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CAROLINA-WAKE FOREST
VOLUME XXXVI
CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1928
NUMBER 79
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Walter Spearman
Of Collegiate
Chosen by Members of N. C. C
P. A. to Succeed H. L. Hester
at Recent Meeting at Duke.
Walter Spearman, editor of the Tar
Heel was elected President . of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association , at the convention
held at Duke University last
Tursday, Friday and Saturday. !
He is succeeding H. L. s Hester
of Duke in this office. The other of
ficers were Miss Kattje Gravely of
N. C. C. W., first, yice-p resident;
Charles Pratt of Wake Forest, second
vice-president; Alice Dowd of Mere
dith College, secretary; and A. S. Par
ker of Guilford, treasurer.
The convention " of collegiate news
paper and magazine men and women
'convened on the Duke campus Thurs
day afternoon with a tea given in the
Green room of the Union. After this,
a dinner was given the convention at
the Welcome In cafeteria by the See
nian Printery and Christian & King,
and after the dinner, the Paris theatre
gave a theatre party for the journal
ists.
Friday was given over to address
es by W. P. Few, president of Duke;
Eric Rodgers, editor of the Greens
boro Record; and John R. Barry, edi
tor of the Durham Sun. Mr. Rodgers
said that the influence of the newsr
papers had 'not diminished and that
the news pages are far more impor
tant than the editorial pages in the
eyes of the public. Consequently he
urged the ' youthful journalists to go
into the newspaper game with no bias
or prejudice whatever. He said the
day of the great editor was pas and
that the majority of news depended
on the reporters and since- the scope
of newspapering has expanded im
mensely since the Civil War, there was
no end of advantage for young men
in the journalistic field.
W. O. Saunders, editor of the Eliz
abeth City Independent, gave a talk
in the afternoon and the convention
adjourned until dinner that evening
at the Washington Duke hotel.
The general business sessions came
Saturday. After a half-hour meeting
of the convention, the group was ad
dressed by Oscar Coffin, dean of the
Journalism school of the University.
He declared that the journalistic pro
fession is one that exacts much from
those who enter its ranks. Only the
best trained, hardest workers, and
most enthusiastic can expect to go far
in the newspaper game.
After this the groups representing
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CAMPUS WONDERS
ABOUT DATE OF
1LL0W JOURNAL
Much Speculation Rife on Hill
As to Mystery of Annual
Yellow Sheet.
Speculation has greatly increased
on- the- campus as to the date of the
appearance of the well-known "Yellow
Journal," yearly publication spon
sored by the Odd Number chapter of
Sigma Upsilon; literary fraternity.
The yellow sheet has been received
with great gusto by the students in
the University for the past four
years.
Rumors have been spread to the ef
fect that the paper is being printed
this year in Charlotte. The campus
is looking forward with keen interest
to the results of the annual Gilded
Fuzz Tapping. ThiM organization
seems to be gaining prominence here,
and its members promise to rival in
numbers those of the Honorary Club,
The publication is sold each year
by the initiates of Sigma Upsilon.
Last year the paper, blew in while
the Carolina-Virginia baseball game
was in progress, and it is expected
that it will appear at the same time
this year. The "news" boys blossom
ed out last season in strange and col
orful garments, resembling to some
degree the costumes of the ancient
Chinese festival participants, or per
haps, modern hallowe'en merry-makers.
Everything seems to be rumor and
hearsay; nothing appears definite
about the date of the appearance or
the contents of the "Yellow Journal,
University students, no doubt, will
be either delighted or dismayed to
view their names in the columns of
this publication when it appears
The size'of this paper has always
.Elected Head
Press Association
Capt. E. P. Gaston
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Captain Edward Page Gaston, F. R.
G. S., London-American antiquary,
who brought to North Carolina the
old silver service which has lain in
obscurity in an ancient Cornish Cas
tle for many years. The plate was
presented more than-, a century ago
to the daughter of Captain Johnston
Blakely, U. S. N., the State's naval
hero in the war of 1812 against
Great Britain, and who was lost at
sea. Governor McLean will place this
plate on exhibition at Raleigh this af
ternoon. GOVERNOR M'LEAN
EXHIBITSTEA SET
Historical Silver Table Service
To be Placed oh Display at
Raleigh.
Both romance . and mystery are in
volved in the arrival at Raleigh from
London of Captain Edward Page Gas
ton, F. R. G. S , the well known London-American
antiquary, who has
brought from England , an old silver
table service which was presented by
the State of North Carolina more
than a century ago to Udney Maria
Blakely in memory of the brilliant
naval victories of her father Cap
tain Blakeley against Great Britain
in the war of 1812-1814.
The owner of the service, by inheri
tance, is Colonel Edward Treffry,
C. M. G., a distinguished British mil
itary officer who is a collateral Blake
ley descendant. -His forebears have
held sway in Cornwall for close upon
a thousand years by successive Royal
grants; he is Deputy Lord Lieuten
ant of that Duchy, Aide de Camp to
King George V., etc.. By courtesy of
Colonel Treffry, Governor McLean and
the North Carolina Historical Com
mission have been enabled to arrange
for the free public exhibition of the
famous plate in the Hall of the House
of Representatives, State House, Ra
leigh, until Saturday, May 12, the ex-1
hibition hours being 11 to 1, and 2 to
5 o'clock.
SOPHOMORES GIVE
WEEK-END DANCE
After a slow start, due to the most
inclement weather, the ' sophomore
dance Friday night in Bynum gymna
sium showed improvement towards
the end and became a very enjoyable
affair.
Jupe Pluvius attempted to set an
enduranceTecord and his efforts near
ly proved disastrous to the dance. In
addition to the baseball game for
that day being called off, and the oth
er events of the following day, many
girls were prevented from attending
as expected. At ten-thirty, with ex
actly three girls on the floor, it
seemed that the Buccaneers were giv
ing a concert to a few members of -the
sophomore class. About that time,
the ethereal reservoirs became emp
tied by the long continued draining,
and a few girls began tp make their
appearance. The sophomores then
stopped being entertained by the or
chestra and became hosts to the co
eds, town girls and a few visitors.
After intermission, the hop trans
formed to a real dance, and what at
first showed prospects of being a
miserable failure ended up as a pro
nounced success. The floor did not
become crowded, which added to the
pleasure of those there, and the usu
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GOLDEN FLEECE TO
HOLD ITS TAPPING
ON MOM, MY 7
Dr. Francis P. Gaines Will Speak
- For the Occasion; Thirteen
Men Chosen Last Year.
On Monday night, May 7, at 8:30
o'clock the Senior Order of the Golden
Fleece will hold its twenty-sixth an
nual tapping. The exercises will be
held in Memorial Hall, Dr. Francis P.
Gaines, newly inaugurated president
of Wake Forest College, having been
secured to speak for this most august
occasion.
Membership in the Golden Fleece is
considered the most coveted honor on
the campus. Only men . of outstand
ing achievements and sterling char
acter are selected for this signal hon
or. jbacn year tnose Carolina men
who are considered representative of
the University of North Carolina stu
dent body are taken into this organi
zation. The occasion is looked for
ward to every year with much excite
ment, this being the highest honor
that can be obtained at Carolina.
Each man's accomplishments, charac
ter, abilities, and 'general worth are
the things mainly . considered. Men
who are tapped usually come from the
rising senior class, but sometimes one
or two from the existing senor class
are chosen.
Last year thirteen men were select
ed for membership ; into the Order of
the Fleece. The number elected va
ries every year; there is no fixed num
ber. Sometime during this week the.
Tar Heel will prophesy probable men
to be chosen by this noble body of
well-balanced men who have, already
excelled in some campus activity at
the University of North Carolina, and
have received just recognition.
Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines will
be the speaker. It has been the pur
pose of the Fleece to have each year
a speaker of some renown to deliver
the annual address.- This year a man.
who in the last few months has made
a very favorable impression all over
the state has been asked to deliver
this message. Appearance of Dr
Gaines has been looked forward to,
especially since this occasion will
mark his first appearance .on the cam
pus. ' .
interest among the students is
shown every year not only because of
the opportunity, of hearing a celebrat
ed speaker, but also on account of the
impressiveness of the ceremony. ' Two
hooded ngures make their way
through the crowd and signify by
tapping those men whom the society
has opined worthy of the eminent
honor.
Further plans for the program of
exercises have not yet been released
for publication. Complete program
will probably appear within the next
day or two.
College Humor Fizzles; May
Not Be Here
Letter from Editor Swanson to
of the Producing Unit Has
Information has been received by
Andy Anderson from , H. N. Swan
son, editor of College Humor, that
the College Humor moving picture
unit will, in all probability, not
reach Chapel Hill until next Sep
tember. ' '
1 "We have had to change the rout
ing on our film production unit and
right now it is extremely doubtful
if it will be in Chapel Hill before
next ' September," writes the editor
of College Humor.
Some time ago, the matter, of hav
ing College Humor make one episode
of their "true to college life" pictures
on this campus was taken up with
officials through Andy Anderson, ed
itor of the Buccaneer. At this time
Mr. Swanson and other men connect
ed with the venture assured the local
editor that the production unit would
make one film on the University cam
pus about May 1st. Then came the
letter from Mr. Swanson but no rea
son was given for the change in
schedule.
The national publication created the
idea of making twenty-six episodes on
the campuses of the biggest universi
ties' in America and through the ef
forts of Andy Anderson, the unit
promised to visit the local campus for
a few shots. This series of pictures
is supposed to reveal college life as it
actually is. The films, according to
KILPATRICK WILL
GIVE ANNUAL WEIL
LECTURESFOR 1928
Series Starts Thursday ; Speak
er Is Professor at Colum
bia University.
Professor W. H. Kilpatrick of Col
umbia university, will deliver the Weil
Lecture for 1928, May 3, 4, 5, in Ger
rard Hall, at 8:30 o'clock. The gen
eral subject, will be "Education and
Citizenship in the Changing South."
The three separate topics will be : 1.
How the South is Changing:" 2.
The Consequent Demands on Citizen
ship:" and 3. "The Education to Meet
these Demands."
The first Weil lecture on American
Citizenship was delivered in the year
1914-15 by William Howard Taft,
former president of the United States.
They were permanently established
through' the generosity of the families
of Mr. Soloman Weil and Mr. Henry
Weil of Goldsboro. Since then 4they
have become an annual event at the
University.
Mr. Kilpatrick is professor of edu
cation at Columbia University. He
has written several volumes upon the
science of teaching. Mr. Kilpatrick
is a southerner by birth. Formerly
he was a member of the faculty at
Mercer College.
Dedication of New
Hall of Di Senate
To Be Held Tonight
Postponed from the last session the
dedication of the new Dialectic Sen
ate Hall will take place tonight in
New West at 7:15. -
The new quarters of the Di are
modeled after the Senate Chamber of
the United States, except that the hall
is drawn on a smaller scale and is
without a gallery. These quarters
were selected by the officials of the
organization when the University
drew plans f or the. remodeling of the
building. ,
The meeting room is well-furnished
with a collection of portraits of the
sixty-six political leaders of North
Carolina hung on the walls. All of
these men were at one time members
of the Di. All plans for the dedica
tion have been completed and every
thing is in readiness for the cere
mony.
Alumni Plans Contest
Alumni of. the University have
chosen a unique method to bring 'a
full attendance of the reunion classes
in the nature of . a Boby Contest. In
dividual prizes will be awarded to the
handsomest boy and girl, and the pre
sentation made at the Alumni Ball
Saturday evening June 9. Dr. Collier
Cobb is in charge of the arrange
ments.
Until September
o '.
Editor Anderson Savs That Route
Been Necessarily Changed.
o .
College Hum or, will be uncolored and
totally unlike the films shown in many
theatres purporting to be true college
pictures pictures which are collegi
ate in no manner but ones which are
taken on the film company's own lot
with their own actors taking the part
of college students.
This series of pictures being taken
by College Humor is attempting to
prove the fallacy of these false col
lege pictures.
The editor of the local comic has
received several statements from the
Chaparral, comic at Stanford, and
from the Purple Parrot, comic at
Northwestern, The editors of both
comics give about the same informa
tion as to how the films were taken
but ,the editor of the Chaparral ap
pears a bit pessimistic about the ven
ture. He says that the College Humor
staff took a few liberties that should
not have been taken in filming private
property without permission. The edi
tor of the Purple Parrot gives a more
disinterested account. But both say
that the producingunit used only local
students for subjects. "The students
themselves did all the posing at the
instigation of the cameraman. They
shot a scene of one of the buildings
where many students gather, and one
of a horde passing out of the main
gate at noon. They then picked out
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Derieux Offers New Theory for
Cause of Brown Mountain Light
NOTICE TO SENIORS
Odell Sapp announces that the
seniors will wear sweaters dur
ing Senior Week. The seniors
must go to Stetson D today or
tomorrow to te measured or the
orders cannot be put through.
PROFS WHOOP IT
UP AND ATTEMPT
TO EQUAL SOPHS
Footslinger's Club Formed by
Tree, White, and Twenty-one'
Profs; Give Struggles.
As proof of the old statement that
a man is no older tnan ms spirit,
quite a few of the un- and exmarried
men of" the University faculty and
town of the Chapel Hill have had a
cotillion club since during the fall,
which has not been very widely known.
The chief requirements for admission
are said to be lack of marital bonds,
and being beyond the age (in years)
and state of students. Professor Her
man Baity, of the engineering school,
is the president of the latest foot-
slingers 4association here, and Prof.
W. N. Evans, of the law school is sec
retary. '
The club, with a membership of
around 25 free, single and white per
fectly eligible lonesome men, gave a
Valentine dance earlier in the season,
and its latest activity was a dance
given at the Carolina Inn Friday
night in competition with another
which was sponsored by another
group of young men known as the
sophomore class. J udging from ex
pressions of boredness and dullness by
several faculty men who came to the
students' dance from the faculty hop,
it seemed that the affair being stag
ed by" the younger campus members
wasn't even to be compared in liveli
ness and speed with the entertainment
being run by the other more exper
ienced group of allegedly warm
young sports.
Whether the formation of the edu
cators' terpsichorean organization
is intended to vaunt to all the world
the freedom enjoyed by its members,
or to advertise their present condition
of detachment, is a secret yet contain
ed altogether by the, club men. But
it is apparently certain that the mem
bers wish it known that there are no
strings tied tcK them. Several asso
ciates, thought of as dignified, re
spected deans and professors, in their
determination to let no little upstarts
get ahead of them in the matter of
exhibiting versatility in the use of
divers modern versions of the art of
dance, turned in recently to master all
the intricacies" of steps and stomps
such as the varsity drag, and like
numbers usually admitted to be for
the use and enjoyment only of dash
ing young society blades such as the
members of the cotillion aggregation
And with no serious injuries report
ed from the infirmary, and no sud
denly enlarged sale of soothing lo
tions known, it seem that the boys
know their onions.
Judge Winston To
Make Address Here
Will Speak to Law School Tomorrow
Night on "Results."
Judge R. W. Winston, one of the
most outstanding legal authorities in
North Carolina, will address the mem
bers of the Law School tomorrow
night at 7:30 in Manning Hall under
the auspices of the Law Association.
Judge Winston is also a writer and
biographer of some note, his most
recent publication being "Life of An
drew Johnson" which has received
quite a bit of favorable comment.
This address will complete a series
of talks given to the Law School. The
topic of the address tomorrow will be
"Results." An invitation has been
extended to the public to attend.
University Band Broadcasts
The University Band, under the di
rectorship of Mr. McCorkle, broad
casted over station WPTF, Raleigh,
last evening. The entire band con
sisting of forty-two pieces played
from nine until ten-thirty.
R. M. Grumman and M. F. Vining
are at Pinehurst today to attend a
meeting of the State Medical Society.
State College Professor Blasts
AH Former Explanations at
Session of Science Academy
Held Here.
After one of the most successful
sessions in its history the twenty
seventh annual conference of the
North Carolina Academy of Science
adjourned Saturday. Scientists rep
resenting the majority of the schools
and colleges in the state were in at
tendance. Prof. J. B. Derieux, of North Caro
lina State, blasted all former theories
and past explanations concerning the
widely-discussed Brown Mountain
Light in Western North Carolina.
Prof. Derieux declared that the light
was in reality not on Brown Moun
tain at all, but that it was a light in
i the valley beyond and that it is seen
across the top of the mountain. He
stated that the light probably came
from the town of Hudson, which is
directly beyond the mountain rom
Cold Springs.
The light has puzzled the natives of
the section and the numerous visitors
that go there every year to witness it
for the past fifty years. Various oth
er explanations have been offered as
to the cause of the light. It was sug
gested that it was caused by a phos
phorescent gas that came from an
old copper mine on the mountain, and
that it might come from a gas formed
from the foliage of the trees.
Professor Derieux and Professor A.
A. Dixon, also of State College Phys
ics department, have studied the
strange light for the two past sum
mers, lhey have discovered that the
light did not come and go, but that
it burned steadily, and remained in
one spot.
By means of surveying instruments
they plotted a magnetic line across
Brown Mountain where the light was
seen. This showed that the town of
Hudson was in direct line, and led
them to give the explanation that it
is an electric light in Hudson that is
seen. Further investigations have
been planned to establish this theory.
Prof. Bert Cunningham, of Duke,
announced that the academy had
awarded prizes for the best essays in
chemistry as follows r Henry N.
Biggs, of Greensboro High School,
first prize; second prize was divided
between J. D. McNairy, of Greensboro
High, and J. M. James, of New Han
over High in Wilmington.
Dr. Collier Cobb, head of the Uni
versity Geology Department, ad
dressed the assembly Friday morning
on the effect of the Mississippi flood
on the soil fertility of the valley. Dr.
Cobb has recently returned from the
flood sections, and pointed out that
the loessal soils brought down in the
valley by the floods are almost identi
cal with the famous wheat producing
soils of Russia and China.
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KAY RYSER WILL
BE ATPICRWICK
To Give Concerts under Auspices
of Chi Omega Fraternity .
Thursday.
The Chi Omega fraternity will
bring Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
here Thursday, May 3, for concerts,
matinee and evening, at the Pickwick
Theatre. This will be the last appear
ance of the orchestra in Chapel Hill
for several months as they will leave
Saturday morning for Cleveland, Ohio,
where they will be until sometime in
the fall. The proceeds of the Con
certs will go to ie Chi Omega Ser
vice Fund.
The program to be presented by Kay
Kyser and His Orchestra will run one
hour and forty minutes and will in
clude classical selections, popular mu
siv,' jazz, comedy, singing, and dan
cing. This is the same program the
orchestra has presented at Sweet
Briar College, Randolph-Macon, Con
verse, Greensboro College, Virginia
State Teachers College, Meredith Col
lege, and numerous other places. It
is a well-balanced professional per
formance and the variety of the pro
gram displays the versatility of the
members of the orchestra.
The Pickwick Theatre will run a
feature picture in connection with the
concert, thus making the entire per
formance run approximately two hours
and forty minutes. The matinee is
at 3:30 P. M. and" the evening show
starts at 7:30 P. M.
been kept to four pages.