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Trc Library, . 1 . 4-.r r- tqUi Carolina, PLAYMAKER TRYOUTS TODAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT i t 1 ill i V I H FRESHMAN DEBATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT VOLUME XXXVII CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1929 NUMBER 78 WINSTON'S LIFE OF JOHNSON IS STILL GOING FINE Dr. Branson Is Latest Fall Cost Night's Sleep But Says It's Worth It. Judge; Robert W. Winston's bi ography, "Andrew Johnson, Plebian and Patriot," seems to have lost none of the drawing power which gave it such a tremendous reception when published a year ago. It continues to sell steadily and to draw expressions of appreciation from readers. One of the most recent praises for the book comes from one of Judge Winston's fellow townsmen, Dr. E. C. Branson, who confesses that the book cost him a night's sleep. Dr. Branson wrote: " 'Andrew Johnson' cost me a night's sleep. It was impossible to put it down after I began to read it. It is as fascinating as any volume of Lyton Strachey, Maurois or Ga maliel Bradford. And it; has far greater substantial value than any volume by Ludwig. It evidences ter rible toil in fingering the fugitive dusty records involved' in the story of Andrew Johnson. I should say that it, is one of the few completely documented biographies of recent years. Nevertheless, it is entrancing because of its brilliant craftsman ship and literary graces. Judge Win ston certainly establishes Johnson's place in merican history as Carlyle established Cromwell's in English, his tory. But it is no cure for insomnia. If the reader goes ten pages into this volume he is apt to thank God for sleeplessness." National Pharmacy Association Puts On Essay Contest As a result of a paper read before the last meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Associati6ir'atPort lanjd, Maine, a National ' Pharmacy Flag Committee was appointed. This committee is now sponsoring a contest to obtain a suitable flag for the phar macy profession. Three first prizes of fifty dollars are being given by the Druggists Circular, a national phar macy magazine, a second prize of a set of eight books is being given by the Chemical Foundation and the third prize, a volume entitled "4000 Years of Pharmacy" is being donated by C. H. La Wall of the Philadelphia Col lege of Pharmacy. Further particulars of this contest may be found in the April issue of the Druggists Circular. Coming Week-End Filled With Dances The coming week-end will be filled with dances, for there are four on the social calendar. Three fraternity dances and a Grail dance make up the program. The Phi Gamma Delta, Zeta Psi, and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities will entertain with dances. The Grail will stage its third dance Tfor the spring quarter next Saturday night in the gymnasium. Alex Men denhall's Tar Heel Boys will furnish the music. The gymnasium will be decorated appropriately for the oc casion. The usual rules of conduct will be enforced, and no visitors will be admitted. This dance will be the third of the spring series of dances by the Grail. Four dances were scheduled to be held two weeks apart, and the fourth and last will be held in the gymnasium on May 18. Superintendents End Successful Meeting Last Rites Are Held For Chapel Hill Man Last rites were held here at 11 o'clock Saturday morning for Henry Ledbetter, son of the late Charles B. Ledbetter and Mrs. Ledbetter, and well known archi tect, who died later Wednesday night of an attack of acute in digestion. Services were from the Led better home on Franklin Street, with Rev. C. Excell Rozzelle, of local Methodist church, off iciat ing. Interment in the local ceme tery, where the funeral cortege was met by a detail from the Chapel Hill Post of the American Legion placed a marker at the grave of the departed member. Rev. A. S. Lawrence, Chaplain, pronounced the benediction, and G. H. Lawrence sounded taps. HIGH SCHOOL PAPERS STAGE CONTESTSOON Editors, Begin to Put Extra Touches on Sheets for An nual Exhibit. ALUMNI FAVOR LOYALTY FUND Alumni President and Many Others Pledge Their Hearty Cooperation. The five day session of county superintendents and board chairmen held in Raleigh last week under the direction of Superintendent A. T. Allen came to an end Friday after noon after having considered the re ports of five committees. Before adjourning the members of the county school boards formed a permanent organization, electing H. S. Averitt of Cumberland county president, and Charles H. Ireland of Guilford as secretary-treasurer. Summing up the results of the meet , ing State Superintendent Allen stated that all those present were agreed that a policy of strict economy must be practiced during the next several years. Much good will came from the contacts made during the sessions and from the resulting exchange of information. The high school editors are put ting a lot of snap and quality into their papers these days, for soon it will be time for the annual award of the Hume Cup. , ' This cup is given each year to the best North Carolina high school paper in a contest conducted by the Univer sity Extension Division. It was given in memory of the late Dr. Thomas Hume, for many years head of the University English Department by a number of his old students. Announcement has just been made here that: the high, school papers are to submit files of their publications by the first of June for selection of the best jpaper Interest Js running high, and many papers have already signified intention of entering the contest. The University Extension Division also awards a trophy cup each year to the high school which has the best magazine. The magazine files are also due by June 1. Both contests are designed to stimulate interest in the field of high school journalism and center attention on the high school newspapers and magazines of the State. News values, editorial values, and general make-up and typographical appearance. Greensboro high school has set the pace in the two contests of late. "Homespun" has won the magazine contest and "High Life" the news paper contest for three years run ning. Asheville high school's "The Hillbilly" won the magazine contest in 1925, and Durham high school's "The Hi-Rocket", won the newspaper contest. Raleigh high school won the magazine contest in 1924 with its Sr Urpic aim vxuiu, aim uiccuouuiu high's "High Life" took first honors in the newspaper competition. Bradshaw Fills Raleigh Pulpit Francis Bradshaw, Dean of Stu dents at the University of North Carolina, spoke to the West Raleigh Presbyterian Church congregation Sunday morning, in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Joseph R. Wal ker. Dean Bradshaw based his inter esting remarks on the story of John the Baptist as found in the latter part of the third and the beginning of the fourth chapters of the gospel according to Saint Matthew. There are two ways men today should interpret the Bible, especially the New Testiment, he said, these being to do it in terms of the great drama of man's fall and salvation, and to use the gospel as a narrative dealing with people very much like us, as we live and work together day by day. The leadership of John and the leadership of Jesus, said Mr. Brad shaw, may be compared with leader shm of men today: colleere is es sentially a process to produce men who know, and people look for those who know how and can lead them. Jesus himself went to John the Bap tist for baptism, joined the church and took the oath of citizenship. Men should first become leaders and then seek out the rewards in this life, in stead of expecting them before they become leaders, said Mr. Bradshaw. State support for the University of North Carolina will in no way be lessened by . alumni . gifts, President Harry W. Chase told a group of some 30 alumni attending a Class Secretaries' meeting here at which members of the group nthusiastical ly endorsed th proposd plan to build a large Alumni Loyalty Fund for the advancement of the University in certain fields not covered by State aid. . ' There were classes' represented from gack in '79, the first class after the Civil War, down to '28, and young and old shared the same enthusiasm for the plan explained by Dr. Chase. W. T.. Shore, of , Charlotte, pledged his hearty support as president of the Alumni Association, and other alumni heartily endorsing the plan included Judge R. H. Sykes, of Dur ham; Judge Robert W. Winston, of Chapel Hill; Fred J. Coxe, of Wades boro, and Ben Cone, of Greensboro. "I don't believe there is any con tradiction between an institution looking for State support on the one hand and looking to aid from the outside on the other hand," Dr. Chase declared. "Any institution as it becomes a complex university finds itself more and more called on to maintain wide ly different types of activities." The principle' that the State will take care of the routine, definite ne cessities of the University is well settled in North Carolina, said Dr. Chase. But there are a great num ber, of projects outside the area of State support which the University must maintain more and more, and by outside aid, if the University is to maintain the high quality which has given it its outstanding place among institutions of the country. Commerce Fraternity Takes New Members At its annual spring initiation, just held. Delta Sigma Pi, international commerce fraternity, initiated eight students as active members and three faculty members of the University School of Commerce as honorary members. ' The new members are Profs. G. T. Schwenning, M. S. Heath, and J. G. Evans; and Harold I. Aaron, of Spencer; Harry G. Brainard, Roch ester, N. Y.; William R. Coleman, Jr., Danville, Va.; Alfred A. Mount, Col lege Point, N. Y.; John C. Reading, Ashboro; Eugene D. Umstead, Jr., Stem; George WinecofE, Gastonia; and James F. Parrott, Jr., Kinston. FLOWER SHOW IS BIG SUCCESS Hundred Exhibitors Compete for 37 Prizes for Best Specimens. The natural beauty of the Univer sity village was enhanced this past week end when the Chapel Hill Gar den Club put on its first Flower Show. It was held in the Episcopal Parish house. There were more than 100 exhibi tors and 37 prizes were awarded for best specimens and arrangements. The exhibits were numerous and of many different varieties, and the whole, arranged with deftness and taste for color, presented a gorgeous spectacle. ' Featured was the table of Mrs. A. A. Kluttz with its arrangement of 86 different varieties of cultivated plants, and the table of B. E. Smith, University sophomore, with more than 75 . varieties - of field, flowers. The American Home Department and the Art Department, also branches of the Chapel Hill Commu nity Club, co-operated, and there were also many exhibits of hand made hooked rugs, draperies, covers, mats, lampshades, and hand-painted china, pictures, and tapestries, which view with the flower show for draw ing most attention. The Cooking Division also assisted, the members serving fruit punch and sandwiches to the many visitors. . Chairman of the three organiza tions which staged the combined ex hibit are Mrs. H. R. Totten, Garden Club; Mrs. D. E. Schreffler, Ameri can Home Department; and Miss Alma Holland, Art Department. Asheville Boy Heads Engineering Group Election for officers of the William Cain Student Chapter here at the University of the American Society of Civil Engineers-resulted in the selection as president of Charles E. Waddell of Asheville, rising Sen ior. . Other officers announceed elected at the same meeting were C. P. Eric son, of Oak Park, 111., vice-president; R. J. White, of Texas, secretary, and W. E. Bobbitt, of Rocky Mount, treas urer. Prot. T. b . mckerson was unanimously re-elected to his posi tion as faculty sponsor. Two annual awards were made Walter Parks of Swannanoa, will re ceive a copy of the Engineer's Hand book as a result of his being chosen as the member who had shown most interest in the society during the present year. Phil HowelU of Fay etteville, retiring president, will re ceive a Junior Membership in the A. S. C. E. for having done the most work for the society. Tryouts for Rip Van Winkle Today Tryouts for the next Play maker production, "Rip Van Winkle," will be held in the Play maker theatre this afternoon at four-thirty and tonight at seven. Mr. Hubert Heffner, associate director of the Playmakers will fill the title role. Six major roles are open for try out and a number of minor ones. This will be the final number on the Playmaker's program for the year. It will be produced at the Forest Theatre on May 10 and 11. PROF. BEARD IS HONORED Will Make Survey of Pharma ceutical Education in Uni- i ted States. Chapel Hill Artist Thinks Success Due to Perspiration Rather Than to Inspiration By It. W. MADRY Here in this picturesque University village, on the outskirts of one sec tion of Battle Park, there is a resi dential section known as Baby Hollow. Baby Hollow numbers among its dwellers some well known members of the University faculty. Offhand one thinks of the Bradshaws, the Hib- bards, the Coffins, the Houses, the Linkers, the Dashiells, the Hoeffers, and others. Officially the section in which these people live has been designated as Park Place. But, fortunately or un fortunatelythe appellation of Baby Hollow was applied first, and it has stuck. - Why such a name nobody seems to know exactly. The most plausible ex planation is offered by young Bobby House, son of the University's Execu tive Secretary, who tells strangers that it was so named because "there are so many babies here and because they holler so much." Into this colony recently there mov ed a new "day" resident. She must be called a day resident, because, while she lives among these folk during the daytime, she always goes to the home of her mother, not far away, to spend the night. The newcomer isMary deB. Graves, well known Chapel Hill artist. Six years ago she came back to Chapel Hill to live. She came from New York, where she had been studying art since she went there as a young girl with her mother. -Back in the village she set up a studio in her home. For a while she thought the arrange ment fine. She had a good deal of room and her mother was quite toler ant. Lately, however, she had gone in more and more for portrait work. She needed more " room and more light. She began to cast about for a suit able dwelling that might be converted into a studio. The Baby Hollow colony appealed to her. Its inhabitants were her friends.; The place had an atmosphere all its own. She would try to find a place there. Buys an Old Barn The only vacant dwelling she could discover was an old barn. It belonged to Mrs. Joshua Gore and she was will ing to part with it and the land on which it is located. It sits in between the homes fronting on Franklin street and those fronting on Park Place. Access to it is through a lane just wide enough for an automobile to pass Oscar Coffin's garage is the nearest structure, and his and Bob House's homes are within a stone's throw. ' - Her friends thought she was joking when Mrs. Graves told them she was going to convert the old building into a nice studio. It seemed so unlike a studio. - - ' " Description of Studio . How she has transformed that ugly Continued on last page A distinct honor has just come to the University through the appoint ment of Professor J. G. Beard, of the School of Pharmacy, to the position of secretary of the Committee on the Study of Pharmacy of the Amer ican Council on Education. This committee working under the aus pices of the Council will begin at once to make a comprehensive sur vey of pharmaceutical education in this country. Beginning, in 1932 the 57 member schools of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy will offer no degree courses of less than four years.. The committee of which' Dr. Beard has been chosen secretary will make a serious study of the educa tional needs and machinery in phar macy iii, order that curricula may be set up that will be adapted alike to the facilities of the : schools and to the educational requirements of the modern pharmacist.. The work of this committee is sponsored - and financially supported by the American Association of Col leges of Pharmacy, the National As sociation of Boards of Pharmacy, and the American Pharmaceutical Association. The committee is com posed of three members from each of the supporting associations. Garden Clubs Visit University Campus The beautiful Arboretum at the University of North Carolina with its 5u0 varieties of plant life is be ing inspected these days by garden clubs over the State, and Dr. W.. C. Coker, its custodian and professor of botany, is kept busy advising; and exchanging ideas with the groups. The most recent visitors were the 25 members of the High Point Gar den Club going through the Arbor etum and inspecting the grounds of Dr. Coker's home. The Wilson Gar den Club will, visit the University as Dr. Coker's guests soon. Dr. Coker has complete charge of ground improvement and beautifica tion at the University. He takes much pleasure in helping movements for beautification and gives his advise freely. These visits are becoming popular with the garden clubs and Dr. Coker takes it as a highly en couraging sign, that the people of the State are really interested in gar dening and ground decoration. Dr. Henderson On Lecture Tour for ; N. Y. Theatre GOLDEN FLEECE TO HOLD ANNUAL TAPPING MAY 9 Much Speculation on Campus As to Who and How Many Will Be Taken. The Order of the Golden Fleece, honorary senior order will hold its twenty-seventh annual tapping on the night of May 9 in Memorial Hall. Governor O. Max Gardner has been secured as speaker for the oc casion. Membership in the Golden Fleece is considered the highest honor on the campus and is awarded to sen iors and juniors for ability, scholas tic attainments, and extra-curricular activities. It is customary for members of the rising senior class to be tapped, but members of the grad uating class are also chosen. The annual event causes an unusual amount of interest among the stud ents, for those chosen by the hooded figures who select the men from the crowd in Memorial Hall are consid ered representative of the student body of the University. Usually the outstanding student in each field of activity and those outstanding in a varied field are selected for this honor. The number chosen varies from five to fifteen. Last year ele ven men, headed by Mac Gray, were accorded that distinction. The student body will be given its first opportunity, to hear - Governor Gardner speak since his inaugura tion in January. Deputation Team Makes Successful Tour Over State c? ( - - now Dr. Archibald Henderson is on a speecnmaKing tour unaer ;tne auspices of the New . York Theatre Guild, 'which next year will expand the scope of its activities from New York to engagements in: a. number, of the larger cities of. the North. Dr. Henderson is, speaking pn the history,;; character : fenfaiins.ote Guild with special emphasis uon its program for next season. ; "Last week he spoke im Boston, Bal timore, Philadelphia, Washington, and Pittsburgh. PhiBetaKappTo Hold Elections and Initiation Thursday The. election: artd initiation of new members into the Ehi; Beta Kappa Society , will be; held: at the meeting of the: societjr in; thtt Earrish House of the.,. Episcopal Churchv Thursday, May 2nd, at 7:30 p; m. Matters of general business. wilL Be; discussed at the meeting,. The Y. Deputation team, headed by Aubrey Perkins, has just return ed from one of the most successful tours ever conducted. The team went to RockyMount Thursday morning to conduct a program under the aus pices of the Rockky Mount Y. M. C. A. After arriving there, they at tended a banquet given by the Junior- Senior Hi-Y, club. Friday they visited the city schools, and in the afternoon they were the guests of the Rotary club. . Saturday morning the young boys of the town were taken on a hiking trip. The Eastern Carolina Training School was visited Satur day afternoon. The team was re ceived with much enthusiasm at this place, and seemed much pleased with the program given. As a conclusion to the program, the members of the team took charge of the Sunday school classes of the various churches in town. Those making the trip were Bev erly C. Moore, James C. Harrish, and Aubrey Perkins. The quartet tcom- posed of J. C. Connolly, W. F. Hum phries, S. A. Lynch and J. E. Miller, was also with the team. Prof. Saville Will Study Erosion on The Eastern Coast Prof. Thorndike Saville, of the Uni versity Engineering School, has ac cepted an invitation to serve as con sultant with U. S. Army Engineers on a board to investigate causes of the serious erosion on the Atlantic coast. The investigation will be made with a view to devising such protec tive construction as may be neces sary and will be' a year or more in completion Freshman Debate Wednesday Night - The Freshman triangular debate between Carolina, Davidson and Wake Forest will take place on the night of May 1. W. E. Conally and W. E. Uzzell of Carolina, will uphold the negative side of "Resolved, That the Jury system should be abolished," against the Wake Forest -freshmen at Wake Forest. Harry Gump and Ben Ay- cock, of Carolina, will uphold the af firmative end of the same . query against the Davidson freshmen at Chapel Hill.. NOTICE The student chapter of the Taylor Societyy will, hold its regular meeting in Room 319T Phillips Hall at 7:15 p. m. tonight1 (Tuesday). Ail members are urged! to: be. present.