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t - 4 CONVOCATION MEET DAVIE POPLAR 10:30 TODAY CONVOCATION HE DAVIE POPLAR 10 :S0 TODAY ; ' ! . -J, 'v! 'S J - v v" VOLUME XXXIX CHAPEL HILL, N. C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER" 19, 1830 number i : 1 V TV " l MM mmm class ' MAY BE-LARGEST EVER ENROLLED Figures for Other Classes Show Possibility of Record Break ing Enrollment. With, registration returns in complete and students still ar riving, prospects are that this years enrollment will equal and possibly exceed that of last year. Some unofficial estimates . went so far as to place the fig ures at a mark 200 above the re cord number enrolled in 1927. Practically all guesses from ' those in a position to know plac ed the freshman enrollment above the record set in that year. At that time, out of 1006 applications accepted; about 825 registered. This year six more applications have been accepted. Although the number of regis trants who had checked out at the close of registration Wednes day was slightly less than 800, past experience with late . ar rivals "justifies the prophecies: of a record breaking class. - The graduate school enroll ment to date indicates that all previous records will be broken with a registration a hundred in excess of the previous high mark. Edwin Lanier, Self Help Se cretary of the Y. M. C. A. stated that he had received from self help students" 852 applications f or work and that the number of jobs available, was only three " hundred. A large majority of the applications were from new men.. The number of co-eds will also exceed that of last year and of any preceding year. Spencer ,.hall, famed home of the fair sex, was filled by the middle of the summer, and the various homes catering to the ladies are also being rapidly , filled. Final registration figures will not be available for several days, due to the annual flood of late registrants. CAROLINA BOOKS BROADWAY HITS - ' : Local Theatre to Inaugurate-Col- legiate Year With Joan Crawford Vehicle. Joan Crawford, - whose new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, "Our Blushing Brides," is being shown at the Carolina'theatre today, was brought up in a stage atmosphere, her father being owner and manager of the prin cipal playhouse in San Antonio, Texas, where she was born. - Her parents were opposed to a stage career so she ran away to Chicago and . joined the chorus of a revue. Her dancing won her a featured part in the 'Passing Show of ' 1924' Here she wasseen by Harry Rapf, studio executive, who invited her to have a" screen test.. The first test was a' failure, but later a successful one se cured her a contract from Metro. Her first picture, "Pretty Ladies" was made in 1925, and wras quicklyf ollowed by many other hits. "Our Blushing Brides" is her third talkie, and is a sequel to "Our Dancing Daughters" and "Our Modern Maidens." In the supporting cast of the new production are Anita age, Dorothy Sebastian, Robert Montgomery, Raymond Hackett, John , Miljan, Hedda Hopper, G wen Lee, Mary Doran and others. Harry Beaumont directed. NEW E1AGA V- GIVEN SOUTHLAND "Agora" Is Edited By Richard A. Chaee; Has Impressive List of Donors. A new Southern literary mag azine, The Agora, is being founded atthe University. It is to be edited by a staff com posed of the best undergraduate writers from the leading uni versities of the South and prom ises to offer a .representative survey Of young Southern thought. ' "The first issue, which has just come from the press, fea tures an article by Dean Addi son Hibbard on current trends in new South: This first issue also presents an impressive ar ray of talent, with more than a promise for good things to comej in future numbers. ! The long -list of patrons ac ively" interested in the venture includes President Frank- Graham,- Dean ' F. F. . Bradshaw, Dean D. D. Carroll, Dr. 'Archi bald Henderson; and Dr. George Coffman, all of the University of North Carolina., - The advisory board bears such" names as Paul Green, Addison , Hibbard, and Gertrude Wilson Coffin, - author of last year's successful "Mag nolia's Man." ' ' , Two prize awards of thirty dollars are announced, a poetry contest to be judged at the (Continued on page four) New Dean . A- Dr. A. W. Hobbs has been appointed Dean of the College of Liberal Arts to succeed Addison Hibbard who is filling a similar chair this year at Northwestern University. Freshman Directory A complete directory of all freshmen registered before Fri day will be available at the Y. M. C. A. sometime today. This freshman directory will be print ed in mimeographed form, arid is to be put out for the benefit of all fraternities or others desir ing to use it. The Y. M. C. A. is putting out the directory. The local address of each freshman- together With his church preference will be in cluded. s This is the f irsttime " that such a record of the local ad dresses of the new men has been gotten out, and the Y. M. C. A. officials state tnat all wishing to use this directory can do so by calling by the Y office. Lutherans To Meet The Lutheran student asso ciation will resume its work with a service in Gerrard Hall Sunday, September 21, at 11 o'clock. I - .:;;v";: "-New. President v : '.. . ; an- " :r - Frank Porter Graham, new chief executive of the University of orth jCarolina, has served the University as an instructor and a goodwill ambassador; the state as an example of fearless, unselfish liberalism, and the whole South as an enlightening in fluence. He is now entering his term in the president's chair at a time when, both the state and the University most-need his genius. : ....-.' i - DAILY IS LOOKING FOR NEW TIMBER Old and New Staff Members Sought to Complete - Organization The first meeting of theDaily Tar Heel staff will be held Sun day night in the office of the publication in the Alumni build ing at seven o'clock. At this meeting opportunity will be given all members of the stu dent body to join the. staff . At the beginning of each year a large number of new men try out for positions on the staff. Work on the staff affords an op portunity for persons interested in journalism to gain actual practical experience. The only daily college newspa per south of the Mason-Dixon line, with the single exception of one in Texas, the Daily Tar Heel got off to a good start last year. With Will ' Yarborough a$v editor of the daily and Jack Dungan as managing editor, ; the Tar Heel begins its second, year of existance with this issue. Starting as a weekly paper is sued by the athletic association of the. University in February 1893,he publication grew to a bi-weekly in 1909. On account of financial troubles in 1911 however the athletic associa tion was forced to return to a weekly. From 1911 to 1920 the Tar Heel was published as la weekly, but in 1920 the student body voted for a bi-weekly to replace the weekly. Until 1925 the paper was continued as a bi weekly When it took another ad vancing step by becoming a tri weekly. Last year the paper was made into a daily to complete its steady, growth of over thirty years. : V : s ; In addition to Yarborough and Dungan the staff will be compos ed of: Pat-Patterson, business manager ; Hal V, Worth, circula tion manager; and B. C. Moore and J. C.' Williams as associates. i .,.-.... ; V r',.-:; Y OFFICERS PLAN FOR COMING YEAR ..... V , First Meeting Is Scheduled for v Next Week. The Sophomore and Junior Senior cabinets f the Y. M. C. A. will hoi cT their first meeting of this year, , on . Monday - night, September 22, in the Y building at 7:30..; ',' " '.. At this meeting all plans for the new year are to be discussed, and some of the new committees will probably be formed. President Hamer and his asso ciates areplanning on a large gathering of all of the old cabi net members as well as any other upperclassmen who might be interested in the Y-work for the new year. The Y officials' state further that if a large crowd turns out for the first meetings it will mean that more Work can be ac complished by the association during the year 'SO-'Sl. During the registration of both freshmen and upperclass men, the Y groups have been at work helping all the new stu dents to register correctly. A new plan has been tried this year in regard to the collecting of the Y pledges,, and' from "in dications things look well for a fine year for the'Y. M. C. A. as sociation in that , respect. As yet, however, no definite report has been made'in this regard. Business Staff Call An organization meeting of the business staff of the Daily Tar Heel will be held this after noon at 2 in the business office. 'Pat Patterson, business man ager of the Tar Heel, is anxious to have as many men out as pos sible for the staff meeting. Old men as well as new are expected to attend the afternoon meeting. Plans for the coming year are to be discussed. i Mill LL it UtJ . I BE 1 Council for First Year Men Will Begin. Its Activities September 26. V Plans are going forward for the annual Ex-IIi Y banquet, scheduled for Friday night, Sep tember 26: The banquet given each year by the sophomore cab inet is for the purpose of organ izing the Freshman Friendship Council. - ; . All freshmen who were for merly Hi-Y men and those in terested in Y work will attend this ' banquet.; - Some time dur ing the coming week blank sheets will be placed in the Y lobby on which all freshmen in terested in Y work , will be re quested to place their names to gether with their college ad dresses. ? . The Freshman Friendship Council gives an opportunity for fresllmen to enter Y work from the beginning of their college careers. x Last year more than seventy freshmen were present- at trie banquet."" At' the banquet this year, just as in past . years, the council officers will be elected. "Bim" Ferguson, president of the sophomore Y cabinet, will preside at the banquet. I The program will probably consist of one or two speeches by a promi nent, student leader and a lead ing faculty member.. .1 English IJead em .wuo66K-:-: Dr. George R. Cofifman has been selected by University of ficials to fill the chair in the English department made vacant by the death of the. late Dean J. F. Royster. - Mrs, McCall's Guests v Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cham bers were guests of Mr. and Mrs Fred McCalf recently. Mrs. Chambers was formerly Miss Helen McGraw; she gave a music-recital at Mrs. McCall's a year or so ago. McCorkles Home ; Mr. and Mrs. T. S, McCorkle They left here August 2, were on road 8 days going, and coming, spent 2 weeks in Texas, and ar rived here August 23. Interfra;ernity V Council Meeting An important meeting of the Interfraternity Council will be held tonight at the Coop at 7:15, according to President Jack . Ward. All members should be present with a bond for $100 and the regular assessment of five dollars. '4 I AuiiiiyiUiJiil :E T0 ;BE READY: NEWYEAffS $200,000 Structure to Seat 1SC0 Persons; W7ill Have Com fortable Chairs. The erection of a ?200,000 auditorium to replace Memo-' , rial Hall which was condemned last fall is progressing rapidly. J". B. Thompson & Brothers, cf Charlotte, who were awarded the contract for the structure, plan to have it completed by the first of January; V The new building is beirg erected on the "sife of Memo rial Hall, condemned last fall be cause of decay in the beams sup porting the roof.; After several weeks of indecision . as to whether the structure should be repaired or a new building built, the . board of trus tees decided , to : erect a new building, with an emergency fund voted by the state legisla ture, of which only $200,000 was' available for -this -purpose. The plans for " the building were submitted - the board Of trustees by Atwood & Na sh, Nash, University architects, work teing 'started June 19 by the construction company. The building is to be of the Georgian colonial type of architecture, in keeping with South building and the new library, with red brick walls set off by white limestone pillars and ledges. The outside walls are how practically; . completed and work on the roof will be started with in a week, according to Mr. A- fwood. The auditorium will seat 1800 persons, 400 more than Merno rial Hall. Opera seats will be installed in place of the benches formerly used- A modern, well equipped stage will be included in, the new structure so that the building can be easily used for performances of the student ac tivities as well as for chapel ex ercises. 1 GIANT ORGAN IS BEING INSTALLED Instrument Expected to. Be Ready for Use by October 20 ; Mechanism Explained The great pipe organ, given to the University music depart- -ment, by an unknown donor, has been in Chapel Hill sinbe late August. It is now being install ed in the magnificent auditorium of the new music building, con verted' from the old library. The larger parttf the organ has been installed and a part of it is still lying about the auditorium floor. Coming here from Lawrence, Kansas,' the in strument filled two box car 3, and the freight bill was $1,600. Three experts from the Cas sivante factory, in Lawrence, have been here to put up the organ. In a short while, Jake Schaeffer, world-famous organ- voicer, will come to Chapel Hill for a final inspection of the or gan mechanism. As - Louis Graves has written in the Chapel Hill Weekly, "Mr. Schaeff er can sit at the console and press down key. and, if a gnat has crawled into the top of the correspond ing pipe, far up in the loft, Mr. Schaeffer will not only know the gnat is there but will know its exact age and girth and how to get it out all from the waves of sound that come ,f rori ' the said pipe." (Continued on page four) DAY n
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