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VOLUME XXXIX
INAUGURATION OF
CHASE SCHEDULED
BY ILLIM BOARD
Tomer President of North Caro
lina To Be Installed at
Illinois, May 1.
Trustees of the University of
Illinois last week announced the
date of the inauguration of Pre
sident Harry Woodburn Chase,
former president of this Uni
versity. Plans have been made
and invitations mailed for the
installation May 1.
President Chase went to the
University of Illinois in July,
1930 to succeed Dr. David Kin
ley, who had served the Illinois
institution for thirty years, ten
as president.
It was with a pang of regret
that students and faculty saw
last year. They first learned of
his contract to become head of
Illinois in February of last year.
The decade in which Dr. Chase
served as president here was
marked by much progress for the
University. Chase had come to
the University in 1910 as a pro
fessor of philosophy and at the
death of President E. K. Gra
ham he was temporarily elected
president. There was much op
position among the trustees as
to whom they would elect. To mm m carrying on tne duties oi
satisfy both sides they finally the new class. John Phipps, a
decided to elect "that yankee" string rival for the "head of the
until they could find a North ?class in the election, was ap
Carolinian suitable for the place. Pointed on the committee. Champ
After two years of service, and Land was given the job of chair
when the time came to get' a I man- : -; -permanent
president, they found J The other appointees on the
that they could not let "that 'committee are: Otto Prochazka,
yankee" go. He had in those two Jack Hammer, Pen Gray, Hugh
years expanded the University
as no one else had ever done.
During those years between
1918 and 1930 the University ;
rose from the rank of a low state i
university to a place with the
largest in the country. Through
the influence of Chase it be-
came a member of . the Associa- j received the two highest number
tion of American Universities, j of votes for the presidency. J.
Dr. Chase had served as secre- M. Tatum and John Barrow were
tary and treasurer of the Ameri- j the leading men in the vice- pre
can Association of State Uni-: sident's post, while Lasley Hud
versities from 1922 to 1929. In 'son and Gus Mclver led in the
1929 he was made president of race for treasurer.- John Leake
that organization.
Through this and other or
ganizations the president gained
national publicity for this insti
tution. He placed it in a posi
tion to enjoy the advantages of
university organizations and na
tional recognition.
In the decade of his presidency
a vast building program was un
dertaken. Eight new dormitories
were erected. Five class build-
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Origin Of Carolina
By
Lowell Thomas In Unknown
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According to Lowell Thomas,
tne famous "radio voice of the
Literary Digest," this campus
tas recently changed from a
center of higher learning to a
'den of robbers and gangsters.
in his Tuesday night's talk,
noted radio announcer vivid-!
v described a scene which he
fjatf took place in this commun
jty. The story went something
Jke this: As two students of the
University of North Carolina
e walking back from the
show several nights ago, they
re held up by a masked rob
r who demanded their money.
so happened that at the same
:lme each of the students took
their pockets a small piece
01 Pipe and stuck it into the ribs
the thief. When they got un-
er a light, it turned out myster-
Playmakers Present
Studio Productions
During the past week, the
Carolina Playmakers have pre
sented two studio productions
which were written by members
of Director Frederick H. Koch's
playwriting class.
The first of the two produc
tions was written and directed
by William I. Long and had as
its theme the , walnut s boards
made by the chief character into
the form of a coffin to terrorize
his wife. This play was seen
at the Playmakers Theatre sev
eral years ago when Long pre
sented it in a high school dra
matic contest. ." -
The second studio production
of the week, was presented yes
terday when "Doses of Life," a
farce of modern life, written by
Tom Loy; a member of the play
writing class, was given.
(MINOR APPOINTS
COMMITTEEMEN
Land Is To Be Chairman of
Committee Which Includes
Phipps, Defeated Presidential
Candidate.
Ike Minor, newly-elected pre
sident of the Freshman class, an
nounces the appointing of his ex
ecutive committee which will aid
"1 Jl. T J 4
Sawyer, Don Shoemaker, ' Bar
rie Blackwelder, Dave McCach
ern, Al Olmstead, Red Boyles,
Bernard Solomon, Clarence
Peacock, and Joe Tobin.
The first day of the elections
was on Thursday, January 15,
at which time Minor and Phipps
was the only man to be elected
on the first vote.
In the runoff which was held
Tuesday, January 20, Minor car
ried the election with 275 votes
to his opponents 188; Barrow
won out by a 138 margin over
Tatum, and Mclver polled 306
to Hudson's 154.
Shelley read the Bible through
four times before he was twenty-
one.
Story Told
iously that the two boys were
holding up each other.
Where the students got such
strong gin, or where Lowell
Thomas got hold of this tale are
both complete mysteries to any
member of the Daily Tar Heel
staff.' It is thought, however,
that , this hair-raising event
never took place, but that some
students, wanting to hear their
names broadcast over the radio,
made up the story and sennit in
to Mr. Thomas. It is apparent
that the : Ltterary Digest an
nouncer could see no flaw in the
narrative, and so gave the stu
dents their desired publicity. ;
If, however, such a thing did
actually take place, it was not
reported to the office of the
J paper.
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1931
TUDENTS
CUTS IN SALARIE
Students In Education School
Meet To Discuss Proposed
Legislative Action.
The students of the depart
ment of education met last night
on their own accord in room 204
Peabody to discuss the bill now
before the state legislature
which calls for a ten per cent re
duction in the salaries of all
state employees.
This meeting grew out of
small group discussions of the
question and a desire to have a
joint expression of the students
in the school of education.
After the meeting was called
to order by James S. Stanley and
its purpose stated, Ed Hamer
was elected permanent chair
man. After an hour of discussion
three resolutions were passed:
(1) That the students of the de
partment of education go on
record as unanimously opposed
to the bill calling for a reduction
in the salaries of all state em
ployees. (2) That as a matter
respect f or,the profession of edu
cational work students should
send letters to their representa
tives and senators asking them
to vote against this bill. (3)
That county papers and civic or
ganizations should be used as a
means of bringing pressure .to
bear on the state legislators.
These students are of the
opinion that the bill is "vicious
class legislation" and if passed
will lower the educational stand
ards in the state from the rural
school to the state university
and destroy the progress already
accomplished in the development
of the state's educational sys
tem. They also point out the
fact that there is no necessity of
the bill, because there are plenty
of untapped sources of taxable
property which will furnish the
necessary money needed to op
erate on.
SCHWARTZ WRITES
GEOLOGY BOOKLET
Dr. Joel H. Schwartz, of the
department of geology, in collab
oration with Dr. Lee of the Uni
ted States Bureau of Mines has
recently published a technical
booklet entitled "Resistivity
Measurements of Oil Bearing
Beds." At present Dr. Schwartz,
who is on leave from the Univer
sity for one year, is engaged by
the United States department of
commerce in the capacity of
-eophysicist in the department
of mines.
Dr. Schwartz has three other
works on geophysical matter on
the press now. He is also plan
ning to present an account of his
Raleigh road experiments at the
meeting of the American Insti
tute of Mining Engineers which
is to take place in New York
City during February. These
experiments were conducted in
collaboration with W. T. Hol
land.
Eige Gives Material
On Methods of Management
E. H. Eige, representative and
engineer of the Western Electric
Company, Chicago, gave an il
lustrated lecture'on "Time Stan
dard Procedure of the Western
Electric Company" Thursday
evening.
Mr. Eige, a - specialist in the
field of. methods, presented ma
terial of value to, those, interest
ed in management.
The assembly was conducted
by the Taylor and other engi
neering socities.
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BETOTORHME
Noted Cornell Professor Will
Lecture on "Colloid Chemistry
and Medicine."
Professor Wilder D. Bancroft
of Cornell University and Mrs.
Bancroft will be entertained in
Chapel Hill January 27 through
January 30. Professor Bancroft
has been lecturing at Rollins
College, Winter Park, Florida,
and is stopping over on his way
north.
He is a distinguished member
of a distinguished family. His
father George Bancroft, the
famous historian, was one time
secretary of the Navy, and dur
ing his administration the Naval
Academy at Annapolis was
founded. Later he was minister
to England and Sweden. - His
father the late John Bancroft,
was a member of the famous
group of young Harvard men, in
cluding St. Gaudens, La Farge,
President Eliot, the younger
Agassiz, who were associated
with the latter in the rise of the
Calumet and Hecla copper mine.
Professor Bancroft himself
was distinguished at Harvard as
a football player and oarsman,
as well as by excellent scholar
ship. Although offered an at
tractive opening in Harvard on
graduation, his interest in the
then newly developing science of
physical chemistry took him to
Amsterdam to study with the
great Dutch master Van't Hoff .
From there he went to the Leip
sig laboratory of Ostwald at the
time when that savant was com
pleting his great masterpiece,
the "Allgemeirie Chemie" and
had gathered about him a galaxy
of the ablest young investigators
from Germany, France, England
and the United States.
Taking his doctor's degree in
1892, Bancroft returned to Har
vard as an instructor, and then
joined Trevor at Cornell to or-
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HOLT AWARDS TO
BE GRANTED SOON
The committee of awards for
the Holt scholarships announces
that all applications for the
awards must be handed to the
chairman of the committee by
February 5. Application blanks
can be obtained from R. B.
House, executive secretary of the
University.
Each year the interest from
the Holt loan fund is used to
help the most needy students in
each of the undergraduate
classes of the University. The
number is always limited to four
students, and the choice is care
fully made by a committee of
awards headed by Dean A. W.
Hobbs.
Each year the committee
tries to pick, to the best of its
judgment, the most needy case
in each class for the awards. For
that, reason the applicant must
furnish letters of recommenda
tion from reliable sources when
he makes application. '
The awards carry a stipend
which covers tuition and other
registration fees, in addition to
paying a part of the students
living expenses. The fund was
established by Laurence H. Holt,
a graduate of the University.
Entertainment Tickets
Dean Hobbs announced yes
terday that all students, faculty
members or townspeople who
had not secured their entertain
ment tickets could get . them
from T. C. Worth in 207 Old
East either by mail or telephone.
President Frank Graham has
now recovered from a rather se
vere case of influenza, and is en
joying normal health.. Because
of the snow and bitter weather
following the Christmas recess,
he has not ventured from his
home for fear of developing an
other cold.
President Graham has been
confined almost three weeks now.
His illness forced him to take to
his bed on January '5, 1931. The
crisis was reached the following
Tuesday night when his condi
tion caused uneasiness. With
the good care of his attending
physician, this condition was
quickly checked, and he has been
on the road to recovery since.
Due to the fact that he must
present a budget report to the
board of trustees when they
meet Tuesday night, January
27, Mr. Graham has remained at
home using his strength in
preparation of this report.
CHANGES PLANNED
FOR PUBLICATION
Regular Meeting of Daily Tar
Heel Staff Scheduled for
Sunday Night.
A special meeting of the Daily
Tar Heel staff is called for to
morrow night at 7 :15 in room
104 alumni building for the pur
pose of making an important
change in the methods of the
publication.
At the first of ..this quarter, a
drastic change was made in the
staff of the paper by dropping
all but twelve reporters from the
staff. This plan thus far has
proven its worth, and will be
continued for the remainder of
this quarter.
As to just what change will
be made tomorrow night, the
managing, editor has not said,
but it is thought that it will be
some revision in the rules gov
erning the staff. Every member
of the staff is expected to be pre-
sent unless previously excused
by the managing editor.
At the second weekly meeting
held by the staff this year Pro-
fessor R. D. W. Connor of the
history department and former
editor of the paper, gave a
short talk giving constructive
criticism to the paper. He also
gave a comparison of the Daily
Tar Heel today in contrast to
the Weekly Tar Heel in his day.
Mexican Dramatist Interested
In Carolina Playmakers9 Methods
Mario. Sadillo, Mexican dra
matic director of great fame,
who conducts the summer pro
ductions at the Toy Theatre in
Atlantic City, New Jersey, has
been studying the methods of the
Carolina Playmakers for the
ma j or part of the past week
while he visited the local dra
matic group during the past
few days as a stop-over on his
way to Mexico City: ;
Mr. Sadillo was at one time
a student of Stanislavsky's Mos
cow Art theatre group in New
York and studied under the di
rector who is Identified with the
leaders in the Russian move
ment.. From his training, Mr.
Sadillo is a firm believer of the
character's meditation and con
centration of a role before the
production, which is quite typi
cal of the Russian school.
The Playmakers visitor is at
present director of : the Toy
Theatre in Atlantic City. This
play-house, a community enter
NUMBER S3
AUDITORIUM SET
FOR FEBRUARY 6
Dance Recital by Carcla Goya To
Be Initial Performance In
Memorial HalL
The new-Memorial Hall, erect
ed on the site of the historic old
one, will be opened with a Spa
nish dance recital by Carola
Goya, world-famous artist, Fri
day evening, February 6.
The performance will feature
dances characteristic of the pro
vinces of Spain and will include
creations by the artist herself.
In her recital, Carola Goya will
be accompanied by Spanish
music by De Falla, Albeniz, and
Granados.
A gypsy dance, known as the
"Ritual Fire Dance," arising
from the superstitious fear of
the people is one of the most
popular of the numbers. Music
by De Falla accompanies this
dance.
The University has been with
out an adequate assembly hall
since the old Memorial Hall
was torn down last spring, but
the new modern building affords
such an auditorium. The bal-
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lever plan, commands an un-
Every seat in the hall is so situ
ated that the view is not ob
structed. The benches from the
old Memorial Hall will be used
temporarily until the Univer
sity has sufficient funds to in-
stalLdndividual chairs such as
are found in other modern audi
toriums. The memorial tablets which
adorn the walls of the old build
ing have been placed on the walls
of the lobby and stair halls. The
large tablets bearing the names
of tTiA TTniversitv's Confederate
dead are on the inside of the
auditorium proper, flanking the
stage.
The new building has no base
ment, the main floor being laid
directly upon the ground. Over
layers of concrete, waterproof
j paper, and sound-deadening felt
the wooden floor surface has
been built. More felt has been
laid on the floor, over which the
carpet has been spread. Thus
the floor has been made sound
proof.
The hall will have a seating
capacity of 1,800 or 250 more
than the old Memorial Hall, and
is absolutely fire proof.
prise, seats only seventy-five
persons and carries out to some
degree the idea of a plastic
i theatre, where the stage is begin
ning to be abolished and the
actors come more and more in
personal contact with the audi
ence. Mr. Sadillo is now on his way
to Mexico City to establish a
folk theatre there. He is greatly
interested in the folk dramas
and in the intermingling of the
Spanish with the Aztec Indians
in the early history of his coun
try. His visit to Chapel Hill was
for the purpose of studying
Playmakers methods and tech
nique. :
He expressed-much interest in
the local dramatic group, and the
plays presented, particularly in
the work' of Paul Green. He
wishes to translate some of the
folk plays into Spanish and also
some of the Mexican musical
I tabloids into English.