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N. C. Dramatic Institute PLAYMAKER THEATRE MARCH 24, 25, 26, 27. Playmaker Performance THEATRE BUILDING FRIDAY 3:30 VOLUME XXXIV CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926 NUMBER 66 LOUIS R. WILSON IS GIVEN DINNER AT CAROLINA INN Members of Staff Celebrate His ; First Quarter Century of Service. WILDERDISCUSSES RURAL CHURCHES ' :. ",i ' I ' Urges Broader Activity and Co operation in Religious Work. ADDRESSES N. C. CLUB REMARKA BLE RECORD Library ' Has Made Great Progress During His Administraton Now Directing University Press. A mark of honor to Dr. Louis Round Wilson, librarian of the University of North" Carolina, twenty members of his staff assembled at dinner Wed nesday evening in, the Carolina Inn, with a numbei' of Invited guests, to celebrate his first quarter-century of service to the University and state. Addresse. were .. made by President W. H. Chase, Professor W. S. Ber nard, who- served previously as librarian and Professor J. G. deRoulhac Hamil ton, in which the rapid progress of North Carolina in library affairs during the recent years was ascribed largely to Dr. Wilson's inspiring influence and faithful work. It was a small job that Louis R. Wilson, then a young graduate student of twenty-five, undertook in the summer of 1901. He has made it one of the largest jobs in the South. At that time the university library, although it is the oldest belonging to a state institution In the country, contained oniy 32,000 volumes, many of which were antiquated and of little if any use. Some 12,000 volumes were circulated annually and about 1000 added. The library was lo cated in Smith Hall, now reconstructed as the Carolina Playmakers' new theatre, which, while very beautiful architectur ally, was ill suited for library purposes. A good many of the books were on shelves ten to twelve feet from the floor, being reached by a lader at imminent risk to the life and limbs of elderly pro- fojKiors who attempted the ascent. With the help of one or two students for a few hours a tyy the; jararin-'ww-bM to meet all demands made upon mm The change in twenty-five years is striking. The Jibrary, now containing 153.000 volumes, has fully kept pace with the remarkable growth of the uni versity from 500 to "2300 students, and each is today four and a half times as large as it was at the beginning of the centurv. It has become the most , ex tensive and vauable collection of books in the Southern states, being exceeded in point of size by only one library, that of the University of Texas, in the en tire South. Its present increase is at Hie rate of 15.000 volumes a year, and more than 150,000 are circulated. In (Continued on page three) CAROLINA-W. VA. DEBATE APRIL 8 Debate Will be Held in Durham High School Auditorium. UNPECEDENTED A C TION Query is Resolved: That Democracy As a Political Ideal in the United States is a Failure. The annual debate between the Uni versity and West Virginia will be held in the Durham High School auditorium Thursday night, April 8, nccording to a statement issued by the Debate t-oun cil. " ' The auerv to be discussed is, Resolved: That Democracy as a Political Ideal in the United States is a Failure, Iheoilore B. Livinirston. of Asheville; John W Crew. Jr.. of PlenSant Hill; and Mal- colmM. Young, of Durham, will uphold the negative side of the question lor the University. This is the first time in the history of debating in the University that a in tcrcollegiate debate has been argued in a citv in the state. After considering the favorable results of the Vanderbilt University system of holding debates in the state the University decided to hold the West Virginia debate in Dur ham as an experiment. For some time it looked like the Debate Council would be forced to rjostnone the West Virginia debate due to the Inability to place the .debate In some prominent city, the original intention was to hold the event in Greensboro at the N. C. C. W. audi torfum. but : unfortunately the authori ties of the sister institution decided that thev needed the hall for their own use. It was only after complicated negotia tions that the use of the Durham high school was obtained for the affair. -The Republican State Convention will be as- ( Continued on page four) HEELER CONTEST NOW UNDER WAY Twenty-Seven Men Competing for Places on Board. TWO WEEKS COMPLETION Outlines Work of The Churches in Community. Mr. F. S. Wilder, of the Sociology department of the University, spoke to the North Carolina Club Monday night in 112 Saunders Hall on the subpect "A Community Program for the Rural Church." Mr. Wilder presented a well written and highly commended piece of work. His research in this particular field has been very wide and he brought to the attention of his audience a wealth of material that heretofore has been almost unnoticed by sociologists and rural life workers. The speaker of Mon day night is a resident of New Hamp-1 shire 'and a graduate of Dartmouth. Me is at present doing work in sociology in North Carolina. Mr. Wilder in discussing the rural church from a community standpoint defined the church' is an institution that ministers to a human need, man's de sire to And his relation to the universe and its meaning for him. The. better it meets the human wants that it de veloped to fulfill, tlie more right it has to the support of those interested in the welfare of humanity. When, the church fails to help men live a better life in this world then it should be side-tracked as a waiting room for people who are weary of this world's life and ready to leave it. The speaker stuted that he believed that with very few exceptions that in stitutionalized religion in the past has been a community affair, and worship has meant the gathering of the com munity. The chief exception to this has been Protestant Christianity, in which creed has been made paramount at the expense of the community life. Relig ious belief is bound to vary with the experience of the individual and can never be universalized in a .detailed creed. The inevitable result of making such creeds the tests of church mem bership in secterian division, and thus making of religious life something apart from the life of the community. It can again be the purpose and the spirit of love and fellowship above creed. His ideal for the rural church seemed that it should either be the only church in the community or else cooperate with other churches to prevent duplicating of its work. It should have a resident minister or else join with the neighbor ing church in a large parish, sufficient to support at least one minister. It should minister equally to , village and countryside, thereby fostering a com munity life. And it should enter into all phases of community life, work, play, education, and welfare service. Be ex plained that this ideal can best be un derstood bv examples of country churches that have measured up to in one wav or another. Although there is somewhat of a tendency toward the larger parish movement ,in North Caro lina there seems to. have been no definite results as vet. The paper called forth quite a number of highly interested and concrete examples of the speakers ideal working to almost perfection in several instances. Continued on page four) Members Freshman Class May En ter. Try-Outs Until Tonight. The annual try-out for the 1926-27 reportorial board of the Tar Heel be gan Monday night. Twenty-seven men were present at the opening meeting which was held in the office of the paper. The period of contest will last until theV Easter holidays. During that time the Heelers will be assigned to cover several events and the members of the new staff will be picked according to the ability shown by them. Students interested in trying out for the staff may still enter the contest pro viding they do so by tonight " The fol lowing men were present at the meeting Monday night: James R. Baker, James A. Spruill, Jr., H. L. Merritt, Charles A. Carr, Charles O'H. Grimes, W. S. Spearman, Nat H. Henry, T. W. John son, John D. Bulluck, Jr., J. G. Davis, Fred G. Gilreath, F. L. Smith, Thad M. Iteece, Harry O. Houston, P. F. Daw son, Walter Cr.eech, Frank K. Ellington, J. Bryan Grimes, J.' W. Moore, H. C. Lay, Joe M. Block, C M. Burns, Jr., Judah Shohan, Vernon Cowper, Jr., John II. Anderson, Jr., W. H. Windley, W. D. Perry. DEBATE TRY-OUTS HELD APRIL 13 Tulane-Sewanee Triangle De bate Last of Scholastic ' Year. TO MAKE SOUTHERN TRIP Extension Division's Third Annual Dramatic Institue JIMMIE WILLIAMS TO RETURN THIS QUARTER Carolina Student Rapidly Recovering In Watts Hospital Will Be Back On "Hill" After Easter. Jimmie Williams, member of the jun ior class, who has been in the Infirmary and in Watts Hospital in Durahm for more than two weeks with a serious throat trouble, is rapidly recovering from the effects of his operation and will return to the University within, .the next week or ten days. Although he missed the winter quarter examinations he will have an opportunity to take them later and will take his regular course of study during the spring quarter. Williams whs taken ill two weeks ago with tonsilitis and a light attack of in fluenza, but the illness was not consid ered serious, when he entered the Uni versity Infirmary. He ; rapidly grew worse and after his tonsils had swollen to the point where they interfered with his breathing Dr. Abernathy called in a specialist from Durham. . Another operation was decided upon and performed immediately at the In firmary. Williams' mother and brother (Continued" in pag four) University Will Meet Emory, South Carolina, and Alabama. Preliminaries for , the last intercolle giate debate of the current school year will be held Tuesday night, April 13, In the Phi, Hall ,when Carolina will select its debaters bn the Tulane-Sewanee tri angle debate. The query is, "Reiolved, That a Department of National Defense should be created in the President's cabi net, with sub-departments of Army, Navy, and Aviation." Carolina is to send a two man team to New Orleans, Louisiana, to meet Tu lane's affirmative, with the Tar Heels upholding the negative side. Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia, and the University of South Carolina, in Co lumbia, will be debated on this trip. Emory will uphold the affirmative and Carolina the negative. The University of South Carolina will have its choice of sides in the query but has not an nounced which side it will defend. It may happen that the Tar Heels will have to switch and debate the affirma tive of the same query in Columbia, as was the case on the trip through Ken tucky last spring, i ' The. Tar Heel affirmative team is to debate the University of the South (Sewanee) in Chapel Hill. The Univer sity of Alabama doubtless will be de bated in Chapel Hill on the same ques tion. If tlie Alabama debate is held, the same team will automatically participate in both debates. These will, probably take place within a week's interval of each other. By having the team re maining at home debate twice on the question it is hoped to offset partly the added attraction of a trip to New Or leans, so that experienced men will com pete for places on both sides. , - This will he-the third annual Carolina-Tulane-Sewanee debate. Carolina has won three of the four contests so far in this triangle. J. R. AUsbrook and D. G. Downing defeated the University of the South here, two years ago, while R. L. Cook and T, B. Livingston repeated the same event last year in Sewanee, Tenn. Both decisions were unanimous for Caro lina. C. A. Peeler and G. C. Hampton represented Carolina on the last Invas ion of New Orleans and won a 2 to 1 decision. Tulane got revenge in Chapel Hill last year by winning a 2 to 1 de cision from J. F. Cooper and M. M. Young. South Carolina was also debated last year in Columbia. C. R. Jonas and S. (Continued on page four) New Methodist Church Dedicated Late In May DI MEETINGS WILL BE HELD TUESDAY NIGHTS Eight New Men Are Initiated; Spring Quarter Officers Selected Lester Crowell Chosen President. The Di Senate meetings have been permanently- placed at Tuesday nights' in order to be in line for good attend ance every time, The recent meeting afforded abundant amusement, entertain ment, and' exercise for those who were present. Eight new men were initiated. Officers for this quarter are: Lester Crowell, President! B. C. Wilson, Presi dent pro tern; Norman Block, Clerk, E. V. Gore, Assistant Treasurer, W. M. Fowler, Sergeant-at-Arms. President Crowell delivered his inaug ural address in which he made a plea for the officers to realize their responsi bility. He declared that it was the as piration of himself mid his fellow offic ers to make the society a melting pot of campus thought. The speaker chal lenged the statement that interest is wanting in society activities. He then urged tlie Senators to put forth more preparation In the discussions and to promote their best efforts. The initiates were: Harry Woodard, Dick Covington, Ed Butler, ; White Mease, D. D. Taylor, E. A. Coggins, A. B. Edgerton, and C S. Norwood By Bryon White With plans for the opening of the new 1203,094 Chapel Hill University Methodist church now being rapidly pushed for the dedication ceremonies late in May, it is indeed fitting that busy students and loyal citizens through out the State should hesitate to take cognizance of the history and influences of the church. A few davs before this article had been written the lump to meet the' cost of the church had reached a total of $160,000. $50,000 of this amount being personal subscriptions the following men .subscribed one thousand dollars each: Gen. Julian S. Carr, Durham; James A. Gray, Winston-Salem; G. F. Harvey, Kinston; and Bowman Gray, Winston-Salem. The other resoursesof income are distributed as folows: Board of Charities E. W. N. C. C. $10,000; Board of Missions W. N. C. C. $20,000; Board of Caritics Ex. N. C. C. $10,000; Board of Missions N. C. C. $20,000; General Board $150,000. This total sub scription leaves a deficiency of $43,- 094 from the total cost of the building. Tlie cost of the building has been ap pWtionated as follows: cost of lot $18, 000; general contract $150,000: heating contract $14,000; lighting contract $3,740; architect's fees $9,393; and engineer's fees $911, which makes a total of $203,094. Description and Location A more ideal location for the new handsome Methodist edifice could not be desired. It is situated between Foister's store and the old Methodist church on Franklin street; the building Is directly in front of tlie University's library, and adjacent to the Battle-Vance-Pettigrew dormitories; fraternity row containing eight chapter houses -is only a stone's throw from the rear of the church build ing, in a southwestemly direction; with the exception of the residential Quad rangle, Triangle, and Fraternity Court containing five chapter houses the church is more contiguous to all the University and student property than any other religious structure on the "Hill". . ' . ' V - After purchasing the A. S. Barbee property, adjacent to the old church, the building committee enchanged this with the University for a strip running back into fraternity row; this property with the recently acquired Seaton Barbee property, between the old church and Foister's store, constitutes the immediate location of the nearly finished structure. The church In addition to owning this real estate owns also the $18,000 colonial brick parsonage and lot, two blocks westward on the same street. The Bap tist church is-about 150 yards to the west of the Methodist building on the corner of Franklin and Columbia Streets, the . Presbyterian church is on Franklin Street 150 yards distant, the Chapel of the Cross, Episcopal, is fifty feet further from the Presbyterian build ing, and the Christian church is located on Cameron Avenue extension, about a quarter-mile from the Methodist. With such an advantageous location it is only justifiable that architectural and building plans should be made In a har monious mood. And they were. The consulting architect of Yale University, James Gamble Rogers, who hag to his enduring credit .such jmericano-Euro-pean types of buildings as the Sterling Library ' and ' world renown Harkness Quadrangle at Yale, was chosen to de sign the newest religious edifice. The (Continued on page four) Publication Union Nominate Editors The Publications Union Board officially nominates the following men for editors of the student publications as recommended by their respective boards: The Tar Heel, J. T. Madry. The ' Carolina Magazine Julian Starr. The Buccaneer, Ted Smith. The Yackety Yack, W. T. Pea cock. . ; , Any further nominations from the student body will be received ' in chapel, Monday morning, March 29, at the time of nomi nations for all student officers. STARTS TODAY Wilson and Winston-Salem Meet For State Champoinship. , TWO ORIGINAL PLAYS LISTED CALL FOR AID IS ISSUED BY COKER Necessary If Grounds Are to .Be Beautiful. ' KEEP OFF THE GRASS Hopes to Bring About Improvements In Next Few Years. Dr. W. C. Coker, in a letter to Tlie Tar Hkki., has asked that students co operate with him in his efforts to beau tify the campus. Much work has been done recently along . Cameron . Avenue and in the court about the Old Well as part of the campus beautiful program. The letter from Dr. Coker follows: "I should like to appeal to the student body through your paper and to ask your help in an effort to get coflperation in improving, the looks of our campus. The walks along Cameron Avenue are now about -completed and this gives us an opportunity to greatly improve the ap pearance of that part of the campus by putting in neat grass borders along most of the distance. The new walks, while not up to your standards as editorially expressed, will, I think, do away with the mud along the Avenue and no one will have to get on the grass strips to keep their shoes clean.. In a few weeks, when the grass begins to show, the stu dents will see at once the distinct im provement in appearance that neatly outlined and well-kept grass borders will make. The large amount of heavy con struction going on for the last four years has made it impossible to keep things presentable, but we can now begin to work In 'a way that will count. In the next few years we hope to bring our campus up to tlie best standards, and we cannot do this without tlie appreciation and help of the students. Duke Univer sity will certainly have good looking grounds and we ought not to be ashamed of a comparison. Our campus will never be a matter of pride to us as long as it is disfigured by worn down grass and ugly trails. ', "Our fine old trees give to the campus a natural dignity not surpassed, so far as I know, by any other in the world, and we. have only to live up to these to make our institution as notable for its beauty as it is for its scholarship." AUTHORS GIVE READING OF NEW FOLK PLAYS Many Other Outside Attractions to Liven Meeting Including Play maker Guest Performance. The Third Dramatic Institute of the Carolina Dramatic Association, which is now being held here, is successfully . bringing into contest the dramatic clubs of high schools, colleges and communi ties. The Carolina Dramatic Association, a state organization which is sponsoring the Dramtic Institute, is essentially a product of , The University of North Carolina Extension Division and Bureau of Community Drama, of which depart ment Professor F. H. Koch is' chief. It is to Miss Ethel Rockwell, however, that most of the credit is due for the success of this Institute. As Stale Representative of the Bureau of Com munity Drama, she hus figured largely In bringing this convention together. The purpose pf the Carolina Dramatic Association is to promote good drama by assisting in the organization and direc tion of dramatic clubs, and by encourag ing the writing of native plays.. To the Dramatic Institute all dramatic clubs and all the high schools and colleges of North Carolina have been invited to send a representative. Meetings will be held and presentations will be given today, and tomorrow and Saturday in the Playmakers Theatre be tween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Presentation of all awards will be made by Professor W. R. Taylor, Presi dent of the Carolina Dramatic Associa tion. The feature of the Dramatic In stitute will come at 11:00 a.m. Satur day, at Which time will be given "Demon stration of Folk Dances", by Professor Milton M. Smith, of Columbia Unlver- Jtjr.-y WS'"S'' '' 'l j '" '' , This morning registration in the In- -stitute is being continued. "At 11:00 o'clock the delegates will be welcomed by Professor Koch, and the welcome will be followed by a talk upon the subject of "Oour Dramatic Association", by Professor W. R. Taylor. This afternoon a guest performance will be presented by the Carolina Playmakers. Their bill is entitled "New Carolina Folk-Plays" and includes Quare Medicine, by Paul Green, and Clay,by David Reid Hodgln. At 7:30 o'clock this evening the high school contest for the state championship in play production will be held. Wil son High School, winners of the East, and Winston High School, winners of tlie West, are competing, The Wilson High Continued on page four) NOMINATE MADRY FOR EDITORSHIP Tar Heel Staff Favors Manag ing Editor for Editor. ELECT OTHER OFFICERS The Field God, The Blind Side, The Brat, and The Cherry Tree Are Read. The author's reading of new plays was held in the Playmakers Theatre Tuesday evening. The Play Committee has yet not T?ome. to any definite decis ionx on the selection of plays for per formance. Anouncement will soon be made; however, concerning what the Playmakers will present at their next performance, which will be given In the latter part of April. The following plays were presented to the committee by the authors Tuesday night: The Field God, a three-act trag edy of farm life, by Paul Green; The Blind Side, a folk-comedy, by Judge Winston; The Brat, a domestic farce, by D. R. Hodgin; and The Cherry Tree, a mountain tragedy, by Miss Eunice Erwin. The committee to which the plays were read and which will select the plays for the - coming production was composed of: Mr. Payne, Mrs. Dan Grant, Mr. Howell, Mr. Krumplemann, Mr. Cald- weH, and Mr. Lawrence. Ashby, McPherson and Byron White New Managing Editors. . J. T. Madry, of Scotland Neck, was nominated for the editorship of the Tab Hkix for the coming year at a meeting of the editorial staff held Tuesday night. Madry was a reporter on the pa per during his sophomore year and dur ing the past year has been managing editor on the Tuesday Issue. He Is brother to Robert W. Madry, the bead of the University News Bureau. At the same meeting, J. F. Ashby, of Mount Airy, L."' H. McPherson, of High Point, and Byron White, of Fay etteville, were elected as managing edi tors for the coming year. J. N. Robbins was chosen assistant editor and D. D. Carroll was elected assignment editor. Jones and Howell Will Speak to Graduate Club There will be a meeting of the Gradu ate Club tomorrow evening at seven thirty o'clock. The meeting will be held at the Episcopal Parish House. Professor H. M. Jones will read of his translations of mediaeval student songs and will talk on student life in the me diaeval university. Professor Jones has made a careful and exhaustive study of this subject and has unearthed much new and interesting material. Dr. A. C. Howell will make a. brief announcement about the activities of the bureau of appointments conducted by the Graduate School, explaining Its growth and how it is serving the students. Graduate students are urged to be present promptly at 7:30. Members of the faculty are invited.