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CHAPEL HILL, N. O, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 192S
NUMBER 87
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NOBTH CAROLINA
CLUB HAS FINAL
MEETM10NDAY
Professor Forster, of State Col
lege, Will Speak on "Tax
ation of Farm Lands"
Professor G. W. Forster of North
Carolina State College will address
the North Carolina Club at its reg
ular meeting Monday night in 112
Saunders at 7:30 on "Taxation of
Farm Lands' it was announced by
P. M. Wager, Secretary of the Club,
yesterday afternoon.
This will be the last meeting of
the club this year, and officials urged
yesterday that all students and fac
ulty members interested in the eco
nomic and political problems of the
state attend. The club, which meets
every other Monday night, makes a
study of the problems peculiar to this
state.
.The program of the club this year
has .been taken up with a study of
the tax problem in the state. A namr
ber of the foremost authorities on tax
ation problems in the state have spok
en before the club, in addition to a
number of students who have prepar
ed papers and presented them at the
club meetings.
Professor Forster is head of the
survey council of farm lands of North
Carolina. This council has recently
completed some extensive research on
the subject of farm land taxation.
Professor Forster himself has compil
ed seme extensive statistics on the re
lation of taxation to the farm income
Judson Ashby, president of the club,
stated recently that he expected a
large attendance at the meeting, since
Professor Forster is expected to give
an excellent lecture and the meeting
is the last of the year. ,.
PLANS MADE FOR
FINAL GERMANS
Total of Six Dances "Arranged
Fer Commencement Week by
the German Club.
Plans for the final set of dances to
be given under the auspices of the
German Club have been definitely
made, and all things point to the best
Finals in years, according to officials
of the club. They will be held in
Swain Hall, which is the largest and
the coolest place in Chapel Hill.
The first dance will be on Monday
evening, June 11, from ten till one.
This will be the Commencement Ball.
The following day, June 12, will be
featured by three dances, the first of
which will be held from eleven till one
in the morning, the second from four
till six in the afternoon, and the third
from ten-thirty till one in the evening.
There will be only two dances on Wed
nesday, the first from eleven till one
in the morning, and the German Club
Ball from ten till two in the evening.
This makes a total of six dances, arid
it is said that they should be unusually
good due to the fact that the plans
have been carefully worked out and
gone over.
Doyle, prominent florist of Durham,
has been engaged to decorate Swain
HalL A color scheme of green and
yellow will be carried out in a very
unusual way. Rope festoons arrang
ed in a wave effect will run the length
of the hall, with palms, flowers, and
Japanese lanterns adding to the ef
fect. Doyle has decorated Swain Hall
several times in the last few yars,
and it is expected that he will do a
good job. Another feature is that at
tractive favors for each girl have been
ordered from a reliable firm.
The Secretary and Treasurer an
nounces that there are only thirty
vacancies left in the German Club, and
all who wish to join must mail an
application with a $15 check to Baron
Holmes, P. O. Box 906, by May 23
These applications will be voted on by
a committee of the Club, and after
the quota of thirty is filled, other
checks will be returned. The initia
tion fee is $10, and the charge for
the set of dances is $5.
There will be house-parties at the
S. A. E., Phi Sigma Kappa, D. K. E.,
Zeta Psi and Pi Kappa Alpha fra
ternity houses, and a very large crowd
of girls and visitors is expected. If
all members of the German Club will
co-operate by paying their dues
promptly to Baron Holmes, this should
be the finest set of dances in years,
he declared yesterday.
Air postage rates are now reduced, j
Band Will Appear
In Open Air Concert
Sunday Afternoon
The University band will give an
open air concert in front of Alumni
building from 4 ' until 4:45 Sunday
afternoon.
No definite program will be follow
ed, but selections from the most suc
cessful program used by the band in
its concert tours will be played. The
concert Sunday afternoon will mark
the last appearance of the organiza
tion in public this quarter, and is one
of the few local appearances it has
made.
The organization has done a great
deal of concert work in various parts
of the state during the school year
and has also appeared- in programs
sponsored by the University.
Arrangements are being made to
have . a concert group play during
commencement, in accordance with
the custom for the last few years.
CHI PSI TAKES IN
LOCALALPHA CHI
National Fraternity Grants
Charter to Local Social
Installation June 2
The Chi Psi fraternity has granted
to! the local fraternity of Alpha Chi
a charter to revive its chapter which
existed at the University prior to the
Civil War. The installation will take
place on the week-end of June 2.
Chi Psi was the sixth fraternity to
be established at the University when
in 1855 the Alpha Sigma chapter was
formed. The chapter thrived until
1861 when the call to colors through-
nnf tlia SnntVi -friTnori if into rln-nmo ni-r
All but two of the eleven fraternities
established before the Civil War be
came dormant in the same year: these
two ceased to exist in 1868.
Chi Psi was founded at Union Col
lege in 1841 and was the fifth fraternity-founded
at this college, which
is commonly called the "mother of
Green-letter fraternities." It is one
of the most conservative national fra
ternities and the re-establishment here
at the university will make only its
25th chapter.
There are at the present time five
undergraduate Chi Psis on the cam
pus and four Chi Psis who , are mem
bers of the university faculty.
Alpha Chi, the local fraternity
which has received the Chi Psi char
ter, has been petitioning" Chi Psi since
its organization in 1924. It is the
oldest local social fraternity on the
campus at the present time, and after
the installation of Chi Psi in June
only four locals will remain.
Dr. Pittman Speaks to
Med School Tonight
"Surgery of the Prostate" is the
subject that Dr. R. L. Pittman cf
Fayetteville will "present to the Medi
cal Society tonight at i'.ZO in Cald
well HalL . -
Dr. Pittman has given a number of
interesting lectures to the Medical
Society recently and it is believed that
he will have a very worthwhile mes
sage for the ' future physicians to
night. Pre-medical students as well
as others are invited to hear Dr. Pitt
man, tonight. .
University Women From Six
States Organize National
Branch in Meeting Here
Representatives of state and local
chapters of the American Association
of .University Women from six south
ern states gathered yesterday at the
Carolina Inn for the purpose of form
ing a South Atlantic sectional branch
of the organization. The meeting will
continue thru today with discussions
on the possibilities of a fellowship
fund on which Dr. Esther Caukin, In
ternational Educational secretary,
will talk at 12 o'clock, and President
Chase will address the luncheon meet
ing at 1:30. In the afternoon there
will be a tea in Spencer Hall.
The meeting is being attended by
delegates from North and South Car
olina, Virginia, "West Virginia, Geor
gia and Florida. The North Carolina
branch meets today after the organ
ization of the sectional branch has
been perfected.
'Among, the prominent speakers yes
terday were Dr. Lois'" Hay den' Meek
of
of Washington, D. C, national educa-
GR AIL TONIGHT IS
LASTrTfflS YEAR
Both Grail and Pi Kappa Phi
Dances Are Booked For
Tonight.
The week-end will close tonight
with the last Grail dance of the year,
which will be immediately preceded
by a twilight dance given by the Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity Jat the Caro
lina Inn. The Buccaneers will play
for both occasions.
Extensive plans have been made for
the Pi Kappa Phi dance, and it is ex
pected ,to be , fine. It will start , at
6 P. M., and the music will stop at
9, immediately before the Grail dance
in Bynum Gymnasium.
The ! new officers of the order will
have charge of the dance and they
promise a fine time to all present.
Stag tickets will be put on sale at
8:30 at the rear door of the gym, and
all who want them are urged by Grail
officials to be prompt in getting them
as only a limited number will be sold.
Pipe Organist Will
Give a Recital at
Chapel of Cross
Harold D. Phillips, who comes
to Chapel Hill from . Southern
Pines, will give a pipe organ re
cital at the Chapel of the Cross
Sunday afternoon at five o'clock,
it was announced yesterday.
The University concert an
nounced f or, Sunday afternoon
has been postponed until the
twenty-seventh. These two musi-:
cal offerings are the last of the
school year, and these arrange
ments have been made so that
everyone will have a chance to
hear both, according' to the of
ficials in charge of the programs.
s The program for the recital is
as follows:
Fantasia and Fuge in G
Minor Bach
The. Fountain Fletcher -
Barcarolle, Bennett
The Voice of the
Chimes Luigini
Evangeline ..... Banks
Y Cabinets to Hold
An Open-air Meeting
The annual hillside meeting of the
old arid new Y. M. C. A. cabinets and
the board of directors of the Y. M. C.
A. will be held tomorrow afternoon in
Kenan Memorial stadium. According
to a circular letter recently sent out
by the officers of the "Y" to cabinet
members, this meeting will be the
most important of the year and all
cabinet members are expected to be
present."
Dr. H. W. Chase and all other mem
bers of the board of directors, as well
as the several ministers of the com
munity and their assistants, will be in
attendance.
Officers of the Y. M. C. A. urge that
all men who have had any affiliations
with the "Y," and who expect to en
ter "Y" work, be present. All men
who expect to attend the. Blue Ridge
Conference are also requested to be
present.
Miss Mary Eliason of Statesville is
the week-end guest of her sister, Miss
Nancy Eliason.
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tional secretary for the Association,
and Dr. Elbert Russell of the Duke
University faculty. Mrs; Harvey W.
Harmer, of Clarksyille, WC Va., who
is director in ''the national organiza
tion, is presiding over the sessions
here. .
The first day of the convention was
taken up with registration, the hear
ing of reports from the various or
ganizations, and discussions of inter
national relations. " The convention
motored to Duke University for five
o'clock tea at Southgate Hall and con
cluded the activities of the day with
a dinner at the Carolina Inn here.
The state meeting today will be
presided over by Prof. Catherine Al
len of Meredith College, president of
the state organization. Mrs. W. E.
Caldwell, of Chapel Hill, is vice
president and Prof. Catherine Wright
of N. C. C. W. is secretary and treasurer.
Critics in State Papers Defend
Playmaker Production Against
Attack of Charlotte Ministers
Several, Critics Ridicule .Ministers Charge That "A Shot Gun
Splicin' " has Tendency to "Destroy the Finer Sensibilities
Which Safeguard Pure Manhood and Womanhood
The press of the state is still con-,
cerned with the controversy begun last
week when Ihe Charlotte, Ministerial
Association protested to the Univer
sity and to the- "sovereign people of
the state" that "A Shot-Gun Splicin',"
one of the plays presented on the just
completed ,20th annual tour of the
Playmakers, "has the tendency to de
guard pure womanhood and manhood."
stroy the finer sensibilities which saf e-
A number of critics have made light
of the resolution passed by the Char
lotte ministers in censure of the play,
which was written by Mrs.' Oscar Cof
fin, wife of the head of the Univer
sity Journalism department.
"Role of Adulteress"
"We do not believe," said the reso
lution, "that a young woman should
be trained at the state university to
play the role of an adultress and the
mother of a bastard child whose stage
father is another stu dent, a you ng
man playing the part of her seducer."
According to the Rev. Albea Godbold,
secretary of the Association, a copy
of the resolutions has been snt to the
authorities of the Universities. This
denunciation from the ministers will
do more to popularize and advertise
the Playmakers than the publicity de
partment of the Players could have
possibly achieved, members of the or
ganization believe. The ministers in
their resolution praised the artistic
work of the Playmakers, but as for
"The Shot-Gun Splicin'," thumbs
down; it has the "tendency to de
stroy the finer sensibilities which safe
guard pure womanhood and man
hood." The Resolution
The complete resolution follows:
"As is well known, under the lead
ership of Professor Koch, the students
of the dramatic section of the English
Wigue and Masquers Take on
A Professional Air in Their
Practice for Tropical Revue
Erwin Coaches the Dancing and
Singing While Kahn Handles
the Skits; Both Men Prove
Masters at the Art
KAHN WRITES SKITS
Gene Loses Bloomers But Is Not
Perturbed ; Songs May Be
Hit of the Show.
(By Andy Anderson)
Everything's rosy in Memorial Hall
every night. That is, it was until re
cently. Gene Erwin, coach of dancing
and songs, says somebody has gone
and swiped some of his new silk
bloomers swiped 'em right" off the
set and two pairs! But this doesn't
perturb Gene in the least, he goes
on with the show; and what a show!
Really, the guy who started off call
ing "Whoops M'Dear" a musical com
edy must have been drinking shoe
polish because it's a revue in the first,
last, and middle connotation. And
again, what a' revue!
The writer ambled around the oth
er night to where the troop is work
ing out and witnessed what promises
to be one of, if not the best, "revue or
comedy the Wigue and Masque has
ever produced. No kiddin'. , And the
gal-chiles are going through their
parts . just like those on the legitt.
The entire thing is taking on a pro
fessional air and what with this and
the airs the bunch are singing, well,
you orta hear 'em.
Only one popular piece is being giv
en in the show when Al Kahn and
Lois Warden sing "Collegiana." And
at that 'tis quite a number. The rest
of the music is, as known in show
parlance, a wow. There's "Some Day"
being sung by Tarasa. Graham and
Gene Erwin. This is the nifty song
and dance assisted by the ensemble
and Gene and Tarasa gea off some
right mean gestures, which is all
right but the song is the thing.
Then there's the "Helen of Troy"
song skit in which Lib Davis hauls off
and gives us a tiny bit of the mean
est blues singing we've heard in quite
a while. It's a historical surprise and
sure to go over. And another song.
"How Can A Boy?" with Mrs. Learn
Continued on page four)
department of the University of North
Carolina have ' in the last ten years
made such achievements in playwrit
ing, staging and acting, as to gain
widespread' recognition and distin
guished commendation. Indeed the
artistic merit of . the productions of
the Carolina Playmakers is such as to
be patent to the public generally. ;
"On" the fifth day of May in the
Central High School auditorium, the
Playmakers presented their plays;
"Mountain Magic"; Job's Kinsfolks";
and "A Shot-Gun Splicin',"; which
in our opinion sustained the reputa
tion of the organization for. dramatic
ability. But, while we acknowledge
the artistic merit, we also declare that
in our opinion, one play, "A Shot
Gun Splicin'," seriously violated the
proprieties.
"Before stating further our' com
plaint against the play, let it be said
that it was clean in the sense that it
manifested no tendency or purpose to
excite sex impulses. Nevertheless we
believe that it menaced morals, es
pecially of the young, in that it could
not but wound and tend to destroy
the finer snsibilities which safeguard
pure womanhood and manhood.
"We do not believe that tragic vio
lations of the most sacred processes
of life are fit subjects for Comedy.
"We d5 "not believe that the effort
of an outraged father to force mar
riage between his daughter and her
seducer, presumably to secure legiti
macy for the child born of the illicit
union and some rights for the wrong
ed woman, is a suitable subject to be
shown in a high school auditorium for
the consideration of an audience com
posed in a large measure of school
children. , : ' ,;
"We do not believe a young woman
Continued on page four)
Cheerleader Will Be
Elected Wednesday
The annual election of cheer
leader will be . held next Wed
nesday, May 23, with Bill Chand
ler and Guy Fulp running for'
the position. There will be only
one poll, at the Y.M.C.A., to be
open between the hours of 10 :30
a. m. and 6 p. m., it was announc
ed by Ed Hudgins, president of
the Student Body last night.
WEAVER TALKS TO
GRADUATES'CLUB
Music Professor Explains Work
of His Department
In Lecture
A talk on the work of the Music
department and the value of musical
education was given by P. J. Weaver
at the regular meeting of the grad
uate club in Person Hall ' last night.
Mr. Weaver's talk was one of the
series on the work of the departments
of the University, which is being
conducted by the 'graduate club. The
speaker dealt first with the vocational
value of Music department and then
gave its use avocationally. The lat
ter part of his address was devoted
to the brief presentation of a recent
investigation of the extent of musical
education in colleges; this report was
drawn from a mass of material re
cently gathered by Mr. Weaver. "
Following the lecture Messrs. Ken
nedy and McCorkle each played a se
ries of selections. Mr. Kennedy's two
groups were as follows:
Carnival Mignon . Schmitt
Prelude
Harlequin's Serenade t
Columbine's Lament
Caprice
Mr. , McCorkle, accompanied, at the
piano by Mrs. McCorkle,. played two
violin groups:
Orienale Cui
Jubilee Song: . White
La Media Noche Stoessel
Humoresque Tor Aulin
Nuit de Mai Michiels-Elman
Mazurka Musin
LAST j)EBATE OE
YEAR CAKGELLED
BY JOHNS HOPIQNS
No Reason Given for Breaking
of Contract for Contest Sche
doled for Last Night
t Professor George McKie, faculty
head of the Debate Council, announc
ed yesterday afternoon that Johns
Hopkins University had cancelled the
debate scheduled to be held in Ger
rard Hall last night with, the Uni
versity debating team. He srtated that
the Debate Council received a tele
gram from the Johns Hopkins author
itis Thursday informing them that
the contract with the University de
bating team would not be filled. No
reason was given for breaking: the
contract. ' - ' ' (
This was the last debate scheduled
for this year, and it is probable that
no other forensic contest will be ar
ranged because of the proximity of
examinations, according to Dr. Mc
Kie. John Wilkinson and John Mew
borne were selected to represent the
University in the debate in tryouts
held last Friday night The 'query
that was to have . been debated was :
Resolved, That the United States
should cease to intervene with armed
force in Latin America. The Carolina
team was to uphold the negative side
of the query.
This year the University teams have
had one of the most successful sea
sons of their career, winning a large
majority of their contests. A num
ber of excellent debaters have been de
veloped, according to forensic author
ities here. .
The plan of having a debating squad
to meet together under one man, which
was inaugurated this year, has prov
en very successful, according to Dr.
McKie, under whose direction the
squad has worked. He has stated that
the ' plan will probably be continued
next year. "
LAST ISSUE WILL
MGEDITOR
Many Cuts, Much Copy, and
Excellent Cover Will Make
Best Buccaneer of . Year
The last issue of the Buccaneer that .
was slated, to appear on the campus
the fifteenth of this month was nec
essarily held up by a delay in several
of the ads and the local comic will
not appear until about the 25th of
this month, according to Andy Ander
son, retiring editor of the humorous
sheet.
When questioned about the last is
sue last night, Andy said that the
number would be very much the same
as others in content but that, on the
whole, he believed jt would be the iest
number of the year. He and his staff
spent two months on this issue and as
a result compiled quite a bit of ex
cellent material.
"The cover," Andy said, "was done
by Browning of the North State En-'
graving company, the same man that
ilid the cover for the Girls' Issue, and
it surpasses that cover by far. I
think it is the best cover that has been
bound about the Buccaneer this year.
Then there's the matter of jokes and
such. They're no worse or better
than usuaL I printed a few that might
be termed over the border line by some
of the conservatives on the campus
but they are good and clever; there
fore I think they warrant printing."
The editor says he is using a slight
ly different makeup which he believes
will make a better looking magazine
of the Buccaneer; and an abundance
of cuts is running. Andy says he
spent quite a bit of time on the last
issue and is really sorry that what
he considers to be " the best Issue of
the volume should be the last to ap
pear. "The issue is dedicated." he said as
he made preparations to move off, "to
women in general those kind that
take every damned thing a man has
and give nothing in return. The dedi
cation really doesn't mean anything
but then it might. Anyway I know
what I said about the tribe is true."
And he walked away.
Baron Holmes, secretary and treas
urer of the- German Club, announces
that any fraternity or other organi-"
zation wishing to give a tea darce on
either Monday afternoon, June 11, or
vVednesday, June 13, will please get
in touch with him at the S. A. E.
House as soon as possible.
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