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DR. H. W. LAIDLER
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VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1933
NUMBER SS
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BR. H. W. LAIDLER
PRESENTS FORM
LECTURETONIGHT
Economist to Speak on '"Trends
In Labor and Industrial
Organization."
Scholar, author, and economic
expert, Dr. Harry, Laidler, who
is to appear on the third pro
gram of the Open Forum Discus
sion series here tonight, is ex
pected to prove the most out
standing of the series of distin
guished lecturers brought here
during the winter quarter.
Tonight's subject is "Trends
in Labor and Industrial Organ
ization." After, the lecture,
which is scheduled to begin at
8:00 o'clock in Gerrard hall, a
discussion from the floor is plan
ned. Alton Lawrence will pre
side over the meeting and a fa
culty member will conduct the
discussion.
Noted Economist
Author of more than a dozen
volumes dealing with labor and
industrial questions, Laidler is
recognized as one of the fore
most economists in the country
today. He was designated as
such when he was placed among
the seven economists who fore
told the crash of the 1928 bull
market. His findings and analy-
Co-operative Book
Shop Favored By Di
The passage of a bill, Re
solved: That the Di senate go on
record as favoring the establish
ment of a co-operative book mar
ket to replace the present Book
Exchange, featured Tuesday's
meeting of the Di senate.
Another bill, Resolved: That
the inter-ally war debts be can
celled, was defeated by vote of
15. to 3.
The Phi assembly was invited
to attend a joint meeting of the
two University literary societies
the first Tuesday in February.
An acceptance by the Phi was
received. This will be the first
joint meeting this year.
Other important business in
cluded the vote in favor of re
laying the action of the Di re
garding the state appropriations
conflict to the General Assembly.
Play readers' Club Acquaints Group
With Famous Dramatic Productions
Formed in 1931 by Members of Faculty and Townspeople, Organiza
tion Has Grown Until Eighty Members Are Now Enrolled;
"The Last of Mrs. Cheney" Recently Presented.
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DATE NAMED FOR
UNIVERSITY PLEA
AGAINST SLASHES
President Graham to Present
Case at Hearing Before Com
mittee February 1.
The postponed hearing of the
University representative by the
joint appropriations committee
n-F fho rtpTiprfll ArkptyiKIv will
sis prior to this time and since L, wAS,w Fphrn-
have been recognized as authori-1 wy - v11w ftf ,A
tative. His History of Socialist whkll by the 1931
inmgni is now useu extensive J consolidation includes State Col-
as a college text dook ana nas . , M r!arnl:T1a rjnl-
leen called "the best single
source of information in the
"English language." A list of his
published works indicates the
dynamic interest in the America
of today and tomorrow and the
untiring labor and mental discip
line which Dr. Laidler possesses.
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PLAYMAKERS TO
PRESENT THREE
PLAYS ON TOUR
Group Will Leave This Morning resent.
On Three-Day Trip Through
Eastern Part of State.
lege for Women, was to be pre
sented" last Tuesday, but a con
flict with the meeting of the Uni
versity board of trustees made
the postponement necessary.
Dr. Frank P. Graham will
speak for the Chapel Hill unit of
the University, and sum up the
cases for the entire consolida
tion. Appearing with Dr. Gra
ham before the body will be Dr.
J. I. Foust and Dr. E. C. Brooks,
heads respectively of the Greens
boro and Raleigh units of the
Greater University. They will
speak for the divisions they rep-
Of the many organizations on
the campus, there is one, com
paratively new, which is prob
ably unknown to the greater
number of students at the Uni
versity. The Playreaders' Club,
which was organized in the fall
of 1931, is not a student organ
ization, nor is its membership
optional.
The club was formed by a few
members of the faculty and a
number of the townspeople of
Chapel Hill for the purpose of
giving its members an oppor
tunity to become acquainted with
some of the more famous drama
tic productions of the past and
present. It was expected to meet
monthly in the homes of the va
rious members, and, for this rea
son, membership had to be limit
ed to a convenient number.
Spread of Interest
However, as interest in the as
sociation's activities spread, in
creasing numbers desired to
join. It was then found that a
larger meeting place was neces
sary. When the club was offered
the Parish house of the Episco
pal church for its meetings, it
was possible to accept new mem
bers. At this time the member
ship increased to eighty.
The alt airs oi the club are
regulated by a system of com
mittees, appointed by the execu
tive committe which is elected by.
the organization. These various
groups select the play which is
to be read, cast it, arrange for
refreshments, and attend to the
numerous other details.
The plays are not produced on
Leaving this morning at 11 :00
o'clock on their first tour in two
years, the Carolina Playmakers,
uader the direction, of Professor
F. H. Koch, will present a pro
gram of three original folk-plays
i Greece Thursday nighUn lommittee f goverament reor-
First Hearing
The hearing will be the first
for major state educational in
stitutions of higher learning.
The drastically cut budget re
commendation indicates that the
appropriations committee in
tends to follow the suggestion of
the General Assembly's joint
WHmington Friday night, and in
Geldsboro Saturday night.
The Playmakers will travel in
their show bus, carrying three
sets of scenerv. rjronerties. a
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portable switchboard, and cos
tumes. This tour is the twenty
ninth of the Playmakers since
organization fifteen years ago.
List of Plays
The three plays to be pro
duced on the tour are Davy
Crockett, a folk drama of the
Tennessee frontier, by John
Philip Milhous; Four on a
Heath, a grotesque, by Foster
Fitz-Simons; and Stumbling in
Dreams, a folk comedy of Tin
Pan alley, by George Brown
Forum Speaker
the stage, but an effort is made
to read them so as to reveal the
dramatic effectiveness of the
lines. By frequent rehearsals,
ithe casts attempt to make the
action as natural as possible and
make inconspicuous the fact that
the plays are being read rather
than produced.
Only a very little of the stage
direction is carried out since the
primary purpose is the reading
of the play. Plays which are
read , at the monthly meetings
are chosen from classic and con
temporary drama, tragedy and
comedy. The club departed from
its usual choice when it once se
lected the Gilbert and Sullivan
light opera, The Mikado. This
production was presented in the
appropriate setting of a garden
of one of the members. Chinese
costumes were worn, and the
score was sung.
The club recently presented
The Last of Mrs. Cheney, which
enjoyed tremendous popularity
on Broadway.
The membership includes Dr.
P. C. Farrar, one of the organ
izers of the association and very
active at the present time ; Har
ry Davis, F. .H. Koch, and Sam
Selden, directors of drama
in the University; Phillips Rus
sell, George McKie, and E. E.
Ericson, of the English depart
ment; Dean M. T. Van Hecke,
and Albert Coates of the law
school ; Dean H. G. Baity, of the
engineering school; W. F. Prou
ty, of the geology department;
and Louis Graves, publisher of
the Chapel Hill Weekly.
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TAR HEEL STAFF
OPPOSES POPULAR
GHOICEOF EDITOR
Group Votes to Place Power of
Electing Editor in Hands of
Staff of Paper.
Dr. Harry W. Laidler, noted
economist and lecturer, will
speak tonight in Gerrard hall
at 8:00 o'clock on the subject of
'Trends in Labor and Industrial
Organization."
CLARK REPORTS
ACTION AGAINST
SCHOOLCOMBINE
Charlotte Editor Declares That
Assembly Will Get Bill to
Revoke Consolidation.
Heroic Efforts Made By Graham
To Avoid University Budget Guts
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University President, 111 With Influenza, Appeared Before Legis
lature in 1931 to Plead Case of University in Attempt '
To Prevent Cut in Appropriations.
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ganization, and to work out a
plan whereby duplicate activities
in the three institutions be aban
doned immediately.
Informal discussions among
the members of the appropria
tions committee . indicates that
efforts will be -made to push the
retrenchment program even
more by various methods of cur
tailment within the institutions.
A proposal virtually certain to
be made is that the medical
school of the University here be
abandoned. Another motion dis
cussed would reduce substantial
ly the ranks of the higher paid
professors in each institution,
while at'the same time strip the
TOtprogram the three units of
m vreenvine win oe i , nw rpcarded
in the auditorium of the Eastern
Carolina Teachers College. Fri
day night the Parent-Teachers
Association will sponsor the pro
duction in Thalian hall at Wil
mington. In Goldsboro Satur-
(Continued on page two)
Return From Trip
Dean H. G. Baity of the school
of engineering, Professor T. F.
day night the plays will be pro- Hickerson, T. P. Noe and J
duced in the Community Theatre Watson have tumvc0vC.aPlf
i!iv.: ...j.. -.nanlMw of Hill from New York City where
"uuuHlg UllUtli. " I . ... i; v VI,
the Wayne County Community they attended ue
-di m Wni y-oii, ATTiPriVim Society of Civil n.ngi-
-liayers. ne grouF v-vu
tore Sunday. V . neers. last week.
The immediate danger of an
other staggering budget cut is
no new experience to the. Uni
versity. Perhaps one -of the most
retarding influences in its exists
ence is the fact that it is obliged
to struggle every two years for
an appropriation commensurate
with its activities and prestige.
The winter of 1931 saw a bud
get battle no less crucial and bit
terly contested than the present
conflict.
In addition to the facts and
figures, pleas and denunciations
that marked the contest, there
was an element of drama in 1931
that is lacking today. President
Frank Graham, then as now, the
chief spokesman for the Univer
sity, supplied an almost tragic
touch to the grim financial
wrangling.
Appeared Before Assembly
From the very beginning of
the winter quarter until the date
for the consideration of the Uni
versity's budget request, influen
za had confined the president
to his home. Realizing the im
portance of the matter, and, as
ever, thinking less of the effects
on himself than the danger of
the University, he appeared be
fore a joint session of the house
and senate to plead his school's
cause. At the time, more anxiety
was expressed over his personal
condition than of the ultimate
fate of the University at the
hands of the legislature.
Still pale and suffering from
his affliction, President Graham
delivered an address so outspok
en, so forceful and convincing
that numerous statements in the
daily press referred to it as the
greatest speech before the legis
lature during the decade. He de
clared that the budget reductions
for the year 1929-30 and the pro
posed cut for the ensuing bien
nium were "unwise in principle,
unfair in their application, and
destructive in their consequences
to the public service, public
j schools, public colleges, and pub
lic welfare."
The University request for the
1931-33 period had been $875,
000, the same sum as for the per
iod immediately previous. This
proposal was met by the legis
lature with a recommendation
for $573,000, a devastating re
duction, particularly in view of
the fact the largest freshman
class in the history of the Uni
versity had just been enrolled.
Pictures Decline of University
. During the course of his
speech, which sought to avert
the apparent disaster from this
suggestion, President Graham
pictured the decline which the
University was experiencing and
the retrogression that the pro
posed reduction would cause. In
reviewing the situation at the
University, he mentioned that
several members of the faculty
had left for larger-paying posi
tions, and he drove home again
and again, the fact that a decent
salary is of paramount import
(Continued on page two)
The North Carolina General
Assembly will be asked to revoke
the action of the legislature of
1931 which provided for the con
solidation of the University, Wo
man's College at Greensboro, and
State College in Raleigh, accord
ing to an announcement made
in Charlotte Monday night by
David Clark, editor ol the South
em Textile Bulletin.
Report that such action would
be taken came from Charlotte
ten days ago, but a source for
such information was not given
at that time.
Clark, alumnus of State Col
lege, former member of the
board of trustees of the institu
tion, and leader of State alumni
in Charlotte, said at least one
bill would be introduced into the
legislature asking abandonment
of the consolidation plans.
He also stated that such a bill
would have been presented soon
er except for the fact that State
alumni were waiting to see what
the trustees of the consolidated
institution would do at " their
I meeting in Raleigh Monday.
Alumni Opposed
Jbromotner sources, it was
learned that at least three bills
to abolish the consolidation
would be presented at the pres
ent session. According to re
ports, opposition to the plan is
being expressed by alumni and
students of the University as
well as by those of the Greens
boro and Raleigh units. One of
these bills, it was said, will be
presented from the University
"side."
Reports from Charlotte fur
ther indicated that the possibil
ity of a determined fight against
the consolidation in the legisla
ture was the reason that the
trustees postponed action in the
selection of a vice-president un
til a definite stand should be
made by the legislature.
By a three to one vote the
members of the Daily Tar Heel
staff yesterday afternoon follow
ed the Buccaneer in advocating
a change in the election of pub
lications editors so as to place
more power in the hands of the
staff members themselves. A
motion to petition the student
council and student body to dele
gate this power to the staff mem
bers passed by a vote of thirty
two to eleven.
A motion that the matter be
tabled until a committee could
be appointed to make a report
on the question, died for lack of
sufficient support.
The suggestion was made,
however, that before staff mem
bers were allowed to vote on a
candidate for the editorship
they must have previously serv
ed on the publication not less
than one year. This seemed to
receive the general vocal sanc
tion of the staff, although no
vote was called on the question.
At present the Daily Tar
Heel is the only college daily of
any size in the country employ
ing the method of popular elec
tion of its editor. In several of
the other institutions a special
board is given authority to make
the selection, while in others a
plan is followed whereby, this
authority is placed in the hands
of the department of journalism
in that school. A This latter me
thod is followed only where the
publication is under the direct
supervision of the journalism de
partment.
UNIVERSITY GIVEN
CHECK FOR $125
BY LOCAL STORE
Money Received From Stetson
"D" Stores and Will Be Ap
plied to Loan Fund.
Sixteen in Infirmary
The following were confined to
the infirmary yesterday: J. M.
Latum, W. H. De Vane, F. J.
Mcintosh, A. H. Scales, L. G.
McNairy, W. R. Young, L. B.
Skeen, L. P. Jimison, Jr., Edith
Wladkowsky, W. M. Benzing, Jr.,
C. L. Neal, Landis P. Mitchell,
J. M. MacLachlan, John Shedd,
Robert Howard, and Lawrence
Cheek, Jr.
A check amounting to $125.28
was received yesterday by Presi
dent Frank Graham from Maur
ice Robinson, president of the
Stetson "D" Tailors, Inc., as a
donation to the Universitv em
ergency loan fund. This was the
first check given as an addition
to the short-term loan fund since
the announcement January 18
that five per cent of the weekly
"D" store would be given for
this purpose, and comes as a re
sult of an extensive sale con
ducted last week.
According to Dean F. F. Brad-
shaw, the addition is particular
ly helpful at this time because of
the demand from this source for
non-secured short-term loans of
nominal amounts. The Stetson
"D" contribution bolsters ;tbe
fund which has been exhausted
since early December.
Donations Will Continue
The weekly donation come as
a result Of an announcement in
The Daily Tar Heel that was
brought to Robinson's attention
by L. V. Huggins, graduate of
the class of 1925, who has. re
turned here as district manager
of the Stetson "D" stores in
North Carolina and Virginia.
The announcement stated that
the short-term loan fund was ex
hausted and interested Robinson
to the extent that he authorized
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