Sanford Will Meet
Gastonia Today To
Decide State Title
A SPIRITED CLASH
Is Expected When East Meets
West This Afternoon. .
IS 12TH ANNUAL CONTEST
Rnth Teams in. Good Condition-
Neither Contestant Has Ever
Won the Championship.
TIip twelfth annual state football
championship will be decided this after
noon on Emerson Field when Gastonia
jjjgh School, champions of the West, will
meet Sanford High School, champions of
the East. Play will begin at 2:30 o'clock,
and admission will be fifty cents.
The Gastonia High School team comes
to the state title game by virtue of hav
ing defeated Greensboroby the score of
10-0 in the final western game played at
Salisbury on November 27th. Sanford
gained the eastern honors when her team
defeated Rocky Mount by the score of 7
to 0. The latter team had fought through
five Quarters to a scoreless tie in Ra
leigh on November 28th, and final east
ern honors were not decided until the
, play off of the tie In Raleigh on Tuesday
afternoon, which resulted in a victory
for the Sanford lads. The whole series
has been hotly contested, and in the semi
finals there were four games which re
sulted secoreless ties. In each case
the play off resulted in a victory for one
of the contestants.
The championship series has been nar
rowed down from 43 entries, the largest
number of high schools that has ever
before registered to compete for state
honors. Neither of this year's contest
ants has ever won the championship.
Sanford battled unsuccessfully with
Charlotte two years ago for state honors,
but Gastonia has never before been west
ern champions. The frays have been
conducted under the supervision of the
State High School Athletic Association
and strict rules of eligibility have gov
erned all participants in the various
contests. ... . .. , ' ' ',
Reports Indicate that both teams are
in good condition and the contest prom
ises to be an unusually spirited one,
Each team Is composed'of well drilled.
versatile young football artists who have
made impressive records in the state this
year. Ample provisions have been made
on Emerson Field for spectators, and
music will be furnished by the University
band under the direction of Mr. T. S.
McCorkle. '
The state championship series have
been conducted since 1913 every year
with the exception of 1918, when war
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Playlikers Cancel
The Engagement
The N. C. C. W. Playlikers,
who were to present The Book of
Charm here tonight, have called
off their engagement. It seems
that some of the actors found it
impossible to make the trip at
this time and hereby necessi
tated the cancellation. It is pos
sible that we shall be honored by
a visit from the playlikers after
the holidays; however, if they do
come here at a later date, they
will present a diff rent play from
the one that was schduled to be
given tonight.
y cabinet sends
. GENERAL LETTER
Takes Up Subject of Drinking
At Recent Dances.
FOR SELF GOVERNMENT
Wants Expression of Sentiment
Government and Drinking.
on
FALSE ALARM BY
FRATERNITY MEN
False Alarm Turned in
Night Before Game.
On
FROM FRATERNITY HOUSE
Next
Night Another House
Catch on Fire.
Does
Louis Graves, editor of the Chaple Hill
Weekly, takes occasion in yesterday's is
sue of the paper to express no loving
sentiments towards the boys that recent
ly turned in a false alarm from a fra
ternity house in the "southwest" part of
town. Included , in the editorial is
statement that when a real fire broke out
in another fraternity house on the next
night, the local fire department was in
clined to conjure up the old fable about
the boy and the wolf and refuse to
answer. '
The editorial and the story of the two
ores is reprinted below:
"About an hour after midnight, on the
night after the Thanksgiving Day foot
Bail game, a fire alarm was turned in by
telephone from a fraternity house in the
outhwest part of the village. The fire
men responded. There was no fire it
as a false alarm. The men in the house
professed ignorance of a call's having
been sent in from there, but the two men
on duty at the telephone exchange were
bth positive that the call came from
'"is phone and no other.
'It so happened that about twenty-four
hours later, in the middle of the night, an
alarm was turned from a fraternity
huse on Rosemary lane. This time it
w" a real fire.
Again the firemen responded. They
clopped through the weatherbparding to
Ket at leaky flue, and put the fire out
oefore It had done much damage.
We learn from Fire Chief Foister
at' wIen the second of these alarms
sounded and the firemen were told
y the telephone operator that it came
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A committee of six men, headed by
Emmett Underwood, President of the
Y. M. C. A., Wednesday sent out to all
organizations a general letter from the
Y Cabinet calling on them for action as
result of the outbreak of drinking at
the Thanksgiving game and dances.
The letter is self-explanatory and fol
lows:
To all Campus Organizations:
The "Y" Cabinet, of 52 members,
brother members of the long list of cam
pus organizations, sends to all others its
warmest greetings. The Cabinet is in
terested in and related to all campus or
ganizations, but by the closer bond of
having in its membership one or more
representatives from almost all other
groups.
It is in the spirit of this relationship
that the cabinet comes to its fellow or
ganizations discussing a matter that lies
very close to the personal interests of
us all. We refer to the conduct of a
few of our students and a number of our
Vteiting alumni and friends during the
festivities of the past , week. As you
know there is much in the air regarding
the amount of drinking at the game and
luring the dances. The University author
ities are now stirring themselves in the
direction of action on the matter.
We believe that the student body not
only desires self-government but is thor
oughly capable of it, and therefore de
plore any situation that makes it nec
essary for the faculty committee to act
nnnn matters of student conduct. Ef
fective self-government rests almost en
tirely upon proper sentiment in the stu
dent body. Without the proper senti
ment the Student Council is helpless.
This appeal therefore is for a general
check-up on the campus sentiment re
garding drinking. We believe that the
majority of the students sternly deplore
the extent to which drinking went last
week anA that they have the feeling that
students themselves should make the pro
per redress in these matters without the
faculty having to intervene.
Tf drlnklnu- is NOT covered under
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PROMINENT NEWSPAPER
MAN TO SPEAK HERE
Nelson Crawford, Author and Jour-
V nalist, Will Be Here With News
paper Institute Next Month.
Among the speakers at the Newspaper
Institute to be held at Chapel Hill, Jan
uary 12-15, 1928, under the auspices of
the N. C. Press Association and the Uni
versity, Nelson Crawford, director of
Information of the Department of Agri
culture, will be one of the most inter
esting of those on the program, which
is rapidly being completed.
The address of Mr, Crawford will be
In the realm of professional etmcs as
applied to journalism. He specialized in
that field of study, and two years ago
published a book, "The Ethics of Jour
nalism," which is widely recognized as
the ablest presentation of the subject
now In print. Mr. Crawford is president
of the American Association of Teachers
of Journalism. He is in the Federal
service only temporarily during a year's
leave of absence from the Kansas State
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"YES BY GOSH"
WILL BE STAGED
MONDAY EVENING
Preparations Have Been Com
pleted for Presentation of
Vaught's Play.
PLAY IS MUSICAL COMEDY
Many Feature Acts Program Consists
of Six Scenes This Year
Instead of Four.
A death-dealing riot was narrowly
averted in Kronheimer's Department
Store at Durham this week when Ben
Shepherd, well known campus character,
blandly requested to be shown three doz
en pairs of pink silk unmentionables.
Thus elaborate preparations have be
gun for the Wigue? and ..Masque divine
comedy, "Yes By Gosh." This produc
tion, the glory of last year's theatre
season, and written by the local wit,
Bill Vaught, will be presented in Me
morial Hall Monday night at eight-thir
ty. A microscopic survey of the la
dies attire has resulted in the purchase
by the dauntless Mr. Shephard and other
equally reckless officers, of a complete
outfit of costumes. This regalia, sup
ported " by numerous campus wiseacres
and polished Playmakers, bids fair to
dazzle the eyes of the vast audience ex
pected to attend the gala occasion.
Besides the gorgeous clothes to grace
the dramatic limbs of the select com
pany of forty-five actors, lavish scen
ery will furnish a background and set
ting for the skipping, tripping gen
tlemen. No expense has been spared in
the purchase of feature costumes and
imposing scenery. In order to assure a
superior personnel, a flawless galaxy
of stars,' all aspiring co-eds and ath
letes have been denied the privilege of
participation in the stupendous produc
tion. Furthermore, as has been said be
fore, a guaranty is given the public that
each chorus girl is a perfect gentleman.
There will positively be no loitering
around the back entrances to the
chorus ladies' domain, the Chapel Hill
police force has kindly promised.
Auricular ecstacy - will be supplied
from the orchestra pit by Hal Kemp's
Zebra zealots each : article as adver-
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STATE GLEE CLUBS TO
BE REPRESENTED HERE
In order to set -down definite rules for
the state-wide glee club singing contest
and place the glee clubs of the state on
a more organized and correlated basis, a
meeting has been caled here next Saturr
day, December 12, of the glee club officers
from six North Carolina Institutions. .;'
fThe schools represented the Univer
sity, Duke, State, Wake Forest, Guil
ford and Davidson will attempt to place
the state singing contest on a more or
ganized footing, possibly select1 the song
to be used this year. 4
The University is the only institution
in this state, and in the South for that
matter, to enter the nation-wide glee
club contest in New York this winter.
It is very probable that the song which
has already been selected for that con
test will also be used in North Carolina
this year.
'THE GREEN ROOM'
IN GREAT DEMAND
Neighboring College Wants to
. "Borrow" Him.
DI-PHI DEBATE TO
BE HELD MONDAY
Noe, Crew, Mogulescu, and Par
ker Are Debaters. :.
MEDAL GOES TO WINNER
Amendment of Japanese
Law Is Query.
Exclusion
OFFER ALL EXPENSES
Party At Duke University Anxious for
His Services.
"The Green Room" whose caustic re
view of the dedication performance of
the Carolina Playmakers evoked much
favorable and unfavorable comment here
has sprung into great demand. '
"From Duke University comes an ur
gent call for the "Green Room". His
review, as printed in the Tab Heel, was
reprinted in the Duke University Chron
ical and certain parties there seem ex
tremely well impressed by it. The
"Taurian Players", a Duke organiza
tion corresponding to the Carolina Play
makers are to give a performance on
Friday, December 11, at the Durham
College College. To Chapel Hill comes
a plea for the services of the "Green
Room" as reviewer for these plays.
Bus fare and the best seat possible
are offered as inducements. It is un
derstood that the review of the "Tau
rian Players" would be printed in the
"Chronicle", which saw fit to reprint
the Playmaker review as run in the Tab
Heel of November 26.
16,000 PEOPLE WITNESSED ANNUAL
CAROLINA-VIRGINIA CLASSIC HERE
Slightly More Than 16,000 Attended Game Seating Capacity of
Concrete Stadium Only 2,400723 Standing Room Tickets
Sold on North Side of Field Temporary Bleachers
Erected for Remainder of Record Crowd.
How many people attended the
Thanksgiving game here between Caro
lina and Virginia? Newspapers and
students have made guesses that extend
ed from fourteen thousand to more
than twenty thousand.
A few over sixteen thousands of peo
ple witnessed the Thanksgiving game.
An alumnus, living in Glen Raven,
bought seats on' the South side of the
field. Students- and visitors became so
interested in the game that they left
their scats on the ends of the field and
elected to lean on the fence. As a result
many of the spectators who held scats
in the middle of the field were prevented
from enjoying the game to, the extent
that they expected.
The alumnus wrote the Tar Heel
about the matter, requesting that the
student paper comment on the fact
that standing room was sold for the
South side and the spectators consider-
bly Inconvenienced. He forwarded a
copy of his letter to Mr. jjnanes x
Woollen, Graduate Manager of Ath
letics. Mr. Woollen immediately re
plied to the alumnus, clearing up the
points raised, arid sent the Tab Heel
a copy of the letter.
The two letters are reprinted because
of the fact that the student body was
seated on the South side of the field
and some of the students may have been
Inconvenienced as was the alumnus. In
addition, the letters carry considerable
information of interest.
Alumnus' Letter to Tar Heel
"As'an alumni interested in the Uni
versity's athletics I wish to call your at
tention a very bad feature of the seat
ing arrangement of yesterday's Caro
lina and Virginia Football Game.
"I had the misfortune of having a
seat on the temporary South side bleach-
. . i
ers.' standing room .was soiu ana as
the people admitted in this way were not
made to sit down the view of, those on
the first few rows of these stands was
entirely obscured. This forced all the
pectators occupying these seats, as
well as all buck of them to stand the
entire time in order to see.
"In all fairness to alumni who for
mond have looked forward and who J
travel miles to this game do you not
think they should have decent seats?
The University's athletic management
was severely criticised because of this
uncomfortable and unsatisfactory seat
ing arrangement at yesterday's game.
"Hoping that you may see fit to com
ment on this in your columns,: "
Mr. Woollen's Reply to Alumnus
"It is a source of great regret that
you and others on the South Side of the
field at the Virginia Game had such, an
unpleasant experience because of a num
ber of people standing in front of you
and interfering with your .view of the
field. "
"On the South, East and West Sides
of the field, where it was necessary to
use wooden temporary seas, each side
was fenced off to prevent passing from
one side to the other. At each entrance
three gatesmen and one uniformed po
liceman were placed to see that no one
got in who did not have a ticket call
ing for a seat on that particular side.
To facilitate this scrutiny of tickets, a
different color was used for each side
of the field. There were twenty uni
formed , police officers who had instruc
tions to see that everyone in the East,
South and West sides sat down. On the
East and West sides there was no dif
ficulty, but on the South Side the num
ber that insisted on standing up was
apparently too much for them to handle.
Only seven hundred and twenty-three
standing room tickets were sold and
these were for the North Side of the
field where the height of the concrete
stand allows for standing room.
"The whole difficulty, of course, goes
back to the point that our crowds have
long since outgrown our facilities. The
two concrete stands on Emerson Field
were built for a total of 2,4-06 people.
There were a few more than 16,000 peo
ple at the Virginia Game. We can
never have satisfactory seating for our
games until we are able to build per
manent stands and get awny from the
uncomfortable bleacher seats which we
are how forced to use. I fervently hope
that we may find some way to accomp
lish this before the Virginia Game in
1927."
"Shall Japs be allowed to come into the
United States'' will 'be fthe question
fought out in Gerrard Hall on Monday
evening at 8:30 when the Di and the Phi
teams meet in the Mary D. Wright De
bate.
For three weeks now the teams, rep
resenting the two Societies, have been
working on the puzzling question, mak
ing a study of it in all its phases, so that
they are now prepared to put up some
convincing arguments on each side. The
Phis favor the admittance of the Jap
anese to this country, under the quota
provisions which is two per cent of their
number here in 1890, while the Di does
not favor that plan. What they do pro
pose is unknown,-and will only come out
on Monday evening.
At the present time, by the Immigra
tion Law of 1921, the Japanese are pro
hibited from entering the United States
except as students, tourists, teachers, or
merchants temporarily here buying goods,
Of course, all diplomatic officers and their
companies are excepted from , these pro
visions. The passage of this law arous
ed a large amount of adverse criticism
of the United States, and created much
hard feeling among the Japanese. It
threatened to disrupt our smooth dip
lomatic relations and commercial trans
actions with Japan, and is at the pres
ent time almost as live an issue as ever
Undoubtedly it will come up in the com
ing session of Congress.
Therefore, the debate on Monday even
ing comes at a most appropriate time,
and should be well attended . as it is
upon such a current issue, aside from the
fact that it promises to be one of the
most interesting discussions of the year.
The Mary D. Wright Debate is held
each year between the two Societies, the
Di and the Phi, and has come to be
quite an event on the debating calen
dar of the University. Also, to the best
debater on the winning team there goes
the Mary D. Wright medal, which has
always been a much sought for prize,
carrying with it a great deal of honor
in being declared the best debater in the
two Societies for the year. No man who
has won the medal in the past is again
eligible.
The men who will represent the Phi
on the affirmative of the question are
J. W. Crew, of Pleasant Hill, and R. W.
Noe, of Beaufort. The Di team is com
posed of M. I. Mogulescu, of Camden,
and H. B. Parker, of Monroe.
The query for the debate is, "Resolved,
That the Japanese exclusion law should
be so amended as to allow the Japanese
to enter the United States on the same
basis as other nationalities." - ,
ORGANISTS OF STATE
WILL CONVENE HERE
Organists from all over the state will
be here Friday and Saturday to attend a
meeting of the North Carolina Chapter
of the American Guild of Organists.
The session will open with a business
meeting Friday afternoon followed by a
supper at the Carolina Inn. The dele
gates will be the guests of the University
Dcparement of Music in the evening at
the Cherniavsky concert to be given in
Memorial Hall.
There will be another formal meeting
Saturday, followed by a concert at the,
Episcopal Church by the University Glee
Club and an organ recital by H. A. Shir
ley, dean of the Music Department of
Salem College.
CROSSCOUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIP BE
DECIDED TODAY
Event Will Be Held At Duke to
Determine State Champions.
SIX COLLEGES' CONTEND
This Meet Will Bring Into Action the
. Best Runners in the
State. .- - '
The state championship in cross coun
try running .will be decided this after
noon at Duke University when the har
riers representing Duke, State, Wake
Forest, Davidson, Elon, and Carolina
come together in what is expected to be
one of the best cross country meets held
in North Carolina in recent years. The
run Is scheduled to start promptly at
2:30 o'clock.
Carolina has an excellent chance of
copping first place in the meet today.
The Tar Heels have engaged in three
dual meets this year and have emerged
victorious in every one of them, win
ning over State, Duke, and Virginia.
They found their keenest competition in
the Cavaliers on Thanksgiving morning,
when they were pushed to the limit to
win by the margin of one point.
Elliott, Pritchett, Daniels, Henderson,
Thorpe, Berrier, and Bell are expected
to be the runners to represent Carolina
this afternoon. In all three of the pre
vious meets Elliott and Pritchett have
finished in first and second places, re
spectively, 'while Daniels finished third
in the first two meets and fourth in the
one with Virginia. In the latter meet
he cut his foot on a piece of glass about
half a mile from the finish and it was
only his determination and indomitable
fighting spirit that enabled him to cross
the tape at the finish. It is safe to as
sume that he would have finished third
in this meet if it had not been for the
bad cut which he received on his foot.
Andy Bell, one of the greatest track
men that ever donned a Carolina uni
form, will run this afternoon for the
first time this season. He has been laid
out on account of a pulled tendon in his
leg but he is now in fairly good condi
tion and is expected to make a creditable
showing this afternoon. Bell holds the
Southern record for the mile, his time
being 4:25. Last year was his first on
the varsity track team, but despite this
fact he won first place in every meet in
which he participated and was pro
claimed by many experts as the greatest
miler ever seen on a Southern track. His
showing in the meet this afternoon will
be keenly watched by his many admirers
throughout the South.
With the exception of Daniels, who
has been unable to take any work-outs
since he cut his foot in the Virginia
meet, the entire squad is in first class
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PLAYMAKER TOUR
NORTH POSTPONED
Will Not Go to New York Until
January.
TWO WEEKS ENGAGEMENT
Carolina Players Will Appear in New
Fifth Avenue Theatre.
MR. GRANT WILL MARE
SOUTHERN TOUR SOON
TtinprnrV'Of Alumni Secretary em
braces Ten Southern Cities Goes
In Behalf of Alumni Work.
According to a recent announcement
by Secretary Daniel L. Urant, or tne
Central Alumni Office, he will leave some
time the later part of next week for an
extended tour through the Southern
States In behalf of the University Alum
ni. Mr. Grant's tentative itinerary em
braces ten cities, and the period of time
of his travels is approximately two and
a half weeks. ,
The purpose of the visits of Mr. Grant
to the Alumni associations and commit
tees of the various southern cities is to
foster more interest in the work of the
University and to keep the alumni up
to the minute with the work of the Uni
versity. He will carry with him, to use
at all alumni meetings, a goodly number
of slides and pictures recently made of
the University and the proposed im
(Continued on pagt four.)
The Carolina Playmukers will not make
their debut in New York until the first
of the year, since the theatre in which
they were to appear is still not complet
ed. , The theatre in question is the 66
Fifth Avenue Theatre, now being con
structed in lower Fifth Avenue in Green
wich Village. The director of the new
theatre, George Cronyn, has postponed
the opening of the building until January,
when a new comedy by Gilbert Seldes,
The Witt Crackers, will be presented.
The Playmakers had made arrange
ments to give their productions in New
York from December 21 to January 3;
but, on account of the delay in the con
struction of the theatre, their appearance
has been postponed until sometime in
January or February. However, the
Carolina Players will be in New Vork
for an engagement of two weeks at that
time and will probably present: Scuffle-
town Outlawt, by William N. Cox, Fix-
in," by Paul Green and Oaiui and Oaiut
Jr by Lucy M. Cobb. Among the at
tractions for the year in the new theatre,
besides the Carolina Playmakers, is the
distinguished Russian actor, Ben Ami,
who will present an Ibsen play and a new
Czechoslovak Ian piece.
Professor Koch went to New York for
the Thanksgiving week-end to confer
with the director of the 60 Fifth Avenue
Theatre concerning his plans. While he
was there he saw a number of Carolina
men, Including: Hatcher Hughes, a play
wright, and Tom Wolfe, who has written
a new Southern play which the Theatre
Guild now has under consideration for
production.