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PHILLIPS HALL
VOLUME XXXIV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,. 1926
NUMBER 42
CHAPPELL MAKES
INAUGURAL SPEECH
To Phi Saturday Night Five
Men Initiated.
ONE RESOLUTION PASSED
For Specially Elected Class Represen
tatives on Student Council. -
The Phi Assembly held a spirited
meeting last Saturday night which wus
attended by about, thirty-five members,
After the routine business was (lis
pensed with, the following initiated into
the Assembly: J. K. De Journette, Carol
ton, Ga, J. W. Jennette, E. D. Jennette,
W. D. Harrell, Donald Wood, W. M,
; Eubanks, J. H. Anderson. All the ini
tiates stated ' that they intended fur
thering the high alms of the Phi Assem-
My, and favored the meeting with short
talks. - -
Speaker Chappell delivered his inau
gural address. He stated that an or
ganfcatlon must have interested leaders
and due authority for it to function. He
further announced that he intended to
do all in his power to stimulate the indi
vidual members to take an active inter
est in all the proceedings of the As
sembly. In this connection he said, "On
taking office, I have found that officers
have neglected their duties; the hall has
been left openj and things are in a gen
eral run-down condition. I believe that
revived leadership will bring the organi
sation to the front again. The purpose
of the Assembly is to train the minds of
young men to think and speak at the
same time, and to give those not taking
part the benefits of hearing important
topics discussed. With these purposes
outstanding, the Assembly should be
kept to serve the needs of the state and
the student body. Those who say that
the societies are dying are those that are
taking no interest in them. I shall en
deavor to follow the rules and have
them enforced to the best of my
ability."
In introducing the resolution that the
academic classes should be represented
on the Student Council by specially
elected councilmen and not by their
presidents as heretofore, M. M, Young
..jaid that the men have too much, work
at two jobs, and that one man may not
be suited to fill the two types of posi
Hons. He further stated that men full
of pep or soap box orators are wanted
for class presidents, while very conscien
tious and reserved men are needed on the
council. The negative was defended by
Clemmons, Thompson, and others. Their
chief argument was that best men are
elected as presidents of the classes and
so are the ones most competent to serve
on the Council. It was also brought out
that class presidents had all honor and
not hiuch work, while the councilmen
had all work and not much honor; so
the two positions fit exactly. The reso
lution was carried by a small majority,
PALMETTO CLUB
TO MAKE STUDY
South Carolinians Are To Be
come An Erudite Bunch.
WILL INCLUDE CO-EDS
Sandlappera Will Publish Student Di
rectory In Near Future.
A meeting of the South Carolina Club
was held Friday night in the Y. M. C. A.
This meeting, the first Of its kind this
quarter, was called in order to make a
definite outline of the club's policy for
the coming year. At the suggestion of
a few of the members, the men present
decided to adopt a plan of procedure
which will introduce a Survey of social,
economic, and political conditions in the
old Palmetto state. With this plan in
mind, the members were urged to study
as much as possible all current events In
that state. This work will include a
detailed study of the state highway de
partment, the department of education,
the political clashes, state government
and the general trend of events.
J. Starr, who had circulated the Yule
tide letter predicting or promising the
presence of .co-eds for the announced
meeting, offered to furnish copies of
Senator Bleasc's journalistic jubilee,
which .the latter publishes weekly.
Inasmuch as the smokers planned for
each meeting will require more" generous
contribution to the exchequer, the treas
urer was asked to form a committee to
collect a smalll membership fee during
'he next week. With a nominal sum col
lected from each of the ninety or more
South Carolinians among the 1 student
huy, the Club will be placed upon a
""ore business-like basis. The inevitable
success of this campaign will refresh the
spirits of the officers and supply the
members with eats at the coming meet
ings. 11ms a serious "insight into af
fairs of importance end interest will be
balanced by a program of entertainment
Continued on pag four)
PHOTOGRAPHERS STAY
ON HILL LENGTHENED
.-The Jacket)) Yack photographer has
been forced to prolong his stay on the
Hill on account of the great number of
appointments that have already been
made. Only a few dates in the mornings
of this week remain. Many of the best
and most convenient periods of next
week have already been engaged.
" This is absolutely the lust, chance to
have pictures made for the 1926 annual.
On the two former, trips that the pho
tographer made to Chapel Hill very
few pictures were made, and this con
dition caused the present rush.' Al
though a great many appointments have
been made there still remain many who.
have not yet made any preparations to
have their photographs made. Several
clubs and fraternities have yet to set a
time for their group. Time for groups
is especially hard to get, and those who
wait until the last, minute will find that
they will be forced to take an unsatis
factory time. :.
The cost for junior and senior space is
5 and 10 respectively. The charge for
proofs is at the rate of four for $2.
Space in the year book is $35 for a sin
gle page, $17.50 for a half-piige, and
30 a page for two or more pages,
The photographer has his headquarters
at the Y. M. C. A. Members of the
Yaeketg Yark business staff will be at
Sutton and Alderman's every afternoon
for, the rest of this week from 12:30
until 4 p.m. to make appointments for
die photographer. These appointments
must be made- before a picture can be
taken. It is not necessary to make any
deposit when this appointment is made,
but space and pictures must be paid for
when the pictures are made.
DR. PASCHAL PAYS
TRIBUTE TO FETZER
Former Athletic Manager At
Wake Forest
HAL KEMP'S BAND
TO MAKE RECORDS
Recently Signed Contract With
Victor Phonograph 1
Company. '
MANY OFFERS RECEIVED
PRAISES COACH "BILL'
Writing In The Greensboro News, He
Reviews Fetzer's Work.
Declaring that it is "a matter of great
prfle'" that "North Carolina lias produced
a tfoach as great as Bill Fetser," Dr. G.
W. Paschal, former graduate manager
of athletics of Wake Forest college, paid
a glowing tribute to the former Univer
sity coach yesterday. Dr. Paschal con
siders the recent resignation of coach
Bill a great loss to the inter-collegiate
athletics of the state. ,
That Dr. Paschal is thoroughly con-
versont with the college athletic problem
in this state is attested by the fact thut
lie was graduate manager of athletics at
the Baptist college for seven years at
a time when a full-time couch was almost
unheard of there and the graduate man
ager was respnsible for the placing of
the teams in the field of the three major
snorts. It was when Bill Fetzer started
his coaching career at Davidson that he
had occasion to come into contact with
the CnVolina cpach. A complete con
viction "that Bill Fetzer was one of the
greutest coaches that North Carolina
has ever produced was the result of his
association with Fetzer, during athletic
contests at Davidson, State and Carolina.
Following is the statement made by
Dr. Paschal regarding the resignation of
Coach Bill Fetzer as appeared in the
Greensboro Daily New. ...j-
"The announcement of the intended
resignation of Coach 'Bill' Fetzer of the
University of North Carolina should not
be allowed to pass without a word of re
cognition of his great service '.to the
cause of inter-collegiate athletics in our
state. ' ..-
While I was faculty manager at Wake
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RADUATE SCHOOL TO
AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS
Twenty-Four Teaching Fellowships to
Be Given by the Major Depart
ments of the University.
The Graduate School this spring has
for distribution 24 teaching fellowships,
nr.-n to srraduate students with degrees,
with a pecuniary value of $500 each.
These fellowships provide tor liult-time
work in teaching and half-time work in
the graduate school.
There are three of these fellowships
open in each of the larger departments,
while the minor departments have been
allotted only one each. ? -Always in the
past the competition to secure these fel
lowships hiis been keen and this year
there will most probably be more appli
cants than ever before , Applications
may be secured from the Graduate Of
fice at 14 Alumni building. All such ap
plications must be filed at this office
before March 15. The awarding of the
fellowships will be announced April 1.
In addition to the awarding of these
scholarships the Graduate School has es-
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Unable to Fill All Requests for
Spring and Summer Engagements.
JIul Kemp's Band, one of the best
jazz organizations in this section of the
country, has recently signed a contract
to make several records for the Victor
Phonograph Company. The members of
this organization are all students of
the University, and while there is no
official connection between the' orches
tra and the University, still the accom
plishments of Carolina students reflect
honor on the University itself.
The Victor Company employs, only the
best musical organizations in the country
to make records for it, and ,it is a high
honor for Hal Kemp and iiis players to
be offered a contract with the New York
firm. Kemp stated that they would
probably, go to Camden, N. J., where
the, Victor- laboratories are located,
ubout March 4 to make the trial records
and, if successful on the trial records,
the others will be mude the following
day.
The orchestra, which was organized
last fall, has already gained a remark
able record in the South and East for
the quality of its work. They have also
received an offer from the Universal
Moving Picture Corporation to play as
special attractions with certain Univer
sal pictures on the Universal corpora
tion's main circuit next summer. This
circuit comprises the larger cities from
New York to San Francisco nd would
result in widespread recognition of both
Hal Kemp's band and the University.
The orchestra is composed of seven
members,' with Hal Kemp as director.
The students composing the group are
Hul Kemp, of Charlotte; Ben Williams,
of Raleigh, and "Saxie" Dowell, of Rich
mond, Va., all on the saxophone; John
Scott Trotter, of Charlotte,, on the pi-1
anof ".Skinny" Ennis, of Sulixhuryy on '
the drums; Harry Pond, of New Or
leans, La., on the banjo, and Dick
Muckie, of New Orleans, La,, on the
trumpet.
Hal Kemp and Ben Williams were
members of the old Carolina Club or
chestra that gained so much fame three
years ago when they toured England and
certain parts of the continent during
the summer. They returned on the boat
with the Prince of Wales when he came
to the United States- and later that fall
returned to England at the special re
quest of the Prince, .several of the play
ers remaining out of college that , fall
to make the second trip across. "
Hal Kemp's band has received more
requests to play for college dances and
proms than they can fill this spring. The
manager stated that they had dates to
pluy for dances at many leading colleges
und prep schools during the 'next few
months, including N. C. State, David
son, Centre, Tulane, Hampden-Sidney,
Sweet Briar, Woodberry Forest, and
Fishburne.
BILLY DEVIN
- - Y"
3-
ALL-SOUTHERN GUARD
Devin, who is the son of Judge W. A
Devin, a former star football player
here, is an Important cog in the Tar Heel
quint. Injuries hampered his work in
football during the fall but Devln's work
to date indicate that he will be "All
Southern" in basketball again this year.
COMPULSORY DUES
BRING COMPLAINT
Authority for Collecting by Re
cently Adopted Plan
. Questioned.
EXPLANATION OF PLAN
Blanket Fee System for Dues Voted by
Students Last Fall.
The recently adopted method of col
lecting class dues through the office of
the business manager has excited con
siderable comment and much objection,
Collecting the class dues of the stu
dent body is a problem of old standing,
The Student body voted on the present
collection method on December 11, just
prior to the Christmas holidays; the pro
posal was accepted by a vote of 608 to
206. Endorsed by the leading campus
organization, the class presidents, and
the literary societies, the plan came
through with a generous majority and
notable sponsering. However, at this
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Ranson Family Have Been
Famous Jn Track History
By Bvbon White
With the University's track team fac
ing one of the stiffest schedules ever
tackled by a Southern institution, and
with the University having the high
honor of entertaining the track squads
of the Southern Conference Teams in
their championship meet to be held here
May 15 and 16, and recalling that for
the past three years the University's
track teams have, copped the state cham
pionshsip and was rated the best in the
South last year, and that its cross-country
teum recently took the state cham
pionship meet in Durham, it is proper
that a glance be taken at the active
coach of this year's team, the sixth and
most famous of a track-winning-produc
ing family, Murphy Dale "Ratty" Ran
son, track coach with the awful official
designation as follows! Assistant Direc
tor, of Truck of the University of North
Carolina. s
There have been six Irish-Scotch "Rat
ty" Ransons who have added lasting
fame to the University in track events.
In speaking of the last one we find it
necessary to' briefly mention the others.
In order to keep them straight we will
designate them with numbers in chrono
logical order; thus the first "Ratty" "as
I, the second II, the third III, the fourth
IV, the fifth V, and the sixth and still
present, VI.
"Ratty VI"
Muriihv Dale Ranson, Assistant Track
Couch, and producer, in his first year of
coaching, of a championship team, first
begain training in the spring of 1902,
in Huntersville, N. C. To be the best
Ranson of them all and to put out the
best University .Track Team was his
goal. His first aim has been accom
plished. But now he is trying to pro
duce a winning Southern team and a
Ranson has seldom failed to do what
he begins. If "Ratty" VI is as success
ful in couching as he was in running this
year's University's track team should
take first honors in the Conference Meet
here May 15 and 16 and should be' one
of the best teams in the Eastern Unfted
States.
"Ratty's" years of unflagging prepara
tory training first began to produce re
sults in high school. He represented the
Huntersville high school in the cham
pionship meet in the mile event In 1919.
In 1920 he established a state record
for the mile, the time 8.09. It is ru
mored that when "Ratty" VI entered the
University in 1920 Coach Bob fervently
ejactulated, "Well we'll win, we'll win
now, for we have a Ranson." ; The tra
dition was not broken. The first year
here he won tfle cross-country inter
class run, was captain of the Freshman,
track team winning every meet in which
he participated.
While a sophomore "Ratty VI" ran
the two mile for the varsity thrack team
and in addition In every meet either Tan
the mile or the half mile event Usuully
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WRESTLERS MEET
TECHMEN FRIDAY
Coach Quintan Has Matmen
Working Hard Daily
SQUAD VERY SMALL YET
Weight Eliminations Have Already
' Been Made In Three Classes.
"Action and plenty of it" is the key
note of the Tar Heel wrestlers', daily
workouts in the Tin Can. Coach Quin
tan only has a small squad of men work
ing, but they ure putting their best ef
forts toward preparation for the first
meet . of the season,' which conies off
here Friday night with N. C. State
furishing the opposition.
Prospects point to a successful sea
son for the 1926 grapplers, but Coach
Quinlun continues to call for new men,
I'he squad is- too small, and with the
first meet so near the condition of some
of the men is not the best. However
the Tar Heels should win over the Tech-
men without too much opposition, and
before the invasion of Virginia, Couch
Quinlan will have his squud in top-
notch shape.
Triuls are being held this week for the
State meet Friday night. In the first
triuls held Tuesday afternoon three of
the positions on the team were settled,
Heafner, 119 pound man, automatically
gets the cull for that place, since no one
was opposing him.- The next weight was
hard fought, with three candidates in
the running. Motsinger, letterman in
the 129 pound class, won over Scott in
the first mutch, but lost to Thompson in
the second and final tussle. Thompson
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COACH GARRITY
IS UNDER FIRE
Wake Forest Faculty and Board
of Trustees Criticize Mentor
IS SUCCESSFUL COACH
No Statement Has Yet Been Given Out
y , By Coach Garrity. ....,;...,.
Coach Hank Garrity, miracle worker
and creator of miracle teams at Wake
Forest, is under fire from the faculty
and board of trustees, according to re
ports coming from Raleigh and ake
Forest. The faculay and trustees charge
that Garrity has practised "letting li is
men celebrate after games," and the
charge includes that of gambling on the
part of the athletes.
For some time the charges against Gar
rity have been brooding and taking form
Fans of the major sports well "know
what the Princeton gruduute has done for
athletics at the Baptist institution. Last
year he annexed the football title of the
state, along with that of baseball. How
ever, the Wake Forest grid aspirations
struck the rocks this past full after they
had licked Carolina and Duke. David
son tied them, and Shite handed them
the same bitter dose that they hud dealt
the sister's Fetzcritcs earlier in the.sea-
son, Comment was made at the time that
something was amiss the Garrity
school, ,
Last year the clerics in session at the
annual convention of the Baptist were
most exuberant over the Gurrity regime,
They gave him a rising vote of rah rail,
and voted him everything hut the physical
equipment of the college, But -during
the recent convention, the Wake Forest
coach'e name was only linked with sin
ister rumors concerning the conduct of
his men. The board of trustees were
tipped off, and an investigation was
started.
Although refusing to discuss the na
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MACMILLEN WILL GIVE
fiAATirrinn iifnvm ir twiit
MU1HMI MUI11
Noted Violinist, Former Pupil of Leo
pold Auer, Has Won International
Acclaim.
Arrangements iiave been completed by
the University Music Department which
brings' Francis MacMillcn, the celebrated
American violinist to Chapel Hill. Mr.
MacMillcn will give a concert in Mem
orial Hall Monday night at 8:30. .
This engagement of MacMillcn will en
able music lovers of Chapel Hill to hear
an artist of unusually high rank. Born
in Marietta,. Ohio, the noted violinist
has achieved so many triumphs that he
now is acclaimed by many critics Amer
ica's greatest violinist.
Robin Leggee, the famous English crit
ic, "I believe that MacMillen will go
farther and stay far longer than any of
the present day violinists- at top form he
Is without a peer among living players."
MacMillen, the son of an editor and
publisher, has had a most eventful ca
reer as artist and man.- He early showed
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TRUSTEES MADE
USE OF LOTTERY
To Raise Funds For Construct
ing Old South
REQUIRED" O'VER DECADE
Cornerstone Was Laid In 1798 , And
Building Completed In 1814.
- Staid old South Building over a cen
tury and n quarter of age-Is being reju
venuted and transformed into a modern
llapper, that it may continue for perhaps
another century and a quarter in the
service of the University,
South not only looks forward to a
period of brilliant leadership, of the Uni
versity group of buildings, but It can al
so look buck upon a; not less brilliant
past a past crowded with tradition and
sentiment from which it has derived its
position as dean of the revered campus
buildings. A building with a past that's
South to a tee! From a position as "one
of the grainiest buildings in North Caro
lina" to a near disastrous disrepute as
a thing of beauty, the "Main" building-
tin's was its name for years is rich in
tales of unusual Interest. But perhaps
the most interesting one of them all to
this occasion is contained in the story
of its actual construction.
The story of its erection takes up quite
a long time, in fact over a decade and a
half. Present day students can best
grasp the Idea by thinking of it as being
constructed a la Graham Memorial-
that Is, for the benefit of outsiders, a
plan of , build-as-you-get-the-cash. But
South hud even greater difficulties in
reaching a full state of development than
does Graham Memorial ever give prom
ise of. Although the cornerstone wis
luid in 1798, the half completed walls re
mained roofless for fully sixteen years.
The Trustees, In despair, resorted to a'
8 ate-wide lottery to help raise funds with
which to complete the building. Their
circular of 1802 announced in sancti
monious gravity that "the Interests of
the University of North Carolina and of
learning und science generally, are con
cerned in the immediate sale of these
tickets." The lottery was conducted and
Genr Lawrence Baker, of Gates, County,"
proved to be the holder of the lucky
number, 1138, and accordingly won the
-fl,500 offered as first prize. ?
But even the lottery did not bring in
enough money to complete the building,
and President Caldwell found it neces
sary to muke two canvassing trips of the
State, one in 1809 and the other in 1811.
A trip over the State then entailed con
siderable hardships as well us required
much time, and Dr. Caldwell was well
worn out physically after his two cam
paigns. But he hud secured the neces
sary $12,000 with which' to finish the
building. Even then it was 1814 before
the rejoicing students were . able to
move into South Building.
LOCAL DOCTORS
EDIT TWO BOOKS
Roman And Greek Literature
In Translation
BY HOWE AND HARRER
Appear In Harper and Brothers "Spirit
of Classic" Series.
A volume of Greek iitcrautre in trans
lation und another of Roman literature
in translation, prepared by two local pro
fessors, have recently been published by
Harper and Brothers. The two volumes
were edited by Dr. George Howe and
Dr. Gustave Adolphus Harrer of the
University Department of Classical Lan
guages und Literatures.
The volume of "Roman Literature In
ranslution" is being used this quarter
as text-books in Comparative Literature
IS, which is being taught by Dr. Howe.
One of the passages used in the book
an article written by Cato on agricul
ture that was translated and published
by Fairfax Harrison, President of the
Southern Railway System, some years
ago In a book on "Roman Farm Management."
S. Wilson to Give
llustrated Lectures
Stitt Wilson, lecturer and former
mayor of Berkeley California, will give
series of illustrated lectures at the
University on February 10, 11, and 12.
The topics on which he will speak are
yet known.
During the past several years there
been a no more facinating speaker,
profound thinker, or man of a magnetic
personality than J. Stitt Wilson Invited
the University. He is a widely known
speaker and nationally recognized as a
man of authority on various subjects.
any of the University students remem
r him as one of the speakers at the
I"' convention ut Blue Ridge severul
years ugo.
not
has