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CIRCULATION
This Issue: 2,233
UNIVERSITY MARY
LAND NEXT!
Tol. XXXII.
Chapel Hill, N. C, Oct. 23, 1023
No. 10
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DEBATE PROGRAM
TO BE ENLARGED
Wired to South Carolina
For Sides
BIG FRESHMAN PROGRAM
Carolina is planning a very exten
sive debating schedule this year. A
number of new innovations being- re
cently proposed and decided upon as a
result of the forward action under
taken by the student body last year
when it voted to finance all inter
collegiate contests are planned with
several leading Southern and east
ern colleges, in addition to the Peace
and Southern Oratorical, both of
which. Carolina entered last year.
At a recent meeting of the De
bate Council resolutions were pass
ed by the Council to bring in debate
subjects touching upon more fields of
interest to the student body. Instead
of having but one or two queries per
year, as has been the custom recent
ly, it has been decided that several
queries will be debated. It is the be
lief of members of the Debate Coun
cil that this action should interest
more students in debating.
A faculty committee is working in
collaboration with the Debate Coun
cil, in order to aid the Council in
selecting well balanced queries. It
is planned this year to debate queries
touching on present day social, po
litical, and economic fields of inter
est. Serving on the Faculty Com
mittee are Trot. G. M. MeKie. chair
man, who in the past has served
many times as advisor to the debat
ing teams; Prof. R. D. W. Connor,
who will advise in working upon po
litical subjects; Prof. J. F. Steiner,
who will do a similar work when the
queries are of a social nature; and
Prof. C. T. Murchison, of the Econo
mics Department, who will render
advice on economic subjects.
The first intercollegiate debate of
the year will be held on December
8, the University of South Carolina
meeting the Tar Heels in a forensic
contest to be fought out at Chapel
(Continued on Pago 1)
DI SOCIETY HAS
DULL MEETING
Finally Votes in Favor of In
crease of Power
Rates
The Di Society held a half-hearted
discussion at its regular meeting
Saturday night. The discussion was
whether or not the Southern Tower
Company should be granted an in
crease in its rales for power by the
State Corporation Commission in or
der that it may make enough money
on its own account to contribute its
development of North Carolina wa-
tor
power. Henry Puis introduced
subject and brought out several
th
good points in favor of an increase
in the rates. The young lawyer was
followed by two other speakers who
made his points more clear by speak
ing on them from different angles.
The negative sioe oi the question
seemed to Iv pretty weak, or c..-e, to
give the program committee the ben
efit of the doubt, no one in the so
ciety vas shrewd enoagh to advance
. l ..wmnifMit and hold his
iUIJ '"" "'f ,
. , ., ...... .--,. ,i viimke
,,a with 11. I Ulli.. ut" - I
for the negative and he admitted that
be ('id it only b.-cause that side seem
ed to b neglected.
VfU
r the imitation ctei:uo. a iuu
foil-ved as to whether the so
1,1 v.,l,. on the question or
debat
doty
table it. The battle waxed warm and
men who had not bven interested in
the first .'..bate took sides and held up
their
..,;;,,., hv oreeUil aigu-
moke of battle had
went,
cleared
W hen the s
away, the society voted al-
most
take
wher
uminimotisly that it siioiuu
some stand on the question,
euim they Mtw! b- -l,:)ut tcn
or
fift
ecu majority that me nuw
be increased.
. eh.se of the exercises, Mr.
should
At t
M-.idis.i
n, a member ot
ited his fellow
the society,
members by
ef music on
deli,
playing
several pieces
his guitar.
imittee, appointed
A
rial
last week by the president to
to
ih,. seats repaired m I lie nan,
. . . . ill
bavin;.
P -i .1- . ,.w.nt had been
reported mac iui.uisi"v
made for them to be. fixed before the
ne.t meeting. . .
At the beginning of the session Mi.
J. A. Myatt, of High Point, was in
itiated into the society.
PLAYS AND CASTS
ARE SELECTED
FOR PRODUCTION
Three Plays Are Chosen for
Fall Edition of Folk
Plajrs
WEALTH OF MATERIAL OUT
The Carolina Playmakers are get
ting everything in readiness for the
production of the fall edition of the
new folk pays. The author's reading
last Wednesday night resulted in the
selection of three, plays, and try
outs were held for the parts on the
following Friday afternoon and Sat
urday morning.
George V. Denny, manager of the
Playmakers, stated that he had never
seen such a wealth of material since
he had been connected with the organ
ization, and that it was a very diffi
cult task for the committee to choose
the players. At times there were as
many as fifteen or twenty candidates
out for a single part, and keen com
petition was furnished all the time.
His only regret was that there were
not enough plays to include all the
promising material that did not land
a part. Such interest as was shown
is due to the fact that the Play
makers have an enviable record and
every one is desirous of making a
reputation as one of the players. At
the rate students are going out this
year it is indeed an honor. A re
markable feature of the tryouts was
the great number of Freshmen with
lofty ambitions. Quite a few of these
were former high school and prep
school men who had been active in
dramatics.
Rehearsals have already begun,
Every detail will be watched m
an effort to speed up the produc
tion for the initial performances,
which occur on November 15 and 16.
The three plays to be presented this
fall are: "The Black Rooster", by
Pearl Setzer; "Gaius and Gams Jr. ,
by Lucy Cobb; and "Nathaniel Mac
o'n," by ,7. O. Bailey. The cast of
cnaraciei s:
"The Black Rooster"
Tonmiie Fred Koch Jr.
Mark Robert Pickens
;,;;it . Pearl Setzer
Rose Frances Gray.
George T. C, Quickel
Jack George Parsl
"Nathaniel Macon"
Nathaniel Macon J. E. Hawkins
Mr. Plummer J; O. Bailey
Mrs. Plummer Kitty Lee Frazier
Cacletou T. Livingston
Hannah Plummer Daisy Cooper
"Gaius and Gaius Jr."
Caius Mayfield Frank Ilersey
tiuius Jr T. A. Burns
Mrs. Mayfield Margaret Jones
Dr. Foster William Cox
Ben J- K- Keyser
Tom William Hosea
The Playmakers will not take the
usual two long trips that have been
in vogue in previous years, but will
take three short. State tours instead.
The first tour will include tne ioi-
lowing town that have been book
ed already:
November 10, Red Springs (Flora
McDonald College)
November 20, Fayetteville; Nov.21,
Pinehurst; Nov. 22, Clinton; Nov. 215
Goldshoro; Nov. 21, Raleigh IM.
Mary's).
A feature of the program will bo
i in Fkni'Vitim
November 28, the niftiit before the
Carolina Virginia (lame, for the be
nefit of the visiting Carolina Alum-
. i ..)h J.vu'UL-lon'u no'ir
111. J HHe UU i- t: : LIU 1 1 uimulhiih.-
the center will be reserved for Iheni.
First Year Law Class
Holds Its Elections
TU. first year class of the Law
c'i.h.l belli a meeting Monday morn
i.:.u (V,.. .(V,,.iu-tf for the
liV-V at which imie i"i ",,.,.,
year were elected. It is rumored that
huv was a great deal oi "politic
,," ; iid advance work on the part
.if some of the aspirants lor uu- i-'-cutive
positions. Anyway Dan
Hums rode info the office oi o..ici;U
;,.;.,!,.r of his class unanimously .
Dink James was selected as Yice-
I're: iilent.
The race for Secretary-Treasurer
nas exceedingly interesting, for
someone nominated Miss Cooper, a
,o-ed, for that office and she ran close
-ace with the winner. She finished
second just' a few laps behind Phil
Cocke, whom the class finally chose
to do the correspondence and collect
the dues.
MASS ATHLETICS
N FINE SHAPE
Officers of the Organization
Hold Meeting and Discuss
Problems
The officers' of the Intra-Mural
class .athletics organization held a
meeting in the social rooms of the
Presbyterian Church Monday night to
find out the progress of tag ball and
to make plans for future athletics
and to have one1 square feed. '
, President Linker called the meet
ing to order and Johnny Purser read
the minutes of the last meeting. A
roll call would have shown only two
places vacant. Those were for Grimes
Building, which has made the high
est percentage so far.
Two young ladies served a dinner
composed of chicken, rice, gravy,
sweet potatoes, and hot coffee,
which was followed later by a nice
desert.
V. W. Gwynn, representing the or
der of the Grail, presented a short
talk on the advisability of dormitory
co-operation to keep owners of mu
sical instruments from practicing af
ter a certain hour at night. This led
to a resolution that the Dormitory
managers should call meetings in
each building to decide what hour
such annoyances should stop.
Sohnny Purser took up the plans
of the association and told of the
progress of tag ball. Forty men from
Carr and seventy from South had
registered for the cross country race,
lie said. Each of the men were
confident that they would win one of
the hundred cakes, which are giv
en as prizes.
It was also decided to have sev
eral push ball contests. All men
wishing to participate in this game
will get a chance to register soon.
BULLETIN BOARD
ECONOMIC DATA
Placed ki Commerce Library for
General Information and
' Reference
The Commerce Department has in
stalled a! very interesting bulletin
board in; the library and reading
room which is knowiv as 213 Saun
ders HalL Much valuable informa
tion to commercial students is taken
from various sources and placed on
the board where it will easily attract
the eye of those who- frequent the
reading room. Under the headings
of Ocean Shipping, Transportation,
Foreign Trade, Labor, and Market
ing many bits ot news concerning
the great life of trade and business
will be found at all tim.s on this bul
letin board.
Newspaper clippings trover most of
the board's space, although there are
some rather interesting graphs. Un
der the head of Marketing there are
some valuable facts concerning su
gar, the sources fo its supply, pro
duction, supply and demand, etc.
Several graphs are found on this
board depicting flueUu.ciotis, aver
ages and the like. For instance,
there is one showing the monthly
average yield on high grade railroad
bonds; another shows fluctuations of
wholesale prices for the past few
VJars; and an exhaustive bank graph
diows the total deposits in the Na
tional banks, demand deposits, bank
investments in National Banks, and
loans and discounts. This chart cov
ers the period from 1910 to 10 2:'!.
Newspaper articles like "Petro
'etim From Fishes Newest Theory of
Scientists" catch the attention. In
deed, is an attractive bulletin board
in every way.
Dr. M. R. Trabue is reprenling
the School of Education at the dis-
tiict meeting of the North Carolina
Education Association in Chat loite.
Dr. Knight left Saturday for Chi
cago. Jic goes there at the request
of Scott-I'oresman k Co., pabn. h-
i rs, to confer with them on a book
which they desire him to win.' on
citizenship.
David Lloyd George.
ex-Prime Minister of Ln4
land, who is now touring
this country, will speak
tonight., at the Carolina
Cafeteria, sir S o'clock
sharp. Wednesday.
LAW SCHOOL HAS
A BIG JUBILEE
Law School Night Is a Big
Success Good Talks
The entire membership of the Law
school, students and faculty, met to
gether Monday night, October 22 in
a meeting of good fellowship. Law
School Night is What they call it, for
it is to the Law School what Col
lege Night is to the University, for
then all the men get together and
learn to know one another better.
First year men meet men from the
upper classes and all the students
join in the big time and good cheer.
This meeting was to have been
held earlier in the year, but owing
to the fact that the new Law buil
ding' was not completed it was defer
red until this date.
Talks, short and otherwise, were
made by the members of the faculty,
by President C hase, and by the presi
dents of the classes.
Mr. A. C. Mcintosh, acting Dean
of the school, made an interesting
talk outlining the general policy and
program for the year.
Mr. P. H. Winston discussed
law library and reading room
.'numerated its advantages.
Mr. Coates discussed the,
the
and
law
jlubs; Mr. R. II. Wettach talked on
chc law publication, and Mr. Fred B.
.'IcCail gave an interesting and en
tertaining talk. The presidents of
the classes made short talks, and the
.neeting was wound up by President
Chase's instructive as well as enter
taining speech.
Refreshments were very much in
eidence and the musicians were on
the job, so everyone had a good time.
It is planned to hold these meetings
often as they tend to cement friend
ship among the men.
EX HI-Y'S ARE
TOORGANIZE
Freshman Friendship Will Or
ganize at Banquet
Thursday
The organization banquet of the
Freshman Friendship Council for the
class of '27 will take place in the
social rooms of the Presbyterian
church next Thursday night at 0:45.
The Friendship Council is composed
of all men in the IVohman class who
were members of ;
high school. There
mer Hi-Y members
'27 it is estimated b.
committee in chare
zation, and every
to attend the m
lii-Y club in
ire over 100 for
in the class of
the Y. M. C. A.
of the organi
..an is expected
'.iiig Thursday
night.
Secretary E. S. K:.:g of the State
College Y. M. C. A. will be pres
ent with the ofiici- and committee
of the Friendship Vuncil at State
which has already been organized. In
the absence of Secretary Comer of
the local "Y" who is attending the
Y. M. C. A. Constitutional Conven
tion in Cleveland, Ohio, the presence
of Mr. King will be especially val
uable. It has been the work of Ed
King that has made the State Col
lege "Y" one of the livet associa
tions in the state, and the commit
tee is anxiously looking forward to
his talk.
AY. V. Gwynn, i.. istatit secretary
of the Carolina "V", will act as
toastmaster at the banquet. Other
features will be the elections of offi
cers of the council for the year, talks
by John Purser, president of the
"Y" and Henry DuN, chairman of the
committee. The latter will outline
the policy of the cous-cil for the
year. Either I'lv.-id.-iil Chase or
some prominent ,'ae,il v member will
lake part h th.- pr.-gri-m. Mom
b;e,s of the Carolina Or-hestra will
furnish music for the ,,ce;ision.
This is the third year of the coun
cil's existence on the "Mill." Ed
Scheldt of the Wii)-.:oii-S.i!em lli-Y
was president of the coueei! of '2,
and Dick Hi win of the
ili-Y was president of the
l(. Since Mr. Erwin di
turn to school this fall. '.
'and, vice i rexid.-.r.t -f 1;
council, wi!i present the
the class of '27 and the in
Charlotte
council of
I not re-
E. Cope-ts-l
veal's
il to
v.V elect - i
d president will accept i' .
The committee in charge com -
posed of II. D. l.)uls, chairman, W.
VV. Gwynn, V. J. Cocke, Ed Scheidt,
Harold Sebum and J. E. Copcland.
BOLL WEEVIL STAFF HANDS IN
RESIGNATION AT THE REQUEST
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Request Is Based on Embarrassment Caused the University and
Other Publications by Alleged Transactions of Brody
By the "Hay-shaker."
Permeated by a strong solution of Calcium Arsenate sprayed
on vigorously by the Executive Committee of the Faculty, that in
sect known on the campus as the Boll Weevil now staggers in
what appears to be its death throes. The sound of the death
gurgle comes from the throat, of the Weevil as a result of certain
business transactions of its Business Manager, Steve Brody, al
leged by the Executive Committee to have been irregular, which
culminated in a request from them for the resignation of the
board of the comic publication.
DR. BRANSON
N DENMARK
Writes Interesting Letter About
Conditions in that
Count ry
Dr. E. C. Branson, head of the De
'imtment of Rural Social Economics
'icre. is at present liavoling in Eu-
:'op;j studying e nuie !ns in the rural
districts which he vit.it. lie has
be n writing intcrt ;ii!g articles about
his observations in the Old World.
Those articles ,'eoear weekly in the
University News, Letter and the
Greensboro Daily News. His latest
article is about Denmark and the ef
fective and almost unique way by
which they deal with poverty.
lie points out that, although the
geographies call Denmark a king
dom, it is more democratic than Eng
land and more nearly a common
wealth than any state in America.
There are few rich people among the
Danes, and there .is almost a min
imum of poverty. No beggars so
licit alms in the streets of Copenha
gen as is the case in the great cities
of other , nations, and no slums are,
there to act as breeding places for
vice and crime. The state maintains
establishments where the helpless
and diseased poor may go to receive
care and medical attention. Dr. Bran
son remarked that he was struck by
the immaculate cleanliness of the
houses where the poor were cared for
and by the bright faces of the in
mates. The goal of Denmark's hopes
is "a land where few have too much
and still fewer too little," and they
seemed to have approached closer to
this goal than any other modern state
The reason for Denmark's interest
ing and laudable social condition is
the predominance of agriculture.
Forty percent of the population are
living on the land directly engaged in
farming; another forty percent are
liv ing in si mi-rural conditions in
country loc us and owe their living
to co-operative enterprises of the
fa! m organizations.
The Ik, nies in the rural district-' arc
charming. A Dane will spend more
money in creating a little paradise
around A home than he will on the
home itself. It was in comparatively
recent times that, the Danes rose from
serfdom, so it was natural that when
he shook off his bond and came into
possession of the land he should
want to beautify it for himself and
chihii en.
Third Year Law Class
Holds Its Elections
A :
ed i i
for lii
day in
all : e
ing th
of I .
cei . e 'l
Close ,
whin
was m
other
re! a t y
Tbi .i
est in
as ivv.
(las
of b -t'lii,':'
taunch prece
the election
- Third year
orning. For
;i ai ed either
Ion
of
was violat
riass officers
Lav,
Class, Mon-
no politicking at
previous or dur-i-nnis
G. Downing
unanimously re
sidency after a
O. C. Hampton,
v.ii of Asheville
ill.
D
., le-t
V I
ii
for the only
; ihat of combined See-i-erej-.
This year the
oiar 1. a-..' rias-i is the Iarg-hi--tory
of the Law School,
men are on its rolls. The
plans to "pull" a smoker
n! v
m.
, year; auotair
Law class has
,- ,o the vauci-.-
class v. i nt on
undeiclass-
s p-noy m
; i re; ariic,-.-.
ibe Law (
ding to th
appears th;
on th- Stat'
(id
tbi
r brief's for
this year.
.V re-'
ids i
Infirmary rec-
jo
;
j r
i n
c
i aeoears that tne O.'llV ill al-
- game came from
:ei'li;
g, ('. II. E.'ricr a.nd W. L. IKl
being in the Infirmary on nc
of .-ore throat.
ian
uuit
Brody stated in an interview
this morning that it was his
purpose to continue the publica
tion of the comic. On question
ing it was found that he had as
yet formed no definite plans
for securing copy necessary to
its publication. At that time
the thought uppermost in his
mind was to secure his doggerel,
wise tracks, etc., from outside
contributors, and thus the Boll
Weevil is believed to occupy now
the t ame status as did the Old
Tar Haby after it likewise had
drunk the bitter hemlock.
Twelve members on the board be
ing questioned last night, in decribing
the severence of their relationship
with the Poll Weevil, stated that
their resignations had been handed in
under pressure from the faculty ex
ecutive committee.
The story abounds in complex .sit
uations; at times narrows to a ques
tion of veracity and the position of
both Executive Committee and Boll
Weevil staff cannot be properly un
derstood unless the scalpel be driven
deep into the sore and all the puss
therefrom be examined.
STEVE ISItODY ALLEGED I N
ETHICAL "Rumors of irregularities in bus
iness transactions of Steve Brndv "
stiid the spokesman of the executive
committee, "came to our attention
with increasing frequency while he
was acting in the capacity of bus
(Continucd on Page 4)
PHI SOCIETY HAS
HOT DISCUSSION
Resolution of Severance oi Ath
letic Relations With Trin
ity Killed
Eloquenei
of even the
flowed from the mouths
east emotional Saturday
.tormieHt session of the
night at the .
Phi ' A-ssembly
held possibly in
mont hs.
One resolution
ing from the ri
and a motion aris--olution,
constituted
the .sole basis for discussion. Car
olina's athletic relations with Trin
ity college were praised and upbraid
ed, the Trinity college football pol
icy was attacked and defended,
Hank Parker, "Tar Heel reporter,
was uphold and censured for his now
notorious write-up of Harney Car
tel's actions on the football field,
football rules in gen ral were debat
ed, the whole que-ri-ni at issue was
thoroughly ussed ; ad !: -cysed.
The cause of this (li-'U-.won wrs
the introduction of a mot inn seek
ing to sever all atM'-tic r. lations be
tween the I'niversity and Trinity col
lege. A similiar ro-.olut.ion had been
talded the pi e ious week, but last
Satunh,;. night it flared up again,
and was
tor i "'- (
men.
Inti oil
J. M. Si
Amid a.
the cans-- ol a sto! ni-ccn-r
to b' forgotten hv Phi
of ti
re. obit ion were
l. G. Downing.
slilll.esS, Mr.
ts fiu'ii recent
Sau 1 1.
vritii
which
iv: re
s iii
lave.
a e-
'Th,
T
ill!
Chronicle,"
vay to Chap
comnient on
the reading
that Trinity
h 'li
no vi i '.;.'
proof
el Dili,
the editoi
of them s
approved
as troiibb
;!-- two t
the ;d.iil
mud',
I) di
lai
111'! icier
Carter'
- a-: Ii
t
action
at:
I that
ii, :' if
eel on
calmly
with
sho,Jd I,
pn
tho Met.ho.'i i i'-s i:
rive ; i; p:o ' e
her in a., .iVx-i'diy an
sible. lie sljil-.i tie
friendly i- pii it I. t w
ala!
t. ) ar-
with
I s pos
that a
i.i and
n thl o-
ep ii a!
i ; iv'v.
n Can
witho'
Trinity was po-s:b.e vnnot't
tic contests, between the two institu
tions, but the c:u imiiince of these
i:le ts, undoubtedly, he b.dieved,
would result in a further rupture re
gretted by both colleges.
(Continued on 1'age 4)
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