The Carolinian [February 17, 1927]

              For a Better
N.C. College THE CAROLINIAN North Carolina College for Women
For a Better
N. C. College
VOLUME VIII GREENSBORO, N. C, FEBRUARY 17, 1127 NUMBER 18
BERLIN NOT SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR
WAR, SAYS BARNES
"Entente Epic" Placed Guilt
Upon Central Powers
at the Outset
i SECRET FACTS LEARNED
Explain* Absurdity of Theory That the
Allies Saved Ua When We Were
in Dancer
Students in the history department
had the privilege of hearing Dr. Harry
I . Elmer Barnes, professor of historical
sociology at Smith college, speak on
causes of the World War at the second
and fourth periods of the morning of
February 8. -,
At 9:18 o'clock Dr. Barnes treated
the subject of "War Guilt" In a full and
comprehensive manner by means of ex-planation
of the documentary evidence
recently brought to light in Europe. He
continued his subject at 11:15 in an
informal manner, relating a number of
anecdotes about the ex-emperor, Wll-heliu
II.
In his first talk the speaker Intro-duced
his subject by stating as the pri-mary,
though indirect, causes of the
war, the diplomatic situation and the
economic, sociologlcal,xand geographical
situation. He explained that neither
the Immediate cause, the murder of the
archduke of Austria, nor these general
causes would separately have resulted
in war.
Dr. Barnes rejected the theory that
Germany was solely responsible for
the World War. He prefaced the ex-planation
of his reasons for abandon-ment
of the theory with an account of
the conventional form of this theory,
which he termed "the entente epic."
This belief, he explained, which was
shared during the war by Americans
and the majority of historians, was that
Germany and Austria connived at the
murder of the archduke in order to pre-cipitate
war.
Positive evidence, he declared, prov-ing
that Germany was not uniquely re-sponsible
for the outbreak of the World
War, is now available. The situation
is unprecedented In history, he stated,
in that much of the documentary evMf
dence, secret notes and agreements, has
been given for publication since the
war, particularly by those countries
whose former government has been
overthrown.
Many of the modern students of the
situation, according to Dr. Barnes, after
a careful study of the evidence, have
come to the conclusion that no one coun-try
was alone responsible for the war.
These scholars, among whom there is
remarkable unanimity of opinion, he
stated, are called "Revisionists."
The speaker named several of the
more important facts recently proved
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PHYSICAL ED MAJORS
TASTE RUSTIC LIFE
With the return of warm weather
comes the desire to see and feel more
of the out of doors. Accordingly, Sat-urday
afternoon saw the N. C. truck
leaving the college campus with a load
of Joyful physical education majors
bound for the college farm on a week-end
camping trip. Very soon after the
beginning of the trip, the rain began
also, but not hard enough to dampen
any of the high spirits that were camp-ward
bound.
During the course of the afternoon
and the trip out, the girls learned much
about how to get a truck out of the
clay where it has settled up to the
hub; also how to drive according to the
ruts so that the load will not be
dumped in the ditch as a result of the
back end of the truck switching around
very suddenly at times.
Gossip at the farm store was to the
effect that a fiddlers' convention was
to be held Saturday. It was immediate-ly
and unanimously voted that the
who.le company of campers should at-tend.
In addition to the fiddlers' con-test,
there were other competitions,
such as milk drinking, pie-eating, reci-tation,
toe dancing, and the like. The
N. C. girls came out very well in the
affair, and there is reason to be proud
of them. Anne Wilkinson took away
first prize for the most graceful dancer,
and Miss Dyer won highest honors in
the milk-drinking from the baby's bot-tle
contest by a wide margin. Willie
Jones with her N. C. College chorus
brought down the house.
The convention came to a close soon,
and every one caught a good night's
sleep. Who couldnt with the rain
pelting a lullaby on the rooff It is
thought that Charlie Watkins and Bill
Jones talked a bit in their slumber, but
it is not as yet certain.
After Sunday school Sunday morning,
a baseball game occured in the attic,
but the game was short lived since
Edith Webb knocked the ball through
the window, and it floated down the
road.
Owing to the slight shower, the road
from the camp to the highway was im-possible
for the truck, so the girl
packed and carried their luggage up to
the store. While waiting for the truck,
which was late, due to two punctures
on the way out, checkers was indulged
in, and Miss Robinson was declared the
champion checker player of GuilfOtd
county.
Dr. Harry Barnes Speaks at
Open Forum on Democracy
HOLDS INTEREST
"Challenge to Contemporary
Democracy" Is Subject of
Noted Historian
POPULAR RULE AN IDEAL
"Democracy Has Never Existed and
Never Can Exist. It Is Historical,
Political Fiction"
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TRUTH IS GOD," SAYS
SUNDAY VESPER SPEAKER
Truth is Not Only Liberating bat Har-monising,
According to Reverend
M. S. Hinkle
MABY FRANCES CRAVEN SINGS
"Truth" was the subject of an in-spiring
address delivered by Reverend
M. 8. Hinkle of Friends' Church at
vespers Sunday night. Donnie Smoot
conducted the devotionals and Lloyd
Merrimon was at the piano. Mary
Frances Craven sang quite beautifully,
as an introductory solo, "My Task."
In opening his remarks Mr. Hinkle
pointed to several statements of Jesus
which show that he "had a very distinct
appreciation for the truth." "God's
greatest concern for our lives," the
speaker said, "is that we shall eome
into the possession of truth, which is
more precious than all other posses-sions.
In the search for truth we are
doing the greatest thing that God
meant for us to do."
"Whatever we may find that helps us
'gain the ultimate end of life," the
speaker added, "is essentially truth,
and adds to the freedom and richness
of life." "Knowledge always brings
emancipation," the speaker contended.
The truth about God, what and where
he is and the truth about life will tend
to emancipate the soul, making one
realize that man and God live in a
wholesome fellowship.
In conclusion Mr. Hinkle said thai;
truth is not only liberating but har-monizing.
It promotes a fellowship
among men, making everyone brothers.
"Truth found in any realm," he added
as his final statement, "is God."
The speaker at the last Open Forum
waa Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, professor
of historical sociology at Smith college,
and author and lecturer. His subject,
"The Challenge to Contemporary De-mocracy,"
was based on his thesis: De-mocracy
does not, and never has ex-isted.
"The Utopian ideal of democracy is,"
Dr. Barnes said, "the notion of popular
rule by the universal vote."
In a swift review of the history of
democracy, the speaker showed short-comings
of the theory of the existence
of democracy. "In Athens, the majority
were not citizens, but there was repre-sentative
government of citizens. The
theory of the migration of the demo-cratic
idea from the Saxon folkmoot to
parliamentary government In England
and the | United States was not true—
for true representative government did
not exist In any of those forms of leg-islative
machinery."
In a contrast of Jeffersonian and
Jacksonlan democracy, Dr. Barnes said:
"Jefferson did not believe in the equal-ity
of men, but In the right of all men
to vote Into office the aristocrats. The
Jackson period emphasized the right
of all men to hold office. In the fron-tier
life only the strong, able men sur-vived,
so the theory of equality was In
part true. The simple nature of gov-ernment
In Jackson's day and his
theory of equality of men, together ex-plain
his policies of codduct In life."
"The theory of democracy is based
on several assumptions," Dr. Barnes
said, "and only as these assumptions
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FIRST QUORUM BY FROSH
IN HISTORY OF COLLEGE
Freshman Class Establishes Quorum for
Transaction of Bnalneaa—
, McConnell Officer
For the first time in the history of
N. C. College, a Freshman class has
established a quorum and rarer than
that, has fulfilled 'it at the next meet-ing.
On Saturday, February the fifth,
a meeting was held but only 65 mem-bers
of the class came out. The mem-bers
present at that meeting decided
that the lack of interest shown in the
affairs of the class was shameful and
after some discussion a quorum of 150
members to be present at each meet-ing
before business transacted would
be official was decided upon. This de-cision
took effect immediately and the
second meeting was planned for Chapel
period February the ninth.
At the opening of the second meet-ing,
the members present were found
to be 85. Determined not to be
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"USEFUL PLANTS" IS
BOTANY CLUB TOPIC
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"Useful Plants" was the general
topic of discussion at a short meet-ing
of the Botany Club held Friday
night. The program consisted of
two reports: "Food Supply from
Plants" by Mae Wells and '"fen
Most Important Herbs" by Modena
Howard. In these reports the value
and usefulness of certain plants
to man were very well discussed.
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FRESHMAN CHAPE
HELD ON THURSDAY l
Registrar Presents First Semes-ter
Academic Record to
First Year Girls
THREE WIN HONOR STARS
At the regular meeting of Freshman
Chapel last Thursday, Ruth Dodd, chair-man,
took charge of the exercises. Af-ter
the song service and the scripture
reading, Miss Mary Taylor Moore, the
Registrar, read to the class the results
of the mid-term examinations.
Miss Moore stated that some con-fusion
had been caused by the fact that
students failed to remember that six
hours of work must be passed satisfac-torily
the first semester of college be-fore
a student may remain in the col-lege.
Nine hours must be passed each
semester following the first semester.
A student who is still classed as a
Freshman although she is in college for
her second year must pass nine hours of
work.
Three members of the class .made'all
ones and twos on their work. These
students are: Margaret McConnell,
Evelyn Mebbin, and Dorothy Evans.
Seventeen averaged two on their work
and 243 of the 456 of Freshmen begin-ning
college this last semester passed
on all subjects. The work of the classes
improves each year as the following sta-tistics
show: The percentage of students
receiving conditions and failures in each
class are: Freshman, 46.7, Sophomores,
29.7, Juniors, 8.9 and Seniors 3. Last
year ten Freshmen made ones and twos
on all of their work and this year three
made all ones and twos. However, the
work has been much better this year be-cause
fewer Freshmen had to go home
after the examinations, Miss Moore
stated.
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MUSICAL PROGRAM
AT MONDAY CHAPEL
The Chapel exercises on Monday, Feb-ruary
14th, were enjoyed greatly by
the students present. Martha Cannady
presided and led the devotional exer-cise
assisted by Norms Black, whe led
the singing. Rebecca Ogburn sang
"Baby Mine" accompanied by Doris
Branch at the piano. The entire group
sang "Love Divine" following which
they were dismissed by Miss Cannady.
DR. ERNST JAECKH,
GERMAN STATESMAN,
SPEAKS AT CHAPE
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In 1914 Military and Political
Factions Were Working
Against Each Other
HINDENBURG'S REPUBLIC
The New Germany is Working for
Peace and Harmony With
Other Nation*
Dr. Ernst Jaeckh, German statesman
and writer, addressed the student body
and members of the faculty at the
chapel hour on February 8. The speak-er
visited the campus under the aus-pices
of the International Relations
club.
Speaking in excellently chosen Eng-lish,
Dr. Jaeckh commenced his'address
on "The New Germany" by an expla-nation
of the governmental situation
in Germany at the outbreak of the war.
He declared that Prussian militarism
dominated as leadership and that po-litical
leader's worked constantly against
each other.
Dr. Jaeckh explained the steps, by
which the old government of Germany
waa overthrown and the government of
the republic was established. He re-lated
the details of the revolution of
1918 which resulted In the abdication
of the emperor and the renunciation by
the crown prince of the rights to the
throne.
The lecturer related with enthusiasm
the part which Hindenburg played in
the establishment and maintenance of
the new government. He declared that
the former field marshal of the German
empire had proved the sincerity of bis
aim to serve tlje German people by
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ORIGINAL DANCES
4pApRCHESUS
EacK Member Is Required to
Present Two Dances; One
Comic, One Serious
SHOW UNUSUAL TALENT
On Wednesday of last week, the Or-chesus
club held its weekly meeting,
and several of the members con-tributed,
as is the custom each year,
original danees, both comic and other-wise.
A continuance of the perform-ances
will occur on the Wednesday eve-nings
of the next two weeks.
During the evening of the initiation
ceremony last fall, it was decided that
the Orchesus club should present the
customary original dances immediately
after Christmas. Last year each mem-ber
was required to give only one
dance, but this year the requirement is
two, one of which must be a comedy
dance, and the other of a more serious
aspect.
Those who danced last Wednesday
were: Johnsie Henry, Verna Hodges,
Mae Crouse Merril, Ffanees Barber,
Marjorie Bonitz, Marie Jones, and
Katherine Schenk. All the girls showed
great improvement in technique and in
rhythm. They exhibited unusual tal-ent
in depicting attractive and unique
dances.
Marie Jones and Johnsie Henry de-serve
an especial word of praise. Miss
Jones danced to the music, "Death
Dance," and achieved a striking effect.
She was a phantom who had gained
tempory semi-freedom, dancing with
her arms bound. Suddenly all bonds
were broken, and she danced in
abandon, but only for a brief space;
the shady realms soon reclaimed her,
she became motionless and disappeared.
DAVIDSON GLEE CLUB
TO APPEAR HERE SOON
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The seniors had a class meeting
Saturday at chapel period. Com-mencement
plans were discussed,
and several changes were suggested
which have not been definitely de-cided
upon.
It was announced that the David-son
glee club would be here in the
near future, and that the senior
class would be in charge this year,
as usual. The meeting was then
turned over to the cheer leader,
and yells were practiced.
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CONTEMPORARY ART
SHOWN IN LIBRARY
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Document Room on Second
Floor Is Mecca of Interested
Students and Public
IS LOCALLY SPONSORED
An art collection, consisting of the
original works of contemporary Ameri-can
artists, and totalling more than
$27,000 in value.is on display in the
document room on the second floor of
the Library building.
The paintings, which were hung on
Saturday under the supervision of Miss
Molly Anne Peterson of the home
economics department, are open to the
public from 3 to 6 o'clock in the after-noon
and from 7:30 to 10 o'clock in
the evening. They will continue on
display until the middle of next week.
The collection was obtained for exhib
it by the Greensboro Art association,
which has done much in the past to
arouse local interest in art. The Rev.
H. L. Canfleld of* the Universalist
church is president of the association.
Miss Abigail Rowley of the English de-partment
of the college is secretary.
One of the most interesting pictures,
centered around the figure of an Indian
and entitled "In His Garden," is a work
from the hand of Walter Ufer and was
on display at the Sesqui-Centennial ex-hibition.
The most expensive of the
collection, also an out-of-door scene, is
a work by Horatio Walker entitled
"Maple Sugar" and is valued at $8000.
The majority of the pictures are land-scape
work, but a number are excellent
character studies. Notable among1 these
in conception is "Arthur Heseltine," by
Robert Vonnoh. "Peonies," by Freder-ick
J. Wangh, is representative of the
more conventional studies.
The following are the pictures on die
play: "Little Sister," Murray Bowley;
"Up Hill Road," Gardner Symons;
"Their Debut," Louise Hitman; "Trout
Stream," E. Irving Couse; "In His Gar-den,"
Walter Ufer; "Adirondack
Woods," Paul King; "Arthur Heseltine,"
Robert Vonnoh; "A South Wind," Cul-len
Yates; "Gulls, Peggy's Cove," Ern
est Lawson; "Pandora," George Elmer
Browne; "Summer Afternoon," W. El-mer
Schofield; "Donatello Head," Leslie
Thompson; "Wood Interior," Emil Carl-sen;
"House in the Woods," Ben Fos
ter; "Off Shore," Eric Hudson; "Rest-ing,"
R. Stone Breding; "Rhododen
dron," Anna Fisher; "Silent Stream,"
Jonas Lie; "Pennsylvania Woods,"
Charles Warner Eaton; "Last Lights on
Rainier," Evylina N. Miller; "Bywood,"
A. Bower; "Nocturne," A. H. Gorson;
"Maple Sugar," Horatio Walker; "Peon-ies,"
Frederick J. Waugh; "Bonfire,"
William L. Lathrop r "White Mountains;"
Jay Connoway.
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PARTY PLANS ARE
DISCUSSED BY SOPHS
The sophomore class held a meet-ing
Thursday. Plans were discussed
for the party to be given the following
Saturday afternoon. Miss Jamison
made a short talk, urging the students
to co-operate in saving electricity, heat,
and water in the dormitories. Rosalie
Jacobi presided at the meeting.
Sophomores' Parade in Blue and White Coats
in Annual Sweater Show in Dining Halls
Last Tuesday night satisfied curiosity
along one line at least. The sophomore
secret was out, and as the sophs marched
proudly and gaily through the dining
rooms, in the annual sweater parade,
and everyone was given the opportunity
to admire and comment on "those cute
little bine and white coats."
The first sounds of confusion in- the
back of the dining rooms drew every-one's
attention, and the class song of
the sophomores cause's the seniors to
hop up, with beaming faces and/sister-ly
pride, to stand smilingly as the pro-cession
passed.
Led by the old and new presidents
carrying the class banner, and these
followed by Miss Jamison, herself a
member of a class of blue and white,
couple after couple made up the long
line. Each sophomore wore a white
dress and blue blazer, and the effect
was indeed pretty. The cheer-leaders
ran up and down the line, leading the
songs and yells.
Again this year the sophs broke away
from the old custom of getting the con-ventional
eoat or slip-on sweater. Their
blazers are of blue flannel, with piping
of white flannel down the front and
around the cuff. On the pocket is N.
0. C. and the class numeral "29. As
thsy walk—nay, strut—around the
campus in their new blue coats how
could we help but be proud of our
sophsf
CHARMING RECITAL
IS GIVEN BY MISSES
BRETON, TRAUBEL
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Miss Breton Displays Astonish-ing
Skill in Concert-
Giving
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SEVERAL ENCORES GIVEN
Miss Traubel Proves Worthy of the
Extravagant Praises of Universal
Newspapers
The college was most delightfully en-tertained
by two very talented artists,
Thursday afternoon and evening. Miss
Ruth Breton, violinist, and Miss Helen
Traubel, soprano, gave a joint recital
in the auditorium.
The most extravagant phrases can
not describe the success of Miss Breton.
She captivated her audience by her
winsome personality and fascinated it
by her marvelous playing. Graceful,
gracious, entirely at her ease, Miss
Breton astonished her hearers by her
evident youth and her seeming experi-ence
in giving concerts. She was called
back again and again, playing encore
after encore. Her extra numbers were:
"Menuet in G," Beethoven; "Valse Es-paniol,"
Chaminade; "The Little Wind-mills,"
Orientale; "Chanson Rosamon,"
Kreialer.
Miss Tranbel had the ease and poise
of a great singer. And she was ex-cellent.
In her performance she proved
that all the things said about her in
newspapers all over the country were
entirely true. The encores which she
rendered in a very pleasing manner
were: "I Heard a Cry in the Night,"
Fisher; "Sieglinda's Love Song," Wag-ner,
"Night," Rachmaninoff; "The
Changeling," Whittholme; "Homing,"
Del Reabo.
The program follows:
1. Menuet, Porpora (Kreisler); An-dante,
Mozart; Rondo, Mozart—Miss
Breton. t
2. Stticidio (La Giacondo), Ponchielli
—Miss Traubel.
■ft, Romanes Andaluza, Sarasate; Ha-banera,
Sarasate—Miss Breton.
4. Morgen, Zueigning, Allerseelen,
Caecilie, Richard Strauss—Miss Traubel.
6. Caprice Antique, Rob Roy Peery;
Fairy Sailing, Cecil Burleigh; Hills,
Cecil Burleigh; La Campanella, Pagani-ni—
Miss Breton.
6. By a Lonely Forest Pathway, C. T.
Griffes; Under " the Greenwood Tree,
Castelnuovo-Tedeseo; The Time of
Parting, Henry Hadley; Pierrot, Winter
Watts; Awakening, Walter Golde—Miss
Traubel.
Miss Betty Baker at the piano for
Miss Breton.
Miss Madeleine Marshall at the piano
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DR. AND MRS. JAECKH
ARE ENTERTAINED
International Relations Club Has Sev-eral
Gneats In Sooth Dining
Hall Tncsday
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ADDRESS OF STATESMAN PLEASES
At the fourth period last Tuesday the
members of the International Relations
Club came to the Adelphian society hall
to meet with Dr. Ernest Jaeckh, their
guest for the day. Short and heavy-set,
a battle-scarred veteran of gutters! in-tonation,
he was satisfyingiy authentic.
In the round table discussion the girls
freely asked questions about Germany
and her relations with other European
nations. They were surprised to find
themselves talking at ease with an in-ternational
statesman, of that nation
which they had been taught to hate and
fear. As he told them, it is only in dis-cussion
and arbitration with sympathy,
that peoples and nations can learn to
respect and understand each other.
Dr. Jaeckh spoke freely and clearly,
although he had been studying and
speaking English for only seven months.
Mrs. Jaeckh was altogether a delightful
surprise. She was quite young, and
quite of the French type—altogether
charming, with a surprising command
of the English language after only
three months' study.
The informal luncheon in South'din-ing
room was much enjoyed by the
members of the club, who had as their
guests, besides Dr. and Mrs. Ernest
Jaeckh', Dr, Harry Elmer Barnes, Dr.
W. C. Jackson, Dr. B. B. Eendrick, Miss
Harriet and Caroline Schoch. The
special menu prepared for the occasion
was served to all the college students.
The girls and their guests sat at special
tables, with place-cards and flowers. -
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