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2 O 6 CIRCULATION This Issue: 2,233 UNIVERSITY MARY LAND NEXT! Tol. XXXII. Chapel Hill, N. C, Oct. 23, 1023 No. 10 ill? I . - IN - INTERCOLLEGIATE 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 Oratoricals, 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 nnprios 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 Prof. G. M. McKie, chair man, who in the past has served r.ianv 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 ti Vniversitv of South Carolina meeting the Tar Heels in a forensic contest to be fought out at onapei (Continued on Page 4) 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 Power Company should be granted an in crease in its rates 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 ter power. Henry Duls introduced the subject and brought out several 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 side oi the question seemed to be pretty weak, or else, to give the program committee the ben efit of the doubt, no one in the so ciety was shrewd enough to advance ,.i nrmimnnt and hold his any uw . 7r-.,.,. with it. Only one man spoke for the negative and he admitted that r.P did it only bacause that side seem- f" ed to bs neglected. v ... :,.,ittinn rlphnte. a real Alter me umi.. --- -debate followed as to whether the so ciety should vote on the question or table it. The battle waxed warm and men who had not been interested in the first debate took sides and held up their convictions by forceful argu ment. W hen the smoke of battle had cleared away, the society voted al most unanimously that it should take some stand on the question, whereupon they voted by about ten or fifteen majority that the rates should be increased. At the close of the exercises, Mr. Madison, a member of the society, ,lnli;M,.d his fellow members by . -o- - , playing several pieces or music u his guitar. A specia inl committee, appointed last week by the president to see to i,,;. ti, eoiitH renaired in the hall, reported that arrangements had been made for them to be fixed before the next meeting. ' . At the beginning of the session Mr. J. A. Myatt, of High Point, was in itiated into the society. PLAYS AND CASTS ARESELECTED FOR PRODUCTION Three Plays Are Chosen for Fair Edition of Folk Plays ; 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 in 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 Gaius Jr.", by Lucy Cobb; and "Nathaniel Mac on," by J. O. Bailey. The cast of characters: "The Black Rooster" Tommie ,.; Fred Koch Jr. Mark Robert Pickens Mat i Pearl Setzer Rose Frances Gray, George T. C. Quickel Jack George Darst "Nathaniel Macon" Nathaniel Macon J. E. Hawkins Mr. Plummer J: O. Bailey Mrs. Plummer Kitty Lee Frazier Carleton T. Livingston Hannah Plummer Daisy Cooper "Gaius and Gaius Jr." Gaius Mayfield Frank Hersey Gaius Jr T. A. Burns Mrs. Mayfield Margaret Jones Dr. Foster William -Cx 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 the fol lowing town that have been book ed already: - November 19, Red Springs (Flora McDonald College) November 20, Fayetteville; Nov.21, Pinehurst; Nov, 22, Clinton; Nov. 23 Goldsboro; Nov. 24, Raleigh (St. Mary's). A feature of the program will be a special performance in Durham, November 28, the night before the Carolina Virginia Game, for the be nefit of the visiting Carolina Alum ni. A special section downstairs near the center will be reserved for them. First Year Law Class Holds Its Elections The first year class of the Law 1,1 a mcot'mir Monday morn ing at which time the officers for the year were elected. It is rumored mat '.here was a great deal of "politic ing" and advance work on the part af some of the aspirants for the exe cutive positions. Anyway Dan Rurns rode into the office of official leader of his class unanimously . Dink James was selected as Vice President. The race for Secretary-Treasurer was exceedingly interesting, for someone nominated Miss Cooper, a co-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 IN 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 one:' 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. ' '' ' ' ' W. 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. Johnny 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, he 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. AH men wishing to participate in this game will get a chance to register soon. ; BULLETIN BOARD ECONOMIC DATA Placed in Commerce Library for General Information and i " ' Reference The Commerce Department has in stalled a' very interesting bulletin board in ; the library and reading room which is knowh. as 213 Saun ders Halt Much valuable informa tion to commercial students is taken from various sources ttnd 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 of news concerning the great life of trade and business will be found at all titm,s on this bul letin board. Newspaper clippings cover 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 fluctuations, 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 years; and an exhaustive bank graph shows 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 1923. Newspaper articles like "Petro leum From Fishes Newest Theory of Scientists" catch the attention. In deed, is an attractive bulletin board in every way. Dr. M. R. Trabue is representing the School of Education at the dis trict meeting of the North Carolina Education Association in Charlotte. Dr.- Knight left Saturday for Chi cago. He goes there at the request of Scott-Foresman & Co., publish ers, to confer with them on a book which they desire him to write on citizenship. Djvid Lloyd George, Oi-Prime Minister of ling land, who is now touring this country, will speak tonight , at the Carolina Cafeteria, at 8 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 Chase, 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 the law library and reading room and 2nunierated its advantages. Mr. Coates discussed thq law! lubs; Mr. R. H. Wettach talked on ihe law publication, and Mr. Fred B. IcCall gave an interesting and en tertaining talk. The presidents of the classes made short talks, and the meeting was wound up by President Chase's instructive as well as enter taining speech. Refreshments were very much in evidence 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 ffl-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 freshman class who were members of a Hi-Y club in high school. There are over 100 for mer Hi-Y members in the class of '27 it is estimated by the Y. M. C. A. committee in charge of the organi zation, and every man is expected to attend the meeting Thursday night. Secretary E. S. King of the State College Y. M. C. A. will be pres ent with the officers and committee of the Friendship Council 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 livest associa tions in the state, and the commit tee is anxiously looking forward to his talk. W. W. Gwynn, assistant secretary of the Carolina "Y", 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 Duls, chairman of the committee. The latter will outline the policy of the council for the year. Either President Chase or some prominent Acuity member will take part ill the program. Mem bers of the Carolina Orchestra will furnish music for the occasion. This is the third year of the coun cil's existence on the "Hill." Ed Scheldt of the Winston-Salem Hi-Y was president of the council of '25, and Dick Erwin of the Charlotte Hi-Y was president of the council of '2G. Since Mr. Erwin did not re turn to school this fall, J. E. Copc 'and, vice president of last year's council, will present the council to the class of '27 and the newly elect id president will accept it. The committee in charge is com posed of II. D. Duls, chairman, W. W. Gwynn, W, J. Cocke, Ed Scheldt, Harold Seburn and J. E. Copeland. 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 Country Dr. E. C. Branson, head of the De partment of Rural Social Economics here, is at present traveling in Eu rope studying conditions in the rural districts which he visits. He has been writing interesting articles about his observations in the Old World. These articles appear 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. He 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 . -.ther. nations, and no sluros arc there to act as. breeding places lor 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 living in semi-rural conditions in country towns and owe their, living to co-operative enterprises of the farm organizations. The homes in the rural districts are charming. A Dane will spend more money in creating a little paradise around his 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 bonds and came into possession of the land he should want to beautify it for himself and children. Third Year Law Class Holds Its Elections A staunch precedent was violat ed in the election of Class offipfa for t'ne Third year Law Class, Mon day morning. For no politicking at all appealed either previous or dur ing the election. Dennis G. Downing of Fayetteville was unanimously re ceived the Vice-presidency after a close contest with G. C. Hampton, while Sanford Brown of Asheville was unanimously chosen for the only other office; that of combined Secretary-Treasurer. This year the Third or Senior Law class is the larg est in the history of the Law School, as twenty men are on its rolls. The class also plans to "pull" a smoker of its own making this year; another thii.g that no Senior Law class has ever attempted, owing to the pauci ty cf membership. The class went on record as ready to aid all underclass men in preparing their briefs for vvo,k in the Law Clubs this year. According to the Infirmary rec ords it appears that the only ill af fects from the State game came from rooting, C. R. Eerrier and W. L. Hu mian being in the Infirmary on ac count of sore throat. 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 cracks, etc., from outside contributors, and thus the Boll Weevil is believed to occupy now the fame status as did the Old Tar Baby 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 Boll 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 BRODY ALLEGED UN ETHICAL "Rumors of irregularities in bus iness transactions of Steve Brodv." . said the spokesman of the executive committee, "came to our attention with increasing frequency while he was acting in the capacity of bus (Continued on Page 4) PHI SOCIETY HAS HOT DISCUSSION Resolution of Severance of Ath letic Relations With Trin ity Killed Eloquence flowed from the mouths of even the least emotional Saturday night at the stormiest session of the Phi 'Assembly held possibly in months. One resolution, and a motion aris ing from the resolution, 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 upheld and censured for his now notorious write-up of Barney Car ter's actions on the football field, football rules in general were debat ed, the whole question at issue was thoroughly cussed and discussed. The cause of this discussion wes the introduction of a motion seek ing to sever all athletic relations be tween the University and Trinity col lege. A similiar resolution had been tabled the previous week, but last Saturday night it flared up again, and was the cause of a storm-center never to be forgotten by Phi men. Introducers of the resolution were J. M. Saunders and D. G. Downing. Amid an impressive stillness, Mr. Saunders read extracts from recent writings in "The Trinity Chronicle," which have, found their way to Chap el JI ill. He made no comment on the editorials, believing the reading of them sufficient proof that Trinity approved Carter's actions, and that as trouble was likely in the future if the two teams egnin should meet on the athletic field, he proposed calmly to sever all athletic relation. with the Methodist institution and to ar rive nt the pat-ting of the ways with her in as friendly an attitude as pos sible. He stated the opinion that a friendly spirit between Carolina and Trinity was possible without athle tic contests between the two institu tions, but the continuance of these contests, undoubtedly, he believed, would result in a further rupture re gretted by both colleges. (Continued on Page 4)
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