STAFF MEETING TONIGHT
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Editors 7:00; Reporters 7:15
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VOLUME XXXIX
UNIVERSITY FilEN
TO ATTEND GAME
LAW CONFERENCE
Branson and Hobbs to Confer on
Establishment of State Hunt
ing Preserves.
Dr. E. C. Branson and Pro
fessor S. H. Hobbs, Jr., of the
University, are among those
asked to attend a conference on
Knotts Island, November 8, at
the home of Joseph P. Knapp,
of the recently formed Knapp
Game Foundation.
The purpose of the conference
is to discuss a movement pro-
posing to institute in North
Carolina a study of game bird
preservation, and to consider a
model state game law. This con
ference is being called by Gov
ernor O: Max Gardner at the re
quest of Mr. Knapp. In his let
ter to. Governor Gardner, Mr.
Knapp stated that he wished
North Carolina to become the
greatest game bird state.
Mr. Knapp's plan for North
Carolina, provides first for this
conference to consider a model
state game law, which if formu
lated, will be proposed in the
next General Assembly. He
suggests that the law wjll pro
vide for a strictly non-partisan
game bird division of the depart
ment of conservation and de
velopment, which will work for
"more game birds In North Car
olina." It will also provide for a
course at State Colege for. the
study of game birds, and for a
game bird farm for the use of
the students in raising game
birds, to be supported by the
sale of birds and by state ap
propriations. .. . - .
If this is done, the foundation
will make other demonstrations
in North Carolina. It will make
provision for sending a field re
presentative into a quail region
to interest the farmers in form
ing a shooting preserve club to
collectively own and care for a
game preserve. The foundation
will loan to this club funds to
build a hatchery for the purpose
of starting a community club
game farm, which would distri
bute game birds on the preserve
and sell others. A graduate of
the Game Preservation Insti
tute will be sent by the founda
tion as manager. The founda
tion will provide for the sale of
shooting privileges to the farm
ers' profit
, Others who are to attend this
conference are : Honorable E. R.
Johnson, Warsaw; Jefferson
Penn, Reidsville; James' G.
Hanes, Winston-Salem ; Honor
able Frank Page, Raleigh; for
mer Governor Cameron Morri
son, Charlotte; Dr. E. C. Brooks,
Raleigh; Honorable Fred I. Sut
ton, Kinston; Honorable Dennis'
G. Brummitt, -Raleigh; Robert
Lassiter, Charlotte; Colonel J.
W. Harrelson, Raleigh; Gover
nor O. Max. Gardner, Raleigh.
Auditorium Opening
Tickets Go Rapidly
According to an announce
ment received , at the Tar Heel
office yesterday, tickets for the
Friday night opening of the new
music auditorium, on November
14, have all been reserved. Stu
dents are expected to attend the
second performance which , . will
be given on Saturday night,
November 15. All students de
siring to attend this opening are
asked to secure their tickets,
free of charere. from the Book
Exchange as soon as. possible.'.
German Students Are Taunht To
Teach Themselves Says Dr. Bonn
Dr. M. J. Bonn, in his lecture
Thursday evening, explained
something of national politics in
Germany. And then we of a
University wondered what he of
a university could tell us of
campus politics in Germany. Dr.
Bonn's answer was concise.
"We have no campus." Then
students live out about town?
Yes. Is it a sort of congrega
tion, where one stays, several
stay ? Sometimes, but they don't
like that. A German likes best
to have . one room in a house.
There he has breakfast. The
universities have a very cheap
sort of cafeteria for the midday
meal. There are associations,
too, so that sometimes students
live in what you would consider
fraternity houses.
Have the students' any part
in governing themselves ? None
at all. Neither has anybody
else any part in governing them.
You see the German universities
AMERICAN EPOCH
IS LEARNED BOOK
Northern Critics Say That Dr.
Odum Wrote Treatise for
Select Public
"For a great many years
there has gone out from Chapel
Hill, the seat of the University
of North Carolina, a vibrant
wave of light and healing fully
comparable to that which shone
in another day from the library
windows of Monticello. No
resident of this Athenian settle
ment has done more credit to its
enlightening mission than Mr.
Odum," says the " New York
Times in reviewing Dr. H. W.
Odum's latest book, An Aemri
can Epoch.
This book is the result of ten
years of preparation on the part
of the author, and is, according
to the critics, a veritable com
pendium of information on the
south, and its history from 1850
to the present day. It has re
ceived wide and very favorable
from the northern critics, as
well as attracting much atten
tion in the southern states.
The book is written in the duo
biographical style. The v chief
characters are "Uncle John" and
'The Old Major." Through
these two lay characters Odum
has viewed the south, and pre
dicts its immediate future. He
thinks that within the next few
years the south will have placed
itself on a parity with the north,
economically, politically, and
scholastically.
This is not a book that is easy
to read according to reviewers.
Into its three hundred and
seventy-nine pages Dr. Odum
has packed a reproduction of
four generations, that is re
markably thorough, and which
the Neio York Evening Post re
fers to as being likely to endure
as a model of accuracy, elo
quence, and strictly modern
understanding. Dr. Odum was
not writing for the populus, the
New York Times says in sub
stance, but rather for a select
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Pledge Revision
All fraternities who have
pledges whose names failed to
appear in the list published
yesterday, are asked to turn
inHhese names Monday after
noon at the Tar Heel office
before 3:30 P. M. A supple
mented list will be published
in Tuesday's edition.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1930
have neither freshmen nor
sophomores. They are in. high
school. When students come to
the European universities they
are grown. "When they come
they are eighteen, - nineteen.
Then there are no fourteen-year-
olds ? Oh now and then by some
good luck, or bad, boys will come
to the universities &i seventeen.
But they are grown. Older than
American boys of seventeen and
eighteen ? Far older. In Eng
land, not so old. But in Ger
many, France, the south, Italy,
they are men able to look after
themselves. Nobody bothers
about their private lives. They
are men. .. ,
At the universities, when
something displeases them? If
they don't like a class, they
shuffle with their feet. And
then of course there is volun
tary attendance. You see, you
instruct students; we teach them
to teach themselves.
PHI ETA NU TO
SELECTMEMBERS
Honorary Electrical Engineering
Group at Work Compiling
Scholastic Merits off New
Candidates.
Phi Zeta Nu, honorary Elec
trical engineering society, which
requires for membership an
average of ninety or better, is
at present working on the grades
of the electrical engineering stu
dents to determine " those who
are eligible for membership. It
is thought that this information
will be obtainable within the
next three weeks when the socie
ty will begin the year's pro
gram. The highest distinction that
can come to a student in the
electrical engineering school is
to be chosen for membership in
Phi Zeta Nu during his sopho
more year. Only ' one sopho
more is taken in each year, the
basis of selection being charac
ter, ability, and scholastic stand
ing. The student must above a
Phi Beta Kappa average. Jun
iors and seniors who average C
arexeligible for membership,
also. . y .
Members of the society in
school this year are : George D.
Thompson, president; R. E.
Hubbard, secretary and treas
urer ; C. M. Lear, G. F. Homey,
P. G. Johnson, and D. J. Thurs
ton. Professor J. E. Lear is a
faculty member.
Red Cross To Seek
Help Of Kiwanians
At the meeting of the Kiwanis
Club in the hut of the Christian
church on Tuesday evening, Col
onel J oseph Hyde Pratt, . presi
dent of the Red Cross, talked to
the members of the club on the
work of the Red Cross and asked
the cooperation of the Kiwanians
again this year in the roll call.
The club agreed to make the roll
call on Franklin street, from the
post office west.
Colonel Pratt announced that
the Red Cross board has agreed
to cooperate with the Kiwanis
Club in , sponsoring a dental
clinic for Carrboro school simi
lar to the one sponsored for the
Chapel Hill school year before
last. A committee reported that
George Lawrence, superinten
dent of public welfare, wculd
welcome the cooperation of the
club in the distribution of
Christmas baskets to families in
the county. "
DAILY STAFF TO
UNDERGOREVISION
Oscar Coffin Will Speak at 7:15
In 104 Alumni to Members
:-: Now Listed.
Mr. Oscar Coffin will speak
before the members of the Tar
Heel staff at, its regular meeting
in Room 104 Alumni at 7:15
Sunday evening.- The editorial
staff will meet at 7:00 in the
Tar Heel office. - Now that fra
ternity rushing is over, the man
aging editor intends that staff
rules of attendance and contri
bution be strictly enforced.
1. Two consecutive unexcus
ed absences from Sunday meet
ings will automatically drop a
reporter from the staff. '
2. " Any reporter having; no
news story accepted in a period
of two weeks is automatically
dropped from the staff.
3. Feature stories and edi
torials are, not to be counted
news stories.
Although there is room for
only approximately thirty re
porters, forty-seven names are
listed on the reportorial staff.
Competition is expected to de
velop among those persons for
the thirty places. The campus
and community have been di
vided into what are called "re
portorial beats." It is the in
tention of the manager of the
staff to see that every item of
personal and community inter
est be included in the columns
of the paper. Reporters failing
to secure all the news on their
beats are to be dropped immedi
ately, according to the new pol
icy, v.- -- '
The Daily Tar Heel is a lab
oratory for students interested
in journalism. The staff does
not intend, according to the
managing editor, to present a
paper to the campus whicH can
be compared or classed with the
metropolitan dailies that stand
as examples of journalism. On
the other hand, a sincere effort
is being made to report accurate
ly, to edit carefully, and to
verify all information included
in the columns of the paper. For
this purpose, a staff of ten men
is at work each afternoon read
ing and rewrfting all contribu
tions to be published.
With the idea in view of cover
ing the campus more carefully,
an assignment editor has been
appointed by the managing edi
tor to aid the reporters in more'
fully covering their beats.
In the department of sports,
three men have full charge of
seeing that athletic activities are
given proper recognition.
To aid the reporters in their
work, a "newspaper morgue" is
being accumulated under the di
rection of the staff librarian.
Although the reportorial staff
is overcrowded, the policy of the
managing board will be to em
ploy any students who present
themselves as candidates for
positions, and to permit them to
compete with those persons al
ready listed for the thirty places.
The forty-seven men now listed
will be given one week in which
to retain their positions or they
will make way for more inter
ested reporters. .
Mid-Term Grades
Notice has been issued from
the registrar's office that mid
term reports wil be due from
instructors Thursday, October
30, at 5 o'clock. This means
that students will be notified of
their standings as soon after
they can be tabulated and pub
lished by the registrar.
Student Government Week
To fie Observed In State
Federation Head
y
E. R. Murrow (above), presi
dent of the National Federation
of Students, will speak here this
week before the Y. M. C. A., the
Di Senate, the Phi Assembly,
and at a number of colleges in
the state iri observance of Stu
dent Government Week.
Y. M. C. A. Members
Will Hear Murrow
A joint meeting of the three
Y cabinets will be held tomor
row night in the lobby of the Y.
M. C. A. building at 7:15 for the
purpose of hearing" an ...address
by E. R. Murrow, president of
the National Student Federation.
President Murrow will talk to
tH'ecHmets"on the subject "of
"Moral Responsibility of Stu
dent Government." The speak
er, by reason of his position, is
well-informed on the question of
student government.
, Following his talk, Mr. Mur
row will conduct an open forum
on the many phases of student
body rule.
MURROW TO ADDRESS
N. C . C . W. STUDENTS
Greensobro, .Oct. 18 E. R.
Murrow, president of the Na
tional Student Federation, is to
appear at North Carolina col
lege, Aycock auditorium, Friday
evening for an address on the
problems of intercollegiate re
lationships. John Lang, president of the
North Carolina Federation of
Students, is to present Mr. Mur
row at the meeting, which will
be attended by students of the
state institution for women.,
. The purpose of the session is
that of fitting the state organi
zation, started last spring, into
the national organization.
Lambda chapter of Phi Kap
pa Sigma announces the pledg
ing of Edward M. Spruill of
Rocky Mount.
Delta Psi announces the pledg
ing of Bill Blount,' Pensacola,
Florida.
Writing New Book
Dr. H. W. Odum, director of
the Institute for Research in
Social Science is at work on
the third volume of a triology
concerning- negro life and
superstitions. The ensuing
volume is preceeded by "Rain
bow 'Round My Shoulder'
and "Wings on My Feet."
Odum's new book is to be
called "Cold Blue Bloon."
''The American Epoch," a re
cent work of Dr. Odum, has
attracted nation wide atten
tion among critics and reviewers.
NUMBER 27
Murrow, President of National
Student Federation, and
Lang, to Lecture.
PROGRAM HERE BEGINS
TONIGHT AT Y MEETING
; Officials of the North Carolina
Student Federation have design
ated next week, October 20-25,
as Student Government Week,
and have aranged aseries of
discussions on' student affairs
and intercollegiate relations to
be given in colleges of the State
that are members of the Feder
ation, according to announce
ment by John A. Lang, presi
dent of the North Carolina Stu
dent Federation.
E. R. Murrow, president of
the National Student Federa
tion, and Lang will preside over
these discussions. Murrow has
just returned from Europe and
will talk on student conditions
there as compared with condi
tions here.
The program for the Univer
sity has- been previously an
nounced. The Y. M. C. A. cabi
nets will hear Mr. Murrow to
night, the student council later,
the freshmen during chapel
period Tuesday, and a joint
meeting of the Di and Phi Tues
day night, to which the student
body is invited, Mr. R. B. House
will also speak.
A convocation meeting of the
student bodies of State, Wake
Forest, St. Mary's, Peace, E. C.
T. C., and Meredith will be held
nTPulIen hall at 2:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Presi
dent E. C. Brooks of State and
Don Paul, president of the State
College student body, and Lang
will speak at this meeting.
A special student program of
music by the State College quar
tet and speeches by Murrow and
Lang will be broadcast between
5:30 and 6 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon by station WPTF of
Raleigh. Talks by Murrow and
Lang on student government
will, feature the night meeting
in Raleigh.
The remainder of the pro
gram includes addresses by
Murrow and Lang at Duke,
Thursday night; at N. C. C. W.,
Friday night, and at Davidson,
Saturday night.
STUDENT FEDERATION TO
SURVEY HONOR SYSTEM
Supported by the administra
tion and the student government
the National Student Federation
of America committee at the
University of California at" Los
Angeles has begun a survey of
the honor system. At the fifth
annual congress of the organiza
tion, Robert Keith, president of
the associated students at U. C.
L. A. stated that the honor sys
tem was a complete failure at
his university. The purpose of
the survey is to discover from
the students to what extent it
is a failure, and why. The infor
mation gained will be compiled
for the use of the local student
administration, and will be made
available to all interested insti
tutions through the N. S. F. A.
"The honor system questionnaire
will illustrate the N. S. F. A.
policy of stimulating student
opinion on questions of interest
to student governments," said
Earl Swingle, student president,
in a recent interview.
The.Theta Chi fraternity an-r
nounces the pledging of Alexan
der ... Weisker of Bridgeport
Conn,, and Irving Craig of
Florence, South Carolina.