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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
History Groups Feasted
Teachers of This University and Duke
Are Guests of N. c. C. W.

The teachers of history in the
University of North Carolina
and Duke University were enter
tanned by the history teachers
of the North Carolina College
for Women in Greensboro Sat
urday evening. The gathering
was in one of the clubrooms up
in the Jefferson Standard build
ing. J. G. deRoulhac Hamilton,
r. ID. w. Connor, w. w. Pierson,
w. E. Caldwell, Frank p. Gra-
ham, G.. P. Highly, Fletcher
Green, II. T. Shanks, X. C. Fra
zier, Mr.. Robson and Mr.. Padgett
went from here. H. M. Wagstaff
would have gone, but he was at
tending the Johns Hopkins semi
centennial.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Council Overruled
Magazine Editor and Story Writer Do
Not Have to Resign

The faculty committee, called
upon to settle the question of
whether the sentence of the
Student Council upon J. S. Starr,
Jr., and R. K. Fowler should
stand, decided that it should not.
The Council had ruled that Mr..
Starr, the editor of the Carolina
Magazine, and Mr.. Fowler, the
writer of the story, Slaves"
should either resign from the
magazine board or leave the
University. This sentence had
been based upon the charge that
the story was indecent.
In it's report the faculty com
mittee says that ''it does not
consider the publication of the
story an act of personal miscon-
duct on the part of the persons
involved, but rather as an act of
bad taste and faulty judgment
in their capacity as contributor
to and editor of the Magazine. ,"
Another passage in the COM
mittee's report is: eve recon-
mend that no machinery be set
up outside the publications them
selves which would have the eff
feet of instituting censorship. .
=. We would rather look to the
editorial organizations to devel-
op within their own life such a
sense of responsibility for our
truest literary interests as would
prevent the possibility of the
student public's being moved to
destroy the independence, free
dom, and autonomy of the edi-
torial boards"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
ELECTIONS NEXT
WEEK TO DECIDE
SENATE CONTROL
Many Republican Seats Are in
Danger and the Democrats
" ' Are Hopeful
GREAT FIGHT IN NEW YORK

What party will have control
of the United States Senate? is
the great question to be decided
in the elections next Tuesday.
There is no clear-cut division
on any national issue. Little
emphasis is being placed upon
the question of Americas ad-
hesion to the world court. The
campaign speakers are giving
comparatively small attention to
the tariff. Farm relief" is the
major topic of discussion in no
state except, perhaps, Iowa.
Prohibition is the only ques-
ton of nationwide interest that
figures prominently in next
weeks elections, but on this
there is no party division. The
same party is wet in one state
and dry in another. For exam
pie, Ware, the Republican can-
didate in Pennsylvania is openly
~'as wet as the Atlantic ocean"
while his Democratic opponent,
William B. Wilson, is dry. In
Illinois, on the contrary, the
Democratic candidate, Brennan
is wet and proud of it, while
Smith, the Republican, is dry.
In Missouri both Williams, the
Republican, and Halves, the
Democrat, are wet. In Ken
lucky both candidates are dry,
with the Democrat more Wig
orously dry than the Republi-
can.
In New York Al Smith, Dem
Ocratic candidate for governor
is wet; Mills, his opponent, is
straddIing the issue; Wads-
worth, the Republican candidate
for the senate, is wet, and Wag-
ner, the Democratic candidate
for the senate is wet.
Probably there is keener in
terest, the country over, in the
Continued on page t,Oo)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
NEWS OF HI6DENITE CRYSTALS
y CALLS COL. PRATT TO THE WEST

capitalists decided to go after
the crystals again. They bought
the rights of all claimants.
Colonel Pratt was retained as ad-
visory engineer.
"They have uncovered crys-
tails that are unmistakably Hid
denite," he said upon his return
to Chapel Hill yesterday morn
ing, "and they hope to find
larger deposits later. The value
of a crystal depends upon the
size of a stone that can be cut
from it. The crystals they have
now have, been put in safe de-
posit boxes in the bank at Tay-
lorsville, and they are going a
head with their blasting and dig
ging operations IN the quarry"
Some fine Hiddenite gems are
in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York, the Smith
sonian Institution in Washing
ton, and the British Museum in
London. Tiffany & Co. have un-
cut crystals of great value.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
John N. Couch Engaged
Botany Professor now in Missouri to
Marry Miss Ruprecht

The engagement of John N
Couch to Miss Elsie Dorothy
Ruprecht Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
was announced last week. Miss
Ruprecht was graduated from
Wellesley College in 1925. Mr.
Couch won his Phi. d. here in
the University of North Carolina
two years ago and is now assis-
tant professor of botany in that
institution. At present on leave
of absence, he is conducting
studies for the National Re
search Council in the Missouri
Botanical Garden in st. Louis
In the World War he served
overseas in the 56th pioneer in
fantry.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
''PeriOd of Silence" Is Over;
Freshmen Enter Into Reward

The suspense was simply aw-
full!
1t was the Period of Silence
If you walked through the
campus at night you were apt
to come upon a young man star
ing at the ground and gripping
his head with both hands.
No, this>~was not an escaped
madman. At was a University
freshman struggling over the
momentous~ question of whether
to join the Pi Pi Pi or the Mu
Mu Mu.
The village, outside the cam
pus, has been but family aware,
during these last few weeks, of
the seething caldron of frater-
nifty competition.
The changing of the college
bell, at midnight Monday,
brought many a householder
running to his door, or perhaps
to the telephone, to find out
where the fire was. Then, if he
had been reading the student
paper, or had been at all famil-
lar with campus gossip, it came
to him suddenly why the bell
was ringing: this was the be-
ginning of the Period of Silence.
The rushing" of freshmen by
fraternities and the conveying
of invitations are now governed
by a code as elaborate as the
Treaty of Versailles. This was
the fruit of long and solemn de-
llberatlOnS by members OF the
faculty and delegates from the
thirty-odd fraternities in the
University.
For the five or six weeks that
followed the opening of the fall
term there was a furious con-
test in ingratiation. Freshmen
who, for one reason or another,
were regarded as desirable era
ternity material, were feasted
and petted and wooed. Then
as laid down in the code-came
the Period of Silence. During
this period no fraternity mem.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29

Colonel Joseph H. Pratt came
from Asheville last Friday to re-
establish his home in Chapel
Hill. On Tuesday a telegram
sent him hurrying back to West
ern North Carolina to see a quar-
ry where valuable crystals of
Hiddenite had been uncovered.
Hiddenite, a variety Of the
mineral spodumene, is named
for William E. Hidden, who dis
covered it about fifty years ago.
1t has been found nowhere else
in the world but in North Car
olina. The larger gems cut
from the crystals have a value,
per carat, about equal to that of
diamonds.
The quarry in Alexander
county, a mile from the rail
way station of Hiddenite and
four miles from Taylorsville, the
county seat, had not been work
ed since 1909 until a few weeks
ago. This year some hopeful
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
We'll Lectures at 8:45

The hour set for the We'll lee
lures for all three evenings
this (Friday) evening, tomor-
row, and Sunday-is 8:45 P. M
The lectures will be delivered by
Henry Noble MacCracken in Ger
rard Hall. His general topic is
John the Commonweal," the
title being taken from an Old
English play. The topic of the
first lecture is "The Complaint
against the Tines; of the Sec
ond, Leisure and Loyalties"; of
the third, "Neighhorhood."
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29

ber might legally whisper to,
or even so much as cock a loving
eye at, a WiShed-for freshman.
Invitations in written form were
delivered to the dean of students ;
all the elected youths were call
ed upon to assemble in Memorial
Hall Wednesday afternoon at a
certain hour; each one wrote
upon a sheet his first, second,
and third choices among the
fraternities; the record of invi=
tations showed whether or not
he had the "bid" he wanted; and
he left Memorial Hall to go to
the house of the fraternity which
he was to join.
Whereupon he became a
"pledge". Under the code he
can not actually join a frater-
nifty and sport a jeweled pin un-
til next spring; and then only
if he has qualified for the honor
by making satisfactory grades
in his studies.
After the Period of Silence,
which ended Wednesday, came
the publication of the list of cap
lures made by the various fra
ternities.
A tragedy connected with this
years performance was the in
tense suffering from cold by
Robert B. House and j. F.
Daugherty. F. F. Bradshaw and
A. H. Patterson, who were book
ed to superintend the affair,
found perfect excuses, and so Mr.
House substituted for one dean
and Mr.. Daugherty for the
other. Somehow the University
department which provides heat
did not turn it on in Memorial
Hall-probably it was not mott
fed. SO the two faculty mem
bers nearly froze. At nightfalI
Mr.. House, overcoatless, his
teeth chattering, was seen cours-
ing rapidly down Franklin
street bound for home and radi-
ator.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Mr.. Madry's Menu

Robert w. Madry took Oscar
Coffin down to his home in Scot.
land Neck as guest last Satur.
day. For dinner they had Bruins
wick stew, boiled country ham
roast beef, fried chicken, chicken
salad, turnip greens, bakeC
sweet potatoes, potato salad
pear salad, picked peaches, pre-.
served pears, pepper hash, slaw
mixed sour pickles, ice cream
cake, and coffee.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Cake Race Today
Scores of Students Will Compete in
Annual Long Distance Run

The annual Cake Race-the
long-distance running contest
in which scores of students par
ticipate-will start this (Fri-
day. afternoon. Three-thirty
is the hour at which all contes-
tants must report.
The women of Chapel Hill
have contributed cakes as prizes.
These cakes are placed on tables
at the finish line. The winner of
the race gets first choice, the sec
ond next choice, and so on.
Dale Ransom, the coach, has
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Chapel Hill Chaf

The electric bulb on the A. c.
Nash porch is enclosed in the
frame of an old iron-bound
whale-oil lantern which Mr..
Nash ran across on the island
of Nantucket. Half a pint or
so of whale oil was in the Ian
tern when he bought it from one
of the natives.
Miss Josephine Sharkey and
Miss Anita Darling, who have
come to live in the former George
Denny house, brought with them
a handsome Persian-Angora cat
whose name is Benvenuto. His
mother was born on the ocean
on the way to America, and he
has passed most of his time in
cities, but he seems to relish the
village life.
In rummaging through old
papers the other day A. H. Pat
terson found some verses that
he cut years ago from Florida
newspaper. They were written
by a native poet in celebration
of the virtues of Florida. The
last quatrain runs as follows:
birthplace, too, of the dread
cyclone,
Whose life is not unlike my
Nativities both of South's ex-
treme:
A brief cavort and a sorrows
dream"
The other afternoon Mrs.
Kluttz went out to make a round
of calls, and Doctor Kluttz was
asked to serve as chauffer. He
protested, albeit mildly, that it
might be tiresome to sit in the
car and wait before the door of
each home visited. "Oh, I'll get
you something to read" said
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
The Toms Scholarships
Founded by Clinton w. Toms in Mem
Ory of His Son George

Clinton w. Toms, vice presi-
dent of the Liggett & Meyers
Tobacco Company, has given
$4,000 to the University for the
establishment of scholarships.
This gift is a memorial to Mr..
Toms son, George Newly Toms,
a member of the junior class in
the University, who was killed
three weeks ago in an automo-
bile accident between here and
Durham.
The donor stipulates that the
principal is to be invested and
that the income each year is to
be awarded in the form of schol-
arships to worthy students, pref
erence to be given to youths from
Durham and Perquimans coun-
ties.
Mr.. Toms was graduated from
the University in 1889. He was
in the faculty here for a year
in the middle nineties; became
superintendent of the Durham
schools and later went into the
tobacco business.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29

marked out the course with
flags. 1t leads along the road by
the Tin Can, through PittsbOro
street to Cameron avenue, a
round by the Inn, and back again
to Emerson Field.
G. H. Paulsen has offered a
gigantic cake to the dormitory
that places the most men in the
first 100 to finish. A silver cup
is offered by the Book Exchange
to the winner.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Daugherty Goes to Sewanee

j. F. Daugherty, for the last
five years a member of the Uni
versity faculty in the physics
department, has resigned his po-
sition in order to accept an Of
fer of the professorship of phys
les, in the University of the
South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Community Club Today

The Community Club will have
a meeting in the parish house of
the Episcopal church this (Fri-
day. afternoon at half past
three o'clock. Mrs. Tom Bost
will speak.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
At the Hopkins Centennial

H. V. P. Wilson, w. c. Coker,
H. M. Wagstaff, John M.
Booker, and Frederick Prouty
went to Baltimore last week
to attend the celebration of
the semi-centennial of Johns
Hopkins University.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Mrs. Daniel Sitting Up

Mrs. M. W. Daniel, who was
dangerously i'll, is now so much
better that she is sitting up and
receiving visits from her friends
She is still in the hospital.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29

The twelfth semi-annual con-
vention of the North Carolina
Collegiate Press Association will
be held at Salem College, in
Wintson-Salem today.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Francis Bradshaw an M. A.

Francis Bradshaw has won
his masters degree at Columbia
University.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29
Mrs. Chase at Home

Beginning next Wednesday,
November 3, Mrs. Chase will be
at home, at the Presidents
House, every Wednesday after
noon from four to six o'clock.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1926-10-29

Classified ADDS. IN THE CHAPEL
HILL WEEKLY ("Wants," Rooms,
Lost and Found, Household. articles
for sale, etc., 40 cts. per inch.
Minimum price for single ADJ. so
cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-10
GuarantOr of the Rhine Frontier

When at Locarno Germany and France agreed upon
mitarzd RhneIand zone Mr. Austin Chamberlain England
agreed rather insisted that his government
that But France rather wary of Brtans
to be disintersted the strongly suspected
London diplomats would Germany against
hence the then foreign minister of BRAND welcomed
government of Italy joint guarantor with England.
According to the pact Germany agree
ment both England and Italy will the France
France violates the guarantor nations will Germany
Such the theory In practice the present alignment
Italy will support the claims of France England will support
Germany Hence deadlock would be reached
Italy and France would fight against England Germany
unprecedented attitude of Muson Germany revealed by
the bobac threats regarding Tro
affair Italy guarantees" the Rhine frontier
the TyroL
The Outbus of Musson against Germany probably
intended for home consumption the internal situation Italy
is exceedingly dangerous for fascm foreign enemy
found somewhere situation an excuse
for continuation the fascist reprisals against political
in Italy But may create
a situation from which there is
The Mellon IS per cancellation debt has
not yet been ratified by the and the begeent
Musson will furnish ample material the antadminsraon
forces at Washington fight against its ratification
If this cancellation approved it that American
will be forced pay for the 70 per
generously donated to Mussoini.
While the italian debt settlement the senate for
ratification every working class organization should vehemeny
on record against its approval by flooding Washington with
and in of armed aggression by Italy against Germany
at command should be that
Of war material leaves American ports to aid in the conflict
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-10
Mahoney on the Run

Ever since William Mahoney of ST.
progresses in the political farmers
Of the state of Minnesota precisely they they
advocated class party he has been trying isolate
the vanguard of that by datrbes against
Communists.
In Minnesota struggle has ragged for the past years
determine which gOupthe progressive advocate class
party the reactOnars who advocate alliances
derwod political machine of the democratic parywoud gain
support of the rank and file of labor The left
the Communists tried to win the reactionary
influence of the Mahoneys Starkeys other hand
Mahoney and his tried to isolate the left leaders
The outcome of the struggle clearly indicated
day when the wings of the farmerabor
halls in separate conventions The pOgrees had delegates
and considerable number ympahzers
had 30 and few visitors Deep reaction
progressives enthusiastic and jubilant
While dsdainng create split the progressives
made plain their determination fight for party
against the treacherou policy Mahony The
heretofore been effective against the left wing
conceal the reacey of Mahoney longer story the
that he has exhausted his bag of tricks longer
thwart the labor movement, that he is on the
With the advantage already gained the progresves will
complete the task of driving wedge between
the ahony Starkey and the rank file lay
the basis for revival Of the impulse party in Min
nesoa that will embrace the wide of poorer
farmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-10
Labor Fakirs Boost Smith

lie fool indeed who expects given stage
OF ptefacon Tho it is impossible for to improve only
become more purd SO with labor takers Just
that they have committed conceivable crime against the
ng class they prove that there st lower depths which they
descend
Last Sundays performance of John Walker president
Illinois state federation labor before the Chicago
OF Labor illustrates the point nicely Supported
patrick Ed Noces and the other agents the capitalist
the head that organization Walker proposed support
spos politician, Frank Smith of Dwight Illinois, keeey
fame who is candidate the United States
senator AL Of the worthless participating in this shameful vile
performance at time protested to favor working class political
action against capitalism Walker renegade socialist Ftz
patrick renegade farmeraborite.
II is encouraging note however, that the
delegates to that body refused accee this
eutenans of capitalism and voted against the proposal
1t high time that the rank and file of the Chicago
men took interest the happenings the meetings
Chicago Federation Of Labor and delegates that will defeat
the ward heeer aud corrupt hangeson the old parties place
that body in the hands of reliable representatives. of
c member for the Workers Party and subscription
for fhc DAILY WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-10
Broken in Spirit at
Twenfy-Two
BY DAVID coUTTs


Omaha, Neb.-Leslie William Nilsson,
p, enpineman, first class, aboard the U.
3. 5. Moody, tossed a coin to decide the
method Of taking his own life.)
A boy with body strong and fair,
n happy lad with not a care;
Did blythely don the navy blue,
with hopes held high and heart so true.
warrior he, with purpose bold,
An Grant knight from days Of old;
He sailed forth with shield so briuht.
To conquer all by virtues right.
They schooled him in the ways OF war,
Then took, him on the ship affair;
The deadly routine palled his soul,
And discipline took heavy toll.
With spirit broken, dreams asmash:
To live seemed hardly worth the price.
ana stu IN death no paradise.
He fixed belt and poison glass. cNf
hen tossed a coin OF how he'd pass.r
Heads to hang, or tails by the brew,
Iails x came up and so he passed thru.
he left note to mother at home:
IVY insurance VIII care for you better
Than I would ever be able TO do.
true. 49,
Have faith in your god" Il simply said.
SO brave lie, when faith was dead.
Broken In spirit at twenty. two
Heart SICK OF vice and horror he knew.
out and away, he sought a respite
knight.
They buried him, to-, with pomp and
To help the navy advertise.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-10
BY ELLA C. WOLFE.

THE growing class consciousness
i and militancy of the Mexican text
lie workers is a good example of what
effective shop nuclei can do when
properly organized and disciplined
The Mexican textile workers are in
the main controlled by the General
Federation Of Workers (Anarcho-syn-
dicalisD but the entire Orizaba region
has for many years been affiliated
with the Mexican Federation of Labor
(the Crom)
About three years ago a group of
active Communists began to work in
the Rio Blanco mill Dust few hours
from the City Of Orizaba.) They talk
ed with the workers, they sold FL
Machete, the Communist paper, they
taught the workers to question every
order sent them by the Crom leader
ship, until little by little they built
up strong progressive group that be-
gan issuing its own paper, Pro-Paria,
constantly criticising the class COLA
boration policy Of Luis Morones and
the rest of the leaders OF the Crom.
On Jan. 3, the 10000 textile work
ers OF Orizaba seceeded from the
Crom in protest against the anti-Sov-
let attitude Of the leaders, especially
Luis N. Morones, present minister OF
labor. Various Crom leaders were
Immediately despatched to Orizaba to
induce the workers to return to the or
,ganization. At first they refused but
on the advice Of Communist leader,
Enrique Flores Magon (nephew of the
anarchisD they submitted conditions
for reaffiliation. These conditions in
cluded tactical autonomy, no support
of the Mexican labor party, the remov-
al OF certain Vrom officials, and other
minor tactical matters. Owing to the
difficulties the Crom is having with
the textile workers in other places. in
its attempt to break the control of
the G. G.. T., It could not afford to lose
the Orlzaba workers. The leaders
therefore, accepted the proposals OF
the seeding unions.
The textile workers agreed TO re-
AFFILIATE at an enthusiastic ASS meet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-10

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