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GRAHAM MEMORIAL
VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1933
NUMBER 69
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DRAMATIC GROUP
TO HAVE ANNUAL
CONVENTION HERE
Meeting Saturday Scheduled by
Carolina Dramatic Association
In Playmakers Theatre.
The annual meeting of dra
matic directors and teachers by
the Carolina Dramatic Associa
tion will meet at 10:30 o'clock
in the Playmakers theatre here
Saturday. Any one interested in -
dramatic work of any kind is i
cordially invited to attend . this
meeting.
A varied program has been ar
ranged including informal talks
on theatre work by Dr. Meno
Spann of the German depart
ment of the "University and by
Professor Frederick H. Koch, di
rector of the Carolina Playmak
ers. Open discussions with
leaders will be conducted on
playwriting, scenery, and light
ing, business management, high
school dramatics, and Little
Theatre organization.
A Shakespearean skit by High
Point high school students, an
original play by the students of
Durham high school, a one-act
play by the Playlikers of the Wo
man's College at Greensboro; a
skit by students of R. J. Reyn
olds high school at Winston-Salem,
and some numbers of folk
music by "Mammy" Jones, of
Carey, and the Carolina Salon
orchestra under the direction of
Lamar Stringfield are included
on the program.
At the business session tour
nament fees, 'the Spring Festi
val, and other items of interest
"will be discussed. All guests are
invited to an informal tea in the
Green Room of the theatre at
the close of the program. Guests
are also extended a cordial invi
tation to attend the Playmakers
Twelfth Night Revel that eve
ning. BLAZE DESTROYS
IOCALTMMENT
Tire Department Saves Sur
rounding Property After
Getting Call Late.
At 3:50 o'clock yesterday
morning the Chapel Hill fire de
partment was aroused to attend
a fire on Graham avenue. The
alarm having been turned in
late, the department arrived on
the scene two or three minutes
after the first call and found the
roof on the point of caving in.
The house, a negro tenement
owned by Arthur Kirkland, was
practically demolished by the
Waze which had got under way
to such an extent that the re
sources of the fighters did not
have any appreciable effect. The
department saved the buildings
adjacent to the burning struc
ture, which would inevitably
have burned had not precautions
been taken.
The department which con
sists of eighteen volunteers and
two regularly employed men had
an unusual turnout yesterday
morning of from ten to twelve
men. No estimate of the damage
has been yet determined nor has
the cause or the origin' of the
fire been ascertained. Ah inves
tigation will be instituted imme
diately under the direction of "the
fire department.
No Chapel Today
There will be no chapel today,
according to an announcement
from Dean Bradshaw's office.
ENGINEERS WILL
ISSUE MAGAZINE
DURING QUARTER
"Carolina Engineer" Will Be Financed
By Small Assessment From
Engineering Students.
The official magazine of the
engineering school, the Carolina
Engineer, will be off the press
the middle of this quarter. This
magazine is the continuation of
a magazine that was published
here several years ago under the
same name, and which presented
articles written by
engineering
students and instructors. .
The staff at present consists
of George Gorham, editor-in-
chief; Fisher Black, business
manager, and three associate ed
itors from the mechanical, civil,
and chemical divisions of the
school. The associate editor from
the electrical division will be
elected at their next meeting,
January 12.
The magazine will be financed
by a small assessment from each
student in the school of engineer
ing, and this fee was collected at
the registration period.
FOUR DELEGATES
FROM UNIVERSITY
ATTENDMEETING
Carolina Sends Group to South
ern Faculty-Student Con
ference in Atlanta.
Thirty-three delegates from
North Carolina representing the
University, the Woman's Col
lege, State College, Duke Uni
versity, E. C. T. C, N. C. Col
lege for Negroes, Johnson- C.
Smith University, and other
schools attended the Southern
Faculty-Student Conference in
Atlanta December 28-31. Bill
MeKee; L. L. Hutchison, Roy
McMillan, Claude Freeman, and
Jesse Parker made up the dele
gation from the Chapel Hill di
vision of the University. About
250 delegates from colleges and
I universities throughout the
southern states were present.
Conference Interracial
The conference was inter
racial, and many eminent negro
educators were included in the
program, which featured the
theme: "Responsibilities of the
forces of religion in building th
south of tomorrow." Among
these were JDr. Mordecai John
son, president of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C ; B. E.
May, graduate student at the
University of Chicago; Miss
Jane Sad ver. of the JNationai
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Interracial Council; 'and Dr
Howard Thurman, also of How
ard University. Dr. W. A.
Smart, of the faculty of Emory
University, and other Emory
professors also made addresses
to the conference.
On Friday night the North
Carolina delegation assembled
together at a banquet and had
a get-together meeting under
the leadership of Bill McKee, of
the local delegation, and Miss A,
V. Poe. of the Woman's College
Several student leaders of the
south were present.
RE-ADMISSIONS GROUP TO
MEET THIS AFTERNOON
The re-admissions committee
will meet in 203 South building
with Dean A. W. Hobbs this at
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All up
perclassmen who passed onlyone
course 'during the fall quarter
.hat.ion for the winter
quarter-and are required to pass
three courses in oraer to remain
in the University. ,
Twelve Major Events Stand Out
In University Life Of Past Year
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Review of Happenings on Campus During 1932 Reveal That Ashby
Penn Shooting Received More Publicity in State and
Local Papers Than Any Other Event at Hill.
By Don Shoemaker
With the tumultous year of
1932 relegated to the pages of
history in the appropriately de
risive manner but a few short
days back, twelve events of sin
gular importance loom in The
Daily Tar Heel files, from the
winter, spring, and fall quar
ters. There was little sensation
alism in the news of the campus,
so our events of import are those
which have influenced in some
manner the history of the Uni
versity and the life of the stu
dent body and faculty members.
Events included in this list are
relevant to numerous fields of
student endeavor, to the Univer
sity administration, and to the
various activities on the athletic
field and floor. It, is, of course,
impossible to include in this list
all of the outstanding victories
and defeats experienced by Uni
versity athletic teams during
the year, since the diverse pro
gram of the C. A.' A. ' includes
dozens of sport clashes of a
spectacular nature.
Summary of Events
In summary, the twelve ma
jor news events of , 1932 are:
University Student Loan Fund
drive, dedication of Graham Me
morial building, the death of
Professor J. C. Bynum, Carolina
runner-up in the S. I. C. basket
ball tournament, the University
victory in the S. I. C. indoor
games, the Ashby Penn shooting,
election of Haywood Weeks as
president of the student body,
he frequent faculty salary cuts,
he inauguration of the North
Carolina state symphony, the
election of Frank Porter Gra
ham to head the Greater Univer-
John Lang Fostered Formation
Of State-Wide Student Group
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North Carolina Federation of
Student to Better the Relations Existing Between
Students at Schools in State.
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Announcement of a newj
monthly magazine to issue from
Chapel Hill as the official publi
cation of the North Carolina
Federation of Students has fo
cused student attention on the
organization which is respon
sible for the new paper.
The North Carolina Federa
tion of Students, better known
by its initials as the N. C. F S.,
like its official publication, was
born in Chapel Hill. John Lang,
who graduated from the Univer
sity in 1930, is properly "the fa
ther of the federation," and is
responsible for its local found
ing.
Started in 1929
In the fall of 1929, when Lang
was a senior here, he conceived
the idea of forming a federation
of North Carolina student
bodies, with the particular aim
of bettering hitherto , unfriendly
relations between Carolina and
Duke University. A national
student federation was already
in operation, a conference of
which Ray Farris, president of
the student body at Carolina, at
tended at Stanford University
at Palo Alto, California. In
spired by Farris' account of the
worKings oi tne national or
ganization, Lang voluntarily as
sumed the responsibility of real-
fixing his idea.
A year later as nresident of
the Phi society, Lang brought
sity of North Carolina, Duke's
football victory over the Univer
sity, and the selection of Louis
Round Wilson as vice-president
of the Chapel Hill branch of the
Greater University' of 'North
Carolina.
Other events, while not of such
importance as those above, can
not be excluded. Several are:
the student vote for an Audit
Board, Bryan Grant's second an
nual sweep of the state intercol
legiate tennis tournament and
the second national champion
ship won by the University ten
nis squad last spring, the resig
nation of Head Librarian L. R.
Wilson to go to the University
of Chicago, the eleven Golden
Fleece selections, the capture of
the twelfth successive state track
crown by the University squad,
and the suicides of two Univer
sity students. .
Sensational Penn Case
The Penn shooting was the
most sensational news event of
the year, according to the space
afforded the case in local and
state newspapers. Penn, then a
University junior, was shot by
one of four bandits at the cul
mination of an automobile chase
on the Graham road the night of
March 31, after his automobile
had been commandeered by a lo
cal police officer. After a long
fight for his life, Penn finally re
covered and his assailant was la
ter apprehended.
The selection of "Dr. Graham
to head the newly consolidated
Greater University was prob
ably the outstanding academic
event of the year. The consoli
dation plans and the election of
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Students Organized by Carolina
the two literary societies of the
campus together and invited lit
erary societies from Duke and
the student councils of both
schools to attend the meeting.
Two memorable resolutions were
discussed and adopted. The first
was for betterfng intercollegiate
relations. The second was : "Be
it resolved, that this body en
dorse and support the effort to
found a student federation in
this state."
Previously, in February of the
same year,' President Farris had
invited the student officials of
Duke University to meet with
those of Carolina at a banquet
which took place at the Carolina
Inn February 17. This "love
feast," as students of both
schools called the meeting, was
the basic step in the movement
toward federation, although its
primary purpose was to better
Carolina-Duke relations. To this
original end the now well-known
Duke-Carolina friendship foot
ball trophy was conceived and
established. At the same time
plans called for a convention of
representatives of all senior col
leges in North Carolina. ;
Sixteen Schools Represented
At the meeting May 10, 1930,
the North Carolina Federation
of Students was founded. Dele
gates from sixteen colleges "and
universities in the state were
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BERT LOWN WILL,
PLAY FOR CLASS
DANCES IN SPRING
Lown Selected Over Ted Weems
"Final Choice of Orchestra for
Junior-Senior Dances.
m
The combined committees of
the junior and senior classes un
der the leadership of Bill McKee
havedefinitely made the selec
tion of Bert Lown and his or
chestra to play at the junior-senior
dances scheduled for May
12 and 13.
Prior to the Christmas holi-
aays, consideration oi various;
orchestras had been narrowed
down to Lown and Ted Weems.
Lown is famous for his playing
at the Biltmore Hotel in New
York for his numerous engage
ments at debutante dances.
The series of dances next
spring will be comprised of the
junior prom, Friday night from
9:00 until 1:00 o'clock, the ju
nior-senior tea dance Saturday
afternoon from 4:00 until 6:00
o'clock, and the final dance of the
group, the senior ball, scheduled
from 9 :00 o'clock until midnight.
FACULTY IS GIVEN
FIFTEEN PERCENT
CUT INSALARIES
Administration Has Attempted
To Reduce Other Expenses
Rather Than Salaries.
University professors, mem
bers of the administration, and
others serving the University
have received a further cut of
fifteen percent in their salaries.
This cut comes as an addition to
the previous cuts of ten arid
twenty per cent and is the re
sult of a thirty percent cut ef
fecting all state departments and
institutions.
The first cut of ten percent
went into effect at the beginning
of the present fiscal, year, July
1, to meet the requirements of a
law enacted by the past session
of the state legislature. The
state budget bureau made the
second cut of thirty percent in
the expenditures of all state
bodies and institutions. Accord
ing to .the bureau it was neces
sary to cut the appropriations of
the University along with those
of other state institutions in or
der to balance the budget.
C. T. Woollen, business man
ager of the University, and
members of the University ad
ministration have attempted to
apply the last cut, put into effect
by the North Carolina budget bu
reau, in as far as was possible to
other items of the University
expenses rather than to the sal
aries. However it was
found
impossible to apply this entire
cut to thie library, equipment,
supplies, and other miscellane
ous expenses alone. These ex
penditures having been reduced
to a minimum it was found nec
essary to further cut the salaries
of those connected with the Uni
versity.
ALUMNI HAVE MEETINGS
DURING HOLIDAY SEASON
The University alumni in the
state met in Gastonia, Ruther
fordton, and Lenoir during the
Christmas holidays.
President Frank P. Graham
addressed a meeting of the civic
clubs of Rutherfordton Decem
ber 22. Following this meeting,
the alumni who had been invited
held an adjourned meeting at
which they reorganized their
association. R. E. Price
elected president..
was
LANG PICMD TO
HEAD NATIONAL
STUDENT GROUP
Alumnus of Class of '30 Chosen
Over Orville Mohler, All
Am eri can Quarterback.
John A. Lang, '30, was elect
ed president of the National
Student Federation of America
in the final session of the tenth
congress of the body, which
closed at Tulane December 31,
after a five-day convention in
New Orleans. Elizabeth Read,
president of the Vassar student
body, was named vice-president ;
and C. Girard Davidson, presi
dent of the Tulane University
student body, was named secre
tary-treasurer. Washington, D.
C, was selected as the next
meeting place over the bids of
Tulsa, Okla., and Wichita, Kan
sas. Weeks Chosen Officer
Haywood Weeks, president of
the student body of the Univer
sity was elected chairman of the
Southeastern district by the del
egates of the states in the South
eastern district. , He will also
serve as an ex-officio member of
the executive committee of the
federation by virtue of his chair
manship, Mayne Albright, Southeastern
district representative at this
congress, was chairman of the
discussion group on "Interna
tional Relations." Mary Fran
ces Parker represented the wo
men students of the University
at the congress.
Lang Prominent in Group
Lang's opponent for the office
of president was Orville Mohler,
all-American quarterback and
president of the University of
Southern California's student
body. His position will be Lang's
third office, having served as
treasurer and executive commit-
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DAILY PAPER WILL
REORGANIZE STAFF
Daily Tar Heel Seeks New Ma
' terial to Bolster Working
Efficiency of Staff. ;
Three divisions of the editor
ial staff of the Daily Tar Heel
will meet this afternoon for the
purpose of reorganizing for
work during the winter quarter.
Persons who wish to try out for
the staff are asked to report at
the offices of the paper in Gra
ham Memorial this afternoon.
The editorial board will meet
in Graham Memorial at 2 :30
o'clock while the city editors'
'conference has been set for 3 :00.
Reporters and students desiring
to try out for the staff will gath
er at 3:30 o'clock.
Several openings on the staff
have developed recently and
these positions will be filled with
candidates who will try out this
afternoon.
Meritorious service in these
positions will lead, after three
quarters' work, to the receipt of
charms as recognition of work
in what is considered one of the
leading campus activities.
In addition, the journalism de
partment of the University of
fers course credits to students
who do excellent work with the
paper. ,."... -
Yackety Yack Notice
Work on the Yackety Yack
will not be resumed until Mon
day, January 8. Members of
j'the" staff are not expected to re
port this week.