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VOLUME XXXVII
CHAPEL HELL, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929
NU5IBER 81
CAMPUS NORMAL
AFTER A WEEK
END OF DANCING
Juniors Start Ball to Rolling and
Grail Ends it With Dance
On Saturday Night
With dances and fraternity house
parties the order of the day, the past
week end was one of many social
activities. There were five dances
;and a number of houseparties, all
of which served in attracting the
large number of girls who were in
Chapel Hill over the week-end.
The program . was opened Friday
night with the annual hop of the
Junior Class and a dance by the Zeta
IPsi fraternity. The - Alpha , Tan
Omega and Phi Gamma Delta fra
ternities entertained with dances on
Saturday and the Grail dance Sat
urday night brought the social acti
vities to a close.
Several fraternities entertained
girls with houseparties tfor the
week-end. Among the fraternities
laving girls were Sigma Delta, Phi
Gamma , Delta, and Sigma Zeta.
The annual Junior hop was held in
i;he gym Friday night. A number of
features added interest to the affair.
Boxes of candy were given to each
of the first five couples on the dance
floor, and a music contest was held
between two orchestras. Alex Men
denhall's Tar Heel .orchestra was
adjudged the winner by a popular
vote of the dancers. The Grand
March was led by Jimmy Connell,
with Miss Penelope Alexander, of
Charlotte, assisted by Bud Eskew
with Miss Faith Dudley, of' Char
lotte, and Red Green with Miss Kath
arine Madry of Raleigh. .
GRAHAM RESIGNS
POSITION HERE
Chief Electrician of University
To Go With North State
Company.
GIVES TALK ON
STATE HISTORY
Connor Says State Has Made
Progress But Still Has a
Long Way to Go
C. E. Graham reesigned this week
from his position as chief electrician
for the University Consolidated Ser
vice Plants and took a position with
the North State Electric Company of
"Raleigh. This concern is the dis
tributor for Westinghouse products:
ranges, motors, generators, fans and
"various other kinds of electrical
equipment and contraptions.
He will be the North State's special
representative in installation projects,
in demonstrations,, and occasionally
in selling campaigns such as the one
recently conducted here with electric
cooking ranges.
For a while he will continue to
have his home in Chapel Hill. He
may move later on but is not making
any definite plan about that.
Mr. Graham came here several
years ago from the Aluminum Com
tanv of America in Badin. By his
competence, his accommodating na
ture, and his agreeable manners he
won a high place in the esteem of the
people of ChapeLHill.
He is a musician, and for a year
or so during his stay here he conduct
ed an orchestra.
Miss Morgan to Talk
On State Weaving
Miss Lucy Morgan, director of the
fireside industries of the Appalachian
school of Penland, N. C, will give an
informal lecture on "Native Weaving
in North Carolina" in the Playmaker
Theatre Tuesday evening at eight
thirty. Miss Morgan will illustrate
her lecture with slides showing the
work the school is doing among the
mountain people. She will also ex
hibit some of the work.
The Appalachian school has done
notable work among the mountain
people. Hand looms are used along
with other weaving machines that
can be operated in the home. Miss
Morgan will give a demonstration of
the working of the hand loom.
Last year the Jugtown pottery
makers came here. Professor Koch
has invited the Tryon toy makers
and wood carvers to come next year
to give a showing of their work.
NOTICE
j- Beginning with the statement that
it was impossible to sum up in a ten
minute talk what it takes two quarters
to teach Professor R. D. W. Connor, of
the history .. department spoke in
chapel yesterday morning on "The
Historical Background of North
Carolina," as the second of a series of
faculty speakers who are delivering
lectures on the general subject of
understanding contemporary. North
Carolina history.
"We -are entirely too near to the
period of expansion in the state to be
able to see the factors that have
caused this growth," said Mr. Connor,
"perhaps 100 years from now one
can look back on this period and de
cide on the factors of this develop
ment." In summing up the outstanding
achievements of this period Mr. Con
nor placed at the head of the list the
settlement of the race relations pro
blem. Instead of the hostility and
animosity between the races, there is
now a spirit to let each race develop
to its fullest capacity. As the second
of the achievement he cited the tem
perance movement. In 1900, Dur
ham as an example, had about 3000
people and 65 saloons, stated Mr. Con
nor, but since then conditions have
improved remarkably. Progress in
education was given third place by the
speaker, and the development of na
tural and industrial resources were
next. .
At the close of his address, Mr. Con
nor warned the students, as the future
North Carolinians, to guard against a
boastful, bragadoccio spirit and a fear
of the responsibilities and burdens of
leadership. Leadership is easier to
attain than to maintain, stated - Mr.
Connor, and the people of the state
are 'fast becoming weary of the bur
dens of leadership. North Carolina
has improved wonderfully, but still
she has nothing to brag about; so the
people of the state should not boast
of its accomplishments when the
amount of money spent for education
is still far below that sent in' many
of the progressive states.
WINSTON SALEM
WINS CONTEST
Twin City School Takes Type
writing Award While Ashe
ville Wins Shorthand
Value of Little Theatre
ovement Told by Smith
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Columbia University Professor's
Address is Feature of Final
Session of Dramatic Confer
ence ; Many Awards Given ;
UNIVERSITY BOY
COLBY LIBRARIAN
Former Asheville Man and Car
olina Alumnus Gets
Quick Promotion
George Ehrhart, Jackson, (above)
who was recently appointed by the
Publications Union Board as Manag
ing Editor of the Daily Tar Heel for
next year. Ehrhart has been active
in newspaper work for the past sev
eral years and since coming to the
University has served as reporter
and full-time managing editor of the
Tar Heel.
To Get Yackety
Yacks Thursday
The much-looked for Yackety
Yack, University Annual, will be
delivered to the students Thurs
day of this week, according to
Guy Hill, business manager. In
order to speed up the delivery of
the book, two lines will be
formed; students whose names
start with a letter from A
through L will receive their books
at the window of the Yackety
Yack office on the south side of
Alumni Building; those whose
names start with a letter from'
M to Z will get their annuals at
the door of the Yackety Yack
office in the basement of the
"Alumni Office.
Hill has made a record this
year in getting out the Annual.
This is the earliest that it has
appeared for several years. Guy
says that much credit is due the
Queen City Printing Company
and the Charlotte Engraving
Company in getting out the book
so early.
Miller Talks To
Sanitary Engineers
The senior students in Sanitary
Engineering were addressed yester
day morning by H. E. Miller, chief
engineer of the State Board of Health
Mr. Miller talked on the engineering
The university cud for excellence work of the Board of Health, and out
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test conducted by the North Carolina dress was of particular interest and
Teachers' Association, with the Co- value xo tne engineering stuaents wno
operation of the University Extension are planning to enter that branch of
Division.
President Norwood announces that
the meeting of the Dialectic Senate
tonight will be one of the utmost im
portance! The date of the Bingham
Debate try-out will be set. .
":' Sixty-seven students participated
in the short hand and typing tour
naments. The contest was held in
Memorial Hall under the supervision
of George W. Gaskill, former inter
national amateur typewriting cham
pion, and Edward S. Gallop, Jr.
The winners in the various classes
were: Class A, one-year students,
Pauline Strup, Central high school,
Charlotte; Class B, two years, Lil
lian Willard, Winston-Salem high
school; Class C, three semesters,
Ruth Zigler, Winston-Salem; Class
D, alumni, Elmer Jones, Raleigh
high school ; accuracy, Marguerite
Croxton, Asheville high school.
The university cup, which is
awarded in class B in the typewrit
ing contest went to Winston-Salem,
represented by Lillian Willard, Sam
Dorsett and Bobbie Abbott.
The team cup , for shorthand was
won by Asheville in the advanced
class. Mildred Lunsford made the
individual high score with 97.91
Durham was the team winner in the
beginners' class with Anna Miller as
individual winner.
The North Carolina Commercial
Secretaries' Association met and
elected new officers as follows: Miss
Willie Rubie Blackburn, of Kinston,
president; J. H. Shields, of Duke
University, vice-president, and Miss
Artlee Puett. of Elkin high school
secretary-treasurer.
The organization of the King's
Daughters will' give a silver tea in
the rooms of the Methodist Church
Tnoodnv afternoon. May 14, from 4
to 6 o'clock.
work.
While here, Mr. Miller interviewed
several of the seniors relative to
their employment with the State
Board of Health or with engineering
companies upon their graduation.
Asserting that there are more than
j350 school and little theatre groups in
this country and a total of 3,000 stu
dents, are actively engaged in dra
matic work, Milton Smith, Columbia
University professor and noted dra
matic authority, declared in an ad
dress here Saturday that ''never be
fore in the history of the world has
there been such an interest in the
non-professional theatre, nor has play
producing ever been wider or better."
Speaking at the final session, of
the Carolina Dramatic Association
annual spring- festival, being held
here at the University of North Caro
lina, Prof. Smith urged a large audi
ence of school and community dra
matic directors to consider themselves
,a big part in this great movement.
, "We of the -little theatre," he said,
"shouldn't think of our art as any
different from the art of the profes
sional theatre. We were really the
first in the field, and we shouldn't
apoligize for being - amateurs. We
should be proud of it." .
Substitute for Hughes
I Professor Smith was pinch-hitting
for Hatcher Hughes, fellow faculty
member at Columbia and noted North
Carolina playwright. His sincere
and earnest evaluation of school dra
matics, his discussions of present
trends and his timely suggestions
made his address..perhaps the feature
of the closing day's program.
Other events were a meeting of
the new dramatic art section of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion, a business session of the Carolina
Dramatic Association, at which offi
cers were elected, presentation of
three more plays, contests in costum
ing, make-up and stage modeling and
presentation of awards. "
Prof. Smith told of a "new and
bigger conception of dramatics" and
showed what it would mean educationally.
Mrs. Louis S. Perry, president of
the new dramatic art section of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion, briefly outlined plans of the or
ganization at the morning session, in
cluding a professional directing dem
onstration to be arranged to help the
directors.
Officers Elected
W. R. Wunsch, Asheville senior
high school, was named new presi
dent, of the Carolina Dramatic Assor
ciation ; P. C. Farrar, Chapel Hill
high school, was elected vice-president,
and Nettina Strobach, State
representative of the Bureau of Com
munity Drama, was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
R. M. Grumman, di
rector of the University extension di
vision; Frederick H. Koch, director
Bureau of Community Drama; Hu-
bert Heffner and Samuel Selden, of
the Carolina Playmakers; Elba Hen
ninger, Greensboro College and Vir
ginia Home, Wilson high school, were
re-elected to the executtvie cbuncil.
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Robert Bingham Downs, who was
graduated from the University in
1926, has been appointed librarian at
Colby College, at Waterville, Maine,
according to word received here today.
Mr. Downs has risen rapidly in his
profession in his brief three years
out of college, and his success is
highly gratifying to friends here and
in other sections of the State.
He was at the time of his appoint
ment information desk librarian in
the New York Public Library. He
was graduated from the University
with honors in 1926, took his B. S.
degree from the School of Library
Service at Columbia University the
f ollowing-year, and is this year a can
didate for a master's degree.
Mr. Downs has had special train
ing in history, social sciences, and
education, and is regarded as being
well prepared for administrative work
in college or university libraries.
He is a native of Asheville.
MARKER UNVEILED
TO GENERAL DAVIE
R. B. House is Chief Speaker t
Ceremonies in Memory of
University Patriot.
HEEL ENGINEER
GETSMPORTNT
JOB IN CANADA
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Hamilton McRary Jones, Native
of Warrenton, Appointed Gen
eral Manager of International
Power Company
Science Academy Meets
In Greensboro May 10
This Cat Has No
Use For Pajamas
The University village has a
two-legged cat.
The animal didn't meet with an
accident and have its other two
legs amputated. It was just born
that way with only two fore
legs. There are no stumps to in
dicate that nature ever intended
it to have more than two legs.
The cat's name is Mary, and
she is 18 months of age. The
fact that she has only two legs
doesn't seem to bother her. She
walks in kangaroo fashion and
balances herself so well that her
tail, which is unusually long,
doesn't drag the ground.
Mary is on exhibit here in Pat
terson Bros.' Drug Store and has
attracted much attention. One
local dentist is said to have of
fered $100 for her and to have
had the price raised immediately
by anothef local dentist. She is
the property of Norwood Butler
who lives near Chapel Hill. He
says he doesn't want to part with
Mary.
250 Scientists From AH Over
State Expected; Varied Pro
gram Being Arranged and
Will be Announced Soon
The North Carolina Academy of
Science will hold its twenty-eighth
annual meeting at North Carolina
College for Women, Greensboro, on
May 10 and 11, it wast announced here
today by H. R. Totten, University
professor, who is secretary-treasurer
of the Academy.
The North Carolina (Section of the
American Chemical Society is again
to meet with the Academy, according
to Dr. Totten, and an attendance of
more than 250 scientists from all
over the State is expected.
General sessions will be held Fri
day morning, afternoon, and evening
with all groups meeting together.
Separate sessions will be held Sat
urday morning by each the Chemis
try, Mathematics, Physics, and Gen
eral Sections.
Final touches are now being put to
a broad and varied program, to be
announced this week. With the four
section meetings, there will probably
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Weldon, May 3. After more than
a century since his death in 1820 be
lated honors were done on Friday to
the memory of W. R. Davie, citizen,
soldier statesman, patriot, in the
unveiling of a marker on the grounds
of his old home in Halifax, now oc
cupied by Hunter Norman.
The marker is of rough granite j
with tablet of bronze bearing the fol
lowing inscription,: -
"Here was the home of W. R.
Davie, 1756-1820, colonel in the revo
lution, delegate to Federal conven
tion in 1787, grand member of Ma
sons, a founder of the University of
North Carolina, governor, minister
to France. Erected 1929 by the
North Carolnia Historical Commis
sion and Grades Six and Seven of
Halifax rural schools."
The exercises of .unveiling were a
part of the graduation exercises of
the county rural schools.
The children of the schools as
sembled at the Halifax school house
at 2:30 p. m. and marched to the
former home of Colonel Davie be
hind the Rosemary- band, which fur
nished the music for the march and
the unveiling.
County Superintendent of Schools
A. E. Akers acted as master of cere
monies and announced the different
numbers of the program. After in
vocation by Rev. W. J. Watson, of
Halifax, the assembled crowds sang
to accompaniment of the band "The
Star Spangled Banner," standing
with heads uncJoveed. Undjfer the
shadow of the , national and State
flags, the cover, a national flag, was
removed by boys and girls of the
Sixth and Seventh grades, among
them two descendants of Colonel
Davie, Eliabeth and Jack Clark.
The marker was presented by Miss
Carrie Bowers, of Aurelian Springs,
and received on behalf of the His
torical Commission by A. R. New-
some of the commission. Led by the
band the assembly sang North Caro
lina's anthem, "The Old North State."
Two appropriate poems dedicated to
W. R. Davie, composed by children
of the Sixth and Seventh grades of
Ringwood and Hollister, were recited
by James Harris and Elizabeth Clark.
Superintendent Akers introduced
R. B. House, executive secretary of
the University of North Carolina
Mr. House paid due tribute to Col
onel Davie and his associates. There
are three outstanding points of serv
ice which he rendered. First he gave
his blood at the call of country though
only a college boy at the time; sec
ond, by his diplomacy and ingenuity
in the convention he saved the con
stitution; third, and perhaps greatest
service was in the founding of the
State University when there were no
schools. Finding no schools he set
his heart on a great State college and
as grand master builder laid the
cornerstone of the first building in
North Carolina's educational system
The exercises closed with the Hali
fax county hymn, "Halifax, O Hali
fax," by the assembly and band.
Notable success in the public utili
ties field has just come to a native
North Carolinian and University
alumnus, Hamilton McRary Jones,
who has been appointed to the im
portant posts of general manager of
the International Plower Company
and vice-president of the Montreal
Engineering Company in Montreal,
Canada.
The news was received here today
with much pleasure by friends who
knew Mr. Jones as a student. He is
a native of Warrenton.
Mr. Jones was at the time of his
appointment to the Canadian position
manager of the Department of the
Americas for the Westinghouse Com
pany. He had previously held many
important positions with the Westing
house Company, with the South Porto
Rico Sugar Company, and the Porto
Rico Railway, Light and Power Co.
Other important posts he held- were
the Japanese managership for West
inghouse Electric International Co.,
the direction of Westinghouse opera
tions . in Mexico, and management of
the Chilian State Railway electrifica
tion work as conducted by the West
inghouse organiation.
Mr. Jones was born in Warrenton
46 years ago. He attended high
school at Bellevue, Virginia, and re
ceived his A. B. degree here at the
University in 1905. He is a member
of the American Institute of Electri
cal Engineers, the Machinery Club
of New York, the Chile-American As
sociation, the American-Japan So
ciety, and a number of social clubs.
He is a member of the Zeta Psi fra
ternity. .
SAYS ORCHESTRA
IS IMPROVING
University Musicians Give Sev
enth Program of the Year;
Large Audience
By DONALD WOOD
On Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in Memorial Hall, the University Or
chestra, under the direction of T.
Smith McCorkle. of the Music De
partment Faculty, appeared in con
cert, the seventh program of the
tenth series.
The orchestra- has greatly improved
since its first appearance of the year,
and Sunday afternoon's concert was
very enjoyable from every standpoint.
The orchestra was well balanced, and
despite the fact that there were quite
a few violins playing together, almost
perfect harmony was obtained and
hey showed signs of good training
and direction. The woodwind section
was unusually ! good during this con
cert. During the "Zampa Overture,"
the clarinet solos were very " weak
and the audience wondered if the in-
strument had strength enough to
struggle through the end of the piece.
or not. This, however, should be at
tributed to the fact that the clarinetist
was attempting to play low notes on
high-pitched instrument. The ac
companiment by the rest of the or
chestra smoothed over the difficulties
which occurred in this number.
The following program was ten
dered to the several hundred visitors
gathered for the concert:
Marche Carnavalesque Friml
Coronation March, from the
Opera "Folkunger"
Zampa Overture
Prelude to Lohengrin
Symphonie Militaire
Adagio-Allegro
Menuetto
Kretschmer
' Herold
Wagner
Haydn
House and Saunders
Talk in High Point
R. B. House, executive secretary of
the University, and J. Maryon Saun
ders, general Alumni secretary, will
journey to High Point tonight to
make talks 'to the High Point Club.
This is to be a reorganization meet
ing ,of the club, which is composed en-,
tirely of former students of the Uni
versity. J, F Royster, Dean of the Gradu
ate School, announces that all candi
dates for degrees must have their
theses in by Saturday, May '11.