. NORMAN THOMAS
ADDRESS 7 :30 P. M.
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YOLUME XL
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1932
NU3IBER 143
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UNIVERSITY MEN
SERVE IN SOCIAL
SERVICE GROUPS
INorth Carolina Conference Will
Take Place in Durham
April 24-26.' 1
The University was well rep
resented on the various com
mittees of the North Carolina
Conference for Social Service
appointed for the purpose, of
forming" an ideal social code for
the state. The work of" these
-committees will take years to
complete but the committees
will make reports of findings in
their respective fields at the an
nual meeting of the conference
An Durham, April 24-26.
Graham on Committee
-. President Frank P. Graham
and Dean M. T. Van Hecke of
the law school are serving- on
the central code committee,
vvhile Dr. E. R. Groves of the
.sociology department and Dri,
Harry W. Crane of the psycho
logy department are working on
rfche committee on the child.
Kemp D. Battle v of Rocky
31ount, a prominent alumnus of
the University, is serving as
iieaa oi tne committee on in
dustry. A sub-committee on
industry, one on workmen's com-
3)ensation, is headed by Dean D.
T). Carroll of the school of com
merce. Serving under Battle
and also acting, as head of the
sub-committee on code is Dr. H.
D. Wolfe of the economics de
partment.
Brown Heads Group
Dr. Roy M. Brown, of the
University school of public wel
fare is chairman of the com
mittee on crime and law en
forcement. He is being assisted
"by L. M. Brooks of the sociology
department, Albert Coates of the
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Y M.C.A. DEPUTATION TEAMS WILL
REPRESENT UNIVERSITY IN STATE
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"Work Begun Ten Years Ago Is Instrumental in Erasing False
Impression Entertained Toward College Students: '
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Distorted impressions of the
lives led by college students are
often conveyed to the public
through such mediums as the
ihovies, sensational magazines,
and uninformed gossipers.
Here at the University of
North Carolina are four groups
comprising' thirty-two students
-representative of a cross-section
of North Carolina youth
who are doing much to convince
the oncoming college boys and
girls and the folks back home
that the typical collegian is not
what the story books Would have
him be.
Y. M. C. A. Deputation Teams
These groups are known as
deputation teams. "Each year
they are sent out by the Univer
sity Young Men's Christian As
sociation to put on a three-day
program among the boys and
other young people in a number
of towns Of the' state. : Thirty
two different students and four
members of the faculty make up
this year's teams.
Begun Ten Years Ago
This form of deputation work
was begun at the University ten
years ago, and during this decade
forty-three different trips have
been made. These visits have in
cluded Greensboro, Proximity,
and White Oak, Salisbury, Char
lotte, High Point, Asheville, Winston-Salem,
Durham, Chapel
Hill, Pittsboro, Fayetteville,
Rocky . Mount, Wilmington,
Smithfield, Beaufort, and Dunn.
More than 225 different Uni
DR. CRANE WILL ADDRESS
FLORIDA SOCIAL WORKERS
Dr. Harry W. Crane of the de
partment of psychology, and di
rector of the Bureau of Mental
Health and Hygiene of the
North Carolina State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare,
left' last Saturday for' Talla
hassee, Florida, where he will
deliver a course of four lectures
on mental hygiene for the Flor
ida State'' Conference of Social
Work. ' '
During the conference, those
attending will visit the -Florida
state hospital for the insane,
SPANNTO SPEAK
ON GERMAN POET
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Illustrated Lecture Tonight Ini
tiates Local Celebration of
Centennial of Goethe.
Dr. Meno Spann of the Uni
versity department of. German
will deliver, a lecture tomorrow
nignt at !8.:00 in 206 Phillips hall
m
Johann . Wolf gang Goethe,
Germany's immortal poet and
foremost man of letters. This
is the first part of the celebra-"pnany
tiori at the Uni versity of J the
Goethe centennial...'
The lecture serves as the in
troduction of scenes which will
follow next, week as phases of
the great poet's life and works
are presented under the spon
sorship of the - Carolina Play
makers and the department of
music.
The discussion to be led to
morrow evening by Dr. Spann is
to be illustrated by lantern
slides..
Teachers Receive Pay
The local high school teach
ers yesterday received checks
from the state treasury several
weeks over due.
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versity students have been used
on these trips in the ten years,
and it is estimated that around
90,000 people have attended the
total number of meetings cover
ed by the team.
Four Purposes
Deputation work, explains
Harry F.'. Comer, general sec
retary of the University Y. M.
C. A., has four major purposes:
"To stimulate growth in sound
character among the boys and
young people in general- in the
communities visited; to develop
the leadership and. character
qualities of 'the university stu
dents who participate in the
deputation work ; to give the pre
college boys and.' girls an illus
tration of a better type o"f char
acter among college 'groups than
the cone'eptipnhey gam from
th'e movies and other casual ob
servations of college students ; to
acquaint1 the people' back 'Home
more ' 'intimately with the itibrM
and 'religious side' oi: university
life?' - ' - ": "
Work of Teams
.The work of' a 'deputation
team, ' he' said, ' 'consists ol short
talks vocal ' ''and' ' ihstrunintal
music, arid personal' mingling
with the boys and the other peo
ple' of the town.
The team usually arrives in a
town on Thursday afternoon.
The first meeting is a supper
with "the Hi-Y Club and other lo
cal leaders. After the meal, the
program tor the coming three
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GRIDIRON DINNER
MODEL FOR DAILY
TAR Hg&AFFAIR
Local Event Occurs Same Night
Of Nationaily-Known Ban
quet of Press Men.
"It was the annual spring
dinner of the Gridiron Club and
the nation's great were there;
the wisecrackers hit both par
ties alike and not a man did they
spare," says an Associated Press
dispatch from Washington, tell
ing of the famed dinner of
newspaper men.
At the same time Saturday
another group of press-men met,
here in Chapel Hill, at the an
nual banquet of The Daily Tar
Heel staff and followed much
the same program for possibly
the first time a college journal
had attempted a dinner on the
order of the famous one in
I Washington."
The Chicago convention was
the order of the day used by
Gridiron Club in its satire of na
tional politicians 'and figures
of whom were present, in-
eluding President Hoover,
Speaker Garner and members of
the cabinet.
Many figures and lines, cor
rupted perhaps, were borrowed
from Mother Goose while even
old Diogenes strolled in but said
"I'm just passing through."
Quite less elaborate but on the
same order was the satire and
good-natured ridicule thrown at
campus and staff figures at the
Daily Tar Heel affair, much
augmented by the appearance of
The Lowdown, containing
"dope" on the staff, and by the
formal induction of the new edi
tor and managing-editor.
Geology Fraternity
Entertains Visitors
The Alpha Alpha chapter of
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, nation
al geology fraternity, Was host
Saturday night to abanquet at
the Carolina Inn in honor of its
guests, Dr. Frank Cameron and
Dr. William B; Cobb, of North
Carolina State College. Dr.
Collier Cobb of the local de
partment served as toastmaster.
The program was featured by
talks contributed by Dr. Camer
on and Dr. Proiity. Dr. Cam
eron' discussed the chemical as
pects of geology, while Dr.
Prouty gave the history of some
of tne earlier' geological organi
zations bri the campus. ;
V. T. Ho'llahd of the local
geology department was chair
man of the arrangement com
mittee. '
'Following the banquet, the
whole party adjourned' to the
Carolina theatreas1 the guests of
Manager femit)i. 1 f u-
BROWNE WILL ADDRESS
MATHEMATICS SEMINAR
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Dr. E. T. ' Browne of the
mathematics department will
address the mathematics semin
ar Wednesday on "The Classifi
catidhof Correlations "in Space."
'"This "society " which meets
every 'Wednesday,, is " composed
of members of the : "department
and graduate "students. Its na
ture is to1' present' original and
research ; work that is both in
teresting and " helpful to ' its
members.
Rho Chi Pledges Two
Rho Chi, national honorary
phanriacy fraternity,' announces
the pledging Of U. C. Maness of
Bisco 1 and ' V.' S. 1 Crouch of
Spray.
PLAY BY JUNIOR
PLAYMAKERSHAS
WARMRECEPTION
Success of 'Cinderella Staged by
Youthful Actors, Warrants
Continuation of Group.
Cinderella, a play produced
last week by the Carolina Jun
ior Playmakers, was considered,
by both the executives of the
Playmakers and the audience, to
be successful enough to war
rant the continuation of the jun
ior organization, according to
announcement by the directors
yesterday. The play was the
first performance given- by this
new group which is composed
entirely of local children be
tween the ages of nine and fif
teen." V
The attendance at the three
showings of Cinderella was not
as large as those of the regular
performances, but those who did
attend were surprised by the
skill and ability displayed by the
young actors. Numerous stage
tricks lent interest to the per
formance, while the mysterious
opening and closing of doors and
windows, apparently without
the aid of human hands, startl
ed andamused the audience.
Directed by Davis
Harry Davis, associate direc
tor of the Playmakers, drama
tized and directed the play. He
also designed the stage settings
which were both realistic and ef
fective. Oramae Davis and
some of" the mothers arranged
the costumes for the show. Fav
orable comment was made after
the performances, and the au
dience frequently applauded the
individual members of the cast.
The executives of the Play
makers expect to produce an
other play by the junior group
next year." - A picnic for the cast
will be given Wednesday of this
week. "'' ' '
McCorkle Back From
Cleveland Gathering
Professor T. Smith McCorkle,
of the music department; re
turned late yesterday" from a
week's stay in Cleveland, Ohio,
where he and Professor H.' S.
Dyer, also of the music depart
ment, attended the Music Super
visor's National, Conference,
and where lie assisted in train
ing the national high school or
chestra assembled in connection
with the conference.
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f After the close of the confer
ence, last Saturday, Professor
McCorkle returned to Chapel
Hill and Professor Dyer, who
assisted 'in training ihe chorus
at" Cleveland, went to' St.. Louis
on ' business connected with
choral, w'prlf. ' He is expected to
return today.
PHI TO DISCUSS RECENT
CODDLING OF PRISONERS
At its regular meeting tonight
m New East hall at ? :15 the Phi
Assembly will discuss the crime
problem as it relates to the state
newspapers.
Resolved : That the short bal
lot should be -adopted, in North
Carolina 'and. that the present
system of imprisonment for
criminals is too humane are
other' bill's on the calendar.
A.A..U.W.-WU1 Meet Today
The local branch of American
Association" of University Wom
en will' meet ' in an important
business session tonight at the
Episcopal parish house at 8:00
(O'clock." Yearly reports of com
i mittee chairman wili be made.
LOCAL DEPUTATION TEAM
BROADCASTS OVER WRAM
One of the most outstanding
events of the University's Y. M.
fC. A. deputation to Wilmington
last week-end was the radio pro
gram the group presented over
station WRAM.
Jack Poole talked about the
records of the Wilmington high
school graduates and their chal
lenge to the present Wilmington
high school students. Ike Minor
talked on "What the State Uni
versity Has to Offer," and Bob
Barnett told of "The Student
Mind."
McMillan chosen
businessmanager
B. S. Solomon and R. H. Staton
Manage Buccaneer and Yack
ety Yack Respectively.
Robert D. McMillan of Red
Springs, rising' University jun
ior was chosen business mana
ger of The Daily Tar Heel for
the coming year at the meeting
of the Publications Union board
yesterday: Four other selec
tions for salaried positions of
the University publications were
made at the meeting of the
board which has direction of the
student publications of the-Uni-
versity
Thomas C. Worth of Raleigh
was chosen for the position of
circulation manager. Worth
held the same position this
year.
Bernard S. Solomon of Wil
mington is the new business
manager of the Buccaneer, while
R. H. Staton of Bethel received
the similar position on the
Yackety Yack.
There were a large number of
applicants for these positions
this year. The new managers
will go into office at the begin
ning of school next fall.
HOT HEADED MISSOURI SENATOR
EXPELLED FROM U. N. C. IN 1799
Charges of Theft, AHeged to Have Been Framed, Cause of Expul
' ' sion of Thomas H. Benton, Later Missouri's Senator.'
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Thomas Hart Benton, the first
and probably greatest Senator
who ever represented Missouri,
was expelled from the Univer
sity of North Carolina in 1799
for theft. Although he does not
mention this fact in his 1600
page work, Thirty Years in the
United States Senate, and al
though his several biographers
also give no reference to it, the
report was verified four, years
ago from the archives of the
Philanthropic literary society.
When he was expelled f roiri the
society in 1799,' he was automat
ically expelled from the University;-:
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"Thomas H. Benton entered
this society February 5, -1799,
and" was "expelled by an unani
mous voice March 19, 1799." r' '
Thus read the minutes of the
society in regard to the college
career of the native of Orange
County, North Carolina, ' who
afterwards moved to Tennessee,
where he was a member of the
state legislature, and who mov
ed to Missouri in '1819, which
state he represented for thirty
years in the United States Sen
ate. '
Overbearing Character
Although strong and ener
getic, according to a biographer,
Benton was pompous, overbear
ing, and egotistical. He .was not
a great orator, but his speeches
were always logical and virile.
In spite of his defects as a pub
lic character, his mind was un-
Y JL C A: BRINGS
NORMAN THOMAS
HEREJOR TALKS
Former Socialist Candidate for
Presidency Will Address ,
Mass Meeting Tonight.
Norman Thomas, Socialist
candidate for the presidency in
1928 and one of the leading soc
ialists in America, will appear
in Chapel Hill for a day of sem
inar and lecture work beginning
at 11:00 o'clock this morning.
He is being brought here by the
local Y. M. C. A. which is spon
soring a group of appearances
by prominent speakers here
this spring.
Thomas will make his first ap
pearance at 11:00 a.m. in Bing
ham hall in seminar work which
will be followed by a luncheon
at which several faculty mem
bers will be present. Professor
E. W. Zimmerman's 11:00
o'clock class is to meet tomorrow
morning instead of this morning
so that the lecture room of the
building may be used.
Public Forum
At 2 :30 p. m. he will conduct
a public forum in Gerrard hall
and at 4:30 he will meet with
the local socialist club.
He will take part in a supper
meeting in Graham Memorial
at 6:15 o'clock when he will be
entertained by 125 persons who
have arranged a banquet
through the courtesy of the Y.
His last appearance will be in
Memorial hall at 7:30 when he
will address students and towns
people who have been cordially
invited to attend.
Accompanied by'Mrs. Thomas
he will come here from Greens
boro where he made addresses
at North Carolina College. He
will go to Washington tomor
row. '
doubtedly superior to that of
most western ' statesmen, and
his fame spread rapidly.
Several times his name was
mentioned for the presidency,
but each time is chances of
nomination were hurt by charges
of theft brought up by the oppo
sition. V
Although most of his bio
graphers' pass lightly over his
college days, one of them, "Wil
liam ' Montgomery Meigs, ex
plains the origin' of the theft
charges' in the' following way :
Theft Explained
"... Upon some
occasion
probably while lie' still' lived' in
North Carolina lie and a' num
ber of his 'cousins Were livingto
gether somewhere and' his; man
ner irritated'.liis" associates until
they determined to play a; joke
upon him- Accprdihgl'y, they
took' his cravat 'while " he was
asleep and hid five dollars' in "it?;
and the 'next' morning at break
fast, one of the lads put his hand
in his pockety said, that he had
lost five"dollars," " and' asserted
that some of the party' had taken
his money. All protested ' in
riocence, but finally it was prdj
posed to search everyone, and
the money was, of course, found
secreted on Benton's person. His
anger and mortification knew no
bounds, while his tormentors en
joyed their triumphy for some
time, but finally explained to him
the trick that had been played
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