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jUajsni Literary Organization
Chooses Story of Lafitte
Brothers for February.
Lyle Saxon's Lafitte The PL
rite is given the honor position
by the University of North Car
olina Book Club in its selections
for February, which were an
nounced yesterday. Other titles
on the club's February list are
Mr. Courier and Mr. Ives, by
Russell Crouse, and Grand Du
chess Marie's Education of a
princess.
Professor Fletcher M. Green
of the history department has
written the commentary for
lafitte The Pirate. It is the life
story of Jean Lafitte, a black
smith of New Orleans, who turn
ed pirate with his brother Pierre.
Leaders of a gang of smug
glers and pirates, they gave such
valuable aid to the government
during the War of 1812 that they
were pardoned for their nefar
ious activities. The book tells a
vivid story of the Louisiana
delta region in the early 19th
century.
Once a grand duchess of Rus
sia, now fashion designer in a
Fifth Avenue shop is what the
Education of a Princess de
scribes as a woman's progress
from one of these extremes to
the other. Grand-daughter,
niece, and cousin of Russia's
Czars, Grand Duchess Marie
tells of her early life, her politi
cal marriage and the disintegra
tion of her country during the
World War years. The commen
tary is by E. E. Ericson of the
University English department.
The revival of interest in the
Currier and Ives lithographs,
quite popular two generations
ago, has given Mr. Crouse an op
portunity to describe the man
ners and customs of the nine
teenth century." These prints,
originally costing about $3, are
now worth a thousand times that
much. Professor George Mc
Kie of the department of 'Eng
lish has written the commentary
ior the book.
EPISCOPAL YOUNG
PEOPLE SPONSOR
BENEFIT PICTURE
The Young People's Service
feague of the Episcopal church
is sponsoring- a Hpti fif
shown at the Carolina ihea-
pe today at two-thirty.
e picture which will be
wwm is "Fighting for tha
v.xiauu, an lungiisn version
f a German picture filmed dur-
the World War. Many of
u scenes were actually taken
we front. This show is simi
iar to "All
er Front," in that it brings
'at the sordid and horrible side
of war.
.ext Sunday a show will be
toen at the Carolina theatre
the auspices of the Ki
Ts club. The picture to be
has not yet been select-
Holt Awards Made
. committee of deans of the
university in charge of award-
the Holt Scholarships- an
ced as winners yesterday,
l Funderburk, freshman ; W.-j-
Jones, sophomore; J. W.
ly.
Junior; and D. C. Me
Each vf ta
re
J6 $150, but only $100 of the
f y is available at present for
student.
Visitors to Address
Y '-Cabinets Monday
The programs for the differ
ent Y cabinet meetings Monday
night will include speeches by a
visiting' deputation team from
the Episcopal Seminary at Alex
andria, Virginia, in addition to
considerations of plans for the
Staie Student Volunteer Con
ference, which is to meet here
the latter part of this month.
The speakers, four graduate
students, of the Seminary, will
deliver to each cabinet a brief
address on the topic, "Oppor
tunities for Life in the Field of
Religion."
PLAYMAKERS TO
PRESENT PUPPET
SHOW THURSDAY
Sue
Hastings' Marionettes
Make Appearance at
Theatre.
To
Sue Hastings' famous marion
ettes will be presented by the
Playmakers at the theatre
Thursday, February 19, in an
afternoon and night production
at three o'clock and eight-thirty.
Mrs. Hastings has won a na
tional reputation as a designer
of dainty marionettes and as a
producer of marionette plays.
Five companies from her thea
tre are playing in various parts
of the country and each season
she presents a series of per
formances under the auspices of
the New York Theatre Guild and
also at Columbia University.
Her productions have been pop
ular not only in schools, clubs
and at a wide variety of social
occasions, but have been es
pecially in vogue at colleges.
Among the institutions " at
which she has played are Col
umbia University, Drexel Insti
tute, Smith College, Mount
Holyoke College, Barnard Col
lege, Temple University, Uni
versity of Virginia, and many
others.
Over 500 puppets have been
made by Mrs. Hastings and her
staff in her New York studio.
"Marionettes are almost hu
man," said Mrs. Hastings. "They
are as different as real children
in a family, and some of them
much more temperamental. The
worst fault of all is that they
will get their strings tangled
and it doesn't do any good to
spank them." .
Marionette plays are the old
est form of dramatic art: Cleo
patra is said to have enjoyed
them. They have for a long
time been popular in Europe,
but not until recently have they
been generally produced in the
United States where now every
indication that the country is in
the midst of a revival of inter
est in marionettes. This may
be attributed to the great im
provement in artistic standards,
in choice of plays, in mechani
cal perfection of the puppets,
and the" fact that many educa
tional institutions as well as
clubs and discriminating indi
viduals are realizing their artis
tic and entertaining possibili
ties.
Playmaker Readin
rr
The February reading of the
Carolina Playmakers The Green
Pastures, will be given by Pro
fessor George M. MqKie of the
English department this evening
Sit 8 :30 o'clock in the Playmakers
Theatre. George Lawrence will
sing the negro spirituals which
weave in the play at different
intervals.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY,-FEBRUARY- 15, 1931
Comrnittee On Attendance Awaits
President's Approval Of Decision
At a meeting of the undergraduate faculty from four
until six o'clock Fnday, a decision was reached concerning
the changes in undergraduate attendance regulations. Due
to President Graham's absence
did not receive his pproval,
fused to release the result of thw action.
Rumors fromreliab'e sources indicate that the committee
has moved to na the number of cuts per quarter divided
into two, the maximum number of cuts permitted under
the new ruling would be five each quarter where before ten
unexcused absences were permitted.
This step considered by many to be retrogressive and not
at all compatible with the modern trend in education is
said to have been arrived at by the committee in the face
of the fact that this year there were more students on the
honor roH than ever before, and that leading universities
in the country have granted to their students privileges of
optional attendance.
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL IS
BENEFICIAL LABORATORY FOR STATE
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"Research in Progress" Lists Summary of Experimental Work
Now Being Done for North Carolina as a Public Enterprise
And for the Advancement of Economic Organizations. .
o
By R. W.Madry
That there is a new type of
graduate school here at the Uni
versity, a claim first made by Dr.
Edwin Greenlaw eight years ago,
seems to be convincingly illus
trated by the list of research
projects that have been complet
ed or that are now under way.
A summary of the list for the
past year has just been announc
ed in a 115-page booklet, en
titled "Research in Progress,"
issued by the University Press.
The chief impression gained
from the various projects listed
and summarized is that the gra
duate school has really become
"a great laboratory in which ex
perimental work is being done
for the state as a public enter
prise and for the benefit of pri
vate economic and business4 or
ganizations." Such was the ideal of what a
graduate school ought to be, as
enunciated by Dr. Greenlaw,
now of Johns Hopkins ; and evi
dence ihat this ideal is still be
ing held aloft by Dean W. W.
Pierson and his associates is
supported by what one finds in
this little book.
The idea is that the Univer
sity, through its graduate school,
is doing for the state just what
the consulting experts in any
great business organization do
for private business. -And the
impression is that this idea is be
ing carried out with notable sue
cess in Chapel Hill.
Answers Familiar Query
The booklet also answers i
familiar query : What do Univer
sity prolessors do besides pre
pare their assignments and
teach? The answer is that they
continue td study and learn a
process that goes under the name
of research when it is carried
on by trained and skilled work
ers.
In the laboratories and lecture
rooms, it is shown, graduate
students and members of the
graduate faculty in more than
twenty departments are devot
ing ajarge portion of their time
to digging up information and
data which has a direct bearing
on everyday life in North Caro
lina information that has im
mediate application to the solu
tion of everyday problems. The
results of these research projects
are printed regularly in bulle
tins which are placed in the Uni
versity Library and thus made
available through the package li
brary service for distribution to
anyone desiring them.'
it
jl-jneeting the change
refore the faculty re-
and
Apparently there is no end to
the variety of topics on which
the research workers at Chapel
Hill are collecting facts.
May Revolutionize Cotton
One of the most extensive and
important experiments is that
being conducted by Dr. Frank
K. Cameron, of the chemistry
department, and one of his stu
dents, Nicholas W. Dockery, of
Kociangnam, jn. (j. For some
time these two men have been
working on the development of
a process for utilizing the whole
cotton plant, stalk and all, in the
manufacture of rayon. Results
so far give every indication of
success, and since the cotton
could be produced lor tnis pur
pose at only one-twentieth the
cost oi producing tne same
amount of lint, the possibilities
of the venture are amazing.
Another member of the che
mistry department, Richard A.
Lineberry, has made an exten
sive study of ceramic properties
of certain North Carolina clays.
In the civil engineering de
partment, Professor T. F. Hick-
erson nas worxed out vaiuaoie
formulae for columns and beams
in construction work. The re
sults are now being published
in book form. It is believed that
they will be of even more practi
cal value than his successful ex
periments relating to highway
curves and earth pressure on
pipe culverts.
In the same department, Pro
fessor Thorndike Saville has di
rected studies on beach erosion
and inlet closure on the North
Carolina coast.
In the economics and com
merce department, studies are
listed on such timely topics as
"The Idleness of Equipment in
Industry," and "Some Economic
Advantages of High Frequency
Radio Transmission Methods.'
Studies on Timely Topics
Higher education in North
Carolina, the development of the
junior college, and educational
development by counties are
some of the topics treated by
the school of education.
Heading a long list of topics
in the department of English is
a collection of short stories illus
trative of the different geo-
grapical divisions, different at
titudes of mind, and different
regional dialects of the South
from 1840 to the present. The
collection was -made by Addison
Hibbard and turned over . to the
University Press for publication.
(Continued on last page)
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Mid-Term Grades
Posted Yesterday
The mid-term grades for the
winter quarter were posted yes
terday in the registrar's office.
Names of students who check
all courses do not appear on the
list.
A "WT" on a course means
that the student is weak in that
particular subject but that he
still has a chance to pass the
course. An "X" signifies that
the student is exceptionally
weak on the subject.
DISMISSAL WAGE
BROUGHTBEFORE
TAYLORSOCIETY
Dr. Schwenning Discloses Study
On New and Successful
Business Innovation.
An address by Dr. G. T.
Schwenning and election of of
ficers for two vacant positions
were the leading items on the
program of the student branch
of the Taylor Society meeting
Friday night.
Dr. Schwenning discussed as
his topic "The Dismissal Wage."
He brought out in his talk the
fact that at present there is
little collected information on
this subject. He has obtained
his information on this subject
from extended correspondence
with fifty industrial organiza
tions, ten of which were in for
eign countries. The speaker
stated that those organizations
which had used the dismissal
wage had found it very success
ful and that the general trend
of business was towards such
an idea. He will continue his
studies on this subject and hopes
to publish, eventually, his find
ings. -
Immediately following Dr.
Schwenning's address, the so-i
ciety elected Adam Fisher vice
president, and William McPher
son secretary, to fill two vacant
positions. These men were elect
ed in accordance with the soci
ety's custom of dividing the of
ficial positions equally between
men in the schools of engineer
ing and of commerce.
SPANISH SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS
At the meeting of the Spanish
club Friday evening at eight-
thirty o'clock A. K. Shields, of
the Romance language depart
ment was elected president, V.
L. Brown was voted secretary
and C. Saylor was made treasur
er.
An invitation committee ap
pointed by the president is com
posed of H. F. Auman, D. M.
Lacey, and R. T. Martin. C. H.
Cantrell, T. B. Campen, and O.
T. Slate are on the program com
mittee.
The whole program was con
ducted in Spanish, and the fol
lowing persons gave talks: A
K. Shields, "Ofuscado en Con
vento"; Edwin Jaffe, "Articu
los Periodisticos Elegides"; C
Savior, "Leyenda de Poema
Cabeza y Corazon"; A. K
Shields, La Musica; and O. T
Slate, "Unas Notas Corticas del
Programma."
High School Club Prints
Second Issue of Paper
The second issue of the newly-established
Proconian, semi
monthly publication' of Chapel
HilLhigh school students was is
sued Thursday. This issue in
cludes articles concerning sports
high school ; academic contests
and others of , interest to the
public in general.
NUMBER 107
BILL ADVOCATING
UNIFIED SCHOOLS
IS BEFORE HOUSE
State Representatives Are Now
Considering Proposal to Cora
bine State Institutions.
A bill advocating the consoli
dation of the three largest state
institutions of higher learning
was introduced into the General
Assembly Friday morning by
Representatives Jeffres, of Guil
ford, Harris, of Person, Spence,
of Moore, Gill, of Scotland, and
Mebane, of Rockingham.
According to the provisions' of
the proposed bill the present
trustees of the three schools, the
University, State College, and
N. C. C. W., will remain in office
until January 1, 1933, "and un
til their successors shall have
been elected and qualified." The
1933 general assembly will then
elect a hundred trustees of the
University to succeed the con
solidated board. The executive
committee of the consolidated .
board of trustees of the Univer
sity shall consist of the execu
tive committee of the boards of
the . three institutions until
August 1, 1932.
A committee composed of the
presidents of the three institu
tions, or whosoever each shall
appoint m nis place, and six
other members selected at large
by the Governor, shall be chosen
within sixty days after the rati
fication of the bill. It will be the
duty of this committee to work
out plans for the bringing about
of the unification of the execu
tive control of the three institu
tions, co-ordinate the general
educational program of the new
University of North Carolina,
and to work out a scheme by
which all the problems arising
out of the consolidation may be
best solved.
The work of consolidation, co
ordination and unification must
be completed by the committee
by July 1, 1932. Ten days after
the completion of the report, the
governor shall submit it to the
trustees of the University who
may approve or reject it as they
see fit. If the report is rejected,
it shall be modified by the tustees
in accordance With their views.
With in one year after the pas
sage of the act the newly-formed
University may award diplomas
to living graduates of the three
institutions, and also such post
mortem diplomas as the faculty
members and the board of trus
tees see fit.
E. P. Dameron, N. W. Dock
ery, J. S. Holland, E. N. Shaff
ner, A. H. Powell, Ned Wheeler,
J. R. Poole, R. T. Rollins, Wil
mer Hutchins, and C. G. Poole
were confined to 'the infirmary
yesterday.
Staffs to Meet
A special called meeting of
the reportorial staff of the
Daily Tar Heel has been called
for this, afternoon at five
o'clock. The city editors, edi
torial board, and sports j edi
tors, are also . requested, to
meet at this time.
It is urgent that all report
ers attend this meeting be
cause this is the first com
bined meeting to take place in
some time. There will prob
ably be several changes made
in the personnel of the repor
torial staff. All persons ab
sent from the meeting must
have been previously , excused
by either the editor or man-aging-editor.