TAR HEEL MEETING TODAY
CITY EDITORS 5:00
EDITORIAL STAFF 5 :30
TAR HEEL MEETING TODAY
CITY EDITORS 5:00
EDITORIAL STAFF 5:30
VOLUME XL
TAR HEEL STRAW
VOTE IS BROUGHT
TO GLORIOUS END
Hoover, Roosevelt, and Thomas
Are Victorious in Presiden
tial Nomination Ballot.
When the Carrboro Express
thunders out of the Chapel Hill
TJnion Depot tomorrow morning
on its trans-continental run to
Durham, the forward mail coach
will contain three letters from
the Daily Tar Heel to Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, governor of
New York state, Norman Thom
as, and Herbert Hoover, con
gratulating them on their vic
tories in the presidential straw
Tote, which was brought to a
close by the Tar Heel yesterday
afternoon.
Leading Roosevelt by barely
twenty votes, Owen D. Young
threatened to beat the Empire
State governor out for the Dem
ocratic nomination, but Roose
velt forged ahead yesterday with
an avalanche of votes to poll a
total of 1132. Young's total was
845.
Hoover's victory in the ranks
of the G. O. P. was undisputed
and the present chief executive
led all other candidates, regard
less of party, with a total 'of
2023. Norman Thomas was the
successful Socialist candidate,
with a final tally of 345.
Thus has the Daily Tar Heel
shown the way to the nation by
calling its subscribers to rally
to the cause' of their favorite
candidates. . So . gratifying . has
been the success of the poll that
the Daily Tar Heel recommends
to the Republican, Democratic
and Socialist national commit
tees that they forthwith select
the three men victorious in our
-poll to carry the banners of their
parties, thus dispensing with
-the expense and ennui of con
ventions. Connor And Frazer
On Leave Of Absence
Two of the members of the
history department of this Uni
versity are absent in Europe on
leave. K. C. Frazer was sent
abroad as a fellow of the Car
negie Foundation for Interna
tional Peace. He intends to
study in London, Paris, and
Geneva. He also hopes to con
clude his studies of the late Sen
ator John T. Morgan of Alabama
At present Frazer is attending
the conference at Geneva of the
League of Nations. In February
he will attend the disarmament
conference to be held there.
Dr. R. D. W. Connor, head of
the history department, i s
: abroad on the Kenan foundation.
He is undertaking research work
in the Record Office in London,
in documents relating to the
colonial history of North Caro
lina. Part of his time will be
spent traveling on the continent.
In the, absence of Dr. Connor,
Dean W. W. Pierson of the grad
uate school is acting head of the
history department.
LAW ASSOCIATION GIVES
RECEPTION FOR PLEBES
The law association of the Uni-
versity entertained the first-year
law class at a dance and re
ception Friday evening from
8:30 until 10:30. The reception
took place in the reception hall
of Graham Memorial, and the
dance was on the second floor in
the banquet hall. Law students
and the faculty of the law school
with their dates comprised the
: gathering of 125. Allen Langston
was in charge of arrangements.
GEORGIA ROOTERS
MIX TOH HEELS
Carolinians and Georgians Bat
tle Over Superiority of Two
Football Teams.
An uproar which nearly de
veloped into a general free for
all arose late Friday night when
allegation from Georgia held a
conference with the North Caro
lina committee on Inter-State
Collegiate Relations as the after
math of the pep meeting in
Memorial hall. The boys from
Georgia had made their presence
known around 8:30 and some of
them attended the pep meeting
but, although they were some
what noisy, they withheld their
rowdiness until a more oppor
tune moment. Realizing that
they were greatly outnumbered,
they did not advertise their pres
ence until around 10 :30. At this
zero hour a group of these
Georgia boys met up with some
ardent Carolina supporters
somewhere in the vicinity of far
east quadrangle.
It all started very peaceably
with an offer on the part of
Georgia boys to make bets giving
the Carolina supporters the
greatest odds. Some of the
Georgians seemed to be in a
state not usually reached until
the middle of the second quarter,
and so naturally the Tar Heels
were somewhat hesitant. The
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ADDITIONAL MEN
IN INAUGURATION
More Celebrities Indicate! Inten
tion of Being Present at
President's Inauguration.
W. W. Pierson, dean of the
graduate school, and chairman of
the faculty committee on Presi
dent Frank Graham's inaugura
tion on November 11, announces
that the ! following additional
representatives from the educa
tional institutions and societies
of America have accepted his in
vitations to take part in the
academic procession on the in
augural day. .
Professor Archibald Hender
son, American antiquarian1 so
ciety; Professor Calvin Bryce
Hoover, of the American econo
mic association ; W. S. Lee, of the
American engineering council;
Dean Elbert Russell, of the
American oriental society ; and
Professor J. F. Dashiell, of the
American psychological associa
tion. -
Dean H. L. McBain and Pro
fessor Adam L. Jones, Barnard
college; Dean Charles B Lip-
man and Professor Clarence Pas-
chall of the University of Cali
fornia ; Dr. Duncan C. Hether
ington, of Colorado college; Pro
fessor Albert S. Keister, of Cor
nell college,' Iowa ; President
Ernest L. Stockton, of Cumber
land university ; Mrs. Morgan F.
Vining, of the Drexel institute;
Dr. Edward E. Ayers, of Greens
boro college ; Dean El B. Stouf
fer, of the University of Kansas ;
MissZ. Grace Brooks, of the
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Tar Heel Meeting
There will be a meeting of
the city editors and sports
editors of the Daily Tar Heel
this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock.
The editorial board will con
vene at 5;30. There will be
no regular reportorial meet
ing tonight. .
PLAN
T0PARADE
CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1931
Campus Philosophers Disagree
With Whistling Moron Theory
Whistlers are not morons.
Members of the philosophy and
psychology departments of the
University say so, and you can
either thake their word for! it, 'think the professor was just
or believe Dr. Charles Gray hunting for something to say,"
Shaw, professor of philosophy states the doctor. "There is a
at New York university, who! type of man who will hunt
said last Tuesday that all whist
lers are mentally deficient. Dr.
Shaw insists that "if men
whistle they are usually mo
rons." Dr. Shaw disconcerted read
ers of the world's news Tues
day morning and afternoon! by
saying that the whistler , is not
only a moron, "but if you
whistle you reveal that you are
devoir of moral stamina and
that you possess an inferiority
complex. No great or success-,
f ul man ever whistles. Can you
imagine of Einstein, Edison, or
Mussolini tuning up to 'When
the Moon Comes over the Moun
tain'?" Irate readers disconcerted Dr.
Shaw Wednesday with a bar
rage of such indignant protests
that Thursday he modified his
previous statement. "The ones
who use the lips in whistling are
the morons," he declared.
University students are be
ginning to worry as much as
Robert Hunter MacGimsey, ac
knowledged whistling champion
of New York City, who, the
metropolitan press reports, "is
vaguely troubled" and "wants to
know."
v Departments Disagree -Knowing
professors on the
campus were sought to refutate
or substantiate the awful charge.
The results were delightfully
gratifying. The psychology and
philosophy deparments are hope
lessly divided upon the subject.
Dr. H. H. Williams, venerable
head of the philosophy depart
ment agrees with New York
papers that Professor Shaw is a
publicity hunter, only mildly in
terested in the intricacies of
whistling and its power for ex
pressing contentment and hap
piness. Dr. J. F. Dashiel, head
of the psychology department,
who knows the New York pro
fessor personally, holds that "the
MONOGRAPH ON WASHINGTON IS
PREPARED BY DRV HENDERSON
University Professor Has Pamphlet oh "Washington the Traveler"
Printed by the United States Commission for Use in
Celebrating Washington's Birth.
o- '
; D r. Archibald Henderson's
most recent literary production,
a monograph entitled, "Wash
ington The Traveler," has been
published by the United States
Commission for the celebration
of the two hundreth anniversary
of the birth of George' Washing
ton. Hundreds of thousands of
copies of the fifty-page, paper
bound pamphlet will be distri
buted over the United States and
American possessions.
This booklet is one of sixteen
authorized by the United States
Congress. A handful of distin
guished scholars were selected by
Dr. Albert B. Hart of Harvard
university, editor of the series,
to prepare these monographs ;
and Dr. Henderson was one of
those selected. t
He based his writing on two
of his own books. One, Wash
ington's Southern Tour, was
published some years ago ; the
second, Washington's Northern
Tours, is now being prepared
for publication.
In his monograph, Dr. Hen
derson mentions many interest
publicity he has received is not
due to seeking on his own part."
Dr. Williams calls the drastic
statement mere "nonsense." "I
around for a statement that will
startle people and attract at
tention to himself." New York
papers have suspected that he
was a trifle interested in the pub
licity for his latest book. j
"Morons Can't Whistle"
"To my mind a moron can't
whistle," said Dr. Williams. It
has been rumored that Professor
Shaw does not whistle.
"My notion is that he identi
fies morons with musicians," con
tinued Williams. "If man makes
music he's no moron." Professor
N. O. Kennedy, of the music de
partment, says "It's rediculous."
Dr. Dashiel speaks of Professor
Shaw as a "very genial and ami
able gentleman, whose publicity
is due to his warm interest in
human nature, and his desire to
get his students likewise inter
ested." Dr. Shaw is enthusiastic,
and, says Dr. Dashiel, "An en
thusiast is likely to makeover
statements, especially, if it is in
cidental to driving home some
other point. Shaw is a philoso
pher interested in romantic as
pects of human life, rather than
in the mere technical meta-phy-sical
problems."
"W h y," continues Dashiel,
"does a genial man like Professor
Shaw dislike whistlers? If this
were a very unusual dislike we
might class it with Phobias and
seek its. explanation in terms of
his own personal history. But
there are many who dislike
whistling. I am one," admits Dr.
Shiel. "I like my whistling, but
not the other fellow's."
Recalling astory, says Dr.
Dashiell, "I remember a whistler
in the drafting room of the West
inghouse Company at Pittsburgh
who came near being ejected by
the window route."
Dr. Dashiel grants that a mo
ron can not be judged by whist
ling nor by any other single type
of act.
ing and amusing events of Wash
ington's travels. Of his tour
through the Carolinas in 1791,
Dr. Henderson states : "In North
Carolina, entertainments and re
ceptions greeted him at Halifax,
Tarborough, and Greenville ; and
New Berne received him with un
usual demonstrations of pleas
ure. At the latter place, he was
twice entertained at the Palace,
built by the royal governor, Wil
liam Tryon; and by one of those
singular reverses of destiny in
which history is so rich, Tryon's
office , served as a stable for
Washington's horses. A notable
reception greeted Washington
at Wilmington and the address
of the citizens was doubtless
very agreeable to Washington, in
predicting 'the effectual opera
tion of the new constitution,"
The census-takers of that day
were as unreliable as those of tor
day, if we trust Washington's
diary. He says: "Wilmington is
situated on the Cape Fear River.
It has some good houses pretty
compactly build. The 'whole un
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REFURBISHING OF
Y IS COMPLETED
Ceilings, Windows, and Wood
work All Repaired by Main
tenance Department.
The entire Y. M. C. A. build
ing has been renovated during
the past few weeks by the de
partment of the University in
charge of the maintenance of the
buildings. Ceilings have been
replastered and calcimined; the
woodwork painted ; and the win
dows reworked. The old furni
ture has been repaired and new
added.
Space that was ordinary al
lotted to other purposes has been
re-allocated. One of the read
ing rooms has been renovated to
suit the purposes of the Bull's
Head bookshop. On the top floor
space has been given the busi
ness school. Rooms for the heads
of all the cabinets have been pror
vided. The Y. M. C. A. has in
its contract with unmarried sec
retaries the agreement that it
will furnish them living quart
ers. There are also rooms pro
vided for students connected
with the Y.
The cost of all these repairs
is not known When the build
ing was constructed, the Unir
versity agreed to maintain it
should the Y. M. C. A. build it,
with the cost to come out of the
general fund for maintenance of
buildings.
CAMPUS SERVICE
-TO BE EMPHASIS
OF WORK OF Y
Employment of Freshman Sec
retary Is First Step in
Change of Policy.
The Y. M. C. A. has made one
major change in its last year's
policy, and that is the shifting
of emphasis to campus service
or the personal problems of. the
student, mainly those growing
out of financial conditions. The
first step in this direction was
the discontinuance of stenogra
phic service and the addition of
the freshman secretary, E d
Hamer.
The Y. M. C. A. feels that it
is necessary to devote a great
deal of time in assisting the self
help students to secure jobs that
will enable them to remain in
school during the current depres
sion. The committee in charge of
interracial work has also taken
action to promote the welfare of
the Negroes in this section. They
will promote a charity football
game between the Orange Coun
ty Negro high school and Raleigh
high school. They have assisted
the local negro school to bring
their library up to standard.
The Y. M. C. A. brought Kirby
Page to the campus. Rabbi
Krass.will be on the campus for
two days later in the quarter to
lecture on the Jewish problem.
In the winter quarter an eminent
Chinese will be secured to lecture
on the problem of the Chinese.
Graham in New York
R, ,B. House, executive secre
tary of the University, an
nounced yesterday that Presi- J
dent Graham was m New YorK
city on private business and
would be gone for an indefinite
period.
Additional Pledges
Sigma Alpha Epsilon an
nounces the pledging of Mason
Gibbes, Columbia, South Caro
lina ; and Alpha Lambda Tau,
Zeb Cummings, Tarborb.
NU JIBER T5 2-s-
DYER TO ASSIST
IN WAKE FOREST
BIBLICAL PAGEANT
To Act as Assistant to Dr H. A.
Smith in Pageant of Art,
Dramatics, and Music.
Dr. H. S. Dyer will go to Wake
Forest today, where he will act
as assistant to Dr. H. Augustine
Smith, director of religious
pageantry and art at Boston
university, in Dr. Smith's page
ant of art, dramatics, and music
Dr. Smith and Dr. Dyer met
at Northwestern university m
the school of sacred music a few
years ago. The head of the Uni
versity department of music suc
ceeded Dr. Smith as director of
choirs in the New First Congre
gation church of Chicago.
In his pageant at Wake Forest,
Dr. Smith will utilize the Wake
Forest choir, with lighting ef
fects and music, to demonstrate
how certain Biblical episodes can
be developed in church.
Dyer attended the state meet
ing of the music teachers of
North Carolina in Greensboro,
Friday. At the meeting, action
was begun to provide the state
department of education with
exact facts and figures, showing
what the curtailed music pro
gram has done to music in the
state. A permanent committee
was appointed for a study of the
situation and was ordered to
make a report in November.
A preliminary survey of the
situation reveals that no south
ern state has undergone the re
duction in educational support,
either per capita, or per gross,
which the last legislature has
placed on North Carolina.
While in Greensboro, Dr. Dyer
spoke, encouraging the teachers
of music in the state to carry
on the program, advocating the
study of music and amateur per
formances, in fact of the particu
lar time when music instruction
is badly crippled. . . .
Students In Battle
Have Clothes Stolen
Between the hours of 5 : 15 and
6 :30, Friday afternoon unknown
persons entered the unlocked
room of R. A. Singleton, L. W.
Wright, and F. M. Garner in the
Battle building and made away
with a week-end supply of
clothes in a suit-case. , Garner
suffered the loss of several shirts
and four pairs of recently pur
chased socks. The suit-case was
the property of , Singleton. No
other loss, except a shoe-shine
kit and a tooth-brush case, has
been determined.
The students expressed aston
ishment that a wallet containing
money lying on a bed at the time
was not taken. An endorsed
check was also untouched.
SPANISH CLUB HOLDS
ITS REGULAR MEETING
The Spanish club held its regu
lar weekly meeting Friday night
in Graham Memorial building.
O. T. Slate read a selection from
El Circo, and Miss McKinney re
lated "Un Banqueto Extrano." J.
L. Smith, of the Spanish depart
ment addressed the club on the
practical value of being able to
speak Spanish.
Four new members were re
ceived into the club. Any stu
dent who has taken as many as
three courses of Spanish, and
who desires to join the club is
urged to attend the next meet
ing, Friday, October 23, at 7:30
o'clock on the second floor of
Graham Memorial.
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