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VOLUME XXXIV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER '8, 1925
NUMBER 9
NAMING WOMAN'S
BUILDING CAUSES
MUCH DISCUSSION
Names of Graham, Gray, and
Stacy Have Already Been
4 .' Proposed..
WRITER URGES SPENCER
Cornelia Spencer Served the Univer
sity with Unselfish Devotion
During Its Early Life.
" J3y Ecnice Eavrx
A building erected by the State as a
' part of the physical plant of a State
' Institution needs a name. A house that
' Is built to serve as the home of students
should have a name that is not descrip
' tive of the persons who live there.
'' There-has been much discussion , as to
the name that will be given the woman's
dormitory. There are those who would
- name it for the first woman student who
matriculated in the University. The
"first woman who came here as an en
rolled student was Miss Mary Shackel
, ford MacRae who is now Mrs. Robert
L. Gray. . Others have suggested the
' name of Mrs. Edward Kidder Graham,
., who was a prominent woman student
'here and who became the "first lady" of
: the town. It has also been suggested
ithat it be named in honor of Mrs, Mar
vin Hendrick Stacy, who has done much
'for the cause of co-education. i y '
... What could be more fitting than that
. the first dormitory opened for he use
:of women students of the University
'should be named : for Cornelia Phillips
'Spencer a woman' who early in the life
iof the University served it with such
. unselfish devotion that she has been call-
.:ed "Daughter of the University"?
. ' Cornelia Phillips Spencer was born
- March 20, 1825, a daughter of Julia
, 'Vermeule Phillips and James Phillips.
When she was a year old the family came
. ,to Chapel Hill from Harlem N. Y. Dr.
Phillips came to fill the professorship
of mathematics and natural philosophy.
Cornelia Phillips studied with her broth
ers' who were students in the Univer
sity and with her mother. In 1853 she
'.married James Magnus Spencer of the
'class of 1853, and from then until 1861,
the year of her husband's death, she lived
"out of the state. After the death of her
husband she returned with her daughter
.Julia and opened a house in Chapel Hill.
For many years she lived in the house
(Continued on page four)
FRESHMAN DORMS
BEING CONSIDERED
; Executive Committee Taking
Up Question in General Way.
, HARVARD USES SYSTEM
Dr. Patterson Mentions Advantages
, and Disadvantages of Proposal.
It has been rumored over the campus
that the faculty has under consideration
ya plan of adopting the freshman dormi-
tory system in the near future.
..-'-. Dr. A. N. Patterson, chairman of the
...Executive Committee, states that such a
t project has not taken definite form, but
has only been discussed in a general
.' way. He mentions that Harvard has the
( freshman dormitory system and that Jt
is better than the former plan. . The
; former plan wasimilar to the one here
now. This plan has been in existence
for more than ten years. The freshman
enrollment is not much more -than 150
or 200 greater than the number of first
year men attending Carolina.
There, are three dormitories at Har
vard for freshmen and another one near
ing completion. A beautiful sloping
terrace divides these four dormitories
from the historic Charles River. These
buildings are enclosed by a high fence.
At ten Vclock sharp every night the
big iron gate closes excluding all fresh
men who chance to linger too long plodding-their
way homeward. This ruling
has been, made, It issaid, expressly for
the purpose of keeping freshmen from
bringing in chorus girls to dance.
The Harvard system, however,, re
quires that monitor, Who is an upper
: classman, stay on each floor of the dor
mitories, j Harvard does not . have the
Honor System,' and this' necessitates
more supervision than. is. the case under
our system. : , ;
Dr. Patterson stated that there are
reasons pro and con for instituting the
system at Carolina. If Freshmen were
housed together they could become well
acquainted much earlier than otherwise.
They would be "companions In misery"
as well as in pride during such moments
of triumph as the tug-of-war or biiow
ball fights Then too, more individual
attention can be given to each Freshman.
However, there are .objections to the
plan that the solidarity' of the student
body would be brokeh by a change from
present methods.
CHURCH WILL BE
A WORK OF ART
Methodist Church One of Most
Beautiful in South.
COLONIAL" ARCHITECTURE
Rogers, Designer of Yale Quad, Archi
tect Cost About $225,000.
Students who last year watched the
big steam shovel take out scoop after
scoop of earth for the new Methodist
church and who this year have been
watching the big spire climb up section
after section will be interested to know
just how far into the air it will reach.
When completed, the big spire will be
186 feet high and will tower above one
of the most beautiful specimens of church
architecture in the South. . .'.'
Mr. Rogers, its architect, who designed
the well known Harkness Quadrangle
at Yale, says that this church will be as
perfect a work in Colonial architecture
as the Yale buildings are in Gothic. The
church as a whole will be greatly remi
niscent of the old Independent Church
(Continued on page four)
MEN CHOSEN FOR
OXFORD DEBATE
Cooper, Cocke, and Livingstone
Selected Kartus Alternate.
DEBATE IS NOVEMBER 5
Oxford Union . Plan Judges Well
Pjeased With Debaters' Speeches.
The three debaters to represent the
University of North Carolina in the Oxford-Carolina
debate in November were
chosen in the preliminaries held Tuesday
night in the Phi Hall.
There were nine debaters out and from
this number J. F. Cooper, W. J. Cocke,'
Jr., and T. B. Livingstone were judged
to be the best trio. A. S. Kartus was
chosen as alternate. The three chosen
to make up the Carolina team are all
men of previous experience and note in
debating. J. F. Cooper is a senior and
has been on a number of Carolina teams.
"Bill" Cocke and T. B. Livingstone,
who are now in the law school, are both
old speakers.
The men in the preliminaries were al
lowed to choose either side of the ques
tion regarding the general establishment
of a world court. Seven minutes were
allowed on the first speech and four
minutes on rebuttal.
In the final debate with Oxford Uni
versity on November 5 in Memorial Half,
Oxford will funrish two men for the
affirmative and one for the negative.
W. J. Cocke, Jr., will uphold the affir
mative with the two Oxford men,, while
J. F. Cooper and T. B. Livingstone will
represent the negative with one Oxford
man. 1 ha debate will be under the
Oxford Union Plan in which the object
is to get at a full understanding of the
question rather than win a decision." At
the end the audience will ask questions
and vote for the winning side of the
question, not for either school.
The three judges, Dean M. L. Ferson,
F. S. Rowley, and E. V. Kyser were
very well pleased with the debates put
up by the men. The men were chosen
for their grasp of the question and the
manner in which they presented it, the
judges taking into regard especially
the ease with which they spoke. Dean
Ferson considers that the men chosen
in the preliminary are "men of power",
who with some little couching have
great possibilities.'
BAND TO PARTICIPATE
AT GAME SATURDAY
Holds Regular Drilling Practice in Tin
Can Under Direction of Wright
To Make Several Trips.
The band met in the 'Tin Can Tuesday
lieht for practice in drilling, and play
ing while marching,, in. preparation to
giving an exhibition drill between halves
or before the Duke game Saturday.
The drilling was under the direction of
Mr. Wright, of the French department,
ho was formerly connected with Gen
eral Pershing's own- band in France.
Excellent progress in this new branch of
the band's activities is reported and Mr.
McCorkle is very much pleased with the
showing the band made. .
Fifty men will be taken to the game
at
Duke University next Saturday, ana
probably a like number will be tuken to
the State College game next Thursday.
The band will also play twice at the
. . . . i
University s ceremonies next monuay.
It is Vhoped that the band will have
i onnortunity to make the trips, to
Richmond for the V.' M. I. game and
to Macon, Ga., for the Mercer game..
All old band men who have not been
attending the practices in the past and
'ho would like to make the trips are
asked to report to rehearsals regularly. J
GLEE CLUB TO BE
FEATURE MONDAY
AT CELEBRATION
Will
Sing Before Guests;
'Semi-Centennial
Celebration.
At
SPECIAL NUMBERS GIVEN
Entire Club of 100 Voices Will Par
ticipate in the Morning
; Concert. '''.'
'Next Monday the services of the Glee
Club will be the prominent , feature of
the entertainment planned for the no
table personages who will attend and
participate in the celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of the University. .
At the morning exercises in Memorial
hall the club will sing a few songs im
mediately after the address of the prin
cipal speaker, Dr. Claxton," who Was
Commissioner of Education under Presi
dent Wilson, ':: At this hour two types
of songs representing religious express
ion will be rendered. The first number,
"Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones," Is
a German melody of the seventeenth
century; the second type will be an
American negro spiritual,: entitled, "Go
Down Moses." The entire club of one
hundred voices will be used by Director
Weaver at this concert. .
In the evening at the banquet given
at Swain Hall in honor of the Univer
sity's guests, k group Af thirty exper
ienced men will sing several of last
year's lighter numbers between the
sp'eeches. At this formal occasion many
distinguished educators, jurists, and doc
tors of letters will speak. ' Judge Fran
cis D. Winston will officiate as toastmas
ter. Other noted speakers are Dr. E.
A. Alderman, now president of the Uni
versity -of Virginia; Dr. Francis P.
Venable, present head of chemistry here;
and Dr. George T. '.'.'.Winston each of
whom once occupied the president's
chair at this institution and Chief Jus
tice W. P. Stacy, Judge J. S. Manning,
President E. A. Birge of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, and probably Hon.
J. C.B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City,
and Hon. John J. Parker of Charlotte.
There will doubtless be several other
prominent alumni speakers present. Dr.
Alderman, who has been abroad, is do
ing the University the unusual honor
of hastening his return in order Jhat he
may attend and take part in the ex
ercises. At this banquet, which will be given
at eight o'clock, the entire faculty is
expected. Approximately one hundred
delegates from the different colleges and
universities will be present; in all, there
will be about six hundred guests. The
food for this illustrious" ' assembly will
be prepared by the Carolina Inn.
JUDGE WINSTON CONTRASTS LIFE
ON CAMPUS NOW AND FORMERLY
Was One of First Three Students to Register When University
Reopened in 1875 Following War Between the States
Interprets Half Century of University's Life.
By Judge Robert .W. Winston
(Note Judge Winston was one of the
first three students to register when the
University reopened in 1875 following
the war between the States. At the age
of 65 he is going through college again
and is now rated a seniot for the second
time. In the following sketch, which he
was requested to write in connection
with the semi-centennial celebration next
Monday he compares the days of 1875
with the days of 1SZ5. lie is mainly in
terested in the psychology of 'the situa
tion.) ,
Next Monday, October 12, is the Uni
verses 132nd. birthday but it will be an
even half century since the cobwebs
were swept from the old South Build
ing since the water began to flow again
from the old well, since the golden
tongued college bell pealed forth calling
the sons of Carolina to kneel again at
the altar of Alma Mater. . .
I happened to be one of the( first stu
dents indeed w ith two others the very
first to register for the reopening in
1875, and I happened to be a student on
the Hill again today. I have )een asked
to interpret the .half century of Uni
versity life from the angle of a man
of 65.
There is I think, a marked difference
between the University of 1875 and the
University of 1925 a' difference too
which characterizes the state's wonder
ful progress and development.
Emotional and Sensitive
. The University of 1875 was Individual
istic and personal emotional and sensi
tive, self sufficient and in a way boast
ful; the University of 1925 on the other
hand is coordinated and cooperative, un
emotional and impersonal anxious to
learn! to develop and above all to serve.
In a, word these fifty years bridge the
CHEMISTRY HALL !
TO BE DEDICATED
IN CELEBRATION
Dedication Monday Afternoon
Feature of Semi-Centen-;
nial Celebration. ; i
MONUMENT TO VENABLE
Several Noted Chemists from Differ
ent Parts of the Country Are
' v Expected to Attend.
,' One of the most significant events in
the semi-centennial celebration to be
held Here October 12 will be the dedica
tion of the mammoth new chemistry
building, Venable Hall.
' This building was recently completed
at a cost of $100,000, and is by far the
largest and most costly of any of the
buildings on the campus. It is being
occupied for the first time this fall, labo
ratory classes being held for the first
time last Thursday. '',''
Venable Hall is considered the best
equipped science building in the South
It contains six"lecture rooms of various
sizes; 11 laboratories for special lines of
experimental work; 38 small private lab
oratories; a library 90x22 feet; a mu
seum 60x30 feet; 2,000 laboratory desks
of special design, and numerous other
accessories.
Dedication in Afternoon
The entire afternoon program of the
semi-centennial will be taken up with the
dedication of this building. Noted chem
ists from all over the country will be
present at the celebration for the sole
purpose of taking part in this dedication.
The chief address of the afternoon will
be made by Dr. Charles Herty editor
of the Journal of Industrial Engineer
ing Chemistry. Dr. Herty was formerly
a Tar Heel, holding the position of head
of the Cremistry Department here and
is an ex-president of the American chem
ical society. He will speak on Indus
trial chemistry.
Among the other speakers will be Dr.
"Edgar F. Smith, former provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. B
B. Boltwood, head of the department of
chemistry at Yale University. The for
mer will, discuss chemistry from the his
torical viewpoint and the latter will
speak on chemistry as a pure science.
. The dedication of Venable Hall means
that for the first time the state of North
Carolina will have efficient research fa
cilities. It means far more than merely
the completion of a class-room building
for the students of chemistry at the Uni
versity. The drawback 1 formerly at
tached to "all research work on account
of the cramped quarters in the old build
ing has been entirely eliminated by the
, ( Continued on page four)
chasm between the rigid, judaistic
thought of the older day and the pres
ent day concept ,of life betwen dog
matism and dialectics. Half a century
ago ours was a religion of law today it
is a religion of love. And while duty
may be performed on either plane, how
much nobler is service than, sacrifice. If
Mdses the lawgiver was great what shall
be said of Jesus who translated law into
love? ' ''
Now quite naturally, this spirit of co
operation born and bred at our Uni
versity has infused unity, confidence
and vitality into the commonwealth it
self. In that individualistic day our
streams owed to the sea unhindered;
the Roanoke and the ; Chowan, un
spanned by any bridge, cut the state in
twain; because of mud roads, the Blue
Ridge was more remote from us than
the White or the Green Mountains; the
finest scenery cast of the Rockies was
hid away in its own remoteness; a cli
mate unsurpassed was unknown.
Education a Private Affair.
Education was considered a private
affair, with the result that North Caro
lina even among her sister southern
states was the tail end of illiteracy as
well as of poverty. There was no ex
tension work; agriculture was individ
ualistic and therefore neglected; so un
healthy was it east of the Roanoke river
that no man living in that territory could
get Insurance in a metropolitan life in
surance company. There were annual
outbreaks of typhoid, diphtheria, 'and
scarlet fever.. The University, just open
ing, was soon at odds with Trinity, Wukp
Forest and Duvidson, for they had not
yet adjusted themselves and become co
operative: the University did not realize
that its health and growth dojwnded on
thecolleges nor did the colleges appre
(Continued on page four) 1
TAR HEEL SQUAD ,
SUFFERING FROM
FEW CASUALTIES
Sparrow, Shuford, Izor, Devin,
Curlee and Hackney Are- :,
Under the Weather. ;
LEDGER NOW BALANCED
Win from Gamecocks Evens Record
' Not Over-Confident for Game .
With Duke University.
The Carolina Football squad is not
over confident regarding the game with
Duke next Saturday.'
The squad is suffering from a num
ber of casualties following the game
with South Carolina in Columbia last
week-end. , The majority of the casual
ties are minor, but the men were held
out of the opening workouts of the week,
The 7 to 0 victory over the Game
cocks in Columbia took its toll in sev
eral slight injuries to the players. Spar
row, Shuford and Izor, in the backfield,
and Hawfield, tackle, all suffered in
that.' contest, but it is hoped that they
may be out for hard work by the mid
dle of the week so as to be in shape
for the Duke game. - v
In addition to these injuries in the
South Carolina game there are several
other men on the hospital list. Billy
Devin, halfback is suffering a slight
case of blood poison. He did not make
the Columbia trip, and is not expected
to be out until after the Duke contest.
Curlee, tackle, and Hackney, second
string quurterback, have been on the in
valid list since before the Wake Forest
game; Curlee with water on his knee,
and Hackney with a back injury. Neith
er of them is expected to be in the line
up against the West Durham Methodists.
C Continued on page four)
"Y" CABINET HAS
WEEKLY MEETING
t,
Discuss Plans for Dormitory
Bible Discussion Groups. ,
HALF OF BUDGET RAISED
Hedgepeth Added to Cabinet Others
to Be Invited Later.
The "Y" cabinet held its weekly meet
ing Monday evening from 8:30 to 9:15
o'clock, contrary to the custom of meet
ing from 10:00 to 10:45 thut was car
ried out last year. This new time for
meeting will "continue throughout! the
present year, unless otherwise changed.
Walter Crissman, "Y" Vive-president,
presided in the absence of Emmit Un
derwood. There was much discussion in regard
to the Bible discussion groups that are
to be held in the various dormitories,
one night each week, for eight weeks of
the present quarter. Pluns are now be
ing worked out for these discussions,
which will be similar to the ones that
were held during the winter quarter
last year. The nien will meet on a cer
tain floor of each dormitory and will
be led in the discussion by students in
structed beforehand by religious leaders
as to how they can best carry on their
meetings with best results.. A different
plan will more than likely be employed
during the winter quarter.
It was brought out that only 43
per cent, of the student body has- been
seen in regard to the securing of pledges
for the carrying on of the "Y" work
this year. In spite of this fact, more
than $1,600 in pledges and $600" in cash
have already been secured. If forty
three per cent, of the students can give
.$2,200 for "Y" work, it was urged that
the 'other fifty-seven per cent, ought to
subscribe the rest and raise the amount
to the goal of $1,250 that has been set.
Plans are being made to see the others
in the near future It was mentioned
thut only twenty men seen so far by the
canvassers had refused to contribute.
One new member, E. V. Hedgepeth,
was voted to be added to the cabinet.
The cabinet is not as yet complete and
a number of new men are expected to
be invited to join in the near future.
New plans were discussed for the pay
ment of the "Y" budget next year.
State College Included the payment of
their "Y" budget in the blanket fee but
this system was abolished by President
Brooks immediately upon his coming in
to office. The simple reason thut such
payments should not be made compul
sory was his excuse for this action. Sev
eral years ago an attempt wus made to
pay the "Y" budget In the same manner
us thut used , at State College but it
was unsuccessful. It was the "Y" that
wus the direct cause of the putting of
the athletic dues on the blanket fee
and even later thut of the college pub
lications. Very likely a system will be
used in the future that will give the
students an opportunity of pledging to
the "Y" when registering. .
MRS. CORNELIA
SPENCER PLAYED
PROMINENT ROLE
"V'.,. ' H
Governor Vance Considered Her
"Ablest Man" in North
Carolina.
INFLUENCE IN REOPENING
Exercised Profound Influence Upon
Social, Educational and Political
Life of the State.
Governor Vance once asked if Mrs.
Cornelia Phillips' Spencer was not the
ablest woman in North Carolina. .
"Yes," he replied, "and the ablest man,
too".
The University's semi-centennial cel
ebration next Monday of the reopening
following the war will recall to the
minds of the older generations of Tar
Heels many rare incidents in the life
of Cornelia Phillips Spencer. She ren
dered a great service to North Carolina
in keeping the interests of the Univer
sity before the people of the State when
its halls were closed during the dark
days of the reconstruction.
"To her as. much as to any one else
except to Dr. Battle was due the reop
ening In 1875," says Dr. Collier Cobb
in a biographical sketch. , -
Any former University student who
knew Chapel Hill between 1850 and 1895
is bound to have vivid recollections of
the work of Mrs Spencer. The daugh
ter of James' P. Spencer, the professor
of pure mathematics and philosophy in
the University, Cornelia" Spencer was
born in 1825 and was little more than a
year old when her father moved to Chap
el Hill. From then on until 1894, with
the exception of four years ; spent in
Alabama, she lived in Chapel Hill and
devoted herself untiringly to the Uni
versity that was then struggling so
hard for support and recognition. In
1894 she went to live In Cambridge,
Mass., with her daughter, Mrs. James
Lee Love, whose husband was professor
of mathmetics at Harvard University
and chairman of the summer school.
She died on March 11, 1908, but until
the end she kept up an active corres
pondence with her old friends qf the
University and with several of the more
prominent men of the State.- A grand
daughter of Mrs. Spencer, Miss Cor
nelia Spencer Love, now lives here.
She is an assistant in the University
Library. '
In 1895 1 the University conferred on
Mrs. Spencer its highest honorary de
gree, that of doctor of laws "Of all the
women who have lived in North Caro
lina and passed from among us," says
Dr. Cobb in his biographical sketch,
"There is no one who has exercised a
more profound influence upon the social,
educational, and political life of the
State than Mrs. Spencer. Her lontr
life of great activity,' mental, physical
and moral; all her faculties exercised
on a very high plane; the strong In
fluence which she exerted on the' eom-
C Continued on page four)
PLAYMAKERS AT
NATIONAL MEET
Appear Before National Recre
ation Congress in Asheville.
TWO PLAYS PRESENTED
Presentations Unusually Well At
tendedBarrett Clark Lectures.
The Carolina Playmakcrs, accompanied
by Director Frederick II. Koch and
Manager George V. Denny, returned
last night from Asheville where they ap
peared before delegates to the Twelfth
National Recreation Congress.
Tuesday ' night the Playmakers suc
cessfully presented Old Wash Lucas and
Gains And Gains, Jr. as part of the
entertainment program. Drama played
an important part in the congress pro
gram, for recreation leaders believe that
the make-believe world behind the foot
lights offers one of the finest opportuni
ties for creative self-expression and for ,
a fruitful use of leisure time.
The presentation of Carolina's na
tive drama was unusually well attended.
Recreation leaders from various parts
of the country were eager to see the
productions of the Carolina Playmakers,
one of the pioneer groups in this field
of activity, since they believe that the
Playmaker organization will spread to
other states.
Barrett H. Clark, who lectured here
last night, was director of a section on
community drama at the congress. ' Mr. '
Clark is well-known both In this country
and abroad as author and dramatic''
critic. '.' '' - - ' '
Professor Koch was one. of the leaders
in the little theatre section. The prob
lems which were dicussed in each sec
tion include lighting, scenery, organi
zation, rehearsing, and play production.