New Interest In U. N. C. Debating Grows at Chapel Hill
At the University of North Carolina the student body's interest in forensic activities, especially intercollegiate debating, has doubled over two years due to the 1927 start of a debate squad. The program emphasizes weekly meetings led by faculty, a debate class earning academic credit, and a governing Debate Council with student and faculty representation.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Department of English
Debate Council
Emma Blair School Grants Halloween Theme Student Efforts
Emma Blair students explored A Sane Hallowe en with fifth grade papers listing Halloween conduct rules Readings across grades included a capella songs Psalms and a dramatization The program featured Captain John Smith Pocahontas history and a PTA meeting with Dr P E Lindley on home influence in character building
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Hallowe'en
Emma Blair
Jamestown Colony
Pocahontas
John Smith
Visitors to the English Parliament draw crowds on Saturdays
English Parliament records show about 5000 daily visitors on ordinary days and over 20000 on Saturdays highlighting weekend surge in public interest at the historic site.
Words and Music Romantic revue on American theater scene
Fox Movietone musical revue Words and Music unfolds a romance set in 1830 England. Lois Moran as the bride to be and David Percy star with Dorothy Jordan and Jack Wade in lively country inn and hunt scenes. Dave Stamper writes the music with Harlan Thompson lyrics.
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Lois Moran
Fox Moivetone
Fox Movietone
England
Bishop and Rook
Boots
David Percy
Dorothy Jordan
Huntress
Jack Wade
Muriel Gardner
Dave Stamper
Harlan Thompson
35 Minute Campaign Puts Mayor In Seat
Bartlett Tennessee reports J. W. Tatum won the mayoralty in a 35 minute campaign after being drafted late. He defeated one opponent 66 to 27, claiming the shortest successful campaign on record. The mayor serves as city judge and earns $1 per conviction with no salary.
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Bartlett, Tenn
J. W. Tatum
Tatum
Xavier Brings Christian Faith to Japan in Sixteenth Century
The spread of Christianity to Japan began with Saint Francis Xavier in the 1500s, introducing Catholic missions and converting several communities before broader European contact and local reception shaped the faith’s early footprint.
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Japan
Xavier
Tide of Empire at Ritz Two Days
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film opens at the Ritz with Renee Adoree in 1849 Spain and 12 authentic period costumes by designer David Cox. Allan Dwan directs a large cast through frontier gunplay, vigilante scenes, Wells Fargo Express founding, and a California gold rush saga.
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David Cox
Empire
Cosmopolitan
Peter B. Kyne
California
Renee Adoree
Cox
Miss Adoree
Allan Dwan
George Duryea
William Collier, Jr
Geo. Fawcett
Paul Hurst
Harry Gribbon
James Bradbury, Sr
Vigilantes
Wells Fargos Express Company
Smart London Girls Wearing Monocles
London fashion notes that monocles, once popular during wartime, have returned among women including brides debutantes and stenographers. A bride at a recent ceremony wore a monocle on a black silk cord, surprising her family and groom as she fumbled it during the vows.
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London
John Gully's Leap From Boxing to Parliament Speaker
English boxing champion John Gully entered politics and rose to Speaker of the House of Commons, holding the role for thirty years.
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England
John Gully
House of Commons
Des Moines Leads Nation in Junior Club Movement
Des Moines with 600 members heads the world’s largest federation of Junior clubs. The city now has 40 clubs, seven added in the past year, and rose to this position during the war as a military center. After the war senior club women formed these groups into junior clubs linked to the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Live baby auction ruse shocks Ponca City crowd
In Ponca City Oklahoma a staged live baby auction triggered a near riot as police intervened and Major Ralal took charge. The rumored infant was actually a six weeks old pig sold to a woman amid the confusion. The note mentions 73,000,000 acres of rice in India.
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Ponca City
Okla
Ralal
India
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