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m - 1yf - - 1...... i w SIGMA XI LECTURE 8:30 TONIGHT GERRARD HALL SOPHOMORE SMOKER 9:00 TONIGHT SWAIN HALL VOLUME XXXVIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930 NUMBER 103 ... y s HOWARD SHAPLEY SPEAKS TONIGHT I GERRARD HALL Noted Astronomer To Deliver Annual Series Of Sigma Xi Lectures; Is Director Of Har vard College Observatory. Doctor Harlow Shapley, direc tor of the Harvard College Ob servatory and a noted . astrono mer will deliver the first of two addresses which have been titl ed "Flights From Chaos;" this evening in Gerrard hall at 8 :30. This evening Dr. Shapley will present the address "Order among the Star Clusters ' and Nebulae" in which he will at tempt to show that there is pr der in the universe and that the stars which do not seem group ed in any order are actually ar ranged according to a definite system. Tomorrow evening he will point out how through study it has been shown that there is or der in the universe all the way from the atom to the planetary organization and the galaxies. In the series of addresses the object of Dr. Shapley will be to show how . there is order and system existing in the entire universe rather than the seem ing chaos which many suppose to exist. . The lectures by Dr. Shapley are sponsored by the North Car olina chapter of Sigma Xi, na tional scientific research society, which .annually brings to the campus some scientist ot re nown to deliver a series of ad dresses. Doctor Shapley studied at the University of Missouri, his na tive state, and there received the degree of A. B. and M. A. In 1914 the degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by Prince ton, and the same year he be came an observer at the Mount Wilson Observatory. In 1921 he became director of the ob servatory at Harvard College. The Draper medal of the Na tional Academy of Scientists for 1926 was presented to Dr. Shapley, and he has many other honors in the form of member ships in many well known scien tific societies. Dr. Shapley has done much research work in the fields of cosmogony and photometry, and has been prominently identified with advances in these fields, through which it has been pos sible for astronomers to deter mine the size, shape, and speed of stars as well as the distance they are from each other and the earth. GLEE CLUB BOYS TO SING IN NEW YORK At a meeting of the Universi ty Glee Club officers,' held Tues day afternoon, it was definitely decided that the club will go to New York City to participate in the National Intercollegiate Glee Club contest to be held on March 8. The decision was heartily endorsed by the entire club at its rehearsal. The contest which will be held at Carnegie hall is open to all winners of the various sectional contests recently held through out the country. Details of the trip have not been worked out entirely as yet. The group will probably leave by bus two days before the con test, returning two days later, arid there is a possibility of an appearance at Washington on the way, to New York. era! Specimens M (By John Patric) "This business of sending Christmas greetings and New Year greetings and Valentine greetings and Easter messages by telegraph," said Clemans, "wasn't always as prevalent as it is now, but it sometimes led to interesting situations." The elderly "collegian who never grew up" seemed on the verge of one of his stories, and this writer crossed his knees and lit his pipe to indicate readiness to listen. ' "We had two professors who were very friendly," said Mark Twain's relative. "One was a geologist and the other taught German. The latter secured a leave of absence and went abroad for a year. At Christ mas the geologist sent a cable gram collect, to his friend in Germany, announcing , that he was well. "Some few days after the German instructor had returned, Leavitt Will Return Shortly From Spain Dr. S. E. Leavitt of the Span ish department, who has been spending an extended leave of absence in Spain is, according to his letters, planning to ter minate his vacation at the be ginning of the most pleasant season for touring. Having passed the winter and a number of attendant difficul ties, caused chiefly by a cold contracted in Madrid, Dr. Leav itt how reports Iberian condi tions as being most favorable to visitors. He writes : "Weath er mild, oranges cheap, food good, wine excellent, shows fre quent, rate of exchange favor able what more could anyone want?" Dr. and Mrs. Leavitt are to leave Spain soon for a short visit in Paris. They will sail from there March 5 in order to arrive here before the beginning of the spring quarter. Phi Zeta Nu To Tap New Members Tonight Phi Zeta Nu, honorary electri cal engineering fraternity, will have a tapping for new mem hers at the, meeting of the Uni versity branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers to be held tonight in Phillips hall. Phi Zeta Nu annually taps for membership in the organ! zation several men in the soph omore, junior and senior classes in electrical engineering who have shown . themselves to be students of exceptional ability. At the meeting tonight in ad dition to the taDoing of the honorary fraternity there wil be the semi-annual election ot nffiVers of the local branch of the A. I. E. E. and a talk by J E. Lear,- professor of electrical engineering, on "Illumination. Spanish Club To Meet There will be a meeting of the Spanish club at 7:30 Friday evening in the Episcopal parish house. Dr. Jose Rafael Martinez Ponte of Venezuela, who is studying here, will be the prin pal speaker of the occasion. Afterwards Alfredo Nazareno will entertain with : Spanish songs. ' " . " . All thbsb interested in the Spanish language are cordially invited to be present. Serve As Card For Geologist he was partaking o dinner at the home of his friend, and lis tening to stories of the new geo logical specimens acquired dur ing the year. ''Two expressmen arrived at the front jloor bearing a heavy crate marked 'mineral specimen' in both English and German, for it had come from Berlin; The geologist eagerly paid the charges though they were considerable- and, letting his din ner wait, pried open the crate." Here Clemans paused the long pause that always presaged the end of his stories and were some times annoying. "Well ?" I was impatient. "What was in the crate." "Oh, it was . a mineral speci men, all right. Just a common ordinary big rock, and it had a label pinned on it: 'I am learn ing that you are well. Upon re ceipt of this welcome informa tion, attached load fell from my mind.'" v i ' "Girls' Number" Of Buccaneer To Appear Middle Of Next Week H. N. "Pat" Patterson, busi ness manager of the Buccaneer, said yesterday afternoon that he expected no difficulty in sell ing the February issue of the Carolina comic,' for, according to Editor Edson, it is to be the "hottest" issue of the year. All copy and . drawings for the 'Girls' Number!' .are the work of crirls exclusively. The issue is to be dedicated to four of the most charming girls in the South. Using the method of delivery, inaugurated by manager Patter son, which proved so successful in distributing the J anuary is sue, copies of the Girls' Number will go out on the evening of February 20. "Be on the lookout for the issue, says ratterson. it s go TT-fc 1 J IIT1 t ing to be at a premium, and, ac cording to the editorial staff, you can't afford to miss it." In this issue the second Hall of Fame will be run. This fea ture began its career last issue, attracting a great deal of inter est among the students. Just now there is much speculation as - to who will be presented in the Carolina Who's Who for the month, this being true especially concerning the' girl who will be run. Library's Special Collection Widely ; Used By Students The special collection of books, which was installed in the Uni versity library last October is proving very popular according to announcement from the cir culation department. There are approximately 700 books in the collection and over 500 are in continuous circula tion. The collection is comprised ol DooKs oi practically every class in the library. An impor tant feature, of this collection is that the books are non-technical, but of general interest, and written in English. This group is constantly being supplemented, and those books seldom used are weeded out. ALENTINE PARTY The Country Club will give a Valentine party at the club house Saturday evening at 8 : 30. The program will include dancing and stunts. : t DRAMA BUREAU TO SPONSOR CONTEST Plans Announced For Dramatic Festival To Be Held Here In April. : From the University bureau of community drama comes an announcement giving the ar rangement of elimination con tests for the state dramatic tour nament to be held here during the seventh annual dramatic festival on April 10, 11 and 12, As yet no decision has been reached concerning the selection of winners in the original play contest, another feature of the tournament. According to the plans of the executive committee of the Caro lina Dramatic Association, co sponsor with the drama bureau of the festival and tournament, two groups from each class will be selected to appear here in final competition for the state championship. The series just arranged is a preliminary trial, given in order to narrow the field of competitors and to facili tate final selections, Groupings of the city high schools which have entered the contest have been arranged as given here. The name of the first city in the group is also that of the place where that par ticular contest will be held. In the western half of the state : Asheville (senior high school), Hendersonville (Fruitland Insti tute) , Charlotte' (Alexander Graham high school ) ; Albe- .raarle, Salisbury, x Charlotte (Central high school) ; Winston Salem, Madison, High Point ; Morganton, Lenoir, Hickory. In the east there are five city high schools competing, ar ranged as follows : Fayetteville, Hamlet, Chapel Hill; Spring Hope, Wilson. County high schools in the west are: Swannanoa, Spruce Pines and Asheville (Grace high school) ; Henrietta and Paw Creek; Oakboro, Oakhurst and Derita. ' The six county high schools in the east are placed in groups of two: Whiteville and St. Pauls; Severn and Conway ; and Jack son and Nashville. There are two little theatre groups in each section. In the west Reidsvilie will meet Greens boro in the latter city. Compet ing for eastern honors, Smith field will meet in Goldsboro, competing with the Wayne Com munity Players. There will be no preliminary contest among the senior col leges, since only Lenoir Rhyne and Queens College have en tered. However, among the jun ior colleges, Mars Hill College will compete against the College of the City of Asheville in Mars Hill, and Rutherford College and Louisburg College will meet. The place of the latter contest has not yet been fixed, due to the fact that the two schools are so widely separated. Engineer Picture Today The picture of the Universi t.v of North Carolina student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the Yackety Yack will be taken this morning during chapel period on the steps of Phillips hall. ;,V -. ) All -mechanical engineering students are requested to come to Phillips hall at that time. All freshman mechanical engineer ing -students are excused from I chapel today. Realtors eekiesj To Make Business Mmvv Snimflo Sophomore Smoker The Sophomore class smok er will be held tonight at 9:00 o'clock in Swain halL A nov el program of entertainment has been arranged by the president of the class. A speaker has been secured for the occasion. All members of the class are requested by the president to be present on time. Kiwanis Club Votes Aid For Welfare Work The teachers of the Chapel Hill high school and the Carr boro grammar school were en tertained at the Kiwanis club meeting Tuesday night at the Carolina Inn. The music was furnished by Jack Wardlaw's Banjo Boys, while special stunts and comical quartettes were given. During the business hour of the meeting the club voted to collect a large amount of cloth ing to be turned over to George Lawrence, superintendent of public welfare in Orange county. Mr. Lawrence will arrange for the distribution of these throughout the county to the families in need. The club also agreed to pay the expense of an operation for a local man who is now unable to work. Disarmament Debaters To Be Chosen Tonight Meeting in 201 Murphey hall tonight at 7:30 the varsity de bate squad will turn to the try- out for the George Washington Carolina debates, after several executive matters have been disposed of. . The query to.be debated is: "Resolved, that the nations, of the world should adopt some plan of complete disarmament of all forces, except those which are needed for police purposes." One affirmative and one nega tive team will be selected. One of these will be designated 'to meet George Washington here February 27, while the other one will meet the same institu tion at Washington at a later date undecided at present. Police Off icer Blake Recovers Flashlight A few weeks - ago Officer "John D." Blake, who patrols the University campus, lost his flashlight, somewhere or other. H. P. Crockford, of the chem istry department, had been miss ing small articles from his home playing cards, small coins, medals. ' Mrs. Crockford lost handkerchiefs and like items. They suspected a young negress, a servant in the household. Early this week, Officer Blake, armed with a search war rant, invaded the home of the colored girl and found most of the items the Crockfords had missed, and the frightened ser vant'promised restoration of the others. Officer Blake also re covered his missing flashlight. COBB VISITS HERE C. N. Cobb, representing the bureau of vocational habilita- tion, a division of the depart ment of public instruction in Ra leigh, paid a short visit here Wednesday. While here Mr. Cobb v interviewed eight stu dents. - . . First Real Estate Institute To Be Held In State Opens Here With Nearly 100 Attending. BERGE AND , ELLIS SPEAK Speakers Say Great Deal Of Research Carried On And , Many Surveys Made In In terest Of Improving Business. The first real estate institute to be held in North Carolina opened here yesterday with ap proximately 100 realtors from all sections of the state in at tendance. The institute is being held un der the auspices of the North Carolina Association of Real Es tate Boards and the University extension division, with the na tional association of real estate boards cooperating. The insti tute covers a two-day course of intensive study of real estate selling. C. C, Smithdeal of Winston-Salem presided over to day's sessions. The lecturers yesterday were John A. Berge, of Chicago, sales counselor of the national associa tion of real estate boards, and Guy W. Ellis, past president of the Detroit real estate board and special lecturer in land econom ics at the University of Michi- gan. , They pointed out that this was the second university in the country to hold a real estate in stitute, the other being the Uni versity of New Jersey, and that the attendance- of - today's ses- sions exceeded that at any of the four institutes held at New Jer sey. . ' ' ' : " There is a national movement on foot to put the real estate business on a more scientific basis, Mr. Ellis emphasized in his lecture. This movement was inaugurated and is being spon sored by the national association of real estate boards. "A great deal of research is being carried on and a great many surveys are being made," he said. "This data will be made the basis for an analysis that will eliminate a lot of guess work in our business. "Realtors all over the country are indicating a desire to make their business more scientific, more akin to a profession, that they may render greater service to the buyers and sellers of real estate. The idea of this move ment is not to teach slick-selling methods but to study more thoroughly the economic uses of land' Mr. Ellis said the realtors of the country had strongly en dorsed an effort of the national association to get courses on land economics introduced into all the educational institutions, with the view to getting the young men entering the real es tate business a thorough ground work. There are today courses on land economics and real es tate in 632 such institutions, he said. ' Mr. Berge, in one of his talks yesterday, stressed the view that "fifty percent of the ; stores, shops, offices, factories and oth er business . establishments in our American cities are improp erly located." Some stores, for , example, would be more profitable on the other side of the street or in another block . some distance away,, he said. Some .firms, are in locations . where; the rent is , too high for their class of busi Continzted on last page)
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