRISE Journalism Professor Distri - butes Questionable On State Politics; "Weekly?" Editor Gives Sample Newspaper. ' v Despite ardent pleas by Presi dent Carey Dowd and other high officials of the North Caro lina Press Association that the program of the Newspaper In stitute be severe in.its criticisms of North Carolina journalism, the speakers for yesterday main tained the usual optimistic tone. Among the half a dozen: men on the program, only one stood x by his guns and threw brickbats from the time he got up until he sat down. That individual was. Larry S. Kelly, space buyer for the H. K. McCan Company and chairman of the Country Newspaper De partment of the American As sociation of Advertising Agents. Speaking mainly for the benefit of the small town dailies and . weeklies, Mr. Kelly informed the publishers of these journals ' that, if they expected more na- tional advertising, they must establish circulation standards of reliability, quality, and quan tity. Already some half a dozen states in the country are pperat- -ing audit bureaus for weekly papers and early this year the number will reach twelve or more, xie emphasized . the es tablishment of such bureaus to sponsor a period, of training for the weekly papers before they may "join the A. B. C, the ulti mate goal of efforts to improve circulation methods. He deplored the fact that only . 24 of the 37 dailies in the state are members of the A. B.C. Winder R. Jlarris, a member of the well known Harris family of Raleigh, gave the opening talk of the morning session. Al though Mr. Harris, who is now manager editor of the Virginian Pilot of Norfolk, is 15 years removed from the state's news paper circles, he is still proud to call himself a Tar Heel. Talking on news and editorial features, Mr. Harris declared that a newspaper should be pri marily a conveyor of news, news ... that is information, and features . should be a side, issue. "If one regards the modern newspaper as a balanced mental meal, spot news is your piece de resistance your meat and vege table course," he remarked. "Features should be classed with the salad or desert." The local journalists Profes sor Oscar Coffin and Louis Graves were responsible for the -cleverest things that happened yesterday Professor Coffin, head of the department of jour nalism, who was scheduled for a talk, resolved his speech into a questionnaire. He read off a number of prepared questions 'pertaining to the present politi cal situation in North Carolina and they haven't been answered yet. One was : "WTiat is the place of a reasonably, honest and in dependent newspaper in the sort of family fight to be settled, perhaps, on June 7 ?" Another was: "Are North Carolina news papers going to allow themselves (Cctkit$ ta test pag$) .
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