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VOLUME XLV
HOUSE CENSURES
grading system
ieftm;here
Dean Believes Grades
Should Be Cut Into
Three Classes
By Ed Hinton
"Although I have had no expe
rience in using the present sys
tem of grading in the Univer
sity, I believe that grades should
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toe aiviueu in xnree classes as
stated in a recent editorial;
merit for exceptional students,
pass for the average,,and failure
for those that . can not pass,"
said R. B. House, dean of ad
ministration, : . in an interview
yesterday.
f Present System
"I think that the present sys
tem is practical for only such
subjects as mathematics and
other classes in which the an
swer is either definitely right or
wrong. The present system is
both trying on students and
teachers.
"The present system can not
"be used to best advantage on
comprehensive courses."
These statements Dean House
made when asked to present his
opinion on the recent open
forum letters condemning the
present grading system which
appeared in the Daily Tar Heel
last Friday. 1
Much interest has lately been
displayed by faculty members
.and students in expressing opin
ions on the method of evaluating
student work how used iri"the
University, and it is expected
that Dean House's statement
will arouse more discussions pro
ana" con. . rj
CAMPUS TO HEAR
BACH'SORATORIO
Choral Club Will Give
Festival Program
On December 15 the Choral
club will uresent the "Christ-
mas Oratorio' of Johann Sebas
tian Bach, written to celebrate
the six-day festival of Christ
mas known in the Lutheran
church of Bach's day.
The Oratorio is written in six
parts, one part for each day-
Christmas day, the two days
after Christmas, New Year's
day, the Sunday .after ..New
Year's day and Epiphany. The
Choral club will present selec
tions from each of the six parts
in the December program, try
ing to select those parts which
reveal the familiar story of the
birth of Christ.
The club will sing five chorus
es and six chorales in all. Be
tween the choruses there will be
solos and recitatives by soprano,
alto, tenor and bass soloists.
The Choral club last night at
its weekly meeting continued
work on the oratorio.
Cosmopolitan Club
Will Meet Tonight
Exhibition of Chinese Customs
to be Feature of Program
In its meeting tonigfht, the
Cosmopolitan club will present a
picture of China and the customs
of the Chinese people Several
people who have spent consider
able time in the Orient will give
short talks about the country.
An exhibition of Chinese cos
tumes and a demonstration of
the art of eating with chop
sticks will ha featured on the
program.
K75IXES3 PHOSI 4JS6
Opposes
Dean R. B. House, who, in
Tar Heel yesterday, went on record as opposing the present sys
tem of grading employed by the
Story Of Passion
Play Told Vividly
By Bavarian Woman
Colored Plates of Oberammer-
gau's Famous Pageant Shown
A charming blond woman
with a well-developed sense of
humor brought Oberammergau
to Chapel Hill last night. She
spoke of the green hills and
mountains surrounding her
home, and the birds who sang in
the Passion play and frequently
annoyed the players in the midst
of. their most intense scenes.
The slides illustrating her lec
ture were in natural color. The
scenes from the play were vivid
and caught something of the
feeling with which the people of
the village of Oberammergau
present their play of the passion
of Christ.
Plays Virgin
Miss Anny Rutz has played
the role of the Virgin Mary
twice, and her ancestors for the
past four hundred years have
been intimately connected with
the play. The first man to enact
the role of Christ was one of her
forebears. Her great-grand-uncle
composed the music which
was added to the production in
1811. Her sister has been in the
drama with her in the last two
series. As two major roles may
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Harland Will Speak
To Philosophy Club
In, Graham Memorial
First of Series of Talks on Aes
thetic Standards.
Dr. J. P. Harland of the Greek
department will address the Un
dergraduate Philosophy club to
night in the Grail room of Gra
ham Memorial. He will speak on
artistic standards in ancient
Greece, Babylonia and Egypt.
Dr. Harland's address will be
the first in a series on aesthetic
standards to be delivered before
the club.
Meeting time has been chang
ed from 8 o'clock to 8:30 in or
der to allow members of the Di
and Phi societies to attend.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1936
Grades
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a statement issued to the Daily
University.
No Dance
Last night the Student
council denied a petition of
the sophomore class to ap
prove" its Tudget without
the sanction of half of the
members of the class. Un
less a meeting is attended
by the required 50 per cent
of the class in the. near fu
ture, there wil be no dance
on December 4.
R. T. Smith To Talk
At Bull's Head Tea
Director of Art Department will
be Featured Speaker Today
Russell T. Smith, new head of
the recently created art depart
ment at the University, will be
the featured speaker at the reg
ular Bull's Head this afternoon
at 4:15.
"'Modern Art" will be the
topic of Mr. Smith's talk and ac
cording to Mr. Smith will be in
the nature of a general discus
sion of modern paintings.
Tea will be served at the Bull's
Head at 4:15, and the featured
talk will begin at 4:30. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. '
New Art Exhibit
In Hill Music
Work of Artists Employed Un
der Federal Arts Projects
to be Featured
By Nancy Schallert
An exhibit of dry-points, etch
ings, copper-plate engravings,
and block prints picturing con
temporary scenes will be placed
today m the lobby of Hill Music
hall. , (
According to Miss Corinne
McNeir, in charge of art depart
ment exhibitions, the best work
done under Federal arts proj
ects is in the field of graphic
arts. The exhibit in Hill Music
hall, therefore, should be inter
esting, as it represents the work
of artists employed by the
Works Progress administration
in New York City, Pennsylvania,
Freshman Class To Elect Officers
At Graham Memorial Polls Today;
Parker Urges Ail New Men To Vote
Freshman Nominees
Have . Fine Records
In Secondary Work
Life Stories Told
Freshman candidates for class
offices, to.be named today, are
shown as outstanding, according
to high and prep school records
which they have made for them
selves. Records
Baxter Taylor, nominee for
president, was captain of Ashe-
ville School football team, played
three years on the basketball
team, and one year on the tennis
team, was on the crew for two
years, made his school paper,
and was a member of the Stu
dent council.
L.awara iiuDDara, coming
from Sanford High School, was
president of the . student body
and junior class, was captain of
the football and track teams for
two years, was an all-state
tackle, and was an editor of the
school paper. At Fort Bragg last
summer, he was the heavyweight
boxing champ, and won a schol
arship to Furman University.
Walker
Philip Alfred Walker is from
Winston-Salem, where he at
tended R.. J. Reynolds High
School. He was a member of the
Student council there for three
years, vice-president of the
council, president of the Senior
fclass, member of "the - national
honor society. He ran the high
and low hurdles for two years as
member of the varsity track
team.
During the fall quarter Hub
bard and Taylor have been mem
bers of- the freshman football
squad, and Walker a candidate
for the track team.
The nominees for vice-presi-
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Graham To Attend -
Texas Convention
University President to be Away
Until Monday
Dr. Frank Graham leaves to
night for Austin, Texas, where
during the next -four days he
will attend the annual meeting
of the National Association of
State Universities. :
He is a member of the asso
ciation's standing committee on
group life of students, and of
the committee on academic free
dom.
Dr. Graham will return to his
office next Monday.
Will Be Placed
Hall Lobby Today
Ohio, Oregon, New Mexico, Mas
sachusetts, Kansas.
Realism
One feature of the federal
arts projects in this field is that
the artists attempt to picture
what they see in the life about
them. " In the exhibit is a realis
tic print be of a scene that might
take place on any street; two
men have obviously halted their
conversation to look at the back
of a retreating woman. The pic
ture is called "Distraction."
From Massachusetts come, as
might be expected, lithographs
of fishing smacks, villages and
sea-scapes. The artists from
New Mexico have pictured their
country with Pueblo houses and
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Vote Freshmen!
"If the freshmen are sin
cerely interested in student
government, they can show
this enthusiasm in no bet
ter way than by turning
out to vote," said John Par
ker, president of the stu
dent body, in a special
statement last night.
Walking Clubbers
Discover New Path
To Morgan's Creek
Hike Taken at Rapid Rate Over
Long Route; Duke Club Also
Out On Jaunt
Twenty-eight members of the
Walking club discovered a new
route to Laurel hill. Not content
to take the short two mile direct
route, the hikers traveled exten
sively over the southern part of
Orange county. Three dogs ac
companied, but there were more
thanthree tired dogs when the
hikers returned.
The trip started at the bell
tower, went through the woods
behind Kenan stadium, passed
The Meeting of the Waters, fol
lowed along the Country Club
road, and paused at Morgan's
creek where an improvised
bridge dunked one of the hikers.
The rest forded the creek, went
up Laurel hill, and returned by
a more direct all-land route.
Duke Club
After the hike was started it
was learned that the Duke Ex
plorer's club numbering about
35 members were taking a simi
lar trip. Some of the Carolina
hikers joined that group and
discovered Indian relics.
"The, next hike will be con
ducted at a slower pace, .an
nounced Bing Stewart, "and
those who wish to enjoy nature
can do so without getting left
behind. The fast walkers can do
their cross country sprinting on
the return trip.1
Honorary Sociology
Fraternity Initiates
24 At Joint -Meeting
Raleigh, Greensboro and Chapel
Hill Units Represented
Alpha Kappa Delta, national
honorary sociology fraternity,
initiated 24 new members at
their third . meeting Monday
night as Professor Howard K.
Beale of the history department
addressed a joint meeting of the
Raleigh, Greensboro, and Chapel
Hill chapters.
Margaret Jarman Hagood,
president of Alpha Kappa Delta,
presided over the meeting and
presented the new members.
They are: Richard Ashby, W. F.
Bailey, Katherine Barrier, Caro
line Bonner, Walter Browder,
Agnes Brown, Virginia Burd,
Martha Croom, Anita DeMon
seigle, Mary Hinton, James A.
Hutchins, Josephine Kessely,
William Levitt, Mary Pegram,
Garnelle Raney, Margaret Sears,
and Annie Tucker, all from
Chapel Hill.
From Raleigh, were Taylor
Matthews, Robin Williams and
Joe E. Kinord. The Greensboro
chapter presented Betsy Dupre,
Eileen Gamble, Alma Hall and
Monie Sette.
Discussing his new book, "Are
American Teachers Free?" Mr.
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NUMBER 52
Very Heavy Voting
By First Year Men
Is Expected Today
Polls Open At 9
Bolls for freshman voting will
ppen in Graham Memorial today
at 9 a. m.
Ballot boxes will be located in
the small lounge for balloting
until 5:30 p. m. Voters will be
registered in the student direc
tory by representatives of the
Student council.
Candidates
Candidates for presidency are
Edward Hubbard, Phil Walker,
and Baxter Taylor.
For vice president, Edward
Dickerson and Foy Roberson.
For secretary, A. C. Hall, Jack
Barringer and C. J. Hines.
For treasurer, Ben Hunter
and Stuart Ficklen.
Political observers anticipate
a heavy vote among the 706 new
men, due to unusually keen in
.terest in politics shown by the
entire class so far this fall.
They similarly expect voting
to be closer in today's election
than in freshman elections of
the past two .years. Last fall
Bill Stronach's party swept into
office with a three-to-one ma
jority. The Pete Mullis party in
1934 had a similar success.
DEBATE TRYOUTS
TO BE COpNUED
Four Men Remain After
First Elimination
Further tryouts will be neces
sary to determine the two men
who will speak for the Univer
sity in the British debate on No
vember 20, but the field has nar
rowed down to four men, Paul
Wallach, C. C. Greer, Jim Mc
Millan, and David Kerley. Final
speeches before the team is
chosen will be made Tuesday
evening at 7 :30 in Graham Me
morial. Speakers
Eight speakers gave six-minute
talks at the squad meeting
Sunday evening. Paul Wallach,
the first speaker, emphasized the
fact that it is not the whole con
stitution that needs reforms, but
only a small part of it. Ed Toon,
the second speaker, explained
the function of the checks and
balances embodied in the consti
tution, and was followed by C. C.
Greer, who also stressed these
checks.
Walt Kleeman, the next speak
er, made a defense of the su
preme court and Jones, who suc
ceeded him, accented the fatal
effects of any substitute for it.
Charles Gilmore compared the
English system with our own.
The next speaker, Jim McMillan,
told how the constitution has
protected our life, liberty and
pursuit of happiness. The last
speaker was David Kerley, who
described our government as one
of laws and men.
The British debaters will dis
cuss the question, "Resolved,
That the Constitution of the
United States is a menace to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness," here with two members of
the debate squad chosen from
the four picked Sunday evening.
The two who are not chosen for
the team will be alternates.
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