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GUILFORD CHOIR 4:00O;CLOCK HELL MUSIC HALL SENIOR C01DHTT 7:20 O'CLOCK GRAHA1I MEMORIAL VOLUME XLH CHAPEL HILL, NT C SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1934 NUMBER 155 - i s - - - - . r UNIVERSITY CLUB WILL CONVENE IN SPECIALSESSION Will Formulate Plans for Enter taining Navy Track Sqnad At Meeting Tomorrow. - EW REGIME IN COMMAND Phil Hammer, newly-elected president of the University club, announced last evening - that there will be a special meeting of the group tomorrow evening at 7:15 o'clock in Graham Me morial. Purpose The main purpose of t the meet ing will be to formulate plans for entertaining the Navy track squad which comes to Chapel Hill Saturday for." a dual meet with the University. Plans will also be made for the Roanoke College tennis team which is to come here Tuesday, the Mary vMle College tennis team which meets the University team Wed nesday, and the Virginia base ball team which plays here Fri day. Four standing committees will be appointed at tomorrow's meet ing, executive, publicity, enter tainment, and arrangements. .". The new men who took office Thursday'evening are expecting the full cooperation of everyone connected with the organization. The meeting tomorrow, the first under the new regime, is of ut most importance;? - " MfTH OMERIES - ENDS DANCE SET Formal Dance in Tin Can Brings To Close Fourth Annual May Frolics Dances. May Frolics ended last night at 12 :00 o'clock when Noble Sissle and his New York or chestra completed their engage ment here for the fourth annual dances. About 200 couples par ticipated in the series, which was held in the Tin Can with the exception of the luncheon dance at the Washington Duke hotel in, Durham yesterday. Prior to last night's affair there was an afternoon dance from 4 :00 to 6 :00 o'clock yes terday. No apparent decrease in the crowd was evident, even though there was a larger num ber than was anticipated at the opening dance Thursday after noon. Given by Seven Lodges Given bv seven camnus f ra- ternities, the May Frolic dances are known throughout the state as an outstanding event on the social calendar. Noble Sissle's 15-piece orchestra, which offer ed novelty numbers and fea tured two singers for 'the occa- t ..... sion, was enthusiastically re ceived. Last night's dance, which last ed from 9 :00 until 12 :00 o'clock, was distinguished from the four other dances that comprise the set by the figure, in which May Frolic sponsors, their escorts, and presidents of each of the seven fraternities took part. The leader of the figure was T. A. Upchurch, Sigma Chi, with Miss Susan Kennedy, of Camden, S. C. The other cou ples, in order, were: Miss La Verne Dawson of Fort Smith, Ark., with Maurice H. Long; Miss Patte Evans of Memphis, Tenn., with Dick Lewis; Miss Hilton Roller of Fort Defiance, Va., with Bob Reynolds, presi ( Continued on page two) ERNES T R. GROVES AIDS WITH TEXT Sociology Professor Writes In troductory Text with Ruth Gavian and A. A. Gray. "Our Changing Social Order: An Introduction to Sociology" by Ruth Wood Gavian, A. A. Gray, and Df. Ernest R. Groves has just been released by D. C. Heath and Company. Miss Gavian was formerly an instructor at Sea Pines- school in Brewster. Massachusetts. w Gray is head of the department of social science at Berkeley high school in Berkeley, California, and-Groves is research profes sor in the department of sociolo gy at the University. . . The book is a text to be used in senior high schools. It makes the high school course in problems more profitbale by a concomitant eonsideraliion : (1) of the culture that produced them and (2) of human nature in terms of the needs of the in dividual. It deals with such topics as human nature, popula tion, housing, leisure, crime, heredity, waste, poverty, polit ical bosses, war, and education. Vital Issues The problems are limited to a consideration of vital issues which confront the United States today. These are '. con stantly related to each other and to theTearlier portions of the book. The authors have in cluded much material . which might be of - aid . in helping the individual student in his" own adjustments to society. Although Dr. Groves dis claims credit for the material included and the structure , of the book,, it has been largely through his efforts that its pub lishing' has been made possible. At one time Miss Gavian, one of the authors, studied the prob lems which she is now present ing to the public under his tutor age. LIBRARY MEETING SCHEDULED HERE Citizens' Library Movement Will Convene at Inn Next Monday. The program for the next meeting of the Citizens' Libra ry Movement, to be held here in the Carolina Inn next Mon day, has just been announced by R. M. Grumman, director of the University' Extension Division. The program, opening in the Carolina Inn at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning with the ad dress of welcome by President Graham, schedules talks by R. B. House, executive secretary of the University, on "Why This Conference;" byv Charles H. Stone, president of the North Carolina Library association, on "National Library Planning;" by Miss Tommie Dora Barker, American Library association regional field agent for the south, on "Libraries in the South;" and by Miss Marjorie Beal, director of the North Car olina Library, commission, on "Libraries in North Carolina." Invited to address the after noon session, which opens at 2:30 o'clock, are: William Polk of Warrenton, on "Eastern Car olina and the Library Situa tion;" Miss Nellie Rowe of Greensboro, on "Piedmont Car olina and the Library Situa tion;" and Miss Beatrice Cobb of Morganton, on "Western Car olina and the Library Association." GUILFORD COLLEGE CHOIR TO PRESENT CONCERT PROGRAM Will Appear in Hill Music Hall At 4:00 O'clock Today. The Guilford College choir, under . the direction of Max Noah, will appear at concert this afternoonat 4:00 o'clock in Hill Music hall. The program this afternoon will be divided into four parts. The songs in the first are as fol lows: "Hail, Gladdening Hour," by Charles Wood; "Lo, In -the Time Appointed," by Healy Wil- lan; "The Three Kings," by Reverend Louis Romeu; and All Breathing Life, Sing and Praise Ye the Lord," by Bach. In the second and third di- visions are: Adoremus le, by G. P. da Palestrina; "Ave Maria," by LeRoy Wetzel; "A Raff aello Divino," by M. Enrico Bossi; "As the Waves of the Sea," by A. T. Gretchaninoff ; On This Day a Virgin" and Hospodee Pomeelooy" by C. V. Llvosky; and "It is a Good Thing to Give Thanks," by Con stantine Schvedoff. The final part is comprised of the f ollowiner sonsrs : "How Fair the Church , of Christ Shall Stand," by F. Melius Christian sen; "The Song of -Mary," ar ranged by Albert Krantz ; "In Dulci Jubilo, arranged by F. Melius Christiansen ; and "Psalm CXLVIII." by Gustav Hoist. SINGERS TO GIVE. PROGRAM TODAY Mary Smoot and Beverly Thur- man Feature Regular Graham Memorial Entertainment. Mary Lily Smoot of Norfolk, lyric soprano, and Beverly Ried Thurman of the University faculty, baritone, will give vocal recital this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock in Graham Me morial. Margaret Battin and Nelson Kennedy will be ' the ac companists, respectively. Program In the first division of the en tertainment, Thurman will give the following numbers: "Vision Eugitive," Massenet; "Les Cloches," Debussy; and "Lied," Franck. Following, Miss Smoot will sing: "Se tu m'ami," Pergolesi; "Romeo and Juliet Waltz," Gou nod; "Nuages," Georges; "Pa pillon," Fourdrain; "Stille Sic herheit," Franz ;r and "M'ama non m'ama," Mascagni. The third part will be sung by Thurman and will contain the following: "Der Linden baum," Schubert; "Die Beiden Grenadiere," Schumann; "My self When Young," Lehman; and "May the Maiden," Carpen ter. In the last division of the program Miss Smoot will give the following numbers: "Par odies," Herbert Hughes; "Sun day Every Day," Jacques Wolf; "American Lullaby," Gladys Rich; "Ecstasy," Rummel; "Through the Years," You- mans; "The Little Shepherd's Song," Watts; and "Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark" by Bishop. Fencing Practice The second co-ed fencing prac tice of the year will be held in Bynum gym tomorrow night at 7:00 o'clock. All co-eds inter ested in this sport are urged to attend. CHEMICAL GROUP TOCONTOEHERE Dr. Harry Curtis, Chief Chemi cal Engineer of TV A, Will Be Principal Speaker. Engineers from the surround ing region will gather here to morrow to celebrate Chemical Engineers' Day, sponsored by the University chapter of - the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The program will run continuously from - 9:30 o'clock in the morning until late evening. . Dr. Harry A. Curtis, chief chemical engineer, of the Ten nessee Valley Authority, will be principal speaker of the day. He will address the opening session at 9:30 o'clock in Ven able hall on the subject, "Coal as Viewed by Modern Sciences Tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock, he will speak in Ger rard hall, on "The Work of the Tennessee Valley Authority." Taught at Yale Dr. Curtis was head of the department of chemical engi neering at Yale University and director of research and de velopment of the Vacuum Oil company before becoming affili ated with the TV A. He is also vice-president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The morning session will con tinue with a lecture at 11:00 o'clock on "The Manufacture of Cellophane and Its Use in the byWimam A. .Perry .of. the Jf. J. ReynoldsrTobacco- "company; R. . C. Bardwell, . superinten dent of the water supply of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, will speak at Venable hall at 3 :00 o'clock in the afternoon on the subiect. "Railroad Water Softening." Dr. Hugh S. Tay lor, head of the department of chemical engineering at Prince ton University, will conduct an informal seminar at 4 :00 o'clock on Recent Development in the Study of Reactions at Surfaces. Dr. Taylor will be brought here under the auspices ' of Sigma Xi, scientific fraternity. A dinner is scheduled for 6 :30 o'clock in Graham Memo rial. The meetings will close with the lecture by Dr. Curtis in Gerrard hall at 8:30 o'clock "BRAIN TRUSTER" WILL TALK HERE Assistant Secretary of Com merce Speaks Tomorrow. John Dickinson, assistant sec retary of Commerce and one of the first members of the "brain trust," will give an informal lec ture on some phase cf the New Deal tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in Bingham hall. The lecture is under the auspices of the law and commerce schools. Dickinson, who has for many years been recognized as one of the leading authorities on ad ministrative law, has figured prominently in the current movement towards government al regulation of the stock ex change. His appointment by Roosevelt to the position of as sistant secretary of commerce came in April of last year. Attention Ex-Editor! Former Editor Carr is remind ed that it is the custom for the out-going editor of the Daily Tar Heel, to give his staff; the annual banquet. He is requested to report at the office while he is able. Vocational Guidance Congress Completes Final Session Here Lyric Soprano Mary Lily Smoot of Norfolk, who will give a vocal recital with Beverly Ried Thurman this aT ternoon on the Graham Memo rial series of Sunday concerts. NEW T OFFICERS TO BEMDUCTED J. D. Winslow, President-Elect, Will Take Office with Other Officials Tomorrow. Annual installation of offi cers of the Y. M. C. A. will take place tomorrow evening at 7 :15 ociocic m Aierrara nail at a joint meeting of all Y. M. C. A. cabinets and the board of direc tors of the "Y." . s . Dean is. is . isradsnaw as president of the board of direc tors and Harper Barnes as re presentative of the student body will deliver the charges to the incoming officers. Both will ad dress the convocation on "The Objective of the Y. M. C. A." Officers Officers to be inducted at the meeting are: J. D. Winslow, president; Craig Macintosh, vice-president; Phil Hammer recording secretary; and B. S. Smith, treasurer. The present Freshman Friendship council will become the sophomore cabi net, and the present sophomore cabinet will go into the junior- senior cabinet. Officers for the sophomore cabinet will also be inducted at this meeting. The officers to be inducted are: Phil Kind, presi dent; Eli Joyner, vice-president; Jim Daniels, secretary; and George MacFarland, treasurer. DEBATE TRY-OUTS Try-outs for the coming de bate with the University of Vir ginia will be conducted Tues day evening at 9:00 o'clock in room 209 in Graham Memorial. The debate is scheduled for May 10 at Chapel Hill. Caro lina will take the negative of the query: Resolved, that the essential features of the NRA be continued. This debate is strictly humorous; all campus wits are especially urged to try out. "V. All members of the debate squad are asked to attend the meeting to discuss plans for a banquet. Senior Committee A meeting of the senior week committee will take place at 7:30 o'clock tonight in Graham lTe- moriaL I j i '" :.-"-:-X 5 - : - . - - , - Delegates Vote to Organize Southern Occupational Cenfcr ence to Formulate Plass. DIRECTOR SKETCHES ABI3 One of Most Saccessfal Rrioel Meetings Sponsored bj Naticml Occupational Conference. A long step forward in the promotion and development of a vocational guidance program for the southern states was taken here yesterday at the closing session of the first Southern Re gional Conference on Vocational Guidance and Education when the delegates voted to organize a Southern Occupational Confer ence with the view to formulat ing a program of occupational adjustment in this section. On motion of C. J. Hyslup, acting supervisor of education in Virginia, Dean F. F. Bradshaw, dean of students and director of the Bureau of Vocational Infor mation at the University, was named temporary chairman of a committee to effect a southern organization and this committee in turn named Kendall Weisiger, assistant to the president of the Southern Bell Telephone com pany, Atlanta, chairman, and Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, ' director of the Institute of Women's Professional Relations of the Woman's College of the University, secretary. Adopt Reports The conference also adopted reports brought in yesterday Jy three groups representing" sec ondary schools, state depart ments of education, and colleges and - universities. The reports stressed the view that vocation al guidance should be accepted as integral part of the education al program and that regular courses should be included in curricula. ' y Consensus of i;he delegates was that this conference, which was attended by more than one hundred delegates, comprising vocational guidance and person nel directors and industrial lead ers, was one of the most success ful regional meetings yet spon sored by the National Occupa tional Conference. Speakers at the final session included Dr. Franklin J. Keller, director of the conference pro gram, who sketched the aims f the Vocational Occupational Con ference, showing how it gTew from a luncheon discussion group in New York several years ago in response to an ever in creasing need for a nation-wide occupational adjustment pro gram. The conference is financed largely by the Carnegie Corpora tion. The delegates were enter tained last evening with a pro gram of dances presented by ' Phoebe Barr's pupils in the Playmakers theatre. Di Senate Bills The Di senate will discuss the following bills at its meeting Tuesday night: Resolved, that the Tugwell-Copeland food and drug bill should be made a law of the United States; Resolved, that the Di senate go on record as favoring a widespread "youth movement" for the United States. Soph Cabinet to Meet The sophomore Y. 1L C. A. cabinet will have its regular meeting in Gerrard hall tomor row night at 7 :15 o'clock.