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VOLUME XL
WORK OF LOCAl
PERSONS CHOSEN
BY PLAYMAKERS
Mrs. Bailey's "Strike Song" Will
Be Offered as Next Perform
ance December 10, 11, and 12.
The Carolina Playmakers an
nounced yesterday that the next
production of that organization
-will be Strike Song, a three-ract
play of southern mill people by
two local playwrights, former
.students nu the play writing
classes, Loretto Carroll Bailey
and James Osier Bailey.
Try-outs for this production
-will be held- at the Playmakers
theatre beginning at 4:30 on
Tuesday afternoon, and will
continue at 7:30 the same eve
ning. The play will be produced
December 10, 11, 12. .
At the same time plans are
being made for immediate-! ex
perimental production of ' the
plays that have been written- in
the playwriting class this term.
There will be six or eight plays
on this program, and the three
best of these will be chosen by
a committee of judges for pro
fessional production on the reg
ular program next term.
Harry Davis, assistant di
rector of the Playmakers, will
supervise these productions and
they will be given a more finish
ed presentation than has been
possible heretofore in the ex
perimental staging. Regular
try-outs for these plays will be
held at a date to 4 be announced
within a few days. , - .
Research Work Is Encouraged In
Canadian Universities, Says Dean
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J. C. McLennan of Toronto University Believes Students' Ideas on
Matters of 'International Importance Should Be Treated
As Seriously as Maturer Suggestions.
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The influence of the Canadian
university in the political and
social forces of the . Dominion
was outlined by Dean J. C. Mc
Lennan, dean of graduate studies
at Toronto university, in an ex
clusive interview with a Daily
Tar Heel reporter Friday after
noon. "Most of Canada's great
est statesmen and leaders are
university graduates," McLen
nan stated, "and the rise to pow
er of the man who received his
training in our educational in
stitutions has been notable with
in the last decade. The present
Prime Minister of Canada and
the present Prime Minister of
the province of Ontario are both
college graduates. So were their
predecessors."
Special Research Work
Research work of students and
special scholars interested in
such issues is especially encour
aged, McLennan said. Inspira
tion is provided by numerous lit
erary, governmental, and his
torical societies, which appeal
more to the man who seeks his
education in the classroom than
the one who devotes his time to
research and laboratory work,
the more concrete avenues of
endeavor. Citing the recent dis
armament petition movement
which grew out of the student
hodies of several great Canadian
universities McLennan said,
"These movements are more the
result of trained leadership and
careful preparation, than hasty
conclusion and undergraduate
enthusiasm. The student's views
n matters of international im
portance are treated in all seri
ousness and he is advised and
instructed the right path.
Most of these movements grow
ut of the societies, which hold
ress Is Guest
Elisabeth Risdon and Mrs., Howe Ac
quainted When on Stage
In New York.
Elisabeth Risdon, the -star of
Elizabeth, the; Queen, Maxwell
Anderson's play, which will be
presented in the Carolina Play
makers. theatre here tomorrow
night by the New York Theatre
Guilc arrived here last night
and will be the guest for sev
eral days of Dr. : and Mrs.
George Howe at Treetops. She
is accompanied by her husband,
Brandon Evans.
Mrs. Howe and Miss Risdon
have been friends since the
former played in New York
productions, under the stage
name of Margaret Vale.
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Local Red Cross
Gets Student Aidi
The annual roll call for mem
bers of the Red Cross is from
Armistice Day to Thanksgiving,
the goal for Chapel Hill is 1,000
members exclusive of members
from the student body.
After consultation with the
president of the student union,
the president of the inter-dormitory
council, and the president
of inter-fraternity coucil, it was
decided to appoint representa
tives in each of the dormitories
and fraternities to invite the
members to join the Red Cross.
These representatives have been
appointed and supplied with
membership cards and buttons.
Other students may leave their
subscriptions at the headquar
ters or atEubanks Drug Store.
a prominent place, in the life of
Uje undergraduate."
Canadian System
Asked as to whether the Can
adian university resembled more
the English tjian the American
dean J. c. Mclennan
system, McLennan stated that
the Dominion system was pat
terned more af terjhat employed
in the states. "The same type
of activities, faculties, and re
search systems are utilized in
Canada," he said, "even to co
education, which has been in
Canadian universities for more
than forty years."
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Professors Wives Recover
Mrs. M. T. Van Hecke and Mrs.
E. R. Mosher have just been al
lowed to leave the Duke hospit
al, where for the last two weeks
they have been receiving treat
ment for injuries "sustained in
an automobile accident. Al
though tliey have not fully re
covered from the effects of their
accident, they are steadily recuperating.
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1931
Cotton Demand May Increase If
Experiments Prove Successful
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Results of Research by Two University Professors Bring Hope
That the Enormous Surplus of "Cotton May Be Eco-
nomically Turned Into Valuable Cellulose.
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During- the past few years,
theN use of cotton as a fabric
for making clothes has de
clined and the southern farm
er who knows how to grow little
else has found a small market
for his crop and such as there
was brought practically no in
come. With the farmer primar
ily in mind, Dr. A. K. Cameron,
professor of chemistry, and
Nicholas Dockery, a student in
the University, have been experi
menting to develop a new use for
cotton. It has been found that
the cotton plant contains 55 to
60 cellulose, a substance which
has wide and varied uses and
that this fact may provide a
better source of income for the
cotton-growing farmer.
Cellulose in Cotton
For the past two years the ex
perimenters have concentrated
their efforts on examining the
types of Cellulose in the cotton
plant and finding under what
conditions the plant contains
most. The cotton has been raised
on Dockery's plantation near
Rockingham which is conven
iently close to the University.
From the time the cotton plant
has been1 grdwing two months
until it is ready to gather,
samples are taken almost week
ly and analyzed for their content
of moisture, ash, fats, resin, and
cellulose. It has been found that
fortunately,-as the valuable cel
lulose and fats increase, the
useless ash and moisture de-
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crease, it is aiso interesting co
note that the entire cotton plant
with the exception of the root
can be utilized in this process.
Uses of Cellulose
Although the seed contains no
cellulose for any use, the lint
pulp is over 95 cellulose, and
the stalk and boll contain be
tween 40 and 50, while the
seed is mostly fats and oils, very
valuable by-products. The cot
ton cellulose is unexcelled for
S. H. HOBBS SAYS
STATES IN SOUTH
RANK VERY LOW
Rural Economics Professor
Speaks Before Informal Gath
ering in Lobby of Union
Building Friday Evening.
Dr. S. H. Hobbs, professor of
social-rural economics, spoke
Friday evening to ah informal
group in Graham Memorial,
upon the position of North Caro
lina among the states and dis
cussed the series of articles that
apeared in trie American Mer
cury upon the worst states in
the union. E. H. Mencken, who
was the author of these articles,
revealed that Mississippi ranked
the lowest.
N. C. Ranks 43rd
North Carolina maintained
an average as the forty-third
state in wealth, culture and ed
ucation, health, and public or
der. Those that ranked at the
top in the respective tables
were: wealth, California; cul
ture and education, Massachu
setts ; health, Minnesota ; and
public order, Maine. With only
a single exception Mississippi
ranked the lowest. South Caro
lina was last and Mississippi
next to last in health.
The southern states occupy he
lowest ranking positions.
use in making rayon, artificial
silks and wool; it also makes a
high grade of paper -As it is
not yet certain for what pur
poses the cotton cellulose is best
adapted, the experiments in the
future are to include attempts to
determine the best use. of it.
The general method Dockery
uses to remove the cellulose from
the plant is by applying a strong
solution of sodium hydroxide on
the whole plant. The cellulose
is removed and bleached by
chlorine. The appearance of this
substance is very similar to cot
ton, but its fibers are shorter and
tougher. It is found in almost
all plant life, but cotton un
doubtedly contains more than
any other plant.
Help to the Farmer
These two men are devoting
their time to these experiments
to help the southern farmer
make the most profit on his cot
ton. They are not only study
ing the uses of the cellulose but
are trying to develop the most in
expensive method of extracting
this substance with the best re
sults. As the seejd has practical
ly no value for its content v of
cellulose, but contains much oil,
the seed will be separated from
the rest of the plant and the oils
removed. Whether it would be
more satisfactory to gin the cot
ton plant or remove the fats
after the plant has been treated
for the cellulose is as yet .un
certain. The ginning would re
quire special machinery but the
amount of oil might be enough
as to warrant the extra expense.
The progress made so far has
been veryf avorable and the two
men believe that in the near fu
ture there will be a great demand
for cotton because of its cellu
lose base. The American Cot
ton Growers Association at New
Orleans' has shown its confidence
in these two men by contributing
$1,500 to be used for supplies
and apparatus.
FOUNTAIN ASSAILS
SHORT BALLOT AT
JUNIOR GATHERING
Coach Collins Urges Class to
Become Better Acquainted
With Workings of Football
Team.
About two hundred and fifty
members of the class of '33 at
tended the junior smoker in
Swain hall Friday evening.
Lieutenant-Governor Richard T.
Fountain, and Coach Chuck Col
lins were the speakers, of the
evening.
Collins, the first speaker,
talked to the class about the
Davidson game, urging the class
as a student body to get closer
to the football squad, attend
some of their practices, and
really see . what they did and
what they were like. He con
tinued that he thought the
junior class of any institution
was always the laziest group for
psychological reasons. The third
year, he said, looked upon as a
repetition of what the student
has been through the first two
years. In order to avoid wish
ing at the end of the senior year
that one might have another
chance in college, he advised
members of this class to get to
work at once.
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Special Program
Nelson O. Kennedy Will Commemor
ate First Armistice Day in
Organ Recital.
Nelson O. Kennedy, head of
the department of organ in the
music department of the Uni
versity, will present the regular
monthly vesper concert in the
Hill Music auditorium this af
ternoon at 4 :00. He has pre
pared a program which com
memorates the first Armistice
day by the utilization of George
J. Nevin's In Memoriam.
The recital opens with John
Hyatt Brewer's Indian Summer
Sketch, followed by Mendels
sohn's Sonata, No. 2; Rondo,
by Rinck-Dickinson ; R. G. Cole's
Song of Gratitude; Nevin's
In Memoriam; and concludes
with J. Lemmens' Fanfare in D.
McBain Touches On
Climate, Traditions
Dean Howard McBain, one of
the two delegates sent by Col
umbia university to the confer
ence of the - Association of
American Universities, which
met here, would give no state
ment on the present trends of
education. Dean McBain said
that this was one of the most
beautiful universities he had
ever had the pleasure to see, and
that the students in it ought to
be proud of their traditions. He
also said that a New Yorker,
like himself could appreciate the
.temperate climate which the
University is so fortunate to
I possess. .
Hutchins Urges Plan Allowing
Course Credits By Examination
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Youthful University of Chicago President Is Confident That His
New Educational System Will Enable Students to
Complete Courses Much Sooner.
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In the. opinion of , President
Robert M. Hutchins, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, a plan simi
lar to the one in use at Chicago
could be used here. "I do not
wish to dictate policies to the
faculty of the University of
.
PRESIDENT ROBT. M. HUTCHINS
North Carolina," he told the
Daily Tar Heel reporter, "but
a plan whereby a student so
qualified could take examina
tions on a course and obtain
credit, would be a great benefit
to the more capable students."
President Hutchins went on
to say that a plan as drastic as
the one in use at the University
of Chicago would not be neces
sary. He advocated keeping the
grade system but allowing any
student who thought he was
capable of passing an examina
tion on a subject without tak
ing the course to obtain full
credit by doing so.
The Hutchins plan which is
in use at the University of
Chicago is a plan whereby any
student upon recommendation
by his instructor may take an
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NUMBER 49
FROSH NOMINEES
WILL BE CHOSEN
MONDAYMORNING
Balloting for First Year Officers
Will Be Conducted in. Graham
Memorial All Day Wednesday.
Nominations for four fresh
man class officers are to be made
tomorrow morning in chapel. By
ruling of student council nomi
nation speeches are not to exceed
two minutes in length. Sopho
mores who have chapel tomor
row will not be expected to at
tend. Candidates will Speak
Tuesday morning's chapel will
be given over to speeches by the
several nominees for offices of
president, vice-president, secre
tary, and treasurer. The regu
lar elections are scheduled to
take place in Graham Memorial
building on Wednesday, with the
polls remaining open from 9:00
to 5:00. This is the first cam
pus election ever to be staged in
the new union building, but it is
the student council's plan to hold
all following elections here.
According to present plans,
ballot boxes are to be placed in
the northern end of the , first
floor. In case no nominee re
ceives a majority of votes cast
for his particular office, a run
off election between the two lead
ing candidates will decide the
winner. If such a run-off is
necessary, the time and date will
be announced later.
examination on any subject. In
this way it is possible for a stu
dent to advance as rapidly as
his inborn ability and hard work
will permit. .This has been a
decided step in the field of edu
cation and the intellectual world
is watching it with interest.
His Rapid Rise
The rise of Dr. Hutchins to
the presidency of one of Ameri
ca's largest universities at the
age of thirty-two reads like the
story of one of Alger's heroes.
In 1923, then only twenty-four
years old, he was appointed sec
retary of Yale university, in
which position he remained un
til 1927 when he became dean
of the Yale law school. In 1929
he became the president of the
University of Chicago.
President Hutchins believes
that his plan will be a success,
although it has only been in ef
fect for two months. He says
that any intelligent student
should be able to finish a two
year academic course in a quar
course could be done in a year,
ter, and that a full four-year
Another significant feature of
the Hutchins plan is that it does
away with the graduate school.
The graduate student takes his
examinations for his degree
whenever he thinks himself
qualified to do so. President
Hutchins said that time only
would tell whether his plan
would be a success or failure.
Editorial Board
The editorial board of the
Daily Tar Heel will convene
this afternoon at 5:30. There
will be no regular meeting of
the city editors or reportorial
staff today.