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" Thanksgiving, Christmas and
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cations Union of the University of
North" Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
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W. H. Yarborough, J R., .Mgr. Editor
Marion Alexander ...Business Mgr.
Wednesday, September 25, 1929
Tar Heel Topics
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The notorious Chapel Hill mud
has been remarkably scarce on
the University campus this
year, even after a week of al
most constant rain. Perhaps
the mud-slinging episode last
spring accounts for the short
age. .The News and Observer lino
man who set up President
Chase's speech to ad "the ac
quisition ' of knowledge is the
main objection of a college edu
cation" instead of the "main ob
jective" is evidently a college
graduate himself.
.At the University of Nebraska
a fence 15 feet high' has been
erected around the women's
building. It would take a great
deal more than a 15-foot fence to
keep the Carolina Don Juans out
of Spencer, and still more to
keep' the co-eds in.
The Music Department
Gets a Boost y
The executive committee of
the University board of trustees
was notified at its meeting in
Raleigh yesterday of a gift
which will have an important
effect on the future development
of the music department. An
unnamed alumnus has donated
$40,000 for the purpose of erect
ing ah auditorium addition to
house the music department. Re
cently the same alumnus donated
, $30,000 for the purchase of an
organ, which will be installed in
the new auditorium;
A few years ago the music de
partment exerted little influence
upon the campus. One of two
1 men constituted the faculty, the
department was housed in la
mentably inadequate quarters,
and very few students were at
tracted to the University by the
music courses. Within the past
two or three years the depart
ment has been vastly improved,
however. Under the direction of
- Professor Harold Dyer there is
every indication that the depart
ment this year will surpass all
. previous periods in the expan
sion and improvements.
In all probability the new or
gan, which will be one of the
finest in the country, will attract
many students here. Concerts
will probably be given frequent
ly,' and the addition to the old
library building will provide
something that the University
has been woefully in need for
many years a suitable audi
torium for the presentation of
musical programs.
Prospects are indeed bright
for the development of a music
department here that will per
haps eventually attract as much
favorable attention as the grad
- uate school and others of the
University's strongest units. A
considerable portion of the cred
it for this forthcoming jdevel-j
opment will be due the unnamed
aliimnus who'modstly refuses to
allow the public to honor him as
the donor of the new organ and
auditorium, r
The New Heelers
fnrf " Tern
Over fifty aspiring journalists
attended the tryouts for the
Daily Tar Heel staff Sunday
night, while approximately half
that number were out for the
Magazine staff. A healthy in
terest in campus literary and
journalistic endeavor was indi
cated. It is true that college maga
zines and newspapers contain a
great deal of material that rep
resents at best rather puerile at
tempts to impart an impression
of ultra-sophistication, but they
provide workshops which, afford
facilities for the development of
an attribute notoriously foreign
to the average American youth
the ability to write. Whether
the new Tar Heel and Magazine
men possess the capabilities es
sential to the-development of a
worthwhile journalist or literary
worker remains -to be deter
mined, but they have the -prime
requisites interest and ambi
tion. The editors have been consid
erably cheered by the gratify
ing response to the calls for new
men. If the candidates for the
staffs demonstrate the ability
and willingness to work that
their initial efforts give prom
ise of, at least two of the cam
pus publications will be in bet
ter condition this year than they
have in many a moon.
The University's
! Home-Coming Week
North Carolina will celebrate
in. October a Home-Coming
Week, during which time all of
her native sons and former resi
dents will be welcomed back to
the state. The University is
sponsoring at the same time a
phase of the more extensive
state-wide program here in
Chapel Hill. Of course the local
program wiH attract, in the
main, Carolina alumni. - : How
ever, a public invitation has been
issued to the state-at-large.
Elaborate plans have already
been made for the week-end of
the Georgia-Carolina football
game. Besides the game, there
will be the dedication of the new
library, a Playmaker perform
ance, and union services on Sun
day conducted by Dr. Shailer
Matthews,
the distinguished
head of religion in the Univer
sity of Chicago. It is also un
derstood that several other not
able features are being planned.
Such a program will rib doubt
be of great interest to the
alumnus:
The future alumnus, the un
dergraduate, usually whenever
he hears of an event of this sort
looks upon it indifferently as
a mere formality. Home-Corn-mg
Week, however, is far from
such, for its .success is o vital
interest to the University as a
whole in that it is an opportun
ity for closer contact with its
alumni. The student can be of
great service in carrying out the
program, not only by being
actively interested during, the
actual celebration of the event,
but by creating an interest in
that section of the state from
which he comes and by keeping
in touch with the alumni he
knows.
Home-Coming Week will bea
success' if both past and present
men co-operate. . The under
graduate could, if he would, as
sume an important position in
carrying out the program which
the University has determined
upon.
B. C M.
Correction
The Tar Heel Staff wishes to
acknowledge an error in quoting
in its columns the name of a
negro folk-lore book by Guy B.
Johnson. The title of the vol
ume is
'John
Henry' not
"Afro-American Folk-lore" as
was printed in Tuesday's issue
of the papef.
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THE DAILY
IN THE WAKE OF NEWS !
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J. E. Dungan
Good Morning! The author
of the Wake bids you welcome
back to the Hill and the Old
grind.
You know, we have a persist
ent idea that when J. D. Bul
lock and his Inter-Fraternity
Council" declare open, season on
freshmen this year, the Greeks
will have to date at-Memorial
Hall instead of Patterson's. You
may not remember that there are
four new houses being built that
some one has to pay for, and that
means rushing business. .
.Poor Little freshmen with
glorified ideas about fraternity
life. They'll learn and pay for
their lessons, too.
It's the freshman that pays
and pays in the end or rather
we should say on the end.
H. J. G. in his column remarks
the many changes around these
parts, but we notice by the
amount of publicity the Play
makers are spreading that they
at least are still the same old
group. '
And the laundry! Still the
same old laundry. Two shirts
for one. "
The Phi opened its doors to a
monstrous meeting last night
which was announced, as a meet
ing to "conduct business of con
siderable importance." The busi
ness of considerable importance
this year as in recent years for
the Phi, as well, as the Di, will
be the collection of dues from
members other than freshmen,
and that literally is a real lit
erary task.
J. C. Williams says that the
average freshman comes to the
Hill "bent on education." The
trouble with the rest, of us. is
that we are bent by education.
We hope, that the Debate
Council will finally get through
making plans and get off the
front page. It's time to hear
about our chances for a success
ful grid season or something
new.
In a rather naive
paper chornicles how
way our
"after the
regular show Friday night,
Manager E. C. Smith turned the
rCarolina theatre over to the
freshmen. 'Fast Life' was shown
free to a packed house." Strange
as it may seem the Carolina was
really packed and at a free show
at that.
The Lenoir News-Topic de
votes a half column of snappy
writing to the activities of the
Nimrods of its vicinity, and
headlines the story "Squirrel
Season Opens With Bang."
The Stanley News of Albe
marle gives a well known holy
man of our vicinity an upper
right hand three-column spread
"Cyclone Mack Begins Meet
ing in Albemarle Sunday," then
a second head does a little prog
nosticating "To be held in tab
ernacle on lot opposite high
school ; Evangelist to arrive Sat
urday. To last six weeks." But
they've got Old Cyclone wrong
down in Albemarle. . He's a
tough old bird, and will last for
a good many years yet.
About the most ironical item
brought to the Wake's attention
this week is an advertisement in
the Union Herald published in
Raleigh. A certain Mr. S. Ber
wanger, whose business sagacity
we have no reason to doubt, ad-'
vertised last week to the "starv
ing masses" that he had for sale
some Stetson hats priced at
$8.50 and up, and some Schobles
at $7.50 and up.
The Associated
beautiful one in
Press has a
this week's
TAR HEEL
Engineering School
JEnrollment Larger
Than Was Expected
In spite of the fact that this
past year has been one of ap
parent hard times, the school of
engineering has a larger regis
tration this fall than it has ever
had before. The freshman class
is 30 percent-larger than that of
last year, and the other classes
have the usual number of re
registrations, c
"We thought that we would
'have a smaller registration, but
there has been a greater in
crease in enrollment that ever
before," said G. M. Braune, dean
of the school of engineering,
when interviewed yesterday.
"There are about 250 men en
rolled in engineering courses, an
increase of about 12 percent
over the registration of" last
year." 1
"The newly installed aero
nautical course, a brance of the
mechanical engineering course,
is not responsible for the addi
tional enrollment,", said' Mr.
Braune, uf or the greater part of
the increase in enrollment is
shown in the freshman class."
A list of the number of stu
dents in each class shows the
following : there are 53 sopho
mores, about the usual percent
age of dast year's class return
ing; 46 of last year's sophomores
returned to make the junior class'
this year of average size ; and 33
seniors came to the Hill to com
plete their courses and to obtain
degrees next spring.
These, together with the larg
est number graduate students
ever to attend the engineering
school, make a total of about 250
students registered in this
branch of the University.
Since the school of engineer
ing was first authorized as a sep
arate school by the board of
trustees of the University in
J un e, j 1922, the enrollment of
this school has steadily increased
until it now constitutes, about .10
percent of the entire student
body. It is significant that while
the total registration of the Uni
versity has increased from 2504
last year to 2559 this year, an
increase of only 55, half of this
increase is shown in the school
of engineering. Whether this
indicates that engineering is tak
ing a larger place in the minds
of prospective students or not is
uncertain, but it does show that
a larger percentage of the en
tire student body is now regis
tered in the school of engineer
ing than ever before.
Alterations Made
For Engineers
In Phillips Hall
To facilitate instruction of the
larger classes in drawing this
year, the mechanical drawing
room in Phillips Hall has been
divided into two smaller rooms
and the office of G. Wallace
Smith, instructor in drawing,
has been placed between the
two rooms. ; -
In making these alterations a
door was cut into the hall from
the office and a window filled
in. Blackboards were placed in
the south room, and the bridge
model in the hall was moved to
the opposite side of the corridor.
stuff. Their Sydney, Australia,
correspondent reported that
"Fighting 'Billy' Hughes, hero
of numerous political battles, has
gained new fame for agility and
quick judgment. He escaped
unscathed from flying pachy
derms at the first wrestling
match he ever attended." The
next time youx attend a wrest
ling match beware of "flying
pachyderms.' We are not aware
at this writing of whether these
"flying pachyderms are in any
way related to a certain legen
dary Jbird that is reputed to fly
over Mobile. '
! Freshman Y Meets
Tickets for the annual fall or
ganization banquet ."of the
Freshman Friendship Council
are on sale at Miss Ames' of
fice in the Y building at twenty
five cents' each.. The banquet
is being given in the Methodist
church at six-thirty o'clock
Friday night. All ex-Hi-Y men
who have signed up for the ban
quet are notified that they must
buy your tickets before Thurs
day night. '
State Sunday School
Convention To Meet
Beginning Wednesday night,
October 2, and -continuing
through Friday night, October
4, the annual state Sunday
School Convention under the
auspices of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association, will
be held atv the' First Baptist
Church in Raleigh. General ses
sions of the convention wiH be
held on Wednesday night, Oc
tober 2, and Thursday and Fri
day mornings and nights, Oc
tober 3 and 4. The afternoons
of Thursday and Friday will be
given over to departmental con
ferences. Among the out-of-state Sun
day, School specialists who have
already accepted places on the
convention program are Dr. Per
cy R. Hayward, Chicago, 111., di
GLAMOROUS !
Dazzling!
The Stage Sensation ...
'Burlesque"
On the Talking Screen .
With a
Chorus
Of 100
NANCY CARROLL v
HAL SKELLY
in '
"THE
DANCE OF
LIFE"
All Talking, Singing, Dancing
HEART - BREAKING Romance!
Gayety, music, laughter! 'Show
life, backstage and front, as it has
never been shown before. Gor
geous spectacle! Heart -throbbing
action!
Added Attraction
Paramount Sound News
TODAY TOMORROW
Carolina Men-
LET A CAROLINA MAN
rulsh ITour Mouse
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Living Eoom Suites
Beds Springs
Mattresses Blankets
Tables Chairs
Stoves Rugs
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318 E. Chapel Hill Street
Durham, N. C.
R. E. QUINN, JR., Partner
Wednesday, September 25, 1929
rector of young people's work
for the International Council of
Religious Education ; and Eliza
beth McE. Shields, Richmond,
Va., director of children's work
for the Sunday School Board of
Southern Presbyterian Church.
The program for the conven
tion is being arranged by a com
mittee composed of the follow
ing officers of the North Caro
lina Sunday School Association,
with Miss Flora Davis, general
superintendent of the associa
tion, serving as chairman : J. B.
Ivey, Charlotte, state president;
L. W. Clark, Spray, chairman of
the-executive committee; E. B.
Crow, Raleigh, treasurer; and
vice-presidents, Dr. John B.
Wright of Raleigh, Dr. C. M.
Van Poole of Salisbury, T. W.
Costen of Gatesville, Thomas P.
Pruitt, Hickory.
Frosh Seeks Raincoat
Newspapermen may be in
debted to a Carolina freshmen
for a novel method of advertis
ing. It was raining when the
new men arrived at the Univer
sity. And it -was raining the
next day when the following ad
vertisement appeared on the
Swain Hall bulletin board : "Lost
during the rainstorm yesterday,
a yellow slicker. Finder be
kind, or weather be kinder."
Australia has increased the
import duty on movie films.
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