Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Oct. 22, 1932, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
r. GRAIL DANCE TONIGHT 9:00 TO 12:00 TIN CAN rr-7 CAROLINA vs. TECH KENAN STADIUM 2:30 TODAY VOLUME XLI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1932 NUMBER 23 ill t V 111 fCV I i I i COMMITTEE ASKS ENDORSEMENT OF BILLIARD PARLOR Group Appointed by President Graham Studies Situation at Request of Petitioners. As a result of the petitions for and against the establish ment in Chapel Hill of an amusement center with pool tables and bowling alleys, a committee was appointed at President Graham's suggestion to discuss the matter and make recommendations. The committee, composed of three members from the Univer sity, D. D. Carroll, Francis Bradshaw, and H. F. Comer, and three from the board of alder men. M. E. Hogan, Clyde Eu banks, and B. D. Sawyer, made a thorough inquiry and drew up a report recommending that President Graham give his writ ten permission for the establish ment of one recreation center and that town authorities grant a license for its operation. Included in the recommenda tions were these: that a com mittee of three citizens appoint- hv tbft resident and three VV. x appointed by aldermen be made responsible for the supervision of the center; that the com mittee approve all managers and employees in the establish ment ; that the manager post a $1,000 bond; and that hours of .operation be from T:00 o'clock a. m. until midnight except Sun days. (The petitions and discussions are founded on the opinion that, since pool tables were installed in Graham Memorial building, it is unfair for the pool-playing privilege to be extended to Uni versity students and at the same time denied to other peo pie in Chapel Hill. SOCIAL BILL FOR WEEK WILL CLOSE WITH GRAIL DANCE Reunions of Graduates Planned As Alumni Return to Uni versity for Tech Game. Continuing the round of enter tainments started last night with the fall co-ed dance, tonight the Order of the Grail will spon sor a dance in the Tin Can from 9 :00 until 12 :00 o'clock. A large crowd is expected to .attend the affair, and admission jf or all will be $1.00. As in previous years freshmen will not be permitted to attend the dance. The Tin Can will be decorated with purple and white, the col ors of the Order of the Graii, while the couples will dance to the music of Jelly Leftwich and his orchestra. The arrangement concerning the price of admission was made with the University, thereby avoiding the federal tax. Here tofore the price per person was quoted erroneously a't $1.10. Use of the Tin Can has been secured by special arrangement with the athletic association when the gymnasium proved inadequate for the function. Reunions Scheduled Also scheduled on the week end's program will be reunions of alumni who are expected to return in large numbers for the Carolina-Georgia Tech . football game. These reunions, for the most part, will be conducted at the various fraternity houses. Library Shows Works Of Christopher Wren To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Sir Christopher Wren, famous Eng lish architect, the University li brary is exhibiting photographs of some of the best known build ings designed by him; These are being shown in the lobby at the main entrance of the library. Wren, one of the greatest architects of all time, designed numerous churches, hospitals, theatres, palaces, and libraries. Probably his must famous structure is Saint Paul's Cathe dral in London. CHEROKEE INDIANS MAY PLAY TRIBAL BALL GAME HERE Cherokee Ball Players Agree To Play Here at Dogwood Festival in Spring. A unique and thoroughly na tive type of athletic contest may be seen in Chapel Hill next spring, if efforts to bring two teams of Cherokee ball players here during the Dogwood Festi val next year are successful, ac cording to an article by Phillips Russell in the Chapel Hill Week ly yesterday. Efforts are being made to have two Cherokee teams play their game here in "Kenan sta diun during the proposed fes tival next April. Players have agreed to come and bring their Green Corn and Ghost dancers, if expenses for about thirty per sons could be guaranteed them. Game Is Unusual Mixture The game, a mixture of la crosse, hockey, basketball, and football, is of native Indian ori gin and is still practiced by the Cherokees on a reservation near Asheville. It v is played on a crrassv field having about the same dimensions as a football field, with goal posts at each end. The players, nine on a side, are naked except for a loin cloth and carry a -wire-netted racquet in each hand. ' The two teams line up as in football or basketball, with their forwards, centers, and goal guards. The ball is scarcely larger than a golf ball, and is caught and carried in the rac quets. Though piling on is not permitted, the ball-carrier may be severely tackled and held to nrevent his throwing the ball. TAR HEEL STRAW VOTE ENDS TODAY All Students Who Have Not Voted Are Urged to Cast Their Ballots For President Today. Since the polls close today, al students who have not yet cast their ballots in the student straw presidential ballot which The Daily Tar Heel has been con ducting since Wednesday are urged to do so without delay. The polls are located in the lob bies of Graham Memorial and the Y. M. C. A., and in order to determine the true political sen timent of college student bodies, everyone is requested to fill out a ballot and drop it in the box at one of these places today. During the first three days the voting has been heavy,-but it is expected that ballots cast today by those who have not yet voted will increase the total vote greatly. Ballots will be count ed by the editorial staff of The Daily Tar Heel. This poll is being conducted in conjunction with thirty-five out standing college publications. MUSIC TEACHERS OF STATE GATHER FOR CONFERENCE Dr. Harold Dyer and T. S. McCorkle Attend Music Meeting at Women's College. The fourth annual conference of teachers and supervisors of music in this state, which con-; the publication of John Sevier: vened yesterday and will end to-' A Pioneer of the Old Southiuest, day, has been in progress at the j by Dr. Carl S. Driver. This is Women's college of the Univer- an interesting new biography of sity of North Carolina. Dr. the well known Tennessee pio Wade R. Brown, dean of music neer by the assistant professor at the Women's college, is di- J recting the work of the organi - zation which was founded a few years ago for the purpose of raising the standards of effi ciency of music teachers and supervisors. Special speakers for the con- ference are Karl W. Gehrkens, of Oberlin college, Norval L. Church, of Columbia university, and Miss Ella H. Mason. Dr. Harold S. Dyer and Professor T. Smith McCorkle of the Uni versity are attending the con ference. Plans for the fourteenth an nual state music contest, which will take place at the Women's college in the spring, will be made this morning at 9:00 o'clock. The conference will be adjourned at 12:00 o'clock. Chapel Hill Struck By Cyclone . Scientists Observe Phenomenon A cyclone hit Chapel Hill last Monday.' However, the build ings are intact, the streets keep their natural appearance, and no commission has been appointed to relieve suffering and starva tion. Yet this section of the country actually sustained a cyclonic attack early this week. The phenomenon, which also swept across parts of Tennessee and Virginia, was a cyclone in the truest sense of the word. In fact, last Monday's occurrence was not an unusual one for Chapel Hill.; Such natural dis turbances which may be called cyclones move through this dis trict once or twice each wTeek. Cyclone Not a Tornado Those who expect devastation and desolation for this area fail to distinguish between a cyclone and a tornado. According to Jack Craven, of the physics de partment, and Charles Ray, of the department of water conser vation, a cyclone is nothing more than a period of extremely low wind pressure, accompanied by an excessive amount of rain fall. The center of the storm district is characterized as the lowest nressure point and es capes " the detrimental effects popularly assumed to accompany cyclones. ' Thus, since Chapel Hill was near the heart of the cyclDnic t IT 1 i "I area, it remamea aDsoiuteiy un harmed, although it can truth fully be stated that it has been in the path of a cyclone. Aside from the extraordinar ily low wind pressure, the re cording of the rainfall during the cyclonic period was the most STUDENT STRAW BALLOT Presidential Candidates FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT D HERBERT HOOVER , NORMAN THOMAS WILLIAM Z. FOSTER Student's University Registration Number - Ballot Boxes in "Y" Lobby and Graham Memorial NEW BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN SEVIElT ISSUED BY PRESS Carl S. Driver Describes Life of Weil Known Pioneer of The Southwest. Dr. The University Carolina Press has ofv North announced of history at Vanderbilt jiniver- sity. John Sevier, an Indian ficrhter. governor, congressman, and venturer, was a most interest ing character in the early his tory of the United States. "All characteristics of the pioneers," says the author, "blended in the personality of this man." A contemporary of Andrew Jack son, he at one time engaged in a bitter fued with that1 other na tive of Tennessee. The author relates an account of a duel be tween Crpvernor Sevier and Jackson, at that time a judge, during which neither of the "distinguished gentlemen" fired a shot. This new publication of the University press made its ap pearance October 17. amazing feature of the entire phenomenon. The local weather bureau reported that the rainfall for the early part of the week totaled five inches, most of which fell Monday. This figure, reckoned over a period of three days, is approximately more than the average rainfall for the entire month of October. In fact, only 'six times in the past eighty years have more than five inches of rain been record ed in Chapel Hill for October. Craven and Ray observed the progress of the storm. Having noticed last Saturday that the barometer in the physics labora tory was falling in a peculiar manner, they watched the var ious instruments in Phillips hall denoting atmospheric pressure, and wind velocity. Sharp Barometer Drop From the time the pressure began to decline, the barometer continued to show a decrease in atmospheric pressure, falling slowly and gradually until Mon day afternoon. It reached the point of 29.4 inches, unusually low. for this section.. A small amount of rain accompanied the falling of the barometer, and this precipitation indicated the passing of the foremost part of the cyclone. When the point of lowest pres sure occurred Monday; that is, when the center of the cyclone reached here, the rain ceased, and the sky became relatively clear. Then as the center moved on, the barometer began to rise and the rain fell once more, in dicating the passing of the lat ter portion of the storm. Leaders Conduct Pep Meeting In Assembly At the freshman-sophomore assembly yesterday morning the featured speaker was to .have been Major L. P. McLendon, one of the most outstanding mem bers of the bar in North Caro lina, but begause of unforseen complications he was unable to speak as scheduled. R. B. House, executive secre tary of the University, turned tlje meeting over to the cheer leaders, who took advantage of this opportunity to conduct a short pep meeting in preparation ad-ifor the meeting last night DIRECTORY TO BE DISTRIBUTED FOR STUDENTS TODAY i. M. U. A. Jfimshes w ork on Master Directory and Begins Distribution to Campus. The long-heralded arrival of the master directory, annual publication of the campus Y. M C. A., was announced yesterday by Edwin Lanier, self-help sec retary of the local association. The work was done complete ly by students and officers affili- iated with the "Y". It contains I 1 J A 1 1 III ( a list oi an students and tne faculty members in the Univer sity with several other supple ments. The publication is being distributed by a group of about a dozen students who have vol unteered their services in the work, and a large part of them had been circulated yesterday. Each student is . admonished that only one directory will be given to dormitory room, and only three to each fraternity house; in other words a limited number is on hand and it would be too expensive to give a sepa rate copy to each . student. One copy is also sent to each office in the University; one to each student residing out in town ; one to each business house; and one to each professor's home. Students who volunteered to distribute the pamphlets are as follows: Charles Trexler, Fred erick Ogburn, M. H. Latham, A. H. Suiter, Broadus Henderson, A. W. Lowe, T. H. Lingerfelt, John Paul Strother, Locke Craig, Jr., C. H. Fries, William A. Huston, H. C. Wimberley, C. C. Wagner, .L. W. Wilson, and Francis Fairley. COMER TO SPEAK TO BIBLE CLASS Secretary of Y. M. C. A. Will Lecture On "Christian Fundamentals" At United Church. Harry F. Comer, general sec retary of the campus Y. M. C. A., will appear before the newly organized student Bible class of the United Church Sunday even ing at 8:00 p. m. as the princi pal speaker in the second gath ering of the current scholastic year. A large number of mem bers of the groups are expected to be present, and all students who are interested are invited to attend. The "Y" secretary will speak on "Christian Fundamentals" a subject which is of vital inter est to all members of the Caro lina student body. Dr. Ray mond Adams spoke last Sunday evening on "A Practical Relig ion" before a large group. There will be a social in the church parish hOUSe immediate ly o-ff-r tio TYiPpfintr tr w!lifli a 1 j cordial invitation is extended to the public. ODUM IS HEAD OF SOCIAL RESEARCH VHILEON LEAVE University Professor of Sociol ogy Is Director of Social , Study of South. Dr. Howard W. Odum, pro fessor of sociology and director of the Institute for Research in Social Science, is engaged dur ing his leave of absence from the University this year in direct ing the Southern Regional Study of the Social Science Research Council. The study emphasizes, among other features, the south's capa city for educational and social development. Dr. Benjamin B. Kendrick, of the Women's col lege, University of North Caro lina, is chairman of the southern regional committee. Dr. Odum, in addition to this work, is also conducting his regular graduate class in anjntroduction to social research, and is still busy as di rector of the Institute for Re search in Social Science. The study has been active since January of this year, and will probably continue for two years. It entails much research in every phase of southern edu cational and social conditions, and, in characterizing its objec tives and methods, will be de scriptive, explanatory, compara tive, and purposive. It will present statistics but it will also utilize culture charts, or compos ite social base maps, or what ever other technical devices may guarantee an appropriate, emerging regional portrait. The study will be made in two groupings, physical geography and natural resources, and pop ulation and cultural resources. It will attempt to present, first, the picture of the southern re (Continued on last page) ; COMPETITION FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PAPER ENDS TODAY Free Passes to Carolina Theatre Given for Subscriptions to Daily Tar Heel. The Daily Tar Heel's cam paign for subscriptions will be brought to a close today. A driye for increased circulation for the daily was begun more than two weeks ago, and many new subscriptions have . been added. Spirited competition for show passes was. begun when the business staff of the paper with the cooperation of the Carolina theatre announced that two passes to the theatre would be given for each new subscription. The drive for increased cir culation was begun when the business department of the pub lication launched a campaign with the idea of reaching every home in Chapel Hill and giving those who are not already.receiv ing the paper an opportunity to subscribe for it. A thorough canvassing of the town by stu dents seeking to wim passes re sulted in many new subscrip tions being turned into the busi ness office. As an inducement to prospec tive subscribers, The Daily Tar Heel and the Carolina theatre offered a free pass to the thea tre during the latter part of the campaign, and through this ar rangement the salesman was able to give-each of those who sub scribed one and also win two for himself. - '
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 22, 1932, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75