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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15

The informality Of business in
our village was eXemplitled in
an incident which observed
Monday morning. AT the en-
trance of the Andrews Hennin-
ger store | came upon II. NJ.
WagstaH gazing at a pair of low
quartered tan shoes in the win
dow. He expressed favorable
opinion of them, and | agreed
with him. We walked into the
store and found Miss Laura
Ward unfolding bolt Of cloth
for inspection by a woman GUS
toner. At pause in their con-
versation, Mr.. Wagstaff asked: !:
Is either one of the men
here?"
NO" replied Miss Laura.
Mr.. Henninger is out of town,
and Clyde has gone out some
where" - thought | detected a
faint note of scorn in her voice
TO get a cigarette or a coca
cola"
Did Mr.. Wagstaff become in
dignant that nobody was there
to wait upon him? Not at all.
Not indignant, or even the least
bit impatient. He took the sit
uation quite as a matter of
course, and as he went out he
said: "Oh, well, that's all right
-I'll be back again in a few
minutes" When | last saw him
he was walking down the street.
with an eye out for the truant
Mr.. Andrews, and no doubt they
met soon afterward and ar
ranged the matter of the shoes.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
StrOWd Blows Whistle
To Proclaim His Sales
Let's Chapel Hill Know When He
Makes Dent in Depression

Bruce Strowd, the Ford deal
er here, has rugged up steam
whistle with which to let Chap
el Hill know when he makes a
dent in the depression.
The first shrill blast from the
whistle mystified the commun-
ity, and citizens asked each 9th
er: "What does that mean?'
Mr.. Strowd was prompt with the
explanation.
1--WE wanted to let people know
that times were beginning to
get better, and so we decided to
tell 'em with this whistle. We
blow it every time we sell car
two blasts for a used car, three
blasts for a new passenger car,
and four blasts for a new truck. "
Last week the whistle pro-
claimed the sale Of seven used
cars, three new cars, and one
new truck. And it has been
heard a few times this week.
In other times Chapel Hill
might complain at having its
peace disturbed by such a noise,
but these days of gloom every
body is so pleased to hear of
any signal Of good business that
there is no threat to haul Mr..
Strowd into court for maintain
ing a nuisance.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
Sedgwicks Arrive in
Village on a Truck
Strangers from Boston Manage to
Catch a Ride from CarrbOrO

Mrs. Ellery Sedgwick, wife of
the editor of the Atlantic Month";
III, and her son, Cabot Sedgwick,
were here two days this week.
The young man is to enter the
University in the fall.
The visitors had an experience
that is all too frequent with
strangers to the village. After
a long, hot railroad journey
from Boston and a change at
Greensboro at 6 o'clock in the
morning, they we're put off at
University station, instead of
being taken on to Durham, and
had another long walton one
of the hottest days of the year
before the branch-line train
took them aboard and conveyed
them to CarrbOrO.
Gone are the days when hacks
met every train, and the travel
ers, coming into Carrboro, found
no vehicle to bring them on to
Chapel Hill. Young Sedgwick
hailed a passing truck; he and
his mother mounted upon it /;
and so they reached the Caro-
lima Inn.
They were much less annoyed
by the trials they had under
gone than were their acquaint-
ances here. Indeed, the boy
seemed to regard the expedi-
ton through Carrboro as a
rather pleasant adventure.
Chapel Hill people think that
the conductors on the Southern
Railway trains between Green's
boro and Goldsboro ought to ac-
quaint strangers with the best
method Of reaching Chapel Hill
and not unload them at the
junction to face tedious delay
and the difficulty of finding
transportation from Carrboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
Uneasiness Here at
News from Raleigh
Declining Revenues Cause Talk Of
Further Reduction in Pay

A deep uneasiness, approach
ing alarm, prevails in the Uni
versity community as a result Of
the news from Raleigh that fur
ther reductions may be made in
the salaries of teachers in the
state institutions.
The crisis in the state finances
has become steadily more seri-
Gus because of the decline in the
revenues. There is talk of the
possibility Of the Governors
calling the legislature into extra
session in order that money may
be raised to balance the budget.
The Advisory Budget Com
mission was in secret session
Tuesday and Wednesday, and
with the Governor in the chair,
representative school men were
called into conference at the
second days session.
Governor Gardner has ap-
pointed a committee of FIVE in
order to reconcile the conflicting
figures on the states financial
condition and to recommend
course Of action. The commit
tee is composed Of these state
officials: A. J. Maxwell, Henry
Burke, Fred w. Morrison, Bax-
ter Durham, and John P. Sted-
man.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
Government Waste

Before me lies a bulletin
sheet from the United States
Department of Commerce. At
the top of the sheet are these
words: "Announeing Drug
Store ArrangemsntS the First
Publication of the National Drug
Store Survey" Beneath is a
map Of the interior of a drug
store, showing the soda foun-
tain, tables, prescription count
er, miscellaneous merchandise
counter, and other facilities.
This serves as an excellent IL
lustration of the debauch of fool
'ish spending into which the
Government has plunged in re-
cent years. 1t is useless activi-
ties of this sort that are respon-
sible for a large part of the gi-
gantic tax burden which is now
being imposed upon the Ameri-
can people. Costly buildings
have been erected in Washing
ton, and hordes of managers,
research experts stenograph-
ers, and clerks have been en-
ployed, for projects which have
nothing to do with the proper
Functions Of government.
Every little while see bulle-
tins from the United States
Civil Service Commission giving
notice of examinations to be held
for various positions to be filled,
and the names of these positions
reflect the spreading-out of gov
crnmtnt into new fields. There
are playground supervisors,
recreation directors, public. vel
fare surveyors, Investigators in
to social problems Of one kind or
another. and scientific men
whose labors should be confined
to the province of private in
dustry. Divisions, bureaus, and
commissions have been created
to satisfy the yearnings of fad
dists and busybodles, and every
one of these agencies add to the
load Of taxation.
Some of this great waste has
come through the needless ex-
tension of activities which were
reasonable enough when kept
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
Trustees Say No to
Plan for Chancellor

At their first meeting held Monday Raleigh the new board
OF trustees Of the University North Carolina down
by big majority the proposal that the consolidated
name, the University System
The University composed of the institutions Chapel
H Raleigh. and Greensboro will be called simply the Unver-
sy of North Carolina Its chief officer will be President
and under him there will be vcepresdent charge each
unit.
1t IS regarded practically certain that Frank Graham will
be the President There considerable among the
trustees for eeng him at the meeting Monday but the
sion this point that the the greater
s be elected later by the board and that go
possible not later than July 1888 Until then three Pres-
dents will Presidential Directorate the purpose of
considering problems that concern the institution whole
The publication Of the report experts from
outside of the staeGeorge a Works chairman Guy Stan
ton Ford and F. L. McNereyeals that commit
but the Commission University Consolidation which pro-
posed the creation of the office Chancellor Works and his
said their report The leadership should
center IN single individual The title of President suggested
Tor this position The chief administrative officer branch
Of the University system should be known
The experts presented their report
sodaton June H. This document public at the
tune The Commission considered what the experts say
and then made reconmedatonS of their own which to
include Of those made by the experts Commissions
recommendations were published in the papers June
was not until last week four five days before the meeting
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
ORANGE COUNTY'S
UNDERESTIMATE
SHOWS DECREASE
Tax Rate Will Certainly Not
Exceed Last Years, and
1t May Be Lower
IT MAY BE FINED AUGUST

The summary Of the Orange
county budget estimate for the
coming year, 1932-1933, was
made public yesterday by Gil
bert w. Ray, the county ac-
cOuntant.
The estimated total is $780,
92Q, a decrease of $4,16O from
the expenditures last year. By
departments the figures are:
General county fund, $32,865
Cup $1,095) debt service fund,
S44.285 (down S522); salary
fund, S16,276 (down $1,000 ;
schools, current expense, S6,503
Cup Sl2); schools, capital out
lay, S7,369 (down $2,599) ;
schools, debt service (down
$74O.
What change, if any, there
will be in the tax rate is not yet
known, but if is regarded as GER
tain that last years rate Of 83
cents on the 500 will not be in
creased. There is a possibility
Of a few cents reduction.
The county commissioners
cannot fix the tax rate until the
total Of the assessments is as
ccrtaincd. The county govern
mcnt has it's own figures on as
Sessments, but it must have, IN
addition, the figures fixed by the
state for public service corpora
tions (railroads and power com
panles). All the figures will
probably be available in time for
the commissioners to fix the tax
rate when they pass upon the
budget at their meeting Monday,
August /.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15
What the Experts Recommended

Although the report of the
three eminent educators from
outside of North Carolina, called
in as experts, was included in
the document, entitled Report
of Commission on University
Consolidation mailed to the
trustees before their meeting in
Raleigh this week. the recon-
mendatiOns Of these experts
have not appeared in the press.
The newspaper reports of the
trustees meeting were devoted
to the plan of University con-
solidation approved by the
board-a plan far less thorough
going than the one proposed by
the survey committee of ex-
perts.
This survey committee was
composed of George A. Works,
Dean of Students and Univer-
sity Examiner of the University
of Chicago, Frank L.. McVey,
President of the University of
Kentucky, and Guy S. Ford,
Dean Of the Graduate School
and Acting President of the Uni
AnrSitN Of Minnesota a ThnSn
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15

three men were assisted by
specialists in various subjects.
The most revolutionary rec
ommendation made by Mr..
Works and his associates is con-
tanned in the following passages: ::
THE survey committee has
two major suggestions to make
affecting the work of the
branches Of the University or
ganiZation. They are:
Il. The transfer of State
College from Raleigh to Chapel
Hill. In making this transfer,
it may be wise perhaps to make
provision for leaving a program
of general education carried
through the junior-college level
at Raleigh. Whether this should
be entirely state supported or
maintained by a combination of
state and local support should be
determined by the states future
policy regarding the mainten-
ance of publicly supported junior
colleges.
90 The transfer from Green's
boro to Chapel Hill of the forms
Continued on fert page)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15

Seven plays written by stu
dents in the play-writing course
in the Summer School will be
presented in the Playmakers
Theatre-three this (Friday)
afternoon, beginning at a
o'clock, and three this evening,
beginning at 8 o'clock. The pro-
duction is directed by students.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15

The United States Weather
Bureau station here reports that
the temperature day before yes
terday, July 13, went up to 100.
The maximum temperatures for
the seven days, July 7 to 13, in
elusive, were: 80, SO, SO, So, 81,
SO, 100.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15

'of the trustees, that the men,
berS Of the board received the
experts report, and they were
amazed to see how much more
radical We're the changes sug-
gested by Mr.. Works and his
associates than We're the changes
recommended by the Consolida-
ton Commission and published
June Is. The experts proposed
that all the more important ac-
tlvities at State College be trans
ferred to Chapel Hill and that
the institution in Raleigh be
converted into a Junior college.
This was too thorough-going
for the Consolidation Commits
sion. The Commission did not
even mention this suggestion in
it's own recommendations.
The trustees disapproved the
Chancellor proposal, they de-
cided on an executive commit
Continued on page thrss)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-07-15

DR.. Isaac Manning, who un-
derwent an operation about a
month ago and has been in
Watts hospital since, is expect
ed home within three or four
days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
A Book a Day
Tells of Crime and Criminals
 in the Old Days
by BRUCE CATION

Maybe there's something . triAe ghouiish about the current eager- ness to read of oldtime murders, executions and criminal trials; but a lot of people (including this re- viewer) seem to like that sort of thing, and if you're one of that number you can hardly do better than get the new edition of "The Newgate Calendar" which Put nam's Is issuing at $2.5O.
 This book, as you probably have heard. was originally printed up- wards of a century ago. It is a kind of century ago. It is 8 kind of omnibus volume, describing in quaint, moralistic language few hundred of old England's most no- torious criminal cases.
 Several things are apt to occur to you as you read the book. First, you will be struck by the enor- nous mine of material that lies here ready for the writer of mod ern mystery stories. There are many ways of committing murder, but practically all of them seem to be covered in this book.
 Secondly, you can't help being impressed by the seeming callous- ness. not to say downright blood thirstiness, of our ancestors. Hang ings. drawing-and-quarter n 6 g, burnings, whippings = evidently they were cornmonplace not so long ago; and the criminals of the old days, in some cases, make | Chicago gorilla look meek and mild by comparison.
 Best of all, perhaps. is the lofty written. In an age that takes it's crimes straight. 1t is refreshing to ind q writer to whom all crimes are "horrid" and all criminals "in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
Bingham Opposed

The best news that has reached demo- cratic headquarters in Connecticut in quite some time was the recent announcement that dry republicans of the state were to oppose the nomination of Senator Hiram A. Bing- ham. If it is planned to produce another republican candidate for the office of U. s. Ssnstcr. there should be no hesitation upon the part of any democrat to seek the sena. tefisl nomination. Just at present there ssems te bs . little timidity snons promi. nsst democrats about announcing their candidacy fer the nomination. With eppo. siticn guaranteed for Bingham and the ehsnss of splitting shs rspubiesn party on shs vet snd dry issue dsmoersts might well tsks btan.
 There seems te bs no fssr Ia dsmeesstie cIreIss sbout the party carrying the state sISetien. Also it is figured that the dsmosFss tie. representation in the HouR of Rspfsssnss. figss will De increased to three sHd psshaps leuf. Evsn some optImiMs eIsIm ihst ths ssmeeIan wlIl carry ihs five soasssssIoasl disifisis in lhis sisls nsxt fsll ss wtll s ssfnrias shs postIon of songfsssasn.st' kea However that Is beside iis qussilon sl puliIas fhs pfops oat from under Ssn' sloI BInsbsm which is sli the dfy a'smbsfs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06

Of bic party viii do # they oppose him.
 It is btIieved thaf wcmen voters in ths republican. party. great majority of whom are allied with temperanes of prohibition enforcement units are behind the move ment to cust Bingham. His activities in the last six months h behalf of vet itSis. Iation have disappelntsd thOss who believe in the efficacy of the Eishtssnth Amend. ment. They desire that Connecticut have st least one militant dry senstog. Senator Walcott is also opposed to the Eighteenth Amendment. although he is not 90 con- eernsd over legislation dealing with lesalized beer. etc.. as is Senator Bingham. His leg. islative trend is in another direction. although he can be counted upon to suppcst wet legislation when he is needed.
 It is reported that the organizations de- sirous of dropping Senator Bingham from the lists endtavored to enlist the sympathy of State Chairman J. Henry Rorabaek in their campaign. As if Mir Rofabaek would drop the man whom he elevated from the office of lieutenant.governor to v. 5. Senator in the short space of three months. Senator Bingham will always be agreeable to Mr Rorabaek. Why shouldn't he bel And Mir Rorabaek's ideas on prohibition probably are about the same ss those of the senator from New Haven. In fact. we don't think the Bingham opponents in re. publican circles can muster enough votes to threaten his renomination. If they do then it simply means the democratic chances of capturing its first U. s. senatorship since 1881 ate brighter than ever. There Is to be determined effort to defeat Senator Bingham. but if he should not De the can. didate there would be every indication of an easy victory fcf the democratic candidate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
Crandnaa's Luck

According to | feminine expert who runs tn. home economics department for New Jersey gas and electric company. the present day housewife is a better cook than her grandmother was. The experts company happens to be selling its products to the present.dsy woman - not to her grand mother.
 However. the makes q pretty good case. explaining it gently like this; Our srandmothers had fine distesafd fot measurements in cooking. and that is one reason that they depended 50 much on luck. Grandma did get some wonderful results from luck or instinct. But modem cook ing is scientific. in knowledge of cooking processes as well as food values. and science beats luck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
Here, There And Euerywhere

through work fitted to their talents and mentality and through adjust cd home conditions, in many cases they would never have reached the courts and the reformatories. He points particularly to the small; but hopeful beginning that is being made to deal with problem chil- dren through visiting teachers. He holds institutionalisf responsible for more crime than is generally realised and adds, Had I voice in guiding public expenditures 1 would oppose appropriations for the erection of a sinPle Juvenile home or reformatory for the con- finement of boys under 16 except those with serious mental defects" ."
 Although the Connecticut Re- formatory Is for older boys, the opinion of this authority, taken with that of many other workers with juvenile delinquents, makes the question of increased accom- modations at Cheshire a subject for sober consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
ovERcKowDING AT CHESHIRE
(Hartford courant)


 Additional accommodation may be necessary to relieve over-crowds inr At the Connecticut Reformatcry at Cheshire. So the Board of Direc- tors believes and 1t will, therefore. ask building appropriation from the next session of the general as. sefnbly. But every enort snouiu first De made to discover If the oVercrowdins could not be relieved simply by committing fewer boys to this institution. Faith in refor- matories as places of real reforma. ton is at low ebb and there IS little doubt that. if accommodation Is made for more inmates. more boys and young men will be found to i'll those places.
 It would be of benefit to every one to decrease numbers of boys who reach that stage In criminal development where commitment to the state reformatory becomes necessary. Fortunately q good deal has been learned in the last decade of how and why difiicult. queer and defective children become ohenders against the law. Much could be done in preventing the develop- fnent of criminals If the probation work of the best juvenile courts could be extended throughout the state, and if the public schools would shoulder responsibility for the misfits which first show them- selves outside the hcine in the classroom.
 Warden Lawes of Sing Sing. dis cussing this problem in the New York Times, calls upon the schools to serve their retarded students and their truants as well as the best pupils. He points out that from 70 to 30 per cent of the wards of reformatories were first tfuants from schools. He believes that if an opportunity had been given them to succeed at school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
AEsCULAPIUs THREATENS APOLLO
(Hartford Courant)


 The story of a doctor in Toronto who has written symphony called 'Infiuenza - a Tone Poem" with four movements, Preliminary symptoms, Onset of the Disease, The Disease and Convalescence pro vides possibilities that are too ter rible to be fully explored. It is safe only to hint at the musical atroci- ties that may be petpetrated If something Is not done to strangle the movement in its infancy. Otherwise. we may be forced to lis- ten to "Arthritis - A Symphony With No Movements At AL" "Stom- aeh Ache, would be subtltled like '.The Hunting of the Shark" as "An Agony In Eight Fits' opening with the musical description of lobster dinner, and ending on a note of sweet contentment as the bicar- bonate of soda brings solace to the sufferer.
 But what is there to limit such eompositions to the comparative privacy of the classical forms? Snail we not be forced to listen over the radio to crooners lament ing the aches and pains. to which AAA St<StA AS &A0Ah 88 sO.1-S " WY listen to the ir complaints about aching hearts? And can Tin Pan Alley forbear to follow q grievous example set by Lord George Cor don Noel Byron as well as Mr. Wii- liam schwenk Gilbert of puttins tbeis Ills Into salable dosgerely An- kina, alas, rhymes with Carolina, beth North and South. Mastoid rhymes with cieysd and void, koltkr with loiter and pneumonia most unfortunately with begonia. The possibilities are infinite and terrifying. and the threat Of even h0meopathic does is overwhelming.
 Thefe is but one censointion. n the event that the medical freters nity abandens iks etetheseopes and pFescflptio pads to pufsue the muse, man will be ebie 10 follow hls Inclination and die without fear os boing restored % q world of i,isdiei(sd Dlusic, The consolation niay Sc sHiaiI, but, thank heaven, it e&Izls to ofx1F some tolaee in the event that phyhfoians generally take to music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-06
AN URBAN TREE
(New York Herald. .Tribune)

The ailanthus, or, as t is fanci- fully called, the Tree of. Heaven, was naturalized from China. l, has spread widely over the eastern part of this country and Is found growing wild along the coast ln pure sand or on rocky points ~ the waters edge. It seems to have a Chinese quality in it's hardness and its comfortable endurance of trying situations. If 1t Is cut down A thousand sprouts grow from the old roots and innumerable seed ings spring from the wind-biown seeds.
 In cities 1t will grow and thrive in narrow cracks in back-yaro pavements, reaching for heaven and light at such rate that 1t U tall and slim, whereas in richer soil it is full branched and slightly dropping, like an elm.
 It has been much despised for ornamental planting. for reasons of fashion, perhaps. but chiefly, Tn all probability, because 1t grows so easily and so fast. and offers so little difficulty to the grower that there is no glory in having one.
 There are few block in New York city without an ailanthus tree. The city would be a different and . less agreeable place without them. There Is on starting up in front of the Public Library on Fifth ave. nue, as if to shame the ragged and now leafless lindens at each side. -
 What can be required of city tree that the ailanthus does not give? It has abundant, dd-pin- nate leaves of good color ana 2 somewhat exotic tropical effect as they sway In the wind. It endures the hardest conditions of soil. drought, drying winds or heat re- fiectsd from buildings. and 1t is still iuxuriantly content and carries itself with an air, especially in late summer, when the clusters oi seeds are deep red.