UNION FORUM MEETING
8:00 P.M.
GRAHAM MEMORIAL
WIRE HOME FOR SUPPORT
AGAINST
BOWIE-CHERRY BILL
VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1933
NUMBER 129
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president Graham Urges
Concentrated Opposition
To
owie
Ve Are Standing for the Whole
State," Dr. Graham Tells
Student Body.
VEEKS ASKS STUDENT AID
President of Student Body Im
plores Students to Enlist
Parents' Support.
"We are standing for the
Tfhole state. We gather here
a tn attack anvbodv. not to
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imDeach any man's motives,"
President Frank Graham told
the student body of the Univer
sity, assembled in Memorial Hall
yesterday morning, at. the re
quest of the student council, to
hear plans proposed for its par
ticipation in a state-wide cam
paign to defeat the Bowie-Cherry
substitute appropriations bill
hich had its second reading in
the House of Representatives
last night.
Having outlined the manifold
program that was carried out
Saturday and Sunday by the
student council and the class
presidents to marshal the forces
of University students and their
families and friends, President
Haywood Weeks of the council,
acting as chairman of the meet
ing, implored students to send
telegrams home at once. "If you
haven't got thirty cents, - send
them collect," he said. "Ask
jour parentsr friends, and rela
tives to wire , their representa
tes in Raleigh before 3:00
o'clock this afternoon, when the
Bowie-Cherry bill will come up
for its second reading. There
is a possibility that the bill may
be stopped today. If not, we will
continue our fight in the Sen
ate." Graham Reviews Past Crises
Appearing at the request of
the student council, President
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DAVIDSON GROUP
TO VISIT CAMPUS
Special
Will
"Y" Deputation Team
Arrive Saturday for
Week-end Activities.
A special deputation group of
ten or twelve cabinet members
from the Davidson College Y. M.
. a. will visit tne local x or
ganization this week-end. The
team will arrive Saturday even
ing and will stay through Sun
day.
Sunday morning the Davidson
gwup will take charere of the
Student Bible class at the Pres
byterian church at 10 :00 o'clock.
At 11:00 o'clock Rev. Ronald
Tamblyn will preach a special
short sermon addressed to the
cabinet membershio of both
Davidson and Carolina.
Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock in the parlor of the Pres
byterian church there will be a
discussion meeting concerned
th reports of the various de
partments and nhases of the
ork of the Carolina Y. M. C. A.
At 7 :00 o'clock that night in the
Presbyterian church Sunday
sool room the Davidson team
"will have charge of the regular
student forum and conduct a
Program. This meeting will take
Place of the rptmlar cabinet
Meeting for next week.
AH members of both cabinets
re invited to meet the members
the Davidson team and take
Part in the nroirrani arranged
Northern.
- Cherry Bill
Nine High Schools
In Spanish Contest
Nine state high schools have
entered the annual interscholas
tic Spanish contest which takes
place throughout the state
March 23, according to E. R.
Rankin of the extension division
who is conducting the competi
tion. The test will be of a practical
nature, enablinsr the student to
show what facility he has ac
quired in handling Spanish
verbs, grammar, and reading.
The schools entered are Dur
ham, Fayetteville, Gastonia,
Lumberton, Raleigh, Staley,
Rocky Mount, Winston-Salem,
and Charlotte. Gastonia high
school was the winner of the
contest last year.
OFFICIALS START
FIGHT BY ATTACK
THROUGHCOUNTIES
Representatives From Each
County to Direct Students
From Each Section.
Pressing the attack on every
front, the officers in charge of
the student campaign to re
pulse the advances of the
"economy" forces in the North
Carolina General Assembly call
ed upon students from the Indi
vidual counties of the state to
mobilize for action early Sunday
night. In the student govern
ment office, lists of students ac
cording to counties were pre
pared Sunday afternoon. One
rpTirpsfvntativp nf each county
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was appointed chairman of his
group ana given
and cnven the duty of
seeing that each man in the
crnun wired nome at once ior
o
aid in influencing the legislature,
The central objective was the
Rowie-Cherrv bill which came
before the House of Represent
atives for its second reading yes
terday afternoon. On its first
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reading, Friday, the bill, spon
sored by the "economy" bloc of
the House as a substitute for the
appropriations committee bill,
was passed by a margin of ten
votes, with eighteen members
not voting. It was the hope of
the education forces of the state
to halt this measure, which
would devastate the public and
higher education systems, yes
terday afternoon.
Alumni at Work
Friends and alumni of the
University worked frantically all
over the state Sunday and Mon
day to arouse sentiment against
the drastic "epnnomies" in the
Bowie-Cherry bill. Meanwhile,
campus leaders at the Chapel
Hill, Raleigh and Greensboro
branches of the University were
using every available means to
enlist the students and their
people at home in the fight.
DI SENATE TO DISCUSS
TWO BILLS AT MEETING
The Di Senate will discuss
the following bills at the weekly
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TYinofiTia. riVTit in JNew west
buidine"
Resolved- That the Di Senate
o-n nr. rnrrf as favoring that
the State of North Carolina
manufacture fertilizer and sell
if f farmers at cost.
Rolved- That all public
4.:i: un rvamed and controlled
i,Wa1 Government.
WIRE HOME IMMEDIATELY
Response to the appeal for student aid in petitioning the
General Assembly for a living-wage appropriation for the
University has been satisfactory- However, leaders of the
movement say, the fight is not yet won. The flood of letters
and telegrams flowing into the assembly chambers in Raleigh
must be kept at full tide until favorable action is taken by
the legislature.
Those students who have not yet wired or written home
asking their parents and friends to wire, in turn, to their
representatives in Raleigh should do so at once. The success
of this movement depends upon full and complete cooperation
from every student. The fight Monday was concentrated
against jthe passage of the Bowie-Cherry bill on its second
reading. Whether this bill is defeated or passed, the battle
is far from ended. There is still time for every student to
make a contribution to the campaign.
Delay no longer. Wire or write home immediately.
Collier Cobb, Author And Scientist,
Celebrates Seventy-First Birthday
o
Head of University Geology Department Is Seventy-One Years
Old Today; Has Encountered Numerous Interesting Ex
periences During Long Career as Geologist.
o
Today Dr. Collier Cobb, for-1
jmer head of the geology depart-
ment of the University, educa-:
tor, author distinguished scient
ist, and one of the "grand old
men" of the campus, celebrates
his seventy-first birthday.
No one who has ever had a
class under Collier Cobb can for
get that experience. It would be
impossible not to remember the
unique introduction with which
his classes begin. The first lect
ure 'consists of calling the roll,
which Dr. Cobb supplements
from his inexhaustiable store of
recollections. Students not steep
ed in the Cobb tradition were
amazed to hear reminiscences of
their various families, related
with the charm that forms so
definite a part of the legend of
Collier Cobb. -
World-Wide Recognition
His fame is not confined by
territorial boundaries, as he has
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maae a special stuuy oi uie snore
imes 01 Europe, A8ia, Sirica,
ana soutn America, .mat nis
reputation is international
m
lii i l ii i 'n l j
cnaracter mignt wen oe inustrat
ed by a story told of Dr. Cobb's
advice to a friend who went to
Paris. He told his friend that,
should he get into trouble with
the French police, he was merely
to inform the authorities that he
was an acquaintance of Collier
Cobb. In typical American
Meeting Of Union Forum Called
To Discuss Question Of Holiday
With the
full student
question of
which were
view of getting
opinion on the
spring holidays
postponed two
weeks ago, a special meeting of
the Union Forum has been
called for tonight by Haywood
Weeks, president of the stu
dent body. The gathering will
take place in room 214 Gra
ham Memorial at 8:00 o'clock.
In announcing the meeting,
President Weeks made a spe
cial request that all dormi
tory presidents caU meetings
of residents of their respect
ive dormitories for the pur
pose of ascertaining that each
floor is represented at the
Union Forum. These meet
ings, he suggests, could be
called at 7:00 o'clock tonight
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ana auow ume ior consiaera
tion of the matter.
He has also requested that
the head of every fraternity
instruct the organization's
representative to be present
at the meeting after having
discussed the question of vaca
tion with members of the
society.
fashion, the friend ran afoul of
the Parisian gendarme. Handled
rather roughly, he protested
that he was an American citizen,
which announcement produced
little effect. Remembering the
humorous bit of advice given
him, the American added that
he was a personal friend of Col
lier Cobb.
"Oh," replied the gendarme,
you know Collier Cobb aussi?
Je vous demande pardon, mon
sieur."
Dr. Cobb's renown is further
attested by the numerous learn
ed associations and societies of
which he is a member. Among
these societies - are : the Geo
graphical Society of America,
Association of American Ge
ographers, American Institute
of Mining and Metallic Engine
ers, Mining and Metallogic So
ciety. American Association of
University Professors, the Eli
sha Mitchell Scientific Society,
the North Carolina Academy of
Science (president 1906-07) ,
and Sigma Xi.
Sought as Spouse for Eskimo
Another of Collier Cobb's
claims to distinction lies in the
fact that he is one of few Ameri
cans who have been invited to
become the husband of the wife
of an Eskimo tribal chieftain. It
seems that the latter wanted his
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Three plans for spring va
cation have been advanced so
far. The first is that holidays
this year be given up with the
idea of saving students' money
and completing school a week
earlier.
A second plan offered would
grant an extended week-end
beginning Saturday, April 15,
and lasting through April 17
or 18.
The third idea proposed is
a nine-day vacation beginning
Saturday, April 15, the day
before Easter, andextending
through Sunday" April 23.
Objections to this plan are
based on the disruption of ath
letic plans of the University
scheduled for the week or the
necessity of the athletic asso
ciation's spending several hun
dred dollars to keep athletic
teams in Chapel Hifl.
President Weeks last night
expressed the importance of
full student representation at
the meeting tonight so that
the student council can make
recommendation to President
Graham on this matter.
owie-Cherry
Strength As House Works
ith Appropriations Bill
Forum Patrons Meet
In Gerrard Today
Patrons of the Open Forum
lecture series presented here
this winter will meet this after
noon at 2 :00 o'clock in Gerrard
hall to consider the presentation
of the series planned by the Lea
gue of Industrial Democracy for
next season.
The six lecture discussions
planned for next year will be on
the most pertinent national
questions. Unemployment, own
ership of public utilities, and
European and Asiatic trends are
among the topics arranged by
the League committee.
According to the local com
mittee, requests for the series
have been made by numbers of
the winter quarter patrons.
PHILOSOPHY HEAD
RECEIVES TWENTY
AWARDMQUESTS
Applications for Fellowships In
cluded from Oxford, India,
Harvard, Pennsylvania.
Professor Henry Horace Wil
iams of the philosophy depart
ment announced yesterday that
twenty potential applications for
the two Kenan fellowships in
philosophy for 1933 liave been
received. Professor- Williams
declared that interest in the fel-
owships has been growing
steadily as manifested by the
diversity of places from which
applications were received, in
eluding Oxford, India, Harvard,
Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
The two fellowships were es
tablished in 1921 by Mrs. Grah
am Kenan and are supported by
the income from an endowment
of twenty-five thousand dollars.
They were inaugurated in mem
ory of her husband who was an
alumnus and trustee of the Uni
versity.
Rewarded for Work
As Professor Williams ex
plained, the fellowship appoint
ments are made on the basis of
work submitted. There are no
requirements except one: the
fellow is expected to do a piece
of work that deserves publica
tion. Mrs. Katherine Gilbert,
a recent holder and professor of
philosophy at Duke University,
made a study of Maurice Blon-
del and her book is regarded as
the outstanding production in
English on the subject. Dr. Lid-
dell, professor of philosophy at
Florida and holder of the fellow
ship, is to publish this summer a
study of Nicholas von Cusa.
It is the hope of the philoso
phy department that a school of
thought may result from the
foundation similar to such
schools in New England and
other northern colleges and uni
versities. At the present there
is no such school in the south.
FIRST GRAIL OF QUARTER
SET FOR NEXT SATURDAY
The first dance of the spring
quarter sponsored by the Order
of the Grail has been set for
Saturday night, March 25, it
was announced yesterday
The affair will take place be
tween the hours of 9 :00 and
12:00 o'clock in the Tin Can
with Jack Wardlaw and his or
chestra furnishing the music
Ranks Lose
Four Items Remain for Discus
sion on Second Reading of
Substitute Measure.
UNIVERSITY NOT DEBATED
House Will Meet at 11:00
O'clock Today to Take up
Remainder of Proposal,
By Don Shoemaker
Though four major items re
mained for discussion on the
second reading of the Bowie
Cherry economy bill, among
them the schools and univer
sities, formidable opposition de
veloped in the substitute propo
sal brought forward Thursday
to take the place of the appro
priations committee bill voted
down at a preceding session.
The highways, schools, agri
culture, and public debts come
before the House this morning
at 11 :00 o'clock.
Eloquently defending what he
believes will save North Carolina
from an "odious sales tax" Gregg
Cherry of Gaston harangued the
House for two hours and a half
last night in a desperate attempt
to get his economy measures
through in toto. He was bucked
twice, once on the matter of
charitable and correctional in
stitutions and again on the ques
tion of Civil War pensions. It
was the .first indication that the
Bowie-Cherry forces had lost
their potency.
Though the opposing forces
were without their leader, Rep
resentative Newman, the proph
esied bloc was sufficiently or
ganized to manifest a surprising
show of strength. On the ques
tion of pensions, which the gen
tleman from Gaston would cut
ten per cent, the House, under
the oratorical admonition of
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Y.M.C.A. MEMBERS
TO MEETMONDAY
Revised Constitution of Organi
zation to Be Considered by
Entire Membership.
There will be a meeting of all
members of the Young Men's
Christian Association in Ger
rard hall Monday night, March
27, at 7:00 o'clock for the pur
pose of considering a revised
constitution which is to be pre
sented and of nominating offi
cers of the association for next
year. Nominations for the four
association officers will be closed
at this meeting. Elections will
take place about the middle of
April.
This meeting is called not only
for cabinet members and officers
but" also for all members of the
local "Y." The regular weekly
cabinet meeting usually held in
this hall at this time has been
changed to 7 :00 o'clock Sunday
night in the Presbyterian church
Sunday school room. The Dav
idson deputation team will con
duct the program for the cabinet
meeting.
Caldwell to Speak
Dr. W. E. Caldwell, of the
University history department,
will be the speaker at the week
ly Bull's Head meeting at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon. He will
review The Greek Way by Edith
Hamitlon and will touch on
other works of a classical nature.
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