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INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS 10 O'CLOCK TODAY VARSITY COURTS GERMAN CLUB MEETING 1:30 TODAY GERRARD HALL 4 ' Ms its i -v i -v j f 1 1 rrf o r. J H ! K : . VOLUME XXXVIII Debaters -' Arrive To Compete For Local Committee Has Completed Plans for Eighteenth Annual High School Contest. WILL DISCUSS TAXATION First Elimination Series To Be Held Tonight; Final Contest Friday Night in Gerrard Hall. All the necessary arrange ments for the eighteenth annual final contest of the North Caro lina Debating Union, to deter mine the winner of the Aycock Cup for 1930, have been con cluded and the arrival this af ternoon of the 224 contestants is being awaited. The debate contest, under the auspices of the Di and Phi societies and the University extension division, is one of the features of High School Week, of which the oth er events are the fifteenth an nual tennis tournament and the eighteenth annual interscholas tic track meet. The local committee which has made provisions for the de bating contest includes N. W. Walker, chairman, E. R. Ran kin, secretary, L. R. Wilson, D. D. Carroll, G. M. McKie, C. E. Mcintosh, E. R. Hamer, R. M. Albright, J, C. Williams, G. H. Leonard, H. B. Parker, F. G. Mc Pherson, J. E. Dungan, H. H. Hobgood, and J. H. Anderson. The debate question is "Re solved: that North Carolina should adopt the proposed con stitutional amendment, author izing the classification of prop erty for taxation." Thursday's program for the debaters begins with a meeting in Gerrard hall this afternoon at 2 o'clock to draw for sections and pairings for the first pre liminaries, to be run off tonight in 14 auditoriums about the campus. . In these contests the judges will select, the best affirmative and best negative team from the four contesting groups. AH of the winning affirmative teams will meet in the Phi hall at nine o'clock Friday morning to speak in the semi-final con test. The negative teams will meet in the Di hall at the same hour. At eight o'clock in Gerrard (Continued on last page) Organizations Will Observe National Music Week Here Extensive plans are being made for the participation of various Chapel Hill organiza tions during national music week, which begins May 4. H. S. Dyer, acting as presi dent of the general music week committee, has adopted a policy of emphasizing music in all of its possibilities during this time. He has appointed an extensive committee to aid him in this venture. Serving on this committee is a special group representing Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity; the faculty of the music depart ment; George Lawrence, presi dent of the community chorus ; E. C. Smith, manager of the Carolina Theatre; Superintend ent Hoyle of the city schools ; the presidents of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs; and the pastors of the Methodist, Baptist, 'Epis copal, and Presbyterian church es. The program for the week, an extensive one, is. not , yet ready to be announced. j lo Aye oek Cu German Club Meeting There will be a meeting of the German Club today at 1 :30 o'clock according to an announcement , by George Race, president. All members are urged to be present at this meeting. BAGBY TALKS ON PSYGIMALYSIS Noted Psychologist Speaks To Commerce Fraternity on the Treatment of Mental Com plexes. ttr The Meaning of Psycho-An alysis" was the subject of a talk by Dr. English Bagby, of the psychology . department, given at a smoker by the Delta Sigma Pi commerce fraternity Tuesday night. ! "Psycho-analysis is a tech nique," Dr. Bagby stated, "used in; treating the most common type of mental or nervous disor ders. An individual may have a train of symptoms and not have the slightest idea what is the matter. All of these condi tions represent a superficial form of some deeper disorder. Psycho-analysis is nothing more than the technique used to dis cover the real disorder." Dr. Bagby explained that these symptoms, such as biting the hand or pulling the hair, are not simple habits like adjust ing one's tie, a habit which will cease if the tie is removed, but are manifestations of a repres sion. The action is adopted as a distraction for the mind, and if cured will reappear in some oth er form, because the actual trouble has not been corrected. The patient has some problem or worry, but instead of facing it and providing for the immedi ate need, he represses the prob lem by seeking to distract his mind. "A strong personality," the speaker stated, "is one who; confronting an emergency, im mediately faces it and prepares for the necessity. Several cases illustrating the use of psycho-analysis were given by the speaker. Dr. Bag by then explained the various methods of approaching a case. The patient is placed at ease in a darkened room, for the near er he. is to sleep the more freely he will discuss intimate prob lems. The psycho-analysist asks simple questions covering vari ous possible difficulties, until the patient gradually reveals some complex Another method is the use of a list of key words. The word is mentioned and the patient is asked what it suggests to him. Dr. Bagby stated that no matter where the patient was started in his thinking he would eventually come to the problem. A third technique is that of dream interpretation. The sup pressed problem will come out in dreams, usually m a nigniy discruised form. Following the talk various questions were asked and points of interest discussed informally. United Church Services There will be a special Easter Service held ' at the United Church, Sunday morning at 6 :30 a. m. A program of special music and talks has been ar ranged, and the church invites everyone to attend. . CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930 (NIGHT OPPOSES EDUCATION ONLY FOR PRIVILEGE ) University Professor Writes on Values of Different Forms of Higher Education. "An Acre in Middlesex" is the title of an article by Dr. Edgar W. Knight, professor of educa tion here, published in the April number of the "Journal of "Adult Education." The wording of the title of the article, which : dis cusses the general subject of the value of the different forms of higher education, is derived from the famous quotation from Mac aulay: "An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia." Dr Knight defends the pres ent democratic operation of American colleges and universi ties against those critics who would change our present sys tem into one which would con centrate its greatest efforts on .the comparatively few students of superior intellect. One outstanding privately en dowed institution which is now attracting wide attention be cause of its radical methods of instruction was singled out by Dr. Knight as an example of the type of institution . which some of the modern critics of higher institutions of learning prefer. It is pointed out that this in stitution would limit its student body. It would bring student and teacher into close contact by completely abolishing. the recitation system and substitute in its stead a conference plan. The fault with such a system, says Dr. Knight, is that it in vites to its student body only hand-picked youth. Another of the colleges which many modern educators advo cate and which Dr. Knight sees as a violation of all that is demo cratic is the type which would select its students entirely from "those coming from the top ten per cent of the graduates of schools whose annual graduat ing classes number as many as two hundred students, "and those who can pass the intelli- (Continued on last page) Writer Convinced That Bummer Takes Greater Risk Than Driver (By Jack Riley , Who runs the risk in bum ming? Some -people seem to think the drivers are taking a big risk when they pick up a boy whom they do not know. The city aldermen seem to think the public in general is menaced by the traffic conges tion which they claim bumming causes. I think the bummer runs as great a risk as anyone. Maybe an account of an actual experience will make you think so. This is what happened to me while bumming. As the shades of evening drew lower and twilight herald ed the approach of darkness, the. wind came faster moving before it dark clouds. A heavy mist hung low over the streets and grew into a fine rain. Along the wet sidewalks which gave back the gleams from the newly lighted lamps not a sigi of occupation could be seen. Chapel Hill was silent and aban doned. A glance at the street adjoin ing the Carolina Inn would have revealed a single person, who, in the hope of a ride home, had TAPPING OF TAU BETA PI TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK Honorary Engineering Scholas tic Fraternity to Tap New Men Tuesday Evenings The annual spring tapping of Tau Beta Pi, national engineer ing scholastic fraternity, will be held next Tuesday evening. Pro fessor G. M. Braune, dean of the school of engineering, will be the principal speaker at the ceremony. Tau Beta Pi, the engineering organization similar to Phi Beta Kappa for other branches of University work, annually taps for membership in Jts ranks, several juniors and seniors in the school of engineering who have been outstanding in their scholastic and other work. Recognizing as it does high scholarship, good fellowship, and other worthy characteristics, tapping and subsequent mem bership in Tau Beta Pi signifies to ' the engineer that the stu dent who has been so honored has made an excellent record while taking engineering schol astic work, s. Two tappings are held every year, one in the spring when members of the senior class and rising seniors are eligible, and one in the fall when only seniors are qualified. The University of North Car-; olina chapter of Tau Beta Pi is one of two chapters in the state. Organized during the last school year, the local chap ter became the Beta chapter of North Carolina, having been pre ceded by Alpha chapter at State College. Last spring the fraternity tapped for membership five members . of the graduating class, and several rising se niors. Last fall several more members were added. At present-there are eight student members of the group and sev eral faculty members. The officers of the chapter announce that the tapping is open to the public and that everyone interested is extended a cordial invitation to attend. remained to hail the few cars which appeared and were gone again, leaving him in despair. This person, the writer, had been joined by other students earlier in the afternoon. Each expected to leave Chapel Hill very soon, but now they had all given up hope and left me alone. Out of the mist appeared the headlights of another automo bile. "I'll try you," I decided. As ,the car, drew nearer, I stepped out and asked if the driver was going to Sanf ord. The driver heard me and brought the Ford, for such it was, to an abrupt stop. Filled with hope I clutched my hand bag and opened the door.; I was met with the harsh reply, "I'm going that way, don't smoke, don't talk and I'll take you." I immediately sensed a feeling of fear, for the man hadn't said that he was going all the way, but had addressed me in a harsh and cool manner. I could not ask him to stop now for outside it had begun to rain harder. The wind came quicker, increasing to a furious gale that drove the rain against the car in a wild (Continued on last page) Convention Will Be Held Here May 10 To Organize State Student Federation Seniors Will Get Another Day Because of the lare number of orders received - yesterday the senior invitation committee ha? extended : the closing time for orders until tonight. Men will be at the desks at Sutton's and Patterson's all today. The committee will take orders for personal cards at the same time. The largest number of cards sold any member of the class to date is 72, 35 of which were leather-bound. Indications are that more invitations will be taken by this class than any previous class. ' No orders will be taken after today, the committee announced, as all invitations must be en graved and delivered before commencement. CHEN. ENGINEERS ELECTOFFIGERS Ruble Will Be Next President; Fees To Be Collected at Business Office. At the meeting of the Univer sity student branch of the Amer ican Institute of Chemical Engi neers held Tuesday evening the following officers were elected to serve- during -the next - school year: R. J. Ruble, rising senior, president ; E. F. Thomas, rising senior, vice-president ; T. R. Taylor, sophomore, secretary; and Adam Fisher, rising senior, treasurer. In addition to the election of officers, the business of the meet ing consisted of a discussion of whether dues for the local chap ter should be collected through the business office at registra tion. Action was taken favor ing this method of collection, and in the future a fee will be collected from all chemical en gineering students at registra- i tion. This system is used by the other three student engineering societies. The meeting of the institute Tuesday was the first business meeting of the group this quar ter. . At the present time there are about 25 members 6f the local student branch of the institute, and the officers report that an unusual amount of interest is being shown in the work of the group. Baptists To Hear Speakers Dr. W. L. Poteat, president emeritus of Wake Forest Col lege, and M. L. Braun will be the special speakers at the Bap tist church Sunday, April 20. Dr. Poteat will speak at the morning services at 11 :00 on the subject of "The Prohibition Question." At the night ser vice M. L. Braun will deliver an illustrated lecture on China. Good Friday Services At the Chapel of the Cross, Good Friday will be observed by services at 10:30 a. m., 12 to 3 p. m., and 5:15 p. m. On Easter Day, the Holy Com munion will be celebrated at both 8 a. m. and 11 a. m. In the evening, at 8 p. m., a cantata will be sung by the choir, under the direction of Mr. N. O. Kennedy. NUMBER 148 Action Proposed Some Time Ago Attracts Considerable Atten tion Throughout State. PROGRAM ARRANGED Purpose of Organization Is To Foster Better Understanding And Closer Acquaintance Among -North Carolina Stu dents. Meeting around a council table in the Y.M.C.A. on Tues day and Wednesday, a group of prominent campus leaders made the first definite plans for a con vention of college students here on May 10 to organize a North Carolina Federation of Stu dents. There were present at the meeting John A. Lang and Ray Farris, who were among the original instigators of the move ment for a student federation, Will Yarborough, Mayne Al bright, Ed Hamer, K. C. Ram say, and E. C. Daniel, presided over by "Red" Greene, president of the student body. Since there have been receiv ed here a number of letters from state schools indicating an in terest in the federation- a re action from the statements pre viously sent out from this school it was planned that the meet ing should clear up all points concerning the- coming organi zation and that this detailed in formation be furnished to the interested officials of other schools. A considerable part of the first meeting was taken up with an arrangement of the program for the first federation assembly. The following is the tentative schedule: -10 a. m., a meeting of the constitutional committee; 11 a. m., assembly with an ad dress by some local faculty member and a period for the dis cussion of student problems; 2 p. m., another discussion period and the report of the constitu tional committee; 7 p. m., a ban quet with the installations of (Continued on last - page) Chain Stores Are Subject of Hotly Contested Debate In the second home debate of the year on "Resolved, That the principle of the chain store is detrimental to the best interests of the American public," Billy Uzzell and John Wilkinson ar gued with the Northwestern de baters Tuesday night in Gerrard hall for fully one hour and a half. The local team, upholding the affirmative side of the query, attacked the principle of the chain store from every angle. Although no decision was ren dered, the audience admitted that this was one of the most hotly contested intercollegiate debates held in Chapel Hill within recent years. The Northwestern -team, up holding the negative end of the controversy, defended the prin ciple of the chain store, insist ing that its existence in any community brought advantages to the buying public never af forded by the independent mer chant. This argument was promptly met, however, by the Carolina team which contended that driving the independent merchant out of business was destructive to the very corner stone of American democracy.
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