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ry, City, 1 TODAY Editorial Board Meeting Tar Heel Office 8 P. M. WEDNESDAY Music Lecture Person Hall 4 P. M. TlS7l$ r. u -1 b VOLUME XXXVI RALEIGH BANKER , : SAYS PROFESSION S NO EASY JOB Speaker Points Out Necessary Qualifications for Successful Banking Career. "Many young men enter the bank ing business because they think it is a white collar job and that all bank ers are rich," N.' S.' Calhoun, vice president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust company in Raleigh, told Uni versity students in a chapel address here yesterday. -"That's one idea' I would like to get out of your heads if you're looking to banking as a ca reer," he added. Mr. Calhoun's address was the fifth in a series arranged by the Bureau of Vocational Information, of the Dean of Student's office with the view of acquainting University students with the various vocations and pro fessions. He was introduced by Hen ry Johnson, head of the Bureau. "Don't be deceived by, whatever glamour hovers over the banking bus iness," the speaker cautioned. "It is a hard game and like all other pro fessions it is the fittest who survive. It would be a good thing if every young man could have some bank ex perience. Some of -those who try banking like-it and sticky and' if they succeed they will' have worked hard enough that the same application would have put them at the top in any other field. "A banker must be both a sales (Continued on page four) STUDY PARTY TO ATTEND FAMOUS MUSICJPWAL Students to Visit Interesting Places in Germany in Summer. Members of the University of North Carolina's foreign study tour of Cen tral Europe next summer will attend the world-famous Music Festival which opens in .Vienna on July 20, according to announcement today by Russell M. Grumman, acting director of the University Extension Division, under the auspices of which the tour is being made. ' ' Mr. Grumman said the members of the party, which sails from New York June 30 and returns in early Septem ber, might consider themselves "very fortunate in being able to visit Vienna at this particular time.' The tour will be under the educa tional direction of Professor E. C. Metzenthin of the German Depart ment of the University, who has made the history and development of Ger man vocal music the object of special study for many years. This is the year of the Franz Schubert , anniver sary, and the Vienna festival will be devoted predominantly to the work of this unexcelled master of harmonies. The object , of the tour, is to afford time for first-hand study of German in five countries that are to be visited. College credit- will be given for courses satisfactorily completed. The itinerary of the tour includes: two weeks' residence in both. Vienna and Munich and stops in Copenhagen, Berlin, Dresden, Heidelberg, Frank fort, Bonn, Cologne and Paris. Vien na has been for centuries, regarded as the "City of Beauty," both in mu sic and in architecture. Cameron Speaks To Graduate Club Professor of Chemistry Relates In teresting Experiences of His. "The desire for power and romance are the two biggest driving , motives in human life," Dr. E. K. Cameron, of the chemistry department, said Friday evening. He was speaking to members of the Graduate . Club at their regular monthly meeting in the Episcopal Parish house on the re wards they might hope to find in fur ther study and research. Dr. Cameron told the graduates in teresting tales of the romance he had found as S scientist in search for truth: He quoted with enthusiasm with remark of the fiery evangelist that "Prejudice is the damndest devil out of hell." A social hour followed speech. The next meeting of the Graduate Club will be held in February and Dr. Chase will speak. SOPHOMORES! Wootten-Moulton will take the picture of the Sophomore Class for the Yackety Yack Friday morning at chapel period in front "of the Law Building. VALUABLE DATA GIVEN IN ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT Dr. M. C. S. Noble, Jr., Does Much Work on Education Commission Report. In the report for 127 of the State Educational Commission on the Pub lic School System an dthe financial condition " of counties, acknowledg ment is made to Dr. Fred W. Mor rison 'and Dr. M. C.-S. Noble, Jr. for their aid in preparation and compila tion of the data presented. Dr. Morrison, who is assistant ex ecutive secretary of the Educational Commission, conducted the investi gation and prepared the many tables of statistics and other information dealing with the financial conditions of counties, and methods of the finan cing and administration , of public schools. Dr. Noble was in charge of the study of teacher training, and is responsible for the information con cerning that phase of the work. lne report represents muen re search and investigation on the part of its producers. There is a long treatment of taxes levied by the several counties and sub-divisions thereof, which takes in towns and cities. Under this head comes the total assessed valuation of taxable property in the state, equalization of valuations, total taxes levied, and the distribution of these taxes. This section concludes with a brief discus- sion of the present tax per head in the state, and the growth of the tax burden! for the past seven years. The second division contains much data on the indebtedness of the, state and the sub-divisions. The greater portion of this section consists of a lengthy discussion of bonds and re lated matters. , . The one hundred first county is the rather unique title given the third chapter. ' The tax rates, ', bonds, etc, found in this mythical county are in reality the average of the one hun dred counties comprising the state. Nearly three hundred and fifty pages are filled with nothing but tables, giving in great detail the fis cal condition of each c aunty, in addi tion to much general information and comparison. ' These table? indicate the entire financial status of the dif ferent counties, not just in relation to schools. : 1 TWO DANCES ARE SLATED FOR W Law School and Grail Will Hold Social Reins Friday and Saturday. Two dances are in line for this week end the Law School ball at the Carolina Inn and the Grail dance in Bynum Gymnasium. The sorority dance Saturday night inaugurated the winter's festivities, , and the two dances this week-end and several more yet to come, this quarter is des tined to go down as one of the gaiest in years. ' Although examinations ended last Saturday in the Law School, the dance Lwas scneameu . m"jr - State Bar examination was new yes terday and several members of the school stood the examination. This dance should be a brilliant entertain ment as plans have been made quite a while for the .affair and Kay Kyser and his Orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion.. The invita tions state, that the dance will be from ten' until one. Following the Law School's dance the Grail will complete the week-end with their first dance of the winter quarter in the Bynum Gymnasium Saturday night. This promises to be one of the best Grail dances oi me quarter, for Duke and Carolina clash on the basketball court that night and the added attraction of two dances over one week-end insures attend ance. Miss Elizabeth Ward of Duke uni versity was the week end guest of Mrs. M. H. Stacy. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1928 TWO' GAMES ON TAR HEEL SLAT FOR THIS WEE Basketball Team to Play N. C. State Tomorrow Night; Duke Saturday. The Red Terrors at N. C. State College tomorrow night" in Raleigh and Duke's Blue Devils here Satur day is the card for the White Phan toms of the Hill this week. Rivalry 'with State has been long and intense, although of a friendly nature, but the West Raleigh team is not considered quite up to par this season, and followers of the game ex pect that Carolina will continue the custom of coming away with the larger score. State's season has beeni one of ups and downs so far. The State team took two games from Wake Forest by slight margins, lost a close contest to Duke in Durham, was ' defeated somewhat more easily by Georgia, and then went to South Carolina for two games, winning the first 48-22, and losing the one of the next night 30-38. Puke, in addition to the game which it barely took from State, de feated Georgia with a two point surplus, and overcame Wake' Forest 45-17.' -Thus the situation is compli cated, and the week's results will go far towards clearing the; muddle. The Blue Devils from Durham con stitute the best team in the country, according to reports einanatrng from Durham. Their failure to break a loug line of losses to the Tar Heels in the football season adds to. their uesire for a win SaturJay. The foot ball, game o won by Carolina be cause the Duke team was "in no frame of mind to play football," so the Chronicle of Duke explained it. Rifle Club To Fire Wednesday Night Carolina Club Will Shoot Against Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. The Carolina Rifle club will fire its next match tomorrow night against the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York. This will be the second intercollegiate match of the season. The results, as before, will be tab ulated and sent to the Eastern States Intercollegiate League. The results of the Cornell-Carolina contest, the first match in which Caro lina engaged, were: Cornell, 1321, U. N. C, 1041. Five Blind Students Like the Attitude of Carolina Professors Graduates of State School for Blind Are Among Leaders in Schol astic Honors Despite the Fact That They Are Handi- . capped r One Narrowly Misses ' Honor. By JOHN W. HARDEN Chapel Hill, N. C, Jan. 28. When the University honor roll of 235 names', compromising the students who made high averages in all their studies, was announced the other day, it was learned that four of these honor students were blind men. There are five blind students en rolled in the University. The other one missed the honor roll by just a hair's breadth-. It appears deeply significant that, despite the handi cap of not being able to read and having to. learn by ear, these boys were able to maintain such a high average in their studies. By name these students are Cole man C. Cates, Jr., of Burlington; Roby C. Leonard, of Lexington; Hu bert Holloman, of Ahoskie; J. M7 Par ham, of Charlotte; and Lawrence F. London, of Pittsboro. The first three are sophomores and the others freshmen. Cates lost his sight as the result of a knife wound at the age of three; Leonard became blind from detached retina; no cause-has ever been found for the fact that Holloman's eyes be gan gradually to go out when he was six; -Parham strained his already weak eyes with intensive work under an artificial Tight and at 18 put one out entirely by diving into a swim ming pool; London lost his sight at 12 when dynamite cap went off near his face. Three of the boys are graduates of the State School for the Blind at Ra leigh, another went there for a time, and the fifth' learned to read and write embossed letters from a pri vate tutor. N. C, CLUB HEARS L C. HON DISCO ROPERTYTAXE Graduate Student Says State's Economic Structure and , Tax System Conflict. Showing that a general property tax manifestly is , not ' adapted to North Carolina's economic structure, certain remedies were '-offered by Ralph C. Hon, graduate student in the University's School of Commerce in a paper read before the North Carolina club at its regular-fornight-ly meeting in Saunders hall last night. . , ' ' "The most popular reform for this situation in this' country," " he said, "has been the classification of prop erty with the provision that intangi bles should have a tax rate low enough to be equal to a moderate income tax." : r-'1" : He pointed out that in some states, notably Minnesota, the increase in assessments under this system has been so great that there has been a marked increase ih revenue in spite of the decrease in the tax rate. "How ever this apparent success has been due more to the lack of efficiency in making assessments under the old system than to outstanding efficiency under classification," he, added. The speaker also suggested that a provision be made whereby increas ing income or yield, rather than ; the property itself, be used as a basis of taxation. "No modern state or local govern ment has been able to even approxi mate a universal assessment of all property at high general property tax rates," Mr. Hon declared.' "And even if such an accomplishment were possible it would not be desirable be cause of the tremendous inequality in the tax paying ability which dif ferent types of property bestow upon their owners," he added. "Most property owners realize the value of services rendered by the lo cal government and are willing to pay their fair share of the expense but when they realize that most-people do not list their intangibles they find it easy to justify themselves in doing likewise as a matter of self de fense, Thus the tax penalizes the ultra-honest." " Mr. Hon believes that the exemp tion of corporation stock is , probably expedient so long as high rates ap ply to such property and the opinion was expressed that it might be tax ed fairly at low rates. 7s .' Live Normal Student Life Considering their handicap, the perfectly normal student life, these men lead is amazing. All are inter ested in athletics and enthusiastically attend all games The constant stream of lectures and attractions that come to Chapel Hill find them in the audiences, and quite frequently they find someone who will read sub titles to them and they go to the pic ture show. ' They read a great deal, using books printed in the Braille system of embossed letters. Most every thing from Aristotle to O. Henry can be had in the raised type editions. Very few of the text books used in the University can be had in this form, however, so they employ read ers to read their daily lessons to them. How well they remember these les sons that are hurriedly read to them one time can-be seen in the fact that they have made an honor roll average in the work they have done in the University. In fact the three sopho mores stand a fair chance at complet ing the regular four year's course in three years. , " ' ' All their written work is done on a typewriter. ' They use the touch sys tem of writing. - . : Can Find Way About The problem of moving about the campus from class: to class and build ing to building nevei seems to both er these sightless individuals. Once they . have been cpnducted.to 1 a place they can easily go back ' there by themselves. It is a source of much wonder to the student, body and fac ulty members that these men can (Continued on page four) LANS UNDER WAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RACE S : . . Many New Schools Granted Membership to Athletic ' Association. Entry blanks for participation in the high school basketball champion series which were mailed out recent ly from the office of E. R. Rankin, executive secretary of the organiza tion, are beginning to be sent back and by Saturday of this week, which is the limit of time for enfries-the enrollment of contestants is expected to be as large as any of previous years.' ' : ' Early in the following week, there will be meetings of coaches and of f i cials, of the schools to arrange elimi nation contests leading "up to the final game. Tentative plans' call for a meeting in Raleigh Monday night for the eastern schools, and one in Salis bury the following night for the west ern section of the state. There is no way of telling at this time just how large the number of aspirants for the state title "will be. Invitations are mailed out to all mem ber schools of the organization, and to enter, the principal of each school must return a blank for each player on the team of his school certifying the eligibility of the individual play ers. The entrance of any ineligible player into a game : of the series au tomatically eliminates his team from further participation. . In spite of rumors from the north eastern part of the state that a num ber of schools are contemplating leav ing the association and forming one of their own, there has been a : consid erable increase in the ranks of the so ciety now accepted as standard. Thir ty five new schools have been granted membership this school year. The same strict requirements- are present ed to all and each school becomes a member by the act of its principal ih making a formal application on behalf of his institution. The championship in basketball has been wonfor the last three years by Durham, and twice that city entered the national tournament and rose sev eral steps before being put out of the running. Two of the mainstays on, Carolina's team rrow. Hackney and Satterfield, are from that school. Tryouts for Phi Debaters is Tonight At Regular Meeting Both Freshmen and Upperclassmen Are Eligible for Team. Preliminary try-outs for the Phi Society team for the Mary D. Wright debate will . be held in the new Phi Hall in New East building tomorrow, Wednesday, night at 7:30. ; The query for the debate is "Resolved: that the governmental policies of Mussolini are for the best interests of Italy. The Phi will uphold the negative and the Di the affirmative in the debate proper which will be held in Gerrard Hall about ebruary 17. . The Mary. D. Wright debate has been held annually for a number of years between the Di and Phi literary societies. The best speaker on the wanning team of the debate is each year awarded the Mary D. Wright debate medal. Bryce Parker was the medal winner last . year and J. W. Crew the winner the year before. Any member of the Phi can try out for the Phi team tomorrow night, regardless of whether he is a fresh man or upper-classman, . More Jobs Wanted for Self Help Students Leonard Requests Residents to . Send Requests for Help to Y. Grady Leonard, secretary of the University Y. M. C. A. self help bu reau requests that all residents of the village who need help of any va riety send in their applications to the Self Help office. Due to scarcity of work this office has, at present, more applications for jobs j than can be filled. Quite a number; of students have been supplied with permanent work through the aid of "this depart ment, and many more are being furn ished with "daily jobs. A large percentage of the students in the University are earning a part and ' in some cases, all of their ex penses through the positions " which have been found for them by the-Self Help bureau. : Mr. Leonard is at the Y every day from 9 a. ni. until 5 p. m. NUMBER 46 BERLE DISCUSSES NATURAL HISTORY OF TOLERATION World in Period of Moral Con fusion and Doubt, Says Visitin? Preacher. "The world is now passing through a period of what is generally conceded , to be one of moral . confusion and doubt, but the only way out is to "ex amine all the facts carefully and ! can didly and, to exercise toleration," Dr. A. A. Berle, former professor of Ap plied Christianity in Tufts College declared in the University sermon for the month of January delivered in Gerrard Hall Sunday night. Dr. Berle's subject was "The Na tural ' History of Toleration." He gave as his opinion that the present period is no worse morally than oth er periods, but that the usual for mulas and standards are being ques tioned more closely and subjected to a more intense criticism than ever before. ' ' "This, is true of social institutions and doctrines of every kind as well " as of religion," Dr. Berle asserted. "Education, law, marriage, the ap plied sciences, medicine all are sharing the general confusion and doubt as to the permanence of the re ceived standards. In so far as this leads to revision of ideas and im proved methods and to more durable knowledge it is to be welcomed. In the purely intellectual world this is a sign of health and growth. In the realm of morals and behavior it may or may not indicate growth and it is often attended with distressing re sults. In the purely intellectual world it is a sign of growth and health. "Toleration is not a thing to be acquired overnight. It is itself one of the fine arts,' the result of much self -discipline, intellectual maturity (Continued on page four) SENATE WILL DISCUSS. AL Campus Organization Will Dis cuss State and National Questions. "Resolved: That Al Smith should be elected as the next President of the United States," is the first of a series of special bills and resolutions which willi be discussed during "this quarter by the Dialectic Senate. For sometime the Senate has con fined the range of its bill and resolu tion to the Carolina campus, discuss ing the various problems, which have arisen here this year. During the present quarter the topics will in clude the npst important points of National and' State politics. A spec ial, committee is working on a long series of bills for the Senate, " and, the one ih which Al Smith's presiden tial possibilities will be discussed is the first of that series. The 18th amendment to the consti- stution will be given a hearing at the next meeting of the Senate which will be held on February 6. In the pres ent program the Farm Relief bills, the Railroad Consolidation bill, the religious views , of Senator Hefiin of Alabama and his attack on Catholi cism, and other important political issues will be discussed. Pledges Give Dance At Carolina Inn "Winter Social Season Has Auspicious Opening by Women's Frats. The winter's social season was . fit tingly opened Saturday night with the dance given by the pledges of sororities. The brilliance of the the Pi Beta- Phi and Chi Omega dance at the Carolina Inn indicates that this will be an unusually gay winter season, for there are no -les3 , than four- dances definitely scheduled along .with several possible fraternity dances to enliven' the usual dull win ter, quarter. . . ""-.The dance begun at nine and just beforetwelve the first of the winter affairs ended. The Carolina Buc caneers were at their best and ' with the Law School and Grail ; dances scheduled for this week-end, the Ger man .Club mid-winter, the week-end of February the i8th, and the engi neering , school dance March 2nd, . a full winter, program is promised for the University dancers. SM
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