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SUNDAY CONCERT 4 P.M. Memorial Hall PlAYMAKEB llEADINfl Friday, 7:30 P. M. Playmaker Theatre VOLUME XXXIV CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926 No. 36 MANY NEWSPAPER MEN TO ATTEND PRESS GATHERING Noted Speakers Will Be Here Next Week for News-. - paper Institute. - ; DISCUSS SIX QUESTIONS Sponsored by N. C. Press Association, Extension Division, Journalism Department and News Bureau. A number of newspaper editors and publishers of national prominence will address the Newspaper Institute to be held here January 13-15, inclusive. The Institute is being conducted under the auspices of the North Carolina Press Association, and the University Exten sion Division, Department of Journal ism, and News Bureau. Among the speakers of national prom inence coming from outside the state are Paul Patterson, publisher and executive editor to the Baltimore Sun; Ole Buck, field manager of the Nebraska Press Association; Robert Latham, editor of the Charleston N ew and Courier; Doug lass Freeman, editor of Richmond News Leader; M. V. Atwood, business man ager of Obeerver-DUpatch, Utica, N. Y.; N. A. Crawford, director of the infor mation service of the United States De partment of Agriculture; and James O'Shaughnessy, executive secretary of the American Association of. Advertis ing Agencies. The purpose of the Institute, as stuted by J. W. Atkins, president of the North Carolina Press Association, is "to de part from the customary convention pro gram and to devote two days of inten sive study to six specific newspaper problems." The six problems to be studied are placed under the head of ethics, editorial policy, business management, advertis ing, special problems of the country weekly, propaganda and free publicity. After each address, as time, permits, a period will be devoted to questions and open discussions, . The opening session will be held at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night, January 13, and the closing session at 8:40 p.m. Friday, January 15. Headquarters will be at the Carolina Inn, where special rates re being offered those attending the Institute. The complete program follows: Wednesday, January 13 Chairman J. W. Atkins, President N.C. Press Association. 730 p.m. "Purpose of -the Institute," J. W. Atkins, Managing Editor Gastonia Gazette, Gastonia, N. C. 8. -00 p.m. Address, by H. W. Chase, President University of North Carolina. 8:45 p.m. "The Newspaper as a Pub- Continued on page thre) 1926 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE .. Durham "Y" there ... Durham "Y" here . Wofford here : Clemson here Guilford here . Wake Forest there Duke here Jan. !) ... Jun. 12 . Jan. 14 . Jan. 15 '. Jan. 16 . Jun. 20 .. Jan. 23 ., Feb- 2 N. C. State here Feb. '4 Virginia there Feb. 5 Catholic Univ. there Feb. 6 ........ Navy there Feb. 8 Harvard there Feb. 9 .1 Maryland there Feb. 10 V. M. I. there Feb. 11 ; W. and L. there Feb. 13 ... Florida here Feb. 16 Wake Forest here Feb. 18 N. C. State there Feb. 20 ; Duke there Feb. 23 .. ; Davidson here Feb. 25 ...W. & L. here (pending) Feb. 27-28 and March 1-2 S. I. C. Tournament at Atlanta BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYS SATURDAY . First Game With Durham "Y" in Bull City. TAR HEELS SHOULD WIN Prospects For 1926 Quint To Hold Title Are Good. BAD CHECK EVIL BEING REMEDIED Student Council Given Much - Credit For Work. , . ASSISTS DEAN OF MEN 143 Gave Bad Checks Last Fall- Number Greatly Reduced. Much credit" is due to the Student Council for the efficient way in which it has handled the bad check situation during the fall quarter. The Council, with the co-operation of the office of the Dean of Students, succeeded last quarter in setting a remarkably low rec ord for the number and amounts of bad checks given by students of the Univer The modifications made last spring and during the early part of the fall in the plan which the Council is now using have proved themselves most gratify ihg. In the report of the Dean of Students for 1925 appear some very enlightening statistics concerning these checks. The figures are as follows: "The number of students who wrote bad checks during the fall quarter of last year was 286 j this year reduced to 143. The number of bad checks given by these men, while last year it was 635, was this year reduced to 338. Similarly the amount of money Involved was cut justabout in half.' Only 19 men who have given bad checks this fall had any previous record of this sort last year." In the light of these statistics the whole situation is much better at pres ent than it has been in years. More than 80 per cent of the students have a perfectly clean record in the matter of writing worthless checks. The great im provement over last year is plainly evi dent and, since every worthless check written by a student is Included in these figures, irrespective of the cause for its return, they show an encouraging atti tude on the part of the student body, j The 1926 Tar Heel hasketbalT team begins the season under a tremendous h'andicap, having the responsibility of living up to the high reputation set by its immediate predecessors. ' The Tar Heels will open the season this week with an exhibition game Sat urday night, January 9, with the Dur ham Y. M. C. A. in Durham, and a return engagement will be played here the following Tuesday. The first inter collegiate game will be with Wofford Colege here Thursday, January 14. Three Southern men from last yfcar'8 championship will form the nucleus for this" season's quint which bids fair to put up' another stiff race for the South ern title. The trio are Captain Bill Dodderer, center; Billy Devin, guard, and Jack Cobb, forward and captain of last year's team. A fourth letterman is Bunn Hackney. Impressive Reserve Strength Added to these are several members of the 1925 varsity squad who did not make their letters; namely, Bob Sides, forward; Lawrence Watt, center, and "Red" Barber, guard. v Players ,. from last year's freshmen who may make var sity grade this season include Vanstory, Perkins, Skinner and Evans, forwards; Newcomb, center; and Ferrell, Morris, DeLancey and Morehead, guards. Ten of the basketball candidates were members of the football squad last sea son and therefore should report in prime condition, lhey are Cobb, Devin, Hack ney, Skinner, Sides and Ferrell, back field men, and Dodderer, Morehead, Newcomb and DeLancey, linemen. Dodderer Captain Quint Captain Dodderer hails from St. Pe tersburg, Fla. He played on the fresh man quint in 1922, but did not return the following fall and so began his var sity career as regular center on the 1924 team that won the Southern Champion- (Continued on page four) NEW PLANT FOR HIBBARD'S WORK LAUNDRY READY HIGHLY EXTOLLED First Laundry Will Be Collect- Acting Dean Receives Favora ed This Morning. ble Comment On Literary PYDr "V O T 1 7 ' it HiiTirnntr " Column. Tnn T Tirun 4 nxr t 4 -vririmvixT uany maKing cnange. Popular Dean Writes Under Pseu- Due to the construction of the new aonymorieuair, jr. 1 J ii. t . . . . I munury uie regu.ar elate lor collecting Professor C. A. Hibbard, Acting Dean the students' laundry will not be fol- of the Cowe of Liberal Arb. in th lowed this week; instead of taking up University, has recently received much Hlf lnlmrlrv nfr - Hu w.r:.i iTirr nf fli I . . . . ' " "" ravoraDle comment on nis literary col- week it will be gathered early this morn- umn thnt he ha; hee -,,... Jn a nmn. ing and will be returned by Tuesday ber of Drominent southern newsnaners or Wednesday of next week. The fra- under the tltle of .The Literary Lan- "' ana io1ks wunary wm tern Mr. Hibbard has received a good be collected as usual on Monday. This deal of ise m ,the leadin)?s onTnalBt wm mean a aeiay oi only a tew Days. we ... verbal commendatl- f,om Great credit is being given to Dean thos. whn ... fhrown In pnntaM. ., I'auisen of the laundry and his force in j him. their efforts to have the new plant in operation at the beginning of the win- 'The column which Dean Hibbard signs with his ren name. Telfair. Jr.. Is not ter quarter. Dean Paulsen stated that merely a column of literary criticism, u average worK.ng aay tor nis crew or but ls an effort t(J ereate a better under. eleven for the past two weeks had been otHnjinD. nf ba tastt) fnr ,, ,H,M. 1 It 'I'l rp . T1 ' I n struction company in charge of the work nn anA 0ni, believed that at least 18 weeks would , the Sunday edit!ons It contamg new be required to finish the plant; instead criticismj gossip and often recent short the job will be completed in eleven weeks verses of prominent authors. ....... 41... J . - V "c mTn" "one 'WS- Mr. Hibbard has created a great de- A new $5,000 boiler with a potential manA tnr Ue ,llm . . . . doubled capacity has been installed and , popularity every day. content , u,e u. unw of the column is of general interest to of eight days instead of 15. Every item entering into the construction of the new plant has been fitted together in the shortest length of time in keeping with the South, especially, and also to the country at large. Thirteen papers are now using the column regularly, ' The most enjoyable thing about the iinftVMllwl , 1. ... 1 . L. 1 I . "-v. o-ucu ..MMMiliJ BUU CCU- -mo io fL ;ffi , ! 1,K nnmiMil I Several unique departures will be inaugurated in this the most modern and largest University laundry plant in the the subjects are treated. There is noth ing dry and uninteresting in Mr. Hib bard's writings to make them seem bore- some, as some literary criticisms un- the main office in such an extremely ad vantageous position that I'll be able to (Continued on page four) SOUTH BUILDING RECORD IS MADE BY EXTENSION DIVISION Retrospection of Last Year's Work Re- veals Service That This Division of the University Renders. According to Director Chester D. Shell, on October 31 the University Ex tension closed the most successful year in its history. Since the extension classes for the coming year are organ ized and in full swing and the influx of applications for correspondence courses is at high tide at that time, the date of October 81 is chosen for the retro spection of the past year's work. Facts and figures released recently by Director Snell reveal some very in teresting features and works of the ex tension division. Registration for the past year numbers 1,482 students who registered for a total number of 2,309 correspondence courses. Ninety-four different courses were offered and 52 in structors in the University corrected a total of 3404 lesson assignments. As to courses completed, en average of one course was completed during the year by each student registered, while many more will complete their work early this year. Many students compieiea from two to four courses. With an av erage of 62.4 per cent on completions this is thought to be a record in this country, for the best report has been (Continued on page four) United States," says Dean Paulsen. "My doubtedly are. There is often humor In office wUl be situated in the mezzanine of fte column and rarely. If ever, anything that could be called sarcasm or cyni cism, the material is spicy, interesting, and, withal, scholarly. s Mr. Hibbard is well acquainted with the literature of the South and the conntrv. As nrnfpRRnF T?.nilieK n RFINfJ RFHinilFI VI) the University, he enjoys an enviable ULiliyU LlULllVULiLiLilJ reputation asu teacher and scholar. His Historic Campus Center to Have is a trihllte to h:fi ..m,. New Lease Of Life. In commenting editorially on Mr. Hib- ADMINISTRATION OFFICES iZf E2K Will Be Moved From Alumni, Into Weekly: South When Renovation Completed. A new type of literary column, new Decause of tne character of Its backing Students returning to the campus after and its specialized field, has developed the holidays have been much interested in the pages of a dozen prominent south- in the work now being pushed forward era newspapers under the heading "The on Soupth Building, former and future Literary Lantern." This program is the center of University activities. When pian 0f Professor C. Addison Hibbard. the work is finally" completed South associate professor of English and act- Building, rich in tradition as it is, will be mg dean at the Univerity of North Caro- Carolina Athletic Record Over 37 Year Period High I "RED" WHISNANT Manley D. Whisnant, of Morganton, was elected Captain of the 1926 football team at a banquet held just preceding the Christmas recess. Whisnant played right guard during 1925. RHODES AWARD IS WON BY COCKE Popular Carolina Man Wins Three Year Scholarship. 1FTEEN CANDIDATES TRY (Continued on page three) DEAN BRADSHAW TO TAKE LEAVE not only one of the mast historic and one of the oldest builSings in Chapel Hill, but also one of the most imposing and modernly equipped structures. Probably the most interesting part "of the alterations going forward at present is the method being employed for giving enncp undpr tli fircf flrwir fn farm a 10. foot basement. Needle beams are in- Will Study at Columbia During serted beneath the window arches to hold Spring and Winter Quarters rubble wall forming the old foundation GOES FIRST OF FEBRUARY is removed and a substantial brick wall profeS8or Patterson wm Handle Stu- starlea at a level aooui eleven ieei ue- i dent Troubles neatn tne nrst noor. j. nis wau is men built up to support the section of the When questioned yesterday by a Tar building supported by the beams and the Heel reporter concerning his rumored operation repeated around the building, absence from the University sometime in Thus there will be space for a well- the near future Dean F. ' F. Bradshaw lighted, modern, usable basement where I gave the following outline of his plans before there was only space to crawl I for the coming year, between the floor and the ground. Mr. Bradshaw will be on leave of ab- The entire woodwork forming the in- sence from February through June. In terior of the building, which was con-1 addition to this he will be away from demned last spring, will be replaced by Chapel Hill all during the summer, thus concrete floors, beams, and columns, so I being enabled to spend a total of seven that the building when completed will months, from February 1 to September rival the Law Building in construction 1 1, in study at Columbia University. Most and interior finish. The same standards I of his studying will be in the field of are being observed as obtained in the I psychology and that particular branch design and construction of Manning Hall, of psychology which is interested in the On the north side of the building the I educational and personal problems of col- present Westover type doorway will be lege students. built in limestone, instead of wood, as I - In speaking of his proposed course of at present, retaining the same general I study Mr. Bradshaw stated that he took design, but refining the detail somewhat some work along these lines last summer A flight of seven granite steps, with a I and found it so profitable for his work wrought iron handrail, will lead to this I here this fall that he decided to continue door which in turn will give access to a along the same course. "I do not have corridor which runs entirely through the I any set purpose to work toward any building. One of the features of the graduate degree of any sort," he said. buildling will be an elevator, which will "My purpose is to follow a line of study be situated next to the stairs on the south that will clarify and improve my think side of this corridor. I ing and working along lines of my prob- On the south side this corridor leads I lems here. If this happens to coincide out into a portico which has four lime- with the ' requirements for a degree, I stone columns, . smaller in scale, but of shall be happy to till two birds with similar design to those of the present one stone." If it does not, I am going to Law Building. . These columns are Ion- follow the needs of my work rather than ic. This portico will be the dominant the requirements for the degree." feature of the south, or new, side of the! The Dean's absence from the Univer- campus, facing as it does the site of the sity is made possible by the fact that he new Library Building, with Sanders and holds a fellowship from a national or- Murphy to the east and the correspond- ganization interested in the field of train ing proposed buildings on the west. The ing men for the various phases of stu- (Continued on page two) I (Continued on page four) Excelled in Scholarship, Leadership And Character and Physical Vigor. William J. Cocke, popular Carolina stu dent and Asheville boy was the winner of the Rhodes Scholarship awarded for North Carolina at the "elections held by the state committee at Raleigh, Dec ember 12. Mr. Cocke was elected over a field of fifteen candidates, all North Caro linians but from schools over the Uni ted States. Among the names who were applicants are those of outstanding men from the campuses of the larger schools of -the state. There were three candi dates from the) University of North Carolina besides the succesful one. Thirty-two scholarships are awarded yearly, only tne to a student from each state of the union, and are tenable for three years at Oxford University, Eng land. 'Awards are made on the basis of literary and scholastic ability, char- actor and leadership, physical vigor, in all of which the Asheville boy was ad judged to excel by the committee. The list of Candidates is as follows: S. E. Wallis, of Asheville, from State College; R. T. Hardaway, of Durham, from Duke University; E. R. Fisher, of Garner, from Duke University; L. A. Peacock, of Raleigh, from Wake Forest College; T. A. McEachern, Jr., of Ashe ville, from the University of Virginia; G. M. Mediin, of Elizubeth City, from. Wake Forest College and Princeton University; L. E. Andrews, of High Point, from Wake Forest College; J. M. Potter, of Burlington, from State (Continued on page four) ; LAW SCHOOL HAS 27 1 STATE BAR CANDIDATES Tom P. Jimison In List Only One Woman Is Applying For License This Year. MAN Y VICTORIES Winning Average Higher Than Won Major League Pennants. FETZER REGIME SUCCESS Twenty-seven of the 113 men who will stand the state bar examination for a Superior court law license In Raleigh on January 25 are, or have been, students at the University of North Carolina, It has been learned through the local law school. The bar' examinations this year are being published only for the third time, it seems. Several years ago an Ashe ville attorney breezed through famously before anyone knew who he was, and for some reason the .state forthwith decided to publish the names of the candidates for the bar. , This year's list contains 113 names of candidates who will have to bear the burden of an examination, and two oth ers who come by comity from South Carolina. Among the University's representa tives on the large list appears the name of Tom P. Jimison, widely known and much talked-about law student here. The state papers bail his appearance before the court for a license with much publicity and attendant comment. The only woman on the list is Miss Daisy Cooper, who has studied for the Continued on page four) Final Scores In Major and Minor Sports Often Written on Win Side of Ledger. . By L. N. Byhd ' A survey just completed of the record of athletic teams representing the Uni versity of North Carolina since the in auguration of intercollegiate sports here 36 years ago reveals a percentage of victories of which any institution in the country might well be proud. During these 36 years Tar Heel teams in the four major sports football, baseball, basketball and track have hung up a winning percentage of .615, higher than the average that won the major league baseball pennants this year. Tar Heel teams have carried the Uni versity colors .into 913 intercollegiate contests and have brought them out vic torious 56-1 times, not to mention the . numerous contests that wer etied. Three Periods of Development The Tar Heel schedules have not been easy. Kather they have provided for matches with some of the outstanding teams in the country in all four of the bi gsports. They have numbered among their opponents, not only the leading teams of.the South, but such northern institutions as Yale, Harvard, Prince ton, Cornell, Georgetown and Dartmouth. The record against the bigger teams has been most praiseworthy. Particularly in baseball have Carolina athletes made a good showing in their Invasions of the North. The story of Carolina athletics is pro perly divided into several eras. The period from 1889 to 1900 is the era in which the foundation was laid, and the Tar Heels put out several famous teams during that time. From 1900 till the S. A. T. C. regime during the World War was a period of development. During that time basketball and track were started, and football was started back in the upward road. The improvement in football had as its climax the victory over Virginia in 1916. Athletics were virtually a dead issue during the war. and the final period did not really be gin until 1920-21, when the rejuvenation under the Fetzer brothers started. Big Growth Under Woollen Charles T. Woollen, present graduate manager, was asked to take over the management of athletic affairs at the University in 1910. L. P. McLendon. of Durham, had been in charge of the (Continued on page four.) MAGAZINE QUOTED BY NEW STUDENT FamousCollegiate Publication Reprints King's Article. S FREE ADVERTISEMENT Serves to Put University Before Col legiate Reading World. A decided honor was recently con ferred upon the Carolina Magazine by- national publication known as The New Student. This publication is the American Mercury of the collegiate world and is becoming famous through out the country for the bold, ' almost radical way in which it treats various campus problems. In Its latest issue Mr. A. K. King's article on "The Cam- ' pus Political Machine" which appeared In the November number of the Caro lina Magazine was reprinted in full. It is quite seldom that the editors of The New Student eee &t to take an article from a college publication and run it in its entirety. The prominence thus given to the University of North Carolina lit erary organ is highly gratifying. It will be recalled by many thaj Mr. King's article exposed in no uncertain way the inner workings of the political ring on this campus. lie wrote freely - and with great authority about the du bious and evasive methods which were employed by the local Tammany to place their men In office. The manner in which certain Carolina men came to be presi dents and editors was completely laid bare. Such a story was of just the type that appears frequently in the pages of The New Student and although it puts some men on the campus in an unfavor able light, the Magazine is fortunate to get such a good free advertisement It will serve to put this University before the collegiate reading world in no uncer tain way, for a quotation in The New Student is a splendid means of publicity. ft