Di Senate, New West Build
ing, 7:30 -P. M. Tonight.
Junior Class Vice-President
Election, Voting Today 10:00 A,
M. to 5:00 P. M.
VOLUMETXXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926
NUMBER 16
Campus Expected to Return
to Normalcy; Greek War Over
CLOSED LAST NIGHT
Speculation Rife As To Choice
Desirable Freshmen Will
Make
PLEDGE DAY WEDNESDAY
'The Freshies Also Are Subject
to Concern. ..
Last night the bell in Old
South tolled the knell of the
1926 rushing season for Frater
nities on the campus by usher
ing in the Period of Silence.
'Conversations, or rather mono-
Jogues on the part of Fraternity
men, were cut off unfinished by
the strokes of the bell. ; Earnest
entreaties, convincing argu
ments, were stopped short. The
bewildered Freshmen were left
in peace. Silence reigned, except
for the laments of some luckless
-Greek ejected from the company
of his Freshman roommate by
the iron clad rules of the Inter
Traternity Council. The rush
ing season, which for the last
five weeks has consumed the
time, money, and energy of Fra
ternity men, is ended, but the
campus is still in the throes of
intense, excitement. The Period
-of Silence offers quite a contrast
to the turmoil and confusion of
the last minute rushing, however
the condition of nervous inacti
vity which prevails at present
:is not allowing much peace of
mind, to anybody. The anxiety
"will end Wednesday " when the
coveted Freshmen will wend
their way to the Fraternity of
their choice.
Silence reigns over the tongues
"but turmoil rules the minds of a
large portion of the student body
today. Fraternity men are torn;
Iby doubt and conjecture as to
their favored Freshmen
NOTICE TO ALL
FRATERNITIES
All letters sent -out yes
terday to the effect that
there would be individual
pictures taken for the fra
ternities are to be disre
garded and photo engage
ments for fraternities are
not to be made. 1
The usual plan of group
pictures for fraternities
will be followed again this
year. ---':';wv
STATEMENT WILL
END ARGUMENTS
Chief of Police Says that
Both Parties are Misinformed
SCHOLARSHIP IS
ENDOWED HERE
In Memory of Popular Carolina
Boy Who Met Death in Re
cent Auto Accident
GIVEN BY . HIS FATHER
$5,000
Is the Sum
Endowment
of the
GIVES FACTS IN CASE
A Tar Heel reporter inter-
in finding out the exact details
of the controversy which has
been carried on in the Open Fo
rum columns of the Tar Heel
investigated the matter in re
gard to the law student who was
expelled by the Student Council
on charges of being drunk, and
learned that the writers of the
letters dealing with the matter
were both misinformed of the
facts. - According to Chief
Featherstone the happenings of
Saturday night were carried on
in the orderly manner with
which all similar cases are dealt
with in Chapel Hill.
Chief Featherstone has been
They questioned so often in regard to
gather in excited groups to dis
cuss what chances, if any, they
have on certain boys. The real
struggle is going on in the mind
of the Freshman. He is called
"upon to make a decision which
will vitally affect his college ca
reer. For these men the silence
will allow a chance to think the
Continued on page four)
HACQUETEERS ARE
IN FALL PRACTICE
tarings Are nnounced for Season's
Play Fall Meets Scheduled.
The Fall tennis season is near
at hand, and during the past
"week some fifteen prospective
racqueteers have been otft on the
courts preparing for a good sea
son. The material is only fair,
with but one letter man from
last year's team back. Captain
the way the action was report
ed to have taken place that he
has given below a statement of
the facts just as they happened
on the Saturday night of Octo
ber 9. '
"As it happened I never met
3happell until the night after the
Grail dance," says Mr. Feather
stone. "We were standing near
Gooch's Cafe shortly after I met
him when I noticed the student,
over whom the controversy oc
curred, go in and take a seat at
one of the tales in the cafe. . He
appeared to be . under the in
fluence of whiskey. ; While he
and I were talking, Mr. Chap-
pell also observed his actions at
the table. . Chappell asked a stu
dent, who was standing near, the
name of the boy. The student
said that he would find out, and
went into the cafe to ask some
one. He came out and said the
boy was afflicted, but Chappell
Mr. C. W. Toms, of Durham
and New York, has presented the
University with a check for
$5,000 to establish a scholarship
which is to be known as the
George Newby Toms Scholarship
in memory of his son, George
Toms, who was killed in an auto
mobile accident about two weeks
ago. ' .
The principal of this scholar
ship is to be invested perman
ently and the income is to be
awarded to worthy students,
preferably students from Dur
ham and Perquimans Counties.
George Newby Toms was a ju
nior at the University when the
fatal wreck occurred. " Early
Sunday morningj October 10,
Toms was returning from Dur
ham, where he had driven after
the Grail dance 'of Saturday
night. His companion in the car
said that they both must have
fallen asleep and so lost control
of the car, which turned over an
embankment near Sparrow's
Filling Station, a mile out of
Chapel Hill. The death of Toms
resulted from the puncture of
his lungs by a piece of glass; His
death came as a severe blow to
his many friends at the University.'""
TAR BABIES LOSE
THRILLING GAME
TO S. C. FROSH
Old Liners Administer 14-6
Licking on Carolina Eleven
Game Is Lost In Last Seconds of
Play North Carolina Un
able to Stop Aerial Attack
WHISNANT CAROLINA STAR
Mans
Does Good Passing and
Kicking
The Extension Division of the
University has just received a
letter from Postmaster-General
Harry S. New in which he' said
that he had appointed Mr. Wit
liam Wood to represent the Post
Office Department at the News
paper Institute to be held here
January 5, 6, 7.
A football game that had all
the earmarks of a fairy-tale or
a dime novel classic was played
at" Columbia, S. C. Saturday be
tween the freshman teams of the
University of North Carolina
and the University 1 of South
Carolina. The final score of 20
to 16 in favor of the Biddies,
came as a dash of cold water to
the three thousand fans who
watched the game a contest
that every follower of sport
dreams about witnessing. Ho
ratio Alger, Jr. in his moments
of wildest imagination could
hardly conjure up a more thrill
ing, breathtaking battle between
two football teams, than was
pulled off by the two f rosh
elevens. -
With the whistle hanging in
the referee's mouth and only a
few seconds before the game
was over, Adams, Biddie end,
snatched a 20 yard forward pass
from Rhame, Biddie quarter
back, and toppled across the goal
line for the touchdown that gave
his team the victory. The refe
ree puffed his whistle almost be
fore the receiver of the winning
pass could fall to the ground
with the precious ball clasped in
his arms.
A few minutes before the end
of the game, the score was 13 to"
6 in favor of South Carolina.
North Carolina ball on their own
40 yard line. P. Jackson and
Charlie Smith started on a ram
page, and on short end runs and
line plays carried the ball right
on down the field, one first down
(Continued on page four)
Elgin has arranged a ladder in
order to give the best men a;made the remark that he looked
chance to get on the team. The like he was drinking, and went
present rating is : JMgin, xno. i , in to find out hia name- While
Dalyrymple No. 2, Blaylock No
3, Cone No. 4, Matthews No. 5,
and Covington No. 6. The sche
dule this Fall includes a match
with Virginia on Thanksgiving,
he was inside" I had. other
duties to perform and left the
scene. I did not see Mr. Chap
pell any more that night. During
the conversation Mr. . Chappell
and a trip to Pinehurst where did not influence me in regard
tne team will enter the Annual to the arrest of tnis or any stu.
Fall Tournament
there.
that is held
The Pi Beta Phi sorority an
nounces the pledging of Misses
Sara Purrington, Scotland Neck ;
Mary Margaret Wray, Raleigh;
Margaret Bland, Charlotte ;
Katherine Johnson, Eustis, Flor
ida ; Virginia Lay, Beaufort ;
Grace Duncan, Beaufort ; Lenore
McFadden, Chapel Hill ; Whitney
Holt, Duke; Marion Ross, Bos
ton, Mass.
dent. After I returned to the
vicinity I saw the boy leave the
cafe with the appearance of be
ing more intoxicated that when
he went into the cafe. His ac
tions after coming on the street
were responsible for his arrest."
Mr. . Featherstone further
says : "If I have made any state
ments that would draw conclu
sions other than what has been
set down in this statement, it
was unintentional,"
East-West HighwayiThrough
Chapel Hill Is Programme
JUNIOR VICE-PRES.
ELECTION TODAY
The final election for vice
president of the Junior
Class will be held today,
from 10:00 a. m. to 5:00
p. m., at the Ballot Box at
Gerrard Hall. Charles
Rouse and Ed Avent are the
candidates to be voted up
on, the other candidates,
"Mutt' Evans, and Hoyt
Pritchett having been elim
inated in the election ; last
week.
THRILLING CONTEST
Gus McPherson Carries Ball 93
Yards from Kick-off for
V Carolina's Only Score
SNYDER MARYLAND STAR
Shuford, Schwartz and Schuler
Are Tar Heel Stars
A LARGE CROWD
AT PLAYMAKER
READING SUNDAY
Paul Green Reads His New
Play "In Abraham's
Bosom"
DEALS WITH NEGRO LIFE
From time to time the ques
tion of a highway outlet from
Chapel Hill, both to the east and
to the west, has been agitated
by different groups and inter
ests. For those in the east a
highway from Chapel Hill di
rectly to Nelson cuts the dis
tance to Raleigh 28 miles, or to
from 55 minutes to an hour. The
saving in time is greater than
the saving in distance, due to
traffic congestion in Durham on
the present highway: On the
west there is no outlet except
in fair weather. Highway No.
14 from Chapel Hill to Hills
boro is maintained by the State
Highway Commission, but it has
not been widened sufficiently, or
graded, as to make the safest
travel under any conditions, par
ticularly when there is a con
gestion during public events at
Chapel Hill. During the rainy
season this road is not safe. A
western outlet can be provided
either through having the road
to Hillsboro improved, or by
heading -further west and com
ing out at Graham. In the long
run there seems to be little ques
tion that the- Graham outlet is
preferred.
It is to be observed that none
of it at present is maintained by
the State Highway Commission,
save about 4 or 5 miles from
Chapel Hill on the west to where
the road forks, one going to
Hillsboro and the other by Sax-
..." H
apahaw and on to Graham.
This combined project has
been considered at length, and
discussed with some of the High
way officials. The general pro
gram is to ask the Highway
Commission to look forward to
the time when the entire stretch
from Graham to Nelson may be
under its supervision. The reas
ons for this, of course, are ap
parent in the light of increas
ing public interest in the Univer
sity and its many programs
which draw a wide attendance.
Due to the policy of the Uni
versity of playing its athletic
contests on home grounds, -and
its present project for a stadium
seating more than 30,000 peo
ple, it is easily apparent that
congestion is going to increase
at an unreasonable rate. In ad
dition, all people are interested
in making the University as
readily accessible to all people
of the state "as it is possible to
do. The project, therefore, is
not one to be measured by traf
fic load alone, but can legitimate
ly be influenced by the desire to
do everythig possible to facili
tate the University's work.
The State Highway Commis
sion will meet on the 29lh and
take up the questions of build
ing this highway. Interest in
the outcome of the meeting is
watched with the keenest in
terest by students and alumni
in the west.
Paul Green's new play In Ab
raham's Bosom was read to a
large and appreciative audience
Sunday night in the Playmaker
building.
Mr. Green's new play deals
with the life of a negro, Abra
ham, who tries first to educate
himself and then to educate his
people, and is, in short, a charac
ter" development "of this negro.
The struggle in the play is the
attempt of the negro to rise and
the constant tendency of his own
people to pull him back to their
level and throughout the play
one sees the white man's atti
tude and opinion towering over
and dominating the life and ac
tions of the negro.
The play is the most finished
thing that Mr. Green has yet
written. It is built up in a man
ner that keeps one interested all
the time.
The play is in seven scenes,
the first showing the negroes
working in the woods of one of
the old southern gentlemen and
later the beating of the negro,
Abraham, by the master because
the negro crossed him. Even in
this early stage Abraham is seen
working with his books and de
siring a school house in which
the negro children could be
taught.
The second scene is three
years later and Abraham has
now married Goldie, a mulatto,
who is the only person who sticks
by Abraham during the whole
play. They are barely making a
living due to Abraham's thirst
after knowledge. A baby is
born to them and shows signs of
living, other children before this
one had died while only a few
days old. The old master fear
ing death and wishing to do
some noble deed, gives Abraham
the deed to the land he now live3
on and fixes it so that he can
have a school in which to teach
the negro children. With great
(Continued on page three)
In a game marked by sensa
tional runs, the University of
Maryland defeated North Caro
lina 14 to 6 at College Park on
Saturday.
All . three touchdowns were
made in the initial quarter fol
lowing long runs and one for
ward, pass. Before 3,500 spec
tators, "Gus" McPherson, dim
inutive Tar Heel back, received
Maryland's kick-off on the first
play of the game and, aided by
spectacular interference, raced
93 yards through the entire
Terrapin team for North Caro
lina's only score. Hackney
failed to kick goal.
Receiving the ball on their
own 40-yard line shortly after
wards, the Old Liners, on their
first play from scrimmage, exe
cuted a triple pass which appear
ed to bewilder the Tar Heels and
which enable Snyder to lope 60
yards down the field for a touch
down. Kessler added the extra
point which gave Maryland a
one point advantage.
One minute later Maryland
was again threatening the Car
olina goal after a long march
through the Blue and White line.
At this juncture Carolina stif
fened and held the Terrapins
for downs. Block, punting from
his goal line, was rushed by the
Marylanders, and kicked thirty
yards up and thirty down.
Maryland was in possession of
the ball on the Tar Heels' 20
yard line. Two line plays were
unsuccessful, but a pass from
Kessler to Snyder netted the Old
Liners a second touchdown,
which proved to be the last one
scored in the game. Kessler
drop-kicked goal to complete the
final score.
(Continued on page four)
ACHEERI-0-SHOW
AGAIN ON FRIDAY
Arrangements Completed for
Greatest Pep Meeting in
History of University
PICK WILL CLOSE EARLY
Football Championship
Series Is Arranged
The Executive Committee of
the North Carolina High School
Athletic Association met here
yesterday in E. R. Rankin's of
fice at 2 :00. The purpose of
the meeting was to make ar
rangements for the high school
football championship series, the
last game of which will be play
ed in Chapel Hill on Emerson
Field.
The Cheerios will present their
second Cheeri-O-Show of the sea
son on Friday night of this week
in Memorial Hall at 8 o'clock
sharp. This is the night before
the State game and preparations '
are being made for a huge work
out. The Pick will start in time
to be out at 7 :55 P. M. and the
Weil Lecture will be held at
8 :50 P. M. so that the Cheeri-O-
Show will have forty-five min
utes to strut its stuff.
Then comes the premier stunt
of the evening. Led by the
coaches and squad, the student
body will be led out into the
street where they will be met by
the band, the Cheerios, and the
school officials. Right then is
when Carolina will witness a
stunt that has not been pulled
in these parts for some time.
More will be told about this in
Thursday's issue. Cheerios are
reminded tq meet in Gerrard
Hall on Wednesday night at
seven o'clock for a rehearsal of
this stunt. No excuses accepted.