DR. C. T. MUECHISON
ADDRESS TODAY
MEMORIAL HALL 10:30
DR. C. T. MURCHISON
ADDRESS TODAY
MEMORIAL HALL 10:30
VOLUME XL
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, A
RIL 14, 1932
NUMBER 143
Nathan Says Nicholson Probably
Came To His Death From Suicide
s
Verdict Based on Traces of
Potassium Cyanide Found
In Beaker in Room.
NO MOTIVE IS ATTRIBUTED
Haleigh Student Was Member of
Freshman Boxing Squad
Last Year. rV
John A. Nicholson of Raleigh,
University sophomore, who was
found dead Tuesday night in his
Tooming house, "probably cama
to his death from suicide," was
the decision reached by Dr. S.
A. Nathan, local eoroner, after
investigating the death yester
day. The verdict was based on the
fact, that positive traces of
potassium cyanide were found in
a soft drink bottle and a chemi
cal beaker, evidently used as a
drinking glass, found near th3
bed of the Raleigh youth. The
remaining contents of the bot
tle and beaker were analyzed by
Professors J. M. Bell and H. D.
Crockford; of the University
chemistry departments, and they
discovered traces qf the poison.
Chemicals Missing
Nicholson, a student in chem
istry, was working at the time
on cyanides in the course of his
studies. The official report of
th chemicals issued students in
their laboratory exercises shows
that Monday, April 11, Nichol
son checked out twenty-five cu
bic" centimeters of potassium
cyanide. A careful check-up of
his laboratory desk revealed . a
shortage of the cyanide from
the contents of his working
stock there. In view of this fact
it was judged that the poison
was self -administered. .
Nicholson was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. David B. Nicholson of
Haleigh. He was expecting to
so into medicine and therefore
was taking a pre-medical course.
He was a member of the fresh
man boxing team last year,
fighting in the welterweight
class. His marks were very
good, though not quite averag
ing honor roll grades. This fall
he became a pledge of the Del
ta TaU Delta fraternity. His
father is connected with the
state department of hygiene.
Talked of Suicide
It seems that Nicholson had
been talking of suicide since the
opening of school in September.
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NOTED ORGANIST
WILL PLAY HERE
Edward Eigenschenck Will Pre
sent Recital in Hill Music
Hall, May 6.
Edward Eigenschenck of Chi
cago, formerly of the Chicago
Symphony and one of the coun
try's most noted organists, will
present a recital here in the Hill
music auditorium Friday eve
ning, May 6, at 8: i5 o'clock.
The recital will be a feature
of the annual meeting of the
North ' Carolina chapter of the
American Guild of Organists
which is to be conducted here
that day, according to Professor
Nelson O. Kennedy of the Uni
versity music department, who is
dean of the North Carolina
chapter.
There will' be a business meet
ing of the organists when officers
for the ensuing year will be
elected.
Another feature will be a stu
dent contest at the Episcopal
church which will be open to any
organist under 25.
Business Manager
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R. D. McMillan of Red Springs
was appointed business manager
of The Daily Tar Heel for next
year at a meeting of the Pub
lications Union board Monday.
McMillan will go into office next
fall.
FRANK P. GRAHAM
INVITED TO SPEAK
IN NEWDRLEANS
Other University People Will
Address American Library
Association This Month.
President Frank P. Graham of
the University of North Carolina
has accepted the invitation of the
American Library Association to
be a speaker at its fifty-fourth
annual conference in New Or
leans, April 25-30. He will ad
dress the conference on "Public
Libraries in American Life" at
a general session Tuesday eve
ning, April 26. Professor Fred
erick H. Koch, speaking on
"Making a Regional Drama"
will also take part in the pro
gram of the association. Miss
Susan G. Akers of the school of
library science, and Miss Guelda
H. Elliot of the commerce li
brary of the University have also
been scheduled to speak to , pro
fessional groups of the confer
ence. It is estimated that more than
2000 representatives from li
braries in all parts of the United
States, Canada and Mexico will
attend the conference, at which
Josephine Adams Rathbone,
president of the association, and
assistant director of the Pratt
Institute. School of Library
Science will preside.
Distinguished Speakers
President Frank P. Graham of
the University of North Caro
lint; Hendrik Van Loon, author
of Story of Mankind; Edwin
R. Embree, president of tne
Julius Rosenwald Fund ; Freder
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HENDERSON CONTRIBUTES
ARTICLE TO DUKE ARCHIVE
. A leading article in the May
issue of - the Duke Ardhive has
been contributed by Professor
Archibald Henderson of the lo
cal mathematics department. In
this article, "The Relation of
George Washington to Avia
tion," will be published a con
temporary letter, now in the
possession of Professor Hender
son, describing the first balloon
ascension in the United States.
This occurred at Philadelphia
in 1793 under the patronage of
Washington. This is another
contribution of Dr. Henderson
to the Washington Bicentennial
Celebration.
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Choir From Durham
To Sing Here Sunday
William Powell Twaddell, su
perintendent of music in Dur
ham high school and choir mas
ter of First Presbyterian church
in Durham, will present a group
of thirty-five voices, composed of
boys and girls from Durham
high school, in a concert ill the
lounge room of Graham Me
morial Sunday, April 17, at 4:30
o'clock. All of the voices are
well trained, and many have
won wide recognition in sfete
musical contests.
Light folk music and classical
selections from Mozart will com
plete the program, upon which
will appear many fine choral and
solo numbers.
SWAIN HALL TO PROVIDE
FOR MANY GUESTS HERE
, Swain hall has made prepara
tions to accommodate the crowds
of high school students expected
here to participate in the activi
ties of the annual High School
Week to be observed here begin
ning today. Manager Obie Har
mon called a meeting of all his
help Tuesday night to re-organ
ize for the purpose of taking
care of the extra guests. ,
He has arranged to have the
lower end of the hall set up with
tables which will be entirely
given over to the high' school
visitors so that they might all
eat together. Harmon expects
to put into use all of he silver
ware in the dining room, and has
had the dish supply supplement
ed by extra lots brought up from
the, storage rooms. - -
AVERAGE FRESHMAN SHOULD READ
FIVE GOOD MAGAZINES REGULARLY
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Joint Faculty-Freshman Committee, After Survey of Reading
Habits of Class, Makes Recommendations on Periodicals
First-Year Men Should Be Acquainted With.
The well-read University
freshman should read twelve of
the better class magazines regu
larly, according to a report is
sued yesterday by a joint faculty-freshman
committee. The
average freshman should read
five of these magazines regular
ly, and no first year man should
fall below three.
The committee, composed of
Dr. A. P. Hudson, Dr. R. W.
Adams, and G. F. Sensabaugh
of the English department, and
Bob BJount, Colin Stokes, and
Gone Bagwell, made the selec
tions on the basis of the ques
tionnaire conducted in freshman
chapel recently by H. F. Comer,
general secretary of the Y. M.
C. A. The types of first-year
readers were invited into three
groups, the well-read, the aver
age, and the minimum or those
who read as little as possible.
Selections .were made by the
committee for each group of
readers, dividing the thirty-one
magazines into those to be read
regularly, occasionally, and not
at all or infrequently by each
type of reader, -
Should Read Daily Papers
The well-read and average
freshman according to the re
port, should read The Daily
Tar Heel, a state or national
daily paper, and The New York
Times regularly. The first-year
men who read the minimum
amount are expected to read The
New York Times occasionally,
but they should read the campus
paper and a state or national
daily regularly.
The magazines selected for the
well-read freshman by the com
mittee are Time, Literary Di
gest, Harper's, Scribner's, For
Junior Playmalcer
To Give Annual '?Y
The Carolina Pkymskers en
tertained Tuesday at a weiner
roast in the forest theatre for
the newly organized Junior Play
makers in appreciation of the
success of their first production,
Cinderella.
Professor F. H. Koch, an
nounced that the performance
was so successful that the PJay
makers had decided to make
them a permanent part of their
organization. The Carolina Ju
nior Playmakers, he said, would
be aided in producing one play
annually and would be recog
nized as "equals" of the adult
and faculty members of the se
nior dramatic organization.
BAXTER RETURNS FROM
DANCE ENGAGEMENTS
Jack Baxter and his Carolina
Tar Heels orchestra have just
returned to Chapel Hill from a
trip during t which they played
at the University of Georgia,
Mercer University, and Atlanta,
where they received much pub
licity. From there they went to
Washington, D. C, where they
played for the intersorority ball
at George Washington Univer
sity. The trip was ended by the
Pika ball at Raleigh. At the end
of this week they will play at
Hampden-Sidney College. -
The orchestra has recently
acquired a new man, formerly
with Blue Steele and'his orches
tra, who will handle the organi
zation from now on and will act
as booking-agent for engagements.-
um, Atlantic Monthly; Vanity
Fair, CoUier"s, American, Col
lege Humor, Judge, and Bucca
neer. Of these, Time, Collier's
American, Judge, and Bucca
neer were chosen for the aver
age reader. As a minimum list,
the three magazines chosen are
Time, Collier's, and Buccaneer.
No Artistic Magazines
The well-read freshman occa
sionally should read The Nation,
Christian Century, World To
morrow, New Republic, Mer
cury, National Geographic, Sat
urday Evening Post, Cosmopoli
tan, Life, Ballyhoo Popular Sci
ence, and trade magazines. He
is not expected to read the more
highly artistic and literary peri
odicals such as Asia, Harper's
Bazaar, or Theatre Arts, nor the
cheaper and less literary maga
zines such as detective stories,
true stories, movie magazines,
Liberty, and Physical Culture.
' The average first-year man
should read occasionally The
Literary Digest, New Republic,
Harper's, Scribner's, Mercury,
Forum, National Geographic, At
lantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, Lib
erty, Saturday Evening Post,
Cosmopolitan, College Humor,
Life, Ballyhoo, and Popular Sci
ence, Monthly. This class is
not expected to read Christian
Century, Nation, World Tomor
row, Asia, Harper's Bazaar,
Theatre Arts, Physical Culture,
movie magazines, detective mys
teries, "true story" romances,
and trade magazines.
The minimum list prepared by
the committee included among
the magazines to be read occa
sionally Literary Digest, Har
per's, Scribner's, Forum, Atlan-
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Gift Of $25,000 Contributed To
Emergency Student Loan Fund
Managing Editor
JL
r George W. Wilson of Char
lotte, who was selected manag
ing editor of The Daily Tar Heel
by" the PiibHcations Union board
April 7. Wilson assumed duties
with last Saturday's issue of the
paper.
HIGH SCHOOLS TO
BEGIN CONTESTS
THIS AFTERNOON
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Over 200 Speakers Will Take
Part in Annual Champion
ship Debates.
The University' community
yesterday completed prepara
tions for the opening of High
School Week, with its state high
school championship contests in
debating, track, and tennis, and
today Chapel Hill will throw its
doors open to a thousand con
testants, and visitors. V
The track championships will
not be held until tomorrow, but
the tennis tournament will be
gin this morning, drawings hav
ing been held yesterday. The
debaters will gather in Memorial
hall at 2:00 o'clock this after
noon to make their drawings,
and first preliminaries will be
held tonight, semi-finals to
morrow morning, and finals in
Memorial hall tomorrow night at
8 :00 o'clock.
Ten schools have entered
teams, aggregating 200 men, m
each the tennis and track cham
pionships. The contest for the
Aycock cup and the debating
championship is drawing 223
speakers from 57 schools
stretched from Cullowhee to
Manteo, these schools being the
survivors of the preliminary
triangular contests, participat
ed in by 228 schools in 85 coun
ties of the state. '
Insurance Is Debate Topic
The young orators will stand
on rostrums where many North
Carolina leaders made their
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DR. J. G. BEARD LEAVES TO
VISIT PHARMACY SCHOOLS
Dr. J. G. Beard, acting-dean
of the school of pharmacy, will
leave tomorrow to visit and in
spect the pharmacy .schools of
Ohio Northern University, West
ern Reserve, University of Pitts
burgh, and fhe University of
West Virginia. Every three
years the pharmacy ,. schools
which are members of the Amer
ican Association of Schools in
Pharmacy are visited by a group
from this association, and Dr.
Beard, who is a member of the
executive committee, will go as
official visitor from that body
Dr. Beard expects to be gone
about ten days.
Mrs. Jessie Kenan - Wise Is
Donor of Gift For Stu
dent Loans.
FUND IS RAISED TO $53,000
Goalof $100,000 Is Set for July
1, This Year; Ultimate
Aim Is $200,000.
A gift of $25,000 by Mrs.
Jessie Kenan Wise, prominent
Wilmington woman, to the
Emergency Student Loan Fund
being created at the University,
was announced last night by
President Frank P. Graham.
Mrs. Wise is a member of the
Kenan family that has been so
prominently identified with the
University for generations. She
made the gift sometime ago,
Dr. Graham said, but preferred
that no announcement be made.
Later, however, "she yielded to
the realization of the value that
such an announcement at this
time might have on the further
progress of the loan f und appeal
and on University morale," it
was said.
Fund Totals $55,000 Now
This $25,000 gift carries the
student loan fund total to $55,-
000, a little more than one
fourth of the $200,000 set as the
goal for the student loan fund
between now and July 1, 1933.
An anonymous gift of $10,000
was announced Tuesday by Pres
ident Graham. A total of $20,000
had previously been contributed
by some 2,500 students, parents,
faculty," trustees, alumni and
friends of the University. These
smaller gifts, President Graham
said, have created an interest
and supplied a momentum Jhat
have gone far toward making
the appeal a success.
$100,000 Needed by July
The University has had a stu
dent loan fund for more than
50 years and it has been so well
administered that losses have
been less than one per cent.
When the present depression
came along the available funds
were soon exhausted, however,
and the University was faced
with the necessity of making
an emergency appeal or sending
more than 500 students back to
"jobless towns," and in many
instance's, bankrupt homes. The
emergency appeal was launched
January 29 when 150 alumni
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STATE ORGANISTS
WILL EET PRE
Student Organ Contest Will Be
Feature of Annual Meet
ing, May 6.
The North Carolina chapter of
the American Guild of Organ
ists, of which chapter Professor
Nelson O. Kennedy is the dean,
will have their annual meeting
in Chapel Hill Friday, May 6.
In the afternoon the . annual
business meeting will be held, to
be followed by a student's organ
contest. This contest is open to
all organ students under twenty-five.
A cup will be awarded
to the winner. Friday night
there will be a dinner at the
Carolina Inn, after which, at
8 :30 o'clock, will be an organ re
cital in Hill music hall by Pro
fessor Edward Eigenschenk of
Chicago. Professor Eigten
schenk will be remembered as
the man who first played thev or
gan here. So many people re
quested to hear him again that
a special attempt was made to
get him here for another per
formance. , " ' .