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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

The Sunday schools. including the
Bible classes and the young peoples
organizations. are expected to join In
this celebration. All church groups
may apply to Albert +. Shoemaker,
1881 Woodward Building, telephone
Franklin $3.50. for free literature for
use in connection with this celebra'
ton.
A special meeting of the executive
committee of the w. G.. T. L. has been
called for January Is, at 1880 am,
which will probably take the place Of
the regular stated meeting Of this
committee scheduled for January is.
This will be an all-day meeting. and
luncheon, provided by lexington
Union. will be served at l pm. Mrs.
Lenna Lowe Yost. national legislation
director of the W. c. T. L.. will re-
view work accomplished in the first
eight years. at pm.
The regional w. c. r. l.. confer.
ence will be held by delegates Of the
District and the States Of Virginia.
West Virginia. Maryland, Delaware
and North Carolina on January 10 and
20 at the Hotel Richmond. Richmond,
Va. The trio team, which will rep
resent the District. consists OF Mrs.
\. NJ. Pollock, president of the w. &.
r. L. of the District, and chairman
of the delegates; Mrs. II. +. Rogers
and Mrs. George Ross, corresponding
secretary and treasurer. respectively
OF the w. c. T. l.. OF the District.
All members Of local unions are
urged to attend this conference. The
registration fee is 81. One Of the
features of the conference will he a
luncheon at pm. at the Hotel Rich
mond On January -, for which a nom
inal charge of $l.2s will be made. In
addition to the luncheon and other
entertainment. complimentary sight
seeing trip will be taken in and
around Richmond
1t is anticipated the leaders in the
| work of the w. G.. T. L. and other
prominent people will address the con
| ference.
The motion picture. Lets Finish
| the Job" which has been shown al
many churches the past two weeks
| will he used January 8 at the Chevy
Chase Baptist Church: January . al
the Wallace Memorial United Presby'
| terrain Church: January IL al the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
W. C.. T. u. Notes

About one hundred attended the
annual New Year reception given
by the District of Columbia woman's
Christian Temperance Union at its
building. 5se Sixth street. on January
,. from 4:30 pm. to 10 pm. Mrs. T.
A. Williams was the general chair.
man. Among those assisting her were
Mrs. Guerier, Mrs. Phillips, who
poured coffee. assisted by Mrs. Cope
land, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Nevius. Mrs.
Bradburn and Mrs. keyes. Those APP
pointed to serve ice cream were Mrs.
f.. S. Henry. Mrs. Hadley, Mrs. Pick
ering. Mrs. Larimer and Mrs
Mathews.
Those in the receiving line were the
District of Columbia officers. headed
by Mrs. NJ. y. Pollock. president
Mrs. K. c. Criswell. vice president;
Mrs. Montgomery. recording secre'
tary; Mrs. Rogers. corresponding Sec
rotary. and Mrs. Ross. treasurer. The
presentation of guests was made by
Mrs. Lucinda Clark and Mrs. Grand
field. The program was furnished by
Miss Vesta Pollock. singing several Sc
lecticns. accompa by Miss kathe
rine Fowler: readings. by Miss Irma
Matthews; music, by the Swantor
family on piano, saxophone and vocal
The w. C. T. U. has requested al
pastors to use for their subject Sun
day, January Is, Law Enforcement
These services are in connection with
the general observance of the eighth
anniversary of national prohibition
which is being brought to the atten
ton of the public by general com
mittee composed of representatives
from the Federation of Churches
Anti-Saloon League. Y. NJ. &. A.. Dis
| trict Epworth League. District Chris
tian Endeavor Union, District Sunda,
School Association. District Organized
| Bible Societies. Citizens Law Enforce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

All notices for this column must
he in the Office by noon ON Wednes'
,lay preceding the Sunday on which
publication Is desired. Address )is
trict of Columbia Congress or j.. L. a.
publicity Bureau. 500 Eighteenth
street, apartment 81.
There are ~ parent.teacher asso'
c,,tions In the white schools OF me
District OF Columbia. Each year tne
residents of these associations NEE.
together for council. mutual neip anu
conference. ..n,,rrow
4 meeting Is called for tomorrow
at 1880 am. at the Burlington Hotei.
Lunch vii, be at 1890 o'clock, wnen
those wishing to confer on special
subjects may sit together In groups
Mrs, Laura Undcrhill kohn OF New
York will have n publicity tapie at
The luncheon, and will talk with inose
wishing to know more of pub'lcitH
afternoon on "How Publicity Alas
Presidents and Publicity Chairmen:
Miss Maude Burgess OF New YORK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

touched his hat
and rushed on.
The W O M a n
stopped to look
after him with the
expression { h a I
,neioirama so ap'
prcpriately terms
q clare.
r h e COLLISION
caught the inter.
est of a couple of
men who were
smoking cigars at
the cub and who
commented Ii X e
Z hi s. between
puts:
wonder W n y
he / had TO apollo
~~,-A seeing she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

will be held Wednesday evening at
clock at the school Dr. Frank W.
Bsllou. superintendent 81 S;hools. VIII
speak on the subject. Know the Laws
That Govern Your School"
Thrift week begins January IL. the
birthday Of Bepj min Franklin. MANY
organizations are planning TO nave
some sort Of thrift program at this
time. Suggestive programs may be
gotten from the national once, 1901
Sixteenth street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

Wednesday at 10 am. closing ut II
am. Please bring note books and
pencils The leader In Mrs. w. r.
Roop. State social hygiene chairma n
Of the District Of Columbia.
The peabody-Hilton r. r. A. will
meet Tuesday Ut pm. Mt the Pea
body School There will he impor.
tant business transacted. program
and a. speaker.
Powell Junior High PIT. A. meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

did her share of butting IN :,
Because he's a man, or course.
Good enough. But what IN mum
der makes her look as II II was a"
Intentional insult -
woman"
And still the adage marches along
with snowy banner and silver bugle
cad:
kindness knows no sex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

4 man was hurrying up the
Avenue. A woman was rounding
Ninth street. At the corner they ran
into each other-Rumr.
',ReS pardon, madam" the man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

r is world-doctrine that kindness
knows no sex, but: 4 fine adage
must allow for exceptions, the
same as regular rules:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

Powell Junior High PIT. A. meeting
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
Alumni Dinner

And Watts Hill came in late,
and when he passed near my
seat | asked him why in the hell
he didn't have the place heated
up, and Leslie We'll and R. w.
Madry echoed my question
with pleading eyes if not in
words-and Watts said it wasn't
his job. IA. B. Andrews,
president Of the association and
toastmaster, made some we'll
chosen introductory remarks.
AS l looked at the handsome
bronze-and-glass replica of the
college we'll that stood on the
table in front of him, devised as
a lamp by the ingenious C. E.
Graham, ! reflected upon the
painless and weather-beaten
well that formed the center
piece of the campus when Mr..
Andrews was student. Many
a time he hauled the old oaken
bucket up by the chain, hand
over hand, and quatfed from it
with his lips against the rim. /
wondered if now, in the year
1928, his thoughts went back
to that. | noticed that Presi-
dent Chase, to the right of the
toastmaster, was wearing his
overcoat--and envied him.
Kenneth Royal of Goldsboro
was introduced and proceeded
upon a thoughtful review of the
work of the alumni association ;
and as my gaze WANDERED from
him | had it impressed upon me
that a member of the associa-
tion's central office staff, upon
whom the aforesaid wandering
gaze alighted, was a person of
excellent Judgment. 1t was
Mrs. Andrews, and she had on a
fur coat. . The food was de-
licious and prompted me to utter
a silent blessing upon the asso-
ciation's committee on arrange
ments, which committee, sup
pose, was Mr.. Saunders. -. /
spied Graham Woodward across
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Chapel Hill Chatf

Now and then l hear of queer
dining room incidents. When
Leslie We'll was here Sunday he
told me of a man in Goldsboro
who was so interested in china
that when he went out to dinner
he would turn the plates over,
before the food was passed a.
round, to see the mark on the
bottom. This practice of his
got to be a joke around the
town. One evening when he
went out to dinner his hostess
had made ready for him. When
he turned his plate over he
found photograph of himself
pasted on the bottom. |
knew a woman in New York
whose dinner parties were cele-
brated for inadequate lighting.
She went in for shaded candles,
and you could hardly see what
you were eating. A bachelor
guest, who lived at a nearby
club, chanced to get himself in
a half tight, or possibly some
thing more than half-tight, con-
.dition before the appointed hour.
Before leaving his club for the
home of his twilight-loving
friend he stuck a flashlight into
one of his trousers pockets; and
at the dinner, whenever a ser
want came to him with food,
he would draw the flash
light from his pocket and
illuminate the contents of
the dish. Fortunately the host
ess liked new notions even bet
ter than she liked dim candles.
She and the other guests OBJ
served the bachelors perform
ance with delight, and their re-
ports of it got him the reputa-
tion of being a humorist.
i +
According to custom, / am
going to give my readers and
myself a tWo-Weeks rest at
Christmas. That is, / will skip
two issues, December 28~ and
Continued on last page)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14

Another affair postponed is
the meeting of the literature de-
partment of the Community
Club, at which Miss Sharkey
was to review Peadar O'Don-
nells book. The meeting will
take place January 8.
An exception to cancellations
and postponements is the Caro-
lima Theatre schedule. Because
of his unusual facilities for ven-
tilation and disinfection, Man
ager Smith has decided to keep
open. "We disinfect the thea
ire three times a day." he said
yesterday, "and the fans are
blowing a disinfectant through
the house constantly during per-
formances."
Anybody who plans to attend
a meeting should inquire ~of the
person who arranged it, since
some postponements may be de-
cided upon too late to be chron-
icled in this weeks paper.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
StrudWick Has a Role
Competent Acting Wins Him Leading
Part in yellow Jacket"

Shepherd Strudwick of Hills
boro, who was graduated from
the University last June and
went to New York this fall to
seek his fortune, is already play
ing a leading role at Days G3rd
Street theatre. He is WI Hoo
Git in the Chinese play, "The
Yellow Jacket"
Soon after his arrival in the
city Mr.. Strudwick applied to
the Coburn Players for a place
as an actor. Learning of his
experience here with the Caro-
lima Playmakers, they decided to
give him a chance in a minor
part. One day the actor who
was playing the lead received an
offer at large advance in
salary and left the company.
Mr.. Coburn, who had been OBJ
serving the North Carolina
youth attentively in rehearsals,
came to him and said: "I'm go
ing to give you the Lead
Mr.. Strudwick has made a
great success as WI Hoo Git.
"The Yellow Jacket, has only a
few days more to run, and he
will have a part in "Falstaff,"
in which the Coburn players are
to open Christmas. night.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
1t Makes Her HOmesick
Kansas City Tablet Causes Mrs. Walk
er to Yearn for Chapel Hill

Mrs. Mary Walker, Mrs.
Paulsen's mother went from her
home in Kansas recently to
visit in Kansas City, Missouri.
AS she walked along Indepen-
dence Boulevard the other day
she was thinking, as she fire.
quently does, about the time she
had lived in Chapel Hill, and
just then her eyes fell upon the
words "Hillsboro, North Caro-
lima" What she saw was a
bronze tablet with the inscrip-
ton: Thomas Hart Benton,
warrior, statesman, senator.
Born at Hillsboro, North Caro-
lima, in 1882. Died at Washing
ton, D. c., 1858. This tablet
was erected by the Daughters of
the American Revolution in
memory of a man whose honor
was never questioned Thomas
H. Benton, the celebrated Demo-
cratic statesman, attended the
University here more than a
century ago. He was United
States senator from Missouri 30
years, from 1921 to 1851. What
interested Mrs. Walker most,
however, was not the states
mans record, but the fact that
he was born near Chapel Hill.
She is a loyal Kansan, but she
became deeply attached to this
village and the lines in the tab
let made her homesick.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
Jacocks Comes Here on a Visit

says DR.. Jacocks, is never as
bad as it is in July and August
here in North Carolina. During
8 or 8 months of the year mon
soons are blowing, and they
bring showers. The only really
dry season is in February,
March, and April. The English
are of course the dominent ele-
ment of the population, and,
according to their habit where
ever they are, they have organiz-
ed clubs and sports and taken
advantage of all possible means
Of making life agreeable. They
have frequent social gatherings,
and they play golf and tennis
and rugby and polo.
+
Dr. Jacocks has acquired the
tea habit. He could hardly fail
to in an English colony. 'It is
the easiest thing in the world
to take up and the easiest to
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
Routine of Village Life Upset

The influenza epidemic has up
set the routine of life in Chapel
Hill.
The public school followed the
lead of the University; when the
pupils appeared yesterday morn
ing they were sent home with
the message to their parents
that there would be a recess un-
til after New Years.
Paul J. Weaver, head of the
University's music department,
has called off the concert sche-
duled for Sunday afternoon. The
special program which he had
arranged will be given in Jan
uary.
Harold D. Meyer gives notice
that the cabaret party at the
country club, scheduled for to-
morrow night, has been post
poned. 1t will probably take
place next month; there will be
an announcement later about
this.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
Chi Psis to Build
House in Norman Style to Go up on
Old McCauley Place

The Chi Psi fraternity is to
build a house, at cost of about
$50, 900, on the McCauley (more
recently the Lindsay place on
Cameron avenue. The present
frame house, which was put up
by johnson Jones before the
Civil War and is one of the old
est structures in Chapel Hill,
will be torn down to make place
for a stone building in the Nor
man style.
Atwood and Nash are the ar
chitects, and Lindsay Gudger OF
their staff, a member of the
fraternity, is helping to make
the plans. 1t is thought that
construction will begin in Feb
ruary.
Chi Psi was established here
last year through the granting
of a charter to the local frater-
nifty, Alpha Chi, which had been
in existence since 1924. The
property on Cameron avenue
was bought from Mr.. and Mrs.
C. L. Lindsay, to whom it came
from Mrs. Lindsay's father,
David McCauley.
Faculty members, of the Chi
Psi are Walter d. Toy, w. G.
Coker, R. E. Coker, and George
Coffin Taylor. The seniors in
the chapter are Laurence
Thompson, Burnham Colburn,
Jr., Walter Spearman, Grady
Mcintyre, and Squash Mcintosh.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14

My friend, William P. Jacocks,
late of Ceylon, now just ending
a visit of two or three months
in this country, called on me at
the printshop Monday. We
talked Of old and new days in
Chapel Hill but more of his
life in the tropics, because |
questioned him diligently about
that.
He has been engaged for
years, as medical representative
of the Rockefeller Foundation,
in a campaign against anchylos-
tomiasis-which, in simple Ian
guage, means hookworm. He
has been living in Colombo, a
city of 100000, and
has had his assistants working
the hinterland.
+
Ceylon stretches between 6
and 10 degrees north latitude
near the equator. The heat,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
A Dry November
Total Rainfall under l Inch; Many
Mild Days Last Month

The rainfall records OF the
Chapel Hill weather bureau,
kept by Thorndike Saville and
his assistant, Charles E. Ray,
shows that the total fall last
month was only 81 hundredths
of an inch. An extraordinarily
dry Mountaineering,
somehow, a harmony between
the weather and the national
election held on the sixth day OF
the month. In only two years
(19O9 and 1919) since 1880,
when records first began to be
kept here, has the precipitation
been so low. In 1909 it was 55
hundredths and in 1919 it was
IA hundredths of an inch.
The mean maximum tempera~
ture here in November was
64.4 degrees and the mean mini
mum 4O.2 degrees. Taking it
altogether, it was a mild month.
T,ha.a ,yara n 6aus in which the
mercury mounted above 70 and
only 6 days in which it did not
go as high as so.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
To New York by Bus
students Charter Vehicle to Take
Them Home for Holidays

University Students who live
in the North are going home in
a chartered bus instead Of by
train because they find this
method of travel cheaper.
A bus load of about Is left
here at noon Yesterday for New
York. They were to stop at
Baltimore for the night and
counted upon arriving in New
York at noon today. The fare
for each passenger was SIT for
the round trip, the return to be
made in time for the re-opening
in January.
Miss Miriam Curry Of the
library staff and some of her
friends were negotiating yester-
day for another bus, but when
this paper went to press it had
not yet been settled whether a
sufficient number of travellers
could be collected. 1t is neces-
sary for about rs to go in order
to get the benefit of the low
fare.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
Hudgins' Scholarship
Student Leader Gets Award and viii
Go to Oxford in OctObers

Daniel Edward Hudgins, Jr.,
president of the University's
student body and first year stu
dent in the law school, has been
elected a Rhodes scholar from
North Carolina. The announce
ment comes from the American
secretary to the Rhodes trustees.
Mr. Hudgins will go to Oxford
in October.
For the 80 scholarships
awarded this year there were
398 candidates. All those
chosen are graduates of Ameri-
can universities. Appointments
now are for two years, instead
of for three as in the past, since
it is possible for an American
BTHuUaTe 70 take degree at Ok
ford in two years.
Mr. Hudgins is from Marion.
He has been prominent in stu
dent life here, among his honors
being; president Of his class,
Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma,
football manager, intercollegiate
debater Gorgon's Head, and
Golden Fleece.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
SERVICE AGENCY
REFUNDS $3,566
ON ITS POLICIES
Rebates on Premiums Result Of
Better Fire Protection
In Chapel Hill
$500 RETURNED TO SCHOOL

Because of the reduction in
fire insurance rates, consequent
upon the reclassification of
Chapel Hill from a 3rd class to
a End class town, scores OF
policy holders here are receiving
rebates on their premiums.
1--WE are mailing checks to a
total amount of 1856 to policy
holders in Chapel Hill," said
William der. Scott, vice presi-
dent and manager of the Service
Insurance Agency, yesterday,
"The rebates are calculated from
August 27, when the lower rates
went into effect" And the
Chapel Hill Insurance Agency
has also sent out rebate checks
the amounts of which were cal
culated on the same basis.
Mr.. Scott says that the checks
he sent to policy holders ranged
from 81 to $500. The Chapel
Hill school received $500, the
3-year rate on the school build
ing having dropped from $1.82
to SO.82 per 500. The Service
Insurance Agency made refunds
not only upon the policies it
wrote but upon the policies 1t
took over when it bought out
the insurance business of the
Chapel Hill Insurance and
Realty Company.
The Inauguration by the town
of full-time service at fire head
quarters and the extension of the
water mains brought about the
reduction of the rates. The
yearly rate of dwelling oc-
cupied by the owner, within
500 feet of a hydrant and 30
feet or more from the nearest
building, has gone down from
oe +o 90 cants ner 500. Rates
on nearly all the business build
ings have been reduced by the
same or larger percentage.
The fire insurance in force IN
Chapel Hill, if the University
property be included, amounts
to between two and three mil
lion dollars. The University is
not affected by the recent re-
duction since it already had a
low compromise" rate fixed
through negotiation between the
state authorities and the under
writer's.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
The Champion Football Fan

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Whitney
of Charlotte were here for the
Carolina-Duke football game
last Saturday and were guests
of Miss Alice Noble. Mr.. Whit
ney did not miss a single Caro-
TTITa game IIls IaIl. he motor
ed to Maryland to see the Tar
Heels play there, and the next
week motored to Cambridge to
see them in action against Har-
ward. Last year he missed only
one Carolina football game. Mr.
Whitney was graduated here in
1911.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
THE UNIVERSITY
SHUTS UP SHOP
BECAUSE OF FLU
Exodus of Students Begins as
Soon as Notice Is Posted
Wednesday Afternoon
REOPENING JANUARY End

Because of the prevalence of
influenza among the students,
the University authorities de-
cided late Wednesday afternoon
to close the institution imme-
diately.
Before the notice could be
posted on the bulletin boards in
the dormitories and other build
ings, news of the decision had
passed rapidly about by word of
mouth, and by supper time
scores of students were seen
streaking across the campus
with suit cases, bound for home.
The news did not seem to make
the students sad. There was
much exultant yelling from the
dormitory windows, and illum-
mated torpedoes were set off
on the campus walks and lawns.
There had been rumors ear
lier in the day that the closing
might be decreed; but then the
community heard that these
were a false alarm, and so the
decision came as a surprise.
The official announcement,
signed by President Chase, was
as follows:
After consulting with the
University physician, the adj
ministrative officers and the Ad-
visory Committee it has been de-
cided to close the University
Immediately until after the
Christmas holidays.
while the University is able
adequately to care for all cases
Of influenza which have so far
developed, the outbreak is on the
increase, especially in the last
tWGHty -four nOUTS, and the Uni
versity feels that in order to
safeguard the health of its stu
dents it should take no chance of
allowing a situation to develop
which would overtax it's avail
able facilities for medical care
and nursing. Accordingly the
University is forthwith sus-
pending operations,
"The University will reopen
on January 2, unless other an
nouncement is made. Examina-
tions for the fall quarter will be
held early in the winter quarter.
No man who is already ill should
leave Chapel Hill without con-
sultation with the University
physician"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-12-14
What MIR. Oqr Saws

F. A .Ogg of the University
of Wisconsin, announcing the
results of a survey of research
work in American institutions,
says: "By common agreement
the leadership in the new re-
search movement in the South
is traceabIe to the University of
North Carolina Z