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CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY,. FEBRUAKY 12, 1939
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NUMBER 107
Larry Clinton To Play For May Frolics
Student Entertainment Artists
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Emma Otera, Cuban soprano, and Orlando Barera, Italian violinist, have
been chosen to appear on the third student entertainment of the winter
quarter to be held February 20. Miss Otera has just returned from a suc
cessful tour of eight capitals of Europe, and Barera was heard on a coast
to coast hook-up in December as soloist with the New York Philharmonic.
Inter-Racial Panel Discussion
To Be Held By ASU-YMCA
Outstanding Men Of
Both Races To Speak
On Negro Education
The American Student union and
the YMCA will jointly sponsor an
inter-racial panel discussion Wednes
day on the subject of "Higher Edu
cation for Negroes in North Caro
lina." The panel will be held in the
main lounge of Graham memorial at
8:30 p. m. and is to be followed by
an open forum of questions and in
formal discussion.
The selected speakers thus far are
Dean James Taylor of the North
Carolina College for Negroes, . Dr.
Robert N. Dett of Bennett college in
Greensboro, Dr. Guy B. Johnson of
the University- Sociology- department,
Miss Frances Jones of Bennett col
lege, and Miss Jane Castles of the
Durham YWCA Industrial council.
Dean Taylor in the past has often
been connected with the local YMCA,
assisting them in work on inter-racial
matters. Dr. Robert N. Dett, who was
a student at Paris of Madame Boul
anger in the Fontainbleau School of
Music and is one of the foremost Ne
gro composers in America, played a
prominent part in the Durham inter
racial Student-Worker conference this
fall. Dr. Johnson has published a
number of sociological works on the
Negro problem and is considered an
authority in the field.
Miss Jones is the daughter of the
president of Bennett college and a
vice-chairman for the. South of the
American Student union. Miss Castles,
in addition to her work with the Dur
ham YWCA Industrial council, is
also a graduate student at the Uni
versity. Beckwith To Lead
Episcopal Forum
Rev. Jim Beckwith, rector of the
Episcopal church at Hillsboro, will
lead the discussion at the student
forum of the Episcopal church to
night. The topic for discussion will be
Why do students forget the church
hen they come to college?". All stu
dents are invited to attend the forum,
hich will begin at 7 o'clock in the
Parish house.
Proposed Highway
Plans Heighten
DURHAM, Feb. 11 After weeks
f planning on the proposed f our
ane highway between the cam
Puses of the University and Duke,
surveying engineers announced to-'
ay that the new road would be
a"d a quarter miles shorter
than route 15.
They revealed that the model .
ghwa? would have only four
cfves contrasted by 42 in the pres
Chapel Hill-Durham route.
e, . 0n on construction is expect-
,! the vcrv near fnfnrA frnm the
cry near future from the
State
"Jghway commission
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The onsina! plans for the high.
y. which is another step in in
as'ng cooperation between the
ton came as a result oi a
nivm-d drive by officials of 1,0111
5as,tes and municipalties.
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ARE SIGNED FOR
STUDENT SERIES
Cuban Soprano,
Italian Violinist
Are Well-Known
Guest artists for the third student
entertainment of the winter quarter,
to be held on February 20, are Emma
Otera, Cuban soprano, and Orlando
Barera, Italian violinist. - The two
noted musicians will give their joint
recital in Memorial halt . '-
I Miss Otera returned to America
tals last spring. Copenhagen, Stock
holm, Helsingfors, Oslo, Brussels, The
Hague, Amsterdam and Paris all re
ceived the young Cuban singer, de
manding second performances. After
arriving in America, she was signed
for the Ford Sunday Evening hour.
WIDE EXPERIENCE
Barera, 31 years old, is a graduate
of the Conservatoire in Bologna, and
is accomplished as a pianist as well
as a violinist. In February, 1936, he
made his New York debut, returning
to Town Hall the following December
to play on the famous "Ward" Stradi
varius from the Whittall Collection of
the Library of Congress. He has
played soloist under Kpussevitzsky in
the Boston Symphony,' besides per
forming in the same capacity with
the Philharmonic Orchestras in Ber
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Heritage From Medieval Monks
Illuminated Book Exhibit
Goes On Display In Library
Student Says It Is Nearly Im
Posible To Equal Ancient
Art Gems
By ARTHUR DIXON
A selection of illuminated, intri
cately decorated books and manu
scripts has been placed on-exhibit in
the library cases to the right of the
entrance. The books, representing
some of the best in the illuminating
art, all except a few dating from the
fifteenth century or before, belong to
the Hanes collection of old volumes.
Most of them were printed" in Nurem
burg, Cologne, and Venice on re
ligious subjects, having titles such as
Summa Theologia, or Sermones de
Sanctis.
' Only one of the books is not an
original, that being the facsimile re
production of the Gutenberg Bible.
This volume is one of the best ex
amples . of the well-balanced use of
the illuminator's art. On display there
are four volumes of the Summa theo
logia, by Antoninus, printed 1480 in
Venice by Leonardus Wild. The deco
ration of the capitals in these is par
ticularly noticeable because of the
simple combination of warm reds and
blues and gold of the opaque water
colors. ' According to Bill Seth, University
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KOCHPMMS
PULTIZER PLAY
FOR PMYMAKMS
Dramatists Given
Right To Produce
Wilder "Our Town"
By DORIS GOEECH
After dispatching numerous tele
grams and making several telephone
calls, the Playmakers have been vir
tually assured that they will be allow
ed to produce Thornton Wilder's 1938
Pulitizer Prize play, "Our Town," here
on March 2. This will be the first
non-professional group to present the
play, which has just come from a suc
cessful tour of the country. ;
Tryouts for the play will be held to
morrow at 4:30 and at 7:30 in the
Playmaker theater. John W. Parker
will be the director. 1
In order to secure permission ? to
present the play on the campus, Dr.
Frederick Koch wired Jed Harris, who
produced "Our Town" in New York,
Tuesday. Dr. Koch received the fol
lowing telegram from Harris: "If
you care to sumbit offer will relay it
to Thornton Wilders agent or commu
nicate directly with Harold Friedman
of Brandt and Brandt. Jed Harris."
BRANDT AND BRANDT
After conltradting Brandt and
Brandt, the firm which controls pro
duction rights of "Our Town," Pro
fessor Koch received the following re
ply: "Will be able to advise about "Our
Town" by Friday. Brandt and
Brandt."
Not wanting to wait until Friday,
it was decided to wire the author for
production rights. Frantic efforts to
get in touch with Wilder were made
through the Author's league in New
York. From the League it was learn
ed that Wilder was at his home at 50
Deepwood Lane, New Haven, Conn.
After attempting to contact the author
at New Haven, the' following telegram
was received from Mrs. Wilder:
"Wilder traveling in Mexico his play
now available stop apply to agent
Harold Friedman, 101 Park Avenue,
New York. L N. Wilder."
Dr. Koch, as a final attempt to get
production rights, called Harold Fried
man in New York Friday and Fried
man told him that it was practically
certain that he could obtain consent
to produce the play. This consent is
expected tomorrow. 1
With virtual assurance that they
will be allowed to produce the play,
copies of the play are now available
for reading in the Reserve room of
the library. f
Chinese Class
Miss Elizabeth Wang's Chinese
class will meet next Wednesday night
from 7:30 to 9:30 instead of the usual
time,
Cabinets To Begin
Relations Study
Cabinets of the YMCA and YWCA
will begin their preliminary study for
the approaching Institute of Human
Relations when they meet jointly to
morrow night at .7:15 in the YMCA
in the first of a series of three ses
sions. The combined membership will
divide into four groups to discuss the
four topics of the institute, Education,
Business and Industry, International
Relations, and the South. Background
for each discussion will be the "Hand
book of Preparation" issued by the
institute committee.
Tomorrow night's session of the
Business and Industry group will con
sider the question: Can our present
industrial system provide a minimum
standard of living for health and de
cency without reducing the return on
capital so as to endanger the sys
tem? F. H. Bunting of the Economics
department will be the leader.
Dr. C. B. Robson of the Political
Science department will lead the first
discussion for the group on Interna
tional Relations, the discussion center
ing on idealogical problems of inter
national relations.
THE UNIVERSITY, THE STUDENT,
AND THE STATE
BULLETIN NO. 3
(Furnished by the Student Committee of a Hundred in the effort
to correct a wide-spread misconception regarding the University's fi
nancial situation.)
TEN YEARS OF STRAIN
Ten years ago the University of North Carolina was nationally recog
nized as a distinguished institution, having only recently been admitted
to the Association of American Universities one of only three members
in the South on of a total membership of less than thirty. On every
hand it was admitted that faculty salaries were too low, retirement pro
visions necessary equipment and libraries inadequate, and that by sheer
loyalty and effort the state had here an instiution almost unique in value
received for money spent. '
Although ten years later finds faculty salaries still at the bottom of
the list of similar institutions provision for retirement , yet not made,
library and equipment still inadequate, it is still possible for Chapel
Hill to be called "the capital of the Southern mind." And each year re
ceipts and expenditures have been made to match.
WHO HAS CARRIED THIS STRAIN?
DURING THE DECADE
1. The taxpayers' total load at Chapel Hill reduced
2. The taxpayers' share per student reduced -
3. The faculty salaries down from a maximum 32 cut to a pre
sent cut of . . ....... '. 6.5
4. Total fixed charges per in-state student increased 27
5. Total fixed charges per out-of-state student increased . 75
6. Enrollment increased (unit costs increase less rapidly than en
rollment) .. j. . . 14
(These items are approximately correct but cannot be calculated ex
actly since there are various charges to specific types of students. In
neither instance have charges for room and board been included. They
are substantially the same as in 1928-29. Laboratory fees and books are
probably more expensive now but are not included.)
It can be seen at a glance that during this decade considerable burden
has been shifted from the taxpayer to the faculty and students. Any
further considerable per capita increase in cost to students may lessen
enrollments and receipts, and thereby still further increase unit cost of in
struction. Senator Sutton's position that additional revenue from a , proposed
increase on out-of-state students should be used for scholarships is sound
in that:
a. Already many alumni living in other Southern states find our extra
charges too high for their sons to attend their father's alma mater.
'.- b. Already University charges to N. C. students prevent, many capable
youths from getting higher education. While in-state charges were ris
ing 27, the proportion of students with scholarships and tuition exemp
tions was cut by over 80.
Should the state in one biennium cut appropriations 22 when work
to be done (enrollment) has increased 23 ? '
How much of the advertising budget will it take to cancel the effect
of the statement in the SATURDAY EVENING POST for Jan. 28th
that North Carolina is one of the eleven states "that offer the most
meager educational opportunities"?
CHARTERED IN 1789 DISTINGUISHED IN 1929
WHAT OF 1939?
Green Reprimands Committee
For Action On Death Penalty
Protests Execution
Playwright Paul Green told the
House Judicial committee number two
yesterday, after it had disapproved a
bill to abolish capital punishment,
that "some day the, electric chair and
the gas chamber will be set up in the
State museum, as symbols of an age
of horror and ignorance."
Women Hear McNeir
Mrs. Corinne McNeir, secretary of
the art department, spoke Friday
night before the Woman's club of Ox
ford on "Modern Painting." The talk
was given in connection with the ex
hibition, "An Introduction to Mod
ern Painting," which is being circu
lated in towns in North Carolina by
the art department under the spon
sorship of the North Carolina State
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Says Electric Chair,
Gas Chamber Symbols
Of Age Of Ignorance
v"Some day the electric chair and
the gas chamber will be set up in the
State Museum as symbols of an age
of horror-and ignorance," Paul Green
told the House Judicial committee
number two after the group had voted
to retain capital punishment.
The vote on the bill was cast before
Green, who was scheduled to address
the group arrived. The committee
voted to report the Roper bill abolish
ing capital punishment unfavorably.
Pulitzer prize winner Green told
the commitee that he knew that there
was no immediate hope for repeal of
the law, but that it was his wish that
the mandatory death penalty be re
moved. THE POOR ARE EXECUTED
"If the Legislature could make
some step in' the direction of justice
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LATE BULLETIN!
Late last night the Daily Tar
Heel received a telegram that may
throw a bombshell into local politi
cal camps.
The wire, signed by Boss HilL
familiar be-deberied campus clothes
mender, stated that "persuaded at
last by the urgent desires of my
many friends, I hereby announce
my candidacy for president 'of the
student body." -
A belated investigation as to its
source netted only knowing smiles
from Western Union employees.
Because of the lateness of the
hour, no comment could be secured
from leaders of the various parties.
PUBLIC CONCERT
WILL BE HELD BY
POPULAR MAESTRO
Bea Wain, Ford
Leary Do Vocal
Honors For Band
By BILL' RHODES WEAVER
Larry Clinton, composer of "Dipsy
Doodle," and popular transposer of
classical music into swing, has been
secured to play for May Frolics, Watt
Miles, chairman of the committee, an
nounced last night. '
His arrangement of DeBussey's "My
Reverie" has won him a big name in
the world of popular dance bands.
Other hits, for which he is well
known, are "Study in Brown,"
"Martha," "I Dreamt I Dwelt in
Marble Halls" and "Satan Takes a
Holiday." , .
Clinton and his orchestra will play
for two tea dances, a luncheon dance
and two evening formals April 14
and 15.
VOCALISTS
Singing with the orchestra are Bea
Wain, the wife of radio, announcer
Andre Baruch, and novelty putter
over Ford Leary, who also plays the
trombone. Miss Wain is popular for
such renditions as "Martha" and "My
Heart at Thy Sweet Voice." Leara
specialty is "Shadrach."
, The orchestra, marked by its tenor
sax and clarinet duet, was secured
after it was found he would be in
this section at that time of the
month. Miles made a verbal contract
late Friday night, and the written
documents have been sent.
Members of the May Frolics com
mittee, composed of representatives
from seven fraternities, are as fol
lows: Watt Miles, chairman, Beta
Theta Pi; Victor Harllee, Sigma Chi;
Ernest Craige, Sigma "Nu; Kenneth
Tanner, Sigma Alpha -Epsilon ; -Kenneth
Royall, Delta Kappa Epsilon;
Gilbert McCutcheon, Kappa Sigma;
and Thomas Parrott, Zeta Psi.
UNC ROUND TABLE
TO DISCUSS LIMA
Four Will Speak
On IRC Broadcast
The University of North Carolina
Round Table goes on the air again
this afternoon over WPTF in Raleigh
from 3 o'clock to 3:30. The topic for
discussion will be "The Significance
of the Lima Conference." The broad
cast will be a student faculty discus
sion and will include Dean Pierson of
the Political Science department; Dr.
Fesler of the Political Science depart
ment; George Laycock, student in the
journalism department; Mark Taylor
Orr, student in the Political Science
department. Charles Lerche will pre
side. ,
The participants will discuss the
declarations set forth at the Lima con
ference and thir subsequent implicat
ions. The question still prevails as
to whether the penetration of Fascism
into South America has been checked
and whether the conference help
check such movement. Cultural re
lations among the Americas will be
touched upon and much emphasis will
be given to the effect of the internat
ional set-up on the Latin American
countries.
COURTESY1
These broadcasts are made possible
by the International Relations club
and have attracted muct attention
within and without the state. Letters
have been received from Virginia and
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Carolinians To Play
For Last Grail Hop
Playing for the last Grail dance of
this quarter to be held Saturday will
be Charlie Wood and his new orches
tra, the Carolinians. As usual the
dance will be held in the Tin Can and
the decorations are tentatively purple
and white, Grail colors."
In addition to the dance the Grail
is sponsoring at chapel period on
Wednesday or Thursday of next
week a "swing session" at which the
Carolinians will play.
Script for the dance is one dollar
and will, as formerly, last from 9
o'clock until 12. The dance, is in
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