N. C. Dramatic Institute
PLAYMAKER THEATRE
MARCH 24, 25, 26, 27.
Playmaker Performance
THEATRE BUILDING
FRIDAY 3:30
VOLUME XXXIV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926
NUMBER 66
LOUIS R. WILSON
IS GIVEN DINNER
AT CAROLINA INN
Members of Staff Celebrate His
; First Quarter Century of
Service.
WILDERDISCUSSES
RURAL CHURCHES
' :. ",i ' I '
Urges Broader Activity and Co
operation in Religious Work.
ADDRESSES N. C. CLUB
REMARKA BLE RECORD
Library ' Has Made Great Progress
During His Administraton Now
Directing University Press.
A mark of honor to Dr. Louis Round
Wilson, librarian of the University of
North" Carolina, twenty members of
his staff assembled at dinner Wed
nesday evening in, the Carolina Inn,
with a numbei' of Invited guests, to
celebrate his first quarter-century of
service to the University and state.
Addresse. were .. made by President
W. H. Chase, Professor W. S. Ber
nard, who- served previously as librarian
and Professor J. G. deRoulhac Hamil
ton, in which the rapid progress of North
Carolina in library affairs during the
recent years was ascribed largely to Dr.
Wilson's inspiring influence and faithful
work.
It was a small job that Louis R.
Wilson, then a young graduate student
of twenty-five, undertook in the summer
of 1901. He has made it one of the
largest jobs in the South. At that time
the university library, although it is the
oldest belonging to a state institution
In the country, contained oniy 32,000
volumes, many of which were antiquated
and of little if any use. Some 12,000
volumes were circulated annually and
about 1000 added. The library was lo
cated in Smith Hall, now reconstructed
as the Carolina Playmakers' new theatre,
which, while very beautiful architectur
ally, was ill suited for library purposes.
A good many of the books were on
shelves ten to twelve feet from the floor,
being reached by a lader at imminent
risk to the life and limbs of elderly pro-
fojKiors who attempted the ascent. With
the help of one or two students for a
few hours a tyy the; jararin-'ww-bM
to meet all demands made upon mm
The change in twenty-five years is
striking. The Jibrary, now containing
153.000 volumes, has fully kept pace
with the remarkable growth of the uni
versity from 500 to "2300 students, and
each is today four and a half times as
large as it was at the beginning of the
centurv. It has become the most , ex
tensive and vauable collection of books
in the Southern states, being exceeded
in point of size by only one library, that
of the University of Texas, in the en
tire South. Its present increase is at
Hie rate of 15.000 volumes a year, and
more than 150,000 are circulated. In
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CAROLINA-W. VA.
DEBATE APRIL 8
Debate Will be Held in Durham
High School Auditorium.
UNPECEDENTED A C TION
Query is Resolved: That Democracy
As a Political Ideal in the United
States is a Failure.
The annual debate between the Uni
versity and West Virginia will be held
in the Durham High School auditorium
Thursday night, April 8, nccording to
a statement issued by the Debate t-oun
cil. " '
The auerv to be discussed is, Resolved:
That Democracy as a Political Ideal in
the United States is a Failure, Iheoilore
B. Livinirston. of Asheville; John W
Crew. Jr.. of PlenSant Hill; and Mal-
colmM. Young, of Durham, will uphold
the negative side of the question lor
the University.
This is the first time in the history of
debating in the University that a in
tcrcollegiate debate has been argued in
a citv in the state. After considering
the favorable results of the Vanderbilt
University system of holding debates
in the state the University decided to
hold the West Virginia debate in Dur
ham as an experiment. For some time
it looked like the Debate Council would
be forced to rjostnone the West Virginia
debate due to the Inability to place the
.debate In some prominent city, the
original intention was to hold the event
in Greensboro at the N. C. C. W. audi
torfum. but : unfortunately the authori
ties of the sister institution decided that
thev needed the hall for their own use.
It was only after complicated negotia
tions that the use of the Durham high
school was obtained for the affair. -The
Republican State Convention will be as-
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HEELER CONTEST
NOW UNDER WAY
Twenty-Seven Men Competing
for Places on Board.
TWO WEEKS COMPLETION
Outlines Work of The Churches in
Community.
Mr. F. S. Wilder, of the Sociology
department of the University, spoke to
the North Carolina Club Monday night
in 112 Saunders Hall on the subpect "A
Community Program for the Rural
Church." Mr. Wilder presented a well
written and highly commended piece of
work. His research in this particular
field has been very wide and he brought
to the attention of his audience a wealth
of material that heretofore has been
almost unnoticed by sociologists and
rural life workers. The speaker of Mon
day night is a resident of New Hamp-1
shire 'and a graduate of Dartmouth.
Me is at present doing work in sociology
in North Carolina.
Mr. Wilder in discussing the rural
church from a community standpoint
defined the church' is an institution that
ministers to a human need, man's de
sire to And his relation to the universe
and its meaning for him. The. better
it meets the human wants that it de
veloped to fulfill, tlie more right it has
to the support of those interested in the
welfare of humanity. When, the church
fails to help men live a better life in
this world then it should be side-tracked
as a waiting room for people who are
weary of this world's life and ready to
leave it.
The speaker stuted that he believed
that with very few exceptions that in
stitutionalized religion in the past has
been a community affair, and worship
has meant the gathering of the com
munity. The chief exception to this has
been Protestant Christianity, in which
creed has been made paramount at the
expense of the community life. Relig
ious belief is bound to vary with the
experience of the individual and can
never be universalized in a .detailed
creed. The inevitable result of making
such creeds the tests of church mem
bership in secterian division, and thus
making of religious life something apart
from the life of the community. It can
again be the purpose and the spirit of
love and fellowship above creed.
His ideal for the rural church seemed
that it should either be the only church
in the community or else cooperate with
other churches to prevent duplicating of
its work. It should have a resident
minister or else join with the neighbor
ing church in a large parish, sufficient
to support at least one minister. It
should minister equally to , village and
countryside, thereby fostering a com
munity life. And it should enter into all
phases of community life, work, play,
education, and welfare service. Be ex
plained that this ideal can best be un
derstood bv examples of country
churches that have measured up to in
one wav or another. Although there
is somewhat of a tendency toward the
larger parish movement ,in North Caro
lina there seems to. have been no definite
results as vet. The paper called forth
quite a number of highly interested and
concrete examples of the speakers ideal
working to almost perfection in several
instances.
Continued on page four)
Members Freshman Class May En
ter. Try-Outs Until Tonight.
The annual try-out for the 1926-27
reportorial board of the Tar Heel be
gan Monday night. Twenty-seven men
were present at the opening meeting
which was held in the office of the paper.
The period of contest will last until
theV Easter holidays. During that time
the Heelers will be assigned to cover
several events and the members of the
new staff will be picked according to
the ability shown by them.
Students interested in trying out for
the staff may still enter the contest pro
viding they do so by tonight " The fol
lowing men were present at the meeting
Monday night: James R. Baker, James
A. Spruill, Jr., H. L. Merritt, Charles
A. Carr, Charles O'H. Grimes, W. S.
Spearman, Nat H. Henry, T. W. John
son, John D. Bulluck, Jr., J. G. Davis,
Fred G. Gilreath, F. L. Smith, Thad M.
Iteece, Harry O. Houston, P. F. Daw
son, Walter Cr.eech, Frank K. Ellington,
J. Bryan Grimes, J.' W. Moore, H. C.
Lay, Joe M. Block, C M. Burns, Jr.,
Judah Shohan, Vernon Cowper, Jr., John
II. Anderson, Jr., W. H. Windley, W. D.
Perry.
DEBATE TRY-OUTS
HELD APRIL 13
Tulane-Sewanee Triangle De
bate Last of Scholastic '
Year.
TO MAKE SOUTHERN TRIP
Extension Division's Third
Annual Dramatic Institue
JIMMIE WILLIAMS TO
RETURN THIS QUARTER
Carolina Student Rapidly Recovering
In Watts Hospital Will Be Back
On "Hill" After Easter.
Jimmie Williams, member of the jun
ior class, who has been in the Infirmary
and in Watts Hospital in Durahm for
more than two weeks with a serious
throat trouble, is rapidly recovering
from the effects of his operation and
will return to the University within, .the
next week or ten days. Although he
missed the winter quarter examinations
he will have an opportunity to take them
later and will take his regular course
of study during the spring quarter.
Williams whs taken ill two weeks ago
with tonsilitis and a light attack of in
fluenza, but the illness was not consid
ered serious, when he entered the Uni
versity Infirmary. He ; rapidly grew
worse and after his tonsils had swollen
to the point where they interfered with
his breathing Dr. Abernathy called in a
specialist from Durham. .
Another operation was decided upon
and performed immediately at the In
firmary. Williams' mother and brother
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University Will Meet Emory, South
Carolina, and Alabama.
Preliminaries for , the last intercolle
giate debate of the current school year
will be held Tuesday night, April 13, In
the Phi, Hall ,when Carolina will select
its debaters bn the Tulane-Sewanee tri
angle debate. The query is, "Reiolved,
That a Department of National Defense
should be created in the President's cabi
net, with sub-departments of Army,
Navy, and Aviation."
Carolina is to send a two man team
to New Orleans, Louisiana, to meet Tu
lane's affirmative, with the Tar Heels
upholding the negative side. Emory
University, in Atlanta, Georgia, and the
University of South Carolina, in Co
lumbia, will be debated on this trip.
Emory will uphold the affirmative and
Carolina the negative. The University
of South Carolina will have its choice
of sides in the query but has not an
nounced which side it will defend. It
may happen that the Tar Heels will
have to switch and debate the affirma
tive of the same query in Columbia, as
was the case on the trip through Ken
tucky last spring, i '
The. Tar Heel affirmative team is to
debate the University of the South
(Sewanee) in Chapel Hill. The Univer
sity of Alabama doubtless will be de
bated in Chapel Hill on the same ques
tion. If tlie Alabama debate is held, the
same team will automatically participate
in both debates. These will, probably
take place within a week's interval of
each other. By having the team re
maining at home debate twice on the
question it is hoped to offset partly the
added attraction of a trip to New Or
leans, so that experienced men will com
pete for places on both sides. ,
- This will he-the third annual Carolina-Tulane-Sewanee
debate. Carolina has
won three of the four contests so far in
this triangle. J. R. AUsbrook and D. G.
Downing defeated the University of the
South here, two years ago, while R. L.
Cook and T, B. Livingston repeated the
same event last year in Sewanee, Tenn.
Both decisions were unanimous for Caro
lina. C. A. Peeler and G. C. Hampton
represented Carolina on the last Invas
ion of New Orleans and won a 2 to 1
decision. Tulane got revenge in Chapel
Hill last year by winning a 2 to 1 de
cision from J. F. Cooper and M. M.
Young.
South Carolina was also debated last
year in Columbia. C. R. Jonas and S.
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New Methodist Church
Dedicated Late In May
DI MEETINGS WILL BE
HELD TUESDAY NIGHTS
Eight New Men Are Initiated; Spring
Quarter Officers Selected Lester
Crowell Chosen President.
The Di Senate meetings have been
permanently- placed at Tuesday nights'
in order to be in line for good attend
ance every time, The recent meeting
afforded abundant amusement, entertain
ment, and' exercise for those who were
present. Eight new men were initiated.
Officers for this quarter are: Lester
Crowell, President! B. C. Wilson, Presi
dent pro tern; Norman Block, Clerk,
E. V. Gore, Assistant Treasurer, W. M.
Fowler, Sergeant-at-Arms.
President Crowell delivered his inaug
ural address in which he made a plea
for the officers to realize their responsi
bility. He declared that it was the as
piration of himself mid his fellow offic
ers to make the society a melting pot
of campus thought. The speaker chal
lenged the statement that interest is
wanting in society activities. He then
urged tlie Senators to put forth more
preparation In the discussions and to
promote their best efforts.
The initiates were: Harry Woodard,
Dick Covington, Ed Butler, ; White
Mease, D. D. Taylor, E. A. Coggins,
A. B. Edgerton, and C S. Norwood
By Bryon White
With plans for the opening of the
new 1203,094 Chapel Hill University
Methodist church now being rapidly
pushed for the dedication ceremonies
late in May, it is indeed fitting that
busy students and loyal citizens through
out the State should hesitate to take
cognizance of the history and influences
of the church.
A few davs before this article had
been written the lump to meet the' cost
of the church had reached a total of
$160,000. $50,000 of this amount being
personal subscriptions the following
men .subscribed one thousand dollars
each: Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham;
James A. Gray, Winston-Salem; G. F.
Harvey, Kinston; and Bowman Gray,
Winston-Salem. The other resoursesof
income are distributed as folows: Board
of Charities E. W. N. C. C. $10,000;
Board of Missions W. N. C. C. $20,000;
Board of Caritics Ex. N. C. C. $10,000;
Board of Missions N. C. C. $20,000;
General Board $150,000. This total sub
scription leaves a deficiency of $43,-
094 from the total cost of the building.
Tlie cost of the building has been ap
pWtionated as follows: cost of lot $18,
000; general contract $150,000: heating
contract $14,000; lighting contract
$3,740; architect's fees $9,393; and
engineer's fees $911, which makes a
total of $203,094.
Description and Location
A more ideal location for the new
handsome Methodist edifice could not be
desired. It is situated between Foister's
store and the old Methodist church on
Franklin street; the building Is directly
in front of tlie University's library, and
adjacent to the Battle-Vance-Pettigrew
dormitories; fraternity row containing
eight chapter houses -is only a stone's
throw from the rear of the church build
ing, in a southwestemly direction; with
the exception of the residential Quad
rangle, Triangle, and Fraternity Court
containing five chapter houses the
church is more contiguous to all the
University and student property than
any other religious structure on the
"Hill". . ' . ' V
- After purchasing the A. S. Barbee
property, adjacent to the old church, the
building committee enchanged this with
the University for a strip running back
into fraternity row; this property with
the recently acquired Seaton Barbee
property, between the old church and
Foister's store, constitutes the immediate
location of the nearly finished structure.
The church In addition to owning this
real estate owns also the $18,000 colonial
brick parsonage and lot, two blocks
westward on the same street. The Bap
tist church is-about 150 yards to the
west of the Methodist building on the
corner of Franklin and Columbia
Streets, the . Presbyterian church is on
Franklin Street 150 yards distant, the
Chapel of the Cross, Episcopal, is fifty
feet further from the Presbyterian build
ing, and the Christian church is located
on Cameron Avenue extension, about a
quarter-mile from the Methodist.
With such an advantageous location it
is only justifiable that architectural and
building plans should be made In a har
monious mood. And they were. The
consulting architect of Yale University,
James Gamble Rogers, who hag to his
enduring credit .such jmericano-Euro-pean
types of buildings as the Sterling
Library ' and ' world renown Harkness
Quadrangle at Yale, was chosen to de
sign the newest religious edifice. The
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Publication Union
Nominate Editors
The Publications Union Board
officially nominates the following
men for editors of the student
publications as recommended by
their respective boards:
The Tar Heel, J. T. Madry.
The ' Carolina Magazine Julian
Starr.
The Buccaneer, Ted Smith.
The Yackety Yack, W. T. Pea
cock. .
; , Any further nominations from
the student body will be received
' in chapel, Monday morning,
March 29, at the time of nomi
nations for all student officers.
STARTS TODAY
Wilson and Winston-Salem Meet
For State Champoinship. ,
TWO ORIGINAL PLAYS LISTED
CALL FOR AID IS
ISSUED BY COKER
Necessary If Grounds Are to
.Be Beautiful. '
KEEP OFF THE GRASS
Hopes to Bring About Improvements
In Next Few Years.
Dr. W. C. Coker, in a letter to Tlie
Tar Hkki., has asked that students co
operate with him in his efforts to beau
tify the campus. Much work has been
done recently along . Cameron . Avenue
and in the court about the Old Well as
part of the campus beautiful program.
The letter from Dr. Coker follows:
"I should like to appeal to the student
body through your paper and to ask your
help in an effort to get coflperation in
improving, the looks of our campus. The
walks along Cameron Avenue are now
about -completed and this gives us an
opportunity to greatly improve the ap
pearance of that part of the campus by
putting in neat grass borders along most
of the distance. The new walks, while
not up to your standards as editorially
expressed, will, I think, do away with
the mud along the Avenue and no one
will have to get on the grass strips to
keep their shoes clean.. In a few weeks,
when the grass begins to show, the stu
dents will see at once the distinct im
provement in appearance that neatly
outlined and well-kept grass borders will
make. The large amount of heavy con
struction going on for the last four years
has made it impossible to keep things
presentable, but we can now begin to
work In 'a way that will count. In the
next few years we hope to bring our
campus up to tlie best standards, and we
cannot do this without tlie appreciation
and help of the students. Duke Univer
sity will certainly have good looking
grounds and we ought not to be ashamed
of a comparison. Our campus will never
be a matter of pride to us as long as it
is disfigured by worn down grass and
ugly trails. ',
"Our fine old trees give to the campus
a natural dignity not surpassed, so far
as I know, by any other in the world, and
we. have only to live up to these to make
our institution as notable for its beauty
as it is for its scholarship."
AUTHORS GIVE READING
OF NEW FOLK PLAYS
Many Other Outside Attractions to
Liven Meeting Including Play
maker Guest Performance.
The Third Dramatic Institute of the
Carolina Dramatic Association, which is
now being held here, is successfully .
bringing into contest the dramatic clubs
of high schools, colleges and communi
ties. The Carolina Dramatic Association,
a state organization which is sponsoring
the Dramtic Institute, is essentially a
product of , The University of North
Carolina Extension Division and Bureau
of Community Drama, of which depart
ment Professor F. H. Koch is' chief.
It is to Miss Ethel Rockwell, however,
that most of the credit is due for the
success of this Institute. As Stale
Representative of the Bureau of Com
munity Drama, she hus figured largely
In bringing this convention together.
The purpose pf the Carolina Dramatic
Association is to promote good drama by
assisting in the organization and direc
tion of dramatic clubs, and by encourag
ing the writing of native plays.. To the
Dramatic Institute all dramatic clubs
and all the high schools and colleges of
North Carolina have been invited to send
a representative.
Meetings will be held and presentations
will be given today, and tomorrow and
Saturday in the Playmakers Theatre be
tween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30
p.m. Presentation of all awards will be
made by Professor W. R. Taylor, Presi
dent of the Carolina Dramatic Associa
tion. The feature of the Dramatic In
stitute will come at 11:00 a.m. Satur
day, at Which time will be given "Demon
stration of Folk Dances", by Professor
Milton M. Smith, of Columbia Unlver-
Jtjr.-y WS'"S'' '' 'l j '" ''
, This morning registration in the In- -stitute
is being continued. "At 11:00
o'clock the delegates will be welcomed
by Professor Koch, and the welcome will
be followed by a talk upon the subject
of "Oour Dramatic Association", by
Professor W. R. Taylor. This afternoon
a guest performance will be presented
by the Carolina Playmakers. Their bill
is entitled "New Carolina Folk-Plays"
and includes Quare Medicine, by Paul
Green, and Clay,by David Reid Hodgln.
At 7:30 o'clock this evening the high
school contest for the state championship
in play production will be held. Wil
son High School, winners of the East,
and Winston High School, winners of tlie
West, are competing, The Wilson High
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NOMINATE MADRY
FOR EDITORSHIP
Tar Heel Staff Favors Manag
ing Editor for Editor.
ELECT OTHER OFFICERS
The Field God, The Blind Side, The
Brat, and The Cherry Tree
Are Read.
The author's reading of new plays
was held in the Playmakers Theatre
Tuesday evening. The Play Committee
has yet not T?ome. to any definite decis
ionx on the selection of plays for per
formance. Anouncement will soon be
made; however, concerning what the
Playmakers will present at their next
performance, which will be given In the
latter part of April.
The following plays were presented to
the committee by the authors Tuesday
night: The Field God, a three-act trag
edy of farm life, by Paul Green; The
Blind Side, a folk-comedy, by Judge
Winston; The Brat, a domestic farce,
by D. R. Hodgin; and The Cherry Tree,
a mountain tragedy, by Miss Eunice
Erwin.
The committee to which the plays were
read and which will select the plays for
the - coming production was composed
of: Mr. Payne, Mrs. Dan Grant, Mr.
Howell, Mr. Krumplemann, Mr. Cald-
weH, and Mr. Lawrence.
Ashby, McPherson and Byron White
New Managing Editors. .
J. T. Madry, of Scotland Neck, was
nominated for the editorship of the Tab
Hkix for the coming year at a meeting
of the editorial staff held Tuesday
night. Madry was a reporter on the pa
per during his sophomore year and dur
ing the past year has been managing
editor on the Tuesday Issue. He Is
brother to Robert W. Madry, the bead
of the University News Bureau.
At the same meeting, J. F. Ashby,
of Mount Airy, L."' H. McPherson, of
High Point, and Byron White, of Fay
etteville, were elected as managing edi
tors for the coming year. J. N. Robbins
was chosen assistant editor and D. D.
Carroll was elected assignment editor.
Jones and Howell Will
Speak to Graduate Club
There will be a meeting of the Gradu
ate Club tomorrow evening at seven
thirty o'clock. The meeting will be held
at the Episcopal Parish House.
Professor H. M. Jones will read of his
translations of mediaeval student songs
and will talk on student life in the me
diaeval university. Professor Jones has
made a careful and exhaustive study of
this subject and has unearthed much
new and interesting material.
Dr. A. C. Howell will make a. brief
announcement about the activities of the
bureau of appointments conducted by the
Graduate School, explaining Its growth
and how it is serving the students.
Graduate students are urged to be
present promptly at 7:30. Members of
the faculty are invited.