Duke University - Chanticleer Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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for the District of Columbia, on Rules of Evidence Before Administra- tive Boards. On the first evening Judge John J. Parker, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Judicial Circuit, presided and introduced the speakers : Professor Harold J. Laski, professor of polit- ical science in the Uni ersity of London, and Senator Arthur H. ' an- denburg, of Michigan. Vhile taking nearly opposite views on many phases of interpretation of the subject, Law in Modern Society, the two speakers had a common stand in the contention that democracy provides the only avenue for justice in the world. Saturdav ' s program was a particularly interesting one, with five speak- ers appearing, three during the day and two in the evening. The day speakers were Charles Fahy, general counsel of the National Labor Re- lations Board, who spoke on Procedure Under the National Labor Relations .Act ; Dr. Roswell Magill, professor of law at Columbia L ' ni- versity, who discussed Federal Taxation — Practice and Procedure ; and A. L. Fletcher, assistant administrator of the Wage and Hour Divi- sion of the United States Department of Labor, whose subject was Procedure Under the Federal Vage and Hour Act. The evening speakers were Dr. John Dickinson, general solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- panv and professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, and Walter Lippman n, special writer and columnist for the .Veiv York Herald Tribune. Both speakers took a strong stand for the resort to law instead of government for the solution of modern social problems. The entire program of this symposium served to direct the thought of all those attending toward a new consideration of the roles of law and go ernment in life today, and like the preceding symposia made a definite contribution to one of the major fields of endeavor with which the University is concerned. The symposium concluded the fall series, but two others were held in the spring : one on religion and the modern world, the other in the field of woman ' s place in modern society. DR. H. ROLD J. L. SKI DUKE UNIVERSITY DAY. -Attended by representatives of hospitals, orphanages, churches and other institutions and agencies of the Carolinas aided by the Duke Endowment, exercises commemorating the fourteenth anniversarv of the signing of the indenture of trust by James B. Duke turning over millions of dollars to charitable and educational purposes in this region, were held at Duke on December to. Par- ticular emphasis was made of the founding of Duke L ' niversity around long established Trinity College, and in the chief address of the exercises Dr. Neil Carothers, dean of the college of business administration in Lehigh University, declared that the privately endowed university, above all other institutions, has the opportunity to present fearlessly the truth on social issues and to combat the dangers confronting Amer- ican institutions. SYMPOSIUM ON MODERN RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS. Modern Religious Problems was the general topic considered on March 20 and 21 at the next symposium held in the Duke Uni ersity Centen- nial series. The religious leaders gathered at Duke for this occasion were from many denominations and from both Europe and America. Issues affecting the relation of church and state were discussed by Charles E. Raven, of Cambridge University, canon of Ely, and one of Britain ' s noted divines. Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, analyzed religion today in the southern states. Contemporary religious thought in Europe and .America was discussed by Professor Emil Brunner, distinguished Swiss theologian, now [2.=5l

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TlIK .S AIPOSHM ON I IIP, f;iI T;TNr; F :r) ' OMir I ' .ASI: of ' nil ' , SOI ' TII The Chang- ing Economic Base of the South was the central theme of the second of the series of the four Centennial Symposia. This discussion of economic problems vital to the south, the nation, and the world was held on Thursday, November 17, and Friday, November 18. The purpose of this symposium was to examine the present economic status of the south ; to analyze the foreign and domestic demand and supply situ- ation of the staple products of the south ; to investigate the potentialities of particular industries which afford the prospect of expansion in the south ; finally, to consider the problems of financing the expansion of industry in the south. Attended by a distinguished group of southern leaders from the fields ol ' industr)-, linance, science, economics and agriculture, the subject of the symposium was discussed in its multiple aspects by such eminent men as Dr. Paul Van Zeeland, former prime minister of Belgium ; Secretary of Agriculture Henry . . Wallace, and a number of others. The whole southern region was represented by those in attendance and, in addition to the largely attended round table and discussion sessions, two capacity audiences heard the principal speakers at the public evening sessions. On the evening of the first day, Dr. Van Zeeland spoke on Proposed Roads to World Recovery. Dean Clalvin B. Hoover, of the University ' s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, presided, and Senator Josiah W. Bailey introduced the speaker. Dr. Van Zeeland, who is probably the outstanding personality among the younger generation of European statesmen, declared that the power and influence of the United States provide reason for hope for the world. The second day of the economics symposium opened with a round table discussion on the potentialities of international trade for the economy of the south. Dr. Van Zeeland led the meeting which was presided over by James H. R. Cromwell, New York economist and author. During an afternoon session Eugene R. Black, vice president of the Chase National Bank, New York, discussed problems of financing industry in the south. Secretary Wallace was the final speaker on the symposium program. While admit- ting that the future appeared dark for the south ' s cotton growers, Secretary Wallace said that the technology which is producing synthetic fibers to compete with cotton can be made to serve the south through other channels by finding new products upon which the region can expand new industries. He suggested that the south make every effort to push its industrial expansion program. HENRY A. WALLACE W.ALTER LIPPM.AN SYMPOSIUM ON LAW AND C:OXTEMPORARV PR( )BLi:. IS. The program for die third sym- posium in the Duke University Centennial series revealed a list of distinguished jurists, political scientists, and writers on modern legal and social problems who appeared on the program carried out Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3. With Dean H. Claude Horack, dean of the Duke School of Law, presiding, the symposium opened on Friday afternoon with the address of Justice Harold M. Stephens, of the United States Court of Appeals 1 4 1

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■ •■ -V ' ff MM SENATOR A. H. VANDENBERG visiting at Princeton University, and by Professor R. L. Calhoun, of Yale Uni -ersity. Dr. Charles C. Morrison, editor of the Christian Centurv, and Dr. H. Paul Douglas, editor of Christendom, were on the program to discuss the problem of Clnistian unity. Dr. George A. Buttrick, of New York, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and Dr. Alan K. Chalmers, pastor of Broadway Tabernacle, N ew York, were among the other well known speakers on the symposium program. SYMPOSIIM ( N WOMAN AND C:ONTEMPORARY LIFE. Some of the most distinguished women in America gathered at Duke on March 3 1 -April 2 to participate in the symposium on Woman and Contem- porary Life. This symposium was the fifth and last in the series car- ried out as a part of Duke ' s Centennial C ' elebration. The woman ' s symposium program fell into three parts. On Friday, March 31, the theme was Women ' s Relation to Peace and Interna- tional Good Will. Dr. Sarah W ' ambaugh, recognized authority on international affairs, and Dean Marjorie Hope Nicolson, of Smith College, were the principal speakers at meetings and conferences held on this day. The general subject treated on Saturday was Women and Leadership : Qiialifications and Hin- drances. Discussions, presided over by President Marion Park, of Bryn Mawr College, were led by Miss Mary Woolley, president cmeriia of Mt. Holyoke College ; Judge Florence Allen, of the United States circuit coinl of appeals ; and Dr. Georgia Harkness, professor of religion, Mt. Holyoke College. Hanya Holm, brilliant American dancer, and her concert group ga -e a lectme and demonstration of the modern dance Saturday evening. The last event on tlie svmposiinn program was the worship service held on Sunday morning in the Duke Lhiiversitv chapel. Dr. Harkness delivered the sermon — the first woman e -er to preach from the Duke pulpit. CFNTENNHAL TAR MARKED B LECTURES. C:ONCERTS AND OTHER OC:f:ASIONS. Duke ' s centennial year was marked not only by symposia, but also by a series of lectures by internation- ally known leaders in the realms of science, literature, and education; concerts by musicians, appearing solo and in symphony, who brought the best of their art to the campus ; and by other notable occasions. The lecture series featured the work of various fields of instruction and dealt in a general way with the educational and cultural progress of the past one hundred years. Dr. Clharles H. Judd, known as Amer- ica ' s first educational statesman, delivered the first in the series of centennial lectures on the evening of November 7. His subject was General Education For American Youth. Dr. Judd has a distinguished record in the field of education, and is now a member of the President ' s advisory committee on education. The second of the Uni ersity ' s centennial lectures was delivered on November 28 by Dr. Henry Sloane Cofl in, president of the L ' nion Theological Seminary, New York. He spoke on Religion Through the Past Hundred Years. On January 16, Dr. John C Merriam, deli ering the third lectme of the series, spoke on Science and Belief. Dr. Merriam, one of the country ' s leading palaeontologists, was formerly President of the Car- negie Instituti on, Washington, D. C. The fourth lecture was given by Roscoc Pound, dean emeritus of the Har ard Law School, on the eve- ning of February 17. Dean Pound, speaking on American Juristic Thinking in the Twentieth Clentury, [26: