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DUKE vs. CAROLINA
DUKE STADIUM
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Series Of Talks By
ivuempers ;t eature Meetings
ii-iDcout Jiixeotitiye Seminar
Large Number cf: Scout Officials
In Attendance; Fraternity To
Be Organized.
The North Carolina Boy Scout
Executive seminar that has been
held here since Thursday eve
ning was featured yesterday
by a series- of talks by mem
bers of the University faculty.
Beginning at 9 o'clock on Fri
day morning the executives and
their assistants heard these
speakers in the following order :
Professor M. D. Taylor of the
school of commerce, "Advertis
ing and Publicity"; "The Boy
, J V "'vBoui ,
isrooKs ot the school of
public welfare; Professor
George McKie, "Public Speak
ing" ; and a discussion of "Voca
tional Guidance," led by Henry
Johnston.
Friday night at 9 :30 a meeting
of the ex-scouts of the University
was held. The object of the
meeting was the discussion of
a continuance of scouting, activ
ities in college life among the
hundreds of former Boy Scouts
in the student body who are
anxious to, maintain an active
contact with the work and prin
ciples of the organization.
The foremost object of the
meeting last night was the
organization of a North Caro
lina chapter of Alpha Phi
Omega, a non-social fraternity
to promote ex-scout activities
among University students.
There are ten chapters of the
fraternity in prominent institu
tions of the nation. Among the
best known of these are Stan
ford, Pittsburgh and the .Uni
versity of Virginia.
Since this seminar is one of
the, two that the executives have
to attend to, make their credit
requirements for the year's edu
cational program, all of the
North Carolina leaders are in
attendance at the meetings in
the Y. M. C. A. . In addition
there are laymen, assistant ex
ecutives, and scoutmasters who
are taking the course.
The men are being housed in
Steele dormitory in the quarters
that are usually allotted to vis
iting football teams. In addi
tion to attending the' sessions of
the seminar they are. being per
mitted to observe the work of
the University and hold confer
ences .with faculty members.
Several of them finished work
on Friday in time to view a part
of the state championship foot
ball game between the- high
schools of Goldsboro and Char
lotte.' There were boys on both
teams who are members of the
councils represented by Execu
tives Steere of Charlotte and
Rivers of Goldsboro.
Brooks Speaks At
' School Of Welfare
L. M. Brooks, of the Univer
sity school of - public welfare,
was in Raleigh Thursday, where
he spoke before the Bishop Tut-
tle school of public welfare at
St. Augustine College for Ne-
o-rnpc! TTi snhiect was "Modern !
Family Problems and Social
Service."
Mr. Brooks' talk was the most
recent in a series that has been
made before the members of
the Raleigh institute by mem
bers of the University faculty.
These men are Howard W.
Odum, R. M. Brown, G. H. Law
rence, H W. Crane and W. B.
Sanders.
Faculty
Grail Dance
The Order of the Grail will
stage its last dance of the
quarter tonight in Bynum
gymnasium. Tickets will go
on sale at 8:30 p. m. in the
rear of the gymnasium. The
dance will begin at 9 o'clock.
Music will be f urnishedf by
Alex Mendenhall and his Tar
Heels.
BRAUNE RETURNS
FROM TEST STUDY
."DfiATI CI M 'RrQtinQ r-P
the
scnool of engineering has
engineering has re
turned from Boston where he
has been observing a series of
distortion tests on corrugated
cast-iron pipe, made at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy.. - V-
Dean Braune was invited to
attend these tests as an observer
because of the close similarity
between them and a series of
tests recently conducted by the
University engineering school
on culvert pipes.
The tests here were begun in
1923 and continued until 1927.
Reports of the results are being
published by the United States
Bureau of. Public Roads.
Henderson Receives
Unique Wood Gifts
M. Bl Aston of Goldfield,'
Nevada, recently presented to
Dr. Archibald Henderson a pen-
staff, paper weight, and walking
cane, all of which are made from
wood of the tree made famous
by Daniel Boone.
The tree from which these ar
ticles were made is located m
Tennessee on Boone's Creek in
Washington county. 4t was on
this tree that the great pioneer
and explorer inscribed with his
hunting knife these words : "D.
Boone cilled a Bar on this tree
1760."
This venerable tree, -which
was just - recently blown down,
was located on a plantation be
longing to Mr. jAston's uncle.
Daniel Boone spent much time
hunting on the land which now
comprises the plantation.
These three gifts are very
highly - prized by . Dr. Henderson
in that they .are of a historic na
ture, arid - because the donor
graduated in the class of 898
with Dr. Henderson.
Mearns Visitors
Mr. and Mrrs. David
Mearns, of Washington, D
c.
c,
visited the University last Wed
nesday, December 4, for the
purpose of examining the li
brary. Mr. Mearns is the chief
assistant in the reading room of
fhp T,ihrarv of Congress, m
j
Washington. '
The visitors spent some time
at the library, going over the
whole place, and announced
v.rTvicn1vps -ns favorablv im-
pressed with their inspection
Graduate Club
There will be two vacancies
in the Graduate club begin
ning January 3. Professional
students of advanced standing
"and graduates of the Univer
sity are eligible. Application
for reservation " should be
made to the manager, box 26,
Chapel HilU and should be ac
companied by a reservation
deposit of $5.
"CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1929
R
ELEASE
GETS' PllLICiT
Special Edition of Sale's Bock
Disposed of Rapidly; Facing
Oversubscription.
The University Press an
nounces that all but two of the
special edition of The Virginia
Plutarch, 267 copies in all, have
been disposed of and that there
is a. possibility of the edition
being oversubscribed , at any
time. The regular , edition of
this volume of biography, by
Philip Alexander Bruce, is being
sold very fast, especially in Vir
ginia, the home state of the
author.
A great amount of publicity
for the . book has already been
seen in the? attention it has re
ceived from scholar interested
in colonial histpry, on which Dr.
Bruce is an authority, and in
press comment. The Norfolk,
Va., Virginian-Pilot used a pic
ture and "biographical informa
tion concerning the author as
well as a discussion of his book.
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The Virginia Plutarch, re
leased late in November, is the
newest of the Press i books. Its
predecessor, The - Tree Named
John, a. book of, Negro folklore
by , John JB. Sale, is continuing
to be in popular demand.
James C. Harper of Lenoir,
writing for a copy of The
Tree Named.- John, said - in his
letter : "The title alone would be
sufficient to attract me to this
book for it happens that my
father and his only sister both
had trees named for them in
what was then v their grand
father's yard, now the yard of
my father's home. My aunt's
tree did not' long survive. A
cow bit it off close to the ground.
However, 'the tree named
George' grew and spread its
branches abroad and sheltered
a good many of my own youth-
ful escapades. I am sorry to
say that it too has now gone the
way of all good trees, and has
long since furnished back logs
for my. father's living room fire
place." v . ,
Another comment about Mr.
Sale's book came from a woman
in Wilmington . who heard him
read from the book over radio
station WPTF in Raleigh and or
dered a copy of it immediately,
The recent readings of Mr.
Sale have been given in many
towns m this and other states.
COURTESY TO FEATURE CAMPAIGN
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THEATRE PASSES TO GO TO CAREFUL DRIVERS
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FOR SAFER TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
Beginning this morning, a
widespread and unique plan to
better traffic safety conditions
in Chapel Hill is being inaugu
rated by City Manager Foushee,
with the cooperation of E. Car
rington Smith, manager of the
Carolina theatre.
The town policemen are
equipped with a number of pass
es to the Carolina theatre.
Wherever a motorist with a
Chapel Hill town license is
noticed to take particular care,
in driving at low rate of speed
through the town on Franklin
street, in waiting for pedes-J
trians after the light has
changed to "Go," or in any
other way evidencing coopera--.
tion with the police and town in
driving , safely, the motorist will
be given a pass good for a per
formance at the Carolina thea
tre. . , . V-
The plan was adopted at the
TTTimr mi
VIL1L ill
OF SCOUT WORK
Regional Scout Executive Speaks
, In Chapel On Citizenship
Training. -
C. D. Chadwick, regional
scout executive, spoke in chapel
Friday on, some of the broader
phases of scout work in their
connection with life. While em
phasizing a number of activities
of scout work, Mr. Chadwick
gave as the two main purposes
of the organization character
building and citizenship train
ing. . V .,:.;,
Mr. Chadwick discussed freely
some of the chief , issues of scout
ing. N He repeated the scout oath
and declared it more potent and
inclusive of more of the obliga
tions of manhood than any he
had ever known. Mr. Chad
wick spoke at some length on
service. This is a feature of the
boy scout's life that is of much
importance also in later: life. Mr.
Chadwick stressed particularly
the fact that service rather than
selfish aims makes for success.
Speaking of the work of the
scout executive, Mr. Chadwick
pointed out that it lay in a field
of worthwhile service. He stat-
ed that its interest for him lay
chiefly in the phase of character
and citizenship training. Speak
ing of his profession as such,
the scout executive said that the
financial rewards were small but
that the satisfaction of doing
a good work was great.
PHILOSOPHY C DU B
HEARS PAUL GREEN
Professor Paul Green- of the
philosophy department led the
discussion at a; meeting of the
philosophy club held Thursday
night in Murphey hall.
Shortly after the address by
Bertrand Russell, the Philosophy
club decided to hold another
meeting in order to discuss sev
eral points that were made by
the, philosopher. It was also de
cided that because of the very
small group interested in such
a, discussion, the Bull's Head
book shop would be large enough
to house the entire meeting.
Professors Jordan, .Wood
house, Evers. . and Metzenthin
took active, parts in the meeting.
It, was adjourned after a .read
ing of some of Russell's works
by Paul Green, v
suggestion ol Mr. Smith, and
will continue throughout the
month of December. It is ex
pected that the novel plan of re
warding special care, rather
than punishing carelessness,
will prove effective in putting
across the safety campaign in
Chapel Hill. '
So far as is known, this is
the first time and Chapel Hill is
the first town in which such a
plan has been tried, and City
Manager Foushee expects it to
arouse great interest among the
city managers of the country.
Although Mr Foushee has just
returned f roma convention of
city managers from all over the
United States, the experiment
being tried here is entirely ori
ginal and is being carried out
in accordance with Mr. Smith's
ideas. -
The safety movement came
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University. Glee Club To
M,eter
Freshman English
A make-up English place
ment test will be given at 4
p. m. Tuesday, December 10,
in Saunders 111. This place
ment test is required of all
freshmen as a, prerequisite to
registering for English 1 or
English la, and freshmen who
for any reason did not take the
test given during freshman
week should appear for this
make-up test. The test cov-
ers all matters pertaining 'to
elementary English composi
tion, such as grammar, spell
ing, punctuation and manu
script form. The results of
the test constitute part of the
evidence used in determining
whether registrants for fresh
man English should take Eng
lish 1 or English la.
W. F. THRALL,
Chairman Freshman English.
Rhodes Scholarship
Committee Meets To
Discuss Applicants
The Rhodes Scholarship Com
mittee for the State of North
Carolina met yesterday in Presi
dent Chase's offices in the South
building in order to interview
and decide upon the eleven ap
plicants of the University of
North Carolina. "
The members of the commit
tee are :..PclVHarrY,W."'Cliase?
president of the committee ;
President Hilley, of the Atlan
tic Christian College, secretary
of the committee ; Professor G.
R. Voles of Davidson College ;
Dean W. C. Davidson of the
Duke Medical School; Professor
B. H. Brandscombe of Duke Uni
versity ; and T. J. Wilson, HI of
the University of North Caro
lina. Stranger Fails to
Swindle Registrar
Somebody called T. J. Wilson,
Jr., University registrar, on the
telephone from Washington, D.
C. , the day before Thanksgiving
and told him that his son Pete
was ill and needed $30 by tele
graph at once. "My name is
William H. Williams," said the
caller. "I'm a friend of Pete's
and he asks that you send the
money to me." And he gave his
address.
Mr. Wilson's suspicions were
aroused. He had. never heard of
William H. Williams. Also, he
didn't see why Pete, who is in
the Reynolds Tobacco Company
office in Washington, should be
in such urgent , need of . $30.
While he was puzzling about
this another telephone message
came from the same man. This
time, he said the money was to
be sent to Pete's address, but in
his Williams' name.
The registrar despatched the
money but he sent with . it an
identification that would make it
safe. The mysterious Williams,
did not getjt.
Pete wrote later that he
thought the would-be swindler
might have been a Negro who
claimed acquaintance with him
recently and found out his
father's name. But the v voice
over the phone did not sound like
a Negro's.
The telephone charges were
reversed, and Mr. Wilson accept
ed them because he did not want
to run the risk of refusing a
genuine message , from his son.
He saved the 30 by his caution,
but he is out the telephone tolls.
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NUMBER -C3'
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TROPHY AWARDED
Thirty Members To Ccmpri
Representation In Contest To
Be Held In February.
7 Approximately thirty men will
be selected from the University
glee club to comprise the group
which will represent the state
university at the southern inter
collegiate, glee club.Qontest to be
held in Greenville, S. C, on Feb
ruary 7.
Twelve clubs, representing
North Carolina, Virginia, South
Carolina, Tennessee Georgia
and Florida are expected to en
ter the annual contest, the win-
ner of which will receive the
privilege of entering the nation
al contest in New .York. Any
senior college or university
meeting the requirements of the
national council will be permit
ted to enter. The winner of the
national contest will be awarded
the trophy, valued at approxi
mately 2500. .
These annual contests have
had twelve years of existence,
but onlv since the last six vears
have they included a wide cirr .
cle of schools over the entire ,
country. Last year's winner of
this contest was Dartmouth Col
lege which has been awarded the
coveted trophy several times. .
For the past two years the
University of North Carolina
has not entered the field of com
petition. . In 1924 they. wer
winners in the south. This
year H. S. Dyer, director of the
University club hopes to raise
the glee club's standing in the
south by re-entering. This year
there will be no state glee club
contest as under the present
rules of the southern associa
tion it is unnecessary. This rule,
however, does not prohibit the
holding of the state meets.
At the contest in Greenville
each club entered wjll appear
three times. The first time the
clubs are to sing songs of their
own choice which must, how
ever, be anoroved by. the-execu
tive board. This song counts
30 per cent of the total score.
Xhe second song, called the
prize song, this year will be
Mprjey's ';Hark, Jolly Shep-
herds, ' an intricate composition.
This will count 50 per ." cent of
the total ?core. In tfte Jast ap
pearance of the separate clubs
they will sing their -school songs
which must y bo original. .The
University's well known "Hark
the Sound" has been rearranged
so that it will be able to meet
this stipulation. The combined
singing of all the clubs of "ye
Meet 'Again Tonight Boys" at
the beginning of the contest and
of a Flemish Folk song, "We
will be a feature of the contest.
The southern association was
reorganized during the past
October, and the present officers
are as follows : Max Noah, Guil
ford College, president r DuPree
Rhame, Furman, treasurer, and
J. Foster Barnes, Duke, secre
tary. Harold S. Dyer of the
University is chairman of the
board of control.
ENGINEERING SOCIETY
TO FORM MODEL CLUB
The mechanical engineering
society had its regular meeting
Thursday night in Phillips hall.
All regular business was trans
acted and the - chairman of the
program .. committee discussed
the type -of programs that the
society would have.