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PLAYMAKER READING "MARCO'S MILLIONS" 8:30 TONIGHT DAILY TAR HEEL OPTIONAL ATTENDANCE STRAW VOTE TODAY ' hi f i i n ! i ) VOLUME XXXIX CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1931 NUMBER 83 . ... rJr t 1 i j , i I ! V xi ill I ii v ;A il l YEAR'S RESEARCH IS REVIEWED BY TENTH BULLETIN Publication Shows Work Done By Faculty and Graduate Men in 1930. The Graduate school has re cently published its tenth bulle tin, entitled the Research in Progress. It is composed of short abstracts on the research carried on by faculty members and graduate students for the year ending July 1930. This bulletin is circulated throughout the state and among the members of the legislature, alumni of the University, news paper editors, and colleges. The material is so arranged that it serves as a handy reference to last year's research. Due to the recent growth of the Graduate school it has been necessary for the editor to pres ent only very brief abstracts of the large bulk of material. Since the research falls so distinctly into separate groups, the review has chosen a new method which classifies the ab stracts according to their sub ject matter. The faculty is di vided into their respective schools. It would be difficult to choose certain abstracts and say they are outstanding; but 'a few will be listed to illustrate the nature of the bulletin. In the department of Botany Dr. W. C. Coker has' published notes on more than twenty .species of fungi in the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. Professor T. F. Hickerson, of the department of .Civil Engi neering, is completing his work on the analysis of rigid struc tural frames, which he expects to include in the material for a book on "Analysis of Continuous Beams and Rigid Frames." Dr. Collier Cobb has present ed at meetings of various socie ties during the year the follow ing papers: "The so-called 'oil domes' " of the North Carolina coastal plain, "Changes in the use of the Loess-loam wheat soils of the Mississippi galley," and "Further studies of cave dwelling along the little Tennes see and Nantahala Rivers." Dean Charles T. McCormick, (Continued on last page) STAINBACK AND HAYES ADDRESS A. I. E. E. MEETING Professor Raymond F. Stain back and C. P. Hayes, Jr., ad dressed the local student branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Thursday evening in Phillips hall. Hayes, who attended the re cent convention of the institute in St. Louis, gave a report of the proceedings there. He was also present at an assembly of all the southern student branches in the same city. The larger con vention meets biennially ; so that, every two years it is possible for the annual student meeting to coincide with that of the parent . group. Hayes urged that Carolina men present papers at future student section conventions. Professor Stainback lectured on "The Three Electroid Vacuum Tube" and its applications, es pecially to radio. In the business session the question of an engineering dance and an "open-house" were taken up, but nothing definite came of the discussion. PRESS TO ISSUE BOOK ON STATE'S HIGHWAY SYSTEM C. K. Brown Writes About North Carolina Road Improvements. State Highway System of North Carolina by C. K. Brown will be issued by the University Press within a few days accord ing to an announcement made by press officials recently. The volume calls attention to the fact that among the many marked improvements institut ed by the state in the past ten years the construction of a mod ern system of highways has had the most favorable comment and ! has attracted the most attention among the people of other states. The first nine chapters trace the history of public roads in North Carolina maintained by local authority a century or more ago to the last of the bond issues for the highway system in 1927. The remainder of the book concerns various phases of the state highway program as it has been conducted between 1921 and 1929. POSSIBILITIES OF THIRD PARTY ARE CONSIDERED GOOD History Professor Gives Political Views at Graduate Club Meeting. Professor K. C. Frazier, of the history department, in his talk on "Party Government, and Possibilities of a Third Party" Friday night at the first meet ing of the Graduate club, point eel out that tnepreseiice of a third party would be more in the nature of a threat to the two existing parties rather than a permanent political organiza tion. The speaker began his talk by describing the underlying prin ciples which had caused the early growth of the political par ties. Following their growth to the Civil War, he explained the effects that this great war be tween the states had on the political realignment of the par ties in the United States. He stated that the present Repub lican and Democratic parties have little similarity to the old Federal and Democratic parties, as many seem to think. The history professor believed that unless the two existing parties voice the opinions of their electorates more than they have been doing in the past, the chances for a third party are extremely good. Speaking of the plan of a third party as proposed by Professor John Dewey, of Co lumbia University, he said that this idea would be more in the nature of an academic way of looking at politics rather than a furtherance of any political end. Mr. Frazier though that Dr. Dewey's party would recruit its members from the intellegen- cia only. In closing the speaker stated that there were now many simi larities between the two politi cal parties of today in regard to progressive and liberal ques tions. "This similarity might serve as a source of realignment of a liberal party in the United States as opposed to the Demo cratic and Republican parties today, which, are very conserva tive," he concluded. Movie Guild "The Lady of the Lake," the j Movie Guild's second production I will be shown this afternoon. Optional Attendance Ballot (Check one of each or all propositions and leave ballot in ballot box at the Self -Help desk in. the Y or at the edi torial offices of the Daily Tar HeeL) 1. Do you favor complete optional attendance for juniors and seniors? Yes ( ) No ( ). 2. Would you favor meetings each quarter of students and faculty to consider such mutual problems? Yes ( ) No ( ). 3. Are you in sympathy with the instructing methods employed in all your classes ? Yes ( ) No ( ) . 4. If not, to what cause do you attribute your lack of in terest? Methods ( ) Yourself ( ) or a. lack of interest on the part of professors? ( ). 5. Do you believe (if you are not getting all that you want from your work here) that there should be a ' general survey of educational methods and curriculum? Yes ( ) No ( ). Layman, Invited To Speak Before Law School, Scores Lawyers' Ways .. - ' ' The University law school had : lection, but the "lawyer-controll- a journalist and political com mentator down from the News paper Institute yesterday, to give a layman's criticism of the legal profession; and what R. R. Clark, of the Greensboro News, told the embryonic lawyers was a plenty. The veteran newsman didn't think the legal profession top ped the others in number of crooks, but he was emphatic in declaring that "the legal pro fession is distinguished for pro tecting its crooks." Clark pointed to the fewness of disbarments of lawyers and of prosecutions of lawyers by lawyers, and declared that this "exaggerated lodge brother idea" is degrading the prof es sion and hurting every self -respecting lawyer. He touched on the layman's long-standing dissatisfaction with cross-examination methods, he aimed at discounting the wit ness' testimony rather than at getting the truth; then his criti cism fell hard on methods of jury selection. Jurors are picked too often, he charged, not for intelligence and impartiality, but for their politics and their partial beliefs. The Judicial Conference, he re minded, worked out a greatly improved method, tending to fairness and impartiality of se- Doughtie Lectures To Civil Engineers Members of the William Cain student chapter of the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers met for the first time this quarter last Thursday evening in Phillips hall. J. W. Doughtie lectured in the place of C. S. Dickie, the speak er originally scheduled. The subject of the illustrated lecture was the Carquinez Strait's bridge. Doughtie's talk was based on the notes of the de signing engineers. The bridge, the longest one of the cantilever type in the world, stretches across the Carquinez Strait in California. It attract ed much attention in 1927 while it was being constructed, be cause it exceeded in length the famous Quebec bridge. En gineers, recalling the difficulties encountered in the Quebec pro ject, like the loss of the central span, were astonished when the suspended span of the Carquinez bridge was raised in thirty-five minutes. " . Schwenning 111 G. T. Schwenning of the school of commerce is ill with influenza at his home at 108 University Drive. ed" Legislature ignored the pro fered method. The "huddle system," the in efficiencies, and waste of time in court procedure came next, and then Clark scored present meth ods of selecting judges, tending as they do to hurl judges into politics as partisans, and mak ing it inevitable to avoid reflec tion in their decisions. Ap pointments solely in payment of political debts would be asad or worse', he said, urging that some way must be found to keep the judicial office from being" the football of politics. The public, long-suffering and patient, will take most anything, Clark concluded, but when pub lic sentiment does rise, recent il lustrations in the state show that the "judicial system can meet the demands and deal out justice, swift, sure and right. The lecture was unusual in that lawyers invited a layman to come in and criticise their pro fession, and were greatly im pressed by the lawman's candor, frankness, sincerity and common-sense. The Greensboro newspaper man is the first of a number of laymen who are stu dents of the administration of justice, invited by Professor Al bert Coates, criminal law in structor here, to join with law yers in bringing present-day is sues into the classroom. PERSON HALL WILL HOUSE ART EXHIBIT Plans for an exhibition of paintings to take place in Chapel Hill this spring were completed at the meeting last Saturday of the North Carolina Association of Professional Artists. The as sociation voted to accept Presi dent Graham's invitation to con duct its first exhibition at the University. It will open the same day as the meeting of the Ameri can college Publicity association, April 23, and will remain open about ten days. The band room of Person hall is to be the gal lery in which the pictures will be hung. . The society was organized last year so that the people of North Carolina might have an oppor tunity to see what native artists are doing and so that these artists might be able to present their work to the public. The as sociation is made up of about fifteen artists who are at pre sent living or working in this state. Mary deB. Graves is the president; Charles Barkerville, Jr., of New York City, is vice- Dresident : Isabelle Bowen. of Raleigh, is secretary; and Wil- Ham Steene of Chapel J treasurer. Hill is DUKE PROFESSOR TO MAKE FOURTH READING OF YEAR A. J. West Will Read Eugene O'Neill's Satire on Historical Figure. The fourth of the readings which the Playmakers present once each month is scheduled for eight-thirty tonight in the Play maker Theatre when Professor A. J. West of Duke University will read Eugene O'Neill's Mar co's Millions, satire in which the author vividly portrays the ' shrewd, business-like character , of that famous historical figure. The first of these monthly readings was rendered on Octo- ber 12 by Professor F. H. Koch who read Shakespeare's Hamlet. On November 9, Paul Green read his own play, Tread the Green Grass, as the second pre sentation. Charles Dickens' immortal Christmas Carol, ren- for hv Prnfpssnr Vnch on De- cember 7, was the third Play maker reading. In this satirical comedy to be read tonight, the author shows the Venetian explorer as a for- tune seeker with an insatiable tutions of collegiate rank, and appetite for money. This desire also speak of the lament makes Marco an inconsiderate, able lack of funds for use in the impassive. ; calculating man of' Public school system of the business who is ruthless in re moving, all obstacles to the at tainment of his desire. STUDENTS FAVOR LIBERAL POLICIES IN STRAW VOTE Approximately Half j)f Student Union Cast Ballots in At tendance Census. The second day of straw bal loting brought out the fact even stronger that the students are heartily in favor of optional at tendance for the junior and se nior classes. Only two of the total votes cast were against the question. As was brought out in the first day's votes, the students voting yesterday thought that a quarterly faculty - student meeting would be a good scheme to settle mutual problems. A still greater number of persons pointed out that the methods of instruction are the main cause of the lack of interest on class work, while three blamed them selves and the same number placed the fault on the profes sors. Approximately half of the members of the student .union have cast votes so far, but by running the ballot both today and Tuesday the officials of. the publication hope to secure a much more accurate result. Due to the importance of these ques tions to the faculty members, as well as to the general welfare of the students, the Daily Tar Heel urges that all persons who have not yet voted will please do so. Ballot boxes are placed in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. build ing and in the editorial offices of the daily paper in the base ment of Alumni building. Freshmen To Have Election Tuesday The runoff of the freshman election will take place in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. Tues day from eight-thirty a. m. to five o'clock p. m. Mayne Al brightsecretary of the Student Council, will preside over the election due to the fact ' that Greenepresident of the student union, will be bisy with exams at that time. DEBATE COUNCIL SPONSORS TALKS ON SALARY CUT University Students To Discuss Proposed Reforms Over WBT Tomorrow Night. Four University debaters are scheduled to broadcast over sta tion WBT in Charlotte Monday night. The debaters, Hamilton Hobgood, Clyde Shreve, Bill Speight, and J. C. Williams, will speak on the subject of the pro posed consolidation of the Uni versity, State College, and North Carolina College and on Governer 0. Max Gardner's plan for reducm salaries of all 11 employees 10 we extent oi ten per cent. The debate will go on the air at ten-thirty and will terminate at eleven o'clock. Williams will discuss the proposed consolida tion of the three educational in stitutions. Hobgood will discuss general financial conditions re levant to North Carolina insti- state. Shreve and Speight will take up the discussion where Hobgood left off and will talk on the ten per cent salary 'cut proposition. The topics to be discussed are of vital interest to the majority of people in the state. Each speaker will be on the air for seven minutes. The program is sponsored by the Debate Coun cil of the University, in coopera tion with the Di and Phi. . ..These topics on which the de baters are to speak have caused considerable discussion among the members of the faculty of the three institutions within the past few weeks. Each of the student papers of the schools have printed quite a few editori als and open forum letters on the subject. The governor's plan of a re duction of the state employees' salaries, besides being one of the big topics for discussion in the state newspapers, has also been foremost in the minds of the citizens of the state. It is at present one of the bills which is causing much discussion in the General Assembly. Many persons are of the opin ion that by cutting the sala ries the standing of the state in stitutions in regard to other state-supported centers of high er learning will drop to a low level. Others, however, seem to be convinced that there should be a cut somewhere, and it can come better in the educational system than anywhere else. ORGAN CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN THIS AFTERNOON The second vesper organ con cert will be played by Professor Nelson O. Kennedy at four-forty-five this afternoon. The program is varied in nature,, in cluding works of English and French composers as well as compositions by Americans. The first vesper concert play ed by Professor Kennedy was attended by more than 450 peo- pie. Today's program follows: Part One Sonata in E minor, James H. Rogers; Allegretto Scherzando, J. W. Thompson; Barcelle in E, Faulkes. Part Two Offertoire in C minor, Batiste ; A Cloister Scene, Mason; After glow, Groton.
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