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University of" Ilorth -.Carolina, Ca it if " '"Hf. PEP MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT MEMORIAL HALL 9 P. M. J 1 V v - '1;- M 1 U I i W i n CO-ED BASKETBALL BYNUM GYM FRIDAY NIGHT VOLUME XXXVII CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 NUMBER 31 tate Championship MigH Scliooi Grid Title To Be ' 'ecided Mere Tomorrow Wilmington Defends State, Crown against Statesville, j Representing the; Western , Section. Two well-balanced ; elevens from Wilmington 'and -Statesville' will bat tle for the North Carolina high school football title in Kenan Memorial Sta dium here on Friday afternoon at 2:30. o'cloe&t' mating'? 'in the JEinal game of the annual elimination se- JfieS. r ' " '( - The Wildcats from New Hanover fought their way to the . champion ship last year, defeating Greensboro high in the final game here; and this week they defend their crowri against a great blue-jerseyed outfit from the foothills bf Iredell county. 'Statesville won the western championship after a 7 to 2 victory over Greensboro, in Salisbury last . Saturday. Wilming ton won the eastern crown for the second successive year by defeating Raleigh high. ; . . , . Their final battle here Friday af ternoon will come as a concluding chapter to two great campaigns, and both teajns will bring heavy delega tions of supporters ; from the home town. Wilmington fans are already planning to run a special train to Chapel Hill -that day and Statesville will send many people by train, bus and highway. . . ; $ E R. Rankin, executive secretary of the North Carolina High School Athletic association, announces that the game will be played early in order to allow fans to return to their homes before . night. The Univer sity's magnificent Kenan Memorial stadium, seating 25,000 spectators, will afford advantageous seats for everyone. . Phi Assembly Elects , New Officers; New Men Are Taken In Six University Students ; In jured During Holidays Last Thursday night, on their, way , to Greystone Court,- Biltmore, Va., five ; University students suf fered an automobile I 1; ; accident. Their car, going &t:a rate .of fifty, miles an hour, t plunged over' ;. a twelve-foot embankment throwing several- of them out of the car. The injured are. Henry Grady, with a cracked ribr George . Levirigs, a broken -. arm ; : Donald . ., Hague, a smashed nose; Byron Glen, slight injuries ' arid William - Benneth, lacerations of the scalp. The boys were on their way to the South ern Debutante Ball. T. Gilbert Pearson, another Uni versity student, while spending the holidays at Washington and Lee . University, -was in an accident on ' his way. .home- at Natural Bridge. . The car he was in ran off a . bridge, but he escaped . injury while the driver suffered a broken collar bone. " SECOND ANNUAL FRENCH STUDY Dr. Lyons of University French " Department to Conduct Trip; Attractive Itinerary Ar ranged; Plans Underway for English Tour. The Phi Assembly held its last meet ' ing of the quarter ; Tuesday . night. Owing to the approaching examina tions, the Assembly voted to hold no more meetings until the first Tuesday night of next quarter. 4 v The first matter taken up was the initiation . of new members. .. -Three new men, G. P. Carr, Sherman Shore, and E. H. Whitley were conducted into the folds of the society. . Another matter of importance taken up was the election of new officers. The following men were elected to the various offices : Wyeth Ray, . speaker, W. W. Speight, speaker pro tern, Mr. Harris, reading clerk, Mr. Carr, sergeant-at-arms, R. M. Al bright, assistant treasurer, and Mr. Crumpler, chairman of the Ways and Means committee. To make the meeting more enjoy able, an abundance of refreshments had been provided. Following the completion of business affairs, a long table, covered with apples, sand wiches, and soft drinks, was arranged and everybody crowded around to share in the eats. The attendance was larger than usual. , ;r Attention . was called to the fact that a group picture "of the society will be made Friday morning,; dur ing chapel period, on the steps of, the Law building. All members are re quested to' be there at that time. LIFE SENTENCE-: i IASN0TPROVED VERY SUCCESSFUL Di Senate Goes on Record as Favoring. Continuation of Capital Punishment. Private Ticket Sale For Greensboro Opera By Music Department Private sale of tickets for the opera season in Greensboro which will be held January 14-19 inclusive is being held by the University music depart ment here this week,, After Monday the tickets go on sale throughout the state for the public. All seats for the opera will be reseryed. Members of the student body and faculty., who are contemplating attending the affair are urged to make their reservations,, through the music department im mediately while there is yet time to secure the best seats that the house affords. Prices range from 50 cents to two dollars and a half, . the low prices for a thing of this sort being made possible through the .coopera tion of the North Carolina College for. Women and the Greensboro mer chants. Many Chapel Hill people have planned to go up for the occa sion. Tickets may be reserved Jor single performances or for the whole season. The University Extension Division announcedplans -here ; yesterday.;. for itssecond annual French Residential Study tour to be held next summer. Announcement was also made at the time that plans are under way for an English tour. Dr. J. C. Lyons, of the University French Department, will direct the French tour, to begin June 14 tnd end August 22. Courses in French emphasizing conversation and litera ture will be. given with college credit, An extremely . attractive, .itinerary' has been arranged, most of the time to be spent in France with visits ino Switzerland and Belgium and to London. Sailing from New York June 14 and arriving at Boulogne June 25, the students will spend five days in tours of Paris, Versailles and its environs, ana then, making stops at Tours and Bordeaux, proceed to Bagnere-De-Bigorre, famous resort, where 20 days will be spent, with trips Jnto the surrounding country. On July 24, those On the tour will visit Mimes and Aries and'then cross into Switzerland to see the beauties of Geneva, Montreux, Interlaken, and Lucerne. Three days will be spent in Brussells and five in London be fore the students sail for home on August 13. Two such tours Were given by the Extension Division last summer and proved especially successful, leading to their continuance-this year. ' . The tours are designed primarily for "students arid teachers interested in a thorough study of peoples and countries to be visited. , Courses in languages are open to all members of the parties but are not obligatory. The amount charged for the tours regarded as very reasonable con The discussion of .-the Dialectic Senate Tuesday night centered around this resolution: "Resolved," That the Dialectic Senate go. on record as favoring the; abolition . of capital punishment." Nearly every member of the senate who. was present express ed an opinion about the matter be fore a vote was taken to determine the opinion of the senate as a body. . - In, defense, of his resolution Sena tor Stabler contended that the system of life sentence has not been success ful in eradicating crime, . The sena tor offered life sentence as a substitute-'for capital punishment. ' He was of the opinion that the length of the sentence should- be ; determined, in terms of the heinousness of the crime under consideration. The speaker de clared that money plays too conspic uous a part in American courts to- day.. , . .Senator Norwood contended that the individual would : be much more apt to commit crime if life imprison ment were the ultimate and final punishment. He pointed out that the hope- of being pardoned and the poS sibility of escaping from prison have always constituted a stimulus to com mit crime. . ' In order to justify his statement that very few people ever go to the electric chair Senator Brown remind ed the senate that .very few judges and juries of the United States do not hesitate to sentence a man to the electric chair. The senator was of the opinion that all judges have a hor ror of sentencing a man -to diel in the electric chair. The speaker declared that being shut up for life is a hor rible thing. In concluding his argu ment he stated, that capital punish ment is necessary" only in the. case of rape. ' " -' " . Senator Studdert attacked capital punishment on the grounds that it has effected a . noticable decrease in the number of capital crimes. The sena tor maintained that persons who com mit rape are 'persons of low intelli gence." . He contended that this mat ter could be handled better by sentenc ing the guilty persons to life imprison ment than by capital punishment. The speaker stated that in the case of rape the wrong person is often a victim of the law. Senator McPherson maintained that there are too many ways of evading capital sentences. He cited the plea of insanity as an outstand ing example. The speaker contend ed that capital punishment has not decreased , the number of capital crimes, because money plays a very conspciuous part in the procedure of American courts. The senator furth er developed his case by calling at tention to the fact that pardoned criminals often -make good citizens. As soon as the leader "of a gang is electrocuted the ' gang becomes more violent than ever before," declared McPherson. ' . , " - A vote of the senate defeated the resolution by a margin of three votes. . Potter to Read GRAIL WILL GIVE ITSFINAL DANCE OF FALL QUARTER Large Number bf Boys and Girls Expected to Remain Over From Carolina-Duke State Championship Game Saturday.- v-.- " ' TT-T . . .. University beiiior bees: -- Many Changes in Rural -Life of North Carolina -s. Kay Kyser is sidering the advantages and itinerary planned. Information concerning them may be had from R. M.- Grum man, Secretary of the Extension .Di vision, at the. University. " , Plans Being Laid for Meeting of Carolina Dramatic Directors Plans are being made by the Bureau of Community Drama and the Caro lina Dramatic Association for the meeting of the North Carolina dra matic directors which will be held here January 12, it was announced yes terday. The entire program has not been completed; however, a visiting high school will stage a play in the afternoon, and the Playmakers will show 'Twelfth Night Revels" that night. The complete program will be published later. The Bull"s Head reading to be giv en by Russell Potter this afternoon in Murphey Hall will be from the works of Edward Arlington Robin son, author of "Tristram."'. " : : : il The .Order of the Grail will com plete its . program of entertainments for the Fall quarter Saturday night when it stages its third and ' final dance for the season. The officers of the order are anticipating a large crowd to remain over from the Duke game, and aremakirig efforts to close the season with the best dance pos sible, - -v:- The dance 'will be held in Bynum Gymnasium, and will begin promptly at nine o'clock." -Tickets will be plac ed on sale r at the usual place in the rear of the gymnasium building at eight thirty Saturday night, and all those .wishing to attend are urged to purchase . their" tickets : early. ' The Carolina Buccaneers will again fur nish the music, and plan to render a novel array of pieces. This orchestra has played ; at all the -dances given this fall by the Grail, and has per formed admirably well on all the oc casions. The decorations will be es pecially attractive. An unusually large number of girls is expected to be present. The championship . fdotball in the after noon between Carolina and Duke will attract the majority of them, although some will come primarily for the dance, and with the usual crowd of boys the dance should exceed anything given heretofore by the order. ' 1 The usual German club regulations in respect to conduct on the floor will be enforced. 'Only upperclassmen will be admitted, no freshmen or spec tators being allowed on the floor. Kyser's Orchestra To ' Give Concert Tonight After', a' number of successful en gagements in the North, including a run on Broadway, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra will again appear before the homefolks tonight when they will give a concert in Memorial Hall un der the auspices of the Chi Omega fraternity. The doors will open at 7:30 o'clock and the concert will start at 8:30. Kyser and his men left the Hill last spring and since then have won the approval of critical audiences in Cleveland, O., Lexington, Ky., - Erie, .Pa., and New York City. On their way back South last week they play ed for : the ,. Car,olina7 Virginia dances at Charlottesville, and at the ..Wash ington and . Lee hops. Former Carolina Man Weds , Of interest to many people on the Hill . is the announcement of the be- trothal of Miss Jo Ann Cox, of Atlanta, Ga., to Doremus Windsor Dixon, of Jacksonville, Fla., son of Mr. and Mrs. Doremus Webster Dix on, of Sricw Hill. The bridegroom-elect attended the University and was class president in 1921-2?. He is now making his head quarters inw Jacksonville, Fla., 'where he is . district manager for, the Inter national Accountants Society with the state of Florida under" his super vision. " - The marriage will be ' solemnized December 29 at sunset in the garden of the Plymouth church at Cocoanut Grove, Fla.' " t ; ; v...?..;. Outlines Advantages and Dis advantages of Shifting Con ditions of Present Country side Movement in Paper be- '.'.fores North Carolina Club. lot Kay KyseiC above,' who,- with his orchestra, has returned to. native soil and - will give a concert tonight in Memorial Hall under the auspices of the Chi Omega sorof ityl ; FIVE PLAYS TO BEpADBEEORE LOCAL AUDIENCE Tryputs for the Parts Will Be . Held in Theatre on " January 10. General Assembly of University Alumni Association to Hold Meet .More than a hundred representa tives from different alumni clubs over the stae are expected ;to ' attend the annual general Assembly of the' Uni versity Alumni Association to be held here Friday and Saturday, it was an nounced, last night by J. Maryon Saunders, Executive Secretary. . . The program will begin Friday morning and will last through Satur day, noon, the Carolina-Duke game serving as entertainment for the alumni in the afternoon. The meet ing will open Friday evening at 6 : 30 o'clock at the Carolina Inn with an in formal dinner, arid - A. B. Andrews, Raleigh, President of the General Alumni Association, will preside. President Chase and Kenneth Royal, of Greensboro, members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, are the plincipal speakers. President Chase will speak on "Organized Alum ni in the Life of, the University"- and Mr. Royall .will speak- on the "Alurn. ni Office. Its Significance and Work." The Saturday morning session ".-'will bring a business, meeting at 10 o'clock, and a meeting of. the Alumni Class Secretaries Bureau . will f ollow. J. Maryon Saunders, , Executive Secre tary, and George Watts Hill, of Dur ham, Treasurer, will make reports at the business meeting, after which the general election of officers will be held.: The committee on nominations is composed of ' Tyre C. Taylor, .Char lotte; Judge J. G. Adams, Asheville; S. Pi Teague, Goldsboro; A. J. Bar wick, Raleigh; and R. A." Spaugh, of Winston-Salem. Tomorrow night at "7:30 o'clock the Playmakers registered Jh Prof. Fred erick H. Koch's , playwriting course will read the best of the plays writ- ten m their class wotk. f rom a-iisx .of six plays written by ; University students this fall quarter - and six that were5 written under Prof. Koch during the summer school of the Uni versity of California last year, five will be read before the audience to morrow night. : ; Among the available plays that the five are to be chosen from are a full length comedy on domestic relations by Telfair Peet, author of "The New Moon" produced last year. One act plays by Catherine Wilson Nolen, LI W. O'Connell, Walter Spearman, and a new play by Mrs. Loretto Carroll Bailey are under, consideration. C. Yates McDaniel has written a trag edy of the Eurasian problem in Chi na, where he was born "and reared. " The California plays that may be read are: "The Graveyard Shift' and "Alarm Clocks," by Edith Daesk ing, who is the author of "Mountain Magic" given last year.- - Alice Pie ratt's "Summer Night" and "The Beard of Moses" by; Alise Holdship Ware, and "The Door Mat" by Stella D. Whipkey. ' , ' From the five plays that will be read at the authors readings, the Playmaker management will choose three on February 8 and 9. Jan uary 10 tryouts for parts in, the plays Will be staged, v- . " Glee Club To Give Concert at N.C.C.W. . ; - The University Glee Club is the recipient of - ah unusual offer to sing in, Greensboro Friday night under the auspices of the .Madrigal .Club of North Carolina College ' for " Women, an organization ."which is primarily fostering the study and : appreciation of music. The Madrigal Clubtated in their invitation that if the North Carolina Glee Club' Would consent to come to Greensboro and present the program which was used on the fall trip all of the receipts from the per-, f ormance would be turned over to the performer's organization. The offer was immediately accepted and so the Glee Club will sing at the new col lege auditorium in Greensboro tomorr row night. ';. : - : . -'.. - - Tickets, which have been on sale in Greensboro for the past two weeks are practically all sold, and a pack ed house is assured the club when it appears there. Musical organizations and clubs from 1 Concord, , Lexington, Winston-Salem, High Point and many other towns have already 'reserved rows bf seats for the concert. A re ception for the Glee Club members has been planned to take place after the performance. Interesting facts concerning North Carolina's progress and status today in , methods , of . transportation . and communication were set forth in an interesting paper before the North Carolina "Club 6f the University by Gould M. Hambright, of Wisconsin, a. University senior, and interpreted as promising important changes in North Carolina life in the matter of turning population more and more to the country, changing the character of rural institutions,, and . doing away with, individualism and provincialism in rural people. . " r. Mr, Hambright's paper summarized North Carolina's, position today: 5,143 miles : of railroad, ! penetrating 96 counties; 1,094 . miles , of inland waterways in the Cape Fear, Neuse, Pamlico and Tar, and Roanoke rivers, and an inland waterway from Norfolk, ' Va., to Beaufort; 1,500 rural mail 'routes; telephones in nine percent of country homes, from a survey of three representative counties; more than 22,600 miles of surf aced - local rural roads, to give the state fourth, position -among the 48 states in 1926; a large percentage of country homes posess-' ing radios; 440,258 autos, an average of one car for each 6.6 people. 4 "North Carolina has always had a scattered ' population, a state of soli tary farmsteads and widely scattered villages, no -large cities, . and until ' very , recently no moderate-sized cities," he declared. . "The isolated condition of farm life has become a heritage," . he went on, pointing out that, 60 counties have scarcely any. evidence 1 of community life, three have no incorporated . towns; four have no railroad .facili ties, and three have no banks or newspapers. ; - ' ' The effects of such a condition have been both economic and social, making transportation, marketing and , co operation among- farmers difficult and making the' people individualistic and pfovincialistic, by putting diffi culties on intercourse, schooling, and social contacts. This isolation, he went on, is gradu ally disappearing today, due to the change in transportation and com munication methods. Commenting on the change being produced in rural people, Mr. Ham bright declared it to be a. loss in some respects, a gain in, others. "It will be a distinct loss if our rural population loses those qualities of in dustry, -thrift and stability, which have been so charf cteristic, in spirit, more cosmopolitan" in their interests, more at ease in their social relation ships. - "New . modes of communication are multiplying the countryman's contacts with both good and bad results, but it is hoped that the good will far out- -weigh the bad," he said. V Experiments With Lights Being Tried On South Building Lights placed in trees in front of South Building have been the topic for numerous questions for quite a while. - The lights are the. instru ments of an experiment which is- bet ing conducted by. the University Consolidated Service Plant in ; an ef fort ; to determine how brightr the lights should be which - are going to be used to .illuminate the front of the new library.' When this building has been completed the space between it and South. Building will be the center of the campus. University authorities intend to illuminate this space by the. type of lights which "at present are used to light one side of South Building. ; Leonard Entertains The Y Cabinets were the guest of Mr. G. H. Leonard, Self-Help Secre tary of the Y. M. C. A., at his home on Monday ; night. ; Mr. : Leonard treated them to a picnic supper. " The: devotional exercises were conducted" by Mr. A. A. Perkins, i - Sigma Phi Epsilon announces the pledging of "Pat" Johnson of Pantego. - i 'A I' 1
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