Vol. 1.N0.34
JIM TEAMS
AT STATE FAIR
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Chapel Hill School Competes
In “SiziiiK Up” Livestock
and Crops
A BIG BANQUET TONIGHT
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Two “judging teams” from
thq Chapel Hill school, one for
crops, the other for livestock,
went down to Raleigh to, the
.State Fair yesterday to compete
with other school boys, from all
over North Carolina, in passing
upon the merits of farm animals
and farm products. T)hey made
the trip through the Country in
automobiles.
The livestock team is made up
of Hubert Hogan, James Dor
sett, Leon Gooch, and Marvin
Dawson ; the crops team of
Bruce Sparrow, Lewis Durham,
Miss Hallie Andrews, Wade At-'
water, and John* Sparrow.
This morning (Thursday), at
half past eight o’clock, the
judging of livestock begins. It
will go on until one o’clock. In
the afternoon the boys—the
lone girl, too, presumably—will
take in the Carolina-State Col
lege football game. At night the
President of the gives a
big banquet to all the members
of high school agriculture class
es. ‘‘'There are expected to be
from 500 to 600 present.
Th’q judging of crops takes
place tomorrow (Friday) morn
ing. The afternoon will be giv
en over to the teams to see the
sights of the fair, and in the
evening they will come back
home. * .
Last year’s livestock teaiA
from Chapel Hill stood fourth
out of 45 teams entered, while
the crops teams was at about
the middle of the list. It would
not be surprising if the lat
ter group made a much better
showing this year, for they have
been practicing hard. A few
days ago they were taken to
the State College and were en
tered in a contest there, prelim
inary to the State Fair event. ,
While the Chapel Hill boys
are in Raleigh they are sleep
ing in cots in the agricultural
building of the eoliqge. They
have the privilege of eating in
the dining hail at 25 cents a
meal, or, if they prefer, may
patronize restaurants and cafe
terias. Thus their trip is an
economical one.
Town Has a Toylarfd
Chapel Hill now has a toy
store. It is called Toyland, and
is run by R. W. Foister, pro
prietor of Foister's Art Store.
AJttiOugh it is on the second
floor of his present building, it
will have an entrance from the
street as well as from inside,
and will be run as a separate es
tablishment. Mr. Foister has al
ready laid in a lot of toys, and
•ther articles that go along with
them, and is planning steadily to
increase the stock. He Is mak
ing big preparations for the
Christmas trade.
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Board Walks In Court
While grass is being grown ia
the court enclosed on three
.sides by the University’s new
classroom buildings— Murphey,
Manning and Saunders halls—
bo6rd walks are temporarily in
stalled. They run along the
front of each building, and
asross the court from Saunders
to Murphey, giving nobody any
valid reason to get his feet
muddy or disturb the growing
grass. . r
Hie Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS OUVU
ISlfer
Chapel Hill Chaff
A friend of mine, a member
of the faculty, came toward me
on the campus, and when he was
yet several paces off I could see
the pa&ion of reform burning
in his eye. “Don’t you want to
vent your spleen on something,
in your paper?” he asked eager
ly. “Well,” said I, cautious,
‘Tm willing enough to vent my
own spleen but I don’t know
whether I want to vent your
spleen or not. What’s on your
mind?” Whereupon he told me
that he wanted the moving pic
ture machine in the Pickwick
improved. The light was too
dim, he said. I told him that if
he would write a letter about it
to the paper, over hia own sig
nature, I would be glad to pub
lish it. The letter has not yet
arrived, but I am willing enough
to pass the suggestion on to W.
S. Roberson and Jim Phipps. If
they heard as much about this
as I do PH bet they would fix
that lantern, or current/ or
transmission, or thingumajig, or
whatever it is, in a hurry.
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When Carolina played Trinity
last Saturday I sat on a side
line bench with S. H. Hobbs of
the Universtiy faculty and Les
lie Weil of Goldsboro. At the
exciting moment when the Car
olina team ran on the field and
the band struck up and the
grandstand/-went frantic, these
two friends of mine spread out
a eopy of the University News
Letter and discussed animatedly
the article therein about . the
State’s fiances. Cheer Leader
Froneberger was doing furioas
contortions just behind me, di
recting the University’s noise,
and between him and my com
panions this was about what I
got: “Rah! Rah! Rah! Deficit!
Uncollected revenue! Car-o-li
na! Maxwell! Governor Morri
son! Hey, George, Monk Mc-
Donald! Fiscal year! Taxes ac
crued but not paid ! Now, boys,
split Carolina for—Assets and
Liabilities!”
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Even so, I got, on this occas
ion, about as clear an idea of
North Carolina’s .financial situa
tion as I have got from the per
usal of various analyses thereof
in the peaee and quiet of my
study.
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Much sport has been made of
me to my face—and I doubt not
by people who haven’t had the
chance to tell me about it—for
my mentioning the Ninth Com
mandment instead of the Tenth
when I spoke of coveting I*e
noir Chambers’ hat. The Greens
boro News chid me for it, albeit,
gently. This is one on me. For
a week or so now I will be,
ashamed to meet upon the street
my friends Mr, Moss and Mr.
Pattqn arid Mr. Baskin and Mr.
Long and Mr. Howard and Mr.
Lawrence. But I'll tall the world
I wasn’t bearing any false wit
ness when 1 glorified that k*t.
ft is a splendid creation.
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Speaking of envy, a woman
who yearns for travel said to
me the ojftr day that Mias Alice
Jones was the luckiest person
she knew. “She is in Chapel
Hill today, and tomorrow, all of
a sudden, you hear that ska hat
gone to Europe or Japan, or
some other faraway fascinating
place, as ehaperene dr Instruc
tor to some rich young girl. She
is gone six months or n year,
and when she gets back, instead
of being broke the way the rest
of us are when we rotara from
a trip, she has brought back
enough money to build another
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18,1923
Sororities Busy at “Rushing”;
Tomorrow Is the Day of Decision
Group of Young Women Students Are Being Fed Almost to
Satiety by the Chi Omega and the Pi Beta Phi.
Spirited Ingratiatiton Campaign
“Rushing”—long a familiar
activity among the male stu
dents—has been furious among
the women these last few days.
The two sororities, the Chi
Omega and thq Pi Beta Phi, are
in spirited competition to ob
tain as members a group of
younger women students who
are now eligible for admission,
and tomorrow (Friday) is the
fatal day when the decision
must be made.
The tea, wafers, sandwiches,
mayonnaise, cakes , and ice
cream that have been fed to the
candidates in the couse of this
campaign would stock a large
store. One of the recipients of
all this attention confided to a
neutral friend the other day
that she was so stuffed she be
lieved she couldn’t ext another
mouthful for a wqek.
Os course there are stringent
rules, as in the men’s frater
nity warfare, against conveying,
any sort of invitation until
certain time, and then it must
be done in a formal, specified
manner. But these are more
ways of telling a person she’s
wanted than by word of mouth
or writing, and the most favor
ed of all these other ways, of
late, has been through the pal
ate.
It is plain to the most casual
observer that in both finesse
and thoroughness the women’s
rushing puts the male article
in the sha’de. One compares
with the other as an elegant
A Camp Supper
High School Sophomoroti Feast
Out in the Wood*
The sophomore clas.s of the
Chapel Hill high school had a
camp supper last week, and Miss
Mamie Hancock has written the
following report of it for the
Week V:
“We went over on Elks
Mount, north of Chapel Hill, and
cooked our supper. The mem
bers of the class gave 20 cents
each, to buy the food. The
cooking was done by the girls,
while the boys kept good fires
going, and brought the water.
Supper was spread out on the
ground and all helped them
selves. After we had finished
eating we all gathered around
the fires with sticks and had a
good time toasting marshmal
lows. ' By this time night had
come, so we put out the fires,
walked down the hill, and re
turned to town on the school
truck which had taken us out.”
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Night Ride to Henderson
Miss Myrtle Green got word
Tuesday hight that her young
er sister was seriously ill in
Henderson, and she had to make
the trip there in a great hurry.
H, N. Kelly, one of her fellow
teachers in the Chapel
school, started out with her in
his Ford at half past eleven,
and they reached Henderson at
about two o’clock in the morn
ing. Mr. Kelly returned yes
terday afternoon.
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Pendergraft in Hospital
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C. S. Pendergraft, who runs
the red bus service between
here arid Durham, and between
here and Sanfe/d, wqa operated
on in Watts Hospital, Durham,
.yesterday. v
and sumptuous supper, with
music and decorations, com
pares with a coca cola or an ice
cream cone slung across the
counter of a main street drug
store.. Os course the sorori
ties have the advantage of pat
ronesses who give them delight
ful entertainments and allow
them to bring along the hoped
for initiates.
Sororities are an innovation
in the University, and perhaps
that explains some of-the unu
sual enthusiasm. Chi Omega
came along with Its charter
first, about a year ago, and then
last spring Pi Beta Phi decided
to grant a charter to the local
club known as the Boffins.
The Chi Omega members are)
Mrs. Harold D. Meyer, Mrs. R.
D. W. Connor, Mrs. Walter J.
Matherly, Mrs. Wallace Smith,
Mrs. W. W. Pierson, Mrs. Jesse
F. Steiner, and Misses Sue Byrd
Thompson, Genevieve MacMill
an, Mae Culpepper,- May Belle
Penn, Winifred Potts, and Kate
Culpepper, with Miss Curttis
Henderson pledged.
.The Pi Beta Phi members, in
cluding last year’s students now
no longer here are Mrs. A. S.
Lawrence, Mrs. W, E. Caldwell,
Mrs. H. F. Comer, Mrs. Dougald
MacMillan, and Misses Adeline
Denham, Kathryn Boyd, Doro
thy Greenlaw/Ellen Lay, Jane
soy, Mildred Morse, Frances
Venable, Carilea Sanders, Lina
Prudeu, Katherine Batts, Nina
Cooper, and Annie Duncan.
Orange Wins Prizes
Men From County Do Well at the
Durham Fair
Citizens of Orange county
came off with flying colors from
the poultry competition at the
Durham Harvest Festival Fair
last week. F. L. Townsend, who
lives on one of the R. F. D.
routes out from Chapel Hill, es
pecially distinguished himself,
and several Hillsboro men won
prizes too.
Here is the record of Orange
exhibitors, arranged according
to the kinds of poultry on dis
play.
White Wyandotte: E. L.
Lockhart, Hillsboro, Ist pen; C.
T. Franklin, Hillsboro, 3rd hen,
Ist cockerel, Ist and 2nd pul
lets.
Barred Rocks: J. W. Walker,
Hillsboro, 3rd cockerel.
Brown Leghorns: D. S. Walk
er, Hillsboro, Ist pullet. F. L.
Townsend, Ist cockerel.
Buff Leghorns: W. Y. Walk
er, Hillsboro, Ist pen, Ist cock
erel, Ist, 2nd and 3rd pullets.
White Leghorns: F. L. Town
send, 3rd pen, Ist hen, Ist exhi
bition cockerel, Ist exhibition
pullet, best White Leghorn cock
erel in show, best White Leg
horn pullet in show.
Among the prizes offered by
the Durham Seed House, F. L.
Towrisend got 100 pounds of
mash for his White Leghorn
cockerel and 160 pounds of
scratch feed for his White Leg
horn pullet.
A second small louse ia be
ing built os Mrs. Green Bryan’s
place on Franklin street. Mr.
and Mrs. f ßobert L. Grey will
live in it.
Mrs. McMillan of Wilmington
ii spending a few days with her
son, W D. McMillan.
Speediest Building
teevni Betef Set By Borne On
MeCraley Street
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A record for fast home-buil
ding is about to be set by Clar
ence L. Wills, whose new home
is going up on McCauley street
next to James Huskey’s. There
are five rooms and a bath, all
on one floor, with an attic
pbove.
The contract was let last
month to Charles Martindale.
This is Mr. Martindale’s first
venture as a contractor, his
work having been done hitherto
on the basis of payments for
time and material.
The water connection was
made and the laying of brick for
the foundations began Friday,
September weeks ago
tomorrow. The outer structure
of the house is now complete
except for the front porch col
umns, and the plastering and
painting are done. The last of
the flooring and plumbing work
are in progress. A few finish
ing touches remain to be put on,
and the owner expects to move
into a completed home toward
the end of next week.
' “Simple enough,” says Mr.
Martindale.” Instead of having
two, three, or four men work on
one part of the house and then
move on to another, I just have
a dozen or two busy on several
parts at the same time.”
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The Teachers Entertained
A reception in honor of the
teachers of the Chapel Hill
school was given in the school
building last night by the Par
ent Teachers’ Association. The
library and the office, decorated
for the occasion. Were turned
into social rooms. The receiv
ing line formed in the library,
and delicious refreshments were
served in the office.
Law Reception Monday
The Law'school of the Uni
versity, faculty and studbnts,
will get together for refresh
ments, chat, and a short ses
sion of formal talks Monday
evening in the new law building.
Albert Coates is master of cer
emonies.
Host, Men! Lochiel Here!
Lochiel, the Scottish dan
chieftain, who came here from
Scotland not long ago and at
tended last week’s big celebra
tion at Flora McDonald Col
lege, visited Chapel Hill Satur
day with his wife, Lady Her
mione. Thqy and Governor
Morrison, who accompanied
them .were greeted by Presi
dent Chase and looked the
place over. The famous Lochiel
was not in kilties, nor did he
carry bagpipes. In short, he
was dressed in such away that
you couldn’t tell he wasn’t born
at Peoria, Illinois, Atchison,
Kansas or Mobile, Alabama. In
the world war he ked his clan,
the Camerons, against the
enemy and made a splendid rec
ord.
MrN. Dike Plays Friday
The Commuiity Club’s music
department will present Mrs.
Paul H. Dike in a piano recital
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at
four o’clock at the home qf Mrs.
Alvin S. Wheeler, 605 East
Franklin street. Everybody is
Mrs. Dike is an ac
complished pianist. She is a
newcomer in Chapel Hill, her
husbahd having entered the fac
ulty ors the University this fall
to be professor of physics dur
ing A. K, Patterson’s absence.
$l3O • Ycav m Advaaee. Sc. a Cop y
GOVT. APPROVES
CARRIER PLAN
Mail to Be Delivered Through
out the Tewa Not Long Af
ter November First
TWO ROUNDS EVERY DAY
An inspector from the Poet
master General’s office, clothed
with authority to dfecide, has
been here and has put the final
O. K. on the house-to-house mail
delivery system for Chapel HflL
Probably it will go into effect
not long after the first day of
November—as soon as each
University building is fitted out
with the required batteries of
individual boxes on . the ground
floor.
Befbre the post-office depart
ment will inaugurate a carrier
system for any town it always
looks into the matter of side
walks, house numbers, and pro
vision for receiving the mail at
eich house. So the inspector
and Postmaster Herndon took a
walk over the whole town—the
campus, the east end, the Pitts
boro road section, the district
towards Carrboro, and the col
ored folks’ quarters to the west
and north. When the tour was
over the man from Washington
said Chapel Hill qualified well
as a place for house-to-house
delivery. '
“Every house will have to
havq some sort of box to re
ceive the mail, or else a slot in
the door,” he said. “Rut no par
ticular pattern of box is requir
ed. That is left to the house
holder. All that is required is
that the carrier shall not have
to wait for someone to come to
the door and shall not leave
mail lying loose on the steps or’
porch.”
On the campus, the scheme is
to construct a little enclosure
on the ground floor of each buil
ding. The main wall of this en
closure will consist of lock
boxes. The space behind will be
reached through a door to vhich
the carrier keeps the key. He
will distribute mail among the
boxes from the rear, and the
students who live in the buil
ding will unlock theta boxes
from the front.
There will be two carriers for
the town, including the campus.
They will start out about half
past nine o’clock, after the ar
rival of the morning mail, and
on this trip will deliver the mail
that has come in that morning
and the previous night. Then
they will mates another round
in the early afternoon to deliver
the mail that comes in at mid
day.
Letters and newspapers will
be delivered, but not parcel
post matter. Notification slips
will bid the citizens come to the
post-qfßce for their packages.
One consequence of the in
troduction of carriers will be
the enforcement by the govern
ment of the rule against rent
ing a box at the post-office to
more than one person. At
present, because of the emer
gency, three persons are allow
ed lo use a box. This will have
to end. A number of Btudents
and citizens have already ex
pressed the desire to keep boxes
at the post-officer instead es
having their mail delivered. This
choice is aiowed them —m long
the boxes hold out.
Lettuce Plants Given Away
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Rev. Walter Patten sends a
note to the Weekly: “I have
several hundred iceberg lettuce
plants to glee to those who trout
them.”