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MASS MEETING
PRES. GRAHAM SPEAKER
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VOLUME XL
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1932
NUMBER 91
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UNION FORM TO
HELP IN CANVASS
FOR LOAN FUND
Group Will Give Receipt for
Every Contribution to
Worthy Cause.
Chapel Hill Alumni
May Attend Supper
University alumni in
Chapel Hill and on the fac
ulty are cordially invited to
the supper portion of the pro
gram of the General Alumni
Assembly Friday evening at
7:00 o'clock in Graham Mem
orial. Kemp P. Lewis of Dur
ham will preside and Presi
dent Frank GraHam will be
the principal speaker. Those
desiring to attend are asked to
notify the Central Alumni
Office as soon as possible.
Leadiitg Figures In Memorial Dedication
At the meeting of the Union
Forum Tuesday night An the
Graham Memorial, "at which
Dean Francis F. Bradshaw and
Mayne Albright were the prin
cipal speakers; the members of
the Forum , voted unanimously
tb sponsor a canvassing of the
student body and faculty with
the purpose of raising money
for the student-loan funds.
After a protracted discussion
in which Dean Bradshaw took ! Student Volunteers of Twenty
K00 TO DISCUSS -WORLD
RELIGION
the principal part, the Forum
decided i& i ollow his advice in
giving a receipt for every con
tribution, in order that the
transaction may be as business
like as possible. Members
North Carolina Colleges Will
Convene for Discussions.
Dr. ,T. Z. Koo, prominent
Chinese Christian statesman and
vice-president of 4he World's
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Hundreds ot alumni will track back to the Carolina campus
this week to pay tribute to the memory of Edward Kidder Graham,
a former University president, at exercises
Grail Enters Drive
For Student Loans
The student loan fund was
furthered in its drive for sub
scriptions Tuesday night when
ihe Order of the Grail donated
$100 to the growing total. It
was also decided to give a
script dance in Graham Mem
orial Saturday night, the pro
ceeds to go to the fund. .
The members of the Grail
will act as ushers in chapel
today for the special address
by President Frank Graham
to the student union.
STATE AGENCIES
MAY OFFER AD)
TO PIMJCATION
Readers Protest Discontinuance
Of University News Letter
On State Affairs.
MME. GALLI-CURCI
GIVEST0 FUNDS
Famed Diva Contributes Toward
Keeping Deserving Students
In University.
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dedicating
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will lead discussions at
funds from the dormitories and ;vlli
fraternities which they repre-,!1?1 rftrf fc inAGr!hftaA
sent. In addition, several or-' Memorial Saturday. About 200
ganizations have promised to . f rT tWey f
:u4. .North Carolina will attend. .
Alumni association.
The six men pictured above are among those taking a prominent
JSlw?8?-" Top ow: left rjght: Charles W. TffletVj Ced to ft Emergency Stu
ill., u;j, Vyiiaiiuiic lawci, uuaicc emu aiuiiini uucliui, r xiu nui
During the concert last night,
Madame Galli-Curci authorized
Graham the statement that she was in
hearty accord with the decision
of Phi Mu Alpha, music fratern
ity to donate their part of the
Because student payments of '
give the dedication address: Dr. Louis R. Wilson, University libra
rian, who as executive secretary of the Graham Memorial building
This group will gather in committee will present the building; Justice W. J. Brogden of the
who will represent the class of 1898, of Which
was a member.
Bottom row: J. Maryon Saunders, executive secretary of the
General Alumni association, in charge of arrangements for the
alumni assembly; K. P. Lewis, of Durham, president of the Alumni
association, whd will nreside at the meetings: and Mayne Albright,
"Needed: A World Christian-! president of the student union, who will accept the building in
ity" and will answer questions , behalf of his fellow students.
"o "nter, eid ROTH WETLAND DRYS SATISFIED
, ... j i t " , Graham Memorial at 12:30 for Supreme Court, i
tuition and room rent dropped ... 1 AcmuA1" V i President Graham
ceocnoo -Poll registration. At 1:00 o'clock, 1 resident Graham
Ail tilt; i an vlaccjl uva. auu .
the appropriation for the Uni- .re will be a luncheon meet-
versity has been cut thirty per at whlch 00 will de
.4. 4.1 4- liver an address entitled
academic year, the need for stu
dent loan funds (is greater now
than it has ever been before. At
present, $212,000 is loaned but
j , , ' , cpiaaaaa secretary of the Student Volun-j
to students, and $100,000 more . I
is needed.
. President Graham will speak
in assembly this morning , re
garding the need for , further
student loan funds. The , can
vassing, which will begin im-
teer Movement, will lead a forum !
in the Presbyterian church on
the recent Buffalo convention.
Dr. Koo will again speak at the
evening session at 6;45 on. "The
Manchurian Situation."
mediately following his speech, J) ATE IS SET FOR
is expected to be completed by
tomorrow night. Every student
and faculty member is asked to !
ENGINEERS' BALL
The. date of the annual en
contribute in order to keep some! gineers ball has been fixed for
worthy student in school.
BY ONTARIO'S NEW LIQUOR CONTROL
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Government Benefitted by Huge Sums in Form' of Whisky Taxes;
Consumption of Light Wines and Beer Encouraged
By More Moderate Prices.
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By Vass Shepherd
From a province in Canada
there has' come the report of a
"noble experiment" that is sue-
LAW SCHOOL TO
STAGE DANCE IN
GYM NEXT WEEK
cessf ul. The main difference
the evening of February 5 from between the method used in
Q r tn 1 -00 nV.lnr.Tc a. m. in (making this experiment and
Bvnum gymnasium. Music will' that used in the United States sequently successful as long as
free-saloon system. During the
world war a prohibition . stat
ute, similar , to the -one in ,the
United States, was enacted.
This law was connected with
patriotism, which was running
high at the time, and was sub-
dent Loan Fund, and that she
herself was adding her bit to
the fund.
In making a contribution to
the Student Loan Fund, Mad
ame Galli-Curci shows her real
ization of how. vital the loan
fund is at this time to the opera.
tion of the University, 'as well
as her sympathy for University
students in financial difficulties.
Madame Galli-Curci's es
pousal of the loan fund cause
last night is expected by the
committee to be extremely help
ful, since there were persons in
the audience from all parts of
the state.
Arrangements Being Completed
Committee Composed of Three
Class Presidents.
by
be provided by Bill Stringfel-I
low's orchestra. The ball is open
to students enrolled in the school
of engineering and to outsiders,
provided they purchase their
i tickets through the engineering
Plans for the annual .law.lsch0ol. To be admitted outsiders
school dance, given - under the ' must bring girls,
auspices of the law school as- The committee for the dance
sociation,' are almost complete. includes representatives from
The dance will take-place in;the four engineering societies:
the gymnasium Friday night, w M Atkinson, JrM and A. N.
February 19, and will be fol- Daniei, jr 0f the civil en
lowed by a tea dance the next &ineering society ;, Richard Cad
afternoon. "Jelly". Leftwich mus and Doc Thurston from the
and his orchestra ' from Duke LlprfriVal ntrineers: Ernest
is that the former was an ex-' this emotional period lasted,
periment in the true sense of But in 1923 a great change in
the word. Ontario has at last-public sentiment was noticed.
GRAHAM TALKS TO
JANITORS' GROUP
President Graham was re
quested to attend the meeting of
the Janitor's association yester
day afternoon so that he might
be informed of the resolution of
that group to work harder on
their jobs in order to show their
loyalty to the University in the
The University News Letter,
fact reporting agency of eco
nomic, social, and civil affairs
in the state, which was officially
discontinued Monday as - meas
ure of economy, may survive
the present strained situation,
arid continue its eighteen years
of service to the state. "I think
it will be saved by public sub
scription or by the state news
papers, although I see no hope
that the University can con
tinue it," stated Dr. S. H. Hobbs,
Jr., since 1922 editor of the bi-"
weekly sheet, yesterday.
Flood of Disapproval
Announcement of discontin
uence of the popular statistical
and factual report brought a
flood of disapproval from read
ers and prominent state news
papers who rely on the report
for editorial matter. Follow
ing suggestions of the North
Carolina Press Institute con
vention here two weeks ago, sev
eral newspapers have volunteer
ed subscription to support the
News Letter independent of the
University. The Elizabeth City
Independent has offered $100
and other news organizations
have, also offered to contribute.
Personal subscription has been
suggested by interested readers
who have written innumerable
letters of protest to President
Frank P. Graham.
! A suggested plan of a strict
subscription basis for self-support
of the News Letter was yes
terday discarded by Dr. Hobbs
since present circulation of 16,
000 is largely duetto its distri
bution to readers without
charger
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PLAYMAKERS FIND
OLD FROCKS FOR
NEXT PRODUCTION
hit upon this final satisfactory Political leaders were the first. preSent financial crisis.
university will furnish music on j
both occasions.
The affair will be managed by
a dance committee consisting of
the presidents of the three
classes in the law school: Fred
Hamrick, president" of the sen
ior class ; A. L. Butler, presi
dent of the second year class;
and Tom Watkins, head of the,
first year class.
The regular committee will be
Midgett and Van Kenyon for
the mechanical engineering di
vision; and George Philips and
Frank Thomas of the chemical
engineers. Members of the
school of engineering faculty
and their wives will act as spon
sors for the ball.
DANIELS FOR GOVERNOR
IS FROSH DEBATE TOPIC
At the meeting of the Phi
form of government liquor-con-1 to realize it, and the prohibi-
trol as-the result of . twenty-five ; tionists ceased to be on the of-
years of searching for a suitable f ensive and had to fight a rap
policy. They have not stuck idly losing defensive series 'of
dogmatically to one set formula, campaigns. - 1 .
insisting upo'n the righteous
ness of the cause and thereby
Liquor Compromise
In 1926 came the great com-
Mrs. R. n. .Andrew, first vear . assembly Tuesday night the sub-
law students. ' ject of the society freshman de-
bate was announced to be
Norman Thomas, America's Resolved : That the interests of
leading socialist, is completing the people of North Carolina
a speaking tour of the country, can best be served by the elec
tion of Josephus Daniels as
governor at the next general
election. Tryouts will take place
February" 15.
excusing its defects. Ever since promise. 'All propaganda was
1906 prohibition has been in ef- at a minimum, and the question
feet in this province in almost to be decided was admjnistra-
all of its possible forms. " Itive. The people were not will-j
Due to a group of conscien--ingto go back to the old free
tious statesmen who were sen- saloon system, nor were they
sitive to the wishes of the peo- content with total prohibition,
pie, the voters in Ontario have A compromise hung in the air,
had ample opportunity to ex- and it came in the.legislative act
press their sentiments on the of 1926. This act created, a
subject. Twenty-five years ago government liquor-control
a local-option act was passed, board, whose duties, broadly de-
permitting each municipality to fined, are:
President - Graham made a
brief and inspiring talk, in
which he expressed his deep ap
preciation for the faithfulness
of the janitors and thanked
them for their resolve to co
operate with the University.
"It is the spirit of men like
you," he said, "that cannot be
defeated. We are going to fight
together, every one of us. We
are going to carry through and
win."
When the speaker had fin
ished and was preparing to
leave, he was called back to
witness the motion to make a
contribution to the loan fund.
When it was moved to give five
destumes to Be Used by Actors
Ibsen's "A Doll House" Are
Authentic of Period.
in
lInllnvn - n nril-TinCfl t hpTP
settle the question of prohibi-1 To buy, import, have in its aSwtnUnrumna PiTi of
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and
tion for itself. Needless to say, possession for sale,
every section, except one, which liquor.
had voted dry, returned to. the I f continued on last page)
sell
MassvMeeting
A mass meeting of students,
faculty, and townspeople has
been called for assembly period
this morning at which time
President Frank Graham will
make a clear statement of the
University's present financial
j crisis. ' -
Infirmary List
Students confined to the in
firmnrv vpst.erdav were I N. M.
j j 1 ,
iMacFayden, J. Fukusato, R. G.
j Fleming, T. R. Jimison, G. W.
Chandler, and Charles iMett.
Read The Daily Tar Heel
Calendar '
Because It Is the Place to Find Announcements
Henceforth No More Boxes of Meetings Will
Be Run on the Front Page
Know Ahead of Time What Will Transpire on the Campus
And in the Chapel Hill Community
Choose Your Activities Through Reading the
Calendar
Every student should cut down his activity work to the sub
jects in which he is most interested, omitting superficiality.
approval.
RAISING OF LOAN FUND IS
ENDORSED BY KIWANIANS
The Kiwanis club of Chapel
Hill in their weekly meeting
: Tuesday night voted unani
mously to endorse the raising jof
the Emergency Student Loan
Fund. This endorsement, com
ing from a group representing
all occupations in the village,
gives great support to Mayor
Zeb Council and his committee.
Furthermore it constitutes just hd to hats.
one more revelation oi me genu
ine concern felt in the village
for the financial problems
Authentic costumes of the
period when Henrik Ibsen's
plays were first presented to
American audiences will be
worn when the Norwegian dra
matist's most charming, play,
A Doll's House is presented by
the Carolina Playmakers Febr
uary 4, 5, and 6.
Mrs. Harry Davis and .Mrs.
J. M. Valentine are in charge, of
the costuming, and searching in
several Chapel Hill attics has
revealed many beautiful dresses
that were worn by mothers and
grandmothers during the- gay
nineties. Mary .Margaret Rus
sell in the part of "Nora" will
probably wear two charming
frocks that were lent by Mrs. J.
B. Bullitt. Another dress of
the period was a gift to the
Playmakers from Mrs. ' Valen
tine's mother in New ' York.
Lfaade of heavy black velvet,
taffeta and lace, and weight of
the costume would equal that of
ten dresses of the present day.
Marion Tatum will wear this
dress in her role of "Mrs. Lin
den." ;
The 'men in the drama will
also be properly vattired in
morning suits, Prince Alberts,
Dr. Ernest R. Groves of the
now sociology department is expect-
confronting many students and ed to return today from a short
the University itself. j business trip to Florida. r-
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