ENGINEER MEETING
7:00 O'CLOCK
PHILLIPS HALL
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SOPHOMORE CLASS PICTURE
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VOLUME ISSUED
BY LCM PRESS
The Life Of Miranda Is A Ro
mance With Southern
Setting.
A foremost student of Latin
American history William
Spence Robertson, a workman
with a reputation for painstak
ing and exhaustive labor, lias
written a book for the Univer
sity Press. The first copies of
his work, The Life of Miranda,
were received here last weekl ' :
Appearing in two volumes, it
is most attractively bound and
printed. The ' illustrations in
clude over thirty excellenr por
traits of Miranda and many of
the world figures which he en
countered in the-course of his
extraordinary career.
Following a policy that it has
. adopted in publishing v other
valuable works, the Press will
offer a special edition of the
book, of which 90 copies will be
for sale, signed by the author.
Printed on Alexandre Japan
paper, the copies are bound
iith imported sheepskin parch
ment and buckram sides.
The Life of Miranda teems
with the glamor, romance and
high adventure 'fiction, and has,
still, all the authenticy and clari
ty of facts that Professor
Robertson's careful research
and arrangement of subject
matter 'can give it. A state
ment from the officials of the
- Press gives a lively account of
the book in brief, revealing a
bit of the lively human interest
that predominates the tale:
"It would be difficult to ima
gine a more spectacular or ro
mantic career than that of
Francisco de Miranda, Precur
sor and Knight-Errant of
Spanish American liberty. The
years that spanned his career in
clude an era which for revolu
tionary changes is unique in the
history of the world. He took
part in the struggle for the in
dependence of the United States,
in the French Revolution, and in
the emancipation of South ' A
meriea. Scarcely a personage
of his time did he fail to meet
or captivate, apparently at first
sight, and his travels took him
all over the world.
"Not the least interesting pa-t
of his journeying was his tour
of the United States, of which,
like most of his experience, he
kept voluminous records. Ar
riving at a strategic moment
the close of the Revolutionhe
obtained passage for the Caro
linas, landing at Newbern, where
he admired Tryon's Palace, com
plained that his rest was disturb
ed by huge insects and frogs,
praised the mockingbirds and
traveled on. J
"In his progress up the coast
he met the leading lights of
Charleston, of Philadelphia, of
New York. .Washington invited
him to dine and was somewhat
unfavorably written down in the
uiary as of "demeanour circum
spect, taciturn, and inexpressive,
but a suave manner and great
moderation make it endurable.
In New York he met Alexander
Hamilton, too, and alas for the
poor Colonel Colonel Smith.
"All this time Miranda was
attempting to spread the flame
of liberty to South America by
enlisting in its cause the soldiers
and statesmen he met. But lit
tle official encouragement came
his way, and he went on to Eng
. Jand, toured Europe with Colo
lift 1111 ilJ
OSS
M Bhlineates Life's
sJdyssey rqr Feature Writer
(By J. P. Tyson) -"How
are you Mr. Boss Man.
how are you today? Got any
thing for me. Any clothes to
be mended, any pants to be
pressed ?" Thus you are accosted
by a dignified gentleman with a
very dressy black derby hat.
Now you have met one of the
outstanding characters on the
campus, Mr. Boss Hill. '
Boss' life story reads ' like
that of one of Horatio Alger's
heroes. Boss was originally
from Scotland and from there
he and his parents journeyed to
and' settled down in Hillsboro,
N. C. His life was that of an
ordinary youth until he reached
the age of seventeen. ' Then
youngHill became infected with
the wanderlust germ. 1 At that
tender age he shook the histori
cal dust of quaint old Hillsboro
from his soles . and went to
Birmingham, Ala. He arrived
there with 35 cents in his pock
ets and he says that he lived on
that sum for two weeks. After
a two weeks loafing spree he got
a job as a clean-up boy in a tailor
shop.
He there learned the tailor
trade and has stuck to it ever
since. After an eight years'
stay in Birmingham he then
went to the University of Rich
mond. From there he wandered
to the Navy Yards at Norfolk,
where he worked for a while.
Soon becoming tired of Norfolk
he immigrated to Camp Jackson.
From there he went to Baltimore
where he obtained his masters
degree in a Hebraic tailor shop.
After a short stay in Washing
ton he got the "Tar Heel blues"
and came home to Durham.
Sophomore Picture
In Front of Library
v
The group picture of the
sophomore class for the Yackr
ety Yack will be taken this
morning in front of the li
brary at chapel period. Please
note the change in place from
the law building to the li
brary. This will be the only
picture of the class taken.
Editor, Yackety Yack.
Diseases Declined
In County in 1929
Reportable communicable di-
seases aecimea m numuer m
Orange county during 1929, ac
cording to Dr. S. A. Nathan,
county quarantine officer.
Whooping cough and German
measles headed the list with 79
cases each, 75 per cent among
white children'. Syphilis cases
numbered 44. chiefly among
negroes. Gonorrhea cases were
14 in number, nearly all of them
white. ""
There were 20 cases of diph
theria, 3 of pellegra, 22 of scar
let fever, 22 of chicken pox and
but one case, that of a negro, of
small pox. Influenza, which be
came a reportable disease in Oc
tober, has numbered three cases
since that time.
Debate Squad Meeting
The debate squad will hold its
regular meeting tonight at 7:30
in 201 Murphey hall. Dean Fl
F. Bradshaw will address the
squad on the subject of modern
science and its relation to theis
tic faith, this . being the subject
v,,vv, xvill be debated in the
the
WiUWl T -
coming debates with Emory and
Georgia Tech. The team will be
selected February 6.
CHAPEL HILL, N: Cn THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930
He spent twenty years at
Trinity college and then decided
that Carolina was "the place."
Boss has been here nearly two
years arid says that it is the best
place yet. At present he is
working on his Ph. D.
He is married; has no near
relatives ; and, with the aid of
his yife, runs analtering and
repairing shop on East Frank
lin street. Although ; Boss ' is
completely satisfied with Chapel
Hill he wants to follow the ex
ample of the Carnegie athlete
and go to the Pacific Coast,
where, according to his asser
tion, he has an uncle who is the
president of a large and well
known university. This uncle
has offered Boss a pretentious
home on the campus if he will
but come renew family ties and
turn out a neater crew of col
legiates.. Boss is at a great loss
to know whether to go or not.
Although -Boss is of pure
Scotch blood his name is just
plain MacHill without' the Mac.
He says that of the two things
that his mother country is, fam
ous' for, he prefers the jokes
second best. His favorite writ
er is Peter Dawson, who writes
his name on tall green bottles
labeled "Purest Produce of Scot
land." Boss says that he likes a derby
because it is a mark of his pro
fession, and, too, he says . that
it is much more formal.
All great men have a hobby
some collect rare books, - some
hoard rare old manuscripts and
some gather Indian relics, but
Boss' hobby and vocation is
gathering unpressed and torn
clothes.
Glee Club To Give
Contest in Durham
The University glee club will
appear in concert tomorrow
night at 8:15 in the junior high
school auditorium in Durham
under the auspices of the Dur
ham high school music clubs.
The group appearing will
consist of 35 men, .including
those members only recently
added.
As in previous concerts, Pro
fessor Nelson O. Kennedy will
offer two groups of piano solos
during the program.
Included among the selection
to be sung by the glee club are
hn lirpp Rnncs to be used in
the national contest. They are :
the 1930 prize song, "Hark!
Jolly Shepherds" by Morley; the
Carolina choice song, "Ave
Maria" by Arcadelt ; ' : and the
alma ' mater. "Hark the
iiv '
Sound" by Arthur Edward John
stone. .
U. D. C: To Entertain
v Mrs. G. K. G. Henry announc
behalf of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
that that organization will en
tertain the public Saturday at
the Carolina Inn with a benefit
bridge and dance from three to
five o'clock in the afternoon and
from eight to twelve o'clock in
the evening.
Tea will be served at five. Ad
mission for the afternoon por
tion of the program will be fifty!
cents, while the evening enter
tainment will cost a like amount.
' Dancing, a fashion show, vau
deville stunts, and other forms
of entertainment will be offered
in the evening.
Arrangements for attendance
can be made with Mrs. Blanche
Patterson before Friday
Dr. McKay To Speak
Dr. R. W. McKay of the
McKay Urological Clinic of
Charlotte, will speak to the
medical society of the Univer
sity in Caldwell hall Friday
night at 7 :30 ' o'clock. His ad
dress will be of much interest
to those students who expect
to enter medicine as well as
to the medical students.
Everyone is cordially invited.
The .lecture will be illustrated
with lantern slides.
Hypnotized Student
Gets Into Trouble
It seemed, according to the
psychology lecturer, that a student-
in a far away college had
learned " hypnotism, and had
practiced upon his roommate,
finally achieving such proficiency
that a' snap of the finger would
put the subject into hypnotic
coma. '
"You have just come from
your class. The professor lec
tured upon . . . phases of the
atomic theory. I'll read you the
points he made. He told a fun
ny story about the Pullman
porter who didn't understand the
law of gravity. Frank Finker
was late as usual, and, John
Duncan dropped his book in his
hurry to reach his seat . . . the
prof ran short of chalk and sent
Mike Ryan after some," said the
roommate of the dazed student,
carefully.
An hour before the preceding
one-sided conversation had taken
place, the humorous - minded
hypnotist, walking to the cam
pus with his roommate, had put
the latter into a hypnotic state,
hidden him in the basement; at
tended his class, made careful
note of the proceedings and nar
rated them to his subject, and
then, after instructing him to
forget that he had been hypno
tized, brought him "out of it."
The erstwhile absentee, who
hadn't any cuts to spare, receiv
ed a notice from the office of
the registrar asking about his
absence on the preceding day,
and the climax of the story takes
place in ie registrar's office
where the argument staged there
has become a classic.
Der Deutsche Verein
Dr. Caldwell of the history
department - has consented to
make a short talk before the
members of the German society
on the "First German Hero."
Dr. Caldwell, according to R. S.
Matthews, is an entertaining
speaker and his talk should be
interesting especially to students
in all German classes; all are
urged .to attend. A part of the
meeting will be given over to a
short musical program with the
singing of German songs. There
will be group singing for those
who care to participate. After
this refreshments will be served
closing the meeting. The soci
ety will assemble in the regular
Kiwanis room in the basement
of the Methodist church Friday
evening at 7:30, January 24.
Visitors are welcome and every-
nns is reauested to arrive on
time.
a Coker Elected to Office
Professor R. E. Coker has
been elected, an associate editor
of a new biological publication
which is to be issued, beginning
January, 1931, by an agreement
between the Ecological Society
of America and Duke Univer
sity. Xhe publication is to be
known as Ecological Mono
graphs. ' ' ' ,
Commencement-. Plani
Show Change In IDate
Of Alumni .'Gatherin:
NATHAN REPORTS
ON DORM STORES
Dormitory agencies, from the
standpoint of the city health de
partment, are in fair condition,
says Dr. S. A. Nathan,; who in
spected all the college dormi
tories Wednesday.
Three of the agencies were
using sandwich toasters, and an
other was preparing hot drinks
for sale. Instructions were giv4
en to discontinue all cooking,
since fire regulations prohibit it.
About half the agencies were
not swept arid dusted properly,
and in many of them empty soft
drink bottles1 were found. These
collect ants, and orders were
given that they be removed.
Dormitory radiators and walls
were not properly cleaned; says
Dr. Nathan, who suggested more
care in .this matter, No vermin
whatever were found, the report
concluded.
Dean Rankin of Duke
To Speak In Goldsboro
Dr. Robert S. Rankin, assist
ant dean of the graduate school
of Duke University, will be one
of the principal speakers at the
school of citizenship to be held
in Goldsboro next month, accord
ing to announcement yesterday
by Mrs. Mary O. Cowper of the
League - of Women Voters and
Morgan Vining of the University
extension division, who are ar
ranging the program.
The school of citizenship will
be held in conjunction with the
annual convention of the League
of Women Voters. The meetings
will be under the auspices of
theleague and the extension di
vision. . Dr. Rankin will address a
joint session of the two groups
on Tuesday night, February 11,
in Goldsboro. His subject will
be "Election Laws in North
Carolina." Demonstrations of
the new election law will be an
other feature of the same pro
gram.
Dr. Rankin is regarded as an
authority on government, and is
especially interested in the state
and local units. He won his A.
B. degree at Tusculum - College
and his doctorate at Princeton.
At Duke he is associate profes
sor of. political economy and
assistant dean of the graduate
school. He is the author of
numerous articles oh political
science, and has addressed a
number of organizations on this
and allied subjects.
Sketch Club May
Organize Juniors
The Sketch club met yester
day afternoon at the home of
Mrs. W. E. Caldwell, 412 Rose
mary lane. A costumed model
was used as the subject for
drawing.
The next meeting will be held
Wednesday Januar,y 29, at the
same place. The regular month
ly discussion of American land
scape painters will be resumed
at that time, the subject being
"Winslow Homer."
Members of the club have
been seriously considering the
formation of a junior sketch
club. Inasmuch as there is no
art taught in the schools of the
community, such a club would
be especially beneficial to the
children, it is believed.
'NUMBER 87
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Class Reunions To Be Held With
Alumni Day Monday,
June 9.
GRADUATION DAY JUNE 10
New Schedule Is Effort to Se
cure Larger Alumni Attend
ance at Annual Exercises;
May Hold Open Air Exercises
. In Kenan Stadium.
Plans for commencement, al
though not yet complete, have
received several changes from
those of the past five years, The
exercises will extend from Sat
urday, June 7, through Tuesday,
June 10, this being a specific
change from prior "week-end"
commencements, which opened
on BViday and closed on Monday.
President Chase suggested
this alteration to the alumni
board with the view of procuring
a larger alumni attendance at
the' graduation exercises with
the alumni day set for Monday
instead of Saturday. The sug
gestion was-recently accepted by
the faculty.
There, will be ten graduation
classes in reunion at commence
ment this year. In addition to
the eight classes, composing two
college generations as regulated
by the Dix plan, there will be
a meeting of two additional
classes.
The Baby class, of 1929, will
have its first reunion at the
University then. The officers of
tnis ciass are : .cowman uray oi
Winston-Salem, president ; Wal
ter Spearman; former editor of
the Tar Heel and now a student
at the University of Lyons,
France, secretary.
There will be the regular
meeting of the class which
graduated 25 years ago the
quarter of a century reunion
which will call together the class
of 1905 this year. Judge N. A.
Townsend of Dunn is president
and W. T. Shore of Charlotte,
secretary.
The Dix plan, which provides
for the convening of four con
secutive classes as one college
generation, will bring together
this spring the graduates of '14,
15, 16, '17 and of '95, '96, '97,
and '98.
The secretaries of the various
classes, together with the com
mencement marshals appointed
by W. T. Shore, president oi the
alumni association, constitute
the reunion committee. There
is a meeting of the committee to
be held in the near future for
the purpose of planning the de
tails of the reunions. r
So far ho place for holding the
commencement exercises has
been decided upon. Since the
completion of Memorial hall in
1895, all graduation exercises
have been held there. But the
condemnation of this structure
by experts late last fall neces
sitates the choice of another
place. Open air exercises in the
Kenan Memorial stadium are
being considered.
The program of the Com
mencement exercises is as fol
lows:
Saturday, June 7 Class day ;
. senior exercises. ;
Sunday, June 8. Baccalaureate
sermon.
Monday, June 9. Alumni day;
general alumni meeting, alum
ni luncheon, and alumni ball.
Tuesday, June 10. Graduation
exercises;
The commencement speaker
has not yet been selected.
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