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EDITORIAL PHONE 4351
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1939
ECnXE53 PHOSE 4JS6
NUMBER 74
NEW YORK WOMAN
SEEKS TO ENTER
GRAD SCHOOL
Administration Is
Confronted With
"Liberalism" Issue
By LAFFITTE HOWARD
An application for admission to the
University now lying on Dr. Frank
Graham's desk may turn out to be
an eight ball large enough to hide all
Carolina liberalism and the progres
sive philosophy of the University
president should a Negro woman now
living in New York city be deter
mined to push her demands to enter
the graduate school.
Late last night speculation was
high as to the significance of this
application. From the western part
of the state comes a rumor that this,
or another application soon to be
made, is designed to embarrass Presi
dent Graham through his much-publicized
liberalism and possibly may
he the first step in another ouster
movement.
CAMPUS OPINION
On the campus opinion seemed to
be that this was probably part of a
similar movement forming in all
Southern states as a result of the re
cent Supreme Court decision granting
Lloyd Gaines, Missouri Negro, the
riffht to attend University of Mis-
u -
soori law school if equal facilities
were not urovided for colored law
students in the state.
While the North Carolina state con
stitution decrees that there shall be
separate educational institutions, the
recent court ruline orders that if
educational facilities for both races
are not equal, Negroes must be al
lowed to attend white institutions.
ANTE-BELLUM AIR
Campus opinion took on an ante
bellum note yesterday as one man de
clared, "I think the state would close
the University before they'd let a
Negro in. I've never committed mur
der yet but if a black boy tried to
come into my home saying he was a
'University student' ..."
Students hearing of the movement
vowed that they would tar and
feather any "nigger" that tried
to come in class with them.
Three courses of action are possible
under the present situation, only one
of which will alleviate the approach
ing crisis. The University may close
its doors to whites and Negroes alike,
thereby "equalizing" educational fa
cilities; it may allow Negroes to en
roll, thus creating a dangerous situa
tion; or it may provide separate col
ored schools of a grade equal to simi
lar white institutions.
ONE LIKELY SOLUTION
In line with this last alternative
and as a result of a resolution passed
by the state legislature two years ago,
a five-man commission was appoint
ed by Governor Hoey to study the
Problem of Negro education. The re
port of this commission is now in the
governor's hands and is expected to
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American Spirit Will Be
Portrayed In Ballet Here
Troupe Will Open Winter
Student Entertainment
Series On January 19
Ballet Caravan, a troupe of young
American dancers united to make of
Pallet a native art, will open the win
ter student entertainment series on
January 19, Dr. J. P. Harland an
nounced yesterday.
Lincoln Kirstein, who founded the
company two years ago, wished to dis
card many of the outmoded forms of
the continental ballet and to put in
tteir places American dance steps
interpreted in ballet style, native
aneers, composers, choreographers,
ani painters. America, long consider
a laughing, humorous country, has
never been completely interpreted by
the
continental ballet companies
v,hse American ballets are often
.Reds Loei
Attends Student Meet
if-.
i
' Student Council President Jim Joy-
ner, above, represented the University
at the after-Christmas meeting of
the National Student Federation of
America at Purdue university.
JOYNER ATTENDS
NSFA CONGRESS
HELD AT PURDUE
Meeting Discusses
Student Problems
And Government
Jim Joyner, president of the stu
dent body, was Carolina's official
representative at the fourteenth an
nual convention of the National Stu
dent Federation of America which
met at Purdue university in 'Lafay
ette, Ind., December 27 through 31.
This congress, the only one of its
kind in America, meets once each
year to discuss student problems,
familiarize students with the various
types of government used in colleges
in this country, and engage in panel
discussions of subjects pertaining to
collegiate matters.
Upon arriving in Lafayette the 200
representatives from colleges all over
the country, eleven of whom were
from North Carolina, were welcomed
at a banquet. At the dinner they
heard addresses by the assistant to
the president of Purdue university,
Clark Eichelberger, president of the
League of Nations association in
America, and other officials of the
NSFA,
SYSTEMS EXPLAINED
The following day the representa
tives were shown over the university
and the various systems of student
government used there were explained
to them. Shortly after this, represen
tatives were given commissions in
the form of papers to be prepared
and delivered before the entire con
vention. These papers were read be
fore the congress, some amended, and
all nassed. The topic chosen and pre
eonfflrt hv Jovner was that of the
OVUMVM J &
honor system and discipline.
The subjects covered by these com
missions included methods of student
oioomn. honor systems, stimulation,
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i icd of humorous." He
collected a troupe and had new bal
lets devised which caught the salty
j ;vw .nmie Qualities 01 tne
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United States.
TALENTED GROUP
In its attempt to breathe fresh life
into the American theatre and dance
the Ballet Caravan has gotten ran
Cadmus, who decorated the American
Fmhassv in Ottawa, varies nam
the well known young Nebraska ar
tist, Keith Martin, and Karl free to
,o nnvel sellings auu cus
tnmes for their dances. Virgil Thorn
cnn who wrote the score for "Four
Saints in Three Acts" to words by
Gertrude Stein and who wrote scores
for Leslie Howard's "Hamlet" ana
. ti..iv T?oT,viPd's "Anthony and
rauuiau -
Aaron Copeland, wel
uieopa"
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Career Of Dr 0
Editor Louis Graves Says
University Indebted To Wilson
For 47 Years Of Devoted Service
Henry Van Peters Wilson, who died yesterday at the age of 75,
was ajnember of that company of devoted and highly intelligent
scholars to whom the University of North Carolina owes its hon
ored name in the world of learning. And with his exceptional
capacity for investigation were combined the qualities of a great
teacher. University alumni scattered over the nation remember
their work under him as one of the splendid experiences of their
college life.
Many young men were impressed by his severity. But none
who was ever reproved by him can deny that his severity was
only for the habitual loafer or the student who allowed himself to
slip into loafing. He would give help without stint to the con
scientious, and he was generous in his praise of good performance.
Dr. Wilson came to the University in the fall of 1891, and so
his career here covered a period of forty-seven years. The faculty,
when he joined it, had a membership of about a score. The an
nual appropriation from the state was only $20,000, and the in
stitution had no endowment. There was a woeful lack of the
laboratory equipment so necessary to an eager and ambitious
scientist. But the young zoologist who had been trained at the
Johns Hopkins university and in Germany was . not the sort to
waste time in complaining. He made the best of the facilities at
hand, and in vacations he would pursue his studies elsewhere. He
was tireless, for the magic flame of the seeker after truth burned
within him. As the years went on, a steady stream of reports,
telling the results of his investigations, were published in . the
scientific journals of America and Europe, and thus he came to be
recognized as one of the world's foremost men in his field. He was
undaunted by the passage of time, and no longer ago than last
month came the announcement, in periodicals devoted to science
and in the newspapers, that he had made an important discovery
relating-to the structure of animal tissues. -
H. V. P. Wilson embodied the highest ideals and the noblest
traditions in research and teaching. Simple and unassuming, he
loved his work more than the rewards of it which is, of course,
'one reason his life was so useful and so successful. No institu
tion of learning has ever harbored
to be described in the old phrase,
MISS HARNER
JOINS YWCA STAFF
Graduate To Assist
In Advising Women
Miss Tecoah Harner, newly appoint
ed YWCA adviser, began her work as
a member of the general employed
YM and YWCA staff at a meeting of
the' YWCA cabinet Tuesday night. A
graduate in sociology and psychology
here, Miss Harner will assist in plan
ning programs, in committee work and
in general YWCA activity for the rest
of the year.
The new adviser attended the Geor
gia State College for Women and is
filling a position held for the two
years it has been open by graduates
of the same school. Miss Louise Done-
hoo, last year's adviser, is working
in Atlanta and Miss Jane Cassels,
who assisted in the work the year
before, is now executive secretary of
the YMCA in Durham.
WOMAN'S COUNSELLOR
Miss Harner studied at Blue Ridge,
the center of YM and YWCA confer
ence grounds, last jsummer and will
serve particularly as a counsellor for
the woman's organization. Mr. Comer,
director of the YMCA, wishes to re
mind the women students, however,
that all of the members of his staff
are at their service at any time.
The woman's cabinet room in the
YMCA building is being cleaned and
arranged as headquarters for Miss
Harner's work. Mickey Warren and
Mary Jane Yeatman are directing
the , renovation. Margaret Evans,
YWCA president, announced also that
current magazines, books and games
are available in the recreation room
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Facetious Fellows
There will be a staff meeting of
the Carolina Buccaneer tonight at 7
o'clock in the Grail room at Gra
ham memorial. Dr. Phillips Rus
sell of the journalism department
will be present. Short meeting. Be
on time.
AL
a man who had a better right
a gentleman and a scholar.
Daily Tar Heel
Meeting Today
There will be a very important
meeting of the Daily Tar Heel
staff on the second floor of Graham
memorial beginning promptly at
1 :25 this afternoon. Every member
of the staff except those connected
with the business and circulation
divisions must be present and on
time in order to remain on the
staff.
A completely new staff set-op will
be inaugurated with many changes.
For instance, every man on the
present technical staff will take
over a new post. It's going to be
fun, be there!
Coeds Troubled
By Lack Of Doors
A good piece of advice to coeds who
have classes in the Alumni building
this quarter, especially those major-
mg ill jouruaaaui, is wj njr iuc iiuui
door before they get panicky) ajnd
start looking for their respective
classes elsewhere. ,
Such was the advice given by O
J. Coffin, head of the journalism de
partment, Tuesday to Miss Virginia
Smoky Joe" Giddens, often called
the "problem child of the campus,'
when she telenhoned from a dean's
office to find out where to look for
her next class.
TRY THE CHIMNEY
It seems that Miss Giddens, notic
ing that the stairs to the side doors
were being torn down, presumed that
the whole building was in repair and
dashed to the nearest available tele
phone. Was her face -red when she
found out her error and had to walk
into class half an hour late? How
ever, what's a half hour, more or less,
when $2.50 is at stake if you don't
appear at all?
Miss Mary Anne Koonce had a simi
lar experience when she arrived at
the Alumni building five minutes late
and, like Miss Giddens, jumped to a
wrong conclusion. She hurried over to
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Yo
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University's Loss
Pictured above is Dr. Henry Van
Peters Wilson, for many years a
faithful servant of this institution,
who passed away yesterday.
SOUTHERN WRIT
DISCUSSES DDT
NOVELS AT TEA
"And Tell Of Time"
Author Is Guest Of
Bull's Head Shop
"In judging southern literature the
first requirement is that in evaluating
a southern book, the southern review
er must not acclaim a book as good
simply because it is written about
the South," Mrs. Laura L. Krey, au
thor of the novel, "And Tell of Time,"
stated at the Bull's Head tea yester
day.
A southern story must be deeply
permeated in time and place, Mrs.
Krey stated. The southern tempo is
slow and- therefore the story must
be developed slowly instead of using
the customary dots and dashes that
are employed in stories about other
sections of the country.
The southern hero has been dressed
up too much in the past, Mrs. Krey
noted. Some authors think that if a
feminine character puts on a hoop
skirt and puts a rose in her hair, the
character immediately becomes a typi
cal southern girh This is not so, Mrs.
Krey explained, because the character
must exist in the author's mind to be
a really good character.
WROTE BEST SELLER
Her book, "And Tell of Time," cov
ers tne period in soutnern mstory
from 1866 to 1890. The characters
live in a section of Texas from Waco
to the Gulf , of Mexico. The region is
unknown to many people and has not
been featured in literature to any
great extent. The people inhabiting
this region were originally from Caro
lina and Virginia. Later groups from
Kentucky and Tennessee migrated into
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Dr.'
To Remain A
Playmakers' Revels
Called Off Because
Theater Unfinished
Twelfth Night Revels, which was to
be presented by the Playmakers Sat
urday night, has been called off be
cause the Playmaker theater is still
unfinished. '
The student committee has already
completed plans' for the Revels, but
due to the fact that the Playmakers
have just moved to their new quarters
under Emerson stadium and have not
as yet become completely adjusted,
Professor Koch thought it best that
the Revels be called off.
The theater is practically finished
except for the stage which is still in
complete. Work on the theater has
been delayed because of the building
boom on the campus.
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TEEMED CAMPUS
SCIENTIST DIES
OF BLOOD DISEASE
Funeral Services
WiU Be Held At
Home Tomorrow
Dr. Henry Van Peters Wilson, head
of the Department of Zoology of the
University for 45 years and an inter
nationally known authority on cell
dissociation and regeneration, died
yesterday afternoon after a week's
illness.
His death was caused by septicemia,
an infection of the blood. His illness
began with a severe cold about ten
days ago, but it was not until Thurs
day that he was confined to his bed.
Sunday his condition became critical
and he was removed to Duke Univer
sity hospital, where blood transfusions
were given the last yesterday morn
ing in an effort to counteract the in
fection. He would have been 76 on his next
birthday, February 6.
Funeral services will be held from
Dr. Wilson's home tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock. He will be buried in
Chapel Hill cemetery.
-SURVIVING RELATIVES
Dr. Wilson leaves one son, Dr. H-
V. Wilson, Jr., a physician of Dover,
Delaware; two daughters, Mrs. Thorn
dike Saville, wife of the Dean of the
School of Engineering of New York
University, and Mrs. Howell Peacock,
wife of a Philadelphia doctor; and one
sister, Miss Grace Wilson of Balti
more. A native of Baltimore, Dr. Wilson
received both his undergraduate and
graduate training at Johns Hopkins
University. There he was the favorite
student of Professor Brooks and their
association was continued as they pur
sued their investigations during the
summer.
Dr. Wilson was called to the head
ship of the Department of Biology
here in 1891. After the division of the
department into Zoology and Biology,
upon his recommendation, he was ap
pointed Professor of Zoology. He re
tained his position at the head of the
Zoology department until he was re
lieved of his administrative duties in
1936, at his own request- He continued
his teaching and research until his
death. The last fruits of his investi
gation were announced to the general
reading public less than a month ago
in a nation-wide news story, based on
his discoveries that gave science a '
new picture of the mechanism of cell
growth.
RESPECTED PROFESSOR
Biology 1, his most widely known
course among University alumni was
one of the most rigorous and highly
respected subjects in the college cur
riculum. Through the graduate stu
dents he trained, many of whom have
won distinction in their own right,
authorities pointed out his ideal will
continue to exist.
. His achievements received the most
local recognition in, his election, in
1917, as one of the first five Kenan
professors who were elected by their
colleagues for distinguished research.
He was also elected to the presidency
of the Elisha Mitchell Society and
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UNC Tradition
WilsohAlways
Work Was Both Vocation
Arid Avocation Of "One
Man Zoology Department"
By DEWITT BARNETT
"He was the kind of man you'd ex- ''
pect to live forever," said a student
last night when told that Dr.
"Froggy" Wilson had passed away.
Dr. H. V. Wilson, Kenan professor
of Zoology, was and will always be a
Carolina tradition.
In 1891, Dr. Wilson came to the
University from Johns Hopkins and
immediately became - a one-man zo
ology department and even did some
teaching for the Med school. "Frog
gy" Wilson was one of those geniuses
who do the ninety per cent hard
work that goes along with their suc
cess. He labored six and a half days
a week and on Sunday afternoons he
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