STUDIO PRODUCTIONS
4:00 AND 8:00
PLAYMAKERS THEATRE
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VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1932
NUMBER 67
vORATORIO CHORUS
8:30 P,M. '
HILL MUSIC HALL
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INITIAL ISSUE OF
NEW PUBLICATION
TO BE RELEASED
Magazine Edited by Carr for State
Federation of Students Leaves
" Press Tomorrow.
CABMTS SELECT
REPRESENTATIVES
TO ATLANTA MEET
Poole, Parker, Hutchison, McKee,
McMillan, and Minor Attend
Student-Faculty Meet.
Jack Poole and Jesse Parker
were elected Monday night by
the sophomore cabinet and the
freshman friendship council, re
spectively, to represent those
groups at the first annual faculty-student
conference to take
place in Atlanta, December 28
31. The two will attend the con
vention along with four other
members from the Y. M. C. A.,
L. L. Hutchison, Bill McKee, Roy
McMillan, and Ike Minor.
Bradshaw Speaks v
Dean F. F. 5 Bradshaw ad
dressed the freshman group
Monday night on the subject of
character and leadership. Brad
shaw began his speech with a
general interrogation of the
members on "What Is Leader
ship?", and after receiving sev- University Orchestra Will Per-
NOMINATED TO HEAD UNIVERSITY
The first number of a new
monthly magazine to issue from
Chapel Hill is expected to leave
the press tomorrow. The periodi
cal is The Student Journal, of
ficial organ of the North Caro
lina Federation of Students,
edited by Claiborn Carr.
Carr's appointment to the
chief editorial position by Presi
dent Weeks was ratified by the
executive committee. His staff
of editors annointed to aid in as-1
similating articles of prominent
students in the state , are Ver
mont Royster, Carl Thompson
and Donoh Hanks. All are ex
perienced Tar Heel writers.
SYMPHONY GROUP
GIVES PLANS FOR
INITIAL PROGRAM
eral definitions, proceeded to
elaborate the chief requisites
and characteristics of being a
leader. . :
He told the council that a lead
form Four Major Works
In Symphonic Field.
m
Claude Freeman.
ORATORIOSOCIETY
TO GIVE CONCERT
Making its first appearance on
the campus this year Sunday af-
er was not just by his campus ternoon at 4:00 o'clock in the
-positions but by his efforts and Hill Music hall, the University
accomplishments in his particu- Symphony orchestra will per
lar field. He urged the fresh- form four major works from the
men to begin their college train- symphonic 'field.
ing early in personal develop- The program will open with
ment of the characteristics of the Egmont Overture by Bee-
Jeadership. . thoven, .which portrays the ex-
Other Cabinets Meet ; - perience of the people's hero, 1
Business meetings for the Egmont, m nis lite ot areammg
sophomore and junior-senior cab- and reverie which brings him to
inets consisted of transaction of his doom. Dr. Leopold ..Dam
regular business and further rosch, father of the New York
preparation for the Atlanta con- Symphony orchestra, once said
ference. Ed Martin presided at that Beethoven rose to heights
the session of the former group of vivid . description in the Eg-
the absence of President mont Overture.
In commemoration of the
Christmas' season, Tschaikow-
sky's Nutcracker Suite is to be
played. his represents the
grotesque experiences of Christ
mas dolls, who suddenly, under
Local OrnWinn Will Present U magic spell, come to life and
Choral Work Entitled "When dance, mere is one exception
The Christ Child Came." in the suite, ;the JJanse Kujje
Trepak, m wmcn TscnaiKowsKy
The Chapel Hill Oratorio so- Uses the rhythms and 'cadences
ciety will present its first con- nf the Russian Cossack horse-
cert of the year tonight at 8 :30 men.
o'clock ill the Hill Music hall tTia third number of theWo-
with Harold S. Dyer directing. gram will be the' Spanish Co-
j-iic vmci wiuiai wuxjv tu uc price oi KimsKy-JtursaKou, a
rendered will be When the vrifi of four related musical
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Christ Child Came, a composi- theme's. The concert will be con
tion by Joseph Clokey, modern ciuded with the performance of
American composer, from the Siegfried Jdylle, by Richard
poem by Laura Spencer Porter. Wagner. This number, written
The chorus will also sing two for an(j dedicated to his son, con
European Christmas carols, The tains twelve of the principal
Sleep of the Child Jesus by Gev- themes taken from the Ring of
aert and Christmas Day by Ue mbelung, Wagner's operatic
Hoist. To conclude the program, masterpiece.
tne audience will join the chorus
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COMMITTEE WILL.
OFFER PROGRAM
OF HINDU DANCES
Entertainment Group Will Present
Uday Shan-Kar With Dancers
And SInsicians.
The next presentation billed
by the student entertainment
committee will offer a complete
program of Hindu dances and
music. The event, scheduled for
January 11 in Memorial hall,
will be. the appearance of Uday
Shan-Kar and his dancers and
musicians.
This group of artists from
East India present their versions
of the seductive nautch dances
and the religious, cosmic, and al
legorical dances of the Orient.
The company is composed of
eight male and female dancers
and eight musicians. The latter
play 120 instruments.
DUKE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT NAMED
FORSCHOLARSHIP
rour souinerners selected as
Winners of Rhodes Awards
For Oxford Study.
Dr. Louis Round Wilson (shown above), formerly librarian here
and now dean of the graduate library school at the University of
Chicago, was unanimously recommended for the vice-presidency
of the Greater University of Noi ih Carolina by the trustees' com
mittee to make the recommendation for a successor of President
Frank P. Graham as head of the University here.
Dr. Wilson was also nominated as director of the libraries and
library school of the Greater University. Should he be elected by
the full board and accept, Dr. Wilson would assume
July 1, 1933. ,
Student Opinion Generally Holds
Against Semester System Adoption
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Of Students Interviewed Only One Believes That Semester System
Would Allow Concentrated Study; While Favorites of Pres
ent System Affirm Their Faith With Various Reasons.
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SENIORS TO USE
SURPLUS TO AID
NEEDYSTUDENTS
Student Loan Fund Gets More
Than Five Hundred Dol
lars From Class.
m smginir Hark! The Heraia
Angels Sinq by Mendelssohn
Silent Niaht. bv Haydn, and O
Come, All Ye Faithful by Read
ing.
Issue Tomorrow To
Be Last Of Quarter
Tomorrow's issue of The
fatt v tat? WVP.T, will be the last
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Soloists for the concert published
be Dr. Robert T. Clark, Jr., of befQre holidays; ,
the Duke University faculty,
TUI ' nnnnvonA IVltVl the
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tenor; Dr. G. A. Harrer, wnAf5i. f susnending
Mrs. R. H. Wettach. contralto; r r. rL.
t ,.Tr;v. ROJpuDiicaxion twu
xYxIs. u. j. ivi.acxvxx , , oiinw statt mem-
SLtS er, more time to devote to the
HIT -w-T' Tf fQll I vJ
-u, mrs. u c. Macwn, publication
Reynolds, and Beverly R. Thur- "P l-on the
yn. -rrrinio- will ciiua vix n-
W trS- &- I Professor tests; but, with the first exam
be at the piano and Professor . , SatUrday this
IIliiLlUIi XCtxlliife
it was deemed ' wise to
"Everybody knows the semes
ter is lousy. The quarter Sys
tem is the best. That's why girls'
schools are so damned monot
onous. In the quarter system you
change courses, change profes
sors, change everything. The
semester is terrible."
This candid statement from a
co-ed who has attended two
girls' schools is highly indicat
ive of the general campus senti
ment regarding the recent pro
posal requiring the University
to abandon its present quarter
system in favor of the more con
vention semester plan.
General View Presented
A cross section of the attitude
toward the question was secured
by selecting at random members
from the various schools and de
partments of the University. In
almost every case the answer
was an explosive upholding of
the current plan and a damning
denunciation of the change
which would divide the school
year into two equal parts. The
opinions secured were .for the
most part the result of an ap
preciable amount of thought on
the topic, but were in no case
prepared statements.
In addition to the feminine
point of view, already "cited, the
following remarks were the
spontaneous response to casual
questioning as to the advisabil
ityof changing from the quarter
to the semester system.
A sophomore, holding a high
office in his class replied: "I
think of the two, the quarter
system is the best. I like to take
Nelson 0. Kennedy at the organ.
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5V& Itafc ceas; publication for the quarter up so much, get it-quicklv and
1 men uc unuugu Willi lb. J-iic
hallTnrXisMon -11 be "'Tl
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with the issue of January 4.
d ' r Publication will be resumed .semesters are too long drawn
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out and broken up by vacations.
It's such a good feeling to go
home holidays and not have any
work to worry about."
Advantages of Quarter System
One of the political leaders of
the campus, a senior, said: "I
am entirely in favor of the quar
ter system. In the first place
I don't favor the stretch-out
system, and in the second place
I believe in studying a few sub
jects and acquiring and inten
sive knowledge of them in as
short a time as possible. An
other thing, if a person is forced
to drop out of school for a time,
not so much credit can be lost
under the quarter system you
see what I mean."
A prominent figure on the
campus and a leader in many ac
tivities stated: "I think, per
sonally, that the quarter system
is much better than the semester
because it gives one a chance to
complete courses of work before
holiday .periods, leaving the
mind free before returning.
There is not so much overwork
because of more direct contact
with studies, classes daily, and
no strain in preparing for ex
ams. Under the "semester sys
tem one returns from holidays
about a month before exams it
takes him two weeks to get back
to work and two weeks to review
for exams. A whole month is
almost completely lost in this
way." -
A transfer from another
school which employed the sem
ester system says he prefers the
quarter system principally be
cause "taking a subject every
day for two quarters is the equi
valent of taking it three times
a week for two semesters. Un
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Four students of southern
universities were recognized by
the southeastern regional com
mittee for Rhoades scholarships
to Oxford University.
These four men selected from
a choice group of twenty stu
dents from six states represent-
hi diitipl"1 Tennessee, the Carolinas,
Virginia, Georgia, and Florida,
were: Merrimon Cunninggim,
of Duke University, elected as
North Carolina's choice; Fen
ton A. Gentry, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., and John Page Williams,
of Richmond, both students at
the University of Virginia; and
William A. McRae, of Jackson
ville, student of the University
of Florida.
Two candidates from each of
the six states were examined by
the committee, and the selection
was finally completed after a
lengthy conference on the part
of the committee in Atlanta.
The winners of scholarships
to Oxford were chosen by a
group composed of: Clark How
ell, business manager of the At
lanta Constitution; E. W. Moise,
! prominent Atlanta attorney ;
Carroll A. Wilson, New York
lawyer; Judge J. Lyles Glenn,
of the U. S. federal courts, of
Chester, S. C. ; and Dean W. C.
Davison, of Duke University,
Durham, N. C.
All of these men will receive,
besides this opportunity for
work in Europe, 400 pounds
sterling as a stipend to cover the
expenses of their courses.
Cunninggim, is a graduate
student at Duke University, hav
ing studied previously at Vand
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Setting a precedent for tAe
history of the University, tke
senior class, through its execut
ive committee, decided last Fri
day to give the entire surplus in
the class treasury to the student
loan fund, . managed for the
benefit of University students
by University authorities. This
announcement was made yester
day by A. S. Cate, president of
the senior class.
The sum which totals more
than five hundred dollars is
given with two stipulations at
tached to it. Should the class of
'33 have a deficit, it will retain
the right of drawing on the gift
to the extent of its deficit.
The other stipulation provides
that at the close of the year the
sum will be used to form a class
of 1933 scholarship for the bene
fit of future students who may
have need of financial support
during the course of their work
here at the University.
This decision .was reached by
the senior class executive com
mittee after a number of fac
tors had been taken into con
sideration. The student loan
fund is practically continually
in need of funds in order to
carry out its work, and it is only
by means of drives that it can
continue to perform its service
to the student body. Another
factor considered by the class
committee" was tmrt the surplus,
while it remained in the custody
of the class, did not aid directly
anybody connected with the Uni
versity, whereas now the Uni
versity may draw revenue from
the sum.
LIBRARY EXHIBITS
OLD PUBLICATIONS
Editions of Campus Publications
Shown With English and
American Periodicals.
Playmakers Plan For
Twelfth Night Revels
The Carolina Playmakers are
making, plans for their tradi
tional annual Twelfth Night Re
vels, on January 7. All Play
makers, old and new, are invited
to submit stunts for the program
either to members of the Play
maker staff, or to Marion Ta
tum, chairman of the Twelfth
Night committee.
The Twelfth Night "Revels is
an informal celebration for all
former and present Playmakers.
The program, as usual, will be
divided into two halves, the first
being acted by the faculty, and
the second half being done by
students. '
Three new. exhibits have re
cently been placed in the lobby
of the University library, of
early campus publications, early
American periodicals, and early
English books. Cards giving a
brief history of each copy give
the necessary explanations.
In the collection of old Uni
versity publications, is found an
1891 copy of the Chapel HiUian,
the antecedent of The Daily
Tar Heel first published in
1893 ; a 1919 Tar Baby which
was the first humorous publica
tion and was succeeded , by the
Carolina Boll Weevil in 1922 and
in turn by the Buccaneer in
iyz4. mere is likewise a copy
of the Carolina Magazine, the
oldest permanent publication in .
Chapel Hill. Although it was
discontinued several times, it
has always resumed and is now
a supplement to The Daily Tar
Heel. Copies are also exhibited
of the Hellenian, which was pub
lished from 1890 to 1900 and
was the v forerunner of the
Yackety Yack. '
Other copies in this collection
include: The, Harbinger, which
was a weekly published in 1893
by the University faculty, whose
object was "to diffuse literary
information' with the correct
taste to impress the importance
of popular and academic educa
tion;" the Carolina Journal of
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attend.