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VOLUME XXXVIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929
NUMBER 12
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Thirty-six Club Women Finish
Two-Day Session Wednesday.
Reports by , the department
chairmen and the standing com
mittees yesterday morning con
cluded the two-day session of
the Autumn council meeting of
the North Carolina Federation
of Women's Clubs. An outline
oi ine pians ior tne coming
year were laid before the dele
gates in the committee reports.
A- total of thirty-six , club
leaders composed of district
chairmen, members of the board
of trustees, officers of the fed
eration and department chair
men, entrained last night for
their homes.
A luncheon tendered the dele
gates by the Rotary Club of
Chapel Hill yesterday officially
closed the convention. Rev. C.
E. Rozzelle presided at the
luncheon. ;
Prospects for the coming year
were reported to be very bright
by Mrs. Edward M. Land, presi
dent of the confederation, fol
lowing the convention. She ex
pressed satisfaction with the
reception given the delegates
by the women of Chapel Hill.
The delegates spent Tuesday
in a tour of the campus spon
sored by the hospitality commit
tee. Following the inspection
trip the visitors were entertain
ed at tea.
The official opening of the
conference was held at the Caro
lina Inn Tuesday night. R. B.
House, executive secretary of
the university, and Mrs. Mary
Graves Rees, of the Community
Club, welcomed the delegates to
Chapel Hill. Addresses by Mrs.
Edward M. Land, president, and
Mrs. W. D. Moss ended the open-
ing meeting.
A reception through the cour
tesy of the university extension
division, concluded the activi
ties for the first day.
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DEBATING SQUAD
MEETS TONIGHT
STUDENTS ESCAPE
INJURY IN CRASH
Presence of Mind Saves Six
Students When Elevator
Falls.
Play makers Select Tentative
Casts for Forthcoming Plays
Williams Will Speak to Forensic
Candidates; Definite Informa
tion Regarding Carolina-N.
C. C. W. Debate Expected.
The second meeting of the de
bate squad will take place to
night at 7:30 in 201 Murphey
hall. Dr. Horace Williams, pro
fessor of philosophy and founder
of intercollegiate debating at
the university, will speak.
Officials of 'the council expect
to be able to release definite in
formation regarding the pro
posed Carolina-N.C.C.W. debate
at the meeting tonight.-
Although the present squad
enrollment, is fifty-nine, all stu
dents of the University who are
interested in debating are urged
by the president of the council to
be present at the meeting to
night and to join the sqiiad. All
intercollegiate debaters are
picked from this group.
The address of Dr. Williams
tonight will constitute a study
of the fundamentals of debat
ing.
WILLIAM CAIN CHAPTER
REORGANIZES TONIGHT
FIRE CHIEF WARNS
OF FIRE DANGERS
"Even though a fireman's
life is no bed of roses," said J.
L. Foister, chief of the Chapel
Hill Fire department, last
night, "the force here has had
an easy time these last four
weeks. There has not been an
alarm since about the first of the
month.
"But," the chief continued,
"we are expecting trouble as
soon as the weather turns cool-
People will begin to fire
The first meeting of the year
of the William Cain student
chapter of the American Society
of Civil Engineers will be held
tonight at 7 o'clock in room
319, Phillips hall.
Dean G. M. Braune, dean of
the school of engineering and
active member in society activi
ties, will make a short talk on
the A.S.C.E. and . its student
chapters.
This meeting is to be in the
nature of an organization meet
ing, and all men who are taking
civil engineering are- urged to
be present, and a special invita
tion is extended to all-freshmen
and sophomores to attend by the
society.
er.
their furnaces, and very few of
them will take the precaution to
see if the flues in their houses
are in good shape. I guess that
iully fifty percent of our alarms
at this time of the year are sent
in for small attic and roof
blazes caused by defective flues.
"And right now I want to ask
the people of Chapel Hill, and
especially the house managers of
fraternities, to have the chimney
and flues in the houses examin
ed before thev build the first
fires this fall. Such precaution
will save a good bit of trouble
and money for the house owners
and the town.
"Also," said Chief Foister,
"false alarms cost the town
money. Every time we take the
fire truck out on a run it costs
the town at least twenty-five
dollars. Be sure there is a fire
and then call the station im
mediately."
Henry and Barrett
Lead In Cheerleader
Election Balloting
(By B. H. Whitton)
"Two dead in elevator crash"
is probably the briefest way to
sum up the catastrophe that oc
curred in Manning hall yester
day morning about ten o'clock.
puring the first-year anatomy
class which meets in the dissect
ing room on the third floor of
the. med building it became
necessary for several students
to go to the basement of the
building. They got in the manually-operated
elevator and at
tempted to make the descent,
but soon after they had started
down, a rope broke, and the cage
fell to the bottom of the shaft.
' One of the six survivors of the
deadly crash graphically de
scribed the fall saying that as
soon as the elevator began to
drop every one in it pushed to
ward the front to be ready to
jumpfor safety when the cage
passed the second floor. How
ever, this means of exit from the
death trap was securely barred,
for the second-floor door was
closed just at this time.
In describing the remainder
of the descent, the man inter
viewed said : "The sensation
was that of one who is in an air
plane which is falling into a
loop."
The men in the elevator car
realizing that something had to
be done, kept their presence of
mind -enough to grab onto . theJ
cables which run up the side of
the shaft and so prevented a
much more rapid fall. It is
probably this which accounts for
the fact that there were only two
dead in the crash. "
The survivor from whom the
description was obtained stated
that during the time while they
were trying to hold the cables,
the skin was burned from his
hands by the friction, and that
the hands of the others who
were in the car looked just as
if they had been scraped.
When asked what he was
thinking about as the car ap
proached the bottom of the
shaft, one of the survivors re
plied: "1 was " thinking about
getting out, holding the cable
seemed to have lost its appeal,
and everyone was pushing for
the side toward the platform,
which serves as a step to be used
in getting on the elevator in the
basement." .
4
The crash of the elevator at
the bottom of the pit, which is
not equipped with springs to pre
vent a direct, blow against the
bottom, was heard over the en-
Continued on page four) '
Rhodes Scholarships
All applications for Rhodes
S c h o 1 a rship appointments
from this institution must be
in the hands of Mr. Hibbard,
203 South building, by Sat
urday, October 5 th, 1929.
Koch Picks Players as Result of
Tryouts; Four Plays to Be
Produced on Northern Tour.
VESPER CONCERTS
TO BE CONTINUED
First Performance October 20;
To Entertain Southern Con
ference on Education.
With Jack Barrett and
Howard Henry leading in
the vote for cheer leader,
there will be a second bal
loting held, according to an
unofficial report to the Tar
Heel last night.
Barrett led with 170 votes
and Henry followed with
151. Both the boys are
sophomores.
Voting was slow with on
ly 615 votes cast in all.
The entire ballot and
votes received are printed
below:
Jack Barrett, '32 170
Howard Henry, '32 . . . .151
England's summer this ye?
was the sunniest in 18 years
George Brown, '33 ...
Paul Carter, '32 .
Allen Crowson, '33 .
jf V George Biggs, -33,. .
f Floyd Bass, '32 ..
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f The series of vesper concerts!
inaugurated several-weeks ago,
which became very popular, are
to be continued again this year
according to a statement by Dr.
Dyer, head of the music depart
ment. The concerts were usually
given on the first Sunday of each
month at 4 o'clock. Members of
the music faculty, student organ
izations and visiting artists have
given these concerts in the past.
An unusually fine support was
accorded these events, and it is
felt for that reason they should
be continued.
Series XI begins this month,
with the first concert being held
not on the first Sunday of the
month, but on October 20 in
stead. .This change in date is
felt necessary, due to the fact
that the university will be a host
for the southern conference on
Education on October 19, 20, 21
and 22. As a part of this pro
gram, the university school of
music will provide a vesper in
Memorial hall for the visiting
educators, citizens and students.
The program will be given by
Professor T. Smith McCorkle,
violinist, with Mrs. McCorkle at
the piano, Professor Nelson O.
Kennedy, pianist, and the uni
versity glee club. Professors
McCorkle and Kennedy will
each perform a group of num
bers, following which the glee
club will sing a group of num
bers which will be used on their
fall tour.
YOUNG METHODISTS TO
HOLD INITIATION HIKE
Professor Frederick Koch has
announced the tentative Play
maker casts selected at the try
outs held last Monday and Tues
day. The casts are. for Cather
ine Nolan's "Being Married,"
Gertrude Wilson Coffin's play
"Magnolia's Man," and Paul
Green's negro comedy "The No
'Count Boy."
These three productions will
be taken on the Playmakers'
northern tour November 15 to
30. The three-act version of
Loretto Carroll Bailey's "Job's
Kinfolks" will be produced on
the tour. Tryouts for this will
be held at 4:30 Friday in the
theatre.
Tentative cast for "Being
Married":
Jim, K. Creuser; Pete R. G.
Dawes and J. M. Wood ; Connie,
Elzada Feaster; Pen, Anne Me-
lick; Dora, Miss A. Lumpkin
and Phoebe Harding; Gertie,
Beth Colley ; Betty, Elizabeth
Barber. :
Tentative cast for "Magnolia's
Man":
Mis' Tish, Mrs. O. J. Coffin;
Magnolia, Miss George Wilcox;
Newt, B. C. Wilson ; Rogers,
Marvin Hunter.
Tentative' cast for "The No
'Count Boy":
Enos, Howard Bailey; Pheelie,
Penelope Alexander ; The No
'Count Boy, Newbern Piland and
Holmes Bryson; The Old Wo
man, Not yet selected.
STUDENTS URGED
TO HAVE PHOTOS
TAKEN AT ONCE
All Pictures for Yackety Yack
Must Be Made By December
10; No Extension Granted.
On Friday evening the young
people of the Methodist church
will hold their annual "Initiation
Hike." At seven o'clock they
will gather in the church par
lors and then will take a short
hike to a camp fire for a feast
of "hot dogs." . There will be a
painless initiation ceremony for
new members of the Epworth
League and student Bible
classes.
Library Making Campaign to
Prevent Mutilation of Books
Williams Appoints
Senate Committees
The Dialectic senate held its
second meeting Tuesday night at
7:15 in the Di hall, New West
building.
After having called the meet
ing to order President Williams
appointed the following stand
ing committees: constitution
committee Senator Dungan
(chairman), Senator Rector and
Senator Studdert; ways and
means committee Senator Mc-
Pherson (chairman), Senator J
S. Williams and Senator Kin
caid : finance committee Sena
tor Patterson (chairman) , Sena
tor Hunter and Senator Fred
Wardlaw.
The senate then proceeded to
the initiation of new members.
The following men were taken
in: George Vick, Jr., Selma; G.
H. Hine,. Winston-Salem ; G. W.
Wilson, Jr., Gastonia; W. A.
Starbuck, Winston-Salem ; R. W.
Lamm, Wilson; M. P. Moore,'
Asheville, and W. W. McKee,
Chapel Hill.
Phi Sigma Kappa announces
the pledging of L. O. Gupton,
a sophomore of Rocky Mount.
The iron-clad, hard and fast
rule that all Yackety Yack pic
tures must be made by Decem
ber 10 featured the opening yes
terday of the annual fall quar
ter drive for pictures for the
yearbook.
Booths have been establish-
ed at Patterson's Drug Store
and at the Students' Supply
Store. Appointments are to be
made between 1 and 3 o'clock af
ternoons and 5:30 and 7:30
o'clock evenings. Wootten
Moulten, the Yackety Yack
photographers, will be in town
regularly after October 9, and
the work Will be rushed ahead
as fast as possible.
Business Manager B. Moore
Parker has especially urged that
all students comply with the
requests of the Yackety Yack
and have their pictures made
early.
A 25c cut in the portion of
the $5 student fee allotted to
the Yackety Yack resulted from
the extension of the Tar Heel to
a daily. This necessitates strict
economy., - According to the
terms of the contract, all pic
tures must be taken by Decem
ber 10. Otherwise the printing
and engraving bill would be in
creased roughly by 1,000, and
the increase couldn't be handled
without seriously impairing the
quality of the yearbook.
As a result, Manager Parker
explained, it has been found
necessary to apply a strict
closure rule, at December 10.
All pictures must be in at that
time. The junior and senior
pictures are being rushed from
the start, and fraternity pic
tures may be made at any time.
Junior space, it was explained,
is paid in one lump sum with
fall tuition. Senior space is
paid in two installments- with
fall and winter quarter tuition.
The only charge when the pic
ture is taken is a fee of $1.50
which is paid to the photographer.
A campaign to decrease the
marking and mutilation of li
brary books by students and fac
ulty members was . instituted
Wednesday by officials of the
library and the English depart
ment. The defacing of many of the
standard books in literary his
tory with underlinings, check
marks, and the like, was the ob
ject of the concerted effort lay
the university officials to save
many of the valuable volumes in
the library. '
A request read to the English
students Wednesday asked that :
1. Under no circumstances
should a library book be under
lined or checked in ink.
2. The practice of underlin
ing in pencil is equally bad.
3. A light pencil check on
the margin, which it is the re
sponsibility of the reader to
erase, is usually the utmost, lim
it to which a reader should go.
"The loss to the library and
the department because of the
depreciation of books is great
and increasing. Please help in
every way you can to lessen the
evil." ;.,
The campaign was instituted,
library officials said, because the
practice of marking books had
extended to rare books, first
editions and expensive sets. "
Tickets on Sale
Dean Addison Hibbard of
the school of liberal arts an
nounces that season tickets
for the student entertainment
attractions are still on sale at
the business office in the ad
ministration building at $3.00
each. The entertainment com
mittee, finds that single ad
missions to all . the perform
ances would amount to $11.00,
a saving of $8.00 thereby be
ing saved if the season tickets
are bought. Contracts a
mounting to $5,800 have been
let for performances during
the coming college year.
Radio Presented
Music Department
The Majestic Radio company
has presented one of its best ma
chines, the super-combination
radio and Victrola, to the music
department of the university for
the use of the students in the
music appreciation course.
The machine will be placed in
the appreciation room in Per
son hall until the completion of
the department's new quarters
in the old library building. The
Majestic company timed its gift,
which it is making to a number
of the , outstanding universities,
in order that the students may
get the benefit of Walter Dam
rosch's annual series of lectures.
These lectures given by the
country's most eminent conduc
tor, will be tuned in on every
morning at 11 o'clock beginning
October 11.
However, the machine will not
be for use of the music apprecia
tion students alone. At two
o'clock every day any student
is welcome to go to number 10,
Person, and listen to it.
Mr. D. C. Stephanson,' repre
sentative of the company, in
presenting the machine, stated
that it is a policy of the com
pany to make such gifts, and
that it asks nothing in return.