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tzr x f h Y M. C. A. DEVOTIONALS - 10:30 A.M. MEMORIAL HALL JOHN TAYLOR ARMS 8:30 P.M. HILL MUSIC HALL VOLUME XLI CHAPEL HELL, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933 NUMBER 104 NATIONAL FIGURES WITH UNIVERSITY IN BUDGET FIGHT 'Review" Carries Extracts From Letters of Twenty-Five Prominent Americans. Extracts from letters written "by twenty-five prominent figures in American life educators politicians, writers, and business men against the proposed cut in the University appropriation are carried in the current issue of the Alumni Review. Excerpts from only a few of the letters received for the most part at the University by Presi dent Graham are reprinted. The purpose, as stated in the maga zine, is "not to censure or con demn . . . but to give alumni an appraisal of their Alma Mater by detached leaders of American thought." These excerpts give a good idea of the esteem and reputa tion which the University enjoys throughout the country, and they express the loss to the state -which would result from further reductions in the University ap propriation. Educators Quoted Educators wnose letters were quoted include: F. P. Keppel, . , - , roitT10 P president of the Carnegie Cor- Educators ' whose letters were j.: n. :j im xr- l wvu x,trIT nf thp I niVPlSlr.V OT WISCOnsm -D-Mf a t.owM,,0 T nwoli ' 1 rx tioy.ttot.i t Tn i T-oi uT " Pf tlent James re. Angen 01 xaie 1 . t -n. 11 ! iri University; John Grier Hibben, lormer -president - 01 rrmceion n -i 1 T . - j I university; rresiaent josepn p. Ames of Johns Hopkins Univer- sity; William J. Cooper, United .States Commissioner of Educa (Continued on last page) ITALIAN SPEAKER OPPOSES FORMS OF DICTATORSHIP Count Sforza States That Coun try Lowers Morale When It Accepts Dictators. The futility of dictatorship -was emphasized by Count Carlos Sforza, former Italian minister of foreign affairs and former Italian ambassador, in his speech during a general convocation of the University in Memorial hall yesterday. In the opening words the Count stated his adversitv to any form of dictatorship mhis own or any other country, say- mg that it may bring temporary relief, but in the end it fails and leaves matters worse tnan oe- fore. He said that dictatorship was only tolerated by a people because they were between two evils, Bolshevism and fear oi Bolshevism. The latter fear making them accept any form of government which might counteract Bolshevism. Parliamentarv svstems have "been imsnnrpssfnl according to the Count, because law-making trronn a nfnpd with tech- nical questions which should be be Ipff. iVal experts, Sfnrrn un oioinprf that Rus- dictator- hm n. Vinn a ffov- H that. tvi, ,.-u ifotnrhin. the noi .x. - inp tvipir personality as certainly as twi ,o.o nnHor the die- toir,-u: ,o - T tw &PeaKer att manv dnrino-tViP . war was under (Continued on last page) Six County Meetings Scheduled For Tonight Haywood -Weeks, president of the student body, announced yesterday that there wrould be meetings of the students from several counties tonight at 7:00 o'clock. The Mecklenburg students will convene in 214 Graham Memo rial ; those from Buncombe coun ty in 209 ; those from Guilford im 01 K . TTz-VT'C-TT"f Vl Q in in xu, inuse Hum i 211; those from Edgecombe m ziz ; ana those trom nainax aiso in 212. President Weeks stated that these meetings are very impor- tant and that every student from these counties is urged to be present. ' ANNUAL COST OF MED SCHOOL TO STATE IS $1Qfi71 KJ 111 A MU w v v i Small ExDense and Service of wr JL School to State Are Cited for Continuance of Support. Abandonment of theUniver sity medical' school, a suggestion recently brought up before the joint appropriations cummin oi tne general assemuiy, wouiu r. i U regult in an approximate saving to th state of oniy $20 000 ac- 10 ine sw,Le 01 umy ufvuvt cordiTlc. to information obtained . yesterday. A statement for 1931-1 r : ' . : ,. , , , . - . t"i7pi f.nar. i.tih c.uni. ui liik n i.j 1.1.-1. x i- j-T 1 L . ' ' A series of reasons for the continuance of the school was quoted. It was stated that the losg to the gtate of abandonment would be ffreat due to the m- crease cost 01 meaicai care, tne difficulty of getting medical care ... I in the rural and small-town com munities of the state, and the in creased cost of medical educa tion. Student Costs Low A survey of the matriculation and tuition costs at various med ical colleges shows that the Uni versity school is below the aver age. A North Carolina student pays a total fee of $250, while out-of-state students pay one hundred dollars more. In oth- er colleges, fees run as high as $500 and more, as at Pennsyl- vania and Cornell. Figures cited yesterday show- ed that the medical school s to- tal budget for 1931-1932 was $42,638, of which students paid in fees $17,301 and the Kenan fund gave in salaries $5,666, leaving the state to pay $19,671. Another fact to the effect that local medical training will tend to keep doctors within the state WnS ain omxtati Of the 14Uu medical students trained at the University, the majority return to practice in the state. Important Measures Slated For Senate The Dialectic Senate will dis- cuss three amendments and two bills at its regular meeting to night. The amendments to the constitution would cut the treas- urer's salary, would change the time of the treasurer's inaugu- ration, and would give the con- stitutional committee power excuse fines. The two bins are. Resolved : That Granam dormi torv should be rented to sen heln students until such time as the University shall need it for students who are willing to pay the regular rates, . That the attitude of the south to hindrance to ward tne negiu ia progress SYMPHONIC BAND WILL OFFER FIRST. CONCERTSUNDAY Professor T. Smith McCorkle Directs Group Organized From University Band. V ' The University Symphonic band, under the direction of Professor T. Smith McCorkle, ... . .. - will make its first concert ap- pearance of this year Sundav evening, February 19, at the r,hiirrh nf tViA Widp Fpllnwsliin hn Southern Pines. The symphonic band, recruit- ed from the University parade immediately following the football season last fall, has been preparing for a series bf concert appearances since the beginning of the quarter. The object in the change in styles of to render the group capable of - , ai tenia tiug nits regular uanu re pertory oi marcnes witn tne oest classical music on its programs. The University of North Caro lina band is recognized as a pio neer in this respect. If The program to be offered in Southern Pines Sundav evenimr nrftaeTlt tvnps of ra --or from the a ncient cl assic suite to the romantic svmnhonv and I Z romantlc symPnony and short modern composition. A . ueauire oi cue urogram win ue vinl!n snlo wieniasld.a Rnm ' . - t 1 t 1 mi ce ez nonao, piayea Dy inor J onnson, vice-president of the band organization. The accom paniment for this solo has been especially arranged for jfchis con cert by Johnson. Receives Praise Tn the nast the svmnhonic . i s X uOTi a TY10a nmno KJiA, 11UO illUUU 11U1UVJ.UUO con- ( 'Continued on last page) Distance Walked On Trips Totals 75,000 Miles T. G. Harbison CaUed to University to Supervise Mounting Ashe Herbarium; When Traveling in South, Once Did As Romans Did in Getting Food Supply. o T. G. Harbison, well-known botanist, has literally tramped his way to the high position he now holds in his unusual field. standing erect and exhibiting a vivacity that belies his more SftVentv vears. he ablv testi- fies to the fact that, whatever their status at present, walking and hiking are no lost arts in his case. He has been called to the Uni- mounting ability to the Ashe herbarium which George Watts Will n-P Tl 1 1 r-Ti rt m rwpnlv nrp. gented to the University. When -U ,TTi, i n-m arium will greatly augment the already important plant collec tion -of the botany department. Traveled Widely Harbison, whose search for specimens for his personal and national collections has carried him from the swamp lands of Florida to the mountain slopes of Switzerland, recounted incid ents, in a recent interview with a member of the Daily Tar Heel staff, that demonstrate that he is of hardier mould than most. Were he to put all his trips end to end, he estimated that he would have walked a distance equivalent to three times around the world at the equator. Of the 75,000 miles he has tramped many were made under trying conditions. It was upon leaving compar atively sheltered academic halls that Harbison embarked on his SOCIAL SERVICE WILL BE TOPIC OF FORUMECTURE Dr. Winifred Chappell to Speak Here Thursday on "Break ing the Breadlines." Well informed on every aspect of the social service question, Dr. Winifred Chappell, speaker for the League for Industrial Democracy, will bring a message of great interest on the Breadlines" to "Breaking the Open Forum discussion series to be conducted m uerrard nail on Thursday night. As secretary of the Methodist Federation for Social Service, Miss Chappell has been on the spot as investi gator in many of the most im portant maustriai struggles in the United States. Aside from her experience as an educator, Miss Chappell has received excellent training in the social service field as an in vestigator in the historical strike of the Passaic textile workers, which she covered for the Christian Century. She also made a detailed study of the New York garment industry for the World Tomorrow. She has written for many church and lay publications, contributed a chap ter to a book for church youth, Social Adventure, and has writ ten numerous articles for lead mg magazines and newspapers as an investigator in labor dif Acuities. For some time Miss Chappel was chairman of the Labor Com mittee for the Woman Church Federation of Chicago. She is a member of the Fellowship for Reconciliation and the American Civil Liberties Union. By Botanist of strenuous existence. At that time, in 1886, he and a compan ion started on' a trip which was to last from April to July and during which they followed the paths of forest and mountain through ' Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. They were determined to cut themselves off from civilization, and therefore took as little bag firaere alone: as possible. A wool en blanket, a rubber poncho and a tin bucket were all the camp ing equipment each carried. Elaborate cooking utensils and a geologist's hammer were dis carded as useless impedimenta, but they held on to Wood's Man ual of Botany to study the plants. Ate Unusual Food It was to classical antiquity that Harbison turned for help in solving the food problem. Recollecting that Caesar's sol diers in the Gallic wars ate crushed wheat prepared as a mush, the hikers experimented with this, sweetened with brown sugar, as their staple diet and found that they actually kept their health and their weight! Berries picked on the wayside augmented their frugal meals. The interest which this first journey fostered in Harbison's consciousness has in no way abated since. For more than a quarter of a century he was southeastern field representative for Charles Sprague Sargent of (Continued on last page) Couch To Speak On Printing Processes W.T. Couch, director of the University Press, will speak at the Bull's Head weekly meet- ing this- .afternoon at 4:30 o'clock on the process employed in the printing of a book. A new set of shelves to accom odate 150 volumes has been in stalled in the Bull's Head and. through the cooperation of Couch, an exhibit of all the pub lished works of the Press will be displayed on them. Some of the newer works included in the ex hibit are The Human Aspects of Unemployment and Relief, Dis covering Worth Carolina, Liber alism in the South, and The Era of the Muckrakers. DRXfflHMENGTO LEAD FORUMS ON EASTERN TROUBLE Y. M. C. A. Wffl Bring Noted Chinese Scholar to Chapel HiU February 21. Lectures and forums on the Sino-Japanese difficulties will be conducted .here February 21 by Dr. Chih Meng, associate direc tor oi tne unina institute m America, of which Dr. Paul Mon roe of Columbia University is director. Plans for the events are being formed by officials of the local Y. M. C. A., which is spon soring his visit to the campus. Dr. Meng illustrates the tradi tional solidarity of the Chinese familyjn that he can trace his ancestry back, in unbroken chain, to 372 B.C. For many generations his family has been prominent in governmental af fairs. He himself is actively engaged in public affairs and be longs to the progressive wing in China's new political growth. Aided Student Movement In 1919 he helped to organize the Student Movement which marked the beginning of organ ized participation of Chinese students in national affairs. In that year the Student Movement conducted sa nation-wide cam paign, arousing the people to preserve the territorial integ rity of their country, with spe cial reference to the Shantung question at the Versailles Con ference. They succeeded in com pelling the Chinese government not to sign the Versailles Treaty, giving away rights and territory in Shantung to Japan. For a number of years he has been a keen student of Japanese affairs which in any way relate to China. Out of this back ground he comes to the Univer sitv as an able student of the topic he is to discuss. Radio Discussions To Take Place Weekly Beginning Thursday night, February 16, weekly meetings will be open to anv one inter ested in amateur or experiment al radio. The program for the meetings will be talks on select ed radio topics, followed by in formal discussions . and code practice. The place of meeting for the group is 206 Phillips hall, and the time is ,7:30 o'clock every Thursday night. At the February 16 meeting Sherwood Githens will discuss "Wave Forms Characteristic of Vacuum Tube Oscillators"; at the February 23 meeting the principal speaker will be George Koch, speaking on "Power Am plifier Theory and Practice." UNIVERSITY HEADS MOW NOTHING OF NEGRO APPLICANTS House Says Administration Is Unaware That Negroes Will Try to Enter Law School. The University administra tion has heard "neither officially, individually, or otherwise" that Negro law students are plan ning to make application for en trance into the University law school, according to a statement made yesterday by R. B. House, executive secretary of the Uni versity. The question was raised by a front-page "authentic" story, dated at Raleigh, in the Greens boro Daily News Monday morn ing, which stated that the Uni versity law school would be ask ed to admit Negroes to the law course. The report declared "application blanks are in the hands , of students who will re quest the right to attend these law classes." No information as to whether or not the law school had heard about the applications could be obtained, but the Daily News story, in toto, was posted on the official bulletin board at Man ning hall. The Daily News account stat ed that the "certain refusal" of the law school here to admit Negroes "will be followed by some sort of court action . . . to compel the Chapel Hill branch to give instruction to Negroes. . "The well settled separation policy of the state will be f ol- owed by the courts and this case will be carried to the United States Supreme Court . . . There (Continued on page two) NOTED ETCHER TO GIVE ILLUSTRATED LECTURETONIGHT John Taylor Arms Will Show Process for Making Etchings In Hill Music Hall. John Taylor Arms,' an out standing etcher among present day artists, will lecture on "The Making of an Etching" tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the Hill music auditorium, illustrating his talk by sketching a portrait and mak ing a print of it on one of his presses. This lecture is being brought to the University through the courtesy of Mrs. Kathrine Pendleton Arrington of Warrenton. Arms is a Washingtonian by birth. Coming of a family in which business traditions pre dominated, his youthful artistic trend led him into the field of architecture. After two years at Princeton, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, from which he graduat ed in 1911 and received his mas ter's degree in 1912. The next five years were spent in New York as a practicing architect and his earliest etchings were made at this time. After the World War, in which he served in the Navy, he determined to give his entire time to etching. At this period, and increasingly in subsequent years, he gave much time and thought to furthering the best interests of graphic art in Eu rope and America. Early elect ed to the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, he has been many times its secretary and is now presi dent of its successor, the Society (Continued on last page)