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BOXING N. a vs. STATE 7:30 O'CLOCK THOMPSON GYM MENO SPANN " 8:00 O'CLOCK 205 PHILLIPS HALL ! i 11 L. ,',1 : Kfi . VOLUME XLII GRAHAM SPEAKS TO WIPLOYED TMHERS' GROUP University President Asks That Reconstruction of Society Accompany Recovery. "Let us join hands and minds to the end that recovery will be attended by the re-examination and reconstruction of so ciety," stated Dr. Frank Porter Graham, president of the Great er University of North Carolina, yesterday in an address to the members of the emergency re lief classes at the University. "The University of North Carolina in all its divisions, at Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Greensboro, has a special re sponsibility to keep the intellec tual and spiritual resources of the campus in contact with, the commonwealth," he said. "In this time when we are cut ting down the long work week and raising wages as a part of the social adventure of the new deal, it is the responsibility of the University and this assem bly of teachers to be thinking of what we can do to redirect the use of this new leisure time, so that it will not be misspent in trivial and destructive ways but will be conserved in the de velopment of human personality and the reconstruction of our society." President Graham expressed his pleasure at the presence of the teachers in : the University. He thanked Dr. N. ;V. Walker, the members of the University staff, and the assembly of teachers for "bringing a fresh spirit to the campus. He made a comparison , be- (Continuel on last page) GRISETTE NAMED COMMITTEE HEAD Local Citizens Will Plan Celebra tion Here to Observe Roose velt's Birthday. Felix A. Grisette has been ap pointed chairman of a local com mittee to make arrangements for a celebration which will be a part of the national observance of President Roosevelt's 52nd birthday, Tuesday, January 30. The nation-wide celebration is being held for the. purpose of raising funds for the Warm Springs Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis. In 1925, suffering from infan tile paralysis, President Roose velt went to Warm Springs, Georgia, where he was greatly aided. Later he decided to con duct an experiment there, and patients going to the springs showed great improvement. Foundation Established Two years later the Warm Springs foundation was estab lished, and under the President's leadership the plan to make south Georgia an orthopedic center was begun. The purpose of the birthday parties, as stated at headquar ters of the foundation, is to establish, with the help Of citi zens of the United States, a fund which will enable the or ganization in its fight on infan tile paralysis. Mr. Grisette and the other lo cal citizens who are planning for the celebration have not de cided what form of entertain ment will be held. An announce ment is expected within a few days. AD TV it CLOSES RESS SESSIONS Ramsey, of Asheville Citizen Times, Outlines Problems Be fore Newspapers Today. "I predict a new economic or der growing out of the deores- sion, in which newsoaners will have to find their rightful place," stated J. H. Ramsey, gen eral manager of the Asheville Citizen-Times, opening the meet ing of the last session of the North Carolina Press Institute which has been held here during the past week. "The newspaper has to make itself self-supporting and inde pendent before it can solve the problems of the state, republic, and community," he said. Ramsey pointed out that it is hard to prophesy just what the status of the newspaper will be in the future economic order, and assumed that it will not re turn to the same conditions and place it held prior to 1929. Example of Press The speaker emphasized the fact that the press has to set an example as an institution to the people before it will be able to speak out firmly, fairly, and fearlessly in matters of public importance. "The certainty of the press's survival," added Ramsey, "is guaranteed only by our ability to fit into current economic sit uations as they arrive." The general manager of the Asheville Citizen-Times urged the. press to be young in , its thinking and to keep themselves adapted to changes., . Concerning the problem of whether the press can expect advertising to return to the pro portions it knew before the de pression, Ramsey said he was making no predictions but that he believed due consideration should be given the problem. The Press Institute has been in session here since Wednesday. Thursday afternoon the group attended a meeting at Duke. ALPHA PSI DELTA EWUCmONIGHT Dr. Dashiell Will Officiate at Initiation Banquet of Psy chological Fraternity. The local chapter of Alpha Psi Delta, honorary psychologi cal fraternity, will hold its an nual banquet in honor of the ini tiates of the society tonight at 7 :30 o'clock in the banquet room of Graham Memorial. Dr. J. F. Dashiell will act as master of ceremonies. Preced ing the banquet an initiation ceremony will be conducted in New West building. To Be Initiated Members elected into the fra ternity last spring and this fall to be initiated tonight are: H. V. Bice, Virgil J. Lee, Jr., M. R. Leon, Helen Packard, D. K. Spelt, Delos Wickens, Edith Wladkowsky, and McChord Wil liams. The speakers will include S. W. J. Welsh, chapter president; Dr. H. W. Frink, Dr. H. W. Crane, Dr. English Bagby, E. C. Hunter, Milton H. Williams, Miss Sybille Berwanger, Mrs. A. M. Jordan, and the initiates. The ' arrangements for the banquet are in the charge of Dr. Guy Johnson and Miss Ruth Preston. Special improvised musical numbers have been planned. ES CHAPEL HILL, N. G, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1934 SECOND OLDEST BUILDING - , ' . ( . "... -"--V, .'' c'-fV.'-"', " ' ' I .---. -" ) . , . - ; Person hall, presented to the and varied historical career, is now used as a scene shop for the Carolina Playmakers. The building is the first to be presented to the University. General Thomas Person, North Carolina states man and soldier, was the donor of the building which is at present three times the original size. Long-Neglected PersonJHalljWas First Building Dean J. G. Beard Responsible Varied Functions of Second Oldest Campus Structure; Was Given to University in 1797 by General Thomas Person. . -o : More than half -forgotten amid the many clusters of new buildings on the campus, Person hall, first structure to be given to the University, has crept back into the spotlight by virtue of a recent proposal to convert it into a museum of fine arts. The building, which is the sec ond oldest on the campus, was presented to the school by Gen eral Thomas Person in 1797. Ugly, squat, and battered, the building has stimulated little curiosity in recent years when it has been used by the Play makers as a scene shop. Yet, Dean J. Grover Beard, whose Pharmacy school once occupied it, has developed a special inter est in the history and tradition of Person hall. Digging around in old records, accounts and re search aids, he has discovered that the building, as the second oldest should, has enjoyed a rich and varied experience. It has been literally the habitat of al most every type of University activity. Served Many Purposes "Divine worship and all pub lic meeting" seem to have been its original purpose, according to Dr. Battle's history of the University. Several years after its erection, the building, then one-third its present size, housed the office of the president, a general auditorium, and several recitation rooms. For a long period two of its chambers were the meeting places of the Di and Phi societies at a time when those groups were the most powerful forces on the campus. One of the most striking facts concerning the hall is that it sent out from its doors the first class to graduate from the Uni versity. That group received its diplomas in the tiny chapel in the then handsome building. After being gutted by fire in 1877, its thick walls and well laid foundations stood unharmn ed ; it was immediately restored and then resumed its former functions. In the early 1800's the department of chemistry moved into Person hall, there it remained until 1904, when the school of medicine took it over. The pharmacy school occupied it from 1912 to 1925; it was during this period that Dean Beard became especially inter University in 1797, after a long Donated To School ? : for Recalling to Mind Many and ested in the history of this old landmark General Thomas Person, pa triotic soldier and statesman of North Carolina, was the donor of the hall which bears his name. This is the sole reminder of his loyalty. For as his building has heretofore been forgotten or dis regarded by students, so he him self has never seemed to receive honor due. Several times a slab or memorial has been designed, but the scheme has never gone through. However, an account of Person's contribution is given in Battle's history. "When funds ran low, the hearts of the trustees were gladdened by the gift of $1,050 in 'hard money,' said to have been paid irt shining silver dol lars, for the purpose of finish ing it, by General Thomas Per son." Few Buildings Given After the completion of Per son hall in the 1700's, there, was not another gift of a building until the earlier 1900's, when the Carr and Mary Ann Smith buildings were given. The con struction of this small site of office, classrooms, and auditori um was so important at the time that enrollment was sus pended until it was finished. t Todav an enlarged Person hall also performs sundry f unc- 1, tions, tne mam one oi wnicn ib to provide a worKsnop wnere the Playmakers' sets and cos tumes may be made. There are also art classrooms, and rooms sometimes used for music re hearsal. In the original section are store-rooms of the Play makers and the Book Exchange. The first local appearance of the North Carolina Symphony or chestra with Percy Grainger as soloist was rehearsed in this place. Music, rhetoric, painting, in fact, most of the fine arts have been nurtured and developed at one time or another in Person hall. From the first flowery commencement address to the latest classes in painting, art art has been predominant in this picturesque old structure. It seems that there is no place on the campus more suitable to house that which has been pro posed, -a museum of the fine arts. P. U. Board Scholarships Voided By Opposing Vote Of Activities Committee ... lift ATHLETES SPEAK TO FROSH CLASS Quarles and McCachren Urge Sportsmanship on Part of Students to Visitors. At the regular meeting of the freshman class yesterday morn ing, Dave McCachren and Nor ment Quarles delivered short addresses on "Sportsmanship." I The chapel period was under the direction of the University club with Agnew Bahnson, president of the organization, in charge. At the opening of the meeting, the functions of the University club for the fall quarter were outlined by Bahn son, who stated that there were three functions of the club for this quarter, namely: the enter tainment of visiting athletic teams, the interesting of pros pective students in the Universi ty, and the sponsoring of a bet ter spirit of sportsmanship among the student body. Spectators' Sportsmanship Quarles, outstanding member of the boxing team, gave his opinions of how spectators should conduct themselves when attending a boxing match, and issued a plea that there be no cheering or booing during 1 the course of thel rounds; "We can surpass any record set here on the campus in regard to sports manship if we all back the Uni versity club to the fullest ex tent," he said. McCachren gave instances of sportsmanship he has encounter ed on the basketball floor and in the boxing ring. He urged the audience to support the Univer sity club by reason of the fact that its members knew best in what manner sportsmanship might be furthered at the Uni versity. PROFESSOR ENDS RELIGION SERIES McCollester Terminates Seminar With Talk on Attitudes of Church and Society. Professor Lee S. McCollester, dean emeritus of Tufts College of religion, concluded last night the series of lectures here on the relierion of the liberal, sneakine j on the way society and fae . church feel about current prob- lems of the day. The forum leader analyzed the problems of drinking, crime, war, international relations, and unemployment. In diseussing these topics Mc Collester presented the ideals of Christ as a solution to the prob lems. " Recommends Golden Rule Bringing Jesus's ideals into his talk, he stated, "If only we would apply the Golden rule to business and to our relations with other countries, this would be a better world in which to live." McCollester spoke of changes which he expected to see come in the governments and societies of the world. He was very op timistic about the youth of to day, saying that he believes they are "on, the right track. The address also contrasted modern religion and modern (Continued on last page) NUMBER 84 Committee Rules Board Not Empowered to Create Awards, The student activities commit tee last night overwhelmingly voted that the action of the Publications Union board in of fering four scholarships for pub lications men was not warrant ed. The committee's action was in the form of rejecting a mo- tion that the scholarship should be granted. R. B. House, executive secre tary of the University, an nounced that as a result of the committee's action, the four stu dents who were named tenta tively by the University scholar ship committee last month to re ceive the funds would be noti fied immediately that the schol arships no longer .exist The funds were established last quarter by the P. U. board with an annual stipulation of $100 for four worthy members of the campus publications staffs and were turned over to the Uni versity scholarship committee for administration. Selections Were Made Announcement stating that applications would be received was made early in December and over thirty publications writers and business staff men petitioned for the awards. Four students were selected by the committee with the reservation that the student activities committee make a decision regarding the justification and power of a stu dent board to give scholarships (Continued on last page) SCIENTIFIC GROUP HEARSCAMERON Members of Duke Chapter of Sigma Xi Attend Meeting Of Organization Here. " Dr. Frank K. Cameron of the department of chemistry spoke to the local chapter of Sigma Xi, honorary scientific fraterni ty, at the meeting of the group this week on "Unrecorded Ad ventures in Industrial Chem istry." His talk followed a din ner in Graham Memorial. Cameron spoke of some of his own personal experiences in this field, telling of the manu facture of arsenic and of cop per smelting in the northwest. He brought out the fact that the almost startling launching and growth of the manufacturing chemical industry involves me chanical problems much greater than the actual chemical prob lems, and that the psychological problems encountered were even more intricate than those in me chanics. Dr. R. E. Coker of the depart ment of zoology and president of the local chapter, said that one of the things about the meet ing which impressed him most was the large number of mem bers from the Duke University chapter of Sigma Xi attending. "The most cordial relations exist between the two groups," was his statement. When either group is having a meeting at which some lecture is to be made or a scientific paper presented invitations are exchanged. " This meeting was probably the last program meeting of the group this quarter. i!
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