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VOLUME XXXVIII
Annual Thanksgiving
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Attract Many
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Gimghoul and German Club
Figures Feature Week-End
Affair ; Decorations Unusual.
A brilliant affair of Saturday
night brought to a close the an
nual fall dances given by the
German club. Nearly two hun
dred students attended, while
representatives of the feminine
element were present from prac
tically every section of the state,
The dances were held in Swain
hall which was attractively dec
orated in a color scheme of red
and black to give the appearance
of an enormous tent. The or
chestra box and chaperone
booths were arranged as smaller
tents. ;:; ''. : :;-
Two .figures were presented.
The first of these was held Fri
day night for members of the
Order of the Gimghouls, a jun
ior social order. Fleming -Wiley
of Durham was leader of this
with Miss Jane Rogers of Little
Hock, Ark. The figure Saturday
night was for all members of
the German club and was led by
Bert Ilaywood of Durham with
Miss Dorothy Harper of Wilson.
The sophomore dance was held
Friday afternoon with John Gil
lespie as leader and Peter Gil
christ and Henry Stultz. as as
sistants. .
Excellent music was furnished
by Jack Crawford and his or
chestra of thirteen pieces.
House parties were given in
connection with the Terpsicho
rean festivities hy two fraterni
ties, the Zeta Psis and the Pi
Kappa Phis.
Visiting girls included the fol
lowing : Misses Ruth Davis, Wil
mington, Eleanor Hubbard,
Lynchburg, Va. ; Adele Foley,
Julia Andrews, Annette Tucker
and Billie Freeman, Raleigh ;
Kitty Bbddie and Sophie Clif
ton, Louisburg; Mary Faulk
ner, Goldsboro ; Louise Faulk
ner, Hendersonville; Caroline
Blanton, Shelby; Daphne Song
ree, New York City; Sarah Wil
liamson, Charlotte; Kathrine
Bowers Kinston ; Virginia
Dunklee and Mary Holt Smith,
Winston-Salem ;" Martha Clark,
Fayetteville ; Stephanie Bragaw,
Lexington.
Misses Mary Stringfield and
Virginia Welch, Waynesville ;
Lucy Farrell, Martinsville, Va.;
Elizabeth Hanes, Winston
Salem; Harrell Bacon, Boston,
Mass. ; Laura Hoke and Mary
Van Wyck, Raleigh ; Alice
Groves, Winston-Salem ; Nancy
Watts, Charlotte; Elise Cross,
Columbia, S. C.
Clara Shaw Howell Char
lotte; Frances Moore, Rock Hill,
S. C; Kay. Mayer, New York
City ; Gaynelie Teer, Durham ;
Margaret Rogers and Ruth
Stikeleather, Asheville; Eliza
beth Addicks, Atlanta Ga.
Dorothy Foushee, New York
City; Celeste Edgerton, Kenly ;
Nonie Withers, Louisiana ' Wood,
Kaerine Gossett, Henrietta
Whisnant, Alice Quarles, Angela
Morrison, Penelope Alexander,
Sally Couch, Charlotte; Eliza
beth Bryan, Ralefgh ; Tippy Gal
loway, Winston-Salem; Eunice
Glenn, Asheville.
L:la Brown, Burlington ; Anne
White, Raleigh, Elizabeth Bar
ber( and Mary Simmons An
drews, Raleigh ; Frances Line
berger, Belmont ; Elizabeth
Snyder, Charlotte; Pet Shepard,
Winston-Salem; Catty Taylor,
Morganton ; Kelso Currie, Fay
etteville. Evelyn Coltiurn, Biltmore;
Elizabeth Moore, Rock Hill, S.
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Magazine Deadline
: The last issue of The Caro
lina Blagazine until after
Christmas will be published
this Sunday. The editor re
quests that all copy for this
issue be turned in by tonight
at six o'clock. Contributions
should be sent to box 710 or
brought to John Mebane at
the Sigma Delta house. All
book reviews are to bejurned
in by this deadline.
SOPHOMORES HEAR
CHARACTER TALK
In chapel yesterday morning
Professor Horace Williams con
tinued a discussion of a subject
begun two weeks ago in a talk
on ethics. Professor Williams'
remarks to the sophomores yes
terday concerned chiefly sta
bility of character.
In the course of his speech
Professor Williams took, issue
with the editorial writer of the
Daily Tar Heel who sometime
ago ventured to disagree with
his definition of an honest man.
He pointed out that the writer
had declared certain phases of
human nature to be unchanging
while men's understanding of
principles and ideals was assert
ed to be in a state of progressive
ness. Professor Williams be
lieves that human nature is less
certain and less unchanging than
principles.
Professor " Williams pressed
upon his hearers the importance
of rigidity of character and of
tenacious adherence to the right.
For the rewards of the strong
character, Professor Williams
pointed to the joys of the man
who in spite of difficulty has
told the truth or overcome temp
tation. Rather than easy, how
ever, Professor Williams main
tains that the task! of being
honest and upright is extremely
difficult.
COMMUNITY CLUB
ISSUES PROGRAM
In the December bulletin is
sued by the Chapel Hill Com
munity .Club the programs ior
the following month have been
announced.
The art department has plan
nedits first meeting for Wed
nesday, Dec. 4 at two o'clock,
aty which time the Sketch Club
will meet at Rosemary lane. In
case of bad weather the mem
ber s will gather at the home of
Mrs. W. IE. Caldwell to sketch
from a model. On Wednesday,
Dec. vll, 7 :30 o'clock at 412
Rosemary Lane, Miss Kather
ine Batts will read a paper on
"George Inness and the Hudson
River School of American Land
scape Painters.". The program
of December 16 will be an
nounced later.
The Garden Club will not
hold a meeting this month. The
Health Department program will
be held at 'the home of Mrs.
Otto Stuhlman on Friday, . Dec.
13. The Home Department
meeting will be announced in
the Chapel Hill Weekly.
The Literary Department nas
planned its second meeting of
the month, to be held Dec. 17,
at 7:30 o'clock in the social
rooms of the Methodist Church.
Miss Nora Beust will discuss
the Children's Library and the
season's best books for children.
The Music Club will hold its
program Wednesday, Dec. 11
at 3:30 o'clock in room 9 of the
Music Building.
CHAPEL HTLf N. C TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1929
ALUMNI LOYALTY
; FUND DIM ; TO j
GOBIMENCE HERE!
R. B. House, Louis Graves, And
. Carl Durham Compose Com
mittee Seeking Contributions
In Chapel HilL
An appeal is being made this
week to University alumni re
siding in Chapel Hill to subscribe
to the Alumni Loyalty Fund,
according to an : announcement
made yesterday byr Felix A.
Grisette, director of the fundi
The campaign among Chapel
Hill alumni is being handled , by
a committee consisting of R. B.
House, Louis Graves and Carl
Durham.
According to the committee,
it is imperative that Chapel Hill
alumni respond unanimously if
they are to expect a complete
response from the great body of
alumni who live farther away.
In a letter mailed to every alum
nus yesterday, the committee
states that people from all parts
of the state have been asking4
about the response which Chap
el Hill people are making.
It was pointed out in the let
ter that if Chapel Hill people will
participate in the fund that such
an action will constitute a chal
lenge to other alumni through
out the state which can not be
ignored. , -
An interesting feature of the
appeal which is being made
among Chapel Hill alumni, is the
fact that the committee is urging
a full participation as being of
much greater importance than
the amounts of the gifts. "Re
gardless of the amount you sub
scribe or the terms of its pay
ment, we want your parti cipa
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Play makers
eeord
The Carolina Playmakers re -
turned Sunday from their north-
era tour, which Hubert Heffner,
assistantdirector of tfte group,
characterized as "one of the most
successful, if not the most suc
cessful, from the standpoint of
opening up; new territory and
making bookings for next year."
In an interview, Mr. Heffner
said, "We had a lot of hard luck,
but it was a great tour, never
theless." In New York, on the
return trip from Boston, the
Playmaker bus, which has re
ceived comment in various press
reports, featured in a collision
which resulted in considerable
damage to it. This accident
caused a delay in New York, and
necessitated traveling in busses
which were both uncomfortable
and poorly equipped for carry
ing a company of players.
The accident occurred at the
corner of Lenox avenue and
110th street. The Playmaker
bus was struck broadside by a
machine driven at a rapid rate
of speed, and occupied by two
men, both intoxicated. '
"I thought that it had killed
most of us' Mr. Heffner stated.
A checking up of the injuries
showed, however, that no one
was seriously hurt, although two
or three members of the com
pany had been shaken; up.
The chief result of the acci
dent was the favorable impres
sion that Mr. Heffner got of the
New York police. "Those police
are "certainly gentlemen," he
said. '
To meet their schedule the
company was forced to ride all
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BALLOTS BIAILED
' TO ALUMNI FOR
OFFICIAL VOTE
Annual Election To Be Com
pleted by December 15; To
Select President and Vice
Presidents. .
Ballots for alumni officers for
1930 will be sent out today from
the central alumni office. The
nominations which are to go to
members of the general alumni1
association for balloting were
made by the alumni assembly,
which met here last Wednesday
and Thursday.
Candidates for president for
1930 are W. T. Shore, '05, of
Charlotte, present holder of that
office, and Fred L. Carr, 95, of
Wilson, who is at present first
vice-president. 1
Candidates for vice-presi
dents, two of whom will be elect
ed, are : Dr. J. F. Patterson, '04,
of New Bern ; Judge J. G. Ad
ams, '06, of Asheville ; Dr. C.
O'H. Laughinghouse, '92, of
K Raleigh ; and Lawrence S. Holt,
'04, of Burlington and Asheville.
Dr. Foy Roberson, '06, of Dur
ham, was the only candidate
nominated for the place of
alumni representative on the
athletic council, and his election
is assured.
New directors of the alumni
association elected at the meet
ing of the alumni Thursday are :
T. C. Taylor, '21, Raleigh; R.
Grady Rankin, '10, Gastonia;
Roy Abernethy, '06, Hickory;
Fred I. Sutton, '08, Kinston ;
and Bowman Gray, Jr., '29,
Chapel Hill.
The balloting on the officers
will be completed December 28,
according to Maryon Saunders,
alumni secretary.
etur n From
orthern
Tour
1 night in an unheated bus. After
several days spent in various
busses, the Playmakers reached
Farmville, Va., where they were
scheduled to put on a bill of three
one-act plays.
The regular Playmaker bus
carries all the scenery, but on
the trip to Farmville the scenery
was carried in a hired truck. It
was due to arrive at 7:30. "The
show was scheduled for 8 :30. At
9 o'clock the scenery had not ar
rived, i The directors explained
the situation to the audience, and
offered either to return their
money, or go on with the per
formance without scenery. The
audience voted to give the plays.
Paul Green's negro comedy
"The No 'Count Boy" was the
first play on the bill. At the con
elusion of a performance, which
the directors characterized as
one of the best presentations of
that play by the Playmakers, the
audience was again consulted.
They enthusiastically voted . to
continue the urogram. Just
then the scenery arrived in
charge of two drunken negro
drivers.
While the scenery was' being
set . up for the second play,
Holmes Bryson and Muriel
Wolff were sent on the stage to
sing mountain ballads and tell
mountain stories. ; For 40 min
utes the audience howled. ' The
program was resumed with even
greater success, according to Mr.
Heffner, although the entire cast
was nearly exhausted from the
time spent in uncomfortable
busses. The performance end-
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oted Philosopher To Speak
Here Tonight In Swain Hall
Entertainment
Lecture Tonight
Students and others expect
ing to hear Bertrand Russell
tonight are asked to note
that the lecture will be given
in Swain hall instead of in
the Tin Can. A few season
tickets for the remainder of
the student entertainments
are on sale at Dean Hibbard's
office, South Building, at re
duced prices.
OUTLINE -PROGRAM
FOR CONFERENCE
N. C. COLLEGES
Dean Hawkes of Columbia Uni
- versity To Feature Ninth An
nual Meeting In Greensboro.
An address by Dean Her
bert E. Hawkes of Columbia
University on "Modern Con
ceptions of What Colleges
Should do to Educate Students
for the Modern World" will fea
ture the Ninth Annual Meeting
of the North Carolina College
Conference, to be held at the
King Cotton Hotel in Greens
boro, December-10-117
The general theme for. the
meeting, announced here today
by Professor N. W. Walker,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Con
ference, will be "Our" College
Students Their Preparation,
What We Try to do for Them,
and with What Results."
The first division of this sub
ject will be dealt with at the
first general session of the con
ference, to be held at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Following
this discussion the Conference
will be favored with a concert
by the Greensboro College Glee
Club; -
The second division will be
the theme for the evening ses-i
sion of the Conference at 8
o'clock, at which Dean Hawkes
will speak on the part the col
lege plays in the education of
the student..
The third division will be dis
cussed at the final general ses
sion of the Conference, coming
at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning.
At this meeting, Dean E. L.
Cloyd, of State College, will
read the report of the Commit
tee ,on Freshman Failures. Im
mediately following, the report
of Chairman E. J. Coltrane on
the State Committee on Public
Information of the North Caro
lina Educational Association will
be heard.
1 All the meetings will be pre
sided over by Dr. Harry W.
Chase, president of the Univer
sity, who is president of the
Conference.
The Conference will adjourn
at 12 o'clock Wednesday. Fol
lowing adjournment, the first
session of the North Carolina
Registrar's Association will be
held.
Graduate Notice
There will be two vacancies
in the Graduate Club begin
ning January 3. Professional
students of advanced standing
and all graduates of the Uni
versity are eligible. Applica-
tion for reservation must be
made to The Manager, Box 28,
Chap ?1 Hill, and should be ac
companied by a reservation
deposit of $5.00.
NUMBER Gl
Bertrand Russell To Lecture
Under Auspices Of Student
Entertainment Committee On
"Need Moderns Be Cynical?'
(By Edward French)
T?PTt Tariff T?ifcooll Tt7alllrnrTtm
among philosophers of today,
will speak in Swain hall tonight
at 8:30, under the auspices of,
the student entertainment com
mittee. His subject will be
"Need Moderns Be Cynical?"
Before the war Bertrand Rus
sell was known to the intellec
tual group as a great symbolic
logician and hereditary heir to
an earldom. Since the war he
has become known to far wider
circles as' the foremost of the
liberals and one of the most
clear thinking of England's
philosophers. Few families in
England have taken a more con
spicuous share in public affairs
than the Russells, and under
i stress- of war this ancestral
claim asserted its sway over the
philosopher.
, As Wesley C. Michell- pointed
out "Above all, Bertrand Rus
sell possesses extraordinary
courage. He has the moral in
tensity of a martyr, the intel
lectual confidence of a great
logician, and the calm assurance
of an English aristocrat." The
experiences with human nature
in its least tolerant mood, which
were thrust upon him during
the war as one of an insignifi
cant and most unpopular minor
ity, merely confirmed his faith'
in his own version of truth. His
successive books show no decline
in his powers but reveal a steady
advance in the scope of his social
knowledge. Few men today
possess so rare an ability to think
clearly upon either sociological
or scientific problems and to
present so clearly and intelli
gibly the most abstract concep
tions. His recent book, "The
Analysis of Matter" (one of the
most abstract subjects), has
been hailed - everywhere as a
model of clarity. His articles on
the political, social and economic
affairs of China and the Orient
helped modify the official atti
tude of the governments of the
world toward China.
Dr. Archibald Henderson, who
is a personal friend of Mr. Rus
sell, said of the Englishman" in
a recent interview, "Bertrand
Russell comes of a very , distin
guished family and is equally as
distinguished in his own right.
His ancestor, Lord John Russell,
was an illustrious statesman of
his own time, and his descendant
is now holder of an hereditary
title. He has long been associ
ated with Cambridge University
and was also a professor of phil
osophy at Harvard for a while.
Russell is besides a philosopher
a publicist, a great mathemati
cian, especially, along the lines
of refined modern analysis. He
is a disciple of the- Italian school
of Peano and Pasch, and in ad
ditionto being a noteworthy
wrorker in mathematical re
search, he is able to present his
problems in a popular and under
standable style. ; ,
"In recent years Bertrand
Russell has become widely
known for two things, his place
as one of the. leading living phil
osophers, which has resulted in
a new school of philosophy, and
his place as an international
publicist, especially in his fond
ness for remote subjects such
as the government of China or
Bolshevism. Although an edu
cator primarily interested in
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