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Boxing Carolina vs. Duke
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WEDNESDAY
Opening of Press Institute
CAROLINA INN 7:30 P. M.
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VOLUME XXXVI
ZIEGFiELD WILL
JUDGE PICTURES
FOR VANITY FAIR
New York Producer to Select
Prettiest Girls for
Yackety Yack.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,1928
NUMBER 37
A. B. ANDREWS
Florenz Ziegfield, producer of the
famous Ziegfield's Follies, who was
asked recently to act as judge for the
Vanity Fair section of the Yackety
Yack, has accepted the task. His
appropriateness for such work is un
questioned since hks Follies, the mem
bers of which are famed as fine ex
amples of . pulchritude, is directly
under his managementand he chooses
the girls of which, the revue is com
posed. All the pictures entered will
be sent to him in New York by Feb
ruary 1.
The Vanity Fair division, is being
given much attention this year. June
Adams and Jack Pringle are editors
of this department, and both the editor-in-chief
and assistant editor, John
O. Allison and Walter Spearman, are
giving much of their time and per
sonal attention to this phase of the
year book.
There will be ten pictures selected
and each will be given a full, page.
Such an arrangement is considerably
more elaborate than the section has
had in the past few years, when two
small pictures were put on each page.
Probably only the head and shoulders
will be shown, so pictures of this
type should be turned in if conven
ient. Each student may enter as 5 many
pictures as he desires and it is quite
feasible that one student may see sev
eral faces of his girl appear as the
most beautiful because no regard will
be given the sponsors of the different
photos, and Mr. Ziegfield's first ten
choices will be used irrespective of
whether more than one were from
the same student. There are . no
charges whatever attached to enter
ing photographs, and all pictures will
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HOTEL DESTROYED
BY FIRE SATURD'Y
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Midnight Blaze, Consumes Chap
el Hill Landmark; Durham
Sends Aid.
A. B "Andrews (above) Raleigh
lawyer, is the new president of the
General Alumni Association of the
University.
ANDREWS HEADS
CAROLINA ALUMNI
Raleigh Attorney to Succeed
A. M. Scales of Greensboro
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as President.
The General Alumni association of
the University of North Carolina
chose for its president in the recent
election, A. B. Andrews of Raleigh.
Other officers selected were: Leslie
Weil of Goldsboro, first vice-president;
Francis A. Grudger of Asheville
second vice-president.
The new president, succeeds Alfred
M. Scales of Greensboro, and has
been acting-head of the association
since last fall when Mr. Scales, on
account of ill-health, requested . that
he take the position. Mr. Andrews
is a graduate of the class of 1893.
He finished his law course here a
year later. He is, at present, an ae-
. (Continued on page four)
North Carolina Newspapermeii
Session Tomorrow
Heel Gridders To Play Six
Conference Elevens in 1928
BOXING NOTICE
All men who have stopped
going out for the boxing squad
are requested to turn in their
equipment at the stadium to
day and tomorrow from 4:00
to 6:00.
HENRY C. LAY,
." Mgr. of Boxing
PLAYERS OBSERVE
TWELFTH NIGHT
Original Entertainment and Dancing
Furnish Fun for Playmakers.
Season Opens With Wake For
est September 29 in Kenan
Stadium.
Twelfth Night was celebrated Fri
day, evening at 8:30 o'clock in the
Playmaker theatre by the singing of
carols, dances, skits and refresh
ments. The Playmakers and all peo
work with them
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were guests.
The program consisted of a num
ber of carols sung by a group of
young people directed by Mrs. Walter
Hilton,' the Flamborough sword
dance which was done by Chapel Hill
boys under the direction of Miss Jo
sephine Sharkey, banjo selections by
J. Wardlow and his Carolina Banjo
Boys, a clever skit by Alvin Hahn
entitled Clippings, songs played on
the saw by Miss Noel Walker, sing
ing by a Glee Club quartet, a skit
by Miss Ruth Rogers, a female im
personation and dance by Jim Share,
and also a short playlet, Pierrot and
Pierrette, by Miss Mary Margaret
Wray and ' featuring the author,
which were the outstanding features
of the bill.
After the completion of the pro
gram, the guests were served punch
and cakes in, the lounge room. After
wards, those who wished to, danc
ed on the stage? Music was furnished
by the Banjo Boys and Donald Wood.
The Bureau of Vocational Infor
mation is operating a bulletin a board
in the . lobby of the Y.M.C.A. This
board contains announcements of vo
cational tours and cruises, Civil. Ser
vice examinations, positions" and no
tices of general interest. Questions
concerning any of the matters post
ed on the board will be answered at
Ten games are provided for on th&
complete 1928 Carolina football sche
dule. ' Six of these games are with
Southern Conference institutions and
the remaining four are with three
state schools and Harvard university.
Five games will be played here in
the new stadium, and another one
will be played in easy access to the
student body.
Two new teams, Harvard and V.
p. I., are found on this schedule.
They replace Tennessee and V. M. I.
with whom suitable dates for next
year could not be arranged-
The Har Heels again will open the
Kpasnn with, Wake Forest, but the
game will be played here in the Kenan j
Stadium ' instead of at Wake Forest. ,
Under the rotating system the game
would normally be played on Gore
Field but in view of the large at
tendance expected the officials of
both'schools have agreed that it would
be better to use Carolina's large sta
dium especially, suited for large
crowds. '
Maryland takes the place held by
Tennessee on last year's schedule, and
Harvard. fills the place left vacant by
Maryland. South" Carolina has been
shifted to a later date and V. P. I.
fills the date held by South Carolina
on this year's card.
Georgia Tech, Southern Conference
champions for the past season, will
be met here October 27, and the fol
lowing week N. C. State will be' met
in Raleigh. The State game normally
would be played here under the ro
tating plan," but it has been moved
to Raleigh in view of the fact that it
was played here the Tar Heels would
play four consecutive home games.
Virginia will again hold the
Thanksgiving v date, tthe game to be
played at Charlottesville. The Duke
game has been shifted from the Sat
urday of the week preceding the Vir
ginia game to the Saturday of the
week' immediately following it.
This gives Carolina one of. the hard
est grid schedules of any team in the
South as the Tar Heels meet five
Conference teams and Harvard in
' succession. The Tar Heels meet
Maryland, Harvard, V. P. I. Georgia
Tpch N. C. State and South Carolina
(Continued on page, four)
A twenty thousand dollar, blaze
totally destroyed the old Pickard
Hotel building Saturday night about
eleven-thirty o'clock. The blaze be
gan in the attic of the building from
an unknown cause, and was thought
by the fire department to have Tbeen
extinguished when called to the scene
about ten-thirty. The fire depart
ment withdrew their attack only to
be called again later to find the en
tire roof ablaze. The dry frame struc
ture burned like paper, and the great
est task of the fire-fighters was to
prevent the adjoining houses from
being destroyed, j - '
The Pickard Hotel was one of the
oldest hosterlies in the state still
serving the public. It is said that the
building was about eighty years old.
It as built by Mr. Pickard and was
sold some time ago to Colonel Uzzell,
owner and operator at the time of
the blaze. Mr. Uzzell is said to fiave
had the building insured ,f6r f ten
thousand dollars, or about half the
estimated damage done by the blaze.
The furniture on the lower floor fwas
saved, but that on the second floor
and the attic floor was destroyed by
the flames before the throng of help
ers could save it. A call for-help was
answered by the Durham Fire Depart
ment .after the ' blaze had gained a
dangerous headway. The Durham
Chief directed his attack - on the
sparks which were falling on houses
for three blocks. Every fire-fighting
implement in Chapel Hill was utilized
to quiet the raging flames, but to no
avail. ' Garden hoses were used to
sprinkle nearby houses.
Excited students who were room
ing in the hotel threw their trunks
out the windows from the second
floor at the first call of the siren, and
the students themselves tied sheets
together for the descent to terra
firma. Students escaped without in
jury. .
Lhapel Hill business concerns
closed their doors during the fire so
that their employees could aid the fire
department. About three thousand
people saw the blaze which attracted
spectators from Durham and the sur
rounding country. A Pathe camera
man happened to be in Durham and
came over to get some hot scenes of
the fire and of the crowd in night at
tire.
An old country negro who ran over
the fire hose with his Ford after the
fire was almost extinguished, was ar
rested and rudely searched by Officer
Mayes, and taken to the pen without
the. chance of bail. The darkey had
run over the hose to get around some
men who were standing in his way
Officer Mayes found no gun or liquor
on the negro. Mayes is a new man on
the force. .
Sunday about twelve o'clock the
last embers of the fire were still send
ing up little blue columns of smoke
Editorial Board Notice
The Editorial Board of the
Tar Heel will meetr tonight at
eight o'clock in the office of the
publication in the basement of
Alumni. All members of the
Board are requested by the edi
tor to be present. y v
BOXERS TO OPEN
SEASON TONIGHT
Duke Blue Devils to Fight Tar
Heels at Tin Can at
8:00 P. M.
Mrs. Cale K. Burgess and family
visited her mother, Mrs. Irene Lee
Sunday. .
A. L. Stockton, President, to
Preside Over Institute at Car
olina Inn. President H. W.
Chase Will Deliver Address of
Welcome at Opening Session;
Pew To Speak.
BARWICKISNEW
SPEAKER OF PHI
Easterners Plan to Furnish New
.: ' ; Assembly Hall ; Meeting To
night at Seven.
The Carolina mittmeA will knock
the lid off of the 1928 boxing season
when they meet the Duke leather-
pushers tonight in the Tin Can at
8 o'clock. .
Coach Crayton Rowe has had his
men hard at work in the squared cir
cle since Thanksgiving. Much time
has been spent developing new ma
terial and the results show that the
time has not been wasted. Four let
ter men form the nucleus of the var
sity squad: Captain Ed Butler, Ox
Shuford, and Charlie Brown from
last year's team, and Roy Prof fitt
from the 1926 team. Coley, bantam
weight, served his apprenticeship last
year on the freshman team, while
Rufus White and Bob Mauney have
had plenty of experience, but have
not represented Carolina in the ring
before.
Boxing has been in vogue on the
Duke campus for several years, but
this is the first year that they have
stepped into the limelight. Not much
is known of the strength of either
the varsity or freshman team, but
it is said that Warren, middleweight,
and Culp, heavyweight on the var
sity, are exceptionally good scrappers.
Warren is the brother of K. O. War
ren, former Carolina light heavy
weight star. The Warren family also
has a representative on the Tar Baby
team in the form of John Warren
who boxes in the light heavyweight
class. .
Carolina's line-up :
Coley, bantamweight ; white feath
erweight; Mauney or Allen, light
weight ;' Capt. E. Butler, welter
weight; Charlie Brown,' middle
weight; Roy Profitt, light heavy
weight ; Ox Shuford, heavyweight.
Golfers to Meet
Friday at Chapel Period
There will be. ameeting of all those
wishing to try out for the Carolina
golf team, Friday 'morning at chapel
period in 314 Saunders. Announce
ment of the date and conditions of
the try-outs will be made, and plans
for the spring schedule discussed. It
is absolutely essential that all who in
tend to try-out for the team attend
this meeting, officials stated yesterday.
Newspapermen of the state will be
gin to arrive in Chapel Hill for , the
fourth annual newspaper institute,
which opens with an address of wel
come by : Harry W. '. Chase, president
of the University, at the Carolina Inn
tomorrow " evening. The institute,
which is conducted under the auspices
of the University and the North Car
olina Press Association, is one of the
high spots V of, the year among the
members of the newspaper fraternity
of the state. , .
With the climax ' coming Thursday
evening, when the annual dinner will
be held in the ballroom of the Carolina
Inn featured by an address by Marlen
E. Pew, editor of Editor and Publish
er, the institute is scheduled to come
to a close Friday morning.
Most of the work of the institute
will be done at the discussions on the
various phases of newspaper work.
These discussions will be led this year
by members of the state association,
since the program committee an
nounced that.it would be a by-North-Carolinians-f
or-North-Carolinians , af
fair, not from a belief that they were
more competent than out-of-the-state
discussion leaders would be, or a feel
ing of conceit, but from a desire to
make the institute a place where the
state writers and publishers could see
how the other fellow is handling a
common problem.
The program for the three days
follows :
WEDNESDAY EVENING
A. L. Stockton, president of North
Carolina Press association, presiding.
7 :30 Opening of institute. Address
of welcome, Harry W. Chase, presi
dent of University of North Carolina.
8:00 "Analysis of the Press," B.
Arp Lowrance, field secretary, North
Carolina Press Association.
9:15 "Syndicate Features, J. A.
Parham, managing editor, Charlotte
Observer.
THURSDAY MORNING
9:00 "Advertising," H. Gait Brax
ton, 'publisher, Kinston Free Press.
, 10:45 "Circulation," Mrs. W. C.
Hammer, business manager, Asheboro
Courier.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
2:00 "Newspaper Management,"
E. B. Jeffress, presfdent, Greensboro
News.
3:45
managing editor, Asheville Citizen.
THURSDAY EVENING
Carolina Ballroom
6 :.30 Dinner.
7:30 "The Printed Word," Mar
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The first meeting of the Philan
thropic . Assembly for the winter
quarter will be held tonight from
7:00 to 8:15 in the new hall on the
fourth floor of New East.
Resolutions that will be discussed
tonight are as follows:
. Resolved: That Companionate Mar
riages Would Be Dotter' Than Our
Present Marriage System.
Resolved: That the Insanity Plea
in Murder Cases Be Abolished.
During the coming quarter the
Phi plans to raise money for fixing
up the hall. Elaborate plans have
been made for new seats, lighting fix
tures, rugs and draperies and for the
hanging of the pictures. The money
necessary for thist outfitting is ex
pected to come from Phi Assembly
alumni throughout the state.
Officers for the winter quarter
were elected at the last meeting of
the fall and are as follows: .' '
Killian Barwick, speaker.
John Mewborn, speaker pro-tem.
J. A. Lang, reading clerk.
E. W. Morgan, sergeant -at-arms.
Wyeth Ray, assistant treasurer.
C. W. Taylor, treasurer (for en
tire year.
The Ways and Means committee is
to consist of Ralph Noe, chairman,
Linwood Harrell and H. E. Spivey.
KOCH PLANS NEW
BOOK FOLK-PLAYS
Third Book of Native Drama
May Be Ready By
Late Spring.
Fire Chief Forgets Galluses
In Unexpected Midnight Rush
First of "Big Fires" Furnishes Some Real Amusement and
Gomedy Over an Otherwise Quiet Week-end; Trunks
and Furniture Smashed.'
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By Glenn P. Holder
All Chapel Hill and its environs
answered the wail of the fire siren-
Saturday night and, guided by the
lurid flames that illumined the coun
try for a mile or more about the blaz
ing structure, speedily gathered about
the old Pickard - Hotel - for the semi
annual gala affair of the village a
Big Fire.
Regularly, at least twice every
year, a Big Fire breaks out in Chapel
Hill, usually on Saturday night, and
the .University students and natives
of the village never fail to take full
advantage of the opportunity to enjoy
the thrills afforded by. the spectacle.
No matter how disastrous or threat
ening the fire is, it always has its
"human interest" side comical, ludi
crous, often pathetic. Saturday
night's fire was no exception.
. Perhaps the biggest laugh of the
fire came a half -hour or so after the
blaze had started, and a big crowd
had already assembled. . A hig car
dashed through the business section
from the westernmost , reaches of
Franklin Street, siren wailing madly,
and drew up at the point where the
first hose was laid across the street
to the fire. Fire Chief Foister jump
ed out and raced to the nozzel, where
several men had been directing its
stream of water into the roaring v.or
tex of the flames for some time. He
had apparently forgotten his suspend
ers, and , he clutched the top of his
trousers firmly with both" hands. The
crowd . gave him a hand and a laugh
as he made his way around inspect
ing three hoses that were playing on
the fire. ;. . x -
The ancient Ford truck that sup
plements the modern pumper of the
Chapel Hill fire department' was the
object Of considerable attention ', and
more amusement. It' is a truly, anti
quated vehicle)- with its almost obso
lete type of motor and its small hose
reel. ' The truck rushed over from
Durham arrived after t'le frame ho
tel structure had been gutted and the
fire had spent most of its force. The
big piece of fire-fighting apparatus
(Continued on page four)
There will be a new , book of ori
ginal folk plays ' published in the
spring if plans that are now pending
are completed in time. Henry Holt
& Co. have written to Professor Koch,
asking for material for a new book
of folk plays. The contract has not
yet been let. , There has been consid
erable demand for a new volume of
plays and other publishers desire the
rights for 'this new volume.
The first, volume of folk plays has
been through three editions and the
second has been through two editions
up to the present time.
The plays that are being consid
ered for inclusion in the new book are
"Typography," D. R. Barbee, Scuff letown Outlaws, by William
Norment Cox, In Dixon's Kitchen by
Wilbur Stout and Ellen Lay, Lighted
Candles by Margaret Bland, ; The
Thrice Promised Bride and The Mar
velous Romance of Wen Chun Chin,
two. Chinese' plays by Chen-Chin
Hsiung, all written in playwriting
classes here. . Others under consider-,
ation are The Muse and the Movies,
a comedy of Greenwich Village life
by Alice Rodewald, Curcumventin'
Sandy, a comedy of No via Scotia
life, by Zillah MacDonald, Sa turday
Afternoon, a play of the Chicago ten
nant district by Catherine Prosser,
all of which were written in Profes-.
sor Koch's playwriting class at Col
umbia University. Mountain Magic,
Daseking, Schoolin', a play of the
mission district of San Francisco and
Days End, a play of the California
mountains, both by Alice Pierrat, ae
under consideration. These last, three
plays were written in Professor
Koch's class at the University of Cal-
lfnT-nin Tl-if Knnlr will n-r it illna-
trations from the original productions
as the two previous books have done.
Senior Smoker
Business Meeting at Swain Hall
Thursday Night Will Offer
Entertainment. -
Ed Hudgins, president of the
Senior Class, announced last night
that the most important senior
smoker of the year would be held
in Swain Hall Thursday evening
at nine o'clock. At this time
class Superlatives, dance leaders,
and Class Day officers will be
elected.
President Hudgins stated to a
Tar Heel reporter yesterday that
. the 1 program would be short,
snappy, and entirely business
like. He offered as an extra in
ducement to attendance by Sen
iors only that syncopation by the
Buccaneers would be furnished a-
long with the eats. Co-eds are
especially urged by officers to at
tend as four of the superlatives
will be elected from the "better
half" of the class.
Bull's Head Beading
R.
B. House and R. W Adams Slated
' for Thursday Readings.
Continuing the Bull's Head Read
ings after the holidays, R. B. .House,
Secretary to the President,' will read
selections from A Cambridge Don by
A. C. Benson,, modern English essay
ist, next Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock in 215 Murphey Hall. This
book has been taught by the author
at Cambridge for many years.
On the following Thursday, Ray
mond William Adams of the English
Department will read from Parson
! Weem's Biography of General George
Washington, an amusing sketch.
Ehrhart To Succeed
J. Shohan, Resigned
George Ehrhart, member of the
junior class in the school of journa
lism, has been appointed managing
editor of the Thursday issue of the
TAR HEEL to succeed Judah Sho
han, who recently resigned, it was' an
nounced yesterday by the editor.
Managing Editor Ehrhart has had
a number of years' experience in
professional newspaper 'work, being
formerly connected with the Asheville
Times, the Durham , Morning Herald
and several North Carolina weeklies.
He will be in full management of the
coming Thursday's issue. .
Mr. Shohan', retiring staff mem
ber, has served in the capicity of
manager editor of the '.Thursday's
issue, of the paper t since his election
to" the post last April. '
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