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BASKETBALL - ' ' Carolina vs. Randolph Macon VARSITY 8 :45 P. M. BASKETBALL Carolina' vs. Randolph Hacca FRESHMEN 7:15 P. 21. C tL VOLUME XXXIX 'JUDSELYKCffiS VIEWED AT LA SfflOOtiEETING Seven Speakers Take. up Aspects Of North Carolina Mob . Violence. "Lynching ,and . the Judicial Process" was the topic discussed by the administration, of justice class of the University, law school at its January meeting" yesterday.. Papers on various phases of . this topic, were pre sented by. students of the class. I W. A. Johnson presented ; a paper on "The Effect Upon Mob Action of aChange of Venue or 2. Postponement of , Trial." He surveyed the lynching conditions in the-South and reached the conclusion that a change of venue or a postponement of trial will often increase the anger of the mob, causing it to act violent ly. He expressed the opinion that speedy trials of those accused of rape, murder, and kindred of fenses, would serve to quell mob violence. "Summary Trial in Serious Cases Effect , of Undue Haste, Mob Intimidation and , Use of Militia Upon Due., Process of Law' was discussed by E. M. Perkins. The difficulty in get ting, an unbiased jury' to sit upon these, speedy trials, and the obvious lack of . justice oc casioned by the trials was point ed out by, Perkins. He conclud ed that "if swift, and certain punishment, of .offenders were a characteristic of our .criminal law, there would still be lynch ings." A. W. Langston then present ed a paper on the "Prosecution of Lynchers' bringing out the difficulties of securing prosecu tion under existing criminal procedure and suggesting changes. in. that procedure; to se cure indictment and trial of lynchers. He stated that "until the public, is , educated to the point, of condemning all mob action against an individual, the final aim of each statute aimed at lynching and -lynchers is im possible." ' He 'also discussed present North Carolina legisla tion on the question and showed that it was working very effec tively. L. J. Giles , presented "The Liability ,of . the City or. County under State Legislation." The many attempts to penalize the municipality or county in which a lynching has taken place were analyzed. Giles expressed the idea that a fine of this nature would make the people of that province less liable to take the law in their hands by mob violence. "The Removal of Sheriffs for Failure to do Their Duty" was debated by J. N. Wright. He reasoned that laws removing sheriffs for failure to do their duty would, give better protec tion to prisoners and cause mob action to be more difficult. R. M. Gray next talked on "The Constitutionality of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill." This bill provides for the punishment of the officers of a county where a lynching occurs when these of ficers do not make, reasonable efforts to prevent the lynching and punish the , offenders, for federal jurisdiction over the case when the state court does not adequately handle the situa tion, and a forfeiture of a large sum of money by the county wherein a lynching occurs to the government of the United States. Gray concluded that (Continued on last page) Rumor About Graham's Health Unf ouncled Rumors that found their way around, the campus early yes terday afternoon to the effect that President-elect Frank Gra ham was in a very critical condition due to a severe influenza infctio1? were entirely unf ounded, and physicians reported that the. University's head was in somewhat better condition than the preceding day. It was rumored on the campus jesterday, that President-elect Graham was on the point ' of deathZ His position was so seri ous, according to the rumor, that three- doctors from Charlotte had been caHed into conference and : it looked as though an oxygen tent would be needed. This, however, was found to have no grounds for truth, when Doctors Field and MacNider reported to the executive office at three o'elock yesterday afternoon thaV President-elect Gra ham's condition was good and that there had been no dangerous development in his case up to that time. The Universits resent"5ct h31 Defn suffering from a severe influenza in fection since Monday. Doctors Ross, Sloan, and Davis personal friends, of Graham, came to his house merely to inquire of his condition, and it is in this way that the false rumor was started. GLEE CLUB HEAD HELPS ARRANGE ANNUALCONTEST Dyer Is Interviewed in Greens boro in Regard to Yearly Meet. Dr. H. S. Dyer of the music department returned Wednes day from & trip to Greensboro in the interest of. the South Atlantic . Glee Club contest. While there he met , representa tives from the Chamber of Com merce, the press, music clubs, and North Carolina College and Greensboro College. The next glee club contest will take place at Aycock audi torium, Greensboro, Friday, February 13. The contest song for, this year is Feasting, I Watch, by Elgar, an English composer. Each club entering the contest will sing three songs, the contest song, a song of its own choice, aud its alma mater. As only student directors are allowed, Dr. Dyer is now cast ing about for candidates. The directorship is open to any one eligible under the rulings.. The glee club is also open for can didates. For the last three years, the South . Atlantic Glee Club - As sociation has had its contest at Furman University in South Carolina. Carolina entered the contest last year for the,- first time in three years and won the cup. after which it went on into the national contest. The South Atlantic Associa tion embraces the following universities and colleges: Wil liam & Mary at Williamsburg, Va., Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn., Alabama . at University City, Ala., Rollins at Winter Park, Fla., Furman at Green ville, S. C, Wofford at Spartan burg, S. G., Newberry at New berry, S. C, Erskine at Du West, S. C. In North Carolina Davidson, Duke, Elon, Wake Forest and Carolina, belong to the association. Dean Howell Chairman .Dean E. V. Howell of the school of pharmacy has been ap pointed by the president of the American Association of Col leges of Pharmacy as chairman for the colleges of pharmacy in district number five of the com mittee on the relations of boards with colleges. S. M. Scott, of Terra Alta, West Virginia, is chairman for the boards of pharmacy in this district, which comprises the states of Tenn essee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the two Carolinas. CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1S31 DR. HENDERSON TO SPEAK ON GANDHI SlMAOTENING Address To Be Given In Meth odist Church at 7 :30 O'clock. Mahatma Gandhi will be the subject of an address by Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the mathematics department, at half past seven this coming Sun day evening in the Methodist church. Dr. Henderson expects first to give a sketch of the Indian lead er's life, and then to make an analysis of his philosophy. The lecturer will compare the doc trines of Gandhi withhose of Christ, of Tolstoi, and of other philosophers who support the theory of non-resistance. He will also consider the relation of the doctrines of the present Christian religion to those of Gandhi. When; Dr. Henderson was questioned as to his attitude tor ward the Mahatama, he unhesi tatingly pronounced him the greatest living man. J. H. Holmes, in the Century Maga zine, calls Gandhi the successor of Tolstoi" in that unbroken line of saints and seers, running like the stitches of a golden thread through the tangled pattern of human affairs, who have insisted that man, like God, is spirit, and can achieve his end's and thus fulfill his life only by using the spiritual powers of his nature. Gandhi, in other words, like Tol stoi, Garrison, Fox, St. Francis, Jesus, Isaiah, is a non-resistant." But Gandhi, unlike Tolstoi, who often complained that the czar ist officialdom arrested the fol lowers instead of the leaders, has often fallen into the clutches of the British lion and is at pres ent, to use his own phrase, a "gentleman prisoner." The magnetic personality of Mahatma Gandhi has succeed ed in bringing about a. greater degree of co-operation between the Brahmans and the Moslems - - - - . , - than . have the efforts of the maharajahs , at the modern Round Table in London. 1930 GRADUATES IN LAW LAND RESPONSIBLE JOBS According to the latest issue of the Alumni Review, John An derson, graduate of the law school last spring, is at present connected with the Raleigh law firm of Smith and Joyner. George Race is now working with the New York Telephone Company. WD A TTfl'VT P TtTAT iiltfiliUiVitliilN SUBRffl BILLS IN NAUOiNALFi Lang and Greene Attend Meet ing of Student Congress In Atlanta. j In the recent congress of the National Student Federation of America, which met in Atlanta from December; 29 to. January ; 3, three of the eight-resolutions endorsed by the delegates were sponsored by John Lang and Red Greene, local student feder ation officers. The resolution submitted by Greene regarding athletics, which was that the N. S. F. A. authorize its officers to make a thorough study of the possibility of staging a nation-wide con ference of athletic directors, col lege, presidents, and student leaders on the question of com mercialism and professionalism in college athletics, was adopted by the congress. During the discussion of this resolution, the congress an nounced itself as favoring the awarding of all scholarships on the same basis regardless of extra-curricular activities. The two resolutions made by John Lang1 which were also passed were that the United States should join the World Court . immediately without re servations, and that all the war debts incurred during the World War should be canceled. The five- remaining i resolu tions passed by the congress were that compulsory R. O. T. C. service in the colleges should be clone away with; that the United States should recognize Russia immediately; that United States government should take immediate action to relieve un employment, even if the dole system has to be used; that Eighteenth Amendment be modified; that there is no material difference between the two existing political parties, and that a new- liberal third party should be formed. The North Carolina delegates were particularly impressed by the amount . of authority exer cised by the students in other parts of the country. At the University of Washington, the student government handles, without any aid, from the faculty, about $650,000 annual ly. A great part of this sum is received as admissions to athle tic contests. The student opinion , commit tee serves as a discussion group for the resolutions before they are submitted to the students. This committee is composed of only five members from the en tire country. John Lang, one of North Carolina's representa tives, served as a member of this committee. Magazine Oldest Publication A survey of the University ipoper; aild of its various af- filiated branches shows that there are several, institutions here which are very old. The University is the , oldest state university in. the .United States in point of operation. Many of the national fratern ities located., on this campus placed chapters here early in their history. In the field . of student publications, the Caro lina Magazine is the oldest col lege publication in the . United States, having been founded in 1844. The Round Table, of Beloit College (Wisconsin) is second oldest. FED Administrative Council pposes Any Law Codes Exhibited In Law Reading' Room A valuable exhibit was shown Wednesday in the downstairs reading room of the law build ing. It concluded all North Carolina compilations of laws ever published except three, as well as many early English treatises, statutes, and collec tions of cases. Some of the famous codes ex hibited are William R. Davie's code and Zebulon Vance's code of civil procedure. FOURTH ISSUE OF REVIEWAPPEARS Alumni Publication , Features Etching of Old Well for Cover Design. The , University Alumni Re view for January appeared yes terday as announced , by the editor. This issue is' the fourth of the year and contains accounts of the various meetings which took, place at the Univer sity during the Christmas re cess. The cover of the review is dec orated with an etching of the old well and South building by William Steene, Chapel Hill art ist. , Mr. Steene has made many etchings for the Review, the latest being the Carolina Play makers building. . On the inside of . the front cover appears a list of the January books selected , by the a iiimni hnv MnVi . mentaries for all of these books ' wa wriHor, tvcr -FQMiiv mo I bers. They are : As We Were, by E. F. Benson, commentary by Raymond Adams, department of English ; I'll Take My Stand, by Twelve Southerners, commen tary by. Rupert B. Vance, insti tute for research in social sci ence Trie . uonquest of tiappi- ness, by Bertrand Russell, mentary by J. J. Slade, Jr., school of engineering; and The Redlakes, by Francis Brett Young, commentary by R. B. Houses executive secretary of the University. The three biographies select ed are: The Story' of San Michele, by Axel Munthe; Ma hatma Gandhi, an autobiog raphy; and Crucibles, by Ber nard Jaffe. The books of fiction are: The Deepening Stream, by Dorothy Canfield; The Tides of Malvern, by Francis Griswold; Memoirs of an Infantry Of ficer, by Siegfried Sassoon; and Shepherds on Sackcloth, by Sheila Kaye-Smith. Besides biographies and nov els the-following books are in cluded: The World's Economic A History of Modern Culture, by Preserved Smith ; Man and His Universe, by John Langdon Davies; Desert Islands, by Wal ter de la Mare ; Those Earnest Victorians, by Esme Wingfield Stratford; and An American Epoch, hj Howard W. Odum. Country Club Meeting The annual meeting of the Chapel Hill Country Club will take place Saturday night. At this time reports of the officials are to be read and new officers elected and at six-thirty ore ceding the meeting, dinner will be served to club mera- jbers. NUMBER 75 Restrictions n Attendance Privileges - ,. . DECLARE ACTION WOULD OBSTRUCT SCHOOL PROGRESS Group Seeks to Call Regular Meetings of Students and Faculty Members. COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED Mutual Understanding and Co operation Desired. The Central Administrative j Council, a group of twenty-two jstudents representative of all walks of student life, moved Wednesday night to offer an or derly and vigorous opposition to any retrenchment in the class at tendance privileges which the student body now enjoys. After hours of serious de liberation, and a sane considera tion of all phases of the ques tion, the group went on record as being unanimously in favor of the following" resolution "Re solved: That the Central Ad ministrative Council go on re cord as heartily opposing any restriction of present privileges as stated in the University of North Carolina Record of 1930, pages seventy-four and seventy five." . The Record reads "The in structor concerned will notify the dean of a student's school when that student has incurred absences amounting to three in a full course or two in a half course ; and will send a second notice when the student's absen- ces amount to five in a full course or three in a half course. When a student's absences from a class during any quarter amount to ten in a full course or six in a half course, he may at the discretion of the dean of his school, be dropped from the course.; . "Juniors ; and seniors . in j un ior and senior courses are: free com-.from the regulations governing absences from classes .to- the extent that such absences shall not carry , any penalty imposed for absence alone."; Will Yarborough, editor of the Daily Tar, Heel, moved that there be one. meeting, of a re presentative group of the facul ty and the students called each quarter for the purpose of threshing out mutual misunder standings and problems. Yar borough emphasized the point that the confusion and misun derstanding, which had resulted i from tiie announcement that the faculty was considering a change in attendance regula tions, came as a result of there being no regular contact be tween these two groups. The motion passed unanimously, and the idea of a friendly co-operation between the faculty and the student body whereby the stu dents would be permitted a voice in matters pertinent to them selves was heartily endorsed. . President Greene named Joe Eagles, president of Phi Beta Kappa ; Jack Dungan, managing editor of the Daily Tar Heel; Mayne Albright, secretary of the Student Council; and Ed lHamer, president of the Y. M. C. A., to serve with himself on a special committee to represent the student body in matters of class privileges. The remaining members of the Central Administrative Council are: Will Yarborough, (Continued on last page)
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