SOPHOMORE SMOKER
; SWAIN HALL
TONIGHT 9 P.M.
ZELLNER PERFORMANCE
THEATRE BUILDING
TONIGHT 8:30
VOLUME XXXIV
CHAPEL HILL, N, C , THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926
NUMBER 63
NEW FOLK PLAYS
GIVEN FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT
Playmakers Present New Par
ing Jill of One-Act Plays.
IN PLAYMAKER THEATER
A Carolina Pierrot, Clay, and The New
Moon Included in Program.
The Playmakers will"' present their
spring bill of new plays tomorrow and
Saturday evenings in the Playmakers
Theatre. The program of plays intro
duces four new authors to the Play-
maker audiences! Telfair Peet, a West
ernerj in the play-writing group last
year; David Reid Hodgin and Miss Nan
cy Battle, old Playmakers and native
Carolinians, and 'William J. McMillan,
who has come to the Playmakers this
year from New England. The first of
these authors wrote The New Moon, the
second Cfag, the third the prologue to
A Carolina Pierrot, and the last A Caro
lina Pierrot. These are the plays that
will be presented tomorrow and Satur-
' day..'
In the forward to A Carolina Pier
rot the author, William J. McMillan,
says: "I have tried to : express in my
Pierrot a little of the feeling which came
to me when I heard President Chase's
words at the dedication of the Playmak
ers Theatres We dedicate this theatre
tonight In the confidence that it may
make possible about our common life a
little more of the stuff that dreams are
made of; a little less of monotony, a lit
tle more of glamour about our days;
that the horizons of Imagination shall be
enlarged so that we shall come more
steadily and wholly to see the place of
beauty and of its handmaiden, art, in a
civilisation not too much given to its
encouragement."' The prologue to this
play, On a Moon, was written by Miss
Nancy Battle, former Playmaker act
ress. The cast of characters is as fol
lows! Pierrot, Shepperd Strudwick, Jr.;
Pierrette, Nancy Battle; First '. College
Student, John Anderson, "Jr.; anoTSec
ond College Student, Walter Kelly.
David Reid ' Hodgin, the author of
Clay, Is from Randolph County; and It
is there that the scene of this play is laid.
He says that this section of the Pied
mont belt is inhabited by Scots and Eng
lishmen who for two hundred years have
been endeavoring to cultivate its soil,
which is hard, unyielding and strewn
- with numberless rocks; and the struggle
for existence there is is reality a fight
with nature, breeding a stern and 'un
quiet race. As ih nature a sport deviates
from the type, so out of this clay some-
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FROSH BASEBALL
WORKOUTS START
"Runt" Lowe Gets First Year
Diamond Squad Working.
HIGH SCHOOL STARS OUT
Definite, Schedule Not Yet Made Will
Include Hard Gaines.
Despite -the extreme cold weather of
the past few days. Coach "Runt" Lowe
has been sending his candidates for the
yearling nine through a stiff work-out
on the freshman field each afternoon.
The first call for practice was issued
Monday and the coach was greeted by
over 70 candidate, which is a very large
number: considering the nearness of ex
aminations. Several players who have
not yet reported for practice are ex
pected to come ou tafter the conclusion
of the exams.
The team this year is expected to be
the strongest that has ever represented
the freshman class of the University
and in view of this fact an elaborate
schedule is being prepared by the man
ager of the team. .In addition to games
with the yearling nines , representing
State, Duke, Wake Forest, and Davidson,
the schedule Includes a six-day trip
through Virginia. On the trip to the
Old Dominion state last season, the Tar
Babies won every game with. the excep
tion of the Washington and Lee contest
which was lost , by the doge score of
5-. The card will , include about 17
games and will be one of the hardest
ones ever undertaken by a first year
team at the University.
Among the men who have already re
ported to Coach Lowe for practice are
included, several men who have made
qultesa name for themselves In high
and prep schools . throughout the state.
The roster of the club Includes 332 in
lelders, J26 outfielders, 11 pitchers, and
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Law Students Will
Hear L. R. Varser
As Was announced in the' last
issue of the TAR HEEL L. R.
Varser, former Associate Justice
of the North Carolina Supreme
Court, will speak before the law
students and interested members
of the student body Friday mdrn.
ing at 12 o'clock in the law build
ing. Judge Varser will speak on
"Some Phases of Practice in the
Superior Court of North Caro
lina." The experience Judge Var
ser has required as member of
the bar and as supreme court
judge will doubtless furnish in
teresting examples to illustrate
his lecture.
All law students are urged
to attend Judge Varser's lecture
and other students of the cam
pus, particularly those who an
ticipate taking up the study of
law, are cordially invited.
ANNUAL MEET IS
HELD IN TIN CAN
f Dormitory Runners Gallop
Off With First Honors
SET BROAD JUMP MARK
Ruffin Only One Point Behind Win
'". ners Steele in Third Place
The board track artists from ,the wilds
of the Triangle woods carried the win
ning honors of the Intra-Mural Associa
tion's annual indoor meet back to "J''
Dormitory last Monday night. The frig
id air of the Tin Can was not especially
conducive to new records, but one of the
old intra-mural records went its Way
before onslaughts of the aspiring ath
letes. .
The "J" , runners, piled up a total of
30 points to take first place followed by
Ruffin with 29, Steele with 20 and Old
West-VtUtftV-llie-Rimlmwinnets
of both the indoor and outdoor track
titles last year, made a gallant fight in
defense of their title, but the efforts of
the "Jays" would not be denied.
The only record that fell during the
evening dropped by the wayside In the
first event of the program. "Red" Cor-
pening, former record holder in the
standing broad jump, took wings unto
himself and leapt three inches beyond
his previous best distance to set the new
mark at 10 feet 3 inches. Johnnie Pear
son, elongated star from Ruffin who gath
ered the laurels unto himself during the
evening by piling up the highest in
dividual scoring honors, tied the pre
vious record . with a jump of 10 feet
even. , .-.
Pearson in piling .up his big total , in
the scoring columns took first place in
the high jump, second in the broad jump
and second in the SO yard low hurdles
for 13 points. John Henderson, varsity
cross-countryman, tallied 9Vi points for
second, followed by "Mutt" Evans with
an even s points. Kvans cnaiicea up
a first place in the 440 for the second
consecutive year, galloping home in easy
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NATIONAL OFFICIAL OF -
Y WILL VISIT HERE
SOPHS WILL HAVE
SMOKER TONIGHT
Unique Program Arranged for
Spring Smoker of Class.
MUSIC WILL FEATURE
Walter Kelly Will Be In Charge of
Meeting.
The smoker that will be held by the
class of '28 at Swain Hall tonight at
nine o'clock promises to he one of the
most outstanding class events of the year.
Plans are going forth to have one of
the most unusual and" interesting pro
grams that has yet been pulled on the
hill. Plenty of eats will also be a fea
ture of the occasion.
. Walter Kelly, vice-president of the
class is in charge of arrangements, due
to 11 illnes - of ' Manley Williamson,
president.
Mr. .Kelly told a Tar Heel reporter
yesterday that it would be something
different and efforts to make him talk
more definitely were of no avail. Mr.
Kelly did go on to say however, that an
Interesting program without any speeches
has already been worked out, and that
he has succeeded in securing the services
of an orchestra to enliven the meeting.
plans now. are to make some excellent
musical selections the special feature of
the program.
Although the class treasury is in
very bad plight, financially, there will
be absolutely no charge for the feed
tonight. . The' recent plan to put class
dues on compulsory basis raised a suffic
ient amount to care for the expense of
the affair, and a merry time will be en
joyed by all sophomores who will spare
an hour in the course of their duty to
wards their class.
DENNY TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION
Manager of Playmakers
Go Into Real Estate.
Will
EFFECTIVE NEXT JUNE
Will Be Succeeded on Faculty by Hu
bert Heffner,
Dayid R, Porter, the highest official in
student Y. M..C. A. work In the United
States, will , visit the, University tomor
row, March 12. The "Y" will give a Spe
cial supper in his honor tomorrow eve
ning at 4he,Bapst church.at 6:00 o'clock
In attendance upon which will be mem
bers of the "V! Cabinet, members of
the V. M. C. A. Board.of Directors, and
the local pastors. ' i. 1 s
Mr; Porter is National, Secretary, of
the Student Department of the, Y. M. C.
and comes direct from the beadquar-
ter's office in New York on a professional
visit' to the University "YV He will be
here only Friday afternoon and Satur
day morning, spending his time in con
sultation with all the local Y. M. C A.
authorities and leaders regarding the
status of the University Y. M. C. A.
both in its local strength and its rela
tionship to the rest of the brotherhood
throughout the world.
Since Mr. Porter will be in town only
Friday and Saturday, he will not be able
to attend the regular "Y" cabinet meet
ing on Monday night, and in order that
he may have an opportunity of meeting
the entire -Cabinet and that its members
may have an opportunity to meet him,
the supper is being given tomorrow night.
All of the fifty-six members of the Cabi
net are invited to attend the supper
whether they were at the cabinet meet
ing Monday night or not.
DUSWARTZSPEAKS
I AT GEOLOGY SEMINAR
Gave Reviews of Geological Papers by
Fashaw and Mliler At Meeting
Last Thursday Afternoon.
Dr. J.- Il. Swarte road,..itwor interest
ing papers to the Geology Seminar in
New East last Thursday afternoon on
the subjects of "Saline Lakes of the
Mohave Desert" and. "The Origin of the
Py rite Deposits of - St. Lawrence Co.,
N. Y." . :
In the first paper, which was a review
of a short volume by William Foshag on
the same subject, Dr. Swartx first gave
an explanation-of .the nature of the sa
line lakes which are of the type gener
ally known as "playas;" relatively large
but extremely shallow lakes which ordi
narily, contain water only during; the
rainy season. -
'' "Playas are of two types, dry and wet.
The former, during the dry season, are
a mass of hard, baked clay or mud with
no trace of moisture even below the sur
face.1 The latter have a fine," fluffy soil
at the surface during the dry season but
are moist just below the surface. The
difference is due to a difference in the
materials underlying their basins. In
the. dry playas the basin is leaky and
allows the water to escape, from the
lake and Us underlying soil. In Uie wet
playas the basin, is water tight and thus
keeps its water contact, losing only a
small amount through slow surface evap
oration. . ,. ' ' ' " '
', "All salts brought into the dry playas
run out through their leaky substrata
with Ihe escaping water. That brought
into the wet flayas cannot escape and
perforce remains in the playa. The dry
playas, therefore, have no salt content.
Such saline deposits as those of Death
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Engineering Laboratory
Now Has Large Crane
One of he most ingenious pieces of
apparatus recently installed in Venable
Hall is the traveling crane in the engi
neering laboratory. The crane spans the
whole laboratory, which is thirty feet
long. The larger crane moves up and
down the length of the room. Attached
to this larger pieces of apparatus tliere
Is a smaller crane which mpve back and
forth; thus making it possible to move
machinery from one part of the room to
any other part desired. It is a great
time saving piece of apparatus, and its
mechanism is comparatively simple. The
crane has a capacity of two tons, or in
other words It will support two tons In
the middle of the main span. The ma
chinery Is worked entirely by chains and
pulleys. Along the ' sides of the room
are two sliding eye-beams, each con
taining a track made of a piece of rail
such as is commonly used for railroad
tracks. The crane moves along these
rails for tracks. All In all, this travel
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. George Denney, manager of the Caro
lina ', Playmakers, has tendered his
resignation, .effective next Commence
ment, and will enter the - real estate
business In Asheville, according to Rob
ert Maddry, director of the News Bu
reau. '
. Mr. Denny stated that while his ac
tive, connection with the Playmakers
would cease next June, he would con
tinue to work with Professor Koch on
a plan looking toward the formation of
a. permanent repertory company that
would produce native plays on a pro
fessional basis. The company would in
clude members of the Playmaker casts
who had exceptional ability. It would
visit various towns in the state in rota
tion, presenting plays written, directed,
and acted by native Tar Heels. Mr.
Denny said he had a conference in Dur
ham yesterday with. Thomas Dixon, the
author, who offered him the' use of his
large auditorium at Wlldacres, : Mr.
Dixon's big estate, as a summer colony
for rehearsals for such a company.
Mr. Denny said that in entering the
real estate business in Asheville he would
be ' associated with the Beverly Hills
Corporation and the Mountains Realty
Corporation.
In his course in play production Mr,
Denny will be ( succeeded by Hubert
Heffner,, native of Maiden, N. C, who
since graduation from the University in
1921 has organized Playmaker groups
in the Universities of Wyoming and
Arizona, In which he has instructed in
playwriting and productions. He has
been at the University of Arizona for
the past two years. While there Mr.
Heffner was actively identified with the
Playmakers, both as author and aAor.
In the business ; management, Mr.
Denny will be succeeded by P. L El
more, native of Dover' N. C, graduate
of the class of 1925, who . has worked
with the organization during the last
two years as assistant director.
To those who have seen the growth of
the Playmakers since their foundation
here, it seems increditable that Messrs,
Koch and Denny, are going to separate.
Whether by coincidence or predestina
tion, it is a fact that the year that Pro
fessor Koch came, to North Carolina
there matriculateed In the University a
modest, unassuming freslunan named
Denny.,; He had come from Asheville.
He was not long on the campus before
Frederick H. Koch; had .discovered the
business management that he had been
casting around for months. Mr. Denning
proved that he could do 'many things
well. He could act, he could direct, he
could manage. During his first year he
created the role of Jake, the railroad
engineer, in "When Witches Ride", a
play by Elizabeth Lay Green. Since
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TWO PAPERS ASE READ
AT ELISHA MITCHELL
Daughtery and Wilson, Speak On In
teresting Subjects Daughtery Il
lustrates by Use of Slides.
The regular meeting of the ElMia
Mitchell Scientific Society was, held in
the Physics lecture Hall of Phillips Hall
Friday i night Two very Interesting
papers were read by men well acquaint
ed, with their particular fields.
Mr. J. S. Daughtery delivered a
treatise on "Electrodeless Discbarge in
Iodine Vapor". Mr. Daughtery Illus
trated, bis lecture: in a very interesting
manner by the use of a series of lantern
slides;. His research has been in a very
peculiar field and most of the Informa
tion which he has gathered has been
through his own experimentations.
The second paper of the evening was
"Studies of Sponge Cells at the Torscu
das" by Mr. IL V. Wilson. Mr. Wilson
has done considerable research work in
sponge structure and quality and .for
some time was stationed at theTorscu-
das where he gathered the data for his
paper delivered last night Mr. Wilson
dealt with a wide variety of sponges that
he found at the Torscudas and handled
their differences In a comparative man
ner. , ' .
Quite a large crowd attended the meet
ing Wednesday night. Officials of the
club are extremely anxious for those
students interested in science, to attend
all meetings of the club because there is
something of practical value to be gained
from each speaker. '
Carolina Glee Club
Makes Successful
Northern Invasion
Playmakers Offer
Zellner Tonight
At 8:30 tonight in the Play
makers Theatre, under the aus
pices of the Playmakers, Zellner
will present his "Flashes from
Life, Literature and History".
The Protean Characterise pre
sents all of his characters in full
makeup and costume, the aver
age time for complete changes
, being but thirty seconds. His
presentation of all kinds of char
acters, accompanied by beautiful
scenery and lighting effects, will
make the performance one of hu
mor, variety, color, absorbing in
terest, deep intellectual stir and
tremendous emotional away.
MONOGRAM CLUB
MEETS AND EATS
Fred Parker. Proposes a Regu
lar Initiation for Club.
LETTER TO COACH BILL
Awards to Boxing and Cross-Country
Also to Cheerleader.
The Monogram Club held its regular
monthly meeting In the Methodist Hut
behind the old Methodist , church Mon
day night at 6:30 o'clock with about 45
members present. The number present
was only about three-fourths of all the
wearers of "NC" now in the University,
but the meeting was full of pep and sev
eral business matters were brought up
and disposed of during the conclave.
Eating was the first matter on the
program and no one complained of the
lack of appetite to dispose of the fine
supper prepared by the ladies of the
Methodist church. President Charlie
Jonas rose near the close of the supper
and suggested that the business at hand
be taken up, but added that any one
who was not through eating could con
tinue. Several were heard to mutter)
"Try and stop us!"
A report was heard from the commit
tee appointed at the ' last meeting to
draft a series of resolutions for Coach
Bill Fetzer. Billy Ferrell reported for
that committee and read a letter which
was mailed to Coach Fetzer several days
ago in . which the appreciation of the
monogram men for the service the for
mer coach rendered here was expressed.
Among the hopes expressed for the fu
ture was that the present wearers of a
varsity letter might meet here in the fu
ture and see Bill Fetzer, Jr., .carry the
ball for Carolina.
Fred Parker next Introduced a motion
to install some form of initiation into
the ritual of the Monogram Club. Par
ker in defense of his motion produced
evidence- that such a move would lend
more dignity to the proceedings of the
club and would raise it in the estima
tion of the student body as a whole. The
motion 'was passed unanimously. A com
mittee of three, composed of Fred Par
ker, Emmett Underwood, and Bunn
Hackney was appointed to draw liip a
form of Initiation.
Thenext business discussed dealt with
the awarding of letters or some form of
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Y WILL NOT PUBLISH
DIRECTORY SUPPLEMENT
; A supplement of the students directory
will not be published this year.
Last year was the first time in recent
years that a supplement has been pub
lished. It cost about $200; which bur
den had to be borne by the "Y".
Furthermore, there are so many men
changing rooms all the time that only a
few weeks after the supplement has been
published, It is little better than the
original directory published at the first
of the school, year. It is estimated that
in the fall of 1924 no less than one out
of every three men changed his room
address. So the supplement Instead of
containing a hundred or so names as
had been expected turned out to be a
directory in itself with around 800 ad
dresses of men who had changed their
room addresses. An additional difficulty
is the fact that it Is extremely difficult
to secure an accurate check-up on the
changed addresses. Surprisingly few
. ... (Continued on page four)
RETURN MONDAY
Made Creditable Showing in In
tercollegiate Contest At
New York.
FITCH ACCOMPANIES CLUB
Twelve Day Trip Carries Club From
' South Carolina Through Eastern
States to New York.
The University of North Carolina
Glee Club, which has In the past two
years made quite a remarkable name as
a first-class chorister body, returned
Monday from one of the longest and
most successful trips that the organiza
tion has ever had. Singing before large
audiences nil the way from Greenville,
S. C, to the National Intercollegiate
Contest in New York City, the Carolina
club, under the direction of Mr. Paul J.
Weaver, and accompanied by Mr. Theo
dore F. Fitch, tenor soloist drew the
highest praise from music lovers over the
entire country. ,
; The local glee -club gave concerts In
Gastonia, N. C.j Greenville Woman's
College, Greenville, S. C; Converse Col
lege, Spartanburg, S. C; First Presby
terian church, Greensboro, N. C. Ver
mont Avenue1 Christian church, Waah-
ngton, D. C, and at the Victor Talking
Machine plant at Camden, N. J., where
renditions were made to test the music
of the club in order that records can be
made of the club's best selections. , In
New York the club sang In several con
certs, among which was their appearance
at tlye national contest In which they
made a very creditable showing.
The Trip
On the 23rd of February, 28 men ac
companied by Paul John Weaver, di
rector of ' the club, and Theodore F.
Fitch, tenor soloist, left the Hill in a
special , bus for a series of concerts in ;
North and South Carolina, after which
the organization invaded the North. On
Thursday evening the men'' appeared in
Gastonia, where they were all enthusias
tically received despite bad weatheT.
The next concert was laid in a scene
of warm Southern hospitality. At Green
ville, S. C., the singers were delightfully
entertained In the homes of the city resi
dents, when the club spent a night there '
for an engagement at Greenville Worn- '
an's College. According to experienced
members of the well travelled organiza
tion, no more cordial reception was ever
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CINDERMEN MEET
DUKE HARRIERS
Meet Will Be Staged On Em
erson Field March 20.
FIRST MEET OF SEASON
Coaches Are Putting Squad Through
Stiff Daily Workouts.
Getting a late start this year, due to
the late spring, the Tar Heel mentors
face the hardest schedule ever under
taken by a University track team, and
will keep' the Carolina runners busy dur
ing the next few weeks to get in condi
tion for the opening meets.
During the past two seasons the Tar
Heel track teams have risen from the
stage of mediocrity to a point where
they are able to rank with the best in
the South. Last year they won every
dual meet on the schedule, first in the
State Meet, second in a triangular meet
with Navy and Maryland, and third in
the Southern Conference Championships.
In addition the four-mile relay team,
composed of Purser, Hanson, Buchanan
and Bel), won the four-mile event at
the Atlanta Relays, setting a new rec
ord for the distance. With such a record
to live up to, the 1926 team faces a tough
assignment
Prospects Not So Bright : -Although
there are eleven lettermen
back for the team this spring their ranks
may be depleted by scholastic failures
or other causes. Several of the men have
been prevented from getting Into the
early practice by participation In other
sports. Gus McPherson, stellar sprinter,
has been out for winter football prac
tice and only began training for the
track campaign this week. McPherson
broke the old state record for the 100
yard dash, and now holds the state rec
ord at 9.9 seconds.
' Glersh, hurdler and sprinter, is also
back' and will be McPherson's running
mate on the century dash and will be
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