PHI ASSEMBLY MEETING
TONIGHT
1st Year Law Room
LAW BUILDING
7:30
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DI SENATE MEETING
TONIGHT
7:30 ' DI HALL
VOLUME XXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., SEPTEMBER 21, 1926
NUMBER 1
Carolina Football Team Is Being
Rapidly; Whipped Into Shape By
Coaches for Wake Forest Game
TO PLAY SATURDAY
Pre-Season Dope On Tar Heels
' Is Scarce Coaches Are
Mum with Opinions
USE NOTRE DAME SYSTEM
With only four more days in
lervening before the initial grid
iron contest of the year with the
Wake Forest Deacons on ' Gore
Field, speculation is running wild
Among sports circles as to just
what will be the outcome when
the new system being introduced
at Carolina by Coaches Collins,
Cerney, Belding, and Ashmore
clashes with the new system be
ing introduced in the Deacon
camp by Jimmie Baldwin, hew
Wake Forest football mentor.
Can the Deacons succeed m
makiner it three straight wins
over the fighting Tar Heel squad,
or shall the installation of the
famous Notre Dame system at
Carolina prove being the Water
loo of Baldwin's eleven? Such
juestions are ringing all through
the state sport circles, but only
next Saturday's setto can tell the
tale. Meanwhile, the Tar Heel
squad is steadily grinding away
behind the closed gates of Em
erson Field, and the coaches are
playing "thumbs down" and re
fusing to turn loose any dope as
to their hopes and expectations.
Large Squad Training
The largest squad that ever
answered the opening call at
- Carolina reported for practice on
September 6, and immediately
started light daily work-outs un
der the direction of the new
coaching staff. After the first
few days, however, the work
outs became so stiff that the
track suits which the men had
worn previously, did not furnish
enough protection, so uniforms
were issued to all men, and the
grind began in earnest. .
After the issuance of the uni
forms, tackling was added to the
list of the orders of the day, and
work upon the new system of
plays was begun ; whereupon, the
gates of Emerson Field were
closed to all spectators, and se
cret practice was held daily.
Scrimmage Held Saturday
The first scrimmage of the
season was held last Saturday,
with four picked teams partici
pating. The first string squad,
under the generalship of Bunn
Hackney and Jonas, held several
scoreless quarters of play with
a second string under the lead
ership of Steve Furches, quart
erback on last year's Tar Baby
squad, while a third and fourth
string also ran through a cou
ple of fast, scoreless quarters.
? On the end positions, "K. 0."
Warren and McMurray, both
men of several years experience,
showed up extremely well, and
seem fully capable of filling the
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Meeting Tonight
A meeting of The Tar Heel
editorial staff will be held to
night at 9 o'clock in the base
ment of the Ahimni building,
which is the new office of the
newspaper. It is very impor
tant that all reporters attend.
There are a number of . va
cancies on The Tar Heel repor
torial staff because of the fact
that a number of the men chosen
for this year's staff have failed
to return to the University. All
upperclassmen who are . inter
ested in trying out for The Tar
Heel reportorial staff are re
quested to report at the office
in Alumni building this after
noon at 3 o'clock for an inter
view with the editor. A num
ber of assignments will be made,
the reporters being chosen by
competitive work.
Members of the first year
class who are interested in
trying out for the staff should
also report at the office for an
interview with the editor this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Only
one reporter will be chosen from
the Freshman class, and he will
be assigned to the chapel beat.
All first year men who wish to
try-out for this vacancy are
urged to be present at the of
fice this afternoon for an interview.
OLD SOUTH ONCE
MORE CENTER OF
UNIVERSITY LIFE
Third Oldest Building On Cam
pus Renovated for Executive
and Administrative Offices
MODERN IN EVERY WAY
REGISTRATION TO DATE
ESTIMATED ' AT 2,300
Registration to date is esti
mated at 2,300 by Dr. Wilson,
University Registrar. This num
ber is far from final because
there are more students regis
tering continually, and no ac
curate number will be deter
mined for some time yet. Of
this total there are approximate
ly 900 freshmen and 1400 upper-class-men.
iOnly a small
majority of the Graduate School
have registered, and it is under
stood that registration will be
continued in this school for sev
eral weeks.
South " Building is again the
Hub of University activities as
it was when the institution was
young. It again contains the
offices of the President and
other executive and edministra
tive officials who moved there
from Alumni this Fall after the
complete renovation of the build
ing had been made.
Last spring the walls of South
were examined and found to be
weak from age, and the Building
Committee was confronted with
the problem of choosing between
preserving the exterior by rein
forcing the interior or tearing
down the building and replacing
it with a new one of the same
design on the same location. The
former alternative was decided
on, and the same South which
has served the University for
128 years as a dormitory, execu
tive building, class room and lab
oratory has been saved.
The only change in the ex
terior of the building is the ad
dition of the Greek Ionic columns
on the south side to make it con
form to the style of architecture
used in the other buildings on
the southern part of the cam.
pus.
Both the north and south en
trances lead into an octagonal
central lobby, from which ac
cess can be had to the offices
of the President, Treasurer, Reg
istrar and Business Manager of
the University. On the second
floor are located the offices of
Dean Bradshaw, Dean Hibbard,
Dean Royster, the News Bureau
and the Alumni Association.
The entire third floor is given
over to the University Exten
sion Division.
In the basement have been
placed fireproof vaults for the
storage of valuable files and doc
uments, and an overflow office
for the Business Manager and
space for mimeographs and mul
tigraphs has been lef t
An elevator shaft has been
built in the building so that, if
found necessary, an elevator may
be installed at a later date.
HARRY WOODBURN CHASE
"Americanism" was the Subject Chosen by Pres. Chase at the
Formal Opening of the University Friday. The Opening Ex
ercises Were Held in Memorial Hall at Chapel Period.
i
PHI HOLDS FIRST
MEETING OF YEAR
Met in Gerrard Hall Saturday-
Law Building Is Chosen for
Meeting Place
ASSEMBLY MEETS TONIGHT
Plunging into the mass of
business details, which had piled
up for their consideration, a
small handful of the members
of the Phi Assembly held the in
itial meeting of the year in Ger
rard Hall. last Saturday evening
with Speaker Ad Warren pre
siding.
Many items of interest to old
and prospective members of the
assembly were discussed during
the evening. The first problem
handled was that of a meeting
place for the Assembly. Owing
to the fact that the former as
sembly hall of the society, New
East building, is now under re
construction, the Assembly vot
ed to hold all future meetings
in the first year class room of
the law building. It was also de
cided, after considerable dis
cussion, that the meetings of the
assembly would be held on Tues
day evening instead of Satur
day evenings as heretofore.
The first regular meeting of
the year will be held in the law
building this evening, and all of
the members are very urgently
requested to be present so that
plans may be formulated for a
membership drive to be staged
during the present week. Other
details of importance are also
booked for tonight, and the
meeting promises to be one of
unusual interest.
HAZING WILL NOT
BE ALLOWED HERE
Two Students Have Been Suspended
Chap pell Issues Warning '
Dr. W. J.. McKee has been chosen
to succeed Dr. E. R. Mosher, who re
cently left the Extension Division.
Try-outs To Be Held
For Business Staff
Those who are interested
ed in making the business
staff of The Ta$ Heel are
requested to apply at the
Business Office of the pa
per in the basement of the
Alumni Building, Room
10A, Tuesday afternoon, 2
to 3:30.
First year men are es
pecially urged to try-out
for the business staff.
Hazing will not be tolerated
on the University Campus, ac
cording to a statement issued
yesterday by the President of
the Student Council. One junior
and one senior have already been
suspended from the University
for a period of three months
for "conduct tenSing toward
hazing" and about eighteen have
been put on conditional suspen
sion for six months.
R. W. Epstein, a junior from
Goldsboro, and J. B. Mills, a
senior from Polkton, were sus
pended from the University for
the fall quarter for forcing
freshmen to take a cold shower
and dance the Charleston on a
table. The names of the eigb
teen men put on conditional sus
pension have been , withheld by
the Council.
In a statement issued by S. G
Chappell, president of the stu
dent council, he explained the
position taken by the council.
"Hazing has nothing in common
with the single principle that
the University attempts to in
culcate in its students." The
Student Council understands
the seriousness of the offense
and its degrading effect upon a,
student s citizenship and will do
all in its power to prevent any
form of hazing in the future.
ine student council recog
nizes the impdrtant position that
every member of the student
body holds in this affair and its
own weakness without the co
operation of everyone.' The
Council earnestly pleads that
every student will think again
of what he means to the Univer
sity and what the University
means to him, and will assist,
voluntarily, the Student Coun
cil in what it believes to be for
the best interests of the Uni
versity as a whole."
It was stated that, altho the
council has dealt leniently with
all cases up to the present time,
it will be more severe in the
future because the student body
has been warned and has had
ample time to subdue all prac
tices. The state law concern
ing hazing, according to the
Council, will be stringently en
forced in all cases, but it hopes
that there will be no further
cause for such drastic measure.
Pres. H. W. Chase Formally Opens
132nd Session of the University
With Address on "Americanism"
First Glee Club Try
outs Held Tonight
First tryouts for the Univer
sity Glee Club will be held to
day. The first tests will be
given to new men in Memorial
Hall at five o'clock this after
noon. ' The next meeting will
be held for old men at seven
P. M. in the same building. New
men who could not attend the
first meeting will be expected
at this hour.
'. The membership of the Glee
Club is partly ' determined by
these tryouts. Since present
plans for the Glee Club include
one major tour for each quar
ter and many week-end trips,
it is expected that many can
didates will answer the call for
new singers. Last year the trip
schedules included tours of
North and South Carolina, Vir
ginia, and the North, where
New York, Philadelphia, and
other large cities were visited.
It is said the plans for the com
ing year will include equally as
good trips.
FIRST YEAR MEN
ARE WELCOMED AT
EXERCISES FRIDAY
Chase, Chappell and Broadhurst
Address First Year Men at
College Night Exercises
FROSH WIN TUG - O - WAR
FRIDAY AT CHAPEL
University Men Are Admonished
To Be Good Americans
Past and Present Compared
DEMOCRACY IS DISCUSSED
College Night exercises, held
at Memorial Hall Friday night,
September 17 to welcome the in
coming freshman class, were
a complete success. S. G. Chap
pell extended a welcome from
the old student body to all new
men, President Chase spoke for
the faculty, and E. D. Broad
hurst of Greensboro for the
alumni.
Sophomores and freshmen
lined up on Cameron avenue in
front of Memorial Hall promptly
at 8 : 30 for the tug-of-war, which
was the first event on the pro
gram. Alter the pistol snot
there was a moment of uncer
tainty, but - the handkerchief
marking the center of the rope
soon began moving toward the
freshmen.
When the sophomores saw
that they could not stop the
greater number of freshmen by
main strength, they resorted to
other means. After failing to
tie the rope to the trees along
Cameron avenue, they finally
wrapped it around one of the
rock pillows at the entrance to
the campus. When the 800
freshmen felt the rope grow
taut, they gave one heave and
went trotting down Columbia
street, leaving a second fresh
man rockpile.
Frosh Carry Rope Away
Another brief halt was made
when the sophomores were able
to carry the end of the rope a
round a telephone pole. When
the pole began cracking as if
it were about to break, the
sophomores loosened the rope
and went running down the
street to find something more
substantial to which to tic. This
was finally, done when the rope
was tied securely to a large elm
beside Battle dormitory. When
the freshmen began pulling this
time there was nothing to give
way but the rope, so it did it.
Both classes carried their end
of the rope triumphantly back
to Memorial Hall and laid it on
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The formal opening of the
132d annual session of the Uni
versity of North Carolina was
held Friday morning in Memo
rial Hall, before the entire stu
dent body. The opening was
marked by an address on "Amer
icanism," by President Chase,
and chapel period was extended
a half-hour to allow for the de
votional exercises and the Pres
ident's speech.
In his speech President Chase
brought forth three main points.
He pointed out the fact that the
South "has swung out into the
full current of American life,"
and that "the day is past when
a man can serve effectually any
business, any profession, any
cause, unless he sees it in larger
than local terms. We must
strive more and more to see our
selves in a national perspective."
In answer to "What does it mean
to be an American," President
Chase said, "It means, of course
a variety of things, but primari
ly it seems to me to mean al
legiance to an ideal. . . That
ideal finds its nearest expression
in language in the word 'democ
racy'." His final point was :
"We all want to be good Ameri
cans. -1 , . It is easy enough
to say this with our lips, but
if you are to say it with your
hearts and yours lives, you must
learn to take advantage of your
opportunities here to develop
yourselves into truly free men,
men ruled not by fear but by
ideals. There is no possible per
petuation of the democratic ideal
without education."
Formal Opening Words
The opening words of Dr.
Chase's address were: "We are
beginning this hundred and thirty-second
session of the Univer
sity of North Carolina at a mo
ment when the Nation is cele
brating the hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of its existence. The
life of this University is thus
almost co-extensive with the life
of the United States. Indeed,
the warrant for its existence lies
in the declaration of the North
Carolina constitution of the very
year of our independence, that
"All useful learning shall be du
ly encouraged, and promoted in
one or more Universities."
University and America
"An institution such as this,
therefore, is entitled to regard
itself, in rather a characteristic
sense, as one of the permanent
forces that have helped to make
America. It does not, therefore,
seem inappropriate, in this year
of remembrance and reconsecra-
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HEFFNER, FORMERLY A
PLAYMAKER, RETURNS
Hubert Heffner, who was for
merly a Playmaker and has both
written and acted in Playmaker
productions in past years, has
returned to the University as as
sistant professor of dramatic art
in the English department.
After leaving Chapel Hill he
went to the University of Wy
oming, and for the past two
years has been at the University
of Arizona.
While Professor Koch is in
Europe this fall he will direct
play production and will teach
Professor Koch's class in play
writing.