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SATURDAY
Vol. XXXII.
Chapel Hill, N. C, Sept 25, 1923.
Number 2.
PRESENT OUTLOOK IS THAT
JOHN SMITH,STUDENT, WILL
STILL WAIT FOR HIS MAIL
Small Staff Works Valiantly Be
fore Onslaught of Second and
First Class Mail in Vain
ROYSTER TO WASHINGTON
Over Hundred Bags of Mail Re
ceived Daily. Rub Comes In
Second Class Matter
Relief for the present crowd
ed conditions at the Post Office
is uncertain and impossible for
sometime to come, according to
the latest information received
from Postmast Herndon and the
University authorities. Gov
ernment regulations, and short
age of help all combine to cause
the serious confusion now exist
ing. The Chapel Hill Post Office pro
vides for 881 boxes, 350 of which are
Tised by the townspeople and faculty,
leaving approximately 530 boxes for
2200 students. The Post Office regu
lations allow only one box for a fam
ily, but the local station is obliged to
violate this by crowding three and
sometimes four in a box under the ex
cuse of an emergency. The general
delivery numbers one thousand, most
ly students, who wait in long lines
stretching to the sidewalk all hours
of the day.
Shortage of help has added to the
troubles of the Post Office staff. Five
regular clerks are working overtime,
contrary to the official 8-hour day, in
an effort to meet the situation. They
receive no pay for overtime work.
In addition to the regulars there are
two sub clerks, one of whom is now
in the infirmary; the assistant post
master has been ill for a year.
With half a dozen men to handle
100 bags of incoming mail, seven
baes of outgoing mail, the registry
matter, parcels, insured mail, special
deliveries, labelling of boxes, etc., they
can not possibly keep abreast with
the work. As a proof of how bad con
ditions are, a student sent himself a
letter and received it one week later
Many students are unable to secure
-checks from home to pay their college
bills, and it is impossible to issue lo
cal cards and announcements of meet
ings with the assurity that they will
reach the proper parties on time.
The University authorities realized
that a serious crisis would result if
the Post Office was not enlarged for
the increased student body, and sev
eral plans were discussed. Dean
Jtoyster was sent to Washington to
confer with officials , but nothing defi
nite could be obtained. An inspector
here recently, recommended that sev
eral hundred additional boxes be put
in, but this could not be done without
a congressional appropriation re-
ouirine indefinite delay. Another
plan in view is a campus station with
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CO-OP STUDENTS
PLEASE BOSSES
Some of the Employing Com
panies even offer Students
jobs after working period
NEW PROJECT IN
EXTENSION WORK
Prof. Fernald Organizing Corre
pondence Courses in Adver
tizing and Salesmanship
A new project was inaugurated by
the Extension Division of the Uni
versity of North Carolina to assist
in the business and commercial devel
opment of the State when the an
nouncement was made recently by
C. D. Snell, Director of the Division,
that correspondence instruction
courses in both Advertising and
Salesmanship are being organized by
Professor C. H. Ferndall of the School
of Commerce. Business men and
their employees may register ffr'
either of these courses beginning
October first, it was stated.
Professor Fernald, in an inter
view, said: "Realizing the high cost
of commercial correspondence school
courses, we have for some time de
sired to offer assistance in the fields
of advertising and salesmanship to
business men of North Carolina.
Last year when teaching Extension
classes in Durham and Raleigh in
these subjects, I found many pro
gressive merchants and business em
ployees interested in learning new
and up-to-date methods of increas
ing business. The members of my
classes," explained Professor Fernald,
"were not prejudiced against a col
lege professor trying to help them in
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Everything is now working smooth
ly in the co-operative department of
the School of Engineering, and the
junior co-operative students for the
session 1923-24 have all been tenta-
tively placed with their co-operative
firms. On October 29th the students
in the first section will report for
their outside duties.
In addition to the Southern Power
Co., State Highway Commission,
State Board of Health, and a number
of industrial firms, some of the stu
dents will be placed this year with
the Southern Railway System in the
maintenence and signal departments
The past co-operative year has been
highly successful, and the students
have been greatly benefitted by this
contact with the outside work. Judg
ing by the letters from the Arms with
which the men were placed they
were very pleased with the work
done, and many of the men have al
ready been offered after they grad
uate, positions with the companies
for which they worked, after their
three months of work.
Among the additions to the faculty
of the School of Engineering is Pro
fessor A. Naeter, who will be asso
ciate professor of electrical engi-
neering during Professor Daggett's
leave of absence for the year. Pro
fessor Naeter taught for four years
in Cornell University previous to
coming here. Before going to Cor
nell he was designing engineer with
the Westinghouse Manufacturing Co.
in East Pittsburg, Pa. He has also
spent the past four summers in the
test department of the New York
Edison Co. He holds the degree of
B.S. in electrical engineering from
the University of Texas and also the
degree of Master of Science from
Cornell.
MORE SPACE UNDER
STADIUM SHORTLY
Work will be begun this week some
time on bricking up and inclosing the
under part of the lower section of
Emerson Stadium. It will probably be
finished in about a month or two. It
will be fixed up very similar to the up
per section of the stadium and will be
fitted up with lockers, etc., to take
care of the increasing needs of the
University in athletics.
NEW ADDITIONS
TO THE FACULTY
Dr. E. R. Mosher and Dr. A. M.
Jordan added to Education
School Staff
Two new professors have been add
ed to the staff of the School of Edu
cation with the beginning of the cur
rent term. They are Dr. E. R.
Mosher and Dr. A. M. Jordan.
Dr. Mosher was formerly Professor
of Mathematics and Vice President of
the State Normal College of the Uni
versity of Montana, at Dillon, Mon
tana. For the past three years he
has been Professor of Educational
Psychology at Salem, Mass. He
holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts
from the University of Minnesota,
the degree of Master of Arts from
Western Reserve University, and the
degree of Doctor of Education from
Harvard.
Dr. Jordan comes as Professor of
Educational Psychology. He comes
to us from the University of Arkan-
saw, in which institution he was Pro
fessor of Psychology and Education.
He holds the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from Randolph-Macon College,
the degree of Master of Arts from
Trinity College, and the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia
University.
Both Dr. Mosher and Dr. Jordan
are teachers of recognized ability and
the highest professional standing.
Both have had considerable teaching
experience in high school, normal col
lege, and university, and are admir
ably equipped for the work they have
taken up in the University of North
Carolina. The School of Education is
strengthened by the addition of these
two professors. ,.,,
Dr. Mosher will work through the
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TEAM ASSUMING
DEFINITE SHAPE
Squad Begins Hard Work This
Week in Preparation for
Wake Forest Game
Under the tutelage of five coaches
the Carolina Varsity has at last be
gun to assume tangible shape in
I reparation for the Wake Forest game
on Emerson Field, Sept. 29. No
scrimmaging was indulged in last
week and the squad devoted most of
its time in getting the technique of
the game fixed firmly in their skulls.
While Coach Bill, as usual, is rath
er bashful about letting the public on
to his plans it is readily apparent
that Mclver is practically fixed at
center. Robinson will probably have
to wait a while and gather a little
more experience before he will be
able to stand the gaff.
McDonald, Bonner, Sparrow and
Randolph will more than likely make
up the first string backfield. Shirley,
at present, is considered the most
likely of the scrubs. Emmett Under
wood seems to be the prize fruit from
last year's hand-picked Freshman
team and has been galavanting
around w'ti, he old Varsity backs as
though ho were an old timer. Devin
and GrhTm ure also proving them
selves to be valuable timber for fu
ture use.
The daily practices have been well
attended by students anxious to know
how the team will compare with that
of last year. Regular equipment was
issued Saturday but the passing equi
noxial storms necessitated the defer
ring of real action until Monday.
V. M. I. GAME UNLOCATED
Neither the V. M. I. nor the David
son games have been located as yet.
Such is the advice handed out by
Charlie Norfleet, manager of Varsity
football.
Last year the V. M. I. game was
played in Richmond and the Davidson
game in Charlotte. For some reason
or other there seems to be difficulty in
selecting a site this year. Many who
have not cooled down from the remov
al of the Wake Forest game to Golds
boro last year are loud in their argu
ment that at least one, if not both,
of the undecided games should be
staged on the Hill. As it stands now
only two out of a total on nine games
are definitely scheduled to be played
at home. .,.-.
FRONEBERGER URGES
FROSHES TO ATTEND
Cheer Leader P. C. Froneberger an
nounced in chapel Friday morning at
the opening exercises that a meeting
will be held Tuesday night in Memo
rial Hall to practice the college songs
and yells and get the freshmen ac
quainted with them. A band will be
there to aid in the practice.
All freshmen were urged to get
hold of a Y. M. C. A. handbook and
memorize al! the songs and yells and
be on hand.
Jack Merritt, upon whom
Carolina had pinned much of
its hope of producing an
other' wonder team, will be
: unable to don the Blue and
White this year. Jack just
wasn't diligent enough in his
books. He was not in uni
form Monday and "Rabbit"
Bonner held down his job
during scrimmage.
- The loss of Merritt will be
a severe blow to the Varsity
and has served to greatly
dampen the feeling of op
timism that has been so
' prevalent among the stu
dents and alumni. Coach
Bill is hard at work on his
scrubs and will probably
have as good a backfield as
ever on the field Saturday.
Merritt stated Monday
that he was seriously consid
ering attending Carson-Newman.
New Men Added To
History Department
The only important change that
has been made in the Dept. of His
tory and Government is the addition
of new men to the teaching staff, Dr.
Hamilton announces. . Among the
new men are many alumni of the
University, including A. R. New-
some, assistant professor, formerly
instructor in the University of Mich
igan; B. O. Dupree, graduate of the
class of 1921, fellow in history; R.
H. Taylor, instructor, graduate of
Wake Forest, A.M. of University of
N. C, and formerly assistant pro
fessor of history at Citadel, and fel
low of the University of Michigan;
H. M. Shanks, instructor of history,
a graduate of Wake Forest. Other
men are C. P. Higby, assistant pro
fessor; D. H. Gilpatrick, instructor,
A.M. Columbia University, former
head of history department in Dur
ham city schools; Mr. Norton, fellow
in history.
IN RIBBON WEARERS CAMPUS
SEES THE RESULTS OF MANY
MONTHS SUCCESSFUL RUSHING
BIG BAND WILL
PLAY AT GAMES
i The Eighteen Different Fratern
ities Initiate a Total of
Ninety-six Neophytes
L. R. Sides Will Conduct Great
est Band in History of Uni
versity Play at Games
TRYING DAYS FOR THE
POOR LITTLE FROSHES
These are the days that try fresh
men's souls. The frosh live through
th early days of their college career
with a mixed feeling of fear and
hope fear of being dumped and hope
that the bitter cup will pass their lips.
Many of the class of '27 have already
been initiated into the art of ardent
love-making, with a pillow as the ob
ject of their passionate affection;
many peanuts have been propelled
across freshmen's floors; and in the
silent watches of the night the moon
has looked down on strange sights on
Emerson Field as first year men did
acrobatic stunts for the merriment of
the Cohorts of '20. The Student
Council has been unusually active
this year and the Sophs have had to
watch their step, but just as good,
law-abiding citizens indulge in boot
leg bottled-in-bond, so the good
Sophs, who respect the regulations of
the University, indulge in a little in
nocent merry-making.
To make the first Band this year
will be a distinct college honor. It
will go on several trips during the
college year, and will play at all
games on Emerson field. The Band
will blow Carolina to victories over
Trinity and State in Durham and
Raleigh. It will rank on the campus
as a leading college activity and
should attract all who are musically
incl ned from both the upper classes
and freshmen. Among this group
are five well trained bass players
one of whom played in the famous
Pershing Band. College credit will
be granted to members of the band
in. several of the music courses.
Those taking courses in instrumen
tation should see about this and get
credit for their band work. All meet
ings of the band will be held tem
porarily in the hall of Old West
building. To these meetings all stu
dents, and especially talented fresh
men, are invited.
When Carolina and State meet on
Riddick F'eld during Fair Week this
year, Carolina students will not be
ashamed of the band that leads the
big noise. We wjII march down Fay-
etteville street doing a snake dance
behind a band of at least sixty en
thusiastic musicians. Or at least
th's is the plan of these in charge of
this much neglected phase of musical
activities. The band will organize
immediately under the supervision
of Mr. L. R. Sides, a well-known
band leader of the U. S. Army. Mr
Sides 19 an instructor in the Depart
ment of Educat'ion and is doing the
band work on the side. It will not
be a s'de issue, however, for the ver
satile instructor !s one of those fel
lows who seem to be able to win the
confidence of his students and eep
them all pepped up for anyth'ng that
comes. He would like for all stu
dents interested in gett'ng free in
struct'on 5m band music to see him at
once. The University is furnishing
about twenty-five or thirty instru
ments to members of the band. All
who have their own instruments are
requested to bring them with them
to practice.
DI SOCIETY HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS HAVE
FULL PROGRAM FOR SEASON
Dramatic Season Will be Opened By Presentation of Edwin Booth's
Version of the "Taming of the Shrew" Season Tickets
By J. E. Hawkins
Along with the enlargement of
English 31-32-33, the course in play-
writing and play-producing under
Professor Koch and George Denny,
the program of the Carolina Play
makers for the coming season ' has
been extended to include three series
of folk plays instead of the former
twe, and three short state tours in
place of the usual two long ones.
The dramatic season will be opened
with another innovation, namely, the
presentation of "Katherine and Pe
trucchio," the Edwin Booth version
of Shakespeare's "Taming of the
Shrew," in the Forest Theatre on
October 15. This is the first time
that Shakespeare has been given
in the sylvan playhouse during he
collegiate year. The play has been in
rehearsal for some time with Pro
fessor Koch himself and Josephine
Daniels Moore in the leading roles.
A week later "The Taming of the
Shrew," in company with a folk play,
will be given in High Point as a part
of the program of that city's "Pag
eant of Progress" in celebration of
the completion of a new highway
where once ran the old plank road.
Incidentally the performance will
christen High Point's new community
theatre. As an added attraction the
management has secured three (3)
platinum-tongued governors and a
member of the U. S. Cabinet. No
extra charges.
In order better to dove-tail with
several slightly more iron-bound
regulations emanating from the reg
istrar's office the winter and spring
state tours of ten or twelve days
duration heretofore in vogue have
been replaced by three tours of a
week each, one per quarter. The first
tour will be in November, just after
the presentation of the fall series of
folk plays in the Playhouse and will
go into Eastern North Carolina. The
second tour will be in February and
will cover the Cape Fear Valley sec
tion of the state. The spring tour
will be in the West.
Tony Sarg's Marionettes, which
made such a tremendous hit here
two years ago that standing room
was unavailable, have been definitely
booked by the Playmakers for two
performances in February. Even
with the attraction transferred to
Memorial Hall an S. R. O. house is
expected. A double bill consisting
of "Little Red Riding Hood" and
"Hansel and Gretel" will be given in
the afternoon and "Don Quixote" in
the evening. Mr. Sarg promises a
more elaborate production than ever
before with several mechanical in
novations, in use for the first time
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New President, Arthur Raper,
Delivered Address to Soci
ety Members Sat. Night
The Di Society held its first meet
ing of the year last Saturday night
in the Di Hall. Only a small number
of the members were present.
The new president, Arthur Raper,
delivered his address to the assembly.
In his speech he called upon the mem
bers to preserve the old traditions of
the society and try to take a greater
interest in it. He asked the members
to consider carefully all men applying
for admission into the society and
take in only those members from the
freshman class who will take an in
terest in its proceedings and help it
along.
Several committees were appointed
by President Raper, including an Ini
tiation Committee, which will take
care of the new members who will be
taken in next Saturday night, which
was set aside as initiation night. An
Entertainment Committee was also
appointed to make arrangements for
a smoker which will be held in the Di
Hall next Saturday night.
The question of dues and initiation
fees was brought up. The house
voted almost to a man that both
should be reduced to a minimum,
whereupon President Raper appoint
ed a committee to meet with a sim
ilar committee from the Philan
thropic Assembly as soon as possi
ble to establish standard initiation
fees and dues for both societies, and
also to reduce them as much as possible.
SURPRISES AS USUAL
The Fraternity Men can Now
Settle Down a Bit Although
the Freshmen Must
be Rushed
Fraternity men at Carolina have
completed a week of the hardest and
moat hotly contested rushing ever
seen on the hill. As a result ninety
six neophytes were initiated into the
eighteen different fraternities. There
is weeping and wailing; ther is also
supreme joy for the lucky ones,
both the frats over their successes,
and the initiated men. Needless to
say there were a numbar of surprises
and quite a bit of "lust minute" stuff
was pulled off. As usual, tons of
"bull" figured in last night's results.
Last minute changes have left their
marks of sorrow. The good fight has
been fought and as things are quiet
ing down, now the job is to rush the
new material which has arrived and
will be eligible for pledging after
Christmas. The boys can also look
forward to Finchley'a arrivals with
out so much worry.
The keys to the mystic shrines, and
the stable of the sacred bulls, et cet
era, have been handed over to the new
men. Those initiated were:
Delta Kappa Epsilon: Somers Bal-
lou, Oxford; Norman Cordon, Wash
ington, N. C; Thomas Clarkson,
Charlotte; Caleb Bradham, New
Bern; Norfleet Pruden, Edenton; Rob
ert Huffines, Rocky Mount.
Beta Theta Pi: Geo. Stephens, Jr.,
Asheville; William B. Vaught, Greens
boro; Harold Lineberger, Belmont;
John G. Dunn, Jr., New Bern; Charles
W. Gold Jr., Greensboro; W. Chad
wick Uzzell, New Bern; Lawrence
Watt, Reidsville; W. B. Pipkin, Reids-ville.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: William
Lincban, Raleigh; Charles Prince,
Laurinburg; Robert Dye, Charlotte;
William Huggins, Wilmington.
Zeta Psi: Cameron McRae, Ashe
ville; Henry Johnston, Tarboro; John
McKee, Raleigh; Howard Barber, Ral
eigh; Marvin Wilson, Chapel Hill.
Alpha Tau Omega: Emmett Under
wood, Fayetteville; Riley MacMaster,
Winnsboro, S. C; James Webb, Hills-
boro; Charles Magill, Greensboro;
Lawrence Owens, Winnsboro, S. C;
Clough Steele, Saluda; F. Stacy
Smith, Asheville.
Kappa Alpha: William Highsmith;
Fayetteville; Julian Mann, Middle
town; E. J. Stafford, Jr., Greensboro;
David W. Woodard, Wilson.
Phi Delta Theta: Donald Koonce,
Wilmington; Gordon Weeks, Rocky
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100 Per Cent Increase
In German Courses
German bids fair to become one of
the most popular languages taught
on the Hill, according to information
gleaned from the Department of Ger
manic Languages. The registration
in German is approximately double
that of last spring term. This 100
per cent increase is due in large part,
no doubt, to the fact that German 1-2
is now counted as credits in the A.B.
course, and not, as formerly, being
conditions that had to be removed
without being chalked up in the Reg
istrar's office as credits. It is an
nounced that in the near future Ger
man 1-2 will probably be counted as
credits in B.S. also.
The fact that these courses are to
be counted as credits will have in
deed, has already had a tendency to
cause more students to study Ger
man. This is proven by the very
large registration in German 1 this
quarter.
WORK ON INFIRMARY
PROGRESSING NICELY
Bill Blount, probably the braniest
center ever at Carolina, motored over
from Durham Saturday to give the
Varsity line the once over.
The patients in the Infirmary at
present are William Evans, Jr., J. F.
Carrigan, and G. M. Hill. Although
there are only three students in the
Infirmary at present, it is being pre
pared for enormous demands that
may be put upon it this winter. The
brick work on the addition has al
ready been completed and plastering
has commenced. It is now expected
that the addition will be completed
by the middle of October. This addi
tion will give the Infirmary a new
kitchen and a new dining room, be
sides seventeen beds which will make
a total of forty-one.