The Library,
University of Korth Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N.' C.
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KARLJANSEN
"The Land of the Midnight Sun
TONIGHT
Memorial Hall 8:30 O'clock
CONCERT
Durham , Negro Glee Club
FRIDAY EVENING
Memorial Hall 8:00 O'Clock
VOLUME XXXV
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927
Summer School Edition No. 9
STADIUM WILL BE
READY FAR AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE TIME
'Only Pew More Seats Are to be
Poured. Grass Planted
In Arena.
Barring any accidents, the
contractors expect that the pour
ing of concrete for . the seat
.stands of the Kenan Memorial
stadium will be complete by Sat
urday night. Only four more
sections of seat stands remain
to be poured.
This means that the stadium
will be completed a good while
ahead, of the schedule. Last
week the playing field was har
rowed, the soil prepared and
grass was sown. Two tons of
vigoro, an extra-efficient fertil
izer, were spread over the
.ground. Only the central part
of the arena is now planted, but
the spcae around the ends and
sides will soon be ready for the
.same treatment. The grass will
probably be sprouting within the
jiext ten days. .
The exact date on which the
first football game will be play
ed in the stadium and the struc
ture dedicated has hot been de
termined. Work on the dressing and
storage house at the, south end
of the stadium is how progress
ing rapidly. . It is expected that
this will be completed by the
first week in September. , .
" The newa that the stadium
'nears completion having spread
abroad,' University alumni and
other visitors are coming every
day to see it, some of them from
'great distances. One feature
that 'attracts much attention is
'the Governor's Box at the top
of the center of the completed
east stand. Directly across from
this, at the corresponding posi
tion on the west stand, will be
the Press Box. ; ,(
STAFF OF U. N. C.
COACHING SCHOOL
HAS BEEN CHOSEN
Coaches Fetzer, Ashemore, Beld
ing, Quinlan, Ellinwood
and Jernigan to Give .
Instruction. '
Announcement was made to
day of the members of the staff
of instruction of the University
of North Carolinas annual coach
ing school for high' school ath
letic directors,, which will extend
from August 22 through Sep
tember 3.
Courses will be offered at the
coaching school both in the the
ory and the practice of the
coaching of football, basketball,
baseball, track, tennis, soccer,
boxing and wrestling, and in the
training and conditioning of
athletes. Monday, August. 22,
will be' registration day, and. the
regular class work proper of the
school will start at 8:00 o'clock
on Tuesday morning, August 23.
The football course will be
handled by Mr. Robert A. Fet
zer, director of athletics in the
University, who will be assisted
by Mr. James N. Ashmore and
Mr. Lester C. Belding. This
course will deal with such fun
damentals of football as punting,
passing, blocking, tackling and
different styles of offense and
defense, training and equipment,
and a study of the rules. There
will also be field practice and
demonstrations. Special atten
tion will be given to the coach,
ing of individual positions.
The basketbalh course will be
handled by Mr. James N. Ash
more, head coach of basketball
and baseball in the University,
who will be assisted by Mr. Les
ter C. Belding, of the Univer
sity's coaching staff. This course
will deal with the fundamentals
. (Continued on page four)
Walker and Griffin
Leave for Educational
; A. Meeting in Canada
NEGRO GLEE CLUB
HERE TOMORROW
Chapel Hill to Have A New
Automatic Telephone System
It has been announced that
Chapel Hill and the University
will have an automatic telephone
system, which will probably 'be
ready for use before Christmas.
The switchboard and other
equipment for the new system
have already been ordered. ;
The inefficiency of the present
system has given considerable
annoyance and dissatisfaction
for quite awhile, and the an
nouncement that a modern, effi
cient system is to be installed
as soon as preparations are com
pleted is welcomed by all the pa
trons of the telephone company,
which is owned and operated by
the University Consolidated Ser
ice Plants. When the new instal
lation is completed there will be
no trouble about getting connec
tions promptly.
Of course the change will
bring some increase in the rates.
This always accompanies the in
stallation of an automatic' sys
tem because of the greater cost
of the plant. It is thought the
increase in Chapel Hill will not
be considerable.
A new building for the cen
tral office is under construction
on Rosemary lane opposite the
rear of the Presbyterian church.
The Chapel v Hill telephone
company was acquired two years
ago by the University, and since
then the telephone service has
been one branch of the "activi
ties of the Consolidated Service
Plants. ' ' '
Anybody who has used a tele
phone in Durham within the
last year or so knows how the
automatic device works. With
each instrument thereMs a little
dial, and simply by turning this
the subscriber gets into connec
tion with whomever he wants to
call. f '
One of the conditions laid
down by the aldermen, and
agreed to by the Consolidated
Service Plants, is that a thor
oughly efficent police alarm and
fire alarm arrangement shall be
maintained at no cost to the
town. The mechanism is to be
so adjusted that the person who
wants (to turn in a fire alarm
may not only set off the siren
at fire headquarters but may al
so ring the telephones at the
homes of several of the firemen.
And the police may be called
from ariytelephone instrument
in the village.
The regular switchboard op
erator will be unnecessary when
the automatic system is install
ed,, but there will be a. service
man on duty to look out for re
pairs and attend to, either duties
of an emergency character.
It is likely that additional
wirea will be run from here to
Durham and that all long dis
tance calls will be handled by
the Durham jcentral.
SOIL OF N. C, IS
ADAPTED FOR THE
GROWTH OF MINT
Prof. Vernon Kyser Returns Af
ter Making a Survey of
Volatile Oils Production.
KARL JANSEN TO
APPEAR TONIGHT
IN MEMORIAL HALL
Swedish Humorist to Offer Va
riety Program as Second
Summer Attraction.-
Mrs, turrentine, at 81, Broadcasts
Dean N. W. Walker, Director
of Summer School, and Profes
sor I. C. Griffin, Director of the
Normal Division, left for New
York yesterday afternoon. From
New York they go to Toronto,
by way of Boston, to attend the
World Conference on Education,
which convenes August 7 to 12
The return trip will be made by
Montreal.
The World Conference on Ed
ucation is held biennially. It is
a federation of all the education'
al associations of the . world
Every educational association in
existence "will be represented at
the conference. Many thousands
are expected to attend. England
alone will be represented by over
400 delegates.
Dean Walker and Professor
Griffin expect to be away for
about 12 days.
Kiwanis Clubs of Sanford
And Durham Meet Here.
The Durham Kiwanis club and
the Sanford Kiwanis. club will
hold a joint meeting at the Car
olina Inn this evening at 7
o'clock. A joint program has
been arranged by the two clubs.
The purpose of ' this joint
meeting is to promote better re
lations and understanding be
tween Sanford and Durham.
Durham Singers In Concert At
Memorial Hall Friday Ev
' ening at 8 O'clock.'
Misses Emma and Ruth Dob
bins of Mount Airy visited
friends here during the past
week-end.
The North Carolina Mutual
Glee Club, a chorus of twenty
negro singers of Durham, will
render a concert of negro spirit
uals Friday evening in Mem
orial Hall at 8:00 o'clock. The
vonccrt is given under the aus
pices of the Y. M. C. A., and
a slight charge for admission
will be made to, defray the ex
pense of the bringing the organ
ization here.
Among the numbers , to be
rendered by the glee club are
the following: "Swing Low,"
"Steal Away,". ,01d Black Joe,"
"Go Down Moses," "Wheel in
a Wheel," "Couldn't Hear No
body Pray," "Lord I Want to
Be a Christian," "Aint Going to
Study War No More," "Going to
Shout All Over God's Heaven,"
and "Every, Time I Feel the
Spirit I Pray." Other num
bers .will be given also.
The Mutual Glee Club is an
organization, sponsored by the
Mutual Life Insurance company
of Durham. It is recognized as
the best choral group in the
state, probably in the south. The
club appeared in. Chapel Hill,
Sunday evening, June 10, at the
invitation . of the ' Epworth
League and sang in the main
auditorium of the Methodist
church, which was packed. Bes
sie Whitted is director of tthe
group.
The greatest personal tri
umph won by any artist from
station WNRC was that one
recently accorded Mrs. A. F.
Turrentine, 81-year-old lady of
Chapel Hill who for an hour and
a half delighted listeners with a
program of piano solos largely
composed of the music of 50 and
60 years ago.
There were 100 or more tele
phone calls from Greensboro
Burlington, High Point, Hills
boro and other places, and not
a call but what was laudatory
of the aged Chapel Hill woman.
Sitting before the grand piano,
her frail form propped up to it
with pillows, Mrs. Turrentine
played with all the dash and f er
vor of her younger days. Many
of the men and women calling,
said they had known her 30, 40
and 50 years ago and' declared
she played as well as she ever
had. Without a note of music
before her, Mrs. Turrentine
went through the arduous pro
gram and then gave many of
the old-time numbers which had
been requested by listeners. One
of the last numbers was the
Oak Dale March wjhich she her
self composed 50 years ago.
WEEKLY BULLETIN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 FRIDAY. AUGUST 12
THURSDAY. AUGUST 4 . ,
Karl Jansen Lecture in Memorial Hall at 8:30 o'clock on
"The Land of the Midnight Sun." Second number of
the summer attractions. Holders of season tickets ad
mitted without further charge.
Short Dance at Bynum Gymnasium, 7 :15 to 8:15.
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 5 ;
Long Dance at Bynum Gymnasium, 9 to 11 o'clock..
- Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock.
Negro Glee Club Concert in Memorial Hall at 8:30 o'clock,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 . . V , .
Long Dance at Bynum Gymnasium, 9 to 11 o'clock. ,:
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock.
MONDAY, AUGUST 8
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock. . ;
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 .
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock.
Short Dance at Bynum Gymnasium, 7:15 to 8:15.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 "
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 Y
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock.
NShort Dance at Bynum Gymnasium, 7:15 to 8:15.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 12
The Devereux Players will present "The Romance of Youth"
in Memorial Hall at 8:30 o'clock. The third number of
summer attractions. Holders of season tickets will be
admitted without further charge.
Vesper services under Davie Poplar at 7 o'clock. .
Long Dance at Bynum Gymnasium, 9 to 11 o'clock.
i North Carolina soil and cli
mate are better adapted to the
cultivation of mint than that of
Indiana' and Michigan, where
virtually all of the peppermint
and spearmint grown in the
country are found today, accord
ing to Prof. Vernon Kyser of
.the University of North Caro
lina School of Pharmacy, who
has just returned from the east
ern part of the state where he
made a complete survey of the
conditions for growing mints
for fhe production of volatile
oils. - r '
.The state is neglecting the op
portunity of diversifying its
crops and at the same time add
ing to its total farm wealth, Pro
fessor Kyser says, "for the aver
age return from the peppermint
crop exceeds that from other
crops." The annual value of the
peppermint crop in the United
States is approximately $2,000,
000, and North Carolina's share
of this is hardly, a drop in the
bucket. The United States fur
nishes about three-fifths of the
world's supply, of X)epperpv-nt 0ij
which is wifely jp. demand as a
flavoring agent' in confections
an as a medicament.
Professor Kyser's survey of
conditions in this state was made
possible by a grant from the re
search fund of the American
Pharmaceutical Association. He
has- also mad? 3 study of other
volatile oil plants grown in this
country.
Advantages in this State
As the jresult of his study of
conditions in eastern North Car
olina he is convinced that pep.
permint may be grown with
good profit on any of the muck
land in that section. He was
(Continued on page three)
UNION SERVICES
BEGIN AUGUST 7
Drs. B. R. Lacy, E. M. Poteat
and W. W. Peel Will
Preach Sermons.
Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr.
President of the Union Sem
inary, Richmond, Va., Dr. E. M
Poteat, former President of Fur-
man University, and Drf W. W.
Peal, of the Trinity church, Dur
ham, will deliver the sermons at
the second annual union services
of the Chapel Hill churches to
be held during the month of
August, according to announce
ment made yesterday by Harry
F. Comer, , University Y. M. C
A. Secretary. ' ''
The union services will begin
Sunday, August 7, and will be
held every Sunday morning and
evening during the month. Dr.
Poteat will open the services.
Dr. Peal will occupy the pulpit
for the second week to be fol
lowed by Dn- Poteat and Dr.
Lacy will delived the sermons
for the final week. '; "
The union service plan . was
put into effect for the first time
last year, and provided the pas
tors of the various churches with
a month's vacation, bringing to
Chapel Hill, at the same time,
speakers of note. The success
with which the experiment met
has resulted in its repetition this
year. .
The services will be held in
the Methodist church.
The second number of the
summer attractions will be giv
en this evening in Memorial
Hall at 8:30 o'clock when Karl
Jansen, the Swedish humorist
and entertainer, will give an en
tertainment covering a broad
field in the line of education and
amusement.
Those who have purchased
season tickets will be admitted
without further charge. Sea
son tickets for the three remain
ing attractions may be bought
at the door this evening. A sub
stantial saving will be realized
by those who purchase a ticket
to all the other attractions.
Karl Jansen, born in Sweden,
has entertained American audi
ences for the last twelve years
most successfully. His program
is selected from the following;
description with goixgs and.
stories of Swed.e.ft and Norway,
impersonator of humorous
charact foreign and native,
scenei frpjr Tennyson's "Enoch
AroV' and Longfellow's
Evangeline," recitations front
James Whitcomb Riley and Eu
gene Field and other authors,
demonstrations of the Swedish
system of physical culture and
fencing, and imitation of prom
inent American public speakers.
Fifteen minutes of the program
will be devoted to the rendition
of scenes from some of Shakes
peare'3 plays, some of which are
given in costume, J " tT
This is not the first visit of
Mr. Jansen to the University
summer school. In the past he
has delighted summer school au
diences here with his humor and
impersonation of humorous '
characters in foreign and native
dialects.
Dr. Louis R. Wilson
to Direct Southern
Library Institute
Dr. Louis R. Wilson, Univer
sity of North Carolina librarian,
has gone to Atlanta to direct the
Library Institute for the South
eastern States being held there
this and next week under the
auspices of the American Li-
brary Association and the. Car
negie Library of Atlanta.
The Institute continues
through August 6 and deals pri
marily with library administra
tion and book selection. Dean
C. A. Hibbard, of the University
College of Liberal Arts, is a
member of the staff in charge'
of the Institute. ;
While in Georgia, Dr. Wilson,
representing the American As
sociation, will visit the summer
ibrary school of the University'
of Georgia.
HEFFNER IN HOSPITAL;
GREEN SUBSTITUTES
Hubert Heffner, business man
ager and assistant-director of
the Carolina Playmakers, is in
the McPherson hospital at Dur
ham as the result of an infected
.... . . . . . .
eye. Although physicians in at
tendance state that there is no
onger any danger of losing the
eye, they are advocating a pro-
onged rest.
During Mr. Heffner's absence,
aul Green has charge of hia
classes in play production and
playwriting, and the direction of
he Playmaker productions is in
the hands of William Norment "
Cox.
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