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win CIRCULATION This Issue: 2,349 of MAKERS Tonight and Saturday Vol. XXXII. Chapel Hill, N. C, Nov. 16, 1923 No. 17 CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS OPEN SEASON WITH PERFORMANCES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT THE THREE MAN TEAM IS CHOSEN TO DEBATE S. C. THE DAVIDSON WILDCATS ARE TO MAKE A DESPERATE STAND AGAINST STRONGER TAR HEELS Program Consists of Three Plays. Cast Show Acting Ability LEAVE ON TRIP MONDAY Route Includes Red Springs, Pinehurst, Fayetteville, Clin ton, Goldsboro and Raleigh The Carolina Playmakers, who un--der the direction of Frederick H. Koch have been writing and produc ing their own plays for more than five years, will present their eleventh series of folk plays Friday and Sat urday, November 16 and 17, at the Playhouse, the Chapel Hill High School Auditorium. After the performances of Friday and Saturday, "the Playmakers will arrange to set out Monday on their Sixth State Tour which includes Red Springs, Novem ber 19, Pinehurst 20, Fayetteville 21, Clinton 22, Goldsboro 23, and Raleigh '24. Durham and Burlington have :also been booked for performances on November 28 and December 7, re spectively. The significance of the performance in Durham, which occurs the evening of the day following the Carolina Virginia Game, is that it is for the benefit of the returning Carolina Alumni who have never had the pleas ure of seeing the Playmakers in ac tion. There has been a shower of re quests from numerous towns in the State and elsewhere for performances, "but it has been impossible to cover them, so the exhibition in Durham will afford visiting alumni the long looked for opportunity. A special sec tion downstairs near the center will be reserved for them. It is expected that the program will prove unusually popular this year since it is, in answer to the de mands of the public, a light one, con sisting of two costume plays and a comedy of contemporary farm life. . The three to be presented are: "Gaius and Gaius Jr." by Lucy M. Cobb; "The Black Rooster" by Pearl Setzer; and "Nat Macon's Game," by J. Osier Bailey. "Gaius and Gaius Jr." by Miss Lucy M. Cobb, is a comedy of old planta tion life in North Carolina. Mrs. Mayfield, a sweet, self-effacing wom an, tries to induce Gaius, her irasci ble, profane and hot-headed husband to stop working his slaves on Sun Jay, and to let Gaius Jr., marry Betty Foster. Gaius considers Dr. Foster a know-nothing who should not be received into polite society. Gaius Jr., goes out to a ball dressed in a black broadcloth suit cut just like one of his father's. Early the next morning, Gaius gets up to go to work and decides that he is mortally ill, be- (Continued on Page 4) Work Has Begun On Episcopal Church Excavations have started for the new Episcopal Church which is to be Tuilt on the adjoining lot to the one on which the present church stands. The old church will not be torn away, tut joined to the new one by the old and the new Parish House at the "back. The new church is to be erected as a memorial to William R. Holt of the class of 1817, by his grandson, Mr. W. A. Erwin of Durham. It will be per pendicular in architecture, and built of pink granite. The new Parish House, at the back, -will contain two stories, in which will be a rector's study and office, parlor, dining room, kitchen, and guild and class rooms. It will have the same name as the old, the Bat tle Parish House. The name is given . it in recognition of the long and faithful service rendered to the Chap el of the Cross by Dr. and Mrs. Kemp Battle. The funds for the Parish House, which isn't included in Mr. Erwin's gift, is being rasied by the congrega tion, and friends throughout the State. The amount had almost been subscribed, when the plans were en larged. The new plans call for $25, O00 more. The Architect is Hobart Upjohn, -who designed the Presbyterian Church. The contractor is J. L. Crouse, who a few years ago built the O'Henry Hotel in Greensboro. When completed and the old Church '.joined as an integral part, it will probably be the most beautiful church structure in the whole State. "Y" CABINET The "Y" Cabinet departed from its regular routine for meetings when it held something of a social in Gerrard Hall last Monday night. Practically every member of the Cabinet was present at ten o'clock, so that it started close to the appointed time.. The first feature of the program consisted of several instrumental se lections by the orchestra composed of Messrs. Campen, Chance, and Hard ing. The next feature was a group of recitations by Miss Miriam Sauls. After she had concluded, the orches tra gave the rest of its repertoire, all of the selections being enjoyed by the Cabinet. At the conclusion of the orchestra's part of the program, the audience heard a harmonious duet by Messrs. Raper and Hunt. This con cludde the strictlyy informal part of the meeting and every one retired to the Y. M. C. A. where the serving of refreshments took place. This was followed by a session oc cupied by short talks from some of those present, the principle talk be ing made by Mr. Comer on the Stu dent Volunteer Conference, or the Quadrennial Convention, which will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. He stated that the Christian Ideal for the student world would be set forth at this conference. Students from all over the world will be there; about fifty countries will send rep resentatives. To gain some idea of the magnitude of the convention Blue Ridge must be multiplied six times. Although the right to send dele gates has been extended to the ex tent of more than 8,000, many insti tutions in the United States, among them being Harvard, The University of California, and Davidson, have fill ed their quota of delegates and are asking for the right to send more delegates!! These institutions realize to an extent the vastness of the op portunity offered by this convention which comes only once every four years or only once every student gen eration. This convention is indeed a wonderful investment and all inter ested should by all means take the trip out to Indianapolis at the end of the Christmas holidays. Mr. Sher wood Eddy, who is one of the many big men of the convention, will bo on the Hill early in December, return ing after a period of nearly two years since his last visit. WORK ON THE STADIUM IS BEING COMPLETED For the past couple weeks work men have been busy in an effort to complete the job of enclosing the space underneath the east half of the stadium on Emerson field. The brick work is now complete and a large quantity of concrete has al ready been poured. The contractor stated that the entire job would be completed in time for use during the Virginia game. The brick walls af ford additional support to the rather small and weak supports which are over-taxed by the strain of the great crowds which gather in the bleachers foi the big games of the year. The space will be utilized as lock er rooms, showers, public lavatories and a ticket office. TAR HEEL ANNOUNCE MENT Realizing that many stu dents have access to more than one copy of the TAR HEEL and that there are many students who desire to have their copy sent to some out of town address, the Business Manager has ar ranged to send the Tar Heel to any address desired, dur ing the remainder of the year for the nominal charge of forty cents. This charge will barely cover the cost of setting-up the necessary type, and extra postage. It is of fered only as an additional service to the men who de sire some one out in the state or in other states to receive a copy of the TAR Heel. Students wishing to do this may communicate with the manager of the Cir culation Department. Hartsell, Hampton and Deaton Compose Team With Rogers As Alternate ' DEBATE TO BE HELD HERE E. H. Hartsell, G. C. Hampton, Jr. and T. W. Deyton have been chosen to represent the University of North Carolina in its annual debate with the University of South Carolina which is scheduled for December 8. The above team was chosen from a field of twelve men who were in the pre liminaries held last Tuesday night. L. T. Rogers was chosen as alter nate. The others out for places were C. A. Peeler, H. S. Capps, D. G. Downing, C. E. Spencer, P. A. Cle ment, E. L. Justus, Z. T. Forthescue Jr., and A. M. Scarboro. The judges for the contest were Dr. J. F. Steiner, Prof. Geo. McKie and Dean D. D. Carroll. I The question for the debate this year is, Resolved, That an amendment to the constitution should be passed giving Congress power to pass uni form divorce laws. It is a very in teresting fact that South Carolina as a state has no cause for divorce on its statute books, being the only state of that status in the forty eight. However, when the subject was submitted to the Palmetto Uni versity the affirmative side was chos en. The debate this year will be hotly contested. Last year South Carolina defeated the team composed of Victor Young, George Hampton and Mack Brown. However, this year the North Carolina team is working hard for a turn of tables. The men selected are certainly of intercollegiate debate calibre. Hamp ton is an old hand at the game, hav ing been on several intercollegiate debates last year. He was a running mate of Victor Young throughout the latter's debating successes and made possible practically all of thetn. Dea ton is also a varsity man of last year. He was on two intercollegiates last year, making a very impressive rec ord. Hartsell made his first intercol legiate Tuesday night, although he wears an N. C, by virtue of repre senting Carolina in the Southern Oratorical Contest last spring. He also won the Junior Oration last year. His speech Tuesday night was de clared to be the best of any of those out. Rogers was in his high school days winner of the Aycock Memor ial cup. Since coming to the Univer sity he participated in several inter society debates. WRESTLING EXHIBITION A. A. Shapiro, coach of the wrestling team, announces that any student in the Uni versity is eligible to try for the wrestling exhibition which is to be held in Bynum Gymnasium, Friday, Nov. 23. The preliminaries for the exhibition are to be held on Thursday night, Nov. 22. Students may enter in the following weights: 115, 125, 135, 145, 158, 175 and heavy weights. Football is fast replacing bullfight ing as the most popular sport of Spain, according to Antonio Horas, a native of Spain, and professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa. The Spaniards prefer the British style of Rugby football he declared. Playhouse Plans Are Now Complete The plans by which the Carolina Playmakers will receive a workshop and theatre by remodeling the old Law Building are now completed. While making an efficient and up-to-date theatre, every effort has been made to preserve the charming character istics of the building as it now stands. The re-modeled building will hold a stage fitted with equipment mod ern in all respects, including highly specialized lighting devices. The building will have a seating capacity' of 336. There will be no gallery. In the front of the theatre will be a ticket office, a lobby, and an office for Mr. Denny. A place to put scenery is to be made in orchestra pit in front of the stage. Dressing rooms will be placed under the stage. The front part of the basement will be used as storage space for costumes, stage props, etc. PAST DAVIDSON-CAROLINA SCORES: Carolina Date Davidson 4 1896 0 10 1899 0 6 1901 0 27 1902 0 0 1904 0 6 1905 0 0 1906 0 0 1908 0 0 1910 6 5 1911 0 13 1912 0 7 1913 0 16 1914 3 41 1915 6 10 1916 6 7 1918 14 10 1919 0 0 1920 7 0 1921 0 26 ' 1922 . 0 RANSOM CAPTAIN CROSS-COUNTRY Dale Ransom Elected to Cap taincy Varsity; Bell Cap tains Freshmen The Carolina Cross-Country team is progressing this year as it never has before. At a recent election Dale Ransom was elected captain of the Varsity and Andy Bell of the Freshmen. Many men have been coming out regularly and all indica tions point to a good team. The men who have been showing up best on the Varsity are: M. D. Ransom, A. D. Milstead, H. S. Thatch, M. T. Lambeth, R. F. Ransom, A. M. Scar borough, N. E. Wessels, L. R. John son, Kess Spiers, Rube Morris, Min cey, X. T. Keel, Powers, and Seyffert. The most promising Freshmen are: Andy Bell, L. M. Byrd, A. F. Dan iel, H. D. Raper, R. L. Cook, C. G. Smith, F. G. Turner, and J. M. Brooks. The only meet the Freshmen will have this year will be one with Trin ity Freshmen today at 3:00 o'clock. The distance will be two and a half miles. The number of places counted will be in comparison to the number of men Trinity brings over. Saturday between the halves of the Carolina-Davidson game the Var sity cross-country team will have a meet with Wake Forest. The dis tance for this will be two and a half miles also. The next meet will be at Trinity between Carolina, Trinity, N. C, State, Washington and Lee, and Wake Forest. The distance will be either three or three and a half miles. This will be on the 24th of this month. On December the 8th the state championship race will be held at Raleigh. All the teams en tered in the Trinity meet, will Drob- ably be represented with the excep tion of W. and L. Elon and Guilford may possibly enter. The distance for this will be three and a half miles. Law Clubs Formed By the Law Studes An altogether new kind of Law Club has been inaugurated by the members of the Law School. There are really seven separate clubs, each named after some distinguished North Carolina lawyer. Every mem ber of the Law School is a member of one of these clubs. The work of the clubs is to be divided into two groups. For the first part of the year the calendar will consist of arguments within each separate club, between the first year men. For the second half of the year the arguments will be between the different clubs, between the sec ond and third year men. There will be no mock trials but actual argu ment of cases will be held. The names of the clubs with the names of the president and clerk of each are as follows: Ruff in, A. J. Ealy and H. D. Duls; Pearson, C. C. Poindexter and Tom Turner; McRae, S. M. Cathey and C. H. Neal; Mc Gehee, A. L. Purrington and W. L. Whedbee; Manning, S. M. Whedbee and Jack Joyner; Iredell, C. E. Cowan and S. M. Blount; Gaston, Watts Hill and Daisy Cooper. Marriage before thirty years of age is a serious obstacle to the at tainment of distinction, unless the student has an independent private income, Dr. J. P. W. Crawford, pro fessor of romance languages at the University of Pennsylvania, said at the opening of the university's grad uate school. FINAL ROUND OF FOOTBALL RACE Seventeen of the forty original con tenders for championship honors in the high school football series are still in the running, and are begin ning to show just what sort of foot ball they can put out. The cham pionships of the seven groups in the eastern half of the state have already been decided. The western half was divided into only four groups; the group championships will not be de cided until Friday or Saturday.. Faculty managers of the four teams which win group championships in the western series will hold a conference early next week and arrange the schedule for the remaining western games. The faculty managers of the eastern teams met in Raleigh Novem ber 12th and decided the date and place of the final games for the eastf em championship. All the schools now in the race are making plans for playing the final game for the state championship here in Chapel Hill on December 8th. The games as arranged to date aise as follows: In the eastern conference Hender son and Oxford will play at Chapel Hill on the 16th.; Sanford and Smith field will play at Raleigh on the 16th.; Newbern and Wilmington will play at Goldsboro on the 15th.; Rocking ham htdrawn a bye this week. All seven of these teams are group cham pions. The western championship series: Group One: Greensboro will play Burlington at Greensboro on the 16th. Burlington defeated Leaksville 9 to 0 in their last game played. Group Two: Asheville will play the winner of the Statesville-Salisbury game at Asheville on the 17th. Group Three: Spencer will play Charlotte at Davidson College on the 17th. Charlotte has just beaten Gas tonia by a 108-0 score. Group Four: Shelby and Monroe will play for this group champion ship at Charlotte on the 16th. Freshmen To Play Citadel Freshmen Saturday the Carolina Freshmen will go to Charleston to play the Cit adel Freshmen. The game will be of interest to South Carolina people be cause of the number of Rock Hill boys on the U. N. C. team. An an cient feeling of rivalry between the teams exists because a large per centage of the Citadel team are from Charleston and between Charleston and Rock Hill the football honors the state are divided. Last year Char leston won the championship of the state so the Rock Hill boys will go down with blood in their eyes. The Carolina team will be some what crippled. Nims' sprained ankle will prevent him from playing and Marks has been called home on ac count of the death of his mother. Several other members of the team are badly bruised up or have sprained joints. The Charleston News and Couriei comments on this game: "North Car olina has made a splendid record and has won from the South Carolina freshmen by a touchdown margin. It means that the Citadel will meet its strongest opponent of the season and it also means that if they do not play many times better than they showed up Saturday they, will get defeated by a decisive margin." 1 Professor J. G. Beard has returned from Richmond, Va., where on No vember 9th he addressed the phar macy students of the Medical College of Virginia. The Order of the Grail will give a dance Saturday night in the Gym. As the Davidson game is to be played here Saturday it is expected that this will be a big dance with plenty of girls. Music will be furnished by the Carolina Club Orchestra with one additional trombone player from Washington & Lee. All indications point toward the biggest dance of the year. Although Carolina Is Doped to Win, the Fetzer Brothers Are Taking no Chances FETZER SQUAD IN SHAPE Davidson Squad Is in Bad Con dition as Results of a Heavy Schedule The Davidson Wildcats, the only barrier between Carolina and the State Championship, will make a des perate attempt to put a kink into the Tar Heel's , aspirations tomorrow, when they make their first appear ance on Emerson Field in many a year. Up until this year the game has been played in various cities throughout the western part of the state but in order to furnish the Uni versity Student Body with a suffi cient number of home games, during the present season, it was transfer red to the Hill. Shorn of all chances to win either the Southern or South Atlantic hon ors, Carolina is planning on takimr no chances Saturday. Davidson has been defeated by both N. C. state and Wake Forest. Dope would indicate an easy victory for the Tar Heels but Davidson has an erratic habit of win ning or tying games when least ex pected. , The Presbyterians will face Caro lina in a crippled condition. With a small number of reserves due to the smallness of her student body, she has been playing much larger insti tutions and her list of injured has mounted with every game. Coach "Monk" Younger has had quite a case of the blues over his hard luck but will send his men into the fisrht with that Davidson spirit that has in the past won more than one game. Carolina came out of the V. M. I. game but little the worse for wear. McDonald played the entire game with an injured back and came out in as good a shape as when he went in. By tomorrow he should be able to handle any necessary passing with his usual deadly accuracy. Unless the worm turns mightily Carolina will indulge in a little more offensive playing than in the V. M. I. came. and in that case, Epstein will Droh- ably be unable to follow up his splen did work against the Cadets. "Casey" iviorns nas about reached ante-State shape and will lead his team. Inci dentally he runs up against another Captain as opponent. Last week he played against Capt. Carlton of the "Flying Squadron" and this week he runs up against Capt 'Lias Faison of tne Wildcats. While having nothing to do with the game tomorrow it's nevertheless interesting to note that Coach Bill Fetzer was captain and ricrht half. back of the Davidson team in 1904. This team went through the season with but one defeat, a 6-0 affair with V. M. I., tied Carolina 0-0, and de feated Such teams as the Mnrirnnfnn Mutes, Welch Neck High School and Bingham. Last Year Averages Given By Registrar The Academic Averages for the year '22 and '23 have recently been given out by the Registrar's office, and show that the Undergraduate Acade mic Average is 3.42. The Students coming under the class of S. B. I, ii, in, and v have the best aver age with a grade of 3.01. Of anv of the general specifications, the upper, classmen made the best showing with an average of 3.30. The list follows: Undergraduates Academic Aver age 3,42 Upperclassman Average 3.30 Fraternity Average 3.39 Freshman Average 3.77 By Schools S. B. I, II, III, and V Ill 3.01 Liberal Arts 3.41 Specials 3.54 Commerce 3.72 S. B. Med. and Pre Med 3.73 James S. Lewis, '26, of Rocky Mount, has received an appointment to the United States Military Acad emy at West Point. Lewis is an Elec trical Engineering student, and a member of the Kappa Sigma frater nity. He is the second Carolina stu dent to receive an appointment to West Point this year, Caleb Bradham having received an appointment last month.