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Tin Can 8:30 Tonight
VARSITY BASKETBALL
DUKE vs. CAROLINA
Monday Night 8:30 Tin Can
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VOLUME XXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1927
NUMBER 45
OPENING NIGHT OF
GRAND OPERA AT
DURHAM PLEASES
La Scala Opera Company Scores
Big Hit with "Rigoletto."
TO PLAY "FAUST" TONIGHT
First' Season of Chapel Hill-Dur
ham Opera Association
Has Auspicious
Beginning.
By Virginia Lay) ..
We were privileged to hear
Thursday night an excellent per
formance of "Rigoletto" by the
Philadelphia La Scala Grand Op
era Company. These artists were
brought to Durham through the
efforts of the Chapel Hill-Dur-
lam Grand Opera Company,
This opening performance of
their first season makes us eag
er to see realized the institution
of an annual season of Grand
Opera for this vicinity. "
The first act opened on a court
scene in the palace of the Duke
of Mantua. Lauro, tenor, gave
an excellent interpretation of the
Duke, a veritable Don Juan, in
lis first aria "questa o quella."
Joseph Royer, baritone, as Rig
oletto, portrayed this .difficult
part of despised court buffoon
with ease and received the curse
of Count Monterone with appro
priate awe and terror.
In the second scene, Sparaf u
cile, the vUlain who offers to kill
for a fair price the enemy whom
le suspects Rigoletto of having,
was played by Valenti, bass. The
La Scala- Comany is fortunate
in having Morini, a coloratura
soprano of great promise. Her
youth, beauty, and dimness
rarely found in a coloratura
made, her an ideal Gilda. Royer
and Morini possessed the best
"voices in the company and in
their duets did excellent work.
"'Caro Nome" sung by Morini
and Gilda to the Duke, whom she
las met in church as a student,
-was received with well deserved
applause. Particularly beauti
ful was Gilda's voice singing in
the house while tie courtiers
who had come to abduct Rigo
ietta's supposed mistress com
mented on her beauty. They
entice Rigoletto to join the es
(Continued on page four)
Trabue Speaks
fourth of Series on Scientific Inter
pretation of God.
"The Revelation of God
through Science" will be the top
ic discussed. Sunday night at
7:45 in the Methodist church,
tyr Dr. M. R. Trabue, director
-of the Bureau of Educational
Research. This is the fourth of
the Science-Religion series con
ducted by noted scientists.
Dr. Trabue will deal with a
slightly different phase of the
subject already discussed by Dr.
tenable, Dr. Henderson and Dr.
Smart. He will compare the re
lation of the different fields of
science to a conception of God.
Tie speaker has been at the
University about five years dur
ing which he las received na
tional recognition in the field
of Education.
The Methodist church is now
"well equipped with new pews
"Which were put in this week.
There will be plenty of seats and
the difficulty experienced by
fanydast Sunday' night-of
hunting .seats will not occur
again. ..
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. On the left above is Miss Ellen Melick, of Elizabeth City, president of the Woman's association of the University; in the
center is the Woman's Building erected in 1924; and on the right '.is Mrs. Marvin H. Stacy, Dean of Women.
OUR THANKS
The co-eds are very
grateful to Mr. J. T. Madry
and Mr. F. F. Simon for
turning the Tar Heel over
to them, and especially in
debted to Mr. L. H. Mc
'Pherson, who has been
named Louise in order to
edit a co-ed number, and
who has been very patient
with the co-eds.
v. The staff: y
Editors, Ellen Melick and
Katherine Johnson.
' Business Manager, Eliz
abeth Davis.
Contributors, Selma Lee,
Margaret Ellis, Sarah Jane
Boyd, -Mary '- Margaret'
Wray, Virginia Lay.
WEIDMEYER'S IS
ENGAGED FOR THE
HOLIDAY DANCES
Popular Orchestra Will Play for
Five Dances Here at Easter.
CALL CLUB MEETING SOON
Business Session in Near Future
to Discuss Finances and
. Hear Reports Mem
berhip Open.
At a recent meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Ger
man club, it was decided to en
gage the popular Weidmeyer
Orchestra for the Easter Ger
man Club dances, April 21-22.
Several Orchestras were consid
ered but the Weidmeyer orches
tra was finally decided upon be
cause of its reputation and pop
ularity among North Carolini
ans. The contract calls for five
dances, two night dances and
three day dances. There was
some discussion as . to having
three night dances but the above
mentioned plan was adopted be
cause of the brevity of the Eas
ter holidays and the extra ex-
i it
pense, wmcn woum amount to
several hundred dollars.
A business meeting of the
club will be called in the near
future at which time the finan
ces of the club will be discussed.
There will be a detailed report
on the fall dances and plans for
the Easter dances will be dis
cussed. Dr. W. S. Bernard,
chairman of the faculty commit
tee on' dances will review brief
ly the history of the German
club and explain the new rules
which govern it. The rules and
regulations of the German Club
will be published in a later is
sue of the Tar Heel.
Only members who have paid
their dues in full will be allow-
Continued on page two)
VENERUNT, VIDERUNT, VICERUNT
BY AN EXQUISITE EFFULGENCE
OF OWN SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
Although Outnumbered 20 to 1. Co-Eds Undauntedly Lend Beauty,
Charm and "Sense of Direction" to Drabness of
Carolina Campus Co-Education Here to Stay.
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(By Sara Jane Boyd)
Women students in 'the Uni
versity are now an accepted fact,
With a period of steady pioneer
ing and splendid scholastic rec
ord already to their credit, one
would judge that they are here
to stay. It has taken time,
coupled with great determina
tion on the part of promoters of
co-education here in the Univer
sity and throughout the state to
bring about the realization of
their dream, but the thirtieth
anniversary of the admission of
the first full-fledged woman stu
dent finds an annual registra
tion of more than a hundred,
with a comfortable dormitory of
their own.
They are "co-eds" they ad
mit it. But not when the word
connotes nose glasses, lack of
pep, and a sour face. Instead
they are considered a most un
usual group of girls, and, as one
professor has remarked, "girls
with some sense of direction."
They know how to play and how
to work, and what is much more
important, how to divide their
crowded time profitably between
the two. Each girl who comes
to the University comes for some
particular purpose and seems
never to lose sight of that goal
during her residence here.
Must Enter as Juniors
Due to the fact that women
are not allowed to enter until
their junior year, there are a
great many here who come from
junior colleges to complete the
requirements for the bachelor's
degree. There are some who
come for professional work and
special courses which are not of
fered in women's colleges, and a
great many more who come for
graduate work. While the ma
pority hail from North Carolina,
there are, among their number,
representatives from fourteen
other states and Canada. St.
Mary's School . in Raleigh and
the North Carolina College for
Women have always' run each
other a close race for the great
est number of former students.
Other schools which arc usually
well represented are Agnes
Scott, Randolph-Macon Woman's
College, Salem, Peace Institute,
Mitchell, Converse, Sweetbriar,
and Goucher.
First Admitted In 1897
There are many interesting
stories told of , the days . when
women first began to attend
classes in the University. One
particular yarn, for which there
seems to be little or no founda
tion, since it cannot be traced
satisfactorily, tells of some very
modest but ambitious young la
dies who sat behind screens in
the class rooms during the lec
tures, thus reaping the benefit
of the lectures without being an
noyed by the flirtatious glances
of the dashing young Carolin;
students of the 'seventies. There
is no official record of such at
tendance, however, and it was
not until February 1897 that the
trustees made women eligible for
admission first to the graduate
school and almost immediately
to the two upper classes. Dr.
E. A. Alderman was president
at the time, and was most anxi
ous that this new privilege be
taken advantage of, from the
very beginning, by the highest
type of woman student. At his
special request, Miss Dixie Lee
Bryant came to Chapel Hill on
tie first of August that same
year and took up residence here,
that she might do graduate
work. Miss Bryant was a very
exceptional young woman. She
had received her B. S. degree
from the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology, and after
studying here for a while, went
to Germany where she took her
Ph. D. degree with Zittel in
Munich. She has done some ex
cellent scientific work since that
time and is now located in Chi
cago. The opening of the fall
session found three other wom
en enrolled. Miss Mary McRae
(Mrs. R. L. Gray) was the first
woman to register, while Miss
Cattie Walker Stockard (Mrs.
S. W. S, Magnes) was the first
to receive a degree. The A. B.
was conferred upon her in 1898
and the M. A. in 1900. Miss
Rowana Dodd (Mrs. Fanning
Craig) was also a student.
Mrs. Stacy Appointed Dean
During the next twenty years
there was a very slow but steady
increase in the number of wom
en students. The average was
less than ten a year. It was
during this time that the ruling
was extended and they were eli
gible for admission to the pro
fessional schools and all courses
not offered in colleges for wom
en. The year 1917, however,
ushered in a new era and twen-
(Contnmed on page throe)
YACKETY YACK
SPACE FEE DUE
All organization space
must be paid for by Febru
ary 15. This is in accord
ance to a ruling of the Pub.
Union Board. All organi
zation space not paid for
by then will be left out.
Send checks to Bob 969 or
make payments at Yackety
Yack office, basement of
Alumni building, any after
noon between 2 :30 and 4 :30
to G. P. Dozier or A. K.
Smith.
TAR HEELS PLAY
TWO WAYS FOR A
BAPTIST VICTORY
Demon Deacons Stage Comeback
in Second Half To Capture
State Championship.
FINAL SCORE WAS 30 TO 23
Captain Hackney's Men Had 6
Point Lead at Half Time.
Contrary to the usual method
of procedure, the Tar Heels got
off to a whirlwind start against
the Wake Forest basketeers
Thursday night in the Tin Can,
piled up a substantial lead of
twelve points, then gradually
weakened and finally were de
feated 30 to 23. The Demon
Deacons and the White Phan
toms looked like different teams
in the latter part of the conflict
than they did at the first. Dur
ing the first half, the superiority
was all on the side of the South
ern Champions, but in the sec
ond half, the Deacons pulled an
amazing comeback and played
rings around the team that had
stumped them earlier in the
night. Such is the whim of old
king basketball!
Only ten minutes of fie first
half had elapsed,; and the score
board read Carolina 16, Wake
Forest 4. At this stage of the
game, the Deacons took time out
again, braced, and started draw
ing up on the leaders. The half
ended 19 to 13,' with the Tar
Heels on the long end.
The scene was completely re
versed in the second half of the
festivities. One excited specta
tor was heard to remark that
probably the two teams had
changed uniforms during the
ten minute interval between
halves ! The Deacons slowly
pulled up, tied the score at 22
all and forged into the lead when
the Tar Keels were seized with
a' disease known as "fouling."
All in all the winners made good
14 foul shots out of about 20
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TAR HEELS MEET
RED TERRORS IN
TIN CAN TONIGHT
Both Teams Having Succumbed
to Wake Forest Fight for
- Second Honors.
GAME WILL START AT 8:30
Duke Blue Devils Will Meet
Varsity Here Thursday
Night.
Now that the Wake Forest
catastrophe is a thing of the
past, the Tar Heel Basketeers
have turned their full attention
to the clash with the powerful
State College quint scheduled
to take place on the floor of the
Tin Can tonight at 8:30.
The Red Terriers from Raleigh
have been going like a house a
fire lately, and really are one of
the strongest teams that has
ever represented the institution.
The Terriers are always at their
best against Carolina on account
of the close rivalry that exists
between the two state seats of
learning. The Tar Heels, arous
ed by the defeat at the hands of
Wake Forest Thursday, are
pointed towards the State con
flict as a means of making a
mends, so if pre-game signs
mean anything, the fur will cer
tainly fly in the vicinity of "the
old ice box" tonight,
The State lads are fresh from
a trip througlout Virginia,
where they won every game
played in the old dominion state,
defeating the University of Vir
ginia among others. The Vir
ginia game Monday night was
the last court venture of the
Terriers, who with five days rest
behind them are in tiptop shape
for their battle, with the South
ern Champions.
The White Phantoms did not
look especially good against the
Deacons the other night, but
they should hit their stride in
tonight's contest. Captain Bunn
Hackney and his cohorts went
through a stiff practice yester
day afternoon, and are resolved
to close the week with a victory
over their old rivals from Ra
leigh. The Tar Heels are not en
tirely out of the running for the
state championship yet, as a
couple of wins over the lads from
Raleigh will be a mighty im
pressive step towards the covet
ed championship.
Monday night the Duke Uni
versity Blue Devils will play the
Tar Heels in the Tin Can. The
(Continued on page two)
H. M. Jones To Read
Play Sunday Night
Will Be First Playmaker Reading of
Winter Quarter.
"Autumn Twilight," a short
play by Howard Mumford Jones
will be read by the author in
the Playmaker Theatre, Sunday
night at 8:30. Professor Jones
will also read some of his own
verse.
This is the first Sunday eve
ning Playmaker reading this
winter quarter. One was given
last quarter, when Paul Green
read his play, "In Abraham's
Bosom." .
Mr. Jones was actively con
nected with the North Shore
Guild at the University of Chi
cago, where one of his plays was
produced; and the University
of Texas where he had charge
of the Curtain Club.