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VOLUME XL
STATEMENTS OF
CAMPUS ORDERS
ISSUEDBY BOARD
Nine Organizations Supported
"By Student Fees Publish
Accounts.
Statements of t receipts and
disbursements for nine Univer
sity organizations supported by
student fees were released yes
terday by the Audit Board which
lias been working on the ac
counts for the past two weeks.
None of the statements re
leased by the board have been
audited this year because of the
short time the board lias been
functioning. The group has been
attempting to work out a uni
form statement for next year
.and is7 conducting a survey of
standard forms used by other in
stitutions. The freshman,, sophomore, ju
iuor, and senior classes, the Stu
dent Entertainment Committee,
the Law association the Wo
man's association, the student
union, and the student govern
ment are the organizations
-whose accounts have been "re
leased. The Athletic association
and the Publications Union
board, whose books are audited
yearly, will haver their accounts
published later. Accounts of the
engineering groups and the
pharmacy association will also
he made public .later.
All organizations for which
fees are paid through the busi-
jiess office of the University sub- j and exhilarated -minds of the
mit accounts to the Audit Board, ? student body. She added that
while other groups may submit severai editors now want col
their accounts if they so desire. iege material only.
The Order of the Grail, the In-
terf raternity Council, . and the
German Club have signified their
intention of submitting accounts,
.and Will do SO at a later date.
Full statements are published
in this issue of The Daily Tar
Heel.
McKIE WILL READ
PLAY BASED ON
BROWNING'S POEM
Arthur Goodrich's Caponsacchi
Selected as Final Beading of
Playmakers' Season.
Arthur Goodrich's Caponsac-
chi, a successful play based on
Browning's narative poem "The
Hing and the Book," will be
read by Dr. George McKie Suir
day night at 8:30 in the Play
makers theatre as the final read
ing of the season.
This play was writen by Good
Tich after long consideration and
careful study . of Browning's
poem. Clayton Hamilton said
in reference to the study which
Goodrich made: "It demanded a
true collaboration between the
author of So This Is London and
the mighty man who, heaped
"with honors has lain buried in
the Poet's' Corner of Westmin
ister Abbey since 1889.". .
The play was first presented
in 1926 and was reviewed in
3sTew York by Walter Hampden,
director and actor, in 1929 with
Hampden, playing the title role.
The story of the play tells of a
famous murder done in Rome in
the seventeenth century. ( An
Italian nobleman, Count Guido
Franceschini, skills his child
wife, Pompila, and her parents.
In the attempt to justify his act,
he charged that his wife had
been unfaithful to 'him with a
priest, Canon Caponsacchi of
Arezzo.
The play follows the life of
HOSPITAL CLINICS VISITED
BY MEDICAL STUDENTS
The members, of the second
year medical class have visited
various institutions connected
with their work and several
clinics during this quarter, their
last quarter of work in the Uni
versity. Thursday they attend
ed a genito urinary clinic at
Watts hospital Durham. The
clinic was under Drs. W. W
Coppridge and T. H. Byrnes.
Friday they attended a surgical
clinic under Dr. Foy . Roberson
at the same hospital.
MODERN READING
PUBLIC TURNS TO
COLLEGEAUTHORS
Student Writers Encouraged to
. Send Literary Endeavors
To Publishers.
An interview with Florence
Vincent, who is an author's rep
resentative 'placing; magazine,
book, and motion picture mater
ial, disclosed that she looks to
the colleges themselves for the
type of writing that is wanted
more and more.
When questioned by Profes
sor Warren Schutt, teacher of
journalism and short story
writing at Columbia University,
as to the posibilities of his stu
dents' selling their work in com
petition with well-known writ
ers, Miss Vincent replied that un
questionably more and more ma
terial must come from the fresh
Recently a sophomore in one
of our smaller colleges timidly
sent in his manuscript, offering
1 more than the customary dollar
!fnr nns w and rparHnfr if onlv
special attention would be given
him It s0 happened that his
story was published in one of
our well-known magazines, and
Miss Vincent was asked by two
prominent editors and one book
publishing publisher to wire this
young man his expenses to come
to New York for interviews.
When asked if the well-known,
experienced writers didn't large
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ly monopolize the market, Miss
Vincent told Professor Schutt
that this was not always the case.
j She was very enthusiastic over
the undergraduate's chances to
sell profitably his material, and
' she sent a message of encourage-
ment and advice to the students
in creative writing at Columbia.
"If you have a story that is
written because of a sincere urge
to relate it," Miss Vincent
Wrote; "if it is written in your
own manner without imitation
or affectation; if it deals with
subject matterhowever local or
trivial, that you really know in
timatelythen it has the quali
ties that are desired. Its chances
then depend on its interest to
most people, which again,
strangely enough, is very close
ly dependent upon the sincerity
and interest of the writer. Con
centrate long and carefully upon
this advice: know your subject
well and tell it accurately.
' Mangum Medal Contest
All seniors intending to com
pete in the Mangum Medal con
test report to. Mr. McKie at 210
Murphey immediately.
your in Infirmary
The. infirmary list yesterday
included Viola C. White, J.
lDavls
R. B. Parker, and ura-
ham McLeod.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932
Perusal Of Old Tar Heel Files
Brings Quaint Customs To Light
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Line of Demarcation Between Ancient and Modern Traits Shown
By Such Ads as Those of Livery Stables, Haberdash
ery Shops, and Patent Medicines.
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For an amusing and educa
tional experience go down to the
library, get an old copy of The
Tar Heel, and go through the
advertisements. Besides con
taining much humor, both in
tentional and unintentional,
these advertisements show
vividly manjr changes that have
taken place - since that early
time.
Whereas we now have ads of
automobiles, garages, radios,
movies, and the like, The Tar
Heel of the "Gay Nineties"
contained many advertisements
similar to those seen only in the
cheapest magazines today. Pat
ent medicine ads are much in
evidence; for example, Doan's
Kidney Pills, with a testimoinal
by the organist in a Charlotte
church. A get-rich-quick scheme
tells how a woman in North
Carolina makes thousands of
dollars yearly selling Wicke's
Swiss Herb Tea, the world's best
cure for stomach disturbances,
kidney ailments, etc. In fact,
she had recently refused an of
fer of $10,000 for her agency
There are numerous ads which
challenge one to find the hidden
girls, policemen, or whatnot, and
win a wonderful prize.
More Out-of -Town Ads
Students then must have made
frequent trips to Raleigh and
Durham, for all .kinds of stores
in these places advertised in The
Tar Heel, including clothing
stores, pressing clubs, ice cream
parlors, banks, and dental and
jewelry establishments. Laun
dries in Charlotte and Asheville
also have ads. All in all, the lo
cal, state, and national ads
make up half the paper.
The clothing ads are ludicous,
to say the least. The stylish man
should wear shoes tied with huge
blue ribbons. B..V. D.'s reach
below the knees. The well-dressed
youngman wore a suit which
fitted him about ' like Harpo
Many Awards And Prizes Offered
University Students In Activities
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Despite Increasing Enrollment Interest in Various Awards Has
Waned During Last Decade.
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Approximately twenty-five
medals and prizes in addition to
numerous keys and letters are
offered University students who
excel in various scholastic and
extra-curricular activities. The
ma j ority of the medals and
prizes have been donated by
societies or private individuals,
while campus institutions, such
as publications and . athletic or
ganizations make the keys and
letters possible. Despite the
increasing enrollment of the
University, interest in awards
has decidedly waned during the
last decade.
A typical example of this in
difference to prizes is the case
of the Mangum Medal. Found
ed in 1878 by the late Misses
Mangum in memory of c their
father, Willie Person Mangum
the medal is annually awarded to
the student who delivers the
winning oration at a contest
held during commencement ex
ercises. In its early existence,
the Mangum Medal was an ob
ject of competition to practically
the entire graduating class. To
day no more than half a dozen
students are sufficiently inter
ested to enter the contest.
Other debating awards in
Marx's suit fits that comedian,
and a hat very similar to the one
perched on Happy Hooligan's
head. Canes and derbies were
necessities.
Ad Has Personal Touch
Advertisers of those days
were great believers in the per
sonal touch. The recent "Stet
son D" splurge had a predeces
sor back in 1904. Here it is:
xviuL4 iicid a .Luuuiuiu uii tut;
shoe business. He has hats on
the brain; puts up Umbrellas
and puts out Lamps. He Pants
for your trade. Would you do
well, buy of Kluttz and cut a
swell. He has some stunts in
bargains for cash, and they are
going with a dash. (What a
poet!) Call on the 'Original
Adam.' Call early to avoid the
rush. Watch Kluttz."
The University itself used to
advertise regularly in The Tar
Heel. The following are ex
cerpts from an ad printed in
1894: "The University of North
Carolina. Tuition, $60 a year:
total expenses, $250. 400 stu
dents, 26 teachers, 40,000 vol
umes, gymnasiums, bath rooms
(free to all) ; Discipline manly
without espionage."
In 1903, ads urge one to board
at Commons hall for $8 a month.
Later this is increased to $9, and
in 1913 it became $11.
Livery Stable Ads -
Livery stable ads are much in
evidence. In place of Chester
field, Camel, and Old Golds ads of
today -were Bull Durham notices.
A Durham dentist boasts of his
$8 sets of teeth, which he urges
students to buy. Fountain pens
were coming into style, and the
student is urged to buy one "be
cause: (1) It saves his time. (2)
It improves his work. (3) It
costs very little." A Raleigh
firm offers "Honest help for stu
dents literal translations of
all the Latin, Greek, and Ger
man classic authors."
clude the Mary-D. Wright and
the Bingham medals. The for
mer is given to the best debater
on the winning side of the an
nual forensic duel between the
Dialectic Senate and the Philan
thropic Assembly. It was a gift
of Mrs. P. E. Wright of Landis,
N. C. The Bingham prize, which
has not been awarded bf late,
was established for the best
speaker from the literary socie
ties at a commencement contest.
Scholastic prizes, which will
be given out next month, cover
several fields of study. In mathe
matics there are the William
Cain and Archibald Henderson
prizes. The Cain award marks
the excellence of work in Math
4-5, while Dr. Henderson's dona
tion is for the graduate "student
who accomplishes .the best piece
of research work during the
year.
Advanced work in Anglo-Saxon
and Middle English is re
warded by thet Early JEnglish
prize, while the Hunter Lee
Harris prize is given for. the
best short story by any student
in the University These are
the only awards for English, al
though that subject is the most
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EXTENSION INSTRUCTOR
IS INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Grace Woodman, exten
sion instructor in music, was in
jured in an automobile accident
yesterday morning while re
turning from a class in Dunn.
It is reported that she was trav
eling from Dunn toward San
ford when her car struck a
passing train.
Mrs. Woodman had been to
her last extension music class
of the year in Dunn and was re
turning to Chapel Hill at the
time of the accident.
KOCH ADDRESSES
LIBRARY LEADERS
IN NEW ORLEANS
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University Professor Declares
The Great American Drama
Has Not Yet Arrived.
In an address delivered to the
Fifty-fourth Annual conference
of the American Library Assoc
iation at New Orleans, April 26,
Professor Frederick H. Koch
stated that the "Great American
Drama," so much talked of, has
not yet arrived out tnat we
have promising, though tenative,
signs of the beginnings of au
thentic American . drama in the
regional drama 01 sucn young
playwrights as Maxwell ' An
derson, Lynn Riggs, and Paul
Green." .. c - '
"The school of drama of the
century before Elizabeth pre
pared the way for the coming
of the great Shakespeare. Per
haps our young student play
makers of today are foreshad
owing an American Dramatic
Renaissance. Perhaps they will
give us a drama as .many-sided
and as multi-colored as are the
people of our American states,
which will interpert the interest
ingness and the rich variety of
our American life in a drama
worthy of the struggles, the
achievement, and the common
vision of all of our people."
Professor Koch then describ
ed the simple beginnings of a
regional drama with the organi
zation of the Dakota Playmakers
and the development of the idea
of folk-play making in North
Carolina, with the formation of
the Carolina Playmakers, four
teen years ago, and the produc
tion and publication of the Caro
lina Folk-Plays.
SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE
TO TAKE PLACE TODAY
Senior comprehensive ex
aminations will be held this
morning for seniors in the school
of liberal arts and commerce.
The liberal arts' r examinations
will be held at 9:00 o'clock in
the respective departments. The
examinations for the scn'ool of
commerce will be held in 303
Bingham hall. There will be five
questions given and a quiz book
will be needed for each question.
N. C. C. W. Alumnae
Mrs. W. C. George will give
a tea1 for N. C. C. W. alumnae
at her home,. 208 Glendon
Drive, this afternoon, at 4:00
o'clock. Sarah All Abernethy
(Mrs. Charles L. Abernethy,
Jr.), an accomplished pianist
and organist, will play. All
former students of N. C. C. W.,
whether graduates or not are
j cordially invited. -
Mid-Term Reports
Mid-term reports for the
spring quarter were posted in
the registrar's office late yester
day afternoon.
NUMBER 159
UNIVERSITY CUTS
PAYROLL OF LAST
M0NTHS0F YEAR
Authorities Announce Twenty
Per Cent Cut Into Effect for
April, May, and June.
The members of the faculty
and others on the payroll of the
University except janitors, stu
dent assistants, and holders of
fellowships have had their sal
ary cut twenty per cent for the
last three months of the fiscal
year: April, May, and June.
There was a ten per cent cut
instituted at the beginning of
the year, bringing the net cut
for the year to approximately
fifteen per cent. There is a
possibility that such a drastic
step may not be necessitated in
the final two months, a vigorous
attempt being made to collect
the $40,000 of unpaid student
bills. .
This figure was arrived at
after receipt of the final state
ment as to the balance allowed
on the state appropriation for
the fiscal year ending July 1,
1932. The original appropria
tion was $721,000 ; the reduction
$195,000.
Revenue from the service
plants and rentals, together with
uncollected student debts, are
expected to cause a decrease in
the cut by July 1, although the
cut may have to be continued
(through the summer, contingent
upon the above mentioned col
lections. " " ,
The official notice came in the
form of a letter from the Presi
dent's office and was signed by
Robert B. House, executive sec
retary. The Advisory Commit-,
tee and administration authori
ties consiedred a horizontal cut,
extending over the final three
quarters, best after an extended
consideration of present condi
tions in the University. ;
MURCIDSON WILL
GIVE ADDRESS IN
LECTURE SERIES
Economics Professor to Speak
On Short Selling in
Third Talk.
Dr. C. T. Murchison,1 of the
economics and commerce, will
speak Monday evening at 7 :30
in room 103 Bingham hall oh
"Should Short Selling be Abol
ished?" This will be the third
of the series of five Monday
evening lectures on current eco
nomic problems being sponsor
ed by the department.
Dr. Murchison is professor of
applied economics in charge of
courses in money and business
cycles at the University, and has
long been interested in special
problems of speculation, busi
ness cycles, and finance. 6e
possesses some original ideas on
the economic consequences of
speculation, and will discuss
during his talk this problem
which is at present attracting
considerable attention because of
the investigation of the New
York stock exchange policies by
a congressional committee. '
Magazine Deadline '
The deadline for the accept
ance of Carolina Magazine copy
is. Tuesday noon. All copy should
be handed in before that hour
to Bob Barnett at the Beta
house or put under, the Carolina
Magazine door on the second
floor of Graham Memorial.
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