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7f:- - - vr - BASEBALL CAROLINA-WAKE FOREST EMERSON FIELD 4:00 SOPHOMORE BIDS j CHAPEL PERIOD (IN J'lf$ rriaii i - ... VOLUME XXXIX CHAPEL HELL, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1931 NUMBER 1ST WILBUR STEELE AT LAST SPEAKS BEFOREMJDIENCE lost Renowned Contemporary Author of Short Stories Says Success in' Writing Not Taught. By Jack Dungan Wilbur Daniel Steele, who dis likes speeches if he be the prin- '-ciDal. stood up Monday after noon in Murphey hall before thirty of forty students interest ed in short-story writing and literature in general to conduct o forum on the manner of oro cedure and he experiences of a short story writer. There is no one who has been in Chapel Hill long who does not know that Mr. Steele is consider ed by many to be; the' .-writer of the best contemporary short stories in the English language, and that he spends hours upon each paragraph and manuscript, writing very slowly, i ' Unlike Harold Bell Wright or other writers (my comparison not Mr. Steele's) , Steele does not turn out a short story a week, .averaging only seven or so a year. Neither does he find his plots in newspapers or in life. He feels urged to write in order to meet the obligations he has assumed in being the parent of two healthy boys, at present en rolled in the Chapel Hill school, and has never been able to write a story because of inspiration. Plots come to him through thought, and invariable are cen tered, around theses which he sets out l;o demonstrate or prove. Characters unfold themselves as the force of the thesis reacts 3jpon them, the characters them selves heme- the agents neces sary for successful proof,: and yet Steele's stories are not . did actic. As a matter of fact and afffirHincr sottia amusement on (Continued on last page) MJLIAM HARPER HAS RESIGNED AS ELON PRESIDENT Well Known Scholar Has Been Head of Institution for Twenty Years. Beverly Moore ARTICLE WRITTEN BY COKER IS IN NATUREMAGAZME m r r - t T iuay issue oi ruDiicauon is en tirely Devoted to North and South Carolina. The purpose and program of the quadrennial Human Rela- ions Institute, which will open at the University next Sunday, May 3, and continue for one week, are to be outlined by Bev erly Moore, of Greensboro, stu dent chairman of the Institute, who will speak over Station WPTF this afternoon from 3:30 to 3:45 o'clock. Y Deputation Team Goes To Rocky Mount A Y. M. C. A. deputation team composed of Edwin Lanier, chairman ; Frank Hawley, Gra ham McLeod, and Jack Hamer, speakers; and Brooks Fryer, piano entertainer, journeyed to Rocky Mount, Monday night im mediately following the adjourn ment of the Y cabinet meetings. The team made a first appear ance yesterday morning at 8 :30 o'clock at the Rocky Mount high school and repeated the program throughout the day in the various schools of the city. At 4 :30 o'clock in the afternoon the group spoke before the Parent-Teacher's Association and at 6:30 entertained the Hi-Y club at a supper-meeting. In the May issue of the Na ture Magazine, which is devoted entirely to the natural phenom ena of North and South Caro Una, there is found an article by Professor W. C. Cokef, of the botany department of the Uni versity, entitled: "What Nature Gave to Carolina" and concerns plants of. .coast, sand hill, pied mont, and peak. Evergreen comes in for its share of glory in this well illus trated article. In the coastal regions' there grows a variety of broad-leaved evergreen trees which reach to tremendous heights. Farther north, how ever, the tall variety disappears and the dwarf form appears and extends, inland over the littoral half of the coastal plain. On Smith Island, North Carolina off the mouth ' of Cape Fear River,xthe sub-tropical flora re appears and palmettos tall as in Florida grow along the beach. It is for this reason that the In dians used to say that Smith Is land was a part of the Ever elade state broken off and o floated up to North Carolina. Many other 'interesting facts about JNortn ana jbouin Caro lina are given in this article by Professor Coker. Governor Gardner of North Carolina and Governor Black wood of South - Carolina "also have contributed to the issue. The Nature Magazine is pub lished monthly, but is not always given over to any special state or states. Interesting facts and illustrations on plant and ani mal life are to be found in every issue of this publication. RICHARDS SPEAKS TO SIGMA XI ON IODNEYFUNCTIONS Distinguished Pharmacologist Delivers Annual Lectures Sponsored by Scientific Society. Goldee Fleece Possibilities ielected By Daily Tar Heel SIMMARYMADE OF OUTSTANDING CAMPUS LEADERS Dr. Alfred N. Richards, head of the department of pharmacol ogy in the University of Penn sylvania, and at present visiting professor at Harvard univer sity, presented two addresses on the kidney, under the auspices of the Sigma Xi society, Monday and Tuesday "nights of this week in Phillips hall. Dr. Richards spoke before the University chapter of Sigma Xi, national scientific society, and members of the society from other universities who attended. He was introduced by Dr. Otto Stuhlman, head of the Univer sity's department of physics, as one of the most prominent kid ney specialists in the country. On Monday in discussing The Function of the Glomer ulus," Dr. Richards explained the old and new experimental processes concerning the nature of the process of which fluid is separated from the blood in its passage through the renal cor puscles. Factors which enter into the regulation of this pro cess were also discussed. Dr. Richards explained that the kid ney has "an elasticity of func tion which is amazinfir." and pointed out that "this organ re tains valuable substances as well as excreting worthless ones, and that as a part of the'living body it is as necessary and vital and complicated as the heart." He said that kidney specialists are continually learning how better to work -with the jiving kidney and in so doing they are solving many questions hitherto (Continued on last page) - ! FRESHMEN HEAR CONNOR RELATE OLD TRADITIONS Reverend Alfred S. Lawrence, rector of the Episcopal church, opened Freshman chapel yester day with a scripture reading and led the group in the Lord's Prayer. Professor R. D. HW. Connor, head of the history department, spoke on the early history of the University. The main gist of his speech was: "We are all in dividuals, but also members of society. We come into the world as a member of the family, then become a member of the school, and later go out into the world. Try to understand conditions in order to adapt your life to them, and absorb the best of life that is possiblel All great influences have come down from the past." Continuing his talk Dr. Con nor stated the University of North Carolina is the oldest state university m Dr. William Allen Harper, president of Elon college, and for six years nrior to that a pro fessor in the college, tendered his resignation to the board of trus tees, Monday, ieffectivey,with' the close of the present academic year. Although those most in timate with President Harper had known that he contemplated such an action, the announce ment came as a distinct surprise. Dr. Harper is quoted as say ing: "Whoever ' my successor may be, he will have my hearti est support. In my judgement, a bright future awaits the new administration." - Dr. Harper has not during his twenty years as president, given his intellectual interests. For all but two years, he taught one or more courses in the college regularly. He is recognized , as an authority on religious educa tion, in which field he' has writ ten no Ipsa fhnn tfvn books which have been extensively - used as clege texts in religious educa tion. - President Harper has had a rare ability to know persons in dividually. Every one of Elon's 852 graduates , is personally &own to him. and he can al ays address any student of the college by his or her name. Sociology Professor Makes Lecture Tour Dr. Ernest R. Groves, profes sor of sociology at the Univer sity, will deliver a series of ad dresses in New Hampshire and Maryland, beginning the latter part of April and continuing through the early part of May. His first address wULbe deliver ed April 30 at the New Hamp shire conference on the child s health and protection. This con ference is sponsored by Govern or John W. Winant. Dr. Groves- subject will be: "Family and Pa rent Education. Dr. (Groves will speak May 1 at a state educational confer ence at Manchester, New Hamp shire. His topic for this ad dress ivill be: "Education for Social Efficiency." He will con clude his addresses with a lec ture at Baltimore, Maryland, May 4, giving the introductory lecture of a course on mental hygiene of everyday life. His subject will be: "Mental nygi- t 1 TT ene ana tne nome. Paper Now Known As "Syracuse Daily Orange" Came Out In 1872 Judge Parker Will Speak at Annual Tapping Next k Tuesday Night. By BUI McKee Less than a week away is the annual tapping ceremony of the Order of Golden Fleece, and the question again comes before the campus as to whom is to be tap ped? The Gloden Fleece is con sidered by many to be the high est honor which can be accord ed a student in the University. Each year the order selects ten or a dozen men, mostly ris ing seniors, -who have distingu ished themselves in some way during their stay here. One of the bases on which students are chosen is character. Men of sterling character, who are America 'forecful, honest, and straight- having been chartered by the forward are desired. Power legislature in 1789 and the cor nerstone of Old East , building being laid on October 12, 1793. The most active man in the founding pf the University was General William Richardson Davie. The Old East building was finished in 1795 and then the board of trustees hired two professors. For two weeks no students appeared, until Hinton James, of Wilmington, walked and rode horseback from his home to the newly-founded Uni versity. Jones was the only student for five weeks, when several other boys entered the school. The University has honored many prominent North Carolinians by naming buildings on the campus for them, such as Davie hall, Aycock dormitory, and Phillips hall. ! Rooloo Club Selects Next Year's Members Sophomore Y Hears - Frotessor rsooie TVr M C S. Noble, dean of the school of education, spoke to the w snnhomore Y cabinet Mon- iVM'at their first meeting. The talk was concerned with the first educators of this state. Affor rr Noble's speech, dis- cussion followed on the annual banquet of the coimcii. xne members were notified that a special meeting would be caneu sometime during the wee timfi the banquet com- mittee would give its report. Journalistic activity at Syra cuse University has been con tinuous since the days immed iately following the Civil War. Over half a dozen sheets have flourished and, waned at that campus while the permanent or gan of student expression 7was forming its policies and learn ing the ropes of college journal ism which are fully as compli cated as those of city news papers. On June 22, 1872, the first issue of the University Herald was published. There was no indication that this paper was to be exceedingly long lived when the board of editors started what the students considered just another sheet. However, that paper continued under the same name for thirty-four years, and is the same naner that V . A. exists today as the Syracuse Daily Orange. The history of the Herald project dates back to the first year of the existence of Svrar.iisft university as a char tered institution. In the beginning of the life of the publication, it was a three column, sixteen page paper, and the aim seems to have been to give news and literary effort equal prominence. Irving Templeton edited the first issue of The Syracuse Daily Orange nnflpr its npw namA in 1903. It was at that time a four column, four page sheet with news as its standby and an occasional poem or story to add variety. It was not until January, 1922 that the paper came to have seven col umns as it does today. The Herald had plenty of competition, and one of its first rivals and contemporaries was The Syracusean begun in June, 1878. Nine years after the com ing of the first rival, another appeared in The University News, a bi-weekly, with eight three column pages. This new entrant in the field ran in active competition to the other two which were already in existence. Early in the twentieth century two other journals, The Univer sity .Forum, and The Syracuse University Weekly were pub lished. Until 1921, the papers had been dependent for support on the subscription of the students. Campaigns were conducted twice each year to secure sub scribers, and this method must have been successful since the publication came out uninter rupted through its long career. A crisis was reached and the board was faced with the al ternative of either securing more funds or of suspending publication entirely. ; The un dergraduate body voted by a large majority for a subscrip tion tax of 2.50 to be collected by the administration at the time of registration. Men, who have been editors of the sheet in their college days, are now engaged in almost every profession, inquiries have shown. Williard R. Jillson, '12, Continued on last page) ' The membership of the 1931 Booloo club will be posted in the window of the Pritchard-Lloyd drug store at chapel period this morning. This club will, func tion throughout the next year and will, in turn, elect the mem bers for the ensuing year. The election of new members took place in the D. K. E. house last night at 7:00 o'clock.- There was considerable strife m re spect to' the more important po sitions, each member seeking to win the most outstanding post for his particular "pals." y There was also a motion to more closely organize the club, which has1 been heretofore op erating solely for the purpose of electing the members for the next year. No definite plan of action was adopted, but a meet- mz or some oi me, vauuus end influence on the campus and the way this power and influence is used is another factor in choosing its membership. Then lastly, men are considered for services rendered the Univer sity. The tapping ceremony is con sidered very impressive, ; in which two black robedr hooded figures, fleeces across their shoulders slowly walk through the aisles ofthe hall suddenly to pounce upon the selected men. This year will be the first time that the ceremony has taken place in the new Memorial hall. Judge John J. Parker, of the fourth circuit court of appeals, has been chosen as the main speaker of the occasion. Dr. Horace Williams, of the Univer sity, and one-of the founders of the' order will introduce the speaker. ' J As has been customary in the past the Daily Tar Heel again offers a list of those men whom it considers worthy of the honor. In surveying the campus this year there appears to be a lack (Continued on next page) 'teams" was suggested. Qf these teams, the "tank team" will probably be the most active. For many years the ' Booloo club has been a great campus in stitution, becoming one of the greatest objects of interest of the spring. Its members are from nil tvnes Of StU- dents, and its democracy and sincerity rivals only the Order of the Grail. Absentee Votes All those who expect to be out of town or will not be able to at tend the Chapel Hill elections for some other reason should be sure to see the registrar for an ab sentee ballot. Violin and Piano Recital Will Be Presented Today The' pupils of Professors Nel son 0. Kennedy and T. S. Mc Corkle will present a general student recital this, afternoon at four o'clock in the music build ing. t The program is the fol Katherine Wheaton, of Og- densburg, New York, will pre sent a violin solo of Potsock's Rondo Fantastico. The second number of the recital will be a piano selection, Soiree de Vienne, by Listz, to be played by Harold Cone, of Greensboro. A bassoon solo of WieschendorfFs Thema rait Variationen und Tempo de Polonaise, to be pre sented by Walter Prescott, of Asheville will follow. The fourth selection will be a violin solo of Potstock's Sou venir de Sarasate. Then a piano selection will be presented by Harry Lee Knox, of Statesville. The number will be Schumann's Vienna Carnival Scene. After this number, Thor Johnson, of Winston-Salem, will present Sarasate's Les Adieux. The last selection on the program will be The Island Spell, by Ireland. This number will .be presented by T. Hays Barker, of Leaks-
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