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CHAPEL HILL, N. C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1920
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READINGS
Thrills Large Audience With
Rendition of Shakespeare's
"Hamlet."
The first of a series of read
ings was given in the Play
maker Theatre Sunday night by
Professor Koch, whose intepre
tation of Hamlet thrilled a large
audience.
Usually a '-"reading" suggests
an attempt to project the read
er's personality. The audience
was most delightfully surprised
when Professor Koch not only
submerged his own personality,
but also identified his character
izations in such a way that the
audience was never once at a
loss to follow the motivation and
substance of the tragedy.
v This is more than mere "read
ing"; it is a rare example of
histrionic art. 1
Hamlet, despite its accepted
traditions, always has been a bit
elusive. Actors have a way of
playing around the character
rather than through him. Again
Professor Koch scored. He suc
ceeded in creating a Hamlet
who had all the classical com
plexities of another age andyet
who seemed to be delightfully
modern. This blending of in
tellectual appreciation and hu
man understanding typified Pro
fessor Koch's entire reading of
" the play.
Especially adroit were the
transitions from the broad
humor of the grave-diggers to
the subtle preoccupation of the
Dane's mind. This is the sort
of thing that Richard Mansfield
did so celeverly, in the hey-day
of his career.
Professor Koch's Hamlet
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Fraternity Bids
All fraternity bids must be
turned in to Jack Ward, presi
dent of the inter-fraternity
council, at the Kappa Alpha
house not later than 9 o'clock
Wednesday night, October 15.
The forms for these bids
may be procured from Tom
Hunter at the Sigma Chi
house this afternoon and
night.
EARTH HAS VERY
NARjESCAPE
Comet Passes Within Five Mil
lion Miles of Planet.
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Homecoming Game To Be One of
Four Important Contests in
Nation To Be Recorded.
When the Carolina alumni
file into the stadium for the
Georgia Tech-Carolina home
coming game November 1 they
will see before them a -4 team
that has aroused sufficient nat
ional interest to be filmed for
one of Grantland Rice's Spot
lights, well known movie feat
ures that are both sight and
sound recordings of notable
athletic events.
These two-reel pictures are
made each year of the most im
portant games in the country,
and are shown in c the movie
theatres everywhere. This sea
son only four games have been
selected as being sufficiently im
portant for Sportlight showings.
When you miss the fender of
your neighbor's car by a few
inches you think nothing of it,
but when a comet comes within
five million miles of the earth-
hea'ded straight for us that's
something to talk about.
French astronomers have just
revealed how close a call the
earth had this summer from
being struck amidships , by
Schwassmann-Wach m a n n , a
rather small but speedy comet
which whizzed into our plane
tary system along last May, and
made a bee line for God's
favorite star.
The scientists insist that the
earth had a narrower escape
than the average layman would
like to believe. Had the little
comet come on at the speed and
angle it did when it was discov
ered -by German astronomers
last Mayj it would have ."T put
quite a dent in our globe, and
might even have knocked us
galley west.
Some scientists are arguing
over just what would have hap
pened if the visitor had landed
here. Some say it would have
put a huge dent in, us like a
derby hat struck by an icy snow
ballOthers think it might have
caused a jar sufficient to break
the earth into small pieces, send
ing Chicago off toward Mars,
and New York in the direction
of Planet X.
The Frenchmen pbint out
that in the past few centuries
only three came nearest, miss
ing the world by only 1,440,000
miles on July 1, 1770, while
Pons-Winneekle passed by just
3,480,000 miles oh June 27, 1927.
As a matter of fact, the latest
comet visitors is no larger than
some meteors which have actual
ly landed on this earth. It is
but 440 yards in diameter, the
lare-e anDearance being due to
tj X X.
surrounding gases.
The meteors of that size which
have struck the earth hayejione
little damage because they ar
rived at much less speed, and us
ually landed in desolate spots.
The 1930 visitor was travel
ing so fast that it could be seen
to move with the naked eye.
UNIVERSITY DAY
IS OBSERVED BY
ALlipGROUPS
Rocky Mount, Wayne County,
Raleigh, Charlotte, Buncombe
Groups, Meet Friday
Sunday marked the 137th
birthday of the University of
North Carolina.. Not only was
University Day observed by stu
dents, but also by 14,000 alumni
in many centers of this state
and others. Celebrations were
held Friday night in cities
throughout the state.
Thursd B. House,
executive secretary of the Uni
versity, and J. Maryon Saunders,
alumni secretary, - spoke at a
meeting of Rocky Mount alumni
in the Ricks hotel. . The Rocky
Mount group did honor to one of
its number, Captain John H.
Thorpe, of the University class
of 1860. Captain Thorpe is
ninety-three years of age, and
shares with Daniel R. Coleman,
of Belleville, Ontario,- Canada,
the honor of being the oldest liv
ing graduate of this institution.
The Wayne County alumni
met last night in the Woman's
Club building in Goldsboro. Dean
'Dudley D. Carroll, head of the
commerce school, and J. Maryon
Saunders met with them. "
Friday afternoon the Ra
leigh alumni met at a barbecue
at the farm of James H. Pou, Jr.,
where R. B. House was the
speaker from the University. At
Greensboro the alumni of that
city met at the King Cotton ha
tel, Friday night and Dr. Collier
Cobb was guest speaker.
Dr. L. R. Wilson, University
librarian, addressed a meeting of
the Charlotte alumni held Fri
day night in the Manufacturers'
Club.
Friday at a luncheon the Bun
combe county alumni met in
Asheville, with Howard Bement,
headmaster of Asheville School,
as speaker.
Other groups also held Uni
versity day celebrations last
week-end. Groups in San Fran
cisco, Chicago, Miami, Jackson
ville, Atlanta.
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SECOND LIEMKG
Thompson and Jacocks Also cn
Program to Welcome New
Members to Society.
The second meeting of the
student branch of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers
will be held tonight at seven
o'clock in room 219 of Phillips
hall. This meeting is primarily
for the purpose of introducing
new men into the society.
A welcoming address to the
new men will be given by George
Thompson. In the short talk
he will attempt to outline the
year's work to the new men and
explain the purpose of the orga
nization to them.
John E. Lear of the engineer
ing department, will give a talk
on the aims and opportunities
of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers.' In this
he wil ltell of the growth and
development of the society and
its activities. He will go back
to the organization of the club
and trace it briefly to what it
is today, since it has spread
over the entire United States.
' The last talk of the meeting
will be made by F. A. Jacocks
on "The Young Engineer." This
wil bear on the opportunities
and requirements of the young
man in engineering.
RUSHING SEASON
ENDS WEDNESDAY
Period of Silence Win Extendi
From 12 O'clock Tomorrow
Night to 6 Friday.
Assembly Proposes
Three Resolutions
The Phi Assembly at its meet
ing Tuesday night will discuss
the following bills :
1. Resolved: That the Phi As
sembly goes on record as favor
ing the resolution that only ath
letes be allowed to have the self
help jobs available at athletic
contests. N
2. Resolved: That the honor
system in the North Carolina
colleges is not functioning sua
cessfully.
3. That bus and transfer com
panies be required to build and
maintain roads of their own.
Open Forum Rule
Henceforth Open Forum let
ters must be typewritten be
fore they are handed to the
editor of the Daily Tar HeeL
Letters not typewritten will
not be accepted under any
circumstances.
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i President Is Firm Against Re
trenchment of Educational
Budgets.
Rushing season, which began
on the afternoon of September tj0s
o, ciusts tomorrow mgnc at
12:00 P. M., when the second
period of silence will commence.
The second silence period will
continue until 6:00 p. m. Friday.
During this period no fratern
ity man will be allowed to speak
to any freshman, other than by
formal salutation. Both fra
ternities and men of the class of
'34 are asked by the inter-fra
Alumni of the University are
solidly behind President Frank
Graham in his stand that hard
times should not mean retrench
ment in the budgets of educa
tional institutions, if numerous
telegrams sent to the president
from individual alumni and lo
cal alumni clubs on University
Day are to be taken as indica-
Alumni clubs all over North
Carolina and even outside the
state, meeting in celebartion of
the 137th University Day, en
thusiastically passed resolutions
of support to the new president
conveying these sentiments in
telegrams and messages to Mr.
Graham.
Alumni secertary Maryon
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ternity council to see that this Loau"u, . . Lna more
rule is carried out. For viola- !ocai ammm .CiuDS mez tms
tion of this rule, the guilty fra rvauon oi university
ternity will be forced to forfeit uian m any OI ine Iour
the bond put up before th sea- yers of hls service;
.une message, typical oi tnose
sent by local alumni groups,
read: "Our alumni assure the
new president of their one hun
dred percent loyalty in his plea
that hard times should not mean
retrenchment in' the promotion
of education in North Carolina."
Meanwhile, Felix A. Grisette,
director of the Alumni Loyalty
Each man will signify which
, ... , ... . , tions are continuing to come to
the treasurer of the fund. Al
ready more individual sub
scribers have sent in their con
tributions than in; last year's
canvass.
son negan.
On Friday afternoon at 2:00
p. m. all freshmen who will have
received invitations from Dean
Bradshaw will meet in Gerrard
hall to secure their bids. Any
man who does not receive a let
ter from the office of Dean
Bradshaw, will not be expected
to be present.
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEKOTCLUDED
Success of Venture Is Indicated
By Cooperation of
Citizenry.
DURHAM TO SEE
O'NEILL'S DRAMA
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Theatre Guild WiU Present
"Strange Interlude" at
Carolina October 24.
three fraternities he likes best,
putting the names of his choice
in order, first choice, second
choice, and so on. These choices
will be turned over to a man
who will look up in a record the
names of the bids that each
man has received. If there is a
bid for the student from his first
choice, he will be given a card
telling him to go to that fratern
ity house. If no bid appears
from his first choice, his second
choice will be taken, and so on.
The inter-fraternity council
wishes to make clear the fact
that freshmen will not be allow
GRIFFIN SUBMITS
BESTEDITORIAL
Former Language Instructor Is
Chosen to Dedicate Issue of
'The Classical JournaL"
RANKIN IN SALISBURY
E. R. Rankin of the extension
division of the University left
yesterday for Salisbury to ar
range the 1931 basketball sched
ule in the general State High
School Conference for the cham
pionship of the western part of
the state. . .. .
GRADUATE EXAMS
Pennsylvania-Notre'Dame, Cali-, DEAN ANNOUNCES
fornia-Leland Stanford games,
and the Georgia Tech-Carolina
tilt. ' -
The cameramen and sound
engineers will arrive in Chapel
Hill October 30 to complete the
preparations that are being
made for this important record
ing. " :
Candidates for Doctors' andl
Masters' degrees will be passed
upon to'day by the administra
tive board of the ' graduate
school, it was announced yester
day by W. W. Pierson, dean of
the graduate school. ,
The meeting will be held in
the graduate offices in South
building at 4:30 p. m.
Yesterday ended Fire Preven
tion Week which was conducted
by the Chapel Hill fire depart
ment during this past week for
the purpose of decreasing fire
hazards in this city. '
' Previous to the inauguration
of Prevention Week, a letter was
sent to every citizen in the com
munity soliciting co-operation in
forwarding the fire prevention
program. At the conclusion of
the letter a number of requests
were made that each citizen do
his share in his section of the
town toward the success of the
project.
From the amount of these let
ters that were answered and
mailed to the local fire chief, J.
L. Foister, it is aoDarent that
Of unique and unusual inter
est to all lovers of drama and
the legitimate stage, is the
announcement of the presenta
tion by the Theatre Guild, Inc.,
of Eugene O'Neill's nine-act
drama, "Strange Interlude," at
the Carolina Theatre, Durham,
Friday, October 24.
Partly because it won the
Pulitzer Prize as the best j)lay
of the year, and also because it
has broken records wherever it
has been played, "Strange In
terlude" is generally acclaimed
as the greatest triuniph thus far
achieved by America's foremost
playwright.
The unusual length of
"Strange Interlude," its daring
theme, its "asides," its dinner
The dedicatory editorial of the
October issue of "The Classical
ed to discuss fraternities with Journal selected especially for
anyone other than the members the Vergil number of that maga
of their choice until 6:00 p. m. zine was contributed by M. H.
Friday afternoon. Discussion Griffin who was. with the Uni
with members of their choice versity of North Carolina
must not be done until after the through last year.
bid of this fraternity has been Dr. Griffin was a graduate
received from Gerrard hall. ofnriPTit ti TTnivprsitv in th
This is only the second year department of classics at the
that such a rushing system has University, taking, a great deal
been tried, and it depends oh the of his work under Dr. George R.
conduct of the fraternities and J Howe and Dr. G. A. Harrer. Af-
the pledges this year, as to ter receiving the degree of Ph.D.
whether this will be used in the he was instructor of Greek and
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DI WILL DISCUSS
NYE'S COMMITTEE
Prevention Week was a success, i intermission, combined with the
University Women
of
of
The first regular meeting
the American Association
University Women will be held
at the Episcopal parish house at
7:30, this evening, October 14th. I
A similar venture has been
conducted all over the country
during the year, in an attempt
to lower the percentage of prop
erty destroyed by fire.
Infirmary List
Those who are confined to the
infirmary are as follows : Ora
Upshaw and Hyman Myers.
fact that each performance be
gins at 5:30 in the afternoon,
augments its attraction to the
student and business maiTalike.
A company of notable play
ers will appear, including Elisa
beth Risdon, Leonard Mudie,
Blaine Cordner, Richard Barbee,
Maud Durand, Maurice McRae,
Esthel Westley, John J. Burns,
and Jack Grattan.
The Dialectic Senate will
hold its regular session tonight
in the Dialectic hall. J M. Lit
tle, chairman of the ways and
means committee, announces
the following bills on the calendar:
ligation of the North Carolina man "oet follows:
Democratic primary by a Re
publican committee under Sena
tor Nye is purely political.
2. Resolved: That the Dialec
Latin for several years.
A contest "for the best tribute
to Vergil composed in Latin in
a form suitable for a commem
orative tablet" was sponsored by
the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South. The
contribution sent in by Dr. Grif
fin was selected from contribu
tions sent in from the entire
United States.
The tribute to the ancient Ro-
Publio Vergilio Maroni
Dulci Decori Terrae Italiae
Musis Homericus Poetae ,
Dilectissimo
tic Senate go on record as call- Memoriaque Aeterna In Animis
ing for an immediate investiga
tion of the fact that the Student
Entertainment Committe has
failed to book programs for this
quarter despite having collected
student funds for same.
3. Resolved: That a full time
University doctor be employed.
Hominum
Vati Pacis Universae ,
Die Natali Bis Millesimo Hoc
Testimonium "
Pietatisque Ac Caritatis
Populus Americanus Dedit
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