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1 Guilford Friday Davidson Saturday COMPLAIN ! In cane you are not (retting your Tar Heel regularly, you will do the paper a favor by making complaint at the office in New Wert Building. A paper la printed for every stu dent and If you are not getting yours) complain. VOLUME XXXIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1925 NUMBER 26 r BAILEY CALLS FOR CONTINUATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS IN HIS SPEECH TO NORTH CAROLINA CLUB Speaks on the Progress of North Carolina. TOOTERS OF OWN HORN ftandemns Vainglorious and False Propaganda N. C. . Ranks Low Among States. WE HAVE JUST BEGUN OUR WORK Deplores Tenant Farmers Time'Mer ' ' chants, Freight Rates, Election Laws Must Be Remedied. (By 11. N. Parker) "Whatever else we do, having laid our hands to the plow of Education, the plow of Good? Roads and the plow of Public Health, we must keep on. We cannot let education languish, we must finish our road system,' we cannot let up." Such were the words of Hon. Jo siah William Bailey, candidate for the Democratic nomination in the gubernato rial primary last June, In addressing the North Carolina Club last Monday night on "Points of Attack in the Progress of our Commonwealth." Just at this time when the legislature Is settling down to its work and with the University's request for appropriations threatened by the axe of retrenchment, this declaration in favor of continued ad vancement probably sounds sweet to those who are acquainted with how much binges upon the passage of the proposed budget, and . especially to Harry W. Chase, President of the University, an Interested hearer, and perhaps ' the one man most vitally interested in the suc cess of the University's plea for money. Vainglorious Propaganda. . Mr. Bailey's speech might have well been called an attack upon North Caro lina's recently -acquired erase for "vain glorious propaganda.! Reading from the World' i, Wark.ot November the speaker quoted from the now famous Strother ar ticle on North Carolina and took issue with the writer on several topics. "That North Carolina pays more Federal Tax- n .. u tt: ., xt. York - and Pennsylvania is absolutely false," More. Federal taxes are collect ed from North Carolina than any other state save" two, but, according to Mr. Bailey, the tobacco companies in the state pay a great part of this tax and this money, collected from smokers throughout the nation and world, is no index to the wealth of North Carolina. He cited the average income per capita in the United States as being $627, and the average income per capita in this state at $383, hardly a half of the na tional average. . This state ranks forty-fourth in the list of states in this respect and both Virginia and South Carolina are ahead of us., In bank resources we rank forty third. . "We have . no right to boast of our progress, as long as 16 of our children between the ages of 10 and 15 are forced ("Continued on pagt thrte) TRY-OUTS FOR STUDIO PRODUCTION THURSDAY Class in Play-Production Will Stage . Play In February Gives Good Training. t At 4:30 Thursday afternoon in .the new theater building will be held try-outs for the studio production which the class in play production will stage in Febru ary. V These try-outs will be open to all stu dents of the University, and it is hoped that as many as possible will come out for parts in the new production. In fact the"chief object in putting on this play is to discover new talent and to train new actors. Jt is felt that the Carolina Playmakers with their necessarily lim ited numbers do not offer sufficient op portunity for the expression of the dra matic talent of a student body of ..this sisse.' The play, which will be 'selected by Monday afternoon, will serve as a means of giving preliminary training to those new actors who report at the try outs Monday, The new play will be the second studio production to be' put on by the class in play production, the first having been "Prunella," which was presented with eminent success in the Forest Theater lost spring. The executives for the pro duction will be furnished by the class In play production, all departments of dramatic production being managed by Students. Members of the class have organized a ' studio group, and elected Dougald Coxe president, Margaret Jones secretary, and John Cotton business man ager and treasurer. Louise Sawyer, who is widely known for her dramatic ability and who played In the summer school Production of "Gammer Gurton's Nee dle,", by the Coffer-Miller Players, will be in charge' of the direction of the new Production, TAR BABIES PLAY DURHAM HI HERE : According to the calendar sent out from the President's office, the Tar Baby basketeers will play Durham High School here tonight instead of Thursday night. The game is sched uled to be played in the Tin Can at 8:00 P. M. Coach Shepherd has been putting the Freshmen through nightly drills and the team looks especially strong this year. A large number of first men reported for practice, including such men as Delancey and Neal,' All State High School players last year, Morris of Charlotte, Newcomb, foot ball player as well as an expert at basketball, Vanstory, of Greensboro, and Crinklcy, of Raleigh. Durham High School is noted for putting out strong quints and the team this year is thought to be up to the Bull City standard. MAY PETERSON IS A GREAT SINGER Scores a Complete Conquest in Local Concert. IS WINNER OF FRIENDS Program, With Few Exceptions, Is of a Light Nature. By Lucy Lay May Peterson, in her first appearance in Chapel Hill on Saturday evening, gave a concert in which she scdred a com plete conquest of her audience by her voice and personality. In a program which was distinctly varied, she showed herself to be the possessor of a fine so prano voice in complete control. Besides being a real artist, she is blessed with a most pleasing and gracious personality. Miss Peterson's program Avas charac terized, with a few exceptions, by light ness in material and treatment. She revealed an innate sense for the dra matic in her singing, and showed com plete control of her voice. No number on her program for the evening really showed the full possibilities of her voice, which is a lyric soprano of great beauty, the tone being pure and clear. In the Dvorak selection, "Songs My Mother Taught Me," Miss Peterson showed her ability of conveying emotion without sacrificing the quality of her tone. At this part of her program Miss Peterson (was probably at her best. For restraint, the Lie selection, "Soft-footfd Snow," and "Memory," by Ganz, were admirably rendered, v Miss Peterson's voice 1s particularly suited to folk-songs, such as the two negro melodies, and the old English mel ody, "Oh, No, John," in whicli she re vealed her unusual sense of humor. Her singing of the negrd melodies was en tirely adequate. One of the high spots of the evening was reached in the exquisite French lul laby by Grovlez, which was sung with keen feeling. In the air from Korn gold's "Die Tote ,-Stadt," Miss Peterson showed again her feeling for dramatic values. The Dvorak, and the Dalcroze numbers proved so popular that the art ist was compelled to repeat them. "May Magic" proved to be an admirable vehi cle for Miss Peterson's voice. Miss Peterson was particularly gra cious in responding to the enthusiastic applause. She spoke of the fine work of the Glee Club who sang for her on Friday afternoon, and in a charming manner expressed her appreciation by singing as a special encore, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." She also thank ed the Beta Theta Pi's for the flowers she had received by rendering an encore. As accompanist to Miss Peterson, Paul John Weaver was entirely adequate. Mr. Weaver showed' himself to be a gifted accompanist, almost perfect In his sym pathetic accompaniment. He never fail ed to be with Miss Peterson in thought and movement. He played with perfect ease and artistic interpretation. After the concert, Miss Peterson dis tributed souvenirs among the Glee Club members and sang "From the Land of the Sky Blue Water" by special request. May Peterson in her Chapel Hill per formance kept up her reputation of win ning friends by her lovely voice and charming personality. : At the recent meeting of the Ameri can Association of University professors in Washington the afternoon session on December 27 was devoted to the presen tation and discussion of three reports from the committee on methods of rais ing the Intellectual level of undergrad uates in American colleges. One of these reports, on extra-collegiate work of fac ulty members, was made by Professor H. V. Wilson, s. NEW GOVERNOR llllllllliljf JiMdSliilMllplili ANGUS WILTON McLEAN New Governor of North Carolina, Who Will Be Inaugurated in Raleigh Today Succeeding Cameron Morrison. McLean is a Graduate of the University of North Carolina. DEAN'S LIST HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED Forty-Eight Seniors and Jun- iors on List. MADE AN AVERAGE OF "B" Many Prominent Campus Leaders Are Among Number. The Dean's list, an innovation in the College of Liberal Arts, has been an nounced by Dean James Finch Royster of that school and a personal letter sent to each of the students placed on the list. The names of twenty-four men from the Senior Class and an equal number from the Junior Class have been placed on the little white sheet of paper that gives them the right to enjoy all the privileges and benefits of voluntary class attendance. Only those who made an average grade of "B" during the last quarter were eligible and they are to remain on the list only so long as they maintain a standing of "B." Standing out among the names placed on the Dean's list are men prominent in campus activities and athletics. Among them tire, W. J. Cocke, president of the student body and president, of Phi Beta Kappa; J. E. Hawkins, editor of the Carolina Magazine; J, B. Fordham, foot ball player, track man, and general ac tivity man; - C. 11. Jonas, track man, Coolidge booster, Di Society man and author; L. E. Watt, general activities; Ludwig Lauerhass, president of the Pub lications Union ; W. T. 'Couch, composer of "Spotted Fruit," intercollegiate deba ter, and Don Koonce, basketball player; and seven co-eds. In the letter sent out to the cleaners, Dean Royster outlined the purpose of the list, stating that it was not an invi tation for cutting classes but that it makes class attendance a matter of in dviidual responsibility and a matter be tween student and instructor. Accord ing .to Dean Royster the rules are that not more than fifty juniors and seniors of the A. B. School whose grades in the preceding quarter were as high as "B" are eligible and these will be re lieved of the absence regulation so far as any penalties for class absence alone. If a student once makes the list, he may consider himself as remaining on it un til he fails to make the required average. The complete list is as follows: Seniors: F. LeV. Adams, E. M. Arm field, D. Carter, W. J. Cocke, R. II. Cra ter, S. M. Eddleman, N. Elliott, P. L. Elmore, Romana Galloway, David Hol houscr, C. R. Jonas, Margaret Jones, J. E. Hawkins, Mary Henley, Elizabeth Hickerson, C. R. Jones, R. W. Linker, R. S. Matthews, R. T. Pickens, J. S. Rhodes, Jesse Richardson; S. W. Shaifer, Jewel Sink,",L. R. Staton. " Juniors: J. G. Arnold, E. S. Barr, J. R. Blackwell, J. M. Braswell, J. B. Bul litt, R. C. Bullock, P. A. Clement, J. F. Cooper, Mabel Couch, W. T. Couch, R. B. Downs, J. B. Fordham, T. A. Kennedy, D. B. Koonce, L. Lauerhass, D. Miller, P. Nash, J. P, Pegg, O. H. Rouse, Jgeorge Stephens, ' T. B. Stroup, A. H. Zealey, Mary Verner, L. E. Watt. BASKETBALL GETS GOING IN TIN CAN Popular Intra-Mural Sport Was Started Monday. WEST WON THE 1924 TITLE Track, ' Wrestling and Boxing Come Later, Soccer Every Day. Intra-mural basketball, popular win ter indoor sport, ,got under way Mon day aftertioon with seven dormitory games and one fraternity contest. There are 32 teams entered in the race for all campus tossing honors, with 14 from the dormitories and 18 from the fraternity group. Minor Gwynn, instructor of Latin in the University, and coach last'year, of the state championship team from Reids ville, will act as head referee of the games and will be assisted by A. ' P. Routh and Holland Corbett. Gwynn was a varsity basketball player at the University when a student here and two of his Reidsville products, Neal and Delancey, all-statf men last year, are now out for berths on the freshman team. . f A strong trace for the silver cup is ex pected tliis year. Old men will recall the intense interest shown during 1924 when the West Dormitory team won the trophy for having the best team on the Hill, F. S. Griffin, in-pharge of the in-tra-murul department, 'announces that teams may get basketballs for practicing at the Tin Can from the hours of 3 to 6 in the afternoon' and from 7 until 10 at night. Besides the- basketball race, men in terested in soccer football can get a chance in that sport every afternoon at 4 p.m. The Serunian brothers and oth ers will be on the field to help coach those students who are unacquainted with the sport. The two brothers, be fore? coming to America, were members of the Tabriz Memorial school team, which was the championship outfit of Persia. The annual indoor track meet will be held about the first of March in the Tin Can. Boxing and wrestling meets be tween' the different dormitories will com mence about the middle of February. Right now basketball holds the middle arena in great style and the Tin Can has been crowded every afternoon. . The schedule for this week wag announced Monday and the games for Thursday and Friday are published elsewhere in this 'issue. The department of 'Zoology was rep resented at the recent meetings of scien tific societies in Washington by Profes sors H. V. Wilson and R. E. Coker. Pro fessor Wilson, ' representing the Zoolo gists, attended the meeting on Jan. 2 of the committee on grants of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci ence. Professor Coker, representing the Zoologists, attended the meetings of the Council of the American Association. He also acted as a member of the commit tee on nomination of the Ecological So ciety of America, , DEBATERS WILL HAVE NUMEROUS i CONTESTS SOON Several Strong Southern Teams Are Scheduled For Debates During Coming Quarter. CHANCES FOR NEW MEN Advised to Get Aid From Faculty Members and to Work Hard On Their Own Initiative. The debate query for the Carolina Washington and Lee-Johns Hopkins tri angle debate has been announced by the debating council, following a tabulation of votes taken on the query. The ques tion is, Reolved That the proposed amendment; to the federal constitution authorizing the regulation of child labor should be adopted. Carolina's affirmative this year will meet Washington and Lee in Chapel Hill, with the negative team traveling to Bal timore in order to debate Johns Hop kins, George Washington University will also be debated by the negative, probably'on this same trip. The teams will be composed of two men each, as has been jthe custom in the pust. ' This triangle is the classic triangle debate of the year, as it has had a place on the Carolina schedule for many years. Last year Carolina's affirmative, on the tax-exempt securities question, won a unanimous , victory over Johns Hop kins here, while the- negative, debating in Lexington, lost to Washington .and Lee..- . Debaters are urged to begin work on the query, immediately. The time limit in the preliminaries will be sever! minute constructive speeches and four minute rebuttals. The date for the preliminary will be announced at a later date. The final debate will be held either In April or May, giving Carolina men at least three months in which to prepare their debutes. N - State College has also suggested an other Oxford Union debate to take place in Raleigh in the spring and this doubt less will be scheduled. In addition, there will be two other triangles, a dual debate with West Virginia, and possible Oxford Union or dual debates with Swarthmore and Kentucky, (Continued on page thrte) DORMITORY CLUB FOR QUIET HOUR Wants All to Be Peaceful After Eight-Thirty. IS AIMED AT PEDDLERS Believed the Student Council Will Support It. A general quiet hour will be observed over the entire campus after eight-thirty P.' M. with the exception of Satur day night If the rule decided upon by the Carolina dormitory club at its meet ing last Monday night is enforced, and it is generally believed that the students will respect this ruling. Besides this ruling the dormitory club also passed three rules designed to prevent the interruption of studying by pressing club agents. These rules are: (1) Two weeks shall be set aside at the beginning of each quarter for all repre sentatives of pressing clubs to solicit trade. (2) One night at the beginning of each month shall be allowed for so liciting new trade; at other times press ing club representatives shall only be al lowed to visit rooms in which they have trade. (3) All representatives shall turn over a list of the rooms in which they have trade to the president of the dormitory. These latter rules are designed to pro tect the students who wish to study from being bothered and also from unrelia ble solicitors and to help enforce the university ruling that all solicitors of business in dormitories must have per mit from the superintendent of build ings. This would also help iii the en forcement of the town law that, all so licitors whose place of business is out side of Chapel Hill must have a license. Dean Bradshaw was at the meeting and stated that the university had al ways held the policy of backing up the student council In any decision that it might make and it is the belief of the dormitory club that the council will stand back of it in these rulings. The meeting Monday . night wag marked by good fellowship and lively in terest and discussion of the proposed rules. Jeff Fordham was present and asked the help of the club for the Y. M. C. A. in organizing student bible classes in the dormitories, Johnnie Purser and Dean Paulsen were also present and' commended the work being done in Intra-Mural sports and offered suggestions by which the club might better carry out its work. GUILFORD MEETS UNIVERSITY HERE ON NEXT FRIDAY Presbyterians Come to Play Carolina Basketeers Here Saturday Night. TAR HEELS SHOULD WIN Davidson Has Licked Duke Twice McDonald Has Speedy, Sure Passing Bunch of Players. Carolina ' meets its first opponent In I the race for the state championship Fri day when the Quakers of Guilford come here and on the next day takes on what at this time appears to be one of the strongest teams in the race In Davidson. Guilford is not expected by dopesters to prove a very great obstacle for Coach McDonald's speedy, sure-passing baske- tccrs; but the Quakers will fight their hardest against Carolina and may be surprisingly strong. Coach Younger at Davidson has fitted together the best running team that the Wildcats have had for a few years, ac cording to rumor from the Wildcat lair, and to the word of those who have seen them in action this season. Their team is certainly stronger than that of last year, while the status of Carolina yet remains to be settled. Davidson admin istered two lickings to Duke, nee Trin ity, and can be counted up to be a real danger to Carolina's championship hopes. These two games will be a real test of the 1025 Blue and White quint, and will shed much light upon the chances for the S. I, C. tournament cup to again come to North Carolina. A good squad is still working out, but the most prob able line-up seems to be McDonald and Captain Cobb at forwards, Purser and Devin at guards and Dodderer at center. PLAYMAKERS OFF SOON ON CRUSADE Go Only As Far South As At lanta, Georgia. LEAVE FLORIDA ALONE Three Good Plays Make Up Bill for the Trip. On January 23rd the Carolina Play makers will start out on their first Southern Interstate Tour, which will be by far the most extensive trip yet un dertaken, and is an evidence of the fact that the Playmakers' fame is fast be coming national. Besides their perfor mance here the Playmakers will play in Badin on the 23rd of January, Colum bia the 24th, Atlanta the 26th, Augusta' the 27th, Savannah the 28th, Charleston the 29th, Lumberton, N. C, the 30th, and Pinchurst, N. C, the 31st. In both At lanta and Augusta two performances will be given. The matinee in Atlanta will be given at the Agnes Scott College, and the evening performance under the aus pices of the Drama League, the most in fluential dramatic club in the South; in Augusta the matinee performance will be at the Tubman High School and the evening performance under the auspices of the Federated Woman's Clubs of Augusta. .... The program announced Includes three plays which have already won state-wide approval. They are 'When Witches Ride", a play of folk superstition by Elizabeth Lay; "Fixin's", a tragedy of tenant farm life by Erma and Paul Greene, and "Gaius and Gaius, Jr.", a farce-comedy of the Old South by Lucy' M. Cobb. These plays are among the most popular ever produced by the Play makers. The numerous invitations for perfor mances and the ready encouragement to make the trip which the Playmakers have received show a warm endorsement of their work. . Under the able leadership of Professor Frederick H. Koch the Playmakers have been laboring to devel op a distinctive "dramatic workshop" through which they may interpret North Carolinians and revivify the traditions which are the state's heritage. The an nouncement of the Interstate Tour comes as an evidence of the success which they have attained in their work. The December number of the Univer sity Extension Bulletin is off the press and has been mailed to University fac ulty and trustees and to libraries and other extension divisions throughout the State. The bulletin gives the history, purpose, and regulations, along with sug gestions as to judges and originality of debates of the High School Debating Un ion. Arguments pro and con port ter minals and water transportation are con tained therein. The query which will be discussed this year by the high schools Is, Reiolveds That North Carolina should ratify the port terminals and wa ter transportation act. "Bill" Jessup, of Westfleld, was pledged by C1U Tau last week.