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$150 a Year in Advance 5c a Copy VoL 4 No 42 LOUGjJAVEa CHAPEL HILL NO FRIDAY DECEMBER 171926 Two Guests Briefest Social Call in History of the Village THE NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE WILL OPEN JANUARY 5 Journalists of North Carolina and Other States to Gather Here GOOD PROGRAM ARRANGED the west The eyes of Mrs Selma Lee who was in the receiving line chanced to fall upon them and she saw they looked lost and lonely i "Enita" she said to Miss Nicks better go over there and look after those two they know which way to So Miss Nicks approached the newcomers They had on their coats She thought the coats had just been put on whereas in fact their wearers having just arrived they had not yet been taken off Guiding the two gentlemen to the- door through which they had come in but a moment ago she tokf'them she was so glad they had come and she hoped they would come a-gain The instructors with a dazed look on their faces went out and were seen ho more The Newspaper Institute will open here Wednesday January 5 and will continue in session through Friday the 7th The program planned by the University's extention division and a committee of the North Carolina Press Association includes talka by newspapermen of North Carolina and by several from outside the state RM Grumman director of the extension division is in charge of the arrangements AH the sessions and the banquet on the evening of Thursday the 6th wiU be at the Carlina Inn President Chase will deliver an address of welcome Mrs Ida Clyde Clark editor of the Pictorial Review will be the chief banquet speaker She is a Southern woman who went to New York nine years ago Don Seitz for many years business manager of the New York World now associate editor of the Outlook will talk on "Business Management" at the Wednesday evening session Ralph II Graves a native of Chapel Hill and an alumnns of the University is scheduled for the Thursday afternoon session with the topic "Syndicates and Circulation" Mr Graves was formerly city editor and Sunday editor of the New York Times and is now manager of the I)oublcday-Page syndicate Others on the program are Meredith vice-president of the National Editorial Association William Wood Third Assistant Postmaster General Mickel director of the Southern School of Printing in Nashvilie Weld former professor of marketing at Yale and now with the II McCann Advertising Agency Nand John Case professor of rural journalism in the Uoiver- Play Dec 28 New York Opening of Boaom" Ii Scheduled Paul drama "In Bosom" will open Tuesday December 28 at the Provincetown Theatre in New York It is a tragedy of negro life and the -scene is laid in eastern North Carolina The producers have been peculiarly fortunate in engaging for the leading roles Julius Bledsoe and Rose McClendon These two negro actors have won fame by their achievements on the metropolitan stage within the last few years Julius Bledsoe was in the opera "Deep River" the libretto of which was written by Lawrence Stallings Another member of the company will be Abbie Mitchell "In Bosom" was published several months ago iq a volume of one-act plays Immediately attracted the favorable attention of critics and managero in New York and after a proposal for its production was made to Mr Green he expanded the original short version into a full-length play Christmas Mail PoutmMter General Axku Public to Help Prevent Congextion The Postmaster General of United States has issued a bulletin about Christmas 'mail The most heavily emphasized passage in it is: early for early delivery" There will be no deliveries after 12 noon on Christmas Day "The department" says the Postmaster General "will make every effort to handle the Christmas mails without congestion and delay but owing to the enormous volume this can be done only with the cooperation of the public" The public is urged to wrap all iwckages securely using Btrong paper and heavy twine to reinforce over their full length such articles as umbrellas canes and golf sticks to guard adequately sharp-ointed or Bharp edged instruments or tools to write the word perishable on the outside of packages containing perishable material to write the address completely and plainly to be sure that sufficient stamps are affixed to insure or register valuable mail For extra-rapid delivery a special delivery stamp should be used or ten cents in regular stamps may be used if the words special delivery are written on the iarkago King's Daughters in Need The funds in the treasury of the King's Daughters are still far from adequate to the needs of the organization in its work of aid to the unfortunate Many cases of illness and deprivation will have to be neglected unless our resources are strengthened All who are willing to make contributions may send them to Mrs Wallace Patterson Mrs II Af Wagstaff Legion Meeting Tonight Commander Harmbn has called a meeting of the Chapel Hill post of the American Legion for this evening Friday at 8 in the Episcopal parish house CKapel Hid Chaff I have been looking at a newspaper photograph with the headline "Mars Hill Star" It is a likeness of William Sugg of Chapel Hill and the accompanying article says that this young fullback punted an average of from 50 to 55 yards during the recent football 'season a safe betthat there are hundreds of University alumni and students who believe what the dear old alma needs more than anything else is a fullback who can boot the ball 50 yards time after time I will cheer them- up by passing on a bit of news I got yesterday from mother: he is planning to enter this University I doubt if any two other Upi-versity professors wear such deeply thoughtful expressions as do Albert Coates and Frank Graham when they are talking with each other I pass them frequently when they have stopped upon the street to engage in conversation and always I wonder what sort of discussion it is that makes them so pre-ternaturally solemn The fixedness of their gaze the wrinkles in their brows and the deliberate gravity of their gestures all this strikes me with awe The dignity of their demeanor is such that I would never dare ask them what they are talking about yet I admit I am consumed with curiosity Bim the Abernethys fox terrier ranks ice cream cones as his favorite food- He has become accustomed to get them at the Eubanks drug store and so whenever he is out walking with his owners he pulls and shoves and yelps to indicate where he wants to go They usually end by yielding Bim is a very fastidious dog He insists upon having not only ice cream but also the white meat of chicken 'and the tenderest cuts of steak The Graham Memorial Central Axwinhly Room Expected to lie Ready at Commencement The central room of the Graham Memorial is expected to be ready for use by next Commencement This is the space which will serve as a student social center The plans have been completed and are awaiting final approval The actual building operations should begin in January About $50000 is available for the enterprise Less than half of this amount how? ever will go into finishing the big room since the appropriation must provide a cement floor for the basement' the rough plumbing the heating equipment and a connection with the heating system It is probable that a portrait of Edward Kidder Graham in whose memory the building was erected will be placed over one of the two mantelpieces and the suggestion has been made that an inscription be placed over the other mantelpiece at the opposite end of the room Banquet to Laundry Force II Paulsen gave his annual banquet to the employees of the University laundry Wednesday evening of last at the Methodist church There were about 42 persons present -The guests included Mr House and BUILDING STIRS CURIOSITY OF THE VILLAGE He Has Made a'New House out of Two Old Ones Near the i i Carolina Inn WHO WILL BE OCCUPANT? One of the pastimes of the 1 village these days is to speculate upon what John Sprunt Hill is going to do with the building that is rapidly nearing completion at the corner of Pitts boro street and Cameron avenue This structure is a combination of two homes that were part of the Noble property that Mr Hill bought last winter The old house that stood next to the Carolina mice occupied by the Bests later by Mr Noble and later still by Mrs Archer was put on rollers and moved over to nestle against the former Carl Durham home They have now been spliced into one The consolidation was Mr Hill's idea He is fond of working out house plans of his own He gets an architect to attend to the technical details and to modify the contours so that the final creation wiU accord with some proper Colonial Renaissance Queen Anne or whatever it is but he settle for himself the practical matte rs of floor layout fireplaces bathrooms heating and so on Mr main purpose in buying the Noble property was to protect the sourroundings of his Curoiina Inn He wanted to clear the strip of land running back from Cameron avenue along the Inn grounds and by moving the old house a few yards westward he killed two birds with one stone: he cleared the strip and by his doubling-up oeration he brought into being a commodious new house Nobody knows yet how the house is going to be used Two or three families and at least one fraternity are said to have made application to rent it How much money Mr liill has A pent upon the project has not been disclosed bui the financial ex-terts of the village think he has turned a good trick in the way of an investment The Christmas Party A Christmas party will be giv-" en at the Country Club at eight? o'clock next Tuesday evening December 21 for members and their out-of-town guests The admission fro for each attendant is one ten-cent gift securely wrapped and left with the assistant Santa Claus at the door The gifts will be distributed from the Christmas tree For the entertainment of the company the electricians are to install an Atwater-Kent radio There will be amateur and refreshments Scotty is Coming Scotty Venable grandson of Mr and Mrs Francis Venable will arrive at their home wjthin a day or two He will be accompanied by his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Scott Venable A Tree at Orange Church There will be a Christmas tree and pageant at Orange Church one evening during the holidays Mrs Alexander Free-land mid Miss Peart Hogan wiH direct the festivities The briefest social call in the annals of the village was made at the Building last Friday evening A reception by the women students was in progress The guests were coming in by the side door opposite the Episcopal church' This side door Is habitually used as the entrance of the building probably because it may be reached by automobiles and the real front front architecturally serves merely as an ornament and is kept locked a good part of the time Two young University instructors ignorant of the custom relating to the place of ingress cqme to the reception through what they supposed to be the front door Nobody was there to greet them since the stream of guests was pouring in from Holiday Calm Begins Students Lesre for Home snd Qnict Descends upon the Villsfe This is the time of year when life in Chapel Hill enters upon one of its two periods of deepest calm the other being in early September after the end of the Summer School Examinations in the University have leen in progress during the last few days and now at the end of the week the students are pouring out of the village to spend the holidays kat home The busses are loaded with them and scores pick up rides in private cars bound for Durham Although some of the faculty members are also taking flight jtaost of them will be here for Christmas A few of the learned societies hold their annual conventions Ijetwccn Christmas and the opening of the college year and some of the professors will attend these gatherings Progress on New East llume uf (aeuloyy Dept and I'M Society Nears Completion Collier Cobb and the Phi Society will take possession of the New East some time in March at about the beginning of the spring quarter The heavy construction is done the first layer of flooring is being laid and the plasterers who Imgan at the ground have reached the Phi hall at the top of the building For thirty years Mr Cobb has been eagerly awaiting an adequate laboratory for his geology department He says that when he first came here in the early nineties the University authorities told him YiiTMk1aboratory stood high up on the list of essential improvements As the years passed other projects took precedence so he waited with occasional protests but for the most part with equability and patience' Now at last he comes into his own Prouty Jeff Bynum and the other geologists' share his satisfaction The Phi will hate a far better hall than it had before with ample seating accommodations conveniently placed ante room and archive room and improved lighting Burglary at Diab'o Store Burglars broke Into Diab's store night before last tad stole some of the gobdart The Community Tree Celebration on the Campus Christmas Eve Preceded by Singing The Community Christmas Tree celebration will take place next Friday evening December 24 just before suppertime The same holly tree that has done service for years on the campus between the Library and the Alumni will be brilliantly' illuminated by hundreds of colored lights Singing in the Presbyterian church will precede the festivities on the campus The church gathering is set for five and everybody is invited A quartet led by Urban Holmes will lead the caroling From the church the crowd will move on to the tree about half past five o'clock Stockings laden with oranges apples and candy will be given out to the smaller children by a properly costumed Santa Claus Every citizen is asked to bring a contribution food clothing or anything else The offerings will afterward bedistributed by the Daughters among the of the village Trees Cleared off Site Next Work toward Stadium Will He Shifting of Earth Most of the -trees on the site of the new Kenan stadium have been cut down Some of the stumps will be grubbed up some may be dynamited and some will be disposed of by the steam shovel Grading is the next operation If the weather permits next week should find the steam shovel and other necessary ma-chinery on the ground and the work will proceed steadily through the winter except on lays when rain or snow has made the soil too soft Evidence -of the keen interest of University alumni in the stadium project is shown in the number of visitors who come to see the site They come in automobiles along the South Road by the Tin Can get out of their cars at the head of the wagon trail leading toward Morgan's creek and walk down this trail into the woods Affluent Magistrate Awaited Magistrate Donald McRae of High Point owner of new Packard limousine will arrive in Chapel HOI next week' to visit his mother and sister sity of Missouri A Honeycutt of the Stanly News-IIerald will preside over the opening session Wednesday evening A Stockton of the Greenslwro Daily News will preside Thursday morning It Price tf ltutherfordton Thursday afternoon and Itawley of the High Point Enterprise Friday morning Group discussions will lie directed by Charles A Webb of the Asheville Citizen Lee Weathere of the Cleveland Star and Fred May of the Ixnoir News-Topic A New Year's Reception President and Mrs Chase will be at home to their friends from four to six o'clock New Day (Saturday two weeks from tomorrow) All the people of Chapel Hill men and women are Invited Until further notice the Wednesday afternoon at-homes at the President's House will be suspended These will be resumed some time in January President Chase in New York President Chase was in New York this week He addressed a meeting of the University of North Carolina alumni Wednesr A sale of Christmas Seals in aid of the anti-tuberculosis campaign will be held aStthe Chapel HiH school Monday Ur-Odum 1 I 1 yfr jr 1 -f 7 A lzjil -a I 5v.