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, PHI ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE SESSION 7:15 P . M. DI SENATE EXECUTIVE SESSION 7:00 P.M. VOLUME XL SECOND CONCERT . BY STR1NGFIELD WELLBALANCED Treshman's Composition Includ ed in Music Program Tomorrow. In the second laboratory con cert to be presented by Lamar Stringfield tomorrow after noon in the Hill music hall, the opening number will be a composition of Herbert R. Hazel man, a freshman in the Univer sity. The series of programs is being presented by the institute of folk music, and its purpose is to exploit and make the American audiences familiar Tvith the compositions of native authors. Only half of the program, however, will be devoted to the laboratory work. In order to halance the program Stringfield will present three numbers by foreign composers, including Handel's Sonata in F Major -written for the flute and haprsi cord. A number of Enesco, the Houmanian composer, and Max Reger's Serenade in G Major conclude the first half of the -program. Hazelman makes his debut into the musical world with his quintext, Moronique, which will be the first of the laboratory numbers. The Intermezzo from Cleopatra's Night, by Henry Hadley, and a folk number of Hilton Rufty complete the con cert. Hadley, native of Massa chusetts, is now the conductor of the Manhattan symphony or chestra in New York. Rufty is a native of Virginia and lives in Richmond. Stringfield will be assisted in the concert by Mrs. Adeline, McCall, Earl Woslagel and Thor Johnson. LEADERS IN BOY SCOUTGATHERING HEAR VALENTINE I Executives of Seminar Given In formation on Practical Taxi dermy by Zoology Prof essor. Dr. Mason Valentine, of the University zoology department, yesterday afternoon addressed the Boy Scout executives of-the state convening here for a three day seminar. Dr. Valentine of fered the visiting Scout leaders information on the principles of taxidermy for birds. The meeting of the Scout men in the zoology department re search rooms in the Davie build ing was attended by over a score of the executives. Examples of taxidermy in birds shown in the exhibition room of the zoology department were examined. The seminar will close at a luncheon tomorrow at noon. Several other professors at the University are on the program arranged by Professor Harold D. Meyer, of the sociology . de partment, who is Boy Scout ed ucational director for the state. Other faculty members on yes terday's program were: Dr. H. M. Burlage, of the pharmacy school; Dr. C. T. Murchison, of the school of commerce; Dr. J. P. Harland, of the archaeology department;: and; Professor Meyer. Ray 0. Wyland, na tional director of educational service for the Scouts, is the principle speaker. Dr. English Bagby will address the group tomorrow pn "Abnormal Psy chology." ' ' STUDENTS ATTEND DURHAM MEETING At the weiner roast snonsor- eoT by the Student Volunteer group of Duke university in Durham Sunday evening, repre sentatives of Duke, State, and this University discussed the in ternational student convention which wilF convene in Buffalo during the Christmas holidays. The main address of the evening was delivered by Dr. Harry Kingdon of Newark, N. J. King don spoke on "The Living Christ in the World Today," J. P. Minter, regional secretary of the student Volunteer movement, made a brief talk. Of the sixty students at this meeting, eight were from the lo cal Y. M. C. A. F. M. "Pard ner" James, president of the Y. M. C. A. at the-University, states that at least ten students will attend' the conference in Buffalo which will take place during the Christmas holidays. GRAHAM PRAISED FOR ATTITUDE BY TEXTIKLEADERS State Cotton Manufacturers For mally Commend Educator Fol-. lowing Pinehurst Address. President Frank Porter (Gra ham received the formal com mendation of the North Caro lina cotton manufacturers asso ciation at their Saturday session in Pinehurst following the ad dress he delivered Friday eve ning. The resolution stated in part : "Whereas, we recognize in Mr. "Graham a great educa tional and spiritual leader; and we believe that Mr. Graham shares with the members of the association a conscientious de sire to develop and promote the educational and economic wel fare of our state and its people ; therefore, be it resolved, that, the association express to Mr. Graham its appreciation for his masterly address that the as sociation assure Mr. Graham of its desire for understanding arid co-operation in meeting and sol ving the educational and eco nomic problem confronting us in order that- the truth may be found, and that all the people of our state, may be led into more abundant life." In his speech Friday night, President Graham stressed the fact that despite all sugges tions and bitter agitations he was facing friends at the meet ing ; and that the wiser leaders of the textile industry deserved the backing of a strong public opinion in their scientific an alysis of their own industries and in their sound economic and humane policies to better the laborer's conditions. ' At the final session of the as sociation Kemp P. Lewis, Dur ham, president of the Alumni association of the University, was re-elected president of the textile organization. Graham to Speak President Frank Porter Gra ham will speak tomorrow night before the Inter-racial Commis sion in Richmond, Virginia. Removal of Conditions Students who have grades of E to remove during the fall quarter examinations should call at the registrar's office, South building, and file an ap plication for permission to take the examination. CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1931 . : ; ; Albright Explains Contempo's Status r . Since the question has been raised in the student body about Contempo and its relation to the University, it is due all concerned that a simple statement of facts be made: I. Contempo is not a University or a student body publi cation. (1) It is not published under the Publications Union Board, which is the clearing agency for all stu dent publications. (2) All student publications must be edited by stu dents in the University, and if Contempo were a student publication the present editors-in-chief would have necessarily resigned since one of them has not registered this quarter and the other of the two editors-in-chief voluntarily withdrew his name from the roil of University students some weeks ago. (3) All student publications are published on the campus. The paper in question is a private pub- " lication published in a village bookshop and bear ing a Chapel Hill dateline. 4 II. University or student body officials have no jurisdiction or authority over Contempo as an independent publica- 'r tion, and if -they had they would never interfere with the lawful right of freedom of the press. III. The attitude of the student body is this: A full belief in the principles, of free speech, and press in all student publications subject only to the laws of the country and a decent sense of student responsibility. On the Negro question a constructive attitude of scholarly research and gradual race improvement. IV. The attitude of the composite University, students, fac ulty members, and administrative officers has been made by President Graham in two recent statements: In the address prepared for the Inauguration, Novem ber 11, 1931, may be found the following words : "With out freedom there can be no University. But this freedom of the University should not be mistaken for approval of those who are merely sophisticated or who superficially exploit either the passing currents or great human causes or who fundamentally debase the deep human passions and poison the springs from which flow the waters of life. Such an abuse of freedom has the scorn of scholars whose intellectual integrity and whole some life are a source of freedom. True freedom of self expression is not the sort that leads either to self exploitation or to self -exhaustion but rather leads to the self-realization qf the " whole personality for the good life." In his speech to the North Carolina Cotton Manu facturers' Association at Pinehurst, December 4, Presi dent Graham said: "We have a deeper spiritual faith than those who would unwisely strike down freedom of speech and publication because it has been abused. Freedom of speech and publication with all their attend ant abuses and excrecences are the constant and fresh resources of a free state and a free religion." December 7, 1931 Three-Fold Aim Of Mathematics Department Is Defined By Lasley o Student Opinion of University Courses Continued in Daily Tar Heel Survey; Objectives of School of Journalism Designed to Give Preparatory Glimpse Into Professional, Field. o- - . J,( 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.) . v 0 . The mathematics department, one of the most important divis ions of the University, has the following aims and purposes as set forth by Dr. J. W. Lasley, in the absence of Dr. Archibald Henderson, the departmental head: "The aims of the courses in" mathematics are primarily three-fold, technical, cultural, and pedagogical. "We live in an age of science. A natural science is truly scien tific is as far as it is mathema tical. Subjects such as engi neering, physics, chemistry, ge ology, etc., rest upon a mathe matical foundation. Even in the social sciences one observes to day a decided effort to make the subjects mathematical. Courses in mathematics are Resigned- to enable students to apply the technique of the subject to the various fields of science. Cultural Value . "Mathematics is studied also for its cultural " value. One of its principal aims is to give the student better understanding and appreciation of the world about him. Mathematics seeks to encourage orderly and correct habits of thought, to impress one MAYNE ALBRIGHT, ' President Student Union. with the . 'human worth of rig orous thinking to show what it means to have proved some thing. It has esthetic and dis ciplinary values of high order. "With these values in mind certain courses have as their aim an adequate preparation of teachers, whose task it is to carry on this heritage of civili zation." This department according to student opinion has one of the strongest faculties of any divisr ion of the University. It is blessed with four or five in structors, who seem genuinely interested in their work and pufc life into a very mechanical study. The department goes far in carrying out the aims and ob jectives which Dr. Lasley has set down, especially the cultural value of mathematics. The following is the consensus of opinion of certain depart mental courses: Mathematics 1-2 The two "most flunked" courses in the University, largely due to a radical transition from loosely-instructed .high school (Continued on la?t page) FRESHMEN MUST SEE COUNSELORS Members of the freshman class are requested to consult their faculty counselors before regis tering for the winter quarter. Even those f reshmen planning not to return are asked to have this interview. The counselor for each freshman is the same faculty member who served in this advisory capacity duringi freshman week last September. Freshmen will register for next quarter, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Satur day, December 16, 17, 18, and 19. Since the registering com mittees will, request the coun selor's recommendations Tor the winter quarter courses,- all freshmen should see their coun selors before Wednesday, De cember 16. Those freshmen who have difficulty finding their counselors may secure assistance in making an engagement by calling at 205 South. EVENTS IN MILL STRUGGLE BASIS OF'SMESONG' Play Presents Textile Situations; Makes Use of Strikers' Bal lad as Theme Song. Not the least interesting fea ture of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Bailey's three-act play, Strike Song, which the Playmakers are giving its original production this week, is the use it makes of ballads, sung individually to the- accompaniment of a banjo and by a group of strikers. Old ballad tunes and such well- known popular airs as "Casey Jones" are used, with words partly written by the authors and partly taken from the bal lads sung by the southern tex tile workers in actual strike situations. The title of the play was suggested . by the thematic use of one of the songs. n Many Scenes The production of this play by the, Playmakers, involving so many actors and so many scenes, is one of the most ambitious ef forts of that organization to ward the creation of a native folk-drama. There is an element of ambition, too, in the produc tion of a play based quite frank ly on a study of the conflicts in volved in the industrialization of the south. Mrs. Bailey states that the idea of writing such a play was suggested to her by a number of different people who saw and admired her first play, Job's Kinfolks, which was incidentally concerned with a problem of mill-town life, and which was produced -about the time the conflicts in the North Carolina textile mills were attracting most widespread .attention. She has sought in this play not to suggest a solution for the prob lem arising out of the ' indus trialization of the piedmont south, but to present the situ ation as honestly as possible from several points of view. Glee Club Gives Concert Saturday night thirty mem bers of the Carolina glee club journeyed to Red Springs to give a concert at the high school. A. B. Seniors AH seniors in the college of liberal arts who have not yet made applications for degrees are requested to do so today at 203 South building. NUMBER 65 . - STUDENTS URGED TO CREATE NEW SCHOOLRIVALRY President Graham Advises Fresh men to Review Fall Quarter's Work for Examinations. President Frank P. Graham made a short, informal talk at assembly yesterday morning on "Gathering up some of the Loose Ends." The first "loose end" that President Graham commented upon was the matter of rivalry between Duke and Carolina. "To be sorry if your neighbor succeeds is almost an admission of inferiority," stated the speak er. He wTent on further to ad vise that a friendly spirit of competition be encouraged be tween the two universities: "The freshman and sophomore classes can work out a new re lationship to be substituted for this false rivalry. We must have a wholesome rivalry -without prejudice." He next urged the suppres sion and refutation of state ments misrepresenting the lib erties of university lifev "We are going to stay free," he de clared, "in spite of abuses of freedom." President Graham counseled each student, on returning home for the holidays, to evince "ap preciation atid a sense of hum bleness in the. presence of the sacrifices his parents are mak ing to keep him in college." "You," he said to the students, "are carrying the University and : its attitudes home with, you.' May the University and the homes be finer therefor." " tThe speaker emphasized the need and opportunity for re view and a summary of the fall's . work. "Examinations he de clared, "give an opportunity for the whole view of the quarter's work. Make that review now."' DEBATERS FROM SOCIETIES MEET INGERRARDHALL Representatives of Di and Phi Will Meet Tonight in, Annual Mary D. Wright Debate. The debaters of the Di Sen- . ate and of the Phi Assembly will meet in Gerrard hall tonight at 8 :00 o'clock for the annual Mary ' D. Wright debate. Edwin J Lanier and Charles Bond of the Phi will debate the affirmative side and Carlyle Rutledge and William Eddleman of the Di, the . negative side, of the question: Resolved, that the University should abolish the extra tuition fee charged out-of-state stu-. dents. That member of the winning side which, in the opin ion of the judges, has present- -ed the best argument will be awarded the Mary D. Wright medal given by Mrs. P; E. Wright of Landis, N. C. On account of the debate, the quarterly executive sessions of; the two societies will be short- ;.; ened. The Di will meet at 7:00 o'clock and the Phi at 7 :15. Both societies will adjourn at 8:00 to allow members to at tend the debate. Scout Heads Entertained Yesterday afternoon at an in formal luncheon in Graham Me morial, President Frank P. Gra ham extended his hearty wel come to the Boy Scout execu tives who are convening here in a seminar.
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