The Di Society held its regular meeting Saturday night, October 6. The question for discussion for the evening was: Resolved that the Di Society go on record as favoring Governor Walton’s action against the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma. Speakers for the affirmative were L.M. Gudger, W. White, S.M. Cathey, W.H. Coltrane, J.W. Deyton, W.E. Drake, and those for the negative were E.L. Justice, A.E. McIntyre, and Tommy Turner. At the end of the discussion the society voted almost unanimously in favor of the affirmative.
An amendment was made to the constitution providing for the lowering of the dues to $2 a year and the initiation fee to $5. A committee was appointed by the president two weeks ago to meet with a similar committee from the Phi Assembly for the purpose of lowering the dues in both bodies. These committees met and as a result framed the above amendment which has been passed by both societies.
L.E. Watt was elected first censor morum to fill the vacancy left by L.E. Bledsoe.
President Raper appointed a committee to see all those freshmen who took part in debating and public speaking in high school and who live in the western part of the state, and freshmen was looked up and a list of over 200 men was furnished by Dean Bradshaw. The committee is composed of: C. Raper Jonas, chairman, Leonard Huggins, A.E. McIntyre and A.L. Groce.
Under new and necessary business A.E. McIntyre stated that the Di Society pins had been ordered and would be here and for sale in about two weeks. The pins will have the Di emblem on them.
The following men were taken into the society and initiated: J.L. Kapp, C.R. Shuford, P.H. Greenwood, L.E. Hauser, and B.W. Griffith.
The question for discussion by the society for next Saturday night is Resolved: That the Federal Government should guarantee the farmer a fair price for his wheat. There will also be a humorous address by J.W. Deyton.
From the front page of the Tar Heel, Chapel Hill’s Student newspaper, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1923
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