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TAR HEEL MEETING TONIGHT 7:00 7:15 TAR HEEL MEETING TONIGHT 7:00 7:15 ill i -K yf 1 Jr I M i 7 s VOLUME XXXVIII LYMAN B. STOWE REVEALS STORY OF "UNCLE TOM" Grandson of Creator of Famous Book Speaks Before English And History Students. ilr. Lyman Beecher Stowe, a grandson of Harriett Beecher Stowe, addressed a small grpup of History and English students in Bingham hall Friday morn ing on the interesting subject of how his grandmother came to write Uncle Tom's Cabin. Mr. Stowe told of how when his grandmother lived in Cin cinnati, she often went across the border to Kentucky to visit friends on their plantation. Here she got a first hand view of the relationship between a slave and his master. Harriet Beecher Stowe's hus band was a professor in the theological seminary in Cincin nati, and in 1850 he accepted a position at Bowrdoin College in Maine. On the way north to Maine, Mrs. Stowe stopped at Boston. Here she met a "run away" negro by the name of Josiah Henson, who had become a preacher. In the course of a conversation with this negro, Mrs. Stowe heard of the cruel death of his father at the hands of an overseer. This horrible story always stuck in her mind and formed the basis of her was a sister who first gave Harriet Beecher Stowe the idea of writing about the negro. And one day while in church in Maine Mrs. Stowe became so af fected at recalling the brutal story that she had heard in Boston that she left the service and resolved to write the inci dent down. This formed the last part of her book and was called "The death of Uncle Tom." With this as a nucleus she completed her book. It was first printed in serial lorm by "The National ira" m Washington, and it was not con sidered sensational. Mr. Jewitt, a Boston publisher, asked per mission to publish the story in book form. He offered the au thor 10 per cent of the profits or a 50-50 proposition on all gains and losses. Mrs Stowe, af ter much deliberation, finally de cided to accept the former. It was considered too great a risk to accept the 50-50 proposal be cause the book was written by a woman and was on a very sensi tive question. . The book was at first received very well. It is estimated that three hundred thousand copies were sold in the first year. The South hailed it with acclamation during the first few weeks after its publication, but in a few months hatred against it became so bad that no reputable South ern family would have the vol urae in thpir home, let alone read it. According to Mr. Stowe, his grandmother wrote the book with the express purpose of so (Continued on page three) Episcopal Tea The third Episcopal tea of the spring quarter will be held in the rear of the parish house this afternoon from 4:30 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. J. H. Anderson, hostess, states that a special Mother's Day program will be presented. All students re gardless of church affiliations are cordially invited to attend. Tar Heel Meeting There. will be a meeting of the city editors and editorial board tonight at 7 o'clock. Reporters will meet at 7:15. All members of the staff are expected to attend these meet ings unless excused by the managing editor or the editor. PRESS TREATISE ON MILL TOWNS STIRSREVIEWERS Book By J. J. Rhyne Favorably Commented Upon By New York and Richmond Critics. "Some Cotton Mill Workers and Their Villages," a recent publication of the University Press, has been widely criti cized, the majority of the re viewers commenting favorably on the book. This book is the result of a study of the South ern mill situation made by Jen nings J. Rhyne, former assistant in the local social science insti tute and now director of the so cial science school at the Uni versity of Oklahoma. Rhyne is a native of Gaston county and during the 25 years of his residence there had won derful opportunities for observ ing the great industrial revolu tion in that part of the state. His study was made before the Gastonia mill troubles and pic tures normal undisturbed condi tions necessary for the just ap praisal of those difficulties. The investigations, Which were made while working with the University Social Science I group, included personal visits to four types of . mill towns the cotton mill town, incorporat ed town, suburban mill village, and rural mill village and in terviews with over 500 families including 2362 persons. One of the features of the book is the discussion of the pa ternalism of the mill operators, who, it is shown, control and regulate practically the entire lives of the workers. According to the writer, men, women,- and children not only work in the mills, but also live in company houses, are arrested by company cops, are ministered unto by company preachers, brought in to the world by company phy sicians, and buried in company coffins by company undertakers. The answer of the operators to these charges of paternalism, he explains, is that the policy is for the benefit of the workers and keeps them from squander ing their earnings. According to the Richmond News-Leader book reviewer, Roy Flannagan, "Dr. Rhyne s figures show that mills offer ' better working conditions than farms from which mill workers come and that the mills draw the cream of the farm population. Glancing at the picture of the mill towns one can only contem plate with horror the conditions which may exist throughout the poor farm white population. We can look forward to studies of this farm population some day, provided the staff and person nel of the University of North Carolina are not lynched or oth erwise suppressed before these assiduous, and honest and tre mendouslv valuable students reach this subject." The study shows the socia' status of the mill worker to be much lower than that of the av erage industrial worker, but, in Continued on last page CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1930 Y.M. DEPUTATIONS TEAM TO RETURN FROM WILMINGTON The Y. M. C. A. deputation team will return to the campus tonight after having spent the past three days in Wilmington speaking to Y groups, the high school and churches. Thursday evening the team spoke and sang before a meet ing of four religious organiza tions, after which the Y quar tet sang over the Wilmington radio station. Friday morning two chapel periods were entertained by the group. Visits were made to county and city homes during the afternoon. Saturday morning the boys of the town were entertained. In the evening the young women of the town were hostesses to the team at a beach party. This morning appearances at the churches of the town precede a general mass meeting of boys and young men at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The members of the team were : Ed Hamer, Will Yarbor ough, Pat Patterson, Jack Dun gan and F. M. James, speakers, and Wofford Humphries, Jack Connolly, J. E. Miller and Fred Laxton, who compose the Y quartet. Grady Leonard served as leader of the group. Ed Hamer, Will Yarborough and Jack Dungan were unable to stay with the team the full time, having to return early Saturday morning to attend the meeting of the State Federation of Stu dents in session" here 'this -weekend. '. . v . ' ' ' . Friendship Council Dr. Swartz of the Geology de partment will speak at the meet ing of the Freshman Friendship Council in the "Y" tonight at 7:15. All- old members, as well as new men who desire to join at this time, are urged to be present. 1 Playmakers To Present "Romeo And Juliet" In Professor Frederick Koch and Miss Lois Buell of the Boston Rep ertory Company Are To Be Presented Next (By J. P. Huskins) As often as spring comes, with its profuse colors and per fumed breezes, theatre-goers in Chapel Hill turn from the sound and silver screen of the movies to the Playmakers annual out door performance amid the oaks and murmuring pines of their Forest theatre. Now that spring is here and the Forest theatre- is at the height of its beauty, rehearsals are in full swing for Shakes peare's immortal play of youth, "Romeo and Juliet," which will be given Friday and Saturday nights, May 16-17, featuring Miss Lois Buell of the Boston Repertory Theatre, and Howard Bailey of the Playmakers in the title roles. The performance next Friday and Saturday is particularly sig nificant because it . marks the first time a guest player has taken part in a Playmaker pro- duction. Last year it was Hubert Heff ner in a Playmaker revival of the lovable, idle, dram-drinking Dutch spendthrift "Rip Van Winkle" that drew one of the largest crowds in the history of the Forest theatre. Two" years ago it was "The Tempest," produced wholly by a CONTINENT TOUR LEAVES JUNE 7 The transcontinental study tour which leaves Chapel Hill June 7 and 8 is expected to of fer a great opportunity for those who are interested in structural and economic geology which is important for those taking geol ogy 1. This tour will take in sections of the country where the student can see the actual work of streams, glaciers, geological ac tion of the winds, vlcanos, mountains, plateaus, ani' various other 'things -of -which the stu dent knows little and that only from reading and description. Each of the different subjects will be taken up at such time as it is best illustrated by the country through which the party is passing. Information from the geology department-states that the tour is well represented by the ad vanced classes but there is still accommodation for those study ing geology 1. The tour should be especially interesting to those beginning the study, for it puts the actual study before them as nature has provided it.. BULL'S HEADt WILL OFFER LATEST WORLD'S CLASSICS The Bull's Head Book Shop will increase its stock with a new edition of The World's Classics, which contains about 25 titles. This set comprises the works of such popular authors as Dick ens, George Eliot, Clemaitex, with essays and poetry. , t One volume of especial inter est will be Norman Foerster's American critical essays, which is his most recent book. Best sellers at present are Durant's Story of Philosophy and Well's Outline of History. An' edition of Everyman's Li brary has been carried for some time but this is the first time that a World's Classics has been offered for 80 cents. Outdoor Theatre Have Roles; Production Will Friday and Saturday. o . Playmaker cast, that brought flocks of drama-lovers to the Forest, theatre, and they 1 liked the weird, fanciful music, al most ethereal, ominously flar ing lights, the airy spirit and beautiful song, the shipwrecked mariners being led astray, blind ly following the song, on and on toward a grotesque and yawn ing cavern in a sheer rock wall. Many Notable Productions And so on back with "A Thousand Years Ago," "The Poor Little Rich Girl," "The Rivals," "Prunella," "The Com edy of Errors," "As You Like It," "Much Ado About; Noth ing," "Twelfth Night" and "The Taming of the Shrew," back to the beginning of the Forest the atre in 1919. But with their presentation this year of Shakespeare's play of youth, of conflict and intrigue in' something of a natural set- ting, the Playmakers are plan nmg tne most ambitious pro gram yet. Professor Koch . has always wanted to produce "Romeo, and Juliet" in the Forest theatre, but has been unable to do so because, as he puts it,, he "lacked a Juliet." But with the coming of Miss Buell to Chapel Hill that (Continued on last page) Lang And Albright Named To Offices Moore On Committee The Daily Tar Heel inad vertently omitted the name of Bill Moore of Rocky Mount from the list of members of the rising senior executive committee. DI AND PHI WILL MEET IN ANNUAL SESSIONTUESDAY Senators Will Be Hosts To Rep resentatives For Joint Meeting. (By Henry Wood III) The annual joint session of the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies will convene in the Di hall Tuesday night at 7:15 o'clock. The senators are hosts for this occasion and President Beatty Rector will preside. The bill for discussion at thie meet ing is "Resolved, That the defeat of Judge John J. Parker for the supreme court of the United States evolved mainly on the Democratic party." It has always been tradition al custom for the Di and Phi to meet in joint session once dur ing every school year; however, the plan was abandoned for a number of years and was not re vived until 1928. The purpose of these meetings is for the sen ators and representatives to ex change ideas and opinions on some topic of national or state interest and to discuss among themselves the progress of for ensic endeavor in general here at the University. These ses sions have always been enthusi astically attended, by members of both groups, resulting in stim ulated interest within the two societies. Judge Parker's defeat has been a subject of much heated controversy and is, in the opin ion of the Di and Phi, the logi cal topic for debate at the pres ent time. The assemblies en dorsed the candidate's nomina tion for the supreme court bench at their individual meet ings and are now resolved to de termine the actual cause of his defeat. Many other questions of equal importance have consti tuted the calendars of the two organizations for the past eight months. The contemplated action of the state legislature in regard to drastic 1 restrictions on "bum- ming, a suoject oi vital con sequence to many students at the University, will be debated by the Dialectic Senate in the im mediate future. This question was scheduled for discussion at the joint session Tuesday night, but was tabled due to the cor responding census of opinion. It was mutually agreed that such an act was radically unjust and therefore not a suitable topic for debate. As the Di is host for this an nual occasion, President Beatty Rector urges all senators to be present to welcome their guests and friendly rivals. Two In Infirmary The week-end infirmary list is the smallest for some time, only two cases being reported. W. Ed Elizabeth is ill with a ner vous disorder and V. E. Russell is suffering from a case of chick enpox. . NUMBER 167 In Federation President and Treasurer William Murray of Duke, Mary Jane Wharton of N. C. C. W. Win Other Posts. THREE SESSIONS ARE HELD Congress Invited To Meet Duke Next Year. At (By K. C. Ramsay) John Lang of the University was elected president of the newly organized North Carolina Federation of Students for the 1930-3J. school year at a ban quet held at the Carolina Inn last night. Other officers elect ed were William Murray of Duke, vice-president Mary Jane Wharty of N. C. C. W., secre tary ; and Mayne Albright of the University, treasurer. , The dele gation from Duke invited the Federation to hold its congress next year at Duke University in Durham. The new officers were installed at the closing meeting , of the federation in Gerrard hall last night. Several bills concerning the policies of the organization were passed at this time also. High Lights of the Congress The high lights of the con gress were the addresses by Dr. A. T. Allen, state superintendent of public instruction; John Lang, chairman of the constitu tion committee and secretary of the University Federation Club, aid Professor Frank Graham of the University department of history. The discussion on stu dent government held yesterday morning was quite profitable. Roll of Federation The delegates in attendance included Lillie Ballard and Vir-. ginia Brown, from the Asheville Normal; James Denny and Ma rium Bass, Atlantic Christian College;, Clyde Blackman, Max Fishbank and John McCanless, Catawba; Dan Goody Koontz and Dan S. LaFar, Davidson; W. D. Murray, J. W. Mann, Jr., Everett Weatherspoon, R. L. Reams and Chrisman Haws, Duke; Grace Gardner and Bessie Gray Grissom, East Carolina Teachers; Elizabeth B. Kapp and Jessie Adams, Greensboro college ; Huldah Dixon and Rosa lie Andrews, High Point; Rufus Rhyne and Professor L. F. Har lemann, Lenoir-Rhyne; Mary Jane Wharton, Lucille Knight, Evelyn McKneill, Helen Shu ford, Helen Petrie, Elizabeth McLaughlin and Elsie E. Ban (Continued on last page) Executive Nominees. In accordance with the ac tion of the faculty, Septem ber 19, 1929, the executive committee of the University faculty submits a list of nom inees from which three mem bers of the executive com mittee for the following col lege year are to be elected at the next faculty meeting. Two of these are to serve for three years and one for one year. In the succeeding elections there are to be two new mem bers elected each year for a three-year period; v The nominees: H. G. Baity, J N Couch, J; Fi Dashiel, J; Tf Dobbins, F. BL Green, Ji Jear, S. E. Leavitt, H. D. Meyer, C. T. Murchison, J. H. Swartz. . W. F. Prouty, Chairman
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