VOLUME XXXVI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1927
NUMBER 20
V.M. I. Scores Toiichdovn
Early In Game to Lick Tar
Heels in Clash at Lexington
Flying Cadets Win by 7 to 0
Score in Hard Fought
Gridiron Battle.
Fumbles and Misplays are Fatal
To Carolina's Chances at Vic
tory on' Virginia -Opponent's
Field,
The Tar Heels journeyed up to Lex
ington, Va., and helped make Virgin
ia Military Institute's annual "Home
Coming Day" a success last Saturday
by dropping a hard fought gridiron
battle to the Flying Cadets 7 to 0. It
was the Cadets' fifth victory over the
North Carolina eleven since 1894, and
was won via the blocked 'and recov
ered punt route.
The winning score came in the first
quarter, and throughout the rest of
the game the Tar Heels ran true to
form. That, is they ran true to the'
form they have displayed all this sea
son. The 'Carolina backs swept up
apd down the field in All-American
fashion until they got within the scor
ing zones, and then weekly Nemesis
struck. A fumble or fatal misplays of
one variety or another lost them their
chances to win. During . that first
quarter the scoring period the Ca
dets carried the ball into Carolina ter
ritory several times, but they could
not deliver when the pinch came. Once
they penetrated as far as the fifteen
yard ; line, but failed to make their
distance, and Jimmie Ward booted the
ball far out into the great open spaces
The Cadets received and began their
scoring drive. ' Al Barnes, brilliant
Virginia back, was bearing the brunt
of the attack for his team, and it was
only after he had lugged the skin
through the Carolina line for 15 yards
and placed it within ten yards of the
goal that he was injured' He was
carried from the field, and Hotzclaw
replaced him at left half.
Hotzclaw and Hawkins alternated
in toting the ball and progress as far
as the one yard line, but there they
found the big Blue line impregnable
The ball went over on downs. Jim
mie Ward dropped back into his own
end zone to kick. O'Berry blocked
' the kick,, and Rugh recovered for a
touchdown. Harner place-kicked for
the extra point.
From then on the Heels romped al
over the field, carrying the fight to
the Cadets, but always something hap
pened at crucial points. Jimmie Ward
was the running star for the Caro
lina eleven, and Young and Lassiter
ably seconded him in his efforts.
It remained for Steve Furches, how
ever, to 'furnish the most sensational
bit f, work of the day. I At the start
of the second half he received the kick
off and started romping down the
field. With "beautifully timed inter
ference, he lugged the ball irom his
own 15 yard line to the Cadet 25 yard
mark before he was pulled down.
T 4.t- - i: ii
ill uie opposing lines vue wuia ui
O'Berry, Rugh and Mundy of V. M. I.,
and of Warren and Donahoe of Car
olina proved outstanding. Time after
time Donahoe and Warren, saved the
day for the Tar -Heels by their hard
tackles and fine blocking and charg-
Line-up and summary: ,
North-Carolina V.M. I.
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PLANS ARE BEING
MADE TO HANDLE
TOTING VISITORS
Y Members to Direct Traffic,
Serve'. Lunch, and Give
Information.
MONOGRAM CLUB
TO BE HONORED
BYGRAILDANCE
Swain Hall Will Be Converted
Into Ballroom for Affair "
After Davidson Game.
Wild Varmint Brings Terror to
Campus ill Early Morning Hours
The three cabinets of the local Y.
M. C. A. are completing: their nlans
or the ' Carolina-Virginia football
game which will be played m the
Kenan Memorial Stadium on Novem
ber 24. , . ' - '
Under the supervision of Grady
Leonard, 'self-help secretary,' the Y
groups have been divided into four
departments, each , of which is under
the control of a chairman from the
Junior-Senior Cabinet. " Probably the
most important of these groups is the
Traffic department which is headed
by Aubrey Perkins. This section will
be composed of .about fifty police-boys
chosen mainly from the Freshman
class. They will be furnished with
official caps and clubs, and will take
charge of the parking of cars, and"
assist in preventing the congestion of
traffic. They have planned to chalk
off the campus and the athletic fields
so that any car may get out at any
time during the game without having
to wait for another car to pull out
from in front or behind him. This
will greatly relieve the tensity of the
traffic situations of previous vears.
Officials from the Carolina Motor Club
will instruct this group- in the know
ledge of traffic laws about ten days
before the event.
The lunch department, which . will
be situated between Old South and
Gerrard Hall, wiil be in charge of
Babby Wilkins., This department-will
prepare box lunches, sell cold drinks,
and candy. . In former years the ma
jority of the cafes and eating houses
at Chapel Hill have had to close on
account of an insufficient food sup
ply. The lunch counter hopes to over-
come this difficulty. s ! '
Both the check room . and the in
formation counter will be located in
the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. Killian
Barwick has supervision of the check
ing counter which "will keep all par
cels and bundles for the visitors free
of charge. The information bureau
will serve the visitors in any way pos
sible to give directions,'1 locations of
the buildings, addresses, and other in
formation. Walter Creech heads this
bureau.
AH of this work is voluntary, and
will be run along somewhat the same
plan as it was two years ago. The
Y. M. C. A. hopes to render the cam
pus a helpful service through this
work.
Swain Hall has been secured by
the Order of the Grail for the dance
Saturday night, it was announced yes
terday, afternoon by - Joe Bobbitt,
treasurer of the organization.
B'ynum gymnasium, used by the
Grail for most of their 'dances,-is
thought entirely . inadequate for the
crowds expected, Saturday night.
Several other dances are being plan
ned by fraternities for the week-end
and, in addition to the Davidson-Car-olina
football game, are expected to
attract riumerous visitors to Chapel
Hill.
Music will be' furnished by Kay
Kyser and his Orchestra. Dancing
will last from 9 to 12 o'clock with a
short intermission during which spec
ial entertainment will be provided.
Lavish decorations in keeping with
the spirit of the season and of the
footbalF game will be used.
This dance is given in honor of the
Monogram club. "
A special effort to preserve order
will be made, and German club regu
lations concerning drinking and the
debarment of freshmen will be rigid
ly enforced.
The Grail considers itself especially
fortunate in securing Swain hall for
this occasion, as an effort is made each
year the Davidson game is played here
to furnish the campus with the high
est type of social entertainment pos7
sible. The regular admission price to
Grail dances will not be raised Sat
urday night.
The Grail dance last Saturday
night in Bynum Gymnasium was not
as crowded as . dances of this type
usually are, but the- ratio of about
twenty boys to one girl wa s exasper
atingiy maintained. .1 here was no
attraction here Saturday afternoon
and consequently there were few visit
ing girls for the dance. The majority
were from Durham and Chapel Hill
The gym was decorated with blue
and white streamers and was lighted
with Japanese lanterns." The Buc
caneer orchestra furnished music.
(By Glenn P, Holder)
i A . wild varmint of unknown species
as been causing wide-spread com
ment and speculation recently by its
meanderings about the University
campus. - The animal is stoutly de
clared by some, of the number who
have seen it to be a coyote while
others just as stoutly aver that it is
a member of the, fox family, probably
of the gray branch of the clan of
Reynard. A few moe imaginative of
hose who have seen the varmint si-
ently ' darting across the campus at
night insist that it is none other than
an immature timber wolf.. ,
It has been seen in broad daylight
frolicking in the space back ; of the
old - Acacia house with sbme of the
numerous Chapel Hill mongrels, and
its appearance contrasted sharply
with, that of its more civilized cousins.
The most logical explanation of the
Mid - Term Marks y
Posted Today in South
Last, Year's System of Grading Again
Being Used.
Morehead
Faris
Schwartz
Donahoe
Warren
Presson
Furches
Ward
Young
Ferrell
1. t.
1. g-
c.
r. g.
1. t.
r. e.
q. b.
1. h.
r. h.
Rugh
O'Berry
Mondy
Haase
Newlett
Thornhill
Hawkins
Barnes
..... Sabers
"McCrary
W. & L. Campus Has a
Cosmopolitan Aspect
- The student body of Washington
and Lee, now totaling 870 men, pre
sents a more cosmopolitan aspect than
ever before in its history, according
to an article appearing in the Ring
turn Phi, student newespaper of the
neighboring- institution. Washington
and Lee has long been noted for the
wide territory from which it draws
its students and this year's registra
tion would bear out the reputation.
Thirty-nine states are represented
this year to thirty-three, last.' Be
sides these , there are students '.from
the District of Columbia, China, Italy,
Mexico, Panama and Porto Rico.
Virginia 'furnishes the greatest
number, but Florida is exceptionally
well represented as the following fig
ures of the leading states show: '
Virginia 198, Florida 57, Tennessee
46, Alabama 44, Kentucky 43, New
York 43,' Texas 43, .West Virginia 41,
Pennsylvania 35, New Jersey 29.
Other. states are represented in de
creasing numbers. - .-. "
. Mid-term grades will be posted
this morning at' the Registrar's
office in South Building, it was
announced by Registrar T. J. Wil
son yesterday afternoon. The
grades will beposted on the bul
letin boards in alphabetical order,
and the office will be open to "stu
dents after nine o'clock.
, The same system of grading
used last year will be utilized
again this year. A "W" indicates
that the student's work is un
satisfactory, and that fie is on the
border line .between passing and
failing,' while an "X" means that
he is , failing outright. A check
is.the marie for satisfactory work.
Jnknown Animal Causes Speculation as Unearthly Howls Rent
Calm Night Air;. Has Been Seen Darting About..
presence of the beast on the ultra
civilized 'University campus, far from
the haunts of its fellow denizens of
the big timber, is that some Chapel
Hillian brought "the animal here as
a pet, and that it is allowed to wan
der about at will. There are those
who hold that it has never been in
captivity and that it forages in from
the wilds of Orange county at inter
vals. . ' ..
It is said that several times lately
wild, unearthly howls have rent .'the
still air of the campus in the small
hours of the early morning, and they
are attributed to the animal. At any
rate, whatever the animal is, wild or
tame, ferocious or friendly, it has
stirred up a lively interest hereabouts,
and students coming in from Durham
or other points at midnight and after
are keeping a weather eye peeled for
it. ": " ' c :
KALIFOFRAVAK
HERE TONIGHT AT
MEMORIAL HALL
Gene Erwin " Plays i Leading
"Lady"; Costumes, and Light
ings Are Featured.
Reviewer Praises Carolina
Playmaker Northern Tour Bill
Lively Session of Phi
Expected Tonight
Three Interesting Resolutions to ; Be
Discussed; Members Wanted.
"Scuffletown Outlaws" by Wil
liam N. Cox and the Author's
Acting are Highly Lauded.
The regular meeting of the Phi
Assembly will Be held tonight at 7:30
M. Officials -urge that" all mem
bers be present' as the attendance has
been far from gratifying thus far
this quarter. It will take the cooper
ation of the whole Assembly to suc
cessfully put across its proposed cam
paign which is now under way to get
the new hall furnished properly.
The few who have been present at
the past meetings have .enjoyed some
good programs and the questions for
tonight should furnish the most heated
arguments of the quarter. The reso
lutions are as follows:
1. Resolved: That the Printing
Association of N. C. is justified in its
ten percent wage reduction plan.
Ways and Means Committee.
2. Resolved : That Congress should
adopt the proposed Calendar ' ot
thirteen months of thirty days each.
Ways and Means Committee.
3. Resolved: That the . "solid
, y
South'" would support Al Smith if he
were nominated for President by the
next Democratic Convention.
Ways , and Means Committee.
Dr. Knight to Assist
In Survey of Florida
Dr. E. W. Knight of the School of
Education has been asked to assist
in a general educational survey of
Florida which will be conducted
throughout the coming year by Dr.
George .D. Strayer of Columbia Uni
versity, Professor N. W. Walker, Dean
of the Educational School announces.
This work will not require Dr.
Knight to secure, a leave-of -absence
from the University, as he
will nave to make only occasional
trips to Florida while the survey is in
progress. -
THE SCUFFLETOWN OUT
LAWS, A Tragedy, by Wil
liam Norment Cox. ' " -
FIXIN'S, A Tragedy, by Paul
and Erma Green.
ON DIXON'S PQRCH, A com
edy, by Wilbur Stout and Ellen
Lay.
Playmaker Theatre.
Nov. 5th.
Saturday,
Dr. Coker's Vision Realized in
' Chapel Hill, "The Beautiful
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University Professor of Botany, Has Created One of North Caro
lina's Beauty Spots from Tract of Swamp Land;
f Works at Task for 25 Years. .
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Scoring
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Score by periods:
V. M. I. :
Carolina
'. Summary: V. M
touchdown Hugh. Point after touch
down, Harner sub for Nabbrs)
(placement). -' , ,
Officials: Referee, Elcock, ; (Dart
mouth) ; umpire,. Street (Auburn) ;
I headlinesman, Hoban, (Dartmouth) .'
Miss Rachel Davis visited friends
in Leaksville this week-end. .
Freshman Tennis
All freshmen who are interest
ed in trying out for the Tar Baby
tennis team please report today'
on the varsity courts at 3 P.M.
In case of rain or bad weather the
meeting will be held in room
number 112 J dormitory. There
will be a practice match with
the varsity netmen Wednesday
afternoon.
FLEMING WILEY, Mgr.
Miss Gladys Dewar spent the week
end in Raleigh.
- " (By Miss Lucy M. Cobb)
Visitors to Chapel Hill are wont to
describe the university village as pic
turesque and beautiful, but doubtless
a great many of them have gone away
without learning that the picture of
beauty they admired so much was the
handiwork of one member of the uni
versity faculty.;-
It has taken Dr. William Chambers
Coker nearly 25 years to paint the
picture of beauty that one finds in
the present-day Chapel Hill, but no
one can gainsay that he has wrought
a work of wonderment. . His achieve
ment definitely places him as an artist
of the first rank this man who has
been the guiding genius in the artistic
development' of the university cam
pus and village. t
Dr.- Coker came to the University in
1902 "with a vision in his mind's eye.
Within two years he started work to
ward bringing .that vision into exist
ence. He began the arboretum,
which today, with more than 500 va
rieties is perhaps the finest exhibit
of North Carolina plant life, and one
of " the most beautiful spots in this
section of the country. In bringing
this vision into reality Dr. Coker has
worked against great odds and with
virtually no -resources other than his
Little To Start With ,
At the time he came here the uni
versity was hard pressed for main
tenance funds and Dr. Coker had to
start his work with little encourage
ment. He had come as "assistant pro
fessor of botany, after winning his
doctor's degree at -Johns Hopkins. He
found a -five-acre tract of boggy
swamp land, known in those days as
Governor Swain's pasture, which was
considered unfit for building - pur
poses. Dr. Holmes and Dr. Gore had
made some efforts to drain the place,
but the task had been given up as
hopeless. It was often sowed in
crimson clover, in an attempt to en
(Continued on page four)
(By Joe Mitchell)
Coming out of the Playmaker the
atre on Saturday night, I heard a
young lady say: "And. I did so want
to go to the dance tonight." Even
after taking in consideration the
young woman's probable intelligence,
I felt that her indirect criticism was
frightfully unjust.
The" three plays from, the north
ern tour bill are strikingly well
balanced and .certainly well acted. Mr.
William Norment Cox's Scuffletown
Outlaws is the . high-water mark of
Playmaker productions. It is the fin
est play this group has ever spon
sored, and it is the one folk play which
is .not cheapened by an overdose of
sentimentality and second-rate melo
drama. It . is historical drama, and
facts were more or less woven in. Per
haps this is the reason. . Certainly it
is a play which is as near actor-proof
as folk-plays get to be.
And it was brilliantly interpreted.
Mr. Cox, the author, carried the lead,
Henry Berry Lowrie, outlaw chief
tain, with remarkable warmth - and
sincerity. His is a part easily over
acted, but he managed to steer clear
of open breaks throughout. His was
the finest acting of the evening. Mr
Howard Bailey, as the chieftain's,
brother, almost succeeded in turning
a fine tragic part into rank melo
drama. His voice is not at all suited
for tragedy. Mr. Lawrence Wallace
as Luke Lockleair, a youh'g Indian, was
capital. . Mr. Hubert Heffner and Mr.
John Hardin were iip to standard,
Miss Katherine BattsMs an exceed
ingly clever actress, but it i easy to
miscast her, and in this the Playmak
ers have succeeded. Miss Josephine
Sharkev was also miscast. She was
as dispassionate as the table through
out, except for minor lapses, when
over-acting was all too flashy.
The chairs used in this play were
undoubtedly manufactured in -High
Point sometime this year. They were
blaringly ostentatious side-by-side
with the home-made, peg-legged stool.
And the hinges on the window-shut
ter need a" thorough greasing. They
squeaked -when they shouldn't, and
Mr. , Bailey had to' exxtricate himself
from meddlesome situations twice on
their account: -.". -
The lighting for this play was very
poor. With good eyes, one could prob
ably distinguish the players, but when
the candle light flickered they became
shadowy " forms mpving drunkenly
across the stage. Their faces were
hardly evep in outline, and saving
pantomime on the part of the actress
es was probably missed. Baby-spots
in the right positions on side or over
head, or even three shaded-ambers in
the footlights would Have perfected
(Continued on page thr$)
The ' Kalif of Kavak will be given
tonight and tomorrow1 at Memorial
Hall at 8:30 by the Wigue and
Masque. This is said to be the best
show ever presented by the organiza
tion and no expense has been spared
to make the show a success. The price
of admission is $1:25 for reserved seat
and $1.00 for general admission.
..A' stage, with elaborate curtains and
hangings has been erected in Memo
rial Hall, and a dress rehearsal was
held last night. The costumes , for
the most part are rather sparse, con
sidering the space that eachv is to
cover. '
The stage settings were designed
and painted by Gene Erwin, who has
the part of the leading lady, and is
expected to really do that part well.
. Fred Dick and Billy Shaffner have
had supervision of the construction of
the stage. As for music the orches
tration has been arranged by T. Smith
.McCorkle; a fifteen piece band will
exert itself to please the audience. One
song in particular, which will be sung
by "Jack," W.-Y. Feimster, has been
published, and will go on sale tonight
during the show, and thereafter will
be on sale throughout the state. The
wbrds to this song were composed by
Billy Vaught, and the music by Dag
gett. Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
will use it considerably.
All productions of the Wigue and
Masque have been of a very high qual
ity, and the one they are putting on
tonight and tomorrow was presented
several years ago before a large
crowd. The directors are auite en
thusiastic and are confident that this
offering will .be better than the first
one. Gene Erwin, the leading "lady'
and Frank Howell, who has the sec
ond most important feminine part,
are as good as any seen in this sec
tion of the country. The chorus is
said to be an excellent part of the,
show. . . .
Freshman Mind Equal
To Army Major, Says
Psychology Teacher
New York, Nov. 7.-(New Student
service). There is no flattery r for
the army in the report of. Dr. W. R.
Atkinson, psychology instructor at
Southwestern College, that the aver
age intelligence of the freshman class
is equivalent to that of a United
States army major. i
Dr. Atkinson announces that "two
years ago the freshman was equal
to an army sergeant in mental acuity;
last year equal to a captain, and this
year equal to a major." This indi
cates, he says,' that the present class
rates above the average. However,
there is a question involved. Inas
much as the freshmen, even though
the professor spoke of "acuity" and
not "vacuity." It will probably take
a congressional investigation to de-
Lei limit w liu is uiK guai ui .J- -fi-t-
kinson's startling announcement.
Club Holds Meeting
Sam Parp F.lertp-A PrlfTTit Sohr!n1
t of Meetings and Programs Made.
The Rockingham County Club Tield
its initial meeting of the year Thurs
day evening in the county clubrobm
of the Y building. The meeting- was
well- attended by new and old mem
bers. Maurice Heiner of Leaksville,
presided in the absence of the presi
dent, "Bull" Gardner.
After a brief introduction of the
new men, the fallowing officers were
elected for the remainder of the year:
Sam Pace, president; . -Ban Moore,
vice-president; and Clyde McKinney,
secretary-treasurer. The- purposes
and policies of the club were explained
to the new men by the president. A
schedule of meetings and programs
was formulated which will be pub
lished prior to the next meeting. ;'
A Correction
The name of Joe Pemberton who
was nominated last Thursday, for sec
retary of the freshman class was in
advertently left out of the list as given
n the Saturday issue of the Tab Heel.
We offer our apologies. -
The election of "the officers for the
class of 1931 will be held ' Friday,
November 11.