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-VOLUME XL
STUDENT MOM
RALEIGH FOUND
DEAIJYESTERDAY
No Signs of Violence Discovered
On Body of John "Nichol
son; Inquest Today.
John A. Nicholson, University
sophomore of - Raleigh, was
found dead last night at about
6:30 o'clock in his room at the
liome of 0. E. Michie. From all
information that could be ob
tained last night, Nicholson died
a natural death.
Dr. Si A. Nathan, local cor
oner, had no report' of his inves
tigations to make last night ex
cept that a formal hearing would
-take place today. . ' v
No Signs of Violence ,
There were no signs of vio
lence on the body, but the possi
bility of suicide rumored here
last night was investigated, the
.glass found by his bed being ana
lyzed to discover any traces of
poison.
The body, clothed in pajamas,
was found about 6 :30 last night
when Michie, at - whose home
Nicholson roomed, went up
stairs to the room to leave a note
that the boy's mother had been
calling him all day. Seeing the
body on the bed, he called and
upon having no response sum
moned Dr. W. E. Abernethy who
pronounced the boy dead.-
From all indications the youth
liad been dead since late Monday
night or early yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Michie had called
Nicholson from the bottom of
the stairs, but receiving no re
sponse, she assumed he was out.
The negro boy 'who cleans the
Toomhad looked in this morning,
-and seeing the youth in bed as
sumed he was asleep and did not
-enter.
ELECTION OF LAW
LEADERS WILL BE
MADEOTORROW
Nominating Committee Will Se
lect Two Men to Run for
Each Position.
The election of officers for the
law school association will take
place tomorrow morning at
chapel period in the first year
class room in Manning hall.. .At
this time the offices of president,
vice-president, treasurer, and
student council representative
will be filled.
A nominating committee com
posed of third year men i who
themselves are ineligible for elec
tion has been appointed by the
present administration ; and this
committee, after considering
every eligible man in the other
two classes, will nominate two
men for each position. -
Should there be any dissatis
faction with any of the nom
inees, then other nominations
will be made from the floor.-
The rising second year and
third year classes are expected
"to call meetings within, a few
days for the election of officers
for the respective classes.'
LAW SCHOOL BANQUET
The annual law school ban
quet, the final event on the so
cial calendar of the law school
has been set for Friday night,
May 13. No definite program
for the affair has been announc
ed except that it will be con
ducted along the usual lines of
entertainment, consisting of
speeches, skits, announcement of
awards, and other features.
Thomas Believes That America Will
Turn To Either Socialism Or Fascism
Noted Socialist Leader and Presidential Candidate Considers
Present Depression as Greatest Aid to Cause of
Socialism in Recent Years.
That the government of thfe
United States within the next
ten years will swing to either so
cialism or fascism was the belief
expressed by Norman Thomas,
noted Socialist, in -an interview
with The Daily Tar Heel yes
terday afternoon. ' -
He went on to say that the
present depression is doing more
good for the cause of socialism
than any other: factor in recent
years. It is waking the people
up to the fallacies . and ineffici
ency of the present system, he
continued, and as soon , as the
public sees that the present sys
tem is failing t6 hold up under
the existing strain, it will be
much more willing to accept a
new form of government.
That any movement towards
socialism will be more than a
gradual one, and when effected
will result in several essential
changes in Washington was his
firm conviction. x The form of
government under the Socialist
plan as he described it will lean
toward the cabinet form of gov
ernment, placing a great deal of
authority regarding economic
questions in the hands of an ex
ecutive board representing the
engineering and working class
es of industry. The plan will
also involve the establishment of
an industrial bftdy in Congress
composed of much similiar rep
resentation, while the executive
will either be on the presidential
or primierial form.
In regard to the. possibilities
of a fascist movement develop
ing, Mi. Thomas doubted that
such an action would be notice
able in the next few years. He
gave as his reason- for this re
UNION DIRECTORS
DETERMINE FEES
FOR MEMBERSHIP
Fee of One Dollar Set for Upkeep
Of Graham Memorial , With ,
Opening of Fall Quarter.
Tuesday night the board of di
rectors of Graham Memorial
passed an important resolution
concerning membership fees in
the student union. Membership
fees will be "placed on students
starting 'September, 1932,- but
membership rules go into effect
now. ' ... ' , : '
The resolution states that the
privilege of membership in the
Graham Memorial Union is open
to University students, ; mem
bers of the 'University staff,
alumni, and trustees. A mem
bership, fee of one dollar per
quarter will be charged students.
One dollar per year will be the
lee of-faculty members, of trus
tees, and of alumni who are not
members of the AJumni Associa
tion. Members of the Alumni
Association will have no fee, as
membership in it includes mem
bership in the union. s
Those people who are not in
cluded in the above groups, but
who have contributed to the
erection of the building, have life
membership and pay one dollar
per year.
Lear to Speak in Seminar
'I J. M. Lear, professor of in
surance in the school of com
merce, will discuss 'Trends in
the Investments of Insurance
Companies" at ' the economics
seminar which convenes this
evening at 7:3(fin 113 Bingham
hall.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1932
mark that there was not a strong
enough demagogue in the United
States today around whom the
Fascists could rally". According
to his description the leader
must be a man who can appeal to
the desires of the "little fellow"
and at the same time be able to
keep his finger in the pie of the
"big boys." A man like Hitler
in Germany "or Mussolini in
Italy is the type- he pointed out
as necessary for a successful fas
cist movement in this country.
He went on further to illustrate
his point by describing a poster
he had seen picturing Hitler in
one place eating with theJower
classes and condemning the
bankers and in another cartoon
he was eating lobsters with the
bankers.
It was Mr. Thomas's opinion
that the man best fulfilling these
qualifications in America today
was "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, but
he hastened to add that the, Ok
lahoma governor would not con
sider himself with this group.
As to the chances of commun
ism taking hold in this country
within the next decade to any
great extent, he seemed confi
dent that nothing should be fear
ed from this immediately. . But
as to this element gaining
strength later on, Mr. Thomas
was unwilling to make a predic
tion, v '
He did say, however, that
there were certain ignorant and
un-learned people in America to
day who feared the word "social
ism" for no good reason, and that
the sooner these people became
educated to the doctrines and
policies that the term implies
they will no longer look upon the
word as they now do.
D. C. SHOEMAKER
CHOSEN TO EDIT
NEXT HANDBOOK
Business Manager Yet to Be Selected;
Editor Will Appoint Rest
Of Staff.
Donald C. Shoemaker has been
appointed editor of the Y.' M. C.
A. handbook, Billy McKee, presi
dent of the University Y. M. C.
A., ; announced yesterday. The
business manager will be ap
Dointed and announced later. The
editor of the publication has the
privilege of selecting his own
staff to aid him. ,
The book, known as the Caro
lina Handbook, is published an
nually by the Y. M. C. A., and is
mailed during the summer to all
freshmen who have enrolled for
entry in the University in tjie
fall; . It usually contains a
wealth of information valuable
to those coming here for the first
time,' giving information about
the various campus activities, ex
planations of the different or
ganizations, and suggestions and
.hints about things of a general
nature " connected with the ad
justing of one's , self to- life at
the University. -
Professors of Psychology
. Accept Summer Positions
Three members of the psy
chology department have accept
ed .appointments elsewhere for
the summer. Dr. Harry W.
Crane will teach at Ohio State
University, Dr. English Bagby
will be at Columbia, and Dr.- J.
F. . Dashiell will teach at the
University of Southern Califor
nia. H. N. De Wick will direct
summer courses at Carolina.
CAMPUS GROUPS
TO AUDIT BOOKS
BEFORE TUESDAY
Seven Organizations Have Made
Reports to Board;: German
Club and Grail to Report.
Tuesday, April 19, has been
set as the date of the final , re
ports of campus organizations to
the University Audit board for
the auditing of their finances,
members of the group announc
ed yesterday. Seven organiza
tions have reported and eight
others are expected to report be
fore Tuesday.
! The senior, the junior, and the
sophomore classes, the Debate
Council, the student union, the
Athletic Council,. and the Inter
fraternity Council have already
reported, while the Law Associa
tion, the Student Entertainment
committee, the Publications
Union board, the freshman class,
the Woman's association must
have their reports in. The Ger
man Club and the Order of the
Grail have been requested to re
port also under the recommen
dation of the Student Activities
committee.
The Audit board, created by
action of the student body last
winter, is attempting to draw up
a uniform report to be used by
all campus organizations each
year. Dean F.'F. Bradshaw, R.
H. Sherill, of tne commerce
school, are faculty members of
the board while Mayne Albright,
Francis I. Anderson, and John
Clinard are the student mem
bers. The board has set April 30 as
the date when the accounts of
campus organizations are trans
ferred to the new treasurers.
VALUABLE GIFTS
DONATED SCHOOL
BYDMELLER
Recently Established Museum of
Pharmacy School Presented
Interesting Exhibits.
The recently established mu
seum of the pharmacy school is
the recipient of several valuable
and interesting exhibits. The
school is attempting to establish
a museum of articles "and instru
ments used in drug stores of an
earlier period, and the exhibits
add materially to the value of
the establishment.
On April 7 Dr. E. V. Zoeller
presented to the museum the fol
lowing interesting articles : : a
pair of hand scales, a , quassia
cup, an old pill box, . a Seidlitz
powder cup, three orris root
teething fingers, and a beauti
ful old-fashioned etched" show
bottle; ; He also gave to the li
brary several old books and a
number of unbound drug jour
nals;' " ' J'v iy
Professor W. S. Jenkins of the
history department . has loaned
to the museum ;a; valuable ex
hibit, consisting of a pair of hand
scales in: : their: old-fashioned
wooden pestle, a pill box, and
two graduates. These articles
were owned and used by Dr. Da
vid Warlick Schenck of Lincoln
ton from 1830 to 1850, and since
that time have been in the pos
session of the family- of Profes
sor Jenkins. - - "
. Mr. Sam E. Welfare has given
an old type prescription vial witji
blown-in lettering, and the phar
macy library has been further
enriched by a gift of a number
of books from Dr. I. P. Battle of
Rocky Mount. .-
Anonymous Gift
Added To Emergency Loan Fund
Dr. Murchison To
Address Assembly
Dr. C. T. Murchison of the
commerce school will speak in
assembly Thursday and Friday
of this week on the subject "The
Present Depression." Thursday
his subject will be "The Affects
and Causes of the Depression,"
and Friday he will bring out
"Proposed Remedies for the De
pression." - -
Dr: Murchison is considered to
be very well informed on this
subject. Upperclassmen as well
as the general public are invited
to attend these lectures.
NORMAN THOMAS
SAYS CAPITALISM
FALSE IN THEORY
. .- ' . . '.
Attacks Present Economic Sys
tem as Cause of Unemploy
ment and Suffering.
"No one has yet stood up and
explained to me how to do away
withninemployment under capi
talism so long as capitalism holds
to private enterprise and private
property," said Norman Thom
as, Socialist candidate for presi
dent in 1928, when he addressed
a packed audience in Gerrard
hail yesterday at noon. His wis
dom, interspersed with much hu
mor, kept the audience in alter
nate moods of thought and
laughter. . ,,rz
Thomas opened his speech by
stressing the need of greater
scientific objectivity in the social
sciences. Unbiased, we must
ask, "Why is this true?"
Waste of College Education
. He said that if he were to
write another chapter for Stu
art Chase's Tragedy of Waste he
would entitle it "The Waste of
College Education." . He de
plored the number of "diploma
ed morons," or "professional
alumni," who have graduated
from our colleges. The differ
ence between the time and en
ergy expended by college stu
dents and the results obtained
testify to a great waste in college
education,
. No Automatic Markets
Thomas stated that the eco
nomic system of automatic work
ing of markets is out-of-date.
We now see that competition can
not regulate industry perfectly,
nor is the modern quantitative
economics so successful to which
our present condition bears witness.-
Our applied, economics
would be funny, if they were not
so tragic. .
Russia Worth Considering
Thomas believes . that . we
should recognize and deal with
Russia, that our ' high u tariffs
should be lowered, and that the
war debts should be cancelled,
since in the last analysis the war
debts would be -paid by the work
ers in reduced standards of liv
ing. . The cancellation of debts,
, (Continued -on last, page)
DrSpann Speaks Tonight
Dr. Meno Spann of the Ger
man department -will deliver a
lecture tonight at 8:00: p. m. in
206 Phillips hall on Goethe. This
lecture opens the celebration of
the Goethe centennial at the
University. If will be'illustrat
ed by lantern slides; ;
Next week scenes representing
phases in the great poet's life
and works will be presented un
der the sponsorship of the Caro
lina Playmakers and the depart-
ment of music.
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NUMBER 144
Of $10,000 Is
Donor Hopes to Stimulate Inter
est of Others in Making
Similar Contributions.
RAISES FUND TO $30,000
Set $200,000 as Goal for Remain
der of Scholastic Year
And 1932-33.
An anonymous gift of $10,000
to the University's Emergency
Student Loan Fund was an-'
nounced yesterday by President
Frank P. Graham.
President Graham said the
name of the donor was with
held by request and that the
gift was made in the hope that
other persons able to make such
contributions might be encour
aged to do so.
This raises the total so far
contributed to ,. the fund to
$30,000. The $20,000 previous
ly announced was contributed
by more than 2,500 . students,
parents, faculty, trustees, alum
ni, and friends of the Univer
sity. - -
The loan fund appeal was in
augurated at a meeting of 125
alumni representing all sections
of the state who assembled here
on January 29 to consider with
President Graham and other
University officials the critical
need of the institution.
Set High Goal .
. Facing the bald fact that
more than 500 University stu
dents who would have to drop
out of college during the winter
and spring quarters ' unless suf
ficient loan funds could be made
available, this group of alumni
set in motion the machinery for
raising the amount needed. The
goal set for the remainder of
this scholastic year and the year
1932-33 was $200,000.
(Continued on last page)
PHI BETA KAPPA
MEN WILL HOLD
ANNUALJIEETING
Number of Students Will Exceed
That of Last Year; Dr.
Wilson Announces. '
Dr. T. J. Wilson, University
registrar, announced yesterday
that the annual public., spring
meeting of the Alpha of North
Carolina chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholarship fra
ternity, will take place in Ger
rard hall April 28, at 8:30 p. m.
Dr. E R. Groves of the sociology
department will make the address.-
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Preceding the public meeting
will be a business gathering of
the active chapter in the ,Y. M.
C. A., and-! initiation- .of new
members will; immediately fol
low Dr. Groves' address.- The
initiation will be in Graham Memorial.-
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All announcements with elec-
tions, new officers, ; and . other
business will be made at. the pub
lic meeting; in Gerrard hall. ::,
In regard to the number of
students to be initiated, Dr. Wil
son stated that it would probab
ly exceed that of last year con
siderably. "There are more stu
dents with unusually high aver
age grades," he said, "than have
been noted in several years:
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Nine on Infirmary List
Yesterday the 'infirmary list
included Emma Frances Polhill,
H. G. Connor, Mrs. W. L. Wales
Florence and Virginia Yancey,
C. H. Fisher, N. M. Ross, T. W.
Wilson, and E. S. Lupton.
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