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J" r"T Lly -""V -s VTi J Tins is SPEAK-GREET-MEET WEEK ON THE CAMPUS STUDENT TICKETS FOE TECH GAME EXCHANGED AT Y Nil! I'M : ( ,-K1 j r J I -4 V VOLUME XXXIX ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES TO T HERE NEXT Carolina Will Be Host to Con vention in 1931. According to a telegram re ceived at the office of the gradu ate school, from Dean W. W. Pierson, the Association of A meri can Universities will be the guests of the University of North Carolina at its next an nual meeting in 1931. For the past week Dean Pier son has been attending the an nual meeting of this association which has been held at the Uni versity of California. The Cali fornia university, together with Leland Stanford University, was the host at this year's conven tion. . Dean Pierson, who is a mem ber of the executive committee of the association, was required to attend a meeting before the opening of the convention. He also had a part on the program of the organization. Dr. Pier son presented a paper on "Sum mer Schools." In his paper he enumerated several of the evils of the summer schools, and sug gested certain remedies for these wrongs. Dr. Pierson is expected to re turn to the campus sometime to ward the latter part of this week. Crane On Inspection Tour of Institutions Dr. Harry W. Crane, profes sor of psychology, is engaged in an inspection of private and state institutions for nervous and mental cases. He has com pleted his task in the western part of the state. The inspec tion included the State Hospital and the Broad Oaks Sanitarium at Morganton, Appalachian Hall at Asheville, Beallmont Sanitar ium at Black Mountain, and Glenwood Park Sanitarium in Greensboro. The work, which is being done for the state board of charity and public, welfare, will be extended to the eastern district later. At the invitation of the Char lotte supervisor of special classes, Dr. Crane will visit the special calles maintained in con nection with the Charlotte Pub lic Schools this Friday. On the following day, he will address the South Piedmont Association of special class teachers on "The Character of the Feeble Mind ed." DR. JOHNSON TO SPEAK ON SLEEP EXPERIMENTS Dr. H. M. Johnson, head of the Simmons Investigation of Sleep which is being conducted at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in Pittsburgh, will give ' an illustrated lecture on "Some Recent Experiments on Sleep" in Phillips hall at eight o'clock on the evening of Novem ber sixth. On the fifth Dr. Johnson will address the local psychological fraternity", Alpha Psi Delta. Enka Chemist Visits Departmental Heads ; Paul W. Frisk, chief chemist for the American Enka Corpora tion at Asheville, spent yester day with Mr. Baity, head of the department of sanitary engineer ing, and Thorndyke Saville, head of the department of conserva tion and development here. He discussed with these men the problems regarding water treatment at" the plants of the Company in Enka, N. C. Visiting Professor REINHOLD NIEBUHR Reinhold Neibuhr, professor of applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and editor of "World Tomorrow," will deliver a ser mon at the Methodist church Sunday morning. An aggressive participant in liberal social movements including the Social ist party, he is gaining inter national recognition for his dynamic wisdom. FRESHMEN TAKE STAND FOR LOW GRID-GRAPH FEE At the freshman friendship council meeting Monday night, it was asked that the council aid during the Georgia Tech Carolina game. Thirty men volunteered to act as guides and traffic directors Saturday. They will be given duty sometime during the week by Ed Lanier at the Y. The council announced that 45 new members had been added to the roll making a complete membership of more than 125. The new members were intro duced to the old. A report of the committee of the "Speak, Greet, Meet Week" was given by W. A. Allsbrook, who explained the plans for the week to the new members. A very interesting discussion was held concerning students rushing gates and windows of the grid-graph last Saturday. The students claimed that if a reduction of prices would be af fected that no procedure as hap pened in the Tennessee game would follow in the future games. Knight Will Survey Chinese Education Dr. Edgar W. Knight of the school of education has been granted leave of absence for a period of two quarters, in which he will visit China. He will do research work in studying edu cational systems in China. Knight Will be accompanied by his wife and family. Dr. Knight is planning to leave from San Francisco on the first of Decem ber. PRINCETON TO CONTINUE RESEARCH IN MONTANA Princeton, October 28 The geology department of Prince ton University is making plans to continue its research in the vicinity of Red Lodge in South ern Montana, where - members of the department made impor tant' geological finds during the past summer. The first dinosaur eggs ever f ound'on this continent were dis covered there this summer.; Detailed reports are now be ing prepared on discoveries in this region, and another expedi tion will go out next summer. CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1930 Y WILL SOLICIT FACULTY PLED G Junior-Senior Cabinet Will Be In Charge of Subscriptions From Teaching Staff. At the meeting of the junior senior Y cabinet Monday night Doug Kincaid and Sam Gorham, representatives of the Y at the state student volunteer retreat held in Winston-Salem, gave short talks on different subjects of the assembly. Kincaid told the group something of the talks and program of the conference. He stressed the talks of Dr. Rus sell, of Duke University, and a Duke co-ed.- Sam Gorham talk ed of tHe technical points in the organization. He told the group something of the work of the volunteers and suggested that a similar student volunteer group be organized at Carolina. Ed Hamer reported on the meeting of the state, student Y cabinet which . was held in Greensboro last week. Hamer is president of this organization and told the group something of the work for the ensuing year. F. M. James, treasurer of the Y, explained to the council the annual finance campaign to be held by the Y this week among the faculty of the- University. James gave each member the names of the ten faculty mem bers whom he is to see for the purpose of getting subscrip tions to the Y. A discusion followed concern ing the. plans for. the quadren nial human relations institute. The last institute met on the ( Continued on last page ) WRIGHT LECTURES AROUSE COMMENT George H. Wright, prominent member of the Asheville Bar and one of the leading real es tate lawyers of western North Carolina, recently aroused great enthusiasm among the students and faculty of the law school, by a series of lectures on "Abstrac ting Land Titles". These lec tures were delivered under the auspices of the Law School As sociation. The officers of the Association are James A. Wil liams, Hendersonville, president; Martin Kellogg, Sunbury, presi dent of the third year class, Mc Donald Gray; Statesville, presi dent of the second year class, A. T. Allen, Jr., Raleigh, president of the first year class, James H. Chadbourn, Wilmington, Editor-in-phief of the North Carolina Law Review, Peyton B. Abbott, Winston-Salem, and Moore Bry son, Asheville, representatives at large,' advisors. Albert Coates of the law school faculty is the organizer and director of the" Association. PHI DELTA THETA HOUSE SECURES NEW MOTHER Within the past few days, Mrs. Lillian M. Florence has es tablished her residence here, as house mother for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, replacing Mrs. Lillie Williams, Hendersonville, of last year. A native of Bos ton, Mrs. Florence has lived in that city, in New York, and in Chicago. During the past five or six years she has spent the winters in the South, and. for three years has made an annual trip to Durham during the win ter. Now, as last year, three fraternities on the Hill have house mothers : Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi, and Beta Theta Pi. President Graham desires that every campus social order adopt this form of management. GRAHAM TO TALK AT SCOOT RALLY Presbyterians From Entire State To Assemble in Cumber land Today. Bluff Church, in Cumberland county, will be the scene of a huge Scottish rally today at 11 o'clock when President Graham of the University gives the main address of the occasion on "The Relation of the Scotch to Educa tion and the University.". ' Presi dent Graham plans to show the influence of the Scotch on edu cation in the state from the earliest days of colonization un til the present, and to show how instrumental they were in the education progress of the state. His address will point out the numerous institutions in North Carolina that were fostered by the Scotch and the important part the Scotch played in estab lishing a university for the state. ; This rally is drawing people of Scottish ancestry from all parts of the state, and is expect ed to exceed in size anything of its kind ever attempted. Bluff Church was selected for the as sembly because of its signifi cance in the Scotch history of North Carolina, that of being one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in the state. Infirmary List There were three people con fined in the infirmary yesterday, all suffering' from colds. They were: V. L. Briggs, L. C. Plum ly, and C. R. Harrington. DINNER MEETING OPENS ASSEMBLY The University of North Carolina will be host to the de legates of the Southern Confer ence on Education at a dinner meeting in the dining-room of the Carolina Inn, at eight o'clock tomorrow evening at which time President Frank Graham of the University will deliver the address of wTelcome and Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, President of the University of Chicago, will give the principal speech of the opening meeting. , The delegates to the confer ence,, the deans and heads of departments of .the University, the Educational Conference Committee, the advisory and ex ecutive committees of the Uni versity, the faculties of the law and education schols, grad uates of the University of Chi cago, and Chapel Hill people who are entertaining out of town guests for the conference, will be guests at the dinner. Seats in the balconies around the dining-room will be provided for those who desire to hear the speeches but who cannot be ac commodated at the dinner. " DORMITORIES NOW HOLD 1251 PERSONS According to figures just com piled, by M. L. Thompson, of the business office, 1251 students" are housed by the University this year, leaving only seventy-three vacancies in the dormitories. This does not include Spencer hall which is filled to its capa city of seventy-five: This leaves 1279 men students of the total enrollment of 2560 to find' acco modations in fraternity houses, and the various rooming" houses of Chapel Hill. One hundred and thirteen of the 188' co-eds enrolled arejioused by sororities and rooming houses. Guest Speaker ROBERT M. HUTCHINS Robert M. Hutchins, youthful president of the University of Chicago, will speak here Thurs day at the annual Southern Edu cational Conference. At the age of twenty-nine he became Dean of the Yale Law School. He is now thirty-one. FRESHMEN HEAR SENIORS EXPOUND ABOUT FRIENDSHIP The . observance of Speak-Greet-Meet-Week was begun yesterday with the presentation of the idea by Ed Hamer, H. N. Patterson, and Noah Goodridge to the freshmen at he chapel hour. Patterson put forward the old tradition of speaking i;o every one and asked the' whole fresh men class to cooperate with the Freshmen Friendship Council in upholding this tradition. Noah Goodridge stated that he wished to warn freshmen against any timidity that they might feel toward their fellow students by his example in los ing the better part of his fresh men year because he entertain ed this shy and scared feeling. Hamer impressed the fact upon each student at Carolina that he is supposed to be a gen tlemen and to respect and speak to all others as being such. He put forward the enviable cus tom of greeting each other al ways as "Gentlemen" that the Washington-Lee students have cultivated. A caution was given to the freshmen not to allow upper classmen to over-awe them. Officer's Hand Injured While Making Arrest While trying to subdue his prisoner, G. W. Hill, who was arrested for drunkeness recent ly, motorcycle officer U. M. Rackley sustained a cut hand. The prisoner had become un ruly and attempted to resist ar rest; in order to place him in jail the officer, was obliged to hit him in the mouth. This re sulted in the loss of two of Hill's front teeth and a cut hand for Rackley. Kackfey's hand has become infected and it is likely that he will be incapacitated for a few weeks". GET TICKETS FOR NEXT GAME AT Y Students may obtain their tickets" to the , Tech-Carolina game by bringing their pass books to the Y. M. C. A. either Wednesday; Thursday, or Friday at chapel period, or between the hours of 2 and 5 in the afternoon. These pass books must also be pre sented at the gate. Saturday to gain admittance. NUMBER 35 HUTCfflNS TiLL ADDRESS ANNUAL EDUCATION MEET President of the University of Chicago Is Among Prominent Speakers Here Tomorrow. The University of North Caro lina announces the third of a series of annual conferences to be held at Chapel Hill, tomorrow and Friday, October SO and 31, and Saturday and Sunday, Nov ember 1 and 2, on the general subject, "Education in a Chang ing Economic Order." The pro gram of the 1930 series will deal particularly with the subject of "Life and Work in the New South." , R. M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, will address the conference in Ger rard hall Thursday night at 8:30 p. m. in one of the princi pal speeches on the program of flip nnfprfrv Prr3ir?vrvf- TTn chins, one of the youngest uni versity presidents in the United States, is noted for his progres sive ideas along educational lines. XTt 11 X t w 1 1 r J - w X r as one of the greatest living his torians, will address this body at its Friday night session in Gerrard hall. This metting also will be at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. Dodd has written a large num ber of widely used text books in government and history. -' The major part of the first floor of Gerrard hall will be re served for the delegates to the convention who will be here from all over the South, but the balcony and the rear part of the first floor will be available for students and townspeople, who wish to attend these two addres ses. Both of these men are re cognized to be able and interest ing speakers. The program is as follows : Thursday, October 30 Six p.m. The Carolina Inn Dinner: The members of the conference will be guests of the University of North' Carolina. Address of welcome: Presi dent Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina. Friday, October 31 Nine-thirty a. m. Gerrard Hall Presiding: Professor E. C. Branson, of the University of North Carolina. "Aspects of Regional Econo mic and Social Change:" Mem bers of the staff of the institute for research in social science. "Human Aspects of the Geo graphy of the American South," by Dr. Rupert Vance, rlsearch (Continued on l&st page) New Advertising Service Is Offered By Daily Tar Heel Again the Daily Tar Heel takes a forward step in improv ing the form and quality of its advertising. Next Tuesday will witness the induction of the new classified column on the back page of the student paper. This column will be devoted to lost and found -items, want ads, business cards, and com mercial announcements. Robert Linn Bernhardt will have charge of the department and will ac cept advertisements in the of fice of the Daily from 2 to 4 o'clock each afternoon.- The purpose of this new ser vice is to give the students, fac ulty, and community a better medium of advertising at a rate which will be more reasonable than placard advertising, and which- will reach, more readers.
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