STUDENT BALLOTING
ON DISARMAMENT-.
Y. M. C. A. 9:00-5:00
STUDENT BALLOTING
ON DISARMAMENT
XM. C. A. 9:00-5:00
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YOLUME XL
BOBBS DESCRIBES
STATE PRESS AS
'SAFE AND SANE'
Press Institute Speaker Stresses
Value of State's Many Nat
t ural Resources.
North Carolina's press was
classified as one of the "State's
great resources," as Dr. S. H.
Hobbs, of the University depart
ment of rural-social economics
told the Newspaper Institute at
Thursday morning's session
about "The Resources of North
Carolina."
Other features of the morn
ing were a talk on local adver
tising by L. R. Phillips, Adver
tising director of the Asheville
Citizen-Times, and an advertis
ing clinic conducted by Hiden
Ramsey, of the same paper.
The delegates were entertain
ed with a tour of inspection of
Duke university Thursday after
noon, followed by a dinner at
the "Union" as guests' of Duke
university and a program feat
ured by addresses by Justin Mil
ler, Dean of the Duke univer
sity law school, and by J. Fred
Essary, head of the Washing
ton bureau of the Baltimore
Sun.
Dr. Uobbs made the principal
address yesterday morning
and gave a masterful presenta
tion of the state's resources. The
state has exploited and squand
ered for 200 years, but Dr.
Hobbs predicted that a scientific
program of conservation and de
velopment might bring a future
of plenty.
"Only one fifth of the state's
total area is under cultivation,"
he said while declaring that "not'
more than two or three states
can bring more land under cul
tivation in the future." He al
luded to the deficient natural
fertility, but said that the unsur
passed climatic conditions more
than compensated. .
The really great possibilities
he foresaw in the state's de
velopment and conservation of
its forests and of its water and
water power. He even predict
ed that the tree might be one
day the North Carolina farmer's
greatest crop, and as for water
power, he declared that, the
state already ranks third in the
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PEACE FORUM TO
CONVENETONIGHT
Representatives of Campus So
cieties Will Discuss Prob
lems of Disarmament.
The United Front Conference
against war is sponsoring an
open forum as a part of the
American student movement in
favor of peace and disarma
ment At this meeting several
of the campus societies and
clubs will be represented by
speakers, whowill have an al
loted time of five minutes to pre
sent" the ideas of the s organiza
tions which they represent.
The fundamentalist union will
be represented by E. E. Ericson;
the Epsilon Phi Delta by Bill
McKee; the Di by Carlyle Rut
ledge; the Phi by John Wilkin
son, Hamilton Hobgood, and W.
E. Uzzell; the socialist group by
Arnold Williams ; the Y. M. C.
A., by F. M. James ; and the
John Reed club by Stanley P.
Zimnoch.
This open forum will take
place in Gerrard hall tonight at
8:00 o'clock and the subject of
disarmament and world peace
will be extensively discussed.
University Alumnus Is
Candidate For House
J. T. Bledsoe, former student
at the University and leader in
campus politics, has announced
his intention to seek the Demo
cratic nomination as candidate
for the state house of represen
tatives from Buncombe county.
Bledsoe is a native of Ashe
ville and graduated from the
university law school in 1929. He
is the youngest member of the
Buncombe county democratic
executive committee, and after
practicing law for two and one
half years wishes to represent
Buncombe county in the state
legislature. -
NATIONS NEED TO
COLLABORATE IN
ARMAMENTS CUT
Powers Are All Waiting for
Others to Make the First
Disarmament Move.
"It is high time," declared
Signor Grandi, in Washington,
"that the nations came to a
clear understanding about dis
armament." For France, the question,
more than for any other nation,
is one of prime importance.
France does not refuse, never
has refused, to reduce its arma
ments. On the contrary, it is
she who always has talcen the
initiative in the matter. France
wants to reduce its standing
army but and a very forcible
"but" it is only when its , se
curity is assured. If other na
tions reduce their armies she
will not hesitate a moment to do
likewise. She has already re
duced by two-thirds the duration
of her military service, arid to
half her active forces, and is al
so willing to reduce her stand
ing army when the other nations
will likewise.
Nations who criticize France
for her stand do not seem to
recollect that France in the last
fifteen hundred years has been
regularly invaded twice in every
century by German hordes who
have devastated her richest pro
vinces and have bled it white,
financially and m man power.
Is it then unreasonable for
France to insist that such in
vasions shall stop once for all,
and avoid the return of,' such
trials and misfortunes of which
the catastrophe of 1914 was the
culmination?
France Skeptical
When the allies met to debate
the Treaty of Versailles France
asked of them that the French
security be absolute and assured.
But the promises made, at that
time by the allies were not kept.
And it is for this reason that
France has become a skeptic
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BAYLOR EDITOR CHOSEN
AS REPRESENTATIVE MAN
Joe Pickle, editor of the Bay
lor university Lariat, ' has been
selected as the most representa
tive male student on the Baylor
campus by a committee com
posed of the presidents and sec
retaries of all the classes of the
University and several faculty
advisors.
Student Admission
All students having pass
books or season tickets to
athletic events will present
them for - admission at the
west door only. No admittance
will be granted at the other
entrance.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1932
Daily Tar Heel Disarmament Ballot
Balloting will continue for three days, but everyone is.
urged to cast a ballot as early as possible. A box will be
placed in the lobby of the Y. M. C.'A. for the convenience
of voters.
L If all nations join in similar reductions in military and
naval establishments intended for use against each
other, how much disarmament would you favor? (Check
the approximate figure desired.)
None . 25 50 75 100
II. To what extent do you favor the American delegation
to the General Disarmament Conference taking the
initiative in calling upon all nations to join us in re
ducing armaments?
' ; None 25 : '. 50 75 "100
III. To what extent do you favor our setting an example
for other nations by reducing our expenditures upon
armaments?
None 25 50 ...... 75 100 ........
IV. . Do you .favor American adherence to the World Court
upon the basis of the Root Reservations?
. Yes.. No.......;;
V. Do you favor compulsory military training in colleges?
Yes... No
VI. Do you favor dropping military training entirely from
the college curriculum? -
. Yes .. No
VII. Have you had military training?
How Long ?..... .............:...... Where? . ..
: The MHitary Mind
Kirby Page, Editor of 'The World Tomorrow" and Prominent
Pacifist, Who Spoke to Students Last Fall on Disarmament,
Voices Opinion Again on Menace of Militarism.
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By Kirby Page j
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following
article was sent to the Daily Tar Heel
by Mr. Page and is reprinted with his
permission.)
The war system is perpetu
ated by the military mind. In
every country there are pro
tagonists of the theory that na
tional security may be found on
ly in armaments. These men
are usually sincere in their con
victions and are often able in
their advocacy. They seek to
indoctrinate the citizenry of
their respective countries with
the idea that there is imminent
danger of invasion by the ene
my, that only by maintaining
armed forces of such strength
that the foe will not dare to at
tack can safety be assured, and
that national destruction is the
penalty of failing to make ade
quate 'provisions for armed pre
paredness. The military mind would be
comparatively harmless if found
only in one country. But fun -
f ortunately the militarists of
one nation stimulate and' pro
voke those across the border or
over the ocean. A race of arfna-
Your Sunday Tar Heel
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This Sunday the subject of the pornographic
in college humor publications will be -discussed
in utter frankness by
Henry Avery, editor of the Illinois Siren
Holley J. Smith, editor of the Wisconsin Octopus
Robert E. Gorham, editor of the Notre Dame Juggler.
In addition original articles on the field of
humor by
Stephen Leacock and
H. N. Swanson, editor of College Humor
For future Sunday issues the Daily Tar Heel
announces
Barrett H. Clark, The Contributions of the Colleges to
The Professional Stage '
Benjamin DeCasseres, Robinson Jeffers,
Theodore Dreiser, Individualism and the Jungle
Upton Sinclair, Freedom of the Press
Dr. Royal S. Copeland, The Perfect Woman
A. Steele Hooper, Fraternities
And a symposium composed of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler,
Mrs. Ella Boole, Dr. F. Scott McBride, Ex-Senator James .
Wadsworth, and the chairman of the Liquor Control
Boards of Quebec and Ontario on that never-dying Pro
hibition Issue.
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ments thus becomes inevitable,
releasing fears, passions and
imprecations. The disastrous
results of military and naval riv
alry are revealed with tragic
vividness in the pre-war history
of Europe. That the race of ar
maments was a primary cause of
the World War is now widely
recognized.
It is easy for Americans to
realize the menace of French
militarism, for example. The
maintenance of a huge French
army, the construction of new
fortifications, and the negation
of additional military alliances
can never furnish the safety
craved by the French people be
cause this frantic effort to main
tain security by armaments gen
erates fears, enmities, and the
desire for revenge among Ger
mans, Austrians, Hungarians,
Italians, Russians, and other
peoples If for a single year the
voice of the French militarists
could be silenced, the nations of
' Europe would undoubtedly de-
mand and secure drastic reduc
tions in armaments and thereby
increase their security. It is
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Dr. Russell Says America Alone
Can Lead World Disarmament
Sunday Organ Concert
Nelson O. Kennedy, of the de
partment of music, will present
an organ concert in the Hill
music hall Sunday evening, Jan
uary 17, at 4:00 o'clock. ,
The program will open with
two sketches by Robert Schu
mann, written esepcially for the
organ. These numbers will be
followed by Joseph Jongen's
Priere, a sonata from the works
of A. Guilmant.
The concluding number is
from the pen of Marcel Dupre.
FAMOUS PLAY BY
HENRIK IBSEN IS
TO BE PRODUCED
Playmakers' . Next Production
Was Unpopular for Years
Following Its Premiere.
The Playmakers are now busy
rehearsing for their next pro
duction, Isben's A Doll's flouse,
which will be presented the last
of January. This is the third
production of the season and the
first of the winter quarter. The
scenery for the play will be de
signed by Mary Dirnberger.
A Doll's House was first pub
lished December 4, 1879 in Cop
enhagen and was presented the
same month at the Royal Thea
tre in the Danish capital. The
part of Nora was played by Fru
Hennings, a close friend of Hen
rik Isben The public acclaim
ed the part her greatest success
and hailed Isben as a foremost
playwright.
The play was first played in
America by Modjeska on a
Louisville, Kentucky, stage. This
performance, however, was un
successful. ,
In 1885 an amateur company
gave a quaint performance of
A Doll's House in London, but
it failed to gain public recogni
tion. It was a brilliant and com
petent production by Charles
Charrington and Janet Achurch
at the Novelty Theatre, later
called the Kingsway theatre,
that won the praise of all Lon
don and made Isben known to
English speaking people. This
success led to its successful pro
duction in New York by Miss
Beatrice Cameron (Mrs.. Rich
ard Mansfield) .
In addition to Fru Hennings,
the following actresses have won
wide fame in the leading role of
Nora : Madame Re jane in Paris,
Eleanora Duse in Italy, Hed
wig Neimann-Raabe in Ger
many, Agnes Sorma, and Mrs.
Fiske and Nazimova in
America.
The Playmakers cast is com
plete with the exception of three
children and porter. No one has
yet been found wTho is fat
enough to make a good comical
porter.
GWYNN UNDEFEATED IN
FACULTY POOL CONTEST
In the faculty pool contest yes
terday afternoon, Dr. Gwynn
was victorious over Dr. Lyons
and also Dr. Giduz. The Brad-shaw-Stoudemire
game was post
poned. Due to a faculty meeting this
afternoon the remaining match
es will be delayed until Monday
afternoon.
Wednesday, the first day of
tne tournament, the winners
were: Dean Bradshaw over Pro -
fessor Gwyn, Dr. Lyons over Pro-
f essor Stoudemire, and Professor
Giduz over Professor Winkler.
NUMBER SO
DUKE PROFESSOR
RECALLS HISTORY
IN GERMAN CASE
Speaker Points Out Tragic Re
sults of Armament Mea
sures for Security.
Urging America to take the
lead in international disarma
ment in the world today, Dr.
Elbert Russell, outstanding
pacifist and dean of the divinity
school at Duke university, in an
address to students last night in
Gerrard hall; traced the history
of disarmament movements
since the beginnings of the first
Hague conference in 1899.
America, he contended, is the
leading power in the world to
day, and it is upon her that the
whole affair rests. If she will
only take the initial step in disarming,-then
the rest of the
world will follow.
President Graham, in intro
ducing Dr. Russell to the stu
dents, emphasized the import
ance of arousing the interest of
the campus in things that are
going on in other parts of the
world. "What concerns one
part of this world concerns all,"
he said., "It is of highest im
portance that we as intellectual
human beings project our
thought beyond a mere material
connection with other nations."
Using the historical method of
approach, Dr. Russell, by fol
lowing the trend of the world
peace plans for the past thirty
years and showing the dire re-
suits oi r excessive arming
throughout the annals of his
tory, urged the necessity
permanent disarmament.
"Armaments," he said,
a survival of an epoch in
of a
"are
his-
tory when each nation thought
it could live by itself alone."
Then he told of the fall" of the
Czar of Russia because he want
ed to "play safe," trusting . in
the security of arms. He had
the opportunity in the Hague
conference to disarm and use
the money thus saved in build
ing up Russia's resources. But
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BULL SESSION IS
DISCUSSION TOPIC
Professor Olsen Speaks on Free
dom of Discussion - in
Chapel Talk.
W. A. Olsen, assistant pro
fessor of English, spoke in as
sembly yesterday morning on
freedom of discussion.
"The essential ingredient of
education is the action of our
minds one against the other,"
stated Olsen. He explained that
the informal discussion of real
intellectual content offers every
student a means of arriving at
this "essential ingredient." To
his plea for freedomjjn-discus-sion,
the speaker aJded afford
of advice concerningpujl-ses-sions."
"Get down to rock bot
tom," he said, "and .discuss the
pre-suppositions."
Olsen gave amusing sketches
of sixteen different types of
boys and how they act in in
formal discussions. Among the
more pointed, and perhaps more
familiar were: the pompous fel
low, who discourses iii oracular
terms; the scrappy boy, who
turns all discussions into
battles; the sour cynic, a chap-
j who sees nothing in everything;
and the sophist, likened to an
eel for his ability to slip from
place to place in a discussion.
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