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VOLUME XXXIII
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1925
NUMBER 43
WILLIAM ALLEN
WHITE LECTURES
EARLY IN APRIL
Noted Kansas Editor to Deliver
Annual Series Weil Lectures
Beginning On April 3rd.
WILL LAST THREE DAYS
Memorial Hall to Be Used to Accom
modate Expected Crowd White
Will Be Much Feted.
By J. T. Madry
William Allen White, author, states
man, editor and publisher, will be In
Chapel Hill on April 3, 4 and 5, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights, to deliver
a series of lectures in Memorial halL
Spacious Memorial hall will be used for
the occasions because of the popularity
of the speaker and requests from the
outside.
Mr. White, the vigorous editor of the
Emporia Gazette and believed by many
to be America's most popular editor and
publicist, will deliver the annual series
of Wreil lectures. The Weil Lecture com
mittee, of which . Dr. H. W. Odum is
chairman, considers itself extremely for
tunate in having secured, a lecturer so
distinguished and Interesting. Mr. White
Is the author of a long list of best sellers,
including a volume from MacMillan in
the last few months on politics and citi
zenship. His latest book is a remark
able interpretation of Woodrow Wilson,
published by Houghton, Mifflin Com
pany. His interpretation of the South
as a moulding influence on Mr. Wilson
is not only comprehensive but beautiful,
Some of his most popular books are A
Certain Rich Man, In the Heart of a
Fool, The Old-Order Changeth, and Poli
tics, the Citizens' Business.
Mr. White's recent campaign for Gov
ernor of Kansas on the independent tick
et attracted nation-wide attention. Some
of his articles will be published this
spring by The Journal of Social Forces
and the University of North Carolina
Press.
The Weil lectures were established as
an unendowed lectureship on American
citizenship by the University in 194.
The first incumbent was ex-President
William Howard Taft, who lectured on
"The Presidency: Powers, Duties, Obli
gations and Responsibilities." Since that
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STEELE DEFEATS
FRATERNITY FIVE
Wins From Kappa Alpha Team
14 to 13.
CHAMPIONS OF CAMPUS
Kappa .Alpha Led During Most of
Game. .
Steele Dormitory nosed out Kappa
Alpha fraternity by a lone point Thurs
day night in the championship game of
the intra-mural basketball leagues. The
dormitory team won by a score of 14
to 13, after the fraternity team had
maintained a lead during most of the
game.
Steele won the championship of the
dormitory league by right of a sting
ing defeat over the West team, cham
pions last year, while Kappa Alpha
broke a tie in the fraternity league by
defeating Sigma Chi by a bare two
points. 1
Both teams displayed excellent de
fenses and but few shots were taken
by the teams. The first quarter ended
with the score 2 all. In the second
quarter K. A. broke away for a four
point lead when Purser and Woodard
each registered pretty shots. However
the dormitory men retalliated and the
half ended 10 to 9 in favor of K. A.
In the third quarter both teams slowed
up, one goal by the fraternity team be
ing the only score. The dormitory men
staged a come back in the final period
when Mills made his third field goal
of the game, tying the score. New
som shot a four putting Steele ahead,
but Woodard again tied the score with
a foul a few seconds later. Ellis' foul,
shortly afterwards, placed Steele ahead
and won the game and the campus
championship.
Mills and Newsome played well for
the winners, scoring all of Steele's
points except one. Purser and Wood
ard were the outstanding players for
the losers.
Line-up and summary)
Steele (14) K. A. (13)
EUis (1) .Buck (2)
F.
Godwin
Adklns
Ncwsom (7).
Mills (6)
.Purser (6)
Love
G.
Johnson
.Woodard (5)
PRODUCTION TOO
BIG FOR STUDENTS
As Amateur Performance
Torchbearers Praiseworthy.
SETTINGS ABOVE PAR
Louise Sawyer and James Hawkins
Deliciously Good.
By The Crossroads
The Playmakers production last Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of George
Kelly's satiric comedy, "The Torch-Bear
ers," probably constitutes the most sig
nificant event in the Playmaker year.
This significance lies in the fact that
"The Torch-Bearers" is produced and
offered to the public by Professor Den
ny's Class in dramatic production with
out supervision save from the class itself,
It may be regarded as an exact indi
cation of the talents and abilities of the
various members of the class.
Our first praise goes to the managers
of the mechanical aspect of the play.
The scenery and general properties are
the most elaborate and satisfactory we
have ever seen attempted here. The tint
ed sets, the furnishings and the lighting
in the first and third acts are truly real
istic and totally lacking in the Play
makers too often "stagy" realism. The
costumes are without exception in char
acter and satisfying. Somebody has done
a considerable amount of work, and de
serves the same amount of credit.
The Playmakers flaunt the slogan,
"Amateurs with professional standards."
In comparison with the average college
dramatic club this rating is doubtless
justified; but. the dramatic production
class of the University of North Caro
lina or of any other university is not
qualified to present a play of the type
of "The Torch-Bearers" even semi-pro-
fessionally. In the present instance the
cast is unusually fortunate in having two
principals of genuine ability? but to have
a preponderance of cast members of
such ability is necessary, for this type
of play, and at the same time impossi
ble for an amateur organization.
George Kelly is one of the Wilde school
of comedy. His plots are very meagre
and the whole virtue of his plays lies in
the lines: ion mots, innuendo, ironic
comment and satire on prevailing social
trends and usages. .Comedy of this na
ture requires the most finished acting
and complicated technique of anything
in the profession. Amateurs can achieve
unalloyed success only in comedy which
lies nearer the slap-stick level; or at
least comedy which possesses something
more stable than sophistication and sub
til ity on which to base its funniness.
Clever comedy requires the professional;
the amateur is at home only in the ridi
culous. All of which leads us to the
conviction that we must comment on
"The Torch-Bearers", as an amateur per
formance. Louise Sawyer' and James Hawkins,
the prlcipals, are deliciously good. The
former as Mrs. Pampinelli in her costum
ing and the arrangement of her hair
makes a perfect character. Her diction
is almost the duplicate of that of a real
(Continued on page four)
BE IN SWAIN HALL
Weidemeyer Will Furnish Mu-
sic Easter Dances
LITTLE GERMAN LEADER
Seven Dances Beginning Tuesday Eve
ning, April 14th.
The Carolina spring dances will be
held on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursdny of Easter week in Swain Hall
with Weidemeyer furnishing the music,
according to announcement made by
Borden Hooks, secretary of the Ger
man Club, who is now business making
preparations to insure for the dance
devotees one of the best sets of dances
that has been given here in recent years.
There will be seven dances in all, be
ginning with an evening dance Tuesday,
ADril 14. Morning, afternoon and eve
ning dances will be held on both Wed
nesday and Thursday. '
Already Swain Hall has been secured
for the hops and plans are underway
for very elaborate decorations for the
series of dances. The fact that Weide
meyer will play for the scries will at
tract a good many people here from
other places as well as lure numbers of
students from their home vacations.
Manv of these who attend the PI Kappa
Alpha dance in Kaleigh on Monday
night will probably come over to the
Hill for the three day series of hops.
'he regular Spring German will be
lead by Nick Little, assisted by' Hart-
well Bass and Henry Johnson. Hie Jun
ior Prom will be lead by Dave Woodard,
..eclotml hv Chad Uzzell and Jim Webb,
while Fuller Brown will lead the Sopho
more Hop. His assistants are Horace
Strickland and Gus McPherson.
WILL LECTURE HERE
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Lieutenant Harding will show the
a talk here Wednesday night, March 25.
by the Carolina Playmakers. ;
SPECIALTIES BIG
PART MINSTREL
Lighting Effects In Charge of
Graham.
DATE APRIL 1 AND 2
Seven Complete Changes Scenery and
Costumes.
The scenery and lighting effects for
the Di Minstrel-Revue are to be most
gorgeous and extravagant and are to be
handled by most efficient professionals
in that line. Mr. Chas. E. Graham, of
the University electrical department, has
consented to handle the electrical ar
rangements for the show and has worked
out some of the most original and unique
lighting specialties ever seen in Chapel
Hill. Mr. Graham is director of light
ing for the Carolina Playmakers and
his unusual ability in this field was
shown in the Torchbearers. . The . elecr
trical arrangements for this show were
largely responsible for the beauty of the
set. Mr. Graham states that the Mins
trel lighting will be even more beauti
ful than in the Torchbearers and will
be the most startling attempted here.
The first part will be a beautiful gar
den scene with elaborate lights and cos
tumes that will be in perfect harmony
with the set. In this act there will be
nine different and complete lighting
novelties. On the opening, finals, each
ballad and end-man song there will be
a combination of effects different from
the preceding one.
Each of the six specialties following
the first part will carry a complete
change of costumes, scenery, and light
ing features. Nothing along this line
will be seen more than once during the
show. The plan of the management is
i
to give an original variety of special
ties, scenery, costumes and effects and
to keep the audience guessing as to what
is coming next. .
Some interesting pointers to the bril
liancy of the production may be gath
ered from some facts given out by the
management. There will be seven com
plete changes of scenery. This scenery
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ORDER OF GIMGHOUL
LODGE NEAR FRESHMAN ROCK PILE
Modelled After Mediaeval Castle
Beauty To Overlook Piney Prospect Historical Rock
Pile Will Remain Has Been Suggested As
Memorial to President Battle.
'By Lucy F. Lay
The Order of the Gimghoul will soon
start building their new lodge in the
Gimghoul development, which, according
ulans given out by Dr. A. H. Patter
son and Dr. Thomas F. Hickerson, will
a building of great beauty. The
Order of the Gimghoul is founded on the
idea of knighthood and the plans are for
structure which will be similar to an
old
English medieval castle thoroughly
keeping with the order.
The name of the new lodge will be
Hippol Castle in Glandon Forest, a plot
30 acres which were reserved from the
iginal Gimghoul prospect for the site
the castle. Out of the original land,
acres were given to the University to
ement the Dark land already in Battle
park, and about 38 acres have been sold
i building lots.
The lodge will be built of native rock,
on
a site just beyond the Dromgool Kock
and
to the rieht of the old Rock PUe
started years ago by President Battle,
now known as the Freshman Kock rue
Piney Prospect. Huge quantities of
ndErJA 'Ihhon with
World Flight Motion Pictures and make
This attraction was very recently booked
Ij '
TO SHOW MOVIES
OF WORLD FLIGHT
Lieutenant Harding Will Tell
Story of Flight.
HERE ON MARCH 25TH
Harding Made World Flight in the
... "New Orleans."
Lieutenant Harding's story of the
World Flight is like a chapter of the
"Arabian Night's ' Entertainment." It
is a personal story, tense with action
and thrills the side that could never
be written into the books.
Lieutenant Harding, who won the
sobriquet of "Smiling Jack" on account
of his genial good nature and sunny
disposition, was the companion of Lieu
tenant Eric Nelson in the airship, the
"New Orleans". It 'is an interesting
fact that the tour of the "New Orleans"
waa..mode without a single delay, and,
according to' aerial experts, was 100
percent perfect.
Appearing on the program with Lieu
tenant Harding will be Lowell Thomas,
the official historian of the Flight, and
a man who is internationally known as
a lecturer. Mr. Thomas has been a world
traveler for the past ten or twelve
years, and has flnown over a good many
of the countries covered by the Fliers,
He is a noted author and war corres
pondent. He was the historian of the
Palestine and Arabian campaigns and
the discoverer of Col. Lawrence, the
mystery man of the East, who built up
an army of 20,000 Beduoins in the
desert. "
Lieutenant Harding and Mr. Thomas
will appear here Wednesday night,
March 25th in Memorial Hall. Not only
will they give the personal story of the
entire flight, but the lecture will be il
lustrated throughout with "Still" and
motion pictures, covering the "high
spots" of the journey. The pictures have
been assembled from nearly every land
ing port during the memorable voyage.
Lieutenant Harding, himself an ama
teur photographer of considerable abili
ity, personally took a great many of the
"still" views which will be shown.
WILL BUILD
New Lodge Will Be of Great
rock arc being collected in order that the
contractor will not have to see to this
part of the preparation, and the trees
haVe been cleared away for the building
and also to improve, the view.
The lodge will be approached by a cir
cular drive 100 feet in diameter. To the
left of the center of the' building will be
a high tower after the manner of the
medieval castle. At the base of the
tower, directly in front, will be a porte
cochere, with stone steps leading up to
the heavy castle door which will open
into a round reception room bordered
with windows. To the left of this room
will be the ladies' dressing room. Be
hind the reception room will be the sew
ing rooms and a covered logia, the logia
being directly in line with the Bromgool
Rock and the front door of the Castle.
The kitchen will be in the basement To
the right of the reception room will be
the great hall, 35 by 35 feet. Glass doors
alternating with windows will open from
the hall to the tiled terrace running the
length of the building.
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TAR HEEL NINE
FAST DEVELOPING
Much New Material for Coach
, Bill. ,
PROSPECTS A R E GOOD
Many Strong Competitors From '24
Frosh Team.
Practice by the diamond men has
reached the stage at which it is possible
to make a guess as to the kind of team
that will represent Carolina in the race
for the state baseball crown this spring
and prospects look good 'for a strong
club.
From thirty to forty men have been
working out daily with Coach Bill on
Emerson field and with a number of
new men competing with the men from
last year's squad the race for places is
very close.
There is a wealth of pitching material
and a this early date indications are
that Coach Fetzer will have a number
of men he can rush into the pitchers
box if necessary. Ferebee, Poyncr, and
Coltrane are three letter . men back
While Hanes, Whisnant, Holshouser, and
Ambrose are men from last season'i
frosh squad who are offering strong
competition to the old varsity players
Farrell, Sharpe and Prescott are fight
ing it out for the position behind the
bat. All three are good receivers and
the catching position will be adequately
cared for. Farrell is from last year's
squad. Sharpe did the receiving for
Coach Sides' Tar Babies last season
while Prescott caught for the Tar Ba
bies of 1923.
Competition in the infield is keenest
and Coach Bill has been trying out many
men at the various positions. Bill Dod
derer, Stanton, and "Touchdown" Jones
are scrapping for the place at the ini
tial sack. Stanton is a Sophomore. He
led the Tar Babies in hitting last spring
with an average of over .400 and if he
can hit that same stride this year ap
pears to have his place sewed up. Dod
derer has been hitting them hard in
practice and is a larger man than Stan
ton. His stature may give him the odds
if he can continue to find the ball when
at the plate.
Second,, short, and third offer the big
gest problems for selection of the proper
man. Sides looks mighty good at the
keystone position, but Red Bowman is
also going ' strong. Starling, Jonas,
Thomas, Johnson and Hatley, are being
shifted around at the various positions
and the choice among them is very un
certain.
Bonner and Coffey are almost certain
of their positions in left field and cen
ter respectively, but who will pluy right
field is,till very much in doubt. "Hoot"
Gibson, Edwards, and several newcomers
are working hard for the place. Per
haps a hard hitting infielder who doesn't
make a place on the diamond will be
shifted, to the outer gardens. At any
rate competition is strong and the man
who holds down the job will have won
out over a healthy field of competitors.
DATE ELECTIONS
SET FOR APRIL 2
Nominations In Chapel On
March 30th.
ALL CAMPUS OFFICERS
Various Class Nominations Night Of
March 30.
Soon the campus will be buzzing (audi
bly) with various bull session opinions
on the prospect for the various offices
for next year. The date for elections
has been set for April the second; and it
will be a busy three weeks for the
politicking" ring to put in their work
before the great campaign is finished
and the die has been cast. ,
On March the thirtieth at Chapel Pe
riod there will be nominations for offi
cers of the 6tudent body, and at seven
that night the various classes will hold
their meetings in order to make their
nominations. .. '. . i
The officers to be elected on April
the second arei the President of the Stu
dent Body; the Class Presidents; the
three members of the Publications Un
ion Board; Editors of the Tab Heel,
Carolina Magazine, Tackety-Yack; offi
cers for Y. M. C. A.; Athletic Associa
tion and Members for Debate Council.
In the case of the publications, the
various boards make their nominations
to the Student Council, which attends
to the elections. At the meeting on
March thirtieth, the student body has
right to propose any other names for
these : offices besides s the names nomi
nated by the various boards.
Ballot boxes will be placed on the
campus in the usual places on April
second. Any registered student in the
University is eligible to vote. The
printed ballots will have the nomina
tions for more than a score of offices.
PLAN ELABORATE
CARNIVAL ON DAY
VIRGINIA CONTEST
Carolina Carnival Will Be Gala
Occasion Begins May 15
With Baseball Game.
FOLLOWED BY DANCE
Coronation of Carnival Queen Planned
As Big Feature of Carnival
Students Vote on Queen.
Flans are rapidly progressing for a
great gala occasion which will take place
here on May 18, and it is to be known
as the Carolina Carnival. This, will not
be put on by a single organization, but
by a board consisting of men from the
various organizations on the Hill. 'The
carnival will be for the entire student
body, and nothing will be overlooked In
order to make that day one of the great
est of the year.
Numerous events will fill the program,
all of which will be held on EmerSon
field. The carnival will begin in the aft
ernoon with the Carolina-Virginia base
ball game. There is to be a midway
with booths conducted by the different
organizations. In the evening the stu
dents will be entertained by the Glee
Club, the Playmakers, and a moving pic
ture. ' One of the main events will be the
coronation' of the Carnival Queen. Pic
tures of girls are to' be handed In by
members of the student body to a com
mittee for the purpose of electing the
queen. The committee will narrow the
list down to 20 pictures, which will be
voted on by the student body. The 10
receiving the highest number of votes
will then be voted on, and the one re
ceiving the highest number of votes will
be queen and the other nine her attend
ants. The coronation will take place
just after the Playmakers' performance.
The carnival will come to a close with
a big dance in the Tin Can, which will
be handled by the Grail and German
club. Music for the dance will be fur
nished by a widely known orchestra.
DRASTIC REMEDY
FOR BAD CHECKS
First Bad Check Will Mean
Probation.
CONSISTENT OFFENEDRS
Second Offense Calls for Suspension
Penalty.
Due to the fact that the bad-check sit
uation is not improving, and possibly
becoming even more deplorable than it
has been, the Student Council has decide
ed to tuke drastic action with the of
fenders. It has been recognized that
a new system of handling the students
involved was needed and the Student
Council has drawn up a new plan.
The first time a student gives a check
which has no funds to cover it, he will
be automatically put on probation. The
only way to avoid this in case of an
offense will be for the student to obtain
from his dean a written statement clear
ing him of any responsibility in the mat
ter.
On the second offense, the student will
be sent a notice that he will be sus
pended at the end of a period of three
days. . If the student appeals to ., the
council the Council may rescind the sen
tence. If it Is not rescinded the , stu
dent will be suspended for the remainder
of that quarter.
It is most apparent that the existing
condition needs an Immediate solution,
and the council is making an effort to
relieve the situation. During the fall
quarter 635 cecks amounting to $1,724.
36 were passed by 286 Individuals tq f
various firms In the town, especially to
the eating places. While some of the
offenders have passed several checks each,
it is also apparent that there are far
too many students of the University who
are careless about their financial arrange
ments. It is not only unfair to the busi
ness people of Chapel Hill but it is also
detrimental to the name of the Univer-
ity and to the student body.
The new ruling will go into effect on
Monday, March 23rd.
New Local
Recently Formed
During the latter part of January a
new local, Gamma Psi, was organized.
The fraternity will occupy a hall over
the Sutton & Alderman Drug company
within the next two weeks.
The charter members of the fraternity
are S. B. Teague, Statesville; X. T. Keel,
Jr., Rocky Mount; Fred Turner, Greens
boro; J. M. Wall, Wadesboro; J. W.
Vick, Rosemary; E. R. McGowan, Rocky
Mount; J. K. Chapman, Morven; R.' S.
Williamson, Greensboro, and Darius
Gray, New Bern,
Referee Routh.