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volume xxxvni
PETTI'THiEVEiiY
AMONG STUDMTS
GROTO
Sprinkle Discusses Epidemic of
Pilfering ; Suggestions for
Remedy Invited. , ' '
According to T. W. Sprinkle,
who spoke in chapel Wednesday
morning, there is a distressing
epidemic overspreading the.Uni
versity campus that cannot be
met by the cures recommended
in Tar Heel advertisements for
"all skin diseases." This threat
ening affliction Mr. Sprinkle de
fined as palm itch, more com
monly called petty thievery or
pilfering.
sMr. Sprinkle declared that a
remedy is needed for this un
fathomable passion of some for
filling their hands with the prop
erty of others. . However, he ad
mitted that in the present prob
lem no new situation has arisen.
It is one that has been met by
the people of every place and
age.,-. -.A""-" ' ; -y-.
Mr. Sprinkle then reviewed
briefly some steps taken by vari
ous people as a defense against
the curse of thievery. These,
ranging from more or less stren
uous punishment of offenders to
elaborate honor systems, were
representative of the accom
plishments of both primitive and
civilized races.
In view of these facts, Mr.
'Sprinkle concluded: A. "It would
appear that, living in an en
lightened' age and on a univer
sity campus, we could develop
some scheme, moral or other
wise, for preventing the rav
ages that threaten us at pres
ent." He invites the suggestions
and aid of everyone.
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Season Tickets Left
A few season tickets for -the
remainder of the student enter
tainment programs are on sale
in Dean Hibbard's office on. the
second floor of South. These
tickets are offered at a reduction
so that the cost of each enter
tainment averages only 25 cents
whereas single admissions are a
dollar or more.
Dyer Renews Acquaintanceship
With Form
(Frank J. Manheim)
An organ a $40,000 organ to
be placed in the new busic build
ing was the cause of a trip to
New York by Messrs. Dyer and
Kennedy. And the trip was suc
cessful. It resulted in the pur
chase of one of the finest of
American built organs by the
University. But this was not the
only result. While in New York
Professor Dyer had been more
than an "innocent bystander" in
one of "life's little moments of
interest."
Act one The scene : the lobby
of Hotel , Pennsylvania. The
time: late in the afternoon. The
characters: Dr. Harold Dyer,
waiting for .Mr. Kennedy, , and
approximately a thousand other
people, all presumably waiting
for, someone. The scene finds
Dr. Dyer wandering about, more
or less aimlessly, observing the
myriad of faces and types of
which the "melting pot" is so
full. A man brushes by him.
And as the well-dressed stranger
hurries past, Professor Dyer no
tices a mark behind the stran
ger's ear. The professor real
izes that such a peculiar mark
could be carried by but one man,
- and he had known that man at
Dean' Hibbard
Dean Addison Hibbard of the
liberal arts school, as chairman
of the student entertainment
committee, has secured many
unusual and popular perform
ances for the students. The A.
B. and education students pay
an entertainment fee of three
dollars a year for which they re
ceive more than a half dozen
shows. This afternoon and to
night the Jean Gros French Mar
ionettes will give performances
under the auspices of the group.
Bruce's Book To Be
Ready Last of Week
According to an announcement
coming from the 1 University
Press, the first copies of The
Virginia Plutarch by Philip
Alexander Bruce will be received
the last of the week. It is ex
pected that the - shipment will
include the 167 copies of the
special edition of the book,"
specially bound and signed by
the author. , '
So much interest has been
aroused in Mr. Bruce's work
that almost the entire special
edition' has been subscribed for.
These are being so rapidly tak
en that this group will" doubt
lessly be oversubscribed shotrly.
For those who are awaiting
the regular edition of the book
to appear, il might be' said that
copies will be placed on sale by
the press and by leading book
stores' as soon as shipments are
received form the publisher
some time in the past. He1 steps
in front of the stranger and says,
"Take a good look at me. I've
seen you somewhere and you've
seen me. Where was it?" After
the first moment of complete
surprise, the stranger carefully
scrutinizes his interrogator, and
finallv emits' an explosive "Ser-
geant Dyer."
Act two -Scene: the same
The time two hours later. The
characters Harold Dyer, late
captain in the intelligence ser
vice of the United States army,
and August JVIuller, late corporal
of the Prussian army. In the
intervening two hours, an inter
esting reunion has taken place.
And -the men who once toiled en
ergetically to aid in the -other's
destruction, shake hands warmly
as they separate with a promise
to write to one another.
Thf r.iVrtain droPS on this
short drama, and without a se
quel or explanatory note, the in
terest that this incident . holds
would be lost. Shortly - after
America's entry into the war,
Professor Dyer was sent over
seas. Due to his knowledge of
several . languages, particularly
German, he, was commissioned
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CHAPEL HELL, N-C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 1929
ESPMWOGLUB
HEARS TALX B
LMOTTEM
Study Group Begins Work In
Earnest; More Than Fifty
Students Preparing to Learn
International .Language.
With a steadily mounting
tendance, the Esperanto study
group has proceeded from a dis
cussion of the need for the , new
language and its history to an
actual study of the errammar
and make-up of Esperanto.
Due to the fact that grammars
are being ordered now, Dr. Met-
zenthin , asks all those who are
or will be interested in joining
the group' to be present at the
next meeting, which will be held
Tuesday, November 26, in Mur
phey hall. More than 50 stu
dents including' a number of
co-eds, were present at the last
meeting.
Dr. MetzenthinjL in the course
of his remarks, explained that
the superfluous elements' in Eng
lish, such as double spellings,
genders, and the complicated
roots of the language, precluded
it from any possibility of becom
mg an eventual international
language. In addition, the rival
ry of nations, particularly be
tween France and " England,
complicated the choice of . a
means of expression acceptable
to all parties. Esperanto does
away with these troubles. A
- The - Esperanto group, while
serious in its purpose, is in no
sense a class. Attendance is not
required, nor are grades given.
lhe work is based purely upon
the interest of students here in
Esperanto.
Sigma Xi Meetings
Sigma Xi, scientific society of
the University, -has inaugurat
ed a series of monthly meetings
which will be held the first Tues
day of each month. At each of
these meetings some member of
the scientific staff will be in
charge of the program, giving a
short symposium of the current
research work of his department.
After this there will be a gen
eral discussion of this work; by
the society. The next meeting
will be presided oyer by a mem
ber of the physics department.
Membership in Sigma Xi is open
only to those who have proved
themselves to be actively en
gaged in research work.
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, Vick In Hospitail
George Vick, freshman at the
University, is . at Rex Hospital,
Raleigh, with a fractured knee
and other injuries which he sus
tained as the- result of an auto
mobile accident last Sunday
morning near Smithfield.
What's Happening
A TODAY v
2:30 p. m.T-Juvenile Perform
ance of Jean Gros' Marionettes
at the Tin Can. Students may
attend. - ' " .
7:15 p. m. Meeting of the Uni
versity chapter of the Ameri
- can Institute of Electrical
. Engineers.
7:30 p. m. The Army Troop
school meets in the lower lab
oratory of Davie hall.
8:30 p. ml Performance of
. Jean Gros' Marionettes, at the
Tin Can.
FRIDAY
3:30 p. m. Meeting of the Com
I ; munity Club in the parish
house of the Episcopal church
German Cliitt Notice
George Race, president of
the German Club, announces
that all applications for mem
bership in the German Club
must be turned in to him at
the Beta house today. No ap
plications for membership, for
, the Thanksgiving dances re
ceived after seven o'clock to
night will . be considered.
Checks of ten . dollars must
accompany all . applications ;
these will be returned of the
applications are denied.
Dues. ? are ; payable before
Monday night at seven o'clock.
Membership cards will be is
sued and; cards for the;
1 Thanksgiving dance? will be
issued upon payment of dues.
These are payable to Will
Yarbbrough, treasurer of the
club, at the : S. A: E. house
from' 7 until 9 o'clock any
evening before Monday.
TWO NEW ROUTES
WILL BE OPENED
Road to Raleigh Will Be Ready
For Use November 28 ; Greens
boro Only 45 Miles.
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i Despite the big crowd ex
pected, there will be no conges
tion at the Carolina-Virginia
football game Thanksgiving, if
plans now being perfected are
carried out.
Two years ago, when the game
was played here as the dedica
tion of Kenan stadium' and drew
an attendance of 26,000,- the
town was cleared of all traffic
in less than an hour, so well
were automobiles routed and di
rected. And this year the town
ought to be emptied much faster.
For those in charge of ar
rangements have profited by jthe
experiences of two years ago,
and two new arteries for traf
fic have been opened up since
the last Carolina-Virginia game.
Fans cominer from the east
now by way of Raleigh, will not
have to pass through Durham.
Instead they can turn off at Nel
son, taKe tne new macaaamizea
road that intersects the Raleigh
Durham highway at that point,
and make the journey from
Raleigh to Chapel Hill in a short
time.
Over the new road Chapel Hill
is - tut 28w miles from Raleigh,
whereas by way of Durham, the
former route, the distance is 38.
The trip is made in from' 40 to
45 minutes.
There is now a short cut from
Greensboro to Chapel Hill, which
reduces the distance between the
two towns from 60 to 45 miles.
The new highway is by way of
Burlington and - Graham, the
short cut intersecting route No.
10 at Graliam. . This new road
from Graham' to Chapel Hill
is in excellent shape, 10 miles
being concrete and 13 being of
sand and, clay surface. This
road places Chapel Hill within
150 miles of Charlotte by the
northern route, as well as the
southern route, and reduces the
distance proportionately from
other points west. v
Buccaneer Notice
1 There wll be an important
meeting of the regular busi
ness staff , of the Buccaneer
today at 3 :00 p. m. It is very
important that everyone be,
present as plans for, the
Christmas Number will be
discussed.
- H. N, PATTERSON,
Business Manager.
iudieiics To" IlelS
SOPHS TO CHOOSE:
VICE-PRESIDENT AT
CHAPEL MONDAY
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Election of: vice-president of
the sophomore class to fill the va
cancy caused by the failure of
George Buchah, who was regu
larly elected at the general elec
tion, to remain in school this
year, will be held; at the sopho-;
more chapel next Monday, Ben
Aycoclc, president of the class,
announces. The decision toehold
the election was reached at the
recent meeting' of. the executive
committee of the class.
The committee met with Dean
Bradshaw for the purpose ; of
discussing the nature of the
sophomore chapel programs for
the remainder of the school
year. The committee, with the
aid and advice of Dean Brad
shaw, chairman of the faculty
chapel committee, plans to se
cure speakers to discuss prob
lems that confront the sopho
more class.
The regular chapel exercises
for next Monday will be usedf or
a business meeting of the class,
at which time, regular class mat
ters will be discussed and vari
ous reports heard in addition to
the election of the vice-president.
Co-eds Visit Raleigh
Misses Beth Colley and Syd
ney Curry, seniors in the school
of education and members of
the observation class in the de
partment of elementary exten
sion of that school, will spend
the day in the Raleigh schools,
where they will observe the
work and activity of the elemen
tary grades. They will leave
for Raleigh, early this morning
and will return this afternoon.
Senior Notice
All seniors who failed to write
out their activites when they
had their pictures taken, will
please come to the Yackety
Yack office between the hours
of 2 and 3 p. m. today. There
will be somebody at the office
during that time every day.
University Professors Engage
In Mad Scramble Qver Airpump
(By J. P. Tyson)
FightsN between students are
commonplace, but when two
learned men throw aside their
cloaks of wisdom and resort to
fisticuffs well, that's news. The
only fight recorded in the his
tory of this institution between
its faculty members happened in
1879. This fight, which created
much amusement for the stu
dents and the townspeople, was
between two professors. .
At that time the University
was so poor that the chemistry
and physics department were in
charge of one professor. This
arrangement did not produce
good results so the professor of
pure mathematics was petitioned
to take over the physics depart
ment. He consented and appar
ently everything was rosy.
Then the two pedagogues pro
ceeded to divide up the equip
ment with, harmonious and
amicable feeling. The spoils
were alotted in a very satisfac
tory way until the air pump was
reached. A vigorous dispute
arose over this implement, which
was mounted upon a tripod for
convenience during lectures.
Both participants Wanted the
NUMBER 5-1
no
lonettes
Over One, Thousand Strings In
Use During Performance;
Company Is Largest To Ever
Tour the United States.
'Due to the great amount of
interest caused by the Jean Gros
French Marionettes, which the
student entertainment committee
will present this afternoon and
tonight in the Tin Can, Mr. Gros
has promised to remove the large
proscenium curtain and show the
evening audience how the pup
pets are made to do their tricks.
This will prove to be a great fea
ture of the performance as -the
curiosity of the audience is al
ways at a . high pitch when the
program is concluded. Mr. Gros
brings to Chapel Hill the largest
collection of marionettes in the
world. Sixty puppets appear at
the afternoon performance and
an equal number are used at
night Over one thousand strings
are in operation during the pre
sentations, some of the marion
ettes having as large a collection
as forty to accomplish the nec
essary action.
One of the startling features
of the performance is the illusion
that is caused by the figures with :
regard to size. After an audi
ence has watched the marion
ettes for ten minutes, all sense
of proportion is' lost and the
puppets appear almost life-sized.
Hence when the. performance is
finished, and a puppeteer, steps
out among the figures, he seems
to be about thirty feet tall.
Strangely enough, no glasses are
used to create this illusion; the
eye is simply deceived by the fact
that all the scenery and small
properties such as chairs, tables,
stools, etc., are made in propor
tion . to the figure, and thus the
human eye, having nothing to i
compare the marionettes i with,
all sense of size is lost.
Mr. Gros presents his com
pany in two modern features.
"Skippy," made famous by Per
cy L. Crosby, and the Illuminat
ed Ballet, using four Aesop's
fables with amplified music (a
sort 'of marionette' vitaphone),
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pump and both had all good in
tentions of getting- it. Words
flew and their flight caused all
discretion and temper to be lost.
Mathematics, in spite of his
scholarly build, rushed at Chem
istry with a giant lunge. This,
great impetus floored Chemistry,
causing him to be teinporarily
helpless. Meanwhile Mathemat
ics, taking advantage of his col
league's condition,- grabbed the
much desired instrument and
rushed to the door. Recovering,
from his painful inertia, Chem
istry dived for the fast retreat
ing pump and caught the tripod
and held it triumphantly over
his head while Mathematics
thundered off to his den with
the real prize.
-This exhibition of scholarly
anger was witnessed by three
students and soon the incident '
was siezed by all wits and frac
tional wits. It caused much
laughter on the campus and' in
town, and the next day nearly
caused chapel to be closed-as a
disorderly meeting. -Soon
this incident was for
gotten and it was rumored that
Mathematics arid . Chemistry
smoked the weed of - peace and
brotherly love.