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FRESHMAN CLASS NOMINATIONS Tonight 7:30 Gerrard Hall v. FRESHMAN CLASS -NOMINATIONS -Tonight 7:30 Gerrard Hall L Trie If y 1 I j o rinx i " ill VOLUME XXXIX MOVIE LION PAYS VISIT TOYILLAGE Leo Gives Tar Heel Reporter Private Interview on His Travels. Yesterday Chapel Hill was honored by the visit of a very distinguished personage. Leo, the famous lion of Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer Motion Picture com pany, was the guest of Mr. Smith, the manager of the Caro lina Theatre. Leo has visited nearly every country in the orld and has been around the world on his tours. He has ap peared before kings and presi dents of many countries. The Emperor of Japan, the king of England, the President of France, mayors of many cities, governors of states, and other prominent figures of today have been permitted to see Leo per form. Leo is very old but has not lost any of the ferocity which he enjoyed in his youth. He has had two trainers on his present tour. The first trainer is in the hospital recuperating from in juries received when Leo decided to dismiss him. Leo can per form all the tricks of a circus lion. He is usually very docile "but occasionally becomes aroused and does something desperate. Last week in Charlotte he tried to break out of his cage but. did not succeed. - Leo likes raw beef, especially x (Continued on last page) J. BEARD LAUDED IN DRUGJOURNAL Leading Article in "Pharmaceu tical Era" Devoted To Uni versity Professor. The current issue of The Phar maceutical Era, a monthly na tional drug journal, carries as a leading article a biographical sketch of Professor J. G. Beard, "a pharmaceuticaLeducator who has been a member of the teach ing staff of the School of Phar macy of the University of North Carolina since his graduation in 1909." The article pays especial tribute to the services he has rendered to his profession. "The business of teaching has domin ated Professor Beard's activities, . . . but notwithstaiding his, de votion to his calling he has found time togive his energy and abilities to the promotion of numerous activities for the advancement of professional pharmacy."- In conclusion the ar ticle calls attention to his con tributions to pharmaceutical and other journals, and to the offices he has held in state and national pharmaceutical bodies. ENTERTAINMENT TICKETS TO BE ON SALE TODAY As has been announced in the Daily Tar Heel, tickets to the entertainment course were to have been placed on sale Monday, but were not ready then, and it is expected that they will be placed on sale today or tomor row. , T, C. Worth will have charge' of the ticket .sale, and will an nounce where the tickets may be obtained. Liberal arts stu dents and students in the school of educatioiKwho have paid their fees may obtain their tickets at the office of their respective deans. The first performance on February 6, will be The Spanish Dancer with Caroyla Goya. The season tickets will be, good for the six performances, this win ter. ;' Infirmary Reports . Many on Sick List At three o'clock yesterday afternoon the University infirm ary appeared to be facing a crisis More than 120 students were on the sick list, with approximate ly fifty in the infirmary. Extra cots were being supplied as the demand warranted it, and many boys were waiting in the offices to be examined. Despite the condition of many patients Dr. Abernathy assured a Daily Tar Heel, reporter that the majority of the cases were merely heavy colds, and that there was no cause for any very extensive alarm on the part of the parents of the boys, or any one else. During the day comparisons were being constantly made to the epidemic in 1928, when due to the great number of influenza cases school work had to be sus pended. There seems to be slight likelihood that such an occur rence will take place at this time. GANDHI ANALOGY TO CHRIST, SAYS DR. A. IffiNDERSON Head of Mathematics Lectures On Indian Leader at Meth odist Church. "Mahatma Gandhi" was the subject of the lecture delivered by Professor Archibald Hender son, head of the department of mathematics anci celebrated au thor, from the pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening. , Dr. Henderson described, the Hindu patriot as "the most Christ-like man alive, whose continued imprisonment by the British government constitutes an ironical comment on present day civilization. "No mere man," the speaker further de clared, "has ever exerted so powerful an influence over so large a number of people." Outlining the career of Gand hi from his graduation from a British University and a subse quent lucrative law practice, Professor Henderson showed the steps by which the Hindu leader has elaborated one of the tenets of his native religion into the po litical theory and practice which has made so much trouble for .... ' . . the British imperial govern ment. He stressed the catholi city of Gandhi's religious views explaining that the "Mahatma it holds that God and good are in all religions, and that the truth is to be found in the Koran, the Zend-Avestasr and the Bible, as well as'in his own Vedas. "Gandhi," according to the speaker, "has had much relation to occidental writers : to Thoreau (particularly, 'On the Duty of CiviJ Disobedience'), to Ruskin ('Unto this Last') , and to Tol stdy, with whom, in 1909-10, Gandhi carried on an extensive correspondence." "The law," declares Gandhi, "is a wall of stone and mortar, but my meditations follow the jaiier out as he locks me in." And again, "Force and love are incompatible. Only by love can we conquer the wrath and error of British officialdom; Dr. Henderson described the present "non-violence" campaign as an attempt to restore the original pastoral simplicity of the Hindus, to rid thecountry of the evils' of industrialism, and to raise the spiritual plane of the Hindu people. The speaker characterized the Hindu as , an :.;n;n onclnrrv tn Christ." CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1931 Flexner's Book Gives Criticism On Degeneracy Of Universities 0 That universities in the Unit-i an effete European ideal, ill-ad-ed States are in danger of de-jvisedly transported to our more generating into mere culture service stations, following every ripple and whim of popular thought is one of the criticisms made by Dr. Abraham Flexner in his new book entitled Univer sities: American, English, Ger man. This book is felt to be so im portant for American educa tion that a prominent philan thropist who wishes to remain anonymous has presented copies of this book to various college and university libraries in- the country according to a letter re ceived by the University Library from G. F. J. Cumberlege, vice president of the Oxford Univer sity Press, which publishes the book. The University Library is one of those chosen toreceive copies of Dr. Flexner's book. They will be available for cir culation within a few days. In a review of the volume, American universities are said to "mirror to perfection the national ideals ; they apply with brilliant success the national methods. They are masterpieces of organization, mass produc tion, quick sales and substantial returns. They are advertised as efficiently as cigarettes or chew ing gum. They are as typical as Woolworth, Sears Roebuck, Henry Ford or Wrig ley Brothers. There is such a thing as a homogeneous Ameri can culture : the same imprint is stamped on our education, ouj Christianity, our amusements, our periodicals, our business life. Mr. Flexner's protest may be interpreted as the dying wail of CANDIDATES FOR GLEE CLUB URGED TO TRY OUT SOON x - Candidates for the glee club and Maennerchoer concert have one more week to try out, ac cording to word from Dr. Harold S. Dyer of the music department. These two organizations are af filiated and a person may try out for both at the same time. The Maennerchoer concert will be given on February 1. Tryouts are held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 5:00 o'clock in the music building. There is no formality at the tryouts, as the voices are merely classified according to range and type. Dr. Dyer is of the opinion that there are a great many persons on the campus with good voices who have not come out, thinking that a rigid examination - is neces sary and the ability to read mu sic at sight. Neither is the case. The largest number to ever try out have come out this year, and represent every department in the University. There are no restrictions at the rehearsals, other than regular attendance. Dashiell Returns Dr. J. F. Dashiell, head of the University psychology depart ment, has returned from a ten day trip in the middle west dur ing the holidays. As a member of the council of directors and as chairman of a committee on the introductory course, he at tended all the meetings of the American Psychological Associ ation in Iowa City. Afterwards, he visited the psychological lab oratory at Grinnel College as the guest of his uncle, President Main, and of Earl D. Strong, a j visiting, professor at Carolina last vear. ' . rugged shores; or as an ar raignment of material success as the sole basis of a civilization. Whichever view you adopt, the book far transcends the bounds of mere pedagogy. It has al ready created a flutter among professors : it should . cause heart-searchings among all lead ers of thought. If Mr. Flexner be right, if it is not good for American universities to go the American way, then the Ameri can way cannot be wholly good. The book is a searching dis cussion of Americanism; the other parts, although not negli gible, seem a little out of place. The treatment of the English and German systems is not mere ly far briefer: it is totally dif ferent in spirit. In his last two chapters, Mr. Flexner is an irP vestigator : friendly, judicial, in formative. In the main part of the work, he is a fierce satirist. Professionals will read his stu dies on foreign universities with cool approval. But the central chapter will cause no little gnasliing of teeth.". Dr. Flexner has been a stu dent of American education for many years, having been an edu cational expert and secretary of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the director of the division of studies and medical education for the General Education Board until 1928. This book is an ex pansion of three lectures on uni versities given at Oxford on the invitation of the Rhodes Trust in 1928. FRESHMEN HEAR CAMPUS LEADERS 1 AT CHAPEL MEET At chapel yesterday morning the freshmen heard Red Greene, president of the student body, and Pat Patterson, president of the senior class on the class nominations which are to take place at seven-thirty this eve ning in Gerrard hall. Patterson admonished the freshmen to elect men who are willing to work, who have initia tive, andwho are democratic. He also asked thatall freshmen appear at the hall to vote; Pat terson said that it was the duty of the members of the class to vote, and to see that competent men are elected. Grail To Give First Dance of Quarter The first Grail dance of the winter-quarter will be given Sat urday night, January 17, from nine to twelve o'clock in Bynum evmnasium. Music will be fur- nished by Ty Sawyer and his Carolina Buccaneers. The regu lar rules of the German Club will beobserved. The Grail gives nine dances during ' the year, three each quarter. During the fall quarter the dances were given after the big football games of the season. The first was given September 27 after the Wake Forest-Carolina game, the second October 11 after the Carolina-Maryland game, and the last was given December 6 after the Duke Carolina game. The second dance for the win ter quarter will be on February 7, and the third on February 28. The officers of the Grail who have charge of the dances are John' Slater, Haywood Weeks, and Mayne Albright. North Carolina Club Hears Dean Taylor Dr. Carl C. Taylor, dean of the graduate school of North Carolina State College, address ed the North Carolina Club last night at 7 :30 o'clock on the sub ject, "Rural Standards of Liv ing in North Carolina," The meeting was in the rural social economics department room of the library building. Dr. Taylor is the author of a text book on rural sociology. He has directed many researches into- rural conditions in North Carolina and in other states. The talk- last night was another in the series of bi-weekly talks being made before the North Carolina Club in connec tion with its program on agri culture which they are conduct ing in coordination with the North Carolina conference fori social service. Men connected with various agricultural or ganizations write papers on as signed subjects and present them to the club. NEWSPAPERMEN TO CONVENE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT Prominent Journalists To Dis cuss Current Problems at Seventh Annual Institute. JSditors, publishers, and other members of North Carolina's Fourth Estate will hear many prominent men in the news paper world when they meet here for the seventh annual Newspaper Institute -which opens Wednesday night at eight o'clock. The men to speak at the Institute are men who have dis tinguished themselves in jour nalism both in and outside the state. x At the head of the out-of-state list is Mark Sullivan celebrated Washington correspondent and editor of "Our Times." In addi tion to him are Fred Fuller Shedd, editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; W. W. Bell, editor of the Charleston News and Courrier; John N. Wheeler, president of the Bell Syndicate; Mark Etheridge, managing edi tor of the Macon Telegraph News: and W. C. Wolfe, of Wolfe and Company, account ing experts of Philadelphia. The Institute has selected more than a dozen men from within the state to lead the dis cussions and deliver addresses. Prominent among these are J. W. Noell, president of the North Carolina Press Association; Governor 0. Max Gardner, and President Frank P. Graham. They are scheduled to speak at the opening session Wednesday night. ""- Others who will speak during the meetings are J. T. .Fain, Henderson Times-News; R. E.ief th .TM Night revels Price, Rutherford County News; Don Elias, Asheville Citizen Times; Roland Beasley, Monroe Journal; Albert Goates, profes sor of criminal law in the Uni versity Law School; Lee B. Wea thers, Cleveland Star; J. C. An drews, Ay den Dispatch; John A. Park, Raleigh Times; Frank Daniels, News and Observer Ben Sronce, North-WUkesboro Patriot; J. A. Parham, Charlotte Observer; and J. L. Home, Jr., Rocky Mount Telegram. - Subjects for addresses will fol low the trend of the day by hinging on the problem of "Fac- iner Present Conditions." The F ' - sessions begin Wednesday night Continued on last page) NUMBER 7S FACULTY GROUP HEARS STUDENT mo Student Leaders Present Option al Attendance Idea to Under graduate Faculty Committee. The special committee appoint ed by the Central Administra tive Council to represent the views of the student body in re gard to the agitation for "a re consideration of optional class attendant were rprpivwl hv tha facuity committee composed of Dean W. W. Pierson, chairman, and Dean D D. Carroll, Prof es- ; sor G. R. Coff man, Professor W. C. Coker, and Professor W. M. Dey, associate, members. A two hour discussion of the faculty and student view-points on the matter was engaged in. The student; committee heade'd by President .Red Greene, Joe Eagles, Jack Dungan, Mayne Al bright, and Ed Hamer have asked permission to submit affi davits from reputable universi ty presidents, fifty-three letters having been addressed to all im portant educational institutions in the United States in an at tempt to elicit information as to how similar plans have worked in these institutions. A survey aimed at a comparison between grades before, during, and af ter complete optional attendance is also under way. This type of expert opinion is to be presented the faculty before their meeting in which the matter is to be set tled. DIRECTORS TELL OFPMBIAMG "Drama in the Making," Keynote Of Dramatic Directors' Meeting. The keynote of the annual Dramatic. Directors meeting held Saturday, January 10th, was "DramaMn .the Making." Let due honor be given to those whose enthusiasm and sincerity in their dramatic work overcome all obstacles. Reference is being maae particularly to miss .reari Setzer, of Lenoir-Rhyne College, who with eight students, arose at four o'clock on Saturday morning, and drove nearly two hundred miles to attend a di rector's meeting and to present at that meeting a "Model Re hearsal;" and to "Bobbie" Wunsch from Asheville, who has been teaching for months with out pay, who borrowed from three different friends, money to bring him to the meeting, where he made a talk on "Play writing in the High School." In the absence of President Robinson of Qoldsboro, Mr. W; R. Wunsch, of Asheville, pre sided. Professor Koch, director of the Playmakers, gave the opening address of welcome, and issued an invitation to all to at- uepression was aDsomieij banned. x . Miss Pauline Willis, of Knight dale high school, spoke on the "Problems of Dramatics in the Rural School." Mr. West of Duke University, in his talk on University Dra matics, informed those present that it is not the rural schools that have all the problems and difficulties. He has his own, some, of .which are finances, status on the campus, and quar ters in which to work. Mr. Wood, director of recrea tion in Durham, spoke on Hal- --v . .. t l A-l lowe'en as an indication of what '"j - (Continued on next page) impressive OliHivoJ "
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