The Carolinian [January 12, 1924]

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VOLUME V. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1924
NUMBER 14
Six Thousand Attend
Student Volunteer Con-vention
at Indianapolis
Gather to Discuss Prin-ciples
of Christ as Solu-tion
for the Problems
of the World.
ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH
North Carolina Collet* Represented
by Fourteen Delegate*
ROCKY MOUNT GIRLS
GUESTS OF ALUMNAE
N. C.
Moui
C W. Alumnae of Rooky
t Entertain Local N. C. C.
Student, at Dinner
Indianapolis is doubtless the most
talked of city in the world on the
North Carolina Campus at the pres-ent
time. Everyone on the campus
has been hearing about it since last
Thursday night, while fourteen girls
have not ceased to sing its praises
and talk about the wonders of the
Student Volunteer Convention since
that time. Indianapolis and the Con-vention
have superceded even exams
as a topic of conversation.
With thousands of students from
all parts of the world, gathering in
one city to discuss the problems of
the Christian world, is there any
wonder that great was the enthusi-asm?
And from that great assem-bly
the enthusiasm has radiated back
to N. C. C. W. and, it is thought,
to every student on the campus. Six
thousand one hundred and fifty one
delegates from the north, south,
east and west surged in throngs
down the streets of Indianapolis to-ward
Cable Tabernacle, where the
meetings of the Ninth International
Convention of the Student Volunteer
Movement were held. For five days
these delegates assembled to discuss
and hear discussed the great inter-national
questions of the day—such
burning questions as the race prob-lem,
the industrial problem and the
problem of war.
Special trams carried them to this
Mecca of students, but any N. C. C.
W. delegate will state that the Caro-lina
Special was the finest of them
all. This was the train that carried
all the students from North Carolina
and South Carolina to and from In-dianapolis.
And that train got there
in a hurry. For proof ask any dele-gate
who had an upper berth the
night they went throught the Cum-berland
Mountains. Two days and
a night were spent on the trip out
and two nights and two days on the
return trip. But, not one minute
dragged with such good company aa
the train afforded. On the return
half of the journey a day was spent
in Cincinnati sight-seeing.
And much to the surprise of all
concerned Indianapolis was not half
aa near the North Pole as they had
anticipated; that is, until New Year's
Eve when the North Pole must have
moved several miles further south.
A great feeling of international-ism
was felt throughout the conven-tion,
a feeling of Christian interna-tionalism.
The problems of the stu-dents
of the Orient, the problems of
the European students and of the
negro students were discussed as the
problems of all students. Race and
color made no difference at this In-ternational
Convention of Christian
students. In the forums, in the dis-cussion
groups and from the conven-tion
platform the unprejudiced ideas
and opinions of the students of the
countries were heard from their rep-resentatives.
A movement was started among
the American students in an effort to
consolidate the various parts of the
different denominations; as, the
Southern and Northern Methodists,
the Northern, Southern, and Reform-ed
Presbyterians, etc. In the de-nominational
meetings this was con-sidered.
Throughout the Conven-tion
this idea ow unity among the
students of the world waa brought
out
The three great problems of race,
of war, and of industry formed the
pivots on which the discussion hing-ed.
At fifteen meetings these qu
tions were discussed in all their as-pects
by students and leaders. Every
meeting was featured by speakers of
note. These were such men as Sher-wood
Eddy, Dr. Robert E. Speer,
John R. Mott, Robert P. Wilder, and
Dr. Paul Harrison of our own coun-try;
Professor Yonan Masib from In-dia;
Dr. J. E. K. Aggrey, from Af-
The Rocky Mount chapter of the
North Carolina College Alumnae As-sociation
gave a dinner Thursday
night, December 29, at the Woman's
club, in honor of the girls who had
come home for the holidays. The
college colors were used in table dec-orations
and also in the streamers
which festooned the wall. A blanket
college banner was effectively used.
After the singing of the college
song, Maitiand Sadler, '23, chairman
of the local chapter, welcomed the
guests and explained that the pur-pose
of the dinner was to give the
alumnae a chance to get together
and to let the college girls know that
the Alumnae were interested in
them. Clude Aycock responded. Each
person was requested to stand and
tell her name and to which class she
belonged,, in order that every one
should become better acquainted.
Miss Hattie Bunn, who entered col-lege
in 1898 had the honor of rep-resenting
the oldest class and she
was presented with a gift by Miss
Cleo Jenkins who is a member of
the present freshmen class. Miss
Bunn then delighted the girls with a
description of college life when she
was here. She told how the girls
had to wash dishes and trim lamps,
of the rough buildings and meager
equipment.
Miss Iola Parker, '28, sketched the
progress that the college has made
from the beginning to the present,
its material growth, advancement in
scholastic standing, and in spiritual
development She told how it had
advanced from the State Normal and
Industrial School to the State Nor-mal
and Industrial College, then to
the North Carolina College, and it
has now been admitted to the South-ern
Association of Colleges and Sec-ondary
School and to the Amercian
DR. KENDRICK SPEAKS
AT VESPER SERVICES
Hold* That Anything Which Is Done
Against the Better Nature Is
Real Sin
WAS INSPIRING DISCUSSION
"All things work together for those
that love God" and "If thy right
hand offend thee, cut it off" were
the two themes upon which Dr. Ken-drick
based his address to the fac-ulty
and students at Vespers, Sun-day
night.
"Anything which we do which is
REPORT OF SOUTHERN
A-1 COLLEGES GIVEN
Mist Mary Taylor Moore Diicutse.
Requirements for a Standard
College
REQUIREMENTS LISTED
A • report of the Southern Associa-tion
of A-1 colleges was given
by Miss Mary Taylor Moore, regis-trar
of the college, at chapel hours
on Monday and Tuesday. Along with
the report she discussed the require-ments
which a college must have at-not
in harmony with our better ^^ before h "^ ranked as an
selves is sin." Interpreting the fore-
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going definition of sin, Dr. Kendrick
pointed out that the kinds of
thoughts and acts regarded as sin-ful
vary according to time, place and
people. What is considered moral
in one group is often considered im-moral
in another; therefore, in a
general'sense, it can be said that sin
consists of that which offends the
person. The question of what con-stitutes
sinnnig against the Sabbath
has occasioned great controversy.
Jesus made an answer to the effect
that the "Sabbath was made for
Man and not man for the Sabbath."
Usually, the Sabbath is considered aa
a time for rest and quiet contempla-tion
when a person may be at ease.
In the present civilisation, however,
the greater part of work is done in-doors,
necessitating the use of the
Sabbath for fresh air and recreation.
It is unfortunate that a number
of people pay so much attention to
the letter of such relatively minor
laws, that the greater laws of kind-liness
and good will are forgotten.
It is possible to keep many of the
commandments and yet not be a
Christian. After all, evil depends up-on
circumstances, so that each person
must decide for himself as to that
which "offends." God wishes people
to be happy and contribute to the
happiness of the whole society. It is
useless to be unhappy when your
part in the Great Society is differ-ent
from that which others may
contribute. Howard, the great Eng-lish
philanthropist, served in his ca-pacity
by directing his energies to
the alleviating of the condition of
unfortunates. He served his part,
though he was not an intellectual
genius. To serve well in one's own
capacity is not to fail.
Stephen Leacock Entertains
Audience With Delightful
Nonsense and Rare Wit
DR. HOWARD SPEAKS
TO EDUCATION CLUB
Need, and Possibilities of North
Carolina are Emphasised
"Judging from her recent progress
in education, North Carolina seems
to have put on 'Seven League
Boots,'" stated Dr. George Howard,
DISCUSSES DRAMA
Dramatic Talent Betrayed by Reed-in,
of Ibsen', the "Master
Carpenter"
INDULGES IN MAKING FUN
MUSIC SENIORS WILL
SEE NEWYORK SOON
They Will Attend Opera., Hoar Coo-cert,
and Recital., aad go
Sight-Seeing
PROFESSOR TAYLOR
ATTENDS CONVENTION
Big Paklie Speaking Conveatioa
Hold las Cincinnati Dnring the
Holidays
The Seniors in Music, in unusually
good spirits, are anxiously waiting
for December 17, on which day they
will be "all aboard" for New York.
Dr. and Mrs. Wade R. Brown are to
act as conductors and chaperones for
the party.
The party of sixteen will leave
Greensboro on the evening of the
seventeenth. The eighteenth will be
spent seeing Washington. President
Coolidge will probably be visited.
On the nineteenth, the party will
reach New York where the remain-der
of the time, until the twenty-eight,
will be spent.
While in New York the party will
attend several well-known operas at
the Metropolitan Opera Company
and at the Wagner Opera Company.
The members will .also hear several
Symphony Concerts and Artiste' Re-citals,
and see some of the outstand-ing
dramatic successes of the year.
Part of the time will be spent
shopping and "sight-seeing." While
in New York, the party will stop at
Hotel Bristol, on 48th Street
Those making up the party are:
Dr. and Mrs. Wade R. Brown, Miss
Susan Green, of Thomasville, mem-
Prof. W. R. Taylor of the English
Department returned January 2 from
a Convention of the National As-sociation
of Teachers of Public
Speaking held at Cincinnati.
While there he was particularly in-terested
in the departmental meet-ing
of the association dealing in
dramatic affairs of colleges and uni-versities.
Among those attending
were many teachers prominent in
furthering the production of plays
in colleges. W. A. Drummond, of
Cornell University; Mist Gertrude
E. Johnston, of the University of
Wisconsin; Prof. Mabie, of the Uni-versity
of Iowa; R. C. Hunter, of
Grinnell College; C. N. Wise, of
Kirksville, Mo.; Prof. McMillan, of
Northwest; and Prof. Troutman, of
the University of Illinois, were pres-ent
and took part in the discussion.
Mr. Taylor recently compiled and
sent to all the prominent colleges of
the United States a questionnaire
concerning the status of dramatic
activities in those colleges. He was
invited to enter the discussion as to
the results of the questionnaire by
Profesor Guff, president of the As-sociation.
From the discussion it
was evident that dramatics are now
occupying a far more prominent
place in college affairs than they held
a year ago. Interest in this activity
is growing tremendously. Some of
A-1 college, and thus giving to the
students a general understanding of
why certain things are required of
them.
Attending the convention from
North Carolina were Vice-President
W. C. Jackson, Miss Wright and
Miss Moore.
Miss Wright attended the greater
part of the meetings of the South-ern
Association of University Wom-en.
Mr. Jackson and Miss Moore
divided their time between the
Southern Association of University
Women and the Southern Associa-tion
of A-1 colleges.
In a brief synopsis Miss Moore
gave the history of the Association.
It was organized twenty-eight years
ago in Atlanta, Ga. As charter
members there are six universities,
two of which are in North Carolina.
The charter members are Vander-bilt,
the University of North Caro-lina,
the University of South Caro-lina,
the University of Maryland,
Trinity.
Since its organization, Wake
Forest College, Davidson, North I
Carolina College for Women, Mere-dith
and Salem Colleges have been
admitted.
The women's colleges now belong-ing
to the Association are Randolpb-
Macoh, Sophie Newcomb, Goucher,
Agnes Scott, West Hampton, Con-verse,
Florida State College for
Women, Wesleyan College, Sweet
Briar, Bethany, Mississippi State Col-lege
for Women, North Carolina Col-lege
for Women, Meredith, Salem,
Maryville College, Winthrop and
Coker, and perhaps one or two
others.
The standards required before as
a college can become an Al college
were given by Miss Moore in the
following order:
1. The requirement for admis-sion
shall be the satisfactory* comple-tion
of a four-year course of not less
than fifteen unite in a secondary
school approved by a recognized ac-crediting
agency, or in a secondsry
school that is a member of the As-sociation,
or the equivalent of such
a course shown by examination. Any
college of this Association may be
called upon at any time for a record
of all the students entering the
Freshman class, with records con-taining
all past units, etc.
2. The college should demand
for graduation the completion of a
minimum quantitative requirement
of one hundred and twenty semester
hours of credit (or the equivalent
In term hours, quarter hours, points,
majors, or courses), with further
scholastic qualitative requirements
adapted by each institution accord-ing
to its conditions.
8. Number of Degrees. The con-ferring
of a multiplicity of degrees
Stephen Leacock, "The Canadian
Mark Twain," delighted a Urge aud-ience
of students and members of
of the State Department of Educa-'the faculty last Saturday night with
tion, talking to the Education Club his rare wit Mr. Leacock has for
at the Hut, Tuesday night I ten years headed the department of
It was not North Carolina's political economy at McGill Unhrer-achievements,
however, but her needs
and possibilities which Dr. Howard
emphasized. He stated that the mini-mum
educational requirement of .the
state should be to provide for every
child in the state the following:
1. Standard elementary educa-tion
with competent teachers, an
eight-months' term, and adequate
equipment
2. Education in an accredited
High School.
* 8. Comfortable and sanitary
buildings with adequate lighting,
heating, water, toilet and ventilation
facilities.
4. Education supported by all the
taxable property in the county.
The state has not yet met these
requirements.
Dr. Howard gave the following
statistics which tell of conditions in
North Carolina.
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N. C. RETURNS TO PAY
FOR HOLIDAY JOYS
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And this is the aftermath—
for value received, for pleas-ures,
we always have to pay,
and pay—and pay.
Sniffles, which are caused
not only by colds, but by home-sickness
as well, seem to be
like the common people, always
with us. The campus is in the
clutches of all the demons
which memory can conjure,
and they haunt us endlessly.
Speaking frankly, school just
cannot compare with home and
the holidays, for who didn't
have "just the most thrilling
time ever"T
The cold weather which
greeted us all on our arrival at
the college only adds misery to
the scene. It seems as if fate
is merciless to make us both
so cold—and so blue.
Exams I The horrible thought
of suchl Of all the disgusting,
exasperating things to have
to come after the two weeks
of bliss which* Christmas gave
occasion for? Dances, dinners
rides, and parties all fade into
a background of unreality,
while exams loom up to the
front We would protest
against the unfairness of it all,
but who has time for that lux-urious
pastime, self pity? We
can only follow the beaten
path, to class, to gymn, or to
the movies, in the hope that
maybe some day we can get
used to the old routine again.
But ifs a hard life.
N. C. GIRLS GREATLY ENJOY
RIDING, THE LATEST SPORT
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ber of the class of 1918; Miss Rachel the colleges taking an active part in
Harris, who is at present teaching in pWy production are giving college
Troutman, N. C, and who was a for-mer
member of the class of 1924;
and Misses Madge Alderman, Adele
Alexander, Annie Royal Coleman,
credit for work in the plays. The
tendency to produce plays written
by the students themselves is also
growing and the standards of such
Nell Folger, Faith Johnson, Celeste play, in the colleges has been pushed
Jonas, Elisabeth Jones, Antoinette t%t aDOTe the amateur level, in some
Loestch, Josephine Robertson, Mary
Louise Stacy, Irene Waters, and
Florence Winstead.
cases even to a professional one.
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"Ride a cock horse to Banbury
Cross," is now the song of several
girls here. And it's lots of fun, on
the fine Kentucky thoroughbreds of
the Black Hawk Riding School. The
school is here for the winter to give
riding lessons to the students of N.
C. College.
There are classes offered for the
beginners, who are taught walking,
trotting, and cantering; classes for
the intermediates, who are taught be-side
the former forms of riding,
cross-country riding and jumping.
The advanced riders are taught cross-country
riding, jumping, horse-back
games, and correct horse show rid-ing.
The riding is being done in the
country, along beautiful bridle paths
just outside of Greensboro, where
the riders have no tear of distur-bance
from motor traffic. A car is
new being hired to take the girls out
to tiie quarters at a small cost but
it is expected that the college truck
can be secured for this purpose later.
The horses are to be brought in
once a week for lessons at the col-lege.
Here's the chance for girls
to demonstrate to then* admiring
friends their proficiency in the latest
sport on the, campus.
If a girl should for any good rea-son
have to miss a lesson, she can
arrange to take it at another time,
or she can exchange hours with
another girl if she telephones Mr.
Bruckner before twelve o'clock of
the day on which she is to take her
lesson.
Miss Burr is in charge of the rid-ing
on the campus and will answer
any' questions in regard to ft.
sity, Canada's greatest school. He
has been referred to as the "Great-est
International Josher." He in-dulges
in making fun of things and
people in such a. way that causes
Americans to laugh at Canadians,
Canadians to chuckle at Americans
and both to be amused at themselves.
His brilliant mastery of satire has
been evidenced from the platform,
through magazine articles and in
books, always resulting in hearty
laughter.
Mr. Leacock is a much sought for
lecturer. He talks in easy humor-ous
style which also characterizes
his writing. Besides being a humorist
of international fame he is a man
of profound learning.
He has written much about the
people in the United States, where
he spends a great deal of his time.
Some of bis best known and most
enjoyable books are "Nonsense Nov-els,"
"Literary Lapses," "Further
Foolishness", "Essays and Literary
Studies" and "Behind the Beyond".
The subject of Mr. Leacock's talk
at the college waa perhaps his most
popular one, upon which he has re-ceived
much congratulations, "Fren-zied
Fiction". The students ex-pected
to laugh but not to the excess
which Mr. Leacock caused them. In
the beginning he pulled his crumpled
lecture from his pocket and an*
nounced that it was s serious topic
that he expected to discuss. But he
never reached that part of it much
to the audience's delight The first
type of fiction that he entered upon
was the drama. He related his ex-periences
in different roles that he
had played before he became so stout
He mentioned his success as a littie
fairy in "Midsummer Nights Dream
and as a block of ice and as a hound
in other productions. He claims the
invention of the famous howl thst
has been used so much on the stage.
He betrayed his dramatic talen*
while reading the greet Ibsen type
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NHnJUOINGUR^
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Work Ha. Bet«« •■ T*° D«T^»or-
Us, Dining Hall and Gyss-aaaisw
With a large building program
under way the college is now taking
another step forward toward its goal
of a "Greater North Carolina Col-les-
e " At present it has under con-struction
three new dormitories snd
a Physical Education building on the
west side of the campus, a new wing
to the dining hall near Spencer
Building and a central heating plant
on Teague Field. Within a very
short time it is hoped that work is
to be begun on a music building and
auditorium.
The heating plsnt now under con-rtruction
is to be the most up-to-date
of any in this section of the
country. The present heating pUnt,
connected with the laundry, on Walk-er
Avenue is to be removed and the
new plant placed on Teague Field,
lying along the main line of the
Southern Railway. This situation is
to be very advantageous in the trans-portation
of supplies for the present
construction and, later, coal and
other supplies for upkeep. For this
purpose a spur track is to be con-structed
from the railroad.
Contracts have already been
awarded for the installation of *©«*
boilers each with a power of five
hundred horse power. A two hun-dred
and twenty-five foot chimney
is to be constructed.
Modern in every wsy the furnaces
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