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VOLUME XXXIH . , CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1924 , NUMBER 4 CONFORMITY IS SIN, IS CRIME, SAYS Former Navy Head Delivers a Strong Message. SPEAKER AT T BANQUET Large Number of Canvassers Hear the Famous Statesman Speak Last Night. START OF FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN Early Reports From Team Captains Indicate That Ts" Financial Drive Will Prove to Be a Big Success. "Conformity is sin and compromise is crime," was the stirring message thrown out by the lion. Josephus Daniels, Sec retary of the Navy under the Wilson ad ministrations and chief speaker at the annual banquet of the Young Men's Christian Association last night. Choosing to speak on the subject of "Being Different," the former cabinet membe drove home the lessons gleaned from Page's Life of Robert E. Lee. "The mortal dread of being different takes the sap out of many individuals. But every man whose life has lieen worth a biography has dared to be different," said the speaker. , "My advice to the young men of the state is, 'Be yourself,' " continued Mr., Daniels. "Society yields to conventions. Conformity, concession and compromise ' have caused more failures than drink and its associate evils. ., "Young men have gotten the idea that goodness and greatness do not go to gether. But this prevailing idea is a slam on their intelligence. The trouble is that some men who are good are goody-goody." Here the speaker flayed negative goodness and negative virtue, lie made a strong appeal for positive goodness and declared that the good man was by nature the courageous man. "Have convictions so strong' that you cannot help but follow them. Dare to be different; dare to be yourself. That is the test of manhood and that is the test of character," he declared. Mr. Daniels was introduced by Judge Frank Winston, a member of the Uni versity building committee who was pre sented by John R. Purser, toastmaster of the evening. The Judge in a few well chosen words introduced the main speak er of . the evening as North Carolina's foremost citizen and the equal of any of her famous men of past history. Following the speech of Mr. Daniels, President Chase, speaking on the place of the Y. M. C. A. In the University's life, praised the organization for its ex cellent work here on the campus. Both lie and Mr. Daniels gave out tu'nts of a new building for the "Y" in the not far distant future. Other events on the program, included talks by W. J. Cocke, Jr.,. president of the student body; the Rev. A. S. Law rence on behalf of the Chapel Hill churches, and Toastmaster John R. Pur ser, Jr., last year's president of the Btu dent Y. M. C A. here. Musical selections by Mr. Theodore Fitch and Mrs. H. D. Learned were the subjects of much praise and applause by the large number of banqueters., Immediately after the banquet 23 teams went out to completely cover the campus and rooming houses in the inter est of the financial campaign of the Y. M. C. A. for the present year. There were in the neighborhood of 300 men at the banquet. Besides the student can vassers there were also present members of the faculty, the ministers of the town, and the University building committee, which was In session here yesterday con ferring on the building program. The banquet itSelf was one of the most elaborate affairs held on the Hill in some time. Merchants of Chapel Hill and Dur ham contributed the supplies free of charge and the ladies of the several churches cooked all this food and pre pared it for the tables. Thirty co-eds, attired in white with blue "Y" caps, serv ed the banquet In a most charming man ner. -" As the Tab Heel goes to press reports of the campaign have not been complete ly turned in to the treasurer at the "Y" building. It was the purpose of the com mittee In charge to have the whole cam paign over in an hour and a half after the banquet ended. Early reports tend to point to a very successful campaign. Averages made of the faculty and can vassers present at the banquet ran very high and much, enthusiasm was being shown as the team captains were bring ing In Ihelr reports. .i Final totals and averages will appear in Saturday's issue ot tills paper." : L. L. Wugmm has been confined to tlie Infirmary with a cold. This seems to be the only student that Jupiter Pluvlus has seriously affected, ' COMPROMISE JOSEPHUS DANIELS FRESli PLAY OAK BJDGE SATURDAY , Announcement . comes in just be- ; fore time to go to press that the , first year football team will play ' Oak Ridge next Saturday. Although - no scrimmage has been held as yet, ' it is expected that the freshman ' coaches will have their, charges mix it up this afternoon. Yesterday aft-, . ernoon was given over largely to . tackling the dummy and practice in blocking. i Some promising looking material is out for the first year team and Coaches Pritchard, Lowe and Poin dexter are working hard getting the lurge squad in condition for their first encounter. RUTH DRAPER IS WELL KNOWN IN MANY CAPITALS V Has Performed jto Big Audi ences in Paris, Madrid and London. WIDELY KNOWN IN U. S. A. Regarded As Being Among the Fore most Artists of Europe and the United States. ' R'jth Draper, whose appearance here under the auspices of the Carolina Play makers is announced for October 7, is one of the greatest box office attractions in America. At first her triumph in Lon don, followed by a genuine ovation in Paris, were regarded as distinctions nev er before won by an American artist. She even went a step further when she presented her original sketches to equal ly enthusiastic audiences in Madrid. At a time when America was marveling at the reception of two companies of Rus sian players, Ruth Draper, an American, was carrying an American art to the most famous capitals of F.urope. From coast to coast her characteriza-; Hons have been given, and whether in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia or Boston, she has been cordially greeted by capacity houses. No longer is she considered a monologist. She ranks with the foremost actresses and attracts her audiences in the same way that a regular theatrical production does. ' Such won derful success as Miss Draper's is award ed only to artists who Have won and held popularity. One never tires of listening to Miss Draper's marvelously clever characteri zations. In spite of her successes in the past she seems constantly to acquire a richer resource in voice and expression and a deeper emotional note every time she is heard. Her program is always marked by the same charm and humor and the same astonishing variety. In deed, Miss Draper's art is a thing apart from the histrionic art as it is known in the regular theater. It is something to be a whole play in oneself, and this is what Miss Draper is. In her repertoire there are more than 50 characters. They range in nationality from Dalmatian to Irish and include French, German, Rou manian, Jewish, English, and Americans of various dialects. Miss Draper does not present merely one-sided conversation; she presents and enacts little cameos of characters that one minute hold her audience tense in pathos, and the next moment laughing at the foibles of easily recognized soci ety types. Her characters are perfectly wrought; each one lives; there is a subtle quality of finish about her work that stamps it as the work of an artist who loves her art ' E. T. Thompson Is New Prof, of Social Economics The department of rural social eco nomics has this year added a new in structor to its corps of state service workers. He is Mr. E. T. Thompson, a graduate of the University of South Car olina. Mr. Thompson has charge of the work on county economics and social sur veys in the department laboratory. The distinctive nature of these county studies has occasioned wide and favor able attention and comment. ; Their chief value to students lies in the direction of authorship and an intimate acquaintance with conditions and' problems of the honie county, and incidentally, .of the state and nation.. In the past, many of the surveys have been worked up by various county clubs that were ambitious to leave behind something more monu mental to their existence than a picture in the annual, -and at the same time to secure college credit for individual mem bers. '"'.- , FIRST OF GRAIL DANCES WILL BE ON OCTOBER 11 Follows Carolina-Trinity Foot ball Game Which Is Held r on Emerson Field. NEW ORCHESTRA NEEDED Arrangements for Use of Gymnasium or Services of Orchestra Not Yet Completed by Committee. ; ' The first Grail dance of the year will be held Saturday night, October 11, the day of the Carolina-Trinity football game, it was decided in a meeting of the Grail last Sunday. - No arrangements have yet been made to use the gymnasium for the dance, but it is practically certain that the place in which the Grail dances were held last year will be the place in which the first dance will be held this year! . No orchestra has been engaged for the oc casion, but the dance committee has re ceived several bids which are being con sidered. -The'. Carolina Club orchestra, whose playing last year did much to popularize the Grail dances, is traveling in Europe and will not return until after Christmas. , The cleanliness and quality of last year's Grail dances brought forth a great deal of favorable comment both from here and elsewhere, and indications are that the opening dance will be a banner occasion. The dance committee, which has full responsibility for making arrangements for the dance, is composed of Gordon Weeks, Z. J. Waters and Emmett Under wood. ' INTRODUCES NEW TRICK TO ROOTERS Huggins Invents a System All His Own. PEP MEETING HAS SPIRIT 'Twas for the Ill-fated Wake Forest Game. A new wrinkle was introduced by chief cheer leader Huggins in the monster pep meeting Friday night in preparation for the Wake Forest game, when the pic tures of the varsity were thrown upon a screen by a projection machine. Starting with the picture of Captain Matthews and going through the entire list of the team and the coaches, a cheer was given for each. When Coach Bill's picture was thrown on the screen a spon taneous cheer arose from the assembled students. ' Memorial hall rocked with cheers as it has not done since the meeting before the Virginia game last year. All classes were represented, even the co-eds, and enthusiasm prevailed. When Huggins asked those who were going to Wake Forest to raise their hands, almost all those present held up theirs. Albert Coates, Poindexter, and Dean Ferson of the law school, all made short talks, expressing hope for victory and urging the student body to back the team to their last yell. UNIVERSITY PLANS DRASTIC ACTION AGAINST GIVERS OF BOGUS CHECKS Student Council to Be, Aided by University Authorities in Stamp ing Out the Growing Evil 48 Hours Fixed As Time Limit for the Making Good of Returned Checks. At the request of the Student Council, the University has agreed to- take the following steps to put a stop to the giv ing of worthless checks by University students in order that student credit may be maintained: , The office of the Dean of Students will get; each day, from the banks, merchants, etc., a report on the checks that have come back unpaid! A notice will be sent by messenger to the giver of the bad check to the effect that unless this check Is made good in 48 hours, and evidence of that presented to the dean of his school within, that time, he will be sus pended from classes until the check Is made good. , At .the same time that, this notice is sent out, a copy of it will be sent to the dean of the school in which the student is registered. 1 In case sus pension Of this kind should continue for ten days the absence from class would be equivalent to complete suspension from the University because credit would not be allowed for the courses after that. : i--.- ) ' i ' - THE JOURNAL OF , SOCIAL FORCES N0W0FF PRESS September Issue Contains Arti cles by Leading Scholars ' of Country. HAS A BIG CIRCULATION Howard W. Odum Is Managing Editor and Gerald W. Johnson New As - sociate Editor of Journal. The September issue of the Journal of Social Forces which has just appeared from the University of North Carolina Press, marks the close of the second suc cessful year of a new venture in the South. Since the publication of the first number in November, 1922, the Journal has gained one of the largest reading groups of any of the academic journals in America, according to Howard W. Odum, managing editor of the magazine and director of the school of public wel fare..' ' - ) The September issue is especially sig niftcattt for the number of articles con tributed by men representing the best thought in America. "The Scientific Study of Human Society," by Professor Frank lin H. Giddings of Columbia University, is the sixth chapter on this subject which will soon be published in book form. "The Roads to Social Peace," by Prof. E. A. Ross, University of Wisconsin, is also a chapter of a book soon to appear. , Since the Journal is a southern pub lication of national scope and ideals, the September issue emphasizes the discus sion of problems peculiar to the South. "Scientific State Building," by W. E. Garnett, is an article telling how Texas is trying to meet ' its social problems. Wilson Gee, of the University of Vir ginia, is the author of a discussion of rUral conditions in the South. "The Land of 'I Reckon' and the Land of 'Hadn't Ought' " is a contrast of Northern and Southern peculiarities written by Edgar L. Pennington, a Georgian who has lived in both sections of the country about which he vrites. Dr. II. W. Odum's edi torial, "A More Articulate South," points out certain deficiencies in the South to day and suggests methods of meeting them. Gerald W. Johnson, formerly edi tor of the Greensboro News and now pro fessor of journalism here, is one of the new associate editors. Other additions to the staff are Guy B.' Johnson, for merly at Baylor College, Belton, Tex.j George B. Logan, and Guion Griffis John son, who will take churge of the circu lation department. . The circulation of the Journal at the present time is something over 2,000, which makes it one of the most widely read periodicals of social science in the country. ... Every number of the Journal contains the following departments: Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences; Public Welfare and Social Work; Conferences for Sociul Work; The Church and Re ligion; Inter-Racial Cooperation; County and Country Life Programs; The Work of Women's Organizations, and the Com munity and the Library and Workshop. The Journal will add as a new feature for Volume III news notes in connec tion with the departments and will pre sent a new scries of articles by leading American writers. Notation will be made on the record of each man of his first offense, and in case of second offense the office of the Dean of Students Is to report the offend er to the Student Council for disciplinary action. - , This plan is the result of considerable study on the part of last year's Student Council and President Cocke of this year's council, and also pf the experi ence which the deans of the schools had in handling: the matter during last spring. The council and the University take the position that in the matter of check writ ing carelessness is equivalent to dishon esty. The law of the state makes It a misdemeanor to write a check for which there are not sufficient funds. A check has the same place In circulation as does currency, and a check given by a student in the University should be just as good as money. The authors of this plan be lieve that it will result in making the checks of University students negotiable anywhere. , .'', TAR HEELS DROP SEASON'S OPENER TO DEMON DEACONS BY SCORE OF 7-6 DI AND PHI WILL MEET SATURDAY The Dialectic Literary Society and the Philanthropic Literary Assembly will hold their first meetings of the year on next Saturday night, Sep tember 4th, at 7:30. Officers for the coming term will be installed at this ; time and preparation will be made for the reception of new men on the r following Saturday. v The Di hall in New West and the Phi hall in New East will probably be ready for use by Saturday, as the new seats have been shipped and are now on the road. Both of the meet ing places have unergone extensive repairs during the summer and are in good shape for the year's work. CO-EDS REVIEW THE YEAR 1924 Hold Business Meeting in G'.i'- rard Hall. , ' .' . . TWO CO-EDS WON PH.D's Daisy Cooper Announced As Winner of the Pennant Offered to Cham pion Tenrtis Player. The women students' at the University met for the first time at a business meet ing held in Gerrard hall on September 23.' In reviewing the wiprk of the past year preparatory to mapping out the program for this year's work, an unusu ally fine record of accomplishments Is noticed. At commencement 1924, for the first time women students were awarded the degree of Doctor o Philoso phy by the University of North Carolina. Out of the six successful candidates the women students were ; represented by Miss Irene Dillard, who studied in the English department, and Miss Anna Forbes Ljddell, who did her Ph. D. work in the philosophy department. The Early English Text Society pri,e; the Hunter Lee Harris Memorial medal; the Mildred W. Buclian Scholarship In Philosophy; the Fellowship in Play writ ing; the J. W. Bailey North Carolina Club prize, and the Graham Kenan Fel lowship in Philosophy (awarded to two persons) were this'year awarded to wo men students, showing the range of their studies. For the first time women students were elected to associate membership in the honorary scientific society of Sigma XL These were Miss Mildred Morse of Char lotte and Miss Nannie May Smith of Greensboro. An interesting and varied program of work and entertainment was mapped out at the meeting held, this week; Monthly teas, literary and athletic clubs and a Hallowe'en carnival were among the plans. It was announced that Miss Daisy Cooper had won the Carolina pennant offered to, the tennis champion of 1924. Methodist Church To 1 Erect Sunday School Hut Plans have been completed for the im mediate erection of the proposed hut, or Sunday school room, on the lot at the rear of the Methodist church. The struc ture is to be approximately 32 x 60 feet, of wood construction, and will when com pleted be used for a combined Bocial room and Sunday school room for Meth odist students, until the proposed new Methodist church is erected, in the next year or so. , According to statements made by Rev. Walter Patton this week, student labor will be used In the building of the hut, insofar as is possible, and the work will begin as soon as weather conditions will permit. With the erection of this struc ture the rather crowded and cramped situation in regard to the handling of the great number of Methodist students in the present small church building will be partly relieved. Requests are constantly coming in for services from the bureau of community drama of the Extension Division. Miss Pearl Setzer, who is assistant state rep resentative of the bureau, has gone to Oxford at the request of the high school of that place to stage a play. It will, be remembered that Miss Setzer gained fame here in the renowned Carolino Playmak ers organization. : The superintendent of buildings an nounces that keys can be obtained at bis office from 3:30 to 4:30 each afternoon and any adjustments made that are nec essary. ' . ; S Erskine Duff, '26, has left the' Blue Melody Boys orchestra, with whom he has been1 playing in Canada, and return ed to the Hill to continue bis course , Game Played on Recently Fin ished Gore Field. GREASON STAR OF GAME 'Breaks Through Tackle and Races Down Field for First Victory Since 1907. MERRITT SCORES FOR CAROLINA But Sparrow's Educated Toe Gets Out of Order and Extra Point Is Not Added. Hank Garrity's well coached Wake Forest machine emerged a one-point vic tor over the Carolina eleven on Gore field last Saturday. Many Baptist hopes and prayers were answered when the final whistle sounded with the Wake team on the big end of a 7 to 6 score herHrst victory over Carolina since the resumption, in 1907, of football relations hetween the two institutions. The game was played in genuine Bap tist weather, with rain pouring down for the first two quarters. Both scores were made in the first period, during the last half both teams being so wet and muddy that good work was impossible. tThe Garrity eleven scored after ,)ur minutes of play when "Flash" G reason, Wake Forest home talent, slipped through tackle and raced down the' field for a touchdown. Ellerbe added the extra point by a kick from placement. It was this lone point that spelled de feat for the Blue and White machine, for after the Baptist score the Tar Heels unleased a steady attack that could not be denied and carried the ball over for a touchdown in the same quarter. Bon ner started the drive when he received the ball on tlie kick-off and returned it about 18 yards. After a short drive that netted two first downs Carolina was forced to kick. Wake Forest could do no thing on the offensive and kicked to Spar row who returned the ball to the 50-yard line. Devin made a first down through center and Bonner added two more yards. Carolina was penalized five, yards hut on the next play Bonner carried the bail to the 20-yard line on an end run. Mer ritt went around end, taking the ball to the five-yard line, where he took it over after two line bucks. Sparrow Fails on Extra Point. Sparrow tried to make the extra point by a drop kick and the margin by which he missed was only a fraction of an inch. The ball struck the cross bar of the goal posts and bounced into the air. For a moment, from the Carolina stands it looked as though it would fall over, but it dropped on the wrong side, from Caro lina's standpoint, and the Deacons were in the lead by a one-point margin. This lead did not appear formidable at the time. The Tar Heels had demon strated that they were capable of a steady march down the field and their supporters were looking for an early rep etition. Carolina started a second drive in the. second quarter that carried the bull to the 15-yard line, where a fumble by Devin gave it to Wake Forest. Wake made a first down but was soon forced to punt Captain Matthews broke through and blocked the attempted kick. Jackson recovered on the 30-yard line. A long pass was attempted, Devin to Sparrow, but Armstrong rose in front of the waiting arms of the Tar Heel quarterback and Carolina lost another good chance to score. Again Wake For est was unable to gain and kicked to Carolina's 45-yard line, where the ball rested when the half ended. Punting Duel Last Half. The last half dissolved' into a punt ing duel, with Carolina's chances to score steadily diminishing. Wake seemed to wax stronger. Gains through the line became harder and harder for the Caro lina backs, while there was more and more trouble in skirting the ends. The third quarter was about evenly fought with neither side threatening. Carolina started a drive and made a first down, but a 15-yard penalty for holding cut short any hopes for another march down the field. During the last quarter the Carolina stands saw their team fighting desperate ly, but with each minute finding their chances to score fading. After starting the quartet with a first down that brought the Tar Heel section to their feet cheering, they were held by the strong Gold and Black line and Spar row was forced to kick. Wake then pull ed a fake play that netted 30 yards and just about placed them out of dungcr. On silent signals the ball was given to Greason who knocked off 30 yards around end before, Merritt dropped him. The players hadbeen wiping off the mud on the ball every once in a while during the game and many of those in the stands (Continued on Pag Thru)