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SILENCE PERIOD RUSHING SYSTEM MONDAY NIGHT CAKE RACE EMERSON FIELD TOMORROW -3 JI - gjXXIV , : :,,, CHAPEL HILL, N,C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925 NUMBER 17 a PR nST LECTURES TOMORROW NIGHT IN GERARD HALL Considered by Critics One of the Best of Modern Poets. FIRST OF LECTURE SERIES Will Read Some of His Own Poems Holds Interest for the Students. Tomorrow evening at 8:30 in Gerard Hall Robert Frost, poet in residence of the University of Michigan, will deliver the first of the series of University lec tures arranged by the University lec ture Committee. The exact subject of Mr. Frost's lecture has not been definite ly announced, but it will be partly in the form of a reading and will deal largely with contemporary American poetry. Mr. Frost is considered by our critics to be one of the best of Jhe modern poets. His verse is based entirely on personal experience and his own interest in his subject matter lends to his poetry a touch entirely real. The majority, of his poems, deal with'New England and its people, for, although born in San Francisco, he has spentby far the ma jor part of his life in the East. Mr. Frost has been secured to open the lecture series this year both because of his prominence and because of his personality. He is thoroughly in sympa they with the college spirit, having spent the last ten years of his life either as a college professor or connected in some Mh-r wtLV with a college. Prior to this he was a teacher of English and Psy chology in preparatory schools for seven years. The intervening three years were spent in England. Immediately upon his return from England he was called to Amherst Col lege as a professor of English. He re mained there during the years from 1915 to 1921. He left Amherst to accept a call to the University of Michigan. Since that time he has been connected with the lost named institution as poet in resi dence. Mr. Frost is not a professor at the mid-western University; he does not conduct a single class. His position Is -unique, in the faculty -of an American college. He is naid a salary by the Uni versity merely for the privilege of hav ing him around. His. only . duty is to encourage the writing of verse on the Miohionn rnmnns. Mr. Frost understands college men and their ideas. The students on the Michi gan campus think very highly of him. u. ii.. n.nrl himcof n real asset to the AAV una jiiwivi. institution. Those who love to dabble in verse are encouraged and aided by him whenever possible. Michigan is tak ing the attitude that eVen if poets can not be made, they can at least be helped along and, to a certain extent, molded. At the lecture tomorrow vnight this noted poet will read and comment upon o n,lmw nf his own ooems. The lecture committee predicts that it will be one of the best, if not the best, of the series they are arranging for" this year. All the campus literary and poets in the em bryo are expected to turn : out in iuu force. ' FORDHAM BREAKS ANKLE JN PRACTICE Fullback Receives Injury in End Run Wednesday. OUT FOR "REST OF YEAR Is Sixth Injury This Season to Varsity Backfield Men. a . , w WILLIAM LOUIS POTEAT it ' a t ! J DrW. L. Poteat, President of Wake Forest College and one of the out standing educational and religious leaders of the State and of the South, will be one of the speakers at the Bap tist Student Conference here this week-end, CONFERENCEAT BAPTIST CHURCH Students From VariousCol- leges Here Tomorrow. NOTED MEN WILL SPEAK Three Hundred Delegates Number of Girls Add Social Feature. At the chanel period tomorrow morn ing the North Carolina Baptist Student conference will begin its fourth annual session. Dr. George W. Truett, a preacher of world-wide fame, will speak in Memorial Hall at ten-thirty. All other sessionss of the conference will be held in the Baptist church. Throughout the day Friday a number of students and townspeople will be kept hnsv at the church registering and as signing to homes the large number of students who will' come from the va- ious colleges of the state. Boys attend ing the conference will be entertained in vacant rooms on the campus, while the (Continued on page four) TAR BABIES PREPARING FOR VIRGINIA FROSH Comparative Scores.Seem to Give Car olinians Edge on Rivals inoi urn couraged Over Saturdays Uame HONESTY OF NEW RUSHING SYSTEM WILL BE TESTED Period of Silence Beginning Monday Night Will Prove Its Success. NO SYSTEM OF ESPIONAGE Depends On Individual Fairness and Honor Usual Amount of Throat Cutting Prevalent. By BrowiT Shkpheed There is no apparent possibility of. im pressing too firmly upon the minds of all men concerned the phases of the new system of rushing. , The efficiency of this system will be put to a vividly prac tical test when the period" of silence be gins Monday at midnight. , The inter-fraternity council met Tues day night and came to a definite decision on several points which have "been' a source of debate for several days. It was decided that fraternities should send their' bids to the office of Dean Bradshaw instead of to the secretary of the,. Council. These bids must be in Tuesday morning before 11 o'clock. The campus bell will toll as the hands of the clock each 12 on Monday night At the first note of this bell the frater nity men must leave all freshmen. All tongues that speak only of fraternities must remain Silent until the bell rings again. When the bell rings the second time all freshmen will have been pledged, Freshmen and fraternity men are on their honor not to talk fraternity mat ters to any freshman during this period. No freshman is to hear any fraternity discussion from any person whatsoever, If anyone talks, or listens to any form of conversation that pertains to frater nities during the coming days of silence, he will be declared ineligible to be nledged to any fraternity. Not only will any man breaking the foregoing yule receive the stated penalty, but he will be breaking his word of honor. The success of the new system of rush ing which has been introduced on the camnus this fall is a vital issue in the welfare of the fraternities as a -whole- the University. There will be no police men stationed around to see that the rules of the Council are not broken. It is up to the honor and the fairness of each individual concerned. Hushing season to date has been pro gressing in its usual hectic fashion. The amount of throat-cutting, so far as what one fraternity tells a freshman about another fraternity is concerned, does not appear to have been diminished. In ("Continued on page four) TJERATE WILL BE PROMINENT EVENT Carolina Will Entertain Oxford University Team Thursday. MANY VISITORS TO COME Cocke, Cooper and Livingstone Will Take Part In Gala Occasion. Thursday November 5," is to be a gala day in the debating history of the Uni versity of North Carolina, for on that date is scheduled the widely heralded debate between Oxford University (Eng land) and Carolina. To give the contest a real significance, a brilliant occasion is planned. All the old intercollegiate debators of the Uni versity are being invited to return for a real debators home.-coming. Of these there are now abqut a hundred who have won 53 out of 81 debates for Carolina They will be the guests at a banquet given in their honor by the Debate Council and Kappa Alpha, National De bating Fraternity, In addition to the debators, special invitations have been sent out to the Rotarians, Kiwanians, Lions, and Civi- tans in Raleigh, Greensboro,, and Pur ham. The Superintendents in all the nearer city schools have also Deen in vited to attend, besides numerous others, Memorial Hall will be especially dec orated for the occasion. President Chase is to preside over the debate, while the audience will render the decision as judges under the Oxford Union Flan The University Orchestra, or the band, will" be on hand to furnish music before the debate, so that at no time will the day be dull. The debate proper will start at 8:30 P. M. ' The Oxford University team is now in the United States to debate the larger American institutions. Among those outstanding are Cornell, Colgate, Dart mouth, Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, and Carolina. Of all the universities scheduled by the Ox tnrA toom th University of North Carolina is the onljf southern institution on the list, giving further prominence to the fact that Carolina is the outstanding and leading educational institution in the South. Carolina realizes the distinc tion and Is planning to show the Oxford men what North Carolina is and can do. The three Oxford men on the tour are all former presidents of the Oxford Union, the debating society of Oxford University which has trained large num bers of Englishmen in the arts of public speaking. H. V. Lloyd-Jones of Jesus College has held the presidency most recently during the second term of the past year. He is a Welshman, and studied at the t (Continued on page four) DR. GEORGE W. TRUETT - UMiMMllMJlMMMIHaHMfcilIIIW MHMiWH"Mini itiltlTTl Dr. Geortre W. Truett, of Dallas Texas who 'is considered one of the greatest living preachers, will speak in Chanel tomorrow morning and at the Baptist church tomorrow evening at 8:30. Tuesday afternoon on Emerson Field Jeff Fordham, president of the student hnriv .nd vnrsltv backfield man, suffered a broken ankle while scrimmaging against the second team. Fordham was carrying the ball on an attempted end run when the accident occurred. p-nrt. from the infirmary indicate that his ankk is rather, badly broken and, while coming along all rhjht, is rather painful. Fordham called up his parents in Greensboro Tuesday night to reassure them against possible pessi mistic newspaper stories. The The black hand of fate seems to be tvin rf in Carolina's football sea son, for this accident is the sixth of a series of injuries to varsity oacuium men. Hackney and Devin have been out of the line-up aU season, Bonner has been out since the Duke gamej oim ford and Ferrell were both injured -in the Mercer game, Shuford having a bad ankle and Ferrell a stiff leg. In addition to this Major Ixor has a weak knee. In onlte of the number of varsity men out of the line-up the coaches express the greatest optimism as to the outcome of the game Saturday. With the back field centering around Underwood, star of the Duke and State games, they ex pect to present ft front to Maryland strong enough to hand them the little end of the score. V rwWs "Runt" Lowe and Grady pI,. are nutting the members of the freshman football squad through a hard grind this week in preparation for the game with the Virginia Frosh at Charlottesville Saturday. snots were brought out PCVt. "v"" "X in the South Carolina game last Satur day and the coaches are endeavoring to tt,Pm nut this week. The boys are not discouraged because of their drub bing at the hands of the South Carolina Biddies. They are working all the hard er and are confident that they will victorious over the Virginians t Rnhies realize that they were not outplayed by the South Carolinians but that the breaks of the game simpiy !..,.., .ninst them. This is evidenced by the fact that the Tar Babies made 14. first downs to their opponents iour, mi.- m between the Carolina and Virginia yearlings last year resulted in .,.1.. tie. but this year it seems that the Carolinians have the edge over their Old Dominion rivals, that is, If ..,ts Eonrps are taken to mean anything. The Virginia Frosh were de- feated by tne wosnmgwu ... in turn were conquered by year ui., ...- the Maryland yearlings. Then the Old Line team was defeated by the Carolina u.- w M,a fionre of 21-0. duag- ing by these scores the Tar Babies should win over the Virginians wnu ij trouble. ' But, as is often the case, Bcnres amount to very Ht- . ennrts circles. A team will show . itB reversal of form in some games and play much better than even their most ardent supporters expect of m.. he the case wnen uic tnem. - , . . freshmen teams of the two ancient rivals meet on the gridiron Saturday. It may i, most hard-fought and De one ui "- , , closely-contested games ever to be flayed between the first year elevens ui u v ..,'! But. regardless of the out- , ..me. the Tar Babies are come ui o ' . . . going to be in there fighting irora to finish. V IffiAN RR ADSHAW OFFERS FRIENDLY IJJAU 1 mm.w i- ADVICE TO FRATERNITY KUSHKES SaysIf He Were "a Man Choosing a Fraternity He Would Com pare Them On Twelve roinis ana iase ins Decision on Total Rating of Each. - Gamma Psi announces the initiation . ts u c:,i Alhemanc. -t or duo QKw-oi - - . Bruce Fewell, of Rock Hill, S. C., and Bob Whitcsides, of Gastonia, JN. u "During the last week before pledge day," said Dean Bradshaw m an in terview with a Tab Hbo. reporter yes terday morning, "there are always a number of freshmen who are up a tree as to what they shall do on the fratern ity proposition. Last year I tried to help these men decide what was nest fnr themselves by presenting the mat ter to them in chapel. This year, how ever, I would rather use the Tar Heel, as there is a large percentage of the men attending chapel who are not interested." "How do you prepare to help these men, Mr. uraasnawr bskcu u iv- ter. "Upon what do you think a man should base his decision when choosing between several fraternities?" "There are quite a number of things which should enter into the fraternity question," he replied. "If I were a man choosing a fraternity I would compare tw which I had in mind along about a dozen different lines.- My plan, with a few exceptions, is based on a concep Hon of an ideal fraternity chapter worked out several years ago by a na tional officer of one of our prominent f rAtemities. He would make his laeai k.Ttpr toe the mark along twelve lines i internal spirit, handling of money, chnlftrshiri. moral torie, property up keep, activities, campus citizenship, hos r,itAlitv. inter-group relations, social status, alumni connections, and the par- the chanter." 'Kverv undecided freshman should go over these twelve points carefully and analyze the fraternities he has under considerationvwith respect to them. II I were he, I would grade each fraternity in each phase, letting the number of noints range from five to zero. When he has checked through the whole list the fraternity having the greatest number of points would be the fraternity with which he would fit best and in, which he would find the best fellowship." Briefly the Dean summarized his twelve cardinal points. Internal spirit means congeniality and team-work. A group in which all the men pull in per fect harmony would rate a five. The fact that the men pull together does not mean necessarily that they do not dis cuss matters pro and con; it means that after a decision is made they co-operate. Congeniality is the foremost of his points. The handling of money is placed sec ond in importance. A chapter wose fi nances are lax is liable to become a weak chapter, for neglect along one line leads to neglect along all lines. On the other hand, iron-bound, hard-fisted regulations are probably not best, Scholarship is a term which explains itself. There is something wrong in a fraternity whose scholastic average is consistently below the medium. Moral tone covers a number of things. Out side of one's attitude toward the pro verbial "wine, women' and song" , it runs through the whole structure of a chapter. A fraternity's attitude toward morals may be judged by taking a cross section of the morals of its individual momhera The moral tone should be above the average. Property upkeep does not mean judg ing the men in the fraternity by the house they occupy.' It means reasona ble care of what they own and general conformity to a good set of house rules. Untidiness often means a lack of in terest. , The sixth point is activities. One fraternity should not be expected to GLEE CLUB GOES TO REIDSVILLE Club Will Render First Concert of Season Saturday. THIRTY MEN TAKE TRIP Membership Reduced from 125 to Half That Number. Saturday afternoon the Glee Club will leave the Hill for a trip to Reidsville, where the men will give their first con cert of the year This appearance, which will require the services of 30 chosen singers, will be sponsored in that city by the Parent Teachers' Association of Franklin Street high school. The concert to be given Saturday, evening will be the first which the organization has ever rendered in Reidsville. The reputation made by the club during its brilliant season last year has resulted in the engagement , of .the well-known troupe for many important musical programs. Following the trip this week-end, the club will make an extensive tour of the eastern part of the (Continued on page four) UNIQUE DISCUSSION TO BE HEARD IN PHI Next Meeting Will Be Taken Up With Ironical Attack Upon Present Jury System The Phi Assembly is putting on a dif ferent kind of discussion for next meet ing. The resolution, which was drawn up by M. M. Young, is not absurd but is an ironical attack upon the present inrv tvstem of the United tates. J.he members of the Assembly and the par ticipants of the discussion will get all of the training derived from former dis eussions. while the whole resolution is humorous and everyone is looking for ward to the meeting with much interest A Resolution to Facilitate the Admin istration of Justice Whereas, within the course of the past ten vears there has been ample evidence in the United States that the average iury in a murder trial is composed oi sniffling "sentimentalists, poltroonish pop injays, sub-normal morons, under-average imbeciles, and oft-times complete 100 per cent idiots, Therefore, be it resolved by the Philan thropic Assembly, in session assembled, fall, quarter of 1925 s That the following provisions in the opinion of the Society, should be enacted into the organic law of the land: , ' ' Section One, That after this shall become effective as law all jury trials shall be forever discontinued in the United States of America. 'Section Two. That all murder trials shall have judg ment passed upon them either by one expert judge, or a committee of expert judges, as the counsel in the case may dictate. . , Section Three. That, 'beginning with the year Janu ary first, 1927, all judges, whether coun ty, State, pr Federal, shall be appointed by appropriate parties or boards, anu that in no case whatsoever shall any judge be elected by vote of the ignorant masses. Section Four. That, beginning with the date men tioned in section three above, all prose cuting attorneys, solicitors, or counsel in volved on behalf of the state in any litigation whatsoever shall be appointed by an Appointive Board of impartial TRUETT SPEAKS i TOMORROW NIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH Considered One of Leading Preachers of World. NATIVE OF THIS STATE His Life Has Been Rich in Experience and Service, Dr. George W. Truett. of Dallas. I Texus, one of the greatest preachers .of the world, who is to be the principal speaker in the Baptist Student Confer ence to be held here tomorrow, Saturday, and bunday, has led a lite in the service of his church which is rich in experi ence. . Dr. Truett . will address the ' student body during chanel exercises tomorrow. At 8:30 tomorrow night in the local Baptist church Dr. Truett will again have un Inspiring message for both stu dent and non-student, Christian and Pagan. With the meager advance in formation available students and laymen from the entire state will come in un precedented crowds to- hear the greatest Buptist preacher in the Western Hemis phere. Pastorages have been offerd him by large and wealthy churches through out the United States, but he has re fused them ull desiring rather to serve Texas. r ' Dr. Truett was born May 6. 1867 in ' un unfloored, open-chinked log cabin in Clay County, North Carolina. All of his early boyhood was merely a struggle for the necessary things upon which to exist. The only school which Dr. Truett had to attend when a boy was several miles from his home (or rather hut), but for seventy days each year the eager youth would literally wade through deep mud or tramp over hard frozen ground to receive his share of the measley doling of education then offered by the State. In lus youth Dr. Truett's ambition was to become a famous lawyer. Being helned little by the sporadic doses of education offered him by the country school, he drilled himself, in the intricies of master ing printed information. , He read the Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, Blackstone, and Foxs Book of Martyrs, the only books to which he had access. After completing the work of the country high school, he founded what is now Hiawassee High chool just be yond the South-western North Carolina border in the mountains of Northern Georgia. Truett at first intended to stay in the teaching profession only long enough to earn enough money to go to college. Before long, however, the amaz ing ignorance of the mountainers made him a crusading eradicator in stamping out some of . the pitiful misconceptions of the mere fundamentals of life and God. The news of his valiant fight "to educate the growing mountain boys and girls soon attracted attention and capital in the rich valleys far below. Three years after its birth the school was In- depenndent financially and growing rapidly. Soon the Truett family moved to Whitewright, Texas. A junior college ( Continued on page four) I 'M - have big men in every activity. Neither experts, which is in turn to be appointed (Continued on page fovr) (Continued on page four) CAKE RACE WILL BE HELD FRIDAY Ladies of Chapel Hill Generous ly Give Hundred Cakes. SIGN WITH YOUR TEAM Dorm Placing Most Men Among Win- ' ners Gets Mammoth Cake. The much-heralded cake-race is here at last; the would-be-cake winners will start from Emerson Field with the. crack of the gun tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. The cakes have already been secured and there will be an eye-satisfying array of edibles awaiting the first h iiidred men to cross the, line. The dormitory managers have already signed up a large number of track as pirants. If men wish for their record to count with their dormitory team they must sign up with their manager before they report on the field. The dormitory placing the largest number of men in the hundred winners gets the big team cake presented by the Chapel Hill Bakery. Last year this big cake was won by West. The first man to finish will receive, in addition to the choicest of the cakes, a silver loving cup presented by the Caro lina Smoke Shop. Last year the win ner's cup went to Luther Byrd, running for New Dorms. The cakes were all given by the ladies of Chapel Hill and the Intramural Department is deeply grateful for this generosity and co-op eration on their part. The donors OI the cakes are as follows! , -Mrs. R. P. MacClamroch, Mrs. E. C. (Continued on page four)
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