North Carolina Newspapers

PEP MEETING TONIGHT 8:30 P.M. MEMORIAL HALL PEP MEETING TONIGHT 8:30 P.M." MEMORLAL HALL VOLUME XLI LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS ENROLL FOR ENGINEERING Electrical Department Leads-Divisions of School With Sixty Seven Registrations. Two hundred and seventy-nine students are enrolled in the Uni versity school of engineering this year, with the electrical de partment leading with sixty seven registrations, according to figures released by Dean H. G. Baity yesterday. Following closely the electri cal department in number of students are the chemical and mechanical division, with sixty six and sixty-five students re spectively. Fifty-four are regis tered in the civil engineering de partment. The enrollment of freshman class this year is 112 as com pared with 131 last year, al though comparative percentages as to total enrollment at the Uni versity for the two years there are more freshmen enrolled this year.. The students in the various divisions are classified as fol lows: Electrical, thirty-two fresh men, seventeen juniors, sixteen sophomores, eleven, seniors, and one graduate; chemical, thirty freshmen, seventeen sophomores, ten juniors, eight seniors, and one graduate ; mechanical, twenty-three freshmen, nineteen j sophomores, fifteen juniors, six seniors, and two graduates ; civil ten freshmen, seventeen sophomores, ten juniors, nine seniors, and eight graduates. Library Exhibition An exhibition to commemorate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott's death is now being shown in the lobby of the library build ing. The material exhibited in cludes - portraits, manuscripts, arly editions of Scott's books, and scenes from his historical novels. Robert Floyd Completed Eight Grades Of School In Three Years University Student From Lum berton Accomplished Feat While in RoUing Chair. Robert Floyd of Lumberton, Tvho is known the state over for his feat of completing eight grades of school in three years while in a rolling chair, has en tered the University law. school 'this year as a. special student. Floyd wTas attacked with in flammatory rheumatism .while in the third grade and has been a cripple since that time; his lands, legs and body badly drawn by the - disease. For a Period of ten years he was con fined to a wheel chair. During that time he read constantly and four years ago, when he re-entered the fourth grade he com pleted the eighth before the end of the year. He finished his frgh school course in two ye&rs with honors, serving in his last Tear as president of the school's literary society. ' Continues Education After remaining out of school for a year following his gradua tion, he decided that he wished to continue his education. This as told to Mayor E. M. John son, of Lumberton.. The mayor P,Jt his case up to the various service clubs of the town and a Robert Floyd educational fund (Continued on page two) HENDERSON WILL SPEAK ON SHAW University Professor Has Most Com plete" Collection of Material by Playwright ii Existence. Dr. Archibald Henderson, of ficial biographer of George Ber nard Shaw, will lecture tonight on his collection of Shaw litera ture. This lecture, which is open to students, faculty members, and others, will be given at 8 :30 o'clock ir the library school study hall on the third floor of the library building. Dr. Henderson's, Shaw collec tion is probably unique. It is far more complete than any in existence, including even that in the British Museum, or Shaw's own. It consists of first editions of practically all of Shaw's )ooks, pamphlets, and tracts, and innumerable letters, playbills, portraits, speeches, etc. Much of the material has been incor porated in Dr. Henderson's new biography of Shaw. The lecture will be illustrated with a lantern. ARTHUR LEADS CHEERING IN FRESHMAN ASSEMBLY Yesterday's assembly program was in charge of Billy Arthur and his staff of cheer leaders who devoted the program to teaching the freshmen the vari ous yells and songs. Much en thusiasm was displayed and there was a promise of organized cheering at Saturday's football game with Vanderbilt. An announcement was made that all students who knew a Vanderbilt man and his home address would please turn it in at the office of the president of the Y. M. C. A. so the office could get in touch with them before Saturday's game. Geometry Deficiencies Dr. A. W. Hobbs, dean of the college of liberal arts, announced yesterday that he wants to see as soon as possible all students who have entrance deficiencies in plane geometry so that he will be able to arrange to have them tutored in this subject. University Press To Publish New Books The University of North Caro lina Press will issue two new books in the next few weeks. The first of these, scheduled to appear early next week, will be the biography of an advent ureous settler and Indian fight er, John Sevier, A Pioneer of the Old West by Dr. Carl S. Driver, assistant professor of history at Vanderbilt university. Thisis a sympathetic study of the life of the much beloved character of the old west known as "Chucky Jack, Scourge of the Cherokees' The second, to be issued some time later, will be The Era of the Uuckrakers by Dr. C. C. Regier, professor of history and politi cal science at New River college, Montgomery, W. Va. Dr. Regier is a contributor to several well known magazines including Cos mopolitan and the American Magazine, and this new work of his is expected to arouse much interest. - . Dr. Russell Publishes Work A monograph by Dr. J. C. Rus sell of the University history de partment on "Hereford and Ara bic Science in England About 1175-1200" was printed in Bel gium during the summer by the Saint Catherine Press, Ltd. CHAPEL HELL, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1932 REDUCTION MADE ' IN TAX SCHEDULE FOR CHAPEL HILL Budget for 1932 Reduces Taxes Eleven Cents on Dollar f In Village. Taxes for Chapel Hill have been reduced eleven cents on the dollar in the budget for 1932, ac cording to John L. Caldwell, succeeding JVM. Foushee as city manager. "The present city organization is making every effort to give efficient administration within the reduced budget, and, if pos- jsible, this tax reduction will be effected," Caldwell announced. Caldwell was appointed city manager of Chapel Hill upon the resignation of the former man ager, in July. Prior to his ap pointment, he wras for several years connected with the Thomp son Construction company of this city. The first city manager of Chapel Hill, E. M. Knox, was appointed July 1, 1922. When Knox resigned to become city manager of High Point, N. C, Foushee took the office and held it until July 1, of this year. F. H. Koch To Deliver Illustrated Lecture The first . important event in dramatic activities of the fall quarter will be an illustrated lec ture by Professor F. H. Koch, Monday night in the Playmakers theatre at 7 : 30 o'clock. His lecture "Our Adventures in Playmaking" will include one hundred stereopticon slides, showing scenes, from Paul Green's early plays, from Thom as Wolfe's first play, in which the author took the lead, and from the Forest Theatre produc tions. There are also slides of the Playmakers on tour with the "Show-Bus" en route from Geor gia to Massachusetts. After the lecture all Playmak ers and those interested in dra matics are invited to remain and talk to Professor Koch. Erickson Announces Publication Of Book Dr. E. E. Erickson of the Uni versity English department has announced the publication of his new book, The Use of Siva in Old English. The , work is pub lished by John Hopkins Press. The subject material is taken from volume twelve of Hesperia ; Serif ten zur englishen Philologie and is in the form of intense re search work dealing with the re peated and varied use of the modal adverb swa as used in Old English with incidental references to the corresponding word in Middle and Modern English, as well as in the related dialects ; Old Saxon, Old Eng lish, Old Norse, Old German, and Gothic. Dr. Erickson expects to con tinue his work and publications dealing with related subjects. Pep Meeting Tonight j morrow's Carolina - Vanderbilt game has been called for 8:00 o'clock tonight in Memorial hall. A special program has been ar ranged, and freshmen in par ticular are urged to attend. Students wishing to try out for positions as cheer leaders will be given an opportunity to do so this afternoon at 2 :00 o'clock in the same building. MANY STUDENTS APPLY FOR HELP FR0M10AN FUND Five Hundred and Fifteen Stu dents Depending for Aid From Loan Funds. Five hundred and fifteen of the 2,500 students so far regis tered in Chapel Hill are depend ing on aid from the student loan funds during the fall. These students have already applied to the dean of students for loans totalling $41,165. Ap plications are still coming in at the rate of ten a day. Cash Balance of $40,792 From gifts and collections of the past summer the student loan fund showed a cash balance before registration of $40,792, not quite enough to care for the applications already received. There is hope, however, that continued collections from for mer borrowers during the quar ter will amount to enough to meet the needs of the fall. The winter and spring quarters will depend on the continued success of President Graham's appeal for $200,000 to be given during the last year and this year. Jim Baley Elected To Student Council Archie Cannon, president of the University law school asso ciation, called a special meeting of the association Wednesday morning at assembly period for the purpose of welcoming the new men in the law school and of electing a new "representative to the student council. After Cannon had made a brief address in which he wel comed the first year men into the association, the group elected James M. Baley, third year law student from Asheville to be the student councilman for the as sociation. This vacancy was caused by the failure to return to school of C. P. Randolph, of Green Mountain, who was elect ed councilman at the close of last year. U. M. Rackley Resigns From Police Force The resignation of Officer U. M. Rackley of , the local police force was tendered and accepted by the town board last August. Rackley, who gave no reasons for his resignation, was brought under' considerable fire last spring following the Ashby Penn shooting. Although Penn has fully recovered, pubic feel ing was never reconciled to the consequences of the case. Officer T. L. Chandler, went on duty September 1, succeed ing Rackley. Chandler, former ly deputy sheriff of Orange coun ty, is serving until the vacancy left by Rackley is .permanently filled. Organ Audition Walter B. Patterson, ; of Ro chester, New York, who -plays the organ every day for fresh man assembly, will present an audition tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Memorial hall. He has been playing chapel hymns . and marches each morning at the regular chapel period, but the purpose of tonight's ; audition will be to literally "put the or gan through its paces" in order to reveal the real quality and versatility of the instrument j This organ was given to the University by the Publix-Kincey theatres. CHANGES MADE EST CHEMISTRY STAFF Eight New Assistants Added and Seven More Retained This Year in Department. . Changes in the personnel and the staff of the chemistry de partment included the addition of eight new assistants and teaching fellows, the retention of seven assistants, and the sub stitution of a new requisition clerk in the chemistry supply room. The new men are as follows : W. H. Baskerville, Alabama Polytechnical Institute; J. K. Coleman, University of Wiscon sin; H. O. Farr, Pennsylvania State college, Dan Fore, Missis sippi college; R. E. Gee, New berry college and University of North Carolina; G. C. Kayker, Carson Newman college; C. F. Wilkinson, Georgia Tech; and J. H. Addlestone, College of Charleston; absent on leave to complete his work for a doctor's degree here. - The assistants being retained are: J. M. Early, R. H. Belcher, J. 0. Turner, J. L. LeConte, T. B. Douglas, C. V. Harell, and S. i. bummeriora. ine new re quisition clerk is Miss T. M. Dardan, a graduate in chemistry of N. C. C. W., to replace Miss Eleanor Lane who was married this summer. DeWICK CHOSEN HEAD OF GRADUATE GROUP H. N. De Wick of the psychol ogy department was elected president of the Shirley Graves Graduate club at a business. meeting Wednesday evening. G. Sensabaugh was elected vice president; C. G. Pfeiffer, secre tary; E. C. Hunter, treasurer; and E. A. Cameron, representa tive. The various committees elect ed, follow: governing board, H. N. De Wick, H. T. Swedenberg, and L. G. McNairy; finance com mittee, E. C. Hunter, A. Wil liams, and J. B. McFerrin; en tertainment committee, W. B. Patterson, M. S. Campbell, and H. E. Coleman. bred Sparrow Owns "Mad Stone" Reputed 7b Have Curative Powers History Department Has New Teachers J. L. Godfrey, Frank S. Hale and Paul Murray have been ap pointed to the staff of the his tory department as teaching fel lows. Godfrey received his A.B. from Roanoke college, in 1931, and his degree of M.A. from the University in 1932. Murray, another graduate stu dent received his graduate's and master's degrees from Emory university, at Atlanta, Georgia, and spent some time here in the summer of 1930. Hale received his A.B. from the University of Louisville in 1925, and his master's degree from the University of Virginia in 1926, He has been a fellow in history at New York univer sity (1926-1927) and at the Uni versity of Virginia (1925-1926). He also spent a year at Oxford, England, in research in history. He plans to work for his doctor ate while at Chapel Hill . C. G. Taylor Studies Abroad Cecil G. Taylor of ,the lan guages department was travel ing and studying in France and Germany during the past summer. NUMBER 7 EDWIN ALDERMAN ML BE HONORED ON FOUNDERS' DAY Former President of University And Seven Other Prominent Alumni to Be Honored. The unveiling of eight tablets in Memorial hall to famous sons of the University, and addresses made by various members of the faculty to alumni groups throughout the state will feature the 137th anniversary of Found- -ers' Day, October 12. The tablets to be unveiled are as follows: Edwin Anderson Al- . derman, '82; Marvin Hendrix Stacy, '02; Richard Henry Lew is, '70; Kerr Craig, '11 (matricu lated first in 1863, but went to war and returned to graduate in 1911) ; Henry Ravenscraft Bry an, '56; John Washington Gra ham, '57; George McNeill Rose, '67; Charles Manly, 1814.' Principal Speakers The principal speakers will be Dr. M. C. S. Noble, '81, dean of the school of education, who will address the audience in Memorial hall on Edwin Anderson Alder man, who was president of the University from 1896 to 1900; and Walter Murphy, '92, whose topic will be George Tayloe Winston, president of the Uni versity from 1891 to 1896. Al derman was later president of Tulane and Virginia. He died several years ago. Winston went from Carolina to Texas and State College. He died late this August. Practically all alumni groups in the state will have banquet meetings on the night of October 12 and they will be addressed by various members of the faculty. Co-ed Meeting There will be a meeting of the twenty-seven freshman girls to night at 7:00 o'clock in the worn- " an's reception room at Graham . Memorial. The president of the Woman's Association urges all these students to be present and on time. , Chapel Hill Man Has Small Ob long Rock Claimed to "s Cure Wounds. "Mad stones," medicinal rocks reputed to possess marvelous curative powers for wounds, are no new charm for superstitious people and for many Chapel Hillians just such a stone, in the possession of Fred Sparrow, of Hillsboro street, is an object of intense faith. ' Mr. Sparrow believes intense ly in the medicinal quality of his charm and assures that it las worked infallibly upon count less snake-bites since it has been his property. Chapel Hill ne groes assume queer expressions when asked about the wondrous power, -and some tell of its mag ic. However, Mr. Sparrow in sists he is no magician, but that the healing quality is entirely from the stone itself. Chapel Hills "mad stone," as such rocks have been called since colonial days, is an oblong piece, small enough to fit the palm of the hand, and 'rounded in perfect symmetry. There are no mysterious markings, as is popularly supposed, but the highly polished black surface is covered with tiny pores. The pores are probably the secret of the stone's success.