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VOLUME XXXIX
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, DECEJIBER 4, 1930
NUMBER 62
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PLANS TO ASSIS
m
MESSM CHORUS
Annual Christmas Concert Will
Combine Orchestra, Organ
And Voices.
The University" symphony or
chestra is to provide the accom
paniment at the presentation of
The Messiah on the fifteenth of
this month. -This concert ill be
given in the new music audito
rium and the profits are to be
turned over to the Orange Coun
ty unemployment fund. The ad
mission price will be fifty cents.
The personnel of the orchestra
to play at. the performance as
given out yesterday by. Prof es
sor McCorkle includes first vio
lins, T. Smith McCorkle (con
certmeister) , Orlindo Cates,
Thomas M. Johnson, Ray W.
Foster; and J. M. Shachtman;
second violins, Benjamin G.
Winig, Henry Gartzman, Kath
erine Wheaton, F. G. Jacocks ;
cellos, Crosby G. Blackwood,
Lawrence Hatlestad ; violas,
Hugo Giduz, Loretz Ramseur ;
bass, James Pf ohl ; oboe, Lyciane
Miller ; clarinets, R. Flynt, Wal
ter Prescott; bassoon, W. F.
Ferger; flutes, Lamar String
field, R, M. Chamberlain ; horn,
William Abernethy ; trumpets,
C. H. White, Jr., H. A. Brooks ;
trombone, George Lawrence ; ty
mpani, F. B. McCall. Mrs. A.. S.
Wheeler will act as pianist, and
Professor Nelson O. Kennedy as
organist.'
The concert is planned.to be a
combination of orchestra, or
gan, and voices.
All of the artists have been
secured except the bass. Those
secured. Those selected are Ed
ward Molitore, tenor, Mrs. Cam
illa Molitore, soprano, Mme.
Emily Berger Cullum, contralto.
The chorus has been practicing
and J. Foster Barnes, bass. The
chorus has been practicing un
der the direction of Dr. Dyer
for the last two months.
PHI TEAM REGAINS
FORENSIC MEDAL
Hamilton Hobgood Recipient of
Mary D. Wright
Award.
The Mary D. Wright memorial
debate medal returned to the Phi
Assembly after a two-year stay
in the possession of the Di Sen
ate when Hamilton Hobgood, of
the Phi, won the prize Tuesday
night in Gerrard hall. The vic
torious Phi team upheld the af
firmative side of "Resolved: that
the state of North Carolina
should levy a luxury tax for the
support of its institutions of
higher learning." Billy Uzzell
teamed with Hobgood. McBride
Fleming-Jones and Clyde Shreve,
representing the Di, presented
the negative argument. J. C.
Williams, winner of- the medal
last year, presided.
Throughout the debate, the
speakers centered their atten
tion upon the feasibility of a
luxury tax as a means for rem
edying the lamentable financial
condition surrounding North
Carolina's institutions of higher
learning at present. The affirm
ative saw in such a tax the long-sought-after
proper distribution
f the burden of taxation for
educational purposes. This con
tention met with the approval of
the judges, vho declared the af
firmative, the ''winner.- and Hob
good. the abler speaker of that
team. . ' '
Council After Good
N. C.-Duke Relations
Members of the student coun
cil are this week making talks
m chapel for freshmen and
sophomores in regard to the
athletic relations which have
existed between Carolina and
Duke in the past.
Mayne Albright, secretary of
the student council, spoke yes;
terday, and Red Greene, presi
dent Student Union,-will speak
today and Friday.
The idea that the speakers are
trying to put across to the stu
dent body is that the University
is just ndw beginning our rela
tions with the real Duke Uni
versity, both in athletics . and
other fields. The precedent which
is established next . Saturday
will have a great effect on our
relations in the future. The two
rivals can profit greatly from
each other and a clash or pos-
sible severance in athletics would ! 7 , ? ' . . ,
destroy their mutual advantages ! 15 :het.er slipperiness is the
in other fields. However it is 1 only aim' Despite the profound
hoped that no such situation will i tfmcal knowledge of the twen
arjse ' jtieth century, man does not know
. While Carolina is teaching her j exactly what makes oil oily. Or
students good sportsmanship for ! mical and physical
WMrivoi ctnricnfn:; merely check the umfor-
cil of Duke University is doing j
the . same thing along this line, j
PRESSRELEASES
TWaWBOOKS
Etchings By Steene and Stories
By Cheshire To Be Pub
lished Soon.
3The University-of North Car
olina, Press . will publish " two
books of interest to Carolina
students. Six etchings of the
University of North Carolina
by William Steene and a book,
Nonnulla, by Joseph Blount
Cheshire will be released in the
next few days.
William Steene is a member
of the Salamagundi Club; the
national society of Mural Paint
ers, American Federation of
Arts, and several other artists
clubs. He has exhibited or been
represented in the National
Academy of Design, the Archi
tectural League of America,
Grand Central Art Galleries,
Milch Galleries, and several
other galleries and at several
universities. He has been living
and working in Chapel Hill for
several years and has studied
the scenes represented in the six
etchings which are to be pub
lished. The etchings are the
Old Well, the Episcopal Chapel,
the Playmakers Theatre, Old
East, Davie Poplar, and the Ke
nan Stadium. !
Bishop Cheshire is well known
as a great story teller. He has
at last been prevailed upon to
put some- of the best of his
stories in writing. The book is
more than a collection of stories.
It is woven of the very warp and
woof of North Carolina the
book could answer well to a roll
call of North Carolina's great
names, with illustrating esti
mates and anecdotes. In pres
enting these "Not Nothings," as
he calls them, Bishop Cheshire
has given us a "cross-section" of
North Carolina life and legend.
Tickets Exchanged
- Football tickets for the
Carolina-Duke game are be
ing exchanged for passbooks
today and tomorrow at the Y.
M. C. A. As has already been
announced students may sit
with their dormitory or fra
ternity groups by getting their
tickets in blocks or asking for
seats in their group section.
SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING QUEST
FOR CAUSE BACK OF OILINESS
For Years Research on Problem
Final Result That Machinery Has Been Devised to
Measure Degrees
o
By Hendley N. Blackmon, Gen
eral Engineer Westinghouse
Corporation
Mankind, in general, regards
a treacherous banana peel under
foot as the pinnacle of slipper
iness. Just another case of pre
judice though; because oil, such
as used to lubricate electric ma
chinery, would give him a far
ther and faster ride than the
best banana skin in the country.
No one knows just yet what
makes oil so oily, but research
engineers, are hot on the trail.
Scientists have long : known
that oil makes a good lubricant
j j i :
mi of irshipments,. but tell
nothing of the lubricating value.
A group of scientists, isolated
in a building of their own, have
been stalking the answer - to
"what makes oil oily", for the
past few years. Unlike tasting
a pot of porridge for seasoning
there is yet no test nor instru
ment that will tell the answer,
tn the past to determine this
elusive property the lubricant j
was placed in service until the
oil wore out ; i. e., lost its oili
ness. Researchers getting to the
roots of the problem, finally de
vised machines for - measuring
this slippery property they can
tell the degree of "oiliness" ; but
j ust what makes one oil more
slippery than another is still a
worrysome question.
Crude oil, as it comes to the
laboratory from wells scattered
throughout the world, is tested
for oiliness and then broken up
into its chemical elements. Tedi
ous comparative studies " are
made of samples which behave
exactly alike except for oiliness ;
doggedly striving to find what
makes the difference. It is not
the degree of refinement of the
crude oil the same commercial
oils are much more refined than
others. If oils are too pure they
become water white (like the
widely advertised Nujol) and
lose their lubricating usef ulnessC
H A person on ice skates rides
on one of the best lubricating
surfaces known. The almost ef
fortless propulsion is possible
because the weight of the skater
j melts the ice under the runners
BOGGSTO ATTEND
FOLK-LORE MEET
Dr. A. P. Hudson, professor
of English, R. S. Boggs, assis
tant professor of Spanish and
probably Dr. G. R. Coffman
head of the English department,
will attend the meeting of the
meeting of the North Carolina
Folk-Lore Society in Raleigh,
Friday, December 5. Mr. Boggs
is to deliver a paper entitled
"The Legend of the Half-Chick."
This meeting, as in previous
years, is being held in connec
tion with meetings of the North
Carolina State Art Society and
the State Literary and Histori
cal Association, of which, Dr. E.
W. Knight, professor of educa
tion here, is First Vice-Presi-;
dent. ' The last two meet today,
' though the , Art Society opened
an exhibition on December 2.
Has Been Goinsr On With the
of Slipperiness.
and he scoots along on a film of
water, not ice. Little globules of
water cling to the steel runner,
another layer is on the surface
of the ice, leaving a free layer of
water in the middle which gives
almost frictionless movement of
the skates.
In electrical rotating machin
ery, an .oil film surrounds the
moving shaft and acts like the
water film under the skate run
ner. Tiny globules of oil adhere
to the revolving- journal, other
oil molecules stick to the babbitt
bearing and the load rides mer
rily on the free film of oil in be
tween. Automobile bearings need
only a small fraction of a
thousandths of an inch oil film;
large electrical machines require
an oil film about .0012 inches
thick the same part that 3-4
inch represents in a city block.
MpasnrPTYipnt. nf fh nil fhirV-
shows that the shaft wanders
about in the oil film very curi
ously, climbing up one side and
slipping down the other. Though
microscopic in size, the .film is
always thick enough to keep the
metals from direct , contact.
Trouble begins as soon as the
ifilm is ruptured and the metals
touch, which happens somefimes
due to minute imperfections ;in
machined surfaces, misalign
ment' of shaft and bearing, and
warping of the bearing shell by
excessive heating.'
Never stingy, Nature has been
exceedingly open handed in her
gift of oils vegetable oils' are
widely used in cooking, animal
oil glistens from sleek black
hair ; and mineral oils produce
our gasoline. Vegetable and
animal oils are more oily and
therefore the best lubricants ;
but their family tree makes them
more susceptible to oxidation
when in service. Straight min
eral oils, preferably with a para
ffine base, last longer as a lubri
cant despite their lesser degree
of oiliness. Like a sprig of mint
in tea to enhance the flavor, soap
is sometimes added to mineral
oil to bolster its lubricating pro
perties. v -
Oil leads a tough life, how
ever. For instance, machinery
on shipboard must be well lubri-
cated. The boat crosses the
equator and a month later is
anchored in Alaska the oil
must never become so soft it will
run away nor too hard to become
useless.
SLADE LECTURES
TO MATH SEMINAR
Yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock the mathematics seminar
was held in Phillips hall. Profes
sor J. J. Slade, of the school of
engineering, conducted the
seminar with his own treatment
of the "Differentiation and Tn
tegration of ono-integral' orders
with application of the theory to
the solution of Abel's problem of
the fantochrone." The problem
is given : a bead on a smooth
curved wire. The bead is to fall
from point A to point B in a
specified length of time. The
question is to determine the
curve in the wire which will en
able' the above conditions to be
fulfilled. This problem was solv
ed by Abel over two Hundred
years ago and has been solved
often since.
Lawsons' Visitors
Extensively Feted
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S.
Graves of Geneva, New York,
have been visiting in the home
of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Lawson
for the last two weeks and have
beeii entertained extensively.
Mrs. Graves was entertained
at a bridge luncheon Tuesday
morning by Mrs. Alex Koonce,
and Tuesday evening President
Frank Graham and Miss Kate
Graham entertained at dinner
in compliment to Mr. and Mrs.
Graves. Last night Miss Helen
Shell entertained at a buffet sup
per and bridge at the Irving a
partments in Durham. Today at
one o'clock, Dr. and Mrs. Collier
Cobb will entertain at a lunch
eon for Mr. and Mrs. Graves.
Thjs afternoon from four to six
o'clock Miss Estelle Lawson
will entertain at a tea in honor
of Mrs. Graves and Miss Kate
Graham, v
Friday afternoon Mrs. T. S.
McCorkle will entertain at brid
ge in compliment to , Mr. and
Mrs. Graves, and Friday even
ing Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bell will
entertain them at a bridge party.
Next Wednesday night Mrs. Car
rington Smith will entertain at
a theatre party. -
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY POLITY FORUM
Dungan Elected President and
Sitterson Chosen Secretary
at First Meeting.
- Jack Dungan was chosen pre
sident of the polity forum in an
organization meeting Tuesday
night on. the second floor of
Saunders building. Lyle Sitter
son was elected secretary of the
group. ' ;
The meeting, which was called
by Beverly Moore, temporary
chairman, was attended by
thirfy-fiye students. The purpose
of this forum is to interest per
sons on the campus in national
politics, and it is the plan of the
organization to bring many not
ed statesmen to the campus.
Foreign relations will also be
one of the topics of discussion by
the forum. In this connection
Professor Calvin Hoover, of
Duke University has been asked
to address the next meeting of
the group Thursday, December
11. ;
So far as can be ascertained,
the'organization on this campus
is the only one of its kind in
the south. There are but few
others existing in the entire
United States. '
Professor Calvin Hoover, who
is to address the next session of
the forum, will speak on the sub
ject of "Russia." Mr. Hoover
has for the past fifteen months
been living in this country and
is well acquainted with condi
tions there.
" It is the plan of the president
to bring such men as 'Norman
Thomas, Senators Borah and
Reed, Secretary of Navy Adams,
and Rabindrath Tagore to speak
to the organization.
Freshman Smoker
The first freshman smoker
of the year will take place to
nfght in Swain hall at nine
o'clock. Eats and smokes will
be served. As yet. no speaker
has been secured, but Pat Pat
terson, president of the senior
class, who will preside over
the smoker, states that one
will be obtained in time for
the occasion. Music will be
furnished by the Carolina
Buccaneers.
LOCAL DELEGATES
ATTEND NATIONA
1A
FRATERNM" LIEET
John Cooper and Jack Ward Ac
tive in Proceedings of Inter
fraternity CounciL
At a meeting of the National
Inter-fraternity Conference held
during the Thanksgiving holi
days in New York City, John
, Phil Cooper, of the Sigma Nu
fraternity and Jack Ward, of the
Kappa Alpha fraternity, were .
the representatives from this
campus. Both of these delegates
were placed on several of he
committees of the convention.
150 schools sent representatives
to the meeting. ;
Pat Nelson of the University
of South Carolina, and repre
sentative of the S. A. E. chapter
at that institution, was elected
president of the -convention. Bill
McKinze, Phi Gamma Delta,
f rorn Brown University, was
chosen secretary, and John Phil
Cooper, Sigma Nu of the Univer
sity of-North Carolina, was
voted chairman of the executive
committee. , -
Jack Ward, ;. of the ' Kappa
Alpha fraternity, the second de
legate sent from this campus,
was placed on the scholarship
committee, and Cooper, received
another position by being placed
on the committee on morals.
This convention was attended
by men from schools all over the
country, who met for the purpose
of 1 discussing .some jot the prob
lems which confront the differ
ent fraternities. The abolition
of "Hell-Week," system of rush
ing, relations among fraternities
on the different campi, and other
such difficulties were discussed
by the representatives.
Cooper, as one of the speakers
on the program, made a talk on
the subject of "Where fraterni
ties' duties should yield to those
of the university, and vice
versa." A bill was also present
ed by the Sigma Nu represen
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GREENE SPEAKS
ONGOTONMENT
Radio Speech Over WPTF Wed
nesday Explains Student
Government
The student government of the
University of North Carolina
has been an individual growth,
and it has developed a personal
ity of its own," said Red Greene,
president of the student union in
a radio address yesterday
Greene went further to say
that it depends largely upon the
state o student opinion and stu
dent interests.- He. told of the
work of the Student' Council, its
function, and its value. His ob
ject was to show the state high
schools the value of student gov
ernment in order that they might
thoroughly understand it, should
they establish such government
in their schools. In summing up
his remarks he explained that at
Carolina there is no system
espionage. When some ; act of
misconduct is committed, the
students will spontaneously act
upon it and the form of action
i is to submit it to the Student
Council, which is the controlling
body of the student government.
John A. Lang, president of the
North Carolina Federation of
Students followed Greene's talk
by explaining how the council
was attempting to instill good
sportsmanship among the stu
dents, for the Carolina-Duke
game. ' . " ' -