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Wk WOMAN'S RECEPTION 9:00-11:00 P.M. SPENCER HALL r vf PEP MEETING 7:00 P. M. MEMORIAL HALL VOLUME XLI CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1932 NUMBER 52 RED CROSS WILL CLOSE CAMPAIGN TOMORROW NIGHT Nearly 500 New Members Ob tained and Over $600 Has Been Contributed. Will Sing At Duke With reports from Carrboro and the student body, still miss ing, Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt reports that nearly 500 new members' of the Red Cross have been secured in Chapel Hill. To tal contributions from towns people thus far have been in ex cess of $600. Colonel Pratt, who is at the head of the local organization, gave his report with a marked note of optimism. The regular campaign, begun on Armistice Bav, is slated to end tomorrow night. The goal of the organi zation is to secure 750 members and $1,000 in contributions. Large Returns Expected Gratifying returns are expect ed to come in from the student body. Irving Boyle, president of the interfraternity council, has charge of collections from fraternity men; Bill Medford, is at the head of the campaign in the different dormitories; and Elizabeth Moore has charge of the two. sororities and Spencer hall. Any students desiring to make contributions to the Red Cross coffers may communicate with the aforementioned. Colonel Pratt addressed the grammar school students of Carrboro yesterday on the Jun - ior Red Cross; and he is expect ing the fund to be considerably augmented from this source The remainder of Carrboro has not been heard from as yet, but the head of the local chapter re ports that unofficial returns show Carrboro with a large per centage of enrolled compared with the population of the village. f It- f" ' fr .. ! I - - v EFFORT TOWARD HOMOGENEITY IN THEATRE BEGUN Koch to Direct Spanning of Distance Between New York Theatre and Theatre Throughout Nation. GRAHAM FAVORS INTERCHANGE OF WORK WITH DUKE President Visualizes Great Education al Center by Cooperation Be tween Duke and Carolina. Pictured above is Doris Ken yon, famous motion picture act ress, who will present a return engagement program of songs and costumes, next Monday eve ning in Durham, as a part of the Duke University concert series. CINEMA STAR TO APPEAR ON DUKE CONCERT SERIES Doris Kenyon, Famous Actress, To Present Recital for Sec ond Time at Duke. ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES FORMED IN MANY TOWNS Fall Classes Organized by Ex tension Division With Thir teen Subjects Offered. Extension classes in adult education have been organized this fall quarter by the extension division of the University in twenty-seven communities of North Carolina, according to a report issued by R. M. Grum man, director. Ten instructors have been employed in the work, teaching 534 students in thirteen subjects. There have been ap proximately 900 course registra tions. This is slightly more than the total of last year. Regular Courses Taught All courses taught through the extension division are identical with courses given here in the University. The following sub jects have been administered: dancing and pageantry, health and physical education, elemen tary education the social sci ences, general science, teaching pupils how to study, ancient his tory, introductory course in school administration, Victorian literature, child study and de velopment, social policy and edu cation, guidance and administra tion of public school pupils, sight singing and ear training, public school music methods. Classes of extension work have been organized in twenty- seven communities. With the appearance of Doris Kenyon, famous motion picture star, in a program of songs and costumes, the Duke University concert series will get under Way Monday evening, November 28. Miss Kenyon won a tre mendous success at Duke last year and is making a return en gagement. ' Wednesday following her ap pearance here she will give a similar program at the Penn athletic club, in Philadelphia, which is presenting the identi cal series which is on the Duke schedule. .Miss Kenyon will have an entirely new group of songs and beautiful costumes gather ed from many parts of the world. Claibert and D'Arkor Those who ' heard Madame Clare Claibert, the beautifu Belgian coloratura soprana last season at Duke, will hear her again on Friday, December 16, in a program in which she will appear with Andre D'Arkor, leading tenor of the Brussels opera. Incidentally, Claibert and D' Arkor will come directly to Durham from New York. Anoth er direct-f rom-New York attrac tion in the Duke series will be the Gluck-Sandor Felicia Sorel ballet company, who are leav ing that city for the first time after more than 150 consecutive performances to give a program at Duke Friday, January 6. This company is regarded as the only true American ballet. Gluck Sandor is the teacher of the Earl Carroll "Vanities" dancers. . Other Attractions Lariat of the Duke . series groups will be the National Wo man's symphony orchestra, led by Ethel Leginska, conductor and soloist, which will play Tues day evening, January 24. There are nearly 100 pieces in the or chestra, and each player is of soloist ability. Gieseking, the celebrated German pianist, will be the last artist appearing in the series, Monday February 13. By many he is regarded as 'the world's greatest pianist actively engag ed in concert work, and, still young, is in his prime. More than 500 season tickets have been sold for the series and the sale of single tickets begins Monday. The National Theatre confer ence, as "a gesture in' the direc tion of wiping out that sense of distance and aloneness which adds so much to the difficulty of those working actively in the theatre away from New York," has chosen Professor Frederick H. Koch, director of the Caro lina Playmakers, as regional di rector of the southeastern division. Theatres in the southeastern division include those in North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Maryland and Virginia. The National Theatre conf er- ence is the outgrowth of a meet ing of the National Drama con ference last February, conducted under the auspices of the' Car negie foundation. , It was form ed as a co-operative membership organization purposing to "serve collectively the interests of the American theatre" and was "or ganized as a medium for the ex change of ideas and of collective service between the leading or ganized theatres of all kinds throughout the country. At; the assembly period yes terday President Graham ad dressed the freshmen and sopho mores in Memorial hall. He ex pressed an opinion that by the co-operation of the University of North Carolina and Duke University one .of the great spiritual and educational centers of the world might be establish ed in North Carolina. This might be accomplished by ex changing courses, professors, and material and books from the two best libraries in this section. He said that new society could be built by careful planning. "We, have," he said, "drifted in to this depression . because we have had no economic plan. Several of the larger New Eng land interests are even now carefully planning for the pro gress of New England and we must xuiiuw Liiciii. President Graham concluded by saying that we were ;the gen eration to build a fairer, greater and more progressive world, and urged that we plan our courses so we would be able to take our part in the affairs of the world. Betsey Farrar Will Read At Bull's Head Miss Betsey Farrar will read from The Golden Tales of Ana tole France at the Bull's Head this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Readings were a regular feature of the old Bull's Head when the shop was located in Murphey hall. They were started again this year during the summer ses sion, and proved so enjoyable that they have been continued throughout the fall. Miss Farrar j who is spending the winter in Chapel Hill with her family, is a former Play- maker. Since her appearance on the boards here she has been in the cast of several New York productions including, The Lady With the Lamp, Sophocles' Elec tra with Blanche Yurka, and has been a member of the staff of the Neighborhood playhouse. RESEARCH WORK TO BE CONTINUED BY TEXTILE BODY University Selected by Textile" Foundation for Research in Disposal of Wastes. ORGANIZATION TO INSTRUCT NEWLY CHOSEN OFFICERS Government Institute Will Ar range Conferences Between Old and New Officials. Executives' Photos Pictures of the Executive Committee Of Sophomore Class Will Be Taken This Morning. Last Pep Meeting Students Planning to Go to Charlottes ville Are Asked to Meet Tonight For Final Instructions. The executive committees of the sophomore and junior class es are requested to meet in roosi 214 of Graham Memorial this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in or der that a group picture of each committee may be taken for the Yackety Yack. The following committeemen will be in the picture : J. D. Win slow, Garwin May, Foster Thorpe, Chapin Litten, C. R. Faucette. Will Sadler. H. K. Bennett, C. S. Mcintosh, Rich ard Somers, Abbott Dibblee, Jim Lothian, Bob Blount, H. C. Bridgers, Reed Devane, and Sta- ley Pattishal, of the sophomore committee ; and L. P. Tyree, Cor nelius Bretsch, John Leak, John Barrow, Nat Townsend, Ed Mi chaels, Tom Broughton, Bernard Solomon, Julian Frankel, Brodie Nalle, Stokes y. Adderton, Paul Hiller, Ike . Minor, and Jack Hammer, of the junior class. Those to be in the picture are asked to wear dark suits. There will be an important pep meeting in Memorial hall to night at7 : 00 o'clock, in prepar ation for the Virginia game. Day coach transportation for all who wish to make the, trip to Charlottesville has been ar ranged, and the cheer leaders have expressed the desire that at least 150 students take ad vantage of this opportunity to help the school at Charlottes ville. Those who wish to make the trip are asked to be present at this meeting for last minute in structions. The price for the round trip is $3.77. SENIOR CLASS INVITATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THANKSGIVING SERVICES PLANNED BY Y. M. C. A. The second annual Thanksgiv ing service of the campus Young Men's Christian Association will occur tomorrow morningat 7:15 o'clock in Kenan stadium. Reverend Ronald Tamblyn of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church will address the group. Another feature of the gather ing will be several renditions by the "Y" quartet. At last year's observance of the day,'R. B. House, executive secretary of the University, was the speaker. v TAR HEEL WILL SUSPEND WORK DURING HOLIDAYS Following its usual custom, The Daily Tar Heel will sus pend publication for Thanksgiv ing vacation with tomorrow's issue. Work will be resumed Monday and the first issue after the holi days will appear Tuesday. AH city editors, desk men and re porters will come to the office Monday for assignments. Headed by Percy Idol as chair man, the senior class invitation committee announced yesterday by A. S. Cate, president of the senior class, is composed of Dan Kelly and Wilmer Hines. The committee will meet to arrange for the printing of invitations for commencement next spring. Two types will be made, one leather-bound and one cardboard-bound for the seniors to send out to their guests for the graduation exercises. The first meeting of the com mittee is scheduled tonight at 6 :45 o'clock in Graham .Memorial. Presidents of over a score of groups of county governmental officers in North Carolina join ed together last week in one of the most unique public state ments in the history of this state. ! Realizing that a third or more of the newly elected officials in North Carolina will go into of fice December 5 to deal with problems with which they have had little previous experience, heads of the twenty-one units of the recently organized Institute of Government have decided to arrange several conferences to instruct the incoming leaders. Conferences Arranged Joint conferences between all incoming and outgoing officers prior to the induction of new of ficials; joint conferences be tween city aldermen, county m m m m m commissioners, ana state legis lators prior to the convening of the General Assembly; and joint meetings of public officers and private citizens in the 100 coun ties Monday evening, December 5, to launch a far-reaching pro gram of popular governmental education in connection with the first public installation of loca officials ever held in North Caro lina, in the presence of the rank and file of the people who elect ed them, are the three activities proposed by the Institute. A petition to this effect has been signed by all of the leaders of the. various governmental groups in the Institute, includ ing Kemp P. Battle of Rocky Mount, president of the state bar association, and A. H. Gra ham of Hillsboro, Lieutenant Governor elect of North Carolina. The University was selected by the Textile Foundation of Washington, the trade organiza tion of the entire textile industry of the country, last Thursday for special research on the dis posal and recovery of wastes re sulting from the manufacture of various textile goods, according to H. Gjj. Baity, dean of the engi neering school, who is directing the research. The arrangement which has been made with the Textile Foundation includes the institu- tion of a fellowship which has been awarded to M. S. Campbell, who received his master's de gree in sanitary engineering here last year. The arrange ment authorizes the establish ment of experimental plants in this state to study the matter, and it is this phase of work which is now being carried on. The University, as its part of the agreement, contributes its facil ities and the direction of the .re search, which will be done by Dean Baity and Professor H N. Jenks. Professor Thorndike Sa- ville, who left . the University last year, was also largely in- strumental in arranging the . matter. Pocoaroli Wnrt .itwowu. vil f, uin . The research work will be a continuation of a study which has been carried on here for the past four years. The work al ready accomplished includes the study of wastes themselves and amounts resulting from various processes. More recently the study has been confined to the methods of treatment of wastes to- render them safe for dis- (Continued on last page) Bowling Alleys Are Now Open for Student Patronage The new bowling alleys in Gra ham Memorial will be unofficial ly opened today. The price will be ten cents for each person in a game. This will include nine boxes with three balls for each person a box and the playing off of strikes anti, spares made in the ninth box. The new alleys are sixty feet long and highly varnished, and the pins have rubber cushions around them to prevent them from being knocked very high in the air and endangering the pin boys. THREE UNIVERSITY DELEGATES WILL AHENDESSIONS Annual Meeting of National Students Federation Set for Christmas Holidays. KING VIDOR STUDYING IN LIBRARY AT DUKE King Vidor, the celebrated motion picture director, played hookey to see the Carolina-Duke lootball contest last Saturdav when he took time out for his research to see the game, Vidor has taken a room in the Duke student Union and is mak ing that his temporary head quarters, although he is visiting Lawrence Stallings, prominent author, at his home in Reidsville. The director is spending a great deal of time in the Duke library searching out facts and data for use in a new picture he is directing. The eighth annual congress of the National Student Federation will be conducted- in New Or leans, at Tulane University from December 28 through December 31. Approximately three hun dred student body presidents will be in attendance. Haywood Weeks, president of the University student body, will represent the men students there; Mary Frances Parker, president of the Women's Asso ciation, will represent the co-eds. Mayne Albright, southern dis trict representative of the fed eration, will also attend the con gress. Many Activities Represented Experts in the field of student government, student publica tions, honor systems, and ath letics will lead discussion groups, and each representative will be given an opportunity to bring up any perplexing problems of his administration. Speakers of national promin ence will address the plenary sessions where the representa tives will be allowed to express themselves, on affairs of nation wide and international import ance. The headquarters for the congress will be the Hotel Roose velt in New Orleans. .