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FRIENDSHIP COUNCIL" INITIAL BANQUET METHODIST CHURCH 6:30 PEP MEETING SPEECHES AND MUSIC MEMORIAL HALL 9:00 Ml fi J J VOLUME XL FRESHMEN WILL FORI FRIENDSHIP COUNCjLTONIGHT President Graham and Pardner James Are Among Speakers" to Address Gathering. The year's program of the freshman friendship council gets under way with the organiza tion banquet in the basement of the Methodist church tonight at 6 :30, at which time officers for the group are to be elected and plans made for . the coming year s work. Billy Arthur, cheerleader, will open the meeting with a series of yells, to be followed by an ad dress of welcome by Graham McLeod, last year's president of the freshman group. The toast master will then introduce cam pus leaders who will attend the banquet as guests. The chief speakers on the program are F. M. "Pardner" James, president of the Y. M. C. A., who will talk on the general work of the association, and President Frank Graham, whose subject has not been announced-. To Elect Officers Officers for the year will be elected, and the year's plans briefly mapped, out. The first regular meeting of the new council will then take place, Monday night at 7:15 in the parlor, of the Y. M. C. A. build ing. The sophomore and junior-senior cabinets will meet on the second flodr at the same time, with the second year men Occupying "the east 'committee room and the two upper class men the western one. Anyone who has not been previously connected with the association, and who desires to do Y work will be given a chance to connect himself with the organization at the Monday night meeting. . By the present cabinet sys tem a Hi-Y man is brought into (Continued on page two) I FRESHMEN RALLY 1 PEPJEETING Billy Arthur Leads New Men in Initial Cheer Practice of the Yean The first pep meeting of the season was held Wednesday night in Memorial hall to train the incoming , students in the cheers and songs of the Univer sity. The assembly of freshmen did not equal the 'total number registered at the University, but the spirit of those who did at tend was excellent and evi denced the fact that the fresh men have absorbed the Carolina spirit and will be loyal support ers of the .big Blue and White teams. - f Head cheerleader Billy Ar thur was on hand with his assis tants, MacBride and Hunt. The new men did well under their tutelage and before the meeting had dissembled, were familiar with the entire repertoire of yells. Tryouts for freshman cheerleaders were held in Me morial hall Tuesday afternoon, and the contestants were allowed to demonstrate the wind velocity of frosh leaders before their classmates. Arthur gave the freshmen a few rules that pep meetings usually adhere to. He prom ised,to have athletes and coaches present at the next get together. According to custom the meet ing ended with the singing of the University anthem. HUGE PEP RALLY PLAMEMONIGHT Old Carolina Spirit to be Pres ent on Eve of Wake Forest Game. A rousing send-off "for the Wake Forest game -Saturday afternoon will be accorded Chuck Collins' Tar Heel team tonight at 9:00 o'clock when freshmen and upperclassmen gather at Memorial hall for the year's first big pep meeting. With the band and possibly members of the team present, cheerleaders will endeavor to instill loyalty into the hearts of the student body on the eve of the first gridiron encounter of the year. , ' Under the direction of Cheer leader Billy Arthur, Carolina's renowned "yard of fun," an impressive , program is being planned- to provide one of the peppiest gatherings of its kind ever staged on the Hill. In a communication to the Daily Tar Heel last night, Ar thur urged that every member of the student body, be present to give the team the support due it. Promoters of the meeting were endeavoring to secure Gen eral Albert Cox, prominent Ra leigh alumnus of the University as chief speaker. If he cannot be obtained, efforts will be made to enlist the loyalty of some speaker of equal repute. Music and other forms of entertain ment with talks by some mem ber of the. coaching staff will top off the assembly. Arthur v is acting-chief , cheer leader in the absence of Ed Hazlewood, elected by the stu dent body last year, who did not return to the University this fall. KANE'S TRIAL PUT OFF FOR A WEEK . Due to the illness of Mrs. W. C. Graham, mother of the de ceased, the trial of Professor Elisha Kent Kane, III, for the murder of his wife has been postponed for a week. The postponement v was announced by Magistrate Joseph E. Dixon, who is to conduct the initial hearing, after having received through the Commonwealth's attorney, Roland D.- Cocke, a certificate from the Graham family physician forbidding Mrs. Graham to leave her bed. The thirteen witnesses : sum moned by the prosecution were released under $300 bond, all ex cept one having already testi fied in the coroner's inquest. No witnesses liad been called by the defense. The trial will be scheduled : to open Wednesday, September 30. Interest in the case has stir red the section of Virginia around Hampton ever since the tragedy of September 11, grow ing to nation-wide prominence and being featured daily in New York tabloids. The interest in this community has been parti cularly keen, due to the three years sojourn of Professor Kane at the University in the Spanish department. !; New Economics. Instructor : E. H. Anderson has been ap pointed instructor in economics for the present year, taking the place of Assistant Professor J. G. Evans, who - is on leave of absence. Mr. Anderson former ly taught at The Citadel, South Carolina, and Ouachita College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. ' - : CHAPEL HILL, N. O, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1931 . . 1 : . 1 1 ' '" - Editors of University Publications , 1,1 J 1 ..-., . , .,.. J- Pictured above are three of the Carolina seniors who have been selected by the student body last spring to edit the campus publi cations. From left to right are: Holmes Davis, editor of the Yackety Yack; Jack Dungaii, editor of the Daily Tar Heel; and Pete Gilchrist,' editor of the Buccaneer. The Daily Tar Heel was unable to obtain a cut of Spec McClure, editor of the Carolina Magazine. : - FOUR ADDITIONS TO ENGINEERING SCHOOLEAGULTY One Associate and Three In structors Take Places of Men Leaving University. Four new instructors ,have joined the school of engineering this fall. These men take' the places of instructors on leave of absence or who have left the University. Claudius E. Bennett, E.E., who has been with foreign power companies in Mexico and Spain, instructor at the Univer sity of Florida and city man ager of Pierce, Florida, is act ing associate professor of engi neering. " T. P. Noe, Jr., who received his master of science degree in 1930 and who has been with the American Bridge1 Company, has returned as instructor of civil engineering. Taking the place of G. Wal lace Smith, who is now on leave of absence,, is C. E. Feltner, an instructor in the year of 1928 29. Since then, Mr. Feltner has been in aircraft design and con struction work. Colin Carmichael, graduate of Glascow University, comes here as instructor in mechanical en gineering. -He has been en gaged in the manufacture of marine , engines with firms in Great Britain and the- United States. hectare Will Open Playmakers' Season The opening event of the Playmakers' season will take place at the Playmaker theatre at 7:30, Monday, September 28. It will be an illustrated , lecture by Professor F. H. Koch, giving the history of the Playmakers. A hundred stereoptican slides which will , supply the illustra tions will be scenes of the Play makers' tours and from their various productions. Most, of the scenes will, be from plays written by students from this University, as well as some of those in Koch's summer, courses in Columbia University and the University of Southern Califor nia. Following, the lecture Profes sor, Koch- will see those students interested in the, drama, and will discuss with them . the plays to be given this coming season. Stadium Curtain A large green burlap curtain, to be completed at the Play makers' studio today, will drape the east fence of Kenan sta dium tomorrow to conceal the game from non-paying fans. r i 7 j WORK OF DI AND PHI EXPLAINED IN CHAPEL MEETING Hamilton Hobgood and Jack Dungan Make Talks to Fresh men on Literary Societies. Henry Johnston, Jr., assistant dean of students presided at freshman chapel yesterday morning- when Hamilton Hob good and Jack Dungan, presi dents of the Philanthropic As sembly, and the Dialectic Senate, respectively, spoke on the his tory and purpose of the two or ganizations. The meeting opened with the singing of "Hark the Sound," af terr which Reverend Alfred S. Lawrence of the Episcopal church read the scripture and led in prayer. Johnston then in troduced Hobgood as speaker for the Phi Assembly. The representative for the As sembly stated that the consti tution for the organization was framed in 1725, and at that time every student was a member. In 1919, according to the speaker, the assembly was modeled after the North Carolina House of Representatives and since then has conducted its meetings ac cordingly. Famous men of North Carolina and other states were mentioned who during their studenjj; days at Carolina were members of the organiza tion. The speaker cited Rever- (Continued on paae two) Northwestern A.B. ? School Requires C A streamer in the; Daily Northwestern announces the fact that Dean Addison Hibbard has raised the standards of the liberal arts school so that all freshmen and sophomores are required to maintain an average of C or better to remain in the university. Hibbard was dean of the liberal arts school at this University until about two years ago when he went to Northwest ern It is thought that this plan will improve the caliber of the students in the junior and senator-years as they will have had to average C, or better, to ad vance that far in standing. Both the faculty and the student lead ers there favor the move as a progressive one in college, meth ods. - V Accounting Appointments L. J. Felton, J. S. Morrison, and S. I. Shapiro, of the class of .'32, have been appointed as sistants in the general account ing laboratory of the school of commerce by Dean D. D. Carroll RUSHING SEASON TO BEGIN TODAY - N. . Fraternities and Freshmen Are Warned to Observe Carefully Rules Made by Council. Beginning this afternoon at 2:00 p. m. those members of the freshman class receiving invita tions from fraternities will en ter the first round of the cur rent rushing season by paying visits to the various houses. Each freshman should not fail to visit every house from which he has received an invitation as this part of the rushing program is required of all recipients of bids. Failure to pay at least one visit to each fraternity extend ing an invitation will automati cally render the guilty freshman ineligible to join any social fra ternity for the term of one year. For the first two days, today and Saturday, the rushing will be confined to the fraternity houses. New men can call only between the hours of from 2:00 p. m. and 12:00 midnight today and 7:00 p, m. to 12:00 midnight Saturday. It is important to note' that the football game to morrow afternoon is covered by the period of silence and that there is to be absolutely no as sociation or communication be tween freshmen and fraternity men. The Interfraternity Coun cil's ruling on this point is very strict. 1 ' " v Sunday Rushing Starts Rushing will begin, in earnest Sunday, when fraternities are allowed to make as many dates with freshmen as desired. Dur ing the first two days, however, there are to be no more than two dates made on the part of any fraternity with any one freshman. This is in order to allow the freshman to make dateswith every one of the lodges in which he is interested. The printed invitations were handed in to the dean of stu dents Wednesday afternoon at 6:00 p. m. and have been de livered to all the freshmen ex- (Continued on page two) EXTENSION STAFF WILL MEET HERE There will be a meeting of the extension division teaching staff at the office of Director R. M. Grumman's in the South build ing today and tomorrow morn ing.. About ten members of the staff are expected to be here. This meeting; is being held primarily to lay plans for the classes and schedules that will be followed this year. At pres ent, Director Grumman intends to have thirty centers of these classes" spr eadJ over the state These classes are expected to get underway next week. Building Division - f Does Repair Work Throughout the summer the buildings department has done quite a bit of repair work on the, various campus buildings, especially, on . Carr dormitory, which has been re-plastered and new tables with book racks built for the law students who occupy Carr. Recently the department has been building tables and flat- topped oak desks for the office and committee rooms of the new Graham Memorial. It has also completed several combination inlaid checker and card tables and three ping-pong tables to be placed, in the game room of the union building some time before the opening which is - scheduled November 11; NUMBER 5 HOME OF LIBRARY SCHOOL WILL BE COFiIPLMD SOOiN Sixth and Seventh Levels of Library Stacks to be Given for Use of New Division. Quarters for the new school of library science are rapidly approaching completion on top of the book stack in the Univer-' sity library building. Construc tion began late in August when the structural steel for an ad ditional floor of book shelves, was added to the sixth floor of the stack. In planning the. library, ad ditional shelving space was pro vided for, above the top floor of the book stack. Sufficient space was left above this level-" for three tiers of shelves. . Provi sion has now been made for one flloor of shelved above the pres ent top floor behind the circula tion desk. On top of this new ' floor a concrete floor -has been laid which will carry a class room, laboratory, and offices for the school of library science. These quarters will occupy space later to be used for two floors of shelving. ' The construction of these quarters is so designed as to make possible the economical introduction of a. book stack in this space when the library re quires it. About five years of expansion has been allowed for by the present arrangements. The library school expects to occupy its new quarters early in October. Entrance to the school will be from the third floor, of the building. Classes are being held at present in the seminar rooms oji the third floor. DRAMATIC GROUP PLANTRYOUTS Playmakers Begin Preparations to Produce Maxwell Ander son's 'Saturday's Children Tryouts for Saturday's Chil dren, the Playmakers first pro duction of the season, will take place at the theatre 4 :30 and 7:30, Tuesday, September 29. This play, which had a year's run on Broadway, was written by Maxwell Anderson. The play was picked as one of the ten best in 1926 by Burns Mantle, the New York critic, and was men tioned strongly for the Pulitzer Prize of that year. . Maxwell Anderson, the author of What Price Glory? (in collaboration with Laurence Stallings) and , the popular Theatre Guild success of the past season, Elizabeth', the Qwen,swas one of the charter members of the Dakota Play makers, at the University of North Dakota. This organiza tion, similar to our own Play makers, was also founded- by Professor F. H. Koch. Satur day's CkUdr en, as the title sug gests is a comedy about some people who have to work for a living. The production is scheduled to run on October 22, 23, arid 24. Anyone is eligible for the try outs; whether a member of the Playmakers or not. -s Infirmary List The following list of students have been confined in the Uni versity infirmary for the past two days: N. G. Blackman, Wal ter N. Terry, Jr., Robert Alired, Ralph Morgan, JT. W. Bremen, and J. F. Plummer.
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