WEATHER FORECAST:
PARTLY CLOUDY AND
SLIGHTLY COLDER
ASSEMBLY TODAY
THOMAS WRIGHT SPEAKER
MEMORIAL HALL
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VOLUME XL
COMMMMENT
MARSHALS MAY
BE RESELECTED
German Club Executive Commit
tee Decides to Confer With
Officials of Junior Class.
At a meeting last night, the
German club executive com
mittee decided to confer with
the executive committee of the
junior class in regard to the
selection of commencement mar
shals which the club conducted
last fall. The two groups 1 may
decide to rescind the selection
and ask for an election which
the junior class would conduct
next quarter. I
,. Elected by Class .'
Until some three years I ago
the marshals were elected by
the junior class, and when the
class forgot to choose the men,
the German club stepped into to
carry on the election. j
Through the current attack
that the club is exerting too
much power on the campus it
was brought to light that the
dance organization was infring
ing on the affairs of the whole
junior class.
Milton Barber, Zeta Psi, chief ;
Bob Barnett, Beta Theta Pi;
Bill Hoffman, Kappa Sigma;
Arlindo Cate, Sigma, Chi ; Vass
Shephard, D. K. E. ; Joe Pratt,
Zeta Psi; H. G. Connor, S. A. E.;
and Lenoir Wright, Sigma Nu
were the marshals who were
elected by the club.
FOURTH CONCERT
TO BE RENDERED
BY MUSIC GROUP
Institute of Folk Music Will
Sponsor Event in Music
Auditorium Tomorrow.
The fourth laboratory concert
of the Institute of Folk Music
will be presented tomorrow
afternoon at 4:00 p. m. in Hill
music hall.
Lamar Stringfield, flutist,
leads the group of seven musi
cians while Earl Wolslagel, vio
linist; Thor Johnson, violist:
Adeline McCall, pianist ;x Her
bert Hazelman, oboist ; Walter
King, bassonist; and Carl Plas
ter, 'cellist, make up ' the en
semble. Works of Institute
The latter half of the concert
will be made up of compositions
written under the direction of
the institute. The new compos
ers are: Mrs. Rossie C. Allen of
Deland, Florida, Thor Johnson,
and Herbert Hazelman of the
University, and Frederick Stan
ley Smith of Lenoir-Rhyhe col
lege. Sonata in F Major by , Jean
Baptiste Loeillet, Fantasie by
Georges Hue, Nocturne by
Georges Barrere, and Tityre by
Albert Roussel will comprise the
opening selections for the after
noon. The fifth laboratory concert
Willi be presented April 27.
3)1 SENATE WILL SELECT
OFFICERS FOR NEXT TERM
The Di senate will meet in
executive session tonight at
":15 to hear chairmen of com
niittees report and, to elect offi
cers for next quarter. The ban
rl'Jet which had been set for to
night has been postponed.
Class Banquet .
Members of the public speak
ing class, English forty-five, will
emertain at a banquet tonight
D. A. R. Delegates To
Be Entertained Here
Delegates to the thirty-second
state conference of the
Daughters of the American Rev.
olutipn, which is to convene in
Durham March 8-10, will be en
tertained in Chapel Hill as the
guests of the local branch of the
organization, the Davie Poplar
chapter.
ThA STOUD will be entertained
in Spencer hall Wednesday af
ternoon, March 9, and from
there the delegates will go to
the president's mansion where
they will be the guests of Miss
Kate Graham.
UNIVERSITY PRESS
WILL ISSUE BOOK
ON LUDWIG TIECK
Dr.
Lussky's Investigation Into
Tieck's Irony Is Shown
In Publication.
The University press had just
published Tieck's Romantic
Irony by Dr. Alfred Edwin Lus
sky, professor of German at the
University of Arkansas. Lussky
is the author of two earlier
Tieck studies, Tieck's Approach
to Romanticism, 1925, and Cer
vantes and Tieck's Idealism,
1928.
The investigation by Lussky
is an attempt to define and ex
plain the romantic irony of Lud-
wig Tieck. The study of this
subject necessitated a research
of the romantic irony of Fried
rich Schlegel, who is usually re
garded .as the originator of the
concept.
The author "has laid special
emphasis in his study of Tieck
upon the influence of Cervantes,
Sterne, and Goethe. He; has also
devoted some space to a discus
sion of the romantic irony of
Shakespeare. '
Hamilton Speaks On
Library Collections
Speaking before assembly
yesterday, Dr. J. G. deRoulhac
Hamilton. Kenan professor of
American history, urged stu
dents to aid and contribute to
the library collection of south
ern historical manuscripts by
being on the alert for any mater
ial such as old letters which
might furnish valuable data.
"The south has been shock
ingly careless in preserving
these records which contribute a
great deal to its history," said
Dr. Hamilton. "Anything and
everything that throws any
light on the past the library is
interested in getting. Family
letters, diaries and papers of
public men, and ledgers of busi
ness prove valuable material to
wards this collection."
. In three years, stated Dr.
Hamilton, the library has ob
tained over a million and a quar
ter pieces of manuscript.
Hamilton and Wilson Return
Dr. J. G. deR. Hamilton of
the history department and Dr.
L. R. Wilson, librarian, returned
Sunday morning from a busi
ness trip to Lenoir and the west
ern part of the. state. --
Erratum
..'
The Daily Tar Heel er
roneously stated that the
manager of the University
laundry conducted a repre
sentative of the publication
through the plant in order to
gain information for a fea
ture article in Sunday's issue
of the paper. Correctly stat
ed, the statement should have
read that an employee of the
laundry acted as guide.
CHAPEL HILL, C., TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1932
North Carolina Club Formed In 1914 -To
Study State Economic Problems
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Dr. E. C. Branson, Head of Rural Social Economics Department,
Conceived Idea of Patterning After Watauga Club
Of Raleigh Organization.
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Eighteen years ago, in the been published in the extension
fall of 1914, a small group of division's report and in The
students and faculty members News Letter, printed by the de-
interested in learniner more
ed what is today the North Caro-
ina club.
According to Dr. S. H. Hobbs
of the department of rural social
economics, the purposes and
aims of the group are to learn
more about North Carolina and
the underlying social and eco
nomic forces, that are a part of
its life. . The organization, he
said, to study the problems
brought on by these forces and,
wherever possible, to offer a
solution.
Unaided by a larger organiza
tion, the newly-formed club
found it difficult to -get at. the
real causes for social disorders
because of the difficulty of mak
ing extensive and thorough sur
veys. Despite this handicap, it
began its work under Dr. E. C.
Branson, head of the rural social
economics department and by
the end of 1916 had made much
progress.
Makes State Survey
The club's first work, extend
ing through 1915-16, was a sur
vey of the natural resources,
advantages, and opportunities
presented by the state. In 1916
a report of its study was printed
in the extension division's
port to the president. Since that
time the work of the club has
Thomas Bowie Is Well Known For
Efforts To Build Up Road System
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Prominent University Alumnus, Former Speaker of State Legis
lature and Member of General Assembly for Several Years,
Is Now Candidate for United States Senate.
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"Good roads for North Caro
lina" has been the slogan
of
Thomas C. Bowie, University
trustee and. candidate for the
United States Senate, through
out his political career of a quar
ter of a century.
Beginning in 1909, eight years
after his graduation from the
University law school, as a mem
ber of the legislature,, his ris
ing prominence in politics has
been rivaled only by his popular
ity as the idol of the isolated
western counties, known as
North . Carolina's "lost prov
inces." Widely heralded as the
strong-armed champion of the
mountain counties, he proved
his position when, as co-author
of the Connor-Bowie-Doughton
road bill, he helped lay the foun
dation for North Carolina's pres
ent highway system.
Stating that he saw no rea
son why western North Carolina
should be isolated from the rest
of the state, he strongly advo
cated the connection of the bor
der counties with their eastern
neighbors as well as with Ten
nessee on the west.
; Prominent at University
Entering the University in
1895, "Tarn," as he is best
f
known, revealed unusual, gifts as
an orator, being president of the
Di senate, winner of the fresh
man Orator's medal, the sopho
more debate medal, and the
Mangum medal for oratory.
Since graduation in a successful
Feature Board Meeting
The feature board of The
Daily Tar Heel will meet in
209 Graham Memorial today at
3:30 p. m.
nartment and distributed free to
more than 20,000 homes in
North Carolina.
The club is an outgrowth of
the Watagua club of Raleigh, or-
ganized by a group of state
leaders, among whom were
Walter Hines Page and Chief
Justice Walter Clark. Dr. Bran
son was a member of the Ra
sleigh organization and from it
he derived the concept and pur
poses of the local group.
Membership Small s
Membership of the North
Carolina club has never been
large. Each year about fifty per
sons are socially-minded enough
to join. The group meets every
Monday night for a comprehen
sive discussion of some subject
of vital importance to the state.
Whenever possible, an author-
lty on some particular topic is
invited to address the body in
order that the members can re
ceive a thorough knowledge of
the problem. When an involved
problem of great importance is
discussed, frequently a long
period of time is given over for
the study. This year is being
devoted entirely to a survey of
the taxation problem in North
Carolina. Every mode of taxa
re-.tion is being carefullv studied.
(and at each meeting a different
'method is discussed. .
career as a jurist, the memory
of his alma mater has never
been obliterated from his mind
and he has championed the
University's cause many times
on the floor of the legislature.
Gaining his early experience in
campus politics, he has contin
ued, to make fully as active use
of these strategies in state af
fairs as when he was a student;
In law, Bowie's success is
illustrated by his appointment
by the governor as emergency
judge of the r state superior
court, as well as his being
prominently mentioned for judge
of the eleventh district.
Speaker of Legislature
Being sent to the state legis
lature in 1909, 1913, and 1915
as representative of his native
county of Ashe, he was elected
speaker of that , body in 1915,
bmce that time ne has been a
member of the General Assem
bly in 1921, 1923, and 1925. Com
ing as a climax to his brilliant
career is his recent candidacy
for the United States Senate on
a platform of downward revision
of the tariff, revaluation of land
values to lower the farmer's tax
burden, and a program of econ
omy in federal, state, and local
government. . ' )
Recognized for his loyalty to
the University where he received
his early-training Bowie was ap
pointed a trustee of the institu
tion and since then1 has given
it his generous support.
Sophomore Picture
The picture of the sophomore
class for the Yackety Yack will
be taken on the steps of the Law
building at 10:30 o'clock.
Women Voters Will
Gather Here Today
The state meeting of the
League of Women Voters will
begin at the Carolina Inn this
morning at 9:30 o'clock. Miss
Elsie Riddick of Raleigh will
preside.
Dean M. T. Van Hecke of the
law school will address the group
at the luncheon at 12:30 o'clock
on the subject "Aspects of Re
vision of the State Constitution,"
and another speaker has been
procured for the afternoon ses
sion. Reservations for the lunch
eon can be arranged with Mrs.
Clarence Heer.
ALDERMEN WILL
CONSIDER CHANGE
IN TAX PAYMENT
Proposed Plan, Used by Kingsport,
Tennessee, Is Backed by Dr.
E. C. Branson.
The local city aldermen will
discuss at their next meeting a
new plan for the collection of
taxes. The new plan, which is
now being used in Kingsport,
Tennessee, embraces a proposal
wnereoy taxpayers wno pay
their taxes in advance will re
ceive interest at the rate of six
per cent on the money paid in
before the specified time. Dr.
E. C. Branson, prof essor of rural
social economics in the Univer
sity, who has corresponded with
Kingsport authorities, is instru
mental in having the new plan
taken into consideration.
At present, if taxes which are
due November 1 are paid in
August,, two per cent reduction
is made; if in September, one
and one-half per cent reduction ;
if in October, one per cent; if
in November, one-half per cent;
and if paid thereafter, a fine is
imposed. Some of the local au
thorities think that this sched
ule of reduction would be suf
ficient to urge the people to pay.
By the new plan six per cent
interest would be paid on all tax
es paid in advance during the
time interval between January 1
and November 1, on which date
the taxes are due. This pro
posed means of collection would
make much more bookkeeping
necessary.
Asbury College Will
Debate Here Tonight
"Modern Advertising" will be
the subject of the debate this
evening between representatives
of Asbury college and the Uni
versity. The Oregon plan, which
met with much success at its
first trial on the University cam
pus, will be used in a revised
form. This plan consists of an
argument, cross - questioning,
arid a rebuttal. After the de
bates .there will be an informal
discussion among the debaters
and persons in the audience.
W. R. Eddleman and d
Lanier will uphold the affirma
tive side of the question which
is "Resolved: That modern ad
vertising is more detrimental
than beneficial to the American
public."
Seven in Infirmary
: Joseph M. Cox, J. L. Baldwin,
W. V. Shepherd, Samuel Gidin
ansky, H. C. Rancke, H. M. Wil
son, and Sherwood Hedgepeth
were confined to the infirmary
yesterday. V
Gifts To Loan Fund
Previous total $13,543.50
Auto - supply firms
through Strowd's 5.00
Campus canvas 2.00
Total to date $13,550.50
NUMBER 119
STUDENT BODY TO
MEET THURSDAY
FOR CONVOCATION
President Graham Will Lead
Discussion on Honor System
In Special Meeting.
Members of the student union
and members of the faculty will
gather Thursday morning in
Memorial hall at 10:00 o'clock
for a University convocation on
the honor system. President ',
Frank P. Graham will be the
speaker.
The object of the convocation ;
is a discussion of the plan for a
more thoroughgoing observation
of the honor system. The plan
now under consideration would
hold equally responsible a wit
ness to a violation of the honor
system and the student violat
ing it.
Would Sign Pledge
Under the proposal, which
was advanced in a joint meeting
of the faculty executive com
mittee and the student council
ten days ago, each student would
sign a pledge at the beginning
of next quarter and at the be
ginning of each scholastic -year
to support the system.
The University convocation
Thursday morning will last one
hour ; the 9 :30 classes will be
cut a half of an hour. Officials
of the University have urged
that all students and members
of the faculty be present at the
convocation.
BALL COMMITTEE
TO RECEIVE BIDS
FOR DECORATIONS
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Junior-Senior Dance Group Will
Take Offers at Meeting
Tomorrow Night.
The junior-senior dance com
mittee will receive bids, plans,
and specifications for decorating
the Tin Can for the annual Junior-Senior
Ball May 13 and 14 at
a meeting on the second floor of
Graham Memorial at 9:00
o'clock tomorrow night.
Organizations submitting bids
should plan to decorate 8,400
square feet of space, present full .
data as to the quality of mater
ial to be used, as well as the "
amount, and be able to furnish
the committee sketches of how
their plans would look when
finished. The cost of the decora
tions is to be paid by three
groups: the senior class, the
junipr class, and the May Frolic
committee. They are to be used
first April 29 and 30, and again
May 13 and 14. Repairs are to
be made by the company accept
ing the work at no additional ex
pense to the dance committees.
Tea Garden Included
Bids should cover the installa
tion of a tea garden, which will
be managed by the employees of
the Book Exchange, the proceeds.
of which are to go to the loan
fund, all trellis work, buildings
department expense, electrical ,
wiring, a sound board for the
orchestra, waxing of the floor,
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Name of Writer of Open
Forum Letter Is Wanted
The person who turned in an
open forum letter to theveditor
yesterday signed "Citizen B" is
asked to phone or call at the
office and leave his name. It is
necessary for the writer's iden
tity to be known to the editor
before the letter can be published.
n the Carolina Inn.
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