TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 111941
PAGE FOUR
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Raw History
Library Houses CenturyrOld
Southern Historical Series
Documents Recall
v Days of Elizabeth
By Charlie Kessler
Gathered from cellars, closets, and
attics in every corner of . the earth,
the Southern Historical Collection has
stored in the basement of the Univer
sity library over two million documents,
the largest and most complete collection
in the world pertaining to the South
and the Southern way of life.
For considerably more than a gen
eration Southerners have complained
that their section of the nation has not
been given sufficient attention by writ
ers on American history. Some of the
more ardent ones have gone even furth
er and declared that, in general, where
notice is taken of the South, it has
been in the direction of misrepresenta
tions, even slander. It is now the pur
pose of the Southern Historical Col
lection to present to the world and to
posterity a clear, unbiased cross-section
of Southern life and thought from
the discovery of America to our pres
ent day.
Oldest Document
The oldest document of this collection
concerns the historically famous De
Rosset family, and dating back to 1581
it is signed by Louis XIV, King of
France. Hundreds of aged papers re
late an exciting, romantic tale of this
famous family. The De Rossets, being
Huguenots and forced to flee their
homes in France, migrated to England.
They later came to America, settling
in Wilmington, N. C. .- ;
Also accessible to the student and
investigator are numerous letters con
cerning the Wright brothers', experi
ments with the airplane at Kitty Hawk,
N. C, records of the Polk family, of
the Brown family, and many others.
Began in 1848
This tremendous collection was start
ed in 1848 by the Governor of North
Carolina. Until recently Mr. J. G.
Hamilton was director of the proceed-
inorc and ji f TiTPSPnf. Tfra C.ntt.nrt- fTiira-
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tur of the Southern Historical Collec
tion is in charge of arranging these
papers in some semblance of order.
Already having worked d years, and
aided by a WPA project since 1933,
Mrs. Cotton, says that she is far from
completing the task.
Stored in a huge fireproof vault in
the basement of the University library,
these documents have filled and are
even overflowing their bounds. Al
ready it has been necessary to store
the surplus in pasteboard boxes atop
the crammed metal filing cabinets.
Many Donations
Within the past few years numerous
Regular Seamstress
Hand Tailoring of
Suits and Dresses
Evening Dress
Alterations
Reasonable Prompt Service
Mrs. Norman Savage
208 North Columbia St.
No Phone Chapel Hill
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Philological Club
To Meet Tonight
The Philological Club will meet to
night at 7:30 in the' Green Room of
the Carolina Inn. Professor J. O. Bai
ley will read a paper on "The Curious
Astronomy of 'malume'.'
Archaeological Society
To Meet at Duke
The eighth annual meeting of the
Archaeological Society of North Car
olina will be held at Duke University
on the evening of November 28.
Dr. Guy B. Johnson, sociology de
partment of University, is president of
the organization, and Robert Wau-
chope, director of the laboratory of
archeology will be present. "
ARMISTICE
(Continued from first page)
Beginning with a joint parade of
the band and the Naval ROTC unit
down Cameron Avenue to the Old
Well, the program 'includes an invo
cation by the chaplain of the Chapel
Hill American Legion post and a
brief address by Professor Olsen.
'The flag between the well and
Davie Poplar will . then be lowered
to half mast, and while taps are
being played, the traditional mom
ent of silence will be observed. The ,
band will play the Star Spangled
Banner as the flag is raised again.
Graham Memorial will present a
broadcast of President Roosevelt's
Armistice Day address in the small
lounge tonight.
FRANK O'H ARE
(Continued from page three
back in form as the Carolina football
team started preparations for the Duke
game this Saturday.
Injuries and the fact that George
Stirnweiss and Jim Lalanne were on
the Carolina football team kept Frank
on the sidelines most of his sophomore
year. He played only 45 minutes not
enough to earn a letter gained 25
yards on eight plays for an average
of 3.1 and completed one of three pass
es. He made his letter last year, playing
188 minutes, and was regarded as a
better than average player. He carried
the ball in 84 plays, gained 361 yards
for an average of 4.3, one of the highest
on the team. His passing was some
thing remarkable, for he completed 11
of 33 attempts, and five of those com
pletions were for touchdowns!
H. H.
donations of books, pamphlets, and
manuscripts, as yet unclassified, re
lating to the South have been made by
various individuals who approve of the
plan, and an even greater amount has
been definitely promised for the fu
ture. also
COLOR CARTOON
SPORTLIGHT
Epps Addresses
YMCA Supper Forum
"Liberty as a prime necessity of liv
ing was the subject of the discussion
led by Dr. P. H. Epps at the Y supper
forum in Graham Grill last night.
"Liberty," Dr. Epps stressed, "is not
living as you like, but living under a
system where everyone is willing to give
up or accept something for another's
sake. This can be done mostly by the
promotion of good will."
Jimmy Wilder, co-chairman of the
National Student Assembly, told of the
plans that have been made for a con
gress to be held in Oxford, Ohio, De
cember 27, to January 3, 1942. .
NEWS BRIEFS
(Continued from first page)
burned near the municipal airport to
night. The pilot was reported killed
and the observer with him was thrown
out and injured critically.
LONDON, Nov. 10. (UP) Prime
Minister Winston Churchill said today
that a large part of the US Navy al
ready is in action ."against the com
mon foe" and! that the British Air
Force has reached parity with the
Luftwaffe and that if the US goes to
war with Japan, Britain will follow
immediately. ,-,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (UP)
President Roosevelt tonight called on
Congress to enact new taxes to be
come effective in "two or three
months" or face the prospect of un
controlled inflation and consequential
sharp increases in the cost of living.
WASHINGTON, ttov. 10. (UP)
The House Administration, in a drive
to forestall a close vote on the mo
mentous issue, today ordered full
speed ahead on House consideration of
the Senate-approved legislation per
mitting US ' merchant ships to enter
combat zones.
LONDON, Nov. 10. (UP) More
than 100 bombers spread fire and de
struction over Hamburg, Germany's
biggest port, and blasted four other
German-controlled harbors last night
in another round of Britain's stepped
up air and sea offensive against the
Axis.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (UP)
The National Defense Mediation Board
tonight rejected demands of John L.
Lewis, head of the United Mine Work
ers union, for a union ; shop in the
"captive" coal mines, raising anew
the threat of a" strike in the vital de
fense industries.
ROME, Nov. 10. (UP) Seven Ital
ian merchant vessels and two destroy
ers were sunk by British warships in
a week-end encounter in the Mediter
ranean, reliable Italian sources . said
tonight, but they said that Italian tor
pedo planes had severely damaged a
British cruiser and had shot down
three enemy planes.. -
SANTIAGO, Nov. 10. (UP)
Leaders of 3,000 striking Federation
of Labor buildings-trade-craftsmen
met with a Federal conciliator in an
attempt to settle the general strike
against thejjovernment projects.
LONDON, Nov. 10. (UP) Strong
Russian counter attacks through blind
ing blizzards were reported tonight to
have recaptured several villages on
the Moscow front where large Ger
man forces were encircling Vollokol
amsk. BERLIN, Nov. 10. (UP) Nazi
military spokesmen said tonight that
the German and Finnish spearhead
driving towards each other through
Leningrad's last shaky outlet to the
Russian hinterlands were only 70 miles
apart after the capture of Tikhivin,
125 miles south of the besieged .city.
CO-OP HOUSING
(Continued from first page)
fore the expiration of the lease.
The "Board of Adjustment has no
final authority. The agreement will
be presented to the Chapel Hill Board
of Aldermen tomorrow, and, if the Al
dermen act favorably upon the agree
ment, the case will be dropped from
the records..
Mr. .P. L. Burch, alderman and head
of the University Building department,
has agreed with the students that this
compromise is the most amicable and
"universally suitable" arrangement. He
worked on the agreement with the stu
dents and presented ' it with them to
the Board of Adjustment. .
Martin yesterday stressed that
"there will be no final conclusion to
the case until the Board of Aldermen
meets and votes on the agreement to
morrow." s The students 'have expressed a will
ingness to move from the Mallette
Street house if they can find another
that will hold them because "we would
like to enlarge the cooperative group."
It' is felt that a larger organization
could operate more effectively. -
The Old Days
Picture Post Card Reveals
UNC in the Old Days1907
Bt Mortv Cantor
Setting of one of the great early
American universities in 1907 and its
amazing growth in 34 years was re
vealed by a picture post card discov
ered by Dr. J. G. Beard, dean of the
School of Pharmacy.
A photogravure in .sepia, this old card
shows the campus of the University of
North Carolina as it was in 1907 as
seen facing South building. ,
When compared to the Book Ex
change map, the card makes the old
campus look like a tiny cluster of build
ings in the center of a musty swamp,
now known as the arboretum and large
empty fields those same fields which
are now the lower quadrangle, Woollen
Gymnasium, the University library,
Venable, Bingham, Manning, Murphey,
and Saunders Halls. .
There were only 19 buildings in those
days. The basement of South building
had lecture rooms and the second and
third floors had living quarters for'
students. Hill Hall was the old li
brary building, and Person was then
being used by the School of Medicine.
The Chemistry department had its
quarters in Howell Hall, and the base
ment of Old West had been taken over
by the Pharmacy School. . J . -.j.
Approximately where the Infirmary
is now, stood the first college observa
tory in America, equipped with what
was then considered a large astronomi
cal telescope. Across the road where
Peabody hall now stands, was a large
T-shaped building called The Commons,
which was a combination of student
gathering-place and dining hall. On
the site of Memorial Hall was an odd-
looking, octagonal-shaped house with
gables and spires.
The gymnasium was located in By-
num Hall and Carolina had only six
tennis courts' and one athletic field,
which is now Emerson Field. There
was no stadium, just an old wooden
grandstand. After Carolina beat Vir
ginia (the Virginia game was then
considered the most important of the
year), the students burned down the
old grandstand because they couldn't
find any other available wood for their
victory bonfire.
Registration statistics of 1907 show
another vast difference: there were
788 students, 735 of whom came from
North Carolina, and only 12 who came
from above Mason-Dixon line. Sur
prisingly enough, there were 6 students
from Cuba.
Wonder what the Book Ex map will
seem like 30 years from now.
History Department
To Hold Banquet
The annual banquet of the history de
partment will be held in Graham Me
morial tomorrow night at 6:30.
Dr. Roy Connor, former National
Archivist at Washington, will be the
guest speaker at the meeting.
MOLL GIVES
(Continued from first page)
by Tuesday, November 18. .
Student Government Issue
Promising to be as colorful and full
of life as the May issue of last year
which caused so much favorable com
ment, the October issue is the Stu
dent Government issue.' Bill Shuford
reveals interesting facts about cam
pus legislation in his article on dormi
tory government. "Sensational" is the
word Moll used to describe an article
by Louis Harris on the BMOC's of
the campus.
In an effort to encourage active stu
dents unrecognized on the campus, the
Mag is publishing the Carolina In
tercampus Council, members being
chosen on a basis of "service and mer
it." Moll claims that the short stories
in this issue are readable and even in
teresting, a noteworthy achievement.
Sylvan Meyer, managing editor of the
Tar Heel, is the author of an "exper
iment in realism" which tells what
Miami can do to people.
First of a number of features to be
included, monthly in the Mag is the
"Visit to Department" picture
spread. Other-features are Sports Re
view by. Orville Campbell, (Jarl Sun
theimer, and Harry Dunkle, and the
Jabberwocky by Jack Dube; Ted Roy
al and Dick Goldsmith. ;
Advertising in the October issue is
entirely different from any advertis
ing yet published in a Carolina Mag.
Jack Holland is advertising manager.
The November issue of the Mag, to
follow closely on the heels of the
October issue, will have as its theme
."Civilian Defense." An unusual fea
ture of the issue will be the section
edited by magazine editors of Wo
man's College, State College, and
Duke. .
Send the Daily Tar Heel home
Former Students
Take Advanced Flying
The second leg of their flying in
struction completed, at Goodfellow
Field, basic flying school at San Ar
gelo, Texas, Aviation Cadets William
Clay. Jones, (32), and Ernest Moore
Martin, ('41), have been ordered to
Kelly Field, Texas where they will en
ter the final ten months of advanced
flight training required to earn the
wings of a flying reserve officer in
the recently re-expanded United States
Army Air Corps.
MY SAY
(Continued from page two)
last week voted not to buy themselves
keys with student money. If the mem
bers wish keys, they will buy them with
their own money. That seems to be
the best solution, and we hope in the
future that other coed Senates will
not follow the precedent set down by
this one.
HENRY -HAYE
(Continued from first page)
an entire Embassy staff. The Inter
national Relations club will hold t
banquet for him at & o'clock at the
Carolina Inn. A long list of student
and faculty leaders will be with the
Ambassador and Governor at the din
ner. ' .
j At 8:15 Henry-Haye will begin his
address and at 8:30 WRAL will start
its broadcast of the event. Following
the speech and open discussion, His
' Excellency will attend a reception in
Graham Memorial, to which all stu
dents have been invited to meet and
talk with Petain's. so-called "Man of
Ideas."
President Roger Mann commented
that the IRC is presenting the Ambas
sador as an event, which has already
gained nation-wide attention, in line
with the club's non-partisan outlook.
"I believe a respectful reception by
students for His Excellency tonight
will be a true indication of the liber
ality and intense devotion to demo
cratic principles at UNC."
CPU SCHEDULES
(Continued from first page)
open forum question period, and the
possible attacks during the question
period that will follow his speech.
On three different occasions last
year Nye made plans to visit the
Hill, but committee business and Sen
ate wranglings over Lend-Lease aid
kept the Dakotan in Washington.
Serious objections were recently
voiced against Nye's appearance on
the campus. Outspoken views of the
isolationist, with constant bitter at
tacks by both opposing forces in
Washington had led observers on the
campus to doubt the wisdom of pro
moting additional, "hatred spreading
material." . v -
"Senator Nye .was asked to speak
here, because regardless of how we
may feel about his views, we must
recognize the fact that he definitely
represents a viewpoint," union lead
ers remarked.
DISPLAY OF
UNC GLASS RINGS
TODAY
YMCA
PICK THEATRE
Franchot.
9i cM&psp&$
cMeie
10 : 15 Band forms between Soctk
building and Piaymakers theater for
Armistice Day program;
10:30 Armistice Day celebration at
Old WelL . .
2:00-6 :00-Sound and Fury holds
dance tryouts in Memorial hall. -
5:00 Marching rehearsal for band
at Emerson field.
7:00 Tryouts in Piaymakers thea
ter for "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."
7:30 Philological club meets in Car
olina Inn.
8 : 15 Henry-Haye speaks in Memor
ial hall.
Left-Overs
There are only 15 people in the in
firmary" recuperating from the effects
of Sadie Hawkins Day and the rest of
the week-end. They are : Clyde R. Bell,
Katherine Charles, Phillip Clegg, Glenn
Johnson, George Lewis, John Mao-
Dowell, Johnny Miller, George Monta
gue, Sarah Pierce, Susan Robinson,
James Stillwell, Nancy Twitchell,
Francis Whitaker, Grace Venable, and
Terry Yarger.
KEYBOARD
(Continued from page two)
der), but the general public will be
very interested in the
story that is covering
Main street today. The
COULD
HAPPEN
army was moving through Chapel Hill
likity cut (as. usual) when the pro
vision trucks passed by. One student
swears he saw a young lady's leg hang
ing out of the rear of a truck marked
PROVISIONS.
CLASSIFIED
50c each insertion. All advertise
ments must be paid for in advance
and the ad must be turned in at the
Tar Jleel Business Office by f our
o'clock the day before publication!
FOR SALE: 12 homes " in Forest
Hills, Hillview and Chapel Hill. 20
home sites. Also several lots. Terms
to suit purchaser. For appointment
write Box 975, or call 9111 at night.
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LOST: A reversible grey topcoat at
Lenoir Dining Hall on Nov. 1, one
button missing. Return to William
Mark McKinney at 305 Cameroa
Ave. Reward.
BLANKETS!
Chatham Blankets
Army Blankets
Part Wool Blankets
Cotton Blankets
Prices:
69c TO $10.00
GERMAN'S
DEPT. STORE
Chapel Hill, N. C.
10:30
Now Playing
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fighting, hating together . .
patrolling the bandit-infested
borders of mystic India I
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GARY COOPER
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