JOHN REED CLUB
8:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
GRAHAM MEMORIAL
THE JITNEY PLAYERS
4:00 AND 8:30 -P.M. TODAY
PLAYMAKERS THEATRE
VOLUME XL
CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, , DECEMBER 4, 1931
NUMBER 62
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MERCHANTS FORM
MEANS TO PROBE
STUDENT CREDIT
Cut in the University's Budget
' Transfers Investigation to
Local Council.
GLEE CLUB GOES
TO RED SPRINGS
Will Present Concert Featuring Euro
pean Folk Songs at Flora Mac
Donald College Tomorrow.
Since the budget of the Uni
versity has been cut, the expense
of handling bad checks can no
longer be carried fby college
authorities. In order to replace
this procedure, a credit associa
lion has been formed by local
merchants that will, in addition
to its other ; functions, take
care of this erstwhile depart
: iment of the University. The
. , Tiandling of these checks will be
carried on in the same way as
in the past; the only difference
being that the expense will be
shared by the merchants. Wil
lram Medford, who has been
doing this work for the Univer
sity, will continue in his same
canacitv as an employee of the
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credit association.
The handling of returned
checks is only incidental, how
ever, to the other functions of!
this organization. Its main ob
ject is to establish credit infor
mation on everyone in the Uni
versity who uses a charge ac
count. Anyone wishing to es
tablish a charge account will be
asked to fill out a reference
blank. The merchant will then
turn this blank over to the credit
office and they will investigate
the references. A system of
rating will be . kept on each
creditor by the association and
delinquent accounts will be re
ported to the office by the mer
chant. The offending creditor
will be demerited accordingly.
At present twenty-five local
merchants have joined, and the
association hopes to include
them all shortly. In addition to
these members, people keeping
boarding-houses arte being
asked to join.
TREND OF SOCIAL
REFORMS SAID TO
BE PROGRESSIVE
Professor L. M. Brooks Traces
Developments in America and
England During Century.
The University glee club, con
sisting of thirty men selected
by Dr. Harold S. Dyer, head of
the music department, will pre
sent a concert tomorrow night
at Red Springs in the Flora Mac-
Donald college auditorium. The
program to be rendered is al
most entirely a new one, having
been conceived and prepared
since the opening of school in
September. A group of Euro
pean student songs - and new
American songs are being feat
ured. Another innovation will
be a group of four spirituals
taken from the musical litera
ture of the negro.
Two soloists are being taken
on this trip; Harry Lee Know,
pianist and accompanist for the
club, will play two sets of solos;
and Earl Wolslagel will render
a group of violin solos.
Aims Of History And Government
Department Defeated By Dryness
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The Daily Tar Heel Continues Its Survey of Branches of the
Liberal Arts School by Gathering Critical Data on
Seventy-One Courses Offered Here.
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The Daily Tar Heel continues today its series of
departmental surveys, with the intention of presenting student opinion on
courses offered in the liberal arts college, as a guide to students about to
register for the winter quarter. Opinions offered in this series are not
necessarily those of The Daily Tar Heel.) -
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STUDENT FORUM
HEARS BERNARD
SLOGANISTS WILL
GAIN STATE-MADE
PRIZESFQR NAME
Suits and Vacation Will-Be
Awarded for Catch-Words
to Boom Carolina.
Gentle reader, listen to this :
Do you happen to want a
week's vacation at a resort hotel
of your own choice, in North
Carolina? Or, perchance, could
you do with a couple of new
suits made of choice Carolina
homespun? If the idea strikes
you as good, all you must do is
to win the following contest as
stated today to the Daily Tar
Heel by Tyre C. Taylor, who
heads a "boom Carolina" move
ment at Raleigh. .
Taylor is looking for a
it i t - m :
name, catcn-wora, Dy-ime,
gan or what-have-you to
stitute for a nomenclature
known as the Ten Year
Functions of the history and;
government department, as out
lined by Dr. F. M. Green, as
sociate professor of American
history, are centered about the
two objectives of presenting a
thorough grounding in politi
cal, economic, and cultural de
velopment of civilization in re
lation to present-day problems
of civilization, and an effort to
show the inter-relationship of
history with the other social
sciences. Government is also
primarly designed to show the
actual working of modern gov
ernmental administrations.
In an intensive research of
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student opinion gathered during
the past few weeks, views on
the seventy-one courses offered
in history and government were
exchanged with the interview
ers and a composite review of
the material collected is offered
herein. .
Remedy 'Offered
Almost without exception,
graduate . students and those
majoring in either history or
government, expressed them
selves as being whole-heartedly
in accord with the objectives of
the department, but stated that
the purpose is defeated fre
quently in the presentation of
the subject matter, much of
which is dry and necessarily
factual. The universal remedy
History 1-2-3
The many instructors who
teach these courses treat them
in so many different ways that
any unified criticism is hard to
obtain. With few exceptions
these are lecture courses con
ducted in an uninteresting man
ner. Because of the enormous
amount of ground to be covered,
only the haziest details of the
course remain with the student,
and the latter part of each quar
ter is spent in a frantic effort to
cover the remaining number of
pages:
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An interesting course in
American biography, invaluable
for the study of leadership. As
was expressed by one student
"one finds that our heroes were
not so perfect."
i History 41-42
A general survey course in
ancient history, vskimming the
whole field in two quarters.
History 45-46
Lecture courses in English
history, with little discussion,
conducted in a dry fashion.
History 47-48 ,
Worthwhile survey of Ameri-
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can nistory, witn iew aun
moments. C ; - "
History 51-52-53-54
These courses in ancient his
tory are given in stereo
typed lectures, often uninterest-
'aculty Advisor Explains Right
German Club to Control Uni
versity Dances.
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At the third meeting of th
student forum in Graham Memo
rial Wednesday evening, the ex
ecutive committee of the Ger
man club, assisted by Professor
W. S. Bernard, the committee's
faculty adviser, defended the
right of the German club to
control the dances on the cam
pus. Professor Bernard, in re
lating the history of. the Ger
man club, explained that it had
secured its authority as the re
sult of the failure of the vigi
lance committee, which was in
charge of dances for four years
prior to 1926, to exercise effect
ive control.
At the meeting it was pro
posed that the German club fee
be reduced to allow more stu
dents to join, but a lack of time
did not permit a discussion of
this point.
ALBRIGHT CALLS
FOR DELIBERATION
ON BUDGET BOARD
Student Activities Committee
Will Consider Supervision of
Organizations' Finances.
COMMITTEE WILL
EXAMINE RHODES
SCHOLARS TODAY
Twenty-Seven Students to Ap
pear Before Committee Meet
ings Here and at Duke.
Twenty-seven North Carolina
students from six institutions
are listed as candidates for
Mayne Albright, president of
the student union, will call the
Student Activities Committee
into session Monday evening at
8:30 in room 215 Graham
Memorial. This committee is
composed of all campus officers,
class presidents, faculty mem
bers directly connected with stu
dent activities, and heads of stu
dent activities such" as the liter
ary societies, the interfraternity
council, and the German club.
The committee usually meets
once a year, but the chairman
announces that this year it will
convene at least once each quar
ter. - It has a long record of
worthy service to the University
a's the sponsor of enterprises
such as the Daily Tar Heel, ,the
Publications Union Board, the
debate council, and the student
union. The president of the stu
dent union is chairman of the
meeting and the secretary of the
union is secretary.
A Budget- Boar
President Albright requests
every member of the committee
to consider the two items of im
portance which will be discussed
Monday night. The first is a
suggestion to form a permanent
P"hnr?Asi 5TinTflrsViina this vpnr
according to Dr. W. C. Davison, jbet boa to hav?
new
Plan
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offered was that a more inten-!ingv Outside reading is most
Professor Lee M. Brooks of
the sociology department spoke
at assembly yesterday morning.
His topic being "Snapshots of
Social Change and a Challenge
to Social Leadership." Profes
sor Brooks described social con
ditions in the nineteenth ceri
tury and pointed out the prog
ress that civilization has made
toward the betterment of insti
tutions for the care of tubercu
lars and the insane.
In England, social reforms
were brought about in Parlia
ment by Lord Shaftesbury. "At
that time, children were appren
ticed to chimney-sweeps, 'and
were considered as mere prop
erty to be exploited as their
owners saw fit," said Brooks.
With the abolishment of child
labor in England, he explained
that a parallel development was
taking place in America. Doro
thea L. Dix first became known
as a social leader uirougn u
"crusade for better conditions in
penal institutions. By 1855 she
had secured appropriations for
thirty-two institutions.
"This is the age of social sci
ence," Brooks declared, "and
there are three things necessary
for its propagation: vision,
morale, and courageous coopera
tion." f
Corporation. The general
jectives of this plan are :
To attract tQurists and desir
able permanent residents to
North Carolina ; to mobilize the
scientific brains and facilities of
this state iii an effort to dis
cover profitable uses for natural
resources; and, to improve and
rehabilitate life in the rural
sections of North Carolina.
If a University of North
Carolina student although the
plan is open to all citizens
should be able to incorporate
all the foregoing ideas into a
suitable slogan . . . well, go to
it ! In case the student is mar
ried, friend spouse will also be
present for that week-end at-
p,v Tipari hrtft tor eruesses is
set at midnight, December 9.
sive mode of class discussion be
ordained, which would serve to
relieve the boredom of lectures
and provide a medium of ex
change of undergraduate opin
ion. The following is the consen
sus of student opinion of courses
in the department :
helpful to the understanding of
the subject. More participation
in discussion would enhance the
worth of all four.
History 64-65-66
Medieval European history
courses which do not sustain the
students interest because of
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Graham Will Address
State Manufacturers
Frank Porter Graham, presi
dent of the University, will ad
dress the annual meeting of the
North Carolina cotton manu
facturers association at Pine-
hurst tonight. He will discuss
the interest in agriculture and
industry as related to schools,
colleges, roads, institutions,
and social advance.
The association is composed
of representatives from cotton
manufacturing concerns all
over the state. Kemp Lewis, of
Durham, president of the Univer
sity alumni association, is also
president of this organization.
Jitney Players Here
Former Stage Classics to Be Presented
.in Playmakers Theatre Today.
Because of the popularity of
their production of that lurid
melodrama when it was given
o4- v?a TTnivprsitv last year, the
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Jitnev Players will present The
Murder in the Red Barn in the
Playmakers Theatre at 4:00
fjiAnAr this afternoon. Some of
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the flavor of the old-time thea
tre is given when the members
of the cast sing and dance be
tween the acts.
At '. 8 :30 in the evening, the
organization will present a new
addition . to their , -repertoire;
The Bourgeois Gentleman, by
Moliere. This light comedy
said to be handled deftly by the
players. ,
Mitchell Society To
Hear Two Speakers
The Elisha Mitchell Scien
tific society will convene next
Tuesday at 7 :30 p. m. in the
physics lecture room, 206 Phil
lips hall. E. W.,McChesney, of
the school of medicine,- and J.
G. Douglas, of the geology de-
of Duke university, secretary of
the selection committee.
The candidates will be exam
ined by a state committee which
meets today at Duke and tomor
row at this University.
Candidates f ron North Caro
lina this year are : Davidson col
lege: E. C. Dwelle, Jr., Char
lotte; C. W Harrison, Davidson;
J. D. McConnell, Davidson; J.
T. Welch, Jr., Mount Holly; S.
S. Wiley, Salisbury; Duke uni
versity: P. M. Bolich, Winston
Salem; C. P. Bunch, Statesville;
H. L. Dein, Atlantic City; W. P.
Farthing, Durham; P. L. Frank
lin, Baltimore; M. K. Green, Ra
leigh; P. R. Hamlin, Washing-
ington, New Jersey; G. T. Har
rell, Jr., Asheville; James Mul-
Iin, Dothan, Alabama; G. G.
Power, Baltimore; J. G. Pratt,
Winston-Salem W. C. Scoville,
Greensboro; R. W. Smith, Wor
cester, Massachusetts ; Guilford
college: W. L. Braxton, Snow
vision over the accounts of all
student organizations of public
or semi-public nature. This
board would audit personally or
through professional service
such accounts, and publish them
for consideration and possible
readjustment by the student
body. Such an audit would be
taken once each year at the close
of the student administration in
April. The definite recommen-
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RAILROADS HIT
BY DEPRESSION,
PROFESSOR SAYS
Competition Is Strong, But
Heath Foresees Era of
Stabilization.
partment, will share the pro
gram for the evening. Dr. Mc- Camp; N. C. State college: H.
Chesney will deliver a paper on
"Liquid ammonia as a medium
in the study of organic com
pounds." Dr. Douglas will ad
dress the society with facts and
illustrations of the "Petroleum
development of the Maracaibo
Basin."
Out Sunday:
THE SUNDAY FEATURE ISSUE
Will Carry as Headliners
Articles by Campus Writers
on
The Mysterious and Forgotten Grave
Behind Swain Hall.
The Six' Most Useful Presidents of the
United States.
The Romance Languages Department.
Another Inside Revelation on the Sino-
Japanese Conflict. "
and
Human Interest Shorts.
READ YOUR SUNDAY TAR HEEL
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Y. Brock, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia;
H. B. James, Oakboro; W. T.
Jordan, Hamlet; University' of
North Carolina: R. M. Albright,
Jr., Raleigh; J. W. Clinard, Jr.,
High Point; W. C. Dunn, Kin
ston; J. D. Linker, Salisbury;
Wake Forest: G. A. Martin, Jr.,
Law Review Dinner
Student Editors Will Be Entertained
at Home of R. H. Wettach.
The student board of editors
I of the North Carolina. Law Re
view, twenty in number, will be
entertained at a supper tonight
at the home of R. H. Wettach,
professor in the school. At this
time the first issue of the North
f!rnlina Law Review for this
year.
At the supper Mr. Douglas B.
Mags, one-time faculty editor of
the Southern California Law
Review, and student editor of
the California Law Review, and
now member of the law faculty
at Duke university, will give a
short, critical review of the stu
dents' contribution to this issue
of the periodical. -
Professor M. S. Heath of the -
school of commerce discussed
Recent Developments in Rail
roads" at the meeting of the
economics seminar in Bingham
hall Wednesday evening. Pro
fessor Heath stated that rail
road problems fall into two
classes : those which concern the
future welfare of the railroads
and those which have to do with
the strain which the depression
has brought upon them. -xThe
latter is the most urgent ques
tion at this time. f -
The future of the railroads
depends upon the extent . to
which competing transportation
agencies supplant them, the suc
cess which the carriers obtain
in improving their facilities to
meet changing industrial condi
tions, and the railroads' ability
to adjust their management
policies to a slowing down in the
rate of growth of business.
Professor Heath states that
problems confronting the rail
executives and the Interstate
Commerce Commission today
include keeping a large number
of the railroads out of bank
ruptcy a problem resulting
from the depression. Only the
strong roads will show a margin
of profit this year.
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