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TAR HEEL MEETING Tonight 7 O'clock TAR HEEL OFFICE TRYOUTS FOR PLAYS Monday 4:30 PLAYMAKER THEATRE VOLUME XXXVIII CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SUNDAY; SEPTEMBER 29, 1929 NUMBER 9 S f I V i i S RUSHING OPENS WITH FRESHMEN VISITING FRATERNITY HOUSES 9- Satisfaction Expressed With . New System by Dean Brad shaw; Other Opinions. Thronged fraternity houses Friday and Saturday attested to the success of the new system of rushing instituted this year by the interfraternity council. A total of 553 freshmen made 1899 visits to fraternity houses, a check by the dean of students made Saturday shows. Fraternity leaders expressed gratification with the showing made by the new system. "The false rumor that the new system would work hardship on the freshmen was not the case," Gordon Gray, member of the inr terf raternity council, said Sat urday. No complaints were made by the freshmen because of their inability to make all the visits," he added. "The success of the system cannot be foretold at this early hour," he continued, but frater nity men with whom I talked and freshmen seem to be perfect ly satisfied. The system is all right, I think," he concluded. Satisfaction with the new system was expressed by F. F. Bradshaw, dean of students. "The freshmen have been al lowed time to settle themselves," the dean said. "There is not a doubt but that some improve ment has been shown by the new system," he stated. "The feature of the new sys tem which specifies limited, time for the freshmen to visit the fraternity houses is very good," Will Yarborough, managing edi tor of the Daily Tar Heel said Saturday. "The shortened hours of visits by freshmen does not interfere with school work and allows both upperclassmen and .freshmen ample time for .their .le's," the newspaper man ted. The system should be given a good trial before judg ment is passed on its worth, Yarborough concluded. More than two-thirds of the freshman class received invita tions to the fraternity houses, the check disclosed. The ma jority oi these Iresnmen re ceived more than four bids apiece, figures show. Fraternity leaders were unwilling to state what the enormous number of bids for visits meant. President John Bullock and Secretary Jimmy Williams of the interfraternity council were un able to be located for statements Saturday. FIRST SUPPLEMENT APPEARS OCTOBER 6 Much Progress Made in Literary Fields at Carolina. Indications after the first week of publication of the Daily Tar Heel are that the publica tions on the campus will enjoy their most successful year since the students voted the $5.00 fee in 1924. The establishment of the daily paper on the campus marks the most decisive step yet taken by a South Atlantic insti fnt.inin.in literary fields. Glenn Holder is editor of ; the paper, Will Yarborough is managing editor, ajid Marion Alexander is business manager. ? The Magazine Supplement to the Tar ' Heel, edited by John Mebane twice a month, is de livered with the daily. The ;o nmVibf will armear next (Continued on Cast page) Faculty Notice Mr. Hef fner and Mr. Bailey, wish to announce that any faculty member who desires to secure a season ticket to thef Carolina Playmakers must secure one at once and mail check id his convenience. Remaining tickets will be sold within the , next few days. Farris Asks Frosh For Co-operation Freshmen Hold Successful Smoker; House and Farris Speak. A plea for the maintainance of the high standards of stu dent government was made Fri day night to the Freshman class by Ray Farris, president of the student body, at the first Fresh man smoker of the year in Swain Hall, "It is up, to the new students ' to cooperate with the upperclassmen if student gov ernment is to be a success here," the student leader said. More than six. hundred fresh men crowded Swain Hall to hear speeches, by R. B. House, exe cutive secretary, and Ralph C. Green, president of the senior class. "Retain your individual ty", Mr. House counselled. "The psuedo-sophistication of the up per classmen- should not at tract the new man' he added. Stay on the hill. Have a good time surely, but the only way to get the most out of your college opportunities is to work and work hard," he concluded. The smoker was brought to a close by a series of college yells and songs led by Peyton Abbott, assistant cheer leader. Music was provided for the first year men. Dr. Carl Taylor to Preach Here Today Dr. Carl C. Taylor, dean of the graduate school at State College, will preach this morn ing at 11 :00 at the United church (Christian Congregational) on Cameron Avenue. Dr. Taylor secured his educa tion from Drake University. Three years later he got his M. A. from the University of Texas, and then in 1917 he gained his Ph. D. from the Uni versity of Missouri. V Since that time he has taught m many colleges, ana is at present, dean of the graduate school of state college and also director of the Bureau of Economics and Social Research. Dr. Taylor is very interested in World Sociology, and has writ ten many books along this line. Some of his best books are: Rural Sociology," "Human Re- iations,' 'The History and Method of the Social Survey," and "A Hundred Public Ques tions Briefly Debated." Frosh Enrollment in Commerce Announced AtHhe close of 'the. spring quarter there were 176 freshmen enrolled in the commerce school, and statistics available after the first week of this quarter show that the same number of fresh men are already registered in that school. Indications are that there will be several more first year students to register in com merce by the end of the fall quarter. MESHMEN ELECT WEBB PRESIDENT Y.iliC.A.GROUP Frank Graham Features First Meeting of Friendship Coun cil; Officers .Elected. A very successful Ex-Hi-Y banquet was given Friday night in the basement of the Methodist church at 6:30, for the purpose of organizing the Freshman Friendship (Cabinet) Council. i After a very enjoyable feed, Mr. G. H. Leonard, self-help secretary of the Y, led the group in a few peppy songs. J. Elwin Dungan, president sophomore cabinet, started the program off by introducing all the special guests after which the Y quartet sang three or four selections, closing with "Hark the Sound." Mr. Brooks Stabler, one of the special guests, gave a short talk. Then President Dungan intro duced the principal speaker of the occasion, Prof. Frank P. Graham. Mr. Graham gave a very interesting and inspiring talk in which he advised the group to keep their eyes on three simple things. "These three things," said Mr. Graham, "are the Spirit, the Body, and the Mind." He gave a number of examples of men who had done this and had become suc cessful. - he next part of the program was the organization of the Council. The following officers were elected : Alex Webb, of Ra leigh, was elected president, Robert Hubbard of High Point, vice-president, Alex Biggs of Winston-Salem, secretary, and Strat Donnell of Wilmington, treasurer. After a piano solo by Harold Cone, Mr. Comer closed the meeting with a short word of prayer. Mencken's American Mercury Praises the University Press . O- Article by Nelson Antrim Crawford on Methods, Purposes, and Accomplishments of American University Presses. o The American Mercury, H. L. Mencken's famed review, for October carries an article by Nelson Antrim Crawford which speaks of the University of North Carolina Press as having been distinctly successful in its mission of stimulating fine printing and broadening the public appreciation of literature. Mr. Crawford's treatise is devoted to a study of the meth ods, purposes, -and accomplish ments of American university presses. Beginning with the establishment of the Oxford University Press of England in 1468, he follows up with a history of similar organizations in this country. He credits Har vard University with the estab lishment of the first American association in 1636. Since Colonial days all the Universities, according to Craw ford, have engaged in more or less publishing. At present he credits Columbia and Chicago with having the largest of the presses. The Carolina organi zation is placed in first rank with a dozen other prominent groups as doing especially signi ficant work. , The Yale University Press, founded by George Parmly Day, has made two inovations that are largely responsible for im- d: PMTMENTAL LIBRARIES IN NEW BUILDING Commerce, Rural Economics, and Education Units ' Transferred. During the past summmer the libraries of the schools of edu cation and commerce and of the department of rural social eco nomics were moved from their former quarters in Peabody and Saunders hall to the handsome new library building. The library of the school of education has been placed in the large room to the right of the main entrance of the new build ing, and the library of the school of commerce is located at the end of the corridor to the right. The library of the department pf rural economics and the of fices of Professors Branson, Hobbs, and Wagner are quar tered in the east end of the base ment. The bringing together of these three collections in con nection with the main resources of the general library simplifies the problem of the use of mate rials on the part of the student body because all materials are now available under the same roof. Much valuable time and energy will be saved by virtue of these new arrangements by both student body and faculty. Since the funds for the employ ment of student assistants are limited to a great extent, those in charge of the library have not been able to work out a schedule of hours for the three libraries similar to the one ob served by the reserve' reading room and the delivery room of the main library. The hours for the general library, the respective schools (Continued on page four) proving the value of American university presses everywhere, These changes were, first, the "opening of facilities to scholars and writers other than those connected with the university; and second, the enlargement of its publications field to include all serious books, in addition to scholarly works. In this respect Mr. Crawford speaks of the local Press thus: "The University of North Carolina has followed similar ideals, more modestly but with distinct success. Founded in 1922, the press named as one of its objects, 'to promote generally, by publishing deserving works, the advancement of arts and sciences and the development of literature.' In its short exis tence it has published such works as Howard W. Odum's 'The Negro and his Songs Roscoe Pound's ' 'Law and Mor als,' and Edward C. L. Adam's 'Congeree Sketches.' It is about to begin the Inter-American Historical Series, a fifteen volume work to cover the Latin American countries, on, most of which dependable English his torical works are unavailable." An interesting feature of the claims made for the scholastic presses is the fact stated by Mr. (Continued on last page) Heels Show Power in Scoring 48-0 Win Over Wake Forest Tar Heel Meeting There will be an important meeting of the Tar Heel Staff tonight at 7 o'clock in the of fice. All members are ex pected to attend this meeting. Any new men who wish to try out for the staff will also at tend the meeting. Mechanical Course Attracts Students The department of Mechani cal Engineering in the school of ; Engineering has this year the largest enrollment in its brief history of four years. The total registration for the department is 39, which is distributed among the classes as follows : freshmen, 21; sophomores, 12; juniors, 3; and seniors, 3. Professor Hoef er, head of this department is very pleased with the large number of freshmen enrolled in the mechanical cour ses, and he is delighted with the large number of last year's freshmen who returned as soph omores. As the department graduated its first man last spring, the mechanical branch of the engineering school is growing rapidly in popularity. As Mr. Hoefer put it, a 200 per cent increase in graduates in one year indicates a rapidly growing department. At present there are two mem bers of the engineering faculty who are connected solely with the Mechanical Engineering de partment. Mr. Hoefer, teaches advanced courses in mechanical work, and Mr. Neil P. Bailey, who came to the University this fall from the University of Idaho, gives instruction in ma- rhiTift dp.sieri and aeronautics. ' However, in addition to these i two men who are connected sole ly with this department, the other members of the faculty of the engineering school give in struction in the general en gineering courses which are re quired of all engineering stu dents. As an additional activity of the Mechanical Engineering de partment, it is the intention of the department to petition the American Society of Mechani cal Engineers for a local student branch of the society. The A. S. M. E. is the national organiza tion of mechanical engineers, and the local student branch would be similar to the student branches of the A. S. C. E. and the A. I. E. E., civil and electri cal engineering societies. BLASTING TO STOP Only one more week of blast ing will be needed to complete improvements on the intersec tion of the Raleigh and country club roads, officials of the T. C. Thompson company, contractprs for the university, said Satur day. The blasting which has been in operation for more than three weeks is being done by the university to improver the ap proach to the campus. COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS The opening meeting for the fall quarter of the Community Club was held yesterday after noon in the parish house of the Episcopal church. About eighty people were" present. Several' plans for.-the coming year werrc discussed. Carolina Uses Straight Football to Drive over Seven Touch downs; Deacons Never Threaten. Presenting a smooth working lineup Carolina easily subdued Wake Forest here yesterday 48-0 in a game lacking in thrills but full of straight football. The Heels outplayed the Deacons from the opening whistle and only in the closing stages of the game did Wake Forest present a threat. Starting with his veterans Coach Collins piled up a safe lead and then shot 26 men in the contest. Of the combina tions he used the starting eleven seemed best. They ran over three touchdowns before the end of the first quarter and kept the Deacons well beyond the fifty yard line. The other combina tions used looked good, but lacked the smoothness of the starters. Carolina used few passes, confining its attack to straight football for the most part. Fif teen passes were attempted by the Heels, four of which were completed. The Deacons like wise concentrated its attack on the ground, resorting to the air only twelve times. Six of their passes found Deacon arms. The game was only a few min utes 'long before the Heels scored. Rowe kicked off to Newsome. After one play the Deacons kicked to Wyrick on Carolina's forty-yard line. A couple of plays and the ball exchanged hands on a punt. The Baptists tried a play and then kicked. Carolina gained four yards on the exchange. Taking the ball on the 44-yard line Nash made six yards. Ward's pass was knocked down by Newsome. ying a second pass Ward shot the ball into Nash's arms who took it to Wake Forest's three yard line. Ward took it to the one-yard line and then scored the first touchdown of the 1929 season. Wake Forest was off side on the attempted point kick and Carolina led 7-0. Following this touchdown the Heels kicked off again. Wake Forest held the ball for six plays before kicking. Carolina then marched down the field for an other counter. ' Ward got a yard. Nash added ten. Spaulding went through the line for three more. Then with Ward, Nash, and Spaulding working, Wyrick drove the Heels across for the second score. Ward took fif teen yards and Nash went through the line for 30 yards for the score. Spaulding added the point; Spaulding intercepted a pass to make the third touchdown possible; Taking the ball deep in Deacon, territory, the Heels sent it over with straight foot ball. Spaulding did the scoring. It was at this point that Coach Collins sent in a fresh team. They drove the ball down the field twice before scoring. They scoredT when-. Jim: Magner, long distance passer, shot one of his heaves in the direction of Branch. "Shorty'' scored. Another touchdown was add ed during the half but the try for point failed. Substitutes were being used' with increas ing frequency by both coaches. The second half opened with the original line but only Wyrick (Continued orpage three)