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CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929 NUMBER 37 UNIVERSITY1AY - GET ENTIRE SM ASKED OF SOLONS I,, - ' r ' 'j Lobbyists Believe There Is a Good Chance of Legisla ture Not Cutting. r The newly-elected senators and as semblymen of the state have-facing. them the consideration of the request by the University for $3,288,000 need ed to maintain the hudgets of the fourteen schools of the University, ; and further the building program of the different colleges. . . ' .' Keeping in step .with the, gradual development of the -state in commerce and manufacturing 'as well ag in the rise of real estate values, the level of -higher education in the state has risen to a very high plane. To main tain that level legislators interested in- the future welfare of the state's educational institutions argue that it will be necessary v to ; appropriate $1,463,000 for the next year. $1,825,000 is needed within the next two years to complete the new school of edu cation, a new gymnasium, and. other projects, the nature of which the .ex ecutive office refused to . divulge late yesterday afternoon. : " ' The appropriations for permanent improvements voted by the last four legislatures total $s,UYU,uuu, wnicn when completed , will give the Univer sity a cash value of approximately $13,000,000. The appropriations of the past eight years have been used to construct eignt new aormitories, the law and chemistry buildings, three - class room buildings, the library, the laundry, the power house,, and to re model old buildings, as well; as for roads and other campus improve ments. ' . . Each legislature in the past has objected to the costs of higher edu cation, complaining about the burdens of taxation, and the consequent need for retrenchment; but the chance, of approval being given the full amount able according to educational loby ists working for ; the University's interests at the state Capitol. ; mi ' i V ' ' '" A 1 TTi j.ne amount 10 e giyen me um; versity for the next fiscal year and the amount to be appropriated for a -building f und, is of vital interest to every student and. instructor on the campus, in" addition to the people of the town. Since the prosperity of the village is directly controlled by that of the institution itself,, the mer-' chants and townspeople are anxious ly awaiting the legislature's- deci sion. - ' FULL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR DP FCC TWCTTTTTTP Albert Johnson Will Be Guest m CtAfi1rnitt T eA rc A Hf. Ton- v iinrv 22-25. A program that; is neither home- rather happy mixture of the two such is to be the offering of the fifth annual Newspaper Institute at the University this month. V ; The dates for the Institute, which is being held under the auspices of the North Carolina Press Associa tion and' the University, are ;Janu- ary 23, 24, and 25, which fall on Wednesday, Thursday', and Frjday. This means' that the weekly folks vjll have time to put their papers "to bed" before leaving home and. the daily folks will be able to get back, in time to look up their Sunday Sec tion. . , ' ' . . The complete program was an- ". 1 J.-J-., -t-m ft-i.e-f finis 'TVin opening session , will be. heid Wed nesday night, January 23, and there will be sessions Thursday . morning, afternoon, and night, and Friday morning. The Institute will close Friday at about 1 o'clock. -; , 1 The guest speaker, who: is to ad dress the opening session instead. of the second night session as hereto fore, 'is to be Albert' Johnson well known editor and publisher and a member, of the House of Representa- j ? e it. cf. WoaViinchnn LlVea lrum me kjLcitc ui i n..iw0 far the last 15 years." ' ' ' President Lee B. Weathers of the North Carolina Press Association will preside at the opening session Wed nesday ' night at '8 o'clock, at which the speakers wiir be Representative Johnson and President Harry W. (Continued on page four) , North Carolina Club Members Will Meet Monday In Saunders The North Carolina Club will hold its fortnightly meeting on , Monday night. The Club is con tinuing its series of studies on Country Life in North .Carolina : with a paper on North Carolina's . Farm Houses by Professor Paul , W. Wager. The meeting is-at 7:30 in 112 Saundefs. PRITCHARD SAYS ATRETICS MAKE MNM0RE10RAL Urges Greater Student Partici pation In Sports; They De velop Mentally, Morally and Physically. : "No athletic Squad in the , Univer sity has as many men on it as it should have," Grady Pritchard, Assis tant Graduate Manager of the Ath letic Association,- declared yesterday in issuing a call to all athletes," old and new, for winter football practice. In speaking of athletics in general, Mr. Pritchard emphasized ' the im portance of winter practice, and added that the . "winter quarter is packed full of athletics fuller than any other quarter , of the year. - . ' Every prospective athlete should take, full advantage of the , opportunities of fered for conditioning himself during this period, even though his favorite sport may be off-season at the time.' "This quarter will find the coach ing staff working hard with basket ball, boxing, wrestling, gymnasium, tennis, track, baseball, and football, and there are many , men who should report for these sports who have not been Out heretofore. ' " "There is entirely too much poten tial athletic talent in the student body," stated Mr. pritchard, ''that is never 'utilized simply" because a large per cent of the student body, have not the initiative to come out and take advantage of the facilities of fered and the coaching that they, as students, , are helping pay for."; , Mr. Pritchard added that every able-bodied student in the University owes it to himself to take full advan tage of the athletic opportunities of fered . him. "It is a part of a college education to participate in some line of sport. Of course every man cannot make varsity 'monograms . jjr make varsity trips, but every man can get the larger awards: . mental, moral, and physical development, which, .in reality, is the ultimate goal of all college athletics."' ! "Winter football practice will be gin, on January 21," said Mr. Pritch ard, "and will last for about seven weeks, in which time ' the coaching staff expects to develop a real effi cient machine to begin with next fall. ' "In many respects this practice during the winter is much more im portant than that in September and October. It is in the winter that real football players and. championship teams are moulded. This is the time and the only time to get a foundation of elemental and fundamental foot ball without which a finished football team is an impossibility. It .is the duty of every man at the University who is physically fit -to' come out and do his best. .; '" "Every student's worth is much "more needed in the field than in the stands or in the dormitory. - Get be-J hind- and push1 by - getting out and pulling. University student's need athletes and Carolina athletes need men. The coaches are here and ready to coach more men." ' , Freshman Elections V.Pjresident' Hudgihs urged , yester day that all members of the Freshman class attend Chapel Monday January 14, when nominations for- the new Freshman "class officers will be heard. It is very important that all members of the class be present at this meet-, ing- he said. ' . On the following day, Tuesday, January 15, the" variotfs nominees for the presidency of the Treshman class will speak inChapel. All Freshmen should be on hand to get an idea of what the candidates are like before voting for them; - . ) The polls for the election of all new Freshman class officers will be open in front of the Y. M. C. A. from 9:00 A. M. to 6:00 P; M. on Tuesday, January 15. All Freshmen are eligi ble to vote in this election. PLAYMAKERS TO REVEL TONIGHT Annual Twelfth Night Celebra tion Will Be Staged With Usual Hilarity. Tonight at eight o'clock The Play makers offer their fourth annual Twelfth, Night for the elect of the campus who . appeared or assisted in any productions presented by the group on the Hill during the pastfew years.- , ' - Originally, the Twelfth Night was the, fnal night of: Christmas celebra ting and came exactly twelve days after the twenty-fifth of December. However because of the unusual situation facing students upon their return from their holidays examina tions ; still to be given, Twelfth Night will actually fall on the nineteenth night after Christmas this year. ' ; ; Helen Dortch, Nettina Strobach, and students in Professor Koch's dra matic classes have contributed skits of local interest. ..Saint George and The Dragon, which ,is really a com bination of two versions of the famous Sixteenth Century . play, and' the kitchen or revel - scene from William Shakespeare's - 'Twelfth. Night will make ; up the: most formal part of a very informal program. . Two "dances performed to music of the old style and costumes of the Elizabethan period -v ill .be presented by Bo Wilsey, Barbara McCone, Emily Slade, John Parker, Howard McCone, and Fred Greer . A United States lieutenant and. two young women from Fort Bragg who style themselves .Mrs. Wooten's Revel ers ,wil make the trip to Chapel Hill to take part in the program. - j -Willie' Strowd'Si colored orchestra will furnish the music for ,dancing upon the stage immediately following the program. Refreshments of cake and ale are to be served at the end of the festivities. , ' The' Playmaker Twelfth Night is practically unduplicated in any of the American colleges and ' universities. The festive spirit of celebration is also carried out. in the Playmaker Capers which is ; given at the end of the school year. . - Philological Club Will Hear Norman Foerster Tuesday The Philological Club will meet . Tuesday- evening, January 15, iri . the lounge of the Graduate Club, according to an announcement . made by officials yesterday. Pro fessor Norman Foerster will pre- , sent a study, "Literary Scholar ship in an Age of Science." Re- f reshments will be served. CUTLER ARGUES ONPOTOQUERY Analyzes Hydro-Electric Power Problem; Speaks before ' Debate Class. "Controversy over an experiment is usually so great that the facts cannot be ascertained," declared Pro fessor Addison T. Cutler in an ad dress: at the weekly meeting of the debate . class Thursday night in 201 Murphey. The speaker was of the opinion that jh the case" of hydro electric power there are two distinct factions so bitterly opposed to each other that most reports regarding the matter are to- some extent over done. Mr. Cutler discussed both sides of - the query : Resolved, - "That the public should own and operate the -hydro-electric power plants of the country." ' ' The speaker referred to Governor Smith's plan ; for - the state of New York -which proposed a system of hydro-electric stations operated . by the state of New York. In this case Smith proposed that the state gov ernment generate the power and then sell; it to -private companies. ; " Mr. Cutler stated that water power at the present time gives only ten per . cent - of the total power of in dustry. He called attention to the fact that We cannot rely on. the water supply of our country for our elec trie powerl "It V has '. Qeen estimated that if every drop of rain which falls to the earth cquld be utilized there still would not be enough to turn the wheels - of industry," declared the speaker. ' . ; In , attempting to show the differ r ence between water and coal as sources of power Mr. Cutler pointed out to the class the fact that coal resources can be exhausted, whereas water supply is .being continually re newed by rains, The-speaker en deavored " to make his audience fully realize, however, that water power resources are not free even though they are God-given. ' : ' " In discussing the matter of private enterprise Mr. ' Cutler asserted i- that this phase of production is in the public utility field. He called atten tion to the fact that by far the big-- gest part of regulation is done by the states. Federal regulation he said, is accomplished by the Federal Power Commission which was established by the Water Power Act of 1920. By this act the U. S. Government is em powered tt lease water power sites to private companies. ' ... In consideration of the rather com plicated nature bf the question Mr; Cutler advised his audience of de baters to be prepared to meet all ar guments regarding the Boulder Dam Project, the Muscle Shoals Project, and others of a similar character. . Campus Leaders To , Consider Plans for Daily Student Paper The Central Administrative Council has designated next Tues day night as the date for the an nual meeting of the -Student Acti vities Group. The -one general matter that will be discussed is. that of student publications. In the past few months there has been a great a roount of agitation in regard . to the present and future status of student publications at the Univer sity of North Carolina, and Presi dent Hudgins. considers that this discussion warrants, a consideration of the problems under the three following heads: , - 1. A review of the five-year period during which the Publica tions" Union ' has been in ."existence with the intention of securing an account of its history and its pres ent financial status. . 2. A general discussion ,ot the. problem of editorial . responsibility The intention in this connection is to formulate some plan that will give the editors - of the student publications ample freedom.' in tediting the publications. . 3. A discussion of the plausibil ity of making the Tar Heel a daily paper: --This plan involves the in corporation of the Magazine into a literary supplement to the Tar Heel. : CONCERT OF BACH MUSIC POSTPONED New Library WilLBe the.. Most. Impressive Structure on Gampus k By J. C. WILLIAMS ' The long needed and much talked, of new library for the University is soon jto be an impressive reality. The contractors estimate that the struc ture will be completed by June. , ' The plans call for the largest and most beautiful building on the Univer sity campus. The cost of the build ing is to be $625,000, this sum having been appropriated by the lat General Assembly. Remarkable Progress .The present non-fireproof library was erected, in 1907 at a cost of $55,000 to take care of a book cdl- -lection then numbering only 40,000 and to provide reading rooms and seminars for a student body of only 700. Today the book collection num bers 200,000, and new books are be ing added at the rate of 16,000 a year. Last year the library expended $43,260 for books. The student body has grown to 2800 representing an increase of 2100. . ' By" comparison with other leading universities of the country, the library here now ranks 26th ' in number" of volumes, 14th in volumes added last year, 21st in expenditures for books, 18th. in appropriations, 27th in size of staff, and 24th in amount paid for sdlaries " . The remarkable progress of the Jibrary during the last quarter of a century has not come about as a mere matter of chance but represents re ward of the efforts of Dr. Louis Round Wilson who was appointed Librarian in 1901. . ' :: ;. When the( new structure is com pleted the 'front will be 208 feet long, of beautifully wrought limestone. The main entrance -will be,- through a classical portico of Corinthian, col umns, which will be approached by an imposing flight of steps similar to that of the Law Building. , Beautiful Dome The building is crowned by a low dome, the tpp of which is approxi mately 90 feet above the level of the ground. - At present this dome is practically finished and is strikingly beautiful.. This phase of the struc ture is without question the crown ing, bit of architectural beauty on .the entire campus. The main entrance leads to an en trance hall, 32 by 40 feet," with mar ble terrazzo floor, travertine ' walls, and ornamental ceiling. On the left is the reserve reading'room, 34 byt 84 feet, with a" large alcove,- and on the right a second reserve reading room, 34 by 54 feet. At the west end of a corridor, 12 feet wide, there are three large seminar .rooms' arid offices for the Librarian, Assistant 'Librarian and Secretary. The second floor is approached by a double staircase which leads di rectly into the delivery room, which is between the stack room and the reading rooms. t 1 When the work of construction is over - the ; building will have " three stories, the third of '. which is to be occupied by the upper part of the main reading oom, eight seminar rooms, a reading room for the blind, and typewriting rooms. Comfort and Convenience ' ' The structure is in every respect (Continued oil page, four) Owing to the -jact that there is. so much influenza prevalent, and ' that a- great number of. the A Capella Choir and University Band, which were to have appeared in a concert of Bach music tomorrow afternoon, would necessarily be absent'from theaf fair, the concert has '. been postponed for one week. . . ' A further announcement of the concert will be given in a later issue of the Tetr met ' The A Capella choir, which has been rehearsing steadily since its reorganization here last year, will present a classical pro gram of unusual interest. , ' ' x Number of Chapel Exercises Reduced Under a new system of chapel : exercises announced by . Dean - Bradshaw yesterday. Chapel will - be held the first two days of the f week only .during the first half ' . of the winter quarter. If this system works successfully, Soph- . omores will have to attend chapel only once a week, and Freshmen, only twice. ' . : ( Dean Bradshaw Is Appointed To Place On Personnel Group Dean Francis F. Bradshaw, has been appointed to a committee of the commission delegated by ; thet Ameri can Council ori Education to do re search work in the developing of tools, for educational personnal work. The Dean will attend a meeting of his group in Washington, D. C. Feb rurary 17. The committee Bradshaw is interested in is working -on per sonality measurements. ' : ' J. "D. Rockefeller, Jr., has given $10,000 a year for a three -year period to coyer the expense of the project, which aims ' at more efficient instruction and greater aid to each in dividual student in the. form of scien tific advice about curricula and habits of character. The American Council On Educa tion has divided elf into five groups as follows:. Accumulative Records, Achievement Tests, v p Personality Measurements, . Vocational Mono graphs, and Personality Development. Dr. Bradshaw, himself , has develop-, ed a rating scale by which it is quite easy to classify each student. Three Y. Cabinets v Meet Moiiday Night - Grady Leonard, Assistant Executive Secretary , of the Y. M. C. A., . an nounces that a meeting of all three cabinets will - be held Monday night at 7:15 4n the Y. M., C. A. building.' As this will be the first meeting of the quarter, he urges that all mem bers attend. ? DRAMA DIRECTORS ' CONVENE HERE IN i nNl?.TAV SION Busy Day Is in Store for Di- - rectors ; Expect Large Attendance. , A program full and . interesting is planned for the Bureau of Commun ity Drama's annual Dramatic 'Con ference of high, school, college, and community directors of dramatics, which will convene here this morning at 10:30 o'clock for a one-day meet ing. ' .. :' i" - - ' - The directors will have a busy day. The. morning will be spent in lectures and discussions -ron problems of the high school, college and' community director. In the afternoon the dele gates will be guests at the presenta tion of one-act piays by the Carolina Playmakers, Asheville High School Drariiatists, and Greensboro College Players, to be followed by discussion and criticism. In the evening they will attend the Carolina. Playmakers Annual Twelfth Night Revel celebra tion of the old English custoni. : " In addition the executive, committee of the Carolina Dramatic Associa tion will hold : an important meeting immediately following the afternoon session. -. . . , :- The delegates will be welcomed by Prof. Frederick H. Koch, Dioector of the Carolina Playmakers, and will plunge immediately into the morning discussion of problems. W. R. Wunsch,-Asheville High School; Miss Pearl Setzer, Lenoir-Rhyne College; and R. C.Robinson, Goldsboro, will make " addresses on problems of the director, ; high school, college, and community, respectively. Extensive discussion will follow each address. - Discussion leaders -will be Miss Bertha Coltrarie, Pittsboro, and Supt. J;, E. McLean, Spring Hope, for the high school gfoup ; Miss Elba Hen ninger, Greensboro College,-. f or the college group; and' C. R. Wood, Dur ham:' Miss Edith Russell. Asheville: John Harden, Charlotte; and Miss Susan Bynum, Charlotte,' for the com munity group. ; . , The plays to be presented at the afternoon. session wilr be Paul Green's "TVp Man Whn Died at Twelve O'Clock" by the Carolina Playmakers, J. Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart" by the Asheville High School Dramatists, and Margaret S. Oliver's "The Turtle Dove'' by . the Greens boro College Plalyers. ' ' Delegates will end the day's pro gram by taking part in the evening in the Playmakers' celebration 'of Twelfth Night Revel in the old Eng lish custom. .'. . . . -. Sixty-five directors attended last year's meeting, and an even larger attendance is expected for this year's gathering, according to Miss Nettina L. Strobach, State Representative of the Bureau of .Community Drama of the University Extension Division, who( announced the program for the meeting. ; TEXAS - CAROLINA DEBATEPROBABLE Negotiations Underway for De bate at Annual Dinner of . Texas Club Here. The Texas Club of North Carolina, which will hold its 'second annual din ner here the second of March, the an niversary of the independence of . Texas, , will signalize the occasion by a debate between students represent ingthe University of North Carolina and the University of Texas. The secretary of the Debate Council is now. corresponding with the debate coach at the University of Texas re garding the matter. In all probabil ity this forensic fray will be' hld, according to officials in charge on the arrangements. ' Several Places Are v Vacant In Glee Club Those who wish to try out . . for plases in the Glee i Club may do so by ealling by " Mr. Weaver's office in Person hall any day between the hours of 10:30 and 12 A. M. There are several places made vacant in the Club by members who have left school, and the Music department is taking this means of filling them. Regular Glee Club rehearsals are held three times a week at 5 P. M. in' Per son hall. - .