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VOLUME XXXVII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1929
NUMBER 77
DR. BEARD TALKS
ABOUT DRUGS AT
ROTARY MEETING
Member of , Pharmacy School
Faculty Tells What Aims
of Pharmacy Are.
Walter Spearman
The Chapel Hill Rotary Club had
as its guest at its weekly 'banquet
and meeting: in the ball room of the
Carolina Inn Wednesday evening, Dr.
Crover Beard, of the - University
Pharmacy School faculty. Dr. Beard
delivered at this meeting one of the
most enjoyable and ' instructive lec
tures of any that have been featured
thus far in the series of programs in
which faculty members and students
are participating. - His lecture on
"What Pharmacy Is and What It
Seeks To Do" follows the plan of the
program committee in introducing the
club to the different professions fol
lowed by its members.
"To 'begin with," said Dr. Groves,
"Pharmacy is the art and science of
collecting, manufacturing and dis
pensing drugs. Pain is relieved by
the use of morphine and fever by
means of quinine. Yet if it were not
for pharmacy, these medicines would
never have been made fit for use in
relieving these ills. Most laymen
think of a pharmacist as just a mere
man who stands behind a counter in
ra . drug store and exacts exorbitant
prices for a simple mixture of dope,
but in reality, the selling of medicine
is the most minute task which the
pharmacist has to perform. Upon
looking at the finished product in
liquid form in a bottle one would never
think of the danger through which
men have gone to get raw matrials
from the heart of jungles. One would
never think of the huge plants that
are necessary for the refining and
manufacturing of this medicine to
make it possible for us to use.
"Yet I have visited one plant in
which a machine costing $700,000
alone is necessary for the manufac
ture of one drug by itself Of course
pharmacists are always on the alert
for new drugs. Through exhaustive
research and many years of work, cod
liver oil has been changed, for in
stance, into a palatable and nutriti
pus substance. The same thing is
Jrue of insolin which has been con-
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FINDS WITHERED
HUMAN ANGER
Duke-Carolina . Filling Station
Proprietor Finds Puppy Play
ing with Gruesome Object.
FITCH TO APPEAR
IN SONG RECITAL
Tenor Soloist is Weil-Known
Throughout This State; For
mer Instructor Here.
(EngravOgraph Photo)
Walter Spearman (above), who re
cently retired from the editorship of
the Tar Heel, was awarded the silver
loving cup presented by the North
Carolina Collegiate Press Association
for the best college newspaper edi
tor during the past school yea, at
the Association's convention in
Greensboro last week-end. Spearman
is retiring president of the Press Association.
Engineers Society
Selects Officers
And Prize Winders
A mystery of , baffling aspect has
been developed through the finding
of a human finger by a small police
pup belonging to C. M. Crutchfield,
proprietor of the Duke-Carolina fill
ing station several miles from Chapel
Hill. .
Wednesday night the puppy was
playing with what appeared to be a
stick. Out of curiosity, Mr. Crutch
field examined the object, and found
to his horror that it was a hiiw&fi
finger, withered almost beyond rec
osrnition., He immediately notified
the sheriff, who is now in possession
of the finger.
The riditiorl of the finger is such
that the sheriff was unable to de
termine to what kind of person it
belonged. The rough, jagged condi
tion of the nail, however, indicates
the possibility that it once belonged
to a man, probably a white person.
Just how the pup came in posses
sion of the finger is somewhat of a
mystery. According to Mr. Crutch
field, the pup never plays outside the
yard. Investigation of the entire
vicinity, however, has failed to reveal
any clue. So' far as is known now,
there have been no accidents in that
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
Memorial Hall Theodore F. F,itch,
tenor, former instructor at the Uni
versity, will appear in a song recitaL
Mr. Fitch was instructor in piano and
voice at the University from 1923
until 1926, leaving then to go to
Eastman School of Music in Roches
ter, New York, to do graduate work.
He was a former soloist with the
North Carolina Glee Club and is well
known throughout this, state as a
soloist ot excellent ability. He is
now director of the Rochester Uni
versity Glee Club, which has been ac
claimed as one of the few famous -col
legiate glee clubs in the country,
The program which . Mr. Fitch will
sing is as follows:
My Shrinev
Playmakers to Return
From Their Annual
Western Tour Today
Robert Jarrett
The Tide
Over the Sea J
The Lost Sea Gull
Aspiration
Major and Minor'
To My Incense Burner
Dusk of Dreams
The Star
Sketches of " Paris
May Day Carol
Old Shepherd's Song
Bach
.Weikel
Shaw
Phipson
Cox
Spross"
Cunningham
Martin
Rogers
xN Manning
Deems-Taylor
Fisher
Charlie Waddell Will Head Cain Chap
ter of A.S.C.E. Next Year.
Buildings Men Are
Painting up Things
The building department is not very
busy at present although it is paint
ing the corridors and stair halls in
the Quadrangle, putting a new roof
ing surface on the -Power Plant, and
making furniture for the reading room
of the new library, Superintendent
Burch said yesterday.
The walls and ceilings of the cor
ridors and stair halls of the dormi
tories are being given two coats (of
cream paint, and if this is not enough
to adequately cover them they will
be given a third coat. The corridors
and stair halls of the buildings in the
Triangle were painted just before the
spring holidays, the work being finish
ed while the students were away.
As the roof of the power plant had
become cracked during the winter by
the expansion and contraction of the
corrugated steel roofing, it was de
cided to -replace this matrial with a
iew layer of water-proofing paint.
The old material has been scraped
off and the roof gone over with steel
brushes, and it is now ready for the
new paint which will be put on in the
immediate future.
The building department is quite
proud of the new tables that it is
'making for the reading room of the
new library. These 28 tables are 14
feet long, 42 inches wide, and have
only four legs. They are reinforced
with steel angle irons and have heavy
solid tops. The department has just
finished a part of the equipment for
-the new Bingham hall. The shelving,
tables, desks, and cabinets in this
building were made by the depart
ment.
At the meeting of the William Cain
Student Chapter of the A.S.C.E.
Thursday evening in Phillips hall of
ficers for the coming year were elect
ed and the winners of the two annual
prizes given to the member who has
shown the most interest in the Soci
ety and to the one who nas done the
most work for the organization were
selected. ,
; Charlie Waddell, rising" senior, was
elected president of the Society and
C. P. Erickson vice-president. R. J.
White and Bill Bobbitt were chosen
secretary and treasurer respectively.
Professor T. F. Hickerson, who was
faculty sponsor of the Society for the
past year was unanimously elected to
that position for next year. Walter
Parks was chosen as the member who
had shown the most interest in the
society 'during the present year, and
as a result he will be presented a
copy of the Engineer's Handbook.
Phil Howell, retiring president, is to
receive a Junior Membership in the
A.S.C.E. for having done the most
work for the society.
Announcement was made at this
meeting of a contest sponsored by
the North Carolina Section of the
A.S.C.E. for the best thesis written by
a graduating student .on one of three
topics chosen by the two latest past
presidents of. the organization. The,
prize for the winner of this contest
is a Junior Membership in the A.S.C.E.
It was further announced that addi
tional information about this contest
may be secured from Professor Sa
ville of the Engineering faculty.
At the next meeting of the Society,
which will be held May 9, Mr. B. S.
Colburn, of Asheville, who was the
contractor on the bridge over the Que
bec River, will give an illustrated lec
ture on the construction of this
bridge. '
The public is invited to attend this
recital. Mrs. Harry W. Chase will
section, and there is no evidence of
anyone having been murdered. It is accompany Mr. Fitch at the piano,
believed by some that the finger came
from the University of North Caro
lina's School of Medicine. This is the
most likely theory that has been ad
vanced so far.
Carolina 10; V.P.I. 9
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Performance at Greensboro Col
lege Last Night Brought
Tour to an End.
Robert Jarrett (above), editor of
the Davidson Chameleon, school mag
azine, was elected president of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press Asso
ciation at its nineteenth semi-annual
convention at Greensboro College last
week-end. He succeeds Walter Spear
man of the University.
Number of Special
Features Planned
For Junior Prom
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Tomko, 3b 4 2
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Rule, cf . 2 1
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Smith, c 5 0
Mapp, p 3 0
Murden, p .. 1 0
Dozier, p 0. 0
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Sher, cf 1 3 1
Satterfield, 3b : 4 0
Whitehead, ss 5 2
Maus, c 4 1
Lufty, lb 4 0
Barnhart, If . '5 3
Jessup, rf 3 2
Jackson, 2b 2 0
Pax'ton, 2b 1 0
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Connor Will Talk
At Chapel Monday
On State History
.ecture Will Be Second of Series on
Contemporary North Carolina.
Tryouts for Cheer
Leader To Be Held
Monday and Tuesday
All men wishing to try out for
positions of chief cheerleader or
assistant cheerleader must see Bill
Chandler, Chief Cheerleader, at
the Y.M.C. Monday or Tuesday.
Members of any class are eligible
for the five positions.
Sigma Delta announces the pledg
ing of Raymond Cassidy, of Fort
Bragg, N; C.
Junior uiass officials promise a
number of features, that will combine
to make the formal Junior Dance on
May 3 a gala affair. The battle of
music to be staged by Mendenhall's
Tar Heels and Wardlaw's Orchestra
will have an ideal setting in which the
maestros may present their syncopa
tion, symphonized or otherwise, to
best advantage.
Bynum Gym will be bedecked in its
best-dress attire. According to the
Junior Executive Committee, decora
tions will be effected in a light pink
and greeeri color scheme, which should
add much to the gaiety of the occa
sion. Overhead, there will be a low
canopy of alternating colors which
will be arranged to give a wave ef
fect. A unique lighting arrangement
has been planned to increase the at
tractiveness of the improvised ball
room. The firm of Glenn and Holmes,
local interior decorators, has been
engaged to carry out the decorating
plans of the Class Executive Com
mittee. ,
Philosophical Groun
Will Meet Monday exhibit ot Mowers
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Art worK ana xiome
A campus group interested in the Products Held Here
discussion ot philosophical problems
has been formed and is holding week- The combined exhibit of flowers, art
ly meetings. The meetings are held works, and home . products sponsored
on Monday evenings at 7:15 o'clock by the Garden Club, the Art depart
at the Bullshead Bookshop, Murphy, ment, and the American Home depart-
Anyone interested in philosophical ment of the Chapel Hill Community
problems is invited to attend and to Club was .held in the Episcopal parish
participate m the discussions. On house Friday from 3 o'clock in the
next Monday evening P. A. Carmich- afternoon to 9 at night.
ael will read a paper on historical con- There were 32 prizes awarded for
cepts of the nature of philosophy. superlatives in the exhibition of
flowers. Both cut and potted flowers
were displayed and there was an ex
hibit of wild flowers gathered by a
student in the Biology department.
The prizes were donated by the mer
chants of Chapel Hill and Durham.
0
TOTAL , .39 10 15 6
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Score by innings: R
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Carolina 010 004 210 210
Loss of Wild Crab-Apple Tree
Drives Biologists to Despair
The Biology department soared to
the heights of joy last week and then
in the same week its spirit dropped to
the lowest depths of despair. The
cause of this sudden change was a
tiny wild crab-apple tree, a perfectly
harmless piece of vegetation in itself,
but one of extreme importance to the
local biologists.
The reason for the importance at
tached to this small tree is that for
many years members of the depart
ment had been looking for a species
of wild crab-apple that was supposed
to grow in this section of North Caro
lina, but which no one had
been able to find. Last week
a member of the department
happened to find a specimen of this
tree on a small hill, near the country
club. - He went to the man who was
having a house built on the hill and
told him of his find. The owner of the
lot shared the enthusiasm of the find
er and immediately decided to go out
to the place where his house was being
built and have the tree transplanted.
Samples of the leaf and flower pf
the tree were collected for the files
of the Biology department, but the
hard part of the whole affair came the
next morning when the owner of the
house went out to give orders for the
removal of the tree and found that
workmen had cut it down. -
Now, however, the members of the
Biology department are more deter
mined that ever to find another grow
ing specimen of this tree, for they
know that it grows near Chapel Hill,
as they have found one only to lose
it within a few days.
Sixty-Six Carolina
Students Sent Home
The deans of the four under
graduate schools announce that as
the result of failures to maintain
academic probation during the win
ter quarter, and to pass the neces
sary two courses, sixty-six stu
dents were sent home at - the be
ginning of the spring quarter. The
distribution of this number among
the four schools was as follows:
The School of Applied Science,
ten; the School of Commerce,
eighteen; the School of Education,
twenty; and the College of Liberal
Arts, eighteen. v
Dr. R. D. W. Connor, Kenan Pro-
essor of Histor, will continue the
series of six -chapel lectures on "The
Understanding of Contemporary
North Carolina," with a talk on "The
Historical Background of North Caro-
ina" in Memorial hall at chapel
period Monday morning.
Dr. Connor is well versed in this
field and an authority on the histori
cal background of the state, having
served as secretary of the North Caro-
ina Historical Commission and writ
ten a number of books on the history
of North Carolina. He has recently
published a five-volume history of the
state.
Besides Dr. Connor's lecture next
Monday morning there- will be' four
more given on "Understanding Con
temporary North Carolina," one each
Monday until the end of school. The
remaining talks of the series are as
follows: "Requests for Industrial
Leadership," by Dean D. D. Carroll,
of the Commerce school; "Literature
and Fine Arts of Contemporary North
Carolina," by Dean Addison Hibbard,
of the college of Liberal Arts; "The
Progressive Movement in North Caro-
ina," by R. B. House, executive secre
tary of the University; "Public Edu
cation in Contemporary North Caro
lina," by Dr. E. W. Knight of the
School of Education. The order in
whichv these lectures will come has not
been announced yet.
The purpose of this series of lec
tures is to stimulate among the stu
dents more interest about state af
fairs and problems. It is a project
to give students an intelligent under
standing and knowledge of the state,
in the past and present, with a study
of contemporary problems which need
to be solved in order to raise the level
of citizenship, according to Dean
Bradshaw. '
"One outstanding characteristic of
this institution," says Dean Brad
shaw, who is sponsoring the lectures,
"is to train men to think in terms of
the state with an unbiased viewpoint;
we want our University graduates,
when they t go .out in the world, to feel
a close relationship with the state,
which- calls for a sincere feeling of
responsibility." -
Dr. Branson organizer of the North
Carolina; Club, who has done much
work through the Extension Division
in trying to stimulate a deeper inter
est in state affairs, says that "It is
a pity for students to go through the
University and not know, their own
state." .
Marion Alexander
To Present Paper
At the meeting of the North Caro
lina Club Monday night, April 29, the
subject under discussion will be Rura'
Education in North Carolina. A pa
per wil be presented by M. R. Alex
ander of Buncombe county. The
club meets in 110 Saunders at 7:30.
By GEORGE EHRHART
Staff Correspondent
Aboard the Carolina Playmakers'
Special Bus. April 26. After play
ing to a packed house in Johnston
City, Tenn., the Carolina Playmakers
boarded their bus at 11, o'clock p. m.
Thursday night of last week and trav
eled all night in order to reach Nash
ville in time for a matinee Friday
afternoon. This was as far west as
the playgroup went on their western
tour. Here they' played to two eapa
city audiences under the auspices of
the Nashville Little Theatre group.
The playmakers were jointly enter
tained by the Dramatic groups of
Ward-Belmont and Peabody Colleges
Friday Night. ;
Taking a much needed rest, the
Playmakers did not give a perfor
mance on Saturday but traveled at a
leisurely rate to Knoxville, Tenn.,
where they put up for the night. The
next day they enjoyed the trip over
the Cumberland and Smoky moun
tains, stopping at intervals to take
pictures and enjoy the scenery. Mon
day night they played in Tryon under
difficulties as most of the troupe had
taken horseback rides through the
mountains, suffering much soreness as
a consequence.
Tuesday night the Playmakers gave
their performance in Statesville where
rofessor Koch gave an interesting
alk befitting the birthday anniver
sary, of Shakespeare. Kenneth M-ac-gowan,
who is touring the United
States making a survey of theatrical
conditions outside of New York for
he Cornegia Corporation, also saw
he performance. Mr. Macgowan is '
especially interested in the little
theatre movement and came a lonsr
distance to witness the Playmaker
show. He will also speak at the Dra
matic Conference here on April 2.
His talk will be based on his experi
ences in twelve thousand miles of
travel through America. , '
Leaving Statesville for Henderson-
ville, H. C. Heffner purchased 16
arge juicy steaks, and the Play
makers stopped in the hills around
Lake Lure and held their annual
steak roast. This event is looked for
ward to with much pleasure by the
boys and girls making the western
tour each year. They were cordially
received by the Hendersonville group
and were given a large audience.
Thursday night they played in
Gastonia. R. E. Williams, city .editor
of the News and Observer and Mr.
Chadwick, of the Baltimore Sun Staff,
witnessed the performance. In the
afternoon Professor Koch gave a read
ing of Mid-Summer Night's Dreams
before the local dramatic club.
The Playmakers closed their twenty-
fourth annual western tour with a
performance at Greensboro College
for Women last night.
Four plays were carried on the
western tour, including "The Man
Who Died at Twelve O'Clock," "Quar'e
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Scholarships Are
Offered for Social
And Health Workers
Information has been received by
the. Bureau of Vocational Informa
tion, 204 South building, concerning
schlarships and fellowships for seniors
of southern universities who are in
terested in securing training and prac
tical experience in social work, child
ren's welfare work, public health,, or
recreation and playground work. The
scholarships are offered for the acade--
mic year 1929-30, and holders will
spend from one-half to two-thirds of
their time in ' securing practical ex--
perience with Community Fund agen
cies and the remainder in study at the
school of social work and public
health in Richmond, a department of
the College of William and Mary.
Permanent positions after complet
ing the work in Richmond are found
with no difficulty. The demand in
the whole country for social workers
who have completed the training pro
vided under these fellowships in much
greater than the supply.
Seniors interested in securing fur-t
ther information concerning these
scholarships should call by the Bureau '
of Vocational Information, 204 South
Building. - -