JUNIORS-SENIORS ; YACKETY YACK PICTURES DEADLINE TODAY TAR HEEL MEETINGS THIS AFTERNOON GRAHAM MEMORIAL VOLUME XLI CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1932 NUMBER 35 T CABINET TALK BYWEATHERFOSD ISWELLRECEIVED Leader of Christian Group Cen ters Speech on Question naire by Will Durant. "The job for these, three cabinets is not to act as errand boys ; but to help make this place a better- place in which to live, or to so set the trend so as to make it easier to live here in a better manner," declared Dr. Willis Duke Weatherf ord in his final speech made during his sojourn here before a joint gath ering of the three Y. M. C. A. cabinets Monday night in Ger rard hall. A large crowd at tended the lecture. . The speaker said that the way to make this locality a better, place in which to live was to know something about religion, to watch for a chance to help, and to be prepared to help, which he gave as answers to the subject of his speeeh, "What do You Think of Religion?" . Cites Types of Students Dr. Weatherf ord gave a very concrete example of the ; three attitudes generally held by col lege students toward , religion. In Cornell University, taken to be one of the nation's represen tative institutionsit was found that the first group consisted of those interested and active in religious activities, the second of. those opposed to it, who were j the most vocal and vociferous in devouvcing it, and the third, constituting the great majority, composed of those who were in different. "Students are indifferent to religion because they know so . (Continued ori last page) TRAINED PUBLIC OFFICERS NEEDED STATESXOATES Law Professor Condemns Rota tion of Government Office Holder as Ineffective. JOHN WILKINSON HITS DEMOCRATS IN CHAPEL TALK President of Republican Club Is Greet ed by Cheers and Cat-Calls in Freshman Assembly. John '(vilkinson, speaking in behalf of the Republicans on the campus, was received by fresh- t i' i t man assemoiy yesterday in a very boisterous manner as he attempted to speak on the poli cies of the present Republican administration. At various times during his talk he was greeted by "boos" and cheers that pre vented his being heard. The first part of his address was devoted to an attempt to prove the Democratic contention that the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill was responsible for the econom ic depression was entirely wrong, He then outlined the" measures that were passed by the Demo crats during the last session of Congress for relief from the de pression. In conclusion he said that the state, durinsr thirtv years of Democratic government, had de generated rather than advanced, and that every man, woman, and child in the state owed $162 for state bonds, four times as much per capita as any other state m the Union. University Colored Servants In Danger Of Losing Property O .; Excessive Assessments Resulting From Franklin Street Improve ment Project Can Not Be Paid by Two Colored Janitors And Painter in Employment of University. BOULANGER WILL PLAY FOR DANCES Columbia Broadcasting Orches tra to Furnish Music at Coming Festivities. Opening the year's program on "Public Affairs," Professor Albert Coates of the law school addressed the North Carolina club on the aims and work of the Institute of Government, Monday night in the library. Professor Coates was introduc ed by Professor S. H. Hobbs, of the rural social economics de partment, and began his talk by commenting on the effect the almost-constant rotation of hold ers of public offices has on the work of those departments. "These officers," he explained, "are not born with a knowledge of the powers and duties of the offices to which they are elected . . . their private occupations and professions do not teach them the powers and duties of public officials ; the uncertainties of political life do not offer them incentives to study the respon sibilities of a public office before they seek it; the democracy which clothes them with the public trust does not provide them with training to fit them to discharge it." Aim pf Institute It is to remedy this condition, he said, to bring to each government- officer the methods, practices and techniques arising out of the initative and resource fulness of other officers in' simi lar offices in . this . and other states, to collect the steadily ac- ( Continued on last page) Couples will dance to the strains of music by Charlie Boulansrer and his Columbia Broadcasting orchestra at the annual fall German club dances November 18 and 19 in the. Tin Can. A partial list of the dance places at which this orchestra has played includes: Trianon Ballroom, Granada Cafe, Chica go ; Youngs Restaurant, Park Central Hotel, New York City; Convention Hall, Million Dollar Pier, .Atlantic City; ' Asbury Park Casino. Asbury Park, N. J. ; Ship Cafe, Milwaukee, Wis. ; and other well known places. - The German club dances are scheduled for November 19 from 4:30 until 6:15 and from 10:00 until 1 :00 and for November 19 from 11:30 a. m. until 1:15 and from 9:30 until 12:00; Anyone wishing to join the German club should see Milton Barber, secre tary, at the Zeta Psi house any day at 1:30 to 2:00 or at 7:00 to 8:00. The club has made a special arrangement this year tiermittiTijr a small number of sr freshmen to attend the dances. Fifty first year men out of those who first apply will be consid ered for membership. There will be a meeting tof the German club! Thursday at 1 :30 in Gerrard hall to elect dance leaders. The committee an nounces that no member will be allowed at the dance November 18 or 19 unless hehas a mem bership card, which may be ob frnm Milton Barber at VUtllVU . - the Zeta Psi house. "Old Uncle Green" McDade is in deep trouble. He and two of his aged friends, who have been associated with the University their entire lives, are in danger of losing their' homes due to the excessive assessments resulting from the Franklin street im provement project. Caught with "Uncle Green" in this difficulty is "Old Uncle Billy" McDade, janitor of Graham Memorial, and another old colored man known as Rick Taylor. These three f amaliar figures in the University and commun ity are threatened with the loss of their homes because of their inability to earn the money to pay assessment which was laid upon them four or five years ago. Iach owns property facing Franklin street, and when the tax bill was passed they were assessed the $7.70 per front foot. Amounts Protested This amount, it is charged, is several times that which was agreed upon in the petitions for assessment. "Uncle Green" de clares he signed with the pro mise that the assessment was to be $1.50 per front foot of prop erty. He was upheld by the other victims when he said that he majority of the colored prop erty owners were tricked into signing the petition by various forms of deception practiced by those circulating the petition for street improvements. The most deceptive scheme that was applied to the task of getting colored property owners to sign the petition was ascribed o a certain pastor of the color ed Baptist church at the time the project was started. This parson, according to McDade and Taylor, tricked his entire congregation into signing the petition by telling them that if they had their names on the EXTENSION PLAN REPRESENTATIVES TO CONVENE SOON Many State Schools Now Participate In Cooperative Program Of Colleges. DAILY TAR HEEL STAFF TO MEET THIS AFTERNOON ' : Meetings for four divisions of the editorial staff of THE DAILY Tar Heel have been called for this afternoon in Graham Mem orial. The editorial board will gather . 2:30 o'clock: the city editors and desk men at 3 :00; reporters including, sports men, at 3:30 and the feature board at 4 :0Q. churcH roll and would sign the paper they would all be eligible to vote. Served Alderman and Noble uncie ureen ' lvicuaae was born in Chapel Hill eighty-five years ago, on the very property which he is now in grave danger of losing. He was born a slave of a certain Patterson McDade, from whom he received his name. After the Emancipation he went to work for the Univer sity as janitor of Old East and Old West. He is proud of the fact that he waited on Dr. Edwin Alderman and Dr. M. C. S. Noble as students. When these men were mentioned to him, he apparently forgot his assess ment woes and began to speak on his past experiences. Rick Taylor has lived all the sixty-eight years of his life in the community. He has never left Chapel Hill except for three months on one occasion when he worked at a hotel in Greensboro. He has not waited on any of the students, as have the McDade negroes, but has has served the University as painter. He proud ly claims to have done almost all of the painting for the Univer sity except that of the last few years. He is now too 'aged and feeble to compete' with other workers in his trade. McDades Not Brothers "Uncle Bihy McDade, who has been associated with the University for all of his seventy eight years, is commonly known as "Green" McDade's brother. But, contrary to this belief, the two colored mem are not any way related. This misconcep tion is due to the fact that both belonged to the same master at the time of the Emancipation. "Uncle Green" painstakingly explained that his young master (Continued on last page) or- and "to The North Carolina Associa tion of College Extension repre sentatives will meet at a short session in the Washington-Duke hotel, November 10. R. M. Grumman, director of the ex tension division of the Univer sity and chairman of the or ganization, will preside. The group of directors ganized September, 1930, adopted lor tneir purpose promote cooperative relation ships among the institutions of higher learning in the state in the conducting of extension teaching; to encourage the de velopment of ; general adult education; and to provide for an exchange of ideas and discus sion of all ptiases of college ex tension work." The following, institutions are now participating m tne co operative program: Catawba College, Davidson College, High Point College, Lenoir-Rhyne Col lege, North Carolina College for Women, N. C. State, Salem Col lege, and the University of North Carolina.. LARGER M1BER TO HAVE PHOTOS IN YACKETY YACK Increase Shown in Number of Juniors and Seniors to Have Their Pictures Made. Depression Leads To Self-Burial As Method Of Obtaining Money . o ; . ' Idea Conceived by Would-Be College Student in Time of Need Is Taken Over by Another Who Will Not Rise Until Roosevelt Is Elected. , -o Three weeks ago in Raleigh a i is the "dead" man. He declares would-be college student was 'that he will not allow his part struck by a motorcycle and an ner, T. Tunnell, to dig him up FRESHMEN WILL ELECT OFFICERS Secretary and Treasurer of Class To Be Incorporated Into One Office at Election. idea. The idea was that he would earn part of his first year expenses in college by the novel scheme of having himself buried alive and charging thrill-seekers for the privilege of looking at him through a pipe. He gpt a friend to aid him in digging a five-foot hole and cov ering the box and to attend to the very necessary job of feed ing him soup and orange juice through a tube. The friend also collected the offerings given by the curious. Business was brisk, but heavy rains came and, fear ful of a cave-in, the self-dead student had himself reincar nated. Possible Fad It seems now that the student may have, started a fad which will reach the proportions of the one of a year or so ago, when every tree housed a long-time sit ter. For now, a mile from Raleigh on the Wae Forest road, there lies buried six feet deep a thirty- four-year old man who has a wile and baby. "Doc." Proes- cher, of "no place in particular," until Roosevelt is elected presi-r dent of these United States. He "went down" on Monday, October 31, and if he stays until the next president is selected, he will have been down over eigh teen days. Unemployed "Unemployment" is the ex cuse he gives for his stunt. He hopes to earn enough through contributions to support his wife and baby. ",. His partner declares thaff ood is severely rationed to the bur ied man as "he is "so hungry he would eat a dead dog.", Twice daily he is given one ounce of hominy and; a half pint of, milk. He is allowed as much water as he wants, however. Above the grave, which has the protection of an open-sided tent, appears a "tombstone" with the following inscription : HERE LIES A . ; V HOOVER GRAVE WILL ARISE ; WITH ROOSEVELT. Following the nomination of! men for offices of the freshman class and speeches by the nom inees in Memorial, hall, the freshman election will " take place November 16 in Graham Memorial. Nominations will be made No vember 14 in the assembly per iod with Haywood Weeks, presi dent of the student body, pre siding. Speeches by those men nominated will be delivered the next morning in assembly. '. The actual election in Gra ham Memorial with the student council presiding will take place from 9 :00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. The Australian or secret ballot will be used in the election. Three officers, a president, vice- president, and a secretary-treas urer will be elected, and will re main in office until next spring when a new group will be chosen for the ensuing year. According to information re leased yesterday by Nutt Pars ley, editorof the Yackety Yack, a large increase in the number of junior and seniors having their pictures taken for the Uni versity annual has been shown this" year in comparison with last year. - This total will be increased to day since the deadline has been set aside for the one day to al low juniors and seniors whose appointments could not be filled yesterday to have their pictures taken at the Wootten-Moulton studio. , Thus members of these two classes may have their photos made today in time for publica tion ; but, as the material has to be in the hands of the printers tomorrow, pictures for the jun ior or senior sections taken later will be disregarded. All underclassmen will have until November 15 for their picture to get into the fraternity sec tions. 1 Yesterday afternoon 754 pic- tures, 341 of seniors and 413 of juniors, had been made. This total was a marked increase over any previous year. Ninety-five were taken Monday to "set a record for the number made in one day. j indications are tnat this in crease in number has resulted rom the new plan inaugurated this year whereby the fees for these pictures are included in class fees paid at matriculation. DEBATERS WILL MEET STATE GROUP THURSDAY Debaters of the University will meet a State College group in forum debate on the subject Which party should be sup ported at the next election ?" Thursday evening at 7 :30 o'clock in Gerrard hall. The speakers for the Univer sity are; Bill Eddleman, speak ing for Roosevelt : McBride r leming- Jones, speaking for Hoover ; and John Jenkins, rep resenting Thomas. INFORMAL UNION DANCES TEMPORARILY STOPPED The informal dances which have been given in Graham Me monal during the past two weeks have ; been discontinued until the Graham Memoria board of directors can make more satisfactory arrangements for handling the affairs. The reason for discontinuance was because the floor was too crowded and propercontrol could not be exercised over the dances SPECIALTIES WILL ADD TO PROGRAM OF PLAYMAKERS Players in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" , WiU Present Extra Numbers; FoUow Original Custom. The presentation 'of Uncle Tom's Cabin by the Carolina' Playmakers will be augmented by . specialties put on by the ac tors in the play; At the time the play was originally pro duced it was customary for the actors to offer these divertise ments as well as act in the play. Miss Phoebe Baughan Barr, for merly with Ted Shawn's com pany, will direct these special-" ties. " . The grand opening chorus will be,, a polka, authentic dance of the "fifties." At various inter vals during the show the fol lowing entertainment will be offered: a song and closr dance by Topsy (Sue Sutherland) ; a breakdown, with guitar accom paniment, by Donald LaBowme and W. A. L. Bony on; a novelty act by Topsy and Eva (Eugenia Rawls) ; a song, Got a Home in That Rock by Uncle Tom (David I Mcllheny) ; Pictures from Life's Other Side will be sung by Marie (Mary Aileen Ewart) ; and finally Ophelia (Margaret Hervey:) will sing, She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured for a Man Was the Cause of It AIL These acts will be accompan ied by Flow James. The fac ulty orchestra and Carolina En semble under the direction of Thor Johnson will offer inciden tal music during a number of the scenes.

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