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VOLUME XXXVI, rECK ADDRESSES LAVi J SCHOOLOPENING New Dean of Law School Slakes First Statement Since Election. BIG YEAR IS EXPECTED The achievements, present status, and aims of the University of North . Carolina's School of Law were - re lated yesterday by Dean Charles T. McCormick at exercises that marked the formal opening of - the 84th year of the school. It was Dean McCor- mick's first public utterance .before the Law School since his election by the trustees last Cpmmencement. "The goal of the Law School is not merely sectional eminence, but one of greatness measured . by universal standards," the new dean declared 'Mediocrity and slip-shod knowledge of legal half-truths are not enough He urged upon the students the im portance of devoting more time to the library and to preparation for the classroom. He announced . that this year's en rollment had reached 114 students, the largest on record since the adoption of the rule requiring at : least two years' college, work as a prerequisite for entrance. Reviewing the accomplishments of the school during the past year un der the leadership of Acting Dean A C. Mcintosh, who is on leave of ab sence this year, Dean McCormick said that "a notable forward movement has been manifest in all departments and activities." The faculty had been increased to seven full-time processors, making it the largest full-time law faculty in the South,- with one exception. The enrollment had increased more than twenty-five per cent over the previous year. The Law Review, tinder . the leadership of Professor R. H. Wet 2. - -1 11 1 1 "I - 1 iacn, naa aouDiea in size ana- so strengthened in quality as to attract comment from the bar and law-schoo world. The Law School Association under the leadership of Hill Yarbor- - ough, its president, and Prof. Albert Coates, its adviser, had' carried out an elaborate program, including law club, arguments and lectures by prom inent jurists and members of the bar. The Summer Law School had been placed on a firm foundation, with em (Cojitinued on page three) Out of Staters are Carolina PLAYMAKERS TO HAVE FOUR NEW NAMES ON STAFF Open Dramatic Auspiciously With Increased Staff As sisting Prof. Koch. The Carolina Playmakers and the Bureau of Community Drama have added four new members to their staffs and are ready to set themselves to another year of "creating a native drama for North Carolina." These additions include Samuel Sel don, who will teach theatre arts and production; Miss Gertrude Knott, the new state representative of the Bu reau of Community Drama; William N. Cox, assistant to Miss Knott; and Howard Baily, who will assist in. the manager's office. " ' , , Mr. Selden, who joins the faculty for work with the Playmakers, comes here from Pennis, Massachusetts, where he was stage manager for the Cape Playhouse this past summer. Before that he was with the Gladys Clark Players in Maine and with the Greenwich Village Theatre and the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City. He served as stage manager at each of these places. In addition he assisted in the staging of produc tions by the Intermate Opera . Com pany of New York and the staging of O'Neil's "Desire Under the Elms" both in New York and on tour. Mr. Selden was born in Canton, China, and spent his youth in the Orient. Five years ago he came to New York to work under Cleon Throckmorton, a scenic artist, and snce that time has been active in the ' various fields of theatre art. Miss Knott succeeds Miss Ethel (Continued on page four) TIT? A W r VP(Y Business Staff Tey-Outs W. W- Neai, Jr., Business Manager of the Tar Heel, an nounced yesterday that there would be a meeting of all men interested in trying out for the Tar Heel business staff tonight at nine o'clock. The meeting will be held at the office on the first floor of . Alumni building. It is very important that all men interested in this work be present. - SMITH BECOMES GRADUATE DORM Has Been Completely Remodeled Over Summer; to be Most Luxurious Dorm on Campus. As a result of agitation arising in the Graduate school last spring the Building' Committee, of the' Board of Trustees has granted the use of Smith building to the Graduate school. During the summer the interior of Smith building has been entirely re modeled at a total cost of $70,000. On the first floor there is a spacious, handsomely furnished lounge. In this room the graduate students will en tertain from time to time. The room is large enough to be used as a dance hall. There are also quarters for a housekeeper in case the graduate stu dents wish to employ one. The house will accommodate fifty unmarried men. Each room is now equipped with hot and cold running water and is furnished with all steel furniture.' Pro visions have been made for a dining room accommodating sixty people should the graduate students decide that they wish to eat in the building. The graduate students moved into their new home last Monday. There is still room for a few more men. The devoting of this building to the Graduate school will - fill a long-felt need at the University, that of bring ing the members ?of the Graduate school in closer contact with each other. T. S. McCorkle, director of the Uni versity Band, has announced that there will be an important rehearsal of the band tonight at the Tin Can, 7 p. m. Absence from this rehearsal on the part of any member of the band will prevent his appearing with the band at the Tennessee game Sat urday afternoon. Attending in Great Numbers Many Interesting Newcomers; Regarded as Indication of In stitution's Increasing Prestige Over the Country. One of the outstanding things that has been noted in the student body this" year is the growing number of men from outside of North Carolina who are coming to the University, of this state for their college work.' Whereas last year only about Id percent "of the student body.' resided outside the borders of North Carolina, it has been estimated that this, year the number is nearer 18 percent.- Men from thei New England states are es pecially prevalent among the fresh men. ' V. Interviews with several of these men reveal a wide variety of reasons why they happened to pick the Tar Heel university, as .the place to con tinue their education. A man from Illinois is here because of the Caro lina Playmakers and their reputation; two boys from New York made a trip through the South last year in an old Ford, they were treated bet ter in Chapel Hill than any other place that they stopped and so decided to come here to school; a boy from Penn sylvania is here because a prominent I'hiladelphia surgeon recommended the place so highly; others had read about the University, and so on with a wide variety of reasons. Unusual Individuals This year's registration also brings in the -usual number of unusual indi viduals. There are several married men entering as freshmen, some of them in their thirties; three or four Cubans; four blind men who are graduates of the North Carolina School for, the Blind at Raleigh; a goodly number of ambitious young men who are taking up the work here in spite of various other physi- cal 1 " handicaps; . a . young man irom (Continued on page' four) rpA TIT? 1U Du " AT NEXT GAME Peppy Cheering Squad Has Been Practicing All Week and Will Lend Their Efforts to Tar JHeel Team Saturday. The Cheerios are here to stay! The famous cheering organization, called j j the Cheerios, which made its debut ! last year during the football season i at the University of North Carolina J is here again with renewed vigor and j a greater number of members than ever, before. , ' The ' Cheerios were organized by Kike Kyser last year and under his able leadership they , gained a nation wide reputation for excellent organ ized cheering, which they very just ly deserved. This year the Cheerios will be under the direction of cheer leader Petty Waddill. Last year the Cheerios formed a nucleus around which the entire student body group- ed itself to help cheer the team on to victory. During this past week the Cheerios have been meeting every night to practice the school yells and they are going to be on Emerson Field three hundred strong Saturday afternoon. In the opening game with Wake For est last Saturday the cheering of the Cheerios was greatly missed. Cheerleader Petty Waddill urges that all old men who have not already met to practice the yells to meet him at Gerrard Hall tonight at 6:45. He also asks that all those who were Cheerios s last year and do not intend to join them this year turn in their megaphones to him atonce since they are badly needed. - - This year the student body will be seated according to their respective classes. Waddill urges that the other students cooperate with the Cheerios in making the cheering at the game Saturday a. great success. , : COLLEGE NIGHT EXERCISES HELD New Men Welcomed to Univer sity Campus ; Frosh Win Tug-of-War. Nearly a thousand members, of the class of '31 were formally ushered into University life Monday night at the annual College Night exercises in Memorial Hail. Hon. A. H. Graham, of ' Hillsboro, member of the last Gen eral Assembly, welcomed the new men on behalf .of the Alumni, while R. B. House, Executive Secretary of the University, delivered the official wel come from the University Administra tion. C. R. Jonas, president of the stu dent body, presided over the exercises. Preceding the program of addresses the annual fresh-soph tug-of-war was staged. Although the freshmen won, as they have every year since the event was inaugurated several years ago, the sophs prevented from being a walk-away that it usually is. Dean Bradshaw's. new-fangled six rope tug-of-war machine helped to equalize the almost two to one advantage that the frosh have over the sophs in num bers, although they greatly outnum bered the second year men in the event. -. . President Jonas explained the hon or system to the new men, and urged that they conduct themselves accord ing to its principles. He pointed out the obligation that each man has to the University and to himself in tak ing advantage of the privilege of at tending "college. The new class pledg ed itself to carry out the precepts of the honor system by 'a 100 rising vote. Secretary House told the new men that they were the "connecting link between the Carolina of yesterday and the . Carolina of tomorrow, which are inseparably1 linked together." He de clared that the destinies &f the Uni versity for the next four years were tied up in them, and that upon them fell the burden of maintaining its record, which has always shown a con tinual improvement from one year to another. Senator Graham emhasized the im portance of every student taking part in the varied activities that go to make up life at the University. "The greatest thing that ypu can learn here is to understand human nature," -he asserted. "Whatever you do, don't fail to secure such a knowledge. Don't become affiliated with small cliques or group to strongly, but take part in collese life as a whole and in as many activities as time will permit." CIIEERI Sophomobe Class Smoker ... The Sophomore Class Smoker will be held tonight at 9:00 in Swain HalL All members of the Sophomore class are request ed to be present. The Freshman Smoker will be held tomorrow night at t,he same time in Swain HalL This will be the first meeting this year of the classes in a body. i - If A mj TTif QDFATf ILVljlI JL" 01 JuiJLl.1. ON PLAYMAKERS Illustrated Lecture Tonight for Benefit of New Men Will Be Followed by Reading of First Production on Friday Night. There will be two interesting pro grams this week for the students in terested in the Playmaker work. On Thursday at 7:30 o'clock in the Play maker building, Professor Koch will show the pictures of the Playmakers. Samuel Seldon on Friday at 7:30 o'clock will read "Ten Nights in a Bar-room," which will be the first Playmaker production of the year. There will be no admission charge. , Professor Koch will show the pic tures of the Carolina Playmakers con cerning their work in the past, and will accompany the showing of the 100 colored slides with a brief story of the development of the Play makers. This talk will be of especial benefit to the freshmen who are in terested in the work being done by the Playmakers and all are urged to be out Thursday evening. "Ten Nights in a Bar-room," is the old temperance play which : was a dapted from the story by T. S. Ar thur. This thrilling old melodrama i& to be the first Carolina production of the year and , all those who are interested in trying . out for parts should ; hear the reading of the play by, Mr. Seldon on Friday evening. The tryouts will take place next week, the exact time to be announced later. . The Cleveland county club will hold its first meeting .of the year tonight at the Y. M. C. A., 10 p. m. Officers will be elected and plans will be made for the coming year. All men from Cleveland county, particularly all new men, are invited to be present. British Debating Carolina Team in Chapel Hill EX-HI-Y MEMBERS MEETTOORGANIZE Freshman Friendship Council Effects Organization for Com n ing Year; Officers Elected. The organization of the Freshman Friendship Council of the University of North Carolina took place Tuesday night at the Methodist church follow ing a Banquet given for the ex-Hi-Y men of the state high schools. During th'e course of the Banquet several six minute addresses were made by members of the faculty. Col." R. B. House made a brief talk on "Making Freshmen Feel Friendly," in which, he set forth the importance of the Freshman Council as a medium of making he freshmen acquainted. Following this Dean Francis F Brad shaw selected for his topic "Random Shots." Mr. ' Workman of the School of Religion, gave a talk concerning the religious aspect of college life. Following these addresses the Y." M. C. A. quartet composed of Graham Poyner, Alex Mendenhall, William Downs, and Paul-Scurlock sang sev eral selections: for the entertainment of the group. William ' Bobbitt act ing as Toastmaster, 1 introduced- the officers : and leaders of the Young Men's ; Christian Association to the group of first year men. H. F. Comer, Secretary of the local "Y" welcomed the freshmen into Y. M. C. A. work. Immediately after the Banquet the organization of a Council .took place. The - following officers - were elected : President, Stanley Moore of States ville; Vice-President, Ubar Crissman of High Point; Secretary, Main Al bright from Greensboro;. Treasurer, WTorth Helms from Charlotte, The first meeting of the Freshman Friend ship Council a3 a' body-will be .held next Monday night at the Y. M. C. A. Stellas Centes ( i A Harry Schwartz, All-state center All-State last year, is alpying his usual bang up game and will be heard from quite frequently as the season pro gresses. . Di Senate Holds First Fall Meeting Officers Installed and Committees for Fall . Quarter Appointed. - The Di Senate got underway on an ambitious fall program at , the first meeting of the Senate held in Man ning Hall Tuesday night. The ses sion was short, consisting only of the installation of officers and the ap pointing of committees. The new officers to take their , oath of office were as follows: Bryce Park er, president; Henry Brown, presi-dent-protem; Mercer Blankenship; as sistant treasurer; Marion Follin, clerk; and Alexander, sergeant-at-arms. The Senate will meet at the Law building again next Tuesday night at 7:15. Plans for the years work will be submitted and names of jiew men will be proposed for membership at that time. Team to Meet Debate Council Has ; Arranged for Debate With an All-Star British Team in November. WILL DEBATE PACIFISM The University Debate Council has succeeded in scheduling a meet with a British team sent . to the United States by the National Union of Stu dents. Negotiations have been under way for some time looking toward this and only recently has the Caro lina Council been able to arrange a definite date with the visitors. This team is on a par with the Oxford University team which debated here three years ago,r and the University Debate Council is very glad of the op portunity to meet them. The; question to be argued will be Resolved: That the only. effective at titude towards war is an uncompro mising pacifism. This , is a question which has aroused the keenest discus sion on the campus since the Human Relations Institute of last spring featured a number of men who had very definite views on this subject. Those who heard the discussions o,f the Institute - will remember the ar guments; advanced by Kirby Page, J. J. Cornelius, and Herbert Adams Gib bons on i this all-engrossing subject. Either side . of the question is open to the University and the Debate Council is holding the choice of sides off until it can, get expressions of opinion from some of the men who in tend to work for places on the team. The teams will consist of .three men each. The tentative plan of debate which has been accepted will provide for giving- each team 45 minutes to be used as it sees fit. In all probabil ity the teams- will not be divided, so there will be ample opportunity ; to find- out which team can . put up the stronger argument. The three gentlemen composing the (Continued on page four) LINE-UP CHANGED FOR JMNESSEE Whisnant Calling Signals; Oth er Changes; Carolina Out to A v en ere Defeat of Last Year. DODDERER MAY START The University of North Carolina's second battle of the 1927 grid sea son next Saturday will be a test of improvement. The Tar Heels are card ed to oppose the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee on Emerson Feld here at 3 o'clock and the Heels will be primed for vengeance. Mary land is to be met here the following week. Last fall in the second game of the season a husky Volunteer eleven swamped a green Tar Heel squad 34 to 0 at Knoxville. This year the North Carolinians get the Vols on home ter ritory and with a year's training in Knute Rockne's style of play. What will they do this time? If you ask Chuck Collins, head coach of the Tar Heels, that question he's not likely to tell you very much of anything. The only statement he has issued for publication this fall is, "They'll not beat us that bad again." At any rate he has been trying several new combinations on the Uni versity's first string outfit this week. Apparently dissatisfied with the Tar Heels' showing last Saturday, he has been shoving new blood into the var sity line-up in hopes of injecting a riew spirit. The first backfield this week shows Whisnant, a sophomore, calling sig nals to the first backfield. That first backfield looks different too, for only- one of the veterans who opened the Wake Forest game is in the line-up. Billy Ferrell has ben shifted from left half to fullback, and Ward is run ning at left half. Harry Lassiter has replaced Young at right half. - Opening the holes for this quartet is a line that is almost the same in personnel as the starting forwards lasj; Saturday. However, despite the fact that the youngsters did the most effective work in the line then, the shifts this week have tended to strengthen the holes with veteran ma terial. Both Add Warren and Charlie Lipscomb, veteran tackles, have been running at right guard; and Bill Dod-' derer, a letter end of two seasons ago, has been moved over from the right flank to take a try at the left end POSt. , . :., COUNCIL RULES GREEKS CAN'T FEEDJiUSHEES Inter-fraternity Council Prohi bits Taking Rushees To Any Meal Except Mid-day Meal on Sunday. NEW RULINGS IN EFFECT The Inter-fraternity Council met Tuesday night, and one more ruling was adopted concerning rushing sea son. -This resolution was to the ef fect that no fraternity man may take a freshman to a meal, except for the midday meal on Sunday. This regu lation applies to fraternity dining rooms, hotels, cafes, cafeterias, and boarding houses. According to the Council's rul in p-r rushing season began officially Fri day, September the twenty-third, and wan close Friday, October the twentv- first at six , P. M. ' The neriod nf silence begins Wednesday, October the nineteenth at twelve P. M., and lasts through Friday afternoon. t which time bids will be given out in Memorial Hall. Any fraternity violating the , period of silence will forfeit it3 one-hundred dollar bond. Two new rules were decided upon last, spring by the Council, and. these regulations together with the recent decision will be enforced this season. Last year's, additions were: 1. No fraternity man may pay a freshman's admission to the . picture show, except on Friday and . Satur day nights. Freshmen . may attend in the company of fraternity men, but they must pay their own way. . No fraternity man may take a freshman away ' from ; Chapel ' Hill on the-week-end before pledge-day, that is the week-end of October the 14th. The old -rule to the effect that no fraternities may." give "feeds" or ban quets for freshmen still holds.
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