Y . M. C. A. ANNIVEESAB Y
PROGRAM
MEMORIAL HALL 10:30
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Y.M.C. A. ANNIVERSARY
PROGRAM
MEMORIAL HALL 10:30
VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932
NUMBER 19
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NTERTAMiIENT
SERIES WILL BE
BEGIMTUESDAY
Celebrated American Violinist
. Will Appear in Concert in
Memorial Hall.
Ablert Spalding, celebrated
violinist, will appear at Memorial
ball, Tuesday, October 18, in the
first of the series of entertain
ments presented by the student
entertainment committee. Spal
ding will give an original con
cert with Andre Benoist assist
ing -at -the piano. The program
will begin at 8:00 o'clock.
The famous musician is
brought to Chapel Hill by the
committee through the auspices
of the Wolfsohn Musical Bu
reau of New York, Inc.
Tickets on Sale
Tickets for this concert may
be purchased in 203 South build
ing for one dollar. Entertain
ment booklets have been al
ready distributed to students of
the schools of commerce, educa
tion, and liberal arts. All other
students and townspeople can
purchase these booklets for three
dollars from Dean A. W. Hobbs'
omce in South building. These
passbooks entitle admission to
the entire series of programs
sponsored during the year by
the entertainment committee.
Spalding is the American
violinist whose career is said to
present a notable refutation of
the idea that American artists
cannot cope with foreign rivals
He has appeared in every famous
music house in the world and
has met with overwhelming sue
cess.
Studied in Europe
Spalding was born in Chicago
forty-four years ago. He moved
to New York when only three
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Founding Of Y.M -
Bitterness Against Moral Laxity
George Williams, Worker in an
Was Original Founder of
5,000 Branches and Over
Religious resentment at the
moral laxity in the conditions
surrounding him led George Wil
liams to the founding of the
Y. M. C. A. over eighty years
ago. The movement which be
gan as an effort to give work
men religious stimulation has
since developed into an inter
national good-will, philanthropic,
and spiritual organization.
In 1844, Williams, troubled by
the low spiritual state of his
co-workers in an English dra
pery establishment, inaugurated
weekly prayer meetings in his
bedroom for their benefit. Ridi
cule, opposition, and contempt
confronted Williams and his
eleven colleagues from employer
and employee alike; from the
former because he would resent
an effort that might reform his
tyrannical position over, his
v.-orkers, and from the latter be
cause they were under the spell
cf gambling houses and casinos
of ill-repute.
Name Chosen
p in their
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purpose, the twelve young men
organized and adopted the title
the Young Men's Christian Asso-
Clafirm TVToTvi'koY'eViin was lim-
kea to Christian men and the
cues were fixed at two shillings
Per annum.
Confident that in their hands
ky the solution to the grave
Problem of the day, the group
continued to meet at fourteen
Awards To Be Given
At Court Of Honor
At the Court of Honor meet
ing of the Chapel Hill and Carr-
boro Boy Scout troops, Dr.
Frank Graham will present eagle
badges to three scouts, in Ger-
rard hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Reverend Eugene Olive, of the
Chapel Hill Baptist church, will
present the first class badges:
F. M. Durham, of Carboro, the
second class badges; Colonel J.
H. Pratt, of Chanel Hill, the
tenderfoot badges; and W. E.
Caldwell, of the history depart
ment, the merit badges. Badges
will be presented to life and star
scouts by dean M. T. Van Hecke,
of the law school.
UNION FORUM TO
MEET WEDNESDAY
FOR ORGANIZATION
Fraternities Are Asked to Elect Rep
resentatives to Organization
By Wednesday.
The Union orum will con
vene for the purpose of electing j
three members to serve on the
board of directors of Graham
Memorial, making recommenda
tions to the board and the man
ager, and to make plans for the
organization, Wednesday night
at 9 :30 o'clock in 214, Graham
Mpmnrinl Thp Rpprptarv will
be elected and dates will be set
for the meetings, with E. C.
Daniel, Jr., acting as ex-officio
chairman.
Fraternities are requested to
elect their representatives at
their regular meetings by Wed
nesday night. Representatives
from the various dormitories
have already been elected.
Students living in town will Memorial hall Walter B. Patter
elect Forum officers at a smoker son will give an all-request pro-
at Graham Memorial Monday
night at 9 :30 o'clock. Co-ed of-
ficers will be elected through the
Woman's Association, Tuesday
afternoon, at 4 :30 o'clock.
C.A.Was Due To
English Drapery Establishment,
Association, Which .Now Has
Half Million Members.
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different houses until the mem-
bership totaled seventy. At
this time an executive officer
t j i i i j 1 J
was seiecxea ana cumirai mu
missionary work were intro-
duced into the program of the The next program will be de
society. Haling engaged per- voted to the more classic re
manent quarters, the associa-
tion made available to its mem
bers a well selected library,
classes for mental culture and
for suitable companion-
rooms
shin.
T.f pr Fnnnrfprf in America
In 1851 the Y. M. C. A. took
mnt. in North America, first in
Mnntrpal. Cnnada. Boston is
generally credited with having
t.hP first. V.. M. C. A. in the
United States, that chapter hav-
ing been established in Decern
her. 1851. While the London
Association had developed a re
ligious, educational, and social
program, it was the New York
group that initiated physical
trainiTKy ss a feature of the
work.
George Williams was knighted
by Queen Victoria in 1894, at
the Golden Jubilee of the i. M.
C. A. Well might the Associa
tion celebrate with 5,000 branch
es in nearly every country in
the world and over half a mil
lion members. Over 2,000 dele
gates from all points of the
world congregated for one of the
largest and greatest religious
conferences which London or the
world had ever seen.
WILL SPEAK TODAY
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Pictured above is Dr. Howard
college, in Winston-Salem, who
of the Y. M. C. A. anniversary celebration here this morning. Dr.
Rondthaler was, at one time,
Y. M. C. A. during his undergraduate days.
ORGAN PROGRAM
PLANNED TONIGHT
Concert Will Feature Walter Patter
son at Organ and Bill Alls
brook Singing.
Today at 7:30 o'clock in the
gram. There have been several
hundred numbers requested and
the program will consist of
those most frequently named. A
variety of selections will be
played, but the general trend
will be towards popular pieces.
As an addition to tne pro
gram, siii AiisorooK: wno nas
been with a dance band on the
r-k ! 11 1 T 1 1
campus for three years has con
sented to sing several popular
numbers. He is well known to
students here, many having
heard him this summer at Vir
ginia Beach. With Walter Pat-
terson's music, and Allsbrook's
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sinerinff. an excellent crowd . is
expected.
quests.
y. m. C. A. Meetings Cancelled
The weekly meeting of the ol
hcers ot tne tnree caDinets m
the campus Y. M. C. A. has been
cancelled. The meeting is usual
7 conducted Tiaay mornings
during the assembly period, but
due to the special program to be
sponsureu.uy uie x. m. . a. ui
assembly today it is necessary
I that it be cancelled.
HOOVER COMMENDS "Y" FOUNDER
The following telegram was received last night by the local
branch of the Y. M. C. A., from President Hoover: "The
Young Men's Christian Association has been a tower of moral
strength in every community since the earliest childhood
recollection of most of the men and women now living, and
thus, it is almost startling to be reminded that the founder
of this great organization, if he were living today would be
only eleven years older than a centenarian. The celebration
of Founder's Day on October 14 will be the occasion for much
historic and personal reminiscence of that great man, George
Williams, and of the stupendous spiritual education and
material blessings wrought by the association, born of his
vision, and firmly rooted in his indefatigable labors and his
optimistic spirit. . To the youth of our land, indeed of all the
world, it will be a day reminding them of the possibilities of
service to millions of others that lie in unselfish application
of spiritual insight, developed industry, and warm good-will
towards all one's fellowmen.', ' .
HERBERT HOOVER.
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Rondthaler, president of Salem
will deliver the principal address
president of the University
DAILY QUOTED BY
LITERARY DIGEST
'Daily Tar Heel" Editorial Mentioned
In Article Concerning Tatum
Petition.
The Daily Tar Heel is quot
ed in the current issue of The
Literary Digest, famed national
weekly. In an article in which
the circumstances of the Tatum
petition are discussed, this paper
is mentioned and quoted as say
ing, of Langston Hughes, "His
poetry as well as his speaking
is the expression of a clear and
sincere spirit."
In its analysis of the petition,
the Digest says that the publi
cations of the University of
North Carolina are "widely her
alded as the center of liberalism
among colleges and universi
ties." Students of English
All students majoring in Eng
lish in the college of liberal arts
are asked to meet in 201 Mur
phey today during the chapel
hour to discuss matters connect
ed with the comprehensive ex-
I animation and the major. The
meeting will not last longer
than half an hour.
Union County Club
An organization meeting of
the Union county club will take
place at 7:30 o'clock this eve
ning in 215 Graham Memorial
for the purpose of electing officers.
Deputation Team Is
Sent To Aberdeen
A large audience of students
in the Aberdeen high school at
tended yesterday the program of
the first deputation team to be
sent out this year by the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A.
The University group present
ed a program dealing with the
ideals, principles, advantages,
and activities of Hi-Y clubs. An
entire school period was taken
up by the group.
All of the members of the
group are sophomores at the
University. They are: Jack
Poole, Julien D. Winslow, Herb
ert Suiter, and Locke Sloope.
NEW SYSTEM FOR
ACTIVITIES DAY IS
BEING WORKED ON
Series of Assembly Hours Will Be
Devoted to Presenting Campus
Activities to Students.
Activities Day this year will
not be conducted as a special
chapel program set aside for the
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purpose oi presenting various
activities to students, but a
series of assembly hours will be
devoted to that purpose, Hay
wood Weeks, president of the
student body, announced yester
day. This special occasion was in
augurated last year for the pur
pose of allowin the major or
ganizations on the campus to
present the leaders in those ac
tivities to the campus as a whole.
This year one or two assem
bly periods of the week will be
devoted to different activities.
The Di Senate and Phi assem
bly have already presented dis
cussions of their work at as
sembly. The change in the plan was
made because it was thought
that one assembly hour was too
short to have each of the acti
vities properly presented.
Early "Y" Here Served Mainly
As Social Center For Students
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Local Association Was Third Snch College Association in America,
Being Founded in April, 1860; Object of Association Was
Improvement of Spiritual Conditions of Students.
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The following excerpts from
an article appearing in the
Carolina Magazine for April,
1914, written by Philip Wool
cott, now a banker in Richmond,
tell about the early years of the
Carolina Y. M. C. A.:
"Before 1860 there had been
no organized group of young
men at the University who were
pursuing the work and spirit of
Christ. There had been, how
ever, some thirteen years after
the first Y. M. C. A. beginnings
in London in 1844, a movement
in a few of the American cities
and colleges "to organize the
earnest young Christians into an
active, co-operative brotherhood.
During the collegiate year 1857
58, Y. M. C. A.'s were founded
independently at Michigan and
Virginia, the latter having for
one of its most ardent advocates
and hardest worker Dr. Thomas
Hume, who later was to take
such an active interest in the
Carolina Y. M. C. A. The Caro
lina Association followed in a
very few years, for in April of
the year 1860, the religiously in
clined churchmen of the Univer
sity established the local organi
zation, the third college associa
tion in the United States.
Constitution of Association
"The constitution of the asso
ciation was based on that of
Virginia. The object was the
'improvement Of the spiritual
condition of the students and the
RONDTHALER TO
MAKE PRINCIPAL
YJLCADDRESS
Reception Sponsored by "Y" Will
Be Staged Tonight in Gra
ham MemoriaL
Two features will be offered
today by the campus Y. M. C. A.
in their annual celebration of the
111th anniversary of the birth
of Sir George Williams, found
er of the international Young
Men's Christian Association.
The main event on the day's
program will be an address by
Dr. Howard Rondthaler at the
student assembly period. Dr,
Rondthaler is president of Sa
lem college in Winston-Salem,
and he was a former president
of the University Y. M. C. A.
during his undergraduate days
here.
Graham Memorial Reception
From 8:30 to 10:00 tonight an
open house is scheduled for Gra
ham Memorial. All students in
the University are invited to at
tend the function, which will be
the first reception the "Y" has
sponsored for students in many
years. The affair will be strict
ly informal. Music will be in
cluded in the evening program
and refreshments will be served
by the wives of the members of
the association board of direc
tors, assisted by co-eds in the
University.
At the punch bowls will be:
Mrs. Harry F. Comer, Mrs.
Frank P. Graham, Mrs. E. C.
Branson, Mrs. H. W. Odum,
Mrs. R. B. House, Mrs. F. F.
Bradshaw, Mrs. English Bagby,
Mrs. J. Maryon Saunders, and
Mrs. Harold D. Meyer.
Girls who are to serve are:
Misses Elizabeth Phillips, Betty
Barnett, Mary. Byrd Perrow,
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extension of religious advant
ages to destitute points in the
neighborhood of the University.'
"This following card was pub
lished and sent abroad through
out the state: We have the
pleasure to announce that the
students of the University of
North Carolina have establish
ed a Young Men's Christian As
sociation. " 'If parents and others who
send young men to the Univer
sity will give them letters of in
troduction to us, it will afford
us great pleasure to introduce
them to the pious students of the
University, and also to the pas
tors of the church to which they
or their friends may belong.
" 'The association hopes in
this way to accomplish much
good; for sad experience has
taught us that many pious and
moral young men are led astray
by falling into the company of
the dissipated and vicious when
they enter college'."
Organization of Association
The following is an account of
the foundation, taken from the
North Carolina University Mag
azine, May 1860 :
"This body has been organized
and gives promise of great bene
fit to the students and to all
others who may choose to con
nect themselves with it. It is in
stituted for the extension of
christian sympathy and religious
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