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VOLUME XXXIX
GOOD ATTENDANCE
AT CONCLAVE OF
N. G MMATIQN
Student Body Presidents of the
State Gather to Lay Plans for
National Convention.
The Executive Committee, of
the North Carolina Student
Federation, of which John A.
Lang of this University is presi
dent, was well attended Saturday
afternoon when it met in the
Graduate Club. ;
The presidents of the various
student bodies represented their
colleges. State College was rep
resented by . Dan Paul ; Mere
dith, was represented by Anne
Simms. Nancy Jones attended
for Saint Mary's, and L. A. Up
church substituted for ' W. D.
Murray of Duke University.
Several local , campus leaders
were present : Red Greene, Pat
Patterson, Mayne Albright and
J. A. Lang.
An inf ormal . dinner opened
the gathering at the Graduate
Club. The meeting followed in
the Di Senate hall, at which time
Guilford College was admitted
into the federation by letter, and
Saint Mary's by representative.
Lang gave a report of the work
of the federation in the past
year. Some of the facts he
brought out were : The first Con
gress of the North Carolina Stu
dent Federation met in Chapel
Hill in May, 1930, organized the
Federation, .adopted a constitu
tion, passed necessary legislation
jfor its activities, and discussed
localsfate, anoTnationaT stuolent
and public problems. An ex
planation of the purpose of the
federation and an appeal for
student and faculty support
were prepared and sent out to
every student press of the state
and talks were delivered before
ten student bodies in September.
In October- a Student Govern
ment Week was put on in this
state in. which' President Miir
row of the National Federation
and President Lang of the State
C Continued on next, page)
Y GROUPS ELECT
CONVENTION!
Comer Gives List of Delegates
To National Meeting in
Detroit.
H. F. Comer, secretary . of
the University's Y. M. C. A.,
stated yesterday that a list of
delegates who were elected by
junior-senior and sophomore
cabinets and the freshman
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and Y. W. C. A. students of lead
ing colleges and universities in
the country, had been made out
and that at least eight of the
probable list were expected to
attend the conference.
The sudents who were elected
by their respective groups are
Ed Hamer, K. C. Ramsay, F. M.
James and -John Park of the
junior-senior cabinet and Jim
Kenan, Bob Barnett, Frank
Hawley and Billy McKee of the
sophomore cabinet.' The fresh
man friendship council are ex
pecting to send four represen
tatives who are Graham Mc
Cloud, Bob Reynolds, Charlie
Poe and Alex Andrews.
The program of the confer
ence will consist of consultations,
platform addresses and sharing
of experiences concerning the
place of religion and the agen
cies of religion in college and
university life. ,
JOHNSTON URGES FROSH
TO BE MORE CONGENIAL
In order to "promote better
feelingon the campus and to
forward congeniality between
all classes" Henry Johnston, Jr.,
assistant dean of students, urged
the freshmen yesterday in chapel
to carry out the wishes of their
parents or others in regard to
looking up persons on the cam
pus or in the community. Mr.
Johnston asked each man to fill
out an individual card, noting
either faculty members, campus
leaders; or students that they
have been told to see. A list of
those persons that have been met
was also to be included. In this
list the names of faculty council
lors, student assistants, and any
social groups affiliated with were
to be placed.
DI, PHI
TO BE HUNG IN
MEMORIAL HALL
Long-Abused Portraits To Be
Brought From Society Attics
To Adorn New Structure.
The tablets which were in the
old Memorial Hall have now been
placed in the new. About 160
of them all except those bear
ing the names of the Univer
sity's Confederate dead are on
the walls of the main lobby, the
upper lobby, and the stair halls,
at the front end of the building.
The Confederate soldiers' tablets
are in the auditorium itself, on
each side, of the stage.
.And it has been., decided ; to
hang in Memorial Hall the por
traits of the Dialectic and the
Philanthropic societies. When
the new Di and Phi halls were
built the portraits were stored
in attics, because there was no
wall space for them, and there
has been considerable dissatis
faction at the concealment and
neglect of them.
A committee of the faculty
directed the placing of the tab
jets, and representatives of the
faculty and of the Di and Phi
societies will attend to the hang
ing of the portraits.
It is expected that the build
ing will be completed by about
the 15th of January. Most of
the plastering has been done, and
the main job ahead is the laying
of the floors. Work on these is
proceeding by night as well as
by day.
The removal of the mass of
scaffolding which was erected
for the plasterers gives the visi
tor a good view of the interior.
He sees a . white ceiling whose
smooth surface is broken by cir-
cantilever pian, requires no pil
lars for support; a proscenium
arch forty feet wide; a deep
stage, with doors opening into
dressing rooms; and an abund
ance of windows and exits. A
gigantic chandelier will hang
from the center of the ceiling,
and there will also be concealed
lighting all around the top.
Publications To Be
Discussed Over Radio
Will Yarborough, editor of the
Daily Tar Heel and Jack Dun
gan, managing editor of the pa
ner. will speak over radio sta-
4.: wptf at five this after-
noon on the general subject of
campus publications.
Yarborough will open the pro
gram and discuss the history and
traditions of the four publica
tions. Dungan will then tell of
the mechanical side and the or
ganization of various staffs.
PICTURES
CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1930
Student Governing
No Vriiten
(Editor's Note: The Tar
Heel is following its style when
it refers to the student body as
the student union. Mr. Al
bright's 1 article, which is the
third of a series suggested by
the Faculty Executive Commit
tee, this time deals with the Stu
dent Council.)
By Mayne Albright
The student union is the -electorate
and the legislative branch
of student government. The
student council is the govern
mental agency elected by the
student union. Upon this gov
ernmental agency rests the re
sponsibility of the judiciary. It
must assume the responsibility
for upholding and enforcing
good campus citizenship and
for developing a sense of indi
vidual responsibility among the
students in regard to the honor
system.
In organization the council is
characteristically simple.1 It
consists of the student union
President, representatives from
the three professional schools,
representatives from the three
upper classes, and a representa
tive from the council of the pre
vious year. It is controlled by
no written law or fixed prece
dent. It tries cases informally
and decides upon them impar
tially according to their indivi
dual circumstances. Any move
to increase the membership of
the council and thus make it a
less wieldy body has been dis
couraged by the student union
but from the many suggestions
made, two seem to be the most
practical and advisable: the ad
dition to the council of a repre
sentative from the school of en
gineering; and the election of a
vice-president of the student
union.
The first function of the stu
dent council is to investigate and
try all .reported violations of the
honor system or the campus
STUDENT-FACULTY
SOCIAL CONTACTS
URGED BY GRAHAM
"Learning to know your fac
ulty members is one of the great
est experiences of university
life," said President Frank
Graham before a joint meeting
of the freshman council and the
j unior-senior cabinet in the Y
Monday night.- "Students who
leave Chapel Hill every week
end miss the opportunity to ac
quaint themselves with some of
the most diversified minds in
the nation," continued the presi
dent. "Faculty members are al
ways glad to welcome students
to their homes, and Sunday
afternoon and night is probably
the best time to make calls.
"The late Major William Cain
was a personality" whom stu
dents greatly profited in know
ing, and his loss is a severe blow
to this community. When I was
in college, visiting the faculty
was one of the chief diversions,
and the lack of this social con
tact in the v University today
could very profitably be substi
tuted by a renewal of faculty
student acquaintances."
At the close of the talk the
cabinet members had a volunteer
discussion.
Earlier in the evening the
junior-senior cabinet conducted
a short business session, and
President Ed Hamer appointed
Haywood Weeks as chairman of
the deputation committee. The
other cabinets alsn met for a
brief business routine.
Group Use
Law Or Precedent
code, and to take whatever ac
tion it may see fit to remedy al
to prevent such violations. It
must sponsor such organizations
as the student activities com
mittee and have general superr
vision over campus affairs. It
must, be responsible for the
handling of the polls in elections,
referenda, and plebiscites. It
should serve as a link between
students and members of thj
faculty or board of trustees. ;
As the governing body in a
process of student self-government,
the council is the agent
of the students and not of ihe
faculty. Its duty is to handle
all matters of student discipline
and supervision." The present
council makes two exceptions to
this rule : Cases of similarity in
quiz books involving probable
violations of the honor" system
are reported to the faculty ex
ecutive1 committee and tried by
that body. Bad checks are
'!ibJ. I!":6.0.!!, Dr. Karl H: Fussier,
tne dean f students' office, but
second offenders in this matter
are sent to the student council.
Sentences imposed by the council
may be appealed only to the stu
dent union. The jurisdiction of
the student council is confined
neither to the boundaries of the
campus nor to any particular
group of offenses. Since its pol
icy is liberal, its scope must be
broad.
All of the actions of the stu
dent council are circumscribed
within the limits of the two gov
erning principles of the honor
system and the campus code.
Various councils have added to
the duties and power of the
body but none have impaired its
usefulness by narrow interpre
tation or iron clad rules. All
student councils are dependent
upon the coordination of the
student unions they represent
for their successful administra
tion, v ' --
MISSING STUDENT
RUMORED TO BE
IN TEXAS TOWN
Morgan P. Moorer, Jr., long
missing University-freshman of
the University who disappeared
from Chapel Hill last February,
was believed to have been seen
in Pampa, Texas, but disappear
ed again, according to a report
of Asheville police circles.
A message sent by Texas Sal
vation Army officials to the ef
fect that the former student of
the University had been seen in
a flop house lead to hopes of
finally discovering Moorer, but
police and reporters of the Texas
town were unable to find the per
son resembling-Moorer.
Moorer, slender, - dark-eyed,
moody youth of seventeen, slip
ped away from the University
in February, 1930. After a
week's quiet investigation UnP
versity officials initiated a nation-wide
search, helped, by the
press and police departments in
many cities.
There were many unverified
reports that he had been seen,
but none bore fruit. Efforts to
solve the mystery had been giv
en up until the message from
Pampa.
Concert Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the presentation of
T&e Messiah next Monday were
placed on sale at the Book Ex
change, the Students' Supply
Store, and the music building
yesterday. The proceeds from
the concert will go to the Orange
County unemployment fund.
Senior Meeting
The members of the senior
class are called to meet in Ger-
Frard hall during chapel period
today at the request of President-elect
Frank Graham, R.
C. Greene, president cf the
student union, and H. N. Pat
terson, president of the senior
class. '
The junior and sophomore
classes will be called to meet
at the same hour -Thursday
and Friday respectively. : ; "
RESISTANCE OF
BODY DISCUSSED
BEFOMSOCIETY
Fussier and Wheeler Are Speak
ers at Meeting of Mitchell
Society Tuesday Evening.
The Elisa Mitchell scientific
society met last night at seven
thirty in 'the physics room of
Phillips hall for its 324th meet-
1110". TVlA mATYlKpra "henr-A Hxrn
professor of physics, and Dr.
Alvin S. Wheeler, professor of
organic chemistry. ;
Dr. Fussier discussed the sub
ject "The Electrical Resistance
of the Human Body," in which
he gave the results of much re
search in which he was able to
correctly measure the resistance
of the human body to an electri
cal current.
The experiments were i made
before Fussier came to this Uni
versity. He took students who
Were Twilling and used a direct
current to determine the resist
ance. He found that 0,05 ohms
was usually the maximum cur
rent that the average person
could stand, and that the resist-!
ance of a person was constant
during a day but might change
over a period of a day. By elim
inating resistance due to con
tacts he was able to obtain the
best results yet obtained on the
subject, he said. ,
Dr. Fussier gave some very in
teresting incidents of peculiari
ties he discovered while making
his experiments, but he said that
because he had not enough data,
IIC VVUU1U llJl LiiCiH w uc
facts. On one day the resist
ance of a certain person will be
constant, but the next day it
may be higher or lower." One
experiment while a man was
very angry gave his resistance
to be 981 ohms, and the next
day when he was quite calm his
resistance was only 431.
Using a direct current of
about 0.05 amperes the resist
ance ranges, for the trunk, from
18.4 and 28.2 ohms; from hand
to hand, frohi 209 to 400 ohms ;
and from foot to foot, from 262
to 543 ohms.
Dr. Wheeler gave an address
on a subject on which he has
been experimenting for three
years, and in regard to which he
has obtained successful results.
He has published a book on the
subject, The Bromination of
Dihydroxynapthalene, and in the
December issue of the Journal
of the American Chemical So
ciety there appeared an article
on his work on the subject.
Teaching Positions Open
Teachers looking for positions
should call at Peabody 127 as
soon as convenient. Several va
cancies in both elementary., arid
high schools have been reported
to this office.
Only those prepared to jbegin
work after : the holidays need
place their application now.
NUMBER 67
ADMINISTRATIVE
COUNCIL FAVORS
ALTEREDSYSTETJ
Registers Approval of Optional
Class Attendance Recently
In Force.
By unanimous decision of the
members present, . 4he Central
Administrative Council has
gone on record as favoring a
policy of optional class attend
ance for all juniors and seniors
in the University. This nrivil-
ege- has recently been revoked
by the Faculty Committee and
is now granted only to those
members of the two higher un
dergraduate classes who have '
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eeding quarter.
The Central Administrative
Council, which is an advisory
group composed of various stu
dent body officials, is of the opin
ion that the step taken by the .
faculty was not a forward-looking
movement in the Univer
sity's progress. With the ' ten
dency in University circles to
ward education based on knowl
edge rather than on credit-hour
requirements, optional attend
ance in the University of North
Carolina was held to be a dis
tinct achievement and a practi
cal step toward the desired cur
riculum reform. -
The Council would urge un
biased : consideration of this
problem by both students and
members of the faculty. It has
been customary for a student-
faf.nltv mpetmo1 m t.riA fnrm nf .
tne kjuiaeni Acuvraes Danquex
to be held at least once each
year. From these meetings has
developed much progressive leg
islation as well as better coordi-
faculty. The inauguration and
continued existence of the Tar
Heel as a daily paper may be
largely attributed to this
source. . '
Since optional attendance is
believed to be a matter of stu
dent concern, the Central Ad
ministrative Council asks for
serious consideration and some
ing of the Student Activities -Committee.
LAW ASSOCIATION
WIIX IMR BOYD
Greensboro Attorney To Give
pecond of Talks on Abstract
ing Land Titles,
The second series of lectures
on the abstracting of land titles
are to be delivered on Friday of
this week under the auspices of
the Law School Association. Mr.
Charles T. Boyd of Greensboro
is the lecturer. Mr. "Boyji is a
prominent young member of the
Greensboro, Bar and is an ex-
The talks will be followed by
a trip to Hillsboro on Saturday.
The trip will be for the purpose
of examining actual records.
This will give the students prac-
ticai experience ana will ne con
ducted by Mr. L. J. Phipps of '
the Durham Bar.
Mr. Boyd's speeches will com
plete those on title -examinations
for this year. Mr. George H.
Wright of Asheville lectured
here early in the fall on the
technique of abstracting and
Mr. Boyd will place emphasis on
statues and decisions. governing
title work. These lectures were
inaugurated four years ago by
the Law School Association and
Mr. Kemp D. Battle of Rocky
Mount opene'd the lectures. .