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VOLUME gEXXVIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929 v ' NUMBER 2S
evelopment Of Intelligent
Reading Habits Is Important
Problem, Says Dean Gra
Second Annual Conference On
Education Opens With Ad
dress by Dr. Chase and Paper
By Dean of Chicago's School
Of Education.
The second annual Southern
Conference on Education spon
sored by the University opened
at the Carolina Inn yesterday
wieh an attendance of more!
than 250 leaders from the en
tire south.
. Following an address of wel
come by President Harry Chased
papers were presented by Dean
William S. Gray of the school of
education, University of Chi
cago, and by F. H. Koos, assist
ant superintendent of schools,
Winston-Salem.
y Declaring that the elementary
and secondary schools are faced
with many problems, Dean Gray
said "the two urgent problems
of today are the development of
intelligent reading habits and
the provision of adequate library
materials for use in enlarging
and ' enriching the content of
school subjects and in promoting
recreational reading interests.
The Southeastern Library as
sociation also held its first 1929
session here Monday morning,
with Miss Charlotte Templeton,
librarian of the Greenville, public
library, presiding.
Holders of season tickets to
the Carolina Playmaker produc
tions have been notified that to
day is the last opportunity to
redeem these for reserved -seats.
Reservations may be obtained at
the Student Supply store.
A few season tickets are still
available at the oflice of the
Playmakers. ' The cash sale of
seats for the three .one-act plays
to be presented October 24, 25
and 26 will begin tomorrow.
Players Entertain
Visitors With Show
Last Saturday night the Caro
lina Playmakers gave a special
production of "Magnolia's Man"
by Gertrude Wilson Coffin, and
"Being Married" by Catherine
Wilson Nolan, for the entertain
ment of the delegates to the
Southern. Conference on Educa
tion, the library committee, and
the visiting alumni. '
. An interesting feature of the
program was a demonstration
of stage . setting. ' The curtain
was left up and the audience al
lowed to watch the stage prep
arations between plays.
Concert Given By
Music Department
Sunday afternoon the Univer
sity's department of music gave
a splendid program in Memorial
hall, with Professor Harold S.
Dyer, head of the department,
in charge. There were vocal se
lections by the University glee
club, violin selections by Profes
sor T. Smith McCorkle, assisted
by Mrs. McCorkle at the piano,
and piano selections by Profes
sor Nelson Kennedy. A large
crowd attended the concert.
Crane To Attend Clinic
Professor Harry W. Crane
will attend the Mental clinic at
the State School for Blind at
Raleigh Tuesday, October 22. He
will also attend another clinic in
Salisbury on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week.
LastChance
Calendar Notice
Beginning with today's Tar
Heel a calendar of events
will be published every day.
All announcements for the
calendar should be reported
to the Tar Heel office before
four o'clock the day preceding
the issue. ...
Alpha Phi Delta Frat
Initiates Prinzhorn
Last Thursday night, October
17, the local chapter, of Alpha
Phi Delta, a psychology frater
nity, enjoyed a meeting and ban
quet at the Spanish inn in Dur
ham. Four men were initiated
at the meeting these being D.
H. Briggs, Dr. K. E. Zener of
Duke University, E. R. Mosher
of this institution and Dr. Hans
Prinzhorn of Frankfort, Ger-
many. Dr. Prinzhorn is a psy-
chologist ' and psychiatrist spe
cializing in psychotherapy. 'He
came to the United States to at
tend the International Congress
of Psychology at Harvard Uni
versity , during the month of
August, and also the Ninth In
ternational Congress of Psychol
ogy at Yale University in Sep
tember. He delivered two lec
tures at the latter congress.
Dr. Hans Prinzhorn was for
merly connected with the Psy
chology clinic at Heidelburg,
Germany, and is now arranging
a series - of lectures to be given
through: the United States. In
December he will go to Mexico
where he will be the guest of the
German ambassador to that
country.
He has written many books
on psychology, personality and
character development.
DRAMATIC SECTION
ELECTS OFFICERS
The
dramatic art section of
the North Carolina Education
association held its first meet
ing of the year in Asheville last
Saturday. Short instructive
talks were given by W. R.
Wunsch of Asheville,' and Mrs.
Louise S. Perry of Swannanoa.
"Pink and Patches," a one-act
play, was presented by jbl cast
from the Morganton high school,
under the direction of Mrs. E. O.
Randolph. ' The play was used
as a basis for discussion and
suggestions in the coaching and
production of plays. Miss Net
tina ; Strobach of Chapel, Hill
conducted" an open forum. ,
The officers elected for the
coming year are Mrs. E. O. Ran
dolph, president, and Msis Flora
Mae Hood of Hendersonville;
secretary.
Crime On Decline
Crime was apparently on the
decline in Chapel Hill last week
as only three offenders were
hailed before recorder's court
this morning. . ,
Judge Hinshaw was . out of
town and Mayor Council presid
ed at the court. : --: '..
L. G. Cox, white, was fined
$10 and costs for public drunk-
eness and having intoxicating
liquors in his possession.
A W. W. Suggs, white, was fined
$10 and costs for passing worth
less checks. ....
Fred Ivey, white, was charged
with driving under jthe influence
of liquor. His case "was contin
ued until next week.
PLAYTJAIffiRS 0
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SEASON THURSDAY
First Bill To Be Presented
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Evenings.
The Carolina Playmakers pre
sent the first bill of their twelfth
season next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday night at the Play
maker theatre. The program
consists of three original one
act plays: "The No 'Count Boy"
by Paul Green, "Magnolia's
Man" by Gertrude Wilson Cof
fin ; and "Being Married" by
Catherine Wilson Noleri.
"The No 'Count Boy" was pro
duced in New York in 1925,
winning first prize in the Na
tional Little Theatre tourna
ment. The play is a comedy of
negro hie. Jfrotessor, Koach
says of it, "Although the char
acters are drawn to the life, the
play is really a fantasy. . . . In
The No 'Count Boy' Paul Green
gives us a fleeting glimpse of
the dream-world of the carefree
minstrel of the' race."
Gertrude Wilson Coffin, the
author of "Magnolia's Man," is
the author of "A Shotgun
Splicin'." Her present play is
a comedy based on a spinster's
efforts, to 'secure a husband
through the mail-order marriage
mart. The scene is laid in a re
mote section of North Carolina,
the time being 1904, before the
new freedom made spinsters less
helpless.-
"Being Married" is a domestic
comedy with the struggle of
well-to-do young married people
who suddenly decide that the
only "square thing" is to live on
their own meagre income. Pro
fessor Koch says of it, "The
charm of the dialogue is really
the charm of the young people
themselves."
McCormick In Memphis
DeanC. T. McCormick of the
school , of law left Saturday for
Memphis to attend the sessions
of the American Bar association
and of- the executive committee
of the Association' of American
Law schools. He will return to
Chapel Hill on Friday.
Judges' Decisions
Giving Way
(By J. C. Williams) .
- Along with other changes in
the field of intercollegiate debat
ing has come the recent shift of
emphasis from the decision de
bate to the no-decision contest.
Although the system of letting
the audience vote both before
and after the debate is still very
widely practiced, the old "cut
and dried" judges' decision has
almost gone out of existence in
the case of the larger colleges
and universities of the country.
Of the seven intercollegiate
debates in which the University
of North Carolina participated
last year four were no-decisioh
"contests, while the decision was
rendered by the audience in the
case of the remaining three. The
plan which provides for definite
judges "three to seven in num
ber" was not employed at alT.
The University of Kentucky, one
of the opponents of the Tar Heel
debaters last spring, never par
ticipates In a decision debate ex
cept , by the specific request of
the opposing team. Even then
an audience vote is preferred.
, A! concensus of. the various
contention in this connection
seems to show that the aforesaid
shift of emphasis from the de
cision debate to the no-decision
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GOLDEN JUB
SUBJECT OF TALK
W. .H. Witherspoon Speaks of
Edison's Life At Chapel
..' Exercises. '
Yesterday, the fiftieth anni
versary of the date of the inven
tion of the incandescent lamp,
the chapel exercise was fitting
ly taken for a discussion of
Thomas A. Edison, the well
known inventor of this conven
ience. W. H. Weatherspoon of
Raleigh told something of Edi
son's life and work and pointed
out the value and importance tf
his inventions.
Mr. Weatherspoon described
the invention of the incandes
cent damp as probably the most
important .event in our indus
trial life. He showed that this
one thing has revolutionized in
dustry by literally bringing the
world from darkness into light.
Tracing the invention from its
beginning, Mr. Weatherspoon
said that; others before Edison
had attempted to make an in
candescent lamp, but with little
success. It was finally Edispn
who by his labor and genius dis
covered the proper material and
method and whose efforts on
October 21, 1879, culminated in
success.
i Then the speaker the world-
(Continued on page four)
- Dr. Dabney Here A
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, for
mer Professor of Chemistry
here,: js spending, some time, in
Chapel Hill engaged in histori
cal" research .work at the library.
During his visit to the Univer
sity Dr. Dabney 1 is staying , at
the residence' of Dean Braune.
Dr. Dabney is a distinguished
educator having served as pres
ident of the University of Tenn
essee and later as president of
the University of Cincinnati.
He is also former State chemist,
and at one time was a director of
the United States Agriculture
Experiment station. Dr. Dab
ney is said to have been instru
mental in the writing; of the
charter for The A. and. M, Col
lege, now N. C. State. j
In Debating
To Open Discussion
contest is due largely to the fact
that debaters have heretofore
worked only with a view to rer
ceiving the verdict at the end of
the debate. ; Thus, there is a
tendency to develop only the
high spots of the question rather
than a well-rounded discussion.
The audience then is the suffer
er. Debaters who are working
for a " decision; are invariably
prone to ignore the fact that
their listeners as a whole are not
familiar with the question which
they are debating. For this
reason a mere arithmetical devel
opment of the high spots means
little to them. A ! further con
census of opinion seems also to
show that the removal of the de
cision causes the average debat
er to develop a fuller nd more
complete discussion. This belief
was substantiated locally by the
Harvard - Carolina no - decision
debate of last spring. The audi
ence which was composed very
largely of Chapel , Hill people
considered this the best debate
held in the village for many a
day. .V:--'-; : . "
' Resultant of experience in this
connection the University debate
council has become a strong ad
vocate of ' the abolition of deci
sions in intercollegiate debates.
Dean Mathews Speaks Against
Present-Day Idol Worshippers
Buccaneer Notice
There will be a meeting of
the Buccaneer business staff
tonight at 8:30 in the base
ment of the Alumni building.
All old and new men who wish
to try-out for the staff please
be present.
H. N. Patterson
Bus. Mgr.
HENDERSON BACK
FROM IiENTUCKY
University Professor Makes
Principal Speech At Unveil
ing of Bronze Tablets.
Dr. Archibald Henderson has
returned home from Henderson,
Kentucky, where on Friday,
October 11th, he made an ad
dress and unveiled six bronze
tablets. These tablets were
erected in memory of Colonel
Richard Henderson, often called
"the Political Father of Ken
tucky," (great-great grandfath
er of Dr. Henderson) and the
eight other men who were part
ners in the Transylvania Com?
pahyf
The six tablets which are af
fixed to the front exterior walls
of the Henderson County Court
House named in honor of Col
onel Henderson give the history
of the deeds of the nine men
whose resourcefulness and" cour
age have made their names im
perishable. They were erected
and dedicated under the auspices
of the Henderson County ' His
torical Association. Judge
Robert Worth Bingham, an a
lumnus of the University of
North Carolina, owner of the
Louisville "Courier-Journal" and
Louisville "Times," and former
mayor of Louisville, presented
the tablets. Dr. Henderson -unveiled
them and made the prin
cipal address. All of the several
speakers on this occasion were
descendents of the original
members of the Transylvania
Company. j
In his address Dr. Henderson
ciited the part played by the
Transylvania Company in the
development anJ history of the
United States. He stated that
men who took an active part in
the attairs oi the company
played conspicously in . the his
tory of the Revolution - The
members of the Transylvania
Company made 'possible the he
roic exploratory accompliish
ments of George Rogers Clark.
Had it not been for Clark the
Revolutionary War would have
left the Union comprising but a
fringe of States bordering the
Atlantic Seaboard; there would
have been no Kaskaskia and
Vincennes had it not been for
the Transylvania Company.
The circumstances under
which the land was purchased
by the Transylvania Company
which included almost all of
Kentucky, -parts of Virginia,
North Carolina, and- Tennessee
Continued on page four)
Tickets Exchanged
Student coupons will be ex
changed in the: lobby of the Y.
M. C. A for student tickets to
the V. P. I. game, on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day of this week from 10 a. m.
to 5 p. m. All lost 'books must
be reported at the ticket table
today if tickets are to be issued
to the persons who have lost the
books.
Says People of Today Little Dif
ferent From Ancient Idola
ters; Culture a Fine Asset If
Not Overdone; Science Blakes
God More Apparent.
Manufactured gcds were taken
to task here this morning by
Dean Shailer Mathews, Dean of
the school of divinity of the
University of Chicago.
Dean Mathews preached a
brilliant sermon at a union ser
vice of all Chapel Hill denomi
nations. Memorial hall was
well filled. Among those who
heard him were many of the
delegates to the Southern Con
ference on Education and the li
brary executives who began
their sessions here yesterday,
and a number of visitors here
for the University's home-coming
program.
The sermon was in a sense a
continuation of the dedication
program for the University's
new library. '
President Chase presided' at
the service this morning.
The noted divine took his text
from the 17th verse of the 44th
chapter of -Isaiah "Out of the
residue he maketh a God." He
pointed out that it was futile to
believe in any form of idolatry.
He referred to the fact that the
Hebrew people, from time to
time, reverted to the type of re
ligion of that day idolatry
and that in many senses that
nation was not especially reli
gious. ,1,
'"The "Hebrew " nation" didn't
have a genius for religion,"
Dean Mathews declared. "They
did not live in a desert all the
time and they did not invent
monotheism."
He was emphatic in making
the point clear that the Jewish
nation did not invent what we
term our religion of today. The
prophets were largely respon
sible for the Hebrew religion.
Dean Mathews felt that the ac
tual religious beliefs of the He
brew peoples-were not so im
portant as the "great eternal
truth, illustrated by that peo
ple." He placed much stress on
the . "principles f oir which tjie ,
prophets stood that there was
only one God and that the God
which the Hebrews worshipped,
in theory at least, was that
God." V
"No wonder people get con
fused," Dean Mathews went on,
(Continued on page four)
What's Happening
Student coupons exchanged
for V. P. I. tickets at Y. M. C. A.
Playmaker tickets exchanged
at Student Supply Store.
Playmaker Production, Thurs
day Night, Playmaker Theatre.
A. M. -' '
with an attendance of more
9 :30 Southern Conference
on Education, Gerrard Hall.
11 : 30 Southeastern Library
Association, Gerrard Hall. ;
11:30 orth Carolina Li
brary Association, Carolina Inn.
- P. M. " .
1 :00 North Carolina Library
Association, Carolina Inn.
' 7 :00 Rifle club meeting,
basement Alumni building, v
7 :15 Di Senate, initiation
meeting, Di hall, New West
building.
7 :15 Phi Assembly meeting,
New East building. ;
7:30 Taylor Society organi
zation meeting, 103 Bingham
hall. ;v - '
8 :30 Buccaneer business
i staff meeting, basement Alumni
building.