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VOLUME XXXVIII
FEDERATION CLUB
STATES PURPOSES
OF ORGANIZATION
Intends to Promote Better Inter
scholastic Relations; To Or
ganize Here May 10.
Following a meeting in the Y.
M. C. A. Thursday afternoon the
University student federation
club issued a complete list of
the purposes and plans for a
proposed state-wide student fed
eration to be organized here
May 10.
The following is a statement
of John A. Lang, executive-secretary
of the club:
"In order to let the people of
the state know exactly the pur
poses of a state federation of
students, we have prepared a
list of some of the most out
standing things that we hope to
accomplish through the f ederar
tion. Through the North Caro
lina Federation of Students, we
hope:
"1. To strengthen and improve
student government in every
college and university of the
state, and to encourage the de
velopment of student govern
ment in the high schools and
preparatory schools of the state.
"2. To give the students of
North Carolina a more effective
means through which to express
themselves on any important
matter.
"3. To promote more friend
ly, cordial, and reciprocal rela
tions between the various stu
dent bodies of the state in ath
letics, publications, debating,
and in all other phases of stu
dent life.
"4. To help the students of
North Carolina become better
acquainted with each other, so
that they may develop as fellow
Mnrfh Carolinians and not as
little sectarians.
"5. To promote the general
welfare of student interests m
North Carolina and abroad, and
to render any service to the stu
dents or the state m any case
that might arise.
6. To help properly relate the
students of North Carolina to
the National Federation of Stu-
' dents and to the International
Confederation of Students, and
to help the students of this state
become better acquainted with
and of more assistance to the
general student movement m
this nation and throughout the
world."
Hicrh School Stenogs
And Typists Compete
Entrants in the state high
school typing and stenograhy
contests arrived last night and
will take part in the contests
which will be held in the Tin
Can this morning. The typing
contest wiir commence at 9:30
and the stenography at 10
o'clock. There are one hundred
and ten contestants from twen-tv-one
schools entered in the
competition.
This will be one of the last of
the high school contests to be
held this year. On Friday, May
lfi tht KasAhftll irame for the
state general championship wil
be played at Emerson field at 3
o'clock. There are thirty-four
schools now competing in the
elimination tournament to
choose the competitors for the
finals here. The winners in
each of the two divisions, the
one for the east and the one for
the west of the state, will be cn-j department in recognition of na
tered in the final elimination. tional music , week.
Sigma Phi Sigma Sponsors V
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Above are the photographic portraits of the three sponsors of the Sigma Phi Sigma dance
held last night at the Washington Duke hotel. They are left to right: Miss Dougie Long of Greens
boro, Miss Dorothy Hackney of Charlotte, and Miss Louise Harrison of Greensboro, who served as
partners to Ray Farris, Carl Carter Chase, and Joe Carpenter, respectively.
WHITEMAN TO END
RADIOMOGRAMS
Popular Old Gold Orchestra Will
End Engagement on Col
umbia Chain.
Radio listeners throughout
the United States will receive
with genuine , regret the I an
nouncement that Paul White
man and his band are nearing
the end of their broadcasting en
gagements. '
The wniteman-uia ijoia or
chestra, which for the past year
has been one of the t stellar at
tractions over the'Columbia "net
work, will play its concluding ra
dio concert on the night of Tues
day, May 6th. The feature of
the farewell program will be the
rendition of "The Stein Song,"
the melody dearest to the hearts
of the students and alumni of
the University of Maine. VThis
will be the first time this fam
ous old number has ever been
included on the Whiteman-Old
Gold program, and it is also per
haps the first time the old col
lege song has been presented by
an orchestra of the proportions
of the Whiteman group.
"The Stein Song" was includ
ed on the program of the con
cluding Whiteman-Old Gold
r
broadcast in response to the
numerous requests for its pres
entation which came from the
university men and the college
publications throughout the
country. In an effort to furnish
just the numbers for which the
radio fans had expressed a
preference, Mr. Whiteman read
ily consented to include the mel
ody in his Old Gold package of
favorites. He has personally!
prepared a special arrangement
of the number, designed to ac
centuate every note of the lilt
ing melody and to stress the in
f ectuous swing of the famous old
tune which for so many years
has inspired and thrilled the Uni
versity of Maine students and
the old grads as well.
Mr. Whiteman's closing pro
gram will be broadcast to the
United States and adjacent
countries over station WABC
and the Columbia system be
tween the hours of nine and ten
nVWV n.m:. daylight saving
time, on the evening of Tuesday,
May 6th. '
Band Concert Tuesday
The University band will play
a program under the Davie
Poplar Tuesday night, May 6,.
at 7 :15. This is one of the pro
grams sponsored by the music
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930
If II? i i c i
Thirteen Club Dance
The annual.-twilight dance of
the Thirteen Club at the Caro
lina Inn last night proved a de
lightful feature on the week-end
program of social activities.
Alex MendenhalFs Tar Heel Boys
furnished the music for tjie oc
casion. ;
The array of attractive girls
present included the following:
Misses Claire Lockehart Hanes,
Winston-Salem ; Lola Miller,
Laurens, S C. ; Mary Cannon,
Concord ; Maria Parham, Hen
derson ; Helenora Withers, Sally
Couch, Charlotte ; Anne Arra
smith, Iorothea Jones, Philadel
phia, Pa. ; Lititia Mason, Ra
leigh ; and Phoebe Harding,
Chapel Hill.
The chaperones were: Mrs. C.
H. Harding, Mrs. J. H. Ander
son. Mrs. A. S. Lawrence and
Mrs. M. E. Martin.
Leavitt Writes On
Spanish Literature
S. E. Leavitt of the depart
ment of romance languages, will
soon complete two books which
he has been working on for the
last few years. The first book
will be called Andres de Clara
monte and the EstreUa de Se
ville and will be the results of
investigations in the National
Library in Madrid, Spain. This
book will deal with the date and
authorship of the famous play
La Estrella de Seville, which
was long attributed to Lope de
Vega. Mr. Leavitt has been
working four years on this book
and expects to have it complet
ed before the end of this year.
By the end of the summer,
Mr. Leavitt will have completed
the second book he is working
on which is a study of Spanish
American literature in the
United States. This will be done
for the Harvard Council on His-
pano-American Studies, of which
Mr. Leavitt is a member. Mr.
Leavitt intends to work this
summer at the Harvard library
and will there complete his two
years' work on the subject.
Chase Will Make
Last Chapel Talk
President Chase will speak
to the freshman class at
freshman chapel Monday
morning, May 5th, in Gerrard
hall at 10:23. This will be
President Chase's last appear
ance at chapel exercises
where he has for ten years
been a most welcome speaker.
The subject of his speech has
not been announced as yet.
DR. METZENTHIN
ITOSTUDYABROAD
German Professor To Go On
Three-Month's Trip to Un
earth Old Documents.
Immediately after the close of
this spring quarter, Dr. Metzen
thin, of the department of Ger
manic languages, will leave for
Europe. He expects to sail from
New York, June 7, on a Holland
American Line steamer. He will
spend about three months in
Europe visiting numerous state
and university libraries as well
is some monasteries The-pur-
pose of Dr. Metzenthin's trip is
to help contribute to the solu
tion of the problems connected
with the question of the "home"
of the Haliand, the Saxon epic.
Among the cities he will visit are
Munich,- Prague, and Bonn,
where he will make is headquar
ters. The Haliand is an old Saxon
epic, telling of the life of Jesus.
The complete work consists of
six thousand verses written m
a style similar to the Anglo
Saxon Beowolf, though the lan
guage is different. The poem
is supposed to have been written
in 830 A.D. by a cleric of the
Catholic Church. Until recently
there was a dispute as to wheth
er the poem was written by a
cleric or a layman, but, chiefly
due to research made by Dr.
Metzenthin, it is now thought
that a cleric composed the epic.
The problem which Dr. Met
zenthin will work on this sum
mer is about the place in which
the epic was composed and its
early history. He will examine
as many as possible of the ninth
and tenth century manuscripts
in libraries in central Europe and
will compare the lettering with
the extent manuscripts of the
Haliand. There are now two
known complete manuscripts,
one in the London Museum, and
the other in the library of the
University of Munich. Two
shot fragments of about fifty
verses each are in the Vatican
Library and in the library of the
University of Prague. Of course,
only a part of this tedious
though extremely valuable work
can be done this summer.
Dr. Metzenthin has done re
search work on the Haliand for
many years. Beginning with
his thesis for his JPh.D. degree
until now he has constantly
worked on the subject, often
contributing articles to maga
zines about his conclusions. He
will be assisted this summer by
his daughter, Miss Esther Met
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New Editors Wanted
There will be a meeting of
the entire editorial board Sun
day night at 7:15 o'clock in
the editorial office of the Tar
Heel. Several changes are
contemplated by the editor in
the personnel of the board
and it is necessary that-all
those wishing to continue
working be present at this
meeting. Any new men wish
ing to compete for positions
on this board are requested to
be at this meeting.
Y ACKETY YACK TO
BE ISSIM) SOON
1930 Annual Contains 392 Pages
And Is Bound in Blue
Leather.
According to a" statement is
sued yesterday by B. Moore
Parker, business manager of the
Yackety Yack, the University
annual will be distributed about
May 25. f
This year's edition; will con
tain 392 pages and will be beau
tifully bound in blue leather;
The library theme will be car
ried out in air sections of the
nbook.. .
This issue marks the 30th; edi
tion of the publication, and the
40th. anniversary of a school
annual. In 1890 the Greek let
ter fraternities published an an
nual known as the Hellenian
that was supposed to represent
fully every phases of college life.
This was continued until 1900,
when a different type of book
was published which represent
ed only the fraternities. This
book-received very, little moral
or financial support from the
majority of students. Begin
ning in the year 1901, the first
issue of theYackety Yack ap
peared, sponsored by the literary
societies and the fraternities of
the University. This was the
beginning of a permanent Uni
versity annual. The first issue
contained 241 pages.
Recent issues have employed
many up-to-date features, and
the 1930 yearbook contains
many technical improvements.
The Vanity Fair section con
tains more than the usual
amount of beautiful girls and
the dance section presents a very
harmonious color scheme. The
feature make-up is especially
good, containing interesting pic
tures from every walk of college
life.
Andy Merritt Dies
Andrew Merritt, colored jani
tor, died suddenly yesterday
morning about two-fifteen. Mer
ritt has been janitor in the Y
building for eight years. He was
only about forty years old, and
the cause of his death was not
learned. "
Mass Sunday Morning
Catholic Mass will be held
Sunday morning at 8 :30 in Ger
rard hall.
A Correction
Owing to an error, the name
of J. C. Williams was omitted
from the list of the debaters
who wiH represent Carolina at
Boston Monday night. Wil
liams, who was chosen No. 1
in the tryout, left for Boston
later than the three others.
6e will join Carr, Baley and
Wilkinson in Boston.
NUJ.IBER 160
PINK GUTHRIE IS
DEAD AT LAST
OF ALCOHOLISM
Noted Community Character at
Lasts Succumbs ; Denatured.
Favorite.
(By Howard M. Lee)
Pink Guthrie, aged 60, col
ored, better known to students
and people of this county as
"Denatured," is dead. Pink
was found dead yesterday morn
ing at 11 o'clock on the floor of
his house by his wife. Accord
ing to Dr. S. A. Nathan, Orange
county coroner, he had been
dead about two hours before his
lifeless body was discovered.
Mr. Nathan did not deem it
necessary to hold an inquest, it
being quite apparent that death
was the result of acute nephritis
brought on by alcoholism.
Last Saturday Pink was wash
ing windows at the Strowd Mo
tor Company; the cleaning com
pound used was almost 90 per
cent denatured: alcohol. As .
usual,-Pink could not resist the
temptation to drink and mis
appropriated : a half-gallon of '
the alcohol for illicit purposes..
Between Saturday and Sunday; -"Denatured"
drank a quart of ;
the liquor and became very sick. .
Snnrlaxr ovoninnr Tin -t-rJA la xirifr-, .
that this was his last drink; and.
it was. j
Pink; holds many records in-.
the county. Among these dis
tinctsretthe:following: first;
man to be tried m the Chapel
Hill rceorder's court ; greatest
number of road sentences ever,
given one man ; oldest habitual
drunkard; ablest colored "law
yer." Judge C. P. Hinshaw of the
Chapelv Hill recorder's court
stated that Gutherie has ap-
peared in various courts on an.
average of once every 60 days
for the last 25 years. Up until,
the last two or three years he v
has plead his own cases with re
markable efficiency, but lately he
has fallen down.
Guthrie was in court several,
weeks ago and was given, a sen
tence of seven months on the
county roads. He took, an ap
peal to the superior court, tell
ing the local recorder that, he
would never serve his term-
Once before when; working
at Strowd's garage, Pink, had
stolen denatured alcohol. One
of the gasoline pump tanks, was
leaking and a hole had to be dug
in order to stop the leak.. A bar
rel of denatured alcohol was
over xne opening witn a iaucet
at the botom. Ping opened the
faucet and drank such, a large
amount of the alcohol that he
had to be pulled out of the hole.
While on a drunk several
years "ago he was requested by
a citizen of Chapei Hill to get a
dog out from under a house.
Pink was very obliging, so he
lay down on the ground and
reached for the dog. The dog,
being quicker than Pink, bit
him on his nose, which event left
a scar until his death.
Three years ago Pink was
under a suspended sentence in
the Hillsboro superior court for
being drunk. He was later ar
rested in Chapel Hill for being
intoxicated, and was given a
month on the roads. He took an
appeal , to the superior, court.
Judge Daniels, the presiding
judge, increased the sentence to
six months.
"Judge, you can't do that," ex
claimed Pink at the height of his
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