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PAT M. NEFF
8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
METHODIST CHURCH
PAT 51. NEFF '
10:30 TODAY
GERHARD HALL
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seeks TO STOP
FRAUDULENT USE
W PASS BOOKS
Grady Pritchard States That
Tickets "Will Be Stamped With
Pass !Book Numbers.
In a "letter appearing in to
day's "Readers' Opinions" col
umn, Grady Pritchard, assistant
graduate manager of athletics at
the University,' strongly took to
task those students who have
"been making fraudulent use of
Iheir tickets.
-At the V. P. I. game more than
40 ! people presented student
tickets that they had no right to
possess as they were not stu
dents. These tickets were ob
tained by students who traded
in their student tickets for tick
ets outside the student section,
and then sold them to strangers.
This is to be avoided, in the fu
ture, by having all tickets that
"have been transferred stamped
with the recipients' registration
numbers, and demanding that
coupon, books with the corres
ponding registration number be
shown with all tickets at the
gates. Gate No. 5 is going to be
used exclusively Jiereafter by
students.
PLAYMAKERS WILL
BROADCAST PLAYS
The Carolina Playmakers are
to broadcast over Station WPF
rom Raleigh during the 5th
regular University of North
Carolina hour next Thursday
.-' -evening . at, : .7 : ,. o'clock; Hubert
Heff ner is directing the produc
tion, "The No 'Count Boy," by
Paul Green, and the same cast
that played last week-end here
-will enact the radio production.
Vestry Meets Tonight
There will be a meeting of the
student vestry tonight at 7:15
at the Episcopal parish house.
All members are urged to be
present. -
'Railroad ' Best Is Chapel
Hill's Original Telegraph
Operator; On Job 22 Years
(By H. J. G.) . '
He knew the town when
there were no automobiles, no
moving pictures, and no paved
roads, when the telegraph of
fice was at University Station
in Carrboro, and when ' every
professor knew every student in
the student body. He is unapei ;
Hill's first and oldest telegraph
er, R. R. Best.
As a middle-aged man he came
to Chapel Hill from Oxford with
his son. The younger Best was
offered the job of telegrapher
but had managed the new of
fice only a short time when his
father took an interest in the
work, and in three months had
become an expert operator. He
took over the managership
from his son.
22 Years on Job
1 sqk when it
inai was m j-"
q or, pvtra 10c to get a mes
aro nut. to the telegraph office,
and when the standard rate was
25c. During a period of twenty
two years R. R. Best stayed on
the 'job, -'.known, to everybody n
, the town and in the University
as "Railroad" Best,, although
the initials of his name, actually
; stand for Romulus Remus : .
There were many, trials and
tribulations during those years
when the town
Money was scarce, and the man-
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Above is pictured the United States Marine Band which will appear here November 14
under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. The band is known as "The President's Own" and is the
oldest in America. It has played at every presidential inauguration arid important State event
in Washington for the past 130 years. V J X
MAN WHO INSULTED
MULE PAYS COSTS
White-Negro Affray Ends In Court
Yesterday Morning; Two
Other Cases.
Clyde Whitt, white, and Henry
Williams, negro, who staged a
solo race riot in front of the local
police-station Saturday after
noon, were made to split the
costs of court, between them in
recorders court before Recorder
Henshaw ...yesterday- morning.
Whitt was also fined $5 and costs
on charge of public drunkeness
and disorderly conduct.
Fred IveV. white, was fined!
$50 arid costs for driving an
automobile while under the in
fluence of liquor.
Ream Pendergraph, white,
was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, the use of violent
language, and pointing a pistol
at Charlie Bird. His case was
dismissed. ''
ager of the local theatre found
it difficult to pay for the fre
quent1 wires he sent out. The
telegraph operator understood
the situation, and offered to let
the theatre manager run up a
bill to be paid at the end of the
month. For this courtesy he
was given free entrance, to the
theatre at all times, a privilege
which he has continued to enjoy
through the various changing
of managers until the present
time.
His step is a. bit slow now,
and his hearing is not as acute
as it used to be when he caught
the clicks of the telegraph mes
sages as they raced in over the
wires, a He wears a goatee and
carries a stick, and is as inter
ested in the town and the prog
c fViP t Tniversity as any
1COO v.-w "
man here.
But his chief interest is the
moving pictures. He sees every
s"how that comes to town, and
if. he savsl he doesn't manage
to see them in the afternoon, he
is always at the Carolina m the
evening. His hobby is taking
children to the shbw. He gen-
prallv takes at least four, ana
oiwnvs navs for all of them. If
he has promised to taKe 01
,vp town kids and they
find they cannot accompany him
CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND
Former Texas Goyerhor Will
Begin Prohibition Education
Program At
Tar Heel Notice
The Tar Heel Business
Staff is to . ,be reorganized
completely tonight. There
are any number of places op
en for new men who want to
work. : Experience ; is , pre
ferred but not absolutely
necessary. All old members
desirous of continuing on the
staff must be present. Meet
ing will be held in Tar Heel
Business Office, basement of
Alumni Building, promptly at
7:30 o'clock.
Marion Alexander,
Business Manager
MARKET EDITOR
HERE YESTERDAY
Reavis Cox To Spend Several
Weeks Studying Textile Con
tions in North Carolina.
Reavis Cox, market editor of
the Journal of Commerce, a New
York business newspaper, , paid
the University a semi-official
visit 'on Monday. He was re
ceived and conducted around
the campus by Dr. T, J. Woof-
ter, research professor in social
science. '
Mr. Cox, in his tour of the
Southern states, plans to spend
two weeks in North Carolina, as
he is interested in the textile
industry. While in this part of
the state, he stopped in Raleigh
and was received by Governor
Gardner.
Although Mr. Cox was anx
ious to see the University cam
pus, the main objective of his
visit was to gather - necessary
data from the Institute for Re
search in Social Science.
Mosher Talks To Y
E. R. Mosher spoke to the Y.
M. C. A. last night at 7:15 on
"What Is Religion." The gen
eral theme of Mr. Mosher's ad
dress was that religion is essen
tially a way of living and not a
way of escape . from eternal
damnation, nor a hope for eter
nal, reward in a -heaven.' : Mr.
Mosher stated that "a; mans
religion is to be tested by what
he is, not by what he professes
to believe."
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University Today
Pat M. Neff To Talk in Gerrard
Hall This Morning and At The
Methodist Church Tonight.
Inauguration of the prohibi
tion education campaign on the
campus of the University will
begin today with two addresses
by -Pat M. Neff ,- ex-governor of
Texas. ; ' 'v ' .
The first talk will be made in
Gerrard Hall during chapel per
iod with the last address at the
Methodist 'Church at 8 o'clock
tonight. Both speeches will be
delivered on the general sub
ject of "Good Citizenship." , '
Ex-Governor Neff is one
of the outstanding platform
speakers in this country, accord
ing to C. A. Upchurch, head of
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League, which is sponsoring his
tour through the state. Mr. Up
church, in announcing theses ad
dresses, expressed gratification
that it was possible for arrange
ments to be-made for the ex
governor to speak in most of the
state colleges, particularly,
Wake Forest, Duke University,
Elon College, High Eoint Col
lege, University of North Caro
lina, and Guilford College. Be
sides addressing college audien
ces, Mr. Neff will speak to meet
ings in Raleigh, High Point,
Burlington, and other cities in
the tate. ;
These addresses are part of a
state and nation-wide campaign
being promoted by the Anti-
Saloon League, the W. C. T. U.,
the churches, and other organi
zations carrying out the sug
gestions of President Hoover,
made several times since his in
auguration, that the public
generally unite with him in the
inauguration and promotion of
such a campaign.
The campus address original
ly was planned for Memorial
hall but extensive repairs to the
roof of the structure necessi
tated the moving of the place of
speech to the smaller building.
Freshman Notice
Freshmen who did not have
their photographs taken - during
their first week at the Univer
sity are requested by the Dean
of Student's office to be photo
graphed this week, in the morn
ings, at Wootten-Moulton.
ISsaSnsofi SriiSsIi Polices
: : Ekeaier Will' Lecfee
Repairs Prohibit
Use Memorial Hall
Chapel exercises in Memorial
hall will be discontinued until
further notice due to extensive
repairs to, the roof of the struc
ture, Dean Bradshaw announced
Monday. . Organizations accus
tomed to using the hall for re
hearsal purposes -will not be al
lowed in the auditorium while
the building is under repair.
COLLEGE PRESS
ASSOCIATION TO
CONVENE SOON
Three Day Session of State Or
ganization To Be Held at
Lenoir-Rhyne.
The North Carolina Collegiate
Press association is scheduled to
meet in Hickory as guests of the
Lenoir Rhyne publications some
time in November if the college
calendar can be so arranged.
The convention will probably
be attended by about a hundred
and twenty-five delegates, re
presenting the collegiate press of
North Carolina. The editors
and business managers, and
their assistants, of the student
magazines, newspapers and an
nuals of the leading colleges of
the state will attend.
The meeting this fall is spoil
sored by the student publica
tions of Lenoir Rhyne. Frank
PooVey is chairman of the com
mittee to arrange the convention
plans while 01inx Sink and Au
rine. Davis are also on the com
mittee.
Topical Discussion
The meeting this fall will be
featured by topical discussions
by the young editors concerning
their problems in the collegiate
publishing world. Speakers who
are experienced in journalism
will be provided to enlighten the
young people.
Entertainment features of the
three day session, there will be a
banquet or , two, movie shows,
and perhaps a football game is
to be scheduled as one of -the
events. .There1 will be business
sessions at which time . routine
matters will be disposed of. The
officers will not be elected at
this meeting as the spring ses
sion is the time set for the an
nual balloting. .
Oldtime Hazing Receives New 1
Name; Now Called Orientation
A frightened, blind-folded
freshman tied on the back of a
bull calf-the calf, in turn, tied
by means of a long rope to a
tree from which it was driven
away at full speed the rope
suddenly becoming taut calf
and rider being hurled to ground
-such Was the welcome "that
often greeted the newcomer at
the University of North Caro
lina three-quarters of a century
ago. In those days it was called
hazing.
Today quite a ' different
situation awaits the freshman.
One among 800, he arrives on
the campus nearly a week before
the upperclassmen. He is inter
viewed by counselors, shown
over the campus, hears lectures
on student government, is given
nm'ntp.rs on the use of the li
brary, and in general is wel
corned to the University. Today
this process is called orientation.
NUMBER 31
Dr.
Herbert Gray of London To
Appear Here Under Auspices
Y. M. C. A. November 6, 7
and 8.
Dr. A. Herbert Gray of Lon
don, eminent British minister
and Labor party leader, is com
ing to the University to deliver
a series of addresses and to hold
conferences on November 6, 7
and 8, under the auspices of the
ocal Y. M. C. A.
Dr. Gray, who is a statesman,
preacher and author, was one of
the organizers of the British
Labor party. He also figured
prominently in the campaign
that elected Ramsay McDonald,
and is probably better posted on
the Labor party and the McDon
ald regime than any other man.
One of the few colleges that
has had the privilege of hearing
and seeing Dr. Gray is Dart
mouth. After Dr. Gray left
Dartmouth, " Prpfessor W. J.
Rose of the department of soci
ology characterized Dr. Gray as
one of the 'few distinguished"
leaders of thought whom Dart
mouth men have been privileged
to see and to hear."
Dr. Gray is, by profession, a
minister, and is at present pas
tor of the Church Hill Presby
terian church at London. Un
like the Arnerican ministers, the
English ministers take an im
portant stand in the national
leadership of their country. Dr.
Gray and Dean Inge, both min
isters, hold, high places in the .
present -leadership of England,
and are very influential in the
English political world. -
Besides being a statesman and
a minister, Dr. Gray is an out
standing author of books on
social relationships. He has
written many noted books of this
type that have been read by col
lege men all over the world. Dr.
Gray's best known book, "Men,
Women and God," is very popu
lar among college men of today.
(38,000 copies of this book hav
ing been sold in the United
States alone) '. Some of his other
books are , "Christian Adven-
ture," "As Tommy Sees. Us"
(written during the war), and
"With Christ as Guide;
JDr. Gray is one of the main
speakers on the Y program, and
the University should feel high-,
ly honored and privileged in
having such a man as its guest;
according to H. F. Comer, sec
retary of the Y.
In contrasting the old with the
new, The Alumni Review of the
University asked Dr. Archibald
Henderson, of the class of '98, to
give his impressions of the
greetings given the freshmen in
his college days. By way of
presenting a contrast, The Re
view asked D. Allen Harrell of
the class of 33 and the North
Carolina winner of the recent
Edison scholarship . contest, to
write his observations of .
"Freshman Week." Their re-
plies make an interesting study.
Dr. Henderson saw the hazing
of his day as innocent sport for
the most part that usually took
the form of entering the room of.,
a freshman while he was asleep,
blacking his face, and leaving
before he was fully awake. Or
the subject of the hazing might
be carried to some nearby grave
yard, tied to a tree, and left
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