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FORMER PLAYERS
'MAKE GOOD WITH
NEW YORK SHOWS
Al Kahn and Lee Elmore Have
Good Positions With New
York Companies. '
A letter from Al Kahn, a for
mer member of the Carolina
Playmakers, the author of a
play, "The Queen Has Her Face
Lifted," and for two years
author and director of the Wigue
ceived by Professor Koch, to the
effect that Kahn is now playing
with a New York production
company.
Kahn .writes, "I make my de
but as a waiter as the waiter
opening at the Assembly Theatre
on October 21. I shall also be
assistant stage manager. Should
the show move up town after its
initial four weeks at the Prin
cess I am to be full stage man
ager." ' Kahn adds that although now
a professional actor "I am still
wearing my Playmakers Mask
in full vivew."
L. Hilmore, whose stage
name was L,ee n; imore, is. an
other former member of the
Carolina Playmakers who is now
with a leading New. York com
pany, he was stage manager
for a number of the Playmakers'
rvrnd notions. Hp. is with A. H.
Woods Production company. :
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, JIkJ JL J. J JJUJLJJUJL 1 JL
IS NEARLY $669
Grady Leonard Tells - Kiwanis
Club About Average of Stu
dent's Expenses.
The Kiwanis Club at its reg
ular weekly supper last evening
heard Grady Leonard, self-help
secretary of the Y M. C. A., tell
of the work of his department.
An analysis of a representa
tive group of self-help applica
tions revealed the fact that 38
per cent of those applying for
part-time .work were the sons of
farmers, said Mr. Leonard, and
the conditions of North Caro
lina farms during the past two
years has increased the number
of those farmers' sons needing
jobs. The next highest profes
sion to farmers was that of mer
chants, and there was only 5
per cent of the ' boys , whose
fathers followed this occupation.
Mr. Leonard - stated that of
four hundred applications re
ceived from entering freshmen
over one hundred men did not
show up at the beginning of
school. This indicated the wide
spread desire of North Carolina
boys to attend the University,
and the lack of finances with
which to enter. Speaking of the
average cost of a college year,
the self-help secretary, said that
a' survey last year revealed the
average, expenditure to be $669.
The self-help men average about
$500, while the. average fraternity-man"
expenditure was near
ly $900. Seventy per cent of last
year's student body were seii
help, -meaning by self-help all
those who earned or borrowed
during the year $150. The
speaker urged the Kiwanians
to assist his department in plac
ing self-help students in the af
ternoon on odd jobs.
' Eugene Olive, Baptist minis
ter in Chapel Hill, is president
of the local Kiwanis Club. Week
ly supper meetings are held in
the social rooms of the Baptist
church. '
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Theatre Passes
" Through the courtesy of the
Carolina theatre, passes were
awarded at the regular Sunday
night meeting of the Daily Tar
Heel staff to four reporters for
excellent work during the past
week. Milt Wood, Joe Jones,
Howard Lee and Clyde Dietz
were the recipients of the passes.
Several beats were re-assigned,
and the staff voted to
hold the weekly meetings at 7
o'clock on Sunday nights.
MME. CURIE TO
RECEIVE RADIUM
FROM ADMIRERS
Dr. Otto Stuhlman to Represent
American Physics Society
At Exercises.
Doctor Otto Stuhlman, Jr.,
head of the University physics
department, has been honored
with an invitation to attend the
presentation of a gram of rad
ium to Mme. Curie, in Washing
ton October 30. Dr. Stuhlman
will attend the presentation as
the representative of the Ameri
can Physical Society on the
National Research Council.
At four o'clock on October 30,
President Hoover will present
to Mme. Curie, the discoverer of
radium, the second gram of rad
ium to be" given her by her
American - admirers. The first
gram was presented in 1921
when she paid a visit to this
country.
At the same time m ivzl a
fund yielding an annual income
of $35,000 was provided for
Mme. Curie's private use. but
the endowment had no strings
tied to it; and she used the mon
ey toward the rental of a gram
of radium for the Warsaw Can
cer Hospital.
Because Mme. Curie had frus
trated their efforts to make
her private life easier, Ameri
can women have raised another
fund with which to purchase
another gram of radium for her
so that the income frqm the en
dowment can be used for the
purpose for which,- it was in
tended.. While in this country Mme.
Curie will visit the General
Electric Laboratory at Schenec
tady, the celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the elec
tric light at Detroit, and a con
ference on cancer to be held in
New York. .'
MUSIC PROFESSORS
VISITING NEW YORK
Professors Nelson O. Ken
nedy and Harold S. Dyer of , the
University music department
left last Sunday night for New
York and Chicago where they
will remain for several days be
fore returning ,to the University.
They will examine the installa
tion of some of the largest pipe
organs in the world. Every
company in the country is bid-
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ding onr the installation oi
organ which is to be installed at
hv the University. These
men are interested in inspecting
different organs and getting bids
for the best organ at the best
price. Professor-Kennedy will
have charge of the new organ
which is to be installed in the
new music building at once by
the University. Theold library
of last year is being remodeled
and will soon be the home of the
music department.
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In May 1900 Francis P. Ven
able was elected president of
the University.
Dr. Bester
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Dr. Arthur E. Bester, presi
dent of the Chautauqua Insti
tution, was the principal speaker
Monday night at the dinner giv
en at the Carolina Inn for dele
gates to the Southern Confer
ence on Education and to the
Southeastern and North Carolina
Library associations.
Successful Men Must Read To
Keep Abreast Of Times, Says
Speaker At Conference Meet
Cartwright Declares That Col
lege Graduates Cannot Give
Up Reading and Keep in Step
With Modern Business.
"The old theory that 'you
can't teach a dog new tricks' has
been exploded by a series of care
ful tests conducted by Edward
L. Thorndike, famous psycholo
gist of Columbia University, and
as; a result th'edult education
movement will grow by leaps
and bounds in the next few
years," Morse A. Cartwright,
executive director of the Ameri
can Association for Adult Edu
cation, declared here yesterday
in an address before the South
ern Conference on Education
being held here at the University
in conjunction with meetings of
the Southeastern Library asso
ciation and, the North Carolina
Library association.
"It used to be the case that
after a man was graduated from
college he cast his books aside
anal considered his period of
study a matter of the past," Mr.
XUartwright explained. "But
now the situation is quite dif
ferent. If a man hopes to keep
step with the best in his busi
ness or profession he must be
informed and keep abreast of
the best thought of the day.".
This can be done only through
the use of reading and library
Continued on page four)
Student Government Is Highly
Developed Here, Says Bradshaw
The freshmen again heard a
discussion of student govern
ment in chapel Tuesday . when
Dean of Students F. F. Brad
shaw spoke on the. subject in
some of its more practical as
pects. The new men have-heard
the theory of. he honor system
and the campus code explained
both during freshman week and
since; however, Dean Brad
shaw's speech was ofx especial
interest in that he pointed out
some things relative to the ac
tual practice and 'Che impor
tance of student government at
the University.
, Dean Bradshaw said that the
high development of the system
of student government here was
one thing that distinguished
the University of North Caro
lina from other American col
leges and universities. There lies
more freedom and more re
sponsibility for government with
23, 1929
Miss Annie Pierce
Miss Anne Pierce ( above) ,
president of the North Carolina
Library Association, which met
in Chapel Hill Monday and Tues
day in conjunction with the
Southern Conference on Educa
tion; Bliss Pierce is Librarian
of the Charlotte Public Li
brary. ,
Hoef er And Bailey
Attend Engineering
Meeting In Raleigh
Professor E.. G. Soef er and
N: Pi Bailey were in Raleigh
Tuesday afternoon and evening
to attend meetings of the Ral
eigh section of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers.
The afternoon meeting of the
Society was given over to a dis
cussion of business, and the
evening meeting was in the form
of a joint banquet with the Ral
eigh Engineers Club, celebrating
the Golden Jubilee of the Elec
tric Light.
Charles W. Edwards, head of
the physics department at Duke,
was the chief speaker of the
evening. His subject was "The
Search for Light."
American History
Coaching Classes
Notices have been sent out by
R. D. W. Connor, head of the de
partment of. history, to students
delinquent in American History
as an entrance credit. Coaching
classes will be held by H. D:
Pegg for those students who
wish to prepare for an examina
tion. The next meeting of the
class is scheduled for those h
class is scheduled for 7 o'clock
Thursday night, October 24, on
the third floor of Saunders.
the individual here than at any
other institution. This fact has
been .attested to by recent sur
veyors and by educators from
all over the, country, Dean Brad
shaw stated.
Then the dean gave a few
specific examples of the liberal
and' progressive features of stu
dent government at the Univer
sity. Contrary to the practice
in other institutions, there is no
faculty supervision of dormi
tories. The men . residing ' in
each building form their own or
ganizations and control their i
own conduct. Neither is there a
policing system spread over the
campus. Most unusual of all,
however,, is the fact that the
University student council has
final jurisdiction in cases xof
suspension of" students. The
policies in Carolina student gov
ernment uphold the highest tra
Continued on page four)
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Howe Lauds Local University
For Educational Achievement
PLAYTiIAIffiR WORK
ATTRACTS MANY
VISITORS HERE
Ohio People Come To Chapel Hill
To Learn About Koch's
Work.
(By MUt Wood)
Fame of the Carolina Play
makers and playwrights may be
the . means of attracting many
people of the United States as
tourists on sightseeing trips over
the romantic and historic dis
tricts of North Carolina, it was
revealed yesterday in the visit to
Chapel Hill of four Columbus,
Ohio, clubwomen.
The four had planned to make
the trip to North Carolina as a
result of the stirring up of their
interest by the reading of
dramas written by University
students and included by Prof.
Frederick Koch of the dramatic
department in the three volume
series known as "Carolina Folk
Plays."
The ladies are traveling in
Bohemian style in order to get
the most out of their pilgrimage
in the economical and efficient
conveyance given to humanity
J b Henry Ford.
"I doubt if we
would have been able to turn
some of the corners in the majes
tic hill country of this state if
it weren't for our reliable Liz
zie," said one of the women.
The women arrived in Chapel
Hill Sunday and after calling on
Professor Koch, were shown
through the Playmakers Theatre
by-the j father of that stage as
well as the -founder of the new
movement "the drama of local
ity" as represented by Carolina
folk plays to date. Yesterday
morning the women sat in dur
ing the Play writing and other
classes in Professor Koch's
dramatic department.
The women included: Mrs.;
Sam A. Hudson, Mrs. E. F. Mc-j
Campbell, Mrs. C. L. Inseho, and
Mrs. L. P. Albright, all of
Columbus, Ohio.
The visitors were thrilled at
seeing new Carolina folk plays
in the making as well. as being
shown the scenes of the earlier
successes of the new . drama
movement in North Carolina.
"We were thrilled while read
ing the plays that have been
printed to date in the three
books, but it is doubly-thrilling
to visit the actual settings for
plays such' as Paul Green's 'No
'Count Boy' and Loretto Carroll
Bailey's 'Job's Kinfolks,' " said
Mrs. Hudson.
-.; "No wonder such inspiring
works are being done in the
drama in this state with such a
colorful setting of. places and
people," Mrs. McCampbell-commented.
' Mrs. Inscho said .they intend
ed to make reports of their
travels -to other women of Co
lumbus, Ohio, who are also in
terested, with the result that
others will probably come on
trips to Carolina in the future
for similar visits. She predicted
that in time the plays being writ
ten about North Carolina will at
tract many tourists like those
who yearly make pilgrimages to
Stratford On Avon in England.
Dean Walker Up -
Dean Walker, of the school of
education, is now able to meet
his classes again. He has been
confined to his home for the
past ten days with influenza.
NUMBER' 23
Official of Scribner Publishing
Firm During Visit to Chapel
Hill Discovers Why Carolina
Has Taken Leadership in
Scholasticism in America.
(By MUt Wood)
W. D. Howe of the editorial
staff of Charles Scribner & Son,
noted New York City publishers,
has discovered in the two days
he has spent in Chapel Hill at
tending the Library conference
this week, an explanation of why
the University of Norths Caro
lina has in recent years advanced
to the foremost ranks of Ameri
can educational institutions.
Mr. Howe in his travels over
the United States had been told
time and again by prominent
educators of the high standard
of scholastic achievement of the
local university. He looks with
a discerning eye on the general
situation because of his years of
experience as a university pro
fessor in his native state, In
diana. " - -
Accordingly, there was sin
cerity and truth in the state
ment when Mr. Howe early in
an interview said, "There is no
university or college in America
that has made such rapid strides
and impressions on America in
the past decade as the Univer
sity of North Carolina' has."
His analytical eye places the
credit for this advancement
squarely, on the shoulders of
President Harry W. Chase. "His
leadership, his fearlessness and
his courage : have overcome all
obstacles in the path of un
broken new achievements. Ev
(Continued on page four)
Y CABINETS
HOLD MEETING
Plans For the Coming Year Are
Discussed by the Three
Cabinets.
The three Y cabinets met
Monday night at the Y at 7:15.
The Freshman Council program,
Alex Webb presiding, opened
with devotional exercises led by
Strat Donnell. President Webb,
on behalf of the Y thanked
those men who had distributed
handbills of the Marine Band
at Saturdav's Mme. and he also
announced the leaders for the
Vesper services for the coming
week. After a report of all the
committees and a few announce
ments, the program was turned
over to Aubrey , Perkins, who in
troduced Claude FerrelJ, the
cabinet member who is to help
the Freshman Council for the
coming year.
Mr. Perkins led a discussion
on "What is a Y program?"
After a good bit of discussion
it was decided to continue the
discussion at the next meeting.
The program closed vrith a vord
of prayer 'by John Lang. -
The Sophomore Cabinet meet
ing program, which was led by
J. Elwin Dungan, opened with
the devotional. After a few an
nouncements the program was
turned into a business meeting.
For the monthly program it was
decided to have one joint meet
ing and one business meeting.
The meeting closed with a pray
er. . . .
The Junior - Senior Cabinet
program, led ' by Jimmie Wil-
after which plans were discussed
for the new year. Definite plans
were made concerning the Ma
rine Band. A prayer closed the
meeting.