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VOLUME XL - CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1931 ' , NUMBER 30
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CLUBS NAMED IN
HONOR OF GIFTED
YOUNG AMERICAN
John Reed, Brilliant Journalist
and Writer, Was Prominent
in Russian Revolution.
Following" the example of
other communistic minded
groups throughout ths world
local communists meet tonight at
7:00 in Graham Memorial to
form a John Reed club. Mem
bers of the New York club are
to be present to assist in the or
ganization. John Reed, for whom these
clubs are named, went to Russia
in 1917 after the Kerensky rev
olution, to write of it for an
American newspaper. At that
time he was already one of the
most brilliant and promising of
young American writers. His
career began almost as soon as
he came to Harvard from the
little Oregon town, in which his
parents had been pioneers.
There his talent, charm, and his
heroic disregard for the conven
tionalities of life had won him a
place, the importance of which
increased as the result of the
short stories'and poems of that
period. He became a national
figure when, during the Pancho
Villa Mexican peasant revolt, he
alone of all correspondents was
able to reach that general's
camp, to become his friend and
advisor, and to send from his
camp a .series of journalistic
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Dr. Stuhlman Will
Teach New Course
On X-Ray Technique
With the aid of a 115,000 volt
Kelley-Koett x-ray transformer,
a mechanical rectifier, and an
x-ray table and tube stand, Dr.
Otto Sthulman, Jr., ' plans to
teach a course in the spring
quarter on the technique of
photographic and fluoroscopic
roentgenology, with some appli
cations to bio-physical problems.
In the course, which is plan
ned especially for pre-medical
students, a large hospital unit
will be used, so that the technical
physical aspects of x-ray tech
nique will be well presented.
In the University catalogue,
the course is listed as: Physics
51, X-ray Technique: Biophysics.
XEAVITT FINISHES HIS
BOOK ON CLARAMONTE
Dr. Sturgis E. Leavitt, of the
Spanish department, hzs just
published a volume entitled The
Estrella de Sevilla and Clara
monte. The book discusses the
Estrella de Sevilla, generally con
sidered to be - the outstanding
piece of Spanish dramatic litera
ture, from several angles. It is,
however, mostly concerned with
the doubtful authorship of the
drama. Evidence in Dr. Lea
vitt's work points to Andres de
Claramonte, an obscure Spanish
dramatist, as the creator of this
masterpiece. Aside from its re
search valnp. the studv has a
definite appeal to every student
of the drama' whether he is ac
quainted with Spanish , or not.
The book has been brought out
by the Harvard University
Press.
COBB LECTURES TOMORROW
Dr. Collier Cobb, who has re
turned from Europe within the
last montn, will continue the
lecture and open forum discus
sion series in the Presbyterian
church with a talk .tomorrow
night at 7:30.
Dean Hobbs Reviews
Rules On Attendance
To prevent further misunder
standing and ignorance of the
latest ruling of the University
on the subject of attendance,
Dean A. W. Hobbs, of the college
of liberal arts, announces the rul
ing as follows: Students are
permitted as many absences in
a course as times, per week that
course meets. When a student
has incurred the maximum num
ber of absences, he will be placed
on probation. Oner absence
thereafter in any course will au
tomatically drop him from the
University. The University does
not consider itself obligated to
notify students Who have ac
quired the maximum number of
absences. This ruling applies to
all students except those in the
graduate schools, which have in
-dividual systems "groverninsr at-
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tendance.
PROTESTS MADE
ABOUT NAME OF
NEW BOOR STORE
Announcement Is Made That
Rental Library Will Be Oper
ated by Book Market.
Those who supervise the book
shop in the Y. M. C. A. building
and had the privilege of select
ing its new name have just dis
covered to what extent the for
mer name was appreciated by
those who frequent the shop. A
deluge of protects have been re
ceived by the committee.
Certain, book, lovers , believe
that the new nom de plume in
fers that the shop is a market in
which books are mere trifles and
their only value that they may be
sold at a profit. Some have even
gone so tar as to say tnat tne
new title suggests a butcher
shop. . Whatever are the merits
of the previous name, the com
mittee feels that the new one will
be quite as suitable after the
first harshness of the name has
been softened by its actual sig
nificance. It has been definitely an
nounced that the Book Market
will operate a rental library. A
nominal sum will be charged for
the rental of even the most ex
pensive of the volumes. The
rental fee will be so inexpensive
that the book " shop operators
feel that the latest book will be
within the reach of - everybody.
Should the library have insuffi
cient funds to purchase col
lateral reading books there is a
possibility that the shop .will
render a service to the students
by placing them in the rehtal
library. 1
Mary Dirnberger of the li
brary lhas selected quite an ex
tensive list of the latest popular
books, for the rental library.
Among these are Bees Streeter,
A White Bird Flying, Aldrich;
Ten Commandments, Warwick ;
Judith Pans, Walpole; The Um
brella Murder, Carolyn Wells ; If
I Were You, Wodehouse; About
the Murder of the Night Club
Lady, Anthony Abbott; All Pas
sions Spent, V. Sackville-West;
and First Person Singular, A
Collection of Short Stories, Som
erset Maugham.
Atlanta Alumni To Gather
The alumni of Atlanta will
gather in a meeting which will
be in the nature of a rally on
November 6, the evening before
the Carolina-Georgia Tech game
in Atlanta. J W. Spease, of the
class of 1908, will presi&ejand
has invited a number of Uni
versity men to be present.
Valentine Engaged In Study
Of Specie Of Blind Beetle
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Zoology Professor Doing Unique Piece of Research Work on Evolu
tion of Forms of Cave Dwelling or Cavernicole
Type of Carabidae Beetle Family.
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Dr. J. M. Valentine, national j
research fellow in zoology, is at
present doing research work in
Davie hall on the family of beet
les known as the Carabidae, or
the ground beetles. - He is study
ing that group of the carabids
known as the cavernicoles, or
cave-dwelling beetles, with ref
erence to the evolution of the
different species and their
adaption to their environment.
y The family of the Carabidae
is one of the largest of the beet
le families and contains species
which vary greatly in size, ap
pearance, and habits. They are
found everywhere, and each
specie has modifications which
help it meet its particular mode
of life. Some are very small and
others are among the largest of
insects. Some are nocturnal in
habit, and consequently, dark,
mostly black, in color; others
among those that are diurnal in
habit are brilliantly colored and
beautifully variegated ; and those
of the cavernicole, or cave
dwelling type have no pigment
at all, and are blind.
It is this latter -group which
Dr. Valentine is studying. The
field of his research, i. e. the
evolution of the cavernicole
f ormsxand how they have adapt
ed themselves to life in the caves,
is unique. As. Dr. Valentine
explained, the ancestors of these
COBB TELLS OF
TRIP TO FRANCE
Dr. Collier Cobb, following
the music recital in Graham
Memorial on Wednesday even-
mg, gave a very complete ac
count of his visit to France re
cently, as a delegate t6 the In
ternational Congress of Geo
graphy.
Dr. and Mrs. Cobb made a
prearranged excursion to the
Jura Mountains and the pre
Alps of Savoy.: They also took
bus and airplane trips over the
Chateau country.
Dr. Cobb has visited France
at other times and was therefore
prepared to note the changes
that have taken place during the
past forty, years. He stated
that there is no waste land in
France. The farming is very in
tensive. The French farmer
raises everytning ne needs on
the farm and then has. a large
surnlus to sell. He stated that
Governor Gardner would cer
tainly be interested in this way
of living at home.
Y. M. C. A. Student Board
The administrative board of
the Y. M. C. A. will meet for
an important session Monday
nisrht at 8:00 o'clock in the Y
building. F. M. James, presi
dent of the Y. M. C. A., requests
all members of the board that
cannot attend to notify him.
An Aspiring Speller
The person who signed his
name "An Aspiring Speller"
in an open forum letter to the
editor of the Daily Tar Heel
is requested to meet with the
editor before noon this morn
ing in the editorial off ice. No
contributions for. the "Speak
ing the Campus 'Mind" column
will be run without the edi
tor's knowledge of the contrib
utor's name, although only the
initials will appear if requested.
forms were a group of primi
tive carabids, which was more
abundant ' and widespread than
tKeir descendants. Centuries
ago they inhabited the tops of
mountains, going down deep in
to the moist earth, where they
gradually began to lose their
sight and pigment. With the
approach of the glacial period
all of them were exterminated
with the exception of those that
left the mountain tops and went
down into the caves and those
that stayed , and managed to
adapt themselves to the cold.
With the retreat of the glac
iers, these insects still stayed in
the caves, where their evolution
toward blindness was completed
and totally eyeless forms were
created, and where the humidity
and undisturbed . surroundings
produced soft bodied and long-
legged types. Dr. Valentine ex
plained that these types can
never come out of the caves
again because they could never
survive under any other condi
tions. Those types which did
not go into the caves may still be
found deep down in the wet moss
on cold mountain topsv
Those specimens which Dr.
Valentine is studying are of the
cave type and were collected by
him in caves in the Appalachian
Mountains of Virginia.
OXFORD DEBATE
QUERY IS CHOSEN
From the results of a discus
sion on the resolution adopted
for the British debate, students
interested in intercollegiate de
bating determined at their
weekly meeting Thursday in
Graham Memorial that' the
query would evolve into a con
test between capitalism and
communism. The query for the
contest with Oxford in Decem
ber is "That the American civili
zation is more dangerous to the
world than the Russian, civiliza
tion." America will of course
represent capitalism in the view
of the British.
In addition to an interesting
discussion on the interpretation
of the phraseology of the query,
a list of books and periodicals
containing information about
the civilization of the Russians,
the Americans, 'and likewise the
English. The various civiliza
tions were discussed.
Beggar's Opera To
Be Given Friday
The student entertainment
committee met last night to dis
cuss and formulate plans for the
first program to be given under
its auspices this season. The
event will be a presentation of
"The Beggar's Opera" by John
Gay next Friday evening in
Memorial hall. The committee
consists of faculty and student
members. Representing the
faculty are Allan W. Hobbs,
dean of the college of liberal
arts, chairman; Professor Fred
erick H. Koch, of the Carolina
Playmakers; Dr. J. P. Harland,
of the archaeology department;
Dudley D. Carroll, dean-of the
school of commerce; and Profes
sor H. S. Dyer of the music de
partment. The student group
consists ofw.-T. Whitsett, Jr.,
M. S. piary, y.'N. Bissell, E. C.
Daniel, and O. W. Dresslar.
This committee selects the pro
grams and supervises their ex
ecution throughout the season.
Dr. Smith Elected New
Elon College President
At the Southern Christian
Convention, which convened in
Burlington Tuesday night, the
trustees' of Elon college unan
imously elected Dr. L. E. Smith,
pastor of the Christian Temple
of Norfolk, Va., as president to
succeed Dr. W. A. Harper, who
resigned last June and is now in
Europe.
Dr. Smith has f oif many years
been president of the Southern
Christian Convention, and pre-
presided at the session Tuesday,
when the convention went on
record as placing its support be
hind the college, and launched a
campaign to raise $500,000 be
fore January 1. The executive
committee of the convention was
instructed to set up an organiza
tion for carrying out the cam
paign.
FOREIGN DEBATE
TEAMS ON FALL
T0UR0F NATION
English Universities, Oxford, and
Team From Turkey, -Debating
in All Parts of the Country.
The international collegiate
debating season opened yester
day when the English universi
ties' team debated a team from
Hamilton college, at Clinton,
New York. The question for the
debate was whether or not "the
dole provides a better method of
solving the unemployment prob
lem than does the charity sys
tem." The English team took the
affirmative.
The English universities' team
is one of the three teams to be
brought over to America for in
ternational debating this year by
the National Student Federation
of America. The other two
teams to be brought over this
year are a Turkish team and a
team representing Oxford uni
versity. A Dutch team was also
arranged for this year, but was
forced to cancel its tour at the
last moment. '
The Turkish team will debate
first, October 26, at Iowa State
university, Iowa City, on the
resolution that "compulsory un
employment insurance should be
adopted by the sovereign states
as public protection against the
vicissitudes of the Machine Age."
The Turkish debaters will take
the affirmative of the question.
The team representing Oxford
university will have as its open
ing debate a tentative engage
ment with Pembroke college,
Brown university at Providence.
The Oxford team will take the
affirmative of the question that
"the press is Democracy's great
est danger," in a debate with the
University of Indiana, Novem
ber 2.
Each of the visiting teams,has
two members, and each team will
visit approximately thirty col
leges and universities. The tour
will last seven' weeks. The teams'
itineraries have been distributed
fairly evenly over the country
the Turkish team visitingj;he far
western states ; the Oxford team,
the middle western states and the
South ; and the English universi
ties' team, the eastern states.
Five questions have been sub
mitted for debate by each group,
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Buccaneers Are Ready -
The Buccaneer business office
will be open from 10:00 a. m. on
today. All fraternities may re
ceive their copies by presenting
a list of men living in their
house.
SPORTSMANSHIP
IS STRESSED IN
TALIUtf FETZER
Director of Athletics Speaks to
Freshmen and Sophomores
in Chapel Meeting.
Besides describing the various
athletics of the University
Coach Bob Fetzer, head of ath
letics, in his address to the first
and second year men in assembly
yesterday, stressed "sportman
ship." "Sportmanship is essential to
manhood and a basic element of
character," stated the coach. He
further declared that sportman
ship is a thing which is to be
found in every admired char
acter. Fetzer told the group
that the University student
body has long been noted for its
good soprtmanship. - Giving a
quotation from a famous . ath
lete, he stated that this quality
is natural in some people but
in the majority it must be de
veloped. His last statements were that
there are two places where good
sportmanship may be displayed :
the athletic field, and the stad
ium. . According to him, the stu
dent in the stand who partici
pates in organized cheering and
who also cheers at a good play
made by the rival team is a good
sport and is showing the Caro
lina spirit in the right way. The
impression visitors carry away
with them depends largely on
the conduct of students in the
stands. .
Law School Offers
Services To Reform
State's Constitution
The commission appointed by
Governor Gardner and headed
by Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy,
having as its purpose the re
formation of certain organic
laws of the North Carolina con
stitution has asked the aid of the
law schools of the state.
. Dean M. T. Van Hecke of the
University law school offered
four services :
1. To prepare a study of the
judicial construction of the pres
ent constitution.
. 2. To prepare studies of the
existing state constitutional pro
visions on given. topics without
and with indications of judical
construction.
3. To make available results
of investigations into the actual
working of various state consti
tutional provisions in other
states.
4. To make investigations in
to the actual working in North
Carolina of designated parts of
the State's present constitution.
Dean Van Hecke's offer has
been accepted' and Chairman
Stacy is authorized to negotiate
with the deans of the law schools
of Duke university and Wake
Forest college for aid also.
The three deans are invited to
be present at the next meeting of
thejeommission on November 27.
Additional Pledges
Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity an
nounces the pledging of: Sidney
Gross, Kinston; Henry Pierson,
Kinston ; Munro Evans, Fayette
ville. Delta Tau Delta announces the
pledging of John Monaghan,
Fayetteville, and John Nicholson,
Raleigh.
Phi Alpha announces the
pledging of Al Stern, Newark,
New Jersey, and Sidney Brown
stein, Louisville, Kentucky.
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