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GALLI-CURCI CONCERT MEMORIAL HALL 8:30 O'CLOCK TONIGHT WEATHER COLDER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT VOLUME XL CHAPEL HILL, N. O, I-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1932 NUMBER SO MM 'mm? MORRISON TALKS ON CONDITION OF STATEIMNCES Tax Commission Secretary Says Forty Million Dollars Spent On Accrued Debts. Pointing out the fact that the state is approaching the pres ent financial crisis with a yearly debt of nearly forty millions of dollars, Dr. F- Morrison, secretary of theNorth Carolina state tax commission, addressed the North Carolina club, Monday night. "Out of a total budget of a hundred million dollars for the -entire state, forty millions must be spent to pay the interest and part of the principal on our ac crued debts," he said. He ex plained that for a period of ten years the state had continued to borrow a sum of about fifty per cent of its tax income and now it will take two-fifths of the in come to pay it back, and in ad " dition, for the past two years the ' state spent two million dollars ihore than it derived from taxes. Dr. Morrison traced the de velopment of the sources of tax income in this state and showed their rise and fall. He said that for a long time property was ' heavily taxed as it was the best means of getting money from the people. Property taxes had to be paid to the town, county, and" state until it reached the point where it completely used up the income derived from it. The state income from automobile- license taxes and" the gas tax suddenly leaped to six mil lion dollars, and the total in crease from property taxes was around fifty millions, jumping (Continued on page three) Br. Butler Claims Education, Not Prohibition, VJill Bring Temperance 0 Columbia President Presents His Views on Prohibition as a Moral '' Issue and Proposes Observance of Eighteenth Amendment Until It Is Repealed. -o By Nicholas Murray Butler (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an abridgement of three addresses made by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, uresis sent through his courtesy for the bootlegger and persistent law- ;T)aily Tar Heel's prohibition sym-j breaker on the other, had con posram. Excerpts were taken from ... . , . the following speeches: "Prohibition ! spired together to bring nom Is Now a Moral Issue '' given before inai giory to the first and cer- Prohibition." from the New York :Evening Post; and "The Problems of the Eighteenth Amendment," de livered at the Odeon, St. Louis, Mis souri.) The Eighteenth. Amendment Introduces for the first time a specific and almost inamendable and irrepealable police regula-' imaginable in our administra tion into a document whose pur-1 tive offices and even in our pul pose was to set up a form of gov- j pits. Legislators declaim against ernment and to define and limit drink during the day, and come its powers. As a result of this home and drinks toasts to the Amendment, we now have a' na-i success of the law. Judges sen-tion-wide traffic in intoxicating ' tence men to fine and imprison liquors which is Unlicensed illi-1 ment for having been detected cit, illegal, and, untaxed. We have introduced intoxicating liquors into parts of the country from which it had well nigh dis appeared and in many communi .ties we have multiplied many times the saloon, if a saloon be defined as a place where liquor may be purchased whether for consumption on the premises or not. We have brought about a - .. situation in which we challenge the ingenuity and sporting in stinct of millions of young per sons to test whether br not they can safelv violate a law for v,oir -ha no rpsnpc.t. We MilivU XLkKs J UUV W V have invited and induced a spirit and a habit of lawlessness which are quite without preced- SHOW WILL HELP LOAN FUND DRIVE Proceeds From Cinema Starring " Jean Harlow to Augment Student Loans. "Three Wise Girls" with Jean Harlow will be the feature of the special show Friday night at 11 :15 at the Carolina' thea tre. The entire proceeds of the performance will be given over to theUniversity loan fund. A tremendous drive is being made by the University at pres ent to add to the loan funds so that many students may be able to remain in college and to help prevent the loss of revenue, to the University. The manage ment of the Carolina theatre has come to the aid of this drive by announcing a benefit picture. E. C. Smith, the manager, has kindly consented to contribute the cost of the film, and , since all the employees have agreed to work for nothing that evening, every cent taken in at the box office will be given over to these funds. For this one performance the admission price has been set at forty cents. All students, fac ulty, and townspeople who at tend will not only be benefiting themselves but also helping the University. BELLAMY TAYLOR WILL SPEAK ON ELECTRICITY Arrangements have been com pleted to have Dr. Bellamy Tay lor of the General Electric Re search Laboratory in Schenec tady, N.Y speak Monday, Feb ruary 8 in Memorial hall on the subject, "Modern Development in Electricity." Dr. Taylor will bring with him considerable ap paratus for demonstration. highest ranks in the nation's life to the lowest and most humble. If the Anti-Saloon League on the one hand and the would have united in urging the precise course of action which has Jbeen followed. Hypocrisy Results The present system leads to the worst possible hypocrisy in doing what other judges do without detection. Politicians' without exception assure us that there can be no issue made of the prohibition question, that any party will go down to destruction which touches it, and that present con ditions must be permitted to exist and to develop as they are. They insist that the repeal of .. .i A J." the Eighteentn Amenaraem is impossible, and that there can be no cure, for the conditions that have followed its ratifica tion. In other words, their esti7 matp of the intelligence and ; - v morality of the American people is that they are too ignorant, too stupid, and too cowaraiy xo rise TO SING IN CONCERT TONIGHT 1 S , f ' X H .: " , ": 1 I ' ' , s ' , I ft 1 1 mm' ' , . fir -a ; ' i. 4 ' I , a I y - '"''Sp'' i The recital tonight of Mme. Amelita Galli-Curci, one of the most brilliant operatic and concert artists of this generation, is accepted as the greatest musical' event that , the University has had in several years. The famed coloratura soprano is being brought to Chapel Hill by Phi Mu Alpha, Which hopes to establish a scholar shiplfund through the proceeds of the concert. GEORGE B. SHAW WAS PATRON OF ffiSESDRAMAS Shaw arid Archer Helped to Es tablish Fame of Norwegian Dramatist. Gesorge Bernard Shaw as one of the first English enthusiasts f or Henrik Ibsen's plays, in his repeated articles about -Ibsen in the Saturday Review, was of great service in establishing tne fame of that Norwegian drama tist in England as well as in other countries. His "Quin tessence of Ibsenism" was a val uable contribution to the study of Ibsen's plays. A typical Shaw remark on this subject was that he did not always like Ibsen's work himself, he even thought that some of his own plays were much better, but at least he recognized, greatness when he saw it. In the recently published Letters of Shaw and Ellen Terry, Shaw repeatedly implor ed Ellen Terry to stop playing stupid Shakespearean roles and present to London one of Ib sen's really great women. William Archer, a contempor ary dramatic figure, alsodevot ed himself to championing the cause of Ibsen in England, and the devotion and abilities of these two critics were the best guarantees of Ibsen's ) worth. Archer stuck to his work of es tablishing Ibsen in England for many years, and made probably the best translations of his plays jthat have ever been done in the n.ngiisn-language. Graham To Discuss Financial Emergency President Graham has called a special convocation for 10:30 tomorrow morning in Memorial hall. Freshmen and sopho mores will take their assigned seats. Members of the other classes and the professional and graduate schools will occupy the remainder of the space downstairs and in the balcony. It is understood that President Graham plans to discuss the present emergency in University affairs and present some plans of attack on the problem. All students are urged to be present. FAMOUS SOPRANO WILL APPEAR IN 0NC0NIGHT Varied and Brilliant Program Will Be Offered Here by Mme. Galli-Curci. A varied and brilliant pro gram of numbers by Italian, Spanish; French, Austrian, and English composers has been an nounced for the concert which Madame Amelita Galli-Curci, famous and beloved coloratura soprano, is to sing tonight at 8:30 in Memorial hall, under the sponsorship of Phi Mu Alpha. The proceeds of the concert will go towards a scholarship fund. Galli-Curci, who has been van - ouslv described as the "idol of the musical public" and the "fin- est coloratura singer of our age and generation," and whose mar. velous voice arid rare charm have drawn throngs and created sen sations the world over, is being brought to the University by Phi Mu Alpha, national music fra ternity. ' v Assisted by Artists Her assisting artists are Hom er Samuels, pianist, who is her husband, and Raymond Wil liams, flutist. The breadth and brilliance of the program she will sing bore out convictions formulated long before in the state's musical cir cles that her listeners will have a rare treat in store. It includes selections by Paisiello, Rosa, Mozart, Taylor, Bartlett, Obra dors, Delibes, Hahn, Bishop, De- bussy, Levy, Novello and Meyer- Deer. TRIBUTE PAH) TO i FRANK P. GRAHAM President and University Faculty Receive National Recognition In Magazine Article. In the February issue of Har pers magazine appears an ar ticle, "The American College President," by Harold J. Laski, in which a tribute is paid to President Frank P. Graham and the University faculty. In this article Laski criticises all the! large American colleges and uni versities in regard to the rela tionship between their presi dents and faculties. He states that most of the presidents of these institutions are elected be cause of their ability to make a rousing speecji or to raise money when necessary. The greatest failing of the American college president, states Laski, is that he has no personal relationship with his faculty at all. The only notable exception mentioned m' the article was i President Graham and the Uni- versity faculty. Laski describes ; them by saying, "President Gra- ham and his academic colleagues are a company of scholars gen- uinely concerned to promote the object for which a university stands." P. U. BOARD LENDS $1,000 TOWARDS STUDENT FUND The Publications Union board has given new impetus to the tory address by Charles W. Til movement in behalf of the lett, Jr., of Charlotte. The class emergencystudent loan fund by of 1898, President E. K. Gra the decision of its board to lend ham's class, will be represented $1,000 of its reserve to students. I by W. J. Brogden. Members of The student loan funds have a Graham's class will sit on the record of such depression proof stability that the P. U. Board feels its action to be prudent as Well as benevolent. Understanding Music Requires No Knack Says Galli-Curci In Interview 0 Music Is Universal and Emotional Diva Claims; Revolutionary Movements in Music as Cubism in Art Won't Save Opera; Must Be Logical and Shorter. o " "I am firm in my opinion that the so-caled musically trained audience is not essential to the , understanding of a musical art- ist" Mme. Amelita Galli-Curci toW an interviewer for the Daily Tar Heel at the Carolina Inn last night. Mme. Galli-Curci, who is to sing tonight in Memorial hall under the auspices of the local chapter of Phi Mu 'Alpha, had just arrived by motor from Greenville where she sang Mon day. She wasn't the least bit disconcerted by the fact that the car in"which she was riding swerved off the road on the way over and ran into a fence. "The true work of art is easily understood by all because it has universal emotion raising Qualities." she continued. "The j JL W . emotions of the various members of an audience are individually different. Great music doesn't have to be explained, it is under stood by everyone. I was par ticularly impressed with this fact when I viewed Michael angelo's Moses for the first time. Rounding an obstruction in the church, the picture flashed on my mind with all its power, and I was struck deeply. At my side was a peasant woman. I watch ed her face. The same depth of impression was made on. her. You Anglo-Saxons are said to be different from we Latins. While it is true that from the cradle you are tau&nt to restrain GIFT OF ALUM TO BE DEDICATED FRTOAYMORNING Formal Exercises For Graham Memorial Will Take Place During Assembly Hour. The dedication of Graham Me morial Friday morning at 10 :30 will mark the culmination of a movement begun in 1920 by the alumni body for the erection of a memorial to the late Edward Kidder Graham, president of the University from 1914 to 1918. The completion of this building represents the first major alum ni contribution to the campus since the erection of the Alumni building at the turn of the cen tury. Music by the University band under the direction of Profes sor T. Smith McCorkle will open the exercises in front of Me morial hall at 10:15 o'clock Fri day morning. Bishop J. K. PfohL '98. will dplivpr Tm invri- cation and Kemp P. Lewis, '00, president of the alumni body wm preside over the gathering. The presentation of Graham Memorial will be made by Dr. Louis Round Wilson, '99, the executive secretary of the build ing committee. Mayne Albright, president of the student body, will accept the building for the students. This , will be followed by the dedica- ' platform. The Graham Memorial exer- cises will be a regular student (Continued on page three) heard,' you underneath feel the same deep emotions and react inwardly to the same things we do. There may be slight differ ences due to climate and tem perature, but not enough to make you any different from the rest of the world. That is the reason that music, and J mean great music, . doesn't - need a trained audience to" be appreci ated. "Music in creation doesn't have to have a philosophy or a physical thing in back of it. The sound itself as it is imagined in the musician's head, is many times sufficient to procure great melodies. How, then, if the creator does not put imagined subtleties and obstruse thought into his composition, can the auditor expect to find it there? i The things to look for, and which make music understand able to the most uneducated are rythm and emotion. "As a result of differences in temperament we hear differ ently, we have different tastes. I much prefer Madame Butterfly and La Boheme, while other singers may prefer Wagner." Galli-Curci is at the top of the operatic world. As dearly as she is wedded to that form, she sees that it needs new inspira tion and modernizing, but mod ernizing by re-clothing and a re- .turn to the Truth as exemplified by the best creators all the way down the line. The opera now isn't a demo- r ent and which reach from the yourselves, to 'be seen and not (Continued on last page) (Continued on page three) i
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