U. H. C va. V. S. C.
7:15 O'CLOCK
TIN CAN
JOSEF LHEVINltE
8:S0 O'CLOCK
MEMORIAL HALL
VOLIME XLII
CHAPEL HELL, N. O, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1934
NUMBER lit
Lhevxnxie, Noted Russian Pianist,
To Present Recital Here Tonight
Performance Sponsored by. Phi
Ha Alpha to Start at 8:30
In Memorial HalL
TO SPEND DAY ON CABIPUS
To Play Tonight
Josef Lhevinne, world famous
Russian pianist, will play to
night in Memorial hall at- 8:30
o'clock under the auspices of
the Phi Mu Alpha.
Lhevinne has wired that he
-wants to spend the day on the
campus. He plans to arrive ear
ly this morning:.
Two famous New York critics
have consistently given him
commendatory- reviews. Lhe
vinne meets the same situation
on all his tours. He is enthu
siastically received everywhere.
Last fall he played to a capaci
ty house in Greensboro.
Novel Warm-Up
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There is a story that has gone
-the rounds about Lhevinne that
on the afternoon of a concert
lie would put on his full dress
about 4:00 o'clock in the after
noon, then sit down and; begin
to play the piano, which he
-would continue to do until just
time to make the concert hall.
He would then encase his
hands in rubber gloves, place
them in warm water, and then
drive to the hall, to begin his
concert. This accounted for
'the fact that the tones of his
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ALSTON TO WORK
FOR OIL CONCERN
News
Bureau Worker Accepts
Position in Texas.
Josef Lhevinne, Russian pian
ist, who will present a piano con
cert tonight in Memorial hall at
8 :30 o'clock under the auspices
of Phi Mu Alpha, honorary musi
cal fraternity.
COUCH LECTURES
AT BULL'S HEAD
Director of University Press
. 4.
Scores South for Its Increas
ing Lack of Culture.
Philip King Alston, erstwhile
University news bureau assists
ant, left yesterday for Texas
kana, on the border line, of Ar
kansas and Texas, where he will
work for an oil concern.
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I Alston has served in the news
bureau for almost two years. He
graduated from the University
in 1932.
Described by Robert W. Mad-
ry, ; director of the bureau, as a
good man," Alston has done
excellent newspaper work here.
He has been offered positions
on the Raleigh News and Ob
server ana a larooro newspa
per.
While in the University, Al
ston served on the staff of the
Daily Tar Heel for two years
and on the Yackety Yack staff
one year. He was manager of
boxing and a member of the or
der of the Grail. His home is
in Raleigh.
" W. T. Couch of
tne university press said yes-
"I believe that a form of cul
ture can be changed by the will
opening numbers are always so Pf its members
limnid and liauid. whereas oth
er pianists require a few num- terday ? Bul1'5 Head in s
w." w - ' - discussion' '-of "Culture in the
Lhevinne is practically the South " the symposium of 30 es
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COURSE PISHED
BY CW A WORKERS
Twentv-One Members Pass In-
struction in First Aid Con
ducted by Red Cross.
Folk Music Concerts
HOLUNS INDUCTS
PRESIDENT TODAY
Rev. Berkeley Will Represent
University at Inaugural.
The Reverend Alfred R.
Berkeley will be the official dele
gate of the University today to
the inauguration of Dr. Bessie
Carter Randolph to the office of
president of Hollms College,
Virginia.
Dr. Randolph, a distinguish
ed graduate of Hollins, was
elected president of the liberal
arts college for women last year.
Since that time she has been ac
tively in control of campus af
fairs.
Randolph will be the third
president of the college in near
ly a century. Tne ceremony
this morning is being held on
the institution's founder's day.
President and representatives
from colleges and universities
from all over the country will
be present, at the ceremony.
Berkeley, the University's
representative, received his A.
B. degree here in 1900 and his
M. A. degree in 1901. His resi
dence at present is in Roanoke,
Virginia.
Self-Help Committee Plans To
Award Student Jobs Tomorrow
Sheppard Strudwick
Plays in "Biography"
says recently published by
press.
In the discussion, in which he
used "culture" in a very broad
sense, Couch stated that the cul
ture of the south might be
changed if the exploitation of
land and people were forgotten
and more attention paid to their
preservation.
Mrs. Breckinridge, chairman Couch began by treating the
of the local chapter of American effects which the south's topog
Red Cross, announced that ap- raphy and natural ? fitness for
proximately fifty CWA work-: certain speculative crops has
ers in the county have been had on its life, mentioning the
given first aid instruction by fact that tobacco and cotton
officials of the ARC. growing had been mostly re-
These courses were held in sponsible for slavery.
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Hillsboro and Chapel Hill. Ane siow-moving - me oi me
Twenty-one of the fifty succeed- old, "easy-going, chivalrous to
ed in passing the 15 hour course wards women" planter had been
examination and were awarded te result ot an agricultural ex
certificates to that effect. istence dependent on slow pro-
The course was placed in cess?f , ,
charge of W. B. Stevenson, local rra - ...
Tkvrf r.mas. first aid examiner. Hel uutu AOUV' wucu tne
was assisted by Dr. Hedgepeth, south had been up with the other
of the University iimrmary, seaboaig state sections but has
tti T?nwaa. Wol i.aecayeu ana aegeneratea since
men, so mat now tne conamon
of the Negro &rd poor white is
worse than peasantry, since it
lacks the individualism and
found in European
Lamar Stringfield's "Cripple
Creek" to Be Played Today.
The first of series of six con
certs of native southern folk
music will be presented this
afternoon from 4:45 to 5:15
o'clock over the NBC - WEAF
network from New York and
Washington. The series will be
introduced by . Mrs. Franklin IX
Roosevelt, -and today's program
will be under the direction of
John Powell, noted composer and
pianist of Richmond.
The first number on the pro
gram will De Lamar btrmg-
field's "Cripple Creek.
Radio Talks Continue
K. Jr. stainbacK to sneaK on
Radio Tubes Tonight at 7:30.
R. F. Stainback of the faculty
of the engineering school wil
talk tonight at 7 :30 o'clock in
206 Phillips hall on "The)AppliT
cation of Radio Vacuum Tubes"
m tne concluding taix m a se
ries of three on that phase of
radio.
Some of the more important
uses of vacuum tubes will be de
scribed by the speaker. As usu
al, the meeting will be open for
discussion after the talk.
Sheppard Strudwick, former
member of the Carolina Play
makers, is now playing the lead
opposite Ina Claire in S. N.
Berhman's comedy "Biogra
phy," which has just returned
from a western tour for a sec
ond engagement in New York
at the Ambassador theatre.
Strudwick, whose home is
Hillsboro, was one of the lead
ing actors in the Carolina Play-
makers during his four years
here. Last year he drew praise
from John Anderson and Burns
Mantle, dramatic critics, in
their "Best Performances of
1933," published in the New
York Telegram February 4, for
his work as leading man in
Maxwell Anderson's Pulitzer
nrize winner. "Both Your
x
Houses."
CREATOR OF PLAY
HAS TRICE TAG'
Aucmstus Thomas. Author of
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Playmakers' Next Production,
Is "Man of the World."
Two Hundred and Forty-One
Students Eligible for Monthly
Federal Relief Grant.
WORK BEGINS AT ONCE
The self-help committee met
yesterday for two hours approv
ing jobs to be given to needy
students through the $3,615
monthly federal relief grant
which was accorded the Univer
sity two days ago.
As soon as the committee ap
proves on the jobs and the stu
dents to receive work, individ
uals who applied for positions
yesterday will be notified, it
was announced by Edwin S.
Lanier, self-help director. :
The committee plans to have
all the applications and all the
various jobs approved by tomor
row, in order that work may
start tomorrow afternoon.
Meeting two hours yesterday
afternoon, the self-help group
only passed on one-half of the
proposed jobs, but another ses
sion of the committee was held
late last night.
Many Applicants
It was formerly announced
that work would begin today,
1 A. 1 .
out oecause oi tne great num
ber of applicants, the commence-
Augustus Thomas, author of ment of the work will probably
the "Witching Hour," which the! be tomorrow or Friday.
Carolina Playmakers will pro-l Two hundred and forty-one
duce March 1, 2 and 3, has been students are eligible for work,
labeled with the "price tag," but twenty-five per cent of this
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man of the world, which clas- number must be new students.
and Dr. C.
physician who . gave lectures.
A special demonstration in
artificial respiration was given
w T oo T flvtr rh airman of the
A lifo vinr ram. quamtness
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Many Reasons Given By Northern
Students For Selecting Carolina
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Chief Attraction of University for Non-Southerners Appears to
Be Inexpensive Tuition and Living Conditions; Few Come "
On Strength of School's Scholastic Reputation.
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sifies him as an author who
knows something to write about.
Thomas became a pageboy in
Washington during the 41st
Coneress. studied law, became
a writer and illustrator for such
papers as the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch, the Republic, of the
same city, the Kansas City
Times, the New York Times,
and others. He worked six
years in a railroad freight de
partment and then went into
politics.
Wrote at Sixteen
Wages will range from
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lower classes.
ttio lrwal chanter.
mt. - !, ;.f a fwt Couch also stated that south-
iwoioh undertaken l religion is practically on a
4,-. t oof 4,n lif save- Plane, with soothsaying and is m
: ing class was organized. This ; need of radical changes.
spring the local chapter is spon
soring an examiners
which will be open to all senior
life savers. 20 years or over,
and examiners.
However, by the efforts of a
course few determined leaders, the sys
tem can oe cnanged to a new
footing, Couch said.
Sophs to Hear Bowman
Bedlamites
, The following students were
confined to the University in
firmary yesterday: E. M. Allen,
J. A. Barret, G. F. Brandt, Stan
ley Combs, L. A. Dudley, Harry
Dosher, A. H. McLeod, R. S. Mc
Collum, C. Mathewson, R. D.
McMillan, N. B. Pecker, J. H.
Raney, S. Samson, Maclin Smith,
Tracy Scobee, C. Sedgwick, C. G.
Watts, and'Ben Wyche.
Bo Bowman and his orchestra
will play in assembly this morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock in Gerrard
hall. Bowman, who renders
music regularly at Swain hall,
played for the freshman assem
bly two weeks ago and was en
thusiastically received.
No Ec Seminar
There will be
seminar tonight.
no economics
"Why do northern boys choose
a college 600 miles away fromj
home when they might attend
any one of the many high-grade
schools in the north?" frequent
ly wonders the southern student.
The query is one perhaps which:
every one of the four or five
hundred Carolina students,
whose homes extend from New
England to the Middle West,
has been asked time and again.
The answer to such a definite
question can hardly be rendered
with complete satisfaction.
Since most entering students
are relatively young and are
still m the so-called impres
sionable age," it is only natural
that the majority be influenced
in their plans by biased sugges
tions and hints, or accounts of
others' experiences. This is
generally the case with the stu
dents coming here from 'up yon
der.' The stories of the ath
letics, freedom of the students,
pretty southern "gals," and
many others that have been
spread. doubtless attracted
scores of gullible high school
boys.
Thought School a Crip
One fellow explained, "I
heard that this was one of them
joints where all you need to get
in is a high school diploma, and
almost any kind of a scholastic
average." This attitude toward
smaller southern institutions is
typical of many northern boys,
who certainly undergo keen re
sentment and disappointment
at not finding the. University
as simple a proposition as they
had supposed it to be.
Of course the. greatest lures
Carolina holds for these Yan
kees are its appreciably low tu
ition and general living ex
penses. Hundreds of boys have
migrated to Chapel Hill with
the understanding that there
they would find at least a fairly-
high-grade school with costs as
low as can be expected. The
rate of tuition here is consider
ably lower than most northern
schools and as such attracts the
eyes of the educationally-mind
ea out siim-pocKetDooKea nor
thern youngsters.
Several students interested in
athletics claim that the records
of Carolina teams, especially
the tennis team, added to the
interest already created by the
Jr
monetary aspect ana easy en
trance requirements. One so
phisticated freshman pointed
out another possible reason for
a northern inplex. Taking his
own case as an example, he
said the opinions of parents play
an important part. From his
conversation it was gathered
that he was quite a "cut-up" at
home, and that his parents sad
ly, yet sensibly got rid of him
by sending him six hundred
miles away. The mutual under
standing was that he should re
turn at the end of four years
with some sense and seriousness
Toiocked into his head.'
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CLUB DISTRffiUTl
USEFULLEAFLETS
Information on University and
Year's Expenses Sent to
Prospective Students.
the
Small leaflets telling of
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courses oi stuay, entrance re
quirements, expenses, and gen
eral information about the Uni-
Thomas' debut as a dramatist versity are being sent out by the
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na mriA ; 1007 TxrVar. "ha university survey omce m
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dramatized and acted in Mrs. Pouin ounamg.
F. H. Burnett's "Editha's Burg- This plan is part of the prc-
lar." At the age of sixteen, gram sponsored by the General
however, he was writing plays Alumni association and the Uni-
f or amateurs. I versity club to interest prospec-
Tfc, Elaine w "ho tive students of North Carolina
I At- Ti !
wrote upon request "A Consti- ia uie university.x
tutional Point" for Mrs. Booth, The Pamphlet contains brief
who needed a one-act play. I summaries of the curriculum of
"Hr. Palmer thought the public! the ten schools, and tells of the
wouldn't understand it Eigh- preparation and instruction each
teen years later I expanded It I grives.
m irm tij
to lour acts ana cauea it inei r,ntrance requirements are
Witching Hour." I described in full, giving the
This play was read to Charles Prerequisites necessary to enter
FmTimaTi. who. astounded at its the various schools. This see-
beauty, was for immediate pro- tion gives the courses necessary
duction; however, within a for all the University schools
week's time Frohman had be- and then adds special .units in
come convinced by his hrother foreign languages which nmst
Da-niel that th author of the be had to enter the different de-
play was evidently crazy. Thom
as then read the play to Lee
Shubert, whose enthusiasm led
to production in 1908.
"The Witching Hour" was
partments.
Expense Items Girea ;
A complete account taking up
all items of expense necessary
to remain in : the ' University.
the biggest dramatic success of tells the minimum amount nec-
that year; It went through the I essary for each Quarter.
season in New York, while al Explanatory comments on
second company was playing in finances' deai with special' tui-
Chieago. . For three years, John I tion, boarding places, rooni3,
Mason, who had the central anci other matters. Forms of
role, played in it until Thomas
wrote him another play. -
No Frosh Exec Meet
financial aid available for schol
ars are also discussed.
A directory of information
with the names and addresses
of the various University heads
There will be no meeting of I gives the prospective University
the freshman executive commit-1 scholar a chance to find about
tee tonight. The scheduled meet- admission, athletics, dramatics,
ing has been postponed until loan funds, music, rooms, schol
next Wednesday. arships, and self-help.