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VOLUME XXXVII
CHAPEL HILL, N.C, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929
NUMBER 73
TEN CAROLINA
DELEGATES AT
PRESS MEETING
Semi-Annual Convention of
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To Be Opened In 1985 and 2015
North Carolina
Press Association
Greensboro Today.
Collegiate
Opens at
Ten men will leave the University
this afternoon for the semi-annual
convention of the North Carolina Col
legiate Press Association that con
venes, today at Greensboro College.
An unusually elaborate program has
3)een scheduled by the entertaining col
lege. The convention which will be
in session from two o'clock Thursday
afternoon until two o'clock Saturday
afternoon, will be addressed by Dean
Addison Hibbard, of the. University
-of North Carolina Liberal Arts Col
lege, Louis Graves, editor " of the
Chapel Hill Weekly, J. Maryon Saun
ters, alumni secretary here; and Nell
Battle Lewis, widely known columnist.
In additionto these persons, who are
all known on the campus, Walter
Spearman, retiring editor of the Tar
Heel, will be the presiding officer of
the convention. ' ' "
The delegates being sent by the
Carolina publications are the follow
ing: Glenn Holder, editor of the Tar
Heel; Travis Brown, editor of the
Yackety Yack; Bill Perry, editor of
the Buccaneer; Garland McPherson,
business manager of the Buccaneer;
Guy Hill, business manager of the
Yackety Yack; J. E. Dungan, Bob
Brawley, Harry Galland, J. P. Pret
low, and J. D. McNairy, representa-
iives-at-large.
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. Photo at the left is of Dr.1 Kemp P. Battle, President of the University of North Carolina for 1. years and a
member of the faculty for half a century.
Pictured at the right is the tin box containing the catalogue that has been placed in the vault of the University
Library. The box is wrapped in heavy paper and is addressed to the President'of the North Carolina Historical
Society. It is marked "to be opened in 1965 and again in 2015," when a University student to be designated will
write a thesis on changes, during the 50-year periods as revealed in comparisons, of the catalogues. .
"Old Pres" Battle Left Queer
Gift in Hermetically-Sealed Box
BOOIiER'SPLAN
AGAIN FAVORED
It Will; Be -Opened in 1965 and
Again in 2015; In Library
Vault.
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Esathtisiastic MiiltiteS
. :.i HiE .School Sfeeets
: Inisdes Carolina Gampiis-
Co-Ed Dance Booked
For Friday Night
From half -past nine to one
o'clock on Friday evening at Spen
cer Hall, there will be a formal
dance given by the Woman's As
sociation of the University, accord
ing to an announcement by Miss
Mela Roy all, President. Cards will
be necessary for, admittance and
each co-ed is allowed to invite the
boy with whom she has a date for
the dance and two stags..
JackWardlaw's orchestra has
beeV secured for the occasion.
STUDENTS MAY
STILL VOTE ON
ENTERTAINMENTS
Championship Contests of An
nual High School Week
Begin Today.
Only 26 Have Expressed Choice
So Far ; Dean Hibbard '
Disappointed.
Di
Senate Men Vote
Plan, However.
The second joint session of the Di
and Phi for the purpose of consider
ing Dr. J. M. Booker's plan of stn
dent government reorganization was
held Tuesday night in the Di hall,
Hew West building. John Norwood,
president of the Di, presided over the
T By GLENN HOLDER
On the first day of January . in
1965 a student at the University ' of
against North Carolina will scrape the ac
cumulated dust of 50 years from an
hermetically sealed tin box in the
vault of the University Library. He
will break it open, extract a Mont
gomery Ward and Company catalogue
issued in 1915 and compare the ar
ticles listed therein with those in the
1965 edition, if any, issued by the
same company. He will then write
I jl xl T
meeting, which lasted for more than a
ana piace a copy oi ms wiesis wnu
the two catalogues, which will be
two hours.
As had ieen previously announced
-everyone who attended the session
-was permitted not only o speak but
ialso to vote on the merits of the pro
position. The final vote of those
tMT
present declared the resolution car
sealed up up to remain for another
half -century.
In 2015 the procedure will be re
peated i and another thesis written.
These theses should be of great
historical value. Imagine the changes
-r-iaA Ktt -marcrin nf 9.9. f.n 1 fi. At
Ihe reauest of Dr. Booker a second a comparison of the articles in use in
-vote was taken with a view to deter-
mim-n imw the Di stood on the mat- The box is the property
ter. Onlv members of the Di. there- North Carolina Historical
nilnwp t.n vnt.P.. The second It is the gift of the late Dr. Kemp
.mint declared that the Di onnosed the JPlummer Battle, president
Vaudeville Coming
To the Hill Again
Vaudgville is coming to Chapel
Hill again. Coley and Jaxon will
present "The Minstrel and the
Maid," a standard Keith headline
vaudeville act, at the Pickwick on
Saturday, April 20th, for, the af
ternoon and , evening shows. ' An
additional attraction is Walter Lee
Horton, who is a well known radio
performer.- He has appeared over
Station WPTF frequently, and will
be seen -here in his blackface
specialty.
With the vaudeville acts a pic
ture, "The Faker," will be pre
sented. The programme is one of
the most ambitious to be pre
sented here in recent months. Not
since the days of the rotund tenor,
Alvin Eley, have vaudeville ar
tists presented their wares in
Chapel Hill.
ASSISTANT TAR
HEEL EDITORS
ARE SELECTED
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Appointment of Three Associ
ate Editors, Six Assistant
Editors and Three Sports Edi
tors Announced.
proposition by a margin of 11 to 5
The vote of the entire group, how
ever, is official due to the fact that
the voting privilege was extended to
.all present. ;
In the course of the discussions the
nature of the plan was laid bare by
both sides. The proponents of the
plan contended that it would set up a
system of student government which
would remedy the situation arising out
of the ill-distributed representation
of the present system. They were of
the opinion that the supreme court
which would be set up by the plan
would be preferable to the present
student body referendum. On ; the
whole, the advocates of the plan based
their contentions on the inadequacy of
the present, system of student govern
ment at the University.
The opponents of .the proposed sys
tern contended that the present sys
tern of student government at Caro
lina is highly efficient. They cited ex
amples of the success of the last ad
ministration. Those who voiced the
sentiments of the negative contended
that the student body of the Univer
sity would be justified in casting a-
of student
government for an untried system This gift is oi the following condi
v, fcaf" fliA -nresent sys- tions
KJlll y in lux; ta x
of the
Society.
of the
University for 15 years and a mem
ber of the faculty for nearly half a
century. '
Attached vto this box is a letter
containing instructions written by Dr.
Battle, and if these instructions are
carried out, as no doubt they will be,
the authors of these theses will be
awarded $50 each as gifts from the
Battle descendants. The terms of the
gift are , set forth in the cramped,
anerular hand of "Old Pres," as Dr.
Battle is remembered by thousands
of his former students and acquaint
ances. Here is a copy of Dr. Battle's let
ter that accompanies the catalogue
that is sealed in the tin box in the
University Library. .
Kemp P. Battle,
Chapel Hill, N. C,
Feb'y 9th, 1915.
To the Hon, President of the North
Carolina Historical Society:
Sir: I ask the acceptance by your
Society of a hermetically sealed tin
box containing a copy of Montgomery
Ward's Catalogue, in which are de
scription and pictures of practically
all articles used now in the industries
and avocations of the United States.
Stuhlman Elected
To Research Board
tern were woefully inefficient. ', The
opponents of the proposition called
attention to the fact that it is imposr
sible to legislate morality. On tne
basis of this statement they maintain
ed that a system of "hard and fast"
laws governing conduct on the campus
.and in the classroom should not sup
plant the time-honored and hollowed
Honor System of the University.
There are in existence but about
150 specimens of the white rhinoceros
third largest land mammal.
The box is to, be opened in 1965
A.D. and again, in 2015 A.D. and, .a
student designated by the President
of the Society shall write a thesis on
the changes of the preceeding semi
cential period. I request my de
scendants of those dates to pay $50
(fifty dollars) to the writer of the
thesis. I have no doubt that such
payment will be duly made, as I have
now seven children - and grandchil
dren, married and doing well, who
agree to this proposal. As I have
Continued on page four)
1 Dr. Otto Stuhlman, Jr., professor
. t - i i t
oi pnysics, Known ior nis contriDU
tions on the structure of matter, was
elected by the American Physical So
ciety at its recent New Yark meeting
as a representative on the National
Research Council. Dr. Stuhlman's in
terest will be confined to the Division
of the Physical Sciences.
The National Research Council is
an organization of representatives of
thirty-seven : scientific societies of
America. It was established in 1918
by an .Executive Order issued by the
President of the United States. D.ur
ing thewar period Dr. Stuhlman was
on the committee which devised the
sound-ranging instruments with which
air planes are located at night. The
Council served the Government in an
advisory capacity, as the Department
of Science and Research of the Coun
cil of National Defence.
The financial support of the Coun
cil was assured after the War by a
gift of five million dollars from the
Carnegie . Corporation. Among its
various scientific obligations it f inan
ces a group of post-doctorate fellow
ships in physics, chemistry and mah
ematics. v
it is actively engaged m various
methods" of contributing assistance to
Americari Science, its most important
present object being the establishment
of special committees of carefully
chosen experts for specific scientific
subjects or problems which urgently
need consideration. These experts
plan mcdes of attack and undertake
to find 'men for carrying out their
plans. '
More women than men fly the Im
perial Airway lines between London
and Paris.
Glenn Holder, editor of the Tar
Heel, yesterday announced the -- ap
pointment of six men as assistant-
editors: J. E. Dungan, of Chapel Hill;
J. C. Williams, of. Linden J. P. Jones,
of Virginia; J. D. McNairy, of Greens
boro; B.- C. Moore, of Greensboro; and
J. P. Huskins of Burnsville. Next
year each assistant will work on one
issue of the Daily Tar Heel. These
appointments are tentative, however.
Should any of the men fail to develop
into capable writers other men will
be promoted to take their places.
W. H. Yarborough, of Louisburg;
John Mebane, of Greensboro; and
Harry Galland, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
were made "associate editors. Yar
borough was promoted from the
position of sports editor and Mebane
and Galland from the position of as
sistant-editor. These positions they
held on last year's staff.
C. B. McKethan of Fayetteville and
J. C. Eagles of Wilson, were appoint
ed sports editors. They will have
charge of the sports page of the
Daily Tar Heel of next year.
Later on in the. Spring three city
editors will be appointed.1 Announce
ment of their appointment will be
mate at a later date.
The try-outs for the reportorial
staff of the Tar Heel will be held
within the next two weeks.
Dr. MacNider To
Speak at Medical
Society Meeting
Dr. William deB. MacNider, Kenan
Research Professor of Pharmacology
in the School of Medicine, will lec
ture before the Medieal Society, Fri
day evening:. April 19, at. 7:d0. m
Caldwell Hall.
This address should be of interest
not only to Medical students but to
the. general public, according to om
cials of the Society. Dr. MacNider
will talk on "Some Interesting Per
sonalities in Medicine." Because of
the nature of the subject and the
popularity of the speaker the Medi
cal Society extends a cordial invita
tion to everyone to hear Dr. Mac
Nider, Friday evening at 7:30.
Only twenty-six. people have voted
in the ballot being conducted by the
student entertainment committee to
determine what type of performances
the students and townspeople want
for next year. Dean Hibbard told a
reporter yesterday that he is very
much disappointed in the results; he
was expecting more people to show
interest enough to vote. However,
there is still plenty of time to send
in ballots as the committee will not
meet until April 22, to select the
events for next year.
: Lists of some sixty proposed en
tertainments were published in the
Tar Heel and in the Chapel Hill
Weekly last week.' While no assur
ance can be given that those num
bers receiving the highest votes will
be scheduled, every effort will be
made to secure what the community
and students want.
In the voting thus far the most
popular numbers among the theatre
numbers are the New York Theatre
Guild and the Ben Greet Players of
London. The most popular lecturers
are Clarence Darrow, Bertrand Rus
sell, and Carl Sandburg. In the musi
cal numbers the Russian Symphonic
Choir and the Vienna Mastersingers
are favored. Isadora Duncan's danc
ers received one of the highest' votes.
Henderson Talks
About Einstein
High School Week opens here today
with an enthusiastic, jubilant and
confident multitude of high school stu
dents invading the University campus
to take, part in the annual two-day
state championship contests in debat
ing, track, and temis.
; The tennis contestants were all here
last night to take part in the drawing
held by Coach Kenf ield, University
tennis coach, in Memorial Hall at 9
o'clock for the purpose of pairing off
the . contestants who will participate
in the net tournament which begins
this morning and lasts through Fri
day. Coach Kenf ield hopes to have a
successful and colorful tournament
with stiff competition in that fifteen
schools are entered: Burlington, Can
dor, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Dunn,
Durham, Fountain, Hickory, Golds-
boro, High Point, Mt. Airy, Raleigh,
Spring Hill, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.
Most of the debaters from over the
state have already arrived and are all
afire over the seventeenth annual
inal contest of the North Carolina
High School Debating Union, which
opens tonight at 7 o'clock with the
irst preliminary, consisting of four-
een sections which will meet in vari
ous auditoriums scattered over ' the
campus. The second preliminary will
begin tomorrow morning for further
elimination, and the final debate for
he Aycoek Memorial Cup and the
state championship will come off at 8
o'clock tomorrow night, with Dr.
Chase acting as president and E. R.
Continued on page two)
Tar Heel Boys to
Broadcast Tonight
Alex Mendenhall and his Carolina
Tar: Heels 'will broadcast from , radio
station WNRC at Greensboro this
evening from 7:15 until 8:00 o'clock.
It is the first time the orchestra has
worked over this station, but they have
been broadcasting over WWNC, Ashe
ville, and WPTF at Raleigh, on
several occasions. ,
"The important point in Einstein's
theory is that if his postulated space
is proved correct it will mean that
we don't live in Euclidian or Reim
monian space but in a new space
which is Reimmonian' space with cer
tain peculiarities," Dr. Archibald
Henderson stated in a paper delivered
before the Elisha Mitchell Scientific
Society at -its regular meeting Tues
day night.
In describing the personal appear
ance of Professor Einstein, Dr. Hen
derson pictured him as a short, stocky
man with rather long hair which he
wore in a pompadour fashion and
that stuck out at the sides and be
hind. "His eyes were the only extra
ordinary feature of the man. , They
seemed to have two moods: one as
he were amused and the other as if
he were thinking of abstract things
He was the most informal great man
I have ever ,sen. He received me
in his , study, and he didn't have on
even a coat. . He was wearing a blue
sweater."
In tracing the Einstein theories, of
which , there are three, Dr. Hender
son explained the fundamental parts
of each in so far as it was possible
to do so to an audience of laymen
At the- end of N his address when an
opportunity I to ask questions was
given the audience, Dr. Henderson
stated that while Einstein's theories
are not similar to the" common New
tonian theories, they do not contra
dict these first theories, but are
enough like them that . the newer
ones may be tested by the old.
The second part of the program
was a short address by Mr. D. A. Mc
Pherson on "Hideyo- Maquchi Mar
tyr to Science." In presenting the
life of this famous Japanese scientist,
who gave his life in the study of
the causes of yellow fever, Mr. Mc-
Continued on page two)
LECTURER MAKES
A BIG HIT HERE
Richard Halliburton, Romantic
Vagabond, Attracts a
Large Crowd.
A self-confessed lecturer with
neither uplift, message, philosophy,
nor solutions, Richard Halliburton, ro
mantie literary vagabond and vaga
bond and author, charmed a large
University audience here last night
with a thrilling narration of a few
of the travels and daring adventures
that he incorporated to win fame in
his books, "The Royal, Road to Ro
mance" and "New Adventures in Old
Lands."
It was a different type of lecture,
and it went over big. University and
Chapel Hill folk almost lived with him
again the thrilling adventures he had
on his "royal road to romance," and
the prolonged applause which followed
his proclaimed the whole-hearted ver
dict that this was one of the best num
bers on the University's splendid stu
dent entertainment program for the
year. '
He began his' lecture with the most
amusing narration of how he ran,
walked and taxicabbed the original
Marathon course to emulate the feat
of the great Greek runner who sped
the 19 miles to announce to the peo
ple at Athens the Greek victory over
the Persians at Marathon, and from
then on he had the rapt attention of
his audience.
Interesting stories followed in
rapid order. He told of his pilgrimage
to the grave of Rupert Brooke, Eng
land's most romantic poet of the
twentieth century, on" the beautiful
Greek isle on ' which the warrior
Achilles spent his early days ; of his
swimming the Hellespont "on six sar
dines" where Leander and the Lord
Bryon had .swum' before him; of his
swimming the Panama Canal.
This latter adventuree was particu
larly interesting. He went through
as the "S. S. Richard Halliburton."
Two thousand ton gates were opened
to permit the "S. S. Richard Halli
burton" to pass while other traffic
was held up. He paid tonnage duty
for his 133 pounds, 36 cents, and com
pleted the 50-mile swim through shark
and barracuda t infested waters that
has never attracted the marathon
swimmers.
Halliburton began his travels and
adventures on leaving Princeton. He
has been a poetic dreamer who lived
his dreams, and, besides having two
very popular books' to his credit, is
one of the most popular lecturers, in
the country today.