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VOLUME XXXIX T , '
: - CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1931
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
MUSIC AUDITORIUM
TONIGHT 8:15
SCIENTISTS HEAR
PAPERS READ ON
DIVERSE TOPICS
professors Gather for Meeting
of N. C. Branch of American
Chemical Society.
The University was well rep
resented at the annual meeting
of the North Carolina section of
the American Chemical Society
"at State college in Raleigh this
-past week-end.
. Professor A. S. Wheeler and
W. J. Mattox of the University
presented a paper entitled, "The
Chlorination of 1-5-Dihydroxy-naphthalene."
Dr. J. M. Bell
and Ethel M. Chapin submitted
a paper on "The Solubility of
Oxalic Acid in Hydrochloric
Acm ouiuuuiis. j paper on
"The Action of Sulpher Dioxide
on the Phosphates of Calcium."
by Dr. F. K. Cameron and A. E.
Hughes was also read.
Chemical Papers .
Other papers from this Uni
versity were : "Cotton as a
Source of alpha-Cellulose," by
Dr. F. K. Cameron and A. E.
Hughes ; "The Removal of Trac
es of Iron from Aqueous Solu
tions of Sulphates," by Dr. F.
E. Cameron and T. W. Rich
mend; "Some Reactions of Tin
Tetratolyl," by R. W. Bost and
i. t m r i.v jttitt j Ane university sympnony or
hy J. T. Dobbins and R. M. Byrd ; , . . - - , , .
tu,. -. , , chestra will present a concert m
'The System-Lithium Sulphate,
Aluminum Sulphate, Water," by
J. T. Dobbins and J. P. Sanders :
A Scheme for the Qualitative
Separation of the Anions," by X
t tvkc a Ti a T ,.1T,.
St,l; fM,W,- .nH
Tantalum," by F. H. Edmister
and G. G. Albritton; "Labora
tory Demonstration vs Ihdivi
dual Laboratory Work," by F.
H. Edmister and J. L. LeConte.
lhe following papers were
presented by University men m
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the mathematics section of the
meeting of the academy of sci
eiice: "Our Expanding
verse," by Dr. Archibald
Uni-
Hen-
derson; "Differential Equations
of Conformal Geometry, by V.
a. xioyle "borne wpemes oi I
Dupin's Cyclide," by E. A. Cam
ercn: and "An Involution Asso-.
ciated with a Pencil of Conies,
by Dr. J. W. Lasley, Jr.
General Contributions
The contributions of the Uni
versity to the General Section
were: "Popular Scientific Lan
guage," by G. W. Lay ; "Observ-
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Nathan To Start .
Campaign May lb
Dr. S. A. Nathan, health of-
ficer, has made his report for the
monih of April. In the vital
stattttt'WA Tiavp-heen four
births, three of which have been
colored, and no deaths in the
town of Chapel Hill.
Diseases have been distributed
as follows during the month: 120
cases of measles, forty-six cases
of German measles, twenty-three
cases of chicken pox, one case
of pneumonia, six cases of scar-
let fever, two cases ofwhooping
cough, two cases of syphilis, and
two cases of gonorrhoea.
Dr. Nathan plans to start
work on his plan for the elim
mation of flies and mosquitoes
on May 15. This campaign will
consist of draining all swamps,
unas, etc., possioie anu men to
oil the rest to eliminate mos-
Quitoes. To eliminate the flies,
Dr. Nathan will have a house
to house inspection, -have roof
gutters examined, and see that
all garbage and refuse is care
fully disposed of.
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Playmakers To Give
Four Original Plays
Four studio productions, all
original one-act plays written by
the students themselves, will be
presented by the Carolina Play
makers tomorrow, Friday, and
Saturday nights at 8:30.
There will be a wide range of
subjects and locations in the
four plays. The first play, Love
and Likker, by Irene Fussier, is
a story of Swedish people in
North Dakota. Stray Bullet, the
second play, was written by a
studenf born in China, Bob Bar
nett. The story deals with the
viewpoints of English and
American soldiers and their at
titudes toward race questions at
the time of a civil war.
Glenhurst, by Tom Loy, con
cerns the attempts of an old
family to cling to their ances
tral home in Maryland and to
keep their family together at the
sacnnce of tne mdividualsN free-
dom. The -'fourth play. Ellen
Stewart's Pleasantly Purple, is
a royal satire with the scene
laid in Normanbourg.
ORCHESTRA PLAYS
CONCERTTONIGHT
McCorkle and Dyer to Conduct
Symphony in Second Spring
Program.
the music .hall tonight at 8:15.
The program will be. under
ejoi direction or Professor
n T' u o T
conductor, Dr. Harold S. Dyer,
eau uepanmemra music
r" d!t!on to con?cti?f S pf?t
of the program, Mr. McCorkle
will also act as . violin soloist,
with the orchestra, under Dr.
Dyer's baton, providing the ac
companiment.
Porf rvno rf fVio nvnrrvQm will
conducted by Dr Dyer This
-
consists ot three numbers: a
paraphrase of Walther's Prize
Song, from Richard Wagner's
otera. The Meistersinaer: a
waltz from Tschaikowsky's baU
et Dornroschen; and the violin
B allade et Poionaise by
Vieuxtemps. The second part,
to be conducted by Mr. McCor
kle, is to be the Jupiter sym
phony by Mozart, a work in four
numbers.
Favorite Selections
Both the Wagner and the
Tshailcowskv numbers offer
beautif ul tonal effects for the or-
chestra. The Ballade et Polon
Iflorcast strict
in th classic mouid it involves
at the same time a full display
of the composer s melodic ability
The result is a highly involved
style of orchestration.
This marks the second formal
program for the orchestra this
spring, in additional to several
appearances . for accompani
ments and for short groups on
other programs
GRADUATE EXAMINATION
tVip nral examination of Grady
Albritton for the degree
I f Doctor of Philosophy in the
department of chemistry will
take place at 7 :30 tHis evening
in 9X9, Venable hall. All mem-
berg of the graduate faculty in
th(; division 0f mathematics and
hg gciences are invited to be
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Co-eds may receive their bids
tn ro-ed dance Friday night
from Reeme Moore in room 301
Spencer hall. . ;
Yale News Founded In 1878 Is
Nation's Oldest College Daily
Paper Is Now Enlarged to Several Supplements, Has a Strong
Editorial Page, and Employs a Conservative
Policy.
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By Bob Woerner
The oldest college daily in the
country, the Yale Daily News,
was founded January 28, 1878,
"is justified (quoting from its
first editorial) by the dullness of
the times, and by the demand
for news among us." Quoting
still further. "Ever since the
Record and the Courant have
changed from weeklies to semi
monthlies, or in other words
have become about as newsy as
the Lit, there has been an ap
parent necessity of having an
unpretentious sheet which
should contain the latest news,
and short pithy articles of in
terest." Today the paper has become
the most important day-in and
day-out curriculum industry at
Yale, having an aggressive per
sonality, dignity, influence, and
prestige.
Has Traditions
The necessity for reviewing
the hectic days of early Yale
journalism when the Record and
the Courant, mentioned above,
reigned supreme is hardly ap
parent. The Lit, the magazine
which afforded an outlet to the
literary minded, was also being
published at that time. It might
be well to mention that even as
the News is the oldest college
daily so the Lit is the oldest col
lege monthly, and the Courant
was, during its lifetime, prob
ably the oldest college weekly.
No News in Venable
Says Heel Reporter
Venable hall passed a very
quiet day yesterday. In fact,
not a durn thing happened
which is worth printing. There
were about the same number of
cuts, the same number going to
sleep on class, and the pleasant
odor faintly noticeable through
out the building is about the
same at least it is no better.
There really should be no ex
cuse for a story like this, but the
editor made a decree that all re
porters must hand in at least one
story a day or be discharged.
Characteristically thinking of
others first, this reporter want
ed to save this paper from losing
a good man. Hence this story,
with apologies.
CHARLES POE.
MEADE WILL LEAVE TO
FINISH DOCTOR'S DEGREE
' Robert M. Meade, history in
structor at the University, will
not return to his teaching duties
here next September. When
asked whether he was contem
plating taking up a position in
another university, the instruc
tor replied, that he was merely
withdrawing from the faculty
for a year so that he might com
plete work for his Ph.D. degree.
Meade has not definitely de
cided where he will pursue his
studies, but at present he be
lieves that he will attend Colum
bia university. v
Weekly Radio Talk
The president of the North
Carolina Student Federation,
John Lang, will deliver an ad
dress over WPTF, Raleigh, this
afternoon" between 3:30 and
3 :45. Besides the history of the
federation the speaker will an
nounce the . national meeting of
the organization which is to
take -place at Duke university,
Saturday, May 16. . : x
Difficulty was experienced in
finding a sufficient amount of
news to fill the four three
column pages' that composed the
paper the first year. The front
page was all editorial, proclaim
ing and fighting for Yale's glory
inside and out. There was a
column, "Yale Log," for brevi
ties, and a weekly two-page car
toon supplement was added the
second year broadening the. field
for contributions. This was dis
continued after commencement
of that year for fear on the part
of ,tne other publications that
the News would encroach upon
their fields. Then "Communica
tions," which today are better
known as "Open Forum," were
introduced, and thus began the
flood which succeeding editors
have struggled against.
The heeler system was an
nounced at the beginning of the
fall term.. It has been the prac
tice of editors to call on their
personal friends as aids in get
ting news, but the heeler system
started, a method which all col
lege papers use today. Charles
W. Berpee, '83, the originator
of this scheme, once said: "For
the great army of hard-working
disappointed heelers , through
subsequent years, the. ever-improving
paper is responsible,
not I." : ,
First Yale News
1 There were two volume I's.
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Sociologist Speaks
On Aptitude Tests
An unusually large number of
members attended the weekly
meeting of the junior-senior Y
cabinet Monday night. Bob
Barnett conducted the devotional
services.
7. W. Barber, ex-president of
the Y. M. C. A. at Furman uni
versity, and at present a grad
uate student here, was the speak
er for the evening. His topic
was "The Activities of the Y on
the Furman Campus."
Frank Hawley made the re
port of the deputation trip to
Rocky Mount, and Bim Ferguson
reported the Beaufort trip. Two
remaining meetings of the cab
inet will be used to plan next
year's program under Pardner
James. The annual hillside
meeting will take place May 24.
Professor Harold D. Meyer,
of the sociology department,
spoke at the weekly meeting of
the freshman friendship coun
cil Monday night in the Y. M.
C. A. This rather informal talk
was the onlv one of its kind
given this year.
Dividing his theme into five
parts he discussed separately
five tests which he gives his
classes. The first test mentioned
was the class room test, or a test
which determines what knowl
edge the student has gained
from his course. The second
test is . the intelligence test,
which is given to find out if the
student is thinking deeper than
formerly.
The next test is given to dis
cover the student's technique in
studying. The fourth is the
creative test. And the last is
the leadership test, which de
termines whether the student
can utilize his knowledge for ef
fective living. After "his talk
Professor Meyer was introduced
to the members of the council
individually, v ? - .
Senior Invitations
Are Still On Sale
It has been learned that less
than one third of the senior
class has ordered invitations for
commencement. The invitations
were placed on sale some time
ago, but, because of the small
number which have been order
ed, the committee in xharge has
arranged so that any persons
wishing to do so may place their
orders today during chapel
period and between 3:00 and
5:00 in the lobby of the Y. M.
C. A. and at Pritchard-Lloyd's
drug store. This will be the last
opportunity for invitations to
be ordered.
lne invitations tnis year
are more beautiful than any
in the last few years, having
covers of blue leather and oth-
ers oi caraooara. mey win
m Ti i mi if
contain pictures, a list of the
candidates for graduation, and
the program for the commence
ment exercises.
WOOFTER'SNEW
BOOK PUBLISHED
Sociology Professor Writes on
Discouraging Conditions of
Tobacco Industry.
A "new book, "The Plight of
Cigarette Tobacco," by T. J.
Woof ter, Jr., has just been, pub
lished by the University of
North Carolina Press.
It is one of the few books
which have been written on the
important subject of the dis
couraging conditions in the; to
bacco industry.
Mr. Woof ter has made this
study under the auspices of the
Institute for Research in Social
Science at the University. The
book gives a thorough study of
the causes of the unfavorable
conditions which the tobacco
farmer has to face. It analyzes
the factors determining the
price paid to farmers, and the
practicability of a cooperative
marketing program.
Author's Reading
The author would advocate a
program "to stabilize the pro
duction of the commodity along
such a, trend as to secure the
quantity and grades demanded at
a good wage for his labor and
return on his capital, and insure
the permanent position of to
bacco production as a profitable
branch of domestic agriculture.
Hobbs Calls Meeting
In an effort to carry on the
work started by Dean Addison
Hibbard and others of having
the faculty discuss . educational
matters of the University,
number of the faculty who have
been chosen will meet this after
noon in Dean A. W. Hobbs' of
fice in South building. There is
no particular issue to be brought
up ; Mr. Hobbs is holding the
meeting primarily to carry on
Dean Hibbard's work, believing
in consulting the viewpoint of
the various members of the fac
ulty on the educational policy of
the University.
Law Exams
Second semester examinations
for students in the law schoo
will begin May 25 and continue
through June 4.
Infirmary List
Those confined to the infirm
ary yesterday were Frank Dunn
Kenneth O. Wright, Robert H
Carmichael, and John Cooper.
Catholic Mass
; Mass Thursday morning a
7:00 in Gerrard hall, Father
Manly. Ascension, Day.
KUMBEIM69
GROUP TO PLAN
CONTINUATION OF
INSTITUTE Y03K
Students Interested in Work
Will Meet in Gerrard To-
night at 9:00.
Tonight at 9:00 in Gerrard
hall there will be an opportun
ity for all persons who are in
terested in seeing the issues
raised by the quadrennial meet
ing of the Human Relations In
stitute, extended to discuss ways
in which a liberal club might be
organized.
Many persons have been heard
to comment that the work of the
Institute should be . permanent
and that the minds of the stu
dents at the University should
not be stimulated f or.a week and
then relapse into their former
state of partial coma. The for
mation of a Liberal club would
serve, to arouse and keep the in
terest of the student body fixed
upon the problems which are
confronting the world today.
Some of the subjects taken up
and explained in detail by the
speakers who spoke before the
Human Relations Institute are :
the relation of force to the ac
tivities of the world ; capital ver
sus labor ; the race question ;
the theory of the modern state;
collectivism versus individual
ism; and the right of private
property.
The large audiences 'attend
ing all the addresses, in a great
er or lesser degree, showed that
the brains of the students at the
University were not entirely
atrophied and that members of
the younger generation now at
tending college are just as capa
ble of discussing and just as
greatly interested in the vital
problems confronting the world
today as were their forebears.
The only requisite for the con
tinuance of this wholesome prac
tice is that there be an organ
ization on the campus which will
aid in bringing prominent men
here throughout the academic
year who will by means of their
speeches, bring new problems
and questions before the minds
of the members of the student
body. It is hoped that plans for
the formation of a Liberal club
will be made and thus enable the
campus -to receive the benefit of
frequent addresses delivered by
outstanding men of the country.
T. L. Love To Head
Alamance Alumni
The alumni of Alamance coun
ty met in Burlington last Fri
day night. R. B. House and J.
Maryon Saunders attended the
meeting and addressed those
present. The entire Alamance
group, was reorganized and T.
L. Love, of the class of 1884, was
elected president of the associa
tion with E. V. Patterson, '11,
being the newly elected secretary-treasurer.
The ' group is
planning to have another meet
ing about October 12, the birth
day of the University.
Weil Visits Graham
Mr. Leslie Weil, of Goldsboro,
chairman of the board of trus
tees, who came here last weelc
to attend the last of the Weil
lectures, stayed over Sunday
with President Frank Graham.
Taylor Convalescing
Professor Malcolm D. Taylor
is getting along nicely after an
operation for appendicitis Mon
day in Watts hospital, Durham.
He will probably be back for the
last week or so of classes.