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UNION CHUECH SERVICE 5 :00 O'CLOCK METHODIST CHURCH UNION CHURCH SERVICE 8:00 O'CLOCK . METHODIST CHURCH CO SERVED BY THE UNITED PRESS VOlrlBIE XLTri CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1934 NUMBER 27 MM rS FOR HOMECOMING DAY DECORATION Alfred Williams Wins Award for Novelty; Stetson "D" for Merchandising Appeal. . EXHIBITS DRAW VISITORS Displaying a combined exhibit of birds of the air and beasts of the field, S. A. E. fraternity, cap tured first prize for the - best decoration and display offered by the Homecoming- Day committee headed by Jake Snyder. The exhibits, which were for the most part originated by the fraternities themselves, drew large crowds of visitors, and ex cited much, comment here yes terday. Novel Decorations Among the exhibits that at tracted much attention were D. K. E.'s likeness of Mae West, labeled "Beat Kentucky or Bust;" Phi Gamma Delta's mov ing figure of a Carolina f ootball player booting the Kentucky Wildcat; and Sigma Nu's NRA sign. . First prize offered to the mer chant in Chapel Hill who had the most novel or most artistic win dow display was won by the Al fred Williams Co.. with their minature train built of station ery. Second prize was taken by Lyon Hardware Co.'s window with a likeness of Captain Bar clay as the central figure. In the field of merchandising appeal, the window at Stetson 4D,' with a cardboard portrait of Captain Barclay drawn by M. M. Timmons, took first prize. Sec ond prize was won by Ledbetter Pickard Stationery store's perpetual-flow bottle of Scrip. ORIGINAL DRAMA BILL ISSELECTED Tryouts for Program of Experi mental Will Be Conducted Tuesday Afternoon. The first bill of experimental plays to be produced this quar ter by the Playmakers has been selected for presentation Novem ber 1. These plays are written by members of Professor Koch's playwriting class and will be presented with the assistance of the Playmaker production staff. - Plays. Selected ' From the one-act plays sub mitted by members of the play writing class, the following have been chosen for production : "Sea-Psalm," a tragedy -of the North Carolina coast, by Charles Edward Eaton; "New Anarchy," a play of a banking crisis, by Philip G. Parker ; "New Nig ger," the tragedy of a giant among small men, by Fred E. Howard, Jr.; "Clam-Digger," a play of Maine sea-folk, by Jean Ashe, and "Hunger," a tragedy of Carolina farm-folk, by Ella Mae Daniel. Open' try-outs for the plays will be conducted at 4 :30 o'clock Tuesday afternoori in the thea tre. PRESS INSTITUTE WILL MEET HERE JAN. 23-25 The North Carolina Press In stitute will meet here January "23-25, it was decided by the ex ecutive committee of the N. C. t'ress association, meeting yes terday morning in President Crraham's office. Bolivia Magazine Describes Latesit American Arms In Attractive Terms By Pete Ivey "There will be wars and rum ors of wars," and the magazine, Bolivia, to be found in the libra ry, abounds in both. Containing advertisements of American munition makers, Bo livia presents everything from tear gasvto dirigible bombs in its advertising columns, and many of the most readable fea tures of the magazine concern the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay. On the inside front cover is an advertisement of the Curtiss Wright Airplane Export , Com pany. A picture of the latest Curtiss-Wright "Osprey" milita ry plane appears. Beneath it is me ioilowing caption : A con siderable quantity- of these planes are being used in the air forces of a number of Latin American countries." The ad continues in rapturous recita tion of the mariouverability of T TO CONSIDER CURESFOR WAR Professors Woodhouse and Pegg To Talk on Militarism and Nationalism Tomorrow. Professors E. J. Woodhouse and Carl H. Pegg will continue the series of Y. M. C. A. discus sions on war and peace at the sophomore and junior-senior cabinet meetings tomorrow night at 7 :15 o'clock in the "Y" building, taking lip cures for armed conflicts. Professor Woodhouse will lead the discussion in the sopho more group on Militarism," and "Defense by Dr. Pegg will discuss "Nationalism: Is is the Way Out, m the junior-senior group. Joint Supper A brief pause will be made in the war and peace discussions October 29. when a joint out door meeting is scheduled at which members of "Y" groups from the Woman's college and State college will be invited. This convocation will be the first Greater University of North Carolina "Y" meeting this year, but plans are being made to follow up the idea with .addi tional sessions of this type. Following the break in the series," the war and peace meet ings will continue with "Is So cialism a Cure for War," on No vember 5. Dean Elbert Russell of Duke University will speak on the Monday following Armistice Day on "Should Christians Sup port War." The remainder of the fall quarter meetings will be on dis armament, armed intervention,' and international "co-operation. YACKETY YACK MEN The student activities division of the"Yackety Yack will meet tomorrow afternoon at- 3:0(5 o'clock, it was announced yes terday. The following are requested to be present: Dave Thorpe, Bob Howison, Bryan Caldwell, T. Daniel, W. C. Blackmore, Frank Justice, and Margaret McCauley. LATE BULLETIN Raleigh, Oct. 20. (UP) State Superintendent of Public Instruction Allen died late jthis afternoon of kidney disorders at Rex hospital. the plane and its virtues for fighting. Elsewhere, under the display caption,; "Federal Gas Muni tions," occurs a list of war im plements. These include gas weapons, bullet-proof vests, ar mour plate shields, sub-machine guns, gas masks, aerial bombs, mortars, and smoke screen ap paratus. Under this is the in viting sentence, "Write for de scriptive catalogue." ., Remington rifles and Colt au tomatic pistols are advertised as handy and inexpensive. The American Armament Cor poration of America, located, in New, York City, advertised its wares in the following way : "We are manufacturers and purvey ors of aerial bombs, grenades, field, naval, anti-aircraft and air plane guns. Artillery ammuni tion of the most advanced de signs for all types of American and European guns, rifles, ma chine guns and war vessels." 1 ., Special Notice On behalf of the University club, Jake Snyder, chairman of the Homecoming Day com mittee, . desires to thank Chapel Hill merchants anq townspeople, the student bodyi the alumni, and the athletii association for the whole! hearted co-operation, in mak ing the Homecoming celebra tion a success. COUNCIL TO HAVE PICNICTMRROW Dr. English Bagby Will Talk at Weiner Roast for Freshman Friendship Council. Members of the Freshman Friendship council will meet at 6:15 o'clock tomorrow night at the Y. M. C. A. building to go on' a liot dog roast. . The weiner roast will be in the woods behind the home of Harry F. Comer in Westwood. Bagby to Speak Opportunities for fellowship will be the feature of the pro gram, and Dr. English Bagby of the psychology department will make a brief address. The meeting will be presided over by Jimmy Coan, president of the Freshman Friendship council, and other members of the cabinet will take part in the program. " Jack Pool, adviser to the first year Y. M. C. A. council, urges all members of the cabinet to be at the "Y" promptly at 6:15 o'clock so that the-entire group may walk out together. Phi Creates New Office of Efficiency Expert Speaker Robert Smithwick Will Make Appointment. -" - - The Phi assembly will have a new officer, efficiency expert, to be appointed by Speaker Robert Smithwick. The efficiency expert will, eon duct debates and deal with criti cisms rising from the debates. The new officer is expected to change the form of the discus sion of bills. ' : Representative Winthrop Dur- f ee introduced the motion to create the new office. Passing it at the last meeting by a large majority, the assembly gave Speaker Smithwick power to appoint the officer. KIDNAPER FACES ORDEAL Hauptmann Jokes with Guards While Awaiting Trial for Murder in New Jersey. Flemington, N. J., Oct. 20. ( UP) Housed in a bare cell On the second floor of Flemington's mob-proof jail, Hauptmann to night calmly awaited . arraign ment on charges of murdering and kidnaping the Lindbergh baby. ; ' The alien carpenter, who was brought here last night a few hours after his fight against ex tradition met a filial defeat, will probably be arraigned Monday, it was indicated. Appeal Debated Hauptmahn's appeal over Bronx Justice Hammer's re fusal to grant a writ of habeas corpus after Governor Lehman had signed the extradition pa pers was denied by the appellate division of the New York su preme court last night. Appearing less perturbed than at any time since his arrest in New York a 1 month ago on charges of extortion in connec tion with the Lindbergh case, Hauptmann joked with his guards, ate and slept, and seem ed ready for the ordeal which may end in the electric chair. DUKE PROFESSOR TO TALK TONIGHT Dr. Elbert Russell to Speak Here At Union Service. Dr. Elbert Russell, dean of the school of religion at Duke Uni versity, will speak at the Meth odist church tonight at 8:00 o'clock on "What My Religion Means to Me." This is the beginning of a se ries of six special Sunday night services at the Methodist church. The church will invite a theolog ian, a scientist, a business man, a Catholic, a Negro, and a Jew to speak at these services on this same subject, "What My Reli gion Means to Me." '- These programs will be union services. They are sponsored by the Methodist,-Baptist and Pres byterian churches of Chapel Hill. There will be a discussion period at the close of the address each Sunday night. The' public is cordially invited to these special services. CALMLY Former Playmakers Are Prominent In Broadway And "The Provinces The house lights dim, the mu sic fades out from a crash to a whine, the audience stops rust ling and murmuring it is the moment bef ore the curtain goes up. This drama within a drama is enacted hundreds - of times every night all over the country and often the curtain goes up on people who got their dramatic training in Chapel Hill with the Carolina Playmakers. . Sheppard Strudwick, whose work was reviewed in a recent Daily Tar Heel article, heads the list. He, however, is not the only home-grown actor playing leads at present. Bill Clifford, who left two years ago, is play ing leads in Claire Tree Major's comnanv. At present, he s in "Under the Lilacs." Our Little Eva Eugenia Rawls, who rose to fame here as "Little Eva" in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," has travel led with a children's Theatre company, also sent out by Claire Tree Major. During the past Ehringhaus Opens Homecoming PrograM With Open Air Address Murchison Visits Chapel Hill Over Week Strictly Pleasure Trip," He Leaves Tomorrow; Says; Dr Claudus T. Murchison, di rector of the federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and formerly a member of the University commerce school fac ulty, is a visitor in Chapel Hill this week-end. Dr. Murchison arrived from Washington Friday night and attended the Carolina-Kentucky Homecoming game yesterday. "Here oh no official business," he said. "Simply to have a good i time this week-end." The former economics profes sor will, however, go to Durham tomorrow where he will address the Rotary club . on reciprocal tariff agreements at a luncheon. He plans to return to his duties in Washington tomorrow after noon. JURY CHARGES 3 STOLL KIDNAPERS Mrs. Stoll's Testimony Brings Speedy Indictment by Fed eral Grand Jury. Louisville, Oct. 20. (UP) A special Federal grand jury to day indicted three persons in connection with the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll after hearing the testimonies of Mrs. Stoll and others involved in the crime. Mrs. Robinson, Jr., and Rob inson, Sr., who were indicted along with Mrs. Robinson's hus band, are now held in jail here. Quick Action The jury acted quickly after Mrs. Stoll testified for more than a half -hour as to the treatment she received at the hands of her abductors. This was the first public ap pearance that the young -Louisville society matron has, made since she was returned home. Meanwhile Robinson himself is the subject of extensive man hunt as Federal and state au thorities keep a close watch on the Canadian border as numer ous report indicate that the in sane kidnaper has turned his flight northward. 7 summer, she played on one of the show boats in New York harbor, in "Ten Nights in a Bar Room." Elizabeth Farrar, for mer haymaker, is now playing in "A Ship Comes In," at the Lohgacre Theatre, New York City. v. . The roving instinct has smit ten many a Playmaker. Whit Bissell, a versatile actor when here in school, is now touring with Eva Le .Gallienne in "Alice in Wonderland." This summer he was with Late and Rollings company at Bar Harbor, Maine. Helen Dortch, chiefly remem bered for her execrable puns and excellent plays, is now touring with the Jitney Players, as is T. P. Harrison, once a doughty ac tor and technician. Robert Proctor and Marion Tatum have both heeded the call of the open road, and are touring with Mad ame Borgny Hammer's Nor wegian Ibsen company. The former Playmakers do not (Continued on page two) N. C. Leaders Welcome Alumni and Kentucky Governor and Other Notables Address Crowd of 2,000 in Franklin Street. With a hearty welcome to Carolina's alumni; students, and friends, Governor John C. B. Ehringhaus, delivering the prin cipal address to an assembled throng of 2,000 gathered on the main street of Chapel Hill, of ficially opened Homecoming Day , exercises . here yesterday morn-; ing. The governor opened by com plimenting the cheering of the students, who had just com pleted a series of "spell Caro lina" and "spell Kentucky" yells. Finds Carolina Unchanged "In many ways," said the gov ernor, "Carolina is the same. But when I was a student here we joined in giving the new stu dents a rousing welcome, which usually lasted from, sundown of their first day till the following morning. The faculty had a po lite word for it: They called it hazing. But with the rise of Archibald Henderson and the advent of polysyllabic words over monosyllabic words, hazing was changed to 'helping fresh- . men get Oriented.' "Your president will 'probably tell you that the reason for his late arrival today was the meet ing that he attended in Ashe ville," said the'governor adding a touch of humor, "but there is9 no doubt in my mind that he was telling the story of Mrs. Spen cer's bell-ringing to the football team. Welcomes Alumni "All we can say to you," said the governor in conclusion, "is that we looked for your coming to Chapel Hill, and we welcome you." Governor Ehringhaus, who wa3 editor of the Daily Tar Heel in 1901, the year of his . graduation from the University, was co-author of Carolina's Al ma Mater song, "Hark the Sound." - Major L. P. McLenden, man ager of the Carolina football team on 1912, and former mayor of Chapel Hill, was the first speaker introduced by Master of Ceremonies - Carl Goerch. He recalled how his old Negro ser vant, Bill Craig, who worked for him during his stay here, de scribes the police by saying : "Mr. Mayor, I thinks the law is just too darn scrutinizing. "Chapel Hill," said Major Mc Lenden, "is as old as the oldest state University, and as young as its freshman class. Today all jf us will be rejuvenated, some in spirit, some with spirits. But all of us will feel at home." House Speaks Executive Dean R. B. House spoke for the University in "sa luting her sister institution in Greensboro and her brother in stitution .in ' Raleigh on this Homecoming Day." Speaking for the student body of Carolina, Virgil Weathers of Shelby, president of the student body and outstanding southern athlete, extended, an official wel come to the visitors in Chapel Hill. Lieutenant - Governor Sandy Graham, graduate of 1912, and a trustee of the University, also addressed the group. Following the governors greeting, President Frank Gra- (Continued on page two)
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