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Par Heel OFTFTOAL . ORGAN OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Volume XXVI. No. 4 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCT. 6, 1917 Price, Five Cents The TWO FRESHMAN TEAMS LINE UP F0R PRACTICE NEW SIGNAL PRACTICE BLACK BOARD LECTURES FOR ENDS AND BACK FIELD TO PLAYGAME NEXT SATURDAY Real Hard Work of the Season Be gun Coaches Report Improve ment Lockers Assigned at Gym Dummy No wthe Victim With the first game of the seas on only one week off, the Fresh men are bending every effort to et in trim for their initial clash as official representatives of the University. Coach Peacock has been giving most of his time to football, and has been busy getting the men in some sort of shape for the first scrimmage, which 'will probably take place today. In spite of the largo Freshman Class, there is a noticeable shortage of material, especially for line and end posi tions. Mr. Peacock has been driii mg the squad in starting, training them to "jump with the ball," the familiar slogan of the last Vam tv, and those who are out show great promise, both in speed and in handling themselves. In the line, Coach Harden has kept his men steadily at work on line formations and breaking through. He hopes to have the line machine on the field today, along with the dummy, so the men can lose a little beef and get some thing more durable and resistant. The ends, who are being train ed by Clarvoe and Bell, seem to be up to the quality of former years, although rather light. Some we showing marked ability in nip ping forward passes and getting down under punts. "Chicken fight ing," and falling on the ball, to gether with forward pass work and starting, has formed the ma jor part of the work so far. "Live tackling" and interference will be the schedule for today. The squad of backs, who are be ing coached by Shorty Spruill and Spaugh, seems to be the best unit on the field. All of them have had more or less experience, while in the line and end candidates are men who have never played foot hall before. One punter at least has 'been uncovered, and a good forward passer. Just what style of play the coaches are planning for the backfield has not as' yet been divulged, nor is it known when the first signal practice will he held, but with the first game a few days off, the heads will proba bly run through a few simple plays at the beginning of the week. Lockers have been assigned in the Gym to the men, and full equipment has been issued to all candidates. Doctor La wson is in personal charge of the health of te Freshmen, and last year's Var sity trainer, Mr. Wilkins, has con sented to help again this season. The date for the Citadel game has not been officially announce!, nor is anvone sure whether Vir fiwia will play on Thanksgiving Day or not. Graduate Manager Woollen is working on the sched ule, and (hopes to announce its completion in the next issue of the Tar Heel. Gov. Bickett to Speak Here University Day, October 12, will be celebrated this year in the usual manner, with the speaker of the day Governor T. W. Bickett, who will address the faculty and student body in Memorial Hall. At ten-thirty on the morning of October 12, the procession will be formed in front of the Alumni Building, and will march from there to Memorial Hall. The fa culty, headed by Mr. Graham and the Governor will lead the proces sion, and the student body will fol low by classes. Possibly uniforms will be worn then. This day cele brates the cue hundredth and twenty-third anniversary of the University's founding, and is therefore an event in which every student is expected to take part. In the afternoon Governor Bickett will probably review the Battalion. University Day is a day that is 1 observed in the state and over the whole, country by thousands of loyal alumni. No doubt it will be celebrated this year by many alumni who are in the service of the country. The Infirmary doesn't seem to have been a very popular place this fall. Very few students have" entered its healthful walls, and most of these had only bad colds. Wouldn't a little heat in the dorms stop them ? J. L. Stuckey. of the class of '18 left Wednesday afternoon for Bridgewa.ter, Tennessee,, to take the superintendancy of a tremen dous lime stone plant which is to be opened by the state of North Carolina. Elisha Mitchell Society Meets and Elects Officers . The Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society held its annual business meeting Wednesday night of last week in Alumni 10. The follow ing officers, were elected : Mr. J. G. Beard, President ; Dr. J. M. Bell, Vice-President; Mr. W. W. Rankin, Recording Secre tary; Dr. W. C. Coker, Chairman, Mr. Collier Cobb, and Mr. M. II. Stacy, Board of Editors of the Elisha Mitchell Journal. The following members were elected : Mr. B. Markham, Dr. A. W. Hobbs, Mr. II. M. Sharpe and Mr. W. W. Kirk. The following men were elected to associate membership in the So ciety. Messrs. Bynum, J. C, Marsh, L, G., Lay, G. B., Eagle, W. W., Griffin, E. II., Morrison, W. F., Parks, R. W., Sawyer, J. W., Reasoner, N. A., Smithey, J. W., Ilerty, C. II., Jr., Rimmer, R. It, Meredith, B. L., Giles, I. V., and Ballew, R. D. . The University Magazine goes to press at twelve o'clock tonight. Grasp the opportunity to get into its pages that short story; the love sonnet that you composed during the spring when all was sunshine, roses and Her; or the essay that you know just ought to 'be printed. Hand in all material to llermas Stephenson before the midnight hour."' EIGHTY SENIORS BURN THE PEACEFUL WEED PASS THREE HOURS SWAPPING LIES AND WITHSTANDING GAS ATTACKS Spiced with . contagious enthu siasm, bubbling over with sparkl ing wit, surrounded' by patriotic emblems, and intermingled with co-eds the class of '18 held their first smoker-business meeting in the Y. M. C. A. lobby last Friday night. They were all there some 80 odd strong from C. Holding on down to Shorty Griffin, and the dear co-eds were not missing, eith er, several having been acquired since last year. For more than three hours fun and frivolity with a few serious thoughts interspersed here and there held supreme sway. And lo ! the mystic hour of 12 found the dignified (?) Seniors still in solemn (?) session. Toast-maslter York thought it best for good reasons of his own to proceed to business first, and accordingly the following officers were . elected : Ray Armstrong, manager of class football; Peter Lynch, manager of class basket ball ; "Shorty" Griffin, manager of class tennis; and Bob DeRossette, Cheer Leader. Dr. Moss, the first speaker of the evening congratulated the class on having such a large number back and urged each member to take as his maxim, "nothing is im possible." He also advised the class to go about things in a sys tematic way to abolish the hap hazardness which characterizes so many college men. Captain Allen, the next speaker, vividly described the taking of Boche trenches the dugouts and communication trenches. He also depicted the ruthless submarine warfare, describing the manner in which the u:boats are caught in nets or blown up by mines. "We are losing ourselves in order to find ourselves," said Ad jutant J. V. Whitfield in describ ing the change that has come over the University since the declara tion of war. The speaker highly commended the manner in which the students have responded (Continued on Page 6). What's to Happen and When Saturday, Oct. 6 Buncombe County Club Smoker in Y. M. C. A. at 10. P. M. Sunday, Oct. 7 Dr. Moss on "The Message of Paul to the Col lege Man" in S. A. E. House at 12:30 P. M.; Students leave Y. M. C. A. at 2 :15 for Rural Sun day Schools. Monday, Oct. 8 President Graham in Chapel. Tuesday, Oct. 9 Chapel Open. Y. M. C. A. meeting in the Lobby of the Y. M. C. A. at 7:15 Dis cussion on "Re-adjustments" led by llermas Stephenson. Wednesday, Oct. 10 Chapel open. Thursday, Oct. 11 Student Forum in Chapel. Friday, Oct. 12 University Day. Saturday, Oct. 13 Oyezl New Books for Old Most of the books that have been placed on the new-book shelves in the library are replacements of old worn-out copies. They are none the less interesting, however, as the condition of their predecessors would imply. Fifty are works of fiction sets of 0. Henry, John Fox, and other popular writers. Nineteen books on geological sub jects have been added to the li brary of the Department of Geol ogy. There are also about thirty on various topics, such as history, biography, economics, sociology, science, etc. Two of the new books are of es pecial note: Dr. L. M. Bristol's Social Adaptation, a discussion of the social -theories of the writers who have been most influential in the development of the doctrine of adaptation, and "Slavs of the War Zone," by W. F. Bailey, which has been described in the New Re public as "the picture of an end less stream of human life, accu rate, informative, vivid." Some of the more interesting of the recent additions are: Scienti fic Method in Philosophy, by Rus sel, The Monroe Doctrine, by Tucker, Recommendations of Ha bana Concerning International Organization, by Scott, Labora tory Guide in Geology, by Smith, Chapters in Rural Progress, by Butterfield, and two : volumes of the dramatic works of Goethe. These books have not been cata logued yet but they may be found i to the left of the desk in the li brary.' Freshmen who have not yet got ten handbooks may piocure them by calling at the Y. M C. A. Di Society Sheds the Toga and Enjoys Lusty Smoker Saturday night marked the sec ond step taken in accord with the new idea that a literary society should be a social organization as well as one whose purpose is to train orators and future statesmen to sway vast multitudes with their eloquence. The first Di smoker was voted such a unanimous suc- cess that it was ddecided to make it a regular semi-annual event. When it was thought that a sufficient number had assembled to do justice to the refreshments, the meeting was called to order by President Armstrong, who stated the object of the meeting and in troduced Dr. Pierson to the audi ence. Dr. Pierson made an inter esting talk on the subject of "The Value of a Literary Society in Time of War." Prof. Patterson also made some interesting re marks, giving the Society some valuable suggestions about its col lection of portraits. Messrs. York, Clarvoe, and Bo ren, the old-time Di orators, next gave a few specimens of their ta lent. There was also quite an ex haustion of hot air from other no table gentlemen, particularly, Cutey Price. When this very entertaining and enlightening comedy had gone on some time, refreshments were brought around, much to the great delight of all. The party then (Continued on Page 6) "ON TO RALEIGH" IS THE CAMPUS SLOGAN TRIP TO CAPITOL SEEMS LIKELY BATTALION ENJOYS FIRST ROUTE MARCH INTRENCHMENTS BEGUN FRIDAY Barbed Wire and Other Implements of Torture Stored at Inn Men Marching Like Veterans Band and Signaling Corp Improving Marching in perfect step down Fayetteville street toward the Ca pitol while the band plays "Are You From Dixie"- and your best girl, who goes to school in Ra leigh, waves frantically at you is the distinct pleasure coveted by every member of the Carolina Battalion. Captain Allen says that unless his plans are submarined or blown up the much talked-of-trip to Ra leigh will be pulled off. He says the only way the trip can be made will be by special train and unless a train is provided the trip can not be made. Although the de mands for the moving of troops and the carrying of government supplies are very great, Captain Allen thinks that a train can be secured for one day. . The faculty, Captain Allen says, has very kindly consented to great a, holiday October 18 with the provisions that no leaves will be granted to remain over. All must go in a unit and return in tact. While in Raleigh the Capi tol City Rotary Club will furnish the battalion meals and since the railroad fare will not be over fifty cents the trip can be made with little expense to the man in the ranks. Captain Allen further states that after the manoeuvers which will probably consist of drill over the main streets and parade and feschelon movement at the fair grounds, the men will be turned loose to go where they please for the day but every man must ans wer present when the roll is called at the station that night. In preparation for the contem plated trip to the Capitol company drill has been indulged in almost every afternoon the past week. To the person in the stands the men made a good appearance as the companies swung around the track every man keeping perfect time to the music of the band. And on Monday afternoon the citizens of Chapel Hill who have not been out to Eni'erson Field to see the drill were surprised to hear strains of martial music and the tramp of soldiers' feet. They looked out and saw more than 500 serious minded soldiers marching down the street. Shovels, picks and rolls of barb ed wire piled on the porch at Mili tary Headquarters are mute testi mony that the trenches aren't far away. Captain Allen intimated that this work would start Mon day, As yet the sites for the trenches and rifle range have not been selected although Captain Allen in company with Professor Cobb has gone over a number of, proposed locations. In the mean time open order drill and eschelon movement will be practiced and (Continued on Page 5)
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