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I PERIOD OF SILENCE Begins at Midnight -ENDS 6 :G0 P. M. TUESDAY TAR HEEL STAFF BIEETTNG Basement of Alumni 7:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT VOLUME XXXVIII LAW SCHOOL AND GRAE WILL GIVE DAN(B1N FEB. First Series Of Dances For Win ter Quarter Will Be Held By Lawyers And Honor Society. TO BE IN BYNUM GYM (By J. H. D. Jr.) Two dances are in order for the week-end of February 7. The first of these will be held Friday night in the- Bynum gymnasium by the members of the Law' school. ' The Order of the Grail has announced that its second dance of the quarter will be held Saturday night in' the gym following the Law school dance. Both dances are to begin at nine o'clock. ' ' ":- . Due to the fact that the pre vious Grail dances scheduled to begin at nine o'clock nave rare ly begun on time, a plan is being tried this time in an effort to start the dance promptly at nine. The first five girls to! arrive on the floor will each receive a box of candy. However, this will not be carried out if the first five girls to arrive are not on the floor before nine-thirty. These two dances differ in the respect that the dance to be given by the Law school will be by invitation, while the Grail will be by subscription as usual. The price of admission - to the Grail will be one dollar. The price was raised at the last dance. Only a limited number of stags will be allowed to at- tend. ... ."v.w---..'-r. .'; - ;' ' Everyone expecting to attend these dances is urged to invite a girl from somewhere. Strange as it may seem, dances are usu ally very boring affairs when members of the fair sex are very scarce. Officials urge . that "If you are afraid to bring your own -girl invite some other guy's. It's being done. If worse comes to worst, invite a co-ed." Farrington Falls Into Trap Set By Prohibition Agent Just a year ago a stranger on the Hill walked into a Carolina fraternity house. His name, he said, was Brandeis, and he was thirty. Obviously a good fellow, he was allowed to accompany several of the boys to the horrfe of J. B. Farrington in Chatham, where, it is said, a quantity of liquor was purchased. , , A few days later, January 30, 1929, to be exact, the grand jury's proceedings resulted in a true bill in the case of the United States vs. Farrington, on behalf of information furnished by federal officer Brandeis. Farrington, for awhile appre hensive, it is said, forgot about the incident, but almost a year later, on Friday, January 1930, he was arrested by Dep uty United States Marshall Iva Johnson, and posted bail of $500 to insure his appearance in Fed eral Court at' Greensboro on February 17th to answer a charge of possession and sale of intoxicating liquor. Freshman Notice A smoker for the members of the freshman class will be held Monday night at 9:00 oVock in Swain hall. Nom inations for freshman class officers will be made at the meeting. President r Chase will address the members of the class. Amateur Engineers Correct (ByB.H. Whitton) With an, application of the usual engineers' practicallity, which was the subject of so much criticism at one time in the past, members of the senior class in electrical engineering have improvised for $2.48 a set of lighting fixtures which are the equal of any costing at least $15 each: Just at present the system is only 75 'per cent, complete, for the supply house, Pope-Crowder, of the ."everything" ' fame, had only three wash basins when the demand for lighting fixtures arose. However, Mr. Crowder has promised that he will have another shipment of these artic les within ten days,' and then the room will be completely equip ed with modern fixtures, giving an indirect light of absolutely no glare and with an even dis tribution, which is equal to that supplied by the best commercial fixtures. - Spurred to action by the fact that the glaring .light supplied by the fixtures which were in stalled when the building was built in 1919 had become un bearable, the electricans, decided that something had to be done. LOCAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE INDICATES LACK OF BUSINESS (By J.M. Little) Since October of last year there have been. many predic tions and actual reports of business depression in all parts of the country. Estimates range all the way from harrowing tales of starvation and famine to the reassuring utterances of the President and others who would have us believe that business is essentially on a sound basis, and the depression only temporary. An excellent barometer of actual business conditions and buying power of the people is the relative number of telegrams and cablegrams sent and re ceived during a certain period. For the entire country, . this factor would seem to point to a substantial buying power of the people. H. L. Hamilton, adver tising manager of Western Union, makes the statement that "preliminary reports from our offices indicate a record-breaking file of holiday cablegrams and telegrams which in our o- pinion, tends to belie reports of restricted buying power." The money spent in sending tele grams and cablegrams falling largely in the ; category of lux- eries and non-essentials, this condition should be accurately indicative of the entire financial status of-the United States. Turning to Chapel Hill, how ever, we find a difference in the situation. Reports from the local Western Union office indi cate a decrease of 12 per cent in the total number of telegrams and cablegrams during Decem ber, 1929, as compared with the number sent during December of the previous year. More in accord with the op timistic views is the report of Post Office receipts. Although there appears a decline of $848 in the last quarter of 1929 as compared with the last quarter of 1928, the figures for Decem ber show an increase of $1,185 oev rvred'Tur December Further evidence of normal business is gained from the re nnrt of local bank clearings. An 'increase of $327,684 is noted.' CHAPEL HILL, N. C SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1930 Provide Lighting For $2.48 The first action taken was to remove the globes from the fix tures, obtain short extension cords, and lower the source of light. At this time the globes which had been suspended about 4 inches from the ceiling by short chains were hung down around the bulbs with strings. This improved the situation somewhat, but the group was determined to get satisfaction. The next step Was to paint the globes with ivory paint. This overcame the glare all right, but the complaint then was that the light was too yellow. ; i In keeping with the state ments of members of the engin eering faculty that engineering is essentially a profession where dollars and cents 1 count every day of the year the class cast a side the suggestion that it pur chase ! a commercial fixture and anyway the building depart ment reported that the cost of any change in fixtures must be borne by the group. ' Driven to desperation by the thwarting of their plans in the first two steps, one member of the cjass suffered a brainstorm ; and when the wreckage was cleared, the idea of substituting Waddell Speaks To Engineering Society Chas. E. Waddell, Jr., presi dent of the William Cain Society (student chapter at Carolina) of the American Civil . Engineers, spoke Friday evening in Raleigh before the state society, in be half of the local chapter. Three U. N. C. men, Dean G. M. Braune, Thorndike Saville, and Waddell, attended a ban quet at the Carolina hotel at which 150 engineers and stu dents were present. Josiah W. Bailey, democratic senatorial aspirant, was an honor guest and principal speaker. Waddell outlined the work of Major Cain, Dr. Riddick, and other local men whom he re garded as inspirational, and as sured his fellow engineers that the Carolina neophytes were doing everything to uphold the traditions of the profession., If the people were like cactus cells, they might reduce by growing loud. Negroes Steal Hog;'Prefer Road Sentence To Starving (By John Patric) Scene: Chapel Hill recorder's court. " ' - Time : Friday evening. Characters : Lawrence Edwards, 35, and Arthur Foushee, 35, charged with larceny of one 75-pound hog from Lee Head en, 73 all negroes Judge C. P. Hinshaw, Prosecuting at torney, officers, clerk, specta tors. Plea: Guilty. It is probable that even mem bers of Frederick Koch's play making class, not excluding Dixie, would know j ust what to do. "One year on the road." Not so Judge Hinshaw, who tries to follow the precepts laid down in Portia's "mercy" speech and yet keep Chapel Hill a safe repository for private property. Lee Headen (under question- ing of prosecutor) : "Yessuh, ah lives out Pottah's Field wav 'bout two yeah, ah reckon No- isuH, ah don' work much, ah'm RANKIN NAMES CONTEST DATE Contestants In American Legion Oratorical Contest To Meet Friday. Mr. E. R. Rankin has an nounced that the ' representa tives from Orange county schools in the American Legion oratorical contest will compete for the county championship next Friday at three o'clock in the auditorium of the Hillsboro high school. The winner of the contest will be eligible for the state contest to be held in Ra leigh on February 14. ' This year the topic "Our Flag" was chosen as the subject for' all speeches: Jesse Barries of Chapel Hill will represent the local high school, competing against Raymond Andrews from the Carrboro high school and Samuel Lockhart of Hillsboro. There is a $50 prize and other awards for the winner of the state competition. Originally sponsored among the schools of Wake county as a part of the Americanization program of the Raleigh post of the legion, the orators' contest was extended last year to in clude schools and colleges from over the entire state. The col lege contest is operated under the same regulations as the high school competition. The Orange county contest is being sponsored by the Chapel Hill post of the American Le gion, with Mr. Rankin, of the University extension division, as county chairman. f WOOFTER TO SPEAK AT SOPH Y CABINET MEETING MONDAY T. J. Woofter, Jr., of the so ciology department will speak to the sophomore Y cabinet Mon day night on the subject of the St. Helena settlement of ne groes, which is off the coast of South Carolina. Mr. Woofter recently spent several months in studying con ditions at St. Helena. The in habitants of the island number more than five thousand negroes and less than fifty white per sons. The culture of the group is quite similar to that of six teenth century England. The talk Monday night makes the second the sophomore cabi net has heard on this subject. too ole Unine States gives me few dollahs ev'y month yessah, mah son', he die in de wah How ole ah am 1 Ah reckons "ah's 'bout 72 er 73, so ah' ve been tole Dis "shoat weigh 'bout 75 pouns. Dis mawnin' ah goes out ter feed dat shoat, an' hit's gone. But dere's blood all dvah, suh, an ah done truck dat blood 'bout half a mile up de road, an' den when ah come to a house, ah reckons ah bettah not go any foothah, so ah gits de sheriff" Lawrence E dwards ( under questioning) Ah reckons we's guilty But ah nevah stole no thin' befo' Ony - there hain't been no work an' mah wife she's sick, an' ah's got six li'l chillun, an' dey wake up in de' night and dey cry cause dey's hungry an ahain't got nothin' fer em. Ah'd jus soon be back on de road as lissen. So ah did jus' lak he saTrs. yessah, ah hit . dat hawg with a axe, an' we drug him Carolina Playmakers Plao February Southerii Toer Staff Meeting The regular weekly meet ing of the Daily Tar Heel staff will be held tonight at 7:00 o'clock in the office, basement of Alumni. Editor Glenn Holder and Managing Editor Will Yarborough' have re quested that new men inter ested in reportorial work re port at this : meeting, ;i since five new reporters1 will be added to the staff. Changes will be made in several beats and theatre pas ses awarded to members 1 of the staff doing the best work during the past week. i VARSITY DEFEATS DEAGOl-18 Marpet And Dameron Feature Game At Raleigh; Tar Babies Lose, 24-34. Showing their best form of the year, the Carolina Tar Heels swamped the Wake Forest Deacons in a rough game at the Raleigh City Auditorium last night by the score 49-18. In the preliminary game the Baby Deacons snapped the five game winning streak of the Tar Babies by defeating them in a listless contest, 34-24. The varsity started things go ing early and were never headed. So rough was the game that four of the Deacons were put out on fouls. Dameron, with 11 points was high scorer for the evening, and was closely follow ed by Artie Marpet who garner ed 10 markers. The Tar Babies had great dif ficulty in holding on to the ball and in finding the basket, losing many scoring opportunities by fumbling the ball. For the Tar Babies, Joe Dunn was the most outstanding player, closely fol lowed by Henry, Lineberger, and Hines. Barnes, with. 13 points, and Captain Earp were the best players for the Deacons. STUDENT DRIVES BURGLAR AWAY Several robberies have been reported here during the last few days, the most recent occurring last night when a burglar enter ed a fraternity house and a room in which two boys were sleeping. He was going through the boys' clothes in a most sys tematic manner when one of the occupants of the ; room was awakened by the cold air coming through the door which the in truder had left open to insure his escape. : The boy saw a man kneeling by the side of his roommate's bed, and thinking it was that worthy individual in the midst of a nightmare, he let out a ter rific yell in the hope of awaken ing him. As he did so, the ma rauder leapt out of the room and off the back porch in three jumps. The robber left behind him on the floor a pair of pants which he had been relieving of valuables when he was so rudely disturbed. He escaped with about 85 cents in change, but he would probably have added to that amount if he had not been detected. . No arrests have been made yet, though there ; are several characters under suspi- i cion. NUMBER CD "The No 'Count Boy," "Job's Kinfolks" and "Magnolia's Man" To Be Presented. BEGINS FEBRUARY 18 University Organization To Ap pear In Several Southern Cities In Annual Winter Trip; Same Schedule Of Plays As In Northern Tour Last Quarter. The middle of next month the Carolina Playmakers will start on another of those tours which have made them known over! a 5 considerable part of the United " States. This tour, the twenty seventh, carries them through North Carolina, South Caro lina, and Georgia. , The bill is composed of three one-act plays, the same three that were presented on the re cent northern tour: "The No 'Count Boy," Paul Green's fan tastic negro comedy ; Lofetto Bailey's mill tragedy, "Job's Kinfolks"; and Gertrude Cof fin's comedy of the Carolina hills, "Magnolia's Man." "The No 'Count Boy" was written some years ago, but was first presented by the Play makers this fall. Of the author, one critic has said, "A poet in the widest sense of the word, a maker of beautiful books rather that a 'literary' man, Paul Green has already, at the age of thirty-four, laid rich gifts at our feet." j ". "Job's Kinfolks," both in its one-act form, and in the later three-act version, has received wide commendation. The New York Times characterized it as a piece "extraordinary both in the originality of the idea and the courage with which the idea is carried out. It has character, quality, poignancy, as well as rich homely, tar heel flavor." Loretto Bailey, the author, takes the leading role in the pro duction. Her portrayal of Kiz zie, the old grandmother, has won for her much praise. Critics have stated that her ability as an actress, particularly in inter- ' preting the part of an old wo man, is "remarkable for one so young." ' : Of Gertrude Coffin's comedy "Magnolia's Man," the Boston Herald critic said, "It was evi dent from the outbursts of ap plause and laughter that en livened the play that the audi ence was most thoroughly at home with Magnolia and her friends, and that these amusing persons on the stage, so vividly reminiscent of the Gay Nineties, went straight to their hearts." The cast for these plays will be practically the same as that appearing on the northern tour. The itinerary includes Albe marle, N. C, Feb. 14; Spartan burg, S. C, Feb. 15; Greenville, S. C., Feb. 17 ; Atlanta, Feb. 18; Columbus, Ga., Feb. 19; Macon, Ga, Feb. 20; Augusta, Ga, Feb. 21 ; Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 24 ; and Greenville, N. C, Feb. 25. Lost And Found E. Carrington Smith, man ager of the Carolina theatre, states that he has a number of books, caps, scarfs, gloves, and pens, found in the Carolina .theatre, in his office. Those who have lost any' of these articles are asked to come to Mr. Smith's office and identi fy the same. '
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