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LECTURE
Senator James A. Reed
MEMORIAL HALL 3 P. M.
TRACK MEET
Dnke vs. Carolina
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VOLUME XXXVI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 192S
NUMBER 64
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ienator James A.
In Memorial
R
eed Will Sneak
Hall at Three O'clock
Missouri Representative in Unit
ed States Senate and Candi
date for President to Deliver
Non-Fartisan Address Before
Student JJody; President
Chase to 'Entertain.
This afternoon at three o'clock the
maa whom experts declare to occupy
at present the strategic position of
runner-up in the race for the Dem
ocratic nomination for the presidency
in the person of Senator James A.
Reed, of Missouri, will speak in Mem
orial Hall before a mass meeting of
the student body.
According to advices here from the
Reed headquarters, the Senator will
not deliver a partisan address, but his
speech will partake of more of the
nature of a lecture on the present
political situation. Senator Reed de
livered the only partisan address that
will be given in his tour of the state
when he spoke at High 'Point last
night.' He is scheduled to speak in
Raleigh tonight, and in Asheville and I
Knoxville on the two succeeding
nights. ' , y .
This afternoon at one o'clock, Pres
ident Chase will give a luncheon at
the Carolina Inn with Senator Reed
as the guest of honor. A number of
University officials and prominent
business and political leaders of the
state will attend the luncheon.
"Jim" Reed, as the Senator is
known all over the country, is not an
active candidate for the presidency.
He is said to be attending to his pres
ent duties and permitting tany cam
paign that may be put on in the in
terest of his nomination by the Dem
ocratic party to take care of itself.
His record as legislator, investiga
tor, lawyer and debater is generally
known all over. the country. His de
termined and successful fight to keep
the United States out of the League
of Nations and "European entangle
ments, his stand against Volsteadism
and the Anti-Saloon League and his
probe of the recent Pennsylvania and
Hlinois elections and the large sums
expended in the primaries held in
these states are among Reed's out
standing achievements, in the opinion
of his followers.
In Memoriam
Three University students
have died since the last issue of
the TAR HEEL, two of them'
since the beginning of the va
cation. James C. McBrayer, of Ra
leigh, a member of the fresh
man class, died March 15 at
Rex hospital,. Raleigh, follow
ing an operation for appendici
tis. . - .
Seabury Daniel Thorp, a spe
cial student in . the University,
whose home is in Rocky Mount,
died in Watts hospital, Durham,
last Tuesday. He was thought
to be afflicted with appendicitis
but an operation showed the
trouble to be resulting from the
puncture, of the wall of the in
'testine by a small piece of wire.
Peritonitis set in, causing
death.
Eric Alonzo Abernethy, Jr.,
of the freshman class, son of
the University physician here,
was fatally injured in an auto
mobile accident near Kinston
while he was on his way back to
register for the new quarter.
He died in a Kinston hospital
early Saturday' morning. Fun
eral services were conducted
here yesterday afternoon.
FUNERAL OF ERIC .
ABERNETHY HELD
HERE YESTERDAY
Last Rites of Popular University
Student Attended by Large
Crowd of Friends.
Missouri Senator. Here Today
WINSTON'S BOOR
RECEIVES PRAISE
"Andrew Johnson: Plebian and
Patriot" Is Latest Work of
Former Student.
RELIGION SCHOOL
OFFERS LECTURE
COURSETUESDAY
New Students May Register at
Methodist Church Today
and Tomorrow.
The School of Religion announces
its new courses for the spring quar
ter. All registration not made be
fore the holidays may be made on the
second floor of the Methodist church
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 27
28.. Due to the great success of the
special Tuesday night course given
- .Judge Robert V7. Winston, the self
styled "A Freshman at Sixty," has
just had his new book, Andrew John
son: Plebian and Patriot, published
by the Henry Holt and Company. The
copies that have reached the Hill have
attracted considerable interest due not
only to the quality of the book but also
to the fact that much of the book was
written here in the University ' Li
brary, ,
The Publisher's announcement in
part says :
"Though the work is realistical, and
therefore in line with . modern biog
raphy, it is also historical and thor
oughly documented and the "amazing
story of the 'Mechanic governor and
the tailor President' is told when pos
sible in his own words. Particularly
is this the case in dealing with John-.
son's fight in the United States Sen
ate for the Union and with his con
test when President to preserve the
Constitution and stay the hand of a
radical Congress."
Judge Winston was formerly judge
of the Circuit Courts of North Caro
lina, legislator, and president of the
North Carolina Historical Society. He
is author also of the Carolina chap
Guernsey Lecturing
On Public Utilities
Vice President of Big Company De
livering Series of Talks
Here Now. .
coZ: h T7 l 7 ter in the V0lume "The United State!"
course has been worked out for the and of many historical articles
ter ' -nG SPn? ?T have "rrTUrze to time in
ter. This course will consist of lec- magazines. He is, however, better
Stv7 mfS.tfUC" 0ther ' known here as a writer by
faculty authorities on "The Meaning QT1 ,.
first lecture of . the series will come
Tuesday night, March 27. Dean A.
H. Patterson will speak on "Christ
ian Motives in the , History of
Science" at 7 p. m.
A complete outline of the courses
for the spring quarter follows:
The Life and Teaching of Jesus
Religion 2 8:30 Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, (three hours a week).
The Life and Literature of the He
brew People Religion 1 11:00
Monday, Wednesday, Friday (three
hours a week). .
lhe Meaning and Influence of
Christianity Religion 607:00 p. m.
Tuesday (two hours a week) . A
new course, consisting of two lec
tures each Tuesday evening, the first
at 7:00 by the instructor, on the phil
osophy of Christianity, the second at
8:05 by a member of the faculty of
the University on Christianity as a
social influence. Lecturers and sub
jects are as follows:
7:00 Christianity as a Philoso
phy. ,
8 :05 Christianity as a Social In
fluence. ; March 27, Dean A. H. Patterson,
k "Christian Motives in the History of
Science." I
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By JOHN W. HARDEN
t uneral services for Eric Alonzo L
Abernethy, Jr., 17 year old son of Dr,
Eric Abernethy, University, physi
cian, who was killed early Saturday
when his automobile overturned near
Kinston, were held "here at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon from the Metho
dist church. Rev. C. E. Rozelle, pas
tor of the church, officiated. Inter
ment was made in the Chapel Hill
cemetery. - "
Those assisting the pastor with the
services were Rev. W. A. Stanbury,
pastor of the Edenton Street Metho
dist church, Raleigh; Rev. W. A.
Royall, pastor of Trinity church, Wil
mington; Rev. Sidney W. Bost, pas
tor of the St. Phillip's church, Dur
ham; Rev. Walter Patten, presiding
elder of the New Bern district of the
Methodist church; Rev. Alfred S.
Lawrence, pastor of the local Episco
pal church, and Rev. J. B. Howard,
pastor of the first Christian church,
Sanford. ,
Members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, of which young Abernethy
was a member, served as active pall
bearers. Honorary pallbearers were
the faculty of the University Medical
school and the physicians of Chapel
mil, Durham, Raleigh and other
neighboring towns. There were about
40 physicians in this group.
A large number of friends from all
parts of the state were here to pay
their respect. The crowd was so
large that the new Methodist church
was filled to overflowing. - There
were seores of floral tributes mak
ing huge banks of flowers both a
the church and at the grave.
Officially., representing the Univer
sity at the funeral services were Dr,
James F. Royster. Dean of the Gra
duate; School, and R. B. House, Exe
cutive Secretary.
Members of the Abernethy family
present included Dr. Claude O. Aber
nethy, of Raleigh; Benjamin Aber
nethy, of Kinston'; C. Laben Aber
nethy, Jr., of New Bern; Miss Fran
ces Abernethy, of Raleigh; Mrs. C. O
Blount, of New Bern; Mrs.W. B
JNace, of iJeaufort; John T. Aber
nethy, of Beaufort; and William B
Abernethy of Philadelphia.
Young Abernethy was a freshman
in the University and was very pop
ular with the students and towns
people. His untimely death spread
a pall of gloom over the whole Uni
versity community. He is survived by
his father and mother, and two older
brothers, John T. Abernethyof Beau
fort, and William B. Abernethy, who
is a medical student at the University
of Pennsylvania.
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Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, one of the outstanding candidates
for the Democratic presidential nomination, will speak at a mass meeting in
Memorial Hall at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Senator Reed comes to the Uni
versity while on a tour of this and other southern states. He spoke at High
Point yesterday, will go from here to Raleigh and then to Asheville. From
Asheville he goes to Tennessee. The Senator made a fine impression at
High Point last night, and it is altogether possible that his visit to North
Carolina may result in his capturing the Tar Heel delegation's support at
the Houston Convention.
Nathaniel Taylor Guernsey, Vice
President and former general counsel
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, delivered the first of
a series of five lectures on Public
Utilities in the first year class room
in the Law Building yesterday morn
ing. The second lecture of the series
will be delivered at 9:30 this "morning
and the remaining lectures on the
three following mornings at the same
place and time.
Mr. Guernsey is one of the most
distinguished of the country's author
ities in the public utilities field. He
is a graduate of Yale, where he was
a member of D. K. E., Wolf 's Head,
and Phi Beta Kappa. He has ap
peared as a special lecturer in many
of the leading Law Schools of the
country, including Yale, Iowa, and
Texas.
Dave Carroll spent yesterday af
ternoon in Greensboro.
ATTENDANCE RULE
MAY BE REVISED
Committee to Submit Proposal
for Revisal at Next Fac
ulty Meeting.
New attendance regulations will
be considered at the next faculty
meeting of the University faculty. A
committee consisting of Messrs. Car
rol, Graham, Holmes, , Lasley, and
Hibbard was appointed by President
Chase to consider the question of op
tional class attendance regulations.
At the meeting of the committee i
the following rule was drawn up and
the faculty will be asked to act. upon
it at their next meeting. All attend
ance regulations for all students in
all courses shall be in the hands of
the instructor in charge of the course,
with the understanding that a de
partment with many students in re
quired courses may devise depart
ment rulings for such courses.
The attendance rule that has been
in effect for the past year allows op
tional attendance for junior annd se
nior courses, while attendance is re
quired for freshman and sophomore
courses with a limited number absences.
TRACK SEASON TO
BE OPENED TODAY
WITH DUKE HERE
Seven Lettermen Are Nncleus of
Tar Heel Team; UniTersitr
Men Spend Vacation
Training for Sleet.
Here
HEELS BEAT EL0N
11-2 IN OPENER
University Nine Shows up -Well
. In Baseball Game at Elon
CoHege.
Coach Jim Ashmore's University o:
North Carolina baseball squad opened
the '28 season Saturday at Elon by
swamping the Christians 11 to 2, in
a pre-season encounter.
Eighteen hits rung of f the Tar Hee
bats during the nine-inning period
while Captain Joe Westmoreland, Red
Ellison and Ball were breezing along
in mid-season form to limit' the Walk
er proteges to four lone base blows
Every man on the Carolina squad tha
saw action in the game claimed at
least one hit, with the exception of
Tom Coxe, but the Heel right-garden
er counted in the run column with two
tallies. Tom Young and Ed Mackie
were the big guns in the Carolina of
fense. Young hit a home run, and a
triple in four trips to the rubber,
while Mackie, the diminutive first
sacker, came through with a trio of
screaming singles. Lufty, Foard, and
Jackson helped the Tar Heel batting
splurge with two blows each. Walker.
(Continued on page six)
Playmakers to Give
Three New Plays
Spring Bill to Be Presented at Theatre
S Friday and Saturday Nights.
A large number of University stu
dents attended the Junior-Senior ban
quet at N. C. C. W. Saturday night
The spring production of original
plays will be presented in the Play-
maker Theatre on Friday and Satur
day of this week. Three new plays
will be" presented.
A New Eve, a futuristic play by
Mary Dirnberger, with Charles Lips-
combe as the Man, Mary Dirnberger
as the Woman, and Harry Russel as
the Prophet, will be the first play.
Following A New Eve, the Play
makers will give Alice Pierrot's Day's
End, a tragedy of California, with
Misses Katherine Darling, Josephine
Sharkey, and Helen Dortch in the cast.
Hubert Heffner plays a wanderer in
this play.
Mrs. Oscar Coffin's A Shot-gun
Splicing a comedy of western North
Carolina, will end the bill. The parts
GOLF TEAM HAS
HEAVY SCHEDULE
Another sport has found its place
on the athletic schedule at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. The new
comer is Golf.
For the first time in the history of
the institution an organized golf team
will meet other college, university, and
country club teams. A schedule of
10 matches has been arranged, be
ginning with Duke University in Dur
ham on March 31. Only two teams
outside of North Carolina will be met,
these are Georgia Tech and the Uni
versity of Georgia. The team will
also enter the state tournament that
will be held in Greensboro, -April 14
Junius G. Adams, Jr., of Asheville
is manager of the team. The Hope
Valley Country Club course, on the
Chapel Hill-Durham boulevard, is be
ing used by the University team as
their home course.
The complete schedule follows :
March 31, Duke University, Durham.
April 3, Washington & Lee, Chapel
HilL
April 12, Davidson College, Chapel
Hill.
April 13, Sedgefield Country Club.
Greensboro.
April 14, State Tournament, Greens
boro.
April 20, University of Georgia, Ath
ens.
April 21, Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
April 23, Davidson College, Charlotte.
April 27, University of Georgia, Chap
el Hill. ,
May 1, Duke University, Chapel Hill.
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Smith for President
Is Debate Subject
University Teams to Meet Tulane and
Alabama University This Week.
The University of North Carolina
Debaters will meet the forensic team
from the University of Alabama here
Saturday night while one of the Uni
versity teams will travel to New Or-
eans to meet Tulane Friday, to dis
cuss the query, Resolved, that Alfred
Smith, Governor of New York State,
The Carolina track team will open
its dual season and the state inter
collegiate season this afternoon when
it meets the Duke Blue Devil3 on
Emerson Field at 3 o'clock. This
meet was originally scheduled for
yesterday afternoon but was postpon
ed until today.
Both teams have been making ex
tensive preparations for the meet and
a number of close and exciting events
are expected to be seen. The Tar
Heels gave up the 'spring holidays in
order to get ready for the meet and
spent the past week here in the final
practice sessions, but cold weather
early in the week handicapped the
workouts and slowed up preparations
considerably.
The team that meets the Blue Devils
will be built around seven lettermen
of previous years, with members of
ast fall's Southern Conference Cross
Country team filling in on the longer
distances. , The veteran cindermen
back in harness are CaDtain Hovt.
ritchett, Galen Elliott, and Lacv
Harper, all of whom won first places
in the Conference meet last May
Other lettermen include Pearson.
jumper and hurdler: Colburn.
weightman; and Henderson, two mil-
er.
These men will form the nucleus of
he outfit and will try to uphold a
record which shows no defeat in dual
meets since 1922. Carolina has reign
ed supreme in North Carolina track
circles for a long time but Duke has
great hopes of ousting the Tar Heels
rom their throne. Last year Duke
gave the Tar Heels a close call in
he opening meet, for Coach Fetzer's
charges barely nosed the Blue Devils
out 63 1-2 to 62 1-2. This one . point
margin was gained when Mac Gray
broad-jumped over 21' feet, two full
feet more than he had ever gone be
fore. Today's battle promises to be an
exciting affair as Coch Buckheit
will bring over an efficient track team
that will include such stars as Cap
tain Erwin, Bruton, Pegram, Litaker,
Woodard, Doxey, Tuttle, Ashworth
and Brummitt. Rumor has it that
Sam Buie, star high jumper, pole
vaulter, broad jumper, and javelin-
thrower will be unable to enter due
to an injured arm. Erwin and Bru
ton are two af the fastest dash men
in the state and Woodard is a star
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DALE RANSON TO
LEAD TOUR PARTY
University Track Coach to Con
duct European Tour in
July.
The Department of Athletics of the
University of North Carolina is spon
soring a tour to the Olympic eames
in July of this year. Thi3 trip is es
pecially for school and college men
and the party will be under the per
sonal direction of M. D. Ranson. track
coach at the Universitv.
The tour has been arranged bv
travel experts and the necessary ser
vices for a successful visit to the
games in Amsterdam have been in
cluded. The tour is under the busi
ness management of the Weems Eu
ropean Tours of Woodbury Forest,
Virginia, the administration which
conducted the European trip of the
University Glee Club. Mr. Hanson
has had extensive experience in di
recting the various trips of the track
team and has an accurate knowledge
of both national and international
athletic records. The personal super
vision of all details will be in the
hands of Mr. R. B. Weems who will
arrive in Europe in advance of the
tour.
The party will leave New York on
July 21 and arrive in Anterwerp on
July 29.
be elected President of TTnif D . iU witnessing
' wuw w 1 U M I 7 .
. me wiympic games the
States.
The af f irmative . team which' will
remain here is composed of Taylor
are played by Mrs. Oscar Coffin, Lois j Bledsoe and Red Williams, with John
uenf varies iipscomD, waiter ; Mewborn as alternate, while the nega
Spearman, Moore Bryson; and Edwin tive is made op of Charlie Jonas and
Day.
The settings have been designed and
executed by pupils taking the play
production course.
John Mebane with Garland McPher
son, alternate. . Tryouts for this de
bate were held shortly before the holi
days with eleven contestants.
group will
take a sight-seeing visit to London
and Paris. The group will return to
New York on August 15. The trip
over will be made on the S. S.Lap
land and the return will be made on
the S. S. Homeric.
M. D. Ranson will take care of all
business letters and furnish addition
al information concerning the trip to
those who desire it.
M