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VOLUME XXXIX
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1931
NUMBER 11
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DREAM OF YOUTH
FULLY REALIZED
Dr. Howell Builds up Great
School During Thirty-Three
Years of Service.
By Mary Buie
Thirty-three years ago a pros
perous retail druggist in Rocky
Mount, just three years out of
college, pulled up stakes and
came to Chapel Hill. Edwin A.
Alderman, then president of the
University, had asked the young
man to establish a school of
pharmacy, a project which was
a big gamble at best.
The University had set up
pharmacy schools on two pre
vious occasions, and both had
been short-lived. One lasted
from 1880 to 1886, was revived
in 1889 and again had a short
career.
Last week the man who dared
to leave a lucrative business to
accept a challenge that promised
but small reward was buried,
but the memory of Mm and his
great contributions to pharmacy
will never perish.
Edward Vernon Howell came
to Chapel Hill in 1897 to begin
his work with a salary of
twenty-five dollars a month plus
a small commission on his stu
dents' tuition, and with meagre
quarters and a small sum for
equipment. Had he been a
timorous or superstitious youth
or lacking in energy, this story
would never have been written.
But it happens that he wasn't.
From Family of Educators
Vernon Howell was endowed
with an excellent background.
He came from a long line of
educators, the first of which was
David Royster, a school teach
er who came to North Carolina
before the Revolution. Besides
Edward Vernon Howell, there
were four other direct descend
ants of David Royster who were
educators connected with the
University; Percy Hole Royster,
who was assistant in physics at
the University; James Finch
Royster, who was dean of the
graduate school; Wilbur High
Royster, instructor in Latin and
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JOHNNY HAMP TO
PLAY FOR JUNIOR
AND SENIOR BALL
At the Junior smoker in
Swain hall "Wednesday evening,
dance leaders for the coming
Junior Prom were elected.
Theron Brown, president of the
class, was unanimously chosen
dance leader and John Phil Coop
per and John Stallings were
elected assistants.
After refreshments were
served, Dr. Collier Cobb, head
of the University Geology de
partment, addressed the class
telling them of the great service
rendered by the universities of
the country today, and especial
ly this University in particular.
When Dr. Cobb had finished
his talk, John Phil Cooper gave
the report of the dance commit
tee. The committee has decided
to engage Johnny Hamp and his
"Kentucky Serenaders" to play
for the Prom April 24, which is
to take place in the Tin Can.
Hamp and his orchestra, which
is one of the first ten best or
chestras in the country, will also
Ptey for the Senior Ball which
is to be given the night follow
ing the Junior Prom. Only mem
hers of the Junior and Senior
classes will be permitted to ct
fend the dances, which will be
known as the Junior-Senior Ball.
The Founder And The Present Heme Of The Pharmacy School
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DUTCH PROFESSOR
TO ADDRESS CLUB
"Farming in Holland" Is Subject
Of Talk Before N. C. Club
Tomorrow.
Dr. A. N. J. den Hollander,'
international traveling scholar-;
ship fellow of the Rockefeller.
Foundation, will speak before
the North Carolina Club tomor
row night at its regular semi-J
monthly meeting. The subject
of Dr. Hollander's address will
be "Small Scale Farming in Hol
land." The speaker intends to
contrast and compare agricul
ture as practised in Holland and
the Netherlands with agricul
ture as conducted in North Caro
lina. Dr. Hollander is making a
study of the poor whites in the
South and while he is in this
country is making the Univer
sity his headquarters, because
of the collection of data and
literature dealing with Southern
social-economic conditions. Dr.
Hollander has been given quar
ters in the rural social-economics
department whose library
serves as his workshop.
During the last few months
Dr. Hollander has traveled ex
tensively over the state and the
South collecting materials and
observing at close range the
nature of our agriculture, es
pecially the economic and social
status of that part of our society
known as the poor whites.
The club meets at 7:30 o'clock
in the library room of the rural
social economics department.
PROHIBITION OFFICERS
TO RAID FRATERNITIES?
The local police department
declined to issue a statement
concerning the rumor that
three federal prohibition offi
cers were in Chapel Hill yester
day for the purpose of raiding
fraternity houses on the campus.
Information from authentic
sources received at the Daily
Tar Heel offices indicated that
there were three of these of
ficers in Chapel Hill. The ac
tion which may be taken con
cerning the violation of the
Eighteenth Amendment and the
Volstead Act by fraternities on
the campus is thought to have
been suggested by the recent
raid made on five fraternity
houses at the University of
Michigan last week, which re
sulted in the arrest of 75 men.
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Town Is Invaded
By Rug Vendors
By Otto S. Steinreich
Pedestrians and shoppers were
mildly surprised yesterday fore
noon to see three men of obvious
foreign extract hawking Ara
bian prayer mats, Italian tapes
tries, and Persian rugs on
Franklin Street. When one of
the facetious minded Tar Heels
innocently remarked that he
thought the merchandise was
imported from New York City,
the foreign gentleman hastily re
monstrated that their goods
were absolutely genuine, "Hey
boy, ya kin even smell the ocean
on it."
In the beginning, the towns
people and students totally dis
regarded the oddities, believing
them to be fraternity pledges be
ing initiated. But after listen
ing to the accent for a few mo
ments and noticing the gestures
so characteristic that they would
defy emulation by better actors
than pledges, the" onlookers be
came a bit more interested in the
peddlers', wares.
The sales talk of the hawkers
consisted of a curious jumble
which when rearranged and
pondered over revealed itself to
be a plea for the curious per
sons looking on, to purchase
some of the imported articles.
' Bailey Child HI
Jack Bailey, five year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Bailey has
been critically ill with pneu
monia for the past week.
The Bill To Kill Dorm Stores
A bill to be entitled:
"An act to prohibit the use or lease of any property
of any educational institution of the state for the
conduct of a mercantile business."
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the boards of trustees or other gov
erning authorities of the various educational institutions of
the State be, and they are hereby, forbidden, directly or by
or through any of their agents or representatives, to engage
in any mercantile business or the sale of any goods, wares
or merchandise, or to permit the operation of dormitory
stores or of other stores for a mercantile business or sale
of goods, wares and merchandise upon any property be
longing to such educational institutions, or on any other prop
erty, or to lease any of the property of such educational in
stitutions for such purpose; Provided, that this restriction
shall not apply to the sale of books and athletic supplies by,
or under the control or supervision of, such educational in
stitutions. Section 2. This act shall be in force and effect from and
after its ratification.
These pictures show two
views of the building occu-
pied by the University
pharmacy school. In the
inset is the late Dean Ver-
non Howell, who founded
the school thirty - three
years ago, during the Al-
derman administration.
TRABUE ATTENDS
COUNCIUIEETING
Education Professor To Go To
Detroit After Washington
Meeting.
Dr. M. R. Trabue, of the edu
cation faculty left Thursday
afternoon for Washington, D. C.
where he attended a committee
meeting at the offices of the
American Council on Education.
The committee is attempting
to advise one of the large re
search foundations regarding
problems for investigation in the
field of emotional measurement.
This problem is only one of a
considerable number which the
American Council on Education
is recommending for the finan
cial support of the foundation.
Dr. Trabue will go from
Washington to Detroit where the
Department of Superintendence
of the National Education Asso
ciation is holding its annual con
vention next week.
A great many other national
organizations hold their annual
meetings at about the same time
as this convention, and Dr. Tra
bue will attend sessions of the
National Society for the Study
of Education, the Progressive
Education Association, and the
American Educational Research
Association, of which last named
body he was president in 1925.
Several other members of the
University Education faculty
will attend the meetings next
week.
Guilford Choir Will
Sing: This Afternoon
The Guilford College choir
will sing at the music auditorium
this afternoon at four forty-five
under the direction of Max
Noah. This concert is in ex
change with the University glee
club, which will sing at Guilford
next Saturday night.
The director, Max Noah, is a
graduate of the Westminster
Choir school in New York. The
director of the Westmister choir
John F. Williamston, last week
came down to Guilford and re
hearsed the choir, giving it a
professional criticism. He ex
pressed himself as being much
impressed by its work.
The program this afternoon
will -consist of selections from
the Latin and Russian sacred
songs, and from the English
chorals. All of the singing is
done without accompaniment of
any kind. '
TAYLOR SOCIETY
TO HEAR COOKE
ON BlANAGEFilENT
Industrial Engineer Will Ad
dress Organization on Union
Management Subject.
Morris L. Cooke, of Philadel
phia regarded as one of the most
prominent industrial engineers
in the world, will lecture in
Bingham hall at eight o'clock
Wednesday night, on the sub
ject of "The Experience of
America with Union-Manage
ment Cooperation."
Mr. Cooke, who Is" being se
cured through the cooperation
of the local branch of the Taylor
Engineering Society, of which he
is a former president is said to
represent neither the laborers'
nor the employer's point of view,
but that of the practical econo
mist and management engineer.
He has had direct experience in
initiating union-management co
operation in cotton mills, and he
is recognized as an authority on
the subject.
Mr. Cooke's lecture is one of
a series on matters of interest
in the field of economics and in
dustrial problems, which the de
partment of economics and com
merce is sponsoring. Others
who have lectured here in this
series include Bernard Cone and
Henry P. Kendall, mill owners
of North -Carolina, and William
Green, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
Lewis '91 To Direct
World Fair Booth
J. Volney Lewis, an alumnus
of the University, will direct the
department of geology and min
ing at the World's Fair, which
is to take place in Chicago in
1933.
Lewis graduated from the
University with the class of
1891 with the degree of B. S.
He was a Phi Beta Kappa stu
dent, and for a while after he
graduated was an instructor
here. Since then, he has taught
at Clemson college and at Rut
gers University, Brunswich, N
J.
EXTENSION PROFESSORS
GO TO DETROIT MEETING
R. M. Grumman, director of
the "University extension divi
sion; George Howard, of Tar-
boro, and Roy W. Morrison and
Leroy Jackson, of Asheville, left
yesterday by motor for Detroit,
to attend the meeting of the de
partment of superintendence of
the National Education Association.
AT1GSQIM
PLANS FOR TOURS
NEARLY COLIPLETE
Those Who Wffl Make Trips
Are To Be Chosen
Thursday.
Active preparations for Caro
lina's heaviest debate schedule
in history will reach a climax
next Thursday night with try
outs for the three long trips and
twelve home meets, according to
announcements made at the
regular squad meeting last
week.
It is expected that approxi
mately fifteen men will tryout
for the trips to Texas, Boston,
and Northwestern. The tryouts
will be on two questions: free
trade and unemployment in
surance. For the free trade
question a complete brief of ar
guments on both sides of the
question must be submitted. For
the unemployment insurance
question the tryouts will be oral,
but a written statement of the
issues and an evaluation of them
showing the relative importance
of each must be submitted to the
judges.
The first home debate will be
with the University of Georgia,
March 3rd. The subject will be
free trade. The men who met
State College on the same ques
tion last quarter will probably
constitute the team for this
meet. The second home con
test will be with Asbury college,
March 10th.
Teams to represent the Uni
versity ih" the meets with Geor
gia Tech, Texas and Tennessee,
Pennsylvania, Boston and New
York University: Purdue.
Northwestern and Cincinnati,
will be chosen Thursday night.
As a result of these tryouts the
debaters will be ranked in order
of descending proficiency. This
is the same method used in rank
ing tennis players. Those at the
top of the list will be allowed to
chose the trip they prefer to
make.
The trip to Texas which in
cludes Tech and Tennessee, and
the trip to Boston which in
cludes N. Y. U. and Penn. will
be taken during the spring holi
days. The trip to Northwestern
on which Purdue and Cincin
nati will also be debated will be
about April 15th. The contest
with Cincinnati will be broad
cast over WLW. The meet with
N. Y. U. will also be broadcast.
A letter from New York an
nounces that several stations are
competing for the right to broad
cast the debate there and that
Carolina may be asked to debate
both afternoon and night so that
more than one station may be
accomodated.
KIWANIANS BACK
CHARITY PICTURE
The CKapel Hill Movie Guild
will give their "seventh charity
presentation this afternoon, be
ginning at 2 :30 o'clock and run
ning twice. "Skinner Steps
Out" is the name of the show,
starring Glenn Try on; there will
also be shown a travelogue and
a cartoon comedy. Proceeds will
go to the Kiwanis Club, for the
purpose of establishing a dental
clinic in the Carrboro school.
Wives of the Kiwanis club mem
bers, assisted by local high
school girls, are selling Guild
tickets for the production.
Next Sunday the Movie Guild
will present "Ten Days That
Shook the World," a picture
about the Soviet Republic
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