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tT j ' . . TRACK PRACTICE EVERY AFTERNOON 3 TO 6 P. M. - Emerson Field JOINT DI-PHI MEETING PHI HALL 7 P. 3L TONIGHT VOLUME XXXVI CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH i; 192S NUMBER 59 ELLIOTT RECEIVES MUCH PRAISE FROM NORTHERN CRITICS Recent Showing of University's Ililer in Northern Indoor Track Meet Draws Much Fav orable Comment. All of the gTeat sports writers of metropolitan dailies favorably com mented on Galen Elliott's fine show ing in the two northern indoor track meets in which he recently partici pated. He entered the Baxter Mile, feature event of the New York Ath letic club's annual indoor carnival last Monday night, and the J. W. Overton Memorial classic of the Meadowbrook Athletic Club's meet held at Philadel phia last Tuesday night. . Lloyd Hahn of the Boston A. A. won both meets with Elliott coming in third in the New York race and second in the Meadowbrook run. The New York World says of the Baxter Mile run: "Of Hahn's three qhief competitors Elliott, of the Uni versity of North Carolina, was the only one that made any attempt to catch him." ' The Philadelphia Public Ledger car Tied this about the Carolina star's showing in the " Overton Mile: "El liott led throughout most of the race bat finished second." Earl Eby, former Penn State star and now sports writer of a Philadel phia daily writes that "Elliott gave Hahn a game chase. The Philadelphia Inquirer comments on the race as follows : "Hahn fur nished the greatest feat of the eve ning" when he covered the mile in 4 minutes and 17 1-5 seconds to win the J. W. Overton Memorial classic for the Rodman Wannamaker trophy. "In this race Hahn was competing with some of the best milers in Amer ica, including Bill Cox, Penn State star and national intercollegiate cham pion; - Galen Elliott, University of North Carolina flash; and R. Dalrym ple of the Boston A. A. "With two laps to go, Elliott was out in front with Hahn close behind, -with the rest of the field trailing a quarter of a lap behind them. Then it was that the Boston flash passed the Southern boy and assumed com mand of the situation. For a lap the courageous Elliott stuck close to the twinkling heels of his distinguished opponent, but when Hahn let out with everything he had on the last lap he drew away from Elliott. Mrs. Weaver To Talk About Spanish Music Lecture Will Take Place of Usual Meeting of Spanish Club. An illustrated lecture on Spanish music and folk songs will be , given by Mrs. P. J. Weaver in Pearson Hall at eight-thirty Friday night. . This program is being given by the local Spanish Club and takes the place f its usual monthlv meeting- The lecture will be conducted in English, and the public is cordially invited to attend. . j In her lecture, Mrs. Weaver will treat with the national characteristics of Spanish folk and dance music, with a great deal of attention given to the influence of these types on the works of eminent Spanish composers. At tention will also be given to a dis cussion of the nationalistic influence as reflected in the music of Spain and the influence of the Spanish types on the works of other European com posers. The lecture is to be illustrated by Amplico recording and music repro duced on the Orthophonic from Victor records. Mr. Weaver will assist Mrs. Weaver in the illustration of the mu sic, and will sing a number of Span ish folk songs. Chase Addresses Y.M.C.A. Convention President Chase delivered the prin cipal address at the banquet of the State Convention of the Y.M.OA. held m the gymnasium of , the new half million dollar Y building in Winston Salem, February 20. Five hundred men and boys were in attendance at this banquet. t The majority of the Young Mens Christian Associations in North Caro fffla sent delegates to this meeting. The University was represented by fourteen students, accompanied by H- F. Comer, Secretary of the local . Y, and Grady Leonard, self-help sec retary of the University. s . A f, - V: St f ft, 9? f 1 The Carolina Glee Club gave their annual ampus conceit Tuesaay night at the Playmaker Theatre. This organization has become nationally known for its excellence in choral music and has been offered very favorable terms to tour Europe again next year as proof of their merit. The program here Tuesday night ended the club's activities for this quarter. The organization has toured many Southern states since Christmas and has received the highest praise of critics from two of the, South 's foremost musical centers, Atlanta, Ga., and Charleston, S. C. MARTIN SPEAKS TO N. G. CLUB Says That Burden of Taxation Is In the Levy and Not In Total Amount. In North Carolina the burden taxation does not lie in the total of a- mount of taxes, but in the inequality of the levy, Leroy Martin, secretary of the State Equalization Board, as serted in an address before the North Carolina Club .. Monday, night, on "Equalization of School Support in North Carolina." Pointing out that North Carolina is at this time spending more on its schools than any other Southern state, except Texas, Mr. Martin showed that the cost per pupil advanced from $24 in 1920 to $39 in 1925. "The ad vance from 1925, to 1928 is almost as great again," he said. "With this con stantly growing cost of operation there seems to have been no wide spread opinion that we are spending too much money on schools." Tracing the evolution of the edu cational system from county to State control, the speaker called attention to the different standards that the State had set for. schools and teachers. "Since the State set a standard that the schools had to measure up to, it had to provide a fund to assist the weaker counties hence the equaliza tion fund. "The present source for' this fund is undoubtedly right; its distribution is the problem that we have to deal with. Any plan for distributing an equalization fund must be based on two tilings: local school costs, and the ability to meet that cost. Going on a belief that the worth of a school de pends on the type of teachers that it has, the State Equalization Board has been distributing this fund in a man ner that will encourage the counties to build up their teaching personnel. "I never hear people complain about the amount of tax that they have to pay," the speaker declared, "it is al ways that John Smith in an adjoining township or county pays less tax on more property. It is not a complaint against value received for tax money, but a complaint against the unequal division of the burden that I hear from citizens of the State." Latin Contest To Be Held Tomorrow The annual high school Latin con test, sponsored by the University Ex tension Division,, will be run off tomor row in 87 high schools throughout the state. The contest includes a translation from Caesar's Gallic War,' questions on forms and syntax, and a passage of Latin prose to be translated at sight. The three best papers from each school will be sent; to the Latin contest committee at Chapel Hill, and will be graded by members of the de partment of Latin of the University. A trophy cup will be awarded to the high school whose student submits the best paper, and honorable mention will be given to several schools whose students submit the next best papers. University Glee Club i i 1 X v Pi J -c U . s - to Di and Phi Societies Will Hold Joint Session Tonight There will be a joint meeting of the Di and Phi tonight at 7:00 o'clock in the Phi hall on the fourth floor of New East building. The meeting was to be held on Tuesday night but was postponed until tonight in order to get a flashlight picture of the two soci-; eties in joint session, the photographer not arriving on the campus until Wednesday. . There are over one hun dred seats - in :the new hall and the picture, which is to head the forensic section of the Yackety Yack, will make a much better impression on the read ers of the Yackety Yack and other admirers of the societies if the seats are all occupied. The elaborate and expensive light ing fixtures which are to be installed in the future are now under consid eration; but temporary suspension lights have been installed by the building department. These augment both the quality of the light and the appearance of the hall. During the past week about three dozen of the beautiful and treasured portraits of illustrious men, who were formerly Phi members, have been symetrically arranged on the walls so as to produce almost a dazzling ef fect on anyone entering the hall for the first time. The meeting tonight will cap the climax to the political discussion on Goach Fetzer T rack Possibilities to Turn Out For Practice Says That Many Men on the Unknown to Themselves, Are "Passing the Buck" To the Other Fellow. ' By COACH BOB FETZER By persistence and hard work, and by the splendid cooperation of the greater part of the student body, the University of North Carolina has made an enviable record in track ath letics, and is now recognized : as a leader in Southern track circles. This rise has been one continuous development over a ' period of six years. It has not been accidental, but due 1 largely to the spirit of the men composing the track squads dur ing those years, and to the general ! response of the student body answer ing the call for track candidates. But, as is often the case, continued suc cess breeds complacency and self-satisfaction. We seem to have reached this stage. Many students with real ability, unknown to themselves, and some with creditable past track rec ords, are passing the "buck" to the other fellow. Such an attitude, un less checked, will certainly cause us to lose the prestige we have gained in this sport. We must continue to rise or we will slip backwards," and the decline will be much easier than the rise., Is it necessary for us to experience a disastrous season to be ' vsri" i ' ff ' . ' i -f ; - I v. 'I - J U I - - if ' " the campus for this quarter; there are two resolutions which will have to do with both local and national policies: 1. "Resolved : That student politics with their customary frame-ups and other tactics serve the best interests of this campus in the annual elec tions." .2. "Eesolvedt That a man should always vote for the candidate whom he thinks most competent for the of fice rather than vote a straight party ticket in every election just because he belongs to a certain party." While the first resolution should not be lacking in argument, the second should prove the more interesting, for the Smith supporters firmly believe there is no necessity for the Demo crats voting anything other than a straight party ticket as they have 1 been taught to do from childhood. But the Hoover supporters think that they have a better man than Smith and one that should convince the old line Democrats that it is time to vote for the man and not the party. Killian Barwick of Kaleigh, , speak er of the Phi Assembly which is host to the Di Senators, will preside over the joint meeting, while E. W. Mor gan and J. A. Lang will act as Sar geant-at-Arms and reading clerk re spectively. Urges All Campus Who Have Real Ability, awakened to our opportunity and our obligation? - There are fourteen events in the program of track and field athletics. Practically . any man with patience, persistence, and determination can de velop into a creditable performer in some one of these events. Track af fords an opportunity for the' aver age student to participate in ath letics. ' You have a wide choice of events. You work in the open air under the most healthful conditions. You work as an individual, practically at your own convenience. You are not boosted or held back by your team-mates, and you stand on your own performance. You measure your ability by comparison with the per formances of the world's best ath letes, both past and present. We need more candidates for the track team. We particularly need field event men shot putters, javelin iCOuncil is making plans to have the throwers, high jumpers, pole vaulters, greatest summer conference in the his and broad jumpers. We need, sprint- of Blue Ridfre. ers ana nuraiers. m iaci mere is i room for any and every talent. But, we need you now. The next quarter will be too late. The group work for Continued on page three) i Inability to Secure Prominent Speakers Causes Postponement Of Campus Political Movement : . : - - ; TTTnJT7nOTrmr fTA UnlVlliloII I 1U TTATT rATrrT?arnri High Schools to Participate In Four Academic Contests. Announcement of four academic contests for North frni; T,; schools was made today by E. R. Ran kin, secretary of the committee in charge. The contests are to be held early this spring under the auspices of the University Extension Division and the several other University de partments concerned. There will be contests in Latin. urencn, Mathematics, and Soanish. i-t , It isNthe fourth successive year the Latin contest has been held, and thp third year for the others. Closing dates for entering these contests are as follows: Latin con test March 2, French contest March 16, Spanish contest March 30 and Mathematics contest April 27. Par ticipation is open to all accredited public North Carolina high schools. bchools planning to enter the con tests are requested to notify Secre tary Rankin as early as possible, stat ing the number and names of students entering. Secretary Rankin will send details regarding the contests on re quest. The general regulations governing the contests provide that they be held under the direct supervision of the school officials; that the tests be for warded from Chapel Hill to the in dividual schools in sealed envelopes which are not to be opened until the examinations are given, that the in dividual student sign an honor pledge, and that the school officials assure the -committee that the contests have been properly conducted. Suitable trophies are to be award ed the winners in each division, while those taking high rank will be given honorable mention. Winners of the Latin contests in the past have been Charlotte, Lilling- 7,u Winners of the ton, arid Wilson. French contests have been Raleigh and "Davidson. Statesville won both of the Spanish contests, and the Math ematics contests have gone to Ayden and Charlotte. Dr. Chase Accepts Chairmanship of Ridge Conference Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the University, has accepted the chair manship of the faculty section of the thirty-fifth annual session of the Blue Ridge Conference which will be held June 15-25. Several other members of the University staff including Francis F. Bradshaw, dean of stu dents, and R. B. House, secretary to the president, have planned to attend the Conference. Dr. Chase will preside over the meetings of the faculty group which will be' composed of thirty members selected from the colleges "of the South. In addition to these men sev eral specialists and lecturers have al ready been secured. Among them ap pear the names of Bishop Francis Mc Connell of Pittsburg, Dr. Reinhold Nieburr of Detroit, Mr. Arthur Rugh of China, and Dr. W. Taliaferro Thompson of Richmond. These speak ers will lead in the seminars which are to be held daily. r The faculty men are to have a special conference with in the summer convention around the idea of personnel procedure in educa tion and vocational counselling. The convention is operating this year under a new regional council which has as its executive secretary O. R. Magill, and C. B. Lomis as" pro-' gram secretary. - Mr. Magill comes from China where he has been ex ecutive of the student work. Since returning to America Mr. Magill has been studying at Columbia. Mr. Loomis is a graduate of Oberlin and Yale. For five years he was national boy's work secretary in the South, and for the past year he has been with t v r n. A r.ToHof0 Cr-,1 tv For the past several years Caro lina, has led both in attendance and in activities at this Conference. The goal set for this year is a minimum of fifty students. ' (Several Prominent Speakers Expected to Visit Campus at 'Beginning of Spring Quarter. McLEAN WIRES REGRETS Straw Vote for Presidential Nominees Is Also Post poned. The political flare-up that has blaz ed brightly on the campus for the past several days will be redaced to a mere smouldering conflagration, ready to break out anew upon release, until next quarter, it was announced yesterday by Taylor Bledsoe and Dave Carroll, the leaders behind the movement. Since a majority of the national po litical figures to whom invitations to speak here were extended have wired their regrets that they were unable to accept because of pressure of af fairs, it was decided to hold the move ment in abeyance until the beginning of next quarter, when it is expected that several of the most outstanding political leaders in the country will speak on the campus. The straw vote . for presidential nomniees will also be postponed un til just after the spring holidays. In connection with this vote, Taylor Bledsoe, chairman of the Democratic Club, stated that the names of Al Smith and Jim Reed have been enter ed for the straw vote. He asks that any other names for the vote be turn ed in to one of the recently appoint ed members of the executive commit tee of the club, which consists of Bledsoe, Frank Aycock from the Law School, Mack Fowler from the Senior class, Joe Mitchell : from the Junior class, Marion Alexander from the Sophomore class, and H. N. Patterson of the Freshman class. Other men may be added to the committee later.-: Especially interesting is the tele gram received by Dave Carroll from Senator George Moses, famed New Hampshire statesman. "The session of Congress is proving very trouble some for all of those of us who hold regular Republican opinion; and be- 1 cause of that I do not feel free to . ... aoiiem, inyseu. jrom w asnington. Senator Moses' candor is very lauda ble. Governor Angus W. McLean stated that his official duties would not per mit him to come to Chapel Hill this week, but it is hoped that he may be prevailed upon to come here later. Cordell Hull also wired - his regrets that he was unable to speak here this week. - :; ' ; - Letters went out yesterday to O. Max Gardner and Josephus Daniels to speak here in the gubnatorial cam paign. Prior to 1920 and 1924 it has been an invariable custom for candi dates for the governorship of North Carolina to speak on the University campus during their campaigns. It is hoped that this custom may be re vived. " -": '- Student Expense Survey Nearing End The authorities sponsoring the sur vey being made of the campus in or der to determine the cost of a col lege education at the University an nounce that the survey will be brought to a close as soon as possible and re quest that all students who have' not filled out the blanks in the Y.M.C.A. lobby to do so immediately. "' This information will be used in comparing the cost of the school year at Carolina with that in other schools and Universities in the country. The corps of officials are in need of the information to determine the costs at which tuition, and room rent shall be fixed, to plan an enlargement of loan funds, and to give other schools data concerning the work of the self-help bureau. -:' ' . ' "' The students are urged to sign the forms in order that duplication of slips 'may be prevented. The name will not be used in compiling the data. - ' - - - German Society Meets Tonight . The regular semi-monthly meeting of the German society will be held tonight at 8:00 in the reception room of Smith building. The speaker of the evening will be Dr. Brown of the German department. "Der Deutsche Verein'' is composed of students who are interested in learning to speak German. All who are interested are cordially invited to attend.