SEASON TJCKETS
Student Entertainments
ON SALE A. B. OFFICE
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SEASON TICKETS
Student Entertainments
ON SALE A. B. OFFICE
VOLUME XL
FEWER PASTRI
ARE OFFERED IN
1931 CAKE RACE
Scarcity of Baked Delicacies
May Lessen Number of
Entrants in Event.
Cakes may come and cakes
may go but the cake race must
go on this October 23 as it has
for the past seven years, but
without the number of cakes
that past years have seen, in
many of the famous runs of
over two years ago, it was no
unusual thing for well over a
hundred of these great confec
tionery delights to await more
hundreds of panting, tired and
hungry two-milers. Two years
ago the winning runners sprint
ed around the last lap at Emer
son field to receive only forty
cakes, while part of these went
to dormitory or fraternity
groups. If the hungry runners
of this year expect many cakes
for their pedal efforts, there is
again to be disappointment for
the number of cake prizes is to
be reduced again.
Fewer Cake Prizes
"Ten cakes are the most ;that
we will possibly need," said
Track Coach Dale Ranson yes
terday. "Besides," he explained,
"if enough interest is shown the
merchants of the village always
contribute prizes of - merchan-
dise." There are ten gold, sil-
yer and bronze medals, all un
edible. Mac Gray, of intramural ath
letics, thinks there will be hard
ly five cake awards this year,
and these would of course go to i
dormitory and fraternity team
winners. The cause of the:
gradual decrease in the number
of cakes, Manager Gray asserts,
is that there are now too many
demands made on the town
people, who contribute the usual
prizes for the traditional event.
Tnere seems to be little prob
ability that the famous event,
still young for, the far known
-tradition that has grown about
it, will retain the flavor that the
prize cakes give it.
Fire Prevention Week
Starts On October 4
In October, 1930, Chief J. L.
"FnicW uiivororl dnnncr the
Fire Prevention Week with the
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aid of the Bov Scouts four hun-
cta r-nrrls to "be filled out
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and signed bv the citizens ot
C,hn-n Will . The cards ask that
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before the card was signea.
the four hundred put out three
hundred and two were returned
to the fire department. Figures
show that the
cards were
of
of
great value to
Chapel Hill.
the people
RVmn Opnhpr 1. 1929. to Oc-
tober 1. 1930. there were fifty-
three alarms with "a loss of
$21,050.00. From October 1,'
1930. to October 1, 1931, there
were thirty-eight alarms with a
loss nf S4 417.00. These figure3
i it. ii.. t?; TfovpTition
TT7i h Aon V,A n tralllf flf
jsntiw i r i m i. i.iik rut i
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$16,633.00 to tne
napei iim. t
Chief roister is
pleased with the above record
but he still has nopea.ux
n P k nf fires
number of nres
lv reducincr the
during the coming year. He is
very thankful for the coopera
oaVi cndent of the
i.iiiii 1.111.1. . r.aiii fcjvw i
. .. , i. .A:fivon of
universitv ana eacu
p,r u:,i . riWn in re-
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mark the beginning
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FOUNDATION FURNISHES
TWO NEW PROFESSORS
The Commonwealth Founda
tion, an organization for financ
ing international students in
this country, has placed two
men in the University depart
ment of economics. Walter G.
K. Duncan of Australia received
his A. B. degree at the Univer
sity of Sydney in 1924, and his
M. A. there in 1926. He was
also awarded the degree of Ph.
D. by the London School of Eco-,
nomics. George Stark received
his M. A. degree at the Uni
versity of Glascow and is work
ing here for a Ph. D.
PHARMACY STAFF
ADDS PROFESSORS
Dr. Burlage and Professor Rose
Are New Members of Fac
ulty of Pharmacy SchooL
The teaching personnel of
the school of pharmacy of the
University has been strengthen
ed by the addition of two pro
fessors to the staff. At the
death of the former head of the
school, Dean '.E. V. Howell, Dr.
J. G. Beard was selected as his
successor by President Frank P.
Graham until the board of
trustees could elect a new head.
Dr. Beard was given the posi-
tion, and the standards of the
school, which always have been'
recoemized nationally, were im-
proved bv the recent'additions.
New Professors
Dr. H. M. Burlage comes from
Purdue university where he was
associate professor- of pharma
ceutical chemistry, while Pro
fessor I. W. Rose is a native of
this state, and a graduate of the
University. Since his gradua
tion from Carolina in 1906, Rose
has operated a drug store in
Rocky Mount.
Dr. Burlage received his de
gree in the liberal arts school of
Indiana university. He is a
member of Sigma Psi, honorary
fraternity for chemical research,
and Kappa Psi and Ro Chi,
honorary pharmaceutical socie
ties. He received his B. S. in
pharmacy from Purdue univer
sity, M. A. in chemistry from
Harvard, and his Ph. D. from
the University of Washington
at Seattle.
Tlr Kurlaffe has taught ai
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Harvard, Purdue, and Oregon
State college. He is especially
interested in research in drug
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and plant chemistry.
. t TX7T TV n AT TPARNTA
juimiuuvvrt
-RoiK Waterman. former
v wrnf.t.0r at this Uni
d business manager of
Lhe piaymakers, is now residing
in Los Angeles, Uaiitornia.
Westerman, who was connected
with the Cape Cinema, Denis,
Massachusetts, in the capacity
of assistant business manager
this , past summer, had not
known what his plans were for
. vpa acc0rding to Sam
0f the Piaymakers,
T.nf and Found Found Bureau
According to custom
the lost
and found bureau will be located
I xi the Y. M. C. A. All students
articles are supposed
. to the office.
them in to
Up to this time the bureau has
uoil,0!!S,
Infirmary List
Tho fnllowmcr students were
i - - ,
confined in the mfirmarr yester-
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Wolw
stein, and F. S. Walker.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931
Dr. Crockford Helps To Improve
Batteries On Naval Submarines
Chemistry Professor Has Been Working for Past Two Summers to
Perfect Storage Cells for Propulsion of Undersea Crafts.
By Carl Thompson
For the past two summers Dr. !
H. D. Crockford, associate pro-
fessor of chemistry, has been
employed by the Naval Research i
Laboratories in Washington, in'
the physical chemistry depart
ment and was connected with
work on submarine storage bat
teries. This laboratory has
been in .operation for about five
years and was established by the
Navy in an effort to centralize
their research work. It regul
arly employs approximately 175
men of whom one-third are ex
perienced scientists ; the others
are carpenters, electricians, and
technical men. During the sum
mer months twenty to twenty
five science professors from
such Colleges as Harvard, John
Hopkins, and the University of
North Carolina, and about ten
or niteen graduate students m
chemistry are added to the reg
ular staff, for special work. x
Submarines Studied
Dr. Crockford's work has in
cluded the study of submarines,
their operation and instruments.
His work was concentrated
chiefly on a satisfactory method
to prevent explosions from
gasses escaping from storage
batteries, which are essential in
undersea travel. All mechani
cal operations in a submerged
submarine are performed from
the power furnished by storage
batteries. Explosive gasses es
cape and at least one explosion
a year takes place in our Navy,
killing one or more men. The
exact nature of the steps taken
to prevent this was not to be re
vealed, but it is understood that
Fraternity Rushing Participants
Eagerly Await Period Of Silence
o .
High Pressure Men in Lodges Are Growing Impatient to Have
Unnaturalness at an End and to Resume Old Ways.
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After vending their wares to 1
the prospective neophytes for
the past seven , days, the Greeks
are now hoarse from their con
tinued "hot-boxing" and are be
ginning to look forward to the
holiday of the period of silence.
Beginning last Friday at 2 :00
o'clock the fraternity salesmen
began their campaign which has
continued day and night since
that time.
Hollow-eyed students as well
as disgusted professors are on
the verge of collapse, the for
mer because of their sleepless
nights trying to get up back
work, and the latter yf or their
continued, efforts to make the
students hand in their assign
ments. 1
Despite the fact that both
freshmen and fraternity men
are longing for theiast day, they
continue to plod manfully on
ward. "How about an after
noon date at two?," and "I'll
meet you at Pritchard-Lloyd's at
seven" have become the accus
tomed farewell day after day.
The expression "Come around
again whenever you feel like it"
is likewise repeated with all the
sincerity of a Hebrew goods
merchant selling a suit of
clothes. ,
. Remembered Incidents
Yet in all of this hodge-podge
of confusion there are still those
instances which cannot help but
be remembered. One young high
school grad is reported to have
gone around to several of the
danger from such explosions has
been greatly reduced.
Many Batteries Carried
Huge storage batteries are to
be found in large numbers even
on the smaller vessels ; the
smallest submarine in the Navy
carrying about two hundred of
such batteries which are 4 1-2
feet high by 2 1-2 feet square.
In the larger 'subs' there are
special rooms to carry these bat
teries but on the smaller ones
they are under the floors and in
almost every conceivable place.
Dr. Crockford described a
torpedo as being one of the
most complicated pieces of
machinery imaginable. In the
back of the torpedo is an engine
which is powered by alcohol
carried in a compartment in the
torpedo, mere is also an oxy
gen compartment which feeds
into the motor to complete the
combustion. The engine turns a
propeller which forces the pro
jectile through the water. In
the front compartment is car
ried the T. N. T., the detonating
cap, and other essentials for the
explosion. Although they come
through the water at rapid rate
they are readily seen by passen
gers on the threatened vessel.
Different Type Subs
There are several types of
submarines now in use, the new
est being called the "V" boat
having three or four decks,
sleeping rooms for the sailors,
cabins for the officers, and a
regular mess hall. This "V"
boat is used in long cruises, and
are much more comfortable than
the average submarine, and
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fraternity houses inquiring the
rates of each. When asked as to
just why he "was gathering this
information, he made the state
ment that he was trying to find
the cheapest bidder before he
would place , himself under any
obligation.
And then there is the story of
the wise young frosh, who, upon
seeing that a certain fraternity
was not going to ask him for
any dates, merely replied that he
would like to break all of the
future dates with the fraternity.
The tireek representative was,
of course, too sorry for the
young lad to tell him that the
fraternity had no further dates
with him ; so in order to save
embarrassment he decided to
ask the prospect fcfor further
dates to give him a chance to
break them.
Wise Freshman
Still another instance has
been reported in which a fresh
man was able to convince
dumber fraternity man that he
should be asked around to the
house sometime later. The soft
hearted frat brother fell into the
rushee's lure, and the latter re
ceived some more dates.
Then to add more pep to the
scene the sophomore - orders
come in with their foolish ridi
culousness and afford' the new
men considerable i amusement,
Were it not for their little per
formances each night in front of
the drug store, the period of
rushing would be one of little
amusement.
STUDENT MASONS ARE
INVITED TO MEETING
Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock all students who are
Masons are invited to come to
the Masonic hall on Tranklin
street. The Masonic order of
Chapel Hill is made up of town
people and members of the fac
ulty of the University. The ob
ject of the meeting is to bring
Masonic students in contact
with the faculty members and
the people of Chapel Hill.
Dr. M. C. S. Noble, retired
dean of the school of education,
will officiate. The various sta
tions will be held by faculty
members.
STUDENT TICKETS
PLACED ON SALE
Student Entertainment Commit
tee Will Include Commerce
School This Year.
The season entertainment
tickets. for those members of the
University outside of : the col-
eges of liberal arts, commerce,
and education, members of the
faculty, and other townspeople
who are interested in seeing the
first class entertainment offered
by the committee in charge of
arranging the programs, are on
sale now in the office of Dean G.
W. Hobbs in 203 South building.
There is a limited number of
tickets on sale this year. The
price for the tickets will be three
dollars and fifty cents.
At a meeting of the entertain
ment committee yesterday in
Dean Hobbs' office the final ar
rangements were made on the
program and the committee
plans to present its first offer
ing, October 30. The program
which will be presented below is
complete with the exception of
another lecturer who will be
added sometime in the spring.
The program is : The Beggar's
Opera, October 30 ; Dons Cos
sack Chorus, November 18; Ted
Shawn and His Dancers. Jan
uary 7; Lennox Robinson, Irish
author, about March 5; and the
Irish Players, March 21.
The representatives of the
student body on this committee
are: from the college of liberal
arts. W. N. Bissell: from the
w -
commerce school, O. W. Dress-
lar, and Dean D. D. Carroll ; and
from the school of education, W.
F. Whitsett and M. S. Clary.
There is to be another represen
tative of the school of liberal
arts to be chosen soon.
KNIGHT IS PROFESSOR
IN TWO UNIVERSITIES
Professor Edgar Wallace
Knight is a visiting professor
this year at - Teacher's college,
Columbia university, New York.
He is assisting Dr., Paul Munro
with foreign students. Dr.
Knight commutes twice a week
between Chapel Hill and New
York, returning every week-end
to give his 'graduate courses.
Diseases in Town
During the month of Septem
ber thirteen persons were con
fined to their homes with con
tageous diseases. They were
as follows: Two persons had
syphillis; three, scarlet fever;
six, whooping cough; and two,
dyphtheria.
Marks to Address P. T. A.
Miss Sally Marks, of the
school of education, will address
the Parent-Teacher Association
of Pittsboro tonight on the sub
ject of "Modern Trends in Education."
NUMBER 11
WOMEN STUDENTS
VOTETO CONTROL
CO-EMMfflCS
New Council to Offer Loner
Sought for Reform in Uni
versity Women's Sports.
The woman's student associa
tion ruled yesterday afternoon
at the first quarterly meeting
that henceforth athletics among
the women students will be con
trolled by the women students
themselves. With talks on the
athletic question by Miss Gladys
Angell, of the physical educa
tion department of the Univer
sity, and by Miss Martha De
laney, head of the athletic divi
sion of the association, it was
decided to draw up an athletic
council of women student repre
sentatives. Under this new sys
tem, which offers a long sought
reform policy in the woman's
athletics, there will be student
leaders in each woman's sport,
elected at large from the assoc
iation members. -J
Co-ed Activities
Efforts are being made, as
serted Miss Gabrielle McColl,
president of the association to
promote women student activi
ties throughout the University,
and especially to promote ath
letics. Opinions on various ath
letic activities were discussed
during the meeting.
Miss Orville Culpepper was
elected by the women to suc
ceed Miss Rebecca Daniel as
treasurer of the organization.
Miss Daniel, elected last fall, did
not return to the University.
Other officers elected last quar
ter were Miss Gabrielle McColl,
president, Miss Margaret Pow
ell, vice-president, and Miss
Betty Jones, secretary. Miss
Mary Hicks was also announced
yesterday as the new student
council representative of the
Lawson house.
The coeds discussed the furn
ishing of the two rooms in
Graham Memorial that will be
the permanent offices of the
woman's student association.
Mrs. M. Hv Stacy, adviser to
women made suggestions con
cerning the equipment that
would be needed.
First Year Men Hear
About Fraternity Life
- The freshmen assemblage was
addressed yesterday morning by
Francis F. Bradshaw, dean of
students, who used as t his topic,
"Fraternities."
A definition for fraternities
was first given by the speaker,
followed by an enumeration of
the three main considerations
which should be adopted by
those men of the class of '35 who
are thinking of joining a social
lodge. These three things were:
one should like the personnel of
the fraternity; should consider
the innuence tnat a particular
group will 'have on his college
life; and third, whether or not
the association will help him be
come a better man more fit for
life's work.
Following this the dean of
students mentioned the financial
side of the question, stating that
unless one is able to meet f ra-
foT-niv PTTipnsps Tia should not
contemplate joining. Conclud
ing, he advised the first year
who will become , members ot
some social fraternity to base
their choice upon that organiza
tion which is prominent in their
generation. ; He then urged the
freshmen to keep at their work
at this time in spite of predom
inance of the rushing season.
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