VoL 4. No. 13.
SCHOOL BEGINS
COMMENCEMENT
SUNDAY MORNING
Baccalaureate Sermon Will Be
Preached by Mr. Patten in
Methodist Church
COMEDY MONDAY EVENING
The Chapel Hill school com
mencement will begin Sunday
morning with the baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. Walter Patten
in the Methodist church. This
will be the first gathering in
the auditorium of the new build
ing. The pews have not yet
come, but temporary seats will
be installed.
The high school’s senior class
will put on a comedy, “Mr. Bob,”
Monday evening at half past
eight o’clock. The class day ex
ercises come Tuesday evening at
8; and the graduating exercises
Wednesday evening at 8.
A. T. Allen, State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, will
deliver the commencement ad
dress Wednesday evening.
In the play Monday the parts
will be taken by Frances Neville,
Rosa Raney, George Hoefer,
Samuel Paulsen, Katherine
Walker. Vivian Bynum, and
Francis Uzzell. They have been
busy with rehearsals for several
weeks.
The Baby Show
Cißjr Spectacle in Churchyard; Every
Eatraat Gets Blue Ribbon
There was a baby show in the
yard of the Episcopal church
Monday afternoon. Sixty en
trants less than three years old
were on display. After a more
or less chaotic pow-wow Mr.
Lawrence introduced order into
the proceedings and formed the
exhibits into a parade.
First came the babies under a
year old, then those between one
and two, and then the veterans
above two. Some rode in per
ambulators, some were carried
by their mothers or nurses, some
walked. It was a gay spectacle.
From the variety and beauty of
the frocks the affair might also
have been called, fitly, a juvenile
fashion show.
There were judges whose duty
it was to award blue ribbons.
They solved the problem pru
dently by giving a blue ribbon
to every entrant.
John Lasley, E. T. Browne,
and a few of the other younger
fathers’ set were on hand, try
ing not to look too proud. Jeff
Bynum arrived just in time to
keep Buddy Bynum from run
ning off with the plates which
the photographer, R. W. Fois
ter, laid on the ground for a
moment.
The editor of this paper, view
ing the show, had his favorites
among the exhibits; but he is
not so abandoned to folly as to
indulge in camparisons.
Post-Office Closes Monday
The post-office will be closed
Monday, May 31, except from
9 to 10 A. M. and from 1 to 2
P. M., when the general delivery
and parcel windows will be open.
No deliveries will be made by
either the town or the rural car
riers.
Captain Smith in Asheville
Captain and Mrs. F. S. Smith,
with their granddaughter, left
for Asheville Sunday morning
for a visit of two or three weeks.
They are guests of their grand
daughter, Mrs. C. S. Bartlett.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Editor *
Chapel Hill Chaff
At the beginning of his lec
ture last week Mr. Ferguson of
the University of Virgihia said
that he had never been in Chap
el Hill before except on a day of
strife—namely, Thanksgiving
Day—and that now was the first
time he had had the opportunity
for a real visit to the campus and
the village and for leisurely and
agreeable communion with the
people here. This struck a re
sponsive chord in me. I like to
go to the University of Virginia
—one of the most beautiful
places I have ever seen—but the
atmosphere in which I like to see
it is not the atmosphere that
surrounds the fight-to-the-death
on the football field. Too much
haste and hullabaloo, and noi#e
then. I want time to enjoy loaf
ing about the Lawn, and time to
go out again to Monticello.
* * *
There are many devotees of
the roe herring in Chapel Hill.
A certain woman found that her
supply had run out, the other
day, and so went and borrowed
twelve of the tasty fish from
her friend, Dr. William MacNi
der. They were fine specimens,
well stuffed with roe .A few
days later she came to repay
him the loan. After her depar
ture he found that the twelve
she had brought back contained
no roe at all, being he-fish. This
peeved the doctor considerably.
* * *
Tinker, the Lears’ beautiful
black cat, died in Durham Wed
nesday morning. Mike Thrall,
formerly Williams, is also gone.
Malty Ross is the only Survivor
of She celebrated cat trio of
Cobb Terrace.
* * *
Somebody has discovered an
echo in the new Methodist
church. When it was mentioned
to the pastor, Mr. Patten, he
said it was to emphasize the
point that all the talking was
to be done from the pulpit and
it would be unwise even to whis
per in the congregation. It ap
pears that it is talking out on
the floor only, not in the pulpit,
that produces the echo.
Poppy Sale Tomorrow
Red Flowers to Be Sold for Benefit
of Disabled War Veterans
For the benefit of disabled vet
erans of the World War the A
merican Legion and the women
of the American Legion Auxili
ary will hold the annual Poppy
Sale tomorrow (Saturday).
“Everybody buy a poppy” is
the watchword. The little imi
tation flowers made of red pa
per are sold at ten cents each.
Thus the amount contributed by
each purchaser is small, but the
aggregate of all the dimes means
a great deal to the sick and
wounded veterans. Chapel Hill’s
contribution will be used by the
Chapel Hill post of the Legion
for the relief of men who went to
the war from this section.
The poppies have been made
by disabled men in government
hospitals. The maxing of them
has given many the opportunity
of partial self-supp >rt.
Young women will sell the
poppies at the post-office, at the
drugstores, along the street, and
on the campus.
Community Club Meets Today
The Community Club’s final
meeting of the season will take
place this (Friday) afternoon
at half past three o’clock in the
social rooms of the Presbyterian
church. The departmental re
ports for the year will be sub
mitted and the new officers will
be installed.
CHAPEL HILL, N.'C., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1926
Donald Ross Building Golf
Course Six Miles from Here
Work on the new golf course
between here and Durham is un
der way, and the job is expected
to be finished within six months.
Fifty workmen are engaged
in pulling up stumps, grading,
and seeding. Already the
ground is cleared for twelve of
the eighteen holes.
Donald Ross, the celebrated
golf course designer, is in com
mand of the undertaking. Tie
made the lay-out and he has the
contract for the construction.
The cost is to be not less than
$50,000.
Water mains will be run out
from Durham, and all the greens,
which are to be surfaced with
grass, will be piped.
Hope Valley has been chosen
as the name of the club. The
board of directors held a meet
ing the other night and instruct
ed Claiborne Carr, chairman of
the building committee, to pro
ceed at once with the erection of
the clubhouse. Palmer, Willis,
and Lamdin, who designed the
Biltmore Forest club near Ashe
ville, have been retained as ar
chitects in association with Mil
burn and Heister. The contract
will probably be let before the
end of June, and it is expected
that the house will be up and
in use by Christmas.
Mebane and Sharp, who are
managing the development, have
established headquarters in the
Washington Duke Hotel in Dur
ham. R. J. Mebane, one of the
members of the firm, is a
brother of Frank Mebane, a Uni
President a Sigma Nu
Joinx Fraternity He Nearly Joined at
Dartmouth 20 Years Ago
President Chase was initiated
into the Sigma Nu fraternity
Monday night.
This was, in effect, a ceremony
that had been postponed about
twenty years. For Mr. Chase,
while an undergraduate at Dart
mouth, was a member of a lo
cal organization which had pe
titioned the national council of
Sigma Nu for a charter. He
graduated before the charter
was granted. For a long time
friends have been urging him to
go back to Dartmouth and be ini
tiated. He intended to do this
but somehow has never found it
possible. So the fraternity here
provided a short cut to the same
result.
Archibald Henderson presided
at the initiation ceremony. Oth
er Sigma Nus in the faculty are
Dr. William deß. MacNider, C.
A. Hibbard, W. J. Matherly, J.
C. Lyons, J. B. Woosley, and E.
E. Peacock.
The fraternity recently put up
a new house facing Columbia
street from the end of a court
along the two sides of which are
four other chapter houses.
1902’s Guests of Honor
President Chase, Francis I).
Winston, M. C. S. Noble, and H.
H. Williams will be guests of
honor at the reunion dinner of
the class of 1902 in the Episcopal
parish house Friday evening,
June 4. About thirty members
of the class have already sent
word that they will be on hand,
Brent Drane of Charlotte is the
class president, and Louis
Graves of Chapel Hill is the sec
retary.
League Lists Allport Book
“Social Psychology,” by Floyd
H. Allport, who was a professor
here in the University until last
year, has been placed on the
League of Nation’s list of the 40
best books of the year.
versity alumnus who is remem
bered by many of the old-timers
in Chapel Hill.
On the wall of his Durham of
fice is a gigantic oil painting by
the Gibson Catlett Studios of
Chicago. It shows the 1,200-
acre tract as Mr. Mebane’s firm
and the club organizers intend to
develop it. The clubhouse
stands on a hilltop about half a
mile from the Chapel Hill-Dur
ham highway, and is connected
with the highway by a winding
and gently sloping road* The
golf links are near the middle of
the tract, and stretching out
from it in every direction are
roads by sites for
homes.
“Every home,” said Mr. Meb
ane yesterday, “will have as
phalt roads, city water, sewer
age, electric lighting, and electric
current for cooking and refri
geration. All improvements are
absolutely guaranteed. We are
organized to stay with Hope
Valley for years to come. We
have set out to develop a per
fect rural community, and we
will omit no effort to attain that
end.
“The citizens of Chapel Hill
are invited to come and see the
painting of the development and
to walk over the property when
ever they choose.”
The tract fronts for more than
a mile on the state highway and
for an equal distance on the New
Hope Valley road. Plans have
been made to pave this latter
road.
Want New Water Line
Citizens along Durham Road Eager
to Have System Extended
The people who live out a
long the Durham road within
two or three miles from Chapel
Hill want the community’s water
service extended to their homes.
Jack Sparrow is active in trying
to bring about the improvement;
and W. S. Roberson, whose com
pany owns land alpng the road,
is also interested.
The raising of the necessary
money is the main problem. The
University, which runs the wa
ter system, has an adequate sup
ply and is willing to lay the pipe
line. It has been proposed that
a four-inch main be laid down
the road as far as the one-mile
bridge and a two-inch line be
yond that to Harward’s dairy.
Carrboro, too, is moving for
a water supply and sewer sys
tem. Some of the leading citi
zens there have been holding
meetings to discuss the project.
The University is prepared to
cooperate as soon as a feasible
financial plan is worked out.
Legion To Honor War Dead
The members of the Chapel
Hill post of the American Legion
will gather in front of the Epis
copal church Sunday afternoon
at two o’clock. Thence they
will go to Bethel and Damascus,
to the cemetery in Chapel Hill,
and to McFarland’s and Mt.
Moriah to decorate the graves
of soldiers who lost their lives
in the World War.
Coffins at Johnson House
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Coffin
and their son are to occupy the
house on Park Place where the
Gerald Johnsons now live. Mr.
Johnson is already beginning to
pack up his things for the move
to Baltimore. He is, leaving one
piece of furniture for Mr. Cof
fin, and it is a good piece eykn
if It is only figurative: the chair
of journalism.
c Uhe French
I applaud the Playmakers for
instigating the production of
Moliere’s “Le Malade Imagin
aire,” and U. T. Holmes merits
three lusty cheers for both his
directing and his acting. His
performance in the title role—
the role played by the great
Moliere himself two hundred and
fifty-three years ago—suggested
to me that he had missed his
calling when he did not* go on
the stage. Even though he be
a good professor, which I do not
doubt.
* * *
There were many spectators,
of course, who knew French well
•f
enough to pass judgment upon
the players’ accent; but I did
not, so to me they all sounded
like capable handlers of the lan
guage. As for Miss Elizabeth
Henderson, if she had talked the
worst jargon ever heard in a
boarding school, her comeliness
would have more than made up
for any crime of speech. Archi
bald Henderson’s seat was to the
rear of mine and I couldn’t see
him, but I knew he was fairly
bursting with pride. I want to
tell him tjhis: If he ever visits
George Bernard Shaw again he
had better not take Miss Eliza
beth with him; for if she is
there to be looked at, her father
won’t get enough attention from
the sage of Adelphi Terrace to
provide material for even a sin
gle full-sized interview.
* 0 *
Miss Mary Warren put re
markable vivacity and sparkle
into the impersonation of the
maid, Toinette.
• * *
Occasionally, when I was in
the Army, the major would go
away and I would have to drill
the battalion from horseback.
The job of staying on the horse
engrossed me so that I could
give little thought to the drill
ing. If I had been in this play
the other night I’m sure I’d
have been thinking so hard a
bout pronouncing the French
(Continued on page two)
“The Romancers”
Rostand Comedy of Youth and Love
at Forest Theatre Tonight
“The Romancers,” a romantic
comedy of youth and love by
Edmond Rostand, will be pre
sented by the Carolina Playmak
ers at the Forest Theatre, in
Battle’s Park, this (Friday) eve
ning at half past eight o’clock.
The play will be preceded by
a concert by the University
band. This musical entertain
ment begins at 8:15.
The cast of "The Romancers”
is as follows:
Sylvette Enita Nicks
Percinet Shepperd Strudwick
Straforel Darius Miller
Bergemin Claudius Mintz
Pasquinot Tressel Hawkins
Blaise Walter Creech
Torchbearers , W. M. Fowler
Tom Capel
Swordsmen W. K. Wiley, Jas.
Turner, J. W. Hardin
Notary S. A. Gariss
Musician E. E. Stauber
New Spanish Teachers Coming
Elisha K. Kane will come to
the University as assistant pro
fessor of Spanish to sucofeed A.
A. Shapiro who resigned recent
ly. He will arrive in time to
teach in the second Summer
Summer School session. Mr.
Kane is a Harvard man, and
his home is in Pennsylvania.
Another new memiaer of the
Spanish faculty will be W. A.
Salley, now at the University of
Alabama. He begins his work
here next September.
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GEO. JOHNSTON
CANDIDATE FOR
COMMISSIONER
Three Men on Present Board
Also on Democratic Pri
mary Ticket
NO REPUBLICAN CONTESTS
A late development in the
political situation in Orange
county is the entrance of George
A. Johnston, of the Orange
Church section, as a candidate
for commissioner, r
Mr. Johnston, son the the late
Squire Charles Johnston, is a
member of a family which has
been well known in Chapel Hill
and throughout the county for
generations. He attended the
University here from 1900 to
1902 and took his degree at the
University of Illinois in 1904.
For several years now he has
been a farmer near the place
where he was born.
Three county commissioners
are to be chosen, and, besides
Mr. Johnston, there are six can
didates in the Democratic pri
mary which takes place Satur
day, June 5, one week from to
morrow. The present
commissioners—J. D. Webb, J.
E. Hawkins, and J. A. McCau
ley—are on the ticket; and John
H. Hanner of Efland, Henry D.
Smith of Hillsboro, and S. F.
Thompson of White Cross.
J. F. McAdams, standing for
re-election as register of deeds.
(Continued on page two)
Finals Start Next Week
University Commencement Gets Un
der Way Friday, June 4
The University’s commence
ment starts Friday, June 4, one
week from today.
Senior class day exercises be
gin at 9:30 in the morning with
a prayer service in Gerrard Hall.
A reception to the seniors by
President and Mrs. Chase at 4
o’clock wll be followed by the
ceremony under the Davie Pop
lar at 5. Alumni classes holding
reunions will have their dinners
that evening, and the Di-Phi de
bate will take place at 8:30.
Saturday, June 5, is alumni
day. The general alumni asso
ciation will convene at 9:30 and
the band will play on the cam
pus lawn at 12:30. Other events
of the day are the alumni lunch
eon at 1 o’clock; the Carolina-
State baseball game at 3:30; the
Monogram Club’s buffet supper
at 6; the President’s reception
at 8:30; and the Alumni ball at
10.
The Mangum Medal oratory
contest is scheduled for 10 A. M.
Saturday.
Rev. Beverly Tucker of Rich
mond delivers the baccalaureate
sermon Sunday morning; the
Glee Club gives a concert at
4:30; and vesper services are
held on the lawn at 7.
Commencement day is Mon
day, June 7. Douglas Freeman,
editor of the Richmond News-
Leaders, will make the address.
Governor McLean will delivei
diplomas to the graduates.
Mias Laßue Bynum Engaged
Miss Laßue Bynum’s engage
ment to S. C. Stanley was an
nounced at a party given by Mrs.
C. R. Carroll in Angier last week.
The guests played heart’s dice,
and Mrs. William Morgan, who
won the prize, a tray, presented
it to the bride-elect. The mar
riage will take place June 22.