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The Library, U . I J . C City, High School Contests Start Tomorrow 500 Visitors Expected 6 . h-a Freshman Track Sleet Carolina-State Emerson Field Today VOLmiEXXXYII CHAPEL HILL, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL; 16, 1929 NUMBER 72 500 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL INVADE CAMPUS Annual High School ""Week Contests Get Underway ; Tomorrow. Over 500 high school students, along with their coaches, chaperones, friends and admirers will invade the Uni versity campus Wednesday and Thurs day f or the annual high school week when the finals in the state wide de bating contest,- a track meet; and a tennis'tournament will be held. Fifty-nine schools r with teams of four members each have qualified to compete in the debate contest. The subject to be debated is the World Court. Things will :get underway for the debaters Thursday with a meet ing at two o'clock in Memorial Hall to draw lots for sections. At seven Thursday night the first preliminary will take place"in fifteen sections over the campus! Winners in the first preliminaries will compete in the - semifinals Friday .morning to deter mine the two teams to debate Friday night in Memorial HalL y The tennis tournament will get underway Thursday morning with singles and doubles and continue through Friday. Schools already entered in this are: Winston, High Point, Durham, Wilmington, Raleigh, 'Fountain, Dunn, Hickory Mount Olive, Chapel Hill," Goldsboro, Candor, Spring Hill, an4 Spring Hope. Twelve teams have been entered in the track meet which will. be run off Friday beginning at ten o'clock. The best high school athletes are trained specially for this meet; many records , are expected to fall before the day is over. Those schools send ing teams, are Aulander, Charlotte, Durham, Edward Best, Goldsboro, Greensboro, High Point, Raleigh, Salishnrv. Stem. Wilmington, and Winston-Salem. . Preparations are going -forward to entertain the army of visitors who will be guests of , the fraternities, dormitories, country clubs, and other groups. This is the seventeenth annual high school week that lias been conducted by the Extension Division. MrrE. R. Rankin of the Bureau of high school relations has charge of all arrange ments for the events. Winners of the track meet and ten nis tournament will be presented tro phies in Memorial Hall Friday night after the final debate and the presen tation of the Aycock Memorial cup, which will be made by Supt. A. T. Al len. At the same time the winners m the Latin, French and' Spanish con tests will be awarded trophies. Dur ham won the Latin contest, Lenoir the French, and Albermarle the Spanish Those schools sending debating teams are: Charlotte, Gold Sand, Al bemarle, Altamahaw-Ossipee, , Apex (Continued on page four) HAMPTON SINGERS WELL RECEIVED Famous Negro Quartet Charms Large Audience- in Uni versity Community. By MILTON GREENBLATT The Hampton Institute Quartet gave a program of negro spirituals in Memorial Hall (Thursday night) that was enjoyed by the entire audi' ence, small as it was. The selections were the more popular spirituals, but they were none the less interesting ones. They began with "My Lord What A Morning," "Zion Weep Low," "Lze kial Saw De Wheel," and "Roll, Jor dan Roll" followed, and the last named was one of the best of the program. "My Way's Cloudy," "Wade in De Water," ?Hard Trials," "Witness,' were others. The best of the spiri tuals were. "Roll. Jordan Roll," "My Wav's Cloudy," "Hard Trials," and "Witness." The Hampton Quartet sings' these folk songs quite capably. The mdi vidual voices are not of good quality but they blend well, and in ensemble they achieve very beautiful harmony. The spirituals are a glorious crea tion, and equal, if not surpass, the folk music of any other nation. Un fortunately, since they are racial, and to a great extent provincial (originat ing almost entirely in the south) they are not representative of America. But they are something to be proud of. ," . . Netf Student Officials v.v- . .sj x:-:-:-:-:-x-:-:-:-:-:-:v::-:v::-: mm Xv 5 . V 7 1 . i is ;W:?xi-:-:-:-iiiW-K - . i .V! i MM pzesve Artr athletic At&t PES'rDEtJTfrvn&irZedy "pjzetwsw V.M.GA, - 'PiEBirrSkHfcCss r S h It 7 1 i X 1 Liiu'miL-jiii "mjuiN :w-vr" .u Most of the successful candidates for the more important campus offices at the University in the elections April 4 have already taken over their new duties. The eight men men pictured above were installed in office last Tuesday. , , - ' M odern Gollegian Serious inded, Dean Doyle Finds s- Student Body of Today Has ( Higher Ideals and Purposes ; Many Replies Sent By Deans of Other Colleges. at Henry Grattan Doyle, Pean of Men Georee Washington University, i i i " t - i - wnO. nas DeenmaKing . an exensive survey of conditions existing in Amer ican Colleges of today, made a detailed report of his findings at the annual convention of the Association of Deans and Advisors of Men in Washington, D. C. April 11, 12, 13. In spite of public opinion and com- rment regarding the conduct- of the modern college man and woman, the Doyle survey shows that in the opin ions of the deans and presidents of American colleges, the student of to day has higher ideals and purposes; does better and more serious scholas tic work, and lives by a higher stan dard of moral conduct than the stu dent of any preceding generation in the history of the country. x The purpose of the survey, said Dean Doyle, was a desire "to con tribute something toward the correc tion of what I believe to be , erron eous public opinion concerning the college man and woman." Dean Dolye propounded the follow ing queries in his questionaire on which he will base his detainel re port to the convention: 1 (a) Is the 'collegiate" of the humerous press and the vaudeville stage the typical student yur college? or (b) Is he an exception in the personnel of your enrollment, and if so, what percentage of the total stu dent body is like him? 2. (a) Is a slouchy appearance, as evidenced by garterless socks, rum pled shirt and collar, sloppy shoes and wrinkled suits of clothing, typi cal of your student body? or (b) Is neatness in. appearance, as evidenced by clean shaving, well shined shoes, starched linen, appro priate neckties of neat appearance and well-pressed suits of clothing typical of your student body? 3 (a) In the main, does the psy chological attitude of your student body approve slouchy and careless habits of dress and conduct, or neat habits of dress and courteous man ners? . (b) Is there any appreciable atti tude of disfavor in your student body toward carelessness in manners and dress? He inquired further whether, in the official's opinion, there was any connection 'between the attempt to be "collegiate" and such problems as: , (a) Drinking? (a) "Necking?" (c) Neglect of class work? (d) Dishonesty on examina tions? (e) Other ethical problems? Replies were' received from a large number of co-edticational schools, and without exception they stated (Continued on page four) Important Glee Club Rehearsal Tonight There will be a very important rehearsal of the GleeN Club this ' afternoon at 5 9'clock in the practice room of Person Hall. 4: The April number of the North Carolina Law Review, ; which was distributed to the lawyers on April . - All regular members - are-advised henth, features as its leading articles to be present. Songs to be sung on the forthcoming Glee Club tour will be practiced at this time. OPEN FORUM ON BOOKER'S PLAN TONIGHT AT 7:15 Further Consideration Will Be Given PJan at Public Meet ing of Di Senate. Packed House Greets Chase and Shore To Speak at Senior Smoker Tomorrow President Chase and Mr: W. T. Shore, President of the Alumni Association, will address the Senior class at its annual smoker which will be held tomorrow night at 9:00 o'clock, in Swain Hall. ' VThis meeting will be very im portant as there are several mat-jt ters to be discussed at the time. The final plans for the Senior Dance will be discussed and an nounced and the question of the wearing apparel of the seniors during Senior Week, which begins May 20, will be brought before the class. All members of the senior class are urged to be present, ac cording, to class officials. First Performance of Annual Western Tour; Move on to Morganton Tonight. APRIL ISSUE OF LAW REVIEW OUT JUNI0RPR0MIS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MAY 3 M 1 Affair Will Be Formal; Two Local Orchestras Have Been Engaged. Contains A Excellent Material, . Most of It By University Men. "The Recovery of Damages for Loss of Expected Profits," by Dean C. T. McCormick, of Chapel Hill; "Re straint of Trade in North Carolina," by Professor M. S. Breckenridge, of Chapel Hill; and "The Supreme Court and Commerce by , Motor. Ve hicle," by Professor C. P. Light, Jr., of Washington and Lee University Law School. Dean McCormick, after The Dialectic Senate meets tonight for a further consideration of the plan offered by Dr. J. M. Booker for reorganizing student government at the University of North Carolina. Officials of the Senate feel that-a second discussion of the proposed plan can be easily justified in view of the fact that the joint session of the Di and Phi last Tuesday night was interrupted by the Carolina-Harvard Debate. Certain members of the Senate were connected with the de bate and could not attend the discussion..- . ' Tonight the doors of the Senate will be thrown open to the student body at large for a further considera tion "of the subject. Both opponents and supporters of the bill are urged by Senate officials to attend the meet ing.. . V ; All persons who attend the open forum discussion tonight will , be privileged not only to speak but also to vote on 'the project. Several faculty members who are interested in the matter have already signified their intentions of attend ing the open forum which will begin at seven-fifteen o'clock. Hamilton Urges That Historical Material Be Preserved Here Dr. J. G. deR. Hamilton, of the University History Department, made a talk before the literary department of the Goldsboro Woman's Club Thursday evening on the subject of preserving Southern historical and literary materials. Mr. Hamilton said, "Why not build in North Carolina a great center for Southern historical research ? If the present plans for the Southern col lection go through it will be the most unique collection of social history re source material in the world. The, latest eclipse seems to be that source material in the world." a caretui review 01 tne JNortn uaro lina cases, concludes that'there is no single, simple principle "which will enable one to solve in advance the question of whether the plaintiff can recover for expected profits which have been prevented by a tort or breach of contract, and suggests the combination of factors, not reducible to rule, which will influence the deci sions in particular . cases. Professor Breckenridge examines the North Carolina decisions and statutes and determines the tests of the enforce ability not to compete for a certain time within a designated area. And Professor Light traces the develop ment of the attitude of the Supreme Court of the United States , toward the state and federal regulation of motor-bus traffic. r Among the federal notes and com ments upon recent cases are discus sions of: the admissability of evi dence of the attempted suicide of the aecused, based upon the recent Law rence murder case; the inter-relations of state and federal control of wild life and human conduct in national parks, military reservations and the like based upon recent United States Supreme Court decisions; the extent to which, under the recent litigation over the Ford Weekly Payment Plan, acompany may be held responsible for "lifting ' the basic idea of a busi ness scheme submitted for purchase; interf erenceNwith the jury's province by expert witnesses; the requirement of a , bond as a condition to the settle ment of a life insurance policy where the insured is not; "known to be dead but has been absent and unheard of for seven years; the responsibility of the attending physician for injection of an over-dose of silver nitrate in the eyes of a newborn babe. Mr. C. W. Tillett, Jr., of the Char lotte bar contributes a review of Beveridge's "Abraham Lincoln," and Mr. Mangum Weeks, of Washington, D. C, reviews Hqldsworth's lectures on "Charles Dickens as a Legal His torian." The report of the North Carolina Judicial Conference is printed in full as a matter joi record. The editors of the Review announce that the June number will contain a detailed, study of the public laws of 1929, to be prepared by" members of the University" faculty. i Friday, May 3, has been chosen as the date for the annual Junior Dance, which will be held; in Bynuni gym nasium. The dance will be formal. Admittance will be limited entirely to Juniors. , The Order of the , Grail will stage a dance tne ioiiowmg night, May 4, and the committees in charge of the decorations for the two dances have engaged Baron Holmes and Frazier Glenn, experienced decorators, to pro vide the accessories. Thesame decor ations will be , used for both dances, and will be appropriate to the occa sions. . A novel arrangement has been made for the music. s Alex tMendenhall's Tar . Heel Boys ; and Jack Wardlaw's Orchestra will vie with each other in furnishing music since both orches tras have been engaged to play for the affair. . t The figure for the dance will be led by Jimmie Cqnnell, assisted by Bud E skew and Red Green. The Executive Committee of the Junior class asks that all members of the class who wish to have girls down for the dance make their dates as soon as possible. ; - Retract Charges of Liquor Making at Virginia Frat House A committee of three members from the arch chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity last Friday de nied - and retracted the charges , that Beta Iota, University of Virginia chapter of the fraternity, has"defied he university authorities inJ the man ufacture and use of intoxicants in the chapter house at the University of Virginia. The committee, composed of Norman MacLeod, national presi dent of the fraternity, F. D. Moore president of the eastern division, and Frank S. Hemmick, Teached this de cision after contemplating an investi gation of conditions at the Beta Iota chapter house. The committee explained that the only "basis for the report that there had been open drinking was the fact that liquor has been possessed and used by individuals in the chapter house in the past. The report of the committee states that the chapter, with other fraterni ties at Virginia, has made earnest efforts to lessen student drinking, with "substantial success."'' Action of the entire arch chapter of ten members must yet be taken upon the report, but it is generally believed that the report of the com mittee will be accepted by the entire group. r Henderson To Speak At Mitchell Society Meeting Tonight The Elisha Mitchell Scientific So ciety will hold its regular session to night at 7:30 in Phillips Hall. .Dr. Archibald Henderson will address the society on "Einstein" and Mr. D. A. McPherson will speak on "Hideyo Noguchi Martyr to Science." UNIQUE ORDER FORMED HERE Senior Order of Daviens Plans to Attract Highest Type of Students to Carolina. Announcement was made yesterday of a new organization on the campus which has been in active, existence since last October, the. Senior Order of Daviens. This organization was founded for the purpose of furthering every interest of the University of North Carolina, and its efforts are especially directed toward keeping up the high quality f men entering the University. This is a unique organi zation at Carolina, and the only one of its kind in the state, The Senior Order of Daviens plans to use every legitimate effort to se cure as students of the University the best of the students graduating from high schools and preparatory schools of North Carolina and elsewhere. It shall also be the purpose of the order to work with members of each Fresh man class to the end that they may develop into the kind of students necessary for a greater University. It is believed that for some years there has been a slight tendency to ward a lowering of the quality of the men entering Carolina. More and more in recent years the best North Caro lina high school graduates, who or dinarily should have come to the Uni versity, have been enticed to go else (Continued on page four) By GEORGE EHRHART (Staff Correspondent) Spray, April 15. The Carolina Playmakers of the University of North Carolina gave their first per- - f ormance of their annual western tour here last night. A packed house greeted the play group. The great amount of ovation given ; the s plays proves that the bill for the western tour is up to the usual Playmaker standards and that a big treat is in store forv future audiences as the stu dent actors get down to touring in earnest. The plays being presented on the western tour of the Playmakers in clude two by Paul Green ''Old Wash Lucas," and "Quare Medicine," and The Lie," a play of revolutionary days by Wilkeson O'Connell. "The Lie," the first play on the bill is an interesting attempt of the playwright to portray ,the life and times of our colonial forbears. The story is based on the Biblical 'story -of (Annanias and ' Sephranna). The cast includes Pendleton Harrison, Howard Bailey, Whitner Bissell, Peter Henderson, k Elizabeth Farrar, Cyrus Edson, and Marvin Hunter. Paul Green's "Quare Medicine," his first comedy, written for the occa sion of the dedication of the .Play maker's Theatre at Chapel Hill in 1925, is the second number of the program. vHere the author goes back to his childhood days and depicts the life of the tenant farmer in eastern North Carolina, interspersed with the smooth sayings and wiles of the country quack, doctor typical of those days. The cast includes Hubert Heff ner, Howard Bailey, Pendleton Har rison, and Helen Dortch. "Old Wash Lucas," or "The Miser," as it was formerly known," is anoth er one of Green's tragedies,. Again the author goes back to his native haunts for the plot. 01d Wash Lucas, the miser, holding his now empty money box tightly in his miserly fingers; the overworked daughter and her disappointment on learning that her lover of ten -years standing is going to marry another girl; the sick son, thrown out by The Miser seven years before, returning home to ask for money to help his starving family are all brought to a' hair raising climax by the playwright. The cast for this play will be played by Hubert Heffner, Pendleton Harri son, Helen Dortch and George Ehr hart. The Playmakers are headed by Professors Koch, Heffner, and Sel den. They will play in Morganton : tonight and will move on for a per formance in Asheville Wednesday. The tour will go as far west as Nash ville, Tennessee. f j i- i