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CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935,
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CORNELL CHEMIST
TALKS ON LEATO
Sigma Xi Hears Authority On
Color Changes in Foliage at
Phillips Hall Meeting
Dr. Wilder D. Bancroft, pro
fessor of physical chemistry at
Cornell University, speaking at
the meeting of the North Caro
lina chapter of Sigma Xi, gave
a talk on "The "Chemistry and
Physic of Color Changes in
Leaves." in Phillips hall last
night.
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"Three problems wnicn we
face in this discussion," said Dr.
'Bancroft, "are: why are tree
'leaves, maple for example, some
times of one color, and again of
another;' why are they red or
yellow, as the case may be, at
all; and lastly,. why are leaves
green ordinarily?"
Then, with the: aid of colored
slides, the speaker told of his
; experiments and observations,
: and stated the conclusions which
he had drawn as a result.
Chemistry ..;
According to Dr. Bancroft,
physics deals with the external,
physical aspects of the leaf while
the chemist must delve into the
internal part, taking into ac
count the many little factors thus
encountered. The slides exhibited
showed the results of the chemi
cal means taken to ascertain the
Continued on last page)
GRAHAM ATTENDS
COLLEGE MEETING
Will Lead Discussion Son Four
Phases of College Life
GROUP TO ATTEND
YOUTH GATHERING
Student Delegates to Attend
State-Wide Youth Conference
Devoted His Fortune to Education
A carload of student dele
gates from the University will
go to Winston-Salem November
29, to attend the state-wide
youth conference to be held in
that city during the Thanksgiv
ing weekend.
Lawrence Fountain, Univer-1
sity student will appear on the
program wi;th a tajk, "Christ
in Our Colleges and Universities."
The three days of the confer
ence, Friday, Saturday, and Sun
day, will be featured by a ban
quet Friday evening and a tour
of the city and tea on the Salem
College campus Saturday. The
program . offers addresses, dis
cussions, and devotionals every
day of the conference.
Delegates are urged to send
in .their registration blanks as
soon as possible to Reverend G.
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LIBRARY DISPLAY
SHOWS EDITIONS
OF PUBLICATIONS
Exhibition Cases Feature Three
New Displays This Week
Dr. Frank Graham is attend-
In J the annual meeting in
Washington of the National As
sociatioris of State Universities.
As head of the committee on
"Group Life of Students," Dr.
Graham will lead the discussion
on four phases of college 'life:
dormitoriesL fraternities, stu-
dent finances, and athletics.
This association, formed in
1896, has as its chief purpose the
consideration of questions which
will promote higher education in
all forms in the universities of
the yUnited States.- It, also makes
a study. of plans whereby the: in
stitutions, may. become .'more effi
cient. - &wrj7.)
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NATION TO HONOR
CARNEGIE'S BIRTH
Beneficiaries of Philanthropist to
Hold Special Programs
DOWNS SUBMITS
LIBRARY REPORT
Grants,. Contributions Make
Possible Acquisition of New
Film Projector
Many colleges and universities
of the United States which have
benefited from erants hv Andrew
Carnegie will join with libraries " lin xne aia 01 a ant Irom
and various other Carnegie the Smith Research Fun and
trusts in the observance of his contributions from George R.
uonman, K. is. Downs, and
birthday centenary on Novem
ber 25.
Carnegie s memory will b
friends of the library, a Leica
film projector has been purchas-
Un A u :i : 1 j . wH-
" f o - I lfinn AT thie m n f h l n o Hoes -mn Ha
I IllTlTAmYl 111! A Vj - r r-i 4- V vtkil I
anthropist's birth place. NewL, ,
xorK, vvasninguon, rutSDurgn , manuscripts
anu many otner cities win nonor
him simultaneously.
iiu music nan, wnicn once
housed the library,
with funds secured from the
Carnegie Foundation. The school
of library science is now operat
ing on a live-year grant of $100,
000 from the same source. Many
j - , , . , xt. this will result m the building
ed from the foundation by the - - , ,
Andrew Carnegie
The following persons were
admitted to candidacy for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy
by the administrative board of
the graduate school on Novem
ber 14, 1935.
Those with previous degrees
from the University of North
Carolina are: Allen L. Alexan
der, chemistry; E. S. Barr, Phy
sics; Harry Voorhies Bice, psy
chology; D. A. Brown, English;
Weldon A. Brown, U. S. history;
E. A. Cameron, mathematics;
Dan Fore, Jr., chemistry (or
ganic); Sherwood Githens, Jr.,
physics; F. C. Hayes, Spanish;
Xouise Lanham, English; Her
man Everette Spivey, English;
Laura Corbett Thomas, analyti
cal chemistry; William 'Waldo
Williams, chemistry.
The candidates from other in
stitutions are: J. E. Congleton
"English; E. H. Cox, English;
Alfred R. Marormac, chemistry;
Hernice Milburn Moore, socio
logy ; Harry E. Moore, sociology
Huth Yeomans Schiff man, socio
logy; Hugh Preston Smith, edu
cation ; Howard Tanner, chem
istry ; Francis Dudley Williams
Thvsics : L. Lvndon ' Williams
zoology (embryology).
The exhibition cases on the
first floor of the University lib
rary-boast three new displays
this week. The case on the left
as one enters the building is
filled wi.h a display of all the
publications which are" publish
ed in Chapel Hill.
" This exhibit contains pub
lications. ' Among tlici are:
The Buccaneer, The Daily Tar
Heel, Carolina Magazine, Car
olina Engineer, Carolina Play
book, University catalogue, Tar
Heel Topics, Chapel Hill Weekly,
Alumni Review, University
Facts, the department of phi
losophy bulletin, the bulletin of
the history and, government de
partments, N. C. Law Review,
Journal of Pharmacy, language
and sociology department bulle
tins, and a number of library
extension bulletins.
The -first show case on the
right : is v filled with, new books
wjiicKaye peen,rpie l)y the
University. ;f ess.,. Tiie., book,
the .rnapsishpwn in trie , back
ground jare originals that are
used in the book.
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ANDREW CARNEGIE accumulated during the flrst'paft of his'lif e one
of the "World's largest fortunes, and during the last part succeeded
in giving most of it away, so that he died a comparatively poor man.
Carnegie and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which he
established in 1911 to continue his benefactions, have devoted approxi
mately $8,000,000 to colleges and universities. More than 200 American
educational institutions shared in this distribution. In addition, Carnegie
spent more than $60,00.0,000 in library construction work Many of his
other grants were for popular education and scientific research. ' . '
Andrew Carnegie was born November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Scot
land. The centenary of his birth will be observed In the United States
and abroad November 25, 26 and 27. . . .
Glee Clubs to Hold
First Joint Concert
Men's, Women's Glee Clubs Plan
Joint Appearance in December
The men's and women's glee
clubs will appear, in joint concert
for the first time when they sing
at Hill Music hall December 11.
- Their first trip together will
be made to Wilmington on Fri
day, December 13, when they
will give a concert at Thalian hall
at 8:30 under the sponsorship
of the Men's Club of the Trinity
Methodist church.
Three representatives of the
Wilmington club came to Chapel
Hill Tuesday and made arrange
ments' with John Barney, man
ager of the club, about the ad
vertisirigPThey plan to publicize
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September Pay Ready
For Federal Aid Men
Self-Helf Students Asked to Call
By. Cashier's Office
Its greatest value is in sav
ings to graduate students and
. ... others who must have rpnrndiif-
was bunt f ..
iions oi material in collections
elsewhere which is available on
inter-library loans. .The cost of
film copies is only a fraction of
that of photostats or other meth
ods of reproduction. . In time
University for research work.
of a research library here.
Circulation Report
In addition to the above an
nouncement by R. B. Downs.
BOLANDER TO GIVE
TEfTTTRPV STTNttAV
fW P"P A PTTP AT A PT tne loilowing library report has
.xvxx been submittd by MrCook of
Guild Head to Explain Art in the circulation department: The
Fish Cans, Tooth Paste total circulation of books for the
year ending June 30, 1935. was
Using as his subject, "Art in 270,212, which was distributed
Common Things," Karl S. Bo- as follows: main desk, 112,792;
lander, president of the Art reserve room. 103.982 denart-
- . I ' f W MT
Hobby iJuild of America, ' will mental libraries. 53.438 -an in-
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AH federal aid students whose
names begin, with A through M
inclusive are asked to call by the
cashier's office today and tomor
row to receive their September
pay checks.
. According to Edwin S. Lanier,
self-help-bureau head, all other
aid students may receive their teresting speaker.
checks on Saturday and Monday. J
- Those checks which have not
been distributed by Cashier T.
H. Evans by Wednesday of next
week must be returned to the
National Youth Administration
in, Raleigh,, according, to the regulations-
of the - nationals prx
gram.' sf:;S 'j-T' ?
lecture Sunday afternoon at 3 :30
in the Playmakers theatre.
He is brought to the campus
under the sponsorship of the ex-
J ' m - ' - m
tension ai vision. colander is
affiliated with many state and
national art societies and . has
lectured on various phases of art
in many .-parts of the country.
Miss Corinne McNeirre, field
agent in art for the extension
division, says, "I have heard Dr.
Bolander lecture several times
land I find him to be a most in-
He brings
1 QMMPWS
T' Cabinet Groups
To Convene Sunday
"Y" Representatives wiU Hold
Meeting in Greensboro
Representatives from the "Y"
cabinets will attend the Y. M.
and Y. W. C. A. State Cabinet
meeting in Greensboro this Sun
day. This meeting is now a
permanent organization which
will meet from three to six times
a year.
The theme of the program of
the' Greensboro meeting" will be
to find a satisfactory philosophy
of life to cope with the problems
of the modern world. Dr. Art
man of the University of Chi
cago whose field is the psychol
ogy of character will be the
speaker and forum leader;
Nancy Lawlor and Mary Pride
Cruikshank will represent the
girl's organization which is try
ing to form a local Y. W. C. A.
Cabinet members who will repre
sent Carolina are: S. B. Brad
ley, E. H. Vick, Bob Magill, Bill
Yandell; Ben Wyche, and Leigh
ton Dudley.
HAT the student body is, how
acts, what arid how it
thinks, have been questions
which have upset the equilibrium
of more than one educator and
student leader.
Usually commentators on the
subject engage in platitudes
when they refer to the student
body." Without going into
lengthy discussions on the . sub
ject, but taking the "student
body" to mean "the mass of stu
dents on the campus," let us ex
amine this society more closely.
In matters of classifying col
legiate institutions, the student
body does not figure. When we
talk ' of intelligent . or - unintelli
gent response, we mean the re
action of "certain groups parti
cularly affected by the stimulus.
When we talk of student govern
ment such as ours, we are actu
ally talking about the- student
leaders who do things and not
about the student body which
only stands and waits.
But, as the expression goes,
thev also serve. Take the na
Hrmai Rinntirm. We cannot
truthfully say that the Ameri
can people are the democratic
nf tViis nation. The
politicians marenearly approach
this condition ;The Readers
listen pretty carefully to the
politicians and so the democra
tic principle is realized.
Take the campus. Our self-
government operates here be
cause a handful of student lead
ers make it operate and not be
cause the student body partici
pates. Our "liberalism," for in
stance, is not the liberalism of
the student body but of those
who are actively engaged in de
termining- whether policies are
liberal or. not
- The student body's main pur
pose-is to check actions of the
leaders. Through its very- sii-
pinity it cneeks progressive
trends towards more democracy.
Through occasional aroused pro
test it checks trends in the other
direction. The- actual progress
made by student organizations
is made by a-handful and if the
progress is too rapid, the mass
of students will hold it down.
In other words, the student
body, as such, is necessarily a
negative factor in student gov
ernment and activities,; if we
accept this interpretation.
P. G. H.
the practical as well as the aes
thetic viewpoint in art to his
listeners."
Dr. Bolander will attempt to
explain the art in such common
place things as tuna fish cans,
h paste, tables, mucilage bot-
Miss McNeirre, fhe wiii ; riot try
to iye a technical "discussion' of
a Jiighty ' specialized art, but will
try to make the ordinary person
see the beauty of design and
color in things which surround
him every day.
Connecticut Clubmen
Prepare Get-Together
Initial Social Function of Year
Announced by Ferguson
Next Tuesday night was se
lected by the members of the
Connecticut Club for their first
social of the year at a meeting
last night in Graham Memorial.
The event will be the initial
one for the club on the campus
and will serve mostly as a get
together for the old and new
members, President Fletcher
Ferguson appointed Paul Wilson
and Treasurer Thomas O'Fla
herty to take charge of the ar
rangements. It was also decided to invite
all Connecticut students, wheth
er members of the club as yet
or not, to attend the affair. All
are advised to contact the offi
cers of the club today or tomor
row in order to signify their, in
tentions as to whether they, will
attend or not. It was decided
that all those attending must
bring dates.
UNION HEADS PLAN
CONVENTION HERE
Student Union Leaders will Meet
Here Early in December.
Directors and student presi
dents, members of the Associa
tion of College Unions, will
meet here for a national con
vention on December 5, 6, and
7.
The association meets every
year to discuss new improve
ments and mutual problems of
student unions. It isjeomposed
of members from almost 50
universities and colleges. Nelson
B. Jones of Brown University
is president of the group. Paul
B. Hartenstein of -University-of
Pennsylvania-is ;secretary,. Re
pf esentatives of Graham Memo-
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Trabue Speaks
Dr. M. R. Trabue, director of
the division of education of the
consolidated University, gave
the chief address at a dinner
given Tuesday night by the
faculty of the department of edu
cation in the Woman's College
at Greensboro. .
In his discussion of the work
to be done at the Chapel Hill,
Greensboro, and Raleigh units,
Dr. Trabue stated that the need3
of North Carolina must be ful
filled before the schools began
imitating the work of other in
stitutions. "If the needs of the
state differ with the needs of
northern and middle western
states," he said, "we must have
the courage and intelligence to
break with them."
".The young people . of the
south must.be trained to face
their own problems," he con
tinued. "They can never be de
veloped into effective leaders by
being taught to"follow blindly
the patterns of thought and ac
tion set years ago by other
people who were facing entirely
different situations, in other
parts of the country."
Dr. and Mrs. Trabue , were
the honor guests at the dinner." :