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. . : L . t PHI ASSEMBLY TONIGHT 7:15 PHI HALL r DI SENATE : TONIGHT 7:15 DI HALL VOLUME XXXVII CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928 Norman Thomas, Presidential Nominee of Socialist Party, To Speak On Campus Today CANDIDATE IS WRITER This Will Be Pirst Opportunity Most Students Have Had to Hear Candidate Talk. Norman Thomas, presidential nom inee of the Socialist party has ac cepted an invitation to address the student body; here today at 2 o'clock in Memorial"" Hall. . The' speech is ex pected to draw a . record crowd. Mr. Thomas will be met in Greens boro tomorrow morning and brought to Chapel Hill by automobile.. This will be the first chance most -of the University students have had -to view a real presidential candidate. Mr. Thomas will be the first politi cal speakerv of importance to "visit the Carolina campus since the speech by Senator Jim Reed last spring. It was through the efforts of the TAR HEEL that Mr. Thomas has promised to speak here. The Socialist -party was the first to hold a, national. convention, in fact. it took place two.months before thoseJ of the major parties. Mr. Thomas -was nominated at the convention in .New York in the .middle of April of this year." IHe is -a writer and lec turer, of wide note, having been in that work all his life. He has been a Socialist, only since the war. At various times he has run for off ice, never having been successful. . The Socialist candidate is the- son - and grandson of clergymen. He gra duated from Union Theological Semi nary and became associate pastor of :Fifth Avenue . Brick Presbyterian church in New York Cily. After that he was pastor of East. Harlem Presbyterian church, also of New York. -During the war he gave up church work to become an active so cialist and pacifist. y'""-; '' In 1920 Thomas served with Sena tors George Norris and" David Walsh on the American Commission in Ire land. While supporting the cause of striking textile -workers in Passaic, N. J., in 1926 :he was arrested for "inciting riot" and "unlawful as semblages" but the grand jury failed to return a true bill against him. ' As a journalist, Mr. Thomas has distinguished himself as editor , of The World Tomorrow." He is now an associate editor of The Nation and The New Leader. He lives in New York and is forty four years old. Newspapers estimate the strength of the socialist party to be one mil lion. The largest vote ever polled was that for Debs when the ballots numbered over nine hundred thou sand. Although the Socialist do not expect to win the election Jn Novem 'ber they are waging a campaign in the interest of better living conditions and the causes -which they think are right. Mr. Thomas and party will be en tertained by President Chase at lun cheon today. Tom Gresham - ' f ; - l ' " - 'V. I NUMBER 5 FOOTBALL GAME ATTRACTED MANY GIRLS FOR DMCE Grail Affair Saturday One of Best In Recent Years. Tommy Gresham, fighting Blue and White halfback, was an outstanding player m the game Saturday. The Deacons couldn't seem to stop Gresh am, and he made consistent gains through the Wake Forest line. RED HEADS MEET TONIGHT TO FORM PLANS FOR YEAR Chieftains of the local red heads announce that the first fall meeting of the Red Head club will be held tonight in the Parish House at 7 : 30 Every red or near-red headed boy is invited to come, and all the old mem bers are especially urged to be pres ent. It is the aim of this club to become one of the liveliest and most benefi cial groups on the camps. Before disbanding last spring the members agreed to formulate, individually, plans for the club's activities ; these plans to be of a constructive, nature. Tonight these plans will be presented and considered.. ' Mr. Meyer of the Sociology depart ment, as faculty leader of the group conferred with ' and gained the in terest of President Chase during the summer. President Chase stated that he would indorse the organiza tion if its motives prove to be worthy. Red Carbine, vice president of the reds, stated yesterday , that at N. C. State the Red Head Club hold3 a prominent position, and that it had done much for the campus. He says he is sure the red headed boys can gain the same reputation on this campus, and that he would like to see them all come to the Parish House tonight. ' , Red Price is president of the or garization, ' .; Monogram Club Meets This Morning in Gerrard A special ; meeting 'of the Monogram Club has been called this morning during chapel period at Gerrard Hall. T..Every member is urged to attend. Plans will be worked out for the Alumni reunion at. the Georgia. Tech game. Treasurer Ben Lacy Recovers Lost Bag State Treasurer Ben Yacy has re covered his -, missing traveling bag and with it a receipt for $1,850,000 which he was brining back from New York. The treasurer lost his bag in an exchange in getting off a pullman here last Thursday.- The bag he took home with him was so similar to his own that he did not discover the error until he opened it. The same situation applied to the recipient of the , Lacy bag, only it happened that he was a student in the University of North Carolina and did not discover his mistake until late that night. The student took advan tage of the week end to restore the Treasurer's bag and receive his own. Treasurer Lacy stated that he was somewhat perturbed when he disco v- ered the mistake especially since that there was nothing in the bag he took by error to indicate its ownership. The student from New York and not familiar with Raleigh, so the treasurer insisted on his remaining as his guest over-night and accompany ing him on a tour of the Capital. Wake Forest may not have brought a football team over here Saturday, but they certainly attracted a host of beautiful girls for the Grail dance that night, and the Carolina Students, besides enjoying a football game, also enjoyed a good dance. . : It may have been that some of the students attended the dance to see what the new co-eds looked like, but many of them felt that they had to go to a dance to celebrate the trampling of a four year old jinx. The dance was good; in fact, it may be said that it was on of best Grail dances given in recent years. There was a good crowd of girls, and when anyone who will wait in line over an hour for stag tickets certainly must want to ; dance. y,.;: .".:. .. ' With attractive, yet not lavish, de corations, the Grail made the Gym appear as if it were celebrating the occasion with the dancers Mickey Block's Carolina Buccaneers furnish ed the music for the occasion. Orchestra to Begin Work for Season in Person Hall Tonight The University of NorthCarolina urcnestra will begin work for the season tonight. Rehearsals will be held in Person Hall, next to the Li brary, at seven o'clock. All former members of the orchestra who are now in school are urged to be present. New men who desire to try for a place are especially invited to this first meeting. , . -; The orchestra is under the direction of -T.-Smith McCorkle, of the" Musicj department faculty, and the personel is composed of both faculty and stu dents. The orchestra has been limited to thirty-five members during the past, but it is understood that places will be made for all those who are capable and are interested in trying out for membership in the growing organization. Only music of a standard sym phonic class is played, and the oppor tunity for becoming thoroughly familiar with these works is one of the .most important advantages of or chestra membership. The orchestra has a full instrumentation, a most fortunate circumstance that is not al ways available for school organiza tions, but the fact that, many faculty musicians are willing to assist in the organization makes this possible, and of course makes possible the perform ing of work of a symphonic type. At regular intervals throughout the year, the- University orchestra gives concerts to which the public is invited, and much praise has been accorded it during the past year owing to its excellent interpretation of classical masterpieces and its skilled direction. A year of interesting work of a very beneficial type is offered , those who succeed in making places in the or- UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD EDUCATION CONFERENCE HERE Southern State Officials and Ed ucators Invited to Meet November 15 to 17. Tar Heels Rout Four-Year Jinx To Triumph CHer Wake Forest In Initial Game of the Season The University' of. North Carolina announced here Saturday the in auguration of a Southern Conference on Education, which is to be held here at the University on November 15, 16, and -17 and to which are being in vited state officials and leaders in edu cation and other public affairs in the Southern states. Invitations have been sent to a selected body of peo pie throughout the Southern states. Dr. Harry W. Chase, president of the University, in making the an nouncement, stated that this was plan ned as the first of a series of such conferences to be held here annually. "This Conference," Dr. Chase's an nouncement said, "is planned to bring together here not only people en gaged in the technical work of educa tion but also men and women who are interested in public affairs throughout the South. It is designed to bring together leading Southern citizens for the purpose of discussion not of the technical questions but of educational policy. "There is no meeting ground in the South for broad discussions of this sort. There are - associations and agencies doing effective work within their territory but none that try to bring together educational and public leaders, professional educators and laymen in the sjame meetings for an exchange of - opinion. No effort is being spared to make this first pro gram a significant beginning of such an annual conference." The conference will open on Thurs day night, November 15, with a ban quet at the Carolina Inn, at which the principal addresses will be made by Dr.-Douglas Freeman, editor of the News Leader, of Richmond, Va., and by Dr. Harry W. Chase, president of the University of North Carolina. The sessions on Friday, the second day, will be devoted to the' general question of the relation of the public schools and colleges. The main speakers on this day will be President Lotus D. ; Coff man of the University of the University of Minnesota and Superintendent Frank D. Boynton of Ithaca, New York, who is President (Continued on page four) Jimmie Ward - . i Y ! 1 ) V :j-ywii.,,... Blue and White Gamboled over Kenan Field to Cross Wake Forest Goal Ten Times. Jimmie Ward, brilliant halfback, who played an excellent game for the Tar Heels against Wake Forest Sat urday, Ward is one of the fastest men in the backfield and is counted on heavily in the coming games of the season. Staff of Yackety Yack ' Meets This Afternoon There will be a meeting of the editorial staff or the Yackety Yack this afternoon at twa o'clock in the office in the base ment of Alumni building. All members please be present. , THE EDITOR. Phi Initiates Tonight The Phi assembly will hold its quarterly initiation tonight in the new hall which was put into use last year. At the same time the quarterly smoker will be held for which" an elaborate feed has been prepared. All freshmen desiring to join the assembly will be -"present at 7:15. Winfield Crew, of Weldon, is speaker of the assembly for the fall quarter. Sigma Delta' fraternity announces the pledging of Glenn Holder, of Greensboro. Flock of Chimney Swifts Amuse Students as Supper Grows Cold ;":r.--.: -O Messmates of Three Establishments Linger Past Meal-Time to Witness Manoeuvers of Birds above Pickwick Theatre While Sweet Potatoes and Fried Apples Remain Neglected. ganization. tJ;xN.Ci Graduate Finds Orientals Capable Making Good Americans Honolulu Is Nearest Approach To Real Melting Pot ; Chinese Conditions Deplorable. The author of the following story is E. S. Barry a native of Greensboro and a University graduate. He has just returned to his home state after spending two years as a teacher , in the schools of Honolulu and visiting in China and Japan. The story follows. The question, is it possible to make Americans out of the Oriental races, is one that has been usually answered in the negative, but after two years experience with the- children of Japanese and Chinese parantage in the schools of Honolulu I am convin ced that it is not at all impossible. This conclusion was reached after also seeing the '- Orientals in their 'native countries. For example, let me mention this case. One afternoon after school I was talking to a group of boys who were lingering in the schoolroom, waiting for a friend. I asked them if they wanted to" go back to Japan and they unanimously declared that they.did not, and that they considered (Continued on page four) John Allison To Aid Staff Alumni Review Former Student to 'Assist Editor in Managing University Publication. John O. Allison, of Charlotte, is to assist the editor of the Alumni Review in editing and managing the publica tion this year. Allison graduated from the University in the class of '28. In his undergraduate days he played an important role in the journalistic life of campus publica tions. . He was editor of the Yackety Yacky member of Phi Beta Kappa, a member of Golden Fleece, a mem ber of Epsilon Phi Delta, and a mem ber of Chi Psi fraternity. Di To Hold Initiation The Dialectic Senate, will hold its initiation of new men tonight in the Di Hall, third floor of New West, at seven fifteen. All members are urg ed to be present and any person who wishes to join the society is invited to come. - V Immediately after the ceremonies there will be a smoker for the old and the new members. By Joe Jones The Coop, the Cabin, and Mrs. Daniels' boarding house stand back to back just off the northwest corner of the 'campus, and here there recently occurred an interesting little episode. Six-thirty, supper hour, struck, tea bells rang, and the messmates of the three neighborly establishments lin gered reluctantly outside. They stood in three groups, gazing up ..at' the sky, while grits, sweet potatoes, and fried apples grew cold on the table. Over the boys' heads theref swirled several thousand dark little birds Round and round went the huge circle, twittering and flittering, one . - edge hanging low over the rear of the Pick; while birds continually dropped out of the formation into the depths of the Pick's big-mouthed chimney. Many were the remarks from the boys, and many were the names they named : martins, bats, nigh thawks, chimney swallows, bullbats, starlings; but the germ of ornithology was not among them. It remained for some darn Yankee to walk up and remark, " Chimney swifts, eh, boys." Before nightfall all the members of the flock were in the chimney, hanging tier on tier ; and very early at dawn they were out and away; which marked the . end of chimney swifts in Chapel Hill until next April. That was the morning of September 24. For six months they filled our skies, and now for six months they are gone. -''.'"' .. .. y ' y: The chimney swift is a peculiar bird. He is the only member of the swift family found east of the Mis sissippi, and ,is often confused, with the swallows, with whom he has nothing in common except .f feeding habits. Chimney 'swallows' is an in correct local name. Insects taken on the wings are his sole sustenance. Be fore the coming of white men the swifts domiciled in .hollow trees, but now, in civilized districts, they are almost never seen to alight outside of a chimney. The swift glues his bracket-like nest to the chimney wall by means of a sticky salivary fluid which is secrted only during the nest ing season. The nest is made of twigs which the bird snatches from dead branches while in full flight, and is glazed with the above-mentioned sub stance. It bears a resemblance to the edible bird nests of Eastern Asia. Another peculiarity of this bird is the fact that there are long sharp spines at the end of the tailfeathers, where by it clings to the sooty bricks. When that flock of birds came out of the Pickwick chimney -and put off southward they became a part of an ornithological . mystery no man knows where the chimney swift spends the winter months. " Many of our water birds may b traced in their fall migrations to the Everglades, most of our tnrushes to Mexico or Central America, our tangers, orioles, hum There is a saying that is quoted concerning the "proverbial calm be fore a storm" that may well apply to the smashing triumph of the 1928 edition of Carolina's football team over th Deamon Deacons from Wake Forest. Evidently the grimness and the quietness of the Tar . Heels Satur day morning boded - no good for the. Deamon Deacons, for when the final whistle sounded something like ten touchdowns had been scored by the Heels and exactly half of the tries for points after those touchdowns had been successful. At the same time the Deacons had not crossed the Caro lina goal once, nor had the pig skin sailed between the Tar Heel's goal for a score. Little had been heard from the Deacons before the game, for Coach Stanly Coif all had been sending the squad through secret practices during the past week. They were bringing something of a. mystery team to the Hill, but the Tar Heels gave them little chance to show their mysterious wares. The Tar Heel coaches were also rather quiet before the game, evidently figuring that actions make a better impression than wurds, especi ally where the score board is concern ed, y -y : :r . . The first inkling that the spectators received of what was about to happen came soon after the opening whistle. About three minutes of the game was gone when suddenly out of a jumble of players behind the Carolina line Jimmie Ward shot a pass to Sapp. The big end was wide open and it was little trouble for him to cross the goal line for the opening score. Ward and Spaulding made the extra point. The Tar. Heels kicked" off to Wake. F orest, but the visitors held the ball only for a moment before Bud Shuler picked up a Deacon fumble. A re plica of the first game played in the Stadium last year came a moment later when "Yank" Spaulding snatch ed one of Jimmie Ward's heaves out the hands of two Deacons to carry the ball 25 yards before being downed. Ward added more yardage to the Carolina total and Ed Foard smashed center for a second score. Just after the third kick-off Adkins went in for Farris. The Tar Heels started toward the Wake Forest goal again, but they were doomed to be disappointed this time. The Deacons held within their own five yard line and soon had the ball in midfield. Coach Collins had begun to send in substitutes by this time, and the backfield composed of Harden, Maus, Gresham and Whisnant carried the' ball to the six yrfrd line. Gresham then added six points to the Carolina (Continued 'on page three) Mrs, Gerard Offers Prizes for Essays College Students and Graduates May Write about Al Smith. Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the former Ambassador to Germany, has offered two prizes of one thousand dollars each for the best essay written by college students or graduates pf not more than two years standing on the subject: "Why Alfred E.' Smith Should Be Elected President of the United States." One prize is for wo men and the other for men. The con test will close on October 20th. The New York - World, Buffali Times,, Trenton Times, Raleiffh News and Observer, Richmond Times Leader, Arkansas Gazette. Gainsvillp Florida Sun; Columbia, S. C. Record; Nashville Tennessean, Lexington Her ald, Nevada State Journal. - Atlanta Journal and Providence News are co- operatinsr with th Pnll mingbirds, and some warblers to the conducting the contest. Amazon jungles, our bobolinks to the " Essays may be sent to these news Argentinian pampas, the golden papers or to the New York committee plover of northern Canada to the at 1775 Broadway, New York Citv Antartic itself; but the little swift the Central Regional Committee at the has held his secret -fast. y ( Hotel Jefferson, St. Louis, Mo., or the in October his clangathers by the New Enerlahd million on the southern borders the Statler, Boston, Mass. Each of the lulf Stats; then a cool night or two, various committees will pick the two and they . are gone. Scientists have best essays written by men and the written by women that are sub- Central : and South America; but not one of them ever reported seeing a swift between October and March. For some time the U. S. Biological Survey has. carried on an extensive bird-banding programme, whereby (Continued on, page four) mitted to it. Only these sectional se lections will qualify for the money prizes. The essays are to be limited to 500 words and will be judged on strength of argument, form of composition and excellence in English.
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