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"JOB'S KINFOLKS" fVA' TV--: ff., :" -C'' Pff ' f Ii - " ' " " 8:30 TONIGHT : (1 'I I 'l fV :'7 J 'f f? l-V Yf I VYfyC - ' ff ' GRID GRAPH REPORT ' PLAYMAKERS THEATRE Kii I II C ' -EjC'i I H ! ' ' W VU I ' f fe'J . l'- jl- !' . U- S. C. VS. U. N. G j rj-. jfysy?g. c.yvv'- -- yy. pickwick theatre-2:3o I ' . " CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAy7jVEMBER 9, 1929 . . : " . ,- " Kansas Firm Secures Contract I o Tlace Organ In Music To Be Largest Instrument of Its Kind in South; Building Will Be Ready in . May. At the request of the donor of the organ, a committee com posed of Professors H. S. Dyer and Nelson O. Kennedy of the department of music, and a number of outside organists and musicians who have acted in an advisory capacity, have been for the. past sixty days making a detailed study of the qualities and characteristics of all the leading organs in America. The findings of this committee were very carefully tabulated for record, and only last week was it possible to bring the matter to a state of final analysis and deduction; On Monday the, final meeting of the committee, which in cluded R. B. House, who repre sented Dr. Chase, Chas. T. Woollen, budget officer of the University, H. S. Dyer of the department of music, and the donor, surveyed the findings of the committee, and unanimously awarded the contract to the Reuter Organ company of Law rence, Kansas. The universities of California," Oregon, College of Vancouver, and many other Tecital halls and churches of the Middle West and Pacific Coast regions are equipped with Ren ter organs. The nearest large installation by this company is in the Moody Temple at Chicago. The organ on this campus will thus be the only- instrument of its kind in this entire section of the United States. Approxi mately 5,000 speaking pipes controlled from approximately 85 speaking stops will be avail able at the console when the or gan is complete. The Echo or gan situated at rear of the new auditorium will contain an entire organ of separate and individual construction. The structural engineer of the Reuter company, who re cently visited Chapel Hill to con sult with Messrs. At wood and Nash on the construction of the building, pointed out that the building when complete would ' offer -an almost ideal acoustical situation. With this in mind, the Reuter people will set about building a representative instru ment which will become known for its beauty of tone and flexi bility of mechanical operation throughout the entire Southern Atlantic territory. A late development in the plans for the new recital hall which will house the-organ calls for anenlargement of the room to 1,000 seats. In view of the remarkable growth in interest in music in the south, it was felt this addition to the room was necessary. . The department of music will occupy the recon structed library building early in January,, where new equip ment is to be installed, and the auditorium and organ are to be . ready for use by Music Week, which is in May. Dr. Pierson Leaves To Attend Meeting Dr. W. W. Pierson of the his tory department and acting dean of the graduate school, has gone to New York .to attend the an nual meeting of the Association of American- Universities, ur. Pierson is the official representa tive of the University at the meeting. He left for New York November 6 and will be there $ - , iti y ii. im n ii i ii . . ii Chapel Notice There will be no chapel Mon day morning due to the Armis tice Day celebration in Gerrard hall at that time. The next sophomore chapel will be Mon day, November 18. Movie Schedule For Scientific Courses The movie schedule for pic tures concerning scientific things for 1929-30 is as follows: In Venable hall: November 13 "Sunshine," "The Doings of Turpentine," "Beets from Seed to Sugar Bowl" and "Sugar Cane and Cane Sugar"; November 20 "The Romance of Rubber," "The Romance of Rayon," "The Story of Bakelite" and "The Trail of the Long Leaf Pine"; December 4 "The Story of Steel"; December 11 "fThe Yoke of the Past," "The" World of Paper" and "The Busy Body." In Bingham hall: January 8 "Power" and "Steam; Jan uary 15 "From Mine to Con sumer" and "Should I Buy a Tractor" ; January 22 "The Story of a Spark Plug" and "The Story of a Rock Dusted Mine"; January 5 "Arteries of Indus try" and "The Inside Story of a Telephone" ; February 12 "Cotton Manufacture" and 'Cit rus Fruits in 1 Florida" ; Feb ruary 19 "From Coal to Elec tricity," "Conowingo," "Wheat Transportation and Storage" and "Hydroelectric Power Pro duction in the New South" ; Feb ruary 26 "Treasure of the Tropics," "Cuba, the Island of Sugar" and "Panama Canal"; March 5 "The Story of Leather," "Man's Greatest Heri tage" and "The Burning Ques tion." These pictures will be held at 7 o'clock at night on the respec tive dates. EDUCATION PROFESSORS PRESENT AT MEETING Peabody hall had a deserted appearance during the greater part of yesterday. There were no classes after the chapel period, and only a few stenog raphers a'nd secretaries were en gaged later than that hour. The reason for this suspen sion of activity in the building was the departure yesterday morning of- practically all the professors in the school of edu cation for Raleigh, to attend the North. Carolina district meeting of the North Carolina Educa tion Association. MISS WILLIAMS GUEST CHI OMEGA SORORITY Mary Clay Williams of Tulsa, Okla., who is official visitor for the Chi Omega sorority, was on the campus Thursday and Fri day, as the guest , of the Chi Omega chapter house here. Knight Invades West E. W. Knight of the faculty of the University's school of Potion went to the Middle West to address the Teachers' Afisemblv of Nebraska. He also addressed the students in edu cation at the universities of Ne braska and Iowa. f Among the Best Sellers Phillips Russell's Emerson, hk Wisest American; appears in the list of the six best sellers in non-fiction. ' " - -"iS5SS : -E : ! - LECTURE TO BE Grid Graph Today iiaii FixrnM ttcittj jyt NOTED AUTHOK John B. Sale to Give Talk Negro Folk-Lore. on If the schedule of his reading tour is carried out as planned, John B. Sale, author of The Tree Named John, a University Press book, .-will- come to Chapel Hill December 2. It is the. intention of members of the Chapel Hill community club, sponsors of -the event, to have him lecture in the Episcopal parish house, giving readings from his book, a vol-J ume on negro folklore. It has also been planned to give he students an opportunity to hear Mr. Sale under the sponsorship of the Bull's Head book shop. ( While in the state the author, whose collection of stories has been reviewed in this paper, will give readings in Charlotte and Durham. The Book Lovers shop and the Durham public library will . be , jointly responsible for his appearances ,in the latter city. - . . v ' Miss Marks Attends Luncheon at Duke Miss Sallie B. Marks, assis tant professor of elementary ed ucation in the school of educa-, tion, was present yesterday af ternoon, by special invitation, at a luncheon given by Duke uni versity for the executive board of the Southern Woman's Edu cational Alliance The subject for discussion at this luncheon was "Guiding; Rural Girls and Boys." The luncheon took place at 1:15 p. m. at the Duke Uni versity Union, and Miss Marks returned immediately after wards to Chapel Hill. Mitchell Society The Elisha Mitchell scientific society will meet Tuesday, Nov ember 12, at 7:30 p. m. at Phil lips' hall. The program will be a study of molecular structures from Band Spectra by E. K. Plyler and some psychological effects of insulin, by J. F. Dash iell. ome new members will be taken in. " Over 1650 lives were lost in the great' Canton theatre fire at Canton, China in 1845. Only Third Of Students Get Degrees, Alumni File Reveals Holders of bachelor's degrees from the University comprise about 27 per cent of the total living alumni body of the insti tution, according to figures re cently compiled in the Alumni office. This statement means that the University has had nearly three students to drop out of college without getting a degree to each student who completed his course and was graduated. There are on the alumni mail ing list approximately 14,500 names, and of these neary 4,000 are bachelor-degree holders. Not included in the 4,000, of course, are the Recipients of master's degrees, doctorates, earned or honorary. All students grad uates, non-graduates, and grad uate students are included in the total alumni list. A comparison of the last two graduating classes shows that more students ,are now remain ing at the University to complete their full courses, however. The class of 1928 entered Carolina 699 strong and graduated, four A Grid Graph play-by-play account of the South Carolina North Carolina football game will be given this afternoon at 2:30 in the Pickwick thea tre. ...Radio reports of other games will be also given at this time. There will be an admission charge of twenty five cents. ' DR. GRAY ;-r:TMiN.GHAffi British Lecturer Continues Dis cussion on Economic Questions J Continuing the subject be gun Thursday morning, Dr. A. Herbert "Gray spoke again in chapel yesterday on Christian ity. Dr. Gray first explained and refuted certain arguments against Christianity and then pointed out what he considered the chief contributions of Chris tian teachings to religious and philosophical thought. Dr. Gray said that it is often argued that Christianity tears down personality by giving one a narrow viewpoint toward life. He pointed out that this mis taken opinion arises from a lack of knowledge of the New Testament, for by its teaching the purpose of Christianity is to make life complete. Dr. Gray maintained that Christ himself desired for everyone a broad vision and a well-rounded life, uch a. life-is not-one concerned solely with intellectuality as col lege men may ; sometimes think, the speaker added. Dr. Gray said that a more ex clusively Christian teaching was that of unselfishness. He then discussed this principle in very much the same manner as on Thursday morning when he spoke to the other half of the freshman class. He declared that the happiest men are those who have led lives filled, not with consideration for self, but with a. passionate desire for tfye good of others. In his opinion, lives of this sort, however, are generally filled with difficulties, and divine inspiration is neces- sary for their complete success. j 1517 lives were lost in' the Ti tanic disaster of 1912- years later, 267 bachelors. The class of 1929 entered in the fall of 1925 With 710 members, and graduated Jast June, 266 bach elors. The percentage for the last twoyears then has been 37, or well over a third. ' Of course this would be reduced a bit if an individual count was made, because many of the graduates of -28 and '29 entered the class after the freshman year, But the figures certainly indicate an increase in the number of stu dents who go through full courses at the University. One of the interesting facts, about the alumni group is that it has been increased nearly 25 per cent in the college generation just past. In other words the University ' alumni who were in school between 1925 and 1929 comprise nearly one fourth of the entire alumni body. The alumni office, located on the second floor of South build ing, maintains accurate mailing addresses of all the University's alumni, both graduates and non-graduates. Memorial Hall To Be Closed Until Further Observations Dr. Manning Goes To Mayo Hospital Dr. Isaac Manning, dean of the school of medicine, who is taking his leave this year, has gone to Rochester, Minnesota to do research in the famous Mayo hospital. On his arrival there, before he went to work, he passed through a clinical examination and the doctors gave him a clean bill of health. He has seen, many of his former students, among them John Pemberton, Donald Cobb and Bobby Jones. Members of the Mayo staff entertained him and escorted him about to all the depart ments of the hospital. Before he returns home . after Christ- mas he, will spend a while in studies in Chicago. 4 NEWSPAPERS LAUD ODUM'S NEW BOOR "Wings on My Feet" Attracting Attention of Leading Publica tions All Over Country. Dr. Howard W. Odum's new book, "Wings on My Feet," a se quel to his "Rainbow Round My Shoulder," : which was recently released by the Bobbs-Merrill company, is receiving much fav orable criticism by leading re viewers the country over. The book is attracting wide attention. Newspapers in New York, Cleveland, Boston, Toledo, Philadelphia, and in other large cities have carried reviews in praise of it. The Cleveland Press writes: "This year may conceivably yet produce another book as moving the 'Wings on My Feet,' but it is impossible to believe that it will produce another so uniquely American." , The New York Times says: " 'Wings on My Feet is a book of dignity, written for the sake of both documentation and beauty, and not at all calculated to give jaded nerves another twitch. Its narrative is cast in a facile form of an elemental fig ure in a rhythmic and running style." The Boston Evening Tran script writes of the book: "It is beautiful as the Rhapsody in Blue is beautiful. It has tune, form and rhythm. It is rugged with virility of warriors. It is in prose form, but it scans. . . . It has tragedy, pathos, and humor." Reviewing the book for the Nation, Mark Van Doren com mends Dr. Odum's use of the Negro dialect which, he says, is "without any of the favorite de vices of the dialect writer. No misspelling, no labored grotes qiieries." And the result, says Mr. Van Doren, is an authorita tive work on the Negro, his talk and temperament, and inciden tally ''a social study of the first importance." The New York Herald-Tribune says : " Wings on My Feet' adds very definitely to the epic proportions of 'Rainbow Round My Shoulder.' ; It is delightful reading L it is valuable document tation, history of a novel sort. And its seeming artlessness i3 all the more tribute to the com plete self -subordination of t its creator to the final material he has made into genuine art." The first American newspaper made its initial appearance in 1690 in Boston, Mass. Old Historic Street ere Is In No Imminent Danger Yet; Blost Of Building Is In Substantial Shape. Memorial Hall will be closed indefinitely pending the comple tion of tests by state" engineers to determine the true condition of the wooden support arches. Plaster paris casts have been placed around the bases of the arches in order to ascertain the amount of the slipping of the supports of the roof. The ex periment will last about two weeks, and during that time the building will be closed. When the final report is made on the condition of the structure, defi nite action in respect to repairs will be taken. The construction of Memorial Hall is unusual. There are few auditoriums in the world, it is said, in which such a wide span is obtained by the use of wood alone. "The rpof is supported by two great wooden arches 127 feet in diameter, lengthwise of the building," says Kemp Plummer Battle's History of the Univer sity. "They were built on the ground, and the raising them was a perilous task. The first attempt resulted in failure, most mortifying to the foreman be cause there was a large company of witnesses, including the Vis iting Committee of the Trustees and Bishop Graan of Mississippi. One. o.the larches was raised a few feet, the tackle gave way, and the ceremony was post poned. The next attempt was by an experienced house-mover, Mr. O. R. Smith, to whom we paid $500, and was successful. As the long complicated, ropes strained and the pulleys creaked, and the network of heavy tim bers slowly and steadily rose in presence of interested onlookers, I the scene was very exciting-." COMMERCE FRATERNITY HOLDS FOUNDER'S DAY SMOKER IN NEW HOUSE The local chapter of the inter national fraternity of Delta Sig ma Pi, commerce fraternity, held a smoker at its new house on Rosemary street Thursday eve ning. The occasion was the cele bration of the founding of the fraternity. The fraternity was organized November 7, 1907, at New York University. The local chapter was installed May 9, 1925. The chapter had as its guests about thirty commerce students and several members of the fac ulty of the school of commerce. The principal speaker of the evening was Dr. G. T. Schwen ning. He gave a most interest ing talk on his observations of "The Industrialization of Chi na." Dr. Schwenning spent over a year in China a short time ago, and his remarks were very in structive. It is the custom of the fraternity to hold ' smokers each quarter. . Medical Society The medical society of the University held its annual ban quet in Caldwell hall Thursday night. There wTere 71 members of the two classes present The speakers were ' members of the two classes. Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce fraternity, held its first smoker of the year at the Carolina Inn last night. ' M. G. Follin, Jr., president of the fraternity, had charge of the affair. s until the 13th.
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