FRESHMAN EXECUTIVE
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STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT
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VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932
NUMBER 61
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GRANVILLE WILL
INTERPRET MANY
FMIOUSPERSONS
'Dramatic Interludes" Will Be
6iven on Student Entertain
ment Program Tonight.
DAVILA WILL ADDRESS
INTERNOTIONAL GROUP
V. L. Granville, distinguished
actor of the legitimate stage,
-will appear here tonight at 8 : 30
o'clock in Memorial hall under
the auspices of the Student En
tertainment Committee. Gran
ville's program will consist of a
costume recital entitled "Dra
matic Interludes" which will be
a representation, in costume and
make-up, of the principal dra
matic personnages of all time.
He will present his interpreta
tion of such immortal charac
ters as Job, Nero, Lady Wish
fort, Andre, Asano, and , many
others equally renowned.
Granville will bring with him
his own st?r manager. Im
personations in wide variety fol
low eaeh other in quick presen
tations. Granville has drawn
considerable praise from drama
tic critics in papers all over the
nation. He elicited the follow
ing praise from the Philadelphia
Forum : "It was by far the most
remarkable performance of its
kind that we have ever seen ; to
be able to create the illusion of
so many and so different charac
ters not only requires talent but
genius." . .
His Program
j In the first part of the his pro
gram he will give these charac
ters which are listed with the
; plays from which they are
oVawn: the Narrator and Job,
from The Book of Job; Strepsi
ades, from The Clouds, by Aris
tophanes; Pernet, the archer,
from The Free Archer of Baig
nollet, by Francois Villon ; Ham-
K. C. Frazer, faculty advisor
of the International Relations
: club, stated yesterday that all
members of the club are urged
and invited to attend the series
of lectures to be given by Dr.
Charles D. Davila. The lecture
program is announced in this
issue of the Daily Tar Heel.
SPEAKERS CHOSEN
TO PARTICIPATE
IN IRISH DEBATE
Carolina Will Meet the Univer
sity of Dublin in Forensic
Battle on Nationalism.
; In the try-outs, last Monday
night, for the debate with the
Irish debaters of the University
COMTTEE WILL
MAKE STUDY OF
SEMESTCR PLAN
Dean Hobbs Heads Body Chosen
To Report Findings on
Proposed Change.
-Appointment of a new faculty
committee to study a switch
from the present quarter system
to a semester arrangement of
me acaaemic year was : an
nounced yesterday by President
Frank P. Graham. ; -
This committee will study the
problem and make a report on
their findings. Considerable
comment has been aroused in re
gard to the feasibility of such a
switch,, and now definite action
is being taken to make a thor
ough study of the proposition.
Dr. A. W. Hobbs, dean of the
a o rr i college of liberal arts, heads the
A. S. Kanlan were selected to ... . .
represent the University. The
subiect. which is "Resolved:
That nationalism is a
peace and, or progress,"
debated-Thursday evening, De
cember 15, in Gerrard hall.
Those trying-out for the de
bate were Don Seawell, Bill Ed
dleman, John Wilkinson, and A.
S. Kaplan. The selection of Wil
kinson and Kaplan was made by
Professors W. A. Olsen,' E. J,
Woodhcuse, and G. M. McKie,
faculty representatives on the
debate council.
Wilkinson holds the Mary D.
Wright medal for debating and
committee. Other members are
as follows: D. D. Carroll, dean
h-. t of the school of commerce; J. M.
ii ha Bell, dean of the school of ap-
pnea science, is. vy. waiKer,
acting dean of the school of edu
cation; H. G. Baity, dean of the
school of engineering; J. G.
Beard, dean of the school of
pharmacy; W. W. Pierson, dean
of the graduate school; G. R.
Coff man, head of the English
department; W. M. Dey, head
of the romance languages de
partment; J. W. Lasley, of
the mathematics department;
George Howe, of the classics de-
DR. HENDERSON IS
MOVED BY ACTION
TOWARD EINSTEIN
Local Professor Resents Action
Of United States Consulate
Against His Friend.
L. M. BROOKS SPEAKS
TOY. M. C. A. CABINET
L. M. Brooks of the sociojogy
department addressed the senior
cabinet of the Y. M. C. A. at the
meeting Monday night. Brooks'
address concerned problems and
conditions of the southern negro.
A short discussion followed the
speech. L. L. Hutchinson led
the program.
PROVED ORATORS
AMONG THOSE IN
LEGIONCONTEST
Past Winner of Legion Contest
And Wright Medal Speaker
Among Contestants.
DAVILA'S CAREER
VERY COLORFUL
AND INTERESTING
Former President of Chile Who
Speaks Here Tonight Suc
cessful Revolutionist.
Dr. Archibald Henderson yes
terday expressed deep regret
about the treatment of Albert
Einstein, his personal friend, by
an official of the American Con
sulate in Berlin. Einstein had
gone to the consulate to obtain
a visa for his passport and was
asked several questions concern
ing his political beliefs. Upon
insinuation that he was a com
munist and an anarchist, Ein
stein became angry and proposed
to call off his visit to America.
Dr. Henderson said that such
an international figure as Ein
stein should -be free from the
technicalities of Ellis Island,
and should not be bothered with
politics; he should be entirely in
dependent of petty regulations
and politics when he was doing
so much to stimulate the young
people and investigators to make
their contributions to knowl
edge. Henderson added that it was
undoubtedly a technicality that
was hard for him to understand
and believe, but the action taken
by the American official is Very
humiliating to every citizen'wt i
desires that the United States - The final contest, when rep
take a leading part in the in- resentatives of all the colleges in
the Bingham debate medal. He " W- C poker of v the tellectual affairs of the world.
ur. jtienaerson concluded oy
saying, "I am T extremely regret-
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Members of the team chosen the University; and F. F. Brad-j and I hope that it will be cleared
Dublin are James J. Auchmuty,
Carlos G. Davila, who was
first president of the Student -Federation
in Chile, will speak
to University students in Ger
rard hall tonight and tomorrow
night on problems of relations
'between the United States and
South American countries. He
will discuss the Monroe Doctrine
and economic problems. Further,
each afternoon he will lead in
formal round table discussions
at 4:00 o'clock in Bingham hall,
which will be open to all inter
ested students.
Tonight the subject of Da
vila's talk in Gerrard hall at
8 :00 o'clock will be 'The Monroe
Doctrine." Tomorrow he will
speak on "Economic Relations
Between American States." Fri
day night he will address stu
dents on the subject: "Cultural
Reciprocity Between the Ameri-
can Peoples." , ,
frpthe informal round table
meetings each afternoon he will
lead . a discussion of South
American trade problems,' in
vestments, and currency. : Da
vila is at present a visiting pro
fessor at Columbia University
and is. a past president of the
Republic of Chile.
the state will meet, will be con- At chanel neriod Fridav
ducted in Raleigh in the Need- morning,- Dr. Davila will speak
ham Broughton "high school on "Student Life In Chile," a
Nine contestants have entered
the try-outs for the choice of a
speaker to represent the Uni
versity in the fifth annual state
oratorical contest sponsored by
the American Legion.
Although the date has not
been announced definitely, it is
probable that the choice will be
made Wednesday, December 14,
at 3:00 o'clock in Gerrard hall.
Two of the contestants .have
already distinguished themselves
in public speaking at the Uni
versity L. H. Fountain, winner
of the Mary D. Wright memo
rial medal this year, and E. E.
Griffin, winner of the state Le
gion contest last year.
scholar, moderator, and bachelor
of arts, of Longford, Ireland;
and Garrett E. Gill, B.A., L.L.B.,
let, from Hamlet; Prince of Den- barrister-at-law, of the city of
Group Chooses Universities On
Excellence In Graduate School
-o-
Tnark by Shakespeare ; Lady
(Continued on page two)
PLAYMAKERSRILL
FOUR NEW PLAYS
FOR PRESENTATION
Second Public Productions of
Year to Be Offered by Play
makers This Week.
Dublin.
The Irish debaters are tour
ing America and are debating
with some of the leading uni
versities and colleges of the
American Association of Universities, of Which University
Member, Awards Membership Only to Schools of
Highest Scholastic Achievement.
o
Is
The American Association of
TTniTTAvoifi ra ir AvnfoniTO "l-i rir
country; and according to re- v;r Y r
; ; f n which the University became a
member in 1922, is the Phi Beta
Kappa of universities on this
continent. Admittance to this
Four new plays, Creek Swamp
Nigger, Davy Crockett, Four on
a Heath, and Stumbling in
Dreams, written by students in
Professor F. H. Koch's English
playwriting courses, will be pre
sented Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights of this week as
the second public production of j
the Carolina Playmakers': for
this season., ;!
The first of the plays, Creek
Swamp Nigger, by Harry W.
Coble, is taken from a ballad of
the low coast negroes in Geor
gia. The ballad was originated
when a Georgia negro, called
"Bo-Cat," took his wife to the
deep waters of Hell Gate, mur
dered her and threw her body
into the water. The play is
built around the same theme,
with the scene laid in the Pee
Dee section of South Carolina.
Play About Crockett
The second nroduction revives
the character of Davy. Crockett
adventurer, statesman, candi
date for the presidency of the
United States, and martyr of the
Alamo who has become little
more than an obscure legend.
The author of the play, Jphn
Philip Milhous, is native to that
ports "Irish wit" is expected to
play a part in the debate. -The
foreign debaters . will
TVinrorloir inrh in PVlFCnpl
,iV j -n i j select group of twenty-nine edu-
f ' . . , . . iv cational institutions is the goal
n rill (X y luguv uoww . . . .1
George Washington University of every progressive university.
From the program of the asso
ciation, it is clear that when
scholastic institutions rate each
by the National Student Federa- . ... . ,
. - A . weigh heaviest m consideration.
at Washington.
This series of Irishdebates in
America, this fall, is' sponsored
While the undergraduate work
tion of America.
7" VT fT -r1 Tdebate universities is an important
one foreign debate. The debate . raa .
last year was with Oxford. This
11 r 1 j a t It A- J-T TTni
is tne nrst time xnat me - Ad
versity has debated the Univer
sity of Dublin. .
GEOLOGY MUSEUM TO
OPEN NEXT QUARTER
feature, in the eyes of the asso
ciation it is the graduate school
standard that gives the truest
index to the calibre of the indi
vidual school.
University Prominent in Society
During the ten years which
it has held membership in this
The geology department plans society, the University ha3
to open a geological, museum to served in the capacity of vice-
the public next quarter in New president, president, and on the
East building. ; executive committee, and is, at
The material for exhibition present, on the committee on
will not be completely arranged Ue classification of universities
within the vear. but collections and . colleges in America. The
will be added froiy time to time apex 0f its activity in the organ
and loan exhibits of special m- ization was reached last Novem-
terest will be 'shown for short ker when the annual convention
periods during the year. was held in Chapel Hill in con
junction with the inauguration
of President Frank Graham.
At this time Dean W. Whatley
Pierson of the University grad
afternoon at o:uu uate scnooi, permanent delegate
206 VenabJe ior tne to tne association, detmed us
"Its purpose
Applicants to Meet
Applicants for the medical ap
tifnrlft test will meet Dr. J. N
Bell this
o'clock in
mimose of discussion the nature work by stating
of previous examinations of the of ten leads the association to the
-- . , . vears. rnuay, um- consmerauon 01 tne wnoie range
part ot the country lZ ber 9, at 3:00 o'clock is the time of educational problems; since,
in Crockett's time the lennessee & examination. . if the graduate school depends
(Continued on page twoj ,
for good students on the col
lege, just by the same token, the
college depends on an efficient
secondary school system.
"Every educational division
must rely on the graduate
school for trained teachers and
for research which quickens and
expands knowledge. The grad
uate school, therefore, becomes
at once the foundation and exist
ence of the educational system.
The organization merely sug
gests educational reforms and is
in no wise coercive It also classi
fies the complex . institutions
composed of graduate, prof es
sionalj and technical schools, and
ranks the leading schools which
give adequate . preparation for
graduate work.1 Basing their
selection for membership on the
general excellence of the whole
complex institution, the associ
ation first nominates and then
elects a school by a three-quarter
vote. Upon being elected, a uni
versity appoints as many dele
gates as it wishes, but in the
association it acts as a unit and
holds, office as such.
Conducts Social Research
Aside from its interest in or
ganized educational activities,
the organization is concerned
with research in governmental
and social problems, in industry,
agriculture, and business. It re
gards T this research into the
basic foundations of American
civilization as the only scientific
method of progress.
The thirty-third meeting, at
Chapel Hill last fall, featured the
speeches, "Opportunities for De
(Continued 'on page two) .
building, January 20, 1933.
Annual Contest
The contest is sponsored an
nually by the American Legion
for the promotion of patriotism
and Americanism in North Caro
lina. The subject on which the
contestants will speak, not long
er than fifteen minutes, accord
ing to the rules laid down by the
Legion, this year is "Public Edu
cation in North Carolina Its
Past and Its Future." '
Four prizes are offered to win
ners of the state contest: a gold
medal and seventy-five dollars
to the best speaker, fifty dollars
to the second best speaker, twenty-five
dollars to the third, and
fifteen dollars for the fourth. x
Dr. George McKie of the Eng
lish department and of the fac
ulty committee on debating, is in
charge of the preliminary con
test which will be conducted here
at the University.
FRESHMAN EXECUTIVE
BODY MEETS TONIGHT
subject with which his. broad ex
perience as first president of the
Chilean Student Federation
makes him well informed.: ;
During the presidency of Ib
anez he served as an ambassador
to the United States and was
able to come into direct contact
with the working of the Monroe
(Continued on page two)
The freshman executive com
mittee will conduct its first
meeting of the year tonight in
room 215 Graham Memorial, at
8:00 o'clock. Frank Rogers,
president of the freshman class,
will preside.
Following is a list of the stu
dents appointed to the commit
tee: Butler French, chairman;
Russell Mickle, Jesse Parker,
Harry Montgomery, David Mc
Ilhenny, William Hobgood, W, J.
Moore, James McCachren, M. A.
Britt, Thomas Hood, Mortimer
Ellisberg, William Coan, How
ard Hoyt, William Yandell, Don-
PHILLIPS RUSSELL
TO GIVE COURSE IN
CREATIVEWRITING
University Is One of Few Col
leges in Country Main taihirig
Creative Writing Class.
Dr. George R. Coff man, head
of the English department, an
nounced yesterday that those
students desiring to take the
course in creative writing (Eng
lish 53) under Phillips Russell
during the winter quarter should
arrange for interviews ; with
Professor Russell at once, as the
class is necessarily limited in
numbers. The course is restrict
ed to juniors and seniors.
. . English 53, to be given in
the winter quarter, deals with
creative and experimental writ
ing alone, and no text-books are
required. Experimental writing
is done in all fields of composi
tion, ranging from verse' to fic
tion,1 and not excluding plain
prose composition. ' "
The University of North Caro
lina is one of a few colleges or
universities in the "country
which maintains a class in cre
ative writing. v
Dr. A. C. Howell, of the Eng-
will repeat
English 52 during the winter
quarter. English 52 is an ad
vanced course in expository
writing, open to juniors and
i seniors, and sopnomores who
aid Jerman, John Michner, Ar
thur Simkovitz, Simson Parker, fiish department,
John WaiKer, gecu rendelton,
Pitt Hudson, W. A. Florance,
Walter Gregg, Thomas Evins,
William Wolcott, Joseph Shull,
Jack Tolson, Alex Hanes, Henry
de Vane. Jack Dunn, Carl du
.nee, xiimp Y j courses ior tne second year.
Clare, Dave Mosier, and winiamjEnglish 52 js limited to twenty
McCallum. . , (Continued on last page)
i have completed the two reauired