HANDEL'S "MESSIAH"
METHODIST CHURCH
MONDAY, 8:C0 P. TJ.
STUDENT TEA
PARISH HOUSE
TODAY 4:30 P. M.
VOLUME XXXVIII
LIBRARIAN TO
VISIT EUROPE
DURING LEAVE
Dr. Wilson Plans To See Presen
tation Of Famous
Passion Play.
ABSENT EIGHT MONTHS J
Sails
For Naples In April;
In Florida) Three
Months.
Dr. Louis R. Wilson, librarian
of the University of North Caro
lina, leaves Chapel Hill Satur
day, December 21, for an eight
months' leave of absence. Dr.
Wilson and his family will spend
three months in St. Petersburg,
Fla., after which Dr. Wilson
will go to Europe for an ex
tended tour.
He sails April 9, 1930, from
New York City on the steamship
Roma for Naples. He will travel
through northern Italy and
central Europe, spending several
weeks in Italy, Germany and
England, visiting points of in
terest. While in Germany he
expects to attend the . presenta
tion of the famous Passion play
at Oberammergau.
' This play which Dr. Wilson"
plans to see has been presented
for the past several hundred
years at intervals of one decade.
It was in 1920 that this record
of performing every ten years
was broken. One of the princi
pal actors was killed during the
late war, and as it takes ten or
more years to be able to carry
ou.ta-part, the play was called
off for 1920. The presentation
in 1930 will be the first since
1910. The cost of seeing this
performance at Oberammergau
is very small, because the ad
mission is just enough to defray
the expenses of giving it.
Motion picture ' companies
from the United States and
Europe" have offered hundreds
of thousands of dollars for, per
mission to film the play, but the
people will not submit. Their
objection is that the companies
would profit from it.
Dr. Wilson will resume his
duties here September 1, 1930.
President Sproul
Visits University
Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul,
executive vice-nresident and
president designate of the Uni
versity of Calif ornia, spent Fri
day and Saturday in Chapel
Hill. Dr. Sproul came to Chapel
Hill to visit the University of
North Carolina Press.
Dr. Sproul stated that the
University Press is one of the
best organized college presses in
the United States. He said that
the University of California
Press publishes only scholarly
work and is limited in its scope,
while the University of North
Carolina Press publishes books
of human interest with a schol
arly background. He plans to
reorganize the University of
California Press and model it
after the Carolina Press.
He declared that the Univer
sity has one of the four mos
beautiful campuses in the coun
try. In speaking of the library
Dr. Sproul said that a library is
the heart of a university, and
that the University library
should Drove of tremendous
value to the University itself
and the state. He was very
much impressed with the ap
pearance of the" building.
Dr. Sproul is vice-priesident
and president designate, and will
become president of the Univer
sity of California in July, 1930.
DR. KNIGHT'S NEW -BOOK
IS PRAISED
Editor of "Educational Review"
Thinks It To Be The Best
Book Ever Published On
Education.
t ,
A brilliant light on Ameri
can public schools" is the de
scription which Dr. William Mc
Andrew, formerly superinten
dent of schools of New York
City and more recently of Chi
cago, and editor of the Educes
tional Review, gives in a 1200-
word review of Professor Edgar
W. Knight's recent book, Edu
cation in the United States, in
the current issue of School and
Society. "If you do not thank
me for recommending to you an
unusually profitable piece of
reading it will be because you
fail to take my. advice, which is
to peruse the whole of Edgar
Knight's essay upon American
schools. . . . Knight has the
dramatist's sense of movement,
the biographer's instinct for
personality, the historian's pa-
ience in laborious search
through archives. There is no
history of education concerned
with American schools that ap
proaches this in animation,
movement and epic quality."
McAndrew says that the char
acters discussed in the book are
more alive "than in any other
accounts of them I ever ''read,"
and that the adventurers of these
educational leaders "give spice
to the book. It is not without
its thrills. . . . As for style,
Claude Bowers' fascinating biog
raphies, -Edwin Slosson's unique
use of humor in elucidating
principles of science have no
score higher than that made by
this Knight of the gleaming
pen." - v ,.
U.N.-.C Professor To
Be At Emory During
The Winter Quarter
Dr. Louis B. Wright, profes
sor of English in the University,
will go to Emory during the
winter quarter as visiting pro
fessor of English, according to
an announcement made in the
Emory Wheel by Dr. John
Steadman of Emory.
While there he will give
courses m snaKespeare, p re-
Shakespearean drama, and the
short story. He will take the
place of Dr. James Hinton, head
nf the Emorv department of
English, who' is seriously ill.
Concerning Dr. Wright the
Emory paper says : "Dr. Wright
has taught at Johns Hopkins
University, and at the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He has
won recognition for his work in
the field of Elizabethan' litera
ture, and has published a num
W nf critical essays and
w . v
studies.
" 'Emory is very fortunate in
securing the services of such a
well-trained, experienced schol
ar and teacher Dr. Steadman
declared."
Final Sunday Tea
The last Sunday afternoon tea
will be given today at f our-thir-lnr.k.
This, "Christmas
Tea" is especially given for the
boys and all students are urged
to be there at the Episcopal
Parish house.
The Phi Delta Theta had as
dinner guests last Friday night
Mrs! M. H. Stacy, advisor to
women, Mrs Irene Lee, hostess
of Spencer hall, Mr. R. B. House,
executive secretary, and Dean
F. F. Bradshaw. ;
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1929
Fall Quarter Examination Schedule
All instructors are requested to read carefully this whole
sheet.
Note: The schedule below gives the order of examina
tions for academic courses meeting Monday to Friday or
Monday to Saturday, inclusive, and for those meeting Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday. Courses meeting Tuesday and
Thursday or Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday are either
assigned on the schedule or will be assigned by the instruc
tors after consultation with the Registrar.
Examinations for courses in Engineering, including
Drawing and Engineering Mathematics, are scheduled in
Phillips halL .
Examinations for courses in Accounting will be an
nounced by the instructors in these courses.
By action of the faculty, the time of no examination
may be changed after it has been fixed in the schedule.
WEDNESDAY,
, 9:00 A. M.
8:30 o'clock classes.
THURSDAY,
9:00 A. M.
9 :30 o'clock classes.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20
9:00 A.M. 2:30 P.M.
11:00 o'clock classes. 3:00 and 4:00 o'clock classes.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21
9:00 A. M.
12:00 o'clock classes.
American Historical Society c
To Hold Annual Meeting As
Guests Of Carolina And Duke
Session To Convene Here Dec
ember 30 and Continue
Through January 1.
U. N. C. PROFESSORS SPEAK
James Harvey Robinson Is
President; J. G. deR. Hamil
ton On Executive Council.
The American Historical As
sociation will convene in its
44th annual meeting at Durham
and Chapel Hill from December
30 through January 1. James
Harvey Robinson of New York
City is president of the" associa
tion, and J. G. deRoulhac Ham
ilton, prof essor of history in the
University, is a member of the
executive council.
Meeting concurrently with the
historical society are the Mis-
issippi Valley Historical Asso
ciation, the Conference of His
torical Society, the Agricultural
History Society, the History of
Science Society, the National
Council for Social ' Studies, and
the American Association of
University professors, the latter
group meeting December 28-30.
The committee on local ar
rangements is headed by Robert
B. House, tKe vice-chairman and
executive secretary of the Uni
versity. W. T. Laprado, profes
sor of history at Duke, is the
secretary of the committee. The
other members are Josephus
Daniels, editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer; R. W.
Flack, Durham city manager;
R. M. Grumman, head of the
University extension division;
J. G. deRoulhac Hamilton ; John
Sprunt Hill, trustee of the Uni
versity; Burke Hobgood; W. C.
Jackson, vice-president of N. C.
C.W.; W. N. Keener; A. C. Lee;
R. L. Lmdsey ; Frank Martin ;
A. R. Newsome, secretary of the
North Carolina Historical As
sociation,, and , C.--T. Woollen,
business manager of the. Uni
versity. The program commit
tee is headed by William K.
Boyd of Duke University.
Although sessions of the meet
ing are to be held both in Dur
ham and in Chapel Hill, the
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DECEMBER 18 ,
. 2:30 P. M.
2:00 o'clock classes, and all
sections of Economics 2.
DECEMBER 19
2:30 P. M.
1:00 o'clock classes, and all
sections of Economics 1.
... 2:30 P. M.
Open for Examinations which
cannot be arranged otherwise.
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Last Issue
This is the last issue of the
Daily Tar Heel before the
Christmas Holidays. Is
suance of paper will be re
sumed on Tuesday, January 7.
Hall Of Fame In
Next Buccaneer
Golden Fleece and Phi Beta
Kappa can no longer be consid
ered the height of collegiate
tame on the Carolina campus ;
no longer can the aspiring co-ed
hope to attain the .peak of cam
pus society by rating the Ger
man Club dances or by dating
the cream . of Carolina, for all
these are merely second rate
criteria when considered along
with the Campus Hall of Fame
that has recently been instituted
at the University.
This Hall of Fame, which has
created considerable comment
on the campus, was perpetrated
and conceived by the members
of the staff of the Carolina
Buccaneer. A special section in
each of the succeeding issues of
the Buccaneer, beginning with
the January edition ha3 been set
aside for the pictures and bi
ographies of the most eminent
students gracing the campus.
Two selections to the Hall of
Fame will be run in each of the
five remaining numbers of the
magazine, one man and one wo
man will be run each time. Only
ten notables will be selected thi3
year.
Each candidate will be voted
upon ; and chosen by the mem
bers of the Buccaneer staff at
its regular monthly meetings.
Various Qualifications will be
taken into consideration' in mak
mg the selections. JNo one
characteristic will be allowed to
predominate but ratheirwill the
choice be based on the sum tota
of the individual's attainments
and personal traits. Personality,-
attractiveness; character,
popularity, and participation in
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Library Notice
The Library wishes to an
nounce that the educational
reading rooms and the com
merce room will not be open
during the holidays. All
books now out are due on or
before December 16th, and
after then the books will be
issued for short periods un
til January 2nd.
The following is the library
schedule:
Dec. 21, Saturday 8:30-2
Dec. 22, Sunday Closed
Dec. 23, Monday 9 :00-5
Dec. 24, Tuesday 9:00-2
Dec. 25, Xmas Day Closed
Dec. 26, Thursday 9:00-5
Dec. 27, Friday 9:00-5
Dec. 28, Saturday 9:00-1
Dec. 29, Sunday Closed
Dec. 30, Monday 9:00-5
Dec. 31, Tuesday 9:00-5
Jan. 1, New Years Closed
Jan. 2, Thursday 9 :00-5
Jan. 3, Friday 8 :30-10 :30
MEMORIAL HALL
QUESTION TO BE
ACTED ON SOON
President Chase Calls Meeting
Of Trustees; To Be Held
In Raleigh.
The trustees of the Universi
y are now faced with a very
serious decision .regarding Me
morial hall. Buildings experts
and engineers last week declared
the big structure unsafe for use,
and on the strength of their
recommendation President H.
W. Chase will bring the matter
to the attention of the trustees
at a meeting set for next Wed
nesday in Raleigh.
Announcement that the build
ing was unsafe came as a result
of a long series of investigations
by the building committee of
the University. The hall has
been examined , by many engin
eers and architects, and all
agree that the Duuamg may
either be entirely rebuilt or
torn down.
. It is one of the largest, if not
the largest building in the world
without control supports. - The
roof is supported by two great
wooden arches, one hundred and
twenty-seven feet in diameter,
lengthwise of the building.
These supports were built on the
ground, and raising them was a
perilous task. At the first at
tempt a celebration was planned.
All the trustees were specially
invited to the ceremony. After
numerous speeches and formali
ties, one or the arches was
raised high up into the air when
suddenly the tackle jammed and
the ropes gave way. The arch
tumbled awkwardly and danger
ously to the ground. The crowd
scattered, and the. "show" was
over. .Later, however, exper
ienced housemovers were en
gaged, and after much hard
work the arches were finally
raised.
After an investigation of the
engineers recently,v it was found
that these large arches were rot
ting at the base, andif it had
not been for the braces at, the
foot of these arches, they would
have long ago fallen. It was
also found that the beams had
slipped as far as eight inches,
and some of the nails, holding
these beams, had , been pulled
deep into the arches, ine en
gineers have advised that either
these beams be replaced by steel
ones, or that the whole struc
ture be torn down.
NUMBER .-72
ifiUMifiii ill Div
STAGED MONDAY
BY LOCAL GROUP
Handel's Masterniece To Be
Presented In Methodist
Church Monday.
CHORUS OF ONE HUNDRED
Four Soloists And The Univer
sity Orchestra Take Part
In Program.
Tomorrow night residents and
students of Chapel Hill will have
the privilege of hearing Handel's
"The Messiah" produced locally
for the first time. There will
be no admission charge. '
The performance will be held
at 8:30 o'clock in the Methodist
church. It is to be executed by
four soloists from this section
of the state, the Chapel Hill
community chorus under the
direction of Harold S. Dyer, and
the University symphony or
chestra. "The Messiah" was first pro
duced at Dublin, Ireland, in
1741, for the benefit of a found
ling hospital. An interesting
custom was established at the
time of this first performance.
King George II, who happened
to be in the audience, was so
carried away by the final "Hal
lelujah Chorus" that he rose to
111 PI 4Sj-fc4- AMAV-awv A
mo icci, vviicieupuu every one
else present did likewise. 'Audi
ences have usually -risen ever
since, during each performance
oi tnis last chorus. . The custom
will be repeated tomorrow,.
night.
The libretto of "The Messiah"
is taken directly from the holy
scriptures and is especially in
keeping with the Christmas sea
son. It resembles most ora
torios in that it is written for
soloists and for a chorus accom
panied by a full orchestra. The
oratorio differs from other
forms of dramatic musical rep
resentations such as the opera,
in that it does not employ scen
ery, costume, or action.
George Frederick Handel, the
composer, lived in Germany dur
ing the eighteenth century. Best
known for his oratorios, this
master composed the entire
score of "The Messiah" in 24
days. , '
The chorus, tomorrow night,
will consist of 44 sopranos, 23
contraltos, 13 tenors and 24
basses, and the orchestra will be
made up of 21 pieces.
In many localities a perform
ance of "The Messiah" is a regu
lar annual occurrence.
Frank Graham And
Fred Merryville Talk
,To The Engineers
at, xne joim, meeung oj. me
William Cain student chapter of
the A.S.C.E. and the University
branch of the A.I.E.E. held
Thursday evening in Phillips
Hall, Mr. Fred Merryfield spoke
on the training of British avia
tors during the World War, and
Professor Frank Graham talked
on "The Engineer in Recent
Southern History."
Speaking from experience ob
tained while in the British Air
Service Mr. Merryfield described
to the audience the various pre
liminary examinations which
were undergone before one could
get into the air service,' and
training which was given those
who passed the examinations.
He told about the thrill of the
first solo and the fright that ac
companies the second such
flight, as well as some .of the
pleasant parts, of flying.