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BASEBALL GAME TODAY GEORGIA vs. CAROLINA EMERSON FIELD :-: 4 P. M. BASEBALL GAB IE TODAY GEORGIA vs. CAROLINA EMERSON FIELD :-: 4 P. BI. I i I ! Hi' VOLUME XXXVIII TRAVELING SHOW EXHIBITS BEFORE LARGEAUDIENCE "W.N.C. Reptile Exhibition" Brings Truckload of Reptiles Here on tv ay North. Chapel Hill was host for two days to a novel traveling show, the "W. N. Reptile Exhibi tion" which left this morning after a two-day run in their own collapsible theatre, set up in the front yard of Mrs. Pickens boarding-house. ' The truckload of fbeautyfuT specimens of the fattier family and other animals of the south ern climes proved to be an at traction of great popularity. After an indifferent success in the six towns in which they had played after the departure from West Palm Beach, the owners of the exhibition asserted that they were highly pleased with the response of the local natives. From Chapel Hill, tliay proceed to Durham; where they are to present their spectacle to the high school and Duke Univer sity. Massachusetts is the show's objective and after it spends the summer and early fall months in the north, it will return to the south by a devious western route. The chief feature of the show was "Big Betsy," 180-year-old alligator, weighing 570 pounds and over 11 feet in length. It is said that "Betsy" was the largest alligator ever caught in Floridamwever, MBig Betsy" did not carry off all the honors herself. 'Little Flo," the fero cious wild-cat shared , the spot light with the phlegmatic "Bet sy." And sharing the living quarters of the truck was a peli can, a nameless waif, and 10 snakes, all variations of the rat tler family, including Howard, the horned rattler, a highly ap preciated specimen among col lectors of such animals. Of course, there was a monkey or two it could hardly be termed a show without a monkey but there was not a single armadillo on exhibition, unless one can term the mounted specimen an exhibition. Mr. W., the W. of "W. N. C.," explained the lack of armadillos, or tolypeutes tricincti as he called them, by stating that the "poor things committed suicide in Georgia, which is a right poor place to give away anything, even your life." Mr. W, claimed that the armadillos' philosophy was that of Patrick Henry, whose mem orable oration is well known. Thus, liberty denied 'them, the armadillos preferred death, which came to them quickly. The exhibitors intend purchasing an other armadillo by post, thus af fording the tolypeutes tricinctus an opportunity to orientate him self to captivity while enjoying the freedom of the mails. The Tar Heel's reporter was entertained by an account of how and why the "W.N. C. Rep tile Exhibition" originated. The three members of the firm are ail retired seamen, who, after having done their share of ar duous toil, feel that their pres- (Continued on last page) Grail Tickets on Sale "Red" Greene that tickets for announces the Grail dance Saturday night will be on sale today at the Book Ex change and at Patterson's drug store. Magazine Notice There will be an organiza tion meeting of the new Caro lina Magazine staff tonigfyt in the Tar Heel-Magazine of fices in the basement of Alumni building, at 7 o'clock. All candidates for the staff are requested to be present. As heretofore,5 all contribu tions are to be sent to the edi tor, box 710. The issues of May 18 and June 1 will be published by the new. staff. The deadline for the May; 18 issue is Monday, May 12. Editor-Elect. BIG CORPORATIONS AFTER UNIVERSITY TRAINED WORKERS Standard Oil Latest To Seek Employees Here For Domes tic And Foreign Service. (By Donald Wood) There has been talk of the declining University, due to certain professors absenting themselves in favor of places in which'more money can be found and work can be done under more favorable influences. The decrease of appropriations by the state has caused some peo ple to predict that the Univer sity will not continue its phe nomenal advance of the past few years. Yet loyal North Caro linians point with pride to -the fact that, despite what preva lent! ritictsnili versity is still continuing to grow in the eyes of national or ganizations . and business is eagerly seeking to employ stu dents here and to train them for executive and sales positions in foreign and domestic fields.. As a proof of this enthusiasm over the superior type of train ing offered in commercial and engineering courses here, was the visit of the Standard Oil Company of New York repre sentatives to Chapel Hill last week. -Representing one of the nation's largest businesses, these men came here last Wednesday on a recruiting trip interview- ing about fifty men and one co-ed. Among the men seen, however, twelve were seniors from the State College school of science and. business, two were from Duke University and the rest were from Carolina. It is interesting to note that the co ed, Mary Price, was the first girl who has ever been granted an interview by a business concern on its recruiting trip to this university. v Last year was the first time the Standard Oil Company of New York had ever come south recruiting men for its organ ization. At that time C. S. Las siter, a student, was employed and he is now working for the company at one of ' its posts in South Carolina. This . year, however, the company sent its representatives to 55 colleges and it intends to employ 40 or 50 men on its present trip. The students thus engaged go into training with the company for service in foreign and domes tic fields. The domestic fields of service would include New York and the New England states. The foreicm fields of service would be China, India, Japan, Turkev. Greece, the Balkan w r r States and the Philippines. The training course usually nrt in July and lasts for (Continued on last page) CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930 MILLER TO SPEAK TO CAIN SOCIETY Is Chief Engineer of the State Board -Of Health. jH. E. Miller, chief engineer of the state board of health, will speak at the meeting of the Wil liam Cain chapter of the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers in 319 Phillips hall tonighf .Mr. Miller's topic will prob-. ably be upon sanitary engineer ing as he is sanitary engineer for the state. He is also a mem ber of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Although there has been no formal installation of the. of-i ficers elected April 11, the new officers will take charge of the meeting. These are , Rankin White, president; George Quinn, vice-president; and "Chuck"' Erickson, treasurer. The elec tion of a secretary will be held tonight. Since this office is usual ly filled by a rising sophomore, freshmen are urged by officials to attend. - T Fraternity Notice The secretaries of the fol lowing fraternities are re quested by the editor of the Carolina Handbook to turn in a list of their members at the Tar Heel office by Friday af ternoon, if they wish to oe in-T eluded in next year's issue: Kappa Sigma, Acacia, Sigma Zeta, Phi. Alpha Delta, Delta Theta Phi, and Phi Delta Phi. The other fraternities have already turned in their lists. DR. HOLMES PREPARING HISTORY OF LITERATURE Dr. Holmes is now getting into final form his new book which he expects will be published this summer. It is entitled A His tory of Old French Literature From' the Origins to 1300. This book will be mimeographed by the Edwards Company of Michi gan and will be in a bound form. The Book Exchange is arrang ing for the printing. PHI DANGE WILL BE HELD MAY 10 Annual Affair to Be Largest Hop in History of the Society. The Philanthropic Society in a joint meeting with the dance committee, and the officers, yes terday afternoon set the date fori its annual dance for Saturday night, May 10. The dance will be staged in the Phi hall, which is located on the fourth floor of New East building. The Phi will offer several prizes to the first couples on the floor not later than 9:15, as the dance is scheduled to begin promptly at 9 o'clock. This idea hasworked successfully at sach of the Grail dances at which it has been tried. The officers of the Dialectic senate will be guests of the Phi luring this occasion. In order to create a better feeling be tween the campus and the soci ety, a limited number of tickets will be sold at the door for 75c. According to officers of the Phi this will be the largest dance ever to be given in the history of the two literary societies, and every possible effort is being put forth by members of the Phi to make the affair the best possible. Students desiring tickets before hand should get in touch with G. P. Carr, 11 Battle, and make reservations. HOLMES TO MAM EUROPEAN TOUR Romance Professor to Make Six Week Tour of Europe for Research Work. Dr. Holmes, of the romance languages department, has com pleted his - plans for his Euro pean trip this summer. He ex pects to leave the University the night of May 28, and to be gone six weeks. His purpose is to do research work for his edi tion of Du Bartas which will soon be completed and to work on a number of projects. One of the things he hopes to accom plish is to secure motion pic tures to ' he used next year in the elementary classes. These will include some of the most famous places of Europe. Dr. Holmes has secured pass age on the Europa which makes; the crossing to Southampton in four and a half days. This will only be the third trip for this speedy vessel. After landing in Southampton, Dr. Holmes will board the fast Edinburgh train, the Flying Scotsman. He will spend a day in Edinburgh and will then go to Glasgow where he will visit some of his wife's relatives. From . there, his plans show that he will go to Oxford, London, Antwerp, Lyle, where he will visit Professor Meyer-Lubke, and then to Paris. On June 21 Dr. Holmes plans to attend the monthly meeting of the Linguistic Society of Paris. On July 16, he intends to sail again on the Europa-though4his time he will board it at Cher bourg bound for. Boston. Dr. Holmes will return in time to teach in the second session of the summer school. Among the other members of the same department who will visit Europe this summer are Messrs. A. K. Shields, W. C. Sally, and S. A. Stoudemire, who will be accompanied by his wife. Mr. Sally and Mr. Shields will spend most of their time in Spain. DU BARTAS WORKS PUBLISHED SOON Urban T. Holmes Editor New Edition of Famous French Author; Assisted by t Lyons, Linker and Taylor. The two-volume edition' of the works of Du Bartas, which is being prepared under the editor ship of Dr. Holmes, of the de partment of romance languages, is nearing its final form. The book is being prepared by Dr. Holmes, editor-in-chief, and by Dr. Lyons, with the assistance of Messrs. Taylor, Linker, and others. The book is a critical edition of the works of the poet with a lengthy introduction and commentaries. The introduction will be mainly the work of Dr. Holmes, although Mr. Taylor will write the chapter which deals with the influence of Du Bartas on England and Ameri ca. Dr. Lyons is giving much of his attention to the notes. The publication of the entire works of Du Bartas will be the first since 1632. The editors have been spending three years on the task. Graduate research funds from time to time have been given them to buy numer ous early editions of the poet's works and others- , have been photostated. The University of North Carolina has one of the greatest Du Bartas collection in (Continued on last page) Pan Hellenics to Meet J. D. Bullock, president of the inter-fraternity council, announces that all national social fraternities are urged to elect their inter-fraternity representatives before the next meeting of the group April 29, which will be held as usual in the Coop. The meeting has business of important executive na ture which requires the pres ence of regularly elected rep resentatives, r MODEL TENT IS EXHIBITED NEAR Y.M.C.OUILDING Type To Be Used on Extension Tour This Summer; Trip Will Comprise Two Divisions. v A model tent and bus, such as will be used on the transcon tinental study tour sponsored by the University extension divi sion this summer, have been placed on exhibition near Ger rard hall. Each of the large weatherproof tents, which will include all modern conveniences, will house eight students. Two motorcades will start from Chapel Hill, the natural science section leaving Satur day, June 7, and the social sci-j ence section leaving Sunday, J June 8. The tour will pass through 15 states, the west ward route passing through Tennesseer--" 'Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and California. . Juarez, Carlsbad Caverns, Painted Desert, Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Death Valley, Hollywood, Los Angeles and San Francisco will be special stops en route. The return trip will carry the cara van through Wyoming, Color ado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Of special interest on the tour will be Yosemite, Reno, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone National Park, Pike's Peak and Denver. According to a recent bulletin issued by the extension division, a choice of at least three courses will be offered in each section. The courses given in the first section will be confined to the natural sciences, geology, bot any and general science. Social science courses to be given only in the second section, i.e., sociol ogy, economics, and geography. Each student enrolled on the tour will have to take at least one course. All interested students are urged to apply for the necessary papers and information to the extension division, 315 South building. Saunders To Speak it Alumni Meetings Maryon Saunders, alumni sec retary, will speak today in Lin colnton and tomorrow in Shelby at alumni meetings. The presi dent of the Lincoln county club, before which Mr. Saunders will address today, is Charles R. Jonas, '25, and of the Cleveland county club, S. G. Chappell, '26. Mr. yChappell was president of the student body here in, 1926 27, and Mr. Jonas held the same office in the following term. During the school year of 1878-79, the University tried a system of voluntary chapel at tendance, but attendance was so small that compulsory attend ance was again adopted. NUMBER 152 SUN'S ECLIPSE TO BE VISIBLE HERE FOR TWO HOURS Astronomy Class Will Observe Phenomenon; Total Obscurity Expected in-West. (By Willard Hayes) jOn April 28 Chapel Hill will be treated to an annular eclipse of the sun. About 2:09 o'clock Monday afternoon the sun will begin to darken and by 3:19 o'clock, 41 or 42 per cent of the sun's surface will be obscured and about nine-tepths of its light cut off. This eclipse will last at Chapel Hill from 2 o'clock until about 4:30, according to Dr. Karl H. Fussier, teacher of astronomy at the University. He says that the best way to observe this eclipse, for those who do not have a telescope, is to smoke a piece of glass or combine twp or three kodak films, and observe the sun through these. The professor said yesterday that, even though a little over 40 per cent of its surface will be cov ered, it will still be bright enough to prevent any effective obser vation with the naked eye. Dr. Fussler's class in astronomy will observe the eclipse through the telescope from the top of Phil lips hall. This eclipse, which will be only annular here, will be total for a short time in the far west. It will be one of the smallest total eclipses that the earth can experience, being - only one-half mile wide. It is possible for an eclipse to have a shadow that is as much as one hundred miles wide. This one will last for only one and one-half seconds as a total eclipse. It will begin about 270 miles out in the Pacific ocean southwest of San Francisco. The path of the eclipse will pass a few miles north of San Fran cisco, will cross Nevada . and Idaho, and will rise at the Mon tana state line to continue across the continent and into the At lantic ocean as an annular eclipse. The distance that it will cover as a total eclipse will be about 1000 miles. At Berkley, Calif., 99 per cent of the sun's surface will be covered; 99 percent at Butte, Mont. ; 64 percent at Chicago ; 49 percent-at Washington; 58 percent at New York; 36 per cent at Atlanta. Chapel Hill is about half way between Atlanta and Washington, so about 42 per cent will be covered here. The Lick observatory of the University, of California will have photographers on the ground and in planes to "shoot" the total eclipse. Some of the planes will be as high as 10,000 feet. The higher the plane is the wider the shadow cast by the moon will be and by flying in the direction that the eclipse is traveling they will be able ""to stay in the shadow for a much longer time. The U. S. naval observatory is computing the path and the time of the eclipse. The figures must be very accu (Conthiued on last page) Buccaneer Meeting There will be a meeting of both the editorial and art staffs of the Buccaneer in the office of the publication, Alumni building, Thursday night at 7:00 o'clock. This will be the last meeting of the year according to Editor-elect Wheary.
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