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VOLUME XXXVIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930
NUMBER 133
C'OTDlpIUli
Seotimeot : Fsiwdfs" JRepeaF Off Frohilbitioe laws.
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Candidates For President
Student Body Speak This.
-'Morning In Gerrard Mall
5-
Red Green and Marion Alex
ander Expected to Outline
Policies for Coming Year.
FARRIS WILL PRESIDE
Mass Meeting of Students to Be
Held to Hear Addresses of
Candidates for Highest Office
On Campus.
According to the announce
ment of Ray Farris, president
of the student body, the two can
didates for presidency next
year, Red Greene and Marion
Alexander, will outline their
policies for next year in Ger
Tard hall this morning at chapel
period. , The election, both of
campus and class officers, will
be held tomorrow from 9. until
5 with booths located in the lob
by of the Y and in front of Ger
rard hall. N
In the past all candidates for
the highest office within the gift
of the student body .have ad
dressed the students at mass
meetings during the campaign
preceding the election. Candi
dates for other, offices as a rule
do not issue statements officially
but indications are i that this
year both candidates for the edi
torship of the Daily Tar Heel,
Will Yarborough and Joe Jones,
will state their positions on -campus
matters before the election.
The nominations were made
during the early part of the
week. The Daily Tar Heel nom
inated its candidate Sunday
night, the editors of the Yack
ety Yack, Buccaneer and Maga
zine presented their nomina
tions to Publications Union
Board (these were passed on to
the president of the student
body) and the board nominated
its candidates Monday night.
Tuesday morning during chapel
other- candidates were nominat
ed, in a general meeting of the
entire student body.
CHILDREN TO GIVE
CLEAN UP PARADE
A juvenile Clean Up parade,
which, if it is equal to past af
fairs of its kind, will be inter
esting both to spectators and
participants, is to be staged at
10 :30 Saturday morning, start
ing from the high school.
Chapel Hill schools and wom
en's clubs are sponsoring the
event, hoping in this way to in
culcate habits of cleanliness and
feelings of civic pride in the
minds of the rising generation
of citizenry;
Three prizes for original cos
tumes are being offered, and
those taking part in the parade
plan to dress in a manner sug
gestive of cleanliness. Two years
agoat the last event of the kind,
twins
Professor Murchison's
black - faced, represented the
Gold Dust Twins. Mrs. Logan's
children won the grand prize for
their representation of a gar
bage can being carried along by
two children. Dean Hibbard's
little daughter, now five, then
three, is expected to duplicate
her pleasant role of diminutive
scrubwoman. Red Devil Lye's
sensational dirt chaser will .vie
for honors, it is expected, with
the lady on the Old Dutch Clean
ser can.
Saville and Brown
InspectFarm Dikes
Thorndike "Saville, professor
of hydraulic and sanitary engi
neering, and J. T. Brown, as
sistant engineer of the water re
sources division of the state de
partment of cnservation and de
velopment," visited the state
prison farm in IJalif ax county
Tuesday to make a preliminary!
inspection of the dikes protect-j
ing the farm from the overflow j
of the Roanoke river. - . !
he inspection Tuesday was a
preliminary survey to a detailed
survey and report of improve
ments and repairs to tlie dikes
which will be made at a later
date by the department of con
servation and development. This
later survey will be in. charge
of Mr. Brown.
The present dikes, which are
about ten miles long, were built
prior to the Civil War with slave
labor, and they are now in-a
weakened condition, badly need
ing repairs to safeguard the
lands of the prison from the flood
waters of the Roanoke river.
Billy Arthur Sells
Tar Heel Bookings
Billy Arthur as the director,
is rapicBy becoming a trade mark
for the Tar Heel orchestra. To
outsiders, the organization is
known as "the orchestra ' with
the little director." Billy never
fails to make a hit with his "buc
ket, song," written by the drum
mer, Freddie Clark, former
drummer with Ross Gorman's
orchestra. One of his favoriite
tricks is standing on top of the
piano to sing.
The Tar Heels are engaged to
play the German Club Dances at
the University of Georgia this
week end. They played the mid
winter German dances at Sewa
nee and have a return engage
ment to play there for the finals
in June. They also played for
the mid-winter German dances
at V. P. I. and Staunton Military
Academy.
The orchestra has played this
year at Hampton-Sidney and has
a return engagement there. They
have been engaged to play for
the next Grail dance here, and
the Theta Chi dance.
Ex-Scouts to Meet
All University students who
are ex-scouts and who are in
terested in the newly organized!
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega,
national scouting fraternity, are
requested to meet on the sec
ond floor of the Y at 9 :30 this
evening.
At this meeting, which is the
second of the local chapter, of-
peers of the local organization
will be eiectea.
Assembly Favors Modification
"The Philanthropic Assembly
held its regular weekly meeting
last Tuesday- night. Quite a
heated argument developed over
the discussion of the bill before
the assembly, "Resolved, That
the Phi Assembly' go on record
as favoring enforcement rather
than modification or repeal of all
prohibition laws now existing.
The proposition was defeated.
DRAMA CLASSES
PRESM PLAYS
Studio Productions of One Act
Plays to Be Given in Play
makers Theatre.
The class in play production
taught by Hubert Heffner . will
give studio productions of one
act plays Friday and Saturday
nights in the Playmaker thea
tre. The performance will be
open to the public without
charge.
These plays are being present
ed once each year with -entirely
new actors chosen from outside '
the play production class in the j
hope of stimulating more inter-
est in acting and training new ;
actors for the regular Playmaker
production; those who have ex-
perience in these. studio produc-,the
tions have excellent opportunity
to break into the cast of regular
productions. A majority of the
new actors in "Romeo and
Juliet" were in the studio pro
duction last year.
The plays to be presented, the
casts, and directors are: Friday
nighty The Man in the Bowlder
Hat by A. Ai Milne with cast of:
Mary, played by Mary Marshall
Dunlap ; John, George Frederic
Cole ; Heroine, Kate Graham ; ;
Hero, Claude Ballard; Badman,
William Dike; Chief Villain,
Lucas Abels. Scene : the living !
r j
room of John's house. Time:
the present. Directed by. Cur-
tis Muse and Louise Thacker
The Open Door by Alfred
Sutro. The characters: Sir
Geoffrey Twansome, Milton I
Wood ; Lady Torminster, Mar
garet Vale. Scene : the living
room of Lord Tor minster's cot
tage by the sea. Time : two a. m.
on a summer night Directed
by Margaret Vale.
The Man bn the Kerb by Al
fred Sutro. The characters :
Mary, Adelaide Reed; Joe,
Ernest Deans. Scene: a base
ment lodging room, Soho, Lon
don. Time : present. Directed by
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Dr. Collier Cobb Says There
Is No Oil In North Carolina
Dr. Collier Cobb, head of the!
geology department, headed a
list of four prominent speakers
at a dinner meeting of the Sigma
Xi, national scientific fraternity,
in the Carolina . Inn here Tues
day night.
The University chapter of the
Sigma Xi is the only one in the
state. Tuesday night's meeting
was the largest yet to be held.
Cards had been mailed to all local
and southern members with the
result that approximately 75
places were set for the dinner.
Dr. Cobb, speaking on "Dome
Structures in Coastal Plains of
North Carolina," explained why
he so often repeats that "if there
is any oil in North Carolina,
there is no geological evidence
of it."
"In spite of the fact that so
many people have seen oil on the
surface of pur-swamp lands, the
lakes in North Carolina are in
no sense oil domes," Dr. Collier
Cobb pointed out, "but are old
: sounds closed up by the growth
J of vegetation after the inflowing
; rivers had leached out the salt,
Such rapid changes have been
. in progress in Albemarle Sound
since the closing of the inlets.
The inflowing Northeast river
Withdrawals
The following have official
ly withdrawn their names
from the nominations for the
Publications Union Board, ac
cording to an announcement
by Ray Farris, president of
the student body: Beverly
Moore, Mary Price, and Rob
ert Hodges.
Community Club To
Hold Flower Show
The April Bulletin of the
Chape 1 frill Community Club has
recently been issued,' and . an-
nounces the most spectacular
event of the club year, namely
the Flower Show to be held in
the Tin Can on May 1, from noon
until midnight.
A request has been made by
club treasurer for members
to .pay their dues as soon as
possible in order to finish this
year's account.
The Sketch Club will meet for
outdoor work on April 9, 16, 23
s and 30. Members are requested
to have their exhibits for the
Flower Show ready by April 28.
. On April 16 at 3 o'clock Mrs.
F. H. Edmister will have charge
of a . Garden
Club: program at
her house.
The home department will fea-
ture a lecture on weaving some
I time this month, while the health
department will meet on Fridav.
A. - . V
April 11, at 3 :30 at the home of
Mrs. Otto Stuhlman. -
On Anril 15rat- 7 :30v the Jit-
erature department will meet in
the social rooms of the Methodist
church, on the first floor, when
Mrs. D. D. . Carroll will review
"The Great Meadow," by Eliza
beth Maddox Roberts. At the
second meeting, to be held in the
same place, !Mrs. R. H. Wettach
will review "The Tragic Era" by
Claude Bower.
Due to the necessity for extra
music programs in May, in con
nection with National Music
Week, there will be no meeting
of . the music department this
month.
leached out the salt and fresh
water vegetation began a rapid
growth which would soon have
closed up the sound."
The Dismal Swamp, Dr. Cobb
said, had gone through exactly
the same process. Lying on a
hillside and sloping from the
west to v the east, it receives
streams from the east and dis
charges water north, south, and
east. "Many large conifers grow
over these areas," the' geologist
explained, "and their exuidations
furnish the 'juniper tar' and
'cyprus oil' often seen on the
surface."
These swamps furnish exam
ples of the first stage in the for
mation of oil from plant forms.
Dr. Cobb illustrated by referring
to certain Russian bogs and
swamps, fields of Karafuto in
Japan, of Niigata, and of Louis
iana. He was of the opinion
that "it may be many millions
of years before the 'oil' in North
Carolina swamps becomes pe
troleum." Following Dr. Cobb were Dr.
W. F. Prouty, who spoke on. "The
Structure and Characteristics of
the Triassic Deposits of This
State"; Dr. J. H. Swartz, who
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Less ..Than Half Students
Take Part In Balloting;
ajority Profess Wetness
ENGINEER SOCIETY
TO ATTEND PARTY
The local student branch of
the American Society of Mechan
ical Engineers has received an
invitation to attend a birthday
party in Raleigh next Tuesday
evening in honor of the 50th an
niversary of the founding of
the society. The party, to which
the student branches at both
Carolina and State have been in
vited, is being sponsored by the
Raleigh section of the society
and the Raleigh Engineers Club.
The meeting will be in the
nature of a joint meeting of the
two professional organizations
and the two student groups. All
students wishing to attend this
meeting are requested to see E.
M. Lowery in the mechanical
engineering senior room before
Saturday afternoon so that res
ervations may be made.
At the dinner, W. C. Olsen
will speak on the history and de
velopment of the society, and
slides will be shown illustrating
events of especial interest in the
historyof the organization.
In addition to the talk by Mr.
Olsen, the group will hear phono
graph reproductions of speeches
that are to be made at the na
tional birthday party .to be held
in Washington at the same eve
ning.
Gas Installation
For Town Probable
Representatives of the Dur
ham Public Service Company
were in Chapel Hill last night,
conferring with members of the
board of aldermen at a special
meeting relative to the installa
tion of gas in. Chapel Hill.
It is expected that the com
pany will concede requested con
cessions of the local board, one
of which is the laying of 100
feet of main from the principal
street main toward the residence
of the user, without cost to the
user. A rate of about $1.80 per
thousand cubic feet of gas is ex
pected, as against, a rate of
$2.40 contemplated by a Chi
cago concern which sought en
trance here. ; V
Additional details of the meet
ing will be published in a later
issue of thetedetaoinshrdluetaoi
Tar Heel. Gas installation is
very probable here, since there
are already a score or more fam
ilies using tanked gas.
Of interest at this time is an
announcement by the University
Consolidated Service Plants, set
ting forth a new rate for electric
current used in cooking and
heating water, with reductions
up to 25 to 30 per cent.
Sketch Club Meets
The Sketch Clujb held its first
meeting of the month yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
W. E. Caldwell.
The first part of the afternoon
was spent in making posters for
next month's flower show, and
at 5 o'clock Mrs. Frank D.
Mosher read a paper on James
McNeill Whistler. s
At the same time chairmen of
the sections of the flower show
representing the Garden Club,
met in Davis hall to make plans.
944 Take Part in Balloting Con-
ducted by Daily Tar Heel;
Polls Closed Yesterday.
658 WOULD TAKE DRINK
Only 380. of Voters Stated That
They Did Not Drink; 142
Favor Enforcement of Prohi
bition Laws.
Evidently the students at the
University are either uninter
ested in the prohibition law or
they are satisfied with condi
tions just as they are for out of
a student body of more than two
thousand less than half voted
in the three-day poll conducted
by the Daily Tar Heel. How
ever, of 944 who voted 658
wanted repeal of the 18th
amendment, 144 favored modi
fication and 142 favored strict
enforcement.
Among the drinkers and non
drinkers the count stood 564 for
those who drank and 380 for
those who did not drink.
The poll was started last Sun
day by the Daily in an effort to
determine among students here
as to modification, repeal or en
forcement of , the 18th amend
ment and other prohibition laws
passed in pursuance of the
amendment. Although the vote
was lierht the first two daVs of
the poll yesterday a j ffood - of ;
votes cast by the campus "wets"
indicated that sentiment here
was for repeal of the prohibi
tion laws.
Even those who prof essed not
to drink desired some change in
tlio Iqwh with a tliirrl fnvnrf'ncr
enforcement, more than 80 fav
oring repeal and 44 desiring
modification.
The heavy voting for repeal
came among those who aramc
frequently, almost half favoring
absolute repeal, and none desir
ing enf or cement '. The count
among the occasional drinkers
favored repeal or modification
TxriVl loco Vmn rmA fifth vntinc
ITlVll ' CJ
for enforcement.
April Fool Meeting
The Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club
held its regular weekly meeting
Tuesday night at 7 o'clock in the
basement of the Methodist
church. At this April Fool meet
ing the members played all sorts
ot joJkes on one another, rne
dinner was even served back
ward. The members , expected
Crawford Biggs of Durham to
be there and help out with the
fun making, but he was unable
to attend. The initiation of
Frank Graham, C. O. Hoyle and
John Umstead was the feature
of much enjoyment.
The 'program was arranged
and. carried out by Rev. Eugene
Olive, after which the president
read, a letter of invitation from.
Burlington. The members of the
club, along with their wives cr
lady friends, were invited to
attend a meeting of the four
clubs from Burlington, Graham,
Mebane and Chapel Hill. The
motion to accept the invitation
was passed. Instead of their
regular meeting on March 21,
they will go to the tenth anni
versary meeting, in Burlington
on March 24.