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CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1932
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PLANS LAID FOR
ANNUALDOGWOOD
EVENT! SPRING
Cherokee Indians to Stage Tribal
Contest at Folk-Lore Carnival
Planned for This Spring.
Announcements were made
yesterday as to committee ap
pointments for the organization
oi tne uogwood f estival, a car
nival of, North Carolina folk
lore and handicraft, here next
spring.
The garden and craft com
mittee follows : Mrs. George
Howe, chairman, Colonel Joseph
Hyde Pratt, Mrs. Clyde Eu
banks, Miss Josie Pritchard,
Mrs. Louis Graves, Mrs. W. F.
Prouty, Mrs. H. R. Totten, Mrs.
E. L. Mackie, Mrs. George Lo
gan, . Miss Josephine Sharkey.
Mrs. Bayard Wootten, - Mrs.
Frederick Koch, Miss Mary Dirn
berger, Mrs. " Charles Mangum,
Mrs. A. A. Kluttz, Mrs. R. P.
McClamroch, Mrs. C. T. Wool
len, Dr. W. C. Cohen, and -William
Hunt.
The finance committee fol
lows: R. M. Grumman,, chair
man, Lamar Stringfield, Phillips
Russell, ; Colonel Joseph Hyde
Pratt, Miss Josephine Sharkey,
Mrs. George Howe, Hugo Giduz,
Mrs. F. H. Edmister, and Dr. J.
M. Booker.
Unique Entertainment
A unique and completely na
tive type of entertainment is be
ing arranged by the committees,
and efforts are being made to
secure a group of Cherokee In
dians to perform tribal rituals
and customs for spectators.
Indian ball players are slated
to appear before the audience in
Kenan stadium next spring, and
the aborigines are also on tap to
bring their green corn and ghost
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NOVEMBER ISSUE
OF HIGH SCHOOL
PAPERPUBLISHED
Many Interesting Articles Con
tributed by University Fac
ulty Members.
The November issue of The
High School Journal, published
monthly by the school of educa
tion, has been edited and is now
in the mail.
This latest issue contains sev
eral comments concerning North
Carolina, the nomination of
President Frank P. Graham as
head of the greater University
of North Carolina, the Carolina
Dramatic association, and the
property tax now levied for the
support of the six months school
term, and a resolution which has
been suggested for this year's
contest of the high school debat
ing union of North Carolina.
J. F. Webb, superintendent of
the schools for Granville county,
has contributed an article en
titled "What Is a Uniform Sys
tem of Schools?" Dr. A. Mon
roe Stowe has set forth the de
gree requirements of liberal arts
colleges in the .South Atlantic
states in a tabulated form.
In his mathematics column,
Professor H. F. Munch presents
the results of the freshman
mathematics placement tests
"which were given to 596new stu
dents this year. Professor Hugo
Giduz also gives the results of
the French placement tests in his
column.
Professor C. E. Preston dis
cusses the handicaps imposed on
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A. I. E. E. MEETS
IN FALL SESSION
John E. Lear of the University School
Of Engineering, Presides Over
Meeting at State College.
Several local persons attend
ed the fall meeting of the North
Carolina section of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers
at State College yesterday. Ad
dresses by Dr. E. C. Brooks,
president of State College, offi
cials of the society, and promin
ent engineers were features of
the afternoon and banquet meet
ings. ;
John E. Lear, head of the
school of electrical engineering
of the University, presided at
the sessions. Raymond F. Stain
back, also of the University, is
secretary of the group.
Several nationally prominent
engineers were on the program
tor tne atternoon meeting, in
cluding: A. 0. Austin, widely
known authority on high voltage
insulation and M. E. Noyes, en
gineer of the Aluminum Com
pany of America. H. P. Charles
worth, national president of the
A. I. E. E:, delivered the prin
cipal address at the banquet ses
sion.
FERGER WILL TALK
ON BRITISH-INDIAN
POLITICAL STATE
Reverend Henri R. Ferger, Brother of
University Professor, to Speak
At Seminar Wednesday.
First-hand impressions of In
dia's attitude in her political dif
Acuities with England will be
presented before a graduate
seminar next .Wednesday even
ing in Bingham hall by Rev.
Henri K. r erger, missionary-
educator and platform lecturer.
Graduate students in sociology
and political sicence, as well as
those -in economics, will be ex
tended a special invitation to at
tend this meeting, which will be
the reerular bi-weekly seminar
nf Graduates in the economics
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department. All other interest
ed persons will be welcomed.
The speaker, who is a brother
of Dr. W. F. Ferger, of the Uni
versity, is engaged in a speak
ing tour during a furlough from
his educational work in north
India and the Punjab. Having
Iippti stationed in1 India since
as vw
1910 by the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions, Rev. Fer
ger has made a thorough study
of native conditions. His lec
ture will be illustrated by his
own motion pictures revealing
various aspect of life in India.
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Hillsboro Fair Offers
Numerous Attractions
Beginning yesterday and con
tinuinsr todav. the Orange
flnnntv durational tair IS
being conducted in Hillsboro.
The fair opened yesterday at
1 :30 with an address by A. H.
Graham.
Yesterday's activities includ
ed a football game between Hills
boro and Alexander Wilson high
schools, a band concert, a fid
dlers' convention, a beauty con
test, and a number of athletic
events.
A large display of exhibits has
been arranged of farm and gar
den products, livestock, poultry,
cookery,' arts and' crafts, relics
and antiques. Six granges of
the county are jointly exhibit
ing a live-at-home booth showing
the way it is possible for Orange
County farmers to live on their
own products.
One of the most outstanding
exhibits is one of the Strudwick
paintings and Hillsboro pottery.
Taium Petition Recalls Struggle
Arising From Poole Bill Of 1925
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Scopes Trial in Tennessee Brought
Sought to Restrict Freedom of Teaching Policies
In State-Supported Institutions,
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If the signers of the Tatum State College, went to the capital
petition against the liberal poli-ito
cies of the University expected
this institution to cower under
their attack, they completely for
got the courage and spirit dis
played in Chapel Hill under
similar fire. The struggle in
1925 against the Poole resolu
tion which reached the house
committee of the state legisla
ture clearly indicated the ex
tremes to which the University
will resort when its ranking as
an enlightened institution is
threatened.
Shortly after the notorious
Scopes evolution trial in Ten
nessee, Representative Poole, a
Hoke county editor, introduced
into the legislature of this state
a bill intent on prohibiting the
teaching of Darwinism in any
state school or college.
His argument for the bill
centered in the conviction that
state supported institutions
should not be allowed to teach
that "the Bible is a myth and
that Christianity is a supersti
tion." Mindful of the success that
the presecution of Scopes had
within Tennessee land of the de
rision showered upon the trial
throughout the nation, the pro
gressives of the state feared
that there would be enough
bigoted supporters of the bill to
effect its passage in the legisla
ture. Consequently, the students
and professors of the state uni
versities publicly attacked the
measure, and on February 10,
when the bill was to be dis
cussed, Dr. Harry W. Chase,
then president of the University,
and many members of the stu
dent bodies of both Carolina and
Dr. Ericson Explains Scandinavian
Custom Concerning Choice Of Name
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University Professor and Linguistic Expert Tells of Customs in
Sweden That Might Have Influenced Name of Axel
v Boethius, Recent Lecturer at University.
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An effort on the part of the
Swedish nation to, relieve the
confusion of names, caused by
the long-standing practice of
taking the father's name and af
fixing son to it, is cited as an
explanation of the name of Axel
Boethius, recent lecturer at the
University.
Dr. E. E. Ericson, of the Uni
versity English departrnent, be
lieves that some ancestor of the
archaeologist probably liked the
name of Boethius. the ancient
author of De Consolatione Philo-
I phia and so adopted the name.
Dr. Ericson is recognized as a
linguistic authority.
Referring to the old custom of
securing names in Sweden, Dr.
Ericson observed that John Nel
sons's son, Nels, would be known
as Nels Johnson, his son Axel in
turn would have the name, Axel
Nelson. Consequently there
might be a hundred Johnsons in
the same community and yet no
relationship.
Too JVfany Johnsons
"I well remember," he said,
"the difficulties of a sister of
mine in Newmans Grove, Ne
braska, who was supervisor of
a large telephone exchange. In
this community, for instance,
there were twenty-seven Eric
Johnsons, and, in that day, rural
subscribers calledfor telephone
About Poole Resolution Which
officially protest.
President Chase was the chief
spokesman for the opponents of
the bill. He decried, not so much
the attempt to prevent the teach
ing of Darwinism, but rather
the unconstitutional restricting
of teachers' freedom of expres
sion. Such a law, he stated,
would produce students unable
to reason for themselves. The
keynote of his address was pro
claiming that "the Constitution
of the United States guarantees
the freedom of speech and the
freedom of press and declares
that it shall not be abridged.
Shall we write into that article
'excepting school teachers'?"
The committee which was to
pass upon the bill was evenly
divided in opinion, Chairman H.
G. Connor, broke the deadlock
by casting the deciding vote
against the proposal, which then
became a dead issue as far as
legislation was concerned.
However, the narrow-minded
champions of the would-be sav
iour of the students turned upon
President Chase. It was charg
ed that he was an upholder of
the "sacreligious" theory of evo
lution and that, as a northerner,
he was meddling in affairs that
did not concern him. In answer
to such fanatical assertions,
Frank P. Graham, then profes
sor of history, wrote in The
Alumni Review a spirited de
fense of his president.
He refuted the sectional
charges by pointing out that al
though Chase was a northerner
by birth, the people of this state
had invited him to the Univer
sity to teach and had later elect
ed him its president. As for his
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parties by name. As a result,
the telephone exchange, the
banks, and newspaper offices had
the various Erics numbered or
otherwise designated: Eric
Johnson, Shell Creek; Eric John
son, St. Edward; Eric Johnson,
No. 18, and so forth."
This complexity which exists
on a large scale both in Sweden
and Scandinavian communities
in this country has been a source
of anxiety to the Swedish gov
ernment. Hence, it has en
deavored to alleviate the situa
tion by permitting the devising
and legalizing ) of distinctive
family names, a practice which
provides a wide range of
choice.
Soldiers Select Own Names
In the military service the
men are given special names for
the time being, such as Edberg,
Blomgren, and Sibblom. These
names may be legalized after
the bearers leave the army, if
they so desire. Dr. Ericson's
father's military name was
Charnquist.
However, the movement to
ward simplification has made lit
tile progress in the rural dis
tricts of Sweden or Iceland.
Here the patronymic is still
used and Stefan Einarson is not
thought of as a name but only
Stefan, son of Einar.
A. A. U. W. PLANS
BENEFIT SUPPER
Association of University Women to
Give Annual Bridge Supper Bene
fitting Their Loan Fund.
The Chapel Hill branch of the
American Association of Uni
versity Women will give its an
nual bridge supper at the home
of President and Mrs. Frank P.
Graham, Friday night, Novem
ber 11, at 7 :00 o'clock. Supper
followed by bridge will be a
feature of this year's program,
as in the past.
This annual affair is spon
sored by the association for the
purpose of raising money for its
local loan fund. Tickets are
$1.00 each, and reservations may
be made with Mrs. John Couch
or any member of the local or
ganization. Mrs. Harry F. Co
mer is in charge of the supper.
The local branch of the A. A.
U. W. maintains a loan fund for
the use of women graduate stu
dents in the University. .Each
year one hundred dollars, is add
ed to that fund with the idea of
eventually endowing it as a fel
lowship. To date all money
loaned has been returned in full
at the date of maturity.
PROCTOR BOOSTS
SOCIALIST PARTY
IN SPEECH HERE
Student Socialist Leader Attacks Cap
italism of Democratic and Re
publican Parties.
In the last of a series of po
litical speeches, Ben Proctor,
representing the Socialists on
the campus, attacked the plans
and policies of both the Demo
cratic and Republican parties as
he spoke before the freshman
assembly yesterday. At the same
time he presented the Socialist
views on certain topics of the
day. As an introduction he said
that the people were awakening
to the fact that the notion that
Socialism is a radical idea is
passing.
Continuing, he said, "The on
ly difference between the two
major parties is a few vote
catching devices. They are both
backing a system, a capitalistic
system."
In conclusion to liis address,
he outlined briefly the reforms
advocated by the Socialists.
Among these are an immediate
relief of the suffering, a clean up
of the slums, disarmament, and
production of manufactured
goods, not for profit, but for use.
Charles G. Rose, Jr., president
of the Di senate, presided over
the assembly.
Rotary Club Hears
Lecture By Dr. Bost
One of the most interesting
addresses Chapel Hill Rotarians
have listened to recently was
heard at the meeting this week
when Dr. Ralph W. Bost, of the
University chemistry depart
ment, gave an illustrated talk on
the many different uses that are
made of extracts from coal.
He also showed the hundreds
of different uses for dyes and
how the sales value of countless
articles are improved by dye
colorings.
He told of one firm that re
cently greatly increased the sales
of its pecans" by dyeing them a
nice bright color.
Phi Mu Alpha to Meet
The local chapter of Phi Mu
Alpha, national music frater
nity, will gather for an "import
ant meeting tomorrow night at
9:00 o'clock, it was announced
yesterday. "
STUMP FRANKLIN
TO LEAD FIGURE
AT HOMONIGHT
President of Second-Year Class
To Be Assisted by Four Lead
ers at Sophomore Dance.
President . Stump Franklin
with Miss Betty Smith cf Ashe
ville will lead the annual sopho
more hop tonight. All class of
ficers and members of the exec
utive committee as well as as
sistant dance leaders will be in
the figure. "
There are five assistant dance
leaders in the figure. Emmett
Joyner, with Miss Julia Mae
Watkins of Birmingham, Ala
bama, Edgar "Broadhurst, with
Miss Harriet Dubose of Colum
bia, S. C. ; Frank Wilson, with
Miss May Graves of Gainesville,
Florida, Erwin Laxton, with
Miss Elizabeth Adams of High
Point; and Gene Bagwell, with
Miss Elizabeth Park of Raleigh.
Executive Committee
Members of the executive
committee with their ladies are:
Henry Bridgers, with Miss Molly
Gregg of Laurinburg, N. C;
Chapin Litten, with Miss Edith
Latham of Greensboro; Garvin
May, with Miss Lucille Meach
am of Lexington; Abbott Dib
blee, with Miss Jayne Smoot of
Washington, D. C; C. K. Fau
cette, with Miss Frances Baynes
of Burlington; Foster Thorpe
with Miss Fay Logan; H. K.
Bennett, with Miss Mary Law
rence Baker of Asheville; Will
Sadler, with Miss Helene Will
ingham of Rocky Mount; Jim
Lothian, with Miss Margaret
Hoover of Hartsville, S. C, ;
Bob Blount, with Miss Winona
Pace of Pensacola, Florida;
Richard Somers, with Miss
Katherine Jamieson of Oxford;
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AUDIT DECLARES
FINANCIAL STATE
OF COUNTY GOOD
Bonded Debt Reduced $161,000
In Four Years According to
Auditor's Statement.
The decrease in the Orange
county net, debt on bonds for
loans due to the state has de
creased $161,000 in the pastf our
years, as shown by the official
audit of the county finances re
cently made public. -
Of this decrease $87,000 is in
the total bonded debt of the
county, $32,000 is due to an in
crease in the cash and securities
of the sinking fund, and $42,000
comes from a decrease in state
loans to schools. The decrease
is also due in part to the fact
that therelare now no temporary
loans outstanding, whereas four
years ago these amounted to
$77,000.
The audit was made by K. W.
Parham, of the firm of Goodno
and Parham, certified public ac
countants. Parham, in a letter
to the chairman of the board of
county commissioners, states
that he considers the financial
condition of Orange county ex
eptionally good, in view of exist
ing financial conditions.
The surplus in the county's
funds, which include, among
other items, salaries and road
funds, is $5,316 greater than it
was four years ago. A further
indication of the county's good
financial condition is made clear
by the fact that the tax rate has
dropped from $1.45 in 1928 to
80 cents in 1932.