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DR. ROBERT A. MILLIKAN
MeNAIR LECTURE
MEMORIAL HALL 8:30
VOLUME XL
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1932
. NUMBER 152
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MILLIKAN OFFERS
EXPLANATION OF
UGHTJMOEIES
Nobel Prize Winner Will Con
clude McNair Series 'tf
Lectures Tonight.
How the opposing views now
held by proponents of the con
flicting wave and corpuscular
theories of light may he recon
ciled was indicated here last
night by Dr. Robert A. Millikan,
famous physicist and Nobel
prize winner, of the California
Institute of Technology, in the
course of the second of three
' McNair lectures at the Univer
sity on the mutual relation W
science and religion.
In his final lecture tonight Dr.
Millikan will show the effect of
changing ideas on social conduct
and religious thirikng.
Referring to the conflicting
views held by the wave and
corpuscular theories, Dr. Milli
kan said last night: v.
"The only way I can see out
of the contradiction is to assume
that all microscopic or elemen
tary processes, whether they are
processes of matter physics or
aether physics are discrete ar
ticle processes, the four types of
units involved being elementary
units of electrical charge, x ele
mentary units of mass, elemen
tary units of radiant energy, and
elementary units of action call
ed Planck's units.
"Only when large numbers of
these units are involved do we
get over into the field of contin
uous processes of which waves
constitute one of the best of ex
amples," Dr. Millikan explained.
"In other words, all appar
ently continuous phenomena rep
resent statistical or mean be
haviors of elementary particles,
in precisely the same way as the
temperature of a mass is the
mean kinetic energy of its parti
cles, which obviously does not
imply that every individual
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HICKMAN TO GIVE
BACCALAUREATE
SERMON OF YEAR
Final Address of This Year Will
Be Made by Professor
From Duke.
The baccalaureate sermon for
this year will be delivered by
Dr. Franklin S. Hickman of the
Duke school of Religion, R. B.
House announced yesterday.
Dr. Hickman is an authority
on the psychology of religion.
He has been professor of psy
chology of religion at Duke since
1927. He published a book on
this field, Introduction to the
Psvcholoav of Religion, in 1926.
Dr. Hickman is a member of
many honorary fraternities, in
cluding the Phi Beta Kappa,
Delta Sigma Rhoi Phi Delta
Kappa, and Omicron Delta Kap
pa. He is a native of Indiana,
receiving hTs A. B. degree from
De Pauw and his Ph. D. from
Northwestern. He is a Method
ist Episcopal minister, and has
been pastor at various towns in
Indiana.
Hickman was an instructor in
the New Testament at the Chi
cago Training School from 1921
to 1925, and was instructor in
religious education at Hamline
University the next year. Dur
ing 1926, Dr. Hickman was pas
tor of the First Mehtodist Epis
copal church in Minneapolis.
The subject of his lecture has
not been announced yet.
JONAS AND PRICE
WILL DEBATE ON
POLITICAL ISSUES
University Graduates Will Discuss
Problems of Campaigns.
What is expected to be one of
the most interesting and heated
debates ever to be held at the
University is that in which
Charles Price of Salisbury and
C. H. Jonas of Lincolnton will
meet at a near date to debate the
issues of the coming state and
national campaign. Both the lo
cal Republican and Democratic
clubs are in favor of the event,
and according to John Wilkin
son, president of the campus Re
publican club, the only thing
lacking is the date. Both men
are recent graduates of the Uni
versity and will be remembered
here for their political activi
ties. Jonas, a Republican, is a for
mer president of the Carolina
student body. He was also cap
tain of the rack team and in
tercollegiate debater. At pres
ent he is engaged in law prac
tice with his father and is being
mentioned for senatorial post.
Price was a campus political
leader at the University and at
present is a prominent Demo
cratic leader in local and state
politics.
CONCERT BAND TO
PRESENT OPENING
PROGRAMSUNDAY
Varied Bill Will Present Several
Soloists and Instrumental
Combinations.
The University concert band
under the direction of Profes
sor T. Smith McCorkle will play
its annual formal spring concert
Sunday afternoon in Hill music
hall at 4:00 o clock, this pro
gram, which ranges from the
classics to the moderns, will be
assisted by several soloists and
instrumental combinations. The
soloists are as follows: Miss
Helen King Eubanks; soprano,
pupil of Professor H. S. Dyer;
Thor Martin Johnson, violin,
pupil of Professor McCorkle;
and Brooks Fryer, piano, pupil
of Professor Nelson O. Kennedy,
whr will assist in one of the
quintet numbers. '
The program: Prelude from
Suite Ancienne by Henry Had
ley; Band, Atlantis Suite, by
Safranek; Band, Quintet for
woodwind and piano by Beetho
ven; Brooks Fryer, piano ; Her
bert Hazleman. oboe: Claude
Sawyer, clarinet; Paul Schallert
horn; and Walter King, bas
soon; Quintet for woodwind,
Danse Humoresque, by Hunter
Ross, flute: Herbert
Hazleman, oboe ; Claude Sawyer
clarinet; Paul Schallert, horn
Tirl Walter Kiner. bassoon. So-
Iprano solos, The Day's Begun by
Milw "
irt wards: Lied, by Cesar
Franck; and The Living God
hv O'Hara. Miss Helen King
Eubanks. Violin, Romance and
7? in hv Wieniawski: Thor
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Martin Johnson, with Miss Vir
riT,?Q Tinrklps at the niano, Ser-
gilliVf i
enade Roccoco, by Meyer-Hel
mund; Band, Concert Waltz, by
Jensen; Band, March of the
Dwarfs, by Grieg ; Band, ana
Fifth Sumphomj, second move
ment, by Tschaikowsky; Band.
Society Meeting
The first meeting of the Chris
tian Science Society will be held
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock
in room 210 Graham Memorial.
Plans for organization will - be
discussed. The" public is cor
dially invited.
Golden Fleece Taps Its Men '
On Basis Of Their Character
Local Honorary Society Is Second Oldest Collegiate Honorary
Society in United States; Founded for Advancement of
Efficiency, Fair Play, Altruism, and Loyalty.
o-
For the thirtieth time the
black-robed figures of Golden
Fleece will parade among the
student body assembled in
Memorial hall to select whom
they considerthe most distin
guished University students. The
order was founded in 1903 to as
ist in welding the University in
to a homogeneous, idealistic
body. The advancement of effi
ciency, fair play, altruism, and
loyalty formed the cornerstone
of its program.
Members are tapped on the
basis vof character and service
and their executive and cooper
ative abilities as manifested
hrough their campus activi-
ies. It usually has been the cus
tom to admit rising seniors, but
each year a few seniors and
graduate students are tapped.
Golden Fleece is the second old
est? collegiate honorary society in
the United States, the order of
Skull and' Bones - having been
founded earlier, at Yale. Since
its organization, 256 members
have been admitted to wnat is
- m . t I
conceded as- the highest honor
that can . come to a University
man.
It is a splendid testimonial to
the ideals of Golden Fleece that
a large number of its members
tiave become public figures of a
hisrh calibre. It might well be
ventured that not a single tap
ping has failed to produce at
east one man of whose public
service and character the state,
the University, and the Fleece
itself has not been proud.
Early Members
Charter honorary members of
the organization include Profes
sor Horace Williams, the late
President E. K. Graham, and
the late Eben Alexander, long a
professor of Greek at the Uni
versity. Three of the earliest
members were Hatcher Hughes,
03', author of the Pulitzer prize
play for 1923, Judge N. A.
Townsend of Dunn, N. C, and
Walter P. Stacy, Chief Justice
of the State Supreme Court. The
selections in 1908 for the class
of 1909- were perhaps the most
distinguished ever made by the
Fleece. Out of that tapping
have come President Frank Por
ter Graham, Kemp D. Battle,
and Francis E. Winslow, law
partners in Rocky Mount,
Charles W. Tillett, prominent
Charlotte attorney who deliver
ed the principle address at the
Graham Memorial dedication.
A striking point about the
LGolden Fleece membership is
that it has produced leaders in
many diverse fields. A wide area
of public service is covered by
such men as Joseph L. Cham
bers, Greensboro journalist,
Thomas Wolfe, author of Look
Homeward, Angel; Edwin E.
Rives, jurist, of Greensboro, and
Special
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1932
will be '
Germany Today
especially contributed by Benno Mascher
The State of the Classics at the University
a study of the" changing attitude toward Latin and Greek
And Other Features
Kay Kyser, well-known orches
tra leader.
Impressive Ceremony
The tapping ceremony .of the
order is one of the most impres
sive scenes afforded by the Uni
versity. An outstanding figure
in literature, politics, business,
or religion delivers an address
on the general subject of "Char
acter," the motif of the organi
zation. At his conclusion, two
black-robed figures, wearing
fleeces about their shoulders, en
ter the auditorium and solemn
ly parade the aisle. After des
ignating the neophytes, the
robed figures swiftly tap them,
and the Jason announces the
entire list. Following these ex
ercises, a banquet is tendered
the newly selected members. The
formal initiation is secretly ad
ministered one week later.
o The organization of the Fleece
is similar to that - of any other
campus club, except that the
symbolism of the Greek; myth is
carried over into the names of
the officers;' The president is
known as Jason and the vice
president, vice-Jason. The first
man tapped is not necessarily
the Jason. All officers are elect
ed by the active members, known
as Argonauts. Gromodius is the
name given to the secretary,
while the treasurer is styled
1 Christopher.
Meetings Are Secret
From fifteen to twenty meet
ings are held yearly, all of
which are secret. Until this
year all activities of Golden
Fleece save the tappings were
witheld from the public. How
ever, the, order now feels that it
can be more effective and in
fluential by working openly on
occasions which justify a formal
public statement. Two repre
sentatives of each year's group
of Argonauts are held over as
active members of the succeed
ing body.
Physical punishment and
horseplay have been banned by
the order as contrary to its pur
poses. A tangible worth to the Uni
versity of the order is the large
number of Golden Fleece men
who have become members of
the faculty. These include:
Charles T. Woollen, Francis F.
Bradshaw, Robert 'B. House,
Joseph B. Linker, the late Jef
ferson C. Bynum, Ernest L.
Mackie, C. P. Spruill, Herman
G. Baity, and Phillips Russell.
W. T. Couch of the University
press, and J. -Maryon Saunders,
alumni secretary, are also mem
bers. .
The tapping for this year will
take place at 8 : 30, April 27, in
Memorial hall. Henry L. Ste
vens of Warsaw, commander of
the American Legion will be the
speaker of the evening. -
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KAPPA ALPHA AND
THETA CHI PLAN
WEEK-END DANCES
Grail Dance Tomorrow Night Will Be
In Honor of New Members.
The final Grail dance of the
year will be given Saturday
night in Bynum gymnasium,
climaxing a week-end of social
activity in which two dances on
Friday and Saturday will be
given by Theta Chi and Kappa
Alpha fraternities, in conjunc
tion. The first dance will be given
in Bynum gymnasium, from
9:00 o'clock to 1:00 o'clock, on
Friday night, by Theta Chi and
Kappa Alpha. This dance will
be followed by a second, on Sat
urday, from 6 :00 to 8 :00 o'clock
at the Carolina Inn. Both fra
ternities will entertain a large
number of guests at house par
ties over the week-end. s
The Grail dance, on Saturday,
April 23, will be given in honor
of new members of the organi
zation. After much discussion
of the question, an amendment
was. made V the Grail, so 'that
freshmen will be admitted to the
last Grail dance of the year. '
v Music for all three dances, will
be furnished by Jack Baxter and
his orchestra.
DR. I E MANNING
CHOSEN HEAD OF
MEDICALSOCIETY
Medical School Dean Is Named
President-Elect at Meeting
Of State Organization.
At the session of the North
Carolina Medical . Society in
Winston - Salem Wednesday
night, Dr. I. H. Manning, dean
of the medical school, was
named president-elect. It is
customary for the society to
elect its president one year in
advance, and Dr. J. B. Wright
of Raleigh, who was named
president-elect at the last con-
vention, was installed as presi-
dent Wednesday night for next
year.
Other officers chosen were
Drs. J. R. McCracken, Waynes
ville, first vice-president; W. J.
Suiter, Weldon, second vice
president; and Verne S. Cavi
ness, Raleigh, chairman of the
convention arrangements com
mittee. The convention voted
to meet in Raleigh next year.
Dr. James M. Parrott, state
health officer, speaking to the
society Wednesday, stated that
North Carolina today is heal
thier than it ever has been be
fore. '"It has the lowest death rate,
with the possible exception of
one state, of all the states east
of the Mississippi. The pro
visional rate from all causes ex
clusive of stillbirth in 1931 was
10.3, and from all causes ex
clusive of stillbirths, homicides,
and accidents, over which public
health has no control, was 9.8."
From 1914 to 1931 tubercul
ousisdeaths in the state' decreas
ed from 4471 to 2,648, Dr. Par
rdtt said -Had the 1914 death
rate from this disease prevailed
in 1931, the tuberculousis -toll
for last year would have been
6,144. :
Speaker Accepts
Henrv L. Stevens, national
commander of the American
Legion, has definitely been se
cured as speaker for the annual
tapping ceremony of the Order
' of the Golden Fleece. The tap
ping is planned for April 27, .in
Memorial hall.
DR. POTEAT WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS
AT Y CONVENTION
Incoming Heads of Y Associ
ations to Meet Here Today
In Training Conference.
The training conference for
student Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. officers will open this after
noon with a registration period
for the incoming executives in
the "Y" building at 4:00 o'clock.
The conference will be composed
of both last year's officers, and
those newly elected, of organiza
tions of the colleges and univer
sities all over the state.
Greetings will be extended
by F. M. "Pardner" James, out
going president of the Univer
sity "Y", at 7:00 p. m. in the
Dialectic senate hall. Following
the opening speech, the main ad
dress of the evening will 'be de
livered by Dr. McNeil Poteat of
Raleigh. His topic will be,
"Social Implications of the Gos
pel." At the conclusion of his
talk, the . whole body will ad
journ to Memorial hall to hear
Dr. Robert' Millikan.
Activities of the conference
will extend through Saturday
and will terminate Sunday
morning. The program includes
a number of discussion groups,
election of officers, and inspira
tional talks. Exhibitions of
pictures and literature concern
ing "Y" work will be shown
throughout the duration of the
conference.
-Visiting women are to be en-
tertained by residents of Chapel
Hill. Men will be accommodated
in the dormitories and at var
ious fraternity houses.
Members of the committe are
as follows: Mrs. Hazen Smith,
Duke.; E. W. King, State Col
lege; Rawlins Coffman, Duke;
F. M. James, U. N. C; Elizabeth
Smith, N. Y. C; H. F. Comer,
U. N. C; Frances Mitchell, G.
C; and M.
L. Sheperd, State
College.
ORDER OF GRAIL
INDUCTS THIRTEEN
INTO MIBERSHIP
Professors H. H. Williams and
W. S. Bernard Will Speak
At Banquet Tonight.
Thirteen men, both non-fraternity
and fraternity, selected
from the sophomore and junior
classes, were inducted last night
into the Order of the Grail, Uni
versity honor society. The Grail
attempts to bring about closer
relations between different cam
pus groups by selecting each
spring thirteen outstanding men
as best representative of fra
ternity and non-fraternity. To
be chosen by the Grail is consid
ered the highest honor that can
come to a sophomore.
The following1 were initiated
last night : Robert W. Barriett,
Shanghai, China; Claibdrn' M.
Carr, Woodmere, New York ;
Walter R. - Groover, Savannah,
Georgia; 'David D. McCachren,
Charlotte; William W. McKee,
Chapel Hill ; R. D. ' McMillan,
Jr., Red : Springs; William
Thomas Minor, Pittsburgh, Pa. ;
Haywood Moore, Wilmington ;
Thomas G. - Nisbet, Charlotte;
Robert A. Reid, Pottsville, Pa. ;
Cabell Philpott, Lexington; Vir
gil S. Weathers, Shelby; and
Lenoir C. Wright, Charlotte.
The Order will conduct a ban
quet in Graham Memorial at
6:30 o'clock tonight, at which
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