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VOLUME XXXVII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 19 29
NUMBEER 36
Fifty-Mine University
Alumni .Aire : ivlem oers
Of the 1929 Legislature
Twenty-four Are in the Senate
and 35 in the House ;V Both
Incoming Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
Hail from
Carolina.
The 1929 Legislature convened in
Raleigh, and the political limelight
of North Carolina is centered upon
the body of men upon whose decision
rests problems of stupendous concern
to educational North Carolina. The
very uncertain outcome of the eight
months' school term, the appropria
tions request of the University and
other educational institutions, and
other measures , before the General
Assembly has given rise to increased
interest and attention.
In the thickof the political stage
in Raleigh there are many former
University alumni. The Governor
elect and the Lieutenant-Governor-elect,
who will be sworn into office
Friday, are both alumni of the Uni
versity. , The present Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor, who will hand
over the reins of office ,to their suc
cessors Friday, are both former stu
dents of the University.
In the Legislature there are 59
University alumni, , 24 of these sit
ting in the Senate, and 35 in the
House. The-presiding officers of
both houses will in all probability be
University men. Lieutenant-Governor
Fountain, who will hold the gavel in
the Senate, is an alumnus of course,
and indications are that A. H. Gra?
ham, '12, will be elected. to be the
Speaker of the House:
Continued on page four)
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR GAY NIGHT
Playmakers Will Usher in New
Year With Four Hours of
Celebrating in Honor . of
Twelfth Night; Program Di
vided Into 14 Parts.
Arkansas Travelers
Pay Brief Visit to
University and Hill
Chapel Hill and the University of
North Carolina were hosts Tuesday
afternoon to the Governor of Arkan
sas and party from Arkansas of a
bout i 125 people who are on tour
of the Southern states studying edu
cation and industry with a view to
wards progressive ' legislation vin
their home state.
The visitors arrived in Chapel Hill
about 3:30 o'clock, in the afternoon
from Durham. They were greeted in
Gerrard Hall by the entertainment
committee which was composed by
Profs. D. D. Carroll, L. R. Wilson,
N. W. Walker, E. G. Branson, Oscar
Coffin, R. D. W. Connor, and F. F.
Bradshaw. A tour of inspection of
the University campus followed.
The ; visit was ' brief, the Arkansas
party being pressed for time. ' From
Chapel Hill they visited Winston-Salem,
High Point and Charlotte. Oth
er cities to be visited in the South
include Greenville, S. C, and1 Atlanta,
Ga. The party spent-Saturday in
Raleigh viewing the state institutions
and talking with state officials.
Virginia Officer Is
Puzzled in Probing
Of College Drinking
Attorney-General Saunders Is up a
Tree as to Method of Making the
Investigation Requested.
JONES REVIEWS
CURRENT ISSUE
OF MAGAZP
Says Wilsey's Story is Outstand
ing But Writer Misses Emo
tional Punch In Concluding the
Story, - .
By J. E. DUNGAN
Saturday night from' 8 o'clock On
the Playmakers will turn from the
serious minded Ibsen, and the heart
beats of "Job's Kinfolks" to worship
Pan, the first playmaker, by usher
ing in the new year with four hours
of celebrating in honor of Twelfth
Night
Promptly at 8 o'clock the Play
makers and all of" their, friends that
have ever appeared in or assisted a
Playmaker performance by acting,
advice, or loaning of costumes, will
Repair to the Theatre , there to wit
ness a program divided into 14 parts.
The first number '.scheduled for the
performance will be the Revel scene:
Act II, Scene 3, of William Shake
speare's "Twelfth Night." Urban
m TT.l TT.-T i- tyV-l TT J
Bailey, A. T. Cutler, and Samuel Sel
den will have the parts of Sir Toby
Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Feste,
Maria and Molvolio.
Dr. J. M. Booker will introduce the
mummers. His introductions will be
followed by a composite dramatiza
tion of "The Saint George Play" as
acted in the Elizabethan period at
Leicestershire . and Oxfordshire. In
this performance' will appear H. D
Meyer, P. C. Farrer, J. W. Posey,
English Bagby, A. C. Howell,. A.
Madden, G. F. Horner, and A., S.
Wheeler as Captain Swashbuckler,
the King of England, Prince George,
The Old Dragon, The Turkish Knight,
a noble doctor Beezlebub, and a
clown. '
Two dances, a Spanish Pavan and
a Joan Sanderson, will be executed by
Emily Slade, Barbara McCorie, Bo
Wilsey,John Parker, nowara ivic
Cone and Fred Greer.
The importation of Mrs. Wootten's
Revelers from Fort Bragg especially
for the occasion; to present some
very unsual skits and an original in
terpretative dance is an innovation
for the local Twelfth Night perform
ances. ; ' - -
Nettina Strobach is contributing
an original comedietta entitled "Min
uet with Jazz" , in which Neona Stur
geon, Howard Bailey, and Miss Stro
bach will have parts.
Following other playlets and di
vertizements, Willie Strowd and his
' negro orchestra will play music in
the most modern manner for danc
ing upon the stage.
According to reports carried in
yesterday's papers, Attorney-General
John R. Saunders is very much
puzzled as1 to how to proceed in the
investigation -of drinking in Virginia
colleges. He .: was requested .- to
make this investigation by Gov. Har
ry F. Byrd. "I'll ; be blamed if I
know what to do," Saunders , is re
ported to have commented.
The decision of the governor for
such an investigation follwed charges
of excessive drinking at the Univer
sity of Virginia by State Anti-Saloon
League Supt. David Hepburn. The
charges were made immediately fol
lowing the Caroina-Virginia football
game Thanksgiving Day.
Coincident with the order to Saun
ders, Governor Byrd wrote presi
dents of colleges in Virginia asking
them to exercise all effort possible to
curb campus violations of the prohi
bition law. -: 1
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Fire Loss on Hill
During December
Shows Big Increase
There were a total of four alarms
turned in to the local fire depart
ment during the month of December.
Qf these one was false, and two were
of slight significance. The heaviest
loss was sustained by Bill Mcpade,
colored, manager of a cafe and bar
ber shop. The loss in this case was
estimated at approximately $2,000
dollars. A fire in Old West dormi
tory in which personal effects were
destroyed, caused a loss , of about
$200.
This amount goes considerably
over that of the previous record for
November when only two fires were
reported .with a combined loss of
only $124. --
Engineers to Report
On Tests Made In
Destruction of Bridge
" - "
T. F. Hickerson, Thorndike Saville,
and Dean G. M. Braune, of the School
of Engineering will 'leave the latter
part of this week for New York where
they will attend the regular annual
session of the American Society . of
Civil Engineers. At this meeting a
report on the tests made with the
Yadkin River re-enforced concrete
bridge will be heard. This bridge
was known as Swift Island Bridge
and was located near Albemarle. It
became necessary to destroy the bridge
and it was turned over to the War
Department for destruction, at which
time tests were -made concerning the
durability of concrete.
There will be a -meeting of all
members of Tau Kappa Alpha f ra
ternity Friday night at 7:30 in 201
Murphey.
By HOWARD MUMFORD JONES
The function of a college literary
magazine is, I suppose, what the , edi
tor makes it. Nevertheless, it is al
ways difficult --'to know whether such
a periodical should be the repository
of experimental writing done by a
fewTon the campus, writing that does
not . interest the majority greatly, or
whether it 'should cater to the wants
attributed to the subscribers who re
ceive the magazine perforce. This
difficulty is particularly evident in
the December number of The Carolina
Magazine.
The two J stories, and most of the
verse, are in the mode of the "Amer
ican Caravan" ..group of writers.
That is to say, the interest of Mr.
Wilsey's story and of Mr. Mitchell's
sketch is in the presentation of flow
ing states of mind. In both instances,
the thing is fronvmany. points of view
admirably done. The weakness of
the method is necessarily that is is
imitative of -a literary convention
rather than the result of observation
of men in a state of strain; but what
cuts even deeper is that only by the
most adroit manipulation of the ma
terial can such stories be made to
march. When the state-of -conscious
ness method is successful, j it is sue
cessful because it fuses the good old
plot-and-action story with the fiction
that the story is presented through
somebody's consciousness. It is hard
enough to write a "straight" story;
it is hard enough to construct con
vincingly a stream-of -consciousness
piece, even of the simplest variety;
but it is harder still to unite them
both. . For the temptation , of the
state-of -consciousness story to the
author is to go on,, endlessly ana-'
lyzing, whereas what the reader,
even the very intelligent reader,
yearns for, is that something of
dynamic x interest shall happen. Mr.
Wilsey's tale seems to me more near
ly successful because something "hap
pens," but even here, Mr. Wilsey's
method has led him adroitly to miss
the emotional punch which should
conclude his yarn.
Mr. Siade's article on the modern
conception of the universe, which
would, I think, be improved by the
omission of all the damns contained
in it, Xs so good that I wish it were
better. He has a gift for clear and
engaging exposition, but it is diffi
cult even for Mr. Slade to explain
the universe in four and a half pages;
and I can but think that two or three
articles are required at the least to
do effectively the work which he has
placed on one o do.
With respect to the book reviews,
, (Continued on page four)
DEBATE COUNCIL
SCHEDULES FOUR
TILTS FOR YEAR
Harvard and Emory Universi
ties Are Latest Additions;
Will Meet Marquetle Here
February 18.
The Debate Council of the Univer
sity of North Carolina announces
that definite arrangements have been
made for holding four debates with
colleges and universities representing
various sections of the United States.
On . February 18 Marquette, the
Catholic university of Wisconsin, will
engage the Tar Heel team at Chapel
Hill. In this congest the University
of North Carolina team will uphold
the' negative side of the query: "Re
solved, That the public should - own
and operate the hydro-electric power
plants of the country." This fray
promises to be an- interesting one not
only because of the pressing lm
portance of the . question but because
Marquette has an exceptionally-strong
forensic aggregation.
At the same time that the team to
debate Marquette is chosen another
team will be selected which will be
sent to Nashville to engage the Uni
versity of South in -forensic, combat.
In this fray the Tar Heel team will
uphold the affirmative side of the
same question . which will have been
used in the debate with Marquette at
Chapel Hill.
Definite.; arrangements have also
been made with Harvard University
and Emory University for debates
at Chapel Hill. In one of these con
tests this query will most probably
be used: "Resolved, ".That the United
UMbCO SUVU1U IAICT II UiiU UUUll
. Last year Debating teams repre
sentihg the University of North Caro
lina participated in six debates and
lost only one; thus, completing a
very successful season in the realm
of-f orensic, activities. - The greatest
of the Tar Heel victories was the win
over Emory. Emory had won- twenty
seven out of thirty varsity debates
during the season but lost to the Caro
lina team by an unanimous decision.
This same Emory will send a team
to Chapel Hillthis year which will
be bent on revenge for their defeat
of a year's standing.
Of the nine men who represented
the University in intercollegiate de
bates last year six are back in school
and actively connected with the work
of the Debate Squad. , ,
A Capella Choir To
Rehearse Tonight
The A Capella Choir will rehearse
with the orchestra at 8 o'clock this
evening in the practice room of Per
son Hall. All members are requested
to be present as this is the final re
hearsal before the concert to be given
Sunday. "
Count Felix Won:- Luckner5
.Noted German Sea Oevil9
To Tell of His Adventure
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Cutler To Talk on
Public Owned Hydro
Electric Power Plants
Taylor Bledsoe, president of the
Debate Council, announces a meeting
of the Debate Class tonight at 7:30
in 201 Murphey. Addison T. Cutler,
of the Department of Economics in
the University, has been secured to
speak at this meeting. Mr. Cutler is
an excellent speaker and a - very in
teresting lecturer. He will discuss
the economic side of the query:
Resolved, That the public should own
and operate the hydro-electric power
plants of the country.
Mr. Cutler has "done quite a bit of
advanced work in the field of Econo
mics. He is a co-author of the text
book in Elementary Economics which
is being used in the Economics de
partment at present.
The executive secretary of the De
bate Council announces that airmen
who are faking the course for; credit
should write their term papers at
some time in the 'near future.
ACTIVITIES OF
FROSH STUDIED
Dean Bradshaw Conducts In
vestigation as to How Mem
bers of the Freshman Class
Spendj Their Week-ends and
. Leisure Hours on Campus.
Man Commonly Known as the
Bold, Bad, Buccaneer, To Ap
pear Here under the Auspices
of the University Entertain
ment Committee.
D
ramatic Conference to
Open Here on Saturday
Large Attendance Expected for
High School Directors and
Those Interested in Dramatic
Work in State Interesting
Program.
The Bureau of Community Drama
of the University Extension Division
has announced a dramatic conference
to be held heret in Chapel Hill Satur
day for all directors of dramatics in
the state and for all persons inter
ested in dramatic work.
A 1 splendid program has been
planned, and a large attendance is be
ing expected. All directors are in
vited to attend the Directors' Meet
ing, but anyone interested in dra
matic work may attend.
The Conference, . through permit
ting an exchange of j ideas, it is be
lieved, will prove -especially stimulat
ing to creative work. It will not
only bring directors closer together
for discussions of mutual problems
and exchange of ideas, but will also
put them in closer touch with' the
activities of the Carolina Dramatic
Association and the Bureau of Com
munity Drama, designed to promote
the building of draina in the schools
and communities of the state, and the
Carolina Playmakers.
Saturday morning will be taken
up with discussions by several di-
(Continued on page four)
Last Chance to
Have Pictures
' " Made for Annual
The Yackety Yack photograph
er will be in Chapel Hill, begin
ning today, until the 19th of this
month. Everyone who expects
his picture to appear in the an
nual and who has not yet had it
made musfdo so at once. This
is necessarily the last chanee; all
sections must be closed up by
the 20th. This-notice applies to
Seniors, Juniors, dance leaders
fraternity men, and all others
who are to have individual photo
graphs. Appointments may be
made at the office of Wootten
Moulton, situated over ' Gooch's
Cafe. . '
Chapel Exercises
Will Be Resumed
Friday Morning
The first -ehapel exercises of the
quarter will be heid Friday morning,
according to an announcement yester-
dav bv Dean Bradshaw. It is ex
pected that Mr. R. B. House will
speak on . the nature of the appro
priations for the University which
is being asked of the legislature" now
in session. -
Uany college students are chronic
week-end travelers, but the great
bulk of them stick by their posts
pretty closely and forsake the ro
mances of week-end journeys for work
or . whatever else thecampus may
have to offer.
Or so a chapel survey of some 450;
freshmen conducted by Dean F. F. I
Bradshaw at the University here this
morning shows.
The results . were extremely inter-!
esting. Asked for a show, of hands,
162 freshmen signified that they had
been off the Hill at least one week
end during the 11 week-ends of the
fall quarter. It would seem that the
other three hundred of the represen
tative tross section of the. freshman
class had adhered strictly to academic
pursuits on, week-ends.
Thirty-four, of the number had only
been away one week-end, 33 two
week-ends, 26 three week-ends, and
21 four week-ends, Four "Marco
Polos" were discovered- who reported
that they had been away ten week
ends put of the eleven. Five had left
the Hill nine week-ends, six eight
week-ends, eight seven week-ends, 11
six week-ends, and 14 five week-ends.
In the matter of attending picture
shows 67 students signified that they
averaged attending picture shows
twice a week, and 22 three times.
None would admit averaging more
than three times the week. The
gteat bulk of the number of fresh
men seemed to average but one show
a week. .
The survey was conducted by Dean
Bradshaw with the view to. seeing.
how freshmen, students spend their
time. .
North Carolina State
College Is Placed On
The Accredited List
North Carolina State College lias
been recently admitted to the Asso
ciation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Southern States, giving
the institution a .recognized stand
ing throughout the United States as
an "A" standard technological col
lege. '
The nation is divided into regions
in which there is an accredited agency
for determining standards of second
ary schools, normal schools, college
of liberal arts, Universities, and
technological institutions. The As
sociation of colleges and secondary
schools of the Southern States is the
accrediting agency for states south
of the Potomac and - Ohio rivers, in
cluding Texas, also.
This new rating given to State Col
lege is recognized by the nation as
a whole, and means that her gradu
ates are now accepted at other col
leges, universities . and by leading
business firms.
On January 18 the most melodrama
tic and romantic figure of the Twen
tieth Century in the person of the
Count Von Luckner, the most belov
ed enemy of the late World War and
the only German combatant to be of
ficially honored by the" American Le
gion will appear in Chapel Hill to
tell the story of his life and exploits.
According to S. T. Williamson - in
'The New York Times," "To imagine
such" a career would give a writer of
dime novels brain fever. In fact his
story is a composite . of pages from
Aleer. Hentv. aid "Arabian Nie-hts."
During the period of his life, and
he is still a young man, he has been
a kitchen boy, deck-swabber, bar
boy,' a Mexican soldier, a cow-boy, a
porter in the best America.n hotels,
vation Army recruit, a champion
prize fighter. In between these ex
ploits the gentleman continually re
turned to . his mother, The Sea. Fin
ally, shortly before the outbreak of
the war, he was given his command
er's papers.
Felix Von Luckner is the only sail
or ever to have risen from being a
deck hand to a position of high trust
in f.hp TTriTiPrinl fJprtnsm Kaw. Aftpr
having become a commander, Von
Luckner reunited ' with his family
who- had given him up for lost two
decades before. -
Count Von Luckner, styled the Sea
Pevil, earning a world-wide name for
himself by his unusual treatment of
tne prisoners tnat ne tooK aurmg xne
course of his forty thousand mile
cruise extended over a period of six-
ien months during " which1"- he" sank
seventeen ships, totaling 500,000 tons
without a single loss of life. All of
the thousands of prisoners that pass
ed through his hands unanimously
praise their "enforced host."
. Previous to his exciting commis
sion to run the "Seedadler," his pri
vateering ship, through the triple al
lied blockade of German ports, his
fame brought him before the atten
tion of the Kaiser and he was placed
aboard the "Prinz," the flag ship at
the battle of Jutland.
After an incredible mad cruise, the
"Seedadler" was wrecked on the coral-reefs
of the South Sea Islands.
Here this courageous buccaneer built
a crude open boat and sailed hundreds
of miles in quest of further adven
tures. Incidentally he found his wife
in one of those self -same South Sea
Luckner is not one of those Hula Hu
la girls.
Von Luckner has been received in
more than 200 American cities, and
he comes to Chapel Hill under the
auspices of the University's Enter
tainment Committee. ,
THREE DANCES ON
WINTERSCHEDULE
Many Other Social Festivities
Planned by Other Organiza
tions on Campus for Coming
Quarter.
Three dances will be held during
tne winter session Dy xne vxraii, according-
to announcements- recently
made. The first dance is- scheduled
to come off on January 19th, the
second on February 23rd, and the
third on March 9th.. Other organiza
tions have socials planned for these
same week-ends and many visitors
will be present for the dances.
It is customary for the Grail to
stage three dances each quarter of
the school year the dates being ar
ranged at convenient intervals
throughout the. quarter. Those held
last fall are referred to as some of
the best held here in a long time, and
tfie officers of the order plan to make
those' this winter even more sucessf ul.
They are endeavoring to carry them
out in such a way that a large crowd
will always be assured. Winfield
Crew, student in the Law School, is
president of the : order.
No announcement can be made at
this time concerning the dances other
than the dates above mentioned.