"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"
. 3:30 P. M.
PLAYMAKERS THEATRE
fin cP
PEP MEETING '
7:30 P.M.
MEMORIAL HALL
VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932
NUMBER 36
AMI '
ME DEMOLISHES
SEDALIA SINGERS'
DORMITORY HOME
Palmer Memorial Institute Sends
Plea to Local Y. M. C. A.
For Clothing.
Tragedy stalked in the. wake
of the Sedalia Singers after their
appearance in a concert here at
Chapel fiill last Sunday. -
The Palmer Memorial Insti
tute, a . colored institution near
Greensboro from which the sing
ers came, had its boys, dormi
tory completely demolished fol
lowing a disastrous fire Monday,
the origin of which was unknown.
All oi the turnishmgs were
completely destroyed, and forty
vouner men and four teachers
lost all of their belongings.
Appeal to Local Y"
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
president of the institution, has
appealed to the University of
North Carolina Young Men's
Christian Association for aid.
She has requested Harry F.
Comer, general secretary of the
Carolina "Y," to speak to the
University Y. M. C. A.'s friends
and members and to ask if , they
would like to help the colored
.boys by donating discarded
wearing apparel. The following
list of immediate needs was giv
en: socks, underwear, shirts,
shoes, pants, vests, overcoats;
and hats.
The three Y. M. C. A. cabinets
are cooperating with the gen
era secretary of the "Y," and
they are making an urgeni re
quest to both students and
townspeople to contribute any
spare belongings to the Univer
sity's friends at Sedalia as soon
as possible.
, Any donations will be received
at the campus "Y," or a boy will
be sent for them upon request.
All contributions are voluntary.
' White And Blue' Published As
Rival Paper To 'Tar Heel' In 1894
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Leonard C. Van Noppen Opposed Policy of Then Existent Paper,
Claiming It to Be Tool of Athletic Association ; Bit
terly Opposed Fraternities in Editorials.
The Daily Tar Heel has not
always held a monopoly on col
lege newspaper interest at Caro
lina. March 8, 1894, when the
paper was about a year old, a
formidable competitor appeared
upon the campus and became the
Tar Heel's first and last opposi
tion. Though it survived only a
year before it was absorbed by
the wealthier Tar Heel, the
new paper xattracted state-wide
attention with the burning edi
torials of the first editor, Leon
ard C. Van Noppen: Van Nop
pen gathered around him a
creditable staff, including Tho
mas J. Wilson, registrar of the
University, who was then a stu
dent here.
The rival publication was call
ed the White and Blue, after the
school colors. The motto adopt
ed was "America means free
dom, and freedom means equal
ity of opportunity." The first
editorial charged that the Tar
Heel was published almost ex
clusively in the interest of ath
letics and solely by fraternity
men in the Athletic Association.
For this reason a new weekly
was founded while another al
ready existed. "This paper,"
wrote the editor, "is to supply a
long felt want in touching every
phase of college life."
After charging that the Tar
Heel was "virtually controlled
by fraternity men" the editor
asked "Why should not the non
fraternity men, the majority of
the students, have a publica
tion of their own?"
Aimed to Revive Di and Phi
A stated object of the new
paper was to revive the Dialectic
and Philanthropic . societies
which had been "the toast of the
south." -The first several papers
lent a good portion of their
space to a discussion of the tra
gic decline of these once power
ful organizations. Van Noppen
laid the entire blame of their dis-
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FORRES ANXIOUS
TO GET STUDENT
OPINION ON PLAY
English Actor Expresses Eagerness
To See Playmakers Produce
"Uncle Tom's Cabin."
PHI ASSEMBLY IS
AGAINST PLACING
TAX ON CHURCHES
Freshmen of Assembly to Discuss
Resolution Relating to Prob
lems of Their Class.
CAROLINA MEETS
STATE IN DEBATE
Representatives of Two Institu
tions to Discuss Candidates
Of Leading Parties.
- Debaters of the University
will meet State college in forum
debate on the subject "Which
party should be supported in the
election?" tonight at 7:00 o'clock
in Gerrard hall.
"The speakers for the Univer
sity are Bill Eddleman, speaking
for Roosevelt; McBride Fleming-
T
j ones, speaking for Hoover;
and John Jenkins, representing
1 somas.
Last year State tied here, in
the dual debate, and won in Ra
leigh. The subject was "Re
solved: That the SwoDe Plan
Should be Adopted."
Each speaker will have ten
minutes and the first speaker
will have a four minute rebut
tal. The order of the speeches
is, Socialist speaker for State;
Democratic speaker for the Uni
versity; Republican speaker for
State; Socialist speaker for the
University; Democratic speaKer
for State; Republican .speaker
for the University, and a four
minute rebuttal Tw the first
speaker.
Belf ord Forrest, English ac
tor, dramatist and director is to
read his latest play Hoiv It All
Began at the Playmakers thea
tre Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock.
In a letter to Harry Davis he
says about his play :
"I very much need to know the
reaction of an intelligent and un
prejudiced audience to my play
I've huge faith in its worth
and possibilities, but I'm equally
certain that it still needs much
work and that the theme is big
enough to justify any time and
effort expended on it." Forrest's
play deals with'Burbage's found
ing of the first Elizabethan play
house.
Forrest is thrilled over the
prospect of seeing the Saturday
night performance of Uncle
Tom's Cabin. He says : "I'm all
a-piddle at the thought of seeing
Uncle Tom's Cabin. I've wanted
for years to fill that gap in my
knowledge and understanding
(if any) of the American thea
tre. I doubt if there's any play,
ancient or modern, I'd rather
see. It's just too good to be true
that your production of the clasr
sic coincides with the only con
venient date for the reading of
my opus .... Bless you."
Forrest is director of the
Town theatre in Columbia, South
Carolina. 1
NUMBER OF BOOKS READ
BY STUDENTS INCREASES
German Club to Meet
The German club will meet
this af tpmnnn nf. 1:30 in Ger
rard hall to elect' dance leaders
for the annual fall German club
dances November 18 and 19 in
the Tin Can. -
A total of 310,461 volumes
were loaned to students by the
TTnivprsitv librarv during" the
past year, according to statis
tics compiled by R. B. Downs
acting librarian. The average
number of books read by each
student in the University for the
last three Quarters is slightly
over seventy-eight. .
The average number read by
each student has been rapidly in
creasing during the past severa
vears. The circulation statistics
in 1905 show an average of only
Pleven books. In 1925 this av
erage had increased to fifty-nine
The rise has been even more
rapid since the opening of the
new building.
The regular meeting of the
Phi Assembly Tuesday night
was featured by a very heated
discussion oh the bill favoring
taxation of church property.
Led by J. D. Winslow and J. P.
Temple, several representatives
presented arguments in favor of
taxing the real property of
churches, but the majority of
the debate seemed to favor ex
emption, as is the policy of the
state now. The vote on the reso
lution was close, but it was de
feated. '
The other bill brought up for
discussion at the session was,
"Resolved : That the Phi Assem
bly go on record as favoring the
amendments to the state consti
tution, which are to be voted on
in the coming general election."
This measure was passed after a
short discussion.
At the next meeting of the
assembly, there will be a bill re
lating to some problem peculiar
to the freshman class at the
University. The discussion on
this resolution will be limited to
freshmen only.
DI SENATE FAVORS
CLASSIFICATION OF
TAXES JN STATE
Amendment Passed at Meeting
Exempts Four-Year Mem
bers From Paying Dues.
At its meeting Tuesday night
in New West, the Dialectic Sen
ate passed the bill, "Resolved :
That the Di Senate go on record
as favoring the classification of
taxation in North Carolina. Sen
ators Crowell, Minor, Lyons, and
Blount debated the bill.-
Senator Lyons gave a report
of the debate committee. - He
stated that the committee from
the Di had met with a similar
group from the Phi Assembly
and arranged for the annual de
bate between the two organiza
tions. The subject for this
year's Mary D. Wright debate
will be, "Resolved: That the na
tions of the world disarm except
for police .purposes." The Di
will uphold the affirmative. Fol
lowing the new trend of the Di
inaugurated last year in allow
ing freshmen to debate, all mem
bers ' of the ' senate will be eli
lible for participation in the
i i i i ti -
contest, wmcn win oe held m
Gerrard hall, December 7.
Amendment Passed
The amendment proposed at
the last meeting by " Senator
Lyons to the effect that the
present article-regarding abso
ute payment of all dues before
the sixth meeting of the year
be amended so as not to includ
senators of four years' standing
was discussed. "After little "de
bate, the amendment was passed
unanimously. A report by the
treasurer revealed that of the
fifteen new members, only three
had not paid :all dues, and of the
seven old members, six had paid
in full and the other in part.
Tne initiation, wmcn was
scheduled for this meeting, was
put off until next week due to
the various other activities o
the evening that diminished the
attendance of the Di and the
fact that many members wished
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to attend tne .Boetnius lecture.
Hobgood Will Speak
In Assembly Today
Hamilton Hobgood, represent
ing the Young Democrats, will
deliver the second of a series of
political speeches about the
three major political parties be
fore the freshman assembly this
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Hob
good was to have spoken Tues
day morning, but was unable tc
do so because of a slight illness.
Ben Proctor is scheduled to
speak tomorrow morning in be
half of the campus Socialists.
These political speeches are
being delivered as a result of a
resolution passed: by both the
Di Senate and the Phi Assembly
to give the local parties a chance
to present their respective cases
before the University.
LAW STUDENTS GET TWO
FAMOUS MEN'S PICTURES
The second year classroom of
tne law ouiiamg nas two new
pictures of lawyers who became
great statesmen: John C. Cal
houn and Charles Manly. Charles
Manly graduated from the Uni
versity in, 1814 and was an at
torney in Chatham county for
thirty years following his grad
uation. He was a trustee of the
University from 1826' to 1868
In 1849 he was elected governor
ofNorth Carolina and served
until 1851.
John C. Calhoun graduated
e T""j -i i - .
irom .Ldicnneia law school in
1806. He was admitted to the
bar of South Carolina in ! 1807?
In 1817 he was made Secretary
ot war and was elected Vice-
President of the United States
in 1824. After serving as Vice-
President he was elected United
States senator from South Caro
lina. To, complete his career as
a statesman he was appointed
Secretary of State in 1844. -
BAPTIST STUDENT
UNION TO CONVENE
HERE TOMORROW
State-Wide Convention forJThis
Year Will Meet at Local
- Church Over Week-End.
Kappa Sigma Dance
Scheduled Saturday
. : .
The Kappa Sigma fraternity
will give a house dance Satur
day nigljt from 6:00 until 8:30
o'clock. The affair will be for
mal. Jack Wardlaw and his or
chestra will furnish the music.
"A number of young ladies will
attend, among whom are: Ask-
ins Ivey of Concord, Marion
Swaltury of- Sweet Briar, Nancy
O'Hanlon of Winston-Salem, Re
becca Young of Sweet Briar,
Runt Rhodes of Lynchburg, Va.,
Jane Carlton of Greensboro, Lu-
cile Meacham of Lexington, Dor
othy Dosh of Harrisburg, Pa.,
Dorothy Sellars of Burlington,
Mary Alice Coyle of Hickory,
Nancy Hardison of Phoenix,
Ariz., Helene Willingham of
Chapel Hill, Charlotte Winborne
of Chapel Hill, Grace Bowes of
Chapel Hill, Sara, Walser of
Chapel Hill, and Helen Hall of
Lexington.
"Y" MEMBERSHIP CARDS
MAY BE OBTAINED NOW
All students who pledged as
much as two dollars to the local
Y. M. C. A. at the beginning of
the year may now receive their
membership cards by calling at
the Y office as soon as pos
sible.
Ariel Boefhius Says Europe Leads
America In Classical Appreciation
o
Prominent Swedish Archaeologist Believes Only Way to. Under
stand Ancient Writers Is to Understand Period in Which
They Lived, and Excavating Makes This Possible.
o : .
The convention of the Baptist
student union of North Carolina
will convene at the Chapel Hill
Baptist church beginning Fri
day and continuing through Sun
day afternoon. This convention
meets annually at one of the
leading colleges of the state.
Last year the convention assem
bled in Durham, with an attend
ance composed of . representa
tives from the majority of the
colleges and universities in the
state.
The Baptist students at Caro-
ina will be expected to have the
argest delegation present. Reg
istration will begin at the Bap
tist church Friday afternoon,
when all visiting delegates will
be required to pay a registration
of $ 1.00. At this time they will
be assigned to rooms offered by
the University, faculty and
townspeople. All out-of-town
delegates will take their meals
at Swain hall. The local stu
dents attending will be exempt
from the registration fee. Be
tween- three and four hundred
students are expected to attend.
Famous Speakers Will Attend
The program committee has
secured many good speakers who
will be heard during the confer
ence. Such out-of-state speak
ers as Dr. Ellis Fuller of At
lanta, Georgia, and Dr. Frank
H. Leavell of Nashville, Tennes
see, will be on the program.
Some of the other speakers of
importance are: Dr. Frank Gra
ham of Chapel Hill, Rev. Forest
C. Freezor and M. A. Huggins of
Raleigh, Rev. Norfleet Gardner
of Dunn, Miss Inabelle Coleman
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GRAHAM STATES
. AIM OFCHEERIOS
Cheerios Hope to Form Center
Of Effective Community
Cheeringand Singing.
Interest and appreciation in
the culture and wisdom of the
"What," he asked the writer,
"could more fire the imagination
classical writers is much more than the finding of a soldier
marked in English and contin
ental intellectual circles than in
America, according to Axel Boe
thius, noted Swedish archaeol
ogist and lecturer. "The mod-
f l 1 T71 I
era iungusn ana European?
among the ruins of buried Pom
peii, dead at his post?" Here, to
him. was real romance, real ad
venture.
But archaeology, he reminded,
serves another purpose, and one
- I ISCi VCS ailUtUCl p UJ. pUdC, aiiu uuv
school," he7 told a Daily Tar of great importance. "Archae
ology," he said, fingering nerv
ously with the edge of the couch
Heel reporter Tuesday after
noon, "is more thorough in its
instruction and wider in its ap- upon which he was sitting, yet
peal in the classical field. keepinghis eyes intently upon
"Although Europe had its, the interviewer, "is indispens-
period of decline in the interest able in the study of classica
for the classics, it has in recent j literature and life. We can never
years been revived with new i really appreciate an ancient au-
thor witnout a complete knoWl-
vigor," he said, speaking quietly
and with a distinctive accent,
which, were it not for the na
turalness of his personality and
expression, would have seemed
affected. He is a man of short
stature, with a slightly "rotund
and extremely pleasant face.
Archaeology Real Romance
He was enthusiastic in his de
sire to please, yet loath to speak
of his own personal experiences
as excavator. Archaeological re
search is, he believes, the only
true romantic adventure left.
edge of the times in which he
wrote, and we can never fully
understand the times without
archaeological research.
. ' Mussolini Excavates
Turning from generalities to
day towards a better under
standing of the Roman world
he spoke highly of the archaeol
ogy activity under the direction
of Premier Mussolini around
the site of Rome proper Mus
solini has, in his opinion, been
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At the first meeting of the
Carolina Cheerios in Gerrard
hall Tuesday night, President
Frank P. Graham expressed his
hope that through the work of
the Cheerio group the" entire stu
dent body would be able to join
in community singing . at the
time of the Garolina-Duke game.
He set this as the immediate
goal of the organization. Hay
wood Weeks, president of the
student body, and Alex M. Worth
of Durham, alumnus of the Uni
versity, presented tentative plans
and ultimate goals of the
Cheerios.
President Graham described to
the group the beauty and'effect
iveness of mass singing, and
stated his belief that the Uni
versity of North Carolina can
inaugurate mass singing and
cheering here, with the Cheerios
as a nucleus. The idea might be
developed, He said, until the Uni
versity would have a body of
ten thousand persons singing in
unison at football games. ...
Goal of Organization
The ultimate goal of the or
ganization, as stated by Hay
wood Weeks and' Worthy is to
have several hundred Cheerios
in distinctive uniforms and in a
special section of the stadium,
and to have singing and cheer
ing in which the entire body of
spectators will take part.