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I _ ,2^'f ary ' Chapel Hill. The news in this publica tion is released for the press on receipt. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA NEWS LETTER Published weekly by the University of North Carolina for its Bureau of Extension. JULY 3, 1918 CHAPEL,HILL, N. G. VOL. IV, NO. 32 Editorial Board t E. C. Branson, J. G. deli. Hamilton, L, R. Wilson, R. H. Thornton, G. M. McKie. Entered as seoond-olass matter November 14,1914, at'the Posto flca at Chapel Hill, N. C., under the act of August 24, 1912. OUR COUNTRY CIVILIZATION A COUNTKY-UFE SCHOOL Country Y. M. C. A. activities are .about to begin in the South, under the RUTHESFORD BULLETIN The Sun has just received a copy of the handsome little booklet, “Ruther- field secretaryship of Mr. Howard | ford County—Economic and Social,” Hubbell, with headquarters in the In-1 which w'as compiled by Mr. R. E. dependent Life Building, Nashville, i forice, a Rutherford student at the Tenn. | University of North Carolina, and its Heretofore the work of the Y. M. | publication made possible through the and Y. W. C. A. has been confined to ^ financial aid of our townsman, Mr. K. i the towns and cities. Of late years ‘ g_ Tanner. It is a veritable storehouse ! country activities have been org’anized | of information about the county and it in the north and middle west. Rural | should be in the hands of every Ruth-j Manhood, published at -347 Madison erford citizen. The work, which has i Ave., New York City, tells the story been under way for more than a year,; of country efforts and achievements' been done by Mr. Price in addi- j ,, , , 1 T-i tion to his regular college duties and | month by month. ioveiy coun called for an immense amount of i pieacher, Sunday school ,eacher and foreword Mr.' religious lay woiLer ought to get this president of the: monthly jouinal legulpiy. It is bum j^Tgrth Carolina Club, in speaking o.‘ +11 1 of aiio-o-pstion jiiif! insnii'ation. ° full of suggestion and inspiration. The June number carries the story of the extension of this work into the Southern country regions. The oppor tunities and possibilities are present ed in short articles by southern writ ers. Mr. Hubbell calls for 20 country Y. the booklet, says in pari: “It is a vital and interpretative study of a North Carolina county, and' throws a flood of light upon conditions: and problems that people have known: too little about, and wdiich they have hail little opportunity to learn. It pur poses to picture' Rutherford county; to nn *11 Yx ^ \j l-. O t.. O V v I / f L- w Ll. 1- w A V LA L/vJ Lt 4 1 v A . L-V.* M. C. A. secretaries. ^ . point out where she- leads? w^here she picked from and the way out. It should go the courses offered in the Blue Ridge Summer Training, school for Country Work, July 5-19. Tli:s school will be held in Robt. E. Lee Hall at Blue Ridge, a iitt.le way out from Black Mountain, N. C., some 16 miles east of Asheville. far to stimulate a county conscious ness, tvhich is the greatest need in North Carolina counties today. “The value of this bulletin to Ruth erford county does not lie solely in the information concerning conditions and the interpretation of rorces at work Here is a great chance it gives to the people of the county, for a great work in the gieatest he.d ..... Tr, = more than justifies of spiiitual enterpiise in tlie b publication; but in the fact that | day. . , 1 • . 1 „ the man who wrote it has, in the very i . interested in tne y ^ pj-geess of its preparation, received ani civilization of the south wiite o . juy^iuuble training in affairs which call' .Hubbell at once. enlightened interest and a con structive citizenship.” IMr. Price and Jlr. Tanner indeed deserve the thanks of the people of The University of North Carolina the county for this splendid publica- will next year be offering courses in' tion which so clearlv and concisely ' " ' ‘ ' sets forth our social and economic problems.—Rutherfordton Sun. MILITARY FRENCH ear-and-oral French—such French as our men at the front need every min ute. The courses are as follows: 1. French A-M. Elementary French. For men who have not previously studied French. Practice in under standing and speaking French, with special reference to military needs. Both terms, three hours. Profs. Dey and Leavitt. ' 2. French 1-2 M. Intermediate Mili tary French. For men who have had one year of other French. Oral prac tice, with special reference to military needs. Both terms, three hours. Profs. Dey and Leavitt. Credit for these two courses is the same as for French A and Flench 1-2, as Announced in the University cata logue. _ , 3. Attention is called also to French 5-6, a course in French conversation and composition open to those who have passed French 1-2 with a grade not lower than 3. Those who have passed French 1-2 with a grade than 3 may take French 3-4, m which there will be much oral practice. SAME THING EVERYWHERE A loyal heart We are going to elect a Congress this coming fall. There is one great single predominant qualifica tion for an election to that Con- . gress, and that is a loyal heart. I don’t care whether a man is a Democrat or a Republican or a Socialist or a Prohibitionist, or what not, he mqst have a loyal heart, or it is treason to send him to Congress. There are probably from twenty to thirty Congression al districts in this country wdiere there is a loyal majority but where there is so "large a disloyal minor ity that a division of the loyal majority may let a Pro-German in. In every one of those districts, Democrats and Republicans and ali ffcryal men should get together; and agree upon the loyal man of one party or the other who is the sur est to carry the district, and all unite on him without regard to party. Any man who would not accept the idea ard follow it, I would wan^ to live a hundred years to vote a: work against. Human nature h-; not changed. There are going ' be parties, going to be politics her ■ after; but now they are subos'd- nate, they ai’e unimportant. The one thing only is to win the war, and put men in Congress who will represent the driving power of the American people; the driving pow er that is behind Congress, that is behind the Administration, and that, God grant, may make itself felt behind the men who are put tering over contracts and lingering on the road to victory. The great thing is to make Ger many feel that the hundred.million:- of America are going, as one man, to beat them, to make every Ameri can feel that all the rest of the hundred millions are with him in his mightiest efforts to beat the German.—Elihu Root, one of the great Republican leaders. AFTER GERMANY HAS WON So long has the Devil quoted Scrip-j Let him listen ture, now let decent men quote the; To these \vords of the Enemy, Devil against himself. For one yeai j gpoken when we were yet at peace we have been at war with mm in hi.-: . , . Teutonic and most remorseless mani-dw^^*^ Him, festation. The moment is well chosen: By his duly authorized spokesman, to take thought. If any American at' the Imperial Chancellor: this moment or hereafter— “After Germany has won, the Unit- Regrets that we are in the war, ! ed State.s will find herself confronted Or is not in it himself, i with an indemnity claim which will Or believes that we could have kept about equal the entire amount expend- out, ' efl by Germany in the whole war, dr questions the need of uttermost, “For every loan to the Allies, for effort, every bullet, every shell, every gun. Or considers sacrifice other than every conceivable item of war mater high privilege, j ial shipped by America to the Allies, Or whines and curdles the devotion | there will be an accounting in gold.” of others with doubt, | If this does not harden the said Or blenches with panic and think.‘' i American’s heart, and his neiwe and,, that mayhap it would be well to com- ■ will, and his manhood, men there has promise with the Arch Enemy of Man- i been some mistake. He is not an kind, : American. He is not a man. If, how- Or listens to the serpent whispering ever, he wishes* to knov,- what he is, of German propaganda, ; the first man he meets can tell him.— Then— ^ Eugene P. Lyle, Jr., of the Vigilantes. j in the South is directly related to thes: i four fundamental facts. 2. Social Necessities opinion ought to probe to the quic-' and core of every church member and every minister of every name, sec and sort in the South. The institu- “The fundariiental social necessities i -tion in the South that is closest to ou" are: (1) the cure of illiteracy, 96 perj country people is the country church, cent of which in the_ South is rural j The mightiest agency in establishing and 85 per cent of which is adult—, a whole and wholesome rural culture that is to say, is among people 201^111 be a sanely redirected co’unti y years old or older, and who are now j ministry; and I take it that County beyond the reach of the free public I Y. M. C. A. effort in the South will schools; (2) the multiplication of home owners and the decrease of our land less, homeless multitudes in both town snuggle up close to our church authori ties and our country church preachers and members, \i ith new light ami , .1, „ a larger vision, the country cliurch i?' and country legions, (3) the educ -j South has, in my opinion, the most tion and stimulation of county-life in- j hopeful country opportunity in Amer- stitutions—^that is to say, the home, j ica.”—E. C._ Branson, University of the school, the church, the cross-roads | North Carolina, store, the country newspaper, and thf j = BETTER OFF THAN EVER COUNTRY Y. M. C. A. WORK What do you consider the outstand ing taskMnd opportunity of the South- „ , , , land for the next decade along edu- cational, social, and religious lines? This was the query Who would have believed fourteen months ago that the people of Orange county could buy l?250,000 woi’th of and pile up ' in the A SUMMER SCHOOL TEST Here are the questions recently sub mitted to a bunch of university stu dents to test their knowledge of war causes, issues, and episodes. of Chapel Hill have sold to their cus tomers $112,600 worth of Liberty Bonds. • Nevertheless their bank deposits to day are $61,000 more than they were fourteen months ago. j These are deposits, mind you. They do not belong to the bank; they be long to the people of the community— very largely the country people of Chapel Hill township. Buying War Stampn and Liberty Bonds does not impoverish a commun ity. On the contrary, the 66 million dollars stored away safely in Liberty bonds in North Carolina during the last twelve months or so, and the 50 millions more that will be salted down in war stamps within the next two weeks make every community in the state richer than ever before. j The investors will be 116 million. co-urt-house officials—so that they shall function on the highest possible levels; (4) the organization and social ization of country life, and the sympa; thetic federation of country-life insti tutions for efficient, satisfying, and. ^ „ j wholesome uountry civilization; and |4>onas (5) the active leadership of the toun-, banks more deposits than ever—more try church (a) in federating country-1 by $135,000! life forces and agencies, (b) in tiain- take’ placed before a mg country men and womm, coumry j thousand dollars ^vnrtli of ,, „ ,, , bovs and girls for social efficiency m; neaiiy 66^ tnousana clollais woitli o± •goodly numbei of those leadeis ot.tlie^ country, and (c) in translating' war savings stamps; to buy or pledge South whom we considered best able to, niaterial possessions and social rela-; ourselves now to buy this amount be- the answer. Our Association Mionships into final values—which is to i fg, j ' say, into terms of spiritual good, into, the best gifts, the more excellent way Aie we able to do it., that Paul talks about give 0.1X0 »»VX. V.yOX . Movement, about to enter upon a con structive program of Co'anty Work in volving life in the rural areas and in' the villages of the South, gave rise to the question. The answers following present a formidable task, sufficient to ■tax 'the resources of the agencies, al- 3. The Main Social Agency “The fundamental agency needed is Sure, we are! The deposits in our banks today reach a grand total of $664,000. This is the money the people of old Orange have laid a-way in the bank vaults of ready at work and any others that may j gf gguntry life enter into an intelligent program of an agency that (a) is intellectually big the county. enough to consider the fundamental It’s ao'uble the arnount vve are nov/ -economic, social the government to ^ ^ , •, V the cause of humanity and lib- and civic; (b) that is unhampered by erty. We said lend—not give, and co-opei ation, such as oui Assoc^Uon jgyg.j-gj.g^^g^ clogging traditions and is lend at 4 per cent interest compound- is now proposing to undertake. Editor of Rural Manhood. A Southern Answer This inquiry is answered in the June thus- free to show the more excellent ed quarterly, way to our country people, and (c) We are called on for $80,000 in that can, in sympathetic stimulating Chapel Hill township. Our bank de sort, stir the country and village posits today are four times that churches to catch John’s vision of the amount! The deposits in Chapel Hill dollars richer, and the federal intere.st money turned loose in North Carolina in consequence will be $4,600,000 a year, which is only a little less than all the taxes we pay to run our state; * wrUbmirthemJo'the teachers of government ^ interest-' securities do not impover- maniber of Rural Manhood by A. M. New Jerusalem come down out of banks today are $342,000. our Summer School. We’ll celebrate m these columns an> teacher in North Carolina who can answer them all. „ What trick of the Kaiser lured Kus 3ia into mobilizing first? How could a group of men at Gei many’s secret war council set tne n'lSlTditl Germany teach l\er soldiers to commit atrocities and to sneer at international law . aft- Whv did Germany wait a month all er the^secret war council before begin- ttelubmart»e an outlaw? WSF is the status in internat.onal law of the British blockade ’ • ' Lrt what does the Pan-German pai- ^^WhS moral and religious ideas m Germany made this war possiWe . Can vou name five ways m Germany violated international law^ What is the evidence that Germa y made war on us in ,t^®atofL unwill- Why was the United States unwi. bearing ish a people—as many of us seem to think. Thrift enriches a community, every thing and everybody in it—homes, stores, banks, industries, wage earners and salaried people alike. The story of the Chapel Hill banks is the story of every other bank in the state and nation. For or Against. The $80,000 worth of war stamps we expect to sell in Chapel Hill to'w n- ship in the next ten days is a saving proposition; not a givhng proposition, like our Red .Cross contributions. Trawick of Tennessee, International Heaven to dwell among men on earth. 'We can go over the top with $80,000 Secretary of the Student Department; The Young Men’s Christian Associa- —if we are minded to do it. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive' tion is just such an agency; it illus-' And what’s^ more, fourteen months Farmer; W. D. Weatherford, South- trates a new-time application of our from now we’ll have more money in Y. M. C. A. Student Secretary; old-time religion, and the world is the banks than ever before. Victor I. Masters of the Southern ; sorely in need of it. It is founded oni So it was in the Liberty Bond cam- Baptist Home Mission Board; J. E.idear Christian faith and it evidences paigns. Moorland, International Secretary of its faith by its works, the Colored Y. M. C. A.; John 1.1 . t-l -c t ir Smyth of Berea College; J. D. Eggle-; 4. The Specific TasK ston. President of the 'Viiginm j “The specific tasks in the rural technic Institute; George A. Hubbell, ,, , , i-,, President of Lincoln University; and South today are: (1) The organization E/ C. Branson, of the University of ; and socialization of community life, North Carolina. j business, civic rule, and religion; (2) ani The movement proposed is tremen ; ' immense decrease of farm tenancy, And so it will be in the war stamp campaign. Money always grows when you use it sensibly and nobly. It does not grow if it is laid away in a napkin like the talent of the un profitable servant. Hoarded money is slothful, wicked, unpatriotic money and we have mil- dously important--perhaps epoch mak- j ^ illiteracy, partial and complete i i of such money in this and every ing, and so we give to our readers one of these answers in full. 1. Social Facts It iriusTfondingWhe government! sidered by welfare agencies in the small trade centers, and getting $1000 on Jan. 1, 1923 South are (1) excessive ruralism—the social conditions in both; for the $834 we invest in war stamps today. ■ u i This is not a chanty campaign, but (3) an efficient, satisfying, wholesome. ® ’j i „i country civilization: (4) an anointing! hoaided dolla hMps the Hun win of our country people with what David i a pro-Geiman dollar, called the oil of gladness; (5) homo I . And the time has come to invest it ownership in our factory villages and' Savings Stamps if a man is really a patriot. ing to put an ombaigo ment of munitions on the ship- Can you answer Germany's defense of liev lets as presented by Demberg and others? Lichnowsky’s sell .out to the Kiuser the German govern- ists'. How long has '^.3.= YL*"wnr‘G-’VVis- ment been planning this war . ■consin News Sheet. Fundamental Social facts to be con and wholesome (6) a tre- settl ament of three-fourths oi our; meniious emphasis upon vocational population in widely scattered homes education, agricultural and industrial; in vast wilderness areas, and the con-i (7) the sympathetic federation of ramnais-h Tris'"natrio"tic i sequent social aloofness, civic apathy,; country-life institutions under church to be™e^but ff’s safe^ and egoistic religion with their at-; guidance; (8) the training of lay lead- bupmep , , , , tendant train of social ills; (2) the ers with large visions of the national ^’^iT^norl^hnsiness^Llse ^ 'rapid cityward drift of country peo-i rural problem; (9) township organiza- credited military training. _ with good business sense. pig into town and village trade cen-'tion, civic and social; (10) willingness The North Carolina intetitution was nTtol womirwho^ does not tors—a movement more pronounced in | to pay the local school-tax, and a more omitted under such a classification the m^n or l nc- a wVmlo -IViii-n pl?;e'wherp' liUpvnl «nnn,ort for cmrnt.i’v churches: . A MILITARY COLLEGE The 'War Department designates the University of North Carolina as one of the educational institutions of ths South where students will receive ac- , J u.,=;np== cpr,cp nr a natrioti-' the Srouth as a whole than elsewhere; liberal supptfirt for country churches; previous to Saturday, when President the cause of liber^^^^^ at present; (3) the rapid! (n) resident country-minded minis-! TC Hrakani an. «pnainr T.cn stamps to the limit—without stint. He that is not for us is against i;ls, is the way the Book puts it. And the time has come to remember that Scrip ture in this and every other comiiiuni ty. Edward K. Graham and Senator Leo ters in comfortable country-church'S. Overman appeared in behalf of a homes on living salaries; and (12) an | reconsideration. Virginia and South organization—mainly small benevolent application of the Ten Command-: Carolina Universities, neighbors of tho feudalisms; and (4) the presence of: ments, the Sermon on the Mount, and Tar Heel University, would have two races' dwelling side by side, most' the Epistle to the Philippians to our, drawn students ordinarily headed for largely under rural conditions. Practi- race problems in the South. I the University of North Carolina. In rem ember'thaTSci-ir- cally every condition that calls for “Every fact, every necessity, and Students taking the full military I curative effort or that offers a founda-1 every task I have enumerated is dis- course yill receive compensation dur- ~ ^ 1 ^ ..r. 4-^ « r«T-vT •v’lTn o1 y> rvn o o'P'n on/'I in^ CPTVim* , multiplication of small mill and fact But it does pay to mark the man! ory communities, largely without civic who can and won’t invest in war tion for constructive social enterprise tinctly a spiritual concern, and in my ing their senior year.