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WASHINGTON AND LEE TIN CAN 8:30 P.M. WEATHER FORECAST: RAIN AND LITTLE CHANGE IN . TEMPERATURE --rx IVJ M VOLUME XL f AN DER LEEUW WILL LECTURE ON 'ECONOMIC CHAOS' Dutch Author to Appear To morrow in Gerrard Hall At 8:00 O'clock. Dr. J. J. Van Der Leeuw, famous world traveler, author, and philospher will lecture to morrow night at 8 :00 o'clock in Gerrard hall on the subject "The Soul of Man in the Machine Age." Monday night, this ver satile lecturer will deliver an other lecture entitled "From Economic Chaos , to Organiza tion." " ' Dr. Van Der Leeuw, brought Tiere under the auspices of the National Student Federation of America, began his career when a boy of fifteen and has since then devoted his life to . helping life fellows to understand what is going on in the world and -why, and in encouraging and trying to inspire the individual to take a conscious and creative share in the events of the world. He was born in Holland in 1893, and has travelled all over the world, delivering over a thousand public lectures on al saost every conceivable subject. His speeches, given most often in English, but sometimes in other languages, are wide and -varied in scope as the places he "has visited in his many years of travel. ' Van Der Leeuw is the author oi a number of books on philoso pMeal and controversial sub lets, 'having; writtenTie -Conquest of Illusion, The Fire of Creation, and God's in Exile, and various works of a similar nature. M. CLUB WILL HEAR BRUMMITT IONDAYEYENING State Attorney General Chooses "Taxation of Foreign Cor porations" for Talk. Denis G. Brummitt," attorney general of North Carolina, will -address the North Carolina club Monday night on "Taxation of "Foreign Corporations." The meeting will be in the library r&om of the department of rural social economics. At the last session of the state legislature, Brummitt made several speeches on this subject and offered certain recommen dations. Since that time he has raade a thorough study of taxa tion of domestic and foreign corporations, and has prepared a comprehensive paper on this subject. , The North Carolina club's meetings are open to the public, and both students and faculty, s.s well as towns-people are in vited, to this lecture on a topic hich will, according to Dr. Hobbs of the rural social eco nomics department ". .. . receive ??iuch 'attention at next session of the legislature." , Brummitt has come out in op position to the short ballot, which is a plank in Governor .Gardner's platform, and, if a sufficient number of students are interested, may be induced to talk on this subject at some later date'. Seven in Infirmary B. B. Rorison, Oliver Crowell, C. M. Andrews, S. J. Shapiro, A. . Brown, M. F. Page, and Claude Sims were confined to "ihe infirmary yesterday. SALON ENSEMBLE PLAYS AT SEMPRA Assisting the parent-teacher group , of Semora, N. C, in its project to provide worth-while entertainment gratis for the community this week, the Caro lina salon ensemble presented a concert to a packed audience in-the Semora graded school auditorium. Thor M. Johnson, director of ! the group, introduced the mem- jbers of the organization and de ' scribed each instrument preced ing, the concert. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, Port Goes ! the W easel, Light Cavalry Over jfwre,and a southern medley were numbers on the program which impressed the audience. Members of the community highly commended the members of the ensemble for furnishing the entertainment. ORIGINAL ONE-ACT PLAYS ARE CAST FOR PRODUCTION Permanent casts have been se lected for the three one-act plays, The Common Gift, The Loyal Venture and Bloomers. These original plays written by mem bers of Koch's playwriting class last fall will constitute the next production by the Playmakers on March 3. 4, and 5. Actors selected for Elwyn de Graffenried's play, The Common Gift, are Betty Bolton, Betsy Lane Quinlan, Esther Greene, Mary Fleet and Harry Davis. Those for The Loyal Venture, by Wilkeson O'Connell are John Sehoh, Malcolm Seawell, Rene Prud-hommeaux, rNoah Gobck ridge, Harold Baumstone, For ney Rankin and Mary Alice Ben nett. The cast for Jo Norwood's play, Bloomers, will be made up of Betty Jones, Anna Gray Wat son, Harold Baumstone, Ed Rob bins, Jimmy Queen and Eliza beth Raney. The first two plays will be di rected by Sam Selden, and Harry Davis will direct Bloomers. Newsome Addresses International Club Dr. A. R. Newsome, secretary of the North Carolina historical commission lectured to the In ternational Relations club Thursday evening on the Chin ese-Japanese trouble. The speaker discussed the background for the present crisis and told how the desire for expansion along all lines was forcing the Japanese to enter China, she being the nearest neighbor. He didn't think Ja pan could hold Shanghai very long, but probably was using the fighting in this seaport as a smoke screen for hed advances into Manchuria. ALPHA CHI SIGMA WILL GIVE BANQUET TONIGHT Alnha Chi Sigma, chemical fraternity, will give its annual banquet to-night at the Carolina Inn. Dr. A. M. White, associate professor of chemistry, will speak on "Relations." Dr. H. D. Crockford, associate professor of chemistry, has chosen for his topic "Phases"; M. W. Conn, graduate student, will read a paper on "Auditory Colors;" and J. A. Suther, an undergrad uate student, has for his sub ject, "Oh Yeah!" Hobbs Speaks at Prospect Hill Dr. S. H. Hobbs, of the de partment of rural-social econom ics, addressed a group of citizens at Prospect Hill, last night, -on "Wealth and Taxation in North Carolina." , CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1932 War Debts Are Given As Cause Of Depression By H. H. Williams 0 Philosophy Professor Believes That Cancellation of Reparations Would Bring About Prosperity as World-Wide as Pres ent Conditions of Economic Unrest. -o- "Not until war debts and rep- arations loosen their strangle- hold on the nations of the world will this present depression lift," declared Professor Horace Wil liams. "That is the only kind of prophecy I would venture to day," added the man who fore told the depression two years before its ginnmg 'My opm-jback iuu is ma, xne w orm war is siin being fought. Ammunition has changed from bullets to dollars. vw wC xuc ,,u acu wiicn we are amassinsr ine monev normally used to buy . our . - goods?" Professor Williams likened the world today to the human body, with our economic struct ure closely paralleling the blood stream. "Let a clot occur in the circulation of the blood," he said, "and the entire body suf fers. It is the same with the economics of nations. We are damming up the stream which nourishes us. One such obstruc tion injures the entire system." He pointed out that Europe is being forced to subtract huge sums from its buying power in order to pay reparations and war debts. j To those who hold that these are just debts and should be paid Professor Williams an swers, "the money Europe bor rowed was shot away in the war. It can never, be recovered any- more than can spilt milk." "Stop the war," he advocates, "let us have an economic as well as a military peace. If this Charles Jonas Is Considered As Leader Of State Republican Party -0 ' United States District Attorney Entered Law School in 1905 and Made Way Through University by Chopping Wood For Power Plant and Mending Shoes. o Charles A. Jonas made his marked by a quiet, dignified way through the University service, and he made no attempts from 1900 to 1902 by chipping to project himself into the spot wood for the electric power t light. Personal popularity on plant and by mending shoes for 'the floor of the House and his students. Today he is the United States district attorney for western North Carolina and a member of the University board of trustees. For four years following graduation, Jonas taught school, returning to the University in the summer of 1905 to enter the law school. Beginning with an appointment as postmaster of Lincolnton, he launched a suc cessful political career, culminat ing in his election to the Nation al House of Representatives in 1928. The state Republican con vention of that year chose him as North Carolina's member on the party's national committee, a position, carrying with it the leadership of the party in the state. His term in Congress was GRAIL AND LAW SCHOOL TO GIVE DANCES TODAY The Order of the Grail and the law school present two more dances today to close the social activities for the week. The law school tea dance will be in the Bynum gymnasium and will last from 5:00 to 7:00. The time for the Grail dance as usual is set for 9:00 p. m. It will also take place in the gym and no couples will be admitted after 10:00. Jelly Leftwich and his orches tra will provide music for both occasions. process of draining treasuries to pay for what is gone beyond recall continues, who can dare to .picture the finale?" Discussing the effects of de claring a permanent morator ium on war debts and repara tions, he explained, "It will into the economic flow. Na Dnng tnese staggering sums tions wiu Qnce again be abIe to trade with ach other on a Basig I of equality. Obviously, their b j er wni crease and with that will come stabiliza tion." He expressed the con viction that we are losing in trade many times the amount which we annually collect in war settlements. The United States is stangl- ing England," Williams observ ed, "France is crushing Ger many and so it goes all over the world. I know of no business from which millions of dollars can be extracted year after year without an ultimate bank ruptcy. "Raze this dam let the stream flow unimpeded by a vast static sum, and normalcy will return," , he asserted. Professor Williams views the world as an economic unit which by its very nature must stand or fall as a single body. "When prosperity does return," he declared, "and only the cancellation of war debts and reparations will be the means to this end, it will, like the depression, be world wide." membership on the Republican committee gave him consider able influence as a new member. The office of United States district attorney for western North Carolina, to which he was appointed by President Hoover in 1931 over the protests of state . Democratic leaders, is no strange position for Jonas. He served as assistant district attorney in 1915. Following his service as postmaster, Jonas was . appoint ed city lawyer of Lincolton. Representing Catawba and Lin coln counties in the 1915 state senate, Jonas was elected to the state house of representatives in 1918. At present he is consider ed the most outstanding leader - , of the Republican party j North Carolina. in McKIE WILL SPEAK TO METHODIST STUDENTS Professor George McKie will speak to the student's Sunday school class at the Methodist church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, on the subject "Back to Standard." This talk will be a continuation of the faculty speakers series. Dr. Archibald Henderson will address the group on the 28th, and on the following Sunday Dr. U. T. Holmes, of the romance language department will make the last talk of the series. All students are invited to attend. PAUL GREEN WILL GO TO HOLLYWOOD Paul Green, who has been en gaged by Warner Brothers, moving picture producers, to write scenarios and adaptations of southern folk plays for screen production will lecture at the University of Iowa next week for Dr. Norman Foerster, formerly of the University fac ulty and now dean of the school of letters at the University of Iowa. From there Green will, go to Hollywood to fulfill the terms of his contract which calls for his services six months in the screen capital. His contract with Warner brothers calls for an original scenario depicting southern life. This is to be on a plot of his own making. The other end of the contract calls for the adaptation of a play to the screen. LAW SCHOOL HAS MATERIAL ABOUT JUSTICE CARDOZO A large etching of Benjamin CardozO, former chief justice of the New York supreme court, was placed in the law school li brary as soon as the news was received of his appointment to the post of associate justice of the United States supreme court. The picture was fixed just above the library bulletin board and on the board were fastened clippings about him taken from the state papers. Copies of after dinner speeches by Cardozo and speeches , delivered by him be fore bar associations have been placed on the counter in the li brary. In addition, there are to be found books and articles written by the new associate justice and a number of recent biographies of him by other writers. Glee Club Appears In Assembly Program Instead of the usual talk, the assembly program yesterday j featured the University glee club, directed by Dr. Harold S. Dyer, and a violin selection by Earl Woslagle. In spite of the limited time, Dr. Dyer declared that it was his intention to give the fresh man and sophomore classes' a "cross-section of the glee club's regular concert." The first two selections . were Christmas carols; one, an old German air, Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, and the other a harmoni zation of O Come All Ye Faith ful. The second series con tained an Armenian love song, which Dyer said was interesting because it is one of the first ex amples of that country's native music. OPERA BROADCAST WILL BE GIVEN IN HILL HALL Students and townspeople are invited to hear the broadcast of Verdi's opera "La Traviata" at 3:00 p. m. today in the Hill music auditorium. Litcrezia Bori and Guiseppe De Luca will sing the leading roles from the Metropolitan opera house in New York, while Deems Taylor, noted composer and music critic will interpret the opera. Gifts To Loan Fund Previous total $13,173.51 Community 23.31 An alumnus 10.00 A student's mother 40.00 A friend ... 25.00 Total to date $13,271.82 NUMBER 111 PROPOSED STATE SYMPHONY WILL FOSTERFOLK ART Music Leaders Meet in President Graham's OGice to For mulate Plans. Meeting in President Gra ham's office yesterday after noon, the musical leaders of the state voted unanimously to es tablish a North Carolina Sym phony Society to be organized within the next few weeks. The society will be composed of over 100 North Carolina' musicians, whose aim will be to f oster na tive melodies by presenting con certs throughout the state. A committee of organization will meet in Chapel Hill, March 21, in connection with the pro duction of the Irish Players scheduled for that date. As masterpieces of all literature and religion have been based on folk lore, the committee hopes to de velop a society to carry on Jpcal legends and traditions through music, as the Irish theatre un der the guidance of "A. E." (George Russell) and other has done for the native drama of Ireland. The rich fields of folk-lore and historical personalities and events furnish native ' North Carolina dramatists and authors with material on which to base works of art. Folk music and musics in this state are the most representatively American in the United States. It is on this assumption that the state . sym phony society hopes to oBtain cultural and social development based on a foundation of rich traditions and inheritance co ordinating with a progressive minded citizenship. CONNOR IS GIVEN PLACE ON STATE HISTORICAL BODY Gardner Names Head of History Department One of Five On Commission. Dr. R. W. D. Connor, head of the history department of the University, has been appointed by Governor Gardner a member of the North Carolina Historical Commission to succeed the late Judge Thomas M. Pittman of Henderson. This commission is a state agency appointed to collect and preserve historical material re lative to North Carolina. Con nor was the first secretary of the commission, which' was created in 1903 by anact of the legislature. Five members, who serve for terms of six:--'years, compose the body. AkJ New some, former professor -of his tory in the University is the present secretary. " Dr. Connor who served as secretary from 1903 to 1921 was president of the North" Carolina Literary and HistoricarAssocia tiori in 1912. He has been Ken an professor of histgry at the University since 1921 Accom panied by Mrs. Connor lie is now nr England on a year's leave. He is author of several books, including Cornelius Harnett, Life and Speeches of Aycock, and two histories of North Caro lina, the first in one Volume pub lished in 1919 and covering only the colonial and revolutionary periods and the other in two volumes in 1929, covering the whole period of the. state's existence up to that year.