SENIOR SMOKER
9:00 P.M. .
SWAIN HALL
GEORGIA DEBATE
7:30 P.M.
GERHARD HALL
VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, THURSDAY, NOVE3DBER 10, 1932
NUMBER 42
J ORMER HEAD OF
WAKE FOREST TO
TALK TOMORROW
poteat to Deliver Main Address
In Armistice Day Program
Announced by Booker.
UNIVERSITY DEBATERS
MEET GEORGIA'TONIGHT
MANY UNIVERSITY
ALUMNI ELECTED
TO STATE POSTS
Landslide Sweeps Ehringhaus Into
-Governor's Position and Elects
Graham Lieutenant-Governor.
The full program for the Ar
mistice Day exercises which will
take place tomorrow morning
from 1(X:15 to 11:15 in Memoriall
hall, was announced yesterday
by Dr. J. M. Booker, head of the
faculty committee for the exer
cises. The exercises will begin
promptly at 10:15 o'clock. In
order that everyone who wishes
to attend may arrive at Memo
rial hall in time, the 9:30 classes
-will be dismissed at 10:08
o'clock. The usual freshman as
sembly period will be suspended,
and there , is no compulsion to
anyone to attend. The commit
tee feels that this is not neces
sary because from past experi
ence Chapel Hill audiences know
that Dr. Poteat, president emen
tus of Wake Forest College, who
will " be the principal speaker, is
one of the best orators who has
ever appeared here.
Will Make Roll Call of Dead
The program will begin with
the invocation by the Reverend
Ronald T. Tamblyn. This will
be followed by one verse of the
national anthem played on the
organ by Walter Patterson. The
"University roll call of World
War dead and the Legion roll
call of World War dead will ap
pear on the, printed program.
After the playing of the nation
al anthem, George Lawrence
will blow ."Taps." This will be
followed by the main part of the
exercises, the. oration by Dr.
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The University debate group
will meet the University of
Georgia in Gerrard hall tonight
at 7 :30 o'clock. The subject will
be, Resolved : That the American
Legion be condemned. Vermont Many Prominent alumni of the
Royster and B. C. Proctor win University of North Carolina
represent the University taking were the choice of North Caro
the affirmative side of the debate. lina voters in Tuesday's Demo
The debate will consist of two cratic sweep of the state. J. C.
twelve minute speeches and one B Ehringhaus, of the class of
six minute rebuttal for each side. iyui was elected governor ot
In the debate last vear Don the state of North Carolina, and
Seawell and Johnnv Wilkinson A- H- Graham, a member of the
won a decision over Georgia de- class of 1912' was elected lieu-
bating the negative side of the tenant-governor. J. r. bteoman
question "That Roosevelt is the
best candidate for president."
LUTHER HODGES
NAMED CHAIRMAN
FOR COMMITTEE
Leaksville Man Will Head Group to
Suggest Officers of Alumni
Association.
INITIAL SENIOR SMOKER
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT
an alumnus from the class of
1916, was victorious in the race
for state "treasurer, and A. T.
Allen, of the class of 1897, was
accorded the popular majority
DR. PIERSON SENT
AS DELEGATE TO
1YTFFTT1MP TAJ TflWA lor tne Psltlon ot superintend
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Association of American Universities liam A. Graham, of the class of
v ill Convene at University of 1901. was elected commissioner
Iowa for Annual Meeting. nf n(yrivit1irp A T, FlpfpTi-
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Dean W. W. Pierson of the er a sxuaent oi law m tne uniT
graduate school will represent versity m yu4-uo, was cnosen
the University of North Caro- commissioner of labor. I he of
lina today at the 34th annual fice of corporation commissioner
meetim? of the Association of was filled Stanley Wmborne,
American Universities. Dele- of the class of 1907, and the new
gates will convene in Iowa City, insurance commissioner of the
Tnwa at. a tlirpp-riav spssinn as state will be Daniel L. tfoney, OI
cruests of the Universitv of the class of 1923-
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Iowa. Dean Pierson left last Robert K. Keynoias, oi tne
Satnrdav in order to attend a class of 1906 was elected to the
nre.-convention meeting of the United States senate f rom North
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rwmmitpp nn sifipstimi nf Carolina, iveynoicis is tne nrsu
rnllPO-PR and universities, the (Continued on page three)
business of which committee is
Luther H. Hodges of Leaks
ville was named yesterday by
Kemp B. Lewis, president of the
University's Alumni association,
as chairman of a committee to
recommend candidates for of
fleers of the association for 1933
to the Alumni General Assem
bly, annual business meeting of
the association, which will con
vene in Chapel Hill, December
9.
Henry M. London, Raleigh,
and Francis O. Clarkson, Char
lotte, were other members of the
committee.
Officers to be elected for the
new year includes the president,
two vice-presidents, and an
alumni representative on the
University athletic council. Two
candidates for each of these of
fices will be nominated at the
December 9 meeting, election to
be determined by a mail ballot
among members of the Univer
sity alumni organization.
Present incumbents of the of
fices to be filled in addition to
Lewis are R. G.. Stockton, Win
ston-Salem, and Hugh Dortch
Goldsboro, vice-presidents ; and
Dr. Foy Roberson, Durham, one
of three alumni representatives
of the athletic council.
ness oi wmcn comimute is jw nmj 1 ITATTO
of the most important func- ill MtllAlll VUllio
UNFAVORABLY ON
RULING OF DOAK
one
tions of the convention.
The University of North Caro
lina was admitted into the asso
ciation in 1922. At present, the
organization consists of the
twenty-nine outstanding univer- Literary Society Inducts Four-
sities of the United States and
is generally considered the fore
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teen New Members at Meet
ing Tuesday Night.
Council Advocates First Change
In Local Honor System Since 1921
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Proposed Change in Student Government Would Enlarge Number
Of Students Directly Connected With Student Discipline,
While Continuing Present Group as Higher Tribunal.
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The resolution of the student
council which was placed before
the Union Forum last night call
ing for the organization of in
dividual class honor committees
will mark the first major change
in the form of student govern
ment since 1921. This movement
has been contemplated by cam
pus leaders for some time, but
it was not until their meeting
Monday night that the idea took
definite shape in the form of a
resolution.
The ratification of this bill by
the student body will be the
fourth decisive steprto be taken
in the gradual growth of stu
dent government in the political
life of the University campus.
When the doors of the Univer
sity opened in 1795, the trustees
had drawn up a set of by-laws
which denied the student body
any right to govern themselves
or regulate their own conduct
as members of the University
community.
Di and Phi Regulated Conduct
Soon after the University re
opened following the Civil War,
the Di and Phi societies petition
ed the faculty for control of all
matters of student discipline.
Membership at that time was
compulsory for all students, and
expulsion from the societies
meant dismissed from the Uni
versity. In 1876 President
Battle endorsed the petition, and
the societies immediately assum
ed the responsibility of enforc
ing the University's rules of
The first meeting of the sen
ior class of the University is
scheduled for 9:00 o clock to
night in Swain hall. The affair
will be in the form of a smoker
for all members of the class.
Though officials of the class
would not give the name of the
speaker last night, they prom
ised a very popular University
orator for the event. Arrange
ments have been made for re
freshments and for a short pro
gram of entertainment. All
members of the class are expect
ed to attend as several impor
tant matters concerning the
class will be brought up.
PRESENTATION BY
STATE SYMPHONY
TO BE GIVEN HERE
Fercy uramzer Will Participate m
Concert and Lamar Stringfield
Will Act as Conductor.
CONFERENCE OF
COLLEGES MEETS
TODAY AT NOON
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Twelfth Annual Convention of
North Carolina Colleges
" Convenes in Durham.
SEGREGATION OF
FROSH DISCUSSED
BYPHIASSEMBLY
Literary Society Decides Against
Republican Method of Tar
iff Arrangement.
The North Carolina Symphony
society will officially open its
fall and winter season with con
certs in Durham December 1 and
Chapel Hill December 2, accord
ing to an announcement made
yesterday by Felix A. Grisette,
secretary and treasurer of the
society. A third concert in the
first series for Greensboro on
December 3 is pending.
The Durham concert, which
will be given in the junior high
school auditorium, is being spon
sored by the Durham Charity
League. The Chapel Hill con
cert will be one of the series of
artistic attractions which is
sponsored each year by the Stu
dent Entertainment Committee
Stringfield Is Conductor
gentlemanly conduct.
After 1890, due to the growth
of the student body, membership
in the societies ceased to be com
pulsory and the honor system
was controlled by the societies
and the undergraduate classes
together. During the closing
years of the century, there ex
isted no formal organization of
a central governing body.- Then,
in 1904, under President ' Ven-
able, the first student council
was formed with the president
of the senior class as chairman.
Office of President Created
The form of government gain
ed each' year in prestige and
jurisdiction, retaining its basic
principles oi organize nun unm
1921 when the last significant
change took place. In that year
the chairmanship of the student
council was taken away from
the president of the senior class
and given to a newly created of
ficer, the president of the stu
dent body, elected by the whole
campus.
The year 1926 saw a division
of powers of student govern
ment, though not a major-change
in the fundamental form ot tne
organization, when the class
presidents yielded their seats on
the council to specially elected
representatives serving as coun
cilmen.
The handling of cases of stu
dent discipline has since that
time remained in the hands of
the council. The present resolu-
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Fourteen new members were
formally initiated, into the Di
alectic senate at its weekly meet
ing held Tuesday night.
A report of the committee on
the Mary D. Wright debate was
given by Chairman Eddleman.
Try-outs will take place Tues-1
day, November 22. The com
mittee deemed it wise to have
these trials before the holidays
in order to allow the chosen de
baters ample time to revise and
perfect their addresses.
Only one bill was discussed by
the senate due to the initiation
ceremonies. The bill, "Resolved :
That the Di senate go on record
asyfavoring the ruling of Secre
tary of Labor Doak prohibiting
foreign students in the country
from working in vacation or
part-time during the regular
scholastic vear" was enthusiast
ically debated, but was defeated
by a close vote. Senator .Mc
Michael acted as critic in the
absence of Senator McKee.
Those new members who were
inducted are Phil Hammer,
David Scott, James Keel, Wyatt
Armfield, Bill Weaver, E. R
Ottinerer. J. S. Gentry, Albert
MacMillan, Thomas Crowell, Eu
gene Brooks, Paul McKee,
George Fountain, Chase Idol,
and Irwin Coffield.
The twelfth annual North
Carolina college conference meets
today and tomorrow at ths
Washington Duke hotel in Dur
ham. Dean N.W.. Walker of
the school of education, secre
tary of the conference this year,
announced the program for the
two days yesterday.
The central theme of the con
ference is "A More Effective Use
of Objective Data in the Solu
tion of Current Problems of
Higher Education." The con
ference convenes at 12:00 o'clock
with a meeting of the executive
committee, followed by a meet
of the North Carolina Regis--trars
association at 2 :00 o'clock.
Dean Walker will present his
report as secretary-treasurer at
3:00 o'clock. A discussion by
Dr. M. C. S. Noble, Jr., of the
N. C. state department of edu
cation; and E. C. Hunter, of the
University bureau of education
al research, will follow this re
port. Dr. Charles E. Brewer of
Meredith College, president of
he conference, will speak at 8:00
o'clock.
Other Speakers
Other speakers will be Clyde
A. Erwin, president of the North
Carolina education association;
Dr. A. T. Allen, state superin
tendent of public . instruction ;
and Dr. A. Monroe Stowe of Randolph-Macon
Woman's College.
After the election of officers to-
The regular weekly meeting of
the Phi assembly last Tuesday
night featured a very thorough
discussion on the bill favor
ing freshmen segregation. The
freshmen representatives were
well prepared on the subject and
good arguments were presented
on both sides. Although the ma
jority of the arguments were
against the issue, when the ac
tual vote was taken the house
was deadlocked.
The next bill that was brought
up for discussion at the session
was, Resolved : That the Phi as
sembly "go on record as favoring
city-county consolidation where
it is possible in North Carolina.
After a short discussion by the
entire assembly this bill was
placed on the table indefinitely.
The third and final bill that
was discussed read as follows,
Resolved : That the low tariff ad
vocated by the Democrats is a
better policy for the United
States than a high protective
tariff as exemplified by the
Smoot-Hawlev bill which is
sponsored by the Republicans
This bill was passed by the as
sembly with few dissenting votes
At its meeting next week the
Phi will discuss the recent pro
posal made to the student body
by the student council.
DEAN W. C. JACKSON TO
TALK AT CHATHAM HALL
Dean W. C. Jackson of the
school of public administration
has accepted an invitation ten
dered by Reverend Edmond J.
Lee, rector of the school, to ad
dress the students of Chatham
Hall. Chatham Hall, a girls' de
nominational school and' junior
college, is in Chatham,-Virginia.
His subject will be "Racial Re
lations in the United States."
It has been -announced that
entirely different programs will morrow morning, the conference
be. played, thus making it pos-lwill adjourn at 12:00 o clock.
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Voting In Chapel Hill Shows
Various Amusing Incidents
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Absentee Voters Forgetting to Sign Names, Naive Remark by
Small Boy, Woman Wishing to Pay for Voting Privi
leges Furnish Humor for Officials.
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"Daddy, why's that old fool, year in Chapel Hill. The total
JUNIOR SMOKER WILL
TAKE PLACE NEXT WTEEK
According to plans made at a
meeting of the junior elass exec
utive committee Monday eve
ning, the class will give a smok
er Thursday, November 17, at
9 : 00 p. m. in Swain hall.
The committee is making an
attempt to secure coaches Wade
of Duke and Collins of Carolina
as principal speakers for the
smoker.
running m (jnapel rlili, any
way?" one "small boy asked his
Democratic father at the village
poll Tuesday when he was told
that Hoover was suffering de
feat in North Carolina by an im
mense plurality. -
The young man's ignorance
of political affairs is almost par
alleled by the failure of at least
two prominent absent citizens to
remember the rules of absentee
voting. One, a former registrar
here, forgot to sign his name to
his absentee ballot. The ballot
was tnrown out oy tne cnai
lengers. Another incident oc
curred to L. C. Owens, known
locally as "Judge," who is now
a prohibition operator for th
department of justice out of this
state. When Owens applied by
mail for registration last month,
he was denied. He applied
again, and, after a wrangle be
cause of his failure to vote any
where in 1928, his ballot was
sent to him.
Roosevelt Loses Vote
During his Chapel Hill resi
dence he was a Staunch Demo
crat. Accordingly, when his
vote was entered Tuesday, it
was promptly challenged by a
Republican who discovered that
Owens; after all his many dif
ficulties proving his right to
vote, had failed to sign his bal
lot. The cast-out vote was ex
amined, and lo ! it contained a
straight Republican ticket.
Very few negroes voted this
negro vote, states L. J. Phipps,
chairman of the Young Demo
crats, was not more than eight
or a dozen. The oldest regis
tered negro this year was again
old T5reen McDade, who has
passed all of eighty-six years.
So far as is known, McBride
Fleming-Jones, Republican by
admission, is the only student
voter who was challenged dur
ing challenge period last week;
Fleming-Jones, a law student,
this year claims .residence, in
Chapel Hill. He was permitted
toJ vote after proving residence
for the required time.
WTouId Pay to Vote
One story tells of an elderly
lady who, ignorant of the regis
tration laws, did not have her
name registered upon the voter's
books. Discovering that she
would be unprivileged to cast
her ballot for Franklin D. Roose
velt, she gave way to a terrible
weeping in the polling rooms.
"I'd give five dollars to vote for
our Roosevelt," she wailed ex
travagantly. It was noted by the poll hold
ers that a large number of fac
ulty members were unregistered.
This however is accountable by
the fact that many of the faculty
have recently been out of the
state or country. It is possible
that some voters who are regis
tered failed to vote thinking
that their names had been re
moved from the books during
their absence.
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