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3! it y)B Hi 1 1 1 1 I J ?1&M DI AND PHI JOINT MEETING . 7:15 DIHALL RELIGION SYMPOSIUM '. GERHARD 'HALL 7:30 TONIGHT l ) .X1 i U J I VOLUME XXXVIII FRANK W. SKINNER, FAMOUS ENGINEER, WILL SPEAK HERE Will Tell Engineers of New Hud son River Bridge Project Costing 75,000,0000 Frank W. Skinner, consulting engineer who is now retained on the new Hudson River Bridge at New York City, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and at one time edi tor of Engineering Hecord and Contracting, will deliver a lec ture on the Hudson River Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in Phil lips hall. Mr. Skinner, who is stopping at Chapel Hill while on a lecture trip through this section, will particularly speak of the bridge which is now being erected be tween Manhattan and Fort Lee, N. J., and will discuss suspen sion bridges in general, compar ing different bridges of this and other types. As he has been retained as consulting engineer on this structure, Mr. Skinner has been able to obtain much interesting data and many photographs. This material will be used in his talk Wednesday, which" will' also be delivered in . Blacksburg, Raleigh, Durham and Lewis burg, Penn. The clear span of this new bridge, which connects Washing ton Heights, New York, and the Jersey shore, is 3,500 feet much greater than that of any bridge of similar type. The great size of the structure can be realized when one considers that the dead load of the bridge will be 84,000 tons, the support ing towers rise over 600 feet above the water level, and the length of wire used in the four cables is 551,200,000 feet. In his talk Mr. Skinner will not only describe the bridge at New York but will also compare it with several other suspension bridges and will discuss the erection of various types of bridges such as arches, canti lever and simple trusses. Dean -Braun, head of the school of engineering which is sponsoring the lecture by Mr. Skinner, states that the public is cardially invited to attend the talk Wednesday afternoon, arid that all engineering students are requested to be present. Y. M. DEPUTATIONS MEN ALL RETURN Th last members of the Y. xr n a dfmntation team re- J. ill MVJ turned from a very successful trip to Wilmington Sunday night, several members of the team being forced to return ear lier in the week to attend to their work here. Talks and musical perform Qa vtroro oriven at the morning the First Baptist, the vir-'c,- tt.hvterian arid the Grace Methodist churches. Ser- vices were later heia ; at uw The trip was con- eluded by a city-wide boys meet ing held at the Baptist church at 2:30 Sunday evening with Grady Leonard and rax rai- son makine: the final taiKs. It is estimated that the group nwfnrmwl and spoke before ap- nrnvimaiv 2200 Deople. Radio nArfftrmanrfis were given on Fri- day night and Saturday after Three Lombardo Brothers , " r ' -w-r v ...... l , j : , . .. : i I E Pictured above from left to right are the three Lombardo brothers, Carmen, Guy, and Le bert, who furnished three-tenths of the modern jazz in Guy's pop ular Royal Canadian Orchestra. These well-known music makers, who are fast gaining interna tional fame, are definitely en gaged to furnish the dancing tunes this year at the final dances of the University, June 10 through the 12. In addition to numerous en Dormitory Elections The annual campus wide dormitory elections will be held tonight. A president and two vice-presidents will be elected in each dormitory. In case of failure of the presi dent to return to school next year, one of the vice-presidents will advance to his posi tion. The elections will be called at 10:00 p. m. and will be held in the first floor halls in the old quadrangle, in the social "room's in the riewuadrafigleV and in the middle sections of the first floors of the other dormitories, or such other places as the dormitory presi dents may designate. All dormitory members are urged to cooperate with the dormi tory presidents by voting in this election. TWENTY STUDENTS HELP IN PROJECT Dimnick Conducts Interesting Psvchology Experiment; Un usual Reactions Of Subjects Noted. Since February 1, Mr. G. M. Dimnick of the psychology de- - t partment has been experiment ing with members ot tne stu dent body, giving them tests to determine the effect of abnor mal conditions on the habit of integration. From a number of students in the psychology de partment who volunteered to take the tests 20 were selected by Mr. Dimmick 5 women and 15 men. The tests given were divided into three groups consisting of various types of work in inte gration. In was found that no further improvement was made in the accuracy or speed of those practicing the integration after 15 days. ; .1 : After practice was completed, the tests were given under nor mal conditions and then under abnormal conditions. The first abnormal condition under which the tests were given was tjiat of a 24 hour hunger distraction. Then the tests, were given dur ing a 24 hour period of sleep lessness. Lastly, the students underwent the tests accom panied by an . auditory distrac tion. ; According to the reports of all the subjects the hunger dis traction was the. most disagree (Centinued on jxige four) CHAPEL- HILL, N. C gagements at popular night clubs and" broadcasting pro grams, the Royal Canadians have recorded many of the latt est song hits. Descended from an ancient family of musicians J the Lombardo brothers have formed an orchestra that offers, perhaps the most fascinating jazz music in the country. They are now classed with Whiteman, Coon-Sanders, Dornberger, 01 sen, and others who occupy the pinnacle of public popularity. PROUTY IS NEW i HEAD OF STATE i SCIEMTOGROUI Totten ; of Botany Department Given Office of Secretary Treasurer. Professor W. F. Prouty of the geology department, was elected president of the North Carolina Academy of Science at the first day's session of the organization in Durham Friday afternoon! MrrPrbutjri succeeds " Prcfessor J. B. Derieux of State College. The other University man to be elected to an office of the acad emy was H. R. "jSotten of the botany department who will serve as secretary - treasurer. The remaining officers of. the academy elected Friday are: P. M. Ginnings of the chemistry department of Greensboro col lege, vice-president, and W. L. Porter of the geolo'gy depart ment of Davidson, member of the executive committee. The Universiy twas well rep resented in the departmental meetings of the academy which were held Saturday. Papers were presented by members of the mathematics, physics, chem istry, geology, botany, medicine, and education departments. At the meeting of the mathe matics section five of the six papers presented were by mem bers of the University depart ment of mathematics. Those presenting papers were J. W. Lasley, E. L. Mackie, L. E. Bush, A. S. Winsor and E. T. Browne. The physics department was uniquely represented in its sec tion in that every man who has been attached to the department for more than a year presented a paper. Those representing this department were Otto Stuhlman, Jr., M. DJ Whitaker, O. P. Hart, M. G. Braun and P. E. Shearing The departments of geology and botany were represented by several papers read by Collier Cobb, head of the geology de partment; W. C. Coker, head of the botany department; Dr. Prouty, who was elected presi dent of the academy for next year ; and J. N. Couch. J. B. Bullitt of the school of medicine and Carleton S. Pres ton of the school of education represented the University in their respective sections of the academy. (Continued on last page) TUESDAY, BIAY 13, 1930 FilAGILffi TO HEAD math section of :sgien(Agadem University Well Represented At Convention In Durham May 9 and 10. y -:; At the 29th annual meeting of the ; North Carolina section of the Academy of Science, held at Duke University in Durham May 9 and 10, H. R. Totten of the University chemistry depart ment, secretary of the academy, announced several members of the local faculty and graduate students among the 34 - new members. Ranked with the outstanding state scientific societies in the United States, the North Caro lina Academy of Science boasts a membership of well over 200 in addition to the new members taken in Saturday. Among these new members are M. L. Braun, Karl H. Fussier, Nancy B. Elia son and J. J. Glass, all of the University, and H. B. Hoyle of Chapel Hill. Ernest L. Mackie of the de partment of mathematics was elected secretary of the mathe matics section of the academy at the meeting of that division. Some of the representatives of the University at the meeting were ' Otto Stuhlman, M. D. Whitaker, J. W. Lasley, Ernest L. Mackie, L. E. Bush, A. S. Winsor, Edward T. Browne, Col lier Cobb, W. F. Prouty, J. B. iBullitt,, W. CL-,jCoker,, Carleton E. Preston, J. N. Couch, J. H. Swartz, Velma D. Mathews, Re becca Ward, and Nancy B. Elia son. Duke Musicians Are Engaged For Summer Jack Tannenbaum, Duke sym phony violinist from Patterson, N. J., has joined the ranks of the summer collegiate musicians. While Jelly Leftwich and his University Club Orchestra are playing at Wrightsville Beach and other college jazz orchestras are playing their summer pro grams, Tannenbaum will be up in the Catskill Mountains with his nine-piece orchestra. In addition to being collegiate, Jack's orchestra is also intercol legiate. It contains a trio of sax players from the University of Maryland, a piano player from Columbia, a drummer from St. Clair College the violinist from Duke and others who have hot yet been selected. ' Tannenbaum is an upper classman although this is his first year at Duke. This year he has distinguished himself as a violinist through his playing in the Duke University symphony and at various social occasions on the campus and in Durham. German Club Notice Freshmen and upperclass men yvishing to join the Ger man . Club in order to be eli gible to attend the finals are requested to turn ixt their names with a check for ten dollars to Will Yarborough, treasurer, at the S.A.E. house sometime this week. Applica tions will be considered in the . order of submission and those not accepted will be res turned. All applications must be accompanied by. the check." , Cards for the dances will be issued next week, the an nouncement stated. Three. Noted Religionists Faiths Tonight '" s . Senior Notice To date about two hundred seniors have had measure ments taken at Stetson "D" for .senior sweaters. Stetson "D" says that today is abso lutely, the last opportunity to order. The, executive committee re quests that those in the class who have not ordered sweat ers, do so today. The committee hopes that the entire class will partici pate in Senior week. Fleming Wily, Chairman Executive Com. Ross Porter, Chairman Regalia Com. W00LC0TT TALKS ON MORRIS PLAN Alumnus Addresses National Commerce Fraternity At Annual Banquet. Phillip Woolcott, senior vice president of the Morris Plan Bank of Virginia, spoke on "In dustrial Banking As a Career' at a banquet held by the Delta Sigma Pi commerce fraternity, at the Methodist church last Thursday' night. The occasion of the banquet was the fifth an niversary of the installation of the local chapter. , - Mr., Woolcott approached his subject from . the viewpoint of whether or not industrial bank ing makes a good career. He stated that he would not try to discourage his hearers, as he was discouraged when begin ning his career, by a statement that banking was complete. He traced the development of the Morris Plan and explained the need it fills in the modern eco nomic system, and showed how it has been gradually accepted by financiers. His audience was warned, however, that if they engaged in industrial banking as a career they must face the prospect of entering a business still looked upon by many as in ferior. The Morris Plan banks were founded in 1910 by Arthur J. Morris. He had found the ne cessity for a banking system ! which would lend to the small borrower, and had studied the banks of Italy and similar insti tutions in other European coun tries. The result of his study was the establishment in this country of numerous industrial banks designed to lend to peo ple of good character and earn ing capacity at reasonable rates. The plan was found profitable, and in ten years over one hun dred banks were established throughout the United States. The idea of these banks was to serve the man who could not get credit elsewhere. Up until five years ago these remedial banks were looked upon as in ferior by commercial banks. To day, the speaker stated, there is a tremendous change from that attitude. Personal loan depart ments, have been added, so that now, instead of having indus trial banks entirely set apart from commercial banks,, there are industrial banks doing much the same type of business as is done by commercial banks. "Anyone entering the indus trial banking field," Mr.. Wool cott stated, "must have a con- (Continued on pag-e three NUMBER 16S SYMPOSIUM WILL BEGIN IN GERRARD AT SEVEN-THIRTY Rabbi Krass, R. D. Douglas, and Dean Elbert Russell To Outline Religions. Three men a Jew, a Prot estant and a Catholic will lead a symposium on religion tonight in Gerrard hall at 7:30 o'clock. Rabbi Nathan Krass of New York City will speak on the Jew ish faith; Hon. R. D. Douglas of Greensboro will speak on the Catholic faith ; and Dean Elbert Russell of Duke University will speak on the Protestant faith. The symposium, which will be presided over by R. B. House, executive secretary of the Uni versity, is being fostered by a committee of nine students un der the auspices of the local Y.M. C. A. Rabbi Nathan Krass of New York City, who is to present the fundamentals of the Jewish faith, secured his B. L. from the uiuvcionjf ui uiuumiiiu anu ms B. H. L. from the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, in 1899. Since that time he has done post graduate work at Harvard and the University of Chicago: In 1903 he was made a rabbi, and since then has traveled en tensively over the United States. Besides' having' lectured for the PondLyceum Bureau and a Chautauqua company, he has ad- aresses numerous - colleges and Continued on last page) DI AND PHI WILL MEETINDEBATE Seek To Place Responsibility For Parker's Rejection By National Body. The annual joint meeting of the Di and the Phi, which has drawn much advance comment, will Via htr fwmerVif i-n Via. Tli hall at 7:15 o'clock. President Beatty Rector of the Di Seriate, which society will be host on the occasion, will preside. The bill for discussion which was select ed by the Di is "Resolved, That the defeat of Judge Parker for the supreme court of the United States devolves principally upon the Democratic Party." r In the past history of the two organizations, it had been tradi tional custom for the two groups to meet in joint session at least once a year. However, the plan was abandoned for a number of years, and it was not until a year ago that the custom was revived. The purpose of these meetings is for the senators and the repre sentatives to exchange ideas and opinions on topics of national or local interest and to discuss among themselves the progress of forensic endeavor in general at the University. These ses sions have always been enthusi astically attended by members of both societies. v The defeat of Judge Parker has been a subject of debate among students here, especially in attempting to plac the re sponsibility for the action. In the opinion of members of the Di arid the Phi, this is the logi cal topic at this time. Both of the assemblies endorsed the nomination of Parker at their (Continued on last page) noon.
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