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The news in the pubtka- tion is leleased for the pfets on receipt. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA NEWS LETTER PubSsbed weekly by tbe Unnrersity of North Carofma for Hs Bureau of Extension, APRIL 21,1920 CHAPEL HILL. N. C. RdUorial Board i B. O. Branson, L. B. Wilson, E. W. Knight, D D. Carroll, J. B. Bullitt. VOL VI, NO. 22 Entered as seeond^aaa matter Novembor 14.1914, at the Postoffloe at Chapel HIU, N. O.. under the act of August 24.1913 PUBLIC WELFARE INSTITUTES PUBLIC WELFARE COURSES There is now going into the mails a 4-page leaHet announcing in bnef pre liminary way the Summer Institutes for Public Welfare at the University of North Carolina, June 22 to September 13, under the State Department of Public Welfare, the American Eed Cross, and the Sum mer School faculty of the University. Scope of the WorK One of the special features of the 1920 University Summer Session, and one of the most important and far-reaching ef ■ forts ever undertaken in North Carolina will be the summer institutes for public welfare conducted jointly by the Univer sity of North Carolina tiirough its new School of Public Welfare and the South ern Division of the American Red Cross. The Institutes will be divided into two sections. Roth will begin with the open ing of the Summer School, Tuesday, June 22. The first section will extend six weeks and will terminate at the end of the regular Summer Sctiool on August 3. This is primarily for County Super intendents of Public Welfare. Tne second session will continue through twelve weeks to September 13. In addition to the special purposes described below, the Summer Institutes’ represent tbe begin ning of the joint permanent program of vir i tt- ' the University School of Public Welfare f and the American Red Cross for the R ^ ‘ th' fi t ■ , preparation and training of County Sup- B'‘anson, Kenan Profes- this after a fairly wide acquaintance with enntendents of Public Wel.are and pros- ^^i'-ector campus life at home and abroad, pective Superintendents, and other wel- ° r fare or social workers; lor rendering ex- n .Education, Southern Ml: pert service to County Superintendents Prof!!""’ f'si '■ ip ®‘“cck, and Secretaries in offiL; and for aiding LtolTs f counties and local communities in the ^ v u n i ' solution of any problems of social welfare WeTf“’'"’ fr “ir with whicn they may be confronted. Tlie ^ ' pfeld W Supervis- cburses of instructions, therefore, and the t P T ’ ' i ‘ fieldwork offered, will be of standard ^ excellence and of high professional E-A- quality. Aoernethy, Professor of Public Health; IT li;u n I Dr-J- B- Dashiell, Professor of Psychol- - Por Whom Planned . I Ogy; Dr. J. D. Steiner, Director National The 1920 Summer Institute courses are ^ Mucation, A. R. C.; and others. chology; Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick; Dietetics and Home Economics in the South; Rural School Problems; Gen eral Economics; Government; Pagean try and Drama; Oummunity Music; Physical Education; Special Lectures. . There will be adequate opportunity for standard Field Work, Laboratory Work in Social Research, Personal Conferences, and Round Table Meetings. All these are explained in the special bulletins. Institttte Staff Lectures before the Summer Institutes will include Dr Samuel McCnne Lindsay, Professor of Social Legislation, Columbia University; Dr. Bernard Glueck, Profes sor of Social Psychiatry, the New York School of Social Work; Dr. Frank Wat son, Director of the Pennsylvania School of Social Work; Dr. E. L. Morgan, Di rector of Rural Organi/Ation Work, A. R. 0.; Dr. J. C. Steiner, Director of Educa tion, A. R. O.; Hon. E. C. Brooks, State Superintendent of Public In.-,triiction; Hon Ritland F. Beasley, State Commis sioner of Public Welfare; President H. W. Chase of the University; Hon. Jos. C. Lo'an. Assistant Manager Southern Division, American Red Cross; Professor, N. W. Walker, Director of the Summer , ■Session; and many others. | Courses will be given by: Dr. Howard THE SOUTHINTHE SADDLE The dictator of the world’s peace terms at Versailles was once a Georgia lawyer. Tlie first woman elected to the Britisli House of ('ommons was a Virginian. The master mind of the American navy during the great war was a North Carolinian. Every dol lar appropriated by Congress for war use was authorized by bills prepared by a senator from Virginia. The law curbing the greed of the profiteer dur ing and after hostilities was written by a South Caroliniau who, in prepar ing that statute, gave the other na tions of the world a model for their legislation on similar lines. The great est Congressional authority today on federal aid for education is a Greor- gian. Louisiana has given the nation its most eminent worker for letter waterways. From the South have come two of the country’s leaders in the movement for an immense mer chant marine. And the American ambassadors to Italy and England, the two men whose superb diplomacy liastened the triumph of the allies, were Southerners.—James Hay, in The Southern Review. COUNTRY HOME CONVENIENCES LETTER SERIES No. 7 WATER-WHEEL VS. TURBINE There are two devices used for convert ing water power into mechanical power, the water-wheel and the turbine. Of the former, modem practice has sim mered down to the use of two types, the overshot wheel and the impulse or Pelton wheel. The Pelton wheel is es pecially adapted to very high falls or heads of several hundred feet and therefore it can develop considerable power with only a small quantity of water. Its use is na turally confined to the more mountainous districts. There are undoubtedly any num ber of small water-power sites from Ashe to Cherokee which might be developed with this type of wheel. The characteristic thing about an over shot wheel is its low speed. And this is a decided disadvantage when it comes to harnessing it to an electrical generator. The latter is distinctly a high-speed ma chine. To get the required speed it is usually neccessary to use jack shafts, which are apt to be wasteful of power, and even then the speed commonly ob tained is so low that the cost of the gener ator is high. Overshot wheels, if properly de signed, may run at a high efficiency even when the amount of water supplied is much lees than normal. They are adapted to heads of from 4 to about 50 ft. and can develop as much as 50 horsepower or even more. For the larger and higher heads, however, they are bulky, unwieldy pieces of machinery. The turbine is really the name given to a type of water wheel in which the reac tion of the water, as it flows from the wheel, supplies a “kick” which runs it. In fact, turbines are commonly, though loosely, spoken of as wheels. They are suitable for a wide range of heads and can be designed to run efficiently at a number of different speeds for the same head. They are compact and their nat- utoi speed is such that they may be easily harnessed to an electrical generator usually without any jack shaft being necessary.—P H. D. planned to meet immediate and specific needs of three sorts: General Information The general expenses for the Institutes First, to aid county superintendents of „:n public'welfare, and prospective superm-j rate as for regular tendente, in cooperation with the Depart-' Tl . Summer ^ss.ons except ment of Public Welfare, to prepare them- j f ®"P®/'“^“deuts of pubhc selves in an adequate manner for the ^ to pay the additional tuition fee. The field work important community tasks and leader ship that have been generously imposed upon them. Second, to aid Red Cross Secretaries and prospective secretaries to prepare themselves adequately for the urgent and important tasks of social work and com munity leadership tliat await them on many sides. Third, to aid all other welfare workers and prospective workers who may need professional training for social work; re- tearcl) agents for state and federal De partments investigating social and eco nomic problems; civic secretaries in chambers of Commerce or city clubs; directors of community centers and play grounds ; directors of charity organization societies; settlement workers; workers in mill villages; rural community and farm and home demonstration agents; agents and superintendents in children’s institutions; in institutions for the old or defective; probation officers; industrial welfare workers; Y. M. 0. A. and Y. W. C. secretaries; boy scout and camp fire leaders; medical social w'orkers; school and home extension teachers; ministers and other church workers. A limited number of superintendents of schools, principals, and teachers may be permitted to enroll in some of the courses especially adapted to their community work. Courses Offered The Courses ofi'ered during tlie 1920 Summer Institutes will be adequate for the purposes mentioned and have been prepaid with practical needs in view. The details of all courses may be had from the special Institute Bulletin. The following, to w’hich one or two others may be added, will be given: Family Case Work; American Social Problems; Rural Social Problems; Juvenile Delin quency and Probation; Child Welfare; Child Psychology; The Small Town; So- ciallPsychiatry; Rural Economics; Play andfeecreation; Public Health; Survey letoods; Social Research; Social Psy- will require a small expenditure. For the first six weeks, 175.00 will probably cover the total expenses. For the second six weeks the same general rate will ap ply- The Director of the Summer School W'ill give exact information concerning reservation of rooms, board and other particulars. Requirement tor admission to the In stitutes will be based on a liigh standard of preparation and experience. The county superintendents of public welfare, and prospective superintendents will be accepted on the certification and recom mendation of the Commissioner of Public Welfare. Otlier candidates will offer a college degree from an acceptable institu tion or its full equivalent in training and experience. All applications should be made on the special application blanks provided for the purpose. Send for the special bulletin if interested, A special feature will be tiie State Con ference of I.eaders to be held at the end of the first six weeks. For the special Bulletin of the Insti tutes, for application blanks, or for fur ther detailed information, write to Pro fessor N. W. Walker, Director of the Summer School at Chapel Hill, N. C., or Dr. Philip Klein, American RedCrosB, 249 Ivy St., Atlanta, Georgia. A CAMPUS PROGRAM A constructive campus program that finely reflects the ideals and the will of the University student body appeared the other day in the Tar Heel, the weekly student organ of the University of North Carolina. These Carolina men speak as ‘loyal citi zens of the finest community in the world’. This is what the university campus is to tfiem; and aside from student senti ment this is what it is in very fact. All in all, there is no safer, wholescmer Col lege community on earth, and we say 1. Dormitory accomodations adequate for the comfortable housing of Univer sity students now and for the increase of several years to come. 2. Increased research and class-room facilities to be obtained only by a liberal building program of departmental build ings. 3. Remodeling and modernizing of our antique structures. | 4. Co-operation with the University by the student body in keeping the campus and dormitories clean. 5. Co-operation with the University in keeping the campus unlined by unneces sary paths. 6. Co-operation with the University in bringing to the attention of responsible and earnest citizens of tliis State the pres ent needs of the University; to do this by letter or by personal contact. 7. A better acquaintance with the great body of tradition on which our Univer sity life is founded. 8. A whole-hearted and sincere sup port of our honor system and all that it stands for. 9. An increased observance of the fun damental rules of hygiene and the general caretakiiig of our bodies. 10. Recognizing the continual sense of responsibility that should rest with every University man; the knowledge that tlie University is represented solely through us and likewise judged through our ac tions. 11. An observance of the more fastid ious rules of conduct in our daily rela tions with each other; a complete resig nation of former slight breaches of eti quette in the mess hall or at public gath erings. For by these things is a Univer sity man judged by the lay observer. 12. To remember always to be loyal citizens of the finest community in the world; to cherish our relations with the University because of her fineness and truth, for what she has done and will do for us; to be University men and not boys or village fellows.—The Tar Heel. INAUGURAL GUESTS The acceptance of President A. Law rence Lowell, of Harvard University, to be one of the chief speakers at the in auguration of Harry Woodburn Chase as President of the University of North Carolina, April 28, makes the 32nd col-, lege President who will be in Chapel Hill at what promises to be one of the most important events in the University’s cen tury and a quarter of history. President Lowell, together with Presi dent Hibben, of Princeton, and Dr. Chas. R. Mann, chairman advisory board, war plans division, war department, will discuss “The Higher Education and Its Present Task”, President Lowell speak ing from the view-point of the graduate school. Included in the list of college presi dents who have accepted invitations to come are Edwin A. Alderman, of the University of Virginia; Henry Louis Smith, of Washington and Lee; George H. Denny, of Alabama; W. 8. Currell, of South Carolina; W. L. Poteat, of Wake Forest; John H. McUracken, of Lafayette; K. G. Matthe.=on, of Georgia Institute of Technology; Chancellor Mc Cormick, of Pittsburg; Arthur A. Ham- merschiag, of Carnegie Tech; R. B. von Kleinsmid, of Arizona; Charles William Dabney, of Cincinnati; R. E. Blackwell, of Randolph-Macon; Stuart McGuire, of the Medical College of Virginia; Ed gar O. Lovett, of Rice Institute; J. 8. Moffatt, of Erskine; John W. Cavanaugh, of Notre Dame; Henry N. Snyder, of Wofford; J. T. T. Main, of Grinnell; J. C. Peery of Lenoir; Robert P. Pell, of Converse; Emilie W. McVea, of Sweet Briar; Matty L. Cocke, of Hollins; E. W. Sikes, of Coxer; J. I. Foust, of North Carolina College for Women; Warren Way, of St. Mary’s; H. E. Rondthaler, of Salem; and others. The total number of colleges who are sending delegates, chiefly members of their faculties, now runs above eighty, including nearly all the well known in stitutions in the United States. In ad dition to these 20 learned and profession al societies have named delegates who will represent them. Among these are the National Geographical Society, Amer ican Oriental Society, American Society of Naturalists, American Chemical So ciety, The American Sociological Society, The American Country Life Association, and many others. Greetings from these representatives of the colleges, universities, and scholarly organizations will form the most interest ing feature of the dinner which the Uni versity is giving to the delegates after the inaugural exercises have been completed in the afternoon. The dinner will begin at 7 o’clock and will last until about 9:30. At that hour a reception will be given in Bynum Gym nasium to all the guests of the Univer sity, at which there will be music and probably dancing. Special Pullmans are being arranged for now to take away on the night of the 28th such guests as have to leave, particularly those from outside the State. PLAY SERVICE In recent years dramatics have been given a more and more important place in the schoo’sand in community life. There is today a widespread interest in the pre sentation of plays and pageants in our schools and colleges, in the towns and villages, and even in the remote country districts. This revival of the home-talent performance is indicated by the formation of community players and neighborhood players on every side. There is an insis tent demand on the part of these amateur groups for plays that will be better than the artificial sensations and the brainless amusement commonly offered by the local moving-picture house and the com mercial stage. There is evident on the part of the people a desire for plays that will afford wholesome enjoyment. There seems to be_an increasing demand on the part of the community for genuinely con structive recreation in worthy communal expres.sion. These are heartening signs in this post-war period of new social strivings. To meet this need the University of North Carolina, through its Bureau of Extension, has established a division of Community Drama to assist those inter ested in promoting community expression by means of plays, pageants and festivals.. This division contemplates the publica tion of various bulletins designed to be of practical assistance to workers in this im portant field. Elays Loaned The first of these. Plays for Amateurs, is a descriptive list of nearly four hun dred plays chosen primarily to meet the needs of the schools and of groups of am ateurs in search of worthy plays possible for home-talent production. The Bureau of University Extension will be glad to send to anyone interested a copy of this bulletin and to loan copies of any of the plays listed, without charge, to any citi zen of the state. The Division of Com munity Drama will be glad to give per sonal advice concerning the selection and staging of such plays. Such requests should state whether the play is intended for outdoor or indoor performance and should suggest something of the size and limitations of the stage. The kind of production desired should also be indica ted, and whether the payment of a mod erate royalty would be impracticable. Also it is well to suggest whether the pref erence is for a costume piece or for a, modern play, and to give the number of speaking parte desired and the skill of the players available. To any one who may be in need of such assistance this Play Service is now available.—F. H. Koch. JAIL CONDITIONS Many people in the county do not know that all prisoners are placed in one large cell in our jail. Tender youths and har dened criminals are thrown together. Recently we saw two young white boys of tender years thrown with negro and white criminals. They sleep side by side and live together day after day. How long are we going to tolerate such inhu man treatment? What are jails for? When a tender youth is placed in jail, sometimes fora minor offense, he usually comes out a hardened criminal. The jail defeats the very purpose for which it stands, namely correction. The same is true of women. There are only two cells in the jail here. As high as fourteen men and boys have been placed in one cell. This is unsanitary and detrimental.^ Only two bath tubs are available in the entire jail and they are rarely used. The county only allows the jail keeper 60c per day per prisoner for feed and work. This is not enough. Will 60c a day board anybody in these times of high prices? The public is asked to carry good mag azines and literature that can be spared to jail, or leave them with the Superin tendent of Welfare at The Sun office and he will deliver them to the prisoners and inmates of the county home.—Rutherford Sun.
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