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THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH Wht mm TO CREATE A CAMPUS PERSONALITY" A JOURNAL OP the Acnvmza OF CAROLINIANS VOLUME XLIV EDITORIAL PHONE 4 St CHAPEL HILL, N. C SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1936 KCSZSZO PHOSE 4156 NUMBER 100 THE CAMPUS KEYBOARD by Phil Hammer Recent Events Have Not Been Unusual When We Consider The Underlying Principles A student with an inferiority .-complex might look at the events 4)f the last few weeks firmly con vinced that the world has been .and will continue to be against Mm and all men living therein. " He would envision big; bad col lege presidents who ' looked through your soul and pried into vour private life and, if you were an athlete, growled out strict regulations making you an .abominable creature whose acti vities should be curbed. He would see nine beady-eyed student council members seated around the room, with himself standing in the center, being .sweated in a confession, being heckled and haggled He would .see Satan in the image of Fran cis Fairley booming in a great voice: "You're a cheater, so out you go." He would see the board of trustees with horns on its collec tive head, fingering a request that more fees be slapped on the .students for publications and government, snarling: "Put 'em on the bill, raise the rates." And lie " would see the same men changing the word "dismiss" to "discipline" nsxrthat there could l)e better third-degrees and more different kinds 'of punish ment. '' An anti-Graham alumnus would also, like the man with the limburger on his nose, "smell everything bad." He would publicly fret usually in a loud voice about "idealism" and "discrimination." He would convince his neighbors of the sincere shock he received when he heard about Frank Graham letting those half-baked students run their own affairs, make their own rules about disciplining campus inebriates, and add on fees that future student genera tions would be compelled to pay. He would also say, in a more ominous tone, that when things get so bad in our honor system :at Chapel Hill that 50 students get bounced, then J it's high time to cut out this foolishness arid clamp down on the young ras cals. " ;:" :;- A student at the University, though, a rational, thinking stu dent, would see in recent events a powerful manifestation of a purposeful struggle toward something better and stronger. Graham's struggles have been for youth, sports and higher ed ucation, a symbolic triangle. Student efforts have been toward more perfection in self-government and control. Whatever the superficial failings, who can doubt the successes of the basic principles behind campus actions of the past fortnight? In Today's News Southern Conference delegates heard D. Frank Graham read his athletic policy. . Debate Squad fails to name Cambridge debaters. OVERSEA DEBATE TEAM UNDECIDED Olsen Fails to Announce Deba ters for English Meet; Meet Puerto Rico March 25 No decision was reached Thursday night at the meeting of the debate squad as to who would represent the University in the English meet. Dr. Olsen, the squad's faculty advisor, stated that he would make an announcement concern ing the oversea debate at a later date. There will not" be a regu lar meeting next week on ac count of Student-Faculty Day. At the meeting on' Thursday, February 20, try outs will be held for the debate with the University of Puerto ' Rico, wnicn wm taKe place nere on March 25. The query will be : Resolved, That Congress shall be given power to override de cisions of the Supreme Court, by a two-thirds majority. Caro lina will uphold the affirmative. This question was selected by Pi Kappa Delta, national de-1 bating fraternity, for the ques tion of the year. It is consider ed especially opportune because of the current interest in. the Supreme Court's decisions in connection with the New Deal and the A. A. A. On Friday, February 14, the Carolina debaters, represented by Bob Russell and F; Stephen McArthur, will debate the Geor gia team here. They will try to convince their opponents that Negroes should be admitted to state universities. - Physicists Work Avidly Pursuing Scientific Tasks Williams, Barr, Dorsett, White Now Doing Research Work In Pure Science Various ambitious young phy sicists are busily at work in Phil lips doing research work in the pure science. Francis Dudley Williams, graduate student in, physics, is now attempting to determine a method of detecting small amounts of water in any organic liquid. ...... . Spectra . E. S. Barr, instructor in phy sics, is working with the infra red spectra, particularly on the absorption of water and acid so lutions. 1 " "' Henry Grady Dorsett and J. W. White are also working with the infra-red spectra. Williams has already had six papers published or accepted for publication in the "Journal of Chemical Physics," and the Physical Review," since July 1, on research work he has done. These researches covered the studies on heavy water and so lutions of heavy hydroxides in new formed heavy water; mix tures of water and alcohol, wa ter and acetone, water and hy drocyanic acid, water and sodium cyanide; and aqueous solutions of other organic cyanides. All his experiments centered around the problem of finding the phy sical nature of the solution. In all of these , studies many infra-red absorption bands, Continued on last page) Fairley Teaches Economics Glass Student Council President Substitutes For Professor Zimmermann Francis H. Fairley; well known campus leader, stepped up to pinch hit for Dr. Eric W. Zimmermann, economics pro fessor, yesterday and lectured to an Economics 11 class on peren nials, tree crops and for est econ omy. " - - Dr. Zimmermann is away from town on business and Fair ley, who is his assistant, under took the task of telling the stu dents all about the trees, the bees and the flowers. , -.- Asked about the reaction to his lecture, Fairley said, "Well, as far as . 1 could tell, 1 put: no one to sleep." He went on to say that the class was very well behaved and that there was no paper wad shooting or spit ball throwing in the back of the room. ALUMNI TO HONOR SCHOOLTRUSTEE John Sprunt Hill will be Guest of Honor at Alumni Banquet Student-Faculty Day John Sprunt Hill, of Durham, University trustee, will be the guest of honor at the banquet of the alumni association, which will be held here February 13 in connection with the annual as sembly and business session of the alumni. Haywood Parker, of Asheville will deliver a citation to Hill who was his classmate in the Univer sity. Dr. Howard E. Randthaler, president of the alumni, will pre side. " Headquarters at Inn ! Mr. Hill has served for a num ber of years on the Board of Trustees and has acted as chair man of the University Buildings Committee since 1923. Last year he donated the Carolina Inn to the University. The Inn is to be come the official headquarters of the Alumni association and its inauguration as such will take place at the assembly. Candidates for officers of the association will be nominated at the assembly and two alumni di rectors will be appointed. Two nominating committees have been appointed to present separ ate slates of nominees; : ": Vocational Bureau Will Aid Students Seeking Positions Intended to aid University students to secure positions aft er graduation, the Bureau of Vo cational Information offers ad vice and makes contacts for in terested students. The bureau gives and inter- pretates vocational guidance tests for those desiring to take them. It also has bibliographies for each profession and branch of business, to which a student may refer in deciding upon his future occupation. It arranges interviews between University men and representatives of companies desiring to take new men into their business. According to F. F.Bradshaw, dean of students, who is now in charge of the bureau, two con cerns have already sent repre sentatives here to confer with (Continued on last page) n ABINETS TO HEAR HONOR DISCUSSED Hammer, Markham to Discuss Honor System Before "Y" . Cabinets Monday Night Editor Phil Hammer and Re- cently-From-Virginia E. C. Markham of the chemistry de partment will lead a . discussion of the "Honor System and Its Workability" fonday night at 7:15 in Di Senate hall. . Open to the entire student body, the forum is being spon sored by the Y. M. C. A. cabi nets. Short talks by Hammer and Markham will stimulate dis cussion of the present status of the honor system here at Caro lina. Virginia is Different Markham has had experience both as a student and as a teach er with the workings of the honor system at the University of Virginia. There the students only attempt to regulate cheat ing, lying, and stealing, leaving alone the disciplining of each other according to any campus code. According to Markham, a stu dent expelled from Virginia is definitely "out." The instructor declares that the Virginia sys tern allows , the "separation of the honest and dishonest men." Hammer, a senior, . believes that the recent stir in connection with the student council's in vestigation of the cheat ijing is having a decidedly good effect upon the morale of the student body, .: : : ..." (Continued on last page) TAR HEEL TOTERS IGNORE BLIZZARD State Dailies Fail to Deliver on Time . Because of Storm Thirty-one hundred Daily Tar Heels got to Chapel Hil dormitories, iraternities, and homes before any other state daily yesterday morning, thanks to the seven inch snow. The Durham "Herald," Char lotte "Observer," and the Greensboro "Daily News," all morning papers, reached resi dences at varying: hours during the afternoon. Daily Tar Heel carriers ploughed successfully through drifts to make pre breakfast deliveries. At 3 :30 p. m. Charlotte's Ob server" was delivered. It travels to Greensboro each day by train and tnence to Chapel Hill by truck. '' ;; r ; :-' Greensboro's "News," and Durham's "Herald" had been de livered two hours before. Ra leigh's "News and Observer" had not reached the campus at 4 p. m. Boy Scouts To Hear Roosevelt At Banquet Local Troup to Celebrate Scout Week With Banquet in Graham Memorial Chapel Hill Boy Scouts will meet tonight in the banquet room of Graham Memorial at 6:30 to hear President Roose velt speak on a nation-wide hookup to the Scouts. This week the Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their 26th national -anniversary, the President's speech being the high spot of the annual affair. . All former Scouts of the stu dent body are invited to attend. Conference Fails To Act On Subsidization Program PUSHES PROGRAM Dr. Frank P. Graham who yes terday afternoon read his paper to Southern Conference officials. PARENTS TO HEAR OF HOLIDAY PLANS Student-Faculty Committee to Broadcast Invitations Over WPTF Monday Night Student-Faculty Day and Par ents' Day will be publicized over the state Monday night from 8 to 8:30 when the leading orga nizers of the holidays broadcast over station WPTF, Raleigh. The purpose of the broadcast is to extend an invitation from the University to parents, alum ni, and-friends to visit the cam pus February 12 and 13. Hammer to Talk Phil Hammer will tell of the origin and purposes of the hol idays and will describe the ex hibits, asking all interested people in the state to come es pecially on Parents' Day. Dean R. B. House will 'wel come all visitors on behalf of the administration and will speak on the faculty co-operation with the students in arranging the exhibits and programs. Freddie Johnson and his Uni versity orchestra have arranged several novelty numbers which they will play, including a trio and two numbers by Peggy Wood, vocalist. Jake Snyder, chairman of the committee, will act as master of ceremonies. - Student-Faculty Day Exhibits Planned By Several Departments Additional Student-Faculty Day exhibits will include exhi bits by the humanities division, the sreolosrv department, the physics department, the zo-ology department, and the social scien ces division. The humanities division will include exhibits of archaeology, the classics, comparative litera ture, English, education, foreign languages, and philosophy. Pos ters and books will be on display in the reserve room of the libr ary February 12 and 13. The geology exhibits in New East, which will be open all day, wilT include geological history of the earth, mineral exhibits, pub lications by members of the de partment, and a portrait of the late Professor Collier Cobb. Demonstrations of various (Continued on last page) : . v. : . : ". : .---. v.--:-. '.-. : . ' v . : '-' .... " Secret Session Held As Discussion Topics Are Not Made Known Southern Conference Officials Discuss Admission of New Members to Group HEAR GRAHAM READ PLAN Richmond, Va., Feb. 7 Dele gates to a special Southern Con ference session here sat irs se cret session until late this even ing, and it could not be deter mined wThether the subject of their debate was Dr. Frank P. Graham's athletic proposal or the admission of new members. Delayed in their arrival at the meeting by heavy snows which blocked the highways, the repre sentatives of Southern Confer ence schools heard the so-called "Six Presidents' Plan" this afternoon but delayed official action. New Members First on this evening's pro cedure program was the subject of new members and this releera- jted action an the proposals to enforce non-subsidization rules concerning collegiate athletics in the conference. Dr. Graham's address to the Southern Conference leaders was of the same text as offered the University trustees in Ra leigh several days ago. . Quoting the University cata log which showed the faculty re quirement of an athletic appli (Continued on last page) Midnight Joking Ring Uncovered As Storm Rages Practical Jokers Imitate School Officials in Attempt to Get Optional Attendance At about one o'clock yesterday- morning the night staff of the Daily Tar Heel received a tele phone call at the Orange Print Shop. The caller, presumably a professor at the University,, re quested than an important notice be placed on the front page, of the paper to the effect that there would be no classes yesterday,. Following moire telephone calls from other "prof ess'ors," . a, call was received from someone who was presumably. Dean House, stating that there would be op tional attendance. Verification Half an hour later, a member of the staff called Dean House to confirm his statement. When the dean had been aroused from sleep, he was asked for confirm ation of his previous message. Dean House stated that he had made no such statement, and had no intention of allowing optional attendance just because of a little snow. It seems that some practical jokers had called the Daily Tar Heel in the names of several professors, along' with Dean House, and given false informa tion to the paper. Dormitories Post Notice Nor was this all. The same persons called several of the dormitories, announced them selves as members of the Daily (Continued on last page) PLAN TO VISIT THE MANY EXH IBIT S ON STUDENT-FACULTY DAY:
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