Y. M. C. A. ELECTIONS
MONDAY 7:00
GERHARD HALL
ORGAN RECITAL
4:00
HILL MUSIC HALL
VOLUME XLI
CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1933
NUMBER 134
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TO BE RESUMED
COMING TUESDAY
Wilson Testifies That Dur-
y. ham Negro Did Not Show
j Proper Entrance Credits.
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The mandamus hearing of
Dr. Thomas J. Wilson, Jr., reg
istrar of. the University, to
show cause why Thomas R. Ho
cutt, Durham Negro should not
be admitted into the local phar
macy school, was continued by
Judge M. V. Barnhill in the
Durham county superior court
yesterday.
Judge Barnhill ordered a re
cess yesterday afternoon after
several witnesses had been ex
amined. The hearing, which
was continued from Friday af
ternoon until yesterday, will be
resumed Tuesday when argu
ments will be presented. Jucfge
BarnhilPs decision will follow.
Dr. Wilson Testifies
Dr. Wilsori testified that Ho
cutt liad exhibited in his appli
cation for entrance to the school
of pharmacy no qualifications
other than his record at the Hill
Park high school in Durham. In
addition, he failed to present a
record of his work at North
Carolina College for Negroes,
which the plaintiff's counsel ad
mitted. Dr. Wilson, against whom
the suit is brought as official of
the University, is represented
by Attorney-General Dennis G.
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MWDSONGROUP
COMES HERE ON
DEPUTATION TRIP
Team Headed by Brown and
Thompson to Lead Three
Discussions Today.
A special deputation group of
twelve cabinet members from
the Davidson College Y. M. C. A.
arrived here last night to visit
the local "Y" organization over
the week-end.
The team is composed of Paul
P. Brown, president of the Da
vidson "Y," W. M. Thompson,
newly elected president for next I
year, Tom Phifer, Charlie Moore,
Francis Scott, Bob Orr, Sam
Wiley, Bob Coit Ruf us Morrow,
Ed McNair, Jake Mackorell, and
E. L. Powell.
This morning the Davidson
group will take charge of the
student Bible class at the Pres
byterian church at 10:00 o'clock,
liorrow will teach the class. At
11 :00 o'clock Rev. Ronald Tam
blyn will preach a special short
sermon addressed to the cabin
et membership of both Davidson
and Carolina.
Discussion Meeting
This afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
in the parlor of the Presbyterian
church there will be a discussion
meeting concerned with reports
of the various departments and
phases of the work of the Caro
lina Y. M. C. A.
Tonight at 7 :00 o'clock in the
Presbyterian church Sunday
school room the Davidson team
will have charge of the regular
student forum, with Brown lead
ing and Thompson speaking.
McNair and Orr will furnish
special music for the meetings.
The meeting tonight will take
the place of the regular Monday
gnt Y. M. C. A. cabinet ses
sion. All members of both cabi
nets are urged to meet the mem
bers of the Davidson team and
&ke part in the program..
ems OE ITorth Carolina Nero
Among Earliest
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'Y' Will Nominate
All Cabinets Will Meet Tomorrow to
Name Officers for Next Year.
A meeting of all members of
the Young Men's Christian As
sociation has been called for
7 :00 o'clock tomorrow night in
Gerrard hall to consider a re
vised constitution and to nomi
nate officers for next year.
This meeting is called not
only for cabinet members and
officers but also for all members
of the local "Y." The student
forum meeting to be conducted
by the Davidson deputation
team tonight at 7 :00 o'clock in
the Presbyterian church Sun
day school room will take the
place of the regular Y. M. C. A.
cabinet meetings.
Senate Will Discuss
Inflation Of Currency
Three bills of state and na
tional interest will be discussed
Tuesday night by the Di senate.
The bills are:
Resolved: That the Di senate
go on record as favoring that
the state of North Carolina
manufacture fertilizer and sell
it to the farmers at cost.
Resolved : That all public
utilities be owned and con
trolled by the federal govern
ment.
Resolved: That the best and
most effective method which
congress could adopt to remove
the depression and stimulate
business is to . inflate the cur
rency.
NO ASSEMBLY MONDAY;
MILLER TO SPEAK FRIDAY
The regular student assembly
will not meet Monday as usual,
but will meet Friday , of this
week. Dr. Julian Miller of the
Charlotte Observer will speak.
Freshman attendance will be
checked and all others are. in
vited to attend.
COMMITTEE WILL
REPORTTUESDAY
Senate Appropriations Group
Does Not Tamper With Fig
ure for University.
Leaving appropriations to the
Greater University of North
Carolina up to the body itself,
the appropriations committee
of the senate will report a
greatly altered budget supply
bill into the upper division for
consideration Tuesday morn
ing. While it took eight days for
the house to evolve an appro
priations bill for the next bien
nium, the ' senate committee
took three hours Friday to raise
every item, cut in the house ses
sions . except allotments for the
Greater University, back to fig
ures contained in the joint ap
propriations committee's bill.
The house made fifty-four cuts
in the committee's bill, and the
senate group has restored fifty-
reus rtt ffcpm to the original
VMl V V -A- V -w
figures.
The fifty-fourth was not even
considered. Friday Senator uie
ment, chairman of the commit
tee, took the position that noth
ing thft committee would do
would stop the fight to give the
TTnivprsitv more money. The
figure as it now stands is $760,-
940 for the Greater university,
or approximately $390,000 for
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the Chapel iiiii vioi.
Works Of Race
George Horton First Wrote in
Chapel Hill and, After Civil
Wrar, in Philadelphia.
There is one Carolina poet
who never got his just renown.
When speaking of the men of
letters who have lived in Chapel
Hill in the past, no one ever
rushes forward to tell of him.
A poet who could not
distin-
guish one verse scheme from
another, a writer of short sto
ries who, at one time, could not
distinguish one word from an
otherthat was George Hor
ton, Negro, one-time resident
of this university town, whose
works show the soul of a true
literary man, a true artist.
George Horton forerunner of
Langstorf Hughes, Countee Cul-
len, and other gifted poets of
nis race was corn in ryo m
Chatham county, on the property
oi one dames iorton. as a
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farm hand he was not of much studying the types of vegeta
use to his employer, spending tion peculiar to various locali-
all his spare time wrapped in ties and the difference in plants'
deep reverie. ' It is said that he blooming caused by climatic
once heard some verses that changes. A graduate of the
were published in an old Caro- Harvard school of landscape ar
lina Magazine, and -he became chitecture, he gained his 'inter
fired with a zeal to go to the est in horticulture from his fa
plape where these were written! ther, Dr. E. Lewis Sturtevant,
The next we hear of him he was who was the first director of
tramping the dusty streets of
Chapel Hill seeking employ-
ment. - -
Turns to Poetry
Hard put to find means to
support himself he turned to
the Muse of poetry, invoking
her aid in the struggle to keep
body and soul together, just as
many . of the seekers after the
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DATE OF SKINNER
PORTRAYAL HERE
MOVED UP A DAY
"Wives of Henry VIII" Will Be
Presented Tuesday, April 11,
Instead of Wednesday.
The Wives of Henrit VIII,
creative performance of Cor-
nelia Otis Skinner, famous
American actress, which will
be performed in Memorial hall
as the seventh in the series of
student entertainments, will be
presented April 11. Miss Skin-
ner was originally scheduled to
appear here Wednesday, April
12.
The dramatic portrayal of
Miss Skinner, who is the daugh-
ter of Otis Skinner, dean of the
American theatre, will be the
onlv oresentation of the Stu-
dent Entertainment Committee
during the spring quarter.
tvt; ql'o
formance is a series of, charac
ter sketches in which she inter
prets in turn Catherine of Ara
gon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Sey
mour, Anne of Cleve, Katheryn
Howard, and Matherine Parr,
the six wives of the famous
Tudor king. The first presen
tation when first given last
spring in London was accorded
a tremendous ovation. One Lon
don critic who attended the
opening night remarked: "To
come under her magic spell is
worth living and waiting for."
Is Veteran Trouper
Miss Skinner is a veteran
trouper in addition to being a
well-known writer, her pen
having produced poems, plays,
and v magazine articles. She
made her stage debut in a small
role in Blood and Sand in the
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STURTEVANT WILL
ADDRESS GARDEN
CLUB TOMORROW
Landscape Architect and Au
thority on Horticulture Mak
ing Trip Through South.
Robert Swan Sturtevant, na
tionally known landscape archi?
tect and authority on horticul-
ture will lecture to the Chapel
Hill Garden Club at 3:30 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon in Davie
hall. All residents in the com
munity who are interested in
the subject are invited.
A luncheon is to be given for
Sturtevant tomorrow by Mrs.
H. R. Totten. Sturtevant will
; also visit W. L. Hunt, Univer
sity graduate student and hor-
ticulturist, here and later at
Hunt s home in Greensboro.
Studying, Vegetation of South
Sturtevant is at present mak
ing a trip through the south
the New York state experiment I
station and author of many ar-
tides about his agricultural re-
searches. .x
A sister-of the lecturer, Miss
Grace Sturtevant, specializes m
hybridizing iris and is the ong-
inator of some of the most beau-
tiful modern varieties.
Sturtevant is more interested
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INITIAL DOGWOOD
EVENTS TO EXTOL
NORTHCAROLINA
Plans for Appearance of Chero
kee Indians in Native Ball
Game Abandoned.
Folk lore, pottery native to
the State, and a general glorifi
cation of the natural beauties of
North Carolina will feature the
program of the Dogwood Fes
tival to take place here Satur-
day, April 29, according to R.
M. Grumman, chairman of the
festival committee
Original plans, calling for a
more glittering program and the
Presence of Cherokee Indians
who were to perform in a game
Pf Indlan ball were decided to
De 100 cosuy anu omy ine simv
ler and less expensive plans
have been retained.
The festival committee, which
hopes to inaugurate a movement
for the preservation of the na
tural beauties of the state and
particularly of dogwood trees,
has arranged for weavers from
the western part of the state,
potters from Jugtown, wrought-
iron workers, and others to con
tribute exhibits.
Folk Music Program
Lamar Strmgneld, composer
and conductor, will direct the
folk music program, and Miss
Josephine Sharkey will be m
charge of the dances, which "will
be quaint and representative of
the traditional folk dances of the
state.
The handicraft exhibits wi!
be in Graham Memorial, and the
dancing and musical programs
will be in the Forest theatre.
Chapel Hill's outdoor playhouse
where trees and flowers furnish
background and ceiling, atmos
phere and walls.
Extension Division Will Conduct
Institute For College Graduates
Debate Try-outs
Japanese Policy in Far East Will Be
Topic of Discussion.
Try-outs for the debate with
Georgia Tech, April" 13, will
take place at the meeting of the
debate group, Monday night at
9:00 o'clock in Graham Me
morial. Carolina will take the
affirmative side of the question,
"Resolved: That the Japanese
policy towards China be con
demned." The debate with Georgia
Tech, April 13 will be followed
by a debate with Boston Uni
versity, April 14, on the ques
tion of war debts. Both of these
debates will be given in after
noon when the high school de
baters come to the University.
Nelson O. Kennedy To
Give Organ Recital
Professor Nelson O. Kennedy
will render the first of his quar
terly series of vesper organ re
citals at 4 :00 o'clock this after
noon in the Hill Music hall.
Professor Kennedy's program
will include a sonata by Men
delssohn of three movements
Grave-Adagio, Allegro wxiesto-
so e vivace, and Fuga; Foun-
tain Reverie by Fletcher; Al
legro Cantabile from the fifth
symphony of Widor; Prelude
and Fugue by Bach; Nocturne
by Grieg; and Afterglow by
Groton.
PR. CALDWELL WILL TALK
AT BULL'S HEAD MEETING
Dr. W. E. Caldwell, of the
University history department,
will speak at the weekly Bull's
Head meeting Tuesday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. He will
review The Greek Way by
Edith Hamilton and will touch
briefly on other classical works.
Dr. Caldwell was scheduled to
speak last week but was unable
to attend the meeting.
HIGH SCHOOLS TO
MEET IN DEBATE
AU Triangles Will Engage
in
Forensic Battles on Sales
Tax March 31.
Two hundred and fifteen
high schools will participate
Friday, March 31, in the twen
ty-first annual triangular de
bating contest of the High
School Debating Union of
North Carolina, it was an
nounced yesterday by Secretary
E. R. Rankin.
The query which, will be dis
cussed is, "Resolved: That
North Carolina should adopt
the sales tax as a feature of its
state system "of revenue."
The schools winning both of
their triansrular debates will
send their teams to Chapel . Hill
to compete April 13 and 14 in
the final contest for the Aycock
Memorial cup, the trophy which
has been donated ,to the High
School Debating Union by the
intercollegiate debaters of the
University.
Keen Interest Displayed
Keen interest has been dis
played for the past several
months by high schools in all
sections of the state in the ap
proaching debates, and an un
usually interesting state-wide
contest is anticipated.
The triangles which have
been formed were announced
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Will Provide Intellectual Devel
opment for Those W7ith
Enforced Leisure.
NO EXTRA COST TO STATE
, As one method of meeting the
challenge of the depression as it
affects the alumni of colleges
and universities, the University
extension division announced
yesterday that it would conduct
during the remainder of the
present academic quarter an In
stitute for College Graduates.
The purpose of the Institute
is to provide opportunity for
worthwhile intellectual and cul
tural development for both men
and women college graduates,
who because of enforced leis
ure or for other reasons may
desire to return to college to
improve their educational qual
ifications. To meet this demand,
such an institute has been sug
gested to the University by ex
ecutives of some of the great
corporations usually employing
large numbers of college gradu
ates.
Registration During Spring"
Students may register in the
institute at any time during the
spring quarter which ends
about June 1, but are advised
to report by Monday, March 29,
if they wish to receive the. max
imum benefit from the instruc
tional program.
Institute students will attend
institute classes, but will
re-
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GRADUATE CO-EDS
TO DEBATE PLANS
FOR ORGANIZATION
Mrs. Mary R. Beard to Speak at
Dinner Tomorrow Night in
Graham Memorial.
Women graduate students of
the University will meet tomor
row night at a dinner in Gra
ham Memorial at 6 :30 o'clock
to discuss plans for an organi
zation of graduate women.
Mrs. Mary R. Beard, a lead
er in women's movements, will
be the principal speaker of, the
occasion, presenting a talk on
"A Changing Intellectual Cli
mate for Women." Mrs. Beard
is a well-known writer and is
now on a visit to Chapel Hill.
At the meeting tomorrow a
committee appointed to investi
gate the plausibility of organi
zation will report. The group
will then consider the report
and discuss plans for forming
a society for graduate women.
One of the plans now under
consideration is the organiza
tion of an association similar to
the male graduate club now at
the University. Should this be
done and should the project se
cure the necessary support, the
group will attempt to have a
separate dormitory for gradu
ate women.
Ail graduate women have
been asked to make arrange
ments to attend the dinner to
morrow. Those who have , not
already done so have been ask
ed to call Miss Marjorie Men
denhall at 5556 before 9:00
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Dr. Poteat Here Today
Dr. W. L. Poteat, president
emeritus of Wake Forest College
and well known speaker in reli
gious circles throughout the
state, will deliver the sermon at
the Baptist church this morning.