Y. M. C. A. MEETING
5:00 O'CLOCK
;r I to font Ife
STAFF MEETINGS
CITY EDITORS 5 :00
REPORTERS 5:30
LEE-STONE COUNCIL RING-
VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY BAND
WILL PLAY FOR
MALJXERCISES
Group Will Lead Academic Pro
cession and Play at Opening
Of Alumni Meeting.
The University "band, though
it has closed its work for the
year, will reassemble in Chapel
Hill Monday, June 5, to partici
pate in the commencement' ex
ercises for that day. For a num
ler of years previous to this one
the University has kept the band
on the Hill till after the final
-exercises and paid the members
enough to make it worthwhile to
stay. This year, however, due
to lack of funds, the University
las announced that it will not be
.able to pay any money to the
l)and. In response to this, at the
last meeting of the band the
members resolved that all those
who live in nearby cities and
-who possibly could come back to
Chapel Hill for commencement
-would do so. The University will
;pay the traveling expenses of
-those who come, as well as fur
nishing them meals and a place
-to stay Sunday night, June 4. It
is expected that a band of about
-thirty-five pieces will be avail
.able the next day.
Concert Possible
The band will play at the open
ing of the alumni meeting Mon
day morning, before the alumni
luncheon at noon, and will lead
the academic procession Monday
might at 7 : 00 o'clock. It has also
"been requested that there be a
-formal concert on the campus
IVIonday afternoon, but Profes
sor T. Smith McCorkle says that
-this will depend on the number
of men back and on the instru
mentation represented, v
A number of the band mem
Taers who live in Winston-Salem
-will come to Chapel Hill Sunday
afternoon and assist the twenty-
five piece orchestra which will
accompany the Elijah oratorio
Toeing given in Hill music hall
'Sunday night. These same men
will stay over through Monday
and join the rest of the band
liere in the various activities.
PLAYMAKERS AND
CHORUS WILL GIVE
SPECIAL PROGRAM
Dramatic Group and Community
Chorus Will Give Presenta
tions at Commencement.
Commencement events for this
year will be featured by two
special performances which lo
cal organizations will offer for
"the occasion.
These events which have been
.added to the program are the
presentation of The Butter and
Egg Man at a special guest per.
f ormance by the Carolina Play
makers and the rendering of
the oratorio Elijah by the Com
munity chorus. .,
Elijah Will Be Presented
The Butter and Egg Man,
-written by George Kaufman
whose Of Thee I Sing won the
Pulitzer prize of 1932, will be
offered by the' Playmakers Sat
urday night, June 4, as a part
-of the Class Day program.
The Community chorus, com
posed of students, faculty mem
bers and townspeople, will ren
der the famous Mendelssohn ora
torio Sunday night in Hill mu
sic hall. This will be the first
time the chorus has offered JSli
jah in entirety although the
group sang parts of it several
Jiiomns ago.
ii .. .
SURPRENANT WENS
A. I. Ch. E. AWARD
Jack B. Crttchfield Chosen as Alter
nate for Fellowship of
Local Society. '
Leonard C. Surprenant. iun-
ior from Chapel Hill, has been
awarded the fellowship of the
student chapter of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
tor the year 1932-33. The com-
mittee who granted the award
appointed 'Jack B. Crutchfield,
High Point sophomore, as alter
nate. The award was based on
scholastic achievement, person
ality, and on the financial need
of the applicant. The fellowship
carries a stipend of $50 per year
payable at the opening of the
fall term.
The committee of award was
composed of Dr. H. G. Baity,
dean of the school of engineer
ing; R, B. House, executive sec
retary of the University: and
Dr. A. M. White, of the depart
ment of chemical engineering.
Art Exhibit Next Week
Students and townspeople will
have an opportunity to display
the results of their artistic abil
ities in an exhibition of original
works of art to-be conducted
Friday, May 27, in the Episcopal
parish house under the auspices
of the art department of the
Community club.
Those who have works of art
that might be exhibited are
asked to "notify Mrs. J. A. Valen
tine, Law School Picture
The picture of the third year
class in the law school will be
made tomorrow morning at
10:30 o'clock on the steps in
front of Manning hall.
Thirteen Spades
One night last week at the
Phi Delta Theta house, Irving
C. Brower drewa perfect bridge
hand thirteen spades. He nei
ther fainted nor bid seven no
-
trumps. "
DeansOf Several Universities Agree That
Grades ArejNot True Measure Of Students' Ability
By Dean W. H. Wannamaker,
Duke University
Entirely satisfactory grading
of college students, or any oth
ers, is not likely by any scheme.
At best the grading can be only
approximately just. For ex
ample, in classes composed of
students of varying degrees of
native intelligence, . attainment,
and industriousness an instruc
tor almost inevitably overgrades
some and undergrades others.
Furthermore, the instructor, be
cause he is human, is likely to ex
pect too much of even the aver
age student if the class has in it
a fairly large proportion of ex
ceptional students.
For these and other reasons
grades should, I believe, be
awarded on a sliding scale : there
should be theoretically such divi
sions as excellent, superior, me
dium, inferior, and below. A
given course may show no stu
dents in the first division and
none in the last. If a student by
work and all-round general
achievement measures up to the
instructor's conception of excel
lent, he should be given an A
grade. And so on for the other
divisions. True, it seems unsaid
isfactory to make no more clear
ly marked distinction within a
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1932
North Carolina Has New Kind
Of 'First' In State Symphony
0
Organization of Musicians From Entire State Forms First State
Wide Symphony Orchestra in America; Goal of 30,000
Members Throughout State Set by Society.
By Felix A. Grisette
. The birth of Virginia Dare on
Roanoke Island, August 18,
1587, marked the beginning of
North Carolina's claims to dis
tinctions which no other com
monwealth could match. From
that time to the present there
has' followed a never-ending
stream of North Carolina
"firsts," so much so that many
of her sister commonwealths
have seriously doubted the
veracity of Irvin Cobb's sugges
tion that her only need was a
good press agent.
Much of the ballyhoo of North
Carolina's firsts have heralded
the state's material assets, its
leadership in cotton mills, num
ber of spindles, tobacco manu
facture, towels, pulp mills, good
roads, amount of federal taxes
paid, and so on. If there is any
truth in what Cobb said it is
that North Carolina's cultural
firsts have remained unsung.
Commerce Overemphasized
Apparently the ballyhoo art
ists prefer to rave about the
fact that Tar Heelia boasts of
the largest denim factory in the
world rather than that she was
the first commonwealth . to take
definite steps to provide her
youth with educational training.
The fact that North Carolina
furnishes the civilized world
with about all its smokes appar
ently provides more interesting
reading matter than the fact
that North Carolina was the
first American state to give pub
lic financial support to a little
theatre. No blasts of publicity
herald tthe fact that North Caro
lina contains the greatest reli
gious and social centers in the
United States at Black Moun
tain, Montreat, and Ridge Crest.
Just as her first first was not
of the .material, just so is her
By Dean H. E. Hawkes,
Columbia College, Columbia
University
The most essential aspects of
the grading system which it
seems to me instructors ought to
observe and which, so far as we
can bring it about, instructors in
Columbia College, do observe, in
volve the use of academic grades
for the measurement of scholas
tic accomplishment rather than
for disciplinary purposes. In
our judgment, a grade received
in a college course ought not to
reflect the instructor's judgment
concerning the student's beha
vior, courtesy, industry, regular
ty of attendance or anything else
excepting his accomplishment in
all of the work assigned in the
course.
The second point which I think
important, is a realization that
at best a college mark is a very
rough measure. Nothing seems
to me more absurd than the use
of a numerical system in which
niceties of -record would seem to
imply an accuracy in the esti
mate of accomplishment involv
ing almost divine wisdom on the
part of the instructor. For this
reason I much prefer a system
which involves four, or at most
five, .letters or else the notifica
tions failed, passed, excellent.
latest first the North Carolina
Symphony Society.
Desire for Orchestra
For several years various in
dividuals in North Carolina
have harbored a sort of secret
ambition that there ought to be
an organization of musicians in
the state which would be dis
tinctive. They know that" a
community or city or state
worked together better, if it
sang and played together. They
had seen' such organizations
work their wonders in towns and
cities and, therefore, why not
on. a state-wide scale? There
seemed to be many arguments
in favor of some type of organ
ization which would promote
music as an integral part of the
cultural development of the en
tire people of the state.
It remained for the North
Carolina Plan, Incorporated, to
give expression publicly to the
formation of such an organiza
tion. The objectives of the plan,
announced by Tyre C. Taylor
of Raleigh in the summer of
1931, contained' among many
others a suggestion that there
be established a Nortji Carolina
symphony orchestra composed
of the best musicians in North
Carolina which would be regard
ed as the musical organization
of the people and which would
administer to their cultural
fneeds. A majority of the other
announced objectives of the
North Carolina Plan, Incorpor
ated, dealt with things material,
a carefully laid put plan where
by it was hoped that North Car
olina's economic recovery might
be hastened.
Symphony Society Formed
The announcement of the
North Carolina Plan, Incorpor
ated, gave encouragement to
those most directly interested in
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By Dean L. P. Eisenhart,
Princeton University
At Princeton we use five
grades above passing which we
designate first, second, third,
fourth, and fifth groups, , and
there are two grades below pass
ing, sixth and seventh groups.
From time to time the question
has been raised as to whether
we should reduce the number of
these categories but the faculty
has never been persuaded that
the change should be made.
So far as I am concerned I am
satisfied with our present ar
rangement. As regards the plan
of doing away with grades alto
gether, I imagine that the argu
ment for this is that under such
a system students would study
because of the subject and not in
order to obtain grades.' During
the past eight years we have had
in operation a plan of study giv
ing our students a larger oppor
tunity for individual study and
the results of our plan have been
very gratifying. At the same
time we have not found that the
existence of our grading system
had any ill effects upon the stu
dents in their attitude toward
this program. This plan calls
for considerable concentration in
the last two years and in grad
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Y. M. C. A. MEETING
IS SET FOR TODAY
R- B. House Will Be Principal Speaker
At Annual Hillside Gath
ering Todav.
At the annual hillside gather
ing of the Y. M. C. A. cabinets,
which will take place this after
noon at 5 :00 o'clock at the Lee
Stone council ring on the H. F.
Comer lot in Westwood, the
three outgoing presidents of "Y"
cabinets will make reports cov
ering their year's work and the
new officers will announce their
plans for the coming year.
- Robert B. House, executive
secretary, will deliver the prin
cipal address; and Tom Wright,
assistant pastor of the Episcopal
church, will lead the devotional
exercises.
This hillside meeting is con
sidered one of the most impor
tant events on the Y. M. C. As
program of activities of the
year.
In case of rain the meeting
will be held in Di hall.
Local School Commencement
Commencement at the local
high school will begin May 24,
when the seniors give a play,
and end June 4. Reverend Al
bea Godbold will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon May 29 at
the Methodist church. Class day
exercises will be given Friday
night, June 3, followed by the
graduation exercises Saturday
night, June 4, "at which time Dr.
Harold D. Meyer will address
the members of the class.
Staff Meetings
City editors will have their
regular meeting at 5:00
o'clock this afternoon. Re
porters will meet at 5:30
o'clock. There will be no
meeting at 7:00 o'clock as
previously announced. As this
is the last meeting of the
year, all members of these
two staffs are expected to at
tend the meetings.
Academic
By Dean Addison Hibbard
Northwestern University
I believe there is no single,
scientific solution to the problem
of grades. With most' problems
of college administration there
is probably a clear cut right and
a clear cut wrong. Certainly
colleges, in their efforts to find
truth, would have discovered the
truth of this question long ago
had there been a truth to. find.
There are, I take it, two diver
gent attitudes towards the im
portance of grades. One school
holds for extreme emphasis on
grades. These people argue that
without grades the incentive for
the student's work is removed.
They argue, again, that in order
to give students proper recogni
tion for effort expended grades
must be finely split.' Member
ship in honorary societies and
the award of scholarships are
but two items granted usually
on the basis of the grades for
work done. I think it is a per
fectly tenable position to say
that everything should be grad
ed very carefully, very minute
ly, very "scientifically," just as
it is possible to argue that long,
difficult detailed examinations
are not punishments but goals
set before the students that they
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NUMBER 178
REYNOLDS HOLDS
DECISIVE LEAD IN
STRAW BALLOTING
Roosevelt and Ehringhaus Also
Lead But Fail to Regis
ter Majorities.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, R. R.
Reynolds, and J. C. B. Ehring
haus, leaders since the first votes
were tabulated, maintained their
leads yesterday to head the field
in their respective races at the
end, of the straw vote conducted
by The Daily Tar Heel during
the last few days.
Only in one race does a can
didate have a majority of the
votes while in the others the
counters are fairly well distri
buted. "Rip Roaring" Bob Reyn
olds registered 747 out of the
1233 cast in the senatorial race
to show a decisive lead.
"Alfalfa Bill" ( Murray took
127 votes in the presidential race
to boost his position to second,
which was relinquished by "Al"
Smith who had led during the
other three days of balloting.
Murray was still 145 tallies be
hind Roosevelt who led the field.
Of the 370 votes cast on the
gubernatorial candidates, Max
well and Fountain cut into the
lead of Ehringhaus, each scor
ing almost as many votes as the
Elizabeth City man did but he
still led by sixty-eight tallies.
Complete Returns
The complete returns for the
vote are: For President: Frank
lin D. Roosevelt 377; "Alfalfa
Bill" Murray 232; "Al" Smith
193 ; Herbert Hoover 148 ; New
ton D. Baker seventy-six; John
N. Garner fifty-two ; Norman
Thomas forty-four; Albert C.
Ritchie twenty-six; and H. F.
Byrd seven.
For Senator: R. R. Reynolds
747 ; Cameron Morrison 247 ;
Frank Grist 178; Tarn Bowie
sixty-one. ' '
For Governor : J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus 415 ; R. T. Fountain
347; A. J. Maxwell 18; J. F.
Strawn seventeen ; Richard Fra
zier sixteen.
GLEE CLUB SINGS
TfflS EVENING AT
DURHAM CHURCH
Concert WiU Be Presented To
night at Duke Memorial
Methodist Church.
The University Glee club will
present a concert of sacred mu
sic at the Duke Memorial Meth
odist church in Durham tonight
at the hour of the evening ser
vice, 8:00 o'clock. Dr. Harold
S. Dyer, director of the Glee club,
will utilize practically the same
personnel that journeyed to
Richmond May 7 to sing at the
centennial celebration of Rich
mond University.
As a prelude to the service,
Thomas Teer, a member of the
club and a junior in the depart
ment of music, will play the sec
ond movement of the Sixth Or
gan Sonata of Guilmant. The
music to be rendered by the club
on this occasion will be entirely
sacred and will represent the
literature of the early church of
Rome, the English High Church,
and the Greek Catholic Church
of Russia. .
Members will leave from the
music building at 7 :00 o'clock
tonight and will, return after the
service.
The Glee club is planning a.
campus concert the coming week.