CAROLINA vs. N. G, C. W.
DEBATE V
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GERRARD HALI-8:30
SOPHOMORE TESTS
9:00 A.M.
111 MURPHEY HALL
VOLUME X
ANNIVERSARY TO
BE OBSERVED BY
ALPHAPSI DELTA
Psychologists From Leading Col
leges in Three States Will
Meet Here Friday. m
Psychologists from all the
leading colleges of the state and
some from Virginia and South
Carolina have been invited to
the University Friday to attend
the decennial eelebration of the
establishment here of the Gam
ma chapter of the Alpha Psi
Delta psychological fraternity.
Uhe celebration will include
an afternoon program of the
reading of papers on psycholog
ical topics, an exhibit of appa
ratus, and an evening dinner at
which there will be brief sketch
es of the development of psy
chology at the various institu
tions represented.
More than twenty visitprs are
expected from the following col
leges and universities : Duke,
North Carolina State, North
Carolina College for Women,
Guilford, Davidson, Wake For
est, Greensboro College, Queens
Chicora, Winthrop College, Randolph-Macon
Women's College,
.and- William and Mary.
Graham Will Speak
President Frank Graham of
the University will make the
welcoming address at the open-
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SENIOR WEEK TO
be opened mm
SMOKER IN SWAIN
t :
Festivities for Graduating Class
Will be Conducted During
Week of May 9 to 14.
Annual senior week at the
University will open Monday,
IVIay 9, and will, continue
through Saturday, May 14.
The festivities will be opened
with a class smoker Monday
night at 9:00 o'clock in Swain
hall, at which time Kemp P.
Lewis, president of the alumni
association; J. Maryon Saund
ers, alumni secretary; and Felix
Grisette, director of the alumni
loyalty fund, will make short
talks. Bill Stringfellow and his
orchestra have been engaged to
play. Senior men are expected
to make dates with co-ed seniors
:for the smoker and all subse
quent class functions.. At 11 :00
p. m. Monday all seniors wear
ing regalia will be entertained
at a free show, through the cour
tesy, of Manager E. Carrington
Smith of the Carolina theatre.
Speakers Secured
Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday of next week, the mem
bers of the . class of '32 will
gather each evening at -7:00
o'clock under Davie poplar
where three prominent speakers
will make informal talks. Ar
rangements are being made with
downtown merchants to provide
seniors with free, drinks, shoe
shines, etc., as in former years,
sometime during the week.
Tal Henry and his Carolinians
liave been signed to play for the
senior week dances, which will
get under way Friday, May 13,
with the junior prom from 9 :00
to 1:00 in the Tin Can. This
will be followed Saturday after
noon with a tea dansant from
5 :00 to 7 :00, and the week's pro
gram will be closed with the an
nual senior ball from 9 :00 to
12:00.
Senior regalia has arrived at
Stetson "D," and may -be ob
tained any day this week.
Di-Phi Debate
The Bingham debate for com
mencement between the Dialectic
senate and the Phi assembly will
be on the subject, Resolved:
That the Eighteenth Amendment
should be repealed. The Di sen
ate will support,, the affirmative
and the Phi will defend the nega
tive. The tryouts for the debate
in each society will take place in
the next few weeks.
The best speaker taking part
in the debate will be awarded the
Bingham medal. The prize is a
gift of R. W. Bingham, dedicat
ed to the memory of his great
grandfather, father, and brother.
It is given annually for excel
lency in debating. .
PLYLER EXPLAINS
NEW THEORY AT
SOCIETYMEETING
Three Engineering Societies
Elect New Officers; A.S.M.E.
Will Meet Tonight.
At a meeting of the local
branch of the American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers
Tuesday night, Dr. E. K. Plyler
gave an illustrated lecture on
his new corpuscular theory of
radiant energy or light. In his
lecture Dr. Plyler showed where
in the wave theory of light is
inadequate to explain the "be
havior of light in certain experi
ments. He then gave reasons
why light is corpuscular in na
ture and named experiments
which would prove these rea
sons. ,
Following Dr. Plyler's lecture,
the following , were elected of
ficers of the A. L E. E. for the
coming year: F. S. Black, presi
dent ; J. R. Marvin, vice-president
; J. E. Hunter, , secretary ;
and T. C. Evans, Jr., treasurer.
W. J. Miller was made faculty
councilor. ,
A. S. C. E. Meeting
A lecture on power plants,
given at the meeting of the Wil
liam Cain Society of Civil Engi
neers Tuesday night toy C. H.
Atkins was illustrated by slides.
After the lecture the following
officers were elected: J. F. Gei
ger, president; A. C. Brown,
vice-president, R. E. Froneber
ger, treasurer, and W. A. Burch,
secretary.
A. I. Ch. E. Meeting
The members of the student
chapter of the American Insti
tute of Chemical Engineers at
the meeting of that organiza
tion in Venable hall Tuesday
night decided that they would
leave on their inspection trip
May 14. On this trip they will
go to Philadelphia and inspect
the plants of the Atlantic Refin
ing Company there. Officers for
the coming year were elected as
follows: L. C. Surprenant, presi
dent; M. S. Morrison, vice-president;
F. H. Lentz, secretary; E.
Brenner, treasurer. The officers
who were retired were: Thomas
R.. Taylor, president; E. O. Bry
ant, vice-president ; L. C. Sur
prenant, secretary.
A..S. M. E. Meeting
The student branch of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers will meet in room 214
Phillips hall tonight. The pro
gram will consist of a report on
the student convention in Chat
tanooga, Tennessee. Following
the report will be the election
of officers for the coming year.
The officers who will be retired
are: E. L. Midgett, chairman;
R. T. Burnett, vice-chairman;
V. L. Kenyon, secretary; and B.
Kendall, treasurer. '
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1932
Ehringhaus Emphasizes Revaluation
Of Property In Campaign Platform
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Prominent Attorney of Elizabeth City Rejects Sales Tax as
Measure for Farm Relief and Promises Square Deal to
-Every Individual, Corporation, and Industry.
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In his campaign for the state
gubernatorial chair, John C. B.
Ehringhaus, Elizabeth City at
torney, has stressed the need of
property tax relief, the immedi
ate re-valuation of property, and
the necessity of preserving the
credit of the state of North Caro
lina. . He set the general tone of
his principles when he stated
"We need a program of progress,
not of postscription of rehabili
tation, not of revenge a cru
sade, not a crucifixion."
Ehringhaus, who is recognized
as a veteran political campaign
er, stands for the elimination of
the fifteen cent ad valorem land
tax for support of the six months
school. He pledges full state
backing for the half-year school
term and as liberal support for
other state institutions as is
possible. (
Advocates Revaluation
Closely allied with the aboli
tion of the land tax for schools
is his program for the down
ward revaluation of property. In
this connection the former rep
resentative in the state house de
clared, "There is widespread
complaint against valuations
which impose an unjust burden
upon property, especially prop
erty, which is producing little in
come, and many grave injustices
exist in the valuations that have
been placed onvland. The ,1931
general assembly, for reasons
which it deemed sufficient " and
reasonable, delayed the quadren
nial revaluation.
"If elected Governor, I shall
insist upon an immediate return
to our long-standing policy of
quadrennial assessment. Real es
tate values are not static, nor
can an arbitrary or fictitious val
uation be justified. It is cruel to
ESPERANTO WILL
BE SUBJECT OF
ASSEMBLY TALK
Dr. E. C. Metzenthin of Univer
sity German Department to
Speak on Program.
"Esperanto: a Universal Lan
guange" will be the subject of an
address to be delivered in assem
bly tomorrow morning by Dr. E.
C. Metzenthin, associate profes
sor of German in the University.
Dr. Metzenthin is particular
ly well qualified to speak from
this topic, because Jie has crossed
the Atlantic ocean eleven times
and has traveled by horse, rail
road, camel, donkey, and bicycle
through nearly all the countries
of Europe, and through Pales
tine, Syria, and Egypt. He has
regularly studied the languages
of all the lesser peoples in the
winter months immediately pre
ceding his visits to those coun
tries. He has learned enough
about each language to be able
to get along, but he has experi
enced innumerable difficulties,
embarrassments, and disadvan
tages which arose from the doz
ens of minor languages in the
various countries.
The assembly program tomor
row will be open to the public,
and upperclassmen, faculty
members, and townspeople, will
be welcome to attend and hear
Dr. Metzenthin, because much
interest has been manifested in
Esperanto as the desire has in
creased for simple and practical
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levy taxes where there are so
many gross injustices which cry
aloud for correction, but are de
nied a hearing. The way must
quickly be opened for a revalua
tion' A square tax deal to every in
dividual, corporation, and indus
try in the state is the promise of
Ehringhaus. The fundamental
method of accomplishing this
point is "a strict but sane econ
omy. Believing tnat tnere is
already sufficient machinery for
the maintenance of the govern
ment, the lawyer advises that no
new departments be established.
"Rather," he says, "let us con
solidate and eliminate wherever
practicable."
Rejects Sales Tax
He would avoid an oppressive
shifting of taxes in favor of a
lifting that would effect equity
rather than exemption. "To
lighten the load of the great
landed proprietor," he declared,
"the owner of profitable or lux
urious city property, or the resi
dent or non-resident possessor of
estates at the expense of the im
poverished laborer, the back
broken tenant-farmer, and the
hard pressed merchant does not
square with my ideas of equi
table taxation." With this state
ment Ehringhaus definitely re
jects the sales tax as a measure
to solve North Carolina's tax
problems.
Farm Relief
On the subject of relief for
small farm and home owners he
advances a plan which would en
tail the amending of the state
constitution. This provision
"will give to the legislature the
right to classify for such if av
orable consideration, as it may
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FEDERATION WILL
MEET TOMORROW
AT GREENSBORO
Charles G. Rose of University
Is Vice-President of Group
Meeting at N.C.C.W.
The third annual congress of
the North Carolina Student Fed
eration will meet in Greensboro
at N. C. C. W. tomorrow and Sat
urday with approximately sixty
delegates expected to convene.
Invitations have been sent to rep
resentatives of thirty-three col
leges in the state.
The purpose of the federation
is to perfect institutions f or.self
government, to improve inter
collegiate relations, and to cre
ate a wide interest among stu
dents in social and political prob
lems of the day. The organiza
tion was formed in 1930, when,
during that summer, a s survey
concerning student government
was made in six colleges of
North Carolina. It has since
that time grown until, it em
braces the campi of every col
lege in the state.
Gorham President
Frank Gorham of State is the
presiding officer of the federa
tion Charles G. Rose, Jr., of
the University is 'vice-president.
The secretary is Miss Margaret
Pearce of Duke University ;
treasurer, Jack McKinnon of Da
vidson College.
Students will discuss their
problems in groups and general
assemblies tomorrow and Fri
Election Run-Off
In the special election called
yesterday to fill the position of
student councilman for the com
ing year, none of the three can
didates polled a majority. A
run-off between the two highest
has been announced for next
Monday.
John Manning and Benton
Bray, polling the highest number
of votes yesterday, will be the
contestants in the election Mon
day, when members of the ris
ing senior class determine their
representative on the student
council which was made vacant
by resignation last week.
Bray polled 102 votes yester
day, Manning seventy-five, and
William Allsbrook thirty-six.
PHI KAPPA SIGMA
ARRANGES DANCES
AND HOUSE PARTY
Organization Will Entertain
Guests at Dances Friday
And ' Saturday.
Heading the, social events of
the coming week-end ,the Phi
Kappa Sigma fraternity will
give two dances, one to take
place in Bynum gymnasium Fri
day night with Jack Baxter and
his Carolina Tar Heels furnish
ing the music and the second to
take place in the house Saturday
night with Jones' Carolinians of
Burlington playing.
The dance committee of Phi
Kappa Sigma is made up of Rob
ert Reid, William Markham,
Hugh Wilson, George Rowe, and
Philip Markley.
vOver the week-end, the fra
ternity will entertain at a house
party. Guests expected to at
tend the events are :
Alice Reppard, Marion Hugh
es, and Charlotte McAleer of
Philadelphia, Pa.; Claire Hart
sook, Nina Walters, Edith El
lington, and Adelaide Fortune
of Greensboro; Sara Glenn of
Hickory ; Closs Peace of Hender
son; Virginia Stephens of Rox
boro ; Nancy Browning of Hills
boro ; Nancy McFee, AnnYoung,
Reba Kitchen, and Mary Wil
kins of Brevard; Louise Town
sent, and Mary Louise Roberts
of Wilmington ; Francis Burnett
and Charlotte, Sue, and Ellen
Cunningham of Winston-Salem ;
Margaret Pottz, Pottsville, Pa.;
Flora Wyke, Cincinnati, O. ; and
Mary White and Florence Chick
of Roanoke, Va.
Rebecca Moose of Mt. Pleas
ant; Edith and Evelyn Knee
burg of Portsmouth, Virginia;
Jo Norwood of Louisville, Ky.;
Pick Welton, Anne Utley, Orpah
Clements, Martha Horton,
Jeanne Shepherd, Grace Cox,
Mena Fuller, Carolyn Fuller,
Julia Bryant, Ethel Cramer, and
Betty Basch of Durham; Lyal
Maie and Ernestine Reynolds,
Molly Lou Daniels, Jean Rose,
Barbara ' Henderson, Martha
Royster, Rebecca Jordan, Ernes
tine Groves, Martha Jordan,
Mary Lillian Correll, Madeline
Thompson, Esther and Ann
Mebane, Mamie Leake Parsons,
and Frances Wag-staff of Chapel
Hill; and Virginia Martin of
Mount Airy.
Ion Moye, Emily Storr, Lucy
Dortch, Eloise Barwick, Eliza
beth Parks, Lib Ramseur, Gladys
English, Catherine Harding,
Minnie Highes Rogers, Nell Jos
lin, Mary Frances Stronach,
Mary LawTrerice Withers of Ra
leigh; Sally Couch, Lib Boykin,
Mary Wisdom Lambeth, Lib Ev
erett, Mary Steere, Frances Rob
inson, of Charlotte.
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NUMBER 163
ACTIVITIES GROUP
TO MEET IN UNION
BUHDINGTONIGHT
First Gathering Since Election
Of New Student Body Presi
dent WiH Be Conducted.
The Student Activities Com
mittee will meet for the first
time since the election of the
new president of the student
union at a smoker in the banquet
room of Graham Memorial to
night at 8:00 o'clock. The re
port of the retiring president
will be presented, and several
matters of vital interest to the
students will be discussed.
Again the honor system prob
lem will be brought up, and the
advisability of giving the engi
neering school a representative
on the student council will come
up for discussion. - Other sug
gestions as to the policy of the
student government will also be
brought up.
The committee is composed of
student and faculty leaders, and
is a discussion group, having no
legislative power, although opin
ions of the group in the past have
had a tremendous influence on
the policies of the faculty and
the student government. The
policies, -administration, and fin
ancing of Graham Memorial and
the auditing board are results of
plans initiated in this group.
THOREAU POETRY
TO BE EDITED BY
RAYMOND ADAMS
University Professor Important
Contributor to Dictionary of
American Biography.
Dr. Raymond Adams, profes
sor of English in the University,
and contributor to the Diction
ary of American Biography, will
edit in collaboration with J. H.
Birss, the collected poetry of
Henry Thoreau. The work will
be published during the coming
year by the Dial Press of New
York.
Dr. Adams, in explaining the
particular importance of Thor
eau at this time said, "Thoreau
has been the subject of many
current articles because he had
an influence on Tolstoy and Ma
hatma Gandhi, giving the latter
the idea and phrase of Civil Dis
obedience." , . .
Will Present Another Paper
Collaborating with Henry Sei
del Canby, Professor Adams will
also contribute a paper on Thor
eau to be the Dictionary of
American Biography, which is
not yet completed.
Adams' edition of Walden,
published in 1930 by the Lake
side Press of Chicago, was judg
ed to be one of the fifty of the
most beautiful books of the year.
Dr. , Adams has been collecting
Thoreau's works for many years
and his collection was mentioned
in the last edition of "Private
Book Collection," a directory of
the leading private libraries in
the world.
Dr. Adams has been for some
timB an important contributor
to the Dictionary of American
Biography; writing articles on:
Father Hecher, the founder of
the Paulist Priesthood; F. H.
Hedge, originator of the Trans- -cendental
movement; EJisibeth
Peabody, sister-in-law of Na
thanial Hawthorne, and founder
of the kindergarden movement;
and George Ripley, founder of
Brook farmland one time editor
of the New York Tribune.