THE 'TAR HEEL
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOL. 21
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913
NO. 22
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iv .mi: high school debaters,
il l risen ting sixteen North Carolina
high schools, gathered in. .Chapel
Hi i last Thursday and Friday for
the. first annual final contest of the
High School Debating Union of
North Carolina. Out of the 90
schools and 300 debaters who dis
cussed the "Woman Suffrage for
North Carolina" question on Feb
ruary 21st, there were nineteen that
succeeded in winning both sides of
the debates and so were entitled to
send their representatives to Chapel
Hill for the final. Sixteen schools
availed themselves of this privilege
and sent their teams here. The
coming of these boys to the Univer
sity to contest for the Aycock Memo
rial Cup was an event of significance.
It was significant of the larger life of
the lTniveisity in the State-of the
ii.tt aeiog of the upper andjower
f the State's educational svs-
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THE' HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS AND PRINCIPALS WHO ATTENDED THE FINAL CONTEST OF THE DEBATING UNION
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(i county, Itelongs
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A t i i ?.ey had won out
pre'i linaries, Friday
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f Durha o1
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were here,
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the n eg:. live siii
rious T ieir iuu
the name of their
scribed on the Aycock ( up.
Previous -to tl i I'm.:; d imte two
prelimi ai es re ht-id, Thursday
night 'he jxiy-four delaters were
I i v i i 1 into lour sections for the
lir ; preliminary." From these sec-tiDi).-
four teams were chosen on
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team- mi r it t r side were: Affirma
tive, Pli.isant Ciarden, Durham,
Holly Springs, and Graham; Nega
tive, Dm ham, Holly Springs, Mor
. lu'imtmi, and Ilawfields. From these
h ams the two chosen for the final
were pleasant Garden on the affirm
ative and Durham on tlnv negative
or tne seci'iiu prenm-
iy nn rning. These four
THK FINAL
Rarely has there been seen ; in
Gerrard Hall a larger or more en
thusiastic crowd than gathered there
Friday night to witness this final
contest for the Aycock Memorial
Cup. Fully eight hundred people
were jammed into the building. As
the teams entered the Hall there
came from one side a hearty Rah,
Rah for Durham, while from the
other side thre came a resounding
yell for Pleasant Garden.
Prof. E. K. Graham presided over
the debate and E. R Rankin acted
as secretary. The debate itself
Avas jf the inter-collegiate caliber.
Especially effective was Mr. Samuel
C. Hodgin, the second speaker for
Pleasant Garden. In native ability
and for rough and ready power in
debating it would be difficult, if not
indeed impossible, to find his su
perior in any college in the State.
The query was the same that had
been discussed in the triangular de
bates in the- ninety high schools
scattered over North Carolina, "Re
solved, That the Constitution of
North Carolina should be so
amended as to allow women to vote
under the same qualifications as
men."
Pleasant Garden had the affirm
ative and Durham the negative.
Mr. Grady Bowman was the first
speaker for the affirmative.
Mr. Bowman argued that the idea
that women were inferior to men
was a relic of barbarism. The na
tion which giveH the most liberties
to women is the most civilized He
showed that the ballot would not
deter women from care of the home
and raising children. Women can
do many things without the ballot,
but they could do more with it.
Mr. Henry Green berg was the
first speaker on the negative. He
admitted that woman suffrage might
be right in some States and in a
small degree in North Carolina, bu
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THE CONTESTANTS I N THE FINAL. IN THE CENTER THE WINNERS
8.0. HODGIN AND iRADY BOWMAN OF PLEASANT GARDEN; ON
THE ENDS, HENRY GREENBERU AND DAVID RRADY OF DURHAM
not "under the same qualifications
as men.' ' He argued that woman
would not better conditions with
aHot, and he pleaded that she
be kept out of the strife of poli
tics. ' . ,
Mr. S. C. Hodgin was the second
speaker for the affirmative. He
was as much at home,
soned stump speaker. He ar
gued that woman represents the
sentimental and moral side of
human nature and would be a good
addition to the ballot. Physical
force should not and does not pre
vail, and the ability to bear arms
should not count. If physical force
prevailed, "Jack Johnson", he de
clared, would be Prec'dent "of .the
United States". Morality, and in
telligence is the real basis for suffrage.
Mr. David Brady was the last
speaker on the negative. He con
tended that woman suffrage in the
Western States had been a complete
failure. The conditions in the suf
frage States are no better than in
those adjoining. He cited quota
tions from Roosevelt, Bryce, and
others to prove this. He contended
that North Carolina had no business
to take' up suffrage for women,
that it didn't need it at all here.
The rejoinders were spirited on
both sides. The applause ' was fre
quent when the debaters dug into
their adversaries both in their first
speeches and in rejoinders.
After the speeches were over,
Prof. Graham called on the judges
for their decision. The judges, who
were Dr. C. L. Raper, Dr. H. W.
Chase, Prof, H. H. Williams, Prof .
M. H. Stacy, and Rev. W. T. D.
Mos-t, voted separately. The votes
were taken by Prof. Graham, and
were turned over to Prof. W. S.
Bernard, himself an ' old inter
collegiate Carolina debater, to whom
had been assigned the pleasant task
of awarding the Aycock Memorial
Cup. Prof. Bernard announced
that the decision of the judges was
for the affirmative. In presenting
the cup he told of the splendid
record of th Di and Phi, and ex
pressed the hope, which . was the
conviction of the fin 11, that in
awarding it to Pleasant Garden the
judges had awarded it to worthy
keepers.
After the awa i d ing of the cup a re
ception was tendered all of the vis
itors in the Y. M. C. A. building.
Walter Stokes, Jr., president of the
senior class, was master of cere
monies. The reception was delight
ful in its informality and in the
spirit of common understanding
which it expressed.
ENTERTAINMENT
No small part of the great success
of this final contest is due to the
county clubs and the Greater Coun
cil, which two organizations had
complete charge of entertaining the
guests. The plan of having each
county club entertain those who
were from their county was followed
out. The high school boys were
thus enabled to get a taste of college
life and the principals who accom
panied the boys were enabledto get
a glimpse of life that was a remem
brance of their old days. , Baseball
games, an auto ride, trips to the
Pickwick, these were among the
pleasant features provided for in the
entertainment line. Apicture of
the whole group was taken. This
picture is seen in. The Tar Heel and
will be put in The Alumni Review
and High School Bulletin.
PERMANENCE OF THE UNION
The Debating Union, as provided
for by the Diand Phi Societies, is to
be a permanent affair. This year
its success was phenomenal. Let
ters from superintendents all over
the State express approval of the
Societies' work in extending their
aid to the high schools. Every
high school in the State is invited
to become a member of the Union
next year. Already a committee is
planning for the enlarged usefulness
of the Union for next year. The
great success this time and the ben
efit to 360 high school pupils are
but forerunners of still larger!
achievements in the future.
NAMES OF SUHOnLS AND I'EBATERS
The schools that were r-present'eJ
here together with the names .of
the representatives are: Pleasant
Garden, F. L. Foustand K. H. Mc
Intyre, principals, with aff, Grady
Bowman and S. C. Hodgin, and
nog. D. Hodgin, and John Rockett;
Graham, S. G. Lindsay, sup't.,
with Miss Julia Cooper and Coy
Williams, negative, Chas. Jones
and Marvin Massey; Oxford, aff.,
William Nalloneeand Basil Horsfield ,
and negative Henry Renn and Paul
Daniel; Lumberton, R. E. Sentelle
sup't., with Lewis Sheldy and
John Warlick, and neg. Ertel
Caryle and Knok Proctor; Hen
dcreonville, aff. H. G; Hunter and
L. J. Pace, and neg. R. C. Bennett
and M. W. Kgerton; Mt. Pleasant,
G. F. McAllister, principal, with
J. D. Thonruw and F. B. Lingle,
and neg. G. F. Davis and Z. L.
Edwards; Shelby, aff. Price Hoey
and Marion Ross, and neg. Crawley
Hughes and Julius Mull; Concord,
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EASTER WEEK PLANS
Preparations Now Being Made
For a Joyful Occasion
' Although all the details have not
been completed , the main features
of Easter Week have been planned ;
and a most attractive programme
is promised. Three days of oratory,
athletics, dramatic events, dances,
and social festivities of every sort will
combine to make the occasion mem
orable. In two respectj the glori
fication will differ from those of pre
vious years. The name of Junior
Week can no longer employed because
the Junior class did not see fit to en
tertain in any form this year. But
the sophomores rose to the occasion
and will give an afternoon dance.
The holiday question is embarrass
ing, lhe faculty has given if n-
day the 28th, but has turned down
petitions for Thursday. The chan-
ces are that classes that day will not
be fully a.tended. The night of Wed
nesday the 26th will start the progr-;
gramme, ine Junior urators contest
for the Carr Medal is due to take -
place then in Gerrard Hall, though ;
either the Dramatic Club or the Glee '
Club may land th it date. Later on
that night in the Bynuai Gymnasium-
the Order of Gimghouls will give its
annual dance with Robert Strange, ;
Jr. as leader, and Frank Drew and ,
Lenoir Chambers as assistants.
Thursday afternoon comes the
Sophomore dance."" V . O. Huske .
is leader and R. E. Little and Ted
Tllley are assistants. Thursday
night the clowning event of the
week, the Senior Stunt will occupy
the attention of the whole Univer
sity. The usual secrecy as to the
exact nature of the performance is
being observed, but from the shrieks
of laughter coming from the nightly
rehearsals in Gerrard Hall, some
thing rich is promised. r W. N.
Post is chairman of the- committee
in charge.
Friday, the holiday, will be taken ,
up by the inter-class track meet in -the
morning and the Lafayette .
baseball game in the afternoon. '
Friday night there is a chance of
either the Glee Club or Dramatic
Club- The festivities will come to
a close with the German Club dance
under the leadership of W. S. Til
lett with W. C. Lord and Peyton
M. Tmith as assistants.
Dr. J. F. Royster will teach this
summer at the summer session of
the University of Chicago, and Pro
fessor Oliver Towles at the University
of Virginia.