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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-
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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.-
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University beiiior bees: --
Many Changes in Rural -Life
of North Carolina
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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."'.
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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 ; ;
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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.
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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.
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