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TEAM SEND-OFF SWAIN HALL 6:30 P. M. TEAM SEND-OFF SWAIN HALL 6:30 P. M. " ' M VOLUME XLI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932, NUMBER 12 Will V INFORMAL SOCIAL FOR FIRST YEAR UWMEpNIGHT Group Will Attend Theatre After Get-Together in Graham Me morial Lounge at8:00 Invitations, in the form of a petition for a writ of mandamus, have been received by the faculty members and the clerical staff of the University law school, re questing their presence at an in formal'reception for the first year law class in the main re ception room of Graham Me morial this evening at 8:00 o'clock. This reception, the initial event on the social calendar of the law school association is be ing sponsored by the entertain ment committee for the purpose of allowing the new men in the law school to be received and welcomed by their instructors and officers. . . After the guests have all been presented, the group with the professors acting-as hosts, will sojourn to the Carolina theatre where Manager E. Carrington Smith will be the host of all at a picture being shown especially for their benefit. The entertainment committee of the law school association for this year is composed of the fol lowing men: Archie Cannon, Ar chie Allen, Herman Merriel, and Carey Parker. Theatre Passes Given Best Staff Reporters NO SPEAKERS FOR FIRST ECONOMICS SEMINAR MEETING General Discussion Will Mark Open ing Gathering of Commerce Group October 12. The first meeting of the gen eral economics seminar for grad uate students in the school of economics and commerce will convene next Wednesday eve ning, October 12, in 113 Bing ham hall. No outside speaker has been invited for this first meeting, as it will be conducted by the students themselves. The discussion will be led by Mc Donald K. Home of Winona, Mississippi. Home is a candidate for a master's degree, and his thesis, "Consolidation in the. Weekly Newspaper Industry," was ac cepted last summer. He will ad dress the seminar, giving a sum mary of his thesis. His address will be followed by a general dis cussion among the members. These economic seminars take place bi-weekly throughout the year, and usually some speaker is invited to each meeting to make an address on a topic of current interest. LIBRARY DISPLAY COMMEMORATES PITER DEATH Eunice MacKay Has Large Col lection of Material Concern ing Walter Scott. ORGANIZATION OF UNION FORUM IS NEAR COMPLETION E. C. Daniel Will Take Charge of Organization of Representa tive Student Forum. The collection of material con cerning Sir Walter Scott which is on display in - the library in honor of the centenary of the novelist's death, was collected by Miss Eunice MacKay of Mt. Wil son, North Carolina, and was mounted for display by R. B. Downs, acting librarian.' Miss MacKay was a student at the summer school here last year, when she took English 141, a study of the romantic movement. Her instructor, Dr. A. P. Hud son, suggested the making of the collection. A remark attributed to the late Edwin A. Alderman, former president of the University, is stated as applicable to the sur roundings of Miss MacKay : "In the south people still believe in the Bible, vote the Democratic ticket, and read Sir Walter Scott." Many Items Collected The complete result of Miss MacKay's work, all of which is The student government office not on display owing to the lack in Graham Memorial will be open of space jn the display cases, in- STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE HOURS ARE SET PLANS MADE FOR DANCE SERIES IN UNION BUILDING Executive Board of Graham Memorial Makes Plans for Entertainments. Phillip Hammer, Raymond Barron, Nelson Lansdale, and Lawrence Thompson have been awarded passes to the Carolina theatre for faithful work on The Daily Tar Heel during the.past week. These passes are extend ed through the courtesy of E. Carrington Smith, manager of the theatre and are awarded weekly to reporters whose work" shows merit. daily during chapel hour, and from 2:00 until 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon for the benefit of students having problems to dis cuss or cases to report to the council, according to an an nouncement by E. C.v Daniel, vice-president of the student body. President Haywood' Weeks will be in the office daily during the morning period, and on Mon day and Wednesday afternoons. Daniels will have the Tuesday and Thursday afternoon ses sions, while on Fridays, Arlindo Cate, secretary of the council, will .be available in the gape room of Graham Memorial. eludes several portraits of Scott, one a print from a painting by Landseer, done in 1824, and an other by Leslie, which was paint (Continued on page two) E. C. Daniel, vice-president of the student body and this year the director of the Union Forum, .as announced that regular meet ings will be begun in the near future. An attempt will be made to revive spirit and to solidify the organization as it should be. Students Well Represented The organization is composed of one representative for about every thirty students with Dan iel as the presiding officer. Stu dents in the fraternities and dormitories as well as the stu dents out in town are represent ed at the meetings by elected! representatives of the students; they make suggestions as to the use of Graham Memorial and comment on campus-wide prob lems. These comments and sug gestions are of a completely democratic and unbiased nature and present a cross-section of student opinions. Three mem bers from the forum are elected to the board of directors of Gra ham Memorial by popular vote of the other ninety odd members of the groups. This year the members are be ing elected at the series of smokers at Graham Memorial for each dormitory. The executive board of Gra ham Memorial met yesterday af ternoon to discuss plans for the year. It was decided that the Student Union would experiment with a series of informal mid week dances in the lounge, and if they prove a success, the dances will be made a regular part of the program of the Un ion. The Intrafraternity coun cil will sponsor the first of these, which is scheduled at an early date, and for which there is no charge. Mary Frances Parker, repre sentative for the Women's As sociation on the executive board, was named chairman of a com mittee to select curtains for the banquet hall. The committee al so decided to buy a piano for this hall. No changes were made in the rules and regulations governing the use of the building. SENIORS WITH CONDITIONS IN COMPOSITION TO MEET PHI TO SPONSOR j DISCUSSIONS BY POLITJCAL CLUBS Phi Assembly Defeats Resolu tion Recommending Aboli tion of Political Clubs. Germ Of State Symphony Orchestra Begun Two Years Ago By String field 0 Institute of Folk Music, Joining Music Department, Playmakers, And Sociology Group, Was Important Step in Symphony's Formation; First Concert Given Last May 14. o . Two years of intense faith and effort on the part of representa- interesting Harold Dyer, head of the department of music, and tives of progressive citizens of ;Dr. Howard Odum, sociologist, the state have resulted in the birth of the North Carolina Sym phony. This musical organiza tion, dedicated to the advance ment of fine music and aspiring musicians in the state, is a splen did example of the University joining hands with the private citizenry to realize a cultural dream. In the fall of 1930 William Horton, Baxter Durham, and Lamar Stringfield laid before Governor Gardner their idea of what a state symphony would be. While sympathetic with their enthusiasm, the governor, press ed by economic distress, pro mised no state support. University Aid The hope once born would not die. They turned elsewhere, and upon the suggestion of Josephus Daniels, Raleigh editor, String field came to Chapel Hill to see Harry W. Chase, then president of the University. President Chase expressed himself in favor of the plan and recommended that Stringfield look over the field of endeavor offered by the University. Dur ing his brief visit here at, that time, Stringfield .succeeded in in his efforts to form an organ ization to encourage young mu sicians and to stimulate a state wide interest in music. A month later these three, in conjunction with Professor Frederick H. Koch, director of the Playmakers, urged the form ation of a department which would in a sense weld together the work of their respective de partments. It was this that later became the Institute of Folk Music, the first step toward state symphony. - Taylor Gives Support Although interest in the work gained momentum : during the succeeding months, it remained for Tyre Taylor to take the next definite step- in drawing up nis "Ten Year Plan" for the state he included a state symphony at the insistence of music progressives. " Following the public an nouncement of Taylor's plan, much time was wasted in dicker ing.. Taylor refused to call a meeting of the board that had been agreed upon but suggested o Stringfield that Colonel Joseph Pratt, of Chapel Hill, be appoint ed to do so. At the first meet (Continued on last page) BONUS PAYMENT DISCUSSED IN DI SENATE DEBATES Rose Advises Freshmen to Be come Members of One of Literary Societies'. All seniors with composition conditions are requested to meet in 201 Murphy at the beginning of the chapel period Friday. It is very important that every senior with such a condition keep this appointment. Conditions in English are incurred by students who have not been able to ex press their thoughts well in writ ing in their various courses. The Philanthropic Assembly convened in its second meeting of the year Tuesday night in the assembly hall in New East building. Several candidates for membership were introduced, and it was decided by the assem bly that the first initiation cere mony of the year would be sche duled for next Tuesday night. The 'treasurer reminded the new men that a resolution was pass ed last year stating that the in itiation fee must be paid at the time of the initiation. A resolution providing that the Phi Assembly sponsor a series of discussions in chapel programs on political problems of today was proposed by Repre sentative Wilkinson and ws passed by the assembly. These discussions are to be conducted by the various political clubs on the campus, a definite time be ing alloted to each organization. The resolution demanding the abolition of these clubs on the grounds that they fostered an obsolete political animosity and that they had not established a place in an enlightened political atmosphere was defeated by a large majority. Representatives Hutchison and Hodges spoke in favor of the bill, and Represen tatives Wilkinson, Rankin, Patti shall, and Griffin took the nega tive side of the question. City Editors Meet All city editors and desk men of The Daily Tar Heel staff will meet this afternoon in the office of the paper at 4:00 o'clock. As this is the first meet ing of the group for the year, attendance will be required. Freshmen were welcomed Tuesday to the hall of the Di Senate by President Charles G. Rose, who also extended to them a hearty invitation to become active members of the senate and advised them that they should at least join one of the literary societies. It was an nounced that the initiation for the fall quarter will not be given for at leastva month; however, (the names of new men will be ac cepted at any regular meeting of the senate. The senate discussed the bill Resolved: That the bonus should be paid immediately. Jule Mc- Michael, F. E. Howard, and Bil Eddleman led the discussion, the sentiment of which was highly unfavorable to the immediate payment. Our Soldiers Well Paid In favor ot tne Din it was pointed out that the soldiers really deserved the money and further that many of them seri ously needed the bonus and this was countered with the fact that our soldiers of the war are the best paid soldiers in the history of the world. -. In opposition to the bill the following objections were brought up: The government is unable to pay the , bonus and could only meet such a demand by a heavier method of taxation or printing of fiat money. Fur ther it was urged that it was dangerous to have legislators measure their votes by the po tency of veteran votes in the election. The bill will be further discussed and voted upon at the next meeting of the Senate in New West Tuesday at 7 :00 o'clock. OCTOBER ISSUE OF ALUM MAGAZINE C0MES0FF PRESS Founders' Day Plans Outlined; Graham's Choice as Greater U. N. C. Head Lauded. Directory at Press The master . directory pub lished by the campus Y. M. C. A., went to press yesterday, and will be ready for distribution within the next fortnight. An extra touch of color has been added to this year's publi cation by the addition of a bright red jacket. The October issue of The Alumni Review, official publica tion of the General Alumni As sociation of North Carolina, was released yesterday. In this num ber, the plans for the Founders' Day exercises, to take place Oc tober 12, were announced. Honorable Walter Murphy, '92, will deliver a memorial ad dress on President George T. Winston, while Dr. Marcus C. S. Noble will speak on President Edwin A. Alderman. The unveil ing and dedication of memorial tablets to nine distinguished alumni is also on the program. In an article on the Greater University of North Carolina, The Alumni Review states that the plans for consolidation are moving forward with the unani mous recommendation by the ex ecutive committee of Dr. Frank Porter Graham for president. Comments on Freshmen The Review spoke of the de crease in the number of fresh men this year in comparison with the number enrolled last year, but said that the students entering the University this year were better prepared according to a survey made by Dean Thomas J. Wilson, registrar, and Francis F. Bradshaw, dean of students. About two thousand applications for scholarships were given out and approxim ately two hundred students se cured part-time jobs through the work of the self-help bureau. Lists of the new faculty mem bers, of alumni prominent in North Carolina political circles and of the members of the '32 class who returned to the Uni versity and the special football supplement were published. Carolina Students Prefer Heavy Drama With Polished Performers Mystery Pictures Are Not Popular Among College Theatre-Goers; Horror Pictures Still Draw Crowds; Animated Cartoons and s High Comedy Bring Most Laughs From Audience. o The average- Carolina man does hot like mystery pictures, is fond of heavy drama, takes his comedy quite seriously, pre ferring subtle humor, and. helps pack the house when Joan Craw ford or Jean Harlow appears. According to E. Carrington Smith, manager of the Carolina theatre here, the student theatre goer is critical and discriminate ing of his choice of pictures. "College audiences,": says Mr. Smith, "have been called the most critical in America." Stu dents demand polished perform ance, whether m their drama or in their comedy, and they refuse plots that are old and out-worn. The curious dislike of mystery pictures, though not quickly ex plained, is probably due to over simple plots in earlier efforts. Heavy drama, of the type by George Arliss, is the student's favorite movie amusement. Drama Preferred The humor taste of the school ranges into two extremes. Al though high comedy is pre ferred, slapstick in the manner of the Marx brothers is invari ably popular. Half-baked com edy is utterly disapproved. As for the singing cartoons, Betty Boop, comely pen and ink character, enjoys an immense following. Most of the animat ed drawings are popular, but Hodge-Podge," a feature using both cartoon and scenic photo graphy, is unsuccessful here and is carefully avoided. News-reels and travel sketches are liked. Fickle Tastes Popularity of actors and ac tresses changes rapidly among students, Mr. Smith also notes. Large-eyed Joan Crawford and the famous platinum blonde have come to supplant Billie Dove and Mary Pickford. Five years ago Billie Dove was the toast of the school, yet last year one of her pictures brought scarcely a hundred students. Mary Pickford, who has been called "America's Sweetheart," would hardly receive notice to day. The current trend of "horror" pictures, started with "Franken stein," are still successfully ap pearing. The horror pictures bid well to rival the success of the pictures of the gangster era last year. Pictures dealing with suggest ive subjects are also popular, al though there is absolutely noth ing lascivious which passes the National Board of Review. Such pictures, states Mr. Smith, are attended mainly out of curiosity.
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