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University Library Chanel Hill. U. C READ EDITORIAL: "THE CALL TO 31EXICO" TAR HEEL STAFF MEETINGS 2:30,3:00,3:30 GRAHAM MEMORIAL V OLUME XLI THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1933 NUMBER 124 mi r UNIVERSITY WILL DEBATE GEORGIA TECH AND BOSTON Debaters Travel to Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh, and New York. Holiday Data Plan for Eliminating Spring Holidays This Year Considered. Nine Carolina Alumni Included In Present National Congress According to available infor- Sons of University, Several of Whom Are on Important Com mation, no definite plan has as - mittees, Have Wonderful Opportunity in Helping to Shape yet been reached in regard to " Legislation on Measures During Present Crisis. t.hft vacation nnod which was o- postponed f rom the usual period Included in the 73rd Congress between quarters to some future of the United States are nine The debate council is now time. aiumm ot the university, unis sponsoring a trip to Boston and .s yet, no change has been congress, recently called into has arranged debates here with made in the original plan to hold special session by President Georgia Tech and Boston Uni- the holidays during Easter time, Roosevelt, has already enacted versity early in April. but suggestions have been re- history-making legislation in the Ked Rankin and Don Seawell, ceived by the president to the ef- vresent banking crisis and bids representing the University, met feet that school be continued fair to be remembered as one of Gecrge Washington University throughout the spring quarter, the most important congresses in Washington Wednesday night an(i closed a week earlier than in tne history of the nation. :, in a radio debate on the subject, usual. The student council is Dean of the North Carolina Resolved: That the United studying the situation and is ex- delegation, which is taking sin States should adopt the British pected to make some recom- gular advantage of this oppor- system of radio control. Last mendations to the president. night they met Pittsburgh be fore the Advertismg club m a debate on the cancellation of in terallied war debts. Tonight they will meet New York Uni versity debating on the "emer gence of women from the home,' and tomorrow they will debate Boston University on the radio Pioneer question. In all debates they TV-ill uphold the affirmative. Trips Postponed It was originally planned that DR. EC. BRANSON DIES IN DURHAM HOSPITAL MONDAY Rural Economist Mourned by Town, Students, And Faculty Colleagues. Funeral services for Dr. Eu- rratta P.iinninorVjom Rrancnn TlPad University debaters should make - , i. nf iraii tnree trips: norm iu uuowu, tunity to serve its country dur ing the current economic strain, is Congressman Edward W. Pou, '84, of Smithfield, who is also dean of the House of Represent atives, having served in that chamber consistently since 1901. Pou is chairman of the powerful committee on rules in the House 13 and, as a member of the inaug ural committee, rode with Presi dent Roosevelt to the inaugural ceremony on March 4. Defend President's Measures He shares with Robert L. economics m I TTV "! 1 i.1 1 t 1 Tia TTnivArsitv uvugnion ine nonor oi neaamg, Avest to Chicago, and south to wh() died fa Duke hospital Din two of the House's most infhf Sew Orleans. The compHcations Monday night, will take ential committees. Doughton, nlacfi at the Branson home at wno 1S not an aiumnus oi tne 11:00 o'clock, with Reverend University, will be chairman of Mr. Ronald Tamblvn. of the the committee on ways and prfooT, nflMsi finer, means under the new regime. In 1 .1. Tl..ln AW VQQ. ' I Jl J T I" . tne trip wmcn aim There will be no church service, veil are now taking Interment will take place at the ,The trip to New urieans nas i tt?h pW: - - - been postponed indefinitely, al- created by the bank-holiday made impossible the trips as planned and two of the trips wptp. nipped toerether to make Chapel Hill cemetery; Dr. Branson suffered a cere- the recent discussion over Pres ident Kooseveit s emergency economy measures, both Pou an3 Doughton played active roles in though tentative plans are that r . defending bills proposed to alle Rill oral nemmurnagtj at m xiume . , ... t Character Interpreter '06, of Asheville, has the dis tinction of being the first alum nus of the University to sit in the urjner house since 1901. Elected on a wet platform last summer over Cameron Morrison, Reynolds has proved a militant wet in the Senate, having been instrumental ' in the passage of several bills which administered the death blow to national prohibition. On House Committee Still another chairman of a House committee is an alumnus 1 x f 1: g STUDENTS URGED TO HELP DEFEND STATE EDUCATION Students Asked to Write Home About Situation of Public Schools in State. In a movement paralleling the drive to enlist the support of University alumni in a more ac tive support of education in North Carolina, the University administration is now urging all students to write home to their parents to defend public schools and institutions of higher learn ing against the proposed drastic cuts in appropriations. The administration believes that students can be of much Cornelia Otis Skinner, famous American actress, who will per- of the University. Lindsay War- form in Memorial hall, April 12. heIp by writing to their parents ren, '10, of Washington, is head rrTmTTrrJ to enlist themselves and other of the committee on House Ac- tUuilluiA oiUilllliu cltlzens m the suPPrt of this counts. Warren, who has served . . -jt, . itrnr as a trustee of the University, Wll J. APrKAK HtlnrJ The object is to save the is well known throughout the rinn i mlur iirnTITr schools and 10 Prevent any fur state as an able lawyer and an LKriAilVlli WUull ther cuts of Universitv and active figure in the state legis- - sister institutions below the lature prior to his emergence on Daughter of Famous Actor WiU Present state allotment. The the national political scene. Present "The Wives of amount received by the Univer- Charles L. Abernethy is Henry VIH" April 12. sity in 1932-33 is $504,700, a cut claimed as an alumnus by vir- of thirty per cent from the ap- tue of his having attended the Cornelia Otis Skinner, famous propriation granted for the University law school 1894-1895. American actress, will appear in year, and a 43.6 per cent re After a varied career as a teach- Memorial hall, Wednesday eve- duction from the $894,000 re er, editor, and lawyer, he was ninS April 12, in her own ere- ceived from the state in 1929. elected to 67th congress and se- ative work, The Wives of Henry Other state institutions have cured re-election for the follow- V", as the seventh in the series suffered in a like manner. of entertainments presented Reduction Disproportionate yearly by the Student Enter- Educational forces in the mg session. Bulwinkle Law Alumnus I faiTITTlPTTf: rVvmTTntt.PP MlSS STcin-l efofa Viott-o Vtao-n nni'nli'nf v Similar is the career of Alfred r "JZ . m7 uZZi J , " 7. ""f iici o pciiuiiiiaiic wn c reuucuoii as disproportionate as L. Bulwinkle, another alumnus in the House. He was a law stu dent here 1903-1904 and also served in the 67th and 68th con- it will take place later. (Continued on page two) viate present critical conditions. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, here February 28 and had been in a comatose condition most of the time since. He regained WflPTT RFiaTMSI f!M only presentation of the commit- the general average of budget tee for the spring quarter. cuts in North Carolina for all The Wives of Henry VIII is divisions and agencies since 1929 a series of character sketches in is approximately fifteen per cent New Bern while Bulwinkle which Miss Skinner interprets while appropriations for educa- (Continued on page tfyree) Candidates for Positions on Wai Get Opportunity to Try Out at Gatherings. TAR HEEL STAFF TO GATHER FOR consciousness several days after TO . TfT?T?T'TXTn TARAY the stroke and had been able to J- yv ur xkjuiyl recognize memoers OI ms lamiiy Contributions Have Not Yet Reached Paper a intervals. Estimated Cost. But Construction Foremost Rural Economist WU1 Commence Regardless. A pioneer in his field and one Although a nortion of the con- Members of three divisions of 0f the nation's foremost rural struction costs remain vet to be the editorial staff of the Daily economists, Dr. Branson had donated, work on the new walk Tar Heel will gather in Gra- long been recognized as one of between Graham Memorial and ham Memorial this afternoon the ablest members of the Uni- Battle dormitory will begin to for their first meeting of the versity faculty and his passing ay, Dr. W. C. Coker, head of spring quarter. will be mourned as an irrepar- the grounds' committee, stated As several openings have de- able loss not only to the Univer- yesterday, veloped on the staff of the paper, si ty community but to the state Graham Memorial building candidates tor positions win De and nation. has been the only organization given try-outs at the meetings. pr. Branson is survived by as yet to contribute anything to Candidate for positions on jrs Branson, who was Miss wards making up the estimated the editorial board, who must Lottie Lanier, of West Point, cost of $500, but others are be nave reached the sopnomore Qa ana- two sons and two ing canvassed in an effort to rank in the University, will be daughters, Mrs. Youth B. Smith, raise the amount necessary to given their try-outs at ahm 0f New York City, whose hus- complete the work. The walk o'clock, when that division of band is a member of the law fa- is being constructed under the the staff meets. culty of Columbia University ; supervision of the grounds' corn- Candidates for other posi- iss Elizabeth Lanier Branson, mittee and is to be of the usual tions will meet with the repor- of chapel Hill; Frank L. Bran- type with gutters on each side. tonal division at 3:30 o clocK son of tne Graniteville Manu- It should be of much benefit to for their try-outs. At this meet- f acturing company, of Aiken, S. patrons of Graham Memorial as mg a revised list of beats win Qm . ana pnji L. Branson, head the present path becomes entire be announced. of the Branson company, cotton ly unuseable in rainy weather. ine meeting ot aesKmen auu brokers of Atlanta. All had been The buildings department city editors is scheduled lor .w at the bedside during the illness. made further surveys and mark OC10CK tniS aiternoon. "Rronof KoV fr his tia.-t.iVa ori fhA rnurses of wallr vAafpr. .1.1 A -t rv M 1 - I 1 NO wnnn prrnvwn ON sia irom Georgia in yi ay aay. RE-OPENING OF BANK the late President Edward Kid- der Graham, Dr. Branson, with No wofd could be obtained the aid of enlarged facilities, here last tiight in regard to the carried to consummation here a APPLICATIONS FOR in turn Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleve, Katheryn How- FELLOWSHIPS DUE ard and Katnerine Parr the six wives ot tne ruaor ruier. ine Announcement of Awards Will Not performance has been widely ac- Be Given Out by Graduate LloiTviof1 oln ita fivcf ttasptiji . School Before April 1. tion a year ago, and comes to (Continued on last page) McCORKLE TO BE GUEST MUSICIAN AT HARRISONBURG Carolina Band Director to Lead Vir ginia State Teacher's Col lege Orchestra. Professor T. Smith McCorkle will leave today to take charge of the orchestra of the Virginia Avon State Teacher's College at Har risonburg which he will conduct (Continued on last page) Murchison Will Lecture In New York Thursday Possibility of the Bank of Chapel Hill re-opening for normal busi ness today. ; Officials of the local institution Conferred with state banking authorities last night j)r. c. T. Murchison, profes but could not be reached to find sor of appiie(i economics in the what decisiofi has been made. University, will go to New The local bank has filed its York Wednesday of this week to application for re-opening. address the department of eco- The bank has been i carrying nomics 0f New York University, on during the past week special His address, which will be deliv f unctions allowed by President ered Thursday, will be on the Roosevelt's declaration of a bank subject, "Recent Developments holiday March 5. in the Business Cycle i neory, Applications for fellowships Chapel Hill after an extraordin- and other University appoint- ary engagement in New York, ments are due in the office of Dr. where the single-handed per- W. W. Pierson, dean of the tormer appearea ior eignt con graduate school, today. An- secutive weeks at the 4- e t r;n u t.TiAat.rA. IlUUUtCilieill, UX dWrtlUD' win uc f J J. 1 AT J A,. XlXflX. made not earlier than April 1. Cornelia Otis Skinner is thel . ' , " . daughter of Otis Skinner, dean sity fellowships In the graduate ot the American tneatre. ne re- orchestra of the Virginia school with the stipend of $500 lused to tail into tne loomaps coU wMch has au and free tuition. Twenty Uni- of her famous father, however, mented w versity scholarships with sti- and rose to prominence through p mQ pro pends of free tuition alone are her own ability Her aptitude fessor McCorlde as t con. also available. for single-handed performances ductor McCorkie wiI1 also of. Two Graham Kenan fellow- was first revealed when she was ter agtaapiayioin solos t the ships in philosophy are offered, a school-girl. She made a stage ey program of the anniver. and provide a stipend of ?700 in debut m a smaU part in Blood celebration addition to free tuition. The and Sand, in the company of her Ledoux fellowship in chemistry father, and after appearing in r-f iin'0.f is open with a $300 stipend and several well-knowri plays she will s tuition wrote one herself which was governor oi Virginia, win speaic In addition, a limited number produced with Otis Skinner in of appointments to the serv.ee the leading role VlWeisity of assistantslups are open. Her interpretations ot toe six h of which he There is also a limited number queens were the result of a long maser of appointments available in the study of the personalities and . 1 institue for research m social the modes of that day. She per- STOCKARD TO ADDRESS forms her roles in costumes SCIENTIFIC FRATERNITY copied from paintings bv the famous Holbein- The North Carolina chapter science. Students Asked To Aid Education The Daily Tar Heel urges that all students in the Univer sity write home to their parents to enlist their aid in support of public schools and institutions of higher learning in North Carolina according to the suggestion made yesterday by the University administration. President Graham has suggested to University alumni that they can defend the position of education, suffering a 42.8 per cent reduction while other divisions of the state are cut fifteen per cent, by enlisting support of other citizens and making their wishes known to members of the General Assembly. The University feels that students may materially aid this cause which will save the school system and higher education in North Carolina. of Sigma Xi, national honorary Duke Prof essor Will Preach scientific society, will hear Dr. At Local Methodist Church Charles R. Stockard of the Cor nell University medical school, Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe," prof essor of Christian doctrine at Duke University, will conduct services at the Chapel Hill Methodist church next Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock. He is a former editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, published in Greensboro. He was at one time pastor for the Central church of Asheville, and has been prom inently mentioned for bishop. - New York City, in the annual spring lecture conducted by the club. The address, which will be on some phase of genetics, will be delivered Thursday and Friday evenings, April 6 and 7. Last year Dr. Carl Speidel, professor of anatomy in the Uni versity of Virginia school of medicine, gave the lecture. Out standing scientists are brought here annually.