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Thursday, February 29, 1940 THE CAMPUS ECHO Page Three C. I. A. A. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS ? ? ? Above is the North Carolina College basketball squad which will meet the J. C. Smith “Bulls” Friday night in Charlotte in the most crucial game of the season. So far, the team has won 13 Conference games to one loss. First row, left to right, Warmick, D. Mack, Brown, Washington, G. Mack, Anders. Second row, left to right, Peerman, Colbert, Creed, Ennis, Duckwilder, Downing. Coaches Burghart and McLendon are not shown. PORTS WITH PORT BUG Well, at this writing the Eagles are still in the CIAA basketball race. They are running neck and neck with those Union panthers,'and all bas ketball fans in this sections are pull ing hard, hoping for that “some thing” which will put the Eagles at the top of the bidder. Arriving on the campus , trom Hampton Institute, the one question asked of this writer by several inter ested parties was what happened at Hampton. Well, here is the answer. 1'he CIA.A conference is a blood and thunder league, where each member has no respect for the other. In this case the Hampton Pirates had heard about the N. C. State Eagles—two bunches of them—-the 6-foot bunch and the 5-foot bunch—very poison. So the Pirates, realizing the situa tion, and with their back to the wall, just fought a good fight and received the reward. * * * The Virginia State game was a “killer-diller.” This time you were standing; next time you were on top of someone; the next time you just screamed. Virginia State, with the aid of beautiful set-shots by Weeks, a su perb guard, led at the half by a score of 31-26; but after Burghardt had given the old North Carolina-Illi- nois pep talk, plus the arrival of a bunch of “fellers” from X. C. State, the “tall” team came out and showed “Big” Jefferson how to play that game called basketball. The game was the fastest one this writer has seen recently, and was the team glad to hear the whistle—ask I “Big Jim.” Did You Know? 1. We are going to have a real annual this year. 2. Pictures for your yearbook, T/ie Eagle, will be taken during the first week in March. 3. A schedule will be posted show ing the exact time each picture will be made. 4. Group pictures, that is, each club or organization’s picture, will cost that organization $1.25. 5. Each student—freshman, soph omore, junior, and senior alike—will pay 50 cents at the time his picture is made, the amount to be applied to the purchase of that person’s an nual. 6. Seniors’ and juniors’ picures will be made individually, b. The sophomore class will be divided into 3 groups, c. The freshman class will be divided into 4 groups. 7. The annuals will cost $2.25 each. The 50 cents paid when the pictures are made will leave a bal ance of $1.75. 8. In order to be sure of an an nual, each student must subscribe to one. 9. The 1940 Eagle has added fea tures, among which are (1) a leather back, (2) more pages, (3) more pic tures, and (4) color tinting. 10. You will be there with The Eagle. The word “only” is handy, only you must be careful to use it only where it will say only what you mean. —Selected.. If a man does not make new ac quaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. —Selected Sports’ Lane By Burnette Bryant The C. I. A. cage circuit is hit ting the home stretch now with those “elongated” X. C. College “Eagles” at the helm. The thing which makes the X. C. C. students and Durham so happy is the fact that this year’s edi tion of the Eagles has not a man on the team above the sophomore class. Since Union’s mythical “dream team” has been turned into a night mare by Lincoln (Pa.) University “Lions” and haunted from time to time recently by other weaker teams, the three post-season tilts should loom as a natural in that the Eagles have also one defeat lined against them, suffered at the hands of a Hampton team that had won only one conference game previously. This also reminds me of the state ment made here once by a speaker in which he said, “If one cannot profit by past mistakes, then he has made no progress.” Remember the western trip and the attempt to play Wilber- force at night, make a fairly long trip the next day, getting to the game a couple of hours before time and expecting to remain unbeaten or to win a championship? Rest is an im portant item in anyone’s budget. N^ow for the hats-off department. Hats off! to the two coaches, Burg hardt and McLendon, for producing a real grid eleven, which, even though limited in numbers and mostly fresh men, demonstrated its championship calibre. Hats off to a small group of fellows who, even though plagued with injuries, fought their hearts out to bring glory to the school, their coaches and themselves. To the twelve fellows who make up N. C. C.’s varsity squad in basketball who, though only freshmen and sopho mores, are for a second year demon strating their championship calibre. Finally, to an unsung, unaided group of fellows who have on spirit alone given N. C. C. a feared name in C. I. A. A. pugilistic circles and have carried men to the finals for the two previous years in conference compe tition. In closing, the long wanted C. I. A. A. championship in “something” has been here for two years in the embryo, merely waiting for a smile of fate and a lending hand to become a reality. The custom of saying grace at meals had probably, its origin in the early times of the world, and the hunterstate of man, which dinners were precarious things, and a full meal was soihething more than a common blessing. •—Selected N. C. Eagles Gain 4!5- 26 Win Over A & T Colbert Paces Locals to 12th Conference Victory With 16 Points—Play Again Friday Coach Burghardt' X". C. College Eagles added another game to their long list of victories last night by defeating the highly-touted A. & T. -Aggies, of Greensboro, by a score of 43-26. This game played in the local college gym was witnessed by a capacity crowd. The height of the locals featured largely in the vic tory, along with their well executed passing and handling of the ball. The locals took the lead on a long shot by Ennis from midcourt. This was followed by a foul shot by Col bert and a field goal by Peerman to put the iocaJs in a 5-0 lead. The visi tors came back with a foul shot for their first point of the game. The score was never tied during the en counter nor did the invaders ever take the lead. Although Colbert led his team mates with a total of 16 points to be high point man for the game, Peer man was without a doubt the most outstanding man on the floor, ring ing up a total of 13 points. For the visitors, Evans and Hig gins looked exceptionally well, ring ing up 8 and 7 points respectively, but honors go to Sam Roan who was playing his first game since leaving the hospital with an injured knee. Roan’s spectacular passing and ball handling was the only means by which the ball was worked into the impregnable zone defense set up by the locals. This win gave the locals a total of 18 victories for the season of which 12 have been conference vic tories, against one defeat which puts them in first place for the conference crown. The Eagles will journey to J. C. Smith Friday night to take on the mighty Bulls in another conference contest which will play an important part in the championship race. The lineups: N. C. College G F PF TP Peerman S 3 1 13 Mack, R . 0 0 1 0 Ennis 1 1 4 3 Colbert .... 5 6 1 16 Downing ... 4 1 3 9 Mack, G 0 0 2 0 •Anders 0 2 3 2 Totals: 15 13 14 43 A. &. T. College G F PF TP Higgins 3 1 3 7 Evans ... 2 3 4 8 Coles 0 1 1 1 Smith .. 0 0 1 0 Queens ... 1 2 3 • 4 Student Recital Held Sunday, February 25 The regular monthly student re cital was held Sunday, February 25, in B. X’. Duke auditorium at 6 p.m. Students of voice and piano appeared together with the male glee club and the women’s trio. The following program was ren dered : “Good Morning, Brother Sun shine,” Liza Lehman; “Impatience,” Schubert—Geraldine Crew's. “Rondo Allegro” from Sonata Opusls, Beethoven; “Erlking,” Schu- bert-Liszt—Ida Smith. “Solfeggietto in C Elinor,” C. P. E. Bach—Elverna Grisette White. “Sweet and Low”; Prayer from “Hansel and Gretel,” Humperdinck- Riegger-—The College Trio: Misses Barnes, Perry, and Strong. “Andante” from Sonata Opus 14, No. 2, Beethoven—Geneva Whitted Clover. “Scotch Poem,” MacDowell; “Puck,” Griegg—Allen Brown. “Ah, Love, But a Day!”, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach—Annie Barnes. “Minuet in G,” Beethoven—Clem entine Amey. “Ritual Dance of Fire,” De Falla —Leona B. Wilkins. “Lullaby,” Brahms; “Grant Us to Do With Zeal,” Bach; “Ezekiel Saw De Wheel,” Spiritual—X’. C. College Male Glee Club; Clarence Lightner, soloist; T. B. Oglesby, director. Following the recital, the college choir and the male glee club ren dered a program at the Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church (white) of West Durham to a ca pacity crowd of music lovers. My heart, which is full to over flowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.—Martin Luther. I. “Steal Away,” Burleigh; “Sum mer, Please Doan Let Dis Harvest Pass”; “I’m So Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always,” Dett; “Jacob’s Lad der,” Loomis. II. “Let Us Cheer the Weary Trav eler,” Burleigh; “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” Diton; “Great Day,” Rider. III. “I Got a Home in That Rock”; “Go Down Moses,” Bur leigh; “Deep River,” Burleigh. IV. “Grant Us to Do With Zeal,” Bach; “Ezekiel Saw De Wheel”; “De Animals A-comin,” Bartholo mew. Jones 0 0 2 0 Roan 10 3 2 Gaskins 2 0 4 4 Totals: 9 8 21 26 Score at half: X. C. college 23, A. & T. 11. N. C. College Eagles Invade Virginia Win Two, Lose One By “Sportbug” Hardy Showing that they still possessed • that high-scoring power that has made them one of the greatest ball clubs in these parts by defeating the Kentucky Thoroughbreds of Ken tucky State College, the X’^. C. Eagles left for St. Paul, Virginia Sta’te Col lege, and Hampton Institute on Feb ruary 14. The St. Paul win proved to be an easy victory for the hard driving boys from Durham. 'I'he final score was 41-25. At Virginia State things were very different. Some beautiful shots by Colbert and Ennis with only a few minutes left to play gave the Tar Heels a well-earned 51-46 victory. The Eagles came back after trailing 26-31 at intermission and led by the sharpshooting Colbert pulled up behind the Trojans but they were never able to overtake and pass them until the closing minutes of the game. Besides taking high scoring hon ors Colbert played an e.xcellent floor game. Riding into Hampton with a ten- game winning streak over some of the best teams in the Conference, the Eagles suddenly went stale against the Hampton Pirates. Coach Burghardt started the short team in order to feel out the oppo sition and give the tall team neces sary instructions. The first minutes of the game turned out to be a pass ing duel, Allen of Hampton drop ping the first two points. D. Mack came back with a free shot for State. A long pass from Cooper to Allen standing under the basket gave Hampton another score. The little Eagles, fighting for dear iife^^ tTied time after time to get In'lhooEng position; but every time foundg|-;i. Pirate who seemed to say, “No, you can’t do that.” The score at this time was 9-4, Hampton. At this point the tall team comes in and quickly evens the score, with Ennis being on the shooting end of both scores. The half ended, Hamp ton 15, State 13. During the second half it seems as if the boys from X^orth Carolina were not the same fellows who just a few hours before had come from behind over at Virginia State College to defeat a mighty fine team. During this period the Elagles sel dom became a serious threat except for short spurts which netted them several goals, made by Ennis and Peerman. With the crowd yelling for scores, the Pirates seemed to get in spiration as the game progressed. The final score was 37-33. Outstanding for the Pirates were Hudgins, Allen and Jackson. For North Carolina it was “Hawk” Ennis, D. Mack, Peer-. man and Anders. 1^1 Commercial Bits Typing Classes Entertain at Forum The Typing Class 212-A presented in Forum February 21 a one-act play, entitled “Boss vs. Secretary.” This play portrayed the qualities of a competent secretary vs. an in competent secretary. Often the secre tary who has had much experience of the kind Miss Meigs has had, and who has not been able to hold a posi tion for more than two weeks, finds herself looking for a position just as often. Miss Wendell, the inexperienced secretary who has just finished a sec retarial and office training course is prepared to hold her position. She gets the position which Miss Meigs (Continued on page 4)
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