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i - . j GOLF MEETING 10.30 TODAY EMERSON STADIUM FROSH BASEBALL MEETING 3 O'CLOCK TODAY FRESHMAN FIELD l t VOLUME XXXVIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930 NUMBER 127 r f t i! 4 )& SEARCH FOR BOY WHO DISAPPEARED STILL UNDERWAY Morgan P. Moorer, University Student, Is Subject of Wide spread Search. Morgan P. Moorer, the University freshman whose strange disappearance on Feb ruary 28 caused a nationwide .search to be instituted by state . and local authorities, has not as yet been found. During the spring holidays, a group of students, fraternity brothers of the :missing lad, scoured the surrounding coun tryside in a vain effort to dis cover some trace of him. A pri vate -detective agency was em ployed by Mrs. E. Moorer, mother of the boy, but it, too, found no conclusive clues. The head of the detective agency has contacts with police officers throughout the country and has written letters to various cities in an effort to bring into play every possible agency for determining the boy's location. Mrs. Moorer leaves today for her home. She remained in Chapel Hill over the holidays co operating with the various searching groups. It is now be lieved that M. P. is in some large city working or in some way leading an independent life. There have been various reports to the effect that he was seen in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York but they were proved to be fruitless clues. - - DR. LOUIS WILSON IS SLATED TO BE LIBRARY LEADER Has Been Nominated for Vice President's Office in Ameri can Library Association. Louis R. Wilson, librarian of the University of North Caro lina, will be first vice-president of the Americal Library Associa tion after the annual conference ' of the asssociation, at the Bilt more hotel, Los Angeles, June 23-28, if A. L. A. members ap prove the recommendations of the nominating committee, ac cording to Carl H. Milan, sec retary of the association. Only one name for first vice-president is submitted by the committee. More than 12,000 librarians and trustees belong to the Na tional Library Association which was founded in 1876 to foster the development of libraries, to raise professional standards, and to promote the use of books. Headquarters of the association are in Chicago. Dr. Wilson was born in Le noir and received his doctor's degree, from the University of North Carolina. He has been librarian of the University since 1901 and Kenan .professor of li brarian administration since 1920. He was president of the southeastern library association from 1924 to 1926, and was elected president of the North Carolina Library association in 1929. He is a member of sev eral American Library Associa tion committees, as well as of the Advisory group on college libraries of the Carnegie Cor poration of New York. During his connection with the University, Dr. Wilson has been associated with many of the projects which have made (Continued on page four) Fraternity Notice John Bullock, president of the Interf raternity Council, yesterday announced that all fraternities are to secure eli gibility blanks for freshmen from him, at the Sigma Chi house today. These blanks must be used in applying for permission from the Regis trar's office for initiation of freshmen. RHYNE IS AUTHOR OF NEWTREATISE Has Studied Cotton Mill Villages For Social Science j Institute. With the issuance this week of Some Southern Cotton Mill Workers and Their Villages by Jennings J. Rhyne, a study made under the direction of the Uni versity institute of research in social science, the University Press has enlarged its list of books about North Carolina to eight titles. Two of these vol umes, North Carolina: Economic and Social by Samuel H. Hobbs, Jr., and The Democratic Party in North Carolina by Clarence C. Norton, have not yet been re leased, but are scheduled for spring publication. Previously issued Press books about the state were Welfare Work in Mill Villages by Harriet Herring, County Government in North Carolina by Paul W. Wager, Public Poor Relief in North Carolina by Royr M Brown,' The North Carolina Chain Gang by Steiner and Brown, and A State Movement in Railroad Development by Cecil K. Brown. The author of the most recent of these books, concerning cot ton mill workers and their vil lages, is a native of Gaston county and is now in the sociol ogy department of the Univer sity of Oklahoma. An announce ment from the Press concern ing this volume reads in part as follows: "This study of cotton mil workers and their villages, in eluding preliminary inquiries and historical readings, has ex tended over several years. . . The study is particularly appro priate at this time since it was made in Gaston County, the scene of recent labor difficulties which have engaged the atten tion of people all over the world . . . Since the study was brought to a close before the develop ment of labor troubles in Gas tonia in 1929, it fortunately pro vides data gathered from an un disturbed setting. ... Its essen tial picture will be found in sim pie figures rather than in liter ary description." Debaters Selected For Boston Contes Meeting in special session last night, the debate squad turned its attention to the selection of debaters for the coming debates with Boston University. The tryout, which was conducted on the usual competitive basis, re suited in the selection of J. C Williams, J. A. Wilkinson, G. P Carr, and J. M. Baley. . Wilkinson, Carr and Baley will meet Boston University's negative team here on April 1 Williams, Carr and Baley will journey to Boston early in May to engage the affirmative aggre gation of the Massachusetts in Sstitution. IL MACGOWAN, 1 ; NEW BOOK, PAYS TRIBUmOROCH Noted Critic Claims North Caro lina Leads Country In Local Drama. North Carolina has done more than any other state to justify a plea for local drama . . . . I am thinking of the life ef fort of one man which has ful filled itself richly and striking ly through the people of North Carolina Frederick Koch." So writes Kenneth MacGowan in. his book "Footlights Across America," which has just been published by Harcourt, Brace & Co. MacGowan, who has himself written and produced 25 plays on Broadway, has been for 20 years actively connected with the theatre, as dramatic critic for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Ledger and the New York "Globe, has managed the Provincetown Playhouse for Eugene O'Neill, and has written authoritative books on ; stage craft, i "The Thalian Association," says MacGowan, "flourishing in Wilmington, North Carolina, about 1800," is believed by some to have been ,the beginning of the Little Theatre movement which has so rapidly spread over the country during recent years with the decline of the road show. Today, again, Carolina has the "for does""-not CaroTirial claim "the man ,who began the work"; at least the folk-drama phase of it? "Native express iveness," thinks MacGowan, "is the contribution of Frederick H. Koch, of the University of North (Continued on page four) Perspiring Reporter Old Book Museum In Y Building At this time of the year the beginning of another long quar ter of work various and sun dry advertisements decorate the "campus bulletin board" in the entrance of the Y building. These announcements range any where from the announcing of the sale of a piano lesson to the advertising of a trip to Europe. Between the lines of many of the book posters can be read the sad fates of their printers. Some of the ill-fated "poster-publishers" have been forced to leave the engineering school, others the commerce school, and still others the A. B., law and med schools. ( Along towards the center of board may be seen an announce ment advertising the sale of an auto. On lifting this "ad" there appears a card whicji advertises some sort of life insurance pol icy. It is apparent that the in surance agent, knowing in what condition the car was in, used his head in placing his poster. At the top of the board there appears a very fascinating "ad" headed "Private." Immediately the interest is aroused, but as soon as the first part of the "ad" is read, the interest takes a de cided drop. The announcement reads (between the lines) some thing to the effect that some poor musician, tired of continual practicing, has at last decided to sell his music lessons and take up some other sort of torture for his fellow students. It seems that the entire stu dent body has taken up the job LOCAL CABINETS RIEET HERE WITH STATM GROUP Discuss Plans for Better Rela tionship Between North Caro lina Institutions. At the first meeting of the Y cabinets, held last night at the Y another large step was taken in the bringing about of better relations between the universi ties and colleges in the state. Representatives from State Col lege, as guests of the cabinets, talked on the opinions that the State student body had on this matter of better relations. All of the speakers, as representa tives of State, pledged their wholehearted support of the cause. The first speaker, Joe Moore, associate secretary of the Y at State, after being introduced by President Dungan, gave a short talk on the work that the Y was doing in an attempt to bring about better conditions within State College itself. Mr, Moore, speaking on the question of closer friendship between the schools, seemed very hopeful as to the outcome of these moves that had been made on the part of Carolina, Duke and State students. ; Paul Choplin, president of the State student body, was also one of the guests at the meet ing; he made a few suggestions that he thought might be of aid to this move that had been made "for better feelings between the members of the Big Five. He made the suggestion that one of the schools be the host for a I, dance that would be given for the lettermen in each of the members of the Big Five. 4 (Continued on last page) Discovers of running book-stores, but not so many of the stores are secur ing business. If a student hap pens to find any sort of book in his room that has any printing on it whatsoever, or that he thinks should be used in some course, he immediately makes out a large poster, telling the public that if they will call at "such and such" a room they will receive the best values in the latest books. Some of the industrious book sellers have taken great pains to decorate very elaborately their advertise ments with all sorts of crayons, inks, paper, and what-not. One poor, ill-fated bookseller went to the trouble to iyp6 his "ad" with a red and black rib bon, making every other letter a different color. After prob ably hours of pains-taking in the manufacturing of this post er, the student found that the books he was trying to sell were long "out-of-date." Some other book announce ments show that trouble has been taken in their making, but on closer observation it will be noted that the enthusiastic book salesmen have forgotten to tell thei?t prospective customers where they may procure these highly praised, and "in good condition" books. Numerous other "ads" appear on the board, and it would be well worth anyone's time to take ten or fifteen minutes off and visit the "Book Ad Museum" as it may well be called, because of its varied specimens. Chapel Notice Dean Bradshaw states that there will be no further chapel exercises until further announcement. In the mean time there may be a reassign ment of chapel seats so that the whole class can be as sembled at one time. The ar rangement used since the abandonment of Memorial hall of having the halves of the class present on successive days has been difficult in re gard to programs. DANIEL L. GRANT FOR FRATERNITIES Ex-Alumni Secretary of Univer sity Addresses National Delta Tau Delta. The college fraternity is tak ing a place more vital than ever before in . American academic life, Daniel L. Grant, executive secretary of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and former alumni secretary of the University, de clared at Providence, R, I., in an address before representa tives of that fraternity from all sections of the state last week. No longer is the fraternity regarded as a secret shrine for undergraduate reverence, or tol erated by college presidents only as a( place providing beds for students, Mr. Grant said. "However, to remain in this lofty niche in college life," he said, "the- fraternity .must build around its young members a con dition of. daily living, conducive to a high spiritual and cultural development, thus contributing directly to the richest academic experience. "While Delta Tau Delta ever urges fine scholastic perform ance, it considers grades pri marily a concern of the faculties. "Today the fraternity requires a distinctly superior scholastic standing in order for one to gain . admission to its member ship. "However, the peculiar oppor tunity of the fraternity lies in looking beyond grades to a per sonal culture and the achieve ment of a real life on an intel lectual level. "Delta Tau Delta is, therefore, definitely . committing itself to build up in its chapters a con dition of life and living con ducive to the highest cultural and intellectual existence. "The colleges and universities are adequately training their students to earn a livelihood, but all too infrequently do they de velop the capacity to live that livelihood when attained. "Yet there is no more ideal laboratory for social training and 'development than the fra ternity house, if these opportun ities are approached with un derstanding and from the broad est social standpoint." Exam Notice The annual examinations in French and German for candi dates for doctors degrees will be given on March 29 and April 5. The French examination will be given in Murphey 314 at 10 o'clock on March 29. The Ger man examination will take place in Saunders 109 at 9:30, April 5. ' - '-' - Dr. Louis R. Wilson, Univer sity librarian, is expected to re turn to Chapel Hill with his family from Florida Wednesday. FUNERAL RITES DEAN ROYSTER ARE HELD HERE University and Community Pay Last Respects to Dean of Graduate School at Burial Sunday. Funeral services were held for Dr. James F. Royster, head of the University graduate school, here Sunday afternoon. Dr. Royster died Friday afternoon in a Richmond sanitarium as the result of self-inflicted burns. The University community and the state "at large manifest ed its respect and affection by an unusually large attendance at the services, which were held in Dr. Royster's home on East Franklin Street, and by a floral tribute of great size and beauty. Using the funeral ritual of the Episcopal church, Reverend Al fred S. Lawrence, rector of the Chapel of the Cross, conducted the ceremonies at the home and at the grave. During the services in the liv ing room of the Royster home' a' quartet composed of Urban T. Holmes, Howard Bailey, Mrs. Jefferson Bynum, and Mrs. R. H. Wettaeh, accompanied by Nelson O. Kennedy at the piano, sang "Lead Kindly Lightand "Cross ing the Bar." The nallhp.arp.rs . wpre T)r Charles S. Mangum, Dr. William DeB. MacNider, RusseU Potter, Howard Mumford Jones, Frank P. Graham, Louis Graves, George Coffin Taylor and W. F. Thrall. Honorary pallbearers were Harry W, Chase, Francis P. Venabler W. D. Toy, Major William Cain, Addison Hibbard, W. W. Pierson, M. E. Hogan, Clyde Eubanks and Dr. James K. TTnll In the Chapel Hill cemetery, Dr. Royster was buried by the side of his wife, Carrie Belle Lake Royster, who died in June of 1928. Dr. Royster was 50 years old. The circumstances surround ing the death of Dean Royster appeared in papers throughout the East on Saturday morning following , his death on Friday. While on a leave of absence from the University, he was visiting England, but in Decem ber of the past year he was, forced to return to the States on account of illness. Since that time he had been staying in the Richmond sanitarium, where it was believed by friends here that he was enjoying an im provement in health. , However, while on the sani tarium lawn Friday Dr. Roys ter walked, with apparent de liberation, into a trash fire, burning his body severely. It was also thought by physicians who examined him following the mishap that he had inhaled the flames. Death followed several hours later. Dr. Royster was a graduate of Wake Forest College, receiving his final degree in 1914. After seven years spent in the Uni versity of Texas, he came to the University here in 1921 as Kenan professor of English philology. Following the departure of Dr. Edwin Greenlaw in 1925, he was made dean of the gradu ate school, remaining at the same time head of the English department. Recognized as a foremost scholar on philology, entire nation and even to foreign (Continued on last page
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