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U ' TAR HEEL STAFF : MEETING- . TODAY 1:30. P.M. f TAR HEEL STAFF - MEETING ; TODAY 1:S0 P. II. - V Ss- - G it ? s - VOLUME XXXIX HUTCMS TO BE LEADING SPEAMR AT'ANJNUAL li'lMI Many Prominent Educators To Address Third Annual Edu cation Conference. The University of North Caro lina announces the third of a series of annual conferences to be held at Chapel Hill, Thursday and Friday, October 30 and 31, and Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1 and 2, 1930, on the general subject "Education in a Chang ing Economic Order." The pro- gr amof the 1930 series will deal particularly with the sub ject of "Life and Work in the New South." 4 complete program of the conference has been issued by Dr. E. W. Knight, chairman of the committee on arrangements, and for final preparations, a meeting of the directors" will be held in the president's office Wednesday afternoon. - The program as issued : Thursday, October 30 6 p. m. Dinner. Members of the conference will be guests of the University of North Caro lina. ... ' Address of welcome, President Frank Graham. .- j Address, President Robert M. Hutchins, University of Chicago. Friday, October 731 Gerrard Hall,, 9:30 a. m. Professor E. C. Branson, U. N. C, presiding. "Aspects of regional Economic Change," members of the staff of the institute for research in social science. "Human Aspects of the Geog raphy of the Southern South," Dr. Rupert Vance, research as sociate. "Income and Wages in the South," Dr. Clarence Heer, re search professor. "Problems for Southern Co operatives," Dr. T. ( J. Woofter, Jr., research' professor. , 12:30 Carolina Inn. Lunch eon discussion of the College Graduate and Southern - Indus (Continued on last page) GRAHAM APPEARS TBEFORE TRUSTEES At the meeting of the Univer sity board of trustees in Raleigh on March 6, President Frank P. Graham reported 4m the regis tration of the University. The appointments of Dean A. W. 4 Hobbs and W. W. Pierson and of various instructors and profes sors, employed since commence ment were confirmed. A trus tees' committee consisting of John Sprunt Hill, E. A. Walser, and Z. V. Andrews, vas appoint ed to cooperate with a commit tee of faculty members to plan the inauguration ,X)f President Graham. Pi Beta Phi Will Be Guests Of Theatre E. C. Smith, manager of the Carolina theatre, will entertain the members of the Pi Beta Phi fraternity tonight at the seven o'clock show. All members who wish to attend must be at the door, with their president at this time. University Day Exercises All students of the Univer sity will be required to attend tie University Day exercises at the Methodist church Sat urday morning at 11 o'clock. Tar Heel Bleetin rr An especial ten - minute meeting of the Daily Tar Heel staff will be held at 1:30 this afternoon.. All members of the, staff are requested to attend. NEW MEMBERS INITIATED BY PHI TUESDAY NIGHT Assembly Takes In Unusually Large Number At Third Meeting. Forty-two new members were initiated into the Phi society Tuesday night in one of the most impressive and successful, initia tions in the history of the as sembly. . At , the end of the initiation the following resolutions were discussed and ""in the order named: Resolved, That the pres ent business depression is caused by the President of the United States ; ; Resolved, That the Phi Assembly go on record as favor ing that freshman be allowed to attend the Grail and other dances given at the University. i .The first " resolution called forth an interesting discussion, but when the vote was taken the measure was defeated. The second resolution was finally defeated after a very in teresting and enthusiastic dis cussion at two meetings. ' The following new members were initiated into the forensic organization : Louise McWhirter, Harold Brickett, Joseph Tobin, B. C. Muleen, L. H. Fountain, Delmore Cobb, Harold Gavin, G. V. Wheelus, C. K. Carmichael, George P. Wright, Henry Thompson, James Stallings, Oli ver C. Culbreth, Dan M. Lacy, Robert B. Riddle, Mel vin J. Brown, Lorenzo L. Pittard, Mel ville A. Taff, William E. Adams, Thomas B. Gray, B. B. Langdon, William C. Griffin, John L. Rat cliff, Clyde L'. Stultz, John Stein hauser, William Tractenberg, R. D. McMillan,, Jr., J. McD. Mon aghan, W. F. Haywood, Robert M. McMillan, Roscoe Fisher, Ralph W. Havener, Ben Neville, Mack Cutchin, George P. Millar, William R. Dawes, M. H. Dunn, B. P. Costner, John O. Zinnegar, C. M. Ward, Jr., and O. M. Ran del. Rhodes Scholarships All applications for the Rhodes Scholarship from this district must be made to the lo cal committee by noon, Friday, October 10. Such applications must be lurned in to Dean A. W. Hobbs at his offices, 203 South building. The University is entitled to deliver five' applications to the state committee, these applica tions have to be made not later than October 18. Howard Convalesces Thomas S. Howard, class of 1923, has returned to his dutie's as bookkeeper and assistant supervisor at Swain Hall. Ho ward is recovering from an operation at Watt's Hospital m Durham. Koch To Read This afternoon, October the eighth, at 3:45 o'clock, F. H. Koch will close the senior Red Cross regional conference with readings from Edgar Lee Mas ter's : Spoon River Anthology. CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930 r 3 o t.r By Mary Bute Dr. Louis R. Wilson, Univer sity Librarian; in an interview on European and American lib Taries, discussed some notable libraries of Europe, and com pared in general those of Eu rope and America. Dr. Wilson discussed the Li brary of the Vatican in view of the interest aroused in the Unit ed States by the fact that an American committee of experts has been called on to supervise the revision of the catalogue of the Vatican along the lines of American university libraries. Dr. W. W. Bishop, librarian at the University of Michigan, and Dr. H. C. Hanson of the Uni versity of Chicago are doing this work. "This does not mean," Dr. Wilson explained, , -"that . this committee is supervising the re vision of what ordinary visitors see when visiting the exhibits of rare manuscripts and printed books of the Vatican. The lib rary proper is a different sort of thing from the ordinary lib rary. The reading room, cata logue, and stack are spread put in a series of rooms and build ings." He further explained that there are two , points in which the library is being worked over. The catalogue is being revised according to American princip les, and an American firm, Snead and Co. of Jersey City, is building in one seetion,an Ameri can stack. "This change," Dr. Wilson continued, "is probably being made because the Pope, while a cardinal, was librarian in the Ambrosiana Library of Milan, and he has always been FACULTY ROSTER SHOWS CHANGES House Announces Resignations, Appointments, and Leaves - Granted for Year. A statement from the office of R. B. House, executive secre tary of the University, announ ces the resignation of E. N. Hicks, instructor in education! B. A. Stevens, "professor of education ; Hubert Hef f ner, as sistant professor of english .and associate director of the Caro lina Playmakers ; and E. Y. Keyser, associate professor of pharmacy. The statement also announces the appointments of L. C. Mac Kinney, professor of history ; W. C. Morse, visiting professor of geology ; George Howard, ) professor of education ; A. P. Hudson, associate professor of english; E. E. Ericson, associate professor of english ; Gladys An gel, assistant professor of phy sical education; Samuel Selden, assistant - professor of english and associate director of the Carolina Playmakers ; Samuel Westerman, instructor in eng lish and technical director of the Carolina Playmakers; J. D. Wat son, instructor in civil engineer ing; H. E. Bolen instructor in pharmacy; F. D. Mellen, instruc tor in english ; and James Ho well, instructor in english. The following members of the faculty have been granted leaves of absence : J. H. Swartz, associate professor of geology, and H. K. Russell, instructor in english, will be on leave for one year, and Edgar W. Knight, professor of education will be on leave during the winter and spring quarters. i"m r (ZuroBsan . 'Uioraries m interested in library affairs." Two other notable Italian lib raries visited by Dr. Wilson were the Library of St. 'Mark in Venice and the Laurenziana or Medici Library in Florence. The first is famed for the beautiful ly illuminated Grimani breviary, and the Laurenziana for- a col lection formed by the Medici of 10,000 manuscripts, among which are more than 200 of the writings of ..Dante. Dr. Wilson made special re ference to the, Techinal library of the Deutche Museum in Munich. "It is for the use," he says, " of students and visitors who are associated with the Deutche Museum, which has every sort ofinstrument or ma chine which Germany, in her thorough going way, has worked out." The distance covered in traversing the hundreds of rooms in the museum is fifteen miles, the rooms being filled with machines of all kinds which the students cairay in U1: i v : .. With the literature in thy ?' v: rary. This)' Dr. Wilson stated, ;. u of interest to Americans because Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, has indicated that he intends to establish such an institution for Americans in Chicago. Dr. Wilson spoke also of the difference in the American and European libraries as well as German, French,; and English. American universities catalo gue their materials according to one of two -general- classifica tions; the Library of Congress, or the Dewey. In Germany the system of classification is great ly modified by each institution (Continued on last page) SATURDAY MARKS UNIVERSITY DAY Founder's Day Falls on Sunday, But Celebration To Take Place Saturday. Next Saturday, October 11, will be celebrated as University Day, since October 12, aniver sary, of the laying of the cor nerstone of the University, falls on Sunday. The exercises will be heloj in the auditorium of the Methodist church at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. . All Univer sity classes will be ' suspended from 11 to 1 o'clock. Because of a lack of sufficient space in the auditorium, the usual aca demic procession will not take place. The order of the service will be as follows: music by the Uni versity band ; invocation by Rev. Eugene Olive; the University hymn; addresses by Hon. R. R. Williams of Asheville and Hon. L. P. McLendon of Durham; roll call of the University, dead by Dean A. W. Hobbs; singing of "Intiger Vitae1 by the glee club; "Hark the Sound"; and benediction by Rev. Eugene Ol ive. Programs are being printed and will be distributed to stu dents. Thesewill contain full works of the University hymn and "Hark the Sound" and an extract from Battle's History of the University of North Caro lina" about the laying of the cor nerstone of Old East building in 1793, Ola East being the first building erected at the Univer sity; : - " :- : ;' The speakers, Messrs. Wil liams and McLendon, now prom inent lawyers, were both debat ers of note in the University. rr Owing to the fact that Dean Walker was called out of town last week, the informal meet ing planned for the freshmen of the school of education for Friday night, October 31 was postponed to tonight. Each member of., the freshman class in the school of educa tion is invited to be present at 9 o'clock for an informal meeting in Peabody building. WILLIAMS SPEAIS AT MEETING OF DORRIITORY CLUB Secretary Outlines Plans Representatives From 13 Dormitories. to The Carolina Dormitory Club met in its first smoker of the year Monday night in the social room of Lewis dormitory. Af ter refreshments had been serv ed, a business meeting followed. J. A. Williams, permanent secretary of the organization, -;jiie of. the service which the c. ib renders the . buildings and 2ir residents. He stated that tne club liad been instrumental in improving the living and studying, conditions in the dor mitories, and .had sponsored all worthwhile' dormitory projects. He also explained the dormitory council . system and said that the student council had delegat ed the authority to the dormi tory council to preserve good or der in the dormitory buildings anb! to expel persistent Of fend ers and disturbers. A report was made that all of the thirteen dormitories were fully organized. Presi dents of the different-buildings are: Wallace A. Shelton, New Dorms; B. W. Woodley, Old West; Hal VI Worth, Old East; H. P. Whisnant, Steele; C. E. Hulon, Carr ; R M. Oliver, Grimes; J. P. Lentz, Manly; T. R. Baldwin, Ruffin ; C. E. Bly the, Mangum; W. R. Allsbrook, Lewis; John L. Fischer, Ever ett ; W. H. Potter, Aycock ; W. G. Sutton, Graham. ' Wallace Shelton' and W. H. Potter , were chosen president and vice-president of the organ ization and W. Sayne was elect ed treasurer. CHASE FEATURES ILLINOIS ALUMNI NEWS FOR MONTH Featuring the October issue of the Illinois Alumni News are two articles on the new presi dent of the University of Illi nois and former, president of the University of North Carolina, Harry Woodburn Chase. The first of the two . articles, "Dr.y Harry Woodburn Chase Takes Up Duties As President," de scribes the entrance of Dr. Chase and his family into Ur- jhana, the site of the University, saying "Surely tew university presidents ever took office un der more favorable conditions." Selections are quoted from speeches made at a dinner given in his honor bf Phi Delta Kappa, honorary educational fraternity, and at a Chamber of Commerce banquet, in which he reiterated "some educational convictions from which his genera course of procedure may perhaps be charted." . The article is completed with a brief scanning of the careers of Dr. and Mrs. Chase, Eliza beth Chase and Carl Griggs, who was recently adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Chase. Freshman Meetixu Tr 1 f DRAMATIC GROUP i'TS STAGE FOR ANNUAL MEETING Carolina Dramatic Association Conference Is Planned by Executive Committee The executive committee of the Carolina Dramatic associa tion announced yesterday the decisions arrived at in Satur day's meeting in the Green room of the theatre. The committee, consisting of R. C. Robinson of the Wayne Community Players, of Goldsboro, who presided; P. G. Gallop of Whiteville; Samuel Selden, associate director of the playmakers ; Ralph Westerman, business manager of the Play makers ; F. H. Koch, director of the Playmakers ; R. M. Grum man, director of the extension division; Morgan F. Vining, business manager-for the tour nament; and Mrs. Louise S. Perry, secretary of the Caro lina Dramatic association, made the following announcements : 1. All plays must be register ed by January 20. ' 2. All original plays must be in the office by that date;. 3. All first preliminaries-must be held by February 15; 4. The tournament and festi val will be held March 26, 27, and 28; 5. Little Theatres and Senior Colleges will be grouped to gether; 6. Junior Colleges and com munity clubs will be grouped together; . 7. To distinguish them from community clubs, little theatres will be considered those com munity groups having a paid di rector. 8. An approved list of judges will be made, which group will be agreed to by all the directors ; 9. Judges will be selected from this list only; 10. The annual directors' meeting will be held January 10. EDITORS CHOSEN FOR LAW REVIEW The student editors of the North Carolina Law Review have been selected for the com ing year. The members of the staff are selected from last year's staff through competi tion of articles that they write, and on basis of their scholar ship. James H. Chadbourn of Wilmington was selected as edi tor in chief, and William T. Covington, Jr. of Raeford, as sistant editor. -'. Other editors were : Peyton B. Abbott, Winston-Salem ; Junius G. Adams, Jr., Biltmore; Mills Scott Benton, Sunbury; Travis T. Brown, Charlotte; Moore Bryson, Asheville; Hugh B. Campbell, Asheville; Thomas J. Gold, Jr., High Point; Robert M. Gray, Jrv gtatesville; Allen Langston, Mocksville; Hugh L. Lohdell, Chapel Hill; George A. Long, Graham; Henry B. Par ker, Monroe; ClaudeE. Reitzel, Jr., High Point; Thomas A. Uz zell, Greensboro; and James A. Williams, Hendersonville. .. New OfficeHours For University Beginning this week, the offices of the University will open at 9 o'clock instead of 8:30. The closing hour will be 5 o'clock. The new office hours will be observed by the business, registrar's and Pres ident's offices. NiniB
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