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VOLUME XXXIX
WILLIAMS TALKS
TO SOPHOMORES
ON MEDIOCRITY
Says That University and Col
lege System is Feudal in Its
Narrow Outlook.
Professor Horace Williams,
head of the department of philo
sophy, yesterday morning: spoke
to the sophomore assembly , dur
ing chapel period on the theme ,
that the age in which we are liv
ing will be known fto future ge
nerations as an era of medioc
rity. Professor Williams stated that
as of old, this age is one of feu
dalism. In the Rennaissance, the
school began to take over the
guidance of the public, displacing
the.church. The school conscious
of its strength became feudalist
tic. Today the University does
not function as a university, as
it does not touch the student
wholly. As a great oak can not
be grown rooted in a box so it is
that a great man does not appear
in the confines of a narrow pro
cess. There is a day of collapse
in our economics. Not a voice is
heard pointing the way forward.
We seem to have discontinued
the breeding of statesmen.
The professor said that
America seemed to believe that
it must meet every crisis by ap
pointing a committee. That in
itself is an admission of medio
crity. Imagine Euclid, William
Pitt, Bismark, and even Jesus
himself appointing committees
to report on their various prob
lems, "and the student will note
the complete absurdity of the
idea of a committee for every
thing. -
The Feudal period was so
mediocre that it is called the
Dark Age. It was destroyed by
the crusades, but what was ac
complished except the giving
birth to a new species of man?
The college is Feudal in its
process. Only in athletics does
the University touch its sons,
(Continued on page two)
Student Secretary
To Visit Lutherans
Dr. Mary E. Markley, student
secretary, of the board of edu
cation of the United Lutheran
church, will adcjress the Luth
eran Student Association at the
eleven o'clock service tomorrow
morning in Gerrard hall.
Dr. Markley has had consider
able experience in working with
students, having taught Eng
lish for ten years, and having
served in her present position
since 1919. She has traveled
extensively in continental Eu
rope and Great Britain, and has
recently completed a trip around
the world, spending considerable
time in Japan, China, and India.
Through her addresses based
upon wide experience and exten
sive study, she has made dis
tinct contributions in the fields
of Christian education and mis
sions. Community Club
Will Meet Monday
The health department of the
Community Club, under the di
rection of Mrs. M. S. Brecken
ridge, did not meet on Friday as
scheduled, but will meet on Mon
day afternoon, November 10, at
three-thirty o'clock at Mrs.
Breckenridge's home, 738 E.
Franklin street.
The members will mend the
clothes which have been collect
ed at the "M" System store and
will have them distributed to the
poor.
DEBATING TEAMS
PICKED FOR MEET
WITH STATE MEN
At the regular meeting: of the
debate squad, Thursday night,
J. C. Williams and C. A. Shreve
were picked as the negative
team, and R. A. Merritt and D.
M. Lacy were picked as the af
firmative team to compete in the
dual debate with State College.
The negative team will engage
the State debaters here Novem-
ber 25th, and the affirmative will
compete in Raleigh December 2.
The decision in this debate
will be by the "shift of audi
ence" vote. The question for
the debate will be "Resolved,
That the nations should adopt a
policy of free trade."
UNIVERSITY MEN
PLAN BROADCAST
Under Leadership of Red Greene
Campus Activities Men Are to
: Speak Over WPTF.
Red Greene, president of the
student body, has secured per
mission from WPTF to have fif
teen minutes each Wednesday
afternoon between the hours of
5 :15 and 5 :30 for the use of
Student Activity Feature Pro
grams. The primary purpose of
these will be to let the people of
the state know what Carolina
students do in their spare time.
A particular effort will be made
to get as many high school stu
dents as possible to listen in so
that they may possibly get some
helpful ideas about, the organi
zation and function- of the Uni
versity's various extra-curricular
activities.
Greene has appointed on a
committee toaid in arranging
programs the following men
Mayne Albright, Jack Dungan,
Pat Patterson, Ed Hamer, Will
Yarborough, John Idol, J. A.
Williams and John Lang. Ed
Sheidt and Mr. Morgan Vining
are acting as advisors to this
committee.
The program for the next few
weeks will be as follows':
Nov. 12 Red Greene will give
a survey of the growth of out
side activities on this campus
and their significance in the
history of the University. At
the same time ne will give a
general description of all acti
vities on the campus.
- Nov. 19 Ed Hamer, presi
dent of the Y. M. C. A., will de
scribe that organization together
with its functions.
Nov. 26 Archie Allen, presi
dent of the Athletic Association
1929-30 and assistant boxing
coach, will talk on the athletics
at this school.
Dec. 3 Either Jack Dungan
or Will Yarborough will give a
survey of publications.
Ed Sheidt is sending out
notices to principals of all high
schools in the state to have them
announce to their students the
time and subjects of these talks.
A. great deal of interest has
been shown here, both . among
faculty members and student
leaders; WPTF, seems to think
that this will make a tremend
ously interesting- - program and
is giving its full support to those
sponsoring it. ,
Grisette in Charlotte
Felix A. Grisette, director of
the Alumni Loyalty Fund, left
Thursday for Charlotte to attend
a conference of Charlotte alumni
in connection with the work of
the Fund. From Charlotte he
will go to Winston-Salem for a
similar meeting, returning to
Chapel Hill today.
CHAPEL HILL, N. G,
Library Exhibits Manuscripts
As Part Of Vergil Celebration
Additional -Vergil material
from the Hanes Foundation for
the study of the origin and de
velopment of the book is being
displayed in the first floor cor
ridor of the University library
in, the exhibit case nearest the
main entrance. These books
are displayed as part of the Uni
versity's celebration of Vergil's
2000th birthday. -..A
Probably more Vergil manu
scripts and other material near
ly contemporary; with the poet's
life exist in a good state of pre
servation, than for any other
; Latin poet. Among these, yone
of the most interesting is an au
thentic portrait of the ; poet,
drawing from the first century
A. D. a facsimile of which is on
display. This portrait is done
in mosaic which . may account
for its excellent state of preser
vation. "' ' :
Three facsimilies of an early
9th century manuscript show in
what form Vergil's , works, were
transmitted to modern times.
This manuscript now in Berne,
Switzerland, contains the Buco
lics, Georgics, and the Aeneid.
It is written in .the Carolingian
hand, which is called after j the
Emperor Charlemagne, 1 because
of his support of a writing
school and scriptorium at Tours.
The first page of the Eclogues is
very unusual, being chiefly oc
cupied by a large and highly or
namented capital T. The first
lines of the poem are written !
close up under the right-hand
arm "of tMscapital "letter; . '
A facsimile page from the Ko
berger edition of Vergil's works,
published in 1492, shows how
early German printers produced
the poet's works. A series of
three books show how Italian
"Purely Feminine College Is
Holy Terror99, Writer Declares
V- O ' , ' ;
"The girl whose ambition and . intends to make marriage her
aim is to charm is still the win-; chief business and, thank
her with men. And, believe me, heaven, they are still in the
she rarely a college graduate," ! majority to waste four pre
declares Nina Wilcox Putnam in'cious years that ought to be de-
the December College Humor.
"I am particularly prejudiced
(against colleges run strictly for
women, but feel that there, is a
lot to be said in favor of co
educational institutions. In fact,
the worst that can be said
against the latter is that a co
educational institution throws
people of opposite sexes, who are
still pretty young for the task,
into a lot of grown-up situa
tions which they are really not
capable of handling.
; "But the purely feminine col
lege, run by women for women,
is a holy terror, xto my mind. To
me it seems to do something aw
ful to a girl. It's a completely
false world to begin with, , be
cause women are basically ri
vals all through their lives and
do not herd together naturally
and impersonally as men do.
Therefore a vast campus simply
crawling with females who ape after school? Why. waste that
the independence of men with- precious interval by putting a
out achieving the solidarity of girl away in a sort of home for
men is to me a false and pitiful grown-up female orphans where
thing. And attendance at such a life is artificial to the 'nth de
college more often than not'gree and bears no relation to
leaves a girl hanging midway be- her real future?
tween intellectual snobbery and "Let's keep college for the
a practical education in living, 1 grinds and let our marriageable
without achieveing either. Of daughters strut, their stuff at
course in the case of a girl who home. And if a girl wants an
is deliberately planning a career occupation, let her get a job of
to which a special course of . work. Any work, practically, will
study is essential, my verdict is teach her more in a month that
entirely different. She must, of; will be of real value to her than
course, go to college.
"But for an average girl who
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, f930
publishers presented Vergil's
work to readers in the early part
of the 16th century. These books
are illustrated with woodcuts
describing the various scenes in
the poems. The books are open
to the incident of the Trojan
horse where the monumental
wooden horse is being drawn in
to Troy by the inhabitants of the
city. One book shows a woodcut
of Aeneas' voyage away from
Troy. The ships are depicted in
the midst of a storm blown up
at the request of one of the gods.
This picture is somewhat more
realistic than others, showing, as
it" does, a Trojan sailor in the
throes of seasickness.
. The Aldine Vergil of 1501, a
facsimile of which is on display,
is the first example of the use
of the Aldine italic typer This
type was modeled after the in
formal handwriting of the day,
rather than the monumental and
formal manuscript hand. The
facsimile is" from a highly orna
mented copy of this edition, the
border of which was painted in
by hand. A- relatively, modern
edition is v that published by
Charles Baskersville of Birming
ham, in 1757. This book, an ori
ginal copy of which is on dis
play, is one of the landmarks of
typographical history. Basker
ville set out to print one of the
most beautiful books possible for
a printer to produce. He spent
three, years in the task and as-
tonished Europe. by the unusual
restraint of his design. Unfor
tunately, Jess care was spent on
the text of the poem than on-the
printing of it, so that it is not
an important edition for any
thing; but appearance. This is
the first publication from this
press. ' .
voted to romantic adventure, at
a college which offers contact
with only her own sex, seems
trasric. And what's more. sthe
experience is often mighty un
healthy for her whole, point of
view on sex.
Y ' '
"Some wise author, I'm not
sufficiently educated to remem
ber his name, once pulled a
splendid gag to the effect that
a little knowledge is a dangerous
thing. And that's how I feel
about the knowledge a girl gets
at a female college. What's the
value of a smattering of the
classics, a course in trig, or a
sentence or two in a dead langu
age, all of which is soon for
gotten, as against the good, red
hot warming-up for the busi
ness of Life which a girl gets
out, of normal social contacts
during the four years which she
averages before marriage and
I she'll pull out of four years at
Wreckem College."
M'KIE STRESSES
LOCAL DEADLINE
FOR ANTHOLOGY
As was announced some time
ago, Harper and Brothers is to
publish an anthology of Ameri
can college verse under the edi
torship of .Miss Jessie C. Rehder,
of Columbia University. The
plan as announced by Miss Reh
der is to include two poems from
each of one hundred American
colleges -and universities.
The local deadline for contri
butions is November 15. Pro
fessor George McKie, of thet de
partments of English and public
speaking, is in charge of the
secretarial end of the enterprise.
To be considered in the selection
of the two poems to be submit
ted from Carolina, contributions
must be in Professor McKie's of
fice, 210 Murphey hall, by the
above deadline date. Poems sub
mitted must not be longer than
thirty lines.
BOST ANNOUNCES
BOOK SULPHUR
Volume Is First of Its Kind to Be
Published, Covering Field of
Sulphur Compounds.
Dr. Bost of the chemistry de
partment of the University has
jjust announced a book entitled
A Bibliography of Organic Sul
phur Compounds." His co-au
thors are Dr. Parry Borgstorm
of the Naval '. Research Labora
tories, and Dr. D. F. Brown of
the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey. The book is spon
sored by the American Petro
leum Institute and is printed by
the Lord Baltimore Press. The
volume is the first of its kind
ever 8to be published and covers j
the entire field of organic sul
phur compounds from 1871 to
1930. The book grew out of a
trend of research in organic sul
phur compounds particularly
with reference to petroleum.
Until the last few years very lit
tle was known of the nature of
the sulphur compounds found in
petroleum. It gives a survey of
the literature of these com
pounds in which their occur
rence, method of preparation,
various reactions, and methods
of detection are noted. It classi
fies the organic sulphur com
pounds into thirty classes, and
arranges abstracts in alphabeti
cal order with reference to au
thors. In addition to covering the lit
erature as stated above, the
book also covers abstracts of all
United States pertaining to the
removal of sulphur compounds
from petroleum. These ab
stracts were obtained from the
original patents in the Patent
Office in Washington. Dr. Bost
also has a research project spon
sored by the American Petro
leum Institute in which two fel
lowships have, been established
for the investigation of complex
organic sulphur compounds
which are found in petroleum.
There are only two universities
in the south which are awarded
these fellowships.
Dey Requests Acknowledgments
Some time ago Dr. W. M. Dey,
chairman of the faculty com
mittee on fraternities, sent to
all fraternities a letter stating
scholarship requirements for the
initiation of pledges and request
ing an acknowledgement of its
receipt. He has received no ac
knowledgements and requests
that those to whom letters were
delivered let him know as soon
as possible.
NIBIBER 44
YELL CELEBRATE
.TWELFIEAMIAL
ARMTCTTP?? 1UT
Principal Address Will Be Given
By Dr. Henderson, la Ger
rard Hall, November 11.
Tuesday at chapel period,
which 'will last from ten-thirty
until eleven-thirty, the entire
University, together with the
faculty, will meet in Gerrard
hall for the twelfth annual com
memorating exercises in cele-,
bration of the signing of the ar
mistice which ended the World
War.
The program will be in charge
of the University administrative
officers and the Chapel Hill post
of the American Legion, com
manded by Paul Robertson.
Eleven o'clock classes, it has
been announced, will not meet
until eleven-thirty, making it
possible for the entire student
body to attend. While it was
announced that attendance upon
this function would not be com-,
pulsory, it has been the custom
for practically the entire student
body and faculty to attend. "s
The speaker of the occasion
will be Dr. Archibald Henderson.
The invocation will be delivered
by Reverend W. D. Moss of the
Presbyterian church. Then the
convocation will sing the nation
al anthem. This will be followed
by a roll call of the University
dead, to be read by Dean A. W.
Hobbs, of the college of arts. The
roll call of the dead of the Chap
el Hill post of the American Le
gion is to be read by Post Com
mander Paul Robertson. Taps
will be sounded by George H.
Lawrence. At eleven o'clock, at
the time at which the armistice
was supposed to have been
signed, a two-minute pause will
take place during which the au
dience will stand bare-headed.
Henderson's address will be
followed by the benediction.
Martial music will usher the au
dience out of the building.
FAMOUS CHEMIST
PAYS VISIT HERE
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, inter
nationally known chemist, is
visiting friends here and doing
some work in the library. He
is stopping over for. a few days
on his way to his winter home in
Florida.
Dr. Dabney has written a
number of books, chiefly in the
fields of science and education.
He has been president of the
universities of Tennessee and
Ohio though he is not now con
nected with any school. He was
also state chemist of North Car
olina for several years in the
latter part of the nineteenth
century.
Zimmerman To Speak
At Cleveland Meet
Dr. E. W. Zimmerman, pro
fessor of economics, is to read
a paper on international econo
mics problems at the next meet
ing of the American Economics
Association, the program of
which has. just been published.
The meeting is scheduled to be
held at Cleveland, Ohio, Decem
ber 27-30. Since this is a
nation-wide institution it is con
sidered quite an honor to be
placed on the program,
Carroll Away
Dean D. D. Carroll of the
school of commerce is spending
the week-end in New York City
on business.