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RADIO TALK JOHN LANG WPTF .. 3:30 PLESSOW LECTURE "GER3LIN LIFE GERHARD HALL 7:C0 VOLUME XXXIX ; , ' - CHAPEL HILL. N. C TUESDAY- MAY 12 RARE STATUTES ARE PRESENTED TO MjYLIBRARY Asheville Lawyer Gives Valuable Books from Vanderbilt Col- -lection to University. A valuable collection . of ;North Carolina session laws has recently been presented to the! law library by Mr. Kingsland Yan Winkle of the law firm Har kins, Van Winkle, and Walton of Asheville. In presenting them, Mr. Van Winkle, a grad uate of the law school of '01, says, "The gift is made in ap preciation for what the Univer sity did for me when I was a poor student there." Bought by Vanderbilt This rare set of statutes covers the whole period from 1818 to 1866 except for a few volumes. The gift was accom panied by a letter from the donor which tells how the set was assembled. It seems that the - volumes were originally bought for George W. Vander bilt, when he first came to the state in the late 1800's, by his representative in Raleigh who picked them up volume by vol ume, here and there, whenever and where he could locate them mostly from the justices of the peace who practiced in the state then. This collecting was done over a period of years as it was diffi cult to locate these early state publications so long. out of print. Vanderbilt secured them for the use of his lawyer who by means of the early property statutes and land grant contained in the public and private laws of the state established the million aire's titles to the vast tracts of land which he bought not only in Buncombe County where Biltomore is situated but also in Haywood, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties. From Private Library Later Mr. Van Winkle became (Cmtinued n next page) N.C.C.W. TO STAGE FIRST SOUTHERN CHOIR FESTIVAL Church choirs from all sec tions of the state will gather at North Carolina college May 22 in the first church-choir festi val ever staged in the South. The arrangement for the gath- ering is being made by Dr. Wade R. Brown, dean of the school of music at N.'C. C. W. It is expected that f rdm twenty-five churches will send their choirs to the f est which is to begin at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon. At 4:00 o'clock all choirs will combine m a re hearsal conducted by Dr. Brown. Singing of hymns rehearsed in the afternoon, and the presen tation of anthems by several Greensboro choirs under the leadership5 of their choir mas ter wiJ feature the evenings) Droffram whiVh will beffin at 8:00 o'clock. The program will be climaxed with the rendition of "Hallelujah Chorus," from Handel's "Messiah." by the North Carolina college chojrus and orchestra. Catawba College Honors Graham A degree of doctor of civil laws will be conferred by Cataw ba college on President-elect Frank. P. Graham at the Cataw ba commencement May 27 at which Mr. Graham will deliver the principal address. This an nouncement was made Saturday by Catawba officials. Groves Tlls of New Problem in Marriage . Dr- E- R- Groves of the so ciology department yesterday morning addressed .freshmen chapel on, "Getting Ready for Marriage." In his talk Dr. Groves brought out the fact that there is trouble in one third of all marriages, and that one out of every seven ends up in the di vorce courts. As a result of this great num ber of marriage failures, lec tures and courses are being given throughout the country by churches, seminaries, and uni versities. V Dr. Groves also stated that this present generation looks at marriage in a different light than did its parents. Rev. C. E. Rozzelle of the Methodist church started the services with a prayer. PROHIBITION WILL BE INVESTIGATED BYNEWXOUNCIL Ten College Professors Will Judge Theses on Eighteenth Amendment. An intensive and extensive survey by scholars of "the vexed question of what is really hap pening in the United States as a result of prohibition," was an nounced yesterday by Prohibi tion Director Amos W. W. Woodcock. v ' "W 1 II .tie named an advisory re search council" of. ten university professors one of them a wo manin tne social sciences. which will work out plans for investigations and theses by graduate students all over the country "to ascertain the truth regarding the operation of the Eighteenth Amendment in the field of political science." Only graduate students, work ing for master's or doctor's de- grees, win conduct tne surveys, and the Bureau of Prohibition hopes to publish the outstand ing results. V "How has the operation of the Eighteenth Amendment affected child delinquency?" and "How has it affected juvenile drink lg?" are two subjects for field investigation, Woodcock said. The council will serve without pay, the ten professors having volunteered their services, and will handle the research work 'along purely scientific lines, hp. added in his formal an nouncement. The members of the new council follow: Richard Clarke Cabot, A.B., M. D., professor of social ehtics, chairman, social ethics depart ment, Harvard university, Cam bridge. Samuel McCune Lindsay, Ph. D., L. L. B., professor of social legislation, Columbia university New York City. William Seal Carpenter, A. M., Ph. D., professor of politics, Princeton university. Roderick Duncan McKinsey, Ph. D.; chairman, department of sociology, University of Michi gan. Charles W. Pipkin, Ph. D., nrofessor of comparative gov ernment, dean of the graduate school, Louisiana State univer v nharles Emerson Gehlke, Ph. D., professor of sociology, West- versitv. Cleve- land. Walter R. Miles, Ph. D., pro f essor of experimental psycho logy, Stanford university, California.' UNIVERSITY MEN READ PAPERS AT SCffiNMMMG Academy at Raleigh Covers Field of Interest in Science by Researches in All Lines. Many papers were read at the meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences which took place in Raleigh at State College last week. Miss Elizabeth N. Stephens and Professor A. S. Wheeler of the University of North Carolina presented a paper on, "The Chemical Com position of Iponioea Pandurata" sometimes called the "old men of the earth." These are very woody sweet potatoes related to the morning glory family and are known to have attained the weight of twenty pounds. In the past the ipomoea pandurata were used as a medicine. Dr; Collier Cobb of the geol ogy department read a paper on the life of Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, professor of German at the University from 1826 to 1830. Besides teaching, Hentz was very interested in spiders. Dr. Cobb showed some drawings and contributions by Hentz at that early date to natural his tory.' ; . , Paper on Science Teaching Dr. F. H. Edmister of the chemistry department discussed some recent trends in science teaching. He traced the history of the formal lecture system of teaching from pre-medieval times until today.' Dr. Edmister commented on the undesirability and over-emphasis of this method. The physics section of the University was represented by Dr. Otto Stuhlman, Dr. Fussier, Henry zurBurg, a graduate stu dent, and C. J, Craven, a senior. Dr. Stuhlman and Craven pre sented a paper, read by Craven, called, "The Motion of Bursting Bubbles Rising through Li- (Contvnued on next page) SOCIETIES WILL w MEET TOGETHER Tonight, at 7:15 o'clock, the Di and Phi societies will meet in their annual joint session at the Phi assembly hall. Speaker Egbert Haywood of the Phi as sembly will preside over the meeting. , ,. The plan of meeting jointly dates back to the founding of the two societies; and because of the friendly relations between the two, such meetings have been continued. At the last joint session President Frank Graham was the guest of the two bodies. He related many traditions of ' the development and progress of the two institu tions in producing leaders in the state and nation. Representative John Lang at the last joint meeting intro duced a resolution opposing any reduction in the University bud get, and the two assemblies jointly favored his proposal. Speaker Haywood of the Phi assembly and President K. C Ramsay of the Di senate have arranged a program for this meeting consisting of two bills which were agreed upon by the leaders of the two assemblies. The bills which will be dis cussed at the joint session are: 1. Resolved: That the Human Relations Institute is detrimen tal because it creates dissatis faction by bringing in radicals. 2. Resolved: That the pro posed consolidation of counties in North Carolina would be ad vantageous to the state. GUSTAV PLESSOW WILL LECTURE ON LIFE M GERMANY Visiting Professor from Tubin gen Will Deliver Last of Series Of Lectures Tonight. Dr. Gustav Plessow, visiting professor at the University, will give his final lecture tonight in Gerrard hall at 7 :30. His sub ject is "German Life Since the War." There have been three lectures preceding the one to night: "Principal Forms of Style in Middle English Litera ture," and "German University Life," given before the Grad uate club; "A New Theory Con cerning Middle English Dia lect," given before the Philolo gical club, a group of faculty members and advanced students of the language departments. Studies at Berlin Educated at the University of Berlin, Dr. Plessow received his Ph. D. in English there. Im mediately afterwards, he en tered the army and, during the World War, was wounded sev eral times, twice seriously. At the close of the war he had gained the rank of major. His fortune having been lost during the war, he set about remaking it, and soon he was manager in a large paint firm in Germany. It was at this time that Dr. Plessow finished his very excell ent book on paint chemicals. Being extremely interested in the English language, he again began his hobby of lectur ing in the department of Eng lish at Bonn university. In a few years he was transferred to the University of Tubingen. At this time, having met A. C. How ell and Paul Green, both of the University faculty," in England, he became interested in Chapel Hill and obtained a year's absence-from Tubingen in order to study American literature, gov ernment, religion, and the gen- (Continued on next page) NAZARENO PLANS ORIENTAL GARDEN Alfredo Nazareno, a Philip pine student, is constructing a garden after the style in his na tive country in the yard of Mrs. Al A. Kluttz. Nazareno, in con templation of leaving Chapel Hill within the next two years, conceived the idea of doing something constructive to leave in rememberance of the happy days spent here. He advanced the idea to Mrs. Kluttz, and she readily granted permission for the carrying out of the project. An oddly curving lake, two feet in depth, winds through the garden in snaky fashion. It will be cemented and made the home of fish, ornamental and practical. An arched bridge will cross the pool, and from the north bank runs a peninsula, supplemented on the east by an island. A mound of stones four feet high is to ornament the west end of the lake, adding the final touch of Oriental design, and forming another curious curvature in the pool. Myriads of flowers will be scattered about, and ever greens will prevent bareness m winter. The garden is about thirty feet long, ' but appears much larger because of the nu merous oddities that are crowd ed into its boundaries. Infirmary List Those confined to the infirm ary yesterday were Frank Dunn, Joseph T. Wilson, Jr., Robert H. Carmichael, Thomas W. Teer, and W. H. Davis. Last Chance to Buy Senior Week Regalia For the convenience of those persons who were unable to place their orders for beer suits Sat urday, Randolph-McDonald have made special arrangements whereby those seniors may or der their suits before 3 :30x to day. Thus far 100 orders have been taken. Of theseorders for the senior regalia two orders were made by co-eds. The suits are priced at 2.85. Pat Patterson, president of the class, urges that as many mem bers of the class as possible or der the regalia so that the senior wreek program may be a success. All persons attired in the beer suits will receive free drinks at Pritchard-Lloyd's drug store during the entire week begin ning May 18, and these persons will be admitted to the Carolina theatre free of charge. HIBBARD OFFERS EXTENSIVE PLANS FOR LIBERALISM Former Carolina Dean Makes Rapid Progress in Obtaining Educational Reform. The cause of college liberal ism is being rapidly spread throughout the colleges and universities in the United States, especially on the campus of Northwestern university, Uli nois. There Dean Addison Hib bard of the college of liberal arts, in which capacity he serv ed the University of North Caro lina until last year, is making progress in carrying out those reforms in the current stereo typed college education which he attempted to introduce here. Proposed Reforms The main principle embodied in a recent report at Northwest ern by a committee selected to study the proposed reforms is the right for upperclassmen to select some field of work for in tensive study, compulsory at tendance of classes being elimin ated, instead of the traditional routine of majors and minors. Students are to be given com petent advice by advisors ap pointed' especially for this of fice. Other recommendations in clude the adoption of a three grade system: passing, failure, and honor ; this measure would reduce the present exaggeration of the importance of grades. The committee also declared itself in favor of extending the privi lege of optional cuts so that at least one third of the student body could enjoy unlimited cuts from classes. Hibbard and Liberalism Here on the campus Dean Hibbard and liberalism were al ways associated in the students' minds. His loss to the Univer sity was also a loss to this cause, as was clearly demon strated by the recent faculty agitation for compulsory at tendance and the considerable restriction of ' cuts, creating re sentment among the students and campus publications. The liberalistic movement in colleges and universities of the United States, of which Dean Hibbard is one of the main pro mulgators, is not new to the world but is merely to introduce to America the systems of the major English and European in stitutions of the higher rank. It is a rebellion 'against the arbi trary and cut-and-dried curricula now employed, submerging the , (Continued on next pag4) NUMBER 163 TRUSTEES SELECT COMHTTEE FO NEW BMIORIAL Group Chosen from Students, Faculty, and Alumni to Decide On Use of Building. The permanent committee in charge of the erection of Gra ham Memorial, appointed by the trustees of the University, Sat urday, called in several prom inent student leaders for sugges tions for the allotment of space in the new building. As a re sult of this discussion it was de cided that a board of directors, who would have charge of the administration of the building, should be appointed. This board of directors will be permanently composed of the president of the student union, the editor of the Daily Tar Heel, three students hJected from the campus at large, two faculty members appointed by President Graham, or elected by the faculty and two alumni. Dungan Chairman The organization committee which is to make a report to the permanent committee of which Dr. W. M. Dey is head and Dr. L. R. Wilson, secretary, is made up of the following persons: Jack Dungan, chairman ; Red Greene, Ray Farris, Mr. R. B. House, Dean F. F. Bradshaw, and Messrs C. T. Tillett, of Char lotte, and J. S. Hill, of Durham. The sub committee on space and program of the building is made up of : Mayhe Albright, chairman, Jack Dungan, Ed Hamer, C. T. Woollen, L. R. Wil son, Maryon Saunders, Kemp Lewis. On Thursday, May 14, the Student Activities Committee will have its annual meeting in the Carolina Inn. At this meet ing, further discussion concern ing the utilization of the me morial building will take place. GABRIELLE McCOLL NEW CO-ED LEADER Miss Gabrielle McColl of Ben netsville, South Carolina, was unanimously elected president of the Woman's Association at a meeting in Spencer hall recent ly. Other newly elected officers are: Miss Margaret Powell of Biltmore, who won over Miss Orville Culpepper of Greenville, Georgia, as vice-president ; Miss Betty Jones of Augusta, Geor gia, won a majority over Mis3 Edith Webb of Oxford as secrer tary. The position of treasurer will be filled by Miss Rebecca Daniel of Clearwater, Florida, who was elected over Miss Flor ence Yancey of Marion. For house president of Spencer , hall Miss Kathleen Fennell of Quin ton, Virginia, was victorious over her opponent, Miss Marion Tatum of Raleigh. Miss Martha DeLaney, Charlotte, was unop posed for the presidency of the women's athletic association. Lang on Radio John A. Lang, president of the North Carolina Student Fed eration, will deliver an address over WPTF Wednesday after noon between 3:30 and 3:45 at which time he will give the his tory of the Federation and the announcement of the national convention to take place at Duke university, Saturday, May 16. Taylor 111 Professor Malcolm D. Taylor was operated on Monday morn ing for appendicitis at Watts hospital, Durham.
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