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THEATRE SUNDAY
VOLUME XXXVI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C4 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1927
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Total Registration Expected
To Break Previous Records;
Will Probably Go Over 2800
Hibbard and Bradshaw Speak at
Opening Exercise Yester
day in Memorial Hall.
PRESIDENT SENDS LETTER
Estimate That 2,721 Students
Have Already Registered
While Others Are Still Com
ing In Complete Figures
Available Next Week.
With an estimated registra
tion of 2,721 through Thursday,
the 134th session of the Univer
sity was formally opened in
Memorial Hall yesterday morn
ing. Although the total registra
tion will not be known definate
ly until next week, University,
officials state that they expect
the total to go well er 2,800,
by far the largest number of
students that have ever attend
ed an institution of higher learn
ing in the state.
Registrar - T. J. Wilson estimated
yesterday morning that the names of
B30 Freshmen, 1500 upper classmen,
103 students ; in the law school, 138
in the graduate school, 80 in the
school of medicine, and 70 in the
school of Pharmacy had been placed
upon the University roll up to that
time. The number of women students
is said to have shown a substantial
increase over former years.
Talks by Addison Hibbard, Dean
of the college of Liberal Arts, and
F. F. Bradshaw, Dean of Students,
featured the opening exercises.
Dean James F. Royster, of the
graduate school, read a leter from
Harry W. Chase, President of the
University.
- Dean Bradshaw declared that the
rmoet 'important thing "confronting the
;man entering the big new life of col
lege is to "learn how to learn." The
.one dominant thing about this new
Jife is freedom. The student here is
free from every home influence, from
his community life and its agencies.
But all this freedom is within limits.
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COLLEGE NIGHT
PROGRAM GIVEN
Charlie Jonas Presides Over An
nual Event Frosh Tug
r of -War Slated Monday.
The Freshmen will be given their
first real taste of the Carolina spirit
and tradition Monday night at 8:30
when the annual College Night ex
ercises will be held. Chas. Jonas,
President of the Student Council, will
be in charge of the program.
Just before the exercise in Mem
prial Hall, the Sophomores and Fresh
men will have their tug-of-war. Dur
ing the past few years the machine
used in the "pull" has been very un
successful and has caused many men
to .be injured. Dean Bradshaw has
-worked out a new plan of attact for
the two classes. The new system will
be the last one tried by the authori
ties and should it fail the annual tug-
pf-war will be called off. ' :
The machine set up by Dean Brad
shaw provides that three ropes shall
be used and that an equal number
. of first year men will pull against
the sophs. The ropes will be limited
and in this way equalize the strength
of the two classes. Last sjear the
freshmen turned out in big numbers
and carried the sophs all around the
campus before the referee stopped the
fight. Such will not be the case under
the new plan.
The ropes will be locked around
each other in the contest and then
the pulling will start. Three teams
will be placed on the field by each
plass and the class which is success
ful in winning two ropes will be de
clared winners and the ropes will be
kept as a trophy. The winning class
will be allowed to occupy reserved
seats in the front of Memorial Hall
and will have a large stand on which
to place their, trophy.
Immediately after the fresh-soph
friendly fight, the official College
i) Night program will start. Petty Wad-
) dell, chief cheer leader, will carry
the students through a number of
yells and get the Carolina spirit mov-
ing. Charles' Jonas will give the wel
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In a message from Italy where he
is at present spending some time for
his health, Dr. Harry- Woodburn
Chase sends greetings to the Caro
lina student body at the opening of a
new year. He urges in this communi
cation that students take a greater
interest in the spiritual values of life.
CHANGED VILLAGE
GREETSSTUDENTS
New Buildings and Renovated
Shops Appear as Merchants
Prepare for Spendthrifts.
Chapel Hill merchants have an in
creasing confidence in the good will
of the students at the University as
is shown by the growth of Chapel
Hill's skyline during the past summer.
Reliable sources report that never
before in such a short length of time
has such a spurt in the growth cf
business houses been witnessed in this
town. The number of soda fountains,
has been increased from four to eight,
and some old ones have been renovated
with the latest in electric refrigera
tion. Leading the parade of new build
ings for the summer are the new
Sorrell and; Sutton buildings. When
the students returned to the Hill all
eyes turned to the beautiful electric
sign on the "Carolina Theatre" which
has recently been opened in the Sor
rell Building by the Publix-Saenger
Theatres Company under the manage
ment of Mr. C. E. Smith. The Com
pany has spared nothing to make this
one of the prettiest and most up-to-date
theatres in the state, and coop
eration is promised with the students
in showing the best pictures obtain
able. Iy(was only after much effort
and legal . process that Mr. Sorrell
was permitted to build the new the
atre, reliable sources have informed.
It is thought that competition be
tween the two theatres will assure the
students of good pictures and service.
The two shops in the Sorrell Build-.
ing : will be occupied by Mr. Sorrell
and; Jeff Thomas. "Jeff" has opened
a fountain and novelty stand and is
still in charge of the' Owl Shop. Mr.
Sorrell's jewelry store , will be in the
new up-to-date quarters soon. ,
In the -new Sutton Building Dean
Paulsen is, rushing -to completion the
erection and equipping" of the new
Carolina Smoke Shop. Laborers are
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Prof Koch Will Open
Dramatic Season with
Reading" Sunday Night
Professor Frederick, H. Koch
' will read William Shakespeare's
"A Midsummer's Night Dream"
Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock in ,
the Playmaker Theatre. This
will be the first of a series of
. monthly readings given on Sun
day evenings during the school
year. No admission will be
' changed. r .
- Professor Koch will beaccom-,
panied by Mendelssohn's special
music for this "production, which
will be played by Mrs. Pat Win- 1
ston at the piano.
This will be the first chance for
the incoming class to see the
Playmaker Building and to hear
Professor Koch. All are invited
to attend. Professor Koch's read
ings in the past have been a de
light to Chapel Hill audiences and
especially when reading- one of
Shakespeare's plays.
PRESIDENT CHASE
SENDS MESSAGE
TO STUDMT BODY
University Head Now in Eu
rope on Six Months Leave
of Absence.
TO RETURN IN JANUARY
Chase Advises Students .to Give
Up Money-Grasping Aims and
Cling to Spiritual Values in
Life Is North Carolina's
Problem. 5 '
Even though Dr. Harry Wood
burn Chase, President of jthe
University, is more than three
thousand miles from the cam
pus he is taking his accustomed
vital interest in the opening of
school, and sends a welcoming
message from Europe where he
is at present on leave of absence
until January 1st. . L-:
Dr. Chase and his family left
Chapel Hill early in the summer for
a six months stay on the continent
where" the President will recuperate
from the strenousness of his past
few years here. He is taking a rest
which had become necessary to his
health. It will be remembered that
Dr. Chase suffered from tonsilitis
and general ill health last spring.
Dr. Chase is at present in Italy
after having made a tour of England
and Switzerland. He and his family
are planning to go into France by
the first of October where they will
remain until his leave of absence ex
pires on January 1, 1928.
' A letter was received a few days
ago from the President in which he
dealt , upon the cultural side of the
University life more than upon the
idea of money. The great difficulty
of the young generation of brth
Carolina, according" to the President,
is that it will measure the advantages
offered it in the sense of money values
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"If your education is to mean any
thing to you at all, it ought to mean
that you get interested in things for
other than money-values ; that the
spiritual things of life call to you
not unheard," writes Dr. Chase.
It has been the custom of the Pres
ident of the University to welcome the
students every year. He has always
presented himself before the first
chapel assembly and ' given the of f i
cial welcome and send-off to the
freshmen as well as to " the upper
classmen. The absence of Dr. Chase
makes such a suctom impossible, but
he has asked the Tar Heel to print
the following letter of welcome:
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! Tar H eel Statistics-19 27
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No. Name pos age hgt wgt Prep School - yrs sqd
63 McDaniel NC E 21 5:10 175 Henderson Hi 3
56 Presson NC E 19 5: 9 165 Charlotte Hi 2
Dodderer NC E 24 6: 2 177 Delaware (Ohio) 3
72 Sapp E 20 6: 2 "175 Winston-Salem 3
Kesler . E' 19 6: 1 175 Salisbury Hi 2
66 Morehead NC T 21 6: 0 200 Woodberry Forest 3
94 Warren NC T 24-6: 0 185 Trinity Park 3
59 Lipscomb NC T 19 6: 3 197 Greensboro Hi 3
85 Howard NC T 20 5:10 .198 Woodberry Forest 2
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91 Shuler NC . G 21 5:10 180 Salisbury Hi 2
Beard G 22-5: 8 160 Fayetteville Hi 2
Davis G 22 5:10 170 Woodberry Forest 3
Donahoe G 21 6: 0 180 Asheville Hi 2
67 Schwartz NC, C 21 5:10 180 Charlotte Hi 2
64 Evans C 20 6: 1 200 Hughes Hi ! ; 1
54 Furches NC QB 21 5,: 8 155 Shelby Hi 2
57 Whisnant vQB 20 5: 8 155 Woodberry Forest 1
93 Gray QB 20 5: 8 155 Cornwall-on-the-Hudson 2
69 Young NC HB 20 6:0 170 Monroe Hi 3
55 Lassiter NC HB 20 6: 1. 166 Woodberry Forest 2
5&" Grosham NC HB 21 6: 0 158 Warsaw Hi 2
61 Ferrell NC HB 22 5: 8 160 Woodberry Forest 3
68 Foard NC HB 20 5:10 160 Charlotte Hi 2
Reese v. -"HB .21 5: 8 165 Mars Hill: Col. 1
Jackson HB 19 6: 0 151 Gastcnia Hi 1
Coxe HB 21 5:10 150 Woodberry Forest 2
Ward HB 22 5: 9 .165 Blue Ridge 1
Maus HB 18 5:10 160 Greensboro Hi 1
Spalding HB 19 6: 1 176 Athens High 1
78 Shuford NC FB 21 6: 0 190 Lincolnton Hi 3
79 Jenkins NC FB 22 5:10 175 Lincolnton Hi 3
7i Block NC FB 22 5:10 175 Greensboro Hi -i
Frederick FB 20 5:11 180 Gastonia Hi v 1
Tar Heels Set
Clash of the Year When They Tackle
Wake Forest on Emerson Field today
NEW MEN NEEDED
BY PUBLICATIONS
SAY THEEDITORS
Call Meeting of Humorists,
Artists and Authors for To
rtisrht in Gerrard Hall.
The, Buccaneer, the humorous pub
lication of the ' University, and the
Magazine, the literary organ of the
University, will have a joint meeting
tonight at Gerrard Hall at 8 o'clock.
This meeting is for the purpose of
acquainting all new men with the two
publications and every new man who
wishes to try out for either or both
staffs is requested to be present as it
is imperative that the old and new
men get together as soon as possible.
The publications have a great deal
of promise this year but they cannot
exist without adequate staffs and the
larger the working staff is, the better
a publication will be. There are a
great many men who have come here
this year for the first time from high
school and prep school who have had
valuable experience on publications
and this experience should . benefit
them greatly if the men wish to go
to worK on tne puoncations. it is
understood, however, that a man need
not have had this experience in order
to serve on either " magazine. The
editors will be present and will be
glad to answer all questions and will
offer valuable information in regard
to their magazines.
The editor of the Buccaneer wishes
the last year's staff to be present at
this meeting and is especially anxious
that the art staff be present. College
Humor has instigated a prize contest
this year for the art staffs of the
college comics over the country.
Eighty-one prizes are to be given, the
first prize being an Essex car for the
best drawings done in undergraduate
work this year. In case of a tie, Col
lege Humor announces, two cars will
be given. This should stimulate an
interest in the art field of the comic.
It is necessary, the. Buccaneer editor
explains, for the entire staff of the
Buccaneer to be present as the pub
lication date of the Buccaneer is about
the 10th of October and material must
be in in time for the printers to ar
range the printing.
"Bull" Gardner, editor of the Mag
azine, explains that anyone who can
sling his nickname about with a type
writer should postpone that movie
date or leave off a trip to Durham
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for Opening " Gridiron -.
Tar Heel Captain
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Garrett Morehead. veteran tackle
will captain the Tar Heel gridmen
through the coming campaign and
will be the Light Blue and White
representative when the officials con
fer in midfield before the initial whis
tle this afternoon.
The Carolina .field leader hails from
Charlotte and is a member of the
senior class in the University. He
prepped at Woodberry Forest where
he starred for several seasons at cen
ter and tackle. In the fall of 1924
he entered here and played brilliantly
with the Tar Baby eleven.
Scholarship Holders
Must Apply Today or
Lose Right to Award
"All holders of notices of the
assignment of scholarships must
apply at the office of the Presi
dent before noon today or else
the remaining ones will be re
assigned to other applicants,"
stated Mr. R. B. House yester
day afternoon when he was in
terviewed by a reporter of the
Tar Heel.
The scholarships were awarded
about three weeks ago and have
been available at Mr. House's
office since the opening of school.
There were a large number of
applications which were refused
because of the lack of scholar
ships, and it is only a form of
justice that they should be re-assigned
after the holders have
failed to appear for their awards. '
Mr. House did not se a date
for the re-assignment but he as- "
sured the reporter that some ac
tion would be taken at once.
Several Robberies
Reported on Campus
Chief Feathexstone Says He Is on the
Trail of One.
Two thefts of articles belonging to
students have been reported to the
Chapel Hill police department during
the past few days, according to Chief
Featherstone. One of them was the
theft of a suit of clothes belonging to
Bob Blackwood, a freshman from
Winston-Salem. The suit was taken
from his room in, Old East building.
The other was forty dollars in money
and a check from the room of a stu
dent at the residence of C. R. Dobbin
on Cameron Ave.
Officials of the University buildings
department expressed the opinion that
the robberies are the work of one or
more professionel thieves who' stay
at a coellge for the first few days of
the school year in order to gain ac
cess to the rooms of the students.
Every year several thefts are usually
reported in the first few days after
the students arrive. They urged that
all students keep their room doors
locked when they are not in.
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I Carolina Seeking Revenue for
Defeats Given by Demon
Deacons in Recent Years.
ABUNDANCE OF MATERIAL
Only Two Positions Left Vacant
from Last Year as Eighteen
Letter-men Return Crowds
Expected to Witness En
counter. There's a football game on
deck for today! For nine
months the thud of pigskin and
shoe leather have been stilled,
but today the cleated hosts of
the gridiron swing into action
again. All over the country the
major elevens open their sche
dules, and the 1927 edition of
the Tar Heels are carded to raise
the curtain on a battle with
Wake Forest's Demon Deacons
on Emerson Field this afternoon
at 3:00 o'clock.
For three years those same Deacons
have stepped all over the Tar Heel
warriors, carrying the bacon home to
the woods of Wake by victories won
by margins of from one point to two ,
touchdowns. Each year the margin
grew, but this year the scales seem
balanced the other way.
True, there are about seven or eight
hundred devout Baptists over in Wake
and several thousand , Wake Forest
alumni who say that those victories
must be increased and will be. How
ever, for three weeks more than four
score ambitious Tar Heels have
labored beneath a blazing September
sun to prepare a welcome for today's
invaders, and those same ambitious
Tar Heels have otherJhleaj on the
subject of today's melee. , '
They Do Not Talk
They do not talk; for, as true dis
ciples of "Chuck" Collins, they be
lieve that actions speak louder than
words. They haven't announced pub
licly that they will win, but there is
an appearance about them as they
plunge grimly into the daily workouts
that bodes ill for the opposition.
When the Tar Heel squad returned
here three weeks ago, it was a dif
ferent crew of men from the one that
answered the. initial call a year ago.
Then it was largely composed of
youngsters who had still to win their
spurs of battle. Then there were
only six lettermen, around , which
Coaches Collins, Ceraey, Ashhiore and
Fetzer could mould their team. This
year there were eighteen lettermen,
veterans of many a hard gridiron
scrap, and in addition there were
more titan sixty from last year's re
serves and freshmen who had been
thoroughly schooled in the famous
"Rockne shift" taught by Collins and
Cerney. ' " ' '
Only Two Vacancies
Nine of the eleven who carried the
Light Blue and White in action last
season were back, and only two reg
ular posts were to be filled. Captain
"Red" WTiisnant of the '26 team
graduated, leaving a big hole at .right
guard. Along' with him went "Jesse
James" McMurray, nicknamed "Jay,"
who for two full seasons had held the
left end post.
So those two positions furnished
the problem for the Tar Heel men
tors this fall. Of course there were
other necessities to be found, such
as a forward passer, a punter of abil
ity, and a reserve center. But that
was three weeks ago!
Now those problems are solved. At
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Paul Green Confers
With Publishers on
New Book of Plays
Paul Green, professor of philosophy
in the University and playwright of
national reputation, has just returned
from New York. Mr. Green's pub
lishers. Henry Holt & Company, will"
issue a new volume of his plays dur
ing the fall book season. Included
in the volume will be several plays
that have been produced by the Car
olina Playmakers, though the major
ity of the plays have never been pro
duced. Miss Erma Green, the playwright's
sister, who has been ill ' in a New
York hospital, returned with him.