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CIRCULATION This Issue: 2,506 OJ. -- cVlLS MONDAY Vol. XXXII CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER CLARK SPOKE FRIDAY Mr. Clark Condemns the System of Precedents Which Pre vails in Our Courts rSPEAKS TO LAW SCHOOL Chief Justice Walter Clark of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, : speaking in Manning Hall Friday night before the student body of the 'law school, severely condemned the : system of reported cases or preced ents which prevail in all English rspeaking courts. Chief Justice Clark's address ini tiated a new plan which has been formulated whereby the newly organ ized Law School Association aims to place ths law school among the fore most schools in the south. The Law School Association is composed of all the Law Clubs and thereby contains the whole membership of the school. This year the association intends to have the members of the Supreme Court speak to the school; many of the justices have already accepted. JNext year some of the leading juiges -of the Superior Court will bs invited and the following year the plan is to liave the most prominent members of the bar to make addresses to the stu dents. Professor Albert Coates, or ganizer of the Law School Associa tion, explained this plan Friday night. Professor A. C. Mcintosh, acting -dean, was master of ceremonies. Pres ident Chase said that the action of the executive committee in recommend ing that the school follow the stand ard set by the American Bar Asso ciation would probably cause a reor ganization of the law school by next year, which step would place it fore most among the law schools of the -south. Justice Clark spoke at length on the evils arising from the system of precedents which prevails in this country and in England. He told of the rapidity with which law reports aire accumulating in this country, saying that the number of printed volumes of law reports in the Uni ted States now exceeds 30,000 and is heing added to at the rate of 1,500 volumes yearly. The number of these reports is so great and the decisions are so varied that one can find, in some cases, hundreds of decisions on iboth sides of a question. The lawyer who shows the most diligence in pro ducing the greatest number of pre cedents in a case has the greater ad vantage. Crime, said Chief Justice Clark, is on the increase. There are more hom icides than even before and a general disrespect for courts prevails. The most touching and dramatic moment in Justice Clark's speach came, not when he dwelt learnedly on the precedent system or when he spoke of other aspects of the law, 3bus as he told of that period of his young manhood which was spent; at the University Law School. "Our law class consisted of five members and our teaching staff of one," he said. "Cur law building was a i-oom ten feet square which stood in Judge Battle's yard at tha residents later occupied by his son, President Kemp P. Battle. At that time there was only one other law school in the state, taught by Chief Justice Pear son, without any assistance. Every one who comes here learns to love the place. Like the poet, 'I feel that my feet are on my native heath' ". "RABBITS ELUDE HUNTERS Last week a party composed of pa trons of the chase fared forth in search of Peter Rabbit. The mem bers of the party were B. S. Thomp son, "Bud" Perry and the Drs. Carr. Although the game was compara tively scarc.e and had a peculiar hab it of disappearing when the guns "were fired, the party had consider able pleasure if not profit. M.-.ny -and varied were their experience.?. It is rumored that grape and corn ex tract was one of the things that in duced pleasure and perhapj safe guarded the rabbits. One occasion is related when a rabbit was jumped and escpped un scathed from six shots and merely -increased his haste a little and was last seen leaving Alamance county -headed for Chatham. It is also said that two of the shots were traced to "Bud" Perry and, allowing for one shot to each of the other parties, there is a slight descrepaney of one shot. However, that is only a de tail, since the amazing fact is that Peter escaped six separate and dis tinct showers of shot. DUBOSE HEYWARD GIVES LECTURE Large Crowd Heard Southern Poet Lecture on Southern Poetry Movement DuBose Heyward, one of the most prominent Southern poets today, spoke Monday night to a large audi ence in Gerrard Hall on the recent revival of interest in poetry in the South. Our economic progress has made this revival possible. Mr. Hevward says and now that the movement has started the South can be expected t take an important tiart in the liter ature of the country. The radical step that poetry has taken in the North will not influence this section. Sincerity, he states, will be the basis on which Southern writers will pro duce. A large part of Mr. Heyward's pro gram consisted of reading from some of the most prominent poets of the South, including Hervey Allen, Win. Alevander Percy, Henry Bellamann. John McClure, and Olive Tilford Dar- gan, a North Carolina poetess. He concluded with some of his own verse. Mr. Heyward was one of the organ izers of the South Carolina Poetry Society, which is the mother of simi lar societies throughout the South. He is one of the most interesting of the younger writers and has gained a national reputation with his verse His latest book, which will appear at an early date, contains material which the author obtained from the moun tains of Western North Carolina. Immediately after the reading Mr. Heyward was given an informal ban quet by the Sigma Upsilon fraternity in the basement of the Presbyterian church. The Grail Dance Is a Big Success "Best yet" was the description of the Grail Dance Saturday night. And it was one of the best dances put on by the Grail in a long time. There has been big rise fo stock in the Or der fo the Grail dances this year, and this one in particular turned out to be about the best of them all. Al though there were only a few girls ous of town, the evening was a most pleasant one for those attending. The out of town girls were mostly from Durham. DI SOCIETY IS FOR BOK PLAN Goes On Record as Favoring the Bok Plan for International Peace In the order of exercise, at the Di Society Saturday night,' the question for discussion was: Resolved. That the Di Society should go on record as favoring the Bok peace plan. The old standbys, as usual, gave a very pleasing entertainment to the so ciety with several witty speeshes whu'h were, for the most part, for eign to the subject. By a very de cisive vote, it was decided that the Bi should not go on record as favor ing the plan. The chairman of the detective com mittee, employed last week by the society to try to locate the Di presi dent's cane, which mysteriously van ished recently, reported that after un tiring efforts had been put forth and a thorough investigation made, that as yet no startling disclosures had been made as to the whereabouts of Ihe cane. It was further stated that a very severe cross examination oi all members of the working ganfc which cut the window into the Di com mittee room divulged the fact that the cane was last seen lying on the table of the room. In concluding his report, the chairman of the detective committee stated that there was r. bare possibility that the plastei'ei'i who worked in the committee room after the other workers had finished may be able to reveal some valuable information. At present, he said, these men are of the Hill, but sometime during the ensuing week they will be interviewed, if possible. Beyond thb no progress was made. Upon the counsel of the committee, the society, after due deliberation, came to the conclusion that it would be advisable to offer a small pecuniary enumer ation to anyone who will produce the cane. The exact amount of the re- Chapel Hill, N. A. T. O. Fraternity Hosts To Faculty It's an old saying that there's noth ing new under the sun. Hence no one is going to vouch that the A. T. O.'s pulled a new one last Sunday afternoon when they threw wide their doors and welcomed into their fold 'he faculty members and their wives. Someone who has been here four long years and pretends to remember, says he beMeves he does recall one such event in this time. ' But anyway, to get down to brass :acks, call it innovation or not, the A.. T. O.'s gave ample proof that men and young ones at thatknow how ;o turn host and help serve pink tea when the occasion arises and do it with the sort of gusto that gets across. The chapter had as guests of hon jV DuBose Heyward, the poet, aid ::rs. Heyward, who had just arrived from their home in Charleston, S. C The guests were met at the door by Jimmy Ragsdale and Bretney Smith. Serving refreshments, con sisting of coffee, sandwiches, cakes ?.nd salted nuts, were Mrs. Paul Weaver, Mrs. A. C. Mcintosh and .virs. Joseph Hyde Pratt. The reception hall was prettily dec orated. There were blue and gold :andles and flowers and the other ac cessories that lend color. Truly, the A. T. O. has given the other fraternities something they may well ponder over in partaking their mental menu. SAVILLE TELLS BOUT HIS TRIP Has Been Attending Meetings of Engineering Societies in New York Professor Saville has recently re turned from attending the annual meeting of the American Society of Engineers in New York, which took place in the Engineering Societies' Building from January the fifteenth through the eighteenth, inclusive He represented the North Carolina Section of the Society, of which he is the secretary and treasurer. He also attended a meeting of the Ex ecutive Committee of the Amerii.an Water Works Association. In con nection with general meetings of the Society there were meetings of the various divisions and Professor Sa ville attended those of the Sanitary Engineering and Power Sections. There was a special talk at Penn sylvania Hotel, at which Mr. Wiek- jnden former president of the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, and who is now director of the society for the promotion of Engi neering Education addressed the mem bers of the American Society of En gineers, who were interested in En gineering education. Great interest was manifested in the cooperation system of engineer ing, which is similar to that which is in operation in ths Engineering School here. Most of the engineers were in favor of this scheme and also recommended the introduction of a five year course in engineering, in order that more "arts subjects" might be introduced into the engineering urriculum. Professor Saville attended a joint meeting of the Harvard, Yale and Princeton Engineering Societies held at the Princeton Club. Captain Hin- en of "The Shenandoah" gave a very nteresting account of his experience during the recent storm when the Shenandoah" broke loose from her mooring at Lakehurst. Dr. Edward A. Ross Is Weil Lecturer Dr. Edward Alsworth Ross, Profes sor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin will deliver the Weil lec tures here on March 7, 8, and 9, it is learned. Dr. Ross is one of the best known socilosists of the country and is an axpert on Russia, the Orient, and im migration problems, it is said. He if lJie author of numerous books on so- iology and immigration, and in re cent years he has contributed to the mass of literature written concerning Bolshevik Russia. In recent years, he has written "The Russian Soviet Republic," "The Russian Bolshevik Revolution," and "Russia In Up heaval." The Wiel Lectures were delivered last year by Dr. Fabian Franklin, edi tor of "The Independent," and were very well attended. C, Jan. 29, 1924 TAR HEELS WILL HAVE HARD GAM THURSDAY NIGS Trinity Team Will Furnish Stiff Opposition to Carolina. Team Here BOTH TEAMS UNDEFEATED When the Trinity Blue Devils come -ver to the Hill Thursday night, the "Tin Can" promises to be the meet ng place of North Carolina's chief ispirants for championship honors. Wake Forest has been knocked out by defeats at the hands of both Trin ity and Carolina. State's cefent by Elon last Saturday night is regarded as a definite indicator that the Tech- men are putting out a weak team again this year. To date neither Trinity nor the Tar Heels have suffered defeat. Both teams have defeated Mercer, Wake Forest and Guilford. In every case, Carolina has won her games by a larg er score and the state in general look o the University to emerge as the victor. Comparative scores ar two few and uncertain to act as very great 'lelp in doping the winner. Mercer jnded her road trip against Carolina and was in a somewhat played-out condition than when she was defeat ed by Trinity. The Tar Heels played Wake Forest with her regular cen ter out and naturally ran up a high er score than the Methodists were able to. Both student bodies are hojeful and fully confident of victory. Trin ity has practically the same team back that held Carolina, last year to a victory by one lone point. Carolim has also retained her last year's team with the exception of Carl Mah ler, and is able to meet her rival on jqual grounds. The managers insist that the stu ients bring their registration cards, as they have now been mailed to the jtudents, and are supposed to be pre sented for admission. The Univer sity's magnificent band will occupy its regular stand and seek to drive away the dullness of the night air with merry strains. 178 STUDENTS ON THE HONOR ROLL List of Students Who Made the Honor Roll Last Quarter Is Announced A total of 178 students made the honor roll last quarter, according to reports issued by the registrar's of fice. Of these 178, 56 were fresh man, 48 sophomores, 38 juniors, 30 seniors and 6 specials. The College of Liberal Arts lead with 99 follow ad by the Commerce School with 32, ;he Engineering School with 23, and the School of Applied Science with 18. Eleven men made A on every sub ject taken. E. M. Armfield, R. H. Davis, J. B. Fordham, W. B. Pipkin, R. B. Raney, C. N. Sie"wers and Thurston Smith each made three A's while P. A. Clement, R. T. Pick ns, G. T. Seyffert and J. G. Sim mons made A's on four subjects. Of the total number of honor roll students 17 were co-eds. The names and addresses of those making the honor grades follow: L. W. Adams, Andrew3, N. C; J. V. Ambler, Asheville, N. C; E. I! Armfield, Greensboro, N. C; G. M. Armfield, Albemarle, N. C; J. G. Ar nold, Greer, S. C; E. S. Avery, Mor anton, N. C; E. S. Barr, Greens boro, N. C.J J. T. Bennett, Wadesboro M. C; W. S. Berryhill, Charlotte, N. d.; J. R. B'ackwell, Cak RUge, N. C. H. B. Brand, Wilmington, N. C; J M. Braswell, Elm City, N. C; H. A. 3ienrd, Monroe, La.; Miss S. M. Brott. Winton, N. C; Craven Brooks, Kin ?ton, N. C; J. M. Brooks, New Can aan, Conn.; J. B. Bullitt, Chapel Hill N. C; R. C. Bullock, Bahama, N. C; L. R. Burgess, Ramseur, N. C; L. N. "?yrd, Mt. Airy, N. C; T. S. Campen, Uoldsboro, N. C; J. L. Cantwell, Wil mington, N. C; J. L. Cantwell, Jr. Charleston, S. C; T. A. Cardwell, Wilmington, N. C; G. K. Cavcnaugh 3enson, N. C; P. A. Clement, Atlan ;a, Ga.; J. F. Cooper, Clinton, N. C; D. C. Corriher, Landis, N. C; A. A. Oory, Lenoir, N. C; Uus Maba! (Continued on Page 3) Registration cards will be required from all students H the Carolina-Trinity game Thursday night, according to a statement from C. T. Woollen, graduate manager. Wrestling Team Defeats Virginia The wrestling team of the Univer sity of Virginia met defeat at the hands of Coach Shapiro's wrestlers in Charlottesville last night by the score of 13 to 3. The Carolina grap plers lost only one match during the meet. Captain Holland of the Vir ginia team has on his team two ex ;aptains, and these together with the other trained wrestlers of the Old Do minion presents a strong team. Poin dexter, of the Carolina team met Cap tain Holland of the Cavaliers. The Tar Heel team will meet V. P. I. on Thursday, Washington and Lee on Friday and V. M. I. on Saturday, returning home Sunday. The meet with Washington and Lee is expected to be the hardest of the trip. How ever, all of the Virginia colleges which will ba met have had teams for several years including the University of Virginia. The win over the Virginia Univer sity pleases Coach Shapiro and Man ager Shackell very much since this is the second year the Tar Heels have had a team. Letters will be award ed to the regulars on the team this year, the sport having been taken over by the Athletic Association. A CORRECTION In the add of the University Cafe teria of the last issue a very serious error occurred. It was purely an er ror of omission rather than commis sion, for the key word of the whole add was left out. The add read "The University Cafeteria in the past twelve months has served enough tc make a stack 30,690 feet high or 1540 feet higher than "the tallest measur ed mountain in the world." The word "toast" should be inserted just after tho word "enough." The print erer explains the error- Hi the f "ct that the form was pied after being 3et up and in the confusion the "toast" was left out. The Tar Heel is sorry that it happened. Reading of Play Is Very Well Attended Professor Koch delighted a packed house with his clever rendition of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night s Dream" in Gerrard Hall Sunday night at 8:30. He was ably assist 3d by Mrs. Winston at the piano with Mendelssohn's music. Professor Koch's reading intro luced and established "Playmakei Readings," a series of dramatic read ings under the auspices of "The ?laymakers" which calls for a read ing on every fourth Sounday night in the month. Every one wss pleas ed with the performance and en thused over the idea instituted by 'The Playmakers." OK PEACE PLAN DISCUSSED IN P. No Action Was Taken However As the Bill Was Postponed Until Next Meeting The Bok Peace Plan was neither accepted nor rejected by the Philan thropic Assembly in its Saturday night meeting. The plan was both discussed and cussed, by some, with '.he result that it was finally decided to table the resolution until the next meeting, when a vote will be taken. W. T. Couch presented the plan be "ore the House, and when he asked he number of members who had read ;he plan, possibly a dozen members f the society answered in the affir mative. Although several members admitted they had not read the plan, they managed to talk. It seemed a hard job to stick to the subject. W. T. Couch, II. R. Fuller, F. B. Page, F. P. Parker, and several oth ers, spoke in favor of Mr. Bok's plan. Only a very few members seemed Dutright opposed to passing a reso ution endorsing it. E. R. Pittman md M. M. Young both condemned the olan in heated speeches, but the lat ter speaker favored endorsing it be muse ho thought it an honest, but i'eeble attempt to bring about peac;. I'ittman opposed it outright. No other resolutions were discussed. No. 29 DEAMON DEACONS ARE HANDED BAD DRUBBING 3-2-16 Tar Heel Players Have Little Trouble in Disposing of the Baptist Five TEAM SHOWS OLD FORM Running true to Tar Heel form, Carolina defeated Wake Forest last Saturday night in Wake Forest, by a score of 32-16. The Baptists were greatly weakened by the enforced ab sence of Emerson, regular Wake For est center, who was kept out of the game on account of Carolina's re fusal to play except under the one year rule as specified in the contract. The defeat probably eliminates Wake Forest from the State Cham pionship race, since she was defeated by Trinity a few nights before. The easy fashion in which the Universi ty defeated the Demon Deacon's may have been somewhat due to the loss of Emerson, since Wake Forest had previously beaten V. M. I., V. P. I. and Trinity had been defeated by the Blue Devils only through her multi plicity of personal fouls. McDonald, Carmichael and Cobb each rang up three goals from the court and Green and Dodderer toss ed in one apiece. No substitutions were made by Coach Shepherd. Mod Iin and Greason scored two goals from the court for the Baptises. Line-up : Carolina (32) Wake Forest (18) L. F. Green (2) Greason (5) R. F. Cobb (9) Modlin (7) C. Dodderer (2) Anderson (2) L. G. McDonald (9) Pegano R. G. Carmichael (10) Carlyle (2) Substitutions: Wake Forest Hood for Peirano. ......... "Referrrer-KTugerr Norfolk "Y". EXPLAINS ACTION Explains Action About Demp sey Exhibition in a Letter to Bill Cox ) Following is President Chase's offi cial letter to William Cox, who had been planning to bring Champion Jack Dempsey here for an exhibition bout: Dear Mr. Cox: With regard to the proposal from the University Boxing Clux to bring Mr. Jack Dempsey here for an exhi bition match under a guarantee I would say that I have examined the statutes of North Carolina, and find that the proposal is one of doubtful legality, opposed to the spirit, if not the letter, of the laws of tha State. This seems clear to me, and I do not feel that I can give permission for the match of representative men with whom I have been in communication this morning. Whatever may be the attitude of other communities in the Stat;', we here would be in a situation of stag ing an exhibition between profes sional boxers, with a large money guarantee, in a building erected and owned by the State of North Caro lina, which through its legislature has expressed its disapproval of fiich ex hibitions. I feel that the University of North Carolina, as a Stats insti tution, ought to be exceedingly sen sitive that in whatever it does it should observe the laws of North Carolina, both in letter and in spirit, and I am furthermore unwilling to subject the University to the wide spread criticism which I am certain it would receive if it put itself in such a doubtful position. Very truly yours, II. W. CHASE, PresiJen:. Mr. W. N. Cox, Chapel Hill, N. C. The next regular meeting of the North Carolina Club will ba hold in the social rooms of the Presbyterian Church, February 4, 7:30 P. M. Par son Moss has invited the club mem bers to be his guests for the even j ing, and all the members are urged I to attend. Mr. W. E. White will pre jsent a paper on "Home and Farm Ownership in. North Carolina."