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Page Four THE DAILY TAB HEEL Wednesday, November 6, 192$ R. B. VANCE WRITES BOOK FOR PRESS A book in which is shown "the inevitable effects of the cotton system upon the human material concerned" and "a valuable so cial study" are among the de scriptions that recent reviewers have given for one of the Uni versity press books, "Human Factors in Cotton Culture" by Rupert B. Vance, which was re cently released. Judging by the general tone of the numerous criticisms, Mr. Vance has made a considerable success of this book. Relying upon the results ' of his study with the University institute for research in social science, he seems to have come upon a new point of view from which he is able to present a comprehensive perception- of the factors underlying- the cultural consfitution of the old and new south domi nated by King Cotton; "That anybody is ; particular ly to blame he does not say ... . but he shows how inevitably the 'cotton culture complex results in poor diet, and therefore di sease, in the enforced labor of wnmPTi and children, sneculative planting, uncertain and fluctu ous income, low standards of living, and the increase of an irresponsible and mobile tenant class" is an observation made by Howard M. Jones of the Uni versity faculty in a literary col umn wjiich is- syndicated regu larly through a group of some thirty periodicals in this section. And in the New York Times ( we read: "Admitting the truth . . . of the dominance of cotton over southern life, he describes it as 'a kind of complex that has developed around the cotton plant' and his book is an attempt to discover and set forth just life of the people, its causes, its strength, how it works and what are its results." Then, in con clusion, the New York writer commends the diligence of the author in seeking out the ma- terial for his volume, saying that "The ample documentation and the sixteen-page bibliog raphy . . . show how extensive While in the Chicago Post the book is pTiscussed as a valuable economic study rather than a literary accomplishment and is referred to as containing "an ex tremely interesting and unusual analysis of the southern eco nomic system which centers in cotton growing, treating it from the historic, the technological and the sociological aspect." Among the mostrextensive of the reviews is one written by Howard E. Jensen in the Christ ian Century for October 16. After summarizing and discuss ing some of the vital facts and contents of the volume. Mr. Jensen highly praises the meth odology of Mr. Vance in treat ing his subject matter. He says in part : "His is no biased, 'one factor' explanation of social life. ... it is to be hoped that his method may be further devel oped in other regional studies yet to come." ' ; - It is evident that this book is to be one of the most successful of the social study series pub lished by the press. MECHANICAL ENGINEERS TO PETITION A. S. M. E. At a meeting of mechanical engineering students held last Thursday evening, a group was organized which will later in the year petition the American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers for a student chapter of the or ganization.' After the talks,' which were the opening feature of the meet ing, C. L. Petree, a senior in me chanical engineering, was elected temporary chairman of the or ganization. Committees on Constitution and by-laws, nominations, and Y Cabinets Hear Professor Meyer The three Y cabinets met Mon day night at the Y at 7 :15. The freshman cabinet, Alex Webb presiding, opened its pro gram with devotional exercises, after which Claude Farrell led in prayer. The roll was called and the minutes read. The presi dent announced that there would be, a call meeting of the three Y cabinets Thursday night at 7 :15 in Bingham hall to hear Dr. A." Herbert Gray. After the business was taken up Aubrey Perkins introduced Joe Moore of State college who gave a short talk. The chairmen of the com mittees then made their reports. Claude Farrell, cabinet helper for. the freshman council, gave an outline of a book, "What Is the Y. M. C. A.?" Aubrey Per kins then led a discussion on "What Is the Student Y Pro gram ?" It was decided to con tinue this discussion until next meeting. The meeting closed with a word of prayer. In the sophomore , cabinet Professor H. D. Meyer of the sociology department gave a very interesting talk. He took up three questions and discussed them fully. The questions that Professor Meyer discussed were : ( 1 ) In this age 'of socialization and individualization how may we best balance the two the art of living and the art of living to gether ? (2) Are we judging the purpose of the thing (above question) rather than the gen uine value of it. (In the build ing of ideals are reactions de teriorating the individualness?" After Professor Meyer's talk the cabinet elected Swift Boat wright as chairman of the Y entertainment committee. Grady Leonard then closed with a word of prayer. The junior-senior cabinet, Jimmie Williams presiding, opened meeting with devotional exercises led by Beverly Moore. Mr. Comer then announced the call meeting of the cabinets in Bingham hall. After the dis cussion of business the meeting adjourned to hear Professor Meyer. Intramural Games Four of the six scheduled in tramural games were forfeited yesterday. Pi Kappa Alpha won from Kappa Psi by a forfeit; Carr won from "G" by a for feit ; Sigma Nu won from Alpha Tau Omega by a forfeit; Delta Kappa Epsilon won from Phi Sigma Kappa by a forfeit ; Pi Kappa Phi won over Kappa Psi 19 to 0; and Sigma Alpha Epsi lon won over Sigma Phi Sigma 6 to 0. v; The passing of Jimmie Wil liams was largely responsible for the three touchdowns of Pi Kappa Phi. For Kappa Alpha Wells was easily the star. He intercepted several passes and afforded the only threat of his team to score a second touch down by returning an intercept ed pass about 30 yards. In the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Phi Sigma game, the all around work of Patterson was the feature. : The referees for these games were Whedbee, Jar man and 5 el ton. The schedule for today is as follows : 3 :30 (1) Steele vs. Old East. (2) Grimes vs. Old West. (3) Manly vs. Lewis (J). 4:30 (1) Beta Theta Pi vs. Zeta Psi. (2) Ruffinvs. Aycock (F) (3) Steele vs. Mangum. programs consisting of four members each, were appointed by the chairman. There is one member from each class on each of ' the committees. The next meeting of the group will be called by the chair men of the committees. Community Chorus Meets In Gerrard The regular meeting of the community chorus was held Monday night in Gerrard hall. This chorus is doing a great deal in the way of bringing the peo ple of Chapel Hill in closer con tact with the students of the University. The music lovers of Chapel Hill and the University form an organization in them selves. The chorus is exceeding ly fortunate in having Dr. Har old S. Dyer, who is a member of the, University music depart ment, as director, j At the last meeting held last Monday night the acting officers for, the year were elected. George Lawrence was unani mously elected president of the organization'; of ; the executive committee Billy Hunt was elect ed to represent the University student body. Mrs. Lelita Mc Corkle was elected to represent the Community club, Professor C. J. McHale to represent the University, and Mrs. A. S. Wheeler as accompanist for the chorus. Work on the Iessiah which is to be put on by the chorus is still going on. If Memorial hall is not repaired in time for the recital some other place will be secured. The orchestra is to begin next week and a score of from 20 to 30 people are to be selected from the University symphony. There is still much resentment here over Waggoner's act of de frauding our banks out of half a million dollars. It is consid ered bad form to leave this town with unspent money . The. New Yorker. The Moslems threaten to make holy war, and it will seem rela tively holy without bombs or poison gas. Los Angeles Times. University Student Worries Oyer Loss While the police department of Wilson is 4iurriedly tracing the license plate of a New York Chrysler car in which four highwaymen were apprehended early Sunday morning, at least one fellow on the campus is hop ing that they are delayed for a few hours so that the Chapel Hill police department can get in touch with them before things begin to happen. Some time during Friday night a license plate was stolen from Edward Eisenbergs Chrysler which was parked near the Raleigh road. : The Raleigh police and the proprietor of a Raleigh service station were in Wilson on Sun day afternoon and identified the men incarcerated there as the quartet that held up and robbed the station of $190 on Saturday night. It is conceivable that the robbers traveled through Chapel Hill on their way to Raleigh. Eisenberg has communicated She: "Your tactics were very crude. He: I'm sorry, I - -I -She: Well, come on, big boy, let's go get a good stiff bracer of SHERI-COLA and see if you can't get a little more vim and vigor into it next time. with the Chapel Hill police de partment and they are endeav oring to ascertain the number of the license plate of the robbers car. Meanwhile Eisenberg lives in fear of being accused of something or other. John R. Bird, of Boston, Mass., a graduate of Harvard last June, will leave soon for the . Bay of Wales to join recruits for the Byrd. Antartic expedition. 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