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STAFF MEETING EDITORIAL BOARD 5 :00 REPORTERS 7 : 00 VESPER CONCERT BY N. O. KENNEDY MUSIC HALL 4 :00 V ' I'M j jilt s I L 7(11 7f cYvrrnvfE XXXIX ' HUMAN RELATIONS INSTITUTE MEETS HERE MAY 3 - 9 Gorman Thomas, H. J. Laski, And General Summerall Are Among Prominent Speakers. By Charles G. Rose, Jr. With Norman Thomas, Dr. H. J. Laski, and General Charles P. Summerall heading its list of speakers, the second quadren nial Institute of Human Rela tions gets under way here, Sun-1 day night, May 3, with a mass meeting in Memorial hall. Dean -Shatter Matthews of Chicago University has been secured to deliver the opening address. The program of the Institute will unofficially open Sunday morning when the pulpits of the five local churches will be filled "by visiting speakers. During the week, the class room seminars and conferences will be conduct ed in those whose subject mat ter pertains to the line of inter est of the different specialists. The climax of the week will come in the last three days when Dr. H. J. ' Laski, the British economist and 1930-31 Weil lec turer, will deliver a series of evening addresses. Dr. Mordecai Johnson, presi dent of Howard University, Washington, D. C, is to be one of the chief speakers in the inter-racial division of the insti tute, while Benjamin Greer, of Greenville, South Carolina, prominent cotton mill "owner and operator, will be outstanding in the industrial section. The Institute is divided into three separate groups with na tional figures appearing on the programs of each. Several of the men are scheduled to speak in more than one department, tut those men who will be the leaders of the international Mi vision will be Professor C. B. Hoover, of Duke University, and General Charles P. Sumerall, ex-chief of staff of the United States Army. Dr. Hoover is nationally known as an author ity on the Russian question, and Iris speeches will deal more with the social conditions in the country than any other phase. General Summerall, president of the Citadel at Charleston, South Carolina, is to discuss the topic of the National Defense Policy and how it affects foreign trade. He is to be assisted in his series of lectures by General Albert Cox of Raleigh. (Continued on Xatt page) Publix-Kincey Chain The Carolina Theatre, for merly a part of the Publix chain f nation-wide tjieatres, has flow become one of the recently seated Publix-Kincey Thea tres. V This new company, with its headquarters in Greensboro, has Motion picture houses in Greensboro, Durham, Fayette le, Raleigh, Wilson, Rocky ll ount, Goldsboro, Henderson ' High Point and Chapel 1. The majority stock of the corporation is owned by R. Kin Cey, secretary-treasurer 'of the company, as well as the general manager. He was for a long Period of time, an executive in the Publix chain of theatres, and now assumes control of the company, incorporated in this tate; Although the national ublix theatres own but a min- ""ty of the stock, it assures, the eatres of the Publix-Kincey Jhain the cooperation of the st in theatredom. , Staff Meetings The members of the edi torial board will meet with the editor in 104 Alumni building this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock. City editors, desk men, and members of the reportorial staff will meet in the same room at 7:00 this evening. A final opportunity will be extended those wishing to try out for the Daily Tar Heel staff at this time. This will be the last opportunity ) for new men to get on the staff this quarter. VAN HECI1E WILL SPEAMNTAFT Second Address for Pre-Law Students Will Take Place Tuesday Night. Professor M. T. Van Hecke, of the law school faculty, will present a lecture'on "The Chief Justiceship of William Howard Taft," Tuesday night, at 7:30, in the first year room of the law building. While primarily planned for the law and pre-law students, the lecture will be of interest to all students of law, government, and history.JSvery- one interested is invited to at tend. This lecture is Fthe second of a series being offered by the law school faculty this year for the benefit of alP students planning to enter the law school. The first lecture given by Professor Albert Coates on "Crime and Punishment" was well attended, and many expressions of praise have been heard by the law school for the excellence of this lecture. The concluding lecture on "Science in the Court Room" will be given by. Dean C. T. Mc cormick about the middle of May. Vesper Concert At 4 : 00 o'clock this afternoon, Professor Nelson O. Kennedy will render the fifth vesper or gan concert since the dedication of the organ in the music hall. Change of hour from 4:45 was effected so as not to conflict with the engagements of students and faculty members. The program to be presented this afternoon consists of the following: Concert Overture by Faulkes; 7w Springtime by Kin der; Howard Hanson's Veme land; Bartlett's Allegretto Es pressivo; and Guilmant's First Sonata. SPANISH CLUB MEETING HAS VARIED PROGRAM At the meeting of the Spanish club, Friday evening in the Y. M. C. A., the following program was given: A. K. Shields spoke on "Espana"; Ray Madison, "El Club"; O. T. Slate, "La His toria Politic de Espana"; F. T. Dupree, "Unas Bromas" ; and C. H. Cantrell gave "Los Bour bones." v -The entire program was con ducted in Spanish as usual. Membership in the club is con stantly growing, and the Span ish department is watching the activities of the club with inter est. - Sigma Xi Lectures ThevSigma Xi lectures will be delivered tomorrow and Tues day in Phillips hall by Dr. Al fred N. Richards, head of the department of pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania. CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1931 Junior-Senior Dances Prove Highlight Of Social Season Judging by the number of people on the floor and by the diversity of their affiliation with the University in general and with the junior and senior class es in particular, the Tin Can appeared to be a jolly gather ing hall for freshmen, sopho mores, engineering students, med students; law students, and even juniors and seniors this week end at the Junior-Senior balls. There has been nothing on the Hill in recent years to compare with the brilliance of this social event in magnitude and color, unless it be compared with the finals whose renown echoes throughout the South. It ap pears as though a new star has appeared in the firmament, or rather a new dance on the pol ished floor. The decorations completely changed the rather battered Tin Can into a fairy-land of black and white crepe paper with dim lights around at convenient in tervals. The entrance to the Tin Can was the same old place, but, once inside the doors the hall was hardly recognizable. A row of stately pines , bordered the walk that led to the ball room. In the center of the room, like a whirling planet, hung a sparkling sphere of fire, reflect ing colored lights of blue and yellow into tiny particles that ran here and there among the dancers. . Johnny Hamp and his Ken tucky Serenaders furnished de ALABAMA STUDENT UNION FILLS IMPORTANT POSITION ON CAMPUS (The following article, repre sentJTihe third of a series in the Princetonian describing the purposes, financing, and success of university centers, or their equivalents, at various universi ties throughout the country. It is reprinted through the cour tesy of the Daily Nebraskan.) The newest building on the campus of the University of Ala bama is the Alabama Union building. The Union, which is unique in southern colleges, is designed to accommodate and to provide a gathering place for the students during their leisure hours. The erection of this struc ture was made possible' by funds raised in the 1922 "Million Dol lar Campaign" during which alumni and friends of the uni versity subscribed a substantial 5um. It is one ot the most com pletely equipped buildings on the campus, with the latest modern improvements and elaborate furnishings. Beautiful in its construction, it stands as a fit ting memorial to the soldiers of Alabama who lost their lives in the cause of their country. In addition to meeting rooms for all student organizations, it contains the university supply store, the pOstoffice, a large pub lic dining room and a small audi torium. Separate reading roon!s for men and women are kept by the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. while loggias, furnished in wicker furniture, open out from two sides of the building. Meetings rooms for all groups in the university are located on the third floor, together with of fices for the Alumni News, alum ni secretary, : Crimson-White (undergraduate' newspaper), Corolla (annual yearbook) , Rammer-Jammer (humorous magazine) , the university news bureau, student government, lightful music for the , two dances. Soft melodious strains conveyed the students and their fair companions into a dream land conjured up by the orches tra. Due to the immense crowd the stragglers on the outer edge3 of the floor had difficulty in hearing the music they were supposed to be dancing to. One of the outstanding points of interest was the singing and handsomeness of the first violin ist. "Love for Sale" again be came a hit, and constant re quests for this number led to its being played several times. "Trees," one of the, outstanding contemporary poems by Joyce Kilmer set to music, came in for its just share of praise. Rain spoiled any wandering about the campus during inter mission Friday night and the Alpine refreshment garden was crowded to its capacity during this time. Also this--was the only time that one got a chance to get a look at all the feminine pulchritude that really was present. The size of the assemblage at the Junior Prom caused the dance and decoration " commit tee to enlarge the floor by 600 square feet to take care of the still larger group that was on hand: for the Senior ball. Many of the girls who were unable to get out of school on Friday came Saturday and swelled the attendance. glee club, and the Union director. There are also separate , club rooms for the faculty and gradu ate students as well as for the various religious denominations on the third floor. The Union has opened the eyes of people who have been accus tomed to seeing student centers as bare as possible, with seats and tables but with no particu lar attention paid to the artistic perfection of the whole. The in terior is tastefully and beauti fully furnished, although no set scheme has been followed and every piece of furniture has been chosen with such care that it fits into the general plan admirably. The colorful ; draperies and coverings for chairs and sofas, the well-chosen pictures that adorn the walls, the rugs -and other fittings create "an air of beauty as well as of comfort. President George H. Denny made the following reference to the Alabama Union and the pur poses for which it stands: "For what does the Alabama Union, built by the alumni and friends of the university, stand? . "It stands, and must forever stand, for the good, the beauti ful and the true; for the build ing of character and personali ty ; for the development, not merely of a small segment, but of the entire circumference, of one's possibilities. , : "Our prayer is that thousands of young lives, on the journey to the sunset, may find this place, on the journey to be the very door of hope and the very gate to heaven." . Steele To Lecture Wilbur Daniel Steele, noted short story writer, will lecture to Professor R. P. pond's Eng lish 23 and 72 classes in Mur phey hall at 5:00 o'clock tomor row afternoon. General Summerall i f I General Charles P. Summer all will be one of the chief speakers at the second quad rennial Institute on Human Re lations, May 3-9, at the Univer sity. The ex-chief of staff is scheduled to speak on "The Na tion's Defense Policy and How It Affects Foreign TradeJ GRAHAM'S SPEECH IS HIGH SPOT OF NEWSINSTITUTE University President Stresses Importance of WeU-Balanced Publicity Program. "Colleges and universities of the. country should stress the importance of having a well balanced publicity program in which no one department or or ganization should be unduly em phasized to the disadvantage of another," asserted Dr. Frank P Graham, who spoke Friday night at the annual banquet of the American College Publicity Association in the Carolina Inn. "It is all right to play up sports for what they are worth," Dr. Graham declared, "for sports have a wholesome appeal for a large percent of our popu lation, but the captain of the football team should not be given all the publicity and the presi dent of Phi Beta Kappa noth ing." . : Admitting that some angles of college life, such as sports, dra matics, and contests of one sort or another lend themselves to publicity much better than other phases, Dr. Graham said that nevertheless the publicity direc tor seeking a well balanced pro gram could obtain a great deal more space than at present for such items as scientific contribu tions, attainments in scholar ship, the achievement of home town boys for - publication in their local papers, and the like. Josephus Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News, and Observer, the second speaker at the ban quet, declared that journalism must have a baptism of crusad ers at the helm if it is to return to its once proud position. "There are just three types of editors today," Mr. Daniels said; "the crusaders, the synics, and the steriles." A record attendance of more than one hundred college pub licity directors from every sec tion of the country attended this thirteenth annual convention, the high spot of which was the banquet. Several interesting talks were given during the morning pro gram, among them one by Miss Lillian Gardner,' publicity direc tor at New Jersey College for Women, who declared thaj; edi tors want "brightening stories from girls' colleges, preferring a picture pf a prettiest freshman to a list of Phi Beta Kappas, and Continued on last page) NUMBER 155 SENATE REACHES tOMPROMISE Of APPROPRIATIONS Bill Giving University $759,000 Now Goes to House for Approval. v At the meeting of the state senate Friday morning, the bill was passed which gives the Uni versity an appropriation of 5759,000 for the next biennium as compared to $724,000 grant ed in the bill passed by the house and $800,000 as allowed by the senate committee. This amount represents a compromise which was agreed to by friends of the University and on which it is believed the institution can comfortably operate. N. C.'C. W. at Greensboro was given an appropriation of $375,800, the same as was al lowed by the house. Efforts were made by Senators Baggett and Burrus to increase this by $20,000, but they were entirely unsuccessful. Senator Blount?s increase of $10,000 for Eastern Carolina Teachers college was allowed by the house. Western Carolina Teachers college re ceived and increase of $5,000. Appalachian college's appropria tion was raised to $88,000. A. and T. college for Negroes at Greensboro, in an amendment offered by Senator Dunlap, re ceived an increase of $10,000 for each year of the biennium. AH other appropriations for institutions remained the same as left by the house. The schools had been given generous in creases in their appropriations by the committee of the whole, but a movement started yester day by Senators Grier and Dun lap, the latter, chairman of the senate finance committee, who thought that the condition 'of the. state's finances was suffi cient to warrant retraction on the action of the committee of the whole. Although the senate did not cut as much as first sug gested by Senators Grier and Dunlap, quite a saving was ef fected. Revision of Freshman . History Is Effected In line with the English de partment's change in freshman English, the history department has decided to give history 1-2 for three quarters next year in stead of the usual two. Beginning next fall, classes in freshman English will meet three times a week , and will x continue during the entire year. There were several reasons for this change. New men will be given more time and opportu nity to do good work, and will be under the supervision of the English department for a much longer period, thus enabling the teachers to help the. student a great deal more. Instead of ab sorbing the whole course in three months and- immediately forgetting most of it, the ma terial will be kept fresh in his mind, and staying there for a longer period, will be less likely to be forgotten. The history department has also changed the freshman hisr tory course to a corresponding length. It will run for the en tire three quarters, meeting three times a week. ' The same amount of credit will be given. The change was effected for -practically the same reasons -that caused a change by the Eng lish department, R. D. W. Con nor, head of the history division, said yesterday.
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