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CHAPEL HILL, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH. 1, 1936
BUSIKSS PHONX 4116
NUMBER 119
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Freshmen Schedule Speech
By
Governor Tomorrow
New Men Arrange
Ehringhaus' Speech
At Assembly Hour
; Governor's Address will , be Cli
max of Winter Quarter Pro
grams for First-Year Men
ASSEMBLY TO BE OPEN
Governor John Christoph Blu
cher Ehringhaus, now on the
last lap of his administration, is
scheduled to appear tomorrow
morning at assembly period to
make his first Carolina platform
-appearance this season.
The climax of all the winter
quarter assemblies, the gover
nor's address was arranged by
Billy Stronach's freshman as
sembly committee headed by Old
East's John Moore.
Open
- Upperclassmen and : faculty
members are expected, to attend
Ihe open., convocation. The ad
. dress, will not extend past the
Wur for 11 o'clock classes.
Recent opinion of the class of
39 on the past assembly pro
:grjams prompted the Executive
Committee to begin plans for a
series of programs which will
feature talks to aid in vocational
guidance of the. undergraduates.
Chairman of the Committee
Moore could not be reached yes
terday to give information on the
plans made for these special
programs that are expected to
start next quarter when the
class will meet only once each
iweek.
ir It ' was learned from C P.
Spruill, head of the general col
lege, that the final assembly pro
gram of the quarter will be held
on Wednesday of this week. At
that time final arrangements
and registration plans for the
ivinter quarter will be discussed
with the freshmen
PROFESSOR HERE
REVKESVOLUME
Text by Thomas F. Hickerson on
Surveying and Planning of
Roads Has Second Edition,
"Highway Surveying and
Planning," a new book by Thom
as . F. Hickerson, professor of
civil engineering here, has just
been published. It presents up-to-date
surveying operations for
the scientific layout of roads, cul
verts, and bridges, incorporating
the best practice of representa
tive state highway departments.
The publishers of the book are
McGraw-Hill Book company of
New York.
This book is a second edition,
revised and enlarged, of "High
way Curves and Earthwork," a
text, field, and office manual
that has been widely used
throughout the country.
Wider Field
As the new title indicates, the
second edition is broadened in
cope and entirely re-written to
include many progressive fea
lures of planning and design not
fully treated in the first edition
Special consideration is given to
highway location and design for
greater safety and permanence
The treatment of vertica
curves, transition spirals, and
Continued on last page)
DANCE LEADERS
All junior and senior dance
leaders will meet, at chapel
period tomorrow morning, on
the steps of South building to
have their picture made for
the Daily Tar Heel.
Due to the rain Thursday,
no picture was taken.
TOURING COMPANY
TO PERFORM HERE
Federal Theatre Project will De
pict Life of Jefferson Davis
March 24 at University
The Jefferson Davis touring
company of the Federal theatre
projects will produce the saga of
Jefferson Davis in . Memorial
hall, March 24.
Led by a young Mississippian,
Kay McKay, whose grandmoth
er was an intimate friend of
Jefferson Davis, the company is
the first Federal dramatic
troupe to bring dramas to the
smaller, communities of the
country. Heading the cast of 34
actors is Guy Standing, Jr., son
of Sir Guy Standing. Standing
is in the title role of the play
and is supported by such per
formers as Mrs. William Court
leigh, Thomas Carnahan, George
Duthie, Harry Golson, Mildred
Byron, Earle Mayo and Winnie
Davis Crawford.
Basted on Research
The play follows five years of
painstaking research by a corps
of writers and investigators
The facts unearthed by I this
staff of writers were molded in
to a play by John McGee, who
has already written a book bas
ed on the life of the President
of the Confederacy.
Endorsed by the national con
vention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy any many
civic and social organizations
and parent-teacher associations
in all parts of the south, the
play has been heralded as a vin
dication of Jeff erson Davis.
Such dramatic troupes are be-
mg subsidized oy tne r eaerai
government as a phase of unem-
Dlovment relief. Professor Koch
is head of this district.
BERKEY TO SPEAK
BEFORE SIGMA XI
HERE THIS WEEK
Columbia University Professor of Ge
ology will Address Engineers
Dr. Charles P. Berkey, pro
fessor of geology at Columbia
University, will be the speaker
at the annual Sigma Xi lecture
to be presented Friday night in
206 Phillips hall.
The subject of his talk will be
"Geologic Elements of Certain
Great Engineering Projects."
Dr. Berkey will discuss the rela
tion of geology to the problems
of location and construction of
some of the now famous public
works, and will illustrate the lec
ture with lantern slides.
For 25 years, Dr. Berkey has
been the leading consulting geo
logist on most of the important
engineering projects in this and
foreign countries.
I UNDER FIRE
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Tlaor Johnson Will Lead
Symphony Concert Today
Alumnus to Perform in Graham
Memorial Today; On Enter
tainment Series Tuesday
Featuring Romino Hamilton,
violin soloist, and Ruby Pein-
ert, violin cellist, Thor Johnson,
University alumnus, will lead
his University of Michigan Lit
tle Symphony in a program of
salon music in Graham Memo
rial lounge at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, and Tuesday night
will conduct a concert in Memo-
rial hall.
No admission fee will be
charged to the program this
afternoon. Tuesday's recital,
sponsored by the Student En
tertainment series, will begin at
8:30.
Active Here
Johnson, who was graduated
from the University with the
class of 1934, had been presi
dent of Phi Mu Alpha, musical
fraternity. While here, Johnson
conducted his own student
orchestra. During one summer
he made a trip to Europe, play
ing on a Cunard line boat. To
day, he is considered an out
standing violinist and a rising
symphony conductor. He is a
graduate instructor at the Uni
versity of Michigan, where he is
working for a Ph. D. in music.
Hamilton, noted violin soloist,
of the younger generation of
musicians in this country, has
spent several years in intensive
training in music. He has made
numerous public appearances
as a concert violinist and has
won many honors . in musical
contests in Michigan. His abil
ity was nationally recognized in
1928, when he was selected from
all violinists of high school age
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Film Bright Lights
Are Dimmed By Fog
Of Comprehensives
Befuddled Students Take Names
of Hollywood Stars to Hide
Identity: On Exams
Greta Garbo took a drama
comprehensive yesterday! Mick-
e Mouse was wel1 baffled br the
disenchanting maze of a psycho
logy exam which Mae West just
plain busted! And Rin Tin Tin
sniffed disgustedly at his paper
and left the room.
In order to eliminate all parti
ality from the grading of com
prehensive examinations, yes
terday the seniors were asked
to select the name of some mo
vie actor or actress under whose
name they might take their com
prehensive examinations. Sheets
of paper were passed around up
on which both the correct and
the assumed names of the vic
tims appeared, but only the as
sumed names appeared on the
quizzes.
Louise Fazenda was present.
Shirley Temple attacked child
psychology. Zasu Pitts answered
the roll call. Thelma Todd, Ron
ald Coleman, Clark Gable", Jean
Harlow, Leslie Howard, Kath
rine Hepburn, Joan Crawford,
Bette Davis, Paul Muni, Rochelle
Hudson and Wallace Berry were
also among those present.
Incidentally, the group ran out
of names before the paper had
reached the last person, and so
he looked puzzled, scratched his
head, and wrote "Ivan Awful-vitch."
Opposing Interests Point
To June Trustees' Meeting
Faculty Officials '
Refuse To Comment
On Ouster Threat
President in Florida; Missouri
Educator Says Removal Would
Result in State's Disrepute
MAN WIDELY RESPECTED
University officials would
not be quoted for comment on
reports that a movement is un
der way among trustees to oust
Dr. Frank P. Graham, president
of the University of North Car
olina since 1930, because of his
athletic plan and liberal views.
Acting on the advice of Dr.
Leonard Fields, his physician,
Dr. Graham and Mrs. Graham
have left for an unannounced
destination in Florida where Dr.
Graham will seek recuperation
from a protracted attack of in
fluenza.
To be Gone Fortnight
Dr. Fields said he had advis
ed tne University president to
remain in Florida for 10 days
or two weeks.
"He had gotten rid of his
fever when he left, but his re
serve strength had been sapped
and he needed a good rest," Dr.
Fields said. "We felt that he
could:, not get-proper relaxation
as long as he remained here, for,
despite his feeble condition, he
insisted on seeing callers every
day and doing a great deal of
work in his room."
While no one would be quot
ed, faculty opinion seemed to be
that Dr. Graham would be able
to outride the storm of criticism
that has resulted from alumni
opposition to the athletic plan.
There were many expressions of
regret that an ouster move
ment had been' undertaken, bow
ever, it being pointed out that
such dissension would undoubt-
i
edly work some injury to the
University.
Dean Dudley Conley of the
University of Missouri Medical
School, now on an inspection
tour of medical schools in this
section, who spent an hour with
Dr. Graham this week, was quot
ed today as saying that "the
University of . North Carolina
will be blacklisted by the leading
American education institutions
here and abroad if Dr. Graham
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SCHOLAR TO TALK
ON ENGLISH MUSIC
TOMORROW NIGHT
Horace Fellowes will Discuss Elizabe
than Madrigals in Hill Hall
A discussion on Elizabethan
Madrigals by Dr. Edmund Hor
ace Fellowes will be given to
morrow night at 8 :30 in Hill
Music hall instead of tonight as
previously announced.
Dr. Fellowes, one of the fore
most scholars on Elizabethan
music who has written numer
ous studies of the period, will
illustrate his talk by accompany
ing himself on the lute and also
with records made by the Eng
lish Singers and the St. George's
Singers under his direction.
The lecture-recital will be
given through the courtesy of
the music division of the Lib
rary of Congress under the su
pervision of the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge. Foundation.1
Unnamed Trustee
Says Influential Group
Is Organizing Drive
Agitators Have Drawn Up Five
Point Program and Begun
Contacting Board Members
GRAHAM 'TOO LIBERAL
An organized movement by
"certain influential alumni" to
unseat Dr. Frank P. Graham aa
president of the University at
the June Board of Trustees
meeting wras exposed in yes
terday's state papers.
The information came as a
sequel to the general alumni ex
ecutive meeting here February
14 at the Carolina Inn. The ses
sion was marked by emotional
appeals and threats.
Five-Point Attack
The hostile factions, accord
ing to the papers, base their
enmity to Dr. Graham on the
following- alleged grievances:
(1) il netary support of
the University from power
ful and influential sources
has been imperilled by Dr.
Graham's offending those
interests in his method of
discharging the duties of
his office.
(2-Frietion has develop
ed amid the administrative
units of the Greater Uni
versity with consequent
lack of unity in faculty
purpose and in cohesion of
efforts within the individual
units.
(3) Dr. Graham's policies
have been an affront to the
conservative mind of the
state; and criticism to his.
persistently expressed liber
alistic views . has become
widespread.
(4) Dr. Graham's espous-
ax of the action of moving
the engineering school from
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STUDENT SURVEY
CONTINUE TODAY
Committee will Distribute Honor
System Questionnaire in
"Y" Lobby Today i
Students who have not receiv
ed copies of the honor system
questionnaire may obtain them
tomorrow morning in the lobby
of the Y. M. C. A., it was an
nounced yesterday by Fred Wea
ver, chairman of the Committee
on the Honor System.
Ellen Deppe, Jane Ross, arid
Julia Folsom, prominent co-eds
on the Honor System Committee
will direct the distribution of the
questionnaires in the "Y" lobby.
Questionnaires are being de
livered to dormitories and fra
ternities by the Interdormitory
and fraternity councils. Most
students living out in town have
been sent copies through self
help delivery boys. Residents
out in town are urged by Chair
man Weaver to have their ques
tionnaires filled out by Wednes
day; for self-help students will
call for them on that day.
Members of the faculty, who
are receiving their question
naires via the inter-office mail,
are asked to return them to the
self-help office in the Y.3L C.
A. immediately.