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CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940
Efitoril:'4JS6iNew: 4351 Bight: 690
NUMBER 81
University Calendar Changed;
Quarters To Be Nearly Equal,
Vacation, Exam Dates Altered
Dr. M. C. S. Noble
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Dr. M. C. S. Noble
To Get Masonic
Award For Service
Dr. M. C. S. Noble, education pro
fessor emeritus of the University, will
tomorrow night receive an award for
50 years' service to Masonic lodges of
North Carolina, at a meeting of Uni
versity lodge No. 408. J. Edward Allen
of Warrenton, grand master of the
state lodge, will make the presentation.
Bushy-haired, genial Dr. Noble will
receive the award 13 years late. A
member of the lodge explained the
tardiness of the presentation: "No
one happened to think of it before."
Actually, the retired professor has
been a mason 63 years. When he was
21, in 1877, he joined theMebaneville
(nowMebane, N. C.) lodge No. "272.
Five years later, he moved to Wilming
ton, where he became superintendent
of public schools. While there, he trans
ferred membership to Orient lodge No.
395.
In Wilmington, Dr. Noble took Royal
Arts and Knights' Templar degrees.
Two years after he joined the faculty
of the University in 1898, he became
a member of the local lodge. During
residence here, he has been made a
shriner.
Since he joined the order, Dr. Noble
has held every position in each lodge
of which he has been a member, and
has received the highest official honor.
He has been elected master of three
lodges, having served in that capacity
twice with the local organization.
His physician describes him as "alert
and possessing a good memory." Hav
ing retired from active teaching only
a few years ago, Dr. Noble is still
active and presides over the village
bank.
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Scene At Formal Installation Of Kappa Epsilon
Sr
. 'j nrnfoinnal sorority of Pharmacy students, was installed
Lambda chapter of Kappa Epsilon, University "l Miss Gertrude Horsch of Cleveland
and presented a charter at a formal banquet in thU Je those who attended the ceremony: Miss Alta
Heights, Ohio, officiated at the presentation. Seated left to J Horsch nationa, vice.president of Kappa
jane Holden, member-aMarge; Blanche Burrus, h : Miss Eiizabeth Weaver, ice-President; Miss
Epsilon sorority; Miss Anna Dean Burks, president of DuBose, Miss Jean Bush, Miss June Bush,
Jessie Lee kSmi Ernestine Barber. Miss Helen Duguid, Miss Halycone Collier and
Miss Josephine Eldndge, Miss Kose swc'
Miss Margaret Lloyd. (Photo by wowcn
Permanent Schedule
To Become Effective
Next Fall Quarter
In an attempt to better regulate the
length of quarters, the opening date
of the University next fall has been
made a few days later and the entire
school calendar of vacations and dates
of exams has been changed and ap
proved by the University faculty.
Thomas J. Wilson, dean of admis
sions and registrar, said yesterday
that the changes were made in order
to set a definite length for quarters
and make them as closely equal as
possible.
NEW SET-UP ,
Under the new set-up the fall quar
ter will be only eleven weeks long and
the last two will each be 10 weeks in
length. The new calendar will be a per
manent one for the University and is
better than the old in the sense that
quarters will be nearer equal.
Next September, Freshman week
will not begin until the nineteenth arid
the registration of freshmen will
begin on the twenty-third. All other
registration will be held on the twenty-fourth
with classes beginning the
following day. '
POSSIBLE CHANGE
Unless the date of -Thanksgiving is
again changed by the president,
Thanksgiving recess will start on
November 27 and extend to December
2.
Registration for the winter quarter
will start December 12 and end De
cember 20. The exams for the fall will
be given on the last four days, begin
ning December 16 and ending on the
twentieth. Christmas holidays will be
cut short one or two days. They will
begin on the last day of exams and
end "on January' Classes for the
winter quarter will be held on the fol
lowing day without any day between
for further registration.
Spring recess next year will last
from March 18 through 23 with
classes starting on the twenty-fourth.
School will not officially end in the
late spring until June 10, which is
commencement day. Examinations for
the spring quarter will last four days,
from the second through the sixth of
June.
Sophomore Council
To Meet Tomorrow
Meeting tomorrow night at 7:15 in
the browsing room of the YMCA, the
sophomore council will continue its
discussions of Douglas Steere's book,
"Prayer and Worship." Dr. Donald
Stewart began the series last Monday
night. The speaker for tomorrow night
has not yet been announced.
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Gathered around the microphone at the upper left are the three student co-chairmen of the announcing group of
the new campus radio studio, rehearsing the script of the show to be aired today over a state-wide network. Left
to right, they are: Sanford Reece, Carroll McGaughey, and Joseph Lederman, while at the far right stands soundman
McCurdy Burnett.
Making a last-minute check of today's show, around the piano, McCurdy Burnett, Carroll McGaughey, Bob Finch,
Earl Wynn, Joseph Lederman, and Sanford Reece, get their cues straight before the program takes the air at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
In the soundproof control room, control man E. E. Caldwell gives the "go ahead'! signal to Earl Wynn, program
director, standing beside him.
In the lower right, sound man McCurdy Burnett stops one ear as he prepares to fire a pistol into the mike. On
the table before him is his equipment for today's show. (Photo by Jack Mitchell).
UNC PROFESSOR
IS APPOINTED TO
PRINCETON STAFF
Dr. George Thomas
Named Professor Of
Religious Thought
Dr. George F. Thomas of the depart
ment of philosophy in the University
has been appointed Professor of Re
ligious Thought at Princeton univer
sity, and will take up his duties in
September of this year, it was an
nounced yesterday.
With Dr. Thomas' appointment,
Princeton is taking the first step to
ward establishing a new department
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Zora N. Hurston
Will Speak Here
Wednesday Niffht
Zora Neale Hurston, prominent Ne
gro author, will speak here Wednes
day evening at 8 o'clock in Graham
Memorial on "The Negro and the
Play," Simons Roof, chairman of the
Carolina Arts group, announced yes
terday. Chairman Roof also stated that
Jonathan Daniels, because of an im
portant trip taking him to Texas, will
speak February 13, instead of Febru
ary 28 as previously announced.
Zora Neale Hurston is on the fac
ulty of North Carolina College for
Negroes at Durham. She was born in
Eatonville, Florida, but went north to
Barnard college, where she was the
first Negro student in the school. She
attended Howard university, then Co
lumbia, where she had a scholarship,
graduating from there in 1927. She
became secretary to Fannie Hurst.
Then Miss Hurston's books began to
appear, rapidly winning national ac
claim. Better known of her books are
"Jonah's Gourdvine," "Their Eyes
Were Watching God," "Tell My
Horse," and her recent "Moses, Man
of the Mountain." Her books discuss
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Formal Reception
Ends Installation
Activities Of KE
Installation activities of the Lambda
chapter of Kappa Epsilon sorority,
campus group of pharmacy girls, were
concluded yesterday afternoon with a
formal reception at Graham Memo
rial. MissNGertrude Horsch of Cleve
land Heights, Ohio, national vice-president
of the organization who officiated
at chapter installation, will leave to
day. Miss Horsch was guest of honor at
the reception and was house guest of
Miss Alice Noble, advisor to the soro
rity, during her stay in Chapel Hill.
Miss Noble poured tea at the reception,
which was attended by aproximately
200 guests.
Initiation of Kappa Epsilon society
members into the national sorority
chapter on the campus was held Fri
day afternoon, and the charter was
presented at a formal banquet at the
Carolina Inn Friday evening.
KREISLER SAYS
HE WILL STICK
TO CLASSICS HERE
Violinist Sometimes
Is Asked To Play
Top Goes The Weasel'
Even though he frequently receives
requests to play "Pop Goes the
Weasel," Fritz Kreisler, violinist and
captain in the Austrian army, will pat
tern his concert here in Memorial hall
Tuesday night at 8:30 along different
lines because he does not feel that such
a number fits in with his program.
Kreisler was born m Vienna on
February 2, 1875. He received his edu
cation at the Vienna Conservatoire
under Hellmesberger and in Paris
under Massert. His first public ap
pearance was made at London in 1902.
Since then, he has travelled the world
over.
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ECONOMICS
The violinist believes that economic
unrest helps rather than hinders an
appreciation of music He says that
during a period of prosperity people
are too busy enjoying the fruits of
financial success to give time to the
more aesthetic forms . of enjoyment;
while during a period of depression,
the world looks toward the spiritual
side of life.-One fault that he finds
with modern composers is that most
of them work with one eye on the score
and the other on possible profits.
Tickets for the concert, which is
being sponsored by the local chapter
of Phi Mu Alpha, national music fra
ternity, are now on sale at Hill Music
hall. They may also be obtained at the
door Tuesday evening.
Woodhouse To Speak
To Freshman Class
Professor E. J. Woodhouse of the
political science department will speak
to the freshman class tomorrow morn
ing during Chapel period.
Dr. Ralph MacDonald will be in
national political race.
Geography Placement
A geography placement examina
tion will be given Thursday evening,
February 1 at 7 o'clock in 401 New
East. .
Air Today
SOUTHERN SYSTEM
TO CARRY INITIAL
SHOW FROM HERE
The inaugural program of the Uni
versity of North Carolina's own cam
pus radio studio will take the air at
3 o'clock this afternoon.
Several years of planning and ef
fort will be consumated in today's
production which is, a variety show
written by Fred Howard and Donald
Mason and directed by Earl Wynn,
the faculty leader of the radio group.
The University Glee club will coop
erate in the show which will be heard
over WRAL in Raleigh, WSTP in
Salisbury, WSOC in Charlotte, and
WAIR in Winston-Salem. Helen
Copenhaver, Carroll McGaughey, and
Don Rosenberg .were cast for the per
formance. REGULAR BROADCASTS
Regular broadcasts will be given
over these same stations, all members
of, the Mutual Broadcasting system,
every Sunday and Wednesday at the
same hour, and on each Monday and
Tuesday night at 8:30 over WDNC in
WSJS in Winston-Salem of the Col
umbia system. Other stations will be
added to the hookup as the programs
expand and seveial national broad
casts are already planned.
The topic of his talk will be the
under the direction of the University
Extension division, of . which Russell
M. Grumman is director, as another
liasion activity between the Univer
sity and the state.
ADVISORY BOARD
The new studio will be operated
charge for the Extension division, and
Earl Wynn will be program director.
Dean R. B. House has appointed an
advisory committee of faculty mem
bers and students to define the poli
cies of the group. This committee is
composed of R. M. Grumman, R. W.
Madry, J. M. Saunders, Glen Haydon,
F. H. Koch, A. E. Ruark, W. A. 01
sen, Ray Newsome, K. C. Fraser,
Robert Magill, Robert Foster, Martin
Harmon, Harry Gatton, Walter Klee-
man, and Wieder Sievers.
At the beginning of the broadcast
series the programs will consist two
thirds of drama and music as these
University departments are best
suited to radio.
Starting tomorow night with a
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ENTIRE PROGRAM
FOR PRESS MEET
IS ANNOUNCED
Newspaper Institute
To Hold Conference
Here And At Duke
Designed to appeal to both weeklies
and dailies, the complete program for
the sixteenth annual newspaper In
stitute, to be held here and at Duke
university in cooperation with the
North Carolina Press association, was
announced yesterday by W. E. Hor
ner of Sanford and Miss Beatrice
Cobb of Morganton, president and
secretary-treasurer of the association.
Sessions will begin Thursday night
when Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, pub
lisher of the Washington (D. C)
Herald-Times, will be the principal
speaker. Friday night's program wiJ!
be held at Duke, as usual, and the
closing session will be here Saturday
morning.
The complete program follows:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18
4:00 Registration at Carolina Inn.
8:00 Public Meeting in Gerrard
hall, Chapel Hill; musical program;
welcome address by Dr. Frank Gra
ham, president of the University; re
sponse by W. E. Horner, president of
the North Carolina Press association;
Introduction of guest speaker by
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Sherman Smith To Lead
Community Sing
Both new and old favorites will be
featured at tonight's Community
Sing, which is scheduled to be held
in the main lounge of Graham Me
morial at 7:30. Dr. Sherman Smith
of the chemistry department will
lead the program which is open to
everyone.