THE CHRONICLE INAUGURATION "IT IS the DUTY of EVERY COMMUNITY to ENCOURAGE, EVEN ENFORCE FREE SPEECH."—Walter Hiness Page, '75
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YESTERDAY FIFTEENTH YESTERDAY FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF ANNIVERSARY OF DR. FEW'S DU. PEW'S INAUGURATION THE CHRONICLE INAUGURATION "IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE, EVEN ENFORCE FREE SPEECH."—Walter Hiness Page, '75 Volume XXI, Number 8 DUKE UNIVERSITY, DU*RHAM, N. C, NOVEMBER 11, 1925 Price Ten Cents Rushing Season Ends With [ Yesterday Fifteenth Ninety-eight Men Pledged Anniversary of Dr. GOOD MATERIAL Special Articles Few's Inauguration Largest Number in History of On World Court University Are Taken MUCH PROGRESS BACHELORS LAST WITH FOUR An arrangement has been made with the Yale daily for The Armistice Day University Has Grown Greatly Rushers and Rushees Have Returned Chroniele to print some of the During Administration to Their Academic Duties After special articles on the World Celebration November 11, Armistice Day, A Scramble for Freshmen (Hurl situation ivhieh were pre INAUGURAL ADDRESS NOTABLE will be fittingly celebrated at pared by experts on the subject. Sis weeks ot intense fraternity ruel Duke University this year. Pres Dr. Few Emphasised Ideals Which About December 1 a student ing closed Tuesday evening, Novembi ident Few announced Monday Have Guided Him Through His 3, ot six o'clock, and by the following vote, conducted by the Duke Y. Administration in Address. M.- C. A. and (he cooperation of night ninety-eight new men of Dukt ex-Governor Cameron Morrison The Chronicle, wil he taken in University had accepted bids to various would be the feature of the pro fraternities and were already receiving hapel, o I the v gram. The students will assem congratulations from friends and pros nn-i-i in;'!-,. ble* in Craven Hall at the regular pective fraternity brothers. The et. chapel time today, where inter College. During t weeks season of rushing was followed esting exercises will extend nail colleges throughout a lengthened chapel ll si luc inllu.n by one: night Tuesday night—of period. The eollege ciiniiiiiiiiitv Aniericu's greiitc-isl university. calm decision in wliich no fraternity DR. FEW WORKING is urged to be present at this When Dr. Pew «as Inaugurated there man was allowed to talk or ass< celeb rations. with a rushee, the/period of silenc FOR W.H. PAGE'S were 361 students enrolled in the college. tending until the bids, sent out Tues Today there are LSBO- lour times as day night, were formally accepted by many, enrolled in Duke University. Many mail Wednesday nnd returned with eith MEMORIAL SCHOOL er acceptance or rejection marked upon Johns Hopkins School To Be DUKE EULOGIZED t to nmid.it The faculty has grown even fasl Memorial to Alumnus ian the student body, many nc For sins weeks the different frater; of Old Trinity. IN ALUMNI MEET tin ve struggled and st rived. Freshmen es have been established, and tli became the chief topics of conversntior SCHOOL FOR -DIPLOMACY Sidney S. Alderman, Promi ties for the education of wome among the different fraternal orgoniza been greatly increased during D nent Alumnus of Greens i administration. tions, and various methods of rushing boro, Spoke of Serviee. were tried with both success and failure. Aim. the entire material wealth c The new men, meanwhile, were enjoying ortd's Wo, A speech delivered by Sidney S. Al the University has been acquired since cm unlimited amount of popularity. They derman, lauding James B. Duke, the The local o ttee, headed bj1 Dr. W. Dr. Few assumed charge, lie- possesses found themselves petted and pampered. founder of Duke University, was the P. Few, in c i of raising fundi the confidence of the Duke family to an Fraternities seized them madly and with main feature of the Alumni Banquet the Walter * Page School of 1 PRESIDENT W. P. FEW eloquence told them of the value of national Belt which was held In the Wat >nfce influence in their philanthropic work. their respective organizations. A keen Johns Hopkins University, is completing hotel after the Woke Forest game. Seldom, if ever, has an educations] Insti ipaign for Durham'i- •ti .: • s held t tution grown under the direction of one Beginnig on Wednesday, however, the a N. Duke lighten- the loyalty fur.d man, as Duke University has grown, and Ibly by sub- IOTA GAMMA PI AUDIENCE LIKED tense atmosphere begun rapidly lo dis Interest the alumni of Trinity In the is destined to grow under the leadership solve. Fraternity men began counting i.f 11 development of Duke Unh of Dr. Few. GOT FOURTEEN HIGHLAND MUSIC the addret*, Willie Sm th the returned bids and congratulating The plan The Inauguration themselves; upon their succeed. Fresh- to succeed Dr. Boyd as chairman of tht Men Chosen on Basis of Their MacDonald's Scotch Highland Dr. Few's inauguration un November niMi lisid decided upon the organisations Loyal-y Fund Campaign C.oo.n.'-.-.•. Scientific and Scholastic ers Band Made A Great 10, 1910, was one of the most Imporlanl of thei y Collcg "No man ever did so much fur ont Work in Courses. Hit With Students. events In the academic circles of the addition i the Although he was at Trinity i state as Jame. II Duke did fn.- North ing his freshman year, he ulwaj country. Sixty-five institutions were rep- The new men pledged will not be in The Iota Gamma Pi, an honorary sci MacDonald's Scotch Highland Band Carolina," Mr. Alderman declared. Coi ed an active interest in its ivur itiated until after midyear examinations entific fraternity on the campus, held Its II- ;::-•! a large audience in Craven Me ech, he ! was who brought the celebrated of which they must pass four. Those annual election last week, taking in li morial Monday evening with a program -A tu :i- tabic "Tell them to let e ink fo pledged are: new men of scientific and scholastic at Including .Scotch popular and national inset f," a Mr. Jar 1. Duke - Alpha Tan. Omega—joe Separk, tainments. Bids were sent.out us a rec songs- and unusual classical and instru- he delivered the address at the tonia; Jimmie Hackney, Lexington; ognition, and in a measure as a reward, of the Library which was Mr. Duke'i Prentiss Wynn, Wyi.nburg,-> Tt for distinctive contributions to the sci ple thro first gift to Trinity College. The motts tanding numbei Brown, Jackson, Tenn.; All entific interests of the University. it flowei of THE C-iinomiCI.E, "it is tlie duty of .- progra: given by Miss Ger from Greensboro both liel'or Philadelphia; Ogden Parker, Goldsboro; every community to encourage, even en Those who were honored in the clec- trude Douglas, dancer and piper; Miss lleved, t John. Gregory, Durham. force, free speech," is taken from another Jesse Robertson, contralto! Mr. W. Fra Kappa Sigma—Wood Dorsett, Lex of his addresses. iler Steele, tenor; and Mr. John J. He- ington; Hamilton IUrgraves, Lexing ney, xylophonist. Miss Douglas' High- Work In North Carolina ' HESPERIA'S PROGRAM ton; Calvin Stewart, Charlotte; James lang Fling created a sensation and ibe Mr. Page, who was one of the most Owen Long, R. L. Biggerstaff, L. L. Crute, Wilson; R. P. Watson, Jr., Wll- Frutchy, Sam Vest, O. I). Ader, It. H. was encored repeatedly. She was also YESTERDAY WAS FINE encored when she played Ihe hag-pipe. rendered his great service by his work in Andrews, and Ralph N. Thomas. Kappa Alpha—William Cranford, Addresses By Dr. Cunningham, Twad progressive causes before the World AH day last Friday Ihe initiates went Tbe Xylophonist' was called back to dell and Geilich Were Excellent- Durham; Jas. Cranford, Winston-Sa War. Much of North Carolina's pro- about the campus in the regalia pre his instrument again and agsiin, and his Beat Columbia in Debate Support lem; Dan Horton, Jr., Durham; Mur cress, especially in education, has been scribed by the organization—white pants phy Judd, Fayettville; Laurence I due to his efforts and influence. Whde and shirt, black suspenders, red tic, and popular features of the program li the best in the country, (Continued on p*age six) he was a young man, as editor of the straw hat—which gave them the appear sc.-iicciy more popular than the vith the best in the world. In State Chronicle, in Raleigh, ance of "collegiate clowns." That night batic stunts of the trap drummer. i radicai ic s free public cdu A Scotchman's "Hoot" was yelled out •crslty Mr. Duke would n, vocational ti ig, negro edu GLEE CLUB GETTING every time the music reached si climax tivc address by one of the university n, and the establ Isclose to the! and the typically Scotch tone added to faculty, a well-thought out oration, and e ideas were v. INTO SHAFE FOR TRIP ales of medie the urogram helped to curry it across. a number of stimulating impromptu was forced I Tuesday nig the ritu- The- entire band was dressed io kilts and Manager "Soup" Porter is Arranging r, however, he speeches featured tlie evening's pro- Scottish garb and it was n real High- An Interesting Trip to Begin adopted. He I Mr. Ralph Geilich, one of the uni- land celebration. December 10. file Initiates were admitted as full meta veriftty's advectitloos recruits, presented bcrs of the fraternity. The The Duke University speeial entertain nn exceedingly interesting oration on the initiation will be reached when I ment committee brought the band here the subject of "Loyalty." Mr. Geilich local fraternity gives a banquet ni from St. Augustine, Fla., where it had pointed out that tbe major obligation to be unusually successful. Stanton been having great success, and It wai .-••pie of this .Ui.-.