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' . " 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
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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. ' " -
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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.