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VOLUME XXXIX
'SCHOOL' CARRIES
ARTICLE WRITTEN
BYR.EGRMMAN
New York Magazines Includes
Article dealing With Univer
sity Extension Division.
The current issue of School; a
magazine devoted to the public
schools and educational interests
of America, which is, published
in New York and has a wide cir
culation throughout the country,
carries as one of its features a
long article on the extension di
vision of the University. Writ-,
ten by Russell M. Grumman, di
rector of the extension division,
the article gives a complete out
line of the activities of the di
vision and its relationship with
the life of the state since its or
ganization in 1921.
The article is illustrated with
photos of the University library
and of President-elect Frank
Graham. . , . ;
"The term 'university exten
sion'," . states the article, "has
come to be quite generally under
stood in North Carolina to mean
an important source of educa
tional service. Since 1921 the
division has registered a total
of 22,692 correspondence and
extension. class students. While
most of these students have
never been on the campus, they
have nevertheless come into vi
tal contact with the University
and have profited by its exis
tence. "It is conservatively estimated
that the numerous other activi
ties conducted by the division
serve each year more than 40,
000 persons with regular educa
tional assistance. Over one
hundred and fifty courses are of
fered by correspondence instruc
tion. Many of these courses are
adapted to the study habits and
interests of adult students who
do not wish to obtain college
credit. They may be pursued
by any mature person regardless
of his previous education, pro
vided he satisfies . the instructor
of his ability to follow the course
of study profitably.".
Each of the different phases
of the division are then taken up
in detail and discussed briefly
as to their objective and func
tion, with emphasis on the fact
that the extension division is not
a commercial enterprise, but is
devoted to rendering service to
the people of the state as econo
mically and effectively - as pos
sible, and to relating itself to the
needs of the entire state.
Many Applications
Already Received
For Student Loans
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Chapel Hill -is- a. title which
might with some consistency be
applied to the Dean of Students
office where 350 applications for
financial assistance have been in
terviewed this fall. As a result
of these interviews, $20,515 has
been loaned to 237 students, the
average size of each loan being
approximately $86.00.
Due to the financial conditions
in North Carolina at presenl,
the amount loaned this fall is
toore than twice that loaned the
fall quarter of 1929. This in
crease has been made, possible
through the assistance of the
Alumni Loyalty Fund Board of
Directors and through the estab
lishment of two new loan funds
since commencement. In all pro
bability, most of the men receiv
ing loans would be out of school
now except for such help as; they
receive from the loan fund. '
Final Issue
This edition will be the last
issue of the Daily Tar Heel
until Tuesday, January 6, af
ter the Christmas holidays.
In order that the members of
the staff may have "a short"
time in which to prepare for
examinations, publication will
be suspended when this paper
is delivered to you. ,
To' the members of the stu
dent union, the Daily Tar Heel
sends its best wishes for suc
cess on examinations and hap
py holiday.
YOUNG LAWYERS
MUST WORK AND
LEARN STATUTES
Two State Barristers Give
Youngsters Valuable Advice
In Law School Lecture.
Pointing but that real proper
ty transactions are governed al
most entirely by specific sta
tutes Charles T. Boyd ; of the
Greensboro bar, speaking here
Friday, urged the University law
students to "Know your sta
tutes." His general topic was a
discussion of the practical as
pect of . title abstracting.
XMr. . Boyd, followed ! George
Wright of the Asheville bar as
the second prominent lawyer the
University law school . has
brought in to address students
on title abstracting, the lectures
being on a law school associa
tion program designed to bring
the actual practice of ? the law
office more closely to students
of theoretical - side of the law.
Mr. Boyd's lecture was followed
yesterday -by actual practice in
abstracting of titles in the Or
ange county court house at
Hillsboro for the students of the
property classes.
Then, again yesterday, the
practical hoss-sense" side of
the legal profession, along with
many valuable suggestions as to
pleading cases, were brought
vividly to the Jaw students in a
lecture on "Preparation of Trial
Briefs," by John M. Robinson,
prominent Charlotte attorney.
"Practicing, law is no child's
play, Mr. Robinson said, "and if
you don't want to work and
work, don't go into it, because
it will take everything you've
got physically and mentally." He
urged the necessity of "soaking"
oneself in facts, regardless of
the work or trouble involved.
Giving valuable . information
about appearing before the jury,
Mr. Robinson declared that "a
jury will stand for anything but
trying to fool them.
UNIVERSITY MEN
DEBATE BRITISH
The first debate between
Cambridge University and the
University of North Carolina
took place last night in Ger
rard hall at eight-thirty.
The English debaters ar
rived yesterday afternoon
from South Carolina where
they had met a team repre
senting Winthrop College. To
date they have met, besides
the University and Winthrop,
Emory, Kansas College, and
the University of Georgia.
In the debate last night Mr.
Geoffrey Crowther teamed
with J. C. Williams to uphold
the negative of the. question
against McB. Fleming-Jones
and Mr. Albert E. Holdsworth,
on the proposition that the
emergence of woman from the
home : is a regrettable .feature
'of modern life.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14; 1930
Cain Was Drill-
: Confederates At Fourteen
By R. W. Madry
Barely 14 years of age when the
War Between the States broke out,
the boy was too young to be admitted
into the Confederate, Army, even
though more manpower was the cry
of the hour.
But the. youth, of 14 .was a pre
cocious youngster. At the Hillsboro
Military Academy, the boy evidenced
a genius for military tactics and a
rare aptitude in his other studies.
The ,war was not more than a few
weeks old before the call for men to
drill the raw troops became incessant.
Realizing that the available officers
could never supply the demand for
drill masters, the eyes of the Confed
erate high command naturally turned
toward the military academies. Wil
liam Cain was the precocious youth
of 14 at Colonel. Tew's Hillsboro Acad
emy. Evidently Colonel Tew was a great
inspiration to young Cain, for in the
latter's autobiography, which I have
been permitted to see for the first time,
the author says: "I attribute my pro-!
ficiency and enthusiasm for, the mili- i
tary entirely to Colonel Tew. He was
the only man in command of troops
I never knew to make a mistake, even
of the most trivial kind, and his ex-1
ample was an inspiration."
How He Became Drill-Master
It was not long, however, before
the faculty and a large part of the
corps of cadets had entered the Con
federate Army, and the school was i
closed. Young Cain tried to get into
the Army. He was turned down flat-;
ly, but they valued his military pro
ficiency so, much that they commis-
sioned him a drill-master. That was
about July 1, 1861. The boy took
the oath to the Confederacy in a lit
tle law office in Raleigh and was sent
to Camp Crabtree, near that , city,
where he was assigned to a tent near
that of General J; Johnston Pettigrew.
For exactly four and a half months
this 14-year-old boy drilled- large
bodies of troops many of whom were
old enough to be his father.
Young Cain had been at Camp Crab
tree only, a few weeks when men
from the Confederate Camp at Ashe
ville came down to look for drill
masters. The youth was assigned to
Camp Patton, on the outskirts of
Asheville, where he continued to drill
troops for several months.
Colonel Dearing's Estimate
The 25th North Carolina Regiment
was organized about three months
later, and was ordered to the defense
of Port Royal, South Carolina. Wil
liam Cain was sent with this outfit.
Port Royal was captured by the Fed
erals before the Confederates could
arrive, and the latter were ordered
to take to the woods near the Savan
nah River.
"I asked Dearing (in command)
what my place was in case of a fight,"
Major Cain says in his autobiography.
"He replied that I must act as his
aide. However, my luck failed me
again, for as there could be no drilling
in the woods, all the drill-masters
(five, I think) were ordered home."
Colonel Dearing evidently was
greatly impressed by the lad, for he
said he considered him the best drill
master he had seen in the Confed
erate Army.
That, in a roundabout way, is the
story of how the late Major William
Cain, professor emeritus of mathe
matics in the University of North
Carolina, whose death in Chapel Hill
a week ago is being- mourned by
thousands of former students and as
sociates, came to be a drill-master
at the tender age of 14.
It is a remarkable story , of how
genius triumphed over age and numer
ous other difficulties. It indicates,
in some measure, the qualities of a
man who in later years was to be
come one of the country's most dis
tinguished scientists.
Begs to Enter Army
After being discharged as drill
master and ordered back to school,
young Cain went to Raleigh, where
he spent an hour begging Adjutant
General Martin to let him remain in
the Army. General Martin refused
on the ground of the youth's age.'
Cain then went to Governor Ellis (but
the Governor sided with General Mar
tin, and the boy who had prepared
hundreds of soldiers for the Army was
forced to go back to school. '
He was to see further service be
fore the war ended, however. In
1862, the Hillsboro Military Academy
was re-opened under . the superin
tendency of Major W, M. Gordon.
m
Cain was among those who re-entered,
"and the work went on in its. cus
tomary way, except that there was a
consciousness' present among the fac
ulty and students that the school had
become in fact a school for war."
In December, 1864, when Fort
Fisher was threatened, the "Home
Guard" was called out. It was
Christmas vacation time for the
schoolboys at the Hillsboro Military
Academy, but William Cain joined the
company from Hillsboro. The com
pany got no farther than Goldsboro,
however, "for Bragg, for some un
known reason," Major Cain recounts,
"would not send his land forces to the
defense of Fort Fisher, which was
finally taken after furious bombard
ments by a land attack,"
Led in Scholarship .
, During the latter part of his , stay
at the Hillsboro Academy, Cain, who
led his class in scholarship and was
the ranking cadet captain, took special
advanced work and did some teaching.
In 1865 he left and studied law: under
his grandfather, Judge John L. Bailey,
for almost a year.
f And here comes another unusual
incident in the life of this remark
able man. He had finished his law
course and was ready to begin prac
tice. But when he applied for ad
mission to the state bar, he was polite
ly but firmly informed that he was
too young to receive a license.
; So Cain returned . to the Hillsboro
Academy, then known as the North
Carolina Military Polytechnic Insti
tute, where he graduated in 1866,
with the degree of master of arts,
which the institution had been em
powered to confer by the University
of North Carolina. He was the only
graduate the school ever had. .
4 These and other equally interest
ing tacts regarding Major uams
career have been secured from a num
ber of sources, but. the writer is in
debted chiefly to Dr. Archibald Hen
derson, who has permitted him to
read Major Cain's autobiography; to
Dr. J. G. . DeRoulhac Hamilton for a
biographical sketch of the Major in
Ashe's History; and to a Miss Lucy
Cobb for information contained in a
newspaper feature story.
Gets Into Engineering
After being refused a license to
practice law because he was judged
too young, William Cain found a job
with W. C. Kerr, state geologist, and
was employed for some timie' in
measuring the altitude of mountains
and in similar work. As a result of
this work he made a map of the state.
"In 1868 the need of more remuner
ative employment led him into active
engineering work; and he was engaged
in this -with various railroads in the
state and with , conspicuous success
until 1874," when, due to the deplor
able conditions of Reconstruction
Days, railroad construction ceased,
Dr. Hamilton points out in his sketch.
"Cain then accepted a position as
professor of mathematics and engi
neering in the Carolina Military In
stitute in Charlotte. There he re
mained until 1880, when he once more
began surveying and general engi
neering work. In this he continued for
two years.
In 1882 he was called to the South
Carolina- Military Academy, at
Charleston, as ranking professor, re
maining there for seven years.' At
the Citadel he had the rank of major
in the state service, and by this title
he was generally known up to the
time of his death. At the time he
lef t Citadel, it is said the Board . of
Visitors was contemplating offering
him the position of superintendent, y
Major Cain came to the University
of North Carolina faculty in 1888;
succeeding the late Professor Ralph
H. Graves as head of the department
of mathematics - and engineering.
Here in Chapel Hill he had remained
until the time of his death. He was
recognized as a teacher of" the . first
rank, but he did not allow his duties
as teacher to prevent original inves
tigation. Many of . his works, are used as
texts in the leading technical schools
of the country. In a practical way
his works have been used in the
water-works system of New York
City, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
on the arches of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Author of Eight Books
Major Cain is the author of eight
authoritative books on. mathematics
and engineering. He was regarded
as one of the foremost authorities in
the world on earth pressure and re
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Drill-Master Cain
The above picture shows the
late Major William Cain in his
military- uniform at the age of
fourteen, when he was drilling
troops . for the ; Confederate
army. ". .
MANAGEMENT IS
TO BE EXPLAINED
ATTAYLORMEET
P. H. H. Dunn of United States
Bureau of Standards To
Speak Monday.
. "Standardization and Simpli-s
fication in Modern Management"
will be the subject of the address
of P. H. H, Dunn, of the Bureau
of Standards of the United
States department of .Commerce
when he will speak ; at the last
regular meeting, this quarter of
the Taylor,? Society, . tomorrow
night :r-'. '- " ' ? y?---if '
Mr. Dunn's ; talk, will be con
fined to tnirty minutes discus
sion of the modern methods of
business management Follow
ing this, time for questions and
discussions which may arise is
to be reserved. Mr. Dunn has
stated that he more than wel
comes questions regarding speci
fic phases of simplified practice
advocated by the Bureau of
Standards.
Mr. Duim is the fifth speaker
to address the Taylor Society
this quarter on the subject of
modern business methods and
management, a topic which the
organization has chosen for dis
cussion this year. " '
. The meeting tomorrow night
will last only an hour and will
not conflict with the "Messiah",
the annual production of , the
community chorus. The society
will convene promptly at seven
o'clock in .103 Bingham and will
be open to the public.
Town Transformed -With
Decorations
Along Main Street
Cinderella has nothing over
the business section of Chapel
Hill. . The block or two of busi
ness establishments have been
completely transformed by the
approach of Christmas., More
than ever the stores are vieing
with each other in tasteful dec
orations for the holiday season.
Electric lights in many forms
and colors adorn the fronts of
buildings, along with wreaths
of holly and cedar, and small
cedars line the streets". These
were put in place through labor
secured. by the Strowd employ
ment agency for the relief of
the unemployed.
The community Christmas
tree, which heretofore has been
placed on the campus, has been
erected-on the edge of the side
walk in fron.t of the Methodist
church so that it may be in a
more conspicuous ' place.' This
was put; up last: Thursday. -
NUMBER 71
'iBELL TOWER TO
BE READY FOR
FALL DEDICATION
Morehead - Patterson Bleiacrial
Tower To Be Finished Time of
Thanksgiving Game.
It is probable that just a lit
tle while before Carolina and
Virginia begin .. their . annual
Thanksgiving football, game,
November 26, 1931, the More-head-Patterson
Memorial Tower
will be dedicated. Negotiations
have progressed so fast. that it
is thought that the tower will be :
completed and the chime and
clock will be installed by that
time. , .. .r-.
-. John Motley Morehead and
Rufus L. Patterson, donors of
the tower, were students at . the
University nearly half a cen
tury ago. Mr. Morehead is at
present '.United States minister
to Sweden. During his leave of
absence in this country since
October, he has been engaged in
matters concerned 1 with the
building.
McKim, Mead, and White,
consulting engineers of the Uni
versity, are working on the
drawings for the tower.
. Meneely Bell Company in New
York is to make the chime which
is to consist of twelve bells
ranging in weight from 350
pounds to almost two tons and
weighing altogether 14,300
pounds. The largest bell is to be
sixty inches high and fifty
eight inches in diameter. The
cluni,;ilik.liWest Point
chime which William R. Menee
ly president of the Meneely Com
pany, stated has been termed by
bell musicians as the best in the
country and by some as the best
in the world. ..
According to a statement
made by Mr. Meneely, the pro
cess of attunement is slow. Prob
ably more than 150 bells will be
tested in order to secure the
right pitch without materially
changing the bell.
When the chime is completed,
Harold S. Dyer, head of the de
partment of music of the Uni
versity will go to Troy, 1 New
York to hear it next September.
Howard Clock Company has
the contract for making the
clock.
LIBRARY HOURS
DURING HOLIDAY
The regular hours for the li
brary will be continued through
Friday, December 19. .The fol
lowing day, Saturday, the li
brary will open as usual at eight
thirty but will close at five
o'clock.
During the holidays the hours
will be from nine till five except
on Sundays, Christmas, and New
Year's Day, when it will be
closed altogether. The reserve
room will not be open, but books
on reserve may be gotten
through the circulation desk.
The regular schedule will be re
sumed on Saturday, January 3.
Christmas Cantata
The Methodist Church choir
will present a Christmas canta
ta, "The Adoration," by George
B. Nevin, at eight p. m. tonight.
Mr. Thor Martin Johnson and
Mr. James Pfolil have had di
rection of the chorus of twenty
five voices and an orchestra of
thirteen pieces in preparation
for the presentation. "The Ad
oration" will be sung in the audi
torium of the church and the
public is cordially invited to attend.