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- I - V . YELC0:.i2 . TO ; NET students '-T-vS S 1 ' j. n GREETINGS TO OLD STUDENTS VOLUME XXXVII CHAPEL HILL, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928 NUMBER 1 Death of f School of Annlied Sttimint s Great Loss to University Dies in New Hampshire from , Sudden Attack of Heart .. " "Disease. DEAN HERE SINCE 1911 Prominent on Many Faculty Committees and Greatly Re- ; spected by Students. i .i S 1 I I By R. W. Madry " Of college and University prof es . sors there are many types. These, men of learning are hired primarily to teach, but their duties do not end with the classroom not if they hope to serve well their own. communities or to gain recognition in the academic world. ; College professors must spend con siderable time in the preparation of their classes. They must serve' oji various committees, and nothing can consume so much . valuable time as committees. They must ; hold fre r quent conferences with their students, listen to their tales of woe as well as an occasional glad tiding, and try to helpthem pole their problems. . ' Then there is trie important -matter of re i earch which fascinates a consider-'3.V.C- number of academicians, and -tVeis the speech-making that must - be attended to, if the University is to be j. :operly represented on the plat forms here and out in the State and throughout the country. And of course the matter' of writing papers for Scholarly journals and attending meetings of scholarly societies cannot be overlooked. These are some of the numerous .. things that compete for time in the life of the, college pro fessor. ' Two Types College Professors Broadly speaking there are two fairly well defined types ol college professors those who achieve with in the academic, walls and those who gain their-chief recognition on the outside. Of course there 13 some over- lapping of the two types; it would not be otherwise. The first named class includes those actively identified with .work on some of the various Univer sity committees, those serving in some administrative capacity, and the like. - In the latter class would be included those who spend hour upon hour n problems of research the original most , of them do that research here on the campus, but, if they should succeed in working . out' their problems, their fame' i3 spread to the four corners of the earth. Included in this latter class also must be , those who devote con siderable, time to the work of scholar ly societies and journals. And quite, naturally there would x be others to come under this classification. ' Was .Versatile. Leader , Doctor Andrew Henry Patterson, in whose recent death' the University faculty lost one of its most valuable leaders, belonged to the 'former type. He was widely known throughout the country and had attained consider able prominence as a science educa tor, but, when the records are writ ten and an attempt is made to ap praise that phase of his life work that man put most of his heart into, it must be set down that Andrew Pat terson was the type who loved most the work within the academic walls. As President Harry Chase so fit ' tingly said, the place that Dr. Patter son made for "himself "is one we can not fill." The ordinary duties of the Dean of the School of Applied Science would be generally regarded as enough to occupy one man's time, but in addi tion to his administrative duties Dr. Patterson, whose specialty was phys ics, found time for teaching. - He was a member of half a dozen of the Uni versity's standing ; faculty commitr tees, and they were committees that consume time by - the hour. In the administrative councils of the Univer sity his advice was always sought and appreciated. Whenever any matter ,came up that pertained to athletics he had been a member of the Ath letic Council for years to fraterni ties, to matters of alumm co-operation, to public occasions and cele brations, or to "student life -and ac tWiHPs. the counsel of Dr. Patter- v ; v'7 , ii was always sought. Understood Student Viewpoint . ail faculty commit- es'. that had to do with their ath- ic and social life and organizations, I . Patterson 'was close to the stu J ' (Continued on page six) :: S I A ' XT TnWvAi I j , -tit ii, i titi-cx suit i .Uiut-wnp. -ill i. ''.u . .,...,. . I I M...I. .1 iww I I : A ' '- i .5". PAUL WHITEMAN TO APPEAR HERE O CTOBER TWELFTH Liberal Arts Students to Hear Jazz King ; Famous Lectur ers -Will Also Visit Here. An entertainment , programme of great, interest will be available for the students of the University this year as a result of the favorable vote of the students in the Liberal! Arts school when the question of an entertainment fee was put before them last spring. " The ballott brought " into being a committee a on student entertainment on whom the responsibility of select ing and booking the various speak ers was placed. During the summer the -following men served: F. H. Koch, P. J. Weaver, Addison Hib bard, Mac Gray, Walter Spearman. Hardee Chambliss, and Harry Schwartz. At this time the program me, which is yet to be completed, offers:--. ... " i' October 12 Paul ( Whiteman, or chestra. November 15 Sherwood Ander son, lecture. January 18 Count Von Luckner, lecture.' February , , 27 E. H. Sothern, Shakespeare recital. April 15-7-Richard - Halliburton, lecture. " ' Two or . three other entertainments are tentative, depending on the amount collected in fees. ". The fee this year is $3 payable $1 each quarter. According , to statis tics compiled - by the" committee and based on prices charged elsewhere, the entertainments usually cost: s Paul Whiteman, $3.50. Sherwood Anderson, $2.00. Count Von Luckner $2.00. E. H. Sothern $3.00. " Richard Halliburton, $2.00. Two other entertainments, $3.00. Thus it is seen what a great sav ing : to the student this plan offers bringing $15.50 vorth of fine enter tainment for $3.00. " Scholarship Notice The following students have been assigned scholarships and notified. Unless they come by the President's office . to get their, tickets not later than 12 o'clock Monday, September 24, the scholarships, will be assigned to others'. ' Ralph Mulder, Salisbury; Sexton Layton, Clayton; B. F. Bullard, Fay etteville.; Elizabeth Johnson, Louis burg; Hillard Baldwin, Erwin, Tenn.; W. R. Anderson, 'Rocky Mount Wil liam E. Bobbitt, Rocky Mount; How ard N. Bryant, High Point; Ralph S. Collins, Ayden; L. if. iiarren, i-uen-ton; James C. Harris, Inez, Glenn P. Holder, Greensboro; Edwin L. Lowry, Wingatej D. W. Lambert, Greens boro; J. L. Harris, Dunn; S. L-Ris-don,r Spencer; ' Bernard Schneider, Gastonia ; Frank L. SmithT Mount Airy; W. W. Speight, Spring Hope; Robert E. Stone, Greensboro; Rogers Wade, Raleigh; Rollin G. Younce, Spencer ; W. L. Harper,' Pittsboro ; H. C. Colwell, Chapel Hill.' . (Signed) R. B. HOUSE Executive Secy. PRESIDENT CHASE'S WELCOME -O It is a pleasant privilege to welcome the student body of the University as it comes together for this 135th ses sion of the University of North Carolina. " I congratulate those of you who are here for the first time. You-have come into a fellowship which will be of vital significance in shaping your careers. You are sur rounded by an environment rich in opportunity. It is jyou who in a very fundamental way are responsible for your own careers here. What other people do for you or leave undone is of far less importance than what you do or what you leave undone for yourselves.. This is 3. place where every man stands on his own feet. Td you who have been here before and to whom the campus is already home I need say only that we are glad that you are baclC You know what life here means. You have demonstrated your ability to cope with it. It is my firm conviction that every year of a college educations dividends that increase in geometric ratio, so. that each added Jear is far more useful thart the last. If only you stay awake to the challenge of Opportunity here, you are making the wisest sort of investment of your time. - And so in the confidence and with the assurance that with the cooperation of all of us a year of significant promise lies ahead, I welcome you to the work and the play, to the pleasure and duties of this session of the -University of North Carolina. Clothiers Divest Freshmen Of Money As University Meets Chapel Hill felt the lash of the hurricane's tail that flicked up from the south last Tuesday and Wednes day. - For two days and as many nights the swirling rains and shriek ing winds charged and countercharg ed back and forth across town. All day Tuesday the nine hundred new ly arrived freshmen cowered about under . nine , , . hundred - yellow, olive, black and tan raincoats; while fresh man registration went forward Wed nesday in Memorial Hall with anoth er monstrosity of a day raging' out side. Thus was the old axiom again upheld: "It always rains-for the freshmen." Why don't th'e sages of Old South change the opening date?,; Wednesday dawned clear and cool, a fine day for gathering up broken branches, and-chopping, fallen trees. Wind blown leaves, branches, twigs, and limbs covered the campus,-and -0 one or two great trees were down; notably a large oak between Alumni Building and Graham Memorial. But these were not the only effects of the storm upon -. the University. Numbers of upperclassmen. kept com ing in after registration closed Thursday, kept coming Friday," and there are probably many still to come. These are the boys from the eastern part of the state They just couldn't got through when the high ways anaJ railroads' were under sev eral feet of muddy water. The boys from, the east bring tales of preposterously ,hign waters, tracks and roads washed out, , high ways blocked, wires and trees down, buildings blown away, trains ma rooned between washouts, tourists marooned between, swollen streams- and so on' into the night the great bull sessions go. ' Extension Division Busy During Summer Bulletin Issued by Director Grumman Gives Account of Work. lNcw Representative For Drama Bureau In addition' to its regular routine the University Extension division conducted special activities during the summer throughout the state. The' following report has been sub mitted for the National University Extensoin Association N; Bulletin by Russell M. Srummen, newly appoint ed director of the Division: . 1. .A postgraduate dental course was inaugurated; classes were held in five centers and met once a .week for ten weeks. One - hundred and thirty .nine dentists " enrolled. In structors, were secured from the Northwestern University -y Dental school. The "plan "will be continued on a slightly different basis- next year, beginning- in. January, ; with classes meeting once each month for ten months. ' : ... . 2. A postgraduate medical course in physical diagnosis, consisting of six lectures and clinics, was offered to physicians in seven centers of the state. The enrollment was limited to .sixty doctors. Dr. John V. Lawrence of the Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, was the in structor. 2. Two foreign travel-study tours we're conducted: a Paris residential tour and a Central European tour, with total of twenty nine enrolled. 4. Short courses, or institutes, were conducted fcr the - following state groups: v . ; a. Parent-Teacher Association of ficers , and members. J b. f Superintendents of Public Welfare.- 'y c. Social workers in- industrial communities,, , "V d. Dramatic club' directors. e. Directors of recreation and phyi sical education. :- "' f . Seyenth annual Coaching School attended' by seventy nine athletic di rectors. g. Chamber . of Commerce secretaries. r Miss Marjorie Morris of California 'Succeeds Miss Gertrude Knott The Bureau of Community drama has a new statfe representative in the person of Miss Majorie Morris, of California, who arrived recently to assume her duties as successor to Miss Gertrude Knott. By virtue of her position) Miss Morris will be come representative of the Carolina Playmakers and also secretary and treasurer of the Carolina Dramatic Association; v Miss Morris was formerly asso ciated with Samuel . Selden in drama tic interpretation in New York. She has just returned from a year's stay in London. In the British capital, Miss Morris directed1 and played in several productions in the West End and was also stage manager for Maurice Browne in' a' number of his dramatic successes on the English stage last year. T Debater's Squad To Organize As Class The rather informal debate squad plan of last year has developed into a formal course in debating. The new ly instituted' course has been adopted by the .University after due cdnsid- eration of the reconlmendation of Mr. McKie, chairman of - the Debate Council for a number of years.- The class wlil meet . about eight times each quarter, and the work will car ry a credit of ,one-half course.- Cur rent, economic, political, . and social issues will be the topics for discus sion at the "meetings of the class, and the group will be in charge of University faculty members who are intimately familiar ,with events in each of these fields. Those students . . . whowish to take this course or who desire m e information as to the course, should see Mr. McKie, .210 Murphy as ,soon as is conveniently possible. , : ... President Chase Opens 135th Session of University Friday, Rushing Rules For Sororities 1. There - shall be a two weeks Ttruce at the "opening of each college year dating 'from the first day of registration. During this' time there shall be , no fraternity rushing. Frater nity rushing consists of : " a. Talking fraternity mat ; . ters to or before rushees; b. Making dates with rushees r ic. Fraternity parties or teas - 4 - at : which rushees are present. 4 2. Fraternity members shall "not have spending the night dates with rushees during rush ing season. - , . 3. Rushing, season shall end two days before bid day at which time there shall be a continuation of the ' first two weeks of truce as qualified in rule No. 1. ' 4. During the two weeks truce fraternity members ; shall be on their honor 'not to talk fraternity matters to or before rushees; 'after the truce there shall be no such restriction. VENTERS ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS TO FRATERNITIES DAY OF ISOLATION PAST Tells Freshmen Either Achieve as a Student Here or Go Where Standards Are Not So High. President of Interfraternity Council Gives Out New Rules Governing: 'Rushing of Freshmen. 1. The Rushing Seaso shall con tinue :f or : twenty eight deys includ ing the first day of classes. The Period of Silence to begin at mid night of the twenty sixth day and extend until six P. M., on the twenty eighth day. During Period of Si lence there shall be no rushing in any form by the Fraternities,' their agents or by, the new men themselves on or off the HiU. (See by-lawj for definition of Eushiijg.) - 2. On the first day, of the Period The one hundred and thirty fifth session of the University of North Carolina was opened yesterday at Chapel period with President Harry Woodburh Chase presiding at a mass meeting of - the student body. "I deem it a great privilege to welcome you here to the University with the beginning of a new year. 1 You have come to learn something about living and working," Dr. Chase told the new Imen in his speech of welcome to the for the occasion was furnished by T. Smith McCorkle, violinist accom panied by Mrs. McCorkle at the pia no, and Nelson T. Kennedy, pianist. In outlining the forces at work in the life of the South of, today and the relation of the University to . ,V I . 4. -da r.v a vt, and ? uiese iiiti,uia, ticaiucub . viiaac de clared that "The most significant eyent of this "generation in the Sotli is the extent to which this entire area is being , linked iip with the rest of the nation.". In explaining that 'the day of sectionalism is over, he traced the remarkable material develop ment which has brought about the unification of the various sections of the United States into a closely knit whole.. "No great enterprise of any character canvtoday be under taken in , the South without regard for the other sections of the nation. The local, the provincial, the individ ualistic is passing rapidly. If you are going to be a good Southerner and a good North Carolinian, you" must first be a good American, he said. But he .continued to say that '"I do "not mean that the South should not have a great creative contribu tion to the "nation, 'but that it must ' first accept American conditions and build upon that acceptance." . President " Chase's analysis of the New South was along four pivotal lines. The first question, which he raised was "Is the ; development in the South which inevitably lies ahead to come about through Southerners, or must the mastery of this region be yielded to others?" Hisnswer to the question was that it depends al-' most entirely upon the extent to V of Silence each Fraternity shall sub mit a 'list of those whom they wishj which" we develop habits of work in to bid through the Secretary ; of the Inter-Fraternity Council, to the Fac ulty Advisor on , Fraternities. , 3. On the second day of the Period of Silence the Faculty Advisor on Fraternities will summon every man who receives a bid to some con venient place selected by him at which time each man- shall appear alone before the Advisor and any Assist ants whom the Council may select to aid him and state in writing his first second and third- choice of Fraterni ties he would like to join, or may have reason to expect bids from. The Advisor, after consulting the list of bids, shall then direct him to the house of the Fraternity of his highest choice among those bidding him, but not informing him of any other bids" he may have received, and putting1 him on his honor not to disclose to anyone his choice before arriving at the proper- . Fraternity house and putting on the pledge button. The Freshman's choice as stated to the Advisor shall be - considered as final, v Penalties . 4. In case a member of any Fra ternity violates in any way the. rules regulating rushing, (as defined in the .by-laws),, during the Period of Silence, his Fraternity chapter' shall be denied the . privilege of pledging or initiating for the period of twelve months dating : from" the time of the said violation, and ' shall' also 'forfeit a One Hundred Dollar Bond which shall previously to any bidding of Freshmen have been placed in the hands of the; Treasurer of the Inter Fraternity Council at the opening, of the Fall Quarter. In case any Fresh man violates any of the rushing reg ulations he renders ' himself perma nently ineligible to join . or to be pledged by any Fraternity at: the University of North 1 Carolina. Any pledging before the Period of Silence shall have expired will not . be : legal and will not be binding on the Fresh man ; it will furthermore incur the penalties named., above, as a violation of the rules. Executive Committee A committee of three from the ( Continued on page eight) . ' place of the traditional leisure" which " has for so many years f held the South back to a level of second-rate achievement; "There have been too many Southern poets heralded as Shakespeares'pf the 'South who should have been blushing unseen!" he com plained, and urged that the people of the South face the facts and let sincerity prevail. - Referring to the direct effect of such a situation , upon the University student, he told the freshmen that "Either you should achieve as a student here or you should . go somewhere else where standards are not so exacting or the importance of work is not recognized." Her next galled to mind the present trend inall fields of modern thought and showed that the importance of a respect for ideas is today paramount. "This civilization of science and in dustry is a merciless civilization," he said, "and .more and more the bat-. tie goes to him who knows and thinks his way through the problems which confront him. ' "We must learn the importance of cooperation, of the ability to work to gether, and most recognize that the day of the individual working in iso lation, apart from the cooperation of fellow , men has passed forever. I have heard it said that the secret of the great imprint of the Anglo-Saxon race upon the history of the world . is due to the spirit of cooperation." -He urged that every student at the University be a University, man, but realize that the cause of education is greater than the cause of any one institution; that he be a North Caro- linian, but realize that America . is greater than any one state; and that he be an .American, yet realize that America, is one member of a great cooperative world unit. - v In conclusion, President Chase pointed out that- "One; of the great est tasks of the modern man is to live at peace with himself, fcr this is a confusing time, a time of strain and upset in the life of the individ ual, the state, the section, the nation, and the world." He repudiated the "shelter found by locking the doors .. of .the intellect against the disorders ( Continued on 'page eight)