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irfp INFORMAL TEA WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION SPENCER HALU-4:30-6:00 INFORMAL TEA WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION SPENCER HALL 4:30-6:00 I 111 4 -I7YVT Trillin YT ' w ------- FRESHMEN WILL VISIT FRATERNITY HOUSES BY CARD Fraternities Must Send Invita tions to Interfrateraity Coun cil Head Before Tonight. - In an announcement in re gard to the current rushing season, the president of the In terf raternity Council, John P. Cooper, declared that all viola tions of the rushing rules, whether by freshmen or frater nity men, would be punished by the full power of the council and ! that these regulations are to be rigidly enforced. !. In connection with the rush ing system in effect at this Uni versity, which is one of the most nearly perfect and com plete in the country, according to Cooper, he remarked that its success depended entirely upon the cooperation accorded it by the fraternity men and the freshmen. Without this whole hearted backing of the system by all concerned there can be no success whatsoever in this Jail's rushing. Cooperation Needed The regulations as laid down by the Interfrateraity Council should be observed not by a police method of enforcement but by a genuine spirit, of co operation. No fraternity will be allowed to receive any invitations for prospective freshmen until the one hundred dollar bond has ( Continued on last page ) GRAIL DANCES TO BEGIN SATURDAY The first Grail dance of the quarter will be staged next Sat urday night in the gymnasium from 9:00 to 12:00 with Billy Stringfellow and his Carolina Club orchestra furnishing the music. Tickets will go on sale at Pritchard-Lloyd drug store and Book Exchange Friday, morn ing at the usual price of one dol lar. The remaining tickets are "to be sold at the gymnasium on Saturday night beginning at 8:30. As has been the former custom, if the limited number of stag tickets has been sold before "the dance starts, no boy will be admitted on the floor except with a date. No freshmen will be admitted to the dance, and as usual, the erman club rule will also be in effect. ROTARY GROUPS TO GATHER HERE More than 200 Rdtarians, rep resenting clubs in eight towns, are to gather in Chapel Hill on Thursday night, October 1, for an Inter-City Rotary meeting, at the Carolina Inn, with the Chapel Hill club as host, Rev. C. Excell Rozzelle, president of the Chanel Hill Rotarv Club, has A ----- - v announced. Serving with Reverend Roz zelle on the committee on ar rangements are Henry London, of Raleigh, and Ben Lassiter, of Oxford. The clubs to be represented are in Clavton. Raleigh. Dur ham, Henderson, Oxford, Box boro, Sanford, and Chapel Hill. The principal speakers will include Tod Johnson, of Raleigh, governor for. this district, and President Frank Graham of the University. There will be other brief talks on club, vocational, communitv. and international service. Mayne Albright Albright, president of the stu dent union, isvalso head of the student council which will have new office in the Graham Memorial building. HILL IS DONOR OF NEW MUSIC HALL MD PIPE ORGAN Auditorium Named for Promi nent Alumnus Who Remained Anonymous for Year. The donor of the new audi torium and organ in the music building remained a secret un til this summer, when, at the meeting of the regents of the University, a resolution was en tered to honor the giver of the auditorium and organ by naming the music building after him. Permission was granted, and the music building was named the Hill music hall, in honor of the giver of the auditorium and or gan, Mr. John Sprunt Hill, of Durham who graduated" from the University in 1889, with the degree of Th.B. Carolina Alumnus Mr. Hill is a native of Duplin county and married the daugh ter of the late George W. Watts. He attended Columbia univer sity, after receiving his degree at Carolina, and at Columbia re ceived the degree of LL.B. For a while, he practiced law in New York City, to return later to Durham, where he has since lived. In Durham, he is prominent in banking, manufacturing, and I civic affairs. Until recently, he was chairman of the first state highway commission, to which position he was appointed oy a Hnvpmor Morrison in 1921. He served as chairman until this V4 V V V year. Mr. Hill has been a member of the board of trustees of the University for many years. Among his other endowments, is the North Carolina Collection T.ihrarv. He and Mrs. Hill have also contributed several organs to various churches throughout the state. Students May Get Tickets At Y Today Students desiring to exchange their athletic coupons for tick ets to the Carolina-Wake Forest football game may do so in the Y. M. C. A. lobby beginning at chapel period today. The men in charge of issuing the tickets will be in the lobby from 10:30 until 11:00 and from 2:00 until 5 :30 today, Thursday, and Fri riav. Bo Shepard warns students that the pass books must be pre sented with their tickets at the gate to be admitted, and'that no student will be allowed to enter without his pass book. Men who have lost their cou pon books should report the loss to Obie Davis or Paul Edwards, who will be in charge of the dis tribution in the "Y". CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, Dr. L. R. Wilson Gives Impressions Of English Library Conference . o . - University Librarian Believes Americans Are Better Organizers But Far Behind Their European Neighbors in Scholastic Attainments. Chosen with Dr. W. W. Bish op, head librarian of the Uni versity of Michigan, to repre sent the American, Library As sociation, Dr. L. R. Wilson, Uni versity librarian, delivered an address on American library science before the annual con ference of the British Librarv Association at Chittendale, land. Dr. Wilson left America, August 8, in order to have time to tour Ireland and parts of England previous to a two-day committee meeting of the Inter national Federation of Library Associations, August 29. Drs. Wilson and Bishop . were the only official American repre sensentatives at the British con ference, which lasted from Aug ust 31 to September 5. The del egates returned to America, September 15. Speaks at Conference Dr. Wilson's address, which was titled "The Aspects of Edu cation for Librarianship in America," dealt chiefly with the development of librarianship in this country, and its future pos sibilities. The librarian sum marized the evolution of library training since the founding of the American Library Associa tion in 1876 to 1919,, then re viewed the period of study and planning from that year to 1924. Pointing out some of the impor tant developments in the field since 1924, Dr. Wilson asserted that there are significant trends in librarianship at present. Freshmen To Meet With Deans Today Instead of the regular as sembly in Memorial hall this morning, the members of the freshman class are. asked to meet with the deans of their re spective schools at the places listed below. Commerce freshmen will meet with Dean Carroll in 103 Bing ham ; A. B. freshmen with Dean Hobbs in Gerrard hall; educa tion freshmen in 201 Peabody with Mcintosh, and those in the school of applied science with Dean Bell in 206 Venable.- The next regular assembly will be Thursday morning at the usual time with the Y. M. C. A. in charge of the program. The self-help plan of "the" association is to be explained at this time by Ed Lanier, self-help secre tary. Friday morning John Phil Cooper, president of the inter-fraternity council, is scheduled to explain rushing regulations, and it is especially urgent that fraternity members as well as new men be present. AW freshmen and sophomores who have not received their as sembly seat assignment may secure same by calling at 204 South between the hours of 2 : 00 and 4:30 today. Free Picture Tonight The chemistry department will continue its last year's policy of presenting free motion pictures on subjects in connec tion with the chemical world. Tonight the first of these pict ures will be presented in -room 206 Venable hall at 7 :30 o'clock. The. title of the presentation this week is "Ocean Transporta tion," a cinema in five reels. All students who are interested in attending are invited to do so. In addition to attending the British conference Dr. Wilson represented America at a com mittee meeting of the Interna tional Federation of Library Associations, which was like wise attended by representa tives of the principal nations. Several days were pleasantly Erig-ispent touring leading English cities and Ireland. . American vs. European "It is an impressive fact," said Dr. Wilson of the conven tion, "that the British librarian knows his parliamentary proce dure and debate in the admin istration of convention affairs better than the American. He's a better speaker both in diction and presentation." Further commenting on the British libra rian, Dr. Wilson continued: "While the British library lacks the organization for making available the material, their scholarly ability in handling ma terials is impressive. We're bet ter organizers ; they're better scholars." Speaking of the languages used at the .international com mittee meeting, Dr. Wilson says, "As a result of sitting in the conference of the International Federation of Library Associa tions I was impressed with the value of the mastery of lan guages one the part of the French and. German delegates, while American students of language simply play with it. Wilson To Conf er On Consolidation Dr. L. R. Wilson, University librarian, leaves for Raleigh Monday to consult with the sub committee of Governor Gard ner's committee of twelve inves tigators into the organization for the consolidated "greater University," of which he is an elected member. Dr. Wilson will meet Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of State, Dr. Benja men B. Kendrick, professor of history at N. C. C. W., arid Dr. F. L. Jackson, treasurer of Davidson college, in order to discuss appointments of experts in consolidation organization. The work of the experts, says Dr. Wilson, is expected to solve the problems of consolidated ad ministration, forming a unified program that will eliminate duplication of courses, and avoid the demoralizing effects of rivalry. . Dr. Wilson was in Washing ton July 18 with Dr. Fred Mor rison, secretary of the general committee, consulting govern ment authorties. Pep Meeting There will be a' pep meeting exclusively for freshmen tonight at eight o'clock in Memorial hall. The meeting will be under the supervision of freshmen cheer leaders, and no upper classmen will be allowed. Cosmopolitan Club Epsilon Phi Delta Cosmopoli tan club will meet for the first time this year tomorrow eve ning at 9:00 o'clock in the com mittee room on the second floor of Graham Memorial building. All members of the organization are asked to be present. 1931 Ed Hamer - - " - j- . t . .-. ". - - - - Hamer, former president of the Y. 31. C. A., is now assist ing the Y as freshman secretary and is to aid in forming the Freshman Friendship Council. GALLI - CURCI TO SING IN CONCERT ON JANUARY 27 Four Varied Programs Have Been Scheduled as Part of Entertainment Series. t With four entertainments al ready arranged by the student entertainment committee and a fifth scheduled later, the first stu dent entertainment performance will be conducted October 30. The year's entertainments and the dates of their appearance are as follows: "The Beggar's Opera," October 30 ; Don Cos sacks and his Russian Singers, November 18; Ted Shawn and His Dancers, January 7; Abbey Irish Players, March 21; and a lecture or performance in April. "The Beggar's Opera" The first of these, the old classic, "The Beggar's Opera," is being presented by The Beg gar's Opera Company, an or ganization of English actors on their sixth American tour. They have performed before the stu dent bodies of several univer sities as well as in many large cities, and are enjoying a wide reputation. These entertainments will be given in Memorial hall. An other nerf ormance of liote to take place in Memorial hall this year is " that of Galli-Curci, famed Italian soprano, on Jan uary 27. This entertainment is beincr sponsored by the music department. Tickets Issued All students in the college of liberal arts, the commerce school, and the school of educa tion may obtain their tickets for the student entertainment series at the business office in the near future. Announcement will be made later when these tickets are to be issued. McChesney Is Added To Medical Faculty The enrollment in the school of medicine this year is about average, there being thirty-six students in the first-year clas3 and thirty-seven in the second year class. Five of last year's first year medical students failed to return. All of last year s sec ond year students have trans f erred to other schools to finish their medical courses. Another nrofessor has been added to the medical faculty to take the place of F. B. Brooks, who went-to the University of Michigan for two years as re search, assistant to work on problems concerning pernicious anaemia. The new professor is F. W. McChesney. Ph.D.f for merly Northwestern university He will act associate professor of physiology. ( NUMBER 3 BELL-RINGERS TO OPERATE TOWER SOUGHTBY DYER Donors of Memorial Carillon De sire Chapter of International Guild of Bell-Ringers. After the Morehead-Patterson memorial bell tower is dedicated at Thanksgiving, it is planned that a regular schedule of ring ing will go into effect, provided that a corp of bellringers can be organized. It is the desire of John Motley Morehead,- '91, one of the donors of the tower, that a chapter of the Interna tional Guild of Bell-ringers be established at the University. Chester Meneely, designer and builder of the bells, will be in Chapel Hill to train men in the ringing of the bells. Mr. Meneely is himself an inter nationally known bell-ringer. Two men will be required to ring' the bells. Several stu dents, who have had experience in this line, have already ap plied for the positions. t Appli cations should be filed with .Dr. Harold S. Dyer, of the music de partment. It is planned, tenta tively, that short concerts on the bells will be given in the morn ing, during the noon recess, and a vesper concert at twilight. It is the wish of the donors that the bells should not be rung until the day of dedication. It is possible that the bells will be muffled for practice. GEOLOGY MEN DO RESEARCH WORK Various members of the geol ogy department of the Univer sity spent a great deal of their time during the summer vaca tion engaged in research work. Cobb in Paris Professor Collier Cobb, head of the geology department, has continued his studies on the loess deposits of the Mississippi Valley. At the present time Professor Cobb, is in Paris where he went to deliver a paper on the loess deposits of the United States before the Inter national Geographical Congress. Professor W. F. Prouty spent the early part of the summer in the study of geological struct ures in relation to marble quar rying. During the latter part of the summer he has continued his geological study and map ping of the Triassic deposits in the central portion of the Deep River area, North Carolina. - Dr. G. R. MacCarthy taught the geology and geography courses on the two months transcontinental study tour given by the extension division of the University. Dr. Mac Carthy has continued his studies on the Atlantic Coast beach sands. With Bureau of Mines Dr. Joel H. Swartz has ac cepted a position with the Bur eau of Mines in the geophysical division. He retains hijs con nection with the department of geology of the University as re search professor of geophysics. He will give graduate courses in geophysics ; the Bureau of Mines will furnish, free of charge, the geophysical instruments neces sary for such work. Dr. John G. Douglas has come to the geology department as an associate professor. For the past few years Dr. Douglas has been doing practical geological work for oil companies in Venezuela. Mr. J. C. Bynum is with the (Continued on last page)
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