The Library,
City,
v
SENIOR, CLASS EDITION
JOINT MEETING
DI AND PHI
7:15 P. M.
CAROLINA VS.
WAKE FOREST
RALEIGH
VOLUME XXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927
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Secret Investigation Made
v On Senior Class Superlatives
TRUTH REVEALED I f,fl J.IFR fORR
SPOKE ON CIDNA
SUNDAY NIGHT
Oonquerer of "No Write-up"
Idea Digs Into Whys and
Wherefores.
CLASS LIKES ITSELF
(By Red Wood) .
"Senior Students Choose
Cream of Campus Big. Men."
Thus ran the headline of an art
icle in the Official Athletic Jour
nal announcing the election of
senior , superlatives. Since the
regular TXr Heel reporter was
not included in the "gentlemen
class," a special reporter has se
cretly made an investigation of
the entire affair. The results of
his inquiries prove astonishing
and startling.
J. Frazier Glenn, Asheville,
was selected Best Business Man.
Why? Anybody who is not suf
fering from a desideratum
ajbove his collar button can fig
ure that out. There is no "cher-
chez la femme" here, but an ap-
. plication of the old adage
"What's in a name" revealed J
(JASON) F. (FLEECE) Glenn
Nuf ced.
J. H. "Jim" Van Ness, Char
lotte, after a close vote was elec
ted to the "coveted designation"
of Best All Round. The vote
was close because (according to
ye old Master Politician) some
upstart nominated the wrong
man to oppose our Jim. The
pandemonium heard on the third
floor of the "Y" some time ago
was merely the aftermath that
"Marc Hanna" administered to
his 3-carat, blundering tool.
C. T. "Ted" Smith, Charlotte,
, "was chosen as Best Student in
"the class. Well, we'll have to
hand it to this intellectual rain
bow, who evidently has a monop
oly on wisdom. He (sh sh
this is real, inside, confidential
info) is afflicted with roof trou
ble and imagines that his little
head constitutes the intellectual
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Illustrated the Lecture With
Lantern Slides Made from
His Own Pictures.
GLEE CLUB TOURS
IN THREE STATES
Concerts Are Going Good In
North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Virginia.
The Carolina Glee Club re
turned to the University last
night from the first of its win
ter tours, having given concerts
to' enthusiastic audiences in
North Carolina and South Caro
lina during last week-end. The
tri-state -tour will be completed
when the Club fills engagements
m Virginia next week-end.'
Concerts were given in Gas-
tonia, N. C., last Thursday eve
wng; at -Greenville College,
Greenville, S. C, Friday; at Con
verse College, Spartanburg, S.
C, Saturday; and at Greensboro
College, Greensboro, : last eve
ning. ,The personnel of the tour
is practically the same as that
of the Carolina tour last quar
ter.
On, Friday, February 18th,
the Club will give the first con
cert on the second part of the
tour, at Holliris. College; Koan
ke, Va.: On the return to the
University, they will sing r at
Sweetbriar ' College, Saturday
evening. Special entertainment
features are said to have been
Prepared for the Glee Club at
these colleges. These concerts
are the first of what will prob
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Dr. Collier Cobb, widely known
geologist and traveler, appeared
before an audience in the Pres
byterian church here tonight
and with an illustrated lecture
on China gave his hearers some
new angles on the present tur
moil in that country.
"There is no group of people
whom I respect more hisrhlv."
said Dr. Cobb in the course of
his speech. "It has been said
that after you spend a week in
China you feel capable of writ
mg a book about the country,
but after staying six weeks you
feel capable of a magazine arti
cle, if, however, you spend a
year there you are sure that you
know absolutely nothing about
the country or its people."
Dr. Cobb was asked by Presi
dent Elliott of Harvard to act
as an older brother to the Chin
ese students studying there
when he was himself still a stu
dent at that institution. Since
then Dr. Cobb has spent a great
deal of his time in travel to all
parts of the "" world,' and "has
paid China several extended
visits, traveling that country
thoroughly from end to end. The
lantern slides used in illustrat
ing tonight's lecture were made
from pictures that he himself
made in the course of his travels
CARROLL WANTS
CLEAN AND OPEN
CAMPUS POLITICS
Begins Crusade Against Present
Methods Employed By Of
fice Seekers.
ANOTHER SERIES
Grail, Kappa Sigma, Alumni
and Fraternity Pledges
Week-end Hosts.'
The coming week-end will see
another season replete with so
cial activities. Campus society
has three dances scheduled
chase care to the wmas .ana
bring romance into our midst
for the second visit of the win
ter . The Order of the Grai
Saturday night, a twilight hop
on the same evening, and a dance
in Durham Friday night by the
Kappa Sigma alumni are on the
calendar so far.
Ushering in the affairs of the
week-end, the Kappa Sigma
Alumni Association of Durham
will give a dance Friday night
at the Washington Duke Hote
in honor of the Carolina Chap
ter of the fraternity. Invita
tions have been sent to all the
fraternities here and the Kappa
Sigma chapters of , Duke and
State will also be guests. Kike
Kyser and His Orchestra have
been engaged to play for the
dance and it is expected to lead
off the socials for the week-end
At the Carolina Inn Saturday
evening there will be another of
the popular "twilght" r hops
which are the rage of the pres
ent season, this time to be given
by a group of pledges of various
'fraternities. " The hour is from
six-thirty until nine o'clock and
invitations are to be sent. The.
Buccaneers are engaged to make
the music.
; The Grail will give its second
dance of the winter quarter Sat
urday night. : '
With the approach of spring
elections one of the things be
ing widely discussed among stu
dent politicians and candidates
for office is the proposition to
change campus politics. Reform
measures are being suggested in
the hope of bringing methods
of campaigning and the general
business of elections into an
open and more unquestionable
light.
Dave Carroll, exposer of the
Golden Fleece, is the leader in
this effort to clean up politics.
In an interview yesterday he
gave a brief survey of the situ
ation and told something of his
idea to reduce politics to two
parties built around the Di and
Phi societies.
In the first place, all of us
who are hoping to see the advent
of open politics are much grati
fied at the response which the
idea has received," said Carroll,
'But it must be understood that
the Di-Phi suggestion, as pre
sented, is not to be considered a
sure-cure for corrupt minds. So
far it appears to be the most
promising suggestion to make
politics as public as possible. But
unless it meets with the endorse
ment of sincere thinkers, like
anything else, it will and should
be rejected.
The opinion seems prevalent
that I'm proudly offering cas-
toria to a sick student body,"
he continued, "in other words,
that one man has set his head on
installing a fast principle of pol
itics. Now, however needful of
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RICHARDSONSAYS
NORTH CAROLINA
TAX LAWS BAD
Spoke Under Auspices of Di Sen
ate r in Gerrard .. Hall
Last Night.
Seniors Find Many Ways In
Which Their Class Excels
FRATERNITIES TO
ENTER SUIT OVER
TAX PAYMENTS
POINTED OUT DEFECTS Greek Letter Organizations Ex
pect Superior Court to Ex
empt Them.
Reform of North Carolina's
taxation system was urged by
Smith Richardson, president of
the Vick Chemical Company, of
Greensboro, who spoke here last
night in Gerrard Hall under the
auspices of the Dialectic Sen
ate. He was introduced hv Lw
Kennett, president of the Sen
ate,
The State's present system of
taxation" is antiquated and is
hurting both agriculture and
manufactures, Mr. Richardson
declared. The burden rests far
too heavily on real property, he
said, while much of the intan-
gible property, such as stocks
and bonds, is never listed. All
the revenue that now, comes
from taxes is needed, he assert
ed, but the problem lies in the
methods of raising it.
Pointing out that North Car-!
olma's present system of taxa
tion was adopted in 1868, and is
therefore out of date, Mr. Rich
ardson argued three flagrant de
fects :
1. It tends to drive out local
capital. "
2. It tends to keep outside
capital out. "
3. It hinders the free use of
the capital which we have in the
state. This is the most serious
objection of the three, he assert
ed.
The audience was a small but
enthusiastic one, and Mr. Rich
ardson's speech was well re
ceived.
WIDE AWAKE GROUP
Cap and Gown Crowd Is Made
Up of Unusual Characters
Who Do Unusual Things.
ORIGINALITY PREVAILS
SENIOR CLASS EDITION
J. W. Harden s Managing Editor
Fred Simon Eriitnrwi Write
L. N. Byrd .' ZI Sports Editor
Staff".-;;
H. A. Wood L. B. Kennett
II. A. Breard W. T. Peacock
Kenneth Smith George Wilkinson
The Inter-Fraternity Coun
cil of the University of North
Carolina voted in session last
week to bring suit at the next
term of Superior court to re
strain the state, county, and
town from collecting taxes on
the property owned by the fra
ternities. The contention of the
fraternities is that the clause
in the North Carolina constitu
tion exempting property owned
by "educational and charitable
organizations" includes them.
The decision of- the council
was reached after the matter
had been discussed with several
prominent lawyers of the state.
The general opinion given was
that the fraternities have a very
strong case. Other fraternities,
such as the Masons arid the
Junior Order, have been declar
ed exempt under this clause in
the constitution. In some cases
these organizations own large
office buildings. However, their
purpose it avowedly charitable
The fraternities at the Univer
sity" will attempt to establish
that they are educational since
they furnish dormitory space to
students at cost.
Within the past three years a
number of homes have been built
by fraternities here, jand more
are going up each year. Around
four hundred men room in these
houses now. Taxes are, consid
erable strain on the organiza
tionsOne of the larger ones
paid seven hundred dollars last
year. ... About thirty organiza
tions are represented and will
be affected by the decision of
the case.
(By George Wilkinson)
When the class of '27, entered
the portals of the University of
JNortft Carolina, the school was
experiencing one of its few boom
times since the Civil War. The
legislature had granted in 1922
five million dollars to cover a
two year expansion period, and
tor the first time in nearly a
half century the University was
getting the equipment, dormi
tory and class room space neces
sary to handle the ever increas
ing, influx of students that were
clamoring each year for admis
sion. It was a flood time, and
the school was riding at the peak
of a period of expansion. En
thusiasm was catching.
Perhaps it was this spirit that
the class of '27 absorbed and
perhaps it was not. Perhaps
that spirit was inherent in the
class. At any rate, it began bv
doing something unusual in the
history of Carolina classes. . A
non-athletic president was elec
ted in the person of Jimmie Wil
liams. Immediately thf r-lnaa
started doing things and achiev
ed the reputation of being the
best organized and best unified
class that had entered for a long
time. During the entire four
years this distinction has re
mained with the class which is '
remarkabfe within itself. The
usual University class, at least
by its senior year, has been split '
into hostile factions and party '
groups and special cliques. There
have been differences in the class ,
but they have been friendly and'
no' strained relations have fol
lowed that concerned the group.
To start with, as-freshmen,
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FINDS NO RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
HERE ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Popular. Chaplain at University of Pennsylvania Gives His Im-
pressions of Faculty and Student Body; Lives
Among Students for Six Days.
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SPANISH CLUB
IS SERVED WITH
MEXICANSUPPER
Professor Leavitt Delivers
Speech in Spanish Telling of
His Travels.
BAND GOES TO
SOUTHERN PINES
TO PLAY CONCERT
Is Making Its First Tour. Sun
day Night Program Well
Received.
(By J. W. Harden)
"I am surprised -4t the ab
sence of religious differences and
conflicts on the University cam
pus," said Rev. John R. Hart
in an interview Friday as he
closed a six day series of meet
ings for University students.
'What North Carolina needs to
do at its University is to stir
up rather than "calm down the
widely-heralded conflict over sci
ence and religion. ;
Rev. John Hart is chaplain
at the University of Pennsylva
nia where he has been for 19
years as student and religious
worker, He is widely ., known
there as a baseball player as well
as a chaplain Having studied
for the ministry while living' in
fraternity house arid playing
baseball, he has comeTto believe
that it is only the naturalness
in religion that makes it of any
use to the world today. His ser
ies of sturent addresses were
given at the Episcopal church in
connection' with the nation wide
Bishops' Crusade.
- During his stay the chaplain,
who is known by everybody at
the University of Pennsylvania
as "Jack" Hart, lived almost en
tirely with the students. He vis
ited them and chatted with them
in dormitories and fraternity
houses, ate with them, and join
ed in afternoon athletic contests.
All this, he said, gave him a
real opportunity of sizing up the
situation here.. -
Finds No Feud
"I had heard so much about
North Carolina and its Univer
sity- being a discussion center
for the evolution war that I came
here -expecting to land in the
midst of a regular feud," said
Rev. Mr. rllarV "and I must say
that in that .respect I am dis
appointed. Here at Chapel Hill
I find a. wholesome and a fair
minded attitude toward religion
in all its aspects. I might say,
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On Thursday the Centro His
pano of the University momen
tarily cast aside the usual Span
The University Band met with
a very enthusiastic reception
Sunday night when it played at
ish program to indulge in a typi- the Church .of Wide Fellowship
cal Mexican meal, and then hear w an auaience
a iascinaung travelogue on
South America delivered by Pro
fessor Leavitt. : This address,
delivered in Spanish, was the
main feature of the program,
and was of particular interest
since it chiefly concerned the
of over 4?0. This was the initial
concert of a series constituting
the first winter tour of the band.
The program was very ' nearly
the same as given in Memorial'
Hall a week ago as a Sunday
concert. The band presented as
personal "experiences of Dr. soloists, t. L. Byerly, on the
Leavitt among the inhabitants clarinet, and L. R. Sides, on the
of the various countries visited, cornet. The numbers of both so
He presented their most strik- loists were heartily applauded
ing customs, discussed his reac- by the audience. A saxaphone
tiqns to" them, and described quartet composed of Kenneth
many points of picturesque and Scott, C. L. Thomas, F. L; Byer
historic interest. ' 'y and S. C. Snelgrove was alsb
In addition to . the faculty warmly received.
members and students of Span- The audience was perhaps the .
ish in the University, the club most critical that will hear the
was honored with the presence band on its present tour and if
of two native visitors Sr. Raul the comment made there can be
Mendez of Corunna, Spain, and taken as a criterion, the trip
Sr. Jose Garcia of Havana,
Cuba.
On the March program the
Centro will have the pleasure of
an illustrated lecture on South
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now being taken will be a de
cided musical success. Despite
the rainy weather the house was
filled to capacity.
The concert tour, which is the
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