THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Saturday, January 16, 1932
Page Four
, KNOW YOUR TOIYEESII
(EDITOR'S NOTE: In the same vein in which a survey of University
courses was presented before the holidays, the Daily Tar Heelwntinues with
this issue a comprehensive summary of campus institutions with the idea
cf causing every citizen of the University to become better acquainted with
the policies and systems of operation of his service organizations.)
STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNCIL
Evolving from an early sys
tem of government established
bv the Di Senate and the Phi
Assembly in the post-war days of
the University, the present in
stitution of student government
and the student council has ex
perienced a lengthy and spec
tacular career. After more than
seventy years under the moni
tor system, the two societies as
sumed responsibility of the con
duct of their members, taking
that burden, which had been
born by a strict faculty admin
istration, into their own hands
in matters of a disciplinary na
ture. Faculty domination . had
brought about a rift between
that group and the members of
the student body, and since every
student was required to be a
member of one or the other of
the two societies and they them
selves were the most powerful
motivating force in undergradu
ate affairs, the conduct of the
student body was , readily en
trusted to them. With the ex
pansion of the societies due to
the increased enrollment, mem
bership ceased to be obligatory
in 1890, and this contributed to
the organization of what was
first termed the "Student Com
mission," to dispose of all causes
of hazing and violations of the
honor system. " : ! :
Student Commission
In 1904 this body came into
being and was composed of the
presidents of the three upper
classes, a second year student
from each of the three profes
sional schools and a representa
tive of the senior class. In 1921
the presidency of the group was
placed in the hands of a newly
created officer, the president of
the student body, elected by the
whole campus. Five years lat
er, the class presidents relin
quished their seats to special
Canadian Students
Back Disarmament
separate unit, acting independ
ently as cases of this nature may
be turned into either the faculty
committee or the student coun
cil.' Thus, the student council's
duties and range of jurisdiction
is defined as action of the coun
cil on a case where the student,
women excepted, is guilty of any
misconduct which reflects dis
credit upon the University and
injury upon himself.
Trials are informally and im
partially conducted and the most
effective penalties imposed by
the council is , a form of proba
tion or suspended sentence. Sec
ond violation usually incurs dis
missal from the University. The
uniqueness of this policy lies in
the fact that student conduct is
handled by a selected group of
the students themselves, with
out any faculty jurisdiction.
Offenses against honor usually
meet suspension and hazing, un
der a state law, is a shipping of
fense. Drinking is discouraged
by the council in every way pos
sible, but in cases reported, the
council is inclined to hold drunk
enness, rather than drinking, as
an offense, and the degree of
drunkenness determines the se
verity of the penalty . imposed.
The latter definition is taken
from a pamphlet, Student Gov
ernment at the University of
North Carolina, as issued by the
president of the student body.
In cases of appeals, the appealer
may appear before a committee
which may be composed of per
sons appointed in equal number
by himself, the president of the
University, and by the student
council.
Operating Expenses
Oneratiner expenses for the
program and function of the
council is borne by the student
body, derived from a twenty
cent fee paid each year by every
Last month over ten thousand
Canadian students signed a pe
tition on the question of dis
armament to be laid before
Premier R. B. Bennett of Cana
da. Representatives from six
Canadian universities visited
the Prime Minister to present
him with this petition, and to
voice themselves on the matter
of disarmament and the ap
proaching Geneva Conference.
mat American students are
interested in this matter may be
seen from the fact, that thirty
five students, representing
twenty-three colleges ana uni
versities from coast to coast,
recently visited President
Hoover, requesting that he ap
point a student representative
to the Geneva (Jonierence m
February.
To Write For Movies
INSTITUTE BEGINS
SERIES OF FOLK
MUSIC CONCERTS
Lamar Stringfield Tries Play-
maker Experiment in Realm
Of Folk Music.
Associated Press Editor Lauds
Modern Schools Of Journalism
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Charles E. Hence Pauses in Hasty Flight to New York to Tell
Daily Tar Heel Interviewer That Training on College
Newspapers Is Good Journalistic Background.
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Paul Green, associate professor
of philosophy and prominent
playwright, has contracted with
Warner Brothers, motion picture
producers, to write two original
stories for the screen.
DEFICIT LOOMING
OVER UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS' HEADS
Present Expense Outlay Leading
To Inevitable Deficit Accord
ing to Louis Graves.
representatives from their class-1 member of the student body.
es, elected to serve in that ca
pacity. Last year, a vice-president
of the student body was
elected for the first time, and he
now sits as a regular council
member. In addition, he acts as
president of the dormitory club
and reports flagrant cases of bad
check signing in a more or less
official capacity.
The student council acts in
conjunction with the faculty ex
ecutive committee in cases which
involve affairs of student dis
cipline and honor where a tech
nical knowledge is involved.
Otherwise, each group acts as a
This fee js used for conducting
all elections with the exception
of the class elections ; paying the
expenses of a representative to
the convention of the . National
Student Federation ; general
called meetings of the student
body ; programs sponsored by the
student body and the council;
literature and letters sent out to
freshmen; student activities
night and banquet; and the an
nual banquet of the council.
Checks for expenditures are
drawn by the president and
countersigned by the secretary,
who acts as treasurer.
The Carolina Playmakers in
cooperation with the Institute
of Folk Music last night pre
sented Lamar Stringfield, com
poser and conductor, and the
faculty chamber orchestra in a
concert in the Playmakers thea
tre. The program featured
Moronique Danse, a composi
tion ot Herbert Hazleman, - a
freshman in the University.
The Institute is endeavoring
to promote the native music in
much the same manner as the
TPlaymakers are arousing inter
est in the folk drama. The In
stitute was formed only this
fall but it is already pushing its
work steadily forward.
In last niffht's concert the
first part ol the program was
given over to foreign compos
ers. Contrary to the advance
notices a serenade of Beethoven
was used as the opening number
and this was followed by a live
ly number of Scott's, a modern
composer. The concluding selec
tion on the first part was a finale
from one of the string quartets
of Dvorak.
The second part of the con
cert was devoted exclusively to
to the composition of native
Americans. This last group
contained a Henry Hadley suite
and La Media Noche, from the
pen of Albert Stoessel. The pro
gram was climaxed by the danse
of Hazelman's arranged for the
full symphony orchestra.
Another War May
Mean Annihilation
Dr. R. M. Elliott, head of
psychology at the University of
Minnesota, believes that another
war surpassing the last war as
much as it surpassed; all others
may mean annihilation of the
human race.
Dr. Elliott stated that the
greatest menace in modern war
fare is not that it involves
fighting, but that it involves the
unprecedented use of mechani
cal weapons. "If another major
war is fought, . disease germs
may play their part in the de
struction of mankind. If germs
were used originally as an of
fensive weapon, devasted areas
would become natural breeding'
places on a scale which might
eventually wipe out both sides."
NEGRO QUARTET TO SING
The Silver Tongue Quartet
will sing Thursday night at 7 :30
in the lounge room of Graham
Memorial. This quartet is com
posed of four Chapel Hill Ne
groes who, by giving concerts
and by broadcasting over ;. the
. radio, have become quite pop
, ular in this section of the state.
N6rthwestern Daily
Opens Course Survey
Asking for a true opinion of
professors and the courses they
teach, the Daily Northwestern
has opened a course evaluation
survey to the student body.
: A ballot requesting that the
reader give grades of from A
to F to best and least-liked pro
fessors and their courses has ap
peared in the Daily.
The survey is being made in
an attempt to discover what
courses are felt by students to
be a waste of time and which
ones are considered really worth
while. The leaders of the sur
vey are not interested in the
grade which the student is get
ting in a course it wants the
grade which he thinks the course
and the professor deserve.
Announcement of the, survey
came after preliminary work, re
quiring about two months of ac
tivity, had taken place. The
survey will continue until prac
tically the entire student body is
canvassed. Fraternity and so
rority houses as well as organ-
Student Conference
Endorses Socialism
As . Economic Relief
Intercollegiate Council of Students
Accepts Socialism as Remedy for
Ills; Norman Thomas Speaks.
Nearly all of the 225 students
who attended the conference of
the Intercollegiate Student
Council of the League for v In
dustrial Democracy, which was
held in New York, December 28
to 30,, agreed that socialism was
the only satisfactory way out of
the present economic crisis.
Many of the delegates have
organized Socialist party
branches' in their own com
munities and have been instru
mental in securing relief for
destitute striking miners and
textile workers.
In addressing the conference,
Arnold Johnson of Union Theo
logical Seminary urged stu
dents to abandon ambitions for
wealth and to join the struggle
of workers to secure a decent
living standard. Norman
Thomas, noted Socialist leader,
declared that students should
think in terms of international
socialism. He also pointed out
that political thinking had fail-
The University will incur an
unlawful deficit of $103,000 by
June 30 if the present outlay!
for salaries and other purposes
is maintained, reported the
Chapel Hill Weekly yesterday.
The figures are from a careful
survey of the present budget,
i revised minus the drastic thirty
per cent cut of state appropria
tions to thet institution.
University -authorities are
studying the revised figures to
try to apply the necessary re
duction in expense elsewhere
than the salaries of professors,
which have already been reduc
ed ten per cent. There "can be
no reduction in expenditures for
miscellaneous equipment for
heating and lighting, office sup
plies, dining hall operation, and
janitorial service, since these
have been cut to extremes.
Nearly all the library fund has
been cancelled.
Summer School Included
It is estimated by Louis
Graves, editor of the Weekly,
that if the reduction for budget
ing is in salaries, there will be
a twenty-five per cent cut for
University professors for the
remaining fiscal year.
An unauthoritative suggestion
for the curtailment of summer
school to protect salaries has
been discounted by Graves. He
asserts that expenses of the
summer school is included in
the budget of the next fiscal
year, and consequently abolition
w7ould not affect the situation.
Graves also dismisses the possi
bility of aid from the American
educational foundations, since
funds like the Rockefeller or the
Carnegie very rarely contribute
for ordinary running expenses.
The fact that Charles E. Honce
was in the act of preparing to
catch the, afternoon train to New
York did not deter him from tell
ing a Daily Tar Heel representa
tive that he was firmly con
vinced that schools of journalism
were a decidely good influence
upon the newspaper profession.
The executive news editor of the
Associated Press has a high re
gard for the journalists who
have received their initial train
ing in the classroom and on col
lege dailies.
"The game is entirely differ
ent today," said Mr. Honce,
"from what it was when I broke
in eighteen years ago. The type
of newspaperman has improved
so greatly that the current mo
tion pictures and novels about
the press are little short of
libelous. I should say that this
change has been to a large ex
tent the result of the new sys
tem of training journalists. ;
"A college education is now
invaluable to the newspaperman.
He may know the technique of
the profession but it is the man
who has a full-rounded knowl
edge of as many subjects as pos
sible that becomes the top
notcher. I believe that the in
creased number of university
trained journalists has height
ened the cultural and intellectual
standards of the press."
Questioned as to the intrinsic
worth ot the courses given m
journalism schools, 3Ir. Honce
replied that a considerable por
tion was directly applicable to
practical work. "On the other
hand," he added, "there are
many things which the man
fresh from the school of journal
ism has to learn, as well as sev
eral points which we must prac
tically force him to forget."
Schools of journalism can be
of great service to the person
who is seriously interested in
going into newspaper work but
the danger right now Mr. Honce
'feels is that there are altogether
too many people taking journal
ism courses,, who are merely
playing at what should be real
endeavor. "Too many of these
are women," he ventured.
Since the Associated Press
serves several college dailies
Mr. Honce has acquired
a close view of the temper and
taste of such publications. "Most
of them are chiefly interested in
sports. But several do give
prominence to news stories, thus
giving their communities the
happenings in the wTorld in first
class style." As Mr. Honce has
observed the machination of col
lege papers, he has come to the
conclusion that, with their high
ly efficient systems patterned
after the professional papers,
they are indubitably as suitable
a background for later jour
nalists as any editor could desire.
ized independent groups are vot- ed to grapple with the economic
ing. I causes of war.
DANCE ARTIST TO
APPEAR AT DUKE
(Continued from first page)
Several of the dances to -be
given on the program will be
seen for the first time in the
United States. Two excerpts
from the well known ballets, "Pe-
trouchka" by Igor Stravinsky,
and "Orphee" by Roger-Du-casse,
will be included. Among
the newer dances will be "Mid
night Habanera" with music by
Claude Debussy, which has an
atmosphere of eerie fantasy.
Comedy and romance are other
themes to be interpreted by the
troupe, while Kreutzberg will do
several solo dances.
Methodist Students
The first year class of the Uni
versity Methodist students will
meet in the church auditorium
Sunday at 9:45 a. m. for a com
plete reorganization. , New of
ficers for the remainder of the
school year will be elected. '
Dr. L. R. Wilson
Resigns To Go To
Chicago University
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director, 1912-21. He assisted
in securing funds from the
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Memorial, helped to organize,
and became the first director. of
the University Press, 1922 to
date. He was instrumental in
securing a grant from the Car
negie Corporation and organiz
ed and became head of the new
library school opened this fall.
He assisted in founding and
was the first editor, 1912-24, of
The Alumni Review; he was a
member of the committee to
draw up the constitution for re
organization of the Alumni As
sociation in 1921; and he was
executive secretary of the
Alumni Loyalty Fund Council
from its organization until a
year ago.' He planned the pres
ent library building and the
Carnegie library (now music)
before building it; he was ex
ecutive secretary of the build
ing committee for Swain hall,
and he was executive secretary
of the Graham Memorial Fund,
and a member of the building
committee for Graham Memor
ial. He also did important pub
lications work, as associate edi
tor of Studies in Philology from
1910-14, as associate editor of
Social Forces and of the Uni
versity News Letter, as editor
of the University Record 1909
25, and as editor of Education
and Citizenship by E. K. Gra
ham. ' ;
Advocated Expansion
It was he who wrote a mem
orandum to President Chase in
1920 which was largely instru
mental in setting in motion the
movement which resulted in
legislation in ,1921 for what be
came known as the '$20,000,000
program for the educational
and charitable institutions of
North Carolina. Recently he was
elected to serve with President
Graham as the Universitv'a
r
other representative on the
Consolidation Commission of
Higher Institutions in . the
State.
Dr. Wilson's thirty-one-year
I administration as University li-
barian was as brilliant as his
other activities were many
sided. He took charge in 1901,
and since that time the library
has expanded from 32,000 to
235,000 volumes. A North Caro
lina collection has been estab
lished and built up to 47,0d0
volumes in itself. A southern
collection, recommended by Dr.
Wilson as early as 1904, is now
rapidly being developed by Dr.
J. G. deR. Hamilton. Numerous
large gifts for endowment have
been secured privately, and so
also the splendid Hanes collec-
tion. me Horary has out
grown two buildings and is now
quartered in the new $625,000
plant, capable of . shelving ap
proximately 400,000 books, and
one of the finest in the south.
And last but not least, the Uni
versity library, with the aid of
the Carnegie Corporation, has
been able to open a separate
school of library science.
Wide Influence
Dr. Wilson's influence was
also felt afar. Three times
president of the North Carolina
Library Association, once presi
dent of the Southeastern Library
Association, and, frequently on
various committees on library
standards and training for li
brarianship, he helped to raise
standards in libraries, public,
school, and college,, all over the
south, and often he was consult
ant in building new libraries and
in reorganizing old ones.
In the National Library As
sociation, Dr. Wilson has been
a member of the Board of Edu
cation for Librarianship since
1925 and was chairman in
1930-31 ; member of the Book
Buying Committee; first vice
president in 1930-31 ; and of
ficial delegate to the meeting of
the British Library Association
last summer. He was also a
fellow of the American Library
Institute, and a member of the
Bibliographical Society of
America, the Advisory Group on
College Libraries of the Car
negie Corporation, of the Com-
imittee of the American Medical
Association to classify Negro
colleges with regard to admit
ting their graduates to medical
schools, and of the Advisory
Board of Editors of the Journal
of Adult Education.
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