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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23
Compromise Closes School Dispute

FlFSt anu SecOIlu SEauS CNt4-
dren whose parents don't want
them to go back to school in the
afternoon may have a continu-
Gus session ending at 1880 and
then be free for the rest of the
day. Those whose parents pre-
fer the double session may come
home for food and rest at II
and go back to school at 1::30 for
an afternoon period of about an
hour and a half. TIE third
graders remain under the double
session plan.
This compromise arrangement
seems to settle the dispute that
had the village seething for
four or five days. 1t was agreed
upon Wednesday afternoon at a
joint meeting of the school board
and a group of six parents ap-
pointed by w. S, Robertson al the
gathering in the school audi
torium Monday evening.
Chapel Hill has not been so
stirred for a long time as it was
by this school affair. The
trouble began when the single
session plan of last year was
changed to the double-session
plan. Some of the fathers and
mothers of children in the low
est grades entered a protest, say
ing that the two trips a day were
not conducive to the good health
of infants and were impracti-
cable in many cases because of
transportation difficulties. The
protestants understood that
there was to be a meeting at
which parents and school Off
clals would discuss the problem.
The excitement reached fever
heat when Mr.. Mosher, the
superintendent, instead of call
ing such a meeting, sent out a
circular letter evincing a deter
mination, many parents thought,
to stick to the double-session
without giving them a hearing.
(This letter will be found on
page -.
The passage which aroused
particular resentment was the
one in which Mr.. Mosher said
that by virtue of the recent af-
filiation with the University the
public school now ceased to be
an ordinary North Carolina vii
lage school operated on small
town standards and became the
training school of the Univer-
sity's school of education. Many
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23
THE UNIVERSITY
: BUILDING PLANS
ARE in TANGLE
AllOcatiOn of Funds by Trustees
Committee Is Held Illegal
by Brummitt
RE-ALLOCATIoN REQUIRED

The University's building
plans, carefully worked out by
the trustees building commit
tee last spring, have been
thrown into confusion by the
opinion of. Attorney General
Brummitt to the effect that the
ALLEGATION of funds was not legal.
Now a re-allocation will have
to be made, and the committee
will meet here in Chapel Hill
soon, probably next week, to at
tack the problem. 1t looks as
if they will have to reverse
their decision not to put up a
dormitory out of the moneys ap-
propriated by the last legisla-
ture.
Actual construction is not
halted because of Mr.. Brum-
mitt's edirt, because the prof.
ects at present under way are
not in question But the work
of the architects and engineers
is materially affected, because
they were going ahead with their
plans in conformity with the
scheme perfected by the trus-
tees committee. Now they
must suspend some of their prep
arations until they know just
what structures are to be finally
approved.
The question Of whether or
not a new dormitory should be
erected was discussed with live
liness last spring. The building
committees decision for a class
room building and against a dor
mitory was confirmed first by
the executive committee and
then by the full board. Jose
phus Daniels insisted upon
dormitory, but he was overruled.
Everybody thought his conten-
tion had been disposed of for
good and all, but the course
which he urged as proper policy
is now declared by the attorney
general to be obligatory.
One of the. most important
changes from the building COM
mittee's plan will be the cutting
off of about $4,000 from the a.
mount designated for expendi-
ture upon the University's
grounds. There is urgent need
for grading, surface and sub
surface drainage, heating and
electrical extensions, paths,
planting, and the repair and
construction of roads. The
schedule recommended by the
advisory budget commission in
.cIuded only $4,000 for all this
work. The appropriations act
did not fix that sum for the inn
provement of grounds, but it
named the same projects which
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23

SNAPA~AASo VI SiA~ hSNS~A hANNA ~ "
ed this to mean that the school
was taken from the control of
the people of Chapel Hill acting
through their school board.
At Monday evenings meeting
Mr.. Mosher said he did not mean
that at all, but simply that the
affiliation with the University
made it possible for this school
to become better than an
ordinary village school, and he
instanced training schools lin
Chicago, New York and other
places which were so highly re-
garded that parents paid large
fees for the privilege of having
their children attend. The con-
tract between village and Uni
Ncralty, he said, did not take any
of control away from
the school board. :
The procedure at the meeting
was not marked by calm on
either side There were spirited
interchanges as to whether this
person or that knew how to un-
derstand the English language,
and at times several citizens,
male and female were talking at
the same time. Now and then a
moment of comedy relieved the
tenseness. AS when DR.. Bullitt,
in the course of a few remarks,
said that he had come to the
meeting under the impression
that it had been called for the
discussion of a bond issue. But,
being a physician, he was even
better prepared to talk about
babies than about bonds, and he
gave it as his opinion that, as
far as the health of infants was
concerned. a single short session
was the best solution.
DR.. MacNider, toward the end
of the evening when half the
crowd had disappeared and the
atmosphere had become a bit less
heated, expressed the same
opinion; but he said that he
thought the difficulty could be
disposed of by cool and friendly
consultation, and he offered a
motion that six citizens be. ap-
pointed by the chairman, w. S.
Robertson, to confer with the
board. This motion was carried
and Mr.. Robertson named DR..
MacNider, Carl Durham, Jack
Andrews, w. S. Bernard, l.. R.
Wilson, and M. E. Hogan, and it
Continued on page eight
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They Saw George Denny Play

Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. McFadden,
at home again after a visit to
New York, tell of having seen
George Denny act in "In Abra-
hams Bosom" at the Province
town Theatre. In the audience
the same evening were Miss
Caro- Mae Green, j. T. Krumpel-
mann, and Miss Anne Ruth Med
calf.
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PREPARE TO RUN
ELECTRIC WIRES
BENEATH GROUND
Bennett and Graham Casting
MurderOus Looks, at Poles
on Campus and Street q
WORK OUT CONDUIT PLAN

Active preparations are un-
der way for the removal of all
telephone and electric light poles
from the University campus and
from the main street in the
middle part of the village.
j. s. Bennett, superintendent
of the electric and water divi-
sion of the University Consoli-
dated Service Plants, and c.. E.
Graham, the electrical expert,
are seen going up and down the
village every day, directing a
menacing gaze upon the poles
and now and again studying
lawns, paths, and roadways,
with a view to the laying of UNI
derground cables.
Since the lighting and the
telephones are under one con-
troll, no argument or negotiation
is necessary to bring the two
kinds of wires together. They
will be attached to the same
poles and will run in the same
sub-surface cOnduits.
Considerable ingenuity has
been required for the devising
of a plan which will give tele-
phone connections to all Univer-
sity and village buildings with
out the use Of the main street
as an artery for wires. A trunk
line is TO run along Rosemary
lane, and from the poles there
wires will be strung across back
yards to the structures on the
north side of the business block.
The Methodist church, Fosters,
the Cooch Cafe, and the other
establishments on the south side
will also be reached from the
rear, through connections from
the underground condufts in the
campus.
There will be two kinds of
sub-surface carriers for electric
current. Electric light wires
vii! be enclosed simply in a fiex-
ible insulating material that can
be laid directly against the soil,
while the telephone wires will
run in little troughs of creosoted
wood.
Of course there will have to
be poles on the main street as
long as the lights hang over the
centre Of the roadway; but it is
thought likely that before very
long this overhead illumination
will give place to lamps mount
ed upon posts of ornamental de-
sign.
A considerable part of the e.
quipment for the automatic
telephones has already arrived.
The new system is expected to
be in operation toward the end
of nacarohaY
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23

Cameron MacRae and Dick
of Concord are here.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23
Chapel Hill Chaf

The latest story about the alb
sent-minded professor-an an
cient theme for jesters-comes
from the Peabody building, the
headquarters of the school of
education. A few months ago
A. M. Jordan had the extension
telephone removed from his
desk, and thereafter he would
go into Dean Walkers Office to
answer calls. Later he gave or
ders for the instrument to be
restored. A week or so ago the
stenographer pressed the button
to let him know he was wanted,
and to her surprise he came into
Mr.. Walkers office to do his
talking SuppOsing something
was wrong with the connection,
she thought no more Of it. A
day or so later this happened
again; Then somebody asked
him if his telephone Was out of
order, to which query he replied
that he had no telephone. Stem
ographers and clerks assured
him he had had one at his elbow
for weeks, but he protested Wig
orously that it had not been
there for months. They led him
gently back into his Office and
showed it to him. The explana-
ton seems to be that he has been
engaged in writing a book on
psychology and so has had no at
tention to spare for the physical
world.
+ Sometimes begin to suspect
that an aesthetic influence per-
vades this community. Yester-
day | looked out of the printshop
door and saw one of the Service
Plants electricians at work with
a morning glory stuck in his hat
band. ~esas
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To Put on Green's PLAYS

Four one-act plays of negro
life by Paul Green, taken from
among those which have been
published in books and maga-
zines, will be produced at the
Provincetown Theatre in New
York some time this season.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23
Training School Has Opened

The Orange County Training
School, Chapel Hills negro insti-
tuition, opened Monday. W. M.
McDade, who was a University
janitor for many years and is
known to thousands of alumni
as Bill McDade, made the well
coming address.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23

Miss Winston a Med. Student
Miss Betty Winston has come
homo from New Orleans and will
study medicine in the Univer-
sity.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-09-23

A shout of laughter arose
from the crowd which had flock
ed to Vance street when Mr..
Patterns Ford caught fire one
evening last week. r. M. Grum-
Continued on page tlOO)
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-22

pr. c. J. Nelson of San Francisco, who has just completed the Yukon river trip, arriving in Seward yester- day from the Interior, is specialist on tonsils, it is stated. He is paying the Jesse Lee Home Q visit today.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-22
REV. PHELPS VISITOR

Rev. Wm. H. Phelps, of Ports mouth, Ohio, and his sister Mrs. Charles E. Baskerville, of Vancouver, Wash, came over from Anchorage where they have been visiting their sister Mrs. John E. Youel. Rever- and Phelps preached at the Jesse Lee Home last evening. They de- parted for the States on the s. s. Yukon.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-22

Noel w. Smith, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, accompanied by his assistant Norman Lack, were brief weekend visitors in the city.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-22

BABY BEEF from the sanitary FRYE BRUHN market is the best at the most reasonable price.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-22

A dollar saved is dollar earned. and so the shoe repair shop is serv- ice station on the road to wealth.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25

Can poor girl marry . rich
man and hold his love. Rsad "The,
Constant Flame" which starts
Monday. November %, In Tha
Washington Tiutes.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
POL ITIGAL
TRUCE IS
MADE

=, ny AMNcEM4uOMAB NeWe Service
BUCHAREST, Nov. 25.--Although
q tense political situation has fol-
lowed the death OF Premier Jan
Bratainu "Rumania's strong man. :"
Bucharest and the kingdom were
quiet today.
A truce has been effected for the
time being between the NATIONAL.
peasant opposition groups and the
Bratianu forces that have been in
control Of the government.
Premier protein Vintila Bratainu,
brother Of the former premier, IL
temporarily in charge of the govern
ment. 1t Is expected that q coali-
ton cabinet will be formed soon.
M. MANU-, leader of the peasant
party. Is eonferring with his col
leagues upon the advisability of
entering the new cabinet.
The new ministry has issued a
proclamation threatening severe pen.
alties upon any one attempting to
conspirs against the state Of plot
ting disorders.
M. Bratainu's body has been
placed in the national athenaeulm.
1t will lie In state until the funeral
on Sunday. Large numbers Of per-
sons passed before the bier through
out the day.
A military guard watched the
casket.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
OCTAV|OBR|BED,
NEWCHARGE

DON Rodrigo octavio, Brazilian
arbiter of the special Mexicans
American Mixed Claims Commits
sion, which had charge Of adjusting
American claims against Mexico, re-
ceived 100000 from the Mexican
! EoYerpment '..aA -, recompense for
good services to Mexico The Wash
ington Herald asserted today.
1t was octavio's vote. as the third
and supposedly neutral member OF
the commission, that absolved Mex.
leo from making any reparation for
the famous Santa Isabel massacre
in which sixteen Americans were
murdered in cold blood by Mexican
brigands.
Seven months prior to this de-
cision. and while the commission
was sitting. The Herald asserts
President Gales authorized the
treasury to pay 800, 900 to Don Oc-
tavio and charge it to secret ex.
penditures of the department Cd
foreign relations"
The Herald reproduces the official
orders, which it declares were se-
cured from the archives Of the
Mexican foreign office.
The Special Mixed Claims Com.
mission was composed of one Amer
lean, Judge Ernest B. Perry, OF
Lincoln. Neb.; one Mexican, Fer
nando Gonzales Roa, with Octavio
sitting as the neutral arbiter should
there be disagreement.
In the Santa isabel case there was
a disagreement.
Octavio cast his vote for Mexico.
this, The Herald asserts, after hav"
ing received 100000 from the Mex.
lean treasury.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
Italian Albanian
Treaty Blamed for
Hatred in Balkans
ny International News Service

BY International News Service
VIENNA, Nov. 25.--FIames of
hated and political intrigue, in.
volying indirectly two European
continental powers - italy and
France-are sweeping the Balkans
today.
With the death Of Premier Bra.
tianu, strong man Of Rumania, -
a new struggle is opening for con-
troll Of the Bucharest government
and it is believed in many quarters
that the return of former Crown
Prince Carol has been FASTENED.
Fears are felt that bloOdshed,
perhaps ciyiI war, may follow.
Advices from Belgrade said that
tense feeling has been aroused by
the new treaty Of alliance between
Italy and Albania. by which italy
In pledged to aid Albania II Jugo-
sIavia should make war against
her Balkan neighbor.
The italian Albanian treaty, which
WAS signed at Tirana on Tuesday
liz expected to hasten ratification
OF the F'ranco-Jugoslav pact, which
Is now before the Jugoslav parlia'
ment. ,....',4'...#,.
Anti Rumanian demonstrations are
again reported from Bulgaria as
the result of alleged persecution of
Bulgarian citizens by Rumanians
in Dobrudja.
Soviet Russia is keeping a watch.
full eye upon the Balkans. espe'
cially upon Rumania and will seize
the first opportunity to restore
~ 4 f. n. - -. Il.
from Russia after the war.
Italy Makes Denials
ROME. Nov. 25.--A denial that
the military alliance treaty between
The Washington times., 1927-11-25

the Motor Corps of the local chap
ter, is appealing today for a dozen
women with automobiles each day
to volunteer for a few hours duty.
Women drivers are needed es-
pecially for morning work and
should call the Chapter at Main
1910 or come to s21 Sixteenth ST.,
n. W.
These drivers are needed to re-
lieve the regular members Of the
women's Motor Corps who have
been on duty necessarily since the
need for relief was created.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
AU I OS NEEDED
IN D. {. RELIEF

Aided by volunteer additions to
the women's Motor Corps of the
American Red Cross, the District
Of Columbia Chapter today is busy
administering relief to victims OF
last weeks Washington tornado.
Twenty eight families in Southeast
Washington were taken care OF yes
terday, it was announced.
This afternoon. at o'clock the
COMMITTEES on Awards, of which
David Babt is chairman. will meet
at Chapter headquarters to make
further awards to deserving families
from the Red Cross fund and the
special emergency fund which is
being raised by Washingtonians for
the purpose.
Mrs. c. H. Jewett, chairman of
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
BULLARD RITES
At ARLINGTON

A new director of the Federal
Radio Commission will be chosen
shortly to succeed Rear Admiral
w. H. G.. Bullard, who died sud-
denly yesterday, 1t was stated to.
day.
The commission has only been
in existence eight months and is
still deeply involved with the work
OF rearranging the radio ''set-up"
throughout the country.
o. H. Caldwell. of New York.
one OF the present commissioners.
may be chosen to succeed Billiard.
Funeral services for Admiral
Billiard win be held tomorrow, with
interment In Arlington Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will BE-
some Of the most prominent men
in the radio field, among them
Owen Young, chairman Of the Gen.
eral Electric Company; Clarence
Mackay, head OF the Mackay sys.
tenn: Gen. J. J. Carly. and New.
comb Carlton, president Of the
Western Union.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
Reform Federation to
Discuss VOIstead Act

Methods of plugging loopholes in
the Volstead act will be discussed
at the annual meeting of the In.
ternational Reform Federation. 206
Pennsylvania Ave. S. E., on Decem.
Der 2.
Dry Senators and Representatives
and others interested in enforce
ment of this law have been invited
to attend.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
KATHERINE BROWNE
tuberculosis Seal Sale
To Get Under WaY Soon

The Washington Tuberculosis
Association Is ready to begin its
annual sale Of Christmas health
seals. The sale will continue until
Christmas with a goal of 1000, 900
seals.
The formal launching of the
campaign will be Monday evening
at the annual meeting of the asso-
citation in the Playhouse. 1914 n
st. n. w.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
Greensburg Woman Shot
As She Trims Over Gun

GREENSBURGH, Pa, Nov. %.
Mrs. Harry Collier, Is years old,
tripped over a shotgun Of her hus-
band at their home. The gun tilted
upward and discharged as it again
struck the earth. the load tearing
through Mrs. Golfers right ankle.
She is in a serious condition
from shock at the Westmoreland
Hospital. Mrs. Caller was adjust
ing. a stocking when the accident
occurred.
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
Third Degree Alleged

1t is alleged that Gregory tried to
hse third degree methods on AL
phone Anderson, one OF the men.
Witnesses, particularly those from
but Of town, are beginning to ar
rive. The five hotels in Mays Land.
lng are busy preparing to take care
Of the expected crowds,
The Washington times., 1927-11-25
ZiOniStS to Observe
BalfOur Declaration

The Washington Zionist District
win celebrate the tenth anniversary
Of the Balfour declaration next
Monday night at the Jewish Com.
munity Center, Sixteenth and Q
Streets n. W.. at $50 o'clock.
Maurice Samuel, author and pub
The Washington times., 1927-11-25

Can = poor girl marry rich
man and hold his love: Read "The
Constant Flame. which starts
Monday, Ncvembee "a. ln The
Waehtugtnn TfmeA
The Washington times., 1927-11-25

Italy and Albania was directed at
any third power was made today by
the newspaper Popolo d. Italia.
Many observers were OF the
opinion that the treaty was a
direct reprisal for the recent similar
pact entered into between France
and Jugo-Slavia.
The Popolo d. Italia's. comment,
however, embodied a threat that
with the treaty in force. Albania s
frontiers We're to ne strictly safe
guarded. The paper said:
THE treaty is not directed
against any third power. II no ma
tion interferes with Albania s
frontiers, the treaty will remain in
the archives.
Albania must not he touched"
Watch for Winifred Van DuZer's
new serial, 1.-THE Constant Flame"
which starts Monday. November %,
The Washington times., 1927-09-26
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