VOLUME XXXIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1924
NUMBER IS
HIGH HONOR FOR
THE UNIVERSITY
AT MINNEAPOLIS
Is Elected President of the As
sociation of American '
Universities.
V I C E-PRESIDENT . IN ; 1923
North Carolina and Virginia the Only
Two Southern Universities Be
longing to National Body.
The University of North Carolina line
recently been selected to fill an office
carrying with it very high honor and
national distinction. At its annual meet
ing a few weeks ago in Minneapolis,
Minn., the Association of American Uni;
versities elected the University to its
presidency. Dr. Edwin Greenlaw, dean
of the graduate school, represented this
Institution at the recent meeting.
Being a very exclusive organization,
this means quite a distinctive honor to
North Carolina. Only one other south
ern university has been admitted to the
association, the University of Virginia.
The membership is limited to 2f of the
largest educational institutions of the
nation whose standards are of highest
excellence. Degrees conferred by mem
bers of the association arc recognized
through a sort of international agree
ment by all the Jeading colleges of Eu
rope without question or qualification.
Dr. Greenlaw read an enthusiastically
received, paper on "Recent Movements
Toward Cooperative Research in the Hu
manities" at the meeting just held. The
paper was regarded with special inter
est since he is chairman of the research
group of- the Modern Language Associa
tion of America. Drv Greenlaw stated
that he heard many favorable comments
on the recent organisation of an Insti
tute for Research in Social Science at
the University. ' ".
The University was admitted to the
association two years ago. . Last year it
was elected vice-president of the organ
ization and Harvard was elected presi
dent. The meeting was held at the Uni
versity of Virginia and Dr. Greenlaw
represented this University.
Membership is based upon the record
of research and standing of the profes
sional . schools. The excellence of the
faculty, as determined by published
works and distinguished service done, is
also considered. Every year many ap-
plications are received for membership
but few accepted. This year three were
refused admission. An idea of the stan
dard of membership may be obtained
from a list of the members, which are
the Universities of California, Chicago,
Clark, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Illi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Johns Hopkins,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
Nebraska," North Carolina, Northwest
ern, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Stanford,, Virginia; Washington, Wis
consin, Yale, and the Catholic Univer
sity of America.
HOUDINI DESIRE TO
BE ASKED QUESTIONS
Great Opportunity for Love-Sick
i Freshmen to Discover If
All's Well.
There seems much excitement on the
campus over the coming of Houdini, the
world's most famous magician ana mys
tifier. on Friday nieht. November 21
No greater interest is found in any
phase of his performance than in the
"lection hlch he will give to the an
swering of questions from the audience.
Mr. Houdini has written to the author!
ties here. akimr that they collect in
advance of his coming any questions the
public cares to ask concerning spiritual
ism, fortune-telling, sleight-of-hand per
formance, or anytime in the realm of
mvsterv studv. All of these questions
Mr. Houdini will answer from the plat
form at .the close of his regular per
formance. A auestion box has been es
tabllshed in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A.
into which you may drop questions you
would like to have him explain or an-
swer. At other places this question ais
cussion has been one of the most inter
esting rtarta of his Dronram, and the
Carolina audience is expected to ask
a long list of them. Please get tlicm in
as early as possible so they may be pass
ed on to Houdini. ' t
Many were interested in noting that
the University has taken the two ancient
boxwood bushes which formerly graced
the path at the Eben Alexander place
and moved them to Manning hall, the
new law building. The ' shrubs were
pruned back and then transferred by
means of a truck. They'wcre dug from
the ground, much care being taken to
keep the dirt around the roots, and were
dragged along the ground. It is hoped
that the old bushes will thrive in their
new home and form another link con
LAST GAME HERE
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Captain Matthews, Star Tackle for Four
Years, Plays His Last Game on
Emerson Field today.
GERALD JOHNSON
FOR JOURNALISM
"Newspaper Work Completely
Fascinates a Man."
CONSTANT AND GRINDING
And Financial Rewards Are Generally
Very Meagre.
Bu Lucr Lav
"There is no life-work in the world
that more comoletelv fascinates a man,
and from which you ; may get more
amusement, more profitable contacts and
more power than newspaper work," Ger
ald W. Johnson, head of the denartment
of journalism, told "i group of students
Wednesday . evening, in speaking . on
"Journalism as a Profession. .
"Journalism can hardly be called a
profession because a journalist is not
indcDendent: he can not fix his own sal
arv and he does not limit the admission
into the field ; but a careful journalist is
a craftsman, whose work differs from
that, of a profession because it often
shades into a fine art," Mr. Johnson as
serted, in bringing to his hearers a mes-
saee of practical idealism.
Characterahie the financial returns at
the beginning as better than medicine
or law. he stated that they seldom go
very hieh. But as North Carolina is a
m-nwma statei he pointed out the fact
that the field of journalism is a growing
one. which Kives creat promise m the
near future to men who can be editor-
owners. He characterized the work as
granding, hard and constant, but the
returns as greatly desirable and worth
hile.
In trivinc the necessary qualifications
for a successful newspaper man lie laid
the first stress on the ability to work
hard. The ability to listen and report
carefully; the faculty of being able to
observe and store away for future use
nnv 'information which! one may hear;
n innate curiosity and all the knowl
edge which a man can pack into his head
constituted the other requirements.
In considering the returns from jour
nalistic work he. first mentioned the
amusement which conies to rt man. A
newspaper man," Mr. "Johnson stated,
'finrls his work so fascinating tnat it is
said in the trade that he never gets the
ink off his fingers. He sees and hears
erything that goes on and participates
miieh of it. He gets profitable con-
tnets with the wise and ,the learned,
.i 1 J ' 1.1.-
w
'1th the foolish and tne wicaeu, ir mc
hole drama of human existence is play
w
ed
before him on the stage. If.a great
or
notorious person is in town, there
is
one person who must see him and that
is
he newspaper man. . -
Rut beside the personal reward, Mr
Johnson pointed out the great power
wl
Inch may be wielded so that tne worK-
er
may be compensated by his service
to
others. -
'I?e irives safety and sanity to the
stateno less. The state in these days
democracy depends upon Intelligent
action by the masses of men, who can-
nnt net Intelligently without accurate
information. Accurate information, too.
than mere facts it means
truthful interpretation of the facts and
lucid presentation of them.
"He gives light to groping winds. Vast
numbers of people never read anything
i...t tl,e newspapers so fheir idea of the
great world of the spirit depends in large
MAeiiv unnn the idea of that world
I1H.OOU4V - -
pos
issessed by the newspaperman
1YING SQUADRON MEETS CAROLINA
ON EMERSON FIELD AT 2:30 TODAY
WITH ODDS FAVORING THE KEYDETS
V. M. I. Has Triple Threat Man
Closely Watched During Today's Game Great Work Lx-
Squadron's Wings at Richmond in 1922.
Carolina . I'. M. I.
Epstein - - ,. . L. E, - - Barkley
Matthews (C.) L.T, - - Hope
Fordham L.G. . McCracken
Mclvcr, C - - Wilson
Jackson . - , R.C. . - Hammond (C.)
Hawfield - B..T. . Clements
Braswell - R E. , Pillow
Dcvih . Q. B. . . Caldwell
Bonner "L- - L.H. . - Foster
Underwood R.IL,; - Harmeling
Merritt . , - F. B, . - White
Much of the evidence upon which the
final judgment of the Carolina football
season wil be formed will dejiend on the
outcome "of the. struggle this afternoon
with the "Flying Cadets" of V. M. I.
The Tar Heels have seemed on the
verge of developing iuto a strong team
all season, but have never quite made the
grade. A victory this afternoon would
argue well for success in the two re
maining games with Davidson and Vir
ginia. :
F.ach team has the same margin, 10
points, of victory over N. C. State, but
V. M. I. has been going strong ull sea
son while the Tar Heels played one of
their best games against the Techmen,
The Lexington crew has lost only two
games, dropping a close contest to Geor
gia Teeh 3 to 0, and losing to Virginia
13 to 0. Most of their othej opponents
have not, however, been very strong. ;
The-hope for a Carolina victory, seems
to revolve around the possibility of the
Tar Heels showing a better offensive
than has yet been demonstrated this sea
son. The Fetzer defense has been good
all season. Against this the Cadets will
throw a whirlwind offense built around
one Wyndham White, passer, punter and
ground gainer extraordinary. - The V.
M. I. fullback will, no doubt, be closely
"covered" this afternoon. .. The Cadets
have shpwn ability to gain through the
line all season, while White has thrown
THE SECOND SERIES
FOLK-PLAYS ON SALE
Latest Volume Contains Five Oue Act
Plays Written by University of
North Carolina Playmakers.
A second series of the Carolina Folk-
Playsf is just off the press and contains
five one-act plays that have been writ
ten and produced by. the Carolina Play-
makers. The book is edited with an in
troduction, "Making a iFolk Theatre," a
bibliography by Frederick H. Koch, pro
fessor of dramatic literature, and is il
lustrated with scenes from the actual
performances.
The plays included in this series arc:
'Thista," by Elizabeth A. Lay, contain
ing three men and two women. The
play is about a young woman accused of
witchcraft.
Thomas Clayton Wolfe's "The Return
of Buck Gaven," the fate of a tender,
but heroic, outlawed mountaineer. ' The
cast includes two men and one woman.
Lucy Cobb's "Gaius and Gains, Jr.,"
a boisterous comedy of how a sudden
and strange affliction chastened Gaius.
It has a cast of five men and one woman.
"Fixin's," by Erma and Paul Greene,
a tragedy of a poor farmer and his wife
who. revolted against the drudgery of
the life she was forced to live. -
"The Beaded Buckle," by Frances
Gray, the last of the series, deals With
what the dominating and aristocratic
Mrs. Miller did when suspected of steal
ing. .
The first series of folk-plays, edited
by Prof. Koch, proved to be an over
whelming success and, from present indi
cations, the second series will be a still
greater success. ' Numerous orders are
being received daily at the Playmakers'
office for this second series Of folk-plays.
fieorire Dennv has announced that mem
bers of Che faculty and students may
obtain copies at the Playmaker business
office.
PAST RECORD
N.C. V.M.I.
4 1893 10
17 1902 10
28 ' 1903 6 '
17 1905 0
0 1909 4
6 1910 0
30 1914 7
3 1915 3
38 1916 13
7 1919 29
0 1920 23
20 1921 7
9 1922 7
0 1923 9
179" . 125
in Wyndam WhiteWill Be
some passes for gains of 30 mid 33
yards, State held the V. M. I. backs
to 17 points and the Carolina defense
would appear to he stronger thaft Unit
of their. Raleigh brothers. The Tar Heels
should be able to stop the Cadets. Caro
lina must show a strong offense to w in,
however, for the Cadets have only been
scored upon by three teams and have
had only three touchdowns made against
them.
The Carolina-V. M. I. scrap started
hack in 1803 when the Virginians won
by "a 10 to 4 score. ' In all they have
played fourteen games with eight of
thein going to Carolina and five to the
Cadets. One game resulted in a 3-3 tie.
Carolina goes into the game with the
team in fairly good shape. Sparrow has
about recovered from his strained shoul
der but his wrenched instep may keep
him from playing. The squad has been
going through intensive practice during
thes past week, with special attention
being given to the passing attack. Prac
tice has been secret a'nd the Fetzerites
may show a few new tricks this after
noon.
Merritt appeared to have some of his
old form with him last Saturday and
will be watched with interest today. His
work in the last quarter of the 1922 V.
M. I. game probably saved the day for
the Tar Heels. Carolina will look for
a repetition this afternoon.
ANNUAL RED CROSS
ROLL CALL TUESDAY
Goal for Chapel Hill Is 750 With
Prof. Stuhlman In
Charge.
, . ' ' ..y-
Prof. Otto Stuhlman, of the depart
ment of physics of the University, has
been appointed chairman of the com
mit.tee in charge of the Red Cross call
for Chapel Hill, with J. F. Daugherty
as assistant . chairman. They will be
aided by a number of volunteer workers
who will make a .house-to-house cam
paign. The rolL,call will be held next Tues
day, Armistice day. The goal for the
Chapel Hill, chapter is 750 members,
Last year 422 members were enrolled.
This community was brought In close
touch with the work of the Red Cross
last summer when It went to the relief
of sufferers from the tornado in Chat
ham county.. It was through the prompt
aid of the Red Cross that the necessary
clothing, medicines, bandages, and other
supplies were rushed to the victims just
as soon as the news of the disaster
reached here.
The fee for an ordinary membership
is $1, but there are four other types of
membership, with fees of ?5, $10, $25
and ?50." "We are going to give to every
family the privilege of subscribing .as a
member," said Mr. Stuhlman yesterday,
"and to every bachelor the privilege of
taking a 'maintaining membership,' the
fee for this being $5."
' "If this community ' were wiped. out
tonight by a Are, tornado, or any other
disaster, a telegram to Red Cross head
quarters would bring adequate assist
ance within a few hours," Mr. Stuhlman
stated yesterday in commenting on the
relief work of the Red Cross. :
"It is hard to picture a happy, pros
perous community such as ours laid
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SEASON'S RECORD
.V. M. I.
33 Wofford ... ....,.,...::......... 0
39 Emory & H... 0
0 Ga. Tech 3
28 Roanoke 0
0 Virginia 13
17 N. C. State 7
25 Hamp-Sid. ..T 0
142 . 23
CAROLINA' .
6 Wake Forest ........................ 7
0 Yale . 27
0 Trinity 0
10 N. C. State 0
0 Maryland 6
7 Univ. S. C 10
29 50
BATTERING RAM
lie,
University Fullback aniTCnrolina'g Best
Bet in This Afternoon's Clash With
: " the Flying Squadron.
TOBACCO NUMBER
STICKS TO TITLE
Otherwise. It's. Neither. Good
Nor Bad.
NEEDS MORE RISQUE COPY
Literary Talent Not So Abundant on
the Hill.
lig The CaossBOAns
The Tobacco number of the Buccaneer
has made its appearance in Foister's
reading room with a rather good cover
illustration and a beautifully designed
Lucky Strike advertisement on the back.
The most commendable feature of this
issue is the fact that it is really what
it purports to be: a tobacco number.
The content has to do almost entirely
with the weed in some way or other.
The staff is to be congratulated for mak
ing the number title serve some other
purpose than to explain the frontispiece.
Even the national comics usually let it
go at little more than that.
The opening picture in the Tobacco
number takes as its caption, "A woman
is only a woman but a good cigar is a
smoke." We have felt that way a good
many times, and this picture makes us
feel that way ugain. The woman is plain
ly only a woman and a woman whom we
would be glad to exchange any day for
a sweet panatella. On the other hand,
the cigar pictured looks to us like a
two-for-a-niekle short filler; perhaps
there isn't so much choice after all. . If
the cigar had only been made larger and
more graceful, two desirable results
would have been obtained: the cigar
would have looked more inviting and
more of the woman's face would have
been covered.
The art work in the number is good
on the whole. The cuts, however, would
look much ' better if a little care and
skill was exercised in the press work.
Someone should jack up the printer. It
seems a shame to have a well drawn pic
ture ruined by poor printing.
As to the copy material, we can do lit
tie more than the literary society critic
who reports that the debate has been
up to standard. There is nothing start
lingly good nor is there anything excep
tionally bad. College comics are much
of' a pattern. It is even hard to dis
cover wherein lies the difference between
a comic which is called good and one
which is called otherwise. The nearest
which we can approach to defining the
difference is "pep." We-are not exact
ly sure what that isj but as far as college
comics are concerned, sparsely covered
female figures and humor more or less
risque are two of the components. Still
if the Buccaneer was to adopt a policy
of printing this kind of stuff, the girl's
schools we. mean the faculties of the
girl's schools would have it shortly on
the Index Expurgatorlus and the state
press would be calling attention to the
depravity of the Vniverslly student
body.
On the other hand, the circulation of
the Buccaneer would increase and a good
time would be had by ull. If faculty
intervention could be staved off, the
Buccaneer would soon enjoy the popu
larity and the circulation, which the old
'Tar Baby boasted. This is suid entirely
in the light of campus comment and our
opinion as to the desires of the 2?u'
eaneer' reading public.
' If the literary and artistic taleut that
should be present in a University of the
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FROSHES FOUGHT
TO A 7 AND 7 TIE
HERE YESTERDAY
Tar Babies and State College
Cubs Fight to a Hopeless
Deadlock.
STATE SCORES EARLY
Carolina Is Held . for Downs -Under
Shadow of Goal Pout But Isor
Finally Goes Across.
Playing mostly a defensive game, the
Tar Babies held the N. C. State Fresh
men yesterday afternoon to a 7-7 tic.
State displayed unusual strength on
the offensive, and showed good accuracy
in forward passing. The little Wolfpack
tried seven passes and completed four
of them for a total gain of 57 yards.
Carolina tried five and completed none,
Carolina mudc twelve first downs as
compared with State's eight.
State's touchdown came about three
minutes after the game started. The
teams had exchanged punts. Carolina
was penalized 15 yards for tackling a
man after he had signalled for a fair
catch. McDowell made three yards, and
Dixon first down, A pass, McDowell to
Watkins, netted fifteen yards. McDow
ell made eight yards and there re
mained only five yards to the goal line.
Honsucker carried the ball across and
Frauer kicked goal. The rest of the
half was taken up in. a punting duel
between Isor and McDowell.
In the third quarter Carolina took the
offensive, and by mostly end runs she
ruslied the ball to State's fifteen yard
line. State was penalized five yards.
Ferrell made five yards, but failed to
gain on the second down. Isor made one
yard and then State determinedly held
the Tar Babies for downs, and kicked
safely out of danger. Again in the
fourth quarter Carolina took the offen
sive. Receiving the ball, Isor and Simp
son, by end runs, advanced it' to State's
fifteen yard line. Simpson made first
down and Isor carried it across, Shep
herd kicking goal.
McDowell, State's captain and quar
terback, was the outstanding player for
the visitors, while Isor did splendid
work for the Tar Babie. Shepherd
played most of the game for Carolina
with his left shoulder badly hurt.
Line-up and summary:
V. S, C. Fresh (7) State Fresh (7)
Position
Bowles .-.... Watkins
L. E.
Pugh ... -.1 Campbell
V. ; L. T.'
Davis Bynum
L. G.
Block ... Fountain
C.
Duncan . Hodges
11. G.
Moorehead , ... Kilgore
, R. T.
Cheatham '; Einwlck
R. E. ' ".'; 7
Shepherd (C) McDowell (C)
Q. B.
Isor Frazer
L. H.
Tenney Honsucker
It. H.
Ferrell ... Dixon
R. B.
; Substitutions: For Carolina, Simpson
for Tenney, Wilkins for Shepherd, Block
for Pugh, Pugh for Moorehead. For
State: Brantley for Dixon, Evans for
Honsucker, Fitzgerald for Einwlck, "Wil
son for Campbell, Einwick for Fitzger
ald, Eubanks for Fountain, Mooney for
Bynum, Ridcnhour for Honsucker,
Evans for Ridcnhour.
Referee: Blount (U, N. C.)
Umpire: Alexander (LaFnyctte.) -
Headlincsman: Rowe (N. C. S.)
Time of quarters: 12 minutes.
Library Circulation
Has Shown Big Increase
The University library records for
October show that the circulation of
books increased more than SO per cent
over October, 1923. The figures for
Inst year were 7 $38; for the past month,
12,807.
This rise is out of all proportion to
the increase in student enrollment. One
contributing cause, perhaps the only one
that can be clearly defined, is the fact
that this year the history department in
its elementary courses has concentrated
its required reading in a few books and
has purchased a dozen or more copies of
each title. In former years a student
often became discouraged and quit after
calling for two or three books that were
almost sure to be out; now he is rea
sonably certain of obtaining the first or
the second title he asks for.
Mr. George B. Logan has been trans
ferred from the Education library to the
main building, to be reference librarian.
He will assist students with their prob
lems by suggesting books, ' and will be
glad to give bibliographical aid to mem
bers of the faculty.
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necting the old University with the new.