SOPHOMORE CONVOCATION
10:30 A.M.
GERRARD HALL
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. GRAHAM MEMORIAL
SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS
VOLUME XLIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1935
NUMBER 115 Ifi
T.M.C.A. LEADERS
VISIT TWO STATE
CITIES THIS WEEK
roup of Nine Leaves Tomorrow
For Fayetteville; Four Mem
bers Go to Winston-Salem
TO GIVE VARIED PROGRAM
A double-barreled bolt of Y.
H. C. A. leaders will be fired at
the state this week-end when
Chairman Jack Pool of the depu
tation team committee, sends
one group, to perforin at Fay
etteville and another in Winston-Salem.
"
Pool himself, - "Y" President
J. D. Wirislow, Soloist Jesse
Parker and Freshman from
China Bob Magill, leave this af
ternoon on the Winston-Salem
trip.
Eastern Delegation
Nine other Y. M. C. A. lead
ers will compose the Fayette
ville deputation which will leave
tomorrow" night for its four-day
stay in -the eastern North Caro
lina town.
The teams will appear in the
schools, clubs and churches of
the respective towns. Included
in the Fayetteville program are
appearances at five schools, six
churches, a Kiwanis club lunch
on, a boys mass meeting, a
father-and-son banquet, the
county home, the prison camp,
a social for high school students,
and at a "Y" vs. high school
basketball game.
According to an announce
ment irom Y. M. C. A. General
Secretary Harry F. Comer, the
Winston-Salem team will return
to Chapel Hill tomorrow night,
the Fayetteville group, . Sunday
afternoon.
Composing the Fayetteville
team are Lee Greer, Francis
Fairley, Billy Yandell, Don Mc
Xee, Harry F. Comer, and the
University quartet of Claude
Ballard, Sam Lane, James Dees,
and Harold Gavin.
PLAY PRESERVES
ISLANDCULTURE
McMulIan Drama Is on Bill of
Three to Be Presented by
Playmakers Tomorrow.
Playing the role of Cottie in
her own original drama, "Cot
tie Mourns," which will be pre
sented on the bill of New Caro
lina plays by the Carolina Play
makers tomorrow, Friday and
Saturday, Miss Patsy McMul
Ian, versatile" Playmaker, will be
attempting to preserve the local
color that is fast vanishing from
Ocracoke Island off the sound
of North Carolina.
Passing People
The island of "bankers," as
the fisher folk of Ocracoke are
called, are falling prey, accord
ing to Miss McMulIan, to a thin,
cheap, "paste-board" civilization
that is pouring in -on them from
the inland of our state.
With the inrush of. the new
People, the "bankers" and their
old Elizabethan Devonshire ac
cent, their simple, hardy ways
of making a living on the
"banks" are fast disappearing.
"Cottie Mourns" is Miss Me
dian's third drama. ; The
folk-comedy was presented on a
Playmakers experimental bill
test year in which production
ere featured Mildred McMul
Ian and Robert Barrett who will
Play their same roles in tomor
row night's performance.
Wilton Mason and the author
herself complete the cast.
De Lawd Rests After Completing
Fourth Year Of "Green Pastures
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Applications for the posi
tion of circulation manager of
the Daily Tar Heel, the
Finjan, and the Carolina
Magazine must be delivered
to Mr. J. M. Lear at 109 Bing
ham hall by 2 o'clock this af
ternoon. All candidates must
see Mr. Lear immediately to
learn the duties of the posi
tion. . ... .
The applicants will be in
terviewed by the P. U. Board
this afternoon at 2 o'clock in
Graham Memorial.
SENATE APPROVES
QUARTJSYSTEM
Motion Requiring Pro or Con
Statement Before Taking
Rostrum Is Defeated.
A listless discussion on the
University quarter system was
turned into a highly hilarious
harangue last night as the Di
Senate returned to new business
zo aeoate a motion requiring
each Senator to state his view
on the bill under consideration
before speaking from the ros
trum. t
It was following the vote on
the quarter system bill that
Senator Kind proposed that each
member of the Senate be requir
ed to state whether he favored
or opposed the bill he was about
to discuss before actually debat
ing on the question. -
Defeated
After numerous speeches by
the senators on Kind's proposal,
the bill was defeatedvalmost un
animously. The bill, Resolved, that the
quarter system should be con
tinued at the University of
North Carolina, was unanimous
ly approved.
Members of the society dis
cussing the bill were Senators
Kind, Howell, Stein, McKee, and
Weaver. .
By a vote of nine to eight the
proposal, Resolved, that con
tinued appropriations for relief
are harmful to the future of the
working classes, was defeated.
, Senator Blackwell led the af
firmative on the question and
was assisted by Dacy, Yeatman,
and McKee. Senators Fletcher,
Kendrick, and Rawls rallied
around Floor-Leader Eagles,
who 'headed the negative forces.
The next session of the Senate
will be an executive session.
President Lee , announced that
every member would be required
to attend and that reports are
expected to be submitted by the
chairmen of all Senate commit
tees.
Craig to Speak
Dr. Hardin Craig, visiting pro
fessor of English, will deliver
an address Friday evening at 8
o'clock in Gerrard hall. The
subject of Dr. Craig's talk will
be "Why Hamlet? An Attempt
to Account for the Importance
of Shakespeare's Play.
Mathematics Seminar
The mathematics seminar. will
meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock
in room 360, Phillips hall. L. L
Garner of the mathematics de
partment will speak on the sub
ject, "The Graphical Solution of
Equations Involving Three Par
ameters."
Richard B. Harrison Bewails Dif
ficulty of OneNNight Stands
And Day Coaches.
PLAY GROSSES $3,000,000
New York, Feb. 26. (UP)
De Lawd sat in a room in Har
lem recently, his fingers folded
over his bulging vest, and talked
about his troubles just like a
mortal. ,
"De Lawd never knew de trou
ble I had," said Richard B. Har
rison, shaking his long white
locks mournfully. "One night
stands ! Day coaches ! Audita
riums! My, oh my!" v
. The 70-year-old Negro actor
came in off the road only to be
gin his fifth year in the role of
"De Lawd" in Marc Connelly's
amazing play, "The Green Pas
tUlCQ. X11C VXICCli J. d&lUi COj
I
which has grossed more thah
$3,000,000 since Broadway man
agements refused to handle it,
played at Baltimore to its 1652nd
audience recently.
One Night Stands
"Ninety-three one-night stands
in the last year," said Harrison,
again shaking his head so high
lights danced on his high fore
head, round nose, and gold
rimmed spectacles. "The gbod
Lord never had to put up with
one night stands and day coach
es.
Then he threw back his head
and the round contours of his
face took on a beaming expres
sion.
"But we enjoyed it all. Oh,
how we enjoyed it. Folks were
so fine to us. And we all came
home healthy."
De Lawd patted his ample
midsection.
He sat in an arm chair in
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RUSSELL SPEAKS
AT BULL'S HEAD
Biographer Advises Students to
Serve Hard Apprenticeship
For Literary Success.
Yearning to write cannot
alone produce a work of literary
value, Professor Phillips Rus
sell, teacher of the creative writ-
ing course, told an audience at
the Bull's Head Bookshop yes
terday afternoon. His subject
was "Preventive Writing-."
"I think there should be one
writing course to give the stu
dent a knowledge of his work
ing tools and another to 'pre
vent mm irom writing, .said
the noted biographer. "By that
I mean that he should be 'pre
vented' from writing until he
has served his apprenticeship
in the craft."
Professor Russell told the au
dience that he is continually re
ceiving manuscripts from would
be authors who ask for criti
cismu "In almost every case 1
know before I open their letters
that their compositions are no
worth reading," he said. "They
have not served what is often
hard apprenticeship, and they
have only the desire to become
authors."
His main purpose in teaching
creative writing is to familiarize
the students with the essentials
of composition, he said. "Any
writer must have form for one
thing," said Professor Russell
"Too many amateurs think they
can squeeze writing out of them
selves, like toothpaste from
tube."
THEMDE COMES
HERE NEXT WEEK
Danish-Javanese Dancer to Ap
pear on Student Entertain
ment Series Wednesday.
Nini Theilade, DanishJavan-
ese dancer who during her first
American tour last season was
pronounced to be the -logical
successor to the great Anna
Pavlowa, .will give a perform
ance here next Wednesday on
the student entertainment ; se
ries.
Mile. Theilade was first
aunched on her career five years
ago by Pavlowa, and later at
tracted international attention
as premiere danseuse; in four of
Max Reinhard'ts European pro
ductions.
Royalty
Born in Java, Nini Theilade
on her mother's side is of royal
heritage. Her great-grandmoth
er was the daughter of the Sul
tan of Java. Her father is a
Danish journalist. v . .
When she was nine years old
Nini was brought to Denmark
by her parents. Here she at
tended Asta Mollerup's ballet
school. It was evident from the
start that she had exceptional
talent, so later she was taken to
Paris to study under Madame
Egorowa, who had formerly
been first ballerina of the St.
Petersburg ballet under the
Czar. It was there that Anna
Pavlowa saw her dance. So im
pressed was the great Russian
that she turned to her compan
ion and said:
"This child is the future.
am the present. People talk of
me now. Later they will talk as
much of her."
Pavlowa arranged for Mile.
Theilade's debut at The Hague
in 1929, an appearance followed
by a long tour of Germany,
Switzerland, Holland and Scan-
danavia and the subsequent en
gagements with Max Reinhardt.
The Reinhardt productions in
which she appeared included
"Hoffmann's Erzahlungen,"
"Die Schoene Helena," "Jeder-
mann" and "Der Studenten-
prinz
Last year she made her first
visit to the United States, cre
atine: such an impression . that
arrangements were immediately
made for a return tour.
Congress Deadlocked
Washington, Feb. 26. (UP)
Congressional activity came
to a standstill today under an
armed truce between New Deal
ers and oppositionists over the
work-relief bill and the proposed
NRA investigation.
The NRA faces two Senate
investigations, both aimed at ex
amining the charges that the re
covery administration has fos
tered monopoly and price-fixing.
Labor got encouragement to
day on a bill slipped into the
Senate by Senator James F.
Byrnes (Dem., S.C.) which
would make it a felony to trans
port strike breakers in interstate
commerce.
SOPHOMORE CONVOCATION
The sophomore class will con
vene at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow
in Gerrard hall to the tune of
Peter (Buc) Ivey's musical
voice as he endeavors to expose
to them the fundamental secrets
of the wiles and wills of women
in. general.
This is the first and probably
the last convocation of the sec
ond year class during the win
ter quarter.
Committee Elects
President Of Political Union
Desk Staff
City editors, desk men, and
sports editors will convene
this afternoon at 4 o'clock in
Graham Memorial for a short
meeting.
Attendance : is necessary
since announcements will be
made relative to their work.
NEW DEAL UPHELD
BY PHLASSEMBLY
Also Favors Bill Providing fdr
Optional Attendance for All
University Classes.
Members of the Phi Assembly
fled to the first floor of New
East to hold their meeting last
night after the lights in their
familiar portrait-panelled pent
house failed, to function.
After a rather lengthy dis
cussion, the assemblymen regis
tered a large majority vote in
favor of the bill, Resolved, that
the Phi assembly favors the New
Deal. ;
Representative Drew Martin,
speaking against the bill that
provided optional attendance for
all classes at the University,
sought to impress upon the
minds of the assemblymen the
alleged inferiority of the south
ern student and the southern
university. ' The credence of his
listeners was not sufficient, how
ever, and the representative
voted in favor of optional atten
dance. ' "-";:v-; 1 .''"-"".":..
Debate on the Hill bill for the
repeal of the 18th amendment
in this state was cut short by
lack of time and was tabled until
next meeting.
Members of the assembly are
asked by Treasurer Francis
Fairley to make arrangements
for the payment of dues.
Freshmen Will Select
Honor Court Today
To Convene by Schools at 10:30
O'clock This Morning.
Members of the freshman
class will meet this morning at
10:30 according to schools for
the purpose of electing repre
sentatives to the freshman Hon
or Court.
Each class will elect one rep
resentative. Those freshmen in the college
of liberal arts will meet in 111
Murphey with Joe Patterson pre
siding.
Commerce Jreshmen will meet
in Memorial hall. David Allen
will act as chairman. '
Richard Heller will conduct
the meeting of engineering
freshmen in the auditorium of
Phillips hall,
The pharmacy group will con
vene in Howell hall with Kemp
Battle Nye acting as chairman.
Ted Cochrane will preside
over the meeting of the applied
science freshmen in the audi
torium of Venable hall.
Policy League
There will be an important
meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Foreign Policy
League, in Graham Memorial
tonight at 8 o'clock.
Comprehensives
All seniors who are scheduled
to take their comprehensive ex
amination Saturday at 9 o'clock
must report to their respective
major heads immediately.
Smithwick
Francis Fairley Made
Secretary-Treasurer
Plans to Invite Many Outstand
ing Figures in Politics and
Social Work to Meetings.
TO INVITE LONG IN MARCH
At the initial meeting of the
executive committee of the Polit
ical Union, Robert Smithwick,
former speaker of the Phi, was
elected chairman of the Union
and Francis Fairley, who served
as reading clerk for the Assem
and who is now treasurer of that
group, secretary-treasurer.
- The committee, made up of
Robert Smithwick, Francis Fair
ley, Nick Read, Phil Kind, and
Betty" Durham, passed on a reso
lution that the secretary invite
Huey Long to speak before the
Union in March.
To Be in Raleigh
Huey is expected to speak to
the legislature in Raleigh next
month and the committee has
hopes that he will come to Chap
el Hill.
y It was also decided that the
secretary write President Roose
velt, asking him to stop over at
Chapel Hill on one of his trips
to Warm Springs, Ga., to speak
under the Union's auspices be
fore the University.
A number of prominent peo
ple were. selected. to be invited
to appear before the Union.
Among these were Margaret
Sanger, J. Edgar Hoover, Don
ald Richberg, Hugh Johnson,
Henry Wallace, and Cordell
Hull. ;
The committee approved a
suggestion that the Political
Union sponsor an open forum,
or a supper, featuring one of the
speakers' coming here in the
Human Relations Institute,
March 31-April 5. The speaker
was not decided upon, however,
as all speaking engagements of
the Human Relations Institute
are not definitely settled as yet.
A proposal advocating a small
assessment on each .member of
the Union was not accepted. The
financial problem will be worked
out at another meeting, the pres
ent expenses being taken care
of by individual contributions to
the secretary.
Economics Seminar
Hears Carl Snyder
The economics seminar at its
meeting last evening had as its
speaker, Carl Snyder, statisti
cian of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York who spoke on "The
Mechanism of Economic Growth
and Expansion."
He said that the financial
status of the nation was depen
dent upon the savings and in
vestments of the people. There
has been no increase in the na
tion's wealth during the last five
years for the first time in his
tory, and during the last, five
years the savings of the nation
as a whole have been nil.
Contrary to opinion, the one
who is most beneficial to society
and gives the greatest "material
advance as a whole to the nation
is not the spender, but the miser
or saver. As investments and
savings decrease, the country's
wealth likewise decreases.
Faculty Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
general faculty in Bingham hall
this afternoon at 4 o'clock, Dean
R. B. House announced yesterday.