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THE TARHEEL
Tuesday, April 21. 192S
"SAINT IiIICHAEL"
IS THE NAME OF
LCCALTAINTING
"Saint Michael and the Dragon"
Hangs in "Gerrard; Many
Students Wonder. ;
(By Joe Zones)
"What is that picture, I wonder ?"
"David and Goliath, I suppose' "
Such was a morsel of conversation
overheard in a gathering of students
at Gerrard Hall recently. If one is
in many Gerrard Hall audiences he
will, sooner or later, hear the same,
or a variation of the same little con
fab. The answer varies, but tW ques
tion is a constant quantity. Each new
freshman class probably wonders
about the Gerrard Hall canvas for
awhile, then accepts it for four years
as a fixture somewhat less useful than
the clock under the balcony rail. De
termined that the present set jof stu
dents shall at least have a chance to
boast a fair knowledge of the master
piece, we set forth as follows:
The name of the picture is "Saint
Michael and the Dragon," Guido Reni
is the artist and the .original hangs
in the Church of the Capuchins at
Rome. Guido's painting is really a
very beautiful conception of a hack
neyed subject, there being , various
pictures of the same group.
The Archangel Michael is spoken of
several times in the Bible as the high
est in command of the angelic hosts
in their war against the powers of
darkness. In Revelations he is de
scribed as the chief of the seven arch
angels that stand before the throne of
God. He is an outstanding charac
ter in Milton's "Paradise Lost," in
which he and the angels do battle
with Satan and his cohorts. The
painting portrays St. Michael slaying
one of the evil ones. Next time you
are in Gerrard Hall take another look
at the picture. Notice the beautiful
shape of, .the figure. Notice how the
position of the wings and the flutter
of the robe create the impression that
the archangel has swooped upon the
creature from afar off.
Guido Reni (1575-1642) was a na
tive of Bologna, and was one of the
best Italian artists during the period
of decadence which followed the Re
naissance. Studying under the great
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he aroused the jealousy of his fellow
students and the displeasure of his
masters. Later he was reproved by
the Church in connection with this
very picture when it was discovered
that for the monster's face he had
painted a likeness of one of the Popes.
The Capuchin Church in Rome, in
which the original of the Gerrard Hall
canvas hangs, has a weird feature
Which distinguishes it from the hun
dreds of other tourist-tiring cathedrals
in Europe. Its crypt of three cells is
filled with the skeletons of hundreds
of monks. The skulls and long bones
are stacked in orderly piles on the
floor, festoons of vertebrae adorn the
walls in most artistic fashion, and a
great chandalier of pelvic bones hangs
from the ceiling of each cell' Several
intact skeletons stand upright, fully
robed and cowled. American tourists
have picked most of the vertebrae
from the lower portions of the walls
for souvenirs.
Judging from the difficulty experi
enced in discovering how and when
this picture came to Gerrard Hall
there are extremely few persons in
Chapel Hill wrho know. Several of
the ! older University men upon being
questioned, professed their ignorance
of the subject; however, one suggest
ed that Mrs. Lucy Phillips Russell,
whose knowledge of the old days here
is especially lucid, might know. Mrs.
Russell did know of it, and it is to her
that we are indebted for most of the
following information.'
In the fore-part of the last century
when Gerrard Hall was the chapel
building, with an entrance and pillared
portico on the north side, the paint
ing was brought here by Charles F.
Deems, then a professor of Rhetoric
and Logic at the University, and later
the founder of the Deems Loan Fund
This beatuiful and widely ! known
painting was given for the express
purpose of covering the blank space
behind the rostrum in Gerrard Hall.
It was once removed to another build
ing for several years, but about tnirty
years ago was returned to its original
position, where it has since remained.
The American Association of Uni
versity Women will serve breakfast
Tuesday, May 1, on the Presbyterian
Church lawn. Further details con
cerning this event will be announced
at a later date. - -
Mr. C. E. Schivale,. professor of
Bible at Coker " College, Hartsville,
S. C, was the guest of his daughter
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Hoover Wins at Elon
El on College CP. Interest in na
tional politics concerning the pros
pective nominees for the presidency
reached a climax at ElonCollege Fri
day when Herbert JKoover went .over
in a straw vote for a majority of the
student votes cast. Al Smith was the
runner-up in this election.
There were only four names ballot
ed on out of the eight printed on the
ticket. The four Democrats names
on the ticket were Walsh, Smith,
Ritchie and Reed; the Republicans,
Curtis,. Hoover, Dawes and Lowden.
Of these eight, Hoover, Smith, Walsh,
and Reed were marked. Hoover get
ting 147 votes; Smith 107; Walsh 12
and Reed 9.
Seventy-four percent of the student
body took part in the voting.
SOPHOMORE ORDER
SPONSORED DANCE
SATURDAY NIGHT
13 Club Hop Closed Week-end
Affairs; Buccaneers Pro
vided Music. .
The dance given by the 13, Club,
Sophomore Social Order, Saturday
night closed one of the most success
ful social week-ends of the year. The
dance was held in Bynum gymna
sium from nine until twelve.
Elaborate preparations had been
made by members of the club for the
occasion. The gym was decorated
with black and gold streamers, draped
from the center of the ceiling. Pine
trees were placed about in appropri
ate manner and the decorations were
declared to be well done.
The Carolina Buccaneers provided
music for the affair. Intermission
was held in a figure led by Charles
Burns, Carrigan Wilson, and Tommy
Gresham.
Only members of the clubs and the
members of the thirteen fraternities
represented in the club were admit
ted tcy the dance?
The Sigma Nu house party brought
many girls to the Hill for the week
end, and with the Sigma Nu dance,
Friday night, and the Phi Delta Theta
twilight dance Saturday afternoon,
the week-end was enlivened consider
ably. Subscribe to THE TAR HEEL
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SOPHOMORES HOLD
SMOKER TONIGHT
Installation of New Of f icers .Will
Take Place at Nine
O'clock.
The most important thing to come
before the sophomore class smoker,
whicH will be held at Swain Hall to
night at nine o'clock, will be the in
stallation of the new class officers re
cently elected and the addition of the
final touches to plans for the Sopho
more Hop which will be held Friday
night at Bynum gymnasium.
Pat Patterson, the class president,
stated last night that the Buccaneer
orchestra had already been secured to
furnish music for the smoker tonight
while the members of the second year
class indulge in refreshments. Ac
cording to the president, tonight will
be the only opportunity offered for
the members of the class to secure en
trance cards for the, dance. These
cards will be on sale at the smoker
tonight at $1.00 each. Needless to
say, only members of the class wii
be eligible for the dance. .
MITCHELLE TALKS
AT CLUB METING
"Assessment of Rural Real Es
tate in North Carolina"
Subject of Talk.
The North Carolina ' Club held its
regular fortnightly meeting in Saun
ders Hall last night at 7:15 o'clock.
This was a very important session be
cause the year is drawing to a close
and much business was presented.
The principal speaker of the eve
ning was J. M. Mitchelle, who discuss
ed "The Assessment of Rural Real
Estate in , North Carolina." Mr.
Mitchelle showed how property is so
unfairly and unequally taxed in this
state. He pointed out" that many large
estates are under valued and num
bers of small farms are over bur
dened with taxation. In numbers of
counties property is assessed to prac
tically its full worth, while in other
counties land is valued as low as 35
per cent. The speaker stated, that in
ability of assessors is largely respon
sible for this inequality. It was ex
plained that other states have reme
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The Final Experiment in "Smokology"
Take a test tube, beaker, bunsen-brirnr and waste-basket . ...throw
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pleasurej .And your quest for the best cigarette is ended. 192s
E. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Vin a t o n . S al e m . C,
died this situation and was shown
how North Carolina, could also correct
this evil. Mr. Mitchelle sasrirested
that assessment maps should be em
ployed to aid in the equalizing of
property valuation.
TWO DANCES HAVE
BEEN SET FOR THE
COMING WEEK-END
Sophomore Class Will Give Hop
Friday Night; Grail Af
fair for Saturday.
Two dances are definitely arranged
for the coming week-end. The Soph
omore Class will give its annual dance
Friday night, and the Grail will give
a dance Saturday night. . Both of
these affairs are to be held in By
num Gymnasium. "
The Sophomores are planning to
show the Junior and Senior classes
up when it comes to giving a dance.
Preparations have been under way
for quite a wrhile and the dance com
mittee . is making unusual efforts to
make the dance a success.
The Grail dance Saturday night will
be in honor of tbe initiates of the
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May 18, 1926
Larus & Bro. Co.
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The agent while going through his
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, came across a can of your tobacco, and
account of his not using a pipe he made
me a present of this tobacco.
You will note the revenue stamp
and your memo which was inclosed.
The tobacco was put up in 1910, six-
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Thought you would be interested in
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Order. The initiates will be taken in
sometime this week. A color scheme
of purple and white, Grail colors, will
be used for the decorations.
ALUMNI MAKE PLANS
FOR COMMENCEMENT
(Continued from page one)
the, Di and Phi Juniors, and in the
evening each class will be guests at
dinners.
A meeting in Gerrard Hall will be
held on Saturday morning: (Alumni
Day), following by a baseball game
in the afternoon, negotiations . for
which are now under way. The Pres-
went s reception will be in Swain Hall
at 8:30 in the evening, and following
the Alumni Ball will conclude the pro
gram. Mrs. Irene Lee is visiting friends in
Greenville this week.
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