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Ediicatioiial
Administration Will Consider
Recommendations to Hake
Teaching: More Effective.
STUDENT BODY WILL ACT
Proposal Would Blake Sharp
Distinction Between First
Two Years and Last Two.
Continuing the series of meet
ings called by President Frank
Porter Graham to consider edu
cational policies, the University
faculty met yesterday in Bing
ham hall to discuss recommen
dations submitted by the faculty
committee on educational inte
gration. 1 " ..."
The committee on integration
submitted to the faculty last
week nine proposals to make
teaching more effective at the
University which included the
following recommendations Tor
discussion: the making of a
sharper distinction between the
first two years of undergradu
ate work and the last twb ; a re
vision of the school of applied
science ; the examination of the
"course offering" of the various
departments; the unification of
the various University depart
ments; and a consideration of
altering the semester and quar
ter system for a common fresh
man year.
Student Discussion
These proposals are not only
for faculty discussion but are al
so for student consideration, and
the proposals will be submitted
to the Student Advisory board
for suggestions. President Gra
liam stated yesterday that he
would welcome any student dis
cussion on the matter. The Uni
versity inaugurated the policy a
few years ago of not taking defi
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MERCHANTS WILL
DECORA SHOPS
Local Businessmen Back Home-J
coming Day Plans; Prizes for
Best Store-Windows.
The merchants of Chapel Hill
are giving wholehearted coope
ration to the plans for decorat
ing the town for Homecoming
day. Each merchant has con
tracted to display his windows
and store front with attractive
trimmings, which will be judged
for prizes by three men.
E. Carrington. Smith, chair
man of the committee for deco
rations, announced yesterday
that the store winning the
judgment as having the best
decorations would be , awarded
tickets to the game Saturday.
The merchant winning second
place will receive one pass
These are awarded- throughjthe
cooperation of the Athletic coun
cil.
Judging Set for Friday
The judging of the windows
will be made Friday night and
it is imperative that every mer
chant have his window and
front trimmed by then. The
judges will be Bob House, Dean
Bradshaw and one other faculty
member.
The merchants are aiding the
student body in their drive for
digger and better Homecoming
day for the alumni of the Uni
Tersity. Every merchant "who
aids in the livening of the spirit
of the week will be aiding the
attempt toward the building up
of a greater University spirit
while at the same time helping
lis own trade.
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Integration Plan
Dormitory Prize
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This eight-tube Atwater Kent
table model radio will be donat
ed by the University club to the
dormitory building which is
most attractively decorated for
Homecoming day. The radio is
on display at Sutton's.
DORMS AND FRATS
ARE T O COMPETE
IN DECORATIONS
Winners in Decorating Contest
For Homecoming Day to Re
ceive Radio and Cup.
Dormitories and fraternities
are urged to begin decorating
immediately to participate" in
the contest sponsored by the
University club in connection
with the Homecoming day cele
bration for the Carolina-Georgia
Tech football game this week
end.
The radio to be awarded to
the winning dormitory and the
cup. for the winning fraternity
will Be displayed until Saturday
in the windows of Sutton's and
Gooch's. The winners will be an
nounced and prizes awarded
Saturday between halves of the
game.
According to the rules of the
contest, decorating may be be
gun immediately and competing
groups may employ any plan of
decoration. It is suggested that
football or harvest-time schemes
be used.
To Close Saturday
The contest will close at 10 :00
o'clock Saturday morning, when
judges will visit the dorms and
fraternities and decide the most
originally and cleverly decorat-
ed. Competing groups may get
suggestions for decoration mo
tifs from Mr. Timmons, of the
U. C. S. P.
A similar contest for the two
most colorfully decorated auto-
mobiles is being conducted, with
the winners to be decided at the
pep rally Friday night. Stu
dents interested may communi
cate with Jim Cordon at Beta
Theta Pi fraternity.
Donors of the radio and cup
to be awarded are U. C. S. P.,
Gooch Bros., Sutton's, Carolina
theatre, Carolina Inn, Cresent
Cafeteria, Johnson-Prevost, Eu
banks, Pritchard-Lloyd, Randolph-McDonald,
Model Market,
and Wootten-Moulton.
DR. HARLAND TO SPEAK
TODAY ON ARCHITECTURE
Dr. J. P. Harland - of the
archaeology department here will
give an illustrated lecture, "An
Introduction to Architecture,"
this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in
room 111 Murphey hall.
This discourse, in which Dr.
Harland will briefly survey the
architecture of Egypt, Baby
lonia, and Greece, is the first
of a series of studies to be spon
sored this winter by the art de
partment of the community club
of Chapel Hill. Both students
and townspeople are invited to
attend.
CHAPEL HILL, N.G, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1933
SONG REHEARSAL
LEDLIHIER
Groi5p Also Sings Victory Song
Which Was Made Famous
By Kay Kyser.
Students gathered in Memor
rial hall yesterday morning to
practice the University battle
songs under the direction of H.
Grady Miller of the music facul
ty. -
A song which has not been
used as yet this year, but which
was very popular in the time of
Kay Kyser, was taught to the
new students. This number was
"On to Victory," sung to the
tune of the "Song of the Vaga
bonds." Instead of using in
dividual cards as was done-with
the new songs, there was a large
placard on the stage on which
were printed the words of the
song. Cheerleader Ernest Hunt
demonstrated the gestures that
are to be used with the song.
The students were then led in
several rehearsals of the two
new battle songs written for the
University by Kay Kyser, "Tar
Heels on Hand" and "Split It
For the Team". These will be
used at the Georgia Tech-Carolina
football game on Homecom
ing day.
DRAM TRY-OUTS
ARE IM TODAY
Tentative Casts of-Forty Char
; acters: for Experimental A
Plays to Be Selected.
Try-outs for the first bill of
experimental plays to be pro
duced by the Playmakers No
vember 7 will be conducted this
afternoon at 4:00 o'clock in the
Playmaker theatre.
Eight plays, using some forty
characters, will be cast at this
time, and they will offer a wide
variety of types for those inter
ested in acting. With the ex
ception of Robert Barnett, form
er editor of the Carolina Maga
zine, it will be the first time any
of the present writers have writ
ten for the Playmakers.
v Eight Plays
Barnett has written a drama
of indecision with a setting in
j Chapel Hill among University
students entitled "No Dawn
ing." Carl Thompson has writ
ten "O Woman!", a modern
comedy , of an ancient tragedy
with its setting in paradise
amidst the domestic life of
Adam and Eve. "Sing Your
Own Song," a sophisticated
comedy by Nat Farnworth, is a
story of contemporary college
life laid in a sorority house.
Vermont C. Royster has writ
ten "Shadows of Industry," a
drama of the modern financial
world drawn from the tense at
mosphere in the spring of 1933.
Another play dealing with life
in a big city is Fredrica Fred
rick's "Hell's Dreams," a trage
dy of modern youth.
"Showing at Eight" is a dra
matic story of the moving pic
ture theatren a small town by
Leonard Rappart, involving the
fight between the owner and the
"big men" of the town. Marga
ret McCauley wrote "November
Night," a play of a Pennsylvania
mining town, dealing with a riot
and the Ku Klux Klan. "Little
Things" by Margaret Sieeloff
will round off the first bill.
Students are urged to be on
time in order to facilitate the
casting.
VIENNA CHORISTS
WILL COM HERE
Historic Boy's Choir to Sing
Thursday in Memorial HaH;
Founded in 1498.
The Weiner Saengerknaben,
or Vienna Choir Boys, will give
a performance Thursday even
ing at 8:30 o'clock in Memorial
hall as the third of the sched
uled student entertainments.
This organization has had a
very eventful history. Found
ed in 1498 by the Emperor Maxi
millian as an adjunct to the fam
ous court orchestra in Vienna, it
enjoyed an uninterrupted exist
ence until the fall of the Haps
burg dynasty in 1918. After a
period of suspension it was re
organized by" its present dean,
Father J. Schnitt, in 1924. Dur
ing its 400 years, many names
since famous .were connected
with its existence. In 1801,
Franz Shubert won a place in
the choir by competitive exami
nation. ;" "-'.
The average age of the young
gentlemen who compose the
Wiener Saengerknaben is 12
years. In addition to their
dean, there is a music director
and accompanist, Dr. George
Gruben.
SHURE TO OFFER
CONCMTSUNDAY
Composer and Organist to Ap
pear Here on Concert Sched-u
ule of Music Department.
Ralph Deane Shure, national
ly famous composer and organ
ist, will present an organ con
cert Sunday night at 8 :30 o'clock
in the Hill Music hall, as one of
the programs on the concert
schedule of the music depart
ment during the remainder of
the quarter. Shure is brought
to Chapel Hill by the Alpha Rho
chapter of Phi Mu Alpha, nat
ional music fraternity.
Included in the program
schedule announced by T. Smith
McCorkle will be two final or
gan recitals by Nelson O. Ken
nedy concluding the Vesper
series. The recitals will begiven
Sunday, November 12, at 4 :00
o'clock and December 3 at the
same hour.
Several advanced students in
the music department will ap
pear in a recital November 29
at 8:30 o'clock. Other students
will give a recital ; December 5
at 4:00 o'clock.
The concert of the University
orchestra, directed by Earl SIo-
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cum, is scneauiea ior me even
ing of December 6 at 8:30
o'clock. The Glee club, under
direction of H. Grady Miller,
will give a concert December 13.
The Community Chorus, with
Mrs. R. H. Wettach, as chair
man, under the direction of H.
Grady Miller, will sing the "Mes
siah" Thursday evening, Decem
ber 14. The same organization
will present a program of
Christmas carols, Sunday De
cember 17, at 4:00 o'clock.
The band, also under Earl
Slocum's direction, will go to
State College and to Duke for
the games at these two schools.
Sophomore Hop Bids
Bids for the sophomore hop
will be given out this afternoon
only, from 2:00 to 4:00 o'clock.
Bids will be given only to second-year
students. They will be
distributed at the Y. M. C. A.
Senior Glass And Union Forum
Vote To Uphold Honor System
New Songs Feature
Of Program Tonight
The University's two new
football songs, "Tar Heels on
Hand" and "Split It for the
Team," will be featured in a
radio program over Station
WPTF, Raleigh, at 6:30 o'clock
this evening. A student quar
tet will introduce the new songs
to the radio audience in the pro
gram, which is, sponsored by the
University Alumni association.
The quartet is composed of
Jesse Parker of Wilmington,
Sam Lane of Sanford, Melford
Brown of Chapel Hill, and John
Briggs of High Point.
MID-TERM REPORT
SHOWS BIG DROP
FROM LAST FALL
Eight Hundred and Four Stu
dents Receive Warnings;
English Has 183. .
Eight hundred and four stu
dents yesterday received marks
warning them of mid-term de
ficiencies, according to an un
official tabulation.
This is 656 lower than the
total number of University stu
dents receiving warning marks
last year in the fall quarter.
Two hundred and one warn
ing marks were given out in
mathematics, the largest number
of deficiencies in any one sub
ject. This number, is 20 lower
than the total number of math
deficiencies in the mid-term re
port last fall. .
English Deficiencies
The greatest increase' in de
ficiencies was in English, with
14 more than the 169 given out
last fall. Only 125 cases of de
ficiencies in French were re
ported, as compared with then
164 last fall. One hundred and
sixty failing or barely passing
marks were given out in 1932,
but this year the number of
such grades in history "and gov
ernment together total 155.
In German only 40 deficiencies
were posted. Botany, chemis
try, geology, physics, and zo
ology combined had 138 failing
and barely passing grades given
out. Eighty-three deficient
grades were announced in com
merce and economics, and 49 in
the school of engineering. So
ciology, philosophy, and psy
chology together netted only 17
warnings.
MEMBERS OF FACULTY
PRESENT AT LUNCHEON
Several members of the Uni
versity faculty attended a lun
cheon in Asheville last Friday
evening given for Dr. E. A. Mor
gan, chairman of the Tennessee
Valley authority.
A round table discussion was
held concerning the plans of the
Tennessee valley project. A
mong those present from the
University were Dean H. G.
Baity, H. J. Bryson, Dr. W. F.
Prouty, and Dr. J. G. Douglas.
The same group also attended a
banquet given by the Asheville
chamber ' of commerce at noon
Friday, in honor of "Dr. Morgan.
Business Staff Try-onts
All persons interested in try
ing out for the business staff of
the Daily Tar Heel should re
port at the business office this
afternoon at 4:00 o'clock.
NUMBER 23
Representative Groups Approve
Action Taken Unofficially by
Students Last Week.
VOTE PERSONAL SUPPORT
Union Forum Recommends That
Council Be Lenient in Pun-
ishing
First Offense.
Two representative campus
bodies decided last night to up
hold the honor' system at the
University, and voted to carry
out personally the principles of
the code.
A representative group of
the senior class voted its unani
mous support of the honor sys
tem in principle, -favoring the
system in its entirety. The body
commended and approved the
action of those sophomores and
freshmen who had taken defi
nite steps towards redeeming
and preserving the honor code.
. Motions to uphold the honor
system in its present conception
and to report all violations to
the student council .were carried
by a large majority of the Un
ion Forum in its first meeting
of the year. The Forum also
voted to recommend to the stu
dent council that a student shall
not necessarily be expelled for
a first offense, but may be given
a suspended sentence.
Heated Discussion .
In the midst of a heated dis
cussion concerning proposed
changes to mitigate the harsh
ness of the present punishment
for violations, Mayne Albright,
speaking as a former member
of three student councils, stated
his belief that conviction of vio
lating the honor code should
bring certain expulsion. Al
bright pointed out that the tra
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ADVISORY BOARD
TOhWURVEY
Committees to Be Appointed to
Study Curricula in Six
Schools of University.
Harper Barnes announced
yesterday that the Student Ad
visory board had decided to un
dertake the supervision of a
study and survey of the curric
la in six schools of the Univer
sity. The study, although conducted
at the same time that the facul
ty is working upon a similar
project will be in no way con
nected with the faculty research,
but will be a survey from the
point of view of the students.
Committees from Schools
To conduct the research there
will be appointed a committee
of six from each of the schools,
liberal arts, commerce, applied
science, public administration,
graduate and engineering.
These committees wil be com
posed of three seniors, two
juniors and one sophomore
from the respective schools.
The students will be recommend
ed by the deans of the schools
and will be appointed by Harper
Barnes, with the assistance of
the advisory board.
The Student Advisory board
is composed of students appoint
ed by the dean of students with
recommendations from the
president of the student body.
The members this year are Hay
wood Weeks, Harper . Barnes,
Ed Lanier, Joe Sugarman,j John
Acee, Vergil Weathers, Irvin
Boyle, Jack Pool, and Janie
Jolly. :